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Bama Bob previews college football & Football Friday Picks presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Our number 2, Miller Condon, welcome back.
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Trent Condon, Ken Miller with you until the top of the hour.
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A little bit prior to that, but at the top of the hour, Lucas
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Strange, Sean Roberts off the bench with you until 5.
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Overtime by Iowa, 5 to 6. Football Friday night gets
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underway tonight at 6:00. Nathan Fisher, Joe Stacy and
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company, I think they've got eight games correspondents at
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eight games throughout central Iowa tonight.
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Trent will be in the press box Valley Stadium on 96.9 the Bull
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with Urbandale and Valley. Let's get to Bama Bob.
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We talk college football with Bama preview in the weekend next
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week and we'll be at the the into the throes of conference
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playboys. It certainly will come a lot
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easier after that. Bama, good to speak with you.
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How are you? I'm doing good and hear you
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talking about the correspondence at Iowa high school football
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games. Brings back fond memories.
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Yeah, you made a few bucks doing that, filled your tank with gas.
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No, we got gets rich doing it. That's for.
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Sure. No, no they don't do it.
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For the love of it, Absolutely Make the city do a Tomwell baby.
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Yeah, absolutely. Yeah, you got around, no doubt.
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All right, let's get, let's do this.
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Let's go into tonight's games. First of all, I'm glad the Big
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12 is kind of taking over this Friday night and the NFL is
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staying away, which I think they're going to have to do
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required by law going forward. But we shall see.
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Let's get into tonight's games. There are a couple in the Big
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12, the both of them. These games have my attention.
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I'm anxious to see if either one of you guys feel the same way
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with Colorado and Houston. Trent, you're on this Houston.
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They were my deep, dark horse before the season.
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Lily Fritz does a great job. I love both of these games.
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I think they're both going to be entertaining and I think going
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to tell us a lot. Alden K State, Arizona, by the
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way, the late game on Fox at 8 O clock, yeah. 8 O clock kickoff
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for that one. I love both of these games.
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I think they're both really really important of really
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getting a snapshot of these 4. Teams Is there a Is there a Big
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12 Championship participant in either of these games?
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It'd be both the home teams, you know, if I had to lean one way.
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You don't like color? I'm with you.
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K State's up against it. Arizona, the LC, Iowa State when
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Iowa State comes out of the break in two weeks and and
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Houston, Trent like so how much? Which of these two is your
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favorite Bama? Well, it's funny because it's
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not really a conference game, but I like the state of Arizona.
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I mean, and this is this is really, I guess to make up for
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the dumpling game that was a conference game.
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You know, Kansas State has nine Big 12 opponents and only eight
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of them are going to count. And this is, I guess, one of
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them. So, but yeah, I I, I don't know.
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I just like this one. Maybe it's because it's a little
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bit later at night. It's on Fox.
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But yeah, I think I think Arizona is this kind of keeps
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being one of those teams that we think, you know, they might be
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pretty good. And Kansas State really, I mean,
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so far they've struggled. There's no other way to put it.
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They lose Iowa State over in Dublin.
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They came really close to losing, you know, North Dakota
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State and then an Army picks them off.
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So I mean, it's just, it's, it's been really a disappointing
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season before what I thought was going to be, you know, not a
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dark horse, but, you know, one of the top four or five teams in
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the Big 12. They just haven't played like it
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so far. But I listen, I, you know, I'll
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watch Colorado and Houston because why wouldn't you?
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It's a powerful match up and you know it's at 6:30 on ESPN, but
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I'm I'm more interested in the in the later one.
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Yeah, I'm anxious and you and you said it well, Speaking of
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disappointing seasons last year are Noah Fafida was I, I, we we
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talked about him in August last year.
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Of course he had McMillan, the outstanding receivers.
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Now Carolina Panther, I thought the feed was going to have a
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terrific year last year. He's Duncan.
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We'll see where this Arizona team goes, but like you, Yep,
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we'll start with the start with the early one and probably end
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up over there. All right, let's turn the
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calendar from Friday to Saturday.
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Here's a team that I think I'm dead wrong on or was preseason.
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I like Clemson to win it all. Trent, I think I sucked you into
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coming along with me. Apologies.
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Price was too good at that time. It was a big price.
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It was north of 20. I think 22 to 1 is where I have
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them. But and Georgia Tech, look, I
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love their court. I love their quarterback.
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I think this is a really good game, Trent.
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I really do the numbers What Clemson is a three-point
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favorite on the road. Dogs barking here.
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Right team favored, wrong team favored.
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Where are. You I, I think this is going to
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be a tremendous game. And Speaking of telling us a lot
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about the way things are going to go if Clemson loses this one
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after that performance last week, what happened early in the
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season already to them? Oh, boy, Dabo is going to start
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hearing a lot of people chirping at him.
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Georgia Tech, Haines King, it comes down to him, his health.
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He's healthy right now, even as he sat out last week.
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I just love watching him play. He is so entertaining to watch.
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So they're looking for something in the early window.
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Definitely. This is the one time I'll tell
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you watch an ACC game. There you.
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Go. Wow, there you go.
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Mark the tape. I'm a Mark the tape.
