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Texas Insider SURPRISED Me with IMPORTANT Message before Tennessee Vols vs Longhorns Game! · College Football Addiction: A Show About All Things College Football

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to college football addiction, Texas in Tennessee, the
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  Speaker 1: number one team in the country walks into Neyland stadium
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  Speaker 1: this Saturday, and we're going to talk about it for
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  Speaker 1: a few minutes today. The show is presented by price picks.
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  Speaker 1: All new users there play a $ 5 lineup and win
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  Speaker 1: using code HMA, get $ 150 in lineups instantly. Jerry talked
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  Speaker 1: about this team before the Ohio state game, a tale
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  Speaker 1: of two halves there. And I really felt like not
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  Speaker 1: to go so far back into that game. but I
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  Speaker 1: didn't even think Texas, they were obviously just giving it away,
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  Speaker 1: but from a down to down basis, like minus the
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  Speaker 1: massive swings of turnovers and fourth down, you know, failures,
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  Speaker 1: I didn't think Texas was playing super poorly outside of
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  Speaker 1: just like the massive, massive failures, I guess, or unlucky
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  Speaker 1: things that happened. Ohio state wasn't doing anything to like
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  Speaker 1: run away with that game. Texas was just kind of
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  Speaker 1: giving it to them. And then in the second half
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  Speaker 1: thing settled in break started not going against Texas and
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  Speaker 1: And I think the better team won. But, boy, they
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  Speaker 1: certainly took the hard road to get there.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, they did. And you can look back on that
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  Speaker 2: game now, and both fan bases can say, Texas can say, oh,
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  Speaker 2: if we hit the two touchdowns in the first half,
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  Speaker 2: Cam Coleman stumbled and dropped. Ryan Wingo drops a wide-open touchdown.
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  Speaker 2: Texas fans say, oh, we'd have won that game by 14.
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  Speaker 2: Flip side is Ohio State fans say, well, hold on.
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  Speaker 2: There's another side to that argument. Ryan Day didn't take
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  Speaker 2: the points nearing the end of the first half, which
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  Speaker 2: ended up being the difference in the game, by the way,
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  Speaker 2: when he went for that fourth down. And Julian Sand
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  Speaker 2: missed a walk-in touchdown throw in the third quarter that
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  Speaker 2: would have ended that game. Oh, and by the way,
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State missed a 44-yard field goal that probably would
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  Speaker 2: have ended that game. So both, like, if you're the
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State fans, you say, we gave that thing away, right?
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  Speaker 2: And if you're the Texas fans, you say, we could
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  Speaker 2: have won it by 14. That's the great thing about it.
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  Speaker 2: There's a good, decent chance these two teams are going
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  Speaker 2: to meet again in the college football playoffs, is my guess.
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  Speaker 2: And it's going to be a whale of a game.
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  Speaker 2: And then the Vegas world would tell you, what did
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  Speaker 2: Texas win by one? What's home field worth three? So
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State was two points better. Yeah. Neutral side. So
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  Speaker 2: that game had a little bit of everything, but the
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  Speaker 2: swings and momentum were amazing. By the way, I think
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  Speaker 2: we're going to have some momentum swings coming up Saturday,
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  Speaker 2: but in a different type of game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, for sure. I will say, I was impressed. We
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  Speaker 1: haven't talked about this yet since. I thought Steve Sarkeesian
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  Speaker 1: had the quote of the year when he was asked, um, about,
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  Speaker 1: you know, Hey, did you think about just punting it there?
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  Speaker 1: So you didn't lose by as much. And he, he
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  Speaker 1: flat out said, no, that's how losers think. It was like,
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  Speaker 1: I love that, man. Like this is, yeah, this is football.
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  Speaker 1: Like if you lose by 20 or you lose by 27, you,
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  Speaker 1: you got blown out on the, or at home, like
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  Speaker 1: who cares, man, like go for the game and go
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  Speaker 1: win it. Um, and so I thought it was, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: Texas was half unlucky, half shooting themselves in the foot, but, um,
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  Speaker 1: you know, at the same time, they still responded. Like
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  Speaker 1: they still went out and made the plays. And yeah, Ohio,
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  Speaker 1: you know, say and missed Smith a couple of times
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  Speaker 1: on passes that would have probably ended. Like there were
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  Speaker 1: plays that, that went Texas way, but they responded. And
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  Speaker 1: that's all you can ask for.
