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USF vs. Temple Preview: A Must-Win Test or a Trap Game for the Bulls? · 4th AND BULL

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  Speaker 1: grow this show together. We are going to talk about
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  Speaker 1: USF and Temple here in just a minute. This game
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  Speaker 1: has me a little bit nervous. I'm not going to
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  Speaker 1: lie to you today. Before we get into the game,
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  Speaker 1: my prediction coming up at the end of the show
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  Speaker 1: as well. Before we get into the game, I want
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  Speaker 1: to talk about the 24-team college football playoff just.
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  Speaker 2: A little bit. Oh, you know what?
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  Speaker 1: Before I get to that too, DJ Crowder. We had
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  Speaker 1: him on Wednesday. If you haven't watched that interview yet,
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  Speaker 1: go back and do so.
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  Speaker 2: Great kid. He deserves the play. He deserves the play.
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  Speaker 1: On YouTube from you to watch the interview because without him,
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  Speaker 1: this team is not sitting at 4-0.
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  Speaker 2: So go watch that.
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  Speaker 1: That is on the YouTube channel, of course, iHeartRadio, Spotify,
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  Speaker 1: and Apple Podcasts as well. And by the way, yesterday
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  Speaker 1: it was supposed to come out at 2 o'clock. I
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  Speaker 1: released it at 2 o'clock because I play the interviews
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  Speaker 1: on my radio show first. I am on 95.7 and 95.7
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  Speaker 1: WDAE and AM 620 here in Tampa Bay. If you're
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  Speaker 1: not in Tampa Bay and you want to hear the
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  Speaker 1: radio show noon to two, you can listen on iHeartRadio.
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  Speaker 2: But I air the interviews on Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Wednesday, first on the radio, and then I release
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  Speaker 1: them in the podcast version. And I scheduled it to
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  Speaker 1: be released on October 1st at 2 o'clock, not yesterday
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  Speaker 1: at 2 o'clock. So my bad on that. Had a
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  Speaker 1: couple messages. Appreciate you guys. Let's me know you care.
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  Speaker 1: So thank you. People noticed it wasn't out at two o'clock.
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  Speaker 1: And somebody said when I when I thank them for
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  Speaker 1: letting me know, said we're in this together and we
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  Speaker 1: absolutely are. So make sure you're sharing the podcast with
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  Speaker 1: everybody because we are going to try to grow this
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  Speaker 1: thing together. So the college football playoff. Twenty four team playoff.
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  Speaker 1: I love this for USF and hate this for USF. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if you are following how this is going to work.
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  Speaker 1: then you are going right now, how do you like
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  Speaker 1: this for USF? This doesn't make any sense.
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  Speaker 2: I'll explain. Let me get to that. Stick with me.
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  Speaker 1: For those of you that are not following the story
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  Speaker 1: and have no idea what's going on with the college
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  Speaker 1: football playoff and the 2014 playoff they are trying to do,
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  Speaker 1: they are meeting in Chicago, probably as we speak, at
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  Speaker 1: the Big Ten headquarters, trying to figure out how a
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  Speaker 1: 2014 playoff would look. And one of the stakeholders said
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  Speaker 1: that if we can get a good deal, this is
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  Speaker 1: going to happen, which is the scummiest thing that you
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  Speaker 1: could say. Because if you get a good deal, meaning
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  Speaker 1: it's all about the dollars, which we already know. But
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  Speaker 1: it's the one thing I hate about college football, because
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  Speaker 1: it is all about the dollars and not what the
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  Speaker 1: fans want, because no fan wants a 2014 college football playoff.
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  Speaker 2: We just don't.
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  Speaker 1: It dilutes the regular season. Like what I love about
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  Speaker 1: college football is that every week was a playoff game.
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  Speaker 1: And that's just not the case anymore. I mean, even
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  Speaker 1: with the 12 team playoff, you kind of lost that, right?
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  Speaker 1: I mean, Texas and Ohio State, essentially nothing was really
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  Speaker 1: on the line. Both teams are still in the top 12.
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  Speaker 1: Both will get into the college football playoff. If it
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  Speaker 1: was a 14 playoff or like the BCS two team playoff,
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  Speaker 1: then there's a lot on the line in that Texas
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State game. But with 2014 playoff, that game essentially
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  Speaker 1: means nothing. Now, I think they're doing this in hopes
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  Speaker 1: that these big programs like Ohio State and Texas will
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  Speaker 1: play each other more often and give you these marquee matchups.
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  Speaker 1: And they can do those games because they're not afraid
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  Speaker 1: to lose because, well, 24 teams get into the playoff
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  Speaker 1: and they're going to be just fine even if they
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  Speaker 1: lose that game. Now, what sucks about that, if we
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  Speaker 1: get more of those marquee matchups where those teams play
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  Speaker 1: each other, I don't know if anyone's going to want
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  Speaker 1: to play the group of six teams, and they might
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  Speaker 1: kind of be left off to their own. Part of
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  Speaker 1: me wishes the group of six would just form their
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  Speaker 1: own playoff because I think that would be entertaining. But
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  Speaker 1: I think with the way that the playoff is going
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  Speaker 1: to set up, the group of six is actually going
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  Speaker 1: to be really entertaining, and I'll explain all of that
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  Speaker 1: coming up in just a second. But with the 2014 playoff,
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  Speaker 1: which inevitably it's going to happen, they've got to make
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  Speaker 1: a decision by December 1st. And ESPN is going to
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  Speaker 1: present their presentation and offer and all of that coming
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  Speaker 1: up here in a couple weeks. That's what really sucks
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  Speaker 1: is that it's a TV network that's deciding this, which
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  Speaker 1: is going to be a massive change in college football
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  Speaker 1: and a change I don't like. Essentially, it's becoming the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: Because in the NFL, you can lose five, six times,
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  Speaker 1: seven times and still make the playoff.
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  Speaker 2: And that's fine.
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  Speaker 1: But I don't want college football to be the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: College football is my favorite sport because it's different. And
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  Speaker 1: I always liked the format. that has been available my
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  Speaker 1: entire life, and that is the regular season is the playoffs. Well,
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  Speaker 1: with the 12-team playoff, it's not like that as much anymore.
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  Speaker 1: And with a 24-team playoff, it really isn't going to
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  Speaker 1: be like that anymore. So I definitely don't like that.
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  Speaker 1: And here's what the 24-team playoff is going to look like.
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  Speaker 1: 23 at-large teams. 23 and one group of six. The
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  Speaker 1: highest-ranked group of six conference champions. Will be welcomed into
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  Speaker 1: the 2014 playoff.
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  Speaker 2: That's it.
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  Speaker 1: And as a USF fan. You're probably upset about that.
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  Speaker 1: You're pissed off about it. And I totally understand. Now
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  Speaker 1: I do think there's also. I can actually find a.
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  Speaker 2: Positive in that. Alright.
