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crazy time right now in the week in the world of college
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football. As it stands.
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It was a crazy weekend. Unfortunately, I didn't get to
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watch very much of it. I ended up actually going out
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for a a friend of a friend's birthday party.
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And so unfortunately, I wasn't able to see a lot of it, but I
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was able to catch a good chunk of it and a good few of the
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games. And I have, of course, my
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thoughts on LSU in the Kentucky thing, both with and against the
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refs. You know, full, full
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transparency. Obviously, it's a great day that
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Alabama lost full truly. And of course, obviously being
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here in Indy and I watched the Hoosiers and they really
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struggled against Nebraska almost that entire game.
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So let's dive into that. You know, first and foremost,
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defending national champions are tested probably in their best
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and worst way against Nebraska. And this is one of those it was
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it's two truths are hold the same weight at the same time for
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the same situation. And that's Indiana really tried
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to give them this game. And Nebraska's like this close
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man is Nebraska so close to truly being back and being
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relevant in college football once again.
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And that's something that's good for college football because of
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if you're an older college football fan, Nebraska was the
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team through like the 80s through the 90s.
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I mean, they were a powerhouse juggernaut of a program for the
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longest time. And they they seem to be on the
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up and up. They seem to be on the up and up
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this year. The schedule for them is not
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exactly the most forgiving, but it's also not the end of the
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world either. It is a little bit rough,
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especially towards the end, but they have two tough, two tough
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tests this month and they had two really tough tests in the
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month. But they could still potentially
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end maybe 8:00 and 4:00 at the worst if they win every other
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game that they're supposed to potentially win.
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But let's look at some of the some of the key stats and
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whatnot from from Saturday. You know, the total yards
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Nebraska had them beat, you know, pretty much dead to
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rights. They had them beat the running
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game passing wise, they were essentially the same. 3rd down
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is where they really made Indiana struggle.
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And I'll be fully transparent with you.
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It was like 17 to 6 with I think it was only about 10 or 8 to 10
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minutes left in the game. And I mean, they really forced
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IU to kind of dig down deep to end up pulling out this win.
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Like, it was it was one of those when I was first watching, it
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was like, oh, wow, Indiana really is about to be upset by
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Nebraska because they went up 17 to six.
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Yeah. And it was about 8 to 10 minutes
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left in the fourth quarter. Nebraska went down 75 yards, got
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a touchdown, went up 17 to 6. And then immediately Joshua
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throws a huge strike to Nick Marsh and immediately goes 75
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yards to the distance to bring it into within A1 score game.
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It was 13 to 17. And it just seemed like from
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that point forward, Indiana was like, OK, we we got this.
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We're going to do it now watching it, I didn't think that
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was going to be the case, but I I really thought it was going to
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happen. And I mean Coral Andrea looks
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solid now. I know statistically he didn't
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have like an eye popping or really wowing game.
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I still thought he was really good.
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I mean, 25 of 43, not super impressive, but he had 263
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passing yards, one pick, no touchdowns for him
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unfortunately. But I mean this, this Nebraska
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team really does feel close and they pushed Indiana to the
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absolute limit throughout this entire game.
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I mean it, it never felt like Indiana was in control
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throughout. It never felt like Indiana was
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in control at all throughout any of this.
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So this is 1 where as somebody who lives in Indiana, somebody
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who's around Indiana fans and I, and I have nothing against
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Indiana. I, I like the Hoosiers.
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I have a ton of Hoosiers here. I rock the Hoosiers.
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So I was living in DC because I didn't want people to think I
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was from DC. It, I mean, this is a, this is
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an absolutely like incredible kind of defeat for Nebraska
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because if I remember hearing the statistic right, they're
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like, oh, and 30, maybe 31 now against ranked teams.
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Like they haven't beat a big ranked team at all in the last
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like 10 years. And again, this is coming from
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like a true old school blue blood of college football.
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And they have fallen to the wayside that quickly and that
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hard. And it's kind of a shame to see,
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but man, are they close. And it, it's one of those I, I
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kind of hope Nebraska ends up being able to figure it out and
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they hopefully end up turning it around.
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Now, again, their schedule does not get much easier this coming
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week. They have to go to Oregon to
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face the Ducks. Now the advantage, Oregon
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doesn't look like Oregon. They'll potentially have to face
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their old quarterback, Dylan Rayola.
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There's a lot of question marks with that.
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He looked awful against UCLA. But we'll get to that here in a
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little bit. Then they host a Washington team
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on Halloween. So they get about a week break
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in between. So they have a little bit of a
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time to prepare, but they host a kind of a sad Washington team.
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Then they go to Illinois, they go to Rutgers.
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And then their final two games is what's really rough.
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They host Ohio State, which I don't think they'll necessarily
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get a big win in that one. Now, they could they could
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really shock the world and do it.
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I just, I highly doubt the likelihood of that.
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And then they finish the year going to Iowa, which is always
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an absolute just dog fight of a game.
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It's not going to be the prettiest game.
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It's not going to be the sexiest game, but it's going to be a
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game and they're going to absolutely fight for it.
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So that that will be 1 I say to keep your eye on, But but hats
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off to the court Huskers for for really, you know, sticking
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through this and and fighting through it as much as they
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could. One of the other games that was
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a little bit of a disappointment just because I feel like they
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fell into they kind of fell into their old selves.
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Texas falls to Oklahoma 27 to 24.
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The Sooners are able to win the Red River Rivalry against them
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after Sark had, you know, previously beat them the last
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two times. And it is kind of funny.
