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Speaker 1 (00:00):
My name is John Mounts, filling in for JT today
and we were going to be speaking with Ryan Schmels
here about what's going on in Washington. But while he
was talking with Mackenzie before we put him on, he mentioned,
by the way, does John want to talk about Lane Kiffin?
And I said, you know what, sure, I do want
to talk about Lane Kiffen. So welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Hey, good to be with you, buddy, hate him man
doing great.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
So there were rumors swirling that lane Kiffin was on
his way to LSU, and then I guess it became
official as he borded the plane to the booze of
Ole Miss faithful Man. Apparently all of a sudden, I'm
trying to figure out are they booing him because he's
a trader? Are they booing him because they didn't like
that he's leaving? What specifically are they are they booing about?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
You know, I think really what it is, And you
see a lot of college football analysts point this out
where you know, it's like, okay, you know, coaches lead
for bigger jobs. We knew that we are a program
at that risk of that happening. Tommy Tupperville did it
to us years ago. We've had some other coaches lead
for bigger jobs, But to do it in the middle
of a you know, when your team actually has a
(01:06):
chance at winning the national championship. I think was really
just a big issue that a lot of people are having,
not just the old Miss fans, but is college football
in general, because you're not seeing Kirk Signetty do this
with Indiana right now. You're not seeing some of these
other schools their playoff bound, seeing their coaches just you know,
flirting with other opportunities. There would been one thing if
he would have done it last year, you know, when
(01:27):
the team was not going to the playoffs, just missed it.
But to do it when you know you're in the
middle of the best Ole Miss season ever and you know,
looking at a potential top eight seed, you know, likely
to host a home game in the playoff. I think
that's just what makes it so hard. And of course
the fact that he's going to the r Tribal LSU
doesn't doesn't sit well either.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
And you know, there's always been a lot of comparison
because I guess of his time that they spent in
Alabama with Lane Kiffen and coach Nick Saban, and now
that he's going to LSU, that's one more thing that
people can compare him to Nick Saban, because Saban came
from LSU before he got to Alabama.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah, of course, but you know Nick Saban was leaving
Michigan State to go to LSU, and you know, Nick
Saban left LSU to try to try his hand in
the NFL then ended up at Alabama. So yeah, I
mean there's some similarities there, but of course how they
ended up at both locations is a very different story.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Well, and they're still kind of very different people, very
different coaching style. Yeah, just say the least. Well, but
I digress from talking football because you're in d C.
Let's at least mention what's going on on the hill
because there's been some change ups in Congress recently with
Marjorie Taylor Green saying that she's going to step speaking
(02:39):
of somebody else stepping down in the middle of the job.
This is going to make the margin even a little
bit thinner for the Republican Party in DC.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
It is, and that's made I think, I think put
the pressure on Republicans a little bit more when it
comes to this special election. That's happening on Tuesday in
Tennessee where you have a Democrat and a very very
red district giving a Republican a run for his money.
And it's a Republican who's considered to be a pretty
strong candidate. You know, a small business owner, former you know,
(03:12):
former Army Special Forces member, I believe, and there's somebody
who has a pretty extensive background in in in a
lot of the things that you would like in a
candidate quality. But you know, Democrats are are trying to
take advantage of off election year where sometimes voter turnout
could be relatively low, and if and if the Democrats
were to pull off an upset, that would create an
(03:32):
absolute nightmare for Republicans when it comes to their majority,
I believe. You know, when Marjorie Taylor Green were to
step aside, there would be a time where Republicans would
not be able to lose a single vote on any
UH spending bills. So so let that sink in.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
So it sounds to me like we're going to have
a lot of time breakers being cast by the Vice
President depending on what happens here very soon.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
That won't impact the House votes. You know, the Senate
is still going to be. Yeah, the Senate, it's still
going to be, you know, the same as it always was,
you know, but but yes, I mean, you don't want
to have that be in a situation where you have
you have to be uh calling the vice president to
break any ties on anything. But you know, I don't
(04:15):
know if there's gonna be any key votes where he's
going to be needed in the near future, but you know,
it could be a possibility.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Another difference between the House and the Senate is the uh,
if somebody steps down from the Senate, I believe the
governor would appoint their replacement. But in the House, I
think they have to have a special election, don't they.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Yeah, they do. That's what makes it a headache for
when Marjorie Taylor Green steps aside, is that you know
that every state has different laws for special elections, and
sometimes it can take longer in some states to put
one together. Obviously, Uh, Georgia has a Republican governor, so
he's going to probably move the clock as quickly as
possible to help Republicans out, but there's only so much
(04:53):
he can do to to comply with state laws. And
then also, you know, you've seen this happen in Texas
where Democrats are accused Greg Gabbott of of slow walking
the special election for some of these Democrats who are
trying to be replaced. You know, there's Sylvester Turner who
died while he was in office, and you know the
(05:13):
Greg Abbott has been accused of dragging his feet when
it comes to putting a special election together to fill
his vacancy. That's a Democrat. And there's some other vacancies
out there as well too, like Mikey Cheryl, the congresswoman
from New Jersey who just left to become governor of
New Jersey. You know, her election hasn't been filled yet either.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
I remember here in Alabama when our own Senator Jeff
Sessions was appointed to join Donald Trump briefly in the
White House. K Ivy then stepped in and she appointed
Luther Strange very for a very short time to be
his replacement, until unfortunately he was such a weak candidate
that we had this very very strange.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
I remember that we somehow.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
We ended up with Roy Moore as our candidate, who
then managed to lose to the Democrat Doug Jones. And
then we had a season of Doug Jones the Senator
before we got Tommy Tubberville, who's now going to be
the night very likely to be the next governor of Alabama.
