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Bama Bob recaps College Football, Cyclones talk with Bill Seals & Mr. Monday Night presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Hour number two just passed 1:00 on a Monday Miller and Condon
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with you top of the hour off the bench.
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Lucas Strange, Sean Roberts take you until 5:00 overtime Iowa 5
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until 6 bottom of the hour. Bill Seals covers Iowa State
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part of the on three network. He's at cyclonereport.com.
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Mr. Monday night with a double double dip.
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We'll get into that about 10 minutes before 2.
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Bama, Bob Trenton, I bought the recap the weekend in college
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football before we do so Bama must be in a pretty good mood.
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Is the NFL team just fired their coach?
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Callahan is out. Bama, Bob, how are you?
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I'm doing great. Well, yeah, my son called me
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just as Trent was calling, and I said, hey, I got to go, you
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know, getting ready to do a radio spot.
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OK, We fired Callahan. Bye there.
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You. Go yeah.
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I mean, yeah, it's it's long overdue.
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He's he's way overmatched. And I think what it is is they
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wanted to get, they did not trust him to even be able to put
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up a sniff of an effort against Brabel and the Patriots coming
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in this week. So they're trying to limit the
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embarrassment. Speaking of embarrassment, maybe
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we'll have time for Wisconsin coming up here.
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That was unbelievable. But let's start in the Big 10.
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Trenton, we'll get we'll start with you.
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Bam. We'll give you a minute on
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Franklin once we get to you, but let's start with Trent Overall
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in the Big 10 this past weekend. TCI.
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Think it was not just that USC won that game.
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We've talked about it teams traveling to the West Coast.
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I liked USC in that spot as we talked about on Friday, but it
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was the way that they did it. Physically dominating that
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football game and getting that was old school USC.
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I mean, that was wide body right and left and and pounding the
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football rate of Michigan. Very few teams, even this
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limited Michigan team the last couple of years, you knew that
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they were going to be physical. They were going to be chippy and
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USC punched him in the mouth. That was eye opening to me.
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Not just winning that football game.
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It was the fashion that USC was able to do.
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It yeah, obviously we touched on briefly Indiana what they did to
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Oregon. What a what a wagon this Indiana
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squad is how much the UCLA players had to hate the Sean
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Foster. I mean, what a difference couple
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of weeks back or make rather. Baba let's go to you take the
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Big 10. Let's start obviously with
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Franklin your guy, big guy, big game.
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James you, you could never pick them really won one.
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He's going to leave town without winning one.
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Not close, but he'll if he does get close, you'll have to do it
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at another school. Your thoughts on the Big 10?
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But start with Franklin if you would.
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Well, he's going to leave town with $49 million, too, so that's
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not bad. You're not a bad parting gift.
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I don't know if they should have waited till the end of the year
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or not. All the rumors now, you know,
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swirling around Stignetti taking that job, I don't know that he
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would leave. I mean, you would think it would
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be a no brainer leave Indiana for Penn State.
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But what he's built there, I don't know.
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I know why Penn State would want him, but I mean, it's just a,
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you know, I'm trying to think of just the absolute three-week
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collapse of a program and a coach.
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I can't remember one that I'm sure there's been some of this,
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can't recall right now. But yeah, you start out number
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two in the country, you know, you struggle whatever you go,
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you go along and you're all the criticism and everything else,
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but you're still ranked right up there.
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And then you lose a tough one point game at home to our, you
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know, close game at home to Oregon and overtime double,
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double, Yeah. Then you go out to, you know, I
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think the UCLA game was the tipping point, but look at what
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they did in Michigan State. Something has happened that
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team, and like you said, boy, that team must have hated Desean
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Foster because they have just played incredible since he left
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or since they got rid of him. And then, you know, you lose at
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Northwestern at home. I feel bad for Jew Aller because
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I mean, you know, I don't know if his career is over or what.
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I don't know how this is going to affect his draft status or
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anything. It's just it's just terrible.
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But yeah, I mean, I think it, I'm kind of surprised I guess a
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little bit by the timing, but I guess they just figured, listen,
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we're done. We can't win the Big 10.
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We can't go to the playoffs and all of a sudden, you know, so
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let's let's just get out ahead of this and start the search and
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everything else. But it's going to create a lot
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of chaos. And there's going to be, I think
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there's already some good jobs open, UCLA's open, Oklahoma
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State's open some other ones. We think Florida's coming open,
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possibly Wisconsin's probably coming open after that effort or
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lack of thereof. So, you know, but this is
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probably, you know, Florida comes open.
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It's probably between this one and in Florida as the as the
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pick of the crop. And I agree with Trent on USC,
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there's kind of a manhandling, you know, running for over well
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over 200 yards in that game. And listen, I'll give you the
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Indiana credit. You know, they shut me up, not
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that they cared. They shut a lot of people up,
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but haven't watched Ohio State. I don't think it's going to
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matter, guys. This is a team without a
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weakness. I don't know.
