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MTSU Game Preview · Boundary Corner Podcast

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  Welcome back to be bound, record podcasts.
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  I'm Curtis Wilson. I'm Brian siglo, buddy.
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  How are you doing? This Wednesday night, the one of
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  the best hump days are the year, Braun.
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  You know, why? Tell me why?
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  Man, we worked one day so far this week.
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  There you go there, go there to hump days that are great Labor
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  Day Memorial Day cuz you work one day and the next thing you
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  know, you shut your computer for the day and You know, the next
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  day. Yeah, for you.
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  There you have way there. It's like, I'm late and after
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  coming off the huge win last week, I mean, feels even better.
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  You can highlight seeing Sandman played everywhere, lots of
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  national publicity after that, when both for the quality of the
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  wind and the quality of the environment and it was an
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  environment, you know, we discussed it Friday.
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  Day and it just continues to show the more videos that are
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  coming out of folks, in the stands, you know?
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  That's, that's why I'm at, is laying stadium is one of the
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  toughest places to play in the country is when that crowd is
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  going, someone tried to say, saw put a poster, it's not really
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  that loud. A you've obviously never been
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  there and you've never taken people there who have been to
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  other stadiums that are 20, 30 thousand and they say, why is
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  This louder. So you know, that what it is,
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  how do you actually? I've talked to people that have
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  been to games at the shoe. Big house in state.
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  I've had a Penn State. Yeah, I mean there's there's
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  been people that I've talked to that have been all those places
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  are like, yeah, I mean, there's something about laying at night
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  that just hits different. It's laying at night.
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  It's when it's packed when the student check since Poppin, it's
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  unbelievable. In Dom, as we get into it
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  tonight, Brian guy, read consistently on.
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  CBS Sports is time for Nellie, he doesn't cover three podcast,
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  he's about of Chicago, and he had a quote, and because he is
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  talking about watching college football and week zero.
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  And he said, for the first time, you know, he cried, he says many
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  hours. Is that spent watching college
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  football up until that. that point is the first time I've
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  cried while doing so And he said this past weekend was a second.
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  However, it was the first time I've ever cried while listening
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  to a Metallica song. But when Enter Sandman kicked
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  Friday night, before the Virginia Tech upset 9:43 of
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  number 10, North Carolina. I'll give Tom this.
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  He did not pick us to win outright.
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  He did go against the spread with us.
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  So feel some harsh feelings there, but he said he felt the
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  energy of the 65,000 people in Lane Stadium.
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  Leave his television enters body and probably much like me and
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  you and probably most of the folks listening tonight.
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  He said this it was a feeling that continue throughout the
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  weekend with the atmospheres across the country, bringing Joy
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  back into my college football heart, I cannot agree with them
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  or it was it just a different feeling this weekend then at any
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  point last season and whether it's you know, kind of starting
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  the weekend off with a big hokey upset Get.
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  Yeah, real big game or whether it was just having fans back in
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  the stands. It just so many different
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  factors were playing a role in that, but it definitely was one
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  of my in recent memory. The, the best weekend's of
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  college football that I can recall and it wasn't just the
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  quality of the games, was kind of everything and just feeling
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  like, hey, this is what we missed out on last year in this
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  is, this is what college football is all about college.
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  Football is all about the crowds, and I'll tell you,
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  Something I got, I mean I watched the Wisconsin.
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  Penn State game. Jump Around was unbelievable.
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  You felt that there. But watching the to neutral site
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  games, the Alabama game and Alabama, Miami and Clemson.
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  Georgia, usually a neutral site gains.
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  You don't hear. The bass is getting into it.
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  Usually it's it's split 50/50. It's it, you get some buzz but
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  even those game, you can hear it on a key play, but it's not
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  anything sustained. But in that case and those two
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  games, it was sustained and you know, Alabama smacking, Miami
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  and Clemson, and an old-school dog food.
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  Dog fight with a loss to Georgia but we'll talk about some of the
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  pics later on your boy not doing too great here.
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  But left, let's start with this prawn is something I didn't want
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  to happen. I don't know how you felt about
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  it so I'm going to ask you. I didn't want to happen.
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  We got ranked, unfortunately, coaches.
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  Put us at 21 the AP. Put us at 19, I hate it, I hate
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  it. What about you?
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  You know, how I feel about rankings before mid-october, you
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  know what really bronze Brian's gears?
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  Go ahead, Brian. Get these rankings out of here
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  until you've at least played five games.
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  But if we're going to be ranked, I'm glad that it was kind of in
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  the lower end of the of the pole there.
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  Some people had us as high as like top 15.
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  I'm like no too soon too. Soon pump.
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  The Dam breaks here. We don't have to over rank us
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  just because we beat a probably over ranked UNC team.
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  Which I mean we talked about it before the season started, we
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  had them probably in the back half of The top 25 where as most
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  everyone else had them at least top 15 if not top 10.
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  So, you know, the coaches poll at 21, I think, is a little bit
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  more accurate than the 19. I'll take the ranking, but it's
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  not something that I'm in favor of.
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  And it's not something that I like after just, you know, such
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  a small sample size, is one Victory against what we know
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  now, is probably a somewhat over ranked UNC team, even if it's
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  not Greatly over ranked. Exactly.
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  Again I don't want to be ranked at all.
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  I didn't want to be ranked until after we beat West Virginia that
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  was my field but I'm with you on the whole week, five thing, we
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  got to see games, we got to see more games because you could
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  have a team like Miami rank, what?
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  12 gets more Alabama, they lose again to appstate.
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  The next thing you're looking at us like they weren't really that
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  good and at the end of the season, something you've always
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  kind of alluded to with certain conferences.
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  Is Brian at the end of the season for they have five top 20
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  wins. And you look at the records,
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  like they were five at the time. They were 15 at the time of the
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  game there. Now, 6 and 6, they're really not
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  a 15 quality win what we took it out.
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  If you're gonna start saying, there's a ranked game, I want at
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  least 55 contest under your belt and you probably need to at
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  least be forward, one of those contests and that one needs to
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  be against another team. Team that's probably the top 25.
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  That's just, that's just how I feel on it.
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  I'm sure other people feel other ways.
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  I know that there is the whole, we've got a quantify it, so
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  there's really no other way to quantify it, but at the same
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  time, the problem with polls in general is that you still have a
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  human element in the college football playoff selection
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  committee, but their selections are informed by what we thought
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  of teams. Both at the time, the season
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  started And as things went along.
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  So that Shades how we Rank, and Andre ranked teams throughout
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  the season, abso-freakin'-lutely.
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  All right, let's get a couple shout outs here.
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  Brian. Let's do it.
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  Temari Connor, the ACC defensive back of the week.
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  Well done. You probably have picked any for
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  in our secondary, multiple Armani with one catch. - five
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  yards strong with the good game. I mean, Waller just walking it
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  up across the board. Exactly.
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  Walter with the pick tomorrow to pick.
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  Come are doing what he does with.
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  I think seven, tackles maybe eight, I don't have the stat
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  sheet in front of me, but he had a very good tackling game as
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  always. And the one thing that they
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  talked about was he got really burned last year in the slot
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  better this year, 7 of 13, so definitely improving on that.
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  And then his Time at the linebacker position obviously
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  helping him get some extra tackles.
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  All right. What about this one?
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  You ready? What you got coach for
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  Wednesday? Is the Dodd Coach of the week.
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  Obviously the dad coach of the years of pretty big trophy at
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  the end of the year. So awkward now.
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  I mean it's interesting because I mean I feel like this was a
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  combination of two things so it's combination of the opponent
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  that we played and how we went about it and how well prepared
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  for it. And I think coach coach food did
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  a good job of getting the everyone ready to play that
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  game. I mean, if you say Who out coach
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  to coach Fuente, definitely out coach Mack, Brown on that, on
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  that game, big time. You know, whether you got
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  positive, negative or any feelings about Coach Fuente, he
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  was the better head coach on the field on Friday night.
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  He absolutely was and I think maybe some of the stuff you saw
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  from UNC about, showing the fourth showing the Enter Sandman
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  and they're up and around and dancing.
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  It's one of those things where it's like, You, when we saw
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  that, I think I felt. Okay.
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  Y'all aren't taking it serious? It's going to be a full stadium
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  that has not been there since pit 600-plus days.
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  Yep. Is going to be loud.
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  It's an F, it's an evening game. So the people that are coming or
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  probably getting their morning, the kids are probably skipping
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  classes. The afternoon classes are
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  probably getting cancelled so you're going to have a bunch of
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  riled up people and I'm sure that floated around and I'm sure
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  that also floated around. To the team.
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  Well, I think one thing, you know, playing Enter Sandman over
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  loudspeakers and having 65,000, sustained screaming noise for
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  four quarters. That's, those are two different
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  things. You know, I know that there was
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  a buzzy way of okay, well, look what we're doing.
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  But at the end of the day, it probably didn't mean a damn
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  thing and probably didn't impact them positively or negatively
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  for the game. Exactly.
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  So you know, good on him that. All right, let's take a look at
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  this. Prawn just got dropped today.
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  Shout-out will Stewart. He posted the Tweet, the rating
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  for the Friday night at 6:00 on the Labor Day.
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  Weekend, 2.5 million. Yes, good number.
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  It is a very good number. It was ESPN's fifth highest of
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  the games that they had, kind of their big matchups.
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  Three were in prime time, and then you had the Alabama game,
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  which is at the Miami game at 3:30.
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  So, again, it's that positive, a lot of eyes were on the Hokies
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  when they did really good things.
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  And again, for us, an ESPN, really good number.
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  So hopefully, we don't get many call the clocks.
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  Yeah, and I mean, I like that, we went out there and we won a
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  game that we needed to win in Primetime, mostly Primetime,
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  evening game, and just took care of business with eyes on it
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  because I feel like it's been a long time.
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  Since we've had that national game where we went out there and
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  we had a spectacle but then we also took care of business.
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  Yeah, and the spectacle took care of business and look good
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  in a facet of ways. Both defensively offensive ly
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  and something else. We'll talk about a little bit
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  later on special teams. All right.
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  So let's go to some news and notes.
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  Brian for this week. Let's talk about this early in
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  the camp. The transfer McCray out of
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  Marshall was plain backer dip and lo and behold press Iran.
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  Monday, he has moved to defensive end.
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  I mean, is it a Mari 2.0? I know, I think I said, I think
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  it says two things. So it's two things.
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  Number one, it says that we're more or less confident with
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  artists as backup, especially since we are moving tamari into
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  linebacker. We go, true nickel.
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  So it says that number two, it says that we need some help at
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  defensive end depth wise because I don't think this move is made
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  unless we were a little bit light at that position and we're
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  definitely and I'm not saying it wouldn't be made eventually, I
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  don't think it's made at the time we're making it, if it
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  wasn't for that. And number three, I mean he's
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  got athletic tools and he's got a similar Bill to wear Bar no
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  was a couple years ago. Yep.
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  Let's let's see what we can do here.
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  So I don't think it's a bad move for us.
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  We'll see if that's going to have any trickle-down long-term
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  at the linebacker position but you know it's definitely going
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  to help us Shore up the the defensive line a little bit this
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  this year. Yeah also says to me might mean
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  there's a couple guys not ready to play yet where CJ has been in
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  a college program for multiple years Years.
