The "New Measuring Stick" Edition

Swanny argues that the new CFB Playoff Trophy has created a new order of elite teams in college football.

Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:01):
Each time, or Clipson Sports Talk with Lawton Swan.

Speaker 2 (00:42):
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as well. All right, yesterday up at Tigertown Post Practice,
we had a chance to hear from several tight ends, Olsen,

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Pat Henry, Christian Bettencore, who is a guy I would
have my eyeballs on if I were you at this point.
I know Olson pat Henry's got a big frame and
a big name and somebody that people are really counting on.
But man, I'm telling you, Christian Bettencore looks the part

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about as much as anybody. We also got a chance
to hear from Josh Sap as well, so we'll hear
from those guys coming up in our number two of
the program. We'll hear a good bit from Adam Randall
here in the first hour of the program, Randall, of
course making the transition from wide receiver to running back.

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We've got a story up on our website right now
about Adam Randall, And I gotta tell you, if you
listen to the show and you do not read our website,
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It was serious about that.

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from the existence. But with a Twitter account Clemson Sports,

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of this program as we continue to grow the show
here in the Midlands. So yesterday the coach's poll was released,
we kind of went through some of the numbers with
you here on the program, and again, I think it
is significant, and we talked with William Qualkinbush about this yesterday,

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the fact that there are so many good games that
first week between some of the top teams in the country.
Number one Texas at number two Ohio State on August thirtieth,
Number six Clemson hosting number nine LSU on August thirtieth,
and then number ten Miami versus number five Notre Dame

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on August thirty first. I mean, that's about as jam
up an opening weekend as you're gonna get. There were
five teams that received first place votes, including two going
to your Clemson Tigers, three going to Georgia who was
ranked fourth, fourteen of those going to Penn State ranked third,

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twenty votes going to Ohio State ranked second, and twenty
eight votes going to the number one team of the country,
Ohio State. Now what it looks like by confers, there
are nine ranked teams from the Southeastern Conference, with four
of those being in the top nine, with Texas number one,
Georgia number four, Alabama number eight in LSU number nine.

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The Southeastern Conference also at South Carolina at thirteen, ole
Miss at fifteen, Florida at seventeen, Tennessee at eighteen, and
Texas A and M at twenty one. For nine teams ranked.
The Atlantic Coast Conference had just three teams Clemson at six,
Miami at ten, and SMU at number sixteen, but two

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of the top ten from the ACC. Then you have
the Big Ten in the Big Twelve, each with five
teams or more ranked in the top twenty five. So
you've got Ohio State out of the Big ten, Penn
State out of the Big ten, Oregon out of the
Big Ten. That's number two, number three, and number seven,

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so three of the top seven teams from the Big Ten.
You've got Illinois at twelve, Michigan at fourteen, Indiana at nineteen.
Then you've got the Big twelve, who does not have
a team ranked in the top ten, but has Arizona
State at eleventh. They've got Kansas State at twentieth, Iowa

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State at twenty second, BYU at twenty third, in Texas
Tag at twenty fourth, So sort of a back end
of the top twenty five resume for the Big twelve,
and then the loan group of five representative belongs to
Boise State at number twenty five. And again it was

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the first time ever that Ohio State excuse me, that
Texas has been ranked number one. So that's what it
looks like. That's your coach's poll. And again, for Clemson
and for Tiger fans everywhere, it's a great starting spot

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in the league. It certainly showcases the belief that Clemson
has a great or a large amount of talent returning
for the twenty twenty five season, and a little bit
of validation for some of that talk in the offseason.

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But you gotta go prove it, Dabo Sweeney said it.
We've talked about the energy that's improved on the defensive
side of the ball with the acquisition of Tom Allen
to be the defensive coordinator, and then a premium article
on our website this week about Ben Bullweer in his
role in amplifying the linebacker play for Clemson. And it's

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not as if Ben bullwear it's kind of weird. Okay,
I'm gonna play the breaks on that last statement I
was going to make just to kind of prove a
point here about how quickly things do go. Remember when
Clympsond won the national title in twenty sixteen. Ben Bullwaer
was the guy standing in front of the podium saying
he just been thirty five years. You know that whole spiel, right,

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And then you think about it now since that moment,
and Clemson did win another one two years later, but
since that moment and really when that run began back
in twenty fifteen, it's been ten years already. Like what
I think ought to scare you senseless as Tiger fans

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is the fact that twenty eighteen was the last national
title and how fast we've gotten to twenty twenty five,
not to mention, and this should probably scare most fan

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bases how difficult it is going to be for someone
to crack into and win a national champion that's not
one of the elites, that's not one of the krim
Dela Creme. I mean, think about LSU for a minute,

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the team that comes to Death Valley to open things
up this season. They haven't been in the College football
playoffs since they won the championship in twenty nineteen. Now,
granted it's a four team playoff back then versus what
we've got today, and they should certainly expect to be

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in the College Football Playoff. I don't think anybody denies
that fact. Given Garrett nus Meyer and the weapons at
his disposal, the expectations for this defense, like LSU fans
believe they should be in the College Football Playoff, and
it's hard to blame them, but that's how quickly you

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can go from the penthouse to the outhouse in this sport.
And I know it's not fair. They're not an outhouse
team by any means, But if you think that in
this era, it's gonna get any easier to go out
and win a national title if you're not one of

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those teams who has been there, I think more than
anything in the college football playoff era, Alabama, Clemson, right, LSU,
Ohio State, Georgia, and Michigan, we're not talking about a
whole lot of teams. And to think that you're going

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to be the next one to kick in the door
is great and all. But let's just say that it's
Texas this year, right, Let's just say they go wire
to wire and win it. That's only eight teams ever
that have won that championship. And I will be dismissive here,

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fair or foul. I will be dismissive of the Nebraskas
of the world, of the Oklahomas of the world, of
the Floridas of the world, of the Southern Cols of
the world, of the Notre Dames of the world. If
you haven't kicked in that door in the college football
playoff era already, it is only going to be more

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difficult for you to do so. And I truly believe
that even in an expanded era error yep, all of
that era. I really believe in the expanded era, teams
that can have that golden scepter out in front. It's

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not like the trophy changed. Right. When you come to Clemson,
you see two of them. When you go to Alabama,
you see three of them. When you go to Georgia,
you see two. When you go to Ohio State you
now see two. When you go to Michigan you see one.
When you go to LSU, you see one. When you

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go anywhere else in the country, not name those schools.
You know how many of those gold scepters you see zero?
Do you know the value of like the Crystal Seers
trophy or whatever they want? At Penn State in eighty
two and eighty six and what they want in Nebraska
and what Miami's got down there. Do you know the
value of that to show players? Basically?

Speaker 3 (13:40):
Nil?

Speaker 2 (13:41):
Basically none. It's basically the Chicago Bears celebrating world championships.
That's not the Super Bowl. Clemson's got the Super Bowl basically,
and only seven teams do. And as long as that
list stays small again, you think we're gonna go on

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a run where you get Texas this year and Ohio,
excuse me, in Oregon next year and then Penn State. Like,
do you see this thing ballooning up to like fifteen
teams anytime soon? I don't. I don't like if it
ends up being Georgia, a team that's been there and
done that and they do it again and get their third,

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would you be shocked? No, you see all the people
predicting Clemson. Now, that would be a special case right there.
That would be a special case in my opinion for
the Tigers. Like when I think back on where when
Clemson won the second one in twenty eighteen, the way

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they did, it appeared they were going to be the
team that got to three. It appeared that they might
be the team that took over and and things. They
you have their chance the next year in twenty nineteen.
I get it. And really, you know, they were competitive
in twenty twenty during the COVID year, not competitive in

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the playoff game against Ohio State. But I digress. But
if you could have been the team like Alabama that
got to three, or if you can even be the
second team to three, and you still keep the total
number of teams that have won the national championship in
the college football playoff era at seven. And so now

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that question or that statement becomes, when you go to Alabama,
you see three. When you go to Clemson, you see three.
When you go to Georgia to Ohio State two. You
tell me what's the value of that trophy this year
for Clemson when it comes down to showcasing it to
the college football recruit it's immense. In my opinion. It

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is the difference in the World Championship and the Super Bowl.
And a lot of teams have World Championships, but those
same teams don't have Super Bowls, And so in the
mind's eye of people that watch the sport, some of

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those teams are historic teams. And that's what we would
call a team like Nebraska, a team like Notre Dame,
a team like Miami. They have they have a storied history,
but it feels like the feather and quill ran out

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a while back. At what point are those schools going
to be the ones that kick in a college football
playoff national championship and add that golden scepter to their resume,
to the hardware and their facility. When do they do that?
And as long as this number stays small and with

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twelve teams in and the way, this thing's gonna get
whittled down like it's hard. If I let me ask
you that, let me do this real quick. We only
have about three minutes, two forty five or so. But
if I said, would you take these teams over the
field Ohio State, Alabama, Clemson, LSU, Georgia or Michigan And

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that's six, I don't know, did I say seven or earlier?
I think I counted, maybe I counted somebody twice. Six
teams have won it, six teams have the Golden scepter.
I believe I would take those teams over the field, right,
which means statistically, it's probably more likely that one of

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those seven wins the title. Again, this year, meaning another
year keeping it pretty snug in terms of in terms
of who's got the championship? I really did I say
seven earlier? I think I did. Did I count seven

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out loud? Oh? Good gracious, I'm never gonna get I'm
never gonna live this one down. People tell me don't
do math on the radio, and I can't count the seven.

