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Bama Bob previews College Football, Tom Kakert on the Hawkeyes & Football Friday Picks presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Lori Condon, welcome back our number 2 Iowa Sports Radio
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network. Trenton, Ken with you until 2.
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Just before that, we'll turn things over the drive at the
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drive off the bench. At that time, the boys will be
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at the IV in Urbandale from 2:00 until 5:00.
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Alabama Bob's going to join us momentarily.
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Talk about some of the games this weekend.
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Big weekend for the Big 12, Six games, crossover games against
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P4 opponents. How will they do?
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We'll get into that and preview what are the weaker slates, to
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say the least. You know what you you and Cam
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Bama's whining about it to It's football.
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I know we wait months and months and months and.
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Here, it's time for this and all.
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You would and you're whining and you're complaining of what a
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terrible knock it off. You know what it is?
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I think it's just the, I mean, maybe not next week, but going
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forward there'll be just there's too many good games.
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Why can't they spread some of these games off?
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Why can't they put some in Week 2 when it's so dismal?
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Anyways? Hi Bama, How are you?
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I'm good. I I have to give you a lot of
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credit, despite what Trent says, you know, some weeks that we
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just kind of right themselves and what we're going to talk
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about. You had to dig this weekend.
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I mean, I mean, and I'm going to give you a stat, I'll give you
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1. You talked about the Big 12,
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right? And I agree, if you look at
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everything on ESPN.com, right, the entire schedule, I don't
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know what is there, 8090 games, whatever it is, there's 11 that
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are between Power for Schools. That's it. 11 games in the
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entire schedule this week that are between power and that
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counts tonight between Power for schools.
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So yeah, we have to dig a little deep.
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Good job out of you, mine and some Nuggets.
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So I guess off we go. Yeah, indeed.
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Away we go. You know, let's start with the
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Big 12 and the the week that lies ahead of them.
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The opportunity, I guess Trent is maybe a better way to put it
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right with the you're playing SEC opponents, you're paying Big
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10 opponents, you're playing an ACC game as as we're going to
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see this week for Big 12 schools in your mind and I think it's a
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probably consensus amongst the three of us.
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We think it's more likely that the Big 12 gets one bid.
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But this weekend could maybe change some opinions early in
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the season if they have a good. I mean, I don't think they're
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going to beat Oregon, the Big 12 knock off in Oregon, but as
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Oklahoma State's got a chance to do so, but other than that.
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Maybe more importantly, it could solidify themselves as a one bid
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league if Arizona State goes down to Mississippi State loses
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and Iowa State with everybody picking them this week, they
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lose to Iowa at home and Baylor gets beat by SMU and you just
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kind of continue with that narrative.
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Kansas gets say, blown out by Missouri.
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That narrative. The other one stand for BYU.
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That starts to build in just the reputation.
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Because of that, I think this is an incredibly important week.
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Not that all of them have to win or somebody has to pull a huge
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upset, but you can't afford both Arizona State and Iowa.
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Iowa State, both of them losing. So for the perception of the
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league, I think this is an incredibly important week.
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You say it that way, Bama. I think he's on to something.
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I do a little bit. I think it's I think there's
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more downside than upside. You know, listen, the one
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marquee opponent that they're playing is Oregon, right?
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Oklahoma State is going to get absolutely drilled out in
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Eugene. They lost their starting
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quarterback. They're almost a four touchdown
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underdog. I mean, the back and forth is
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unbelievable between the coaches.
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Crazy. Yeah, it is.
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I mean, I think that's maybe that's a little more for show.
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But you know, look, and I'm not sure that Gundy in a crazy way
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is maybe not on to something a little bit.
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We saw it didn't make any news up there and why would it?
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But the Southern Miss coach last week, they played Mississippi
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State, right? And he said basically said we
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hung for 1/2 and you know, we're not built to beat A-Team like
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that. An SEC team, you know, they
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spent $20 million on their line lines of scrimmage.
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We spent $3,000,000 total, whatever it was, right?
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So I mean, they have a little bit, there is a little bit of
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merit to that. But look, I think in terms of
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the Big 12, I think I think I think it is a key week.
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I mean, Baylor, look, they they lose the SMU all of a sudden now
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they're 01/2. So they're only shot at that
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point is to is, is to win the Big 12.
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And I don't know that anybody else is going to sneak in.
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I think Iowa State, it's a big week.
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Obviously they're on Fox, it's a in state rival, it's Big noon,
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all that type of stuff. I think it's you know, they've
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already been on national television once they were that
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they were the opening game of the year.
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So I think that's big. But I think there's more
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downside if if some of these teams get picked off and again,
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you know, Oregon's going to drill Oklahoma State.
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I think so I don't I don't know that that really matters.
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But you're right. You know, some of these teams
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start losing then then then it does become a one bid league.
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I don't even if they if they're successful, they're ultimately
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successful this week. I don't know that it puts them
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in play for A2 bid league. I think it's more downside than
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upside. Bama, let's get your thoughts on
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Psy Hawk. That'll kick tomorrow at 11:10
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local time on Big Fox. Is you mentioned Big Noon
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kickoff will be there. Your thoughts on Sidehawk this
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year? Well, it's a great lead in to
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Delaware, Colorado, which follows it.
