1 00:00:06,700 --> 00:00:09,900 You're listening to the back home network presented by home 2 00:00:09,900 --> 00:00:10,600 field. Apparel. 3 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:19,500 Welcome back to Crimson Cask ale and caviar. 4 00:00:19,500 --> 00:00:21,100 Joining me once again here on the show. 5 00:00:21,100 --> 00:00:22,700 Nice to have you folks joining us. 6 00:00:22,700 --> 00:00:30,000 Once again, is this the 8th of September of 2022 and Indiana is 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:33,300 1 and 0 in football chance to go to and oh, pretty good chance to 8 00:00:33,300 --> 00:00:36,400 go to know this week as they take on the Idaho Vandals. 9 00:00:36,500 --> 00:00:37,500 Bowls. Of course. 10 00:00:37,700 --> 00:00:42,500 Idaho not an FBS team. They're down in FCS territory 11 00:00:42,900 --> 00:00:47,800 and really not a great football program in general. 12 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,500 Unfortunately, great great home stadium. 13 00:00:51,000 --> 00:00:53,800 They play in the kibbeh dome which I highly recommend looking 14 00:00:53,800 --> 00:00:57,100 up but Indiana, of course, probably had their best game of 15 00:00:57,100 --> 00:00:59,600 the year last year against Idaho, beat them 56 to 14. 16 00:00:59,600 --> 00:01:01,600 So we're going to talk a little bit about that game, very little 17 00:01:01,600 --> 00:01:04,599 bit because there's it's more, it's mostly I use stuff, there's 18 00:01:04,599 --> 00:01:07,100 not a lot to talk about with Idaho that I think is Irrelevant 19 00:01:08,000 --> 00:01:10,200 but then we'll also talk tailgating. 20 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:12,100 I promise you folks, some tailgate talks we're going to do 21 00:01:12,100 --> 00:01:14,000 that today before we get to all that. 22 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:17,900 Just a reminder, that Crimson cast is part of the back home 23 00:01:17,900 --> 00:01:19,000 network. 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So again home-field apparel, 52 00:02:44,800 --> 00:02:47,100 check them out on the web, check them out. 53 00:02:47,100 --> 00:02:52,400 On the on Twitter, they got home-field apparel without the e 54 00:02:52,400 --> 00:02:55,700 on the end there and you'll find what you're looking for. 55 00:02:55,700 --> 00:02:59,300 I promise, let's get to the game. 56 00:02:59,600 --> 00:03:03,300 So I you, as we mentioned, taking on the Idaho vandals, and 57 00:03:03,800 --> 00:03:06,300 I'm not trying to sleep on the vandals, because the Vandals, 58 00:03:06,400 --> 00:03:09,000 play terribly last week, I have to say they took on the 59 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,900 Washington State Cougars and actually jumped out to a 10 60 00:03:11,900 --> 00:03:17,000 nothing lead and at one point I think there was some real 61 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:20,400 consternation on the part of Washington state that, you know, 62 00:03:20,400 --> 00:03:24,700 perhaps, they might struggle a little bit but it's it is also 63 00:03:24,700 --> 00:03:27,400 one of those where frankly, Washington State, not a very 64 00:03:27,400 --> 00:03:33,600 good team and Washington State, ultimately, while it didn't look 65 00:03:33,600 --> 00:03:36,100 awesome, you know, from people on the Washington State 66 00:03:36,100 --> 00:03:37,700 perspective, To the things they're looking at it and 67 00:03:37,700 --> 00:03:40,600 they're saying, well, we could have played a lot better. 68 00:03:40,600 --> 00:03:43,200 And Idaho, basically jumped on the team that wasn't quite 69 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:46,100 prepared Washington's. They ended up winning 24:17. 70 00:03:46,300 --> 00:03:49,500 You look at the statistical performance of the Idaho players 71 00:03:49,500 --> 00:03:51,500 Giovani McCoy. Pretty good day through the 72 00:03:51,500 --> 00:03:54,600 air21 a 32. 212 yards and a touchdown did have two 73 00:03:54,600 --> 00:04:00,000 interceptions, rushing wise, Anthony Woods nine carries for 74 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:03,300 50 yards. And, you know, it's, it's one of 75 00:04:03,308 --> 00:04:08,200 those situations where you look at IU and the way that they 76 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,900 played against Illinois, who I think is a better opponent than 77 00:04:11,900 --> 00:04:14,600 Washington State. And the fact that Idaho, you 78 00:04:14,608 --> 00:04:17,399 know, when they travel to Washington State, they basically 79 00:04:17,399 --> 00:04:21,399 just walk across the street because those two cities 80 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:24,300 Pullman. Not very far away from where 81 00:04:24,300 --> 00:04:27,400 Idaho's located where, as I do as a get on a plane and fly all 82 00:04:27,400 --> 00:04:29,500 the way out here. I think Indiana is going to be 83 00:04:29,500 --> 00:04:31,100 fine. It may not be as much of a 84 00:04:31,100 --> 00:04:34,000 rollover game as what we saw last year. 85 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:37,300 Washington state was able to put up a lot of yards on Idaho, 86 00:04:37,300 --> 00:04:41,200 relatively speaking 358 overall, they really didn't struggle in a 87 00:04:41,207 --> 00:04:43,400 lot of phases of the game. The only thing they really 88 00:04:43,400 --> 00:04:46,100 struggled with was time of possession, but that was even 89 00:04:46,100 --> 00:04:47,300 something that didn't matter too much. 90 00:04:47,300 --> 00:04:51,200 Down the road of, you know, 200 plus yard passer for Washington, 91 00:04:51,200 --> 00:04:54,500 State hundred yard rusher and Nakia Watson against Idaho. 