This is our new Unafraid show.

This is our new Unafraid show.

That's probably the most stinging sentence you've ever thrown my way.

That's probably the most stinging sentence you've ever thrown my way.

It'll take me a couple of weeks to get over that one.

It'll take me a couple of weeks to get over that one.

I never felt as twisted up inside as I did watching the semi final.

I never felt as twisted up inside as I did watching the semi final.

Games that.

Games that.

Follow your God, I'm gonna be having some discussions about that specialty.

Follow your God, I'm gonna be having some discussions about that specialty.

They were as physical as hell. That was, so I can't even lie about that.

They were as physical as hell. That was, so I can't even lie about that.

I'm George Reister, and this is our new Unafraid show. And I say our because you are a part of the show. And this is a place where we're gonna celebrate values and.

I'm George Reister, and this is our new Unafraid show. And I say our because you are a part of the show. And this is a place where we're gonna celebrate values and.

We're gonna have some fun doing it.

We're gonna have some fun doing it.

And when I say those values, I mean the things that are at our core, the things that we can't live without, and the things that give us joy and excited to get up in the morning. And for me, those values are faith, the redemption story, second chances, and the belief that against all evidence, you can achieve the impossible family, both your chosen family and the people that God chose for you.

And when I say those values, I mean the things that are at our core, the things that we can't live without, and the things that give us joy and excited to get up in the morning. And for me, those values are faith, the redemption story, second chances, and the belief that against all evidence, you can achieve the impossible family, both your chosen family and the people that God chose for you.

Food.

Food.

Is there anything better than preparing and sharing a good meal with the people that you love.

Is there anything better than preparing and sharing a good meal with the people that you love.

And laughing about it.

And laughing about it.

And fatherhood, the sometimes frustrating but always fun, blessing and calling up to raise the next generation. And then sports because I believe that we were made to come together and compete. Now, if you share any of those values, you are in the right place. Look, I played college football, i played in the NFL, and I've run businesses and those things helped make me who I am today.

And fatherhood, the sometimes frustrating but always fun, blessing and calling up to raise the next generation. And then sports because I believe that we were made to come together and compete. Now, if you share any of those values, you are in the right place. Look, I played college football, i played in the NFL, and I've run businesses and those things helped make me who I am today.

And this show is the culmination of all of that.

And this show is the culmination of all of that.

But it's also a testament to work and to overcome your limitations just so you can be comfortable in your own skin. Because I grew up with a stutter. I had it my whole life. Throughout my playing days, people made fun of me and it took serious work to overcome that. But for the last ten years, I've been blessed to work in the national sports media and that work has helped me meet so many people that have had to slay their own giants to become who they were meant to be. So, of course we're gonna talk football, We're gonna talk basketball and everything in between. But this show, at its core is gonna celebrate the diamonds and the pressure and the polishing that it took to make them shine. This is the New Unafraid Show. Our Unafraid show, and I'm glad you're here.

But it's also a testament to work and to overcome your limitations just so you can be comfortable in your own skin. Because I grew up with a stutter. I had it my whole life. Throughout my playing days, people made fun of me and it took serious work to overcome that. But for the last ten years, I've been blessed to work in the national sports media and that work has helped me meet so many people that have had to slay their own giants to become who they were meant to be. So, of course we're gonna talk football, We're gonna talk basketball and everything in between. But this show, at its core is gonna celebrate the diamonds and the pressure and the polishing that it took to make them shine. This is the New Unafraid Show. Our Unafraid show, and I'm glad you're here.

On fourth and eleven. You were take the shot, un staff, He's back the past. Pressure coming thad.

On fourth and eleven. You were take the shot, un staff, He's back the past. Pressure coming thad.

Well. On the first day of twenty twenty four, I got absolutely blessed and I got cursed. I got blessed by two amazing semifinal games in an era that was famous for semi final blowouts in the college football playoffs. But then I got cursed because I learned a brand new type of torture. It isn't in the Wickiped list of methods of torture yet, but it might be after this video when you find out what torture really is. Because in all of my sports loving life, I never felt as twisted up inside as I did watching the semi final games, watching the Washington Huskies celebrate a trip to the national Championship as the last standing representative of the conference that I love and the conference that I played in, the Pac twelve. And yeah, I know Washington has been to the college Football Playoff before. I forgot that, and it certainly didn't hurt my feelings to remember them getting their doors boned off by Jalen Hurts and Go Scarborough.

Well. On the first day of twenty twenty four, I got absolutely blessed and I got cursed. I got blessed by two amazing semifinal games in an era that was famous for semi final blowouts in the college football playoffs. But then I got cursed because I learned a brand new type of torture. It isn't in the Wickiped list of methods of torture yet, but it might be after this video when you find out what torture really is. Because in all of my sports loving life, I never felt as twisted up inside as I did watching the semi final games, watching the Washington Huskies celebrate a trip to the national Championship as the last standing representative of the conference that I love and the conference that I played in, the Pac twelve. And yeah, I know Washington has been to the college Football Playoff before. I forgot that, and it certainly didn't hurt my feelings to remember them getting their doors boned off by Jalen Hurts and Go Scarborough.

I don't mind thinking about that at all. I actually thought I.

I don't mind thinking about that at all. I actually thought I.

Was gonna see a sure Washington victory get turned into a soul crushing defeat.

Was gonna see a sure Washington victory get turned into a soul crushing defeat.

A side note though, Texas, the team that they played.

A side note though, Texas, the team that they played.

They are back, but they still feel like they're a year away with quinn Ewer's development. But then can they replace the greatness that their defensive line was this year? And good on Steve starkissy and forgetting his first ten win season and restoring hope to the people in Burnt Awards. But they got to learn how to handle that horns down thing better.

They are back, but they still feel like they're a year away with quinn Ewer's development. But then can they replace the greatness that their defensive line was this year? And good on Steve starkissy and forgetting his first ten win season and restoring hope to the people in Burnt Awards. But they got to learn how to handle that horns down thing better.

Man.

Man.

You can't be wanting to fight and pull out your guns to the player. But now back to regularly schedule programming. My issue with this twenty twenty three Washington Huskies team, which is the sworn enemy of my Ducks, is that this team kept Orgon out of college football playoffs despite being the second best team in America this year. Sorry Georgia fans and the team whose fans never let me breathe on social media without rubbing their success in my face.

You can't be wanting to fight and pull out your guns to the player. But now back to regularly schedule programming. My issue with this twenty twenty three Washington Huskies team, which is the sworn enemy of my Ducks, is that this team kept Orgon out of college football playoffs despite being the second best team in America this year. Sorry Georgia fans and the team whose fans never let me breathe on social media without rubbing their success in my face.

That they're so damn likable this year.

That they're so damn likable this year.