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They brought up the point that the underdog last two times this
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game has happened, whoever the underdog has been has ended up
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winning. And now that's three times in a
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row that's ended up being the case.
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And I do want to say with this too, because they Sark has
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brought it up and I feel like everybody has brought it up at
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some point or another because it's Arch, because there's a
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huge expectation with Arch because of his last name,
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because it's Manning. And I don't know if they expect
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perfection. I don't know if they expect him
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to, you know, just kind of pull stuff out and, you know, just be
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this incredibly crazy good quarterback.
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Like when when you look and you think of the Mannings, like,
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yes, they had phenomenal careers.
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Like they had big games, they did big things.
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Like they were some of the best quarterbacks coming out of
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college. You know, Peyton was very
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cerebral. He was a coach on the field.
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Like he was a number one pick for a reason.
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You know, Eli wasn't as cerebral, but he was the guy
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that was more of the backyard style football of I'm just going
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to sling it and I'm going to have fun while I do it.
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And I, I've said this before on the show, I feel like Arch is a,
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is a good mixture of a little bit of both.
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And I feel like he, he falls a little bit more in Eli's shoes
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than Peyton's 'cause there's nothing about Arch that says to
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me he's like truly cerebral. And it, it kind of sucks because
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again, with him having the last name of Manning like that
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pressure is just on him all the time like that.
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No matter what he does, whether he's good or not good, that
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pressure of him being a Manning is always there.
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Now, in his defense, he doesn't know anything different because
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he's always been a Manning. He's always had that stigma.
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He's always had that those expectations set forth for him
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that, hey, you are going to do this, This is how you're going
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to do it. And this is what we expect from
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you both, you know, family wise and, you know, sports wise.
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So for the fact that people are already writing off Arch is
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crazy. Now I will be completely honest
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and transparent. If anybody was to draft Arch
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right now, I think would be a mistake.
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I think it would be 1. He would absolutely need a
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couple of years to learn or he has to go to the exact right
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situation that would be well built for him, that would have a
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decent offensive line, decent weapons and well run
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organization. And truthfully, looking across
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the league right now as far as teams that need a quarterback,
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I, I don't see, I don't see any of these organizations being
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being in need that I'd be like, OK, yeah, this this would be a
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good place for him to go. And I think he would be set up.
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Well, it's not like Kansas City is ready to move off of the
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homes yet. Like, they've still got him for
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a long time. He's not going anywhere.
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They're very well ran both organizationally and by the
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coach. I mean, really, you can look at
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any of the other teams around the league.
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I mean, Cincinnati has their issues.
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They're not very well ran. They still have a franchise
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quarterback in Joe Burrow. Now who knows how long he wants
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to be there again, Buffalo has Josh Allen, they're probably not
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going to move off of him for hot minutes.
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And with Baltimore and Lamar, Chicago has Caleb Williams, but
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you know, and Mike Lovey to death.
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I don't know if you're watching this or not.
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Then he might he might see this whenever he makes clips for me a
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little bit later. But but it's not like
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historically Chicago has been well run as an organization.
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Minnesota maybe, but I mean, they're right now they're
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sitting at 5 and O, it's not like they're in the driver's
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seat to get a number one overall pick.
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And I mean really other than that, like maybe the Rams, like
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maybe, but again, are they going to do bad enough to be able to
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have a number one overall pick? But Oh yeah, they traded that to
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Cleveland. So now they don't.
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So now they don't even have that.
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So I mean, there's, there's not a, a lot of places that I feel
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are potentially quarterback needy or going to be quarterback
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needy that I would say, Oh yeah, he can go in there and he can
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have time to sit back, develop and learn and he's going to be
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in a great spot. I don't, I don't think that's
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going to be the case. Nothing against Perch himself.
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I, I think he's, I think the potential is still there for
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him. I just think people's
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expectations of him are, are what's truly crazy.
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Like honestly, that that's how I feel this game though, UCLA
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versus Oregon, out of all the games, this is probably the one
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I got to watch the absolute most of Saturday.
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The the Bruins beat the Ducks in Eugene 17 to 15.
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Oregon honestly reminds me so much of LSU, Clemson, and Penn
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State of last year. Like, they came in, they were
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the preseason #2 like, they were basically all but expected to
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make a deep playoff for him, potentially to be a national
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championship contender. And Oregon has completely fallen
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to the wayside. I mean, you know, the really
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close potential upset against Boise State, very lucky that
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ended up not going to the case. And it it was kind of one of
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those, it was a dual thing, OK Boise State's a lot better than
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what we thought they kind of have been the last few years and
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consistently have been, you know, Oregon maybe just a little
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bit rusty that they go down to Stillwater.
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They get absolutely smoked by Oklahoma State and it just seems
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to be like a down, you know, downward spiral ever since they,
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you know, kind of got a little bit of rejuvenation.
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They went down to USC and beat them.
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It seemed like Dylan Ryola just didn't skip a beat.
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But again, how much of that is US CS defence is pretty trash.
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And, you know, there was Oregon just able to capitalize on that
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moment and just capitalize on the fact that they're a, you
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know, conference opponent and the fact that they face them a
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lot even in the PAC 12. But I mean, Dylan Rayola just,
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he did not look good at all. I don't know what happened in
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between the USC and the UCLA game, to be honest with you.
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I mean, he was 6 of 19. He had two interceptions.
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I believe he was also responsible for a few of the
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fumbles. Oh, he was only responsible for
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one fumble. But man, turnover is absolutely
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horrible. They had 7 turnovers, 2
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interceptions both by Rayola and the rest were 5 fumbles.
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Evan Stewart, Dylan Riola, Jordan Davidson, Brock Thomas.
