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main thing of everything. So let's dive.
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Into the first big match up that happened this past Saturday #1
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Texas travels to Kneeland Stadium.
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Take on #14 Tennessee in. What kind of ended up being a,
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I'm not going to say a disappointing game, but it was
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definitely one of those it, it was kind of a defensive
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stalemate and I think a lot of people expected it because of
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Tennessee's defense being really good.
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Texas's defense is supposed to be really good, but I think most
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people want. Arch to take that next step and.
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I have some statistics to kind of.
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Show from. The game that shows.
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Arch is still being Arch. And I think we need to kind of
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take a step back as far as the. Kind of unrealistic expectations
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that everybody has for Arch Manning, given what he was able
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to produce. So looking.
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At some of the statistics that we have here on screen, and if
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you're not able to see it, you know, on screen, definitely let
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me know. This is what we're this is what
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we're working with as far as what how the game ended up
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ultimately being. Texas had 200 and 6212 yards,
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Tennessee 221. Pretty similar rush yards 61 to
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70. 201 passing yards to 151 third down.
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They were both about 25% and Texas had the one O 1.
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Turnover, which was the interception from March.
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It really wasn't a terrible game.
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Like truthfully, this was. Not a bad game whatsoever.
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Arch was 14 and 19 with the pick. 201 yards where I think
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people really got, I think where people get flustered with Arch
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is they. Expect him to have.
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These really big games, they. Expect him to have.
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These, you know, 2 to 300 yard. Blowouts.
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They expect him to be throwing, you know, 3-4 and five
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touchdowns every single week, and that's really not realistic
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because there's not a lot of quarterbacks.
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That do that already in college and you you're definitely not
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going to see that against big time opponents and especially
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any opponents that you would consider quality right.
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Like if if Arch came in and did this to Tennessee, if they
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completely blew Tennessee out, we're we're going to sit here
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and be like, then Tennessee's not really that good.
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If Arch is able to drop, you know, 4 tutties.
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On the way that's just not realistic.
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So this this is where I would tell people, you know, kind of,
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you know, to like pump, pump the brakes a little bit.
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It's not. It's not to.
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The end of the world. He he was decent.
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And then on the other side, you know, Faison Brandon did so much
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better than what? I thought he was going to do
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when I was, when I was watching him against George Tech, even
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when I watched him against some of the Group of Six teams at
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Tennessee was playing, I was like, man, he I'm like, there's
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just something. Not there like there's, there's
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just. Something missing?
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He's a freshman. He's a 5.
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Star. He's very highly touted.
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They picked him over George McIntyre, who was already in the
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system last year, who was a freshman last year in a
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sophomore this year. And I'm like, OK, that says
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something. That's like they, they were
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putting all their chips in the basket like, hey, we potentially
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are going to have this guy longer than George.
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And even though George has already been in the system, he
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already knows a little bit better.
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We're going to go with the, we're going to go with the with
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the young. Buck and I think it ultimately
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ended up paying off, you know, he.
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Had 100 and 145 passing yards. He was 17 and 29, a touchdown to
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at least keep him in the game. Of course, the hint of coming
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out and saying the onside kick that Tennessee did is
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technically not legal, but that's retroactively not like
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they're going to change or do anything different about it.
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I think for the moment, I think for what it was who they had to.
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Face and when I think Tennessee more than than met the standard
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and met the capability. I think this is a Tennessee team
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with Josh Hypel at the helm with the type of quarterback he likes
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to run as far as a very, you know, deep spread offense of sit
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back in the pocket kind of look. But then also use your mobility
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to your advantage with a kid like Brandon at the at the helm,
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I think. Tennessee's in a very good shape
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for a very long time. I do want to flip back a little
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bit to Texas. As far as what?
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Hurt them the most in this game that was.
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Penalties. They had 11 penalties for 115
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yards. Like that's crazy and they still
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were able. To win.
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So that shows you the potential Texas has, but they also give
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credit to Tennessee's. Defense where credit is due in
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the fact of even with that, they were able to hold this within
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three. Now they started to pull away a
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little bit. It was 20 to 10 there for a
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while. Tennessee's finally able to go
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down, score, get the onside kick and then try again.
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They ultimately end up failing because.
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Texas really put the pressure on at that point.
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But nonetheless, I mean, this was so much better than what I
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thought it was going to be. Like, wholeheartedly I thought.
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I didn't think this was going to be as good as it did and as good
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as it was, but it it completely blew.
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Everything out of the water as far as expectations go so I have
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I have absolutely no complaints there let's.
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Move on to the game. That this was not only a
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surprise. This is a disappointment.
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And that's Oklahoma at Georgia. I mean this, this was just bad.
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I mean the, the, this, this is this is just the statistics.
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That we're looking at here. And here's what's really bad
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when you look at the statistics. Not that bad, not.
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That much of a difference Oklahoma 296 to to Georgia's
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three O 610 yard difference. I mean, Georgia was able to run
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the ball a little bit better, you know, 129 to 65.
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But then Oklahoma, believe it or not, with everything John Metir
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was they still had 231 passing yards and Georgia had 177.
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Now you would think with a. Score of 41 to 13.
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You would think, OK, Georgia's offense had to be cooking.
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Oh, it was just their defense like.
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One of them was a 85 yard fumble return for a touchdown where the
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ball just comes out of Metir's hand.
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He's not hit. He's not.
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It's not like he's, you know, dropped.
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It's not even like he shoelace tripped or anything, like he
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legitimately just dropped the ball.
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And it was returned for a touchdown.
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So I mean, that's that's a point for the defense.
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You've got a 54 yard run by Georgia and then other than that
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it's field. Goals and it's just.
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Short touchdowns, like 35 yards is the deepest throw that
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Georgia did that game, and they even had two turnovers.
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Compared to Oklahoma's 4. So I mean Stockton was 14 at
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25171, a touchdown and pick. Metir and and here's kind of the
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crazy part, because when I was first when I first saw the score
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and I kind of watched the game. You know, I'm like, it's got to
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be Metir. I'm seeing all the mistakes that
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Metir is making. I'm like it might be time to
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make a. Change.
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Here's the Here's the really crazy part.
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He was 25 at 34. Two.
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Touchdowns. A pick. 231 yards now, their
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running game absolutely nonexistent.
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Their best receiver is a tight end and beers like that's that's
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already not a good start. This is what probably surprises.
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Me just the most about this is. As bad as we want to critique
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matir, myself including. I don't know if he's.
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Necessarily the only problem that Oklahoma has.
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Like, yeah, he, he looked bad against Michigan, and yeah, he's
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looked bad against. Georgia and I don't think and
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they didn't look great against New Mexico.
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They only won that 14 to 6, but it and even then, like he like
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numbers wise, you look at him and it's like, OK, you know, he
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was 19 to 25, two touchdowns, but he had two picks and he had
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238 yards. You have to wonder what is the
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issue? But I'm gonna be honest at the
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same time, like we, we can look at him statistically.
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I mean he's got 8 touchdowns. And four picks so far this year
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with just under 900 yards. But he's a QBR of just under 60
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like and he's completing 66% of his passes.