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  Speaker 1: This is a pretty good talent I have. Being able
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  Speaker 1: to find a positive in that. And I'll give you
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  Speaker 1: that positive. Here in just a second. But one group
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  Speaker 1: of six. Is all that will get into this 2014 playoff.
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  Speaker 1: Now I would actually prefer. you let all the conference
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  Speaker 1: champion group of six teams get in, then essentially it
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  Speaker 1: makes it for the power for an 18-team college football playoff,
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  Speaker 1: which would preserve the regular season a little bit. It's
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  Speaker 1: never going to be what it was when it was
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  Speaker 1: the BCS with two or the college football playoff with four,
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  Speaker 1: but 18 preserves the regular season a little bit, unlike 24, because...
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  Speaker 1: You're going to see four loss SEC teams get into
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  Speaker 1: the playoff, and I think that's just silly. You shouldn't
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  Speaker 1: be able to lose four games. Now, what I do
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  Speaker 1: like about it from the group of six standpoint is
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  Speaker 1: the group of six is still going to be like
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  Speaker 1: the traditional college football I love. Every week in the
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  Speaker 1: group of six, it's a playoff matchup. You know, look
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  Speaker 1: at week zero. I told you guys back when I
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  Speaker 1: started the podcast, Week 0, my favorite, there was a
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  Speaker 1: couple Power 4 vs. Power 4s, and everybody was talking
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  Speaker 1: about those. The best matchup of the day was always
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  Speaker 1: Memphis and UNLV.
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  Speaker 2: You know why?
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  Speaker 1: Because it was essentially a playoff game. UNLV lost, and
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  Speaker 1: their playoff hopes were done. Now, they ended up losing
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  Speaker 1: a couple more times, so it was over for them anyways.
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  Speaker 1: But that game was essentially a playoff game. And you
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  Speaker 1: are going to continue to get those in the group
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  Speaker 1: of six. Now, if I have to choose between a
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  Speaker 1: game like... a Memphis and a Tulane or a Virginia
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  Speaker 1: and Boston college, I'm going to watch that group of
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  Speaker 1: six game because, well, there's a lot on the line
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  Speaker 1: in that game because the loser's done where in that
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  Speaker 1: Boston college, Virginia game, well, whatever, both of them will
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  Speaker 1: lose and one might still be alive. So that's where I,
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  Speaker 1: I do think it's kind of cool is that it
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  Speaker 1: is going to make the group of six, in my opinion,
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  Speaker 1: more fun. Now, I am the minority in that because
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  Speaker 1: I am a college football purist, and I like the
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  Speaker 1: way the game used to be played. So at least
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  Speaker 1: at some level, we'll kind of get that. And again,
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  Speaker 1: I know you don't love it, right? You believe more
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  Speaker 1: group of six should get into the playoffs, and I
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  Speaker 1: understand that. But that is the one positive I was
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  Speaker 1: able to get out of this, is that the group
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  Speaker 1: of six level will still be that college football we
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  Speaker 1: grew up on every single week is going to matter.
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  Speaker 1: This week against Temple, playoff game. Next week against UTSA,
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  Speaker 1: it's a playoff game.
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  Speaker 2: I like that.
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  Speaker 1: That is what college football is supposed to be. So
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  Speaker 1: that part I like, but it is unfortunate that they're
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  Speaker 1: not really welcoming the group of sixes. So, yeah, that's
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  Speaker 1: just the new world of college football that we live in.
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  Speaker 1: A couple other changes this is going to make is that...
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  Speaker 1: So another obstacle... They will eliminate conference championship games, but
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  Speaker 1: they're going to need to make up about $ 250 million
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  Speaker 1: in revenue with this college football playoff in order to
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  Speaker 1: do that. And I would imagine they'll probably find that
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  Speaker 1: money and they'll make that happen. And then essentially it
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  Speaker 1: would move Army-Navy up one week. Instead of the second
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  Speaker 1: week in December, it would be the first week in December.
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  Speaker 1: And you know, as a traditionalist, I don't love that.
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  Speaker 1: But at least they're not total cowards, and they're going
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  Speaker 1: to keep that game as a standalone, which honestly, it's
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  Speaker 1: a standalone now in its time slot. But I got
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  Speaker 1: a chance to go to Army-Navy last year. By the way,
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  Speaker 1: if you ever get a chance to go, it's incredible.
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  Speaker 1: But I remember going to the bar after the game,
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  Speaker 1: and I remember there was another game on. It was
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  Speaker 1: a bowl game.
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  Speaker 2: It was like the L.A.
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  Speaker 1: Bowl.
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  Speaker 2: I think it was Washington and Boise State. I know
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  Speaker 2: it was Washington. I think it was.
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  Speaker 1: Washington and Boise State. But here's my thing for Army-Navy
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  Speaker 1: because here's where it becomes an issue. If those two
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  Speaker 1: teams or any one of those teams is competing for
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  Speaker 1: a playoff spot, well, the playoff is already set. So
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  Speaker 1: that's going to kind of be an issue. Now, it
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  Speaker 1: might be rare that They are competing for a playoff spot,
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  Speaker 1: but it's not impossible, and that's going to be something
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  Speaker 1: that gets them.
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  Speaker 2: Now, here's what I would do with Army-Navy.
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  Speaker 1: If you're already going to change it, you want to
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  Speaker 1: just change everything, let me give you a change. Now,
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  Speaker 1: if you're a traditionalist, you're going to hate this. If
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  Speaker 1: you went to Army or Navy, you're going to hate this.
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  Speaker 1: Don't attack me. I'm throwing things out there, right? Army-Navy
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  Speaker 1: is the first game of the year instead of the
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  Speaker 1: last game of the year. Now, why do I say that?
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  Speaker 1: Think about Week 0. There really aren't many great matchups
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  Speaker 1: on Week Zero, but we all love it. I have
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  Speaker 1: the guys over for Week Zero. We make a day
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  Speaker 1: out of it. It's the first football, meaningful football, in
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  Speaker 1: like eight months. And we enjoy it. You know, betting
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  Speaker 1: on the games makes it a little bit more fun too, right?
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  Speaker 1: But we enjoy Week Zero because it is our first
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  Speaker 1: taste of football. After eight months off, right? You had
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  Speaker 1: the Super Bowl, and then you go until week zero
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  Speaker 1: without a meaningful game. And so we get into it.
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  Speaker 1: We don't care who's playing. Well, if you move Army-Navy
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  Speaker 1: up to its own day before week one, think of
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  Speaker 1: how big that would be for Army-Navy. Now, don't get
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  Speaker 1: me wrong. I would rather that game be played in
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  Speaker 1: the elements, in the cold. That's how it's supposed to
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  Speaker 1: be played. But I'm just throwing the idea out there. Because, look,
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  Speaker 1: Army-Navy is now rotating and playing a different location. It's
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  Speaker 1: going to play in a warm weather place eventually. But
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  Speaker 1: just think about it. If you put it at the
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  Speaker 1: front of the season, all eyes would be on that game.
