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Best CFB Saturday of the Year: Ohio State vs. Indiana, Alabama vs. Tennessee, Notre Dame vs. BYU · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: This is unbelievable. And I love that.
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  Speaker 2: We got 12 o'clock games, 3 30 games, 7 30 games.
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  Speaker 1: We get to sit there all day long and enjoy this.
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  Speaker 1: I'm looking forward to it. And I some of the game.
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  Speaker 1: I'm hailing. I'm gonna be completely honest. I'm gonna watch
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  Speaker 1: all of them.
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  Speaker 2: Dang, right?
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  Speaker 1: And I think we have West Virginia again this week
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  Speaker 1: on TNT covering the Big 12, but best believe I'll
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  Speaker 1: be done around 3.30, 4 o'clock, and I'll be catching
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  Speaker 1: the second half of that Ole Miss-Missouri game, but I
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  Speaker 1: cannot wait to see what happens in that Notre Dame
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  Speaker 1: and BYU. Because I've given a lot of the Notre
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  Speaker 1: Dame fans, and rightfully so. And look, I get it.
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  Speaker 1: It's not your fault because you only can play who
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  Speaker 1: you schedule. But I blame maybe the AD. But I
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  Speaker 1: will say this. You've taken care of business. And you've
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  Speaker 1: done what's needed to be done. But this game in
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  Speaker 1: Provo next Saturday night at 730. It's really going to
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  Speaker 1: be a great barometer to show where they are and
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  Speaker 1: also show on BYU side. Is Bear Bachmeier as good
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  Speaker 1: as advertised? I think he is. It's going to be
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  Speaker 1: sad that L.J. Martin, the leading rusher in the Big
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  Speaker 1: 12 from last year, is not going to be playing
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  Speaker 1: in this game. But Bear Bachmeier, he stepped up last week.
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  Speaker 1: He had over 300 yards passing and had over 100
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  Speaker 1: yards rushing. So they're saying Iowa State. Yeah, that's the
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  Speaker 1: fun challenge, man.
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  Speaker 2: And Notre Dame, some people feel some kind of way
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  Speaker 2: about Notre Dame, I think because of the past more
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  Speaker 2: than anything. And so they have in last year, obviously,
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  Speaker 2: I think a lot of people got offended when they
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  Speaker 2: took their ball and went home after the playoffs, like
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  Speaker 2: they weren't in the playoff. Here's the thing, man.
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  Speaker 1: They're really good. And they got a chance to show it.
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  Speaker 2: And here's the thing I want to really see about
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  Speaker 2: this game. Notre Dame's physicality.
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  Speaker 1: Because BYU is physical.
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  Speaker 2: They might not be the most explosive team in the country,
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  Speaker 2: but they're going to punch you in the mouth.
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  Speaker 1: They are.
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  Speaker 2: And they're going to check your temperature. So we're going
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  Speaker 2: to know physically if Notre Dame, on the line of scrimmage,
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  Speaker 2: Is good enough to be because CJ Carr is that dude. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: he's that dude. Like I know he's that dude. I
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  Speaker 2: know he's that good. Bear Bachmeier's got a chance to
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  Speaker 2: prove it as well. That's going to be awesome. Just
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  Speaker 2: we're going to learn a lot. The chat will be
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  Speaker 2: excited about that one. I guarantee you that.
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  Speaker 1: Because and got to give a shout out to Jonas
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  Speaker 1: Walton that running back out of character, man.
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  Speaker 2: I think they're finding their guy running back.
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  Speaker 1: He had 13 carries for 181 yards. Notre Dame fans
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  Speaker 1: back off. We give you some love. Let's see. Can
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  Speaker 1: it wait another week? We'll see what happens with BYU.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, you talked about Oklahoma State and Utah, or Houston.
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  Speaker 2: Winner in the driver's seat for the Big 12, possibly.
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  Speaker 2: Because here's the thing. Oklahoma State's loss was not in
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  Speaker 2: the Big 12. Houston's loss was. It was to Texas
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  Speaker 2: Tech early in the season.
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  Speaker 1: But, man, Oklahoma State. Here's what I'll say.
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  Speaker 2: The mess-to-maker thing is obvious. Like, this is every single week.
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  Speaker 2: But defensively, I love the way they're constructed defensively. They
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  Speaker 2: are not the most athletic. I'm just going to tell
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  Speaker 2: you that. Watch number three, though. Romney in the middle
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  Speaker 2: for them.
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  Speaker 1: Number three is... He's all over the field.
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  Speaker 2: Sees it, diagnoses it so well. They play very good.
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  Speaker 2: They're not overly athletic. Houston's going to have the speed advantage.
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  Speaker 2: Houston's got some guys. We talked about Obermeyer, but Malachi
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  Speaker 2: running the rock. They're going to get tested. That will
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  Speaker 2: be a fun, possible, barn-burning shootout with so much implications
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  Speaker 2: on the line.
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  Speaker 1: Missouri and Ole Miss, loser in trouble. Like hold up.
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  Speaker 1: We got this Wiley Pipps situation going on in this game, right?
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  Speaker 1: I like that. I like that. You got Ashton the
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  Speaker 1: quarterback from Missouri. He was at Ole Miss. Austin Simmons.
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  Speaker 1: Austin Simmons. Austin Simmons. I'm sorry. Austin Simmons. Trinidad replaced him.
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  Speaker 1: Trinidad replaced him. And what people fail to realize is
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  Speaker 1: Austin wasn't playing bad. He just got hurt. And so
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  Speaker 1: now I think this is a true test for Austin
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  Speaker 1: to come in and be like, yo, I'm going to
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  Speaker 1: show you who is the better quarterback.
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  Speaker 2: And Austin was the way more highly recruited guy through
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  Speaker 2: 98 at a high school lefty. Like you could you've
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  Speaker 2: seen the anticipation of Missouri's defense playing really, really well.
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  Speaker 2: Proposes a challenge, man, like for this slate, like it's insane.