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It it's one of those. You look at his stats and it's
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like, man, you, you're not having a bad year, but you're
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not having a great year either. And again, has it been Arbuckle?
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Is it just the fact that Oklahoma doesn't have the
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greatest weapons for him to throw to or or does he have some
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kind of a mental block that is just.
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Preventing him from, you know, taking that next step forward.
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Like I, I don't know what it is. I don't know if Oklahoma should
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make a change and and if they do, who is that change and what
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does it look like, you know, is the backup?
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Quarterback good enough to make a difference for them.
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Like, truly. Is is he good enough because
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again, statistically and whether it's garbage time, whether it's
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not like he he's putting up numbers now he's not going to
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wow you with. Those numbers, but he is putting
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up numbers. But it does really make me
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wonder with the offense and then has the.
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Defense regressed a little bit under bread medibles because I
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mean, last year that was their stronghold.
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But they were great in defense and it's like they've just
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fallen apart. So I don't know.
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I don't really know what the solution is for him.
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I don't know if it's if it's time to get a new offensive
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coordinator, maybe have somebody else call the plays, if it's
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time to just, you know. Move on from a tier and try
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somebody else for a little bit or.
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Not, but that was. Absolutely a rough.
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Game, I mean 41 to 13 like that is that is just rough.
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But Speaking of rough and it, it's kind of a poetic beauty.
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And I don't want to take any extra.
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Seconds on this pun intentionally included Michigan
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versus Iowa. This game, this was not the most
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sexy game. This was not.
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This was one of those. I was watching it.
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It was like 6:50. It was 13 to 7.
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And it's like, OK, when are you guys going to do something
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different? And then it was like 19 to 7 and
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then Iowa. Starts to storm back.
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It's like 19 to 13 and I'm like, oh or yeah, 19 at 13.
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I'm like, OK, I'm like, well, they're within a score.
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Is IO gonna be able to do it? And with two seconds left.
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Hank Brown throws to their wide receiver in the corner of the
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end zone towards the sideline and he.
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Toe taps with two seconds left as time expires to catch the
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ball and scores the touchdown to win the game.
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Like you, you cannot ask for anything better than that.
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This is one of those it, it finally caught up with Michigan
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like this has been won. They're they're really all year.
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If you look at all of Michigan's games, they have been, which is
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ridiculously close. I mean, everybody knows if you
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follow college football, Western Michigan, they they win it by
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one point. Oklahoma.
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They win it by a touchdown, 17 and 10 UTEP.
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Now the score doesn't look like they were struggling, but at
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half time it was 17 to 14 Michigan.
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Like they were only up by a field goal.
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Now they turned it up in the third because they dropped 28
14:18
points, but it's like they played close every single game
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like. Looking at the UTEP.
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Stats, right? Because I don't have them up
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here. Bryce was 19 to 25.
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Two. 123 yards. And two touchdowns, like really
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that's your like. That's your bread and butter and
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I'm trying to see what else he had as far as he only had 20.
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Two rushing yards like. Why are you struggling?
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This bad like, and this is what I I really dislike because I, I
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like Coach Whittingham as a coach.
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I mean, watching him, hey, Utah for all of those years, seeing
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how he kept Utah competitive, he made them relevant.
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You know he built Utah as a foundation.
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And there's a reason why Michigan was able to pull him
15:12
out of retirement, to bring him in to at least have a solid
15:16
foundation there in Ann Arbor. And it it's working.
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Like, I think no matter what happens, whether I don't think
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Michigan will go to the playoffs, I don't think anything
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crazy. Like that's going to happen, but
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I think with him being there. It.
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Gives Michigan a good chance to kind of get back to being the
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Michigan of old of strong competitive football.
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You know, they're they're going to be in games, they're not
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going to get blown out. They're not going to do anything
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crazy. But it is it is just nuts that
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they played down to so many teams and they kept it this
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close to me. Heck, they end up losing this
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by. One and of course, everybody.
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'S making the joke they don't need any extra time to be able
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to do so. So this was one it was like it's
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kind of a a sweet irony that that Michigan loses this.
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The offense does look better. I mean 276 pass yards, 153
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rushing. I mean 429 yards of.
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Total offense like that, that's about as good as an offense as
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you can get. Like that's as much as.
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You can ask for. So I mean, there does seem to be
16:29
fixes there, but there there's still a lot of questions and
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penalties are hurting. You know they had eight.
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Penalties for 75 yards in this game they are.
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It it does not seem like. They are a very well
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disciplined. Team.
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Which again is is crazy considering.
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It it's Kyle Woodingham and, and how he runs his teams.
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So that's the. That's.
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The crazy part, Andy, on the other hand, before I before I
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get off this topic, you know Iowa with offense like their
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last, their last drive. Right.
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So there's under 2 minutes on the clock, they get the ball
17:07
back, they score in in 11 plays, they go 91 yards, so almost the
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entire length of the field. In a minute and 46 seconds to
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get the game-winning touchdown to end it.
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That is insane to. Hear from.
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Iowa of all teams, like if, if you would have told me Iowa was
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going to do that, I'm like, no, there's no way, no way.
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And they ultimately made me eat my words.
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But big, big shout out. I think if I remember, I, I
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picked Iowa to win this game just because it's like, I don't
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really trust, I don't know, I don't trust Michigan with this.
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It's like they've been, they've been making too many mistakes.
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They've had too many issues. Like I'm just, I don't trust
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them. I do not trust them.
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But nonetheless, it was a, it was a better game than what I
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thought was going to happen This game.
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Now this is kind of backtracking a little bit because this was
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technically the Friday night game.
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The Indiana Hoosiers, my home state team, struggled.
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And I mean struggled in their in their debut well.
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Not. Season debut, but their debut
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against Power 14 in Northwestern, the first true
18:26
power. 14 they faced since winning their national
18:31
championship and the the stats is what's the most crazy because
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when you look at it. You know, IU had 472 total
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yards, 271 rushing yards, 201 passing yards, and you look at
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that and you're like, OK, like IU.
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Had dominate and I definitely got the score wrong on this
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graphic, but Indiana wins 29 to 20.
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Three over Northwestern Aiden titles looked as good as
19:05
advertised, like he looked as he did when he was at Oregon State.
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He definitely took a little bit of a a step back, even following
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Jonathan Smith from Oregon State to Michigan State and and it's
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crazy because he had tied up, you know, he had a talent like
19:20
Nick Marsh. He's got Antonio Gates sun
19:22
there. It it's not.
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Like Michigan State has a bunch of scrubs.
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Now I'm not going to. Sit here and say they're like.
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You know, top tier contending, but.
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It's just crazy how poorly they ended up doing as a whole.
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But I mean and the and the. 1st. Half is what's also a little bit
19:40
crazy because you you look at the first half of this game and
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it was it wasn't pretty. Yeah, it was it was 12 to
19:51
nothing like IU got a safety to start the game that ended up
19:55
putting him up ahead by two, which is kind of the.