92 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:59,800 So, you know, I look at this, I you game more as a way for I you 93 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:03,900 to try to fine tune some things and you know, it'd be nice to 94 00:05:03,900 --> 00:05:06,200 see. I you get a big victory, get 95 00:05:06,200 --> 00:05:07,600 more. Confidence as they head into 96 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,900 next week's game against Western Kentucky, which I do think is 97 00:05:09,900 --> 00:05:13,300 going to be more of a problem than then maybe people are 98 00:05:13,300 --> 00:05:18,500 anticipating but, you know, overall, if you look at IU, you 99 00:05:18,500 --> 00:05:21,700 can say, I you probably didn't play close to their best in that 100 00:05:21,700 --> 00:05:23,600 Illinois game and they still managed to come out with a 101 00:05:23,600 --> 00:05:25,700 victory. So as much as Idaho might have 102 00:05:25,700 --> 00:05:29,500 shown something, I think Indiana has shown a lot more, some 103 00:05:29,500 --> 00:05:32,600 positives. As after ruminating, on last 104 00:05:32,600 --> 00:05:36,800 week's game to think about congregate basil, lack It was 105 00:05:36,800 --> 00:05:39,700 interesting going back and watching his performance again, 106 00:05:40,800 --> 00:05:45,400 basil, act, I think had a lot of throws in the middle portion of 107 00:05:45,400 --> 00:05:48,600 the game that were just not on Target, and I'm going to 108 00:05:48,608 --> 00:05:51,400 attribute that at least, for the moment to still trying to get 109 00:05:51,400 --> 00:05:54,200 timing down with his receivers. Plus the fact that Bay's like 110 00:05:54,200 --> 00:05:57,300 didn't have a lot of time in the pocket to wait for players to 111 00:05:57,300 --> 00:06:00,700 get to where they needed to get to not great. 112 00:06:00,700 --> 00:06:02,400 In terms of completion percentage. 113 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:07,200 Last week for Basil Act only 53.8%, which is Really only a 114 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:09,900 tenth of a percentage Point, better than what Michael penix 115 00:06:09,900 --> 00:06:14,100 is season completion. Percentage was last year, you 116 00:06:14,100 --> 00:06:17,500 know, and actually that's about what penix through through 117 00:06:17,500 --> 00:06:20,900 historical appendix was always in about the, at least the last 118 00:06:20,900 --> 00:06:22,800 two years. Was always in that kind of 56, 119 00:06:22,800 --> 00:06:24,900 57 percent range. He was a little bit better as a 120 00:06:24,907 --> 00:06:27,600 sophomore. You know, obviously though, I 121 00:06:27,600 --> 00:06:30,300 think basil acts going to have to get more accurate, you think, 122 00:06:30,300 --> 00:06:36,000 back to Peyton, Ramsey and you'll want to Ramses main, you 123 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,800 know, Positive things about him as a quarterback was how 124 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:47,200 accurate he generally was 66 percent in 2018 68% in 2019. 125 00:06:47,200 --> 00:06:49,700 Like he was he was really right on the mark for most of his 126 00:06:49,700 --> 00:06:53,500 career and you know you go back to even someone like Nate said 127 00:06:53,500 --> 00:06:56,900 Phil, who wasn't quite as accurate as Ramsey, he was still 128 00:06:57,100 --> 00:07:00,600 passing right around 60 percent. And that's ultimately to me 129 00:07:00,600 --> 00:07:03,500 about the minimum of what you want, basil lack to be throwing. 130 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:05,500 And again some of that's not his fault, some of that is going to 131 00:07:05,508 --> 00:07:07,900 be a timing thing. A lot of it's going to be the 132 00:07:07,900 --> 00:07:11,900 line and the lines, obviously in more trouble now because they've 133 00:07:11,900 --> 00:07:14,900 lost Matthew Bedford for the year with an ACL tear. 134 00:07:14,900 --> 00:07:17,700 That's a big loss for the IU, offensive line. 135 00:07:18,600 --> 00:07:22,300 Now, it's hard to say how much of the lines problems. 136 00:07:22,300 --> 00:07:26,300 Last week were due to losing Bedford relatively early in the 137 00:07:26,300 --> 00:07:29,000 game and how much of it was just the line potentially not being 138 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:34,100 very good. That the line structure, the the 139 00:07:34,100 --> 00:07:37,800 coaching the strategy being utilized It does not look like 140 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,300 it is anywhere close to where it needs to be and that's probably 141 00:07:41,300 --> 00:07:43,400 the area I want to see the biggest Improvement this 142 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:45,800 upcoming week. You have to get better play out 143 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,500 of the offensive line especially against Idaho. 144 00:07:48,900 --> 00:07:53,700 Idaho just really should not be able to penetrate and stop the 145 00:07:53,700 --> 00:07:55,700 run game. This should be a game where if 146 00:07:55,700 --> 00:07:58,700 this IU offensive line is going to be good. 147 00:07:58,800 --> 00:08:00,300 They need to demonstrate it in this game. 148 00:08:00,300 --> 00:08:03,000 They need to be dominant throughout and, and yes, it's 149 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,300 going to be difficult, replacing Bedford. 150 00:08:05,400 --> 00:08:08,300 That was a guy that everybody. 22 coming into the season and 151 00:08:08,300 --> 00:08:10,800 saying that guy's going to have to be a big difference maker. 152 00:08:10,900 --> 00:08:13,500 He's gone now. And, and you know, the IU 153 00:08:13,500 --> 00:08:15,400 offensive line just has to show up at this point. 154 00:08:15,400 --> 00:08:17,500 They have to continue to step up and they have to play a lot 155 00:08:17,500 --> 00:08:21,400 better than they did last week. Yes, Illinois is. 156 00:08:21,500 --> 00:08:23,000 You know, they're, they're gonna, they're at that. 157 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:25,000 That's a that's a decent defensive line. 158 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,400 It's a defense decent front, seven for the Illini, but they 159 00:08:28,400 --> 00:08:31,500 get significantly better through most of the Big Ten and that is 160 00:08:31,500 --> 00:08:35,200 what concerns me. So keeping an eye on that if, 161 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:37,400 you know, and it's one of those Deals where it's hard to 162 00:08:37,400 --> 00:08:41,900 evaluate the rest of the offense fairly without getting a larger 163 00:08:41,900 --> 00:08:43,600 sample size of what the blocking is. 164 00:08:43,600 --> 00:08:47,600 Because obviously, Sean, chivers did not have a great debut, 15 165 00:08:47,600 --> 00:08:52,800 carries 28 yards and was, you know, I mean I you essentially 166 00:08:52,800 --> 