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College football got set in the chaos this week with coaching changes and Hall of Fame finalist Fred Taylor is in the building, and I know who the real wild card is in the NFL playoffs and more here on the Unafraid Show.

College football got set in the chaos this week with coaching changes and Hall of Fame finalist Fred Taylor is in the building, and I know who the real wild card is in the NFL playoffs and more here on the Unafraid Show.

Let's go.

Let's go.

The last week has been a mess for college football fans all over the country ever since that man Nick Saban decided he didn't want to run it back with Alabama because he was starting to feel a little bit old, and the consequences and the ripple effects were felt everywhere across the country. Washington lost their head coach, Arizona lost their head coach. San Jose State lost their head coach. South Alabama lost their coach. And when I say that these schools lost their coaches, of course, I'm referring to.

The last week has been a mess for college football fans all over the country ever since that man Nick Saban decided he didn't want to run it back with Alabama because he was starting to feel a little bit old, and the consequences and the ripple effects were felt everywhere across the country. Washington lost their head coach, Arizona lost their head coach. San Jose State lost their head coach. South Alabama lost their coach. And when I say that these schools lost their coaches, of course, I'm referring to.

The fans who take all this movement very hard.

The fans who take all this movement very hard.

But the actual consequences of that movement is experienced by the student athletes that play for the coaches. For everyone coach that makes a major career change, hundreds of lives are directly impacted and thrown into disarray and confusion. But consistently, in conversations I have about college football, whether on my radio show or in person or on social media, the primary concern of most fans isn't the decades old and increasingly chaotic coaching care ofuself.

But the actual consequences of that movement is experienced by the student athletes that play for the coaches. For everyone coach that makes a major career change, hundreds of lives are directly impacted and thrown into disarray and confusion. But consistently, in conversations I have about college football, whether on my radio show or in person or on social media, the primary concern of most fans isn't the decades old and increasingly chaotic coaching care ofuself.

It's player movement.

It's player movement.

And in those conversations, more than anything else blamed by far, fans cite the transfer portal, the infusion of name, image and likeness capital into college football as the reason that they're becoming disillusion with the sport. I can't dismiss that dissatisfaction outright, because the frustration people.

And in those conversations, more than anything else blamed by far, fans cite the transfer portal, the infusion of name, image and likeness capital into college football as the reason that they're becoming disillusion with the sport. I can't dismiss that dissatisfaction outright, because the frustration people.

Are feeling is real.

Are feeling is real.

Feeling like you have to invest more personally just to keep a player around for more than just a few months, all while staving off back door recruiting from schools with pay for play hedge funds masquerading as nil collectives sucks, and I get it. But the instability and volatility in college football everybody is feeling right now is the effect of trickle down economics.

Feeling like you have to invest more personally just to keep a player around for more than just a few months, all while staving off back door recruiting from schools with pay for play hedge funds masquerading as nil collectives sucks, and I get it. But the instability and volatility in college football everybody is feeling right now is the effect of trickle down economics.

Ronald Reagan would be proud right now.

Ronald Reagan would be proud right now.

But seriously, though we spent the last two and a half decades watching TV money create a coaching gold rush, Steve Spurrier became the first million dollar coach back in the late nineties, and twenty five years later, we have over half of the country's Power five coordinators not head coaches, making over a million and guys like jimbo Fisher getting an eighty million dollar check not.

But seriously, though we spent the last two and a half decades watching TV money create a coaching gold rush, Steve Spurrier became the first million dollar coach back in the late nineties, and twenty five years later, we have over half of the country's Power five coordinators not head coaches, making over a million and guys like jimbo Fisher getting an eighty million dollar check not.

To show up to work.

To show up to work.

So coaches moved from school to school, and they chased that big check, They chased that bag, or they chase the pathways.

So coaches moved from school to school, and they chased that big check, They chased that bag, or they chase the pathways.

That are gonna get them to the bag.

That are gonna get them to the bag.

And as the free market love and Americans that we are, we're faced with asking ourselves the question why shouldn't they And every Arizona fan on earth, reeling from Jedfish telling Jim Rome that he was gonna stay and build in Tucson, only to see him sign a contract in Seattle just ten days later, would have signed that contract themselves. Despite what they say, they can tell themselves that they go about it differently, But at the end of the day, the choice was between four years, fifteen million dollars and fifty four million. And it's like getting to the end a dealer, no deal, but you know what's in both cases, and of course you're going to take the higher number. And maybe that's why the frustration never came out on the coaching profession as a whole the same way it has on the players, because on some level we get the simplicity of the economics involved. More equals better for most people, and we get mad when our coach leaves, but not at the overall system, because we know that it's our time, our energy, passion, and resources that drive the system in the first place. And as fans, we want to believe that, no matter how many times we've been burned, that there's something different about our institution, our campus.

And as the free market love and Americans that we are, we're faced with asking ourselves the question why shouldn't they And every Arizona fan on earth, reeling from Jedfish telling Jim Rome that he was gonna stay and build in Tucson, only to see him sign a contract in Seattle just ten days later, would have signed that contract themselves. Despite what they say, they can tell themselves that they go about it differently, But at the end of the day, the choice was between four years, fifteen million dollars and fifty four million. And it's like getting to the end a dealer, no deal, but you know what's in both cases, and of course you're going to take the higher number. And maybe that's why the frustration never came out on the coaching profession as a whole the same way it has on the players, because on some level we get the simplicity of the economics involved. More equals better for most people, and we get mad when our coach leaves, but not at the overall system, because we know that it's our time, our energy, passion, and resources that drive the system in the first place. And as fans, we want to believe that, no matter how many times we've been burned, that there's something different about our institution, our campus.

Our tradition, and our fans.

Our tradition, and our fans.

So when a coach comes in and tells us we're special, we get hooked again and again like a bass and a catch and release. It's that desire to believe and our addiction to hope that sells us on the line that the kids are committing to the universities that we root for, that they're primarily concerned with our schools, colors, and traditions, and that they want to be one of us, when the truth is the recruitment process for all but a handful of kids each year is insanely stressful and a game of musical chairs that's fueled by grown men who are paid top one percent money to convince teenagers and their parents to commit to an institution, most of them are not fully committed to themselves. Seriously, do you ever stop to think about the lunacy of a position coach that has been at like four schools in five years calling up a kid and telling them colleges or forty year decision and when they haven't even been at one place for forty months. But if the salesman is selling our product, we overlook the tactics. We tell ourselves that these kids are committing to the school and not the coaches. Even though we actively root for our schools to spend the money to a why are the best salesman and recruiters that they can find? Because deep down we know what it takes to get an elite player on campus and it ain't the library. And when we have institutions ignoring that coaches are under contract and negotiating ways to buy them out and bring them in, why are we surprised that these coaches backdoor recruit players off of their rosters or that the players are receptive to it. When we have coaches bouncing from school to school every year looking for the clearest path to having play calling duties, why are we upset when the players bounce from school to school in search of playing time. When we accept that the chaos of having a coach come in and flip the roster in hopes that our path to success at an institution will be a little bit quicker, why do we lose our minds at athletes looking for the path of least resistance on another team's depth chart.

