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MASSIVE Updates Ahead of HUGE CFB Games | LSU v OLE MISS | FLORIDA v AUBURN | TEXAS TECH v HOUSTON · College Football Addiction: A Show About All Things College Football

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  Speaker 1: That certainly is worthy of being on an SEC defense.
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  Speaker 1: Everybody in the country wanted LaDamian Guyton, right? They have
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  Speaker 1: some of these guys. A.J. Holmes Jr., the way that
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  Speaker 1: he's playing so far this year, I don't think there's
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  Speaker 1: anybody that wouldn't take his eight quarterback pressures and two sacks, right?
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  Speaker 1: They've got some of these guys, but they don't have
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  Speaker 1: them across the board at every position. and they don't
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  Speaker 1: have the waves of them that you might see at, uh,
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  Speaker 1: a Miami or, you know, a Georgia or, or even
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  Speaker 1: a Notre Dame. Like that would be the, the distinction
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  Speaker 1: I would make. And I think last year they did
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  Speaker 1: have those waves that like the, the, what they portaled in,
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  Speaker 1: in the spring portal window last year from kind of
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  Speaker 1: all over the country late, uh, they, they had some very,
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  Speaker 1: very impressive guys out there in that front seven, uh,
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  Speaker 1: I'm not seeing like the same level of play from
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  Speaker 1: the linebackers yet. The secondary last year, I never really
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  Speaker 1: knew how good it was because the front seven was
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  Speaker 1: so good enough that like the teams just didn't have
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  Speaker 1: time to throw and let things develop downfield. But, uh,
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  Speaker 1: so far, you know, I mean, we're, I'm very curious
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  Speaker 1: about their safeties. They've not been good. Morgan in particular is,
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  Speaker 1: is kind of struggled a little bit. Um, And Curry, honestly. Like,
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  Speaker 1: I think teams have picked on them a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: John Curry, Peyton Morgan, their two safeties. And Oregon State
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  Speaker 1: was able to do a lot in the passing game
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  Speaker 1: kind of around those guys. Or those guys were not
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  Speaker 1: able to shut windows at times on certain balls and cover, too.
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  Speaker 1: And you don't see that on some of those top
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  Speaker 1: defenses we were just talking about, right? Like, normally when
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  Speaker 1: you're talking about some of these other P4 defenses, we
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  Speaker 1: are seeing those windows shut. come down quick and get closed.
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  Speaker 1: And if you're a little late on a throw, it's
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  Speaker 1: getting picked and going the other way. And not sure
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  Speaker 1: I would say that quite yet about this 2026 Texas
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  Speaker 1: tech defense.
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  Speaker 2: Where is there, you know, you mentioned Wegman, you mentioned
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  Speaker 2: this defense being good for, for Texas tech thoughts on
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  Speaker 2: where there might be a, an advantage in this that
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  Speaker 2: can be exploited.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, are you talking about from the.
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  Speaker 2: Just in general, something in this matchup that catches your
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  Speaker 2: eye that one of these teams will exploit and may
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  Speaker 2: lead to what will eventually be a pick here in
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  Speaker 2: a few minutes.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that Houston's offense might be complete enough
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  Speaker 1: to actually stress Texas Tech. It's interesting because these two
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  Speaker 1: teams have had a common opponent. They both played Oregon
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  Speaker 1: State back-to-back weeks, and they kind of played them similarly.
