1 00:00:09,090 --> 00:00:13,929 Monarch Nation, we are back after our trip to Columbia, joined here 2 00:00:13,929 --> 00:00:18,820 as always, but with Gary and Aaron, fellas, how are we feeling today? 3 00:00:20,189 --> 00:00:23,560 Hey man, I'm feeling as good as you can feel after a loss. 4 00:00:24,179 --> 00:00:25,220 It was a great trip. 5 00:00:25,799 --> 00:00:28,790 The guys played really hard, they played really well, and we were 6 00:00:28,830 --> 00:00:32,360 in it right to the very end, so I'm feeling pretty damn good. 7 00:00:33,790 --> 00:00:37,080 I think I'm still pretty dehydrated, a little bit sunburnt. 8 00:00:37,850 --> 00:00:41,730 I figured I'd rep the USA today with the red, the white 9 00:00:41,730 --> 00:00:43,110 tan line and the blue shirt. 10 00:00:43,260 --> 00:00:48,650 So, uh, still, uh, still pretty frustrated with the loss yesterday like that. 11 00:00:49,089 --> 00:00:52,200 We just handed that one over, but other than that, feeling pretty good. 12 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:54,599 Got back before the storms got too bad down there. 13 00:00:55,039 --> 00:00:58,290 Uh, but yeah, excited to talk about it and look forward to ECU next week. 14 00:00:59,380 --> 00:00:59,669 All right. 15 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:05,440 So before we get to the game, let's talk about our trip to Columbia. 16 00:01:05,440 --> 00:01:07,800 We were all there from Friday to Sunday. 17 00:01:09,240 --> 00:01:12,350 What were your thoughts on the campus and the school and the city? 18 00:01:13,089 --> 00:01:18,169 Um, I know I want to shout out the Dingus family for hosting us at their tailgate. 19 00:01:18,869 --> 00:01:20,009 They were a great host. 20 00:01:20,809 --> 00:01:22,699 Um, had a blast hanging out with them. 21 00:01:22,699 --> 00:01:25,239 Got to meet a lot of new monarchs we've never met before. 22 00:01:25,240 --> 00:01:27,009 It was an awesome experience. 23 00:01:29,439 --> 00:01:30,729 Yeah, I actually had a great time. 24 00:01:30,779 --> 00:01:38,729 Uh, so, I mean, I, I, I can't not talk about this trip without talking about 25 00:01:38,850 --> 00:01:41,279 my first ever experience at Buc ee's. 26 00:01:41,859 --> 00:01:46,999 When I saw the sign that Buc ee's was coming, I had this smile on my face that 27 00:01:47,019 --> 00:01:52,239 probably only children should have, but it was like, the anticipation was crazy. 28 00:01:52,269 --> 00:01:55,419 We, we went in that parking lot was nuts. 29 00:01:55,429 --> 00:02:00,999 It's, I mean, If you haven't been to a Buc ee's, you gotta go, but if you get 30 00:02:01,059 --> 00:02:07,519 overly stimulated by tight places with people who have no, uh, situational 31 00:02:07,519 --> 00:02:12,480 awareness at some place that you want to steer clear of, but, I mean, beef jerky, 32 00:02:12,540 --> 00:02:19,350 brisket, t shirts, uh, beaver nugget, no matter, they sell it if it's made. 33 00:02:19,915 --> 00:02:20,825 It was pretty awesome. 34 00:02:23,024 --> 00:02:26,795 You got the full experience too because it's in Darlington, South Carolina and 35 00:02:26,795 --> 00:02:29,105 the NASCAR race today is in Darlington. 36 00:02:29,105 --> 00:02:31,174 So you got like a true experience. 37 00:02:31,184 --> 00:02:35,574 The one I usually go to is in North Texas next to Texas Motor Speedway. 38 00:02:35,905 --> 00:02:37,694 So it's similar, similar kind of vibes there. 39 00:02:37,694 --> 00:02:40,114 But, uh, Columbia was a pretty fun town. 40 00:02:40,144 --> 00:02:42,725 We were staying in the downtown area, a lot of good 41 00:02:42,725 --> 00:02:44,285 restaurants, bars to walk through. 42 00:02:44,555 --> 00:02:46,865 I think we ended up closing down 10 roof on Friday night. 43 00:02:47,355 --> 00:02:50,204 Uh, it's big campus, a lot of old historic buildings. 44 00:02:50,910 --> 00:02:54,510 Enjoyed walking back from the shuttle bus through campus to try to find 45 00:02:54,510 --> 00:02:56,239 something for for dinner last night. 46 00:02:56,249 --> 00:02:58,029 But overall, pretty good experience. 47 00:02:58,070 --> 00:02:59,480 Uh, not sure I want to make that 5. 48 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:01,249 5 hour drive again, but it was fun. 49 00:03:03,080 --> 00:03:06,119 So, their tailgate set up was pretty amazing. 50 00:03:06,399 --> 00:03:13,000 Um, Gamecock Park, it's between the stadium and the football facilities, 51 00:03:13,100 --> 00:03:15,780 their practice facilities, all grass. 52 00:03:16,929 --> 00:03:20,119 Allowing you to park and then behind their space for tense. 53 00:03:20,930 --> 00:03:23,430 So, when other cars are coming in, it's not a problem. 54 00:03:23,430 --> 00:03:24,760 No tents need to be moved. 55 00:03:25,329 --> 00:03:25,750 Um, 56 00:03:27,880 --> 00:03:34,299 indoor bathrooms with AC on a hot day were awesome breaks for just that moment. 57 00:03:34,730 --> 00:03:39,004 Um, they had big TV screen set up live music. 58 00:03:39,524 --> 00:03:40,984 Um, the vibes were pretty great. 59 00:03:41,265 --> 00:03:45,704 Um, so credit to them for the awesome pregame atmosphere. 60 00:03:46,774 --> 00:03:52,695 Um, we had access to the Cockaboos club, which came in handy during that 61 00:03:52,695 --> 00:03:57,734 lightning delay, we were able to go in there and get some refreshments and talk 62 00:03:57,744 --> 00:03:59,535 to some Gamecocks during that break. 63 00:04:00,354 --> 00:04:03,804 Um, overall I had a pretty good experience. 64 00:04:03,934 --> 00:04:08,765 Um, every Gamecock fan we met for the most part was very cordial, nice. 65 00:04:09,704 --> 00:04:12,644 Um, got to rib back forth with some of them and. 66 00:04:13,304 --> 00:04:14,095 Had a good time. 67 00:04:15,984 --> 00:04:18,885 And I think we picked up some new new fans. 68 00:04:18,885 --> 00:04:21,615 I mean, not this podcast, but Old Dominion football. 69 00:04:22,505 --> 00:04:26,485 They saw the guys fighting and converting. 70 00:04:26,485 --> 00:04:29,344 You know how Ricky says, you know, you don't have Old Dominion doesn't have 71 00:04:29,354 --> 00:04:30,944 to be your favorite football team. 72 00:04:30,945 --> 00:04:33,194 We're okay with being your second favorite football team. 73 00:04:33,595 --> 00:04:36,534 There's some folks in South Carolina that are going to be keeping an eye. 74 00:04:37,030 --> 00:04:38,800 On Old Dominion football going forward? 75 00:04:40,190 --> 00:04:40,310 Yeah. 76 00:04:40,310 --> 00:04:43,760 As long as they leave our guys alone in the transfer portal, I'll be, be happy. 77 00:04:43,760 --> 00:04:47,020 'cause I imagine they're eyeing some dudes on the, on the defense after the 78 00:04:47,020 --> 00:04:51,520 way they played this week, except for probably the, uh, the guy and the girl 79 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:52,870 that were sitting in front of me and Mike. 80 00:04:53,490 --> 00:04:57,320 The, was it right after the half or was it before the pre half? 81 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:58,580 I can't remember The lightning. 82 00:04:59,310 --> 00:05:02,979 But the, uh, it was right after the half when, uh, the specialists were 83 00:05:03,020 --> 00:05:09,970 practicing for some reason, for some reason, they didn't put the nets up during 84 00:05:09,970 --> 00:05:12,130 those practice sessions at halftime. 85 00:05:12,610 --> 00:05:14,330 And this guy got drilled in the face. 86 00:05:14,980 --> 00:05:15,879 It was awesome. 87 00:05:15,940 --> 00:05:19,410 I mean, Ethan Chang was what, uh, I don't know. 88 00:05:19,410 --> 00:05:21,500 It was probably about a 45 yard field goal. 89 00:05:21,880 --> 00:05:22,710 And luckily. 90 00:05:22,725 --> 00:05:26,415 I mean, I've got pretty good depth perception with regards to 91 00:05:26,725 --> 00:05:30,075 tracking footballs and baseballs, and he struck that and I knew 92 00:05:30,105 --> 00:05:32,085 it was coming right right to us. 93 00:05:32,595 --> 00:05:40,885 And when it was maybe 25 yards out, I was like, heads up, heads up, heads up. 94 00:05:40,965 --> 00:05:44,165 And I was getting louder and louder and faster until finally, like this thing 95 00:05:44,165 --> 00:05:46,265 is gonna, I mean, it's right on track. 96 00:05:46,375 --> 00:05:51,525 I tried to reach out, you know, in front of the guy's face. 97 00:05:51,845 --> 00:05:58,405 But, um, I guess he was in his phone too much and that ball just destroyed him. 98 00:05:58,905 --> 00:06:01,325 Somehow the girl next to him ended up with whiplash. 99 00:06:01,345 --> 00:06:04,974 I don't know how that happened, Mike, but, um, yeah, it was, 100 00:06:05,105 --> 00:06:06,995 it was, it was pretty awesome. 101 00:06:08,345 --> 00:06:13,044 She, she was holding her head for a good, like 15 minutes after it happened. 102 00:06:13,405 --> 00:06:16,845 Like she was waiting for a personal injury lawyer to talk to her. 103 00:06:17,745 --> 00:06:20,485 And speaking of personal injury lawyers, I have never been to 104 00:06:20,485 --> 00:06:24,605 a city with more billboards for personal injury lawyers than I have. 105 00:06:25,085 --> 00:06:27,135 In Columbia, they're every billboard. 106 00:06:28,415 --> 00:06:28,795 It was overkill. 107 00:06:29,765 --> 00:06:31,345 They have all the good phone numbers too. 108 00:06:31,345 --> 00:06:33,785 It's like nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, nine, or 109 00:06:33,785 --> 00:06:35,375 the sevens all the way across. 110 00:06:35,695 --> 00:06:38,454 Like I didn't realize that was such a, such a problem down there in 111 00:06:38,455 --> 00:06:39,895 South Carolina, but apparently it is. 112 00:06:40,215 --> 00:06:42,555 So I saw the incident that you're talking about. 