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Wednesday Edition of the Drive - Hour Two · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Speaker 2: and at Sporting News. Bill, happy Wednesday. How are you, sir? Hey, Jake.
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  Speaker 4: Thanks for having me on, man.
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  Speaker 5: How are you?
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  Speaker 2: Bill, we're good. Obviously, as I'm sure you know, and
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  Speaker 2: I want to get into just to touch it. I
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  Speaker 2: shared it. You put out a re-ranking, and I like this,
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  Speaker 2: re-ranking SEC quarterbacks heading into October. And Mississippi State fans
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  Speaker 2: will be pleased. Ole Miss fans will be pleased. But
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  Speaker 2: let's jump right into it. I know you're on limited
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  Speaker 2: time today. Mississippi State, Alabama, looks like it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be a wet track on Saturday. Your thoughts on everything
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  Speaker 2: going on in Starkville with Kamario Taylor as they take
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  Speaker 2: on their toughest opponent yet in Alabama?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, I mean, he's been phenomenal, especially throwing
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  Speaker 4: the ball down the field when you look at his
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  Speaker 4: numbers on TFF. They just the explosiveness of the offense.
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  Speaker 4: I do think one thing, and I'm sure you guys
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  Speaker 4: have talked about it. They'll have to trim the penalties
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  Speaker 4: this weekend. You don't want that to catch you. I mean,
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  Speaker 4: they're on that side of the, the third sheet, if
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  Speaker 4: you will, the SPS penalties teams with most penalties. So
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  Speaker 4: they'll have to clean that up. But I think Kamara
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  Speaker 4: has been fantastic. Trinidad has been fantastic. And Keelan Russell,
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  Speaker 4: the Alabama quarterback, I mean, right there, not the, I
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  Speaker 4: still want you to click on the article, but those
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  Speaker 4: are the top three quarterbacks. And I'll tell you what, Jake,
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  Speaker 4: I didn't have much hesitation with those three. They've all
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  Speaker 4: been great.
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  Speaker 2: No, they have. They really have. When you look at
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  Speaker 2: the game on Saturday, weather permitting, the chances for Mississippi
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  Speaker 2: State to pull this thing off and get to 5-0,
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  Speaker 2: do you give it 50%, less than 50%, a little
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  Speaker 2: more than 50%? I mean, 50%.
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  Speaker 4: Maybe a little less than 50, given where the spreads
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  Speaker 4: at and it's still Alabama. But I mean, man, if that, uh, uh,
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  Speaker 4: environment takes over in Starkville, I said with the thing
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  Speaker 4: I said without hesitation, I'm sure your callers would agree that, uh, I,
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  Speaker 4: this was probably the biggest game for them since Dak
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  Speaker 4: Prescott had them at number one and they played Alabama, uh,
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  Speaker 4: 14 now Alabama team was good. And this Alabama team's
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  Speaker 4: really good. But I think the name recognition on some
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  Speaker 4: of the Alabama guys now, uh, might be just the same.
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  Speaker 4: So it's, uh, an exciting opportunity for Mississippi state, no doubt. And, and, and, and,
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  Speaker 4: you know, like, so they win this one, you start
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  Speaker 4: to look at the rest of their schedule and you're like, man,
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  Speaker 4: they're going to shut, make a play out.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: There's no doubt with winnable games against Auburn and Vanderbilt
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  Speaker 2: at home. And of course, Tennessee tech and then Oklahoma
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  Speaker 2: and some others, um, this will kind of pair our
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  Speaker 2: sec chatter, uh, you know, looking at some of your
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  Speaker 2: core pre, you know, kind of re-rankings, um, with Taylor
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  Speaker 2: and Chambliss and Russell at the top, and, of course,
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  Speaker 2: Gunner Stockton at Georgia. Let me ask you about Georgia.
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  Speaker 2: Georgia hasn't really played a quality opponent yet. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: Oklahoma was supposed to be that, and we can kind
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  Speaker 2: of talk Sooners and Dawgs together. Two guys go in
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  Speaker 2: opposite ways. Gunner Stockton continues to rise in college football
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  Speaker 2: and do what he's supposed to do. John Mateer, Bill,
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  Speaker 2: I feel sorry for the guy. I don't know what's
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  Speaker 2: happened to him.
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, you know, it's been a rough season. They struggled
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  Speaker 4: to run the football. His numbers aren't, like, terrible. It's
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  Speaker 4: just the turnovers have come at the wrong time. Then
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  Speaker 4: it's obviously a bad turnover against Georgia. Now, in fairness,
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  Speaker 4: I think Georgia's going to do that to a lot
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  Speaker 4: of people this year, and they're playing very well. I've
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  Speaker 4: kind of phrased it all week, Jake, that I know
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  Speaker 4: Texas has the best resume in the country, and I
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  Speaker 4: won't say they shouldn't be number one based on resume,
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  Speaker 4: but but I kind of think Georgia is the best
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  Speaker 4: team in the country right now. And, you know, we'll
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  Speaker 4: see how they go through the SEC grinder. It continues
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  Speaker 4: this week against Vanderbilt. But Oklahoma certainly, you know, I
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  Speaker 4: don't know. I mean, you can give me some feedback,
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  Speaker 4: and I take constructive feedback as well. Like, I put
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  Speaker 4: him here, I think, 13 or 14, and again, it
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  Speaker 4: was like, I feel bad, but he's playing like the
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  Speaker 4: 13th or 14th best quarterback in the SEC. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: No, I totally agree. You know, I put out what
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  Speaker 2: I call my eye test each week, and I've got
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  Speaker 2: Oklahoma right there at the bottom or close to the bottom,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Arkansas at the very bottom. You know, and
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  Speaker 2: that's indicative of what John Mateer's done. And your bottom
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  Speaker 2: guy is Marcel Reed. I don't disagree with that. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he's a guy that was supposed to have that pop-off season.
