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Hello, John.

Hey, Paul.

How are you doing today?

Great.

Thank you.

So I have a question on Cignetti.

Do you think he would be able to dominate in the SEC like he's doing right now in the Big Ten with the two and three stars and the unranked players he has?

Or do you think you would have to be able to get five and four star players?

Well, I don't think we know.

First of all, I'd like to see, this is one year. Last year, he was very good. This year, he has been simply unbelievable. I think the difference in the SEC would be he would have more of a gauntlet. This year, his challenging games were pretty small. He had a tough

game against Penn State. He played Ohio State in the postseason, but not in the regular season.

He did go to Oregon, which is a considerably tough game, and then he dealt with Iowa on the road

in Illinois. So I think that's ultimately the difference in the SEC.

There are more with nine conference games now.

Depending on the luck of the draw or the bad luck of the draw,

you could have a very tough run.

And I mean, I think this year it probably wouldn't have made any difference.

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