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Everybody knows you can't criticize college football head coaches because if you criticize

the head coach, you'll lose your

access. And if you lose your access, that means you can't do a college football show. And if you

can't do a college football show, what's the meaning to life? Well, we will discuss how false that is

on the Late Kick Extra podcast, which starts right now. I am Josh Pate. This is the Lake Kick Extra podcast. It's

wall-to-wall mailbag. We do it once a week in addition to the multiple episodes of Late Kick

Live that we do every week. It's college football. It's nothing else. I appreciate you being here

because without you, this is nothing. Notice I said without you. Not without access, without you. We used to do this show all the time before we had any access. And I know it sounds like I'm pulling that out of thin air, but I'm not. It's part of the mailbag this morning. Now, before we do the mailbag, I freely admit, I'm on the road. I'm actually in, forts in Georgia. I'm in my childhood bedroom as we speak. And we do not have, we do not have state-of-the-art audio equipment here, shamefully. I have not invested in such things for my little home studio down here. And so, if the audio quality sounds a little bit less than, it's because it is a little bit less than. You deserve better. I freely admit it. But it is what it is, we're going to have to make it through. The diehards will stick with us. And if you're, if you're on the periphery, if you're just thinking about joining the old Pate State family here, but the audio is not good enough for you, I'll see you Thursday night because it'll be back to normal by then. I've also got some requests a little bit later. One in particular that if you're into graphic design, I think you want to stick around for, but I'm not leading the pod with that. I'm leading the pod with this. We're going to Waco, Texas. Kevin is first up. And Kevin asked this question. He said, do you shy away from criticizing coaches because it would risk losing your access and thus

hurting the show? Kevin, Kevin, Kevin. Welcome to the show. I can tell a few things about you,

believe it or not. I can tell you're kind of new around here. If you weren't new around here,

you would have heard me criticize coaches before, mainly in the latter portion of a season, not leading

up to it. That's its own different thing, though, Kevin. But Kevin, I in the latter portion of a season, not leading up to it.

That's its own different thing, though, Kevin.

But Kevin, I also, notice I'm repeating your name because that's what psychologists say I should do.

Kevin, Kevin, Kevin, Kevin.

I also know another thing because this question came in the comment section of the Georgia video.

The Kirby Smart, Atlanta Journal Constitution, Georgia's program is defending

and coming to the aid of those who are guilty of perpetrating sexual assault. You remember

that whole thing we did last week. Well, I think that, Kevin, you're talking about that and you're

talking about how I wasn't critical of Kirby Smart. Well, that's not true, first off. So let me address it back to front. It's not true that I wasn't critical of Kirby Smart. Well, that's not true, first off. So let me address it back to

front. It's not true that I wasn't critical of smart, and it's not true that I'm never

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