The Herd with Colin Cowherd - Hour 3 - Dan Lanning

Episode Date: December 12, 2024

Colin talks to Oregon head coach Dan Lanning about the immediate success they had in their first season in the BIG 10 going undefeated and preparing for the upcoming college football playoffSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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press conference, everybody is seated. They're calling it Chapel Bill, apparently, which I think is outstanding. And I think, you know, I will tell you if you're listening on radio or watching on TV, I'm excited. This is Goosepa stuff. I mean, just like Cliff Kingsbury said, it's hard to believe it until you see it.

But, you know, this is not what Belichick wanted. He wanted to coach Chicago. He thought Chicago was the best job, and Jack Jacksonville was the second best job, but those jobs aren't interested. Also in Jacksonville, they have Trent Volki running the show who battled with Jim Harbaugh in the Bay Area, so Belichick would not have any say in personnel, not the level he wanted to. And in Chicago, you've got politics in that front office and the oldest ownership group in the league.

It's a little wonky, so that's not ideal. But Chicago's got the best team. Jacksonville could be the best opportunity because you have the most fully formed quarterback in Trevor Lawrence. but I will say the winner in this is not necessarily Belichick yet. The winner's Mike Vrable, because Jordan Schultz and I talked about this. Vrable now is the number one guy for all these jobs. When you look at the Jets and you look at Jacksonville and you look at Chicago, what are they? They are broken franchises.

They're not going to do it with coordinators getting their first job. The winner here is Vrable. He is the overwhelming number one choice. I talked to Mike for 15 minutes this morning, and, you know, he is listening. I'll throw this out there. Let me just throw out two wild cards. I'm not saying it's going to happen, but, I mean, we just watched Bill Belichick take the Carolina job. Did you think that was possible six weeks ago?

Did you think Kevin Durant would play for the Warriors when he was with OKC? Stuff happens. Two things to think about. Vrable, because the best job openings, Jacksonville, Jets, Roster, Chicago, not great openings. Sit out for another year. Keep your eye on Andy Reid's health. Keep your eye at him. I know the chiefs want Andy there for as long as he'll coach, but he is getting older and just there's been, you know, over the course a couple years.

The second thing to think about is if Belichick, let's say he wins, but he is a sort of a disruptive, terse nature to him on an athletic campus. And Mike Lombardi is nothing if not confident and outspoken in terse and Kurt. I could see Belichick and Lombardy wearing out, wearing out North Carolina. So I wouldn't be surprised if that, this is fairly successful, but Bill in a year, don't think stuff is crazy. In a year, Bill says, it doesn't work for me.

I'm out. Here's my son. I'm going back to the NFL. Do not think, you think it's crazy. Did you think Bill would be a candidate for a college job a month ago? Folks, sports is crazy. You think Sam Darnel was going to be an MVP candidate? Every time you think something's a hot take, it happens.

every time. I mean, if I'd have told you three years ago, yeah, the NBA in December will have bright purple courts, hot red courts. What? What do they? Oh, you just wait. It's going to happen. Nobody wants to get called out by the trolls on the internet. But if you start looking, if I said to you, there's going to be two or three, something wild is going to happen with Belichick.

It's not going to be linear. Nothing with Bill now is. And I said he actually gets an NFL offer in one year because he wins 10 games. He proves he can coach. He gets to the playoff. He wins a game in the playoff. He's a better version of SMU. He gets it and wins a game.

He is exhausted by the nonsense of the transfer portal in the NIL, which, by the way, right now, it's exhausting college coaches who are 44 are exhausted by it. And Bill gets an offer. So Bill and the Brass just sat down. Right now, it's the North Carolina president talking. Oh, boy, I bet that's riveting. And there's Bill next to him. Isn't that something?

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Let's just open the mic up and listen for a minute or two. It's a, you know, connected with him down the road. but excited to be here, excited to be in college football, excited for the opportunity to build and develop young student athletes, young men, and prepare them for their life, either in the NFL or professionally, but the lessons they learn will be professional lessons. They'll be pros in all areas,

and that's what we want to develop as well as having a winning program, a successful program, but we want to develop good people and good kids and good football players so Steve thank you coach forgive me before we go to questions one omission there's a lot of luminaries in the room right now but only one of you were inducted in the pro football hall of fame and the college football hall of fame the last six months

