We're back from vacation and ready to kick it into preseason mode. To help us breakdown all the news from the last month we welcome on VTScoop writer Matej Sis. We hit everything from the recruiting, the uniform release, the upcoming College Football 25 launch, and the 1999 team being ranked in the top 30 most influential teams of all time.

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and welcome back to the Boundary

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And we are back with also one of
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Matasys 247 Sports joining us.
Mattei, how you doing first of

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all tonight?
I'm doing great.

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This is we got day two of EA 25.
I've been been grinding out the

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dynasty, so doing well, but as
always, just such a pleasure to

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be on here with you guys.
I got to be up there with most

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recurring at this point.
So something I'm my most proud

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title at this point.
We we have you on at least twice

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a season here, at least the last
two to three years.

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So you're definitely up there
with with most recurring if

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you're not at the top of the
list, man.

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So welcome back.
Always fun to talk recruiting

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with you.
We have a couple other fun

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topics we get to chop up with
you tonight.

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So really happy to have you
back.

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Tally.
Yes, Sir, in Alabama, man.

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Say what now?
How?

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Hot Is it in Alabama?
Too hot.

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So hot they messed my Wi-Fi up
every day.

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Every day.
And burned through the CAT5 over

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there.
Yeah, Nah, man.

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We had a baseball tournament
this weekend and it was, it was

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think it was 97 is what it was
saying.

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We played on two turf fields and
it was so it was so hot that

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parents were moving away from
the field, stepping back to try

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to watch the game because you
can smell the turf.

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It's how hot it was, so our boys
had to win three games to win it

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all.
They did it on Sunday.

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I don't know how they was look
like they were going to fall

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out, but they toughed it out and
ended up winning, pulling the

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tournament out.
So, good times man, but it's

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hot.
Well.

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Congrats to your son and his
team with a nice victory there.

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Tally.
I know you know, we know the

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trials and tribulations he went
through because I think the last

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time when Tay was on he was
still recovering from his

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injury.
So it's great to hear he is

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fully back playing.
And Brian, you said earlier we

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had some fun topics after break,
including CFB 25, which I'm the

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only person here that doesn't
have a copy Y'all do.

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So I'll let y'all talk about it.
But we do have Matei on because

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we got to talk some recruiting
because this staff has been on

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absolute fire since we last came
with you.

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Last time we interviewed you was
Coach.

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Last time we saw Y'all, we were
interviewing Coach Pratt and

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after that Coach Pratt lit the
barn on fire and got a bunch of

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crews.
So Matei, we're going to talk

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with you about them, but let's
reverse your way back.

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Let's go way back and let's talk
about the portal editions right

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after the end of spring ball.
Colin Sheeley, Curtis Perry,

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Caleb Spencer As you started
getting the wind of each of

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these players, knowing their
backgrounds, knowing their

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histories, knowing where they
fit in the discussions, what is

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it telling you about this
upcoming season in a way the

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staff feels?
Yeah, I think you know what the

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these three guys in particular,
they're kind of your luxury

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signings in the portal.
When you look at what they were

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able to do with some of their
other signings in the transfer

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portal to be able to plug those
holes that they had.

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You know what these three guys
like, you look at Colin Schli

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and you know, they feel really
good about Pop Watson.

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Even last season, he was the
number two quarterback for a

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large part of the season when
Grant Wells was hurt.

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But you know, Shuley was a guy
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He just came from UCLA.
He was at Kent State before

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then.
You know, he's 63225 as opposed

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to Watson, who's I think 511 and
listed at 175.

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So he's a guy.
I mean, they're so confident in

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Kyron drones that, you know, if
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be as good as expected, they're
going to need someone in mop of

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duty late in games to be able to
take that load in the running

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game to be able to, you know,
take some of those hits at the

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end of the game.
And I think Shli is kind of like

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a a gap year before Pop Watson
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program.
Then you look at Curtis Perry

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and that guy out of Alabama.
I mean, just such a great

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recruit and a guy that, you
know, the staff said if we can

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take him, we'll take him.
Like this is a guy that will

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develop into a big time player.
I don't think he has a huge role

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for next year.
He could fight his way to that

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number 4 #5 defensive tackle.
But he's a guy that you're

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looking long term with him.
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direction of the defensive
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I mean, we look at it a couple
years ago, it's pretty bare.

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So now you have some guys,
you're kind of staggering, you

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know, the years of what the guys
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And then Caleb Spencer, I think
he was the last AD of the class.

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He's kind of a do it all guy.
And I know that they have some

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familiarity.
He's an LCA guy.

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He can really play a nickel.
I think they're going to try to

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slot him in at safety.
He's the guy that can play star.

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I mean, there's a lot of virtual
building there, but they were

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looking for someone like that
that can play multiple positions

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in the back end.
So, you know, All in all, these

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are luxury signings.
But you know, especially with

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Perry and Spencer, these are
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starters, you know, maybe
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Yeah.
And I know when when we had

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Coach Pryor last month, you
know, he was talking about

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Spencer in particular.
And I think everybody had him

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kind of, you know, thinking
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corner or something like that.
And he's like, yeah, linebacker.

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Like right out the gate.
I was like, all right, so he's

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that type of versatile.
I guess so.

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I was going to say, I'll tell
you what, if you need, if you

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play 20, NCAA 25, they like
Perry on them.

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He's on the field a lot.
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Nope.
Yeah, taken note.

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Taken.
Before we flip over to the

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commits for the 25 class, we did
sneak in there and get a 26

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commit, and that's Peyton.
Is it Falzone?

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Is it Falzone?
Yeah, the quarterback Nazareth,

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PA 65200 looks like a kid, maybe
kind of a fast riser at this

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point as far as, you know,
rankings may be concerned.

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What do we know about this kid?
I know it's still kind of early

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on in the 26 process here.
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I mean, it's always an arms race
to get a quarterback in your

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class.
Like you always want to get that

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guy, whether it's like a Kelden
Ryan this year.

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I think he committed same time
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But you know, this is a guy that
you know, he comes out of Penn

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State territory.
Definitely a lot of connections

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to the staff.
Obviously he was really looking

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at Penn State and Virginia Tech.
I think Penn State took another

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four-star quarterback a couple
days before he decided to

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commit.
I know we were joking before we

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jumped on here about everyone
taking vacation or I was

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actually on vacation when they
took the commitment.

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But he's a guy that, you know,
he loved what he saw from, you

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know, the offensive presentation
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He's a six, five, 200 LB guy.
And I think a lot of people are

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quick to assume that he's a
pocket passer, but he's a guy

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that certainly has a bit of
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I think he listed his 40 at 46.
It's probably closer to like a

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four eight.
But he's a guy that, you know,

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is able to really be in that
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He's kind of a shortened motion,
but a lot of arm strength.

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I think recently that other site
ranked him a four-star.

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The Shikes didn't remain
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So, you know, there's a lot of
potential there.

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I think there's a lot to like
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I definitely think he can fill
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But he's definitely a guy that I
think, you know, has huge

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potential.
And, you know, I wouldn't say

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watching his film, he's like a
perfect fit for the offense.

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But I think with growth, he can
certainly get there as his body

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kind of morphs into college
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Like I think he'll be better in
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He's more of AI wouldn't call
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certainly not drones in his
running ability, but he's a guy

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that can, you know, move in the
pocket again, play that read

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option game.
There's a lot of development to

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be done.
Again, he's a 2026 guy, but

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really, really high ceiling with
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We still got we still got 22
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see him join the Hokies in the
future if if he gets to signing

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day there.
So it sounds like he's a guy

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that has a little bit of the
skill set that we're looking

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for, but maybe not quite those
like high end athletic

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attributes that you see out of
Pop Watson recovering drones.

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Absolutely.
But definitely the size and the

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ability to get there.
And I think that's, you know,

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that they really want.
He's a guy that when you have

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that unquestioned ability,
especially as a passer like you,

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you take him and you see what
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And I think he's a great add to
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Yeah, and and Matteo, you
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wiggle.
I think what his sophomore

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season like over 400 yards
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So it might not be the drones
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athleticism, but it's that
enough that if it's in the read

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option game, that end has to
stay home because the second he

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crashes, he's going to take off
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And it's like OK, now let's flip
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this guy because this was the
first guy immediately back on

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June 14th that committed
Christian Evans out of

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Stonebridge high school power up
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at six two and a half 280 lbs
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You hear that they got him at
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Hasn't has an 88 so far Got got
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because y'all know tally he he
he walks it like a hawk, but

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but.
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Sean Quinn, the primary
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tons of offers.
I mean, you see, like in

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Oklahoma, you see North
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different places.
You know, Penn State had

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interest in this guy.
And most recently for the Under

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Armour camp.
He was the DLMVP up at that

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camp, up in Baltimore, which is
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How did the commitment go and
what do you feel he's bringing

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to the table today?
Yeah, I mean, he's a great

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interior guy.
Like when you think about

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Virginia Tech recruiting, I know
I kind of alluded to it with the

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defensive tackle group, but like
it's not often that you see

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these big time commitments in
the trenches in the interior

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last year.
And now Christian Evans are

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maybe the exceptions to that.
Like really high motor guy can

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really get up the field, as you
mentioned was the MVP of that

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camp.
Oklahoma was squarely in the

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mix, but he really want to stay
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That was huge for him.
Ultimately it came down to, you

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know, Virginia Tech, North
Carolina and UVA and you know, I

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love what he had to say on his
commitment that, you know, he

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wanted to play for the flagship
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Just really believed in the
vision.

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I think it was he was heavily
leaning towards Virginia Tech

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and then it was the official
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He was able to be there with a
lot of other guys that are now

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in this class and just being
able to spend time with them,

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spend, you know, multiple hours
with the coaching staff really

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sold him at the end on the
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Yeah, it's awesome to hear.
And and you know, we talked

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about the the reiteration of the
flagship program.

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I'm glad that's starting to get
hammered home again and folks

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are trying to take recognition
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So good to keep that branding
out there for the program.

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Let's flip it over to the next
guy here.

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And this one's kind of close to
Curtis and I's heart a little

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bit because because his dad
played, played at our high

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school, won A state championship
for our high school.

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So I've got got a little bit of
tie in there.

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But AJ Brand, quarterback out of
South Carolina, Columbia, we get

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to to go into Shane Bieber
territory and snatch one out.

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Looks like South Carolina was
the other team with the big

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push.
They wanted him probably,

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probably at safety.
We were we were good for him at

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quarterbacks.
So what can you tell us about AJ

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Brand?
Yeah, This is one that once the

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wheels started to turn, they
moved fast.

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Like they Virginia Tech has been
on AJ brand for a long time.

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But really, you know, we heard,
you know, they wanted two

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quarterbacks this entire time.
They had Keldon Ryan for over a

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year.
There was a lot of smoke out of

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the Malik Washington camp.
But then eventually, I think

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when Tyler Bowen's looking at
it, he looks at AJ Bran.

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He has a bit of a Corky throwing
motion, but he's just a perfect

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fit for what they want at
quarterback in the system.

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And I think as time went on, as
they got to know him better, as

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they got to see him a bit more,
they realized this is the guy we

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want to really bring into the
program, you know, work on those

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throwing mechanics once he gets
to campus, but someone that they

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really believe in.
And they went all in on him.

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And like you said, it was a big
battle against South Carolina.

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That's his, you know, home
state.

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That's, you know, there's a,
there's a lot of trends in this

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class, specifically more than
any other year with battles

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against Shane Beamer and South
Carolina.

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And, you know, they really
believed in him at quarterback,

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and I think that was enough to
get him in the boat.

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Yeah.
And and I think the one thing I

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like about him, first of all, I
will say this first hand

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experience, my cousin, one of my
cousins played against AJ.

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They beat him last year and this
year their school Irma beat

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them.
But if if you checked out, I

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mean, he was the state player of
the year down there in 4A in

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South Carolina, which is the
second biggest division.

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So you're not dealing with a
bunch of small schools.

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And you look at his numbers.
I mean, he went 3000 as a

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sophomore, what, three or a
junior, 3000 yards, 45

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touchdowns, 1100 on the ground,
seven.

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I mean, he was that team's
offense.

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And that's crazy to see.
I'll say this.

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I I know y'all have even a
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I mean, that man needs a bump.
That man needs a bump from an 86

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because you don't do all that as
a junior against in that level

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of competition.
So Matei, make the wheels turn.

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All right, let's I got a
question since you brought it

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up.
I didn't want to bring it up,

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but Curtis used the word bump so
I got a question.

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Bump.
So, and this is, you know, this

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is just for a normal college
fan, not a crazy Virginia Tech

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fan.
A person, if a, if a young man

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commits to a school, is it
harder for him to get a bump

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because he's not really actively
being recruited?

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I know he may be still being
recruited by other people, but

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like not actively going to maybe
a lot of camps or, you know, you

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kind of know where he's at.
It's not as much publicity going

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to be on him in the recruiting
ranks unless it's a, you know,

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flipping them.
So is it harder for a player

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that's committed, you know,
earlier to get a bump like that?

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I think yes and no, definitely
with the camps, like you're not

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going to go to camps once you're
committed.

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You're not visiting other
schools hopefully.

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But at the same time, I think
where the biggest bumps come in

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are those senior films.
Once those come in, like I'm

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trying to think it was who was a
Jaden payout who got like a bump

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from like an 84 to like a 90 and
that was like late November of

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his senior year.
So there are stories certainly

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of guys getting those bigger
bumps senior year.

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It's a bit of luck as well.
Like you got to make sure that

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evaluator has your tape and that
you have some pretty excellent

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tape there.
Right at that 88 number was what

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you said.
That senior film came in in

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December and it was like, whoa,
this guy's a four.

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Like a couple guys went to
four-star, a couple guys got

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the, the Gabe Williams thing was
great because they bumped Gabe

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back up where he originally.
Yeah, yeah.

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Before he committed.
So, I mean, we get it.

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But you know, we always are
watching.

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You know we watching.
Y'all I know, I know.

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You know, but it's not yumate.
We know it's not you, but it's.

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Everyone he it's him too.
I always joke around and we have

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the UVA intern because 11
someone commits to Virginia Tech

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Normally you see that little,
you know, decrease in the

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rating.
But it's funny because I think

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out of, you know, all the sites,
if you go to their individual

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profiles, you can see their
historic rankings like you can

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see when they got the bump or
the drop.

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So everyone's always checking
that.

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Trust me.
I got a lot of DMS about that,

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yes.
Hey, what's going on with these

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numbers, man?
Christian Devin's got the bump,

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a nice bump after he committed a
nice bump and it puts him very

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close to the 89 four-star.
All right, I'm going to flip.

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Let's talk to another guy.
Let's stay or let's take it back

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to the DMV.
We're we're staying in the

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footprint though, and one of the
big ones, the math of Catholics,

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Noah Chambers, linebacker
622-1686 is the star rating some

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solid offers.
You know, it's one of those we

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kind of always look at comes to
linebackers and safeties.

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I see Pitt on there if a
linebacker has a pit offer and

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he's probably a good
fundamentally sound player and

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probably can do good things.
But you know, the math of

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there's Elijah again, there's
that connection.

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And even though Marv was his
primary, Elijah's right on there

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with him.
How big of a get us to keep that

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DeMatha train rolling and what
what is it looking like?

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What's the story behind the Noah
commitment?

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Yeah, so I mean, it's huge.
I mean, you think about it,

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Dante Lovett, Emmett Laws, now
you got Noah Chambers.

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This was a guy that, you know,
was top of their board in terms

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of linebacker prospects from the
beginning of the cycle,

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Obviously, like Brett
Clatterball was, you know, the

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the top guy that everyone looks
at because of his star rating.

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And that was one that they
definitely wanted to get in

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early.
I think Noah could have probably

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committed earlier, but he really
took his time with this process.

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And Virginia Tech was the first
offer for him.

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Like they were they were out
there in the very beginning.

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They stuck with him the entire
time.

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They were straight up and honest
with him.

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And you know, I think where you
look at Brett Clatterbaugh and

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like great, great prospect, I
think Noah Chambers also has the

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opportunity to really blow up.
Like I think he's just so

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athletic and he's a guy that can
play multiple positions.

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Like I would not be surprised if
you know, he's a guy that sees

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the field maybe even earlier
than Clatterbaugh.

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So really, really good get and
especially with the context of

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they had two guys at linebacker
that they desperately wanted and

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they were able to land both of
them.