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Well, to be. To be I guess to be fair, the
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only other game maybe in the early window would be Wisconsin
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and Alabama. And that's not going to be a
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game. I don't think it is.
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We'll get to that one in a second.
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Clemson, Georgia Tech, Bama. I think Georgia Tech's got a
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chance to pick them off. They're a 3 1/2 point home dog.
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Clemson. Klubnik was the pre season
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Heisman favorite. Him and him and Manning kind of
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flip flopping back and forth as far as where the market was set.
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How about this one? Bama, Clemson, Georgia Tech.
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I think this is going to be a little old school football here
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because I think both teams, both coaches, I know Georgia Tech
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really likes to play physical. They, they proved it, you know,
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over and over again. They, you know, when they went
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into Athens and that, you know, 8 overtime game last year where
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they really kind of got on my radar and they listen this they,
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they, they play one way. You mentioned King.
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I love the kid. I'm afraid, I'm afraid for him
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surviving the season for sure. But I think this is going to be
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fun. This is it's in Bobby Dodd
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Stadium. It's not in the Georgia Dome.
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I like that. Listen, there's going to be a
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lot of orange in the stands. I get it.
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But good for Georgia Tech keeping this a home game and not
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moving it to the Georgia Dome where you would have 60,000.
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Clinton's a man in that, in that stadium.
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But club, they just haven't they played well, That's the bottom
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line. Same thing, disappointment.
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Listen, no real shame. I guess in losing to LSU, you
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could argue the way they lost it.
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But anyway, the game last week was kind of the the eye opener
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to me when you look at it and you go, OK, you know, Troy is
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good and they've beaten teams in the past, but that's a team that
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Clemson should really handle, you know, comfortably.
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And they didn't. And now they've got this one and
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you know, look, they don't really have much after this, but
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they, I think they really have to get it or otherwise they're
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going to be kind of an afterthought in the playoffs.
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And I think they're going to put themselves in a position where
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they have to win the ACC to get into a playoff.
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I think this is a monster game for Clemson and I don't really
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have a feel either way. I'd like to think that they, you
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know, they figured it out. They're kind of right of the
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ship. But I can't say that because
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that performance last week was was troubling to say the least.
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You know, you know what, Georgia, you just know what
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Georgia Tech is going to do. Now.
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Clemson is usually pretty stout up front.
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And I'm with you. I love Brent Key.
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I get him so confused with the, the Vanderbilt coach Brent,
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Brent Key and Clark Lee. So I mean, it's just but yeah, I
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love Key and he's just listen, he's in your face.
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I'm going to tell you one thing. Georgia Tech is not going to be
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scared of Clemson. That is one thing because that
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guy is a fighter and he will, he will, you know, he'll, he'll
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back his team 100%. But I think there's going to be
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some juice to this. I'm anxious to watch it.
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I'll be flipping between this one and the one in Tuscaloosa,
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but I I don't really have a preference or excuse me a pick
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because I think he could go either way and would not stun me
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at Georgia Tech one. But it's the game Clemson has to
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win. I think this keep their playoff
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hope a lot all. Right, let's go to Georgia,
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Tennessee. Trent Middle of the afternoon.
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Joey Aguilar, Gutter, Stockton. Which quarterbacks you like
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better? Which team do you like better?
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Tomorrow it's Stockton for me and Aguilar, though he hasn't
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turned it over this year, that has been kind of going back to
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Appalachian State, what he's been known as 61 career
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turnover, turnover worthy plays in his career.
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Jennifer Worthy plays. Josh Hypel stinks against Kirby
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Smarts defense year after year after year.
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I get it. George's banged up in the
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secondary. Probably going to play without
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their top two corners. I don't think it matters here.
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It's going to be ugly, 20 to 6, something like that.
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Georgia wins it comfortably. Not going to be an aesthetically
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pleasing game though. Do you see it that way?
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Bama comfortable win for Georgia.
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Tennessee put up a fight. I don't see it as a comfortable
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win. I'm telling Knoxville is a tough
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place. It's going to be one of those
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checkerboard games, too. We were the checkered.
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You have the checkered stands, not just the stripe, the kind of
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the checkerboard kind of the pens.
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They're equivalent to the Penn State whiteout.
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You have orange and and white. Is this going to be so
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aesthetically pleasing that this is such a cool place to watch a
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game? And they are tough at home under
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under hypo. They're 22 and one the one loss
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I believe being to Georgia and they won eighth straight in the
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series. The thing here's what I think is
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in Tennessee's not known for its defense.
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Let's I mean, let's be clear about that.
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But this is kind of Stockton's first start on the road true Rd.
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game. I mean, he's played in big
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games, but he's not played in an SEC stadium before on the road.
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And I just think this is going to be a bit of a test.
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It's good they got to survive it early.
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And if they can do that, I think they'll they'll have a chance to
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win. But I don't, I mean, I think
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they will win, but I just don't see this as a walk over.
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I just think Tennessee's that good at home.
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If it's were in Athens, I feel a lot better.
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I'd say Georgia wins, you know, comfortably by 10 points, but I
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just something and I agree with you on Aguilar.
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You can't really take a lot out of what he's done against
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Syracuse and East Tennessee State.
