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[SPEAKER_01]: You are listening to the College Football Report with Eric and Ryan Robinson.
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[SPEAKER_01]: There are week 11 previews and predictions.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Only on the Central Indian Sports Report.
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[SPEAKER_01]: College Football Fans of the Central Indian Sports Report for this week's College Football Report with Eric and Ryan Robinson.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Here to preview.
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[SPEAKER_01]: all the college football games from the weekend, not all the games.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The best games were around here and across the country.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We got four local games and six national games.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I put our college football experts, Eric and Ryan Robbins and up against the rest of the Central Indiana Sports Report.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Contributor line up and some local media in a picks contest where
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[SPEAKER_01]: I give each team 10 points, the more team is favored, the fewer points they're worth.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And congratulations to Kevin Helferic of the Action Sports Network, our week 11 winner with 27 points, Sam Frick of A&EC Sports Up there in Fort Wayne, scored 25 Ryan Robinson 24.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Your humble host, Greg Mangel, tied with our old buddy, Mike Rich, our Pacers guy, the 23 points, Showground or the Tipton Tribunal would call leader, and Will Rutherford of the Strictly Bias podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm Jason, and I'm gonna talk about post all scored 22.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And the leader through 11 weeks is Grant Shaos, our IU guy, also from the action sports network, despite not doing very well the last couple of weeks.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Hengs onto the lead with 300 and 7 points, Ryan Robinson 300 and 5, just 2 points behind.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm just 7 points behind you, Ryan with 298.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Kevin Helferick making a late push.
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[SPEAKER_01]: He's going to be our winner in our high school picks competition.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Michelle Garmin of the Tipton Tribune and I would call it her 282.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Jeremy GIGG-276, Mike Rich, 275, Kate Hampton, 273, Elijah Poe, 271, and Eric Robinson, 259.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Eric, it's been a rough couple weeks for you.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Eric, it's been a rough couple weeks for you, but I think you're going to do well this week, right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to get 9 out of 10 at least 9 out of 10.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There's only one game, I even question.
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[SPEAKER_00]: There's been a lot of good games.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The game you've been picking, I mean, more than half of them have been, like damn near 50, 50, to lots of games.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The level one usually are, I tried to make the rest of them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We haven't had Ohio State in here very much because they dominate so much.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so we don't always get the best teams in here, but we do try to pick the best games.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I've proven to not be so much of an expert.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I did much better last year this year, taking it on the chin.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Eric, just because you're not picking games right doesn't make you not an expert.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You are definitely a college football expert.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And since we're twins, that makes me an expert as well, right?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Well, I think you're the clearly the more expert, Ryan has 305 points, just 2 points behind Grant Shows, he's going pretty well for you, so far so good, but I'm down 2 to Grant, so that's 3 to 11 weeks, so these next 3 weeks, I'm going to take the outlook that I'm Indiana Hoosiers with the minute 31 to go, no timeouts and I got a score, so watch out Grant.
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[SPEAKER_00]: hope you can make a catch in the end zone is uh... nice is a more uh... couper's catch was unbelievable how great was that play gosh being James were watching that play in gust Johnson i thought he stripped out he did stroke out and uh... uh...
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[SPEAKER_01]: Alright, once again, how we do this every game is worth 10 points, the more a team is favored, the fewer points they are worth, and we start with our four local games, three of them at noon, so if you want to watch Indiana, Notre Dame and Ball State, good luck, noon on the big 10 network, our only game of the week, where one team is worth 9 and the others worth 1, your unbeaten second rank Indiana, who's your 10 and 0 for the second straight year, huh?
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[SPEAKER_01]: is a huge favored over the Wisconsin Badgers who are three and six as I Wisconsin worth nine if you're willing to take them.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I'm not going to even consider taking Wisconsin.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, 28 and a half the line right now.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Are you unreal?
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's just that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I mean, I'm not going to, we can sit here and talk about how amazing and unbelievable 10 and no two years
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I don't even, I'm still scratching my head like how did one guy, how did one guy do this at all you?
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[SPEAKER_00]: We haven't even been at trying to figure out how he's doing it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And yeah, give me all day.
