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man, did we have a crazy. I mean, it was probably one of
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the best weekends in college football I've seen in a super
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long time. And he wanted to come on and
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talk about it. So I appreciate you coming on,
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good Sir. Aw, man, Tony, it's always good
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to be be here. It was a yeah.
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Saturday was nuts. Saturday was insane.
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I just kept checking my phone and my gig and be like, what?
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What, what, what? This this blown away, blown
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away. But you know, as but I sent you
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that, that little clip after the BYU Notre Dame game that I I've
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been on the Mormon Saturday night and I'm like, I felt it.
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You did I I was expecting it, but I was like man, and and
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here's kind of the crazy thing. I find myself more and more as
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like the as I get more dive deep into college football and
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whatnot. It's like, man, after Saturday,
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I was like, Sunday can't even compete.
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Like I hope you're all. I still like the NFL.
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It's like it, it doesn't have the magic.
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It doesn't have this that college football had on.
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No, no. And especially this Sunday, this
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Sunday, I mean, it was good, but it it was you couldn't, you
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can't compare it. No, it was completely.
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You can't compare it because Saturday's college football was
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insane and so much to get to man.
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So yeah, let's get to it. Absolutely.
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So we'll start with probably the two biggest headliners in.
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We had five of the top seven teams in the AP Top 25 fall.
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One of those being #1 Georgia falls to Auburn on the last
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second field goal of 27 to 24. And of course, Texas in Austin
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gets upset by the Florida Gators of all teams, who, you know,
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destroys Ole Miss, gets whipped by Mizzou, gets stunned by the
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Gamecocks of all teams. But then they rolled into Austin
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like they just never left the Swamp and just took it with them
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there to Texas. So when I was making this
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graphic, not only was it a lot to make the individual graphics
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that we'll talk about here in a little bit for some of the other
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teams that won and lost, but I, I, I felt like really out of
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this topic, there's two things we can talk about and one of
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them, I mean, we can, but I'm not really as worried about
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Georgia. Like I didn't leave this game
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feeling like, oh man, Georgia has a problem.
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Like there, there was really nothing out of this.
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I'm like, oh man, Georgia's in trouble.
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This is just one of those. I feel like Georgia tripped.
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It was kind of a trap game. And it's also one of those that
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because it's still 12 team, 12 team playoff, they're still
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going to be in contention for the SEC championship barring
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just an absolute collapse at mid season.
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Georgia losing isn't really the end of the world.
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But man, Texas falling to Florida has opened a whirlwind
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of questions. As far as Texas Arch Manning,
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there's talks of Steve Sarkeesian.
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You know, he said at the end of the game, we're looking at
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everybody. And that includes even giving
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Texas's backup quarterback first team reps over Arch, which has
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then led to guys speculating that Arch should potentially
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enter the transfer portal next year.
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And so there. So let me just get your first
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initial, you know, thoughts and reactions to this whole Texas
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game as a whole. All right, well, my, you know,
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going into this year, my opinion of Arch was like, OK, stayed in
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college another year. He definitely needed to stay in
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college. Let's see how he excels under
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Sarkeesian. Because, you know, I mean,
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Sarkeesian is known to be an offensive guru and not so much a
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quarterback whisperer, but at least someone who could coach
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quarterbacks up. And you don't get them ready for
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the next level. And obviously you're thinking
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the the manning the lineage, the family name.
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Yep. I don't know if he has it.
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I really, really don't. You know, I, I, I watch him, I
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watch his, the way he plays. He makes, you know, some, some
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good decisions, like every quarterback, but there's
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decisions that he's making that there are passes that you, you
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just, you just can't throw, you know, and especially at the
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college level and the way it is, you know, I'm not impressed with
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him. I definitely see his draft stock
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will fall because of his performances.
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I mean, he's got a pretty much turn do a complete 180 the rest
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of the season if he still starts.
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I mean, you know, if if, if they get off to a slow start this
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week against Ole Miss and you know, and Ole Miss is no, no, no
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walk in the park. You know, Ole Miss is ranked
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7th. Their Ole Miss is quarterback is
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phenomenal. So you know, they're definitely
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be able to run their offense. You know, the Sarkeesian teams
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aren't really known for their defense, although they're
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playing defensively decently this year.
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But in general, yeah, this Texas team is hardly what people
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thought it was going to be. You know, going in, losing the
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Red River robbery like they did, and then getting the Gators, who
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I don't think have ever been to Austin.
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I don't recall them ever playing at Austin before.
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Coming into Austin after getting blown out the way the Gators
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have gotten blown out this season twice going in there and
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completely just, you know, just, yeah, this Texas team is
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they're, they're almost like, you know, they're almost like
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the, the, the LA Rams of college football.
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Then on paper. And everyone was saying, oh,
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they're going to be great, they're going to have a great
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year, blah, blah, blah. And Nah, it's, it's just not
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there. And I don't if if I don't, I
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don't know. They might not make the playoff
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only because of their losses and who they've lost to.
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You know, these are not good losses.
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These are bad losses because Oklahoma's unranked.
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I mean, Florida is going to be up and down, you know, I mean,
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if Florida's ranking goes up, maybe, but compared to the other
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teams in the SECI, don't see them jumping over Bama, Georgia
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or Ole Miss right now. You know, even if they beat and,
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and if they beat Ole Miss, but I don't, I don't think they can
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even in Austin, I don't think they can beat Ole Miss.
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I really don't. And, and the thing with Ole Miss
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too, is especially from that last game, Ole Miss's defense
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has significantly improved. I mean, they're, and that was
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kind of one thing that I, when I even watched the first game
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against Louisville, it was like, man, their defense might be
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something that they have to worry about, which is ironic
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given Pete Goulding as a defensive guy and how well that
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defensive did last year. And plus, if you look at Texas's
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remaining schedule, it's not easy.
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They've got they've got Old Miss coming into town.
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They have Mississippi State on Halloween and then you have to
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go to Missouri or Missouri, Missouri, Missouri, Missouri.
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Then you have to go to Death Valley in LSU, then you host
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Arkansas and then you finish the year going to Texas A&M.
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Now, albeit Texas A&M is a shell of what we thought that they
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were going to be, it's still a rivalry game.
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And if anybody meets Texas more, it's Texas A&M.
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So I mean. An old Southwestern Conference
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robbery. Absolutely, and Texas has got
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the smack down on them no matter how bad they've been the last
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couple of seasons. And you know, Texas A&M is, is
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not a fan of that. So I mean, I, I, I'll say this
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about large. I think part of it is the, is
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the pressure and a lot of people brought up and, and I even I
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would agree with them. He's used to the pressure
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because it's all he's ever known.
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Like he's been born a Manning. That's all he's ever been his
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entire life as a Manning. The expectations have always
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been set forth for him that he's supposed to come in, he's
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supposed to do great. And I, I have kind of pushed
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back and defended because it's like, OK, well, he still has to
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learn like it. When, when you dominate in high
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school, that's one thing because you know, you're, you're kind of
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the big fish in a small pond kind of scenario is how I
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compare it to then you go to college and especially a big
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college like Texas, who has historically always recruited
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well, they've always brought in, you know, big type of players.
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Texas moves from the Big 12 into the SEC.
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So now you're moving into one of the, you know, one of the two.
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However you want to rank them premier conferences to compete
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in and you are playing up against some of the best of the
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best guys that are going to be even the best as they move on to
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the next level. He's he's not used to doing
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that. And and honestly, I I feel bad
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for him because I do agree when I sit here and I watch arch and
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you know, his draft stock falls. I don't see an NFL franchise
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quarterback right now. Like I feel like if you threw
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him into any NFL franchise, I think unfortunately he would be
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the first Manning labeled as a bust.
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Now, I think I think people would still give him a shot
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because of his last name Manning, whether he's a first
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round pick or not, But I mean just just how it sits right now.
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I don't see it. And I think what also hurts him
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is because I think Arch gets compared more to Peyton than he
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does Eli. And you being a Giants fan, you
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know, you you probably know Eli significantly better than I do.
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Like Peyton was cerebral. You know, he was obsessed with
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the game. Like he was going to dissect
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your team. He was going to know your plays,
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your emotions, your tendencies, all of that.
