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- 0:04Right now we're #2 welcome, Miller and Condon still to come
- 0:08this hour, Eugene Repay covers Iowa State, Des Moines Register.
- 0:12Eugene Repay bottom of the hour, our pick still to come before we
- 0:15get to Bama. Bob, Polk County I club passed
- 0:18this along, asked us to promote this, so give a plug here.
- 0:21The Bucknell, Iowa game tomorrow, of course, there is a
- 0:25Hawkeye huddle in advance from 2:00 until 4:00 at the Iowa
- 0:29Event Center, the Community Choice Convention Center.
- 0:31So that goes on tomorrow from 2:00 until 4:00.
- 0:35Hawkeye huddle in advance of that game.
- 0:38Game time tips 5:00. Trent 5:00.
- 0:41Yeah, at the KC Center. Tickets are still available for
- 0:44that one. Let's talk some college
- 0:46football. How we it all begins tonight,
- 0:48Bama, on a scale of 1 to 1010 being you have no fingernails
- 0:52left. Where's the what's the how's the
- 0:54nervous meter for Alabama tonight?
- 0:59It's pretty high, Ken. I mean, listen, both the they're
- 1:03just not playing well. I mean, you really go back to
- 1:06the South Carolina game where they were, you want to call it
- 1:09Lucky or you can call it, you know, they showed Fortitude or
- 1:12whatever. But really, since that game,
- 1:14they pulled that one out. They didn't play great against
- 1:17LSU. OK, we saw the Auburn game.
- 1:21The there's something wrong with the offense.
- 1:23I still will. I will go down wet with that
- 1:26game. That was a better win than it
- 1:27looks like on paper. Forget the record.
- 1:29And that one, Auburn at night. And then they just were awful
- 1:33last week. So something's got to change.
- 1:34If they play like they have the last few weeks, they're not
- 1:37going to win. The good thing is they're
- 1:38playing a team that is maybe as offensively limited as they are
- 1:44the game and I I think it's just going to come down.
- 1:47I think home field is going to be a big advantage.
- 1:49If they were playing in Tuscaloosa, I'd like the chances
- 1:52better. Obviously no big insight there,
- 1:55but the first game, 3 turnovers, including a pick 6.
- 1:59I think it comes down to you have to make the plays that are
- 2:02there to be made because before material had a touchdown,
- 2:06Alabama dropped a pick pick in the end zone.
- 2:09Before the pick six, they dropped a touchdown in the end
- 2:12zone. So there's a lot of plays could
- 2:13have gone either way. You know, we, Ryan Williams had
- 2:15a big problem with drops all year for whatever reason.
- 2:18Inexplicable, right? It really is.
- 2:21And if there's a play to be made, you got to make it in a
- 2:25game like this. And then of course, them at the
- 2:27turnovers, you turn it over two or three times, you got no shot.
- 2:31I think our Mason Thomas is going to play for Oklahoma.
- 2:34He missed the first game. Jan Miller's back for Alabama.
- 2:38I think that's big. Not only in the running game,
- 2:40which they haven't been able to run all year and I don't think
- 2:43they're going to be able to tonight, but you know, blitz
- 2:45pick up passing game and then clueless's back.
- 2:47So I think it's a very, I think we're going to get a game very
- 2:50similar to the Big 10 championship, which everybody
- 2:52thought was just a clash of the heavyweight Titans, one versus 2
- 2:55low scoring defense. And they're going to hate this
- 2:58one because they'll just, you know, but it's going to be a
- 3:00similar game and neither one of these teams is very good.
- 3:02So I think it's going to be a slugfest.
- 3:04I think Indiana, I don't care, has a preference either way.
- 3:07Maybe they would like Alabama just because of the history, but
- 3:10I just I it's hard for me to pick Alabama.
- 3:13Very nervous down here. And of course, The X Factor, the
- 3:15Deborne rumors just will not go away.
- 3:17They just won't stop the board of Michigan.
- 3:21So he comes out and says I'm not going to Michigan, which he
- 3:26hasn't said. He says I want to stay at
- 3:28Alabama. I have plans to stay at Alabama.
- 3:32I love it, blah, blah, blah. I think if they lose tonight, I
- 3:35think I think we'll know within a couple days if there's legs to
- 3:39those. I don't think he deserves an
- 3:40extension. And I think maybe that's where
- 3:42Alabama's stuck. What's he done right now in two
- 3:45years to deserve an extension? Not much if he wins tonight, I
- 3:49think that that you know the that Michigan will move on.
- 3:52But I'm be very interested to see if they don't win, what
- 3:55happens with his future. How do you see this game Trent?
- 3:58It was a 2 point game back. When was this played?
- 4:00November. Something.
- 4:01Yeah, about a month ago a little.
- 4:02Over, Yeah, right before Auburn game.
- 4:04Post game win expectancy in that game when you take a look at the
- 4:08analytics, yeah, 95% Alabama. Was it really the 5% though
- 4:11happened? Batman just laid out the some of
- 4:14the causes for it. Alabama 23 to 12 in first downs,
- 4:17Oklahoma's three to 13 on 3rd downs.
- 4:19They had 212 yards of total offense while Alabama had four O
- 4:236. Alabama's just a lot better and
- 4:25I think they're going to show it here.
- 4:26I think Alabama wins this game decisively.
- 4:29I don't believe in Oklahoma as good as their defenses.
- 4:31Matir stinks, offense stinks and I think Alabama with a healthy
- 4:35GM Miller goes in there and they are ramming up the throats of
- 4:38the Sooners. Bama big double figure.
