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show today. There's so much to dive into.
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There's so much to get into as far as college, as far as NFL.
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We've had Week 2 in college kind of come through.
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We've had a lot of surprises. We've even already had some
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firings happen. Which I think is going to be a
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predicator to what's probably going to end up happening.
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A. Little bit later on in the
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season and we're going to discuss one of those pretty in
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depth with Mike Norville and I think his time at Florida State
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is coming to an end. Unfortunately, we even had.
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A couple upsets with Oregon and Michigan or Oklahoma both being
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upset by Oklahoma State and Michigan as well as kind.
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Of some NFL surprises, too. So without further ado, let's go
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ahead and just dive into. Into all of them, because
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there's a whole lot to talk about, as I kind of mentioned.
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We've got we've already got some firings.
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We've got Florida State firing their athletic director, Michael
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Alford. He's been there since 2021.
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It's kind of the writing on the wall.
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I mean the last few seasons Florida State has gone 3 and 14
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and ACC play by itself. They went from 2023 where they
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were 13 and one. They were the division champ.
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They were the. Conference champs of the ACC,
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The first time, at least in the conference, to the College
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Football Playoffs at a conference champion, especially
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undefeated conference. Champion had never been left
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out. They ended up getting picked in
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favor of Texas. Out of the Big 12 at the time
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and then Alabama having won the SEC, Texas only lost to Kansas
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State that year, I believe. And then Alabama, actually,
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their only loss was to Texas, so.
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And they weren't going to leave either.
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One of them out and it would have been hard to be able to
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justify it. So nonetheless, Florida State
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gets the short end of the stick all the way back in 2023.
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And then it just seemed to go downhill.
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From there, I mean, they had the bowl game against Georgia.
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They get absolutely destroyed. I think it was like 63 to 3 or
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63 to nothing. That following season.
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They had a lot of guys transfer out.
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They had a lot of guys end up getting drafted to the NFL.
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Florida State starts off the year in Ireland that year, ends
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up losing and then ends up finishing the year as a total
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grand total of 2 and 10 record. Probably one of the worst that
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they've. Had I think.
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It's the worst they had since the 70s if I remember the date
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correctly. Then they follow up last season.
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They get a really big win. They stun.
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Alabama at home. And it's like, OK, then they
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start out three, you know, it's like, all right, you know, maybe
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maybe they really have turned the turned the ship.
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Maybe it was just a fluke. You know Jordan Travis is gone,
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but Nike Morbell can still coach.
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And come to find out. That was not the case.
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I believe they end up finishing. Four and eighth.
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They ended up losing I think. Seven out of their last nine
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games, which ultimately ended up being a really bad season for
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Florida State when the highlight was being able to beat Alabama.
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Then we come into this season, they struggle against New Mexico
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State in Week 0. It's like, OK, like, like maybe
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it's a little bit of rust, but you know, for a lot of, if
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you're a Florida State fan, for a lot of them, you're kind of
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sitting here going. Yeah, I, I don't know about.
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This like we're a little bit worried that you're struggling
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against the school like New Mexico State.
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Then they turn around and albeit it was a super delayed attempt
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as far as their lighting goes down there in Hooks Campbell
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Stadium, they were finally able to get the lights on and play
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SMU and they at least kept it close.
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They kept it within a field goal.
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They were going, you know, punch for punch with them.
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But the the other side of it though, when you really look at
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it, SMU kept trying to give them that game.
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I mean, SMU's offense was just not moving very well.
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And it seemed like the guys at Florida State were truly trying
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to play their hearts out, but it just ultimately ended up falling
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short. And so they so they lose.
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I think they were. Off this week.
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And then this. Coming week they have Alabama so
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but they have an in Tuscaloosa and truly I think.
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This is going to be one of those Florida State sitting there at
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1:00 and 2:00. They've already fired the
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athletic director, which is not a good, not a good sign if
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you're Mike. Norvell because that means your
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seat is getting even. Hotter.
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Because now the guy that. Pretty much just kept you around
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is gone and now you're sitting here like, am I still going to
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be the coach? And their schedule doesn't get
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any easier because I mean, they they go to Alabama, then they
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host Central Arkansas. That should be a win.
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But then Virginia, then Louisville, then Miami.
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Those are all three currently at the moment ranked match ups that
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they have to face and. Then they have.
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Clemson, Boston College, Pitt, North Carolina State and then
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they finish the year against Florida.
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I mean you maybe, maybe. Have for sure one more win
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against Central Arkansas, and then after that maybe against
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Boston College, maybe against Clemson because you're hosting
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them. But you have to go 2 pit and
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it's November. So it's going to be cold maybe
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against NC State because it's the end of the year and then
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Florida's going to play you hard because it's a because it's an N
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State rivalry. So I don't see that ending very
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well as a whole. Nonetheless, though I mean it,
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it's kind of a I'm not going. To say a disappointing time, but
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it does lead to a. Interesting topic that has been
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brought up as far as. Basically, it's like the like
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the retrial demand of coaches and the two biggest.
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Names that are apparently probably going to be out there
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for this next coaching cycle, depending on whatever jobs open
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up, I think. Florida State's going to be one
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of those jobs more than likely. I think Wisconsin will probably
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be one of the other jobs that opens up there.
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Towards the end of the season, as far as who's going to fire
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their coach, Baylor is probably another one that I would
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probably keep an eye on as far as, you know, possible coach
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openings and there may be a few others that are probably major
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surprises. But I think.
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The three big ones will probably be Wisconsin, Florida State,
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more than likely Baylor. I know Clemson could potentially
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be up there with Dabo but I think their buy out for him is
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significantly like pretty damaging if I remember.
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Seeing a a math post about it, I think if they would cut him now
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it wouldn't be as bad, but if they wait to.
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Try to cut him next year, his buyout value actually goes up.
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So I think they are stuck with him until I think 2028 or 2029.
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They're at Clemson, so don't necessarily know if that job's
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going to be open yet. But who knows, we might see some
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guys that, you know, they got fired, they got bought out of
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their contract and then maybe they come.
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Back as far as the head coach. Maybe it's Brian Kelly.
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I don't know if Brian Kelly has as much just because of how he
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finished at Cincinnati, how he finished.
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At Notre Dame. Then he comes to LSU and it's
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like, Oh no, I need oh man, I have all the resources now to
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LSU. And that's great.
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And when you sit here and you look at it, if you look at it
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purely. From a record.
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Standpoint, he did do a good job.
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Now the bad part is is it was kind of the same issue that he
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had at. Notre Dame, He was losing big
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games. When it mattered.
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It looked like the team was not well coached.
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The offense couldn't move. Post post Jane Daniels, that
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offense was absolutely. Awful.
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I mean the the year with Garrett Nesmeyer when he first got his
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start was pretty decent. The defense needed a lot of
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help. Finally gets a good defense with
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Blake Baker. It has continued to improve
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every single season. Then last year, Garrett Nesmeyer
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was hurt again. The offense was absolutely
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awful. Defense was still top tier.
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I mean that that defense was great for LSU last year but just
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couldn't get it done. So I don't know if Brian Kelly
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gets another shot. If he does, maybe a group of 6
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school, honestly, but I maybe maybe he's the one that tries to
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go to Florida State. I think honestly, if I'm Florida
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State, why not try to run it back with Jimbo Fisher?
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I mean, at this point, what else do you have to lose?
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It doesn't seem like they're willing to invest.
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In the roster for Mike Norville. I think that I think.
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That ship has basically sailed. I think they've run their course
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with them. I think they're done with Mike
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Norville as a whole. Which is kind of sad.
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I thought he did great at Memphis.
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I thought he's doing great for Florida State, albeit not within
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the last few years post Jordan Travis.
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It seemed like Jordan Travis who really made Mike Norville their
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FSU, but nonetheless. I I think.
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He's I think once they lose to Alabama, unless they just pull
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out some incredible victory again and win in Tuscaloosa, I
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think this will probably be. One of the last games we see
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Mike Norville coach in for Florida State.
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We'll see. Moving on though, let's talk
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about my favorite team. Because I have a little bit of
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bias LSU at with hosting Louisiana Tech and I'm not going
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to spend a whole. Lot of time on this because
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there's There's a lot to unpack here, but but there's.
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Not at the same time, if that makes sense.
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This is one of those games that. I think Lane Kiffin kind of
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summarized it the most. One of the things that you.
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Have to fight the absolute hardest as a coach is
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complacency is getting comfortable is.
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You know, being having these guys absolutely be praised and
10:16
told, you know, hey, you guys are you guys are best.