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He was going to do that hand over fist, you know, 10 out of
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10 times. Now, it doesn't mean always mean
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he was successful in doing that. We've we've seen Peyton Manning
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have some pretty rough games to start with, but it seemed like
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Eli was more of kind of that like loose.
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I'm just going to kind of go out and ball.
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Like Eli was never the cerebral dude.
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He was never really going to pick apart your defense.
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Like he was just going to go out and basically have a good time.
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Arch kind of reminds me more of Eli than he does Peyton.
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But I think the standard that they have them set at is he's
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supposed to be this like super combination of Peyton's IQ.
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But Eli, you know, Eli's athleticism plus, and I don't
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think that's necessarily fair because I don't think we have a
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true, I guess, gauge on Arch Manning as it sits.
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And if you look at his collegiate career, he's let's
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see, I think he's he started all last season.
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He went like 9 and 3, not including the bowl game, I don't
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think. I don't even remember what bowl
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game they played in. And then I know we had a couple
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starts for him prior to that, which he won.
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And then they're sitting here at 4:00 and 2:00 now.
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So I mean, he has an outstanding record for Texas.
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And I think if he was any other quarterback name other than
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Manning, they'd be like, he's a damn good quarterback for them.
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But it's still Texas and Texas is expecting, you know, winning,
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you know, they, they transferred to the, to the SEC because of
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the notoriety at the conference, obviously because of the money
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and all that stuff. But you know, they're expecting
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to, to win this conference, not just finish 3rd or 4th or
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whatever and stuff like that. You know, but it's interesting
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you, you said, you know, him being cerebral and it's, and
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it's funny because, you know, I basically saw Eli's entire pro
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career as a giant fan, you know, yeah, he won us 2 Super Bowls.
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But the mistakes he makes are definitely Eli mistakes.
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They're not painting mistakes. He's Coopers kid, right?
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Coopers, his father. Yeah.
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No, he's definitely making more Eli mistakes than painting.
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Definitely painting. Saw the field like almost like a
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point guard in basketball can see all the moving parts.
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I know and trust me, Eli could read the defense, you know,
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naturally, you know, but yeah, he's the mistakes he makes,
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those interceptions he throws, those are Eli mistakes.
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I definitely see the. I definitely see the parallel
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there for. Sure.
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And and I think what also hurts him is we haven't really seen a
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big game where we say arch is the reason why they won kind of
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thing like when you when and I think.
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Even the Ohio State game, it wasn't so much arch.
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I mean, Ohio State, their defense collapsed in the.
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Fourth quarter and it was Ohio State, just like, hey, we're
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going to try to do everything we can to not lose the game.
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Like that's all like we've built this up.
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This is all we're trying to protect.
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Like we're trying just not to screw up.
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And yeah, it's like when when I sit here and I look at it and I
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think about it, it's like he he doesn't have those big game
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moments. You know, Peyton had those big
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game moments where it's like he made the plays and they
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mattered. You know, like you said, now Eli
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made a lot of mistakes, but you know, he did win 2 Super Bowls
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and he made the plays that needed to happen in order to win
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those Super Bowls. And I feel like with Arch right
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now, he doesn't have one of those big win quality games to
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be able to say that, you know, the Ohio State game, obviously
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the Ohio State game last year, all the games he's played so
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far, heck, the multitude of times they faced Georgia, it's
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like, yeah, Arch, you're, you're not really the reason we won.
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If anything, you're the reason why we lost.
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But real quick before we finish on it, though, it did lead to
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the question of several people of should Arch Manning transfer
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and it and a couple people brought up two different things.
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They said one, if he transfers, then there's almost the stigma
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of, well, you couldn't get it done here.
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What makes you think that you could get it done somewhere
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else? And do you really feel that you
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need that much more help in order to do it?
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And of course, the other one, if he does, where does he go?
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I've, you know, one, one that I heard was Miami, because Miami
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likes to pay, you know, transfer quarterbacks.
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There's AI don't know if Derry Mintzel would stay one more year
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or if he'll decide to go into the draft or not.
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I think he has one more year if I remember right.
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But I mean, that's the other thing, you know, where does he
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go? I feel like there is a plethora
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of schools would be open to taking him, but I also feel he's
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not going to downgrade himself to like a lesser school.
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I think if if we sit here, maybe look at the landscape of teams
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that might be quarterback Meanie, you could say Oregon
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because maybe they move on from Dylan Rayola because this is
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obviously Dante Moore's last year.
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Maybe Ohio State, because this could be Julian Sayings last
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year. We don't know yet.
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Injury. Yeah, exactly.
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He's injured and Ohio. State, the UCLA quarterback went
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down today, too. I don't know if you saw that.
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Oh yeah, Nico. Yeah, he went down today too.
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Nico, they're. Having a hell of a year, which
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is, you know, which is amazing for USUCLA.
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They are. Does he go to USC with Lincoln
15:21
Riley? And you know.
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That would be interesting. You know, get get that kind of
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an offensive mind, you know, old miss will probably look be
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looking for a quarterback post Trinidad Chambliss.
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He he wouldn't go, he wouldn't go to Eli's school.
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There's no doubt with that legacy of the name.
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No, you. Can't.
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I wouldn't think so. I don't think, I don't think
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he'll stay in the SEC if he transfers.
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I think he will go out of I don't think he would stay
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because he knows the competition and you know, he's not.
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George is not going to take him. You know, I mean, he's not.
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I think he would. I don't know.
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I don't know, you know, if, if he can play at Texas, he can
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play at Georgia. I mean the pressure at Georgia
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is just as big as Texas think. About it, it is.
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But here's the other argument I would make though, like where
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when you look at the transfer portal and you look at guys who
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are available, you know, how many of those guys have played
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at a big school and have played in the SEC like that and have
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that type of experience that, OK, if we bring you in, we know
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we've got a guy that that can make plays, that knows what he's
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doing. Yeah, it's going to be an
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interesting offseason for him because he's going to have a lot
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of decisions to make because it all it really depends on how
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much, what kind of season he has the rest of the way going over
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going the rest of the way. You know, if he if he steps up,
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if he plays well, increases the pro stock.
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I mean, he's he's got one more year eligibility, as we're
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saying, but he is a senior. He is a red shirt, you know, so
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he's age wise. But you know, as we know, these
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quarterbacks keep trying to go. Chambliss has been in school
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like what, for 45 years now? It's crazy, you know.
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So it, it'll be it'll be interesting to see how what he
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does the rest of the year. And I mean, if he gets benched,
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Oh yeah, do the whole transfer for sure.
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But if he doesn't get benched, he can start the rest of the
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season. They're being interesting to
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watch. I want to talk about Georgia
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real quick. I watched some of the the
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highlights again on the on the Georgia game.
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And it blows me away how a Kirby Smart team could play so sloppy
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with a bye week. I mean, they have a bye week
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this week. So it's not like it's not like
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you're like looking ahead past Auburn.
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You know, you've got the Florida game in two weeks.
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You've got the buy in between how a Kirby Smart team plays as
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sloppy as they did and and then the turnovers that Stockton
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made. It just you know, I was like
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this. They they just, they just, I
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don't know where their heads were this game, but you know,
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it, it was definitely that was not a typical Kirby Smart
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Georgia team for sure. I, I think they got bit by the
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complacency bug. They, they probably looked at
17:45
Auburn and and they looked at them like I would look at Auburn
17:48
this year. Like I honestly, the first game
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against Baylor, the game against Florida where they got, you
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know, demolished. I was kind of sitting here like
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maybe maybe Golish isn't the guy to be able to fix Auburn and I
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and I don't necessarily blame that on Golish.
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I think it's just they're they're you know, they drew the
18:06
short straw of being the the quote UN quote second school in
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Alabama. And you know, they he has a huge
18:12
mess that he has to try to has to try to clean up.
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That hasn't really been good since Hugh Freeze was the head
18:18
coach, to be honest with you. So not Hugh Freeze, Gus Malzy.
18:23
Sorry, Gus Malzy, I mean, they haven't really been relevant
18:26
since he was the head coach. So it it was one I was kind of
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surprised. I think, like I said, I think
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Georgia just fell to complacency of Owens Auburn.
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We should have a pretty easy win and I I really think Auburn is
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is playing and kind of fighting their hearts out.
