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Episode 50: Get Ready for the Ultimate SEC Football Season Preview! · The Crazy Sheet - CFB Handicapping

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Ladies and gentlemen. Boys and girls, It's that time you've been waiting for
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since last December January sometime. The crazy sheets back twenty twenty Four's here,
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college football, playoff, new conferences, realignment, the nil. The world's
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fucking crazy. Let's enjoy it. I'm marking. I'm here in the podcasting
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studio. Scotty, how the hell are you, brother? It's been a
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while, man, I'm great excited to talk a little football man and is
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basically pawn us win to just look into July. I mean it is.
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I mean it is here. NFL teams were reporting to camps. Man,
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it's here. It's almost so I'm excited looking forward to it. I don't
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know why, because I think my bulldogs are gonna suck ass, but I
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think the Rebels are gonna be really good. So you know, I don't
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know why I'm all fired up about it, but I'm fired up just the
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same man, you and I this year. If you're gonna get an objective
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view of teams around the country this year from Scotty and I think this year
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is the year to get it because both of our alma maters WOA. We
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might not have ten wins between the two teams. I think it's entirely possible.
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I will say that the drop to three and a half on Missipi State's
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over under win total makes me lean to the over. But and notice I
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said lean, because I could easily see this team being I mean, black
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shaven gets hurt. Hell, this team's gonna be lucky to win anything.
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I mean, I mean, it's just and it's only because our quarterbacks are
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so the quarterback room is so young, you know, behind him. So
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the goal for Levy this year is to just literally show something on offense that
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will excite recruits in the fan base, because candidly, this defense is not
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going to be very good. He is recruiting significantly better than I thought he
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would in this first year, especially in life of the success that oldness is
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having, So please buy that. But Stave, missipis also loaded too,
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so I mean you ought to be able to get your fair share. So
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but anyway, that's you're right. We may not win ten games between us,
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but I do lean at three and a half to over because we do
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have some we do play some bad teams, and the teams that are closest
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to State in the in the league, they get a couple of them at
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home, so that's a good that at least gives you a fighting shot.
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They'll they'll end by complete drubbing in Oxford, UH to end that year which
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Lane, And it is very clear Levy is not a Lane fan. No
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one's told me this. I have actually been privy to a conversation, so
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I know, but I'm not going to talk about that. But I don't
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think they like each other very much. And based on media days that we
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all saw, I think it really pisses him off, all the needling and
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stuff that he does. I just don't think he thinks Kippen's a good dude
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at his core. So anyway, there you go. I will say this.
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You'll get a good laugh out of this, because everybody knows my opinion
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of Art Briles. I have an open invitation if he would like to go
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to a ball game, and he's welcome to go with me. I've made
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this two people in the program as well, and if somebody doesn't like it,
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they're gonna get told exactly what the hell I think, because, as
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I've said more couple of times, if you're stupid enough to think the football
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coach can make great allegations go away, and you're too stupid for me to
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talk to. So there's our Mississippi State highlight coverage for the entire year.
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You can shut it down if you're from Stark, Vegas and just be ready
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to enjoy the season. No, I'm kidding. College football, man,
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it's so right back on top of it. We've got new coaches, we've
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got a different lot of things that have moved around. Things are changing.
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We're gonna do a quick recap. We're gonna go ahead and dive into the
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monster of the SEC. We'll knock out the Big ten tomorrow. Start putting
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these things out as fast as we can. The game has changed, man.
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The video games back out. For those of you that like video games,
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it's E twenty five or whatever it is. Come. I haven't played
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that since I was in college. But see, people seem to be excited
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about it. I talked to a kid last time, so fired up about
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it. I mean just just absolutely out of control. I mean just absolutely
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just NonStop. That's all they are is upstairs want to play. I love
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it. Love bringing the excitement back to the game. There's a lot that's
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wrong with it, but man, It's always been an imperfect sport that we
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can get in there, Scotty. First thing I want to talk about with
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major college coaching changes, major changes coming into this year. Number one,
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let's talk about the team that won the Natty. Jimmy Khaki Pants did exactly
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what we thought he would do, which was say, ef it, man,
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I'm just riding off in the sunset, so I don't care what y'all
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say at the end of it. And we ring Sharon Moore in to take
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over the Michigan job. We've talked about this time and time again. Bro,
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Big jobs need big coaches, and I like Sharon Moore and I think
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he could do some good things. But this is a hard spot to start
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as your first coaching gig ever, be taking over Michigan after winning a Natty.
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I don't know that his pants can he can pull these up tight enough
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to do the doing well this season. You know what, It's so funny
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that because I think you and I totally agree on this, I think he
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absolutely earned the job with everything that went on with hardball. Instead, honestly,
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Michigan was kind of at a basketball they had to hire it. Yeah,
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I mean, because he's done such a good job. I think you
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lose that locker room if you don't pick him. I really believe that.
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Having said that, man first year coach, first year coaches are going to
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struggle. We talked about it last year. We hit that over under win
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total little Mississippi State simply because he was a simply because he was a first
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year coach, and he lost games he should have won. That's the bottom
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line, and that is I think exactly what's going to happen this year with
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trum Moore. Even though I really like him, I don't know how good
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the idea of ground and pound is gonna be. I know they're gonna have
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a great defense, but this is not nineteen ninety. It is a different
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world out there, and there are some teams that can score in this league.
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So and it has not worked well for James Franklin at Fenn State,
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so I don't think it's a good idea. So anyway, we'll see about
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there. I think long term it's a good hire. I think he'll do
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well, but I do expect them to struggle more than expected this year,
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even though I think that defense canna be great. Calen de Boor takes over
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Alabama. I think a lot of people that weren't like total college football nerds
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like you and I might have been a little surprised about that because they probably
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didn't know who Kaylen de Boor was until last season when he took Washington into
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the NATTY. I like the higher I like what he's done with the roster
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since he's gotten there. I think he's done a really good job in recruiting.
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I am very interested to see Jalen Milroe this season and see what he's
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gonna do. Because if Kaylen de Boer can do anything that we've seen,
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it's he pushes the ball downfield, which Jalen Milroe can do. Uh.
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And I like, I think we're gonna see a lot of Jalen Milroe legs.
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I mean, I watched his kid play in high school and and he's
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he's a powerful man. And I think we're gonna see a little bit more
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explosive offense out of Alabama this year. I really do. The offensive line
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is gonna have to gel and get better. Uh. That was a problem
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last year. Last year it was so overlooked. The center for Alabama last
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year could not snap the damn ball. And I think that really actually caused
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him some problems. Yeah and so and so there's a lot going on there.
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But anyway, I like what de Bor's done. Offensive line has been
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shuffled, They've moved the center out to guard. I like what you've got
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on this team. Defensively, I think they're defensively is my biggest question mark
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with Bama this season. But I think they're gonna put points up in bunches.
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But I like what Debor's done. I think he stepped in nicely and
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he's going to keep the Alabama moving in a positive direction. I think Kaylyn
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de Bor was the best hire Alabama could have made, because at the end
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of the day, everybody was all they're going after Dan Lanny. First off,
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I don't believe that. I think Kaitlyn de Bor's who where they were
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after the whole time. I think that is agent money moving around. Jimmy
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Sexton, goodness gracious, that guy can move tips on the board. Have
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a great story about him and the Jeff Levy higher we'll get into later,
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but it is a I mean, the guy can move chips on the board,
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and just I think that's who was always going there. He was just
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getting other guys money. I don't think Dan Lanning is better higher than Kaylyn
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Bor. I'll tell you, I think the was a better football coach.