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I don't, I have no idea how anybody is going to beat that
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team because they can win in so many ways and they've Got Talent
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everywhere. You take away one thing, they'll
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do something else. I don't know how anybody's beat
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that team. No, I'm with you wholeheartedly.
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Let's go to the Big 12 TC. Texas Tech boy, silence.
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Any doubters that are out there, what they've done here these
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last few weeks, another eye opening, a performance out of
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them. And I think I told you last
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week, I wasn't ready to throw dirt on Utah.
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The fourth quarter got away. Dampier was incredibly limited
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in the fourth quarter of that game.
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I don't know if they could win a rematch against Texas, I think.
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We're going to get a chance to see it.
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Though, but I am right there with you.
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I think that we're going to see that Purdue coming up in in the
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Big 12 championship. Game Dampier ran for $1.20 in
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that football game against Arizona State.
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It's just how they just manhandled Arizona State as
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well. That's that's a big part of it.
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What else from out there? TCU.
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I was surprised. Although let me put pose this
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one to you boys. And I'm not saying that they're
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the third best team. Is K State back in the hunt in
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the Big 12? They got 3 losses already so
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that. Two or three in the big. 12 Oh
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yeah, because the one game was it a conference?
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Game. Yeah.
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That, that's the last thing the Big 12 wants.
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Yarmark. He needs to make the call.
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There's a close game. Hey, let's not like case you
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cannot allow that team that has lost army army on the resume.
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It's just it's a bad look. Here's the good news.
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They've got to play Texas Tech. They've got to go to Utah.
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They better not win both those games.
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That could be good news or bad. That's an excellent point.
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Yeah. I was looking at glass half
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empty. Trent's always glass half full.
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Bama. That's right.
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Mr. Optimism, everything. Yeah, Mr. Positivity sitting
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over there next to you, Kim. But yeah, I mean, I agree with
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you. Your armat needs to call Greg
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Sankey and figure out how you can screw A-Team twice to
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protect your blue bloods. But because he doesn't want TCU
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in that game, I agree. Utah, maybe listen.
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Arizona State without Levitt just.
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Not different team, yeah. I don't think we can't and we
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just can't pretend. I mean, Sims was just so limited
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and and I know they pushed him around and they dominated, but
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they couldn't get the reason was they couldn't, they were no
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threat on the other side of the ball.
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BYU, I'm seeing, they're just sitting there 6.
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And all they do is keep winning. I understand they, you know how,
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Yeah, play Texas Tech, play Utah, play somebody, you know,
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Arizona State, whoever it is. But they keep winning and all
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you can be after six games is 6. And oh, and there they are.
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They're just waiting for somebody else to slip up.
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But I think Texas Tech has clearly separated themselves.
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I don't know what's happened to Iowa State.
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I won't get into that. I'm sure you guys have dissected
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that. Unfortunately, picked that
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corpse via Texas Tech. Clearly to me right now, the
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class of that conference, their coach is going to be on a lot of
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those lists that we just talked about for Penn State, Florida,
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whoever else. So we'll see if they can hang on
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to him. But yeah, right now it's Texas
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Tech and everybody else. I think Utah maybe a slight edge
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in the everybody else on the field in the everybody else
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category. Yep, let's go to the SCCTC.
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Pam, I mentioned Auburn. But they all screwed.
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What do you see that says he didn't get in?
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Nothing. He scored.
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He scored the touchdown, Yeah, it's 17.
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Nothing in that game is over. Yeah, that thing is done.
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And then just the Paul that was over the whole stadium
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afterwards and they're going down and there's personal files
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and there's holding penalty and just on and it just snowballed
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out of control. That's a good way to put it.
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That's exactly what happened. And that's twice now that
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Auburn's got screwed. Yeah.
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And the player hiding out. And now this one.
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I mean, what are you going to do?
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And how do you give frame apology literacy?
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How do you give him a time out? About the time out, he was
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clapping. I was clapping.
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No, you weren't. No, you.
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Weren't you were calling time out and then for the white hat
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not to go over there and say no, Kirby Right, we're not going to
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give you the time out. Does he have that much power,
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Bama? Well, I'll tell you, and I'm
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glad we're hitting on this guy's because this this I'm no Auburn
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fan, all right? Really.
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They Right. OK, They have been porked twice.
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Yeah, by this conference. OK, The fumble was it, wasn't
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it? I think he's in yes.
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I don't I do not fault the officials on the field for
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calling it a fumble because it's just a massive humanity.
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I see the ball come out right. What else do they.
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You know, I don't have a problem with them calling it a fumble on
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the field. What I, I don't know how it
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wasn't overturned because it for every replay I've seen, it
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looks, looks like he crosses the plane with the ball.
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Here's the thing though, and here's what drives me nuts and
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I'll get I'm going to get to Kirby Smart in a minute if
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you'll let me. What drives me nuts guys, it was
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like a 5 minute review and all we got was ruling on the field,
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uphill, George's balk, 1 yard line.
