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Notre Dame... It's Time For a SERIOUS Conversation About the Fighting Irish! · College Football Addiction: A Show About All Things College Football

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  Speaker 1: Notre Dame beats UNC in a ring-filled sloppy contest. This
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  Speaker 1: was on the road, right? This was at North Carolina.
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  Speaker 1: In a game that was probably closer than some people expected.
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  Speaker 1: They find a way to get it done. There was
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  Speaker 1: a big turning point in this game. I thought when
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  Speaker 1: North Carolina got a stop at the goal line, which
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  Speaker 1: would have been a 28-7 game, it stayed at 21-7. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: UNC went down and scored to make it a one-score game.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think this game was ever really in doubt.
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  Speaker 1: It felt like Notre Dame was just trying to get
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  Speaker 1: out of there. But we are presented by PrizePix. Tom's
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  Speaker 1: gone first all night, so I'll let Cole start us
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  Speaker 1: off on this one.
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  Speaker 2: This is one of those times where I won't say
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  Speaker 2: that you came away super impressed with Notre Dame, but
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  Speaker 2: the score does not indicate how it looked. C.J. Carr
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  Speaker 2: was awesome.
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  Speaker 3: C.J.
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  Speaker 2: Carr was a surgeon out there. And if that's the
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  Speaker 2: one takeaway that I can have with Notre Dame is
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  Speaker 2: that the quarterback play has been phenomenal this year and
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  Speaker 2: it's getting better at overtime. Yeah, he only threw for 234.
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  Speaker 2: He had four touchdowns. I think he found like seven
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  Speaker 2: different receivers. Faison had two big catches and he finished
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  Speaker 2: like a buck 22. A buck 132 and two scores.
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  Speaker 2: Gilbert had a couple of big-time plays. Walton got involved.
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  Speaker 2: Your run game, you finally figured it out. Now, again,
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  Speaker 2: we've been waiting for it to kind of come into motion,
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  Speaker 2: but you figured it out. You averaged 5.4 yards of play.
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  Speaker 2: Walton made some big plays in the backfield. James made
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  Speaker 2: some plays. Williams got involved. There's things to like about
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  Speaker 2: where this team is going underneath Dembrock in the middle
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  Speaker 2: of the month of October. On top of that, your defense...
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  Speaker 2: It wasn't the worst. I mean, you allowed a little
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  Speaker 2: bit too close for comfort, but also keep in mind,
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  Speaker 2: one of the reasons why it was 21-20 wasn't because
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  Speaker 2: your offense gave up a pick six or your defense
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  Speaker 2: gave up a big time play. It was because of
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  Speaker 2: special teams that happened. Like they got an opening kickoff,
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  Speaker 2: taking it back to the house and they muffed on
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  Speaker 2: the PAT, which is why it was a one point affair.
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  Speaker 2: You look at the numbers and the production, it's like
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  Speaker 2: there was never a question mark of when was Notre
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  Speaker 2: Dame going to be able to come on back in
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  Speaker 2: this game. They dominated. They beat them in first down coverage.
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  Speaker 2: They outgained them by 200 yards. Billy Edwards had two
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  Speaker 2: big turnovers that were terrible. And honestly, the score should
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  Speaker 2: have been more. It's just you got a really good
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  Speaker 2: stop from that front four of North Carolina inside of
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  Speaker 2: the red zone at the goal line that kept it
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  Speaker 2: from being a 45-26 win. So like, Notre Dame is
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  Speaker 2: handling business. And the one thing I will say, and
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  Speaker 2: I think that we're really hard on Notre Dame, probably
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  Speaker 2: harder than some people actually like us to be because
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  Speaker 2: we don't go ahead and we don't kiss Notre Dame's ass.
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  Speaker 2: The one thing I will commend Notre Dame on is
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  Speaker 2: they don't schedule those hoity-toity games against, you know, Western
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  Speaker 2: Michigan or Northern Illinois as part of their non-conference schedule
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  Speaker 2: because they don't have a conference. They at least play
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  Speaker 2: powerful teams. This is a powerful team and you handle
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  Speaker 2: business against them. on the road, in a weird environment,
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  Speaker 2: and you were able to make it work. So credit
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  Speaker 2: where credit's due. Offensively, you looked really good. Defensively, you
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  Speaker 2: got some things to clean on up. But you're undefeated still.
