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USF Starts The Season 3-0 · 4th AND BULL

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  Speaker 1: Welcome to 4th and Bowl. It is a victory Monday.
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  Speaker 1: The Bulls are 3-0 after a win over Delaware State.
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  Speaker 1: We're going to talk all about that game here on
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  Speaker 1: into the Spotify thing. Uh, I, I should be on there. Um,
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  Speaker 1: I've just, I, I just haven't been, I will say
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  Speaker 1: super happy with how this is growing. It really is
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  Speaker 1: They've all been positive, which is nice. In sports talk radio,
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  Speaker 1: usually the comments on social media are mean. You don't
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  Speaker 1: know ball. This guy's a moron. So it's nice. And look,
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  Speaker 1: that's part of the job. I'm used to it. Those
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  Speaker 1: comments don't bother me anymore. But it's nice to read
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  Speaker 1: on the YouTube channel and Twitter nice comments from you
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  Speaker 1: guys just appreciating this podcast. So thank you so much.
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  Speaker 1: I owe you guys an apology because I did say
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  Speaker 1: on Friday's show I would have this out for you
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  Speaker 1: Saturday night. So when you woke up Sunday morning, you
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  Speaker 1: would have the podcast. I'm going to, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: be fully honest with you. It was Saturday night. I
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  Speaker 1: might've been having a good old time. I'm watching USF.
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  Speaker 1: I'm watching Alex Golis get beat. We all enjoyed that. Right.
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  Speaker 1: And then of course I was watching a link if,
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  Speaker 1: and his return to Ole Miss. So you had three
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  Speaker 1: great games on at the same time. I probably wasn't
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  Speaker 1: in the best state to do a podcast. And then Sunday,
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  Speaker 1: the NFL kind of took over and, uh, I'm sorry.
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  Speaker 1: But here we are on a Monday. I'm sorry. Better
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  Speaker 1: late than never, I guess. But I will say this.
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  Speaker 1: USF and Brian Hartline are now under more pressure than
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  Speaker 1: they have ever been on. Now, Brian Hartline, this is
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  Speaker 1: your number one. But USF, they've been around for a while.
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  Speaker 1: But this is the most pressure they've been under in
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  Speaker 1: quite some time. And it has nothing to do with
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  Speaker 1: how they're playing. They are under pressure because they are
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  Speaker 1: all we have left when it comes to a football
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  Speaker 1: team here in Tampa Bay. Now, is the Bucs season over? No.
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  Speaker 1: But that was... atrocious yesterday. We're not going to talk
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  Speaker 1: about that on this podcast. You can listen to my
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  Speaker 1: radio show. If you want to hear more about the box,
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  Speaker 1: this is about the bowls, but the bowls are under
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  Speaker 1: some pressure because again, they are really the only team
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  Speaker 1: left here in Tampa Bay. When it comes to football,
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  Speaker 1: that we feel they can still meet the expectations that
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  Speaker 1: were set in front of them at the beginning of
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  Speaker 1: the season. Also, I will say, I want to thank
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  Speaker 1: TJ Reeves for coming on Friday and, He did play-by-play
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  Speaker 1: on ESPN +. I don't know if this has happened
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  Speaker 1: to anybody else. I didn't get to watch the final
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  Speaker 1: eight minutes of the game. Now, it was out of
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  Speaker 1: hand at that point. I'll be honest. I was stressing
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  Speaker 1: it because I'm like, I got to watch the end
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  Speaker 1: of the game. I'm doing this podcast. I got to
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  Speaker 1: watch every single play, every single second. And then once
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  Speaker 1: I stopped panicking about it and I realized, I've got
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  Speaker 1: plenty of notes from Saturday. We're good to go. I
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  Speaker 1: don't need to see the final eight minutes. Nothing's really
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  Speaker 1: going to change my opinion. But what happened was is,
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  Speaker 1: you know, the game on, I have YouTube TV, and
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  Speaker 1: when the game is scheduled for a certain amount of time,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it shows it on the schedule, but once
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  Speaker 1: the game goes over that a lot of time, like
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  Speaker 1: it no longer shows up on the screen, right? And
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  Speaker 1: so there was no way to find the game once,
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  Speaker 1: like let's say that they had the game ending at
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  Speaker 1: 10 o'clock, right? I can't remember what time it was,
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  Speaker 1: but let's just, we'll use easy numbers. The network, they
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  Speaker 1: thought it was going to be over at 10, but
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  Speaker 1: it's now past 10. The game is still on, but
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  Speaker 1: the icon to find the game and YouTube TV, I'm scrolling.
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  Speaker 1: And I went, I sorted it by sport, football, whatever
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  Speaker 1: the USF Delaware state, nowhere to be found. I would
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  Speaker 1: then search USF football and I record every game. My
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  Speaker 1: recording would come up, but it stopped in the third quarter.
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  Speaker 1: So like, I don't know what happened. Very frustrating. Didn't,
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  Speaker 1: if it would have been a close game, I would
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  Speaker 1: have been losing my mind. Luckily, at that point, I
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  Speaker 1: knew they had already won the game. I felt like
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  Speaker 1: there was really nothing more I was going to learn
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  Speaker 1: about them. I then decided to put my full attention
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  Speaker 1: on the Gators beating Alex Golish because that was enjoyable. And,
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  Speaker 1: of course, the LSU Ole Miss game and seeing Lane
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  Speaker 1: Kiffin lose, that was also enjoyable. So I got everything
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  Speaker 1: I wanted on a Saturday night. Alex Golish lost, USF win.
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  Speaker 1: Lane Kiffin loss. So nothing really to complain about today.
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  Speaker 1: Although I'll find a couple things to complain about. Give
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  Speaker 1: me a second. But yeah, the outcome of all those
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  Speaker 1: games were great. It was a great Saturday night of football.
