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Bama Bob previews College Football, Eugene Rapay talks Cyclones & Picks presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Hour number two Miller and Condon welcome back Iowa sports
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radio network flagship at Des Moines sports station one O 6.3
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KX&O bottom of the hour Eugene repay covers Iowa State for the
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Des Moines Register desmoinesregister.com.
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He will join us. We'll put a bow on the four and
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O as the Iowa State takes the week off in football, but take a
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little peek at the upcoming men's basketball season with
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Eugene as well. We'll make our picks before we
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get out of here and do that about 10 minutes or so before 2O
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clock. Let's get our Bama in here is we
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preview the weekend in college football.
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Obama, how are you? I'm.
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Doing great Ken, I know you're excited 'cause you got a free
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Saturday. Yes I do baby.
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Absolutely can't wait. And it's a pretty good week too.
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Maybe not as good as next week, but hell, beggars can't be
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choosers. I'm just happy to watch what we
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get put in front of us. And there's some really good
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games. So let's get into them, fellas,
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shall we? Let's start early in the
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morning, Trent. Texas Tech and Utah Big 12 maybe
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the two best teams in the conference.
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Yeah, you can make the argument. Texas Tech is just so difficult,
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though. I mean, they not just play bad
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teams, they're awful. Oregon State, Well, it's Oregon.
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It's not the same Oregon State. Because of that, I think it's
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very difficult to really get a stranglehold on this one.
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I know Utah, the three points in the first half against Wyoming
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was concerning as they went on the road for that one.
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But environments going to be great.
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If there is a place to have a 10 AM kick off, it's Utah in Salt
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Lake City, right? Yeah, a little bit different
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there. So already hearing from people,
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boots on the ground there, some big noon people and a couple of
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things I was listening to this morning.
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They're fired up. They're going to be ready to go.
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That 10 AM kickoff is not going to be impactful as it would be,
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I say it in LSU, a place like that.
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So not as big of a deal there. Eileen, Utah in this game.
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I think the numbers, right? It's just because it's hard to
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get a handle on tech. I think Utah has a big edge in
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the trenches. That was their strength coming
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into the season. Texas Tech, they spent a lot of
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money on their football. Is that going to be enough to
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get them past Utah? Bama.
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Well, it's interesting because like, as Trent said, I don't
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know that either one of these teams has really been challenged
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yet. Certainly Texas Tech hasn't.
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You know, Utah's got 2 road wins over what turned out to be just
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a future UCLA team. And you know, then, then
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Wyoming, obviously from the Mountain West.
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That's a pretty, you know, hell of a conference opener, isn't
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it? I think for both these teams, I
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love the fact that it's, you know, that Big Noon is there in
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Salt Lake City. I don't like the 10 AM kickoff,
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but if they're good with it doesn't bother me.
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It's 11:00 my time. I think it's down to the
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quarterbacks, right? I mean, Devin Danfier, he's done
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everything for Utah. I mean, he's not only their
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leading pastor, has yet to fill a pick.
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I think that's a big deal. He's also their leading rusher.
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I think Utah might need a little bit more help in the running
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game, maybe not for this game, but certainly as the season goes
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along. It's rare that it's, it's hard
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to find, you know, big success if your quarterback is also your
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leading rusher because he's just getting, he's taking too many
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hits. Ask the Kansas City Chiefs.
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Yeah, exactly. Precisely.
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And yet, at some point, he's going to take one too many and
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then you're going to lose. Then you're going to lose, you
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know, both your leading passer and your leading rusher.
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So I think maybe they have to do that.
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Listen, this is, you know, Kyle Whittingham to me is just he's
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so underrated and he's so consistent over the last, what,
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15 years at least. They're just, they're so hard to
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prepare for. They're different every week.
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They don't you think of them more as, you know, what kind of
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a ground and pound. And yesterday I think I agree.
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I think they have an advantage in the trenches.
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But, you know, Dampier chucks it around.
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Both quarterbacks have been good.
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Only one, you know, 18 touchdowns and one pick between
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them. Again, what level of competition
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has there been? You know, I would lean Utah
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just, you know, I'll take the coaching experience in the home
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field. You know, the weather's going to
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be great. 66 at kickoff. You said the place is going to
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be fired up. I think it's a great.
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I'm glad that Big Noon went there.
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I don't know where else they, you know, really, you know, had
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what other options they really have, but I think this is really
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good. I would like to see it as a
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night game. I think it'd be better as a
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night game, But you know, I the 10:00 AM or 11:00 AM or whatever
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is fine with me. I'll take Utah, but I think this
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is just going to be a really fun Big 12 game.
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I think it's going to be more physical.
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You look at the both teams, really, you look at them and go
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wow, they just go up and down the field.
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But I think this is going to be maybe lower scoring than people
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think because this is a step up for each one in level of
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competition over who they played today.
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Arizona State and Baylor Trent, two teams that are right there
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on maybe on that next level or maybe they do belong.
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I mean, sorry, Robertson is as good a quarterback as this is in
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the conference at a conference that has a bunch of really nice
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quarterbacks. Both teams have good
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quarterbacks in this game. Your thoughts?
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Yeah, Sam Levitt's been a disappointment, and it's not
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just the Mississippi State game. You look at completion
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percentage under 60%, five touchdowns, 3 interceptions, and
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he's got obviously his top receiver back in Tyson.