So when a coach comes in and tells us we're special, we get hooked again and again like a bass and a catch and release. It's that desire to believe and our addiction to hope that sells us on the line that the kids are committing to the universities that we root for, that they're primarily concerned with our schools, colors, and traditions, and that they want to be one of us, when the truth is the recruitment process for all but a handful of kids each year is insanely stressful and a game of musical chairs that's fueled by grown men who are paid top one percent money to convince teenagers and their parents to commit to an institution, most of them are not fully committed to themselves. Seriously, do you ever stop to think about the lunacy of a position coach that has been at like four schools in five years calling up a kid and telling them colleges or forty year decision and when they haven't even been at one place for forty months. But if the salesman is selling our product, we overlook the tactics. We tell ourselves that these kids are committing to the school and not the coaches. Even though we actively root for our schools to spend the money to a why are the best salesman and recruiters that they can find? Because deep down we know what it takes to get an elite player on campus and it ain't the library. And when we have institutions ignoring that coaches are under contract and negotiating ways to buy them out and bring them in, why are we surprised that these coaches backdoor recruit players off of their rosters or that the players are receptive to it. When we have coaches bouncing from school to school every year looking for the clearest path to having play calling duties, why are we upset when the players bounce from school to school in search of playing time. When we accept that the chaos of having a coach come in and flip the roster in hopes that our path to success at an institution will be a little bit quicker, why do we lose our minds at athletes looking for the path of least resistance on another team's depth chart.

So my ask is this, if you're going to.

So my ask is this, if you're going to.

Be frustrated with what college football has become, don't take it out on the players for acting like the adults that they play for. We know where they learn to to check. It's obvious the leadership. And we'll talk more about this in a little bit because I got to tell you how to get over if your coach leaves.

Be frustrated with what college football has become, don't take it out on the players for acting like the adults that they play for. We know where they learn to to check. It's obvious the leadership. And we'll talk more about this in a little bit because I got to tell you how to get over if your coach leaves.

But first we got an interview.

But first we got an interview.

Now we're joined by Hall of Fame finalist, my former teammate Man who is just You've seen him great on the Pivot podcast and so many other things, mister Fred Taylor.

Now we're joined by Hall of Fame finalist, my former teammate Man who is just You've seen him great on the Pivot podcast and so many other things, mister Fred Taylor.

Fred, thanks for coming on the show.

Fred, thanks for coming on the show.

Man my pleasure, gee man, thanks for having me. Bro hey Man doing big things. Keep it up.

Man my pleasure, gee man, thanks for having me. Bro hey Man doing big things. Keep it up.

You just found out that you were a Hall of Fame finalist after a couple times making it as a semifinalist, Like, what was that moment like for you when you found out you.

You just found out that you were a Hall of Fame finalist after a couple times making it as a semifinalist, Like, what was that moment like for you when you found out you.

Know, this is this is sort of aside from being enshrined and Cannon as Canton as a as a finalist, I mean as a Hall of Famer, being a finalist is obviously the next best thing because you have an opportunity to go in the room. It's what they call getting in the room when your final fifteen is considered getting in the room, and at that moment, you have a real opportunity to have your case heard. Jacksonville was a small market, so for me, when when I heard that I was the finalist for the first time in what five years I think I was a semi finalist.

Know, this is this is sort of aside from being enshrined and Cannon as Canton as a as a finalist, I mean as a Hall of Famer, being a finalist is obviously the next best thing because you have an opportunity to go in the room. It's what they call getting in the room when your final fifteen is considered getting in the room, and at that moment, you have a real opportunity to have your case heard. Jacksonville was a small market, so for me, when when I heard that I was the finalist for the first time in what five years I think I was a semi finalist.

I was like, man, this is It was a surreal moment.

I was like, man, this is It was a surreal moment.

I was excited and very related, but at the same time, you know, I didn't want to get overly excited because I understand the process.

I was excited and very related, but at the same time, you know, I didn't want to get overly excited because I understand the process.

You know, I understand the process.

You know, I understand the process.

If you're not a first ballot, it's a lot of campaigning, it's a lot of let me, you know, let them hear your case. And at that moment, so many guys are deserving. When you look at that list, you would say, man, he was great. Oh wow, he was great, you know, and then you look at yourself and say I was just as good. So I think everybody on that final fifteen list is deserving, but.

If you're not a first ballot, it's a lot of campaigning, it's a lot of let me, you know, let them hear your case. And at that moment, so many guys are deserving. When you look at that list, you would say, man, he was great. Oh wow, he was great, you know, and then you look at yourself and say I was just as good. So I think everybody on that final fifteen list is deserving, but.

It's all in the voter's hands.

It's all in the voter's hands.

I'm gonna say a name to you, and you tell me what the first thing that comes.

I'm gonna say a name to you, and you tell me what the first thing that comes.

To your mind is go for it.

To your mind is go for it.

Trevor Mawad.

Trevor Mawad.

Beautiful. He's a beautiful human being. I miss him. He changed my career. He turned my career around. I did not trust the Jaguars when they decided to hire a sports psychiatrist for me because they thought I was losing confidence in myself because of the injuries that I had.

Beautiful. He's a beautiful human being. I miss him. He changed my career. He turned my career around. I did not trust the Jaguars when they decided to hire a sports psychiatrist for me because they thought I was losing confidence in myself because of the injuries that I had.

I was never losing confidence. I think what I.

I was never losing confidence. I think what I.

Could call it is I was overly frustrated because I knew that I was a much better player than what I was doing statistically and what I was able to do to help the team. So with that, when they brought Trevor and I was like, nah, I'm not doing this like the team hired you.

Could call it is I was overly frustrated because I knew that I was a much better player than what I was doing statistically and what I was able to do to help the team. So with that, when they brought Trevor and I was like, nah, I'm not doing this like the team hired you.

I'm not. I'm not doing this like I can't open up. I don't I don't trust you.

I'm not. I'm not doing this like I can't open up. I don't I don't trust you.

But after a couple of weeks of you know, Trevor coming in telling me his life story, his journey, his bouts with cancer, you know, his father's bouts with cancer.

But after a couple of weeks of you know, Trevor coming in telling me his life story, his journey, his bouts with cancer, you know, his father's bouts with cancer.

You know.

You know.

He he earned my trust and we developed the friendship relationship that sort of skyrocketed, and in turn, my career got back on track and skyrocketed. I had a four year window where I didn't miss a single game, and that was due to a lot of the practices that you know, Trevor and I would would have, and the messages and just approach how to approach the game with all positivity. We used a little algebra where you can turn negatives into positives. You know, two negatives equo positive. So he would say, Fred, there's a double negative. Some good gotta come of it out of it. And so we started to develop that mindset in approach to all things I missed the hell out of Trevor. Trevor is the guy that reminds you that it takes what it takes. You know, that's his book, It takes what it takes, Like whatever it is is what you need to do to get it done. You know, if this is what it takes, that's just it is simple.