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  Speaker 1: With USF going into this game, like I said about
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  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, when I didn't get to watch the
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  Speaker 1: final eight minutes, I wasn't worried about it because I
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  Speaker 1: didn't think I was going to learn anything else about
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  Speaker 1: this team. And That was kind of how my mindset
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  Speaker 1: going into the game was going to be, was I'm
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  Speaker 1: not going to learn anything about USF tonight. And as
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  Speaker 1: I began to watch that game, I learned more about
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  Speaker 1: this team than I wanted to. And I learned that
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  Speaker 1: either side has the ability to kind of go cold
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  Speaker 1: or not play to its full capabilities anymore. And so far,
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  Speaker 1: under Brian Hartline, we have yet to see this team
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  Speaker 1: play good football for four quarters. Now, they played an
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  Speaker 1: excellent second half. First half, the offense was good. I
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  Speaker 1: have no complaints, really, about the offense overall. The offense
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  Speaker 1: had a number of big plays Saturday night. That was
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  Speaker 1: really their best showing. And it's supposed to be their
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  Speaker 1: best showing. They're going up against an FCS opponent. But
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  Speaker 1: they had 11 plays of over 15 yards. USF's offense did,
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  Speaker 1: which is just absolutely incredible. But where I'm actually more
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  Speaker 1: concerned was the defensive side of the ball. They gave
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  Speaker 1: up 353 yards to Delaware State, which is unacceptable. And
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  Speaker 1: a majority of those yards came in the first quarter.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what got said at halftime in the
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  Speaker 1: locker room, but whatever was said, it was the right message.
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  Speaker 1: And I appreciate Coach Hartline saying, or coach aldrey whoever
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  Speaker 1: stepped up and i imagine it's the head coach whatever
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  Speaker 1: was said in that locker room it worked because changes
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  Speaker 1: need to be made needed to be made changes were
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  Speaker 1: made and they played so much better with 353 yards
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  Speaker 1: to an fcs opponent uh is concerning now you could
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  Speaker 1: say well 90 of those yards came on a touchdown pass,
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  Speaker 1: and there was a 50-yard run. You take those away,
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  Speaker 1: and there's 213 yards on 56 plays, and that's not
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  Speaker 1: that bad. No, that's not the case. You don't get
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  Speaker 1: to just remove those plays. Those plays happened. A 90-yard
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  Speaker 1: play and a 50-yard run. A 90-yard passing touchdown and
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  Speaker 1: a 50-yard run is unacceptable against Delaware State. That is
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  Speaker 1: not supposed to happen. The amount of big plays... that
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  Speaker 1: their offense generated in the first half was inexcusable. Even
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  Speaker 1: if they were playing Ohio State in that offense, that's
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  Speaker 1: too many big plays for me. But they weren't playing
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State. They were playing Delaware State. This defense, especially
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  Speaker 1: the secondary, has to be better. The defensive line can
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  Speaker 1: be better, too. And look, I know there were injuries, right?
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  Speaker 1: There was no C.J. Hicks. Grayson Pop Howard hasn't been back.
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  Speaker 1: I get it. And if that's an opponent like UTSA,
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  Speaker 1: which is on the schedule coming up in a couple weeks,
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  Speaker 1: or they're playing Memphis, or somebody of that caliber, I
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  Speaker 1: could get behind the excuse of, well, there's injuries. But
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  Speaker 1: they were playing Delaware State. I cannot subscribe to it's
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  Speaker 1: because of injuries. This defense has some work to do. Now, again,
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  Speaker 1: I love what they did in the second half. They
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  Speaker 1: came out, and they bounced back, and they played really well.
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  Speaker 1: The offense, I believe, was averaging somewhere around nine points
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  Speaker 1: of play, which is, which is pretty incredible. So kudos
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  Speaker 1: to the offense led by the running game, which offensively,
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  Speaker 1: I think that's exactly what Brian Hartline wants to do.
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  Speaker 1: He wants to be able to run the ball the
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  Speaker 1: way he ran the ball. But can they do that
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  Speaker 1: against better opponents? We haven't necessarily seen that yet. Not
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  Speaker 1: to the level that we saw Saturday night, but those
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  Speaker 1: were kind of my concerns. The big plays that were
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  Speaker 1: given up. If you're giving up two plays like that,
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  Speaker 1: a 90-yard play and a 50-yard run to Delaware State,
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  Speaker 1: what is that going to mean against a UTSA offense?
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  Speaker 1: What's that going to mean against a Memphis offense? So
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  Speaker 1: they've got to get things cleaned up. Luckily, they have
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  Speaker 1: time still. You have Bowling Green this weekend. They should
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  Speaker 1: be favored in that game on the road. I don't
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  Speaker 1: worry about them too much there. Temple, I like their
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  Speaker 1: chances there. They should be undefeated going into that game.
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  Speaker 1: against UTSA, which is going to be a really good game.
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  Speaker 1: And UTSA didn't win, but they hung around on Texas
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  Speaker 1: for quite a long time. They showed me something. I
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  Speaker 1: do think they are a good team this year, and
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  Speaker 1: they're always a good program. UTSA is, I think we
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  Speaker 1: talked about this on Friday when TJ was on the show,
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  Speaker 1: they're kind of like USF. There's just a ton of
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  Speaker 1: high school talent. Not everybody goes to Austin to go
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  Speaker 1: to Texas or Texas A & M, Texas Tech, right?
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  Speaker 1: And they go to UT San Antonio. And same here.
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  Speaker 1: Not every kid goes to Florida state or the Gators
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  Speaker 1: or Miami and, and USF gets a ton of talent.