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  Speaker 2: He's got six touchdowns, four interceptions. And, boy, Texas A
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  Speaker 2: & M, they look lost.
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  Speaker 4: It's been a surprising part of the season. Again, they'll
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  Speaker 4: play Arkansas this week, and there's a chance for him
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  Speaker 4: to claw up a little bit, but at the 2-2
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  Speaker 4: and just the turnovers, lack of consistent running game, defense
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  Speaker 4: isn't quite the same. Now, granted, they did lose Cassius Howell,
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  Speaker 4: who's making some plays for the Bengals right now on
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  Speaker 4: that defense, so you can't control some of that, but
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  Speaker 4: it's been an interesting up-and-down season for them. And then
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  Speaker 4: the other one I wanted to mention was We have
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  Speaker 4: Arch 8th, 7th or 8th, right in the middle there.
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  Speaker 4: And some people might overreact to that. I think Arch
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  Speaker 4: Manning's been fine. He hasn't been. It just speaks to
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  Speaker 4: the level of quality of play of the quarterbacks within
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  Speaker 4: the conference. I've been impressed, and I know Mississippi State
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  Speaker 4: won the game. I've been impressed with Austin Simmons. at Missouri,
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  Speaker 4: you know, 11 touchdowns, no interceptions, making plays, and they
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  Speaker 4: would probably have been even better had they had a
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  Speaker 4: Mod Hardy. I think he's having a nice season with
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  Speaker 4: the Tigers.
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  Speaker 2: No, I agree. And it'll be interesting because they take
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  Speaker 2: on Florida this weekend, another marquee matchup in the SEC. And, Bill,
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  Speaker 2: what do we make of the dismantling of Ole Miss?
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  Speaker 2: You know, Aaron Filo, who's number seven on your list,
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  Speaker 2: seven touchdowns, two interceptions. And when you look at Jaden
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  Speaker 2: Ball and the way that he can run the football,
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you have to make the argument he's the
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  Speaker 2: best back in college football right now. But is this
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  Speaker 2: kind of a game going to Missouri where, you know,
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  Speaker 2: we saw Auburn put some points up on Florida. We
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  Speaker 2: saw Florida play well at the Swamp. What do they
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  Speaker 2: do on the road this week at Missouri?
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  Speaker 4: You know, it's a really good question. I think Aaron
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  Speaker 4: Filo's played well. John Summerall's been very impressive in year one.
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  Speaker 4: He's very charismatic. It's just, it's kind of nice. I mean, I'm,
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  Speaker 4: as you know, I don't have a dog in the hunt, but, uh,
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  Speaker 4: it's kind of cool to see Florida back on the
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  Speaker 4: map a little bit and the swamp rock and Bob's
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  Speaker 4: been amazing. The rushing attack, but this is what Summerall
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  Speaker 4: did at Tulane with Makai Hughes. It's what he did
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  Speaker 4: at Troy before that with a collection of running backs.
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  Speaker 4: I think he had Monte Vidal for a minute. Um,
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  Speaker 4: But they know how to run the football and he
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  Speaker 4: preaches toughness and he backs it up. But here's the
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  Speaker 4: thing with the SEC. When you have a weekend like
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  Speaker 4: last weekend, when you have four games with ranked teams,
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  Speaker 4: somebody has to lose these games. So I really believe
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  Speaker 4: that they're going to test the nine and three theory.
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  Speaker 4: Like with all this cannibalization, do you get a nine
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  Speaker 4: and three SEC team in the playoff that maybe doesn't
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  Speaker 4: get to the conference championship game? I would say yes,
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  Speaker 4: based on the quality of the games that are being played.
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  Speaker 2: We're visiting with Bill Bender. Of course, you can find
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  Speaker 2: Sporting News. Bill, we've got a couple minutes left here
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  Speaker 2: with you. I know you've got another appointment. We'll get
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  Speaker 2: you right there. Oregon, they get the win over USC.
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  Speaker 2: Does that put them back in the playoff conversation? What
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  Speaker 2: does this mean for Lincoln Riley taking another big loss?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, let's start with Oregon. I mean, impressive Dylan Raiola.
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  Speaker 4: He was amazing in place of Dante Moore under control
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  Speaker 4: through the really good touchdown pass that DeCorey Moore had
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  Speaker 4: a great conversion to Evan Stewart. Just speaks to what
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  Speaker 4: Dan Lanning's able to do, knowing that his quarterbacks this
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  Speaker 4: year have 14 touchdowns, zero interceptions. I think that's been
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  Speaker 4: awesome to see. USC's got a culture problem. and you're
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  Speaker 4: seeing that being written, but the reaction after the dirty hit,
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  Speaker 4: even in the announcer's booth. Now I will say this, Jake, I, I,
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  Speaker 4: one of the reasons I'd love college football is I
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  Speaker 4: don't mind a little, you know, Homer ism in the booth.
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  Speaker 4: If you know what I mean, I kind of liked that,
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  Speaker 4: but they took it maybe a little too far on
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  Speaker 4: that hit. And then they get beaten a big game again.
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  Speaker 4: And they play Penn State next week, and they play
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  Speaker 4: Washington this week. And I'm wondering if the heat isn't
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  Speaker 4: going to turn up on Lincoln Riley a little bit. But,
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  Speaker 4: you know, like I said, I always enjoy– if I'm
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  Speaker 4: listening to like a Georgia-Tennessee game in the car and
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  Speaker 4: the Tennessee announcer takes a swipe at Georgia, I always
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  Speaker 4: laugh at it. But I guess I'm old school like that.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm the same way. I am the same way.
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  Speaker 2: Bill Bender, make sure to get him on X. And,
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  Speaker 2: of course, check him out at the Sporting News. Bill,
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  Speaker 2: thank you so much for joining us on A Short Window.
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  Speaker 2: Enjoy the weekend of college football. We'll do it again
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  Speaker 2: next week.