He he earned my trust and we developed the friendship relationship that sort of skyrocketed, and in turn, my career got back on track and skyrocketed. I had a four year window where I didn't miss a single game, and that was due to a lot of the practices that you know, Trevor and I would would have, and the messages and just approach how to approach the game with all positivity. We used a little algebra where you can turn negatives into positives. You know, two negatives equo positive. So he would say, Fred, there's a double negative. Some good gotta come of it out of it. And so we started to develop that mindset in approach to all things I missed the hell out of Trevor. Trevor is the guy that reminds you that it takes what it takes. You know, that's his book, It takes what it takes, Like whatever it is is what you need to do to get it done. You know, if this is what it takes, that's just it is simple.

It is simple.

It is simple.

If it takes you rearranging it and change your mindset, learn to how to develop tools in order for you to be a better, a more progressive person.

If it takes you rearranging it and change your mindset, learn to how to develop tools in order for you to be a better, a more progressive person.

That's what it takes. That's what you gotta do.

That's what it takes. That's what you gotta do.

You got to go and sort out any and everything to make your journey on this earth better.

You got to go and sort out any and everything to make your journey on this earth better.

And really it's just developing a mindset to never quit. There's nothing better than understanding your past success Your past successes will invigorate your mindset or remind you and invigorate your mindset to believe that, look, I've done this before, I could do it again.

And really it's just developing a mindset to never quit. There's nothing better than understanding your past success Your past successes will invigorate your mindset or remind you and invigorate your mindset to believe that, look, I've done this before, I could do it again.

You've been a player that was obviously criticized by the media but also but there was a lot of praise too. And I remember when I first got drafted to Jacksonville, there was an article that came out and it said fragile Fred and I was like, damn, that's messed up, Like why would you say this? And so what was that like to be, you know, a first round pick, highly sought after all of this stuff to then to that point where you had a bunch of injuries and then you have the local media writing articles. That's just I mean, you know, when you're the butt jokes.

You've been a player that was obviously criticized by the media but also but there was a lot of praise too. And I remember when I first got drafted to Jacksonville, there was an article that came out and it said fragile Fred and I was like, damn, that's messed up, Like why would you say this? And so what was that like to be, you know, a first round pick, highly sought after all of this stuff to then to that point where you had a bunch of injuries and then you have the local media writing articles. That's just I mean, you know, when you're the butt jokes.

But you know at that particular moment, I would say when it came out that there was some truth to it. It was my third season I tore my growing off the bone. I just ripped it completely off the bone in the middle of the game. If you have a growing injury, if anybody's out there that's washing has ever had a growing injury or some type of muscle injury, specifically for growings, if you have chronic growing, they clip it off the bone. The procedures to clip it off the bone under anesthesia in surgery.

But you know at that particular moment, I would say when it came out that there was some truth to it. It was my third season I tore my growing off the bone. I just ripped it completely off the bone in the middle of the game. If you have a growing injury, if anybody's out there that's washing has ever had a growing injury or some type of muscle injury, specifically for growings, if you have chronic growing, they clip it off the bone. The procedures to clip it off the bone under anesthesia in surgery.

I did that on the field.

I did that on the field.

Mine is anesthesia, So you're talking about paying the worst stuff I ever felt in my entire life. I go into the training room. The reports from the training room back to the coach is he has a growing injury. They didn't go into he tore the muscle off the bone. So after two weeks, three weeks, I went and got an MRI. For those three weeks or the first five days, I couldn't walk.

Mine is anesthesia, So you're talking about paying the worst stuff I ever felt in my entire life. I go into the training room. The reports from the training room back to the coach is he has a growing injury. They didn't go into he tore the muscle off the bone. So after two weeks, three weeks, I went and got an MRI. For those three weeks or the first five days, I couldn't walk.

I was on crutches. So I got an.

I was on crutches. So I got an.

MRI and it came back that I tore the bone from the adduct off the growing. So still, because I was one of the best way, I was the best.

MRI and it came back that I tore the bone from the adduct off the growing. So still, because I was one of the best way, I was the best.

Player on the team.

Player on the team.

At that point in time, they decided not to put me on injury reserve because they needed me. Time had passed, the media will start asking questions, where's Taylor, where's Taylor growing? Shouldn't take that long. Coach Coughlin at the time, he had such this like army general mindset that he was like, got to tough it out, son, You gotta do this. You can't make the club in the tub, ain't no space in the training room. Get out of the training room. You have soft tissue injuries. Those should never exist. Those are the more tricky injuries, like if we're being real, hamstring growing, any soft tissue injuries or the more tricky injuries because you just never know. The NFL is about explosiveness, fast, fast twitch. You need who's for fast switching explosion. So coach Coughlin didn't come to my defense. The media started their agenda, which was this kid is soft, he's fragile, he can't get he can't return from a simple drawing injury.

At that point in time, they decided not to put me on injury reserve because they needed me. Time had passed, the media will start asking questions, where's Taylor, where's Taylor growing? Shouldn't take that long. Coach Coughlin at the time, he had such this like army general mindset that he was like, got to tough it out, son, You gotta do this. You can't make the club in the tub, ain't no space in the training room. Get out of the training room. You have soft tissue injuries. Those should never exist. Those are the more tricky injuries, like if we're being real, hamstring growing, any soft tissue injuries or the more tricky injuries because you just never know. The NFL is about explosiveness, fast, fast twitch. You need who's for fast switching explosion. So coach Coughlin didn't come to my defense. The media started their agenda, which was this kid is soft, he's fragile, he can't get he can't return from a simple drawing injury.

Uh.

Uh.

And later it was discovered that I had a I had torn my growing off the bone, which would eventually.

And later it was discovered that I had a I had torn my growing off the bone, which would eventually.

End a lot of guys career.

End a lot of guys career.

Arian Foster, Yeah, for example, that sort of shut his career down, but.

Arian Foster, Yeah, for example, that sort of shut his career down, but.

I fought back from it.

I fought back from it.

It s guarred down, and the next year the numbers I put up were better than any other player in the NFL.

It s guarred down, and the next year the numbers I put up were better than any other player in the NFL.

All right, for I'm gona give you one more name, and tell me what you think about this name, Jack del Rio. That's what That was my immediate If somebody asked me that, that would be my immediate reaction, I'd be like, think, how am I going to address this?

All right, for I'm gona give you one more name, and tell me what you think about this name, Jack del Rio. That's what That was my immediate If somebody asked me that, that would be my immediate reaction, I'd be like, think, how am I going to address this?

Yeah? I mean, because you know Jack, I learned a lot from Jack. The fan base.

Yeah? I mean, because you know Jack, I learned a lot from Jack. The fan base.

The Weavers hired Jack, I simply think because the fan base wanted a player friendly coach. They wanted somebody who wasn't as hard as coach Coughlin. They wanted a former player, a coach who can relate to the guys, and a coach who had been on the winning team.

The Weavers hired Jack, I simply think because the fan base wanted a player friendly coach. They wanted somebody who wasn't as hard as coach Coughlin. They wanted a former player, a coach who can relate to the guys, and a coach who had been on the winning team.