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Pretty good because we need it.
I mean, we've had so many times

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in the past where, you know,
you're thinking, man, if we had

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a, you know, a a linebacker in
this position, this game would

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be a little bit different.
So it's good to see them getting

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some talent in there.
Speaking of talent, we're going

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to go to the the next recruit
Green run Kit got to go.

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You know, shout out to Brody
Adams man, for for starting that

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wave.
You know what I mean?

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Shout out to him and his family
yes, for starting that wave.

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We've had what this is the third
kid from green run this 4th from

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this from this recruiting class.
So crazy.

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But Zeke, I'm not even going to
try to pronounce the last name,

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but 66240 think this kid just
transferred there.

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So his first year at Green run.
Let me see 247.

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Y'all got him at a 85, so that's
OK.

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You know I ain't going to get on
you too bad about that.

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I need to see what he do.
I'm going to go with Mattea and

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we going to watch some film and
we're going to see about you

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know if we need to throw any
bumps in that.

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But kid seems like he has a lot
of potential.

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Like I said, as far as a high
ceiling guy.

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What are you thinking about him,
Mattea?

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Yeah, I mean, he's great.
I think, you know, a lot of the

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guys on the Vt Scoop team have,
you know, in our slack, we're

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always talking about him and
just how he might be the biggest

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hidden gem of this class.
Like, he's definitely very raw.

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A third guy from Green Run
obviously didn't play there last

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year, but he's a guy that's
going to come over from Ocean

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Lakes.
They beat out West Virginia for

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him.
I think it's great that he's

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going to be able to play against
Thomas Wilder, who's a 2026

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recruit on green run.
Keep keep an eye out for him.

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four-star guy pretty much pretty
much has offers from everybody.

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He's 66285 S Zeke is going to go
against him and practice every

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single day.
Like these are two solidified D1

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guys going at it.
I think his senior development

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will be huge and you know,
again, he's a guy that you like

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6 foot six, 240 LB defensive
ends don't grow on trees.

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Like this is a guy that's going
to absolutely transform his body

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at the collegiate level and you
know, just humongous upside.

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So I think 85 is fair for him
now based on what he's shown.

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But he's a guy that you, you
just like, you got to get him in

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there and, and see what you know
once you coach him up, what he

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can become.
Yeah, he's got the, he's got the

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physicals, he's got, you know,
some of those intangibles.

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So it's all about what, what
does that production look like

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on the field?
And will that warrant a bump and

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kind of move him up in that
class?

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Let's go to somebody else that's
kind of that that that lower

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side of the class.
And in terms of, you know, 2247

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Sports has them at 86 and
Nathaniel Wright, Woodbridge, VA

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Yeah, big, big guy already.
Yeah, 65275 looks like he's

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going to slide in at that
interior offensive line.

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What have you seen from him?
What what's the feelings on on

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his potential, especially on an
old line that needs probably a

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little bit of depth here?
Yeah, absolutely.

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I know that with the old line,
there was a couple guys from

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this class there.
You know, obviously, I think

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there were a couple top end guys
that Virginia Tech missed out on

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and they would admit that as
well, you know, whether, you

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know, they just wanted to go to
bigger programs or found a

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better place for them.
But I think when you look at

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Nathaniel Wright, he's a guy
that was able to go to a camp,

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earn an offer out of a camp.
They really liked what they saw

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from him and really prioritized
him after Carter Stallard.

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So big guy, interior guy, like
yes, he's an 86, but he's also

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the fourth highest rated
offensive lineman out of

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Virginia.
So I think that was another huge

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thing as well.
So just all around, I think, you

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know, sometimes coaches really
trust in their evaluations,

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especially when they see guys in
camp.

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And I think he was a guy that
kind of rose towards the upper

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half of of their board just
because they were able to see

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him in person and really
evaluate him.

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Definitely, definitely.
We're always looking for

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offensive lineman.
Got to get Brian over there to

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show him some footwork.
Brian's got all kind of records,

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man, so we got to show him how
to lift them weights, man, they

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ain't.
They ain't lifting hard enough

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on things, right Brian?
I think Brian froze up.

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There.
But yeah, I guess I don't like

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this.
Yeah.

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I didn't know if it was me or
him.

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Am I freezing?
You getting good now, You good

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now, you good now.
So, yeah, you know, being very

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early in the class or being in
the class in general, I don't

443
00:24:56,600 --> 00:25:01,080
like to say favorites, but I am
going to say my favorite recruit

444
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:08,040
right now is Jeff Overton.
I think Dwight Victoria may have

445
00:25:08,040 --> 00:25:11,280
been the first person that told
me about Jeff Overton a little

446
00:25:11,280 --> 00:25:14,840
while ago, maybe a year and a
half ago or something like that.

447
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:20,840
But yeah, I mean, crazy athletic
man.

448
00:25:20,840 --> 00:25:23,320
If you go watch this film,
anybody, if you, if you haven't

449
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:27,200
watched this film, please do.
I'm not going to even talk

450
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,240
rankings right now because I
don't want to put Matteo on the

451
00:25:29,240 --> 00:25:31,640
spot.
I'm just going to let him talk

452
00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:33,360
and then I may come back in and
say something.

453
00:25:33,640 --> 00:25:36,120
But Matteo, how you feeling
about Jeff Overton?

454
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,200
First off, I'll say this, I do
have a bias with a lot of these

455
00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:43,640
recruits.
I'm able to really see them, get

456
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:47,520
to know them.
And so a lot of them I want to

457
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,920
give bumps, right?
Like I do have that bias.

458
00:25:50,200 --> 00:25:54,880
But like I objectively speaking,
Jeff Overton should be a

459
00:25:54,880 --> 00:25:57,040
four-star.
Like there's no question about

460
00:25:57,040 --> 00:26:01,120
it.
And he's a guy again, like was a

461
00:26:01,120 --> 00:26:05,120
can't lose prospect out of this
class no matter what his ranking

462
00:26:05,120 --> 00:26:07,480
says.
Gatorade football player of the

463
00:26:07,480 --> 00:26:10,720
year put up the absolute video
game numbers.

464
00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,600
Like I don't know, they're
finding Tyler Mason, who's, you

465
00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:16,560
know, has over 110 touchdowns in
his career.

466
00:26:16,760 --> 00:26:19,720
But like Jeff Overton is doing
it at at an even higher level.

467
00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:23,120
He had 41 touchdowns last year,
13 yards for Gary.

468
00:26:23,360 --> 00:26:27,520
Just like this guy has a bit of
everything that you want out of

469
00:26:27,520 --> 00:26:31,160
the running back position.
Just an absolute total package.

470
00:26:31,160 --> 00:26:34,160
And again, just a can't miss
prospect.

471
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:37,680
They went all out for him,
rolled out the red carpet and

472
00:26:37,680 --> 00:26:40,640
they got him and you know,
again, top of the board

473
00:26:40,640 --> 00:26:44,040
prospect.
I'm so excited about his future

474
00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:46,920
at Virginia Tech.
And when he says rolled out the

475
00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:50,280
red carpet, he means rolled out
a white Rolls Royce.

476
00:26:53,840 --> 00:26:56,400
Somebody in the chat said I
don't know who death on the

477
00:26:56,400 --> 00:26:58,080
plate is.
Thank you for watching though.

478
00:26:58,360 --> 00:27:00,560
Think he asked his drones dad
on.

479
00:27:00,560 --> 00:27:03,320
Yes, Mr. Kevin, drones is
usually on with us.

480
00:27:03,320 --> 00:27:05,760
That's family.
He's usually watching with us.

481
00:27:05,760 --> 00:27:11,200
He's usually popping in and out.
So yes, Sir, that is Mr. Drones

482
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,160
right there.
Shout out to Mr. Kevin.

483
00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:16,880
Meet us in Nashville.
Yes, Sir.

484
00:27:17,040 --> 00:27:18,920
Yes, Sir.
Meeting y'all in Nashville.

485
00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:22,200
Hey, and you mentioned those
video game numbers hay fields in

486
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:26,360
six a 6A is it's nothing but the
biggest.

487
00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:30,560
It's nothing but the biggest
throw that on here.

488
00:27:30,560 --> 00:27:32,120
I want to get Brian's opinion on
that.

489
00:27:32,120 --> 00:27:34,240
Brian, your opinion on this
before we jump to the next

490
00:27:34,240 --> 00:27:38,360
recruit.
I think online can benefit from

491
00:27:38,360 --> 00:27:40,040
ballet.
I mean, I think personally,

492
00:27:40,040 --> 00:27:43,640
anybody can benefit from ballet
because anything that you can do

493
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,920
to improve your balance is going
to improve your performance on

494
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,680
the field.
Yoga, a lot of that stuff like

495
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:54,560
it sounds funny, but a lot a lot
of offensive lineman or anybody

496
00:27:54,560 --> 00:27:57,640
who has to, you know, can
torture body and do different

497
00:27:57,640 --> 00:28:00,600
things that they have to do
being big guys, you know,

498
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:04,240
Pilates, yoga, a lot of people
take part in that even ballet

499
00:28:04,240 --> 00:28:06,640
sometimes.
I mean, it's not, it's not

500
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,560
talking about, you know, when,
when you're, when you're

501
00:28:09,560 --> 00:28:14,120
blocking, having to maintain
your balance while still moving

502
00:28:14,120 --> 00:28:18,680
somebody backwards, moving
laterally, vertically at the

503
00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,760
same time.
I mean, it's a lot of balance

504
00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:23,520
that takes place there.
So anything that can improve

505
00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:29,920
that, go for it. 100% So there
you go from a former offensive

506
00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:34,080
lineman himself and from Tally
collegiate football players.

507
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:37,400
Well, that that stuff benefits.
So I'm going to flip it.

508
00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:40,800
Stay on the line.
We went to the DMV, we got one,

509
00:28:41,520 --> 00:28:43,840
we went to South Carolina.
Let's finally rip one out of

510
00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:45,680
North Carolina.
Let's talk about Sherrod

511
00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:50,400
Henderson, the edge out of Rocky
Point, NC Hide Trask.

512
00:28:50,400 --> 00:28:52,360
I don't know, Robbie, if you're
out there listening to give us

513
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:58,920
some background on Hide Trask
63210 and 86 solid offer list

514
00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:00,480
for him.
You know, you see a team like

515
00:29:00,480 --> 00:29:03,400
Michigan State, Duke, especially
Duke with Manny Diaz.

516
00:29:03,400 --> 00:29:07,120
We know he likes those fast edge
rushers, but how did this

517
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,360
commitment come together?
Because a lot of these names

518
00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:13,400
Mateo, I'll be honest, I've seen
I've seen Evans, I've seen

519
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:15,200
Overton.
Zeke was one.

520
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:18,560
This one pops up as like who's
this and where did this come

521
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:20,720
from?
Again, it's, you know, they

522
00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:24,480
really make this effort in June
to get guys on campus for

523
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:27,520
official visits, really to get
them around other members in the

524
00:29:27,520 --> 00:29:31,200
class and really detail what
their outlook would look like at

525
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:33,440
Virginia Tech.
I believe he had, you know, a

526
00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,600
huge military background.
So the core was a big thing

527
00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,840
there and just, you know what
that means at Virginia Tech.

528
00:29:40,120 --> 00:29:44,320
But you know, even though 63
this is a guy with 610 wingspan,

529
00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:49,160
like can absolutely grow into
his body like he's a guy that

530
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,920
again, like we talked about it
with Zeke.

531
00:29:52,480 --> 00:29:55,720
They are finding these guys that
just like don't grow on trees,

532
00:29:55,720 --> 00:30:00,040
you know, like you, you got to
find once you find them, you got

533
00:30:00,040 --> 00:30:02,200
to trust in your ability to
develop them.

534
00:30:02,240 --> 00:30:05,440
And I think he's another one
that they just once they saw in

535
00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:08,240
person, it's it's just like,
Yup, we need this guy

536
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,200
immediately.
Like you're telling me he has

537
00:30:10,200 --> 00:30:12,720
one more season to play and then
he's going to college.

538
00:30:12,960 --> 00:30:16,680
Like, are you kidding me?
So another story there, someone

539
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,360
that, you know, sat down with
pride for about two hours, was

540
00:30:20,360 --> 00:30:24,760
not pressured whatsoever to
commit and just like loved the

541
00:30:24,760 --> 00:30:29,640
honesty of of the approach.
And at the end of it was like,

542
00:30:29,680 --> 00:30:32,040
what am I waiting on?
Like this is a place I want to

543
00:30:32,040 --> 00:30:36,200
be and decided to commit.
So some of these move a bit

544
00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:39,520
faster, some are slow and then
you get them on campus for

545
00:30:39,520 --> 00:30:43,160
officials.
But yeah, this is a guy agreed

546
00:30:43,160 --> 00:30:45,520
with Robert there.
Like quick, very long guy.

547
00:30:46,680 --> 00:30:49,640
Another thing I like seeing too,
Brian, we'll put this up here

548
00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:55,760
right there.
Another coming from a playoff

549
00:30:55,760 --> 00:30:58,560
team coming like, hey, Phil was
a good team last year.

550
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:01,800
Demath is always a good team.
So a team in the state of North

551
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:06,840
Carolina making the playoffs,
right, like again, prize.

552
00:31:06,840 --> 00:31:10,200
Talk to us about it.
Guys who win, guys who know how

553
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:12,200
to do that because that's
something you got to learn.

554
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:13,880
Sorry, Brown.
I stepped on him, man.

555
00:31:13,920 --> 00:31:15,080
You're good, man.
Are you good?

556
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,120
And and like you said, I'll be
winning programs is definitely

557
00:31:18,120 --> 00:31:21,000
something that Pry has
prioritized since he's been

558
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,840
here.
It's prioritize the state of

559
00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:25,360
Virginia and hid in the
footprint, but also prioritize

560
00:31:25,360 --> 00:31:27,520
pulling guys from those winning
programs.

561
00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:30,120
So this just a a continuation of
that.

562
00:31:30,120 --> 00:31:33,560
And I mean, you know, when we
look at the next guy, we want to

563
00:31:33,560 --> 00:31:37,520
talk about Matthew out.
And that was a big one big, big

564
00:31:37,520 --> 00:31:42,760
commitment.
You know, athlete at IC Norcom,

565
00:31:43,320 --> 00:31:48,880
Portsmouth, VA hit the 757
four-star kid.

566
00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,160
You got to love that, you know,
6 foot 200 kind of that that

567
00:31:52,160 --> 00:31:55,800
ideal size.
Tell us a little bit about Mr.

568
00:31:55,800 --> 00:31:58,720
Allen here.
Yeah, I mean, he's just, he's a

569
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,080
phenomenal player.
And you know, I want to shout

570
00:32:01,080 --> 00:32:05,240
out Evan G Watkins just 'cause
he pointed it out, but I know

571
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,120
we'll get to the other headliner
of this class.

572
00:32:08,120 --> 00:32:13,360
But back-to-back cycles with the
number one and #2 wide receivers

573
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:15,520
in the boat out of the state of
Virginia.

574
00:32:16,600 --> 00:32:20,200
This is a guy that very
seriously was considering Penn

575
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:22,960
State, loved his official visit
there.

576
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:28,760
And I think, you know, honored,
honored his commitment to coming

577
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:30,480
to Virginia Tech for his
official visit.

578
00:32:30,480 --> 00:32:33,880
And I think it really helped out
that Virginia Tech had, you

579
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:37,440
know, kind of the last say in
things there because they really

580
00:32:37,440 --> 00:32:39,960
were able to map out a path for
him.

581
00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,200
And he really believed in the
vision there.

582
00:32:42,200 --> 00:32:48,040
So yeah, Virginia Tech lands an
absolute stud with him.

583
00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,680
I think he's a guy that can
really do it all at the wide

584
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,200
receiver position.
I know he's listed at athlete,

585
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,880
but he's a guy that I think can
line up in a lot of places.

586
00:32:56,880 --> 00:32:58,960
You can get the ball in his
hands in a lot of different

587
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:02,560
ways, and just an extremely
versatile and proven player.

588
00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:07,520
So yeah, can't miss four-star
Guy. 100%.

589
00:33:07,520 --> 00:33:10,240
Yeah, I was a little nervous
about outing for a while just

590
00:33:10,240 --> 00:33:14,840
cause in my opinion, he kind of
I know that pry and Pry and crew

591
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:17,600
were on him pretty early, but he
kind of went quiet for a little

592
00:33:17,600 --> 00:33:20,600
bit and with with Virginia Tech
and blew up.