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I mean, my God, how bad is this anyway?
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Oh my God, it's terrible. Listen again, I say it every
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year. I'm glad.
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I'm glad for the publicity that this rivalry is getting.
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I'm glad for the state of Iowa. It's big noon.
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It's in Ames, the weather looks like it's going to be fabulous.
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It's going to be a Chamber of Commerce kind of day for the for
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the Ames and the state and whatever.
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So you can have all the pregame eyeballs on it.
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You know, as many eyeballs as watch, you know, these games on
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the field. I mean, it's hard to take any.
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I don't know what I what did last week.
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I mean, I saw the numbers. I don't think you can
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necessarily take away anything. When they played Albany, you
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know, was it grown through for 44 yards or whatever it was and
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they but they ran for 3:10. So I don't know if they were
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just playing conservative on purpose because they didn't have
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to do anything more. Gronowski was bad.
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Yeah. And again, I didn't watch.
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I didn't watch a down of it, right, right.
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Yes, I don't have to. So look, I like Iowa State.
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I know the line is 3 1/2. I'll tell you, I like that.
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I like what they've done. They've been tested, right.
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They they have a big win over Kansas State in Dublin.
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Again, kind of a, you know, you thought maybe it was a sort of a
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trap week. And I'm again, no idea how good
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S South Dakota is. We saw Kansas State struggle.
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Iowa State did not struggle. I think that's a good sign for
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them. So now they get back into a
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normal week, normal preparation, the biggest rival coming to
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their place, you know, can they handle being a favorite?
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I like Beck, I think he's tough. I like what they do on the
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ground. I just think they're a more
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balanced team. It's it's maybe a little
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sacrilege to say I like the coach better on Iowa State
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sideline because Parents has been there for so long.
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He's done so much for that university.
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I get it. But I just think on the field
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right now, Iowa State's a better team.
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I think they're a better program.
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I think they recruit better. I think he does more with less
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or more with what he has, whatever he can get.
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I think he maybe coaches him up better.
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Fairness just kind of seems a little stuck in the past.
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But look, that's why they tee it up again.
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My biggest take away is I'm happy for the state.
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I'm happy for both programs and the attention that's going to
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bring to where I think is a great underrated rivalry.
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Have Portnoy and those guys there.
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Whether you like him or not, he's, you know, he puts eyeballs
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on you. So he'll be there.
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He's already been around Des Moines.
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I saw last night on Twitter, you know, they had a couple of pizza
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places that he just visited and everything else.
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So good for him. But yeah, on the field, I'll
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take Iowa State and I'll lay the 3 1/2.
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I mean, I don't know what you guys feel.
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You guys obviously know the match up more than I do.
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I just looking at it from afar, I like what Iowa State's done
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more than I trust anything Iowa can do.
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Iowa State's shown way more so far this year.
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I'll take Iowa. It's just this game.
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It's just this game. Right, you're right, you're
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absolutely right. You just just makes no sense.
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It doesn't logic out the window. Trent, you've been on this game
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since. For for weeks before the season.
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Before the season, Bam and I both think Illinois is going to
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be good this year. You're not buying it.
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And you've had this one as their first last of the year for
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weeks. Mike Palm, just like just a
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lined up on your side of the equation here.
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He also likes the dookies. More on this game coming up at
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2:00 on 1:45. You got an opinion?
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There's no doubt about it. I mean, Mensa was tremendous in
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Week 1, and I know a lot of people are pointed to, well,
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it's 10/10 with Elon. They doubled up in yardage.
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I mean, it was a dominating performance.
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The scoreboard didn't indicate it early, but it did at the end.
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4517, this Duke team is alive. They have a great quarterback.
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I think maybe I can't quite get there.
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It's going to be maybe an even quarterback match up.
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Mensa is an absolute stud as we learned A2 lane a year ago.
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This Duke team is good in Illinois.
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They won a lot of close ones last year.
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Normally doesn't happen two years in a row.
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What? Oh, that's the same time as
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Cyhawk, isn't it? It's 11.
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It is. That's too.
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Bad Yeah. 11 AM. Bama, your thought, well, I
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think you like Illinois, at least you did.
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Pre season do you still? I do I agree with Mensa.
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I think he's dangerous. I don't know that you see that
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type of quarterback much in the Big 10.
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I mean, you know, Oregon has some some mobile guys and maybe
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Michigan does now as well. But I mean, he's he's a problem.
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There's no question. He's a pest.
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He can he can pretty much do it all right.
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And I think this is this is a great get if you want to look at
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it that way for Duke to get this guy.
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I like Altmire. I do too.
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I mean, he's not in the Drew hour level or anything, but I
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think he's serviceable. He's steady.
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We know we, you absolutely know what Illinois is going to try to
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do. They're going to come in and
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they're going to try to bully Duke.
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And I think they can. I mean, I think that's what
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Bilma wants to do. I think they're bigger, they're
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more physical. If they can hold, if they don't
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turn the ball over, which is a big if, always a big if, can
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they can their defense containment.