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The other quarterback ended up coming in and Coy Perich was
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able to recover. One upset fumbles that they also
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had but they lost, but they ended up having five.
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They lost 5. This was just a an ugly game
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overall and it is kind of funny whenever I looked at some of the
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stats and when you kind of watch how UCLA does, you can you can
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kind of see the the first year of Indiana elements in there
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with Bob Chesney and JMU and how they did things.
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Now, the thing that is going to be pretty questionable about
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UCLA is it it is not just because they run the ball.
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I mean, Wayne Knight, the running back for UCLA, fantastic
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year. I mean, he's good game here.
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He had 103 yards. He had a touchdown.
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Longest run was 35. I mean, he's having a good time.
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They did lose Niko Ilumeliaba for the entire season.
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Now, he was not playing exactly the prettiest game prior to
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getting hurt. He did have 10 to 17162 yards
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and he did have two picks. Now his backup tie Diefenbach, 3
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of 643 yards and a touchdown filling in for Niko.
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But again, how does how do they look going on?
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Now their schedule, their schedule honestly isn't too
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terrible. Like they they kind of have a
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soft schedule to where they might be able to make a little
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bit of a run like Indiana did, like their their biggest test
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was Oregon. Now they do have a little bit of
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a test coming up because they're going to host Luke Fickle in
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Wisconsin, who looks significantly better than what
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Wisconsin has looked like under Fickle these last few years.
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So they get them, they host Michigan State, then they host
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Nevada, they go to Minnesota. Now that one might be a little
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bit tricky, especially because that's going to be beginning in
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November against cold in Minnesota at that time.
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Then they host Illinois. Then in another cold game, they
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have to go to Michigan on November 21st.
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Again, very, very cold. Don't know how those two games
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are going to end up, but I mean you can be sitting there
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potentially in nine and two like, you know, probably a
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pretty good chance you maybe even could sneak into the
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college football play offs. Now, what might hurt you is your
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schedule because you do have a fairly soft schedule, but I
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mean, if you're winning the games, you're winning the games
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and then they end the year hosting USC.
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So there's a chance maybe UCLA does something a little bit
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special. I, I really don't know, but just
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the fact that they were able to beat Oregon the way that they
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did is just absolutely crazy. And now, of course, the game
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that I, I have a lot of mixed feelings of LSU versus Kentucky.
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You know, it was 30. I didn't even have to take the
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scoreboard for this one. That's what happens when you
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make your own graphics. You know, Kentucky wins on the
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two point conversion, 35 to 34. There is a lot of questions.
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As a LSU fan, you know, seeing this again, I didn't get to
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watch the entire game. I got to watch a good chunk of
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it. I was kind of watching it
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vicariously through ESPN and whatnot.
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I mean, and it was playing a little bit at the bar that I was
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at before I left. And here, here's what I'll take
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from this. And a few LSU fans that I know
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watch, well, I don't think they watch this, but that I've seen
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in other chats and, you know, other groups, you know, they're
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like, oh, Sam Levitt played great.
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He played great like like this. This wasn't on Sam.
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It's not all on Sam. That's that is true.
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You know, he had almost 40 yards.
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He did have a rushing touchdown. He was 25 to 34275, two passing
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touchdowns, but he had another interception and and he also had
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a fumble that ended up costing him as well.
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Like I, I've said it before on the show, he he makes me
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worried. He makes me worried it begin.
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He turns the ball over a lot and he and he likes to run, which is
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great in the moment, awful if he potentially gets hurt like I it
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it's one of those you are not going to be able to do that
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through an entire SEC schedule. And the fact that your best game
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came when you couldn't run it says an absolute lot about you
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as a quarterback. Now in that same hand, you know,
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people are trolling Lane. Lane has never done well
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whenever he's gone up to face Kentucky, whether it was with I
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believe Tennessee. I don't think he ever, I think
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he has one win against Kentucky with Old Miss.
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And then of course, he struggled here with LSU to semi defend
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Lane to an extent. It is Lane's first year at LSU
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as the head coach like it's his first year.
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I know there's a whole lot of high expectations.
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I know there's a lot of, you know, the, the standard for LSU
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is championship or bust. And I, I get that and I, I feel
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that like I'm believe me, I also want that to happen.
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Like I'm, I'm not going to sit here and say no, no, no, no,
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absolutely. I, I absolutely always want to
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see LSU hoist the Maddie. It's his first year.
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It's there's going to be some tough growing pains.
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It's going to be tough. I think the.
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There's a little bit of, I would say over height, there's a
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little bit of what I would say is like too high of
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expectations. Like he came in, he was able to
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be there for signing day. He was able to keep a lot of the
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recruits. Obviously he brought in a huge
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transfer report of class, which he does almost every single
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year. But you also got to remember
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some of these guys, they're probably going to play for a
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year and then they're going to move on.
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Some guys had already signed and already gone elsewhere or they
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already had plans in mind. And there's probably a lot of
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question marks of OK, well, like, and I don't think they
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were ever in the running. But let's take Cam Coleman for
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example. Like if I'm Cam Coleman, if I'm
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sitting there, OK, who's your quarterback?
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Like it came down between is Levitt going to sign?
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Is it going to be Soresby? I believe I know you've I know
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Lane was trying to go after Damon Williams at one point.
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So there's a lot of questions and if I'm Cam Coleman like, no,
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I've I've had enough of those questions just with, you know,
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Auburn, I don't, I don't need to throw another one in there like,
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you know, screw that. So I mean, I, I, I get it.