Speaker 1 (18:23):
You fella's been dorn a bit of boozing.

Speaker 4 (18:25):
Have you sucking back on Grandpa's old cough medicine?

Speaker 2 (18:27):
I don't know what that's about. Anyway. I would take
those six teams over the field at this point, and
I think that's an okay, okay group to take Hard
Rock Stadium. That's where it'll be decided this year. January nineteenth,
the College Football Playoff National Championship in Miami Gardens, Florida.

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Can the Tigers climb the mountain? Can they fight through
the twelve team playoff and go out with a third
golden scepter? That's still struggling? What two, three, four, five, six?
How did I get seven? Who was I giving a

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championship to? I have no idea, all right, anyway, I'm
gonna have to go back and listen to the audio.
All right, Adam Randall, Clemson running back, I know that's weird.
He was even asked about that. Adam Randall met with
the media last week. We'll hear some of his comments

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here on the program. Plus, don't forget now our number
two of the show, we'll hear from a couple of
Clemson tight ends on a Tuesday afternoon. All right, keep
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I started to show the Shakes of South wayAnd so
a couple of days ago. Late last week, Adam Randall,
Clemson running back Adam Randall met with the media and
the senior was asked if it was still weird for
him to hear that name. Senior running back Adam Randall.

Speaker 3 (20:22):
A little bit.

Speaker 5 (20:22):
You know, I've been a receiver for a long time,
but you know, it's just another position on the offensive
ball to me. I think I could play all of
them at this point in my career, being in the
system for three years. So just have an opportunity you know,
to just go out there, run out there and be
one of those guys, you know, on the field. It's
just that's what I look at, you know, not the
position that I'm at, you know, just trying to make
an impact.

Speaker 2 (20:42):
That's Clemson running back Adam Randall. He was also asked
about how much he was checking in at in terms
of weight at this point.

Speaker 3 (20:49):
About two thirty five right now.

Speaker 5 (20:50):
So I put a four pounds of muscle on from
yesterday I met last year. Uh not yesterday, Oh I
actually I have I sweated four pounds off a practice.
But yeah, so I put on four pounds of muffling
from last fall camp. And I mean it wasn't really intentional,
just lifting a little bit heavier weights, you know, lifted
with the linebackers and running backs. But you know, I
still feel like I can move fluidly and you know,

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run pretty fast. So I think that I can move
this weight pretty well, and you know, just trying to
maintain this weight through I get out the season, so
I can, you know, make if I have a little
bit more hits, you know, stay stay healthy.

Speaker 2 (21:22):
And you give you a comparison, I mean, he's the
same height as Derrick Henry and Dereck Henry only weighs
two hundred and fifty two pounds, so just twelve pounds difference.

Speaker 4 (21:31):
Really.

Speaker 2 (21:32):
I mean they're pretty They're pretty similar in frame, which
is one of the reasons you're hearing a lot of
comparisons about him to Derrick Henry. Now I don't think
he'll be Dereck Henry, but still either way. Adam Randall
was asked about how he feels like his past protection
improved since the spring.

Speaker 5 (21:47):
Oh yeah, Coach Luke has been a coach Luke and
Coach Fuiller have been a big, big contributor to that.
You know, They've just kind of been taking me under
their wing, you know, and helping me. You know, after
practice if I mess something up and walk through or impractice,
you know, they take me and you know, they showed
me the film and show me the correction and I hopefully,
you know, me being a fourth year player, I don't
make that mistake over and over again. You know, if

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they tell me one time, hope usually I get it corrected.
And you know, just seeing those protections and get more
comfortable back there is what I'm working on through this camp.
And I feel like I've had a major jump since
since the spring, and I just keep watching film and
keep getting more reps, and I think I'll be fine
at it.

Speaker 2 (22:24):
Adam Randall was also asked about the conversation that he
had making that transition from wide receiver to running back
and what went through his mind and what was that
process like.

Speaker 5 (22:36):
Yeah, I mean I didn't want to go anywhere else
in the country, So I mean when the opportunity presented
itself to move positions, you know, I wanted to be
wanted to be here and make an impact, and I
feel like, you know, when it was said to me,
I kind of thought about it and took a pause,
and I realized that, you know, what I do best
is run with the ball, and you know, even if
it was that receiver, I'll have a lot of yards
after the catch. And having the opportunity to you know,

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get the ball out of the backfield immediately, I think
it'll help me out and it'll you know, maximize the
opportunities and the attributes that I have. And I think
that you know, coach when he saw that, you know,
after you know, ACC Championship game, and I think that
we came to a general consistent consensus that this move
would be the best thing for my career.

Speaker 2 (23:15):
Being able to play running back, wide receiver and potentially
return gigs. Adam Randall was asked if maybe he could
be a similar player than what Deebo Samuel was for
the South Carolina game Cocks.

Speaker 3 (23:26):
Yeah, you know, I mean Debo.

Speaker 5 (23:28):
You know, he's an elite player, uh, and he's he's
using so many different ways.

Speaker 3 (23:33):
You know.

Speaker 5 (23:33):
We've been watching film on guys like Depot, Cordel Patterson
and some other guys, you know, just seeing how they
can get me the ball.

Speaker 3 (23:39):
And I've been thankful for Coach Roley.

Speaker 5 (23:40):
You know, giving me the the most opportunities, you know,
just to be able to come out here and you know,
maximize my talents and my skill set. And I really
do appreciate, you know, the offensive staff, you know, digging
deep and going through a lot of film trying to
find find ways to get me the ball and unique
stuff that they can use.

Speaker 3 (23:58):
Use me for.

Speaker 5 (23:59):
So yeah, I mean, I smile, and I try to
smile every day at anything, you know, even when I'm
watching film of receiver running backs. It doesn't matter, but yeah,
I smile when I watch those guys. You know, watching
film is great, you know, and sitting there see those
guys do it. But you know, at the end of
the day, I gotta go out there and make the
players myself.

Speaker 2 (24:16):
Adam Randall was asked, giving the fact that he's been
out there with the number ones on the offense, if
he's kind of got the mindset that he'll be the
guy that gets the first carry for Clemson against LSU
and the opener.

Speaker 5 (24:25):
No, the mindset for me is, you know, take every
day and you know, be the best that I can
every day. You know, just try to make the opportunities
the most that I can, you know, and when that
day comes, if it's me out there that runs first,
you know, make the opportunity the best that I can
when I run out there. So whenever the time that
I get out there, you know, just be the best
that I can be and you know, have make the
most of whatever opportunities they give me.

Speaker 2 (24:48):
Adam Randall was also asked about short yardede situations and
how he kind of feels about those moments in the
ball game.

Speaker 5 (24:55):
I enjoyed playing football, you know, I mean, it doesn't
it doesn't matter where I'm getting the ball at one
yard line, and the other the opposite one yard line.

Speaker 3 (25:03):
It doesn't matter.

Speaker 5 (25:03):
I'm trying to I'm trying to do the main object
for the main objective and get the ball in the
end zone.

Speaker 2 (25:08):
Randall was asked if in his mind there was maybe
a running back out there in the NFL that he
felt like he might be trying to emulate while he
makes his transition to a new position at running back.

Speaker 3 (25:18):
You know, I'm trying to.

Speaker 5 (25:19):
I'm trying to emulate my game after you know, myself,
you know, just being me and making the most of
the opportunities that coach winning coach Riley give me. Like
I said, Debo and Creda Patterson. I watch a lot
of film on those guys. A little bit of Derrick Henry.
I was joking with Cade we were coming back from
somewhere the other day. I watched a little bit Cam Newton.
You know, his stature is kind of help hopeful in
the way that I could run because we're both tall guys.

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And he would put his body on the line a
lot when he would when he would run with the Panthers.
And I think, you know, just watching those guys, you know,
be selfless and you know, run the ball hard and
run the ball with great passion is the biggest thing
that I see with those guys, and that's that's what
I want to implement with my game.

Speaker 2 (25:57):
Adam Randall was also asked about what elements of his game.
He felt like that maybe we didn't see a year
ago really transition well or fit well for being a
running back at the collegiate level.

Speaker 5 (26:09):
I think that I bring a lot of elements to
the game. You know, hopefully I can have some good speed,
you know, good quickness, and you know, just learning the
details of running back. You know it's a little bit
different when you're running in between the tackles, but you know,
just trying to work on the details and work on
the different things that I need to do at running
back that are a little bit different than receiver. You know, receiver,
you're not getting handed the ball off. You know, the

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ball exchange has been big for me and the quarterbacks
over this last year that we've been working on it,
and you know, just daily, daily habits of doing like
I said, ball exchange.

Speaker 3 (26:40):
You know, footwork in the backfield.