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So not necessarily shut him down, but can they keep him
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from, you know, busting the big play?
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Because Illinois doesn't have a lot of big play in them.
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At least they haven't, I don't think in years past.
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They're more methodical. You know, they want to grind you
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down, They want to wear you down.
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That's just Bill my style. He's been that way everywhere
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he's been at Arkansas, at Wisconsin.
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He's that way now. Look, I know Trent is thinks
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he's onto something and he might be, but I'm I'm going to stick
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with Illinois. I think this is the game.
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I think I picked him as a playoff team.
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I'm not mistaken. Maybe my sleeper team or
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whatnot. You know, they're ranked eleven,
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but I'll stick with Illinois. I'm not going to abandon him
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after week one just because you know, the Co host says, hey,
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look, you know, they're in trouble here.
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So but I just I don't know. I like Altmire.
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If he is a great quarterback matchup, it's too bad.
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I'll be, you know, 90 at the time.
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I'll be watching Iowa, Iowa State, unless it's three to
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nothing in the third quarter. Then I'll flip it over and watch
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this one because I don't think this was going to be 3 to
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nothing. Yeah, the only the.
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Only thing I'll see. Is if there's the halftimes
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don't match up with each other, maybe I'll have right?
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Yeah, exactly. But yeah, this, this is a good
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game. This is this is a good game for
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both teams and I think a good test for both going into their
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conference seasons. All right, let's go to this one.
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Trent, Kansas Mizzou Border Battle speaking.
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A good test for both schools. Quite honestly, I think both.
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Purbiola was really good. He wasn't named the starter with
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the starter got hurt in the 1st Dr. of the season, or at least
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very early in the football game. Here comes Rabula and they win
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convincingly. But I like this Kansas team,
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Trent. They've looked really good first
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couple of games that they've played this year.
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It's Kansas Mizzou, and what do you do?
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I like this ball control Kansas offense.
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They're keeping it simple for Jalen Daniels, right?
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Run the ball when it's there, don't force passes down the
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field, dink, dunk and use that tremendous run game.
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And I think it's a match that can cause some problems here.
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I think this is going to be a tremendous game.
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I think it's going to be inside that touchdown.
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I think we're going to be setting up for a really good
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one. You're going to be saying this
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is going to be maybe the game of the week and I think it's going
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to be that good. So remind me of this because you
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followed closer than I do, Purbula did I?
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Was there a chance? Was there a time?
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If he wasn't at Missouri, he'd be.
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I was quarterback. That would be the deal, yes.
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But does was there a time? Did Missouri come after Iowa?
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Helped me out with the timeline they were.
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Recruiting. It was back and forth.
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Yes, OK, yes. And Iowa.
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Did you ever feel like Pabula is headed to Iowa City?
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It wasn't me, it was the football staff that he was.
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They did. They did.
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They thought they had him. Yeah, Missouri got him.
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Missouri got him. Yep.
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Alabama. Mizzou, Kansas.
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I'll tell you this is no offense to the sidehawks, my favorite
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game of the week guys. Again, light week.
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There's great piece on ESPN, very in depth piece.
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I did not realize this. This goes back to the old Big 8
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and you know, Google that kids, if you really want to have some
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fun, you know, go back to the Big 8.
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I did not realize how deep seated this rivalry is between
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the fans. I mean, they do not like each
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other, right? I remember the basketball, you
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know, Norm Stewart and you know, and back in the day, I mean,
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these two just really got after and back when they were in the
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same conference. Look, Missouri's got such a
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weird schedule guys. You look at it basically their
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first six games are home and that you throw an open week in
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there. They do not leave Columbia until
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October the 18th when they play Auburn.
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Their first six are at home. This is by far the biggest one
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of those six, you know, Central Arkansas, Lafayette, they do
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play South Carolina. That's that's going to be a
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tough one for them. So I think this is a big game
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for Mizzou. Look, I think he was always
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going to be the quarterback. I know Horn got hurt.
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You know, they kind of said, yeah, you know what, we're going
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to use the opener as let's see who comes out the best.
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I think it was always his job. I do like, I agree with Trent.
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I like what they're doing with Jaden Daniels a little bit.
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Look, they're going to try to run it again.
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Keep it simple. What's going to happen if they
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get behind, right? They played from ahead both
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games. I think the opening went over
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Fresno is maybe a little better than people think it is.
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I know it's, you know, Fresno, it's Mountain West and all that,
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but I think that was a little better.
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You know, Missouri has not been tested, but this I just love
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this game. I mean, I just I'm going to be
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watching it. There's really nothing else this
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I will take the 6 1/2 as well. I think I just, I don't know if
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it's going to be high scoring. My first thought was man, 2 can
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maybe go up and down a little bit, but I don't know.
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I'm not sure about that now. And that's what drink which
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wants to do. I just don't know if Kansas is
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going to play into that or not. But yeah, I think if Missouri,
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I'm sorry, Kansas can control the ball and Daniels takes care
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of it. I think it's going to be a fight
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to the end. You know what, Missouri can win
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3127 something like that 2723, but that's inside the number.
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So but again, my favorite game of the week.
