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Episode 71: Conference Championship Betting Preview - Don't Rick James My House.... · The Crazy Sheet - CFB Handicapping

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Speaker 1: Ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. At your favorite time
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Speaker 1: of week, you dawnload the crazy shit you get you
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Speaker 1: ready for some conference championships. We had Rivalry Week last week.
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Speaker 1: It was fantastic. I'm market, I'm in the podcasting studio,
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Speaker 1: Scottie Brother, How the hell are you, man?
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Speaker 2: I'm good. Rivalry Week was very good last week. Good
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Speaker 2: to see that Ryan Day will soon be in the
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Speaker 2: unemployment line.
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Speaker 1: I don't know, man, I keep seeing that they think
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Speaker 1: he's coming back, but what a weird turn of events
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Speaker 1: in that game.
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Speaker 2: I mean, well, if he's coming back and doesn't fire
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Speaker 2: Chip Kelly, he's an idiot. How you don't try to
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Speaker 2: throw the football down the field with those wide receivers
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Speaker 2: and with the injuries that Michigan had. Is literally coaching
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Speaker 2: my practice? I mean it is. I just don't understand it.
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Speaker 2: You're doing the they tried to do the only thing
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Speaker 2: that Michigan does. Well, stop the run, let's go out,
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Speaker 2: let's try to dominate the line of scrimmage. I just
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Speaker 2: don't understand it. You're at home. They were mad. I
1:04
Speaker 2: want to know how that committee can watch that ball
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Speaker 2: game and think, you know, we only need to drop
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Speaker 2: them a couple of spots. That's a bad football team.
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Speaker 2: They lost too. It's a one dimensional football team with
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Speaker 2: no quarterback. I don't give a shit if it's a
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Speaker 2: rivalry game or not. Fast forward. Miami to me looks
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Speaker 2: like one of the top twelve teams in the country.
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Speaker 2: That was not a bad loss. On Saturday, Old miss
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Speaker 2: stopped the whining and the complaining. Man, don't lose to
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Speaker 2: Kentucky at home. You almost lost Mississippi. Stay at home.
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Speaker 2: I mean, if that team didn't suck so bad, you
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Speaker 2: would have lost because they didn't play well. They didn't
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Speaker 2: play well at all. State just sucks and that quarter,
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Speaker 2: you know, the freshman quarterback just didn't miss some really
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Speaker 2: big throws that were open that would have won that
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Speaker 2: game for State. You got to quit whining lane. You
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Speaker 2: play well against good teams, but you played poorly against
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Speaker 2: some bad teams. And that's why you're going to miss
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Speaker 2: the playoff. And if you don't like it, how about
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Speaker 2: scheduling somebody out of conference besides Sisters of the Poor.
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Speaker 2: I mean, that's that's pretty much the deal. You know,
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Speaker 2: they have one more quality win on there that's a
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Speaker 2: non conference against them, you know, against the decent team.
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Speaker 2: I know they've got Wake Forest from the ACC. Wake sucks,
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Speaker 2: you know, and at the end of the day, beat Kentucky,
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Speaker 2: you're their only conference win. That's the worst loss of
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Speaker 2: any of these teams that were remotely talking about the playoff.
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Speaker 2: To me, they're ranked where they should be. I think
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Speaker 2: Miami is not. I think they ought to be one
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Speaker 2: of the top twelve teams. It's unfortunate because I think
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Speaker 2: they're probably the best team in the ACC and they're
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Speaker 2: not going to get a chance to prove it. They
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Speaker 2: certainly are the team with the highest upside of the ACC.
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Speaker 2: What I feel like we're seeing with some of these teams,
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Speaker 2: especially the teams like Old Miss and Miami. It's the
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Speaker 2: reason I chose to pick them together that are so
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Speaker 2: portal heavy. They play great when the money's on the line,
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Speaker 2: when it's a big time game and the lights are bright,
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Speaker 2: and then they're bad. And a lot of games where
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Speaker 2: it's just to show up and play. And that's guys
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Speaker 2: that are getting paid to play. That's guys that are
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Speaker 2: concerned more about the name on the back than the
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Speaker 2: front of the jersey. And I think that's what you're
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Speaker 2: getting with some of these teams. I think you're going
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Speaker 2: to continue to see them lose some games they shouldn't
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Speaker 2: lose as we continue to progress through this. The bottom
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Speaker 2: line is the best teams are not nearly as good
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Speaker 2: as they've been. It has distributed the talent, which I
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Speaker 2: think was the goal of the transfer portal and the NIL,
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Speaker 2: and it has certainly put it on steroids. So it's
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Speaker 2: going to be really interesting to see this twelve team
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Speaker 2: playoff because it does feel like anybody could beat anybody,
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Speaker 2: But it also feels like Oregon looks like the best
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Speaker 2: team in the country to me, and it candidly doesn't
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Speaker 2: look like it's that close. I would think Georgia and
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Speaker 2: Texas can probably give them a good ball game, but
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Speaker 2: I think otherwise they're gonna win it.
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Speaker 1: Well take part to this. I like how you say
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Speaker 1: that that was the plan. I don't think there was
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Speaker 1: any plan to this at all. I think there was.
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Speaker 2: I think there was on the not only NIL at all.
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Speaker 2: I think there was on the transfer portal, but I.
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Speaker 1: Mean the portal thing. I think they they got sued
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Speaker 1: and they lost every case. CNCA has lost every single
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Speaker 1: case they've got. I don't know how they're not going
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Speaker 1: to lose the Diego Pavia case and let that kid
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Speaker 1: come back next year. And I don't even know what
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Speaker 1: its premise is, but yeah, the talent is pulled across
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Speaker 1: the entire country. And I think that's why we're sitting
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Speaker 1: here with a twelve team playoff now. And it's interesting
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Speaker 1: because you and I've done this for fifteen years or
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Speaker 1: however long, and I remember talking about it that we
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Speaker 1: said this before the show, is when would we ever
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Speaker 1: think a team that was going to come in as
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Speaker 1: the nine seed had a chance to win the Natty?
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Speaker 1: And the answer for the last decade has been no,
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Speaker 1: it's never been closed. Now does that mean I think
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Speaker 1: they can win? I don't know, but I do think
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Speaker 1: Oregon's the best team in the country.
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Speaker 2: But team can anybody on a given week.
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Speaker 1: I totally agree with you, And that's where I'm at
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Speaker 1: with this. I mean, you've got to help Georgia had
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Speaker 1: a kid that started ten games at Corner that went
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Speaker 1: in the transfer portal yesterday. Yeah, he just come out,
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Speaker 1: man bro started ten games and he literally is in
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Speaker 1: the portal, and so you've got a lot of that
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Speaker 1: going on, and so it's interesting. And then the only
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Speaker 1: other thing I took from last week and I was
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Speaker 1: watching it all go down, and I thought, man of
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Speaker 1: Scott's watching this, his head's exploding. How all the teams
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Speaker 1: that were on the road won and then they just
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Speaker 1: all went full Rick James, Charlie Murphy just out their
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Speaker 1: stamp all the day, trying to plant flags in astro turf.
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Speaker 1: Just ridiculousness. Get a hold of your programs. Learn how
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Speaker 1: to win, learn how to lose. But it made for
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Speaker 1: some good entertainment. And then lastly my USC Trojan damn
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Speaker 1: that not think I had that. How the hell do
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Speaker 1: you get about two one hundred yard pick sixes in
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Speaker 1: that game against Notre Dame. That was unbelievable. I was like,
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Speaker 1: they're gonna sneak out and they're gonna win this thing.
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Speaker 2: Notre Dame is sneaky. They are. They are one of
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Speaker 2: those teams that have got a legit. I think they
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Speaker 2: could be the surprise because they're probably going to be
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Speaker 2: the five seed. Yeah, they're probably gonna be the five
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Speaker 2: seed if they win that first game. They're gonna be
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Speaker 2: playing against maybe Boise, maybe smu Let's face it, they're
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Speaker 2: favored in both of those ball games. I mean Let's
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Speaker 2: say they play two lanes and then turn around and
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Speaker 2: play SMU. They are staring the semi finals in the face. Yes, yes,
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Speaker 2: they're playing Oregon, but I mean, good gracious man, then
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Speaker 2: you're because hey, you gotta beat the big dog at
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Speaker 2: some point. But I saw that Marcus Freeman get some
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Speaker 2: sniff from the NFL. Doesn't surprise me at all. That
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Speaker 2: guy's learning on the job, but is getting better every week.
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Speaker 2: You know, it is the only team that's got a
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Speaker 2: worse lost than Old miss A. Home to Kentucky is
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Speaker 2: Notre Dame to NIU. And I'm talking about and I'm
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Speaker 2: talking about those guys may have a chance to win
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Speaker 2: the Natty. Crazy season, I mean crazy season. I thought
7:24
Speaker 2: two things. First, Matt Rule, make your kids shake hands. Man,
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Speaker 2: don't tell me you got control of that program.
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Speaker 1: That's the what was going on there?
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Speaker 2: I have no idea. I mean, can you win something
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Speaker 2: before you can you be worth a damn before you
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Speaker 2: start thinking I'm gonna do that. I just I'm tired
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Speaker 2: of the lack of sportsmanship. I think things like that
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Speaker 2: ought to be a fireable offense. And I think, and
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Speaker 2: I'm not saying Matt Rules should be fired but that's embarrassing.