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  Speaker 2: You're gaining more ground. We won't know how good you
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  Speaker 2: can be until you face off against Miami. But to
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  Speaker 2: be fair, we're not going to know how good Miami
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  Speaker 2: is until they face off against you. So I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to say on one breath, yeah, they continue to make
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  Speaker 2: the plays and they continue to do a lot of good.
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  Speaker 2: And there's things you can come away with a little
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  Speaker 2: bit underwhelmed with, but at the same time know that
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  Speaker 2: there's room for improvement and they're going to figure it out.
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  Speaker 2: I got to say about one team, I'm going to
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  Speaker 2: say about the other. Notre Dame went into a place
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  Speaker 2: that wasn't home and they handled business and they won
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  Speaker 2: by double digits and it was close, but it really
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  Speaker 2: shouldn't have been.
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  Speaker 1: Tom, thoughts on Notre Dame?
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  Speaker 3: Every week they get better. That should scare people. CJ
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  Speaker 3: Carr gets better every single week. To win this one
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  Speaker 3: going away in the fourth quarter, third and fourth quarter,
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  Speaker 3: three consecutive scores with no response from UNC on the scoreboard.
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  Speaker 3: If you're a Notre Dame fan, it's like, yeah, we
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  Speaker 3: wish we would have given up less points to Cole's
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  Speaker 3: point on the road against an inferior UNC team. Credit
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  Speaker 3: to UNC, the fact that they fought and they kept
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  Speaker 3: this close to the point that they had a lead
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  Speaker 3: early and they were down by one point in the
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  Speaker 3: third quarter, you know, like they kept this thing close relatively,
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  Speaker 3: but CJ Carr has weapons to play with. There's not
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  Speaker 3: a true alpha game changer, one touch wide receiver pass
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  Speaker 3: catcher by any means, but they've got multiple threats. And
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  Speaker 3: I prefer that within a passing game, kind of, we've
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  Speaker 3: talked about what Ohio state's doing and they're force feeding
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  Speaker 3: Jeremiah Smith. Clearly it's working, but if you've got, three
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  Speaker 3: or four guys and you have to protect every blade
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  Speaker 3: of grass, CJ Carr will tear that apart. He is
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  Speaker 3: in the same category, in my opinion, as a Julian
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  Speaker 3: saying in terms of if you don't disrupt his feet
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  Speaker 3: and his timing in the pocket, you just give him
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  Speaker 3: time to pick you apart. Sometimes it's not even that
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  Speaker 3: sexy to look at with CJ Carr. It's just very
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  Speaker 3: clinical and methodical. So I like the way he plays
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  Speaker 3: and they're finding answers in the running game. It's a
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  Speaker 3: little bit more of the room working together as a whole.
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  Speaker 3: I think we all thought, man, are they going to
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  Speaker 3: have answers after Love and Price went off to the
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  Speaker 3: National Football League? I wouldn't say they have the same
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  Speaker 3: level of ability at the running back position. They got
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  Speaker 3: a lot of solid guys. They got a good offensive line,
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  Speaker 3: and they're working on the running game every single week,
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  Speaker 3: and they're getting better. So I think that should scare
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  Speaker 3: teams that play Notre Dame, and that should scare teams
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  Speaker 3: that await Notre Dame come the college football playoff because
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  Speaker 3: at that point, You could care less what the scoreboard
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  Speaker 3: looks like. Just find a way to win. And they
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  Speaker 3: won this going away to what Cole had said. They
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  Speaker 3: finished really strong. That's the mark of a great team.
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  Speaker 2: By the way, real fast before Tom, TJ goes, the
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  Speaker 2: performance that we saw, even with all the.
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  Speaker 1: Slop that was out there, That was my point. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you got it.
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  Speaker 2: Do you think that that team could still win it
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  Speaker 2: at BYU?
