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Ep. 131: College Football Week Six Takeaways · The PatteFacts: A College Football Show

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  It down giosa. And.
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  Here we go, episode. 131 of the Paddafax streaming on Apple
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  Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever you get your podcasts from.
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  It is October 6th, 2025. Thank you so much for tuning in.
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  I'm William Patterson. All right, all right, I know
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  it's been a minute. It's been about a month since
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  I've recorded a podcast and I know that's terrible and I want
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  to get as many of these out as possible, but I've got a lot
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  going on. You know, being on the air 5 * a
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  week, having a 2 hour show, there's a lot of prep work for
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  that and a lot of it crosses over.
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  You know, there's, there's a lot of college football I'm talking
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  about on Fox Sports Knoxville, but it's really tough when I'm
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  also doing, you know, graphics and also trying to really pump
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  out content on the social media side for the Padda facts.
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  And we've made a lot of progress there.
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  I'm so appreciative of all of the orders.
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  Had over 60 shirts ordered. Really, really cool stuff there
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  And it's just a lot, you know, there, there's a lot going on
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  video and the graphics and do all this stuff.
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  So I do apologize. That has been a minute since
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  we've talked, but I'm really excited to be back.
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  Had a lot of free time this weekend.
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  Knew I could get an episode out this week so I wanted to make
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  sure to hop on it and we're doing a Monday release We.
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  Usually do Tuesday. Releases because that gives me a
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  little bit of wiggle room during the weekend, but we're doing a
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  Monday release. Again, I'm sorry, but it's tough
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  for just one guy to get all this done.
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  But we've got so much to talk about today.
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  From Week 6 of college football. It seemed like a boring slate to
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  a lot of people, but 3/30 had a ton of fireworks and there were
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  a ton of fireworks throughout the day.
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  So we'll get into all the big time matchups and big time
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  storylines. Penn State, UCLA, Alabama and
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  Vanderbilt, Miami and Florida State, Texas and Florida.
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  And we'll also get into some of the smaller games as well.
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  But so appreciative of you tuning in.
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  And I know it's been a minute. So I, I'm really appreciative
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  for you tuning back in as it's been a little bit, but make sure
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  So make sure you're following over there as well.
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  So now that we've got all the announcements out of the way,
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  let's get into the week 6 takeaways from college football.
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  And we'll begin with Penn State and UCLA.
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  And I am documenting this as James Franklin's worst loss ever
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  as #7 Penn State falls at UCLA 42 to 37.
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  And the pre game storylines coming into this one was how
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  does Penn State respond after losing to Oregon at home in
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  double overtime? What does UCLA look like after
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  firing their offensive coordinator earlier in the week?
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  As we know, this UCLA team has been an absolute mess.
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  You know, Niko Emalayaba transfers over to the Bruins in
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  the offseason. That was the big talking .1 of
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  the biggest storylines we've ever seen in college football
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  was Emalayaba's transfer from Tennessee to UCLA.
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  And the Bruins are O and four. They fired their coach, they
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  fired their offensive coordinator.
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  It's been an absolute mess. And on Saturday when CBS panned
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  into the game, it looked like, I mean, it was empty.
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  And, and that's a historic stadium.
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  And that is a a program that, at least back in the day, had a lot
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  of fire. To it and.
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  It was surprising to see a top ten team in the country come in
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  and the place basically be deserted, but as the game went
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  on people start to file in. Maybe UCLA traffic or LA traffic
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  was was keeping people up, but regardless, it was a mess
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  through the 1st 4 weeks of the season for UCLA, first five
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  weeks of the season for UCLA. And on Saturday things totally
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  flipped a switch. I will give credit to the Bruins
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  here in a minute, but let's focus on my takeaways and really
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  my main take away from this one. And this is what happens when
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  you overlook opponents in 2025. We've seen this time and time
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  again in college football where a power conference team plays an
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  inferior opponent and just feel like they're the better team on
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  the field regardless of what happens.
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  We saw this last year with Notre Dame and Northern Illinois.
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  The Fighting Irish come off a big time win at Texas A&M.
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  They come into that Northern Illinois game thinking they'll
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  just walk right through them and instead Northern Illinois gets a
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  win in South Bend. We've seen this last year with
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  Alabama as well. Alabama plays Vanderbilt on the
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  road. Vanderbilt's never been worth
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  anyone's time of day in the SEC. Now obviously since that game we
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  know that they are worth the time of day, but at the time
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  Alabama and Vanderbilt was one of the most lopsided matchups on
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  paper you would known over the last 10/15/20 years really ever
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  since Vanderbilt's played. Football.
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  Alabama comes off that big time win over Georgia, overlooks
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  their opponent and boom, you get a big time loss.
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  You could say the same about Florida and South Florida this
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  year. The Gators with DJ Lagway, a top
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  15 team in the country heading into the season.
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  They play South Florida, who did get the win over Boise State in
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  the opening week. But this is Florida at home.
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  Surely they'll just waltz right over South Florida.
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  No, it's what happens when you overlook your opponent, and Penn
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  State was victim of that on Saturday, thinking they could
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  just walk in and destroy an ON4 UCLA team.
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  Penn State had won 34 games in a row against unranked opponents
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  before Saturday, and this is James Franklin's worst loss in
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  my eyes. Because this is an inexcusable
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  performance on both sides of the football, let's start with the
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  offense real quick. Drew Aller finishes with 278
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  total yards, but in the first half this offense could not move
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  the football. And a big reason why is because
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  K Tron Allen and Nick Singleton, 2 guys that I was head over
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  heels for coming into the season, combined for just 89
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  yards on 19 carries for the game.
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  Both of those guys have been severely underwhelming this
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  season. And they're also, as a group out
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  gained by UCLA 435 yards to 357 yards.
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  A UCLA team that has an offensive coordinator that just
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  started on Tuesday is able to put up 435 yards of offense up
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  against this team. And Penn State is not able to,
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  you know, either match or exceed what the Bruins are able to do.
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  And this is a UCLA team that has lost to Northwestern and UNLV
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  New Mexico. Utah is a good football team.
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  I'll give them that one because that's a tough match up.
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  But this is not like this was some juggernaut defense that has
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  been keeping opponents from getting in the end zone all year
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  long. I think Penn State's a better
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  team on paper than Utah. Utah walked in that same
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  building at night and put up over 40 points, and I just
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  thought the offense looked completely lethargic in the
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  first half. They finally got things going in
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  the second, but it was almost too late because the defense
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  wasn't able to get stops. And I think late game
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  situationally, actually before we even get to the late game,
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  let's talk about the end of the first half for Penn State.
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  You have 3 timeouts and James Franklin basically says we're
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  just trying to get off the field, we're trying to not make
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  any more mistakes, Just go to halftime to re evaluate things.
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  What in the world is that? You got 3 timeouts with around 2
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  minutes remaining in the half and you're on the like 50 yard
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  line and you're running these little draw plays and and you
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  know, half back dives that that was concerning.
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  Surely Penn State has more of a more aggression than that up
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  against UCLAI get it? You made a lot of mistakes, but
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  that was inexcusable. The second-half they came out
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  with a lot more fire. They get a a defensive or slash
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  special teams touchdown with the the punt block that you know,
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  results in a scoop up in the end zone and Penn State gets on the
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  board that way. That was really big in in terms
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  of the momentum. But on 3rd and seven, you allow
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  Nico Emily ABBA to run 50 yards down the field.
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  So I mean it, it was a combination of a lot of things.
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  But you know, I mentioned that late game scenario.
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  I want to get back to that real quick 4th and two with the game
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  on the line. I know you have 3 timeouts in
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  your back pocket, but. You've got the football.
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  With two yards to to gain and you run a fake sweep quarterback
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  run with Drew Aller. That's the best play you have in
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  the playbook when you haven't ran the football well all game.
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  With two running backs that were supposed to be you know, top
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  three round picks in the NFL draft this upcoming year heading
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  into the season, Drew Aller running it is your best play
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  call. What the hell was that?
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  So this whole game was just defined as.
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  Poor. Coaching, poor time management
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  and a ton of lackadaisical errors for Penn State.
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  And these are the type of things that come from a type of matchup
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  where you just feel like you're going to walk in there and win.
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  Like, let's go back to Florida. South Florida, that was one of
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  my examples earlier. Florida had a lot of boneheaded
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  penalties, you know, spitting on players late in the game that
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  allowed South Florida to get an automatic first down, getting
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  field goal position. Win that game, but before?
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  That. 3 touchdowns, call back for penalties.
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  You know, you had the the special teams miscue.
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  You're you're not executing in the red zone.
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  You're taking 3 instead of seven, like stuff like that.
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  Those things build up and it built up for Penn State on
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  Saturday where it got to the point where they were having to
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  do a fire drill just to get out of UCLA and they obviously
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  couldn't do it. But they had really poor time
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  management and situational football and some very key
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  moments. And that's coaching.
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  I know James Franklin's one of the biggest punching bags in
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  college football. But Saturday is the type of game
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  where you just point and say, how does this happen?
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  Like because James Franklin's whole narrative is he can win
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  the easy ones, he can win the ones he's supposed to win on
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  paper. But when it comes to the big
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  dogs, the night games, the Oregon's, the Ohio State's, he
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  can't get it done. Saturday was this guy can't even
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  get it done against UCLA with a top three roster in the country
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  and James Franklin's contract runs through 2031.
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  His buyout $56 million entering the season.
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  So it's not like they can really fire him right now or fire him
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  at the end of the season. I I think he's here at least for
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  the time being. Now if things continue to go off
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  the rails, I'm sure the boosters will will clock in and have
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  something to say about it. But the the big take away here
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  is this is what happens when you overlook your opponent.
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  And Penn State got what they deserved.
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  They thought they could just waltz in and beat little old
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  Nico Amaliava. And UCLA with the offensive
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  coordinator that started four days ago seemed very simple.
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  Big, bad Penn State coming off a tough loss to Oregon at home, a
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  game that there were plenty of red flags in that one as well.
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  But. We let it go.
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  But even through the course of this season, Penn State has been
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  underwhelming each week. I mean, I know like.
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  A lot of people. Are are gamblers out there and
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  will bet on Penn State? They're O and five against the
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  spread this season. But like even in in the games
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  against Nevada and FIU and Villanova, like they they've let
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  down. They haven't been that
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  impressive. They're like that FIU game was
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  kind of weird. Like FIU kind of hung around for
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  that one, that halftime, it was like 17.
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  Nothing. And I know it's, you know,
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  you're up 17 points and you can't take any win for granted.
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  But Penn State should not be in a dog fight in the first half
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  with Florida International. So I think there were red flags
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  throughout the season with this team to this point.
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  And Saturday, everything became unraveled when you couldn't get
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  stops and when you couldn't execute offensively in the first
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  half at all. And you also had a lot of poor
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  coaching techniques, poor game management techniques, poor play
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  calling and critical moments. Now, James Franklin's not the
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  only one to blame because I do want to talk about Jim Knowles,
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  the defensive coordinator for the Nittany Lions who comes over
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  from Ohio State. That was one of the big hires of
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  the offseason. In fact, he's the highest paid
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  coordinator in the country. And UCLA with a guy that just.
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  Started four days ago, Goes for 400. 35 yards.
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  This is a very talented defense, very talented.
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  There's no way that New Mexico and Utah and UNLV could get to
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  Nico Imaliava. Northwestern could get to Nico
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  Imaliava cause a lot of pressure and Penn State couldn't.
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  I mean, again, I I don't want to discredit what Nico did because
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  he did play a really, really impressive game, but Penn State
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  should be able to contain him if every other team they've played
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  has been able to do that too. So this was a really bad
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  performance from Jim Knowles as well, who I think's a really
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  good coordinator, obviously had a ton of success with the
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  Buckeyes last season. But I mean, he deserves a lot of
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  blame as well for schematically losing to a guy that was
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  basically a graduate assistant, you know, a couple weeks ago.
