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Ep67 NCAA Championship Kenny Finishes Quickly · Sports Allegedly

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Oh my grown yeah, coming me live from Kenny's BASEBMAK apartment BLA. We
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just came down here for a quickie before the game. Sports Allegedly. Welcome,
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Welcome, welcome everyone, thanks for joining us for this abbreviated version of
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Sports Allegedly on this ninth eighth day of January twenty twenty four. Really,
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we're just gonna get down to it. We're gonna talk about we'll preview the
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last the football playoff championship games that were played last week between Texas and Washington
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and then also Michigan Alabama, and then we'll preview and make our predictions for
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tonight's game, which is starting in about ten minutes, not ever on time,
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so probably more like fifteen. But anyway, let's get to it.
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Let's talk about let's not so you want to explain to everybody why we started,
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not at five point thirty like previously had a meeting. Anyway, let's
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start with Michigan Alabama overtime game. Michigan beats Alabama. I thought the game
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pretty much went as I would expect it. I did pick Alabama to win.
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I was looking at our predictions from last week. We had low scoring.
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Of course, that was an overtime though too. We had twenty four
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seventeen and twenty seven to twenty three. We got twenty seven twenty three.
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May be me, but it was the opposite that went the wrong way.
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So uh, but no, I thought that it was exactly It went into
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the hands of Michigan the whole game. I mean, it was Michigan's game
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plan. It was the slow Alabama's offense down play, good defense time.
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Man Ol Row looked lost in that game. You know, he started out
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he kind of okay, and then did he did that The first series was
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fun and then after that it just went downhill. Uh. It looked like
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he did in the beginning of the season and even in the Texas first.
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Yeah, the Texas game, like we saw this kid that we and we
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and we thought that he was maturing throughout the season. And you know,
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they went in and they they beat the brakes off of the Georgia team,
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who a lot of people said probably should have been in the College football playoffs.
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But it turns around and uh, was he stymied by the defense?
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Oh? I think the defense played really well. I mean, if you
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haven't watched Michigan play, I mean their front for even the front start believing
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in Michigan defense, or we're gonna start believing in Michigan. Not quite,
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not quite, because we'll talk about the tonight's game. I'm not quite So
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now I'm not saying they're not bad but not good by by no means no,
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no, no, I wasn't saying that. I just is it time
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to start believing? I just I think the last few seasons have been you
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know, letdowns, and you know they do they maybe the game cast on
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that they make it to the playoffs. Last year no, Michigan, Yes,
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lost to TCUH lost TV. And the year before I don't know if
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they made the Playoffsky did they get They lost. This was the first Bowl
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win they've had in like five or six strides, so or playoff, either
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way you want to put it. So there was a playoff in and you
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know Milroe sixteen to twenty three hundred and sixteen yards. His Cure quarterback rating
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was forty five. And then you look at McCartney, whose draft stock is
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rising. I mean, he's gonna be one of those quiet sleeper guys that's
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going to be drafted higher than brought party. But unfortunately it's going to be
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compared to him the way the way I feel he is hoping he's another time.
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And so seventeen to twenty seven for him for two hundred twenty yards.
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This gub you already was ninety one. So no picks by either one.
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But you're right, I mean, they Alabama focused on the run, and
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I thought they had some at times some ability to run the ball against Michigan.
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And that'll lead into my segment about but Washington again michg Yeah, really
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I did. I did, and I thought that the I thought it was
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disappointing that to see him he did look at times a little loss and had
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all this time to practice and prepare for Michigan. But this isn't an Alabama
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team that has been an Alabama team like the past. It just hasn't.
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I mean it hasn't. It has. But they finished and give him credit
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and it's the seasons given. You get it. And you've got to remember
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that Bill O'Brien said that he would never be a collegiate quarterback. Yeah,
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and like I said, give him credit for getting back to the playoffs and
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it well, yeah, you know, that's a that's an aster, not
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not a good season. For Alabama fans in terms of finishing what they were
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hoping, because it's never good now that they won a national check because they
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held Texas over their head all season long. They did, and like we
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talked about, Alabama continued to play better throughout the year. Milroe looked better.
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But I think he's got some talent and he didn't move his legs.
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I don't believe that he's not talented. I'm just I want to know what
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happened to him in that game. I don't know where the Jalen Milroe.
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I don't think we saw after the Alabama, after the Texas game, and
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all the way into the SEC Championship game, where that guy went. I
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don't think we're giving enough credit, probably to Michigan. That's what That's what
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I'm asking is that is it time to start believing in that Michigan defense.