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Speaker 2: I mean, that's just absolutely idiotic. And then you've got
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Speaker 2: the kid from Iowa doing the exact opposite, shake in
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Speaker 2: everybody's hands, going up and shaw and his dad's like,
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Speaker 2: because that's the man I taught him to be, you know,
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Speaker 2: And I'm like, you know what, that's because you are
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Speaker 2: a good dad. I mean, what what a great story
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Speaker 2: all in one game? Character class matters the team with
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Speaker 2: character in class one glad that happened bad on Matt Rule.
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Speaker 2: If I'm a Nebraska fan, I am like, what has
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Speaker 2: happened to our program? Where did Frank Solitch and those
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Speaker 2: guys go and Tom Osborne and the guys that were
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Speaker 2: quality people go to and look they I mean they
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Speaker 2: fired a guy because he said he was yelling too much.
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Speaker 2: Basically who was winning nine games a year. They ain't
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Speaker 2: won nine games since they fired him, I don't think.
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Speaker 2: And at the end of and at the end of
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Speaker 2: the day the program had some class, yeah, of course,
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Speaker 2: just I mean I think Nebraska is that was an embarrassment.
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Speaker 1: And you can't tell you Jilan Raila left.
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Speaker 2: That does not surprise me, which I will tell you
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Speaker 2: not gonna shock me. The Mississippi State's freshman quarterback hits
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Speaker 2: the portal too because A he's asking for sec starter money. Brother,
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Speaker 2: you ain't an sec starter Go put your film in.
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Speaker 2: You were miserable in that game. You missed so many throws.
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Speaker 2: I thought Jeff Levy caught a great ball game. But
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Speaker 2: that's a that's a totally sad story. I mean some
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Speaker 2: great plays, he makes, some decent throws and those are
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Speaker 2: those are multiple touchdowns. Uh. State just doesn't have any talent.
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Speaker 2: That's the bottom line. That's the old miss was significantly
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Speaker 2: the more talented football team, and that came out and
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Speaker 2: that was the bait. That was that was the end result.
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Speaker 2: But I'm not surprised. I'm not surprised to hit it.
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Speaker 2: I think you're gonna see more of these freshman guys
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Speaker 2: hit it because they think, oh, I'm the man, because
9:55
Speaker 2: they go to a math football team and they have
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Speaker 2: a pretty good, pretty good year, and they think, oh,
10:00
Speaker 2: I'm great, I'm ready to go. At the end of
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Speaker 2: the day, I think State's probably hoping that shape and
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Speaker 2: comes back and is the starter. That is what I
10:09
Speaker 2: would guess, and that and that the freshman sits and
10:13
Speaker 2: State signed a great quarterback, top ten quarterback in the
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Speaker 2: country with offers from Georgia and multiple other big time
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Speaker 2: programs yesterday, who is a superstar in the making, so candidly,
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Speaker 2: probably the odd man out be stunned. Misisippi State pays
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Speaker 2: that guy remotely what he's asking for. But I think
10:29
Speaker 2: you're gonna see more Bill Andrela and guys like him
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Speaker 2: hitting the portal. They're gonna a year and see ten
10:35
Speaker 2: game starters at Georgia hitting the portal because it's about
10:38
Speaker 2: money and they've got their their daddy's cousin's brother who's
10:44
Speaker 2: telling them I can get you more money from so
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Speaker 2: and so because I got a contact on the coaching
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Speaker 2: staff or whatever, and boom they hit the portal. I mean,
10:52
Speaker 2: that's just you know that, It's just the nature of
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Speaker 2: college football. I don't like it, but it is, you know,
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Speaker 2: it is what it is.
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Speaker 1: Oh yeah, probably have to cover a bunch of this
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Speaker 1: stuff in the coming weeks. We've talked about doing offseason shows. Well,
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Speaker 1: maybe we can get organized and do that, but man,
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Speaker 1: here we are conference championship weekend. It's interesting because I
11:13
Speaker 1: honestly think next year will be the last year of
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Speaker 1: a lot of these conference championships after they retool the
11:19
Speaker 1: twelve teams playoff, I won't be surprised if we don't
11:21
Speaker 1: end up with the sixteen team playoff and it's more
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Speaker 1: of just an at large bid system rather than four
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Speaker 1: teams getting a bye. I think it's kind of ridiculous
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Speaker 1: how that set up now that you have to win
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Speaker 1: your conference to get a buy, But that's the system
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Speaker 1: that we've got. It lets us bet on more football.
11:38
Speaker 1: It gives us opportunity to watch more games, and frankly,
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Speaker 1: that's all I'm excited about. So here we are headed
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Speaker 1: into the conference championship weekend, and I'm excited for every
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Speaker 1: single one of these games. I really am. I think
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Speaker 1: that we've got some interesting storylines, a couple of things,
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Speaker 1: a couple of other things. We're gonna talk about UNLV.
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Speaker 1: We're gonna talk about Marshall and getting into these games.
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Speaker 1: Are these coaches looking for new jobs? I mean, there's
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Speaker 1: some big jobs open right now, and there's opportunities out
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Speaker 1: there that I'm assuming you've got to at least make
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Speaker 1: the phone. Are you not calling Barry Odom or Brennan
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Speaker 1: at UNLV? You know who's talking to hot There's a
12:14
Speaker 1: lot of different things. Some are all at Tulane. Is
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Speaker 1: he getting phone calls for a bigger job?
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Speaker 2: Well, if he's not, people are stupid. But let me
12:22
Speaker 2: tell you the great rumor I heard about West Virginia.
12:27
Speaker 2: And I did hear this from a pretty large booster. Literally,
12:33
Speaker 2: they are talking to Jimbo Fisher. He tells me this,
12:37
Speaker 2: and I'm like, y'all are not that stupid, are you? Oh,
12:42
Speaker 2: he's from West Virginia. I said, I don't care if
12:45
Speaker 2: he grew up in the athletic department in Morgantown. That
12:49
Speaker 2: dude's washed up. And they were like, well, if we
12:51
Speaker 2: can't work it out with him, I think we're after
12:53
Speaker 2: Barry Odam. I said, well, let me give you some good,
12:55
Speaker 2: friendly advice. Go sign Barry Odam's ass first and pay
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Speaker 2: him some money because he knows what he's doing and
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Speaker 2: he's got a chance to go over there and win.
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Speaker 2: He's already been at two programs because look, he was
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Speaker 2: winning at Missouri and he set drinking. It's up to win.
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Speaker 2: At the end of the day. That guy's done two
13:12
Speaker 2: hard jobs, done a good job at two jobs. Rolling
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Speaker 2: into another tough job at West Virginia would be a
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Speaker 2: really really good hire for the Mountaineers. But if they
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Speaker 2: hire jimbo Fisher, I'm going to officially start a top
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Speaker 2: ten dumbass athletic director list and just put it out there.
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Speaker 2: And I'm not positive that Ohio State and those guys
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Speaker 2: because Ross Bjork is near the top of it. He's
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Speaker 2: who signed I mean, such an idiot. But I mean
13:43
Speaker 2: it's some huge schools and that have just complete other morons,
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Speaker 2: and this will be the dumbest tire ever. You don't
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Speaker 2: you blow up Florida State. You can't win at A
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Speaker 2: and M. But you know what Morgantown where he's gonna
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Speaker 2: get it done. I'm like, who has that thought process?
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Speaker 2: I mean, hey, I need somebody to tell me this
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Speaker 2: is the thought process. And here's why it's a good idea.
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Speaker 2: Other than he's from West.
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Speaker 1: Virginia, I agree. Now, first off, if you're West Virginia,
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Speaker 1: is the first phone call I make is I call
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Speaker 1: rich Rod and I'm like, hey, man, you want to
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Speaker 1: run it back and just finish it up here. It's like,
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Speaker 1: we got faith that you can do it. I like
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Speaker 1: Rich Rodd. Rich Rod is in the conference championship at
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Speaker 1: Jacksonville State, it's where he's at all right, and so
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Speaker 1: he knows how to do this. His offense is still ingenius.
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Speaker 1: If you hire Jimbo fisher Man, I would rather shit
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Speaker 1: in my hands and rub it in my hair that
14:44
Speaker 1: have to watch that guy coach college football again at
14:46
Speaker 1: a major football He's terrible.
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Speaker 2: I agree, And I don't.
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Speaker 1: Think he's that interested anyway, And so I'm sure if
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Speaker 1: they offered it to him, would he take the job. Yeah,
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Speaker 1: but be a terrible height. There's so much better. Yet,
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Speaker 1: my point was is that you've got some guys that
15:03
Speaker 1: are coaching in the conference championship games right here that
15:06
Speaker 1: you know, probably are getting opportunities to talk to other
15:09
Speaker 1: coach you know, other programs. Take Andy Koliniki at Penn State,
15:13
Speaker 1: who was the offensive coordinator of Kansas now is here
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Speaker 1: at Penn State. I'm assuming he's probably getting a call
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Speaker 1: from at least West Virginia a couple other people. And
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Speaker 1: I'm not saying he's not gonna be ready for the game.