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I think he's I think he's what Bama had to have. They needed somebody
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who could get an offense roll and get it back Sartwise, Sart was not
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leaving Texas for Obama. And obviously, you know you're not gonna get You're
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not going to get some of the guys who've been in that Bama program that
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are already at big jobs. I mean that I saw people when it first
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happened that were like, well, what's Georgia gonna do? Man, if
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you thought that he was leaving Georgia to take Alabama, you are so stupid
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that I truly can't talk to you. Because Kirby smarts and a lum,
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I mean, loves that school. I mean, that was just stupid.
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So I think Debora was a great hire. He's done a much better job
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recruiting than I think anybody expected, and really has that Alabama fan base excited.
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Offensively. The dude is a wizard on offense. I mean, look
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that I loved that Washington team. Everybody knows it. Last year that was
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not one of the two most talented teams in the country. They were good,
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but they weren't that good, and we saw it when they started really
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playing. I mean, man, Michigan just overpowered them, and I think
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Alabama was gonna do the same thing. Had they played on Candid Lake,
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Texas probably should have. I think as a failure on Sarch Park. A
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couple of other hires I thought were great. Jonathan Smith going to Michigan State.
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I think it's a fantastic higher Oregon State. People don't realize how hard
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it is to build that program to where it is. I think him at
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Michigan State is a really good fit. I also think him coming in when
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Michigan's having to reboot their coaching tree is going to be a big deal.
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I like him a lot. I don't think they're going to be very good
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this year. Little teaser, but the under on Houston and if you can
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get it under four and a half, grab it. I love me some
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Willie Fritz, but I don't think this team is going to be good at
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all this season. They weren't good his first year at Tulane and so I
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think he's gonna get it right. But that roster is a long way away.
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I like the Elk Fritz and such a difference coach and such a more
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of a discipline response disability guy coming in after Holderson's just a train wreck as
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zeroed out. Couldn't agree with a couple other hires. I like the Elko
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hired A and M. I think it's a we needed a quiet, strong
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voice for A and M after Jimbo was such a disaster. I mean,
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it was just and I think Elco's in a good spot. The roster's good.
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He did a good job of pulling guys back in. He recruited well,
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so I'm interested to see what Elko's done. A couple others I'm interested
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in. I thought that John summer All hired at Tulane was great. I
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know, I know most people don't even know who that guy is, but
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I think that was a great Tulane is proving to me that they are all
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in on trying to be a good football team. I mean, with what
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they've got making that higher. I love Kirk Signetti going to Indiana after being
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at James Madison. I thought that was a really good move on his part,
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and I think Indiana could be one of those you're gonna get some big
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numbers that you could lay into with Indiana in this big ten schedule. I'll
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be real interested as they want to do. And then my last two are
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out West Fish going to Washington again. I don't think this team is going
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to be very good this year, but I really like the hire. And
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then way down the ladder, let's go all the way to the mountain West
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where life's too short to huddle. Sean Lewis going to San Diego State.
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I think this is a great hire after years of defense and just slog it
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out games, and then you kind of had Barry Hope just trying to do
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whatever he was going to do to finish his career, and you bring in
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a high flying offense that's gonna go, go, go, go go.
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And I think being in southern California and being in a G five level,
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this is a there's talent out there that you could build this program around.
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So that's kind of where I am at on the hires. What about you?
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You got any that you like out there? I love my probably my
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favorite higher I'll just give you a couple of couple of quick ones. Brennan
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is probably my favorite hire. I think he's walking into a tremendous situation.
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I think he's got a great quarterback. He's in Arizona. By the way,
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if you don't know who that it is, Aridonia. Yeah. I
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think McMillan is one of the best wide receivers in the country. I think
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that guy is electric. I think they're gonna do some great, great things
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at Arizona. Love him going into the conference. I will also stay out
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west and give you my gonna be a complete and utter disaster, and this
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program is a train wreck to Shaun Foster in UCLA. I mean, the
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guy's never been a head coach. It's he's coached running backs, which is
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not a generally a spot where that's generally a recruiting spot. That's not where
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you transition into head coaches very often. Look, the guy was a tremendous
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player, so it's not like he doesn't understand the game. I think this
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is a gigantic learning curve with them rolling into a conference that there just simply
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isn't the ability to roll in on a learning curve. I think this is
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gonna be a complete and uttered disaster, and I think they're changing directions.
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You talk about schools that are making commitments to be good. In Tulane,
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this is a school that's making a commitment to suck. I would think.
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I think his UCLA job is completely overrated. Not hard, because it's a
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hard job. They play off tampus. Did you see ESPN's ranking of top
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of top venues. Are we talking about the Rose Bowl? Are we talking
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about every Saturday when that place is a damn tomb and you Seela's playing out
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there, because that's different. Yeah, Rose Bowl is awesome. That's one
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day a year. That place in remotely one of the twenty five best places
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to play in America. I mean that was laughable. I mean, to
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me, whoever wrote that, and I don't even I saw the first couple
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of spots, I just put it down. You got you've got the Rose
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Bowl ranked over Happy Valley. Really, I mean, that's just stupidity.
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Whoever wrote that's an idiot and should be banned from sports writing forever. So
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anyway, I think that UCLA job is a really, really tough job.
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I think it's gonna be I think that's not gonna end well. So having
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said that, that's my favorite, and my these favorites, and they're back
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to back states and out west, and that is probably not what people expected.
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I do like the Jeff Levy high a Mississippi State. I think if
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anyone can get Mississippi State turned around, it's gonna take a guy like this
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who's got a unique offense, who can make some things happen. I thought
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State's final couple of guys were actually really good. John some rawls on that
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list. I don't think there was ever really any doubt that he was gonna
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end up with Levy for a couple of reasons, but you know him being
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at the new ad Ben an ex Oklahoma guy, and I think that's where
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Sexton wanted Levy. So I do think Levy is a up and coming guy,
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which gives me some hope. State is a hard job, and it's
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getting harder by the day that they simply just have got to figure out how
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to come up with the money to compete in N I L and they just
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don't. We just don't have it. I mean, that's the bottom line.
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We are not on par with everybody else in the Southeastern Conference. So
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it's a tough job. Last week, I'm gonna point out, how about
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my man Jerry Kill taking his quarterback and Digo Pavia to go to Vandy to
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go coach there, and then they bring in Bronco Menden Hall in New Mexico.
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I mean, if Minden Hall gets them to a bowl game this year,
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that guy needs I don't know what his overall record's gonna be. You
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gotta needs a big college football Hall of Fame. Absolutely he does. You
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have to win over so I think you gotta win sixty six sixty five percent
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of your games to be in the hall, because you saw what happens when
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Leaches one game was is total bs. If you give him the ball,
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win, he wins, he gets in, or you take out the COVID
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year where where we played ten SEC games and he and he and he gets
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in. And then too, Mike, if Mike Lea's in the Hall of
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Famer, you need to do away with the Hall of Fame. That has
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nothing to do with Mississippi State. That guy changed the game. Oh,
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I completely A few people change games. That guy change the game. If
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he's not a Hall of Famer, then it's not really a Hall of fame.