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I understand that. But you know, Georgia last week
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you didn't exactly light it up either in their in their win.
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So I just, I think I think it's going to be close.
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I would pick Georgia to win if nothing more than experience.
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And Kirby Smart knows how to kind of manage these games if
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stuff starts going wrong. He never, he's never out of it.
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We saw that in Tuscaloosa last year, right?
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Alabama was just absolutely destroying them at halftime.
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That game was over and they came back and not for a great Ryan
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Williams play. They probably win that game.
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So he knows how to manage these games in tough environments and
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I think his quarterback will keep his tool.
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But I think this is going to be AI think it's going to be not
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pardon upon. It's going to be a dogfight
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tomorrow in Knoxville. I just think that stadium is
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emerging under Heiple as one of the really tough places to play
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in the SEC. Pitt and West Virginia to the
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Backyard Brawl was just announced within the last 10
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minutes. They are going to extend this
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series through at least 2036. So we've still got another
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decade of this. Yeah, I'm with you.
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I love it. Is this going to be a good game
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tomorrow, Trent? West Virginia is going to have
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to ugly it up. I mean, they got injury concerns
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of their own. It's hard to envision, aren't
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they? But it's Pitt, you know, Pitt,
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for all the good wins that they've had and all the good
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things are newsy. They just, they lose stupid
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games. And this would be a stupid loss
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on top of it. What you have with Rich Rodd,
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obviously the the last time that he coached against them was a
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devastating loss that knocked them out of the national
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championship game. So there's going to be
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motivation on the West Virginia side.
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I. Forgot all about that.
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A rivalry game, We don't know a whole lot here, but nationally,
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very underrated there is. Really.
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Yep, I agree, that's why I put it on the list.
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I'm glad I did. Bama, Is this a good game?
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West Virginia, Do they have a chance?
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Oh, I think they do listen, They they stubbed their toe last
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week, obviously in Athens. Listen, let's give them a little
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bit of credit for going and playing a true rogue game
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against the Mac team. I know it's only two hours from
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their campus, 2 1/2 hours. I didn't realize they were that
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close. I've been to Athens.
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It is a beautiful setting. OK, but they they they cost
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themselves a game day appearance because that's where game day
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was going had they won that game and now they're going to be in
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Knoxville. But I think they do have a
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chance. I'm with you on Pitt.
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I mean, Pitt is the it's the same kind of thing.
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I don't in Jersey. I just, I just they, they always
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screw up somewhere along the way.
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You know, you think, wow, they've got something here.
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You remember back when the Kenny Pickett days, right?
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And and you know how they were just they were, you know, they
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were oh, can they make the 14? No, they can't.
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They're not going to They they'll they'll do something
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stupid along the way. And this is you're right.
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This is and it's this is an incredibly underrated rivalry if
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you live in those parts, OK, these two teams really
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legitimately hate each other. And if W Brittany is some
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somehow, you know, pulls out a wing and have couches burning
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and Morgantown, you're going to do the whole celebration thing.
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But I think this is a toss up. I know pitch paper about 5 1/2.
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I think you kind of throw out last week a little bit, You
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know, maybe it was a look ahead. Whatever.
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I do think W originally has injury concerns, as Trent said,
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Rich Rod is kind of in this first year of kind of building
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it back to what he had it. Maybe I don't know.
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How long has that been? 20 years ago now since he was
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there and he almost came to Alabama.
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But so it's been a while and it's going to take you a while.
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And it's a different landscape and he's older and you know, the
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landscape with the portal and everything's different.
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But I think this is going to be a fun game.
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And I will have I will have the remote handy because I think
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you're going to see some nastiness in this.
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You usually do. And I think the game, I think
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the game in Morgantown is usually more intense than the
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game in Pittsburgh because they play it in an NFL stadium in
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Pittsburgh. This is on campus.
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And these fans are just they're going to be fired up and I don't
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have any idea who's going to win, but I think it's going to
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be fun watch and it's going to be a it's going to be a dog
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fight. Let's skip.
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Let's go to the SEC, Florida and LSU.
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Bama. Florida embarrassed last week,
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LSU off to a terrific start, kind of maybe looking ahead to
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this game a little bit. Speaking of bitter rivals, this
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is certainly one of these. This is a big spot for Florida,
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big spot for LSU as well because there are a lot of national love
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for the Tigers right now. Florida Gators Tigers Trent.
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I don't have a great feeling on this.
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I I definitely could see the bounce back from Lagway and
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company, but against good teams, likewise, it's been bad and
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that's what I continue to come back to.
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Disappointing effort last week by LSU.
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I understand let down look ahead sandwich.
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It definitely was the case there, but Ospire had to throw a
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41 times against Lot Tech One touchdown is all against one
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interception and weren't able to run it great in that one.
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A little bit more concerned about LSU coming on the heels of
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that one to feel real confident that this is going to be an easy
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Tiger win. Alright, I like LSU.
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Bama, how about you? I do too.
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Well, to me, this is all about Florida, right?
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And and the reason it is, is we've already got the Napier
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schedule, right? Billy Napier and listen to Miami
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next week, Texas, Texas A&M on the road, Georgia at Ole Miss,
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Tennessee, Florida State. Guys, this is good.
