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North Carolina CAN BEAT TCU But Will The Tar Heels Pull SHOCKER? · ACC Football Addiction (Atlantic Coast Conference)

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  Speaker 1: We will move on to previewing that very game that
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  Speaker 1: we just talked about. The UNC TCU game that will
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  Speaker 1: knock off or kick off the 2026 regular season week.
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  Speaker 1: Zero noon Eastern. I believe is when this starts, which
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  Speaker 1: is like four or 5. PM Dublin time. It's a
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  Speaker 1: great time. I know that nobody's changing their plans right
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  Speaker 1: now to go, but if you, if you're on the fence,
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  Speaker 1: I would certainly say, go check that out. A lot
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  Speaker 1: of fun. Um, Thoughts here. Listen, I've done this from
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  Speaker 1: a TCU perspective. I'd really like to hone in on
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  Speaker 1: UNC here, and I don't think it'll be an easy road.
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  Speaker 1: I think the spread is set at seven and a half.
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  Speaker 1: This segment is presented by PrizePix, since we just kind
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  Speaker 1: of gave you the spread. What does UNC have to
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  Speaker 1: do to win this game? Because Vegas says they feel
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  Speaker 1: like it's somewhat close.
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  Speaker 2: I think this will be somewhat close. I am fascinated
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  Speaker 2: to see. what Bobby Petrino is able to do as
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  Speaker 2: the offensive coordinator now at UNC? Have they made progress
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  Speaker 2: in the offseason in terms of giving some, I don't know,
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  Speaker 2: gusto to this offense because it was anemic last year?
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  Speaker 2: Bringing in Billy Edwards, formerly of Maryland, formerly of Wisconsin,
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  Speaker 2: there's confidence there because he did have a solid season
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  Speaker 2: at Maryland two years ago. Last year was lost for
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  Speaker 2: the season with Wisconsin. Wisconsin's had a ton of issues
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  Speaker 2: with their quarterback health. I think Billy Edwards can provide
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  Speaker 2: some confidence. He can do some things with his legs
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  Speaker 2: to the point that we were just saying in our
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  Speaker 2: segment presented by PrizePix in terms of the totals for
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  Speaker 2: Jaden Craig, quarterback for TCU, and I know we'll get
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  Speaker 2: to him in a minute. Billy Edwards being able to scoot,
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  Speaker 2: being able to move potentially in a rainy environment. If
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  Speaker 2: there is rain, it's Ireland. That happens all the time.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not sure what the forecast looks like, but hey,
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  Speaker 2: anything can happen. First game of the season, you're rusty.
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  Speaker 2: We have seen how those games overseas don't always look
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  Speaker 2: all that pretty, considering these players are just trying to
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  Speaker 2: shake off the rust from camp and they're finally getting going.
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  Speaker 2: I think Billy Edwards is going to be critical in
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  Speaker 2: this game. I just don't have high expectations for this
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  Speaker 2: to be an air raid offense all of a sudden,
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  Speaker 2: and I know that was kind of the model that
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  Speaker 2: Wisconsin was attempting to do with Billy Edwards last year.
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  Speaker 2: It never really got off the ground. Billy Edwards was
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  Speaker 2: not necessarily some, you know, high-powered gunslinger at Maryland a
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  Speaker 2: handful of years ago. He is a tough runner, and
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  Speaker 2: he is prepared to be physical, lower his shoulder, and
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  Speaker 2: he plays a tough style of football. It reminds me
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  Speaker 2: of almost a poor man's Haynes King a little bit.