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We'll see I mean, you know, total yards was two eighty eight three
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point fifty one. Passing yards are a bad equal and Alabama outrushed them,
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which was surprising. Now, obviously Milroe had a lot to do with that
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because the pocket collapsed a lot a lot on him time of possession. Alabama
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actually held to the penalties were low. They both had one turn. How
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much funny is that DC for Michigan? Was he an ex raven coordinator?
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No, he was. He was there. I know you got it backwards
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the DC for Ravens as an ex Michigan coordinator. But he was there for
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the game. Yes, because it's well because John was there too. Or
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they'll be there tonight. I don't know if they were there before. They
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weren't there before. I'm sorry, I think they'll be there tonight because the
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Monday and they would be there tonight. So anyway, Uh, No,
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it was, but it was you look at one of the playoff one of
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the best playoff games I've watched, though there was, it wasn't a bit
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out. I enjoyed it in the Rose Bowl, so which is always nice.
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Wasn't this the same night that the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame was
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going on? I don't know. I don't know that big. I think
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it was. I think the Dutch and SI I'm like, why are you
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guys going up against Why are you guys going against the college football playoffs?
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They like they come on. Uh, you know, there's nothing flashy about
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Isaiah Bond had the big the big twenty nine yard reception four mill road they
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played. But but you look over here at Michigan and Michigan there long was
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was Roman Wilson with twenty nine, Tyler Morris of the thirty eight, blick
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Corn with the twenty seven. You can even go down to Killing Mullings at
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nineteen. The longest for Alabama was was Isaiah Bond at the twenty nine,
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and then it gets down to Kobe Prentice at thirteen for only one pass.
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Yeah, it was it. Like I said, it was more of the
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run and it was the defense. It was defense. So the thing is
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is but it was one of the best, Like I said, one of
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the best playoff games that I've watched. I enjoyed it is what we didn't
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talk about the turnover game. Yeah, I think it was turnover game was
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won by Michigan. Well, no, it was just it was it was
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one on one one. Yeah, it was five five five total. Well
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but they only lost it once. So what I'm saying, I think the
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turnovers, I think the turnovers were equal. I'm not mistaken. No interceptions
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were there no interceptions. But the fumble game was still big. Well they
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got really it really was I forgot about that. It was it was just
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one on the weekend I've had the work. It was just it was one
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and one. I mean, but yeah, the Alabama was more penalties.
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Like I said, it was a pretty It was the most even game.
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That one of the most even playing games I've watched. It was it was
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instead of a blow not a lot of dramatics, but it was instead of
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instead of a comeback win by Georgia. So for a blowout by Joe Burrow.
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And on every o U playoff game, a lot of people Joe Burrow
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and that Orgagon team, the potentially and and our and our and let's say
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the last two days they were one of the strongest of all time. Yeah.
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So no, it wasn't just shopping to know you, it was it
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was you know, the teams and what last year? What did Georgia win
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by last year, didn't they have a big big blow up? Oh yeah,
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they killed TCU and the murdered TCU and TCU was you know, took
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out Michigan. That's why I was so impressed by Alabama. But Georgia this
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year, because I still think they played ten times, I'd say Georgia probably
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wins six or seven. No, we can't talk about the Georgia Florida State
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because Florida State lost half their team either setting out, going to the draft
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or transfer. No, yeah, they lost. All we talked about that
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last week is the end of the bowl are and now to be interested in
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seees? We move forward to the playoffs this year. How they're going to
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integrate more of those bowls. How they're going to do it? You know
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some we're going to be home and home the Peach Bowl there, so,
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uh, at least Washington winning. Now we're going to segue into Texas in
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Washington. Now, I'm not going to take credit for being right about I'm
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I'm gonna take right so uh. But exactly what I thought would happen was
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I thought that they are who we thought they I never really thought that that
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Texas. I thought that the Texas Washington game was going to be more interesting,
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more exciting. It was as far as scoring points and moving. But
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I think what when sin Texas got done, they couldn't get back up.
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I think what in reality, though, is the speed of Washington, which
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is exactly what I thought would happen. It got Texas, and I thought
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yours played Okay, he didn't have his great when we went into halftime tied,
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but you know, Washington comes out pop ten points and Texas lays an
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egg in the third quarter. You can't keep up, you can't get behind.