593
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:24,360
So in the past most of the time
when that happens you like so

594
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:28,520
long, you know what I mean?
But the closer and closer it got

595
00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:32,400
to commitment time, we're still
in it we're still in it.

596
00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,680
And then he commits the Virginia
Tech.

597
00:33:34,680 --> 00:33:36,040
That's what that's what you love
to see.

598
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:43,360
Speaking of that, another again,
can I just say everybody's my

599
00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:45,800
favorite?
I said I had a favorite, but can

600
00:33:45,800 --> 00:33:48,960
I say everybody's my favorite?
This, this is different though.

601
00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:53,600
The reason this is different is
because Michael Matthews, if

602
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:56,440
everybody don't know, if you
don't know him, that you've been

603
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,120
under a rock.
Again, with my son playing

604
00:33:59,720 --> 00:34:05,760
multiple sports, he is a player
that I've told my son to take a

605
00:34:05,760 --> 00:34:08,840
look at because I'm going to
talk a little bit about his

606
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:13,679
baseball skills.
He's you know, baseball has them

607
00:34:13,679 --> 00:34:15,920
listed a little bit different
than football, but we'll go with

608
00:34:15,920 --> 00:34:20,000
football 622 O 5.
Baseball has them listed at

609
00:34:20,000 --> 00:34:23,080
63200.
So right around now we may add

610
00:34:23,080 --> 00:34:28,719
an inch or something somewhere,
but he's very he he has just he

611
00:34:28,719 --> 00:34:33,560
has the the physical ability on
the baseball field to be the

612
00:34:33,560 --> 00:34:35,000
best person on the baseball
field.

613
00:34:35,000 --> 00:34:39,400
Every time he steps on that
Ronald Acuna type outfielder,

614
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:41,560
you know, a little bit of flash
to his game.

615
00:34:41,920 --> 00:34:44,560
He moves really, really good in
the outfield.

616
00:34:44,560 --> 00:34:47,800
His his hit speed through the
zone.

617
00:34:47,800 --> 00:34:52,679
He stays through the zone for a
long time using, you know, he's

618
00:34:52,679 --> 00:34:54,120
up the middle of the field when
he hits.

619
00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:56,920
Like, I can go on and on about
baseball because that's what we

620
00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:01,280
watch, and then you go to go
ahead. 54th rated player in the

621
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:03,080
country, right?
Now I was going to say, and then

622
00:35:03,240 --> 00:35:05,120
you know, they're a little bit
different than what you are in

623
00:35:05,120 --> 00:35:07,160
football because you live,
you're looking at stars.

624
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:10,400
And but when you go to a perfect
game and you look at his, his

625
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:14,160
ratings and how he's progressed
over the years as a 13 year old,

626
00:35:14,160 --> 00:35:17,640
because they keep progression
of, you know, your exit V low

627
00:35:17,640 --> 00:35:21,160
and how fast you're throwing and
pop times and things like that.

628
00:35:21,160 --> 00:35:25,080
Like it's it's amazing what he's
done in the couple of years that

629
00:35:25,080 --> 00:35:27,440
he's he's blown up to where he
is now.

630
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:28,880
I switched that over to
football.

631
00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,760
I watched his commitment and
listened to some of the things

632
00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:35,760
he says and he says, you know,
football player that he looks up

633
00:35:35,760 --> 00:35:38,880
to as Debo Samuel.
That's kind of who he models his

634
00:35:38,880 --> 00:35:40,920
game after.
And then you go watch the tape

635
00:35:40,920 --> 00:35:43,480
and you're like, OK, he don't
mind taking the ball out of the

636
00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:45,080
backfield.
He don't mind getting the short

637
00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:47,480
passes, making something happen
with the ball.

638
00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:51,320
So again, Michael Matthews,
we're going to toss it to

639
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:54,920
Mattei.
Y'all got what 247 has rated at

640
00:35:54,920 --> 00:35:57,000
a 92 right?
92.

641
00:35:57,600 --> 00:36:00,160
We going to stay at 92, we going
up, but I'm going to pass to

642
00:36:00,160 --> 00:36:01,320
Mattei.
We're going to take, we're going

643
00:36:01,320 --> 00:36:02,520
to pass to Mattei.
Let him talk.

644
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:04,480
What are you thinking about,
Michael Matthews?

645
00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:09,040
Yeah, just from the a football
standpoint, like I, I know we

646
00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:13,080
talked a little bit about Matt
Auten and now Micah Matthews,

647
00:36:13,080 --> 00:36:17,520
but like both these guys are
listed as the 4th and 5th

648
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:22,240
athletes in the country.
Like these are guys that are

649
00:36:22,240 --> 00:36:25,440
versatile in multiple positions.
You mentioned the Debo

650
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:28,120
comparison.
I think that's fair to say.

651
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:31,520
That's kind of what he's been
pitched on at Virginia Tech.

652
00:36:31,520 --> 00:36:34,760
A guy that can have the ball in
multiple situations.

653
00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:38,200
Like both of these guys, it's
going to be a fun offense in a

654
00:36:38,200 --> 00:36:41,520
couple years.
But like this is a guy that is

655
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,880
just so dominant, you know, the
best player on the football

656
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,840
team, the best player on the
baseball team.

657
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:51,200
Like when we talk about
athletes, we're not just like,

658
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:54,440
you know, multiple, like a lot
of these guys play multiple

659
00:36:54,440 --> 00:36:57,720
sports.
But this guy could potentially

660
00:36:57,720 --> 00:37:00,160
GoPro in two, right?
Like that's what we're

661
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:04,680
projecting with A4 Star here.
And he's someone that really

662
00:37:04,680 --> 00:37:06,120
loves the vision at Virginia
Tech.

663
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,200
I think football being so
important to him was huge

664
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,560
because it really came down.
I know Utah was in there as well

665
00:37:12,560 --> 00:37:16,560
in the mix, but he was going to
play both sports in college.

666
00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:20,800
They gave him a detailed
schedule, what that would look

667
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:25,240
like at Virginia Tech.
And UNC was on him for a long

668
00:37:25,240 --> 00:37:27,600
time.
And you look at it historically,

669
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:29,520
UNC is the better baseball
program.

670
00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:33,520
And a lot of people thought that
if he were more serious about

671
00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:37,120
playing baseball, he has a
pretty good option there in

672
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,360
Chapel Hill.
But it as it turns out, the

673
00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:43,640
pitch for the football team for
Virginia Tech really stood out

674
00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,120
to him.
And he was very serious about

675
00:37:46,120 --> 00:37:48,200
that.
And ultimately that's why he

676
00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:52,280
chose to be a hokey.
And I think, you know, just a, a

677
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:54,920
great player.
I think my favorite quote, he

678
00:37:54,920 --> 00:37:59,240
did a sidebar with Colby.
He said like his favorite route

679
00:37:59,240 --> 00:38:01,320
is running a slant 'cause he's
not afraid to get hit.

680
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:04,000
He's not afraid of contact.
He's a big kid.

681
00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,480
Like that's someone you love to
have in the program.

682
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:10,080
Not someone that's just like so
athletic and so skilled, but

683
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:11,840
someone that has the right
mentality.

684
00:38:11,840 --> 00:38:14,560
And I mean, I could go on and on
about him.

685
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:17,240
He's he's the headliner for a
reason of this class.

686
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:19,080
Yeah, I'm gonna.
Ask.

687
00:38:19,080 --> 00:38:20,360
I'm gonna ask.
I'll go ahead.

688
00:38:20,680 --> 00:38:22,320
Go ahead.
I was just going to say he

689
00:38:22,320 --> 00:38:27,160
really brings the seems like
maturity as well, like seems

690
00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,720
like a really mature kid and you
got to be when you're playing

691
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:32,840
multiple sports on that level,
it's hard to avoid, you know,

692
00:38:32,840 --> 00:38:35,640
having some of that maturity,
some of that leader, those

693
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,800
leadership aspects that you're
looking for in the program as.

694
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:40,000
Well, well, well, also that
maturity too, because tally, you

695
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:43,960
made a point going to perfect
game since you're 13 or 14, you

696
00:38:44,200 --> 00:38:47,720
you better be on your PS and QS
because every scalp is watching

697
00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:50,240
you and how you act and what
you're doing.

698
00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:53,920
So if you ain't on your P's and
Q's there, you're going to fall

699
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:55,520
off that saying like ain't going
to worry about him.

700
00:38:55,520 --> 00:38:58,160
Go ahead, talent.
No, I was just going to say, you

701
00:38:58,160 --> 00:39:02,000
know, and then watching him, I
was trying my best to find like

702
00:39:02,760 --> 00:39:06,200
somebody who does what he can do
on the current roster.

703
00:39:06,200 --> 00:39:09,000
And I don't the only person who
I would think would be close is

704
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:11,000
probably Jay Lane, right?
Like Chad.

705
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,760
And I'm going to tell you is
that it like who, who do we use

706
00:39:15,760 --> 00:39:18,360
kind of in the area that we
would use him right now?

707
00:39:19,080 --> 00:39:21,360
Yeah, I mean, I I think you
would have to look back and I

708
00:39:21,360 --> 00:39:24,040
know it's a completely different
offense, but like a Trey Turner

709
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:26,800
type, like you just want to get
him the ball however you can.

710
00:39:27,120 --> 00:39:29,400
I think that's kind of what he's
going to be just in a better

711
00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,840
scheme and, you know, a bigger
version.

712
00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:34,880
So just a really great all
around athlete.

713
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,560
Like he can do it all.
Yeah, and and the other thing

714
00:39:38,560 --> 00:39:41,040
y'all, if y'all didn't notice,
I'm going to tell you, mentioned

715
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:45,640
how high they were on athletes,
the athletic ranking 5th and 6th

716
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:49,360
top players in Virginia.
So people, a couple months ago,

717
00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,600
people were getting very, very,
very worried.

718
00:39:51,800 --> 00:39:53,880
Oh my God, we don't have a top
ten player.

719
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,720
Clatterbury went down to 11.
We don't have it.

720
00:39:56,720 --> 00:40:01,920
What are we going to Clemson?
And lo and behold, everybody be

721
00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:05,800
patient.
Everybody be patient with Tay's

722
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,200
clearly telling you that this
staff knows what they're doing.

723
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,520
And.
I think you know four weeks ago.

724
00:40:11,520 --> 00:40:13,920
I think you know you.
I think a lot of people had

725
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:17,560
Matthews penciled in the UNC and
out in pencil in Penn State.

726
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:18,600
So.
Easily.

727
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:21,920
Easily.
No idea.

728
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:25,680
So getting getting those commits
is huge from that perception

729
00:40:25,680 --> 00:40:29,200
standpoint, getting back in
Virginia standpoint, but also

730
00:40:29,600 --> 00:40:32,360
kind of calming some of those
potential like, oh, is, you

731
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:37,040
know, is 25 going to look be as
good as 24 and all this other

732
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:38,480
stuff.
And now it looks like, you know,

733
00:40:38,480 --> 00:40:41,400
we're rounding out to a yeah,
about the same level as that

734
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,080
class that we were really,
really excited about last year.

735
00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,760
So and we still got a couple
couple other guys in that top

736
00:40:47,760 --> 00:40:50,640
ten in play too, so.
Yeah, and I just got to say,

737
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:54,200
like, again, I, I know I
mentioned back-to-back years

738
00:40:54,200 --> 00:40:57,480
with the number one and #2 wide
receivers from Virginia, but

739
00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:01,160
like, we're talking about Brody
Adams, Chans Wiggins.

740
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:06,360
Now we got Auden and Matthews.
Like, think about that for a

741
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:08,680
second.
Like when has Virginia Tech's

742
00:41:08,680 --> 00:41:11,480
wide receiver room looked like
that just from like four names

743
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:15,240
alone 17 years ago?
That's a long, long time ago.

744
00:41:15,960 --> 00:41:20,080
So it it's gonna be a treat for
whoever the quarterback's gonna

745
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:23,880
be, whether it's pot or pop or
whoever else.

746
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:27,400
Like that is a great wide
receiver room to work with.

747
00:41:27,800 --> 00:41:28,600
Oh yeah.
Right.

748
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:30,600
Definitely.
Yeah.

749
00:41:30,600 --> 00:41:33,800
And you know, since we talked,
you know, 25, let's flip over a

750
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:37,000
little bit and kind of bring 24
back into it as well 'cause we

751
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:41,000
had, you know, we took 16 and
24.

752
00:41:41,200 --> 00:41:43,880
It's currently sitting at 15.
Total recruits are 25.

753
00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,320
Do we are we thinking this class
is going to be in that 18 to 21

754
00:41:47,320 --> 00:41:50,760
range or are we going to kind of
stick back into that kind of 16

755
00:41:50,760 --> 00:41:53,800
to 18 range with the size of the
class and leave more room for

756
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:57,440
potential portographs?
Yeah, I certainly think that as

757
00:41:57,440 --> 00:42:01,120
of right now, like they feel
really good about this class.

758
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:05,840
I think there was a definitive
push to get these guys in before

759
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:09,000
all the vacations took place.
Like there's a reason all these

760
00:42:09,000 --> 00:42:11,800
guys are in the class right now.
They were, you know, the must

761
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:15,120
haves.
It's going to be the formula for

762
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:16,880
every year.
They're going to look at 16 to

763
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,280
20 guys.
They're going to look for five

764
00:42:19,280 --> 00:42:22,200
guys, maybe more that they can
take out of the transfer portal.

765
00:42:22,200 --> 00:42:24,120
You just never know with
attrition these days.

766
00:42:24,120 --> 00:42:28,400
But you know, it's about finding
these guys to build up the base

767
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:32,360
and then layering it, layering
on top of that with transfer

768
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:34,760
portal guys.
So, you know, I think they did a

769
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:39,480
great job this year so far.
I think my favorite quality

770
00:42:39,480 --> 00:42:42,800
about the class, you have 15
guys, 11 of them are from

771
00:42:42,800 --> 00:42:45,680
Virginia.
So like really sticking to what

772
00:42:45,680 --> 00:42:49,360
they said about the blueprint
about getting these guys back

773
00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:52,960
from the state of Virginia.
And you know, these players are

774
00:42:52,960 --> 00:42:56,160
sprinkled across Virginia like
they're bringing guys in at

775
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:59,400
multiple positions for multiple
schools all across the

776
00:42:59,400 --> 00:43:01,600
Commonwealth.
Like they really lived up to

777
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,120
what they were saying.
So that's definitely what the

778
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:07,720
blueprint is like.
If you replicate this Class A

779
00:43:07,720 --> 00:43:12,040
couple times over, a majority of
your roster is going to be top

780
00:43:12,040 --> 00:43:14,920
in state kids.
And then you know, you're going

781
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,920
to have your drones, you're
going to have your J Lanes, your

782
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,640
Feltons, Ollie Jennings, all
those kinds of guys.

783
00:43:20,640 --> 00:43:25,080
So you'll find transfer portal
ads every year, but this is

784
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:26,520
really the base that they're
going with.

785
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:30,120
Definitely we got to get some
offensive lineman.

786
00:43:30,440 --> 00:43:33,280
I mean, I think they're doing
all right, but next year

787
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:36,880
offensive lineman, please go get
some.

788
00:43:37,680 --> 00:43:42,760
Speaking of, you know, offensive
lineman and still on recruiting

789
00:43:42,760 --> 00:43:45,160
with Matteis.
Sis, I need everybody to be

790
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:48,960
quiet and listen because when
the man speaks, he usually is

791
00:43:49,320 --> 00:43:51,200
doing pretty good.
Now two years ago, I wouldn't

792
00:43:51,200 --> 00:43:53,160
have said this.
I would have said he ain't know

793
00:43:53,160 --> 00:43:56,000
what he's talking about.
But once he started coming on

794
00:43:56,000 --> 00:43:59,480
here and he starts spitting that
knowledge, man, it's been coming

795
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:03,400
to fruition.
So my question to you is top

796
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,960
three uncommitted targets, who
are they?

797
00:44:07,760 --> 00:44:09,320
Wow, a lot of pressure on this
one.

798
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:11,720
Now matching.
It up.

799
00:44:12,120 --> 00:44:14,200
We'll see.
Hopefully, you know, out of

800
00:44:14,200 --> 00:44:17,280
these three, maybe two out of
three would be successful.

801
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:22,440
You know, the first guy is
Messiah Delome, Warwick High

802
00:44:22,440 --> 00:44:25,120
School guy Michael Vick.
Shout out.

803
00:44:25,560 --> 00:44:29,600
He's a guy that you know, he's
being recruited by a lot of top

804
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:33,840
teams, including Ohio State.
I would say they are the biggest

805
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:36,840
factor in this recruitment other
than Virginia Tech.