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  Speaker 1: I'll tell you, that is an interesting litmus test for
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  Speaker 1: them because BYU did the same thing on the road
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  Speaker 1: in Fort Worth, and their defense is really freaking good.
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  Speaker 1: Their offense with LJ Martin is worrisome, but they're also
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  Speaker 1: just the definite. They hadn't won in Fort Worth. I
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  Speaker 1: know this is not a BYU wrap-up, but they hadn't
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  Speaker 1: won in Fort Worth in 20 years. 2006 was the
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  Speaker 1: last time they'd won a game in Fort worth. That
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  Speaker 1: is where good seasons had gone to die for them.
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  Speaker 1: And so it was more than just a game. I
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  Speaker 1: know TCU is not great. TCU was averaging, giving up
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  Speaker 1: just 12 points a game coming into this thing. So
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  Speaker 1: their defense has been really good this year. Sloppy, rain filled,
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  Speaker 1: low scoring contests where their defense was really good. I'm
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  Speaker 1: very interested to see from both perspectives, what I think
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  Speaker 1: is a really good BYU defense and a, and a good,
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  Speaker 1: and another name team that I think is better than BYU.
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  Speaker 1: But I, Yeah. I mean, if they could, I think
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  Speaker 1: BYU is a lot better than North Carolina. So I
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  Speaker 1: do think Notre Dame probably needs to play a tick
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  Speaker 1: better than they did this weekend in Provo. Hopefully weather
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  Speaker 1: conditions will be a little bit better, but that's unpredictable.
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  Speaker 1: I think it'll be a little bit more of a
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  Speaker 1: challenging environment. I think Notre Dame fans will do really
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  Speaker 1: great showing up out there, but BYU won't, you know, they,
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  Speaker 1: I think they'll have a lower percentage of fans. Like
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  Speaker 1: that'll be a more intense environment. BYU fans have been
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  Speaker 1: talking about this game since it was scheduled. And I
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  Speaker 1: would expect them to pack it out and be pretty,
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  Speaker 1: they get pretty hostile for, for not, not hostile, but
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  Speaker 1: pretty wild for, for being, you know, fairly sober as a,
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  Speaker 1: as a general crowd. So they're, they're high on the Lord,
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  Speaker 1: but that's it. So, yeah, I mean, I, I do,
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  Speaker 1: I do. Yeah. I was going to say like the,
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  Speaker 1: the Davo would be upset at me saying somebody else was,
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  Speaker 1: but no, I think, I mean, yes, they can absolutely
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  Speaker 1: get it done. They probably need to play a little
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  Speaker 1: bit better than they did against North Carolina just so
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  Speaker 1: that that thing doesn't go down to the wire, which
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  Speaker 1: they very well may.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but at the same time, I don't know if
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  Speaker 2: the secondary of BYU is going to stop what we
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  Speaker 2: saw from C.J.
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  Speaker 3: Carr.
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  Speaker 2: Even with the faults that we saw defensively. Now it's
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  Speaker 2: one of those things where the defense, like the defense
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  Speaker 2: allowed an easy touchdown to Jelani Thurman right before halftime.
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  Speaker 2: Like you look at that and you say to yourself, okay,
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  Speaker 2: we got to be better prepared for that. is bear
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  Speaker 2: Bachmeier at the weather situations, which we just saw down
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  Speaker 2: at TCU. We're in the same display. He's going to
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  Speaker 2: find a weapon that's built like Jelani Thurman better yet.
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  Speaker 2: Is there a weapon on a team like BYU that
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  Speaker 2: is as good as Jelani Thurman to where that's where
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  Speaker 2: I ask it in that standpoint?
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  Speaker 1: I'm not sure, but no, I don't think so. Like,
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  Speaker 1: I think you're right there. Um, I mean, overall, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I don't think they're going to be tested in an
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  Speaker 1: incredible way until they get to that Miami game.
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  Speaker 2: Yep. I agree. It's fair.
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  Speaker 3: BYU will play them tough, and I encourage Irish fans
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  Speaker 3: to go to Provo and soak it all in. Phrasing. Nothing?
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  Speaker 1: Nothing?
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  Speaker 2: Bummer.
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