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But another missing component is not just Cam Scatabo out of the
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backfield. It's.
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Pretty big one. But also, he was her second
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leading receiver a year ago. I didn't like Arizona State
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coming into the season. I think this is a good spot for
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them. This is definitely that kind of
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differential gain, right? And I like Baylor in this spot
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at home. Think it's going to be a great
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ball game. Though Yeah, I do too.
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Do you Bama? Yeah, I think it's going to be
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tight. You know, Arizona State was my
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pick to win the conference. I'm, you know, I won't say I'm
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regretting it yet. They haven't played a conference
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game yet, but the Mississippi State game, I look, I think
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Mississippi State is, is vastly improved over this year.
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They're not going to, you know, challenge, I don't think for the
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SEC championship, but I think they're a lot better.
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And I think it was just kind of a bust, you know, at the end of
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the game, for whatever reason, they just had a busted coverage
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And and, you know, they they kind of had that game in hand.
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And that would have been if they if they had not had that, you
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know, last minute touchdown, I mean, we'd be looking at them
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going, wow, you know, look, look at who they beaten and where
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they beaten, who they played and all that type of thing.
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So that would have been a really good, I think when however, they
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lost. So again, conference opener for
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both teams. You'll do the schedule down the
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road. And it's pretty salty for
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Arizona State. They still have a trip to Utah.
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They get they got to play, they got to go to Ames, right?
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They've got what is it? They've got Houston at home,
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They've got TCU at home. I mean, it's a pretty salty
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schedule. I think this is one they have to
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get because I do think Utah and Texas Tech listen, we I'm still
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not convinced anybody's going to run away and hide with.
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This no you're. Right, with the conference here,
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maybe some teams are better than we thought.
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I certainly don't think 2 teams are going to run away and hide,
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right? So maybe one team you know is
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better than we think, but I still think it's going to be
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wide open. But this is one of those kind of
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toss up games. You start looking at the
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schedule for both teams. I think that it's kind of a must
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have. The two, I think really balanced
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equal teams when you look at it. The line I think indicates that
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I'll take Arizona State again just because I think the
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Mississippi State game, I think there might figure some stuff
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out here after that that loss. But I think this is just a
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really tight one and another fun one against two teams, you know,
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or between two teams, I guess you would say that are expected
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to compete and I think will compete be there at the end of
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the year for one of the two spots in the Big 12 championship
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game. So I'll take Arizona State, I'll
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go the other way to get the road win I but listen again, toss up
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game. I think Baylor's learned a lot
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since the Auburn game. Auburn just kind of ran all over
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them. And I don't think Arizona State
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is that type of team. And I think that's where
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Baylor's vulnerable signings is a tight game, but I'll take I'll
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take the Sun Devils on the road, which not very confidently, but
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I'll just take them anyway. There's a skillet on the line
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tomorrow, Trent, SMU and TCU, and they're playing this game
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for maybe the last time, at least for the foreseeable
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future. Speaking of Big 12 teams, I
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think TCU belongs. You've been touting Hoover since
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March. Yeah, you.
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So who do you like? You like TCU numbers?
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What about a touchdown? About a touchdown, I liked it
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when it was 7/7 and 1/2. I would have jumped on SMU at 6
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1/2 and it's more that's kind of stay away and I think that's the
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right range. Most disappointing angle, those
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the one you mentioned, this game's going away.
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It's an important one down in Dallas.
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Don't have a strong opinion one way or the other.
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Disappointing start. I think for SMU, it's not just
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the loss that they took to Baylor, but they struggled last
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week against Missouri State. There was a lot of expectations
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for that team year #2 in the ACC and and haven't seen it yet for
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the Mustangs. But how do you turn around the
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season? Win a rivalry game and they'll
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get that chance on Saturday. Well, Bama, this one's going to
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have some eyeballs on it, I think.
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I totally agree and this is 1. I agree with you.
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This this should be a conference game.
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Guys, come on. I don't know why.
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What is SMU doing in the ACC? This should be a conference
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game. They should play this every
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year. 2 teams that are what, separated by 20 miles?
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Maybe I don't know the geography out there.
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But yeah, you're right, SMU has been a bit disappointing and
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this was always going to be the challenge, you know, playoff
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team last year and all that type of thing.
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They get in, they lose the ACC championship game, they kind of
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get in, you know, back to or if you want to call it that and go
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out kind of meekly to Penn State.
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You know, getting he hasn't been as good as he was last year.
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I mean Kevin Jennings and he's, you know, he's got 3
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interceptions. That's not going to cut it, you
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know, in, in Fort Worth tomorrow.
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Hoover, I'm with you, OK, my two kind of, you know, obviously you
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got Klubnick at the top in the ACC, right?
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But one of these, you know, kind of under, I'm sorry, in the Big
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12. But you know, one of these
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underrated quarterbacks for me was Hoover.
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I thought, and you know, Avery Johnson, I thought I kind of put
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in that thing too. You know, Johnson's been
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terrible. Hoover's been really good.
