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Chris Landry Interview · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Speaker 1: W.R.K.S.
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  Speaker 3: Yes, we're back with Jake Wimberly on the Afternoon Drive.
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  Speaker 3: Chris Landry, get him on LandryFootball.com. Subscribe to the show
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  Speaker 3: on YouTube. And, of course, get him on X at
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  Speaker 3: Landry Football as well. TikTok and more. Chris, happy Monday.
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  Speaker 2: How are you?
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  Speaker 1: Happy Monday. I'm doing well. Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: Chris, it's hard to believe we have reached the end
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  Speaker 3: of the first month. And, you know, I'm a big
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  Speaker 3: efficiency guy. That's just for me when I start looking
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  Speaker 3: at numbers and teams. And, you know, some of the
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  Speaker 3: data will show you that, hey, look, if you're not
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  Speaker 3: in the top 15 in offensive and defensive scoring efficiency
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  Speaker 3: since the beginning of the BCS, you probably aren't going
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  Speaker 3: to play for a national title. The only teams through
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  Speaker 3: one month that are living in that space is Georgia,
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  Speaker 3: Notre Dame, Miami, Alabama, and Ohio State.
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  Speaker 2: Just a quick overview before we get into some specifics here.
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  Speaker 3: Is it fair to say that those teams are probably
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  Speaker 3: playing the best complete football, Georgia, Notre Dame, Miami, Alabama,
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  Speaker 3: and Ohio State?
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, I would, despite the fact that they haven't played
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  Speaker 1: anybody all that good. I really am comfortable in saying
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  Speaker 1: that when they do, They will perform very efficiently, and
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  Speaker 1: I think that they're one of the elite teams. What
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  Speaker 1: I like about what I've seen with Texas is their
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  Speaker 1: ability to do multiple things well and to win in
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  Speaker 1: different ways. I like that. I think that's important. I
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  Speaker 1: think that if you are over-relying on one area, that's
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  Speaker 1: going to cost you the deeper you get. So that's
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  Speaker 1: been impressive. I think Notre Dame's good. I think Miami
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  Speaker 1: is good. I think Ohio State is good. I would
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  Speaker 1: agree that other teams are flawed. You know, I don't
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  Speaker 1: know anybody outside of that that I would want to
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  Speaker 1: put in there. I love, I mean, I absolutely love
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  Speaker 1: what Florida's doing right now. I just don't think that
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  Speaker 1: they have enough to, you know, be the type of
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  Speaker 1: team that could go as far as maybe their fan
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  Speaker 1: base thinks right now because some of them think this
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  Speaker 1: year's Indiana sucks. coming out of nowhere and winning it all.
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  Speaker 1: I don't see that, particularly not coming from the SEC.
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  Speaker 1: But I would agree with you, and I am more
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  Speaker 1: than willing to open the door for anybody else to
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  Speaker 1: penetrate that group and prove that they belong with that group,
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  Speaker 1: and I'll be glad to point them out when I
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  Speaker 1: see them. But I see some good teams outside of those.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know that I would jump on the table
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  Speaker 1: for any of them to– be a serious national championship contender.
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  Speaker 3: You mentioned florida we'll start right there um 52 to
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  Speaker 3: 28 omis just could not stop their run game and
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  Speaker 3: i i think omis has some problems on that side
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  Speaker 3: of the ball they'll have a week to work it
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  Speaker 3: out uh you know you look at omis right now
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  Speaker 3: and there's somewhere you know button up on 75th in
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  Speaker 3: defensive scoring efficiency just kind of your take now florida's
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  Speaker 3: got to go to missouri this week and we'll talk
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  Speaker 3: mississippi state missouri but Your thoughts on both teams, Florida
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  Speaker 3: and Ole Miss, and then Florida going off and taking
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  Speaker 3: on Missouri this week.
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  Speaker 1: Love Florida. Love how they're playing. They're physical. Their line
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  Speaker 1: of scrimmage is good. They run the football with intensity.
