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Louisville WILL BEAT SMU Football BECAUSE… | Cardinals | Mustangs | ACC · ACC Football Addiction (Atlantic Coast Conference)

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  Speaker 1: We will finish up in the ACC. I think this
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  Speaker 1: is the ACC's game of the year. It could be.
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  Speaker 1: When you look at a conference-on-conference matchup, obviously I think
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  Speaker 1: Miami-Notre Dame is bigger. I think going into Clemson-LSU, we
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  Speaker 1: thought that was going to be bigger. But ACC versus ACC,
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  Speaker 1: I think this game will determine who goes and sees
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  Speaker 1: Miami in the conference championship. Virginia could be hanging around.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see what Tech has later in the year. We'll
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  Speaker 1: see what other teams do. But to get the game
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  Speaker 1: ahead and then get the tiebreaker as well. I think
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  Speaker 1: this is going to be really big for whoever wins
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  Speaker 1: this game. It is presented by prize picks Cole. Well,
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  Speaker 1: you know what? I've let Cole go first every time. Tom,
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  Speaker 1: you can start off a Louisville SMU.
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  Speaker 2: Who wants to play defense.
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  Speaker 3: I'm excited.
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  Speaker 2: I'm excited about this game.
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  Speaker 3: Like I was really encouraged by Lincoln Keenholz in his
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  Speaker 3: first two games and especially the, the old miss game.
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  Speaker 3: But I mean, like for a guy who are only
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  Speaker 3: knowledge of him was that, horrible bowl game against Missouri
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  Speaker 3: for Ohio State years ago where he came in and
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  Speaker 3: just got shellacked as a backup like I think if
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  Speaker 3: I'm correct he'd not started a game since high school
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  Speaker 3: prior to start against Ole Miss he's looked very sharp
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  Speaker 3: and he brings a lot to the offense he brings
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  Speaker 3: his legs he brings a very good passing acumen like
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  Speaker 3: Jeff Braum has clearly done a really nice job with
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  Speaker 3: him On the flip side, SMU, Kevin Jennings, et cetera,
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  Speaker 3: they had the explosivity that we expected. And granted, it
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  Speaker 3: was Florida State, but still Florida State's defense put up
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  Speaker 3: a fight throughout that game in Tallahassee. I think this
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  Speaker 3: is going to come down to turnovers like a lot
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  Speaker 3: of games do in that Kevin Jennings makes some very,
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  Speaker 3: very odd decisions sometimes in the passing game. He is
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  Speaker 3: the best athlete on the field more often than not
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  Speaker 3: whenever he steps between the white lines. He's got to
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  Speaker 3: be safer with the football if they want to pull
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  Speaker 3: this thing out. But it's really going to be a shootout,
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  Speaker 3: in my opinion. I haven't seen either team really stand
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  Speaker 3: up defensively. There continue to be lapses in the secondary.
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  Speaker 1: And that's been.
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  Speaker 3: Something we've seen out of Louisville for a while, so
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  Speaker 3: they need to get that corrected. You believe in the
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  Speaker 3: pass rush that Louisville was able to bring. I thought
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  Speaker 3: SMU's pass rush did well against Florida State, but again,
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  Speaker 3: you consider the competition. That's important. They feel very evenly matched, honestly.
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  Speaker 3: But this is going to come down to who turns
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  Speaker 3: the ball over the least, I think.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's part of it.
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  Speaker 4: What I also want to know is that can we
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  Speaker 4: see either one of these rushing attacks get going with
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  Speaker 4: the non-quarterback factor? Because so far, neither one of these teams,
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  Speaker 4: that I actually had a lot of hope for their
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  Speaker 4: running back systems, whether it be Isaac Brown, whether it
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  Speaker 4: be Kiwan Brown, Kendrick Raphael, I believe D'Amico Green is
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  Speaker 4: the other running back's name. They're all like average. None
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  Speaker 4: of them have over 100 rushing yards so far. Now,
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  Speaker 4: Isaac Brown's close with like 97%. But they also haven't
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  Speaker 4: found the end zone consistently.