Julius peppers okay again please if you would identify yourself in your affiliation quickly let's get through the questions quickly so we can get to as many people as possible hold your hands right now because I've got seven a signed already. We're going to start over here on the right hand side, Aaron Beard with the AP. I've already done that part. Go ahead, Aaron. Hi, Coach. When you were studying college football in the last year and examining it,

you know, so much more has come into professionalism in the model, whether it's NIL, portal, revenue sharing coming up. How many parallels did you see to what the experience you've had at the pros, and do you envision it sort of being like a mini NFL team in that regard? Yeah, thanks, Aaron. I do think they're all. a lot of parallels. There's certainly some differences, but there are some parallels, and I think that's the reason for the general structure of, you know, Michael as a general manager, and myself as a coach, and working together collaboratively like we have done, you know, in a professional organization. So, yeah, I do think that some parallels. There's differences for sure,

but yes. Right next to Brennan. I'm sorry, Coach, go ahead. Hey, Bill, Brennan, Marks from the athletic. At what point in this process did you decide or know that you wanted to become the next head coach here, was there a singular moment when that happened? And can you elaborate on the investment that North Carolina and your conversations with the Chancellor and Bubba made to make you feel comfortable taking the role? Yeah, I mean, it was, you know, we went through a process, but it was great. Every step of the way was great. The sport was tremendous.

You know, all the things that I feel are important to have a successful program, Bubba and the Chancellor Roberts reaffirmed. And I think they've made a great commitment to this program. Obviously, it was a great university. And I'd say along the way as kind of things got out, if you will, the amount of support that I got from Carolina grads, former Carolina football players, you know, people that are connected with this university was really overwhelming. And not that I'm any social media expert because I'm not, but there was an awful lot of, you know, positive feedback from my face and stuff like that. And that was great. Front row left here, Chip.

Chip Alexander, News Observer and Raleigh, I'm roughly your age, so I ask you this respectfully. At 72, why do you want to keep coaching? What's in it for you? You've proven yourself over and over, and your legacy is said. Why keep coaching? Well, it's working. You know, when you love what you do, and my dad told me this, when you love what you do, it's not work. It's really, it's, I love what I do. I love coaching. I love the interaction with the players. I love building a team, working with assistance, game planning, the game itself,

which there's some good ones, there's some bad ones, but they're all learning experience and working with young kids who, with the energy enthusiasm, to want to be good, to want to be successful, it's great every day to wake up and come into that environment. Thank you. We got Andrew, then Michael.

Hey, Coach, Andrew Jones, Tario, Stario, Illustrated, a lot of talks been made about... There's Bill Belichick fielding questions in Chapel Hill. his dad way back when I think it was late 30s his dad was briefly there at North Carolina and college football is a very fluid sport one of the guys that is close to mastering it

and has really I mean we thought Dan Lannning I covered Oregon for years he had big energy big recruiting a good resume he's really hit it out of the park at Oregon and it's hard this is a very technology it's a very fluid sport with boundaries that are changing and Dan Lannning at Oregon has crushed it and he's the only undefeated college football coach joining us now live

three years at Oregon you know I'm watching that Bill Belichick press conference I gotta tell you if you could say hey Bill here's one thing about college football like what what one thing would you give any coach legend or young guy one piece of advice Dan and get ready to adapt what it is today might be something different tomorrow.

So you better be ready to play on your toes because it's consistently changing. That's the one thing that's consistent about college ball right now. So you've been a D-C and the SEC. You've been a head coach in the Pac-12. Now you're a head coach in the Big Ten. So your journey's crazy. You're bouncing all over the country. Now I think it's an advantage.

But this year in the Big Ten, I thought, because Oregon's got the kind of weather, you're a warm weather team, you play in rain, and Eugene, you can handle the Midwest. Was the Big Ten what you expected mostly, Coach? Yeah, I don't know what I expect to be on great football,

and I do think we got to experience that and some of the story competitions that exist in this conference, you know, getting to go to some of these great venues. Yeah, I think I guess in a lot of ways it was what I expected. It was a great challenge and a lot of fun for our team. A lot of coaches, Brian Kelly, Lincoln Riley,

they got money in their collective. Yours has worked. You've been able to sew the fabric of chemistry together. The two things when I watch Oregon, they play hard, every snap, and they are fast. You've made the portal work for you,

and I think it's harder than people think. I mean, in the NFL, you often bring back most of your roster 10 years ago in college. You'd replace 15, 18 guy. How have you done it? What has been? the key to the balance of fresh new faces, but really strong Oregon football culture.