113 00:06:42,565 --> 00:06:46,395 I was in section 17, lower level behind ODU bench. 114 00:06:46,405 --> 00:06:49,004 A lot of the parents, we couldn't really tell what happened. 115 00:06:49,184 --> 00:06:52,575 We just saw that one of the ODU kickers had his hands on top of his helmet. 116 00:06:52,575 --> 00:06:55,045 Cause I guess he watched the whole thing unfold. 117 00:06:55,045 --> 00:06:55,984 And then we saw the little. 118 00:06:56,395 --> 00:06:59,365 Kind of scrum there behind where the net should have been on that. 119 00:06:59,365 --> 00:07:01,995 I did not know that it was interesting. 120 00:07:01,995 --> 00:07:03,425 Good chain, kicked the ball. 121 00:07:04,505 --> 00:07:07,175 Sanchez was just outside the end zone. 122 00:07:07,205 --> 00:07:09,565 So he's the kicker that all the. 123 00:07:12,810 --> 00:07:13,890 Ethan, I'm going to say Ethan. 124 00:07:13,890 --> 00:07:18,330 They're both Ethan's, but Ethan Sanchez is right there and everybody's like looking 125 00:07:18,330 --> 00:07:20,670 at him like, why would you do that? 126 00:07:20,970 --> 00:07:25,539 And he, yeah, he had his hands on his head and he's like, you know, like, sorry, like 127 00:07:25,540 --> 00:07:29,189 he was, he was trying to be like, really contrite, but he didn't do anything. 128 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:29,919 It wasn't him. 129 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:34,070 But yeah, I don't know why they didn't have the nuts up, but a 130 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:36,450 specialist, they got to warm up, man. 131 00:07:36,460 --> 00:07:39,610 So people got to be alert. 132 00:07:41,920 --> 00:07:42,750 I was, uh. 133 00:07:43,300 --> 00:07:46,410 I enjoyed their pregame, um, with the band. 134 00:07:46,470 --> 00:07:47,660 Their band was fantastic. 135 00:07:48,470 --> 00:07:54,369 Um, Sandstorm though, I, the energy just wasn't there yesterday and maybe it was 136 00:07:54,410 --> 00:07:56,539 the heat cause it was really, really hot. 137 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:03,049 Or maybe it was because they're playing a G5 and not in Alabama or Georgia, 138 00:08:03,100 --> 00:08:05,460 but the energy just didn't feel 139 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,130 like it didn't meet what they said it would be. 140 00:08:11,370 --> 00:08:14,110 I don't know if you got that same impression. 141 00:08:15,920 --> 00:08:16,880 I felt the same way. 142 00:08:16,880 --> 00:08:17,980 I think it is opponent. 143 00:08:17,990 --> 00:08:21,650 Like most South Carolina fans are not going to be too amped up to play 144 00:08:21,650 --> 00:08:24,319 a school that most of them probably have never heard of, especially when 145 00:08:24,320 --> 00:08:28,430 you look at the other games on their schedule, man, it was hot, it was humid. 146 00:08:28,739 --> 00:08:30,449 I mean, I was worn down when I finally got to my seat. 147 00:08:30,569 --> 00:08:31,839 I was like, I can finally relax. 148 00:08:31,840 --> 00:08:34,620 Then I realized I'm staring into the sun for the next two and a 149 00:08:34,620 --> 00:08:36,110 half, three hours getting roasted. 150 00:08:36,590 --> 00:08:39,530 Um, but they filled the stands up pregame really well. 151 00:08:39,540 --> 00:08:41,490 I mean, I didn't see very many open seats at all. 152 00:08:41,500 --> 00:08:44,260 They were, they were there, uh, they were pretty loud for Sandstorm. 153 00:08:44,260 --> 00:08:46,939 I think they were louder for the Cockaboos train when their 154 00:08:46,939 --> 00:08:48,499 mascot came out of the top of it. 155 00:08:48,790 --> 00:08:50,830 That was actually pretty, pretty cool to see there. 156 00:08:50,830 --> 00:08:55,190 But, uh, yeah, the, the lightning delay killed the crowd, especially 157 00:08:55,190 --> 00:08:58,300 in the student section, they got an excuse to sneak out and go drink. 158 00:08:58,985 --> 00:08:59,945 They took it and ran. 159 00:09:01,875 --> 00:09:04,375 I think Old Dominion played a part in that. 160 00:09:04,605 --> 00:09:06,185 So let's talk about that. 161 00:09:06,955 --> 00:09:09,954 Old Dominion loses 23 to 19. 162 00:09:10,335 --> 00:09:10,735 Um, 163 00:09:13,285 --> 00:09:19,074 but we're all re evaluating this season after that performance. 164 00:09:21,925 --> 00:09:23,005 Initial thoughts, Aaron? 165 00:09:25,225 --> 00:09:25,555 Yeah. 166 00:09:25,555 --> 00:09:30,855 I mean, when we talked about what we thought this season had in store, I said 167 00:09:30,855 --> 00:09:32,455 that I thought we'd win seven games. 168 00:09:32,465 --> 00:09:36,745 I'm gonna stick with that just because of how difficult the schedule is. 169 00:09:37,405 --> 00:09:42,784 But based upon what we saw in, you know, we were lucky enough to see 170 00:09:42,784 --> 00:09:44,324 these guys practice during the season. 171 00:09:44,324 --> 00:09:48,645 I can't say that we were super surprised by some of the things that we saw. 172 00:09:48,665 --> 00:09:56,100 But this team Um, this team could be a real force in the Sun Belt. 173 00:09:56,140 --> 00:09:59,750 I mean, there's a there is a real chance that this team could win 174 00:09:59,750 --> 00:10:01,679 the Sun Belt, you know, conference. 175 00:10:01,989 --> 00:10:07,430 Um, anybody who is really down on them after watching that game should, you 176 00:10:07,430 --> 00:10:12,180 know, let's not, let's not take too much into it because it is week one. 177 00:10:12,350 --> 00:10:15,010 We don't know how good or bad South Carolina is. 178 00:10:15,640 --> 00:10:18,470 And we don't know how good or bad we are. 179 00:10:18,890 --> 00:10:27,130 Um, but that defense we're talking about before we started recording, I, man, 180 00:10:27,130 --> 00:10:34,650 if they play like that, uh, this season and the offense is able to be improved a 181 00:10:34,650 --> 00:10:37,460 little bit, they can do some real damage. 182 00:10:39,460 --> 00:10:43,310 I think we all had some questions on what the defense would look like. 183 00:10:43,310 --> 00:10:46,670 Would they be able to maintain or take a step forward knowing that 184 00:10:46,770 --> 00:10:48,370 you're replacing the entire secondary? 185 00:10:48,370 --> 00:10:48,430 Great. 186 00:10:48,705 --> 00:10:50,685 Jason Henderson is coming back from injury. 187 00:10:50,685 --> 00:10:51,875 We lost Wayne Matthews. 188 00:10:51,875 --> 00:10:52,935 We lost some other guys. 189 00:10:53,465 --> 00:10:57,045 Uh, that was an elite defensive performance yesterday. 190 00:10:57,385 --> 00:11:00,835 And I don't just mean in, in the stats and in the points allowed and things like 191 00:11:00,835 --> 00:11:05,124 that, if you're watching our defense, you know, we're playing an SEC team on the 192 00:11:05,124 --> 00:11:11,015 road and they're essentially running a power style option, which a decent power 193 00:11:11,015 --> 00:11:14,035 conference is going to be bigger and stronger at every single position and can 194 00:11:14,035 --> 00:11:15,895 kind of bully their way down the field. 195 00:11:16,455 --> 00:11:18,395 Uh, but our defense stayed with their assignments. 196 00:11:18,955 --> 00:11:22,468 They were aggressive coming up to support the run, but not overaggressive where 197 00:11:22,468 --> 00:11:27,205 they were running past guys with the ball, like just really smart, disciplined 198 00:11:27,235 --> 00:11:29,165 play on the defensive side of the ball. 199 00:11:29,515 --> 00:11:33,054 And I was really happy to see it because there were a couple of plays where 200 00:11:33,055 --> 00:11:36,735 they kind of set some traps for Jason Henderson, a few other guys to come 201 00:11:36,735 --> 00:11:40,175 rushing in and get blown up on some blocks, but they just stayed with it. 202 00:11:40,225 --> 00:11:41,145 They stayed in their assignments. 203 00:11:41,195 --> 00:11:42,675 They made plays, made tackles. 204 00:11:43,204 --> 00:11:46,595 I think we only have really one blown coverage the entire game. 205 00:11:46,835 --> 00:11:50,535 And thankfully the kid who transferred up to coastal Carolina, then got a 206 00:11:50,535 --> 00:11:51,944 little dizzy, looking up for the ball. 207 00:11:51,954 --> 00:11:55,604 Cause it's so high, so highly thrown, uh, and he dropped it. 208 00:11:55,654 --> 00:11:59,004 So we didn't get hit, but we were not falling for the play action. 209 00:11:59,005 --> 00:12:00,234 They were trying to set up off of it. 210 00:12:00,235 --> 00:12:00,275 Just. 211 00:12:00,759 --> 00:12:01,880 Defensively was great. 212 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,030 Uh, offensive side of the ball. 213 00:12:04,750 --> 00:12:07,810 Don't know if it's the same story, but I find myself torn between being 214 00:12:07,810 --> 00:12:09,800 really mad that we gave that game away. 215 00:12:09,849 --> 00:12:12,219 Like that should have been our first power conference road victory 216 00:12:12,439 --> 00:12:13,979 first went over an sec team. 217 00:12:14,890 --> 00:12:16,629 We should have won that football game. 218 00:12:16,869 --> 00:12:19,000 And then I kind of think of the bigger picture of. 219 00:12:19,590 --> 00:12:23,580 We were, had the lead in the fourth quarter on the road against an SEC team. 220 00:12:23,590 --> 00:12:25,110 And I didn't think that that would be the case. 221 00:12:25,120 --> 00:12:28,450 So it's like they overperformed, but still managed to rip my heart out of my chest. 222 00:12:30,999 --> 00:12:32,780 Uh, that's why we love college football, right? 