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We recap the 1st round of the COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF! · NY's Sports Loud Mouth (VIDEO)

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In the first round of the NCAA College Football Playoff action,
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number 9 Alabama came back to knock off the Oklahoma Oklahoma
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Sooners after being down 17 to nothing, winning 34 to 24.
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It's only the second time a team has has.
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I'm sorry, it's only been the second time a team has been
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blown. Ace has blown a 17 point lead in
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college football in the College Football Playoff era, joining
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2017 Chokelahoma, who blew a 24 to 7 lead to the Georgia
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Bulldogs in what could only be described as a defensive
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struggle #10 Miami beat #7 Texas A&M 2:50, the lowest scoring
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game in the in history of the College Football Playoff.
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Miami took the lead lead with 1:45 to go on a shovel pass from
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Carson Beck to Malachi Tony and then picked off Marcel Reed in
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the end zone to seal the win. The match ups featuring the
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Group of Five teams were both blowouts as #5 Oregon blew out
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#12 James Madison and #6 old Miss blew out #11 Tulane without
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you know who. Despite the big win, Oregon
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coach Dan Lanning was not pleased with the effort later in
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the game versus James Madison. The quarter the quarter final
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matchups will feature #10 Miami versus Ohio State in the Cotton
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Bowl #5 Oregon versus #4 Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl #9
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Alabama versus #1 Indiana in the Rose Bowl and number six Ole
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Miss versus #3 Georgia in the Sugar Bowl.
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What I would say about these games is I don't call them
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Chokelaho. It's Oklahoma, and I'm not
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surprised Alabama beat Oklahoma. Alabama when when playing at the
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top of the game, they have one of the best defenses in the
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country. You can see that they put a lot
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of pressure and they they've always put a lot of pressure on
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teams they match up against. They always get the best
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linebackers, the best defensive lineman.
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How many times have we seen a defensive lineman or a
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linebacker get drafted in the first round by the Alabama
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Crimson Tide? We see it all the time and they
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always have good corners as well.
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There's to me, Alabama is known for their school, is known to
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get defensive players, not known for the quarterback play, but
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the quarterback play obviously was better in the second-half of
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this game. And a lot of people thought
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Oklahoma, Oklahoma's going to run away with this game being up
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17 to nothing. But Oklahoma has been known
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many, many times as everybody calls him Chokelahoma to make
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mistakes at the tail end of the game and choke.
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And that's why people call him Chokelahoma.
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That's why West just calls them Chokelahoma.
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They just find a way to lose games, close games or even games
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that they're look like they're going to blow out teams.
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And and that's what happened in this game.
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Now, I, I know Speedy has his own take to this and I, I'd love
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to hear it, but I can tell you this right now I'm questioning
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Alabama and, and I could, I've been hearing stories from
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Alabama side that the coach might take that Michigan job.
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I, I don't know if that's a true story or if that is going to go
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that way. But if Alabama makes a run, they
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knock off Indiana this coming week and and he decides to leave
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to go to Michigan, I'd be, I'd be shocked, I'd be shocked on
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that speeding. Yeah, it doesn't seem like it.
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I think those were initial rumors at this point.
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I think that's what they were trying to push for when
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obviously they found out about the holster own Moore scandal a
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couple weeks ago. But I thought again that Alabama
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job, Alabama has the resources to be able to extend him as much
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as he wants. I don't think he has any ties
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with Michigan where he would do that.
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He's not from that area. So I highly doubt that was the
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case. As far as the actual game
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itself, yeah, you're it's a team that's Alabama different when
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they're always been known for defense and running game in the
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past. Now they're kind of transforming
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it into the receivers offense with some still some good
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defense, better than it were last year when they missed.
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Alabama's defense was shut down in the second.
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Half they were. And Oklahoma, you saw the same
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kind of same kind of collapse as you've seen in the past, too.
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Now, granted, those Oklahoma teams with Bob Stoops there and
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even with Lick and Riley there, we're never known for their
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defense. I always make fun of Big 12
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defenses just never doing anything.
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And hence why most of those teams don't win championships
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for a while. Have they ever won since our
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friend Jason White was on that team?
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But nevertheless, this was a Brent Venables LED defense that
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was very good throughout the year.
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I thought one of the best defenses among the playoff teams
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and special teams mistakes, bad field position, big plays that
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they allow cost them. And Oklahoma at home just really
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doesn't have that same home field advantage you once saw
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when they were in the Big 12 in Alabama.
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I was worried about them when it came to playing from behind,
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too, because of the way the Venables knows that style of
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offense they like to play. And Alabama just made better
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place. Ty Simpson I questioned at
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times, but made some good plays in that game, in their running
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game. Got it going in the second-half
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very well. I will say this also and and
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again, everybody keeps saying, well, that it's always a
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transition. Saban was more known for the
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running game and the defensive side of the ball.
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This is still a great Alabama defense.
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They were one of the the better defenses in the country this
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year. They were what top ten?
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They were definitely in the top ten.
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I I'm not sure I don't quote me on this, but they were
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definitely somewhere around the top ten this year and I I will I
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they are more offensively sound. You got a a coach that came from
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Washington that likes to run the offensive side and he likes to
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throw the ball and he likes to use that wide receiving card.
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Doones look at Roma. Doones look how successful he's
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been since he's come to to the NFL and he comes from that
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Washington offense. So I, and, and also there is a
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quarterback of quarterback that's looked pretty good over
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there in Atlanta who came from that Washington type of offense.
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So we all understand that, you know, when you have different
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coaches, you obviously play different styles, but Alabama
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has always been known to recruit great defensive players.
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I, I would believe that they have at least three, maybe even
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4 guys that will be drafted in the first round on the defensive
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side of the ball. So I, I, you know, obviously I'm
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still learning a little bit more about what Alabama is with a new
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coach there. And he's only been there for two
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years and, and there was stories and I forget.
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What's the Alabama coach's name over there?
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Kaylin de Boer. De Boer, there was stories
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coming out over the last week, week and 1/2 that De Boer could
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take that job in Michigan. I think that's his alma mater.
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I'm not, I'm not sure yet, but I've heard that he would love
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that job and he he would take that job, but would he leave
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Alabama? Would he leave the Crimson Tide
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after taking over for a guy like Nick Saban and, and Saban, There
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were stories coming out that Saban was interviewing for the
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LSU job and would, would Saban come back and coach Michigan?
