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C.J. Vogel on Texas/Clemson, Transfer Portal, and more! · The Craig Way Show

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  Speaker 1: Continue to talk Texas football as they will host the
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  Speaker 1: Clemson Tigers in three days at DKR in the first
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  Speaker 1: round of the College Football Playoff. And here to help
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  Speaker 1: me preview this game, my good friend CJ Fogal from
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  Speaker 1: on Texas Football. CJ, let's start off with this game Saturday.
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  Speaker 1: What do you see as being the key battles in
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  Speaker 1: game that will ultimately decide this outcome.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think there's a couple, right. It's protecting the
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  Speaker 2: football for Texas, it's execution in the red zone. All
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  Speaker 2: of that comes down to the running game and Quinnie
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  Speaker 2: ers right, you know, And so if you want to
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  Speaker 2: come down to just simple terms, that's how well does
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  Speaker 2: the offense execute?
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: Clemson is very opportunistic defensively, twenty five turnovers for us
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  Speaker 2: this year, you know, they're up there top three in
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  Speaker 2: the country and turnover margin, which is very key for
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  Speaker 2: beating teams when you're eleven point underdog as well. So
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  Speaker 2: for me, it's just as simple as find ways to
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  Speaker 2: execute in the short red zone, something Texas necessarily hasn't done.
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  Speaker 3: Over the last two weeks.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, the turnovers would be part of thinking Clemson's both
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  Speaker 1: losses or all their losses. They have not forced any
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  Speaker 1: turnovers defensively on the red zone side. You mentioned that
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  Speaker 1: from Texas. What have you seen that has been plaguing
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  Speaker 1: Texas in the red zone?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, Look, this has been kind of a magic question
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  Speaker 2: over the last two years. And I thought Texas had
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  Speaker 2: done a good job early in the first half of
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  Speaker 2: the season of figuring that out. Of course, you know,
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  Speaker 2: they went on a pretty good six or seven games
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  Speaker 2: stretch to start the season in terms of converting red
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  Speaker 2: zone trips into seven points, and that since dissipated quite
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  Speaker 2: a bit. And look, I think it starts with the
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  Speaker 2: running game. I'd like to see maybe some Jared Gibson
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  Speaker 2: on the downhill ability. I'd like to see maybe some
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  Speaker 2: Arch Manning providing some of that quarterback run that package
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  Speaker 2: that looked pretty good against Texas A and M. Let's
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  Speaker 2: be honest, So I don't know the one on one
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  Speaker 2: routes are there for Isaiah Bond if he's completely healthy.
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  Speaker 2: We've seen Matthew Golden be a one on one threat
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  Speaker 2: all throughout the year. Texas has to find ways to
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  Speaker 2: create those simple throws for Quinnie was in the red
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  Speaker 2: zone in that sense eluded them in the second half
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  Speaker 2: of the year.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you mentioned Isaiah Bond's injury. I think there's been
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  Speaker 1: three key players on offense. Obviously it's been injured and
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  Speaker 1: not been playing one hundred percent Quin you weres of course,
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  Speaker 1: Isaiah Bond, and then Kelvin Banks who missed the game
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  Speaker 1: last week. How ready to go? Do you think those
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  Speaker 1: guys will be come Saturday?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I've heard Quinn is completely back to full health.
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  Speaker 2: Of course, not practicing with the brace. He's been slinging
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  Speaker 2: the rock for the last two games with it on
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  Speaker 2: since then, obviously with the bye week that is now
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  Speaker 2: off of his injured ankle. Calvin Banks maybe not one
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  Speaker 2: hundred percent, but good enough to give it a go
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  Speaker 2: on Saturday. That's what I've been hearing recently as well.
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  Speaker 2: He's been practicing with the first team as of Monday
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  Speaker 2: and Tuesday. That is expected to be the case Wednesday
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  Speaker 2: as well as Texas is back on the practice field currently.