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We have no clue. Give me the ACC refrain please.
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Greg's thinking and I'll tell you why.
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Right? Because you mentioned this is
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the second time Auburn has been screwed and we have no clue why
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and who beat them, Georgia and Oklahoma and now you got all the
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conspiracy theorists out there going.
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The SCC is protecting the brand. Auburn doesn't have a chance to
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the playoff at Oklahoma and Georgia do.
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So, I mean, I don't believe that, but this is what you
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invite when you have this kind, when you don't have transparency
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like the ACC does. We have no idea what they were
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going through and how are they discussing this and how they
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came to that ruling. And as far as Kirby Smart goes,
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OK, I can't blame him. He's just trying to get an
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advantage like every other coach does.
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But I mentioned Friday, Auburn at night when that place is
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wound up is as tough of a cauldron of chaos as you will
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ever find in college football. And they were wound up,
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especially after that overturned call.
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He's clearly everybody wants Kirby suspended for lying about.
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OK, forget all that, that official.
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That's the one I had, yes. That the the the sideline
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official that goes, oh, I'm sorry, Kirby, you weren't
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calling time out. My fault.
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You know, Mr. White Hat. I mean, that guy should never be
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allowed on an SEC field again ever, because all he did.
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Kirby is known for this. You watch him in any game, he's
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all there. He's gesticulating and he's
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going through all this, you know, commotion and everything
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else. And, you know, and Hugh Freeze
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is trying to match that because he knows what's going on.
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So now he's getting excited and he's yelling and screaming and
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the crowd is yelling and screaming.
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And these officials had no idea. They were just not able to
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handle it. That guy should not be allowed
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on the SEC field again, It, it, it's just I, I, I feel for Hugh
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Freeze this morning. Bottom line, they, they, you
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know, I agree the air went out of it, right?
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They had 20 yards in the second-half.
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You've got to figure it out. You got to get it.
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You know, he's yelling at the officials going off the at
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halftime. The AD is out there next to him
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yelling. That was.
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A bad look. Yeah, bad.
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Look, you got to get over it, OK?
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It happened. It happened again.
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Go out there and shove it, you know, shove it, you know where
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and and just, you know, don't want it affect you.
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But they did Georgia. That's how they win games.
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And I'm not saying they cheat to win games.
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I'm saying, you know, they overcome whatever they have to
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for the most part, and Auburn just can't.
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But I do feel for Hugh Freeze and I feel for Auburn this
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morning because they got screwed twice in that game.
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I think not that the timeout was a game deciding played.
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The touchdown was because you're right, 17, nothing.
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That game is probably close to being done.
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You know the rest of the conference.
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LSU is still struggling. Arkansas under Bob Petrino, man,
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I think they're going to pick somebody off.
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A&L may be the best team in the conference.
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Ole Miss, you know Escape is a 32 1/2 point favorite.
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Yeah, how about Kiffin calling up the students too to see that?
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Yeah, yeah, yeah. We came out with as much energy
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as our students. Where you go, Wayne?
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You know, but he's probably right.
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Nick Saban used to complain about that a little bit, too.
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Oklahoma and Meteor should have never played, I don't think.
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And then Alabama. Ty Simpson, man, they got some.
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He's got to be, He's got now like 17 touchdowns, 1
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interception, whatever it is, and he made some great throws.
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I love watching him. He's just he's, he's tough, man.
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He's really good. He still holds the ball a little
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too long and he takes a little too long getting the playoffs
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sometimes. But I mean, from where he was at
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the beginning of the year, you got to give him credit.
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But you know, what do you get to do this week?
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You get to have, you know, now you get to play Tennessee.
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It just never ends in this conference.
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And we went through all of that and we didn't bring up Red
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River. We did briefly with Mature not
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playing, but you're right, yeah. We didn't.
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Yeah, we didn't give. The time where this.
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Was the the start to the season, of course, Arch coming into the
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year, then what we saw from Matier and it's barely a blip on
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the radar and probably the way it should be.
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Yeah, kind of like the. Florida schools back.
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Yeah, Georgia. Auburn's just overshadowing this
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conference and it is a shame. It is an absolute shame because
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A&M was playing excellent football.
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They might be the second best team in the country right now.
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I mean, just they've still got better games, bigger games to
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play. What Alabama's doing is getting
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overshadowed. Everything in this conference
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right now is getting overshadowed because of the
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chaos that happened in Auburn right now.
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And that's a shame. But it's the SEC's own fault.
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Let's go to the ACCTC. Your thoughts on what you saw in
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the. Did you see anything in the ACC?
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Watched a lot of the end of the game with Pitt and Digital State
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as the Seminoles. And that kids a true freshman.
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I believe so, yeah. I don't know.
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How do you say his name? My Henter?
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Shoulder something. My take away, though, is
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Clemson. Another dominating performance.
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But is it too little too late? All you have to do is win the
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league to get in. So our tickets aren't dead.