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  Speaker 4: Hey, Jake, I love our business, man. Thanks for having
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  Speaker 4: me on. I'll talk to you next week. Appreciate it.
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  Speaker 2: who's got a text or two for us. Beave, what's
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  Speaker 2: going on?
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  Speaker 3: Text messages. First, texter is Dexter.
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  Speaker 1: Jake?
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  Speaker 3: I really think they're going to try and pull this
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  Speaker 3: 2014 playoff. What do you think? I guess they're paying
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  Speaker 3: players money, so it's time to earn it.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, they're going to do the 2014 playoff. And you
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  Speaker 2: hit on a couple of it there. Yes, they're paying players.
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  Speaker 2: There doesn't look like there's a hard cap in sight
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  Speaker 2: for players. They're trying to do this through this D.C.
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  Speaker 2: bill that's not going to pass. And at that point,
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  Speaker 2: the numbers will continue to go up for players. And
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  Speaker 2: you've got to have more money.
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  Speaker 3: Right?
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  Speaker 2: And so how do you get more money? You have
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  Speaker 2: to try to create revenue. Well, you do that through
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  Speaker 2: television contracts and you do that through an expanded playoff.
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  Speaker 2: There's that side of it. And then there's some that
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  Speaker 2: want more access. And the money is the biggest driving
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  Speaker 2: factor to this because of what it will generate in
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  Speaker 2: TV contracts. So each school is going to get more money, which,
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  Speaker 2: you know, they'll spend that money and then they'll need
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  Speaker 2: more money. Then they'll be looking for more money. But yes,
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  Speaker 2: it's about money. And then some feel like, you know,
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  Speaker 2: the access, we need more teams that Some have this
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  Speaker 2: pipe dream. It's March Madness. We need to put all
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  Speaker 2: the teams that, quote, need to be in there for
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  Speaker 2: the Cinderella moment. So, yeah, we're going to 24.
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  Speaker 3: Miko says, Beav, I'm impressed that Jake remembers to ask
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  Speaker 3: about your steps every day.
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  Speaker 2: Well, I've got to check on you and make sure
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  Speaker 2: that you– because I really think you're challenging Gator Matt
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  Speaker 2: at some point, and I want to make sure that
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  Speaker 2: you're ready for that competition when that happens.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, I've been getting ready for this, man. Yeah. Let's see,
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  Speaker 3: Jake from Yazoo says, on track for 7.8 million steps
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  Speaker 3: this year. It'll slow down when it gets cold. Get it, Beavs.
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  Speaker 2: Ooh, he brings up, but cold weather doesn't bother you. So, like, November, December,
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  Speaker 2: you're going to be out there in 40-degree weather to
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  Speaker 2: get the steps in, aren't you?
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  Speaker 4: Yeah, probably.
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  Speaker 3: You know, I've already thought about this, actually. It's so
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  Speaker 3: interesting that Jake from Yazoo brings this up, because... I
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  Speaker 3: don't know how that's going to go. I have wondered,
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  Speaker 3: how is that going to go? But then I realized,
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  Speaker 3: you know what? I mean, November, December around here doesn't
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  Speaker 3: really get that cold. So I think it can continue.
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  Speaker 2: You'll have a couple weeks where it'll get brisk. And
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  Speaker 2: then January, February, we may have that cold snap, you know,
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  Speaker 2: where we get, God forbid, ice or whatever. But yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's not much.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah. And Possum Neck Joe, text of the day. I
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  Speaker 3: don't care what comes next. You cannot defeat Possum Neck
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  Speaker 3: Joe because A1, it's reigniting a rivalry with Joe Mailman.
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  Speaker 3: And B2, he used the Warriors reference to do it.
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  Speaker 3: And it just says, Joe Mailman, come out to play.
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  Speaker 3: He literally typed it that way. Play. I appreciate that
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  Speaker 3: so much, Joe.
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  Speaker 2: That's really good. My question for Joe is, does he
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  Speaker 2: still think Kamario Taylor is 6'1, 170 pounds?
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  Speaker 3: I think he reached a point where he had him
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  Speaker 3: down to like 140, actually.
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  Speaker 2: So I would hope that Joe was on the Kamario
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  Speaker 2: Taylor bandwagon at this point.
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  Speaker 3: And that's going to catch us up for now.
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  Speaker 2: All right. Bill Bender did go in and re-rank, who
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  Speaker 2: we just had on last segment, the quarterbacks in the SEC.
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  Speaker 2: And he puts, you know, great writing is always behind it,
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  Speaker 2: and reason, rhyme to reason, he has Kamario Taylor as
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  Speaker 2: the number one quarterback in the SEC right now. I
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  Speaker 2: don't have a problem with this, and I don't know
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  Speaker 2: that many people would have a problem with this. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: at least, and again, Josh Pate did a really good
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  Speaker 2: monologue on the AP poll this week, and he will
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  Speaker 2: blister the AP poll, and I love it. Because not
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  Speaker 2: that we're against writers, it's just how many people really
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  Speaker 2: are doing research when they vote in the AP poll.
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  Speaker 2: And I think the AP poll has lost so much
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  Speaker 2: credibility over the years. There's a big reason why the
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  Speaker 2: AP poll is not a part of the college football
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  Speaker 2: playoff selection committee's process. Notice, the AP poll is kind
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  Speaker 2: of the standard up until the first official college football
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  Speaker 2: playoff poll, and then all the rankings that you see
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  Speaker 2: on TV will switch. AP disappears, and it's the college
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  Speaker 2: football playoff rankings. I'm going to hold that thought, though.
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  Speaker 2: We're going to go to the phones. Let's go to
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  Speaker 2: Louisville George. George, happy Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: Happy Wednesday, Jake.
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  Speaker 4: Just a quick thing.
