Before we start, Bruce and I just wanted to say thank you to our friends at Trader Joe's,

who are back as our presenting sponsor again for 2019.

Stu, not just the place where I get my favorite dessert, the awesome, hold the cones,

a little mini ice cream cones that you and I have talked about. But it's good because

it's something where we shop every week and to have them

part of the audible, we couldn't be happier. They've been with us since we started this back up

in August of 2017. They've been a great supporter of ours. Thank you, Trader Joe's. Welcome to the A

Join, as always by Bruce Feldman, we are in downtown san jose on the friday before the national

championship game i think it's pretty sweet here still i know it's gotten a bad rap but well we'll

talk about that you're here with our special guest you can catch him on the ap top 25 podcast his own

podcast that we've both appeared on, our friend Ralph Russo.

Hey, guys. Very up. Should I actually hold the microphone? We're going to pass the microphone, a wham. Okay. So in that case, where you passed something around before. So let's make. Wow. That's, you're making, I was going to say you'd really jump into conclusions there or making big assumptions, but you're probably right. Oh, come on. I've heard stories about your old hair.

So, so, yes, thank you're probably right. Oh, come on. I've heard stories about your old hair.

So, yes, thank you very much for having me.

I like San Jose, too, even though it seems to be getting a bit of a bad rap. It might not be the best place to play this particular game, but San Jose is fine. Yeah, I think it's different.

And I think the question is you have two teams that are about as far away both geographically and probably

I don't know what you took just persona wise then in Clemson.

Culturally, maybe.

And so, but that's okay because look, I think it's a great one versus two matchup and it's a different venue and it's different for everybody.

Look, I think we all liked Tampa because it hadn't been there before. And granted, Tampa is much closer to it and everything, but just I think sometimes it changes. The question is going to be, and I'll ask both of you guys, because since you guys have reported along these lines, how much do you think the fans of those schools are going to come travel for this? Well, it's pretty clear that they're not turning out the way they have to some of their previous games. So I've been, you know, and I'm not like going to be all rah, raw, raw, Bay Area, defended to the death, right? I do live here, but I fully acknowledge we are not a college football hotbed here. So for 11 months, I've been a little bit nervous for the people here. I know the people that run this event, but I told them, I say, you know, if you get Michigan, if you get Notre Dame, Ohio State, you're in great shape. I said, the one matchup you don't want is Alabama Clemson because they keep, because this is every year now. And sure enough, the tickets, I watched them go from on Saturday, on the day the semifinals, they were going for six, their face value is 475. They were going for 675 on Stubhub. And as we sit here today on Friday, they're going for like 1.30. It's just completely cratered. So clearly their fans are not coming out as they normally would. And that doesn't surprise me, but I kind of separate that from, I'm a little surprised by all the

piling on about Santa Clara and San Jose.

It's just the matchup.

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