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Bill Bender Interview · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Speaker 1: It's time to get back in the game with Jake
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  Speaker 2: of course, they'll have you covered wire to wire for
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  Speaker 2: college football.
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  Speaker 3: Bill, it's here.
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  Speaker 2: College football, I know you're on a short schedule, sir. And,
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  Speaker 2: of course, your schedule will tell you. We're about to
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  Speaker 2: kick off and play ball.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, you know, but, hey, I like talking to you
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  Speaker 1: every week. So thanks for fitting me in. Let's get
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  Speaker 1: to it.
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  Speaker 3: Absolutely.
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  Speaker 2: All right, so, Bill, let's go tomorrow night. We're not
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  Speaker 2: even going to talk the LSU stuff. We'll talk LSU Clemson.
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  Speaker 2: But when you look at tomorrow night, Colorado versus Georgia Tech,
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  Speaker 2: that's a game where Georgia Tech is a pretty big favorite.
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  Speaker 3: That totals at 50-and-a-half. It's a big year for Deion Sanders.
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  Speaker 2: You know, I saw a stat the other day that
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  Speaker 2: said they had lost somewhere around 60% to 65% of their,
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  Speaker 2: you know, collective viewing eyeballs since the time he arrived
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  Speaker 2: in Colorado. Can they make a game of this tomorrow
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  Speaker 2: night against Georgia Tech?
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  Speaker 1: I think so. They need a quarterback to play the match.
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  Speaker 1: They didn't have that last year. Colorado quarterbacks averaged 17 touchdowns,
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  Speaker 1: 11 interceptions. The year before, Shador threw 37 touchdowns. So
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  Speaker 1: for all of the jokes about Shador Sanders, there's no
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  Speaker 1: doubt he was a really good college quarterback. And then
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  Speaker 1: on the other side, looking to see how Alberto Mendoza
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  Speaker 1: does in place of Haynes King. And then they have
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  Speaker 1: Justin Haynes. He's a home run hitting running back. That
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  Speaker 1: should be a fun game. The spread looks funny. I
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  Speaker 1: think it's going to be a competitive, fun game.
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  Speaker 2: This is with Bill Bender talking college football. Of course,
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  Speaker 2: kickoff is tomorrow, Wednesday edition of the program. All right, Bill,
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  Speaker 2: Friday is typically in college. We always say this all
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  Speaker 2: the time.
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  Speaker 3: It's weird.
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  Speaker 2: You can't really kind of put a finger on it,
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  Speaker 2: but something happens on those Friday ball games. Is there
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  Speaker 2: any Friday game? where there's a potential upset. Maybe Stanford
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  Speaker 2: taking on Miami. Miami's a big favorite. Or Fresno State
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  Speaker 2: gives USC a ballgame on those Friday night ballgames.
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  Speaker 1: You're right. I mean, you always catch a Friday night
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  Speaker 1: home dog. They get it done. I am interested to
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  Speaker 1: see how Stanford builds on that season opening win against Miami.
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  Speaker 1: A team with a game under their belt at home.
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  Speaker 1: Miami's flying all the way across the country with Darian Mensah.
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  Speaker 1: So there could be... That could be fun, and I
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  Speaker 1: think it will be fun, but Miami will win. It's
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  Speaker 1: really hard, Jake, this weekend to find that upset. There
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  Speaker 1: probably will be one. It's college football, but it is
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  Speaker 1: a brutal week in terms of point spread. When you
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  Speaker 1: look in the average point spread for top 25 teams,
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  Speaker 1: not even counting the FCS ones, it's like 26 points
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  Speaker 1: per game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and look, one that may fly under the radar.
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  Speaker 2: What about Toledo? They're getting 10 against Michigan State. Could
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  Speaker 2: Toledo maybe come out with a win against a Big
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  Speaker 2: Ten team.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, they got a fun coach too. Mike Jacobs, their
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  Speaker 1: new coach that replaced Jason Candle. They'll be ready to play.
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  Speaker 1: And so Fitz, that is one that if you're looking, maybe.
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  Speaker 1: Michigan State's made a tradition of that Friday night home opener.
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  Speaker 1: I think Pat Fitzgerald breathed a little bit of a
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  Speaker 1: new life into them. But Toledo's solid program, solid team.
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  Speaker 1: So that could be interesting. You know, other than that,
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  Speaker 1: going to watch Oklahoma on Friday night. Big game there
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  Speaker 1: for them. Not a big game. I mean, a tune-up
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  Speaker 1: for them. to get ready for Michigan. So we'll see
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  Speaker 1: a healthy John McPier again.
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  Speaker 3: Auburn hosts Baylor.
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  Speaker 2: D.J. Lagway coming back to the SEC in week one
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  Speaker 2: with Dave Aranda. Dave Aranda has said offseason, Florida kept
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  Speaker 2: him in a box. They kept him in a straight jacket.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to unleash D.J. Lagway, Byron Brown, Alex Golish, Auburn.
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  Speaker 2: They've got the home crowd behind them. Any chance Baylor
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  Speaker 2: can keep this close?
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  Speaker 1: I think they will. I mean, they did a better
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  Speaker 1: team last year, right? I think they did win that game, right?
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  Speaker 1: I'm blanking right now. Pretty sure Baylor beat them last
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  Speaker 1: year in Waco. Alex Gullish has been... A really hot
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  Speaker 1: name for Auburn this offseason. I love his press conferences.
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  Speaker 1: I love his personality. I think he's the guy to
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  Speaker 1: bring that program back into the light a little bit.
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  Speaker 1: And it might take some time. So that is one
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  Speaker 1: of those games that might get lost in the shuffle
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  Speaker 1: a little bit. But the momentum around that Auburn football
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  Speaker 1: program is headed in the right direction.