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Speaker 1: He's still going to prepare for the game. He's he's
15:26
Speaker 1: gonna have everything done. But if you're getting the phone call,
15:29
Speaker 1: you've got to spend a couple of hours putting the
15:31
Speaker 1: notebook together to say here's my game plan on how
15:34
Speaker 1: we're going to turn this program around. That's right, and
15:37
Speaker 1: you because because this is a this is a life
15:39
Speaker 1: changing opportunity for these guys, and so I could just
15:42
Speaker 1: see where maybe they're not as buttoned up as they
15:45
Speaker 1: need to be going into the game. Now.
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Speaker 2: I mean this when I tell you if he's the
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Speaker 2: right guy for the job, he's not spending that much
15:55
Speaker 2: time because he's had that book ready since July. He's
15:59
Speaker 2: he he has had it ready and been building his
16:02
Speaker 2: entire career. Man the story about Dan Mullen meeting with
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Speaker 2: Scott Strickland and Greg Burn and how prepared he was.
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Speaker 2: He blew their socks off in the interview and it
16:13
Speaker 2: was like, we have to hire this guy. When you're
16:16
Speaker 2: hiring the right guy, that's then really the way it's
16:19
Speaker 2: gonna be. You're gonna know I got the right dude,
16:22
Speaker 2: you know, And it is so I think I think
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Speaker 2: it probably is not that much of effect. Dan obviously
16:29
Speaker 2: went on they won the SEC championship, They went on
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Speaker 2: and won the National championship, and he was involved in
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Speaker 2: that all of those games as an assistant coach. Urban
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Speaker 2: let him still call plays in the national title against Oklahoma.
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Speaker 2: So it was a big you know, so it's a
16:43
Speaker 2: big deal. I think good I think really good candidates
16:45
Speaker 2: can slide right in and do both. They've got that book,
16:48
Speaker 2: They've got that book ready. I think. I do think
16:53
Speaker 2: Barry odom is probably on a lot of radars. I
16:56
Speaker 2: think John Sumraw is. If he is not, then people
16:58
Speaker 2: are stupid. North Carolina to me, is the most intriguing
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Speaker 2: job because the fan base doesn't care about football. They
17:08
Speaker 2: care more about basketball. Candidately, they're probably already in the
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Speaker 2: SEC if football was a priority to them. It's not
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Speaker 2: basketball is So who do they hire and what do
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Speaker 2: they want and a head football coach. They got a
17:21
Speaker 2: collection of people that want to win in football, But
17:24
Speaker 2: how much do they want to win? I mean, their
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Speaker 2: nil is that small. And I understand the universities, you've
17:29
Speaker 2: got to start paying now, but man, there's a lot
17:33
Speaker 2: of things that the window at state that they can
17:36
Speaker 2: pay is different to what they're guaranteeing to pay. A
17:39
Speaker 2: lot of that depends on players you can get and
17:42
Speaker 2: players you got to keep, and are where they're going
17:45
Speaker 2: to spend money on basketball? And if you watch Misispi
17:48
Speaker 2: State's basketball team gas can pit last night, and you're like,
17:51
Speaker 2: they probably got some guys they're gonna have to keep
17:52
Speaker 2: paying or are going to have to get pay raises to.
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Speaker 1: You know.
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Speaker 2: So there's a lot of flux in what's available in
17:59
Speaker 2: these in the money pile for these guys. And it
18:03
Speaker 2: is fascinating to me to see what happens with North
18:06
Speaker 2: Carolina because you talk about a sleeping giant. That is
18:10
Speaker 2: a job that if the right guy comes in and
18:13
Speaker 2: they support it can be a great job. Because they're
18:17
Speaker 2: playing in the ACC. It's worth a plane. And I mean, man,
18:22
Speaker 2: you're talking about they're going to be playing Wake and
18:25
Speaker 2: NC State and those schools a lot. Man, that's a
18:28
Speaker 2: job you could win and win big. And I just
18:32
Speaker 2: I think they probably have a much better list than
18:35
Speaker 2: that program deserves.
18:38
Speaker 1: Yeah, I can get down with that. You know, you
18:40
Speaker 1: got another head coach resigned this week to take the
18:43
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator's position. The gust bus will be driving across
18:47
Speaker 1: the state from Orlando to Tallahassee as he resigns from
18:51
Speaker 1: that UCF position to take the Florida State job, which
18:55
Speaker 1: leads me to believe if the Florida State guys were like, Hey,
18:59
Speaker 1: last season was great, but it was last season. This
19:02
Speaker 1: season was embarrassing. It's like you've gotta reboot and start over.
19:07
Speaker 1: The same thing happened in Oklahoma State. Mike Dundy pretty
19:10
Speaker 1: much cleaned house on the leadership of both the offensive
19:13
Speaker 1: and the defensive side for that football team, and that
19:16
Speaker 1: offensive coordinator had been with them for a while. And
19:19
Speaker 1: so it's where we're at. Man, But I'm excited Scottie's
19:23
Speaker 1: we can talk about that as we get into the
19:24
Speaker 1: next couple of weeks. Let's dive in. We got conference
19:27
Speaker 1: championship games on Friday, we got conference championship games on Saturday.
19:31
Speaker 1: We're gonna go through all of them. I might even
19:33
Speaker 1: throw some FCS action at you if you're not too
19:35
Speaker 1: excited about it. Let's start it out there in the KUSA, Baby,
19:40
Speaker 1: Western Kentucky Jacksonville State. These two teams will be matching
19:43
Speaker 1: up after they just played each other last weekend and
19:46
Speaker 1: Western Kentucky won. The game line opened up Jacksonville State
19:50
Speaker 1: minus fords creeped all the way up to minus five over.
19:52
Speaker 1: Under opened up at fifty eight and a half. It's
19:54
Speaker 1: now down to fifty seven and a half. Both of
19:57
Speaker 1: these teams are eight and four as they come in
20:00
Speaker 1: Western Kentucky seven and five against the number, Jacksonville State
20:03
Speaker 1: six and six against the number.
20:05
Speaker 2: Uh.
20:06
Speaker 1: The only place I have a lead to on this
20:08
Speaker 1: was I lean on the I lean on the under
20:09
Speaker 1: of this. And the quarterback for Jacksonville State, Huff has
20:13
Speaker 1: a high ankle. Spring didn't play last week. I don't
20:17
Speaker 1: think he's gonna play this week. Smothers, the backup quarterback
20:21
Speaker 1: for them, is not as nearly as dynamic in rich
20:24
Speaker 1: Rode's system. I think rich Royd's is smart enough coach that,
20:27
Speaker 1: knowing that he doesn't have Huff, if he's not gonna
20:30
Speaker 1: play stay long watch on Twitter. I think he will
20:34
Speaker 1: build an, you know, a system to protect that team
20:36
Speaker 1: and give them the best opportunity to win this conference championship. So,
20:41
Speaker 1: if you're asking me where to go in this one,
20:42
Speaker 1: I lean Jacksonville State fifty seven and a half on
20:45
Speaker 1: the under. Is where I am at on our first
20:48
Speaker 1: conference championship game?
20:49
Speaker 2: Well, I think, Barry, I don't think there is really
20:53
Speaker 2: any question and I mean this that this game is
20:56
Speaker 2: gonna be hard fault. After playing back to back weeks,
20:58
Speaker 2: both of those teams. You know, Western Kentucky won this game.
21:02
Speaker 2: Now is an underdog, and I think that is because
21:06
Speaker 2: of Jacksonville State probably holding back a little bit for
21:11
Speaker 2: lack of a better term. But Western k Turkey probably
21:14
Speaker 2: very likely was doing the same thing. Because Jacksonville State
21:17
Speaker 2: was in win or lose, Western Kentucky had to win,
21:20
Speaker 2: so it was a significantly more important game for Western Kentucky.
21:25
Speaker 2: Now you got both teams are gonna go at. It
21:27
Speaker 2: does feel like an under is probably to play here
21:30
Speaker 2: with a backup quarterback. Four and a half may be
21:33
Speaker 2: a touch much as well. Uh but man, I just
21:36
Speaker 2: think Jacksonville State is the better team in this ball game.
21:39
Speaker 2: Uh So it feels like if I'm gonna bet on it,
21:42
Speaker 2: I would probably bet Jacksonville State. But I can ride
21:44
Speaker 2: with you on the under. At fifty seven and a half.
21:47
Speaker 1: Here we go, bro, I may get me a little
21:49
Speaker 1: first half under. Scott hadn't played, had.
21:51
Speaker 2: Played many of those.
21:54
Speaker 1: Yeah, but I think any game I'm gonna play on
21:56
Speaker 1: the first half under, I'm gonna probably get there to
21:59
Speaker 1: second game we got whooh, it's gonna be cold. You've
22:03
Speaker 1: got a location change and this one, this game was
22:06
Speaker 1: all set to be played in New Orleans. Last week,
22:09
Speaker 1: two Lane lost the game. They just laid a complete
22:12
Speaker 1: egg against Memphis. Now they have to travel up to
22:15
Speaker 1: the Hudson River and play Army two lanes nine and
22:19
Speaker 1: three straight up and against the spread. Army's ten and
22:22
Speaker 1: one straight up, seven and four against the spread line
22:25
Speaker 1: opened up two lane minus four. Now it's up to
22:27
Speaker 1: minus five over unders at forty seven and a half
22:30
Speaker 1: down to forty five and a half. You're looking at temperatures,
22:33
Speaker 1: it's gonna be in the twenties when this game kicks off.
