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Notre Dame Source Just ADMITTED TRUTH Before MASSIVE BYU Game! · College Football Addiction: A Show About All Things College Football

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to college football addiction. A massive one for
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  Speaker 1: both Notre Dame and BYU this week out in Provo.
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  Speaker 1: We are presented by prize picks more on them in
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  Speaker 1: just a minute, but Joe, we've waited all year. Notre
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  Speaker 1: Dame schedule, much maligned. Most people love spending time talking
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  Speaker 1: about it, but they are going on the road to
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  Speaker 1: play a Thompson team this weekend. So all the scheduled
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  Speaker 1: talk will at least have to wait a little while before,
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  Speaker 1: before we jump back into it. I also will say,
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  Speaker 1: I think it's a little unfair because most of these
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  Speaker 1: schedules are set years and years in advance and you can't,
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  Speaker 1: it's not Notre Dame's fault that all these teams that
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  Speaker 1: they scheduled years ago suck this year. But we're at
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  Speaker 1: least not going to belabor that point today because of
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  Speaker 1: who they play a massive opportunity for Notre Dame to
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  Speaker 1: go get a huge win on the road. And my
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  Speaker 1: take on this is this. I think Notre Dame's kind
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  Speaker 1: of like, damned if you do, damned if you don't.
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  Speaker 1: BYU is a really good team. Now, I know there's
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  Speaker 1: the question of, are they an elite team? But I
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  Speaker 1: worry a little bit about this game. The perception is,
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  Speaker 1: if Notre Dame goes in and wins, I think people
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  Speaker 1: will say, yeah, but it was just BYU.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that should be the case.
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  Speaker 1: If they go get this win this weekend, and certainly
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  Speaker 1: if they go get this win convincingly, it is an
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  Speaker 1: absolute resume builder and something that should not just be
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  Speaker 1: taken as, ah, well, it was just little old BYU.
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  Speaker 3: So first of all, the schedule thing, the funny thing
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  Speaker 3: about Notre Dame schedule this year is that Wisconsin, which
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  Speaker 3: was viewed as like a nothing win, like it shouldn't
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  Speaker 3: count towards anything. I don't think Wisconsin is going to
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  Speaker 3: finish the year ranked, but.
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  Speaker 4: They've been stacking. They've been getting a lot better. I
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  Speaker 4: think that there's certainly a path for them.
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  Speaker 3: If they finish eight and four, that it certainly at
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  Speaker 3: least looks like you could, everybody's going to complain. It's like,
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  Speaker 3: how different is that from beating a theoretically an eight
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  Speaker 3: and four Kentucky team? If that's where Kentucky finishes, Kentucky
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  Speaker 3: is a better team. It's not probably the best example, but,
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  Speaker 3: You're beating a team that's towards the upper middle pack
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  Speaker 3: of the Big Ten. I think that that's certainly going
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  Speaker 3: to help Notre Dame's case. But here's the problem with
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  Speaker 3: the BYU game is that they're without their best player.
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  Speaker 4: LJ Martin's hurt.
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  Speaker 3: So as soon as Notre Dame wins this game, and
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  Speaker 3: knock on wood for that occurring, everybody immediately coming out
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  Speaker 3: of it is, well, they didn't have LJ Martin. This
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  Speaker 3: is just naturally the world that Notre Dame lives in,
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  Speaker 3: Notre Dame fans live in, is that Whenever there's a
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  Speaker 3: big win and there's a really high-quality matchup against, as
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  Speaker 3: you stated, BYU has a good roster.
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  Speaker 4: They have a good defense.
