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Chris Landry on the National Championship Game · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Chris Landry. Find him on ex at Landry Football Landry football dot com as
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  the website. Chris, Happy New year, sir, Good to have you
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  back on. How are you? A Happy New Year to you and all
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  the listeners. I'm I'm doing great, you know, excited my the NFL
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  playoffs, the game tonight, great weekend of football, Chris. Let's talk
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  about tonight before we do tonight, your thoughts on because we were obviously off
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  the air, didn't get a chance to visit with you. We got two
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  great games last weekend Michigan Alabama, Washington Texas and both games down to the
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  wire. Your thoughts on those two ball games. And then of course as
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  we turn into tonight, there's a lot of you know, back and forth
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  on can Michael Pennocks and Washington, you know, put stress on Michigan.
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  I personally think Michigan will be able to run the football tonight. I think
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  their front seven is a difference. But I want to get your take on
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  everything tonight. Yeah, I think, you know, very impressed first of
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  all with Michigan's performance over at Alabama. You know, I guess I was
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  a little bit perplexed in that I after I saw Alabama dominate at the line
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  of scrimmage against Georgia UH and saw another team that was not able to tackle
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  Jalen Millrow. I wasn't convinced that Michigan was going to be able to do
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  it. Great game plan, no question that Michigan out coached and out played
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  and was more physical than Alabama. And I thought they they really well.
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  The game certainly was not a blowout. I thought they man handled them when
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  it when it mattered the most, and I thought key mistakes by Michigan kept
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  the game closer than it probably should have been because Alabama really had no answer.
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  You know, four snaps was a part of it. You neutralize mill
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  Roll as a runner, and you're not going to be good enough. You're
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  not going to have enough passing game. And in retrospect, I look at
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  it and think, man, what a great job Alabama did getting this for
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  without a passing game. Michigan was able to down the stretch when they needed
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  to, was able to run the football and dominate the line of scrimmage on
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  that last drive, last couple of drives. So very impressed by what they
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  did defensively up front, how they manhandled Alabama's offensive line, and then I
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  thought they were able to move the football when they needed to against Alabama's defense
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  and at times got Alabama misaligned with their priest and Apple alignment. So really
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  good job by Michigan, thought Washington in similar ways. I'll play Texas.
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  I thought they were close to winning that game, you know, maybe more
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  decisively. Then they had the uff punt and then the game became in doubt
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  and just had a little trouble putting Texas away. But Tennis is so good.
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  The receivers are so good. You know, you can stow them down,
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  but you can't stop them for four quarters. And I am just tickled
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  about this game because everything about this is just complete opposite. You've got Michigan
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  that wants to play one way at the line of scrimmage, be physical.
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  You mentioned it, You're right. They want to run the football, take
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  the air out. Believe they can run the football at Washington. If they
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  can do that successfully, they'll be successful in this game. But if Washington's
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  able to get some early points and make Michigan play from behind, and the
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  Michigan does not want to play a you know, shoot them out type of
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  game, I don't think so everything about them is just how they approach it
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  different. I know both coaches fairly well. They're completely different personalities. You
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  couldn't get more difference in that. I thought about fIF this morning. I
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  have no idea why I thought about this, because I don't think about these
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  things. But you think about you Dub and YOUM, and you just turn
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  a M upside down and it's the W and vice first. I mean,
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  everything about it is so different, and I think this makes it so tantalizing.
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  And I hope the folks I know in the Deep South where we are,
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  they're in withdrawals because he can't have a championship if there's not a Southern
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  team in it. But if you like football and you just into the minutia
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  of football like I am, I think this game could be a great matchup.
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  I hope it's close, but it's kind of how I see the matchup
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  and the strength of and the weaknesses of both teams. Chris, and you're
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  on your radio talking National Championship game Michigan Washington, just a few hours away
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  from kickoff, and of course some money edition of the program Finding Mine Exit
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  Chris, you said you hope it's close on with you there. If
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  there was going to be a one sided matchup, which way would it go?
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  Oh? I think the one sided matchup would likely be that somehow Michigan
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  makes mistakes, turns the football over Washington so explosive scores quickly, and all
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  of a sudden you turn around and before you know it, before you know,
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  anything's really settled, there's you know, you got a twenty nothing lead
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  and then you got Michigan. Well, if it's early, Michigan's not going
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  to get away from the running game. But if you get into like so
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  there won't be a blowout from the get from the jump. But if we
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  get into the fourth quarter and somebody's down seven, if Michigan's down seventeen,
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  you know, and they got to start to throw it more. Th think
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  that that's not a good formula. So I think that Washington would have a
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  better chance to explode. And when I think if Washington's down seventeen, they
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  can score quickly, So you know, I think that Washington would be would
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  be more likely to be able to win it decisively in terms of points.
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  But certainly Michigan is capable of being the more physical team and maybe control in
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  this game. As I mentioned, I thought they were basically, you know,
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  I don't know if i'd use the word dominant, but very close to
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  dominant against Alabama. Yet the darn thing went overtime. I mean, they
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  almost lost it with a mough punt at the end. I mean, they
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  just there are a lot of things that I'm a believer of this. It's
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  it's not the big plays that you make in a game like this. It's
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  the the reducing the amount of mistakes. The teams that makes the least amount
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  of mistakes, you know, usually wins games like this. It's not the
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  plays that you make, it's the place you don't make. And I think
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  it's your you know, it's not a good your win at your best,
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  some good your win at your worst. So who can play left handed the
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  best and manage to hang in there? That's that's how I see these games
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  usually playing out. No, I would agree with you one hundred percent.