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I I think the number is maybe a little bit too high and I
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haven't seen SMU play much and you mentioned the loss to
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Baylor, but I just think that I think the number in a rivalry
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game like this going away, I think it's going to be a lot of
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emotion. I mean, I know they aren't
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conference phones anymore, but man, again, they're so close to
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one another geographically, fanbase, everything else playing
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for the skillet and whoever gets it gets to keep it for a
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foreseeable future, right? So I think there's going to be
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more emotion than we think in this game.
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And I think it's going to be a little bit tighter than a
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touchdown, you know, 3-4 points, something like that.
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So I think it's inside the number.
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I don't really have a feel of who's going to win.
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I think either one could, but I think it's just going to be
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tighter than the spread. So I will take I will I will
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take those points. I'm I'm with Trent.
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I would like it better 7 1/2. But even at 6 1/2, I think this
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one's inside the number. But again, the most
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disappointing anything is, you know, these other teams, you
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know, you know, Pitt and West Virginia found a way to continue
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these series. Washington, Washington State.
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For some reason, they can't. And it's a shame because this is
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a really underrated rivalry throughout the country.
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Auburn and Oklahoma Oklahoma's former team quarterback leads
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the Tigers in to take on his former team.
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A tear. The Oklahoma current quarterback
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who might be the Heisman favorite as we sit here today,
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Trent. Yeah, a lot of buzz about the
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quarterback spot here, but to me, it comes down to defense.
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Can Auburn slow down Oklahoma at all?
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And Oklahoma, though, there are still elite.
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And you look at all the numbers, they're elite there.
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You have been able to run the football a little bit of bounce
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them. So it's going to be Jackson
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Arnold, not as much with his arm, I think with his leg as he
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is a good runner. And also Cobb in that backfield
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that those two guys can get going and they can move the ball
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consistently on the ground. I think that Auburn has a chance
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to pull the upset. Do you?
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Interesting. All right, do you think that
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Auburn sniffs an upset here? I think they have a chance.
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The the thing that I'm, I think that one advantage maybe that
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Oklahoma has is familiarity, right?
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This guy who was with them last year, you know, they benched him
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and he left and I don't, you know, the look, Venables has
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said all the right things. So they have a lot of respect
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for him. They've both been, you know,
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cordial to one another in the press, you know, but you know,
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not really, you know, throwing shade or bold and war material.
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That's probably by design. But listen, anytime you're
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benched and leave, there's you've got something under your
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under your craw and there's a reason on the other side that
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you that you moved on. I think Matir has been great.
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I mean, he's been, you know, probably is the Heisman front
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runner at this point. That said, I think maybe it's an
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advantage to Oklahoma knowing what Arnold, you know, can and
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can't do, what his weaknesses are.
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And you're right, they're going to have to get a running game
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out of somebody other than him. Because the thing that was just
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confounding to me against Baylor was you knew what was coming and
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they didn't design anything to stop it.
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It wasn't that they couldn't stop, but they weren't trying to
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stop it. I mean, they just they kept
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pushing past him and let him get out the back door.
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I don't think you'll see that tomorrow.
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I don't know that it's going to be if I had to put money on
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this, I would I would lay the points because I just think
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Matir has been that good. Auburn's defense has been good.
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But the last two wins after that opening win against Baylor have
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not, you know, exactly set the world on fire against South
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Alabama, some other teams. But it's look, this is one of
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those it is a revenge game, whether anybody wants to admit
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it or not, right? You know, you had a an amicable
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breakup, if you will, but I think I think Oklahoma, I think
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this is one they kind of have to get right.
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They had such a terrible season last year, Texas and we know
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what Texas did and that's your biggest rival first year in the
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SEC. They've got some, you know,
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really big games down the road against Texas, Tennessee,
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Alabama, LSUI. Think this is one of those that
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if they don't get if they drop this one at home, then you're
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looking at another eight and four maybe at best season.
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So I will take I will lay the points in this one because I
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think they will figure out how to shut down Arnold running and
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I don't know that he's as good of a pass.
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He's got some weapons. He just hasn't used them yet.
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Maybe that's the thing for he freeze.
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I mean, this is where they, you know, Coleman and these guys
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just kind of come out of their shell and and drive it down the
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field a little bit. But so far we haven't seen it.
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And until I see it, I ain't going to believe it.
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More on this coming up at 1:50. Let's go to Lincoln, middle of
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the afternoon. The Michigan and Nebraska
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numbers. I think under a field goal, the
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Wolverines are favored. Trent.
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I told you yesterday when we had SIP on, I like Nebraska in this
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spot. I don't know the team total for
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Michigan, 23 1/2. I don't think they can get
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there. Haynes is a absolute stud.
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Underwood, though, we saw the cracks in the armor, certainly
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for a freshman quarterback. And it's not a knock against
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him, Norman. It's just the reality.
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It's 66 games yards a game. That is what Nebraska's coming
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up passing. I get the competition still,
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regardless of competition. That is an eye opening statistic
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here. I just don't think Michigan
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scores enough in this one. I think the Huskers win
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relatively comfortably on Saturday.
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Afternoon. About that, my Huskers taking a
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step forward. All right.
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Bama, Michigan, Nebraska. Yeah, I like, I like Nebraska in
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this one as well. They were one of my sleeper
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teams in the Big 10 along with Illinois.