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[SPEAKER_00]: This game won't even be closed.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think this game kind of has a feel like the, the Illinois.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Illinois game where it's it's just going to be over with early or I'm not sure the status of Elijah Sarra I hope he's back and healthy they're going to need him here at the end of the season and make a push into the college football playoffs but men those when he he said some down moments but when they need a play or they need a drive he's he's been dynamite so he's got
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's very good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He throws a nice ball and weapons off the bench line.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's we've never seen anything like this that I use so I'm I'm loving it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I like watching them.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think they're a fun team to watch even defensively.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're they're good on defense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So and I love signals on field interviews.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Those are always entertaining.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And in sincere at the end of the game at Penn State when they had him on field and you could tell he was almost speechless and almost Terry eyed.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's like, they just refused.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They refused the lose.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He was just a surprise as us fans at the end of that game, I think.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We haven't even had time to adjust to the idea that I use a football power and
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[SPEAKER_01]: There's no question, that's legit, at this point, you just have no more words left to say.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I can't think of a college football story in a history that's been like this.
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[SPEAKER_00]: No, nothing, nothing that comes to mind.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is back to back 10 to the seasons, but no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, holy crap, I always think about the Joe Taylor and how great those years were for Purdue.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's nothing compared to what now he's doing it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I, I think maybe I drew breeze maybe had a year where they started eight and two maybe.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, never, never, never, never, never, never.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It was great.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I think they were never, never anything like this.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, it's, it's fantastic, great for the school, great for I, you football fans and and all the new I, you football fans.
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[SPEAKER_00]: This is people are jumping on the bandwagon for sure.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Remember when Bill Mallory and Anthony Thompson were the glory days.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, that was 1989, 1999.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Those were good teams.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Very good teams.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Anthony Thompson was a stud.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Not like this though.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Nothing like this.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Moon on ABC, a battle of seven and two teams.
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[SPEAKER_01]: One of those not to surprise at all, that's your Notre Dame fighting Irish seven straight wins.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They are at pit.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The seven and two pit Panthers, I have Notre Dame worth three.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The Panthers worth seven, Eric.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, this is a must win for Notre Dame.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Not so much a must win for pit.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Pit can actually lose and still find a way to get into the ACC title game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: and make the play off a, can you imagine a three loss team making the play off, that could happen.
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[SPEAKER_00]: The Notre Dame got a win, they got to get date to really the last opportunity for them to get, if you want to call it a quality win.
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[SPEAKER_00]: A pit is ranked, they won five in a row.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And since switching quarterbacks, they got a freshman quarterback that's been dynamite, each throw them for 300 yards.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But that offense can put up point about 40 points of game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think there's going to be a really good game I like Notre Dame I'm never going to pick against them.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm taking Notre Dame, but This will be a dog fight.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I Think this game it I look at it and I almost get a little bit concerned And but when you look at the matchup on paper Notre Dame dominates and almost every area as far as passing rushing
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[SPEAKER_00]: defense is kind of equal with uh... pet offensively they are able to put some points on the board but i thought that's strange quote from their head coach was we don't care if we lose this game 110 to nothing as long as we beat Georgia tech and my amy the next two weeks i thought i thought that was a really that was all of them at misstep from him you know you're going to go into a game where you can knock another day
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[SPEAKER_00]: that should be the only task at hand.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And he's already looking forward to the next two, two and three weeks.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So it's a must win for Notre Dame.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I think just the outlook, I don't know if that's going to bleed over to the players or not, probably not.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Their kids are going to go out and compete.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Initial concern.
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[SPEAKER_00]: with Notre Dame going on the road against pit, but when I look at the matchup, I think with Notre Dame having to get this win.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think they're going to execute well limit turnovers and I look for pretty much a steady, steady game of rushing from love and price and course CJ cars going to be CJ car.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's proven he can run that offense.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I think Notre
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[SPEAKER_01]: Love, price, love, price, love, price.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's all it's gonna be this whole game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's all it's gonna need to be.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And my concern for Notre Dame, I would say a little bit, not zero, like the last couple of weeks, but I am a tiny bit still giving me Notre Dame and it comes to the wind.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to pick Ball State for the second time this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Only because they're at home and Eastern Michigan is 0-5 on the road, so give me Ball State.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think the line's only 2-1-1-2-1-2.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm going to take Ball State at home.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, Eastern Michigan is a favorite by 2-1-1-2 in this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Right.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Then I just, I don't care that Ball State's the home team or not.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm not going to pick them again this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm going.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm going.