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But I also think it's a lot of the guys that came over from USF
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are learning to play in the SEC because I mean, you know, you go
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from USF, the American to the SEC, that's a, that's a big
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jump. There's a lot of lot of pain, a
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lot of grit, a lot of adjustment.
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And really they're just playing for a successful season.
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Like they're not there. There's no, I would say playoff
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intentions. There's no SEC championship
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hopes. There's definitely no national
19:06
title contention hopes. I, I think it's just purely, you
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know, hey, let's have a good season.
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Let's see what we can do and give Alex ghoulish, you know,
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something positive to build off of.
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But yeah, I I think Georgia got bit by the by the complacency
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bug. Yeah, they're trying to get to
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the Pop Tart, the Pop Tart bowl or something.
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Absolutely. I will say real quick on back on
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the Arch thing before we move on.
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I did see a meme, of course, being here in Indiana.
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Somebody said the Arch needs to transfer to Indiana and be a
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coach. Signetti's prospect to coach to
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see how see how well he does for the Hoosiers.
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That would be, that would be interesting.
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I think that would be really interesting.
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To be honest, I'm not impressed with this Indiana quarterback
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this year at all. Not impressed.
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Now nothing. Now I I do want to throw one
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more school out there that I think would be, it'd kind of be
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a full circle moment. And I'm kind of surprised none
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of the Mannings went to it because they're from Louisiana.
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I'm really surprised LSU isn't thrown in there for
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consideration. And if old arch would wear the
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purple and gold or not. Now, being an LSU fan for love
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God, don't be a Sam Levitt and just turn the ball over every
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flipping game. We'll get to that in a little
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bit. We will get to that in a little
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bit. But first let's let's move on
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though to the to the other big game.
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The weekend Ohio State gets their revenge from the Big 10
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championship game going to Bloomington taking on the
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Hoosiers and they get a big win, but it's at a cost because they
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lose Julian San for possibly several weeks and the prognosis
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so far is not looking good. But this is some of the stats
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that they had so far for the game.
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I mean, it was it was pretty close for both sides.
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And honestly, aside from Nick Marsh just kind of making a
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bonehead decision of he was wide open, he stepped out of bounds
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before he could secure the ball and basically taking that
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touchdown off the board. Indiana had this game won and it
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just didn't seem like Ohio State wanted to win it.
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But you know, that leads to the real big question of what does
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Ohio State do without Julian San with their schedule moving
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forward? Because they they have a tough
21:27
schedule. Like I know everybody kind of
21:29
mocks the Big 10, but their their schedule does not get any
21:33
easier as this as this goes on. So they are in a buy this week.
21:38
They they go to USC on Halloween, then they host
21:43
Oregon. They host a very feisty
21:45
Northwestern team. They go to Nebraska, which
21:49
Nebraska is like this close to. I think really being back and
21:53
being kind of a a formidable team to deal with.
21:57
And then of course the game at the end of the year, they host
22:00
Michigan, who they haven't beat in Columbus since like 2019.
22:06
So it's been a long time since they've beaten the Wolverines
22:10
there in the Horseshoe. But what?
22:12
What was your thoughts on this Buckeyes and Hoosiers game?
22:15
Well, I I sat and watched the entire first half just that's on
22:20
my couch and even moved and didn't get up.
22:22
Nothing. I saw two things.
22:25
One, as I said before, this, this Hoover kid does not impress
22:30
me at all. He he's, he's not Mendoza.
22:32
His accuracy is terrible. He was 20 of 4020 of 4050%
22:37
accuracy. There were about four plays in
22:39
the first step where he completes those passes.
22:42
And it wasn't even the receiver's fault.
22:44
They were overthrown. Poorly thrown balls.
22:47
He completes those passes. It's a whole different ball
22:49
game. I'll tell you because, you know,
22:50
there were third down plays where they should have converted
22:53
to 1st downs, you know, and but it was, I mean, it was a tale of
22:57
two halves, obviously. And obviously with the Ohio
22:59
State quarterback going down, you know, Indiana, Indiana made
23:03
the adjustments, which I was impressed.
23:04
I see that he was able to make those adjustments, you know,
23:07
definitely, you know, are they still a top ten team?
23:11
Yeah, they're definitely a top ten team, but you know, with
23:16
with Hoover at the helm, I don't I don't see them definitely.
23:19
I don't see them having the success that they had last year.
23:22
They're just not they're just not as impressive looking.
23:24
They're not you know, they they they don't, they don't, they
23:27
don't look like they out man. And physically out out physical
23:32
out physically and physically you I can't think of a word, but
23:35
you know what I mean? You know, they're not, they're
23:37
not pushing teams around. You know, they, they do need to
23:42
run the ball definitely a little better.
23:43
You know, Turbo Richard having only 16 carriers or 46 yards,
23:49
that's not going to get it because you know, the Big 10,
23:50
it's not going to get it done. There's some, definitely some
23:52
good teams in the Big 10 this year besides Ohio State and
23:55
Indiana, said Northwestern spike, the weather spike.
23:58
See, Iowa's having a much better year.
24:01
UCLA is having a good year, and even USC, you know them.
24:06
Ohio State going to USC should be really interesting because
24:09
yes, you know that that team and that program has made the West
24:12
Coast trip before, but this is a primetime game in the Coliseum.
24:17
You know, I'm sure it'll probably, it'll probably be
24:21
probably in either. No, no, it'll probably be Acbs
24:24
game 'cause it's a it's a big, it's a big 10 game.
24:26
So it might be, it might be or NBCI don't know.
24:28
It's going to be a natural television game.
24:30
Yeah. Oh, absolutely.
24:31
But but. Without.
24:32
Without their starting quarterback, it definitely
24:35
changes the whole spectrum of the rest of the at least the
24:38
next three to five weeks for them for sure.
24:41
Well, it also, it also kind of gives, it'll be an interesting
24:45
'cause it'll kind of be a tale of two games because you have
24:49
what does the Ohio State offense look like?
24:51
Because US CS defense is basically non existent of what
24:55
paper bag is a tougher defense than US CS.
24:58
But then on the flip side, Ohio State's defense is legitimate.
25:02
You know, obviously as they made Indiana struggle throughout the
25:05
entirety of that game. So can they do the same thing to
25:08
US CS offense and make US CS offense, you know, kind of a
25:11
stalemate. So I wonder if we don't get a
25:13
repeat of kind of a low scoring game like we did here against
25:17
IU, if it's if. It's low scoring.
25:20
It favors Ohio State for sure. Absolutely, yeah.
25:24
I will say for IU, they do get, they get kind of a break as far
25:28
as their schedule goes. So they go, they go to Michigan
25:32
this coming Saturday, which isn't the end of the world
25:34
because Michigan's been very hot and cold.
25:36
I think if there's ever a chance for Indiana to have kind of a a
25:40
get right game, it's that then they host Minnesota.
25:44
That'll be fairly decent. I mean, PJ Fleck obviously
25:47
coaches that team very well. Then they host USC on November
25:52
14th. So they get a buy before they
25:55
host USC and they kind of get the benefit.
25:58
Does USC farewell in cold weather or not?
26:01
Because it'll be November and it's going to be chilly here in
26:04
Indy at that time. And also, that might be the big
26:08
noon kickoff game for Fox. More than likely.
26:10
Those those teams will both be high ranked in Indiana Big 10
26:14
game, a noon start, 9:00 AM West Coast time.
26:18
Yeah, it's rough. And then they then they go to
26:21
Washington the following week and then they end the year
26:24
hosting Purdue. So I mean, their schedule is is
26:28
more than manageable for them to, I would say even if they
26:33
have maybe one more loss thrown in there, that they're not only
26:37
still viable for the College Football Playoffs because of the
26:40
loss to Ohio State, but they're I would think for sure
26:43
contenders at least for I would say the Big 10 championship.
26:48
Now, Iowa, as you mentioned, I think Iowa's kind of that third
26:51
team thrown in there that nobody's really talking about.
26:55
They might sneak in there just because of maybe having the
26:58
tiebreaker over Indiana. I don't know how how great those
27:04
tiebreakers go into, but I and I think part of it might come down
27:10
to does Iowa beat Minnesota and if they do, by how much?