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I just think they're going to be listen, you're 3, Matt Rule,
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right? This is where, you know, you got
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an experienced quarterback. He hasn't thought an
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interception yet this year. Michigan's defense is good.
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Again, both teams, I think the biggest test both teams have
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faced. I know Michigan has been to
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Oklahoma. Two weeks ago, Nebraska opened
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with Cincinnati. That was a, you know, an
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Arrowhead, and they've had a couple cupcakes since then in
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Akron. And whoever HCU is, I'm looking
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at my schedule. Here, Houston made something,
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yeah. Yeah, Well, whoever.
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Yeah, Houston doesn't matter. But yeah, I like, I like
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Nebraska. I I listen, Rayola, he wants to
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do his Patrick Mahomes impression, which is getting a
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little creepy, I got to say. You know, with the hand gestures
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and the jersey and the headband and everything.
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I mean, come on, dude, just be your own guy.
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But that aside, he's talented and Underwood, look, he brought
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it on. You know, you want to be
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confident, right? He's taking a lot of heat and he
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brought it on himself because he said, you know, listen, you've
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never seen a freshman quarterback like me before.
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Well, yeah, we have. We've seen about 1000 of them so
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far. This is kind of what freshmen
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do, you know, 2 touchdowns has always got through three games,
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one interception. I think they'll figure out how
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to shut down the running game and I think they'll try to make
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him, you know, beat him with his arm and I don't think he can do
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it. I like Nebraska this one.
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I agree. I think this, I think this game
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is over a touchdown and I think it's, you know, something like,
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I don't know, 2417, something like that.
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I know Michigan's defense is good, but you leave them out
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there enough and Nebraska's going to, but Nebraska doesn't
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help them with, you know, turnovers, 4 field position,
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whatever. I think, I think Nebraska wins.
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I won't say going away, but I'll say comfortably, I think it gets
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to a touchdown. Bama and Trent both think the
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wrong team is favored. We shall see.
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All right, we got a couple more games to get to.
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Let's spend a minute on Florida and Miami.
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How important for Florida it means this Napier does he?
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If it's bad Trent, what happens? Well, I mean as bad as it was
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last year, it could get ugly and for him, but I think they hang
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around. I think that there is no numbers
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98 and a half, nine, Yep, in the market.
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I think that they hang around in this one.
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Do they get the cover? I don't know.
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But I don't see a blow out here. I think Florida has enough.
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I think leg way certainly plays a whole lot better.
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And on the missing component, that defense played great last
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week against LSU and nobody's talking about how good the
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Gators are going to play. I think they got a little
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something waiting here for Carson Beck.
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Maybe not enough to win the ball game or even cover, but we're
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going to get a decent one at minimum.
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A lot of people think Miami might be the best team in the
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country. Bama, they're what, Top five
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team ranked right now? Where are you in this game?
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I got to see a little more about the best team in the country.
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And listen, I don't know that we're going to necessarily learn
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anything from them tomorrow because you mentioned Lagway, I
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mean, those the five picks at LSU and then we're these were
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not picks where he was running for his life.
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These were just terrible reads or terrible decisions.
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OK, I don't think he'll throw 5 again, but he might throw 2.
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And if he throws 2, that's enough, right?
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So, and you're right, you're 100% right about Florida's
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defense. You know, they essentially held
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LSU to 13 points because you take away the pick 6 and that's
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thirteen. However, I think LSU has
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problems on offense. So that Miami so far doesn't
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seem to have. I think that opening week win
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against Notre Dame, I understand the game plan for whatever
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reason, not to run the ball for Notre Dame was was terrible when
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it was a, you know, poor decision.
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However, that was a big win for them.
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I don't I don't know that we're going to necessarily learn
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anything. Miami should win this game, and
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I think they should win probably by 10 points.
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I mean, I just, I think Florida played better last week than
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they did in the loss against South Florida.
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On defense. It's still guys and I watched a
18:40
lot of that game. It's the stupid penalties, it's
18:44
the poor decision making. It's the same mistakes over and
18:48
over under Billy Napier. And I don't know that that's
18:50
going to stop tomorrow. And if it doesn't stop tomorrow
18:54
and Miami gets out to a 10 point, you know, 13 point lead
18:58
early, this gets really ugly, I think because Florida is not
19:01
built to come back. They've got to somehow keep it
19:04
close and, you know, be able to nip it at the end, I think.
19:09
But I don't think that's going to happen.
19:11
I'm just not sold on Florida. I want to give Napier, you know,
19:15
I want to give him a fair shake. I think he's had a fair shake.
19:18
I understand the schedule last year and this year was brutal.
19:20
I get it, OK. It's as tough as you're ever
19:23
going to see for anybody. When you throw in the non
19:26
conference games against Miami, South Florida and Florida State
19:31
on top of an SEC schedule, that's as tough as anybody.
19:33
But that said, it's the same silly good stuff over and over
19:37
again. I don't see it stopping
19:38
tomorrow. I think Miami wins by 10 or
19:39
more. All right, Trent, final game
19:41
before we get to our sneaky good game of the week is Illinois and
19:45
Indiana numbers about 6. I think last I checked Indiana
19:49
favored 6. Yeah, painted 6 1/2 now, as the
19:52
Hoosier Steam has been all week long.
19:54
More on this game coming up at 1:50.