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This has the potential to spot to spiral.
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And I think what Florida fans are so upset about is first of
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all, you can't lose to a group of five team at home if you're
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Florida, you just can't. I don't think anybody really
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expected Florida to compete for an SEC championship this year,
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mainly because of the schedule. You know, they had a lot of
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momentum, they had Lagway and you know, they had a lot of nice
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things coming up coming at the end of last year and they were
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able to keep a lot of the steam intact.
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But it was the same stupid stuff that they've seen ever since
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Billy Napier took over the the clock mismanagement on the last
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drive where, you know, about four minutes ago, they got a 2
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point lead. They're around midfield and
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what's he do? He throws 2 passes and runs it
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up the gut. It takes about 10 seconds off
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the clock on the drive. They have the spitting penalty.
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Stupid undisciplined stuff. And you know, they just, they
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couldn't make a stop when they needed to against South Florida.
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And, you know, they basically killed the last four minutes.
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So this is all about, to me, what kind of fight is Florida
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going to show in a, again, what is a truly hostile environment?
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Death Valley at night, it's going to be probably about 90°
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at kickoff. It is just going to be brilliant
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91. I'm looking right now at 6:30 at
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night. So it's going to be brutal.
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It's going to be sticky. It's going to be loud.
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This is a game that Brian Kelly needs as well.
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But this to me is all about what kind of fight does does Florida
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show under Napier and are they just going to melt if things
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start going bad? Because if that happens, then I
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think this season is pretty much gone for them.
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They've got to show some backbone.
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They've got to show some discipline.
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I think they'll I think, I hope they do early.
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We'll just see if if if this goes.
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If this goes wrong quick then they could go really bad for
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them. All right, let's let's go here.
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Let's go to the the classic Notre Dame, Texas A&M, Notre
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Dame off a by O and two out of the playoff.
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We'll see. Do they fall to O and two Trent?
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I don't think so. I think they find a way in this
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one now. The game plan befuddling in
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Miami when you look back upon it, the conditions, a freshman
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quarterback making his first start and then you have just
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sitting there with 10 carries in the game.
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Jeremiah Love, Texas A&M, you can get them on the ground.
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If this is not Jeremiah Love touching the ball, 2225 thirty
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times in the ball game, something is amiss over there.
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Play the game, play it that way. Slow down.
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Marcel read a little bit. I think Notre Dame wins this
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one. Do you Bama?
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I do, and Trent just hit it. I mean, basically, you know,
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took my notes here, but when when CJ Carr has one more carry
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than Jeremiah Love, that's a stupid game plan.
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OK, I don't I don't understand what it was because that game
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was never really out of hand where you had to throw the ball.
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You know, you could have tried to establish a running game.
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I know Miami's good. I know they were improved.
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I understand all that, but I mean that you just can't have
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that. And I think you're going to see
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20 to 25 carries out of car. I think you're going to see
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probably 35 to 40 attempts on the ground between the two of
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them. And listen, then you, I'm not CJ
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between the two running backs. And I think you're going to,
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you're going to spot you CJ Carr.
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If you don't, you're right. You can get at this A&M defense,
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I think. And that's what they used to be
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based on, right? I mean it back, you know, 5-6
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years ago, even under Jimbo Fisher, they had all the guys,
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all the talent, all the NIL money went to the, you know, the
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best team money could buy all that kind of stuff.
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But Marcel Reed, he has a problem, but I think you got to
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make him beat you throwing. And that's the thing.
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He's an improving passer, but man, at least you've got to stay
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disciplined on him. You can't push past him and let
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him get out the back door running because he can't beat
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you and he will hurt you with his feet.
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You got to you've got to try to keep him contained a little bit
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and make them beat you throwing. I think they do, you know, I
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don't I, I want to say yes. I mean, they haven't played
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since that since that game. It was almost two weeks since
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the opening loss to Miami. So whatever they whatever was
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broken there, which is really not.
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It takes no genius. I mean, Trent and I figured it
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out, right? So it doesn't take a genius to
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figure out what the problem was, right?
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Run the ball behind that big offensive line, use your tight
19:03
ends to throw it. Help CJ Carr a little bit.
19:06
You know, the offensive lines got to play better.
19:08
But I just, I think at home, I think they win.
19:10
I think they win. They probably cover the spread.
19:12
I saw it at 6 1/2 on ESPN. I'm not sure where it is now,
19:16
but yeah, I like Notre Dame. This because you mentioned, man,
19:18
they lose this game all of a sudden.
19:20
I mean, I don't know they got they they do play USC, but after
19:23
that with with Boise losing, I don't think they've got another
19:26
signature game on their schedule.
19:28
So they dropped the 1st 2. They're going to have a fight
19:30
back to get into the playoffs. Yeah, maybe USC, but that would
19:33
be it. Let's do this one real quick.
19:35
We've got two games to get to. I do want to get South Florida,
19:37
Miami. Your opinion on both?
19:39
On that game, Wisconsin and Alabama, it's about 3
19:43
touchdowns. Trent. close game.
19:44
Wisconsin got a prayer. I don't think so.