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  Speaker 2: And the way they won the game was how Texas
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  Speaker 2: fans have wanted to see Steve Sarkeesian win a game
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  Speaker 2: on the goal line, running a football in against the
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  Speaker 2: powerhouse opponent. Right. It took three chances. Who cares if
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  Speaker 2: it take four, The offensive line, downhill running, goal line,
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  Speaker 2: jumbo package, not going to play action, being able to
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  Speaker 2: run the football to win the game. But the way
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  Speaker 2: that game ended, 15-play drive, 13-play drive, 12-play drive. That's
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  Speaker 2: not how Texas has traditionally won games under Steve Sarkeesian.
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  Speaker 2: So the fan base really liked how Texas won that
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  Speaker 2: football game. Not the way it went leading up to
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  Speaker 2: that point, but how they actually came back and won
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  Speaker 2: that football game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. This weekend in Knoxville, we talked about Vegas for
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  Speaker 1: just a second, but Vegas would tell you, they don't
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  Speaker 1: expect the number one team in the country to just
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  Speaker 1: go roll over these volunteers. And I know that Tennessee
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  Speaker 1: is somewhat unproven, but I will tell you, I was
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  Speaker 1: super impressed with phase on Brandon, the way he looked. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, trailing after one quarter on the road in Atlanta,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think Georgia tech's a great team, right? He's
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  Speaker 1: still a true freshman on the road in a pack stadium.
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  Speaker 1: I think he's been really impressive. I know that him
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  Speaker 1: and Keelan will get compared for the rest of their
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  Speaker 1: careers just because same age or you said similar ages, similar,
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  Speaker 1: you know, sec kind of quarterback play. I do think
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  Speaker 1: that he's really, really impressive. And I kind of wonder
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  Speaker 1: what he now, now against a real test though at home, what,
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  Speaker 1: what he looks like, is it kind of man moments
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  Speaker 1: too big or is it, Hey man, I don't know
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  Speaker 1: what I don't know. I'm just going to go out
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  Speaker 1: and play. Either one could happen, but how he plays
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  Speaker 1: against Texas, I think will define where he's at so far.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure. I mean, look, this is his first
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  Speaker 2: test and this test and this test comes with tons
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  Speaker 2: of pressure for him like and and I and I
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  Speaker 2: want to get into the why Heupel doesn't want to
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  Speaker 2: put the ball in his hands but you think about
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  Speaker 2: what's going to build up around this game what this
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  Speaker 2: has turned into I mean once Texas beat Ohio State
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  Speaker 2: right and then Tennessee didn't play laying egg against Georgia
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  Speaker 2: Tech it became the college game day game yeah and
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  Speaker 2: because A & M lost and LSU lost and then
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  Speaker 2: the time slot for this game would have been changed
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  Speaker 2: a month ago if they could redo it. But the
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  Speaker 2: buildup to this game, Phil Fulmer's statue unveiling, the checkerboard
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  Speaker 2: in the stands, you're going to have a blast at
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  Speaker 2: this game. The president's coming now. All the celebrities that
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  Speaker 2: are going to be there. This is not a normal game,
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  Speaker 2: and this is something a true freshman quarterback has never
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  Speaker 2: been through, this level of football game and the pressure coming.
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  Speaker 2: that could end up being put on him in this game.
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  Speaker 2: And this is why from a Tennessee perspective, when you
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  Speaker 2: look at it, Josh Heupel, there's no ifs, ands, or
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  Speaker 2: buts about it. They have to run the ball well
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  Speaker 2: enough to where they're not forced to put the game
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  Speaker 2: in his hands for too long against Will Muschamp. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: I think that's a huge part of this game is
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  Speaker 2: Texas isn't going to shut down the Tennessee run game.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not going to be one of those guys that, oh,
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  Speaker 2: Texas is going to walk in there and shut it down.
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  Speaker 2: You're not going to shut it down. They're too good
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  Speaker 2: at running the football. If you told me Saturday at four,
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  Speaker 2: Texas could hold Tennessee to 125, 135 yards rushing, I'd
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  Speaker 2: say Texas won the game. Because that means the ball
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  Speaker 2: was put in Faison Brandon's hands more than Josh Heupel
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  Speaker 2: wants to put the ball in a freshman quarterback's hands.
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  Speaker 2: No matter how good a player he's going to be,
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  Speaker 2: no matter how talented he is, That's not the way
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  Speaker 2: that Tennessee wants this game to go. We know that.