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I would completely agree with you, and I love the fact that what
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the average I need to research this what's the average win total for Tech for
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Mississippi State and Washington State career wise, not including Leech and then with Leech,
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because I guarantee you it's significantly higher at most schools. I know State's
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an under five hundred program for its career. So I'm just telling you I
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think the guy's a Hall of t Yeah. Tech, I'll know when we
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get to the Big twelve and I'll research that, But I think the Tech
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was closed because I've researched this. Once Washington State he significantly outperformed, and
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he outperformed Atssissippi State as well. They were similar if I remember right at
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Tech, but because I've looked at it, I just can't remember the numbers
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to lay it out there. But the guy's a Hall of famer. That's
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the bottom line. Tech has not had a I'll throw you for a good
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one right here. I don't think Tech has had a without a bowl game.
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I'm not sure Tech's had a winning record since twenty fifteen. Yeah,
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twenty fifteen was the last time Matt Wells had one winning record, but he
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had to win the Liberty Bowl to get there. So Tech since Mike Leach
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has just is muddled around at best. But no, that's beside the point.
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We'll talk about all that stuff later. They don't even have to worry
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about it, Scotty. I want to dive into the SEC, the most
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interesting conference, the biggest conference. Obviously, unless you're asleep under a rock
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somewhere, you got to realize that what they're doing in the SEC is going
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to in turn dictate what we're doing in college football, which is probably how
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it should be, because this is a conference that is better run, more
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invested than anybody else in the country in college football. If you haven't paid
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attention, things are going to change this year. The College Football Playoff is
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now a twelve team tournament. The top four teams will get buy as that
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opening weekend, and to get the buye you have to be a conference winner
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of a power for conference, So SEC, Big twelve, Big ten,
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ACC is how you get a buy All other buys will be at large.
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One G five team will get admitted into the College Football Championship. They will
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decide seeding based on where you're ranked, and that will dictate who gets the
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home field for the opening games, which I think is a really neat twist
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on something we haven't seen at the Division IE level of college football. They've
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been doing this at the lower level forever. Another interesting thing, Most conferences,
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all but one, have gone away from divisions, and so in a
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sense, they're going to take the two best teams in that conference to play
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for a conference championship, which to me doesn't make a ton of sense for
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a lot of these schools. But we'll figure that out as we go.
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I do not know what the tiebreaker is in the SEC to determine if it's
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a if they're tied on what gets Okay, I didn't know. I haven't
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seen it because every year it's a little bit every conference is a little bit
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different on how they've decided that they're going to do that. But they still
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will be in Atlanta. It will be the weekend after the Army Navy game.
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That'll be standing or excuse me, the weekend before the Army Navy games.
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All right, No, we get after the Army Episode's right there,
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standalone championship weekend. Then we'll follow that up the following weekend by diving right
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into the playoffs, which I like, not taking a month off and starting
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this again and just keep these teams rolling and keeping some momentum. I think
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that's a good idea, So SEC laying it out there, Scottie. Obviously,
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the betting favorite in the SEC is gonna be Georgia. They bring back
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a lot. I'm gonna suggest we kind of roll through the SEC. We
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don't have to hit every team. If you want to do a deep dive
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on some you can. We'll scrape through. But I'm just gonna go alphabetical
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and looking what we've got here, I'll start with Bama. Uh. You
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know, when you look at this Bama team, they bring in a new
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head coach and Kaitlin de Boor. Uh. They bring back a lot of
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talent around the offensive side. They bring back Proctor and Booker on the offensive
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line. Outside, there are a lot of new skill position talent. But
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they bring back ja Jalen Milroe, which I think you're gonna see big things
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out of him. Uh. And so offensive with this Bama team, I
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think you're still going to see some explosion. This team went twelve and two
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last year. They put some points up. I think they could be more
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dynamic offensively this year than they were last year. Defensively is where I've got
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some questions, especially on the back end. Malaco Moore is the only returning
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started that they bring back in that defensive secondary. But I'm even worried about
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them in the you know, that's where I wonder are they going to struggle?
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And because there's if this is going to be the best crop of SEC
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quarterbacks that you and I have seen since we've started doing this. As far
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as top to bottom goes, this is going to be the most offensive conference
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we have ever seen the SEC beat this year. This looks very big,
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twelve ish over the last couple of years. There's a lot of talent here
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and I'm excited to watch it all. But this Vama team. I'm looking
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for this Bama team. If Vegas odds nine and a half, we're not
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used to seeing a nine and a half over under win total Onbama. I
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mean, this was a team that we've had to bet eleven and a half
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eleven's if you wanted to get there a couple of times at nine and a
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half, and they're not the betting favorite to win the championship with Georgia.
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Being that, I like this Bamba team. I'm very interested what you got.
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I think you're gonna get some value on betting this Bama team as the
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season goes on. I'm also looking for a lot of totals because I think
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this team's gonna hang some numbers. Yeah, I do think they're gonna score,
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and I do think their defense is not gonna be as good, and
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I think the SEC is gonna be better. This is the worst schedule draw
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I think I've ever seen Vama get in the league. They usually get a
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cupcake, and they did not get a cupcake this year. I mean,
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they're they're Tennessee at LSU at Oklahoma. I think all three of those games
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they win. If they're in Tuscaloosa, they can lose a couple of those
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on the road pretty easy. But they draw Georgia, South Carolina, Missouri,
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and Auburn on the other side. That's the that's their four home games
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there. Look, they're not as good as Georgia. I don't think.
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I don't think they're as good of a football team as Georgia. South Carolina
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is gonna be a better football team. I believe Missouri is a team on
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an offense. Especially if you talk about a game, we're gonna be looking
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at a total number. That could be a really fun game. When that
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game comes around over twenty six and then I think all I think Auburn's gonna
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be better, so I think they're getting some improving teams. I think nine
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and a half's exactly where that number ought to be. I don't see that
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they can that they will lose. This team's too talented and divorce Stu good
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of a coach for them to lose under lose more than three games, but
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I could easily see him doing it, especially if somebody gets banged up and
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they got to go to backup quarterbacks. Even though unlike Paul Finebaum, I
22:26
am a fan of their backup quarterback, I think he's gonna be a really
22:29
I think Simpson's gonna be a really really good player by the time it's all
22:32
said and done. Uh what you know, where he ends up in the
22:36
event he doesn't end up being the Bama quarterback will be kind of a sweet
22:38
stakes. He's a coach's kid, good player. So anyway, I like
22:41
Bama as well, but I think that over under win totals right about where
22:45
it should be. No, I agree. I've got interested in the second
22:48
week of the season when they play South Florida because the South Florida offense was
22:52
humming last year and game last year they almost almost beat them. I think
22:57
Bill Rose a better quarterback. I agree with you. I think I think.
23:00
I think you're going to see him run the ball more. Yeah,
23:03
that's gonna look as you know, the Borers got the ability to get guys
23:08
open down the field, and they certainly have no shortage of speed. So
23:11
in the weirdest move we're going to talk about in the SEC you've got Sam
23:15
Pittman Uncle Sam, So we're gonna call him off season just uncle Sam.