22:37
Speaker 1: I've got a two lane future ticket in this one
22:39
Speaker 1: that I'm probably just gonna ride. I might put a
22:42
Speaker 1: small hedge in place on this Army money line, because
22:45
Speaker 1: you're looking at an Army money line of plus one
22:47
Speaker 1: seventy five here, so you can get some buyback to
22:49
Speaker 1: at least secure profit. But if you're looking at who's
22:52
Speaker 1: gonna win this game, it's interesting matchup. To me, I
22:55
Speaker 1: leaned to Lane to win and cover the game, but
22:58
Speaker 1: I think it definitely could get under again. I know
23:01
Speaker 1: it's a small total and under and forty five. But
23:03
Speaker 1: John Summerol's played He's played Army twice. He played. Excuse me,
23:08
Speaker 1: he's played the academies three times, twice at Troy last year,
23:12
Speaker 1: and then he's got a team this year when he
23:15
Speaker 1: played Navy when they had a backup quarterback because the
23:17
Speaker 1: quarterback was hurt, and he matches up in this Army game.
23:20
Speaker 1: That you've got from this spot is I don't think
23:23
Speaker 1: that the scheme of what Army is gonna put out
23:26
Speaker 1: is gonna be something they're gonna have to have been
23:27
Speaker 1: a game plan for. I think they'll be very prepared
23:29
Speaker 1: from the defensive side. I also think they've got some
23:32
Speaker 1: bounce back after being embarrassed last week. This team is still,
23:36
Speaker 1: in my opinion, probably the best group of five teams.
23:39
Speaker 1: But any chance they had to make the playoff, I
23:40
Speaker 1: think they completely laid an egg last week. But two
23:43
Speaker 1: lane cover in five could be tough. And the reason
23:46
Speaker 1: I say that is because you only get so many
23:47
Speaker 1: possessions when you play Army. I mean, if you watch
23:50
Speaker 1: these guys, and I've watched him probably eight to ten
23:53
Speaker 1: times this season, is you're only gonna get maybe eight
23:56
Speaker 1: possessions in an Army game, seven or eight possessions in
23:59
Speaker 1: an Army game, and it's hard to stretch out distance,
24:02
Speaker 1: because you've got to get some stops because even if
24:03
Speaker 1: those guys give let's say two to three first downs,
24:07
Speaker 1: because I don't think they're gonna be able to throw
24:08
Speaker 1: the ball very well. But if they get two to
24:10
Speaker 1: three first downs, they're going to chew up six minutes
24:13
Speaker 1: for the clock. And so unless you've got some quick strikes,
24:16
Speaker 1: you're just not going to get a whole lot of
24:17
Speaker 1: possessions in this game. Lead under again for me too.
24:21
Speaker 1: Lane on the money line, nothing there on the spread
24:24
Speaker 1: for me.
24:25
Speaker 2: I like the spread, in fact so much I'm on
24:28
Speaker 2: it at Army plus six. I think that this game
24:32
Speaker 2: is going to be hard fault Fifty seven and a
24:34
Speaker 2: half does seem like a big number, so can easily
24:37
Speaker 2: for I'm sorry I brought fifty seven and a half
24:40
Speaker 2: on Jacksonville State, but I think at the end of
24:43
Speaker 2: the day, Army is going to be a really tough
24:48
Speaker 2: out at home in the cold weather. For the boys
24:51
Speaker 2: from New Orleans. That's a big loss and not being
24:54
Speaker 2: able to play at home. I'm looking for a little
24:56
Speaker 2: chaos on Championship Saturday. From the group of five, I
25:01
Speaker 2: actually like Army and got a little bit of love
25:04
Speaker 2: for our next game, UNLV, I think I may take
25:07
Speaker 2: me a little underdog parlay, get me some get me
25:10
Speaker 2: some upsets, and then UNLV Army, which it looks like
25:13
Speaker 2: UNLV based on the rankings, would be the team that
25:16
Speaker 2: got in. But my goodness, would we have some nice chaos.
25:20
Speaker 2: Sprinkle a little bit of money on that just for
25:22
Speaker 2: the fun of the next podcast of how much chaos
25:26
Speaker 2: that would?
25:27
Speaker 1: UNLV will be traveling up to Boise State to play
25:31
Speaker 1: a rematch on the smurf Turf. Weather looks like it's
25:34
Speaker 1: gonna be okay, but game time temperature is probably gonna
25:37
Speaker 1: be in the high twenties. UNLV comes in ten and two,
25:41
Speaker 1: seven and five against the number. What a hell of
25:43
Speaker 1: a job Brennan and Barry Odom have done are at UNLV.
25:48
Speaker 1: Goodness gracious they've done such wonder four. Boise State is
25:51
Speaker 1: laying four in this one over unders at fifty seven
25:55
Speaker 1: and a half. You know, if you look at this
25:57
Speaker 1: game early on, I'll give you my reading, some of
25:59
Speaker 1: which you got because I know your boy, Ashton Gentz
26:02
Speaker 1: down the street from your house is your you know
26:05
Speaker 1: love on that kid. He has three hundred and eleven carries.
26:09
Speaker 1: There are I had to go look this up. There
26:11
Speaker 1: are only fifteen running backs in the entire country that
26:15
Speaker 1: have more than two hundred carries, and he has three
26:18
Speaker 1: hundred and eleven. That's how many more he's got than
26:21
Speaker 1: anybody else and averaging seventy yards to carry while he's
26:23
Speaker 1: at it. Unbelievable. Kids. I mean, look, I know you're
26:28
Speaker 1: not supposed to send your Heisman balance in before this weekend,
26:31
Speaker 1: but if and I don't have one, but man, you
26:34
Speaker 1: at least have to watch this game and let and
26:36
Speaker 1: let this kid cook because he could go for three
26:38
Speaker 1: hundred in this one. But that being said, one of
26:41
Speaker 1: his worst production games he's had all season was when
26:44
Speaker 1: he played Boise State last time and elitied stadium there
26:48
Speaker 1: in Las Vegas. And the other thing you saw is
26:50
Speaker 1: that un LV was pretty explosive on the offense. They
26:52
Speaker 1: actually out game Boise State. This one a couple of
26:55
Speaker 1: breakdowns you're gonna get. Boise States allowed five different mobile
26:58
Speaker 1: quarterbacks to run for over fifty yards. Hodjmaleik Willison. This
27:02
Speaker 1: one is gonna fit that profile. He did it last time.
27:05
Speaker 1: I think he'll do it again this time. He's also
27:07
Speaker 1: got a lot more games under his belt. When they
27:08
Speaker 1: played last time. That was his third game starting, and
27:11
Speaker 1: that was his third game starting D one Because remember
27:14
Speaker 1: this kid was playing quarterback at Campbell, the Campbell Fighting
27:17
Speaker 1: Campbell's man. He's twenty five years old. He's the quarterback
27:20
Speaker 1: of UNLV. He took over after Matthew Seluca. Quick the
27:23
Speaker 1: team comes in here, but the one thing you've got,
27:26
Speaker 1: the UNL deep offensive line can get a little porous
27:29
Speaker 1: on passing downs. They've given up a lot more sacks
27:31
Speaker 1: than you probably would imagine, but their defense is tough,
27:34
Speaker 1: really tough. And so again I would lean to an
27:37
Speaker 1: underplay in this one. I'd lean into the underdog. Give
27:40
Speaker 1: me the rebel roller, Baby, let's get this thing going.
27:44
Speaker 1: I'm excited.
27:45
Speaker 2: I'm gonna tell you I hope Bois he wins. From
27:47
Speaker 2: a standpoint of a. If Jenz's got any chance at
27:50
Speaker 2: the Heisman, he's got to get in the playoffs. So
27:53
Speaker 2: I am clearly for Boise. Let me make my case
27:57
Speaker 2: for Travis Hunner that because I think you also know
27:59
Speaker 2: that I'm a huge Travis hunter fan. I think he's good.
28:02
Speaker 2: But if they truly got two Heisman candidates, how the
28:06
Speaker 2: hell aren't they in the playoff conversation. I'll tell you why,
28:10
Speaker 2: because a lot of those stats are coming against bad
28:12
Speaker 2: football teams and against and in garbage time. His touchdowns
28:16
Speaker 2: last week were a total joke. They're gas canon, somebody
28:19
Speaker 2: who had quit and given up and which was the
28:22
Speaker 2: easiest money by the way of last week. But you
28:25
Speaker 2: could tell Gundian and they had no desire to be there.
28:28
Speaker 2: But I just that's the reason I wouldn't vote for
28:30
Speaker 2: Travis Hunter. I think dynamic player. I think he's a
28:33
Speaker 2: good kid. It's nothing, you know. I know there's people
28:35
Speaker 2: that hate on Prime and hate on I don't dislike
28:38
Speaker 2: any of those kids. I don't like that the kids
28:40
Speaker 2: got some swagger. I think he's a stud. I think
28:42
Speaker 2: he's gonna make a bunch of money in the NFL.