223 00:12:32,879 --> 00:12:34,490 It's it's nuts. 224 00:12:34,900 --> 00:12:39,499 Um, so defensively, I was Mario Thompson and Patrick Smith. 225 00:12:39,500 --> 00:12:43,430 Young were kind of the two guys that really stood out for me, but I also 226 00:12:43,430 --> 00:12:49,240 really enjoyed the substitution patterns we were doing on defense on a hot day. 227 00:12:49,250 --> 00:12:49,270 Yeah. 228 00:12:50,015 --> 00:12:53,215 I mean, it looked like a hockey line at some point at some points in the 229 00:12:53,215 --> 00:12:57,055 game where just everyone's coming, coming out, coming in, and that 230 00:12:57,055 --> 00:13:01,775 type of depth is going to be very valuable as the season moves along. 231 00:13:02,135 --> 00:13:04,904 So we'll keep guys fresher longer into the season. 232 00:13:06,564 --> 00:13:10,287 And I didn't see a drop off in defensive quality, even when we did 233 00:13:10,287 --> 00:13:13,729 make those big line changes of five or six guys going on and off at a time. 234 00:13:14,020 --> 00:13:19,090 Like we maintain that same intensity, same discipline, same gap assignments. 235 00:13:19,090 --> 00:13:23,170 Like it was great to see that many dudes getting in and getting tackles. 236 00:13:23,170 --> 00:13:27,460 And you can look at the tackle distribution and Patrick Smith Young 237 00:13:27,460 --> 00:13:30,570 led the way with nine tackles that I'm boatload of guys with seven, a 238 00:13:30,580 --> 00:13:32,249 boatload of guys with four and three. 239 00:13:32,609 --> 00:13:34,550 That's what you really want to see from your defense. 240 00:13:34,550 --> 00:13:39,050 I mean, Jason Henderson was maybe on the field for 50 percent of snaps, got three 241 00:13:39,050 --> 00:13:41,779 tackles and our defense look amazing. 242 00:13:42,290 --> 00:13:46,160 Uh, so that, that is something I'm really, really excited about as well, Mike, 243 00:13:46,160 --> 00:13:51,580 because if we have that against teams that aren't SEC size and strength, uh, that's 244 00:13:51,580 --> 00:13:54,310 gonna be, uh, just such an advantage for us as we get later in the season. 245 00:13:56,490 --> 00:13:56,760 Alright. 246 00:13:56,760 --> 00:14:00,660 Now you, you, you mentioned the offense and, uh, some of the disappointment there. 247 00:14:01,010 --> 00:14:03,890 Um, I was surprised we didn't see much of Dom Dutton. 248 00:14:04,670 --> 00:14:09,100 Um, as Aaron said, we were lucky enough to go to practice, uh, and 249 00:14:09,100 --> 00:14:14,140 watch some scrimmages and Dom was a big part of those practices, so. 250 00:14:14,925 --> 00:14:15,425 I don't know. 251 00:14:15,425 --> 00:14:18,074 It was kind of strange not seeing him out there. 252 00:14:18,555 --> 00:14:20,584 Uh, I didn't see much of Kelby either. 253 00:14:20,645 --> 00:14:24,055 Like, it seemed like the exact opposite with the wide receiver group. 254 00:14:24,985 --> 00:14:28,854 Uh, we weren't cycling those guys in and out, and it was kind of 255 00:14:28,895 --> 00:14:33,535 strange, but Isaiah Page really stepped up and had an amazing game. 256 00:14:35,585 --> 00:14:39,475 Yeah, I was thinking the exact same thing as you were talking there, Mike. 257 00:14:39,545 --> 00:14:42,945 I mean, from the receiver position, we really so we saw Deontay Vines. 258 00:14:43,245 --> 00:14:48,915 We saw Isaiah Page, we saw Myles Alston and then Conroy, the tight end position. 259 00:14:49,295 --> 00:14:52,755 We saw a lot of, but other, I mean, other than that, no, until Isaiah 260 00:14:52,755 --> 00:14:56,975 went down with the cramps at the very end, when we saw Dom come out, those 261 00:14:56,975 --> 00:14:59,955 guys were like warriors out there. 262 00:14:59,955 --> 00:15:01,855 I mean, it's a hot game. 263 00:15:02,180 --> 00:15:05,720 the South Carolina fans were talking about how hot it was. 264 00:15:06,700 --> 00:15:07,790 I mean, they kept talking about that. 265 00:15:07,790 --> 00:15:08,930 It was the hottest day of the year. 266 00:15:08,930 --> 00:15:11,039 I can't imagine that that is accurate. 267 00:15:11,970 --> 00:15:15,110 It was very hot there and they were talking about that. 268 00:15:15,129 --> 00:15:21,219 Then, um, I mean, hats off to to, uh, the training staff for keeping 269 00:15:21,220 --> 00:15:24,239 these guys making sure that they were fully hydrated and ready because 270 00:15:24,249 --> 00:15:28,689 we, you know, we really didn't have guys going down with with cramps. 271 00:15:29,130 --> 00:15:33,260 South Carolina had had cramps a number of times. 272 00:15:33,655 --> 00:15:35,095 Uh, but we certainly didn't. 273 00:15:35,225 --> 00:15:40,905 So, uh, it'll be interesting to see going into East Carolina, if we play 274 00:15:40,905 --> 00:15:43,304 more receivers, I was surprised. 275 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:48,670 Of the amount of snaps that our guys, those, those four guys took. 276 00:15:50,630 --> 00:15:54,839 And I know Dom Dutton got on the field, like you said, Aaron, later on when 277 00:15:54,839 --> 00:16:00,649 Isaiah Page went down with that injury, um, he was open on some of those passing 278 00:16:00,650 --> 00:16:02,589 plays there in the final plays as well. 279 00:16:03,020 --> 00:16:06,290 Uh, but yeah, I mean, it's, he's one of those guys that with his speed, you just 280 00:16:06,290 --> 00:16:07,710 need to get in the ball of space and go. 281 00:16:07,730 --> 00:16:09,680 So I was hoping to see him rotated more. 282 00:16:10,030 --> 00:16:12,290 There's definitely some gamesmanship in week one. 283 00:16:12,290 --> 00:16:14,780 I think South Carolina had some, and it almost bit him in the ass. 284 00:16:16,025 --> 00:16:19,545 Of you don't want to show everything that you've got out there, but you don't have 285 00:16:19,545 --> 00:16:22,645 a chance to win the game, get them on the field and try to go down and get it. 286 00:16:23,175 --> 00:16:26,734 Uh, the offensive line was where we had a lot of shakeup for our team. 287 00:16:26,745 --> 00:16:29,615 We had a lot of new guys plugged in across that line. 288 00:16:29,984 --> 00:16:33,424 Um, some spots I did really well, some spots they didn't. 289 00:16:33,824 --> 00:16:35,905 I think South Carolina made some adjustments. 290 00:16:37,225 --> 00:16:41,675 Even coming into the game, but even later on with using the speed 291 00:16:41,675 --> 00:16:44,835 that they have with their edge rushers to get around the tackles. 292 00:16:45,304 --> 00:16:46,545 Uh, Kennard had a big game. 293 00:16:46,545 --> 00:16:49,614 I think he, I think he ended up with three or three and a half sacks. 294 00:16:50,100 --> 00:16:53,250 Uh, but he was a monster, uh, early in that game and he was just 295 00:16:53,250 --> 00:16:56,980 able to be faster than the tackle to get around the tackle and come 296 00:16:56,980 --> 00:16:59,730 back and get into the pocket and go after the quarterback a little bit. 297 00:17:00,149 --> 00:17:05,110 Uh, after the touchdown pass to Isaiah Page, where, I mean, he came from the 298 00:17:05,110 --> 00:17:09,339 far side of the field, kind of ran to the middle, split their too high safety 299 00:17:09,339 --> 00:17:11,310 shell and just got open for a touchdown. 300 00:17:11,670 --> 00:17:14,480 After we did that, I noticed they had a linebacker playing a little bit more in 301 00:17:14,480 --> 00:17:18,320 that center field to at least block the vision to be able to throw over the middle 302 00:17:18,329 --> 00:17:19,650 because we didn't go back there much. 303 00:17:19,954 --> 00:17:20,855 The rest of the day. 304 00:17:21,335 --> 00:17:24,284 Um, but O line definitely needs to work out some kinks. 305 00:17:24,284 --> 00:17:25,284 There were some false starts. 306 00:17:25,474 --> 00:17:28,635 I don't put all the false starts totally on the offensive line because 307 00:17:28,635 --> 00:17:31,554 there were some where we were just trying to go too fast in the situation. 308 00:17:31,564 --> 00:17:32,634 We shouldn't have gone too fast. 309 00:17:33,284 --> 00:17:36,295 And that was not more apparent than the first drive of the game 310 00:17:36,304 --> 00:17:39,905 of first play is about a four yard loss on kind of a dump off pass. 311 00:17:40,324 --> 00:17:41,255 We rushed to the line. 312 00:17:41,255 --> 00:17:42,054 We're not ready. 313 00:17:42,795 --> 00:17:43,605 We go to snap it. 314 00:17:43,615 --> 00:17:44,405 We get a false start. 315 00:17:44,455 --> 00:17:45,574 I had like three guys move in. 316 00:17:45,574 --> 00:17:46,175 And then of course. 317 00:17:47,020 --> 00:17:49,389 Player two later, we get the fumble and set South Carolina 318 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:50,000 up for the first touchdown. 319 00:17:51,560 --> 00:17:55,639 Now there's one play that stood out to me that was kind of funky with the O line. 320 00:17:56,070 --> 00:18:00,970 Um, Sack on Grant early in the game when he's strip sacked. 321 00:18:02,550 --> 00:18:07,790 Our right or our left tackle was pulling on that play on a pass play. 322 00:18:08,870 --> 00:18:12,949 I don't think I've ever seen a pulling tackle on a pass play before. 323 00:18:16,475 --> 00:18:22,554 I think that goes back to the RPO stuff though, because the final, the 324 00:18:22,554 --> 00:18:25,605 strip sack we had later that led to the second South Carolina touchdown. 325 00:18:26,434 --> 00:18:31,125 It looked like Santana Saunders was in pass block and then as Grant 326 00:18:31,134 --> 00:18:35,275 ran past him, like he was still like, Going to protect the pocket. 327 00:18:35,324 --> 00:18:37,895 And that's the person who reached in and pop the ball out from 328 00:18:37,895 --> 00:18:39,495 him to cause it a second fumble. 