And that was Jack delle Rio. He was on the.

And that was Jack delle Rio. He was on the.

Ravens defensive staff you know there, Yeah, in two thousand and then they plucked him from I believe Carolina after that. So Jack wasn't an awful coach. Like he wasn't an awful coach. He was a young head coach. So he did things sort of it's like what a young young head coach would do, I think, but a young arrogant head coach. We have some young head coaches who aren't arrogant. I think that's the word. The game is shifting to a lot of young head coaches. But Jack was arrogant. But he wasn't a bad head coach. It was just that he had a lot of gray areas.

Ravens defensive staff you know there, Yeah, in two thousand and then they plucked him from I believe Carolina after that. So Jack wasn't an awful coach. Like he wasn't an awful coach. He was a young head coach. So he did things sort of it's like what a young young head coach would do, I think, but a young arrogant head coach. We have some young head coaches who aren't arrogant. I think that's the word. The game is shifting to a lot of young head coaches. But Jack was arrogant. But he wasn't a bad head coach. It was just that he had a lot of gray areas.

And that's the best way to say it, Fred, because that is the best way to say it was a lot.

And that's the best way to say it, Fred, because that is the best way to say it was a lot.

Of gray areas. It was a ton of gray areas.

Of gray areas. It was a ton of gray areas.

I just recently heard a quote by Joe Dumars that Desima Howard shared on the Pivot with Us. He said, You've never You'll never meet a superstar who's been coddled to greatness. That struck the nerve with me, because that's all coach Coughlin was trying to do.

I just recently heard a quote by Joe Dumars that Desima Howard shared on the Pivot with Us. He said, You've never You'll never meet a superstar who's been coddled to greatness. That struck the nerve with me, because that's all coach Coughlin was trying to do.

He didn't caddle anyone. It was always black and white.

He didn't caddle anyone. It was always black and white.

Fast forward past del Rio to Bill Belichick those two years, and I'm just sitting in the meeting rooms like this, George, Yeah, I'm like wow. So it made me think about it was all black and white. So it made me think about what coach Coughlin was trying to say. So.

Fast forward past del Rio to Bill Belichick those two years, and I'm just sitting in the meeting rooms like this, George, Yeah, I'm like wow. So it made me think about it was all black and white. So it made me think about what coach Coughlin was trying to say. So.

I saw coach often after a preseason game. I ran up to him.

I saw coach often after a preseason game. I ran up to him.

I said, Coach, I get it. I understand what you're trying to say. I understand what you were trying to say back then. I love you. Hopefully we could talk again later. I saw him in that offseason and Indy at the Combine. We passed each other in the hotel. He was coming from scouting and we sat in front of the elevator. Two hundred people passed us going up and down the elevator. We talked for an hour outside of the elevator, just about life, football, about that conversation, that black and the white, the game, what he was trying to do. I was like, wow, and I think we fell in man love. I fell in love with coach then and now that's our relationship now.

I said, Coach, I get it. I understand what you're trying to say. I understand what you were trying to say back then. I love you. Hopefully we could talk again later. I saw him in that offseason and Indy at the Combine. We passed each other in the hotel. He was coming from scouting and we sat in front of the elevator. Two hundred people passed us going up and down the elevator. We talked for an hour outside of the elevator, just about life, football, about that conversation, that black and the white, the game, what he was trying to do. I was like, wow, and I think we fell in man love. I fell in love with coach then and now that's our relationship now.

Going back to Jack.

Going back to Jack.

Del Rio, who was in the middle, when I said Jack taught me a lot. Jack taught me that I always needed Coach Coughlin and Coach Beli, tech type.

Del Rio, who was in the middle, when I said Jack taught me a lot. Jack taught me that I always needed Coach Coughlin and Coach Beli, tech type.

Coaches as good as Jack was, player.

Coaches as good as Jack was, player.

Friendly and what he did with the and we had some good seasons there. I did not need a coach who sort of worked in the middle.

Friendly and what he did with the and we had some good seasons there. I did not need a coach who sort of worked in the middle.

Of gray.

Of gray.

I didn't need a coach who was in the middle. I needed black or white. So if I stepped on either side, I knew the consequences.

I didn't need a coach who was in the middle. I needed black or white. So if I stepped on either side, I knew the consequences.

Du dude, you remember when he took the ping pong tables out of the locker room and turned off the power.

Du dude, you remember when he took the ping pong tables out of the locker room and turned off the power.

It's you know, it's one of those things where like a father, you're a father, I'm a father.

It's you know, it's one of those things where like a father, you're a father, I'm a father.

How can we get our children's attention? And I'm okay with that? Like, I'm okay with that because if I'm a leader, you're a leader. Wearing there.

How can we get our children's attention? And I'm okay with that? Like, I'm okay with that because if I'm a leader, you're a leader. Wearing there.

You got some guys that don't know how to flip the switch. All right, I gotta get your attention. I'll turn my kids Wi Fi off all the time. I'll turn their data off and send them to school the only way you.

You got some guys that don't know how to flip the switch. All right, I gotta get your attention. I'll turn my kids Wi Fi off all the time. I'll turn their data off and send them to school the only way you.

I ain't mad at that, brod I do that same stuff, but I will turn that iPhone into a paperweight.

I ain't mad at that, brod I do that same stuff, but I will turn that iPhone into a paperweight.

Correct, So you have to call me.

Correct, So you have to call me.

You got no action, your data is gone, no Internet or games for you today.

You got no action, your data is gone, no Internet or games for you today.

So I'm okay with that.

So I'm okay with that.

We'll be right back with rister, wrong with Fred Taylor. But first we got aid. I was driving by today and I've been seeing this spot on the way by it's called cheese smack, And so every time I drive by it's just a little little spot on the street, I decide that I am going to stop. And today I had the right amount of time. So we gonna see what they talking about around this joint.

We'll be right back with rister, wrong with Fred Taylor. But first we got aid. I was driving by today and I've been seeing this spot on the way by it's called cheese smack, And so every time I drive by it's just a little little spot on the street, I decide that I am going to stop. And today I had the right amount of time. So we gonna see what they talking about around this joint.

I'm hungry as hell right now.

I'm hungry as hell right now.

I'm excited.

I'm excited.

So we're finna have an Unafraid show meeting in a couple of minutes, and I don't have time to get something else.

So we're finna have an Unafraid show meeting in a couple of minutes, and I don't have time to get something else.

So if this.

So if this.

Sand was nasty, I'm gonna beat it's the boy can Let's see what we're talking about right here.

Sand was nasty, I'm gonna beat it's the boy can Let's see what we're talking about right here.

Bred got a good consistency to it.

Bred got a good consistency to it.

Damn it's hot right, got the tomatoes, got the pickles, got bacon jym.

Damn it's hot right, got the tomatoes, got the pickles, got bacon jym.

Shit what they come out to be? Honest in.

Shit what they come out to be? Honest in.

Huh this solid sandwich. It was not the same as the New York chop cheese.

Huh this solid sandwich. It was not the same as the New York chop cheese.