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I, I mean, I, you know, when you're a coach and you're
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winning, coaching you, you love that football life.
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And I, I get, I'm not a coach. So I don't know how these guys
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think you would think that and fish as a coach, you would think
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that if you have the opportunity to coach your alma motto, you or
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you get to coach over there. Michigan, A-Team that's won a
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national championship a couple of years ago and it's always a
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school in the runnings for a championship.
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And, and I'm not saying Alabama isn't because Alabama has been
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the most successful school when Nick Saban was there and even
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been so successful over the years before Nick Saban took
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over the, the, the team in the program.
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But I, I look at De Boer, why wouldn't De Boer look at
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Michigan as an opportunity for him to take over and and make a
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run and win a national champion? He's got to win one with Alabama
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first. He hasn't done that yet.
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And he's been to a, he's been to a NCAA championship over there
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with Washington. But I think that's the only
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reason why he wouldn't leave Alabama is because he hasn't won
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1 yet with Alabama. But being that this job is open,
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why wouldn't you interview for the job and see what you can get
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paid or the opportunities you have with the the portal and how
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much money you can get for the portal.
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You see Ole Miss, Ole Miss getting over the hump.
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You saw what, what, what just happened.
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Ole Miss did it with a defensive coordinator, has never had
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coaching experience and doing what what they did in this, in
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this game, very impressive. I was very impressed.
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A lot of people thought Tulane was going to win because of a
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rookie coach, a guy that taking over for Elaine Kiffin, who's
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not there and they put up, they put up 51 points against a
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Tulane team that's been very good all around all season long
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defensively and offensively. So I was shocked that they
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pulled away the way they did against.
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Tulane Speedy. Yeah, it's one of those Tulane
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teams that's always going to play physical.
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That's why I was mocking the CBS Sports analyst a few weeks ago
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that was saying, oh, it's a safety hazard to have these two
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group of five teams in the tournament.
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This is a really good defense in an offensive in a conference
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that's more known for their offensive teams and they play
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great. I just didn't know if they had
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the offensive capabilities to go into a tough environment like
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Ole Miss. By the way, we've heard what's
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that smell that that graphic that they had on the scoreboard
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was horrible. But nevertheless, they it was a
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tough environment, SEC crowd that they were not used to.
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And also a team in Ole Miss that destroyed Tulane earlier in the
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year, even with Lane Kevin too. But you got to give them credit
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for the adversity that they had just Ole Miss again rallying
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around their coach, rallying around a familiar system that
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made it work. And again, they did what they
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were supposed to do against a group of five team destroyed
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them. Now they get to take on Georgia.
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Next will be a big test for them against Kirby smarter two time
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championship coach. But Ole Miss definitely has the
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defensive capabilities. We'll see if they definitely
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we'll see if they have the offensive capabilities to extend
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They do it with obviously without lean given.
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That'll be the bigger test. And everybody wanted to see
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Carlson back. Everybody wanted to see Carlson
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back. And, and I think that's the
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reason why they pulled away and that why they made this
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tournament. And I, I really do believe that
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if Texas was any good in the beginning of the season, I think
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Texas with Arch Manning, the way he played in the final three or
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four games, I think Texas sneaks into this this playoff.
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But Carlson back is a guy that is expected to be maybe a late
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first round draft pick. Now that seller has decided to
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go back to college, Definitely a second round talent.
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Teams will be definitely look at him in a second round if he
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becomes available in this year's draft, which is it has been said
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that he's going into this, he's going to put himself in this
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year's draft after the season is over.
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But Miami, I'm not surprised with Miami.
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I, I was surprised that it happened the way he did, but I,
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I know why Miami's in the, in this tournament.
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I know why Miami, a lot of the, the voters and, and the, the
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board of the committee decided to put them in, was costing back
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in. And I, I will say this costing
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back at the end of the game showed you why a lot of people
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like this kid. And I again, I remember when he
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was playing for Georgia and he, he failed to do the things that
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he was supposed to do over there in Georgia.
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And that's why he jumped ship and he went into the portal and
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eventually found his way in Miami.
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But I you got to give the kid a little bit of credit.
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He did what he needed to do when he did it in the big game.
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Yeah, that's I think the difference when you look at a
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defensive duel now, I thought it would be a low scoring game
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because Texas A&M did have the best defense in the SEC this
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year. I think they were 4th or 5th
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overall in the nation. And Marcel Reed was playing very
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well probably up until the end of the season.
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But you that's the difference of adversity that you didn't see
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with Reed and then you saw with back, even though back then
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again in an overly good statistical game because nobody
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could move the ball in that game.
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But Miami at least moved it better because they were at
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least getting a field goal range.
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Their kicker, Mitch three times, that was the biggest factor of
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why they couldn't finish drives. They had to go for it more and
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forth them because they just did not trust that kicker.
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And Mario Cristobal's always been one of those coaches that's
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been questioned when he was at Oregon for winning those big
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games, winning those fourth quarters in the past.
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But somebody like Carson Beck, who has that kind of experience,
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he wasn't the quarterback of the Georgia Bulldogs starting when
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they won the championship, but he was there.
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So he knows that kind of pedigree is what's going to
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become. And their defense, Miami has
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been very strong throughout the ACC as well.
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So that kind of test at the end of the game is going to be
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something that Mario Cristobal and Carson Beck have compared to
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a young coach. And Mike Elko came from Duke,
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coached our guy Riley Leonard there and Duke.
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And this was the best team that they've had.
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They were a good team last year, but not good enough for the
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playoff. And now they made that big step
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with the talent that they have and all the money that they have
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with A&M, but just wasn't ready and read.
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I was, I was surprised that Texas A&M got knocked off the
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way they did. They had such a great season.
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At one point they were ranked in the top three in the country and
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what the final few weeks see, they fallen off.
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They lost against Texas and as soon as they lost against Texas,
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they lost their confidence and we're not the same team and and
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really fell all the way from top 2 to 7th rank going into and
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maybe if they were put in a better position, maybe they get
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into the second round of this tournament.
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I I just thought it was a bad match up for them.
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Yeah, Wesley even mentioned it too last week on let's parlay.
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Like the Texas A&M strength of schedule that you've seen in the
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past with like the SEC East versus the SEC West too, that
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they took away when they expanded the conferences too.
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Same kind of thing in the Big 10 with the Big 10 E and the Big 10
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W The Big 10 E always have a significantly stronger schedule.
