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Ohio State vs Texas: EXPERTS Are MISSING Something Huge in Longhorns vs Buckeyes! · College Football Addiction: A Show About All Things College Football

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  Speaker 1: Ohio State versus Texas. Game of the year type material, boys.
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  Speaker 1: This is one that I think we've been looking forward
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  Speaker 1: to since week one of last year when these two
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  Speaker 1: teams were going up against each other. Massive, massive matchup
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  Speaker 1: in Austin. This preview presented by PrizePix here on The
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  Speaker 1: Power 2. Let's start with... We'll go road first and
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  Speaker 1: the best conference that was ever created that doesn't have
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  Speaker 1: teams trying to usurp their power over it at this moment.
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  Speaker 2: So Tom, take it away, Tom.
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  Speaker 1: Actually, if we could, I could give Tom one extra
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  Speaker 1: second to do this because that's part of what the
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  Speaker 1: does as well. Go ahead.
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  Speaker 2: Good for the Mac. I love that.
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  Speaker 3: The Mac is trying to get the win because they
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  Speaker 3: absolutely should. What happened in Ann Arbor was BS looking
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  Speaker 3: at this game. That'll take place in Austin, Texas. I
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  Speaker 3: am very, very excited about this game. I think it's
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  Speaker 3: going to feel a lot different than last year's game felt.
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  Speaker 3: You had two first-time starting quarterbacks officially for their individual schools.
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  Speaker 3: It felt like baby deer legs. You felt the offensive
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  Speaker 3: lines trying to figure things out. Not much in terms
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  Speaker 3: of playmaking ability. It felt like a very physical defensive battle,
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  Speaker 3: and that's what the scoreboard reflected. I don't think this
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  Speaker 3: is going to be the complete inverse where you just
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  Speaker 3: see scoring at the yin-yang like we just saw with
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  Speaker 3: Ole Miss and Louisville. but there's going to be an improvement.
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  Speaker 3: I think Julian Sane is a lot more comfortable, and
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  Speaker 3: it seemed like in their opening game that he was
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  Speaker 3: just trying to feed Jeremiah Smith as much as humanly possible. Meanwhile,
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  Speaker 3: Arch Manning, he seems very comfortable with Cam Coleman and
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  Speaker 3: his pieces. It's all going to come down to which
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  Speaker 3: team runs the ball more effectively. Do I expect either
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  Speaker 3: team to go full LSU Clemson in terms of 300
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  Speaker 3: yards rushing? No, I don't think that's the case in
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  Speaker 3: this one. Whichever team is going to be able to
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  Speaker 3: make the opposing quarterback a move his feet, think a
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  Speaker 3: little bit longer than he wants to, is going to
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  Speaker 3: be able to control the defensive game. If they can
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  Speaker 3: prevent the run enough, that's ultimately going to spell doom
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  Speaker 3: for somebody. I don't know which team I really favor
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  Speaker 3: in this. I think by an edge, I give it
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  Speaker 3: to Ohio State because I think I believe in their
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  Speaker 3: pieces in terms of the offensive line more than I
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  Speaker 3: do with Texas. I've said this the entire offseason. Texas
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  Speaker 3: worked on the offensive line, put money into the transfer portal.
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  Speaker 3: We'll have Goosby back, which is great. So I don't
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  Speaker 3: know if I believe as much in what Texas could
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  Speaker 3: be as a rushing attack. I think Hollywood Smothers certainly
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  Speaker 3: changes things for them. But I think I put a
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  Speaker 3: little bit more faith in Ohio State to do that. However,
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  Speaker 3: home field advantage... Arch Manning feeling confident, having weapons. He
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  Speaker 3: certainly looked like he was doing good outside of getting
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  Speaker 3: through the tunnel against Texas State.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, my goodness.
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  Speaker 3: Somewhere in the neighborhood of 27-24 Ohio State, and it's
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  Speaker 3: going to be a really fun game to watch, but
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  Speaker 3: it is going to be physical. It is going to
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  Speaker 3: be tough, and I think it's just going to feel
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  Speaker 3: drastically different than last year.
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  Speaker 4: I see a scenario where this is a high scoring affair,
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  Speaker 4: but the yardage isn't there because of what it is.
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  Speaker 4: It's a few explosive plays on each side. So one
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  Speaker 4: major touchdown 68 yarder by Jeremiah Smith. Then you counter
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  Speaker 4: that with another 45 yard touchdown pass to Ryan Wingo.
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  Speaker 2: I could see something like that being the case. Tom
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  Speaker 2: brought this point. I totally agree with him.