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Look at what you did to Clemson. You guys should be the number
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one team in the country, etcetera, etcetera, etcetera.
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And and that's all fine and great.
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You boost the ego, but then a lot of complacency comes into
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play. Then you have a lot of like, oh
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man, you know, they're like, look how great we are, like we
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should roll Louisiana Tech no problem.
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And Louisiana Tech was absolutely.
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Not having it and quite frankly, I do not blame them.
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You know, they came in that defensive line for Louisiana
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Tech was absolutely fantastic. It was hard for Levitt to throw
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the ball. It was hard for LSU to run the
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ball as a whole. Really the only?
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The only. Thing that saved them was the
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fact that Levitt was using his legs quite a bit, which I I know
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I said it before and I'll say it again, you're not going to be
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able to survive an SEC schedule if you keep running like that.
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It's just absolutely not going to happen.
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But I mean this and and I want to give.
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Credit to to Louisiana because they really are a good football
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team. They're more than likely going
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to win the Sunbelt. If they don't win it, they're
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going to be in a huge contention for it as as they should be.
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Nonetheless though, I mean the the passing game though is
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really what worries me. And here's the crazy part.
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Whenever I say that, it's like I'm I'm worried about the
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passing game. So far in the games that Levitt
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has played for LSU, passing wise, he's thrown for a.
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Little Little under 600 yards, 574 yards.
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Averages about 8.7 yards per pass, 2 touchdowns, 4 picks,
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three of them coming in this game.
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He's been sacked five times but it's rushing.
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He's got 23 carries. He already has 135 yards.
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He's got 5 rushing. Touchdowns to boot, so.
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Total 7 touchdowns to 4 picks. It's like, OK, that's it, that
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that. That's really not making me.
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Sit here. All.
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All warm and fuzzy. You know, the the first game
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against Clemson is it's a better defense.
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I kind of expected. That to maybe be a little bit
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rough. He was 16 to 28230 passing
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touchdown. A pick wasn't sacked at all, but
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he only completed about 57% of his passes.
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But he did have 113 yards to ground two rushing touchdowns.
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Louisiana Tech a little bit better is about 66% completion
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percentage 25 and a 38344. One touchdown, but. 3 picks he
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sacked. Five times.
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But he had three rushing touchdowns.
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So I mean, they were they were absolutely getting after him.
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Again, hats off to Louisiana Tech because they absolutely did
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their job and 10 times more do I do not want to take anything
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away from them. This morning's doing, that goes.
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It does. It does make me worried.
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It makes me. Have a lot of question marks
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for. Lane Kiffin for this offense, as
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as it goes now, obviously we're only two weeks into the season.
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That's still a lot of getting used to guys still a lot of
13:08
chemistry being built. It's not.
13:11
The end of the world but through A2 game sample size yes you can
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run the ball and that's absolutely great I I love to see
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it you're not going to be able. To do that.
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Against Texas A&M, you're probably not even going to be
13:22
able to do it against this game coming up against Old Miss.
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Same with Alabama, same with Texas, same with Tennessee.
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All of those guys you have on your schedule, you're not going
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to be able to do that that entire time against that type of
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talent and against that type of quality.
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So I I hope. As the season progresses, Sam is
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able to kind of come into his own, maybe relax a little bit,
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get a little bit more comfortable.
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In the pocket. You know, and I'm not saying he
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can't move, He can absolutely be mobile.
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You, you can't be running, making some of the moves that
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you're that you're making because otherwise you're going
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to get hurt. And there goes the season.
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Not. Saying it's championship.
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Or bust. But there's a very, very high
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chance the roster is very good. There's a whole lot of money
13:59
into this roster. I would hope that the contention
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is at least there, I just don't want Levy getting hurt before
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that can even happen. Nonetheless, though, happy that
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LSU got the win, even though I was worried there 'cause one of
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those touchdowns that Louisiana Tech scored was 100 yard pick 6,
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and I was. Like Oh my God, please no one.
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Game though that it this was actually a.
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Really ugly game and I heard people talking about this
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yesterday, even Monday. One of the guys I work with, he
14:30
is a Mizzou. Fan, He was kind of tuning in
14:33
and out of it 38 to 21 Mizzou over Kansas this and believe me,
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the first half of this game was not.
14:42
Pretty. It was not a pretty game.
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It was rough to watch. I kind of flipped on and off of
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it 'cause I'm like. What are we?
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What are we doing it? And it's not like I expected.
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Mizzou to absolutely. Run away with it.
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I know Ahmad Hardy is unfortunately out due to a non
14:57
football injury. Thoughts and prayers for him.
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Hoping that he's able to recover soon.
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But it was one of those, I'm sitting here watching it like,
15:04
what in the world is going on right now with this game?
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It it was 1, you know, Austin Simmons actually looked pretty
15:15
good and and it was kind of weird because at least in the
15:18
1st. Half of all they were, they were
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tied at 14 to 14. So I'm like, OK, the game's
15:24
significantly closer than than what I thought it was going to
15:27
be. But the running back for Mizzou
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actually stepped up. Jamal Roberts, now Kansas,
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apparently did not want him to run.
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He had 28 carries. They lead ON20125 rushing yards,
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he and a touchdown. But Simmons, he was 19 to 29,
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three touchdowns, 292 yards in the air.
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Kansas just kept turning the ball over.
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You know, Isaiah Marshall kept, you know, he was 2 picks, 2
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touchdowns. He was 13 to 30.
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They couldn't really run the ball.
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Penalties also ended up ultimately hurting them too.
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So it it was a close game that I mean, this is one of those it's
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an old Big 12 rivalry. So we kind of expected this to
16:00
be a little bit closer. It's just one of those when I
16:03
was looking at it, I was doing my pick.
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I just didn't know what to expect in Kansas.
16:07
Kansas is one of those. I know the first couple of years
16:10
under Lance Leopold they had like they were coming out the
16:13
gate like 7 and O like oh crap. And then that's kind of died
16:17
down. Obviously now with nil it's
16:19
probably changed a little bit, but.
16:22
For the most part, I still never.
16:23
Really know what to expect out of Kansas.
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It's one of those and and I know I'm going to be considered kind
16:28
of old school and thinking about it.
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To me, Kansas is a basketball school that happens to have an
16:33
OK football. Program and I know it's kind of
16:36
an archaic. Way of thinking, but that's just
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kind of how I see them currently.
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Next game though, the one that probably surprised me the most.
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Oregon falls to Oklahoma State in Stillwater and.
16:50
This is after a pretty significant weather delay as far
16:54
as I believe they had rained and they had lightning in the area,
16:58
so they ended up delaying this game by about an hour and a
17:01
half. Ultimately, and it was one of
17:04
those and I was like, well, I really want to watch this game
17:06
because it's going to be interesting because I want to
17:08
see how does Oklahoma State respond post the big loss to
17:12
Tulsa? You know more not really big
17:14
loss, but more of a disappointing Tulsa and they end
17:18
up coming out. It starts out Drew Mestemaker
17:21
has like a 79 yard run against Oregon to start out the game and
17:25
I'm like. Whoa, like that's that's kind of
17:28
weird that they let that busted coverage happen, but it's like,
17:30
OK, it's not. The end of the world.
17:33
But I'm a little bit surprised they Oregon ends up holding him
17:37
in a field goal. Like, OK, like now Oregon, they
17:40
they kind of popped into the mouth.
17:41
Oregon's like, wait a minute now.
17:42
Now we're going to wake. Up a little bit, Oregon's not
17:46
able to score. Oklahoma State goes back all the
17:49
way down. And then Devon.
17:51
Jackson gets a 90. 6 yard interception return for a.
17:54
Touchdown. So they take the lead.
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Oklahoma State gets a touchdown. Then Caleb Hawkins, the running
18:00
back, gets a touchdown. He ended up having a pretty
18:02
decent day of 110 yards in the touchdown run.
18:05
And then Oregon was staying pretty well in pace with them.
18:07
They they scored a touchdown and cut the lead back down to three.
18:11
Oklahoma State started to pull away again with a touchdown.
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Oregon kicked the field goal. That that ended the half.
18:16
So they were only down by 7 and then it was just it was just
18:20
basically back and forth. And I mean it.
18:22
This is one of those when I looked at it.
18:25
And Joel Clapp brought this up on his show and I thought it was
18:27
a pretty good comparison and. When you look at a lot of the
18:30
Oregon roster, there is apparently a lot of guys that
18:33
they had the opportunity, they could have gone to the NFL and
18:36
they would have gone probably pretty high picks.