28:45
Speaker 2: But at the end of the day, I just I
28:48
Speaker 2: you know, that's not where I spend my Heisman vote.
28:51
Speaker 2: So I this is gonna sound nuts. If I didn't
28:53
Speaker 2: give it to gent, I'd probably get the Dylan Gabriel
28:56
Speaker 2: provided he wins this weekend. So anyway, that's my stance
28:59
Speaker 2: on that. Love Boys. You hope they win, But I
29:03
Speaker 2: like the running ReBs. I think this is too many
29:04
Speaker 2: points thinks it's gonna be a barn burner close game,
29:07
Speaker 2: can see a little chaos. I agree with you. I
29:09
Speaker 2: think it's gonna be a dogfight. I think that defense
29:12
Speaker 2: is gonna be able to slow genty down so it's
29:14
Speaker 2: not gonna get those big explosive runs and plays. So
29:18
Speaker 2: I think this probably is low scoring as well. But
29:20
Speaker 2: I am I gonna give me a little underdog parlay,
29:22
Speaker 2: little chaos for the playoff, Give me army, give me
29:26
Speaker 2: UNLV as the underdogs on the money line.
29:30
Speaker 1: Oh get me excited here, Scotty. Let's travel to your
29:33
Speaker 1: neck of the woods right there in Middle America. Brother,
29:36
Speaker 1: Why would you not take two teams from the same
29:39
Speaker 1: state in Ohio and then make them drive up to
29:42
Speaker 1: Michigan to play their championship game. The only thing about
29:46
Speaker 1: the MAC Championship that kisses me off is that it's
29:48
Speaker 1: not on a Tuesday and we're not playing at the
29:50
Speaker 1: snow because they actually get to play this with a
29:52
Speaker 1: dome at four Field. Would have been awesome to go
29:55
Speaker 1: to this game because we could have gone to the
29:57
Speaker 1: Thursday night game too. But anyway, Ohio comes here nine
30:01
Speaker 1: to three, eight and four against the spread lines two
30:04
Speaker 1: and a half to Miami of Ohio over under. Sitting
30:07
Speaker 1: at forty four, Miami Ohio comes in eight and four,
30:09
Speaker 1: six and six against the number. I'll throw this on
30:11
Speaker 1: up to you, but, man, this is so interesting. This
30:13
Speaker 1: is an Ohio team who last year you and I
30:16
Speaker 1: personally thought had the best chance to win the MAC
30:19
Speaker 1: that we've seen in forever. This team hasn't won a
30:21
Speaker 1: conference championships since nineteen sixty eight. They have played for
30:25
Speaker 1: it so many times. They've had you know, Solis there,
30:27
Speaker 1: Tim Albns, We've got a mutual friend who's friends with them.
30:31
Speaker 1: You up the sideline passes, you know, can watch practice
30:33
Speaker 1: of the game is awesome. And then you've got Miami
30:36
Speaker 1: of Ohio coming through in this game. Here interesting spot
30:40
Speaker 1: for you, brother, if you can handicap the MAC. You
30:45
Speaker 1: got a crystal ball that's clearer than mine. How's this
30:48
Speaker 1: going to roll out Saturday morning?
30:49
Speaker 2: What's a rematch from earlier in the season. And if
30:52
Speaker 2: you go back and you look at the statistics, Man,
30:56
Speaker 2: Ohio averaged more yards for play. I believe that rushed
31:00
Speaker 2: for more through for less. But at the end of
31:03
Speaker 2: the day, it was two huge turnovers in that ball
31:06
Speaker 2: game that was the difference in I think the final
31:08
Speaker 2: was thirty to twenty. So I think what you're gonna
31:12
Speaker 2: get is a very very hard fought game. This was
31:16
Speaker 2: a you knew this was a huge game in the MAC.
31:20
Speaker 2: This number is dropping like a rock, down to one
31:24
Speaker 2: and a half. It was at two and a half
31:26
Speaker 2: earlier in the week. I think this is gonna be
31:29
Speaker 2: a barn burner. I'm just gonna go ahead and tell
31:31
Speaker 2: you straight up, I'm cheering for Ohio. I want them
31:34
Speaker 2: to win. I want to get that monkey off their back.
31:38
Speaker 2: I think Tim Alban is doing a really good job
31:40
Speaker 2: at Ohio in a really, really tough environment, bouncing back
31:44
Speaker 2: with Remember he lost Curtis Roorke. I mean, think about
31:47
Speaker 2: what that team looks like with him. I mean, I
31:49
Speaker 2: know at the end of the day, and look, they
31:51
Speaker 2: lost their best pass rusher to Purdue. You think about
31:53
Speaker 2: what this team looks like with those guys, and yet
31:57
Speaker 2: here we are with them, and then in the matchampionship.
32:01
Speaker 2: You gotta cheer for him. You gotta hope, you gotta
32:03
Speaker 2: hope they win. At the bottom line is that Miami
32:05
Speaker 2: may be a little bit better team. You know. I like,
32:08
Speaker 2: uh the transfer quarterback about to whatever. I always get
32:13
Speaker 2: his name wrong about a whatever that transferred from Missouri
32:16
Speaker 2: into Miami of oh Yeah, I always say it wrong.
32:19
Speaker 2: But anyway, the uh uh is a really really yeah.
32:24
Speaker 2: He's the first kid. Last week was the first interception
32:27
Speaker 2: he's thrown, and like, I mean, there's a ton's like
32:29
Speaker 2: two hundred and fifty passes or something. So he's protected
32:32
Speaker 2: the football really really well for this offense, and they
32:35
Speaker 2: played pretty good defense at Miami. I just think they
32:38
Speaker 2: may be a little bit better football team. They have
32:40
Speaker 2: looked like the best team in the MAC all year,
32:43
Speaker 2: and I don't think that ends Saturday, even though I
32:46
Speaker 2: hope I'm wrong. I will not bet on this game,
32:48
Speaker 2: but if I did, I would I would bet on Miami.
32:51
Speaker 1: I'm playing Miami in this game. I haven't decided if
32:54
Speaker 1: I'm gonna lay, probably lay the two as opposed to
32:57
Speaker 1: lay in the money line, because you're still laying the
32:59
Speaker 1: money line at Miami. Ohio minas one thirty on that two,
33:01
Speaker 1: which tells you they're getting some pushback on that number
33:04
Speaker 1: that's there. But I like Miami of Ohio in this game.
33:07
Speaker 1: The Ohio score, the thirty to twenty was a little
33:10
Speaker 1: less indicative Ohio scored a touchdown with six seconds left.
33:13
Speaker 2: That's right. They were getting drilled, that's right.
33:15
Speaker 1: And they were. And again those turnovers were big. But
33:18
Speaker 1: I've watched this Miami of Ohio team this year. I
33:21
Speaker 1: like their defense a lot. They took they they're buttoned
33:23
Speaker 1: up in that spot, and I think Ohio's outkicked their
33:26
Speaker 1: coverage excuse me, all season long. But again, handicapping the Mac,
33:32
Speaker 1: especially this season has been tough. It's been tough, and
33:35
Speaker 1: so I'm gonna lean Ohio and haven't made a play. Yep,
33:38
Speaker 1: That's where I'm probably gonna go. Next one was gutty.
33:41
Speaker 1: We got eleven o'clock's lot. Iowa State, Arizona State. Two teams.
33:46
Speaker 1: Iowa State maybe, but I don't think some of Arizona
33:48
Speaker 1: State for sure. Was anybody predicting them to be in
33:51
Speaker 1: this spot when the season started. Both of these teams
33:54
Speaker 1: come in here ten and two. I was State seven
33:56
Speaker 1: to five against the number Arizona State. I'm in and
33:59
Speaker 1: two against the number Arizona State. Line opened up at
34:01
Speaker 1: minus two and a half. It's not on a two.
34:04
Speaker 1: We've seen the total go from forty or fifty and
34:06
Speaker 1: a half down to forty nine and a half. It's
34:07
Speaker 1: pretty flat across the board if you're looking at that number. Now,
34:11
Speaker 1: you've got a big injury from Arizona State. They lost
34:13
Speaker 1: their wide receiver Johnstone that's had over one thousand yard receiving.
34:17
Speaker 1: But we all know that that team revolves around physical
34:20
Speaker 1: running game from Camps Kataboo. If you look at Iowa
34:23
Speaker 1: State's defense, it's kind of a perfect matchup for Arizona
34:27
Speaker 1: State in this one because they're not great at downfield tackling.
34:31
Speaker 1: Their defense is struggled against teams that can run the
34:34
Speaker 1: ball physically, and it's just a matter of what rock
34:37
Speaker 1: O bect are you gonna get from this Iowa State team.
34:39
Speaker 1: I mean, if there's any coach Matt Campbell, goodness gracious,
34:42
Speaker 1: I mean, that's a guy I could see him winning
34:44
Speaker 1: this game and actually getting a bigger job if he
34:48
Speaker 1: wanted it. I don't know. I mean, he's been at
34:49
Speaker 1: Iowa State forever. We've talked about the fact that maybe
34:53
Speaker 1: the shines off his penny a little bit because he's
34:55
Speaker 1: stuck around too long, but he's done a hell of
34:57
Speaker 1: a job with Iowa State over the years. Get him
34:59
Speaker 1: a chance to win the first Big Twelve championship, Arizona
35:02
Speaker 1: State coming into the conference with a chance to win
35:04
Speaker 1: it their first year. What a turnaround story this would be.