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  Even if he is undersized and to 15 to 20, he's seen some field
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  action. He's been in a program not
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  getting there for the first time.
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  So you know, I don't think that shocking we getting he's got the
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  body, he's got the body type for so we shall.
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  Yeah I mean I think if you want him to be like a significant
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  rotational player, he's probably going to need another 15 or 20
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  pounds, but in terms of just being able to do something kind
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  of like Barnett was able to do with beginning of last year.
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  You know, I'm not necessarily expecting.
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  Kind of the, the big, you know, light switch to go on like you
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  did for bar. No, but if he can, just give us
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  some meaningful steps, especially in situational, third
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  and long and things like that. I think that'll be good for us.
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  Absolutely. Alright.
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  Braun Friday night. We did see Devin hunger on the
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  field for a couple plays but the majority we saw in a Seer
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  people's this week, it is now essentially or position boundary
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  safety is now hunter or any shot.
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  Just were they waiting for it to happen with the with the action
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  Friday night? I think they wanted to kind of
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  see what they had but it seemed like peoples was kind of
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  trending that way just before you know, as fall Camp wrapped
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  and we got into practice. I think Hunter is going to be an
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  asset for us. But if peoples is playing, the
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  way he played against you and see that mean that's hard to go
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  away from him for a significant amount of snaps.
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  Yeah. Absolutely is.
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  And you know, people's was a pretty big projected guy out of
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  high school had like it came down to, you know, us and Notre
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  Dame. I think Michigan and a few, the
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  to force couple people on 24/7. You know, put him to Michigan,
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  which wasn't a shot by the way. Shout out.
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  John, how are you tonight? The boys are on the air.
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  You are correct, sir. All right, Brian, let's get into
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  this. Just a little more notes.
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  So we got some snaps counts. Shout out to 474, put them out
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  there and we noticed some of the stuff on Friday, especially on
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  the offensive side defensive side because of the camera shot
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  usually focused on the offense. You don't know who's in there
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  and occasionally I did see Ally Adams number a couple times
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  Friday night. I did see Jalen Griffin and
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  let's actually start with though the offensive line because I
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  think this paints a picture for me and you wear some of our
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  worries may have may be getting a little bit relieved.
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  Aged and, you know, left tackle, left guard Center.
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  Those guys played every spout. Locked up.
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  Lock it up to new to did a good job.
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  Let it gets good job. Brought.
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  Good job right side. All right.
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  Ready for it, Ron, here's the numbers Caden more played 42
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  snaps Silas, Dan's. You played 46.
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  Now, Johnny Jordan came in at Right Guard played 21 and Tyrell
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  Smith played 17, nope. Nope, no sign of Parker
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  Clements. But how does that now make you
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  feel to see? They not only got snaps, you
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  know, Johnny got a third of the snaps that guard and and Tyrell
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  essentially got about a quarter of the snaps at right tackle.
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  Yeah, I mean I feel pretty good about that.
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  That tells me that we're at least going to have that that's
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  going to be the the settled on seven, man.
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  Rotation, the question is going to be is that whose is there
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  going to be an extra interior guy that works in there at some
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  point? And is that person Jesse Hanson
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  time will tell but I think if you're looking at the solid,
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  man, rotation, 7 man, rotation, I mean, that's going to be the
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  guys there with Ty Smith really working in it either tackled
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  Depending on who goes down and you got Johnny, Jordan, it's
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  kind of the full-on Swing interior lineman there because
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  he can really play all three positions if you needed to
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  absolutely. Um I was just again I was just
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  glad that got them out there. Yeah if if nothing else because
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  again it makes you think okay because of how that game was
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  going to. That you could not make
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  mistakes, you could, because it was a tight game and by putting
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  them out there where it was heated.
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  I know, Johnny got out there early like Tyrell came in late,
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  s the first time I saw him but knowing there were in the
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  situation where it's like, hey, we have to protect the
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  quarterback. We need to get I run lanes, open
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  because this is a tie game and it's on you guys to come out
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  here and do the job and essentially overall Sounds like
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  they did the job and going forward.
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  You where 27, man rotation. Yep, love to see, Jesse Hanson
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  on his fix an expedition with his fishing Expedition with
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  Sergio render. Get some tips and techniques
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  He's getting techniques on both ends there.
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  Let's hope it's both in fishing and offensive line, sir.
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  All right, Brian. Let's next jump to the defensive
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  line because I think these were the stats when we talked about
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  them. After, you know, 24/7 and
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  Mathias, put them out there. That we were like, okay, let's
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  start with a defensive tackles. You want to talk about?
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  A balanced rotation Pollard. 36 Kendricks 34 fuga, 30, Jordan
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  Williams 29. What does this say to you?
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  Does it say anything. Since you know, the guy who's
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  coaching the defensive line, that tells me, he's doing
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  exactly what he wants to do with his four, best defensive linemen
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  and that's rotate them significantly throughout the
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  game. Keeping guys fresh making sure
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  that guys aren't winded for long periods of time and that's
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  especially key in game one. We saw a fugazi, I think go down
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  with what look like maybe a cramp there one point.
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  And just trying to gain one. Still warmer September.
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  Even if you want you want to keep guys fresh to avoid the
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  cramping and as they're kind of getting used to that full game
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  that first full game because it does hit different than any sort
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  of practice element that you can have. absolutely again seeing
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  the rotation and you know something maybe next couple days
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  being you go back and look at is seeing who was paired with who
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  Because that would be interesting.
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  Is it, is it something like we talked about in the preseason
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  where like you feel like it's going to be these two guys and
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  then these two guys or is it now he's mixing and matching he
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  feels comfortable with all four. Well, let's talk about that a
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  little bit because what we saw is a lot of three-man line with
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  bar know, really kind of playing a joker.
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  And, and kind of lining up all throughout the defense, he was
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  still on the line of scrimmage but he was kind of picking Gap.
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  Based on where the, where the defense of call was for the
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  line. And that really confused that
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  North Carolina front, they didn't know what to do.
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  He played 53 snaps and he was left side right side.
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  He stood up he spied, he played some Drop Zone.
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  I mean you know we always talk about all ows right?
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  Offensive weapons. You got a defensive weapon
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  because the guy can come off the edge to.
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  God. Does have a good pass rush.
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  Shhhh. But the guy up until the summer
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  of last year had been a linebacker, literally his whole
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  life. So it seems like the defensive
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  line and maybe Jack caller is saying, listen, we can do some
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  special things we can go. We can go with a 30 front and we
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  can put bar no in the gaps. Are we put them on the edge?
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  We essentially can make that quarterback have to think ten
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  times more when he's at the line and where's wait a second?
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  Where's the Of them ways that he's over here.
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  Why do you just move over here? Yep you need to snap the ball
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  and we got to set. We got a sack on one play where
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  he dropped into coverage and it became a three-man rush.
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  But they had shifted protection to Bar.
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  No. And then he dropped the next
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  thing. You know, you got other guys
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  with one-on-ones and I think that if I recall, I think that
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  was one of garbage sacks. I might be wrong.
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  Might have been, I have to go back and look and recall because
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  The old ticker sometimes with the old brain, just sometimes
• 23:48
  forget things but he led with 53.
• 23:51
  I think the next three numbers really shocked me tell on guard
• 23:54
  who had a hell of a game. 38 snaps that I expected that the
• 23:58
  next to the next one really popped out.
• 24:02
  Jalen Griffin had 27 snaps which is that doesn't shot.
• 24:07
  I figured that the the first three were going to be roughly
• 24:11
  50% give or take. Of the snap count.
• 24:16
  So the fact that he was up there right at right, just below 50
• 24:18
  percent that doesn't Shock Me. Did it shock you that Eli Adams?
• 24:22
  Got about 20 percent play in getting 12 snaps, it did
• 24:28
  especially since I saw how creative we were getting with
• 24:30
  our alignments, but I think the fact that Barna was able to play
• 24:34
  the snaps that he was meant, that we also got to limit how
• 24:39
  much we put Eli on the field. It's so that's probably a
• 24:42
  positive Because I think Eli in short, spurts is finalized for
• 24:47
  multiple drives, you know, in a half, probably isn't going to be
• 24:52
  able to hold up for that long. Absolutely.
• 24:57
  And again, will be interesting this week.
• 24:59
  We see McCrae Nelson Carol. I think that should be a goal
• 25:04
  this week for us. Those definitely a goal.
• 25:07
  Yeah. Try to try to get as many guys
• 25:09
  in as you can this week especially against we're going
• 25:13
  to talk about it here. What looks to be a smaller
• 25:16
  offensive line unit get some of those younger guys in that can
• 25:20
  that because the you know they can match up physically against
• 25:23
  this offensive line and see what they can do.
• 25:25
  Absolutely. Um we got some breaking news,
• 25:30
  probably about 30 minutes. It's like I think about the
• 25:33
  time. Me and Brawn got on.
• 25:34
  We're getting ready guys. Yep.
• 25:36
  Big 12 / Pete. Campbell's expected to add UCF
• 25:40
  Cincy, Houston and BYU in 2023 so three years prior to the
• 25:48
  Texas. Oklahoma expected exit.
• 25:52
  Let me phrase it to you this way Braun.
• 25:55
  Will the Big 12 with these additions?
• 25:58
  Still be part of the power 5. I think so I think so and I
• 26:04
  think that they've done a good job of highlighting some growth
• 26:10
  potential that still more or less within their Geographic
• 26:14
  footprint. UCF in Cincy notwithstanding but
• 26:24
  you know plus is for them. It gets them in a relatively
• 26:29
  large, Ohio market, and it gets him in a really big Central,
• 26:33
  Florida market. So kudos to them, in terms of
• 26:37
  the financial side, getting into those markets, you know,
• 26:42
  snagging the Houston Market, you know, you're already in Texas.
• 26:46
  But you're losing that kind of. South Eastern Market in in
• 26:53
  Austin, you're gaining one right back with Houston.
• 26:56
  It true. But Texas is more the whole
• 26:58
  state brand. So I think they're they're
• 27:01
  losing a big piece but they're gaining at least some sort
• 27:05
  you're keeping For teens and Texas.
• 27:08
  Still. So you have the you have the
• 27:10
  cross rivalries and stuff. I think what it I'm going to be
• 27:14
  interested to see because if a of Texas and Oklahoma state
• 27:19
  they're probably going to go to 14 team or 2714 team leaves
• 27:24
  going to go to 27 conferences. I want to see how they do that
• 27:29
  more so of where they put Texas where they put Oklahoma And
• 27:34
  because I think what you're going to see is the way it
• 27:37
  probably should look. It should be since e, West
• 27:42
  Virginia. UCF.
• 27:45
  And then we kind of come back this way.
• 27:48
  Who was the other three teams in the Eastern?
• 27:51
  Is it the Kansas schools? Do you put Oklahoma State in
• 27:54
  Houston on that side? And it is the other side more
• 27:58
  Texas or is it north south? I mean yeah.
• 28:02
  And I think another thing to look at is that does this mean
• 28:05
  that there's going to be some negotiations, that the SEC and
• 28:11
  the Big 12 are going to have some sort of agreement?