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[SPEAKER_00]: with Eastern Michigan.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I got to beat Grant.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm down two points.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm taking Eastern Michigan.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think Noah Kim's going to be the difference in that game at quarter back.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's done for like twice as many yards as ball states quarterback.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I think that's going to be the difference in this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So give me Eastern Michigan.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Ryan.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I am not picking ball state.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The rest here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They're not the very good football team.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The defense isn't bad.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Their offense is woefully hard to watch.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's brutal, big like not four wins this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's a decent season for what what they've been going through.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Especially first year head coach and yeah, is it's been lately?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yeah, you can definitely call this season a success win or lose this weekend.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Maybe he's building something there, but what they and I on transfer these mid majors are going to be hurt every year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're going to be building rosters just like Michael Lewis and the basketball team there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Speaking of hard to watch, seven o'clock on FS1 is the two and eight Purdue Boiler Makers at six and three Washington.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And honestly, the last couple of weeks may be the best two performances produced had all year and losses to Ohio State and Michigan.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I have Purdue worth eight Washington worth two.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Does that tempt you the one of you?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Well, I like Washington.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That right now I'm saying to 16 and I like Purdue to cover, though.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Purdue's been playing very good football.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I go back to what you mentioned, Greg earlier in the year about their coach and watch out.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's going to, you know, do good things.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I wasn't buying into it at the time, but they, they are way better than I ever thought they would be.
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[SPEAKER_00]: When you watch them play, they've got talent.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I like Washington at home, but I like,
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[SPEAKER_00]: I think Purdue is going to do a good job of covering in this game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They have been competing the last two weeks and Coach Hodem, he's going to end up building that roster.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's just here one for him and we've over under on games was two and a half.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I've gone into the season, which anything to get excited about.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But I think he's got the program headed in the right track, the at least competing.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And they're big ten conference most of the time, but I think Washington just has too much talent compared to produce talent.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They lost a close when that was constant.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That was.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They led that game and then missed the fugal late and it was pouring down rain the conditions were just brutal and was constant obviously not having a great year, but I pick Washington to win that game and came up short, but I think they're going to get it done this weekend against Purdue.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Yep, Washington.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The sixth best games across the country shouldn't say best games.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The sixth most consequential games from across the country.
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[SPEAKER_01]: We start with a couple of new games on Fox.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's seven and two, Michigan.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Surprisingly, still in the big tent.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Hunt.
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[SPEAKER_01]: At five and four north western, the Wolverines worth three north western worth seven air.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, watch out for Michigan.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I never thought I'd be saying that week, 11, but if they can win out, I think they're up to eight teeth now in the college football rankings.
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[SPEAKER_00]: obviously going to pick them this week over in Northwestern.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're playing it regularly still too, so that'll be pretty cool.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But give me Michigan, but watch out, they went out, not Ohio State, Michigan game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's going to be huge.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Like it always is, but this is going to be playoff-birth, or if they meet up.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It'll be this a wish team gets to play out you for the big 10 championship.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That game's incredible when Michigan's five and seven.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You know, as far as the matchup, but Northwestern, I'm going to take Michigan to, I just think they're coming into their own a little bit.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They got six freshmen on offense, starting for that Wolverine team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: You're going into week nine games under the belt.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And you know, as freshmen go with each week, you're going to grow.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I just think that's what you're seeing with this team right now.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I think they're going to go into Riggly.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That sounds crazy to say, but I think they're going to go into the friendly confines and get a win against Northwestern.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I declared Michigan dead about three weeks ago, and they have a loss.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I know.
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[SPEAKER_01]: On ESPN at noon, it is 3 and 6 South Carolina at 9 and 0, Texas A&M, the reason that this one is in here is we have not talked much about the Aggies, or the other undefeated team in the room guys, I have the Jane Cox worth 8, the Aggies worth 2 air.
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[SPEAKER_00]: South Carolina, very disappointing season, I think I mentioned last week that
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[SPEAKER_00]: Mr. Pippie's staying South Carolina are gonna get one of these games eventually but I don't see this happening this week Just South Carolina Is Texas A member they belong in the conversation for the national title?