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  Speaker 2: So can we see.
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  Speaker 4: Not the quarterbacks be the reason why your ground game
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  Speaker 4: is moving? Both quarterbacks have been known to be able
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  Speaker 4: to throw into double coverage. And, you know, for one side,
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  Speaker 4: Lincoln Keenholz has not had a turnover in the sense
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  Speaker 4: of he has not had an interception, but he's made
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  Speaker 4: some plays to where, hell, that ball hangs a little
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  Speaker 4: bit too long. It's going to be able to go
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  Speaker 4: ahead and be picked off by somebody. I think that
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  Speaker 4: SMU has the dudes.
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  Speaker 2: I don't need to say what we know about Kevin
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  Speaker 2: Jennings with the.
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  Speaker 4: Four turnovers in the game against Florida State. I think
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  Speaker 4: of the passing attack of both these games are going
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  Speaker 4: to be really, really fun. Who breaks on open a
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  Speaker 4: little bit more? Is it going to be Trey Richardson?
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  Speaker 4: And more specifically, who's going to be the secondary receiver
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  Speaker 4: that does it?
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  Speaker 2: Lawayne McCoy, who currently.
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  Speaker 4: Is averaging 32.8 yards of play. I mean, is it
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  Speaker 4: going to be him? Is it going to be Jaleel
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  Speaker 4: Skinner at the tight end position? Then you flip it
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  Speaker 4: on over to SMU side. Is it going to be
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  Speaker 4: Yannick Smith, the ECU transfer? Is it going to be
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  Speaker 4: Jalen Cooper? Is it going to be Yamir Knight? I mean,
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  Speaker 4: they have weapons that are just finding ways to open,
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  Speaker 4: and the explosive plays that we've seen from both sides
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  Speaker 4: are very much alive and well. So can you limit
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  Speaker 4: the explosives and force these quarterbacks at the play within
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  Speaker 4: the system? I think that both of these two teams
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  Speaker 4: have so much riding in on this game because if
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  Speaker 4: you're SMU, this is an opportunity to pop you up
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  Speaker 4: into the conversation about being the number two team in
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  Speaker 4: the ACC and kind of silence anyone who has the
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  Speaker 4: question marks about can you win in big environments. But
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  Speaker 4: on the flip side, You know, for Louisville, they're going
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  Speaker 4: to have two losses if they lose this game. I
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  Speaker 4: personally think that Louisville is the more talented team. I
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  Speaker 4: like their defense. I like their offensive line. I love
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  Speaker 4: their rushing attack. I love that they have a mobile quarterback.
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  Speaker 4: I love Trey Richardson at wide receiver. Clev Lubin, I think,
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  Speaker 4: is the best defensive player currently in the ACC. Can
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  Speaker 4: they do enough to say, we looked bad at times
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  Speaker 4: defensively against Trey Dad Shameless? Because it's Trinidad Chambliss. Everyone
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  Speaker 4: looks bad against Trinidad Chambliss. I think that's the main takeaway.
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  Speaker 4: We were able to force Kevin Jenks to live within
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  Speaker 4: a system. Just a lot of things to like about
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  Speaker 4: this game. Like this has an opportunity. And I find
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  Speaker 4: it really disrespectful. And as an SEC fan, I'll be
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  Speaker 4: the first to say this. I find it really disrespectful
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  Speaker 4: that this is not one of the primetime games of
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  Speaker 4: the week. Like on the main television platform. I think
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  Speaker 4: it's on ESPN too, if I'm not mistaken.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's wrong.
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  Speaker 3: I'll look it up.
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  Speaker 1: It's yeah, it is three 30. I wonder why it's not. Well,
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  Speaker 1: first of all, I'm thankful that it's not like the
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  Speaker 1: Friday night game. Although I think it's disrespectful to put
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  Speaker 1: Miami or ACC's best team on Friday night. Miami doesn't
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  Speaker 1: play a home game until the last week of September,
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  Speaker 1: which is kind of crazy to think about over a
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  Speaker 1: month of college football. And they don't play their last,
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  Speaker 1: their first home game until then. And it's against central Michigan.
