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Phil Steele talks everything college football: Part 2 · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Speaker 1: Feil sit a couple SEC teams. I want to talk
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  Speaker 1: some national conversation as well. Georgia, Texas. I think you know,
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  Speaker 1: when the media poll comes out at SEC ME today's
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  Speaker 1: end of this week tomorrow, you'll probably see those two.
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  Speaker 1: I would assume maybe Alabama's right there too, But how
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  Speaker 1: good is Georgia and then you know how good is Texas?
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  Speaker 1: Are you in with arch Manning or you are white
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  Speaker 1: and Sea approach?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm in with arch Manning. He's got the mobility,
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  Speaker 2: the arm strength, everything you want a quarterback. And he's
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  Speaker 2: got some experience as well, so it's a big plus.
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  Speaker 2: He's got great supporting casts. I think Texas might have
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  Speaker 2: the most talented team in the SEC this year, especially
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  Speaker 2: with their defense. Every at the best defense in the country.
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  Speaker 2: So this is a loaded Texas team. Now, they do
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  Speaker 2: have to play Ohio State on the road, Florida on
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  Speaker 2: the road, Georgia on the road, and Oklahoma at a
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  Speaker 2: neutral site, so they don't have a super tough schedule,
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  Speaker 2: but their toughest games are in the toughest spots. And
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  Speaker 2: speaking of toughest games in the toughest spots, let's talk
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  Speaker 2: about Georgia. Last year, Georgia had to play Old Miss,
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  Speaker 2: Texas and Alabama all on the road. We'll get that's what.
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  Speaker 2: They lost two of those games. This year, the three
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  Speaker 2: toughest games are Old Miss, Alabama and Texas, but they
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  Speaker 2: get all three of them at home. And Georgia may
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  Speaker 2: be lacking the star power they had when they were
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  Speaker 2: a national title winner both back in twenty twenty one
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  Speaker 2: and twenty twenty two, but I like the overall talent. Defensively,
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  Speaker 2: they're stout, deep and stout, and offensively, as long as
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  Speaker 2: Gunner Stockton comes along and he gives mobility the quarterback position,
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  Speaker 2: I like the offensive line. I've got Georgia favorite in
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  Speaker 2: all twelve games, so I think when the SEC media votes,
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  Speaker 2: it will probably be Texas, Georgia. Alabama won two three.
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  Speaker 2: I've got Georgia number one because they have the better
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  Speaker 2: schedule than does Texas. So I got Georgia one, Texas two,
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  Speaker 2: and Bama three.
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  Speaker 1: Phil, still talking college football twenty twenty five magazine is out.
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  Speaker 2: Phil.
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  Speaker 1: Let's go national stuff. Of course we're talking national with
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  Speaker 1: the SEC, but let's move up to the big ten.
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  Speaker 1: Penn State too. I know you like I like Penn State.
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  Speaker 1: I have a couple questions with James frank and as
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  Speaker 1: far as you know, his inability so far to win
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  Speaker 1: the big game. But you look at the running back room,
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  Speaker 1: it's one of the best in the country. You look
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  Speaker 1: at the quarterback and Drew Aller, he's one of the
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  Speaker 1: better ones in the country. They bring over a defensive
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  Speaker 1: coordinator from Ohio State who just won a national championship.
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  Speaker 1: It feels like the pressure is on James Franklin, much
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  Speaker 1: like it was on Ryan Day last year.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and Jim Harbor the year before. Remember Jim Harbaugh
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  Speaker 2: couldn't win the big game, and all of a sudden
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  Speaker 2: he won the national title. I think that happens with
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  Speaker 2: Penn State. And you go back to Michigan, what was
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  Speaker 2: their formula for winning the national title? They had a
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  Speaker 2: lot of players turned down the NFL out to return
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  Speaker 2: senior Leyden group. What was the formula for Ohio State
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  Speaker 2: last year? A lot of players turned down the NFL
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  Speaker 2: senior Leaden group and they added some transfers, And same
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  Speaker 2: thing with Penn State this year. You touched on the
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  Speaker 2: fact they've got my number one running backs in the country.
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  Speaker 2: They have my number one offensive line in the country,
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  Speaker 2: everybody back from last year. They've got Drew Ler at
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  Speaker 2: the quarterback spot, a four year starter. How many teams
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  Speaker 2: have four year starters at qb? And you know, had
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  Speaker 2: an excellent ratio last year, twenty four touchdown passes, just
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  Speaker 2: eight interceptions. And then the receiving corps upgraded. They bring
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  Speaker 2: in Kyen Hudson from USC, They bring in Trevor Pania
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  Speaker 2: from Syracuse. Devonte Ross comes in from Troy. So that's outstanding.