18:39
I don't. Necessarily know about first
18:40
round, but they were projected to go pretty high in the NFL
18:43
draft last year and they decided, hey, you know what,
18:45
let's do one more year, let's run it back.
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We're going to be experienced. We're NFL talent, basically.
18:51
Let's see if we can't go win a national championship for
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Oregon. And they do that.
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And they, they stumbled against Boise State.
18:59
And of course, it's week 1. We're like, well, maybe Boise
19:01
State's a little bit better than what we thought.
19:03
And I I still think that's true. Boise State has a lot of
19:06
experience. They've constantly, always,
19:09
through NIL or not through NIL, Boise State has been a.
19:12
Pretty consistently good Group of 6 school throughout the time.
19:16
And we're thinking, OK, maybe maybe Boise State's just better.
19:20
Oregon's got a little bit of rust.
19:22
Like having to get used to things.
19:23
Oregon ultimately pulls out the wind and it's like, OK, ugly but
19:27
tough. Like they're going to get a
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little bit a little bit of a test and then they go to
19:30
Oklahoma State, who you would think, OK.
19:32
They lost to Tulsa like. Maybe you'll go, you know,
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they're having a really transition.
19:36
They're having to kind of feel their own and then they just pop
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Oregon in the mouth and they absolutely shock the entire
19:43
world. With a huge win over the Ducks,
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I'm going to say this. It dropped Oregon all the way
19:48
down to, I believe, 21. Yeah, I think 21 in the AP.
19:53
Top 25 polls. It it's not the end of the
19:56
world, I do think that's going to be a lot of question Marks
20:00
and now Oregon is going to have to be in an uphill battle.
20:04
And as long as they don't really lose another game, unless the
20:08
other game is to say a big opponent like if they lose to
20:11
Ohio State or if they lose to USC at.
20:15
That point you have to hope. That one of those teams does
20:18
really well because then it's a quote, UN quote.
20:22
Quality loss which? I hate that term, but
20:24
unfortunately that's how it is whenever they look at the
20:26
rankings. As long as they have that,
20:30
they'll do better and it's a better chance than getting into
20:32
a 12 team playoff format rather than actually, you know, we have
20:37
a couple really bad losses and. Then it's a really bad time,
20:41
especially because of all the talent that Oregon has, because
20:44
of all the depths that they have.
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It's it's rough. Joy.
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I'm so glad you were here. I can't believe you're Saints.
20:51
Against the Lions, I will. I'm not going to talk super deep
20:54
into it today, but I can't believe you're Saints almost
20:57
pulled it out. I was sitting there thinking,
20:59
again, Joy is absolutely going to roast me on Tuesday.
21:03
If she sees this, especially if they end up pulling out the
21:06
wind. Joy's going to be like I told
21:07
you so. And.
21:09
I have to eat grill. It's just what I got to do.
21:12
Nonetheless, though, big surprise with the Oregon Fall in
21:14
Oklahoma State. Another big upset win that I was
21:19
not expecting. Oklahoma rolls into Ann Arbor,
21:22
into the Big House and gets absolutely stunned by Michigan
21:28
being able to hold out for the win, 17 to 10.
21:31
This was just a This is another one of those.
21:34
It was a completely and totally ugly game.
21:38
I know, I know, Joe at just one point.
21:40
Like I said, I. Thought they were going to do it
21:41
at first. I was like, oh man.
21:43
Especially because they started to, they really started to
21:45
fight. Back and it's like, oh, oh,
21:48
Detroit's letting them. Detroit's letting them come
21:50
back. Wait a minute.
21:52
But but Speaking of the other team in Michigan.
21:56
This game is what really surprised me is.
21:59
The fact that it. Looked like John Metier was
22:01
having a hard time reading the field.
22:04
And Brady? Quinn kind of mentioned this.
22:06
I don't know how possibly truthful this is.
22:10
I'm not saying that he's, he's, you know, telling, telling
22:13
anything other than facts. He, he mentioned, you know,
22:16
maybe the offensive line, it was too tall for him as far as him
22:20
being able to see down the field, as far as him being able
22:22
to make the plays. I think truly it was more of a
22:25
combination of last year when we saw Oklahoma and John Metier.
22:30
We saw Ben Arbuckle and him come over from Washington.
22:33
State. So he kept that continuity with
22:36
his coordinator. He goes to Oklahoma.
22:38
It's like, OK, well what's he going to look like?
22:40
We have film on him at Washington State.
22:42
Like, what's it look like when he's with a big boy?
22:44
Team in the SEC. With power four team that has
22:47
true talent and he was absolutely able to run wild.
22:51
And I don't I don't think anybody was truly expecting that
22:53
out of him at the time. And I mean he was a Heisman
22:56
favorite last year. Now coming into this year I
22:59
think because now OK. We now have a little bit of a
23:02
better idea of what Ben Arbuckle and here are going to run as far
23:05
as offense goes, how the system is going to work, how we're
23:08
going to ultimately end up dealing with him.
23:11
It's like, OK, let's let's look at this in a little bit of a
23:14
different light and. Credit to Michigan's defense.
23:18
I mean, they, they, they will not let you run the ball.
23:21
And that's exactly what Oklahoma couldn't do.
23:23
They couldn't let it. They wouldn't let him run the
23:25
ball. And let's and let's be realistic
23:28
about Oklahoma, too. They're wide receiver room
23:30
because Satania is like the only one there as far as like major
23:34
wide receivers that it's like, OK.
23:36
That's that's the big guy. That's their number one target
23:38
now. They're tight ends.
23:39
Oklahoma's tight ends are great like, and they were cooking
23:42
Michigan all day every day. But as far as getting it to a
23:45
wide receiver, John Mater. Couldn't do it, so big credit to
23:50
Michigan. Now, again, I do wonder
23:52
offensively with Michigan. When does Kyle Woodingham
23:57
potentially pull? You know, pull the plug and say,
24:00
hey, offensively, I think we're being held back and limited by
24:03
what you got. And in Kyle Woodingham's
24:05
defense, this is a guy that he comes in, he's got the huge NIL
24:10
price tag. Like Michigan paid a ton of
24:12
money for him to, you know, flip from LSU to.
24:15
Michigan And so Kyle Woodingham, it's like you're kind of
24:18
expecting to make this work. So it but it does make me.
24:22
Wonder it's like there's there hasn't been a lot of
24:24
progression. There's been a lot of question
24:26
marks as far as how he does it and even still Bryce really
24:30
didn't win Michigan in the game. I mean, their defense is what's
24:33
keeping them in play right now and they're making it absolutely
24:36
tough, but it. It leaves a lot of questions as
24:40
far as what does Kyle Buddingham do?
24:44
Moving forward for the future, 'cause I mean, he theoretically
24:46
he is supposed to be there for the next 5 years now he may, he
24:49
may not. He's been an older coach.
24:51
He coached at Utah for 20 years plus.
24:54
Now he's coming into Michigan, he's how to clean it up.
24:57
Michigan's going to get a new. Athletic director who?
24:59
Knows how he and the new athletic director are going to
25:01
go, 'cause maybe the new AD kind of gives him the same thing of
25:04
like, yeah, you're not really my guy.
25:05
I didn't pick you. I inherited you from the other
25:08
guy. I don't think that'll be the
25:10
case just because of obviously how well Kyle Whittingham
25:12
coaches, how he is a. Person.
25:14
I've heard nothing, but, you know, great raving reviews about
25:17
him from Coach Meyer, from other people who've done interviews
25:20
with him. They absolutely love Coach
25:22
Whittingham. But it it, it, it'll be, it'll
25:26
be interesting to see how does he mold the shape of this
25:30
program moving forward in the future.
25:31
And I think he, I think he will do a good job.
25:33
I don't know how good Michigan is going to be.
25:37
And even if Kyle does. Is able to finish out his
25:40
contract there. If he doesn't, no matter what
25:42
the case may be, I think he is a good enough coach.
25:45
He will lay a good foundation for them to be able to work
25:47
with, for them to be able to. Have something to go off of and
25:52
rejuvenate and become a successful program again.
25:55
But I do wonder, when does he kind of be the the?
25:58
Parent in the room and say, hey, we do have a quarterback
26:02
limitation. I know you guys spent all this
26:04
money on him, but I don't think Bryce is the guy.
26:06
And who knows? It's again, it's only I'm going
26:09
to give him the same grace that I gave to Sam Levitt.
26:11
I'm going to give him the same grace that I gave to Oregon.
26:13
I'm going to have the same grace I get to just about everybody.