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Yeah, I think you saw that that kind of adversity was not there
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for them playing against the team like Miami, that while they
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didn't play an amazing schedule, we talked about it when we were
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discussing did the College Football Committee get it right?
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They were still playing the 45th ranked schedule, Miami, and they
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still know how to punk tough with some good teams and they're
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beat Notre Dame and some other good teams this year.
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And you look at Texas A&M flashy, but still doesn't have
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that kind of sense of adversity yet.
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And that's where I think you saw the coaching definitely take
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over. Even though Chris Bull's been
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questionable in big games that he was, the defense was still
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able to do. I will say this, I love that
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Danny Lanning came out the way he did and and attacked his team
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because he's got a young quarterback that's probably
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going to go into this year's class who could be a top ten
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pick and Dante Moore, youth speedy think that he could be
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the best quarterback in his class.
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Yeah, if he's put in the right position.
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But it has a lot of learning to do and and the speed of the
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game. The NFL game is completely
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different than college football as we've gone back and forth and
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and talked about, but I love the fact that Dan Lanning after the
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game attacked his team attacked the way they played against a
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team that to me, they're just so much better than James Madison
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had a great year. Should they have made this
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tournament my my honest and my, my honest take and my perception
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to what I've seen with James Madison, whatever I saw this
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year, because I'm I don't watch college football religiously
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like you do Speedy or maybe fish or or Wes or any of these guys
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or even Jeff who comes on a show, but I watch it.
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I watched James Madison played a couple of times and to me
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they've been one of the more oppressive teams of the country
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because they come from a conference that is not has been
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known to be a great conference, but had such a great year and
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and matched up against teams that they completely dominated
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against. And that's why they they got
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into the tournament. But to be connected or even
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being compared to Oregon, I mean the Ducks are just that much
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better of a team coach, one of the best coaches in the country,
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a coach that I believe eventually will coach in the
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NFL. And and to me, one of the
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loudest and obnoxious coaches in the college football, but really
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shows it on the football field with the dominance in and the
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way Oregon football has been over the last couple of years.
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Yeah. It's one of those mistake.
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Definitely Landing is going to address those kind of things of
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the second, third quarter. Like I think once they had that
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kind of 28 point lead, I think they made a lot of sloppy
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mistakes. Their defense was giving him too
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much space. Dante Moore, I do think he can
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be the best quarterback in this draft class, but he also made
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some really bad interceptions to make it look like he's Jameis
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Winston as well. And that kind of thing won't
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translate. That's why I, whoever drafts
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Dante Moore can't start him right away because I think
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there's still those kinds of mistakes lingering.
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And if they're playing next, they're playing Texas Tech, who
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I know. No, Jet fans, we do not want
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Dante Moore. You have to be careful.
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You cannot start him right away. You have to do maybe even longer
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than what the Patriots did last year with Drake May, if you do
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start him, whether it's the Raiders, whether it's The Jets,
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Arizona, whoever drafts. I can see Cleveland doing it cuz
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that's very Cleveland. Oh yeah, I'm not.
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Disputed that Cleveland esque you could see them at #2 they
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have, they have a chance cuz Shador Sanders is not the guy.
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I don't know. And I I'd be very surprised if
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Cleveland drafts a quarterback wherever they land.
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Right now they're at three. If Cleveland goes after a
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quarterback and they draft Dante Moore, it's like a head shaker
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because you don't understand Dante, Deshaun Watson is there
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and you have Shidor Sanders and you did you dread, you drafted
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Gabriel in the fourth round. You have 3 quarterbacks that are
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going to be on the roster next year and then you bring in Dante
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Moore. How does this make sense?
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And you know, Shidor is not going to help him in, in this
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kind of offense. And you know, this to me is one
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of the harder, harder offenses to learn in the NFL.
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And then Deshaun Watson, he's training.
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He he's out there trying to teach Shidor and and Gabriel.
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He's going to come out there and try to teach Dante Moore, three
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guys that could take the job away from him.
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I don't see that happening. I see Cleveland either trading
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out of that spot or deciding to do something with Deshawn.
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I don't know what Cleveland does, but if they go
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quarterback, you know how stupid that organization is if they do
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that so. The only way that more comes out
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this year, in my opinion, is if they go on a run and win the
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championship or he plays really well in the championship game
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and they lose. I, I don't think it makes sense
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for him to come out unless he's going to be #1 and I don't think
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he is. I think he's talented enough to
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be #1 next year. Now he's not Anthony Richardson,
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like he's a complete mess and he drafted #5 and you can't play
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him or anything like that. He's never going to be able to
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play in the league. He's definitely going to.
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He just needs to sit. He reminds me more of like a
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Jordan love where you had, you want to sit him a little bit
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because he hasn't had enough reps in college yet.
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And he makes some of those boneheaded plays, you know, like
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Sam Darnell needed an extra year in college, Mark Sanchez needed
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an extra year in college. And you know, you have sometimes
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you get those types of boneheaded places.
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You didn't have enough reps. You didn't learn it when you had
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lower stakes in college, even though it's really high stakes
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every week, but it's low stakes when you're up 50 points.
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Planning obviously doesn't want them to develop bad habits going
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into a real competition next week, you know, against Texas
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Tech. No, it'll be a big problem for.
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Them and Texas Tech is a Big 12 team that's had a good defense
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this year too. And Oregon, like I was saying
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with Texas A&M, they didn't face Ohio State.
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They didn't face, well, they did face Penn State, but they
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weren't as good. They didn't face the strength of
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the Big 10 competition that you saw them face last year when
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they went undefeated. Now granted, obviously they
21:26
lost. They got smoked by Ohio State in
21:27
the first round of the College Football Playoff last year as
21:29
the one seed, but it's not the same level at the Oregon defense
21:34
can play as badly as they did too in the second-half when they
21:36
were just letting JMU back in the game.
21:38
JMU covered the spread A7, a 21 1/2 point spread.
21:41
They actually covered it because Oregon got soft and Dante
21:44
anymore we're just making some bad mistakes.
21:45
And again, I don't know if he has to sit out the whole season
21:47
if he if he gets drafted that early in the draft, but at least
21:50
have him sit at least half of the season because I do think he
21:52
has better some some better traits than Anthony Richardson.
21:54
But he didn't play long enough. He was a five star recruit the
21:57
same year as Arch Manning and a lot of people thought he was
22:00
going to be better than him, but he never played at UCL.