00:08:58,400 only if you take basil acts rush and then you take the sacks out, 167 00:08:58,400 --> 00:09:03,100 I you ended up with like 46 rushing yards, you know, if you 168 00:09:03,100 --> 00:09:05,800 do then the sax obviously kind of negatively contribute to that 169 00:09:05,800 --> 00:09:08,900 the way that they do. College so that it's a little 170 00:09:08,900 --> 00:09:13,800 hard to get a clear accurate representation of what all is 171 00:09:13,800 --> 00:09:18,000 anticipated there. But I do think ultimately You 172 00:09:18,000 --> 00:09:21,200 have to have a situation where you hand the ball off, whether 173 00:09:21,200 --> 00:09:25,100 it's too shy, vers or whether that's to Josh Henderson and 174 00:09:25,100 --> 00:09:28,100 that have some room to operate and you're not just not going to 175 00:09:28,100 --> 00:09:31,800 be able to pass the bowl all the time with and, you know, and 176 00:09:31,800 --> 00:09:33,800 obviously, the pass blocking wasn't the greatest either, 177 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:35,600 there was some her, he's in the pocket that needed to be 178 00:09:35,600 --> 00:09:39,100 addressed receiving Corps wise. I like what we saw out of 179 00:09:39,100 --> 00:09:43,400 Indiana in the game, cam camper looks like a big 10 wide 180 00:09:43,400 --> 00:09:45,300 receiver. Certainly caught like 111 181 00:09:45,300 --> 00:09:49,700 catches 14. It's / reserved for 14 yards per 182 00:09:49,700 --> 00:09:53,900 catch and DJ Matthews. Look great as well, you know, so 183 00:09:53,900 --> 00:09:56,900 good to see both of those to the amount of targets that those 184 00:09:56,900 --> 00:10:00,000 two. Got on top of AJ, Barner really 185 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:04,900 gives you a sense of where Connor basil, Act is confident 186 00:10:04,900 --> 00:10:07,700 and comfortable throwing the ball and that's a great way to 187 00:10:07,700 --> 00:10:09,700 start. If you got three, good wide 188 00:10:09,700 --> 00:10:13,900 receivers who are able to get open and catch the ball that 189 00:10:13,900 --> 00:10:17,600 frankly is maybe two more than Indiana had most of Last season. 190 00:10:17,600 --> 00:10:19,700 So that is a good positive progression. 191 00:10:19,700 --> 00:10:22,100 As far as I'm concerned and we'll see, I mean, you know, 192 00:10:22,100 --> 00:10:24,000 Devon, Swinton certainly was in the game. 193 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:25,800 You didn't do a whole lot in terms of yardage Emery. 194 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:29,000 Simmons had one big catch and then another smaller one. 195 00:10:29,500 --> 00:10:32,200 That's, it's going to be interesting to watch that 196 00:10:32,200 --> 00:10:34,900 receiving Corps continue to develop, whether we see some 197 00:10:34,900 --> 00:10:38,300 Donovan McCulley on a more regular basis and whether he's 198 00:10:38,300 --> 00:10:41,300 able to round into shape. Last thing I'll say defensively. 199 00:10:41,900 --> 00:10:45,600 This is actually a game where I'd almost be willing to 200 00:10:45,608 --> 00:10:49,400 sacrifice some yards and even some points to get some reps to 201 00:10:49,400 --> 00:10:52,400 younger players, who need to get some game action. 202 00:10:52,900 --> 00:10:56,700 You know, clearly the secondary is in really good form already 203 00:10:56,700 --> 00:10:58,500 and I think that that's going to be something that will only get 204 00:10:58,500 --> 00:11:01,600 stronger for this IU team as they continue through this first 205 00:11:01,600 --> 00:11:05,500 part of the season but the especially the defensive line 206 00:11:05,800 --> 00:11:09,400 and just the kind of the front five or six that I you likes to 207 00:11:09,400 --> 00:11:13,400 put up there that you got to get some more guys in the mix. 208 00:11:14,300 --> 00:11:17,700 You had a lot of defensive players, make tackles in this 209 00:11:17,700 --> 00:11:21,900 game, I think what 25 players made at least one tackle, if you 210 00:11:21,908 --> 00:11:25,800 throw special teams in and and of those 25 23 of them were 211 00:11:25,808 --> 00:11:28,800 defensive players, I think Matthews and Barner both 212 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:31,700 registered tackles, although one of those, I think was on a 213 00:11:31,700 --> 00:11:34,700 turnover that I you had committed but you know, Nick 214 00:11:34,700 --> 00:11:38,000 James freshman defensive lineman, got two, tackles in the 215 00:11:38,000 --> 00:11:40,600 game briah. Or AB Ryland linear who's a 216 00:11:40,600 --> 00:11:43,500 defensive back. Had four tackles three of those 217 00:11:43,500 --> 00:11:46,000 were so low. Which was good to see Des on 218 00:11:46,000 --> 00:11:49,400 McCullough already contributing with six tackles, but I'd like 219 00:11:49,400 --> 00:11:51,700 to see more of the sophomores and juniors kind of getting into 220 00:11:51,700 --> 00:11:55,300 the mix of things just, you got to get some more reps because 221 00:11:55,300 --> 00:11:58,000 you're, you know, that one of the big problems IU has 222 00:11:58,000 --> 00:12:02,400 historically is they tend to suffer injuries that happened a 223 00:12:02,408 --> 00:12:04,600 lot last year that release at the defense. 224 00:12:04,600 --> 00:12:06,700 You've got to take these opportunities in these sorts of 225 00:12:06,700 --> 00:12:10,000 games to get players up and running and figuring out what 226 00:12:10,000 --> 00:12:12,000 they're doing on the field because they're probably gonna 227 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:15,300 have to play a decent amount. In the course of the season. 228 00:12:15,400 --> 00:12:19,400 So anyway, that's kind of the overview of things. 229 00:12:19,400 --> 00:12:22,100 I'm sure we'll have more to talk about specifically afterwards 230 00:12:22,100 --> 00:12:26,200 and then we will absolutely have some things to talk about as we 231 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:27,900 get ready for that Western Kentucky game. 232 00:12:27,900 --> 00:12:32,000 But as of now, you would expect this Indiana team facing an FCS 233 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,700 opponent that they blew out handily last year at basically 234 00:12:34,700 --> 00:12:37,400 the same point in the season, to be able to come in and handle 235 00:12:37,400 --> 00:12:39,900 things. This is more about a fine-tuning 236 00:12:39,900 --> 00:12:42,600 week and figuring out what didn't work and how to fix it 237 00:12:42,700 --> 00:12:46,300 from week one. Anyway, you all had some other 238 00:12:46,300 --> 00:12:47,900 questions that we wanted to tackle. 