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  Speaker 2: So I'm very excited to see what this offense is
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  Speaker 2: going to do. But this opening game of the season, Cole,
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  Speaker 2: I defer to you on TCU. I just don't know
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  Speaker 2: what to expect considering you're replacing Josh Hoover. You had
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  Speaker 2: the issue over the last few weeks with Jake Fields
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  Speaker 2: off the field obviously and he's no longer with the
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  Speaker 2: team that was a big hit for the defense.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah um can i just throw this out here and
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  Speaker 3: i'm not trying to be disrespectful but did billy edwards
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  Speaker 3: have to be the starting quarterback because if he's a
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  Speaker 3: redhead and they're playing in ireland like did he have
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  Speaker 3: to be the starting quarterback for that reason and i
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  Speaker 3: was wondering like apparently miles o'neill was pushing him in
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  Speaker 3: practice and then all of a sudden oh no we're
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  Speaker 3: in dublin so the leprechaun's got to go ahead and
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  Speaker 3: be qb1 for this matchup just just just.
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  Speaker 2: Want to it helps i mean it doesn't hurt.
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  Speaker 3: So from the TCU side of things, I'm really excited
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  Speaker 3: to see what this offense looks like under new play
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  Speaker 3: caller Gordon Sammis from UConn. UConn was a phenomenal offense
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  Speaker 3: last year. I think if you guys remember the Duke game,
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  Speaker 3: they went back and forth and they had one of
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  Speaker 3: the better passers at what you would consider G5 level,
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  Speaker 3: but technically they're an independent in Joe Fagnione. And then
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  Speaker 3: you throw in Cam Edwards in the running game. So
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  Speaker 3: this could be a really interesting battle. Jaden Craig comes
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  Speaker 3: on in and you talk to some people around the
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  Speaker 3: program and They don't think that he will be this
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  Speaker 3: elite standout player.
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  Speaker 2: But the.
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  Speaker 3: Fond thoughts of Jaden Craig replacing Josh Hoover is somewhat
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  Speaker 3: of a welcome sight. They're not as upset about watching
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  Speaker 3: a quarterback now go into Kirk's genetic system as after
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  Speaker 3: the turnovers he had for his two-plus seasons as a
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  Speaker 3: starting quarterback down in Fort Worth. They still return Jordan Dwyer.
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  Speaker 3: They still have Jeremy Payne, who was really, really hot
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  Speaker 3: to close out last season. I think this is a
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  Speaker 3: top-25 team. The offensive line is a concern, mainly because
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  Speaker 3: of you replacing multiple starters. Defensively, Andy Avello still has
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  Speaker 3: six guys back from a unit that finished, I think,
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  Speaker 3: top half a season ago for TCU in the Big
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  Speaker 3: 12 rankings. So there's a lot, I think, to like
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  Speaker 3: about this game. What you have to remind yourself of
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  Speaker 3: is the weather, right? Does that force you to change
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  Speaker 3: up your offensive approach? Does it force you to take
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  Speaker 3: away the aspect of maybe throwing it on early downs
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  Speaker 3: and maybe have to go ahead and trust your run game? Now,
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  Speaker 3: on the flip side, I believe you only returned three
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  Speaker 3: starters defensively for Steve Belichick's unit that was underwhelming a
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  Speaker 3: season ago. So the question is, is that a good
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  Speaker 3: thing or a bad thing? Is watching guys leave your program,
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  Speaker 3: now replacing them with guys who maybe have been a
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  Speaker 3: part of the system but were debt pieces, a plus?
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  Speaker 3: or a negative for the unit going into this matchup. Uh,
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  Speaker 3: Jaden Craig's legs are going to be a big time deal.
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  Speaker 3: His physicality is going to be a big time deal. Um,
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  Speaker 3: I do agree with you on one thing. Billy Edwards
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  Speaker 3: is one tough SOB guy gets hit a lot and
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  Speaker 3: he has not been afraid to stand back up and
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  Speaker 3: continue to play. So I'll give credit there, but you
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  Speaker 3: really got to wonder if this becomes a battle in
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  Speaker 3: the trenches, who do you trust more? Maybe a, of
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  Speaker 3: TCU's offensive line, but certainly the uncertainty stands on the
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  Speaker 3: opposing side with both sides of the trenches for a
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  Speaker 3: team like UNC.
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  Speaker 1: What's UNC's best path to pulling this upset, Cole?