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yes I think 100 percent 100 percent Sure, I think they belong in the conversation, but I think they're getting a little bit too much love.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Notre Dame's better than them We had a terrible turnover and then a botched extra point or they would have
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[SPEAKER_00]: never won that game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And everyone hates on Notre Dame, but we had Texas A&M beat, but they love Texas A&M.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, just part for the course, but A&M has, I think to have Georgia left and they go to Texas.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So there's a lot of football yet to be played for A&M, and I can't see them around on the table.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I love their quarterback.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He's my husband favorite.
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[SPEAKER_00]: but I am not 100% sold on A&M being, the argument of them being number one, I'm not buying into all that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: We've been saying it for three weeks now, Texas A&M's a great team, but they're not a undefeated level SEC team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I just don't see any way that they run the table out, and I want so bad to pick this game for South Carolina, but I don't think they can get it done.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's been an upsetting year for them.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I, I love the North Seller.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I love Coach Beamer.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I want South Carolina to do well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I want to pick them so bad in this game, because I know Texas A&M's gonna lose a game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They will lose a game.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I just think that's gonna be next week or the weekend after.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So, and I'm only down two to grant.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I, I can't pick this severe of an upset.
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[SPEAKER_00]: So I'm gonna go with Texas A&M.
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[SPEAKER_01]: They're right.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm only a few points behind you, and I'm about to make up some points with this one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Are you going to pick South Carolina?
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm taking the Gamecocks to win this game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Man, they're talking to us as many points as they can.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Come on, Ryan, join me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I know I want to be so bad.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Join the Dark Side.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm taking the Gamecocks.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I think they're going to win this game.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm sticking with A&M.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That's not gonna be my only upset, by the way, just a little spoiler coming up here.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Three games at 330 on ABC, seven and two Oklahoma at eight and one Alabama, the sooner it's worth six.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The tide worth four, and let me just tell you guys, this is not the one.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm gonna be picking the 100th off.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm gonna take Alabama by 28, Eric.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm taking Alabama in this one as well.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Although Oklahoma impressed me with
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't, that Oklahoma quarterback to me is so up and down.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Give me Alabama home.
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[SPEAKER_00]: All the talking heads this week, talking about this game on the SPN and Fox, saying how the Oklahoma's going to go in there and upset Alabama and Alabama's not that good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Alabama's really good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Really good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And they're quarterback's really good, yes he is.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And Oklahoma's quarterback is so unpredictable.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I don't see any way Oklahoma goes in there.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They got one last weekend at Tennessee.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're not going to get one two weekends in a row, Alabama.
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[SPEAKER_00]: This is Crimson Tide all day long.
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[SPEAKER_00]: And I don't think it's going to be very close.
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[SPEAKER_01]: You guys know I'm an Auburn fan, but believe this is the beginning of Tyson since Heisman Run right here.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It could be a very well could be most listen every time the Heisman winner and we've we've talked about this last year in this year.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Heisman moments is what wins the Heisman and I think that's why saying a Ohio state won't win it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: He hasn't had to have a moments like that.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They're up by too many.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But Tyson's and Mendoza Jeremiah love Marcel Reed.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They've had moments during games where they've had to make plays and be the best player on the field.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Also, at 330 on ESPN2 for the ACC lead, it's 8 and 2 Virginia at 5 and 4 Duke.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is what, remember we had our preseason podcast where we picked all the conferences, weren't we saying that Virginia Duke game in week 12, that was going to be huge?
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[SPEAKER_01]: We did, we had it, we had it, we had it highlighted and we couldn't wait for it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: That's right, both teams are worth five.
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[SPEAKER_00]: is really ugly.
21:40
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know what's going on with the ACP anymore.
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[SPEAKER_00]: They all seem like the same team you're watching the same team, like all of them.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Nobody wants to like dominate anymore.
21:53
[SPEAKER_00]: And I'm glad Clemson's not doing it like they used to do it.
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[SPEAKER_00]: But man, there's just no really good team.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Miami has fallen so far down.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm ordered.
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[SPEAKER_00]: It's not good.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
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[SPEAKER_00]: I'm just going with my gut on this pick.
22:09
[SPEAKER_00]: I like Virginia to bounce back after a disappointing loss.
22:14
[SPEAKER_00]: They're on the road and they're a four and a half point dog, but I'm going to take Virginia on the road.
22:19
[SPEAKER_00]: That's pretty gutsy.