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  Speaker 3: Notre Dame is going to Provo, which is one of
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  Speaker 3: the hardest places to play in the Big 12. It's
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  Speaker 3: one of the most underrated environments in college football. We've
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  Speaker 3: seen plenty of teams get swallowed by this environment. So
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  Speaker 3: it's not like you walk in, smoke them, and then
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  Speaker 3: walk out. If they overlook them, it's going to be
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  Speaker 3: a legitimate challenge. But the thing is that naturally... fans
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  Speaker 3: from other conferences, probably mostly the SEC, and probably a
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  Speaker 3: lot of Miami fans that like to, for some reason,
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  Speaker 3: say that the Notre Dame schedule is easier than Miami's,
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  Speaker 3: which is just not the case. A lot of people
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  Speaker 3: are going to downplay this because they're going to say, well,
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  Speaker 3: BYU wasn't good in the first place, they were overranked,
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  Speaker 3: and also LJ Martin was out, so how impressive is
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  Speaker 3: this win anyways? I think that that is wrong, but
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  Speaker 3: I do think that it certainly makes the matchup easier
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  Speaker 3: for Notre Dame that they're not going to have to
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  Speaker 3: deal with. The guy who centers their entire offense around.
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  Speaker 3: They build their entire offense around being able to run
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  Speaker 3: the rock with their big bruising back.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, no, it is unfortunate just, and it's probably good
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  Speaker 1: for Notre Dame, not from a resume standpoint, but just
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  Speaker 1: from a game play standpoint that you don't have LJ
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  Speaker 1: Martin in there, who is one of the better backs
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  Speaker 1: in the country. And certainly, I mean, last year was
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  Speaker 1: the big 12 offensive player of the year. Before his injuries,
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  Speaker 1: he was pacing towards resetting BYU's all-time leading rushing record.
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  Speaker 2: So it's not just a one-off thing.
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  Speaker 1: Like he's had a really good career And hopefully he
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  Speaker 1: can get back later in this year and continue his
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  Speaker 1: climb up the history books.
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  Speaker 2: There in Provo.
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  Speaker 1: One place they are really, really good, and I know
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  Speaker 1: there's some questions around Andrew Gentry, their offensive lineman at
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  Speaker 1: that right tackle spot.
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  Speaker 2: Their offensive line has been really good.
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  Speaker 1: This year they're averaging over three yards a carry before
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  Speaker 1: being touched. My buddy Graham Coffey over at Dog Central
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  Speaker 1: has put together a bunch of advanced analytics on just
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  Speaker 1: you know, offensive line, defensive line, trench stats, BYU is
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  Speaker 1: number one in the country at rushing yards before contact
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  Speaker 1: at three, uh, spoiler FSU is last in the country
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  Speaker 1: just to let you know.
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  Speaker 2: Uh, so they're not very good at it, but, uh,
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  Speaker 2: BYU is really good there.
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  Speaker 1: And, and as good as LJ is, and I don't
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  Speaker 1: want to take away from him at all, they still
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  Speaker 1: do a really, really good job up front. Now, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know that they'll have seen a defensive front that
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  Speaker 1: has this much talent. Uh, TC uses is good. I,
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  Speaker 1: I like, uh, some things that Arizona does as well,
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  Speaker 1: but certainly going to get their biggest test of the
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  Speaker 1: year thoughts on just, you know, whoever it ends up being,
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  Speaker 1: whether it's Moa back there, um, whoever has to tote
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  Speaker 1: the rock bear obviously has really good legs too. Um,
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  Speaker 1: thoughts on Notre Dame's defensive front going up against, I
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  Speaker 1: think a top 10 offensive line in the country and
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  Speaker 1: probably the best one in the big 12. I'll get
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  Speaker 1: right back to chatting with Joe, but first we're going
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  Speaker 1: I've got that teased down just a little bit. And
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  Speaker 3: Well, to that point, I think that so far this
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  Speaker 3: season we've seen that this BYU offensive line has been
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  Speaker 3: the best, and I think that that's what you need
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  Speaker 3: to be good in the Big.
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  Speaker 4: 12 is that you need to have.
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  Speaker 3: Offensive and defensive line play that matches the Big Ten
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  Speaker 3: and the SEC. Because across the board, outside of maybe
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  Speaker 3: the top of the conference, most of these teams don't
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  Speaker 3: really put together units that are going to be able
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  Speaker 3: to challenge these premier teams in college football, which is
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  Speaker 3: critical for a matchup when you're facing off with Notre Dame.