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  Speaker 1: I think it's Monday, like 5 o'clock when you have
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  Speaker 1: him on, I think. Yeah, Monday. What's the dude's name
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  Speaker 1: that knows so much about everything?
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  Speaker 2: Chris Landry.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah, Landry, because I really like him a lot. I'm
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  Speaker 1: just curious. Because when he came on last Monday, he
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  Speaker 1: pretty much had on a 1-10 about anything good about
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  Speaker 1: Ole Miss' football team, maybe a 1. If you remember,
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  Speaker 1: he was just, they're not a playoff team. I never
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  Speaker 1: had them in the playoffs. They don't have this. I mean,
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  Speaker 1: he didn't– it was just– I just wondered your thoughts
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  Speaker 1: on that and if you've got– if anybody, any Ole
• 16:40
  Speaker 1: Miss people– have called and texted or something and commented
• 16:44
  Speaker 1: because he was pretty, a little harsh might be too much,
• 16:47
  Speaker 1: but then again, it might not. He was pretty, he
• 16:52
  Speaker 1: didn't think that they were a top 40 team. You
• 16:54
  Speaker 1: know what I'm saying?
• 16:55
  Speaker 2: Yeah, no, he was. I just thought it.
• 16:57
  Speaker 1: Was interesting the way it wasn't just, well, it was,
• 17:03
  Speaker 1: Trinidad's okay, and other than that, he didn't, oh, he
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: didn't even like to coach. He didn't even like to
• 17:09
  Speaker 1: coach him. I don't think he liked anything. In any case,
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: I'll take your comments.
• 17:15
  Speaker 3: Off the air.
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: Okay?
• 17:16
  Speaker 4: Thanks.
• 17:17
  Speaker 2: Thank you, George. Appreciate it. Landry was pretty direct about
• 17:22
  Speaker 2: Ole Miss and said, hey, look, I didn't think they
• 17:24
  Speaker 2: were a college football playoff team. Now, if you go
• 17:26
  Speaker 2: look at the numbers, and I will reference efficiency numbers
• 17:31
  Speaker 2: courtesy of ESPN, through the FPI system. It's not FPI.
• 17:35
  Speaker 2: I do not like FPI. But when you look at
• 17:37
  Speaker 2: the efficiency numbers– Ole Miss, defensively, that's the Achilles heel
• 17:42
  Speaker 2: right now. And we had Jake Thompson on yesterday talking
• 17:45
  Speaker 2: about Ole Miss, and the tackling at Ole Miss has
• 17:48
  Speaker 2: been not good. It's been pretty putrid, honestly. And space
• 17:52
  Speaker 2: tackling has not been good. And, you know, if you
• 17:55
  Speaker 2: look at Ole Miss right now, they're 13th in the
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: country in efficiency on offense, which is a playoff-type offense.
• 18:02
  Speaker 2: If you're 15 to 17 and in, you know, we'll
• 18:05
  Speaker 2: move that even to 20 and in because now you've
• 18:07
  Speaker 2: got an expanded 12-team playoff. This margin for error will
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: move at 24 teams to probably 30 on both scales.
• 18:16
  Speaker 2: But Ole Miss has a team offensively that is capable
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: of winning a playoff game and getting into the playoffs.
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: Defensively right now, they're not 75th in the country. It's
• 18:27
  Speaker 2: not going to happen. It's never happened. You go back
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: to the BCS. You go back to the four-team model
• 18:34
  Speaker 2: in the playoff. You go to the 12-team model. 75th
• 18:37
  Speaker 2: in the country defensively. They've got a lot of ground
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: to make up defensively. And, you know, is that schematic?
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: Is it players? You know, it could be a combination
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: of that. But, yeah, Landry was, you know, pretty frank
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: about that. And Ole Miss has got to get that
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: defense moving. I mean, if you go look at Ole
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: Miss right now defensively, again, outside the efficiency numbers, and
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: that's where the Achilles heel is right now for Ole Miss.
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: They could not get off the field against Florida when
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: they needed to. They would make a touchdown. They'd bring
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: it back in 10 to within 10. They would need
• 19:09
  Speaker 2: to get off the field. They couldn't get off the field.
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: They're giving up 31 points a game. 31 points a game.
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: And right now as they sit averaging 36 a game
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: and giving up 31 a game, those types of numbers
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: on offense and defense, that levels out to about a
• 19:26
  Speaker 2: 6-6 or 7-5 team if you stay on that trajectory.
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: It happens every year. Anytime you have offensive and defensive
• 19:35
  Speaker 2: numbers that were are within a touchdown difference you can
• 19:39
  Speaker 2: go look it up for yourself do you i mean
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: you don't have to listen to me don't believe me
• 19:42
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• 19:45
  Speaker 2: difference most of those teams are going to be six
• 19:46
  Speaker 2: and six seven and five five and seven right there
• 19:48
  Speaker 2: in that number and that's kind of where old miss's
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: numbers are right now now they've only lost one ball
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: game they have a chance to improve those numbers against
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: vanderbilt in missouri uh before and i think they'll win
• 19:59
  Speaker 2: both those ball games but then they have to go
• 20:02
  Speaker 2: to texas they'll have a winnable ball game against auburn
• 20:06
  Speaker 2: Georgia may be the best team in the country right now.
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: They very well may be the best team in the country.
• 20:12
  Speaker 2: Oklahoma on the road, they'll have an opportunity there. Wofford.
• 20:16
  Speaker 2: And then, of course, Mississippi State is going to be
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: a coin flip ball game this year. There is no
• 20:20
  Speaker 2: doubt about it if both teams are healthy. So, you know,
• 20:22
  Speaker 2: if you look at it, Ole Miss has probably got one, two, three, four,
• 20:24
  Speaker 2: five wins, which would get them around eight. They're going
• 20:28
  Speaker 2: to have to play better defensively if they're going to
• 20:30
  Speaker 2: knock off a Texas on the road, a Georgia at home,
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: Mississippi State at home, you know, not lose to Oklahoma
• 20:38
  Speaker 2: to get that ninth or tenth win. It's going to
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: come out of that defense. It's not going to come
• 20:41
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  Speaker 2: Mississippi Sports Medicine. All right, Bill Bender was re-ranking the
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  Speaker 2: SEC quarterbacks. He has Camario Taylor at number one. Again,
• 22:43
  Speaker 2: you look at his body of work. He's 10 of 21.