239 00:12:47,900 --> 00:12:51,400 And by the way, I know that the basketball schedule just came 240 00:12:51,400 --> 00:12:52,500 out. We're going to tape a separate 241 00:12:52,500 --> 00:12:55,100 podcast on that. That'll come out probably over 242 00:12:55,100 --> 00:12:58,100 the weekend as we break down Indiana's full schedule, which 243 00:12:58,100 --> 00:13:01,500 is now available overall and some interesting stuff there, 244 00:13:01,500 --> 00:13:03,700 but we're not going to talk about that in this podcast. 245 00:13:03,700 --> 00:13:08,200 So let's see, we had a first question. 246 00:13:08,400 --> 00:13:10,900 This was actually not a tailgate question, but from Ross Baker, 247 00:13:10,900 --> 00:13:13,100 can we send Kirk Ferentz to Canada? 248 00:13:13,400 --> 00:13:17,100 Imagine Artist might paint with the rouget de to his palate. 249 00:13:17,300 --> 00:13:19,500 You always do Wonder like Kirk Ferentz. 250 00:13:19,800 --> 00:13:22,300 He's been coaching his whole life with four downs and yet, 251 00:13:22,300 --> 00:13:26,500 this is a guy who if there was a person in coaching tailor-made 252 00:13:26,500 --> 00:13:28,800 to only have three Downs to work with. 253 00:13:28,900 --> 00:13:30,600 It feels like Kirk Ferentz, is the guy. 254 00:13:30,600 --> 00:13:34,700 Imagine the number of punts that he could generate during that 255 00:13:34,700 --> 00:13:36,500 both for him. And for the opposition, the 256 00:13:36,500 --> 00:13:39,500 number of times you could pin an opponent inside the five, I 257 00:13:39,500 --> 00:13:42,700 really like I feel like we've missed an opportunity here and 258 00:13:43,100 --> 00:13:46,100 it's Maybe. I mean if you're Saskatchewan, 259 00:13:46,100 --> 00:13:48,800 if you're, you know, the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, if you're 260 00:13:48,800 --> 00:13:51,300 the Montreal Alouettes, I think you got to give this a look. 261 00:13:51,300 --> 00:13:54,700 I would I would pay over market value to get Kirk Ferentz up 262 00:13:54,700 --> 00:13:56,400 into the CFL and see what he could do. 263 00:13:58,200 --> 00:14:00,400 Let's see. Some other questions here. 264 00:14:01,500 --> 00:14:05,400 So assembly call Jared asks if you had a thousand dollars that 265 00:14:05,400 --> 00:14:08,800 you had to distribute to IU athletes and some kind of Ni L 266 00:14:08,800 --> 00:14:12,300 deal related to your tailgate, how would you allocate the money 267 00:14:12,600 --> 00:14:15,200 and what would you have the chosen athletes do that's a 268 00:14:15,200 --> 00:14:19,400 that's a tough question I so it feels like the easy answer here 269 00:14:19,400 --> 00:14:23,600 is OU you have like celebrity chefs come in but I don't think 270 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:30,500 that's fair to either the athletes many of Are not not 271 00:14:30,500 --> 00:14:32,900 chefs, they're not, they don't maybe cook for themselves very 272 00:14:32,900 --> 00:14:35,100 often or if they do, it's very basic and that's not a 273 00:14:35,100 --> 00:14:37,100 reflection on athletes. That's college students in 274 00:14:37,100 --> 00:14:42,300 general, I was the Oddball who would make like lasagna for the 275 00:14:42,300 --> 00:14:46,200 four or five apartments around us when we lived in North Lane 276 00:14:46,200 --> 00:14:52,600 condos in 1999 2000. So you know, I think I wouldn't 277 00:14:52,600 --> 00:14:55,200 want to pay unless there was somebody that was like a 278 00:14:55,200 --> 00:14:57,500 knock-down drag-out, awesome cook. 279 00:14:57,700 --> 00:15:00,800 If they wanted to come in and just man The Griddle for a 280 00:15:00,800 --> 00:15:03,300 couple hours, I would just drop a thousand dollars on that 281 00:15:03,300 --> 00:15:05,100 person right then and there that would be money. 282 00:15:05,100 --> 00:15:08,800 Well spent and I we would, we would certainly have them, you 283 00:15:08,808 --> 00:15:10,800 know, sign a waiver. So that you know, if they didn't 284 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:14,200 cook the food properly, there weren't any any problems as a 285 00:15:14,208 --> 00:15:17,600 result of that. But I actually, I would love to 286 00:15:17,600 --> 00:15:26,300 have athletes come in and maybe either be food testers because 287 00:15:26,300 --> 00:15:30,600 one of the things I'll say, Is people are very gracious when 288 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:34,500 they come to the tailgate and I often worry, I don't get 289 00:15:34,500 --> 00:15:37,800 completely accurate feedback on the food and I want accurate 290 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,300 feedback. Like I'm I'm not interested in. 291 00:15:40,300 --> 00:15:42,800 Oh, thank you so much. This was so generous, I bet I 292 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:46,100 certainly appreciate that, but I love honesty. 293 00:15:46,200 --> 00:15:49,200 It's like, wow, that, that really was over seasoned or, you 294 00:15:49,200 --> 00:15:52,300 know, that was missing a flavor that it needed or something like 295 00:15:52,300 --> 00:15:55,200 that. And, you know, I found most 296 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,600 athletes to be polite but also very Direct and I've always 297 00:15:58,600 --> 00:16:00,700 respected that about the athletes that I've worked with 298 00:16:00,700 --> 00:16:04,200 over the years. And so I would probably, I would 299 00:16:04,200 --> 00:16:08,500 like three athletes and I could give them 333 dollars a piece. 300 00:16:08,800 --> 00:16:11,300 I'll pocket the extra dollar for my trouble, I guess. 301 00:16:11,300 --> 00:16:14,600 And and I have them actually officially taste test, what's 302 00:16:14,600 --> 00:16:18,500 coming off the grill or The Griddle and, you know, maybe 303 00:16:18,500 --> 00:16:23,500 give a five minute review of what they're tasting. 