This schedule really shapes up for a playoff run with a 12 team playouts.

Areas that you need to get from experience, which is just, hey, I need to make quicker decisions.

How do you define success for this team?

National Championship.

What's up, y'all?

I'm Bud Elliott.

This is the cover three college football podcast.

Today, summer school.

We're talking Syracuse.

I'm heading to Q's Nation.

That's Mike McAllister.

He has done a great job covering Syracuse for a good long while now.

Mike, welcome back to the show, man.

Thanks.

Appreciate you having me on.

Absolutely.

So Fran Brown's first season, an absolute banger.

Ten wins? I mean, like, the vibe around the program had to be just pretty immaculate, right?

Yeah, as the season went along, the vibe got better. I mean, he made headways right away with the caliber recruits that he was bringing in, that he was landing, multiple four stars.

You know, they flirted with a couple of five stars that came up and visited, even though they didn't

end up getting those guys. And then obviously the big splash with getting a player of the caliber of Kyle McCord.

Once you had him with all the other things that were going on, everyone kind of bought it.

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