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It is Thursday, August 31st, the year of our lower, 2003, we jam-packed high at

top, basically everyone. It's the highest altitude we've ever done the show at. Breath is short, thoughts are long. I got a lot to talk to you guys about. As you can clearly see, this is not a green screen. This is not a virtual background. We are live in Rice Echall Stadium, Florida, Utah, in a matter of hours, but we've already broken that game down.

This is not going to be a Florida, Utah special.

It's a week one special, Florida, Utah, in a matter of hours. But we've already broken that game down.

This is not going to be a Florida, Utah special.

It's a week one special, dare I say, it's just a celebration of life, because college football is life for us. But you know what people are doing? They're lying to you. They're doing it again. They're lying. The myths are out there. So we're just going to bat them like a pinata to start the show.

I got a Clemson Duke breakdown for you.

That's that standalone Labor Day Night Special. The myths are out there, so we're just going to bat them like a pinata to start the show.

I got a Clemson Duke breakdown for you.

That's that standalone Labor Day Night special.

I got shut up a few months ago because you guys said I was talking too much about a potential upset on Monday night.

Well, now it's time to actually break the game down, so I'll tell you what I think and what the model thinks.

I have got Cole Kublich, as I said, inexplicably on the show today. You guys asked for it, and so I'm nothing, if not selfless. I put my thoughts and feelings to the side. I bring you what you want, and I'm going to have what you want to call coal cuts, and I wanted to call Cube Steak later in the show. We are jam-packed. I am happy to say they're watching us in Ogden, Utah. They're obviously watching us in Salt Lake City, Utah. Scottsdale, not to be confused with Phoenix, watching us, Los Angeles, California watching us, and of course they're tuned in in Fortin, Georgia. Why would they not be? We're well over 200,000 subs on the channel, but I want to remind you guys with something. We never rest. So the fight is on to 300,000. But in the meantime, Sunday night, because we've got LSU-FSU Sunday night, we're going to be back in Nashville. We're going to do the show, 6 Eastern, 5 Central. Give you time to write that down. Okay, let's get into the show.

I want to talk to you guys about, well, I want to talk to you about lies. Little Lies was my first favorite song by Fleetwood Mac, but big lies out there. Big lies about college football. So, Colin, here's a really good end point for you. I asked you guys, as I was on my flight out to Utah last night, what do you think the biggest myths are? Floating around about this sport, floating around about 2023.

Because I had some on my mind, fortunately, like your thoughts and my thoughts really overlap.

So let's just go through these a little bit.

And the first one I wanted to hit, because it came to me in 37 different flavors, was Texas is going to underachieve because of the past. Like because of what they didn't do under Tom Herman or Charlie Strong or hoops ever, Texas will underachieve. It's the whole

cannot versus have not thing. Listen, if Texas falls flat again this year, and I don't think they will,

I've predicted them to do big things. But if they fall flat again this year, it'll just be because Texas wasn't good enough this year. It will not be because there's something,

there's some shackle around their ankle from 2013 or 2016. That's fake. That's false. That's a myth.

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