304 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:28,000 We we've done that before. Actually, John, Bannock, Who was 305 00:16:28,000 --> 00:16:32,000 a former soccer player Bloomington native was kind of 306 00:16:32,008 --> 00:16:35,400 co-hosting a show with one of our former Sports media, 307 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,700 students, Julia, gay, and where they would go around town and 308 00:16:38,700 --> 00:16:41,900 they would go to like the crepe place that used to be open on 309 00:16:41,900 --> 00:16:45,000 Indiana Avenue or they go to the bubble tea place or they would 310 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,900 taste test food and talk about it. 311 00:16:47,500 --> 00:16:50,800 And I really enjoyed that show. So I think I'd like to bring 312 00:16:50,800 --> 00:16:54,600 athletes in to do that or to play cornhole with the people at 313 00:16:54,600 --> 00:16:56,900 the tailgate because I sometimes feel bad, I'm always at the 314 00:16:56,900 --> 00:17:00,800 grill. I can't go over and interact 315 00:17:01,400 --> 00:17:04,400 with people, you know, we got and when I'm interacting, I'm 316 00:17:04,400 --> 00:17:06,599 like, I want to talk with you and I'm enjoying, I'm happy 317 00:17:06,599 --> 00:17:09,000 you're here, I enjoy seeing you, but I also kept to make sure 318 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:11,300 that the hamburgers don't burn or something like that. 319 00:17:11,300 --> 00:17:14,500 So, it would be nice to just have people come and act as 320 00:17:14,800 --> 00:17:17,400 social ambassador's, I guess at the tailgate. 321 00:17:17,500 --> 00:17:19,700 I think that would be a good that would be money. 322 00:17:19,700 --> 00:17:24,400 Well, spent that I would feel good about and that I think fits 323 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:28,099 right into the spirit of n IL. And actually, it's funny because 324 00:17:28,300 --> 00:17:30,700 I'm reading these in order, but I hadn't read them at a time. 325 00:17:30,700 --> 00:17:34,600 But from a borrow starkly, give it to Tamar Bates and haven't 326 00:17:34,600 --> 00:17:38,100 played cornhole against fans, and then dusted to appear at 327 00:17:38,100 --> 00:17:40,900 Gannon, but he has to play while holding his baby girl in one arm 328 00:17:40,900 --> 00:17:42,300 because that's apparently a skill. 329 00:17:42,300 --> 00:17:45,900 All dads have to master, I can confirm that Dustin being a dad. 330 00:17:45,900 --> 00:17:49,600 And and also having had done that on a number of occasions. 331 00:17:49,600 --> 00:17:52,600 So that would fit right in with what we're talking about here. 332 00:17:52,600 --> 00:17:56,100 I think social interaction in a controlled environment. 333 00:17:56,200 --> 00:17:58,800 Which I think is important for athletes because people, you 334 00:17:58,808 --> 00:18:01,600 know, people can sometimes not know how to act when they're 335 00:18:01,600 --> 00:18:05,500 around athletes, not all the time, but sometimes that would 336 00:18:05,500 --> 00:18:10,000 probably be my favorite thing to do in that circumstance. 337 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:14,000 So that's the answer for you. We had some general questions 338 00:18:14,000 --> 00:18:17,600 about tailgating last week that we didn't get to an arrest 339 00:18:17,600 --> 00:18:19,600 Bennett. It asked a question about what 340 00:18:19,600 --> 00:18:24,900 was new on the grill this year and, you know, it's interesting. 341 00:18:25,300 --> 00:18:29,400 So we got the black On griddle, a couple of years ago and the 342 00:18:29,400 --> 00:18:32,000 great. Great addition, my thanks to my 343 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:33,900 mother-in-law. That was a, it was a Christmas 344 00:18:33,900 --> 00:18:38,700 gift and it it's been a great companion piece, and it's 345 00:18:38,700 --> 00:18:42,400 actually kind of taken over as the primary thing at the 346 00:18:42,400 --> 00:18:45,800 tailgate. So this last week we did some 347 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:47,400 new stuff that I hadn't done before. 348 00:18:47,800 --> 00:18:50,800 Well, one thing we had done before which was our the, the 349 00:18:50,800 --> 00:18:54,700 shrimp, and bacon and jalapeno poppers which I do two different 350 00:18:54,700 --> 00:18:59,300 versions of those. One with jalapeno and the other 351 00:18:59,300 --> 00:19:01,700 with red bell pepper. And the reason for that is the 352 00:19:01,700 --> 00:19:03,800 flavors are always good. Some people like the heat, some 353 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:08,200 people don't. So I really tried to focus on 354 00:19:08,400 --> 00:19:11,800 adapting recipes when it's not going to like fundamentally 355 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,800 alter things. And actually my wife much 356 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:15,900 prefers the bell pepper to the jalapeno. 357 00:19:16,100 --> 00:19:19,400 Not that she doesn't like spicy food but there's something about 358 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:20,700 the sweetness of the bell pepper. 359 00:19:20,700 --> 00:19:24,300 That goes really well with the Savory nature of the bacon and 360 00:19:24,300 --> 00:19:29,100 the big change I make with those Is I do not put cream cheese in 361 00:19:29,100 --> 00:19:30,400 mind. I know a lot of people, they 362 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:32,900 think cream cheese has to go with poppers, but to me, the 363 00:19:32,900 --> 00:19:37,300 cream cheese. Cream, cheese is such a, it's a 364 00:19:37,300 --> 00:19:41,500 blunt force, object of a flavor. It really takes over almost 365 00:19:41,500 --> 00:19:45,000 everything you put with, its kind of guacamole in a way like 366 00:19:45,000 --> 00:19:48,400 guacamole, just overwhelms, whatever you pair it with. 367 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,200 And what I've found is that taking the cream cheese out of 368 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,900 the poppers and just making them essentially keto style. 