I mean, seriously, how are you gonna be out here rooting against Michael Pennix junior, Indiana fans cast him off as a disappointing limit due to his injury history, and then he remakes his game to be one of the best pocket passes in college football. As somebody whose career at the highest level got derailed by injuries, do you have any idea how hard it is to come back from a season ending injury, much less four of them? And while Pennix is a transfer in an age of impact transfers, this Washington team is largely made up of guys that stuck it out in Seattle through the firing of Jimmy Lake. Guys like Dylan Moore as Richard Newton. They stayed with the Huskies and helped them win despite four different head coaches and having their starting spots taken. Now, two years ago, this Washington team lost at home to Montana and their head coach got fired in the midseason because the locker room was a mess. That exact thing will lead to a whole roster turnover, even if the incoming coach doesn't do it himself, and Kaylin de Boord didn't do that. When he came over from Fresno State. He constructed a championship team by what was in the building, and you can do that despite what some coaches would have you believe at this point in time, that insane receiver Trio of Roma Dunesay, Jalen Polk, and Jayleen McMillan all were on the team that lost to Montana. Tight End Jack Westover and Devin Cope were on that team too, And that pass rush that had quinn Ewers in hell all night, Trice olaf shio ztf they were all there before debor. And the same thing with the offensive line. Did you hear him talking in the game about how offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb turned down the same spot at Alabama with Nick Saban because Troy Fontino, all Pack twelve offensive lineman, was coming back, and so then Grubb wanted to come back as well. I called this team a family, but most families don't even have this level of.

I mean, seriously, how are you gonna be out here rooting against Michael Pennix junior, Indiana fans cast him off as a disappointing limit due to his injury history, and then he remakes his game to be one of the best pocket passes in college football. As somebody whose career at the highest level got derailed by injuries, do you have any idea how hard it is to come back from a season ending injury, much less four of them? And while Pennix is a transfer in an age of impact transfers, this Washington team is largely made up of guys that stuck it out in Seattle through the firing of Jimmy Lake. Guys like Dylan Moore as Richard Newton. They stayed with the Huskies and helped them win despite four different head coaches and having their starting spots taken. Now, two years ago, this Washington team lost at home to Montana and their head coach got fired in the midseason because the locker room was a mess. That exact thing will lead to a whole roster turnover, even if the incoming coach doesn't do it himself, and Kaylin de Boord didn't do that. When he came over from Fresno State. He constructed a championship team by what was in the building, and you can do that despite what some coaches would have you believe at this point in time, that insane receiver Trio of Roma Dunesay, Jalen Polk, and Jayleen McMillan all were on the team that lost to Montana. Tight End Jack Westover and Devin Cope were on that team too, And that pass rush that had quinn Ewers in hell all night, Trice olaf shio ztf they were all there before debor. And the same thing with the offensive line. Did you hear him talking in the game about how offensive coordinator Ryan Grubb turned down the same spot at Alabama with Nick Saban because Troy Fontino, all Pack twelve offensive lineman, was coming back, and so then Grubb wanted to come back as well. I called this team a family, but most families don't even have this level of.

Loyalty, and it makes me sick.

Loyalty, and it makes me sick.

So now the Huskies are preparing the square off against Michigan in the first National Championship game without an SEC team since twenty fifteen, and I know it's a tough feel to swallow because SEC fans went straight to the bargaining stage of grief Georgia should have.

So now the Huskies are preparing the square off against Michigan in the first National Championship game without an SEC team since twenty fifteen, and I know it's a tough feel to swallow because SEC fans went straight to the bargaining stage of grief Georgia should have.

Been in the playoffs.

Been in the playoffs.

They were the best team in the country, So you think the committee should have put the loser of the SEC championship game over the win because they were better the eye tests all year. Come on, man, I don't think that they gained that whole thing out before they started saying it. But what are people in the South gonna do with the second Saturday in January this year where it just means more? Are they gonna be rooting for the Washington Huskies? Because I know they're not rooting for Jim Harbaugh and Nick Saban He already pulled out that we beat ourselves excuse And when you watch that fourth down play from overtime from the end zone angle, you looking like, damn, they might just be right if it wasn't for a low snap and a missread. Damn Bright, that's a problem. Michigan may be sitting on the couch right now.

They were the best team in the country, So you think the committee should have put the loser of the SEC championship game over the win because they were better the eye tests all year. Come on, man, I don't think that they gained that whole thing out before they started saying it. But what are people in the South gonna do with the second Saturday in January this year where it just means more? Are they gonna be rooting for the Washington Huskies? Because I know they're not rooting for Jim Harbaugh and Nick Saban He already pulled out that we beat ourselves excuse And when you watch that fourth down play from overtime from the end zone angle, you looking like, damn, they might just be right if it wasn't for a low snap and a missread. Damn Bright, that's a problem. Michigan may be sitting on the couch right now.

That wasn't a bad calling all follow your God. They overran it.

That wasn't a bad calling all follow your God. They overran it.

Follow your God.

Follow your God.

And now you know, Georgia fans won't be rooting for Michigan because they don't even have respect for Michigan. And as my guy, George Foster put it. You know what, I'll just put this up on the screens. You could read it for yourself. Parental advisory on this one, buddy. And I gotta be honest. I didn't respect Alabama or Michigan as unbeatable this year because Alabama made chicken salad out of chicken shit too many times this year and they were lucky to get out of the games against South Florida and Auburn with a miracle just to win that game. Now, does Alabama have the hunger that it once had or not the roster that they once had, because it's back to the drawing board for Saban, who did a massivel job coaching their worst performing offensive line and inconsistent running game to the.

And now you know, Georgia fans won't be rooting for Michigan because they don't even have respect for Michigan. And as my guy, George Foster put it. You know what, I'll just put this up on the screens. You could read it for yourself. Parental advisory on this one, buddy. And I gotta be honest. I didn't respect Alabama or Michigan as unbeatable this year because Alabama made chicken salad out of chicken shit too many times this year and they were lucky to get out of the games against South Florida and Auburn with a miracle just to win that game. Now, does Alabama have the hunger that it once had or not the roster that they once had, because it's back to the drawing board for Saban, who did a massivel job coaching their worst performing offensive line and inconsistent running game to the.

College Football Playoff.

College Football Playoff.

I will admit, though, that going three years in a row without a Natty for the first time under Nick Saban might be exactly what this team needs to regain that championship appetite. But we'll see in twenty twenty four. Now let's peak over at Michigan again. I know that there's this whole Michigan against the world mentality out there, but Michigan's enemies aren't out in the world, and even if they were, do you think that the Wolverines would schedule them in the non conference? Nope, Michigan's enemies were right in the big house. Jim Harball got himself suspended for the first three games of the season, and.

I will admit, though, that going three years in a row without a Natty for the first time under Nick Saban might be exactly what this team needs to regain that championship appetite. But we'll see in twenty twenty four. Now let's peak over at Michigan again. I know that there's this whole Michigan against the world mentality out there, but Michigan's enemies aren't out in the world, and even if they were, do you think that the Wolverines would schedule them in the non conference? Nope, Michigan's enemies were right in the big house. Jim Harball got himself suspended for the first three games of the season, and.

It wasn't over a cheeseburger.

It wasn't over a cheeseburger.