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You're telling me there's a chance?
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There's a chance get in, get into the bracket, they'd be 10
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and three with an ACC championship when they need help
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to get there. But it's not over yet for the
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Tigers. They play well the last couple
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of weeks. So does Georgia Tech seemingly
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week in and week out, I think they're going to get to the
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Georgia game unbeaten, No. Yeah, Take a look what they've
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got. Who is it this week at Duke?
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It could happen. That's a big game.
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You know what? That's a big game.
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And it's sad because it's funny you mentioned that, Game Boys,
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because I was looking ahead to our Friday conversation.
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I've got 10 on the list. I was thinking, how am I going
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to break this to Bama? We got 10 games together.
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We'll get to 4. We'll get.
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To four of them, right? If we can ever, you know, get
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Trent to this stuff. Yeah, so I've already scratched
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that one off, and that's one of the ones I wanted to get to
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because Georgia Tech Duke is a fun game.
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What else? In that conference from over the
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weekend? How about you Bama ACC.
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Florida State's kind of the the big story to me.
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I mean, they start out so well-being Alabama, you know,
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top ten, top five, top whatever they were.
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Hey, FSU's back last year was the aberration.
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Yep, Yep. They beat 2.
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They beat 2 nobodies and now what have they lost?
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They're O and three in the ACC. They're not going to they can't
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win that. They can't go to the playoff.
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And now they're just back to playing out the strength, which
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is sad, but that's the way we are right now in college
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football. And you know, 8-9 win seasons
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don't matter much anymore when you're a program like Florida
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State because by the time you go to a bowl game, nobody's going
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to be left on your roster to play it right if you're not in
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the playoff. That's just the way that it is
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these days. And that's sad.
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But I, I mean, I don't know where to go.
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Miami is just so far above the dominant team in that
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conference. It is A1.
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Do you mention Clemson? OK, Are they getting better?
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Maybe they are. I'm sure, you know, three and
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three and they've got a chance. But there's a lot of there's
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what, four or five undefeated teams?
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Can they can they jump them all to get to that second spot?
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I don't think so. I I they're, they're really
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disappointing. I mean, them along with with
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Penn State probably maybe the two most disappointing teams.
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This there's a lot of them to choose from, but Florida State
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really is a story. And maybe the the flip side of
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that is Pitt, you mentioned the quarterback.
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I think he is a true freshman. I think he is.
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Yeah. I mean that kid, I mean, he boy,
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does he look the part, man, just big, tall, strong, everything.
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Yeah. It's they go on the road, they
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follow up that win last week, they go in Tallahassee and win
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and, you know, off they go. But I, I just, it's not going to
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matter. Miami's Miami's the best team in
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that. Conference, I wanted to give one
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minute on this 'cause I was dead wrong.
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I thought North Texas was give South Florida all they wanted.
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South Florida opened up a can. We are going to put this one on
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the schedule for two weeks, boys.
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South Florida at Memphis, that's a big game in the and that's
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that that deserves more than sneaky good game of Ryke.
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That's a big, big spot for both schools.
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And I believe that's listed currently as an ESPN plus game.
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No, I I believe so, yeah. That's.
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True, that's got to. Somebody's got to Yeah, put it
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on ESPN News at minimum, right? That's got to be more than a
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plus game. It's a top 25 match.
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I. Agree with you.
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Do you have something? About Yeah.
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How about Vanderbilt opening as a favorite over LSU?
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That's wild. You ever think you'd live?
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That long? Never.
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Never. Never.
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Never, I mean. I saw that and I'm like,
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somebody sent that. No, that, that can't be right.
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Well, there it is right there in black and white.
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I don't know if it's moved or not since then, but as of
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Sunday, yesterday, I think when they sent it or whenever I sent
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it to you, you guys, they open as a 1 1/2 week favorite over
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LSU. Wow.
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It's up to 2 1/2 now, 2 1/2 the Commodore's favorite.
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And this is not Jerry Dinardo's LSU program.
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No, this is a top 10 still ranked LSU team and Vanny's
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favorite. Unbelievable practice talking
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quick Bama for Friday. We've got a lot of games
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together. Right, got it, got it.
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I'll do the warm up exercises. There you go.
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All right, Baba. Good to enjoy the conversation
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as always, brother. We'll talk to you on Friday.
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Have a great week. See you, Paul.
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Yeah, thanks for having me. Appreciate it.
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Good to talk to you, Bama, Bob, Trent and I recapping the
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weekend in college. Football and the week starts
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tomorrow. Yeah, there's triple header.
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There's three games tomorrow. 3 Sunbelt action, right?
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Yeah, Sunbelt. It's the belt right now.
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The Sunbelt has taken over kind of that Tuesday here the last
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few seasons. New Mexico State Liberty,
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Arkansas State against South Alabama OK or Florida
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International against Western Kentucky.
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Seals. cyclonereport.com summary covers Iowa State and he joins
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the program. Hello, Bill Seals, How are you?