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  Speaker 3: But the thing that I would bring up is that
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  Speaker 3: I don't think that this offensive line has been nearly.
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  Speaker 4: this challenge. That shouldn't, it's not really a hot take.
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  Speaker 3: Notre Dame's defensive line is the deepest it's been under
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  Speaker 3: Marcus Freeman. They have a very physical group. They rotate
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  Speaker 3: a lot of bodies in. They're able to come downhill.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that the part that makes this team
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  Speaker 3: extremely dangerous right now is like, you got guys like
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  Speaker 3: Bubba Cartreori that are just wreaking havoc. Bryce Young at
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  Speaker 3: moments has had a couple of flashes. And those guys
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  Speaker 3: aren't just really good college offensive linemen. Those are guys
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  Speaker 3: that Boubacar was in the mix to possibly be a
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  Speaker 3: first-rounder this year, and I think that he's possibly moving
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  Speaker 3: in that direction at the very least, a top-50 pick.
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  Speaker 3: Bryce Young, former five-star, has always had that pedigree with
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  Speaker 3: his dad being an NFL Hall of Famer with the
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  Speaker 3: 49ers and former Notre Dame player as well himself. The
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  Speaker 3: group that they have just on their defensive line alone
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  Speaker 3: is one of the best in the country. And I
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  Speaker 3: know that BYU fans are very proud of their linebackers,
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  Speaker 3: and this is kind of this has been a very
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  Speaker 3: toxic discourse that's been happening between BYU and Notre Dame fans.
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  Speaker 3: A lot of BYU fans are convinced that their defense
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  Speaker 3: is better than Notre Dame's.
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  Speaker 4: Their linebackers are good.
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  Speaker 3: Cade Uluwabe is a very good player. Glasker's been banged up.
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  Speaker 3: I'm not sure when I did the preview on Rufino
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  Speaker 3: and Joe Shaw on Monday, there wasn't really much of
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  Speaker 3: an update on his current status, but his availability is
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  Speaker 3: obviously critical because he's very productive within this defense. Notre
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  Speaker 3: Dame's linebackers are much more explosive, and they're also, it's
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  Speaker 3: another position group that are, it's a lot deeper. They've
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  Speaker 3: just got so many different guys that they can bring
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  Speaker 3: onto the field across the board, and they've got ridiculous size.
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  Speaker 3: You could even throw some of the safeties into the mix,
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  Speaker 3: like Luke Talich's gigantic, what they get out of him
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  Speaker 3: and the plays that he makes over the top. That
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  Speaker 3: is all going to come down to how effectively they're
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  Speaker 3: going to be able to slow down this run game.
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  Speaker 3: And here's the big thing that, like, for me, that
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  Speaker 3: I feel naturally might get overlooked by BYU fans that
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  Speaker 3: are hyped up about, you know, BYU coming into this
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  Speaker 3: game with their really good offensive line and not having
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  Speaker 3: Martin and still believing like we're still going to run
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  Speaker 3: the ball really well.
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  Speaker 4: You saw in the TCU game that you couldn't really
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  Speaker 4: move the ball. And against Iowa State, Bear Bachmeier was tremendous.
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  Speaker 3: He had an awesome game, but the performance that he had,
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  Speaker 3: like him having to be all of your rushing production
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  Speaker 3: and then not having anybody else to really turn to,
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  Speaker 3: that to me is a red flag. If you have
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  Speaker 3: to get 100 yards rushing out of your quarterback in
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  Speaker 3: order to be able to have a ground game, Notre
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  Speaker 3: Dame should be beyond excited about the opportunity ahead of them.
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  Speaker 3: I think that Bachmeier has grown a ton over the
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  Speaker 3: past few years, or not few years, since last season.
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  Speaker 4: I don't know why I said it like that.