27:15
Same with Washington because they basically faced the same
27:17
opponents. They faced Michigan, they faced
27:19
Ohio State. They also lost, they faced
27:22
Washington, Minnesota and Purdue.
27:25
So I mean, those are the ones that they all have in common.
27:27
So I think depending on how Iowa does will depend if I think to
27:31
me if they're able to get in. But if Ohio State drops any of
27:35
these games because of Julian Zayn being out, maybe we have an
27:38
Iowa versus Indiana Big 10 championship, which I think
27:41
would be cool. No, no, definitely.
27:43
It would definitely be different.
27:45
It'll be it'll be definitely good, good.
27:46
Good to watch for a change and not see Ohio State in that game
27:49
because, yeah, well, Ohio State's a is is a blue blood.
27:52
You know, they're top five all the time.
27:54
But you know, I'm I'm sick of seeing them.
27:55
Let's see someone else let's someone else get old piece of
27:57
the pot. You know, that's why it was so
27:58
great to see Indiana do well last year.
28:01
I think Indiana's biggest hiccup, though, not not not
28:04
hiccup. Biggest challenge is going to
28:06
the big house this week because, yes, they're coming off a loss
28:09
and Michigan's been hot and cold, but Michigan plays well at
28:13
home no matter what. And you know, it's a big game,
28:16
spotlight game. I think the line is like 6 1/2.
28:20
I don't know if I do bet the game I might take Michigan and
28:24
the points just because it's in Michigan and not sure if Indiana
28:27
can, you know, blow them out. You know, especially coming off,
28:30
coming off this loss, being tight, knowing OK, we have to
28:33
win, we have to win. We can't afford a second loss.
28:36
Michigan's, you know, playing just is going to play the string
28:39
out and they're they're playing for Ohio State in a couple
28:41
weeks, obviously. So.
28:42
Oh, absolutely. It's yeah.
28:44
It it it'll, it'll be, it'll be another good one this Saturday
28:47
for sure. Another good new Big Noon kick
28:49
off on Fox. Absolutely.
28:51
And we'll and we'll get to that here in a little bit.
28:54
Let's talk. We don't have to go super in
28:56
depth in this one because even as a LSU fan, it's really not a
29:00
whole lot to talk about with this game.
29:01
LSU beats Mississippi, Mississippi State now, albeit
29:04
that's with without Camario Taylor.
29:06
That's how without Mississippi State star running back like it
29:13
starts with ABI. Think both of them are both
29:15
well, I think is his name. I think that's his name, yeah.
29:18
Nonetheless, though, they beat them 31 to nothing.
29:22
It was kind of nice because for once, Sam Levitt didn't turn the
29:26
flipping ball over this whole entire game.
29:28
And he's had at least one turnover every single game so
29:32
far, 31 to 38289, four touchdowns.
29:38
And it was kind of interesting to see Mississippi State, dude,
29:42
every time there is a third or fourth down, they were going for
29:45
it. They were like, we got nothing
29:46
to lose at this point. Like we have to try to make this
29:49
work. They were going for it and they
29:51
were getting close to their kid, their quarterback Puckett, He
29:54
had a massive run, which is why, you know, they have 170 yards on
29:58
the ground. It makes it look a whole lot
30:00
more inflated than than what the actual game shows.
30:04
But but overall, though, I mean, this this is one it was kind of
30:08
a get right game for LSU. They actually go to Auburn this
30:12
coming week before they get a buy.
30:16
And then of course when they come out of the buy, they get
30:18
the toughest game. They get their toughest stretch
30:20
of having to. They host Alabama, they host
30:24
Texas, they go to Tennessee, and then they end the year having to
30:27
face Arkansas. So they also have a tough
30:30
stretch of games coming up that they have to deal with.
30:32
They are very Jekyll and high because as you see, they're five
30:35
and O and home O and two on the road.
30:37
And. Three out of their last five
30:39
games are on the road. So even, I mean, you know, the
30:42
the hardest game to go to is I think is Tennessee.
30:45
Obviously going into Tennessee. I mean, Auburn's no, no, no walk
30:48
in the park. But you know, Auburn coming off
30:50
a big win against Georgia, you know, they're going to be yeah,
30:55
they'll be fired up. But there there could be, you
30:58
know, the the come down off of that and you know, LSUSLSUS
31:01
going to come in there strong off a 31 nothing win.
31:04
But yeah, having to go to Tennessee because you know, the
31:06
way Tennessee was able to beat Alabama at home and that LSU
31:10
Tennessee game I think is going to is going to make or break
31:12
their season if you ask. Me.
31:14
I think so. And I mean.
31:15
They go three, they go 3 losses, they're out of the play offs.
31:18
I think so and and it's kind of funny too.
31:20
And we'll, and I'll probably, well, actually we'll, we can go
31:24
ahead and move on to the next one because it'll tie into this.
31:28
I don't know if you watch Paul Finebaum or not, but Paul
31:30
Finebaum predicted the Alabama Crimson Tide schedule back in
31:36
August and he had them actually losing against, against Georgia
31:42
and Tennessee. He predicts them winning this
31:46
week against Texas A&M, but then losing to LSU and finishing the
31:53
year 9 and three because he predicts that they went out from
31:56
that point. But he's been perfect on the
31:59
year so far, which is kind of crazy.
32:02
I, I truly think that Alabama game, if they, if they escape
32:06
this game from Auburn with a win, they're sitting there six
32:09
and two. I think that Alabama game is the
32:13
is the determining factor because.
32:15
For both teams. For both teams, because both
32:17
teams will come in with two losses.
32:19
You can't afford 1/3? You know game day is going to be
32:24
down there. Game day is more than likely
32:26
going to be down there and for I think more for Alabama than
32:31
LSULSU at least has a couple more chances.
32:35
If as long as Texas stays ranked, there's there's a chance
32:39
that, you know, LSU maybe sneaks in if they're able to get a
32:43
quality win against Texas or Tennessee, either one.
32:48
But and but you know, Alabama, they don't have many other
32:53
chances after that. So let's say they hypothetically
32:55
lose to LSU. These are their last five games.
32:59
Texas A&M, they go to LSU and Death Valley, to Vanderbilt, to
33:05
Chattanooga, and then they host Auburn.
33:08
Like, there's not a whole lot of chances if you lose out at that
33:11
point to say, yeah, we have a quality win.
33:14
Against who? They have quality losses, but.
33:17
Yeah, you know, yeah, you have quality loss against Georgia,
33:20
Tennessee and hypothetically against LSU.
33:23
Like that's it. Like your best all on the road?
33:27
Like your best win would be Kentucky and that was on the
33:30
road and that was at the beginning of the season.
33:32
Exactly. You know, it's, it's
33:34
interesting, all all this chaos this weekend.
33:36
You know, it, it's brought up the argument of of the 2014
33:39
playoff. And I don't know if we're going
33:41
to touch on that later. But basically it's showing me
33:45
that even though they're saying, oh, you know, with 20, with 24
33:49
teams, you know, how good are these bottom ranked teams going
33:52
to be the the teams 18 through 24 or whatever, and how are they
33:55
going to have a chance to actually win?
33:57
Well, it's showing you that there's a lot, even though you
34:00
have your blue bloods, there's a lot more variety and parity in
34:06
college football than people think because of these upsets,
34:08
because of these big teams, like losing at home or being able to
34:14
beat an A rank team at home or even a rank team on the low on
34:17
the road. You know, the Kentucky beating
34:18
LSUA couple weeks ago, big win there.
34:21
You know, it's, it's, it's, it's interesting to show and it's
34:24
obviously proving that the transfer portal is basically has
34:29
changed college football. I mean, it's, it's, it's, it's
34:32
crazy to see, you know, and, you know, it's, and I also find that
34:35
hard, you know, almost hard to identify with some of these
34:38
teams because you're not seeing the same guy there year after
34:41
year. You're like, well, who's it
34:42
going to be this year? I mean, the only one, the only
34:44
one I can really identify was is Chamblisset, Ole Miss, because
34:47
he's been, he said. He's been there forever, you
34:49
know, and especially in the SEC, you know, and then Stockton has
34:52
been at Georgia for a couple years now.
34:54
Yeah, and honestly, the the only thing I have two issues with the
35:00
the whole 24 teams. The positive is it does bring
35:06
about 99% relevancy to the AP top 25.
