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Notre Dame vs Wisconsin Will Be UGLY - BUT For WHO? | Fighting Irish | Badgers · College Football Addiction: A Show About All Things College Football

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  Speaker 1: Presented by PrizePix, Notre Dame and Wisconsin. Tom, does Notre
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  Speaker 1: Dame have anything to worry about about the Big Ten
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  Speaker 1: powerhouse up there in Wisconsin?
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  Speaker 2: I don't know if it's worry about Wisconsin. I think
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  Speaker 2: it's just a matter of it's week one, and you
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  Speaker 2: want to iron out some kinks, so to speak. I
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  Speaker 2: think there's a lot of expectations for C.J. Carr. I
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  Speaker 2: think there's questions about the running game, considering the departures
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  Speaker 2: of two outstanding tailbacks to the National Football League.
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  Speaker 1: I expect.
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  Speaker 2: Anais Williams to be either the primary back or one
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  Speaker 2: of many backs. And I really don't have that many
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  Speaker 2: questions about the running back room for Notre Dame. Unproven commodity, sure,
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  Speaker 2: but the talent is there. And I expect this offensive
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  Speaker 2: line to be solid. What are the real threats in
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  Speaker 2: the passing game for CJ Carr? We know about Great House.
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  Speaker 2: We know about Jordan Faison. But the transfers coming in
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  Speaker 2: from Ohio State are encouraging. Porter, it sounds like he's
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  Speaker 2: not going to be available.
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  Speaker 3: He's not playing in this game.
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  Speaker 2: So I want to see how CJ Carr operates with
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  Speaker 2: this group of pass catchers in general. I expect Notre
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  Speaker 2: Dame's defense to be very solid. Leonard Moore and company
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  Speaker 2: leading the vindication tour. I think the concept of leaving
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  Speaker 2: no doubt is out there from Marcus Freeman. I think
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  Speaker 2: this team is going to try and start off as
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  Speaker 2: strong as it possibly can. Wisconsin's just curious because Luke
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  Speaker 2: Fickle brings in a lot of transfers during the offseason.
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  Speaker 2: I expect this defense to play hard. That's consistent of
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  Speaker 2: Wisconsin football. And even when they struggled last year, the
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  Speaker 2: defense made it really difficult on everybody. They played frankly,
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  Speaker 2: go back to the Oregon game, uh, where that was
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  Speaker 2: a home game at Madison, where it was what 16
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  Speaker 2: to 13 in the final or something in that neighborhood.
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  Speaker 2: This game is being played in Lambeau. So you might
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  Speaker 2: have a little bit more love for Wisconsin in this situation,
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  Speaker 2: obviously being played in the great state of Wisconsin. You'll
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  Speaker 2: still see plenty of Notre Dame fans there. Uh, Colton
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  Speaker 2: Joseph is a question for me and Wisconsin. More of
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  Speaker 2: a runner, is capable as a passer. I don't know
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  Speaker 2: if Wisconsin has the threats at pass catcher to really
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  Speaker 2: even make Notre Dame nervous. That's the thing I'm interested
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  Speaker 2: in seeing is if they can move the football consistently.
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  Speaker 2: Are they going to have to rely on the running game?
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  Speaker 2: I love the tailback that they got in the transfer portal. Abusama,
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  Speaker 2: I think, is going to be able to kind of
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  Speaker 2: lead that lineage or follow that lineage of great running
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  Speaker 2: backs from Wisconsin and just put up numbers. I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if he's going to necessarily do it against Notre Dame,
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  Speaker 2: but I think he should be able to have a
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  Speaker 2: decent season. Wisconsin's going to want to run the football,
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  Speaker 2: and Notre Dame is immediately going to want to take
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  Speaker 2: that away and make Colton Joseph beat them. So I
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  Speaker 2: think the beginning of the vindication tour is here. I
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  Speaker 2: don't know if I expect Notre Dame to outright thump Wisconsin.