So it is interesting how the musical chairs play out
with with these things as people move up and all
we're trying to do is just get decent representation, you know,
all these meanwhile they're trying to you know, advance their career.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Well yeah, well it's interesting in a time when you know,
people in the Senate especially are quosed to just staying
in office too long. You know, Alabama's actually had some
diversity and when it comes to people they've had representing them.
So some people might really like that, the fact that
you get new blood in there every once in a while,
and that certainly has been the case in Alabama, where
you know, Katie BRIT's fairly new to her job. And
(06:38):
then also you know, Tommy Tubberville was only elected you know,
I believe it was a one term a couple of
terms ago, and so yeah, I mean, you guys have
had a lot of different representations when it comes to
the Senate, and some people might like that, and.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Some of us just want a little stability. Ryan Schmels,
thank you so much for joining us,
My name is John Mounts, filling in for JT today
and we were going to be speaking with Ryan Schmels
here about what's going on in Washington. But while he
was talking with Mackenzie before we put him on, he mentioned,
by the way, does John want to talk about Lane Kiffin?
And I said, you know what, sure, I do want
to talk about Lane Kiffen. So welcome to the show.
Speaker 2 (00:18):
Hey, good to be with you, buddy, hate him man
doing great.
Speaker 1 (00:21):
So there were rumors swirling that lane Kiffin was on
his way to LSU, and then I guess it became
official as he borded the plane to the booze of
Ole Miss faithful Man. Apparently all of a sudden, I'm
trying to figure out are they booing him because he's
a trader? Are they booing him because they didn't like
that he's leaving? What specifically are they are they booing about?
Speaker 2 (00:45):
You know, I think really what it is, And you
see a lot of college football analysts point this out
where you know, it's like, okay, you know, coaches lead
for bigger jobs. We knew that we are a program
at that risk of that happening. Tommy Tupperville did it
to us years ago. We've had some other coaches lead
for bigger jobs, But to do it in the middle
of a you know, when your team actually has a
(01:06):
chance at winning the national championship. I think was really
just a big issue that a lot of people are having,
not just the old Miss fans, but is college football
in general, because you're not seeing Kirk Signetty do this
with Indiana right now. You're not seeing some of these
other schools their playoff bound, seeing their coaches just you know,
flirting with other opportunities. There would been one thing if
he would have done it last year, you know, when
(01:27):
the team was not going to the playoffs, just missed it.
But to do it when you know you're in the
middle of the best Ole Miss season ever and you know,
looking at a potential top eight seed, you know, likely
to host a home game in the playoff. I think
that's just what makes it so hard. And of course
the fact that he's going to the r Tribal LSU
doesn't doesn't sit well either.
Speaker 1 (01:47):
And you know, there's always been a lot of comparison
because I guess of his time that they spent in
Alabama with Lane Kiffen and coach Nick Saban, and now
that he's going to LSU, that's one more thing that
people can compare him to Nick Saban, because Saban came
from LSU before he got to Alabama.
Speaker 2 (02:02):
Yeah, of course, but you know Nick Saban was leaving
Michigan State to go to LSU, and you know, Nick
Saban left LSU to try to try his hand in
the NFL then ended up at Alabama. So yeah, I
mean there's some similarities there, but of course how they
ended up at both locations is a very different story.