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  Speaker 2: The defense, you know, they don't need Jim Knowles to
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  Speaker 2: be a magician. They had a great defense last year.
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  Speaker 2: In fact, Tom Allen went to Clemson is going to
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  Speaker 2: do a great job there. They've got Danny Dennis Sutton,
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  Speaker 2: the defensive ends, Ae Durant, a defense tackle, Rojas, a linebacker.
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  Speaker 2: I could go on and on. It's a load of defense.
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  Speaker 2: So talent wise, I think they're there. You look at
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State they lost fifteen NFL draft picks. You go
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  Speaker 2: back and look at Michigan they lost ten NFL draft picks.
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  Speaker 2: Penn State only lost five. A lot of these guys
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  Speaker 2: turned down the NFL. And one thing I looked at
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  Speaker 2: Jake this year is I'm going with teams that build
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  Speaker 2: the teams through the freshmen, and that's what Michigan and
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State did. Penn State's done the same thing. All
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  Speaker 2: these fifth year seniors. They were all recruited by Penn
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  Speaker 2: State as freshmen. They've been there. They've got great team atmosphere,
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  Speaker 2: there's cohesion, and we saw those teams have a lot
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  Speaker 2: of success last year. Clemson won the ACC, Iowa State
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  Speaker 2: did well in the Big Twelve. Army and Navy don't
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  Speaker 2: use the transfer portal, and they had great years in
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  Speaker 2: the American Conference. I think I've got Penn State winning
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  Speaker 2: all this year, first time at thirty one years I
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  Speaker 2: picked them to win it all.
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  Speaker 1: That would be massive for Penn State. A team that
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  Speaker 1: played in the national semifinal last year lost to this
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  Speaker 1: next team, Notre Dame, who was your national runner up.
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  Speaker 1: I love Marcus Freeman, and you know, I thought Brian
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  Speaker 1: Kelly did a great job. I know we didn't hit
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  Speaker 1: on LSU or we may get a chance to do that,
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  Speaker 1: but you know, Marcus Freeman feels like he's taking this
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  Speaker 1: thing to a totally different level. Takes Notre Dame to
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  Speaker 1: the national championship game last year, I thought they played
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  Speaker 1: about as good as you could have played against a
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  Speaker 1: loaded Ohio State team. How good is Notre Dame this
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  Speaker 1: year was last year just kind of a splash in
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  Speaker 1: the pan or as Marcus Freeman got the Irish kind
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  Speaker 1: of here to stay.
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  Speaker 2: Oh they're here to stay for sure, and you don't
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  Speaker 2: go back to the Ohio State game. They were missing
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  Speaker 2: their top defensive lineman and top offensive lineman due to injury,
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  Speaker 2: so I think that affected the game a little bit
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  Speaker 2: as well. You know, their question mark is going to
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  Speaker 2: be quarterback. They're inexperienced there, but I like CJ. Carr,
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  Speaker 2: I like Kenny Minschee. They've got a couple of guys
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  Speaker 2: that really have that opportunity. They bring in a true
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  Speaker 2: freshman in Blake Herbert, and so overall this is a
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  Speaker 2: good quarterback corps, but a great surrounding pass Jeremiah Love
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  Speaker 2: opted to come back. He's one of the best running
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  Speaker 2: backs in the country. They got my number three rated
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  Speaker 2: offensive line. The receiving corps brings in a Malachai Fields
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  Speaker 2: from Virginia. They also bring in Will Polling from Wisconsin,
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  Speaker 2: and the defense is always going to be solid. With
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  Speaker 2: Marcus Freeman. In fact, they've got my number four rated
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  Speaker 2: defensive line, number three rated linebackers, and best secondary in
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  Speaker 2: the country. And showing the sign of a good coach,
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  Speaker 2: my number eleven special teams. I do have Notre Dame
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  Speaker 2: favorite in all twelve games this year. There're some tough
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  Speaker 2: ones on the schedule, but the toughest ones are generally
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  Speaker 2: at home. You look at the road slate, I think
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  Speaker 2: the toughest road game is right out of the box.
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  Speaker 2: Miami of Florida. I got Notre Dame back in the
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  Speaker 2: playoff and national title contender. Once again.
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  Speaker 1: Speaking of Miami, let's step over to the ACC Clemson.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned they were one of the youngest, if not
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  Speaker 1: the youngest team last year to make the College Football
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  Speaker 1: Playoffdabos when he returns most of that crew there at
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  Speaker 1: climbs in the quarterback is going to be really good.