22:02
AI was, I was shocked that Ole Miss did what they did against
22:05
Tulane and they just completely dominated.
22:07
It was not even close. And you got to give him a little
22:10
bit of credit. They used 2 quarterbacks in the
22:12
game and Chambliss, I don't know much about him, but he, his
22:17
completion percentage was pretty good.
22:19
I think his quarterback rating was at 172, which is ridiculous.
22:22
And he and he only threw 11 touchdown pass, but he ran the
22:27
ball very well. He's a multi.
22:29
He ran, he rushed for two yards, 2 touchdowns.
22:32
So he did everything right. And I was very impressed with
22:35
the coaching and the coaching staff because you lost all your
22:38
coaches, what, 2 weeks before or a week before.
22:42
And then you go into a game and a playoff where you're playing a
22:45
team that has their coach who's leaving for Florida at the end
22:49
of after this run and did what they did and completely
22:52
dominated the way they did. I I was very impressed with old
22:55
miss and, and you got to give the like I said, you got to give
22:58
the quarterback play and the coaching set and the running
23:00
game because the running they ran all over to lane in that
23:04
game. I was going to say Kawan Lacey
23:05
will be a running back to watch for next year's draft.
23:08
He's not eligible this year, but the way that Jeremiah Love is
23:11
getting a lot of hype this year with.
23:12
Is he related to Eddie Lacey? No, but he might be related to
23:16
the LSU guy that passed away. I think that's right.
23:19
I believe that is his brother. I'm pretty.
23:21
Sure. I'm pretty sure they are
23:23
related. I don't think he's related to
23:25
Eddie Lacey though. Eddie Lacy had that one grade a
23:27
year and then all of a sudden decided to eat too much, which
23:29
didn't bow well for his NFL career.
23:31
No, but. Eddie Lacy cost me a bunch of
23:33
money. Yeah, I remember Green Bay
23:35
Packers. I remember when everyone wanted
23:37
to take him in the top five that one year as a fantasy running
23:39
back, and I thought there was nuts.
23:41
I know a lot of people over there that are Green Bay Packer
23:45
fans, AKA Jamie Lee that has his own thoughts to Eddie.
23:48
Lacey. What do you thought?
23:50
What do they call? Him.
23:51
Cheeseburger Eddie. Cheeseburger Eddie.
23:53
They call him Bassy or. Fatsy dude couldn't keep the
23:57
weight off or else he could have been a great power back for a
24:00
long time. But you know who had the best
24:02
time and the easiest job and made the most money this past
24:06
weekend? Mr. Lane Kiffin, who got to
24:09
collect a $250,000 bonus from LSU for Ole Miss, beating Tulane
24:17
in the first round of the college football.
24:19
Player he just. Said who's better than him?
24:22
What a great job of sitting there and watching people clean
24:26
up his mess and win him 1/4 of $1,000,000.
24:30
That is insanity. But that's Lane Kiffin.
24:34
What a what a bag that he gets to steal from that.
24:37
That's that's incredible of all time maneuvers.
24:40
It's way up there and I don't gets a half a million if they
24:43
win this next game. I ran view.
24:46
That's, you know, I think the Nithin drops are quite
24:49
appropriate for Mr. Kiffin. Suck my indo.
24:51
Yeah, and, and by the way, now you're going into a week or the
24:55
next week and a half of great football and, and the matchups
24:59
are right there for you. Miami versus Ohio State or Ohio
25:03
State, who's to me has been the best team in the nation all
25:06
season long. They have the running game, they
25:09
have the wide receivers, they have the defense, They have one
25:11
of the. They have three guys that could
25:13
actually be first round talents in this year's.
25:17
I mean, you're talking about the Buckeyes, who to me is still, I
25:21
believe besides what Vegas believes is the favorites to
25:25
coming out and winning the whole national championship.
25:27
And they're matched up against Miami and Carlson Beck.
25:30
Could you imagine Carlson Beck and Miami and the Hurricanes
25:33
knock off the almighty Ohio State Buckeyes?
25:37
Yeah. They're going to have to do a
25:38
lot better offensively than they did.
25:39
It gets Texas A and. M you got, you heard, you kind
25:41
of see what I got that from Bruce Almighty.
25:44
Almighty, you got that? And My Miami.
25:47
Movie filmed in Buffalo and I was in college there.
25:49
Oh wow, go. Ahead, Speedy, yeah, I was going
25:51
to say Miami's offense definitely has enough
25:53
capabilities with their tight end play with their with
25:55
somebody like Malachi Tony who's been a dynamic receiver this
25:58
year to go up against that kind of Ohio State second year.
26:00
They're going to have to get creative conceptually.
26:02
We've seen Cristobal has coached well against Ryan Day in the
26:06
past, Oregon to beat Ohio State in 2021 and then they played
26:09
him. They played him close in Oregon
26:11
the following year. They did kind of a home and home
26:13
type thing. So it'll be interesting to see
26:15
if those types of concepts that he had in Oregon will carry over
26:17
because Ohio State, they did not look good the last couple games
26:21
on offense against Michigan, even though they scored 30
26:24
something. I think you can't.
26:25
Worry about that. This is now you're going into
26:27
the tournament, they had a week off, they're getting healthy,
26:31
they're very well coached. I'm not a big fan of Day as
26:34
everybody knows that listens to the show, but he's a very good
26:37
coach and he understands how to to get to the quarterback and
26:41
get into the mind of the opposing quarterback.
26:45
And Carson backs back. Anybody that watches him play
26:49
has watched him over the years in college for Georgia and now
26:52
Miami. Once you get into this guy's
26:54
head and you you get into his emotion and, and get, you know,
26:58
get into the lanes where he's throwing the ball and putting
27:00
the ball in the positions where he's uncomfortable.
27:02
That's when he's not the quarterback that everybody
27:05
thought he was going to be when he came out as a top recruit in
27:09
college when he when he went to Georgia.
27:11
So I I think that Ohio could put a lot of pressure on him.
27:14
They can use a lot of different blitz packages and their corner
27:18
play. They have some of the best
27:19
secondary in in the nation. Downs who's one of the best
27:22
safeties in in the world. It might be the best safety
27:25
we've seen in the last 10 years come out of college.
27:27
I know you you Giant fans would love to see him playing for the
27:30
Giants next year, but. Oh man, please trade back.