35:08
Speaker 1: I lean Arizona State, and that's when I haven't played
35:10
Speaker 1: it yet though.
35:12
Speaker 2: Man, I'm riding Arizona State. I've been riding these guys
35:15
Speaker 2: a ton this year. Everybody that's listened to me knows
35:18
Speaker 2: I love Camp's Kataboo. Love that dude.
35:21
Speaker 1: He is so much fun at against the spread.
35:25
Speaker 2: Dillingham has done a phenomenal job. And if you are
35:30
Speaker 2: this is a guy that grew up going as a
35:33
Speaker 2: kid to Arizona State games. This is a dream scenario.
35:38
Speaker 2: If you're an Arizona State fan. You got a coach
35:41
Speaker 2: who loves the program. This is his dream job. This
35:44
Speaker 2: is the dream when he gets This is the job
35:46
Speaker 2: he wanted when he got into coaching. I mean, we
35:48
Speaker 2: all want to coach the place where we grew up loving.
35:51
Speaker 2: Let's just say like, say it like it is. And
35:54
Speaker 2: here the guy is doing it in his thirties. I mean,
35:58
Speaker 2: he's a young dude, and you have got to be
36:01
Speaker 2: fired up if you're Arizona State with the switch first
36:05
Speaker 2: year in the Big Twelve, chance to win it. I've
36:07
Speaker 2: ridden this team all year, Gonna keep riding them. Teams
36:10
Speaker 2: that run the football and win at the line of scrimmage.
36:13
Speaker 2: And that is the thing that's made Arizona State different
36:16
Speaker 2: this year is they've done a really They've done a
36:18
Speaker 2: nice job on the defensive side of the football with
36:21
Speaker 2: their front four, and they've done a really, really good
36:23
Speaker 2: job controlling with that offensive line at Camp's kataboo running
36:26
Speaker 2: the football. I think they do it again. I think
36:29
Speaker 2: they win. Love Matt Campbell. He's obviously a great story.
36:34
Speaker 2: And I still think Ohio State's idiots to not not
36:38
Speaker 2: fire day and go get him. But that's just me
36:41
Speaker 2: because they is not one of the big game. But
36:44
Speaker 2: the bottom line is the I like Arizona State, and
36:47
Speaker 2: I'm all right up here, Oh here we go.
36:51
Speaker 1: Get the going down. We got to play in Arizona State.
36:54
Speaker 1: I've got a little Miami tried it now, next game,
36:58
Speaker 1: Scottie as He's championship. I love. This is so funny
37:03
Speaker 1: to me that the SEC is not the most exciting
37:06
Speaker 1: championship this year, although I think it's gonna be a
37:08
Speaker 1: great game. But they still pulled an SEC and carved
37:11
Speaker 1: themselves into the only game in the three o'clock flight.
37:14
Speaker 1: There's nothing else to watch. Every other spot, every other
37:17
Speaker 1: conference has to battle the other game. So here we go,
37:20
Speaker 1: Georgia Texas. A couple things. If you're a Texas fan
37:23
Speaker 1: and you're listening heads up to this game, get your
37:25
Speaker 1: tailgate on because unless you've got those special tickets that
37:28
Speaker 1: get you underneath the stadium, ain't no boo served in
37:32
Speaker 1: this game, brother, because when Georgia's there, they close all
37:35
Speaker 1: the beer taps up. Learned that the LSU game a
37:37
Speaker 1: couple of years ago, because Georgia does not sell booz
37:40
Speaker 1: only school in the SEC that does not sell booze
37:42
Speaker 1: inside the stadium for Georgia games. I guess if people
37:45
Speaker 1: are unruly enough that they don't want to get a
37:47
Speaker 1: more drunk when they're sitting there. But anyway, Texas coming
37:49
Speaker 1: in here laying three is where this was sitting at
37:52
Speaker 1: over unders at forty nine and a half. George's ten
37:55
Speaker 1: and two against the number and a whopping three and
37:58
Speaker 1: nine against the Texas is eleven and one and seven
38:02
Speaker 1: and five straight up. Both of these teams come in
38:05
Speaker 1: after hard fought games. Georgia rolling that thing out. Never
38:09
Speaker 1: had the lead against Georgia Tech until they finally won
38:11
Speaker 1: the game. In that rivalry game, I think that would
38:14
Speaker 1: kind of snuck up on him a little bit. It
38:16
Speaker 1: is my personal opinion. Texas coming up of that game
38:19
Speaker 1: where they played Texas A and M in College Station,
38:22
Speaker 1: what a great environment that was. Sark saw all the
38:25
Speaker 1: ridiculousness of those players celebrating on the other field, everybody's
38:29
Speaker 1: field all day, and he literally told the kids get
38:31
Speaker 1: the hell off the field. We're not doing this bullshit
38:33
Speaker 1: and go off on that. But this is an interesting
38:38
Speaker 1: spot we come into this one. Quinn Ewers, to me,
38:41
Speaker 1: has been a great college football game manager. But he's
38:45
Speaker 1: won some big games, is what you can say here.
38:48
Speaker 1: He's obviously heard. They had him all taped up in
38:50
Speaker 1: this last game. Banks, the left tackle for Texas, actually
38:54
Speaker 1: was injured in the A and M game, same high
38:56
Speaker 1: ankle spray practice reports lead you to believe that he's
39:00
Speaker 1: gonna be okay. I don't know that that's the case.
39:03
Speaker 1: I don't know that Texas can win this game without
39:07
Speaker 1: us seeing some arch manning. I don't know if when
39:09
Speaker 1: Years can get it done. Georgia. You've seen all kinds
39:12
Speaker 1: of stuff from Georgia. You've got Carson Beck can look great.
39:16
Speaker 1: You've got Carson Beck can look like shit. Sometimes he
39:20
Speaker 1: can figure out that he's got an NFL tight end.
39:22
Speaker 1: Sometimes he's invisible out there. And so I don't really
39:26
Speaker 1: know what to think. And of the fact that this
39:28
Speaker 1: is an interesting spot that both of these teams come in.
39:30
Speaker 1: Both of these teams are gonna win or lose, will
39:33
Speaker 1: be in the college football playoff next week. The only
39:35
Speaker 1: thing that they're really playing for in this game is
39:37
Speaker 1: do you get a buy? And that's it. I mean, yeah,
39:41
Speaker 1: you're gonna win the SEC, but does that really matter
39:43
Speaker 1: at this point? But you're gonna get a buy? I
39:46
Speaker 1: have no play on this. I lean under in this game.
39:50
Speaker 1: At forty nine and a half. I can't see either
39:52
Speaker 1: one of these teams being able to stretch out in
39:54
Speaker 1: huge margin. I think defense will dominate for both of
39:58
Speaker 1: these squads. But that's my person.
40:01
Speaker 2: But Georgia punched that Texas offensive line in the mouth
40:06
Speaker 2: so hard in Austin. I am going to be stunned
40:12
Speaker 2: if they don't. I just good players, good athletes, when
40:17
Speaker 2: they get embarrassed general generally respond and that's what I
40:22
Speaker 2: expect to happen Saturday night. I do expect that Texas
40:25
Speaker 2: offensive line to respond. Look, you got it. Georgia's looked
40:29
Speaker 2: awful in some games. They looked awful against Old miss
40:31
Speaker 2: As worst game they played all year. They looked awful
40:34
Speaker 2: in the first half against Tech. They looked awful in
40:36
Speaker 2: the first half against Alabama. But then when they can
40:40
Speaker 2: turn when they turn it on, they can turn it on.
40:42
Speaker 2: So it is hard to say. Hard to say that
40:49
Speaker 2: you that Georgia isn't gonna find a way to get
40:51
Speaker 2: it done, basically at home. But I just feel like
40:54
Speaker 2: Texas sorry to be the good team twice. I am
40:57
Speaker 2: probably going to sit this game out because I think
41:02
Speaker 2: it's hard to bet against Georgia in the Georgia Dome.
41:05
Speaker 2: But man, it feels like Texas is gonna win this
41:06
Speaker 2: ball game, and and a hard fought win to bounce forward.
41:11
Speaker 2: They looked really, really good. Couldn't punch it in a
41:13
Speaker 2: couple of times because some turnovers against A and M,
41:17
Speaker 2: but they looked really good on the road at College Station.
41:21
Speaker 2: I think I think Texas gets it done, but I'm not.
41:24
Speaker 2: It's hard to beat Georgia, so I think I'm gonna
41:26
Speaker 2: walk from this ball game. Under probably a good play though,
41:30
Speaker 2: but man, that Georgia defense could just not show up.
41:33
Speaker 2: Sometimes they could just not show up. So I'm I
41:37
Speaker 2: think I'm to have no action in this game and
41:39
Speaker 2: be a be a passer by just kind of watch
41:42
Speaker 2: and enjoy this ball game.
41:44
Speaker 1: I am. I'm kind of with you on this one.
