All right, Brian.

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Those will always get answered. But first show at 2026, a lot of things to get answered, get to talking about here, Brian. So I'm ready to dive into this. We do have some super chats. So we actually had a few pop up. And we have one from Gavin Schmaven, 44. Thoughts on Al Washington becoming the LB coach and who's going to be the

D-line, the target for the D-L-L-L-L-C coach. Who would you like to see? Gavin, obviously, we address that. I wanted to bring that up and thank you for your super chat. As far as who they address, I tend to stay out of these because what I learned over the last 10 years is whenever I say, hey, I like this coach.

And I kind of say,

hey, I'd like see them go after this coach.

If they don't get that coach, people who. last 10 years is whenever I say, hey, I like this coach and I kind of say, hey, I'd like

see them go after this coach. If they don't get that coach, people who kind of take what I say

to heart, then view the coach that they went after as a disappointment. And my answer is always,

very rarely is it a case where it's like you've got to hire this one guy

and I think in the past I've gotten focused on the guy that I like and I've even gone to the point

right I can understand why people take it as if they don't hire the guy I want it's a disappointment

and the reality is there's multiple coaches they could bring in that would be great hires

let's just kind of see who they are I mean there's multiple coaches they could bring in that would be great hires. Let's just kind of see who they are. I mean, personally, I think the Pat Coontz thing makes a lot of sense. I mean, he's a Notre Dame grad. Indiana's playing great along the lines. But if they don't hire Pat Coons, there's plenty of other really good D-line coaches out there. People have talked about Charlie Partridge. He has a great reputation, you know, developing offensive line. I know he spent some time around

Notre Dame. Maybe that's an angle they go with. There's a, there's a lot of good D-line coaches out there.

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