- 4:41Big I, I remember early in the year, September some point, the
- 4:47Michigan game after the Michigan thought Matir might be the
- 4:49leader in the early leader for Heisman and it just fell, just
- 4:52totally fell. And so did it for Simpson as
- 4:54well. I mean, Simpson didn't have the
- 4:56greatest finish to the regular season.
- 4:59He didn't matter, got hurt, you had the wrist surgery and, and
- 5:03maybe he's better now, maybe because really it's been about 3
- 5:06weeks since they played the game because they didn't have to go
- 5:08through the, the championship game.
- 5:10There's, there's some stuff floating around here that
- 5:11Tysonson might have a back injury.
- 5:13Maybe you hurt it against Missouri or LSU and there's some
- 5:16back issues that he's dealing with.
- 5:18And, and maybe it's real. Maybe it's an excuse to try to
- 5:21excuse the, the poor play they've had offensively.
- 5:23But that you look at that Georgia game and really if it
- 5:26weren't for Isaiah Horton, they're not in the playoff
- 5:29because you know, he had the three touchdowns against Auburn
- 5:33when Ryan Williams was a absolute non factor and they
- 5:37clamped down on Bernard. So again, I agree with Trent.
- 5:40They Alabama has better weapons, they have better players.
- 5:43I think Simpson at his best is better than material.
- 5:47His best Matir worries you a little bit running and Alabama,
- 5:51especially in the red zone are on 3rd down.
- 5:53They they have issues where they lose the quarterback and he runs
- 5:57for a big play or he runs for a touchdown.
- 5:59And so those he's not what you think is a dual threat, but he
- 6:03can run and he can hurt you. So those all those things has
- 6:06kind of come in. I did not share Trent's
- 6:08optimism. I don't I'm not a huge believer
- 6:11in Oklahoma. I just think the the home field,
- 6:14Alabama has not been good on the road under the Boer.
- 6:18They're better this year, obviously, but you saw the South
- 6:21Carolina game could have lost, could have lost Auburn.
- 6:25And so those those two games right there against a better
- 6:28opponent have give you cause for worry for now that.
- 6:31Texas A&M, Trent Miami. Let me put it this way to you,
- 6:35Reed Beck, who has the quarterback edge.
- 6:39I don't like either of them At different times and Marcel Reed.
- 6:42He can run it. Does that put him over the top?
- 6:44He. Can he just misses too many
- 6:46makeables for me? Yeah, too many of those 3rd and
- 6:50seven, there's a guy in a corner and he overshoots them.
- 6:54There's too many of those. Now, that's not to say that I
- 6:56like Carson Beck. It is 2 at the end of the bar
- 7:00and at the end of the night at 1:30.
- 7:02Beck's played some big games. Neither of them look real good,
- 7:04but they look good enough in the game.
- 7:07I like Miami, it's another Rd. team for me in this one, Texas
- 7:11A&M, it'll be charged up even with an 11 AM kickoff in God's
- 7:15time zone, the central time zone.
- 7:17It will be a charged atmosphere, but I think Miami's better.
- 7:21A&M hasn't beaten opponent worth much sense Notre Dame.
- 7:27Yeah. Now Miami, you can say the same
- 7:29thing for I just think Miami's trending.
- 7:31Tour Week 3, Week 2 for Notre Dame.
- 7:34Right, right, because they can set up their own schedule.
- 7:36They have two difficult games. Let's put a buy in between in
- 7:39week one of the college. I just opened that door for you.
- 7:43Absolutely. I like Miami, though.
- 7:45I think they're better up front, better on the lines and I don't
- 7:47trust A&M. Do you Bama?
- 7:49How do you Who do you like in this game?
- 7:52Boy, this is a really tough one. Another one, I think it's a good
- 7:54match up. You know the kind of the Notre
- 7:57Dame Bowl, if you will. Both, I'm looking at the stats.
- 8:01Both have thrown 10 ticks this year.
- 8:03Now we saw Beck throw four in one game.
- 8:05I think that was against Louisville.
- 8:07So he can he can he can win you a game and he could lose you a
- 8:11game. OK.
- 8:12And if he's loose in this environment tomorrow, that's
- 8:17going to be a problem. I saw something.
- 8:20I think the largest crowd that Miami has played in front of
- 8:23this year is about 60,000. That's about the yeah, it is.
- 8:28And you know, you have 110 and listen, they're not going to
- 8:31have a fan base there. They never have.
- 8:33They'll have 100 people travel. Whatever.
- 8:37I agree on Marcel Reed, he is can be limited.
- 8:42He can hurt you running, which Beck's not really.
- 8:46He's a scrambler more than a runner.
- 8:48Miami's got those two great defensive end if they can get
- 8:53pressure on him and force him to speed him up as the coaches like
- 8:59to say, you know, making make quick decisions or, you know,
- 9:02panic a little bit in the pocket.
- 9:05I think they're fast enough to run him down not only on the
- 9:08front, but their their front 7 is really good and fast and you
- 9:12kind of want to make him beat you throwing and I don't know
- 9:15that he can do that. So I tend to lean Miami in this
- 9:19one. The road is going.
- 9:22I think it's going to be an intimidating environment.
- 9:24I would like it a little better if it were under the lights.
- 9:27I'd give any them a little better shot.
- 9:30So with Las Vegas, watch under the lights.
- 9:33Oh my God, wouldn't they? I mean, and again, I don't know
- 9:35who scheduled these things, but. Well, they're scared of the NFL.
- 9:38They're they're staying away from bears.
- 9:39And Packers, that's true, Absolutely.
- 9:43I mean, how? What do you think?
- 9:44TNT's love in life. Right.
- 9:45You know, you know, it's funny you mentioned that, Bama.
- 9:47I'm, I'm going through the listening, trying to what?
- 9:49Why the hell is this game? Where are these games?