329 00:18:39,804 --> 00:18:42,634 So I think there was definitely some miscues on assignments on the 330 00:18:42,665 --> 00:18:45,945 offensive line, which I think you kind of expect with that many new people. 331 00:18:46,324 --> 00:18:48,034 Um, he McNally over there on the left. 332 00:18:48,305 --> 00:18:51,334 I'm sure he'll happy to be happy to not see Kyle Kennard next week 333 00:18:51,345 --> 00:18:53,364 because that dude is just a beast. 334 00:18:53,364 --> 00:18:54,345 Like he's, he's awesome. 335 00:18:54,345 --> 00:18:55,435 We talked about him last week. 336 00:18:55,445 --> 00:18:56,345 He's a monster. 337 00:18:56,545 --> 00:18:57,505 Um, and he showed it. 338 00:18:57,915 --> 00:19:00,855 So I think they're, they're going to grow a lot from week one to week two 339 00:19:00,855 --> 00:19:04,145 on that offensive line, but we only had a few plays that really just got 340 00:19:04,185 --> 00:19:06,134 blown up because of the offensive line. 341 00:19:06,154 --> 00:19:09,114 It was less than we saw last year, even later in the season. 342 00:19:11,674 --> 00:19:12,074 Yeah. 343 00:19:12,074 --> 00:19:15,284 But that pulling one, it just left Kennard wide open to just 344 00:19:15,464 --> 00:19:18,744 drill grant and paid off for them. 345 00:19:19,324 --> 00:19:19,614 Yeah. 346 00:19:19,625 --> 00:19:23,065 We left him as the unblocked guy a couple of times. 347 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:27,340 And occasionally we would get around them, but there was one play he had where 348 00:19:27,389 --> 00:19:29,929 he decided I'm not going to go after the running back or the quarterback. 349 00:19:30,190 --> 00:19:33,189 I know where the mesh point is, and I'm just going to disrupt everything. 350 00:19:33,409 --> 00:19:36,720 And it ended up, he basically tackled two guys on the same play for a big loss. 351 00:19:37,199 --> 00:19:41,509 So they were, they got, they got wise to our kind of inside zone 352 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:43,610 reads and things like that we were trying to do in the running game. 353 00:19:45,210 --> 00:19:45,480 All right. 354 00:19:45,489 --> 00:19:48,900 So we did spend a lot of time ahead of this game talking about Lenore Sellers 355 00:19:48,900 --> 00:19:50,999 and what he is and what he could be. 356 00:19:51,470 --> 00:19:57,304 Um, I think he's got a lot of growing to do to be the guy that everyone 357 00:19:57,304 --> 00:19:58,654 in South Carolina wants him to be. 358 00:19:58,694 --> 00:20:02,134 He missed some throws, his wide receivers let him down a couple of times. 359 00:20:02,165 --> 00:20:07,464 But, um, I, I asked a couple of South Carolina fans, they're in a 360 00:20:07,465 --> 00:20:10,864 lightning strike and a halftime, why are they passing the ball? 361 00:20:13,614 --> 00:20:16,485 They shouldn't have passed the ball anytime after that lightning delay. 362 00:20:16,514 --> 00:20:19,804 Cause their running game was spectacular against us. 363 00:20:22,145 --> 00:20:25,285 They were doing a lot in power after that lightning delay. 364 00:20:25,715 --> 00:20:27,755 Uh, but man, not exactly Cam Newton 2. 365 00:20:27,755 --> 00:20:28,485 0. 366 00:20:28,675 --> 00:20:33,395 Um, maybe he'll get there one day, but even in the run game, I mean, 367 00:20:33,395 --> 00:20:36,545 he was making pitches a little bit too early towards their sideline, 368 00:20:36,554 --> 00:20:38,054 making some incorrect reads. 369 00:20:38,674 --> 00:20:41,624 Uh, and then we did a great job defensively of bringing some 370 00:20:41,624 --> 00:20:44,834 delayed blitzes on him in those passing downs to get those sacks. 371 00:20:45,315 --> 00:20:48,295 Uh, we had him just kind of like his, his shoelaces were 372 00:20:48,304 --> 00:20:49,505 tied together in the backfield. 373 00:20:49,525 --> 00:20:51,315 Sometimes he made a couple of plays. 374 00:20:51,445 --> 00:20:53,115 I mean, he definitely has some flashes. 375 00:20:53,630 --> 00:20:58,160 But I think going away from that game, we feel a little better about our team, 376 00:20:58,160 --> 00:21:01,640 but South Carolina feels a whole lot worse about where they stand, knowing 377 00:21:01,640 --> 00:21:06,949 that if we can only score two touchdowns against ODU and drive starting inside 378 00:21:06,949 --> 00:21:09,980 the 10, what's going to happen when we go play the rest of this SEC schedule? 379 00:21:10,000 --> 00:21:11,819 Because I promise you, it's not going to get easier for them. 380 00:21:16,089 --> 00:21:16,449 Absolutely. 381 00:21:16,919 --> 00:21:18,259 You're not wrong there. 382 00:21:18,829 --> 00:21:24,079 Every person we talked to after the game in the tailgate lot was not feeling good. 383 00:21:27,100 --> 00:21:28,580 It was kind of, I don't know. 384 00:21:28,620 --> 00:21:31,810 I've never had that feeling after a loss before where I'm talking to them and 385 00:21:31,820 --> 00:21:33,810 they're just, they feel worse than I do. 386 00:21:34,989 --> 00:21:36,590 I mean, I know how we feel. 387 00:21:36,590 --> 00:21:37,830 We, it sucks to lose. 388 00:21:39,504 --> 00:21:43,574 Especially when you have that opportunity, we missed a huge opportunity 389 00:21:43,574 --> 00:21:51,245 to make a statement and win a game, but, uh, they felt worse than I did. 390 00:21:51,245 --> 00:21:52,244 I know that. 391 00:21:53,605 --> 00:21:55,625 Yeah, I mean, that, that's true. 392 00:21:55,984 --> 00:22:03,854 Um, but we, in order to move forward in this season, we've got 393 00:22:03,864 --> 00:22:07,025 to avoid those critical plays. 394 00:22:07,025 --> 00:22:10,205 There's a handful of plays in this game that. 395 00:22:10,935 --> 00:22:13,895 If those plays don't happen, this game very well could 396 00:22:13,904 --> 00:22:15,404 be significantly different. 397 00:22:16,904 --> 00:22:22,974 We had, or you're not going to beat an SC team, let alone teams in the 398 00:22:22,974 --> 00:22:29,224 Sunbelt losing the turnover battle, let alone turning the ball over four times. 399 00:22:30,995 --> 00:22:31,205 Yeah. 400 00:22:31,234 --> 00:22:31,904 Four times. 401 00:22:32,574 --> 00:22:36,844 So, but if we, if we don't do that, if we just secure those sorts of 402 00:22:36,844 --> 00:22:42,174 things, this team has a chance to be very, very dangerous, but we 403 00:22:42,185 --> 00:22:46,404 have to, we've got to make those corrections immediately because. 404 00:22:47,020 --> 00:22:49,190 We're not going to get away with it with East Carolina 405 00:22:51,330 --> 00:22:51,870 last year. 406 00:22:51,870 --> 00:22:54,120 It wasn't necessarily the turnovers that killed us either. 407 00:22:54,139 --> 00:22:57,839 It was more of just not executing the plays and being able to move 408 00:22:57,839 --> 00:22:59,100 the ball down the field on offense. 409 00:22:59,610 --> 00:23:02,379 Like I feel like we showed flashes of the offense coming together in certain 410 00:23:02,379 --> 00:23:04,359 parts, but the turnovers killed you. 411 00:23:04,360 --> 00:23:08,179 I mean, they scored South Carolina scored two touchdowns yesterday, both 412 00:23:08,179 --> 00:23:10,009 on drives that started inside the 10. 413 00:23:10,570 --> 00:23:14,030 You can't really expect your defense to hold in those kinds of situations. 414 00:23:14,030 --> 00:23:15,139 They did it every other time. 415 00:23:15,190 --> 00:23:18,250 The bend, but don't break was really effective against the offense at 416 00:23:18,350 --> 00:23:20,510 South Carolina was running the man. 417 00:23:21,130 --> 00:23:24,710 And I think each one of those turnovers was set up at some point by a penalty, 418 00:23:24,710 --> 00:23:28,009 whether it was on the punt return or a false start, it just kept backing us 419 00:23:28,059 --> 00:23:33,540 up into that end zone and the student section in the early part of the game. 420 00:23:33,935 --> 00:23:38,185 Was packed and loud and rowdy lightning delay cleared out at least half of it 421 00:23:38,195 --> 00:23:41,775 if not more So it wasn't like you were backed up against a full throat student 422 00:23:41,785 --> 00:23:46,975 section there either where you've got a lot of communication problems So I I don't 423 00:23:46,975 --> 00:23:51,034 know it was it was tough to watch those things unfold It was worse when I went 424 00:23:51,034 --> 00:23:56,250 back and watched it again a little bit last night and today But there are things 425 00:23:56,250 --> 00:23:57,679 you can clean up like ball security. 426 00:23:57,830 --> 00:24:00,370 I mean, I, I think some of these guys should be walking around with 427 00:24:00,620 --> 00:24:03,060 footballs taped to their arms all week in the practice facility, 428 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:03,940 just to get the point across. 429 00:24:03,940 --> 00:24:04,110 All 430 00:24:04,109 --> 00:24:04,529 right. 431 00:24:04,689 --> 00:24:07,059 So do you have any closing thoughts on this game? 432 00:24:09,500 --> 00:24:12,460 I thought Myles Alston played a really good game at wide receiver. 433 00:24:12,940 --> 00:24:15,814 Forgot how many catches he ended up with, what his stats were. 434 00:24:16,235 --> 00:24:17,665 His parents are also really excited. 435 00:24:18,075 --> 00:24:19,825 They were a couple rows up from me. 436 00:24:20,455 --> 00:24:23,985 We saw a lot of glimpses from guys on the offensive side, even 437 00:24:23,985 --> 00:24:25,135 though it wasn't super effective. 438 00:24:25,395 --> 00:24:26,945 Bryce Duke had some great runs. 439 00:24:28,125 --> 00:24:30,635 Myles Alston, again, was great. 