35:11
For all the flaws that it has, for all the weird voting things
35:15
that they have, like when Mississippi State got blown out
35:18
by Bama, the one dude moved them up to like 10 because of a
35:22
blowout loss is like I've I've never understood this whole
35:25
like, man, you got your ass kicked by the best.
35:28
Like God, you got to move up for that.
35:30
I'm like, I don't I don't understand their logic with
35:32
that. But at the same time too, it
35:37
does suck because if you're the 2015 right, first team to lose,
35:42
like first team to just. It's like, it's like the bubble
35:45
with the with, with March Madness being on the ball.
35:48
You know it. But and it's going to be
35:50
interesting how once they finally finalize the format and
35:54
how they do it and they're saying, oh, it's going to make
35:56
the the the regular season irrelevant, irrelevant.
36:00
And I completely disagree with that.
36:01
And the reason I say that is because I think having home
36:05
field advantage in the play offs is going to be huge, especially
36:08
if you're a cold weather school and you've got a West Coast team
36:11
coming to you. And, and, and look, in the play
36:14
offs in Indiana went to Notre Dame and they they got killed,
36:17
you know, because I mean, yeah, Notre Dame was better, but it
36:19
was also, I mean, it was freezing, it was snowing the
36:22
weather home. These home games, the 1st 2
36:25
rounds at this at the Asheville schools are going to be huge
36:29
because these schools playing at home are going to be, it's going
36:31
to be a big thing. Their fans are going to be riled
36:33
up. The weather is going to be a big
36:34
thing. It's, it's going to, it's going
36:37
to work. And you know, obviously it's a
36:38
money grab for ESPN and college football.
36:41
But at the same point, I really think teams are going to be
36:43
like, all right, we want to get that hungry or we want to get
36:45
that by because we want to be healthy.
36:47
So you're going to want to finish one through 8 rather than
36:50
9 or 10, you know. So it's going to make the the
36:53
regular season more relevant because those quality wins are
36:56
going to factor into the rankings, I think.
36:59
Well, yes, but here's what I would also say.
37:02
And and I think we do benefit somewhat because then we can
37:05
have more out of conference game schedule because then you can
37:08
have like an Alabama versus Ohio State and it's like OK, we can
37:12
afford to take a potential extra loss or two and then we can
37:15
still get in. Here's my only thing that I
37:18
would I would push back on. I was more OK with like 16 teams
37:24
because if you look at last year, you could have made the
37:26
argument like if Notre Dame got in, who knows what Notre Dame
37:30
is. Same with BYU.
37:32
If you're the 20th ranked team, I'm really not looking at you
37:36
like man, if they get hot, they're going to make a run.
37:40
Like and I'll, I'll pull up the the rankings right now.
37:44
Just so just for like a hypothetical, if the season
37:47
ended right now. So you've got Wake Forest at 17,
37:53
LSU at 18, Texas at 19, Florida at 20, Boise State at 21, Mizzou
37:58
at 22, SMU at 23, Northwestern at 24.
38:02
And then Arizona would technically be the first team
38:04
out because they were sitting there at 25.
38:06
Right. So Boise State's, Boise State's
38:08
a Group of Five team that gets in.
38:10
Yep. They're the Group of Five team.
38:12
I mean, Mizzou could, but I mean, they just got absolutely
38:15
destroyed by, you know, Ole Miss SMU.
38:20
Kevin Jennings turns the ball over way too much for me to sit
38:24
here and be like, I think SMU would be competitive.
38:26
And don't get me wrong, Northwestern is kind of having a
38:28
little bit of a Cinderella run right now.
38:31
But you know, they're not a team that if I put them up against
38:34
like Utah or if I put them up against the Georgia, like I'm
38:37
going to sit here by hole. This is going to be a game like
38:40
no, that's going to be a a slaughter.
38:41
That's the only thing I would sit here and say like, oh man,
38:44
if the number 22 team gets in like they're if they get hot,
38:47
like it's like, no, I don't. I personally don't see that.
38:51
Like if you go to 16, like you've got the 6th.
38:55
So obviously Miami, BYU, Ohio State, Notre Dame, Georgia,
38:59
Indiana will miss Texas Tech, UCLA and Utah.
39:01
That's your top 10 then Tennessee, Kentucky, Alabama,
39:05
Houston, Iowa, and USC if you would have 16 teams.
39:10
Well, and I guess actually USC would be the first one out if
39:12
they include the group of 6. So technically Boise State would
39:15
be thrown in there instead. That would still be a pretty
39:18
damn good playoff and that would still be pretty interesting all.
39:21
But I, I think some of these teams are underranked and
39:23
overranked. I think Texas Test is definitely
39:25
overranked because yes they are because they did.
39:28
Not look like Texas Tech of last year.
39:30
By the. Imagination.
39:32
But if you look at the 24 and it's interesting, yeah, most of
39:35
the first round games aren't that good, but the way they have
39:37
it set up, it would be like 99 versus 24/10/23.
39:41
But if you keep going down, you have a first round game of LSU
39:45
going to Iowa. That's a hell of a ball game.
39:48
That's a hell of a ball game. That would that.
39:51
'D be a very ugly ball game, honestly.
39:55
Because they bet the under on that one.
39:57
That would be so ugly. But it but it but it'd be it'd
40:01
be a good watch. And then you have a Texas going
40:05
to Houston Interstate. Interesting, you know, so there
40:09
will be some some interesting first round games.
40:12
You know, and then the teams, obviously the first eight teams
40:15
getting the bye week, it'll definitely favor the bye week
40:18
teams because of playing at their home stadiums.
40:21
And then the the, the quarter, you know, then the next round,
40:24
then they go to the bowl games and stuff like that.
40:28
But, and they're also saying it's going to eliminate the
40:30
conference championships, which I'm totally fine.
40:33
I don't see a purpose in that. I'm saying I'm not opposed to
40:37
that. It's a money grab is what it is.
40:39
And I would say make if they are going to try to copy like the
40:43
NCAA, like the basketball tournament, you know, format of
40:46
how they're doing it, make it just Co champions, you know, the
40:49
regular season. Like, hey, if you win, you know,
40:52
if you go let's see, there's nine games and like the SEC and
40:56
the Big 10. If you go like 817 and two and
40:59
there's two teams and they're, you know, if you want to do a
41:01
tiebreaker, like a coin flip, sure.
41:03
But otherwise, yeah, you, you guys are.
41:05
Well, they'll, they'll put tiebreaker parameters like head,
41:07
head to head, you know, common opponents the same way the NFL
41:11
does, you know, they'll, they'll put those kind of things into
41:14
it, you know, But yeah, it'll when, when and if and when, if,
41:18
when it happens. It's going to definitely be
41:20
interesting to see the process and, and I definitely think this
41:24
year's playoff is going to be good because if we're looking at
41:26
the rankings right now, you've got an ACC team and a Big 12
41:28
team as 1-2, but are they going to stay there?
41:31
You know the the game of the year right now is going to be
41:34
the Miami Notre Dame game in a couple.
41:35
Weeks Oh, yeah, absolutely. Which Speaking of, let's let's
41:39
talk about the the Catholics versus the Mormons.
41:43
And the the Mormons got to soak in their win in more ways than
41:47
one of being able to beat Notre Dame with a little bit of
41:52
controversial help with the refs, especially, you know, at
41:55
the end of the game. And and of course, I I always
41:58
have mixed feelings on that because as as a fan, I see why
42:01
you'd be upset. But at the same time, you've got
42:04
60 minutes to beat that team. Refs are included no matter what
42:08
you do. Like you had 60 minutes to
42:10
figure it out. You couldn't do it to say, I'll
42:14
pull up some of the some of the stats and whatnot.
42:17
I mean, overall these teams were pretty damn similar.
42:20
You know, BYU was just able to capitalize more as far as the
42:23
turnovers go. 3rd down conversion, big factor.
42:28
That and it did. It played a massive factor and
42:32
but but I'll be honest though, and this this is probably going
42:35
to be a little bit of a bias against the Cougars.
42:41
I have never been very high on BYU because looking at them over
42:47
the years, they they never live up to like all of these over
42:52
expectations and the over hype that everybody gives them.