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  So we'll talk more about Penn State where they go from here
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  and here in a minute. But overarching take away from
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  this one, This is what happens when you overlook your opponent
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  in 2025. Now for UCLAI am happy for Nico.
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  I'm happy for UCLA. It's been a tough year and
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  covering Tennessee football for Fox Sports Knoxville.
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  I know all about Nico Imalayaba. I know all the insurance and
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  outs of what happened in the locker room and what was said
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  and what happened over the course of his time at Tennessee.
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  And I know a lot of people still hold that against them, and
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  there's a lot of that within me too.
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  I, I know a little bit more than I should probably, but this was
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  a cool story on Saturday. And I, I did feel good for Nico
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  that he was able to get a win. The cool story in this one is
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  Jerry Neuheisen, who takes over play calling duties earlier in
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  the week. As I mentioned, they fire damn
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  near everyone over the last couple of weeks.
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  They get rid of the offensive coordinator and Neuheisen, who's
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  the son of Rick Neuheisen, who's on CBS Sports, does the, you
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  know, pre game, post game halftime show for the CBS crews
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  also on inside college football on Tuesday nights.
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  I TuneIn that. Pretty regularly as well.
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  But Neuheisen comes in and they pump out 435 yards of offense,
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  269 yards on the ground. They had Penn State on their
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  heels the whole game and it wasn't like they totally changed
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  up a lot of what they've done, and I've watched a fair share of
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  UCLA this year. It's a lot of what Nico ran at
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  Tennessee where it's a lot of RP OS and you have an, you know, a
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  lot of options. Nico has the option to run,
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  option to hand off or option to throw it to the sideline.
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  But they haven't really been able to find the consistency in
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  that aspect. And I thought you saw more drop
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  backs and more potential for Nico to get out as a runner and
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  he had a lot of success doing that.
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  Nico in the air goes 17 of 24166 yards, 2 touchdowns, and then 16
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  carries for 128 yards and three touchdowns on the ground.
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  This was a brilliant performance from him.
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  I thought one of the best throws was on the two point conversion
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  try where Nico evaded pressure, spun out of the pocket, rolled
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  her out to the left and zipped it into the back of the end
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  zone. Finds an open receiver, gets
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  drilled right after. But that was the type of play
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  that Nico Yamala was hyped up to be coming out of high school,
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  and that was the potential that a lot of people saw at
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  Tennessee. Now last year there was a lot of
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  inconsistencies in SEC play, but he did show flashes at times of
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  what he could be. I think the big gripe with him
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  was he just got to be more accurate down the field.
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  And I think the big bonus with Saturday's performance was that
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  he was efficient. 17 to 24 is really good in the air, but he
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  also had the effect on the ground.
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  But on those deep ball throws he was able to connect on think one
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  out of three. So he's completing 33% of them.
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  At least at Tennessee, he was like a 10% guy like where the
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  overthrows were just a really big part of it.
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  And UCLA had a big chunk play in the second-half that gave them
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  the opportunity to get in in scoring range and punch it in.
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  That was one of the biggest plays of the game and again,
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  credit to Nico for being able to deliver that football that was
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  in tight coverage and that gave UCLAA big boost when Penn State
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  had started to get a little bit of momentum.
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  So new Heisen deserves a lot of credit.
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  That's a really tough situation to come into.
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  Hey, we're O and four. We're up against the number
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  seven team in the number seven team in the country off a loss
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  at home to a top ten team in the country in Oregon.
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  And they're going to be upset. They're probably going to want
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  to, you know, take out a little bit of frustration on you.
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  And new heiser was like, no, I'm going to do my thing.
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  And and it was funny listening to him after the game talking
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  about how he was still figuring out like the headset and all
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  that stuff. It's just so cool.
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  And he was overjoyed and UCLA was overjoyed.
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  This is what college football is all about.
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  I know UCLA is O and Four heading into this game and
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  they're not going to have much of A season going from here.
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  They'll probably lose their fair share of games coming up.
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  Maybe they'll change, I don't know.
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  But New Heisen gets carried off the field, a Gatorade bath,
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  smiles, everything. That's what it's all about, man.
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  And I thought that was really, really fun for them and I was
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  happy for New Heisen, UCLA and Nico.
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  A strong performance from all of them all the way around.
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  It's the first one by UCLA against the AP Top Ten team
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  since 2010 and UCLA also became the first team that was O and.
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  Four or worse. To be an AP top ten team since O
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  and six UTEP stunned #7 BYU, the then reigning national champions
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  in 1985. So what you witnessed on
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  Saturday folks was something that has not happened in a very
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  long time. So credit to UCLA, really good
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  performance. So they were able to get it done
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  on both sides of the football and won situationally as well.
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  Let's go back to Penn State, however, to wrap this game up,
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  Drew Aller post game, I thought was a little bit snappy with the
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  reporters. And I know that players and
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  coaches don't owe the media anything.
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  But as someone that's in the media and has been in those
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  rooms before and has interviewed players and coaches before, like
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  we're just trying to do our job right.
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  Like, you're trying to coach a football game.
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  My job is to ask questions, get information and be able to spurn
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  that into a story or just my own personal knowledge.
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  And I know that after the game is not the best opportunity to
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  talk to a player. These guys are competitors.
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  They're upset, they're frustrated.
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  They're like, you know, many Penn State fans and members of
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  the fan base, They're frustrated they lost this game.
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  But I thought Drew Adler showed a little bit of
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  unprofessionalism after the game when talking about that, you
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  know, this is still a playoff team.
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  The the question was, do you believe this is still a playoff
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  team? And Ala responds, What do you
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  think? And the reporter goes, I don't
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  know, I'm asking you. And he goes like, yeah,
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  obviously, like, you know, just a little snappy.
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  And I feel like that's kind of the state of Penn State football
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  right now. They they're all kind of on
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  edge. James Franklin's always on edge.
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  I've always thought it was unprofessional for him to go get
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  involved with any of the fans. You're above them.
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  We don't need to do all that. And it it trickles down to the
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  players as well in these moments where I get it, they're
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  frustrated. But the answer would have, you
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  know, the better answer, the better reaction would have been,
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  yeah, we still have everything in front of us, right, Like
• 21:46
  Diego Pavia. And we'll talk about about that
• 21:48
  game here in a minute. I thought Diego Pavia handed
• 21:50
  handled himself well at the podium after the game on
• 21:54
  Saturday. He's talked more than anyone.
• 21:56
  He's the one that's getting the brunt of every loss for The
• 22:00
  Commodores. But he handled himself well,
• 22:03
  said, hey, you know, they have one loss.
• 22:04
  We have one loss. We still have everything in
• 22:06
  front of us. You know, that that that should
• 22:08
  have been Aller's approach. Like, hey, there were two lost
• 22:10
  teams. There were three lost teams that
• 22:12
  made the College Football Playoff last year.
• 22:13
  We still have everything ahead of us.
• 22:16
  So I I want a big fan of that. I I just think it's a heat of
• 22:20
  the moment thing, but I think it also is a representation of the
• 22:24
  type of attitude and type of feel right now that many Penn
• 22:27
  State fans have and that program has after a unimpressive start
• 22:32
  to the season. So Penn State has at Iowa coming
• 22:35
  up in Week 8. That's going to be a tough
• 22:36
  matchup. Iowa plays really good
• 22:38
  defensively, Gronowski at quarterback.
• 22:41
  A little bit of a. Wild card.
• 22:43
  He's good on the ground. There's been better on the
• 22:45
  ground than he's been in the air.
• 22:47
  But you know, I was a tough place to play.
• 22:48
  They'll get up for that one at Ohio State.
• 22:51
  It's going to be in Week 10. That's off a by so maybe an
• 22:55
  extra week of preparation helps out, but right now Ohio State
• 22:58
  continues to play really good football.
• 23:00
  I have a hard time believing Penn State goes on the road and
• 23:03
  wins that one. And then you have Indiana in
• 23:05
  week 11. So back-to-back matchups up
• 23:08
  against what will be top 15 teams in the country.
• 23:11
  We'll we'll see what Indiana does against Oregon this
• 23:13
  upcoming weekend, but the rest of their schedule sets up to
• 23:16
  where they'll be at the worst A1 loss team heading into that
• 23:19
  matchup. So for a Big 10 championship,
• 23:22
  that's going to be off the table for Penn State, for the College
• 23:25
  Football Playoff, they've got to win out.
• 23:27
  But. I think this.
• 23:29
  Loss to O and Four UCLA might be the nail in the coffin.
• 23:33
  I have a hard time believing if they lose that game, they're
• 23:36
  going to be able to spurn off, you know, a three and O record
• 23:39
  against at Iowa, at Ohio State, Indiana.
• 23:41
  So this is going to be a very disappointing season for the
• 23:45
  Nittany Lions. I had them in my top three
• 23:47
  heading into the season. I think they were #2 yeah #2 in
• 23:51
  the season, in the preseason, I should say, just because of all
• 23:55
  the talent they returned. And I thought they had fixed the
• 23:58
  wide receiver issue by adding Devante Ross and Trevor Pena
• 24:02
  through the transfer portal. But this is a group that is
• 24:05
  underwhelmed. And and I also look at the
• 24:07
  running backs as a big reason why both Nick Singleton and K
• 24:10
  Tron Allen have not been the same player we saw last season.
• 24:14
  We'll move to Texas and Florida, the Gators.
• 24:18
  Play a complete game at home and I wish I bet on this one.
• 24:22
  I really did. I thought about it all week and
• 24:26
  I saw Florida was like pretty public early in in the week on
• 24:29
  like Tuesday or Wednesday. So I was like, all right, I
• 24:31
  guess I'll just stay off of it. This kind of feels like maybe a
• 24:35
  a big public side where. Everyone gangs up on Florida
• 24:38
  thinking they can win at home, so I stayed off of it.
• 24:41
  Texas ended up being the the public side here and anyway, I
• 24:46
  wish I took it. But hey, another positive week
• 24:48
  for the Paddafax. Five straight positive weeks for
• 24:52
  the paddle locks. Make sure you're tailing at the
• 24:54
  Paddafax. On Instagram and Twitter,
• 24:56
  another plug right there. But #9 Texas falls at Florida 29
• 25:01
  to 21. And the pregame storylines
• 25:04
  coming in this one was can Florida finally string together
• 25:07
  a competent offense, specifically a competent passing
• 25:11
  game, consistent passing game? Despite going up against a very
• 25:15
  talented Texas defense. You know, Anthony.
• 25:17
  Hill, Junior Collin Simmons, Michael Taff, Jelani McDonald.
• 25:21
  A very, very talented defense for the Longhorns.
• 25:26
  What does Florida look like up against?
• 25:28
  This group is going to be a tough task.
• 25:30
  Just Texas look improved against a powerful opponent.
• 25:34
  Outside of Ohio State, Texas hasn't played anyone this
• 25:37
  season. So this was going to be a litmus
• 25:39
  test of how they've improved a month into the season following
• 25:42
  that loss to Ohio State in Week 1.
• 25:45
  And then also, you know, kind of focusing on the quarterbacks
• 25:48
  here, DJ Lagway, Arch Manning, two guys that were highly
• 25:52
  propped up to begin the season have kind of underwhelmed which
• 25:55
  quarterback off to a rough start prevails.
• 25:58
  That's what I was watching for in this one.
• 26:00
  And I think we got a lot of answers here.
• 26:02
  And we'll begin with my first take away.
• 26:04
  And it's that Florida shows that they are a good football team
• 26:08
  when the passing game works. Now I know I haven't been able
• 26:11
  to say this on here because I haven't done an episode.
• 26:13
  In a little bit. But on Fox Sports, I've been
• 26:17
  talking about this for weeks. I think Florida is still a good
• 26:20
  football team. I think their biggest issue when
• 26:23
  you look at all of their games this year has been their passing
• 26:26
  game. It's been way too inconsistent,
• 26:28
  but defensively they're stronger than anyone in the country.