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  Speaker 2: And I think it's– what I think is going to
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  Speaker 2: be interesting is, you know, the fun things early in
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  Speaker 2: the season is how vanilla our team's being, right? Tennessee
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  Speaker 2: has been– what's sub-vanilla? That's all they have had to do. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Hypo's going to bring something out against Texas. And maybe
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  Speaker 2: it's Faison Brandon and the QB run game a little
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  Speaker 2: bit more than he has had to. He's going to
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  Speaker 2: do something. that Texas just can't prepare for, they haven't seen.
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  Speaker 2: And the key for Texas is when those times come,
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  Speaker 2: those are 10- or 12-yard plays while you adjust to
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  Speaker 2: the game and seeing something you haven't seen, and they're
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  Speaker 2: not 50-yard plays because momentum is going to be massive
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  Speaker 2: in this game. And Texas has a job on their
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  Speaker 2: hands to limit Tennessee grabbing momentum in that crazy, raucous environment.
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  Speaker 1: there and here on college football addiction. All right, back
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  Speaker 1: to the interview. I wonder with this on the other
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  Speaker 1: side of the ball, Tennessee's defense was really, really bad
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  Speaker 1: last year and they haven't been challenged this year, but
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  Speaker 1: I do feel better about Jim Knowles being there. They've
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  Speaker 1: sustained some injuries. again, but they haven't been challenged. And
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  Speaker 1: so that's kind of where I wonder, okay, where can
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  Speaker 1: Texas take advantage? Um, a big part of that is
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  Speaker 1: certainly not that it's all on his shoulders either, because
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  Speaker 1: there's so much talent around him, but you know, we've
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  Speaker 1: talked about this. I don't think arch is super sharp
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  Speaker 1: right now. I think he does things every game that
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  Speaker 1: you're like, man, what, what, what, What are we seeing here?
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  Speaker 1: Or why, why did that ball sail? Or, you know,
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  Speaker 1: why did you not take this, you know, check down or,
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  Speaker 1: or get to this read. And so that's a matchup too.
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  Speaker 1: I think Tennessee's defense, though they've been impressive through three
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  Speaker 1: games can probably be exploited, but your quarterback has to
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  Speaker 1: be sharp to go exploit it on the road where
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  Speaker 1: admittedly I looked at just home road splits. He's not been,
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  Speaker 1: it's been a pretty stark difference for, for us. And
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  Speaker 1: so I, you know, I don't know where Tennessee ranks in,
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  Speaker 1: on the hierarchy of tough places to play in the sec,
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  Speaker 1: but I assume it's pretty near the top with a
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  Speaker 1: hundred thousand hillbillies in there going crazy, which they would own.
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  Speaker 1: That's not even a disc.
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  Speaker 2: They're fun. They're a fun group on X to follow.
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  Speaker 2: They're good at smack talkers too, but they're fun.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. And they haven't been mad at me. They have
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  Speaker 1: been great at anything. I mean, baseball has been, been,
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  Speaker 1: been good, but like, they haven't been really, really great
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  Speaker 1: for a minute. And they're still like, they, they don't,
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  Speaker 1: they don't take any days off. So yeah, how, how
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  Speaker 1: large plays, how the offense looks, you know, cause if,
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  Speaker 1: if you get up into the thirties, I'm not super
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  Speaker 1: confident that Tennessee can, can match it. Especially if you're
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  Speaker 1: like mid thirties, I don't know that Tennessee can match
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  Speaker 1: that with phase on may go out and shock me,
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  Speaker 1: but that would kind of be the limit. test for
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  Speaker 1: me for Texas offense.
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  Speaker 2: That's not the game. Hypo wants to play. He wants
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  Speaker 2: this game in the twenties, right? And then one possession game.