Speaker 5 (26:42):
It's just a little bit different, but you know, making
sure to maximize my speed or looseness and in the
backfield and you know, just hopefully just bringing strength and
like I said, passion while I run the ball is
one of the big the biggest things that I want
to want to do while I'm in the backfield.

Speaker 2 (26:58):
Again, that's Clemson why receiver who has now transitioned to
running back, Adam Randall, meeting with the media late last week.
What a quick break, will come back. We'll hear more
from Adam. Adam Randall. Fascinating story is he'll get a
chance to really showcase his talents this year. I think
with the ball in his hand. I don't know what

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the missteps were for him at wide receiver, but he's
looked like a natural at running back and we'll see
how it all plays out. We'll hear more from Randall
when we return. Keep it locked, Lawton Swan Klempson's sports
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go follow us today, all right. Adam Randall such a
unique story watching him transition to the running back room,

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and he was asked about who he leans on for
support in this role.

Speaker 5 (27:48):
Personalit lean on the Moses is my faith and you know,
just God and you know, just keeping my hand in
his hand and you know, having a making sure that
I know that he's gonna leave me in the right direction.
And you know personally why, you know, just leaning on
my teammates, you know, Cade and Antonio and all the
entire offensive group. You know, they they really supported me,
a whole offensive staff. You know, they've just been they've

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been excited and ecstatic. I could see the energy that
they bring into the office, and you know, it just
makes me want to be energetic every day. And you know,
we're practicing against a great defense every single day, and
you know those guys, you know, make us better and
just continue to It's really competitive out there, so.

Speaker 3 (28:22):
If you don't bring your a game out there, you're
just gonna be exposed.

Speaker 2 (28:25):
Adam Randon was almost what was also asked about how
Dabo Sweeney said he thinks he could be one of
the best stories in college football and what that belief
in him means to him.

Speaker 5 (28:33):
Yeah, I mean, I really been thankful for coach wing
his belief and you know, he believes in this entire
team and this entire organization. If he didn't believe in
you probably wouldn't be here. So I really do appreciate
him and his belief and his vision and him just
continuing to have faith in me even throughout the four years,
throughout my injury and ups and downs, and you know,
I just really am thankful to have a supportive coach

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that you know, wants the best for me and all his.

Speaker 3 (28:55):
Players throughout throughout their careers.

Speaker 5 (28:57):
So yeah, I'm thankful to have him, and you know,
you know, just the belief and you know, and and
everything is great, you know, but at the end of
the day, I got to go out there and make
the players myself.

Speaker 2 (29:08):
Adam Randall was also asked about maybe having to change
his style a little bit, trying to run a little lower,
maybe not as upright so you can avoid being hit.
He was asked if that was a challenge to kind
of make that transition.

Speaker 3 (29:19):
Oh yeah, for sure.

Speaker 5 (29:20):
You know, just trying to get my pad level down
for being a bigger guy and you know, just running
you know, tough and behind my past.

Speaker 3 (29:28):
You know, when you run high, you are easier target
to hit.

Speaker 5 (29:31):
So you know, just been working at over that over
the spring, in these first couple of days of fall,
so you know, just running lower and you know, making
my pad levels more north south and you know, just
get downhill and you know, kind of making people feel
you more instead of trying to evade them. You know,
it's a bigger impact at running back new yorright receiver.

Speaker 2 (29:51):
He mentioned it a little bit earlier, but he was
asked to dive a little further into the transition with
all the past protection and everything he has to deal
with now as well.

Speaker 3 (29:59):
I mean, it's all football at the end of the day.

Speaker 5 (30:01):
You know, I try to be when I was at receiver,
I try to be a knowledgeable receiver. So you know,
just seeing coverages, seeing seeing you know, stances and a
posture from the front linebackers and safeties is big at that.
And you know, just trying to understand who can come
at what times. You know, if if you see guys
stacked on top of each other in a formation, usually

(30:22):
they have an opportunity to come. And if not, if
there's nobody behind him, usually are going to have to
cover one of our elite receivers. So have it making
sure that you know, I understand who can come and
you know what we're now, I need to be at
where my.

Speaker 3 (30:35):
Eyes need to be at a certain time. It's just
really the biggest thing for me.

Speaker 2 (30:37):
Adam Randall was also asked a pretty fair question if
he misses being a wide receiver at this point.

Speaker 5 (30:44):
No, I miss I don't miss anything because I'm out
there every day with those guys, and you know, it
makes me smile when those guys make players. I mean,
Antonio really an elite veteran player. I mean when he's
out there, you know, just competing just makes me smile
because I get to run out there as a guy's
westco I mean, TJ I mean all those guys. I
mean I can name them all. You know, Tyler Brown,
you know, Tristan Cole, I mean every one of them.

(31:06):
It just makes me smile seeing all those guys make
players because I was in that room with them last
year and I know that they all worked hard to thrive.

Speaker 3 (31:12):
You know, they want to make it to the next
level as well.

Speaker 5 (31:14):
So I'm thankful for those guys, you know, stretching the
field out so I can make my make my money
inside the box and you know, come running outside of
the backfield as well.

Speaker 2 (31:22):
That's Clemson running back Adam Randall talking about making the
move too wide out. He was also asking Villa was
a player out there that he thought in his mind
was somebody that might surprise people when they see him
this season.

Speaker 5 (31:34):
No, offensively, I mean, Giddeon Davison is coming along really well.
Tristan is a really really long receiver. You know, he
just makes players out there. And we had a couple
of one handed grabs today. And you know, Tyler Brown
is back. He's one hundred percent.

Speaker 3 (31:47):
You know.

Speaker 5 (31:48):
I mean, everybody talks about the top three guys, but
we got really elite depth at receiver.

Speaker 3 (31:52):
Offensive line is great.

Speaker 5 (31:53):
I mean, we have a lot of experience and you know, veteran,
veteran guys up there. I mean, we got two elite
tackles guards and our center is one of the best
in the country. So I mean, all those guys are
going to go out there and you know, bust their butt.

Speaker 3 (32:06):
I mean if I mean, if we don't, whatever whatever
we do is up to us.

Speaker 5 (32:12):
You know, we have to make our mind up daily
and have a positive attitude and go out there and
you know, at work at every our craft and make
sure that we we do everything that we need to
do to put ourselves in the best posible position when
it comes August thirty first, and even in January. So yeah,
I mean a lot of guys are gonna make key contributions.
I mean, I can't single out one right now. I mean,
if you want to talk about in the running back room,

(32:33):
we have a great running back room. Getting Davidson is
still he's still learning, but I mean he's got the
skills to be an elite running back, and all of
them do. I mean, but at the end of the day,
I mean, we just got to go out there and
do it.

Speaker 2 (32:46):
Final a couple of things for Adam Randle, he was
asked about this Climson offense and how he feels like
it will challenge their opponents this season.

Speaker 5 (32:53):
I do think that we have, you know, such good
experience that guys that people know that and you know,
our defensive coordinators and if it's just are gonna have
to take that into consideration. I mean, but you know,
we got to be on point ourselves at the end
of the day. And I think that once we if
we're on point, it's gonna be hard to stop us.

Speaker 3 (33:10):
But I just don't want us to.

Speaker 5 (33:11):
I want us to be mentally sharp ourselves so that
we don't Clemson up beat Clemson.

Speaker 3 (33:15):
Like coach when he says all the time, a.

Speaker 2 (33:16):
Couple more things from Randall. First, he was asking if
it's kind of hit him to, hey, I'm playing running back.

Speaker 3 (33:21):
Not really, not, not not at this point.

Speaker 5 (33:24):
But I do enjoy, you know, what I do now,
and I enjoy, you know, playing football, and that's all
I've enjoyed. That's what I've enjoyed for a long time now.
So I just want to make the most of every
opportunity that I get. And you know, even if it's
running back, ride, receiver, kick returner. I mean, every time
the ball get puts in your hand, coach, when he
said the other day, the program at the university is

(33:44):
in your hand. So I just want to make my
family proud, you know, and make make my school and
university and my teammates especially proud.

Speaker 2 (33:51):
And final thing from Randall, he was asking about the
last time he played in the backfield in high school.

Speaker 3 (33:56):
I played wildcat.

Speaker 5 (33:58):
Well, I played wildcat the direct snap and you know,
I just take off and run right front left basically,
or you know.

Speaker 3 (34:03):
Up the middle. But yeah, it was fun when I
played in high school.

Speaker 5 (34:08):
So you know, just it's just a little a little
different adjustment, but I mean it's fun. I enjoyed I'd.

Speaker 6 (34:14):
Imagine you've come really far. So's the Texas game?

Speaker 2 (34:18):
How many like how limited were you in that game?

Speaker 6 (34:21):
And how far your coils?

Speaker 7 (34:22):
So stuff?

Speaker 5 (34:23):
Oh, well, in the Texas game, I mean I didn't
know pass protection much. I mean, like somebody asked earlier,
but I didn't know inside zone, didn't know outside zone.

Speaker 3 (34:31):
And you know, I was.