440 00:24:31,024 --> 00:24:34,155 Vines got involved a little bit, but they were really honing in on him, trying to 441 00:24:34,155 --> 00:24:36,115 keep him from getting the ball at all. 442 00:24:36,625 --> 00:24:38,885 So there's definitely some flashes of stuff on the offensive 443 00:24:38,885 --> 00:24:40,075 side that I like to see. 444 00:24:40,535 --> 00:24:42,915 Um, special teams. 445 00:24:43,735 --> 00:24:49,005 I don't know what we need to do to fix our field goal protection and the operation 446 00:24:49,084 --> 00:24:51,035 of the snap to the hold to the kick. 447 00:24:51,434 --> 00:24:53,855 Because I feel like the snap is slow. 448 00:24:53,855 --> 00:24:55,044 It felt slow on Ponce. 449 00:24:55,550 --> 00:24:57,040 And the protection wasn't great. 450 00:24:57,440 --> 00:25:01,350 You can be bad at one of those, but you can't be bad at both at the same time. 451 00:25:01,540 --> 00:25:02,100 We were lucky. 452 00:25:02,100 --> 00:25:03,210 We didn't have two punts block. 453 00:25:03,220 --> 00:25:03,670 We were lucky. 454 00:25:03,680 --> 00:25:07,340 It was only one extra point that has got to be cleaned up from week one 455 00:25:07,340 --> 00:25:11,040 to week two, or we're never going to get the game winning 50 yard 456 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:14,620 field goal because it's going to be blocked and going the other way. 457 00:25:15,890 --> 00:25:18,280 And then I'm going to be screwed because that's the prediction 458 00:25:18,280 --> 00:25:19,680 I make every single week. 459 00:25:20,040 --> 00:25:21,420 So that has got to get fixed. 460 00:25:22,530 --> 00:25:27,600 That blocked, that blocked extra point changed what that last drive had to be. 461 00:25:32,090 --> 00:25:35,120 going for field goals, a lot more realistic than having to 462 00:25:35,120 --> 00:25:37,010 go for a game winning touchdown. 463 00:25:37,655 --> 00:25:39,545 Um, and it changes your whole game plan. 464 00:25:40,295 --> 00:25:43,095 So yeah, you got to clean that up. 465 00:25:43,345 --> 00:25:46,385 Um, you mentioned a couple of offensive players that impressed you. 466 00:25:46,625 --> 00:25:49,085 I want to add Pat Conroy to that. 467 00:25:49,094 --> 00:25:51,155 He is a tough, hard nosed tight end. 468 00:25:51,635 --> 00:25:56,814 Um, he extended a drive by just fighting through two ball, uh, tacklers. 469 00:25:57,395 --> 00:26:00,795 Um, that play alone was like, all right, that's a dude. 470 00:26:02,855 --> 00:26:03,095 Yeah. 471 00:26:03,165 --> 00:26:05,665 I, we didn't even talk about the fact that Jalen Butler was 472 00:26:05,715 --> 00:26:07,025 injured and out for this game. 473 00:26:07,445 --> 00:26:09,505 So if you have Jalen Butler, who is. 474 00:26:10,210 --> 00:26:11,870 So good in run blocking. 475 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,720 Like we obviously missed that a little bit on Saturday, uh, but you 476 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:18,020 have him and Conroy available to you. 477 00:26:18,360 --> 00:26:18,890 I mean, that's. 478 00:26:19,630 --> 00:26:21,710 That's some tight end depth that we haven't had in a long time 479 00:26:22,260 --> 00:26:24,410 at ODU, if, if, uh, if at all. 480 00:26:24,750 --> 00:26:26,780 Um, so I'm, I'm excited about that. 481 00:26:26,780 --> 00:26:28,770 I did think he played really, really well. 482 00:26:28,770 --> 00:26:30,950 He may not be the blocker that Jalen Butler is, but he might 483 00:26:30,950 --> 00:26:33,719 be a slightly better receiver, at least from what we've seen. 484 00:26:34,500 --> 00:26:38,470 And while we're on the subject of, uh, injuries, uh, clearly Devon 485 00:26:38,470 --> 00:26:40,460 Roche gets hurt early in the game. 486 00:26:40,620 --> 00:26:42,480 We don't see him come back. 487 00:26:43,030 --> 00:26:47,790 Um, hopefully that's nothing serious and we can see him suit up against ECU. 488 00:26:48,705 --> 00:26:52,355 Santana Saunders missed a lot of this game, was substituted by 489 00:26:52,355 --> 00:26:57,215 DeBose, uh, who played well in his absence, but he came back in the 490 00:26:57,215 --> 00:26:59,005 game, so that was great to see. 491 00:26:59,585 --> 00:27:05,074 Um, Paige went down late in the game, and obviously Jason was 492 00:27:05,075 --> 00:27:07,845 dealing with, uh, His injury 493 00:27:10,235 --> 00:27:12,645 happy that he came back in as well, right? 494 00:27:12,705 --> 00:27:13,755 He came back in late. 495 00:27:14,525 --> 00:27:15,905 Oh, yeah, he came in multiple. 496 00:27:16,085 --> 00:27:20,235 It was hard to tell if if it was if he was cramping or if it was, you know, 497 00:27:20,255 --> 00:27:25,625 Hamstring or what it was, but I mean there were multiple times he was he was 498 00:27:25,625 --> 00:27:28,475 in the game He played the entire game. 499 00:27:28,555 --> 00:27:34,665 He just was out getting worked on at times hard to tell They did a pretty good job 500 00:27:34,665 --> 00:27:39,705 of managing his snap count Um, I mean he's what nine and a half months coming off of 501 00:27:39,705 --> 00:27:44,755 a pretty serious knee injury You And you can kind of tell that he had an injured 502 00:27:44,755 --> 00:27:47,575 leg and he hasn't been able to work that leg out as much as the other ones. 503 00:27:47,675 --> 00:27:50,075 It almost looked like sometime he was dragging it a little bit, 504 00:27:50,374 --> 00:27:51,925 kind of just half a step behind. 505 00:27:51,925 --> 00:27:54,335 But those are all things that he's going to get better at as the 506 00:27:54,335 --> 00:27:56,295 season goes, as he fully recovers. 507 00:27:56,584 --> 00:27:59,805 Um, but for the defense to still do what they did, knowing that he 508 00:27:59,805 --> 00:28:03,825 was limited in his snap count, she bodes well for you going forward 509 00:28:03,825 --> 00:28:04,855 on that defensive side of the ball. 510 00:28:05,085 --> 00:28:06,985 We have some dudes at linebacker. 511 00:28:08,605 --> 00:28:12,245 And before we, before we, before we end this one, the 512 00:28:12,364 --> 00:28:13,845 one guy that we didn't mention. 513 00:28:14,455 --> 00:28:16,015 Was Angelo Rankin Jr. 514 00:28:16,535 --> 00:28:22,775 He came up and he made a real good hit forcing the fumble really was almost 515 00:28:22,775 --> 00:28:24,465 a very pivotal point in the game. 516 00:28:25,095 --> 00:28:26,245 Pivotal play in the game. 517 00:28:26,245 --> 00:28:27,804 We did not end up scoring. 518 00:28:27,804 --> 00:28:33,444 Unfortunately, it was another one of those, uh, not good turnovers that, 519 00:28:33,495 --> 00:28:37,124 that we had, I mean, I hate to keep going back to it, but I think before 520 00:28:37,124 --> 00:28:42,724 we put an exclamation point on this game is they scored 14 points off of 521 00:28:43,115 --> 00:28:45,445 fumbles and very bad areas of the field. 522 00:28:45,934 --> 00:28:46,825 And then we gave up. 523 00:28:47,599 --> 00:28:52,639 Potential seven points with a bad turnover in the end zone. 524 00:28:52,949 --> 00:28:57,709 I mean, that's, that is all of South Carolina's points. 525 00:28:58,319 --> 00:29:03,839 And yeah, that, so on that player, I remember seeing Isaiah page, uh, kind 526 00:29:03,839 --> 00:29:08,759 of runs out of bounds, allowing his guy to drop into zone and grant through 527 00:29:08,759 --> 00:29:14,759 it, right, to, um, yeah, I think it was already Conroy on like a corner route. 528 00:29:15,504 --> 00:29:17,474 And I mean, it was, it was telegraphed. 529 00:29:17,474 --> 00:29:20,014 You could tell by the eyes where that was going the whole way. 530 00:29:20,064 --> 00:29:24,014 And then, yeah, that corner cheated back and was right there to pick it. 531 00:29:24,524 --> 00:29:27,274 Uh, I want to talk about Isaiah pages touchdown run 532 00:29:27,774 --> 00:29:29,754 because he broke some ankles. 533 00:29:29,754 --> 00:29:32,205 I think he's wanted for assault somewhere in Columbia. 534 00:29:32,514 --> 00:29:33,455 That was nasty. 535 00:29:33,504 --> 00:29:37,444 So tiptoe that sideline, put some dancers on, keep his feet 536 00:29:37,654 --> 00:29:39,354 inbounds and then go to the pylon. 537 00:29:39,825 --> 00:29:43,825 I mean, that was an exceptional run after the catch for Isaiah Page. 538 00:29:44,085 --> 00:29:47,745 Uh, so I hope that it was just cramps at the end of the game and he's good to go 539 00:29:48,045 --> 00:29:52,535 because that was like the only big shot we had and we needed it too because we 540 00:29:52,535 --> 00:29:54,495 just fumbled giving up the touchdown. 541 00:29:54,735 --> 00:29:58,535 We come back, punch him right in the mouth and then it was tight from there on. 542 00:29:58,575 --> 00:30:02,725 So kudos Isaiah Page on just an incredible run to get the end zone. 543 00:30:03,645 --> 00:30:08,715 Uh, I think that also had a big part in quieting that stadium because 544 00:30:08,725 --> 00:30:10,795 the vibes just changed immediately. 545 00:30:11,245 --> 00:30:11,935 on that play. 546 00:30:12,855 --> 00:30:18,745 Um, I guess I keep going back to a little Colbert deserve some credit. 547 00:30:18,775 --> 00:30:20,535 He played fantastic. 548 00:30:21,265 --> 00:30:26,225 Um, redshirt freshman just coming in and doing a great job at linebacker. 549 00:30:26,595 --> 00:30:30,495 Um, Koa, obviously we're a big fan to Koa. 550 00:30:31,875 --> 00:30:32,695 He plays well. 551 00:30:32,725 --> 00:30:34,395 I mean, he just does his job. 552 00:30:35,105 --> 00:30:39,195 Um, there's so many guys that had good games yesterday that I want to give 553 00:30:39,195 --> 00:30:42,845 credit to, but we don't have the time to just go through the entire defense. 