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  Speaker 3: Last season he's grown a lot, but historically he has
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  Speaker 3: not performed well against top defensive lines. The two worst
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  Speaker 3: games that he had last year were against Texas Tech.
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  Speaker 3: We're going to find out how does he handle the
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  Speaker 3: pressure when they're potentially going to be coming after him.
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  Speaker 3: How does he hang in the pocket and can Notre
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  Speaker 3: Dame keep him in front of them and prevent him
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  Speaker 3: from picking up huge gains on the ground?
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  Speaker 1: That is kind of where I was going next. I,
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  Speaker 1: I think if you're asking bear to go for 300
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  Speaker 1: and 100 against this Notre Dame defense so that you
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  Speaker 1: can win the game, like, Heisman guys, guys have legacy
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  Speaker 1: type moments. And so I, you know, certainly anything's possible.
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  Speaker 1: You know, you get beat a couple of times deep.
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  Speaker 1: He gets one long rush off. And I don't even
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  Speaker 1: know that one long rush is the greatest thing. Like
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  Speaker 1: he has one rush for 65 yards. And, and it,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's almost more dangerous if he gets a
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  Speaker 1: hundred yards on the ground and it's just a consistent,
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  Speaker 1: like every third and seven, he's picking up eight or nine,
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  Speaker 1: you know, you don't want, if you're Notre Dame, you know,
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  Speaker 1: all right, you can have your one long explosive and
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  Speaker 1: then we're going to shut you down for the rest
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  Speaker 1: of the game and like bring it on.
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  Speaker 2: So how you get those yards matters, right?
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  Speaker 1: Does that 300 yards passing or anything close to it
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  Speaker 1: come when you're down 17 and you're passing on every play,
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  Speaker 1: you know, like there's some misleading ways to do it.
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  Speaker 1: But again, to go back to the main point, if
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  Speaker 1: that's what they were asking him to do, which I
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  Speaker 1: don't think they will, right?
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  Speaker 2: Like they'll try and establish the run. I saw Moa
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  Speaker 2: was cleared. You're right on Glasgow.
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  Speaker 1: Still kind of uncertain, but he's not ruled out, at
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  Speaker 1: least at this point as a linebacker. Um, they're certainly
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  Speaker 1: not going to ask him to do that much, but
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  Speaker 1: his ability at times and just his growth does certainly
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  Speaker 1: present a different kind of challenge. And so I do
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  Speaker 1: think if you're Notre Dame and you're able to not
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  Speaker 1: even make him ineffective, but if you're just able to
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  Speaker 1: limit his effectiveness, it makes the road really, really tough
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  Speaker 1: for BYU. I would imagine BYU wants this game to
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  Speaker 1: be pretty low scoring and, their offense without LJ and
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  Speaker 1: even with LJ wasn't like insanely explosive throughout this year.
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  Speaker 1: And again, they're playing the best defense that they will
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  Speaker 1: have seen this season. So I would think they won't
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  Speaker 1: ask bear to do too much, but he has shown
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  Speaker 1: at times that he can kind of make some things happen,
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  Speaker 1: make some magic happen wearing that number 47 Jersey. So
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  Speaker 1: how much they can limit him because it all at
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  Speaker 1: this point seems to go through him with LJ out.
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  Speaker 3: Well, it, See, my big thing with this is I
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  Speaker 3: think that if you're Notre Dame, I think that the
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  Speaker 3: center of your game plan just needs to be about
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  Speaker 3: completely neutralizing Bear Bachmeier because they've got some solid, growing,
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  Speaker 3: developing pieces at wide receiver. Like, Glasker has... The other
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  Speaker 3: Glasker has stepped up. Legend Glasker, a tremendous name that
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  Speaker 3: he's got, has.
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  Speaker 2: Basically played for the.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I actually don't even know if Legends is a
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  Speaker 3: real first name or not. You never really know with
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  Speaker 3: these things. He has been... key piece for this passing attack,
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  Speaker 3: but the weaponry that they have available is above average.
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  Speaker 4: For the big 12.