• 26:32
  I think their run game is really, really underrated with
• 26:34
  Jaden Ball and on Saturday you finally saw what the offense
• 26:39
  looks like. When they're able to get it done
• 26:41
  in the air, 457 yards of offense, 298 yards in the air,
• 26:46
  159 yards on the ground. They had 10.64 yards per attempt
• 26:52
  on their throws. This is the Florida offense that
• 26:56
  we expected coming into the season with DJ Lagway, and this
• 26:59
  is what I thought this team could be.
• 27:02
  At their best. DJ Lagway goes 21 of 28 for 298
• 27:07
  yards, 2 touchdowns. You get complimentary football
• 27:10
  from Jaden Ball who goes one O 7 and a touchdown on the ground.
• 27:14
  That was really big. But going back to Lagway, you
• 27:18
  know you've always had that run game be pretty consistent this
• 27:21
  season. I thought they went away from
• 27:23
  that against LSU. Where they ended up throwing it
• 27:25
  damn near 50 times against the Tigers, that's not going to
• 27:28
  work. But when they had that balanced
• 27:31
  attack and DJ Lagway is able to settle in, this is a good
• 27:34
  offense. We'll talk about the receivers
• 27:36
  here in a minute because I thought those were really big
• 27:38
  too. And also the the fact that the
• 27:40
  two biggest performers on Saturday at receiver refreshment
• 27:43
  is even. Scarier for this team, but DJ
• 27:46
  Lagway looked composed. He looked the.
• 27:48
  Part complete, 75% of his passes stayed in the pocket, did not
• 27:53
  try to force it into tight windows and there were a couple
• 27:57
  of plays that were really, really impressive.
• 27:59
  There was one play on 1/3 and seven.
• 28:01
  Where Lagway kind of sidearms it and I'm not a big fan of these
• 28:05
  five star quarterbacks starting to sidearm every throw.
• 28:08
  That was a big hit of mine on Arch Manning early in the season
• 28:11
  and DJ Lagway as well, trying to sidearm the football.
• 28:15
  But he had one of them that was perfectly executed and he had to
• 28:18
  do it because of the. Pressure and coming on him zips
• 28:21
  it out to I think Vernal Brown on a crossing route picks up the
• 28:24
  first down. That was a really impressive
• 28:26
  play. And I think he just got momentum
• 28:29
  and found the consistency, which I think has been the biggest
• 28:32
  issue for him all season. Hasn't had much momentum, hasn't
• 28:36
  had much consistency. And as a quarterback, you need
• 28:38
  that to find that confidence. And Billy Napier talked about it
• 28:42
  this week. He said this is the best he's
• 28:44
  looked this season in practice. That's a lot of coach speak, I
• 28:47
  know. But I saw that quote on
• 28:49
  Wednesday and I was intrigued by it.
• 28:51
  I was intrigued. OK, Do we get a different
• 28:53
  version of Lagway on Saturday? And this was the best
• 28:56
  performance of the season and Florida was able to orchestrate
• 28:59
  some of the best drives of the season offensively with Lagway
• 29:03
  at quarterback. And again, I mentioned Jaden
• 29:05
  Ball in the ground game because Florida needs that kind of
• 29:09
  production, 107 on the ground from Jaden Ball.
• 29:12
  That's complimentary football that gives Lagway the
• 29:15
  opportunity to take a little bit of a break, pick up some chunk
• 29:18
  yards on 1st down. Stay ahead of the chains.
• 29:21
  That's what happened for Florida on Saturday and there are a lot
• 29:24
  of really strong possessions for the Gators and Dallas.
• 29:28
  Wilson and Vernal Brown at wide receiver were really big impacts
• 29:31
  as well. Dallas.
• 29:33
  Wilson is a guy I talked about in the offseason when I did my
• 29:36
  pre season top 25 teams. I mentioned Dallas Wilson
• 29:39
  because he was really impressive in the was orange and blue game
• 29:44
  for the Gators in the spring and he's a true freshman.
• 29:47
  He's missed. The first part of the season due
• 29:50
  to injury. This was his first college game
• 29:52
  Saturday and he goes for six receptions for 111 yards and two
• 29:56
  touchdowns. He was all over the field.
• 29:59
  He was a play making receiver. He was a play waiting to happen.
• 30:05
  And I gave the comparison this offseason for Dallas Wilson to
• 30:10
  Jeremiah Smith, and it might have sounded extreme at the
• 30:13
  time, and it might still sound extreme saying this right now.
• 30:17
  But as a freshman, to come onto the scene up against this type
• 30:20
  of Texas defense, Dallas Wilson looked like the Jeremiah Smith
• 30:25
  player we saw last year for Ohio State as a true freshman.
• 30:29
  An instant impact player. You give him the football and he
• 30:32
  goes and makes a play. One of the biggest plays of the
• 30:34
  game was the sideline throw over.
• 30:37
  Wilson beats his defender, his defender actually hits the
• 30:39
  ground and Wilson is able to tightrope.
• 30:41
  Down the sideline and still beat 2 defenders in front of him to
• 30:44
  March into the end zone. By the way, one of them is
• 30:47
  Michael Taft, one of the best safeties in the country.
• 30:50
  Dallas Wilson was really, really impressive. 6 receptions, 111
• 30:54
  yards, 2 touchdowns. That's exactly what Florida was
• 30:57
  missing. And it's not like they have a
• 30:59
  bad receiving court. Like I like Eugene Wilson, even
• 31:02
  though he's been a little bit underwhelming.
• 31:04
  J Michael Sturdivant, the transfer from UCLA is a salad,
• 31:09
  you know, veteran option as well.
• 31:11
  But Vernell Brown is another really intriguing piece.
• 31:14
  He's another freshman. He's the guy that in week one
• 31:16
  against Long Island had that one handed catch that it was, I
• 31:21
  mean, it was incredible, one of the best catches of the season.
• 31:23
  But he goes for three receptions and 72 yards on Saturday.
• 31:27
  These guys are playmakers and that's what Florida has needed.
• 31:31
  And we'll talk more about those guys here in a minute because I
• 31:33
  was very, very impressed with them.
• 31:36
  But I also want to give credit to the offensive line for
• 31:39
  keeping a clean pocket for DJ Lagway. 0 sacks allowed on
• 31:43
  Saturday up against a ferocious defense in Texas.
• 31:48
  Anthony Hill, junior, one of the best linebackers, probably the
• 31:51
  best linebacker in the country. Trey Moore, a kind of a hybrid
• 31:55
  edge linebacker transfer from UTSAA season ago, was really
• 32:00
  good for the Longhorns last year.
• 32:01
  Over 20 career sacks for him. This is a tough group to go up
• 32:06
  against. Colin Simmons as well.
• 32:07
  I mean, he was a monster all last season and as a true
• 32:10
  sophomore, he's going to be playing in the NFL here soon.
• 32:14
  But this is a really good offensive line for the Gators as
• 32:19
  well. I mean, Jake Slaughter is
• 32:21
  probably one of the best centers in the country.
• 32:22
  He did a really good job anchoring that position for
• 32:25
  Lagway Saturday, and I thought they did a really good job of
• 32:28
  picking up the blitz packages and making sure that Lagway had
• 32:32
  all the time necessary. So that was really important.
• 32:35
  I thought Florida played really, really good offensively from
• 32:39
  what we've seen so far this year and when Florida can play
• 32:44
  complimentary football, get it done with Jaden Ball on the
• 32:47
  ground and have an effective, efficient in momentum DJ Lagway,
• 32:52
  this is still a good football team because the defense is
• 32:56
  really good and I know Florida is 2 and three.
• 33:00
  The record looks bad, but I feel like this is still a top 25
• 33:05
  level team. William, are you kidding me?
• 33:07
  Two and three in their top 25 level.
• 33:09
  I'm serious. You saw Saturday what this team
• 33:13
  can be when they get everything going offensively.
• 33:17
  LSU, they threw 5 interceptions and lost the game by 10 points.
• 33:21
  They only allowed 13 defensively.
• 33:25
  In any other world that is a 40 to 10 game.
• 33:29
  It shouldn't be 20 to 10, and maybe that's an indictment of
• 33:32
  LSU, but Miami's really, really good.
• 33:35
  We saw that this weekend and Florida hung around for the most
• 33:38
  part because of their defense. And in that game they also had
• 33:42
  their starting 3 defensive lineman out.
• 33:45
  So I think Florida is still a good football team.
• 33:47
  The record doesn't show it, but if they can play offense like
• 33:50
  this, I think they can have a turn around like they had last
• 33:53
  season. Now the other take away from
• 33:56
  this game is both defenses are very good.
• 33:58
  I've I've given a lot of credit to both of them, but I thought
• 34:00
  Florida made more plays. Florida gets a block punt that
• 34:04
  results in a safety. The Gators isolated the Texas
• 34:08
  run game only 52 yards for two yards of carry for the
• 34:11
  Longhorns. That was really big because it
• 34:13
  put a lot of pressure on Arch Manning and he had to aired out
• 34:16
  a lot more than they had probably wanted to.
• 34:19
  ACJ Baxter was a late scratch in this one.
• 34:21
  He was unavailable but contravene Wisner.
• 34:23
  Still a really, really good running back and they couldn't
• 34:26
  get anything going there. Manning also throws 2
• 34:29
  interceptions. The Gators in position for both
• 34:31
  of those. Devin Moore jumps the route on
• 34:34
  the a long throw down the right sideline to I think he was
• 34:38
  trying to hit Wingo or, or Wingo or more one of those.
• 34:43
  But Devin Moore jumps the the route, gets the interception and
• 34:46
  then Jordan Castell is just, you know, playing cover 4 zone and
• 34:50
  is just sitting right there for the interception.
• 34:53
  So two big interceptions in this one.
• 34:55
  But the Gators also got to the Arch Manning a lot. 6 sacks in
• 34:58
  this one. That's Tyreke Sapp becoming a
• 35:01
  big time impact. Miles Graham, a really
• 35:04
  impressive linebacker who's really good in coverage and as a
• 35:08
  blitzer as well. I just thought Florida made more
• 35:10
  plays in this one, and that was surprising because Texas does
• 35:14
  have a really good defense and I've given Florida a lot of
• 35:17
  credit. But I thought it would have been
• 35:18
  more balanced and the special teams in defense gave Florida a
• 35:22
  lot of great opportunities here. On the other side of that, who
• 35:27
  was going up against that Florida defense since Texas's
• 35:30
  offense in Arch Manning? Where do they go from here?
• 35:34
  I think execution is Texas's biggest issue offensively.
• 35:38
  I think Arch Manning cannot find a way to stay in rhythm.
• 35:41
  We saw this week one against Ohio State, he was missing
• 35:44
  throws, he was off target. He was doing the sidearm stuff.
• 35:48
  I'm not a fan of that. But on Saturday, I just thought
• 35:51
  he can never get in rhythm and he missed on a couple of pivotal
• 35:55
  plays. Ends up going 16 of 29 for 263
• 35:59
  yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions, but missed on
• 36:02
  a number of big throws down the field and took a lot of sacks
• 36:06
  because he held on to the football too much.
• 36:09
  Is still missing targets and and or not reading the defense
• 36:12
  correctly on a couple of those interceptions.
• 36:15
  Those in a double coverage. Devin Moore makes the pick,
• 36:17
  overthrows or puts it out to in front, you know, too far in
• 36:22
  front of Wingo and and Jordan Castell is able to sit there and
• 36:25
  coverage and make the play. I just think consistency is the
• 36:29
  issue because he did show some flashes of some great plays of
• 36:32
  the long touchdown pass down the middle of the field.
• 36:35
  That was like a 50 yard touchdown.
• 36:36
  That was really, really impressive.
• 36:38
  That was the Arch Manning we heard all about this offseason.
• 36:42
  But I think the consistency is not there right now.