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How do you see the Big 10 tilt 630 NBC Bama?
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Well, I know I'm rooting for is is Illinois and they were my
20:03
pick. Yeah, I think to go to the
20:04
playoffs this year. I'm so tired of Indiana and you
20:07
know, listen, they're a they're a good team.
20:09
They made the playoffs last year.
20:12
I guess you say they deserve it. You know, they didn't.
20:13
They played two good teams and lost.
20:16
That being what it is, I'm just so tired of signeting and the
20:19
whole, you know, SCC shade and everything.
20:21
And, and, and it's not because I'm an SCC Homer, it's because
20:25
it's just, it's ridiculous. I mean, what he's saying, you
20:27
know, talking about the schedules and all this kind of
20:29
stuff. What are you going to say, Kurt?
20:30
When they were announced Tuesday, what the, you saw that
20:33
were the 9 opponents are going to be in the three permanent
20:36
ones. They're going to, they're going
20:37
to do that. And then, then, then what's your
20:39
excuse going to be for playing an SCC kind of schedule?
20:42
So anyway, listen, I think this is a great matchup for
20:44
quarterbacks. I think it's going to be fired
20:46
up. I love that it's on NBC.
20:47
I love that it's a night game. I don't really have a feel for.
20:55
I think this is a really dangerous spot for Illinois.
20:57
A good win at Duke, right? That said, I think this is a
21:00
whole other thing I'm going to. I would take Indiana to win.
21:04
I don't take him to cover. I think Illinois will hang
21:07
around. I like both quarterbacks.
21:08
Neither one of them has turned it over yet. 17 touchdowns,
21:11
winning with no picks. So I think that's huge.
21:14
Listen, we know what Illinois wants to do.
21:15
They want to pound it. Can they and can they get enough
21:18
stops? I think Indiana probably wins.
21:20
I'm rooting like hell for Illinois for a lot of reasons,
21:23
but this is a really tough spot for them.
21:25
If they get this one, guys, I think they're in really, really
21:28
good shape to make the run of the Big 10 Championship game.
21:31
Sneaky good game of the week, Trent Condon.
21:33
Sneaky good a Big 12 team goes E BYU going to East Carolina, saw
21:39
that one on there bareback Meyer, they have not asked him
21:42
to do a whole lot. It's been a whole lot on the
21:44
ground. Think they're going to have to
21:45
against this East Carolina team that's been pretty salty against
21:48
the run. All right, Bammy, your sneaky
21:50
good game of the week is what? Well, I don't want to take
21:53
yours. I'm going to let you go first.
21:55
It's Cal on the road late at night, 930 taking on San Diego
22:01
State. If the country doesn't already
22:03
know him or how to say his name, they will.
22:05
Before long sank a pull of telly.
22:07
How they do pretty good. Pretty good.
22:11
You didn't take either one of them.
22:12
I thought I was going to take. No, obviously.
22:14
I thought you would. What do you want?
22:16
I got 2 in the SEC. I got Tulane going to Ole Miss.
22:20
Middle of the afternoon, yeah. Yeah, that looks, it's kind of a
22:23
sandwich game for Ole Miss, right?
22:25
Because they they an unbelievable, yeah.
22:29
They've got Arkansas last week and I got LSU next week and
22:32
right in the middle of it now sits Tulane.
22:34
I think that's kind of a dangerous spot.
22:37
Arkansas and Memphis, again, very underrated rivalry.
22:40
Very, you know, schools that aren't, they're very close,
22:43
right? I mean, you know, you know,
22:45
Fayetteville's way up in the northwest corner, These are
22:47
border states. So I think that one's got a
22:49
chance to be good too. But I really like that.
22:51
Still ain't Ole Miss game. I think that's AI won't say a
22:53
trap game. I just think it's a really
22:55
dangerous spot if Ole Miss isn't paying attention.
22:58
Good stuff, Bama. We'll recap it on Monday.
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Have a good weekend. We'll see you in the text
23:01
thread. Thanks pal.
23:03
Can't wait guys, take care. Good to talk to you.
23:05
All right, that was Bam with Bob Trent and I going around college
23:08
football. We'll take your time out.
23:09
Eugene Repay covers Iowa State. He'll join us next, Miller and
23:13
Condon on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
23:15
Hi, Miller and Condon, welcome back.
23:16
It's the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
23:18
Wherever you are listening in the state of Iowa.
23:20
Glad you're with us. Our plays of the week coming up
23:24
here in about 15 minutes or so. Eugene Repay covers Iowa State
23:30
football and men's basketball wise for the Des Moines
23:32
Register, desmoinesregister.com. He's got the weekend off, but
23:36
he's going to join us for a few minutes.
23:38
Kind of put a bow on the football season to this point
23:40
for no, he was in Jonesboro last week.
23:43
And then maybe a sneak peek to what we might see when TJ squad
23:47
hits the floor coming up here in November, Eugene Trenton, Ken,
23:51
thanks for coming on on the bye week.
23:52
We appreciate it. How are things, Eugene?
23:56
Yeah, no, things are things are good.
23:57
It's good to stay busy during this bye week, twiddling my
23:59
thumbs a little bit over here. But hey, you know, I'm sure Iowa
24:02
State loves this break after a 4 four no start and they're ready
24:06
to get the ball rolling here after this with Arizona.