42:56
Like I've seen them rank BYU in the top ten several times before
43:01
and they poop the bed every single time they do it and it
43:06
happens. And it's like, I, I have never
43:09
bought into the BYU hype. And I'll be honest, I don't
43:14
really buy into it now for a couple of reasons.
43:17
One, as many people argue, Notre Dame's a bit overrated.
43:22
Like they have a, they have a cupcake schedule.
43:24
They yes, they have power for wins and they beat Michigan
43:28
State, they beat Wisconsin, they beat Purdue, like you know, and
43:32
they beat North Carolina like you have quality wins and you
43:36
beat other powerful opponents, which is better than what
43:39
they've done recently. But the first, you know, true
43:42
ranked opponent that you've had, you do kind of poop the bed
43:46
again, just like you did last year when you lost to Texas A&M
43:49
and then you lost to Miami, who you'll face again this, you
43:52
know, this year. So to you after I guess post
43:57
this game, do you look at either one of these teams think hey,
44:00
they they could, they're built to make an actual national title
44:03
round? As far OK, as far as BYU goes,
44:08
you know, it was a big win, big win for their program.
44:11
They haven't really had a hard schedule.
44:12
They don't really have a hard schedule.
44:14
They're they're only their their next toughest game is going to
44:16
go on November 7th when they go to Utah.
44:18
So that's like, you know, the big the big in state rivalry,
44:21
the. The Holy War.
44:22
Yeah, the holy war, you know, you know, beautiful country out
44:26
there in Utah, by the way, I really.
44:27
Already got there. I love Utah.
44:29
I went out there a couple years ago.
44:31
Love, Utah? Really, really nice.
44:32
Really. Nice, maybe have a helmet for
44:34
the utes. Oh, there you go.
44:36
Yeah, there it is. Cool, awesome.
44:38
But yeah, I, I, I mean, look, you know, they, they had a great
44:41
game, but in general, I don't know if they're the number two
44:45
team in the country for sure, but I don't know if Notre Dame's
44:48
in #8 team in the country because they haven't played
44:50
anybody good and their season's going to come down to the to the
44:53
Miami game. Although it is in Notre Dame,
44:55
it's going to be a lot colder there, so it's weather will
44:58
definitely have a big factor in that.
45:00
Notre Dame's going to want the revenge for last year, not only
45:02
for losing, but for about making the playoff.
45:05
And then, you know, BYU wanted the revenge of this because they
45:08
were supposed to play BYU in that bowl game, which never been
45:10
turned down. So that was that was a big, a
45:13
big motivation for them. But in the end, will these two
45:16
teams end up in the top eight in the playoff?
45:19
I I don't think so. I mean, Notre Dame's got got the
45:22
bodies they've got, you know, the, the physically, you know,
45:25
they're physically a bigger, better team, but I don't think
45:28
much of their quarterback. I do love their coach, though.
45:30
I think free, you know, Freeman's a Freeman's a great
45:32
coach, but I don't think much of their quarterback.
45:35
I don't really see the quality in his play.
45:37
I don't see what, you know, what he brings to the table.
45:40
So I mean, Notre Dame to me is going to have to really, OK, get
45:45
over this loss and go ahead and beat, you know, beat up.
45:49
You know, they play Navy in two weeks and then they're home from
45:51
Miami. So, you know, they'll have their
45:53
little scrimmage against Navy and then they'll be ready for
45:56
Miami. And then, you know, if they
45:58
lose, then if they, But even if they lose, I think they might
46:01
get in because the committee's going to want to make up for
46:03
last year. They're going to, they're going
46:05
to, they're going to want them in.
46:06
They do have kind of a redemption shot as long as as
46:11
long as SMU stays. Ranked.
46:14
Then they have at least another shot of, Hey, we beat a good and
46:19
competitive team that is ranked. So I I do agree.
46:22
And I, and again, kind of the other thing is, like I said, as
46:26
we sit here and kind of look at it and, and as much as these
46:28
will fluctuate, we don't know who the last teams that are
46:31
going to potentially be in are. So maybe that's the other thing
46:34
that kind of factors in of like, well, yeah, you, you played a
46:38
couple teams, you lost and you didn't really play anybody else
46:41
kind of thing. Right.
46:42
But we. Will well, Miami doesn't have
46:45
that. I mean, doesn't have that easy
46:46
to schedule because they you know, they they play at home
46:48
this week against Pittsburgh and that's a noon game.
46:51
It's gonna be hot. So, you know, the weather would
46:53
definitely have that. Then they have to go to Carolina
46:56
and the Fighting Belichicks and they haven't looked that.
47:00
I can't believe I said the Fighting Belichicks.
47:02
They. Haven't Chapel Bill?
47:03
Exactly. Chapel Bill.
47:04
And they haven't looked that bad.
47:06
So they have the UNC game before the Notre Dame game, both Rd.
47:10
games. So there is a definite mountain
47:12
for them. And then they play Duke,
47:15
Virginia Tech and Boston College all at home.
47:17
So they get past these next three and I think they're home
47:20
free for sure for the number one seed in the tournament.
47:23
But I'll be honest, I I think Virginia Tech will give them a
47:26
bit of a run because I mean, don't be wrong.
47:28
I'm not expecting, you know, Virginia Tech and James Franklin
47:30
to make a run, but he definitely has them in a better spot than
47:34
you see Virginia Tech in a long, long time.
47:37
Back when James Franklin, that is James Franklin, and he
47:41
doesn't win. He does not win the big game.
47:43
He just never has. Absolutely, he poops the bed and
47:48
and it currently isn't Sands. I mean, obviously we're we're a
47:51
month away from this game because it's on November 21st.
47:55
The match up predictor right now gives Miami a 94% chance of
47:59
winning according to ESP NS Analytics.
48:04
But let let's move on real quick though to some of the other
48:07
games. We'll just kind of give some
48:09
quick predictions on them. We did talk about it a little
48:12
bit. Indiana travels to Michigan to
48:15
take on the Wolverines. Obviously a big new kick off on
48:18
Fox. Who do you have winning in this
48:21
game? I like Indiana, but I like them
48:24
close. OK.
48:26
So you're probably, so like you said, you're going to take the
48:28
points because it's that all in Michigan.
48:30
I would definitely. Take the 6 1/2 an inch, I think.
48:32
I think the line's 6 1/2 now, at least it was yesterday.
48:34
But I haven't, I haven't. I haven't put the money down
48:36
yet. I'll wait for the last minute
48:37
and see what the what happens with the line does.
48:39
Say 'cause they do make a lot of adjustments between now and now
48:42
and then. It's IU by 7 right now.
48:46
OK, yeah, I would definitely, I would definitely take the
48:48
sevens. That's yeah.
48:50
It's going to be a one score game in my opinion.
48:55
So then we have LSU going to Auburn to take on Tigers versus
49:00
Tigers in a Tiger Bowl, also at noon on ABC as LSU by 7 1/2 as
49:06
it sits right now. I think Auburn, even though
49:10
coming off with the Georgia game is on a high and like, all
49:13
right, we beat Georgia now we got LSU coming in.
49:16
I think LSU is on a roll right now.
49:19
And I think there he, I think Kiffin knows, OK, we cannot lose
49:23
another game. We cannot lose another game on
49:25
the road especially. So I think LSU will go in there,
49:29
go in there strong and dominate this game.
49:31
And I think the other thing too, when I, I don't know if other
49:34
LSU fans feel the same way or not, I'll, I'll have to ask
49:37
around. I think now that it's post old
49:39
miss and the whole stress and all of that is over, they can
49:44
look at the rest of the season to see how the rest of the
49:46
season, you know, moves forward from there.
49:50
Well, MJI, appreciate you tuning in.
49:52
Ma'am. How are you she?
49:54
So MJ is a huge Penn State fan. Oh wow, it's.
49:58
Penn State, I'm sorry, say she She has not commented much on my
50:03
shows this year. And.
50:05
That I don't think that's for lack of her watching and I don't
50:07
think that's still for her lack of love for the Nittany Lions,
50:10
but it's it's just been a rough year.
50:13
Do you know, for years when I was younger, I thought they were
50:15
called the nifty lines, not the nifty.
50:19
I grew up. I'm like, wait a minute, they
50:21
were called Nitney. Well, and I'm not gonna lie,
50:23
when I first heard that name, it's like, oh, we're the Nitney
50:26
line. I was like, is this a British
50:27
thing? Like what the hell is Nitney?