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  Speaker 4: The rushing attack is going to be really important in
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  Speaker 4: this game for both teams. I look at it from
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  Speaker 4: the Ohio State side. Remember that Texas last week gave
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  Speaker 4: up 161 rushing yards to Texas State.
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  Speaker 2: That's not a good number.
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  Speaker 4: Now you have to take that with context since realizing
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  Speaker 4: they couldn't throw the football to save their life and
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  Speaker 4: they ran it 41 times. So naturally, you gave up
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  Speaker 4: that many rushing carries, you're going to get some yards
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  Speaker 4: after contact.
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  Speaker 2: So that's something that I think that you look at.
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  Speaker 4: If you're Texas and say it was against a team
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  Speaker 4: that couldn't throw it against us, Ohio State's going to
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  Speaker 4: be able to throw it against us. Can we slow
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  Speaker 4: down the run? This is a running back room that
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  Speaker 4: I have a lot of belief in. Headlined by Bo Jackson,
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  Speaker 4: but then you throw in Jacoby Jackson. But I also
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  Speaker 4: look at Legend Bay as being a guy that is
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  Speaker 4: a gadget-type player that may only see snaps like on
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  Speaker 4: 10 plays in this game, but those may be 10
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  Speaker 4: of the most important plays for Arthur Smith to be
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  Speaker 4: able to dial on up to keep the ball moving
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  Speaker 4: efficiently and get Ohio State closer into the red zone.
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  Speaker 4: They have an opportunity to really do a nice job
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  Speaker 4: of playing against this front seven for Texas that had
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  Speaker 4: its moments against Texas State, but also is still kind
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  Speaker 4: of gelling together. If they can establish the run early,
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  Speaker 4: it's a massive win, I think, for Ohio State in
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  Speaker 4: that standpoint. From the flip side with Texas, they can
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  Speaker 4: run the football better than last season. I think that
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  Speaker 4: you feel better about Relique Brown and Hollywood Smothers in
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  Speaker 4: your backfield. You still have your concerns, and it's largely
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  Speaker 4: because you didn't see them do it more efficiently in
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  Speaker 4: that matchup against Texas State. They were able to run it,
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  Speaker 4: but they didn't run it at an elite level of
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  Speaker 4: where you saw Ohio State do against Ball State. It's
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  Speaker 4: Ball State versus Texas State, so a little different in competition.
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  Speaker 4: What do you also get from the mobility of Arch Manning?
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  Speaker 4: One of the biggest things that we know about Arch
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  Speaker 4: Manning is he is going to tuck and run. He
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  Speaker 4: is not afraid to go ahead and utilize his legs.
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  Speaker 2: You didn't see that last game. I think that was
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  Speaker 2: on purpose. It was by design.
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  Speaker 4: So do you get more efficiency with Arch second and six,
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  Speaker 4: running forward for a first down and sliding once he
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  Speaker 4: gets to the line of scrimmage just to keep the
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  Speaker 4: ball moving? That's something that I think could be a
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  Speaker 4: major tone setter for Texas. What I look at as
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  Speaker 4: the key element in this game, though, for both sides
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  Speaker 4: is not the rushing attack. I look at not even
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  Speaker 4: the wide receiver number one. I look at wide receiver two.
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  Speaker 4: I look at who is going to be the guy
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  Speaker 4: that can go on open opposite of Jeremiah Smith or
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  Speaker 4: Cam Coleman.
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  Speaker 4: Is it going to be Devin McCune, the UTSA transfer?
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  Speaker 4: Is it going to be Ryan Wingo? Because you know
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  Speaker 4: that there's going to be an elite matchup on either sideline,
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  Speaker 4: a Bo Masco versus Jeremiah Smith. And then you got
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  Speaker 4: Devin Sanchez going up against Cam Coleman. That's going to
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  Speaker 4: be locked down cinematic. When you see that highlight grab,
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  Speaker 4: it's going to SportsCenter. Like, you know that's coming. Who's
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  Speaker 4: the other guy that steps on up? Who's the guy
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  Speaker 4: that can win the battle on the opposing side that
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  Speaker 4: allows you to be able to move the football with
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  Speaker 4: ease against two defenses that have question marks, but still,
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  Speaker 4: they don't retool. They reload every single offseason. That's what
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  Speaker 4: they do, and you have faith in them. So that's
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  Speaker 4: going to be a really interesting matchup in that standpoint.
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  Speaker 4: Who can win inside the red zone? Who can go
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  Speaker 4: ahead and close out drives and not settle for three points?
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  Speaker 4: Another thing that you'd be looking at in this game.