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  Speaker 1: It already gets pretty good ratings. I think if you
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  Speaker 1: moved it up as the first game of the season,
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  Speaker 1: I think the ratings would crush. And the viewership would
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  Speaker 1: be through the roof. I mean, I'd have everybody over
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  Speaker 1: for that game. we would be just craving football and
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  Speaker 1: army Navy, big rivalry. I mean, it would be awesome. And,
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  Speaker 1: and again, I'm a traditionalist too. So if you're shaking
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  Speaker 1: your head, no at this, I'm with you. I'm just,
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  Speaker 1: I'm throwing out that idea because they're changing everything else.
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  Speaker 1: And it's all about the dollars and not necessarily what
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  Speaker 1: the fans want. Cause I don't know a single fan
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  Speaker 1: that wants this to be a 2014 playoff, but that's
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  Speaker 1: how it's going to look. One group of six would
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  Speaker 1: get in. And that part is unfortunate. But again, I
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  Speaker 1: gave you the positive too. Group of six action is
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  Speaker 1: just going to be awesome every Saturday. Brian Hartline said
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  Speaker 1: something the other day that I really don't feel like
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  Speaker 1: he needed to say. He said the Owls have shown
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  Speaker 1: enough on film for the Bulls to not overlook what
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  Speaker 1: awaits them. The Bulls are not good enough to overlook anybody.
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  Speaker 1: Let's just be honest. They're not. This team we were
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  Speaker 1: told was the most talented group of six team and
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  Speaker 1: the most talented roster in the group of six. And
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  Speaker 1: I do believe there is a lot of talent, but
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  Speaker 1: we have not seen it as a unit yet. This
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  Speaker 1: team cannot overlook anybody. It doesn't matter if it's Delaware State.
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  Speaker 1: They couldn't afford to look over Delaware State. And if
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  Speaker 1: they did, well, they had to Get in that locker
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  Speaker 1: room at halftime and do whatever they did to make
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  Speaker 1: sure they didn't overlook him because the second half was
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  Speaker 1: a completely different story, but that was a close game. Temple,
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  Speaker 1: I am a little bit worried about this game. I'm
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  Speaker 1: just being completely honest with you. Ignore the 1-3 record.
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  Speaker 1: Throw it out the window. Doesn't matter. They got Penn
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  Speaker 1: State on the resume. They've played Army already. They've got
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  Speaker 1: one FCS opponent, too. But the one in Toledo, that
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  Speaker 1: was a shootout. went into, I think, double overtime, and
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  Speaker 1: they lost by one. Don't let that 1-3 record. There's
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  Speaker 1: a reason the spread's only 6.5. Remember, last week was 18.5
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  Speaker 1: when it closed. You won 14-6. They're expecting this game
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  Speaker 1: to be much closer. Temple's better than what their record is,
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  Speaker 1: and I'm a little bit worried about them. One thing
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  Speaker 1: that I love about Temple, they didn't lose a single
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  Speaker 1: starter to the transfer portal. That is impressive this day
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  Speaker 1: and age. When it comes to experience in all of
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  Speaker 1: college football, they are like 45th most experienced team. USF
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  Speaker 1: is in like the 85, 86 range. So they got
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  Speaker 1: a lot more experience. And because they didn't lose any starters,
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  Speaker 1: I believe they got seven returning on offense.
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  Speaker 2: These guys have.
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  Speaker 1: Played together for a while. Very balanced offense, too. They
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  Speaker 1: have no problem running the football. And boy, can they
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  Speaker 1: run the football. They are good at it. They have
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  Speaker 1: had 176 yards in each of their first four games.
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  Speaker 1: They averaged 220.2 rushing yards so far this year. That
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  Speaker 1: actually puts them inside the top 25 this year in
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  Speaker 1: all of college football. They got a sophomore running back.
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  Speaker 1: I think his name is Kavion Mason. I know his
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  Speaker 1: last name is Mason. It's either Kevin or he must
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  Speaker 1: spell it weird. It's K-E-V-E-U-N. And this kid.
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  Speaker 1: He's going to get a majority of the workload on Saturday,
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  Speaker 1: 340 yards. He's averaging 5.7 yards per carry. So that
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  Speaker 1: is going to be a name for Temple that you
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  Speaker 1: hear pretty often and definitely early on on Saturday. Be
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  Speaker 1: on the lookout for Mason. Now their quarterback, Shepard, he's
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  Speaker 1: already connected on three touchdown passes of 67 yards or longer.
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  Speaker 2: I don't like hearing that as a USF fan.
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  Speaker 1: USF is going to have to make sure the explosive
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  Speaker 1: plays are limited because Temple does something that USF's offense
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  Speaker 1: can't do, and that is hit the explosive plays. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not saying USF's offense can't do it. We don't see
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  Speaker 1: it on a regular basis, and this Temple offense is
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  Speaker 1: doing it. Shepard, by the way, the quarterback, not only
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  Speaker 1: can he throw for those long passes, he's also pretty mobile.
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  Speaker 1: He does have 147 yards on the ground and two
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  Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns as well. So this defense, they're going to
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  Speaker 1: have their hands full. And this is, like I said,
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  Speaker 1: this is going to be the most balanced offense that
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: USF has faced so far. FIU, we knew they were
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: going to go into that game throwing the football around.
• 17:00
  Speaker 2: That's what they did. They threw it 50 times. You
• 17:02
  Speaker 2: could stop the pass.
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: You were going to win the game. Army, if you
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: could stop the run, you didn't really have to worry
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: about the pass. Although Army did kind of light it
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: up on the secondary, oddly enough. When I say light
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: it up, just Army getting over 100 yards is lighting
• 17:15
  Speaker 1: it up for Army. But you knew you had to
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: stop the run in that game. Delaware State, you're the bigger,
• 17:22
  Speaker 1: stronger team. Wasn't really worried there. Bowling Green, you know,
• 17:27
  Speaker 1: when we talked to Xavier Hamilton, he said they were
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: pretty much focused on stopping the run.
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: They felt that's how Bowling Green was going to attack them.
• 17:34
  Speaker 1: Now you get to this game against Temple, and this
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: is the most balanced offense you have seen by far.
• 17:40
  Speaker 2: And it is.
• 17:42
  Speaker 1: Going to be, I think, one of those, I don't
• 17:44
  Speaker 1: think it's, so the over-under right now is like 48.5%.
• 17:49
  Speaker 1: I'm not going to bet it, but I feel like
• 17:51
  Speaker 1: it'll be an under game because I think both teams
• 17:54
  Speaker 1: are going to try to run a lot in this
• 17:57
  Speaker 1: football game. And both teams have the ability to run
• 18:00
  Speaker 1: in this football game. Now, USF has to do something
• 18:04
  Speaker 1: that they don't do very often. And at least they
• 18:06
  Speaker 1: haven't done an undercoach heartline. USF cannot get off to
• 18:12
  Speaker 1: a fast start. They have not done that yet against
• 18:16
  Speaker 1: FBS opponents. They got off to a fast start offensively
• 18:19
  Speaker 1: against Delaware State, but I can only praise you so
• 18:21
  Speaker 1: much for that. Like, you're supposed to get off to
• 18:25
  Speaker 1: a fast start against Delaware State. It wasn't supposed to
• 18:27
  Speaker 1: be 21-17 at half. Now, luckily, the defense picked it
• 18:30
  Speaker 1: up in the second half, and they played phenomenal. But
• 18:34
  Speaker 1: USF has to get off to a faster start. I
• 18:37
  Speaker 1: want to give you this stat here. Against FBS opponents
• 18:42
  Speaker 1: this season. So take the Delaware State game out of this.