50:29
Like what? What is this?
50:31
I know. One game that unfortunately
50:35
isn't going to be as big as I thought it was going to be at
50:37
the beginning of the year. Texas A&M has to roll into
50:40
Tuscaloosa against more than likely what is a very pissed off
50:44
Alabama. Crimson Tide coming off of
50:46
back-to-back losses for the first time since I believe they
50:49
said the 2013 season. So it's been a long time.
50:55
The current line for that Alabama by 14.
50:58
Which, yeah, they're going to cover that for sure.
51:00
There's no way. Alabama's going to go hard.
51:02
They're not going to get blown out.
51:05
They're pretty nifty. That's yes, you guys are.
51:08
Or at least you are MJ. At least you are.
51:10
Man, Yeah, no, Alabama's going to go in, going to go in there.
51:13
It's like, all right, 3rd home. We just got beat by Tennessee.
51:16
We can't afford another loss either.
51:18
We've got LSU coming up. We got a basically this game is
51:22
going to be a. We need to get ready for LSU is
51:25
what it's going to be for them. So they're going to go.
51:26
They're Texas A&M. Yeah.
51:28
Have fun, enjoy. Yeah.
51:29
I I feel bad for them and MM and Marcel Reed because I feel like
51:33
Marcel Reed has gotten a big, big brunt of this, which I get
51:37
it, he's the quarterback, but I don't know if it's necessarily
51:40
deserved this one little ACC match up.
51:44
You've got Virginia Tech going to Clemson and as it stands
51:48
right now, this line is it's Clemson by 2 1/2, which is a
51:56
little surprise. So that means they also believe,
51:59
you know, James Franklin and them might be a little bit close
52:02
when it comes to taking on Dabo swinging the Tigers, who, albeit
52:06
they're not, they don't look great.
52:07
They do have the benefit of, you know, they kind of had the
52:11
scheduling break and honestly, even though the the score was 41
52:15
to 13, they did play Miami hard. I mean, they played them
52:18
extremely hard. Again, the score doesn't reflect
52:21
that. But when you look at the stats
52:22
and you watch the game, Clemson did give them a run for their
52:25
money. So maybe they're kind of turning
52:27
the turning the tide here and they got a, you know, kind of
52:31
cupcake win against Charleston South of 37 and nothing.
52:35
So maybe they come into this a little bit and I would say
52:39
refresh, but a little bit more refined and fine-tuned.
52:42
Usually in a game like this, I would say take the better coach,
52:46
although it's kind of hard to say that about Dabo right now,
52:49
but my radar would lean a little more towards Dabo than James
52:54
Franklin. See, MJ says the Nittany Lion is
52:56
a fictional creation based on real mountain lions, or Cougars,
53:00
to historically roam central Pennsylvania around Mount
53:03
Nittany, OK, near Penn State's campus.
53:06
Penn State's unofficial early mascot was a work mule named Old
53:09
Coley who helped haul limestone to build the campus.
53:14
Well, now we know. We learned.
53:16
Something today all. Right, Absolutely shout out to
53:19
MJ for helping us and helping. People learn.
53:21
All right. Cool.
53:22
'Cause I, I did, I thought at first it was like a British
53:24
thing. I'm like, that was.
53:26
But now that makes a whole lot more sense.
53:29
I know we talked about this a little bit, but we've got Ole
53:32
Miss travelling to Austin to take on Texas and kind of the
53:36
big question, you know, what Texas team do we get?
53:39
Do we get one that does have a fairly dominant defense and just
53:43
the offense is a question mark? And then on the other end, you
53:45
know, while Ole Miss, their offense can be prolific when
53:51
Trinidad Chambliss is really, you know, rolling it hot, their
53:55
defense has been a little bit more of a liability.
53:59
So who do you and the line for this?
54:01
Because I, of course, moved off of it.
54:04
This one is going to be a late game.
54:06
You've got the line is believe it or not, they have Texas
54:10
favored by three. Because it's the home field as
54:13
you get 3 points for the home field.
54:14
That's the only reason. If this game was on a neutral
54:16
side, it'd be a picking game for sure.
54:19
You know, this is this is an interesting game.
54:20
This is a tale of two quarterbacks kind of game.
54:22
It's also the tale of two defensive.
54:24
We talked about old miss defense getting better as the season's
54:26
gone along. Tessa's defense has always
54:28
played well this year. You know, if in practice, I'm
54:33
sure Sarkeesian is basically having like whoever's playing
54:38
Chris Trinidad Chambliss on, you know, you know, when you put,
54:40
when you play the spot spot and you spot the quarterback in, in,
54:43
in practice, that's, that's the way they need to prepare for
54:46
this game. You know, because Chambliss is
54:48
to me is The X Factor of the of this game because he's looked
54:52
really good. I think if he keeps it up, I
54:55
don't know if he'll win the Heisman, but he'll he in my
54:58
opinion, is probably the best quarterback coming out since
55:00
Dante Moore. So if Moore didn't get hurt,
55:02
then it might have been more. But I think it's definitely
55:04
Chambliss right now as far as, you know, pro prospect and pro
55:08
pro abilities. You know, a night game in Austin
55:13
should be interesting for Ole Miss.
55:15
But Ole Miss has, you know, been in these kind of games, handled
55:18
the pressure. Chambliss, you know, is like
55:20
what, 72 now? So he's old enough to know to
55:22
know what it's like. Should know better anyway.
55:25
I'm sorry I'm making fun of this, but I shouldn't do that,
55:27
man. But anyway, yeah, give me Ole
55:31
Miss in this game. OK.
55:33
OK. One that I think will be
55:36
interesting just because honestly, at the beginning
55:39
during the offseason, I expected this coach to get fired and that
55:42
was Luke Fickle for Wisconsin just because of how poorly
55:45
Wisconsin has done. But he has Wisconsin actually in
55:49
a really good situation right now.
55:51
I believe they're five and one, no four and two, sorry, because
55:55
they did lose to UCLA what ended up being a 17, seven game.
56:00
But they would good against just about everybody they faced, even
56:04
competitive against Notre Dame. Obviously, the second-half of
56:06
the Notre Dame game did not agree with that.
56:09
But they got their first big kind of upset win against Penn
56:12
State. And believe it or not, even even
56:15
the betters have a bit of respect for Wisconsin because
56:18
it's a home game they have. They have USC only favored by
56:23
three as it sits right now. Yeah, did you see any of the
56:28
Wisconsin UCLA game on Saturday at all?
56:31
I did not. Yeah, Wisconsin is not on the
56:35
same level as UCLA or USC offensively, in my opinion.
56:39
And in this kind of game, I just looked at the weather in
56:44
Madison, it's going to be 50 to 52° that night.
56:47
Pleasant. That's how it can be in
56:49
California. These California kids are not
56:51
going to be cold. They're not going to be
56:53
intimidated by the the red in Wisconsin.
56:56
And even though my cousins are both Wisconsin alumni, sorry
57:00
Heather, I got to go with the Trojans.
57:03
Although I will say the Midwest 52 is different from the West
57:07
Coast. 52° it. It is it is definitely it is
57:11
definitely different, but I just think this Trojan team
57:13
offensively cannot muscle this Wisconsin defense.
57:17
And I mean, those are big boys. You know, those, those are
57:19
cheese fed, grass fed boys. But no, give me the Trojans.
57:23
OK. And then the last game that I
57:25
feel like is actually getting the respect it deserves because
57:28
apparently game day is going to stay in Utah for this game.
57:33
You've got Houston travelling to Utah.
57:36
And currently, the line right now is Utah by 6 1/2 against the
57:41
Houston Cougars. That's a that's a big line.
57:44
It's a big line. This Houston team is very
57:46
underrated. I've seen a couple of their of
57:49
their games. They're quick.
57:50
They know how to move the ball. They're defensively, they're a
57:54
little bit better than people think they are.
57:57
Again, in Utah, you know, the the Big 12 is, is not that
58:01
strong a conference as we've seen this year.
58:03
You know, they've got a couple of good teams.
58:04
I would say BYU and Utah but and Texas Tech we said is way
58:08
overrated. And that was Houston's only
58:11
lost. They only lost to them because
58:13
they couldn't convert 2 point conversion.