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  Speaker 2: And then Isaiah Bond maybe a little bit less of
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  Speaker 2: an optimistic approach there with his ankle. Of course, he
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  Speaker 2: got rolled up on by Trey Wisen late in that
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  Speaker 2: Georgia game. Was seeing with a crutch with a boot
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  Speaker 2: leaving the Mercedes Been Stadium two Saturdays ago in Atlanta.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think that he's going to be one hundred percent.
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  Speaker 2: I do think he will try to suit up and
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  Speaker 2: give it a go. How often will he be a
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  Speaker 2: difference maker? I lean towards not so often given the
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  Speaker 2: status of that ankle.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Oklahoma game he had one catch five yards, and
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  Speaker 1: that was really the beginning of his ankle problems. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: the first five games of the season, CJ didn't have
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  Speaker 1: a game worse than fifty yards, but since then only
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  Speaker 1: one game above fifty yards. In the last three games,
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  Speaker 1: he's had three catches for about forty nine yards. How
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  Speaker 1: much of the offense struggling red zone and not being
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  Speaker 1: able to put up the numbers that we used to
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  Speaker 1: see them put up in the first half of the season.
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  Speaker 1: How much of that do you think is on Isaiah
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  Speaker 1: Bond not being properly healthy and also Texas just not
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  Speaker 1: really having a true number one running back.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you can point to both being quite
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  Speaker 2: a big of an issue. Right You know, with Isaiah
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  Speaker 2: bon specifically, he probably more than anybody on the team
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  Speaker 2: right now offensively at least has that instant impact trait
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  Speaker 2: to him and that's his speed, right. We've seen it
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  Speaker 2: twice this year where you know, he catches a bubble,
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  Speaker 2: he finds a crease or a sliver on the outside,
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  Speaker 2: and he's gone. You know, I don't think that anybody
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  Speaker 2: else on this roster at the moment has that, and
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  Speaker 2: you know that's kind of been what's missing is that
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  Speaker 2: big play home run ability. Texas has done great whenever
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  Speaker 2: you pick up you know, eight to twelve to you know,
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  Speaker 2: run for three and you kind of chip your way
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  Speaker 2: down the field, but that leads you right to.
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  Speaker 3: The red zone.
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  Speaker 2: Right in came We've talked about it. Texas struggles exactly there.
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  Speaker 2: So for Isaiah Bond specifically, his absence has taken away
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  Speaker 2: that instant home run, that instant touchdown from the Texas offense,
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  Speaker 2: and that's certainly hurt them. But for the running game specifically,
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  Speaker 2: you know we've seen this year not necessarily having that
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  Speaker 2: true number one hasn't hurt them all that much.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe a little bit in the red zone.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, again, when you've rushed for three hundred
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  Speaker 2: and thirty yards against Kentucky and Texas A and M
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  Speaker 2: to end the red season, you're feeling pretty good. About
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  Speaker 2: what Trey Wiser has been able to do. Now, it's
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  Speaker 2: just about finding that offensive rhythm up front with the
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  Speaker 2: offensive line, making sure that one the quarterbacks protected. Two
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  Speaker 2: those lanes are created and it starts with those big
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  Speaker 2: bodies up front.
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  Speaker 3: The run will come as a result.
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  Speaker 2: And I think that Clemson is a team that you'll
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  Speaker 2: be able to see some success with in that run game.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned the deep ball and not having that deep
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  Speaker 1: ball threat because I see a lot of stuff on
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  Speaker 1: Twitter and message boards and no doubt probably in your
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  Speaker 1: mentions as well as CJ about you know, well Quinn
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  Speaker 1: can't throw the deep ball, Well who's he throwing to?