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  Speaker 1: Houston won by 13 points. Texas Tech ended up winning
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  Speaker 1: by 11, I think, 35-24. So there's kind of a
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  Speaker 1: funny situation there. If you just want to go one
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  Speaker 1: for one, Houston gained more yards on offense and gave
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  Speaker 1: up less yards on defense to Oregon State. I think
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  Speaker 1: part of that is a product of Houston– I think
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  Speaker 1: is more complete offensively when you talk about balance between
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  Speaker 1: passing and rushing, right? And I think that that is
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  Speaker 1: going to be a problem for Texas Tech because last
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  Speaker 1: week against Oregon State, they gave up a lot of
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  Speaker 1: yards and kind of got into a sticky situation in
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  Speaker 1: the second half, even though Oregon State could not run
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  Speaker 1: the ball. And I think that's because they have problems
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  Speaker 1: in the back end of their secondary. And when you
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  Speaker 1: spin this forward to a game where, look, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: expecting Houston to to gash Texas Tech for like 250
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  Speaker 1: on the ground or anything. But I do think that
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  Speaker 1: they will run the football well enough to be efficient
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  Speaker 1: and stay ahead of the sticks and keep Texas Tech
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  Speaker 1: honest and keep them from totally being able to just
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  Speaker 1: go super light in the box and letting their linebackers
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  Speaker 1: drop out. And when that happens and you add in
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  Speaker 1: Wegman's legs and you add in situations with those safeties
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  Speaker 1: that I'm not sure totally– on top of it right now,
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  Speaker 1: I think that's a problem for Texas Tech. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: What about the other side of the ball? Do you
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  Speaker 2: think Texas Tech's offense can get up and get going?
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  Speaker 2: And thoughts on Houston's defense, and then we'll pick this thing.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I do think that Texas Tech's offense can get going.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think that they can certainly get going
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  Speaker 1: through the air. Like we talked about, I am a
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  Speaker 1: believer in Will Hammond. I've always kind of just thought
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  Speaker 1: he was going to be a kid that, that surprised people.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know if that, that is vibes. He, I know, but, um,
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  Speaker 1: he just kind of had that vibe about him. Um,
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  Speaker 1: but in this game specifically, like they've got to get
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  Speaker 1: their run game going and, you know, I'm not totally
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  Speaker 1: confident that they will truthfully. Um, I'm not saying that,
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  Speaker 1: that it'll be abysmal, but, uh, I, I just think that,
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  Speaker 1: you know, they're going to have to, lean on the
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  Speaker 1: pass game and they're going to have to maybe vary
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  Speaker 1: it up a little bit more. Like last year, they
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  Speaker 1: had such a dominant defense that they could kind of
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  Speaker 1: do whatever they wanted on offense. And I think a
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  Speaker 1: lot of times they sort of played it safe on offense,
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  Speaker 1: especially when Hammond took over for the time that he did.
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  Speaker 1: So this time around, like, I think that they got
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  Speaker 1: to they got to throw on first down more, right?
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  Speaker 1: And they've got to be a little more inventive and
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  Speaker 1: creative at how they stay ahead of the sticks and
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  Speaker 1: not put Will Hammond into third and long like they
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  Speaker 1: have to this point in the season.
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  Speaker 2: Texas Tech, seven and a half point favorite. Game is
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  Speaker 2: Friday night, 8 p.m. Eastern, 7 p.m. local time there
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  Speaker 2: in Lubbock, Texas. I like Texas Tech to win this game,
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  Speaker 2: but I think it's closer. That hook scares me. Not
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  Speaker 2: that it really, you know, I know the games often
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  Speaker 2: don't finish just by a seven, but I'll take Houston
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  Speaker 2: to cover. I like Texas tech to win this game
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  Speaker 2: by exactly that, by the, by the touchdown, the hook
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  Speaker 2: scares me too much. So I'll roll with Houston to
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  Speaker 2: cover Texas tech to win.
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  Speaker 1: I am going, I'm going, I'm definitely going Houston to
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  Speaker 1: cover the spread, but you know what? I'm gonna call
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  Speaker 1: it upset. One of the first big upsets of, well, not, first,
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  Speaker 1: but I think it would be a pretty monumental big
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  Speaker 1: 12 upset and totally open up the field in that conference.
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  Speaker 1: And I think that Houston's going to get them on,
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  Speaker 1: on Friday night. I just sort of have that feeling.
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