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Oklahoma Source ADMITS Something You NEED to Hear before Sooners vs Michigan Wolverines! · SEC Football Addiction

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  Speaker 1: Welcome back to SEC Football Addiction. TJ Pittenger here with
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  Speaker 1: my guy Jay over at Unfair Sports, locked on Sooners.
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  Speaker 1: And buddy, before we get started, let me just take
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  Speaker 1: one second. Well, all right, no Michigan jokes. We are
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  Speaker 1: we all watched Michigan last week, and we'll talk about
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  Speaker 1: them a ton today. I watched the Oklahoma game. When
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  Speaker 1: you play an opponent that you're far superior to, I
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  Speaker 1: know it is hard to take things away from it,
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  Speaker 1: but let's be honest, 80% of the college football world
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  Speaker 1: did that last week. Even some of the games we
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  Speaker 1: thought would be competitive, teams played opponents that were far
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  Speaker 1: inferior to them, looking at you, Clemson. But what was
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  Speaker 1: your big takeaway, just because you and I haven't talked
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  Speaker 1: since that game happened, what was your big takeaway from
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  Speaker 1: the weekend against UTEP?
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  Speaker 2: Honestly, it was kind of the new look Sooners offense
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  Speaker 2: and how they were doing things. First and foremost, you
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  Speaker 2: got 10 of John Mateer's 17 dropbacks were from under center. So,
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  Speaker 2: you know, he was doing some more under center work.
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  Speaker 2: You got to see some play action. And then 50
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  Speaker 2: of their 59 plays in the game were in 12
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  Speaker 2: personnel or more. Like, I got to see 14 personnel. TJ,
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  Speaker 2: you want to know the last time we had a
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  Speaker 2: good tight end set up?
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  Speaker 3: It was before Brent Venables. Like, it's been that long.
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  Speaker 2: They were out there running 14 personnel, or you could
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  Speaker 2: call it 23 because one of the tight ends was
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  Speaker 2: playing H-back or fullback spots.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, you got to see.
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  Speaker 2: Oklahoma go out there and try to be as physically
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  Speaker 2: opposing as possible. They rushed for 170 yards. So they
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  Speaker 2: did what they needed to do. They burned a ton
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  Speaker 2: of clock. And yeah, that was probably the one thing
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  Speaker 2: I got out of it. The defense, the defense did
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  Speaker 2: what it's supposed to do. They got the shutout, which
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  Speaker 2: in theory, they could have probably gave up nine points
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  Speaker 2: because of field goals. but that's the one thing that
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  Speaker 2: your defense is supposed to do. Make a kicker so
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  Speaker 2: afraid that they shank everything they kick.
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  Speaker 3: So they did their job.
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  Speaker 2: Like I give them credit for that. I give them
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  Speaker 2: credit for him missing because they were afraid. Even better,
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  Speaker 2: the one last thing, though, the special teams feels like
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be a lot better than even last year. Now,
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  Speaker 2: we have the Groves Award-winning kicker, so I'm not concerned
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  Speaker 2: about us kicking. But not only did we make them
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  Speaker 2: miss on their kicks out of fear of getting leveled,
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  Speaker 2: the punter forgot how to punt after his first punt.
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  Speaker 2: He punts the ball out, Isaiah Cetania catches that thing, and.
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  Speaker 3: He runs it back, right?
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  Speaker 2: Well, that's not really the story there. The story in
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  Speaker 2: there is one of the backup safeties, Omarion Robinson, a.k.a.
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  Speaker 2: Man Man, he leveled the punter. TJ, what makes it
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  Speaker 2: so funny is he took the dude out. The punter's
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  Speaker 2: next punt went seven yards.
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  Speaker 3: He was afraid. He said, I know.
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  Speaker 1: I'm not. Nope.
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  Speaker 2: Not putting myself through that. He's like, I'd rather give
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  Speaker 2: y'all a touchdown in perfect position than to allow it
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  Speaker 2: to go deep enough where somebody can come hit me.
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  Speaker 3: I'm good. And all of his punts shanked after that.
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  Speaker 1: So.
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  Speaker 2: in my personal opinion, being physically imposed in the way
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  Speaker 2: we were, was exactly what I hoped we.
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  Speaker 3: Would do in a game against UTEP.
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  Speaker 2: Now we've got to take that same mentality to Ann Arbor,
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  Speaker 2: to the big house, and make Michigan bend the knee.