Yeah, I think a lot of that credit lies within our players and our staff. They've created a standard. And I get to work with great people every single day. I think there's a clear cut balance of what we really want, what kind of people we want to bring into the organization, and then our players are pulled in the standard of what great football looks like, what being a great teammate looks like. And our guys have really attacked that. And, you know, we talk about player-led teams.

I think every coach talks about player-led teams, but we truly have a player-led team here. And they're going to make sure the guys around them come to work, you know, every single day, and that's paid off for us. You know, it's funny. I love your intensity. It jumps through the screen. There was a game this year, and I knew you were good,

and I had predicted before the season that I thought you would beat Ohio State at home. But the Wisconsin game you didn't play well in one. And that was the game I was like, okay, they can win an Addy. because Otson's hard to win. And I'm like, well, they're going to beat anybody at Otson. But that game was interesting because I'm like, boy, they had their B game. Was there a moment for you this season where there was something where you were flying home or driving home after a game and thought, boy, this team may have a little something I didn't think we had. Yeah, I don't know if I ever really had that moment.

I think maybe what excites me the most about this team is we've been able to win in different ways. And you don't ever want that as a coach. You always want your A game in every phase. but when we played Boise State early in the year, we struggled, and we won on special teams. We had a punt return and a kickoff return to create that win. You play Wisconsin, we really won on defense. And you go to last week, you know, playing Penn State in the Big Ten championship game, our offense was clicking on all cylinders.

And what's good for us is knowing that you can win in a variety of ways, but when we put that all together, I think you're talking about a really special team. So that's the hope, you know, as we try to finish this thing off, is to be able to put all three phases together and have a great run. You know, it's interesting, Dan, when you have young teams, in the NFL, an older team like a Kansas City Chiefs getting a buy is good for the team. But a lot of times, young teams don't give them time off. They heal faster, get them out there. Would you rather be playing or are you comfortable saying, hey, Ohio State, Tennessee, you bang around?

I mean, I guess it's an advantage sitting, but you're already sitting. And I think with young players and your momentum, are you worried a little bit about this is, quite a layoff for you. Yeah, 100% it's on us as a coaching staff. To me, it's about how you use your time, right? If you're just sitting and waiting for the next opportunity, then you definitely are

not putting yourself in an advantage. For us, it's all about how we use this time, right? How can we study ourselves as coaches? How can we study ourselves as players? Utilize the opportunity for recovery, you know, challenge the parts of the game that we can be better at. So for us, we've got a detailed plan for where we're trying to improve

what we want to attack. And obviously there's some chaos in college football right now you're dealing with the transfer portal and everything else that exists right now so we're trying to utilize that time the best and i think that's what'll create an advantage for us is if we have a great plan for that by the way i got to ask you about bo necks so i brought him here he sat in the couch for a half hour he was great i loved him he is way feistier i've watched him the NFL he'd dog cussing he getting in sean peyton's face and i'm like man he and then i read a story the other day that i like you You have no idea how feisty Bo Nix is.

Was that the Bo Nix at Oregon that he'd get after guys? He's always been competitive, man. I think he has a competitive spirit that people don't realize. Because, you know, he's just a great young man. He's a great dude. But when you stepped on the football field, he'd be angry. He'd be angry if it didn't go his way, and you could challenge him every single day in practice. I was pretty fired up the other day.

I got a Bo Nix Christmas card. that's a shout out to his wife is he you know i was i was fired up to know that they were on their peace and cues i don't i don't think the landings have sent out a christmas card yet so as good as he's playing they got their whole house in order right now i think that's a great example of how they compete well you've done a remarkable job uh congrats on the win over penn state and oregon is humman i don't think the committee got it right i thought you deserved a better placement but you know what you didn't complain about it it's the job it's the task go win games and I can't wait to watch you play

and congrats on all your success. Appreciate it, Colin, and we're certainly excited about the opportunity. Can't wait. Cann't wait. Fastest team I've seen in college football, balance can win multiple ways. Dan Lanning, coach of the Oregon Ducks and beautiful Eugene Oregon. They got California Speed, man. They got, now they, defensively,

they are not, there's some holes there. Like, you know, it's, you know, we're not going to have another Sabin Dynasty with a portal. Like, nobody's got depth. Nobody's great everywhere. The college model looks like the NFL model now, is that you have a collective. And you don't have a salary cap, but let's say you have $18 million to spend. Well, the quarterback's going to gobble up two or three of that.

