Hello, welcome in the latest episode of that SEC podcast. I'm yours, Michael Bratton. Go by

SEC, Mike, go on to Twitters. And back again, our great friend Stephen Lassen, the senior editor, over at Athlon Sports.

How are you, Stephen?

Mike, it is good to talk to you.

A good way to escape from that crazy heat outside is to be talking some SEC ball, right?

You know, Mike, the weekends are flying by.

Pretty soon we're going to have some games.

Are you still working on that lengthy to-do list this offseason?

Yeah.

Thankfully, we got the World Cup.

I don't find that terribly entertaining, but it is getting me through it.

I've been deep diving, watching all the games from last year as well.

So I am finding ways to get more football in my schedule,

not less, even, because I'm trying to ramp up because I know once the season gets here,

it's nothing but ball. So yeah, you're right. I mean, I think we are 60 some odd days to the start

of college football.

It can't get here quick enough.

I mean, Mike, think about it like this.

July starts this week.

Then once you get through July, August is here.

And that means actual football is going to be played.

So that's like the best news of all is, you know, this offseason is going to go by pretty fast. I think the rest of the way because you get the video game. We got SEC Media Days. We'll probably get some news here and there. We've got fall camps opening. And then it's like, hey, the sprint to week zero and week one. So I mean, bring it on. I love the off season. It's good to have a breather. But, man, I can't wait until we kick this season off.

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