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Chris Landry Interview · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Speaker 2: get the podcast, subscribe on YouTube, and more. Chris, welcome in, sir.
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  Speaker 2: What a great week, too, as we'll kind of do
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  Speaker 2: what we always do during football. We'll look back and
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  Speaker 2: look ahead. How are you?
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  Speaker 1: I am doing good. I'm just thinking about what it's
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  Speaker 1: like around the country this week as, you know, people
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  Speaker 1: are looking at, well, in the NFL, obviously, week one
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  Speaker 1: in the books, in college football, it's Some people play
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  Speaker 1: good opponents, and I just keep thinking about what it's
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  Speaker 1: got to be like in Eugene, Oregon right now when
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  Speaker 1: that performance against that type of team and to get dominated.
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  Speaker 1: I always think about those poor guys because they take
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  Speaker 1: it the toughest when you struggle like that.
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  Speaker 2: There's no doubt, and Chris, Oregon struggled against BYU. We'll
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  Speaker 2: start right there since you brought them up. I thought
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  Speaker 2: I wanted to go there anyway, but Oklahoma State, Upset
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  Speaker 2: on week one. We knew that they had a really young,
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  Speaker 2: good staff come in. A lot of transfer portal players
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  Speaker 2: over from North Texas. And then Oregon, I mean, they've
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  Speaker 2: got problems.
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  Speaker 1: They do. And the thing about it is they just
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  Speaker 1: got handled at the line of scrimmage. They've got two
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  Speaker 1: new coordinators, and yeah, I know there's adjustments, but that
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  Speaker 1: doesn't factor into the problems of the physicality or the
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  Speaker 1: lack thereof. There's some talent on that team. There's some...
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  Speaker 1: guys that have got next-level ability, not just quarterback. And
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  Speaker 1: to be playing that poorly is just surprising. And, again,
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  Speaker 1: they got back in the game. I mean, it's not
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  Speaker 1: very the lead. They got completely outplayed in that game.
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  Speaker 1: And I know it was– I don't know how many
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  Speaker 1: people saw it. They had a weather delay issue. And
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  Speaker 1: it was kind of– it bled into two different time slots.
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  Speaker 1: But I've got to tell you, it was not pretty
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  Speaker 1: at all to see them struggle and be ranked as
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  Speaker 1: high as they are. I tell you what's going to
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  Speaker 1: be interesting in two weeks. This is going to be
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  Speaker 1: a huge game when they play USC because you've got
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  Speaker 1: the pressure on Oregon, but then you've got the pressure
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  Speaker 1: on Lincoln-Riley and USC. Imagine if they lay an egg
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  Speaker 1: against an angry, embarrassed Oregon team. That's just going to
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  Speaker 1: be fun to watch here, but that's in a couple
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  Speaker 1: of weeks.
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi State goes up to Minnesota. They get a 38-13 win.
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  Speaker 2: Win this game handily. They were up 28-6 at the half.
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  Speaker 2: Defense looks improved under Zach Arnett. Kamario Taylor looks to be,
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  Speaker 2: you know, likely the best quarterback that they have had
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  Speaker 2: since probably Nick Fitzgerald or Dak Prescott. You know, just
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  Speaker 2: as far as a well-oiled machine. You know, God's going
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  Speaker 2: to make you play 11-on-11. your thoughts on that game
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  Speaker 2: and what you saw in now a big trip to
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  Speaker 2: South Carolina coming up this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Well, we talked about it last week. I thought they'd
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  Speaker 1: go up and handle Minnesota more athletic, better. They did that.
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  Speaker 1: And a whole lot more. I mean, they dominated a game.
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  Speaker 1: No question about it. They're impressive right now. They may
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  Speaker 1: have the quarterback that's playing the best in the entire sec. Um,
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  Speaker 1: they are flying around the football. Um, I'm excited what
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  Speaker 1: I see. Let's see. Look, I think they can go
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  Speaker 1: to South Carolina and win. I think Missouri is gettable,
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  Speaker 1: although that's a good Missouri team. The next two weeks
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  Speaker 1: are going to tell us a lot. Look, I mean, Alabama, LSU, Oklahoma, Texas,
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  Speaker 1: that's going to ultimately kind of– that's tough. That's a
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  Speaker 1: tough four-game stretch, although we've got a break on October
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  Speaker 1: 10th after Alabama and before LSU. But I think South
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  Speaker 1: Carolina ought to handle them first. And then Missouri is
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  Speaker 1: going to be really pivotal because I think after that,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, look, they've got chances in pretty much all
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  Speaker 1: those games with maybe the exception of the four that
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  Speaker 1: I mentioned. But let's just see how this plays out.
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  Speaker 1: I'm excited to what I see. The quarterback gives them
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  Speaker 1: a chance in any game, but they are playing well
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  Speaker 1: around them. And the passing game is really efficient. But, no,
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  Speaker 1: I'm really impressed with what I'm seeing. And, look, I
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  Speaker 1: think as you win, the stakes get higher. And I
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  Speaker 1: think South Carolina's got the– they're going to be in
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  Speaker 1: for it this week. What a quarterback matchup. But South
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  Speaker 1: Carolina's going to have to play very well to beat
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  Speaker 1: Mississippi State, no question.
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  Speaker 2: You mentioned Oklahoma. They go down to Michigan at the
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  Speaker 2: Big House 17-10. That was a 10-0 ballgame. They came back,
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  Speaker 2: tied it up. John Mateer looks good coming off the bus.
