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Clemson & UNC Are On INSANE Collision Course... | Dabo Swinney | Bill Belichick | Tigers | Tar Heels · ACC Football Addiction (Atlantic Coast Conference)

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  Speaker 1: Speaking of bad football, why are we covering this game? Well, okay.
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  Speaker 2: There are implications in the LSU Ole Miss game. There
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  Speaker 2: are implications in the Florida Auburn game. There are some
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  Speaker 2: implications in this one too. Here's my question for Clemson
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  Speaker 2: UNC presented by prize picks. Does the coach that loses
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  Speaker 2: this game get fired at the end of this year?
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  Speaker 2: Or not fired, but like the coach that loses this game,
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  Speaker 2: that's the referendum to me in Florida, Auburn. We're trying
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  Speaker 2: to find out which programs ahead of the other one
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  Speaker 2: early in 10 years. I think we're the clock is
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  Speaker 2: winding on both UNC and Clemson and the loser of
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  Speaker 2: this game is not going to be in a good spot.
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  Speaker 3: No, but at the same time, you could still win
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  Speaker 3: this game and find a way to still be fired
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  Speaker 3: at the end.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, for sure.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: The, the, the inverse of like both guys not being
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  Speaker 2: there next year is, is the most likely outcome. But
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  Speaker 2: my thought is the guy that loses this one is really,
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  Speaker 2: really behind the eight ball.
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  Speaker 4: Who do you think needs this more, if we're just
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  Speaker 4: being real?
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  Speaker 3: Is it North Carolina because of you want to prove
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  Speaker 3: that the fluke of playing against a team in Dublin
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  Speaker 3: that has been a curse is actually not a problem?
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  Speaker 4: Or is it Dabo because of we looked.
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  Speaker 3: Awful against Georgia Southern right after looking awful against LSU
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  Speaker 3: on the road?
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  Speaker 1: I think it's Clemson. I think Clemson needs it more.
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  Speaker 4: I think it's Clemson.
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  Speaker 2: I think the cake is baked on UNC. Even if
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  Speaker 2: he doesn't get fired this year, I think the cake
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  Speaker 2: is baked there.
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  Speaker 4: What if he just steps down? He's like, oh, I
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  Speaker 4: went six and six.
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  Speaker 5: I'm good.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Dabo could save it. I mean, I don't know
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  Speaker 2: if he will, but I think it's Dabo. Based on
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  Speaker 2: the legacy, based on the history, it's got to be Clemson.
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  Speaker 5: I think the possibility of Belichick resigning, like was just said,
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  Speaker 5: is higher than him getting fired. So I've got two
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  Speaker 5: of them to get fired. I would think it's probably
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  Speaker 5: going to be Dabo, but I don't know. That's a
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  Speaker 5: weird way to project it. Look, this is going to,
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  Speaker 5: this game's.
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  Speaker 1: Going to suck.
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  Speaker 4: I'm sorry to say that for all the wrong reasons.
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  Speaker 5: Let's go. We're trying to get people to watch and
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  Speaker 5: stuff like that, but it's like, Hey man, like I
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  Speaker 5: don't believe in Clemson's quarterback play. I don't believe in
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  Speaker 5: their offensive scheme. It is so far made very little sense.
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  Speaker 5: when they were clearly running into a buzzsaw against LSU,
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  Speaker 5: they really didn't change course in terms of what they
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  Speaker 5: were doing. Despite the talent that's on the defensive side,
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  Speaker 5: where there are probably multiple NFL players, they're going to
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  Speaker 5: need to come up big in this game because I
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  Speaker 5: don't really rely on Clemson's ability to get the ball
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  Speaker 5: to more in Wesco consistently. Like they just haven't proven
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  Speaker 5: the ability to get them the football. So, and that's
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  Speaker 5: their path to victory. Meanwhile, for UNC, I, I liked
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  Speaker 5: how their offense was steady, I guess is the best
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  Speaker 5: way I can say it against TCU.
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  Speaker 1: Was it earth shattering?
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  Speaker 5: No, but like it was steady throughout the game. And
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  Speaker 5: then obviously they dealt with the run pretty consistently against
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  Speaker 5: TCU and they found answers in the second half, which
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  Speaker 5: was impressive. Jaden Craig was not as advertised. So I'm
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  Speaker 5: not even thinking about that, but TCU wanted to run
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  Speaker 5: the ball, ran the ball very well in the first
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  Speaker 5: half and then UNC made changes and it was able
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  Speaker 5: to stop it. So it's going to come down to,
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  Speaker 5: Who makes the least mistakes, I think, in this type
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  Speaker 5: of game? And I think you could see the score
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  Speaker 5: balloon a little bit just because this is not the
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  Speaker 5: most disciplined pair of teams overall. Where they are in
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  Speaker 5: the ACC, I don't think anybody has great expectations for
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  Speaker 5: either of these schools.
