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beard go. So we are deep into the
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offseason and I feel like I say that every single episode
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because we are. But the good news is we are 38
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days away from the college football kickoff with the very
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first game being TCU versus Kansas State in Ireland to start
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the year off on August 29th. And then we are, if I remember
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hearing correctly, 50 days away from the NFL kick off.
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And so since we're in deep into the offseason, we haven't had
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too much drama since the whole Brandon Sorsby thing has finally
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come to a close and the whole Texas Tech issue and whatnot.
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We have though a few pretty much at this point just, you know,
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speculations as far as what we're going to do, what we're
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going to talk about, and who's going to potentially do really
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well and who's not going to potentially do really well.
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So we decided one of the things that well, I decided one of the
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things that I was going to talk about and do, I wanted to do a
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playoff prediction. And the way that it was put
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earlier that I really liked was it's going to be in pencil, not
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in pen, not in permit marker yet.
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It's going to be these are the teams I think are going to go
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into the playoffs, I think are going to do well.
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They should likely go into the playoffs because on paper they
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have everything that says that they should.
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But obviously nothing is a guarantee in college football
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because it's an unforgiving sport and anything and
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everything is absolutely possible with it.
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But I actually got the inspiration from this from Joel
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Klatt. If you don't watch his stuff or
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if you don't care for Joel Klatt, I understand it.
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But he does have a really good show.
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He has a really good podcast where he breaks a lot of this
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stuff down because he cares. He's A at the end of the day, he
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is a fan of college football just as much as the rest of us
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are. And the episode that he made was
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kind of interesting, but it was also a little confusing to start
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with. And basically he wanted to make
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a list of the teams that he believes basically are going to
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make the 12 team playoffs for the first time this year.
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And now, of course, when he was talking about it, he was
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breaking it down. That of course, means that a lot
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of teams that have been in the 12 team, 12 team College
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Football Playoff format, you know, they they're excluded
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because they've been in it at one point or another.
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Even though they might have only been once, they've still been in
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it. And he was essentially making a
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list of other teams that this would be their first time coming
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into the 12 team format and what those teams look like and over
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some of their schedules. So I decided to do something a
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little bit similar and I decided to go ahead and put in the teams
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who I think are competing truthfully for a national title
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as far as how their rosters are set up, who they have.
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And I'll be honest, part of it also comes into the historical
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factor. How successful have you been
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within the last, you know, four to five years?
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And so there's a lot of teams that were actually in the
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playoffs last year that are going to be in again.
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Now, there are a couple that didn't make it last year that I
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believe are going to make it in this year and again, are going
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to be title contenders. Now, if you look at the number
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of these, again, the numbers aren't going to match.
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This is all purely speculative. I do want to preface this by
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saying that I have teams that I think are playoff likely and
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then between the Big 12 and the ACCI believe that you're going
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to have to win the conference in order to get into the playoffs.
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But with all that being said, I'll go ahead and bring up the
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graphic to show you what I'm talking about.
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So this is who I have potentially coming into the
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playoffs. Now, like I said, Joel Klatt
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made his to where? OK, here's the teams that have
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never been in the 12 team, 12 team College Football Playoff
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format that I think are going to make it for the first time.
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So I'm like, you know what, let me do who I think is going to
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make it in, who I think is going to be the national title
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contenders who I think are likely going to be able to sneak
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into the playoffs. Like I said with the Big 12 and
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the ACC, if you have to win the conference in order for you to
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get in, I believe, because I don't think I don't see the Big
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12 or the ACC having enough teams nor the strength of
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schedule and all the other variable factors that come into
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it to be able to push more than one team in the playoffs.
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And then a few teams that I think could sneak in just
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because of the talent and just because of who they have and
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what they have on the roster. And again, we'll dive into that.
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So let's go into the national title contenders first as far as
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who I think is going to make it in.
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So let's start with Ohio State. And again, these are not in any
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particular order. So don't look at this and think,
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oh, he has Ohio State version. No, no, no, this is just these
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are the seven teams that I believe are truly the national
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title contending teams. So if we look at Ohio State
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schedule, they host Ball State, they have to go to Texas.