He's right.

He's right.

He can taste a little bit of sweetness from the bacon jam.

He can taste a little bit of sweetness from the bacon jam.

See what this little saut steak talking about on here? He is I forgot with a sauce call. But see what that's talking about.

See what this little saut steak talking about on here? He is I forgot with a sauce call. But see what that's talking about.

This hitting fos supposed to be a little bit spicy. Number one chopped cheeses are not supposed to be confused with Philly cheese steaks, totally different sandwich, not even supposed to even taste the same. This is a very solid, solid sandwich. I pulled over on the side of the road, essentially on the side of the streets to pick this thing up.

This hitting fos supposed to be a little bit spicy. Number one chopped cheeses are not supposed to be confused with Philly cheese steaks, totally different sandwich, not even supposed to even taste the same. This is a very solid, solid sandwich. I pulled over on the side of the road, essentially on the side of the streets to pick this thing up.

Like, would I craved this sandwich? Yes, there are times I would crave this sandwich. So that gives you a minimum seven and a half if I if I'm like, damn, I want to get one of them sandwich to say, intrigued to try some of the other flavors. Get this sandwich seven point eight out of ten. That means I definitely go back for that, like it, and they go get a follow up and my pay for this joint too. I should have showed you how much it costs, because eighteen bucks you get chips with it.

Like, would I craved this sandwich? Yes, there are times I would crave this sandwich. So that gives you a minimum seven and a half if I if I'm like, damn, I want to get one of them sandwich to say, intrigued to try some of the other flavors. Get this sandwich seven point eight out of ten. That means I definitely go back for that, like it, and they go get a follow up and my pay for this joint too. I should have showed you how much it costs, because eighteen bucks you get chips with it.

Yeah, just holding it.

Yeah, just holding it.

Yeah, it's good. I'm definitely gonna keep eating this sandwich. After I finished filming this, yo, never mind, I alive. I gave this sandwich a seven point eight and I had to change shirts because I have to record something.

Yeah, it's good. I'm definitely gonna keep eating this sandwich. After I finished filming this, yo, never mind, I alive. I gave this sandwich a seven point eight and I had to change shirts because I have to record something.

I told you I was hopping on a meeting.

I told you I was hopping on a meeting.

As soon as the first chance I got, I came right back to this damn sandwich.

As soon as the first chance I got, I came right back to this damn sandwich.

The bread.

The bread.

The bread is soft as hell, but it's still got a little firmness to it. The little sauce was popping like it was one of them sandwiches to where where you initially get it you're like, Okay, that was solid, and then you're like, oh, wait, come that shit was good as hell.

The bread is soft as hell, but it's still got a little firmness to it. The little sauce was popping like it was one of them sandwiches to where where you initially get it you're like, Okay, that was solid, and then you're like, oh, wait, come that shit was good as hell.

I'm gonna get that to the eight point three bro.

I'm gonna get that to the eight point three bro.

That was b for real.

That was b for real.

Now we got the segment. Oh yeah, it is time.

Now we got the segment. Oh yeah, it is time.

From Reister or Wrong with Fred Taylor? Fred, are you ready to go? So I'm gonna ask you. So, I'm gonna give you a statement and then you either tell me am I reister or am I wrong? And then you can elaborate on it if you want to as well. Reister or Wrong? Fred Taylor is one of the ten best running backs in NFL history.

From Reister or Wrong with Fred Taylor? Fred, are you ready to go? So I'm gonna ask you. So, I'm gonna give you a statement and then you either tell me am I reister or am I wrong? And then you can elaborate on it if you want to as well. Reister or Wrong? Fred Taylor is one of the ten best running backs in NFL history.

I'm top five.

I'm top five.

My numbers don't always say that, but I'm certainly top five.

My numbers don't always say that, but I'm certainly top five.

Reister or wrong.

Reister or wrong.

The best athletes in the country are from the state of California.

The best athletes in the country are from the state of California.

What, yes, you knew that though, but you knew it like I get it, I get it, I get it. But Florida, Florida without a doubt.

What, yes, you knew that though, but you knew it like I get it, I get it, I get it. But Florida, Florida without a doubt.

Oh God, come on, man, do we need to tell you where all the quarterbacks come from? We got great athletes, are basketball players, everything else. Come on, Fred, fastest people come from Cali, the best basketball players, best football players.

Oh God, come on, man, do we need to tell you where all the quarterbacks come from? We got great athletes, are basketball players, everything else. Come on, Fred, fastest people come from Cali, the best basketball players, best football players.

All of that. Man. No, no, we just don't lie. Man. No, you guys got a lot of great athletes.

All of that. Man. No, no, we just don't lie. Man. No, you guys got a lot of great athletes.

But no, I think it's short of spread around football.

But no, I think it's short of spread around football.

We dominated you have. You do produce quarterbacks. I give you that. We produce everything else on every level.

We dominated you have. You do produce quarterbacks. I give you that. We produce everything else on every level.

Florida is in a basketball state, but we've had some amazing talent in the state of Florida of basketball.

Florida is in a basketball state, but we've had some amazing talent in the state of Florida of basketball.

But you look a.

But you look a.

Look at the population in the states California, big as hell.

Look at the population in the states California, big as hell.

Hey, come on, all we need is southern Cali and we find anyway, Am I reister or am I wrong? The University of Florida will win a national championship before the Miami Hurricanes and before the Florida State Seminoles.

Hey, come on, all we need is southern Cali and we find anyway, Am I reister or am I wrong? The University of Florida will win a national championship before the Miami Hurricanes and before the Florida State Seminoles.

Yes, you're a rightster in that.

Yes, you're a rightster in that.

And I think if you also throw in the Oregon Ducks, we're gonna win a championship before those three teams.

And I think if you also throw in the Oregon Ducks, we're gonna win a championship before those three teams.

Oh god, oh, you didn't have to do that, bro.

Oh god, oh, you didn't have to do that, bro.

You know, you see what's going on. You see what's going on?

You know, you see what's going on. You see what's going on?

You know we will win a Natty Way before a University of Florida.

You know we will win a Natty Way before a University of Florida.

Sorrydy, you know I think think that the best thing in Oregon right now because you're running back to scoach my guy Lockla.

Sorrydy, you know I think think that the best thing in Oregon right now because you're running back to scoach my guy Lockla.

Yes, yes, you've had a son drafted into the NFL.

Yes, yes, you've had a son drafted into the NFL.

Your kids play sports.

Your kids play sports.

I just dropped my oldest son off to play college football. And tell me at my right story, am I wrong? Watching your kids play is more nerve racking than any game that you ever played in.

I just dropped my oldest son off to play college football. And tell me at my right story, am I wrong? Watching your kids play is more nerve racking than any game that you ever played in.

I would agree to that, But there's also a subtleness where you understand the game and you see it a lot faster than the normal fan or a regular fan. When things happen, you're there and you kind of you know, for me, ad the running black position.

I would agree to that, But there's also a subtleness where you understand the game and you see it a lot faster than the normal fan or a regular fan. When things happen, you're there and you kind of you know, for me, ad the running black position.