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  Speaker 1: They're physical on the defensive side of the ball. They've
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  Speaker 1: got that attitude and that mentality. I expect them to win.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think there are many teams that can beat them.
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  Speaker 1: I think Georgia can, but I don't think many teams can.
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  Speaker 1: Ole Miss is just not as good. It's all about
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  Speaker 1: the quarterback. The quarterback, Trinidad Chambliss, doesn't light it up.
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  Speaker 1: They don't have much of a chance. Their defense is
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  Speaker 1: not very good. I just don't think they're particularly well coached.
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  Speaker 1: I thought they won with a lot of emotion last week. And, look,
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  Speaker 1: I think they'll win games, but I think everybody, again,
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  Speaker 1: jumped the gun as they did with LSU after they
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  Speaker 1: beat Clemson. Let's let it settle. Ole Miss is the
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  Speaker 1: best team. They're not a playoff team. I never thought
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  Speaker 1: they were a playoff team. I didn't think they were
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  Speaker 1: a playoff team after they beat LSU. I just don't
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  Speaker 1: think they're that good. Now, I do recognize that not
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  Speaker 1: everybody's going to be able to bottle up the quarterback.
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  Speaker 1: The quarterback is capable of keeping them in any game.
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  Speaker 1: But I just don't think the team is overall anywhere
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  Speaker 1: near as good as they were last year.
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  Speaker 3: Chris Landry on your radio. And, of course, you can
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  Speaker 3: get him at LandryFootball.com. Make sure you get the podcast
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  Speaker 3: on YouTube and more. All right, Mississippi State, one of
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  Speaker 3: the things we do know is they'll battle. They'll battle
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  Speaker 3: you four quarters. And, you know, two weeks ago at
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  Speaker 3: South Carolina, they went down early, came back and won.
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  Speaker 3: This past week, they went up early, came back and won.
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  Speaker 3: Your thoughts on Mississippi State as they get ready to
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  Speaker 3: host Alabama this weekend?
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  Speaker 1: Well, I like the team for the reasons that you mentioned.
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  Speaker 1: I like their fight. I love the quarterback play. I
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  Speaker 1: love the playmakers that they do have. I think you're
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  Speaker 1: starting to see the fruits of what Jeff has tried
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  Speaker 1: to put together, start to come in, to focus. I
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  Speaker 1: hope everybody is optimistic about this weekend, their fan base,
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  Speaker 1: but measured. Do I expect them to beat Alabama? I don't,
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  Speaker 1: but I wouldn't be shocked if they did. In other words,
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  Speaker 1: I think that they're going to give them a fight.
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  Speaker 1: I think they're going to play hard. I think they're
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  Speaker 1: going to play well. I don't know. If they can
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  Speaker 1: put it together for four quarters, if they can, they
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  Speaker 1: got a good shot. They really do. Because I think
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  Speaker 1: Alabama leaves plays on the field too. But Alabama's got
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  Speaker 1: more overall talent. They've got a quarterback that's dynamic as well. So, look,
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  Speaker 1: I'm saying something that I would not have said in August.
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  Speaker 1: Mississippi State, Alabama, boy, I'm really looking forward to that game.
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  Speaker 1: It's going to be hopping in Starkville. There's no question
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  Speaker 1: about it. And rightly so. I think Alabama is going
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  Speaker 1: to get all it wants and have their hands full,
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  Speaker 1: even though I think they're the more talented team.
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  Speaker 2: Chris, what is going on with John Mateer?
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  Speaker 1: Well, the guy's never been a good enough passer. They
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  Speaker 1: don't have a good passing game around them. And if
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  Speaker 1: they can't run the football well enough, they've got no chance.