19:49
I'm well. Guys, how are you doing?
19:51
OK, before I forget, 'cause I was asked to ask you if you
19:54
would know this information. Have you been able to gather?
19:58
Will there be TV Creighton, Iowa State on Friday night as Iowa
20:02
State plays their first exhibition game of the of the
20:06
season in Omaha? Do you know if there's TV at all
20:08
or Internet anything I. From what I had heard last week,
20:14
I think there there's some kind of, I don't know if it's like a
20:16
Nebraska public television. That's what I saw too.
20:21
That you can, you can watch it for free and Nebraska, but if
20:25
you're outside Nebraska, I think you need to sign up and it's
20:28
like 799 or something like that. So probably not something many
20:33
Cyclone fans are going to do for, for that for a one time
20:37
use. But yeah, that's I, that's what
20:40
I've heard is the arrangement for that.
20:42
That's too bad. And then when Northwestern comes
20:45
to to Hilton, will that be, is there any television there?
20:49
Do you know Bill? Not that I have heard of.
20:53
I think that might be a that might be a radio kind of listen
20:58
to if. You kind of like Friday?
20:59
Well, no, I I, I take that back now.
21:01
Now it is on ESPN Plus. Awesome for that.
21:05
That'll work. So and it is called Nebraska
21:08
Public Media, by the way for the Creighton service.
21:11
So if anyone wanted to look that up and subscribe, that's what
21:14
you'll go in and look for. But ESPN plus though for
21:18
Northwestern the following Sunday before we.
21:20
We get into the match up against Colorado, I look back and a new
21:24
commitment for Iowa State quarterback and that always
21:27
opens the eyes up. It's not Jet Jet Tamala who we
21:31
know change his commitment to Alabama.
21:33
Tell us what you know about Case Evans, the Texas Signal Caller.
21:37
But he was one that had been committed to Oklahoma State and,
21:41
and Mike Gundy once I, I, I, I think once maybe the Iowa State
21:47
staff got the idea that things were, you know, circling the
21:51
toilet bowl and in Stillwater. I think they kind of initiated
21:55
conversation with him. I, I think he had been on their
21:58
radar even before the commitment.
22:00
They obviously layoff for a few months and then once the season
22:04
started, it didn't look good. They got back in touch.
22:07
Course, that would have, you know, jived up with with the Jet
22:10
Tamala news coming after that. So, you know, he he's a a dual
22:16
threat type of quarterback. I believe 21 or 22 touchdown
22:22
passes to just one interception so far for his team.
22:26
So I think he's an efficient player, someone that good, good
22:29
ball security there. And he's also the team's second
22:32
leading rusher as well. I believe he leads the team in
22:35
touchdown rushes as well. So, yeah, I mean, he's kind of
22:39
in that that Rocco backed man ski Moberly mode mode and
22:46
something that they wanted to get in the in the program to
22:49
continue staggering those recruiting classes.
22:52
And then I think they're going to go all in next year, try to
22:55
get that four-star out of Chicago, Israel Abrams.
22:58
They're in in real good shape with him right now.
23:01
So I think but they they still did want to get someone in the
23:05
high school ranks for the 2026 class.
23:08
A couple of plays in that Colorado game that just were
23:12
head scratching other than than the Bramer play in the end zone.
23:17
There were a few of. Them there were a few of them,
23:19
the going forward on 4th down from your own 18/19/20 yard
23:23
line, whatever it was. And then and then the play call
23:27
made no sense. And then later on in the game,
23:30
3rd and 10, you decide to run a quarterback sneak, quarterback
23:34
draw and then only to punt at that point of the game.
23:39
I mean, what's Campbell thinking at that point?
23:40
He's, he's going to, he's going to gamble inside his own 20 yard
23:44
line And just as they're both to cross midfield or they had
23:48
cross, he decides, you know what, we're going to run back up
23:50
the middle on 3rd and 10. And then if that doesn't work,
23:53
we'll punt. Just head scratching decisions.
23:57
I I I couldn't understand it. There were a few of them, yeah.
24:00
I mean, I, I it wasn't made real clear I think on the the 3rd and
24:05
10 if that was they something that was changed at the line of
24:09
scrimmage or if it was that the design play call from the start,
24:14
you know, or if if Rocco had kind of audibled into that
24:17
liking what he saw out of the defensive formation.
24:20
But yeah, I mean, that was was not really a high percentage
24:25
play. I think in that situation and
24:26
especially third and 10 when you're not real sure about the
24:30
kicking game and and then you end up punting anyway.
24:33
So yeah, just that that whole sequence, you know, it didn't
24:36
make a lot of sense. So and then going for it from
24:40
from the 19, I think that's probably something you don't do
24:44
unless it's maybe two or three minutes left in the game.
24:48
And, you know, maybe if you're running low on timeouts as well
24:52
and you're kind of backs against the wall.