The world didn't make Connor Stallions engaging in legal recorded in person advance scouting. The world didn't get co offensive coordinator Matt Wise fired for computer crimes, whatever the hell that means. And the world didn't fire football staff for Alex Jude in the middle of the season for soliciting a teenage girl online and getting caught up in a social media sting. Michigan victimized Michigan. But Jim Harbaugh's Jedi mind trick convincing this team that the world is out to get them has worked wonders and you got to give them credit for that. And he did it on the field because the Wolverines got away with not one, not two, not three before special teams errors against Alabama, and you know, Jay Harbaugh and Jim Harbor gonna be having some discussions about that special teams but they were able to get away with that because they were as physical as hell, and they are willing to pa on the rock until the defense relents. They have the team that SEC teams think that they are right now, That's what Michigan is. And the thing that I do like about this team is that the stars that they have an underdog feeld to him, Blake Korum, Mike sam Rastel. They might not be able to dunk on Victor Winn Ben Yama if they were stacked on top of each other, but they're as tenacous as it gets, and the team feeds off that energy. And Jim Harball has gone too far because he's put the credit for Michigan's success in a place that I just can't go.

The world didn't make Connor Stallions engaging in legal recorded in person advance scouting. The world didn't get co offensive coordinator Matt Wise fired for computer crimes, whatever the hell that means. And the world didn't fire football staff for Alex Jude in the middle of the season for soliciting a teenage girl online and getting caught up in a social media sting. Michigan victimized Michigan. But Jim Harbaugh's Jedi mind trick convincing this team that the world is out to get them has worked wonders and you got to give them credit for that. And he did it on the field because the Wolverines got away with not one, not two, not three before special teams errors against Alabama, and you know, Jay Harbaugh and Jim Harbor gonna be having some discussions about that special teams but they were able to get away with that because they were as physical as hell, and they are willing to pa on the rock until the defense relents. They have the team that SEC teams think that they are right now, That's what Michigan is. And the thing that I do like about this team is that the stars that they have an underdog feeld to him, Blake Korum, Mike sam Rastel. They might not be able to dunk on Victor Winn Ben Yama if they were stacked on top of each other, but they're as tenacous as it gets, and the team feeds off that energy. And Jim Harball has gone too far because he's put the credit for Michigan's success in a place that I just can't go.

And seriously, I mean, I am.

And seriously, I mean, I am.

With a crazy choice either root for Washington or root for Jim Harball, who said I've said it before, but right here, this is the greatest quarterback in the University of Michigan college football history.

With a crazy choice either root for Washington or root for Jim Harball, who said I've said it before, but right here, this is the greatest quarterback in the University of Michigan college football history.

What man McCarthy.

What man McCarthy.

That statement alone makes you feel like you have to criticize McCarthy, and you shouldn't have to. No, he doesn't push the ball down the field, doesn't run a ton, He's not as accurate when pressured, even though that double pass that he threw that was dope.

That statement alone makes you feel like you have to criticize McCarthy, and you shouldn't have to. No, he doesn't push the ball down the field, doesn't run a ton, He's not as accurate when pressured, even though that double pass that he threw that was dope.

I can't even lie about that.

I can't even lie about that.

But he threw a toll of one touchdown in Michigan's last four games before the playoffs. McCarthy doesn't make mistakes, and you need that if you want to win the way Michigan does.

But he threw a toll of one touchdown in Michigan's last four games before the playoffs. McCarthy doesn't make mistakes, and you need that if you want to win the way Michigan does.

But being error free isn't greatness. Greatness takes risks.

But being error free isn't greatness. Greatness takes risks.

But maybe after a year of illegal cheeseburgers and computer crimes and advanced scouting scandals, hardball is looking at the lack of mistakes as the holy grail of accomplishments. Maybe McCarthy will prove me wrong in out Dual Pinnis in the championship. Cause stranger things have happened, like the Husky's making the National Championship two years after losing to Montana. But in a world where that's possible, maybe JJ McCarthy can be better than fellow alum Tom Brady. We'll find out next week. And now we're joined by Josh Pate. You can find him over at Lake with Josh paid on YouTube. You can find it on anywhere where your podcasts are found. If you're a college football fan, you probably recognize this face.

But maybe after a year of illegal cheeseburgers and computer crimes and advanced scouting scandals, hardball is looking at the lack of mistakes as the holy grail of accomplishments. Maybe McCarthy will prove me wrong in out Dual Pinnis in the championship. Cause stranger things have happened, like the Husky's making the National Championship two years after losing to Montana. But in a world where that's possible, maybe JJ McCarthy can be better than fellow alum Tom Brady. We'll find out next week. And now we're joined by Josh Pate. You can find him over at Lake with Josh paid on YouTube. You can find it on anywhere where your podcasts are found. If you're a college football fan, you probably recognize this face.

Josh. Thanks for covering on the show.

Josh. Thanks for covering on the show.

What is all this? This is a beautiful setup you have here. Walk me through all of it if you have a spare hour.

What is all this? This is a beautiful setup you have here. Walk me through all of it if you have a spare hour.

All right, So there are a few things here, so this obviously an Oregon helmet. You can't see the Jaguars helmet that's signed by a bunch of my former teammates. Some of cards and bowl rings and books, things that you.

All right, So there are a few things here, so this obviously an Oregon helmet. You can't see the Jaguars helmet that's signed by a bunch of my former teammates. Some of cards and bowl rings and books, things that you.

Know are relevant to me.

Know are relevant to me.

Matt, Well, same here, because what we have here is we have blinds around this time of year. That's all I need my life. I just need blinds, and I need people to be shut off from the inside world we have here.

Matt, Well, same here, because what we have here is we have blinds around this time of year. That's all I need my life. I just need blinds, and I need people to be shut off from the inside world we have here.

Would you still consider yourself an independent creator for the college football stuff or are you semi you know, like semi independent.

Would you still consider yourself an independent creator for the college football stuff or are you semi you know, like semi independent.

I would consider the spirit of my content independent because they really haven't changed much about that or the I guess I've got the overlap of best of both worlds, where I've got the backing of CBS. I'm employed by CBS. I get the resources of CBS, and we provide a big return for them on that investment. But one of the biggest trade offs is at every turn, I got to give them credit. At every turn they've fulfilled their promise to me, and that promise was, we're not going to interfere. Obviously the creative process works, we just want you to do it for us. The production levels really high, so it's obviously there's some money behind it. But I don't think if you listened to the podcast and didn't watch the visual, I don't think you'd even pick up on the fact that it's anything more than the same product we were presenting when I.

I would consider the spirit of my content independent because they really haven't changed much about that or the I guess I've got the overlap of best of both worlds, where I've got the backing of CBS. I'm employed by CBS. I get the resources of CBS, and we provide a big return for them on that investment. But one of the biggest trade offs is at every turn, I got to give them credit. At every turn they've fulfilled their promise to me, and that promise was, we're not going to interfere. Obviously the creative process works, we just want you to do it for us. The production levels really high, so it's obviously there's some money behind it. But I don't think if you listened to the podcast and didn't watch the visual, I don't think you'd even pick up on the fact that it's anything more than the same product we were presenting when I.

Was now, let's get to the games this weekend. Because you were out at the Rolls Bowl, I'm out here in LA. There's a lot of talk about the Florida State situation. Oh, Alabama, Michigan. They went to overtime. That means that the committee got it right. So does the result of a twenty seven to twenty game. Does that justify what the committee did in leaving Florida State out?