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I think next year will be a little bit more of a let's see
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what this looks like. I'll also save this for any LSU
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fan that's watching, for any LSU fan that's like, I don't know if
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I don't know if Lane's the guy or not.
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Just just hear me out, OK? Hear me out.
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Look at the look at the six games LSU has played so far this
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season. They beat Clemson 51 to 10.
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They beat LA Tech 45 to 14. That one was a bit of a
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struggle. Opened up definitely a whole lot
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more in the same half. Ole Miss was definitely a
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struggle. Same thing.
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Opened it up a little bit more in the second-half, made it a
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more competitive and close game. Texas A&M kind of a beat down
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from the start. You know, McNeese State beat
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down from the start. Kentucky blow for blowback and
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forth here. Here's what I'll say.
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Keep in mind, compared to what LSU had with Brian Kelly, like
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truthfully, if it when it was with Brian Kelly, like you look
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at the Ole Miss game, old miss jumped out and it was like 17 to
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7. If that was Brian Kelly at
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halftime, he would have already flopped and Brian Kelly would
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just take the absolute beat down.
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And oh, we're gonna we're we're already looking forward to it.
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We're already looking ahead at Texas.
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Ano no go fight. Like what are you doing?
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Like, at least Lane has the team ready and willing and able to go
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rebound like that. That to me is a big thing is
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that Lane will keep the team with the ability to fight.
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Now, they may not always win it like they didn't against
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Kentucky. And that's that's going to
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happen like this. This is part of the growing
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pains. Will Stein obviously got a huge
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win. Hats off to Will Stein.
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You know, he's the only coach and the only team in America
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that has technically two top 10 top ten team wins in the
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country, having beaten at the time Texas A&M, who's in the top
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ten and now LSU, who is ranked at 10.
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I mean, hat hats off to them. Like, you know, that that that
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takes a lot for a first year coach and for a program like
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Kentucky, who, you know, historically in the SEC has been
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at the bottom as far as football goes.
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So, I mean, hats off to them. I will say, I do think this year
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will continue to be a bit of a bumpy roller coaster ride for
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Lane and LSU. You know, if you look at the
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rest of their schedule, they host Ole Miss this coming
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Saturday. Now it's early or not Ole Miss.
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They host Mississippi State, who's ranked #16 right now, who
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knows how that game is going to go with Camario Taylor because
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he's a heck of an athletic quarterback.
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They're kind of reeling a little bit after a beat down from
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Alabama. They're also coming off of a
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bye. So a little bit more well
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rested, a little bit more preparation.
24:37
Maybe they take a couple things out of Kentucky's playbook so
24:41
that that's one to keep an eye on, especially for as good as
24:43
Camaro Taylor is. Then they go to Auburn.
24:47
Not necessarily too worried about Auburn, but I it's one of
24:50
those, if I've learned anything, you don't don't overlook your
24:54
opponent because it could always be a trap.
24:57
And then then they get into three tough games to, you know,
25:02
come close to finishing the season in November.
25:05
You host Alabama, who as much as I don't want to say it, as much
25:08
as I don't want to admit it, they absolutely look like the
25:11
team to beat right now in the SEC.
25:13
As much as it pains me to say that.
25:16
Then you have to host Texas now. Texas is a little bit more
25:20
realistic now than what I thought.
25:24
Now their their defense is what's really going to make me
25:26
wonder because Sam likes to run. Sam likes to turn the ball over
25:31
and will will Texas be able to capitalize on that?
25:34
That's going to be a big question mark.
25:37
And then they go on the road to Tennessee, another place that
25:40
Lane has been to and who hates Lane, but a tough Tennessee
25:44
team. I mean, who again, defensively,
25:46
they held toe to toe with Texas, who at the time, you know, was
25:51
rolling. And it's not like it was a
25:53
blowout game, but Tennessee is not going to be an easy place to
25:56
play and they're not going to be an easy opponent to play.
25:59
And then they finished the year at Arkansas for the Golden Boot.
26:04
It's a rivalry game. I know last year Brian Kelly was
26:06
fired. It was, you know, the roster
26:08
completely changed. Garrett Nussbayer was going, oh,
26:11
he was still there, but he was hurt.
26:13
Martin Van Buren took the start. The defense kind of saved him
26:16
once again. So I mean, there, there's going
26:19
to be a lot, but I mean, I, it's a, it's a tough like it, it is a
26:26
tough time to, to open up and to start with.
26:30
But again, it's it, it's not the end of the world.
26:33
It's not, it's, it's not something that I expect anything
26:39
like crazy to happen, right? It's you know, he, he's going to
26:46
have some growing pains. There's going to be some games
26:48
that we lose, like truthfully and honestly, and it's not even
26:53
me just trying to buy into the lane height.
26:57
This LSU team looks better than what it had been under Brian
27:02
Kelly by Miles and miles not as good as pre Brian Kelly,
27:08
obviously, with Ed Osheron now kind of similar to like the Les
27:12
Miles of the cardiac LSU Tigers. Or they would be like right to
27:17
the moment and then they'd be able to sneak out a big win.
27:22
But, and I know some people made the comparison like, you know,
27:25
Lane's first year to or not Lane, Nick Saban's first year at
27:28
LSU, they had like 2 kind of major upset losses to teams.
27:33
It's going to happen. Like it happens to almost
27:37
everybody they trip up. And and keep in mind it took him
27:41
six years to build Ole Miss into what it was last year.
27:46
It's going to taking time to rebuild into LSU.
27:49
There's a lot of turnover, a lot of staff changes.