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  Speaker 1: Because I mean we saw two years ago, well in
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  Speaker 1: Texas really just had Xavior Worthy. You had a broken hand,
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  Speaker 1: and that was about it. Struggle with a deep ball
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  Speaker 1: passing attack. But then I thought last year it improved
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  Speaker 1: and I think that was a lot about to do
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  Speaker 1: with with Worthy being healthy and also the addition of
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  Speaker 1: Ady Mitchell. I don't see another receiver like that. It
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  Speaker 1: could be Isaiah Bam, but he's not healthy. Maybe John
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  Speaker 1: day Cook, but you know he's gone from the program.
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  Speaker 1: The one deep ball he did have, he did drop
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  Speaker 1: Ryan Wingo. I think it is a great intermediary guy,
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  Speaker 1: but he doesn't seem to be able to win that
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  Speaker 1: one on one matchups and doesn't seem to have that
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  Speaker 1: straight line speed that would be able to impact the
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  Speaker 1: game in the deep ball manner.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, that's kind of that big hindrance with the absence
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  Speaker 2: of Isaiah Bond.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: You know, look, we've seen Matthew Golden win a few
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  Speaker 2: jump balls, right, He's had some success, had a big
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  Speaker 2: catch against Texas A and m had one against Michigan.
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  Speaker 2: It had one against Georgia right in the SEC championship game.
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  Speaker 2: But is he the guy that Texas is gonna draw the.
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  Speaker 3: Big play for? Well, at this point he might have
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  Speaker 3: to be.
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  Speaker 2: And I don't think that's necessarily to your point, the
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  Speaker 2: big strength of his game, but you kind of have
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  Speaker 2: to rely on who you got out there.
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  Speaker 3: And you know, you're you're right.
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  Speaker 2: You know, Texas has trusted Ryan Wingo to go up
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  Speaker 2: there and win the fifty to fifties and it just
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  Speaker 2: hasn't necessarily fallen his way. Right, that's partially on the quarterback,
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  Speaker 2: that's partially on the young wide receiver. Maybe not positioning
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  Speaker 2: his body, maybe not timing the jump, whatever the result is,
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  Speaker 2: the ball's fallen incomplete and that that's just, you know,
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  Speaker 2: a down that you don't get back. And part of
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  Speaker 2: me cam, I think I tossed this idea to you
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  Speaker 2: earlier last week. But when Texas was driving down the
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  Speaker 2: field for that game time field goal against Georgia to
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  Speaker 2: lead into overtime, you saw Sark go back to what
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  Speaker 2: ended the season in twenty twenty three with those fades
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  Speaker 2: that ad Ni Mitchell in the red zone, right, he
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  Speaker 2: went back to back to Ryan Wingo on those kind
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  Speaker 2: of outside fades to the end zone, and you know,
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  Speaker 2: one ended up with a fifteen yard pass interference and
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  Speaker 2: the other fell incomplete. But I'm sitting there thinking, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we've been here before. You know, where's the creativity. You
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  Speaker 2: have a time out left, find something that works. And
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  Speaker 2: what had been working in that game it was the
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  Speaker 2: underneath was the quick slants, the digs, the whips, everything
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  Speaker 2: that Coin could just sit back, throw and let the
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  Speaker 2: guys create after the catch.
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  Speaker 3: It was working. The intermediate was working as well.
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  Speaker 2: Some part of me still kind of holds out that
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  Speaker 2: reservation that you know, there's still a fail safe in
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  Speaker 2: there for sark and is just toss it up to
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  Speaker 2: the big body on the outside and pray that he
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  Speaker 2: comes down with the one on one win.
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  Speaker 3: That just hasn't been case over the last couple of years.
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  Speaker 1: Interesting you mentioned arts Manning. Of course, you know he
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  Speaker 1: came in on that the first and ten to start
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  Speaker 1: overtime against Georgia, had the good touchdown run against A
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  Speaker 1: and M. Kind of surprised we didn't see it more
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  Speaker 1: against Georgia, And I wonder if some of that is
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  Speaker 1: just as hard as start just holding on to some
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  Speaker 1: of these packages for later in the playoff. And I
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  Speaker 1: want to ask you, do you think we're gonna see
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  Speaker 1: Arts more in this playoff game? Or do you think
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  Speaker 1: Texas will be able to get by without showing all
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  Speaker 1: of their cards against a Clemson team that really, you know,
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  Speaker 1: isn't one of the top twelve teams in the country,
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  Speaker 1: but god in thanks to the a SEC championship win.