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  Speaker 1: So they kind of have the same little recipe working
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  Speaker 1: for them over there, but that's going to be a
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  Speaker 1: good game coming up in a couple of weeks. We're
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  Speaker 1: not there yet, but I can't wait to talk about
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  Speaker 1: that one. That was going to be an exciting night
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  Speaker 1: on a Thursday night, a standalone game that will have
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  Speaker 1: my attention over whatever NFL game is on. I can
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  Speaker 1: promise you that, but yeah, The defense definitely concerns me.
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  Speaker 1: The big plays, they've got to get that obviously cleaned up.
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  Speaker 1: And I'd like to see more pressure on the quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: And again, no C.J. Hicks, but against a team like
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  Speaker 1: Delaware State, it shouldn't really matter. I thought being 21-17
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  Speaker 1: at halftime was so unacceptable. And I'm thankful that we
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  Speaker 1: haven't had to do this podcast after a loss yet,
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  Speaker 1: but I'm also disappointed that We have yet to come
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  Speaker 1: on this podcast and not find something to not be
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  Speaker 1: upset about. Right? Like, they're 3-0. By the way, they
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  Speaker 1: covered the spread. We should be pumped about what we
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  Speaker 1: saw on Saturday night. But it's the way that they
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  Speaker 1: played that first half. That's a red flag. This team
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  Speaker 1: has red flags. Can we agree on that? Like, that's
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  Speaker 1: not just me. There's something about this team. Even though
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  Speaker 1: they're 3-0, they win game two as, well, let's go
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  Speaker 1: back to FIU. They win an ugly 19-9 game. Obviously,
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  Speaker 1: they don't cover the Vegas spread there. Just overall, it
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  Speaker 1: wasn't a great game. Now, I'm okay with that not
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  Speaker 1: being a good game. It's the first game for that
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  Speaker 1: offensive line together. I said going into the game here
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  Speaker 1: on fourth and bowl, I think it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: a close game, closer than people think. I know everyone,
• 12:52
  Speaker 1: you know, sometimes your fandom gets in the way and
• 12:53
  Speaker 1: you think everything's going to be a blowout. I said
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  Speaker 1: that was going to be a 10-point game. It was
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  Speaker 1: actually a 10-point game. Now, I didn't have the score right.
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was going to be 31-21. Army, I
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  Speaker 1: had them beating Army in the upset. They were a 3.5-point
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  Speaker 1: underdog in that game, and they get the victory. And
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  Speaker 1: that was a fantastic win, especially the way that it ended.
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  Speaker 1: Got to give the team credit. They never quit. They
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  Speaker 1: never give up. And you got to love Brian Hartline.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, ballsy call to go for it when he
• 13:23
  Speaker 1: could have settled in. for the field goal and Nico
• 13:25
  Speaker 1: grammatica is fantastic. He probably makes that field goal and
• 13:28
  Speaker 1: they go to overtime and God only knows what happens,
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  Speaker 1: but the defense there was given up some big plays,
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  Speaker 1: you know, overall, I thought they played well against an
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  Speaker 1: army run defense, but they gave up nine passes or
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  Speaker 1: they gave up nine completions on 10 passes. And at
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  Speaker 1: the end of the second or the end of the, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: the end of the second quarter in the army game,
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  Speaker 1: when you knew army was passing and you still couldn't
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  Speaker 1: stop it, that was a little discouraging to me. And
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  Speaker 1: then to see that kind of continue, into the first
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  Speaker 1: half against a team like Delaware state. Yeah, I'm a little,
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  Speaker 1: I'm a little concerned there. There's, there's some red flags
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  Speaker 1: on this team sometimes on offense. Not this week. The
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  Speaker 1: offense was great. I got to give them their flowers,
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  Speaker 1: but this week the defense had some red flags. And
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  Speaker 1: so I'm just, I'm waiting for this team to fully
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  Speaker 1: put it together for a complete game. We're now three
• 14:17
  Speaker 1: games in and we haven't seen that yet. Now I've
• 14:20
  Speaker 1: had a couple of people message me some really good
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  Speaker 1: questions about One of the questions was, because I believe
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  Speaker 1: it was the first episode, or maybe it was on
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  Speaker 1: my radio show, I had them winning 10 games. I
• 14:33
  Speaker 1: had them going 10-2. And somebody reached out to me
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  Speaker 1: today and said, do you still think after watching this team,
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  Speaker 1: they are a 10-2 team? I don't know if I'm
• 14:44
  Speaker 1: ready to take back 10-2 yet, but I would say I,
• 14:49
  Speaker 1: at this point, I wouldn't be shocked if I'm wrong
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  Speaker 1: about the 10 wins. I look at Bowling Green this week,
• 14:56
  Speaker 1: and they should win. Temple, they should win. UTSA, they're
• 14:59
  Speaker 1: going to be an underdog in that game. Memphis, Tulane,
• 15:02
  Speaker 1: those are going to be three games. I mean, look,
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  Speaker 1: every game on the schedule, I think just the way
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  Speaker 1: that they played so far, until they show me they
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  Speaker 1: can play all four quarters, there's going to be games
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  Speaker 1: that they probably should win that they might end up losing.
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  Speaker 1: But maybe there's a game that they're not supposed to win,
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  Speaker 1: and they end up winning. So for right now, I'm
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  Speaker 1: still going to keep it at the 10-2. I would
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  Speaker 1: say my opinion of this team before game one to now,
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  Speaker 1: I still feel good about them. I don't feel great
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  Speaker 1: about them. And I just feel like there's some red flags.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe it's just me. I don't know. You can let
• 15:47
  Speaker 1: me know in the comments. You can let me know
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  Speaker 1: on Twitter, too. I am Nick Wise. The comments on
• 15:52
  Speaker 1: YouTube are always great. I like to go through and
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: read those. But do you guys feel the same way?