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  Speaker 1: Is this the best team Dabo has had since probably
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  Speaker 1: post Trevor Lawrence.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, And you know, I think when you look at him.
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  Speaker 2: First of all, offensively, they've got my number two rated
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  Speaker 2: offensive line, and coach Sweeney told me that they have
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  Speaker 2: ten guys he thinks he can play up front. Two
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  Speaker 2: years ago, club Nick had a good year, didn't have
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  Speaker 2: a great year, but his receiving corp was all banged up.
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  Speaker 2: All the top receivers got injured prior to the year.
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  Speaker 2: Last year, those injured players came back, they had some
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  Speaker 2: additions and all of a sudden kave club Nick turns
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  Speaker 2: into an outstanding quarterback and put up a tremendous number
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  Speaker 2: from last year, including thirty six touchdown passes just six interceptions.
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  Speaker 2: Club knicks one of the best in the country. Number
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  Speaker 2: two set of wide receivers, number two offensive line. They
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  Speaker 2: are loaded, and then defensively, last year they took a
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  Speaker 2: step back. They actually alloted three hundred and seventy four
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  Speaker 2: yards per game, and that never happens at Clemson. You
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  Speaker 2: look at the talent they have. They've got NFL caliber
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  Speaker 2: guys like Peter Woods and Cape Hard upfront, Wittiz and
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  Speaker 2: Brown and linebacker Terrell and Burns. In the secondary. Tom
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  Speaker 2: Allen is going to make their defense much improved. All
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  Speaker 2: three units rank in my top eight of the position rankings.
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  Speaker 2: And then when you look at the schedule this year,
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  Speaker 2: toughest opponents are at home. Their road slate is not easy.
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  Speaker 2: I mean South Carolina's gonna be a tough in the
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  Speaker 2: season final. Louisville is going to be tough North Carolina.
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  Speaker 2: But I've got them favorite in all twelve games this year.
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  Speaker 2: I've got club Nick being one of the top quarterbacks
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  Speaker 2: in the country.
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  Speaker 1: Feel still talk in College Football Thursday edition of the program.
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  Speaker 1: Fill one more question, then we'll talk about the magazine
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  Speaker 1: one more time. I'm intrigued by what's going on down
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  Speaker 1: in Lubbock, Texas Tech. The money that they have put
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  Speaker 1: into this football team, or at least that's out there publicly.
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  Speaker 1: What are they doing down there? And could they be
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  Speaker 1: somewhat of a sleeper not only in the Big Twelve,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm want to say sleeper nationally, not necessarily win
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  Speaker 1: the national title, but to maybe do what Arizona State
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  Speaker 1: did last year, maybe even win a ball game in
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  Speaker 1: a playoff.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely. I love the talent that they've got. And
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  Speaker 2: the thing is it's not a transfer portal heavy team
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  Speaker 2: that's replacing a lot of players. Re Number five on
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  Speaker 2: my experience start coming in. We got a veteran quarterback
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  Speaker 2: and Baron Morden there. Defensively, they returned Jacob Rodriguez, who's
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  Speaker 2: the big twelve, Defensive Player of the Year, offensive lines,
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  Speaker 2: a veteran unit, and then they go and add all
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  Speaker 2: these transfers to it. This is a team just teaming
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  Speaker 2: and talent right now. Now, My biggest question mark with
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  Speaker 2: Texas Tech Jake is can they win on the road.
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  Speaker 2: And you know Jerey McGuire's fifteen to five at home,
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  Speaker 2: it's only six and ten on the road. And this
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  Speaker 2: year on the road they have to play Utah, which
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  Speaker 2: I think is one of the best teams in the
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  Speaker 2: Big Twelve, Arizona State, the defending Big Twelve champ, Kansas
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  Speaker 2: State one of the best teams in the Big twelve.
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  Speaker 2: So they're going to have to start to win the
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  Speaker 2: big games on the road, which is something they haven't
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  Speaker 2: done yet under McGuire. But talent wise, they've got the
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  Speaker 2: opportunity to do it. Alls they have to do win
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  Speaker 2: the Big Twelve. If you make the playoff, doesn't matter
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  Speaker 2: what you do during the season. You could have two
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  Speaker 2: three losses.
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  Speaker 2: I appreciate that, Jake, three hundred and sixty pages, like
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  Speaker 1: Phil always appreciates your time. Thank you for what you
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  Speaker 1: do for college football. Great work as always and look
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  Speaker 1: how a great football season. We'll do it again soon.
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  Speaker 2: Appreciate that, Jake. Always enjoy our conversations, my friend.
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  Speaker 1: Same with you, sir. Thank you got to take a
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