27:34
Give me downs that like at 10 or wherever they can get him.
27:38
You know, in the hot, the low tweens or whatever it is, that
27:41
guy is like Ed Reed next generation.
27:45
Give me that guy right now. I don't know.
27:49
I personally think that Ohio State is going to win that game
27:53
by about 35. Points.
27:54
I think so too. I think that I love what
27:58
Patricia's done with that defense.
28:00
He's coaching a professional defense and they have
28:04
Scientology Scientific. Mathematical rockets that he is
28:08
planning to draw up in his back pocket.
28:11
I mean, that guy is an idiot. I, I mean anybody.
28:15
I'm going to tell you, you Giant fans, if Patricia is one of
28:17
those guys cuz I saw the list of guys that the Giants could be
28:21
interviewing. Careful, there's been a bunch of
28:23
college coaches that became politicians and announced you.
28:26
Do not want Matt Patricia as your coach.
28:30
I don't want him to be a head coach at all for my team.
28:33
I don't like that. But as a defensive coordinator,
28:36
he does more at the college level than most people are
28:40
doing, and I think that's not a great recipe for Carson Beck.
28:44
Plus they're going to out athlete probably everyone except
28:47
for Tony on that team. In my opinion, they're in a lot
28:51
of trouble. I think against Ohio State, I
28:54
don't see it being close. You know what's so funny?
28:56
We think that way, and then something crazy happens and the
29:00
game's a lot closer than people believe it could be.
29:03
I do believe Ohio State should run away with this game, but I
29:06
wouldn't be surprised if Carson Beck figures out, you know,
29:09
certain strategies that they're going to use.
29:11
Cristobal does something interesting.
29:13
I mean, that's the thing that I'm interested in.
29:14
Speedy you know Cristobal has had success first then before
29:19
it's just a different squad. It's AI don't think they have
29:22
the same level of athlete and the problem when you have and
29:25
you know this is what James Madison and Tulane had problems
29:28
with too. You can call great place and
29:32
this time my football team in in high school we were playing a
29:34
kid that was 150 lbs like right tackle just didn't have anybody
29:38
else. It was fast and we were able to
29:39
do but when we get when he get went against the kid who had the
29:42
real size, just like the James Madison Tulane athletes are
29:47
facing when they go against Ohio State, go against, you know,
29:52
Oregon. Oregon scored on their first
29:53
five possessions. It was not a competition.
29:56
They just kind of let them back in because they were playing as
29:59
Wes always says, they were toying with their food or they
30:01
were playing with their food. Yes.
30:02
What, playing with their food because it was boring to them,
30:06
because they were such better athletes.
30:08
It was like they may as well have been in FCS school trying
30:11
to play against them. You're just not strong enough to
30:14
execute the blocks, to execute your plays, to be able to give
30:18
the quarterback enough time to see downfield.
30:21
You know, look at Notre Dame and BYU right now, Errol, they are
30:24
pretty pissed off about not being in.
30:26
And I think it's pretty obvious those two teams would have fared
30:29
better than those Tulane and James Madison squads.
30:31
I, I will say this about Oregon and I like Dan Lanning coming
30:35
out and saying what he said and maybe this this week in
30:38
practice, he's going to be working on some of the mistakes
30:40
that they made, especially in the second-half.
30:43
Defensively, Oregon needs to come out strong against Texas
30:46
Tech. They're they can play defense
30:49
and they have a good offensive game.
30:50
They like to run the ball and they like to control the clock.
30:53
If, if Oregon can't control the game offensively as as as they
30:58
did early in the game in, in, in their last game, who did that?
31:03
I'm sorry, I'm, I'm trying to bring it up.
31:05
Oregon play JMU, JMU, James Madison.
31:07
Now James Madison is in Texas Tech Texas Tech has been one of
31:10
the best teams in the country. And we know what Texas Tech can
31:13
do and they've they've got some NFL players that are going to be
31:16
in this year's class. But I expect that Oregon's going
31:20
to have to come out strong and play at a high level against
31:24
Texas Tech if they expect to win this game because a lot of
31:26
people, including Vegas, has Texas Tech winning this game and
31:30
running away with this. Yeah, they, but maybe besides
31:32
Caleb Dowd, they might have the next best defensive player in
31:34
the country, too. Jacob Rodriguez, a linebacker,
31:36
has been unbelievable this year. He was actually, I think.
31:39
I don't know, Errol, you were there.
31:40
I know you had some of the numbers with the Heisman voting.
31:42
Wasn't he like 6th or 7th in the overall Heisman voting?
31:45
Yeah. I mean, like, that's how
31:46
unbelievable of the year he had. Speedy.
31:48
I'll take him on the Giants, too.
31:50
You give me that guy 10 times a week, that guy is going to be
31:53
good. And the Giants haven't had a
31:55
good lineback in core since I guess what Armstead was on the.
31:59
Pretty much. I've always advocated for the
32:02
Giants, Josh, an inside linebacker, and they seem to
32:04
never do it. Tonya Pierce was a good
32:06
linebacker. Yeah, but you know, they they
32:09
got him in the offseason one year and he was really only
32:11
there for like, like what, 3-4 years, right, Right.
32:13
And then they've just so I mean, they've.
32:15
Had trouble. They haven't had a dude since.
32:16
Then they just have it like they never draft him high.
32:18
I mean, it's not a position you draft high as much anymore, but
32:21
still like somebody like Rodriguez, like, yeah,
32:24
definitely would be a. Nice.
32:24
I mean, you think about those Giants 80s teams that Belichick
32:27
was coaching, that defense of were like kind of.
32:29
Who's the kid that the Giants drafted from Penn State?
32:32
He was our first round talent. Lamar Arrington.
32:34
No, no, no. No.
32:36
No, no, he was was part of the Super Bowl champions in 2007 and
32:40
2011. Kiwanuka.
32:42
Kiwanuka. He was a linebacker.
32:44
Penn State. I think he came from Penn State
32:45
if I'm not mistaken. Right.
32:47
I don't remember if he was Penn State or not.
32:49
I feel like I would. Have check out where Kiwanuka
32:51
came from. I'm pretty sure it was Penn
32:53
State. But, you know, regardless of
32:55
what you're saying, like the, the, the Giants used to be like
32:57
linebacker. You, you know, used to be, you
32:59
had Lawrence Taylor at Boston College.
33:01
Yeah. Seasons.