19:46
It's hard to envision a scenario unless that defense is got a
19:49
whole lot better than what we saw last season.
19:52
I just can't get there. Can they score a little bit?
19:54
Maybe. But 2714 maybe.
19:57
Best case scenario, Yeah, that's best case scenario.
20:00
I didn't even think it's going to be.
20:01
That do they cover? Bama, it's hard for me to say
20:05
right now. I want to say no, I don't.
20:08
I just don't know what where Alabama is.
20:09
They're much better at home. I mean, they've lost their last
20:11
five row games under the board. That's the problem.
20:13
But look, the thing with Alabama is nobody's really cares about
20:18
this game. They'll be there.
20:19
You know, it's a, it's a Big 10 team.
20:20
It's 11 AM kickoff. They don't really like early
20:22
kickoffs. And Tuscaloosa, not that the
20:26
team plays bad, but it's just hard to get to that early.
20:32
It's all about Georgia, right? So whatever they do this week,
20:35
unless they come up and struggle or, you know, gosh forbid, lose
20:39
the game, it's all going to be, it's all of what happens in
20:43
Georgia in two weeks. I got to buy this week.
20:44
I think Jan Miller's listed in the game decision.
20:47
I think you'll see him play a little bit.
20:49
Ryan Williams, it should be a go.
20:50
So that'll help. Keenan is he's a big nose
20:54
tackle. He is questionable.
20:56
The thought is they might dress him a little bit, getting some
20:59
snaps before they work him into, you know, the end of the Georgia
21:02
game in two weeks. But it's all, it's all about
21:05
Alabama. They should be able to dominate,
21:07
right? Will they?
21:09
I don't know this, this is one of those games.
21:11
If this were Nick Saban still, I'd say, listen, you know, maybe
21:14
the line would actually be a little bigger if it was still
21:16
Nick Saban. But I would say, listen, this,
21:19
this is a runaway. Wisconsin has no chance.
21:21
But De Boer has just been so inconsistent.
21:23
His teams have played this undisciplined, but they do play
21:27
better at home. I think they win.
21:28
I think they win comfortably. I'm not sure about the three
21:31
touchdowns. De Boer, I was next coach.
21:35
Well. There's some people right now
21:38
that would that would send him up.
21:40
If it doesn't go very well, I. Think I'm not?
21:43
The buyout is ridiculous. We've seen these golden
21:45
parachutes that are laid out there and if Kirk decides to
21:48
walk away at the end of the year.
21:49
Feels she should get a look, I don't.
21:51
She's from South Dakota. There's some connections.
21:53
I think he'd be great at Iowa, I really do.
21:55
And he may wind up being great at Alabama.
21:56
I don't know. But so far, you know, 10 and 5
22:00
is really not getting it done because he this wasn't a Mike
22:03
Shula thing, You know, where he inherited bare cupboard.
22:05
There was a lot of talent here and they just, they haven't just
22:09
lived up to it. Alex Golich is going to get a
22:11
job somewhere. South Florida head coach right
22:13
now. Miami, Miami's better than 17.
22:17
They're 17 1/2 point favorite. That's a lot of points, Trent.
22:20
I, I feel the same way now. There's only really one path for
22:23
South Florida. They can't win in a shootout,
22:25
right? They're they're not built that
22:26
way. I like Byron Brown, but he's not
22:28
the guy that's going to be able to go out there, you know, throw
22:30
for 3:50 and 4:00 touchdowns. It's going to have to be low
22:33
scoring, slugfest, maybe a little bit of rain, slow down
22:36
the track a little bit. If they can ugly it up, they got
22:39
a chance. I think easier said than done
22:41
though against this Miami team. So.
22:42
You think the clock strikes midnight?
22:45
I just don't know if they're going to score enough to hang
22:47
around. Gotcha.
22:48
Do they Bama? Do they score enough to hang
22:50
around? I don't think so.
22:52
I think for what you just mentioned, listen, they've had a
22:54
really 22 really good wins. Here's the thing and I'm I kind
22:58
of posed it to you that it's a narrow pass, but South Florida
23:02
and Tulane don't play each other.
23:04
If South Florida somehow, someway goes in and wins this
23:07
game and Tulane somehow beats Duke and then goes into Ole Miss
23:11
and win. And these two teams meet
23:14
undefeated in the ACC AAC championship game with both of
23:18
them had a spot to go to the playoffs.
23:20
I don't think so, but I think this is.
23:23
That would be the case. If it's something like last year
23:26
where we're arguing for 990 threes in that last spot, then
23:29
there's that's the path, I think.
23:31
You know what? There would be an outcry for
23:32
that to happen, yes. Right.
23:33
I think there would too. And I think there should be.
23:35
Yeah. I just, it's kind of like the
23:37
NCAA tournament. Why are we going to put another
23:40
ACC team over in, you know, over the second, third team in the
23:43
Murray's River Valley? But we'll get to that when we
23:45
get there. The bottom line tomorrow is no,
23:48
I don't think they can win in South Florida.
23:50
They're going to have to get a lot of help.
23:52
Maybe Miami is looking ahead to Florida next week because you
23:56
know, the Gators come down there.
23:57
Maybe there is they are going to help them a little bit.