Was now, let's get to the games this weekend. Because you were out at the Rolls Bowl, I'm out here in LA. There's a lot of talk about the Florida State situation. Oh, Alabama, Michigan. They went to overtime. That means that the committee got it right. So does the result of a twenty seven to twenty game. Does that justify what the committee did in leaving Florida State out?

I don't think it justifies him being wrong or right. And you could have gotten a forty seven to twenty final and I wouldn't have cared. If I bring George in and I bring you to my place of business, Peate State Enterprises over here, and we're hiring a new executive level director and you fit the qualifications. If you check those boxes, I'm going to hire you. Now. If you go and blow someone's car in the parking lot up three weeks onto the job, when someone walks into my office and says, see that's evidence you shouldn't have hired him, I would tell him get out of my office. I'd probably fire them because what they're saying is dumb. I didn't have the foresight to know what you were going to do when I hired you. All I have to go on is the information at hand, and I try and make the best decision I can. So the point is the resume as it relates to them. Placing you in a bowl pecking order is your regular season record, and if you're in a conference championship game, that is baked into it. Okay, that's it. So if you didn't think Florida State belonged, I think about two days ago should have changed your mind. And if you think Florida State did belong it shouldn't have mattered. If Bamma won by fix, it shouldn't have changed your mind. It is what it is, regardless.

I don't think it justifies him being wrong or right. And you could have gotten a forty seven to twenty final and I wouldn't have cared. If I bring George in and I bring you to my place of business, Peate State Enterprises over here, and we're hiring a new executive level director and you fit the qualifications. If you check those boxes, I'm going to hire you. Now. If you go and blow someone's car in the parking lot up three weeks onto the job, when someone walks into my office and says, see that's evidence you shouldn't have hired him, I would tell him get out of my office. I'd probably fire them because what they're saying is dumb. I didn't have the foresight to know what you were going to do when I hired you. All I have to go on is the information at hand, and I try and make the best decision I can. So the point is the resume as it relates to them. Placing you in a bowl pecking order is your regular season record, and if you're in a conference championship game, that is baked into it. Okay, that's it. So if you didn't think Florida State belonged, I think about two days ago should have changed your mind. And if you think Florida State did belong it shouldn't have mattered. If Bamma won by fix, it shouldn't have changed your mind. It is what it is, regardless.

I totally agree with that we ended up with no SEC team in the final and It was funny because.

I totally agree with that we ended up with no SEC team in the final and It was funny because.

I was like, where is the math here? People?

I was like, where is the math here? People?

Because so many people because I'm a message board troller, like I don't comment on it, but I go in there and read and see what people say, look at it on Twitter, and they were like Georgia was the best team in the country. They should have put Georgia in And I was like, ow, how sway, how.

Because so many people because I'm a message board troller, like I don't comment on it, but I go in there and read and see what people say, look at it on Twitter, and they were like Georgia was the best team in the country. They should have put Georgia in And I was like, ow, how sway, how.

Were they gonna put Georgia in there?

Were they gonna put Georgia in there?

There seems to be a parody coming in this sport, Like I don't think it's gonna ever be like NFL type, but with the perceived parody that seems to be coming where rosters aren't necessarily as deep. Have you rethought your playoff position and then expanding at this point in time, No, I don't think I'll ever rethink that.

There seems to be a parody coming in this sport, Like I don't think it's gonna ever be like NFL type, but with the perceived parody that seems to be coming where rosters aren't necessarily as deep. Have you rethought your playoff position and then expanding at this point in time, No, I don't think I'll ever rethink that.

I think the first point you started to make is the one I've come to realize probably an area that I was a little I don't want to say flat out wrong, but certainly I undersold the concept of was the concept that Nil and the Portal was going to even out the talent pool. And while I always think the big boys will have the most talented rosters, I don't think that's going to change. I do think that kind of the top of the canopy has been shaved off a little bit, and depth is certainly never looked like it used to in the past. I mean LSU, for example, yesterday they got a five star freshman at tackle who enters the portal, played all twelve games this year, and enters because he's projected to be the third tackle on their team. Because I got two that are entrench to starters that didn't used to happen, it does now. And so in the aggregate, what you've seen is you've seen the ability for us to have what we have now. We don't have a twelve team format yet, this is still a four team format. And I've got something happening Monday night in Houston that people told me couldn't happen, and that is a team in Washington with a roster below fifty percent in blue chip BRIE blue chip rating all of a sudden to playing for a title and could win a title. And I was told that we needed a twelve team playoff to get that. And it turns out maybe the format of the playoff wasn't the key. Maybe dispersing the talent a little bit more was the key, and there are two things happening there. Portland Nil have a lot to do with it. But also, if you'll notice I've talked to you about this before on your show, I have always thought the key to evening out the talent pool a little bit more in college football was teams in Florida recruiting their state better because Ohio State, Alabama, Michigan or not or Michigan, et cetera, but Ohio State clems in Alabama. Those teams were raiding Florida, just rating South Florida. And now it doesn't even matter if Miami's good on the field yet they're keeping some of their talent home. Florida is doing that and they're not good yet. Florida State is doing that. And so think about what it means for five or six more blue chip kids from lord a per cycle, not going to Alabama, not going to Ohio State. It doesn't make them eight and four all of a sudden, But what it does is, you know, in a key, close game, all of a sudden, when you think athletes are gonna make plays and talent wins a game, you don't have that extra five star receiver in the slot that you used to have and instead, you know, it's it plays out. It plays out in those moments, it ends up playing out.

I think the first point you started to make is the one I've come to realize probably an area that I was a little I don't want to say flat out wrong, but certainly I undersold the concept of was the concept that Nil and the Portal was going to even out the talent pool. And while I always think the big boys will have the most talented rosters, I don't think that's going to change. I do think that kind of the top of the canopy has been shaved off a little bit, and depth is certainly never looked like it used to in the past. I mean LSU, for example, yesterday they got a five star freshman at tackle who enters the portal, played all twelve games this year, and enters because he's projected to be the third tackle on their team. Because I got two that are entrench to starters that didn't used to happen, it does now. And so in the aggregate, what you've seen is you've seen the ability for us to have what we have now. We don't have a twelve team format yet, this is still a four team format. And I've got something happening Monday night in Houston that people told me couldn't happen, and that is a team in Washington with a roster below fifty percent in blue chip BRIE blue chip rating all of a sudden to playing for a title and could win a title. And I was told that we needed a twelve team playoff to get that. And it turns out maybe the format of the playoff wasn't the key. Maybe dispersing the talent a little bit more was the key, and there are two things happening there. Portland Nil have a lot to do with it. But also, if you'll notice I've talked to you about this before on your show, I have always thought the key to evening out the talent pool a little bit more in college football was teams in Florida recruiting their state better because Ohio State, Alabama, Michigan or not or Michigan, et cetera, but Ohio State clems in Alabama. Those teams were raiding Florida, just rating South Florida. And now it doesn't even matter if Miami's good on the field yet they're keeping some of their talent home. Florida is doing that and they're not good yet. Florida State is doing that. And so think about what it means for five or six more blue chip kids from lord a per cycle, not going to Alabama, not going to Ohio State. It doesn't make them eight and four all of a sudden, But what it does is, you know, in a key, close game, all of a sudden, when you think athletes are gonna make plays and talent wins a game, you don't have that extra five star receiver in the slot that you used to have and instead, you know, it's it plays out. It plays out in those moments, it ends up playing out.