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I did not realize the hatred here and boy, I think it's going
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to be on display and there's nothing.
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He's one of those rivalries. Unfortunately, there's gotten
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lost with all the conference shake UPS they play this year.
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There were I think there's a return game in Lawrence next
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year and then they don't play for four or five years.
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One of those great rivalries. Unfortunately that's gone by the
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wayside. But I'm glad, I'm glad that it's
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on this week when there's really not a a lot to compete with it.
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I think it's going to be fun. Saves the mid afternoon window,
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no doubt about it. The primetime window, Trent is
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Michigan and Oklahoma. Bryce Underwood, College
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football's never seen a freshman quarterback like me.
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That's exactly what he said. I can't wait to watch him.
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Trent. I'll be honest, I didn't see
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Michigan to play last week. I want to see him go into Norman
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in front of that crowd Mater. We both really like the way he
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his game shapes up. I'm looking forward to this one.
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Trent, what about you? Yeah, Mater, I think is going to
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be tremendous in this game. My question is, can Oklahoma run
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the football if they can have any Subway game?
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Well, the problem is that the rest of the team didn't, and
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that was a major issue for them against Illinois State a week
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ago. Now it's Michigan on the other
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side. If Oklahoma can be even OK
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running the football, I think they win it and win it
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comfortably, win it by 10, you know, about 2717, something in
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that realm. But they have to show an ability
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to run the football. To me, that's the biggest key in
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this game. I like the Oklahoma side.
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I think there's a better side and Underwood in this
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environment, I don't think it's going to look great.
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Oklahoma has to be more balances.
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Yeah, we saw a freshman quarterback last week go on to a
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big stage and didn't turn out well.
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Bama does this one. I like Michigan.
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I mean, I just think for the what Trent just said, especially
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with the points I mean, I'm taking, I think it's 5 1/2 right
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now. I'm definitely taking those.
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I think Michigan, I'm sorry, I think Oklahoma will struggle to
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run the ball outside of the quarterback.
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And I think if I think if Material wants to run 1520
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times, I think Michigan's going to let him because I think #
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him, right? This is this is not, it's not
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who you played last week. This is a real Big 10 team, both
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these both these coaches because you really use this win, right?
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They both had big wins that disappointing years last year.
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But Oklahoma may be salvage a little bit beating Alabama.
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You know, Michigan's last two games of the season were, of
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course, the big win over Ohio State and Columbus yet again.
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And then they also beat Alabama in the ball game.
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You know, take that for what it's worth.
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What bowl games are worth these days?
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I'm, I'm, I'm with you. I'm excited to see what Bryce
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Underwood is. He really is.
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He is there is he also on no steak or is there some meat on
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this bone? And I think there's some meat.
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I I, I like what Sharon Moore has done.
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He's kind of kept, he's kept it steady.
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There was a lot of transition after Harbaugh, all the crap
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this year, you know, with the, you know, the sanctions and
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everything else. I think this is a chance for
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them to come out and maybe not say we're back because they've
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got listen, Oklahoma is a good team, right?
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It's an SEC team. It's on the road, prime time,
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big game, big high profile game. They've got better opponents.
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So they got to play this year. But I think this is both, both
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coaches could use this because if Oklahoma drops this one,
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guys, their SEC schedule is pretty tough.
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I mean, they get Auburn, who looks better at home.
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We know they got Texas, they got to go to South Carolina, they go
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to Tennessee, they go to Alabama.
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I mean, that's pretty salty. So I think I think Venables
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could really use this. He might get it, but I am going
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to take the points because I think Bryce Underwood is going
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to be that good and I think they're going to shut down their
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running game. If Oklahoma runs it for
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A120530140 yards, they win. I don't think they can do it,
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and I think they're going to be stubborn and trying to do it,
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and I think that's plays in the Michigan's hands.
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Got five games to talk about. We're only going to get through
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three. It's unbelievable.
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But we got to do this one in a minute and I'm going to throw BC
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a Boston College party out there because there is an Iowa
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opponent down the road on Senior Day.
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Trent, Michigan State. Boston College.
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Maybe it's just my affinity for Bill O'Brien, but I like BC in
19:15
this spot, I, I think they're going to hang around.
19:17
That was against Fordham in week #1 but Aidan Childs, he's so
19:21
inconsistent. Yeah, I like him, though.
19:23
He was terrible last week. He was bad last week against
19:26
Western Michigan, and that's what you get.
19:28
It comes down to that, doesn't it?
19:29
He's either going to be great or he's going to be average or
19:32
worse, and that will dictate the way this game plays out.
19:35
Bammy, you like this game? Yeah, it's about a field goal,
19:39
by the way. Michigan State 3 1/2.
19:42
Yeah, it's hard to know. I mean, again, Charles, like you
19:45
said, he just, it is what it is with him, right?
19:47
I mean, this is what you're going to get Jonathan Smith year
19:49
2 after leaving Oregon State. You think maybe they're a little
19:53
bit better here. I don't know.
19:55
It's this is one that has my interest a little bit.
19:59
But let's face it with, you know, opposite of Oklahoma,
20:02
Michigan, I don't know how much I'll see it is I'm glad it's on
20:05
NBC and not just Peacocks. You don't have to flip between,
20:08
you know, you know, YouTube TV and then a streaming service.
