Stars Matter: How good is James Franklin as a recruiter, really? Ryan Wingo to Texas & Georgia's Atlanta problem
Until Saturday: A show about college football
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🗓️ 26 October 2023
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
Mitch, Ari, Manny and Grace discuss the buzz surrounding 5-star WR Ryan Wingo prior to his commitment to Texas (6:00). What may have lead Wingo to picking UT over Missouri? Is this a big missed opportunity for the Tigers? The quartet then discuss the state of Florida's recruiting surge in the class of 2024 (13:00). Is Georgia missing out on top prospects in their own backyard (19:00)? How good of a recruiter is James Franklin, really? (31:30). Plus, anxiety from watching The Bear, a Sea World bet, and another trivia mistake by Mitch...what's new?
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| 0:00.0 | If you're looking for a family-friendly pub this summer, |
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| 0:44.6 | I'm Mitch Light, joined by Ari Wasserman, a national college football reporter. |
| 0:48.4 | And this week we learned two things about Ari. |
| 0:50.3 | Doesn't like nepotism, doesn't like Iowa's offense. |
| 0:53.4 | Fair to say, Ari? |
| 0:54.5 | Well, I think most people don't like nepotism, doesn't like Iowa's offense. Fair to say, Ari? Well, I think like most people don't like those two things. |
| 0:58.5 | I don't know if I'm like unique on that. |
| 1:01.0 | I think your point in the story was that Kirk Ferrence likes the offense. |
| 1:03.9 | Yeah, my whole thing about that column that I wrote about Iowa was that we were concerned |
| 1:08.7 | on Sunday when I wrote it that it was a little |
| 1:12.7 | too harsh. |
| 1:13.7 | And then we changed the headline to be harsher and then put it into the New York Times. |
| 1:17.9 | So thank you for that. |
| 1:18.9 | And I'm really looking forward to the general feedback. |
| 1:21.7 | But I thought it was good. |
| 1:22.4 | A lot of people read it. |
| 1:23.5 | I wrote two columns this week. |
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