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  And you look back at the Alabama football game. I mean, JJ McCarthy
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  got lucky. I mean on the first play of the game because the defender
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  was out of bounds just a little bit and then came back in and picked
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  it off of me. We're talking about inches on the white line, the
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  muff punt in the you know. After that, and then of course in
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  the fourth quarter, Michigan played, you know, sloppy at a lot of
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  times, where Washington, you know, has not. They've been in a
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  lot of close ballgames. I mean, you look at some of those wins
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  that they have, So I don't know that the fourth quarter type ball game
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  is going to affect Washington as much, you know, but look at this,
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  who do you who do you like to win the ball game tonight?
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  You know, I've gone back and forth, and I don't feel real comfortable.
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  But I thought Alabama would would beat Michigan. The heck I thought Georgia
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  would beat Alabama. So I don't know that anybody should pay attention when I
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  think I'm mean something. What I do think is a little different is how
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  they played against Alabama was impressive. But you're not gonna hold Washington down offensively.
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  They'll they'll get some point. They will score, and they'll score if
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  they got nine possessions or twelve, I mean, they'll score. I think
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  Michigan will score too. I don't know and I'm not a big way.
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  You know, it's just michiganj and it's their destiny. It's this I'm really
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  truly not sure which way to go. I guess if you pind me down,
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  I just I might give an edge to Washington and I think we went
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  over kind of the keys. But but I maybe go a little bit there.
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  But man, I think this is this is gonna be could go either
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  way, Chris. A lot of chatter about the team talent between Michigan and
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  Washington versus other years. You know, when you look at recruiting rankings and
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  you know, five star, this five star that Washington doesn't fit the typical
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  profile of a championship team, Michigan right there on the outside of a Georgia
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  of an Alabama and a lot of people saying, hey, is this an
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  outlier year or is this, you know, due to the transfer portal where
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  we see more of Washington esque teams next year. What is your thought on
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  that, because I think it may be somewhat of an outlier. I mean,
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  you look at Georgia coming back next year with all the talent that they
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  have, and their quarterback is going to be, you know, a year
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  older Bama brings back most everybody. They'll have to replace some guys in the
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  secondary that's off to the National Football League Milrose a year older Texas. You
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  look at some other teams as well. What is your thoughts on these two
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  teams kind of being outliers this year and what does that mean for the future.
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  Well, here here's what I think for is the era that we're in
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  now, so much focus is on with the transfer portal and recruiting. Who
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  they signed this and that and ranked number one, and then they're this,
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  they're top five class. It doesn't matter who you sign, it's who you
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  keep. If you sign a number one class or a five, top five
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  class, whatever, do you develop them? Do they stay in your program?
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  If they leave, do you replace them atically? Can you get those
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  new transfer portal guys acclimated? I mean, because what is happening today is
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  it's difficult for the elite programs of Georgia's the Alabamas to have quality backups like
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  they used to. You telling me an Alabama team that can't snap the ball?
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  I mean, are you kidding me that they don't have a center,
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  And trust me, if they had one that was better that could snap better
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  and block it'd have been playing by week four or five. That's a depth
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  issue that those teams have never had to face. And with nil and transfer
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  portal, I think what we're seeing is who can keep them guys. Now
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  you're looking at Washington and people will say, well, they're not ranked.
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  There's nobody that's a quarterback like, nobody has a quarterback like that. I
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  mean, they got guys in the NFL don't have a quarterback like that.
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  And they've got three receivers that are NFL guides, they've got tackles that are
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  NFL pass protectives. They're pretty talented. They may not be ranked, you
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  know, like in the top five. But you know how that works too,
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  is these rankings have a lot to do with who's recruiting them a kid.
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  Because the websites they don't evaluate players, they gather information. So you
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  got a player out there, and I don't know if people are aware of
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  this how this works to do this a lot a if you got more subscribers
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  that are Alabama or Georgia subscribers, it's going to be more toned to that
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  as opposed to maybe nondescript programs, so you don't have as many any subscribers
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  that Washington or whatever, then maybe you don't get ranked as high. It's
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  reality. The other thing is that there's an assumption. You got a kid
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  that's a three star kid, and Alabama starts recruiting, and then Georgia and
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  then Ohio State, that kid's gonna go to a high four store or five,
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  you know, very quickly. So I think there's a lot of perception.
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  And then do they go there and how are they developed? I think
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  that Washington's very talented and with Michigan, you know what they remind me of.
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  They remind me of that team that stays together for two three years and
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  develop as a team. They may not be a collection of the best players
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  in the country, but you look at that they got. They go nine
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  deep on the defensive line and they're not guys that are gonna be picked in
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  the top ten, most of them. But before their physical they're quick.
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  They got a tremendous motor. The linebackers in the defense blind works, stunts
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  and twists very well. The secondary keeps eyes on defenders. I think he
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  can beat their secondary deep with elite guys, and we're going to see if
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  they do it tonight. Against these great receivers against them, but they are
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  They're well coached, they're fundamental, they're tough, they're physical, and the
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  same way on the offensive line. I mean, I just think that you've
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  got two teams that have been developed very well, that do have great talent,
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  and quite frankly, when I look at it, I mean, now
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  I know stars and whatnot. You know, Alabama's got more, but you
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  know, I mean, Jalen Milroe as a passer, you've become that one
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  dimension. You got issues. I think Texas is very good, and I
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  thought there was good as complete as anybody in the four teams and so but
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  but they you know, Washington was just a little bit better and was a
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  little bit more explosive. So I don't know, I think we could be
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  seeing a little bit of a change because where is the depthicon be So to
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  me, it's not just where they're ranked on signing day, but where where
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  would we rank that class three years from now? Because where are those players,
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  how have they been developed, and where are they It's as simple as
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  that as I see it.