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  Speaker 1: There are some red flags with this team, despite them
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  Speaker 1: being 3-0, which, by the way, this is the first
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  Speaker 1: time they've been 3-0 in a very long time. It
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  Speaker 1: is quite the accomplishment. But this year, unlike the past
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  Speaker 1: previous seasons, they don't have Miami on the schedule, right?
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  Speaker 1: They don't have Alabama on the schedule. And if this
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: team played against the likes of a Miami team, or
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: Alabama or look last year they played the Gators and
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  Speaker 1: I know they won Gators look really good especially on
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  Speaker 1: offense I you know I don't know they're undefeated right
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  Speaker 1: I they're not beating Miami uh they're probably not beating
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  Speaker 1: Alabama and I'll be completely honest I don't think they're
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  Speaker 1: at the level of Florida right now so you know
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  Speaker 1: the record three and oh it it is an accomplishment
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: they haven't had in a couple years and we should
• 16:45
  Speaker 1: be I guess happier but I don't know I just
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: I feel like there's some red flags there and I'm
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: really I'm concerned going forward. I'm not going to change
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: the 10-win prediction yet, but I don't know if I
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: have the cojones to bet on it, which I haven't done.
• 17:01
  Speaker 1: But yeah, drop it in the comments. What do you
• 17:04
  Speaker 1: think the red flags are on this team? And are
• 17:06
  Speaker 1: you just as concerned as me? Because I think you guys,
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: as happy as you are with 3-0, I think most
• 17:13
  Speaker 1: of you also haven't left any of the games feeling great.
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: Maybe you do. after watching the second half against Delaware state,
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: cause they were great, right? Like I don't want to
• 17:24
  Speaker 1: come off as, as negative Nick. I'm not trying to do,
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: I'm just, I'm trying to be real, right? I don't
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: want to come on here and just tell you everything
• 17:32
  Speaker 1: is good. Everything is gold. It's all gravy. And this
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: team is going to run it right on into the
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: American conference championship. Cause that's just not how I feel
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: at this moment. Do I think that they have the
• 17:41
  Speaker 1: potential to do so? I do, but the streakiness of
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: the offense is, Now it's the streakiness of the defense.
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: It feels like on any given night, and I don't
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: want to put this all on the coaching staff. The
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: players got to execute too, but it feels like on
• 17:56
  Speaker 1: any given night, one of these coordinators can just not
• 17:58
  Speaker 1: have their best night. And I would say it was
• 18:01
  Speaker 1: the defense, at least for the first two quarters against
• 18:03
  Speaker 1: Delaware State. Aldridge wasn't the guy you guys were complaining
• 18:07
  Speaker 1: about after weeks one and two. It was Tim Peck. Well,
• 18:11
  Speaker 1: now everything's good in Tim Beck world, and now it's
• 18:13
  Speaker 1: Aldridge that we're kind of like, well, what happened there?
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: So the defense has got to do better at not
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: giving up big plays. A 90-yard play and a 50-yard
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: play against an opponent like Delaware State just can't happen.
• 18:24
  Speaker 1: But I will also say this. We've seen some crazy
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: things in college football this year with the so-called lesser
• 18:32
  Speaker 1: opponents and bigger programs, right? Like Western Michigan and Michigan.
• 18:36
  Speaker 1: We don't got to hash that out, but we all
• 18:38
  Speaker 1: know what happened there. That was a closer game than
• 18:40
  Speaker 1: anyone would have thought. This weekend, was it New Mexico?
• 18:45
  Speaker 1: Hung around with Oklahoma. By the way, Knicks picks. I
• 18:48
  Speaker 1: put those out on my social media every single Saturday morning.
• 18:52
  Speaker 1: I had New Mexico in the points. I think they
• 18:54
  Speaker 1: were getting like 22.5. Knicks picks went 5-2. Not a
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: bad weekend to make sure you're following my picks. It's
• 19:01
  Speaker 1: not always great, but last two weeks we've been good.
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: But yeah, Knicks picks. I am Nick Wise. Twitter and
• 19:07
  Speaker 1: Instagram is where I post those every Saturday before the
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: noon games. I had USF. Did I have USF and
• 19:14
  Speaker 1: Knicks picks at all this year? I don't think I have.
• 19:17
  Speaker 1: I don't like to bet on the teams that I
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: root for. Do you guys do that? Because it's like
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: you either double with... Now, here's the one way I
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: guess I could bet on a game that my team
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: is in. But Real quick, let me finish my thought.
• 19:32
  Speaker 1: I don't like betting on them because it's like if
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: you lose the bet and the game, it's like double burn.
• 19:38
  Speaker 1: And I don't want to bet against my team because
• 19:41
  Speaker 1: then I'm rooting against my own money and my feeling
• 19:45
  Speaker 1: that I just the feelings are weird. But I will
• 19:47
  Speaker 1: say this. I've thought about it at times going. All right.
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: How much money is this loss worth? How much on
• 19:55
  Speaker 1: the money line do I got to put on the
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: opponent to where if my team loses today, I can
• 19:59
  Speaker 1: be like, well, at least I won blank. You know,
• 20:02
  Speaker 1: is that number 100 bucks? No, I don't think it is.
• 20:06
  Speaker 1: I think my number is like 500 bucks. Like that's
• 20:09
  Speaker 1: the number it would take for me to get over
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: a big loss. But then if my team wins and
• 20:13
  Speaker 1: I lose 500, am I happy my team won, but
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: I lost the 500? So I just, I stay away
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: from betting on my own teams. I don't like doing it.
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: But yeah, Knicks picks, make sure you follow them. They're
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: doing pretty good this year. But as far as USF goes, yeah,
• 20:31
  Speaker 1: you know, back to the red flags, there are some.