• 28:14
  Where that Bye out goes down a little bit in SEC covers it so
• 28:20
  Texas and Oklahoma can go ahead and dip when the others join
• 28:25
  maybe, maybe not because I think if you if you're the Big 12, you
• 28:30
  just stand Pat and say you need to pay as 160 million dollars if
• 28:33
  you want to get out. We have to say that for them
• 28:38
  anyway. Now lets us both the schools
• 28:41
  have have the financials to recoup that money.
• 28:46
  I mean over the Long Haul anyway who through, but either way, 160
• 28:51
  million out of anybody's, budget is still significant jeevan
• 28:54
  Anand, come on the heels of code.
• 28:56
  That's definitely a big factor yes, take into account.
• 28:59
  No doubt. My other point is my other thing
• 29:02
  about what the big 12 did is the credit of Getting Sensi up
• 29:06
  really sensing the last 15 years has been a very good group of
• 29:10
  high school. Yeah.
• 29:12
  Multiple New Year's six bowls, we play them back in 07.
• 29:16
  UCF is about the same way. They were good in the early
• 29:19
  2000s, had some rough patches started building up again in the
• 29:24
  mid-2000s Houston's kind of always been like that.
• 29:28
  They were in the old swac. They have a Heisman winner and
• 29:30
  Andre Ware and then BYU. I mean It's a good base.
• 29:36
  I mean now, as far as Logistics. I feel for fanbases traveling
• 29:41
  because the year BYU plays UCF for Cincinnati and that is going
• 29:48
  to be some interesting games, but some very long hauls for
• 29:52
  teams players, coaches and fans. All right, big guy.
• 30:02
  NFL starts tomorrow, NFL kicks off tomorrow night with the boys
• 30:07
  in the box which I'll probably be partaking a little bit in.
• 30:11
  I have some, I have some interest in both of those teams
• 30:15
  fantasy football. Well, I've got some fantasy
• 30:17
  interest in those games. Amari Cooper in particular like
• 30:21
  Evans Chris Godwin. You got a little Somethin huh,
• 30:27
  you got both of them. Yeah.
• 30:29
  Yeah, both different leagues. Yeah, Heavens in the league.
• 30:34
  We're in. Okay, got one.
• 30:35
  I literally, but let's, let's talk this, man.
• 30:38
  Let's talk your Colts. How are you feeling leading to
• 30:42
  the game versus a Seattle? I'm feeling better than I felt
• 30:47
  last week when I when we had kind of three of our linchpin
• 30:51
  players on the covid list and you know, still some question
• 30:58
  marks, whether wimps is going to be ready to go, still some
• 31:00
  question marks, whether quim Nelson was going to be ready to
• 31:02
  go, but both of them look to be Full Speed Ahead.
• 31:08
  So we'll see how game one goes especially against the the
• 31:13
  Seahawks, you know. Was on the short term, I are.
• 31:17
  So we're going to be leading on Michael, Pittman going to be
• 31:23
  leaning on Paris, Campbell is, so, it should be interesting,
• 31:28
  probably going to get, but all of our tight ends involved.
• 31:30
  So looking forward to what we can do against the Hogs.
• 31:34
  Hopefully, our defense can keep Russell Wilson and check and we
• 31:37
  can make some plays on offense and come out with the w.
• 31:41
  Nice. What about you, man?
• 31:43
  How's the, what's the Niners talk looking like?
• 31:48
  Well, probably the best thing I feel about as we're playing the
• 31:51
  Lions, that's a good start, that's a great start.
• 31:55
  As we're playing probably the worst team in the league, you
• 31:59
  know, Lance hurt his finger the other day, like chipped a bone
• 32:03
  in it, but he's back throwing today, Jimmy's the official
• 32:08
  starter because he took the interviews.
• 32:10
  Monday. And today, which is essentially
• 32:13
  over your starting quarterback, is, has to be available to the
• 32:15
  Press those two days. Just like during a during the
• 32:21
  normal week, they have talked after the game and during the
• 32:25
  week we're coming in. Pretty healthy.
• 32:31
  The defensive line is just it's just nasty.
• 32:34
  I mean, you know, do you? I mean, I mean tween for door.
• 32:40
  Stead kinlaw Samson, a cab on, and then both of coming back
• 32:48
  along with all pro, linebackers, really good safeties Corners are
• 32:54
  a little shaky, so that'll be interesting.
• 32:59
  But if you're having a pass rush, like we had two years ago,
• 33:03
  you don't need to Jalen Ramsey's in the back.
• 33:06
  You just need good solid coverage.
• 33:10
  Because they're going to get home more than not.
• 33:12
  Yeah. And so you see you to be solid
• 33:15
  initially because yeah, there's not going to be a whole lot of
• 33:18
  time for quarterbacks. As long as you're not getting
• 33:21
  beat those first two to four seconds.
• 33:26
  Exactly, exactly. So we're feeling pretty good
• 33:29
  about it, and then obviously one guy Kentavious Street, Robbie's
• 33:34
  Boys, still making the team and then big shout-out coach tap out
• 33:41
  there, cutting his teeth in the NFL with chriskiss Erick man.
• 33:44
  So, you know, unfortunately we're a one o'clock so I have no
• 33:48
  chance of seeing it. No chance of seeing the game but
• 33:55
  It is what it is, is glad to have it back, you know, got a
• 33:58
  couple Niners on my fantasy teams to so feeling good.
• 34:03
  Just just kind of ready for a full football weekend, Thursday
• 34:08
  NFL having some, some college games and then having some more
• 34:14
  NFL and some more NFL and some more NFL.
• 34:18
  Exactly. Hi guys.
• 34:21
  So before we get to our main topic tonight of knowing the
• 34:24
  enemy Middle, Tennessee, See State.
• 34:26
  We are going to take a quick pause or a message from our
• 34:29
  digital partners. All right, Brian.
• 34:34
  So let's Know The Enemy. Let's start its Middle.
• 34:38
  Tennessee State. The blue Raiders just outside
• 34:41
  Nashville. The blue, Raiders Effort and see
• 34:45
  what the heck? Blue Raiders ours or something
• 34:47
  to do with Tennessee during some historical period.
• 34:50
  Perhaps, I don't know, but Middle Tennessee, State from
• 34:54
  Conference USA. Coming off a pretty bad three
• 34:57
  and six season. It's kind of funny.
• 35:00
  The first recollection, first game I watched last year during
• 35:03
  the covid was them just getting absolutely shelled by Army like
• 35:09
  42. Nothing.
• 35:10
  And just like, we were supposed to play on last year's like
• 35:13
  crap. And we don't get to play this
• 35:16
  terrible thing. So, you know, of course, they
• 35:20
  make some changes, go get some players in the portal this year
• 35:23
  and let's start with this guy. Somebody we know about, They do
• 35:29
  very well from our first game last year.
• 35:32
  Yes, we do. Bailey Hockman the NC State
• 35:35
  transfer. Very familiar with him.
• 35:39
  Play that first game with us last year, did not have a good
• 35:43
  game at Lane Stadium. Empty, 7 / 16, 82 yards with two
• 35:48
  interceptions. Overall the numbers last year
• 35:51
  with NC State weren't terrible. But they weren't world-beating
• 35:54
  clearly. You know after seeing NC State
• 35:56
  last week, why he kind of moved to Middle Tennessee State 2088,
• 36:02
  yard 64 percent completion percentage with 13 touchdowns in
• 36:07
  11 interceptions had a somewhat solid, you know, game against
• 36:14
  Monmouth 17 422 to 1577 completion percentage with three
• 36:20
  touchdowns no interceptions. I know you looked at some of the
• 36:26
  highlights and a little bit of the game.
• 36:28
  I mean, his much changed in his game from last year, when we saw
• 36:31
  him not much, he still likes to challenge him through that, that
• 36:36
  outside fade likes to Target receivers outside in particular,
• 36:40
  doesn't go over the middle very much.
• 36:44
  When he did, you know, he made him pay last year so hopefully
• 36:47
  we can do that again for a different team.
• 36:51
  But he throws a pretty good deep ball.
• 36:54
  The, the key is going to be, getting pressure on him, making
• 36:57
  him uncomfortable, making him throw before, he's ready and,
• 37:01
  and hopefully making him have to have to look to the middle of
• 37:03
  the field where he sometimes takes too many risk.
• 37:07
  So what you're saying is Sidelines are as friends and
• 37:11
  middle of the field. Probably, like what happened
• 37:13
  last year. He doesn't see it.
• 37:16
  He doesn't, he doesn't come through those regions, see where
• 37:18
  the coverage is, our it's more of, I can push it, but if I go
• 37:22
  here, I'm probably going to miss some.
• 37:25
  Yeah. I mean, it looks like he likes
• 37:26
  to know where to where to leverage the football.
• 37:29
  So if he's, you know, able to essentially leverage It, One
• 37:33
  Direction knowing the Defenders on the other that that helps him
• 37:36
  in terms of his reach, he's Had enough of an arm where he can
• 37:39
  kind of throw that that 10 or 12 yard out and still get it out
• 37:43
  there. You can throw that deep fade and
• 37:46
  still get the ball out there towards the sidelines.
• 37:48
  He's got enough arm to make those throws and he's very
• 37:51
  comfortable. When it's kind of that that that
• 37:53
  one side leverage, leverage throw where he's not worried
• 37:55
  about Defenders that are moving, laterally in, both directions,
• 38:00
  got it. So one of those things where if
• 38:03
  he's having a thinker, you're bearing down on him.
• 38:05
  The more we do that, probably the more Or bad things will
• 38:08
  happen like last year. Yeah.
• 38:11
  And that's going to be the thing for them is that they played a
• 38:13
  pretty clean game against Monmouth bearing and and really
• 38:19
  the Monmouth had exactly the opposite.
• 38:20
  So it'll get into that room. We will get into that.
• 38:26
  I really want to see what what Hockman ends up doing when we
• 38:30
  can get pressure on him. Unlike Monmouth was able to do.
• 38:34
  Absolutely. Because he does have some
• 38:36
  weapons. and, you know, I want to talk about Jalen Lane first
• 38:43
  because you know five foot eight hundred seventy four pound wide
• 38:46
  receiver /. He is also their punt.
• 38:48
  Returner 161 all-purpose yards. Last week, score two, touchdowns
• 38:53
  one interception, which was 30 plus yards, eluding, back to
• 38:56
  your point of how Hawking likes to push the ball down the field
• 39:00
  and then the punt return of 70-plus yards was which was
• 39:05
  their first score in the second quarter.
• 39:08
  He definitely looks like a Kind of a home run hitter there for
• 39:12
  them. Yeah, he's a freshman sophomore,
• 39:15
  not a lot of production last year.
• 39:17
  So that first game was obviously his biggest game thus far in his
• 39:22
  collegiate career, and it seems like Hockman was able to get the
• 39:25
  most out of him combined, with the big punt.
• 39:28
  Return obviously increased that all-purpose yardage there.
• 39:33
  He had really three big plays that constituted most of his
• 39:37
  yards, he had the long but returned, he had a 35-yard.