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  Speaker 2: And let's see where this thing goes. He doesn't want
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  Speaker 2: to get in and up and back and forth up
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  Speaker 2: and down game, even though they run tempo with their
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  Speaker 2: run game. I don't think that's where he wants it
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  Speaker 2: to go. I look, I think for arch, I think
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  Speaker 2: the big thing, For Arch, is Sark and Texas offensive
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  Speaker 2: line in this game? I think first and second downs
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  Speaker 2: are critical, especially when you go on the road into
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  Speaker 2: these type of environments. The one thing about Texas I'll
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  Speaker 2: say is they haven't had the pre-snap penalties that they
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  Speaker 2: had last year. Now this is a different test Saturday
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  Speaker 2: because that offensive line, that communication, Connor Roberts in the center,
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  Speaker 2: maybe he has the most important job on the field
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  Speaker 2: for any Texas player in my– I think centers are
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  Speaker 2: not talked about enough when they go into environments like this,
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  Speaker 2: and communication is everything. So if Texas can stay ahead
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  Speaker 2: of the chains in this game enough, that takes pressure
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  Speaker 2: off of Arch in being in forced situations, third and 12s,
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  Speaker 2: third and 14s. I think the one thing Arch has
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  Speaker 2: to do is be willing to throw the ball away.
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  Speaker 2: He does a good job protecting the football, not turning
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  Speaker 2: the football over. He's taken a couple of sacks this
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  Speaker 2: year where he was outside the box, and I'm just like, dude,
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  Speaker 2: just throw it in the stands. He can't force in
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  Speaker 2: this game. That's the one thing he can't do. If
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  Speaker 2: he's blitzed outside the tackle box, no cross your body throws.
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  Speaker 2: You only do those when you had to against Ohio
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  Speaker 2: State when the game was on the line pretty much.
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  Speaker 2: Those aren't winning plays. Deep late, late middle are not
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  Speaker 2: winning plays, and that's what Jim Knoll is going to
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  Speaker 2: try to make him do. Throw the ball in the
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  Speaker 2: stands and live the play another day. I think it's
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  Speaker 2: really big, that decision-making. But Texas has– this is going
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  Speaker 2: to be a super physical football game, I think. Just
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  Speaker 2: the buildup around it. Hypo, they know run game physicality
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  Speaker 2: is their go-to and their biggest strength. I think Sark
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  Speaker 2: has stressed physicality all year. The way they won that
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State game was stressing what he stressed in fall camp.
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  Speaker 2: And what must champ where is that no thud, no play?
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  Speaker 2: That's been their whole mantra is to be more physical
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  Speaker 2: football teams. This game is going to be super physical.
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  Speaker 2: So what Arch has to do is almost just be
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  Speaker 2: a bus driver in this game unless Texas can't run
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  Speaker 2: the football. And if they can't run the football, they're
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  Speaker 2: going to have issues with the three high. But I
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  Speaker 2: think a key for Texas offense, Tennessee may not have
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  Speaker 2: highly drafted linebackers on this team, They've got a couple
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  Speaker 2: of guys that will be in NFL camps. But I
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  Speaker 2: think they're three linebackers together, really good players. I think
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  Speaker 2: Texas has to put those guys in conflict. If those
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  Speaker 2: guys are just able to play one-dimensional downhill football against
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  Speaker 2: the run and they're really affecting the run game, that's
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  Speaker 2: not good for Texas. I think Sark has to put
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  Speaker 2: those guys in conflict, keep those guys– They're going to
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  Speaker 2: have to play in coverage. They're going to have to
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  Speaker 2: play in drops. He's going to have to manipulate their
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  Speaker 2: eyes a little bit, manipulate their feet a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's a hidden part of this game. And
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  Speaker 2: we'll get to the Texas side, but I think the
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  Speaker 2: Texas linebackers are about to be really tested in the
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  Speaker 2: run game as well. Texas has to control the Tennessee
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  Speaker 2: linebackers in this game.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, when I thought about Tennessee before the season and
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  Speaker 1: I thought about a true freshman going in there and playing,
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  Speaker 1: I was thinking, okay, what are the things a true
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  Speaker 1: freshman needs to be successful? A really good offensive line.
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  Speaker 1: I think Tennessee has one of the best offensive lines
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  Speaker 1: in the conference. a good running game. Again, one of
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  Speaker 1: the best in the conference, great weapons and an offensive
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  Speaker 1: coach that I think Hypo does as good of a
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  Speaker 1: job as anybody of, um, putting his quarterbacks in really,
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  Speaker 1: really good spots. Like nobody thought Aguilar would be great.
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  Speaker 1: I thought he did a pretty good job with Nico,
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  Speaker 1: obviously hooker before that. Like he's, he's done a really
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  Speaker 1: good job with quarterbacks, no matter their age, no matter
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  Speaker 1: their talent ability, you know, bringing an Aguilar and doing
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  Speaker 1: a good job last year. Like And so all of
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  Speaker 1: those things are set up to where phase on might
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  Speaker 1: end up being the truth and might end up being, uh,
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  Speaker 1: on the stage in New York one day, but he
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  Speaker 1: doesn't have to be because there's so much good around him.