58:14
Exactly, exactly. So I like Houston to win, but I
58:18
think I'm sorry, I like Utah to win, but I think Houston will
58:21
cover. So if I would have bet this
58:23
game, I probably won't bet this game, but I'll I would take
58:25
Houston in the points here. And I am kind of surprised that
58:28
they have this as late as they do and game day is going to be
58:30
there because I'm like, I don't see, I don't see Kirk, Herb St.
58:34
and Chris Fowler calling this game.
58:37
Because no, they're going to, they're going to call whatever
58:38
the 7:30 ABC game. Is yeah, it's like that's super
58:41
late. Oh, that's Texas and Ole Miss is
58:44
the 730 game. So.
58:45
Yeah, her Herb, she's going to take his private jet and go to
58:47
go down to Austin. Definitely.
58:49
Yeah. But yeah, no, no, this this 10.
58:51
I mean, I guess this is when it was scheduled, but I guess
58:53
because of the way the rankings worked out this week, they were
58:56
like, you know what, we're here, It's, it's 2 ranked teams, you
58:59
know, the, the, the Texas story, I guess kind of they figured,
59:02
let's, let's cover this other story, you know, and it's good
59:05
because, you know, ESPN is all about the SEC.
59:07
We know that because of their contract.
59:09
But the fact that they're giving some the Big 12 a little bit of
59:11
love for two weeks in a row is definitely good.
59:13
Well, and it's cool because I think, I think they I highly
59:16
doubt they have, but I feel like they've finally given the fans
59:20
what they want of it's like we're not going to the same 4
59:23
campuses basically like every single time.
59:26
You know, we're going to other places.
59:28
You know, they're they're kind of expanding their Rd. out.
59:30
Like obviously they were in Provo, now they're going to be
59:32
in Salt Lake City. Both super gorgeous.
59:35
I'm glad that they're going to, you know, highlight that and,
59:38
you know, really entertain that. But yeah, and I'm I'm excited.
59:41
Like I said, I went out to Utah a couple years ago, loved it.
59:44
I have a old supervisor, really good friend that he, he's from
59:48
Utah, grew up rooting for the utes.
59:50
Funny enough, got his degree from the University of
59:52
Washington, though, and moved to Seattle for his wife before he
59:57
joined the service. But he's part of the reason why
1:00:00
I have the have the utes helmet up there is is for him because I
1:00:03
was like, I need a little bit of a connection.
1:00:05
I just like the utes like. They're.
1:00:07
They're fun. They're a different program.
1:00:09
And it was one of those. It's like, OK, I can kind of
1:00:11
pick a team from each conference to be a fan of.
1:00:14
So it's like the utes will be my, the utes will be my my PAC
1:00:18
12 team. Now they of course moved into
1:00:20
the Big 12. So now, now I got to look for a
1:00:24
couple of Big 12 teams. So cool, now it, it should be a
1:00:29
good week. Well, well, you know, I don't
1:00:30
know if it won't be the chaos that this past week was
1:00:33
definitely some some good, good rank, good rank versus ranked
1:00:36
teams playing. That'll be some important games
1:00:39
as far as the standing as far as playoff standings go.
1:00:42
So, you know, another week in college football I've done, I've
1:00:44
done pretty well betting on college football this year.
1:00:46
So hopefully I can keep that string up for sure.
1:00:49
I will say my my picks this past weekend though, they took a
1:00:53
major hit. Yeah, usually.
1:00:56
What was your record for this week?
1:00:57
Usually pretty well. I'm about to pull it up.
1:01:00
Hold on. If think if I remember right, it
1:01:02
was like 13 and 13. It was bad, dude.
1:01:07
You've ever gone 13 like that? Dude, It was, I was like, you've
1:01:11
got to be kid like, yeah, 'cause I was like, I've never done that
1:01:14
bad. Like I've gotten close.
1:01:16
I was 14 and 14. My bad.
1:01:19
Yeah, I was right at 500. And, and what kind of hurt me
1:01:25
was of course, all the all the upsets I expected Wake Forest to
1:01:29
go in and like dominate Cal. That didn't happen.
1:01:34
And then it was like Nebraska versus Oregon.
1:01:36
I was like, OK, Nebraska's up. There's only like 2 minutes
1:01:38
left. And Dilly Riola said, you know
1:01:40
what, I'm going to beat my old team.
1:01:41
Hold on. And pulls out the.
1:01:43
Pulls out the. That was a great ending.
1:01:45
I saw a replay of that. That was crazy.
1:01:47
So yeah, those those picks were a little bit rough, but I mean,
1:01:52
I'm still OK on the season. I'm 97 and 54 so far in the.
1:01:56
Season. If you were betting straight up
1:01:58
you'd be ahead of the game, so you're doing good.
1:02:00
Yeah, absolutely. I'm, I'm, you know, about two
1:02:03
wins to everyone loss. It's like, OK, I'll, I'll take
1:02:06
that. I can run with that.
1:02:07
Not a bad way to go. Better than some of my NFL
1:02:09
picks. Man, I don't even know how I'll
1:02:11
wigger here my NFL picks. Right now, I had a bad NFL week,
1:02:14
man. I I got Washington backdoor
1:02:16
covered with me last night again.
1:02:17
So I had Frisco -7 and they backdoor covered me.
1:02:20
I was so pissed off. Say I have to look and see what
1:02:24
my I need to look and see real quick what my NFL picks are so
1:02:28
far for the for the year, because I feel like that's the
1:02:33
only bad part. I don't.
1:02:34
I guess I don't care for about the NFL this year is it's like
1:02:37
every time I make a pick, I don't freaking know who's going
1:02:39
to win or not. Right.
1:02:41
Yeah, that's that's the NFL for you.
1:02:44
Let's see, prior to this week I was 51 and 28.
1:02:48
And now this week with these pics, I haven't moved that.
1:02:55
I haven't moved that screenshot into there yet.
1:02:58
It's 12345678. I'm at 59 and 456, yeah, 59 and
1:03:11
34 in my NFL picks, so all. Right.
1:03:13
That's pretty good. So, well, I started my usual $50
1:03:17
on the Hard Rock Live app here in Florida and I'm up to 120, so
1:03:20
I'm definitely doing pretty good this year.
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There you go. OK, so there.
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So there is some positives. Here we're going to Sizzler.
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There we go. There we go.
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Well, good Sir, as always, I appreciate you being on,
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appreciate having you. If you like, you'll check him
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out. I don't remember your handle.
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I know it's like you. Can go to Yoel Hyman music on
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Instagram, you can follow me on Facebook on YouTube and stuff.
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If you're down in the Florida area to come see a show and
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hopefully next summer I'll be travelling.
1:03:49
I always post my schedule on my Instagram so you can come see a
1:03:51
show and check it out. But you know I'm I'm a sports
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geek and I don't know if any of you know what this hat is.
1:03:56
If you do message Tony and they'll send you like AT shirt.
1:03:59
No, you won't. Say, I don't even have those
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made yet, I'm not that popular. I know you sold me AT shirt.
1:04:06
I do. I do still owe you AT Shirt.
1:04:07
You're right. You wanted it Navy and you
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wanted it in I think in XL2XL2XL.
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That's right. That's why they call me the big
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dog. Yeah, it's alright.
1:04:15
I'm still working on that one. It's like, it's like, I am.
1:04:17
I forgot about that. Awesome.
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All right, well, I appreciate everybody tuning in.
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She has a great podcast where she talks about the conscious
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mind of positive thinking. I remember right, MJ, If I'm
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wrong, correct me on that, but she gives a very good idea of
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like a very holistic approach of how to deal with medication, how
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to deal with response. She does a lot and focuses a lot
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on mental health and how you approach that and how you deal
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with it, how it connects to a lot of the cosmic and universal
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you ever love like Gypsy Rose drama, anything like that,
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definitely check out into the weeds.
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And then of course, there's a ton of other great veteran coast
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probably be here all night. But check them out at NB radio
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beard oils, bombs, beard butters, all great for your skin
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too, as far as keeping you nourished, healthy, even having
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you, you know, keep kind of a younger look.
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Like if I shave this beard off, I might look 14 again.
1:05:42
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