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  Speaker 2: I think Wisconsin is able to put up a fight
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  Speaker 2: at least for a half in this game, and then
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  Speaker 2: maybe the score can get out of hand. But I'm
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  Speaker 2: just kind of curious to see Notre Dame start to
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  Speaker 2: kick the tires a little bit on this offense. What works,
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  Speaker 2: what doesn't work? Has CJ Carr taken the step that
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  Speaker 2: people allege that he has? So I'm very interested to
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  Speaker 2: see the fighting Irish offense.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I think it's good to see on both
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  Speaker 3: sides for different levels. What Thomas started off with is
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  Speaker 3: the vindication tour. Okay, well, you left out the college
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  Speaker 3: football playoff, and a lot of us said that you
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  Speaker 3: probably were one of the 12 best teams that could
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  Speaker 3: have made it to the playoff last year. Here's the problem.
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  Speaker 2: It's 2026.
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  Speaker 3: Nobody wants to hear about what you did last season.
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  Speaker 3: It's all about what you're going to do this season.
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  Speaker 3: So now is an opportunity where we all, I would
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  Speaker 3: say about 99% of the college football public, is overselling
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  Speaker 3: you a little bit, trying to be able to put
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  Speaker 3: BTA to every opponent in your pathway to leave no
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  Speaker 3: doubt that you belong in the playoff. What's funny about
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  Speaker 3: this game being at Lambeau is Tom brought it up,
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  Speaker 3: but I'll go a little bit further. I call the
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  Speaker 3: Notre Dame offense the Green Bay Packers. And I call
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  Speaker 3: them that because when you look at Green Bay's passing attack,
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  Speaker 3: What does Green Bay have? A bunch of wide receiver twos.
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  Speaker 3: A bunch of guys that can go ahead and be
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  Speaker 3: quality rotational options. They don't have a game changer. And
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  Speaker 3: they may not have a game changer this year. Does
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  Speaker 3: Notre Dame have a game changer at wide receiver? Is
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  Speaker 3: it a Great House? Is it a Faison? Is it
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  Speaker 3: a Graham? Is it potentially one of your tight ends
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  Speaker 3: for that matter? This has been a university that has
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  Speaker 3: utilized tight ends. There needs to be a weapon that
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  Speaker 3: is an enforcer that makes you feel like that 10
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  Speaker 3: times out of 10, if you're CJ Carr, you can
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  Speaker 3: hit these big red, easy staple button, boom, down the field, easy,
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  Speaker 3: easy points. The offense is also going to.
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  Speaker 1: Be a little bit different. Can I pause there for
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  Speaker 1: just a minute? That is what I want to see
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  Speaker 1: for Notre Dame. We'll see about it in this game,
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  Speaker 1: but big picture, so much of Notre Dame and Miami
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  Speaker 1: are linked. It feels like this year because the way
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  Speaker 1: last year ended because of the big matchup that happens
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  Speaker 1: in South Bend. And Miami has that guy. They might
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  Speaker 1: have three of those guys. But you know there's an
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  Speaker 1: easy button when Malachi Toney's on your team. And there's
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  Speaker 1: actually another one with Cooper Barquet. And there's actually another
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  Speaker 1: one with Mark Fletcher. It's not really fair, especially wearing
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  Speaker 1: those shirts that I'm wearing today. But who is that
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  Speaker 1: easy button? I think Notre Dame has solid weapons. That's
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  Speaker 1: not a disparagement. But who is that guy? Who is
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  Speaker 1: that difference-maker easy button? I think that's a great point
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  Speaker 1: by Cole. Sorry for interrupting. I just needed to praise
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  Speaker 1: you some.
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  Speaker 3: But there's a thing that you also want to see
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  Speaker 3: this year.
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  Speaker 1: Thank you.