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  Speaker 1: And that is a real test for me. Not that
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  Speaker 1: Texas didn't get a test against Ohio state, but I
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  Speaker 1: think this is a little bit better, um, Probably a
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  Speaker 1: little bit better offensive line, maybe a little bit better
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  Speaker 1: running game. I don't think the receivers are as good, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: but the test that this offense presents is very real.
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  Speaker 1: And then again, you add in Josh Hypel, who is
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  Speaker 1: one of the best in the country when it comes
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  Speaker 1: to a game plan, pulling tricks out of his, out
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  Speaker 1: of his, you know, what, all those things. I think that's,
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  Speaker 1: you know, that's a fun aspect of this.
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  Speaker 2: I love Tennessee's run game. I love what he's doing
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  Speaker 2: out of 12 personnel. I think he's so creative in
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  Speaker 2: the run game. I think the left tackle's a stud.
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  Speaker 2: And I'm not saying he's going to win every rep
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  Speaker 2: Saturday because Texas has NFL players too. And he's still,
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  Speaker 2: I think, I'm not even sure he's started 10 games yet.
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  Speaker 2: But that guy should be a top 10 pick. If
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  Speaker 2: he's not, something went wrong. David Sanders is super talented.
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  Speaker 2: I kind of look at it when I watch Tennessee
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  Speaker 2: offensive line for Texas. Play even on the left side,
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  Speaker 2: win against the right side. I think Ian Jafar, Texas'
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  Speaker 2: big defensive tackle, 6'7, 6'6, 375, who is a problem
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  Speaker 2: for Ohio State. In Texas State and UTSA, weren't really
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  Speaker 2: his type of games because it was more spread, right?
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  Speaker 2: But this is his type of game. He was brought
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  Speaker 2: to Texas for games like this. He has to swallow
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  Speaker 2: a gap. If he swallows a gap, that takes away
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  Speaker 2: a little bit of Tennessee's run game. And the other
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  Speaker 2: interesting aspect of this game, too, is, What would surprise
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  Speaker 2: me a little at Ohio State, when Muschamp, who had
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  Speaker 2: kept tinkering until he found something to slow down Bo
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  Speaker 2: Jackson that run game, when he went to the Jumbo
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  Speaker 2: D line package, which was Ian Drafard over the ball,
• 15:46
  Speaker 2: Hero Canoe, either Alex January and Rod Watson and Lance
• 15:49
  Speaker 2: Jackson out there, Ohio State just went to play action
• 15:52
  Speaker 2: and started throwing it. I guess that's simple when you
• 15:54
  Speaker 2: have Julian Sand and you have Jeremiah Smith in those weapons,
• 15:58
  Speaker 2: but same with 5-16 in the second half. That's not
• 16:00
  Speaker 2: going to happen Saturday. Tennessee will keep testing Texas against
• 16:04
  Speaker 2: the run. It must have brought out the jumbo, the
• 16:08
  Speaker 2: line package, and Ohio State said, eh, we're just going
• 16:10
  Speaker 2: to go play action. That's not going to happen with Tennessee.
• 16:13
  Speaker 2: He's going to protect Faison, and they know they have
• 16:16
  Speaker 2: to run the football 40 times in this game, I think,
• 16:20
  Speaker 2: and keep plugging away. I think the key for Texas
• 16:23
  Speaker 2: is Texas linebackers are about to be tested in a
• 16:26
  Speaker 2: way in the run game that even Ohio State couldn't
• 16:28
  Speaker 2: test them. Like that 12 personnel, it's really creative. what
• 16:32
  Speaker 2: Josh Heupel's doing this year. And they're going to really
• 16:35
  Speaker 2: test those guys. They're going to say, all right, Cryer, Biles,
• 16:38
  Speaker 2: you're a tremendous player in space. You have a knack
• 16:40
  Speaker 2: for making turnovers, getting turnovers for your team. But you
• 16:45
  Speaker 2: know what? We're going to hit you in the mouth
• 16:46
  Speaker 2: 25 times in this game. Texas strong side backer, Brad Spence,
• 16:51
  Speaker 2: you guys are going to have to play the run.
• 16:53
  Speaker 2: It's going to be physical run over and over and
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: over again. And that's one way Texas hasn't been tested.