• 36:45
  And I know we faced a lot of pressure this offseason.
• 36:48
  I don't think all of it was completely warranted.
• 36:50
  I viewed him as a top ten guy because of the potential and
• 36:54
  what I thought he could be because last year when you saw
• 36:57
  him play, he was a guy completing 68% of his passes and
• 37:01
  was able to go into a lot of high stakes moments and perform.
• 37:05
  I know we only started against Mississippi State and ULM, but
• 37:08
  they did use them against like Texas A&M and and Georgia.
• 37:11
  He played, you know, sparingly in some of those games.
• 37:14
  Kind of like a Tim Tebow in 2006 with the Gators where they, you
• 37:18
  know, started Chris Leek, but would throw Tebow in there for
• 37:21
  some run plays and some gimmicks.
• 37:23
  And Tebow was able to deliver in those moments.
• 37:25
  Manning was able to do the same last year.
• 37:27
  So I I think for Texas offensively, you've got all of
• 37:31
  the star power. You've got the receivers.
• 37:33
  You got to get healthy at running back.
• 37:35
  You need CJ Baxter back there. So you have a good Ying and Yang
• 37:39
  with Weiser and Baxter, but I think it all comes down to
• 37:42
  offense or excuse me, all comes down to Arch Manning in the
• 37:46
  consistency in the execution from him on those big plays.
• 37:50
  Because there were a number of them Saturday that you go back
• 37:53
  and look and you just say how you know, how how do they not
• 37:57
  convert this? Or even on some of the plays
• 37:59
  that he connected on, they were overthrown and put, you know,
• 38:03
  his receivers in a really, really tight spot.
• 38:04
  There was one play down the left sideline in the first half where
• 38:09
  it's kind of a little bit of a gimmick play and Florida's in
• 38:12
  zone coverage. The receiver beats the zone and
• 38:16
  Manning makes the right read, but he overthrows it and throws
• 38:20
  a hospital ball. Now, the receiver was able to
• 38:22
  bring it down as a great catch, but it could have been a
• 38:24
  touchdown if it's thrown a tad earlier and a tad lower to the,
• 38:28
  you know, not as not as high. So it's just stuff like that
• 38:33
  mechanical stuff that I think Manning has to improve on going
• 38:36
  forward. They're going to get a big
• 38:38
  opportunity this upcoming weekend against Oklahoma.
• 38:41
  And that's a really good defense with guys like Eli Bowen in
• 38:43
  coverage. But I just think this is a
• 38:47
  little bit of a maturing year and developing.
• 38:50
  Maybe next year he is better. But right now I just don't see
• 38:53
  it in terms of the consistency. And I think Texas has some, you
• 38:58
  know, real concerns in terms of if this will be a College
• 39:02
  Football Playoff team. I I just don't see how you take
• 39:06
  what you what you've watched so far against two Power 4
• 39:09
  opponents in Ohio State and Florida and say this is a team
• 39:13
  I'm pretty comfortable that's going to make the College
• 39:15
  Football Playoff right now, 2 losses already for the Longhorns
• 39:18
  and Penn State. Looking at the upcoming
• 39:21
  schedules for both of them. Florida will play a Texas A&M
• 39:25
  this weekend. They I think they travel for
• 39:29
  that one. Yeah, they do.
• 39:30
  They travel for that one. Aggies got off to a little bit
• 39:33
  of a slow start this week against Mississippi State, but I
• 39:36
  think they're the best team in the SEC right now with the best
• 39:39
  win in the country. Beating Notre Dame off of by in
• 39:44
  South Bend, having to orchestrate a game-winning
• 39:48
  drive, I think that's one of the most impressive wins of the
• 39:50
  season. Gators have that one.
• 39:51
  They'll play Georgia week 10 off of by.
• 39:53
  They go at Ole Miss week 12 and then Tennessee in the Swamp week
• 39:58
  13. And they also round out with
• 40:00
  Florida State in the, in the swamp in week 14.
• 40:03
  I think there's a Florida team that can still win, you know,
• 40:07
  eight games. I mean, I, I know that schedule
• 40:09
  right there is tough, but I think there's a team that can
• 40:13
  still win 8, you know, 7-8 games still and, and have confidence
• 40:17
  in doing so. They're going to they're going
• 40:20
  to knock off another team this season or or two because this is
• 40:23
  a talented team and they do have a good defense.
• 40:27
  That Tennessee match up in Week 13, I I think should smell big
• 40:31
  time problems for the Volunteers, especially if they
• 40:35
  are 10 and 2 coming off a win against Oklahoma.
• 40:38
  A couple of weeks before that, that could be tricky.
• 40:41
  And then for Texas, you got Oklahoma, this week you're at
• 40:45
  Georgia and Week 12 off of by. I figure the Bulldogs will get
• 40:49
  back to their winning ways in that one.
• 40:51
  There's no way they lose 2 big time prime time matchups in the
• 40:56
  same season at home as they lost to Alabama last week.
• 41:00
  And then they round out with Texas A&M at home, which could
• 41:03
  be a big time when that could get them to 9 and three on the
• 41:05
  season. But I just need to see more
• 41:08
  consistency out of Arch Manning before I can, you know, really
• 41:12
  give much more confidence towards this group going forward
• 41:17
  here. Up next, it's Miami and Florida
• 41:19
  State. Miami is the best team in
• 41:24
  college football folks #3 Miami defeats #18 Florida State in
• 41:30
  Tallahassee, 28 to 22. They Sprint out to a 25 point
• 41:36
  lead and they kind of skate by as a Seminoles give them credit
• 41:40
  by the way, a fought back and this one did not stop because
• 41:44
  they were down. Fourth quarter heroics were on
• 41:46
  full display from Thomas Castellanos and this passing
• 41:50
  game, but it was too little too late and also three of the worst
• 41:54
  onside kicks I've ever seen. They've got to re evaluate how
• 41:56
  they're doing those. But the pre season, excuse me,
• 41:59
  the the pre game storylines heading into this one were
• 42:02
  Florida State looking to bounce back after last week's overtime
• 42:05
  loss to Virginia. Virginia gets a big win this
• 42:08
  weekend. We'll talk about that one here,
• 42:10
  you know, a little bit later on. But, you know, Virginia's a good
• 42:13
  football team. But, you know, Florida State
• 42:16
  should have expected to win that one, should have found a way.
• 42:18
  But again, kind of the same thing as Penn State, UCLA, you
• 42:22
  feel like you can just walk into anywhere and get a win.
• 42:25
  It's not how college football works in 2025.
• 42:28
  But they're looking to bounce back.
• 42:29
  Miami hits the road for the first time this season and a
• 42:32
  hostile environment. I think college football is at
• 42:35
  its best when dope Campbell is alive and well and it was for
• 42:41
  I'd say the first 6-7 minutes of this game.
• 42:46
  Not trying to do a 6-7 reference there.
• 42:47
  I I was really just thinking you know how the game went.
• 42:51
  But 6-7 will say, I'm sure that will, you know, be a good clip.
• 42:58
  But Corey Heatherman and his defense have been so impressive
• 43:01
  this season. Gus Malzahn's offense, really
• 43:04
  tough to go up against, especially when they're in
• 43:06
  rhythm. I was really intrigued by that
• 43:08
  match up. That's what I was looking for
• 43:10
  heading into this game. We'll get into the takeaways.
• 43:14
  Miami is just a well oiled machine on both sides of the
• 43:17
  football. Let's start offensively.
• 43:20
  They were lied heavily on its running game through non
• 43:23
  conference play and I think that was a good thing because and
• 43:28
  Shannon Dawson's air raid attack.
• 43:30
  You didn't want to throw too much at Carson Beck early on,
• 43:33
  but Miami really opened up the passing game Saturday.
• 43:37
  Carson Beck completed 19 of his first 23 passes with four
• 43:41
  touchdowns to begin the game. And it's the fifth time in
• 43:44
  Beck's career that he's thrown for at least 4 touchdown passes
• 43:48
  in a game. And he did it three times last
• 43:50
  season at Georgia and once in 2023.
• 43:53
  And Beck entered Saturday's game with the highest completion
• 43:57
  percentage in the ACC with a 73.2% percentage.
• 44:02
  And he finished twenty for 27 through the air to end the game.
• 44:06
  But that hot start was a big reason why I talk a lot about
• 44:09
  consistency and getting in momentum with a guy like Arch
• 44:13
  Manning. Shannon Dawson did that for
• 44:16
  Carson Beck. And obviously there there's a
• 44:18
  differentiating level of skill and experience there, but Larson
• 44:23
  Beck understands this offense, understands football is a really
• 44:27
  good player. And when he's able to get in
• 44:29
  rhythm 19 of 23 to begin the game, that that's the way to get
• 44:33
  your quarterback off to the right start.
• 44:35
  But give credit to his receivers, man.
• 44:38
  They did a lot of work in this one as well.
• 44:40
  Freshman Malachi Tony is one of the most electrifying players in
• 44:45
  college football. This season.
• 44:47
  He had scores of 40 and 44 yards, and the latter was a
• 44:51
  fourth and two call by Mario Cristobal and his staff.
• 44:54
  They just give Tony the football and he goes and makes a play.
• 44:56
  That was gutsy in the moment, but for the night, Tony finishes
• 45:01
  with 7 receptions for 107 yards and two touchdowns.
• 45:05
  Continues to be an absolute gem for this team.
• 45:07
  And he was only a three star player.
• 45:09
  It's not like he was some five star, you know, big 6 foot four
• 45:12
  guy. This guy's 510 just with wheels.
• 45:16
  What a great find from Mario Cristobal and company to bring
• 45:19
  him into the program as he has been a stud right away and you
• 45:22
  saw that in that opener against Notre Dame.
• 45:26
  Now CJ Daniels, another really impactful player for this team.
• 45:29
  He's a transfer by way of LSU and Liberty now finds himself
• 45:34
  with the Hurricanes. He dashed through the defense
• 45:36
  for a 26 yard touchdown catch in the second-half.
• 45:39
  It was kind of a tunnel screen type of deal where he was able
• 45:43
  to get the football, had a ton of blockers and then they just
• 45:46
  opened up the way for him to to waltz right in.
• 45:49
  He finished with five receptions for 78 yards and two touchdowns,
• 45:54
  and Beck's chemistry with Daniels and Tony has been
• 45:57
  phenomenal most of the season. But Saturday was encouraging
• 46:01
  after the Hurricanes. It kind of struggled at home
• 46:04
  against Florida two weeks ago in the passing game had been a
• 46:07
  little bit more run lenient in the first couple of games of the
• 46:11
  season. Daniels and Tony made their mark
• 46:13
  on this one and Beck made sure to deliver the football in an
• 46:16
  effective way. Shannon Dawson deserves a lot of
• 46:19
  credit. Carson Beck looks like the
• 46:21
  player a lot of people anticipated he would be going
• 46:24
  into last year and he's coming off an injury this year.
• 46:28
  He was banged up. You didn't really know what you
• 46:30
  would get from him in terms of the chemistry and understanding
• 46:33
  of the offense. But he looks so comfortable,
• 46:37
  man. And one of the cool stories
• 46:38
  about back this offseason, obviously he was coming off of a
• 46:42
  surgery, had a lot of things going on off the field as well.
• 46:46
  And if you follow, you know, pop culture, social media, you know
• 46:50
  what I'm talking about, had a, you know, big break up with a
• 46:54
  celebrity. And, you know, he put all that
• 46:57
  to the side and focused on becoming a good teammate and,
• 47:01
  and forming those relationships early in his Miami tenure.
• 47:06
  And, you know, there there's a story about the Super Bowl where
• 47:12
  he invited all the guys over to his house and had a big Super
• 47:16
  Bowl party. Just stuff like that, man.
• 47:18
  Like you're Carson back. You got a big time NIL deal.
• 47:22
  You got a bunch of Ferraris and cars outside your house in this,
• 47:25
  you know, luxury house that you're living in.