• 39:41
  Gain that set up their first touchdown and then he had the
• 39:43
  32-yard touchdown I believe in the second quarter.
• 39:47
  Mmm. So again you're not seeing
• 39:51
  those, you're not seeing many easy, easy throws, you know,
• 39:56
  hooks coming over the middles and stuff like that with them is
• 40:01
  if you take 30 to 35 and then the 70, you only had two more
• 40:05
  receptions and to their about for about 15 to hit that 161.
• 40:09
  But they do have someone who is maybe a little more of a stick.
• 40:13
  Mover in the 62, 210 CJ Windham, you have somebody challenging
• 40:18
  Tyrell Smith for eligibility. He is on year 6 and if
• 40:23
  everything plays right, I think he might have eligibility next
• 40:26
  year on he was 5446. His longest was 18 yards, so
• 40:31
  obviously probably that back shoulder fade, type guy.
• 40:34
  He did score a touchdown but through his first five years,
• 40:39
  Brian again. Animal production, five years.
• 40:43
  He was only at 80 receptions 1097 yards and 11 touchdowns.
• 40:48
  Yeah, not exactly. You know, killing the world.
• 40:54
  Yeah, he's definitely your possession wide receiver.
• 40:56
  He's the stick mover. He's the guy that you're going
• 40:59
  to look for for kind of a tough tough third down like a short
• 41:04
  third down where you just need to get the first down and keep
• 41:07
  it moving. Big bodies also going to be
• 41:10
  using the Red Zone, but that's not where Hockman is going to
• 41:15
  try to strike most often. He's going to be used in a very
• 41:19
  situational fashion. Oh and that's making you know
• 41:24
  again he only had he had five receptions you know, averaging
• 41:28
  right at 9 or reception. So again if anything gets
• 41:32
  probably his Outlet guy on the outside.
• 41:35
  Yep. Well I want to look smallest guy
• 41:37
  on the field for them who made a big play.
• 41:40
  He plays primarily in the slot 57 150.
• 41:44
  I did not stutter five-foot-seven 150-pound.
• 41:49
  The FDA England, Chisholm 48 total scrimmage yards last week
• 41:54
  with a touchdown. He's played for two years just
• 41:58
  under 400 scrimmage yards each year.
• 42:01
  So a little bit of production but again, the way we're seeing
• 42:07
  slots used nowadays, you know, almost kind of say that's
• 42:10
  disappointing, but that little inside wheel here and for that
• 42:14
  touchdown, That was nasty. Yep.
• 42:17
  And he's got the wheels and the shifting is at that position.
• 42:22
  I think it's been more of a consistency thing with him and I
• 42:27
  think sighs kind of limits what they can do with him from the
• 42:31
  slot. Because if they run him over the
• 42:34
  middle all game, they're going to get the kid killed especially
• 42:36
  against even Conference USA Talent.
• 42:39
  Let alone. Yeah, going up against Virginia
• 42:42
  Tech or other power 5. Rams.
• 42:45
  So but that wheel was nasty 29-yard touchdown.
• 42:51
  Yeah. So definitely gonna have to keep
• 42:53
  an eye on him. Probably he's going to be
• 42:54
  matched up with either tamari Connor.
• 42:58
  Or if we go true nickel you will see probably either waller or
• 43:02
  Chapman on him. Yeah, I'm going to ask this just
• 43:06
  from you kind of looking at the tape a little more.
• 43:08
  Look at the highlights looking a few extra plates.
• 43:12
  Does any of them? Like, absolutely, you sit there
• 43:17
  and say he could have a really, really good game, regardless,
• 43:21
  how we claim. I think, if we kind of play in
• 43:25
  the secondary similar to what we did against you and see, the
• 43:27
  only one that really scares me is lame just because that, that
• 43:32
  ability to take the top off and that's where Hoffman likes to go
• 43:36
  with the football. So, you know, the shots are
• 43:38
  going to be taken. Whereas Sam howl.
• 43:43
  Like to kind of work the ball to a bunch of different guys.
• 43:46
  Feel like Lanes going to be the primary target because he's
• 43:50
  gonna be the one that is probably going to be matched up
• 43:52
  either one-on-one or in a single coverage situation there and
• 44:00
  we're just going to have to make sure that he doesn't beat us.
• 44:02
  Deep keep keep everything in front of us, make the plays,
• 44:05
  like Dorian strong Did In The End Zone, where, you know, those
• 44:08
  50/50 balls, he doesn't come down with them.
• 44:11
  Absolutely. Alright, Braun.
• 44:13
  Let's move over to the rushing attack.
• 44:15
  You made a few notes Here. You've updated this, and I've
• 44:18
  laughed as we're looking at it. So 94 yards on 32 carries.
• 44:25
  Yep. They had 11 players with at
• 44:27
  least one Rush attempt. Yep.
• 44:30
  That you. So I'm here running backs, five
• 44:32
  different running backs, three different, quarterbacks three,
• 44:35
  different quarterback, to Russia, Weaver's got involved
• 44:37
  with because England Chisholm had a rush, yeah, absolute that
• 44:44
  play was on the most rushing yards for any one person was
• 44:49
  Frank peasant, with 27 yards. Five carries and he had an
• 44:54
  18-yard carry of those 27 so he had one at 18 for at 9:00.
• 45:00
  Yeah um I mean they're playing mamas I mean in my mouth is a
• 45:06
  solid FCS program they've made the playoffs.
• 45:10
  Yeah that was their top 10 FCS program so there is no slouch in
• 45:13
  that level but what? They're still.
• 45:16
  Absolutely three yards. A carry less than 40 yards, a
• 45:19
  carry I'll tell you. So I'll say this, I will say, I
• 45:24
  will say what I'm saying here. And you tell me what you think.
• 45:29
  They're running attack reminds me of, like a shittier version
• 45:32
  of what pit tries to do with their running attack.
• 45:35
  Imagine pit with really, really small offensive lineman.
• 45:40
  Okay. Um, well obviously for us in the
• 45:44
  past, it's either been feast or famine with pit, where they
• 45:47
  can't get anything going, or they burn us alive.
• 45:50
  So they usually burn us alive in the pass game.
• 45:54
  They really get big big rushing games against us.
• 45:58
  Understand 2018, though they did.
• 46:00
  Right? Yeah, you got the rent.
• 46:02
  Forget that game. I know.
• 46:04
  It's still just leave it out think, but they also always have
• 46:08
  very big offensive line. They're not, they're not sitting
• 46:11
  here because I think you told me or we read somewhere, they have
• 46:16
  a freshman that's 270 pounds. Yeah, he's his playing weight,
• 46:21
  is what my playing weight was. And I was at hand and Sydney
• 46:23
  playing D3. So he's got, he's got about two
• 46:27
  or three inches. Sonmi height-wise.
• 46:29
  But yeah, and I was relatively under sized.
• 46:37
  So what else did we go? I mean, I mean is the whole line
• 46:41
  that way, primarily they're all smaller, they're not small like
• 46:45
  that, but they are smaller compared to your average even G5
• 46:51
  offensive line and they had trouble moving, a lot of what
• 46:57
  they did in. Running game.
• 46:59
  Misdirection help them, kind of get some leverage where they
• 47:02
  were able to get a couple plays. One was a particular, I think
• 47:05
  was like a wildcat type formation.
• 47:08
  I forget number number 44. I can't remember the name of
• 47:11
  that player, but he scooted in for a touchdown thinking about
• 47:15
  eight or nine yards out. Well designed play, but a lot of
• 47:19
  how they generated offense in the running game was through
• 47:23
  misdirection and guys just being out of place to make the play,
• 47:25
  they were not pooping the line of scrimmage.
• 47:30
  All right. So you know, they gave up two
• 47:34
  sacks in this book to sex is good, you know, not bad, not bad
• 47:40
  11 tackles for loss. Yeah I mean that's that's the
• 47:44
  Troublesome number even more a bar know like going to get 12
• 47:47
  tackles for loss. I mean, we should so we should
• 47:51
  dominate them inside. With our tackles, our tackles
• 47:55
  are big and strong enough to push them back collapse, the
• 48:00
  Rocket make the running backs, have to run the hump and then I
• 48:03
  think our defensive ends are going to have a field day.
• 48:08
  So let's hope that we can bring that same intensity that we had
• 48:13
  with the defensive line against you and see into the game this
• 48:16
  week. Yeah, absolutely.
• 48:19
  And the 44 year talking about was chatting morally when
• 48:23
  they're running back there. So yeah, the way I see our
• 48:27
  defensive line plane. I mean again Monmouth is a
• 48:31
  top-10 FCS good school but I don't think they're bringing
• 48:36
  these sort of seven man rotation.
• 48:39
  We have on the defensive line along with some of our
• 48:41
  linebackers. The other thing that kind of
• 48:44
  caught my eye when I see a team and I want to mention a couple
• 48:47
  of Things like that but when I see a team win 5214, if I expect
• 48:56
  almost domination in every category.
• 48:59
  Yeah. The one category I did not see
• 49:03
  true domination in and they had a lot of them is third and
• 49:07
  fourth down conversions. They had 12 and 4 when you win
• 49:11
  5214. Yeah and your 3 of 12 on
• 49:17
  converting Hose in the back of my mind and I'm going to get
• 49:22
  into the stuff later as I make my prediction in the back of my
• 49:25
  mind. That says, so how did you score
• 49:28
  all those points because you weren't consistently driving the
• 49:33
  ball on, you know, six to eight plays and punching it in the end
• 49:37
  zone against an FCS team? You were doing something
• 49:39
  different and I will mention that when I get to my
• 49:42
  prediction, teaser everybody, okay, that's a teaser.
• 49:46
  And as a teaser because I think it's going to I think people
• 49:49
  that haven't really looked into it are going to be probably a
• 49:52
  little bit shocked to know how, but let's turn to their defense
• 49:55
  brand last year. Their defense was bad.
• 49:57
  Yep, real bad. They gave up over four hundred
• 50:00
  forty, six yards a game. They were like one position
• 50:03
  ahead of Virginia Tech and we know how bad we were last year
• 50:06
  on defense, 35 points, a game. Now, they did get about one and
• 50:13
  a half takeaways per game, which is not a terrible.
• 50:18
  But I think if you told me at the end of our season, if we
• 50:21
  play 12 full games, we were closing in on 20 turnovers.
• 50:25
  I think I'd be fine with that but overall really not a good
• 50:30
  defensive performance from them. And I'm going to start with, you
• 50:36
  know, one of their defensive backs tells across who had been
• 50:39
  a corner like they've converted over to safety 510 193.
• 50:44
  Not a lot of games played his first three years.
• 50:48
  You have a big pick six against Monmouth.
• 50:52
  So what are you seeing from Ross in their back end.
• 50:57
  He's definitely a ball Hawk and I think that's the thing.
• 51:01
  We're going to have to watch out for us, not to make any any of
• 51:04
  those dangerous throws across the across the middle, because
• 51:09
  it will go after the ball as we saw it against mom.