20:12
So you can't flip around. But I'll fix pieces of it.
20:15
But. But it's it's the fact that this
20:18
is a prime time game on NBC says again, where we are this week in
20:22
my. Opinion Your sneaky good game of
20:23
the week, Trent. Sneaky good.
20:25
I mentioned it a little bit earlier when we were talking to
20:27
Palm. I'm interested in UCLAUNLV, the
20:30
alphabet soup bowl, what's happening there and could Foster
20:34
and Week 2 all of a sudden he hot seat starts to talk.
20:37
Yeah, that would. Can they get beat?
20:40
Yeah, but UNLV tight spread. Is decent, Yeah, I mean the last
20:44
week that looked better. Bama, your sneaky game of the
20:46
week is. Well, that game right there, I'm
20:48
taking ULV all UNLV all day. My sneaky good game.
20:52
I've got I got a bunch of them, but you know, I'll just start
20:56
with I think South Florida going to Gainesville.
20:58
I mean, they they they had a really nice win at home over
21:02
Boise State. Florida played Long Island last
21:05
week. Have they been tested?
21:06
Nope. Florida schedule guys is just
21:09
absolutely brutal. They go to LSU and they go to
21:13
Miami the next two weeks. They get an open day, then they
21:16
host Texas and they go to A&M. That is as tough as it gets.
21:19
So they really need this game. It's going to be hot as anything
21:24
down in the swamp at a 4:00 PM kick off.
21:27
Again, this may be one of those weather delay type of things,
21:29
so, but I'll take that one. I think this is one of those, I
21:34
don't want to say trap games, but you know, that schedule is
21:36
in front of Florida. I mean, it might be overlooked.
21:38
I think the best thing for Florida was the way that South
21:41
Florida just handily beat Boise State because that should have
21:45
their attention. All right, I'll go San Diego
21:47
State, Washington State, just because I love to give some love
21:50
to the 2 remaining PAC. 12 and the Beaver screwed me last week.
21:53
I hate them. And my sons, Yeah, anyways.
21:57
No Kentucky. Ole Miss, Ken.
21:59
Well, no, but more on that coming up.
22:01
It's a 145. There we go.
22:04
My best bet of the week is exactly that game, Bama.
22:07
You know how I love Kentucky. My, my, my, what do we call it?
22:11
My guilty pleasure squad. Guilty pleasure.
22:14
That's right, your guilty pleasure team.
22:15
Nice win for them last. Oh, huge.
22:17
Nice win for your Boilermakers too.
22:19
The. Boilers are.
22:20
Back. Yeah, wasn't it?
22:22
Yeah. Are they?
22:23
No. Yeah.
22:24
No good win for them. You'll be you'll be back on
22:26
Monday. In the packed house, I will take
22:28
care guys. See.
22:29
You, buddy. Good to talk to you.
22:30
Bama, Bob Trenton I previewing college football.
22:33
All right, we'll take time time out.
22:34
Tom Kakert and will join us next.
22:36
We'll get his perspective on Psy Hawk.
22:38
Our picks still to come, Miller and Condon on the Iowa Sports
22:41
Radio Network. I'm Millery Condon, welcome back
22:55
just past 130 on a football Friday.
22:58
Let's get to our friend Tom Kakert joins us every Friday
23:01
regardless of the season. He makes his way over to central
23:05
Iowa when he's with Miller and Condon.
23:07
Hello, Tom, How are you? It's it's windy out today, guys.
23:11
Yes, it is, but apparently not tomorrow, so that's the good
23:14
news. That's the good news because
23:16
because that place is the wind tunnel.
23:18
Yes, absolutely is not as bad as it once was, but it can still
23:23
blow. Definitely, no doubt about that.
23:25
Tom did. This game just gives me fits
23:28
each and every year, which one of the reasons I love it maybe
23:31
as much as anything is, is you just never know.
23:33
I mean, from what we've seen the first two weeks of Iowa State to
23:36
what we saw last week of Iowa, Iowa State's going to clobber
23:39
them. I'm picking Iowa for that very
23:41
reason, just because this game is so different than any other.
23:46
It's I mean, you look at the history of this game.
23:49
I mean, there's been years when Iowa State's lost and I'm not
23:52
belittling you and I at all, but it's just it's an FDS program.
23:56
Iowa State's lost you and I and then went and went to Iowa City
23:59
and won. You know, Iowa almost lose if
24:02
you and I in O 9 and then goes to Ames the next week and wins
24:05
35, three. You know, I can't explain the
24:10
series. Just when you do not base it on,
24:15
boy, they're playing really well and they're not playing really
24:18
well because every time you assume that it's going the
24:21
opposite way, folks. Under dogs, what covered four or
24:25
eight of the last 10, something like that.
24:27
Yeah, it's been dogs have definitely barked in this one.
24:30
And Iowa, is that now the big conversation going back to
24:33
Tuesday, Tom was, of course, Mark Karnowski.
24:34
I know you had an opportunity to talk with him over there.