369 00:19:55,900 --> 00:20:00,200 So it's just like a pepper about a third of a slice of bacon, a 370 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,700 piece of shrimp and a toothpick that cooks up, really, really 371 00:20:03,700 --> 00:20:07,400 nicely. And I think ultimately what 372 00:20:07,400 --> 00:20:10,800 we're looking at in, you know, moving towards that. 373 00:20:10,800 --> 00:20:16,700 Sort of thing is a, it's a more Savory thing to eat. 374 00:20:16,700 --> 00:20:21,300 But it's also a situation where you can eat more of them and the 375 00:20:21,300 --> 00:20:23,600 flavors stick with you a lot longer and you get the right 376 00:20:23,600 --> 00:20:25,800 types of flavors. So we had that last week we'll 377 00:20:25,800 --> 00:20:29,100 probably Again, a little bit later on in the season, the new 378 00:20:29,100 --> 00:20:33,300 thing that we did with the tailgate was shrimp Po-Boys 379 00:20:33,500 --> 00:20:36,200 which was a kind of an idea out of the blue. 380 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:38,500 But I was like, I bought a bunch of shrimp to make poppers and 381 00:20:38,500 --> 00:20:40,500 then I ran out of bacon. I ran out of peppers but I had 382 00:20:40,500 --> 00:20:42,100 about two pounds of shrimp. Left was like, what am I gonna 383 00:20:42,100 --> 00:20:44,900 do with these? And so I was like, well Po-Boys 384 00:20:44,900 --> 00:20:49,300 make a lot of sense because if you get the right type of bread 385 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,600 and you toast it on the griddle which is one of the great 386 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:54,300 features of the Blackstone is that you can you can toast 387 00:20:54,300 --> 00:20:56,000 really easily on there without burning. 388 00:20:56,100 --> 00:21:01,300 And then essentially, you have to get the right marinade, which 389 00:21:01,300 --> 00:21:05,100 my wife makes and she what she essentially makes is this combo 390 00:21:05,300 --> 00:21:09,000 marinade of milk and cornstarch and some spices. 391 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:12,600 You let that sit overnight and then when you put it on the 392 00:21:12,600 --> 00:21:15,300 griddle, you get a little bit of a crust that forms around the 393 00:21:15,300 --> 00:21:17,800 shrimp, which is an important part because you get both flavor 394 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:20,500 and texture out of that. You cook the shrimp, they don't 395 00:21:20,500 --> 00:21:25,900 take too terribly long and then you get like a rebel Aid and a 396 00:21:26,200 --> 00:21:28,800 You get some sliced tomatoes, maybe get some onions. 397 00:21:29,500 --> 00:21:32,000 You know, you put all that together and boom. 398 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,700 You're good to go. It's a very straightforward 399 00:21:33,700 --> 00:21:37,400 dish, you know, you get about six or seven, shrimp / po boy. 400 00:21:37,800 --> 00:21:39,700 So they're kind of miniature. They're not like the big ones 401 00:21:39,700 --> 00:21:43,400 that you get in Mississippi or Louisiana but they work really 402 00:21:43,400 --> 00:21:46,000 well in that environment. And that was a big hit. 403 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,400 Those went really quickly. I was actually surprised at how 404 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:51,600 many people really dug those. We didn't even have a great 405 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,500 rental laid because it was hot last week and I was worried 406 00:21:54,500 --> 00:21:56,000 about mayonnaise and other things. 407 00:21:56,100 --> 00:21:59,000 Sitting out. So we ended up going with either 408 00:21:59,000 --> 00:22:03,000 a kind of a sweet barbecue sauce and some cases or a medium 409 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,700 Peri-Peri sauce which is not something that people normally 410 00:22:05,700 --> 00:22:09,100 think about when it comes to either Po-Boys or tailgating. 411 00:22:09,100 --> 00:22:12,700 But it worked really well, gave a bit of a kick and was I think 412 00:22:12,700 --> 00:22:16,900 a good addition overall. So those are the big new things 413 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:21,900 last week and, you know, this week still kind of figuring out 414 00:22:21,900 --> 00:22:25,600 the final aspects of the menu. But I know later on during this 415 00:22:26,200 --> 00:22:27,800 Season. The plan is there's going to be 416 00:22:27,800 --> 00:22:33,300 some cheesesteaks, both the beef variety and then also chicken 417 00:22:34,300 --> 00:22:36,400 that's a that's a classic griddle. 418 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,100 Tailgate item and I think works really well. 419 00:22:39,900 --> 00:22:43,700 You will probably do some kind of a taco bar which again is one 420 00:22:43,700 --> 00:22:47,500 of those things you don't think about is being a good idea on 421 00:22:47,500 --> 00:22:52,300 you know, a tailgate setup but the you know essentially you've 422 00:22:52,300 --> 00:22:55,500 got the perfect station to heat tortillas you get the perfect 423 00:22:55,500 --> 00:22:58,500 Station to Vegetables, you've got the perfect station to cook, 424 00:22:58,500 --> 00:23:01,500 taco meat, and get everything up and running, and then you can 425 00:23:01,500 --> 00:23:04,400 just kind of bring everything together and distribute that 426 00:23:04,400 --> 00:23:05,700 out. So that's certainly something 427 00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:09,500 that's coming up over the course of the next couple of months as 428 00:23:09,500 --> 00:23:11,900 we go into the season plus of course breakfast. 429 00:23:11,900 --> 00:23:15,700 Tailgates coming up later again I defer to my wife on a lot of 430 00:23:15,700 --> 00:23:18,700 the breakfast stuff in terms of the specialty items and I know 431 00:23:18,700 --> 00:23:23,800 that we're doing, I think chicken biscuits with a marinade 432 00:23:23,800 --> 00:23:26,000 that is very similar to the marinade. 433 00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:31,200 You get you, when you eat it, like Chick-fil-A the, the stuff 434 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:33,700 that they put their Chicken in, we've got a similar kind of 435 00:23:33,700 --> 00:23:35,700 marinate that we've been able to develop over the years. 436 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,600 That's always a welcome addition to the breakfast tailgate, it 437 00:23:39,600 --> 00:23:42,200 always goes nicely alongside like sausage biscuits and things 438 00:23:42,200 --> 00:23:44,100 like that. And we've been doing those of 439 00:23:44,100 --> 00:23:46,200 who you have stopped by the tailgate over the years. 