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Notre Dame TRUTH You Can't Miss Before Fighting Irish Game Against Michigan State! · College Football Addiction: A Show About All Things College Football

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  Speaker 1: We will go to Notre Dame.
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  Speaker 2: Finally, something involving the big 10 on this show, by
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  Speaker 2: the way.
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  Speaker 1: Well, okay.
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  Speaker 3: It's not my fault that your schedule.
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  Speaker 4: I hate to throw any shade toward the greatest conference
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  Speaker 4: ever assembled, but for all the crap that the SEC
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  Speaker 4: gets for the FCS week, this is an FCS week
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  Speaker 4: for the big 10.
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  Speaker 1: And I just, It's not good. At least we do
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  Speaker 1: it early. Yeah, I will give you that. At least
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  Speaker 1: it's early. This is a terrible... We do it early, too.
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  Speaker 3: It's called week two.
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  Speaker 1: We do it in November.
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  Speaker 3: We got rid of that for the nine-game conference schedule.
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  Speaker 1: We just got rid of that. Yeah, just this year.
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  Speaker 1: This is a terrible week for the Big Ten.
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  Speaker 3: So.
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  Speaker 1: It's like Laura Rutledge saying, oh, they play an arduous
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  Speaker 1: nine-game schedule. They haven't done it yet. Yeah, using that
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  Speaker 1: as justification for the last two years of playoffs is wild.
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  Speaker 1: No Laura Rutledge slinger will be allowed on this podcast, though.
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  Speaker 1: I'll quit today. Shout out to Gov. Oh, I don't know. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: she's good at what she does, but that's not why
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  Speaker 1: I was saying that. But I love you, Laura. Oh,
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  Speaker 1: my God. Presented by PrizePix, of course. Michigan State. Tom,
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  Speaker 1: because it is the Big Ten, we'll finally get to
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  Speaker 1: your conference. Do they have....
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  Speaker 4: What is the realistic outlook here for this game? Because
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  Speaker 4: it just doesn't look great, even though we picked it
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  Speaker 4: in this one.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, Notre Dame has looked as advertised thus far. Granted,
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  Speaker 2: their opponents have been Wisconsin. That game was in Lambeau.
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  Speaker 3: And then Rice.
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  Speaker 2: So what have we really learned about them so far?
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  Speaker 2: The concept of Leave No Doubt from Marcus Freeman. very,
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  Speaker 2: very evident. I like what I see thus far from
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  Speaker 2: Notre Dame. It's very hard to poke holes in it.
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  Speaker 2: And again, a lot of that is based on the competition.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it's necessarily going to take a huge
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  Speaker 2: step up. Yes, this is technically a rivalry game. It's
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  Speaker 2: not been played in some time. Michigan State under Pat Fitzgerald,
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  Speaker 2: I believe in what he is able to instill in
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  Speaker 2: a football team from a culture standpoint, hard-hitting, physical. I
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  Speaker 2: think the best case scenario for Michigan State is to
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  Speaker 2: duplicate what Wisconsin did in the first half against Notre Dame.
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  Speaker 2: If you can keep this thing tight, I still expect
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  Speaker 2: Notre Dame to pull away in the second half. This
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  Speaker 2: is kind of a classic Michigan State offense in that
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  Speaker 2: they want to run the football consistently with Cam Edwards
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  Speaker 2: in both games. He's had 21 carries or more. They
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  Speaker 2: love that bell cow running back in East Lansing. I
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  Speaker 2: just don't think they're going to have the same success
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  Speaker 2: that they've had in their first two games against Notre Dame.