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  Speaker 2: You know, it's pretty interesting, right, you know, you use
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  Speaker 2: it against Texas A and M, but you don't use
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  Speaker 2: it against Georgia.
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  Speaker 3: What's the difference? Right?
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  Speaker 2: You could argue the Georgia game had more at State
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  Speaker 2: and it did, right. SEC championship was on the line,
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  Speaker 2: why would you not use it. It's not to hold it back,
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  Speaker 2: it's not to hide. It started own film, right. He
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  Speaker 2: scored a touchdown his first touch against Texas A and M.
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  Speaker 2: I look, if you have it, why not use it
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  Speaker 2: because there's certainly something there that you can utilize, and
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  Speaker 2: that's his legs.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: The plus one math that goes into a running quarterback
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  Speaker 2: or a mobile quarterback.
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  Speaker 3: Changes the entire complexion of a defense.
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  Speaker 2: And even if it's just for you know, a look,
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  Speaker 2: you know, get it out there, force a timeout, force
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  Speaker 2: the defense to adjust, because if they don't, you have
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  Speaker 2: a look that you want, you can certainly utilize that.
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  Speaker 3: Texas A and M. Look, he was on the field
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  Speaker 3: for force snaps.
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  Speaker 2: One of them ended up being a touchdown, another one
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  Speaker 2: ended up being Texas A and M wasting a timeout.
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  Speaker 2: I would use him at least for five or six snaps,
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  Speaker 2: given the red zone boes of recently. But look, that's
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  Speaker 2: why I'm talking to you and not head coach of
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  Speaker 2: the Texas Longhorns, so that but I think you have
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  Speaker 2: to utilize him. If not, there's a lot of what ifs.
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  Speaker 2: If the season doesn't go as planned.
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  Speaker 1: And I wonder how much of it is just is
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  Speaker 1: Sark just does he not trust Arts to make throws
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  Speaker 1: because in you know, it's been very very small sample size,
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  Speaker 1: but in Georgia A and M, we just saw Arch
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  Speaker 1: run the football, we didn't see him throw it. I
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  Speaker 1: wonder if some of that has just Sark just afraid
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  Speaker 1: of Arts, maybe made making a mistake and turn the
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  Speaker 1: ball over in the red zone.
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  Speaker 3: You've made mistakes with your normal quarterback. So what's the.
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  Speaker 1: Difference, Yeah, a fair point. I think Texas can get
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  Speaker 1: by Clemson without needing Arch, maybe Arizona State. But if
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  Speaker 1: you get to Oregon and semi finals and that's the course,
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  Speaker 1: that's a hypothetical, I think you're gonna need more Arch
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  Speaker 1: manning and less Magically. The offense is back to where
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  Speaker 1: it was at making the season. All let's talk about
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  Speaker 1: the offense, about quaint and Arch. I think this game
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  Speaker 1: on already comes down to the defense.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, totally.
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  Speaker 2: I think again it starts with the front. You know,
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  Speaker 2: that defensive end group, that defensive line group. Can you
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  Speaker 2: stop film off in the running attack. If so, you'll
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  Speaker 2: have a good, you know, chance of making Clemson very
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  Speaker 2: one dimensional team. Also, on the edges. And we've seen
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  Speaker 2: Texas be very good against running and mobile quarterbacks in
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  Speaker 2: the past. Right, that includes Jaln Milroe last year, Jason
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  Speaker 2: being at Kansas where they kind of have that triple option. Look,
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  Speaker 2: you know, it was basically stymy throughout the entire afternoon.