806
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:41,920
But he's a safety guy.
I think he's #4 in Virginia,

807
00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:47,480
four-star guy.
He's one that again, when you

808
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:51,000
look at the cycle, you say can't
miss guy position of need.

809
00:44:51,280 --> 00:44:54,960
Like, they want to bring him in.
I feel really good about where

810
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:58,920
Virginia Tech stands with him.
I know you know, the

811
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:03,040
conversation has been, oh, Ohio
State has three safeties.

812
00:45:04,120 --> 00:45:06,560
They have two cornerbacks.
Like, they're pretty filled up.

813
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:11,520
They would take him.
Like if Virginia Tech is able to

814
00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:14,680
land him, it's because they were
able to beat out Ohio State.

815
00:45:15,280 --> 00:45:17,440
So we'll see.
I feel pretty good about their

816
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:19,920
chances right now and say it's
pretty 5050.

817
00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:23,720
He's a guy I don't think will
commit until maybe late in

818
00:45:23,720 --> 00:45:27,680
August, but someone that
definitely is being prioritized

819
00:45:27,680 --> 00:45:30,680
right now.
Another guy is Kendall Daniels,

820
00:45:30,960 --> 00:45:34,640
another safety guy.
South Carolina, Virginia Tech

821
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:39,400
battle the story with him.
Everyone's saying, you know,

822
00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:42,840
he's going to go to South
Carolina, he's going to commit

823
00:45:42,840 --> 00:45:45,520
to them.
Clemson's also in the mix there,

824
00:45:46,760 --> 00:45:48,200
but he hasn't committed there
yet.

825
00:45:48,440 --> 00:45:51,520
And I keep going back to that.
Virginia Tech has really worked

826
00:45:51,520 --> 00:45:54,320
on him.
He's very high on Virginia Tech.

827
00:45:54,320 --> 00:45:55,800
He knows what the vision looks
like.

828
00:45:56,200 --> 00:45:58,840
He's someone that I think could
commit at the end of this month,

829
00:45:59,200 --> 00:46:04,760
if not early August 6.
Three guy, 210, just, you know,

830
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:09,720
could be a really powerful Rover
style safety for Virginia Tech.

831
00:46:10,560 --> 00:46:12,480
You know, they're really going
for the history there.

832
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:15,680
Again, they're fighting against
Tori and Gray and Shane Beamer.

833
00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:18,600
So it's a it's a big battle
there.

834
00:46:18,760 --> 00:46:21,360
And you know, again, Clemson's
still in the mix, but he hasn't

835
00:46:21,360 --> 00:46:24,760
visited there yet.
So it's going to be a tough

836
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:28,520
couple weeks for him.
I would say South Carolina's

837
00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:32,960
probably 7525% favorites right
now, but I keep going back to

838
00:46:32,960 --> 00:46:35,280
that point that he's still
listening to Virginia Tech and

839
00:46:35,280 --> 00:46:38,280
you never know until he makes
his commitment public.

840
00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:43,680
So the last one that I probably
feel the best about is Jan

841
00:46:43,840 --> 00:46:50,440
Kamaju, Defensive lineman, 63
edge guy, another one of those

842
00:46:50,440 --> 00:46:57,160
freaks, super athletic.
Now the story with him, he is a

843
00:46:57,480 --> 00:47:01,520
like, he's an absolute genius.
I think he has like a 4.2 GPA,

844
00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:06,560
very serious about engineering,
works in Virginia Tech's favor.

845
00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:10,280
Like he's a guy that Virginia
Tech has been on for a very long

846
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:13,600
time.
Again, I think he, you know,

847
00:47:13,600 --> 00:47:16,080
Virginia Tech is the favorite
right now for him.

848
00:47:16,440 --> 00:47:21,360
I don't have a definitive time
for when he's going to end his

849
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:24,480
recruitment.
I think it could be by late

850
00:47:24,480 --> 00:47:30,720
August, but just a a huge guy.
No, you said 3 Jordan Krim is

851
00:47:30,720 --> 00:47:33,880
another one out of South
Carolina, 6 foot one cornerback.

852
00:47:34,240 --> 00:47:36,840
Again, a lot of these guys are
in the secondary.

853
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:39,080
I think they really want to
bolster the numbers there

854
00:47:40,160 --> 00:47:42,120
someone that camped and they
really loved.

855
00:47:42,440 --> 00:47:47,120
He is kind of a scattered offer
list, but Virginia Tech is, is,

856
00:47:47,120 --> 00:47:52,080
you know, very much on him and
he's, you know, kind of a plug

857
00:47:52,080 --> 00:47:56,600
and play guy, so to speak that,
you know, at he he just does

858
00:47:56,600 --> 00:47:59,200
everything that Cheetah wants
out of that position.

859
00:47:59,200 --> 00:48:02,640
So those would be the four guys
I would put at the top of the

860
00:48:02,640 --> 00:48:05,560
list and I think, you know, that
would put Virginia Tech in that

861
00:48:06,360 --> 00:48:10,240
1817 to 20 range.
OK.

862
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:12,760
All right.
So you're still feeling that's?

863
00:48:13,040 --> 00:48:14,320
The way you want to be that's.
What?

864
00:48:14,320 --> 00:48:15,880
Yeah.
In in this day and age, that's

865
00:48:15,880 --> 00:48:18,240
exactly the way you want to be.
I want to throw this.

866
00:48:18,240 --> 00:48:20,760
This is not part of it, but it's
a good question coming from

867
00:48:20,760 --> 00:48:26,040
somebody out here.
RSD man 97 and how important it

868
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:28,080
is to having a good year to keep
the guys in the boat.

869
00:48:28,760 --> 00:48:31,680
Well, I can I'm going to give my
opinion on this first y'all,

870
00:48:31,680 --> 00:48:35,920
we're ahead of schedule.
We weren't supposed to be having

871
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:41,280
the conversations we're having
this year about 910 plus wins

872
00:48:41,280 --> 00:48:44,120
compete for the ACC backdoor
chance at a playoff.

873
00:48:44,560 --> 00:48:48,600
We're ahead of schedule.
So regardless what happens this

874
00:48:48,600 --> 00:48:52,120
year, I don't think it matters.
I don't know if y'all's opinion

875
00:48:52,160 --> 00:48:54,440
on that, but that's my opinion
because we're ahead of where we

876
00:48:54,440 --> 00:48:58,040
had three wins a few years ago.
Yeah, I will say, you know,

877
00:48:59,880 --> 00:49:01,560
winning matters.
You know, you got you.

878
00:49:01,640 --> 00:49:04,960
You want to see your team go and
you want to see your team go and

879
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:06,680
put on a good show.
And no matter where they play

880
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:09,280
and who they play, you want to
see them win big games.

881
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:11,280
You want to see them win the
games that they're supposed to

882
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:13,680
win.
But I think, you know, kind of

883
00:49:13,680 --> 00:49:17,720
the to go with what Curtis is
saying, if you listen to a lot

884
00:49:17,720 --> 00:49:22,040
of the interviews with the team,
like Virginia Tech hasn't won

885
00:49:22,040 --> 00:49:26,280
anything significant in a while.
So what you're selling to

886
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:29,560
recruits is we're building, you
know what I'm saying?

887
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:32,200
So a lot of recruits say they're
building something special

888
00:49:32,200 --> 00:49:33,600
there.
I want to go there because

889
00:49:33,600 --> 00:49:34,920
they're building something
special.

890
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:38,600
So yeah, you want to see the
wins and winning is important.

891
00:49:38,600 --> 00:49:43,400
But I think that for some
reason, if things go to hell, I

892
00:49:43,400 --> 00:49:47,120
think you still have where if we
would have had this player here,

893
00:49:47,120 --> 00:49:50,560
if we would have had you here, I
think Pride kind of has that

894
00:49:50,560 --> 00:49:55,760
down where he can pivot and let
recruits know what they're

895
00:49:55,760 --> 00:49:58,520
missing to what happened.
You know what I'm saying?

896
00:49:58,520 --> 00:50:00,840
So that's kind of my opinion as
well, Curtis.

897
00:50:01,200 --> 00:50:02,440
Yeah.
I think it's got it's right,

898
00:50:02,440 --> 00:50:05,920
right there in line where as
long as you're not taking a

899
00:50:05,920 --> 00:50:11,920
demonstrative step back in 2024,
I don't think you're really at a

900
00:50:11,920 --> 00:50:16,280
big risk of something like that,
you know, So I think, you know,

901
00:50:16,280 --> 00:50:18,920
I think everyone wants to see
the 910, you know, whatever

902
00:50:18,920 --> 00:50:22,080
wins.
But I think 7 or 8, especially

903
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:25,480
in the if you're talking about
regular season wins probably get

904
00:50:25,480 --> 00:50:28,480
you back in that same, you know
that that that doesn't hurt you

905
00:50:30,200 --> 00:50:33,720
with with this class.
If you do that another one or

906
00:50:33,720 --> 00:50:36,360
two seasons after that, that's
when it would start hurting you

907
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:39,000
with future classes because
you're not taking that next

908
00:50:39,000 --> 00:50:41,000
step.
But I think as long as you kind

909
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:43,400
of stay on the current
trajectory and don't take a step

910
00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:46,760
back, I think you're you're
pretty good to go, at least with

911
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:49,920
this class.
And I'll say this too, like you

912
00:50:49,920 --> 00:50:53,520
think about last year, most of
the class, like this cycle was

913
00:50:53,520 --> 00:50:56,440
pretty much set in stone before
the season rolled around.

914
00:50:56,880 --> 00:51:01,960
If you remember, by week four,
there was some scary talk on the

915
00:51:01,960 --> 00:51:07,000
timeline, like talk that was
making its way to recruits, talk

916
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:09,720
that other schools were using as
leverage.

917
00:51:10,040 --> 00:51:14,240
And in total, there were two D
commits last year.

918
00:51:14,400 --> 00:51:20,040
One Mensa, was 'cause he always
wanted to go to Ohio State.

919
00:51:20,320 --> 00:51:23,480
The second one was because
Georgia came rolling around for

920
00:51:23,480 --> 00:51:26,880
Barnes and that was his dream
offer.

921
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:29,640
Eventually he goes to Syracuse
to follow for Rand Brown.

922
00:51:29,640 --> 00:51:32,880
But like those two things are
happening regardless what

923
00:51:32,880 --> 00:51:35,840
happens on the football field.
Those were the only 2D

924
00:51:35,840 --> 00:51:39,000
commitments.
Everyone else, like there were

925
00:51:39,000 --> 00:51:41,600
some really rough times and they
stuck it through.

926
00:51:41,800 --> 00:51:45,360
Like these guys when they say
they're in and when the staff

927
00:51:45,360 --> 00:51:48,080
accepts commitments, it's
because they know these guys are

928
00:51:48,080 --> 00:51:51,160
going to be in.
So yes, you occasionally see a

929
00:51:51,160 --> 00:51:54,800
decommitment, but like I would
not worry about the on field

930
00:51:54,800 --> 00:51:56,680
product as a result.
Yeah.

931
00:51:56,880 --> 00:52:01,000
It's, you know, those are two
commitments where space in

932
00:52:01,440 --> 00:52:04,520
another place opened up that
wasn't there when they

933
00:52:04,520 --> 00:52:06,920
committed.
It wasn't that, oh, I'm

934
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:09,200
panicking.
So I'm going to take this offer

935
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:13,880
that's still available. 100
percent, 100% All right, one

936
00:52:13,880 --> 00:52:16,960
last question.
And this is not only for Matei,

937
00:52:16,960 --> 00:52:23,120
but all three of us as well.
But right now one player in the

938
00:52:23,120 --> 00:52:24,800
state of Virginia and I'm going
to stick to Virginia.

939
00:52:24,800 --> 00:52:27,040
So we ain't got to go through
all the offer lists and all this

940
00:52:27,040 --> 00:52:29,040
stuff.
If if y'all don't have the list

941
00:52:29,040 --> 00:52:32,000
of Virginia, it's in our our
chat here amongst us.

942
00:52:32,640 --> 00:52:37,160
Matei, one player in this state
that's already committed that

943
00:52:37,280 --> 00:52:41,720
you say whatever reason
position, who they're committed

944
00:52:41,720 --> 00:52:45,560
to, I want to flip that player
to make a statement.

945
00:52:46,280 --> 00:52:51,000
OK, if we're sticking with
Virginia, I got to go with I got

946
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:55,120
to go with Caleb Williams, like
South Carolina commit on the

947
00:52:55,120 --> 00:52:58,200
defensive line.
He's someone that, you know,

948
00:52:58,200 --> 00:53:01,240
even though he's been committed
to South Carolina and I still

949
00:53:01,240 --> 00:53:03,040
think he's pretty firm in all of
that.

950
00:53:03,440 --> 00:53:09,600
Like, he's someone that is
probably top, top, top guy that

951
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:13,080
before the season you're like
Virginia Tech needs to land him

952
00:53:13,720 --> 00:53:16,360
just a really dominant force on
the defensive line.

953
00:53:16,560 --> 00:53:19,680
And I think a huge position of
need defensive tackle.

954
00:53:21,240 --> 00:53:23,800
Absolutely.
That would be one that I think

955
00:53:23,800 --> 00:53:26,720
any Virginia Tech fan and all
the coaches would welcome a flip

956
00:53:26,720 --> 00:53:28,440
for.
LeBron.

957
00:53:29,840 --> 00:53:31,320
Yeah, but Tay stole my Thunder
there.

958
00:53:31,360 --> 00:53:32,920
That's OK 'cause he's the guest
today.

959
00:53:32,920 --> 00:53:37,040
But yeah, it's definitely Caleb
Williams and it's not even

960
00:53:37,040 --> 00:53:39,360
close.
And for many of the reasons that

961
00:53:39,360 --> 00:53:42,680
Mattei just said there, it'd be
nice to thumb our nose a little

962
00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:45,720
bit down at Shane Beamer because
of all the trash that they were

963
00:53:45,720 --> 00:53:50,720
talking up until recently.
So that would feel good getting

964
00:53:50,720 --> 00:53:53,200
getting somebody else in
Virginia in the footprint,

965
00:53:53,480 --> 00:53:57,120
Really good frame, really good
abilities already shown it.

966
00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:01,440
I mean, it's really a, a, a no
lose situation if we could flip

967
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:04,880
somebody like that.
Pally, did you get the list up

968
00:54:04,880 --> 00:54:06,200
man?
Oh, yeah.

969
00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:08,080
I mean, it ain't.
You don't even have to look at

970
00:54:08,080 --> 00:54:09,680
it.
I mean, they them two took it.

971
00:54:10,040 --> 00:54:13,640
But just because of where he's
committed and you know who he is

972
00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:15,720
and what he does.
But I'll go a little different.

973
00:54:17,680 --> 00:54:21,320
I'll say I like the Lord.
I, I, I followed him a little

974
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:22,520
bit.
I know he committed to

975
00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:25,000
Cincinnati.
I'd like to.

976
00:54:25,800 --> 00:54:30,440
I would still like for him to be
a hokey and then another one

977
00:54:30,440 --> 00:54:33,640
that's not committed yet, but I
think he's been leaning toward

978
00:54:34,000 --> 00:54:37,440
South Carolina's Jalen
Gilchrist, You know, big

979
00:54:37,440 --> 00:54:40,760
offensive lineman, you know,
would love to see us, you know,

980
00:54:40,760 --> 00:54:43,320
get in that, get in that
recruitment.

981
00:54:43,320 --> 00:54:46,440
But again, you know, you never
know till you know.

982
00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:49,720
So that's that's the two I'll
throw out.

983
00:54:50,400 --> 00:54:52,880
What about you, Curtis?
Well, I was going to go Caleb

984
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:55,160
Williams.
Exactly what y'all said.

985
00:54:55,160 --> 00:54:59,720
Also RVA kid and then these two
guys jump all over it over here,

986
00:54:59,720 --> 00:55:01,480
Brian and Matei.
So I'm going to I'm going to

987
00:55:01,480 --> 00:55:03,400
shift gears.
I'm going to stay in the RVA

988
00:55:04,040 --> 00:55:09,200
because give me a flip on
Shamari Earl's if you toe down

989
00:55:09,200 --> 00:55:10,920
and take somebody away from
Georgia.

990
00:55:11,360 --> 00:55:17,000
A first of all, if that happens,
it's going to be double digit

991
00:55:17,040 --> 00:55:19,720
next to West by the end of the
season.