• 47:28
  You don't need to do all of that.
• 47:30
  But Beck wanted to make an impact, and he wanted to make
• 47:33
  the most of not being able to participate on the field.
• 47:37
  He wanted to form that chemistry with those guys and it is shown
• 47:42
  through the first couple of weeks in the season.
• 47:43
  This Miami offense is damn good and it's a well oiled machine.
• 47:49
  They block really well. They've got some really flashy
• 47:52
  wide receivers like guys like Keelan Marion were the ones I
• 47:54
  was talking about the transfer from BYU heading into this
• 47:57
  season. But it's been Daniels and Tony
• 47:59
  that have stole the show and they get complimentary run game,
• 48:04
  a complimentary rushing attack as well.
• 48:05
  Wasn't as big on Saturday against the Seminoles but they
• 48:10
  they get a good balance and again, Shannon Dawson deserves a
• 48:13
  lot of credit, but no one deserves more credit than Corey
• 48:18
  Heatherman. Miami has the most improved
• 48:21
  defensive unit in college football.
• 48:24
  Miami allowed thirty points or more in five of eight ACC games
• 48:28
  last season and was tied for 68th in the nation and allowing
• 48:32
  25.3 points per game. This year they're allowing just
• 48:37
  13.6 points per game and just 17.6 points per game against
• 48:41
  powerful opponents. Corey Heatherman comes over from
• 48:45
  Minnesota. We had a top 10 unit defensively
• 48:48
  last year and has totally revitalized this Miami football
• 48:52
  team and has made them the best team in the country because they
• 48:56
  were great offensively last year with Cam Ward and and Xavier
• 48:59
  Restrepo and and and Damian Martinez.
• 49:02
  They were really good offensively.
• 49:03
  We knew that. But they would get themselves in
• 49:06
  tough situations because their offense was there's going to be,
• 49:09
  their defense was that bad. And now they play with violence,
• 49:14
  they play with execution, they play where they are all over the
• 49:18
  field and all up in your face. They make you uncomfortable in
• 49:23
  Miami has been the most improved defensive unit of the season.
• 49:27
  Ruben Bayne, Junior Hakeem Mesador make up one of the most
• 49:31
  ferocious fronts in college football.
• 49:34
  I mean it's like 2 NFL defensive ends coming at you every play.
• 49:39
  They finish with 11 total tackles between them off the
• 49:42
  edge. And there are a lot of plays
• 49:44
  where just their presence in general is worth a tackle.
• 49:49
  Thomas Castellanos on a couple of plays had a design
• 49:52
  quarterback run and would run to the left side and boom, Ruben
• 49:56
  Baynes right there. So he'd spin around or or, you
• 49:59
  know, change direction and boom, Hakeem Mesodor's right there.
• 50:03
  They might not have been credited with the tackle, but
• 50:05
  their presence alone is so impactful for this Miami team.
• 50:10
  And having that type of pass rush is huge to create these
• 50:16
  negative plays and to create a ton of pressure on the opposing
• 50:19
  quarterback to make quick decisions.
• 50:22
  And I think you've seen that in every game.
• 50:24
  Against Notre Dame in Week 1, I didn't love how the Fighting
• 50:27
  Irish leaned on CJ Carr a ton. Now he's turned things around
• 50:31
  and really didn't have a bad game by any means against Miami
• 50:34
  in Week 1 did CJ Carr, but I thought a lot of it was kind of
• 50:38
  dink and dunk and let's kind of get you acclimated to college
• 50:41
  football. He's been really good since this
• 50:43
  game. But Miami did not allow for CJ
• 50:48
  Carr to have a lot of opportunities down the field.
• 50:50
  A lot of the stuff was quick because they didn't want to have
• 50:53
  to worry about Ruben Bayne and Akeem Mezador.
• 50:55
  I think that speaks volumes of the type of impact they do.
• 50:58
  DJ Lagway was over his skis up against this defensive front,
• 51:02
  and Florida's got a good offensive line.
• 51:04
  But when Lagway, a little bit more inexperienced, was, you
• 51:08
  know, tasked with trying to move around in the pocket and being
• 51:11
  met with Ruben Bayne and Mezador, then that's a tough
• 51:14
  task for him to go up against. So it takes a lot of pressure,
• 51:17
  puts a lot of pressure, I should say, on the opposing quarterback
• 51:21
  to make quick, quick decisions. And Thomas Castellano's as good
• 51:25
  as he's been this season and, and, and moments, he's really
• 51:30
  undersized. And it's not like he can just,
• 51:33
  you know, power his way through it like 5-10.
• 51:35
  It's tough to go up against a big old Reuben Bayne junior who
• 51:39
  looks every bit of his size listed on the depth chart.
• 51:42
  So those two guys I can't say enough about.
• 51:46
  But another guy I want to touch on is Jacoby Thomas, a transfer
• 51:50
  from Tennessee. I was very surprised he hit the
• 51:52
  portal, especially covering Tennessee football.
• 51:55
  You know, I cover all these guys and I thought it was very
• 51:59
  interesting that he decided to transfer.
• 52:02
  But he flies all over the field for this Miami team at safety
• 52:06
  and on Saturday recorded 4 tackles, one sack, 1
• 52:10
  interception and a past deflection.
• 52:12
  They've got guys that are all over the field and they've got
• 52:15
  guys that are ferocious and swarm to the football.
• 52:19
  Corey Heatherman I think deserves the coordinator of the
• 52:22
  year award. I, I think that's the the
• 52:24
  Knowles World Knowles award. Pretty sure if he's up for it,
• 52:29
  if that's the name of it, that that's what he should be up for
• 52:32
  and should win because this Miami team has been completely
• 52:34
  different because of him. And the Canes are now state
• 52:37
  champs because they've been Florida and Florida State and
• 52:41
  back-to-back years. That has not happened since 2001
• 52:44
  to 2004 and Miami is back. We'll talk about that schedule
• 52:50
  here in a minute because it could get a little bit tricky.
• 52:53
  But for right now that the Hurricanes are back for Florida
• 52:56
  State, they're on the brink of kind of being in a little bit of
• 53:01
  trouble. That Alabama win and Week 1 is
• 53:03
  still one of the most flabbergasting results of the
• 53:06
  season in my eyes because I I I see Alabama now and I'm like how
• 53:10
  how did that team look like that up against this Florida State
• 53:13
  defense And now Florida State has two tough losses
• 53:17
  back-to-back against in conference opponents.
• 53:20
  Their best shot to get to the College Football Playoff as an
• 53:22
  at large bid as they're pretty much done for the ACC
• 53:26
  championship opportunities. But the Knowles on Saturday were
• 53:31
  forced to become one-dimensional offensively, which is not good
• 53:35
  for this Gus Malzahn system. It's really tough to go up
• 53:38
  against when Florida State has a lead because they're able to
• 53:42
  stretch you out and and kind of set you up for a lot of stuff.
• 53:45
  Like they'll they'll run certain sets where they'll, you know,
• 53:48
  run a run playoff something. But in two or three plays later,
• 53:52
  it's going to be the same look or they'll run a screen pass off
• 53:55
  of it or they'll run a, you know, a play action play and and
• 53:58
  get chunk yards down the field. Balls on does a really good job
• 54:00
  with that. But when you're down 28 to 3 and
• 54:04
  everyone on the field knows you want to throw the football, it's
• 54:07
  tough to scheme up and design anything because the opposing
• 54:11
  team knows what you're about to do.
• 54:13
  And as a result, Castellanos goes 25 of 45.
• 54:17
  You did not want him to throw the football 45 times in this
• 54:20
  one, But just with the way the game went, that's what he had to
• 54:23
  do. Of course, were 272 yards with
• 54:26
  two touchdowns, but he also had two interceptions and a couple
• 54:29
  of moon balls. That is just a couple of bad
• 54:32
  plays. You know, late reads, throwing
• 54:34
  in a double coverage. I I thought that was really
• 54:36
  critical for them. He did have 57 yards on the
• 54:39
  ground and I think he's a solid, serviceable quarterback for the
• 54:43
  Knowles, but I don't think he's someone that is going to like,
• 54:46
  take them to the level of like College Football Playoff
• 54:49
  contender. Like he's really good, but you
• 54:52
  get a mixed bag with him. You get some highs, but you also
• 54:55
  have the lows. And sometimes the lows are what
• 54:57
  keep you from winning a football game.
• 54:59
  And I thought those two turnovers he had earlier in this
• 55:02
  one were pretty critical. So, you know, Florida State has
• 55:06
  got a little bit of an easy schedule coming up.
• 55:08
  They they're at Clemson in Week 11 and they're at Florida in
• 55:12
  Week 14. Those are their big notable
• 55:13
  games remaining and with the way Clemson has looked, you know, to
• 55:18
  start the season, that could be a win that might not be as tough
• 55:20
  of a match up as you anticipated at Florida.
• 55:23
  I think is going to be difficult because the Gators are going to
• 55:25
  be playing at home and that's a rivalry match up.
• 55:28
  But I mean, I, I, I, I just think this team is kind of
• 55:33
  teetering on collapsing. If they're not able to get
• 55:36
  things together here soon. They've got to be more careful
• 55:39
  with the football and defensively.
• 55:41
  They've got to quit allowing these chunk plays in the passing
• 55:44
  game, which you saw a lot of last week against Virginia and
• 55:47
  you also saw once again this week against Miami.
• 55:50
  So not ranting out the Knowles yet.
• 55:52
  I still ranked them in my top 25 this week because of their win
• 55:56
  over Alabama, which is still a really impressive win.
• 55:59
  But this is the type of setting where you really figure out what
• 56:02
  what your team is moving forward for Miami, they're off this
• 56:06
  week. Then they go to Louisville and
• 56:09
  they play, excuse me, they they don't go to Louisville.
• 56:11
  They have Louisville at home in Week 8 and Week 10 they're at
• 56:16
  SMU. That's a little bit of an
• 56:19
  interesting one because SMU obviously does have a Kevin
• 56:22
  Jennings, who's a really good quarterback, but I don't think
• 56:25
  SMU is that good this season. I, I wasn't buying their stock
• 56:29
  early in the year. I know I whiffed on a lot of
• 56:31
  teams heading into the season, but I did not whiff on SMU
• 56:34
  because I did not believe they were a top 25 team, even though
• 56:36
  a lot of people told me they were.
• 56:38
  I think Kevin Jennings is kind of similar to Castellanos, not
• 56:42
  in size, in structure, but they just make a lot of 5050 plays.
• 56:46
  And when they go against you, it it, it, it, it hurts you.
• 56:50
  So that's an interesting one because SMU is talented, they're
• 56:53
  well coached. But Miami rounds out the year at
• 56:57
  Virginia Tech and at Pitt, and those are possible cold weather
• 57:00
  games and those are always the ones that trip up Miami.
• 57:03
  So I'm intrigued by both of those to round out the the
• 57:06
  season in Week 13 and work and week 14, respectively.
• 57:09
  But this is a Miami team that I believe should be undefeated by
• 57:12
  the end of the season, go to the ACC championship and make the
• 57:15
  College Football Playoff. They're a well oiled machine.
• 57:18
  And Corey Heatherman, hats off to you, man.
• 57:20
  You did a great job this season or you've done a great job this
• 57:24
  season. I should say that don't want to
• 57:26
  call Jonah Jinx the Hurricane just yet.
• 57:30
  All right, Next up, we got Alabama and Vanderbilt.
• 57:33
  The Tide roll, the Pavia parade #10 Alabama defeats #16
• 57:40
  Vanderbilt 30 to 14, a score that was significant to some.
• 57:46
  Jam Miller, I owe you a steak dinner, buddy.
• 57:48
  That was awesome. That was awesome, man.
• 57:52
  You know, sitting here on Saturday and and watching all
• 57:55
  these games, by the way, that that's so fun.