- 9:51I'd forgotten that ESPN farmed out a couple of playoff games.
- 9:55And if you're looking for these games tomorrow, they're on T Not
- 9:58the early one, the early ones on ABC, the game we're talking
- 10:01about, Miami A&M. But the two late games, the Ole
- 10:04Miss game and the Oregon game, are on TNT.
- 10:07You know, TNT wasn't counting on two games when they bought this
- 10:12or whatever they're paying for. And look, don't get eyeballs.
- 10:14I mean, I'm not saying they're going to be disasters, but
- 10:17they're they're going to get clobbered by the NFL and I think
- 10:20they're going to get clobbered. They should get clobbered by
- 10:23Montana, Montana State. But we'll talk about that in a
- 10:25little bit. This game I I like, I'm going to
- 10:27go I'm with Miami. I don't love, I'm with Trent.
- 10:29I don't I don't love either quarterback.
- 10:32But I just think Beck maybe a little bit more big game
- 10:34experience and it goes back to the schedule, right?
- 10:36I know A&M lost and that game was in Austin.
- 10:39They're better at home, but who have they played?
- 10:41Nobody really since Week 3 or whenever that was.
- 10:45So I will take the Hurricanes. Not a big fan, but I think
- 10:48they've got more talent and we'll see what happens.
- 10:50But I think it's a good match yet.
- 10:52But I think, you know, I think Miami wins it.
- 10:54Rematch Ole Miss in Tulane, Trent.
- 10:56Does have a sneaking suspicion Tulane of of these two games
- 10:59keeps it. Close with a group.
- 11:01Of five, I don't even know if close, but maybe compelling for
- 11:04a while. 17 1/2's the number does that cover to you?
- 11:07Maybe I Ole Miss. We don't know their headspace
- 11:12and they can say all the right things, but until we see it on
- 11:15the field, you just don't know. Your coach left you, the coach
- 11:18left you with a chance to win a national championship and where
- 11:22your psyche could be in a spotlight.
- 11:24This coaches, are they going? Are they staying?
- 11:26What's happening here? Oh, they're going, but they're
- 11:28going to come back and help us. There's just there's too much
- 11:32uncertainty. I didn't know it got away from
- 11:33too late. They played terribly and they
- 11:35played their worst game of the year in that game against Old
- 11:37Miss, But second time they been to the environment.
- 11:41I If there's one of these two is closer than anticipated, it
- 11:45would be this one for me. Bama, just give me 30 seconds on
- 11:48this and if Trent's the coach trickle down if and we'll go
- 11:54back to your, your, your opening statement.
- 11:56If Alabama gets beat tonight, they get blown out tonight and
- 11:58Deborah is jettisoned tonight or or does take the Michigan job.
- 12:02Can Lane Kiffin really leave LSU?
- 12:05I mean, is that being talked about?
- 12:08It's being talked about, I think more tongue in cheek.
- 12:10I don't see how. Listen, if anybody was going to
- 12:14pull that off, it's Lane Kiffin, right?
- 12:17I mean, nobody else would even consider it because it could be
- 12:20career suicide. Because let's face it,
- 12:22everywhere that Kiffin goes, it ends poorly.
- 12:26If he it's going to end poorly at LSU, either he's not going to
- 12:29win or he's going to go to the NFL or something.
- 12:32If it if he comes to Alabama, where he to pull that move, it's
- 12:36not going to end well for the same reasons, right?
- 12:39It may last a little longer than expected, but eventually he's
- 12:42going to burn. Bridge is on the way out because
- 12:44he's 50 years old. He's just not learning.
- 12:46I don't think that would have. I would that would stun me.
- 12:51For that to happen now, again, I've been surprised before, but
- 12:55that would really stun me if if that were to happen.
- 12:58It's being talked about a little bit.
- 13:01I think Alabama, you poll Alabama fans, they'd rather have
- 13:03Lane Kiffin and Caitlin De Boer, OK.
- 13:06I mean, that's just straight up probably 8020, right?
- 13:08Even with all the crap that he's had.
- 13:10You mentioned this game. It is to me, the coaches, the,
- 13:15the dichotomy, whatever the word is for this because for Tulane,
- 13:19you've got a coach that has already left, but it's still
- 13:22coaching them, right? He's going to Florida and he's
- 13:25going to coach them through however long they go.
- 13:28He's wearing 2 hats if you will. You got to decide an Ole Miss
- 13:32that's lost their coach, but they're offensive coordinators
- 13:35leaving, but he's coming back for this game and you promoted
- 13:38your defensive coordinator who's probably not really qualified to
- 13:41do this. It's really comes down to game
- 13:45preparation. I think I think Ole Miss will
- 13:46want to play hard because I think they're trying to prove as
- 13:49much to Lane Kiffin as they are to anybody else.
- 13:51But you know what? We we don't need you now when it
- 13:55comes to critical if if, if it comes down to a critical play,
- 13:59critical drive, critical call. Is he, you know, is Goldie going
- 14:04to be able to make that with the same, you know, success that the
- 14:09Kiffin did because say what you warned about him?
- 14:11The guy's a fantastic football coach and he did a lot for that
- 14:15program. They should be thanking him, but
- 14:16they're not. We understand why.
- 14:18But I think this game might be a little closer early.
- 14:22And the longer it stays close, boy, the longer the pucker
- 14:25factor picks in for Ole Miss, right?
- 14:27If they get out to a fast start, I don't know that Tulane is
- 14:31going to be able to catch them, but I think this game stays
- 14:33close and possibly inside the number.
- 14:37Chambliss got to play well. And how's he going to play
- 14:39without Kiffin? I know you know, Weiss is the
- 14:43one in his ear calling points. I get that.