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  Speaker 3: It's solid generally, but their passing production has relied upon
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  Speaker 3: the fact that bear Bachmeier has had time in the pocket.
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  Speaker 3: And he said time to attack and gash opposing defense,
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  Speaker 3: like the Iowa state game. And I was watching that
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  Speaker 3: this past Friday, he had a ton of room to
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  Speaker 3: operate and allowed for him to break free as well
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  Speaker 3: as to connect with his guys and just produce these huge,
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  Speaker 3: big splash plays through the air.
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  Speaker 4: Um, And I just don't see.
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  Speaker 3: I'm sure that there will be occasional big player or
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  Speaker 3: whatnot through the air in this game, but I just
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  Speaker 3: don't see one of these receivers really dominating this Notre
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  Speaker 3: Dame secondary. That's what they're going to need for this
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  Speaker 3: to happen. As you said, unless you're putting all of
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  Speaker 3: this on Bachmeier to win the game for you and
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  Speaker 3: for him to get a ton of touches as a
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  Speaker 3: rusher and for them needing a 300-yard game out of him,
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  Speaker 3: they're going to need one of these receivers to go off.
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  Speaker 3: And which matchup is going to get exposed... in this
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  Speaker 3: Notre Dame secondary. I know Leonard Moore has been dealing
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  Speaker 3: with a concussion. I don't believe that there's a clarification
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  Speaker 3: on that at the time that we're taping this.
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  Speaker 4: But D.J.
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  Speaker 3: McKinney has been awesome. He's one of the most unheralded
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  Speaker 3: corners in college football this year. This group that they have,
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  Speaker 3: every single position group for Notre Dame on defense, it's very,
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  Speaker 3: very deep. And I think that this is just a
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  Speaker 3: brutal spot for BYU to be in to try and
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  Speaker 3: produce big plays.
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  Speaker 4: I sadly think that Bachmeier could have an awesome.
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  Speaker 3: Game but does he need to just go bonkers stupid
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  Speaker 3: Heisman level to win in the game? Because there's just,
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  Speaker 3: there's just no Avenue. Otherwise I think, I feel like
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  Speaker 3: that that's the biggest hurdle it's standing in their way.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I think it's, you know, if you're looking
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  Speaker 1: for like the perfect scenario and if you're trying to
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  Speaker 1: not count, you know, the idea of him having a
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  Speaker 1: legacy type game, you certainly would need this defense, which
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  Speaker 1: has been good. But again, as tested, I will say,
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  Speaker 1: I think I like Arizona's offense a lot. I think
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  Speaker 1: what they did against Fafita and that offense was, was impressive.
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  Speaker 1: I think you're needing your defense to hold Notre Dame
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  Speaker 1: under 24 points. And, and even that, like, are you,
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  Speaker 1: if I told you Notre Dame scored 24 on the road,
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  Speaker 1: are you confident that BYU gets above that number? You know,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not saying it's impossible, but with their
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  Speaker 1: offense and LJ out, they haven't shown that they consistently
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  Speaker 1: can do that. So I think you would need a
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  Speaker 1: really complete game on all sides. You need Bear to
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  Speaker 1: play up a little bit. You need the defense to
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  Speaker 1: look as good as they've looked.
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  Speaker 2: Look, they've held three power four opponents, all.
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  Speaker 1: Big 12 opponents, Arizona to 17, TCU to 10, and
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  Speaker 1: Iowa State to 10.
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  Speaker 2: You cannot let Notre Dame get much higher than that, right?
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  Speaker 2: Like 24-ish, 21-ish. would kind of be where I think
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  Speaker 2: the cap is.
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  Speaker 1: Because I can't see BYU getting to 27, 28, 30,
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  Speaker 1: 31 points in this game. So if you steal something
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  Speaker 1: on special teams, if you do something defensively that's special,
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  Speaker 1: hold them under 20 or around 20, and Bear does
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  Speaker 1: play well, but not like Heisman level well, then I
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  Speaker 1: think you've got a shot.