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: Another message I did get from somebody on Twitter who
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: was telling me they appreciated the show, which I appreciate,
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: of course. They asked me if I believe USF should
• 20:45
  Speaker 1: be ranked in the top 25 because the top 25
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: rankings came out yesterday and there were a few teams
• 20:52
  Speaker 1: in the top 25 that have one loss. In fact,
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: there's more than a few. Ohio State, of course, has
• 21:01
  Speaker 1: one loss against Texas. They are the Seventh-ranked team. Do
• 21:05
  Speaker 1: I think USF is better than Ohio State? No, I don't.
• 21:08
  Speaker 1: LSU is 2-1 right now with a loss to Ole Miss.
• 21:10
  Speaker 1: Do I think USF is better than LSU right now? No,
• 21:13
  Speaker 1: I do not. Louisville has one loss. It was a
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: close loss to Ole Miss. They're now ranked 16th. Do
• 21:19
  Speaker 1: I think USF is better than them? No, I do not.
• 21:23
  Speaker 1: Oregon is ranked 20th. They're 2-1. I don't know if
• 21:26
  Speaker 1: USF is better than them or not. I mean, they
• 21:29
  Speaker 1: lost to Oklahoma State, who lost to Tulsa. Now, Tulsa
• 21:32
  Speaker 1: is not on the USF schedule, so we won't get
• 21:35
  Speaker 1: to compare them in that way. But Oregon, for me,
• 21:38
  Speaker 1: I don't have Oregon ranked. But based on their brand,
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: of course, they are in the AP poll. SMU 2-1,
• 21:45
  Speaker 1: their only loss coming to Louisville this weekend. Do I
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: think that USF is better than SMU? I do not.
• 21:51
  Speaker 1: Texas A & M, they're 23rd. They're 2-1. Do I
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: think we're better than Texas A & M? I don't know,
• 21:57
  Speaker 1: because I don't think Texas A & M is that good.
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: I'm going to say probably not, just because of the
• 22:01
  Speaker 1: way they beat up on Arizona State a couple weeks ago.
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: Houston is 2-1. Their loss came this weekend to Texas Tech,
• 22:10
  Speaker 1: a great Friday night game. I don't see any teams
• 22:15
  Speaker 1: in the top 25 that I think USF should be
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: in over. Even when I look at the others receiving votes,
• 22:23
  Speaker 1: there's Washington, Kentucky, West Virginia, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State. I like
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: that they knocked Oklahoma out. They did deserve that after
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: nearly losing to New Mexico. There's Boise State, Virginia Tech,
• 22:35
  Speaker 1: Western Michigan, Duke, Tulsa, Arizona, Pittsburgh, UCLA, James Madison, North
• 22:39
  Speaker 1: Dakota State, Kansas State, Nebraska. I mean, they're not even
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: going to look right now. And I was kind of hoping...
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: that they would be in the others receiving votes because
• 22:49
  Speaker 1: that would tell me something. And what that would tell
• 22:51
  Speaker 1: me is now, by the way, I'm going to be
• 22:53
  Speaker 1: fully honest with you guys. I'll never lie to you.
• 22:57
  Speaker 1: I don't believe they deserve to be receiving in that
• 23:00
  Speaker 1: category of others receiving votes. I just don't, I don't
• 23:02
  Speaker 1: think again, all of the red flags that I have
• 23:05
  Speaker 1: on this team and they they've won the games they
• 23:08
  Speaker 1: were supposed to win. They won one game. They weren't
• 23:10
  Speaker 1: supposed to win. I give them credit for that. But
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: they haven't gone in and knocked off a power four team, right?
• 23:15
  Speaker 1: None of those are on the schedule. Now, do I
• 23:17
  Speaker 1: believe their schedule with UTSA and Memphis and Tulane has
• 23:22
  Speaker 1: a chance to be tough and get them ranked 100%?
• 23:26
  Speaker 1: But at this point in the season, they're not there
• 23:28
  Speaker 1: yet and not the way they played. Do I think
• 23:31
  Speaker 1: they belong in the others receiving votes category along with
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: the teams that I just mentioned? No, but I was
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: hoping that they would be because that would tell me
• 23:42
  Speaker 1: the brand of USF is being taken a little bit
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: more serious. What do I mean by that? AP poll
• 23:50
  Speaker 1: voters don't watch the games, right? We all remember the
• 23:55
  Speaker 1: girl last year who ranked Florida above USF, Haley Sawyer,
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: I believe is her name. Don't, if you're hearing this
• 24:03
  Speaker 1: on the podcast, don't be looking her up on social
• 24:05
  Speaker 1: media and bullying her. It's not necessary, right? But she
• 24:09
  Speaker 1: took a lot of criticism after USFB Florida. She had
• 24:11
  Speaker 1: Florida ranked higher. She had USF ranked, but she had
• 24:14
  Speaker 1: them ranked lower than Florida, which is just silly. The
• 24:17
  Speaker 1: AP voters aren't watching the games. They're at the games, right?
• 24:22
  Speaker 1: Because they're all affiliated with a team. So they are
• 24:25
  Speaker 1: at the stadium all day long. They are not watching football.
• 24:29
  Speaker 1: That is why I don't go to games. I don't
• 24:32
  Speaker 1: like covering a game that way because I like to, one,
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: I think I can see more from watching on TV
• 24:40
  Speaker 1: than the press box. So I think I have a
• 24:42
  Speaker 1: better view, can get more information. I also like to
• 24:46
  Speaker 1: watch all the other games to know what's going on
• 24:48
  Speaker 1: in college football. And if I go to a game,
• 24:49
  Speaker 1: I can't do that. I did have somebody reach out.
• 24:52
  Speaker 1: I believe it was Jay invited me out to a tailgate. Jay,
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: I appreciate the invite. Appreciate you watching the show. And
• 24:59
  Speaker 1: I told Jay, I just I don't go to a
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: lot of games that are on Saturday. Now, I do
• 25:04
  Speaker 1: have plans to go to like UTSA is on the road.