26:16
It's only. Week 2, like it's, it's new
26:19
guys, it's a new system, it's whole new everything as far as
26:22
getting used to. So it's not to the end of the
26:24
world. Now if we get into Week 5 and
26:26
Week 6, OK, that's a little bit of a different.
26:29
Story because now you've had about a month, maybe more as far
26:32
as real games, you know, true chemistry practices are a little
26:36
bit different, you know, travel tendencies are getting learned
26:39
at that point so. I'm not not hit the panic button
26:42
yet. I'm not even saying that it's.
26:43
Warm. Yet.
26:45
But I do get to say it's. One thing that I think you have
26:48
to really watch. Is how does Michigan do their
26:51
offense moving? Forward and another game that
26:56
this one was kind of, I'm not going to say disappointing.
26:58
It was disappointing in how it ended up, how the final one, how
27:03
it ended up finishing Kentucky versus Alabama.
27:08
This was a great. Game in the 1st.
27:10
Half. And it was one of those, I was
27:12
watching it. It felt like Kentucky had all
27:15
the momentum. I mean, that field was
27:18
absolutely great. And I don't think I've ever
27:20
seen. Kroger Field be that ecstatic
27:24
like they were this past Saturday in the first half, like
27:27
it was while you could it. Was like, I could see the
27:30
electricity in the air just from being on, you know, just seeing
27:33
it on TV. It's like they stopped Alabama.
27:36
They got the pick on Keylon Russell.
27:39
They got the, yeah, they got the pick return for a touchdown by
27:42
by the defensive tackle or defensive end, one of the two.
27:46
Like immediately they jump out to a huge lead and it's like,
27:49
Dang, Kentucky might actually run away with this.
27:53
Like, holy crap. They might actually have a team.
27:55
And it was one of those when I was sitting there and I was
27:57
watching it, I was like, man, like I if I remember, LSU has to
28:02
face Kentucky. I might be a little bit worried
28:04
about Kentucky now like I, I was not expecting this like hold on,
28:09
time out, wait a minute and. You know, the the half comes,
28:14
they kind of try to be cute. They do a little bit of
28:16
trickery. Ultimately ends up failing.
28:19
And it feels like from that point forward, the momentum just
28:22
swung in Alabama's favor. And then they, they ran with it
28:26
and they never, they never looked.
28:28
Back I will say this though, if there are any Kentucky Wildcat
28:32
fans watching or you're listening, wherever you watch or
28:36
listen. I'm.
28:37
Everywhere as far as social media, YouTube, podcast.
28:39
Let me know, comment, tell me. Tell me if I suck, tell me if
28:43
I'm great. Tell me what you think.
28:45
I accept any and all opinions, right, wrong and different.
28:48
I'll I'll hear them out. I read them.
28:50
I'll definitely, I'll definitely do what I can with them.
28:55
I think the. Future is bright for Kentucky.
28:57
Truly, I think Will Stein, because he's from Kentucky,
29:01
because he grew up watching this team, because this is the team
29:04
that he idolized as a kid. I think this will be one of
29:08
those one of those things that it works really well and I think
29:12
I think what people. Have to have to kind of realize
29:16
is. It's a little bit different when
29:18
you when you go from being like an alumni and you come back.
29:22
So like, you know, Harbaugh with Michigan, Scott Frost with
29:26
Nebraska. You, you, you kind of come in
29:30
and the. And the expectations get a
29:32
little bit weird because you might have had.
29:34
Success at the college as a player doesn't necessarily
29:38
always translate over to being a coach and especially with all
29:41
the different variables and I feel like then.
29:43
The pressure is even. Higher.
29:45
Because Oh well, you were great when you're a player here like
29:47
you. Have to be great as a coach.
29:49
Like you can't. You can't.
29:50
Stumble. You can't learn.
29:52
And no matter what level you're at, no matter how high the
29:55
coaching tree is, no matter. How high of a?
29:58
You know hierarchy you're in as far as college coaching goes,
30:03
you've always got to learn. You've always got to perfect
30:06
your craft. You've always got to be able to
30:07
move forward with it. And I feel like for some of
30:10
these guys. Because the pressure to perform
30:13
so great and so quickly is there as a coach because of how they
30:16
were as a player, the the fan bases start to get antsy and
30:20
it's. Like, Oh no.
30:20
We expect results right now. And for somewhere like Nebraska,
30:24
they're a, they're a traditional blue blood.
30:26
They've had a long tradition of winning.
30:28
Now here, you know, the last 20 years or so, they've had a
30:30
really bad tradition of losing, like they've been really bad
30:34
after being probably one of the best universities in the history
30:38
of college football forever. Prior to the last.
30:41
You know, 20 plus years or so. So I think for somebody like
30:46
Scott Frost going to Nebraska, the expectations were already
30:49
too high. Same for Harbaugh and Michigan.
30:51
Now he eventually got there. It took him almost 10 years, but
30:54
he eventually. Got there.
30:55
I think for Will Stein in Kentucky, because he's a fan.
30:59
He's not an alumni, but he's a fan.
31:02
He's able to connect and he's going to be able to relate.
31:04
So a. Lot of that passion and
31:06
intensity for his childhood team and him wanting to ensure that
31:10
his childhood team is put up for the best.
31:12
Success that he can is going to be the biggest difference maker
31:15
now. This first year is probably
31:19
going to be rough for him like. Just full.
31:21
Transparency, this first year for Kentucky is probably going
31:24
to be really rough when I looked at their schedule.
31:28
This week they go to. Texas A&M, then they host South
31:30
Alabama, they go to South Carolina, they host LSU, they go
31:34
to Oklahoma, they host Vandy, they go to Tennessee, they host
31:38
Kentucky, and then they finish at Mizzou and then hosting
31:41
Louisville, so. They don't have an easy end of
31:43
the schedule. They had a really tough, tough
31:46
little gauntlet there. But I think if they can speak
31:50
out five to six wins, maybe even be somewhat bowl eligible or
31:55
bowl contending and just have that positive momentum to build
31:59
off of and just something positive post the Bob Stoops.
32:02
Era or or Mark Stoops. Mark Stoops.
32:06
Sorry, one of the Stoops. The Stoops brothers.
32:09
I I think. Once they have that positive
32:12
foundation, that momentum from this season, even if it's
32:15
something, you know, you know, seven and five, I don't know
32:18
about 7:00 and 5:00, but you know, 5 and. 76 and six, six and
32:22
six I would say would be like perfect because you're just
32:24
right at bowl eligible. I think that would give Kentucky
32:27
fans, I think they would consider that a pretty
32:29
successful season. I think it gives them hope as
32:32
far as building, building towards the future, something
32:35
positive that's going to help them as far as NIL and
32:37
recruiting because hey, you know.
32:39
I was a. Successful recruiter at Oregon.
32:41
I was a successful coordinator at Oregon and maybe I'm the key
32:45
reason why at Oregon is struggling right now because
32:48
they don't have me as an offensive coordinator anymore.
32:51
So I, I think the future truly is bright in Kentucky.
32:55
It was just unfortunately how it ultimately ended.
32:57
Up ending I was. Hoping it was going to be closer
32:58
with Alabama. I hoped the entire game was
33:01
going to be like the first half but.
33:03
Alabama made adjustments and fun fact, Kaylin De Boer now one in
33:06
seven whenever Alabama is trailing at halftime, has one
33:10
win against Kentucky. So that's a little bit of a
33:13
surprise there from Caitlin de Bore in Alabama.
33:18
And of course, the highlight game of of Saturday, the one
33:22
that probably surprised everybody the most #1 Ohio State
33:26
falls to Texas. Last play of the game Basically
33:32
Texas is able to finally run it into the end zone after being
33:35
down like 20 to 3. This is one of those I I have a
33:40
few a few thoughts and a few takeaways from this Joey never.
33:46
Roll Tide. Never Roll Tide, of course.
33:48
I do always think of a gift though.
33:50
It's like the the actual laundry tide like containers.
33:55
And it's just. Rolling in the wind and it says
33:56
Roll Tide Roll. I always try to send that
33:58
whenever I have a whenever I have an Alabama fan message me,
34:01
I'm like, Oh yeah, this is my favorite gift to send to anybody
34:04
and everybody that's an Alabama fan.
34:07
Nonetheless, though, this is one of those that Ohio State goes to
34:11
Texas. This is a huge game.
34:14
I mean, this is a huge Testament game.