• 57:58
  You know, I know it might sound lame all the 23 year old post
• 58:01
  grad sitting on his couch all day watching football, but it is
• 58:05
  fun. And when you bet on these games
• 58:07
  and you know, post your pic, you know, post your picks out, have
• 58:09
  a lot of people tailing, have people investing money in your
• 58:13
  analysis. There's a little bit of stress
• 58:15
  to it. And when I gave out A2 unit play
• 58:18
  of Alabama to cover the 10 1/2, I really needed some magic.
• 58:23
  And Jam Miller gave me some magic, a score significant to
• 58:26
  some. Thank you Jam for the big time
• 58:28
  play. But the pregame, same spot as
• 58:31
  last year for the Tide. Alabama comes off a big win
• 58:34
  against Georgia, faces Vanderbilt the next week.
• 58:36
  Would there be the Georgia hangover like we saw last year?
• 58:40
  Obviously, the, you know, big hype around this one was because
• 58:44
  Vanderbilt won last season. But Diego Pavia has done a lot
• 58:48
  of talking, but he's backed it up with his play to this point,
• 58:51
  an explosive offense that has lit up the scoreboard this point
• 58:55
  into the season. Pavia has turned into like kind
• 58:59
  of the gimmicky quarterback to actually a really solid
• 59:02
  quarterback this season was playing at a Heisman level.
• 59:05
  And there was a lot of more fuel heading into this game as well.
• 59:08
  The day of and the days leading up.
• 59:10
  As Pavia said, if Vandy played their game and would not be
• 59:13
  close and was practicing a victory kneel pregame, all these
• 59:18
  things were combining Johnny Manziel on the sideline looking
• 59:22
  like a hobo wearing the Diego Pavia jersey there.
• 59:26
  There was a lot of emotion on Saturday that that's fun, That's
• 59:30
  fun. Vanderbilt, Alabama.
• 59:33
  I mean, and, and two, two years ago, this would have been
• 59:36
  Vanderbilt, Alabama at 12:00 on ESPN or 12:00 on SEC Network.
• 59:41
  Now you've got college game day going there, you've got an ABC
• 59:45
  primetime matchup at 3:30. This was awesome.
• 59:49
  And in terms of storylines, it did not disappoint.
• 59:51
  But my takeaways here, Alabama, offensively, I thought one in
• 59:55
  all facets. The score does not reflect the
• 59:58
  competitiveness of the contest, but it does reflect.
• 1:00:02
  The momentum of Kaylin de Boer and junior quarterback Ty
• 1:00:05
  Simpson. I'll admit when I'm wrong,
• 1:00:07
  folks, I do. I was wrong about Ty Simpson, at
• 1:00:10
  least to this point in the season.
• 1:00:11
  I was not impressed with him in week 1 and I was pretty harsh on
• 1:00:14
  him and I was harsh on him throughout the season.
• 1:00:16
  I was like, look, this guy's been here four years.
• 1:00:19
  He's a fourth year junior. I mean, if you've had the the
• 1:00:23
  Lambo in the garage for four years, why have you been driving
• 1:00:26
  the the beat up Honda Civic, You know?
• 1:00:30
  But he's been good and he's really improved since that match
• 1:00:33
  up against Florida State, where I thought he was a little bit
• 1:00:35
  over his skis and made a couple of really big mistakes like not
• 1:00:40
  running for the first down on 4th and seven when he had plenty
• 1:00:44
  of room, instead trying to force him into a tight window.
• 1:00:46
  But last week against Georgia, he was nails.
• 1:00:48
  This week against Vanderbilt, he was nails 23 of 31340 yards, 2
• 1:00:53
  touchdowns, just one interception.
• 1:00:56
  But Alabama as a group totaled 486 yards of total offense and
• 1:01:02
  they really felt like they were in rhythm here.
• 1:01:05
  And I think the biggest gripe I would have would be, you know,
• 1:01:09
  executing with inside the 30 yard line as Vanderbilt held
• 1:01:12
  them to a couple of field goals when when Alabama looked like
• 1:01:17
  they were going to get into the end zone.
• 1:01:19
  And a couple of those were on Ty Simpson as well.
• 1:01:21
  That's a part of maturing and learning as a quarterback.
• 1:01:23
  He took a big time sack on 1st down that took it from first and
• 1:01:27
  10 to 2nd and 20. Just can't do stuff like that.
• 1:01:30
  That's a Backbreaker. Held on to the football way too
• 1:01:33
  long. But again, he'll learn from
• 1:01:35
  stuff like that. And I thought they had a really
• 1:01:37
  impressive drive to end the first half where they go 75
• 1:01:41
  yards in like 45 seconds. That was a really strong drive
• 1:01:44
  and they needed that heading into the break.
• 1:01:46
  But looking on the other side, you know, non quarterback Jam
• 1:01:52
  Miller goes for 22 carries, 136 yards.
• 1:01:54
  That very significant touchdown to some.
• 1:01:57
  I thought they had a pretty good running game on Saturday and
• 1:02:00
  obviously that that touchdown in those 2230 extra yards were a
• 1:02:05
  little bit inflated. But Jam Miller did a good job
• 1:02:08
  Saturday, played his part, did his role well.
• 1:02:11
  Thought Ryan Williams had his best performance of the season
• 1:02:13
  in terms of up against the competent opponent. 6
• 1:02:16
  receptions, 98 yards, a touchdown.
• 1:02:18
  Had a really nice play down the sideline and obviously had the
• 1:02:22
  the back end touchdown. I thought he was much better
• 1:02:26
  than what we saw against Florida State and and what we've seen
• 1:02:30
  throughout the early part of this season.
• 1:02:32
  They need Ryan Williams to be that type of player off the line
• 1:02:34
  of scrimmage because he does create separation.
• 1:02:37
  Just got to bring that football in.
• 1:02:39
  He was able to do that Saturday. Jeremy Bernard, they call him
• 1:02:42
  UNK on the team because he's a little bit older than everyone
• 1:02:46
  and came over from Washington where he was a part of that
• 1:02:50
  national championship runner up team and the Huskies.
• 1:02:54
  But he had five receptions, 82 yards and a touchdown as well.
• 1:02:58
  That's a guy that I love to have on this Alabama team, a veteran,
• 1:03:02
  a reliable target, and he's been that throughout the season.
• 1:03:05
  And Isaiah Horton, the Miami transfer, 4 receptions for 66
• 1:03:09
  yards. I was making arguments a couple
• 1:03:11
  of weeks ago that he was the best receiver on this team, but
• 1:03:15
  I thought you got a balanced attack from all these guys
• 1:03:18
  combined 15 receptions and over 200 yards of offense that that
• 1:03:23
  that that's exactly what Alabama needed.
• 1:03:25
  So really strong performance from everyone offensively.
• 1:03:29
  I thought Alabama just was able to kind of cruise and do what
• 1:03:32
  they wanted to outside of a couple of good stops from
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  Vanderbilt defensively. Now for Vanderbilt, let me get
• 1:03:41
  the record straight. I like Diego Pafia.
• 1:03:44
  I know that might ruffle some people's feathers and some
• 1:03:47
  people that know me a little bit more personally might be, might
• 1:03:49
  say, oh, that's right on brand for William, like in the edgy
• 1:03:53
  kind of bold take guy. I, I like Diego Pafia, man, he,
• 1:03:58
  he, he might talk a lot and I might not agree with everything
• 1:04:00
  he says, but man, he believes it.
• 1:04:03
  He believes what he says. I mean, I think that's a big
• 1:04:07
  characteristic in a leader and a guy that's a little bit of an
• 1:04:12
  underdog. If you're going to play that
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  role and if you're going to be the quarterback at Vanderbilt,
• 1:04:16
  you've got to have a chip on your shoulder.
• 1:04:17
  You're going to have to say some things that might sound
• 1:04:20
  outlandish to other people, but if you firmly believe it, I'm
• 1:04:24
  all for it. And Diego Pavia is that guy.
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  I know a lot of people are sick of them, but man, I I love that
• 1:04:31
  mentality. I love that dog in them and I
• 1:04:35
  think his words kind of went against him this week because
• 1:04:37
  Vandy did not play their football.
• 1:04:39
  And I think that's why they lost this game because obviously the
• 1:04:42
  scoreboard was a little bit more inflated than it actually was.
• 1:04:45
  But a couple of really key turnovers were on Diego Pavia in
• 1:04:51
  some critical moments. For the game, Vanderbilt has 198
• 1:04:55
  yards passing at just five yards an attempt. 3 total turnovers, 2
• 1:05:00
  inside the red zone, and I I bolded that in my notes. 2
• 1:05:04
  inside the red zone. Brutal.
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  Brutal in trying to beat A-Team like Alabama on the road.
• 1:05:11
  For the game, Pavia goes 21 of 36198 yards in the air, 1
• 1:05:17
  touchdown, 2 interceptions and a fumble and had about 58 yards on
• 1:05:22
  the ground. But Alabama did a really good
• 1:05:23
  job containing that as well. But the fumble and the red zone
• 1:05:27
  was really key in the interception was kind of the
• 1:05:30
  Backbreaker here. That gave Alabama the
• 1:05:31
  opportunity to go up two possessions as Vanderbilt had
• 1:05:35
  stopped the Crimson Tide twice and held them to 2 field goals.
• 1:05:39
  That's what allowed Alabama to get a little bit more of a
• 1:05:41
  comfortable lead and Vanderbilt had marched all the way down the
• 1:05:45
  field. Just can't afford type of
• 1:05:48
  mistakes like that. So I like Pavia and I, I think
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  that, you know, he is he, he's good for Vanderbilt because he
• 1:05:56
  gives them national attention. I mean, no one was getting hyped
• 1:06:00
  up for, you know, you know, Mike Wright, the guy they had like 3
• 1:06:05
  or 4 years ago, no straight of Mike Wright, but like no one was
• 1:06:07
  getting out, you know, up for him.
• 1:06:10
  But now you're getting the best out of a team like Alabama from
• 1:06:13
  Vanderbilt because of their quarterback and because of the
• 1:06:16
  way they've elevated this program.
• 1:06:18
  Court Lee deserves a ton of credit for making Vanderbilt
• 1:06:21
  what they are with the type of, you know, academic restraints
• 1:06:26
  that they have that other schools in the SEC don't.
• 1:06:30
  I know the SEC is really tough to get into all around now.
• 1:06:33
  But you know, Vanderbilt, obviously a very prestigious
• 1:06:36
  school in terms of academics. It's tough to be able to recruit
• 1:06:39
  a lot of those guys because, you know, a lot of their funding is
• 1:06:43
  towards athletics or excuse me, towards academics and engineered
• 1:06:47
  towards that. But Pavia, the underdog kid from
• 1:06:51
  New Mexico, has put this team on the map and has given them a lot
• 1:06:54
  of respect. I just thought they had too many
• 1:06:57
  crucial turnovers and crucial mistakes and they were not able
• 1:07:00
  to play their football. Another big development and this
• 1:07:03
  one was Eli Stowers who I think is one of the best tight ends in
• 1:07:09
  the country and and he had a quiet day, three receptions,
• 1:07:14
  just 22 yards. Had a number of big time drops
• 1:07:17
  too. He had the drop on 4th down that
• 1:07:19
  he had his hand on that. I mean technically end of the
• 1:07:23
  game for Alabama, but technically end of the game for
• 1:07:26
  Vanderbilt. They were already down 9 points
• 1:07:27
  at that point. But you know, getting two hands
• 1:07:30
  on the football not be able to bring that in was difficult.
• 1:07:33
  But my take away here, Alabama offensively just did what they
• 1:07:36
  wanted. Vanderbilt did not play their
• 1:07:38
  type of football. A couple of critical red zone
• 1:07:41
  turnovers and, and, and that's what resulted in the Alabama
• 1:07:44
  win. Looking at the remaining
• 1:07:45
  schedules for both of these teams coming up, Alabama has
• 1:07:50
  Tennessee in Week 8 at home. That would be another big time
• 1:07:54
  win for them. They also play Missouri this
• 1:07:56
  upcoming week on the road. That's a 12:00 kick.