22:24
[SPEAKER_00]: That's pretty gutsy.
22:26
[SPEAKER_00]: I know.
22:27
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm taking the duties.
22:28
[SPEAKER_00]: ESPN has about five and a half.
22:30
[SPEAKER_00]: Whoa.
22:31
[SPEAKER_00]: Favorite.
22:32
[SPEAKER_00]: And I just think Virginia's been overrated all year long.
22:38
[SPEAKER_01]: Nice season for Virginia.
22:39
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm gonna take Duke 2, but I think this really is a 5 and 5 game.
22:43
[SPEAKER_01]: I think these two teams pretty, pretty, both pretty average.
22:49
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, Duke got beat by 2 lane, which whatever you want to think about 2 lane, but yeah, not a good much.
23:03
[SPEAKER_01]: And on the Big Ten Network at 330, I can't believe this game is stashed on the Big Ten Network.
23:08
[SPEAKER_01]: 6 and 3 Iowa at 7 and 2 U.S.C.
23:12
[SPEAKER_01]: of Iowa or 7 U.S.C.
23:14
[SPEAKER_01]: worth 3.
23:15
[SPEAKER_01]: Eric.
23:17
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, this is going to be a good game too.
23:21
[SPEAKER_00]: I think that it's too much offense.
23:23
[SPEAKER_00]: I know you look the Oregon Iowa match up last week and Iowa was able to kind of pull Oregon and down into the mud and make it dirty.
23:31
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't think they can do that at the call with Sam.
23:35
[SPEAKER_00]: I look for UFP to have way too much offense and I'm gonna take UFC over Iowa.
23:44
[SPEAKER_00]: This game for me is really, really tough because Iowa's had three losses and they lost them by a buying 10 points.
23:51
[SPEAKER_00]: They've been so close and and just lose on the last possession of the game, but I agree with there.
23:58
[SPEAKER_00]: It go into the call scene.
23:59
[SPEAKER_00]: I think USC offensively is going to be too much.
24:04
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, give Iowa defense credit.
24:06
[SPEAKER_00]: They held Oregon to what 16 points or or something.
24:13
[SPEAKER_00]: last weekend on it gave up a go ahead and feel good.
24:17
[SPEAKER_00]: I think USC is going to find a way offensive to pull this game out so I'm going to go with the Trojans.
24:23
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm taking Iowa.
24:24
[SPEAKER_01]: Twice as many points give me Iowa all day.
24:27
[SPEAKER_01]: I think there's a better team.
24:29
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm not sure they're going to win.
24:30
[SPEAKER_01]: I think they might be the better team.
24:39
[SPEAKER_01]: And one game at 730 our final game on ABC 7 and 2 Texas 8 and 1 Georgia a game with all kinds of implications.
24:50
[SPEAKER_01]: The long horns were 6, the Bulldogs were 4.
24:55
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm not a Georgia fan, I'd love to watch Georgia get me every week.
25:01
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm rooting really hard for Georgia in this game, they are the favorite, they're the home team.
25:08
[SPEAKER_00]: Someone to put Texas to bed, like, end it.
25:11
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm tired of it.
25:15
[SPEAKER_00]: We're not.
25:16
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm tired of our remaining.
25:17
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm just tired of it.
25:19
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm taking Georgia.
25:21
[SPEAKER_00]: Not being said.
25:23
[SPEAKER_00]: If Texas can find a way to win this, they're even more right back in the talk of
25:31
[SPEAKER_00]: the national title and the playoff and everything with A&M coming to to them in a couple of weeks.
25:38
[SPEAKER_00]: Yes, I'm telling you, if Texas wins this game, that's like hitting the reset button on their season.
25:47
[SPEAKER_00]: Yep, they are in the driver's seat.
25:53
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, and a few weeks ago, I said the SBC team I could win.
26:00
[SPEAKER_00]: We named a couple and I named Texas only because they play defense and you have it defense still wins championships.
26:09
[SPEAKER_00]: It does and we also mentioned to come out of the SEC you're going to have to have a big road win.
26:15
[SPEAKER_00]: And I think that's what's going to happen Saturday.
26:18
[SPEAKER_00]: I'm taking Texas in this game.
26:21
[SPEAKER_00]: And I think that's going to like totally reset the SEC and Texas season and I think the long horns are going to score a big upset in Athens.