• 25:07
  Speaker 1: It's a Thursday night. If that was at home, I'd
• 25:09
  Speaker 1: probably be there. I am trying to go to the
• 25:12
  Speaker 1: Memphis game. That's on a Thursday. I do want to go.
• 25:14
  Speaker 1: I do want to get there. I just for me,
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: I just I learn way more by and can see
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: way more by watching on TV. So these AP poll voters,
• 25:24
  Speaker 1: they don't they don't watch the games. They just look
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: at brands. And they look at records and they're like,
• 25:31
  Speaker 1: all right, I'm going to put this team here, that
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: team there. And so had USF shown up on others
• 25:36
  Speaker 1: receiving votes, that would tell me, all right, I know
• 25:40
  Speaker 1: these guys haven't watched USF games. They weren't watching USF
• 25:43
  Speaker 1: and Delaware State on ESPN Plus, but that would tell
• 25:46
  Speaker 1: me the brand is picking up. But they're 3-0 and
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: they didn't show up in that category. And I was
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: a little disappointed in that for that reason. Now, I
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: will say this, though. I think the AP poll is
• 26:00
  Speaker 1: right for not putting them in there. But that's what
• 26:02
  Speaker 1: I was looking for when I was looking at others
• 26:04
  Speaker 1: receiving votes. It was more of how was the brand
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: resonating with AP poll voters. They are 3-0 right now.
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: And as of right now, it's not resonating. But they also,
• 26:14
  Speaker 1: you got to remember, they don't have a huge quality
• 26:16
  Speaker 1: win yet. Chances and opportunities down the road for that
• 26:20
  Speaker 1: quality win will happen. But it just has not happened yet.
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: I want to look at this game by the numbers.
• 26:31
  Speaker 1: The number 59, which is the number of points that
• 26:35
  Speaker 1: USF scored on Saturday night. The number 611. Do you
• 26:42
  Speaker 1: know what the number 611 represents for USF on Saturday?
• 26:46
  Speaker 1: I'm going to take a sip of my coffee real quick.
• 26:48
  Speaker 1: I'm going to let you think about that number 611. Oh, man,
• 26:50
  Speaker 1: I needed that. The alarm went off this morning, and
• 26:57
  Speaker 1: I was like, I don't want to get ready for work.
• 27:01
  Speaker 1: 611 total yards. Incredible job by the offense. That was
• 27:08
  Speaker 1: the game, which we talked about on Friday, work out
• 27:11
  Speaker 1: every kink. Get the passing game going. Get the running
• 27:13
  Speaker 1: game going. Get yourself some confidence. Like, prove to yourself
• 27:18
  Speaker 1: you can execute the playbook. And they did that. on Saturday.
• 27:23
  Speaker 1: And I don't care if it was a lesser opponent.
• 27:25
  Speaker 1: That was something they had to do. That was one
• 27:27
  Speaker 1: of the things that if I'm coach Harlan, I've got
• 27:30
  Speaker 1: on the chalkboard, I've written it down, like execute on offense,
• 27:34
  Speaker 1: passing game, running game, offensive line. They did that. They
• 27:38
  Speaker 1: can check those boxes. They can be proud of themselves
• 27:41
  Speaker 1: because they did a really good job. 290. We are
• 27:46
  Speaker 1: doing USF Delaware state by the numbers. The number 290.
• 27:49
  Speaker 1: What does that number represent? Well, that is the number
• 27:52
  Speaker 1: of rushing yards that USF walked away with. I should
• 27:57
  Speaker 1: say ran away with on Saturday night. 290, which is
• 28:01
  Speaker 1: just absolutely incredible. Crowder, obviously the team leader. He had
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: eight carries for 101 yards. I mean, he was averaging 12.6
• 28:11
  Speaker 1: yards a carry. He had three touchdowns. Just an absolute
• 28:14
  Speaker 1: day for DJ Crowder. Trey Kinkle, five carries, 67 yards.
• 28:19
  Speaker 1: Chase Garnett, one carry, 45 yards. Jason Collins, five carries
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: for 35 and a touchdown. Garnett, by the way, also
• 28:25
  Speaker 1: had a touchdown as well. And then Luke Cromanoke with
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: two touchdowns himself coming in there with the quarterback draw.
• 28:32
  Speaker 1: I like the way that they use... I mean, you
• 28:34
  Speaker 1: know run is coming, but he's just a bigger, stronger body.
• 28:37
  Speaker 1: It sucks to take out Michael Van Buren Jr. when
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: you get into those positions, but... He's just a bigger
• 28:42
  Speaker 1: body that you can put on the line, give yourself
• 28:44
  Speaker 1: the extra blocker by running with the quarterback. I like
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: the little goal line packages they have with him. 9.4
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: as we look at USF and Delaware State by the numbers. 9.4.
• 28:56
  Speaker 1: Any idea what that number represents? I believe I actually
• 29:00
  Speaker 1: alluded to it earlier here on the show. 9.4 is...
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: How many yards per carry they averaged? Their rushing yards, 9.4
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: per play. It's impressive. You actually kind of go back
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: and look at it. They didn't even run the ball
• 29:19
  Speaker 1: as much. They threw it more than they passed. I
• 29:21
  Speaker 1: believe they ran it 25 times. I don't have the
• 29:24
  Speaker 1: exact number, but I'd have to do the math here. 4, 9, 12.
• 29:28
  Speaker 1: Is it fun listening to me count? It can't be. 7, 18, 23. 31.