23:18
I love Sam. I think Sam is on the hot seat. I think
23:22
this is Sam's probably last year to coach at Arkansas. Hell did they not
23:26
fir him last year? And then to do it even stranger, Let's bring
23:30
back a celebrated disaster that one time coached at Arkansas until he rode himself into
23:37
a ditch with the ga on the back of his motorcycle and Bobby Petrino to
23:41
see if he can reboot this offense. kJ Jefferson is gone. He's transferred
23:45
to U. See f I do like the quarterback that they brought in from
23:49
Boise State. I think that dude. I watched the spring tape on this
23:53
and these guys were spinning the bean bro and Arkansas is going to be very
23:59
fast, needing to be in a sense from a betting standpoint, because they
24:02
got nothing to lose. Man, they're over under win totals four and a
24:04
half. You've got a coaching staff that knows if it's either get to a
24:08
bowl this year or you're all looking for jobs next year. I don't have
24:12
a total dig on their roster, but I just think it's an interesting Days
24:17
of our lives story that we may be playing some into their second game of
24:22
the year when they play at Oklahoma State. Could be fascinating because Oklahoma State,
24:26
I think, has got a chance to make the playoffs and win the
24:29
Big Twelve. They've got a lot of returning starters. I mean they returned
24:33
twenty two, so I think twenty one starters, whereas Nebraska or Arkansas hardly
24:36
brings back anything. And so I don't know what you're gonna get, but
24:38
I think it's an interesting story in Woo Pig suey, let's get the five
24:42
wins. Yeah, A that that's gonna be an interesting time. I agree
24:47
with you. I think this is Christman's last year. It would. I
24:51
just don't looking at this schedule, I don't know how in the world they
24:55
get BAWL eligible because again it's the teams they're the closest to in the conference,
25:00
Auburn, Mississippi State. They're on the road, you know, and
25:06
that is tough. I mean, I mean, are they gonna beat Texas
25:11
Ole, miss LSU and Tennessee at home? Probably not again at neutral like
25:17
they always do. Just can't see how this team gets over So no,
25:19
I would agree with that. Let's talk about Auburn year two, Hugh Freese
25:25
coming in here. This team underperformed last year, which we thought they would.
25:29
They did get better as the season went on. When Hugh free stepped
25:32
back in and took over that offense, you could start seeing it improve.
25:37
Peyton Thorne got more comfortable in it, he got better around it. As
25:40
we move into this season, this team thin is six and seven last year
25:42
three and five in the SEC. I see improve it from this team,
25:47
but I don't know that they have a chance to compete for the SEC championship
25:52
or to make it into the tournament. But from what I'm seeing and what
25:53
I'm reading about Auburn, I think they're gonna be all in in twenty twenty
25:56
five, Hugh Freeze did not go out and spent in money on getting a
26:00
new quarterback because I don't think he saw anybody that he thought he could bring
26:03
in that would automatically fix that team. With the roster and the shape it's
26:07
in, I think it's improved. I think we get more offensive production out
26:11
of them, But I don't think this team has a chance to win more
26:14
than eight games and does not make the College Football Playoff? Am I missing
26:17
anything on the planes? No, I do think they're going to be improved.
26:19
I think they have a legitimate chance to be that team that's in that
26:23
mesh of six seven wins that has a chance to step forward simply because of
26:29
where they play the teams. They get some home games against teams that are
26:33
maybe slightly better, but because it's at home, they'll have a chance to
26:36
win it. But I think Freeze is doing it the way he did it
26:40
in Ix, which is trying to build through the high school ranks into recruiting,
26:42
not the portal, which is a surprise because they'll miss I mean,
26:47
Auburn has money to go get it in the portal, but he is trying
26:52
to build it and bring guys in, and I think a lot of that's
26:53
got to do with culture and what he's trying to do, so I'll be
26:57
interesting. I do think next year is the year that Auburn will be what
27:02
I think people are expecting Auburn football to be. Florida Gators, Baby,
27:07
Sunbelt Billy. There can't be a team that's more talked about than this team
27:11
that did not win six games last year. Graham Mertz came in, Sunbelt
27:17
Billy came in. He's trying to build things long term. He recruited the
27:21
number one, you know quarterback in the country, or you could argue that
27:23
you did, but the Gatorade Player of the Year to Kid Lagway in this
27:27
freshman class. I thought Graham Mertz was better last year. I thought,
27:32
if you go look at his numbers, he's way better at Florida than he
27:34
was at Wisconsin, way better. But this team, to me looked a
27:40
little out of shape, kind of soft at times. I don't know that
27:42
they've got the physicality that's there. Their schedule this year is brutal. It's
27:48
gotta be one of the hardest schedules I've ever seen. I know we talk
27:51
about that. Every single year. They play eight teams that I've got power
27:55
ranked in the top twenty, and it is gonna be rough from beginning to
27:57
end. Even playing you is going to be tough for the squad. But
28:02
I like what I see from Florida. I think this team can get the
28:04
six wins. They're over under win totals four and a half. I lean
28:08
to the over, but I look to play Florida quite a bit this season.
28:14
Who thinks it's a good idea to play Miami, Florida State, and
28:18
uc F out of conference. I don't know who did this. I don't
28:21
know if it's got Strickland previous ad, I don't know, but boy,
28:23
that's a disaster. So Gator's got a tough schedule, a lot of conference.
28:29
I think that sets them up for some failure. They're also at Texas,
28:33
at Tennessee, They're at Florida State, They're at Mississippi State, and
28:37
then they played Georgia and the Cocktail Party. They just got a tough road
28:42
to hope and I think that is going to that's going to give them some
28:45
difficulty. I do think Sunbelt Billy's gonna be better. This team's significantly more
28:52
experienced than last year. That team was young and didn't have a lot of
28:55
experience. I do think they're gonna be significantly better. But can they get
29:00
Bowl eligible? I think they're gonna have to earn that. That is that
29:03
is who in two years of no bowl game, and all of a sudden,
29:07
they're gonna be thinking man Dan Mullen. Getting us to the group of
29:11
the UH to the six bowl games, not in the playoffs sure does look
29:15
like a good deal. I don't think that Billy Napier may be on his
29:21
last legs in Games one. We'll see, brother, but I'm gonna be
29:23
playing me in a lot of Florida this year. I think this team is
29:26
better than people expect. I really do. I'm interested to see their athleticism,
29:30
but I think this team's gonna be better. I will not be surprised
29:33
if we don't see some packages that involve the freshman quarterback in DJ Lagway for
29:37
two reasons. Number one of the kid's dynamic on his legs. Big kid
29:41
two hundred and twenty pounds, and he can motor. The second thing is
29:45
if Billy wants to keep that alumni support behind him, it's not a bad
29:48
idea to roll that freshman out there and get him some pt early so people
29:52
know that he's got a plan moving forward. So we'll see Lord is going
29:56
over that four and a half when total. I think so too. I
29:57
think so too. Let's talk TALKO by Florida's bitter rival, the Georgia Bulldogs.
30:03
Team within thirteen and one last year, didn't win the conference, didn't
30:06
make the College Football Playoff. Still probably was the best team in the country,
30:10
but we don't get to see that because they couldn't get the job done
30:12
when it counted to it. They roll in here. Carson Beck's leading i
30:17
think candidate for the Heisman Trophy. They return a shit ton of production off
30:21
of the squad. Most of the offensive lineman comes back. They bring back
30:25
all the wide receivers. They do lose mccakey. They do lose a Brock
30:29
to the NFL. That's a big deal. I think offensively, this team
30:33
is going to be really explosive. I think they're gonna put up some big
30:36
numbers. They averaged over thirty four points a game last season. Where I've
30:38
got a little bit of question on this team is on the defense. You
30:41
know, the defense last year was not the Georgia defense that we saw all
30:45
go to the NFL and play for the Philadelphia Eagles and beyond. Defensively,
30:49
this team took a step back last year, and I think if this team
30:52
is going to compete for the National Championship on the defensive side of the balls,
30:56
where they're going to have to step up. Yeah. Agree more.