24:54
But there was still some time left to to be doing that, you
24:57
know, and it's still worked out for him to where they had a
25:00
chance. Guys, I think they bowed up and
25:03
and the defense held them to a field goal there and they still
25:06
were down 7. It worked out OK.
25:09
They still had a shot. But again, I think just with how
25:12
that whole game went, they had a lot of shots in that game, a lot
25:15
of shots offensively and guys, skill players just not not
25:20
making plays when they needed them.
25:22
Rocco, something seems off. You took that huge hit a week
25:25
ago against Cincinnati. Maybe that's a part of it, but
25:28
it's not just that he's not playing at the elite level.
25:31
His accuracy even on some completions, just not quite in
25:34
the right spot and we're just used to him being so accurate.
25:37
Is it injury or is there something else going on right
25:40
now with Rocco Beck? You know, maybe it's a little
25:43
bit of both. I, I think, you know, he was
25:45
also in the, the medical tent for the Arizona game the week
25:48
before Cincinnati as well. So Saturday was the first time
25:53
in, in that in three games that he had not been in the medical
25:56
tent. So, yeah, I mean, he's taken
25:58
some shots, the Arizona game, the Cincinnati game, and that
26:02
just had been a little bit off. And, and really, I I think even
26:04
before what he he was pretty efficient against Arizona and
26:09
and he actually for the season at hot had his highest
26:13
completion percentage of his career.
26:15
I'm not sure that's the case anymore.
26:17
That's kind of dropped off a little bit.
26:19
The accuracy not there. But you know, the other thing
26:22
about it too, I think is that those passes to the wide
26:27
receiver, some of them, I think that those got to be made.
26:30
There were two right off the bat.
26:32
I think to Eskeldson that and who knows, maybe that I don't
26:35
know if that kind of set the negative tone for that chase.
26:39
So well, there were some plays to be made there.
26:41
Eli Green, gosh, he made a great on that play near the sidelines.
26:47
So yeah, again, I think I don't know if you'd go out and say
26:50
there's a trust issue right now with with Rocco and those that
26:54
kind of that newish wide receiver room.
26:56
But I, I think that the bye week, this is going to be a
26:59
perfect opportunity for them to kind of huddle back up and in
27:03
addition to just the practice environment, get, get those guys
27:06
together and, and kind of try to get back on the same page.
27:09
Because they're they're going to need to coming out of the bye
27:12
with with what's ahead the next several weeks beyond the second
27:16
bye week. And God knows Conradi better be
27:19
ready to go because nobody needs to see Carson Rhodes.
27:22
God bless him running out of the field.
27:24
All 68300 and 20 lbs of them. Because he would be the guy,
27:28
right? I mean, he did kick off late in
27:30
that football game. I think I would say it's final
27:32
kick off in the game after they scored was with Carson Rhodes
27:36
was doing it. So he's he's now up right?
27:38
He's he would be the guy that they would be forced to turn to
27:42
if Conradi can't come back. And I don't know if it's a home
27:46
game versus Rd. game. I think, well, Carson Rhodes was
27:50
in the travel party to go to Colorado, so they're not
27:53
bringing a fairpoint. So I think in an emergency
27:57
situation, it's roads and I don't know, maybe they're just
28:00
totally adverse to Tyler Perkins doing that at all, being the
28:05
only. Well, I guess Carson Rhodes can
28:07
punt. But yeah, the numbers are
28:09
dwindling. And when they get back home, I
28:11
think maybe it's a different scenario.
28:13
They've got maybe got some other guys, some other candidates.
28:16
But yeah, I mean, going to a travel game, it was a it was a
28:20
tough situation to be in and out Chase Smith.
28:23
So he he tweaked something. So who knows coming out of this
28:27
bye week how things are going to look in the end game.
28:31
Potentially a huge match up coming up when we get to see
28:34
Iowa State next. BYU comes to town and we'll see
28:37
obviously what the Cougs do this week, but a pretty good spot of
28:40
getting BYU 230 kickoff that was announced today for that one.
28:45
Short of getting healthy, what else do you want to see out of
28:47
this squad coming off another buy here?
28:49
What do you want to see out of this Iowa State team when they
28:51
return on the 25th? Well, I think we, we talked
28:54
about it a little bit that the passing game, I think those guys
28:57
need to get back on the same page.
29:00
You know, Mauser, I, I think they, he, he's got to find a way
29:03
to get these tight ends back involved.
29:07
You know, Bramer still showed up I I think relatively well in the
29:10
passing game. But Burkle is and he's, he's
29:13
kind of virtually just disappeared.
29:16
He was also, he was also one that had a pass right, you know,
29:20
right in the wickets and he dropped it against Colorado.