Yeah, so you end up with Washington versus Michigan. Washington is below the blue Chip rating of fifty percent. But when we've seen other teams, like when we see when we saw TCU play Georgia, that was a total mismatch. When we've seen Cincinnati when they played I think Alabama mismatch. But this doesn't feel like a mismatch, even though Washington is favorite, I mean Michigan's favorite. I like Washington in the game. They're trio of Doonsay McMillan, Polk and then Pennix at quarterback. I think that that's going to be tough because their defense is not good, but it is.

Yeah, so you end up with Washington versus Michigan. Washington is below the blue Chip rating of fifty percent. But when we've seen other teams, like when we see when we saw TCU play Georgia, that was a total mismatch. When we've seen Cincinnati when they played I think Alabama mismatch. But this doesn't feel like a mismatch, even though Washington is favorite, I mean Michigan's favorite. I like Washington in the game. They're trio of Doonsay McMillan, Polk and then Pennix at quarterback. I think that that's going to be tough because their defense is not good, but it is.

But the part of their.

But the part of their.

Defense that's bad, which is their past defense, is not what Michigan does anyway.

Defense that's bad, which is their past defense, is not what Michigan does anyway.

Yeah, so a couple of things there. I agree with everything you said on the front end, so I won't repeat that. But the second part is, I don't think a lot of people have watched Washington. Just if they're honest with themselves, they could tell you, Michael Pennix, they could tell you the head coach's name. They could tell you Washington throws the ball a lot. They don't know. Well, George, I don't think half the country even knows they just won the Joe More Award. They have any concept about how good that offensive line is.

Yeah, so a couple of things there. I agree with everything you said on the front end, so I won't repeat that. But the second part is, I don't think a lot of people have watched Washington. Just if they're honest with themselves, they could tell you, Michael Pennix, they could tell you the head coach's name. They could tell you Washington throws the ball a lot. They don't know. Well, George, I don't think half the country even knows they just won the Joe More Award. They have any concept about how good that offensive line is.

But that's okay.

But that's okay.

I didn't either. At one point I continue to pick against them, but I went and watched them up close in person and got a couple of really tough lessons dealt my way and understood, no, it's not a TCU situation, cause they're not going to get dominated at the line of scrimmagee. It's not going to happen. And so I I think the trap that some fell into in this Washington Texas game was looking at talent level and talent rating and the team talent composite, and of course Texas had the more talented roster. Well, that's not the way a game's played. You don't take two pieces of paper and rub it together, and that's a football game. You have styles, you have matchups, and in some cases, if you have a dominant room, like a wide receiver room in Washington, that can take over a game. And you've got a good enough offensive line and you've got an assassinate quarterback, that's the game. It's over. It doesn't matter that you have three outside linebackers more highly rated than their highest guy. It doesn't matter if you have a free safety that was a number two at his position coming out of high school. If the matchups dictate that they end up dictating the style, that the fight's going to be fought, and it's over.

I didn't either. At one point I continue to pick against them, but I went and watched them up close in person and got a couple of really tough lessons dealt my way and understood, no, it's not a TCU situation, cause they're not going to get dominated at the line of scrimmagee. It's not going to happen. And so I I think the trap that some fell into in this Washington Texas game was looking at talent level and talent rating and the team talent composite, and of course Texas had the more talented roster. Well, that's not the way a game's played. You don't take two pieces of paper and rub it together, and that's a football game. You have styles, you have matchups, and in some cases, if you have a dominant room, like a wide receiver room in Washington, that can take over a game. And you've got a good enough offensive line and you've got an assassinate quarterback, that's the game. It's over. It doesn't matter that you have three outside linebackers more highly rated than their highest guy. It doesn't matter if you have a free safety that was a number two at his position coming out of high school. If the matchups dictate that they end up dictating the style, that the fight's going to be fought, and it's over.

And I think the difference though Pate though, is that.

And I think the difference though Pate though, is that.

When you look at talent ratings, they're looking off for recruiting rankings, where Washington has potentially four first round picks on their team. I think that that's the part that's been ignored, is that their talent rating is not what the stars were when they came in because they have been developed. In Kaylin de Boor, he's done something that coaches are now telling you that can't be done, which is to work with the homegrown talent. Because when Jimmy Lake got fired, he didn't go on and just rehaul the entire roster. He didn't portal kids out and all of that, Like, this is largely kids that he did not bring in, aside from the running back and Johnson and Michael Pennix junior, the majority that roster was already there. So is kayln Debor teaching a lesson on how to build a roster or did he get lucky with just having them wide receivers and tackles and everything else there.

When you look at talent ratings, they're looking off for recruiting rankings, where Washington has potentially four first round picks on their team. I think that that's the part that's been ignored, is that their talent rating is not what the stars were when they came in because they have been developed. In Kaylin de Boor, he's done something that coaches are now telling you that can't be done, which is to work with the homegrown talent. Because when Jimmy Lake got fired, he didn't go on and just rehaul the entire roster. He didn't portal kids out and all of that, Like, this is largely kids that he did not bring in, aside from the running back and Johnson and Michael Pennix junior, the majority that roster was already there. So is kayln Debor teaching a lesson on how to build a roster or did he get lucky with just having them wide receivers and tackles and everything else there.

So I've talked to a couple of folks who were on the staff before he got there at Washington, a couple of folks who were responsible for recruiting a lot of those offensive linemen, for example. And sure enough, they tell you, when we brought those guys in, we thought they had potential to be studs, but they weren't going to be that as freshmen, and they probably weren't going to be that in their second year, so they always projected them as multi year down the road guys. But what you just said, so that's a really good point because it goes back to what I've thought about a lot. If you're trying to run a database model, for example, and you really care about talent level, you have to value recruiting rankings. But what you would be foolish to do is continue to value the recruiting ranking two, three, four years into a guy's career, because by then, if you're any good at what you do, it doesn't matter what he was as a seventeen year old anymore. If he's twenty or twenty one years old, you've watched him play college football, you should have your own unique talent rating on him as a college football player. And so if you've got your data model here, your recruiting value should go down over time, and your college evow should go up over time. And that's what should define you as a player. That's certainly how you know an NFL draft scout would look at you. I think a lot of folks either don't pay attention to Washington, or they've been too lazy to do that, or they don't trust themselves to evaluate talent, which know and have these folks is probably a proper way to go through life. And so they're still counting on the fact that these were a bunch of three stars out of high school. Yeah, but they're twenty two years old as well, so they're not three stars seventeen year olds anymore.