Watch my son who's running back.

Watch my son who's running back.

I was fine until he was under a pile too long or I would see a certain hit and then the parent in me would kick in because of the injury part, like I can identify any injury ALC Yeah, shoulders.

I was fine until he was under a pile too long or I would see a certain hit and then the parent in me would kick in because of the injury part, like I can identify any injury ALC Yeah, shoulders.

That part of it keeps me kind of on the edge.

That part of it keeps me kind of on the edge.

And when my kid was at Florida, man, I enjoyed the hell out of it seeing him run out of that tunnel reminded me of my time at Florida, seeing him out there on the sideline kicking them with his guys, you know, trying to get his attention. Now I'm the fan who's trying to get a players attention, right, So it puts you in a special place. Man, it makes you feel good. Yet you also understand that this is their career. You understand that it's one percent of the guys are going to go on and be successful or be able to play in the NFL. So you kind of let them have their space, their time, and you root for them. You become their biggest fan. But still some nerves out there. But yeah, at the same time, it's a lot of love, you know. Try to let them understand the age is just a sport. You can learn a lot more about life and yourself from this game than the game itself. So that was always my message to my boy.

And when my kid was at Florida, man, I enjoyed the hell out of it seeing him run out of that tunnel reminded me of my time at Florida, seeing him out there on the sideline kicking them with his guys, you know, trying to get his attention. Now I'm the fan who's trying to get a players attention, right, So it puts you in a special place. Man, it makes you feel good. Yet you also understand that this is their career. You understand that it's one percent of the guys are going to go on and be successful or be able to play in the NFL. So you kind of let them have their space, their time, and you root for them. You become their biggest fan. But still some nerves out there. But yeah, at the same time, it's a lot of love, you know. Try to let them understand the age is just a sport. You can learn a lot more about life and yourself from this game than the game itself. So that was always my message to my boy.

Right or wrong, the best part of your life has been after you have finished playing football.

Right or wrong, the best part of your life has been after you have finished playing football.

Geez, I think you stumped me with this one. Joy, I thank you. I don't know if to answer right or wrong. It reminds me of when we ask our guests on the pivot, what's your biggest pivot. I'm stumped with that one, because I had some amazing time as a player, developing relationships, enjoying my teammates, enjoying the game, learning life. The game taught me a lot. You know, in my years that I played football from Pop Warner, you know I was.

Geez, I think you stumped me with this one. Joy, I thank you. I don't know if to answer right or wrong. It reminds me of when we ask our guests on the pivot, what's your biggest pivot. I'm stumped with that one, because I had some amazing time as a player, developing relationships, enjoying my teammates, enjoying the game, learning life. The game taught me a lot. You know, in my years that I played football from Pop Warner, you know I was.

I was garbage you too, Hey, look I was. I was awful. I played tight end and de tackle.

I was garbage you too, Hey, look I was. I was awful. I played tight end and de tackle.

I dropped three or four passes in our championship game.

I dropped three or four passes in our championship game.

We got to be thirty one thirteen.

We got to be thirty one thirteen.

And that same field that I dropped all those passes on was Glade State High School was the school that my son went to who became the all time leading rusher in the state order. So when I would attend his games, I would look at that scoreboard, which was the same exact scoreboard that was there when I played Pop Worter. I was like shit like you son, But I learned a lot. Every phase was about learning. I learned there like don't quit. I didn't quit. And then the next phase was high school, and we had somebody there that was better than me in high school and I had to play a different position, so that taught me how to pivot. I had my ups and downs, pradial Fred. My career could have been over where the average life is three years. I played thirteen years, fortunately, and that taught me a lot more about perseverance, discipline, motive. But it taught me about so much and those years were fun post football. I always said I wanted to attack post career like I attacked my NFL career. Eighty seven percent of the guys when they're retired after before within three years or broke a divorce. That intrigued me to not be one of those guys. So that was a challenge of motivation all in the same breath. And it's been fun. It still had my ups and downs. You know, a lot of challenges in there. I wake up and say, damn, I ain't getting a five hundred thousand.

And that same field that I dropped all those passes on was Glade State High School was the school that my son went to who became the all time leading rusher in the state order. So when I would attend his games, I would look at that scoreboard, which was the same exact scoreboard that was there when I played Pop Worter. I was like shit like you son, But I learned a lot. Every phase was about learning. I learned there like don't quit. I didn't quit. And then the next phase was high school, and we had somebody there that was better than me in high school and I had to play a different position, so that taught me how to pivot. I had my ups and downs, pradial Fred. My career could have been over where the average life is three years. I played thirteen years, fortunately, and that taught me a lot more about perseverance, discipline, motive. But it taught me about so much and those years were fun post football. I always said I wanted to attack post career like I attacked my NFL career. Eighty seven percent of the guys when they're retired after before within three years or broke a divorce. That intrigued me to not be one of those guys. So that was a challenge of motivation all in the same breath. And it's been fun. It still had my ups and downs. You know, a lot of challenges in there. I wake up and say, damn, I ain't getting a five hundred thousand.

Dollars check on Wednesday. So that's that's that's a big difference, But it's fun. I don't know. I guess.

Dollars check on Wednesday. So that's that's that's a big difference, But it's fun. I don't know. I guess.

I guess I got to give you the Jackdale Rio answer and give you a grade of a great answer and put it.

I guess I got to give you the Jackdale Rio answer and give you a grade of a great answer and put it.

In the middle. I guess. Yeah, I can say it's.

In the middle. I guess. Yeah, I can say it's.

Been equally amazing because still at the end of it all I'm learning playing retire or career change. I don't call it retirement career change. And I try and use those things that happened to me in life and those messages that I acquire, and I try and give it back, you know, to everybody that I come across, especially the young people.

Been equally amazing because still at the end of it all I'm learning playing retire or career change. I don't call it retirement career change. And I try and use those things that happened to me in life and those messages that I acquire, and I try and give it back, you know, to everybody that I come across, especially the young people.

And that part is fun. I love that. Yeah that right ster wrong, sir, that one. That one stunt me. But that's my answer.

And that part is fun. I love that. Yeah that right ster wrong, sir, that one. That one stunt me. But that's my answer.

That's right ster wrong. He's Fred Taylor.

That's right ster wrong. He's Fred Taylor.

Fred.

Fred.

Thanks for coming on, man, my pleasure, brother.

Thanks for coming on, man, my pleasure, brother.

Man. Appreciate you.

Man. Appreciate you.

Man, appreciate the backside seven techniques, getting across a man, getting that to cut back, take fifty or sixty.

Man, appreciate the backside seven techniques, getting across a man, getting that to cut back, take fifty or sixty.

I appreciate it. Man, Man, I got that ten thousand posters.

I appreciate it. Man, Man, I got that ten thousand posters.

Still, that was good.

Still, that was good.

That was a good That was a good day. Eleven eleven o seven in Tennessee. A lot of good moments. We needed eleven yards to make it happen. Run the inside zone when it gave Chris Hope the business shout out, Chris Hope, Man, I love you. We had a lot of good matchups. It's just that you lost that one. I'm sorry, bro, but we did it, George Man, we did it.