992
00:55:20,840 --> 00:55:23,480
They go flip somebody like that
because I think that's one of

993
00:55:23,480 --> 00:55:25,120
those more of the statements you
talk about.

994
00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:27,760
We're building a home now.
If you come in here and get them

995
00:55:27,760 --> 00:55:30,560
early, we will have a season and
we will take them back.

996
00:55:32,080 --> 00:55:34,120
Give me some.
Mario's down Thomas Dale in

997
00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:37,400
Chester.
So that's who we want.

998
00:55:37,760 --> 00:55:42,040
I'd love to see before we get
into our commercial break from

999
00:55:43,080 --> 00:55:45,720
Main Street pharmacy.
If you're out there, take a look

1000
00:55:45,720 --> 00:55:48,040
at the top 20 players in
Virginia, see where they're

1001
00:55:48,040 --> 00:55:50,800
committed.
Who would you want to flip?

1002
00:55:51,440 --> 00:55:53,920
Who you want chat?
Let us know, man, who you want.

1003
00:55:53,920 --> 00:55:57,560
Robbie, tell us what it is.
RSD Thomas, who y'all want to

1004
00:55:57,560 --> 00:56:00,600
flip and we'll show those up as
we go into the second-half.

1005
00:56:00,600 --> 00:56:03,560
But right now, quick break from
our partners at Main Street

1006
00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:06,280
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I can probably save you a lot of

1007
00:56:06,280 --> 00:56:08,160
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better care of you.

1008
00:56:08,720 --> 00:56:11,560
That's pretty much it.
My name is Jeremy Counts and I'm

1009
00:56:11,560 --> 00:56:13,800
a pharmacist.
I own and operate Main Street

1010
00:56:13,800 --> 00:56:15,320
Pharmacy here in downtown
Blacksburg.

1011
00:56:15,760 --> 00:56:17,920
My brother's a pharmacist, I'm a
pharmacist, my uncle's a

1012
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:19,240
pharmacist, my dad's a
pharmacist.

1013
00:56:19,480 --> 00:56:22,440
I remember he would give me M
and Ms. to count in little pill

1014
00:56:22,440 --> 00:56:24,280
counters.
It's just something I've always

1015
00:56:24,280 --> 00:56:28,200
done, and I'm just lucky that
what I know so well is something

1016
00:56:28,200 --> 00:56:30,360
that I can do and feel good
about it and give back to

1017
00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:32,600
people.
Pharmacies are your frontline

1018
00:56:32,600 --> 00:56:35,080
defense.
Pharmacy's job is to make sure

1019
00:56:35,080 --> 00:56:37,440
you're getting optimal care.
For the lowest price possible.

1020
00:56:37,960 --> 00:56:40,800
Also, we take the pressure off
of emergency rooms.

1021
00:56:40,920 --> 00:56:42,680
I'll tell people immediately
when they need to go to the

1022
00:56:42,680 --> 00:56:44,880
doctor or I'll tell them if they
just need a cream over the

1023
00:56:44,880 --> 00:56:46,960
counter.
If there's something that isn't

1024
00:56:46,960 --> 00:56:49,600
commercially available, if it's
something that's not available

1025
00:56:49,600 --> 00:56:52,160
in a certain strength or a
certain form or anything like

1026
00:56:52,160 --> 00:56:54,400
that, we'll make it.
Tailor made medications.

1027
00:56:54,520 --> 00:56:56,240
Some of those options save
people a lot of money.

1028
00:56:56,240 --> 00:56:59,040
What motivates me, I get to take
care of people and limit

1029
00:56:59,040 --> 00:57:00,640
Blacksburg.
That's all neat.

1030
00:57:04,240 --> 00:57:07,360
And there is doctor Jeremy
Counts in Main Street Pharmacy,

1031
00:57:07,360 --> 00:57:09,320
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I'm going to give him a shout

1032
00:57:09,320 --> 00:57:11,800
out if y'all have not checked it
out yet.

1033
00:57:12,160 --> 00:57:15,920
Jeremy has started his own
little podcast called Blacksburg

1034
00:57:15,920 --> 00:57:19,480
on the Rocks with former ESPN
host Paul Van Wagner.

1035
00:57:19,720 --> 00:57:22,160
Check that out.
I've caught pieces of it.

1036
00:57:22,560 --> 00:57:24,040
Y'all.
Jeremy's so entertaining.

1037
00:57:24,320 --> 00:57:27,480
He just honest to God is he.
He makes me laugh all the time.

1038
00:57:27,760 --> 00:57:31,800
Also, late happy birthday that
was over last week for Jeremy.

1039
00:57:31,920 --> 00:57:35,040
Had happy birthday to you.
All right, boys, Thanks for

1040
00:57:35,040 --> 00:57:36,800
hanging out with us A little bit
more, Matei.

1041
00:57:37,600 --> 00:57:41,400
Finally, finally, finally.
And I'm Brian.

1042
00:57:41,400 --> 00:57:42,080
Did you?
Did you?

1043
00:57:42,080 --> 00:57:43,440
Were you able to rip him?
Yeah.

1044
00:57:43,440 --> 00:57:45,600
Tally's happy about this.
Look at him clapping it up

1045
00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:47,440
there.
Hey, we're getting here.

1046
00:57:47,440 --> 00:57:49,480
Hang on, we're getting into the
screen here.

1047
00:57:49,920 --> 00:57:52,240
So last Friday?
Well, actually, no.

1048
00:57:52,680 --> 00:57:56,400
Last Thursday.
Because of a gamer who has

1049
00:57:56,920 --> 00:58:02,040
significantly early access to
NCAA 25, which probably made all

1050
00:58:02,040 --> 00:58:04,880
three of y'all jealous.
Like why does this guy give me

1051
00:58:04,880 --> 00:58:09,280
access?
The uniforms or the brand new

1052
00:58:09,280 --> 00:58:12,200
uniforms for the Hokies were
released.

1053
00:58:13,360 --> 00:58:15,480
I got to give shout out to the
social media.

1054
00:58:15,880 --> 00:58:19,800
The social media with Vt
football played it all very

1055
00:58:19,800 --> 00:58:24,440
well, made it tongue in cheek
and then the revealed the next

1056
00:58:24,440 --> 00:58:25,600
day.
Brian's trying to pull it up.

1057
00:58:25,600 --> 00:58:28,120
I know mostly everybody has seen
it.

1058
00:58:29,080 --> 00:58:33,480
I know we have it, but give me
y'all's thoughts.

1059
00:58:33,480 --> 00:58:37,040
I don't care who goes first.
Is it what you expected, what

1060
00:58:37,040 --> 00:58:39,680
you loved, what you wish they
didn't do?

1061
00:58:39,880 --> 00:58:44,920
Tally, you're on mute.
Just so you know what y'all

1062
00:58:44,920 --> 00:58:48,360
think.
I'll let Tally go ahead.

1063
00:58:49,960 --> 00:58:51,920
Also, I'm first.
You first.

1064
00:58:52,360 --> 00:58:54,720
Oh, OK, Well, I'm not going to
lose my mind if that's what

1065
00:58:54,720 --> 00:58:58,120
everybody thinks because we
didn't get the right color.

1066
00:58:58,840 --> 00:59:02,600
But I will say I think that
orange is still coming.

1067
00:59:04,280 --> 00:59:09,280
My my opinion on the uniforms is
they did a great job.

1068
00:59:10,080 --> 00:59:16,800
When Pratt came on, he was very
honest about how he felt about

1069
00:59:16,800 --> 00:59:19,080
uniforms and what they look
like.

1070
00:59:19,080 --> 00:59:21,880
So in my opinion, I knew what
they expect.

1071
00:59:21,960 --> 00:59:25,280
I mean, of course, in then being
a Virginia Tech fan, we kind of

1072
00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:28,200
knew what we're moving toward,
what looked good, what we

1073
00:59:28,200 --> 00:59:31,560
wanted.
But the CM executed and put out,

1074
00:59:31,560 --> 00:59:36,800
like amongst different fan
bases, it's been well

1075
00:59:36,800 --> 00:59:40,480
represented, man.
People are really, really happy

1076
00:59:40,480 --> 00:59:44,280
with Virginia Tech's uniforms.
Like I've had a lot of people,

1077
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:47,080
you know, are looking at a lot
of people say, you know, they

1078
00:59:47,080 --> 00:59:51,520
think that Nike got this right.
And it's mainly because

1079
00:59:51,520 --> 00:59:53,400
everybody's look so cookie
cutter this year.

1080
00:59:53,440 --> 00:59:57,040
You know, you got so many teams
that have the same template.

1081
00:59:57,680 --> 01:00:02,080
It was good to see something
retro and just a clean look.

1082
01:00:02,360 --> 01:00:03,800
So I think they got it right.
Man.

1083
01:00:04,240 --> 01:00:07,320
I just need them to give me a
alternate orange uniform.

1084
01:00:07,360 --> 01:00:10,400
Can we do that, please?
Virginia Tech, I don't care what

1085
01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:12,160
game.
I don't care if we don't even

1086
01:00:12,160 --> 01:00:15,080
wear it.
Just give us one to let us buy

1087
01:00:15,080 --> 01:00:17,360
it.
I think we have that game on the

1088
01:00:17,360 --> 01:00:20,760
schedule, orange effect or
something, so maybe we'll see it

1089
01:00:20,760 --> 01:00:23,920
then.
But IA 100% agree.

1090
01:00:24,000 --> 01:00:27,400
I think you know, it's funny.
I think earlier today I saw the

1091
01:00:27,520 --> 01:00:31,240
UVA and I don't want to, I don't
want to poke too many shots at

1092
01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:33,160
them, but.
Like take them, take them, they

1093
01:00:33,200 --> 01:00:36,480
deserve it for this one.
Every single comment was like,

1094
01:00:36,480 --> 01:00:40,360
did anything change?
Like it it, it looks exactly the

1095
01:00:40,360 --> 01:00:41,600
same.
And I think when you look at

1096
01:00:41,600 --> 01:00:45,600
Virginia Tech, like, yes, it is
a lot different, but it's also

1097
01:00:45,600 --> 01:00:49,240
very simple, like it's a call
back to history.

1098
01:00:49,560 --> 01:00:51,600
And then you add in some modern
touches.

1099
01:00:51,720 --> 01:00:55,840
It looks clean, like it's
everything this program has been

1100
01:00:55,840 --> 01:00:58,840
preaching.
And to Tally's point, I think

1101
01:00:58,840 --> 01:01:02,320
what makes the uniforms even
better is like it feels like

1102
01:01:02,320 --> 01:01:05,920
this offseason with everything
combined, the expectations, like

1103
01:01:06,320 --> 01:01:10,720
the just the positive momentum
in all aspects of the team, the

1104
01:01:10,720 --> 01:01:14,720
recruiting now the jerseys, it's
like for the first time in a

1105
01:01:14,720 --> 01:01:17,320
long time, you know, I've been
covering this team for a long,

1106
01:01:17,320 --> 01:01:20,640
long time.
It feels like they are.

1107
01:01:21,240 --> 01:01:22,880
That's a that's a big one right
down there.

1108
01:01:22,880 --> 01:01:23,560
It's a big one.
Say it.

1109
01:01:23,800 --> 01:01:25,000
I didn't say it.
I didn't say it.

1110
01:01:25,000 --> 01:01:25,760
You didn't.
Say it, let me.

1111
01:01:26,480 --> 01:01:28,880
Let me say something right quick
before you finish tubing tape.

1112
01:01:28,960 --> 01:01:30,680
Go ahead.
I don't want to say this because

1113
01:01:31,200 --> 01:01:35,720
Kevin, Kevin hit me up.
Am I am I am I am I good?

1114
01:01:36,640 --> 01:01:41,160
Y'all can y'all hear me?
OK, so Kevin hit me up on on

1115
01:01:41,160 --> 01:01:44,600
Twitter and he's like they got
my son looking like a

1116
01:01:44,600 --> 01:01:46,920
linebacker.
Now I don't know if y'all

1117
01:01:46,920 --> 01:01:50,040
noticed like when that when that
first came out that that's our

1118
01:01:50,040 --> 01:01:52,080
quarterback in the maroon drug
league.

1119
01:01:52,560 --> 01:01:59,120
Like that don't look like a
quarterback that is a dude and

1120
01:01:59,120 --> 01:02:02,640
that's a big dude man.
Like that was our quarterback in

1121
01:02:02,640 --> 01:02:05,280
the maroon jerseys and I thought
that was cool.

1122
01:02:05,800 --> 01:02:10,320
Like just the the reveal that
they had was perfect.

1123
01:02:10,320 --> 01:02:12,600
Like the pictures were great.
But anyway, Matteo, I'm sorry, I

1124
01:02:12,600 --> 01:02:14,680
didn't mean to cut you off, but
when Kevin popped up, I thought

1125
01:02:14,680 --> 01:02:17,000
about that.
Yeah, and Dorian and the white.

1126
01:02:17,000 --> 01:02:20,680
But the last thing I was just
going to say, just with

1127
01:02:20,720 --> 01:02:23,560
everything combined, the
expectations, the recruiting,

1128
01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:26,600
the jerseys, it feels like for
the first time in a very long

1129
01:02:26,600 --> 01:02:29,320
time since I've been covering
this team, Virginia Tech is

1130
01:02:29,320 --> 01:02:32,560
finally cool again.
Like, nationally, they're cool

1131
01:02:32,560 --> 01:02:35,440
again, and that makes the
jerseys feel that much better.

1132
01:02:36,520 --> 01:02:38,240
Ron.
Yeah, yeah.

1133
01:02:38,240 --> 01:02:41,920
But they just said it.
I think the the relevancy of a

1134
01:02:41,920 --> 01:02:46,120
lot of Virginia Tech, we we made
a name for ourselves where we

1135
01:02:46,120 --> 01:02:51,120
did on the field.
But the late 90 nines and most

1136
01:02:51,120 --> 01:02:53,760
of the 2000s, we were also known
for having some damn cool

1137
01:02:53,760 --> 01:02:56,040
jerseys while we were out there
doing it.

1138
01:02:56,760 --> 01:02:59,840
And I think we had gotten away
from some of that.

1139
01:02:59,840 --> 01:03:04,240
And I think going back to this
classic callback, some modern

1140
01:03:04,240 --> 01:03:10,120
touches, something that is
uniquely Virginia Tech, I think

1141
01:03:10,120 --> 01:03:14,040
was really important because,
yeah, I think if anything we

1142
01:03:14,040 --> 01:03:15,960
wanted, we wanted the shoulder
stripes gone.

1143
01:03:15,960 --> 01:03:18,760
But if they had rolled out with
that like basic ass Nike

1144
01:03:18,760 --> 01:03:21,480
template jerseys, we would have
had a fucking cow.

1145
01:03:21,520 --> 01:03:23,520
Even though it was something new
and we probably would have liked

1146
01:03:23,520 --> 01:03:25,120
them more than the shit we were
getting rid of.

1147
01:03:25,560 --> 01:03:28,120
We would have pitched a bitch if
we got came out there with those

1148
01:03:28,120 --> 01:03:32,480
like generic ass double stripes
on the bottom of the of the arm

1149
01:03:33,000 --> 01:03:35,240
jerseys this year.
So they got it right.

1150
01:03:35,240 --> 01:03:39,000
They knocked it out of the park.
You know, anybody can quibble

1151
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:41,200
here or there with details here,
details there.

1152
01:03:41,200 --> 01:03:42,840
You're going to have people
saying something.

1153
01:03:42,840 --> 01:03:45,960
But as far as top to bottom, I
mean it.

1154
01:03:45,960 --> 01:03:47,560
It couldn't have got much better
for me all.

1155
01:03:47,760 --> 01:03:52,280
Right, There's two things that I
love about this Jersey 1 The

1156
01:03:52,280 --> 01:03:54,720
hokey stone on the inside that
is unique.

1157
01:03:55,040 --> 01:03:57,320
Nobody else has something like
that.

1158
01:03:58,040 --> 01:04:00,360
The white is iced out.
It looks beautiful.

1159
01:04:00,400 --> 01:04:03,720
The maroon Harkins me back.
I I'll always go back to those

1160
01:04:04,000 --> 01:04:07,080
mid 2000s, all maroon
everything.

1161
01:04:07,480 --> 01:04:11,920
But what do we keep saying?
We kept saying get the arm patch

1162
01:04:11,920 --> 01:04:14,280
right.
That arm patch looks beautiful.