31:00
Look, you obviously lose a couple of really really good players and mcconken Bowers,
31:06
but delp is a really really good tight end slide in, really really
31:11
good player. Are they gonna lose some productivity? Yes? I think they
31:14
need to have right. Right Thomas be healthy for the whole season. Uh.
31:18
He was Mississippi State's leading wide receiver a couple of years ago under Leach.
31:22
Uh. He was banged up last year. Uh, so I think
31:23
they need to stay healthy. Uh. The running back room is interesting.
31:27
They bring in et N from Florida, bring him up. But they've got
31:33
some really good players. Roderick Roberts Robinson is a good player for Branson.
31:37
Robinson is a really good player. I mean, these guys were super highly
31:41
recruited players coming out of high school. So I think you're gonna see I
31:45
think you're gonna see that running game. I think be a little bit better
31:49
this year, and I think that's gonna help just Bowers that much. I
31:55
mean, I'm gonna help Carson back that much more. I think Georgia is
32:01
going to be great again. I think Herby's just got it rolling. But
32:07
I don't know. If I don't know, this is the first time I
32:10
felt like they could lose a couple of games. Their schedules does do I
32:14
think the playoffs one hundred percent, but I think they've got a chance to
32:19
lose some games. I mean that Cleanson game. I love that Clemson line
32:22
starting the first week. I think that game is going to be closer than
32:24
people expect because I think Clemson's going to be pretty good. You know,
32:28
they play at Alabama, they play at Texas, and they play at Ole
32:31
Miss. Yeah. So I'm as much as I like Georgia, I don't
32:37
want any of that ten and a half win total because I could see them
32:39
going ten and two as well and be a great football team, maybe be
32:43
able to win the Navy. I completely agree with you. I was kind
32:45
of surprised because I've always felt the SEC when they've got a team that they
32:50
think can win. It kind of coddles the schedule a little bit, and
32:52
I don't know if adding O, You and Texas into the mix disrupted that
32:57
because this was not the schedule I expected, or to get the fact that
33:00
the three best teams that they play in conference on the road. I was
33:04
really surprised about that. So I would lean under I would lean under ten
33:10
and a half wins. But I do think this team still has a shot
33:13
to win the national championship. Scotty Kentucky looking at them, Stoops flirted with
33:17
going to a and m pulled it back and decided to stay at home in
33:21
Kentucky, which was a great decision by him. I think this team has
33:23
lived off of the offensive line production that they've got, kind of ground and
33:28
pound, played some gritty defense, won some games they maybe shouldn't have,
33:31
but they have improved. They got to that seven and six number again last
33:36
season. This season, though, is very interesting to me. They bring
33:39
in the quarterback transfer that came over from Georgia and brought Vandergriff. Everything I've
33:45
heard about this kid has been good. I've heard he's pretty dynamic. They
33:47
do bring back an offensive line that's got a lot of starts behind it,
33:51
so they should have that. Last year offensive line play was not as strong
33:53
as it could have been, and their wide receiving corps. To me,
33:57
Barrion Brown day. If you haven't watched Barriyon Brown played, that guy is
34:00
fucking awesome. He's special teams, kickoff return, punt return. If you
34:05
watch him in the bowl game, you would think it's it's his show that
34:07
he's got there. Dan Key and Jamari McLain are all fantastic. I think
34:12
this Kentucky team can put some numbers up. Last year, I don't think
34:15
Devin Learry was healthy and the offensive line wasn't great, and I think that's
34:19
what brought them back. This is a surprise team to me. This is
34:21
a team I think you're gonna have to look every single week at what their
34:23
number is and figure out if there's an angle you can play in there.
34:28
Yeah. I couldn't couldn't agree more. Look, stupe reminds me of the
34:32
job that Mullen was doing Assissippi State. They were always undersold. People just
34:37
kind of looked over him every year, and yet come out and they get
34:42
it done. They're always Bowl eligible, They're always right in the middle of
34:45
it. Generally win a game they probably shouldn't win, but you know they're
34:51
always there. Games are closed. They're a competitive football team. I will
34:54
say. One of the best names in college football though, along the defensive
34:59
line for the Kentucky Walcats, Octavius Oxa nine. That's just that's just you
35:06
gotta love it. I have got to go through and come up with an
35:09
all named team for the Crazy Sheet this year. I think I may.
35:13
I may take that on over the next couple of weeks. Do you think
35:16
you find out plays if he's the eighth kid at his house or if where
35:20
the October came from? Is all I want to know? I do?
35:23
There are some good name I always love SEC signing Day because you read these
35:29
names, it's like, wow, there is two commas to the top and
35:31
this kid's first name. This is incredible, but it's there's a couple of
35:36
hyphens in there. My still my favorite was the running back that at Old
35:39
Miss that changed his name every year, Ben Jarvis green Ellis and he just
35:43
kept extending it out longer and longer over the years that he played. Who
35:45
was a transfer from Indiana. I know Scott next two teams I'm gonna give
35:50
to you the LSU Tigers. Brian Kelly got this team. They're coming back
35:54
after taking their Heisman Trophy winning quarterback, after losing those wide receivers to the
35:59
NF and after putting out what was one of the worst defenses we've ever seen
36:04
LSU put on the field. This year, you think they're gonna do things
36:07
right? Are they gonna put Harold Perkins in the right position? Because last
36:10
year I think playing him at that mike was a terrible idea. Kid could
36:15
not get loose to find the ball. He wasn't explosive. Is Kelly gonna
36:20
put this team at ten and three? They start the season off in Vegas,
36:22
they're playing USC WHOA, what are we gonna get from? Go Tigers?
36:28
You know what? I think this is a fascinating year. I mean,
36:30
look, I think here that Fyers a good player. I think he's
36:34
a really good quarterback too. There's no chance they're gonna put up the same
36:37
numbers that they did last year because I don't think they're gonna have the wide
36:42
receivers. Let's not forget the two first round wide receivers. I mean,
36:45
and a Heisman winning quarterback who was electric by the way. I mean to
36:52
watch that guy live. Man, if you saw him play live, he
36:55
was a video game. He was lost, and as it turns out you
36:59
listened to him, he's watching games at three times at fast forward speed on
37:07
a virtual reality head set to help him. Last year, that guy was
37:12
just at a different level. He played like it. He worked hard.
37:15
Kudos for him for getting drafted where he did. But I don't think LSU's
37:20
gonna be nearly as good on offense as they were. Are they gonna be
37:22
good enough to get it done? Maybe? Because I do think the defense
37:27
is gonna be better, But I mean, hell, don't you have a
37:29
lot of question marks. They took one of the most explosive peers in the
37:31
country as a true freshman and made him a non factor last year. Hell
37:36
yeah, I got questions. Is this defense gonna take the next step?