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  Speaker 2: I think Notre Dame's defense is going to be able
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  Speaker 2: to bottle up Cam Edwards. You're going to make Milivojevic,
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  Speaker 2: I hope I'm pronouncing that correctly, the quarterback. I actually
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  Speaker 2: like him as one of the quarterbacks in the Big
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  Speaker 2: Ten that's competent and stable, but this is not necessarily
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  Speaker 2: a good matchup for him. I think for Notre Dame,
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  Speaker 2: it's continuing to tinker with the offenses. Who is a
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  Speaker 2: threat outside of Jordan Faison? I think they have multiple options,
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  Speaker 2: but who's going to step up and just kind of
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  Speaker 2: take that position, essentially demand touches throughout the game. Aeneas Williams,
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  Speaker 2: I think he's settling in being running back number one,
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  Speaker 2: but I've been a proponent for many years. You don't
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  Speaker 2: need to have the absolute star running back like a
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  Speaker 2: Jeremiah Love to have a successful running game. This offensive
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  Speaker 2: line is good. I think they'd like to have more success,
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  Speaker 2: for instance, than they did against Wisconsin. I think they're
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  Speaker 2: going to find those opportunities against Michigan State. But Notre
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  Speaker 2: Dame is just tinkering, I think, at this point. I
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  Speaker 2: want to continue to see CJ Carr look comfortable in
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  Speaker 2: the pocket. He's not been put in any situations where
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  Speaker 2: he has to put the team on his back. I
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  Speaker 2: don't think that's going to happen in this situation. He
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  Speaker 2: plays within the offense. He makes good decisions. He takes
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  Speaker 2: care of the football. This is just tinkering right now
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  Speaker 2: for Notre Dame. You just want to get in, get
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  Speaker 2: out healthy. I expect Notre Dame to win this game.
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  Speaker 2: Michigan State is going to need a lot of things
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  Speaker 2: to break their way in terms of turnovers and oopsie-daisy
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  Speaker 2: types of situations. They need to run the football really,
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  Speaker 2: really well, but I just don't see those openings happening
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  Speaker 2: against Notre Dame.
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  Speaker 1: Now back to the clip.
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  Speaker 3: Cam Edwards has been very impressive in my opinion, because of,
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  Speaker 3: because Cam Edwards, I thought was really good last season
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  Speaker 3: at Yukon could have gone anywhere in the country. And
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  Speaker 3: he chose to go to East Lansing to be the
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  Speaker 3: bell cow back for the Spartans. And, It's paid on off.
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  Speaker 3: He's averaging roughly around 5.2 yards a play. Now, again,
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  Speaker 3: it's Toledo and it's EMU. But still, you finally have
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  Speaker 3: a lead running back that you feel can be a
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  Speaker 3: difference maker and be an enforcer for your team in
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  Speaker 3: a way that you haven't had for probably three or
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  Speaker 3: four years now. That being said, Notre Dame comes in
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  Speaker 3: as the 14th ranked run defense in the country. So
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  Speaker 3: they're going to do everything in their power to shut
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  Speaker 3: down number zero and force Milovich to be able to
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  Speaker 3: beat them through the year. That's just the bottom line.
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  Speaker 3: What I will say that I want to learn more
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  Speaker 3: about Notre Dame, because right now I think that what
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  Speaker 3: we say is that if you play close and you lose,
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  Speaker 3: Michigan State, there's something that is trending upward towards the
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  Speaker 3: identity of what this team could be with Paffett Sherald
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  Speaker 3: in year one. But I think it's the only way
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  Speaker 3: that we're absolutely floored of whatever the result is, is
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  Speaker 3: if they end up winning that football game, which I
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  Speaker 3: don't think that they will. But I want to learn
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  Speaker 3: more about Notre Dame's rushing attack. Because of, yes, I
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  Speaker 3: know that you have Aeneas Williams and he has been
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  Speaker 3: phenomenal as a prospect coming on in. A lot of
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  Speaker 3: people had high hopes for him and Mike Dembrock's offense
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  Speaker 3: going into another season. And now knowing that he didn't
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  Speaker 3: have to be exactly what Jeremiah Love and Jadarian Price were,
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  Speaker 3: just a good solid running back that can open up
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  Speaker 3: plays and make your offense more balanced. Guys, Notre Dame
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  Speaker 3: is 116th in rushing right now. And they're currently averaging 3.5
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  Speaker 3: yards a play. And I'm not trying to go ahead
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  Speaker 3: and put up the red flags or sound the alarms
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  Speaker 3: or anything. But you did it against Wisconsin and Rice.