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The reason for the odd score? But then it's like Northwestern
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just absolutely turned it on there at the end, and they look
20:05
like a completely different football.
20:06
Team like they look, I'm not going to say they look
20:10
dangerous, but they look like if they put it together they they
20:17
could do some damage in the big 10 now again, I don't.
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Think they're going to the playoffs?
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I don't think they're going to do anything crazy like that.
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Now. They might be a playoff spoiler
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to some teams. Just look at their schedule.
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They host Penn State this coming Friday.
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That'll be the debut of their new stadium, actually.
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Then they host Ball State. That should be pretty, pretty
20:39
good win for them. So I mean, they could
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potentially be sitting there at 4:00 and 2:00 maybe.
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Even 5:00 and 1:00, if they get, I guess, what would be
20:49
considered an upset win over Penn State.
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So, I mean, that's possible. Then they go to Michigan State.
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You know, Pat's fit. Pat Fitzgerald gets to face his
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old team. Then they face Rutgers.
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What's this new Rutgers scene look like since they did a
21:02
quarterback change but then they have to go to Oregon?
21:05
That might be a little bit of a different story.
21:06
They host Iowa, that'll be tough.
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They go to Ohio State, not a whole lot of high expectations
21:11
there to Minnesota and then they host Illinois.
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So I mean, their schedule is not the end of the world.
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Like you held your own against Indiana pretty well.
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And I feel like if you can do that, no matter how you feel
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about Indiana. Right, like there, there's still
21:29
a lot of potential there. They're still the defending
21:31
national champs. And obviously Kurt Signeti can
21:33
coach really well. Like if you can hold your own
21:38
against the defending national champs I would argue.
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You got a chance against anybody like you.
21:44
You, you got a chance to beat almost anybody that you're going
21:47
to face. So ultimately, I'm not going to
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say a disappointing. Game, but a kind of a surprising
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game more than anything. The one that was, believe it or
21:58
not, not a surprise, was old Miss getting upset by Florida.
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Now technically upset because they're the number 14 in the
22:07
country and Florida was #21. At the time, but Florida was
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actually favored by 4 and they beat them 52 to 28.
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And I mean, that was just from. From the get go, Florida
22:24
absolutely dominated you look at the you look at the total yards
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here on screen on the graphic 426 to 498 by Florida and
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Florida ran all over them with 302 yards almost passed for
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260%, you know, conversion on 3rd down.
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Now, Florida did have a couple turnovers that did hurt him a
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little bit. But I mean, and, and here's the
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other crazy part, Ole Miss offensively, they're fine.
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Like they were, you know, 25 to 34 a touchdown.
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They had one pick from Trinidad Chambliss.
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He was also the lead rusher with 44 yards.
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Deuce Alexander had 134 receiving yards and a touchdown.
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The Ole misses defense makes me worry.
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You know, they they have a great offense, but you can definitely
23:16
tell that defense is taking a step back now.
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I don't know if that's, you know, because last year they had
23:23
you, you still had Charlie Weis calling the offense and Pete
23:26
Golden could, you know, deal with the defense.
23:27
So, and, and if anybody has watched the show before, I kind
23:33
of said this is the only bad. Part that I have with defensive.
23:37
Coaches is I feel that unless they have.
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That offensive coordinator, they can sit there and they can trust
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like, you know, hey. You, you are going to be the guy
23:49
that runs the offense, which I'm not going to say defense isn't
23:53
important. I'm not going to say defense is
23:55
not a a huge difference maker because it is.
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It can. Carry teams a lot.
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I mean, look at Tennessee versus Texas kept.
24:02
Them in that game. Even though the offense couldn't
24:04
do much, that defense was absolutely keep them in there.
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Heck, the special team scored a kick return for a touchdown,
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which helped get Tennessee on the board and at least keep.
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Them in it so just just keep that in mind like that this was
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just it was crazy Philo Philo. I don't know how to enunciate
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his name. 16 to 23196 and a touchdown, you know, Ball 20. 9
24:36
carries, 142 yards and three tutties for what it who's kind
24:42
of undisputedly the best running back in the country right now?
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In ball. So this was one that it's funny,
24:51
even Steve Sarkeesian during a press.
24:56
Conference after this. Happened to see if Sarkeesian
25:00
pointed out he's like, I've I've been trying to tell you all he's
25:01
like I told you all last year. Florida is a very good team and
25:06
I think they got a hell of a coach and John Summerall I think
25:09
that with. Him there at the helm, him being
25:12
a hell of a recruiter and him being able to keep.
25:14
A lot of the talent. I mean, the biggest knocking
25:16
against Billy Napier wasn't the fact that he couldn't recruit.
25:18
Like Billy Napier was a hell of a recruiter.
25:21
That man just couldn't coach. That man could not coach to save
25:24
his life. He can't in GMU.
25:29
He could have the he could have Louisiana.
25:32
He just apparently couldn't have Florida.
25:35
But for the fact that Summerall got to keep a lot of those guys,
25:37
bring a lot of guys in and kind of make Florida like the old
25:43
school team that it used to be like that Florida I think is
25:48
going to be one of those teams that's a little bit dangerous
25:50
now. I know he some are all
25:52
mentioned. You know, they kind of had a
25:53
five year play and he's like, well, why don't we just do it
25:55
now? He's not wrong.
25:57
If you can do it now, you know they do it now.
26:00
Because I I think they have the boosters, I think they obviously
26:03
have the fan support. I mean, Gator fans are
26:06
everywhere. And and the.
26:09
Conference is more. Fun when Florida's competitive,
26:12
especially because you look at the schedule that Florida almost
26:14
always has to face. Like Florida always has big time
26:18
games that they have to deal with.
26:20
Like, you know, next week they have Mizzou, you know, they have
26:24
to take on South Carolina, which maybe not as good, but it's
26:28
still there. They have to face Texas and
26:30
Georgia. Obviously the big rivalry game.
26:33
They face Oklahoma, they face Kentucky, they face Vandy, and
26:37
then of course they end against Florida State, who is an SEC.
26:41
But still like that they're they have big time matchups like you
26:45
as of right now are. Facing the number one and #2
26:47
team within the span of two weeks, you face Texas on the
26:51
17th. And you face Georgia on
26:52
Halloween with a break with one bye week break in between there
26:56
like. That's a lot.
27:00
So I mean, hats off to. Florida, I'm excited that
27:03
they're better. I'm also.
27:04
Happy that LSU doesn't have to face them.
27:07
I guess I'm like, I don't know, I'd want LSU to face Florida
27:10
this year. Not especially since DJ likewise
27:12
gone. Because DJ likewise kind of
27:15
what? Helped LSU win last year just
27:17
because he, for whatever reason, like to throw the guys more in
27:20
purple and gold than he did the guys in orange and blue.
27:25
But but nonetheless ended up being a a game that definitely I
27:31
think surpassed a lot of expectations, at least my own
27:34
personal expectations, one that I only surpassed.
27:38
Expectations for me, but was a surprise because this was a
27:42
revenge game from last year, LSU hosts.