- 14:45But Kiffin's involved all week and he's not here this week.
- 14:49So how's his preparation been? But you got to like Ole Miss in
- 14:53this, in this situation. I think the fact maybe they've
- 14:56had again, 2 1/2, three weeks, whatever since Kiffin left to
- 14:59get ready for this. They named Golding immediately.
- 15:02They settled on Weiss immediately.
- 15:04So I think they'll I think they'll play well.
- 15:07I think they'll win. I don't think they're getting
- 15:08past this. You know, they might win this
- 15:10one, but they're not going any further.
- 15:12James Madison is a just under 3 touchdown dog in this one,
- 15:16Trent. Oregon.
- 15:18The receivers are banged up. I'm not sure if they're going to
- 15:21play at this point. Thinking they'll save them for
- 15:25the game against Texas Tech. Your thoughts on this one,
- 15:28Trent? James Madison, second in the
- 15:30country in rush defense. They've given up 76 yards a
- 15:33game. We saw a team with a really good
- 15:35rush defense, the Iowa Hawkeyes. What did Oregon do?
- 15:38They lined up and bullied the crap out of the Hawkeyes in
- 15:40Kinnock Stadium. They're going to do the same
- 15:42here. It doesn't matter how good James
- 15:44Madison's defense is against the Sunbelt.
- 15:46It does not matter. This is going to be a clubbing.
- 15:50Oregon names the. Score Did you see the social
- 15:53media posts that the James Madison football count showed
- 15:55the Greyhound buses leaving the facility?
- 15:58People thought they were actually.
- 16:00I've been seeing a huge Oh my God I'm with Trent Bama.
- 16:07I think this is 100. Percent.
- 16:09Name So you 2 Yeah, name the score.
- 16:11I mean, they're going to, like you said, they're just going to
- 16:13line up. I think they're just going to
- 16:16line up. They're probably got it at what,
- 16:1720? Well, probably 5060 LB per man
- 16:21advantage on the line of scrimmage.
- 16:23I mean, they're just they're just going to they're just going
- 16:25to pound it. Their defense is good enough.
- 16:27I know maybe well that I'll be honest with you.
- 16:29I haven't seen a down of James Madison football.
- 16:32Why would you right? And but and I understand stats
- 16:36are stats, but Trent just laid it out perfectly.
- 16:38I mean, they can run the ball against Iowa, They're going to
- 16:41run it against James Madison and I don't think James Madison can
- 16:45stop them. I think they just this, this is
- 16:48a probably a name your score. I think, I think Oregon just
- 16:52wants to get through this game. They're disappointed in the
- 16:55opponent. I I guarantee you they're
- 16:56disappointed in the opponent, as are the fans.
- 17:00I think this is just a get through it game.
- 17:03And now we got to go on to bigger and and more dangerous
- 17:06places And oh, by the way, we got to travel in order to do it.
- 17:10So this is almost like a send off, if you will sing your day,
- 17:13if you will, for the for these Oregon fans, I think they name
- 17:16the score. I think this is a bludgeoning.
- 17:18And that's the Orange Bowl, right?
- 17:19They go to the Texas Tech is in Oregon.
- 17:22Similarly would play in yours, but well, let's get to that
- 17:24Montana Montana State game now this is on ABC.
- 17:27This will follow the early game. I'd like this game as well.
- 17:31And bam, you pointed it out, Trent.
- 17:33I talked about it earlier in the week.
- 17:35Tickets going for 900 get in 700 gets you in the is there is
- 17:39there such a thing as nosebleeds?
- 17:42But it's crazy how much the how popular this ticket is.
- 17:46I'm going to watch some of this game.
- 17:48There's probably a better chance of Nosebleed.
- 17:50It's because of the elevation, right?
- 17:51Yeah, that would be. Yeah, absolutely.
- 17:53Do you? Do you guys know the name of
- 17:56this rivalry match? I do not.
- 17:58It is called the Brawl of the Wild.
- 18:01The Brawl of the Wild. I like it, yes.
- 18:04A lot better than sidewalk. Yeah, a lot better than
- 18:06sidewalk. They played.
- 18:07This. They played this year in Montana
- 18:10State. Got them.
- 18:11Yes, won won the IT was close though it was 5 1/2's the
- 18:15number. Yeah, these are two perennial
- 18:18FCS powers, right? They're always in the playoffs.
- 18:21They play every year in the regular season.
- 18:23They're obviously they share a conference.
- 18:25They've never met in the post season because.
- 18:28And the only reason they're meeting this year is because I
- 18:31think it was North Dakota State. Yeah.
- 18:34And so now you've got, what is it 2 versus 3 or whatever this
- 18:37is, 212 versus 4, whatever it is, one of the one of these
- 18:41teams would have had to play North Dakota State, but they
- 18:44lost in the first round to somebody.
- 18:45So that set this up. And man, I'll tell you right
- 18:48now, I'm going to be all over this game tomorrow because not
- 18:51only the for the rivalry and everything, but the setting, if
- 18:54you've seen the setting out there for these two stadiums, I
- 18:57think Montanas is maybe a little better.
- 19:00But I mean, you just the snow, you know, snow cat peaks and and
- 19:05the mountains and everything. I have no idea, you know, who's
- 19:07going to win, who's going to lose, But I'm going to be, I'm
- 19:09loving this rivalry and I did not know the Brawl of the Wild
- 19:14and me and I'm going to buy. I'm going to go.
- 19:16I'm going to Google AT shirt for that or a sweatshirt because
- 19:19that is a great name. Yeah.
- 19:21Trent, this game, you have any opinion on it?
- 19:23The one aspect is Montana's not very good defensively.
- 19:26I mean, Montana State's going to score.