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  Speaker 3: I appreciate that. Mike Denbrock's offense, I think, is finally
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  Speaker 3: going to be more into the balanced approach of what
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  Speaker 3: he was hired from at LSU. Because when he was
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  Speaker 3: at LSU, they did everything. They were top 10 in rushing.
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  Speaker 3: They were top 10 in passing. They were top 10
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  Speaker 3: in scoring. They were top 10 in total yards per game.
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  Speaker 3: And it felt like last season, and the numbers back
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  Speaker 3: it up, they were a top 12 rushing attack in
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  Speaker 3: college football. And while they should have been because of
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  Speaker 3: you have two first round running backs, but they also
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  Speaker 3: ranked 37th in passing. So what do you look like
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  Speaker 3: this season now with CJ Carr fully embraced as QB1
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  Speaker 3: and on top of that, fully now committed to being
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  Speaker 3: a more up-to-passing game? Because if that is another added
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  Speaker 3: asset to where you have a little bit more of
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  Speaker 3: a trust factor, I agree with Tom that Aeneas Williams
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  Speaker 3: is going to be the lead back. He's going to
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  Speaker 3: be awesome. But you want to be able to force
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  Speaker 3: a team like Wisconsin, or really anybody in your opponent,
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  Speaker 3: to have to be prepared on both sides of the ball.
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  Speaker 3: It may end up being Jordan Faison goes up for
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  Speaker 3: a buck 22 and then you trust Aeneas Williams to
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  Speaker 3: set you up to not be living in third and
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  Speaker 3: long or third and passable situations. From the Wisconsin side
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  Speaker 3: of things, can Wisconsin go back to playing Wisconsin football?
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  Speaker 3: Because I credit Luke Fickle of wanting to make a change.
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  Speaker 3: I credit Luke Fickle of wanting to bring a new
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  Speaker 3: format to Madison. But guys, I hate to be the
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  Speaker 3: bearer of bad names. When you think of Wisconsin football,
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  Speaker 3: you think of big bullies in the trenches and you
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  Speaker 3: think of a sufficient run game. And Wisconsin really hasn't
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  Speaker 3: been that on either side in the Luke Fickle era.
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  Speaker 3: And even in the passing attack, this isn't known for
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  Speaker 3: having great wide receiver play, but it sure as hell
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  Speaker 3: been known for having great tight end play. Wisconsin in
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  Speaker 3: the last two years has ranked 106th and 132nd in passing.
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  Speaker 3: Can you get something going? Much like you talk about
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  Speaker 3: with a team like Notre Dame, But just one guy,
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  Speaker 3: Eugene Hilton, the tight end that you brought in from,
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  Speaker 3: I think it was Bowling Green this offseason, if I'm
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  Speaker 3: not mistaken.
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  Speaker 1: What does that look like?
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  Speaker 3: Do you have anybody that you can trust to be
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  Speaker 3: that difference maker and just a chain mover? I think
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  Speaker 3: the big storyline that you're looking for in Wisconsin in
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  Speaker 3: this game are two main elements. Number one, can you
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  Speaker 3: take a page out of TCU's playbook? Because TCU, if
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  Speaker 3: you guys remember, in the first half, Jeremy Payne was
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  Speaker 3: able to run to the outside and just hit the
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  Speaker 3: corner and stay balanced and be able to get 7, 9,
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  Speaker 3: 11 yards. And then they took away that rushing attack.
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  Speaker 3: And they had to go up the middle. And it
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  Speaker 3: became a complete and total docile performance. Can you win
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  Speaker 3: on the corners with Abu Salma? And can you trust
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  Speaker 3: that your run game will be able to constantly pick
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  Speaker 3: up positive yardage? And the second thing is, what is
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  Speaker 3: the status of this offensive line? Luke Fickle earlier this
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  Speaker 3: week had a comment saying that potentially they were not
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  Speaker 3: going to have Mandel and Hayward, their right guard and
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  Speaker 3: their right tackle. And that's because they need to save
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  Speaker 3: them for the rest of the season. Well, if you're
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  Speaker 3: Notre Dame and you hear that, If they play, you
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  Speaker 3: know they're not at 100%. How quickly are you going
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  Speaker 3: to maybe switch up some defensive formations to be able
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  Speaker 3: to go win in the trenches, run some stunt formations,
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  Speaker 3: get in the backfield and make Colton Joseph have to
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  Speaker 3: throw with pressure? And when he throws a pressure into
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  Speaker 3: that secondary, it's going to lead to a lot of turnovers.