• 16:58
  Speaker 2: So I think linebackers on both sides in this game
• 17:01
  Speaker 2: are not going to be talked about enough because like
• 17:03
  Speaker 2: we talked about Faison Brandon, Arch Manning, the two offensive
• 17:06
  Speaker 2: left tackles or first round picks, Cam Coleman, all the weapons.
• 17:11
  Speaker 2: But it's interesting sometimes when you get these physical SEC games, man,
• 17:15
  Speaker 2: look at those linebackers. Look at how can you manipulate
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: the linebackers? Can you make them two-dimensional? And for Texas,
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: they're just about to be testing the run game in
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: a way they haven't been yet this year.
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I wonder, again, I really like I want to
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: believe in Knowles. I want to believe in this Tennessee defense.
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: But until I see it against an offense with a pulse,
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: it's just hard, man. Now, yeah, if they come out
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: and hold Texas under 24 points, then yeah, man, I'll
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: be singing every praise that's possible.
• 17:44
  Speaker 2: But they have to go prove it. You're right, too.
• 17:46
  Speaker 1: Yeah, you've got to see it, man. I know Knowles
• 17:48
  Speaker 1: is great. I know there's more talent on this defense. Again,
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: the injuries are a big deal. Obviously, Chaz never ended
• 17:53
  Speaker 1: up making it to— to the season, um, which was
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: a big deal for them, but they've looked good. But again,
• 17:59
  Speaker 1: I mean, Nebraska's look good and they've played two Mac
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: and an FCS opponent, you know, like everybody looks good. Well,
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: not everybody, unfortunately for me, but everybody looks good at
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: this point of the year. Um, let's do a quick
• 18:10
  Speaker 1: rapid fire. We'll predict this and get out, uh, Ole Miss,
• 18:14
  Speaker 1: an underdog at Florida. I'm kind of in the camp of,
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: I'm not betting against Trinidad until he gives me a
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: reason to, but, uh, I think Florida is a lot
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: better than people expect it.
• 18:22
  Speaker 2: Florida offensively can roll with anybody. I think that. Buster
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: Faulkner brought his quarterback, right? Jaden Baugh is the best
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: running back in the country. I've been saying that since
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: last year. They have two top three-round pick receivers, and
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: Singleton hadn't even played yet, and he brings a speed burner.
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: They're as good on offense as anybody in this league.
• 18:40
  Speaker 2: I want to see where they're at defensively. I think
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: they have a little bit of defensive issues in year one,
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: and I have a big John Sumrall guy. I love him.
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: I think he's going to do really good for Florida.
• 18:49
  Speaker 2: I think he's genuine, and that matters. But this is
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: a tough game to see where your defense is at.
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: Because we know where Trinidad Chambliss is at now. Is
• 18:59
  Speaker 2: Kiwan Lacey healthy? I don't know. Ole Miss doesn't stop
• 19:01
  Speaker 2: the run, though. Is that something that would be interesting?
• 19:04
  Speaker 2: I'm surprised Florida's favored. But I will say this, the
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: Swamp is going to be wild Saturday. This will be
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: a home field advantage for Florida. I like Ole Miss
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: to win the game tight.
• 19:16
  Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw this clip, but I
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: saw Pate on his show with Bussin said that he
• 19:19
  Speaker 1: called FanDuel and asked them, asked about, you know, you
• 19:25
  Speaker 1: get three, three and a half points, whatever, for home field.
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: He said FanDuel is baking in like. three points for
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: like an emotional letdown situation for Ole miss. I've never
• 19:35
  Speaker 1: heard that in my entire, like 36 years of life. That's,
• 19:40
  Speaker 1: that's a cool concept. Um, because teams often do have
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: that situation. For example, if, if Texas played Ohio state
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: last week, I think this game might, if they're doing
• 19:50
  Speaker 1: the same logic, you, you might have kind of that
• 19:52
  Speaker 1: same idea of like, maybe, maybe this would be a
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: two and a half point spread, uh, for, for Texas
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: instead of four and a half, five and a half.