24:38
Give us your takeaways. And is there real concern?
24:41
It sounds like he's practiced well this week, but boy, getting
24:44
too charged up. And that's been kind of the
24:46
company line here this week against Albany.
24:49
You kind of have at least a concern for me now going on the
24:52
road to Jack Trice. Yeah, of course.
24:55
I think a week ago you got, I think Ken, you may have asked me
24:58
like, what's going to be the storyline coming out?
25:00
And I was like, oh, it's Gronowski's fine and he's great.
25:03
He's going to be really good. But yeah, don't listen to me on
25:06
that one, folks. It was way off.
25:10
I was about, I was about as inaccurate as some of Mark
25:13
Gronowski's passes in the first period.
25:16
Yeah, it was not good. But everything I've heard, they
25:21
just chalk it up the nerves because it's not like he hadn't
25:24
seen the Albany team and it's not like they were going up
25:27
against LSU or something like that.
25:32
You know that he's thrown for 10,000 yards, 93 touchdowns
25:36
coming into this season. You don't just like
25:39
automatically like forget how to quarterback and it's not his
25:43
shoulder. Everything that we've been told
25:45
that he's 100%. So it's not that just I think he
25:50
just got tight and I under sometimes.
25:55
This is a guy who played at the FCS level.
25:57
There weren't a lot of dollar amounts being thrown around with
26:00
his name, but now he's, you know, he's an NIL guy and he got
26:05
a pretty good bag, I'm sure from the University of Iowa to come.
26:10
And you wonder if he feels some of that pressure of all that the
26:14
expectation boy, I got to be great because they're they don't
26:17
pay me good money here now. So I wonder if some of that got
26:20
to him. I also wonder if maybe he's
26:24
getting away from kind of trying to impress 70,000 people will be
26:28
a little bit easier on him. Get on the road just with your
26:32
teammates and you kind of just get that bunker mentality.
26:34
But yeah, he was not great. Everything I've heard, at least
26:40
early in the week, was he responded the, the, the term
26:43
that was used to me was he responded really well to the,
26:47
the suggestions from Kirk Ference and and Tim Lester.
26:50
So I, I think he's settled down at least.
26:54
We'll see. The proof will be in the pudding
26:56
though when they when they snap the ball tomorrow.
26:59
No question. If Iowa State is to win, Tom, I
27:01
think they're going to do the so on the basis of Rocco Back
27:04
throwing the football. I don't think that's a hot take
27:07
by any means. I'm not sure Iowa State's going
27:09
to be able to run the football on too many teams this year.
27:11
But Rocco Back can throw and he's got a couple of tight ends.
27:14
Usually it's the Iowa tight ends that are in the spot, like not
27:17
this year, at least so far. It's it's these two that that
27:21
Matt Campbell has in both Bramer, who's going to the NFL,
27:24
and I think Burkle is too. The way he's come on, my God,
27:28
what a what? A what, what an uprising.
27:32
He's had. His arrow's pointing way up.
27:34
So who covers those? Who covers those tight ends?
27:36
How did they try and shut down and limit them?
27:38
Because I think that might be the key, As big of a key as
27:41
anything. And the the other thing that
27:44
people forget about both those guys is they're big and I'm
27:46
talking like tall. They're guys that they can throw
27:49
the ball up to and they'll go get it.
27:52
Yeah, they're just really dangerous.
27:53
I, I joked all week that Iowa State's kind of using the Iowa
27:57
formula for offense this year, you know, is just thrown to the
28:02
tight ends and living that way, which is kind of what Iowa did
28:05
for a period of time when they, they haven't had really good
28:08
wide receiver play. So I am, I'm really curious what
28:13
they do if they're going to play 3 backers and when they're,
28:16
they're in the two tights, sometimes three tight end, if
28:19
that take lopper off the field. We saw Jayden Harold get API
28:25
last week trying to guard a tight end down the field.
28:28
So it's a concern. It's definitely a concern,
28:32
especially because Rocco is just so accurate.
28:35
I mean, last week was incredible, 19 to 20.
28:37
I mean, that's as good as it gets, really.
28:40
And he's he's a really accurate passer and he's playing really
28:45
confidently right now. What does running back look
28:48
like? Take out your crystal ball and
28:50
let us know how this thing is going to break down.
28:52
You know, there's part of me loved what we saw from Xavier
28:55
Williams and think the upside going to be tremendous.
28:57
Kind of that bruiser against a game that feels like it's going
29:00
to be very physical. But then you look back to last
29:03
year, I would got a lot of their plays outside.
29:05
Maybe this is a Terrell Washington type of game, as what
29:08
Caleb Johnson did a year ago getting out to the edge.
29:10
Who do you see getting the most carries in this game and how
29:12
does it break down? Boy, and are we sleeping on Jeff
29:16
Patterson years ago he came to ain't and and then one cut runs.
29:21
I mean, he took one off for like 59 yards or something, had 86
29:24
total and a touchdown against the Cyclones at Jack tries two
29:28
years ago. So he's one of those guys that
29:30
I'm going to keep my eye on too because he I thought he ran
29:33
really well late in the game and, you know, he might have
29:36
some confidence coming to this one.