• 51:11
  But took a pic 6 back, but not as sound in coverage, but he
• 51:18
  makes up for it with with this play on the football and being
• 51:21
  aggressive. All right, so it's essentially
• 51:24
  one of those guys. If you're what you just said is,
• 51:27
  if he's not really sounding coverage, he's probably
• 51:30
  freelanced a lot and little bit of free, a little bit of
• 51:34
  freelance. He's kind of, kind of out there
• 51:36
  not necessarily doing his own thing, but he is willing to give
• 51:40
  up a big play in order to make a big play.
• 51:43
  Okay. Okay.
• 51:45
  Okay, I start hearing that and that immediately makes me think
• 51:49
  especially in the middle of the field.
• 51:51
  If he's willing to try to make a big play, let's let's make him
• 51:56
  think about going one side of the field and then hit them on
• 51:59
  the other if he's trying to freelance.
• 52:01
  So some of those Throwbacks, something to Mitchell, how would
• 52:06
  you attack them? I think that's a good way to do
• 52:09
  it. Take advantage of his
• 52:11
  aggressiveness. May be working a double move.
• 52:14
  Let him try to bite on the first, the first move, and then
• 52:17
  beat him over the top. You want to try to steal a pack
• 52:20
  in, but you also don't want to run a vanilla route and have BB
• 52:25
  throw off his back foot in his Direction because we know that's
• 52:29
  something that he needs to clean up.
• 52:32
  Alright next, I want to move down to the defensive line guy
• 52:35
  with a really good game. Last week six 2260, defensive
• 52:41
  end, Jordan Ferguson, you know, solid 2020 season 42, tackles
• 52:49
  four and a half tackles for loss of sack and a half, really good
• 52:52
  game against Monmouth. Three tackles one, sack two
• 52:56
  tackles for loss, a forced fumble and a quarterback hit
• 53:01
  and, you know, overall they had, you know, multiple forced
• 53:06
  fumbles. They had a couple stat3 Sachs.
• 53:09
  They had ten tackles for loss, was he leading the way because
• 53:13
  or was he more of one of just is it more of a committee with
• 53:17
  their line? He's kind of the fire guy.
• 53:20
  He's the guy that gets them going and we saw it with the
• 53:24
  forced fumble that that kind of got kind of woke them up, got
• 53:29
  them going. I think that was what actually
• 53:31
  led to their first touchdown early in the second quarter, if
• 53:34
  I'm not mistaken, there very often, It's a touchdown.
• 53:38
  Yes, that's the process of repairing.
• 53:41
  Yeah. Yeah.
• 53:43
  So that kind of got them going and I feel like that that's the
• 53:47
  type of role he has. He's a good player but he's kind
• 53:51
  of the juice for that defensive line.
• 53:54
  All right, does anything else on their defensive line when you
• 53:57
  were looking at it present, what you think, might be problems?
• 54:02
  Or is it more of There'll be able to handle them but they
• 54:06
  have pretty good speed off the edge.
• 54:08
  We need to make sure that we're getting good sets and not
• 54:10
  letting them get to Braxton quick but if we set well there's
• 54:16
  nothing spectacular about any of those players but they are solid
• 54:21
  and they are pretty quick that that you don't want to just let
• 54:24
  them run around the edge on you. All right for you because of how
• 54:28
  good we run the ball. Are you in going back to your
• 54:32
  Heyday? Are you you just want to punish
• 54:36
  them or early running the ball and it's in.
• 54:38
  Yeah. There's there's no reason we
• 54:40
  shouldn't take the fight to them, right out of the gate and
• 54:44
  make them start thinking up front.
• 54:45
  And then once they're thinking up front, we can start,
• 54:47
  peppering them in with some other things we like to do in
• 54:49
  the past game or some other things we like to do in the
• 54:53
  screen game. So kind of make them I know you
• 54:56
  talked about Ross like the hawk but making the defensive back in
• 55:00
  the defensive coordinator. Say listen you've got to go
• 55:02
  support upfront because if not By the time they get to you,
• 55:06
  you're going to have 15 yards because they're going to blow
• 55:08
  through our, you know, our two fronts.
• 55:12
  I mean based on what I saw against UNC and based on the
• 55:15
  tape that I've seen there's no reason that we shouldn't
• 55:17
  dominate them in the running game up front with our offensive
• 55:20
  line, we probably yardage wise left a bunch of rushing yards on
• 55:26
  the field against USC that weren't necessarily blocking
• 55:30
  problems. So if we can take Take more
• 55:34
  advantage of that in this game. Consistently, it should be a
• 55:37
  pretty good game for our running backs.
• 55:40
  Hopefully, we can get Blackshear over 100 all-purpose maybe get
• 55:45
  Holston close to 100 total. Essentially, let's make them
• 55:49
  pay. And by making that Frontline,
• 55:51
  pay a guy who really impressive stats.
• 55:56
  DQ Thomas the six to two hundred sixteen pound linebacker.
• 56:01
  I mean last season, sixty seven, tackles seven, tackles for loss
• 56:06
  three sacks, two forced fumbles in a couple years ago, back in
• 56:12
  eighteen seventy, plus tackles ten tackles for loss eight
• 56:17
  sacks. So he's contributed every year
• 56:20
  and this year is no different already.
• 56:22
  Starting off with nine tackles and two tackles for loss.
• 56:26
  If you could bet on, DQ Thomas for Saturday in the line was ten
• 56:32
  and a half over under tackles. Are you taking the over the
• 56:35
  under? I want to take the over just
• 56:37
  because I think we're going to be running the ball a lot.
• 56:40
  I think we want to really kind of get comfortable with our
• 56:44
  offensive line and running. I feel like this is a good kind
• 56:46
  of tune up for what we're going to potentially.
• 56:48
  See it West Virginia. The following week.
• 56:51
  God don't want to look past Middle Tennessee, but you also
• 56:54
  want to make sure that you are working the areas that you need
• 56:58
  to work ahead of a bigger opponent.
• 57:01
  I feel like this is a good opportunity to do that.
• 57:04
  All right. Gotta make that part of your
• 57:06
  game plan. We really do and we already
• 57:08
  mentioned it and I'm going to mention it again.
• 57:12
  The forcing of turnovers they forced four turnovers on
• 57:17
  Saturday. Yep.
• 57:19
  And that was that's really you've already mentioned it.
• 57:21
  Brian if we play clean You know, there should be no reason why
• 57:28
  this shouldn't be an absolute blowout in as I give my
• 57:32
  prediction a little while and yours.
• 57:34
  Brian. I think I think we're kind of
• 57:37
  seeing it that way. Now, last week folks, we saw the
• 57:42
  Alpha version of the Hokies 2021.
• 57:48
  Me and Brian got together. We need to write it a beta
• 57:51
  version things. We, like things we need to
• 57:55
  improve upon. So let's start with the quality
• 57:58
  offense, Braun. The beta version versus Middle
• 58:02
  Tennessee State. What is the first thing that you
• 58:06
  want us to see? Or want us to do differently?
• 58:10
  Take more shots, downfield to kind of stretch that offense and
• 58:14
  give the running game a little bit more room to work.
• 58:17
  I mentioned earlier, maybe some double moves that take advantage
• 58:21
  of the safety aggressiveness. I think we can match up well
• 58:25
  outside against their Corners. I think we should be able to
• 58:27
  take a couple shots against them, get Braxton more
• 58:30
  comfortable, throwing the Deep ball.
• 58:32
  He had a couple good ones in in that game, probably a couple
• 58:36
  we'd like to have back. I want to see him get hit pretty
• 58:39
  consistent with that. This is a good opponent to
• 58:41
  really kind of kind of work himself in in that Groove.
• 58:45
  Absolutely the shot to Trey Turner down that side Lon.
• 58:48
  You couldn't have placed it any better.
• 58:50
  Yeah. As across, you could not replace
• 58:53
  any better. I think we talked about more
• 58:55
  downfield shots. Obviously there was one drawn up
• 58:58
  middle, third, third, fourth quarter, late second, half of
• 59:02
  that game where essentially trade Turner's free.
• 59:05
  It is a 40 yard pass. It is a touchdown, he missed the
• 59:08
  read. So we saw that, we saw him a
• 59:12
  couple other times. We were on to push the ball
• 59:14
  downfield, so I think it's there, I just think if we get to
• 59:19
  a place of especially if we're running the ball and Brian
• 59:23
  actually going to, I'm Gonna Roll into the next one here.
• 59:27
  If we're doing what you say, has to be done, which is
• 59:29
  consistently running the ball better, especially against a
• 59:32
  smaller defensive line. I think those shots are going to
• 59:35
  be there potentially all day. If they come up early and I
• 59:40
  mean, they're loading 9 in the Box early, we have to take them,
• 59:46
  you know, beam over the top one time and guarantee of the back.
• 59:50
  But even that case, Brian, I feel like their size I still
• 59:56
  think we should run the ball consistently, even if they're
• 59:58
  putting 89 in the Box. Do you think we still should be
• 1:00:01
  getting with a loaded box or 5 yards every touch eight?
• 1:00:07
  Maybe not 90. They're not going to commit
• 1:00:11
  none. I mean, I mean, it's a 425
• 1:00:16
  there. They're going to consistently
• 1:00:17
  have six to seven in the box. If they end up having to bring a
• 1:00:22
  tin, then we'll be able to Feast outside.
• 1:00:25
  I'd pretty pretty significantly. So but I mean Point number two,
• 1:00:30
  we got to get consistent with that.
• 1:00:31
  Run the right. We yes saw we saw a couple areas
• 1:00:35
  where we hit some good runs especially on some key downs.
• 1:00:39
  And then we saw some areas where, you know there's a little
• 1:00:42
  bit of mistake a little bit of a, you know, handoff conundrum.
• 1:00:46
  A little bit of little little bit of just not quite finely
• 1:00:50
  tuned in some areas and I'd like to see that bit more consistent.
• 1:00:55
  I like to see. It's not have those negative
• 1:00:57
  plays especially the self-inflicted negative plays.
• 1:00:59
  Oh yeah. So if we can do that, I think
• 1:01:03
  we're going to have a pretty big night.
• 1:01:06
  Absolutely, third Point here. There were numerous times and
• 1:01:10
  you pointed this out to me. in Friday's game that if Braxton
• 1:01:16
  Burmeister had just pulled, we might have had a lot more
• 1:01:21
  rushing yards. We could have had a lot more
• 1:01:23
  points, and do you think that was just now?
• 1:01:27
  Do you think that was just the game plan?
• 1:01:30
  Is this isn't a read-option, this is strictly a, you're going
• 1:01:33
  to show it after the fact, or do you think it was him just not
• 1:01:39
  reading it? So most of the calls on the
• 1:01:42
  night were designed for the running back.
• 1:01:44
  They were not read, option, plays, and then there was one I
• 1:01:49
  think on the First, it was the first or second first down,
• 1:01:53
  we're on the first drive or Braxton.
• 1:01:56
  It was a design quarterback run. And he got the first down, but
• 1:02:00
  there was a only, a probably about a handful of actual Read
• 1:02:06
  options in the game plan and I think all but one or all of them
• 1:02:12
  he gave every time so I'd like to see him keep a little bit
• 1:02:16
  more. I know I harped in the offseason
• 1:02:18
  about not running Braxton Burmeister a lot.
