Welcome to Andy and Ari on three happy Monday.

We're joined by one of the more controversial figures in college football every preseason today.

I'm very excited, Ari.

Bill Connolly from ESPN is our guest, the Lord of the S&P Plus rankings, which never cease to enrage people, including us.

Yeah.

Well, we're just stupid and we don't know anything about math.

So, like, that's, like, the hardest part about it.

It's just, like, very math-heavy formula.

And anytime I'm confronted with something like that, ever since I was 13 years old,

I've run in the other direction and I've called whatever

it is stupid, like math tests, you know?

Yeah, the general way you deal with the coping, you know, if you have to cope if Bill's

rankings don't favor your team is you just call him a nerd and run away.

Yeah.

That's pretty much how it goes.

But Bill did what I found out, Andy? Go ahead. Nerds in high school and the people that used to, you know, who were smart and like ahead of the curve and bright got all the ladies in the long run. So. They did. Because they also got all the money in the long run. That's right. Anyway, I've been reading Bill for years, and this is my first time really interacting with him, so I'm super excited to catch his vibe and hear what he has to say. So let's bring him on. Well, before we bring him on, I do want to point out, Bill has a book coming out. And it is spectacular. He sent me a copy. I have thoroughly enjoyed reading it. It is called Ford Progress,

the definitive guide to the future of college football,

which you can order on Amazon right now.

And I highly suggest you do.

If you're a big college football fan,

it will help you kind of understand how we got here and where it's going.

And with no further delay, let's bring on Bill Connolly.

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