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  Speaker 1: The defense is not playing well. That's not up to
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  Speaker 1: their standards. So what happens is when they get behind,
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  Speaker 1: because their defense is not anywhere near elite, they got
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  Speaker 1: to abandon the run. And they're not great at running
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  Speaker 1: it to begin with, but if you become pass first,
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  Speaker 1: they're a lower-level SEC-caliber team, and that's what we're seeing
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  Speaker 1: right now. Yeah, it's largely Mateer and his limitations as
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  Speaker 1: a passer, but it's more than that. It's not like
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  Speaker 1: this is a really good team. If they had a
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  Speaker 1: good quarterback, look out. This team is just not really good. And, again,
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  Speaker 1: it's one of the things I always shake my head
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  Speaker 1: when people, oh, man, look out, Oklahoma's a sleeper. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: I don't know what people think. This team is not
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  Speaker 1: nearly as good as people thought. So, therefore, it's like, oh,
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  Speaker 1: my goodness, what's going on? Well, what's going on is
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  Speaker 1: they're not really good and they're getting exposed.
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  Speaker 3: Same question. Texas A & M, did you expect them
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  Speaker 3: to kind of fall off the way they have?
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  Speaker 1: No. Now, this is a little bit more surprising. They
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  Speaker 1: look like they have lost a lot of fight, a
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  Speaker 1: lot of attitude. Now, the quarterback is not a passer,
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  Speaker 1: but I thought the defense would play better. Look, this
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  Speaker 1: team is in a lot of hurt. It's in a
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  Speaker 1: world of hurt. I mean, they're in a game this
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  Speaker 1: week that is a– maybe get-right type of game for them,
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  Speaker 1: but it's also a game in which they can get embarrassed.
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  Speaker 1: I think Arkansas is really bad. Good win at Tulsa
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  Speaker 1: last week, but can you imagine if Arkansas comes in
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  Speaker 1: and pulls the upset in College Station? I mean, they
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  Speaker 1: are fit to be tied there. They've got that battered
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  Speaker 1: Aggie syndrome thing they talk about a lot. That thing
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  Speaker 1: looks like it's completely... gone off the rails and I'm
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  Speaker 1: just really surprised that they've gone that far down that quickly.
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  Speaker 1: Quarterback play, nonewithstanding, it's the other part that just, I mean,
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  Speaker 1: they were absolutely humiliated against LSU. They had nothing. They
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  Speaker 1: had no answer for anything that was going on. They
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  Speaker 1: had the deer in the headlights look from the beginning
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  Speaker 1: and it just got progressively worse.
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  Speaker 2: Were you surprised, and.
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  Speaker 3: We're visiting with Chris Landry, LandryFootball.com is where you can
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  Speaker 3: that USC, or Oregon rather, behind a backup quarterback in
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  Speaker 3: Dylan Raiola was able to put up the numbers that
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  Speaker 3: they did and kind of wake up this weekend.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, how about that? as an important move? We talk
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  Speaker 1: about it in the NFL, backup quarterback, the importance. How
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  Speaker 1: about that as a backup quarterback? They started to pummel
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  Speaker 1: USC when Dylan got in, and obviously an unfortunate and
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  Speaker 1: ugly look for USC. after the hit more than anything,
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  Speaker 1: and that was embarrassing. Look, I think you always have
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  Speaker 1: to be aware about a team that's talented, that maybe
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  Speaker 1: starts off poorly, gets embarrassed, and let's make no mistake,
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  Speaker 1: they were embarrassed in the win against Boise, certainly embarrassed
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  Speaker 1: in the loss against Oklahoma State. They got challenged a lot.
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  Speaker 1: They got two new coordinators that I think they really
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  Speaker 1: struggled early, and I think they came back and they
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  Speaker 1: showed a lot of fight. One thing about Dan Lanning's team,
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  Speaker 1: these teams are tough. They don't always play the smartest
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  Speaker 1: in the biggest moments, but I would never question their toughness.
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  Speaker 1: They were the tougher, more physical team, and they took
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  Speaker 1: it to USC. It's ironic that it took basically what
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  Speaker 1: amounted to a cheap shot, and I recognize that it's
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  Speaker 1: tough for defenders today, but that, to me... Had a
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  Speaker 1: lot of respect for how Oregon responded, and I lost
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  Speaker 1: what little respect I had for Lincoln Riley and his
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  Speaker 1: USC program in that game. So that's my thoughts on that.
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