• 19:58
  Speaker 1: So that's interesting. I like Ole Miss too, until they
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: give me a reason to, to not, um, Other side
• 20:05
  Speaker 1: of the country, USC-Oregon. Feels like both teams have to
• 20:08
  Speaker 1: win Oregon because it would be their second loss. USC,
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: because if you can't beat a down Oregon team, a
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: down Oregon team, then who are you going to beat? But, yeah,
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: a lot of points in that one, too, I think.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so, too. And USC was not– and
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: I love Gary Patterson. They were bad on defense last
• 20:25
  Speaker 2: week against Rutgers. I mean, they gave up, what, 35
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: and 470 yards? I didn't expect that. The other thing
• 20:32
  Speaker 2: with USC is Oregon already tipped their plays in a game.
• 20:35
  Speaker 2: So now, you know, you wanted that to be your game, right? Yeah.
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: I think this is going to come down to USC
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: putting pressure on Dante Moore. I mean, look, they've got
• 20:47
  Speaker 2: a receiver down now. And I think Oregon's reeling a
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: little bit. I'm going to take USC, but, man, I
• 20:54
  Speaker 2: don't know who's going to win this game.
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: I really don't.
• 20:57
  Speaker 2: I think Mav is a good player. I think, look,
• 21:00
  Speaker 2: Mosley's out for them, the freshman receiver that had gone
• 21:03
  Speaker 2: over 100 twice. I mean, let's basically say this. I'm
• 21:07
  Speaker 2: not trying to insult Rutgers here, but USC's played four
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: group of six level talented teams this fall. So this
• 21:16
  Speaker 2: is a test for them from an athletic standpoint. And
• 21:19
  Speaker 2: you kind of wonder if that Oregon-Oklahoma State game is
• 21:22
  Speaker 2: going to end up being the ultimate motivator. but it
• 21:25
  Speaker 2: just smells like something's a little off and Eugene to me.
• 21:27
  Speaker 2: So I'm going to take USC type, but I flip
• 21:30
  Speaker 2: a coin. Yeah.
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: I'm kind of the same way. I think I have
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: a little bit more confidence in Oregon's defense than I
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: do USC's. So I feel like I lean that way,
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: but man, I can't get the Oklahoma state game out
• 21:41
  Speaker 1: of my mind. It's that's a tough one.
• 21:45
  Speaker 2: Um, all right.
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: Alabama, South Carolina, LSU, Texas, A & M, Georgia, Oklahoma, best,
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: best chance of an upset.
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: Um, Best chance of an upset. You know, not Oklahoma.
• 22:03
  Speaker 2: If John Mateer needs somebody to tell him where to throw,
• 22:05
  Speaker 2: he's there.
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: I don't think Athens is going to help him in that.
• 22:08
  Speaker 2: No, and they ran the ball 20 times. Running backs,
• 22:11
  Speaker 2: 20 carries for 46 yards against New Mexico. Now you're
• 22:13
  Speaker 2: going to Athens. Not that one. I'm not saying it's
• 22:16
  Speaker 2: going to be 50-0. George Kirby's not like that. But
• 22:18
  Speaker 2: 28-7 is a freaking blowout in a game like that
• 22:21
  Speaker 2: where two good defensive teams. I'm going South Carolina, Alabama.
• 22:25
  Speaker 2: And the only reason I'm saying that is because the
• 22:27
  Speaker 2: Knowles put up 36 last year. And one thing I
• 22:31
  Speaker 2: know about Kendall Browse and he has Lenore Sellers is
• 22:34
  Speaker 2: if FSU can score, South Carolina is going to be
• 22:36
  Speaker 2: able to score. And the key there for South Carolina
• 22:40
  Speaker 2: is can you win a game 41-38 at Alabama? I
• 22:45
  Speaker 2: think I'm a big Kalen DeBoer fan, but That's my
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: upset type of game I'm looking at, and I'm not
• 22:51
  Speaker 2: saying it's going to happen. I think Alabama's favored by
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: double digits for a reason. But if you're saying, ooh,
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: you've got to look at that FSU last week and
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: that 50-36 game, South Carolina is probably a better version
• 23:05
  Speaker 2: of that with Lenore Sellers offensively, and they may not
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: have chroma. But that one would be the upset game.
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: A & M, I think they're going to come out.
• 23:12
  Speaker 2: I mean, they played patty cakes and got smacked last week. Kentucky,
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: the basketball school, came in and physically beat them up.
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: That is embarrassing and demoralizing for the A & M
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: fan base. So A & M is going to come
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: out physical. LSU is going to be reeling because they
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: lost two– they not only lost the game last week,
• 23:30
  Speaker 2: they lost two first-round picks, Deshaun Spears and Tredez Green. Yeah. Yeah.