440 00:23:46,200 --> 00:23:50,200 We've done this gets for a debt. What 12 years now? 441 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:53,100 However long we've been out doing tailgate 12 or 13 years so 442 00:23:53,800 --> 00:23:56,000 we keep trying to add new twists. 443 00:23:56,100 --> 00:23:58,200 To all of that to see how it all equates. 444 00:23:58,200 --> 00:24:00,700 And, you know, we've had some successes, I think more 445 00:24:00,700 --> 00:24:03,800 successes than failures and chicken, sometimes I think it's 446 00:24:03,800 --> 00:24:10,100 overdone in the, the world, but especially and I will say this, 447 00:24:10,100 --> 00:24:15,700 with, with the griddle chicken thigh meat is slept on a lot. 448 00:24:15,700 --> 00:24:18,300 I think chicken thigh meat in general, I one time I did a 449 00:24:18,300 --> 00:24:21,300 ranking on Twitter, like the most overrated, an underrated 450 00:24:21,300 --> 00:24:25,300 cuts of meat across all of the different types of meat that 451 00:24:25,300 --> 00:24:27,800 there are And chicken thigh to me. 452 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,600 Like, if you go to Chipotle and you get chicken, you're getting 453 00:24:30,600 --> 00:24:35,200 chicken thigh generally. Speaking your, you're able to do 454 00:24:35,200 --> 00:24:38,700 so much more with chicken thigh. It's got a much more, robust 455 00:24:38,700 --> 00:24:41,300 flavor it handles heat a lot better. 456 00:24:41,300 --> 00:24:43,900 It's got a higher fat content than chicken breast or chicken 457 00:24:43,900 --> 00:24:48,700 tenders or things like that, but it's got I think a much better 458 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,700 versatility, especially when you're cooking outside and it 459 00:24:53,700 --> 00:24:55,300 works for breakfast. Just as much as it works for 460 00:24:55,300 --> 00:24:58,100 lunch and dinner. So those are some things to keep 461 00:24:58,100 --> 00:25:02,400 in mind on that front. The other thing I'll say is from 462 00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:07,300 the standpoint of when you're setting up your tailgate menu, 463 00:25:07,600 --> 00:25:13,300 one deal that I'm always really interested in conveying to 464 00:25:13,300 --> 00:25:18,600 people is you want to make sure if you're cooking on site and 465 00:25:18,600 --> 00:25:21,500 I've talked about this on the podcast before you want to make 466 00:25:21,500 --> 00:25:24,700 sure that you're not giving people something that's going to 467 00:25:24,700 --> 00:25:29,100 require a whole lot of Sure is to eat effectively so I try to 468 00:25:29,100 --> 00:25:32,300 avoid anything that would require a knife or a fork or a 469 00:25:32,308 --> 00:25:35,200 spoon now. Something like tacos it's kind 470 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:38,000 of a borderline thing but you you know if you don't overload 471 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:41,500 the tortilla shell and you've got like bowls paper bowls that 472 00:25:41,500 --> 00:25:45,000 you can help to put the the tacos in. 473 00:25:45,300 --> 00:25:47,900 That's normally fine. It's where you get into trouble 474 00:25:47,900 --> 00:25:50,900 is where you try to do something more ornate and I just don't 475 00:25:50,900 --> 00:25:53,300 think it works. You know, the whole idea behind 476 00:25:53,300 --> 00:25:56,700 tailgate food is that it shouldn't Doesn't have to be 477 00:25:56,700 --> 00:25:58,900 overly fancy. You know you can get kind of 478 00:25:58,900 --> 00:26:03,300 fancy at times but if you're going to do something that is 479 00:26:03,300 --> 00:26:05,700 fancy, you better make sure that the delivery system into 480 00:26:05,700 --> 00:26:10,600 people's mouths is not something that causes them a whole lot of 481 00:26:10,600 --> 00:26:13,600 consternation. So just something to keep in 482 00:26:13,600 --> 00:26:15,900 mind as you move forward. If you're just getting started 483 00:26:15,900 --> 00:26:18,700 with tailgating, it's one of the big mistakes people make is they 484 00:26:18,700 --> 00:26:22,500 get a little ambitious and they don't take into account that. 485 00:26:22,500 --> 00:26:24,900 Most people are kind of eating and running or they're eating 486 00:26:24,900 --> 00:26:28,900 and talking with people. And so you want to make sure 487 00:26:28,900 --> 00:26:31,100 that you're not only thinking about the meal, but thinking 488 00:26:31,100 --> 00:26:33,100 about how they're going to eat the meal and what the 489 00:26:33,100 --> 00:26:35,200 environment is that they're going to eat in. 490 00:26:35,500 --> 00:26:39,000 So just keep that in mind and I think you'll be okay across the 491 00:26:39,000 --> 00:26:40,600 board on things. Right. 492 00:26:40,600 --> 00:26:43,600 Another question that people came in with that, a couple of 493 00:26:43,608 --> 00:26:46,700 people asking me, you know, I'm doing my first ever tailgate 494 00:26:46,700 --> 00:26:49,400 this year. What should I use? 495 00:26:49,700 --> 00:26:53,900 And some people are like, should I get a griddle and the griddles 496 00:26:53,900 --> 00:26:56,100 are good choices? You know, the and you don't 497 00:26:56,100 --> 00:27:00,800 maybe don't need to get the big 36-inch 4-burner griddles but 498 00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:03,300 there's there's three burner griddles and to burn or griddles 499 00:27:03,300 --> 00:27:05,600 that work just as well. It's a smaller, quantity of food 500 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:07,600 but you if you're just starting you probably have a smaller 501 00:27:07,600 --> 00:27:11,000 quantity of people who are going to be eating the food with you. 502 00:27:11,000 --> 00:27:14,100 So that's perfectly fine. You know what, I always remind 503 00:27:14,100 --> 00:27:18,100 people is I didn't get the griddle, two years ago, I did 10 504 00:27:18,100 --> 00:27:23,700 years of tailgating where my only cooking vessel was a Weber 505 00:27:24,300 --> 00:27:28,900 portable propane grill. You know, so I generally and I 506 00:27:29,000 --> 00:27:32,500 they don't actually make the particular model that I bought 507 00:27:32,500 --> 00:27:37,300 10 or 12 years ago but I really like the Weber Q 1000 or the 508 00:27:37,300 --> 00:27:41,900 Weber Q 1200 especially if you can get a stand for it so that 509 00:27:41,900 --> 00:27:45,900 it's elevated off the ground. But I found that both of those 510 00:27:46,000 --> 00:27:51,700 have generally ample cooking room, they cook really evenly. 