1163
01:04:14,560 --> 01:04:17,560
That arm patch with that orange
numbers tally by in Jersey just

1164
01:04:17,560 --> 01:04:19,000
so we can get the orange numbers
on that.

1165
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:21,120
He already got one.
I already got it.

1166
01:04:21,480 --> 01:04:23,880
The one that I got signed by
Victoria is the white one.

1167
01:04:24,000 --> 01:04:26,120
Is the white one.
With the with the orange numbers

1168
01:04:26,120 --> 01:04:29,480
on the orange numbers though.
That's what they got right love

1169
01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:33,760
it love it love it all righty so
that got revealed because of E

1170
01:04:33,800 --> 01:04:38,920
A/C FB2025 and I won't just sit
this one out for a couple

1171
01:04:38,920 --> 01:04:43,400
seconds y'all been playing y'all
have added voice I'm.

1172
01:04:44,000 --> 01:04:46,320
Going to tell you the guest and
you said you got it, so we got

1173
01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:48,080
to let you go first.
What you think?

1174
01:04:48,760 --> 01:04:52,400
Just for a little context, like
I could not be more excited

1175
01:04:52,400 --> 01:04:54,720
about this game.
Like I've been grinding it the

1176
01:04:54,720 --> 01:04:59,280
last whatever how many hours,
20-30 hours by this point.

1177
01:05:00,560 --> 01:05:04,040
But like I was the type of guy
that was like downloading those

1178
01:05:04,080 --> 01:05:06,920
updated rosters like off the
dark webs.

1179
01:05:07,280 --> 01:05:11,000
Like I was playing NCAA revamped
if anyone knows what that is.

1180
01:05:11,960 --> 01:05:14,760
I was finding any way to play
this game before this one came

1181
01:05:14,760 --> 01:05:18,400
out.
Now there's a lot that's

1182
01:05:18,400 --> 01:05:22,560
changed.
The first game, dynasty mode, I

1183
01:05:22,560 --> 01:05:27,520
loaded up with Yukon trying to
build them back, but through 7

1184
01:05:27,520 --> 01:05:30,600
interceptions in the first game
on All American 7.

1185
01:05:31,480 --> 01:05:35,520
So it is, it is a huge learning
adjustment, but the actual feel

1186
01:05:35,520 --> 01:05:38,120
of the game, like it feels very
ecology.

1187
01:05:38,120 --> 01:05:43,160
I like the updated, like just
everything, like the pageantry,

1188
01:05:43,160 --> 01:05:45,640
all of that.
Like Hokey's coming out.

1189
01:05:45,880 --> 01:05:48,160
I know it's like a slightly
altered version of Enter

1190
01:05:48,160 --> 01:05:53,040
Sandman, but like it's so sick.
And it's just like, I'm going to

1191
01:05:53,040 --> 01:05:56,240
be like, there's a million
options to play this game, like

1192
01:05:56,240 --> 01:05:59,480
with a million different teams,
get to know like what makes that

1193
01:05:59,480 --> 01:06:02,040
program special.
And I'm like most excited to

1194
01:06:02,040 --> 01:06:04,200
figure that out.
And the recruiting has been

1195
01:06:04,200 --> 01:06:06,760
great.
So I don't really have any

1196
01:06:06,760 --> 01:06:10,600
negatives other than my gameplay
needs serious improvement right

1197
01:06:10,600 --> 01:06:14,200
now.
Yeah, I came out of the gate

1198
01:06:14,840 --> 01:06:19,840
pretty quickly with that.
I jumped on it right at 4

1199
01:06:19,840 --> 01:06:24,960
yesterday, grinded on it for
about 3 hours, only got about a

1200
01:06:24,960 --> 01:06:28,200
little over three hours today.
So I haven't been, you know,

1201
01:06:28,200 --> 01:06:31,320
kicking it quite as much today
relative to the, you know, time

1202
01:06:31,320 --> 01:06:34,760
I was awake.
But I like that it is you know,

1203
01:06:34,800 --> 01:06:37,040
and I think this is the biggest
ass most people had and I'm

1204
01:06:37,040 --> 01:06:38,600
going to tell you already
touched on a little bit.

1205
01:06:38,920 --> 01:06:42,840
This is not a Madden clone with
college jerseys.

1206
01:06:43,200 --> 01:06:45,960
Right.
This this feels like a college

1207
01:06:45,960 --> 01:06:49,840
football game and I think that
that's the biggest thing that I

1208
01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:54,120
like so far is that element.
The recruiting is good.

1209
01:06:54,120 --> 01:06:56,720
I I think it's I think it's a
lot deeper than what we got the

1210
01:06:56,720 --> 01:07:01,080
last time out.
Obviously you got the portal in

1211
01:07:01,080 --> 01:07:03,800
there.
Now you got, you know, nil when

1212
01:07:03,800 --> 01:07:06,880
you're doing the road to glory.
So that like the things that you

1213
01:07:06,880 --> 01:07:10,640
want to and the things that you
know, you you look for in the

1214
01:07:10,640 --> 01:07:15,360
game or there.
Yeah, I think from a game day

1215
01:07:15,360 --> 01:07:18,560
presentation, I might would want
to like ratchet that up maybe

1216
01:07:18,560 --> 01:07:21,680
for for next year throw, you
know, throw in some of the the

1217
01:07:21,680 --> 01:07:26,040
ESPN stuff or you know, some of
the things on some of the other

1218
01:07:26,040 --> 01:07:27,640
networks as well.
Whether you get some of that

1219
01:07:27,640 --> 01:07:29,360
production in there.
I think that would kind of

1220
01:07:29,360 --> 01:07:33,640
increase the game day
experience, opening of the game,

1221
01:07:33,640 --> 01:07:36,560
the halftime stuff.
But I think just the feel of the

1222
01:07:36,560 --> 01:07:40,880
game, definitely it it, it, it
feels like a college game and

1223
01:07:41,040 --> 01:07:43,240
again, over 12 years in the
making.

1224
01:07:43,240 --> 01:07:46,520
So it's nice to have it back.
Yeah, definitely.

1225
01:07:46,520 --> 01:07:49,280
So I'm still, I'm like Robbie,
I'm still waiting on my copy.

1226
01:07:49,280 --> 01:07:55,360
I got to pick it up Thursday.
Thursday night I got a a disc

1227
01:07:55,360 --> 01:07:59,080
copy on my PS5.
And I mean, they sold me with a

1228
01:07:59,800 --> 01:08:02,400
locker and all this different
stuff that comes with it.

1229
01:08:02,400 --> 01:08:05,800
So I'm like, you know what, if
it ever goes away again, can I

1230
01:08:05,800 --> 01:08:08,040
sell it and make some money?
So yeah, let me just do this.

1231
01:08:08,040 --> 01:08:11,480
But my son has the Xbox, so he
he wanted it.

1232
01:08:11,480 --> 01:08:13,440
So we got it on his Xbox for
him.

1233
01:08:13,960 --> 01:08:16,200
And I didn't, I didn't play a
lot yesterday.

1234
01:08:16,200 --> 01:08:17,479
I just, you know, opened the
game.

1235
01:08:17,479 --> 01:08:22,359
I think it was we were playing
Virginia Tech versus North

1236
01:08:22,359 --> 01:08:25,240
Carolina State.
And it is different.

1237
01:08:25,439 --> 01:08:29,359
It is very different than you
know, like when you put it, you

1238
01:08:29,359 --> 01:08:31,479
better be prepared to know what
you're doing because you always

1239
01:08:31,479 --> 01:08:34,600
going to throw picks.
You, you know, you're not just

1240
01:08:34,600 --> 01:08:35,960
going to get out there and run
for it.

1241
01:08:36,120 --> 01:08:38,800
I mean, if you got it on on on
your got your settings right.

1242
01:08:39,240 --> 01:08:42,000
And I guess if you put it on,
you know, freshman Ricky,

1243
01:08:42,000 --> 01:08:43,760
whatever, you, you do what you
want.

1244
01:08:43,760 --> 01:08:46,200
But if you're playing on all
American, like you got to get

1245
01:08:46,200 --> 01:08:47,960
your mind right because they
coming for you.

1246
01:08:47,960 --> 01:08:51,160
So the one thing I noticed with
playing with Virginia Tech is I

1247
01:08:51,160 --> 01:08:55,840
mean, got a lot of we talk about
it all the time because we're

1248
01:08:55,840 --> 01:08:58,760
Virginia Tech fans, but like to
see it on the game.

1249
01:08:59,319 --> 01:09:02,319
It's a fun team to play with.
Like there's people who are not

1250
01:09:02,319 --> 01:09:06,160
Virginia Tech fans that'll look
at that team and go, oh, OK,

1251
01:09:06,160 --> 01:09:08,960
they got a you know, nice
stadium and you know, stadium

1252
01:09:08,960 --> 01:09:12,279
noise is good on 3rd downs and
you know, home field is great

1253
01:09:12,600 --> 01:09:16,319
and you know, uniforms look
good, good traditions there and

1254
01:09:16,319 --> 01:09:18,479
you and you really do have some
playmakers on the team.

1255
01:09:18,479 --> 01:09:20,880
So on the offense and defensive
side of the ball.

1256
01:09:20,880 --> 01:09:25,240
So it was good to see and, you
know, just being in the game was

1257
01:09:25,279 --> 01:09:26,520
was awesome.
And it brings you back to

1258
01:09:26,520 --> 01:09:28,439
football.
I mean, you took everything away

1259
01:09:28,439 --> 01:09:29,960
from us.
I mean, we didn't have college

1260
01:09:29,960 --> 01:09:33,520
football for a while.
I mean, you took away what

1261
01:09:33,520 --> 01:09:36,120
what's what's that show that
comes on that they stopped

1262
01:09:36,120 --> 01:09:39,359
making a last chance you, you
know, usually we'd be watching

1263
01:09:39,359 --> 01:09:41,359
last chance you around this time
that's gone.

1264
01:09:41,359 --> 01:09:46,120
So bringing college football
back was a great way to get

1265
01:09:46,120 --> 01:09:48,840
people to stay in the house and
not go out and kill each other.

1266
01:09:49,840 --> 01:09:53,439
Yeah, I mean, July used to be
all about preview magazines and

1267
01:09:53,800 --> 01:09:56,640
NT AA and we and we got them
back.

1268
01:09:57,320 --> 01:10:01,720
And now you got now you got
Mattei grinding and killing 13.

1269
01:10:02,200 --> 01:10:04,680
Year.
Olds, Yeah, killing 10 year olds

1270
01:10:04,680 --> 01:10:09,240
online. 7 picks a game.
Yay, they're killing me.

1271
01:10:10,520 --> 01:10:14,160
We got KIRO with gas, man.
He came for your neck.

1272
01:10:14,480 --> 01:10:15,920
You know who that is though,
man?

1273
01:10:15,920 --> 01:10:19,440
I've seen Kevin poster.
I had a post on I think it was

1274
01:10:19,440 --> 01:10:23,040
on Twitter that that I seen
Kevin post and his his sons,

1275
01:10:23,040 --> 01:10:25,320
like I got a couple of friends
that are doing it.

1276
01:10:25,320 --> 01:10:27,960
You know, I got one, one of my
guys that's here, I sold cars

1277
01:10:27,960 --> 01:10:32,120
with his sons at USC.
He he went to Georgia State and

1278
01:10:32,120 --> 01:10:35,400
didn't transfer it over to to
USC Southern Cal.

1279
01:10:35,400 --> 01:10:38,760
So you know, somebody like Kevin
that's playing the game.

1280
01:10:39,360 --> 01:10:43,160
Your son is in this game. 2 two
kids, 2 two sons.

1281
01:10:44,160 --> 01:10:45,840
You know what I'm saying?
You can't call them kids like

1282
01:10:45,840 --> 01:10:48,320
grown men.
Like he's playing with his he's

1283
01:10:48,600 --> 01:10:51,080
it's his kids playing with his
sons on the game.

1284
01:10:51,080 --> 01:10:54,200
Like that's awesome to see, man.
Another one of my buddies, he

1285
01:10:54,360 --> 01:10:56,920
his sons at Kennesaw State.
He's a cornerback.

1286
01:10:56,920 --> 01:10:58,200
I've seen him posting some
stuff.

1287
01:10:58,480 --> 01:11:01,600
And then my cousin, he's a he's
a high school coach and he just

1288
01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:05,600
had screenshots of all of his
kids that he's got kids at, you

1289
01:11:05,600 --> 01:11:08,600
know, high level programs.
He got kids at Ole Miss,

1290
01:11:10,080 --> 01:11:13,840
Clemson.
Well, Tennessee, he's got kids

1291
01:11:13,840 --> 01:11:16,720
all over right now.
So I see him posting like clips

1292
01:11:16,720 --> 01:11:19,440
of them playing with each other
and them playing with

1293
01:11:19,440 --> 01:11:21,160
themselves.
And that's just awesome, man.

1294
01:11:21,160 --> 01:11:24,200
To be able to get back to that
and just distract you from all

1295
01:11:24,200 --> 01:11:26,880
the bullshit that happens in the
world that you know that people

1296
01:11:26,880 --> 01:11:30,040
are tired of.
Like it's just it, it, it's

1297
01:11:30,040 --> 01:11:33,080
awesome to see, man.
Like I'm I'm so glad it's back

1298
01:11:33,360 --> 01:11:35,080
and I'm ready for the real thing
to start.

1299
01:11:35,560 --> 01:11:38,200
Damn right.
And real quick, just so y'all

1300
01:11:38,200 --> 01:11:41,280
know, Brian's low keying it
because Brian doesn't work on

1301
01:11:41,280 --> 01:11:43,240
Friday.
So I got a feeling.

1302
01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:45,680
That Brian's going to pull.
Yeah, I'm, I'm putting in, I'm

1303
01:11:45,680 --> 01:11:47,120
putting in a lot of hours on
Friday.

1304
01:11:47,120 --> 01:11:48,200
I've been.
I've been like you.

1305
01:11:48,680 --> 01:11:50,520
Know I got to get up.
Together, giving a few hours

1306
01:11:50,520 --> 01:11:53,440
here, a few hours there.
Friday's going to be at least

1307
01:11:53,440 --> 01:11:55,840
that whole morning is going to
be a marathon probably before we

1308
01:11:55,840 --> 01:11:57,680
can get some other stuff in the
afternoon.

1309
01:11:58,080 --> 01:12:01,000
But man, it's, it's, it feels so
good to have it back.

1310
01:12:01,000 --> 01:12:03,760
Man, It's it's just.
Well, let me ask you all this

1311
01:12:03,920 --> 01:12:08,480
because it came out a few days,
I guess a couple weeks ago and

1312
01:12:08,480 --> 01:12:12,280
they were doing the toughest
places to play Texas 17 and

1313
01:12:12,280 --> 01:12:15,440
y'all are now playing the game
where they're saying like they

1314
01:12:15,440 --> 01:12:22,160
got A&M at 1 Oogas 5 swamps 10.
Is it?

1315
01:12:22,200 --> 01:12:24,920
I mean, Mattea, I think you
mentioned it about having like

1316
01:12:24,920 --> 01:12:27,120
the the atmosphere of Tech like
this is real.

1317
01:12:27,920 --> 01:12:29,600
Does that come across in the
game?

1318
01:12:29,600 --> 01:12:34,240
Like if you were playing LSU in
Death Valley, like the controls

1319
01:12:34,240 --> 01:12:36,080
are different.
Like you try to hike the ball

1320
01:12:36,080 --> 01:12:38,440
like I'm pressing X hike the
damn ball.

1321
01:12:38,480 --> 01:12:40,600
Is is that something that's
showing through in the gameplay

1322
01:12:40,600 --> 01:12:44,240
about the toughest places?
So I haven't, I haven't played

1323
01:12:44,240 --> 01:12:48,040
like the top top teams yet, so
I'm sure I'll discover that

1324
01:12:48,040 --> 01:12:51,320
soon.
I, I did see I'll probably throw

1325
01:12:51,320 --> 01:12:54,880
9 picks, but I did see that
list.

1326
01:12:56,600 --> 01:12:59,000
I yeah, I mean, there's a lot of
places on there.

1327
01:12:59,000 --> 01:13:01,120
I think, you know, tech
definitely feels good.

1328
01:13:01,120 --> 01:13:05,240
I mean, I was playing Aztec, but
it feels great in there on 3rd

1329
01:13:05,240 --> 01:13:09,480
downs on defense.
And it, it definitely feels that

1330
01:13:09,480 --> 01:13:11,760
way.
Like it, I'm excited to go to

1331
01:13:11,760 --> 01:13:14,400
like the shoe and see what
that's all about.