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  Speaker 2: LSU, Clemson, with all of the drama around LSU, with
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  Speaker 2: everything that's going on at the SEC in court tomorrow,
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  Speaker 2: LSU is a 10-point favorite today against Clemson. Clemson's kind
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  Speaker 2: of been written off here. This is the lowest ranking
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  Speaker 2: we've seen in some time in the preseason for Clemson,
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  Speaker 2: the lowest odds to win the national title, the lowest
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  Speaker 2: of everything.
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  Speaker 3: Can Clemson get into the fourth quarter, Bill?
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  Speaker 2: And Saturday night, all of America is now dialed in
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  Speaker 2: outside of LSU, probably rooting for for for Clemson and
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  Speaker 2: Davos Sweeney to pull that off my.
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  Speaker 1: Buddies are you know in Big Ten country and you're
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  Speaker 1: talking about Ohio State Notre Dame few few Michigan and
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  Speaker 1: Michigan State fans sprinkled in there all root for Davos
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  Speaker 1: I mean it's it's wild because for years that wasn't
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  Speaker 1: the case up here um so yeah I mean they're
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  Speaker 1: gonna have to run the football better they only had
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  Speaker 1: a 31 rushing yards against LSU last season. So they're
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  Speaker 1: definitely going to have to do that a little bit
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  Speaker 1: better to have a chance to make it a fourth
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  Speaker 1: quarter game. Could be fun though. You know, LSU, you
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  Speaker 1: never know how it's going to go with all those transfers.
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  Speaker 1: Sam Levitt coming off the foot injury. Ken Clemson dial
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  Speaker 1: up pressure, especially on the defensive line. Saw Dabo's press
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  Speaker 1: conference this week. And yeah, it is. This is the
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  Speaker 1: bizarre world we live in, Jake, where we're rooting for
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  Speaker 1: Dabo now up here in the north.
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  Speaker 3: There's no doubt.
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  Speaker 2: Ole Miss taking on Louisville on Sunday. And, of course,
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  Speaker 2: the Rebs are a seven-point favorite. This is a really
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  Speaker 2: good Louisville team. They won nine ballgames last year. They
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  Speaker 2: had three of the four losses that they had came
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  Speaker 2: within less than a field goal. They can return a
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  Speaker 2: pretty good running back. They've got a good coaching staff.
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  Speaker 2: Can they take this game into the fourth quarter and
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  Speaker 2: scare the daylights or even pull out a win against
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  Speaker 2: Ole Miss?
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  Speaker 1: I think they could, but I like that Ole Miss backfield. Sorry,
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  Speaker 1: I almost called an LSU. I know who's coaching where.
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  Speaker 1: Ole Miss, because I like Trinidad and Keewan so much.
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  Speaker 1: I think they are the best battery made backfield in
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  Speaker 1: the country. I like their defense. Carnero, good weapon in
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  Speaker 1: a game like this, kick up the field goals. But
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  Speaker 1: all that said, I like Louisville too. So this is
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  Speaker 1: a really tough game for me because I spent the
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  Speaker 1: summer talking about what an ACC sleeper Louisville could be.
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  Speaker 1: So I think they can make this fourth quarter game,
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  Speaker 1: still give them the advantage to Ole Miss. And, uh,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I'm a little upset. It's up against, uh,
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  Speaker 1: Notre Dame, Wisconsin at the same time, because I want
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  Speaker 1: to watch both of these games equally.
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  Speaker 3: No, there's no doubt.
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  Speaker 1: One more.
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  Speaker 2: We'll get you on your way. SMU, Florida state, uh,
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  Speaker 2: SMU is a slight favorite three and a half. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: it's a big one. That's, that's an understatement for Mike Norvell.
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  Speaker 2: If they win the seat kind of cools, Kevin Jennings,
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  Speaker 2: SMU come in. They've shown they're not scared of anybody
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  Speaker 2: in the ACC. They're the favorite for, for a reason here.
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  Speaker 2: Can they, can they deliver on that being the favorite?
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  Speaker 1: Oh, we're going to find out. Um, I'm leery of
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  Speaker 1: this game for a couple reasons. One, because everybody's kind
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  Speaker 1: of ripping on Florida State. They still ran the ball effectively.
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  Speaker 1: Last time they played SMU, they got worn out. And
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  Speaker 1: they are at home at Labor Day. And it's kind
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  Speaker 1: of a back-against-the-wall moment for Mike Norvell and that program
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  Speaker 1: and that massive buyout that we keep talking about. So
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  Speaker 1: I think Florida State, I would not be surprised if
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  Speaker 1: they won. But, Jake, I just can't do it. I
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  Speaker 1: think SMU is the better team. I think they've got
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  Speaker 1: the better quarterback, and that will show up even in
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  Speaker 1: a nasty environment down there in Tallahassee. Give me the Mustangs. But,
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  Speaker 1: like I said, that's the one that I'm like, you know, yeah,
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  Speaker 1: you have that second thought in the back of your head.
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  Speaker 1: That's the one I feel like this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Bill Bender, get him on X. Check him out at
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  Speaker 2: the Sporting News as we get him on his way.
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  Speaker 2: He's got more radio to do. Bill, have a great
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  Speaker 2: Labor Day weekend. Enjoy it, my friend.
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  Speaker 3: It is here, and have a great Labor Day. We'll
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  Speaker 3: talk next week.
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  Speaker 1: I appreciate it. I'll talk to you next week. Thanks
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  Speaker 1: so much.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks so much.
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  Speaker 2: Bill Bender on your radio. Get him at BillBender92. Thanks
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  Speaker 2: to Bill for jumping in. That's on X at the
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  Speaker 2: have reached a crescendo on a Wednesday. We'll be at
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