27:48
Texas A&M for the second year in the row in Death Valley, and
27:54
they dominate Texas A&M with little to no issue.
27:59
Now there there are some. Key takeaways from this that I
28:03
want to highlight that. It do make me a little bit
28:08
worried as a whole in the long run and.
28:13
I'll pull the. Graphic up here offensively,
28:17
they're like they, they were fantastic.
28:20
Like I couldn't ask for much better. 506 total yards, almost
28:25
200 yards rushing on the ground. They continue to really, you
28:27
know, highlight and focus on that run game. 312 passing yards
28:33
from Sam Levitt like. This was probably the best game
28:37
I have seen Sam Levitt play since being an LSU Tiger.
28:41
Now I didn't. Watch him a whole lot at Arizona
28:43
State. I mean, I saw some of the key
28:46
highlights that he would do as far as the rolling out the crazy
28:49
plays and whatnot. His stats never looked this good
28:53
at Arizona State. Like truthfully, and I'm not
28:55
saying that to like inflate and I'm not saying that as a diss to
28:59
Arizona State because he has looked like mediocre.
29:04
For LSU and for any LSU fans that are watching this, joy, if
29:07
you're watching this, you can tell me if I'm I'm right or
29:09
wrong. He, his best attribute has been
29:14
his legs. I won't take that away from him.
29:17
He won't deny that whatsoever. His best attribute has
29:20
absolutely been his legs. Like that has helped keep that.
29:24
That's helped keep a lot of drives going.
29:26
That's helped, you know, keep a lot of things, you know, moving.
29:31
But I, I mentioned it kind of at the beginning of the season when
29:34
he's running against Clemson. I mentioned it against Louisiana
29:36
Tech. I even mentioned it a little bit
29:38
against Ole Miss like. You.
29:41
Can't keep doing this. I'm going to take the rock, I'm
29:47
going to put the entire team on my back and I'm just going to.
29:51
Run with it because while, yes, you're probably going to make
29:55
some electric plays and yes, you're even, you know, going to
29:58
get a first down, you're going to do something crazy.
30:01
And that's wonderful. I love seeing it occasionally.
30:06
I don't want to see that the whole game, like as an LSU fan,
30:10
as somebody who wants this to continue to be.
30:13
Great and good for. A long time.
30:18
This is not what I want to see from my star quarterback at all.
30:24
I don't. I don't want to see it.
30:25
I just, I just don't. He was 17 to 23312 yards, 2
30:32
touchdowns. He did have an interception,
30:34
which continues to be a pain in the butt issue.
30:39
And he was doing this on one leg because his calf got hurt.
30:43
So he couldn't run it. Even Lane Kiffin pointed it out
30:45
like, yeah, this probably Sam's best game because he couldn't
30:47
run like at what point for Lane and this And this would probably
30:54
be one of the few times, at least early on in this, you
30:58
know, relationship that Lee Giffen has being the head coach
31:02
of LSU At at at what point do you and Charlie Weis Junior both
31:08
sit down with Sam and go look, dude, you got to stop like
31:13
believing that you got to just run, Like you got to trust it
31:16
and it and I'm hoping, I really am hoping that with this game
31:23
that it does two things. Because there's already rumors
31:26
that Lane Kiffin's going to try to rest a lot of the starters
31:28
against McNeese State this coming week before they get
31:33
into, you know, more into the SEC schedule as as the year
31:38
progresses, as they face McNeese and.
31:41
Then they have to go to Kentucky.
31:42
Not going to be easy. They have to host Mississippi
31:44
State. Probably going to be crazy good.
31:49
Then they have to go to Auburn. Not exactly a cupcake, but, you
31:53
know, not exactly anybody to snuff off either.
31:55
And then they get into probably the toughest 3 game stretch of
31:58
their schedule. They host Alabama, then they
32:00
host Texas, and then they have to go to Tennessee.
32:03
Like. Three really tough games right
32:06
there and you already have one loss against old miss to start
32:10
the season, so you can you can get one more loss and it's not
32:16
the end of the world. But again, you've got Kentucky,
32:19
Mississippi State, Auburn, AL, Texas, Tennessee, and then
32:22
Arkansas at the end of the year. You know, it's it's it's not a
32:27
cupcake schedule. It's not something you're just.
32:29
Going to be able to to walk through with no issue.
32:33
You definitely can't do it with your quarterback trying to
32:36
scramble. Be the hero and you know.
32:40
You know, just do everything on his own.
32:42
And so so I hope two things happens from this game.
32:44
One I hope Sam gets better, but I hope he he sits there and he
32:49
looks at it like, hey, I couldn't move and I did really
32:54
well and we still won the game. Keep doing that, Sam, keep like
33:00
trust your guys like trust the offense.
33:02
Now I know for me, I'm I'm kind of one of those.
33:05
I'm a victim of impatience of hey man, I'm not saying you got
33:12
to be like. Perfect.
33:14
I'm not saying you got to go out here and you'll light the world
33:16
up. It'd be crazy with statistics
33:18
and you'll throw in. Six touch challenge, you know,
33:20
no, no, no, no. I got to be, I got to be
33:22
realistic. This is a new, it's a new system
33:24
for Sam. It's a new system being with
33:26
Lane Kiffin. All of this is new for him.
33:29
And I, I, I I do get that. But now we're we're four games
33:35
in, we're 1/4 of the way through the season so far.
33:37
So to me it's like, buddy, just just sit back, take your time,
33:43
just. Look at it, you don't have to.
33:45
Don't do nothing crazy. You know your your.
33:48
Offensive line is doing good as far as protection goes.
33:51
If you got to run a little bit, maybe get the run game open, do
33:54
some crazy stuff, that's that. That's fine, please.
33:59
Stop making that your first option to do because I feel like
34:02
there's. Times that he just gets it and
34:03
he's. Like all right, got.
34:04
To the big play going to run. Please don't do that.
34:08
Please don't do that, man. I want you to stay healthy.
34:09
I want you to keep going. I want to ask you to have a good
34:12
year this year. Like just please don't do that
34:15
to me, man. But then on the other end.
34:18
Texas A&M Dan, is that a mess? It's like Mike Elko lost both
34:23
his coordinators and and this Texas A&M team looks.
34:27
Night and day different from what they did 197 total yards,
34:32
you know, 91 rushing, 106 passing, You know Marcel Reed,
34:36
10, a 26 and a. Pick.
34:39
He even ended up getting benched at the end.
34:44
For Brady Hart to come in pretty highly tapped prospect that the
34:49
Texas A&M was able to recruit which?
34:52
I don't think. That's the end of the world, but
34:53
it it starts to really make you wonder when people are
34:58
questioning. Mike Elkum for oh, why do you
35:01
have Marcel Reed in and he's having a defending like, hey,
35:03
he's like fifth most in like passing yards in Texas A and in
35:07
history like he has, you know, X amount of wins like he's a good.
35:10
Quarterback for him. He went, he led them to like
35:13
11:00 and 2:00 or 11:00 and 2:11 and 2:12 and 2:00.
35:18
He led them to a substantially good win.