34:16
For Arch, for Julian Say, and for Ryan Day, for Steve
34:20
Sarkisian, you know, this is one of those, no matter what, this
34:25
was going to be a big game. And and it's and it's kind of.
34:29
Weird. Some of the conclusions that
34:30
people have brought from this now I will say.
34:33
Once Ohio State got that lead of 20 to three, it was like, OK,
34:37
now they're just going to play more conservatively.
34:40
Like we're just going to play not to lose kind of thing.
34:42
And. For the most part, it's worked.
34:44
I mean, Ohio State has had one of the best defenses in the
34:46
country for the last few years between Jim Knowles, between
34:50
Matt and Patricia. Coming in and they've had a ton
34:53
of talent, but I mean, they've lost a lot of talent.
34:56
To the draft. You know Sonny Styles, Caleb
34:58
Downs, you know, Jack Sawyer, all those guys left to go on
35:04
into the NFL and so now you're. Sitting here, your defense is
35:09
good, but it's not as good. There's not those big playmakers
35:13
that you had a few years ago. So there's there's going to.
35:16
Have to be a little bit of adjustment.
35:17
Some of these guys are going to have to learn, you know, they
35:20
have to learn math, Patricia's system, they got to get
35:22
chemistry and and it's hard to replicate those quality of
35:26
players that they lost. Now Texas on the other hand, it
35:29
was one of those at at first it looked like Texas was going to
35:32
be Texas. Like man, it's it's big lights.
35:34
Texas is going to fall on their face again now.
35:39
Here's the thing that does make me wonder though, because we've
35:42
seen this before. I want to take you back to I.
35:46
Believe it was 2023. It was the last year Texas was
35:49
in the Big 12. They go to Alabama because this
35:54
is when they have the. The cross series game with them.
35:59
First year Alabama comes to Texas, couple controversial
36:02
calls, Nick Saban's there. They come to Austin the
36:06
quarterback when Euers ends up getting hurt, but they are like
36:10
this close to squeaking out a win against Bama, albeit in
36:16
controversial fashion. On the Bama side, Texas.
36:19
Was real close to winning so they get the win over Texas.
36:22
Kind of ends up as a bad season for him.
36:25
The next year, Texas goes to Tuscaloosa.
36:29
They get the big. Win they hand, they hand
36:32
Alabama, you know, BTA and then they lose to Kansas State
36:37
because they get a little bit cocky.
36:40
I do wonder if Texas doesn't fall victim to themselves doing
36:45
that again. And here's the reason why I say
36:47
that you beat at the time the number one team in the country.
36:52
You beat Ohio State, you know the the team that has been your
36:55
boogeyman the last few years. They stopped you from being able
36:58
to go to a national. Championship they, you know,
37:01
beat you to start the season. Last year kind of derailed
37:04
things, especially considering, you know, Arch was supposed to
37:07
be like the Heisman favorite. Texas was supposed to go to the
37:10
national championship. They were ranked #1 Ohio State,
37:13
you know, they disrupt all of that last year.
37:19
So now you get the big win in pretty convincing.
37:22
Comeback fashion. But here's where I would say I'm
37:27
a little worried. When I sit here and look at
37:29
their schedule, obviously they have UTSA this week.
37:32
That should be fine. Then the true gauntlet begins.
37:36
You go to Tennessee. That's going to be a really
37:39
solid game. Then of course you have Red
37:41
River shortly after that, no matter how good or how bad.
37:45
Oklahoma is. We've seen Oklahoma dominate.
37:48
We've seen Texas dominate. It's completely up in the air.
37:52
You have potential for a little bit of a revenge game because
37:54
you host Florida, then you host Old Miss, then you host
37:58
Mississippi State. Last year Mississippi State gave
38:01
Texas a huge run for their money.
38:02
If I remember right they took them to almost overtime then.
38:06
You go to Mizzou, then you go to LSU.
38:09
That's more than likely going to be a night game.
38:10
It's going to be a little chilly.
38:12
Then you host Arkansas and then you finish the year going to
38:15
Texas A&M. Who is also going to be a tough
38:17
opponent who you beat last year? You were their.
38:20
Only loss up until Miami in the play offs so.
38:25
There's a lot of room for Texas. To trip up, that's the only
38:29
thing I would say. I would be worried if I'm a
38:32
Texas fan watching Texas knowing how Texas.
38:35
Acts. Is are they going to get
38:39
basically too cocky and is that going to ultimately end up
38:42
coming back to bite? Them in the butt because they're
38:44
like, Oh well, we beat Ohio State, we're the best team in
38:46
the country. You did beat Ohio State.
38:49
Hats off to you. Congratulations.
38:51
Just. Don't just don't come into every
38:54
game thinking, oh, we're going to win every game now.
38:58
Any given Saturday. We saw it this week with
39:00
Oklahoma and Oregon. Both got upset by teams that I
39:05
didn't. Have Oklahoma State winning.
39:06
I didn't have Michigan winning. There's only a small handful of
39:08
people had either one of those teams winning and they were
39:10
either, and most of them were fans or alumni of those schools.
39:13
So just keep in mind Texas. Anything can happen.
39:19
But let's move away from college football just temporarily and
39:23
move into the NFL. Man, we had some wild NFL games
39:28
and hopefully I'm going to have a new guest.
39:30
Come on, I got to. I got to.
39:31
Coordinate with him, coordinate a good time for a show and what
39:34
not he is. Actually, an old teacher of
39:38
mine, he and I used to love talking sports my freshman year
39:42
of high school. And then he.
39:44
Ultimately end up getting AI believe he's a principal out in
39:46
California now so really proud of him.
39:48
Really happy for that. He's a massive Colts fan and I'm
39:54
sure he was not happy about how this ultimately ended up.
39:57
As far as the Ravens at the Colts, this was one when I first
40:01
watched it and I watched the first drive.
40:02
I'm like OK, like Colts are moving down the field they they
40:06
end up running in with Jonathan Taylor.
40:08
He has a pretty decent day. 19 carries, just under 100 yards, 2
40:12
touchdowns. Nothing compared to what
40:16
Baltimore was able to do like Baltimore was.
40:19
Crazy ran for over 200 yards. Lamar passed for over 300 yards,
40:24
Zay Flowers 5 receptions, 150 yards and a touchdown.
40:28
You know Derrick Henry had three rushing touchdowns to boot on 24
40:32
carries. Like it was crazy how well
40:36
Baltimore. Did and it it?
40:39
It's interesting to see how this new Baltimore era looks post
40:42
horrible. But kind of same old Indy, like
40:46
they they've, they really made Daniel Jones struggle.
40:49
They stopped the run, so they forced Daniel Jones to have.
40:52
To, you know, rely a little. Bit more on the passing game and
40:55
I think. By the looks of how they were
40:57
playing, they didn't want to keep that narrative from last
41:01
year. Like, Oh well, if we could stop
41:02
Taylor, we're going to force Daniel.
41:04
Jones to pass. It's, it feels like they're
41:06
trying to kind of mix that up. And it was like one of the first
41:09
things Daniel Jones does. There was an interception.
41:11
I'm like, ah, there's the, there's the Danny Dimes.
41:14
I remember watching for all those years in the NFC East.
41:17
He's back. It's it's kind of a sad time.
41:22
Honestly, like even living here in Indy, being in Indy, kind of
41:25
developing a little bit of love for the Colts, it's like, man,
41:27
can y'all just get the quarterback right?
41:31
And, and kind of here's my other question.
41:32
And Mike, if you're listening, Mike is, is who I work with and
41:37
he's he's a Colts fan. He, I know he's frustrated.
41:41
I know he's, he's got to be beyond frustrated.
41:44
He, he's kind of brought this up.
41:46
He's like, you know why? Why don't you start?
41:49
Richardson. He's like, why don't you start
41:50
Richardson? He goes 1.
41:52
You spin a first round pick on A2.
41:54
If he's going to be bad, it does two things.
41:57
One, you can sit here and say, hey, we spent like a third round
42:00
pick on. We spent a number three overall
42:02
pick on Richardson. We gave him a year to gave him a
42:05
year to start. He got hurt like 3 games in.
42:08
We gave him the second year he came in.
42:10
Now obviously he had the issue as far as him saying.
42:13
He's tired. He tapped out.
42:15
Not a great look, but it happened.
42:18
And then ever since then, his relationship has kind of gone
42:20
down. He demanded a trade.
42:22
I don't think he got the trade value.
42:24
And I don't think he got the interest from teams that he
42:26
probably wanted. Ultimately, he is still in the
42:30
roster. I believe he's the backup
42:32
quarterback now if I remember correctly, so he he has a chance
42:37
to still improve himself and prove his draft stock.