37:38
So I do I think they're better? Yes? Do I think the defense
37:43
is gonna be better and able to hold them in games? Maybe so,
37:46
But this team was scoring forty and losing. I don't think there'll be scoring
37:53
forty every week this week this year. So yes, I've got questions.
37:58
This is a big over under number for them as well, I personally like
38:02
LSU under nine and a half wins because of this schedule again, where they're
38:08
playing teams. You can't tell me this team can't lose at Florida at A
38:13
and M. That's some tough games. They're at South Carolina again, games
38:16
that if they're playing them in Baton Rouge, I think they win. They
38:20
got a chance to lose a couple of those games. And then of course
38:22
they get Old Miss at home, which will be a big game. They
38:23
get Bama at home which will be a big game, and the end the
38:27
year with Oklahoma at home, but USC mixed in there. I don't think
38:30
they're gonna win that ball game to start the year. So that's just my
38:35
personal opinion. Really like, I really like SC that first week, especially
38:40
with the number that they're getting, But I will sell on nine and a
38:46
half wins. Could the Tigers take that step forward? Sure? Could they
38:51
be a playoff team? Absolutely that This does look like a nine and three
38:54
football team to me. The Mississippi State Bullfrogs as we roll over to the
39:00
the Magnolia State team was five and seven last year, one and seven in
39:02
the SEC. Rebooting, the coaching staff they're bringing in Art Brill's son in
39:07
law, who's been an offensive genius, or he's followed around Brill's and Kendall
39:10
Browles throughout his career. Previously was in Oklahoma, bringing him in to do
39:15
what I think a team like Mississippi State needs to do, which is having
39:20
offense. It's gonna be more dynamic and not laying back on the defense and
39:22
try to ground and pound. It was just too hard to build that roster
39:27
to do that and reboot it in one year. Zach Barnett, first year
39:30
coach, didn't make it. He gowned and now we got another first year
39:32
head coach in Mississippi State. Is this team with basically an entirely new roster.
39:39
If you go look at the two deep on this team, there are
39:43
so many new faces and a lot of players that don't have a lot of
39:45
snaps under their belt. I'm gonna lead under on this team. I am
39:50
probably gonna be fading this team. I think they're gonna score, but I'm
39:53
not sure this team's gonna Their schedule is rough. I'm not sure they're gonna
39:57
be able to get it done. Oh, I think they're gonna be able
40:00
to get it done. Now, I do think with that number jumping down
40:04
to three and a half, I think they are I think they are an
40:07
over at three and a half. I did not like it at four and
40:10
a half because that Arizona State game on the road is a big is a
40:15
big swing game from Missippi State. But they do play Eastern Kentucky, Toledo,
40:21
Massachusetts, and Arkansas all at home. Every one of those games is
40:25
winnable, so that gives them a chance that they win at Arizona State.
40:29
This team got a chance to get the five wins. I don't I think
40:34
that's gonna be tough because I don't think this team is gonna be very good.
40:37
I do think they may score some points, and I think that's all
40:39
Levy's gotta do. I think the defense is gonna be putrid. I just
40:45
do not think it's gonna be I do not think it's gonna be anywhere near
40:49
some of the defenses that you've seen from Missippi State or the defenses that you
40:52
saw last year. But this team was a busmal on offense last night last
40:55
year. I mean just absolutely atrocious. So could they win a game or
41:00
two that they shouldn't because they score some points, maybe because this is just
41:05
college football is turning into an offensive game. But no, I don't think
41:07
they're going to be very good, but I do like them over three and
41:10
a half, I think that number is getting too low. Who looking good
41:15
there. Let's got to old Miss brother man, the hype wagon is parked
41:21
right up against bought Hemingway Stadium. It as well as it should be.
41:25
You've got Lane Kiffin, who's the best Twitter handle in the game. Let's
41:30
say this rip Mighty Kiffin just so. He passed away a couple of weeks
41:35
ago. Man, what a great football mind that guy was. Younger generation
41:39
probably didn't understand some of the things he did for the game, but I
41:42
was sad to see him go. Uh But this Old Miss team, I
41:45
like what you've got losing here. You know, they lose quish on Judkins'
41:49
kid transfers to Ohiowa State. They bring in two other running backs that both
41:52
rush for close to one thousand yards. Are over from other teams that you've
41:55
got there. You bring back Jackson dark in this offense deively, they're still
42:00
putting some pieces together. JJ Pegeze feels like he has been on that D
42:04
line since I was in junior high, and so I don't know what this
42:07
team is that they're gonna be able to live up to the hype. They
42:10
went eleven and two last season, but nobody's talking about Old Miss like they're
42:15
talking about this. This is everybody's hot take. Ole Miss to do this,
42:19
Ole Miss to do this, And I just feel like so many times
42:22
these hot take teams in July and August just can't handle the pressure as they
42:27
move forward. I don't know what we're gonna see here. I think this
42:30
Old Miss team has a chance to be really good. I bet the yes
42:34
on them to make the College Football Playoff? But what are you gonna?
42:37
I mean, this is you, bro, all you on Mississippi. Look,
42:40
I think Rebels are gonna be good. I think the hype wagons legit.
42:45
I think their fan base has gone all in on this season with nil
42:49
and all of those things. The Judkins deal is a big is a big
42:52
deal. But they did a nice job in the portal and they've already got
42:57
Bentley who and I like Bentley. I don't think he's in there redown back,
43:00
so I think they did need to go get someone. Wish I Amos
43:04
could be that guy, because he might be the guy who can pound it.
43:07
Because this offense is predicated on running the football. Jackson Dard is not
43:10
a stand This offense is not a stand back there and make your reads through
43:15
progressions offense. That's not what it's about. It's keep run, read,
43:20
throw, that's it. Boom, it's a I mean, it is all
43:22
based on the run game. If they can't run the football, that's the
43:27
only way Ole miss doesn't get into the playoffs. Now, I think this
43:30
offensive line is going to be significantly, significantly better than it was last year.
43:37
I mean, they have gone out and done a really good job in
43:39
the portal. I won't bore you with all the transfers, but at the
43:43
end of the day, out and improved that team significantly upfront as much as
43:51
probably anybody in the country. And that is where they haven't been able to
43:57
beat the Georgia's Alabama all of that because they haven't been able to run the
44:01
football due to the line of scrimmage against those teams. Then flip, they
44:06
haven't been dominant up front on the defensive line and due they go get Walter
44:12
Nolan from Texas A and m You're right, Pegeeze has been there forever.