35:21
You know, season last year they were 11 and one last year with
35:24
their only loss coming to Texas. At the very end of the season
35:28
last year. So I mean they.
35:31
They're solid, but it it's just crazy.
35:37
Kind of the. Doubters that Marcel Reed has.
35:38
And I don't know if it's just him.
35:42
It also doesn't help that even in that Kentucky game like.
35:45
They lost a lot of their good receivers.
35:47
Like they're having to deal with a bunch of guys that don't have
35:50
a lot of experience. They don't have a lot of
35:51
chemistry. They're already having to deal
35:53
with the rebuild offensive line. You know when what's Isaiah
35:58
Horton? Yeah, Isaiah Horton.
36:01
You know, he's a senior coming over and he was, and he hasn't
36:04
even been with Texas A&M his entire career.
36:07
Like he's he's been with a bunch of other schools.
36:11
Yeah. Like he was with, yeah.
36:15
He was with Miami for three years from 2022 to 2025.
36:18
He was with Alabama last year. And now he's with Texas A&M.
36:22
So I mean, he's, he's been around for a minute.
36:26
Like that was your best wide. Receiver.
36:28
And even then, he was. Out for a little bit during the
36:32
game. So I don't, I don't blame really
36:37
this Texas A&N loss on anybody. I think it's a culmination of,
36:40
you know, injuries. And just the coordinators not
36:42
being there. But it's going to be a rough
36:46
season for Texas A&M and I'll be, I'll be interested to see
36:49
how does that. Correlate to their game against
36:52
Arkansas, because I don't know if Arkansas's going to be the
36:54
punching bag or if Arkansas's going to be able to kind of
36:57
capitalize on a. Already kicked down Texas A&M
37:01
team and if they can, you know, jump on that and just kind of
37:04
continue. To run with that from there.
37:07
But yeah, I just say I'm just please sit in the pocket.
37:11
Stop trying to run. Stop trying to be a hero.
37:14
I love it and I hate it at the same time.
37:15
Please stop doing it. But the other game that was
37:22
really good but at the same time was also really bad just because
37:27
of what ended up happening in the game.
37:31
Oregon versus USC and there was so much to take away from this
37:36
game. And I mean so much to take away
37:38
from it between. Dante Moore getting hurt.
37:43
Between USC continuing to have struggles on defense as far as
37:50
how they just really how the defense just continues to be an
37:56
issue. For them, it doesn't seem to
38:00
matter like what coordinators they get.
38:01
It doesn't seem to matter who they recruit.
38:04
It doesn't even seem to matter. You know what kind of practice?
38:06
They get basically from beating up cupcake teams.
38:09
It's like this defense just absolutely has issues.
38:14
And it was funny because I was listening to this yesterday
38:18
morning with with with Brady Quinn and Levar Arrington as
38:23
they were kind of breaking it, breaking the game down.
38:26
Like. This is a this is AUSC team that
38:30
when you, when you think as college football fans of like
38:36
blue blood teams, like great teams of the past, like big
38:40
logos, you think of USC because of all the Heisman's that USC
38:46
has had over the years. Like dozens of Heisman winners
38:50
come out of USC, like they've had tons of NFL players.
38:53
A ton of NFL Hall of Famers have come through USC, have been USC
38:58
Trojans at some point. And it's like USC fans, they
39:04
cling to, you know, the championships that they won back
39:08
in 2005 and 2006. And it's like that was.
39:13
Or not 2005, 2000, 2003, 2004. That was 20 years ago.
39:18
Like you really haven't been relevant since.
39:24
Like you get all these great recruiting classes.
39:26
Like you recruit really well. You have even been able to
39:29
flourish in an IL. Like you pay a lot of people you
39:33
have. Great transfer portals you have.
39:36
All of that. You have a brand new facility.
39:40
And you still can't get it done and I just.
39:44
I don't get why. You know Mayavo, 23 of 42326
39:50
yards, 2 teddies and a pick. They had a great run game.
39:55
I mean, they rushed for 120 yards.
39:57
But on the same, you know on the other hand.
40:01
Even though Oregon lost Dante Moore, you have probably one of
40:05
the best backups in college football and Dylan Rayola come
40:09
in. You know, all those starts, all
40:11
that experience coming over from Nebraska, It was like their
40:14
offense didn't miss a beat with Moore.
40:16
Being gone 19 and 25289 and two teddies from from Rayola to come
40:22
in as the backup like hasn't really started any like he's
40:27
he's probably done some clean up duty but like.
40:30
It's like Oregon didn't miss a beat with more out and Rayola in
40:35
and 50% on their third downs. And for USC, when you faced
40:42
Rutgers and you gave up 35. Like, and and you got to think,
40:49
had they not gotten one of the pick sixes, it may have been
40:52
even more than 35. Like they were really close to
40:56
losing that game to Rutgers. And then Oregon turning around.
41:00
And puts 41 up on it like, and, and this was the thing that I
41:05
thought was weird at first was the the the game against San
41:11
Jose State, they won 42 to 26. So they they not.
41:16
Necessarily doubled, but they they beat them by 16 like.
41:20
Every time I go oh, what, how do you allow San Jose State to
41:23
score 26 points? Well, they they.
41:25
Had a lot of their their freshmen and their newbies in
41:28
there like they're they're not going to exactly be playing
41:30
super hard and San Jose State's just playing for pride at that
41:33
point. Now Fresno State, they
41:35
completely shut out 39 to nothing.
41:37
It's like, oh, OK. This is first.
41:39
Week it was, the first week in San Jose State.
41:41
No big deal, nothing crazy. But then against Louisiana, 30
41:45
points. You're going to let the raging
41:48
Cajuns drop 30 points on you. Now you end up winning by 19 and
41:54
and but, but. Then the same thing.
41:56
Rutgers drops 35. You only win by. 7.
41:59
Oregon drops 41 on him. Now you host Washington.
42:05
You know, Washington's not exactly a high scoring,
42:07
high-powered offense. But.
42:09
They're probably going to be able to drop some.
42:11
Points on you and then you go to Penn State and it's a light out
42:15
game and then you have to go to Wisconsin at the towards the end
42:20
of October. It's probably going to be cold
42:23
and Wisconsin just upset Penn State and I mean they look
42:28
significantly better than what they did.
42:34
Then you have two. More.
42:38
If Penn State and Wisconsin isn't enough, you have two.
42:42
More. Big heavy hitters in the Big 10
42:44
that you have to deal with you have to host Ohio State which it
42:49
if your defense is still that bad on Halloween, it is going to
42:53
be a scary time for the Trojans 'cause this this might be the
42:59
the Jeremiah Smith coming out and I'm going to drop you know 8
43:02
touchdowns on any type of game from him and Julian saying like
43:06
if your defense is that bad against Ohio State Trojan fans
43:13
if you were. Religious pray.
43:16
If you're not pray, and I don't care to what deity, I don't care
43:21
to what religion, pray Trojans and then you have to go to
43:27
Indiana. In the middle of November on the
43:29
14th, like that's two, that's potentially 2 more losses.