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  Speaker 2: Marcel Reid, Michael Hawk, It's Diego, Pavia, Taylor Green. The
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  Speaker 2: list goes on and on. Texas has faced a lot
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  Speaker 2: of mobile quarterbacks. How many have truly hurt the long ones?
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  Speaker 2: Not many, right, maybe Dylan Gabriel late in that Oklahoma
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  Speaker 2: game twenty twenty three. Aside from that, I don't think
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  Speaker 2: that Texas was hurt by really any of them in
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  Speaker 2: the run game. So that's more at testament to the
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  Speaker 2: scheme in the game plan of saying, hey, ed rushers,
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  Speaker 2: if you're not getting home, make sure he's not getting
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  Speaker 2: to the outside, and make sure that you're containing and
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  Speaker 2: allowing this top end secondary to make plays on the
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  Speaker 2: Football's on the football live to see another down. Don't
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  Speaker 2: allow the big explosive play with the quarterback run.
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  Speaker 1: Talking with CJ. Fogel from on Texas Football and on
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  Speaker 1: Texas football dot Com. Okay transfer portal windows open. We
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  Speaker 1: seen Texas take three takes. Now it's kind of slowing
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  Speaker 1: down a little bit. What have you made so far
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  Speaker 1: of the three editions they have made? And do you
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  Speaker 1: think we're gonna see anything more in the next couple
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  Speaker 1: of weeks.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, definitely, Texas.
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  Speaker 2: Look the windows open for another ten days and you'll
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  Speaker 2: have some coaching changes. As January comes around, you'll have
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  Speaker 2: the spring window, You'll.
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  Speaker 3: Have grad transfers.
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  Speaker 2: Texas will certainly see that rise double at least probably
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  Speaker 2: triple if.
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  Speaker 3: I had to guess right now. But they sit with
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  Speaker 3: three right.
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  Speaker 2: One's a two time All Conference punter, Jack Bomester from Utah.
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  Speaker 2: Really big addition there. Of course, special teams maybe took
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  Speaker 2: a step back this year. It's normally been really good
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  Speaker 2: and I still think Jeff Banks is a tremendous special
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  Speaker 2: teams coordinator, but now he's got a big leg at punter,
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  Speaker 2: which is a big deal in my eyes. Brad Spence,
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  Speaker 2: a guy that's come on late, was a bit undersized
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  Speaker 2: out of high school, out of Houston. Four and a
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  Speaker 2: half sacks, a guy that can play the middle two
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  Speaker 2: hundred and forty pounds that's going to fit right in
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  Speaker 2: with you know, some of the sec size that Texas
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  Speaker 2: is posting right now.
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  Speaker 3: Plus you can utilize.
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  Speaker 2: Not just Anthony Hill blitzing and utilizing him in odd
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  Speaker 2: front packages, but Brad Spence. He's already shown so far
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  Speaker 2: that he can get to the quarterback. Had a sack
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  Speaker 2: against Texas and Fateville this year.
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  Speaker 3: And then Cole Brivard.
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  Speaker 2: Look, Texas is in a big time market for defensive lineman.
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  Speaker 2: They've got one in the fold with Bravard, to his
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  Speaker 2: twenty three career starts a big time guy over the nose,
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  Speaker 2: which you don't find very often in the portal.
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  Speaker 3: Texas has won at defensive line.
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  Speaker 2: I think they need three more, but we'll see where
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  Speaker 2: they go when that window closes in ten days. I
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  Speaker 2: would expect the Longhorns to have a couple other additions.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, let's start with wide receiver Eric Sionolton Reteorgia Tech.
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  Speaker 1: It sounds like he's going to end up at Auburn.
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  Speaker 1: Do you think this is a spot where Texas will
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  Speaker 1: wait until the next portal window after the postseason to
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  Speaker 1: add a receiver.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's interesting, right.