- 19:28It's going to be up to Montana to be able to keep up, I think
- 19:30with them, unless we get some kind of crazy weather and and.
- 19:33State is favored. How many?
- 19:34Five and a half, 5 1/2. Yeah, that's what I see a couple
- 19:36of places right now. And though this was actually
- 19:38destined to happen because they're on the same side of the
- 19:40bracket, North Dakota State was on the other side of the
- 19:42bracket. They had this potentially set
- 19:44up, two seed versus three seed. But the other match up we get
- 19:48Illinois State unseeded, who beat North Dakota State, then
- 19:50beat UC Davis a week ago against Villanova.
- 19:54Villanova is the 12 seed. So it's a 12 against an unseeded
- 19:57team on the other side of the bracket of that one.
- 20:00This is the national championship game.
- 20:02This is the national championship game, is what
- 20:03you're saying then? Yeah, exactly.
- 20:05Was this the game where the the the.
- 20:07I thought it was Montana State where the running back just and
- 20:12they just, you know, a viral clip or whatever where he was
- 20:14arguing with the coach at. The end.
- 20:16Oh yes, yes, yes. And then they didn't suspend
- 20:18him, yes. Yeah, I think, I think that was
- 20:21Montana's. I don't know what was going on,
- 20:23but they could not get the kid to settle down that game and
- 20:26shove the coach and they kept, you know, it was just an ugly
- 20:29scene. But hopefully, I guess they put
- 20:30all that behind them. But you're right.
- 20:32I mean, this is just, you're right, Trent, this is 2 versus
- 20:353. I keep thinking it's a
- 20:36championship game. It's not.
- 20:38But they have, they have not ever.
- 20:39They've never played in in the in the FCS playoffs.
- 20:43So this is, I mean, I just can't wait.
- 20:45This is going to be great. 37° and cloud.
- 20:47Are you kidding me? Bring it on, please.
- 20:51We got a game starting in 5 minutes.
- 20:52Trent, do you have any opinion? NC Stanley.
- 20:54I think they're leading rushers out.
- 20:56What's his? I don't remember his last
- 20:57Hollywood Smothers. Yeah, Smothers.
- 21:00He's not going to play. He's in the he's going to the
- 21:02NFL or going to the portal. One of them.
- 21:03He's not going to play. I I think Memphis is they got
- 21:06guys that are looking to leave moving on.
- 21:08All that FedEx money dried up as these guys are departing away.
- 21:12I just think NC State's a lot better and.
- 21:14The and the owner of FedEx died. Yeah, Ryan Silverfield, I think
- 21:17that was a terrible hire. Hire personally for Arkansas.
- 21:21I think this is NC State easy. Maybe not 41 six like we just
- 21:24saw in the Myrtle Beach Bowl, but something pretty big.
- 21:27Any opinion, Bama? Very little.
- 21:30It's so hard with these games. I mean, listen, I'm with teams
- 21:32are going to go play in Tampa. I mean, you know you know by
- 21:35stadium good gig, but it's so hard to predict.
- 21:38I will just, I will defer, I defer all things ACC to Trent.
- 21:44As he should, as I've learned as well.
- 21:47All right, buddy. We'll talk to you on Monday,
- 21:49recap the weekend. Good stuff, buddy.
- 21:51Thanks. Good luck to your squad tonight,
- 21:53Bama. Appreciate it, guys.
- 21:54Take care, yeah. Good to talk to you, Bama, Bob,
- 21:56Trent and I going around college football.
- 21:59Fun stuff. All right, Eugene, repay next.
- 22:01Have you got your picks ready yet for our little contest?
- 22:03No. Do you like the slate?
- 22:06Yeah. You do.
- 22:07I mean, I always have a handful of games.
- 22:09Speaking of that, you need to get your picks to me for.
- 22:11Oh, I've got them done. I've got them done.
- 22:13Yeah, I'll do it right now. All right.
- 22:14Miller Condon, Iowa Sports Radio Network.
- 22:20I'm Hillary Condon. Welcome back.
- 22:22Just past 130 on a Friday. Our picks, Trent, to my picks up
- 22:26against the boys in the afternoon.
- 22:27Circus sports sponsor. Those about 15 minutes away.
- 22:30Maybe a little bit more than that.
- 22:31Looking at a picture now of Rocco Becton, his family appear
- 22:35to be at the suck up center, the end zone rather graduated today.
- 22:41Oh, OK. Yep, family's there.
- 22:44I don't know what to make actually.
- 22:46You're really trying to connect a lot of yeah.
- 22:47I am right. I am.
- 22:49Eugene Repay covers Iowa State for the Des Moines Register.
- 22:52desmoinesregister.com. Hello, how are you, Eugene?
- 22:55Merry Christmas. Happy holiday to you, Sir.
- 22:58Yeah, Merry Christmas. Happy holidays to you guys too.
- 23:01Looking forward to this weekend also just getting Christmas
- 23:04underway and they're here in a couple of days.
- 23:06Absolutely. So what do you make on Rocco
- 23:09Beck? I know that you broke the news
- 23:11last week. We had the news about his left
- 23:13shoulder. You said there's weight.
- 23:14There's more to it than there was any any news you can break
- 23:18on the signal caller here with Miller and Condon Eugene that
- 23:22you've been holding off anything you've.
- 23:23Got No. I wish.
- 23:25I wish I had more in the satchel.
- 23:26But it's funny, you guys brought up the graduation photo.
- 23:29I just saw that as well, maybe a few minutes before I got on here
- 23:34and I thought to myself the same thing.
- 23:36I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing or what
- 23:39this means now, but this is definitely a feels like a needle
- 23:42mover now that he's a he's graduated from Iowa State,
- 23:45technically. Are you surprised?