44:15
It's a transfer from Auburn, but some Mississippi kid and then they go out
44:17
sign the two best ends in the portal. Yeah. I mean this team
44:23
has done a lot of good things. If you're not fired up on old
44:28
Miss, well, then you hadn't been watching them offensively the last couple of
44:31
years. I ain't this team's gonna be really good. I think they got
44:36
a chance to win the league. I mean, like the whole kitten kaboodle,
44:39
which if you're good enough to win the SEC, your ass is good
44:44
enough to win at all. Yeah, I ain't gonna miss as in that
44:46
conversation. It pains me to say that, but that's fact. I mean
44:52
you're not You're not analyzing football and looking at rosters in games if you don't
44:55
think this is gonna be a really really good football team. Get this schedule,
45:00
and dude, it sets up freemium for the Revels at Wake Forest,
45:06
at South Carolina, at LSU, at Arkansas, and at Florida. Boy,
45:10
if you're gonna play road games, that's about as good as you could
45:13
hope at LSU games, A barn Burner doesn't matter where they play. Every
45:16
year was last year gonna be again this year. That's just a big game
45:21
for both these teams, going all the way back to the sixties as that
45:23
been a big football game. But buddy, you look at home. They
45:28
get Oklahoma at home, Kentucky at home, I mean Mississippi State at home,
45:32
Georgia at home. They can win some of those ball games. I
45:37
think. I don't think Oklahoma can beat them in Oxford. Oxford's pretty tough
45:42
place to play when they're good, and they're gonna be good, those people
45:45
are gonna be zoosed up. I think this is a really, really good
45:49
football team. I think. Do I think that they're gonna go over the
45:53
nine and a half wins over Well, yes, I do. I think
45:55
it's a disappointment even though the question mark surrounds the running game. At the
46:02
bottom line is I think they brought in enough people to do it. They
46:06
also brought in a really good transfer from Miami. The LSU running back probably
46:10
not gonna help him this year. And Diggs because you know, I think
46:14
he tore the A c L in the bowl game, so I'm not positive
46:16
he's gonna be able to help him. But I think Parish, Amoson and
46:21
Bentley are gonna be able to get it done for them on that running behind
46:24
what I think is going to be a really really good offensive line. So
46:28
I think the Rebels are legit. I'm gonna give you a name to pay
46:30
attention to play for a good friend of mine and junior college. Dion Smith
46:34
started out at LSU originally is a is a juco wide receiver coming in candidly
46:39
the kids kind of a hot mess, but man is he talented. That
46:44
kid can absolutely fly, I mean absolutely fly. And you combine him with
46:50
what they already have, and Antoine Wells, Trey Harris and Caden priestcor on
46:54
at tight ends. That guy gets open. They do a really really good
46:59
job of him. Found in the football I ain't. I think Old Miss
47:01
is legit. I think they're legit. And and Twine Wells being a junior
47:07
is comical. I watched that kid play for jmu uh the year after they
47:13
when they played for the Natty. And he's transferred from South Carolina and now
47:15
here he is an old Miss. He can play. I know he's not
47:19
a name Melonial paid attention to, but this kid can play. Trust me.
47:22
I mean they've got there's a lot of NFL talent on this old miss
47:25
roster. If this team makes up I didn't even mentioned Jordan Watkins ye as
47:30
a player. I mean that's you know they've got it, bros. Would
47:34
be fun to watch them practice for sure. Uh looking around, we got
47:37
Miszoo, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Tennessee. I'm not going to talk about
47:42
Vandy because damn they're gonna be awful. A and M's left. Missoo's an
47:45
exciting team. A lot of people are high on this team because they bring
47:47
back Luther Burden, you bring back Brady Cook on the offense. This team
47:51
went eleven and two last year. Missoo's funny to be man, It's a
47:53
team in the SEC that has been slept on since they joined the conference,
47:58
even though the first three years there in the conference, I think they played
48:00
for the conference championship. But no one really pays attention to what goes on
48:04
around here. Eli Drinkowitz, we've laughed a little bit about some of these
48:07
that he's done a fucking great job with this program and this really this Missoo
48:12
team right their schedule sets up to where I mean, I'm looking into October
48:16
before they play Texas. A and M. I mean they they could easily
48:20
be eight and one and looking at the back end of their schedule and you're
48:24
starting to scratch your head to say, does this team have a chance to
48:27
get into the playoffs? Yep, to couldn't agree more. I think this
48:30
is a team that's got a chance to make a playoff. That that really
48:35
is the deal. Again, a lot of it where they play teams.
48:37
Getting Oklahoma at home is a big deal. Getting Auburn at home, to
48:42
me, he's a big deal. At A and M. They're at Bama,
48:45
at South Carolina and a Mississippi State, So that will you know,
48:49
that's that's the road games. I would call that manageable. Certainly take out
48:52
Alabama. You can lose that TUSC so that doesn't hurt your ability. That's
48:57
like, you're not gonna drop in the rankings very far if that's where you
49:00
if that's a loss. So I think they have a shot to really kind
49:05
of spring in there at the end of the season to jump up there.
49:08
This offense gonna be really good. They've got a gazillion transfers on defense after
49:13
losing a lot of guys to the NFL, So it all depends on what
49:17
this team does. On the defensive side. I think they're gonna be very
49:22
very good on offense. If you're a Sooner fan, enjoy September because after
49:25
that, this schedule gets really difficult for y'all. Open up with Temple,
49:30
Houston, and Twulane all at home, and then Tennessee makes their way up
49:34
there to play all in Norman. This OU roster. As much as I
49:37
like Venables, this team went ten and three last year. I said this
49:40
to so many people when they were asking about Texas and Oklahoma coming into the
49:45
Big Twelve, and I'm like, look, bro, I said, both
49:47
of these teams are ready to financially to play the game. OU's roster is
49:52
currently not built to play in the SEC. I'm a mad downgrade on this
49:57
team. I think offensively, I like Jack and Arnold a lot. The
50:00
quarterback that played in the Bowl is going to be coming in in this one.
50:04
He's only a sophomore, but there's not a lot around him. They
50:07
rebooted the entire offensive line. They had a couple of guys get drafted.
50:10
They got an undrafted free agent Siey. From that standpoint, for Rooks,
50:15
the only skill position player that they bring back that's got a lot of snap.
50:19
Well they bring back schneck or Sawt shuck, it's got a lot of
50:22
snaps underneath him. So I don't know there. Defensively, they improved last
50:27
year, but they couldn't have been any worse than they were on venables first
50:29
year. And so the only thing they get the middle of that defensive line's
50:31
coming back. That could be okay, But I'm mad downgrade on this team.
50:36
I think this team is going to struggle weekend week out with this SEC
50:39
scheduling. As good as they were at Texas home scheduling, they were that
50:44
bad the Oklahoma on the schedule, I mean at Auburn, at old Is,
50:49
at Missouri and at LSU. Well, let's just go ahead and play
50:52
Alabama in Texas and Tennessee while we're in you know, while we're at it.
50:57
That that's not good. It's a tough schedule, you much like I
51:00
think MISSOOPI State drawls a brutal schedule as well. They play a lot of
51:04
teams that are at the very top, and I just don't think Oklahoma's ready
51:07
to jump into that quite yet. So that game against Texas is a gigantic
51:15
game for them, and so is that Tennessee game at home. They have
51:19
got to figure out how to win that. I think that's just the bottom
51:22
line. Two things about Tennessee that you're gonna want to know. This year,
51:24
the SEC is ruled that the school that will be called UT will be
51:29
the University of Tennessee, not Texas. Texas will be denoted as tex on
51:34
schedules moving forward. Tennessee last year nine and four, but you could almost
51:38
say it was a letdown because they went four and four in SEC play after
51:43
that year previous. This year, they bring in one of the highest rated
51:45
quarterbacks that we've seen this team ever had. Can can you say his last
51:50
name? Nikos. I'm gonna have to hear somebody say it kids exciting,
51:53
He's gonna be fun something like that. Amalama Leva will figure it out.
52:00
But anyway, this team brings in you know, high flying quarterback. Their
52:04
offense is going to push the ball downfield, Their schedules manageable. Week two,
52:07
when they play n C State, I think that's going to be a
52:09
fascinating game because I think n C State's going to be better than a lot
52:13
of people think they are. But I have question marks around this Tennessee team.