24:08
Yeah, fascinating game, White out under the lights, Jack Tri
24:11
Stadium next Saturday night. Well, I guess you were in
24:15
Jonesboro. Wasn't the shiniest, the best
24:19
game Iowa State's played by any means.
24:21
But you know what? At the end of the day, the four.
24:23
No, they had a daunting schedule coming into it.
24:26
We talked about how tricky was going to be all July, all
24:28
August, and they made it through unscathed.
24:31
They were do one of those hiccups, but the hiccup that
24:33
still ended up being a win. So I guess four games into the
24:36
season, all of them being wins. Eugene, just your thoughts on
24:39
where this program is and what potentially might lie ahead?
24:43
Yeah, this is exactly where Iowa State loves to be, and this is a
24:45
great spot for them. I felt like just watching the
24:48
game at Arkansas State, it wasn't pretty.
24:51
But as time has kind of gone on and you get a few more days to
24:54
digest it, this is exactly what you want to see out of this Iowa
24:57
State team, that beginning gauntlet just traveling to
25:00
Ireland. Was international travel going
25:03
to hinder them? How are they going to respond to
25:05
two rivalry games in the first three weeks?
25:07
And so far, they've answered every question.
25:09
They've passed every test in front of them so far.
25:12
And to be at here at four and O fairly healthy going in and
25:17
resuming conference play out of the spy.
25:19
This is a great spot for Iowa State.
25:21
Peeking ahead a little bit, that Arizona matchup, I think
25:23
everybody had this in Penn as a victory coming into the season.
25:27
Noah Fafida looks like the guy he was two years ago.
25:30
Arizona gonna be maybe a more difficult opponent coming to
25:32
Jack Trice next Saturday evening.
25:35
And that one in on top of it, Iowa State bye week, that's
25:37
great. Arizona also with the bye week
25:39
here. So any advantage I guess on that
25:41
front taken away a little more juicier matchup maybe than we
25:44
thought coming into the season with that one Eugene?
25:47
Much more juicier matchup and for Arizona to come into the by
25:50
beating Kansas State in the tight 123 to 17, that's
25:55
definitely raised a few eyebrows and probably showed that this
25:58
Arizona team is going to be a lot more tougher than
26:00
anticipated coming in. I'm very excited for it.
26:03
I mean, the whiteout under the lights is going to add to the
26:05
atmosphere. But Arizona, after just the
26:07
tough year that they had last season, definitely looking to
26:10
turn things around under Doefeita and and they made a
26:13
couple of changes in the coaching staff and then now
26:15
they're ready to go. You're done on football, Trent.
26:18
Let's when do you guys resume, by the way?
26:20
So Tuesday, press conferences, normal week, normal game week.
26:23
Next week, Eugene. Yes, yeah, Tuesday would be the
26:27
normal pregame availability, game week availability.
26:30
So that'll be when Irish Day comes out of its warmer a little
26:33
bit or rest and relaxation. Good stuff.
26:35
Well, let's let's spend a couple of minutes on on men's
26:37
basketball. What did you say?
26:39
Trent Torvig has them the number 15 team ranked team in the
26:44
country. Obviously, expectations on T DJ
26:46
Squadron has been since he got there, with the exception to
26:49
year #1 when he shocked the basketball world what the how
26:52
what they were able to do that year.
26:54
But they've had expectations ever since.
26:57
This year will be no different. I guess Eugene, without seeing
27:00
the team necessarily, just kind of what what's your thoughts on
27:05
what we might see here coming up in the winter months?
27:09
I think Iowa State has a great foundation to build off of.
27:12
Sure, they lost Curtis Jones, who was a thermonuclear weapon,
27:15
especially when he was hot and Keyshawn Gilbert when healthy
27:18
was was amazing for Iowa State and played like an All American
27:21
during that first half of the season.
27:24
But for Iowa State, they have a nice foundation coming in with
27:27
Damon, let's see, Milam Chilovich and Joshua Jefferson.
27:31
Nate Heisey is a guy that they're hoping can play more
27:34
like he did towards the second-half of the season and
27:36
build off of that strong finish that he had.
27:38
But then also just the the newcomers around them, the
27:41
transfers coming in and and also just a blend of freshmen.
27:44
The freshmen. Honestly, they're they're
27:46
probably the guys that I'm most excited to see how much of that
27:49
praise or that hype that they've built so far in the offseason,
27:52
like a Jamarian Bateman, Killian Torre.
27:55
How is that going to translate to game Dare when they're going
27:58
against the guys and, and different teams?
28:00
And will they be able to perform and handle the bright lights?
28:03
Like that's something that I'm most intrigued about.
28:05
But I would say top, you know #15 or still in that top 20, top
28:09
25 picture is definitely deserving.
28:11
They have a, you know, just that trio alone of Lipsy Munchilovich
28:15
and Jefferson is that's a great core to build off of.
28:17
And Iowa State actually leads the Big 12 in returning minutes
28:21
and returning production. So they're in pretty good stage
28:24
right now. Sure, there are a lot of
28:25
newcomers, but I would say that this should be another solid
28:28
year for Iowa State coming in. One guy that I'm really
28:31
interested to see is Nate Heisey and we saw him get more
28:34
comfortable, just didn't shoot it well for so long during the
28:37
season and and started to come out a little bit more late.