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Well, when we talk about this in honesty, Texas looked like they
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were going to come back and win this. They really did, because in
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the fourth court, right at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Washington did
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go up thirty four to twenty one. Then they let the touchdown back to
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to Mitchell. The It was a weird game because all of a sudden,
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Washington looked unstoppable and and Texas couldn't do anything. And then both teams would
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go to where they couldn't look like they couldn't do anything, and then Texas
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would turn it on. Then you know, then Washington looked like they couldn't
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do I was like, man, this game is stressful for me. I
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think that what you don't really don't imagine if Craig had hair at the end
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of the game. We're gonna talk to our Texas bystander here in a little
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bit, but what we're going to talk about, but in reality, when
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you get down to forget this one say that it's then yeah, okay,
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so anyways we get him on the phone. I think the thing about the
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speed though Texas is big. I thought Texas defensive line didn't play as well
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as anticipated and what was projected of them. And I thought that the speed
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of and I thought Pinnix and the wide receivers once again had a hell of
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a game. Kick down on me a little bit, Sean. So I
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can see the stats for the receivers, because it'd been a minute too since
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I've seen that, but the time of possession. Just go down to the
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receivers. I just want to see some of their numbers, but huge numbers.
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Yeah, so Pope and Dunzi, that both all right. Thanks Craig
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for joining us on this episode, our shortened episode for the recap of Texas
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and Washington. Give us your thoughts on on the game. Of course,
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you're a fan, uh and you know you know every player's name and every
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position they play and we don't. But give us a give us a little
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rundown of what you thought of how they played and then what you saw from
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Washington, and is Washington got a shot tonight? I think I'm gonna pull
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a rabbit out of the hat like all the ou Sooner fans and say that
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was pastor appearance in the end zone. Texas it was so up and down.
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You know, they had they had a chance of winning and couldn't do
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it. I think, uh, the quarterback play was was not very good
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on the Texas side. Yeah, I was gonna call and have a wellness
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check down on you. I was too busy out. Well. I'm sure
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he turned his phone off for a while because I'm sure that everybody and their
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dog was texting or calling. What why would they call? Why would why
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would they do? The only one, the only call I remember is Kenny
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West's message he sent to me. I wasn't I wasn't too crude. I
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was I was that. Yeah. I can only imagine what those were like
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after what you send us, because I've been there, you know, I've
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been to the playoffs before. It's Texas first time. How does it feel?
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How how are you feeling? Uh with the with getting there and you
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know, feeling like a big man and then just being let down. Well,
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I mean, if you really want to think about it, it really
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isn't. I honestly think catches in the set is going to do pretty good,
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and I think, oh you will as well. No, I agree,
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And I thought you talked about you wers. His numbers weren't bad,
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but there was certain times that in some of his possessions, especially on third
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down, I thought he could have done better. And I think, though,
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what I told you about beforehand was I thought that Washington speed would be
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a real asset to them, and the wide receivers. You know, both
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had over one hundred yards average or sorry, both had over over one hundred
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yards receiving in that game and average over twenty catch. Of course, they
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did have two days, they had two long ones, but they spread that
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ball around. See most of those receivers had five to six, you know,
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and then some had a couple, you know, so you essentially had
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seven receivers have twenty nine catches. And so they spread that around. And
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I think thought that while Dylan Johnson didn't have a good game statistically running for
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Washington, they keep they kept feeding him the ball to keep your love,
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to keep your line honest, and I thought that he was. He had
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come up. Texas weakness really showed their their defensive back. Is that's really
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showed in that game. Nope, I totally agree. I think I think
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if the backs would have played better, I think Texas would have won,
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which I would have always thought. But the defensive back side on Texas is
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not very good. So hopefully in the hopefully they bring in some some really
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good defensive backs. I think I've seen what they got one from, is
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it l SU. Yeah, They've got some good ones coming in, and
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they had some good freshman yeah man last year. So their recruiting is doing
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really well for them as far as that goes. So, but what they
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lose is going to be pretty dramatic too, as far as I think they
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lose, yeah, in the front line, that's going to be bad,
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the big loss. And I think they lose most of their wide receivers.
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I guess the ones that have been Baxter will be back, yeah, yeah,
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Yeah. The other the guy that got injured worthy yeah, Brooks Brooks.
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I haven't heard about it. He's already declared. Okay, Okay.
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I don't think that's a big loss. I think I think Baxter was And
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you might think I'm done for saying this, but I think Baxter was was
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as good as Brooks. He is. He's more talented, for sure.
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I think that Brooks was getting the Brandon the carries because of his age.
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Now, what do you think about the quarterback controversy that's brewing it at Texas
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because they've already come out and said that it's not Quinn, you were's job.