29:24
So I think they've got to just get that whole unit back on on
29:27
one-on-one page and, and Mauser that drawing up some more
29:32
schemes or doing, doing whatever they need to do to get those
29:36
guys back going. And it's it's hard to believe,
29:41
though. I mean, they, they, they get 100
29:43
and what, 177 rushing yards out of Abu Salmon still not enough,
29:49
still not enough. And it just I think that just
29:50
shows the the urgency there of getting these, you know, the
29:55
quarterback, the skill players back on the same page because
29:58
they're getting great production in the ground game over over 200
30:01
yards. And that's there the offensive
30:03
line opening some holes. Think for the most part in that
30:07
game, but they just got to get the skill players going, yeah.
30:09
It'll be interesting when when Hanson is back and they
30:12
seemingly to me, there were one in one a you know, you know,
30:15
whoever you want one in the other one was one a was it was
30:18
Hanson and Sama for a long time. I'm wondering if Sama did enough
30:21
in that game because he certainly looked a part to me.
30:24
I wonder if he's now claimed that running back one spot RB
30:27
one. Do you think he has?
30:29
You would think you would think so, but I doubt it.
30:32
I mean, I I think they're going to go right back to the one A1B
30:35
by committing look and kind of been the the offenses identity
30:40
for two seasons now. And I don't I don't foresee
30:43
Carson Hanson really losing that role because of injury.
30:47
He's still going to have a job to do out there on Saturdays And
30:51
and the Boo, you know, it's encouraging.
30:53
They can go to him maybe a little bit more.
30:56
They haven't seen a whole lot out of Dylan Lee.
30:58
I don't think Aiden Flora and not a lot there.
31:01
So I it it when when Carson's back, they're they're going to
31:05
need to get him back involved in a big way and and still kind of
31:08
go with that to that committee backfield.
31:13
Media day last week for the men's basketball team.
31:16
Take us in a little bit in the take away that you had.
31:18
We feel like we talk about every single angle with these teams,
31:21
but maybe a surprise or something to open your eyes for
31:24
media day, Bill? Well, I think that that it's not
31:29
really a surprise. I think we knew all along that
31:32
there were some freshmen are going to need to play on this
31:34
team. Jamarian Bateman, he he, I think
31:38
from the summer, it was expected.
31:40
He's going to play, no surprise there.
31:41
But I think Killian took Toray. He's going to have a role out
31:45
there on this team. They they like what they see
31:47
there, you know, front from what we're hearing, I think with
31:52
Toray and even Kelderman spelling Lipsy and then on the
31:58
on the outside the two and the the three we're we're hearing
32:02
good things obviously from Bateman.
32:04
I think Dominic Nelson is another one.
32:06
He I talked to him one-on-one at media day.
32:09
He's worked a lot on his shot. He and Eric Crawford have have
32:13
gone to work and and attacked that.
32:16
I think maybe if there was any reservation when they brought
32:19
him in, it was that outside shot.
32:22
Yeah, he's they, they replace Lip or they replace Gilbert and
32:26
and Curtis Jones. So they need somebody that can
32:29
fill it in there in addition to Bateman and and obviously Milan
32:34
and the other thing too. I think that mom, Sheila Beach,
32:37
she's one that there could that you continue to hear this.
32:41
He's got to take 89103 pointers a game that's going to be a
32:45
little different to see and he's one that is hunting the shot and
32:49
he's that they're they're going to need him.
32:52
I'm losing Curtis Jones to to kind of fill that void a little
32:56
bit. So on the inside, you continue
32:58
to hear great things out of out of Buchanan.
33:01
Also talk to him for a little bit.
33:03
I'll have a story up on on him. I think he's going to do more
33:07
offensively than he did at Virginia.
33:09
He and that between him and and Joshua Jefferson, I think
33:14
Cyclone fans are there's a lot of excitement to be had when
33:17
those two guys are on the floor at the same time.
33:20
I think they're going to compliment each other perfectly.
33:23
Bill Seals, cyclonereport.com, cyclonereport.com part of on
33:27
three media for Bill Seals. Good stuff, buddy.
33:30
Bill, appreciate it. What have you got coming up this
33:32
week? You mentioned the Buchanan
33:34
piece. What else?
33:35
Yeah, yeah, some recruiting catching up on that again.
33:39
Of course, went out and and caught, you know, Trent's always
33:43
busy on Friday nights with high school football and I was down
33:46
there caught Jevon Severson from Madrid High School in action on
33:51
Friday night. So a little report on him up.
33:54
Cyclone's in great shape with him.
33:56
So yeah, just kind of like along those lines, recruiting,
34:01
catching up with some guys, basketball, a lot of media day
34:05
content to sprinkle in there. And then Thursday is Thursday
34:10
afternoons, women's basketball media day.
34:13
So Emily Zeiss, my women's basketball beat writer, and I'll
34:18
be at that event on Thursday afternoon.
34:20
So some women's basketball coverage to look forward to as
34:24
well. Cyclones pick to finish very
34:27
highly in the conference this year.
34:29
I think this is going to be a great team of families to look
34:33
forward to watching. Good stuff, Bill Seals,
34:35
cycloneport.com, part of On Three Media.
34:38
On three media for Bill Seals. Bill.
34:40
Good stuff. We'll talk to you next Monday.