24:00
But I think Carson Beck is, I don't like him, but he's a
24:02
little too experienced I think to to cost this one up.
24:06
It might be closer than than it than the how is this game on The
24:10
CW? That's the crazy thing.
24:12
You've got 2 ranked teams on The CW network.
24:14
But anyway. I didn't realize till Trent
24:17
mentioned it earlier in the week.
24:18
How does this happen? Right?
24:21
Crazy at the game this week. I didn't know they had college.
24:25
They've had Arizona State for sure.
24:27
What else do they have? They've had a few already this
24:29
season. That's.
24:30
It yeah, I mean, that's good. Arizona State, yeah, that's.
24:32
The late game, the sneaky good game of the week.
24:35
Trent, can I go first, 'cause it's not somebody's gonna steal.
24:37
OK, yes. It's Minnesota, Cal.
24:39
Ah, you stole that? No.
24:40
No, no, no, I've been. I've been up this game all week.
24:43
All right, I'll go Duke Tulane then.
24:45
OK, that's good. Tulane's a slight favorite. 1
24:47
1/2. 1 1/2 I think Minnesota Cal's gonna be phenomenal.
24:51
I I believe that within the next month, the quarterback for Cal,
24:54
who nobody can say his name right now.
24:57
I figured it out. Try it again without looking.
24:59
Well, I have to look at it to be able to enough.
25:01
To break it up. Jaron Kovai No, what you say was
25:05
the V Yeah, TV Sega pull tule. Saga, pull it.
25:09
Was better yesterday, you were better.
25:10
Yesterday, yeah. He's a hell of a quarterback.
25:13
Freshman, 5 star from Hawaii playing in the ACC, Acid Cal,
25:18
Minnesota Cal's my game of the week.
25:19
Trent has got 2 Lane and Duke. What do you have, Bama?
25:24
Well, I don't know that it's going to be a good game, but I'm
25:27
just going to go, you know, comfort food, if you will.
25:29
I'm going to say USC at Purdue. And the reason I'm saying that I
25:32
don't think it's going to be a good, great game.
25:35
But this is 1 if you want a positive out of conference
25:37
realignment, right? When USC would never venture to
25:43
West Lafayette IN under any other circumstances other than
25:46
being a conference game. And I know Purdue has had the
25:49
Ohio State and Michigan and Penn State in there, but they
25:51
wouldn't and they had Oregon last year.
25:53
But this is a true absolute blue blood of college football coming
25:57
to West Lafayette. I don't know how good the game's
25:59
going to be, but I just think this is a it's going to be a
26:02
real positive to have USC run out of that tunnel.
26:07
So, you know, with the Trojan helmets and everything else.
26:09
And I just think that's a that is a big, big deal for a team,
26:14
in my opinion, like Purdue, who like I said, USC would never in
26:18
100 years. That's a great point.
26:19
And they might go to India, Indianapolis to play it there.
26:22
And good for them for not moving it again.
26:25
But they would never entertain going to West Lafayette.
26:27
So I'll be interested. I'll be flipping to that just a
26:29
little bit just to see what it looks like.
26:31
But those uniforms and that iconic helmet to be in Ross Egg
26:34
Stadium? I've got 3 sneaky good sneaky
26:37
games this week boys. We'll see Bama, we'll see you in
26:41
the text thread. We'll talk to you on Monday, cap
26:43
the weekend. All right.
26:44
Enjoy, Bama. Thank you.
26:46
Look forward to it, guys. Thanks a lot.
26:47
See. Buddy Bama, Bob Trent and I
26:49
going around college football. That's kind of true though,
26:51
right? Yes, see.
26:52
Purdue, that is, I got that one on the list.
26:55
Oh, on our list for us. What's the number?
26:58
3 touchdowns. You've been hyping up Purdue
27:02
over the last. You're taking Purdue, you're
27:04
taking Purdue. It's on the list.
27:05
I'm going to tell you right now you're going to take Purdue If
27:08
you if this game's on your list, I think you're going to decide
27:11
with Purdue. You got that right.
27:13
Now it doesn't make the list of five.
27:15
It may or may not, we'll find out, but you've been hyping up
27:18
those boilers. Take your time out.
27:20
Come back nowhere in Condon talking football with you.
27:24
Glad you're with us on the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
27:42
Hi Millary Condon, welcome back. Top of the hour off the bench.
27:46
Lucas and Sean Baseball. Note the Cubs are getting
27:49
clobbered early. Matthew Boyd gave up a three
27:53
spot in the first inning against the Rays of Tampa.
27:57
A little baseball for you on a football Friday, Trent, you had
27:59
enough. You want to talk more baseball?
28:01
That's enough of that. Let's move on.
28:02
All right, let's, let's talk about the two locals and
28:05
regarding their chances of covering the spread.
28:09
They're both big favorites. Although I was a huge favorite,
28:12
let's start there. I was about a 35 point favorite.
28:16
It's somewhere between 34353535 and a half, depends where you
28:21
go. It's a lot of points, but when
28:23
Tom Cakert was on and he joined us in the first hour of the
28:26
program, IAI knew that UMass was bad.
28:29
Not only are they bad, they're bad.