554 00:30:42,865 --> 00:30:45,115 So shout out to this defense. 555 00:30:45,145 --> 00:30:46,135 That was fun to watch. 556 00:30:47,060 --> 00:30:52,690 I think you said it when we say this is quite possibly the best defensive effort 557 00:30:53,160 --> 00:30:56,460 that we've seen as Monarch football fans. 558 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,140 If not, it's, I mean, it's right up there. 559 00:30:59,140 --> 00:31:03,510 If it's, if it's not, yeah, it's top five easily for me. 560 00:31:03,510 --> 00:31:09,970 I know, I think it was maybe our best pass defense game that I've ever seen in ODU. 561 00:31:11,310 --> 00:31:11,790 Um 562 00:31:11,790 --> 00:31:13,810 that was take away everything in coverage. 563 00:31:13,840 --> 00:31:14,510 It was great. 564 00:31:15,060 --> 00:31:15,500 Yeah. 565 00:31:16,420 --> 00:31:20,590 I can't think of a more dominant game against the past that we've 566 00:31:20,590 --> 00:31:22,190 ever had in our program's history. 567 00:31:23,050 --> 00:31:25,245 Jahron Manning is a beast in the secondary. 568 00:31:25,415 --> 00:31:26,115 He is a beast. 569 00:31:26,145 --> 00:31:28,535 They stayed away from him later in that game. 570 00:31:28,855 --> 00:31:29,725 He's a monster. 571 00:31:30,045 --> 00:31:30,555 J man. 572 00:31:30,555 --> 00:31:32,515 Number five, shameless plug. 573 00:31:32,795 --> 00:31:34,885 If you go to ODU monarchist. 574 00:31:34,905 --> 00:31:37,425 com, we have a t shirt available. 575 00:31:37,465 --> 00:31:43,305 J man five, everything after costs at all goes to support Jahron Manning. 576 00:31:43,305 --> 00:31:45,245 So get your T t shirt. 577 00:31:45,245 --> 00:31:45,944 All all right. 578 00:31:46,694 --> 00:31:50,894 So ECU comes to Ballard for our first. 579 00:31:51,314 --> 00:31:56,804 Our home opening weekend, six o'clock, it'll be on ESPN plus. 580 00:31:58,189 --> 00:31:59,259 Opening line. 581 00:32:00,589 --> 00:32:01,749 This was a shocker to me. 582 00:32:01,749 --> 00:32:06,099 I guess Vegas recalibrated, they saw what we did and they're like, 583 00:32:07,129 --> 00:32:11,519 um, they're favored by three points, uh, on the opening line. 584 00:32:12,239 --> 00:32:13,489 I'm excited for this one. 585 00:32:13,499 --> 00:32:17,289 We've had so many opportunities to finally win a game against 586 00:32:17,299 --> 00:32:19,619 them that we kind of can't finish. 587 00:32:20,169 --> 00:32:23,089 And I'm hoping this is the one that we finally beat ECU in. 588 00:32:23,989 --> 00:32:28,209 Um, so Gary, what are your thoughts on this ECU program? 589 00:32:28,909 --> 00:32:32,359 Well, I will say that I grabbed that ODU minus three while I was still in North 590 00:32:32,359 --> 00:32:36,669 Carolina, just took all the winnings from ODU plus 21 and a half that I got on 591 00:32:36,669 --> 00:32:38,069 the way down to the South Carolina game. 592 00:32:38,474 --> 00:32:39,674 Just keep rolling that over. 593 00:32:39,884 --> 00:32:43,114 Hope it eventually covers that over four and a half wind total I have for ODU. 594 00:32:43,114 --> 00:32:44,164 It's fairly sizable. 595 00:32:44,614 --> 00:32:50,064 Um, no, ECU, they have, they really hit the, the transfer portal hard. 596 00:32:50,064 --> 00:32:51,444 Spent a lot of NIL money. 597 00:32:51,444 --> 00:32:53,254 They had Norfolk State for their opener. 598 00:32:53,544 --> 00:32:56,104 Uh, cruised did victory there on the scoreboard. 599 00:32:56,534 --> 00:32:59,654 Uh, if you look a little deeper though, they did have six turnovers, uh, through 600 00:32:59,654 --> 00:33:01,574 three interceptions, had three fumbles. 601 00:33:02,164 --> 00:33:03,324 Uh, they're, they're quarterbacks. 602 00:33:03,324 --> 00:33:04,144 Jake Garcia. 603 00:33:04,614 --> 00:33:08,654 Um, they're running kind of a new up tempo style of offense, which if you look at the 604 00:33:08,654 --> 00:33:10,214 time of possession, that game makes sense. 605 00:33:10,514 --> 00:33:14,114 They actually lost the time of possession battle 36 minutes, like 23 minutes. 606 00:33:14,634 --> 00:33:17,824 Uh, so it's going to be interesting to see which, uh, offense can stay on the 607 00:33:17,824 --> 00:33:22,164 field longer on Saturday because it seems like both are just kind of go, go, go. 608 00:33:22,164 --> 00:33:27,469 Uh, but Jake Garcia, Um, was it Michigan two years at Miami, uh, another year 609 00:33:27,469 --> 00:33:30,149 at Mizzou, but he did throw three interceptions, but he did a lot of 610 00:33:30,149 --> 00:33:31,879 really good things in that game as well. 611 00:33:32,289 --> 00:33:35,239 Uh, they've got Winston Wright, who's an FSU wide receiver 612 00:33:35,239 --> 00:33:36,269 that's come in this year. 613 00:33:36,269 --> 00:33:37,419 He also returns their kicks. 614 00:33:37,834 --> 00:33:39,464 He is pretty fast. 615 00:33:39,464 --> 00:33:42,034 He has some pretty big returns against Norfolk State. 616 00:33:42,214 --> 00:33:44,284 Case Kelly, they're a big tight end from Oregon. 617 00:33:44,284 --> 00:33:47,744 He caught a touchdown pass against Norfolk State. 618 00:33:47,744 --> 00:33:50,164 Then Anthony Smith transferred in from NC State. 619 00:33:50,174 --> 00:33:53,364 He might be the fastest person I've seen on film in quite some time. 620 00:33:53,754 --> 00:33:56,314 I think he had five catches for 86 yards and a touchdown. 621 00:33:56,694 --> 00:33:59,864 London Montgomery, they're starting running back, came in from Penn State. 622 00:34:01,084 --> 00:34:03,394 14 carries for like 69 yards in their opener. 623 00:34:03,754 --> 00:34:06,904 They just, they have power conference talent up and down. 624 00:34:06,914 --> 00:34:07,884 That's joined this team. 625 00:34:08,134 --> 00:34:10,694 It's probably going to take them a couple of weeks to fully gel. 626 00:34:11,014 --> 00:34:15,744 Uh, but they were able to survive six turnovers and still win at a very, very 627 00:34:15,744 --> 00:34:19,114 comfortable margin where the game was never in doubt against Norfolk state. 628 00:34:19,434 --> 00:34:23,804 So I think the, the battle of, of offenses here and offenses that are 629 00:34:23,804 --> 00:34:26,634 coming off of high turnover games is going to be a lot of fun to watch. 630 00:34:26,634 --> 00:34:30,134 Like, do we go more conservative and try to limit turnovers? 631 00:34:30,134 --> 00:34:30,504 Do we just. 632 00:34:31,009 --> 00:34:32,489 pedals of the metal up tempo. 633 00:34:32,539 --> 00:34:35,719 I think both offensive coordinators are asking that, asking themselves that 634 00:34:35,719 --> 00:34:40,339 question right now, but that should provide for a very entertaining game. 635 00:34:40,679 --> 00:34:44,699 Uh, their offense with all that power talent going up against our defense, not 636 00:34:44,699 --> 00:34:48,699 having to block sec defensive lineman, uh, should be a fun one on Saturday. 637 00:34:49,229 --> 00:34:49,369 Yeah. 638 00:34:49,369 --> 00:34:50,689 You covered most of it, Gary. 639 00:34:50,699 --> 00:34:55,274 A couple of things that I want to point out that that I saw is they only 640 00:34:55,274 --> 00:34:57,574 had two sacks against Norfolk State. 641 00:34:58,264 --> 00:35:02,294 So I can't imagine that's uh, being extra vanilla and saying I 642 00:35:02,304 --> 00:35:03,814 don't want to sack Norfolk State. 643 00:35:03,844 --> 00:35:08,054 So perhaps grant us a little bit more time this week. 644 00:35:08,574 --> 00:35:13,414 Um, I don't know, maybe it's an anomaly and maybe they just, maybe, 645 00:35:13,434 --> 00:35:18,154 maybe Norfolk State's line is better than, better than uh, you know, 646 00:35:18,154 --> 00:35:19,434 that I'm giving them credit for. 647 00:35:19,964 --> 00:35:25,349 Um, another thing is I really, How did Norfolk State have the 648 00:35:25,359 --> 00:35:31,129 ball for 36 minutes and their 3rd down conversion rate was 1 of 18? 649 00:35:32,619 --> 00:35:36,319 How do you have the ball that long when you convert 1 of 18 650 00:35:36,319 --> 00:35:38,479 opportunities to 1 of 2 4th downs? 651 00:35:38,939 --> 00:35:42,959 I mean, so obviously we have to be better on 3rd down conversions 652 00:35:42,959 --> 00:35:44,029 than Norfolk State was. 653 00:35:44,439 --> 00:35:47,819 Because if they had converted on 3rd downs, I mean, who knows? 654 00:35:47,849 --> 00:35:49,319 The game could have looked a little bit different. 655 00:35:50,489 --> 00:35:55,019 They got blown out, so not that much different, but, um, I think there's a 656 00:35:55,019 --> 00:35:56,599 lot of opportunity this game for us. 657 00:35:57,949 --> 00:36:00,519 I think there were a couple of Norfolk State drives extended by 658 00:36:00,519 --> 00:36:03,599 penalties because I think East Carolina had a few penalties as well. 659 00:36:03,629 --> 00:36:07,399 So I think that helped them, but they had 7 for 48. 660 00:36:07,419 --> 00:36:12,129 So I mean, it's not, uh, I think it was 7, 7 for 48 yards. 661 00:36:12,249 --> 00:36:13,639 So not not, uh. 662 00:36:14,554 --> 00:36:16,194 Anything too egregious. 663 00:36:18,164 --> 00:36:23,184 I mean, yeah, it certainly seems like there's opportunities for for offense 664 00:36:23,194 --> 00:36:29,484 to be able to offense and defense to, uh, take control of this game. 665 00:36:30,784 --> 00:36:33,894 Yeah, and some interesting notes coming out of the East Carolina game 666 00:36:33,894 --> 00:36:35,954 that kind of shocked me a little bit. 667 00:36:35,994 --> 00:36:40,094 That's the 1st time East Carolina has won their season opener since 2016. 668 00:36:41,224 --> 00:36:44,274 I just thought for sure that they had, you know, had some FCS schools or 669 00:36:44,274 --> 00:36:45,534 something, and they just blew them out. 670 00:36:45,534 --> 00:36:47,324 Like they did this past Saturday. 