• 18:46
  Speaker 1: Do you have any points the Bulls average in the
• 18:50
  Speaker 1: first half?
• 18:54
  Speaker 2: 4.33.
• 18:57
  Speaker 1: That cannot continue. Or a week from today, we're going
• 19:04
  Speaker 1: to be talking about a 4-2 football team.
• 19:06
  Speaker 2: I don't want to talk about a 4-2 football team.
• 19:08
  Speaker 1: I want you guys to stick around, and I have
• 19:09
  Speaker 1: a feeling that you're probably a little bit more interested
• 19:11
  Speaker 1: in this podcast than if they're undefeated. And by the way,
• 19:15
  Speaker 1: I'm spending time on this team. I'm watching every game.
• 19:18
  Speaker 1: I want it to be fun and exciting. I want
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: them to keep winning. A week from today, after that
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: UTSA game, I want to be talking about a 6-0 team,
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: not a 4-2 team. But if they don't correct this,
• 19:29
  Speaker 1: I don't know what's going on with this coaching staff, Hartline,
• 19:33
  Speaker 1: Tim Beck, why they start off the way they start off.
• 19:39
  Speaker 1: It's driving us all crazy, and it has to stop,
• 19:44
  Speaker 1: and it has to change this week because the schedule
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: is about to get harder.
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: There are no more free passes with Delaware's statement. Bowling Green.
• 19:51
  Speaker 1: You played the way you did against Bowling Green against Temple,
• 19:54
  Speaker 1: you're done. This is a much better team than Bowling Green,
• 19:57
  Speaker 1: and you struggled last week because of that slow start. Now,
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: to counter that, USF has outscored opponents in the fourth
• 20:04
  Speaker 1: quarter 58-16. What's the difference? Brian Hartline needs to figure
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: out whatever we're doing in the fourth quarter, we got
• 20:14
  Speaker 1: to do that in the first quarter. And then you
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: know what would be nice? Maybe you do it in
• 20:17
  Speaker 1: the second and the third too. And maybe just one, two, three, four.
• 20:21
  Speaker 1: We get it all together for a full game just
• 20:25
  Speaker 1: once because we are four weeks into the season and
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: we haven't had that yet. And if this team is
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: going to compete for the college football playoff or the
• 20:33
  Speaker 1: American Conference, they've got to do that. And they haven't yet.
• 20:38
  Speaker 1: And that's one of the most disappointing things. So the
• 20:41
  Speaker 1: positive to all of that, this team does know how
• 20:43
  Speaker 1: to finish football games, right? We have confidence in them
• 20:46
  Speaker 1: when it is a close game. At the end of
• 20:48
  Speaker 1: the game, it's close. We have confidence USF can pull
• 20:51
  Speaker 1: it out because we've seen it. Now the negative is,
• 20:54
  Speaker 1: why does it keep taking until the fourth quarter for
• 20:56
  Speaker 1: them to figure things out? They got to get it
• 20:59
  Speaker 1: done quicker. They cannot get off to a slow start
• 21:02
  Speaker 1: against Temple or it is going to be bad. Is
• 21:06
  Speaker 1: the fourth quarter dominance a sign of mental toughness, or
• 21:09
  Speaker 1: is it just evidence that USF is playing with fire?
• 21:12
  Speaker 1: I think they're playing with fire. I don't think it
• 21:15
  Speaker 1: has anything to do with mental toughness, although I think
• 21:16
  Speaker 1: they have built that mental toughness up. They now are
• 21:20
  Speaker 1: going to be confident in every football game going forward
• 21:22
  Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter. If they don't have the lead,
• 21:25
  Speaker 1: they're not going to sweat it because they know they
• 21:28
  Speaker 1: can get out of trouble. But It is going to
• 21:30
  Speaker 1: be harder to get out of trouble against what you
• 21:33
  Speaker 1: have coming up on the schedule compared to what you
• 21:36
  Speaker 1: just played on the schedule. There are no more FIUs.
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: There are no more Bowling Greens. There are no more
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: Delaware States. It is time for Brian Hartline to get
• 21:46
  Speaker 1: this team to do what we thought this team was
• 21:49
  Speaker 1: capable of doing at the beginning of the year. You know,
• 21:52
  Speaker 1: if we had to give, what are we, 33% of
• 21:54
  Speaker 1: the way through the season? Like, if we had to
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: give grades out right now, I know they're 4-0, so
• 21:59
  Speaker 1: I hate to come off negative, but they're 4-0, and
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: you know it, and I know it. This team is
• 22:04
  Speaker 1: loaded with red flags, and we're not happy at 4-0
• 22:08
  Speaker 1: with the way they've played. We are thankful for them
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: to be 4-0, but we shouldn't have to be thankful.
• 22:14
  Speaker 1: We should have just assumed they were going to be 4-0,
• 22:17
  Speaker 1: and we were going to be happy about the 4-0
• 22:19
  Speaker 1: that they are, but we're not happy with the 4-0
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: that they are. We're thankful they're 4-0 because it's been ugly.
• 22:26
  Speaker 1: And that has to change as they get tougher into
• 22:28
  Speaker 1: the schedule. Now, I told you I'm nervous for this game.
• 22:30
  Speaker 1: Despite Temple having a 1-3 record, Temple lost to Army,
• 22:34
  Speaker 1: but I think they played Army better than USF did.
• 22:38
  Speaker 1: They lost 21-17, which that was my prediction. I thought
• 22:41
  Speaker 1: USF was going to win against Army 21-17. Temple lost 21-17,
• 22:46
  Speaker 1: but I thought they played against Army better than you did.
• 22:48
  Speaker 1: I went back and watched that game. They played Temple
• 22:52
  Speaker 1: better than you. What got them is they lost on
• 22:54
  Speaker 1: third downs when they played Army. Army was 6 of 12,
• 22:59
  Speaker 1: so they went 50%, and Temple went 3 of 9.
• 23:03
  Speaker 1: And that was really the biggest difference. I think when
• 23:06
  Speaker 1: you compare Temple's offense to USF's, I think the Temple
• 23:11
  Speaker 1: offense is a little bit more dangerous. They have no
• 23:13
  Speaker 1: problem hitting the explosive plays. And sometimes for USF, the
• 23:16
  Speaker 1: explosive plays are challenging. These two offenses averaged the same
• 23:21
  Speaker 1: amount of points per game. But I will give Temple
• 23:25
  Speaker 1: a little bit more credit. They had Penn State on
• 23:27
  Speaker 1: the schedule. Even though Penn State just lost to Wisconsin,
• 23:30
  Speaker 1: Penn State's still better than anyone USF has played thus far.