42:40
Mike brought up a good point though.
42:41
He's like just starting. He goes.
42:42
You can say you gave him another shot, just another chance to
42:45
start. Maybe it builds A straft stock,
42:47
maybe it doesn't. Maybe it hurts his career, maybe
42:49
it helps it 'cause. It's like, hey, he, you know, he
42:51
came. Through the university he came
42:53
back. Maybe he balls out, maybe he
42:54
doesn't 1 you can at least say you did and two if he is that
42:58
bad then you. Then you've done poorly enough
43:02
to set yourself up for at least a top 10 to a top five pick.
43:05
Maybe you can get that young generational franchise
43:09
quarterback that you've? Been missing post Andrew Luck
43:12
and I don't necessarily disagree because to me the.
43:16
Colts are one of those teams. They almost always have just
43:19
enough talent, their defense is always just good enough and
43:21
their offense is about middle of the pack.
43:24
They're probably going to be sitting there about 15 to 20,
43:27
not going to be making the playoffs, but not going to be
43:30
having a top ten pick. Coulter going to be right smack
43:32
dab in the middle. And it's like.
43:34
OK, well what do we do from here?
43:36
Like yeah, you can get a. First round quarterback, maybe
43:38
that's going to be a little bit of a reach if you do that.
43:41
So I I don't necessarily disagree with Mike, I think.
43:46
I'm not going to say tank, I'm not going.
43:48
To say, try to lose every game. But.
43:50
At the same. Time Like, do you really think
43:53
you're going to be able to do it with Daniel Jones?
43:55
Do you really think with this roster of what you have Jonathan
43:59
Taylor coming into his prime with a defense that is solid,
44:02
but they're getting old? Like, I didn't realize DE Forest
44:04
Buckner was already in his 30s. I'm like.
44:07
Dang, like. I feel like he just got there
44:08
and he's still pretty. Young, but you know Dang.
44:13
And they've lost a lot of key pieces in the secondary and
44:15
whatnot. Now, obviously they've added
44:17
Sauce Gardner, but I believe they lost rakiasin.
44:21
They lost a few guys. So it's like, man, you're kind
44:23
of wasting what good talent you've got with a lot of just.
44:27
Mediocre offense and then your defense has to try to come in
44:30
and play clean up and eventually they get tired.
44:33
Like there's only so much you can do and the defense will
44:35
absolutely get worn down so. Definitely a bit of a
44:39
disappointment. I did pick the Ravens to win
44:42
just because. Again, I I don't trust Daniel
44:44
Jones. I didn't trust any Dimes last
44:46
year and ultimately end up getting it.
44:49
Ended up getting proven that if you stop the run you got to
44:51
force him to throw he's. Same old Danny Dimes, another
44:56
game that was a. Huge surprise.
44:58
That makes me really worried for my other MM Hughes, the shy kid
45:04
who comes on with me. He and I both being a fan of Dub
45:07
bears and having love in our heart for dub bears.
45:11
They drop almost 60 on the Panthers, but they give up
45:15
almost 40 and this is one of those when I.
45:18
Looked at it like Ben Johnson is absolutely committed to running
45:22
the ball and and it it's funny when now that I look at it and I
45:25
watch it and not to say that Gibbs.
45:28
And Montgomery are the same as Swift and the nun guy, but it
45:33
does seem like he kind. Of has that.
45:35
You know that 1-2 punch between the both of them?
45:38
It feels like Swift is. Swift can be a little bit more
45:42
of like the shifty power runner guy, but so can the nun guy.
45:44
It feels like they can do a little bit of both, just
45:46
depending on what the situation is.
45:48
And then, of course, Caleb. Was also able to do it with his
45:50
legs. In between all three of them,
45:53
they they almost all three ran for 100 yards.
45:56
Just by themselves and just put up absolutely crazy types of
46:01
scores. So I offensively I'm like I.
46:06
That's great. Defensively, I need the defense.
46:09
To realize that they are paid to play defense, that's that's
46:13
what. I mean, like, I, I know they
46:16
drafted Feneman. They've already had injuries.
46:18
Kobe Bryant's out, Feneman's having to step in.
46:21
They released a whole lot of the guys that they.
46:23
Had last year on defense such as Tremaine, Edmonds.
46:26
All of them. My.
46:28
Stupid bears. Hey, don't talk about my bears
46:31
like that. Bears.
46:35
But yeah, I, it was funny when I was talking to my my other Co
46:39
worker about this, it's like really, man, I was like, we can
46:41
drop almost 60s but we don't play defense.
46:43
He goes. Yeah, man, who needs, who needs
46:45
defense when you can score 60 points like we just got to score
46:48
more than they do. Yeah, the Bengals have been
46:50
trying that for years now, and that has not worked out well for
46:52
them. And I don't think it's going to
46:53
work out well for the Bears either.
46:56
Now, again, same thing. This is Week 1.
46:58
And, and I say this for college football, say for the NFL, Week
47:01
1 is one of the hardest to prepare for.
47:03
You don't know what new schemes are going to look like, You
47:05
don't know how new players are going to fit in both free
47:07
agency, draft, etcetera. New coordinators, new systems,
47:11
all of that. So it it's it's always a new.
47:13
Year, even if you bring all of that.
47:14
Back and you got the same continuity.
47:16
It it's a. Different year.
47:18
These guys are going to probably be a little cocky, they're going
47:20
to have a little bit of, you know, a little bit of arrogance
47:24
come through and whatnot. So.
47:26
It it's not the end of the world, I'm not losing my, you
47:28
know, my mind. Over it.
47:29
But it does believe, believe me, a little bit worried.
47:32
It does also make me wonder how Bryce Young's career is going to
47:35
pan out 'cause this is a loss. But I mean, they dropped almost
47:39
40 points like he played about. As well as you.
47:41
Can expect your quarterback to play post benching and whatnot
47:45
so. It's it'll be a wild year for
47:47
the NFC South enjoy. I honestly after how they played
47:51
against the lions, your Saints might have a shot now they do
47:54
unfortunately have to I believe take on the Ravens coming up.
47:58
But I mean, they, they have a shot.
48:00
I mean, the NFC South is basically wide open to a ton of
48:04
Viola's hurt. Michael Phoenix Junior's hurt.
48:06
Cooper Rush is apparently hurt. Like Oh my God, how?
48:09
How do these? Falcons quarterbacks just keep
48:11
getting hurt constantly. The Saints honestly looked
48:15
better than what I expected them to.
48:17
I think Kellen wore their being for a second year with Tyler
48:20
Shuck. A lot of that continuity has
48:22
helped them quite a bit. And in Tampa Bay, it's.
48:25
Tampa Bay's still going to be there.
48:27
Baker got paid. They do have some young
48:30
receivers in Ibuka and whatnot. The Panthers do have an awesome
48:35
logo and I do like the Panthers color scheme.
48:37
I kind of like that light blue black.
48:39
I do wish they would update their uniforms a little bit.
48:41
Kind of do like a Black Panther theme.
48:44
And like do kind of primarily all black and then maybe have?
48:46
Some like Blue Street, like Blue.
48:49
Kind of like highlights where it's like they just.
48:51
Fade in and you see a. Little bit of blue whenever the
48:53
light hits it correctly. I feel like that'd be bad ass.
48:58
But this is also. Coming from a colour blind guy
49:01
portal. Eights.
49:04
But but nonetheless though this this ended up.
49:06
Actually being a better game than what I thought this game
49:09
though was probably to me the the steal game of the weekend as
49:14
far as. You got a little bit of
49:16
everything. You had two quality teams,
49:20
knockout punches, blow for blow on each other.
49:22
With the Bills and the Texans, the Bills finally get a win in
49:26
Houston for the first time. I think they said in 20 years,
49:31
sorry I have to sneeze and I hope I don't sneeze while I'm on
49:33
here, but I feel it. You know, I feel I look weird on
49:36
cameras. I'm trying to sneeze but I
49:38
can't. And this is one it it seems like
49:43
and it was. Brought up earlier on First
49:45
things first and I liked the take that they gave on It feels
49:49
like Josh Allen is playing. Completely loose, like he's not
49:54
being restricted, he's not being held back.
49:56
And obviously Joe Brady I think is still helping call the plays.
50:01
I don't think that has changed. I don't.
50:02
Think his offense the. System has changed at all, but
50:06
it does make you wonder, was Sean McDermott at the helm?
50:08
How much did he limit Josh Allen?