41:47
Speaker 1: I don't have a play this one. I lean to
41:49
Speaker 1: the under that do not have a play in this one.
41:51
Speaker 1: We'll see where this is gonna go. I'm kind of
41:53
Speaker 1: fascinated to see what you're gonna get. I don't think
41:55
Speaker 1: Texas can win this game without arch manning. I don't
41:59
Speaker 1: think that they could have won the last game without
42:01
Speaker 1: arch man and making that big play obviously that touchdown run.
42:03
Speaker 1: So it's gonna issue and see we're gonna go on
42:05
Speaker 1: this one. But I I kind of get the feeling
42:08
Speaker 1: that George is gonna kind of pump their chest out
42:10
Speaker 1: and be like, hey man, we've been here, we know
42:12
Speaker 1: what we're doing. Let's take care of business. It's gonna
42:15
Speaker 1: be a home game environment for those guys. So that's
42:18
Speaker 1: where I lean on that one. My play a little
42:19
Speaker 1: first half under. Next game, Scottie, let's travel down to
42:22
Speaker 1: Ula Law game I might be going to. They'll be
42:25
Speaker 1: hosting Marshall in this one. Ula La comes in ten
42:28
Speaker 1: and two, seven and five against the number Marshall nine
42:31
Speaker 1: and three and the best team in the country against
42:34
Speaker 1: the number ten one and one. Ula Law is open
42:37
Speaker 1: up at minus four, moved by the way to minus
42:39
Speaker 1: five and a half over under slip, and fifty seven
42:41
Speaker 1: and a half down to fifty six and a half.
42:43
Speaker 1: It's important to know that Ula Lah is going to
42:45
Speaker 1: be playing a backup quarterback in this one. But he
42:47
Speaker 1: has played the last couple of games and he's got
42:49
Speaker 1: over fourteen starts throughout his career when he's been there.
42:52
Speaker 1: But they've been a wagon man. I mean they started
42:54
Speaker 1: out slow last week on the road against ULA Monroe,
42:58
Speaker 1: but put it back together. I'm gonna lay with LA.
43:01
Speaker 1: Could have some weather in this game, maybe some rain,
43:05
Speaker 1: but I'm still gonna lay it with LA. I think
43:07
Speaker 1: this is the best team in the Sunbelt.
43:09
Speaker 2: Hell, does Charles Huff not have a contract at Marshall
43:14
Speaker 2: Day They've not up team and here he is his
43:16
Speaker 2: team in the championship. Candidly, you don't go ten one
43:20
Speaker 2: and one because you haven't performed pretty well against the spread.
43:24
Speaker 2: I don't know what Marshall fans are looking for. I
43:28
Speaker 2: mean I really don't. That is shocking to me that
43:32
Speaker 2: he doesn't that he doesn't have a contract. But you know,
43:35
Speaker 2: here we go.
43:37
Speaker 1: Uh.
43:37
Speaker 2: That may be a little bit of rally, but I
43:39
Speaker 2: agree with you. It feels like Louisiana is the better team.
43:42
Speaker 2: Playing at home is a big deal. Uh. That certainly
43:45
Speaker 2: seems like the right way to go. But man, Marshall
43:47
Speaker 2: has been a wagon against the number and so I
43:52
Speaker 2: mean teams that cover numbers. It's like they cover numbers
43:56
Speaker 2: and so you're getting five. So maybe a be a
44:00
Speaker 2: good time to get it again. So uh, I think
44:02
Speaker 2: Louisiana is gonna win this ball game, though, question is
44:05
Speaker 2: do they get over the five?
44:06
Speaker 1: That's the deal, you know what they say. It's got
44:09
Speaker 1: good teams win and great teams cover. Absolutely. Ah, this
44:15
Speaker 1: is my favorite game. Penn State, number three in the country,
44:18
Speaker 1: matches up against Oregon. This game will be played in
44:22
Speaker 1: Indianapolis inside of a dome, so we won't have any
44:25
Speaker 1: weather issues here. It's kind of funny with both of
44:27
Speaker 1: these teams, in my opinion, because neither one of these
44:30
Speaker 1: teams has had a big game and a month rull
44:33
Speaker 1: over a month and a half. Yeah, it's been a
44:35
Speaker 1: while that you come in here. Penn State got a
44:38
Speaker 1: little notoriety last week because how about my band James
44:41
Speaker 1: Franklin not scared to breaking it off in the ass
44:45
Speaker 1: if his old coordinator Mike Loxley by tossing a touchdown
44:48
Speaker 1: pass with this third string quarterback and then even going
44:51
Speaker 1: so far as to address it in the postgame news conference.
44:54
Speaker 1: I think I think James Franklin. I loved him at bandy.
44:58
Speaker 1: I think that guy is so insecure and just literally
45:02
Speaker 1: he cannot win a big game and he's not gonna
45:04
Speaker 1: win one. To hear either, Baby, give me the Oregon Ducks.
45:08
Speaker 1: This is the best team in the country. You and
45:10
Speaker 1: I've been talking about this team forever, and we talked
45:13
Speaker 1: about the lack of physicality for years, not being able
45:16
Speaker 1: to win the trench, so on and so forth. They
45:18
Speaker 1: bring in Dylan Gabriel. That kid does so much that
45:22
Speaker 1: doesn't show up in a stat sheet to make this
45:25
Speaker 1: team better. He's so fun to watch. I think Oregon
45:30
Speaker 1: boat races Penn State. Penn State's offense runs through one player.
45:34
Speaker 1: If they're tight end Tyler Warren and speaking of a guy,
45:37
Speaker 1: if you're gonna legitimately have fun in New York, most
45:40
Speaker 1: people don't know who the kid is, but it would
45:42
Speaker 1: be awesome to get him to watch a highlight reel
45:44
Speaker 1: for this guy. But he literally fifty percent of their
45:48
Speaker 1: passing downs go to him. He will line up at quarterback,
45:51
Speaker 1: he will line up at tight end, he will line
45:53
Speaker 1: up at full back, he will line up all over
45:55
Speaker 1: the field. If you haven't watched him play yet, you're
45:57
Speaker 1: gonna enjoy this Saturday evening. Trust me. But I think
46:00
Speaker 1: Oregon takes these guys to the woodshit and just beats
46:05
Speaker 1: them to oblivion. There's a reason they won't let that
46:08
Speaker 1: hook go. Even if you're taking some Penn State money.
46:11
Speaker 1: Take the Ducks, baby, I think they cover this one
46:13
Speaker 1: walking away.
46:15
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with you. I like, I truly like
46:20
Speaker 2: Oregon here to win this game, and what I think
46:22
Speaker 2: is comfortably Penn State. I mean, what's their what's their
46:25
Speaker 2: marquee win Michigan? Yeah, I mean, you know, it's at
46:32
Speaker 2: the end of the day, they've played one good team
46:37
Speaker 2: and and that game wasn't very close. And when that
46:41
Speaker 2: game in Happy Valley seems like it was.
46:43
Speaker 1: It was.
46:44
Speaker 2: I think they're gonna get hammered. I really do. They
46:47
Speaker 2: don't win big games. I think James. I think James
46:50
Speaker 2: Franklin's okay. But at the end of the day, Nick
46:52
Speaker 2: Singleton and the tight end are all they got. And
46:55
Speaker 2: I think this this Oregon defense is going to load
46:58
Speaker 2: up to stop the run, make them make the quarterback
47:01
Speaker 2: beat them. I don't think he's capable. I don't think
47:04
Speaker 2: allars is capable of doing it, and I ain't. At
47:07
Speaker 2: the end of the day, the mobile quarterback they're gonna
47:10
Speaker 2: have a lot of trouble with. And I think Oregon
47:13
Speaker 2: wins this game by seven to ten points, if not more.
47:17
Speaker 1: I think this game they went easy. I have I
47:19
Speaker 1: have no there's not a path. I can see that
47:23
Speaker 1: Penn State wins this game.
47:24
Speaker 2: There's always a path, but that's pretty damn narrow.
47:29
Speaker 1: I tell you what. Dan Landing in Oregon, I was
47:33
Speaker 1: kind of skeptical when they hired him, not sure why.
47:37
Speaker 1: I thought maybe the job was too big for him
47:39
Speaker 1: after Mario Cristobaul left to go to Miami. He's done
47:42
Speaker 1: a hell of a job and I love how last
47:46
Speaker 1: week at halftime he brought out the u doub helmet
47:49
Speaker 1: because that was a monkey for them last year. I
47:51
Speaker 1: lost to him twice and you're showing up. You say
47:53
Speaker 1: he smashed their the ub helmet halftime with the sledgehammer.
47:57
Speaker 1: Let them know to go out and finish the job
47:59
Speaker 1: and get it done. I think he's carrying that momentum
48:02
Speaker 1: into this game. It's like, hey, let's go win the
48:04
Speaker 1: first big ten. You know we're in the conference. Let's
48:07
Speaker 1: go win the first big ten. Which it's kind of
48:09
Speaker 1: interesting that we're in this spot because if you look
48:12
Speaker 1: at the conference championship games, what do you have? Oregon, SEMU, Texas,
48:18
Speaker 1: Arizona State Army could all win their conference championships in
48:23
Speaker 1: the first year these teams have been in that conference.