27:52
I do have a bit of a question mark for Blake, Blake Baker,
27:56
like he is a good D coordinator, but he also worries the crap out
27:59
of me because I'm like, dude, what are you doing?
28:01
Like what, why are you mismanaging some of your
28:03
personnel And what you know, some of the coverages that
28:06
you're running, you're having this guy go to coverage when
28:07
he's definitely a pass rusher and vice versa.
28:10
So and there there will be some growing pains, but it's not the
28:15
end of the world. I do want to add a couple more
28:19
things on this as far as the, as far as the whole referee thing,
28:24
because as LSU fans, you know, and I, I even watched it, I
28:27
agree. There's a play right before half
28:30
where Kentucky's quarterback goes for the sneak and LSU
28:36
defense stops them. And it just seems like an hour
28:39
in forever. They're just letting them keep
28:41
going until finally they wiggle their way into the end zone for
28:44
a touchdown and they they take the lead before half.
28:49
And it's like, well, like when, when, when are you stopping?
28:53
Like forward progress? Like anybody else, they're going
28:55
to stop forward progress. And I, I get it.
29:00
The other one was the false start of the, the offensive
29:04
lineman moving his head. You know, a lot of people were
29:08
upset about that. Again, I completely understand
29:11
and I get it. The here's the thing I will say
29:17
with that, the the refs are a part of the game, good and bad.
29:24
And I mean you can pretty much say it for every single, every
29:30
single game. There's good and bad calls.
29:31
There's calls that are missed, there's calls that aren't
29:33
missed. No matter what.
29:37
The refs are a part of the game. And you had 60 minutes to beat
29:41
them with or without the refs. And that's something that I've
29:44
argued and I've said for pretty much any, any, well, any game,
29:51
whether it's pros, whether it's college, One of the guys in the
29:55
group chat, he that's all he would do is complain about how
29:58
bad referees are. It's like most of these games,
30:01
you got 60 minutes. The refs are a part of it.
30:05
If you want to try to beat it, do your best to beat it and do
30:08
your best to beat it with or without the reps.
30:13
Now there was a a claim from Lane according to on three and a
30:17
few other sources have reported this.
30:20
It says Lane Kiffin claims the line judge told him there was
30:24
too much at stake to call Kentucky quarterback Kenny
30:27
Minchi's sneak touchdown dead before half time.
30:31
The lying According to Lane Kiffin, the lion judge just said
30:35
that in that situation, there was too much at stake.
30:40
He said he would have been killed if he'd blown the whistle
30:42
for the play being stopped. Even though it appeared to be
30:45
stopped, He later added, do not blow it because it's such a big
30:50
play. The rules are the rules Now,
30:52
again, this is Lane Kiffin. Lane Kiffin comes with nothing
30:56
but, you know, scrutiny, controversy, drama, anything and
31:01
everything. Again, it this isn't something
31:04
that we, this isn't something new.
31:07
This isn't something we haven't already seen happen before.
31:11
It's not the end of the world. Again, Kentucky is a good team,
31:15
at least this year. They're a good team.
31:17
Now if it was like the Kentucky of old, I'd have a little bit
31:20
more questions. And I and I will say the last
31:23
thing on this, there was a part there is about a minute and 30
31:26
left because I remember turning on the game as it was even
31:29
close. It was fourth and one and they
31:32
didn't go for it and LSU punt it.
31:36
That's a lot of faith in your defense and I'm not I'm not I'm
31:38
not hating on them for that cause the defense has been solid
31:40
all year, but Kentucky was able to move the.
31:43
Ball all night like. You you, you do have to give
31:47
them some credit like they were able to do it, like you need to
31:49
figure out some type of trick play.
31:50
You need to do a quarterback, sneak, half back sneak.
31:53
You need to do the same thing. You need to, you know, push,
31:56
push, push, like whatever you got to do to make it happen.
32:00
So that is where I would say I'm a little frustrated.
32:02
And again, that's we, we've seen Lane do that all these years.
32:06
It's it's happened. Hopefully it's something that he
32:09
learns from. And again, this is kind of AI
32:14
don't want to say a trial run, but it's just the first year.
32:16
It's him kind of getting his feet wet with LSU.
32:18
It's using this roster. He's going to continue to build.
32:21
He's going to continue to recruit.
32:22
He's going to, you know, get guys in the transfer portal and
32:24
whatnot. So it's not the end of the
32:27
world. I just want to throw that out
32:29
there. It's not the end, is it
32:32
disappointing? Absolutely, but not at the end
32:34
of the world. But as I spent like 30 minutes,
32:38
what it felt like on that. Let's move on to the other big
32:42
game of the night and that's Georgia going to Alabama to get
32:47
the first win in Tuscaloosa since 2007, which is absolutely
32:56
crazy that it took them that long to be able to get a win in
33:03
in Tuscaloosa. And it's first time Kirby Smart
33:05
has beaten Alabama in the regular season.
33:08
All of his other victories came either in the College Football
33:12
playoffs, whether it be the national championship or the SEC
33:16
championship, which again, also crazy that that's the kind of
33:21
statistic that we're looking at, especially when we look at
33:24
Georgia. And you could very easily argue
33:26
that Georgia is almost always one of the teams that's
33:29
considered to be a heavy favorite to end up ultimately
33:32
winning the conference. But just just looking at some of
33:36
their stats, I mean, it was a fantastic game overall.
33:40
Like truthfully, it was close the entire time.
33:45
You got to see a little bit of Kaylin Devore fired up on some
33:49
of the bad calls that happened. I know one of them.
33:52
Obviously I watched the highlights you at the very end
33:55
where what more than likely should have been defensive pass
33:58
interference. It's not called again like them
34:02
are not good or bad or indifferent.