• 1:07:59
  The Tide are 5 1/2 point favorites as I currently record
• 1:08:02
  this. That could get interesting.
• 1:08:03
  Beau Beula for Missouri has been really impressive this season.
• 1:08:06
  I I wonder if Penn State, which is they still had him on the
• 1:08:10
  sideline, but Missouri this week for the, the excuse me, the tide
• 1:08:14
  and then Tennessee week 8, South Carolina week 9.
• 1:08:17
  Both of those are going to be, you know, interesting match up.
• 1:08:21
  South Carolina, very talented and that one's going to be in
• 1:08:25
  Williams. Bryce Stadium on the road could
• 1:08:27
  get a little tricky there. LSU week 11.
• 1:08:30
  That's off of by Oklahoma week 12.
• 1:08:33
  That's a little bit of a revenge spot from last season.
• 1:08:36
  And they round out with Auburn on the road.
• 1:08:39
  The Iron Bowl always gets tricky.
• 1:08:41
  I'm interested to see what version of the Tigers they get
• 1:08:44
  at that point in the season. But Alabama right now has
• 1:08:47
  marched their way back into that College Football Playoff
• 1:08:50
  conversation and national championship contender
• 1:08:53
  conversation. Now for Vanderbilt, as it's a
• 1:08:57
  team that could possibly make their way into the at large
• 1:09:00
  conversation for the CFP. Let's look at their schedule.
• 1:09:03
  LSU and Week 8, a tough match up, but they do play.
• 1:09:07
  That one in Nashville, MO comes in at Week 9.
• 1:09:11
  That one is also in Nashville. They go at Texas Week 10.
• 1:09:15
  That seems to be a loss in my eyes that I don't see the
• 1:09:18
  Longhorns losing that one. When you look at the rest of
• 1:09:22
  their schedule, they have to have that win over Vanderbilt,
• 1:09:25
  Auburn in Week 11. That one is in Nashville, but
• 1:09:27
  then at Tennessee Week 14 could be one of the most intriguing
• 1:09:32
  games of the season if both teams are two lost teams at the
• 1:09:36
  time. I think Vanderbilt will lose to
• 1:09:39
  to Texas. I think Tennessee will lose to
• 1:09:41
  Alabama 2 teams that are 9 and two that need to get to 10 and
• 1:09:46
  two to be a College Football Playoff at large candidate.
• 1:09:50
  That one could be really really interesting Keep an eye out for
• 1:09:53
  that one. All right some other notable
• 1:09:55
  takeaways real quick before we wrap things up.
• 1:09:58
  I'll get my top 25, get my final thoughts on the AP top ranked
• 1:10:02
  teams to begin the season, but also do want to mention a couple
• 1:10:06
  of these other games that I don't have, you know, long
• 1:10:09
  winded takes on. But my whole goal here,
• 1:10:12
  listening to the show and listening or I guess following
• 1:10:18
  on all the channels is to be able to familiarize yourself
• 1:10:20
  with some schools that you might not get to watch a whole lot.
• 1:10:23
  So Cincinnati exposes an overrated Iowa State team on
• 1:10:27
  Saturday. The Cyclones I thought were the
• 1:10:31
  most propped up team in college football.
• 1:10:33
  They get the win over Kansas State in Week 0.
• 1:10:36
  But I've kind of slugged through the season since.
• 1:10:39
  And also the type of quality of wins they have are just not as
• 1:10:42
  strong when you see what Kansas State now looks like as they
• 1:10:45
  suffered their fourth loss of the season Saturday against
• 1:10:48
  Baylor. And like I, I just feel like
• 1:10:51
  everyone's identity of Iowa State was, well, they, they won
• 1:10:55
  that game in Ireland to begin the season, but haven't really
• 1:10:58
  seen much of them since. Now, they did beat Iowa and that
• 1:11:02
  rivalry match up a couple of weeks later, but I thought Iowa
• 1:11:06
  State was overrated. I, I think Rocco Beck is a solid
• 1:11:09
  quarterback, but I don't think they've been able to hit on
• 1:11:12
  those receivers like they had last year with Noel and Higgins.
• 1:11:16
  Xavier Townsend, the transfer from UCF is solid, but I don't
• 1:11:19
  think he's near the level of what they had last year.
• 1:11:22
  So that's been tough. And then you lose, you know, 22
• 1:11:26
  cornerbacks for the season heading into this week.
• 1:11:29
  I, I thought this was a prime setup for Cincinnati.
• 1:11:32
  It was one of my paddle locks plays at Cincinnati money line
• 1:11:36
  as this was an odd line that a lot of people pounced on Iowa
• 1:11:39
  State for. I loved it.
• 1:11:41
  Thank you public for taking Iowa State because Brennan Sorsby is
• 1:11:45
  a quarterback you need to know about for the Bearcats, 13 of 25
• 1:11:49
  for 214 yards and two touchdowns in the air, 64 yards and a
• 1:11:53
  touchdown on the ground. A very underrated quarterback in
• 1:11:56
  college football. Cincinnati lost in Week 1 to
• 1:12:00
  Nebraska and Kansas City. But other than that, to have
• 1:12:04
  strung together a couple of impressive wins, put up 40
• 1:12:07
  points last week against Kansas. They get Iowa State this past
• 1:12:11
  Saturday. Cincinnati a little bit of a
• 1:12:14
  team to watch out for. I I ranked them this week in my
• 1:12:17
  poll. I'll tell you where here in just
• 1:12:18
  a minute, But another team from the Big 12 that for some odd
• 1:12:23
  reason a lot of people I surround myself with do not
• 1:12:26
  understand is a good team. Texas Tech needs to be on your
• 1:12:29
  radar, folks. They just knocked off undefeated
• 1:12:32
  Houston 35 to 11 on the road. Texas Tech is a good team.
• 1:12:37
  I talked about in the offseason, but Texas Tech is one of these
• 1:12:42
  new age NIL teams. They put a ton of money and ton
• 1:12:45
  of investments into this group and they kind of paved their
• 1:12:48
  way. But they're good.
• 1:12:51
  Baron Morton at quarterback, 345 yards and a touchdown on 28 to
• 1:12:56
  40 passes. Very similar to Brendan Sorsby,
• 1:12:58
  Underrated as can be. And Morton returned in this
• 1:13:02
  game. And now Texas Tech was off last
• 1:13:04
  week, but the last time we saw him was against Utah.
• 1:13:06
  Morton got knocked out with a neck injury, returned in this
• 1:13:11
  one and was absolutely nails. They've got a great quarterback.
• 1:13:15
  They've got a really solid rushing attack.
• 1:13:17
  Jacoby Williams goes 19 carries for 107 yards and two
• 1:13:21
  touchdowns, and this is a group that lost Quenchin Joyner before
• 1:13:25
  the season. Joyner was supposed to be the
• 1:13:26
  starter, the transfer from USC. He's out for the season.
• 1:13:31
  Williams has taken over the spot and he has been great. 19
• 1:13:35
  carries Saturday for two touchdowns and 107 yards.
• 1:13:39
  That's a balanced attack. And CJ Douglas 7 receptions for
• 1:13:43
  114 yards. Was one of the most underrated
• 1:13:46
  receivers last year. Had a strong performance in the
• 1:13:48
  Liberty Bowl against Arkansas and the connection between
• 1:13:52
  Morton and Douglas has been really impressive.
• 1:13:55
  The offense is really good, but let me tell you about this
• 1:13:58
  defense because this Red Raiders defense is a machine, allowing
• 1:14:03
  just 10 1/2 points to power 4 opponents that have a combined
• 1:14:07
  record, folks of eight and two. Those only two losses are coming
• 1:14:11
  from the Red Raiders. This is a really solid defense.
• 1:14:16
  Eric Rodriguez at linebacker all over the field Saturday.
• 1:14:20
  An interception, a pass deflection, a handful of
• 1:14:23
  tackles, one of the best linebackers in the country.
• 1:14:26
  This is a very, very good Red Raiders team.
• 1:14:29
  And when you look at the logo and look at the conference, you
• 1:14:32
  might say William, Texas Tech isn't the 12th best team in the
• 1:14:37
  country. Get out of here.
• 1:14:40
  Oh, but you haven't watched this team play.
• 1:14:44
  You didn't watch Utah Texas Tech 2 weeks ago, you didn't watch
• 1:14:48
  Texas Tech Houston Saturday night.
• 1:14:52
  So don't tell me that Texas Tech is not a good team because they
• 1:14:56
  are one. They are a good football team
• 1:14:59
  and they deserve to be a top 15 team in the in the country.
• 1:15:04
  And right now they are in the driver's seat for the Big 12
• 1:15:07
  championship. They are in the driver's seat to
• 1:15:09
  be the bid for the Big 12 in the College Football Playoff.
• 1:15:13
  Keep an eye on those Red Raiders in Lubbock, TX.
• 1:15:18
  Couple more games, we'll have one in the ACC now.
• 1:15:21
  Virginia gets their second straight overtime win in the ACC
• 1:15:25
  over Louisville. Their defense was big in this.
• 1:15:28
  15 sacks, a touchdown on an interception and a fumble
• 1:15:32
  recovery. I had Louisville and this game,
• 1:15:34
  minus the 6 1/2. I thought they were really
• 1:15:37
  undisciplined and some key moments and an overtime.
• 1:15:40
  I don't know why they settled for three points when they're 3
• 1:15:43
  yards away. I mean, Virginia had been able
• 1:15:46
  to move the football all game long.
• 1:15:48
  I don't know why Louisville settled so quickly for the field
• 1:15:53
  goal. I thought their play calling was
• 1:15:56
  surprisingly conservative when they were again 3 yards away
• 1:16:00
  from the end zone. Regardless.
• 1:16:02
  Tony Elliott, a guy that was on the hot seat heading into the
• 1:16:06
  season as a guy that a lot of people didn't think could get it
• 1:16:09
  done at Virginia. Former offensive coordinator for
• 1:16:12
  the Clemson Tigers back in the day has rattled off 2 really big
• 1:16:16
  wins in the ACC and Virginia A-Team to to watch for in this
• 1:16:21
  conference as they've only got one loss.
• 1:16:23
  It was to NC State. But you know, if if one throw
• 1:16:27
  goes the other way, this is an undefeated Virginia football
• 1:16:30
  team right now. Keep an eye on the Cavaliers.
• 1:16:33
  Moved into my top 20 this week. Miller Moss by the way, for
• 1:16:38
  Louisville, tougher than a weekend at your in laws.
• 1:16:41
  He's horrible. I can't stand watching him.
• 1:16:44
  Finally, we'll go to the Big 10. Obviously, Ohio State got a big
• 1:16:47
  win over Minnesota. Not much to talk about in that
• 1:16:50
  one, but Malik, Washington and Maryland, Oh my gosh, collapse
• 1:16:55
  to Washington. Oh this was so frustrating to
• 1:16:58
  watch. Now I had the Terps plus the
• 1:17:00
  five and a half they covered with ease, but they led by 17 in
• 1:17:04
  this one before allowing 21 fourth quarter points to the
• 1:17:07
  Huskies and Washington quarterback Damon Williams
• 1:17:10
  junior, another guy, an underrated quarterback that you
• 1:17:12
  need to know about. 329 yards of total offense. 2 touchdowns.
• 1:17:17
  Rebounded from an early interception in this one.
• 1:17:19
  Very well Was composed down the stretch.
• 1:17:22
  Orchestrated a couple of big drives for the Huskies late and
• 1:17:26
  then Maryland. I love this team.
• 1:17:28
  I wanted to rank them so bad this weekend.
• 1:17:30
  I was ready to do it. I thought they were going to get
• 1:17:32
  a big win at home, but they can't finish the game.