You're going to get, like, a left tackle is going to gobble up some, a couple of wide receivers. So you do sort of have a cap. Like, you've got to be very judicious with your money. And so nobody's a perfect team. Like, there are no perfect teams. I think Ohio State's really good, but they're not great at quarterback. I think Texas is really good. I think they should play Arch Manning more.

But I don't think they're as explosive offensively as I'd like. So Oregon's offense, though, I don't see a lot of holes. They can run, they can spread you out, they can run the football. That's the best offense in college football. There are better defenses, but college like pro now. Lane Kiffin, when he went to Alabama, to be the offensive coordinator of Nick Saban. remember that it's a New York Times story on this it's great lane said coach you can't stop me watch my offensive practice at Alabama beat your defense at Alabama and Nick Saban watched

him the rule changes now Nick Saban found out Nick Saban had people scoring 40 points on him so if you're going to have a side that's a little weaker than the other make it the defense and Oregon can drop 45 on anybody on any game especially now you give them prep time so they're going to have all sorts of prep time and Ohio State and Tennessee are excellent teams. What if those guys were in a cold weather, 2017 battle. The winner comes up, dinged up a little bit,

a little emotionally spent. And here's Oregon sitting there healthy, waiting with a clever offensive game plan. I can't wait. J-Mack with the news. This is the herd line news. So the biggest story in sports today is Belichick going to Chapel Hill. there he is exiting the car this morning.

Chapel Bill took to the presser with the media, met the ink-stained wretches down there in North Carolina. And we have a lot of sound calling. Here's Bill Belichick talking about taking the job at North Carolina. I always wanted a coaching football, a coaching college football. And it just never really worked out. That's some good years in the NFL, so that was okay. but this is really kind of a dream come true.

I grew up in college football with my dad. I was the coach of Navy for 50 years, so as a kid, all I knew was college football. Yeah. So, you know, your life takes you in different routes, and he very early in his career, got connected, you know, with Bill Parcells, and was very quickly one of the kind of remarkable young assistants.

Listen, man, we're all hoping this works. I mean, listen, it may not. I am of the belief it will work. The schedule's too weak, not to be viable. How much do you think he leaned on Nick Sabin here? Him and Sabin go back many years. Urban Meyer and Nick Sabin are friends. So all this, all this like, oh, well, Nick Saban walked away.

It was too much. I don't think Belichick sees it that way, man. I just don't. I understand why people would say that. But the sport is totally changed, and Belichick has been able to watch in this year off. He's been able to see the landscape. None of us think he's going to fit. I think my take is it won't be a good long-term fit.

It will work. Year one will be. Define long-term. I don't think he'll be there five years. At 77 years old, I hope he's not. Well, I think he'll be exhausted. I think the college experience is ever-changing. The NCAA is toothless.

Administrations in college are needy. The athletic department will be offended. I think, you know, I, listen, He ideally wanted an NFL job. This wasn't his first choice. The Seth Wickersham article. He wanted the Chicago job. He thinks it's the best job.

It is the best job. Jacksonville's too. We know he doesn't want to work for guys that he doesn't respect. There was that issue in Atlanta. You think he wants to work for that front office? And they pick the roster for Bill Belichick? So my guess is, sure, he would love to coach the Bears if he had full control and was able to do his thing. But he's got to answer to Kevin Warren and polls.

No way. There's no way he's doing that. And again, I'll go back to this, Colin. What do those guys want? Nothing. What is the guy in Jacksonville who Schultz had cozyed up to the owner? What's that guy done? And now Belichick would have to go answer to that dude?

No, that doesn't make sense. This guy should get the keys to the kingdom. If you don't want to do that, fine. Go hire some other coach and cycle through the guy, and you'll be looking again for a coach in three or four years. And this is a Jets fan here talking. I've never liked Belichick or the Patriots ever. I think he's going to succeed. I'm rooting for him.

Well, or I think you have to root for him. It's fun. I mean, what if Bill stays in college for three years, goes 10, 11, 12, and wouldn't it be amazing if he ends up playing for a national title? Crazier things have happened. How's this? Do you think he's more likely to get to the final four in college football or coach again in the NFL? Can I think about that? Yeah, sure. Well, we've got to see what he gets in the portal.