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: Let's see. According to Pro Football Focus, man, these numbers
• 22:52
  Speaker 2: are just insane. I mean, any way you stack them up,
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: they're number. Trinidad Chambliss, number two in the SEC. He
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: was one of the top quarterbacks in the country coming
• 22:59
  Speaker 2: into the season. He's still one of the top quarterbacks
• 23:01
  Speaker 2: in the country. As long as he's playing, Ole Miss
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: has got a puncher's chance every week. Trinidad Chambliss at
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: number two. Kaelin Russell, who will be the counterpart there
• 23:10
  Speaker 2: in Starville on Saturday at number three. He's improved with
• 23:13
  Speaker 2: every start under Kalen DeBoer, and the five-star talent is
• 23:17
  Speaker 2: materializing into a potential Heisman finalist depending on how their
• 23:20
  Speaker 2: season goes. He has had back-to-back 300-yard games against Florida
• 23:24
  Speaker 2: State and South Carolina. He's 14 of 20. That's 70%
• 23:27
  Speaker 2: completion percentage on passes of 20 yards or more and
• 23:31
  Speaker 2: has eight runs of 10 yards or more. So, you know,
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: he is a true dual threat, 11-on-11 quarterback. Kamario Taylor
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: is the same way. And I hope you get a
• 23:42
  Speaker 2: little bit of a dry track on Saturday to be
• 23:44
  Speaker 2: able to see both these guys really put on a show.
• 23:47
  Speaker 2: Gunnar Stockton at number four on Bill Bender's reanalyzing of
• 23:51
  Speaker 2: the SEC quarterbacks a month in. Don't have a problem
• 23:54
  Speaker 2: with Gunnar Stockton there. Ten touchdowns, one interception. Again, they
• 23:58
  Speaker 2: haven't really played a whole lot of competition. Arkansas is
• 24:01
  Speaker 2: not any good. Oklahoma doesn't look to be any good. And,
• 24:06
  Speaker 2: you know, when you look at Gunnar Stockton, what he's
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: been able to do, It's been impressive. Sam Levitt at
• 24:12
  Speaker 2: number five. And when you look at Sam Levitt, he's
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: been up and down a little bit. I mean, you know,
• 24:19
  Speaker 2: five touchdowns, six interceptions, but he has rushed for six touchdowns. He,
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: you know, has dealt with a hamstring injury early in
• 24:27
  Speaker 2: the season. We know he's injury prone. We still don't
• 24:30
  Speaker 2: really know how good LSU is or not. I mean,
• 24:35
  Speaker 2: it's not that they're not. They are good. How good
• 24:37
  Speaker 2: are they? Sam Levitt's going to be a big picture
• 24:40
  Speaker 2: of that or a big part of that at number
• 24:42
  Speaker 2: five for Bill Bender. Number six, Austin Simmons at Missouri.
• 24:44
  Speaker 2: You saw him this past week in Starville. Has still
• 24:47
  Speaker 2: not thrown an interception. He had one that was called
• 24:49
  Speaker 2: back or actually was a drop. It hit the ground
• 24:52
  Speaker 2: the other night in Starville. 947 yards, 11 touchdowns, zero interceptions.
• 24:58
  Speaker 2: I'm very intrigued to see Missouri take on Florida this
• 25:01
  Speaker 2: weekend and see what that looks like. I know Florida
• 25:04
  Speaker 2: fans probably feel they'll go in there and ramsack them,
• 25:06
  Speaker 2: and maybe they will. I don't think that they will.
• 25:09
  Speaker 2: I think that Missouri will be in that ballgame. The
• 25:12
  Speaker 2: other quarterback on the other side of that coin, Aaron Filo, Florida.
• 25:15
  Speaker 2: Seven touchdowns, two interceptions, three rushing touchdowns. He's got one
• 25:19
  Speaker 2: of the best running backs, if not the best, in
• 25:22
  Speaker 2: the backfield with him in Jaden Ball. Gators ranked 11th
• 25:26
  Speaker 2: this week coming into FBS in rushing attack, averaging 260
• 25:29
  Speaker 2: yards a game. Philo averaged 200 yards passing a game.
• 25:33
  Speaker 2: And you talk about a balance, run-pass balance. Florida, that's
• 25:36
  Speaker 2: one of the things that John Summerall and their offensive
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: staff have done is they have created immense value and
• 25:44
  Speaker 2: balance in their offense. A little bit more rush, a
• 25:48
  Speaker 2: little less pass, but, boy, it's really close at 260
• 25:51
  Speaker 2: and 200 a game. Arch Manning at number eight on
• 25:55
  Speaker 2: this list, seven touchdowns, three interceptions. He's rushed for 82
• 25:58
  Speaker 2: yards and no touchdowns. And, again... Marginal numbers for Manning.
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: He's looked good at times. He's looked very average at times. And, again,
• 26:07
  Speaker 2: I still think his best football is in front of him,
• 26:09
  Speaker 2: but he's not lighting it up like a lot of
• 26:11
  Speaker 2: people felt like. Like B felt like he probably would.