Speaker 5 (34:32):
Very knowledgeable at receivers, so I kind of knew where
things hit. I mean, watching MafA and watching Shipley the
past two years that I've been here, and you know,
blocking for them at receiver, knowing the lanes that you
kind of want to get to so that you can
hit those home run runs are It was was good
because I mean I watched film on everything when I
was at receiver, you know, just making sure that I
was on point and where I needed to have my

(34:53):
block at in my assignment at while.

Speaker 3 (34:55):
I was at receiver. So I just kind of carried
that vision over to being at running back.

Speaker 2 (34:58):
There you go, that's Clemson running back Adam Randall. Quick break,
We'll put a bowl an hour one. Right after this final
segment of our number one, we were listening to Adam
Randall at the microphone. A couple of days ago, and
you might recall it the ACC Kickoff. We sat down
with Antonio Williams. Here's our conversation with Williams from the
four the ACC Kickoff and his thoughts on Randall Man.
This is spectacular. Look. I talked with Kate earlier and

(35:22):
about growth during the off season. Right like a year ago,
when maybe the year didn't go as planned, it's pretty
easy to be motivated. And last year it didn't end
the way you guys would have liked that Texas.

Speaker 7 (35:35):
I mean, I think it was good for us to
you know, get to the playoffs, play that game versus Texas,
and that type of environment, that experience is gonna help
us this season a lot. We've been real hungry. You know,
we got a lot of returning, a lot of retention.
Everybody came back for a reason. We got a lot
of drive, a lot of hunger, and you know, we
got our goals that you know, everybody's laser focused on.

Speaker 8 (35:54):
And you know, we.

Speaker 7 (35:55):
Haven't had the best of success in recent openers. We
haven't won an opener since my freshman year versus Georgia
Tech lost versus Duke sophomore year, and then Georgia last year,
So we're trying to flip that around, and you know
that's gonna give us a lot of momentum going into
the rest of the season.

Speaker 2 (36:13):
Now, a lot of people on the outside would talk
about Antonio Williams and Brent west Coo and TJ. Moore,
and they even look at Tristan Smith, who transferred in.
I've said all offseason like, I feel like this group
might be as talented as any that I can recall.
And nobody brings up Tyler Brown, like nobody talks about him.

(36:34):
Is he a forgotten guy for a lot of people.

Speaker 7 (36:36):
I mean, what if he is, He's gonna remind him
really quick. I'll tell you that because that guy, he's
been working and the only reason they probably forgot about
him last year is because the injuries in And I
know what that feels like not to be able to
get on the field, and then you know, people don't
really give you that same respect or kind of forget
about you going into the next season. But I know
he's hungry, he's got his eyes set on the right thing,

(36:58):
head in the right space.

Speaker 8 (37:00):
But like you said, we.

Speaker 7 (37:01):
Got a great group of receivers. I think we're the
best in the country. On paper, I mean, it looks good,
but we got to put in the work and execute
on game days. You're an in state kid. You played
at dutch Fork High School. Tyler's an n state kid
as well. You know, when you get to the profile
that Clemson has, they have the ability to recruit from
all over the country. Certainly, but do you guys, the
in state guys that grew up with that rivalry Clemson

(37:24):
South Carolina, do you feel, you know a little more
responsibility if you will, to the program and what it means.
Because I mean, I grew up in the state of
South Carolina. I graduated from Clemson. What's that like being
an in state kid that's kind of leading the way. Definitely,
I think we feel that a little bit more, just because.

Speaker 8 (37:41):
You know my friends.

Speaker 7 (37:42):
I'm from Irmo, South Carolina, right outside Columbia, so all
my friends are a lot of them are Carolina fans,
and me growing up, I was a Carolina fan. When
we lost that game last year, you know, they gonna
talk messing me because they don't care.

Speaker 8 (37:57):
They like they're my friends.

Speaker 7 (37:59):
They're gonna make sure I hear from them. I respect Carolina,
but we want to win that game.

Speaker 2 (38:06):
Now, when you look at yourself this offseason, where did
you feel like you needed to improve the most to
come back in your best ability to start the season
against LSU.

Speaker 8 (38:14):
Been doing a lot of training with my speed coach.
Just being more.

Speaker 7 (38:19):
Mobile and not having a lot of wasted movement is
really big because that's where you create separation at in routes.

Speaker 8 (38:26):
But most thing, the thing I would say I worked
on the most is just releases.

Speaker 7 (38:31):
I like the I've been liking to switch that up
a little bit, give a dB some something else to
worry about. But obviously playing more strong at the catch point,
ring up the high point.

Speaker 8 (38:43):
The ball, late hand, stuff like that.

Speaker 7 (38:45):
But you know, I'm confident in my abilities, and but
I'm always trying to get better.

Speaker 2 (38:51):
Who's most likely to make the phone call you were
kaid to say, Hey, you want to go out and
you know work?

Speaker 3 (38:57):
Is it you? Orkid?

Speaker 2 (38:58):
Do you think I'll say, really, if.

Speaker 7 (39:01):
I'm going out to work most of the time, I
don't even need a quarterback. I mean, I'm confident.

Speaker 8 (39:08):
You're working on just catching ability, right.

Speaker 7 (39:11):
It's always good to have him out there, But when
he does ask me to go out there, it's not
just me he's asking everybody so tight ends running back receivers.
You know, we'll probably have one of those days coming
up before we start camp to make sure we get
back into groove of things and because we're gonna have
a little little four day weekend here.

Speaker 2 (39:28):
Now, how long when you get a new offensive coordinator
a couple of years ago, with Garrett Riley coming in,
how long does it really take to get the playbook?
I mean, you know, because I'm not seeing that thing.
It's probably all digital now. You know, you're probably not
carrying around the folder anymore like it used to. But
I mean, how long does it take for you to
feel really comfortable in it? Now that you've had three years?
I mean, where's your comfort level with the scheme and

(39:50):
what you guys are trying to do.

Speaker 8 (39:52):
I'm more than comfortable now.

Speaker 9 (39:54):
You know.

Speaker 7 (39:54):
He does make a little certain tweaks with like signals
and stuff, because you always gott to switch up your
signals or start will start to figure him out. But
when he got here my sophomore year, you know, I
was by this time the season started, I was good.

Speaker 8 (40:11):
With the playbook.

Speaker 7 (40:12):
You know, he he makes it easy for you. Sets
in the base place first, things that you need to
learn that are most important, and then there'll be little
wrinkles from there.

Speaker 2 (40:22):
Adam Randall makes the shift to running back a year
ago at the back end of the season out of
necessity a little bit with Mafa's injury and showcase. You know,
I think for a lot of people it's kind of like, Hey,
what this guy's been in the wide receiver room and
now he's had time to work on it. I mean,
what do you expect to see from him? Because we
talk about in state guys and guys that it means
a lot too. To me, Adam Brando's story has a

(40:46):
chance to be one of the great ones where you
look at it and go in a portal era era
where maybe his numbers offensively at wide receiver were never
what he probably wanted when he arrived at Clemson, but
he stuck it out transition to running back and if
he has a good season, I mean, what can this
year mean for And I know you got to be
close to him, You've been around here for some many years,

(41:07):
but what can this year mean for him? A guy
like that his story, Me.

Speaker 7 (41:11):
And Adam have the same birthday. Wow, so we're we're
really close. That's my that's my dog. But if anybody
deserves it, it's him. All the work he's put in
and then to stay you know, true and committed to
Clemson even after you know, like he said, they he
switched positions and things ain't really work out at receiver,

(41:34):
But to stay true to Clemson is just epitome of
the type of guy he is and the type of
men that Coach twenty develops here at Clemson. So if
anybody deserves it, it's Adam Randalls. So I'm rooting for him.
I know he has a talent.

Speaker 9 (41:50):
To do it.

Speaker 7 (41:50):
He has a size to do it. He did it
a little bit last year in Texas. You know, I
think there was one play he broke a run and
I was like, who is that? I was like, who
is that? He just looked heatural break. Yeah, yeah, and
he's he's so big. He's like like Derrick Henry or
something running that ball.

Speaker 8 (42:06):
I don't know. But he got the size for he
got the talent for it. He just got to put
it all together.

Speaker 2 (42:11):
That's Antonio Williams Our quick break. Mikeyva joins us around
the Ben Stay with us on Fox Sports Radio fourteen hundred.

Speaker 1 (42:19):
It's time for Clipson Sports Talk with Lawton Swan.

Speaker 10 (42:25):
Swanny, it is our number two.

Speaker 2 (43:04):
That's drive time. Right are on the show that Shakes
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with you on a Tuesday afternoon. Mike, you've a set
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(43:24):
That's Mets Plumbing, mets Plumbing dot com. That's the website
as well. Mike, you've a game Cock Central out of
the gates. Mike, Welcome in, buddy.

Speaker 4 (43:34):
How are you I'm doing I'm good.

Speaker 2 (43:37):
So look, I know you're up in Boston and I
know it's an exciting time because for people in that area,
you know, it's baseball season and the Red Sox just
recently moved ahead of the Yankees. Give me some give
me some of your thoughts on that rivalry. I know
neither team is currently number one in the division, but

(44:00):
but what is it like when those two teams sort
of pass each other during the season.