671 00:36:47,814 --> 00:36:52,264 Um, they also had 17 tackles for a loss, which is the most they've had in a single 672 00:36:52,264 --> 00:36:55,404 game since they played us back in 2018. 673 00:36:55,934 --> 00:36:58,494 Uh, so maybe they didn't get the sacks, but they definitely got 674 00:36:58,494 --> 00:36:59,704 some tackles for a loss there. 675 00:36:59,704 --> 00:37:00,824 So they're going to be ball hawking. 676 00:37:01,424 --> 00:37:04,934 I also just with the way the game went where they're absolutely 677 00:37:04,934 --> 00:37:05,854 blue Norfolk stayed out. 678 00:37:06,249 --> 00:37:09,769 They did not put their best stuff on, on film Saturday, so you're not going 679 00:37:09,769 --> 00:37:13,439 to learn a whole lot other than some, some base coverages and who's their, who 680 00:37:13,439 --> 00:37:15,569 their backups are, uh, from that film. 681 00:37:15,959 --> 00:37:19,099 Um, I, I think we may have emptied the tank a little bit, but I have no 682 00:37:19,099 --> 00:37:22,019 doubt that there are packages that did not make their way to the field on 683 00:37:22,069 --> 00:37:24,269 Saturday, just given the game conditions. 684 00:37:25,209 --> 00:37:30,249 I, I feel, I, we did not even come close to emptying the clip on Saturday. 685 00:37:30,449 --> 00:37:35,499 Uh, there are some sets we've seen in scrimmages that haven't been run yet. 686 00:37:35,570 --> 00:37:41,499 I mean, Devin Roche, the opening kickoff gets injured, gets his 687 00:37:41,499 --> 00:37:43,179 ankle twisted up, shoe comes off. 688 00:37:43,729 --> 00:37:44,599 We don't see him again. 689 00:37:44,599 --> 00:37:47,299 And we know that there are packages in place designed specifically 690 00:37:47,299 --> 00:37:48,619 for him and his explosiveness. 691 00:37:49,129 --> 00:37:50,139 Talk about Dom Dutton. 692 00:37:50,879 --> 00:37:55,429 I think we we didn't hold back in a way that hurt us, but we definitely 693 00:37:55,429 --> 00:37:57,499 held back in a way that would give us an advantage later on. 694 00:37:57,499 --> 00:38:01,154 And I think East Carolina is a game you need to win pretty 695 00:38:01,154 --> 00:38:04,124 desperately if you're looking at six, seven wins as your win total. 696 00:38:04,174 --> 00:38:07,414 So sorry, we had to take a brief delay there. 697 00:38:08,874 --> 00:38:12,394 Cause my Grubhub order got stolen by the driver. 698 00:38:13,354 --> 00:38:16,934 Uh, anyways, ECU, where do we, where are we at on this one? 699 00:38:18,304 --> 00:38:20,934 I think it's a good a time as any to talk about what's going to happen on 700 00:38:20,944 --> 00:38:25,114 Friday before the East Carolina game and set up some, some stuff for Saturday. 701 00:38:25,114 --> 00:38:26,944 Cause you kind of covered what East Carolina is bringing 702 00:38:26,944 --> 00:38:28,094 to the table on Saturday. 703 00:38:28,534 --> 00:38:33,814 Before you want to do that, hold on the pep rally on Friday. 704 00:38:34,074 --> 00:38:39,464 Um, there's gonna be a pep rally on Friday at afterglow starting at six o'clock. 705 00:38:40,094 --> 00:38:42,244 Um, when we had this idea. 706 00:38:43,469 --> 00:38:46,839 And we pitched it to the Collective and Afterglow. 707 00:38:47,749 --> 00:38:51,649 Our idea was because there's not a central meeting spot for fans 708 00:38:51,879 --> 00:38:53,119 when they're coming out of town. 709 00:38:54,599 --> 00:38:57,739 There isn't a place for ODU fans to congregate and hang the night 710 00:38:57,739 --> 00:39:02,929 before a game, which really makes the ODU football game weekend 711 00:39:02,939 --> 00:39:05,369 just a one day thing on Saturdays. 712 00:39:05,869 --> 00:39:07,369 And that's not how it should be. 713 00:39:07,469 --> 00:39:09,159 It should be an all weekend event. 714 00:39:09,884 --> 00:39:12,854 And this is our first chance to create that. 715 00:39:12,854 --> 00:39:16,104 And, uh, I know they had the watch party there on Saturday 716 00:39:16,114 --> 00:39:17,404 for the South Carolina game. 717 00:39:17,734 --> 00:39:21,174 Uh, David was there for us and, uh, he said it was packed. 718 00:39:21,174 --> 00:39:23,344 It's one of the busiest times he's ever seen there. 719 00:39:23,654 --> 00:39:25,154 So great crowd that came out on Saturday. 720 00:39:25,154 --> 00:39:27,224 So if you came out Saturday to watch the game there, thank you. 721 00:39:27,634 --> 00:39:29,584 Uh, but we'd love to see you there on Friday. 722 00:39:29,764 --> 00:39:31,674 I know I talked to the Barlev family a little bit. 723 00:39:32,069 --> 00:39:33,359 In the stands after the game. 724 00:39:33,359 --> 00:39:36,569 I think they're bringing a crew of nine or 10 to come watch Zach play. 725 00:39:36,569 --> 00:39:38,179 So y'all are listening to this. 726 00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:41,479 It's good to meet you and also would love to see you out at Afterglow Friday night 727 00:39:41,479 --> 00:39:42,679 if you guys are gonna be in town by then. 728 00:39:43,839 --> 00:39:44,649 Absolutely. 729 00:39:44,999 --> 00:39:47,999 Uh, I understand there were more than 200 people at the watch 730 00:39:47,999 --> 00:39:50,609 party at Afterglow on Saturday. 731 00:39:50,609 --> 00:39:52,199 That's, that is pretty awesome. 732 00:39:52,199 --> 00:39:54,979 Would love to rival those numbers for the. 733 00:39:55,934 --> 00:39:58,384 pregame festivities friday night. 734 00:39:58,594 --> 00:40:01,314 Like Mike was saying, this is something that our group has 735 00:40:01,314 --> 00:40:02,804 been talking about for a while. 736 00:40:02,824 --> 00:40:05,194 So you're coming in from out of town. 737 00:40:05,664 --> 00:40:09,314 It's a great opportunity to get together with some fellow Monarchs 738 00:40:09,314 --> 00:40:12,704 and just kind of have a good time and get pumped up for the game. 739 00:40:13,054 --> 00:40:16,374 Um, you know, the following, uh, following day. 740 00:40:16,684 --> 00:40:20,004 So it's right down the street, just plug in afterglow brewing. 741 00:40:20,004 --> 00:40:20,714 It's there. 742 00:40:21,004 --> 00:40:23,964 Uh, gonna have what music, Mike? 743 00:40:24,234 --> 00:40:26,914 Uh, JP Lewis will be performing. 744 00:40:26,924 --> 00:40:28,754 He's an ODU grad actually. 745 00:40:29,394 --> 00:40:31,124 Um, and then Moon Tide. 746 00:40:31,819 --> 00:40:34,029 Will be the food truck on site. 747 00:40:34,739 --> 00:40:38,669 If you don't like moon tides offerings, there is an awesome taco place 748 00:40:38,669 --> 00:40:40,489 next door called sanctuary taco. 749 00:40:40,889 --> 00:40:42,739 So you have a couple of options there. 750 00:40:43,209 --> 00:40:48,959 Uh, my favorite thing about afterglow is how big and communal it can be outside. 751 00:40:49,969 --> 00:40:51,649 They have a great outdoor space. 752 00:40:52,239 --> 00:40:56,259 So hopefully the weather cooperates, but they also have a good indoor space. 753 00:40:56,769 --> 00:40:59,399 So just come hang and meet some fellow Monarchs. 754 00:41:00,294 --> 00:41:01,804 And, uh, have a great night. 755 00:41:02,804 --> 00:41:06,374 Just to let folks know who haven't been there yet, Afterglow 756 00:41:06,374 --> 00:41:08,374 has been a phenomenal partner. 757 00:41:09,009 --> 00:41:12,209 with the monarchist with the pride of ODU collective. 758 00:41:12,209 --> 00:41:13,149 That's where we hosted. 759 00:41:13,619 --> 00:41:15,539 That's where we host the main event. 760 00:41:15,549 --> 00:41:19,269 We had the men's basketball team and event with the women's basketball team. 761 00:41:19,569 --> 00:41:23,129 This watch party, they are super easy to work with. 762 00:41:23,139 --> 00:41:24,809 It's a great environment. 763 00:41:25,179 --> 00:41:26,279 They're supporting us. 764 00:41:26,719 --> 00:41:29,169 Please come out and have a good time and support them. 765 00:41:29,239 --> 00:41:30,899 This is a symbiotic relationship. 766 00:41:30,899 --> 00:41:34,809 I, we're going to have all kinds of awesome stuff for the fans in the future. 767 00:41:35,029 --> 00:41:36,399 So let's support this place. 768 00:41:37,619 --> 00:41:37,929 Yeah. 769 00:41:37,929 --> 00:41:41,559 And, uh, on Saturday they unveiled a new, uh, seltzer 770 00:41:41,569 --> 00:41:44,869 drink called the big blue slushy. 771 00:41:45,709 --> 00:41:50,329 It's a blue slushy, but it's got raspberry and alcohol in it. 772 00:41:50,879 --> 00:41:54,849 We haven't tasted it yet cause we were in Columbia, but I'm excited to try it. 773 00:41:55,189 --> 00:41:58,639 And, um, I'm not sure if I'm supposed to say this yet, but. 774 00:42:00,694 --> 00:42:01,644 Aaron, you're shaking your head. 775 00:42:01,654 --> 00:42:02,614 Not supposed to say it. 776 00:42:02,924 --> 00:42:04,454 I'm trying to do the dramatic thing. 777 00:42:04,454 --> 00:42:05,664 Like don't do it, Mike. 778 00:42:05,704 --> 00:42:05,864 Now. 779 00:42:05,864 --> 00:42:08,774 I don't know if we're supposed to say it yet either, but you're 780 00:42:08,774 --> 00:42:10,494 like, I have to don't do it, Mike. 781 00:42:12,304 --> 00:42:12,554 Yeah. 782 00:42:12,554 --> 00:42:19,584 Well, they are making a beer in, uh, working with the collective on a beer 783 00:42:19,594 --> 00:42:21,254 that will benefit the collective. 784 00:42:21,884 --> 00:42:25,184 Uh, our logo will be on the cam, which we're very excited about. 785 00:42:25,284 --> 00:42:29,754 We're happy they included us, but, uh, all proceeds of that beer sale 786 00:42:29,754 --> 00:42:31,764 will, will go to the collective. 