• 26:14
  Speaker 2: Kenny Minchie at Kentucky comes in at number nine, eight
• 26:17
  Speaker 2: touchdowns and one interception. Minchie, of course, a Notre Dame transfer,
• 26:22
  Speaker 2: has shown pretty darn good development under Will Stein, his
• 26:26
  Speaker 2: first-year head coach. Kentucky's three and one. They could get
• 26:28
  Speaker 2: to four and one. Look, if Kentucky beats South Carolina,
• 26:31
  Speaker 2: that's another storyline for Saturday. State of Alabama, top of
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: the pinnacle in the country to me this weekend. I
• 26:38
  Speaker 2: know game day is going to Ohio State and Iowa,
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: and I think that's indicative of just the SEC has
• 26:43
  Speaker 2: kind of been the showcase, so they're trying to get
• 26:45
  Speaker 2: outside the Sun Belt, get into some other places. Because
• 26:50
  Speaker 2: Ohio State should– man, I'll tell you what, if Iowa
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: was to upset Ohio State on Saturday– You can go
• 26:58
  Speaker 2: ahead and just about book Iowa to the playoff, believe
• 27:00
  Speaker 2: it or not. You can just about put Iowa in
• 27:02
  Speaker 2: the playoff because the rest of their schedule is not
• 27:03
  Speaker 2: that hard, which is crazy. And they still may make
• 27:06
  Speaker 2: the playoff with a loss. But I think State, Alabama
• 27:09
  Speaker 2: is at number one. We'll check out and see what
• 27:11
  Speaker 2: Iowa does against Ohio State. Florida, Missouri, and then South Carolina,
• 27:15
  Speaker 2: Kentucky is very intriguing to me because if Shane Beamer,
• 27:19
  Speaker 2: who has gone on a rant about practice this week,
• 27:22
  Speaker 2: I like the way some people have said it's the
• 27:24
  Speaker 2: anti- Opposite of Allen Iverson. If you remember Allen Iverson,
• 27:28
  Speaker 2: remember the practice rant he went on about why practice?
• 27:31
  Speaker 2: It's just practice. Beamer went on his rant about practice
• 27:35
  Speaker 2: and how important practice was. And people are now crowning
• 27:38
  Speaker 2: them the practice champions, which is kind of funny on
• 27:41
  Speaker 2: the Internet. But if he loses this weekend to Kentucky,
• 27:46
  Speaker 2: that may be it. There may be no more speeches.
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: There may be nothing else for him to say. Remember,
• 27:52
  Speaker 2: Shane Beamer was the guy who said, I can't wait.
• 27:55
  Speaker 2: to see where we are when the college football rankings
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: come out next year. He said that at this time.
• 28:01
  Speaker 2: And that was like three weeks into the college football
• 28:03
  Speaker 2: playoff rankings. So they've got to win this weekend. Kenny
• 28:05
  Speaker 2: Mitchie at number nine. Number 10, Faison Brandon for Tennessee.
• 28:09
  Speaker 2: He's got a chance to be really good. Seven touchdowns,
• 28:13
  Speaker 2: no interceptions. Now he got sacked double digits the other day.
• 28:15
  Speaker 2: I think it was 10 or 11 against Texas. I
• 28:18
  Speaker 2: don't know that they, we'll see against Harvard. Do they
• 28:20
  Speaker 2: have offensive line problems or was Texas just that good
• 28:22
  Speaker 2: up front? We'll see a little, you know, Starstruck just
• 28:25
  Speaker 2: playing in that moment. That's the first big game he's
• 28:27
  Speaker 2: played in, but he's got a big career ahead of him.
• 28:30
  Speaker 2: Byron Brown, a guy who a lot of people felt
• 28:34
  Speaker 2: like would be an upper-tier SEC quarterback. So far, six touchdowns,
• 28:38
  Speaker 2: five interceptions, three rushing touchdowns. He took seven sacks in
• 28:43
  Speaker 2: Week 3 in a loss to Florida, which has skewed
• 28:47
  Speaker 2: an otherwise solid first month for Golis and Auburn. Brown
• 28:50
  Speaker 2: averages 15.5 touchdowns. Carries per game, also maintained a similar
• 28:55
  Speaker 2: completion percentage to what he had at South Florida last season,
• 28:59
  Speaker 2: but he ranks 15th in the SEC in passer rating.
• 29:03
  Speaker 2: Lenore Sellers at 12, six touchdowns, four interceptions. Look, I
• 29:08
  Speaker 2: think we've seen enough to know that Lenore Sellers is
• 29:11
  Speaker 2: probably a good dude. He's got a lot of talent,
• 29:14
  Speaker 2: but he's not the guy everybody tried to make him be.
• 29:19
  Speaker 2: Everybody wanted to make him be What Kamario Taylor is,
• 29:25
  Speaker 2: what Trinidad Chambliss is, he is not. He will give
• 29:29
  Speaker 2: you some moments that look really good, and then he
• 29:32
  Speaker 2: will give you some moments that make you go, wow,
• 29:35
  Speaker 2: he just did that. He's a nice player, but he's
• 29:39
  Speaker 2: not the guy. He's not that guy. And, you know,
• 29:43
  Speaker 2: the media tried to get us to buy off on,
• 29:46
  Speaker 2: you know, Lenore Sellers, DJ Lagway last year, like it
• 29:51
  Speaker 2: was Trinidad Chambliss and Kamario Taylor, and it's not, or
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: Keelan Russell. So he has fallen back to 12th, and
• 29:57
  Speaker 2: that's probably about fair. Jared Curtis at Vanderbilt, he's a
• 30:00
  Speaker 2: true freshman, five-star. He's got four touchdowns, three interceptions. He's
• 30:04
  Speaker 2: learning on the job, but he'll be a good one.