Speaker 4 (44:05):
It just it makes it more exciting because people will
start to care more, right, I mean, when you're not winning,
people aren't gonna be paying attention to you as much.
It's certainly not like what it used to be with
that rivalry, at least in my opinion. And I think
a lot of that has to do with the fact
that Boston has had success over the last twenty years.
And it's funny when we talk about Clemson in South

(44:27):
Carolina and that rivalry, and certainly it's a different type
of rivalry because you've got people that have gone to
these universities and we know how divided the state is
when it comes to it. But I bring it up
because in a lot of ways, I wonder, Swanny, if
South Carolina was able to have success, specifically speaking about football,
how much that would change in the rivalry, right, would

(44:50):
make it better? Would to make it? So I'm bringing
this up to try to bring it back to a
local standpoint because it is incredible just to see how
the rivalry has switched just a little bit with the
Red Sox haven't success. But then again, it's a great rivalry.
A lot of famous athletes. When you think about it
who've played it both for both franchises.

Speaker 11 (45:13):
I don't know.

Speaker 4 (45:13):
Yankees are heading in a different direction right now, but
it should be a lot of fun these next couple
of months.

Speaker 2 (45:18):
Yeah, And I think nationally a lot of people root
against the Yankees because of sort of the big pocketbook
that they've always had. And there were some years really
before the Red Sox really started spending as well, where
you know, it almost felt a bit like an unfair fight.
But this has been very competitive, like you said, over
the past twenty years. When you go back sort of

(45:40):
in your mind's eye, Mike and talk about the Red Sox,
when was the first time you went to a ballgame there?
And what was that like at Fimway for you as
a kid?

Speaker 4 (45:50):
How to be ninety seven? I was thinking it's probably
ninety seven. I think it was against the Mariners. And
you know, even like last night going Snway Park, when
you watch cut from the concourse and you look out
there and you see the Green Monster, it doesn't matter
how many years have gone by, you feel like a
kid every single time the smells right. You smell the

(46:12):
Fenway Franks, you smell the Cracker Jacks, all that kind
of stuff, the sausages that they make there, So it's
like it brings back that nostalgia feeling. But yeah, I
mean every time I go to that ballpark, especially more
so as a fan because it's tough. I went to
Opening Day. It was real special because they were honoring
the nineteen seventy five team that reached the World Series,

(46:34):
Carlton Fisk waving the home run fair in Game six
of the World Series against the Reds, and they had
some of the great players back like, you know, Yaz
was back there, fred Lynn, Dwight Evans build a space
manly like they had all those guys back there. But
it's different when you go as a fan because you're
able to separate it, you know, like when I go

(46:55):
and cover a game, and I'm sure Swann you've done
this for many years, you get what it's like when
you go to cover a game. You know, after a while,
when you have that experience, it's easy to just shut
the switch off here and there. But when you're able
to just go to a game, it doesn't matter what
game it is for your team, it's pretty neat to
be able to still just watch it and it doesn't
hurt when you have a cold there too, you can

(47:16):
sit on it makes you relax a little bit more.

Speaker 2 (47:18):
My buddy again, this is Mike. You've of hanging out
with us on Twitter at Mike Underscore UVA. My buddy
lives up in Boston or near there, and he gets
the little like maybe it's a ten game pack or something,
and his package got upgraded the other day and he
actually got to sit on the front row of the
Green Monster for the first time, and he said he

(47:41):
really had a tough time taking it in, like it
took a while for him to you know, he would
just like kind of zone out and forget it. Man,
I can't believe this is where I'm sitting. So have
you Have you sat up there? And what is that
experience like? If you have, It's.

Speaker 4 (47:54):
Probably been over a decade since I've been up there,
and you know, I watched a couple of innings. It's
one of those games where you had off and on
rain delays, so no one's really in the stadium at
that point, so you go up on top, you don't
feel like you're at Fenway. And the reason why you're
not seeing the Green Monster now, it's definitely a difference.
I Gotchae. You see the ball coming at you hot

(48:18):
if there's a shot to left field, just because of
where you're sitting, so it gives you a different perspective
of the game. It's certainly a neat one. But I
would highly suggest to those who have never been to Fenway,
if they're going for the first time, not to sit
up there so that you can take it all in
and enjoy it. But you know, if you're one of
those people that do have opportunities to go back over

(48:39):
and over, certainly not a bad opportunity to go up
there and sit up there because there's only X amount
of seats. They've only been doing it now for what
just under twenty five years, twenty years or so, so
it's still new when you think about in the grand
scheme of a ballpark that's been there since nineteen twelve.

Speaker 2 (48:57):
Mike, you've a with us here on the program, So
our attention, Mike to the South Carolina game Cocks. And
before we talk about this year's team. In fall camp,
you were telling me off the air that Netflix has
a documentary coming out on the SEC or it's just out.
I haven't heard about it. I'll certainly tune in and

(49:17):
watch it. Give our listeners the rundown on what you
know about this series.

Speaker 4 (49:21):
Yeah, so a new documentary they believe it just debuted
on Tuesday any given Saturday.

Speaker 3 (49:28):
And what it is.

Speaker 4 (49:29):
It's an all access Netflix series that's featuring the SECS,
that's featuring the SEC. I'm trying to remember exactly how
many episodes there are, but it's spotlighting every team in
the SEC. And in episode one it really put a
lot of emphasis on focusing a lot on LSU and

(49:50):
South Carolina. And this goes back to last year. So
last year, I mean from the beginning of the season
to during the season. I remember covering the press conference
it's ahead of the bowl game for South Carolina and
you see the Netflix people and they're just filming, so
you don't know exactly, all right, what are they going
to use for it? But in episode one, it focused

(50:11):
a lot on Lenora's sellers taking his teammates out to halls,
which I think is one of those things is just
South Carolina people, Right, you start seeing things that we
know and it's like, oh, that's pretty cool. So you
know that was in there. Beamer just being a dad
throwing the football around with his son Hunter. So I
don't want to spoil it and give everything away, but

(50:32):
to kind of give you an idea it, you know,
it shows what life is like for some of these guys,
and I'm sure as the series plays out, As the
series plays out, you know, with different teams, it will
show obviously more of the football side, but it's not
just showing what goes on on Saturdays. It shows beyond that,
and I think that's pretty neat, especially, I mean, we

(50:55):
live in an error today, Swani, because I remember, you know,
when those thirty for thirties would come out from ESPN.
I always thought those were cool, But it feels like
now there's so many documentaries that it is neat to
see some things like college football from a whole get
spotlighted a little bit more because it didn't feel like
it was always the case of now because there's so
many dang platforms, it's nice to be able to see

(51:16):
college football get bad attention.

Speaker 2 (51:19):
Yeah, I'm looking at some of the information. I don't
see how many episodes, but it does list there are
ten teams featured, Florida, LSU, Tennessee, South Carolina, A and
m Arkansas, Auburn, Kentucky, Mississippi State and Vanderbilt. So if
you're a fan of those schools are just interested in

(51:39):
learning more about it, you can find it on Netflix.
It's called SEC Football any given Saturday, and Mike, you'va
again hanging out with us here on the program. So
I will definitely be checking that thing out, Mike, whether
it's one episode or one hundred episodes. Now, speaking of
the South Carolina game Cocks and Jane Beemer, obviously this

(52:01):
year we've kind of touched on this. The expectations are
really high for this group, and we just had yesterday
the new poll come out or I guess technically, Mike,
not a new poll, but the first poll released in
the Coaches Poll. Taking a look at it, they've got
Texas number one. That was actually the first time the
Longhorns has ever been ranked number one. Clemson chicks in

(52:22):
at number six, getting two first place votes, and South
Carolina down at number thirteen, not too far about the
middle of the top twenty five. What was sort of
the response from Gamecock fans with the initial release of
the Coaches Poll.

Speaker 4 (52:37):
I think a lot of them are very poleased, simply
because you start seeing the insiders, the experts they start
putting theirs out and not criticize my colleague over and
on three Brett McMurphy, but he released his I believe,
only a couple hours prior, and that came out on three,
and then the next thing, you know, the Coaches poll
comes out and where we didn't have South Carolina in

(53:00):
his Top twenty five at all. Now, as we all know,
as we all know top twenty five's preseason polls, and
it comes to experts insiders, it means nothing. It means nothing.
I mean a lot of this means nothing just in
general right now, right but I think from a South
Carolina fans standpoint, the reason why it means something is this.
This is the first time since twenty fourteen that South

(53:22):
Carolina has appeared in the preseason list for the Coaches Bowl,
which is pretty dang crazy when you think about it,
and the fact that they're not just all right twenty
five or they're thirteenth, thirteenth. I think what it shows
more than anything is the people that maybe don't fall
South Carolina as closely, they're starting to take notice, like

(53:44):
all right, and again this is obviously the Coaches bull,
but they'll start to take notice and say, hey, something's
going on over there. If the coaches are putting South
Carolina up to thirteenth to start the season. You know,
the things that have been said about what Shane Beamer
in the program they've been doing over the last couple
of years, there's something to it. Now, Swanna, we talked
about this a couple of weeks ago in your program.