50:10
Because now it seems like Josh Allen kind of has this honey
50:12
badger, like I don't give AF kind of mentality and attitude
50:17
and he's just going to go for it and do it.
50:20
And one of the plays that he did.
50:22
The first time he ends up, you know, incomplete pass, but then
50:25
they do the exact same play again.
50:26
They ultimately end up getting the touchdown that wins the
50:28
game. So it it will be interesting to
50:32
see how this looks. It looks like his connection
50:34
with DJ Moore is already solid, which he's needed.
50:36
I mean the the thing I wonder and the thing that again makes.
50:40
Me worried just because how we've seen history repeat itself
50:44
when he had a solid receiver like Stephon Diggs.
50:47
The Bills were dangerous and they just kept going and kept
50:50
going. Kind of the same as anything,
50:52
eventually teams kind of learn tendencies, they learn
50:54
chemistry, they get used to it. Maybe he gets double teamed,
50:58
maybe he gets double cover, maybe he doesn't.
51:00
This is kind of the chance for Shakur as well as, you know,
51:03
Keon Coleman to really step up and make those plays as well as.
51:08
Kincaid and knocks it tight in but it'll but I.
51:12
I mean, they look great with DJ Moore, but can they sustain that
51:16
now on the other side for the Texans?
51:18
I feel like CJ Stroud is. About as well as you can do and
51:21
as well as you can ask. How he now?
51:22
Obviously towards the end of the play, they had a chance to, you
51:25
know, go down there, potentially get the game-winning touchdown.
51:28
He ends up getting the ball knocked out of his hands in kind
51:30
of a crazy fashion. It was a fumble and the Bills
51:32
recovered it to win it. But I I do hope and think that
51:36
he's going to be able to bounce back.
51:38
I don't know what it. Is I don't.
51:40
Know I don't. I'm not.
51:41
Going to say he's cursed. But it does.
51:43
Seem like there's some type of a funk?
51:45
There like ever since his rookie season where he did absolutely
51:49
great, it's like teams have just figured him out and solved him
51:53
and just keeps making his life absolutely miserable.
51:55
And I'm like, what in the world? But we'll ultimately see how it
52:00
ends up being. But this was a great game
52:02
overall. I can't.
52:02
I couldn't be upset at this game even if I tried.
52:06
The game that I was happy. That they lost but I was mad
52:12
because it cost me. A pick and potentially being
52:15
right when I made the pick the Packers go to go to the Vikings,
52:20
Murray gets hurt with a concussion is.
52:22
Kind of a dirty hit, but then Carson Wentz comes in.
52:26
Ultimately saves the day for Minnesota after they were down
52:29
pretty big. Makes the comeback.
52:31
Win 39 to 22. And it was kind of funny when I
52:35
talked about this in the offseason with a few people.
52:38
I got a lot of weird looks. When I was like, man, you know,
52:40
I think. Carson Wentz should be kind of
52:42
considered for this right now. We're not worried about Carson
52:44
Wentz. I'm like.
52:46
Oh man, he played really well for him last year and then he
52:48
got hurt. It's the same system.
52:50
It's still Kevin O'Connell. It's still the same guys like
52:53
he. He balled out like I, I.
52:55
Really think they need to be. Kind of considering giving him
52:58
the option. And of course it was between
53:01
Kyler and it's between JJI. Don't even think Wentz was in
53:04
the consideration, which I'm like, you know, to to each their
53:07
own. I watched Lintz for many years
53:10
when he's in Philly. I watched him here for the year
53:11
he was in Indy. I thought he did great for Indy,
53:14
honestly. And then they ultimately end up
53:17
training away. I'm like, I mean, OK again, not
53:21
what? I would do, but I didn't think
53:23
he was that bad. But no, I mean, I think I think
53:27
he's great. I think he's learned a lot.
53:29
I think he learned a lot going to Kansas City under Andy Reid,
53:33
under Mahomes. Then he comes there to
53:34
Minnesota, filled in great form last year, filled in great
53:37
again. Will it maybe lead to him
53:40
getting another shot somewhere? I I think it's possible now the
53:44
biggest factor he has against him is he's old.
53:47
But I mean, he led him to a victory.
53:48
And I mean, I still think the Vikings are going to be a pretty
53:50
good, pretty good, you know, stages because I mean, Marie,
53:54
the first play he throws an interception, but.
53:59
And they're better than better than when they had, you know, 9
54:02
in McCarthy like, you know, Mike Hughes and I said they were
54:05
going to be. And then of course, the one last
54:08
night that was probably the biggest, biggest and.
54:13
A little bit of AI would say disappointing game was the
54:16
Chiefs and the Broncos. This one, I say disappointment
54:20
because I I expected it to be closer.
54:22
I expected it to be better. The Holmes coming back from an
54:25
injury, what was I was going to look like?
54:26
Bo Nicks coming back from an injury, what was that going to
54:28
look like? It looked like the play calling
54:30
for Denver was a little off offensively and the defensively
54:33
it was like Denver could make a tackle to save their life.
54:36
I don't know what happened with that.
54:37
I don't know why that was ultimately the case, but that
54:39
that's just what it looked like as a whole.
54:43
But I I think the Chiefs may be back.
54:44
As far as being able to run the table now again, that's week
54:49
one. Whole 16 more games that they
54:51
got to play, plus the playoffs. So I'm not going to, you know.
54:55
Sit here and say it's it's theirs to lose at this point,
54:57
but. Now that they have a.
54:59
Legitimate rusher and Kenneth Walker and then even the rookie
55:02
and Emmett Johnson. I mean, and it looks like Travis
55:04
Kelsey, if this is going to be his last year, he had a great,
55:08
he had a great first game. I don't know.
55:10
If he's going to be as big of a downfield.
55:12
Threat as he once was but I mean short yardage and whatnot I feel
55:15
like he's going to be kind of more of a traditional tight end
55:18
like he's got good hands he's going to be there for Mahomes
55:20
kind of get those quick little short first downs and.
55:22
He'll. They'll make it happen.
55:25
But yeah, I mean this, this is a little bit of a disappointment.
55:30
And we'll have to see what Denver ultimately looks like as
55:32
the year goes on. We'll go.
55:34
Back. To college football, though,
55:36
because there are going to be a few kind of big games.
55:39
There's one in particular that I know.
55:42
Joy and I are both going to be watching.
55:43
And if anybody who follows college football probably knows
55:48
we may all be watching. There are a few, though, that I
55:51
wanted to highlight as far as being bigger games that I think
55:54
are going to be of interesting note.
55:56
Kentucky at Texas A&M. How does Kentucky respond?
55:59
It's going to be a road trip game there.
56:01
Kyle Field, Texas A&M looked great against Arizona State last
56:05
week. I mean, it was one of those
56:07
Arizona State I, I felt like kind of had them on the ropes.
56:10
And then Texas A and Ms. defense ultimately ended up bailing them
56:12
out. Now they got a pick.
56:14
They got a fumble return for a touchdown, which ultimately
56:18
ended up letting them pull away. But I mean for a.
56:21
While there, Arizona State was keeping it close and was like,
56:23
oh man, this, this might be a little bit of a dogfight.
56:25
I don't know about. I don't know about Texas.
56:27
A&M right now, but they ultimately end up pulled away.
56:30
Kentucky rebound post Alabama because again, they look great
56:34
in the first half if they can play 4 full quarters of what
56:37
they did in the first half against Alabama.
56:40
This will be an ugly game now. I don't know if they can
56:42
replicate that and I don't know if they can sustain.
56:44
That for four quarters. But ultimately, overall, I think
56:47
I think they look really good. I'm taking TAMU in this one but
56:50
but I do want to see how this game ultimately ends up going.
56:54
Yeah, the game where we might see Norvells last as the head
56:58
coach of the Florida State Seminoles.
56:59
Now, it's not guaranteed. I just think the likelihood is,
57:03
is very, very strong. Florida State travels to to
57:06
Tuscaloosa to take on #10 Alabama, Alabama.
57:10
They struggled against Kentucky in the first half.
57:12
Like I said, Kentucky was on fire that first half, but then
57:15
after? That it was like.
57:16
OK, they were running the ball well.
57:18
Keylon Russell looked a little bit more comfortable.
57:21
I still have a little bit of question marks on Keylon.
57:23
Now I know it's his second game. Starting and he's going to have
57:26
kind of an up and down season a little bit.