48:26
Speaker 1: This is kind of fascinating, But it gets back to
48:28
Speaker 1: the fact that the talent pools pulled apart. Speaking of
48:32
Speaker 1: last game that we've got here, I caught a little
48:35
Speaker 1: caught a little note from a long time listener friend
48:37
Speaker 1: of ours asking me, where is the Clemson hate coming
48:41
Speaker 1: from after all this time and last week after our
48:45
Speaker 1: show went out, and I was like, look, man, I said,
48:47
Speaker 1: they got to get some things accomplished over there. But
48:50
Speaker 1: Clemson match backs their way into the ACC Championship game
48:55
Speaker 1: after Miami can't close out against Syracuse last week. They're
48:59
Speaker 1: going to be in sharp. It's gonna have a home
49:01
Speaker 1: game field against this SMU team. Liones two over unders
49:06
Speaker 1: at fifty five in this spot. There's all kinds of
49:10
Speaker 1: different statistics that you've got. I've heard lots of readings
49:13
Speaker 1: talking about they're comparing Jennings to Norris. The kid that's
49:17
Speaker 1: at the Norris and the kids that's at South Carolina
49:20
Speaker 1: from last week. Those are two completely different players. Man.
49:23
Speaker 1: Jennings is not a big runner. Jennings is very mobile,
49:26
Speaker 1: but he moves the pocket a lot, but he's not
49:28
Speaker 1: a downfield runner. As much as they've got pair, It's
49:31
Speaker 1: interesting how this is going to match up. This SMU team.
49:33
Speaker 1: I did a super deep dive this week. Did not
49:36
Speaker 1: start the season putting a lot of quarterback pressures in,
49:39
Speaker 1: but over the last few weeks they've started blitzing more
49:43
Speaker 1: and so you could see more of that in this game. Here.
49:46
Speaker 1: If you leave and they they leave their corners on
49:48
Speaker 1: an island a lot. They don't throw, they don't run
49:50
Speaker 1: a lot of zone. They run a lot more man
49:52
Speaker 1: coverage and I kind of think that plays into Clemson's favor.
49:56
Speaker 1: If you can give club Nick a clean pocket with
49:59
Speaker 1: those big wide receivers that he's got, I think he
50:02
Speaker 1: can I think he can cook, and so I lean
50:05
Speaker 1: Clemson in this game. I think they Dabbo gets these
50:08
Speaker 1: kids wound up to come in here. Hey man, we're
50:11
Speaker 1: gonna get this done. It's like we've been here. It
50:13
Speaker 1: bounces some of you out of the college football Playoff,
50:16
Speaker 1: probably for good. Maybe brings Miami back into the fold.
50:20
Speaker 1: Who knows at this point. But I think Clemson wins
50:22
Speaker 1: this game is my personal opinion.
50:24
Speaker 2: Yeah, I just have not had a good read on
50:27
Speaker 2: SMU all year. I think I've said this multiple times.
50:30
Speaker 2: I still can't get that in the BOTA game out
50:32
Speaker 2: of my head because at the end of the day,
50:36
Speaker 2: they were such a bad team. Look, good teams get
50:38
Speaker 2: better throughout the year. But man, every time I feel
50:41
Speaker 2: like I want to do something with SMU, I regret
50:44
Speaker 2: it and they just totally let me down. I don't
50:47
Speaker 2: know this football team enough. I will tell you this,
50:51
Speaker 2: that's a pretty good win last week. I think they're
50:55
Speaker 2: going to get the hell beat out of them when
50:57
Speaker 2: they get in the playoffs, and if they lose this week,
51:01
Speaker 2: do they deserve to get in? There's gonna be all
51:04
Speaker 2: the uproar that tells you yes, oh, they've only got
51:08
Speaker 2: two losses. You can't put all these teams with three
51:11
Speaker 2: losses in over them. You can't penalize them for losing
51:14
Speaker 2: the conference championship. You're gonna hear all these tours out.
51:17
Speaker 2: I don't think there's anybody with eyes that thinks they're
51:19
Speaker 2: one of the best teams in the country. I don't,
51:23
Speaker 2: And I think they're a great story. I think Lashley
51:26
Speaker 2: has done a great job. I think they're gonna continue
51:29
Speaker 2: to improve, but I think they're gonna continue to get better.
51:33
Speaker 2: But I just don't see it. And candidly, let's pray
51:37
Speaker 2: that nobody's got to go to that high school field
51:39
Speaker 2: for a playoff game. I mean, seriously, can you imagine
51:46
Speaker 2: Georgia fans rolling in and and and they got to
51:51
Speaker 2: go to that stadium. They'd be like, dude, this is
51:55
Speaker 2: like Valdosta State, this is Georgia, Come on, man, and look,
52:03
Speaker 2: I know sum he's got plenty of money. I understand
52:05
Speaker 2: that some of their boosters are probably listening and pissed off,
52:09
Speaker 2: but at the end of the day, man, they're at
52:11
Speaker 2: the stadium, traffic getting in and out of their sucks.
52:15
Speaker 2: I mean, it's just a hot mess. And I just, man,
52:19
Speaker 2: we do not need these guys hosting a playoff game
52:21
Speaker 2: at this point, So they might need to slide that
52:23
Speaker 2: over to Jerry World or somewhere besides there, because I
52:28
Speaker 2: just cannot imagine those guys hosting a home comp home
52:33
Speaker 2: playoff game. Now, if they win this game, we'll have
52:35
Speaker 2: to worry about that because they'll get a buye. But
52:38
Speaker 2: if they lose and make the playoff, I don't know,
52:41
Speaker 2: there may be a chance for those guys to host,
52:43
Speaker 2: so't it'll be a hot mess down in Dallas. But
52:46
Speaker 2: I just I just don't feel like this is one
52:49
Speaker 2: of the best teams. So at the end of the day,
52:50
Speaker 2: I'm rooting for Clemson. That's truth. I do think Miami's
52:53
Speaker 2: the best team in this league. I think Miami is
52:55
Speaker 2: a bost talented team in the league. And as we
52:58
Speaker 2: said preseason, Mario crystal Ball would find a way to
53:02
Speaker 2: blow it, and he find a way to blow it.
53:04
Speaker 2: That's the bottom line.
53:05
Speaker 1: Unbelievable. Unbelievable, all right, Scotty of all the games. Give
53:10
Speaker 1: me your three favorite bets. You could have an underdog parlay.
53:14
Speaker 1: You could have your favorite.
53:17
Speaker 2: Oregon Orgon is my favorite. It's not close.
53:20
Speaker 1: Uh.
53:20
Speaker 2: Next I'm going to take I like, I really like
53:26
Speaker 2: Army at home with the points, and that is because
53:29
Speaker 2: I think I think two lane could win that ball game.
53:32
Speaker 2: But like went home and then Arizona State's my other.
53:36
Speaker 1: I like where you're headed here. I'm gonna go under
53:38
Speaker 1: in the West Coast. I'm gonna go Friday night. I'm
53:42
Speaker 1: going dead under across the board. I think all that
53:45
Speaker 1: comes home. Haven't figured out the Tulane Army game yet
53:48
Speaker 1: if I'm gonna play a saturd or night. But I
53:50
Speaker 1: like the unders and those and then you don't have
53:52
Speaker 1: any Leopardy maybe of Ohio land too. You're not gonna
53:55
Speaker 1: go out on the limb from the back here.
53:57
Speaker 2: I'm cheering for Ohio. I mean, look and look. Don't
54:00
Speaker 2: don't get me wrong. My three favorite teams of the
54:02
Speaker 2: mac are Toledo, Ohio and Miami of Ohio. Oxford, Ohio
54:07
Speaker 2: is a great town for the people that are listening
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Speaker 2: that have never been there. It's a that's a cool campus,
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Speaker 2: beautiful campus. There by far my three favorite teams in
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Speaker 2: the MAC. So I mean it's not you know, it's
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Speaker 2: not that I'm really cheering it, but you know, man,
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Speaker 2: I want Ohio to win it. I want them to
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Speaker 2: break the spell, you know, want coach Albans to get
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Speaker 2: them over the hump. I think that's a big story.
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Speaker 2: So I'm cheering for him. So I'm hoping they don't.
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Speaker 2: So heck no, I'm not gonna Heck no, I'm not
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Speaker 2: gonna tell everybody to bet on it. A bet I
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Speaker 2: bet on Miami of Ohio, but I'm cheering for Ohio.
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Speaker 1: Goodness, Chris, Both Conference Championship weekend is gonna be great.
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Speaker 1: Get out there and enjoy your time. Hopefully we're gonna
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Speaker 1: have some great games. We might still have some chaos
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Speaker 1: left at the into this thing. Hopefully my ULV running
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Speaker 1: rebels upset Boise to get me my conference championship bet,
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Speaker 1: which would be fantastic. Same thing for the two lane
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Speaker 1: Greenway baby, And then next week we'll have Army Navy.
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Speaker 1: Before we get into conference champ or before we get
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Speaker 1: into the bowl season and everything else. Hit us up
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Speaker 1: on Twitter, give us some reviews, give us some ratings. Otherwise,
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Speaker 1: y'all have so much fun and enjoy your conference championship.
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Speaker 2: We can