- 23:49I thought there be more names. I know the portal's not open
- 23:52till January 2nd, but I thought we would hear more Iowa State
- 23:55football players that announced their intention that they are
- 23:59going to enter the portal come January 2nd.
- 24:02Doesn't seem like a whole lot of guys at this point.
- 24:04I thought we'd be talking about, you know, 10-15, maybe 20 at
- 24:07that point and certainly not the case.
- 24:08Are you surprised by that at all, Eugene?
- 24:11I was a little surprised about the lack of movements but I I
- 24:14read a report somewhere just this is just across college
- 24:17football as well. Apparently NIL checks are are
- 24:20cashing in December 22nd and I wonder.
- 24:25What? Percent of the equation that
- 24:26plays. But I but I would love to know
- 24:28if that is just what if that is correlated to why we haven't
- 24:32seen as many names jumping ship into the transfer portal not
- 24:35only at Iowa State but across college football.
- 24:38So I guess we'll know that in a couple of days here.
- 24:40But yeah, no, I I've just been just as surprised as you guys
- 24:44not seeing the amount of movement that anticipated to
- 24:47see, especially with a coaching change.
- 24:49But you know, just kind of keeping everybody holding their
- 24:52breath here as to what what it means for certain players,
- 24:54especially some of the key guys. That's awesome, Eugene.
- 24:56I didn't know that. That's really good.
- 24:59Well, let's move on from football.
- 25:01I'm anticipating. Well, here's so Cummings
- 25:03Coleman, he's he's in and you know, a lot of people had really
- 25:07high hopes for them. We'll we'll see where it goes on
- 25:10the on the other side, I'm guessing Washington state their
- 25:13bowl games coming up on Monday. I want to say, do you think that
- 25:16there's still more you know, of, of Washington State players will
- 25:21make their way to Ames reading anything into that at all,
- 25:25Eugene? Yeah, I know that they they got
- 25:28one of the high school commits to flip Malcolm Watkins, a three
- 25:32star athlete out of California. He flipped.
- 25:35He was originally Washington State commit and is now
- 25:37following Jimmy Rogers. I would not be surprised if more
- 25:40players follow suit once that Washington State bowl games over
- 25:44the Famous Idaho Potato Bowl. But right now it's it's really
- 25:48just a wait and see across the board, just with the coaching
- 25:50staff, the roster. I I feel like a lot will start
- 25:53to shake out once that Washington State bowl game is
- 25:56completed on the 22nd. But yeah, a lot, a lot to
- 25:59monitor in these next few days, the next few weeks.
- 26:02When we go through the portal, is there a position group that
- 26:05you look at and say, yeah, they, they have a lot of work to do
- 26:07there, not knowing obviously what's all going to happen, But
- 26:10is there one spot that you look at and say that might be
- 26:13position group number one for Jimmy Rogers to target?
- 26:17For me, it'll be the defensive line.
- 26:18Just Jimmy Rodgers has already said that he wants to run a Ford
- 26:22man front, A4 down, lineman front.
- 26:25And if he wants to do that, he's definitely going to need a lot
- 26:27more defensive lineman and also just in general.
- 26:30But that's a skill or group or a position group that hasn't
- 26:33really had much pressure generating or just hasn't had a
- 26:38hard time generating stacks. And, and I feel like, you know,
- 26:41for him and his system and what he wants to establish or
- 26:43accomplish at the line of scrimmage, they're just going to
- 26:46need a lot more defensive lineman.
- 26:47I'm curious to see how he handles that and and if they're
- 26:50able to get more stack production or more quarterback
- 26:53pressure, whatever it may be. But to me, yeah, defensive
- 26:55lineman, that's going to be one of the top priorities for sure.
- 26:59Switching over to basketball trench, you go with football.
- 27:01Anything more switching to basketball?
- 27:02Eugene some I I don't know if you've seen any of this
- 27:06Peterson, the very gifted player from Kansas speculation that
- 27:10again, I don't know if it's accurate or not, but he hasn't
- 27:13played And it's I think it's fair to certainly speculate if
- 27:17he's going to see the floor anymore as a Jayhawk.
- 27:19If Iowa State doesn't get beat when they go to Lawrence on the
- 27:25on the 13th of January, Oklahoma State, Baylor, Cincinnati, UCF,
- 27:30Oklahoma State again, Colorado, we may get until February.
- 27:34Is that crazy to think that this team still might be unbeaten
- 27:37when we turn the calendar to February, assuming they can win
- 27:40at Fog Allen? Yeah, no, it's, it's certainly
- 27:44possible. You look at the first half of
- 27:46conference play, it's definitely a more manageable slate.
- 27:49No, you know, no knock. Obviously the Big 12 is just
- 27:51such a loaded conference game and Gay Out game Out is going to
- 27:55be a test. But it's not that that February
- 27:58gauntlet that we see here with Houston, Kansas again, BYU,
- 28:04Arizona. So yeah, no, I honestly, as
- 28:08crazy as it sounds on paper when you look at it there, there was
- 28:10a great chance for them to go through January unscathed and
- 28:14start February still undefeated if they're able to get out of
- 28:17Fog Island alive, obviously. So it's a tough place to play,
- 28:20but not not out of the realm possibility at all.
- 28:23I heard a clip from earlier today with Tayman Lipsy talking
- 28:27about his running mate in the back court, Tillian Torre.
- 28:30He called him quote. He's the best defender I've ever
- 28:33seen in my life. Now that might be a little
- 28:35hyperbolic and pumping up your teammate a little bit, but he is
- 28:38a tremendous defender just as a freshman.
- 28:41The importance of Torre and what it means for Lipsy just not
- 28:45having to take on the role every single night.