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  Speaker 1: Shout out to UTEP, man, because it is a wild
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  Speaker 1: three weeks when you guys I talked about. I think
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  Speaker 1: I talked about this with you like back in April
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  Speaker 1: or whenever we did this last. But for them to
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  Speaker 1: play you guys and then you to play Michigan and
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  Speaker 1: then they play Michigan right after that, you know, I
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  Speaker 1: know we're not supposed to do the transitive property. And
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  Speaker 1: I really have no point with this. Like, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: going anywhere with it. But just to see that lineup
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  Speaker 1: of games three weeks in a row. is pretty wild.
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  Speaker 1: So shout out to UTEP for the way this is
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  Speaker 1: getting scheduled because it is the ultimate sandwich game where you,
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  Speaker 1: you know, it's, it's a piece of bread on the
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  Speaker 1: top and a piece of bread on the bottom. Now
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  Speaker 1: I'm not a carpenter, but then all the good stuff
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  Speaker 1: in the middle, like that's what we expect to get
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  Speaker 1: this weekend. Or that's what we expected to get. Maybe
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  Speaker 1: that's a good transition. Maybe I will go somewhere with this. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Maybe I do this for a living, but we thought
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  Speaker 1: we were getting all that meat, all that good stuff
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  Speaker 1: in the middle pause, but okay. Michigan last week, Not
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  Speaker 1: their best performance. We all know the controversy and all
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  Speaker 1: this stuff that's come out from the back and the
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  Speaker 1: big time. I don't care about any of that. That
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  Speaker 1: has nothing to do with this game. Well, it could
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  Speaker 1: because it's been played up in Ann Arbor, but I'll
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  Speaker 1: move on before the Michigan fans yell at me again.
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  Speaker 1: I expect Michigan. Now, I'll tell you, my thoughts on them,
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  Speaker 1: because we have the one data point, are that they
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  Speaker 1: probably aren't as imposing as we thought they were going
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  Speaker 1: to be this year. I still expect Michigan to play
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  Speaker 1: better than they did last week. I think they've had
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  Speaker 1: a week to correct. I think you do get up
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  Speaker 1: for another opponent. My question for them is, will playing better,
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  Speaker 1: will you play better enough to account for how much
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  Speaker 1: better of an opponent you're playing? This weekend. Right. I
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  Speaker 1: expect them to play better. I expect them to play
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  Speaker 1: with more intensity. I expect it to be a little
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  Speaker 1: bit more do or die for them because they are
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  Speaker 1: playing a top 10 team. But will that be enough
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  Speaker 1: to account for the fact that Oklahoma is a hell
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  Speaker 1: of a lot better than Western Michigan is? At least
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  Speaker 1: I hope they are. What are your thoughts on just
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  Speaker 1: the way that last week impacts this week in this matchup?
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  Speaker 2: To me, I don't think last week impacts this week
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  Speaker 2: at all because even though Michigan did go a little
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  Speaker 2: bit deeper in their bag than they probably wanted to
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  Speaker 2: in a game that they probably shouldn't have, Western Michigan
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  Speaker 2: did win the MAAC. They are actually a legitimate good team,
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  Speaker 2: and I've watched teams snatch their players up in the
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  Speaker 2: P4 on a regular basis. They find some really good
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  Speaker 2: diamonds in the rough type players, and then everybody else
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  Speaker 2: goes and steals them from them.
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  Speaker 3: It's just a common thing. And that's okay.
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  Speaker 2: That means that you are doing a really good job
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  Speaker 2: of not only scouting and finding those gems, but development
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  Speaker 2: to where you're getting them right before they hit that curve.
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  Speaker 2: And then when they hit that curve, other teams are
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  Speaker 2: really finding a way to lure them away. Besides that point, though,
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  Speaker 2: I don't believe that Michigan's going to walk in this
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  Speaker 2: game and just get pummeled. I think it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be a closer game than people realize.
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  Speaker 1: I know. I know.
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  Speaker 2: It means that I'm hedging in some capacity or not
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  Speaker 2: as belief in Oklahoma. But I really do think that
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  Speaker 2: Oklahoma's focal point is 12 personnel punish you, run it
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  Speaker 2: down your throat, push you around type football, which typically
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  Speaker 2: doesn't put out a bunch of points. Granted, Michigan can
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  Speaker 2: make a ton of turnovers and make it to where
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  Speaker 2: Oklahoma goes out there and beat them 30-13 or 30-9
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  Speaker 2: or something like that.