Speaker 1 (02:18):
Well, and they're still kind of very different people, very
different coaching style. Yeah, just say the least. Well, but
I digress from talking football because you're in d C.
Let's at least mention what's going on on the hill
because there's been some change ups in Congress recently with
Marjorie Taylor Green saying that she's going to step speaking
(02:39):
of somebody else stepping down in the middle of the job.
This is going to make the margin even a little
bit thinner for the Republican Party in DC.
Speaker 2 (02:47):
It is, and that's made I think, I think put
the pressure on Republicans a little bit more when it
comes to this special election. That's happening on Tuesday in
Tennessee where you have a Democrat and a very very
red district giving a Republican a run for his money.
And it's a Republican who's considered to be a pretty
strong candidate. You know, a small business owner, former you know,
(03:12):
former Army Special Forces member, I believe, and there's somebody
who has a pretty extensive background in in in a
lot of the things that you would like in a
candidate quality. But you know, Democrats are are trying to
take advantage of off election year where sometimes voter turnout
could be relatively low, and if and if the Democrats
were to pull off an upset, that would create an
(03:32):
absolute nightmare for Republicans when it comes to their majority,
I believe. You know, when Marjorie Taylor Green were to
step aside, there would be a time where Republicans would
not be able to lose a single vote on any
UH spending bills. So so let that sink in.
Speaker 1 (03:47):
So it sounds to me like we're going to have
a lot of time breakers being cast by the Vice
President depending on what happens here very soon.
Speaker 2 (03:54):
That won't impact the House votes. You know, the Senate
is still going to be. Yeah, the Senate, it's still
going to be, you know, the same as it always was,
you know, but but yes, I mean, you don't want
to have that be in a situation where you have
you have to be uh calling the vice president to
break any ties on anything. But you know, I don't
(04:15):
know if there's gonna be any key votes where he's
going to be needed in the near future, but you know,
it could be a possibility.
Speaker 1 (04:20):
Another difference between the House and the Senate is the uh,
if somebody steps down from the Senate, I believe the
governor would appoint their replacement. But in the House, I
think they have to have a special election, don't they.
Speaker 2 (04:31):
Yeah, they do. That's what makes it a headache for
when Marjorie Taylor Green steps aside, is that you know
that every state has different laws for special elections, and
sometimes it can take longer in some states to put
one together. Obviously, Uh, Georgia has a Republican governor, so
he's going to probably move the clock as quickly as
possible to help Republicans out, but there's only so much
(04:53):
he can do to to comply with state laws. And
then also, you know, you've seen this happen in Texas
where Democrats are accused Greg Gabbott of of slow walking
the special election for some of these Democrats who are
trying to be replaced. You know, there's Sylvester Turner who
died while he was in office, and you know the
(05:13):
Greg Abbott has been accused of dragging his feet when
it comes to putting a special election together to fill
his vacancy. That's a Democrat. And there's some other vacancies
out there as well too, like Mikey Cheryl, the congresswoman
from New Jersey who just left to become governor of
New Jersey. You know, her election hasn't been filled yet either.
Speaker 1 (05:32):
I remember here in Alabama when our own Senator Jeff
Sessions was appointed to join Donald Trump briefly in the
White House. K Ivy then stepped in and she appointed
Luther Strange very for a very short time to be
his replacement, until unfortunately he was such a weak candidate
that we had this very very strange.
Speaker 2 (05:52):
I remember that we somehow.
Speaker 1 (05:55):
We ended up with Roy Moore as our candidate, who
then managed to lose to the Democrat Doug Jones. And
then we had a season of Doug Jones the Senator
before we got Tommy Tubberville, who's now going to be
the night very likely to be the next governor of Alabama.
So it is interesting how the musical chairs play out
with with these things as people move up and all
we're trying to do is just get decent representation, you know,
all these meanwhile they're trying to you know, advance their career.
Speaker 2 (06:16):
Well yeah, well it's interesting in a time when you know,
people in the Senate especially are quosed to just staying
in office too long. You know, Alabama's actually had some
diversity and when it comes to people they've had representing them.
So some people might really like that, the fact that
you get new blood in there every once in a while,
and that certainly has been the case in Alabama, where
you know, Katie BRIT's fairly new to her job. And
(06:38):
then also you know, Tommy Tubberville was only elected you know,
I believe it was a one term a couple of
terms ago, and so yeah, I mean, you guys have
had a lot of different representations when it comes to
the Senate, and some people might like that, and.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
Some of us just want a little stability. Ryan Schmels,
thank you so much for joining us,
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