(54:05):
A lot of that has to do with the fact
that you have Leonora Sellers there, a guy who has
picked first team All SEC for preseason a couple of
weeks ago at SEC Media Days, yea. And the fact
that South Carolinas picked as high as they are I
believe they're picked fifth, fifth or sixth in the SEC
preseason poll. It goes to show that this team and

(54:28):
what they're doing, it's not surprising people anymore. So obviously,
as we all know, going back to the documentary title,
Honey Given Saturday, in that conference, it's not easy, and
South Carolina certainly will have their work cut out for them,
even with some of the games like Missouri, where you know,
maybe Missouri is not that good as good this year
because what that's not an easy place to go out
and play, especially when you get to travel all the

(54:50):
way from the other Columbia. So it's a challenging schedule.
Of course, you got to end the year against Clemson.
It's not going to be easy by any means. But
I think game Cock they're looking at it. People that
don't fall South Carolina they're probably looking at and say,
all right, something special is going on over there that
hasn't been in there and over a decade.

Speaker 2 (55:08):
Certainly, Mike, you've again Gamecockcentral dot Com, part of the
A three network, hanging out with us here on the
program today. One of the other topics that certainly South
Carolina fans have their eyeballs on is the situation at
running back. Give us the scoop on Rashal feis on it,
just sort of what that looks like for him right

(55:31):
now in terms of eligibility, because, as I understand it
might he is practicing correct correct.

Speaker 4 (55:37):
So he didn't practice on day one, He did not
practice last Friday, and then he was granted an emergency
waiver from the NCAA and they granted him that, so
he was able to practice practice day number two. And
the important thing about this Swani that I think some
people overlook sometimes is if he had missed, say practice

(55:58):
number two, he misses practice umber three. Okay, now you're
getting to a point where South Carolina the rest of
the team, they're in full pads. Well, if this guy
hasn't practiced at all, he still has to go through
those days. He can't just go out there practice his
first practice. Say let's say it was the week of
the game. Just the hypothetical, right, right, he's gonna have

(56:18):
to do two days of just helmets and just you know, uppers,
and then you can do full pads. So, I mean,
that's important. The fact that he was able to get
that waiver is massive because he's now able to get
caught up, especially only missing one day. But yeah, he
has still not received word from the ncuble a one
way or another. And look, I've seen some Clemson fans

(56:40):
on social media. They're saying, you know, he's he's gonna
be a seventh year, just get a job. I get that.
I understand where some people are coming with from that.

Speaker 2 (56:49):
That's actually say this, that's actually pretty good. That's actually
pretty good.

Speaker 4 (56:55):
Okay, go ahead, here's the here's the here's the frustrating part.
Just take teams out of it. Take the teams out
of it because if he's not granted eligibility, it's one
of those things like, all right, okay, that's the case.
To me, more than anything, it's the fact that we've
gone month after month after month, and we're to a
point where this thing was starting to get getting attention

(57:17):
back in January and here we are beginning of August
right in South Carolina. Has given them as much information
as the NCUBLEA is requested, and yet there has not
been a decision. Again, you might be one of those
people out there saying, you know what, he shouldn't be eligible. Okay,
that's not the topic at hand in my opinion. But
the topic at hand is the fact that the NCUBLEA

(57:39):
has gone month after month of or month, and this
young man has even said he's like, look, if I'm
not eligible, I want to just give the NFL an opportunity. Well,
guess what, the NFL there are already a couple weeks
in to training camp. So now I mean this guy,
because he's certainly not a kid. This guy is in
a situation with limbo and he's waking up each day
not knowing, all right, what's gonna happen. And I think

(58:01):
that's just a crappy situation for anyone. We're talking about
just collegiate athletics and colegion athletic as a whole.

Speaker 2 (58:08):
And this is part of Look, I don't have a
preference either way, right with this kid's eligibility. I think
it's indifferent of what school he's at. My thing is
what you just said. The NC double A dragging its
feet on situations where it seems like the response would
be pretty clear and clean cut and dry, right, like,
he's either eligible in their mind or he's not. But

(58:32):
when you draw it out like this and you allow
it to fester, you make it a situation, in my opinion,
whereas the NC DOUBLEA, you become the bad guy regardless
of your answer. Right, Like, if they looked at this
thing when they had it and made the decision that
he's not eligible, people got, man, that stinks. But they

(58:53):
made a ruling. If they made the ruling then that
he was eligible, people go, Man, that's awesome. But they
made the ruling. Drag it out, like you said, Mike,
and you really are gonna get egg on your face.
I would make the argument one way or the other
at this point.

Speaker 4 (59:07):
Yeah, And like I said to me personally, that's the
thing that's the most frustrating part of it, because I
can look at other situations I felt this way. I
felt this way a couple of years back. Not exact
apples to apples, but I felt this way with tes Walker,
with everything that he went through with North Carolina, Like
how leading up leading up to the South Carolina game

(59:27):
he wasn't real eligible and then like the day before, Okay,
now I can. It's just it's ridiculous, and that's one
of the reasons why I want to just you know,
explain a little bit because of the fact that it
has to do with eligibility in terms of having like
an extra year to play. That's why it was unique
comparison to say, a couple of years ago, when you
had a guy like Jalen Brooks for South Carolina who

(59:48):
had to miss the first four games of the season
when he transferred into South Carolina, but he was still
able to practice. What's different here is because it's an
eligibility debate. So that's why he wasn't able to practice
day one, and then the NCAA they granted him an
emergency waiver to practice, So that's why he couldn't practice
for the first one for South Carolina on August first.

Speaker 2 (01:00:10):
My final thing. Obviously, the opener against Virginia Tech is
going to be a special day. Shane Beemer's father, Frank Biemer,
is gonna be honored, his mom. They'll be there before
the game. I think Frank's even given the induction or
the prayer before the ball game as well. Has Shane
talked about that at all in what this game means
to him and his family.

Speaker 4 (01:00:29):
He mentioned it a lot at SEC media Days. When
asked about it, he says, it's hard not to, you know,
look across I mean, obviously he went there, but more
so from a family standpoint, He's like, my dad, there's
a statue of him outside the stadium, So I'm not
gonna lie and say like, oh, it's just another game.
But he did mention, and I'm paraphrasing air, but he

(01:00:52):
did mention. He's like, I'm excited for this game to
get over with. Because what I've learned about Shane is
he's always he alway wants to make it about the team.
He doesn't want to make it about himself. So games
like this, games like Oklahoma last year where some of
the spotlight, and understandably so will go back to him

(01:01:12):
in some shapeway or form. And obviously this one's a
little bit more unique to m When he was an
assistant at Oklahoma, he understands it, he respects it, but
he doesn't want that to be what everyone's talking about.
And what I've noticed him do over the years and
going back to last year at Oklahoma, and I'll be like, look,
he's like, I'm gone back and I've coached at places
where I was an assistant before, whether it be a

(01:01:34):
Mississippi State, whether it be at Georgia, whether it be
you know, Oklahoma. So like he has it down to
a t what he's going to pitch you back and
say to you if you ask him that question. But
as excited as he is, as much as from a
family standpoint, I think he also made the joke that
he's like, yeah, he's like, my dad's gonna be pulling
for us to South Carolina. He's like, I'm sorry, Hoki fans.

(01:01:56):
He's also looking forward to the fact that just getting
the game done with so he doesn't have to worry
about any additional storyline true coach fashion.

Speaker 2 (01:02:04):
Right there you go, Mike you've a Gamecockcentral dot Com,
no doubt about that, Mike. Mike, always great to talk
with you.

Speaker 4 (01:02:10):
My man, appreciate it, Swanny.

Speaker 2 (01:02:12):
When we come back we hear from Olsen pat Henry.
Keep it locked on Fox Sports Radio fourteen hundred Lawton
swan with you on a Tuesday afternoon. Clemson tight end
Olsen pat Henry met with the media yesterday after practice
and he was asked about being out at the beginning

(01:02:35):
of fall camp because he had to get his tonsils
removed and.

Speaker 12 (01:02:39):
What that was like just some are can control. But yeah,
I'm all recovered up though now. So yeah, just took
a little bit of processed. So shocking that it happened,
But stuff I can't control. You just got to go ahead,
move forward.

Speaker 2 (01:02:51):
That's Clemson tight end Olsen pat Henry. He was also
asked about his shoulder injury that happened back in the
spring and sort of where he is with that at
this point Favor.

Speaker 12 (01:03:03):
Versus Texas, and then I had to get surgery in January,
so therefore I.

Speaker 3 (01:03:08):
Had to miss the whole spring. But yeah, a feeling,
I'm clear, I'm ready to go.

Speaker 2 (01:03:14):
He was also asking if you felt like he missed
out on anything during the spring because he was injured.

Speaker 3 (01:03:19):
Just getting better.

Speaker 12 (01:03:21):
Really I was locked in mentally, but just the physical
aspect of that, just missing Matt drills, missing the workouts,
stuff like that.

Speaker 3 (01:03:28):
I was so limited to do certain things.

