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It is Thursday night. It is May 7th, the year of our Lord 2020. This is obviously not the studio. This is not even Nashville, Tennessee, but it is late kick and it is live. And we got a lot to talk about tonight. I'm just at an undisclosed location, apart from Colin tonight. And it's not easy for me emotionally, nor is probably, actually, it's probably a lot easier for him, but we'll get through it. So we got a lot to talk about tonight. If you are watching on the YouTube channel, go ahead and subscribe, click the bell for notifications. And if you're listening on the podcast, we appreciate it. Those five-star reviews just continue to flow in, some nice written reviews too. So we really appreciate it because I mean you guys are helping us out a whole lot more than you could ever know

So I got a lot to get to tonight in some nice written reviews too so we really appreciate it because i mean you guys are helping us out

a whole lot more than you could ever know so i got a lot to get to tonight i'm going to leave the

show in a couple of seconds with a topic that to be blunt with you is probably going to impact virtually

every program so no matter who you are listening or watching no matter who you pull for even if you're

just a conference tattoo on the ankle sort of guy or girl this matter who you pull for, even if you're just a conference

tattoo on the ankle sort of guy or girl, this will impact you. And I'm talking about this

tsunami of imminent decommitments in the recruiting world, which is the lifeblood, as we know,

of college football. There's a reason for it. And I got some good old fashioned numbers here

on the computer to back it up. I'm also going

to talk because I had, when we were recording the late kick extra podcast, someone talked about

Gus Malzon. And usually the questions for Malzan or regarding Malzan are very different

depending on if they're from Auburn folks or just neutral observers. So I got something from an

Auburn guy the other day. It wasn't

asking it with any kind of vitriol. It was just being honest given his assessment. So I'm going to give you my assessment. Also, I had some pushback from a lot of you. I wasn't going to talk about this tonight, but I'm scanning the comments. As I do, I read every single email, every single tweet, every single comment and a

a surprising number of you

I would say not all not not even a

vast majority but a surprise email, every single tweet, every single comment, and a surprising number of you, I would say,

not all, not even a vast majority, but a surprising number of you took exception to me saying

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