Again, I think he's only looking at it. Maybe if he wins the ACC, you're getting the top four seed unless they change things, right? Listen, I'm just saying. That's one win. I will not be shocked if Belichick has a good first year and gets an NFL head coaching offer, because you get seven openings a year. And you think that NFL offer will be total control the way you have it at North Carolina? Because he's not answering to anywhere right now.

I think it will be an offer, for instance, McDermott, fails in the playoffs again, and Josh Allen needs a coach. Where would you go? I'm just saying it. That's not a bad job. That's not a bad job. You would leave college for that immediately. I'm saying, Sean McDermott's a good coach.

A good coach is not beating Andy Reed and Mahomes. If McDermott flames out, let's say this year they get to the conference. conference championship and lose, and they give him basically one more year. I'm just saying, everybody thinks this stuff is crazy. No, it's not, no, no. Literally anything can happen. You don't know, coaches fail, rise. It's crazy.

Anyways, next up, Colin, is the big battle tonight on Thursday night football. Rams Niners. It feels like an elimination game. I know they're not officially calling at that, but it certainly feels that way. Matt Stafford has been cooking in the last four games, 10 touchdowns, no picks. Here's John Lynch talking about what makes Stafford such a tough opponent. Pressure in his face. And that doesn't do the job all the time with a guy like him.

This dude's a tough guy. He can get hit and knocked down, and he just keeps coming. And so you know you have to play four quarters versus Matthew Stafford-led team. I think the other thing is what I spoke to is the arm angles, the no-look passes. It's really bold what he does. my mind. Yeah, it'll be fun. It's a good, the Amazon's done well.

It's been a very good Thursday slate. Most of my memory of Thursday night games has been clunkers, uninspired. We've had some gems on Thursday night. I'm seeing it in the notes here from the producer. Bosa is questionable due to the hip injury. Trent Williams officially ruled out. And the big news is Drey Greenlaw, the guy who popped his ACL in the Super Bowl. he's expected to be activated.

It says ACL. I think it was Achilles. But he's expected to be activated tonight. It's a big win if they can get him back against that Kyron Williams run game. That would be big for the Niners defense. You want to put a score out there for tonight's festivities? 24-23. Oh, who's winning? 27-23.

27-23 San Francisco. So Niners cover the two and a half. What do you think? Or three. It's three right now. Dang, that was going to be my exact score. I'll go 31-27 Niners. I see high school.

I see points. Just remember, Shanahan has largely dominated McVeigh. I know McVeigh won the NFC championship in the game earlier this season. But final story calls to the NBA. Listen, we haven't dug too much into this because I kind of sort of don't think it's real.

But this LeBron trade stuff will not really go away. Last season, the Warriors, remember, called the Lakers about LeBron to try to make it happen. Did not happen. Well, now Brian Winhorst, very credible is reporting the Warriors are once again monitoring LeBron's trade status and will

jump at the opportunity if he becomes available. The idea of LeBron and Jeff Curry together is bringing me back to the Olympics, which were amazing. Okay, so let me throw this out there. LeBron James, for personal reasons, has taken several days off. That's interesting. Why has he gone with Savannah personal reasons? he has been informed, in my opinion, of a possible trade. Why?

When is the last time LeBron just said, I'm going to take a three, four-day siesta early in the season? I think it was Miami, where he kind of vanished. Remember, for eight or ten days? He was unhappy with what was going on. Oh, it's interesting. Yes. But hold on timeout.

Timeout. He handpicked JJ Reddick for this job. I cannot imagine. LeBron saying, hey, Reddick's my guy, my podcasting partner, let's do this. Time out. And then the Lakers just saying, we're trading you. That feels insane. You think the Warriors can win a title?

No. You think the Lakers can win a title? No. Who? Those are not title teams. Come on. Give me a break. So the bottom line is the Warriors know how LeBron works with great shooters.

So if I'm the Warriors and I say, LeBron's got two years, we'll take Brony, put him on the bench. and the Lakers go, we need draft capital. We want to build around Anthony Davis. We'll take the Wiggins contract. Now, I think the Lakers would want like Ponds. Well, Cominga. Pods. But they're not getting that.

T.J.D. They're not getting them. Picks. You need to give me a lot for Lillian. They'd want that you'd have to surrender Wiggins contract to make it work. Fine. Well, I'm not, if there's, come a, come of, come a, come on the deal.

He's probably the biggest upside guy on that deal. They're not getting them. You're not getting LeBron. You know, enjoy the play. Well, that's probably what they're arguing. But why would LeBron take this break? Give me a... I don't have...