29:40
Yeah, Washington might be that guy that they can get outside.
29:44
But I'll tell you, you know, Williams was the guy in most
29:46
tossed sweep kind of place too, where he got outside and ran
29:50
some of that outside zone. I think I was going to run a lot
29:52
of outside zone against Iowa State just to kind of keep away
29:56
from Orange and also kind of stretch those linebackers a
30:01
little bit because those linebackers have been a.
30:03
Little bit suspect. Early on in the season for the
30:06
cyclone. What kind of stat line does Sam
30:10
Phillips have after tomorrow? Great question.
30:14
I'm not sure. The in one of the more
30:17
interesting stats was they threw to like targeted 10 different
30:21
receivers. So it wasn't like there was like
30:24
one guy that they were zeroing in on in the past game.
30:26
It wasn't like, oh, we're going to throw 7 times to TJ Hawkinson
30:30
back in the day or something like that.
30:32
But there are Sam Laporta or somebody like that.
30:35
They spread it around to a lot of different guys.
30:38
So I don't know that Growski's gotten a kind of a favorite
30:43
target yet. I don't know that they've zeroed
30:45
in on anybody. So I always kind of default to
30:48
like the guys who've had success like Gil.
30:50
I I still think Seth Anderson's going to end up being the
30:53
leading receiver this year. And maybe that's the guy that
30:56
they target a little bit more. One thing Gronowski did say on
30:59
Tuesday was the way Iowa State plays is a kind of a soft
31:03
coverage. So he thinks that they're
31:07
probably going to end up dumping it off a lot.
31:09
So he's going to want to get it into the hands of playmakers out
31:11
of the backfield. So maybe that's Terrell
31:13
Washington junior, too, because he is good at making people
31:16
miss. Get him out in space.
31:18
That'll be interesting. So you know, Kirk Ference
31:21
recently, he's been really good in this role.
31:22
These games that are really tight in the margins.
31:25
It's been the really good teams that he struggled against, as
31:28
we've found out here the last three or four years.
31:30
What do you think it is? Why have these games, these
31:33
close games, been going Kirk's way here over the last five
31:36
years? And certainly rivalry games
31:38
feels like they just always find a way.
31:39
What do you think it is? I always call these like the KF
31:43
special. You know, it's just where where
31:46
his he just finds a way and it's just they they make plays.
31:51
And you know, the key for Iowa in this run that they've had not
31:55
losing an aim since 2011 has been turnovers.
31:58
It's just been, you know, you look at back at the the muffed
32:02
fun game where that was just that was a mistake on Iowa
32:06
State. It wasn't really anybody up from
32:08
Iowa doing anything special. But yeah, four years ago was
32:13
what Jack Campbell and then two years ago it was Sebastian
32:16
Castro with a pick 6, but Jack Campbell had to scoop and score.
32:20
They've just always kind of found what that's what her
32:24
parents Phil Parker teams do. They just get these turnovers
32:28
and they cash in on them and kind of been the the method to
32:32
the madness in this series for Iowa success at least on the
32:36
road against Iowa State. Great stuff.
32:39
Tom Caker, what time we would be in Jack Trice's press box
32:42
tomorrow. So probably sometime around
32:45
8:30, I would guess we'll be wandering in there and getting
32:48
getting rolling. So yeah, we'll have our live
32:51
from the press box thread. They have a love that thread
32:53
travel roster and all the news and updates and all that, all
32:58
that good stuff. So yeah, looking forward to to
33:01
to being over here for the game tomorrow.
33:03
Enjoy it, Tom. We'll write.
33:05
Read about it at hawkeyereport.com and we will
33:08
talk to you next Friday. Thank you, Tom Caicard.
33:10
OK. Thanks guys.
33:11
Yep, good to talk to you. Tom Kecker, hawkeyereport.com on
33:15
Cyhawk, our final Cyhawk guest of the week.
33:18
Our picks are coming up next, Circus sports sponsor, those our
33:22
little head to head competition as well as the competition with
33:24
the afternoon duo that's coming up next, Miller and Condon, our
33:28
final segment of the week. Before I forget and don't and
33:30
run out of time and don't ask you.
33:32
Yeah, where are you tonight? Oh yeah, I'm going to be out in
33:35
Waukee as the Warriors take on a Kitty in our central Iowa Game
33:38
of the Week. Should be a good one.
33:40
Laramie, the running back for Ankeny, leads Class 5A in
33:43
rushing yards through a week because he went over 220 a week
33:46
ago in their Week 1 performance. Should be a good one out there.
33:49
Both teams though. Owen one on the season, so an
33:52
important one in Week 2, Anchedy and Waukee. 96.9 The bull is
33:57
where Trent will have that pregame 645 or 645 coverage at 7
34:02
and of course Joe Stacy and company will be here.
34:05
Nathan Fisher on football Friday night starting at six.
34:08
Our picks next it's the Iowa Sports Radio Network.
34:11
Off the bench, who knows football better?
34:15
The war wages on. It's time for the afternoon
34:18
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Sports Radio Network. I'm Laurie Condon.
34:28
Welcome back. 10 minutes before 2:00.