1332
01:13:14,400 --> 01:13:18,320
But again, like I was kind of
saying earlier, there's like so

1333
01:13:18,320 --> 01:13:20,320
much to explore.
Like I don't think I'll get sick

1334
01:13:20,320 --> 01:13:21,760
of this game, which is a good
thing.

1335
01:13:22,840 --> 01:13:25,160
So definitely excited for those
prime time matchups.

1336
01:13:25,800 --> 01:13:28,280
What about y'all Brian Tally?
Just playing like the fields of

1337
01:13:28,280 --> 01:13:30,920
some of those bigger stadiums
that are the higher ranked.

1338
01:13:31,280 --> 01:13:33,000
Yeah, I mean, just a personal
commentary.

1339
01:13:33,000 --> 01:13:37,920
I feel like 17 is a little too
low, but you know, I, I think

1340
01:13:37,920 --> 01:13:41,720
top 12, top ten maybe, but you
know, 17, I'm not going to hate

1341
01:13:41,720 --> 01:13:44,840
it.
You can definitely feel the

1342
01:13:44,840 --> 01:13:47,720
difference when you're playing
in a loud stadium.

1343
01:13:48,400 --> 01:13:54,080
OK.
I've played probably I guess a

1344
01:13:54,080 --> 01:13:59,720
dozen games at this point,
couple big Rd. games.

1345
01:14:01,760 --> 01:14:07,160
Vanderbilt felt like you really
weren't impacted unless there

1346
01:14:07,160 --> 01:14:10,520
was like a tight moment or
something like that.

1347
01:14:11,080 --> 01:14:12,720
It wasn't going to get loud at
all.

1348
01:14:13,200 --> 01:14:16,120
When it did get loud, it really
it didn't really show much of A

1349
01:14:16,120 --> 01:14:19,760
distraction where as you flip
over, you know, you play

1350
01:14:19,760 --> 01:14:24,120
somewhere else, you play like a
trying to remember the one that

1351
01:14:24,280 --> 01:14:29,240
oh, I played West Virginia, it
got it got pretty loud there.

1352
01:14:30,160 --> 01:14:32,920
You could tell the difference,
you know, comparing that

1353
01:14:32,920 --> 01:14:34,880
atmosphere against the
atmosphere like down at

1354
01:14:34,880 --> 01:14:37,320
Vanderbilt.
It was a significant difference

1355
01:14:37,320 --> 01:14:39,440
as far as the that day-to-day
impact.

1356
01:14:41,560 --> 01:14:43,920
You know, I'm looking forward to
checking out some of the other

1357
01:14:43,920 --> 01:14:46,720
stadiums.
I've pretty much only played

1358
01:14:47,880 --> 01:14:50,400
other than like that one off
game against West Virginia.

1359
01:14:50,400 --> 01:14:54,280
I've only played one other.
I've only played the games on

1360
01:14:54,280 --> 01:14:59,400
our 2024 schedule at this point.
So you know, you kind of know

1361
01:15:00,280 --> 01:15:02,960
what that looks like.
And there's not a ton of marquee

1362
01:15:03,840 --> 01:15:07,360
matchups, especially ones away
from Lane Stadium this year, so.

1363
01:15:07,920 --> 01:15:09,720
About you Tyler.
Did you and your son mess around

1364
01:15:09,720 --> 01:15:12,880
and play at some crazy stadiums?
No, man, I'm sure he was

1365
01:15:12,880 --> 01:15:15,040
grinding on it all night.
Like I said, I only play for

1366
01:15:15,040 --> 01:15:18,240
about 1/2 and it was just, you
know, I just wanted to kind of

1367
01:15:18,240 --> 01:15:20,680
see what the Hokies had and what
they were doing.

1368
01:15:20,680 --> 01:15:23,800
And one thing I took from so I
haven't been able to get into

1369
01:15:23,800 --> 01:15:26,880
the the stadiums and things like
that besides playing at, you

1370
01:15:26,880 --> 01:15:29,880
know, playing at lane.
And it was it was getting lying

1371
01:15:29,880 --> 01:15:32,360
on 3rd down and I was I was
Virginia Tech, so it was helpful

1372
01:15:32,360 --> 01:15:35,840
to me.
But I'll tell you what, I wasn't

1373
01:15:35,840 --> 01:15:41,000
doing very good running the
ball, but #33 was not going down

1374
01:15:41,200 --> 01:15:43,360
with one hit.
I promise you that.

1375
01:15:43,760 --> 01:15:46,720
Like he was getting me.
He was getting me three or four

1376
01:15:46,720 --> 01:15:50,040
yards when I was running into
people, so tuting is pretty

1377
01:15:50,040 --> 01:15:52,080
tough on them.
So it was it was I was like,

1378
01:15:52,080 --> 01:15:55,720
Dang, it's like him for real.
So it's pretty awesome all.

1379
01:15:56,040 --> 01:15:58,680
Right, so now we got y'all
having the experience and saying

1380
01:15:58,680 --> 01:16:01,080
in the game, if you go to one of
the loudest stadiums, it's

1381
01:16:01,080 --> 01:16:03,280
tough.
Y'all saw the list.

1382
01:16:04,240 --> 01:16:09,440
First of all, one stadium matte.
You've been to some of them.

1383
01:16:09,440 --> 01:16:12,720
We've all been to some of them.
We what's like the other?

1384
01:16:12,720 --> 01:16:16,880
Like that place isn't that loud.
That place isn't intimidating.

1385
01:16:16,880 --> 01:16:20,280
That place isn't tough.
And.

1386
01:16:20,880 --> 01:16:23,440
If you need to pass, you can
pass 'cause I I got mine

1387
01:16:23,440 --> 01:16:25,560
already.
I don't know if I need a pass,

1388
01:16:25,560 --> 01:16:28,920
maybe it was just because of the
outcome of the game, but maybe

1389
01:16:28,920 --> 01:16:33,800
Florida State.
It was very loud in the

1390
01:16:33,800 --> 01:16:36,920
beginning and it was a
phenomenal time as the game went

1391
01:16:36,920 --> 01:16:40,200
on, very much quieted out.
That's because they scored three

1392
01:16:40,200 --> 01:16:44,280
points.
One thing I was shocked though,

1393
01:16:44,840 --> 01:16:47,520
that I didn't see on the list,
unless I'm completely missing

1394
01:16:47,520 --> 01:16:50,960
it, is Washington.
Like, where's Washington?

1395
01:16:50,960 --> 01:16:53,880
Are they on there?
I don't think.

1396
01:16:54,040 --> 01:16:55,920
So they are not in the top 25
though.

1397
01:16:56,080 --> 01:16:58,720
So that's your too low.
Like, yeah, why don't we get

1398
01:16:58,720 --> 01:17:01,120
getting get insane?
Like, I think that is one of the

1399
01:17:01,120 --> 01:17:05,160
most underrated places.
Like, I've never been there, but

1400
01:17:05,160 --> 01:17:08,160
sometimes when I'm missing
football enough, I will go on

1401
01:17:08,160 --> 01:17:11,480
those videos to like see the fan
bases screaming and shouting.

1402
01:17:11,680 --> 01:17:13,320
And Washington is always up
there.

1403
01:17:13,320 --> 01:17:15,560
So I was kind of surprised not
to see him.

1404
01:17:16,320 --> 01:17:20,000
Honestly, honestly, both of the
big Pacific Northwest teams are

1405
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:24,320
too low because Washington's not
on here and Oregon's at 11.

1406
01:17:24,720 --> 01:17:27,120
Yeah.
Who's too high then?

1407
01:17:33,040 --> 01:17:36,560
I, I mean, I, I think, I think
you go right, right back to FSU.

1408
01:17:37,880 --> 01:17:39,960
I don't think it really gets
loud at Bama.

1409
01:17:39,960 --> 01:17:42,760
They just have a pretty high
capacity, but they got.

1410
01:17:42,960 --> 01:17:45,520
Oh, no, it's loud.
You got a whole bunch of drunk.

1411
01:17:45,800 --> 01:17:47,360
You got a whole bunch of drunk
rednecks.

1412
01:17:47,360 --> 01:17:49,440
They loud.
There's a whole bunch of them.

1413
01:17:51,320 --> 01:17:52,360
But I don't know.
I don't.

1414
01:17:52,360 --> 01:17:55,600
I mean, I've never paid
attention enough to like the

1415
01:17:55,600 --> 01:17:58,120
reason I say that.
Like Alabama, like being at

1416
01:17:58,400 --> 01:18:02,920
Tuscaloosa compared to being at
Auburn is significantly louder.

1417
01:18:04,360 --> 01:18:07,040
Alabama's loud or not.
Yeah, Auburn's smaller.

1418
01:18:07,360 --> 01:18:10,800
But like South Carolina, I don't
know, like, is South Carolina

1419
01:18:10,800 --> 01:18:13,480
loud?
Like they're on the list and I

1420
01:18:13,480 --> 01:18:16,840
don't like I don't hear people
talking about and you know the

1421
01:18:16,840 --> 01:18:18,600
game that.
But again, I don't pay a lot of

1422
01:18:18,600 --> 01:18:20,360
attention to them, but I just
seen them on there.

1423
01:18:20,360 --> 01:18:22,240
I was like, is South Carolina
loud?

1424
01:18:23,000 --> 01:18:25,760
For for a stadium that's older,
they have a good stadium, but I

1425
01:18:25,760 --> 01:18:29,240
don't know necessarily know if
they're like super loud, like

1426
01:18:29,320 --> 01:18:33,680
like that, especially compared
to the other SEC teams that are

1427
01:18:33,680 --> 01:18:35,680
kind of on this list, like
they're right there.

1428
01:18:36,520 --> 01:18:38,160
You know, with Auburn in this
list.

1429
01:18:38,560 --> 01:18:42,520
I mean, Tennessee could be a
little bit higher.

1430
01:18:43,040 --> 01:18:44,280
Tennessee could be high.
I agree.

1431
01:18:44,320 --> 01:18:47,080
With Oregon's a lot higher, they
got a lot of people at Tennessee

1432
01:18:47,120 --> 01:18:49,000
man let.
Me, tell you who's too high?

1433
01:18:49,120 --> 01:18:51,760
There's two that's too high.
One is Oklahoma.

1434
01:18:52,480 --> 01:18:55,840
I have never heard anybody being
scared to go play in Norman at

1435
01:18:55,840 --> 01:18:58,880
Memorial.
And this other one is the

1436
01:18:58,880 --> 01:19:03,640
Horseshoe, because if y'all go
back to 2014, watching it on my

1437
01:19:03,640 --> 01:19:06,840
television set, we were the
loudest people in the stadium

1438
01:19:06,840 --> 01:19:08,680
that night.
You heard more hokey fans

1439
01:19:08,680 --> 01:19:11,000
cheering than Ohio State fans
that night.

1440
01:19:11,480 --> 01:19:14,000
So I like what you said the
other week, Tyler, when me and

1441
01:19:14,000 --> 01:19:16,120
you chatted.
It's tough to play because they

1442
01:19:16,120 --> 01:19:18,640
got the best players.
That's why it's tough to play at

1443
01:19:18,640 --> 01:19:21,120
those places, right?
MY2 low.

1444
01:19:21,520 --> 01:19:23,800
First of all, I don't give a
damn.

1445
01:19:23,800 --> 01:19:26,640
A&M does not need to be #1 LSU
is number one.

1446
01:19:27,400 --> 01:19:28,600
LSU is.
I agree.

1447
01:19:28,800 --> 01:19:31,360
LSU should be #1.
I want to tell you something

1448
01:19:31,360 --> 01:19:35,960
else too, man, Like Mississippi
State, like they haven't had the

1449
01:19:35,960 --> 01:19:39,960
best program, but as far as
being on this list with some of

1450
01:19:39,960 --> 01:19:44,120
these other SEC schools, like
you do not want to be anywhere

1451
01:19:44,120 --> 01:19:45,760
near them cowbells when it's
going on.

1452
01:19:45,880 --> 01:19:47,880
And I promise you maybe the ears
will be ringing.

1453
01:19:48,240 --> 01:19:50,720
It is miserable.
Like it's miserable to be there

1454
01:19:50,720 --> 01:19:53,360
if you opposing team, you know
what I'm saying?

1455
01:19:53,360 --> 01:19:56,400
Like they it's loud there.
Like, and again, just looking at

1456
01:19:56,400 --> 01:19:58,400
the list like I was like, is
Michigan State loud?

1457
01:19:58,640 --> 01:20:00,680
You know what I mean?
Like I don't watch enough games

1458
01:20:00,680 --> 01:20:03,800
there to know, but I I don't hit
like I know Michigan.

1459
01:20:04,320 --> 01:20:06,640
I've heard enough games and seen
enough games.

1460
01:20:07,080 --> 01:20:09,800
What what Michigan is doing like
videos and things like that, but

1461
01:20:09,800 --> 01:20:11,720
Michigan State I don't know.
So it.

1462
01:20:12,000 --> 01:20:14,600
Doesn't it doesn't seem like
that the other one, Brian and

1463
01:20:14,600 --> 01:20:19,600
and this is my other two low
Oregon should be higher Oregon.

1464
01:20:19,600 --> 01:20:23,200
Washington is it is an atrocity.
They're not on here in a team

1465
01:20:23,200 --> 01:20:28,880
like like Boise's on here like
Boise's not loud.

1466
01:20:28,880 --> 01:20:31,840
It's a Bluefield like, let's
let's be real here.

1467
01:20:32,840 --> 01:20:38,280
Boise is another one that like
it's loud for AG5 program

1468
01:20:38,680 --> 01:20:40,800
historically AG5 program right
so.

1469
01:20:40,800 --> 01:20:44,200
It's loud for would you rather
go to Boise and the Bluefield or

1470
01:20:44,200 --> 01:20:46,760
would you rather go to the Sound
and go to Washington?

1471
01:20:47,040 --> 01:20:48,280
And play a game.
Yeah, No.

1472
01:20:48,440 --> 01:20:49,920
I'm gonna go to Boise.
Exactly.

1473
01:20:50,160 --> 01:20:50,720
Exactly.
Oh.

1474
01:20:51,440 --> 01:20:53,600
Man I could literally talk about
this for hours but.

1475
01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:56,520
If I mean Arkansas may be a
little high I I don't have

1476
01:20:56,520 --> 01:20:59,080
enough frame of reference but
like I've never heard.

1477
01:20:59,480 --> 01:21:01,920
Damn, I really don't want to go
play Arkansas this week.

1478
01:21:02,600 --> 01:21:04,560
Like that's not some shit that
you hear.

1479
01:21:04,560 --> 01:21:07,280
Like they they.
They're loud.

1480
01:21:07,600 --> 01:21:10,640
Yeah, but they're not in I, I
wouldn't say they're any louder

1481
01:21:10,640 --> 01:21:12,800
than your average SEC school.
So they kind.

1482
01:21:12,800 --> 01:21:17,000
Of like, yeah, because the thing
that all throws me off is like

1483
01:21:17,000 --> 01:21:20,080
people say, you know, they just
not, they just don't win enough

1484
01:21:20,080 --> 01:21:22,280
to be like, like, we've been
winning.

1485
01:21:22,280 --> 01:21:23,920
But we always have been loud.
Always.

1486
01:21:24,120 --> 01:21:26,320
Like, yeah.
That stadium's always rocking,

1487
01:21:26,320 --> 01:21:27,880
you know what I'm saying?
At least for a little while.

1488
01:21:28,080 --> 01:21:29,960
Maybe it's a halftime, at least
you know what I'm saying.

1489
01:21:30,160 --> 01:21:34,240
But some of these places, I just
don't see or don't watch them

1490
01:21:34,240 --> 01:21:37,720
enough or see enough.
Like of them being loud like

1491
01:21:37,720 --> 01:21:41,360
there's no videos of them to
subject to support what that

1492
01:21:41,360 --> 01:21:44,200
what the list was I guess.
Yeah, I mean, there nobody, like

1493
01:21:44,200 --> 01:21:47,040
I said, nobody talks about
Arkansas being a tough place to

1494
01:21:47,040 --> 01:21:50,520
go.
Like, they just don't, you know,

1495
01:21:50,560 --> 01:21:53,480
they, they might be tough if
they're having a good year, but

1496
01:21:53,480 --> 01:21:56,560
like nobody says, you know,
upset city.