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  Speaker 2: I think it's getting into the fourth quarter.
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  Speaker 1: If you're BYU, you want this to be a game
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  Speaker 1: for as long as you possibly can.
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  Speaker 2: I would lean, I certainly lean Notre Dame here.
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  Speaker 1: I think just talent alone makes this a pretty tough
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  Speaker 1: road for BYU. I probably wouldn't lean Notre Dame even
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  Speaker 1: if LJ was there. I think playing at home will
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  Speaker 1: help a lot. I think that crowd will be, you know,
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  Speaker 1: it'll be the craziest sober crowd that Notre Dame's ever seen,
• 15:11
  Speaker 1: you know, like, but you know, but Notre Dame also, like,
• 15:16
  Speaker 1: I don't think playing in front of intimidating crowds is
• 15:18
  Speaker 1: something new for them.
• 15:19
  Speaker 3: Right.
• 15:19
  Speaker 1: Like where, you know, some other programs may be like, man,
• 15:22
  Speaker 1: this is kind of shell shock.
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: So yeah, I like Notre Dame in a close one.
• 15:27
  Speaker 1: I think the crowd maybe gives BYU a little extra juice, but,
• 15:31
  Speaker 1: I need to see.
• 15:31
  Speaker 2: More from their offense before I would think that they
• 15:34
  Speaker 2: can knock off a top three team. But who ends
• 15:37
  Speaker 2: up being the difference to you and what's your score?
• 15:40
  Speaker 3: I think that the big difference for me is actually,
• 15:43
  Speaker 3: I think Jonas Walton has the potential to play a
• 15:45
  Speaker 3: really key role in this game. And I keep bringing
• 15:47
  Speaker 3: this up and I keep tweeting about it. Jonas Walton
• 15:50
  Speaker 3: is this superstar freshman running back. They've got another one.
• 15:54
  Speaker 4: People keep calling him baby Jadarian Price.
• 15:56
  Speaker 3: I've seen a couple of people say that and they've
• 15:57
  Speaker 3: commented under my stuff when I brought him up. But
• 16:00
  Speaker 3: they've been slow to get him into the mix.
• 16:02
  Speaker 4: It's been kind of.
• 16:03
  Speaker 3: Weird that they haven't fully just said, you know, screw it,
• 16:06
  Speaker 3: this kid needs to get the primary share of touches.
• 16:08
  Speaker 3: He wasn't really getting incorporated until later on into the
• 16:11
  Speaker 3: game against Stanford this past week after he had the
• 16:14
  Speaker 3: awesome game against North Carolina. I am hoping that they
• 16:17
  Speaker 3: just say, this kid has.
• 16:19
  Speaker 4: Just too much pop. James and Williams are.
• 16:22
  Speaker 3: really good for what they are, which is getting us
• 16:24
  Speaker 3: a couple of grimy short yards whenever we need to.
• 16:27
  Speaker 3: But having that home run threat was something that everybody
• 16:30
  Speaker 3: was wondering, how do you replace that with Price and
• 16:33
  Speaker 3: Love both gone? Both those guys could take a rush
• 16:36
  Speaker 3: that there was a little bit of space and turn
• 16:38
  Speaker 3: it into a 60-yard touchdown. That's exactly what Walton is
• 16:41
  Speaker 3: doing right now. And here's one thing that's been as
• 16:43
  Speaker 3: good as this BYU defense is, sneaky issue for them.
• 16:46
  Speaker 4: They're 77th in EPA per rush allowed. So they have
• 16:49
  Speaker 4: not been.
• 16:50
  Speaker 3: They have allowed efficiency for opposing rushing attacks, but they
• 16:53
  Speaker 3: haven't faced a rushing attack with this much talent as
• 16:57
  Speaker 3: well as an offensive line that is this sturdy across
• 17:00
  Speaker 3: the board. So I think that the difference maker is Walton.
• 17:03
  Speaker 3: And I think that overall, Blake, I give Blake credit.