So I've talked to a couple of folks who were on the staff before he got there at Washington, a couple of folks who were responsible for recruiting a lot of those offensive linemen, for example. And sure enough, they tell you, when we brought those guys in, we thought they had potential to be studs, but they weren't going to be that as freshmen, and they probably weren't going to be that in their second year, so they always projected them as multi year down the road guys. But what you just said, so that's a really good point because it goes back to what I've thought about a lot. If you're trying to run a database model, for example, and you really care about talent level, you have to value recruiting rankings. But what you would be foolish to do is continue to value the recruiting ranking two, three, four years into a guy's career, because by then, if you're any good at what you do, it doesn't matter what he was as a seventeen year old anymore. If he's twenty or twenty one years old, you've watched him play college football, you should have your own unique talent rating on him as a college football player. And so if you've got your data model here, your recruiting value should go down over time, and your college evow should go up over time. And that's what should define you as a player. That's certainly how you know an NFL draft scout would look at you. I think a lot of folks either don't pay attention to Washington, or they've been too lazy to do that, or they don't trust themselves to evaluate talent, which know and have these folks is probably a proper way to go through life. And so they're still counting on the fact that these were a bunch of three stars out of high school. Yeah, but they're twenty two years old as well, so they're not three stars seventeen year olds anymore.

Yeah.

Yeah.

I think that's a good point. I got one more for you bit before we get to Rice or wrong. Real Quick Bowl season featured a lot of opt outs, right. You had the Florida State Georgia game. You've had, you know, other games that just haven't been competitive. How do you think that that we fix Bowl season and both and the Bulls already give out gifts two players, why not pay them.

I think that's a good point. I got one more for you bit before we get to Rice or wrong. Real Quick Bowl season featured a lot of opt outs, right. You had the Florida State Georgia game. You've had, you know, other games that just haven't been competitive. How do you think that that we fix Bowl season and both and the Bulls already give out gifts two players, why not pay them.

To play well?

To play well?

I think you and I talked about this three years ago. I mean, that's always been pretty common sense to me, and it's now that, now that it's biting advertisers in the pocket, I think we're going to see something along those lines happen where either you've got to enable a revenue sharing distribution system from the Bowl payout, or you've got to do something even more radical like move Bowl games to Week one of the following year.

I think you and I talked about this three years ago. I mean, that's always been pretty common sense to me, and it's now that, now that it's biting advertisers in the pocket, I think we're going to see something along those lines happen where either you've got to enable a revenue sharing distribution system from the Bowl payout, or you've got to do something even more radical like move Bowl games to Week one of the following year.

Yeah.

Yeah.

If you think that's radical, allow me to present the alternative. The alternative is keep what you got now and allow it to erode even further. At this point, it's untenable. You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube, so you have to do something else.

If you think that's radical, allow me to present the alternative. The alternative is keep what you got now and allow it to erode even further. At this point, it's untenable. You can't put the toothpaste back in the tube, so you have to do something else.

I didn't even consider the putting the bust season in the first week.

I didn't even consider the putting the bust season in the first week.

That might be a great idea.

That might be a great idea.

Now I want to get to rester or a wrong pay This is five quick questions, and give me a quick one, right or wrong. There will never be another Nick Saban, including Nick Saban, because now he's gone three years without a championship, which is the longest run since he's been at Alabama.

Now I want to get to rester or a wrong pay This is five quick questions, and give me a quick one, right or wrong. There will never be another Nick Saban, including Nick Saban, because now he's gone three years without a championship, which is the longest run since he's been at Alabama.

Oh, that's one hundred percent right. I mean, if Nick Saban were to re merged today and had to go based on the here and in the future model of college football, I don't think anyone's doing that. You can't stack a roster like that. You're gonna have probably more competitive balance and just randomization when it comes to injury and stuff because you got to play more games. So I think that's absolutely right.

Oh, that's one hundred percent right. I mean, if Nick Saban were to re merged today and had to go based on the here and in the future model of college football, I don't think anyone's doing that. You can't stack a roster like that. You're gonna have probably more competitive balance and just randomization when it comes to injury and stuff because you got to play more games. So I think that's absolutely right.

Jim Harbaugh will coach where next season. I think he's gonna be in the NFL. But everything's just kind of everyone's kind of assuming that, and I am too. I'm reading Tea Leaves.

Jim Harbaugh will coach where next season. I think he's gonna be in the NFL. But everything's just kind of everyone's kind of assuming that, and I am too. I'm reading Tea Leaves.

I certainly haven't had anyone at Michigan say, hey, this is happening. So, I mean, I just I feel like the organization and the fan base has always looked at this year as d year. We got to get it done and then whatever's over the cliff will handle that when it comes time.

I certainly haven't had anyone at Michigan say, hey, this is happening. So, I mean, I just I feel like the organization and the fan base has always looked at this year as d year. We got to get it done and then whatever's over the cliff will handle that when it comes time.

Reggie Bush is the greatest college football player of all time.

Reggie Bush is the greatest college football player of all time.

Oh man, you had a guy at Auburn that was pretty good in twenty ten. Dude, do I need to go multi years or can we just have like a moment in time like.

Oh man, you had a guy at Auburn that was pretty good in twenty ten. Dude, do I need to go multi years or can we just have like a moment in time like.

Cam moment in time. I think i'd go I.

Cam moment in time. I think i'd go I.

May go Cam Newton. I may go with a guy who played the most important position and put the team on his back. But I remember Reggie Bush, and I remember watching that, and I remember I remember it wouldn't matter if us he was playing Fresno. If you knew they were coming on at ten thirty at night watching I'm living in Georgia at the time, and say, hey, hey, where y'all watching Reggie? We are y'all watching USC tonight? What this is Harrison County, Georgia.

May go Cam Newton. I may go with a guy who played the most important position and put the team on his back. But I remember Reggie Bush, and I remember watching that, and I remember I remember it wouldn't matter if us he was playing Fresno. If you knew they were coming on at ten thirty at night watching I'm living in Georgia at the time, and say, hey, hey, where y'all watching Reggie? We are y'all watching USC tonight? What this is Harrison County, Georgia.

It's gonna be ten o'clock before they come on.

It's gonna be ten o'clock before they come on.

It don't matter Reggie.

It don't matter Reggie.

So were we watching Reggie to night?

So were we watching Reggie to night?

Yeah?

Yeah?

And by the by the way, Dwyer was down and Blank is most responsible for the disintegration of.

And by the by the way, Dwyer was down and Blank is most responsible for the disintegration of.

The PAC twelve.

The PAC twelve.

Larry Scott, Yeah, I call him Larry Michael Scott because he ran in thunder Mifflin paper. Wow, what would happen? Let's just I know it's a fool's errand now, but what happens.

Larry Scott, Yeah, I call him Larry Michael Scott because he ran in thunder Mifflin paper. Wow, what would happen? Let's just I know it's a fool's errand now, but what happens.

If we put a different decision maker in his seat seven or eight years ago, or even George even is recently, is like two or three years ago. What if they just out maneuvered the Big twelve and nothing else than that, they'd still be afloat. And the thing I'm thinking right now is, I know everyone's talking big two sec Big ten, But to me, it's about buying yourself time to stay alive, yep, because you never know what could be coming. Like you, as long as you're at the table, you never know when the kitchen door may open and something comes through and gets put on the table none of you could have ever expected, and you can't reap it unless you're at the table.