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  Speaker 3: That could happen.
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  Speaker 2: But I do think that Kyle Whittingham is going to
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  Speaker 2: have them in a better headspace going into this game.
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  Speaker 2: And Whittingham has a ton of respect for Brent Venables,
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  Speaker 2: so they're going to be overly prepared. The good thing
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  Speaker 2: is Brent Venables is in the same mindset of, dude,
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  Speaker 2: they've got talented players on their roster. And they've got
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  Speaker 2: a really good coach, a future Hall of Fame coach.
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  Speaker 2: So we're not going to pretend like they're a bunch
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  Speaker 2: of scrubs or a bunch of chumps, as Brent Venables
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  Speaker 2: has said in the past. He's not going to call
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  Speaker 2: them chumps or bums. He's going to look at them
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  Speaker 2: as a team that– Wounded animal in the corner fighting
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  Speaker 2: for their lives at this one. Because in everybody's eyes,
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  Speaker 2: they're 0-1 right now. And so they're going to have
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  Speaker 2: to do a lot of bouncing back this season for
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  Speaker 2: people to actually believe in them again. This is their
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  Speaker 2: best opportunity to do this against a team that was.
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  Speaker 3: In the playoffs last year.
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  Speaker 2: So in that case, I'm not going to pretend like
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  Speaker 2: this team is just going to be terrible. Now, Underwood
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  Speaker 2: ain't looking very good. We'll see if he's the quarterback
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  Speaker 2: at halftime after halftime in this game.
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  Speaker 1: Hey, guys, I'll get right back to chatting with Jay,
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  Speaker 1: to the clip.
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  Speaker 2: I do.
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  Speaker 1: I'm in full agreement with you. I worry about... really
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  Speaker 1: the way that they're able to sustain, they looked great
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  Speaker 1: to start the game last week. I wouldn't be surprised
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  Speaker 1: if they come out and score on the first drive.
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  Speaker 1: Not that's not even me doubting Oklahoma's defense, because I
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  Speaker 1: do think it's one of the best in the country,
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  Speaker 1: but they were really good scripted. And then when the
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  Speaker 1: script went away, so did their, so did everything else
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  Speaker 1: except for the guy running the clock. Where's the, where's the,
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  Speaker 1: I mean, again, I, and I just mentioned Oklahoma's defense.
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  Speaker 1: So maybe I just stole your answer, but I mean,
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  Speaker 1: against a quarterback that doesn't look great right now, And
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  Speaker 1: maybe he has regressed and wasn't perfect last week, last week,
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  Speaker 1: last year either. Is the defense, the matchup, like, is
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  Speaker 1: there one specific matchup where you say, man, like, this
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  Speaker 1: is where I really feel good about this game?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, as far as I. Michigan? Is that something
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  Speaker 3: that feels good for them?
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  Speaker 1: Something that Oklahoma does that you feel like is going
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  Speaker 1: to be tough for Michigan to compensate for.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, just the defense in general. Yeah, you gave
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  Speaker 2: the answer perfectly.
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  Speaker 3: It really is. It's the defense. Oklahoma's defense is.
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  Speaker 2: Brent Venables is going to go out there and have
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  Speaker 2: them boys prepare for just about anything. What they're going
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  Speaker 2: to want to do is force Bryce Underwood to beat
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  Speaker 2: them by throwing the ball a lot. And Bryce runs
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  Speaker 2: the ball well. He ran for 47 yards in that
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  Speaker 2: game against Western Michigan. He ran often against Oklahoma when
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  Speaker 2: he was in Norman last year. They're going to want
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  Speaker 2: that dude to throw the ball. And if he throws
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  Speaker 2: the ball, it's not going to be a very good
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  Speaker 2: game for him in throwing because this defensive line truly
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  Speaker 2: is stout. And I think we may have added even
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  Speaker 2: better edges this year. I think we've developed at another level.
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  Speaker 3: In the edge play.
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  Speaker 2: So pressure on the quarterback is going to definitely happen
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  Speaker 2: a substantial amount in this game. What Michigan is going
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  Speaker 2: to have to do is, which I kind of expect
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  Speaker 2: them to do, they're going to try to force man
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  Speaker 2: to man and go with some, uh, some max protect situations.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to have to do whatever they can to
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  Speaker 2: keep Underwood.
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  Speaker 3: Uh, upright there.