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: Looks like 31. I don't know if I added that
• 29:38
  Speaker 1: up right. Regardless. they did throw the ball a little
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: bit more. But the number 9.4 is yards per carry. 9.3,
• 29:48
  Speaker 1: that is the number of yards per play. That includes
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: the passing game. The number 33. Do you know what
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: the number 33 represents in this USF victory game? on
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: Saturday night against Delaware State. The number 33, that number
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: represents how many first downs the USF offense had? 33.
• 30:12
  Speaker 1: The number one represents how many sacks this team had,
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: which I think that was kind of a disappointing number.
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: I thought this was a game at the line of
• 30:24
  Speaker 1: scrimmage where you clearly had the advantage of I wanted
• 30:27
  Speaker 1: to see more there from the defensive line. I'll take
• 30:29
  Speaker 1: the one sack, but what are you going to do
• 30:33
  Speaker 1: against inferior opponents? If you can't control the line of
• 30:36
  Speaker 1: scrimmage on defense and get to the quarterback against an
• 30:40
  Speaker 1: FCS opponent, I am a little bit worried down the
• 30:44
  Speaker 1: road against one of these better teams that are on
• 30:47
  Speaker 1: the schedule. The number nine. Do we know what the
• 30:52
  Speaker 1: number nine represents in this matchup from Saturday? That is
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: explosive plays. They had nine plays over 20 yards, which,
• 31:03
  Speaker 1: thank you, offense. We've been dying for that. We wanted
• 31:07
  Speaker 1: more explosive plays, and we had a feeling this would
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: be the game that we would get them. We got them.
• 31:12
  Speaker 1: The number seven. This is a big one. Do we
• 31:15
  Speaker 1: know what the number seven represents? Number seven is the
• 31:20
  Speaker 1: number of rushing touchdowns this offense scored. They were six
• 31:23
  Speaker 1: for six in the red zone, four and six on
• 31:26
  Speaker 1: third down. And they only punted one time. And the
• 31:30
  Speaker 1: number 38, do we know what the number 38 is?
• 31:33
  Speaker 1: The number 38 is how many consecutive unanswered points the
• 31:38
  Speaker 1: offense put up on Saturday. So great job overall by
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: this team on Saturday. Lousy first half, great adjustments in
• 31:47
  Speaker 1: the second half. So I give the credit to the
• 31:50
  Speaker 1: coaching staff there. They did a really good job. Whatever
• 31:53
  Speaker 1: was the problem in the first half, they cleaned it up.
• 31:57
  Speaker 1: And they did a really good job because at one
• 31:59
  Speaker 1: point in this team, the last thing that you want
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: to do in a game like this is have an
• 32:05
  Speaker 1: opponent like Delaware State start to believe they can actually
• 32:10
  Speaker 1: beat you, right? Like there were two games this weekend
• 32:14
  Speaker 1: that I watched, New Mexico and Oklahoma, which I've alluded to.
• 32:17
  Speaker 1: New Mexico hung around. New Mexico started to believe we
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: can win this game. And at one point in the
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: 330 games, UTEP, University of Texas, El Paso, was up
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: 14-7 on Michigan, and they were starting to believe, we
• 32:33
  Speaker 1: can win this game. Now, Michigan ended up pulling away,
• 32:35
  Speaker 1: and they ended up covering, but Oklahoma never did. I mean,
• 32:38
  Speaker 1: that was a close game down to the final whistle.
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: When you let an opponent like that start to believe
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: that they can win, that's when things can get really bad.
• 32:53
  Speaker 1: And I believe... Up until they came out of the
• 32:56
  Speaker 1: locker room in the second half and USF just started
• 32:59
  Speaker 1: to have success each time they drove it down the field,
• 33:03
  Speaker 1: they took away that belief from Delaware State. But there
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: in that locker room at halftime, they believed they could win.
• 33:10
  Speaker 1: And this was their Super Bowl. And they gave you
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: their all. But I think in the second half, not
• 33:15
  Speaker 1: only did you see the Bulls execute more, I think
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: you just saw their talent and their depth just kind
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: of take over, right? Just kind of leaned into them
• 33:23
  Speaker 1: a little bit more. And I think Delaware State, they
• 33:26
  Speaker 1: just ran out of gas. And USF capitalized on defense.
• 33:29
  Speaker 1: They capitalized on offense. And overall, they just looked much
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: better in that second half. Michael Van Buren Jr., got
• 33:37
  Speaker 1: to give him credit. He's great on those deep balls.
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: We all saw to Joshua Porter last week. He had
• 33:43
  Speaker 1: a couple this week where just right on the money throws.
• 33:48
  Speaker 1: Got to give him credit for those throws. I definitely
• 33:50
  Speaker 1: want to see the offense continue to open up this
• 33:52
  Speaker 1: passing game, and that's all going to start upfront, they
• 33:55
  Speaker 1: can continue to have success and control the line of
• 33:57
  Speaker 1: scrimmage upfront. Then they'll be able to do a lot
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: more with the passing game. But yeah, the offensive line,
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: you know, they definitely played much better this week. You know,
• 34:10
  Speaker 1: they did give up the, the one sack there to
• 34:13
  Speaker 1: Carl Naismith. That's something that I, I would have liked
• 34:15
  Speaker 1: to go a whole game with no sacks, but again, I'm,
• 34:18
  Speaker 1: I'm just, I'm digging at everything. I feel maybe I'm
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: being a little, am I being a little too nitpicky?