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  Speaker 2: It might come down to just what's the end decision
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  Speaker 2: for some of the receivers on campus, right. I do
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  Speaker 2: think Isaiah Bond is headed to the NFL draft. I
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  Speaker 2: do think Matthew Golden is also headed to the NFL draft,
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  Speaker 2: But I don't think that one holds as much, you know, confidence,
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  Speaker 2: if you will, you know, I do think that there
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  Speaker 2: is a little bit of a margin, a little bit
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  Speaker 2: of a window for Texas to make a push to
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  Speaker 2: retain Matthew Golden. The question is if you don't, do
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  Speaker 2: you have a plan in place for that other wide
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  Speaker 2: receiver spot again, because look, I think wing Goo and
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  Speaker 2: More coming back is great.
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  Speaker 3: You got some really talented freshman coming back.
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  Speaker 2: Parker living Stones make a lot of noise and practice
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  Speaker 2: already as well.
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  Speaker 3: But you like that reliability.
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  Speaker 2: You'd like to have that experience in production at the
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  Speaker 2: wide receiver spot. And Singleton kind of fit the exact
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  Speaker 2: mold that you were looking for with his ten three
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  Speaker 2: one hundred meter speed.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, and you also have Jimmie French coming back cleek Lockett. Interesting.
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  Speaker 1: I could see Isaiah Bond returning just because of all
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  Speaker 1: the injuries he's had this year bringing down his draft stock.
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  Speaker 1: I can see Matthew Golden going for sure. We like
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  Speaker 1: kicker spot do you think Texas makes a move. They
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  Speaker 1: do have Spencer Barnett, the Westlake freshman, obviously burn Auburn
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  Speaker 1: not having a good year, and he still has a
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  Speaker 1: year let of eligibility.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, this is an interesting one because look, a year ago,
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  Speaker 2: Texas fans are probably clamoring for him to win the
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  Speaker 2: Kicker of the Year award, right, you know, and that's
• 14:48
  Speaker 2: unfortunate that it's kind of turned to this. Right he's
• 14:50
  Speaker 2: sixty seven percent on the year. That's not gonna fly
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  Speaker 2: at Texas. It's not gonna fly at many SEC programs
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  Speaker 2: looking to compete for a national championship. I bet Texas
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  Speaker 2: toy around for a portal kicker, you know, and we
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  Speaker 2: kickers are tough to find Texas, you know, for whatever
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  Speaker 2: the jokes are, you know, they've had a great run
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  Speaker 2: of kickers success, right Nick ros justin Tucker.
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  Speaker 3: You know, you go all the way back.
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  Speaker 2: There's kickers there, including Cameron Dicker, that have kind of
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  Speaker 2: set the standard for what kicking should be at Texas.
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  Speaker 3: And you have a good one, you got to hold
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  Speaker 3: on to him.
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  Speaker 2: And right now, I think Texas might be in the
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  Speaker 2: market for one. When it comes down to the portal.
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  Speaker 1: Okay, one other spot in the transfer portal the branch
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  Speaker 1: brothers Sakaya branch obviously a speedster at USC, a great returner,
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  Speaker 1: but as a price tag of probably seven figures, and
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  Speaker 1: also his brother's sign a branch who has had a
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  Speaker 1: lot of trouble defensively at USC. What do you what
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  Speaker 1: do you make of those two guys and what do
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  Speaker 1: you think Texas will do with them?
