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Alabama & Tennessee QBs Did Something I DID NOT Expect! | Crimson Tide | Volunteers · SEC Football Addiction

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  Speaker 1: Some quarterbacks made their debut in the sec yesterday. We
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  Speaker 1: are presented by prize picks. What are our thoughts on
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  Speaker 1: Keelan Russell and phase on Brandon Cole?
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  Speaker 2: If you got to pick one right now after yesterday,
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  Speaker 2: who you taking? That is so mean.
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  Speaker 3: It's hard because of on one hand, like phase on
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  Speaker 3: Brandon looked awesome throwing the football.
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  Speaker 4: He was awesome.
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  Speaker 3: And I don't care that it was against Furman. That
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  Speaker 3: is a freshman that is looking the part of a
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  Speaker 3: veteran running an offense.
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  Speaker 4: That was great.
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  Speaker 3: I think that's simply because of Keelan Russell gives you
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  Speaker 3: an opportunity to add a second year to Alabama's offense
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  Speaker 3: that is necessary to win. I will take Keelan Russell
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  Speaker 3: by like a slight hair because the way that I
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  Speaker 3: would describe Keelan Russell right now, Keelan Russell is the
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  Speaker 3: perfect embodiment of a Kalen DeBoer quarterback.
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  Speaker 4: That he has had the last two years.
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  Speaker 3: He has the mobility, the speed, and the physicality of
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  Speaker 3: what you have with the Jalen Milrow. But he also
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  Speaker 3: has the touch, the accuracy, and I think really solid
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  Speaker 3: decision making the way Ty Simpson had.
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  Speaker 4: So if you put those two in.
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  Speaker 3: One body, that is the Duncanville product that was on
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  Speaker 3: display yesterday in a 48-10 win. There are some things
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  Speaker 3: he's got to clean on up, but there's a lot
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  Speaker 3: of things that Alabama's got to clean on up that
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  Speaker 3: was not his reckoning. The one thing I will say
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  Speaker 3: about Keelan Russell, and this is where maybe I would
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  Speaker 3: take phase on Brandon in a slight lean.
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  Speaker 4: Dude, I get you're tough. I love the fact that
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  Speaker 4: you are not afraid of any competition. Go the hell down.
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  Speaker 4: Give yourself up.
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  Speaker 3: You are not surviving a season against Oklahoma's defense and
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  Speaker 3: Texas A & M' s defense and Georgia's defense if you
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  Speaker 3: want to play that way. And Faison Brandon made those
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  Speaker 3: right calls. But one team ended up getting a 38-point
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  Speaker 3: win against a better competition, and you still have your questions.
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  Speaker 3: And one team beat the brakes off of an FCS program,
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  Speaker 3: and Faison Brandon didn't play in the second half. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: that's where we are. Talk to me after Georgia Tech,
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  Speaker 3: but both looked really well.
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  Speaker 4: I'll take Keelan Russell by a hair.
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  Speaker 1: I really liked, maybe just to be the contrarian, and
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  Speaker 1: I do think ECU would take Furman out fairly easily,
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  Speaker 1: so I think level of competition is important too. I
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  Speaker 1: really like the way that Faison looked within that offense.
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  Speaker 2: Also, being a true freshman, just a little younger....
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  Speaker 1: His mobility, the way that he can make guys miss,
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  Speaker 1: the way that he can get around an edge. I'm
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  Speaker 1: not saying that Keelan can't. But man, it's kind of
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  Speaker 1: like when we were talking about Malachi and Jeremiah. Jeremiah,
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  Speaker 1: you're not a loser no matter who you get in
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  Speaker 1: these two. Faison was so impressive as a true freshman
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  Speaker 1: to me. Again, so was Russell. They were really, really
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  Speaker 1: freaking good. And yeah, both really, really impressive. Tom, I'll
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  Speaker 1: shut up and let you talk. I love their skill sets.
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  Speaker 1: I think the ceiling is high.
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  Speaker 5: You saw young quarterbacks doing young quarterback things against bad competition,
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  Speaker 5: plenty of talent. I remember in 2024, a gentleman playing
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  Speaker 5: for the University of Florida hung 456 yards on Sanford,
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  Speaker 5: and the entire world freaked out.
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  Speaker 2: Is this the second coming?
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  Speaker 5: Can he walk on water?
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  Speaker 2: You guys remember DJ Lagway, right?
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  Speaker 3: I mean, we had the full DJ Lagway experience last night.
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  Speaker 2: One step at a time.
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  Speaker 5: This is an outstanding start against bad competition for both
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  Speaker 5: these SEC teams that have high aspirations. Alabama probably more
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  Speaker 5: so than Tennessee. Wait and see. I love the skill sets.
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  Speaker 5: I think the pedigree is there. What happens when the
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  Speaker 5: bullets start flying? What happens when you start taking contact,
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  Speaker 5: when your feet are not settled in the pocket and
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  Speaker 5: you have to make decisions from the pocket? I think
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  Speaker 5: that's going to be the challenge inevitably for both these guys.
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  Speaker 2: Love what I saw.
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  Speaker 5: Can't wait to see more against actual competition.
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  Speaker 2: I'll get right back to the clip.
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  Speaker 3: By the way, yesterday, because of a five touchdown performance,
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  Speaker 3: another fun fact, Faison Brandon is the youngest quarterback in
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  Speaker 3: SEC history to account more than four touchdowns in a
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  Speaker 3: single game, edging out one Jalen hurts by one day.