If we put a different decision maker in his seat seven or eight years ago, or even George even is recently, is like two or three years ago. What if they just out maneuvered the Big twelve and nothing else than that, they'd still be afloat. And the thing I'm thinking right now is, I know everyone's talking big two sec Big ten, But to me, it's about buying yourself time to stay alive, yep, because you never know what could be coming. Like you, as long as you're at the table, you never know when the kitchen door may open and something comes through and gets put on the table none of you could have ever expected, and you can't reap it unless you're at the table.

Yep.

Yep.

Last one, the biggest lie in college football is you.

Last one, the biggest lie in college football is you.

Are what your record says you are. And that'll be proven even more of a lie in the coming years when you have a disproportionately strong Big ten and SEC just strength of schedule wise versus what's gonna exist in the ACC or the Big twelve or elsewhere you know there's gonna be I'll give you an example. I don't think Florida is gonna be good next year, but let's say Florida was good. Let's say, for the sake of argument, they were the tenth best team in the country. George, They're gonna play five teams in five weeks. At the end of the season, they just finish Top ten. So there's a world where a legitimate top ten caliber Florida is a nine and three team, yep. And there's a world where you've got an eleven and one in another conference. Well, is that committee gonna have the stones to understand how to interpret strength of schedule? Are they gonna, oh, you are what your record says you are, because if they fall victim to that, I'm gonna tell you what I would do. I'd do what Michigan just did. I'd load up on cupcakes as much as i could, and I'd understand that, Hey, even if you leave me out of the top four, you're not gonna leave me out of top twelve. So I'll just I'll completely use it as a twelve week pre season, and then I'll go in the playoff on fire and I'll be healthy because I will have rested my starters half the year. So you are what your record says. You have always been a lie in college sports, but it's gonna be even bigger a lie in the coming years.

Are what your record says you are. And that'll be proven even more of a lie in the coming years when you have a disproportionately strong Big ten and SEC just strength of schedule wise versus what's gonna exist in the ACC or the Big twelve or elsewhere you know there's gonna be I'll give you an example. I don't think Florida is gonna be good next year, but let's say Florida was good. Let's say, for the sake of argument, they were the tenth best team in the country. George, They're gonna play five teams in five weeks. At the end of the season, they just finish Top ten. So there's a world where a legitimate top ten caliber Florida is a nine and three team, yep. And there's a world where you've got an eleven and one in another conference. Well, is that committee gonna have the stones to understand how to interpret strength of schedule? Are they gonna, oh, you are what your record says you are, because if they fall victim to that, I'm gonna tell you what I would do. I'd do what Michigan just did. I'd load up on cupcakes as much as i could, and I'd understand that, Hey, even if you leave me out of the top four, you're not gonna leave me out of top twelve. So I'll just I'll completely use it as a twelve week pre season, and then I'll go in the playoff on fire and I'll be healthy because I will have rested my starters half the year. So you are what your record says. You have always been a lie in college sports, but it's gonna be even bigger a lie in the coming years.

Oh that makes me want to throw up thinking about more more bad schedules. But uh, you guys, he's Josh Pate. Find him over at Late Kick with Josh Pate on YouTube. Find him on CBS Sports. Find him occasionally in a suit. Now now that now that he's a company man, Josh a.

Oh that makes me want to throw up thinking about more more bad schedules. But uh, you guys, he's Josh Pate. Find him over at Late Kick with Josh Pate on YouTube. Find him on CBS Sports. Find him occasionally in a suit. Now now that now that he's a company man, Josh a.

White T shirt on. After all this, this is what it comes to. Hey man, you went company. I had to take over the white team. That's probably the most stinging sentence you've ever thrown my way.

White T shirt on. After all this, this is what it comes to. Hey man, you went company. I had to take over the white team. That's probably the most stinging sentence you've ever thrown my way.

It'll take me a couple of weeks to get over that one.

It'll take me a couple of weeks to get over that one.

Thanks of coming on.

Thanks of coming on.

All right, man, great talking about college football, But the NFL was on my mind this week too, because Lamar Jackson was on the tip of everybody's tongue and we got to talk about him in let that sink in. Ten months ago, Lamar Jackson asked for a trade from the Baltimore Ravens. Man didn't say he didn't want to be a Raven anymore, he just wanted to get paid. Now, fast forward to today, we're talking about Lamar Jackson being a lock for the twenty twenty three NFL MVP Award and the Ravens being the best team in all of football. Relationships have ups and downs, and sometimes it takes one party threatening to leave for the other party to get serious. Look at two thousand and seven, Kobe Bryant he got sick of the unseriousness of the Los Angeles Lakers and asked for a ticket out of town, and in later interviews about his trade request, Kobe Bryant said that he felt like the Lakers were meal ticket and that they were going to be satisfied with him going out scoring fifty in a loss. But Kobe wasn't trying to look good and lose. He wasn't built that way. And just maybe Lamar Jackson is built different too. Because people said Lamar Jackson shouldn't negotiate his own contract, I.

All right, man, great talking about college football, But the NFL was on my mind this week too, because Lamar Jackson was on the tip of everybody's tongue and we got to talk about him in let that sink in. Ten months ago, Lamar Jackson asked for a trade from the Baltimore Ravens. Man didn't say he didn't want to be a Raven anymore, he just wanted to get paid. Now, fast forward to today, we're talking about Lamar Jackson being a lock for the twenty twenty three NFL MVP Award and the Ravens being the best team in all of football. Relationships have ups and downs, and sometimes it takes one party threatening to leave for the other party to get serious. Look at two thousand and seven, Kobe Bryant he got sick of the unseriousness of the Los Angeles Lakers and asked for a ticket out of town, and in later interviews about his trade request, Kobe Bryant said that he felt like the Lakers were meal ticket and that they were going to be satisfied with him going out scoring fifty in a loss. But Kobe wasn't trying to look good and lose. He wasn't built that way. And just maybe Lamar Jackson is built different too. Because people said Lamar Jackson shouldn't negotiate his own contract, I.

Was one of them. In Lamar J.

Was one of them. In Lamar J.

Jackson's letter to the fans after publicizing his trade request, he said, quote, the Ravens have not been interested in meeting my value.

Jackson's letter to the fans after publicizing his trade request, he said, quote, the Ravens have not been interested in meeting my value.

The dude knew what his value was.

The dude knew what his value was.

And when it turned out that the Panthers and the Raiders were only mildly curious about Lamar, it really felt like he had nowhere to turn and I was shocked when the announcement came through that the Ravens had extended Jackson to the tune of fifty two million dollars annually at one hundred and eighty five million in guarantees. That's the kind of money that'll make you want to pop champagne. And with the way Lamar Jackson is playing this season, setting career highs in completion percentage, yards and yards per attempt, all while still serving as the most dangerous running quarterback in the game, the Ravens fans might be popping their own bottles of champagne in a few weeks. And champagne is a much better expensive drink to pour out than the three hundred thousand dollars glass the Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper just poured on a Jacksonville Jaguars fan when he realized that if he was serious, he could have taken Lamar Jackson this season. But he didn't, And I guess that's just another thing that Lamar Jackson has in common with Kobe Bryant a brief flirtation with the city as Charlotte, but it didn't work out. But back to the Ravens because Lamar Jackson didn't just stylistically change overnight. People like me have been complaining for years that Baltimore didn't surround him with the receivers he needed to prove that he could win as a passer. And what did they do this offseason? Number twenty two pick on Za Flowers, Odell Beckham, Junior, Nelson Aguilar and after.