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  Speaker 1: P.J.
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  Speaker 3: Williams, the new tackle who comes on in from Ole Miss,
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  Speaker 3: maybe the most important player in this game. Because he
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  Speaker 3: is going to have to slow down not only a
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  Speaker 3: Bryce Young, but also a Jason Ongyeng. Because they love
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  Speaker 3: to run stunts with those two. If there's a way
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  Speaker 3: to be able to take out them in this matchup,
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  Speaker 3: I think that you could see at least there be
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  Speaker 3: life with Wisconsin. In the old school format that is
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  Speaker 3: necessary to win in a place like Madison. But I'll
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  Speaker 3: be real. I would say, if we're talking like upset level,
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  Speaker 3: this is a two. I do not see a scenario
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  Speaker 3: where right now, where Wisconsin is going into the season
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  Speaker 3: and where Notre Dame is going into the season, this
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  Speaker 3: is one of the easiest bets in my opinion. Take
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  Speaker 3: the over if you want to, because I think it's
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  Speaker 3: going to be a bloodbath.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. 20 and a half point favorite for Notre Dame
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  Speaker 1: as they enter the Shamrock series matchup in Lambeau Field.
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  Speaker 1: That'll be fun. I am glad that the Louisville Ole
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  Speaker 1: Miss game is happening at the same time, just in
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  Speaker 1: case this is a blowout. You can flip over to
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  Speaker 1: another game that I believe we're talking about today. Are
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  Speaker 1: we doing that one? Is that on the, that is
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  Speaker 1: on the rundown here in a couple of segments. So yeah,
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  Speaker 1: I'd like to see Wisconsin make this a game. I
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  Speaker 1: think Notre Dame is in leave. No doubt mode. Marcus
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  Speaker 1: Freeman changed up his whole off season fall camp. Like,
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  Speaker 1: strategy and style because of the slow start last year
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  Speaker 1: i push back on the idea of a slow start
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  Speaker 1: they just played two college football playoff teams and came
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  Speaker 1: up like a coin flip on the wrong side of
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  Speaker 1: both of them wisconsin is going to bear the brunt
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  Speaker 1: of that notre dame rolls here covers the spread and
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  Speaker 1: wins i agree.
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  Speaker 2: I think there's a chance pretty strong chance that notre
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  Speaker 2: dame gets the over on this i think it's 47
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  Speaker 2: and a half i don't know if i just don't
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  Speaker 2: know how many points wisconsin is going to be able
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  Speaker 2: to put on the board i don't know if this
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  Speaker 2: is something where Notre Dame's putting up 42 points or
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  Speaker 2: something like that. But I worry for Wisconsin's ability to
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  Speaker 2: try and keep up with Notre Dame.
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  Speaker 3: I don't see the overhitting, but I don't see the
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  Speaker 3: overhitting because I don't think Wisconsin is going to be
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  Speaker 3: able to put up enough points. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: The big question in a lot of these is how
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  Speaker 1: much does Notre Dame want to score? How much do
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  Speaker 1: they want to leave? No doubt. Does a, does a
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  Speaker 1: 30 point win matter too much in week one against a.
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  Speaker 2: I think it doesn't matter that it's week one. It
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  Speaker 2: matters that Wisconsin could be their third or fourth best
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  Speaker 2: opponent on their entire schedule.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, that's where it comes down to.
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  Speaker 2: So that part of victory will matter.