787 00:42:32,194 --> 00:42:32,654 And. 788 00:42:33,249 --> 00:42:35,979 If you're a member of the collective, you get 10 percent 789 00:42:35,979 --> 00:42:38,119 off when you come to these events. 790 00:42:38,759 --> 00:42:40,979 So hard to beat that. 791 00:42:41,839 --> 00:42:43,859 Hope to see you guys out there on Friday. 792 00:42:45,539 --> 00:42:45,929 All right. 793 00:42:46,059 --> 00:42:49,119 I think that's sets us up well, Gary. 794 00:42:49,809 --> 00:42:52,779 Well, I know that there'll be a lot of East Carolina fans traveling. 795 00:42:52,869 --> 00:42:55,249 They typically show up in pretty good number in Norfolk. 796 00:42:55,249 --> 00:42:56,649 I know some are local to the area. 797 00:42:57,519 --> 00:42:59,199 Definitely don't come to Africa on Friday. 798 00:42:59,199 --> 00:43:02,399 If you're an East Carolina fan, um, definitely don't come there and buy a 799 00:43:02,399 --> 00:43:04,019 bunch of beers and sell them out of kegs. 800 00:43:04,389 --> 00:43:06,449 I think you all should try this little place called headlights. 801 00:43:06,989 --> 00:43:09,089 Really good food, nice atmosphere. 802 00:43:09,379 --> 00:43:11,419 So enjoy your time at headlights on Friday. 803 00:43:11,419 --> 00:43:14,559 I believe that's the official East Carolina Friday pep rally. 804 00:43:14,559 --> 00:43:15,959 So go there. 805 00:43:16,019 --> 00:43:18,359 Um, support college educations and have a great time. 806 00:43:21,179 --> 00:43:21,449 Eric. 807 00:43:21,449 --> 00:43:21,929 You're right. 808 00:43:22,839 --> 00:43:27,839 The headlights thing gets you off center like a deer in the headlight. 809 00:43:28,079 --> 00:43:31,439 It's a, um, that's a great suggestion. 810 00:43:31,679 --> 00:43:34,799 That's good, good travel, uh, advice. 811 00:43:34,799 --> 00:43:39,539 Gary just doing my part to help out the East Carolina fans, like I help 812 00:43:39,539 --> 00:43:41,099 pump up the South Carolina fans. 813 00:43:42,819 --> 00:43:43,809 Alright, so. 814 00:43:45,124 --> 00:43:46,894 Other things we have for this week. 815 00:43:46,924 --> 00:43:50,624 David's gonna have his regular content out, his game recap, 816 00:43:51,254 --> 00:43:53,044 his game preview and prediction. 817 00:43:53,524 --> 00:43:56,314 Um, we also have our fan Q& A coming out. 818 00:43:56,734 --> 00:43:58,174 This week should be up Wednesday. 819 00:43:58,974 --> 00:44:02,474 Um, with one of our fantastic friends at ECU. 820 00:44:03,084 --> 00:44:03,564 Um, 821 00:44:06,084 --> 00:44:11,024 I'm excited for just to get back into Ballard and have it hopefully be loud. 822 00:44:12,244 --> 00:44:12,994 And full. 823 00:44:14,949 --> 00:44:15,869 I'm hoping so as well. 824 00:44:15,869 --> 00:44:18,059 I'm hoping to see a good crowd, a big student section, 825 00:44:18,139 --> 00:44:19,549 uh, getting into the game. 826 00:44:20,029 --> 00:44:21,649 Uh, just so much stuff going on. 827 00:44:21,649 --> 00:44:25,229 I guess this is the, the fun time of year where all the fall sports are kicking. 828 00:44:25,669 --> 00:44:30,029 Uh, excited to get back to Norfolk, but, uh, field hockey's been on a roll lately. 829 00:44:30,089 --> 00:44:33,909 Uh, women's soccer, waiting for them to finally get going against LSU tonight, 830 00:44:33,959 --> 00:44:35,269 but they've been off to a good start. 831 00:44:35,279 --> 00:44:36,339 Men's soccer as well. 832 00:44:36,359 --> 00:44:38,799 So just a lot of good stuff going around campus. 833 00:44:38,799 --> 00:44:39,099 So. 834 00:44:39,349 --> 00:44:41,519 Volleyball won a couple of matches this weekend too. 835 00:44:42,129 --> 00:44:42,519 They did. 836 00:44:42,529 --> 00:44:45,089 They've, they've are in pretty good shape this year. 837 00:44:45,089 --> 00:44:46,569 They lost a really close one to UVA. 838 00:44:46,639 --> 00:44:50,509 I think yesterday, uh, CB Wilkins was there on site for us getting 839 00:44:50,509 --> 00:44:52,219 some really good photo content. 840 00:44:52,689 --> 00:44:53,629 Uh, but a lot of good stuff. 841 00:44:53,629 --> 00:44:54,889 So go to odmonarchist. 842 00:44:54,889 --> 00:44:59,259 com keep you in the loop on everything that's going on around for ODU sports. 843 00:45:01,439 --> 00:45:01,719 All right. 844 00:45:01,759 --> 00:45:06,059 Are we ready to make our predictions for this one? 845 00:45:07,679 --> 00:45:08,069 Oh yeah. 846 00:45:09,179 --> 00:45:09,619 All right. 847 00:45:09,629 --> 00:45:13,349 So I think Aaron had to go first last time. 848 00:45:14,349 --> 00:45:19,209 So I'm going to let Aaron go last to let the suspense drive 849 00:45:19,239 --> 00:45:20,689 for what he's going to pick. 850 00:45:20,690 --> 00:45:21,191 Yeah. 851 00:45:21,191 --> 00:45:25,206 Uh, you, you really do have no idea. 852 00:45:25,206 --> 00:45:26,209 I appreciate. 853 00:45:27,289 --> 00:45:28,399 I'm like my wife here. 854 00:45:28,399 --> 00:45:32,059 I could use an extra couple minutes to look at the menu and figure 855 00:45:32,059 --> 00:45:33,869 out what I'm going to order. 856 00:45:34,509 --> 00:45:37,469 So I do appreciate going through. 857 00:45:37,469 --> 00:45:37,799 All right. 858 00:45:37,849 --> 00:45:39,649 So I'm gonna let you lead us off Gary. 859 00:45:42,419 --> 00:45:45,679 The biggest change you see in teams is from week one to week two. 860 00:45:46,149 --> 00:45:50,229 So if the team really overperformed last week, they're likely coming down a peg. 861 00:45:50,229 --> 00:45:51,989 If they underperform, they're likely coming up. 862 00:45:52,799 --> 00:45:55,409 So I think our defense will be up against a little bit 863 00:45:55,409 --> 00:45:56,859 better offense, in my opinion. 864 00:45:57,059 --> 00:46:00,519 Um, like their offensive line may not be as big or as strong, but I think 865 00:46:00,519 --> 00:46:03,239 they have a little bit more playmakers, a quarterback that is least proven 866 00:46:03,239 --> 00:46:04,769 that he can throw the ball downfield. 867 00:46:05,259 --> 00:46:08,839 Uh, so I think this one's going to be much more of a fun offensive shootout. 868 00:46:09,359 --> 00:46:11,309 Uh, I love the over in this game. 869 00:46:11,309 --> 00:46:14,529 I think this is going to be somewhere like first team to 40 is going to win it. 870 00:46:15,139 --> 00:46:17,059 Um, but I like ODU to take this one. 871 00:46:17,619 --> 00:46:21,699 By one possession, because we don't like any games that go over one possession. 872 00:46:21,729 --> 00:46:24,599 So give me something like the 42 to 35 range. 873 00:46:24,599 --> 00:46:27,089 I think that's where we're going to be looking at on Saturday. 874 00:46:27,099 --> 00:46:32,309 A lot of, a lot of offensive fireworks that will be, uh, quite the opposite 875 00:46:32,599 --> 00:46:39,349 of what we saw on Saturday, if that becomes true, um, I do feel like our 876 00:46:39,349 --> 00:46:44,339 offense is going to be in a much better position against this ECU front seven. 877 00:46:44,734 --> 00:46:48,204 I'm not sure we'll, uh, we'll play a front seven as talented 878 00:46:48,204 --> 00:46:49,644 as USC the rest of the year. 879 00:46:50,594 --> 00:46:56,034 Um, they were big and fast and they look like an SEC front seven. 880 00:46:56,304 --> 00:47:02,154 Um, I think this, our offense, we're going to see the one that me and Aaron have kind 881 00:47:02,154 --> 00:47:05,544 of been building up this, uh, preseason. 882 00:47:06,314 --> 00:47:11,744 We're going to see what it really looked like, um, for us on Saturday. 883 00:47:12,439 --> 00:47:19,599 I'm taking us to easily cover, um, 34, 24. 884 00:47:21,279 --> 00:47:22,529 Sounds like a good number to me. 885 00:47:22,899 --> 00:47:26,299 I'm hopeful that the defense just continues that play though. 886 00:47:26,509 --> 00:47:30,979 I know it's going to be tougher for them this week, but. 887 00:47:32,944 --> 00:47:35,944 They were so good on Saturday, and I just want more of it. 888 00:47:38,894 --> 00:47:44,484 All right, Aaron, you guys are way smarter than me when it comes to this stuff. 889 00:47:45,604 --> 00:47:47,504 And I'm not smart enough to pick a score. 890 00:47:50,424 --> 00:47:53,674 But what I am smart enough to pick a winner. 891 00:47:56,024 --> 00:47:58,364 Appreciate the extra minute or two there. 892 00:47:58,884 --> 00:48:00,734 I have chosen a winner after. 893 00:48:01,524 --> 00:48:05,124 Deep thought and, um, we're going to win. 894 00:48:06,244 --> 00:48:07,904 We're going to win by three points. 895 00:48:12,044 --> 00:48:15,074 Sanchez from 50 wins. 896 00:48:15,694 --> 00:48:20,104 First time we beat East Carolina and it's going to be awesome. 897 00:48:23,214 --> 00:48:24,714 I don't care whose prediction is right. 898 00:48:24,754 --> 00:48:26,354 I just hope one of them are right. 899 00:48:27,684 --> 00:48:35,094 Um, I, if anyone on the team is listening, we'll gladly take a gigantic blowout win 900 00:48:35,094 --> 00:48:39,594 too, like, you know, the ticker after 11, one scores last year and starting 901 00:48:39,594 --> 00:48:42,479 off this season, like, You want to win by four or five, six touchdowns. 902 00:48:42,859 --> 00:48:43,959 You're not going to disappoint us. 903 00:48:43,959 --> 00:48:44,429 I promise. 904 00:48:44,429 --> 00:48:45,059 So feel free. 905 00:48:46,589 --> 00:48:51,529 That's what we're rooting for and hoping for every game that we attend and watch. 906 00:48:51,559 --> 00:48:55,029 Um, I think that about does it for this show. 907 00:48:55,369 --> 00:48:56,539 Anyone want to close this out? 908 00:48:56,539 --> 00:48:59,649 I'll just say go Monarchs beat East Carolina. 909 00:49:00,939 --> 00:49:01,849 Go Monarchs. 910 00:49:03,029 --> 00:49:03,859 Go Monarchs.