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  Speaker 2: We're be in that backfield often i don't know if
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  Speaker 2: they're gonna be able to establish their run like they
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  Speaker 2: want to that's the one thing that if that's their
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  Speaker 2: saving grace in this game for michigan is to be
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  Speaker 2: able to figure out how to get the run going
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  Speaker 2: They couldn't even figure out how to get it against
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  Speaker 2: Western Michigan. And if they couldn't get a push against them,
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  Speaker 2: I don't see them getting a push against Oklahoma. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: the defense itself is going to be it. And I
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  Speaker 2: think the offense is going to be a lot more....
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  Speaker 3: Patient in this game.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think there'll be a bunch of the jitters
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  Speaker 2: like it was last year, because that was really the
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  Speaker 2: first time you got to see Mateer on the big
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  Speaker 2: stage for real, for real.
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  Speaker 3: And he delivered. Now this is year two. He's like,
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  Speaker 3: I've done this before.
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  Speaker 2: I've played in Tuscaloosa in front of 100,000. I played
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  Speaker 2: in Knoxville in front of 100,000.
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  Speaker 3: We good. Just go out there, play your game, make
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  Speaker 3: it happen. I anticipate that one to go down.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I, I mean, and a lot of people, I
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  Speaker 1: don't know if they realize this when it happened, but
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  Speaker 1: they certainly probably did toward the end of the year.
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  Speaker 1: I mean, this game, you know, so much it'll be
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  Speaker 1: made about how Michigan looked last week against Western Michigan, admittedly.
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  Speaker 1: So like, you know, that was our first time getting
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  Speaker 1: to see Kyle winning him in this new team play. Um, I,
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  Speaker 1: this was a playoff game last year. If Oklahoma loses
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  Speaker 1: this game, they finished nine and three. And I think
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  Speaker 1: they're out. And if Michigan wins this game, they finished
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  Speaker 1: 10 and two. And I think they're in. And, um,
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  Speaker 1: Because at that point, going into the last week of
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  Speaker 1: the season, Michigan would have been 10-1, and I don't
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  Speaker 1: think the loss to No. 1 Ohio State would have
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  Speaker 1: hurt them. This was a playoff game last year, and
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  Speaker 1: I don't want to oversimplify it and say, oh, neither
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  Speaker 1: team can come back, but you look at both their schedules,
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  Speaker 1: and I think it would be really tough to lose
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  Speaker 1: this game and still go to the playoff for both
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  Speaker 1: these teams. Not that it can't happen, but Oklahoma still
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  Speaker 1: has to play Texas. They still have to play in
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  Speaker 1: the swamp. There's still a lot of tough stuff on
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  Speaker 1: this schedule. And then the same thing for Michigan. They
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  Speaker 1: still got to play Ohio State. They still got to
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  Speaker 1: play Penn State. They still got to play Indiana. There's
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  Speaker 1: a lot on both these schedules that, man, if you
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  Speaker 1: drop this out of conference one, we already saw it
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  Speaker 1: last year. This was a playoff game. This was a
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  Speaker 1: play-in game, essentially. Now there's time, right? Oklahoma loses this
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  Speaker 1: game and goes and beats Texas and goes and beats everybody. Yeah,
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  Speaker 1: they'll be fine. But I think this is a massive one.
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  Speaker 1: And I do. I mean, I like Michigan or I
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  Speaker 1: like Oklahoma going up there and getting the win at
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  Speaker 1: Michigan just because of how the two teams look to
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  Speaker 1: start the year against similar level of competition. I do
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  Speaker 1: think it's going to be a little bit different. I
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  Speaker 1: like your call that it's probably going to be a
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  Speaker 1: little closer than people expect. And people are saying, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: why did Vegas only move the line that Vegas moved
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  Speaker 1: the line in a big way? Because Michigan was a
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  Speaker 1: favorite before this. And you know, why are they only
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  Speaker 1: a five and a half, six and a half? What,
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  Speaker 1: you know, I don't know where it's at right now
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  Speaker 1: on a Wednesday morning, but like it's under a touchdown still,
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  Speaker 1: I believe that's a, still a massive swing, man. Like,
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  Speaker 1: you know, only moving at seven points. Only seven is
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  Speaker 1: a crap ton. Let me keep it G-rated for Vegas.