33:03
You know, they they had that's right, Kunic, who was Boston
33:05
College and it is something to it wasn't Kiwanuka's like
33:09
father, like the first president of Uganda.
33:12
And I remember Kiwanuka, he was a great player for the Giants,
33:15
especially in the run game, clogged up that he long could do
33:19
things. I mean, he's like a.
33:19
Tweener, you know, they struggled early in his career to
33:22
figure out what to do with him because of how the game was
33:25
changing today. He'd be just a linebacker would
33:27
be fine or actually be at the end and it'd be fine like a rush
33:30
end. But back then, you know, you
33:32
were playing more off the ball at that size, so he just didn't
33:35
really have a spot. So he kind of rotated in.
33:38
He was more of a rotation. He was a Rover type linebacker,
33:40
like he played a played versatile spots in all spots of
33:44
Spagnola's defense and then when Spagnola left he mostly played
33:46
at and at that. Point.
33:47
It didn't matter. Kiwanuka was a good player for
33:49
the Giants. It didn't matter who the
33:50
offensive, offensive, defensive coordinator was and who and
33:55
whoever he was playing against. Kiwanuka did a lot of things
33:58
great for the Giants and when you talk about those
34:00
championship teams with Michael Strahan or even Justin, talk
34:04
Kiwanuka, OCU Mayor, they always had a great defensive line and
34:07
you were talking about the Texas Tech kid he's going to have.
34:10
The Giants are going to have their choice on who they want to
34:14
draft, if they want to draft down or if they want to stay pat
34:17
where they are in and go after whatever player they think is
34:20
going to be sitting there at 1 or maybe falling.
34:23
If they beat, if they beat Las Vegas next week, they could fall
34:26
from one to 6th just as quick. So I it's crazy to see that one
34:31
team jump from one one spot to another that bad.
34:34
If they win next week against Las Vegas and and there's a very
34:38
good chance they beat Las Vegas because Las Vegas looks like
34:40
they've been choking. Gentie had his best game the
34:43
other day and they still didn't win.
34:45
So it just tells you how bad. And Pete Carroll tried very hard
34:49
to win that game, calling timeouts at the tail end of the
34:51
game and couldn't stop a lick, couldn't stop the running game.
34:54
So it was just embarrassing. Speaking of of an embarrassing
34:58
game, Georgia, the Bulldogs versus Ole Miss.
35:00
I cannot see Ole Miss winning this game.
35:03
Georgia, first of all, they have one of the best defensive minds
35:06
in college football over there in Georgia.
35:09
This defense is as good as any defense in the country.
35:12
Every year they have some of the top players and and stop top
35:15
recruits and they can run the ball.
35:18
They can do it as good as anybody in the nation.
35:21
I expect Georgia to fall to go right into the semi.
35:24
I wouldn't be surprised if the Bulldogs make it all the way to
35:27
the finals. They're that good.
35:28
They're very well built and they've they always have a good
35:31
high recruiting class as Preston carries is heading Preston
35:35
carries heading there this coming offseason as well.
35:37
So I expect the Bulldogs to knock off Ole Miss and not just
35:41
knock them off completely murder them in in this game.
35:45
Yeah, it's interesting because Ole Miss was with with Lane
35:48
Kiffin. They're having the offensive
35:50
prowess. I thought maybe had a shot
35:51
because George's offense has been very, very streaky.
35:53
This. Year, they didn't have a chance.
35:54
Donner Stockton has been kind of a streaky quarterback in his
35:57
first year as a starter after obviously Beck transferred to
35:59
Miami. But this running game has been
36:01
still very strong. You got a guy like Nate Frazier.
36:03
Robinson's been pretty good too, and they have a. 3 headed
36:06
monster over there in Georgia. And you kind of seen saw that
36:08
the way they built up with that 2017 too, when they had 17 team,
36:12
when they had Michelle and they had Nick Chubb.
36:15
It kind of reminds me of. That Chubb was the only one that
36:17
actually panned out, yeah. Well, in the NFL standard, yeah,
36:19
Bill Belichick wanted Bill Belichick's last first round
36:21
picks, and so did Michelle as well.
36:23
Horrible. Yeah, but you look at that kind
36:26
of. Team he did win a Super Bowl.
36:27
He did actually. He played well in the Super Bowl
36:29
too with the with the Patriots when they beat the Rams.
36:31
But nevertheless not he retired early for a reason, but
36:35
nevertheless, this is an offensive line, this is a
36:37
defense. This is still something you can
36:38
win with in college football and being old school too.
36:41
They won a championship, They won two.
36:42
Michigan won that same kind of way.
36:43
Obviously they cheated, which didn't help, but you could still
36:45
win. With that came same kind of
36:46
style in Ohio State. Even though they had a passing
36:49
attack that was lethal, they still had a running game and an
36:51
offensive line that was lethal first, and they just brought it
36:54
a transfer quarterback and Will Howard.
36:55
So George is trying the same kind of system with their
36:57
freshmen. We'll see if they do it.
36:58
And they have an all world offensive line.
36:59
They always do, always do. And and again, another school
37:03
that always has good defense and good defensive lineman and good
37:06
offensive lineman. And like I said, if you have a
37:09
good running game, you have to have a good offensive line.
37:11
And like I said, they have a three headed monster.
37:13
They can use their running backs and they've done it multiple
37:16
times where they have two running backs on the football
37:19
field, either a catch 1 catch in the ball and 1 running the ball,
37:22
one blocking for the other guy in the open field.
37:25
The the, the Bulldogs I I think are so unique because they could
37:29
do so many things. They can rotate the they can
37:31
rotate their talent and they also always find and recruit
37:36
good tight ends. Go look at the tight ends
37:38
they've brought in. One of them is doing pretty well
37:40
with Vegas right now. We all know what Brock Powers is
37:43
and they have two good ones right now.