52:16
I'm looking at this Tennessee team. If this team can get to an
52:20
eight and four mark this year, I would consider this to be a really
52:22
good team. But I don't know what are your thoughts here. You know
52:27
that I think the one thing that's going to help them is scheduling. They
52:30
get most of their good teams at I mean to get Florida Bama at home.
52:35
They're at Oklahoma, at Arkansas, at Georgia, and at Vanderbilt.
52:38
They clearly ought to win two of those on the road, So I mean
52:40
that starts propelling you to a pretty good record. N C State game is
52:46
going to be a better game than people think. Grace McCall coming in there
52:49
for n C State, they got a chance to lose that ball game.
52:53
So I like Tennessee. I think they're going to have a good season,
52:58
But I like you, I do not. I don't think this is a
53:00
playoff type team. I think they're gonna be a good team, not a
53:04
great team. I think they're a year away with their quarterback play, most
53:07
likely Texas. This is a team went twelve and two last year. Quinn
53:14
Yewrs is back. You still got Manning. I'll tell you what we've talked
53:16
about this for twelve thirteen. I don't even how long we've been doing this
53:20
podcast now thirteen years. I think we invented podcasting. We just the really
53:22
ones that didn't make any money off of it. But yeah, anyway,
53:29
this this roster's good. It's really good. I think this team's got a
53:32
chance to compete. I like the fact that yours is back again. The
53:37
fact that they've got arch Manning and he's still there, and that you haven't
53:40
seen the mad defects off of this shows me one thing, and I started
53:45
seeing it last year. Sark has fixed the culture issue at Texas. This
53:51
team played more physical. I think this team was more dynamic offensively when they
53:55
could stay healthy going into this season. Their schedule it's rough, and I
54:01
think they could do well, but it's Colorado State Michigan. You chiss a
54:07
ulm O could great, But then you get into what they've got here.
54:09
They can get through this schedule. But man, I really think this team
54:14
has a chance to play for the college football National Championship. I couldn't agree
54:17
more. This team is going to make the playoff again because of scheduling.
54:21
If they win at Michigan, which personally, I think they will if they
54:25
win at Michigan. You're talking October twelfth, before they really play anybody.
54:30
I mean that game host in Mississippi State September twenty eighth. Then they get
54:35
a week off before they play Oklahoma on the neutral field and then Georgia at
54:38
home, and then they're at Bandy Boom another off week again before they play
54:43
their final four. This team is going to win ten or eleven games,
54:47
and could they go undefeated one hundred percent? Yeah, I agree. Last
54:52
one, we'll touch on Scottie the Ages. Mike Elko coming in new coach
54:57
reboot after the Jimbo disaster, wrote I'm a check for seventy five million dollars
55:01
to go away. And he's so popular he hadn't even been picked up to
55:05
play on TV yet Fucking Houston Nutt gets to be on TV, and Jimbo's
55:08
so polarizing he didn' can't get a job on TV. What a weirdo.
55:14
You bring back the quarterback and Connor Wegman, You bring back the wide receiving
55:16
corps. A lot of new players on that offensive line. Defensively, they've
55:20
rebooted. They hit the portal pretty well and brought in some great talent and
55:23
what they were gonna need in that spot. I like this A and M
55:27
team over under win totals at eight and a half. That's kind of where
55:30
I have them. And man, if they lose to Texas in College Station
55:35
on November thirtieth, the head explosion that's gonna go on at A and M
55:39
is going to be huge and I did make it. I mean, but
55:44
maroon BYU needs to realize they're not that relevant outside of College Station just yet.
55:50
But we'll see what's gonna happen. Yeah again, I am if if
55:53
they lose to Notre Dame Early Buddy, that that goes sideways. I look
56:00
at Elko and I think he is a rock solid guy. I think he
56:04
is also a very very good fit at Texas A and M, where I
56:07
think Jimbo was just completely an awkward fit. I mean, just of course
56:12
that guy would be awkward anywhere. I think he might be awkward at his
56:15
own house, but the uh, but that guy's just a different cat.
56:20
I think Elko is a good guy. I think it's also what they needed
56:22
from a stability and familiar familiarity with the program standpoint. I think he comes
56:29
in and will do a good job just simply because he's a solid dude,
56:32
and clearly after the job he did at Duke, he's an underrated football coach
56:37
too. He's been a great coordinator on the defensive side for a long time.
56:42
But that head coaching job he did at Duke was very, very good
56:45
and a very tough situation. But I don't think the Aggies are there.
56:49
I think they're a seven and five, eight and four, mate. Can
56:51
they get to nine and three? Probably? Are they talented enough to do
56:54
that? Sure, but I think a lot of things have got to go
56:58
their way. I don't hate their schedule, although Texas Notre Dame, you
57:05
know, those are missoo LSU. Those are games they can lose. But
57:08
I like where they're playing a lot of these teams. I mean, when
57:13
you got at Florida, at Mississippi State, at South Carolina, at Auburn,
57:15
I would tell you this roster is better than all four of those.
57:19
Do I think they win all four of those? But do I think the
57:23
roster is better? Sure, there's some other things they play now. They
57:28
also play a couple of really good teams at home that they could lose.
57:30
But I do think this is gonna be a good football team. Could they
57:34
get a break or two and Wegman turned into the player that I think he's
57:37
got the potential to be and sneak into the playoffs. Yes, I do.
57:42
I think this or Auburn is that one of these two teams is going
57:46
to be that team that outperforms what people think. That's my personal opinion.
57:51
Yeah, I agree with you, Scottie wrapping it up, Bro, we've
57:53
been doing this for a while. People can pound through this podcast. I
57:55
hope they've got it on one and a half play time because we've been talking
57:59
so much. What plays, if any, do you have in the sec
58:04
to get the season started well? Over unders? I like Florida going over
58:08
four and a half. I like Missisippi State to go over three and a
58:12
half. If you have to get it at four and a half, that's
58:14
the number stop. That fourth fifth win is where you got to get to
58:17
get Arizona State or Arkansas. And I don't know. I don't know if
58:22
they're gonna be good enough to get any one of those done. So I
58:24
like both of those. I like Old miss over nine and a half in
58:28
the league. I like LSU actually under nine and a half. Starting early
58:32
on gambling, I like Bama minus nine at Whiskey. We'll talk about that
58:37
week one. I like Texas at Michigan land three and a half. I
58:42
like USC plus four against LSU early, and I like Clemson plus thirteen against
58:47
Georgia. So as we look ahead to some gambling lines for the Southeastern Conference,
58:52
I think USC is plus six. Are they what I say? Plus
58:57
four plus six? They are plus? I like that one. I've actually
58:59
been USC at plus six and a half. I also took the over at
59:02
sixty two in that game in Week one. That's the standalone Sunday night game
59:07
that they'll be playing in Las Vegas. I haven't played anything else here.
59:12
I have played the A and M win total over so many times that I
59:15
can't do it again. I'm just gonna sit and watch. So that's all
59:19
I've got loaded up. We'll put those plays in the notes, we'll get
59:22
things ready, we'll crank out some big ten comment keep these things rolling,
59:27
Folks, share us on Twitter, Hit us up. It's good to be
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59:34
more excited than we are. Get it done. Let's have some fun and
59:37
let's put a few extra ducats in our pocket. Is we're gonna make some
59:39
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