28:31
They're bad and they're banged up. 7 starters out.
28:35
That's my it's, I mean, so and I and I said this kind of tongue
28:40
in cheek, but not really setting the Dakin over under punch line
28:44
at 1 1/2. Maybe I should have said it at
28:47
1/2, right? I mean, does he?
28:49
He does because it's Kirk Farren.
28:50
Yeah, probably so Rob, but did he cover?
28:55
I mean, I was going to put up 35.
28:57
Don't they have to? I agree with you.
28:59
I mean it. I totally agree with you.
29:01
It is time. No more training wheels.
29:03
Nope. Throw the ball down the field.
29:06
If you're going to beat Indiana, if you're going to beat USC,
29:10
regardless of Penn State, Oregon and everybody else and Wisconsin
29:13
and Nebraska and Minnesota, you're going to have to show the
29:16
ability not just to throw the ball, throw the ball down the
29:18
field, give something, give something to the fans.
29:23
I take you back, I think it was New Kirk 3 point O, and I think
29:26
we've gone through 4 point O and five point O.
29:28
But do you remember that game where late in the first half
29:32
they did the fake field goal and the cheers that poured down?
29:36
What? Who are they playing?
29:37
Do you remember? 2015 range, something like that.
29:41
It might have been game one of the season.
29:44
It was going to be a laugher. But just that is that where
29:49
Newkirk was born? And that's where and then of
29:52
course, it led to the undefeated regular season.
29:55
And that was the beginning of people starting to open it up,
29:58
people doing that. It was just a a feat field goal
30:01
attempt that the crowd was just enthralled by something that
30:05
eventually didn't work. It didn't even work for the
30:07
Hawkeyes in that game as I think as Marshall, Marshall Kane maybe
30:11
got tackled like in the three yard line.
30:12
But regardless, give them something, give the fit.
30:15
This is supposed to be entertaining.
30:18
This is supposed to be fun. You're going to win the game.
30:22
Do it. Do something.
30:24
Make a statement try so we have in our in in our studio the the
30:29
12 and oh, perfection. There's the front page of the
30:33
sports section of the Cedar Rapids Gazette.
30:35
Yes, great poster. And that that was a it is a
30:38
great poster and the top of the fold for that week one game you
30:43
were referring to. If it was Illinois State, would
30:45
that be right? That sounds about right, yeah.
30:48
And the headline read. Now that was football, so that
30:52
has to be it, right? Yes, people realized that was
30:55
coming on the heels in 2014. The lost in Nebraska, that's
30:59
football. Kirk's response to them blowing
31:02
that game? One of the few losses they've
31:03
had to the Huskers? That's football.
31:06
And that was football that. Was football.
31:07
That has to be. It got people revved up against
31:10
a really good Illinois State team pre season.
31:12
And how about The Gazette? Although I'm not 100% positive,
31:14
I feel pretty good about this. Michael Oss was a columnist, and
31:18
the two beat writers, Mark Morehouse and Scott Dockerman,
31:22
think those readers were spoiled.
31:23
Yeah, pretty good. Pretty, pretty good, no doubt
31:26
about it. All right, so we both think
31:28
they're gonna cover. Meanwhile, in Jonesboro, AR, the
31:31
Cyclones will be playing for the fourth straight week.
31:33
They're just under A3 touchdown favorite if they cover in this
31:38
game. Look, I couldn't be much more
31:41
impressed with what Matt Campbell, his coaching acumen,
31:44
you know, the other BS drives me nuts.
31:45
But. That aside.
31:47
Right. He's a phenomenal head coach, He
31:50
really is. And he's and the way he gets his
31:52
players, do they cover? Here's a note from you from the
31:57
Bear. Chris Folika dated back to 2012.
32:01
Iowa State 91 and one against the spread the week following
32:04
the Iowa game Seven and one under Matt Campbell. 91 and 1,
32:09
seven and one following Cyhawk against the number.
32:12
Against the numbers Arkansas State put a lot into last week
32:17
when they got their rival. Yeah, Arkansas.
32:19
For the first time in over 100 years, they finally got to play
32:22
the Razorbacks. And probably.
32:24
Wouldn't play them. Got destroyed.
32:27
There was a lot put into that game.
32:29
I wonder emotionally where they're going to be.
32:31
Their point. I would lay it again with Iowa,
32:34
stayed in what felt like maybe a tricky spot.
32:36
I just think Arkansas states really bad.
32:39
Yeah, and you're right, Arkansas, that that they wanted
32:41
that game. They prepared for that game all
32:43
offseason. Well, we prepared for our Week 3
32:46
picks for about 10 minutes. We'll give you those.
32:48
We put a little more thought into it than that.
32:50
Will. Our picks are coming up next.
32:52
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Our records stink. That is mean to pillow fights.
33:29
Really. All right, Trent Condon, our
33:31
little head to head competition here.
33:34
I'm 500. You're not quite there yet,
33:36
correct? No, I'm two and eight.
33:38
Oh, and five followed up with a 2 and 3.
33:40
But I'm proving, you know what? Yes, you had the best week of
33:43
the two of us last week, believe it or not, Bar not set real
33:47
high. Oh.