That was a good That was a good day. Eleven eleven o seven in Tennessee. A lot of good moments. We needed eleven yards to make it happen. Run the inside zone when it gave Chris Hope the business shout out, Chris Hope, Man, I love you. We had a lot of good matchups. It's just that you lost that one. I'm sorry, bro, but we did it, George Man, we did it.

Appreciate it, bro, Yes, sir.

Appreciate it, bro, Yes, sir.

The NFL Wildcard round was fantastic, and as we get closer to the super Bowl, I'm gonna be talking a lot more NFL right here on the Unafraid Show.

The NFL Wildcard round was fantastic, and as we get closer to the super Bowl, I'm gonna be talking a lot more NFL right here on the Unafraid Show.

Now.

Now.

Shout out to the city of Detroit for ending their playoff drought and.

Shout out to the city of Detroit for ending their playoff drought and.

The unkillable Baker Mayfield.

The unkillable Baker Mayfield.

The man is a cockroach, and I mean that as a compliment. You can try to kill his career, you can say he's Dan and he's.

The man is a cockroach, and I mean that as a compliment. You can try to kill his career, you can say he's Dan and he's.

Coming back fighting.

Coming back fighting.

But what I want to talk about this weekend is the real winner of the Wildcard.

But what I want to talk about this weekend is the real winner of the Wildcard.

The weather.

The weather.

The Kansas City game was so cold that Patrick Mahomes helmet shatter. Have you ever seen anything like this throughout my whole entire life watching football, never seen it. I've seen full backs break face mask, but a quarterback lowering his head and the actual helmet explode.

The Kansas City game was so cold that Patrick Mahomes helmet shatter. Have you ever seen anything like this throughout my whole entire life watching football, never seen it. I've seen full backs break face mask, but a quarterback lowering his head and the actual helmet explode.

That's a new one for me, buddy. Now, it's the kind of thing that made.

That's a new one for me, buddy. Now, it's the kind of thing that made.

Some people wonder if it's a little bit too cold to be having a football game at all. Look, I was glad I wasn't out there, but I played in Chicago when it was a negative wind chill, the snow in Cleveland when it was single digits and part of The allure playing football is the different climates and environments. You got hot in the beginning of the season, cold at the end. And my message to anybody that's sitting up there saying we need to do away with that, we.

Some people wonder if it's a little bit too cold to be having a football game at all. Look, I was glad I wasn't out there, but I played in Chicago when it was a negative wind chill, the snow in Cleveland when it was single digits and part of The allure playing football is the different climates and environments. You got hot in the beginning of the season, cold at the end. And my message to anybody that's sitting up there saying we need to do away with that, we.

Should all be playing in domes.

Should all be playing in domes.

Listen, man, not everything in life needs to have soft edges. Hard men and women got the way that they are by accomplishing hard things on the hardest of days. And this is football. If you have a climate control stadium, good for you. But it doesn't mean that every city needs to surrender what makes them unique. Look at Buffalo, look at Kansas City, Minnesota. Put up a dome, but those cities are supposed to be played outside.

Listen, man, not everything in life needs to have soft edges. Hard men and women got the way that they are by accomplishing hard things on the hardest of days. And this is football. If you have a climate control stadium, good for you. But it doesn't mean that every city needs to surrender what makes them unique. Look at Buffalo, look at Kansas City, Minnesota. Put up a dome, but those cities are supposed to be played outside.

It's supposed to be tough.

It's supposed to be tough.

I will say, though, not talking about the Big Game, because there's a reason why the Super Bowl is always played in cities where the influence of the elements is minimized. And no, it's not so the television audience has a better product. No, it's because nobody is paying five thousand dollars a ticket to go to a game and be miserable and.

I will say, though, not talking about the Big Game, because there's a reason why the Super Bowl is always played in cities where the influence of the elements is minimized. And no, it's not so the television audience has a better product. No, it's because nobody is paying five thousand dollars a ticket to go to a game and be miserable and.

The halftime performance.

The halftime performance.

Rihanna ain't going out there singing about needing an actual umbrella. But don't think that this means that I'm on the side of all the people that wind about the Bills and the Steelers game getting moved to Monday, because the NFL is a business and there's no worse way to do business than to make your customers risk their lives just to show up and consume your product or.

Rihanna ain't going out there singing about needing an actual umbrella. But don't think that this means that I'm on the side of all the people that wind about the Bills and the Steelers game getting moved to Monday, because the NFL is a business and there's no worse way to do business than to make your customers risk their lives just to show up and consume your product or.

Playing in an empty stadium. That ain't good for nobody.

Playing in an empty stadium. That ain't good for nobody.

Did you see those conditions in Buffalo on Saturday night? Did we really want people out on the roads on the way to the game and leaving the game drinking.

Did you see those conditions in Buffalo on Saturday night? Did we really want people out on the roads on the way to the game and leaving the game drinking.

And everything else? How about no?

And everything else? How about no?

And yes, I know that these are the same Bills fans that choose to dive through flaming folding chairs just for fun, but the NFL is not making them do it. And as a side note, shout out to the Bills fans that showed up on Sunday to help shovel snow out of the stadium, Ray you better than me. And to the one dude that decided to do it shirtless, take a look at this.

And yes, I know that these are the same Bills fans that choose to dive through flaming folding chairs just for fun, but the NFL is not making them do it. And as a side note, shout out to the Bills fans that showed up on Sunday to help shovel snow out of the stadium, Ray you better than me. And to the one dude that decided to do it shirtless, take a look at this.

Guy, this tough guy here.

Guy, this tough guy here.

Oh, you coulda played the game.

Oh, you coulda played the game.

What alleged the Bills could not have done it without you? And now I want to go back to college football for a second. I might have been a little harsh on the fans who were feeling emotional about their team making a change over Arizona or Washington or wherever you might be if you lost your coach to the coaching carousel this year or last year, or you might lose your coach in the future, which should cover just about everybody. I got some advice for you. Maybe you're asking yourself, what do I George? So, what do I know about losing a head coach? And why would you want my advice? Well, I'm an Oregon man and an Oregon fan, and I've watched Chip Kelly, Willie Taggart, and Mario Christobau all leave Eugene for something better. Nick Saban didn't even get the words I'm retiring out of his mouth before people started asking about Dan Lanning moving to Tuscaloosa, Hell. Even a local reporter in Eugene even said that sources told him that Lanning was in Tuscaloosa in Tuscaloosa, causing panic in Eugene, despite the man being at home with his family watching the Bourne identity and for Oregon fans prior to Dan lanning peace in the Middle East seemed more possible than Oregon going three years without having to look for a new leader at head coach. And beyond that, beyond that, my son committed to a college coach this year and the university of course, who turned around and retired before signing day. And I might not be an expert on everything, just on most things, but I'm definitely an expert on this. Frustrated because there's no way around it. To do this job right, you have to be all in, and you have to convince everybody around.