And when it turned out that the Panthers and the Raiders were only mildly curious about Lamar, it really felt like he had nowhere to turn and I was shocked when the announcement came through that the Ravens had extended Jackson to the tune of fifty two million dollars annually at one hundred and eighty five million in guarantees. That's the kind of money that'll make you want to pop champagne. And with the way Lamar Jackson is playing this season, setting career highs in completion percentage, yards and yards per attempt, all while still serving as the most dangerous running quarterback in the game, the Ravens fans might be popping their own bottles of champagne in a few weeks. And champagne is a much better expensive drink to pour out than the three hundred thousand dollars glass the Carolina Panthers owner David Tepper just poured on a Jacksonville Jaguars fan when he realized that if he was serious, he could have taken Lamar Jackson this season. But he didn't, And I guess that's just another thing that Lamar Jackson has in common with Kobe Bryant a brief flirtation with the city as Charlotte, but it didn't work out. But back to the Ravens because Lamar Jackson didn't just stylistically change overnight. People like me have been complaining for years that Baltimore didn't surround him with the receivers he needed to prove that he could win as a passer. And what did they do this offseason? Number twenty two pick on Za Flowers, Odell Beckham, Junior, Nelson Aguilar and after.

Four years of officer coordinator.

Four years of officer coordinator.

Greg Roman attempting to use Lamar Jackson's running ability as the Raven's main weapon, the Ravens went out and got a National Championship winning officer coordinator and Todd Munkin from Georgia, the man who turns stetson been It from Juco bounced back to NFL pick The Ravens got serious not only about Lamar Jackson's monetary value, but about surrounding him with the talent it would take to maximize his potential. As he gets ready to collect his second Most Valuable Player trophy for the first time, he can say that the Ravens made him the most valued player. You have to think Kobe Bryant would be proud.

Greg Roman attempting to use Lamar Jackson's running ability as the Raven's main weapon, the Ravens went out and got a National Championship winning officer coordinator and Todd Munkin from Georgia, the man who turns stetson been It from Juco bounced back to NFL pick The Ravens got serious not only about Lamar Jackson's monetary value, but about surrounding him with the talent it would take to maximize his potential. As he gets ready to collect his second Most Valuable Player trophy for the first time, he can say that the Ravens made him the most valued player. You have to think Kobe Bryant would be proud.

Let that sink in. Now that we've covered the.

Let that sink in. Now that we've covered the.

Sports, let's talk a little bit about family, because this is a transition for me and my family because my oldest son, who guys saw in some of the clips of the videos and the intros and all of that, he's going off to go play college football and we are in January, so he's leaving.

Sports, let's talk a little bit about family, because this is a transition for me and my family because my oldest son, who guys saw in some of the clips of the videos and the intros and all of that, he's going off to go play college football and we are in January, so he's leaving.

He's going to be an early in row league.

He's going to be an early in row league.

And this has been kind of hard because on some level, you are excited for your kids to leave and go out of the house and you want great things for their future. But at the same time, it's a little bit sad because you know, if all his dreams come true, he's never living in my house again. Like he'll come visit, you know, he'll come visit on breaks and stuff like that, but he'll be on to the next chapter of his life. And so we'll document that journey because we actually leave tomorrow to take him up to UC Davis and yeah, we'll be following that. And I just wanted to give you guys a heads up because I know you guys follow me on social media and I've talked about it. There am I gonna cry probably this is my oldest son is gone. But at the same time, this is what you want for your kids. But the thing that I think about as a parent, which regardless whether you have a kid going to go play sports or whatever, it is the thing when they leave for college, I think that you always wonder is obviously for their safety. You want them to be safe, you want them to be healthy, you want them to be all of those things. But most importantly, you just go back through all of your parenting decisions and the things you did and did not do, and you're just like, did I prepare him for everything? Because my thing that a great parent taught me was that you want your kids to be great decision makers. And that's what I wanted him, what was to be a great decision maker. That because it's easy for me to force him to do what I want him to do when he's in my face and all of this stuff, But can you or will you do the right things when nobody's watching, when you may not get caught that time or whatever, and the way you can get yourself and prevent yourself from being in dangerous or bad situations. And yeah, so I think that that would be my parenting tip for today that somebody gave me. Teach your kids to be good decision makers and not just a good Rule followers. Yeah, so that's the update for today and next show we will have some footage of it for you guys, and uh we'll take you guys on that journey. Thank you guys for joining me for the new, rebranded Unafraid show where it's about us. Make sure that you guys leave a comment, tell a friend about it, most importantly, share, and come back next week because we got a surprise for you. Actually, I'm gonna tell you right now. Reggie Bush will be in the big fielding and you guys don't want to miss it, So tell a friends, subscribe, get the notifications, everything in between.

And this has been kind of hard because on some level, you are excited for your kids to leave and go out of the house and you want great things for their future. But at the same time, it's a little bit sad because you know, if all his dreams come true, he's never living in my house again. Like he'll come visit, you know, he'll come visit on breaks and stuff like that, but he'll be on to the next chapter of his life. And so we'll document that journey because we actually leave tomorrow to take him up to UC Davis and yeah, we'll be following that. And I just wanted to give you guys a heads up because I know you guys follow me on social media and I've talked about it. There am I gonna cry probably this is my oldest son is gone. But at the same time, this is what you want for your kids. But the thing that I think about as a parent, which regardless whether you have a kid going to go play sports or whatever, it is the thing when they leave for college, I think that you always wonder is obviously for their safety. You want them to be safe, you want them to be healthy, you want them to be all of those things. But most importantly, you just go back through all of your parenting decisions and the things you did and did not do, and you're just like, did I prepare him for everything? Because my thing that a great parent taught me was that you want your kids to be great decision makers. And that's what I wanted him, what was to be a great decision maker. That because it's easy for me to force him to do what I want him to do when he's in my face and all of this stuff, But can you or will you do the right things when nobody's watching, when you may not get caught that time or whatever, and the way you can get yourself and prevent yourself from being in dangerous or bad situations. And yeah, so I think that that would be my parenting tip for today that somebody gave me. Teach your kids to be good decision makers and not just a good Rule followers. Yeah, so that's the update for today and next show we will have some footage of it for you guys, and uh we'll take you guys on that journey. Thank you guys for joining me for the new, rebranded Unafraid show where it's about us. Make sure that you guys leave a comment, tell a friend about it, most importantly, share, and come back next week because we got a surprise for you. Actually, I'm gonna tell you right now. Reggie Bush will be in the big fielding and you guys don't want to miss it, So tell a friends, subscribe, get the notifications, everything in between.

Cat you next week.

Cat you next week.