1497
01:21:56,840 --> 01:21:58,120
I do not want to go to
Fayetteville.

1498
01:21:58,280 --> 01:22:00,400
Just because it's at, you know,
it's at Fayetteville, yeah.

1499
01:22:00,880 --> 01:22:03,000
They just, they say I don't want
to go to Fayetteville.

1500
01:22:03,080 --> 01:22:07,000
They ain't even.
It ain't fucking there all.

1501
01:22:08,640 --> 01:22:11,520
Righty well, hopefully when this
thing gets done redone next

1502
01:22:11,520 --> 01:22:14,640
year, we are back in the
rightful spot in the top ten,

1503
01:22:15,400 --> 01:22:18,080
because that's Brian.
My opinion would tally what you

1504
01:22:18,080 --> 01:22:20,280
said.
You ever seen a three and 17

1505
01:22:20,280 --> 01:22:24,240
just get sell out after sell out
and it's loud and you can't hear

1506
01:22:24,240 --> 01:22:26,360
yourself think that's what
happened?

1507
01:22:26,480 --> 01:22:28,360
Hey, Peyton was talking about it
when he was talking about the

1508
01:22:28,360 --> 01:22:29,440
hoagies.
Like, yeah, they were.

1509
01:22:29,640 --> 01:22:32,160
They were selling out when they
didn't have anything to sell.

1510
01:22:32,160 --> 01:22:36,160
Exactly.
Exactly all right, last piece

1511
01:22:36,160 --> 01:22:39,800
and and I love it that that that
it fell like this because of the

1512
01:22:39,800 --> 01:22:42,160
building or the name of this
episode.

1513
01:22:42,160 --> 01:22:46,480
It's called building a legacy,
and if y'all didn't see it, go

1514
01:22:46,480 --> 01:22:49,000
back and look back at the end of
the last month.

1515
01:22:49,080 --> 01:22:53,520
Bill Conley basically wrote an
article of the top most 30

1516
01:22:53,520 --> 01:22:56,320
influential college football
teams of all time.

1517
01:22:56,800 --> 01:22:59,520
And I mean, you start looking
through this list, you're

1518
01:22:59,520 --> 01:23:04,160
talking about like 93 Florida.
Like the years on the Spurrier

1519
01:23:04,160 --> 01:23:06,720
when fun and guns started the
Swamp became prevalent.

1520
01:23:06,880 --> 01:23:10,680
You're talking about 19 LSU.
You're talking about 86 Miami.

1521
01:23:10,880 --> 01:23:14,280
You're talking about some of the
teams like BYU and some of the

1522
01:23:14,280 --> 01:23:18,760
Bama teams.
And lo and behold, at #20 is

1523
01:23:18,760 --> 01:23:21,640
1999, we did not win a national
championship.

1524
01:23:21,640 --> 01:23:26,240
We played.
And when I saw that in where we

1525
01:23:26,240 --> 01:23:30,760
sit right now and where we where
we were, what we've went through

1526
01:23:31,280 --> 01:23:35,640
and you see that pop up and
especially this whole thing, the

1527
01:23:35,640 --> 01:23:38,720
recruiting momentum that Matei
talked about all tonight,

1528
01:23:39,320 --> 01:23:43,080
college football, ESP or EACFB
coming back in.

1529
01:23:43,520 --> 01:23:47,080
Damn, Texas 17, we're one of the
toughest places to play.

1530
01:23:47,880 --> 01:23:52,920
It's, I don't know, it just, it
just keeps me.

1531
01:23:54,280 --> 01:23:55,800
I don't know, I feel like I'm
going to do something dumb in a

1532
01:23:55,800 --> 01:24:01,800
month here y'all?
Don't, don't drink 1/5 of Evan

1533
01:24:01,800 --> 01:24:03,840
Williams.
Will not do that.

1534
01:24:04,200 --> 01:24:06,440
I will not do that but.
Nobody else did that.

1535
01:24:06,760 --> 01:24:08,240
Somebody else did it, but.
But they did that.

1536
01:24:08,440 --> 01:24:11,680
Who the hell did that?
But nobody with their brain

1537
01:24:11,680 --> 01:24:14,640
would do that.
But we'll tell you, when you saw

1538
01:24:14,680 --> 01:24:17,200
that list come out and you saw
that and everything else going

1539
01:24:17,200 --> 01:24:19,080
on, what was the first thing to
come through your mind?

1540
01:24:19,280 --> 01:24:22,640
I mean, it's it's great.
I mean, I know it's maybe a

1541
01:24:22,640 --> 01:24:24,720
little crazy to put in the
context.

1542
01:24:24,720 --> 01:24:27,040
Yeah, they played in a national
championship game but didn't

1543
01:24:27,040 --> 01:24:29,200
win.
But when you think of like what

1544
01:24:29,200 --> 01:24:33,080
the entire fan base has been
dreaming about and like how

1545
01:24:33,080 --> 01:24:36,560
that's kind of transcended what
Virginia Tech is to the college

1546
01:24:36,560 --> 01:24:41,040
landscape, like we have our
jerseys based off that year, you

1547
01:24:41,040 --> 01:24:44,960
know, like that is our influence
are, you know, we're constantly

1548
01:24:44,960 --> 01:24:47,120
talking about what Michael Vick
did.

1549
01:24:47,480 --> 01:24:51,480
And I think it's, I think it's
true, like in a lot of ways,

1550
01:24:51,480 --> 01:24:55,360
like Virginia Tech, when they
are at their best, they are a

1551
01:24:55,360 --> 01:24:57,520
part of the pinnacle of college
football.

1552
01:24:57,720 --> 01:25:01,160
Like they are what makes the
game, the game so special.

1553
01:25:01,560 --> 01:25:04,680
And so it is extremely
influential.

1554
01:25:04,680 --> 01:25:07,520
I think 20 is great.
Correct me if I'm wrong.

1555
01:25:07,520 --> 01:25:10,640
That's a top 30 list.
The top 30 list a lot of great

1556
01:25:10,640 --> 01:25:13,360
teams not included.
On there it's, you know, it's

1557
01:25:13,360 --> 01:25:16,600
tough to pick all those schools,
but I think certainly a good

1558
01:25:16,600 --> 01:25:20,040
shout for what has transcended
an entire fan base.

1559
01:25:20,960 --> 01:25:24,240
Yeah, definitely, definitely.
Yeah, it's, I'll go ahead.

1560
01:25:24,240 --> 01:25:26,040
Brian, I mean to cut you off.
No, you're good.

1561
01:25:26,040 --> 01:25:28,960
You're good.
I was just going to say, when

1562
01:25:28,960 --> 01:25:33,920
you look at that team and what
that meant for the program and

1563
01:25:33,920 --> 01:25:37,320
how that program was already on
that upward trajectory and that

1564
01:25:37,320 --> 01:25:39,240
just kind of pushed it over.
You're talking about the

1565
01:25:39,720 --> 01:25:42,160
enrollment bumps, you're talking
about the recruiting bumps that

1566
01:25:42,160 --> 01:25:43,840
happened, happened on the heel
of that.

1567
01:25:44,920 --> 01:25:47,800
And, but they, you touched on
it.

1568
01:25:47,800 --> 01:25:51,880
And Sheldon and I actually were
on a podcast earlier this week,

1569
01:25:52,800 --> 01:25:54,320
you know, talking about, you
know, teams that have a

1570
01:25:54,320 --> 01:25:56,960
puncher's chance to, to, to make
some noise this year.

1571
01:25:56,960 --> 01:26:00,560
And, you know, one of the things
that they were talking about and

1572
01:26:00,560 --> 01:26:03,880
that I hear all the time, and
it's such a compliment, is that

1573
01:26:04,080 --> 01:26:07,400
college football is more fun
when Virginia Tech is good, even

1574
01:26:07,400 --> 01:26:11,240
for fans of other teams.
And I think that means a lot as

1575
01:26:11,240 --> 01:26:13,800
a Hokies fan because obviously
we're, we're in the shit.

1576
01:26:13,800 --> 01:26:16,520
Like we, we, we live it, we
breathe it.

1577
01:26:16,520 --> 01:26:21,120
We're here all the time.
It's nice knowing that others

1578
01:26:21,120 --> 01:26:25,240
see the value in the things that
we appreciate, the things that

1579
01:26:25,240 --> 01:26:27,160
we have always loved about this
program.

1580
01:26:27,840 --> 01:26:30,680
So seeing that, getting
celebrated a little bit and

1581
01:26:30,680 --> 01:26:34,200
bringing some of that national
relevance back has been good and

1582
01:26:34,200 --> 01:26:36,640
it started with that team and
that's why that team is

1583
01:26:36,640 --> 01:26:40,200
influential.
Yeah, definitely.

1584
01:26:40,200 --> 01:26:45,720
It's like whenever you're making
a list, like a most influential

1585
01:26:45,720 --> 01:26:49,920
list, like when you, I think a
lot of basketball fans, whenever

1586
01:26:49,920 --> 01:26:52,480
you talk about it, like you
always go to a who you buy, It's

1587
01:26:52,480 --> 01:26:55,240
like, oh, I'm a Kobe fan, I'm a
LeBron fan, I'm a Jordan fan.

1588
01:26:56,560 --> 01:26:59,520
We're just talking about who's
the most influential, right?

1589
01:26:59,920 --> 01:27:03,760
So if you remove this team or
you remove that player out of

1590
01:27:03,760 --> 01:27:06,840
the history of the game, does
the history of the game change?

1591
01:27:07,000 --> 01:27:10,040
Absolutely.
So that's what you look at with

1592
01:27:10,040 --> 01:27:12,480
that team.
If you remove that team out of

1593
01:27:12,480 --> 01:27:16,440
the history of college football,
does college football change?

1594
01:27:16,440 --> 01:27:18,760
It does, because you had a play
on that.

1595
01:27:18,760 --> 01:27:21,280
I mean, you had a lot of great
players on that team, but you

1596
01:27:21,280 --> 01:27:23,600
had a play on that.
It really transcended what

1597
01:27:24,960 --> 01:27:26,920
quarterback position is, you
know what I'm saying?

1598
01:27:26,920 --> 01:27:32,360
Like he did three star starting
ranking system, go to Virginia

1599
01:27:32,360 --> 01:27:37,920
Tech hometown school, draft it
first, and then he went on to be

1600
01:27:37,920 --> 01:27:39,600
who he is, Michael Vick.
You know what I'm saying?

1601
01:27:39,840 --> 01:27:42,760
And then now you see all the
like the quarterbacks after him.

1602
01:27:43,120 --> 01:27:45,640
Not saying there was never, you
know, a mobile quarterback

1603
01:27:45,640 --> 01:27:47,800
before him.
So oh, heads don't come after

1604
01:27:47,800 --> 01:27:50,480
me, but I'm just saying the way
that he played the game, a lot

1605
01:27:50,480 --> 01:27:51,800
of people hadn't seen it that
way.

1606
01:27:52,040 --> 01:27:57,000
And even before that, you talk
about like what Bema was doing.

1607
01:27:58,560 --> 01:28:01,000
Again, I hate to keep on
bringing Kevin in it, but we've

1608
01:28:01,000 --> 01:28:04,000
talked to Kevin plenty of times.
And when he takes his son on a

1609
01:28:04,000 --> 01:28:07,440
recruiting visit and he looks at
the the quarterback wall, I

1610
01:28:07,440 --> 01:28:10,600
mean, it does make a difference.
When you see when you are a

1611
01:28:10,840 --> 01:28:14,080
African American quarterback and
you look up on the wall at

1612
01:28:14,080 --> 01:28:18,200
Virginia Tech and you see four
African American quarterbacks

1613
01:28:18,200 --> 01:28:19,960
that have been there, that's
they're greats.

1614
01:28:19,960 --> 01:28:22,840
It's not a lot of schools that
have that pedigree.

1615
01:28:23,320 --> 01:28:26,040
Frank was great at doing that.
He was going to put the best on

1616
01:28:26,040 --> 01:28:28,480
the field and that's what that
team was made of.

1617
01:28:28,560 --> 01:28:31,040
Whoever the best is, it don't
matter where you come from.

1618
01:28:31,280 --> 01:28:32,800
It don't matter what your
ranking is.

1619
01:28:32,800 --> 01:28:35,360
We're putting you on the field
and we're going to go compete

1620
01:28:35,360 --> 01:28:37,520
with the best.
That's what that team was.

1621
01:28:37,920 --> 01:28:40,640
That's what Virginia Tech has
started to get back to.

1622
01:28:40,960 --> 01:28:44,480
Brent Pry has done a great job
to come in and say, you know, we

1623
01:28:44,480 --> 01:28:48,040
got to get back to those roots.
And he's like the perfect

1624
01:28:48,040 --> 01:28:49,200
husband, you know what I'm
saying?

1625
01:28:49,200 --> 01:28:50,880
Like you keep waiting on him to
mess up.

1626
01:28:50,880 --> 01:28:52,440
You're like, I know this
motherfucker lying somewhere.

1627
01:28:52,440 --> 01:28:55,560
You know what I'm saying?
Like everything that he says is

1628
01:28:55,560 --> 01:28:58,920
like, right, you know, but he,
he is who he is.

1629
01:28:58,920 --> 01:29:01,480
Like everything that he said
when he came in, like you got to

1630
01:29:01,480 --> 01:29:03,800
go back and go like he stuck to
it.

1631
01:29:03,800 --> 01:29:07,120
He stuck to his roots.
He stuck to, you know, the, the

1632
01:29:08,240 --> 01:29:10,560
recruiting footprint.
He stuck to what he says about

1633
01:29:10,560 --> 01:29:13,600
the uniforms.
Like again, I know I'm getting

1634
01:29:13,600 --> 01:29:16,240
off the but talking about that
team and then leading it into

1635
01:29:16,360 --> 01:29:19,320
into what we see now, it's
nostalgia, you know what I'm

1636
01:29:19,320 --> 01:29:21,200
saying?
And like again, me being here in

1637
01:29:21,200 --> 01:29:25,000
Alabama, everybody says the same
thing like we'll be in the

1638
01:29:25,000 --> 01:29:27,120
office and everybody college
football's coming up, man.

1639
01:29:27,120 --> 01:29:29,320
We can't wait to be who's your
team or Virginia Tech?

1640
01:29:29,320 --> 01:29:31,360
I ain't I ain't worried about
that.

1641
01:29:31,360 --> 01:29:33,000
Like I'm I'm happy about that.
I don't care.

1642
01:29:33,120 --> 01:29:35,240
We want y'all to be good, you
know, because most people here

1643
01:29:35,240 --> 01:29:37,480
are SEC fans.
They don't care if we good, we

1644
01:29:37,480 --> 01:29:38,760
ain't bothering them, you know
what I mean?

1645
01:29:38,760 --> 01:29:42,720
So they want to see us good.
And it it like you turn on the

1646
01:29:42,720 --> 01:29:45,800
TV on a Thursday night and you
see Virginia Tech, you know

1647
01:29:45,800 --> 01:29:46,880
you're going to see a good game,
so.

1648
01:29:47,440 --> 01:29:49,880
Yep, I'm going to.
I'm going to end it right at

1649
01:29:49,880 --> 01:29:51,280
that because you, you put a
great.

1650
01:29:51,800 --> 01:29:55,400
Cap on the up.
Yep, fired up for the season we

1651
01:29:55,400 --> 01:29:57,520
are getting in that six weeks
away.

1652
01:29:57,840 --> 01:30:00,560
But Tesis, we appreciate you
joining us tonight.

1653
01:30:00,920 --> 01:30:04,440
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1654
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1662
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1663
01:30:36,080 --> 01:30:40,000
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So if you're in the chat, put it

1664
01:30:40,000 --> 01:30:44,000
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To get the got to get, got to

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Yeah, yeah.

1667
01:30:49,520 --> 01:30:51,640
We got to get our dynasty
together.

1668
01:30:51,640 --> 01:30:54,040
We'll play some some online
dynasty here.

1669
01:30:54,520 --> 01:30:57,080
All right.
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1674
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1675
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1676
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1677
01:31:17,440 --> 01:31:20,200
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1678
01:31:20,560 --> 01:31:23,280
We thank you all for listening
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1679
01:31:23,280 --> 01:31:25,360
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1680
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The.

Matej Sis

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Matej is a Writer for 247Sports.com's VTScoop. He joined the staff as a Sophomore while attending Virginia Tech and has worked there ever since. He primarily focuses on VT Football, but has coverage on VT Basketball as well. He also helps with recruiting coverage.

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