• 23:33
  Speaker 2: They only put up nine in that game. They lost 27-9.
• 23:35
  Speaker 1: So that dragged their average down a little bit. But
• 23:39
  Speaker 1: Temple does average more yards per game. So I am
• 23:43
  Speaker 1: nervous coming into this because I... despite being 1-3, I
• 23:46
  Speaker 1: think the Temple offense is dangerous.
• 23:48
  Speaker 2: They put up points.
• 23:49
  Speaker 1: I mean, the loss to Toledo, it was like 48-47
• 23:52
  Speaker 1: or 48-49 in overtime, two overtimes.
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: Like, they can move it up and down the field.
• 23:58
  Speaker 1: I wouldn't be surprised if this game looks a lot
• 24:00
  Speaker 1: like the FIU game where the defense is giving up
• 24:04
  Speaker 1: a lot of yards, but they buckle down in the
• 24:06
  Speaker 1: red zone. And they're going to have to because I
• 24:08
  Speaker 1: do think that Temple's going to be able to hit
• 24:10
  Speaker 1: their explosive plays, and that is something the USF defense
• 24:13
  Speaker 1: is going to have to limit. Now, I do think
• 24:16
  Speaker 1: when you want to compare defenses, USF does have the
• 24:18
  Speaker 1: better defense, so we are good there, but the offenses
• 24:21
  Speaker 1: are pretty comparable. I think we're going to learn a
• 24:24
  Speaker 1: lot about USF here in the next seven days. Look,
• 24:27
  Speaker 1: I think we've already learned a lot about them, right?
• 24:30
  Speaker 1: We've learned things we didn't really think we were going
• 24:31
  Speaker 1: to learn. We've learned things that we don't really like.
• 24:35
  Speaker 1: But we are really going to find out what this
• 24:36
  Speaker 1: team is made of. Temple and UTSA, completely different challenge
• 24:39
  Speaker 1: than Delaware State or FIU. And USF has proven they
• 24:44
  Speaker 1: can win, but what they haven't proven is that they consistently,
• 24:47
  Speaker 1: that they can play well consistently. And that has to
• 24:50
  Speaker 1: start Saturday night. If USF continues to struggle to play
• 24:55
  Speaker 1: good football for four quarters, then next week at this time,
• 25:02
  Speaker 1: I guess at this time, I'm recording this on a Thursday.
• 25:05
  Speaker 1: If you're watching this on a Friday, obviously it'll be different.
• 25:10
  Speaker 1: But let's just say Friday next week, they're not going
• 25:13
  Speaker 1: to be undefeated if they continue to play like this.
• 25:16
  Speaker 1: Playing the way they did against FIU, or like they
• 25:19
  Speaker 1: did in the first half against Delaware State, we're going
• 25:22
  Speaker 1: to take some Ls, if not once but twice. So
• 25:26
  Speaker 1: they've got to clean up the little details. So I'm
• 25:28
  Speaker 1: glad to hear Brian Hartline's not overlooking the opponent because.
• 25:32
  Speaker 1: I don't think they have earned the right to overlook
• 25:34
  Speaker 1: anybody yet. I'm sorry, guys, if you feel like I'm
• 25:38
  Speaker 1: being negative today. This team has red flags. I said
• 25:42
  Speaker 1: it on the last show. I know a lot of
• 25:45
  Speaker 1: you guys are seeing it too. Sometimes you don't like
• 25:48
  Speaker 1: to admit things as fans, but I see your guys'
• 25:51
  Speaker 1: comments on the YouTube channel. You know there's red flags,
• 25:54
  Speaker 1: and those are reason for concerns. And the two things
• 25:57
  Speaker 1: that are going to crush this team from the goals
• 25:59
  Speaker 1: they have, like I'm not even thinking about playoff right now.
• 26:03
  Speaker 1: You know, I'm not thinking about top 25 ranking. This
• 26:05
  Speaker 1: team is nowhere near the top 25. I think they
• 26:07
  Speaker 1: got top 25 potential, but they are not playing nowhere
• 26:11
  Speaker 1: near top 25 level yet. But that is the biggest
• 26:15
  Speaker 1: thing that has to change is the slow starts. And
• 26:18
  Speaker 1: Harline's got to figure that out. He cannot have slow
• 26:21
  Speaker 1: starts going forward because that's going to bite this team
• 26:26
  Speaker 1: in the butt. But I apologize for the negativity, guys.
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: What do we want to do?
• 26:32
  Speaker 1: Mailbag or prediction? I guess I'll do the mailbag first. Uh,
• 26:36
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• 26:51
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• 26:54
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• 26:57
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• 27:00
  Speaker 1: talking to each other. Uh, You know, I've seen the
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  Speaker 1: podcast is posted in there a few times. So I
• 27:06
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• 27:10
  Speaker 1: the mailbag. We really appreciate them being part of the show.
• 27:14
  Speaker 1: And seriously, go check out the website. It only takes
• 27:16
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• 27:20
  Speaker 1: but you really all you got to do is I
• 27:22
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• 27:24
  Speaker 1: it was blown away by all the content that was there.
• 27:26
  Speaker 2: So the BullsPen.com.
• 27:29
  Speaker 1: Sorry, I'm stalling here as I'm trying to find all
• 27:32
  Speaker 1: of the mailbag questions from you guys.
• 27:36
  Speaker 2: Oh, here we go.
• 27:37
  Speaker 1: So Nancy Caro said, why are we wearing the white
• 27:42
  Speaker 1: unis with very little green at home? Just kidding. What
• 27:45
  Speaker 1: do we need to do to beat Temple?
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: Thanks. You know what? I forgot to bring up the uniforms.
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: I liked them. What did you guys think? I like
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: the whites. I know everybody wants the gold helmets back.
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: I get that. But I really like what they... what
• 27:58
  Speaker 2: they're wearing this weekend.
• 27:59
  Speaker 1: Now, when I had DJ Crowder on on Wednesday, if
• 28:02
  Speaker 1: you haven't watched that show yet, go back and watch it.
• 28:05
  Speaker 1: He let us know what his favorite uniform combination was.