28:40
He's so versatile on the defensive end of the floor.
28:42
I mean, he can guard a big guy. He can obviously guard a bunch
28:45
of different guys in the back court, coupled with if that
28:47
shooting comes back, the levels that we saw you and I, he's not
28:50
going to be a guy that's averaging 18A game.
28:52
But you know, if he can bump up what he did a season ago and
28:55
get, you know, close to double figures, I think Heisey is a guy
28:58
that could be really impactful. And if Iowa State goes from a
29:01
good, solid team to maybe a great team, I think a Heisey
29:04
could be an important part. Do you see it that way, Eugene?
29:07
Yeah, like, you know, I think that trio is great, but if you
29:09
have Heisey making a big jump or kind of showing that form that
29:12
he had at you and I where he's just commanding and just so
29:15
dominant just to do it all guard and for Iowa State to like you
29:19
look at Heisey's numbers last year, he actually shot pretty
29:21
well from three-point range for the whole season.
29:23
And granted, you know, the second-half of the season was
29:26
way better than the first half. But if he can put together a
29:29
larger sample size or, you know, shoot as just a similar clip or
29:33
even 35% or north of that with more shot attempts like that
29:38
would go a long way for Iowa State, for Nate Heise to just
29:41
the way that he was starting to command the the defensive
29:43
attention, especially in the last month or two.
29:47
That was big for Iowa State. You know, it wasn't a guy that
29:49
like, oh, Heidi's out there. You know, we can sag off a
29:51
little bit or we don't. We don't.
29:53
We could take this guy easy if he can just lead and continue to
29:57
just build off of that second-half that he had last
29:59
year. That would do wonders for Iowa
30:01
State for sure. Yeah Mont Tilovich the guy for
30:03
me if he's got if he's going like he's barely has been this
30:07
summer glowing reports on the 69 junior certainly did you know
30:13
what it's about the the exhibition games which you know
30:15
up until this point they top secret nobody can see him type
30:20
of thing. No one knows when the well,
30:21
that's not the case anymore. And I love it.
30:23
And I think it's probably in part because it's an opportunity
30:27
to raise a little money with selling some tickets in an era
30:29
where every school and athletic department look looking for that
30:33
extra cash. So they'll go to Creighton on a
30:37
Friday night and then it's a little bit of a gap before
30:40
Northwestern comes here. Will you be following the team
30:43
to both of those? You've you've got your marching
30:45
orders yet for that? And any idea when they would tip
30:49
it? All of it has been.
30:50
Any Intel along those lines? Yeah, I think the plan is for
30:55
Travis and Travis Hines and I to be there for both exhibitions.
30:58
We will go to Omaha. I mean, thankfully, you know,
31:00
it's a within a driving distance.
31:02
Might be a different story if it was like 6 hours away.
31:05
But. You know, that should be an
31:06
exciting one. And also what are the odds that
31:08
they're going to play Creighton in the regular season as well at
31:10
the players era? That's great.
31:13
Yeah. But I know that Omaha Creighton
31:16
game is supposed to tip at 7:30, I believe on a Friday, and then
31:19
I'd have to double check that Northwestern one.
31:21
But yeah, I'm with you on that. Like, I feel like, you know,
31:25
back then you you could only go off at the rumors or what you
31:28
heard from the quote UN quote secret scrimmages.
31:31
I, there were a couple times I joked like, oh, you know, maybe
31:34
I should apply to be a editor, get on a custodial staff, sneak
31:37
my way into the arena for some of these scrimmages.
31:40
But no, it's, it's great that it'll be broadcast to public.
31:43
Even fans can come in and people can get a sneak peek or like a
31:47
old peek is what to come for the regular season.
31:50
Absolutely, Eugene. Thanks for taking some time on
31:52
the weekend off. We appreciate it.
31:54
We will talk to you down the road.
31:56
Thank you, Eugene. Repay.
31:57
Appreciate it. Of course, thank you guys for
31:59
having me on. Good to talk to you, Eugene
32:01
Repay along with Travis Hines covering the Cyclones for the
32:03
Des Moines Register, desmoinesregister.com.
32:06
I think the Northwestern game is a as a Sunday, so I imagine
32:09
that's during the day, right? It is a Sunday TBA listed
32:13
officially on TBA. Yeah, I'm, I would think it
32:16
would be. Well, we'll see.
32:17
Never know. All right, we'll take a time
32:19
out. Our plays of the our plays of
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Not yet soon. Whoever invented him, that's
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serious. It's the cruelest SOB to ever
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walk the face of the earth. Really.
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Oh, he's a son of a You know, it's awful trying to get used to
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it. Get.
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Used to him. I guess maybe once you get used
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gets underway at six. All right, our picks.
34:10
We have a slim lead. We do have a lead, yes.
34:13
A lead, though. In front by a couple.
34:15
Yes, we both had winning weeks last week.
34:17
I went three and two, he went four and one, but the boys both
34:21
went four and. One Oh my God.
34:23
Hey, you can't yell at me for having a winning week.
34:25
I'm digging out of an old 5 hole.
34:26
No, we're battling patch. Zero in Week 1, Two wins in
34:30
week. Yes, 2.