What alleged the Bills could not have done it without you? And now I want to go back to college football for a second. I might have been a little harsh on the fans who were feeling emotional about their team making a change over Arizona or Washington or wherever you might be if you lost your coach to the coaching carousel this year or last year, or you might lose your coach in the future, which should cover just about everybody. I got some advice for you. Maybe you're asking yourself, what do I George? So, what do I know about losing a head coach? And why would you want my advice? Well, I'm an Oregon man and an Oregon fan, and I've watched Chip Kelly, Willie Taggart, and Mario Christobau all leave Eugene for something better. Nick Saban didn't even get the words I'm retiring out of his mouth before people started asking about Dan Lanning moving to Tuscaloosa, Hell. Even a local reporter in Eugene even said that sources told him that Lanning was in Tuscaloosa in Tuscaloosa, causing panic in Eugene, despite the man being at home with his family watching the Bourne identity and for Oregon fans prior to Dan lanning peace in the Middle East seemed more possible than Oregon going three years without having to look for a new leader at head coach. And beyond that, beyond that, my son committed to a college coach this year and the university of course, who turned around and retired before signing day. And I might not be an expert on everything, just on most things, but I'm definitely an expert on this. Frustrated because there's no way around it. To do this job right, you have to be all in, and you have to convince everybody around.

You to be all in.

You to be all in.

A head coach goes into the locker room and tells people who were strangers just a couple months ago that they're now brothers. You create this family dynamic for a self contained period of time to achieve.

A head coach goes into the locker room and tells people who were strangers just a couple months ago that they're now brothers. You create this family dynamic for a self contained period of time to achieve.

A specific objective.

A specific objective.

And then what the literal meaning of a season is a time that comes and goes. But family doesn't come and go, or at least it's not supposed to. Because I grew up in a close knit family, So I vividly remember how heartbreaking the end of my freshman year at Oregon was, just having to face the realization that the seniors that I grew so close with that they weren't coming back. And if you're a team that did something special like Washington or Arizona did this year, and you're bonded over the sacrifices it took to become successful, it's an especially bitter pill to swallow when your leaders tell you that they found something better and walk out the door. And that's exactly why such a moment of jubilation it was for Oregon fans when Dan Lanning turned down the Alabama interest and let his players know that the job in Eugene was not finished. Now, for the first time in a very long time, Oregon fans and alumni felt like that they were throwing their support behind somebody who practiced in the offseason what they preached during the season, and at the end of the day, nobody.

And then what the literal meaning of a season is a time that comes and goes. But family doesn't come and go, or at least it's not supposed to. Because I grew up in a close knit family, So I vividly remember how heartbreaking the end of my freshman year at Oregon was, just having to face the realization that the seniors that I grew so close with that they weren't coming back. And if you're a team that did something special like Washington or Arizona did this year, and you're bonded over the sacrifices it took to become successful, it's an especially bitter pill to swallow when your leaders tell you that they found something better and walk out the door. And that's exactly why such a moment of jubilation it was for Oregon fans when Dan Lanning turned down the Alabama interest and let his players know that the job in Eugene was not finished. Now, for the first time in a very long time, Oregon fans and alumni felt like that they were throwing their support behind somebody who practiced in the offseason what they preached during the season, and at the end of the day, nobody.

Wants to feel used.

Wants to feel used.

Look no further than the disparity between the way that Cleveland reacted to Lebron James leaving for Miami and when they reacted to him leaving for Los Angeles where he had promises kept feeling used is exactly why Notre Dame fans are still mad at Brian Kelly, despite enjoying seven ten plus win seasons with him at the Helm, and feeling used is why Lincoln Riley isn't welcome in Norman, Oklahoma, despite bringing the Sooners to three College Football Playoffs and giving them multiple Highsman winners. Feeling used is why there's a good portion of the HBCU crowd that isn't down with coach Prime. It's why Arizona is furious at Jed Fish after having their best season in decades on the heels of only having one win two years ago. But it's not always about the coaches that left after having success. Pitt fans are still upset with Todd Graham to this day because even though he was just an emergency replacement, he made Pitt fans feel like he used him to get the Arizona State job. And let's not even talk about how Tennessee fans feel about Lane Kiffen. I had Willie Taggart, when he was the coach at Oregon, try to stop me from reporting on his interest in Florida State by telling me he wasn't going anywhere, and he tried to guilt trip me for being a duck alum and causing discord when he had no plans to leave full blown lot, and I had to get over that by throwing all my support behind Mario Christiball.

Look no further than the disparity between the way that Cleveland reacted to Lebron James leaving for Miami and when they reacted to him leaving for Los Angeles where he had promises kept feeling used is exactly why Notre Dame fans are still mad at Brian Kelly, despite enjoying seven ten plus win seasons with him at the Helm, and feeling used is why Lincoln Riley isn't welcome in Norman, Oklahoma, despite bringing the Sooners to three College Football Playoffs and giving them multiple Highsman winners. Feeling used is why there's a good portion of the HBCU crowd that isn't down with coach Prime. It's why Arizona is furious at Jed Fish after having their best season in decades on the heels of only having one win two years ago. But it's not always about the coaches that left after having success. Pitt fans are still upset with Todd Graham to this day because even though he was just an emergency replacement, he made Pitt fans feel like he used him to get the Arizona State job. And let's not even talk about how Tennessee fans feel about Lane Kiffen. I had Willie Taggart, when he was the coach at Oregon, try to stop me from reporting on his interest in Florida State by telling me he wasn't going anywhere, and he tried to guilt trip me for being a duck alum and causing discord when he had no plans to leave full blown lot, and I had to get over that by throwing all my support behind Mario Christiball.

And Mario Cristiball is a.

And Mario Cristiball is a.

Man who I knew would have left Alabama for Miami. He resigned from the press for the Miami job, so when Miami opened up while he was at Oregon, I had to remind myself that his priorities and the things that are most important to him aren't the same things that are most important to me. And it's also the reason a group of alumni started the clamor for somebody who did have those priorities, like Justin Wilcox, because the frustration takes you out of being focused on winning and makes you afraid of losing.

Man who I knew would have left Alabama for Miami. He resigned from the press for the Miami job, so when Miami opened up while he was at Oregon, I had to remind myself that his priorities and the things that are most important to him aren't the same things that are most important to me. And it's also the reason a group of alumni started the clamor for somebody who did have those priorities, like Justin Wilcox, because the frustration takes you out of being focused on winning and makes you afraid of losing.

So how do you get over it? Some people never.

So how do you get over it? Some people never.

Do and look hate is like Cole it's dirty fuel. But if that's what runs your engine, you do you. But there's a saying in the Dayton world the best way to get over somebody is to get under somebody else. And you hear coaches say it all the time when a critical player leaves the program.

Do and look hate is like Cole it's dirty fuel. But if that's what runs your engine, you do you. But there's a saying in the Dayton world the best way to get over somebody is to get under somebody else. And you hear coaches say it all the time when a critical player leaves the program.

We're focused on the guys in this building. Next man up.

We're focused on the guys in this building. Next man up.