Kobe Bryant has the strongest connection to his city of any modern athlete
I guess you could say Jeter, but that doesn't feel as tight as the Kobe thing. It feels like 1990 degree Mickey Mantle shit... There's not five people in modern sports that are more connected to the way a city loves them than Kobe and LA.
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View episodeMichigan ducked Michigan State during the 2020-21 seasons
Michigan ducked. Michigan ducked Michigan State.
Brian Kelly is a winner and will have an awesome staff at LSU
Brian Kelly wins everywhere he goes... I think Kelly's a winner. And I think he's going to have an awesome staff. I think there's always a little hesitancy when you're from there [the South]... but he's a winner.
Nebraska would have played Georgia closer than Michigan did in the 2021-22 CFP
They [Nebraska] probably would've played Georgia within like eight points. I swear to God. I swear to God.
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View profileLincoln Riley still has no signature win at USC
If you go through the Lincoln Riley résumé, this is a really long time since starting in '22 to not have that signature win. Give us one. Beat Oregon once and be like, 'Hey, look.'
The SEC will regain its national-championship dominance
It was still hard for me to believe that they're just not gonna win national championships now because of NIL. That's the kind of parity. I think the SEC is gonna turn this thing back around where they're gonna start rolling through people again.
BYU is ranked far too highly to be trusted
I was arguing Texas Tech being overlooked because at least they have some P4 wins in there. They looked like shit against Colorado. BYU is eighth in both polls. I'm not putting them in there.