34:04
The refs are a part of the game. They make really good calls and
34:07
they make really crappy calls and this just happened to be a
34:10
crappy call and George ends up coming out with a win.
34:14
Gutter Stockton looked fantastic.
34:16
George was able to run the ball and throw the ball.
34:18
And this was this was a little bit of a test for Alabama and
34:22
Keylon Russell because I mean, as much as I, as much as I can't
34:27
stay in Alabama, like they, they hadn't really faced much of
34:30
anybody. Now I do have to give to them,
34:33
both of them and Mississippi State credit, you know, they,
34:36
they took on Mississippi State and they beat them.
34:40
And we we got to learn a little bit more about Alabama as a
34:43
result of that. And we got to learn a lot about
34:44
Mississippi State. Kind of the same thing here now.
34:48
Keylon Russell, little bit of a growing pain just because,
34:50
again, it's a big game. He hadn't seen a defense like
34:52
this before. He hadn't seen a team like this
34:54
before. He was 16 of 3185.
34:57
He had a touchdown. Trying to see if he also had a
35:02
rushing. Yeah, he had 41 yards on the
35:04
ground as well. So I mean, he he was solid.
35:09
Like, I can't, I can't take that away from him.
35:11
Just got her shocked and played a little bit better.
35:13
He had 18 to 22249, a touchdown and a pick.
35:18
Dwight Phillips for Georgia was able to run it with 120 yards,
35:21
but Walker was 69. Stockton had about 12 yards
35:25
himself. And and I mean, it's and Keylon,
35:32
did they end up having the fumble that ended up losing.
35:34
But Georgia and Georgia had four fumbles.
35:38
They didn't lose any of them, luckily.
35:41
So each team had a turnover, but this, this was a game where we
35:46
learned, we learned a lot about both.
35:49
And I, I still think it's one of those it's, it's gorgeous to
35:52
lose until, until otherwise. But I also, I do wonder now
35:58
we've we've kind of seen this before with Bama of they start
36:05
out really hot and then something like this happens and
36:08
they trip and then it's like they turn into a completely
36:11
different team the rest of the way.
36:13
And their schedule isn't, it's not the end of the world.
36:18
They do go and face Tennessee next week.
36:21
Fantastic game. I'm super excited for that.
36:25
Tennessee has been able to really hold the road at home, on
36:27
the road. So that's going to be a little
36:30
bit of an environmental factor and a mental factor there for
36:32
Bama. Now they host Texas A&M.
36:34
That should be probably a win just because of how far and how
36:38
badly Texas A&M has fallen. They go to LSU, Morton, it's
36:42
going to be a night game again. They haven't really had
36:44
historically a lot of issues going to LSU and facing them.
36:49
But how does Lane Kiffin do with facing Alabama, another one of
36:52
his old teams? Then they go to Vandy.
36:55
Shouldn't necessarily be a worry.
36:57
They host Chattanooga, That should be an obvious win.
37:01
And then, of course, the Iron Bowl to finish.
37:02
So, I mean, there's a couple opportunities they could trip.
37:06
I doubt it, but there is possibilities and who knows,
37:10
maybe this is this ultimately ends up being a repeat of the
37:14
SEC championship game before before it's all said and done.
37:16
So nonetheless though, happy Georgia.
37:19
One because I hate Alabama. Whenever Alabama loses, miracle
37:23
wins. Just a miracle wins.
37:26
Let's look ahead to some of the other big games that's happening
37:29
in college football this coming weekend.
37:31
We've got probably the biggest 1.
37:33
You have a repeat battle for the Big 10 championship from last
37:37
year. You have #4 Ohio State heading 2
37:39
here in Bloomington IN fakes to take on the number 5 ranked
37:43
Hoosiers. This one, man, I, I don't expect
37:49
this to be, I don't expect this to be a good game for Indiana.
37:53
And, and it's nothing against them it and I mean, I think for
37:58
a lot of people when you looked at it last year, probably said
38:00
the exact same thing. I felt like by the time they
38:04
faced Ohio State last year, they had kind of been more battle
38:10
tested and they were more ready. I mean, they went, they took on,
38:14
they went and took on Oregon in in Austin last year.
38:17
They end up getting that tough win.
38:20
Let me look at because I want to pull up a couple, couple of
38:23
their other games from last year.
38:26
But I mean, coming into this one, you've had two tests that
38:31
when, when you sit here, look at them like, yeah, they're,
38:33
they're tests. They're not exactly the the
38:38
scariest of tests, 'cause I mean, you, you had to struggle
38:43
against Northwestern, You struggled a lot against
38:46
Nebraska. It just seemed like you did not
38:47
want to win against Nebraska. But but kind of the kind of the
38:52
same as last year, you know, they, they had to go to
38:57
Illinois. That was a tough fought game.
38:59
They really had to scrape and fight in that one.
39:01
They had to go to Oregon. They really had to scrape and
39:05
fight against that one. And then after that they were
39:08
just kind of able to cruise aside from Penn State.
39:11
But Penn State was already kind of, you know, in the, they were
39:16
already kind of eliminated out. But I mean, they were, they
39:19
still fought hard. I mean, it was a 27 to 24 game.
39:21
It literally took down to the end for Mendoza's quote, UN
39:25
quote Heisman moment to be able to do that.
39:29
And so I mean, he, he did have some tests, but this, this is
39:32
kind of an early on test for Indiana to be facing Ohio State
39:37
kind of this early on in the season.