• 23:35
  Speaker 2: I don't care how much talent you have. You just
• 23:37
  Speaker 2: lost two future first-round picks, or at least a first
• 23:40
  Speaker 2: and a second. So I think A & M' s going
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: to give it a fight, but I like LSU in
• 23:46
  Speaker 2: that game. I think LSU is going to destroy A
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: & M' s offensive line. I think Baker's going to put
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: pressure on Reed, and we've seen what Reed does with pressure.
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: We talked about a lot of points being scored. The
• 24:01
  Speaker 1: over-under for Michigan-Iowa is 38.5.
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: How, how low of an under would you take in that?
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: Like what, where would you still like, how low would it,
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: or do you like the over in that game anyway?
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: Like how low would that under have to get for
• 24:12
  Speaker 1: you to say, all right, I won't take the under there.
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: Cause I'll take it at 38 and a half.
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: Um, yeah. Probably.
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: Did you take it at like 31? Like, is that
• 24:20
  Speaker 1: too much?
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: No, I think that's too much because flute plays specialty. Yeah.
• 24:23
  Speaker 1: 17, 14, 34 and a half.
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: Yeah. Yeah.
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: I think it's ugly. I think it's so ugly. And
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: I think both teams are fine with that. Obviously, Michigan
• 24:33
  Speaker 1: would like to score more points with Bryce. But do
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: you have a pick in that one?
• 24:38
  Speaker 2: I really don't. I'll say Michigan in that game.
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: Yeah, I think Bryce makes one play late with his
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: legs like he did against Oklahoma.
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: Can I say that? Because I think Whittingham, he's a
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: really good coach, and that team will keep getting better
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: under his leadership. They're going to keep improving. They're not
• 24:54
  Speaker 2: voided talent at Michigan.
• 24:57
  Speaker 1: And then this one, Tennessee, Texas, I told you off air, I'm,
• 25:00
  Speaker 1: I'm going to this. So I'm super excited. I won't,
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: I'm not wearing either shade of orange, but I will
• 25:03
  Speaker 1: be there. Me and me and the president, I guess
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: not sitting together. But I think he'll probably be in
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: a little bit better seats than I will. The, the
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: four and a half, five and a half point spreads,
• 25:15
  Speaker 1: Texas cover that. How close is this? What's the final score?
• 25:18
  Speaker 2: I'm at 27, 20 Texas. I could see, I can
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: see a scenario where Texas wins by two touchdowns in
• 25:25
  Speaker 2: this game. I'm not sure I see a scenario where
• 25:28
  Speaker 2: Tennessee could. So I lean more– I give the home
• 25:32
  Speaker 2: field its just due in respect for the schedule. That's
• 25:38
  Speaker 2: a tough place to play. I think Texas is the
• 25:41
  Speaker 2: better football team. I think if this was a neutral
• 25:43
  Speaker 2: site game, I'd take Texas by two touchdowns. But I
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: think that home field, the buildup around this game, it's
• 25:50
  Speaker 2: going to be super physical. I got Texas 27-20. Um, and, and,
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: and I think it may feel like a bigger win
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: for Texas and the scoreboard.
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: Yeah. I think if you're Tennessee, you're kind of hoping
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: for a repeat of that, um, that Georgia game from
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: last year where you have some explosives early, get up,
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: Texas is going to fight back, but then maybe you
• 26:09
  Speaker 1: make the kick at the end of the game instead
• 26:12
  Speaker 1: of missing it. If you miss another one, just, you know,
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: pray for, pray for the volunteers fans. So What do
• 26:17
  Speaker 1: you guys have coming this week? I know you'll, you'll
• 26:19
  Speaker 1: do a watch along tomorrow and then you've got more
• 26:21
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• 26:23
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• 26:26
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• 26:30
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• 26:32
  Speaker 1: Fans will be there. I guarantee you that.
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: They'll be there. So that's an 11 start to the game.
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: We have a, then we have a, another after we
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: have post game right after that live post game. Then
• 26:44
  Speaker 2: we have a couple other shows following. And then we're
• 26:46
  Speaker 2: going to have a little live hangout at 7 p.m.
• 26:49
  Speaker 2: Saturday night to come in and watch A & M
• 26:52
  Speaker 2: and LSU and have some fun with us and talk
• 26:54
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• 26:57
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• 27:00
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• 27:08
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• 27:23
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