26:35
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm with you Ryan.
26:36
[SPEAKER_01]: I'm taking the long horns as well and it's going to be a good week for Greg in this in these picks, man.
26:42
[SPEAKER_01]: Oh, we're going to be tied for first after this weekend.
26:45
[SPEAKER_00]: I think I nailed it.
26:47
[SPEAKER_00]: Any time I've ever thought that, I've been really bad.
26:51
[SPEAKER_01]: Hey, Erica, which game are you looking forward to most?
26:54
[SPEAKER_01]: Oklahoma, Alabama or Texas, Georgia, Texas, Georgia.
26:58
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, that's going to be a good one because the loser at a trajectory of the winner and loser of this game is like the highest of high to the lowest of love.
27:09
[SPEAKER_00]: You're eliminated.
27:11
[SPEAKER_00]: The losers eliminated.
27:12
[SPEAKER_00]: George is going to have two losses.
27:13
[SPEAKER_00]: They're not going to make the SEC title game.
27:15
[SPEAKER_00]: They're not going to have a head to head over Texas.
27:18
[SPEAKER_00]: You're looking at Alabama.
27:20
[SPEAKER_00]: It's already going to be ahead of them anyways.
27:22
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, there's too much it's taken in this game.
27:26
[SPEAKER_00]: I can't wait to watch it.
27:28
[SPEAKER_00]: And not to mention Kirby Smart's interviewing for the LSU job.
27:32
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, who would have thought that?
27:35
[SPEAKER_00]: That's true.
27:36
[SPEAKER_00]: That is true.
27:38
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah, I'm a modern, and he's taking an interview for the LSU job.
27:48
[SPEAKER_00]: Ryan, your husband trophy leaders right now.
27:52
[SPEAKER_00]: I don't know how you go against saying in Mendoza.
27:56
[SPEAKER_00]: I mean, I got them tied for first.
27:58
[SPEAKER_01]: I could tell you how, because they're not the best players on their own teams.
28:05
[SPEAKER_00]: Well, they're quarterback in that.
28:07
[SPEAKER_01]: I know, but the reason he's the best quarterback in the country is because he's who he's throwing the ball to and it's the same from Indosa.
28:16
[SPEAKER_01]: Uh, I've probably probably right there the top two right now.
28:19
[SPEAKER_01]: But I think that's the reason is because of what's around him.
28:22
[SPEAKER_00]: Jeremiah loves probably the best college football player in the country.
28:25
[SPEAKER_00]: He's not going to win the tournament.
28:27
[SPEAKER_00]: I do not disagree with that at all.
28:29
[SPEAKER_00]: It's going to go to, uh, um, a house state quarterback or it's going to go to, I use quarterback or depending on what A and M does in the next three weeks.
28:38
[SPEAKER_00]: More so read might be the Heisman and he'd be a worthy Heisman.
28:42
[SPEAKER_00]: There's no real flavor though.
28:46
[SPEAKER_00]: I like, I like Marshall read it and I am just for what I've, from what I've seen so far and what he has left to do and the matchups, it's going to be his to lose, I think.
28:59
[SPEAKER_01]: I think Ty Simpson's going to have enough games where he's in the spotlight.
29:03
[SPEAKER_01]: It's his to win if he is.
29:04
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
29:05
[SPEAKER_00]: And he is.
29:06
[SPEAKER_00]: Ty Simpson would be fourth on my list.
29:09
[SPEAKER_00]: And here's the thing with college football on the Heisman.
29:13
[SPEAKER_00]: You clench the Heisman in these last three weeks.
29:16
[SPEAKER_00]: That is correct.
29:17
[SPEAKER_01]: So we're going to put that last year at this time.
29:19
[SPEAKER_00]: Yeah.
29:20
[SPEAKER_00]: So here we go.
29:21
[SPEAKER_00]: This is where we're at.
29:23
[SPEAKER_00]: There's four people I think fighting for that Heisman.
29:25
[SPEAKER_00]: Realistically.
29:27
[SPEAKER_00]: you can throw other names around there that's had great years, but there's realistically four people in my opinion, it's saying Mendoza, it's Marcel Reed, and it's uh, Tyson Simpson from Alabama.
29:42
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29:46
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29:55
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