• 1:02:21
  But what I was primarily talking about his limit, those designed
• 1:02:25
  quarterback runs where he is, definitely keeping the ball
• 1:02:28
  being. He's definitely going to take a
• 1:02:29
  hit. I want to see him scrambling
• 1:02:32
  uses athleticism and I want to see him.
• 1:02:34
  Keep it when The play in the defense, dictates it so he can
• 1:02:39
  get some of those big runs really out on the edge with with
• 1:02:44
  nobody out there to really cover it.
• 1:02:45
  So, absolutely take advantage of that.
• 1:02:48
  It's really funny because Sally put the beta version together of
• 1:02:52
  the offense Prime that we can always go back up and see how
• 1:02:55
  everything can lead from the bottom if they're actually going
• 1:02:59
  to keep it more on those read options.
• 1:03:01
  The defense is going to have to commit more guys to, you know,
• 1:03:05
  making sure you're not crashing, don't crash stay up side.
• 1:03:09
  So if you got in the box, if two of the guys are protecting the
• 1:03:12
  edges because of potential run from BB, you're playing with
• 1:03:17
  your playing with numbers down in the Box.
• 1:03:20
  Thus, the consistency gets better and better.
• 1:03:23
  If we start consistently running the ball more.
• 1:03:27
  More one-on-one opportunities for your deep shots.
• 1:03:30
  Yeah, well, I'll say this too. So since they're their primary
• 1:03:33
  weapon on defense is kind of a speed rush.
• 1:03:37
  If we're effectively running the read option, meaning that the
• 1:03:42
  the gift or the key legit threat.
• 1:03:45
  If we go play action, defensive end has to slow play it and now
• 1:03:50
  he's not, he's not running at Braxton, he's waiting to see
• 1:03:54
  what's going to happen now. He's not putting pressure on
• 1:03:56
  Brad. Direction is more time to make
• 1:03:58
  those throws in the play action and get his feet set and three
• 1:04:01
  good Ball versus off of the back foot.
• 1:04:03
  As we've seen, he has done time to time.
• 1:04:07
  All right, so let's flip it over.
• 1:04:08
  Let's go with the Beta version of the defense.
• 1:04:12
  Yep, not a lot of tinkering on this one because the time and
• 1:04:20
  most of it is more, and we're adding special teams in here
• 1:04:25
  just because, you know, we're going fantasy football says,
• 1:04:29
  forget the defense and special teams here.
• 1:04:30
  Exactly. The first thing I want to see
• 1:04:33
  though buddy, as I want to see more snaps from that to D, this
• 1:04:37
  is the game to kind of get especially I'd say the
• 1:04:39
  linebackers. Yes, I feel like we kind of
• 1:04:42
  worked most of our to deepen at the other positions, but we
• 1:04:45
  didn't see a ton of Dean Ferguson or kishan artist really
• 1:04:52
  When anybody got a blow, it was Shamari Connor sliding in for
• 1:04:55
  that true nickel package mmm-hmm.
• 1:04:58
  So I'd like to see them, get some more snaps.
• 1:05:02
  What about you, man? Anything else you want to see?
• 1:05:04
  What the too deep I want to see again.
• 1:05:07
  I want to see more Griffin and Adams I want to Since mccrae's
• 1:05:11
  moved, if he has the opportunity play him, the two young guys on
• 1:05:17
  the backend. Same Whalum will be on Murray
• 1:05:19
  get everybody a little taste this week because you're going
• 1:05:23
  to need it as we start getting deeper into the season.
• 1:05:26
  So I'm with you completely on the 2D but it's too deep on both
• 1:05:28
  sides of all's. I want to see Jalen Jones and I
• 1:05:30
  want to see the Wayne locked in place on.
• 1:05:33
  Honestly Marco Ali, get some carries.
• 1:05:36
  I really want to see a line. An offensive line where it's
• 1:05:43
  Parker commence. Where's Jesse Hansen?
• 1:05:47
  Where's Johnny Jordan? Where Caden's leading it in
• 1:05:53
  Tyrell Smith to where we can get these guys playing more snaps
• 1:05:59
  live game action. So I'm completely with you I'm
• 1:06:03
  hoping we can use everyone this week.
• 1:06:06
  So essentially you want to see the if there's an eight-man
• 1:06:09
  rotation you want to see the bottom five not the to do.
• 1:06:12
  I do I want to see the bottom five because if not Nothing
• 1:06:15
  else. What did they look good or bad
• 1:06:18
  on tape? You're getting them on tape
• 1:06:20
  against not your scouting, your give him on tape against someone
• 1:06:25
  who has prepared for you AIDS teaching moments, be, it's those
• 1:06:30
  things where they can get the taste of actually playing the
• 1:06:32
  game at full speed, and there's nothing like getting that
• 1:06:39
  experience in my opinion. Okay.
• 1:06:42
  All right. Now, What also want to see is I
• 1:06:46
  want to see the defensive line play like they did Friday night.
• 1:06:49
  Yeah, they got a feast in this game.
• 1:06:51
  I want to see Hawk went on his backhand throw in early, the
• 1:06:54
  whole game. Yeah, I want to see that running
• 1:06:57
  game stuff even more than Monmouth, was able to stuff it,
• 1:07:03
  if they get more than 50 yards, rushing I'm going to be
• 1:07:06
  disappointed. Okay, if they get more than 50
• 1:07:11
  yards, rushing, I'll be shocked. I mean, they they're, they're,
• 1:07:15
  they're barely getting to a carry.
• 1:07:18
  But also with that is, I don't want these guys to take a day
• 1:07:22
  off. Go out in absolutely dig, dig
• 1:07:28
  the hole, throw them in it and then bury them.
• 1:07:31
  Yep. And make that seven-hour bus
• 1:07:33
  ride to and fro the most miserable bus ride of Middle
• 1:07:38
  Tennessee, States, life. It's already going to be a
• 1:07:41
  miserable bus ride. Just make it even more miserable
• 1:07:43
  because no one wants to be on a fucking bus or seven hours.
• 1:07:47
  But our, I digress. Yeah, laughing.
• 1:07:51
  I'm gonna throw in, I will throw in the special.
• 1:07:53
  Teams here. So I want to see some Beaver
• 1:07:55
  ball. I want to see a block kick or at
• 1:07:57
  least make them think that you're going to block a kick
• 1:08:00
  essentially. Scare the shit out of them.
• 1:08:04
  Well hold on Jalen Stroman was literally I need some thinner
• 1:08:10
  like literally this is a little piece of glass that he was
• 1:08:15
  literally that close To getting a block kick Friday night.
• 1:08:20
  Not once but twice, he had the thumbs touching but he didn't
• 1:08:23
  have the V. He didn't have the money as
• 1:08:26
  Aaron kumis joke about. It was a great joke, you know.
• 1:08:30
  Shy best told him thumbs together, you.
• 1:08:32
  And I got to block and no one shall best voice.
• 1:08:35
  I can really hear that in my head, but I think they're going
• 1:08:38
  to see that on tape. And I don't think, I think
• 1:08:43
  they're going to have like, a Max protect and they're gonna
• 1:08:45
  have like one Gunner. Like nah, we're Not getting
• 1:08:48
  along with the block kick in with that.
• 1:08:52
  Happening sets up return opportunities.
• 1:08:55
  Oh, buddy. Oh, buddy.
• 1:08:57
  Milt a day. We'll take a day.
• 1:09:00
  So Brian essentially, won't special teams to either get one
• 1:09:05
  or make them pay. Every time.
• 1:09:08
  They decide that they're going to keep everybody what one
• 1:09:10
  person in. Yep.
• 1:09:13
  And I think that is a very good possibility.
• 1:09:15
  Brand. All right, man.
• 1:09:18
  So we got our beta version done for the Hokies.
• 1:09:23
  It's time for the fun part time for the fun part, Braun.
• 1:09:27
  And I'm going to leave sir, all right, go for it because I think
• 1:09:31
  the stuff I've told you I think when you when other people here
• 1:09:35
  in this country shot the crap out of them.
• 1:09:37
  So first of all, This team 152, 14 great-looking women.
• 1:09:44
  Not really looking this. Great-looking women, not a great
• 1:09:49
  win. This game was 727 with just
• 1:09:54
  about two minutes left in the second quarter 727.
• 1:10:00
  Which means the only offense. They had to that point in time
• 1:10:04
  was a punt return. Boom, whole two minutes.
• 1:10:08
  They get a fumble. They get a score.
• 1:10:13
  They get another fumble later, they get a score, they get a
• 1:10:15
  pick six and get a score. So, Between special teams in
• 1:10:21
  turnovers. They scored 28 points.
• 1:10:24
  Monmouth in the third quarter goes for at their own 38.
• 1:10:30
  And then get a short field. Yep, they score off that.
• 1:10:34
  So that is now 35 of 50 points on that.
• 1:10:40
  And you know, this game was still even with all the stuff
• 1:10:44
  going on. It was still a two score game
• 1:10:46
  going to the fourth quarter, that's when the pick-6 happened
• 1:10:50
  and then a pig inside the tube it or to another fumble inside
• 1:10:53
  the red zone. So, I'm looking at all this data
• 1:10:56
  and then seeing they lost time of possession, they couldn't run
• 1:10:59
  the ball. The only thing they were doing
• 1:11:02
  good was taking 30 yards, shots and getting them.
• 1:11:08
  There is no way in my mind. This isn't a blowout.
• 1:11:13
  Yeah, we're going to cover. I want to see a 50 Berg.
• 1:11:17
  I don't think we're quite going to get there, but I am going to
• 1:11:20
  go. 4820 Hokies, what about you, man?
• 1:11:25
  Well, I like their offense even less than you do.
• 1:11:34
  They did nothing. If they didn't have a short
• 1:11:36
  field, they did nothing. If they weren't hitting, kind of
• 1:11:39
  the big play down the field, there was Zero sustained.
• 1:11:42
  Rise by that offense, I think we're better up front.
• 1:11:45
  I think we're better on the back end.
• 1:11:47
  I think we press them. I think they don't score, but 13
• 1:11:50
  points. I like us to get at least thirty
• 1:11:54
  eight so I'm going to go 3813. Hope he's cover Hokies win.
• 1:11:59
  All right. So we are both predicting,
• 1:12:01
  pretty much blow outs. And I'm hoping it's a true
• 1:12:05
  blowout. I'm not hoping that it's the
• 1:12:08
  Middle Tennessee State version of a blowout where you have to
• 1:12:12
  force billion turnover. Yeah, I don't want to see, you
• 1:12:15
  know, 14, late points, turn a to score game into a force, create
• 1:12:19
  exactly. Let's put them away and then,
• 1:12:22
  let's keep him at arm's length. The rest of the way, we'll put
• 1:12:24
  them away early and then give all these young guys a chance to
• 1:12:28
  get on that field. Get a chance.
• 1:12:31
  How about this Braun get a chance in the third?
• 1:12:34
  Or fourth quarter to let not skate them.
• 1:12:35
  See the field. There we go.
• 1:12:37
  Let them see the field. I would love to get our other
• 1:12:41
  quarterbacks involved in this game.
• 1:12:43
  Yes. Because At some point, we're
• 1:12:47
  going to need one of them to make make a play for it.