34:41
Appreciate it. Yep, you do the same.
34:45
Bill Seals, as we check in on Iowa State, we'll check in on
34:48
Mr. Monday night. He's coming up next.
34:50
Double dip tonight to baseball games, league championship
34:54
games. NLCS gets underway.
34:55
ALCS will be first, Miller and Condon on the Iowa Sports Radio
34:59
Network. I'm Miller and Condon, welcome
35:01
back. Final couple of minutes here on
35:03
a Monday double header Monday Night Football this week
35:07
likewise again next week. I want to say Detroit hosts
35:12
Tampa, Houston at Seattle. That's a true double.
35:17
That is a true I was going to say a true 6:00 and 9:00.
35:20
Not the case tonight. Your Bears are playing by the
35:23
way, we really need Atlanta. You got them in that contest
35:27
with the boys. We.
35:29
You had a four and one. I did.
35:30
We might pick a couple of games up on the fellas.
35:33
I'm a two and two kissing the sister right now.
35:36
We need to push it across. Well, the pick that I have there
35:38
is the same that Mister Buddy Knight passed along.
35:40
Oh, is it? He's on the same side.
35:42
Yes, he's. Is that a good thing, The Dirty
35:44
birds? I think so.
35:46
Buffalo don't believe in the defence.
35:48
Atlanta, a different team at home when metric has the Falcons
35:51
has played the most difficult schedule in the NFL.
35:54
Really. I know they played Tampa Bay,
35:56
Yeah. Again, just one metric, I don't
35:59
know how it was measure, just saw that one a pop up over the
36:02
weekend. But I don't have a opinion in
36:05
the Washington Chicago game. I would lean Washington, but
36:09
just because I hate my bears. Too much and this game last year
36:12
mean through the franchises year round, quite honestly.
36:16
Chicago one way, Washington's the other.
36:18
Absolutely. Do you believe in the
36:19
Commanders? No, I do.
36:22
Nope. I do, and they don't have.
36:24
Mclaurin is out, correct? He's out tonight.
36:26
I'm pretty sure he's that official.
36:28
Yeah, Let me go to ESPN. Now that I say it, I want to
36:30
make sure I I want to make sure I'm right.
36:32
I got a lot of baseball plays all.
36:34
Right, Mclaurin is is is is out. That's good because that Bears
36:40
defensive backfield Still has some issues though.
36:42
Getting healthier, getting healthier.
36:44
Gord will be back this week and a few other pieces.
36:46
I am going to play the Blue Jays -117 on the Circus Sports
36:49
Savage. I'm going under his strikeouts
36:52
under 5 1/2. I think this lineup's going to,
36:56
not that they're going to pound them or anywhere, they're going
36:57
to have good at bats. Seattle's a plucky team.
37:00
I'm going under Logan Gilbert outs, 14 1/2 is the number.
37:04
Remember, he pitched in the marathon game, but you didn't
37:07
even talk about what a fun night that was.
37:08
Friday night, getting back and watching that.
37:10
It really was. Playing the Dodgers tonight -148
37:13
on the money line and I'm going over Blake Snell's 6 1/2
37:16
strikeouts. So do you like, do you have a
37:18
feel for the game itself? I I think they bludgeon them.
37:22
You think the Dodgers bludgeon them, do you?
37:24
I just think they're head and shoulders.
37:25
Better you really do. This seems different in the play
37:28
offs and now he gets Snell it feels like it's all starting to
37:32
come together. Really good, man.
37:33
Snell's been really good. And don't forget, I mean, the
37:36
Brewers are 6 and O in the series this year.
37:39
Yeah, six games. They all went the Brewers way.
37:41
None of them in October. That's true.
37:43
And none of them with the compliment of players like the
37:46
Dodgers. I mean, they were banged up all
37:48
year. Right.
37:49
And here they go again. And here they go again.
37:51
To win the World Series. Current odds?
37:54
This is from DraftKings. Well, the Dodgers.
37:57
Got to be overwhelming, aren't they?
37:58
Plus 140. What and are the Mariners now
38:02
the second choice? They are plus 210 Brew Crew at
38:05
4:00 to 1:00 and you can get the Blue Jays at plus 550 now.
38:10
Well, I'm in a good spot ticket wise for me.
38:14
Oh, yeah, yeah, I'm in a really good spot if the Dodgers win,
38:18
but we'll see good stuff. All right, that's going to do it
38:20
for us. We're going to do kind of bounce
38:22
around tomorrow. We'll get Elliot Cleff,
38:23
Hopefully we'll get in between meeting some of the Hawkeye
38:26
players and Kirk Ference's press conference, do a little college
38:30
football, do some NFL with a couple of our local teams as
38:33
well, and that'll be from noon to 2:00 tomorrow.
38:37
Coming up next, though, Yep, they're coming off the bench.
38:40
It's Lucas Strain and Sean Roberts to take you until 5:00
38:45
first. First quarter gets underway
38:47
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