39:40
And then they, they have a little bit more of a tough time
39:42
as as the schedule goes on 'cause they then have to turn
39:45
around and go to Michigan, then they host Minnesota.
39:48
That one will be tough. How they do get a break luckily
39:52
in between before they host USC in the middle of November.
39:56
I think they'll have an advantage both because US CS
39:58
defense is trash and the fact that it will be cold.
40:02
But then they have to go face Washington.
40:04
Now that one might not be as bad because Washington I think will
40:07
be struggling a little bit. And then they host Purdue for
40:11
the old Oaken Bucket. So I don't think that one will
40:14
be as bad. So I mean, there there's still a
40:16
huge chance that Indiana. Would more potentially likely be
40:21
back in the big 10 championship this year and more than likely
40:23
still be back in the playoffs this year barring any type of
40:28
like major injury to like a significant playmaker such as
40:31
Hoover at quarterback. But I mean, to face to face Ohio
40:36
State basically in the middle of the season, that's that's going
40:39
to say a lot about who this Indiana Hoosiers team is.
40:42
And for Ohio State, you know, they Ohio State has an even
40:46
tougher schedule. So I mean, they, they literally
40:48
have no room for error if they lose this game 'cause then they
40:53
have, then they get a buy, they go to USC, they host Oregon,
40:58
they host Northwestern, then they go to Nebraska and then
41:00
they host Michigan. Again, not in the world games.
41:03
Not the toughest, but you do have to be careful with some of
41:06
them. Now, do I think Ohio State like
41:09
par for far player for player like match up to match up wins?
41:12
Absolutely. But you do you do so have to be
41:18
careful. But I, I, I am a little bit
41:19
worried to see what Indiana does overall against Ohio State in
41:24
this game. While I still have it up and
41:27
while we can still look at it and see, I do want to see what
41:32
the what the opening line is on Tuesday the 13th here in October
41:39
opening line as it stands right now.
41:48
Ohio State is favored by 4 1/2 as it stands right now.
41:53
So I mean that that does kind of say a lot about how even some of
41:57
the betters feel about this coming in.
42:01
Like I said, like I kind of mentioned earlier, one of the
42:02
other big games, you know, Mississippi State comes into
42:04
town to take on LSU. It's an early, early afternoon
42:07
game, which doesn't happen a whole lot as as the Tigers
42:10
stand. It's very rare that I you know
42:13
that I don't get to actually watch my team during the daytime
42:16
and not, you know, close to bed. This one LSU and again, this is
42:22
what's crazy because they did this, they did this with Ole
42:25
Miss, they did it with Kentucky and LSU ended up absolutely they
42:28
were favored by like 10 1/2 ten. This coming in LSU is favored by
42:32
14. Now I am going to try to see
42:35
real quick while I still have it on the air and hopefully while
42:37
I'm not too bad. I want to try to see if Kamario
42:43
Taylor supposed to play or not. Doesn't really say.
42:57
I don't think it has an injury report either, unfortunately.
43:02
But it, it, it does make me really wonder because I know we
43:07
saw Kamario Taylor limping a little bit after the Alabama
43:11
game. So I mean, what is that?
43:14
What, what does that look like? Oh, here we go.
43:18
So as of October 12th, so yesterday at about 9:53 PM
43:23
Eastern Time, His status for Saturday's game is in flux.
43:28
According to ESP NS Pete Thamel, a decision will be made whether
43:32
he'll play later on in the week. He's dealing with a foot injury
43:36
initially suffered in the win against Mizzou, headed to the
43:39
locker room in the early fourth quarter of the loss against
43:42
Alabama after playing through some discomfort.
43:45
And that the SEC availability report Wednesday would provide
43:53
an update on Taylor. So we should have a better idea
43:58
tomorrow as if Taylor's going to play or not.
44:02
Again, I don't know why they have LSU so highly favored and
44:04
and maybe it's because they are going to assume as of right now
44:07
Taylor is out. And if that's the case, they
44:08
think he'll win. I mean, he played through the
44:12
pain. He said a week off.
44:13
So maybe he's able to take a little bit of injection, take
44:16
some time off, rest it, work it, heal it.
44:18
That's a that's a lot of ask though.
44:21
That's a lot of ask and especially for a Mississippi
44:24
State team that you know, they even against Bama, they had
44:27
their moments where they look solid.
44:28
They just they got hurt because of a couple turnovers that
44:31
Alabama capitalized on. And Alabama has a great defense
44:35
in as much as I hate to admit that they do.
44:37
So hats off to them. Like I said, this one will be a
44:41
big game with Alabama going to Tennessee.
44:43
Tennessee has won the last couple there in Neyland.
44:47
So, I mean, Alabama has, has definitely struggled there.
44:52
As much as I want to, as much as I don't want to admit it, I,
44:56
this is one of those I, yeah, Alabama's favored by 8 1/2.
45:01
I, I don't know what Faison Brandon status is going to be
45:06
like for this. George McIntyre filled in for
45:08
him against Arkansas. He did decent.
45:11
They only ended up winning by 7, though, which is a little bit of
45:13
a worry just because I kind of expected them to maybe do a
45:17
little bit better against that. And obviously Keylon Russell and
45:21
Bain are probably going to come out pissed off and hot as this
45:25
game comes on. But ultimately we'll we'll we'll
45:29
end up finding out, but it'll be it should be a good game.
45:32
This one with Mizzou going to old Miss.
45:37
This one I think is probably what I would say the most
45:41
interesting because I, I, I don't know really where to gauge
45:48
both of these teams. And I say that because Mizzou
45:51
lost to Mississippi State, albeit close.