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  Speaker 1: So it's not.
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  Speaker 4: Even first home game on a Saturday.
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  Speaker 2: Cause they played the first game.
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  Speaker 1: Correct, yeah. First Saturday game. I did not mean home. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they played Friday, Thursday, Friday to start the year, which
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  Speaker 1: is wild. But, yeah, what is the ACC schedule this week?
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  Speaker 1: What is the night game for this week that we've
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  Speaker 1: got coming up on ESPN? It's Virginia Tech, Maryland is
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  Speaker 1: on Fox Sports. West Virginia, Virginia, which is a fun game.
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  Speaker 1: I even toyed around with putting that on the lineup
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  Speaker 1: this week. Um, that's the ACC network seven o'clock kickoff.
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  Speaker 1: There is not a night kickoff anywhere on ESPN, just,
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  Speaker 1: just on the ACC network. So, I mean, getting SMU
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  Speaker 1: Louisville on ESPN too, is probably a bigger draw than
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  Speaker 1: having the night game for a TV perspective. It's not
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  Speaker 1: as fun for fans that are going to the game.
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  Speaker 1: I will tell you that noon game that Lamar Jackson
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  Speaker 1: went for 4 billion yards and 3 billion points. against
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  Speaker 1: FSU was a noon game back in 2016. And that
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  Speaker 1: place was like off the charts, rocking like your TVs
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  Speaker 1: were actually moving. If you were watching that game because
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  Speaker 1: of how loud it was, I've been there on a
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  Speaker 1: Friday night. That place will be nuts. My question is, man,
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  Speaker 1: I talked about it leading up to the Florida state game.
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  Speaker 1: and you guys mentioned this too, is Kevin Jennings has
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  Speaker 1: not been elite on the road. Now against Florida state
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  Speaker 1: on the road, he threw for a ton of yards.
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  Speaker 1: And so, yeah, he, it was a lot of good
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  Speaker 1: mixed with a lot of bad. He didn't just like
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  Speaker 1: go into full hermit mode, but can he correct the mistakes?
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  Speaker 1: I think Louisville has a better defense than SMU. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think Kevin Jennings has quite as good of a
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  Speaker 1: game as, uh, you know, he did against the Seminoles
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  Speaker 1: when he goes up to Louisville. But I, again, I
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  Speaker 1: think this does so many games coming out of this.
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  Speaker 1: So it's, Oh man, great groundbreaking analysis here. Somebody is
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  Speaker 1: going to make a mistake in this game, whether it's
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  Speaker 1: keen holes, seeing something different because he's playing a really
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  Speaker 1: good opponent, which he played a really good opponent week one.
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  Speaker 1: And it was pretty, pretty, pretty good. Jennings has the
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  Speaker 1: propensity to do it on the road in a raucous environment.
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  Speaker 1: That's probably not booing his head coach. Every other down, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I lean at Louisville here because it's at home. I
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  Speaker 1: do think that I have a little bit more confidence
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  Speaker 1: in their defense than I do SMUs. I think it's,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's the Cardinal, but, or it's the Cardinals,
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  Speaker 1: but I, I don't know, man, this, this one is
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  Speaker 1: going to be a ton of fun and I can't
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  Speaker 1: wait to, well, watch the highlights or watch it on
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  Speaker 1: my phone while I'm watching Bama beat our teeth in.
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  Speaker 3: I think I'm leaning Louisville as well. I think their
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  Speaker 3: pass rush is, It makes me feel a little bit
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  Speaker 3: more comfortable than SMU's defense, I guess, overall. I think
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  Speaker 3: that's going to be an edge in this game. My
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  Speaker 3: point about turnovers, and it does kind of feel like
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  Speaker 3: one of those games where whoever has the ball last
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  Speaker 3: probably wins. I'm going to take Louisville.
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  Speaker 4: Most disrespected team coming into the season among the AP voters.