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  Speaker 1: But I kind of like Oklahoma by 10. I kind
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  Speaker 1: of like them to salt it away a little bit
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  Speaker 1: more than that. But it won't surprise me at all
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  Speaker 1: if this is a game that is close in the
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  Speaker 1: fourth quarter and Oklahoma edges out.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I can expect Oklahoma to cover the spread. The
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  Speaker 2: spread makes sense for Oklahoma to cover in it. But
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  Speaker 2: at the same time, you're 100% right. I could see
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  Speaker 2: 10 or less in this one. I could see it
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  Speaker 2: being a seven-point game and Oklahoma barely– Covers it. And
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  Speaker 2: it's more so because Oklahoma just takes their time the
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  Speaker 2: entire game. Like, there's no urgency in going out there
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  Speaker 2: and just blowing them out. What the urgency is is
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  Speaker 2: winning the game. You need to get the W because
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  Speaker 2: you're right.
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  Speaker 3: It's really– this.
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  Speaker 2: Game could have been a play– this game was a
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  Speaker 2: determining factor of who makes it to the playoffs and
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  Speaker 2: who didn't. I see about four toss-up games in Oklahoma's schedule. So, yeah,
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  Speaker 2: that's where a challenge comes in for them is if
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  Speaker 2: you lose this one, there's a possibility you could end
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  Speaker 2: up 9-3, right?
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  Speaker 3: On the season.
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  Speaker 2: There's a lot of really good teams on the schedule.
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  Speaker 2: While at the same time, you win this, you can
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  Speaker 2: end up going 12-0 in some capacities because there's so
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  Speaker 2: many games that are toss-ups that I give respect to
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  Speaker 2: the opposition on.
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  Speaker 3: But yeah, this spread.
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  Speaker 2: Jumping the way it did, opened at two and a half,
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  Speaker 2: and now it's five and a half on some books.
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  Speaker 2: Some books is six and a half. Some are dropping
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  Speaker 2: back to five and a half because people are buying
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  Speaker 2: it back down because people are hammering Michigan now. I
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  Speaker 2: think Michigan's starting to get more love because they're like,
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  Speaker 2: that's a massive swing. There's no way. Vegas does know something.
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  Speaker 2: That's why they jumped it up so high and so fast.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, from five and a half, if they played
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  Speaker 2: in Oklahoma, are you telling me that Oklahoma's a double-digit
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  Speaker 2: favorite in Norman now? That is insane, which tells me, oh,
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  Speaker 2: Oklahoma should be able to win this one. To me,
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  Speaker 2: the score most likely is going to be closer to
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  Speaker 2: what it was when they played South Carolina last year,
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  Speaker 2: 24-9 type range. Let them score a touchdown, they go
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  Speaker 2: for a two and don't make it, and they get
• 14:47
  Speaker 2: a field goal. Something in that range, Oklahoma takes the
• 14:51
  Speaker 2: lead early and never gives it up. That is the
• 14:54
  Speaker 2: range area I'm thinking.
• 14:55
  Speaker 3: It's going to be.
• 14:56
  Speaker 2: Michigan still has talented players, and they still have a
• 15:00
  Speaker 2: very talented head coach as well as defensive coordinator. Brent
• 15:03
  Speaker 2: Venables even went up to Utah and hung out with Kyle,
• 15:06
  Speaker 2: and they spent a few hours together talking ball and
• 15:08
  Speaker 2: sharing ideas. So.
• 15:10
  Speaker 3: Winningham has an.
• 15:11
  Speaker 2: Idea of what Brent Venables is going to want to
• 15:14
  Speaker 2: do out there defensively while at the same time, BV
• 15:17
  Speaker 2: evolves constantly. He pulls stuff from all of his coaches.
• 15:20
  Speaker 2: That's why he's got an entire staff of defensive coordinators
• 15:24
  Speaker 2: running his position groups, which is kind of wild if
• 15:26
  Speaker 2: you really think about it. All those majority of his
• 15:29
  Speaker 2: defensive staff are former DCs. So with that, teaching is
• 15:33
  Speaker 2: always better. But yeah, that spread... It's rat poison, man.
• 15:38
  Speaker 2: Just go out there, win this flipping game, and push
• 15:41
  Speaker 2: them around.