33:47
Boy. Here's your tea box TC.
33:50
Thank you very much. Let's kick things off as we were
33:52
to improve on a two and three-week last week in the SEC.
33:57
I don't get this Arkansas steam that has been coming in all
34:00
week. Betting splits.
34:00
All about the Razorbacks now inside of a touchdown 6 1/2 with
34:04
Ole Miss. I like the little bit that I saw
34:06
out of Simmons and I'm just not a big tail and Green fan.
34:08
He's exciting. He makes too many mistakes. 63
34:12
points a year ago. I know it's not Jackson.
34:14
Darth there for Ole Miss against Arkansas.
34:16
I think Ole Miss cruises again. Give me the Rebels, minus the
34:19
six and a hook we go to tonight looking for another Friday night
34:23
winner. Gave you James Madison last
34:24
week. Let's go with the Cougs.
34:26
Houston this week as they're laying a 4 1/2 against a banged
34:30
up Colorado team. I like the Cougars as one of my
34:33
dark horses I mentioned before the year will lay the number 4
34:36
1/2 in that one. To the NFL we go.
34:38
Had this circled all week long, grabbing the Falcons.
34:41
Now it's down to 3 1/2, not the four and a half that was out
34:44
there earlier in the week. Give me Atlanta, my A + 3 1/2 on
34:47
the road in Minnesota. Let's go next to Tennessee like
34:52
that Titans defense last week, Matt Stafford bad back, bad
34:56
combination on the slow track in Tennessee on the grass.
34:59
I'm going to grab the Titans plus the five and a half and my
35:02
best bet of the week. We go back Troy let us slip away
35:05
a week ago. Emotional let down this week
35:08
against the Memphis team. You know, I really like I'm
35:10
going to take Memphis. My best bet of the week, minus
35:13
the three and. 1/2 All right, Trent, let's get into it.
35:16
I'm going to start in the college game.
35:17
I'm going to take LSUI. Think Florida's a bad football
35:20
team. I think LSU has got to chance to
35:22
be, you know, in contention for the first, second, third, fourth
35:28
best team in college football. I'll lay the points, lay a
35:31
touchdown. I think they were looking ahead
35:32
last week. Florida, meanwhile, they have to
35:35
win this game. Their schedule is daunting.
35:37
I don't think they will. I'll take LSU, give me the
35:39
Tigers over the Gators laying a touchdown.
35:42
I won a dog this week. It's the 9:30 tilt on ESPN.
35:47
It's the Gophers from the Big 10.
35:49
It's Cal from the and sound right still ACC.
35:53
I'm going to give me 3. It's three at Fanatics so I'll
35:57
grab the field goal as they will take care of the Gophers.
36:01
To the NFL we go the Chargers and the Raiders.
36:05
Monday Night Football. I think this Chargers team is
36:07
really good. I think I think the Raiders are
36:09
better, but the Chargers are just the better football team.
36:13
Two good coaches, one older quarterback, one really good
36:17
quarterback. I think this is the year of
36:18
Justin Herbert. Lay the field goal.
36:21
Give me the Chargers. I pick number one in the NFL.
36:24
Speaking of quarterbacks, Aaron Rodgers threw 4 touchdown passes
36:29
last week. Seattle's coming across the
36:30
country, at least to Pittsburgh. They better not go too far.
36:33
They're playing the Steelers, but at Pittsburgh, laying three.
36:36
I will take the Steelers in that one and then my best bet of the
36:40
week. I think the Chiefs are in
36:42
trouble. O and two to start the year.
36:45
Patrick Mahomes, Travis Kelsey, the fall from grace.
36:52
It's here the Eagles thump them. My best bet of the week?
36:59
You got to pick them. Yes.
37:01
I'll pick Pickle on that one. Steelers -3 chargers -3 Eagles
37:06
pick em. Cal getting 3 and LSU laying a
37:09
touch. Playing 7 yes.
37:11
For the record, so we make sure that we have them all correctly
37:14
down in the don't. Book Yep, absolutely.
37:16
So we're in front against the boys.
37:18
I would think so. I haven't looked at you.
37:20
You had two. I have 5:00.
37:21
That's seven. I don't know what they did last
37:25
week. So there's they're hiding the
37:26
picks. They, I don't think they put out
37:28
a oh. No, there was no graphic.
37:30
I didn't see it if there was. I mean, it's embarrassing for
37:32
me. It's what for them?
37:34
I got a great teammate. Yeah, one in four.
37:39
Great team mate in week 1. Yeah, well, we'll see if we can
37:42
get back on that track again. Those are the picks as we see
37:45
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the games. Couple of Big 12 tilts to lift
37:58
the curtain tonight. And we look certainly look
38:01
forward to that. Yeah, we're right in front by
38:04
two. Up by two, up by two.
38:06
Would you got mad at me if I would have laid the 29 1/2 with
38:10
South Dakota State against Drake?
38:12
That's what the number is. 29 and a.
38:15
Half Come on, Bulldogs cover baby, do you?
38:17
Then you don't think they will. It's.
38:18
Going to be tough. Yeah, we'll see.
38:20
All right, that's going to do it for us off the bench.
38:22
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