511 00:27:51,900 --> 00:27:55,900 They're pretty easy to clean all things considered and they are 512 00:27:56,000 --> 00:28:00,100 Are very versatile in terms of not just what you can cook but 513 00:28:00,100 --> 00:28:02,900 how easily you can transport them in the type of fuel that 514 00:28:02,900 --> 00:28:08,200 you using the Q, both of those, the 10:00 and the 1200 utilize 515 00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:14,200 those green Coleman, portable propane, gas canisters, which 516 00:28:14,200 --> 00:28:16,700 you've probably seen. If you'd walk through like dicks 517 00:28:16,700 --> 00:28:18,600 or Cabela's or something like that. 518 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:20,600 I think they've actually they used to sell them at Kroger's 519 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:25,100 down here and I guess it's just Kroger, isn't it? 520 00:28:25,100 --> 00:28:29,400 Sorry. But they're, you know, those 521 00:28:29,400 --> 00:28:31,600 canisters. Actually, you can get in some 522 00:28:31,600 --> 00:28:34,700 cases to full tailgates out of the canister, if you're 523 00:28:34,700 --> 00:28:40,100 judicious in, how you utilize them, and I've found again, 524 00:28:40,100 --> 00:28:42,200 like, almost everything that I would want to cook. 525 00:28:42,200 --> 00:28:45,300 That didn't require a flat surface was was great on the 526 00:28:45,300 --> 00:28:50,000 Weber Q, 1000 or 1200. Give the, you know, I mean, 527 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,300 hamburgers actually still prefer when I'm doing sausages or 528 00:28:53,300 --> 00:28:57,500 hotdogs, I'll bring the cue 1000 that I've got to cook next to 529 00:28:57,500 --> 00:28:59,900 the griddle because I'm just not a huge fan of how the griddle 530 00:28:59,900 --> 00:29:03,900 handles tubed meat. I just don't think it Cooks 531 00:29:03,900 --> 00:29:05,600 quite as well. I think you need more of an open 532 00:29:05,600 --> 00:29:09,100 flame for that sort of thing. Now, certainly I think 533 00:29:09,100 --> 00:29:11,200 hamburgers are better on The Griddle and there's a lot of 534 00:29:11,200 --> 00:29:14,700 things like the shrimp that don't work nearly as well on the 535 00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:18,500 Weber as they do on The Griddle but you can get by doing a lot 536 00:29:18,500 --> 00:29:21,700 of good tailgate stuff. Using one of those portable 537 00:29:21,700 --> 00:29:25,900 propane grills from Weber versus what you might be. 538 00:29:26,100 --> 00:29:27,900 You trying to do with something else. 539 00:29:27,900 --> 00:29:31,500 One thing I will say is unless you are experienced and or 540 00:29:31,500 --> 00:29:34,500 planning on sticking around for a while, I would avoid using 541 00:29:34,500 --> 00:29:38,200 charcoal for two primary reasons, one and look, I'm a big 542 00:29:38,200 --> 00:29:41,500 charcoal at home guy. I don't have a gas grill at all 543 00:29:41,500 --> 00:29:48,000 here that I use at my house but I do use gas when I'm traveling 544 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:53,500 to cook, because propane grills cool down a lot faster. 545 00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:57,200 You don't have this messy. That's too hot to put in the 546 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,800 trash bag and you know, you're like, where are you going to put 547 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:01,000 this? You know, you're either going to 548 00:30:01,000 --> 00:30:04,400 dump it illegally and litter or you're going to risk, keeping it 549 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:07,400 in the grill and not have it be completely cool when you put it 550 00:30:07,400 --> 00:30:11,200 back in your truck or car. So you know what I've generally 551 00:30:11,200 --> 00:30:14,400 found is I get done tailgating, I turn off the grill and it's 552 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,300 cool enough to put back in the truck with in like 25 or 30 553 00:30:17,300 --> 00:30:20,600 minutes and that is not always the case with the charcoal. 554 00:30:20,600 --> 00:30:23,800 So if you're getting started or if you're looking for an upgrade 555 00:30:23,800 --> 00:30:26,800 from whatever you're currently using, I'd rather Command a 556 00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:30,700 portable propane grill, and you. Fortunately got a lot of good 557 00:30:30,700 --> 00:30:31,900 options. Coleman's, got some decent 558 00:30:31,900 --> 00:30:33,700 options as well. I just happen to like the Weber 559 00:30:33,700 --> 00:30:37,900 stuff a bit better. So anyway, I think that's going 560 00:30:37,900 --> 00:30:41,700 to wrap it up for this show about 30 minutes long and we 561 00:30:41,700 --> 00:30:44,800 look forward to talking with you again in coming weeks. 562 00:30:44,900 --> 00:30:49,000 We'll be back with our regular post game review podcast, Scott. 563 00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:52,700 And I will be coming to you on Sunday morning sometime, so be 564 00:30:52,700 --> 00:30:56,300 sure to keep an eye out for that and let us So if you have 565 00:30:56,300 --> 00:30:58,000 questions, you can hit us up on Twitter. 566 00:30:58,100 --> 00:31:01,400 At Crimson cast is probably the best way to do. 567 00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:02,800 So you can hit me up to dr. G. 568 00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:04,900 C, on Twitter, always happy to hear from you folks. 569 00:31:04,900 --> 00:31:09,900 Thanks to home-field apparel for their continued sponsorship and 570 00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:14,300 they're just overall good natured - of being the good 571 00:31:14,300 --> 00:31:17,700 brand and thanks to all the folks at the back home network 572 00:31:18,100 --> 00:31:20,400 and we will catch you folks on the flip side, bring back the 573 00:31:20,408 --> 00:31:21,600 Bison. So long everybody.