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For those of you just listening on podcasts, that scoop, we got a robust scoop department at

Pate State, world-renowned, as a matter of fact, and we got some on the show tonight, as much as I

can drip, drip, drip out there for you. We're jam-packed, high atop, and appropriately intrigued

downtown Nashville, Tennessee, Sunday night, February 25th, the Overlord, 2024.

What are they telling you about the playoff and what's really going on behind the scenes with the

playoff? These things are two different things. Things are not as they appear. And I'm going to

begin the show with that tonight. We're also going to talk about the NCAA imploding in on itself like a dying star, courtesy of Tennessee, among other states. I'm going to talk to you about the biggest questions around this great country of ours when it comes to spring football, because believe it or not, we're actually allowed to talk about on the field matters around here. I got some names that you need to know about. I've got

FSU and the ACC, just little odds and ends here and there. But as I told you a couple of weeks

ago and as I will continue to maintain, what seem like totally separate issues are all going to

coalesce into one gigantic thing. And that thing is nothing less than the future of

college football. Now, before I dive into the show tonight, let me just remind you, no one's

going to fully like where we're going. I do think that the biggest fears out there are going to be

alleviated, mine included. I got fears just like the rest of you. Mine included, so going to be okay.

Just find a doorframe to stand under while the earth shakes for a little while. We're okay. They're watching us in Andover, Kansas. That's tornado country. 1991? I want to say it was a big one. They just had one a couple of years ago. Anyway, Tupelo, Mississippi, Greensboro, North Carolina, St. Paul, Minnesota, we are about to be well-traveled this week, friends.

Not for storm chasing. The Pate State Speaker Series begins this week, and I have decided, after much internal debate, I am not announcing where we're going.

It's just going to happen. You need to be following on the socials, actually, at late kick Josh. You'll probably find out there long before it ever airs. But we are, we're going all over the country. We're going to sit face to face with head coaches and get some stuff that

you actually want talked about out there on the record. But also, if you follow it specifically on

Instagram, as you guys know during the season, if you follow over there at Lake Kick Josh, you will have all kinds of behind the scenes access that you'll pretty much only get from us because no one else is about to do what we're about to do, just like no one does what we do in the fall. And that's because of you. So I take no credit. You actually make that happen. Okay, so let's dive into the show

tonight. I've got pieces of paper with a lot of writing, in fact, an uncomfortable amount of writing,

because I don't like having many notes. I like having little bullet points, but boy, it's really

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