• 28:08
  Speaker 1: That was a question that one of you guys wanted
• 28:10
  Speaker 1: me to ask him. And the combination that he liked,
• 28:16
  Speaker 1: I want to see. We haven't seen it yet, but
• 28:18
  Speaker 1: go back and watch that. You'll get his thoughts. What
• 28:20
  Speaker 1: do they need to do to beat Temple? That is
• 28:22
  Speaker 1: the question. You guys aren't going to like this because
• 28:26
  Speaker 1: everybody wants to see them air it out. You got
• 28:28
  Speaker 1: to run the ball. And the weak spot of the
• 28:31
  Speaker 1: defense for Temple is the defensive line. We got a
• 28:33
  Speaker 1: decent secondary, decent linebacker room. I believe the weak link
• 28:39
  Speaker 1: of the defense is up front. And by the way,
• 28:43
  Speaker 1: I thought that was the weak link to Bowling Green too, though,
• 28:45
  Speaker 1: and that Miles Bradley was a beast. But we knew
• 28:47
  Speaker 1: Miles Bradley was the beast going in. We just didn't
• 28:50
  Speaker 1: think anyone else other than Miles Bradley was going to
• 28:52
  Speaker 1: be effective in that game.
• 28:53
  Speaker 2: And essentially.
• 28:54
  Speaker 1: I guess Miles Bradley really was the only one effective
• 28:57
  Speaker 1: with the four and a half sacks, but he was
• 28:58
  Speaker 1: such a disruptor that he made everyone else around him better.
• 29:01
  Speaker 1: But Temple's defensive line is probably the weakest unit of
• 29:05
  Speaker 1: the three levels of their defense. So I think you're
• 29:08
  Speaker 1: going to see a healthy dose of DJ Crowder and
• 29:11
  Speaker 1: the offense needs to get forward momentum going early. Put
• 29:15
  Speaker 1: yourself in second and medium, third and short. Avoid third
• 29:20
  Speaker 1: and long because, again, you're a team that wants to
• 29:23
  Speaker 1: lean on the run and If you're a team that
• 29:25
  Speaker 1: leans on the run and you can't have success through
• 29:27
  Speaker 1: the air, whether it's the offensive line's fault or things
• 29:31
  Speaker 1: just aren't working out for you, if you're going to
• 29:33
  Speaker 1: lean on the run, third and long is your worst enemy.
• 29:36
  Speaker 1: So they need to set themselves up in a lot
• 29:39
  Speaker 1: of third and shorts. be able to run the ball successfully,
• 29:42
  Speaker 1: and that's how they're going to beat Temple. Tally Bull,
• 29:46
  Speaker 1: don't forget to share your tinfoil USF realignment thoughts, Nick.
• 29:50
  Speaker 1: You can't tease us like that, then disappear. Yeah, the
• 29:54
  Speaker 1: other day when Senator Moody was.
• 29:59
  Speaker 1: You know, doing her bill and then they were doing
• 30:01
  Speaker 1: the vote on that. I said, I've got a conspiracy
• 30:03
  Speaker 1: on all of this. And I said, let me sleep
• 30:05
  Speaker 1: on it before I share the conspiracy. I slept on it,
• 30:09
  Speaker 1: did a little bit more research into it. And I
• 30:13
  Speaker 1: don't think my conspiracy checks out and my conspiracy gets
• 30:16
  Speaker 1: a little political and I don't want to go down
• 30:18
  Speaker 1: the political route. So I'm just not going to share
• 30:21
  Speaker 1: my conspiracy. Just my conspiracy. I think I've debunked it.
• 30:26
  Speaker 1: So it really doesn't.
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: It's nothing. Um, So I apologize that I got your.
• 30:31
  Speaker 1: Hopes up on something that it ended up being nothing. SaneGuy,
• 30:37
  Speaker 1: at James Gilbo is his name on Twitter. Will we
• 30:41
  Speaker 1: see heavy or 13 personnel on first downs? Does the
• 30:45
  Speaker 1: defense have better news on the injury front? It will
• 30:48
  Speaker 1: be interesting to see how Hartline adjusts against an experienced
• 30:51
  Speaker 1: head coach, not a service academy. The last time was
• 30:55
  Speaker 1: against FIU, and we all know how that game went.
• 30:58
  Speaker 1: That game was kind of ugly. I still think you're
• 31:00
  Speaker 1: going to see a lot of 12 personnel.
• 31:03
  Speaker 2: They like to run.
• 31:04
  Speaker 1: I don't think you're going to see a lot of 13.
• 31:06
  Speaker 1: I don't think you'll see a lot of three tight
• 31:08
  Speaker 1: ends on the field. I think they're going to want
• 31:09
  Speaker 1: to stick to two tight end sets. But maybe they
• 31:14
  Speaker 1: change up their philosophy. I don't expect that. Maybe once
• 31:18
  Speaker 1: they get into the red zone, honestly, I'm talking like
• 31:22
  Speaker 1: inside the five-yard line maybe. But I don't really expect
• 31:25
  Speaker 1: to see that, you know, the 13 personnel on first downs.
• 31:29
  Speaker 1: Because to me, if you're going to run out there
• 31:32
  Speaker 1: with 13 personnel, you're essentially saying, hey.
• 31:34
  Speaker 2: We're running the ball.
• 31:35
  Speaker 1: And I still think even though you're a run first team,
• 31:39
  Speaker 1: you want Temple to respect the passing game. And that
• 31:43
  Speaker 1: is something that USF is going to have to do
• 31:45
  Speaker 1: going forward. Make opponents respect the passing game. Joe Valencia.
• 31:51
  Speaker 1: On Twitter, will we see more from our wide receiver
• 31:56
  Speaker 1: in regards to more wide receiver sets? I feel we
• 32:00
  Speaker 1: have a talent, and I would like to see more
• 32:01
  Speaker 1: four wide receiver sets. Your thoughts, as I am worried,
• 32:04
  Speaker 1: more in-conference play will need to score more points. I
• 32:08
  Speaker 1: don't know if you're going to get a lot more
• 32:09
  Speaker 1: four wide receiver sets because right now the blocking is
• 32:15
  Speaker 1: a little bit of a crutch for this team. They're
• 32:18
  Speaker 1: not good. The pass blocking wasn't great last week. And
• 32:21
  Speaker 1: so having that tight end on the field is going
• 32:23
  Speaker 1: to help. I don't think you're going to be able
• 32:24
  Speaker 1: to do, you know, having the two tight ends especially
• 32:26
  Speaker 1: is going to help you a little bit more. I
• 32:28
  Speaker 1: think it's going to be hard for this team to
• 32:29
  Speaker 1: run four wide receiver sets. Yes, they have the talent
• 32:31
  Speaker 1: to do it. That's just not the style of offense
• 32:34
  Speaker 1: they want to do. They don't want to be. I
• 32:37
  Speaker 1: know that style of offense seems kind of, it is
• 32:41
  Speaker 1: more fun, right? Slinging it around. But that's just not
• 32:43
  Speaker 1: what they want to do. You want to know what
• 32:45
  Speaker 1: I believe this team, what they remind me of anyways?
• 32:48
  Speaker 2: Yes.
• 32:49
  Speaker 1: And it's weird because it's the team that Brian Hartline
• 32:52
  Speaker 1: hates the most.
• 32:54
  Speaker 2: But they remind me of what... And it worked in 2023.
• 32:57
  Speaker 2: They won a national championship. But they actually remind me
• 32:59
  Speaker 2: more of.