34:32
Yes, 3 in week 3, you see where we're going.
34:36
I do, hopefully to four and one or better.
34:39
So I go first this week. All right, let's get into it.
34:42
I was four and one last week. Likewise, Sean.
34:44
Likewise, Lucas. To be fair to the boys in the
34:47
afternoon, they had both had good weeks.
34:49
I'm going to start in the NFL where I'm going to take two
34:52
teams that played each other. Last week didn't go well for me.
34:55
I had the Steelers. How'd that go?
34:56
Not good. Seattle, they go to new, they
34:59
stay at home. The 12th man and the Seahawks
35:04
will welcome in the New Orleans Saints.
35:06
The number 7. It's a touchdown.
35:08
New Orleans is maybe better than I thought, but going to Seattle,
35:13
I'm not buying it. Spencer Rattler, I think that
35:15
12th band is going to rattle Rattler.
35:16
We shall see. I will take Seattle, lay the
35:19
touchdown. I can't believe the Steelers are
35:21
going to be as bad as they look. Last week, 2 weeks ago, I just
35:23
refused to believe so New England is a they're not good,
35:27
they're not good. They're going to be drafting
35:28
very highly. Again, the numbers relatively
35:33
tight, which kind of makes me wonder if I'm on the right side.
35:36
But I'll lay the point and a half and take the Steelers,
35:39
Steelers and Seahawks, my two NFL picks, to the college game.
35:44
Oklahoma and Auburn. Quarterbacks stealing the
35:48
spotlight in this one. I was really impressed by
35:51
Oklahoma when they played Michigan a couple of weeks back.
35:54
Numbers under a touchdown at 6 1/2.
35:56
Right now, I'm going to take Oklahoma, lay the 6 1/2.
36:00
I think it's going to be a close game.
36:01
Maybe a late score pushes Oklahoma over the top.
36:04
But I think Mateer right now is in the driver's seat for the
36:06
Heisman. I get it's not even the end of
36:08
September. Pipe down.
36:10
You have to slow your roll a little bit.
36:12
But true, somebody's got to be the leader.
36:14
At this point. I think it's him.
36:15
I'll take Oklahoma pick #2 Clemson's getting their guys
36:18
back, two of them on offense, including one of their
36:21
receivers, maybe their best receiver, and another one on
36:23
defense and offensive lineman. It's put up for shut up time.
36:26
I mean, Dabo, he's telling me, look, if you don't want me here,
36:29
I'll leave, go somewhere else and win.
36:31
I think Clemson is going to open up a can.
36:34
Syracuse is good but only 16 and a half. 1717 1/2.
36:39
You get past that magic number. Maybe would've looked elsewhere.
36:42
It's 16 1/2. I'll take Clemson pick #2 my
36:45
best bet of the week. By the way.
36:47
I meant to be Clemson but it turned it in as Duke.
36:51
Yes, it's Duke in North Carolina State.
36:54
North Carolina State's unbeaten, they played a couple of teams
36:56
from the ACC and one of them was a non conference game.
36:59
They're three. You know, I keep going back to
37:02
Duke and Trenton. This is why you got me out of
37:04
this game. Tell me about the Illinois Duke
37:06
game, how much you love Duke. And he had me all worried about
37:08
that one. But I'll take Duke as my best
37:10
bet of the week. I think that they just met
37:13
Tulane last week and they got their former quarterback.
37:16
So we'll see. Mensa, I think he gets things
37:19
going this week. How about UTC?
37:20
Duke who? What are they?
37:21
What's the number of? That 2 1/2.
37:23
Lane 2 1/2 with the Dukies. All right, college we go and
37:26
we're going to kick it off. As mentioned in the Big 10, this
37:29
in the business is called reverse line movement. 88% of
37:33
the bets and 80% of the money is on Illinois.
37:36
That this thing has continued to creep.
37:38
That tells you that the sharps are all over the Hoosiers and
37:41
I'll jump aboard. Now I got the worst of the
37:42
number here laying the 6 1/2. I am fine with it.
37:45
So Nettie, he puts up and he will get it done.
37:49
Indiana minus the 6 1/2. That is my only favorite of the
37:51
week. Next we go to East Carolina.
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Mentioned this game earlier. Sneaky good.
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I don't like Bachmeyer in this environment.
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East Carolina, good on both sides, sides of the football.
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This is a live dog. I'll grab the 6 1/2.
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And when I put together my muddy line parlay this weekend, yeah,
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the Pirates are going to be involved.
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Finish up with the NFL. Let's start with the Tampa Bay
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Buccaneers, decimated with injuries on their offensive
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line. The Jets maybe an upgrade at
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quarterback with Tyrod getting to start this week.
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Give me the 6 1/2 with The Jets with pick #3, pick #4.
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It's the visual match up, an important one.
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I'm going to grab your Broncos getting a field goal now in the
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market. We'll grab that three with
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Denver in a desperate spot and wrap it up.
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My best bet. They got to hit some week, the
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Titans against the Colts this week.
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I'll take Tennessee all. Right.
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That's going to do it for us. We appreciate you being with us.
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Creek and Valley Den at Valley Junction in West Des Moines.
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They're there until 5. Miller and Condon, we're with
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you Monday through Friday, noon to two.
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