43:36
And and this is with the the notion that they win hosting
43:41
Washington. They went against Penn State on
43:43
the road, they went against Wisconsin and Camp Randall on
43:45
the road. Like that's that's what the
43:48
notion of them winning. And then you host Ohio State.
43:52
Maybe you get. A win there and you knock them
43:54
out of the play offs 80. And then you have to go to
43:58
Indiana in the cold. I don't think so.
44:02
I I don't. Barring.
44:04
Indiana just having a huge self implosion?
44:07
I don't think so. But then you host Maryland, so
44:11
you know, back on track with But then you technically go just
44:15
across the road against UCLA. They dropped 50 on Maryland
44:19
because they run the ball. Like what are they going to do
44:22
to you as their rival like the this yeah, I I'm not a huge USC
44:30
fan of start with anyway I've. I've never really cared for.
44:33
You know, Los Angeles as a whole.
44:36
Not anything against the university, I just don't care
44:38
for the city of Los Angeles. But like this was a.
44:42
Bad game for USA and it it exposed a lot for them.
44:49
But it it's just going to expose even more if if they do poorly
44:53
over this next little bit of stretch, because it's just going
44:55
to continue to show, you know, the the propaganda, the hype of
45:00
like, oh, they're back like. They they recruit.
45:02
So, well, they do this. They do that and then it it
45:05
amounts to absolutely nothing at the end of the season.
45:10
And now will that necessarily mean that Lincoln Riley should
45:15
be fired? I mean, you can.
45:19
You've got to pay him a. Crap.
45:20
Ton of money and then the other question, who are you going to
45:24
get that replaces that you feel is going to take you that next
45:28
step? Like and do you really think
45:31
you're going to be able to pull? Yeah, a head coach that is in
45:37
that's in a significant enough program to want to have to come
45:41
deal with that. Do you think you can do that?
45:47
I don't know if you can not, especially if you're going to
45:48
have to buy a leaky contract and pay this coach top dollar.
45:53
I don't know if you're going to be able to do it.
45:54
You could try. I don't know if you're going to
45:56
be able to do it. Let's look ahead those we got to
45:59
come to the end of the show. Some of the games coming up next
46:03
week. That are still going to be
46:05
pretty good because now we're starting to enter into more of
46:08
the more of the interconference play.
46:11
There's still going to be a couple games here and there that
46:13
aren't technically conference games or teams beating up on
46:16
cupcakes, but for the most part, there's a lot.
46:19
Of a lot of interconference play coming on one of the big ones #7
46:27
Alabama goes to #16 Mississippi State to take on Kamario Taylor.
46:33
Now if this doesn't give you an idea as to at least how much
46:37
Vegas is trusting Mississippi State, they only have Bama
46:43
favored by by 6. So basically a touchdown.
46:47
Now, the ESPN predictor is giving Alabama 74% chance of
46:51
winning against Mississippi State.
46:54
But I mean as. Far as quarterbacks go, it's
46:59
crazy how good Kamario Taylor. Has been for Mississippi State.
47:06
Almost 1200 yards passing, 14 touchdowns, 2 picks.
47:10
Now Keylon Russell, he's kind of coming into his own.
47:14
You know, it's kind of weird because everybody's talking
47:17
about all of this. This Alabama offense is.
47:20
Scary. I don't consider this offense
47:24
scary now, part of this. Truthfully and objectively,
47:28
might be because I am a hater. Against.
47:31
Alabama, but he's he's got a a. Little over 1100 yards.
47:41
He's got 8 touchdowns, he's got 2 picks.
47:44
They haven't played anybody like the the best team that they
47:48
played was Kentucky, like you. You beat Eastern Carolina, who
47:56
at one point was chanting in your stadium pretty loudly, like
48:01
loud enough you could hear it on TV.
48:03
Kentucky had you dead to rights in the.
48:05
First half, now second-half, you absolutely turned it on and you,
48:08
you crushed. I can't, can't take anything
48:11
away from that. Can't deny that Florida State
48:13
had you dead to rights until like a three hour weather delay.
48:17
Basically. You could rest back up, re
48:20
evaluate things like film, etcetera.
48:22
Adjust and then you came back and absolutely stomped but you
48:26
still only won by 14. Right.
48:29
Yeah, and then you beat up on South Carolina, who Shane
48:34
Beamer's already got issues anyway.
48:35
They had kind of an upset, blown loss to Mississippi.
48:38
State kind of like they do every year as far as blowing it goes,
48:41
unfortunately. So if Jackson, you're watching
48:44
this, I'm sorry. But.
48:46
But it does seem that they'll like South Carolina will go
48:49
somewhere like they did against 6A and and they will ball out.
48:51
They'll be up like. 34 to 3. And they'll somehow end up
48:55
losing the game. It's like, how do you how like,
48:58
how do you how do you screw this up?
48:59
I don't understand how so that that's one that you know, I'll
49:04
I'll definitely watch like it'll be one that I keep an eye on.
49:08
This is definitely one of the better games in the early
49:11
window, but man, I it it'll, it'll be a good game.
49:17
I, I, I, I think that will end up being the case and I kind of
49:21
hope for an. Upset, I really do.
49:23
I really hope for an upset. One that I also think will be
49:27
really good. But I it it is kind of one of
49:30
those I don't know what to expect, mainly because it is
49:35
this going to be one of those games where Florida kind of
49:39
comes in a little too cocky and a little bit too chest puffed
49:45
out and then Mizzou hits him in the mouth and then It's A
49:50
Knockout drag out fight like with that.
49:54
This is the only thing that kind of makes me worried with this
49:57
match up of Florida going to Mizzou.
50:00
Now the line has. Florida favored by 5 1/2.
50:03
So. Little under a touchdown.
50:07
But you know, Mizzou lost a Mizzou lost a close one to
50:10
misses the same Mississippi State team that Alabama has to
50:13
go face. So are they going to maybe come
50:15
out a little bit more hungry and a little bit more pissed
50:18
because, you know, they could have had the win, but they
50:20
didn't. So we'll we'll see.
50:24
I don't I think between both coaches.
50:26
I think between, you know, drink wits and I think between some
50:29
are all I, I hope that doesn't happen, but I would also be
50:34
interested to see how this ultimately ends up panning out.
50:39
And this one that I kind of mentioned a little bit earlier,
50:42
Texas versus Texas A&M versus Arkansas, you know, is, is it a,
50:47
is it kind of a bounce back game for Texas A&M?
50:49
Like, hey, we're going to, we, we should, we are going to beat
50:52
up at least on one team to get back, right, to get things back
50:55
to working, get some momentum, get some positivity.
50:58
You know, or is this going to be Arkansas's chance to like, hey,
51:00
you're already down. We need to get as many wins as
51:03
we can to, you know, show some progress, get some, get some
51:06
morale, get some kind of happiness, and even get our own
51:08
momentum going as a program and as a.
51:11
Whole So this will be one that it's it's probably going to be
51:16
forgotten about by the wayside by pretty much anybody who isn't
51:21
Arkansas, Texas, A&M's fans, because I mean, you've got Miami
51:24
at Clemson, Texas Tech, Colorado, Washington at USC.