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  Speaker 4: This has the opportunity for... everyone to kind of put
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  Speaker 4: themselves in a position of we're the team to beat
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  Speaker 4: in college football. And I want to throw this at
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  Speaker 4: your guys to say, who needs this win more?
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  Speaker 2: Is it Texas or is it Ohio State?
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  Speaker 4: Because I would argue Texas and Ohio State, regardless of
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  Speaker 4: how you feel about either one of these teams, SEC,
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  Speaker 4: you're an SEC homer. Oh, you're a Big Ten brat,
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  Speaker 4: whatever it is. Texas and Ohio State have the two
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  Speaker 4: toughest schedules in college football this year. So a win
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  Speaker 4: in this game has a lot of stakes on the
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  Speaker 4: line of guaranteeing your spot in the playoff.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's more important for Texas.
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  Speaker 3: I agree.
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  Speaker 1: I agree. For several reasons. One, I think Texas' schedule
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  Speaker 1: is slightly tougher. Number two, I think I have a
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  Speaker 1: little more confidence in Ohio State, and that's probably just
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  Speaker 1: some brand bias, some roster bias, because we've seen them
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  Speaker 1: get there and do it before. I think Texas' schedule, again,
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  Speaker 1: a little bit tougher. You lost last year. you're playing
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  Speaker 1: at home. Like every way that I look at this,
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  Speaker 1: it is not massive. Like I'm not, man, Texas is
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  Speaker 1: out if they lose this game. No, I'm not doing
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  Speaker 1: that for either one of these. Now you go lose
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  Speaker 1: like Clemson did. Maybe I will. But yeah, I, I
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  Speaker 1: don't think it's like if one of these two teams loses, I'm,
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  Speaker 1: but yeah, if I'm picking who it's a little more
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  Speaker 1: important for every category that I look at, it's Texas.
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  Speaker 1: I don't even know what the argument for it being
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  Speaker 1: Ohio State would necessarily be. Not that it's not important
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  Speaker 1: to them, but like every single thing, it's on the road.
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  Speaker 1: Their schedule, I have a little more confidence with Ohio
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  Speaker 1: State against their schedule. You won last year, so if
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  Speaker 1: you split it overall, your fans kind of understand that.
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  Speaker 1: Obviously everybody wants to win, but yeah, I think this
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  Speaker 1: is a massive opportunity for Texas. We have, we give
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  Speaker 1: Ohio state and to their credit, we give Ohio state
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  Speaker 1: the benefit of the doubt because they do win these
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  Speaker 1: games consistently. So if they drop one, nobody's jumping off
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  Speaker 1: the bandwagon, right? Like you understand like mid tough game
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  Speaker 1: down in Austin, they've got some playmakers. We've got some playmakers.
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  Speaker 1: We lost a close game. For Texas, does the narrative
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  Speaker 1: after this game, which we did week one overreactions already,
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  Speaker 1: but does the narrative after this game become, man, are
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  Speaker 1: they ever going to win the big one? Are they
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  Speaker 1: ever going to be able to tell? What's happening here?
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  Speaker 1: And so, yeah, I think it's massively important for Texas.
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  Speaker 1: It's important for both teams, but I think it's more
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  Speaker 1: important for the Longhorns.
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  Speaker 4: Well, when was the last time we saw Steve Sarkeesian
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  Speaker 4: win a big game? Now, I'm not saying that Steve
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  Speaker 4: Sarkeesian is not a winner because he is a winner.
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  Speaker 4: There's a giant difference between the two. The last time
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  Speaker 4: they won a big game, they were in the Big
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  Speaker 4: 12 going up against Alabama. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: That's it.
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  Speaker 4: They've lost to Georgia every time they played them. They
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  Speaker 4: lost last season to Ohio State on the road. They
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  Speaker 4: lost to Florida, which, again.
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  Speaker 2: I'll throw out there that's disgusting. But they lost those games.
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  Speaker 1: You could count them. See, they beat A & M
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  Speaker 1: last year, but we all kind of knew A &
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  Speaker 1: M was frauds by that point, right?
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  Speaker 3: Didn't they make it into the playoff a few years ago? Yeah.
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  Speaker 4: And they went down to the wire in double overtime
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  Speaker 4: against an Arizona state team and they beat a Clemson
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  Speaker 4: team that got lucky by has a game winning field goal.
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  Speaker 3: Are we not constituting those as big games? They're playoff.
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  Speaker 3: I don't make, I don't mean to make you Dan Orlovsky,
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  Speaker 3: but those are big games, period. I agree.
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  Speaker 4: Okay.
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  Speaker 1: So here's the point. If I can, let's split the
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  Speaker 1: baby on this. Okay. Those are, those are big games.