• 1:12:50
  Even if it's just coming in for Braxton for a key Drive, in a
• 1:12:55
  big game because he get nicked up, we're going to need them to
• 1:12:59
  get out there. You know, knock showed didn't
• 1:13:03
  Flinch against Clemson, I want to see him against other
• 1:13:06
  competition. See if he can be consistent with
• 1:13:09
  his blade. Not just be, you know, somewhat
• 1:13:12
  clutch with with coming in it and called on me.
• 1:13:15
  Mode there so we can get him a bunch of Series against Middle
• 1:13:20
  Tennessee. That'd be great.
• 1:13:22
  Yes, it will be super key. All right, Brian.
• 1:13:25
  There's a lot of games, this Saturday.
• 1:13:28
  Some people said it's not the best slate.
• 1:13:29
  I think there are some good games out here, someday, solid
• 1:13:33
  slate. It's not like a, it's just, it's
• 1:13:34
  not as Buzzy. I mean, week two is always kind
• 1:13:37
  of the after after the big slate of week.
• 1:13:41
  One week two was always kind of the You don't you know, you
• 1:13:46
  don't have the same number of big time out of conference games
• 1:13:50
  that you have in your kick off. Yeah, it's true but I think for
• 1:13:54
  us it's it's also a lot of it's this weekend.
• 1:13:57
  We kind of get to more like look at some of our future opponents
• 1:14:00
  and say okay. What it was week one true as we
• 1:14:05
  want false? Yeah.
• 1:14:07
  And, you know, I'll be honest that, I liked it last week know
• 1:14:11
  that a watch PC know it'll watched, you know.
• 1:14:17
  So again, watch some aduke, I saw Gunner for the ball
• 1:14:22
  backwards, gz. Well, let's get into this, man.
• 1:14:26
  Let's start. Well, first of all, let's start
• 1:14:28
  with this. Brian, you're having an okay
• 1:14:31
  season, your five and seven, couple games under 504 and six
• 1:14:36
  last week after a one-and-one start.
• 1:14:40
  You have the precipice of getting above 500.
• 1:14:43
  Yep. Getting getting close to getting
• 1:14:45
  close. I don't.
• 1:14:48
  Yeah, you're gonna need some work.
• 1:14:50
  You got some work to do this week, Man. 3 and 9.
• 1:14:54
  You had a row the boat this week and I do something this week so
• 1:15:00
  let's start it out. Brian and 11:00 kick at Scott
• 1:15:04
  Stadium. Illinois versus UVA UVA is a
• 1:15:09
  10-point favorite since you are leading the field, you shall
• 1:15:14
  lead the first hole sir. All right, well, You know, I
• 1:15:21
  thought Armstrong had a pretty good weekend week one I don't
• 1:15:27
  know which Illinois team is going to show up.
• 1:15:32
  So I'm going to actually go Eva here.
• 1:15:37
  Laying 10 points. Yeah, I don't do it often but I
• 1:15:44
  got to do it. Yeah, I don't know the Illinois
• 1:15:48
  team either. So, I'm almost gonna go with
• 1:15:54
  you, but it's still cook UVA a little bit of time doing a lot
• 1:15:58
  of funky shit. Finally, in bed, William and
• 1:16:04
  Mary. Again, I like Bret Bielema as a
• 1:16:07
  coach in the state of Wisconsin. The guy would have never got
• 1:16:10
  fired. So I'm going to take the 10
• 1:16:13
  points. Give me a little bit.
• 1:16:16
  Okay. Also this was, this was one of
• 1:16:19
  my hardest ones to go with. Go ahead, put it out there just
• 1:16:23
  because Illinois in the first two weeks is acting like,
• 1:16:27
  Georgia Tech was last year where I just don't know the product
• 1:16:32
  they put out in two weeks tells me to completely different
• 1:16:35
  Tales. Exactly.
• 1:16:38
  Like week one. They played kind of solid
• 1:16:40
  against a team we thought was going to be good.
• 1:16:43
  All right, Brian. You had conundrums on your first
• 1:16:45
  one. I had conundrums on this one.
• 1:16:48
  Pit versus Tennessee. Hit -3 and I go back and forth.
• 1:16:55
  Well it's at Tennessee but it's pit.
• 1:16:57
  So the crowds probably not going to be as jacked up if it was a
• 1:17:01
  better, ACC school. But then in as much as I hate to
• 1:17:07
  do this, Kenny fucking pick it watching Tennessee against
• 1:17:17
  Bowling Green who might be Might be the worst college football
• 1:17:23
  team in the country with Scott Leffler there.
• 1:17:28
  I just, I can't see, I can't see it, I can't see, I'm going to
• 1:17:34
  take pit, I'm going to lay the three points, whether I'm you
• 1:17:39
  know it's just yuck. All right.
• 1:17:49
  I waffle on this one, too. I don't, I hate pit.
• 1:17:55
  So I'm picking against Pitt. I'm picking Tennessee, I've got
• 1:17:59
  hinden hooker, coming off the bench and winning this game.
• 1:18:06
  Alright, Braun. Brian, they're just hate spit.
• 1:18:12
  Well, you know I'm not a fan of either real either team so but
• 1:18:17
  you probably have a little more love for Tennessee because of
• 1:18:19
  Peyton. All right, all right, Brian.
• 1:18:21
  Imagine this is 25 years ago. Syracuse versus Rutgers 25 years
• 1:18:27
  ago. If I told you Rutgers was the
• 1:18:29
  favorite, when we were kids, you'd be like, nah, hey, he's a
• 1:18:34
  football team here. Cuse - she'd be Rutgers - two
• 1:18:39
  and a half. We're Syracuse, who Syracuse
• 1:18:43
  Roots both last week blowing out of Ohio.
• 1:18:47
  Yeah that that that came out of nowhere and that's probably the
• 1:18:50
  reason the line is what it is. Because you know if I if this
• 1:18:54
  was a week one game I just said that line is way too low.
• 1:18:58
  Yes, I would have given Rutgers, at least five and a half or six.
• 1:19:03
  Yes, don't know what I know now. I still think Rutgers covers.
• 1:19:09
  Yeah, and I'm quickly on that one, I think Rutgers covers to,
• 1:19:13
  you know, Rutgers last week, you know, blew out Temple and it's
• 1:19:19
  not your day simple. But I think Temple slipping back
• 1:19:22
  to what they, you know, essentially were again.
• 1:19:24
  But again, Greg Schiano at Rutgers means they're going to
• 1:19:28
  win games. That they should not going to be
• 1:19:31
  a lot of them, but they still went where they should.
• 1:19:35
  All right, Brian, did you see the Unbelievable comeback last
• 1:19:40
  week down in Starkville. Yeah.
• 1:19:46
  Now this way it's going to be a little bit different for the
• 1:19:49
  pirate. Mike Leach as Dave during the NC
• 1:19:53
  State Wolfpack head down to Starkville to take on the
• 1:19:57
  Mississippi State. Bulldogs NC State this week,
• 1:20:01
  maybe a shock, or maybe not a shocker, guess depends on who
• 1:20:04
  you are. Mississippi State on the road as
• 1:20:07
  a road babe. Favorite.
• 1:20:15
  This is this was probably the toughest.
• 1:20:18
  Game. All we got had to pick because
• 1:20:22
  you know, leech can score but usually he doesn't have good
• 1:20:25
  defense. Has it showed last week against
• 1:20:27
  a lot of tech with them jumping up and then I watch the south
• 1:20:31
  Florida game which I was completely wrong about And I'm
• 1:20:35
  sitting here, I'm going back and forth and I think what's going
• 1:20:38
  to happen with this game as will be similar to what happened last
• 1:20:41
  week. I think NC State's going to get
• 1:20:43
  up and I think Mississippi state's going to be able to
• 1:20:47
  fight back, but I think playing a superior talented defense.
• 1:20:51
  Unlike La Tech I think they hold them off in the end.
• 1:20:56
  I think this game ends up the over-under line.
• 1:21:00
  Is it pull it up real quick. Is 55 and a half.
• 1:21:03
  I think it probably. Goes over the ANC State wins
• 1:21:06
  this game, like 3127. Late like you know, with the 30
• 1:21:14
  seconds left Mississippi State scores.
• 1:21:15
  A touchdown to cut it but don't get the onside kick.
• 1:21:19
  So give me n c-- state in this one.
• 1:21:23
  Yeah, I mean we're bordering on a pic I'm here I like NC State.
• 1:21:27
  I like NC State is probably the Maybe the third-best ACC team
• 1:21:33
  after week after week one, they showed up.
• 1:21:37
  I mean I know there's gold up against what is lesser
• 1:21:40
  competition but they did really should do.
• 1:21:42
  There was us through school from Atlanta that didn't do that.
• 1:21:46
  So that will for now remain nameless actually that's see
• 1:21:54
  that's officially been put on Death Watch so that He's pretty
• 1:22:01
  quick, went from, hey, this could be a great win team.
• 1:22:05
  Hey, we might be firing our Coachman season.
• 1:22:08
  That was a pretty, it was a pretty quick and Swift turn
• 1:22:10
  around there. But anyway, that's, that's not,
• 1:22:13
  that's not what we're talking about.
• 1:22:16
  Make your pick, but I want to ask you a question after that.
• 1:22:18
  Yep. All right, it's NC State.
• 1:22:21
  Okay. Brian, goes in Sea state to
• 1:22:24
  Georgia Tech. They have to give that man more
• 1:22:26
  time. The guy was coming out of
• 1:22:28
  running a freaking flexbone off. I mean that mean, I don't know
• 1:22:33
  if he's a good coach or not because when you don't have the
• 1:22:36
  players in the way Johnson recruits, it literally takes.
• 1:22:39
  People are like, where your three could do it reality.
• 1:22:42
  It's probably here, for 25 before he actually can do
• 1:22:46
  something. Sure Curtis, but you shouldn't
• 1:22:48
  lose that game. Regardless of the challenge you
• 1:22:51
  say, oh, so you're doing a principle.
• 1:22:54
  The president was just don't lose that game.
• 1:22:57
  Exactly. Okay.
• 1:23:00
  All right, well, let's roll long.
• 1:23:01
  They don't, they don't need talent designed for their
• 1:23:04
  offense to win that game. Okay, fire.
• 1:23:10
  All right, absent-minded down in Miami, Miami, a nine-point
• 1:23:16
  favorite at State coming off of to score whenever you see you.
• 1:23:23
  I think Miami plays focused after what looked like almost
• 1:23:27
  zero plan against Alabama. Yeah, again, I said how high was
• 1:23:33
  on Miami to start the season they didn't instill confidence
• 1:23:36
  in my assessment. They're weak one.
• 1:23:40
  I think this is a big bounce back for them against what is a
• 1:23:43
  quality G5 opponent? So I think they cover the nun.
• 1:23:49
  You think they fully cover the nine?
• 1:23:54
  I think appstate back doors opening becomes out focused but
• 1:24:00
  I think AB State can get it down.
• 1:24:03
  If it was 10 I feel a heck of a lot better but I think they can
• 1:24:06
  get it down to low as non late in the game kind of what he see.
• 1:24:09
  You did to them last week you know I'm trying to think they
• 1:24:15
  played a couple of years ago by the way.