• 1:17:37
  Blake Washington, the true freshman quarterback for this
• 1:17:40
  Terps team, is really, really strong.
• 1:17:42
  Had a couple of growing pains Saturday, but goes 30 of 49 for
• 1:17:45
  219 yards and a touchdown. This kid is going to be special
• 1:17:50
  and I hope that Maryland is able to keep them this offseason.
• 1:17:52
  I know that's a crazy statement to make, but excuse me.
• 1:17:59
  But it's just the world we live in in 2025 that you have to hope
• 1:18:04
  and pray these guys stay, especially when they're at a non
• 1:18:08
  power traditional school for football.
• 1:18:11
  But Maryland's got a ton of young players that have played
• 1:18:13
  at a high level all year long. The Lake Washington's one of
• 1:18:16
  them. He did his part in the first
• 1:18:18
  half, but I thought Maryland got a little bit too conservative in
• 1:18:22
  the second-half, kind of sat on the football.
• 1:18:25
  And when their run game goes for 43 yards for the entirety of the
• 1:18:30
  game, it's going to be tough to run the clock out in this one.
• 1:18:33
  So credit Washington for finding a way to win.
• 1:18:35
  Big win for Jet Fish coming off a loss to Ohio State last week.
• 1:18:38
  Damon Williams again was nails in the final moments, but this
• 1:18:43
  was 1. Maryland should have won, but
• 1:18:45
  they couldn't get it done. So those are my Week 6
• 1:18:48
  takeaways. I'll now give my Week 7 poll as
• 1:18:53
  we head into the new week of college football.
• 1:18:55
  As always, I put this out on the social media channels, so if you
• 1:18:59
  want to see them updated every Sunday, just follow at the
• 1:19:02
  Padifax. So at #25 Florida State 24,
• 1:19:07
  Memphis the Tigers 6 and O the first bowl eligible team in
• 1:19:11
  college football. Big win over Tulsa.
• 1:19:14
  A very impressive catch as well. You'll have to go check it out.
• 1:19:19
  A1 handed snag for one of the Memphis receivers.
• 1:19:23
  Can't remember his name off the top of my head right now.
• 1:19:25
  Wish I had it in front of me, but very impressive catch.
• 1:19:28
  Go go check that out. Tigers 24 Cincinnati moves into
• 1:19:32
  the pole for the first time this year.
• 1:19:34
  They're #23 I was impressed with their win over Iowa State.
• 1:19:38
  I think this is a group that has strung off a couple of
• 1:19:40
  impressive wins. And with all the upsets last
• 1:19:42
  week, I had to figure out some teams to put in here.
• 1:19:45
  Cincinnati gets a bid, and right ahead of them is the team that
• 1:19:49
  beat them early in the season on a neutral site, and that is
• 1:19:52
  Nebraska at 22. They beat Michigan State this
• 1:19:56
  past weekend, a Michigan State team that I think is a little
• 1:19:59
  bit overlooked. They deserve some respect, but.
• 1:20:02
  Dylan Rayola didn't have the cleanest game in this one, but
• 1:20:04
  again, so many upsets and with Cincinnati being a ranked team,
• 1:20:07
  I have to put Nebraska in here. So the Cornhuskers at 22, BYU at
• 1:20:13
  21, they make their first appearance in the poll.
• 1:20:15
  For me, I am not ranked them in weeks past, but they were pretty
• 1:20:19
  dominant in the win over Pit, even though the Panthers came
• 1:20:22
  back and covered pretty late and that was significant to some.
• 1:20:24
  Not me, but to some, I do apologize if you were on that
• 1:20:28
  BYU side at #20 it's Vanderbilt. I did not move them this week.
• 1:20:33
  I didn't think Saturday warranted dropping them out of
• 1:20:35
  the top 25 or or moving them down.
• 1:20:38
  I thought there was the type of performance that I expected a
• 1:20:41
  close loss that was a little bit inflated by a late game
• 1:20:44
  touchdown. That was significant to some and
• 1:20:46
  me, which I'm totally for. But Vanderbilt, I still believe
• 1:20:50
  is a top 20 team with the way they played on the road and a
• 1:20:54
  group that I think will have a lot of opportunities in front of
• 1:20:56
  them #19 Virginia just talked about them #18 Arizona State,
• 1:21:01
  they were off this past week. They'll get a battle upcoming
• 1:21:05
  with Utah. That's going to be a big time
• 1:21:07
  matchup for both teams. 17 Illinois, the fighting of line.
• 1:21:11
  I were off this week, but they will host Ohio State this
• 1:21:16
  upcoming weekend. That will be a big 1.
• 1:21:18
  Notre Dame moves up to 16. They beat Boise State 28 to 7.
• 1:21:22
  A little bit of a underwhelming result, but Boise State does
• 1:21:26
  have a pretty good defensive line led by Virgin Morgan, who
• 1:21:31
  was really, really impressive last year.
• 1:21:32
  The Broncos led the country and tackles for loss last season
• 1:21:36
  haven't been as good, but it's still the respectable team and a
• 1:21:41
  21 point win up against the respectable team.
• 1:21:43
  Notre Dame moves up 15. Missouri will get a real test to
• 1:21:48
  see how good they are this weekend against Alabama, but
• 1:21:50
  Beau Purbullah been one of the most impressive quarterbacks in
• 1:21:54
  the SEC. Michigan moves up to N 14.
• 1:21:57
  They got a little bit of an underwhelming win over
• 1:22:00
  Wisconsin, but a wins, a win and Michigan moves up #13 Georgia
• 1:22:05
  Tech. What a world we live in that
• 1:22:07
  Georgia Tech is the 13th best team in the country.
• 1:22:09
  I do worry a little bit about this team because I think some
• 1:22:12
  of their wins are now a little bit less than what we had
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  considered. Colorado and Week 1 does not
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  look as strong as it does now. And Clemson a couple of weeks
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  ago also does not look as strong as it does now #12 Texas Tech.
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  I did a lot of talking about them earlier.
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  This is a good football team, folks.
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  Don't be caught on the wrong end #11 Tennessee.
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  They were off this week, but they will face Arkansas this
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  weekend. The Razorbacks coming off of
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  firing their coach, defensive staff, Bobby Petrino takes over.
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  Could be an interesting one if Arkansas is able to string
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  together some offense and #10LSU.
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  I really need to see more from them in the coming weeks.
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  They'll get a match up with Vanderbilt, which we'll get to
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  see what they look like in that one.
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  But for the time being, they've, you know, for the most part done
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  their job. Ole Miss on the road was a tough
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  game and they lost narrowly. LSU with that roster still a top
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  ten team. Georgia moves up to #9 the
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  tradition like none other. They dominate after a tough
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  loss, and they disposed of Kentucky pretty easily.
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  You had backup quarterbacks playing in the third quarter of
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  this one. Number 8 Alabama, even though
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  they got a big win, they're unmoved because I can't really
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  do much with the remaining teams as I had them all ranked in this
• 1:23:31
  order. And all of these teams are still
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  undefeated #7 Indiana, 6, Oklahoma.
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  They get the win over Kent State this weekend.
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  Hawkins quarterback, did the job.
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  Kent State's not a good football team, but I still put up 44
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  points and look pretty strong offensively #5 Ole Miss, they
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  were off this week. They'll host Washington State in
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  one of the oddest games of college football in the 2025
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  season this upcoming week. Texas A&M at #4 they knock off
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  Mississippi State. The Bulldogs had no answers
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  offensively. Texas A&M's defense is really,
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  really strong, folks. And Mike Elko has done a great
• 1:24:08
  job with this team #3 Oregon. That's where we get to the
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  movement because Miami was #3 last week, Oregon #3 they very
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  well could be #2 or #1 I, I really all three of these
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  upcoming teams are interchangeable.
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  But Oregon, I think, has a very impressive win over Penn State.
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  Even though we saw what that team looked like this past
• 1:24:29
  weekend, Oregon is still a really good team.
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  And they have disposed of some very bad teams very quickly #2
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  Ohio State, the reigning national champions, got the win
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  over Minnesota 42 to 3. They'll travel to Champaign to
• 1:24:43
  take on Illinois this weekend. I like the Buckeyes in that one,
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  but they have been dethroned as the number one team because
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  Miami is now the best team in the country. the Hurricanes have
• 1:24:54
  the best resume, the best eye test.
• 1:24:58
  This is a damn good football team and they're number one in
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  my Week 7 poll. All right, rounding things out
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  with my final thoughts. I know a lot of people have
• 1:25:08
  given me grief over the last couple of weeks about my Clemson
• 1:25:12
  pick and how I evaluated quarterbacks like Arch Manning
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  and stuff like that. Look, when you do all this
• 1:25:19
  offseason prep, you just look at the names, the numbers and what
• 1:25:22
  you've seen. And what I saw from Clemson last
• 1:25:26
  year was a group that played really well towards the end of
• 1:25:29
  the season, I thought gave Texas a big time fight and Kate
• 1:25:33
  Klumnick looked the part. Returned a lot of players.
• 1:25:37
  I thought that was going to be a team that was going to waltz his
• 1:25:39
  way in. The ACC obviously didn't happen.
• 1:25:42
  Penn State, a team that returned a ton of production, had a
• 1:25:46
  manageable schedule. Obviously they have not lived up
• 1:25:50
  to the expectations. Texas as well, Texas and Penn
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  State and Clemson, my top three teams in the country heading
• 1:25:57
  into the season, all unranked after week 6 of college
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  football. It's a, it's a tough shot in the
• 1:26:03
  heart. I I do admit it, But there have
• 1:26:06
  been a lot of ones, a lot of games, a lot of teams.
• 1:26:09
  I've been right on. It goes both ways, folks.
• 1:26:11
  But I think the thing we are starting to notice, or at least
• 1:26:14
  I'm starting to notice now, is that with the transfer portal
• 1:26:18
  and NIL, it's going to be harder and harder to predict the top
• 1:26:22
  teams year in and year out because there's so much roster
• 1:26:24
  turnover. And I think we saw a little bit
• 1:26:26
  of that last year. And obviously there's always a
• 1:26:28
  top ten team in the country that completely flunks.
• 1:26:31
  I don't think we've seen this type of level of like the
• 1:26:35
  consensus top four or five teams all dropping this quickly from
• 1:26:40
  the field. I think it's it just shows where
• 1:26:42
  college football is. And that's not a bad thing, by
• 1:26:45
  the way, like a lot of people hit on NIL in the transfer
• 1:26:48
  portal and say, oh, it's so bad. It's it's good that we get new
• 1:26:52
  teams and new powers and, and, and freshness each season.
• 1:26:57
  I mean, Texas Tech, I haven't been relevant in years and
• 1:27:02
  they're a top 12 team in my eyes right now.
• 1:27:05
  Indiana, two years ago, Indiana was looking for basketball
• 1:27:09
  season. They can barely fill up the
• 1:27:10
  stadium. Now.
• 1:27:11
  This is a team that is competing for the College Football Playoff
• 1:27:14
  once again this season. The freshness and the newness of
• 1:27:18
  college football with the transfer portal, NIL makes it
• 1:27:22
  more difficult to rank these teams.
• 1:27:24
  But but man, it makes for some really fun matchups and really
• 1:27:28
  fun storylines through the course of the season.
• 1:27:32
  All right, that's episode 131 of the Padfax.
• 1:27:34
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• 1:28:05
  week out to produce these podcasts right now.
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  I really, I kind of need a Co host.
• 1:28:09
  It'd be a lot easier if I had someone to talk to.
• 1:28:11
  Like the prep work. I, I, I will, I, I love doing
• 1:28:14
  and I do it. But sitting here and talking for
• 1:28:17
  like an hour and 30 minutes, I've got to be mentally sharp.
• 1:28:19
  And sometimes after the weekends, like it's just been a
• 1:28:22
  long, you know, long week of work and, and, and making
• 1:28:26
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• 1:28:29
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