51:29
Like for me, Neeson, LSU is going to be going on at the same
51:32
time. So it's like there's there's
51:34
other options for me personally. But again, I, I do want to see
51:40
what the outcome of the game ends up happening because I do
51:42
think story wise, it will tell us a lot about how this how the
51:46
rest of the well, how the rest of the season is going to
51:48
ultimately go for both of these teams.
51:53
Like I kind of mentioned, I think one of the games
51:55
everybody's going to be watching at 7:30, Miami goes to Clemson,
51:59
Miami's kind of in that same boat.
52:01
And who have you really faced? Like who have you really beat up
52:04
on that's? Of any merit, like you beat up
52:08
Wake Forest, who upset Louisville, great.
52:11
You beat up Stanford? Cool.
52:14
Like. And I and I don't want this to
52:17
come off as like. Oh.
52:18
They're going to get crushed by Clemson because we don't know
52:21
what we don't know which Clemson team we're going to get.
52:23
Are we going to get the Clemson team that got absolutely crushed
52:26
by LSU? Maybe, but I mean, that same,
52:29
that same Clemson team was then able to turn around and claw
52:32
victory away from North Carolina.
52:34
Now, was that North Carolina just kind of maybe being a
52:37
little too? Cocky in their own right and
52:39
just, you know, fumbling it. Or is that Clemson actually
52:43
fighting back and trying to have a little bit of program pride
52:46
and show that there's still something?
52:49
To be there now, I will say the line is not pretty.
52:52
They have Miami by 16 1/2. I think Miami will will win it,
52:58
but I, I do kind of wonder, does Miami potentially fall under
53:05
this almost being a trap game and it and it's weird to say
53:08
that with Clemson because you would think.
53:10
Oh, a trap game? No, it's usually for like a
53:11
really bad team. And you're right, the Clemson is
53:15
really bad this year. Does Miami come in and kind of
53:19
overlook them? Because if we know anything
53:20
about Miami. At least four or five years like
53:24
they've been positioned like win your game, you are one of the.
53:29
Best teams in the. Country.
53:31
And then they trip over themselves and they lay in flat
53:34
on their face as they did with Cam Ward.
53:39
They technically did with Carson Beck.
53:41
Now they were ultimately able to get into the playoffs and then
53:43
make a very deep playoff run. So I mean, it's, it's not like
53:47
they weren't able to, but it just seems to happen that Miami
53:51
trips up and it it holds millions of costing them.
53:54
So is this the game where they do that?
53:56
I don't know. I hope not, but I I think that
53:58
potential. Is there another one that I
54:01
think is one that I will probably watch because believe
54:07
it or not, even though I am a fan of an SEC team, I like
54:11
watching the Big 12. Like there is just some type of
54:14
entertainment about the Big 12, the storylines, the teams and
54:19
and I, I as much as I like defense, I kind of like seeing
54:23
the, hey, let's drop 50 against each other and just see what
54:26
happens kind of kind of games. This one I don't think is going
54:30
to be one of those. I think this is going to be a
54:32
drudging by Texas Tech against Colorado.
54:36
I want to see how this ultimately pans out because does
54:41
Colorado finally get rid of Dionne?
54:45
Joy? I was just talking about you
54:48
earlier. So I was like, oh, Joey might
54:50
kick my ass if she hears this, you know?
54:56
Is this the game that gets Dion? Fire like Colorado had a rough.
55:01
Game against Baylor, and I mean rough.
55:03
Bad enough that Julian Lewis got pulled and benched.
55:07
The backup quarterback came in. Didn't do terribly bad, but this
55:13
is a. We're sitting here now in what,
55:16
year 4 of Dion at Colorado And I mean.
55:21
I'll give him credit. You know, he took a very bad
55:23
Colorado team that went like 1 and 11 turn around, took him a
55:29
four and eight. Which isn't crazy, but it is an
55:32
improvement. And then they go nine and four.
55:36
It's like, OK, damn, he really built something.
55:38
But then he loses his sons, he loses Travis Hunter and then
55:44
they drop back down like they did last year.
55:45
And I think they went 3:00 and 9:00 last year.
55:52
You did Joy. You, you missed it.
55:53
I don't even remember. It was it was something about
55:56
LSU and talking about it, 'cause I'm like, I I want Sam to do
56:02
great, but I also want him to stop running the damn ball with
56:05
his legs and just sit in the pocket for a little bit and
56:08
trust it. But now I want I want to see how
56:15
does Colorado do and is and again, if anybody who watches
56:18
the show or has watched me for a long time, you know, I.
56:21
Hate the term? Good loss.
56:24
I hate the term quality loss I. Hate both of those phrases
56:27
because it's one of those in like a leadership aspect in a
56:34
seeking the positive, seeking the good in a bad situation.
56:37
You know, learning the learning lesson in a mistake, yes, you
56:41
can turn almost anything into a positive if you try hard enough,
56:47
but a loss is a loss. And I know they accept that.
56:51
I know a lot of people ultimately accept that.
56:54
And even in college football, as much as I I hate the terms, I
56:58
understand them and I I even utilize them to at least the
57:02
benefit of making a point of, well, if you have to take a pic
57:07
of do you want to lose to a really, really bad team?
57:10
Then it's more. Embarrassing.
57:12
Or do you want to lose to a really, really good team?
57:14
And at least you can say, well, I lost to a team that's really,
57:16
really good because they beat a whole bunch of other people.
57:20
It's like, OK, I guess if I want to get my ass kicked, I want to
57:22
get my ass kicked by the best and not by the worst.
57:24
Like, OK, like, yeah, I, I I can see that argument.
57:30
So I mean if if Colorado at least keeps it close, then it's
57:34
then it's a OK it's a close game.
57:38
They lose to the team that won the Big 12 last year.
57:41
Odds on favorites more likely win the Big 12 again this year,
57:44
barring anything happened with Utah and BYU.
57:50
Personally, the Bears have to smell Mike's involvement.
57:53
I I grew up watching dub Bears. OK I'm I'm from Indianapolis.
57:58
I live back in Indianapolis. Like regionally Bears game Bears
58:03
lines of Packers if Colts weren't on Bears lines of.
58:05
Packers usually were. Or, more likely, the Cowboys,
58:08
because. They wanted to.
58:09
Nationally televise those most of those games, but most of the
58:12
regional games that they were showing on Fox, Packers, Lions,
58:16
Bears. So I'm just, I'm just saying
58:19
Bears, all the Vikings. I always forget about the
58:21
Vikings. They were also on quite a bit,
58:24
like most of the NFC North was usually on on Fox.
58:27
But yeah, nonetheless, I want to see what Dionne does against
58:30
Texas Tech. I don't think it'll be pretty.
58:33
I don't necessarily think it'll be his last game at Colorado,
58:36
but I do have to wonder how hot is the seat?
58:39
Getting there in Boulder for Dion.
58:44
What is I'm just saying joy is true.