• 33:00
  Speaker 1: Their comp at the Power 4 level of what they
• 33:04
  Speaker 1: want to do is Michigan. I see more Michigan in
• 33:07
  Speaker 1: this team than I do Ohio State, even though Hartline
• 33:09
  Speaker 1: came from Ohio State. Michigan plays really good defense, just
• 33:12
  Speaker 1: like USF. Michigan struggles to pass, just like USF. Michigan
• 33:18
  Speaker 1: honestly struggles to run the ball this year, but when
• 33:20
  Speaker 1: they were winning the national championship in 23 and they
• 33:22
  Speaker 1: had the success in 22 and 21, they were running
• 33:25
  Speaker 1: the ball. And yeah, it wasn't the most exciting offense,
• 33:28
  Speaker 1: but do you think winning all of those games wasn't fun? No,
• 33:33
  Speaker 1: it was a lot of fun. And if you're going
• 33:34
  Speaker 1: to continue to win, that's all that matters. And this
• 33:38
  Speaker 1: team wants the identity to be run. So no, I
• 33:40
  Speaker 1: don't expect to see a lot of four wide receiver sets.
• 33:42
  Speaker 1: And I know that That's not something that you guys
• 33:45
  Speaker 1: want to hear because I think everybody wants to see
• 33:46
  Speaker 1: this team slinging around. I just don't think, one, I
• 33:49
  Speaker 1: don't think they're capable of doing it, and two, I
• 33:51
  Speaker 1: just don't think that's what they want to do.
• 33:54
  Speaker 2: Let's see. Huncho Heartline.
• 33:56
  Speaker 1: What plans do you think the staff has on offense
• 33:59
  Speaker 1: to account for the recent offensive line struggles we had
• 34:02
  Speaker 1: against Bowling Green? Well, I was looking at the injury report,
• 34:06
  Speaker 1: and only Brant is showing up. So I don't know
• 34:08
  Speaker 1: if it's... Accurate or if they're holding something back. Branch
• 34:16
  Speaker 1: being the only guy on the injury report was kind
• 34:17
  Speaker 1: of a surprise to me. So if Thomas Schrader is
• 34:20
  Speaker 1: good to go and everybody else is good to go,
• 34:22
  Speaker 1: then I expect to see.
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: I don't know.
• 34:26
  Speaker 1: They've run out so many different combinations, but I expect
• 34:29
  Speaker 1: to see a similar offensive line that you saw last week.
• 34:33
  Speaker 1: And I know it wasn't the best, but when you
• 34:34
  Speaker 1: have Schrader moving from guard to tackle, that's going to
• 34:37
  Speaker 1: be a problem. Switching positions up front is not easy.
• 34:42
  Speaker 1: That's a hard question for me to answer because I
• 34:44
  Speaker 1: don't know if the injury report is accurate or not.
• 34:47
  Speaker 1: If you're watching this on Friday or listening to this
• 34:50
  Speaker 1: on Friday or Saturday, things might have been changed. Remember,
• 34:52
  Speaker 1: I'm recording this on Thursday, and right now Branch is
• 34:55
  Speaker 1: the only one listed. It doesn't even list what his
• 34:57
  Speaker 1: injury is.
• 35:00
  Speaker 2: What should... Oh, hold on. From Bobby, injuries....
• 35:07
  Speaker 1: How's the O-line looking, Hicks and Howard? Well, none of
• 35:09
  Speaker 1: those guys are on their injury report as of right now.
• 35:13
  Speaker 2: Let's see.
• 35:14
  Speaker 1: Temple's offense compared to Army's both run heavy. Well, the
• 35:18
  Speaker 1: difference with Temple and Army's offense is Army, you don't
• 35:22
  Speaker 1: expect to hit the explosive plays, even though they did get.
• 35:25
  Speaker 2: A couple on you.
• 35:26
  Speaker 1: Temple's offense, I do expect for them to be able
• 35:29
  Speaker 1: to hit the explosive plays. Remember, explosive plays are 20
• 35:33
  Speaker 1: yards or more. So I expect you're going to have
• 35:36
  Speaker 1: to respect the passing game. Where against Army, you don't
• 35:39
  Speaker 1: necessarily have to respect the passing game. And by the way,
• 35:41
  Speaker 1: I think at the end of the second half, they
• 35:44
  Speaker 1: definitely didn't respect the passing game because they got torched
• 35:48
  Speaker 1: right before halftime against Army. So they're going to have
• 35:52
  Speaker 1: to do a better job, you know, being prepared to
• 35:56
  Speaker 1: stop the pass, unlike the Army game. But yeah, Temple's offense, man,
• 36:01
  Speaker 1: they can.
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: They can hit the explosive play. I'm telling you this.
• 36:06
  Speaker 2: I'm a little worried about this game. That one in
• 36:08
  Speaker 2: three record. Ignore it. All right.
• 36:10
  Speaker 1: I'm going to tell you that so many times. Ignore it.
• 36:13
  Speaker 1: Ryan asked, where is Kenny Odom? Look, they're playing a
• 36:16
  Speaker 1: lot of three wide receiver sets. They're not going to
• 36:19
  Speaker 1: run the four. Like I mentioned a minute ago. And
• 36:22
  Speaker 1: it's a pretty deep room. And they like what they
• 36:24
  Speaker 1: have with Rogers and branch. And, uh, um, Porter. I
• 36:31
  Speaker 1: don't know why I forgot Porter. He's got the best
• 36:33
  Speaker 1: catch of the year and he was just on the
• 36:34
  Speaker 1: show a couple weeks ago. They like what they got there. And,
• 36:37
  Speaker 1: you know, if you're going to get Odom involved, then
• 36:40
  Speaker 1: one of those guys are going to have to come
• 36:41
  Speaker 1: off the field because they're not going to run the
• 36:43
  Speaker 1: four wide receiver sets because I don't think they can, honestly,
• 36:47
  Speaker 1: I don't think they have the ability to pass block
• 36:50
  Speaker 1: with a four wide receiver set. So I think that's
• 36:53
  Speaker 1: just what, I mean, look, Kenny Odom had a great
• 36:55
  Speaker 1: year at UTEP last year. I think he had six
• 36:57
  Speaker 1: touchdowns last year, eight the year before. I'm not sure
• 37:00
  Speaker 1: why that hasn't translated to USF. I think that is
• 37:03
  Speaker 1: one of the biggest mysteries. I'm not at practice, so
• 37:07
  Speaker 1: they don't let you view practice, so I don't know
• 37:10
  Speaker 1: what's happening there, but my guess is they're just really
• 37:13
  Speaker 1: comfortable with Porter. I think they're very comfortable with Branch,
• 37:16
  Speaker 1: and I think they're very comfortable with Rodgers, and those
• 37:18
  Speaker 1: are their guys that they're going to be, you know,
• 37:20
  Speaker 1: those are their, what they feel are their top three
• 37:22
  Speaker 1: wide receivers, and again, they're not going to roll out
• 37:26
  Speaker 1: the four wide receiver sets, at least not very often,
• 37:29
  Speaker 1: so I don't expect to see much of Kenny Odom.