37:46
One one that's I think a freshman and another one that's
37:49
a sophomore this year. No, they do a lot even at the
37:52
goal line, a lot of two. Tight ends, they're really good
37:54
offensively. I expect Georgia to run all over
37:57
Old Mess. I can't see even with Lane
38:00
Kiffin there, I couldn't see Lane Kiffin knocking off the
38:02
Georgia Bulldogs. I, I think out of all the teams
38:05
that are still in this, I know I'm, I'm rooting for Indiana,
38:09
but I, I know a lot of people think Alabama is going to upset
38:12
Indiana. We'll get into that in just one
38:13
second. I think Georgia has the easiest
38:17
way to the finals. If they knock off Old Mess I
38:20
think they have the easiest way to the finals to whoever they
38:23
matched up against so. I just think Georgia and Ohio
38:27
State, you know, outside of their loss to Indiana, which
38:30
again, the kicker missed the chip shot field goal, the game
38:33
should have went to overtime. Who knows what would have
38:35
happened. Those teams were evenly matched
38:37
in power to Indiana. I just think if you play that
38:40
game 10 times, I think Ohio State wins more than five of
38:43
them. And I think Ohio State and
38:45
Georgia are the two best teams in America.
38:48
And I and Ohio State lost Indiana.
38:51
Like we just said, Georgia lost Alabama, then smoked Alabama in
38:54
the in the SEC Championship game 28 to 7.
38:57
Kirby Smart. I they learn from their
39:00
mistakes. Old miss beat a team that they
39:03
already beat. Even if the coaching staff was
39:05
was gone. They have the film on what they
39:08
already did. You know that wasn't a hard redo
39:11
for them. That's like it.
39:13
Coaches like like Dream. Oh, I have the script that
39:16
worked already. I just have to put some wrinkles
39:18
into it. We'll be just fine.
39:20
Now you face Georgia without half the coaching staff.
39:24
Kirby Smarts. Going to give them something
39:26
they're not ready for. I think it's going to be ugly.
39:29
I think it's going to be over pretty quickly.
39:31
It's going to be fun to watch. It's going to be.
39:33
Fun to know how the bracket goes, but is it possible
39:36
everybody, Ohio State and Georgia get to the finals or?
39:39
No, no, they would play. They would play in the semi
39:41
finals. So they would.
39:42
Play that's a shame, but that would be a crazy I crazy semi.
39:46
What I what I've been reading and what people have been saying
39:48
to me is Georgia, if they knock off old Miss, they have the
39:51
easiest route to the finals. So I didn't know they they were
39:54
matched up against. If they got to go through Ohio
39:56
State. Yeah, they don't.
39:57
Receive. That's a problem.
39:58
They don't receive. That's going to be a great game
40:00
for that. Those are the two best teams.
40:03
Indiana or Alabama, whoever wins that game plays Oregon or Texas
40:06
Tech and then Miami or Ohio State plays Ole Mr. Georgia.
40:09
All right. And then there's I wanted to
40:11
save the the the number one Indiana Hoosiers as the final
40:16
conversation that we're going to have.
40:18
And Fernando Mendoza, who is the Heisman Trophy winner versus
40:22
Alabama and Alabama team that's won how many national
40:25
championships in the last 12 years?
40:28
And that's six. And this isn't Nick Saban.
40:30
This is the boar's defense. And this is going to be an
40:34
offensively, this is going to be an offensive game.
40:36
I think they're both going to go at one another.
40:38
The question is who you know at the end of the game.
40:41
And we've seen the the heroics of Fernando Mendoza and what he
40:46
can do at the end of the games. If does this come down to one
40:49
play at the end of the game that either can cost Indiana from
40:53
winning a national championship and moving on and maybe possibly
40:56
winning a national championship or falling short.
40:59
And everybody talking about Mendoza being one of the more
41:02
overrated Heisman Trophy winners that get knocked out as early as
41:06
they did in this this football tournament.
41:08
So I don't know. I like Mendoza.
41:10
I thought he was a nice kid. Everybody's, if anybody hasn't
41:13
read my take on on the Heisman and, and how I felt about the
41:16
Heisman Trophy, the dinner and and the opportunity that I had
41:20
over there to interview Mendoza. I thought he was a good kid.
41:23
I think he fit very well here in New York.
41:25
I think he's going to be a star in the NFL because of his
41:28
personality. And I think he's, he's been, he,
41:31
he was raised bright, his mom raised him, his father raised
41:33
him right, right. And I, it just seems like he in
41:37
the biggest game, he shows up. And you heard it from his coach
41:40
at, at the meeting at the, at the dinner after Mendoza moved
41:44
on with his trophy, we got a chance to ask some questions to
41:47
the coach. And, and the coach said there
41:49
was, there's just something about this kid at the end of the
41:51
game when you want to put it in his hands or you want him to
41:54
make a play at the end of the game, this kid always finds a
41:57
way to make a play. And you could see the difference
42:00
and you can see what he did. Remember, he coached James
42:02
Madison and now he's coaching the number one Indiana Hoosiers
42:06
for the first time in their existence.
42:08
To be #1 and go into a tournament which is so wide open
42:14
and with arguably the best quarterback in the nation.
42:17
Some people don't believe that another quarterback believes he
42:20
should have won and, and, and, and that the committee stole the
42:25
Heisman away from him. I could say the same about
42:28
Travis Hunter last year. I thought gently should have won
42:30
the Heisman but a lot of questions on who should have won
42:34
and and their arguments to it. But Indiana and Mendoza has a
42:38
chance to make a run if they knock off Alabama.
42:40
Like you said, speedy Georgia is matched off against Ohio, Ohio
42:45
State in the next round. Then I guess Indiana has the
42:48
easiest path all the way to the national championship.
42:51
Yeah, they would play Oregon or Texas.
42:52
Indiana was Oregon's only lost. I thought I thought that being a
42:57
Georgia knocked off if Georgia, if Georgia knocks off old miss
43:01
that they would be matched up against either Oregon or in or
43:05
or Indiana. That's what I.
43:07
They don't receive, it's like the NBA playoffs.
43:08
They don't receive just based on who's the higher seed after
43:12
that. So the two would automatically
43:13
play the three, etcetera. That's why Notre Dame face Penn
43:15
State six and seven. It's the same kind of thing if
43:18
six and seven were in advance, but 7's out now, but it's to be
43:20
6 and 10. But nevertheless, this is
43:22
interesting because I'm curious to see how Mendoza's great.
43:26
Obviously, Indiana's running game, I'm curious how that's
43:28
going to be because Alabama did a great job shutting down the
43:30
run of Oklahoma last week. And that's a really good
43:32
Oklahoma offensive line too. And then Elijah Serrat, their
43:35
number one receiver against the Alabama secondary that like you
43:38
mentioned, was very good throughout the year, top 10
43:40
defense and played a lot of really good wide receiving
43:42
course in that SEC. And Ryan Williams, a guy that
43:45
Alabama has had a lot of really good flashes, but he's also
43:48
disappeared a lot too. Can he play well enough to help
43:50
out somebody like Ty Simpson? Because Alabama's running game
43:53
and offensive line is still going to be pretty good in this
43:55
game. But Indiana defense has been
43:57
good at stopping the run as well.