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  Speaker 1: When's the last time they won a game that they
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  Speaker 1: weren't expected to win?
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  Speaker 4: Sure.
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  Speaker 2: Like A & M.
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  Speaker 1: Like the A & M one. I would put it
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  Speaker 1: in that same category. A & M was a great win,
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  Speaker 1: but we all kind of knew A & M was fraud.
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  Speaker 4: Sure.
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  Speaker 1: Right? So, yeah, they took Mateer. Mateer's hurt. And they
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  Speaker 1: beat Oklahoma, who went to the playoff.
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  Speaker 3: But like.
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  Speaker 1: there's some context that's provided with it. You beat Arizona state.
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  Speaker 1: You nearly blew it. You gave up a, you know, you,
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  Speaker 1: you played Clemson way closer than you should have. So
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  Speaker 1: those are big games. But again, I think there's a
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  Speaker 1: difference in a big game and a, if they'd a
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  Speaker 1: loss to, you don't, you can't say you're a 14
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  Speaker 1: point favorite against Arizona state and Clemson and give them
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  Speaker 1: credit for playing those teams closer.
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  Speaker 3: Than they did.
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  Speaker 1: So I think it's, it's, it's six, one half does.
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  Speaker 3: It's kind of, I understand that point. I think for
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  Speaker 3: this game in particular, Texas has more to prove. And
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  Speaker 3: it's not that Ohio State doesn't have something to prove,
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  Speaker 3: but Ohio State at least has recent track record in
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  Speaker 3: terms of the national championship. They got past Texas, in fact,
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  Speaker 3: on their way to winning that national championship. But Ohio State,
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  Speaker 3: it's not that they return a better roster necessarily. We've
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  Speaker 3: talked about how much they lost in the NFL draft.
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  Speaker 3: It's just you have more faith in what Ryan Day
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  Speaker 3: and this program is capable of year over year. And
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  Speaker 3: you believe probably a little bit more, and this is
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  Speaker 3: by increments, that Ohio State has a better chance to
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  Speaker 3: win a national title than Texas. Texas can prove to
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  Speaker 3: people early in week two that, hey, we can win
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  Speaker 3: a national championship, and it would change the conversation. Would
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  Speaker 3: a loss for either one of these teams knock them
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  Speaker 3: out of the playoff? They both have very difficult in-conference
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  Speaker 3: schedules the remainder of the way, so you have no
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  Speaker 3: idea how the dominoes are going to fall with this thing.
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  Speaker 3: But I think at least from a proof standpoint, from
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  Speaker 3: a momentum, a confidence standpoint, Texas needs this. Both teams
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  Speaker 3: need it, but Texas could use it a little bit more.
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  Speaker 4: No, Texas needs this because Texas needs to show that
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  Speaker 4: with the identity that they have in place, it's good
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  Speaker 4: enough to win at the highest level.
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  Speaker 2: That's what they need to do.
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  Speaker 4: Because again, whether or not we say it's fair, Steve
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  Speaker 4: Sarkeesian is the offensive play caller. One thing that people
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  Speaker 4: have been arguing is that Steve Sarkeesian needs to relinquish
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  Speaker 4: the play calling rights and just be the CEO of
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  Speaker 4: a team.
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  Speaker 2: He doesn't want to do that.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, so now you got to win the biggest games
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  Speaker 4: to prove that you are in the conversation of it's
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  Speaker 4: not being too big for you. I agree with Tom
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  Speaker 4: that this is a bigger game for Texas. I also
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  Speaker 4: think that Texas right now has a few things that
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  Speaker 4: you trust a little bit more than Ohio State. Maybe
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  Speaker 4: it's not at every single position. Certainly not a wide receiver.
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  Speaker 4: I'd go so far to say maybe not even a quarterback,
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  Speaker 4: but I would definitely say that when you look at
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  Speaker 4: that defensive front, I don't know if Ohio State has
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  Speaker 4: a Colin Simmons that's coming off of the edge. And
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  Speaker 4: with an offensive line that does have its question marks
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  Speaker 4: going into this game, which we won't know about because
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  Speaker 4: it's Ball State. I'm not saying that Ohio State's offensive
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  Speaker 4: line can't look elite by the time they play Michigan
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  Speaker 4: at the season's end.
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  Speaker 2: But against Ball State, you're still going through the learning curve.
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  Speaker 4: I see a scenario to where you can easily say,
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  Speaker 4: if Texas' defensive front can get after Julian Sane, they
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  Speaker 4: should be the team that's favored in this game, not
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  Speaker 4: because they're the home environment matchup.