• 37:33
  Speaker 1: So that wraps up the mailbag questions. Again, the mailbag
• 37:37
  Speaker 1: was presented by the BowlsPen.com. All right, we'll wrap up
• 37:42
  Speaker 1: the show with my prediction. Both teams, like I said,
• 37:46
  Speaker 1: like to run the football. I think the run defense
• 37:50
  Speaker 1: for USF is going to determine whether or not this
• 37:52
  Speaker 1: is a lower scoring game than what Vegas thinks it
• 37:55
  Speaker 1: will be. The over-under, I believe, is at 48.5. Temple's
• 38:00
  Speaker 1: going to hit its big plays, no doubt about it.
• 38:03
  Speaker 1: Temple's going to hit their big plays. I told you
• 38:06
  Speaker 1: FIU would hit their big plays. It doesn't mean you're
• 38:08
  Speaker 1: going to lose, but I do think Temple will hit
• 38:09
  Speaker 1: some big plays on you. Then the defense is going
• 38:12
  Speaker 1: to have to buckle down and do their thing. I
• 38:16
  Speaker 1: think the defense, back to the FIU game, I think
• 38:19
  Speaker 1: it could play out kind of similar. I think Temple
• 38:22
  Speaker 1: will get its yards, and when the defense has got
• 38:25
  Speaker 1: their backs against the wall in the red zone, bend
• 38:28
  Speaker 1: but don't break.
• 38:29
  Speaker 2: And if they can hold.
• 38:32
  Speaker 1: This Temple team to just field goals, then they're going
• 38:35
  Speaker 1: to be in good shape. The offense stat-wise, like I
• 38:39
  Speaker 1: told you, very similar. USF has the better defense, and
• 38:42
  Speaker 1: that's why I trust USF in this game. Doesn't mean
• 38:45
  Speaker 1: I'm not nervous about it, but I do think they
• 38:48
  Speaker 1: are going to win this game. I got it 23-20. Nico,
• 38:54
  Speaker 1: kick to win it with just a couple seconds left. Oh, yeah,
• 38:59
  Speaker 1: you're going to be on the edge of your seat.
• 39:03
  Speaker 1: Not going to be one of those games you get
• 39:04
  Speaker 1: to leave Raymond James Stadium early on.
• 39:08
  Speaker 2: It's going to be close. It's going to be one
• 39:09
  Speaker 2: of those nail biters. I hope I'm wrong. I'd love
• 39:11
  Speaker 2: for it. I like blowouts. Give me a blowout. Give
• 39:14
  Speaker 2: me a game where I don't have to stress.
• 39:16
  Speaker 1: Give us a blowout to where we can just, for
• 39:20
  Speaker 1: those of us watching at home, where we can kind
• 39:22
  Speaker 1: of have USF on there and then maybe focus on
• 39:24
  Speaker 1: the Rays a little bit, playoff game.
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: It would be nice if it was like that, right?
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: I don't think it's going to be like that.
• 39:30
  Speaker 1: I think you're going to have to have the sound
• 39:31
  Speaker 1: down for USF the entire game because you're going to
• 39:33
  Speaker 1: be on the edge of your seat. I think it'll
• 39:35
  Speaker 1: be a close one. But I got it 23-20, but
• 39:37
  Speaker 1: I do have the Bulls escaping. And I do believe
• 39:40
  Speaker 1: they're going to go into UTSA with a 5-0 record.
• 39:43
  Speaker 1: But what I want from this game is to, they
• 39:46
  Speaker 1: don't have to cover in this game to make me happy.
• 39:48
  Speaker 2: I want them to play.
• 39:49
  Speaker 1: Like we've mentioned four solid quarters of football, look like
• 39:53
  Speaker 1: a really good football team. And I want the offense
• 39:58
  Speaker 1: to get better each and every quarter, but don't get
• 40:02
  Speaker 1: better each and every quarter because you started off so bad.
• 40:05
  Speaker 1: What I want to see from this team is a
• 40:06
  Speaker 1: faster start has to happen this weekend. So 2320 Nico
• 40:10
  Speaker 1: kick Nico grammatica, just like his dad hits it at
• 40:13
  Speaker 1: a Raymond James stadium for the wind. And, uh, It'll
• 40:18
  Speaker 1: be with less than two minutes to go. And then
• 40:21
  Speaker 1: the defense will create a stop. And USF will survive
• 40:25
  Speaker 1: and go 5-0. So, some negativity in the podcast. We
• 40:30
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• 40:33
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• 40:36
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• 40:43
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• 40:50
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• 40:58
  Speaker 1: every week. I don't know what this next week is
• 41:01
  Speaker 1: going to look like as far as the podcast schedule
• 41:03
  Speaker 1: because I don't know if I'm going to have a
• 41:05
  Speaker 1: player next week with a Thursday game. They're going to
• 41:08
  Speaker 1: have to make up the day off somewhere. So I
• 41:10
  Speaker 1: don't know if I will get a player. before UTSA. Regardless,
• 41:16
  Speaker 1: you will get a show after the Temple game. We'll
• 41:20
  Speaker 1: absolutely talk about that game. And we will definitely do
• 41:25
  Speaker 1: a show before UTSA. So the schedule might be a
• 41:28
  Speaker 1: little bit different. I'll try to put out the pod
• 41:30
  Speaker 1: Saturday night. I don't know why I keep promising this
• 41:33
  Speaker 1: because I never end up getting... So it didn't happen
• 41:36
  Speaker 1: last time because I was waiting to finalize everything with
• 41:37
  Speaker 1: Blue Terra. But now that they're involved and they're good
• 41:40
  Speaker 1: to go, I'll try to get one out Saturday night,
• 41:41
  Speaker 1: knowing it is a short week, give you time to
• 41:44
  Speaker 1: listen to that. I don't expect the player interview. And
• 41:46
  Speaker 1: then Tuesday, I would love, this is a perfect world here. Tuesday,
• 41:51
  Speaker 1: I would like to have the preview show out for UTSA.
• 41:56
  Speaker 1: So that's alternative. Don't hold me to that, but I'm
• 41:59
  Speaker 1: going to try. But if you're subscribed on iHeartRadio, Spotify,
• 42:02
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• 42:05
  Speaker 1: new episode. Same with YouTube, at 4thandBullPodcast. Thank you guys
• 42:10
  Speaker 1: so much for watching, and enjoy the game Saturday night.
• 42:13
  Speaker 1: Make sure you get your tickets. Make sure you are there. Again,
• 42:16
  Speaker 1: a lot going on in Tampa Bay. You've got the
• 42:17
  Speaker 1: Rays at the drop, Lightning home opener at Benchmark International Arena,
• 42:21
  Speaker 1: so let's make sure we fill up Raymond James Stadium
• 42:24
  Speaker 1: for the Bulls, and go Bulls.
• 42:26
  Speaker 2: We'll talk to you guys next week.