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  Speaker 4: The fact that they were at number 24 was, in
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  Speaker 4: my mind, asinine. I think they are the second best
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  Speaker 4: team in the ACC despite being a one-on-one record.
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  Speaker 2: I think if they show up and show on out
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  Speaker 2: why they are the number two team in.
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  Speaker 4: The ACC and have one step closer to punching their
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  Speaker 4: ticket to Charlotte, I'm going to take Louisville to win
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  Speaker 4: this game by six.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think Louisville's a two-and-a-half point favorite at home,
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  Speaker 1: so they're basically telling you that is a complete coin
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  Speaker 1: flip and they're giving them a few points for home
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  Speaker 1: field advantage.
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  Speaker 2: As of now, it is a one and a half
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  Speaker 2: point line.
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  Speaker 1: So they think smu slightly better maybe that has to
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  Speaker 1: do with louisville having a loss but as nick saban
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  Speaker 1: said that was a good loss in my opinion um
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  Speaker 1: what's better okay here's a good question for you guys
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  Speaker 1: what's better the lost old miss or the win against
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  Speaker 1: florida state for.
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  Speaker 2: Smu lost old miss far and away lost old.
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  Speaker 1: Miss Now, I will tell you at the same time,
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  Speaker 1: I hate that logic. I hate the idea that we're...
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  Speaker 1: But if we're going on that logic, I would agree.
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  Speaker 1: I think that loss to Ole Miss was more impressive
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  Speaker 1: than what SMU did to try and give the game
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  Speaker 1: away to Florida State.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, humor me. Humor me on this one.
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  Speaker 4: If anyone besides Ashton Daniels is playing quarterback for Florida State,
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  Speaker 4: does Florida State win that football game with the four
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  Speaker 4: turnovers by SMU?
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  Speaker 1: Correct.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: It's not correct.
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  Speaker 4: Sorry.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 1: If Calandria plays quarterback, I think they win.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, cool. If both of you will play quarterback, do
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  Speaker 2: they win?
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  Speaker 4: Hold on a second.
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  Speaker 3: We're working at a hypothetical of guys that aren't even
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  Speaker 3: on the team.
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  Speaker 1: Well, Calandria visited Florida State.
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  Speaker 3: I'm saying like right now. Are there backup quarterbacks at
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  Speaker 3: Florida State?
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  Speaker 1: No, no, no, no, no. Guys they should have gotten
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  Speaker 1: in the offseason.
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  Speaker 4: They brought in DeLague, Calandria, two other guys, and they settled.
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  Speaker 2: On Ashton Daniels. That's my opinion. If they got any
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  Speaker 2: one of the other quarterbacks, they win that football.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, I agree with that. I think if they
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  Speaker 1: have Tommy Castellanos, they win that game.
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  Speaker 2: I think if they have Tommy Castellanos, they win that game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: I can tell you what, Deuce Robinson goes off in
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  Speaker 2: that game.
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  Speaker 1: Mike trusted Tommy to throw the ball. And right now
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  Speaker 1: he doesn't trust Ashton Daniels.
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  Speaker 3: Does Tommy C take over as starter midway through the
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  Speaker 3: Houston game this weekend?
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 1: No, I don't think so.
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  Speaker 4: No.
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  Speaker 1: Who all gave us, am I the only one not
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  Speaker 1: to do a score of this one yet?
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  Speaker 3: Oh, I am.
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  Speaker 1: Go ahead, Cole.
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  Speaker 4: 30 to 20.
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  Speaker 2: 21.
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  Speaker 1: I'll go. Ooh, 11 points. No, I'm going closer than that. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: higher scoring 35, 31. Give me the home team.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, give me 33, 28 Louisville.
• 11:57
  Speaker 1: Is that a three for three? Is that our first
• 11:59
  Speaker 1: three for, no, we all pick Bama. Um, so it's
• 12:01
  Speaker 1: not our first three for three of the day. Well,
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  Speaker 1: we all obviously pick Notre Dame too, but, uh, yeah,
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