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  Speaker 2: He looks good in the video room. He looks good
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  Speaker 2: at the Manning Passing Academy. He didn't look good Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: Just not a good passer, and that's the thing about it.
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  Speaker 1: The run-threat quarterbacks are very dangerous, very difficult for defenses
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  Speaker 1: to prepare for. He's got to be able to throw
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  Speaker 1: the football accurately. I mean, you're seeing that, whether we
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  Speaker 1: get to it or not, you're seeing that with some
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  Speaker 1: other guys. I mean, you see that sometimes on Sundays.
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  Speaker 1: You saw that with Sam Leather against Louisiana Tech. Mateer,
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  Speaker 1: without the quarterback run, this team offensively is going to struggle.
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  Speaker 1: They've got to get more efficiency out of the passing game.
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  Speaker 1: It's a good defense. They can run the football, including
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback run, but their ceiling is going to be
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  Speaker 1: pretty low unless they can improve their passing game. That's
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  Speaker 1: just the bottom line.
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  Speaker 2: Alabama. Alabama. uh, got punched in the mouth early. Kentucky, uh,
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  Speaker 2: put up a fight. That was a, uh, you know, 17,
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  Speaker 2: 13 ball game in favor of Kentucky at the half.
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  Speaker 2: Then Alabama put up, uh, you know, 32 points in
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  Speaker 2: the second half and shut out Kentucky. What did you
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  Speaker 2: see out of Alabama that you liked? And then what
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  Speaker 2: maybe made you a little pause there on Alabama?
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  Speaker 1: Uh, the, the, the, the defense is playing very well
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  Speaker 1: and they're very good as I thought they would be.
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  Speaker 1: They are that. And then some, they're very, very good.
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  Speaker 1: And they, um, On all three levels, they're good. Their
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  Speaker 1: secondary is outstanding. Linebackers are very instinctive. Playmakers. This is
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  Speaker 1: a very good defense. And I thought there was a
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  Speaker 1: little bit of an adjustment period early. Obviously, Kentucky got
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  Speaker 1: a score basically off of mistakes. What I didn't like
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  Speaker 1: about Alabama is just the mistakes they made early. I mean, basically,
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  Speaker 1: they gifted Kentucky a touchdown. credit Kentucky for making a
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  Speaker 1: really good play, but you've got to protect the football.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't do that well at all. Made way too
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  Speaker 1: many mistakes. And I look, I think the, again, the
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  Speaker 1: efficiency in the passing game is something to see going forward.
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  Speaker 1: How good can it be? That'll determine how far this
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  Speaker 1: team can go because the quarterback is dynamic. But at
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  Speaker 1: this point, he's making big plays for his team and
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  Speaker 1: the opposition. So again, In essence, Kentucky was in the
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  Speaker 1: game because Alabama played very poorly in the first half.
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  Speaker 1: Then they settled down, didn't make mistakes, and they kind
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  Speaker 1: of just torched Kentucky in the second half. So they
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  Speaker 1: can't get away with that if they play that poorly
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  Speaker 1: against better teams. But that's kind of what my summation
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  Speaker 1: of watching Alabama.
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  Speaker 2: Texas, boy, they got down big. Two turnovers, first two drives,
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  Speaker 2: a fumble on the first play, a little swing pass
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  Speaker 2: to the running back, and then the deep ball that
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  Speaker 2: just a fluke. I say fluke. It was a freak play.
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  Speaker 2: The receiver had it, and then it comes out of
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  Speaker 2: his hands right into the DB's hands. It looked like
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State was going to blow them out in their
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  Speaker 2: own building, but you've got to credit Steve Sarkeesian, Arch Manning.
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  Speaker 2: That offensive line played well, and Texas with a big comeback.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, look, Texas is good. Again, how good you look depends.
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  Speaker 1: relatively speaking on the mistakes you make or the, the,
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  Speaker 1: you avoid, they, they played sloppy. You mentioned the drop
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  Speaker 1: ball really hurt them. There was some big plays to
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  Speaker 1: be had, or they could have gotten off to a
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  Speaker 1: quicker start. And then because of the hole, they dug
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  Speaker 1: themselves in Ohio state was very close to putting them away.
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  Speaker 1: You know what I mean? If they don't, if they look,
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  Speaker 1: I think Ohio state to me, still very good. Uh,
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  Speaker 1: They've got a great receiver, but the number two guy,
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  Speaker 1: if you can bracket him, can they make enough plays
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  Speaker 1: away from number one? I don't know. And defensively, I
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  Speaker 1: didn't think their defensive line played all that well, although
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  Speaker 1: Texas' offensive line is good. It's a big win for
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  Speaker 1: Texas because I think coming back to win it, I
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  Speaker 1: think it does a lot for their momentum. But it
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  Speaker 1: really comes down to, I think Texas, just played very sloppy,
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  Speaker 1: very poorly, and left a lot of plays on the
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  Speaker 1: field in the first half, or else that might have
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  Speaker 1: been a more, you know, more decisive type of complete performance,
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  Speaker 1: I would say, out of Texas. I think Texas will
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  Speaker 1: be fine. I think Ohio State's going to be fine.
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  Speaker 1: I think both of these teams will still likely end
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  Speaker 1: up in the playoffs. But, yeah, I was impressed, and
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  Speaker 1: you could see kind of the release, and I think
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  Speaker 1: that had a lot to do with the reactions of
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  Speaker 1: both Arch Manning and Steve Sarkeesian. It was almost like
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  Speaker 1: there was bigger relief than joy, combination relief than joy,
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  Speaker 1: I would say.
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