• 15:43
  Speaker 1: Yeah, if Michigan's going to stay in this, I don't
• 15:46
  Speaker 1: have a lot of, you know, we'll see. They've had
• 15:48
  Speaker 1: a week to work on things. I don't have a
• 15:50
  Speaker 1: lot of confidence in their offense just going out and
• 15:54
  Speaker 1: lighting it up. Now, if they do, I'll be more
• 15:58
  Speaker 1: than happy to get over on the other channel, over
• 16:00
  Speaker 1: on the big 10 channel and eat crow. And I'll
• 16:02
  Speaker 1: come back here and need some too. But I, I
• 16:04
  Speaker 1: do think if Michigan is going to stay in this,
• 16:05
  Speaker 1: it is their defense. And so I'm very intrigued to
• 16:08
  Speaker 1: see if Oklahoma's offense has taken that step. Cause yeah, sure.
• 16:12
  Speaker 1: You can do it against UTEP, but I want to
• 16:13
  Speaker 1: see the step from last year to this year. And
• 16:16
  Speaker 1: I want to see them go in and not that
• 16:17
  Speaker 1: I'm expecting, Oh, you got to go score 30 points. No,
• 16:19
  Speaker 1: I mean, I think you get to 24 and you
• 16:21
  Speaker 1: win this game and you may, you may not even
• 16:23
  Speaker 1: need that much if Michigan continues to struggle offensively, but
• 16:26
  Speaker 1: I do want to see that offense look a little
• 16:28
  Speaker 1: more competent, a little, Obviously, Mateer's health played into all
• 16:31
  Speaker 1: that last year, too. So I'm not saying that they
• 16:34
  Speaker 1: were terrible on the offensive side of the ball. But
• 16:36
  Speaker 1: I still think this is a good Michigan defense. And
• 16:38
  Speaker 1: you're going on the road and you're playing in the
• 16:39
  Speaker 1: big house where, man, nothing will energize a team more
• 16:43
  Speaker 1: than whether they deserved it or not getting a walk-off
• 16:46
  Speaker 1: win in the fashion they did. And I do. I
• 16:48
  Speaker 1: think they'll come out and play with a little more energy.
• 16:50
  Speaker 1: I think this will be a fun game for at
• 16:51
  Speaker 1: least a half. I expect Oklahoma to eventually pull away
• 16:55
  Speaker 1: and not be in super big doubt But again, I
• 16:58
  Speaker 1: want to see their offense go out and compete against
• 17:00
  Speaker 1: one of the better defenses that they'll play. And it's
• 17:02
  Speaker 1: a good preview for the rest of the year where
• 17:05
  Speaker 1: you're going to play a really good defense in Athens.
• 17:07
  Speaker 1: And then you're going to play a really good defense
• 17:08
  Speaker 1: in the red river. And then you're going to play
• 17:10
  Speaker 1: a really good defense when you go into the swamp.
• 17:12
  Speaker 1: And then you're going to play a really good defense.
• 17:14
  Speaker 1: When Texas A & M comes, it's like you, you
• 17:16
  Speaker 1: get good defenses all year. Go show me that you
• 17:18
  Speaker 1: can do it up in the big house on the road.
• 17:21
  Speaker 1: Go get that. Maybe what might be a play in
• 17:23
  Speaker 1: game for later in the year. If the offense can
• 17:26
  Speaker 1: take a little bit of a step, over last year,
• 17:29
  Speaker 1: and just be a little more consistent, if they can
• 17:31
  Speaker 1: stay healthy, I think they'll go on the road and
• 17:33
  Speaker 1: get a win by, I don't know, 7-10. I'm kind
• 17:36
  Speaker 1: of in the same line as you. I like Oklahoma here.
• 17:39
  Speaker 1: But again, football's weird, and weird things happen, and we'll
• 17:43
  Speaker 1: see what happens on Saturday. But do you have a score?
• 17:45
  Speaker 1: Do you have final thoughts here?
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: Yeah, so looking at this game, the odds are, of course...
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: Just crazy. The total in this game is like 43.5.
• 17:58
  Speaker 2: So the anticipation is this is going to be a
• 18:01
  Speaker 2: defensive battle. It's going to be a low-scoring game. But
• 18:04
  Speaker 2: one team is going to prevail more than the other.
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: I'm thinking that on that over-under-ish number in the 45 range,
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: I think it'll probably be closer to 40 in the
• 18:14
  Speaker 2: score of this one. Unless Oklahoma goes out there and
• 18:18
  Speaker 2: they really just run it down their throat. If Oklahoma
• 18:20
  Speaker 2: goes down there and run it down their throat, Cancel Christmas.