• 30:07
  Speaker 2: You've got some really good young quarterbacks. I mean, when
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: you talk about Curtis at Vanderbilt, Taylor at State, Brandon
• 30:14
  Speaker 2: at Tennessee, Minchie at Kentucky. I mean, there's some– and,
• 30:18
  Speaker 2: of course, Russell at Alabama. I mean, there's some really
• 30:22
  Speaker 2: good young quarterbacks. John Mateer at 14th, and I don't
• 30:25
  Speaker 2: even know if that's– I mean, he may be worse
• 30:27
  Speaker 2: than that. Eight touchdowns, four interceptions. He does not have
• 30:30
  Speaker 2: a rushing touchdown. And the Mateer-led Sooners have scored just
• 30:34
  Speaker 2: 29 points in the last three weeks against Michigan, New Mexico,
• 30:37
  Speaker 2: and Georgia. Mateer has committed six turnovers, including four interceptions
• 30:42
  Speaker 2: and two fumbles. Three of those turnovers have led to
• 30:45
  Speaker 2: TDs by the opposing team. So it's been a massive
• 30:49
  Speaker 2: disaster for John Mateer.
• 30:51
  Speaker 4: K.J.
• 30:51
  Speaker 2: Jackson at Arkansas, number 15. And number 16, Marcel Reed.
• 30:55
  Speaker 2: When you look at Marcel Reed, I mean, just not good.
• 30:57
  Speaker 2: Six touchdowns, four picks, one rushing touchdown. Struggled with turnovers
• 31:04
  Speaker 2: in the first month of the season for the Aggies.
• 31:07
  Speaker 2: So it's not been good for Mike Coco. I think
• 31:10
  Speaker 2: these rankings are spot on, and we'll dive into a
• 31:12
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• 32:44
  Speaker 2: we talked a little bit about this projecting this conference realignment.
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  Speaker 2: If this bill was to pass, which if the bill passes,
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  Speaker 2: I don't think it's going to pass, but if it
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  Speaker 2: passes and everything stays the way it is, which again,
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  Speaker 2: it's a crapshoot that it would, 20 teams is where
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  Speaker 2: we'd be capped per conference, 20 teams. And we talked
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  Speaker 2: has two teams left to get to 20. They settle
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  Speaker 2: in on Miami and Virginia because of TV markets and
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• 33:26
  Speaker 2: of Universities or the Alliance of American Universities, whatever it is,
• 33:29
  Speaker 2: whatever that acronym is. Let's see, the Association of American Universities.
• 33:33
  Speaker 2: SEC's got four spots in. Teams to consider, Clemson, Duke,
• 33:37
  Speaker 2: Florida State, Louisville, Miami, North Carolina, Texas Tech, and Virginia
• 33:41
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• 33:45
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  Speaker 2: You would get into, you know, you already got a
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  Speaker 2: big presence in the Florida market, but you'd get a
• 33:58
  Speaker 2: big brand with Florida State. Clemson, you'd get, you know,
• 34:00
  Speaker 2: you got a big brand in the South Carolina, North
• 34:02
  Speaker 2: Carolina area, but Clemson would get you you know, a
• 34:05
  Speaker 2: historic program there. North Carolina and Virginia Tech were also
• 34:09
  Speaker 2: among the seven schools that explored the potential to break
• 34:12
  Speaker 2: the ACC Grants of Rights Agreement. And they also said
• 34:17
  Speaker 2: that they could see Texas Tech mega booster Cody Campbell
• 34:20
  Speaker 2: lobbying to get Texas Tech into the SEC. And Duke
• 34:23
  Speaker 2: would also garner serious consideration. So, you know, I think
• 34:26
  Speaker 2: if you've got four teams, you know, Virginia Tech is
• 34:31
  Speaker 2: one that would get consideration. They feel like, though, the
• 34:35
  Speaker 2: Athletic does, that Virginia Tech would be one of those teams.
• 34:38
  Speaker 2: North Carolina would be one of those teams. You bring
• 34:40
  Speaker 2: in a traditional basketball powerhouse there as well. So you've
• 34:44
  Speaker 2: got Virginia Tech and you've got North Carolina and you've
• 34:46
  Speaker 2: got Clemson and Florida State that would get into the
• 34:49
  Speaker 2: SEC to make it officially 20 teams. The ACC sits
• 34:54
  Speaker 2: at 17 teams. They've got three spots available, but now
• 34:58
  Speaker 2: if things go to the domino effect... And teams leave
• 35:02
  Speaker 2: the ACC. For instance, if those four teams left the ACC,
• 35:06
  Speaker 2: now you would get down to 14. You'd have six left.
• 35:09
  Speaker 2: So Army, James Madison, Memphis, Miami of Ohio, Navy, Notre Dame,
• 35:14
  Speaker 2: Oregon State, South Florida, Tulane, UConn, Washington State. When you
• 35:20
  Speaker 2: kind of look through this, the ACC got through the
• 35:23
  Speaker 2: last round of realignment despite challenges from within its own league,
• 35:26
  Speaker 2: but it sits in a vulnerable spot. Its TV rights
• 35:29
  Speaker 2: deal lags way behind the SEC and Big Ten. And
• 35:33
  Speaker 2: though the contract with ESPN ends in 2036, the penalty
• 35:35
  Speaker 2: for leaving drops to $ 75 million after 2031. It's no
• 35:39
  Speaker 2: coincidence that the higher conference caps came from a Florida politician,
• 35:44
  Speaker 2: and with the ACC gutted in this hypothetical, that would
• 35:49
  Speaker 2: mean it would have to find up to nine schools
• 35:52
  Speaker 2: to reach 20 teams. It could start by raiding Army, Navy, Memphis, Tulane,
• 35:57
  Speaker 2: and South Florida from the American. So what would happen
• 36:00
  Speaker 2: is if the ACC is gutted, it officially becomes the
• 36:03
  Speaker 2: American because if you start bringing in Army, Navy, Memphis, Tulane,
• 36:07
  Speaker 2: and South Florida, nothing wrong with those schools, you're becoming
• 36:10
  Speaker 2: the American. James Madison is another one who is off
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: to a strong start, believe it or not, under Billy Napier,
• 36:16
  Speaker 2: but that's a tradition-rich program in that part of the country.