45:53
And again, it's credit to Mississippi State being a really
45:58
good football team, being really good with Kamari Taylor.
46:00
And it hats off to him for being able to lead his team against a
46:06
tough Mizzou team. But as it stands right now, Ole
46:11
Miss is favored by the opening is 6.
46:14
So they're favored by about a touchdown against Mizzou and I
46:18
believe old miss is actually coming off of a bye week, if I
46:21
remember correctly. And they are Nope.
46:26
They beat yeah, they beat the stand out of Mandy.
46:28
Never mind. They're not coming off of a bye
46:29
week. So they, you know, they're
46:32
coming off of a big win against Mandy.
46:34
So they have a little bit of their confidence back.
46:36
They're probably going to be rolling quite a bit.
46:39
So little bit of a little bit of a surprise with that, that
46:46
they're kind of kind of dismissing Mizzou a little bit,
46:49
especially after they, you know, beat Florida and then they beat
46:53
a very decimated Texas A&M team. That that's still a team that I
46:57
I would kind of watch out for in, in all honesty, with how
47:00
this college football season has been, with how the SEC has been
47:05
and with how Mizzou can roll and can run the ball.
47:08
And it is kind of cool story because you have Austin Simmons,
47:11
the old, old Miss quarterback that, you know, was there prior
47:16
to Chambliss taking over. So that that's kind of a cool
47:18
storyline that'll be there as well.
47:20
Does he kind of get revenge like this?
47:22
This is one that when I look at it, I'm like, this might have
47:25
upset kind of brewing all over it.
47:29
Another one that we get to really learn a little bit more
47:31
about each of the teams. Notre Dame going to Provo to
47:35
take on BYU. And, and this is big for both
47:38
because this is Notre Dame's first true test.
47:41
This is BYU's first true test, because they haven't really
47:44
played anybody up until this point.
47:47
So you know, who's going to come out on top?
47:49
How how are each of these teams going to ultimately end up
47:52
looking to open Notre Dame as 10 1/2 point favorites?
47:57
I have never been a fan of BYU personally.
48:00
And even as somebody who follows sports, who loves sports, who
48:04
loves college football, I have never understood why they rank
48:08
BYU consistently like so high. So like just crazy ridiculous up
48:14
there 'cause I, I don't expect anything crazy from BYUI.
48:19
Just I don't like, and I, and I know it's kind of a personal
48:23
thing, 'cause I have this weird thing with, with the whole, you
48:27
know, Mormons and I don't want to try to go into a rabbit hole
48:30
religion. And I, I don't like bashing
48:32
other people's religions, but it's, it's weird And I don't
48:36
care for BYU as a whole, all honesty.
48:39
So I, I'm going to be rooting for the Irish in this one.
48:42
Full, full bias transparency. I do.
48:46
And I think Notre Dame might still struggle.
48:50
I just, I don't think BYU talent wise has enough to really
48:56
overcome Notre Dame. I think Notre Dame, even if they
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struggle throwing the ball as CJ Carter might do because their
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run game is definitely taking a huge dive since Price and Love
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are both gone. I think passing wise, Carter
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won't have an issue at all. And then it's not the last a big
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game because kind of another, I don't want to say big, big game,
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but one that's a little bit interesting.
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You get Florida State going to Miami.
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Miami's a 21 point favorite, but wouldn't it be the most Florida
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State Mike Norville thing to do to try to upset them?
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One that I think is a little bit going to be under the radar
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because I don't think a lot of people are going to be paying
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attention to it. You might watch it if it's one
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of those towards the end of the day and you like you're like me
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and I, I like to watch multiple college football games at once.
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Oklahoma State, ranked 18th, goes to Houston to take them on.
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And this could very well kind of decide who who really makes
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their appearance in the Big 12 championship.
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Houston has already lost to Texas Tech, so they already have
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a loss. Now, Oklahoma State does have a
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loss to Tulsa, but they are undefeated in the Big 12 as it
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stands right now. And there's a high possibility
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that, you know, with the way Mestemaker's playing, he could
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take the Cowboys to the Big 12 championship and at least make
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appearance and maybe even maybe even make a Big 12 champion or
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make a College Football Playoff appearance.
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Like just because of how the rest of their schedule plays
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out. They go to Houston, then they
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host Colorado, they go to Iowa State, they go to Kansas State,
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then their biggest 1 is in early November, they host Texas Tech.
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And honestly, the way Texas Tech has played, Texas Tech does not
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look like the number team #10 team in the country.
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Like they have struggled a lot. I feel like offensively they
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don't look the same as they did last year.
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And defensively, they don't even look the same as they did last
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year. And, and obviously, I know this
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is still literally a month away as it stands right now, ESPN
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only gives Oklahoma State about a 26 percent chance of winning.
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But I mean, Mestmaker, he is having an absolutely awesome
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season. And his story is even cooler.
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Apparently he was like the third string backup for his high
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school. He didn't even play his last two
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years. He walk on at North Texas was
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like the fifth string quarterback, made it all the way
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up to backup. Chandler Morris was there.
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He transfers and then Mestmaker plays in the bowl game.
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They they said he threw for like 390, just absolutely balled out.
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And I mean, he, he, I, I'm excited for him and I, I really
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want to see him succeed as a whole.
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Like he, he is an absolute blast to watch.
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I mean, just a few games in the season, he's thrown 1575 yards,
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13 touchdowns and five picks. And that's not even including
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his rushing statistics. Like the dude can absolutely
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play. He's a baller.
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He's fun to watch. Like I'm, I'm absolutely rooting
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for this kid 110%. But that is it.
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That is all I've got for this week.
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