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I mean, how can you take it from him? Honestly, twenty
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four forty year. It might just be Sarkesian being dramatic, but I think
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he I think he said that just to try to make sure that you know
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that man, he's not going to leave, which I never I don't think
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he has a chance of leaving. I just think he kind of tried to.
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I don't think he's got a chance to play it ever. I think
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the guy's going to make some money in college and probably play one year and
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be about eight and four and then the track four million dollars. Now he
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claims that wasn't true. He didn't come out and say that. Man,
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Yeah he did say all. He did say he wasn't making more than brought
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party and brought perty made only eight hundred thousand. Now, brock Scotts,
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I don't know if this matters, But have you guys seen what the odds
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are of who could win the National Championship next year already? Why is his
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way up there? I'm surprised, though, with all the players they're losing,
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I really am. I think that would be like I think it would
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be like putting Washington up there in a high standard too, and with the
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Texas having a harder SECU game. I think Texas will have another good year
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next year. But I don't. I don't know. You know how it
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is coming too? They go Olko, They've got a bunch of guys transferring
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in. You know, do they have to play A and M this year?
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Do they finally have to do that? I think they've been running from
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each other. I know. I think it's gonna be exciting to see OU
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in Texas both in the SEC. I do too, So give us so
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recap on Alabama Michigan. Did you get to watch that one? I actually
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won that bet on that side. Did pretty excited about that. So we
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we evened our bets. There was no real winner. We both split.
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Oh, but you was quick to let me know that you picked Texas to
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get beat Let me go. I did well, I mean we all would
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have. I didn't. I didn't have any really rooting interest in Michigan Alabama.
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You see, it wasn't that wasn't a thing. So so and I
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said that, I said that Michigan. I didn't think that Alabama could throw
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against Michigan. And I'm honestly going to do that tonight. I didn't.
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I think Michigan wins it. Okay, That's what I was going to ask
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you. So you think Michigan wins. What do you think it's because the
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secondary? You think the defensive front line is just going to give them so
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many fits and Michigan's secondary is really really good. Well, well, I'm
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gonna ask you, are you are? Are you ready to believe in Michigan's
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defense. I think they they're not gonna be able to run on Michigan,
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and I know, I mean, they're going to be able to pass on
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Michigan. But I think there's going to be there won't be so many big
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plays. I think Michigan stops them. That's what's gonna be key. That's
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that was one of the things I was going to talk about for Washington.
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Washington to win this game has to have some sort of running game, whether
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it be Johnson who's still banged up, or even Pinnix or some other type
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of run running ability for somebody to keep them in check for the passing and
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and Craig, You're right, I think that do. But I think they
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will have to win the turnover again big the big play see. And I
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don't I don't know. I don't know why everybody thinks that that's so down.
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I've got Washington winning this. I think Washington wins it in the end.
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I think, just like I said about Texas, I honestly think that
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Texas is a better team besides the besides the secondary. I think Texas is
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equivalent to Michigan in this game. And I don't think that yours is that
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much worse than McCartney. I just don't, I know, And that's why
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I think that that Michigan. I think this might be a surprise. I
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think Washington's gonna gonna have some plays, and I think the speed, like
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I said about Texas, is going to surprise. And you ever watch Michigan
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or Washington play, And I've watched them quite a bit. Actually this year,
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I think I've watched more packed Twill football than I have ever, just
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because the conference was so good this year. But they don't really screw up
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a lot. They are very well coached. They're very disciplined that they I
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mean, they know what they're doing and they have a plan to do it.
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And you turn around and and you look at Michigan. Michigan's got the
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talent. I don't think they've got a potent offense per se. They do
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have a balance. Has anybody thrown on Michigan? Has anybody had that big
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Probably not because they're fourteen, But well, okay, so that's something else
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I was gonna say though, is do you think maybe though that that do
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you think the pack if you looked at the Big Ten though, do you
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think that you would call them a high scoring offenses in the Pact? In
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the Big Ten or Yeah? The Big Ten? I just I don't see
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anybody, you know. The second one was Ohio State and their quarterback transferred.
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Third best team was Penn State. Yeah, their offense is horrific,
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trying to bring in passers. Yeah, and Iowa they were they were ranked
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and they had the worst offense probably in I mean, I guarantee you they
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were in the hundreds in offense. And I don't think they scored against Mechgan,
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but they didn't know the most points that got scored everybody won that game.