43:58
They did. That was a big reason they beat
43:59
Ohio State. That was a big reason they've
44:00
won a lot of these tight games at the end of the year where
44:03
Indiana finally got tested. I'm curious to see though.
44:06
This is where because it's New Year's.
44:08
You're very curious today. I don't know.
44:10
New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
44:11
It's a long gap between the bowl games.
44:13
How long that how much it'll test somebody like Kurt Signetti
44:17
versus Caitlin Devore, who two years ago went to a national
44:19
championship with Washington, beat a Texas team that was
44:21
probably more talented than they were and they were able to game
44:25
plan it. Will Signetti be able to counter
44:27
that kind of thing against somebody like Alabama, even
44:29
without Nick Saban with the boar selling a good coat and just as
44:32
good of talent? You know this game might be for
44:35
the first pick in the NFL draft this year.
44:38
Between Mendoza and Simpson, there are a lot of scouts that
44:42
love Simpson that have him rated as the top quarterback or had
44:46
him at mid season rated as the top quarterback just because of
44:48
the things he's able to do. He's got all of the arm talent.
44:53
He sat, he was patient, he stayed with a program which is
44:57
uncommon in the transfer portal days.
45:00
And look at him now. You know, he's got his team into
45:03
this position where he gets to play against the Heisman Trophy
45:07
candidate, the winner. If he could beat the Heisman
45:10
Trophy winner, how do you not consider him as possibly going
45:14
over him in the draft? You'd have to think about it
45:17
pretty hard. And I think we're going to start
45:19
having that discussion a lot if they can somehow knock him off
45:23
in this game. That said, I don't know if
45:26
Indiana's going to lose to Alabama.
45:27
I think Alabama is a beatable team.
45:29
I think Kurt Zignetti is not somebody that you're going to
45:32
you should doubt. He's proven it at every stop
45:35
that he's been that he is a winner and not just a winner.
45:38
A complete ass kicker in Indiana hasn't been good like ever, man.
45:43
Like they're they haven't been good since the 1960s.
45:46
What was it, 1967? They had a share of the Big 10
45:49
title was the last time. This is a basketball school.
45:52
This is Bobby Knight. This is what what this school
45:55
is. This is not a football school
45:58
and now just in two years he's been able to take this school to
46:02
the to the number one seed heading into the College
46:05
Football Playoff. He gets the bye.
46:07
Unfortunately, Alabama was seeded pretty low this year and
46:11
he gets probably a tougher matchup than most of the other
46:14
teams this week. Oh well, let's see what he's
46:17
got. I, I, I can't wait to see this
46:18
one and I'm really curious to see one how Signetti plays
46:23
against Simpson because I think he's going to try to throw a lot
46:25
of stuff at him. I think he's the type of coach
46:28
that is good at scheme and at building a program, which is not
46:33
common. Most guys are good at one or the
46:35
other. He might be really good at both.
46:37
He just hasn't had an opportunity till he's 64.
46:39
Look at him. He's 64 years old right now and
46:42
he's only had, this is his first chance to play at, you know, at
46:45
the big really at the big time, unless you can't consider James
46:48
Madison the big time. I don't, even though they were
46:50
in the College Football Playoff. Look at him now, this guy is
46:53
going to be coach of the year. He's coached the year 2 years in
46:55
a row. Yep, first time ever.
46:57
Two years in a row. First time that's ever happened
47:00
in this first two years at a big time school.
47:03
That's like John Calipari in like basketball.
47:05
Right. NFL teams might look at that, I
47:07
mean, and think that he can coach in the NFL.
47:10
Obviously the players drive to him and understand the way he
47:15
coaches and he's, he seemed pretty down to earth when I was
47:18
there at the press conference. He was very down to earth.
47:23
All the players were there celebrating with Fernando
47:26
Mendoza and you can see that they love him and they love the
47:29
coach. As a matter of fact, during the
47:30
press conference, while they were cheering and screaming for
47:33
Mendoza, when when the coach went up there to speak to the
47:36
media, the first thing the coach said, I enjoy this, enjoy the
47:40
weekend because on Monday we're getting back to work and every
47:43
single one of the players says you got a coach.
47:45
They all said it. So you can see that they believe
47:49
in him and they believe in the way he coaches and, and really
47:52
drives the players to, to play at his pace.
47:54
And, and you can see Mendoza even the way he speaks, the way
47:59
he speaks highly of his teammates, he didn't say
48:03
anything bad or offset to make you feel that he is not being
48:08
coached right over there in Indiana.
48:10
And, and you could see ever since he left and he jumped into
48:13
the portal and went to Indiana, he's been a different
48:15
quarterback. And I asked him and anybody and
48:18
I, I still haven't cut it up and Speedy hasn't cut it up.
48:21
My interview with Mendoza and one of the questions I asked, I
48:24
said if you were to recruit somebody to come and play for
48:29
Indiana football, how would you recruit him?
48:31
And he laughed and he giggled at me and he looked at me and he
48:33
said it's pretty simple. And he I said, what are you
48:36
talking about? He said, well, it you can see,
48:40
you can see the way I've transitioned as a player and the
48:43
proofs in the pudding. You see the way Indiana football
48:46
has transitioned ever since coaches come here from James
48:49
Madison and you can see the way I have transitioned as a
48:53
football player and as a player that understands the game of
48:56
football under coach. And, and he says, I would tell
49:00
anybody to come over here, come here and play for Indiana
49:04
football. Because to be a Hoosier and
49:07
understand what it is to be a Hoosier is what makes playing
49:11
football and being a football player here and a leader here
49:14
completely different for every, at any, any school ball or any
49:18
place I played, including Miami. So it's he's a remarkable kid.
49:24
And I think Mendoza understands what it is to be a, a young
49:29
superstar in a, in a Heisman Trophy winner.
49:31
And you can see by the way he worded everything, the way he he
49:34
showed emotion at the press conference and, and just who he
49:38
is as a person, as a teammate and, and how much he loves his
49:40
coach and how every one of those players love their coach.
49:44
I think they're going to play for their coach this coming
49:47
weekend. Again, a very good, a very good
49:50
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