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  Speaker 2: Look, if it was just zachar Rai and the portal,
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  Speaker 2: I think Texas makes a big time play for him. Now,
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  Speaker 2: if it's a package deal with the Zion as well
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  Speaker 2: the safety that you mentioned, that changes quite a bit
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  Speaker 2: because do you pay the premium for both knowing that
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  Speaker 2: one likely isn't going to be in You're too deep.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's worth fair because this Texas secondary room,
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  Speaker 2: especially at safety, has a lot of star power right
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  Speaker 2: There's three five stars waiting to get on the field
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  Speaker 2: that weren't on the field this year, and another borderline
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  Speaker 2: five star that was injured off the field. So it's
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  Speaker 2: a crowded room right now, and I know that. Look,
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  Speaker 2: you'd like the difference maker that is Zachariat Branch. You'd
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  Speaker 2: probably like to add some depth. But at the same time,
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  Speaker 2: are you willing to go above and beyond with the
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  Speaker 2: paycheck wise when we've not necessarily seen that be the
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  Speaker 2: case for Longhorns and other portal recruitments.
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  Speaker 1: You mentioned Cole Brovard from Purdue. He's going to transfer
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  Speaker 1: to Texas defensive line depth. You worried about that, Texas
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  Speaker 1: losing a couple guys, including sad Deir Mitchell, who I
• 16:37
  Speaker 1: think entered the portal and then went back out of
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: the portal during our interview just now about two more times.
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  Speaker 1: What do you make of the Texas line defensive depth
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  Speaker 1: right now?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, no, it's it's a scary site.
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  Speaker 2: You know, you got eighty six total snaps of the
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  Speaker 2: guys on campus right now, plus you add the three
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  Speaker 2: true freshmen coming in the twenty twenty five recruiting class,
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  Speaker 2: and it's not a lot.
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  Speaker 3: You know.
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  Speaker 2: Luckily, Texas has already landed one right to Culbervard ou
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  Speaker 2: to Purdue. That's a guy that I've pimed in already
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  Speaker 2: to be a starter over the nose. You know, that's
• 17:04
  Speaker 2: a big body, six fourth or ind and thirty pounds again,
• 17:07
  Speaker 2: twenty three starts under his belt, three hundred and sixty
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  Speaker 2: something snaps over the a gap this year, it's pretty good.
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  Speaker 3: Now you got to find something next to him.
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  Speaker 2: And look, I do think Alex January is going to
• 17:19
  Speaker 2: be a big time player at Texas, but you got
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: to get him to the point where he's completely ready.
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  Speaker 2: And look, it takes a physical freak to step in
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  Speaker 2: day one become a contributor as a true freshman. Let's
• 17:30
  Speaker 2: see if any of these three in the twenty five
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  Speaker 2: class become one of those guys. Because we saw it
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  Speaker 2: briefly from January and he had some good moments. That's
• 17:38
  Speaker 2: a tough thing to ask. Last question for you.
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  Speaker 1: I know it's Wednesday, but do you have an early
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  Speaker 1: prediction yet for Saturday's game between Texas and Clemson.
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  Speaker 2: Look, I don't have a score locked in yet, but
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  Speaker 2: I do think this is going to be a game
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  Speaker 2: that's pretty close in the first half. And that's kind
• 17:54
  Speaker 2: of weird thing because Texas normally start out pretty well
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: first half.
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  Speaker 3: Right.
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  Speaker 2: You know these I believe they've only allowed something like
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: ten points over their last five contests in the first
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  Speaker 2: half of football games. And offensively, they're tremendous. Clemson offensively
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  Speaker 2: they're also really good. But like Lincoln Riley, his brother
• 18:13
  Speaker 2: Garrett Riley, the offensive coordinator at Clemson. Look, he stumbles
• 18:17
  Speaker 2: in the second half. One adjustments needed to be made.
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: Results tend to take a tumble. So look Clemson, for
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: whatever the reason, their fourth quarter scoring difference is not favorable.
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  Speaker 2: I think it'll be a close first half and then
• 18:29
  Speaker 2: you'll see Texas kind of pull away with some of
• 18:31
  Speaker 2: that depth, with some of that top end talent that
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: is sitting in the Burnt Orange, not the Clemson orange.
• 18:38
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• 18:43
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• 18:44
  Speaker 3: Absolutely, Cam, I appreciate you having me on.
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• 18:55
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• 18:58
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• 19:02
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