- 28:48Best back court player. You're going to be out there
- 28:50expending energy on that end of the port and and maybe when we
- 28:53go forward and we saw no a year ago, it felt like we'll start to
- 28:56fall off. That team got really tired in
- 28:58February not having to have those miles on Lipsy.
- 29:01How big that's going to be going forward?
- 29:04Yeah, and no, my eyes definitely popped up a little bit too when
- 29:07I heard that come out of his mouth this morning.
- 29:10I I think Killian Torre has just been such a great compliment to
- 29:14Lipsy and and Lipsy also, you know, attributed his great
- 29:17defense to also helping him get better as at running point, just
- 29:21because, you know, all throughout the summer we heard
- 29:24of these battles or these tough practices in the gym and how
- 29:28Turay was making Lipsy work. And it's one of those things
- 29:31when you hear that, it's like, Oh, you know, how how true is
- 29:33that? Or is that true?
- 29:34But now you see how killing terror has been playing through
- 29:37these first eleven games and he's been nothing short of
- 29:39phenomenal. He's been an impact player right
- 29:41away. I think his defensive ability,
- 29:44you can have Toray on ball or you know, on the primary
- 29:48assignment offensively and that helps Lipsy stay a little more
- 29:51off ball or a little more in the gaps.
- 29:54And we see that by Toray putting such great defensive pressure on
- 29:59a ball handler, sometimes that person will pass and then you
- 30:02have Lipsy swoop in out of nowhere and jump passing lanes.
- 30:05And I think that that's where Lipsy teams to shine the most.
- 30:08Obviously you'll play on ball too, but just his work in
- 30:11anticipating passing lanes and and being disruptive on that
- 30:15front, like they just work together so well and it
- 30:18definitely helps elevate Lipsy game and they help elevate and
- 30:22playoff of one another. Yeah, I'm seeing him now listed
- 30:25amongst the 10 best college freshman in a, in a college
- 30:28freshman class that is absolutely loaded.
- 30:31That's one of the stories of college basketball this year,
- 30:33just how good the freshman class is.
- 30:35And this cat's heart, he worked his way into this conversation.
- 30:39It's crazy for me to ask because it, for me, it's always been
- 30:42difficult for me to watch a college basketball player
- 30:45because there's so few roster spots on NBA teams, right?
- 30:48Could this be a is it? Is there any chance he's a one
- 30:52and done or Eugene? Or is that nuts?
- 30:55You know, I honestly, with the way he's playing and just kind
- 30:58of the after the physical attributes he has the brinks
- 31:00band, the length of the speed, the athleticism, you could see
- 31:04the the measurables there. But if he absolutely lights it
- 31:07up, like I wouldn't be surprised.
- 31:08He plays his way into the first round.
- 31:10He's obviously starting to to get on radar.
- 31:13He's definitely starting to get on people's watch lists and
- 31:15things like that. I personally thought that, you
- 31:18know, maybe he would at least return.
- 31:21But with the way he's playing, with the way he's been just
- 31:23getting eyes on him, like, for example, that Iowa game, there
- 31:26were 25 NBA scouts there and none of them were originally for
- 31:30him. Like it was for Bennett Sturtz,
- 31:31maybe for Joshua Jefferson. And now you have Killian Toure
- 31:34just continuing to just put performance after performance
- 31:37together. And at this point, I wouldn't be
- 31:39surprised if he plays his way into the NBA draft conversation.
- 31:42Regardless, He's going to have some good conversations or are
- 31:46some tough decisions to make after the season, but it's only
- 31:49complemented with how well he's been playing so far.
- 31:51How? Did he get the Iowa State?
- 31:52Do you do you know the story? I know that he was Nate Schmidt
- 31:58is the international recruiter. He he got on notice as someone
- 32:04who was just kind of like a defensive specialist.
- 32:07I think in some camp in 2023, the Basketball Without Borders,
- 32:11he was named defensive MVP. And I asked TJ back in Vegas,
- 32:15just like what he thought of Taray, Like, did he have the
- 32:18intangibles or was that something that he learned from
- 32:21being under Lipsy? And TJ had told me that one of
- 32:25the first things that jumped out on tape was just his defensive
- 32:28intensity, the dog nature that he shows right now, just
- 32:32unrelenting unlimited battery. And he already showed that at
- 32:35such a young age. So he was on the radar back
- 32:37then. One of the most interesting
- 32:39things to me was that Toure at the time he committed was
- 32:42unranked, no stars to his name on any recruiting services.
- 32:47And it wasn't until he moved to Brewster Academy for senior of
- 32:51high school that he elevated to four-star status.
- 32:53So Nate Schmidt deserves a ton of credit for his recruiting.
- 32:57He's been working hard overseas. I know that there seems to be
- 33:01like an international wave for Iowa State over the last few
- 33:04years and now coming up with Ronaldo Kimlin.
- 33:08So, yeah, credit, credit to Nate Schmidt, TJ also Burger.
- 33:12They they were on them early and they they were able to keep them
- 33:15kind of a secret. And now he's showing what he can
- 33:18do. Good stuff Eugene.
- 33:19Our radio schedules kind of hit and miss, but we will be working
- 33:24on the 2nd of January, which is the first game in the Big 12 is
- 33:29it's a Friday night, which is kind of weird that West Virginia
- 33:33comes to town, but we will talk to you on January the 2nd if not
- 33:37before. Eugene, thank you for what you
- 33:39do for us. Have a wonderful holiday season.
- 33:42Merry Christmas Eugene, thanks for doing this.
- 33:45Thanks to you guys, enjoy Christmas, enjoy the holidays,
- 33:47have some good food and and good drink, good company.