34:32
I think probably by the time we get to November, they're waving
34:36
the white flag. Oh, really?
34:37
You think it's going to be? Yeah, throw in the towel.
34:40
We are three games ahead. We are we're off to a great
34:43
start. Trend 3 game cushion, Yes, on
34:46
the boys in the afternoon. By the way, those boys that
34:48
couldn't pick their nose when it comes to football games, they're
34:51
at the Urbandale High V from 2:00 until 5:00.
34:55
How Ray? Yes.
34:57
Coke in Monster, you like them all?
35:00
I need a little bit tonight to get me through the evening.
35:03
Long night for you and a long night for the football Friday
35:05
night crew as well. But that's where you can find if
35:08
you're in the area, stop by, give it a little pep talk.
35:11
God knows they need it. All right, so it's time for our
35:15
weekly picks. I did have a good start to the
35:17
year. Four and one house.
35:18
Four and one. Let's get into it.
35:20
So two and two. Two college, 2 pro and a best
35:23
bet. Let's start with the college.
35:25
I'm going to take UT San Antonio Trent for pick #1 and the reason
35:29
I am taking this game is I read about a running back last week
35:32
that went crazy against a pretty good power for team in Texas
35:36
A&M, Henry's last name. And UTSA was one of those teams
35:40
that everybody was well, if it's not Boise State, if it's not too
35:43
lame, take a look at this San Antonio group.
35:45
They might be a good squad. I'll take UTSA, pick #1 Texas
35:49
State. On the other side of the field,
35:51
I'm taking Michigan. I'm taking Michigan.
35:54
Bryce Underwood, live up to it this week.
35:56
Would it kill you? Let's be the best quarterback,
35:59
that college football, freshman quarterback, that college
36:01
football has ever seen. To the pros, Aaron Rodgers back
36:09
against his former team. No, not that one.
36:11
The Jets. On the other side of the field,
36:14
Steelers, I think they're a pretty good team.
36:16
And maybe I've under estimated their playoff potential this
36:20
year. I just need to win this week by
36:22
let by a field goal and I'd be a happy man.
36:25
Steelers laying only three. I don't buy Justin Fields.
36:27
I don't buy The Jets. I will take the Steelers in that
36:30
defense to handle the New York Jets, my one NFL pick so far.
36:35
And the other one's going to be like everybody, the Arizona
36:37
Cardinals, I don't say think it's a free square necessarily,
36:41
but New Orleans, if they're as bad as they everyone thinks they
36:44
are, I think the Cards will get off to a good start.
36:46
A lot of love for the Cards to win.
36:47
The NFC West will see. But I'm going to lay the 6 1/2.
36:51
My best bet of the week is in that game I talked about
36:53
earlier, my guilty pleasure when it comes to football.
36:56
If Kentucky's playing and I don't have to watch a game, I'm
36:59
going to watch Kentucky. I watched Kentucky this week get
37:01
their ass kicked. Ole Miss is going into town lane
37:04
9 1/2. Give me Lane Kiffin.
37:07
My best bet of the week is Old Miss over Kentucky Trent.
37:10
All right, here we go after an over week last week.
37:14
The good news is, well, it can't get worse.
37:17
The bad news is there's no guarantee it's going to get
37:19
better. We will try though, 2 college, 2
37:21
pro and my best bet, let's open up tonight.
37:24
Let's throw things around a little bit under the lights in
37:26
Louisville or the Cardinal welcome in James Madison after
37:30
being decimated in the portal. They have retooled a live dog
37:34
tonight. Give me James Madison plus the
37:36
15 1/2. Been saying it all week.
37:38
Time to put where my my money, where my mouth is.
37:40
Give me the cyclones. I'll lay the three and a hook, I
37:43
thought. You were going to take Duke?
37:44
Now we'll get there in just a little bit to the NFL and we're
37:51
going to open up. I have loved Atlanta in this
37:53
spot at home. The defense improved against the
37:55
Tampa team without Tristan Works.
37:57
Yes, please, in a divisional game, give me the points.
37:59
Falcons plus the two. Your Broncos aren't in trouble.
38:04
No, I sniff a back door cover. Something goofy here.
38:08
I'd like Cam Ward. I'm going to grab north of a
38:10
touchdown. How about 8 1/2 with the Titans
38:13
with pick #4? And yes, it is my best bet of
38:15
the week, the Dookies getting the field goal at Illinois.
38:18
I gave you credit. You've been hyping on that one
38:20
since we started talking football.
38:22
And I just see the cover. They don't have to win just to
38:24
cover. Just to cover, make Bielema look
38:26
bad, make Meme Bama look bad. As much as anything, I think
38:30
that's going to do it for us again.
38:31
The boys are on Urbandale Hyvee. Stop by, give him a pep talk,
38:35
tell him there's a long way to go in this contest.
38:38
That's going to keep clubbing him, Ken.
38:39
Absolutely. Well, I need your help.
38:41
Enjoy, Cyhawks. The best week of the year in the
38:43
state of Iowa. Coming up next off the bench.
38:47
Thanks for being with us, Miller and Condon, Iowa Sports Radio
38:49
Network.