• 17:05
  Speaker 3: He brought this up, and I think it was a
• 17:06
  Speaker 3: really good point. Like the Michigan State game, the only
• 17:10
  Speaker 3: way that you lose this game and let this game
• 17:12
  Speaker 3: stay close is if Notre Dame beats themselves. And one
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: of the key central figures for Notre Dame is C.J.
• 17:18
  Speaker 4: Carr.
• 17:19
  Speaker 3: He has been tremendous this year. He has not turned
• 17:21
  Speaker 3: the ball over. He's taken a nice leap from last year.
• 17:24
  Speaker 3: I'm not insinuating that he's going to go out there
• 17:26
  Speaker 3: and throw a ton of picks, but the way that
• 17:28
  Speaker 3: you beat yourself is a car throws an early pick.
• 17:31
  Speaker 3: You maybe have a special teams miscue, which you did
• 17:34
  Speaker 3: against UNC. And you overlook this matchup like we've talked
• 17:39
  Speaker 3: about this entire time. Those are the things that kill you.
• 17:41
  Speaker 3: I need to see Carr just play efficiently, and I
• 17:43
  Speaker 3: need to see Notre Dame continue to find ways to
• 17:46
  Speaker 3: activate this rushing attack by letting Jonas Walton be the
• 17:49
  Speaker 3: primary guy.
• 17:49
  Speaker 2: Do you have a score?
• 17:53
  Speaker 3: I'm going to go– the line is big on this.
• 17:56
  Speaker 4: I am going to go– I think this is going
• 17:58
  Speaker 4: to be low scoring. I think this is going to
• 17:59
  Speaker 4: be a slow game.
• 18:00
  Speaker 3: I'm going to go 28-14. We're going to come out
• 18:05
  Speaker 3: of this. I think people are going to say, oh,
• 18:06
  Speaker 3: why wasn't this a crazy blowout? I think that the
• 18:09
  Speaker 3: context is going to be important. I think that, like
• 18:10
  Speaker 3: you said, BYU is going to want this thing.
• 18:12
  Speaker 4: To be slow.
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: Yeah.
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: You slow it down. Try to take care of the ball.
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: Don't give Notre Dame extra possessions. They're going to try
• 18:18
  Speaker 1: and run.
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: Use Bears legs. I think they'll do a couple of
• 18:21
  Speaker 2: things nice, and I do. I think Notre Dame is
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: a little bit more. I like it a little bit closer.
• 18:26
  Speaker 1: Maybe that's a late touchdown to make the score look
• 18:28
  Speaker 1: a little bit better, but I don't know that it's
• 18:31
  Speaker 1: super in question, but again, we can talk about it
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: a ton on a, on a Wednesday afternoon or Wednesday
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: morning and they still have to go play. So we'll
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: see how it goes. What do you guys got coming
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: this week? What, uh, where can people follow you? All your,
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: all your.
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: Stuff going on right now, Rafino and Joe and all that.
• 18:46
  Speaker 4: Yeah.
• 18:46
  Speaker 3: Go check out Rafino and Joe show. We of course
• 18:48
  Speaker 3: have our weekly rants, uh, discussions, debates, uh, and whatnot.
• 18:52
  Speaker 3: We've been doing some fun, uh, recruiting segments every single week. So, uh,
• 18:56
  Speaker 3: Maybe at the time that this is posted, we're talking
• 18:58
  Speaker 3: to Mike Roach of 24-7 Sports, and we're going to
• 19:01
  Speaker 3: get some insight on the Eastern Royals flip as well
• 19:03
  Speaker 3: as the current state of the Texas A & M
• 19:05
  Speaker 3: recruiting class. And then I've been growing my own channel,
• 19:07
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• 19:10
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• 19:13
  Speaker 3: Just Joe DeLeon on YouTube. TJ, it was great getting
• 19:16
  Speaker 3: to catch up, and looking forward to seeing what happens
• 19:18
  Speaker 3: with Notre Dame this weekend.
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: Thanks, buddy.