- 33:49Count on it, my friend. Thank you, buddy.
- 33:50Good to hear from you. Eugene Repay, Des Moines
- 33:52Register. Him and Travis Hines over there
- 33:54doing a terrific job. Yeah.
- 33:55Friday night Big 12 game. Kind of weird, right?
- 33:58Yeah. January 2nd.
- 33:59I'm glad. But holidays always screw up,
- 34:03yeah? You're right.
- 34:05How about that they could get through?
- 34:06Is that crazy? No, not at all to February.
- 34:09Unbeaten. That sounds nuts.
- 34:12Right. Let's let's do it.
- 34:13Let's have that conversation. Let's.
- 34:15That would be fun. You want to do it now?
- 34:17No, no, just that if we could get through all of January and
- 34:21still doing that and the national recognition, I mean
- 34:24everything that would come along with it because it's not
- 34:27daunting. It's not, I mean, it's I mean it
- 34:30does get there. It does, you know, the
- 34:32February's coming, yes. But until that point, I mean, if
- 34:35you went in the fog and if there, if there's any legs to
- 34:38this Peterson stuff, who knows? Our picks are next.
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- 35:30Final segment of our week. It's our pick Circa Sports
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- 35:388:00. No, no, it's not that 6.
- 35:42It's only 6. We are 8373 and four.
- 35:46They are 7880 and 2. I thought we were.
- 35:50Pulling. I know you were an awful chirpy
- 35:51over there. I wonder what you were doing?
- 35:53What and how many am I ahead of you?
- 35:56You got me by 5. You are 4434 and two.
- 35:59I am even, Steven, 39 up, 39 down and two bukkies.
- 36:03All right. So I I think I won the week last
- 36:07week. Let's get to it now.
- 36:09Let's start in a college game where I'm going to take Oregon.
- 36:11I agree with Trent. It's almost name your score.
- 36:14As long as I win by, you know, 21 or more, I'm going to be put
- 36:17one in the wind called 20. 1/2 is the number right now.
- 36:20Nice story James Madison. Wish it wasn't playing out in
- 36:22the College Football Playoff but can't have everything.
- 36:25Oregon -20 1/2. I'm going to take any of them.
- 36:28I think Reed, I think his legs are the difference in this
- 36:30football game. Both defenses are good.
- 36:33It numbers down to three. There's threes in the market,
- 36:36number threes in the market. I'll lay the field goal, take
- 36:39A&M pick #2 to the pros, we go Baltimore.
- 36:43I think I got a couple of these games, hard picks.
- 36:47Got so many Ravens tickets, I need them in the playoffs.
- 36:50I'll take Baltimore, lay the 2 1/2.
- 36:52Likewise, the Chargers, Trent, this Chargers team, they've got
- 36:56an outside chance to take the West away from the Denver
- 36:59Broncos. I'll lay are actually, I'll take
- 37:012 1/2. It's under a field goal, but 2
- 37:041/2, I'd rather have three, but 2 1/2 I will take my best bet of
- 37:07the week it's the Houston Texans.
- 37:09Raiders are an awful football team.
- 37:12Houston big number laying 2 touchdowns.
- 37:15My best bet of the week. Who'd you have in the Denver
- 37:17game? I don't have the Denver game.
- 37:19I have the Chargers. The Chargers.
- 37:21Over Lac. Gotcha.
- 37:23Well, we're on other side, opposite sides of that one, and
- 37:26we're on the opposite side of a couple of different ones.
- 37:28Now I'm going to lay it the 1 1/2 that is in the market with
- 37:31Dallas -1 1/2, I'm going to grab the field goal that's in the
- 37:34market with the New England Patriots.
- 37:36My best bet of the week comes tomorrow in the NFL, not in the
- 37:41Bears. You know what, if it wasn't for
- 37:42the receivers, I was taking your Bears when I saw that Burton is
- 37:45out in it. And a Doom's egg?
- 37:47Nope. I'm grabbing the touchdown with
- 37:49the commies against the Eagles offensive line.
- 37:52Lane Johnson may be back. Offensive line banked up here.
- 37:56Washington OK with Murray OTA out there at quarterback.
- 38:00I think they hang around in divisional game.
- 38:01I'll grab the touchdown. My best bet all the week.
- 38:04My 2 college games. Well, neither will come this
- 38:06weekend, but we can bet all the way through up till Tuesday and
- 38:09we're going to do just that. I'm going to lay 6 1/2 with
- 38:12Louisville. The Cardinal might have 6 1/2.
- 38:15Sounds like Miller's going to go for them.
- 38:16Toledo lost their coach. I think this is a bludgeoning in
- 38:20this one. Speaking of losing coaches,
- 38:22well, as we know here in the state of Iowa, Washington State
- 38:24lost their coach. Give me Utah State going to lay
- 38:27the one in that one. Picks once again.
- 38:29Louisville -6 1/2. Utah State -1 New England plus
- 38:333. Dallas -1 1/2.
- 38:35My best bet, the Commanders plus the touchdown.
- 38:37All right, good luck to you. Good luck to all of you that are
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- 39:01Good stuff. All right, we have a short work
- 39:03week next week as we're on Monday and Tuesday.
- 39:06Then all of the KX&O shows are off through Friday.
- 39:12Well, we're off Friday, so through Sunday we're back on
- 39:16Monday. That's a nice break.
- 39:18That's five days. Straight from what we're talking
- 39:20about sports. I know.
- 39:23Get you out of your house, get you some vitamins.
- 39:26Well, maybe, maybe that's it. I got, I got my vitamins all set
- 39:30in the fridge downstairs tonight.
- 39:32All right, that'll do it for us. Have a wonderful weekend
- 39:34everybody. Coming up next off the bench,
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