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: They would probably be one that they would target. UConn
• 36:23
  Speaker 2: is another. And then the ACC passed on taking Washington
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: State and Oregon State when The old Pac-12 crumbled. But
• 36:31
  Speaker 2: if it wanted to reach the 20-team limit, it'd probably
• 36:35
  Speaker 2: have to reconsider those teams. You would get a more
• 36:38
  Speaker 2: West Coast flavor, even though you're the ACC. I would
• 36:42
  Speaker 2: change my conference name, honestly, because at that point you're
• 36:45
  Speaker 2: no longer the Atlantic Coast Conference. You would have Cal.
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: You would have Stanford. You would have Washington State. You
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: would have Oregon in this scenario. So you've got a,
• 36:55
  Speaker 2: you know, I would change it. I would just change it.
• 36:58
  Speaker 2: The Big 12 is at 16. It needs four spots.
• 37:01
  Speaker 2: Teams considered Boise State, Colorado State, Florida State. Florida State
• 37:05
  Speaker 2: I don't think is going there. Memphis, Miami of Ohio,
• 37:09
  Speaker 2: North Dakota State, San Diego State, and UNLV. Would those
• 37:12
  Speaker 2: spots to fill Boise seems like it would be a
• 37:14
  Speaker 2: shoo-in in the type of team they would go after.
• 37:17
  Speaker 2: San Diego State has been very competitive. They would likely
• 37:19
  Speaker 2: go there. UNLV has had a resurgence of sorts, not
• 37:24
  Speaker 2: even just under Dan Mullen, but prior to Dan Mullen
• 37:27
  Speaker 2: over the last several years, and North Dakota State. So
• 37:29
  Speaker 2: you're looking at probably those four teams if you make
• 37:32
  Speaker 2: the flip there as well, and that would likely round
• 37:36
  Speaker 2: out your four big conferences. So, you know, again, what
• 37:42
  Speaker 2: nobody is addressing in all of this, and it's sad
• 37:45
  Speaker 2: to me that nobody's addressing this, all we're addressing is
• 37:50
  Speaker 2: how to make more money, how to maybe hopefully cap
• 37:54
  Speaker 2: money in rosters, and you're not going to do that,
• 37:56
  Speaker 2: you know, transfers and that kind of stuff. But if
• 37:59
  Speaker 2: you see a seismic shift to 20 teams in each conference,
• 38:05
  Speaker 2: you still have all the other conferences left, the group
• 38:07
  Speaker 2: of six, and the divide is going to be so wide.
• 38:10
  Speaker 2: I mean, you think it's wide today, you just wait.
• 38:14
  Speaker 2: We talked about at the beginning of the season after
• 38:16
  Speaker 2: week one how many teams upsets we had versus previous
• 38:21
  Speaker 2: years from fcs or you know group of six teams
• 38:23
  Speaker 2: to division one to you know power four teams and
• 38:26
  Speaker 2: it's almost none i mean i think it was like
• 38:28
  Speaker 2: one or two and traditionally you would get six or
• 38:30
  Speaker 2: seven maybe even eight that divide is going to continue
• 38:34
  Speaker 2: to widen i mean you're basically a division two tier
• 38:41
  Speaker 2: and there's nothing wrong with that in the group of
• 38:42
  Speaker 2: six with a major division one where the money is
• 38:46
  Speaker 2: light years away the talent is light years away Nobody
• 38:49
  Speaker 2: is trying to, you know, we talk about the Protect
• 38:52
  Speaker 2: College Sports Act. Nobody is protecting the smaller schools in
• 38:57
  Speaker 2: any of this. None of it. I mean, you can
• 39:01
  Speaker 2: do all the political posturing you want. You can do
• 39:03
  Speaker 2: all the filibustering you want. Nobody's protecting the small schools.
• 39:07
  Speaker 2: Nobody's protecting Southern Miss. Nobody's protecting Jackson State. Nobody's protecting
• 39:12
  Speaker 2: Louisiana Tech. Those schools are not protected. They're going to
• 39:16
  Speaker 2: get crumbs just like they're getting now, and it's going
• 39:18
  Speaker 2: to only get worse, and that divide only continues. Let's
• 39:21
  Speaker 2: see here. I've got just a couple minutes left here.
• 39:23
  Speaker 2: Let me see if there's any other notes to drop
• 39:25
  Speaker 2: your way before we get to it. College football defensive
• 39:31
  Speaker 2: points per game leaders. Iowa leads the country. They take
• 39:34
  Speaker 2: on Ohio State this weekend. They're only giving up eight
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: points per game. Notre Dame is only giving up 8.3
• 39:38
  Speaker 2: points per game. Pittsburgh, the Panthers, 8.5 points per game.
• 39:42
  Speaker 2: The U, Miami, nine points per game. Indiana, 9.8 points
• 39:46
  Speaker 2: per game. Utah, 10.3.
• 39:47
  Speaker 3: Duke.
• 39:47
  Speaker 2: 11 points per game. And, again, let's watch Duke. This
• 39:54
  Speaker 2: is the defending ACC champions. And Duke is having a,
• 39:59
  Speaker 2: you know, they're off to a good start. I mean,
• 40:02
  Speaker 2: they still got a long way to go. And then,
• 40:03
  Speaker 2: of course, you got New Mexico. We talked about 11.5.
• 40:06
  Speaker 2: Penn State, they got beat this past weekend 11.5. And Nebraska,
• 40:08
  Speaker 2: 12 points per game. Appreciate Trudy Armand. Appreciate Bill Bender. Remember,
• 40:13
  Speaker 2: ketchup is king, bacon's a delicacy. Aloha means goodbye. Be
• 40:16
  Speaker 2: a man of increase. We have reached a crescendo on
• 40:18
  Speaker 2: a Wednesday. See you tomorrow.
• 41:03
  Speaker 3: Jackson, are you ready?
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