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  Speaker 3: What I will say is that I have been very
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  Speaker 3: impressed with the front seven of North Carolina. Whether it's
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  Speaker 3: against TCU or against East Tennessee State, they've done a
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  Speaker 3: really good job of making one-dimensional offenses. And that's a
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  Speaker 3: testament to, I think, Bill being able to find talent.
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  Speaker 3: That's a testament to what they've seen in the development
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  Speaker 3: of talent. Xavier Lewis has been awesome to watch. He
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  Speaker 3: has four sacks on the season. He had two against ETSU.
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  Speaker 3: He had two against TCU in Dublin. I think that
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  Speaker 3: Leroy Jackson has played really well. If you're wanting to
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  Speaker 3: find a way to win this football game, it's taking
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  Speaker 3: a young.
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  Speaker 4: Quarterback in Tate Reynolds and forcing him to beat you.
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  Speaker 3: And more specifically, beat you when he has the home
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  Speaker 3: environment that could rally him on up in this type
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  Speaker 3: of situation on third and long with two receivers that
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  Speaker 3: are very good. Like, Brian Wesko and TJ Moore may
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  Speaker 3: end up being underutilized just like Deuce Robinson.
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  Speaker 4: Sorry, TJ, about that one.
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  Speaker 3: But still, they very much could end up being underutilized
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  Speaker 3: players because of bad quarterback play. That doesn't take away
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  Speaker 3: the fact that all you need is one or two
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  Speaker 3: big breakaway moments for them to go off. Tom brought
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  Speaker 3: up a really, really good point that I totally agree with.
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  Speaker 3: Bobby Petrino's offense right now is simplistically stable.
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  Speaker 4: That's what you want. And there are some complex things
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  Speaker 4: that you could.
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  Speaker 3: Throw on in there with some play action and some
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  Speaker 3: FTS moments of feeding the studs. But you kind of
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  Speaker 3: are just saying, look, we're playing against competition that right
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  Speaker 3: now is giving us opportunities to just get implemented good fundamentals.
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  Speaker 3: And if we have good fundamentals, then as long as
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  Speaker 3: we don't throw into double coverage, as long as we
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  Speaker 3: don't overshoot a receiver to where a cornerback is waiting
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  Speaker 3: on the wings, as long as we're able to run
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  Speaker 3: the football efficiently with multiple guys, Demon June, Jalen McGill,
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  Speaker 3: Benjamin Hall, you know, we're going to take those advantages,
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  Speaker 3: win the time possession and walk away with points.
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  Speaker 4: So I think that right now.
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  Speaker 3: In this game specifically, you wanted to see Billy Edwards
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  Speaker 3: be the game manager that we witnessed in the first
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  Speaker 3: two matchups.
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  Speaker 4: Don't put the ball in harm's way.
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  Speaker 3: Target Jelani Thurman, the tight end, as much as humanly
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  Speaker 3: possible to pick up first downs and put yourself in
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  Speaker 3: position to where you can get field goals and walk
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  Speaker 3: away with points. I think if North Carolina can do that,
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  Speaker 3: North Carolina feels like it should have the upper hand because.
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  Speaker 4: They won't shoot themselves in the foot with bad miscommunication.
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  Speaker 2: What I wonder is can Clemson get anything? Tom mentioned it.
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  Speaker 2: Can they get anything out of quarterback play?
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  Speaker 4: Because Tate Rounds is starting.
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  Speaker 2: Yes. And that is my concern. Like, listen, I understand
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  Speaker 2: getting snowballed. I mean, you know, Clemson did that against
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  Speaker 2: Georgia in 2024 and still went to the college football playoff.
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  Speaker 2: They lost 31-3, 30-3, something like that. But that game
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  Speaker 2: was close for a half.
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  Speaker 1: It was different.
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  Speaker 2: And Clemson's defense was a lot better that year. And so, man,
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  Speaker 2: LSU jumped on them from the jump.
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  Speaker 1: And so.
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  Speaker 2: but I think we were all kind of waiting like, okay, well,
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  Speaker 2: Clemson will come out and be Georgia Southern handily.
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  Speaker 1: And we'll say, okay, LSU is maybe just elite. Clemson
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  Speaker 1: had a bad game. Things snowballed. They lost confidence. I
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  Speaker 1: don't think that's the situation.
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  Speaker 2: The situation at Clemson is this just doesn't look like
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  Speaker 2: a very good team and that sucks, but that seems
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  Speaker 2: to be the reality. I wonder if Clemson fans are
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  Speaker 2: at all. Love to hear your comments. If you're watching
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  Speaker 2: this on the clip or the live Clemson fans, do
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  Speaker 2: they want to.
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  Speaker 1: Win this game?
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  Speaker 4: I think so.
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  Speaker 1: Or is it just get it over with?
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  Speaker 3: But Dabo right now, we still have to realize with
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  Speaker 3: that buyout, it may not be a foregone conclusion that
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  Speaker 3: he's gone at the end of the year if you
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  Speaker 3: go five and seven. So it's like, might as well
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  Speaker 3: go seven and five if we're keeping him.