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  Speaker 3: I think that you'd probably have to rely a lot
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  Speaker 3: on Demon June, the running back. He had a really
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  Speaker 3: good close last season, and then you're going to need
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  Speaker 3: one or two explosive plays. Jordan Shipp is their best receiver.
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  Speaker 3: He had a really good close last year.
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  Speaker 3: He's been so far to stand out at camp when
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  Speaker 3: he's been out there. So I think that you're going
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  Speaker 3: to need to have one or two plays to where
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  Speaker 3: you're deep, where the TCU defense on anything available kind
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  Speaker 3: of collapses and you get the explosives downfield and then
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  Speaker 3: trust that you're running back inside. The red zone is
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  Speaker 3: going to be able to punch it in for six.
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  Speaker 1: Tom, what percentage chance would you give TCU to win
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  Speaker 1: this over UNC? That's the thing.
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  Speaker 2: Like it feels almost 50, 50. I think I favor
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  Speaker 2: TCU going into this game. I think the pressure on
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  Speaker 2: the UNC football program, maybe Bill Belichick specifically, to come
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  Speaker 2: out with a win here, it's got to be substantial.
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  Speaker 2: And it feels a little different. Obviously, last year you
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  Speaker 2: were rolling this game out in your house and you
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  Speaker 2: got thumped by TCU. And the Bill Belichick welcoming party
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  Speaker 2: was over before it began. So it's almost like, hey,
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  Speaker 2: we can turn the page and we can rinse and
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  Speaker 2: repeat what we did last year. We're just going to
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  Speaker 2: happen to do it in Ireland. It's a little bit strange, though.
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  Speaker 2: I think TCU is in the right position to win
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  Speaker 2: this game. But TJ, you've been over it to see
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  Speaker 2: this game as a Florida State fan. Because it takes
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  Speaker 2: place in Ireland, there are a lot of things that
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  Speaker 2: are just unpredictable about this because of the travel, because
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  Speaker 2: you're just coming out of camp. So it's really hard
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  Speaker 2: to say what this is going to be. I almost
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  Speaker 2: look at this as a 50-50. I almost look at
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  Speaker 2: this as a coin flip game. But I think TCU
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  Speaker 2: should have the advantage in this. And honestly, if I'm UNC...
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  Speaker 2: I'm looking at my schedule and I'm wondering where I'm
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  Speaker 2: going to get my wins this year. This is one
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  Speaker 2: of the games where it's plausible. It's absolutely plausible. You
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  Speaker 2: have Eastern Tennessee, I believe, after this. But you only
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  Speaker 2: have a handful of games in ACC play where I
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  Speaker 2: look at UNC and I'm like, yeah, I think they
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  Speaker 2: can win this one. So if they even want to
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  Speaker 2: sniff being bull eligible this year, they have to have
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  Speaker 2: a game like this. And also it's sending a message
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  Speaker 2: to the rest of the college football world of, hey,
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  Speaker 2: we fixed some things and we're going to be competitive
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  Speaker 2: this year.
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  Speaker 1: Which they do think they've fixed some things, right? They
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  Speaker 1: made some changes. They have a new offensive coordinator. They've
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  Speaker 1: got some things that are different than they were. Will
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  Speaker 1: those changes pay off?
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  Speaker 3: I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I'll lean TCU here. I do think they're a team that,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, again, UNC just was not very good last year.
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  Speaker 1: I do think it's a massive opportunity really for both
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  Speaker 1: teams to, it is so hard to go over there
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  Speaker 1: and win. And Florida State wasn't a great team. Kansas
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  Speaker 1: State was a little bit down last year. But I'll
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  Speaker 1: tell you this. I'm leaning TCU right now. That might
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  Speaker 1: be what the UNC fans want to hear. I picked
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  Speaker 1: FSU two years ago, and I picked Kansas State last year.