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The most points that got scored on them was twenty four points, and
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that was Maryland Ohio State. I don't think tonight, I don't think Whatshton's
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going to be able to throw the ball as much. I think Mischig wins
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my twelve. Give us a give us a final score for Michigan. Okay,
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all right, buddy, thanks for joining us. We'll see you again
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soon. I thank you guys. All right, all right, there was
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our Texas by standard Craig. So he's obviously still upset about Texas losing.
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He just won't tell you that, but he played it off pretty well.
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I thought he did well. It was fun. And hey, John,
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what's your keys? The game? Keys of the game is establishing any sort
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of run game for Washington. Washington, uh they and and staying disciplined.
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They literally have got to stay disciplined. H Poenix is gonna have to don
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say, is gonna have to get open and there because it's a good thing.
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They don't have just one premieer receiver fountains. They've at least got that
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so that way they can spread that defense. They have to protect Phoenix Poenix
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has got to be protected at all costs, because if Phoenix is not protected,
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it's gonna go downhill quickly, and I mean quickly. I agree with
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that. I totally agree with that. And turnover that always helps. I
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mean, that's gonna help because if you see it, I mean, not
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everybody's in the Jaguar. If you get a big difference either way, then
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you can see obviously a big lead for Michigan if the turnovers going the wrong
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way. But I think really for Michigan, I think they've just got to
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keep doing what they've done all year. They play solid defense, run the
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ball, throw the ball, and they need to. I wonder how much
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the Michigan thing is gonna I don't know if is the coaching thing for Harball
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distraction distraction at all. It doesn't seem to distract them at all. Well,
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that's not a distraction because he hasn't really been there a lot of the
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season. I remember he was suspended three games at the end of the season,
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and he was suspended and you're probably right a lot of that. I
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mean, so they have good coaching, the leadership, and you know,
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does he stay so you know, does anybody want him does it to be
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the head coach at Michigan. If it Sharon More, I need to learn
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his name, because he will be there. He will be the new head
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coach. All right, Sean. As we get ready to close out,
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thank you for joining us to this quick one. We're gonna take a break
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and we'll be back. Hold we didn't talk about it. Hold on,
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we'll be back. We'll be back. We'll be back Wednesday. We'll do
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our NFL Playoff special and our predictions. But as we close up, I've
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got Michigan forty two thirty for our Texas by standard. What do you got,
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Sean for yours? I might go twenty seven thirty Washington? You're picking
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Washington? Yeah, I'm sorry. Does does it hurt you? I was
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hoping to go against it, but I guess not. We don't have anything
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to go against. We didn't tie. It was you and your wife,
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your family, So Washington, you too have I think it's gonna be I
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think I'm gonna go thirty one, twenty eight, twenty seven. There is
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one point game, twenty eight twenty seven. I think it's close. Now,
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let's go twenty eight to twenty four twenty eight twenty four. I'm one
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Washington too. I think the speed gets them. I'm changing my pick already.
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Twenty seven, twenty four. Michigan's gonna have to Michigan's gonna have to
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have J. J. McCarthy, you know, hitting, hitting one.
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They're obviously the favored. They're they're five and a half point favorites most everybody
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on believing in the defense. Well, I think everyone's believed in that.
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But I said, let's put it together and I want to see them play.
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This is probably the hot most highest power powered offense that they've played all
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year. Absolutely, yeah, So this is a this is an offensive weapons
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and they've got a good tight end. We've got good receivers, and Washington
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Phoenix has been making good to see Washington's been the underdog. They've been Hotly
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is one of the smartest quarterbacks that they faced all season. I think he's
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the best quarterback by farest overall. I mean, I think he's the most
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talented. I think this kid. I didn't give him a lot of credit
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at the beginning of the year. I mean, I knew he'd be good
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and Washington be all right, But I mean that team overall, they're balanced
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and that's why I think they're going to win it. On I think they'd
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be the Nash champs. Washington cannot get down early, that is one thing.
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And I know they came back in the Oregon game, but that's that's
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a whole different defense. That's a whole you know that every everything's everything is
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different about that. It'd be interesting. All right, here we go,
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game start. We'll see y'all. Thanks for joining us. We'll see a
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week. We'll talk about that Wednesday. We're gonna talk about Kenny's hot take
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yes on two H versus Josh Allen. Josh Allen was crap, but Tua
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did not. I forgot about that. All right, thanks for joining us.
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We'll see you wednesday. We'll talk about that later. Because you want
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to get in the game. We want to get in the game. All
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right, we'll see we'll see you wednesday. Thanks for joining everybody. I
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guess that's it.