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  Speaker 5: I think North Carolina wins this game because the points
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  Speaker 5: I made before, I think their offense is more stable.
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  Speaker 5: I think their defense is going to be able to
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  Speaker 5: stop the run. I don't trust what Clemson can do offensively.
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  Speaker 5: I think Clemson will put up a fight on the
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  Speaker 5: defensive side of the ball. I think having this at
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  Speaker 5: home is going to be an advantage for Clemson. There's
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  Speaker 5: a very strong chance Clemson pulls this thing out. I
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  Speaker 5: don't think it's going to be a really big margin
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  Speaker 5: one way or the other, regardless of who wins. But
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  Speaker 5: I think at least on paper, I have a little
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  Speaker 5: bit more faith in what UNC is putting on the
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  Speaker 5: field right now than Clemson. And even just like projecting ahead,
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  Speaker 5: Clemson's got to go to Cal. Then they host Miami,
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  Speaker 5: Charleston Southern after that. Then they host Virginia Tech. At
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  Speaker 5: Florida State, nothing against Florida State, but that is what
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  Speaker 5: it is. Then you've got Syracuse hosting Georgia Tech at Duke,
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  Speaker 5: and then the South Carolina rivalry game. So it's like
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  Speaker 5: the next handful of weeks are pretty tough for Clemson.
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  Speaker 5: So this is a must win, I think, for Clemson,
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  Speaker 5: just so you don't start sliding completely out of control.
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  Speaker 4: Do you know what the line is in this game,
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  Speaker 4: by the way?
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  Speaker 1: Five and a half Tigers. Tigers.
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  Speaker 4: Five and a half in favor of Clemson.
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  Speaker 5: Three and a half Clemson.
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  Speaker 4: I saw those.
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  Speaker 3: So the line broke initially, I think at nine and
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  Speaker 3: a half, and then it got down to five and
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  Speaker 3: a half when it was announced that Tate Reynolds was
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  Speaker 3: going to be the starter. It still is mind boggling
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  Speaker 3: that that's the spread in this game. Like we're not
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  Speaker 3: even throwing in home field advantage. The fact that Clemson
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  Speaker 3: is still a two and a half point favorite in
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  Speaker 3: a neutral.
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  Speaker 2: So right now on FanDuel, it's three and a half.
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  Speaker 5: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: So it has dropped.
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  Speaker 2: It has continued to drop because when I Googled really quick,
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  Speaker 2: it said five and a half, but on FanDuel, what
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  Speaker 2: you can get actively at the moment is three and
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  Speaker 2: a half. And the juice is on, is on North Carolina.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: The juice is on the plus three and a half
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  Speaker 1: on the road.
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  Speaker 2: When we saw this game, and we looked at Clemson,
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  Speaker 2: we kind of thought like, Oh, well, Clemson is going
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  Speaker 2: to be a little bit better team.
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  Speaker 1: You know, they'll, they'll rebound a little bit. If they
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  Speaker 1: can get anything out of the Xena, they'll be fine.
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  Speaker 1: We counted this as a sure win.
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  Speaker 2: I think the Clemson logo is probably what's carrying most
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  Speaker 2: of that three and a half.
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  Speaker 1: I don't even know if it's the Clemson faithful in
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  Speaker 1: death Valley.
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  Speaker 4: I don't think so.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's the logo, and I think it's the
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  Speaker 3: fact that you still have to see it from Bill
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  Speaker 3: against a powerful.
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  Speaker 4: Team in a conference game.
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  Speaker 1: TCU stinks.
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  Speaker 4: That may be it.
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  Speaker 3: That may end up being it, is that TCU is
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  Speaker 3: just god-awful and that we all oversold our stock on
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  Speaker 3: Jaden Craig and the.
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  Speaker 4: Hire the new OC. That may be it. We may
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  Speaker 4: just be waiting for that. Final score predictions?
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  Speaker 1: If we must. If we must. I think Clemson.
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  Speaker 2: wins this north carolina covers ugly game 17 14 17
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  Speaker 2: 14 tigers uh i'm gonna say 17 13 unc.
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  Speaker 3: I don't believe in you bill belichick i don't at
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  Speaker 3: all and i think you're gonna get fired at the
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  Speaker 3: end of the year but you're not getting fired after
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  Speaker 3: week three give me 20 to 17 north carolina.
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  Speaker 1: Who put that in the rundown?
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  Speaker 5: It was me.
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  Speaker 1: You did.
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  Speaker 5: You did. We all signed off on it, but I
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  Speaker 5: was like.
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  Speaker 3: No, because we all said let's get UNC fans pissed
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  Speaker 3: off at Cole once again.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think the idea was more like the bigger
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  Speaker 2: picture for Dabo and Bill as opposed to an.
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  Speaker 1: Analytical breakdown.
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  Speaker 4: We hate Cole. Let's get him pissed off. Come on, guys.