Speaker 12 (01:03:29):
So I just feel like I just miss like really
a physical part of football and just like run conditioning
stuff like that.

Speaker 2 (01:03:36):
Olsen pat Henry was asked how the tight end room
feels or how they've worked to replace Jake Brinningstool taking.

Speaker 12 (01:03:44):
Them one day at a time, just doing what we
do best. Just you know, we're not worried about what
happened in the past, just moving forward. We all got
different skill sets and traits that Coach Rich could utilize,
and I think we're gonna do great this year.

Speaker 2 (01:03:57):
He was also asked about his strengths that he thinks
he brings to the table, like.

Speaker 3 (01:04:02):
I could do it all.

Speaker 12 (01:04:03):
Really think Coach Rich kind of helped me in the
blocking game, but really so, I really that's that was
one of my weaknesses when I first got here. So
now I think that's a strength because I feel like
high school I was always able to run outes and
just getting to college, like the N's backers. They bigger, stronger,
And I didn't really block in high school, to be honest,
So think Coach Ridge kind of give me that perspective

(01:04:24):
of just you know, switching to like that kind of
got to do both type of mindset, so play so
either do that or sit the bench. So yeah, I
just trust his technique, trusting coaching, being coachable.

Speaker 2 (01:04:42):
Olson pat Henry was asked where he felt like the
biggest mistakes were that he would make, perhaps with blocking
as a tight end previously.

Speaker 12 (01:04:49):
Like footwork, hot placement, the little things really because he's
really like detailed and like what he wants to do
and how, and like it's really he'll show you clips
like if you don't the right footwork or right hand
placement or right half placement, then like you're not gonna
get to block that you think you would get. But
I just really think if you just follow his technique
and trust it, then you're gonna do it.

Speaker 2 (01:05:10):
Oph was also asking it was a moment where he
felt like a year ago that he kind of got
it under his belt, you know, being a good block
or at tight end.

Speaker 12 (01:05:18):
Like it was something I always got better throughout the week,
Like each week I think I got better doing it,
and I kind of like understand without why I was
doing it, because like the run game as a Titan,
you got on the run pass block game, So like
I kind of it was just instead of like just
doing it, understanding why I'm doing it. So it's just
trying to apply technique to our scheme so it all
made sense. So it's just week by week I was

(01:05:40):
just getting better doing that.

Speaker 2 (01:05:41):
Pat Henry was also asked how he feels about being
one of the top guys for this Clumpson Tiger office
this year.

Speaker 3 (01:05:46):
I feel great.

Speaker 12 (01:05:47):
I'm not really looking forward to all that, just taking
it day by day, being the best version of me
and just doing that alto.

Speaker 2 (01:05:56):
Pat Henry was also asked about the offense and the
expectations and what that's like having those on them as
they head into this season.

Speaker 3 (01:06:04):
We're not really focused about all that really.

Speaker 12 (01:06:06):
So we had the same squad for the last three
years and just then we've just been glued together and
just being consistent like who we are, trusting coach Riley,
coach Swinney, coach Loud, coach Rich, just understanding who we
are as players and nothing's changed.

Speaker 3 (01:06:21):
We just more experienced. I should say.

Speaker 2 (01:06:24):
He was also asked about the continuity of the offense,
having so many familiar names and faces back in the
mix and the advantage that that brings this group heading
into the twenty twenty five season.

Speaker 12 (01:06:34):
It kind of feels normal because I've been playing with
them guys since I got here. So it's like I
want to say it's easier or harder, It's just been
like neutral, you knowe what I'm saying. So it's just
really just something that we expect, you know what I'm saying.
So just going out there, I know I got turned
on my left, TJ on my right West gonder other side,
you know what I'm saying, K that quarterback. So it's
just understanding like who I got as my players and

(01:06:55):
me being able to trust them because they already in.

Speaker 2 (01:06:57):
Order to do That's Clemson tight end Old Pat Henry.
He was also asked about the big matchup against LSU
and sort of what he's looking forward to in terms
of facing a team like that out of the gates.

Speaker 3 (01:07:09):
Shoot his Clemson verse Clemson.

Speaker 12 (01:07:12):
You know LSU's we're gonna play them twenty six days,
but right now we're focus on Clemson.

Speaker 3 (01:07:16):
Clemson verse Clemson.

Speaker 2 (01:07:18):
Of course, the guy I really like and we're gonna
hear from him coming up in just a little Bit's
Christian Bettencore and Olsen. Pat Henry was asked about Betton
Core and what he brings to the table as a
young developing tight end everything.

Speaker 12 (01:07:32):
Christian ka Ron Ron block Guy's block rock run just
two fifty. He's just able to you know, he's creative.
I think he's starting to understand like the game and
it's slowing down from a lot. So I think him
being able to you know, apply with coaches teaching him
to the game is just a lot and you can
see his growth from freshman yor not what he's doing now.

Speaker 2 (01:07:53):
Pat Henry was also asked about the former Clemson basketball
star Ian Shefflin in his transition to that tight end
room and Tiger Town.

Speaker 12 (01:08:01):
He's about character, versatility, goofy on the field. You just
you know, big guy six eight, six nine whatever he
is to sixty. You know, he's definitely gonna be a
guy that we could trust to going there and you know,
make some few blocks for us and just it's a
big guy, you know, throwing the jump roll and stuff
like that.

Speaker 2 (01:08:20):
So yeah, one great question Olsin pat Henry was asked,
is about Sheffer being an older guy, not a young
freshman trying to make this transition and what that's been like.

Speaker 12 (01:08:29):
It's different because you know, they got to understand like
what we're doing and how to do it. Because it's
just like Logan coming in like him and I basically
in the same boat. Well Logan came in the spring,
but they basically in the same boat. Just understanding how
to you know, play football, Understand why we play football,
how to do it, what coach is teaching us, how
I was runing, you know what I'm saying. So just
little stuff for.

Speaker 2 (01:08:49):
For final thing. Olson pat Henry was asked about challenging
me and sheffleld do a game of basketball and who won?

Speaker 3 (01:08:55):
I want I wanted to shoot out.

Speaker 2 (01:08:57):
Yeah, so Olson pat Henry there saying he beat Ian
Shefflin in basketball on a shootout. And you can remember
we asked Peter Woods. We asked Peter Woods up in Charlotte,
who in his opinion, was the best basketball player on
the team not named Ian Shefflin. He said, Cole Turner,

(01:09:19):
go check out that video over on our Twitter account.
Matter of fact, I need to do it. I need
to check in to see how that post is doing.
I need something to go vibral. Help me out hit
that repost reshare it comment? All right? We'll be right back.
Christian Bettencore. If I was a betting man, I'd bet
on betton Core to have a big season for Clemson

(01:09:41):
this year. We'll see if that all comes to fruition.
What did Christian have to say? Find out when we return.
Stay with us rolling along Clemson Sports thought. We heard
from Olson pat Henry earlier tomorrow. By the way, we'll
hear from Ian Shefflin. Shefflin went eighteen minutes long with
the media, so that's spectacular stuff. But Christian Bettencore, who
I really like at the position, was asked about his

(01:10:04):
mindset heading into the season. Is the big tight end
gets ready to I think take big strides forward this
year for the Tigers. Bettencore was asked the other day
just kind of you know, how he can do that
and what he kind of expects at this point in
the season.

Speaker 11 (01:10:21):
It's just putting a lot of work in the off season,
just trying to do what I can for the team
and whatever it is, blocking, pass catching, you know, I'm
just trying to, you know, work my tail off and heard.

Speaker 6 (01:10:32):
Some reffs out there.

Speaker 2 (01:10:33):
Bettencore was asked for it was like growing up in Woodstock, Illinois,
the city where the movie Groundhog Day was actually filmed.
Classic movie by the way.

Speaker 11 (01:10:44):
Yeah, honestly, I didn't really know it was really filmed
there for a while until I got to high school
and Coach Rich came and he's like run on Day,
and I was like, oh, okay, all right, well yeah,
but no, it's a cool movie. I've seen it a
few times and it's cool to see, like where I
walk around every day is kind of where it was
film where.

Speaker 2 (01:11:03):
It's some famous movies film Clemson Tidy and Christian betten
Core was asked about his relationship with Ian Schifflin and
how that's going so far.

Speaker 11 (01:11:11):
Well, yeah, I'd like to say comfy. I think I'm
still best, the best basketball player in the room. We
can see it. But yeah, I mean him coming to
the room was We loved it. He came and he's
fit in just with.

Speaker 3 (01:11:26):
All of us.

Speaker 11 (01:11:26):
He loves to joke around about everything. But yeah, it's
been a great addition.

Speaker 2 (01:11:30):
That's Clemson Tidy and Christian betton Core. He was also
asked about the weather conditions which they've had in fall
camp at Clemson, given the fact that this August, given
the fact that typically it's scorching hot, but it hasn't
been yet, and how he's kind of taking that and
whether he was expecting it.

Speaker 11 (01:11:47):
It's God right now talking helping us out a little
bit with this weather. We love to get out there
and it's on some hot days. It builds toughness, but
you know, not complaining much that it's not the hottest up.