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  Speaker 3: I mean, if you did this against Miami's defensive line, 3.5 yards, okay,
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  Speaker 3: not going to be that worrisome. You're doing it against Rice.
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  Speaker 3: Nobody should do it against Rice. Nobody should be averaging 3.5
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  Speaker 3: yards in that standpoint. So I think that at that standpoint...
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  Speaker 3: you have to ask yourself, what can we get that
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  Speaker 3: will make the rushing attack more dynamic? Because you know
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  Speaker 3: that you can win through the air with CJ Carr.
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  Speaker 3: You know that Jordan Faison is going to be a
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  Speaker 3: difference maker on the outside. You know that you have
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  Speaker 3: some weapons that are going to end up balancing out
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  Speaker 3: the rest of the passing attack to give you a
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  Speaker 3: second gear. But the thing that I was so excited
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  Speaker 3: about this season with Notre Dame was that this was
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  Speaker 3: the year that we were going to see Mike Dembrock
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  Speaker 3: be more balanced in his play callings. And I think
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  Speaker 3: that right now, when you're only averaging 3.5 yards a
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  Speaker 3: play running the football, yeah, you can go ahead and
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  Speaker 3: run it. But you know eventually you're going to have
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  Speaker 3: to pass it. I want to see them be able
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  Speaker 3: to have a game that allows them to feel like
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  Speaker 3: that we can utilize the passing attack if we need to.
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  Speaker 3: But this is one that we're going to go head
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  Speaker 3: on with the rushing attack. And it starts with the
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  Speaker 3: offensive line and it carries on into the second and
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  Speaker 3: third level of the running backs to get in the
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  Speaker 3: open field. But I'm just saying, I think this is
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  Speaker 3: one of those games to where you think about Michigan State,
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  Speaker 3: they're a top 40 run defense right now. Can you
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  Speaker 3: get your opportunities to allow whoever is in your backfield,
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  Speaker 3: mostly Williams, to break away for a couple of runs
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  Speaker 3: or just be more consistent. And it's now second and three,
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  Speaker 3: third and one open to the playbook. And you don't
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  Speaker 3: have to be so codependent on the passing attack.
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  Speaker 1: What's what does Michigan state do?
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  Speaker 4: Well, Tom, that again, I'm not trying to big this
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  Speaker 4: up and make it something that it's not.
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  Speaker 1: This is a game that Notre Dame should win and
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  Speaker 1: win comfortably. But is there anything Michigan state does that
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  Speaker 1: should have Notre Dame on alert at all?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they want to run the football and they
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  Speaker 2: want to be physical on offense. I think that Pat
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  Speaker 2: Fitzgerald's teams consistently are disciplined, smart, organized. They aren't out
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  Speaker 2: of position all that often. So you're going to have
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  Speaker 2: to earn it if you're Notre Dame. But the best
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  Speaker 2: case scenario for Michigan State is to really dominate time
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  Speaker 2: of possession. The more you can keep C.J. Carr and
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  Speaker 2: company off the field, the better. I don't see a
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  Speaker 2: ton of situations where they're going to be able to
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  Speaker 2: do that. But the narrow path to victory for Michigan
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  Speaker 2: State is You have to run the ball with Cam
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  Speaker 2: Edwards 25, 30 times. Go back to the Le'Veon Bell
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  Speaker 2: days where you just keep feeding them and you just
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  Speaker 2: wear down Notre Dame and you keep them off the field.
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  Speaker 2: And you're going to have to be really, really sound defensively.