• 34:23
  Speaker 1: It's possible. I am. I, I, I guess when it
• 34:25
  Speaker 1: came to Delaware State, anything other than perfection, I wasn't
• 34:30
  Speaker 1: going to be happy with. And you can say I'm
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: tough to please, but my expectations for this team, that's
• 34:36
  Speaker 1: just where they are. If I was doing this podcast
• 34:38
  Speaker 1: six years ago, then I probably wouldn't be nitpicking all
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: of these little things. But the expectation has changed. And
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  Speaker 1: by the way, I think the players and I think
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  Speaker 1: the coaching staff are nitpicking the same little things that
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  Speaker 1: I'm nitpicking as well. I think the only way I
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  Speaker 1: don't come away at this game complaining about it is
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  Speaker 1: if The third and fourth quarter, if that's also how
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  Speaker 1: they looked in the first and second quarter. Then we
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  Speaker 1: would have came on the show today and we would
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  Speaker 1: have been in a great mood. I just don't know
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  Speaker 1: what I would have talked about. Because, again, the whole
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  Speaker 1: goal of this game was to not learn anything about USF.
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  Speaker 1: But we did learn the secondary has some issues. The
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  Speaker 1: pass rush has some issues. Middle of the defense misses
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  Speaker 1: Grayson Pop Howard for sure. So, look, there's some things
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  Speaker 1: to clean up. Overall, they are 3-0. We can be
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  Speaker 1: happy with that. And, you know, that's where we sit
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  Speaker 1: right now. But I do think there are red flags.
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  Speaker 1: And I think you guys see the red flags as well.
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  Speaker 1: We'll see if this team can clean up those red flags.
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  Speaker 1: I believe all of their issues are, I think they
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  Speaker 1: can be cleaned up. And I think that this team
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  Speaker 1: can still, I think all of their expectations, all of
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  Speaker 1: their goals, everything they want to achieve, everything you want
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  Speaker 1: them to achieve this year, I think they're still capable
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  Speaker 1: of all of those things. But at the level they're
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  Speaker 1: playing right now, I don't think they're capable of that.
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  Speaker 1: They are going to have to turn it up a notch.
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  Speaker 1: They're going to have to keep improving each week. And
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  Speaker 1: I think they've done that. Week one to week two,
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  Speaker 1: I think they've improved. I think they improved on from
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  Speaker 1: week two to week three. Now, I didn't have first
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  Speaker 1: in that game, right? That was my first thought, too,
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  Speaker 1: is why isn't this momentum from the Army game carrying
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  Speaker 1: over into the first half? Are these guys just not
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  Speaker 1: getting up for the lesser opponent? Like, do they need,
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  Speaker 1: you know, a kick in the ass to get going?
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  Speaker 1: And maybe that is what it is. Maybe in the
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  Speaker 1: locker room at halftime, maybe Brian Hartline did say, hey,
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  Speaker 1: what are we doing? We don't take any opponent lightly.
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  Speaker 1: And I'm sure they were prepared, and they were practicing
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  Speaker 1: all week for this game. I don't think that they
• 36:39
  Speaker 1: went into this practice going, oh, we're going to look
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  Speaker 1: ahead to Bowling Green or Temple or UTSA. I think
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  Speaker 1: all their attention was on Delaware State, and they respected them.
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  Speaker 1: I think the coaching staff did. Maybe the players not
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  Speaker 1: so much, but I do think the coaching staff did.
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  Speaker 1: did respect this team and that's why you saw a
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  Speaker 1: change uh in in the second half because i think
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: when they got into the locker room i think the
• 37:01
  Speaker 1: coaching staff reminded the players hey we got to respect
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  Speaker 1: these guys let's go out there do our jobs let's
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  Speaker 1: get out of here with a win and that's when
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  Speaker 1: we saw the two best quarters we've seen from from
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  Speaker 1: usf this far all right i think that's pretty much
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  Speaker 1: i i feel like we covered it all from this
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  Speaker 1: game um if there's anything else you guys want to
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  Speaker 1: talk about leave it in the comments we'll talk about
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: it on friday's show you're With the mailbag segment, you
• 37:23
  Speaker 1: can leave me your questions, your comments, concerns with the team.
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  Speaker 1: Leave it in the comments on YouTube or hit me
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: up on Twitter. I am Nick Wise. That's W-I-Z-E. We'll
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: do the mailbag on Friday. Wednesday, should have another player
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  Speaker 1: interview for you. I'll reach out to the school later
• 37:40
  Speaker 1: this afternoon to confirm who that is. Again, in the
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: comments on YouTube, let me know who it is you
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  Speaker 1: want it to be. I'll certainly ask for any player
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  Speaker 1: you want. Yeah, I think we've covered it all. Thank
• 37:53
  Speaker 1: you guys again for watching and listening. I appreciate you.
• 37:56
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• 38:07
  Speaker 1: my radio show too. Every Wednesday before I publish the podcast,
• 38:11
  Speaker 1: I actually interview or actually take the interview where we
• 38:15
  Speaker 1: interview the USF player, I play the interview on the
• 38:17
  Speaker 1: radio first. So you hear it on the radio before
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: you get it on the podcast. All right. Noon to
• 38:21
  Speaker 1: two is where you can find me on 95, seven
• 38:24
  Speaker 1: WDA and AM six 20, probably not talking much about
• 38:27
  Speaker 1: the bulls today on the radio show. It's going to
• 38:30
  Speaker 1: be a lot of bucks here because it is a Monday.
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: They lost to the Browns. I usually hit the college stuff,
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: anything in college ball that happens. That's worth talking about
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: usually Tuesday. And then every Wednesday, you know, you can, uh,
• 38:43
  Speaker 1: You can guarantee we'll have the player interview, too, unless
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: they plan on Thursday, and then the schedule changes up
• 38:47
  Speaker 1: a little bit. But thank you guys for watching. I'll
• 38:50
  Speaker 1: talk to you later this afternoon on the radio show
• 38:52
  Speaker 1: on 95.7 WDAE and AM620. And enjoy the rest of
• 38:56
  Speaker 1: your week. And then, again, player interview Wednesday. And then Thursday,
• 39:00
  Speaker 1: we'll preview the game against Bowling Green. So appreciate you
• 39:04
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• 39:06
  Speaker 1: talk soon. Go Bulls.