58:46
Like I watched a ton of Bears games, like I watched Brian
58:49
Urlacher. I.
58:50
Watched Lance Briggs, Peanut Tillman, Libby Smith when he was
58:54
the head coach. And Kyle Orton, Jay Cutler, sexy
58:58
Rexy Grossman that took him to the Super Bowl.
59:01
I even remember watching that Super Bowl when they lost to
59:03
Peyton and the Colts for the first time.
59:06
To. Watch a lot of.
59:07
Bears games. I like duh bears, duh bears.
59:11
And if it does help and funny enough, joy if you watch the NFL
59:15
show a little bit later with Devin, when the Colts lost the
59:19
Super Bowl of the Saints, I was all about the Saints because I
59:22
liked Drew Brees and I wanted the Colts to lose because
59:25
everybody in my class was much D bags.
59:28
They Colts fans used to be very, very spoiled.
59:30
I don't know if Devin will admit.
59:31
This or not? And I he, he might.
59:34
Because he he's pretty realistic.
59:36
They were so spoiled. Back in the day, like so damn
59:39
spoiled. They would like.
59:42
I remember when Peyton got hurt. And I know this is a bit of a.
59:45
Tangent for a college football show so I promise I'll I'll get
59:47
back to college football part. I remember when it when Peyton
59:54
got hurt and I'm kind of sitting there and they're like, oh,
59:56
Peyton's hurt. But we're we're still.
59:58
Going to win like 11 games. I'm like, what are you talking
1:00:02
about? It's like, I'm not even a cult
1:00:03
saying, but I get acknowledged like Peyton is a phenomenal
1:00:06
quarterback. Like you guys are going to be
1:00:08
lucky to win 2. Games for the rest of the year.
1:00:13
And sure enough, I was right. They won two games because
1:00:17
Curtis Painter was awful. Carrie Collins.
1:00:21
I believe they brought in awful Dan, or I think Dan Orlovsky was
1:00:26
actually the saving grace for them at one point to where he
1:00:29
actually got them a couple of wins, but it was still an ugly,
1:00:34
ugly time in the meantime. But yeah, I was like, Colts fans
1:00:39
were just such. Boiled D bags for so long.
1:00:43
Devin wasn't. He really wasn't.
1:00:44
He was. Great.
1:00:46
And there were other really good Colts fans.
1:00:47
So I can't, and I know I probably shouldn't say this,
1:00:50
being here in Indy, being around.
1:00:53
Colts fans and even I find myself.
1:00:55
Now rooting for the Colts. And it sucks that I was able.
1:00:59
To appreciate it when. When they were actually good,
1:01:05
but yeah, they they used to be really, really bad.
1:01:11
So, yeah, so that's so I. Did root for the Saints.
1:01:13
I did root for Drew Brees at one point because I liked Drew
1:01:15
Brees. I always wanted him to do great.
1:01:17
But yeah, I'm just saying. But I liked the Bears, too.
1:01:21
Because grew up watching them during childhood.
1:01:24
But anyway, last game for the college football for week 5
1:01:28
anyway. I said there's a lot of good.
1:01:32
Pretty big time matchups, but these are some of the biggest
1:01:34
ones. Washington travels to USC, which
1:01:39
kind of sucks that Washington fell out of the rankings.
1:01:41
Now part of that is because they did lose to Minnesota in a very
1:01:44
close game at home, surprisingly enough.
1:01:47
So Minnesota was able to win on the road.
1:01:51
So so how does Washington bounce back post that?
1:01:55
And then on the other hand, for USC, how do they bounce back
1:01:58
from having lost against Oregon? You know, it's an old PAC 12
1:02:02
rivalry now brought over to the Big 10.
1:02:05
Jed Fish is a hell of a coach. And Washington, they're not an
1:02:10
easy team to have to deal with. Now the line has USC favor by 9
1:02:14
1/2, which I think is kind of crazy and kind of a bit
1:02:18
insulting to Washington because they they are a good team.
1:02:22
I mean, they took Ohio State. Down to the wire last year now.
1:02:25
Albeit that was in Husky Stadium, wasn't on the road.
1:02:29
But the this isn't like a Washington team that's a bunch
1:02:32
of pushovers. So I don't know why they have
1:02:34
the the line. I guess that high of 9 1/2.
1:02:37
And I'll be honest and until they prove to me otherwise, I
1:02:44
don't trust USCI, don't trust US CS defence.
1:02:47
Now offensively, do I think they can do it?
1:02:49
Absolutely. I think.
1:02:50
The more Jade Mayava plays, especially with all of his true
1:02:53
freshman wide receivers, and the more chemistry they get.
1:02:57
USC can have a very potent and very dangerous offense.
1:03:01
They're still haunted by Lincoln Riley's inability to want to
1:03:05
have defense. It's like that's the only thing
1:03:08
Lincoln Riley brought with him was he's great at offense.
1:03:12
He's terrible at defense, just like he was in Oklahoma and.
1:03:16
Just like he was in the Big Wolf.
1:03:18
But I I do want to leave with this before before I finish for
1:03:24
any USC fans that are watching. Do you want to move on from
1:03:29
Lincoln Riley because of somebody who.
1:03:32
I don't have a dog in the fight. I don't have a dog in the fight.
1:03:34
As far as if Lincoln Riley stays or if he goes, doesn't, doesn't
1:03:39
hurt, doesn't. Benefit me in no way, shape or
1:03:41
form. He just seems like a really good
1:03:45
offensive coordinator that is a head coach.
1:03:49
Like it that that's what he seems like to me.
1:03:52
It doesn't seem like he cares about the defense.
1:03:55
It's one of those like, I think if it was up to him, it would
1:03:59
just be offense versus offense and you know.
1:04:02
Who can score the most points at the end of the day like.
1:04:06
And I'm I'm not even saying you have to have like a top 10
1:04:09
defense, like if you guys could even get a middle of the pack
1:04:14
defense. Like there's what, 134?
1:04:20
Division One FBS programs, like can you guys get like 60 to 70
1:04:27
ranked 70th ranked defense, like legitimately middle of the pack
1:04:33
I think if you did that. We're we're, we're not having
1:04:37
this. Discussion.
1:04:38
I think it's more of a, OK, hey, like their defense is better,
1:04:42
It's improved, still not great, but it's serviceable.
1:04:45
Like the offense might have to do a little bit more to make up
1:04:47
for it. But they can do some stuff.
1:04:49
Here and there and it's it's not the other world.
1:04:51
Like I just don't see it with USCI just don't.
1:04:54
I feel like Washington could very easily go in there and and
1:04:58
get the upset, especially because again, this is a old.
1:05:00
PAC 12 rivalry, like brought over and it's not like a
1:05:04
perennial rivalry, but it's still one of those.
1:05:08
These teams used to play each other a lot.
1:05:11
And you know, Washington even spoiled US CS potential chances
1:05:15
a few times so. You know, it'll be an
1:05:17
interesting thing to see, but nonetheless, though I appreciate
1:05:19
everybody watching, appreciate everybody tuning in.
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1:05:26
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1:05:28
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1:05:31
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