57:28
You know, they're just kind of getting into their own, feeling
57:30
their own system and whatnot. So I have a little bit of
57:33
questions, but I'm not completely unfortunately
57:36
counting the tide out yet. Like I said, I think this might
57:39
be Mike Morville's last game as the Florida State head coach
57:43
will see unless they get some big upset win that might saving,
57:47
but I highly doubt it. But who knows, maybe some of
57:49
these. Guys rally and they play for the
57:50
coach and they get another upset win and they.
57:53
Shock the world by beating Alabama twice and they even beat
57:55
Alabama at home. I'm going to pick Alabama to win
57:58
currently at the moment, but never know.
58:00
We'll see. One that I did mention if you
58:04
watched the show before I mentioned this actually when I
58:08
was going. Through some of the breakdowns
58:09
as far as. Like some of the top 25 who I
58:13
think is going to win, who I think is going to face, who in
58:15
the championships and whatnot, these two teams is.
58:18
Who? I think.
58:19
Most everybody else has playing for the ACC against Miami.
58:23
I think everybody has Miami just as the runoff favorite.
58:26
To at least be in the ACC Championship and then one of
58:29
these two teams I think is going to be the one to face them
58:32
because being Louisville, they had the tough test against Ole
58:34
Miss. I mean kind of same thing.
58:37
That first half was just ugly. The second.
58:39
Half they were, they were fighting tooth and nail and they
58:41
competed really well against them.
58:43
SNUI have a little bit more questions on just because of how
58:48
they played Florida State now ultimately, I think they faced
58:51
UC Davis at home. They got a dominant.
58:54
Win there, wasn't really worried about that, but kind of
58:57
struggling against Florida State.
58:59
I'm not saying that makes me makes me leery because I don't
59:02
want to, you know, completely down Florida State, but it does
59:05
make me a little bit uncomfortable cause like, how
59:08
are you struggling against Florida State?
59:10
The same thing. It was the first game of the
59:11
season for SNU. Having to knock some of the rest
59:14
off getting getting into the groove of things.
59:16
Obviously they had the weirdness as far as.
59:19
Not having the coaching calls and the helmets.
59:20
They had to go by signals for the first little bit and then
59:22
they finally got it back. But that offense really
59:25
struggled, and I don't know if it's just because everything was
59:27
thrown off at the beginning of the game, so that just kind of
59:29
followed through for the rest of it.
59:31
But it does make. Me wonder.
59:33
It makes me a little bit worried.
59:36
I think I picked. Louisville.
59:38
In this to win just because of how well they did.
59:41
I think I picked Louisville in this.
59:42
I'll have to go back. And check, but I think I picked
59:44
Louisville. And then of course, the last
59:46
game, the biggest one for this weekend, the Lane Train returns
59:51
to Oxford to take on Old miss #7 LSU at #8 Old Miss.
59:58
This is 1 when I'm sitting here and I was making my picks for
1:00:01
this. I picked LSU to win just 'cause
1:00:04
I'm going to be, I'm going to be a biased.
1:00:06
Homer in this one. I'll fully admit that I will be
1:00:08
a biased Homer. When I watched the Louisville
1:00:11
game it and again at least in the 1st.
1:00:15
Half that offense was really struggling.
1:00:20
Now again they made adjustments in the second-half.
1:00:22
Trinidad Chambliss did great now.
1:00:23
Kiwan Lacy was out. He got hurt that game.
1:00:27
I don't know how well they did against Charlotte as far as like
1:00:30
running the ball and whatnot. I could probably look at that
1:00:32
real quick while I'm. While I'm still on the air, but
1:00:37
it it does make me wonder, what does their offense look like?
1:00:47
And it's, it's ESPNI thought somebody could join the show.
1:00:51
I was like, oh. My God, who's that?
1:00:55
So against Charlotte, Ole Miss 141 to 9 Trinidad Chambliss 2326
1:01:01
two 25, two touchdowns. OK, so K1 Lacey did come.
1:01:04
Back. 13 carries, 2 touchdowns, 87 yards so.
1:01:09
It's not like I expected them to have, you know, a crazy time
1:01:14
like beating Charlotte. It's not like I expect anything
1:01:16
crazy. Like we can be.
1:01:18
We can be realistic about it. But it but it does make me.
1:01:23
Wonder and against against Louisville looking at the stats,
1:01:28
Chambliss, who's 21 to 36, three touchdowns a pick 336 passing
1:01:32
yards key 1 Lacy 17 carries, 61 yards and a touchdown so.
1:01:38
Louisville's defense really, really held them in check.
1:01:40
Now, the benefit LSU does have a really good run defense.
1:01:44
Like LSU's run defense has probably been one of the the.
1:01:47
Best things about this defense so far this year has been their
1:01:51
ability to stop the run. Now stop of the pass, a little
1:01:55
bit more of a question mark. And again, I I said at the
1:01:58
beginning of the show to start it as far as how they faced off
1:02:01
against the Louisiana Tech. And I'll say it again, it's a
1:02:02
little this I am worried about how Sam Levitt throws the ball.
1:02:07
He does not protect the ball a lot.
1:02:08
He puts it in harm's way as far as trying to force throws.
1:02:13
You know, obviously there's a couple deep shots that he took
1:02:15
against Louisiana Tech. Some of it it was just off
1:02:18
chemistry. With the wide receivers, one of
1:02:19
them was Philip Wright. He he just completely dropped
1:02:23
it. And of course, he had to make
1:02:24
one of Watkins that ultimately end up letting him pull away a
1:02:27
little bit. But between him throwing.
1:02:32
And then the thing that is his biggest.
1:02:34
Strength is also what makes me worry him running the ball and
1:02:37
it it's not because I don't like the dynasticity.
1:02:39
I love it. He's dynamic.
1:02:40
I love how he what he does. I love it, I think.
1:02:43
It's great. You're not going to be able to
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do that for a full SEC schedule. You're especially not going to
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be able to do that in this game. Where Ole Miss is, absolutely.
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Coming out for blood, like they are coming out to make a
1:02:54
statement against Lane. They want to come out to, you
1:02:58
know, ultimately embarrass Lane and make him regret leaving.
1:03:02
Oxford to go to LSU so. This is 1 when I'm sitting here
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looking. At it, I'm like, y'all are
1:03:09
really going to have to really have to fight hard.
1:03:14
And Sam's going to have to play a clean game like it's.
1:03:16
Just that's just going to have. To be what it is.
1:03:19
I do hope that now that it's here this week.
1:03:24
That maybe some of that focus was more on Ole Miss during the
1:03:28
Louisiana Tech game. So maybe this game is going to
1:03:30
be a little bit cleaner, maybe we see a little bit more of.
1:03:32
What we saw against Clemson, 'cause it sometimes happens,
1:03:36
too, it's like, you know, we've seen teams struggle because
1:03:39
they're focused on next week's games.
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To the current game they have in front of them because this, this
1:03:44
opponent doesn't really matter. And that's possible.
1:03:47
That happens a lot. I'm hoping that doesn't happen
1:03:49
here. Like I said, I'm picking old,
1:03:51
I'm picking LSU. This is a biased Homer.
1:03:55
I wouldn't be surprised if Ole Miss is able to take away the
1:03:58
win, though. I think currently in this in
1:04:02
this game. They have, I think they have LSU
1:04:06
favored. So according to ESPN and
1:04:11
DraftKings, DraftKings. OK, so DraftKings has the
1:04:16
spread, they have LSU favored by three by field goal, and ESP NS
1:04:21
matchup predictor has LSU winning by a 65% margin which is
1:04:26
kind of crazy. 'Cause that's.
1:04:29
Not what I would expect expect to happen, but nonetheless,
1:04:34
though I'm excited for this game, I want to see how it goes
1:04:36
'cause ultimately, and people may not agree with this, I think
1:04:41
this is truly going to dictate. How the rest of the season ends
1:04:45
up going for LSU. Play and and a lot of.
1:04:47
People have said that as far as how they think the season will
1:04:50
ultimately finish will be what happens with this game, 'cause
1:04:54
if they. Win that momentum I.
1:04:55
Think will carry them very far if they lose I it's a weird.
1:05:00
Combination of I don't know if Lane is going to respond with
1:05:04
even more anger and just ultimately try to whip
1:05:07
everybody. Or if it's going to kind of
1:05:09
throw things into a loop because everybody's going to feel like,
1:05:12
yeah, we should have beat them. We were trying to beat them for
1:05:14
him and we just couldn't. So it this.
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I'm. Not going to say this game is
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going to answer all. Questions.
1:05:20
I'm not going to say it's it is going to be the determining
1:05:23
factor, but I do think it's a big step in seeing how this
1:05:27
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1:05:29
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