You know, he's coming up on his 40th birthday. You know, we've seen players like James... Sorry, James Arden. Remember, Kyrie Irving, what a time off for family members. Yeah, those guys... Those guys are... I know, I know, totally different. High maintenance.

I'm joking. That's a great question. Why would LeBron take time off in December? I think he and Savannah are talking about the future, the trade that was thrown in his ear, what to do with Brony? Should they let him go play for some? somebody else. I think these are big decisions.

Or maybe he just wants to hang out. Doubtful. Take a breather. He's got to do Christmas shopping, man. Come on. It's tough. J. Mack with the news. Well, that's the news. And thanks for stopping by. The Hurd Lie News. I mean, sports talk radio,

it's rumor mill stuff, but it is interesting. I mean, LeBron's not a, hey, I'm going to take a break early in the NBA season. We had the offseason. Why would you do that? You're playing. I don't know. FBI data shows Holiday see a sharp rise in burglaries and theft You need SimplySafe now

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We invented a podcast? Well, we didn't invent it. We just contributed to it. We're the first people to do podcasts. Pretty, yeah, pretty wide range of podcasts throughout there. But this one's extra special. So how do we actually come up with a name Hey Jonas, guys? I honestly don't remember.

I think it was on a call about what we should call it. Well, we were thinking I'm originally calling it one of the early names of our band before Jonas Brothers. This is how you guys remember it going down? Yes. I have a very different memory of this. We were talking about a thing, a bit for the podcast, where people could call in and say, hey, Jonas. And then I wrote down on my little notepad,

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Tomorrow, Fox College Hoops Friday takes over prime time. Indiana goes head-to-head with Nebraska in a Big Ten showdown. It all fits off tomorrow at 8 Eastern on Fox. So Belichick, a new coach at North Carolina, Mike Lombardi, who worked briefly at this comedy and kind of a media guy used to be in Cleveland, got let go there. he and, you know, he and Belichick have a very similar personality, kind of gruff, East Coast feeling, you know, very much into history and tradition, kind of Kurt, you know, very confident. And so Belichick today talk about Mike Lombardi as his college GM.

I'm here to, as Bubba said, teach, develop, and build the program in the way that I believe in. and so grateful to have Michael, you know, with me in this process. Michael and I've worked together for gone all the way back over 30 years. And, you know, he has a great knowledge of the general manager role, if you will, in this type of position with terms of, you know, scouting two sets of players, high school players and college portal players, as well as dealing with some version of what's called salary cap, which is now, you know, part of college football.

You know, it's interesting. Life can go in lots of directions. If Nick Saban and the team doctor with the Miami Dolphins would have given the okay for Drew Breeze. Nick Saban never goes to Alabama. He wins in the NFL with Drew Breeze. And if Bill Belichick, when Drew Bledsoe got hurt, had they not drafted Tom Brady?

because Brady was a six-round pick. If somebody else got Brady, it is very likely Belichick could have been fired. They were in trouble there. Eric Mangini's told me the story before. Like, they were starting, if they lost the game day one against, like, I think it was the Jets,

they were putting their houses up for sale. It's because Bill lost four to five years in Cleveland and turned people off, and in New England, I mean, Bill's rough. So, I mean, it's amazing what happened. Bill may have likely taken a college job. I mean, if it had been fired in Cleveland

and New England, they wouldn't have gotten a third offer. He would have gone to college then. And he could have been, arguably, when he was younger, had great energy. He could have been Saban. And so think about that. Saban could have been Belichick. Now, I'm not saying he has that many trophies, but Nick Saban, in that division with dysfunctional Buffalo and New England not having, you know, Tom Brady.

What if Saban dominates with Drew Breed? that division, the AFC East forever. But the team doctor for Miami would not give Drew Breeze the go. Drew goes to New Orleans and Sean Peyton and Breeze win there. And so Nick could have been, I thought Nick was going to work in the NFL. Many people thought he was about ready to turn it around. And then Belichick, you know, he gets, Bledso gets hurt and Tom's ready to go. Well, they passed on Tom five times.

And, you know, it's just life, send you kerball. So there is, potentially, Belichick could have been coaching in college. 20 years ago. And Saban would have had a more dynastic NFL history. So here's Belichick on the young players. He'll be recruiting and coaching and wanting to bring to Carolina. Excited to be here. Excited to be in college football.