Speaker 2 (01:12:00):
Betting Core was also asked how he's feeling just a
few days in the fall camp so far.

Speaker 6 (01:12:04):
I'm feeling great. Teams looking great.

Speaker 11 (01:12:06):
We've gotten a lot of good on good work Iron
Trump and Iron I mean, I think we've got the
best offensive defense in the nation, and we just got
to go out and prove it.

Speaker 2 (01:12:14):
We've just got to go out and prove it. That's
Christian betten Core, Clemson tidy end. He was also asked
what he learned a year ago as a freshman about
the collegiate game. Maybe compared to playing at the high
school level, et cetera.

Speaker 11 (01:12:29):
College is a lot there's a lot of new things
to learn from from high school.

Speaker 6 (01:12:33):
It's a big jump.

Speaker 11 (01:12:34):
Offens is a lot bigger, a lot more technicalities to learn.
And I learned a lot from the older guys last year,
Jake and Olsen, and I was really glad that they
were able to help me a lot last year and
help me learn through this process of being a tight end,
because you know, being a tight end is not just
like being a receiver where you run a bunch of routes.
You know, you've got a block inside and be outside.

(01:12:56):
So it's a lot.

Speaker 2 (01:12:58):
He was also asked about the fact that the year
ago he knew going into the season he was gonna
be able to play four games, but once you get
into the postseason now you could play even more, and
what it was like once he finally knew he'd be
able to play more.

Speaker 6 (01:13:08):
Yeah, I was just anywhere that needed me.

Speaker 11 (01:13:10):
I was just trying to contribute, whether it's on offense
or special teams. You know, got a little bit on
keeper turn last year, but yeah, whatever the.

Speaker 6 (01:13:17):
Coach needed, I just try to, you know, contribute my
best foot forward.

Speaker 2 (01:13:21):
Christian Bettencoor was also asked about the tight end room
and sort of the skill sets in that room and
what he thinks about the group and what they could
bring to the table.

Speaker 11 (01:13:30):
Yeah, I mean we have from top top down, we
have some of the best tight end depth and I
think in the nation, and we just got to go
out and prove it and keep working every single day
and to start, you know, showing people that you know,
we are a powerhouse tight end school, and I think
people will start seeing that once we get on.

Speaker 3 (01:13:48):
For the season.

Speaker 2 (01:13:49):
Benencorre was also asked how you look at it with
good guys in front of you and behind you and
just trying to compete in what you kind of put
in you your mind in terms of getting your brain
right about it.

Speaker 6 (01:13:59):
Oh, you just go in.

Speaker 11 (01:14:00):
We're we're all trying to push each other. Obviously there's
competition in the room, but that's just making us all better.
We're all growing from this and we're hoping to be
a one beat at one, a one bat one see
and like all top down, to be someone if someone
goes in, then they're just as good as the person
that came out. So that's that's just kind of our mindset.
We're not really worried about whoever the starter is.

Speaker 2 (01:14:23):
Bettencore was also asked about Josh Sap and SAP's ability
to be pretty crafty in his capacity as a tight
end at Clemson.

Speaker 11 (01:14:31):
Oh yeah, I mean he's he can move well, there's
some things that he does that I'm just like, I
don't even know how that how you can do that,
and like how big we are, you know, moving It's
just like it's impressive. Just just watch him move these
routes and it makes me. I love to watch his
tape and see how he moves and how he like
adjusts to the ball.

Speaker 6 (01:14:51):
It's impressive for sure.

Speaker 2 (01:14:53):
Bettencore was also asked about what former Clemson tight end
people maybe compare him to the most.

Speaker 11 (01:15:00):
I guess a lot of people have been saying Davis Allen.
I wasn't here much and haven't talked much to him,
but a lot of people say that. But I guess
I'm just, you know, trying to be my own person
and see where that goes from there. But that's what
a lot of people have been saying.

Speaker 2 (01:15:16):
And honestly, he looks a lot like him. The hair, everything,
the frame, the height. I mean, it's simple to make
that connection when you see Christian betting Core. Final thing
he was asked was about Logan Brooking, the freshman tight end,
and what he feels like Brooking has done really well
or how practices and things like that have been for him.

Speaker 6 (01:15:36):
Oh, Logan, Logan's been great.

Speaker 11 (01:15:39):
He came in the spring, had a lot to learn,
but he's learned the offense and he's really shows a
lot what he could do. And the more he learns,
the better he gets. So he just got to keep
pushing and he's gonna be great.

Speaker 2 (01:15:50):
Just got to keep pushing and he's gonna be great.
That's Christian Betten, core Clemson tight End, talking about the
job that he feels that Logan Brooking has done as
a freshman fellow in Tigertown. A zero three four five

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Speaker 9 (01:17:22):
What have you done for me lately? It's a fair question.
Just don't lose sight of the bigger picture. Don't forget history.
Lucky for us at Clemson, the answer to the questions
what have you done for me lately?

Speaker 3 (01:17:40):
And what have you done? Always are the same.

Speaker 9 (01:17:48):
We win.

Speaker 2 (01:18:35):
Final segment on a Tuesday.

Speaker 3 (01:18:36):
Again.

Speaker 2 (01:18:36):
Thank you to Mike, you'va for hanging out with us,
and don't forget. If you're in Tiger Town on the
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students faculty in military get ten percent off when shopping
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at Alumni Hall dot com. So I mentioned Renvitables in
the Oklahoma Sooners before the break and again Texas the
number one team in the Coaches Poll. And it was

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the first time, and this is hard for me to believe,
it was the first time that Texas has ever been
ranked number one in the preseason Coaches Poll. Kind of shocking,
quite frankly, with their arrogance, I'll be honest, But it
was also a I don't know if you call it
record setting, but it was a pretty defining moment for

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Oklahoma as this is the first time since nineteen ninety
nine that Oklahoma has not been ranked in the preseason
Coaches pol twenty five years since Oklahoma was left out

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of the preseason Coaches pol. And it happens now under
Brent Minables watch that is not excellent, quite frankly, and
not a great place in my opinion for for guy

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like Brentvinables to start this season. Now, granted, you can
win some games and you can move up, and that's great,
but the fact of the matter remains that with Brinvitables
at the helm and I like Brent, essentially a twenty

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five year streak of being ranked in the pre season
was snapped. Now, final thing for you. At the SEC
Media Days a couple of weeks ago, SEC coaches were
asked to rate the worst visiting locker room in the

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Southeastern Conference. Again, you don't want to have a great
visiting locker room. You wanted to be a bad visiting
locker room. But that's the irony of the moment. And
the question is because coaches know how bad they're visiting
locker rooms are, and they also know how bad the
opposing teams locker rooms are. Here are several coaches including

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Eli Drinkwitz, Billy Napier, Steve Sarkeshan. I can't remember who
all who else was in it, but I do remember
those guys. I think Mike Elko might have made an
appearance and maybe Lane Kiffin. Anyway, here are the coaches
in the Southeastern Conference telling you and Print Vittables. Also,

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I forgot bv that's why I brought it up. Print
Vintables is also in it. Here are those coaches talking
about the worst visiting locker rooms in the conference M
visiting locker room. Oh, first of all, that's it's a
very challenging question because they're all terrible.

Speaker 3 (01:22:19):
But we take a lot of pride in a lot
of things. With the visiting accommodations are are, There's a
lot to be desired. A great story.

Speaker 11 (01:22:25):
Mark Robinson tells that when coach Patreno was the head
coach of Arkansas, they actually paid to make their visitor
of locker rooms worse.

Speaker 4 (01:22:32):
I went to Auburn and I had my own little cabana.
I don't even know what our visitors locker room looks
like in Brian Denny Stadium, So I don't know.

Speaker 3 (01:22:40):
That anyone that's a good visiting. I think it's kind
of a tradition to have a really bad visiting locker room.

Speaker 5 (01:22:44):
Wasn't the cabana, But I have my own little house.

Speaker 3 (01:22:49):
I can't see there's a really good one. The worst Yeah,
it's tennes seat not even close.

Speaker 4 (01:22:53):
Terrible and they need to get TV in there the
end so I can watch the games.

Speaker 3 (01:22:56):
Keep up to date with scores.

Speaker 6 (01:22:58):
There should be a documentary done that's see road locker rooms.

Speaker 3 (01:23:02):
They're the college including ours.

Speaker 2 (01:23:05):
That last voice there, Kirby Smart, They're decrepit, including hours.
That is a funny part of the gamesmanship of college sports.
I don't know if it's the same for professional sports.
I would imagine not. And I would imagine if you
share a venue with a professional venue, it's probably pretty nice.

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Like if you shared Bank of America Stadium, I would
imagine visitors would have a pretty nice locker room because
those venues obviously host bowl games and things of that nature.
But if not, Hey, all bets are off on how
bad those locker rooms apparently are. I mean triggered about

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this cabana. A couple of coaches brought it up, talking
about a cabana at one of the schools. I just
I don't know which school. All right, Look, thank you
for being a part of the program today. Looking forward
to hanging out with you tomorrow Wednesday. Again, we'll be
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