• 18:25
  Speaker 2: Season might be over. Michigan's defense is good enough to
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: be able to stop that. If Oklahoma figures that part out,
• 18:30
  Speaker 2: it's over. They're going to probably start doing that to
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: everybody this season. My score prediction in this one, I'm
• 18:36
  Speaker 2: thinking 27-9. I think Oklahoma does win this game. I
• 18:41
  Speaker 2: think it's less than 40 points. I think that Oklahoma just...
• 18:45
  Speaker 2: Bully balls their way to this W, takes their time,
• 18:48
  Speaker 2: get the points that they need, and then the defense
• 18:51
  Speaker 2: prevents them.
• 18:51
  Speaker 3: From really getting on the field.
• 18:52
  Speaker 2: I really do feel like it's going to be a
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: lot of long drives like Western Michigan got, a lot
• 18:56
  Speaker 2: of first downs, and just consistent driving of the ball
• 19:00
  Speaker 2: down the field and getting points. If they do that
• 19:03
  Speaker 2: where it's just slow and methodical, I'm satisfied. Because that
• 19:07
  Speaker 2: means that you'll be prepared to play against a team
• 19:10
  Speaker 2: like Georgia, who is Yeah, I'm nervous about that game
• 19:13
  Speaker 2: because Georgia's choked themselves to be really, really– they got
• 19:16
  Speaker 2: another one, man.
• 19:17
  Speaker 3: We got to talk about Georgia soon.
• 19:19
  Speaker 2: We will.
• 19:20
  Speaker 1: We will. Well, in two weeks. And then two weeks
• 19:23
  Speaker 1: after that, Texas. You know, here's the– you know, this
• 19:26
  Speaker 1: is a big picture. This isn't really on the game.
• 19:28
  Speaker 1: But people, if you're watching 20 minutes in, then I
• 19:31
  Speaker 1: guess you don't mind hearing us ramble and hearing– you know,
• 19:34
  Speaker 1: people actually have told me they like the rasp a
• 19:36
  Speaker 1: little bit more. And I'm like, well, I don't because
• 19:37
  Speaker 1: it hurts. But I just keep drinking black coffee. I–
• 19:43
  Speaker 1: I think that there's a chance. We learn everything we
• 19:46
  Speaker 1: need to know about Michigan over the next four weeks. Five,
• 19:49
  Speaker 1: I guess, because there's a bunch. Or I'm sorry, Oklahoma.
• 19:53
  Speaker 1: We are going to know one way or the other.
• 19:56
  Speaker 1: And that's what it comes down to. I think ultimately,
• 20:00
  Speaker 1: if you're Oklahoma, you need to go on the road
• 20:01
  Speaker 1: and get this win against Michigan. And then at worst,
• 20:03
  Speaker 1: you need to split the big two there to finish
• 20:07
  Speaker 1: September and start October. And if you do that, I
• 20:10
  Speaker 1: think you're a playoff team. If you don't, then I
• 20:11
  Speaker 1: think you're probably hoping for a little bit of a luck. Well,
• 20:15
  Speaker 1: I mean, obviously if you go one and two in
• 20:16
  Speaker 1: that stretch, then you're fine. But if you win everything else,
• 20:20
  Speaker 1: but man, I I'm intrigued by Oklahoma this year. Cause
• 20:23
  Speaker 1: I feel like a lot of people are falling off
• 20:24
  Speaker 1: of the belief. A lot of people point to the schedule,
• 20:27
  Speaker 1: but a lot of people did that last year too.
• 20:29
  Speaker 1: And they still went 10 and two and still one
• 20:30
  Speaker 1: in Tuscaloosa. And so, you know, doubt doubt Brevinables in
• 20:34
  Speaker 1: this defense at your own peril. So Jay, where can
• 20:37
  Speaker 1: people follow you, man? Where can they find your work?
• 20:39
  Speaker 1: What you got coming this week? All those things.
• 20:41
  Speaker 2: Yeah, you can find me at Unfair Sports as well
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: as on Locked On Sooners. We'll have a preview of
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: the Michigan-Oklahoma game most likely Friday morning with the guys
• 20:49
  Speaker 2: over at Locked On Wolverines. We're also doing some stuff
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: over at Unfair Sports to really talk some ball and
• 20:56
  Speaker 2: really get everybody prepared for this game.
• 20:58
  Speaker 3: TJ, thanks for having me as usual.
• 20:59
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• 21:10
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• 21:12
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