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  Speaker 2: You've got to keep everything in front of you because
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  Speaker 2: Notre Dame, despite the questions at wide receiver, like Jordan
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  Speaker 2: Faison can break one. Great House can break one. They've
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  Speaker 2: got the transfers in from Ohio State that they like.
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  Speaker 2: You have guys for Notre Dame that can break this
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  Speaker 2: open with explosives at any given time. So the more
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  Speaker 2: you can do to keep everything in front of you,
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  Speaker 2: the better. It's a narrow path to victory. It's plausible,
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  Speaker 2: but I just don't see it. I think Notre Dame
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  Speaker 2: wins this.
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  Speaker 3: I think that if you were to win this football game,
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  Speaker 3: if you were Michigan State, it's not only winning the
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  Speaker 3: time possession, you're going to need a couple of explosive plays.
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  Speaker 3: And I think that right now, the thing that I
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  Speaker 3: worry about, is even if you don't have a good
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  Speaker 3: running game for Notre Dame, Michigan State, you still have
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  Speaker 3: to stop those wide receivers.
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  Speaker 2: Yes.
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  Speaker 3: A lot easier said than done. I'm in agreement with Tom.
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  Speaker 3: I think that you'll come away saying that there's been
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  Speaker 3: some good, some progress going into game number three for,
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  Speaker 3: a Pat Fitzgerald-led team. Progress does not mean you win
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  Speaker 3: a football game. I think that Notre Dame is a
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  Speaker 3: call-your-shot moment. They're going to win this one by at
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  Speaker 3: least 15. I'll go 38-13, 38-17 to be respectful.
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  Speaker 1: I won't be respectful.
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  Speaker 4: Sorry, Michigan State. Notre Dame's a 30-point favorite in this game.
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  Speaker 4: This is not projected to be close at all. The
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  Speaker 4: only way I, again, kind of like Bama, Florida State,
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  Speaker 4: if Notre Dame is up, 28th half and decides to
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  Speaker 4: just call off the dogs and say, ah, let's, let's
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  Speaker 4: get to next week. Not that next week, incredible fountains
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  Speaker 4: where there will be next week, but not the next
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  Speaker 4: week is much more of a challenge at all because
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  Speaker 4: it's not. Um, this is a moment where I think
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  Speaker 4: Notre Dame can get a lot of guys rest. A
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  Speaker 4: lot of guys, um, you know, snaps, uh, It's a
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  Speaker 4: call your shot moment. I just, I don't think Michigan
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  Speaker 4: state's defense will have anything to slow them down. I
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  Speaker 4: think if you want to call it this Notre Dame
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  Speaker 4: got a little bit of their wake up call in
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  Speaker 4: the first half against Wisconsin. I don't even know if
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  Speaker 4: I really call it that because I never felt like
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  Speaker 4: the game was in danger. So If you wanted to
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  Speaker 4: maybe make it a little bit of a stretch and say, ah,
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  Speaker 4: they've already kind of got their first half scare. LSU
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  Speaker 4: got it last week against Louisiana Tech. Bama got it
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  Speaker 4: first half against Kentucky. Like everybody gets that half to
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  Speaker 4: just kind of play with that mulligan. And Notre Dame
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  Speaker 4: will do whatever the hell they want offensively. And again,
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  Speaker 4: to me for Notre Dame, it's what kind of things
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  Speaker 4: do you want to work on? for the games that
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  Speaker 4: will happen later in this year. And if you can
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  Speaker 4: work on those things in this contest, then you're in
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  Speaker 4: a much better spot coming down the pike with BYU,
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  Speaker 4: Miami SMU on the schedule later.
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  Speaker 1: Uh, yeah. What does Marcus Freeman want to score? Uh, 42, 10.
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  Speaker 2: Fuck. I screwed.
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  Speaker 3: I'm going to change my prediction.
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  Speaker 4: I'm going to go.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. I'll change my prediction. 30, 38 to 38 to seven.