• 1:24:18
  Shout out my buddy at work Malik AB State Alum, you know.
• 1:24:25
  Hold on, let me get up this one because this one's gonna bother
• 1:24:27
  me. Where is it?
• 1:24:31
  Okay, whatever. But give me AB State.
• 1:24:35
  Okay. Cover back door.
• 1:24:36
  I think it is. You know your own on this one is
• 1:24:41
  54. I feel like that's a little low.
• 1:24:45
  Yeah, yeah I mean I think Miami is at least going to clip 35 in
• 1:24:49
  this one and I think AB States going to be kind of right there.
• 1:24:52
  I just think it's about a 10 point.
• 1:24:54
  Yeah. 10 point gap there exactly.
• 1:24:58
  All right, let's roll on. On one of the big matchups of
• 1:25:00
  the week top 10 matchup Iowa, State versus Iowa.
• 1:25:05
  Iowa coming off an absolute drubbing of Indiana.
• 1:25:10
  The one I got right against you last week, mr.
• 1:25:13
  Siegel, yeah, we had what I think. 33 differences.
• 1:25:17
  And I was, I was three or four differences and I are different.
• 1:25:22
  I swept them, except for that one separate us from you three
• 1:25:26
  out of four for you in. State look like hot garbage in
• 1:25:31
  against Northern Iowa. And when the game like 13-7 and
• 1:25:36
  you know, it's a really big game for Iowa because Iowa looks
• 1:25:43
  legit on both sides of the ball this year.
• 1:25:46
  I expected more fight out of Indiana.
• 1:25:48
  Last week games in Iowa City. Not at kinnick. so man, it's a
• 1:26:01
  four and a half point line, I think I'm gonna go Iowa I think
• 1:26:10
  getting four and a half is enough for me, even if I'm not
• 1:26:14
  sure he's gonna win this game outright.
• 1:26:16
  I think four and a half enough for me knowing how both of these
• 1:26:19
  coaches coach, this is going to come down to legitimately a
• 1:26:22
  field goal. And I'd rather be taking Iowa
• 1:26:27
  with the points then laying them.
• 1:26:29
  Okay? Okay.
• 1:26:33
  I tell you, can I tell you a fun fact about Ames Iowa before.
• 1:26:38
  Apparently, they have the cleanest water in the country.
• 1:26:42
  He was drinking water clean. This drinking water in the
• 1:26:45
  country. Okay, I know what that's not
• 1:26:47
  going to fucking help them because I was going to beat that
• 1:26:49
  ass. Oh, I will big Iowa outright
• 1:26:57
  Iowa out route. He takes the points.
• 1:26:59
  He says Iowans out, right. Is it a fight?
• 1:27:03
  Or is it a? I think it's close, but I don't
• 1:27:06
  think it's necessarily down to the last whistle.
• 1:27:10
  Okay. So we put that on there.
• 1:27:14
  All right, we roll on and we roll onto a new look, Texas,
• 1:27:18
  team Brian last week who really against an experience lose.
• 1:27:23
  The in Lafayette Squad down in Austin.
• 1:27:26
  Really handled them? I think that shocked me and you
• 1:27:31
  Steve sarkisian looks like he's got those kids actually playing
• 1:27:34
  hard playing focused. Something seems like Herman only
• 1:27:37
  could do every other game. Yep.
• 1:27:39
  Now they're playing Arkansas. With only a six and a half
• 1:27:45
  Point. Favorite, you know, Arkansas
• 1:27:48
  last week. you know, coming off a win against rice 3817, you
• 1:27:55
  know the game is It'll, you know, at Arkansas?
• 1:28:02
  What do you think about this one?
• 1:28:04
  Because if, you know, It is SEC talent that prevalent because
• 1:28:12
  here's a future SEC West game right here.
• 1:28:16
  It's true man. And you know for me I like what
• 1:28:21
  I saw from this new Texas. I'm not I'm not saying Texas is
• 1:28:26
  back but I'm saying, Texas can handle a middle tier SEC school
• 1:28:30
  so give me texts give you texts and there's that.
• 1:28:34
  Yeah, that seven or eight eight pointer, they just covering the
• 1:28:37
  corner. Okay.
• 1:28:39
  Um, I'm with you on it, too. I think sark's kind of got them
• 1:28:45
  going. I think, I think it's who they
• 1:28:47
  beat last week. I think that's going to be one
• 1:28:49
  of those games where he can, it can be built upon.
• 1:28:53
  I know some people are like, well, it's a G5 ag5.
• 1:28:56
  Who was ten wins last year? It's one of those momentum.
• 1:29:01
  Like you just need a very experienced team, who plays
• 1:29:03
  sound football now, you're going to a rebuilding program with
• 1:29:07
  saying, Pittman over at Arkansas.
• 1:29:10
  So I am absolutely with you on this.
• 1:29:12
  Give me Texas, I think it should be about more than six and a
• 1:29:15
  half. I think this is two possibly
• 1:29:19
  three score game. Okay.
• 1:29:21
  All right. Um I hate early in the season
• 1:29:27
  when they already set games up, Because Washington Michigan
• 1:29:33
  should not should not be a night game, especially with Washington
• 1:29:40
  coming off of a loss to Montana. Yeah, no, disrespect to Montana.
• 1:29:45
  This should not be the ABC night game.
• 1:29:48
  Now, with that being said, Michigan's is 7 point favorite.
• 1:29:55
  It's going to be in the big house.
• 1:29:58
  And I know Washington has talent.
• 1:30:01
  I think I feel Jimmy lake is a really good head coach, but the
• 1:30:06
  question is, will the with a Montana game?
• 1:30:13
  Beat them twice because you were at home, you scored seven
• 1:30:19
  points. You scored seven points against
• 1:30:23
  Montana? Yep, you know that that's the
• 1:30:27
  surprising thing, not that they got upset that they got upset
• 1:30:32
  pulling seven points. Seven points, throwing three
• 1:30:36
  picks giving up, multiple sacks, you know, in as much as it sucks
• 1:30:45
  for how are they losing Ronnie Bell?
• 1:30:49
  I think missions going to win this one.
• 1:30:50
  I think Washington, you know, said to have a new quarterback
• 1:30:56
  and come in and, you know, go to the big house and a binge or
• 1:31:00
  bounce back after losing a bad game.
• 1:31:03
  I'm taking Michigan in this one. I'm right there with you bud.
• 1:31:09
  Michigan look, good out. The gate.
• 1:31:11
  Washington did not. I think Washington does have a
• 1:31:13
  little bit of a bounce back with some more Focus this week but I
• 1:31:16
  think Michigan just across the board more Talent.
• 1:31:19
  It was probably going to be close to a seven-point line
• 1:31:24
  before what happened last week and I think it's probably about
• 1:31:29
  a 10 point Michigan win here. All right.
• 1:31:34
  Probably a game Saturday night Braun that we will be watching
• 1:31:39
  as we are recording our and going live for the results show.
• 1:31:47
  After the Hokies game Stanford, USC Stanford loss.
• 1:31:52
  Last week, they look bad against Kansas State.
• 1:31:54
  USC wins, USC, 17 and a half Point favorites on this one.
• 1:32:01
  Braun, that is a huge line in a Yes, number that is a, that is a
• 1:32:07
  massive number. You know, USC last week.
• 1:32:12
  They got the opening win and, you know, all in all San Jose
• 1:32:17
  State, you know, has become a decent G5 school out west, they
• 1:32:24
  beat them by 23. They never really, you know,
• 1:32:29
  never really in question, they led the whole way closest that
• 1:32:35
  San Jose State got was six. And after that, you have see,
• 1:32:38
  sort of laid the hammer down in the fourth quarter.
• 1:32:43
  The line is 17 and a half. Okay?
• 1:32:48
  I am going to take Stanford because that line is too big for
• 1:32:54
  this early in the season. I feel like Stanford probably
• 1:32:56
  came out the gate, a little little off.
• 1:32:59
  You would see at a good one. I feel like just stakes in this
• 1:33:02
  game are pretty high. Stanford keeps it close still
• 1:33:06
  probably a two score game, but I don't think it gets to 17.
• 1:33:09
  Yeah, I'm with you. Um Stanford also with playing
• 1:33:13
  Kansas State who has the old North Dakota State head coach
• 1:33:16
  that guy. It seems like a real.
• 1:33:18
  Season always can game plan really good against teams.
• 1:33:23
  You know, some got Justin Fuente knows how to do it.
• 1:33:27
  Some guys, just know, when given the time, how to prepare for
• 1:33:31
  whoever they're playing and put their team in the right
• 1:33:33
  positions, 17 and a half is too much.
• 1:33:38
  It's just, it's just way too much.
• 1:33:41
  If USC, maybe blows the doors off San Jose State last week.
• 1:33:45
  You know, like a 50 to 7 win. Maybe I'm talking a little
• 1:33:48
  different and saying, okay, this is going to happen, but I just
• 1:33:51
  can't foresee that happening. And laying that many points.
• 1:33:56
  Oh yeah, give me. Give me Stanford as well.
• 1:33:59
  All right, Braun biggest game this weekend is going to be
• 1:34:03
  Oregon. Oh hi.
• 1:34:05
  Oh State. Organs coming in number 12 of
• 1:34:10
  hiyo state. Number three, this is in the
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  Horseshoe High new Google the shoe High Noon cook-off.
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  And it's pretty crazy with the line is I'm still waiting on
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  Kevin on thibodeau's Port. Do stud defensive end out of
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  organ? They sent he's likely going to
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  play the foot. The foot was just is what it was
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  fourteen and a half. I think I got to take organ.
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  You take an organ. I think I'm taking organ.
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  I think I'm taking Oregon because we did see.
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  We saw house tape on the road against and okay, offense in
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  Minnesota in that okay often, it's was able to open up some
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  holes in to get some points on. Minnesota's defense now, so much
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  since Lee. Once they threw out a few things
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  here and there they figured it out with the Freshman, but I
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  think 14 and a half is way too much delay.
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  I think organs can be able to run, I don't think or you can
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  win outright. If Thibodeau plays it leans more
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  that they could win outright but it's just too many points
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  whether it's at the Horseshoe or not.
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  Yeah, I'm actually right there with you man.
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  I know we're agreeing a lot here, but that is what it is,
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  man. Oregon.
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  I think does just enough to keep it under two scores.
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  As you said, I think they're able to run the ball effectively
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  most of the night and I think Ohio state is still going to
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  have those moments where they have this handful of drives or
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  they just don't get it done. Yeah, they're going to probably
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  bring it on late and I think it's going to be a kind of a
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  tight contest into the fourth quarter.
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  The question is going to be how much does Ohio State Or it on
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  once they kind of wear down Oregon.
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  Is it going to be a touch or two?
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  Or is it going to be something more than that?
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  Yeah. Well I don't think it's going to
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  be that. I mean again I think it
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  Thibodeau plays and Oregon can have that defensive pass rush.
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  I think you can swing borgen's way but you know we'll have to
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  see that on Saturday afternoon. Yes.
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  I blend is anything in the last hour and 38 minutes broke.
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  Nothing of note, dude. Nothing of note.
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