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  Speaker 1: And so 0 for 2 on picking Dublin games the
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  Speaker 1: last two years. Maybe that means North Carolina is going
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  Speaker 1: to win this game. But I would lean TCU when
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  Speaker 1: you really look at it. But it would be a
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  Speaker 1: massive statement for North Carolina to win this. Because, again,
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  Speaker 1: then it does kind of bring into question in a
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  Speaker 1: not very good conference, right? It's Miami. And then it's
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  Speaker 1: Louisville SMU, maybe Clemson, and it seems like everybody else
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  Speaker 1: after that, right? In a not very good conference where
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  Speaker 1: we're looking at their schedule saying, where do they pick
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  Speaker 1: up the wins needed to get to a bowl game?
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  Speaker 1: Picking this one up would be huge because then I
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  Speaker 1: think you start to look at the rest of their
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  Speaker 1: schedule and say, well, yeah, I still don't have them
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  Speaker 1: be an upper echelon in the ACC. But if they
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  Speaker 1: can beat TCU in a neutral site game, there's no
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  Speaker 1: reason they can't pick up a couple of more wins
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  Speaker 1: in the ACC than maybe those prognosticating were expecting. So
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  Speaker 1: UNC has a very low win total this year. I
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  Speaker 1: think it's four and a half. I don't know if
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  Speaker 1: anybody wants to check me on that or not. They
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  Speaker 1: aren't expected to perform very well in conference or out
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  Speaker 1: of conference. It's a very tough schedule this year. Last
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  Speaker 1: year was kind of the silver platter of a schedule
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  Speaker 1: for a welcome to Bill Belichick, and they miserably failed
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  Speaker 1: that one. But, man, if they could pick this one up,
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  Speaker 1: I'm telling you, that would be a team that I
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  Speaker 1: don't think strikes fear into anybody. But just a team
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  Speaker 1: you have to take a little more seriously. You're not
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  Speaker 1: just chalking it up as an auto win if you're
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  Speaker 1: an ACC opponent. A lot more things get a lot
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  Speaker 1: more interesting to me if they win. Whereas on TCU's side,
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  Speaker 1: my buddy Dracon, to talk about this from the Big
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  Speaker 1: 12 angle. He said TCU's destined for 8-4 one way
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  Speaker 1: or the other. They're kind of the A & M
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  Speaker 1: of the Big 12. So he said it doesn't really
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  Speaker 1: matter what happens for them in this game. That's what
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  Speaker 1: Sonny Dykes is about to do, which he said in jest,
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  Speaker 1: but probably has some truth to it. So I don't know.
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  Speaker 1: I think it is a sloppy game just because whether
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  Speaker 1: the weather holds up or not, it always seems to rain.
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  Speaker 1: Just all the other things, being over there, all the
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  Speaker 1: pep rallies and all the pregame, it's just weird. So
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  Speaker 1: low scoring, I think I'll say it's a good game, though.
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  Speaker 1: I'll will this into existence. 24-21, TCU.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just excited. I'm just excited to watch football again.
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  Speaker 2: I am going to be glued to my TV for
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  Speaker 2: as many of these games as I can.
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  Speaker 3: I think that TCU is a top 25 team going
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  Speaker 3: into the year. I have my questions with their offensive line.
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  Speaker 3: Drake's not entirely wrong. They're probably going to be an 8-4.
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  Speaker 3: If things can go their way, though, they may end
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  Speaker 3: up breaking on through and being that 9-3, 10-2 dark
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  Speaker 3: horse for the Big 12 title game. That being said,
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  Speaker 3: I have my hair and my beard on the line
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  Speaker 3: to do a shaving during the middle of a live stream,
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  Speaker 3: so I will be taking TCU to win this game
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  Speaker 3: and win this game pretty convincingly by at least 10.
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  Speaker 3: I will go 28-17. I think they find a way
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  Speaker 3: to pull away late.
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  Speaker 1: Prediction here, Tom? Go ahead. Take the heels. Take the heels.
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  Speaker 1: Do it to him, Tom. I'm not doing that.
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  Speaker 2: I'm taking TCU. I'll take TCU 27 to 20.
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  Speaker 1: So at least we got some good games going if
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  Speaker 1: Tom and I are in control. And Coles isn't.