Excited for the opportunity to build and develop young student athletes, young men, and prepare them for their life, either in the NFL or professionally. But the lessons they learn will be professional lessons. They'll be pros in all areas, and that's what we want to develop, as well as having a winning program, a successful program. But we want to develop good people and good kids and good football players. Yeah, and also I do think Bill wants to get his son on that staff, and I think that will happen. And then eventually I think Bill would like to hand it to his son.

I'm not a huge fan of that. Bobby Knight wanted to do that with Pat Knight. I don't think as But, you know, North Carolina You know, I was, Jay Mack and I were arguing this week. I see it as like the 20th best program in college football, 18, 20 around there.

JMAQ thinks it's top 25. It's a good academic school. The ACC is a very weak conference. So it's not close to the Big Ten or the SEC. I'm not sure it's the Big 12. So it is a conference in which if you look at Carolina's schedule with Bill, it is like it's Clemson and a bunch of stuff.

and their collective now is going to go from 4 to 20 million. So I can see Bill putting his arms around North Carolina. You know, Bill could get Michael Jordan to chip in $5, $6, $7 million to the collective. You know, MJ, I don't know if MJ's ever been. I don't think he's a big football booster at Carolina. Could Bill Belichick, you know, lure Michael Jordan in to give a few bucks? So, I mean, there's a lot of Ws there. August 30th, it starts.

That is not one of the more rigorous schedules next year in college football. It is, the ACC is not the SEC. Yeah, I see 10 wins. I think you said the win total in Vegas was what, six and a half, seven? Which is like, guys, he's going to win seven games. We got to make sure they get some dudes. They don't have a quarterback. Right, but.

I mean, I'll just tell you, the over under in Vegas is six and a half. As I said with the Broncos and the Rams next year, pound the over. you can buy a quarterback in the portal. Just go buy one. You don't have to get a great one. I mean, listen, there's so much good quarterback play now. You can go get Will Howard from Kansas State to good enough quarterback in the ACC to win nine, ten games. I think he's actually, Ohio State missed.

I would have gone after Gabriel or Cam Ward. They look like much better quarterbacks. But anyways, have you seen a movie Kingpin with Bill Murray? It's about bowling. It's really awesome. Yeah, I think I have. Bill Murray's like kind of a bad dude in there and he's just like, oh, I want all this money. I can buy my way out of anything.

And it's a really funny line. And I look at this and I'm like, holy cow, they added overnight like $15 million to their collective. Bill can buy his way out of North Carolina's irrelevance. Well, they've never really, I mean, Mac Brown, you had to spend money on, but Carolina's never had a funding issue. Well, it's been a basketball school. That's right. But it makes the Dean Dome is, it is a highly, I mean, Duke has 6,000 seats. They have 25.

So in terms of profitability, Carolina basketball is a machine. It's like Kentucky basketball and Carolina print money. How much of this do you think, Bill, is on the sideline watching football seeing Indiana come out of nowhere to win a billion games? Well, Arizona State, Indiana and SMU made the playoff. So, I mean, I'm sure Carolina can make the playoff. They have to be watching that saying, holy cow, there's a new way to jump to the front of the bus in college football. Just hit the portal hard. and I will say Belichick didn't seem as gruff.

Remember when New England he was very funny early? He looked like he was having fun. You know, a lot of people think that Robert Kraft poisoned the water. There was the documentary. It was very pro-Bradie, pro-craft and dismissive of Bill. So listen, Bill, even when Bill's winning, never had dinner with Brady, did not get along with Robert Kraft. When Bill's winning in pro football, he's difficult.

So if he's, if he has turbulence in college, is he going to be fun to be around? I don't know. I think the personality, all I know is this. I know college football coaches. It's a bit of a mess now. It is a wildly entertaining mess. But the transfer portal and the NIL, I mean, they are changing. It feels like monthly.

But some of us thrive in chaos. I think you and I are kind of built like that where when things are chaotic, I think, I don't, I don't think I. I don't think I thrive in chaos. You're a procrastinator. I know you are. I don't thrive in chaos. That's not true. I thrive in structure. So I don't like chaos.

You should be able to handle both, Colin. I can't. When I say chaos, I mean like breaking news hits and you're on it and you've got stories and you've got analogies. That's not chaos. That's just breaking news. That's chaos at work. That's not chaos. I got a good staff. Put my feet up and put a live Raycon feed on and take away.

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