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  Speaker 2: Ooh, that is a fun fact.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah. I, I, you wondered again, level of competition, but
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  Speaker 1: I just wondered for phase on specifically how it would
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  Speaker 1: look as a true freshman. And I think Georgia tech
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  Speaker 1: next week, I don't know how much of a step
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  Speaker 1: up in competition it is, from Furman after watching them
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  Speaker 1: on Thursday night.
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  Speaker 4: It's a step up. But it is. It's not much.
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  Speaker 5: Yeah, it's not much.
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  Speaker 2: It's a slight step, right?
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  Speaker 1: Like it's a step stool maybe is the best way
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  Speaker 1: to say it.
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  Speaker 5: If I'm going up a staircase, I took a step
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  Speaker 5: or two up.
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  Speaker 4: Okay, here's a good way to put this I think
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  Speaker 4: would be fun.
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  Speaker 3: When you look at the way that Faison Brandon played
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  Speaker 3: yesterday and you look at the way that Keelan Russell
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  Speaker 3: played yesterday, Do you feel different about these teams? Because
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  Speaker 3: on one hand, I don't feel different about Alabama because
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  Speaker 3: I thought that Alabama was a 9-win team if you
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  Speaker 3: get a good version of Keelan Russell. I think that
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  Speaker 3: now they're probably a 10-win team that can go to
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  Speaker 3: the playoff. I feel a lot better about the direction
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  Speaker 3: of what the Tennessee offense can look like and them
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  Speaker 3: being able to pull off upsets with Faison Brandon.
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  Speaker 4: I think that's more of a fun way. The ceiling's
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  Speaker 4: a lot higher.
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  Speaker 3: I agree with that.
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  Speaker 5: I feel better about Alabama, I think, just because Keelan
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  Speaker 5: gives them that X factor. He can be an eraser
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  Speaker 5: for certain things because of what he can do with
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  Speaker 5: his legs. Definitely worried about Ryan Coleman-Williams. Did he get
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  Speaker 5: paid after his freshman year and then is just kind
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  Speaker 5: of checked out?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, he got paid before his freshman year, I
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  Speaker 2: would think.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, he got paid because he was a five-star plus
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  Speaker 3: and he stuck around with Keelan. The weird part is,
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  Speaker 3: here's how weird Alabama fans are. We were bitching about
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  Speaker 3: the way that he dropped two balls once again. And
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  Speaker 3: yet he still led the team in receptions, receiving yards,
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  Speaker 3: and had a 100-yard game. It's so brutal because of
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  Speaker 3: how much we've been plagued in the past by what
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  Speaker 3: it looked like.
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  Speaker 4: That's the problem.
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  Speaker 5: Alabama running the football again against East Carolina. 227 yards rushing,
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  Speaker 5: five touchdowns on the ground. Far cry from what they
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  Speaker 5: were last year. Can they do that against actual credible
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  Speaker 5: SEC defenses? Jury's still out. So I was more impressed
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  Speaker 5: with Keelan Russell and Alabama overall because I think that
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  Speaker 5: was the huge question the entire offseason. What the hell
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  Speaker 5: is Alabama's quarterback situation going to be? And Russell gives
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  Speaker 5: you some confidence.
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  Speaker 1: I think Tennessee still has some figuring out to do. Again,
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  Speaker 1: I thought their defense was fine yesterday, but you're playing Furman.
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  Speaker 1: But to Cole's point, Yeah. I think Tennessee can pull
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  Speaker 1: an upset that maybe you weren't expecting now because of
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  Speaker 1: what maybe the ceiling is on that offense.
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  Speaker 2: I agree with Tom.
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  Speaker 1: Like I had Alabama at 10 and two before yesterday.
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  Speaker 1: I got Alabama at 10 and two now, like not
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  Speaker 1: much has changed there. But with Tennessee, I think I
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  Speaker 1: had them at closer to like seven and five, eight
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  Speaker 1: and four. And now I might be closer to like nine,
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  Speaker 1: nine and three, right? Like, maybe bump them up a
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  Speaker 1: half a win. Um, I've, you know, again, we'll find
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  Speaker 1: out more about Texas this week, but Texas has got
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  Speaker 1: to go to Knoxville.
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  Speaker 2: I think that's going to be a very difficult.
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  Speaker 1: Game, but who's to say the Tennessee's offense doesn't go
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  Speaker 1: off in a game like that at some point this year.
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  Speaker 2: Um, so yeah, I'm a little higher on Tennessee.
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  Speaker 1: I'm probably about the same on Bama because I already
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  Speaker 1: was really high on them. So I'm not, I'm not
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  Speaker 1: bumping up Bama to 11 wins because I probably had
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  Speaker 1: Bama's right there with LSU and I'm a little higher
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  Speaker 1: on LSU now too.
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  Speaker 2: So I think it, as we get more data points,
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  Speaker 2: we'll certainly know.
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  Speaker 4: Like going, going into the season.
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  Speaker 3: I think if you did not know anything about the quarterbacks,
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  Speaker 3: you could see a scenario to where Tennessee goes six
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  Speaker 3: and six.
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  Speaker 4: I don't see that anymore. Now I see eight and four. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: They're going to beat all the teams that they should beat.
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  Speaker 2: I would imagine.
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  Speaker 3: Right?
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  Speaker 1: Weird things happen, but Tennessee probably in a really good spot.
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  Speaker 1: They went a really good spot and we'll see how
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  Speaker 1: the next few weeks play out and find out.