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So that's going to probably be the absolute biggest game for
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Ohio State and Texas both as far as this.
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I think for Ohio State, if they lose, this isn't going to
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completely derail their trajectory or completely derail
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their season. However, if Texas loses again, I
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do think that starts to send Texas into a bit of a panic mode
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right off the bat. Now I know it's only the second
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game of the season, but still we saw what happened to Texas last
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year when they get off to a really rocky start.
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They were the preseason number one favorite Arch Manning, all
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that had the Heisman handed to him.
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All of these things were coming out that you know, basically
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Texas was going to be the team to beat and they end up losing
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by a touchdown to Ohio State. But nonetheless, they completely
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derailed their season. Now they ended up finishing on a
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very hot streak, but nonetheless, it completely threw
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them off to start with. So to me, I think this game is
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going to determine Texas's future and their fate,
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especially for the rest of the season, depending on how their
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game goes, but to go through the rest of Ohio State schedule.
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So then they they host Kent State, they host Illinois, they
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go to Iowa, which isn't exactly easy, but it's it's not
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completely out of the realm of possibility.
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They host Maryland. Then the probably one of the
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other big games for Ohio State, they have to go to Indiana, to
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Bloomington to face the defending national champs and
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get revenge for the Big 10 championship.
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Don't know how that game's going to go.
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Ohio State has a lot of guys returning.
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Indiana lost a lot of guys just due to graduation and whatnot,
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but they brought a lot of players in and we've seen Kirk
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Signetti do really well with transfer players and again,
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productivity over possibility. So that game's going to be
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solid. They have to travel out West to
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USC, and USC was actually undefeated last year at home.
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And USC is actually one of the teams, as you can see on here if
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you're watching on video, they're a playoff likely.
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I think they could potentially sneak in now.
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They might have a couple of losses.
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I don't have. I think a lot of these teams are
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going to have at least one or two losses going into this.
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And I think USC takes the loss to Ohio State.
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But I also believe that Lincoln Riley's on a bit of a hot seat.
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Like I feel like he needs a good quality win to make a statement
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for him as a head coach, to make a statement for USC in the Big
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10. And and truthfully, just to
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show, hey, we're still USC, I'm still Lincoln Riley.
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I came here for a reason. Now we're in the Big 10, we need
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to make a statement. What bigger way than to
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potentially knock off Ohio State in your own house?
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But again, we'll see how that ultimately ends up playing out.
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They do have to host Oregon this time.
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It's going to be later in the season.
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It's going to be in November. It's going to be cold.
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Now, I know Oregon is typically used to some cold weather or
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they used to Midwest cold weather because that is a
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completely different beast. And then they host Northwestern,
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Then they have to go to Nebraska.
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And then of course, the big archrival, they have to host
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Michigan at the end of the year. Again, that's going to be a key
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game for Machine as well because that could also potentially
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dictate whether or not Michigan gets in with Michigan's
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schedule. If I remember right, Michigan
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doesn't have as bad of a schedule, but I'm going to get
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into that here in a little bit. But nonetheless, if I think Ohio
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State can sneak out of this, I think maybe with one loss and
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you can really pick who you think that one loss could be,
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maybe even 2. But I still think they would
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have a good enough Big 10 schedule to be able to justify
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them at least going to the Big 10 championship.
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But again, we'll see how things ultimately end up playing out.
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So sticking with the Big 10, let's go to IUIU.
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Actually a little bit of a little bit of a tough schedule,
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but not too terribly bad with IU.
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So they host North Texas, they host Howard and they host
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Western Kentucky and they host Northwestern.
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So they are at home all of September.
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Indiana does not even leave Bloomington and they're one of
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the best teams. They're undefeated under Coach
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Signetti at home. I believe they're 15 and O at
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home right now. So he could even extend that to
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19 and O before they even leave the state.
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And then starting in October, they go to Piscataway, they go
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to Rutgers, then they go to Nebraska.
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And Nebraska will be a little bit interesting to see how they
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deal with the new quarterback post Dylan Riola.
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How does Matt Rule and that team look like?
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Could Matt Rule even be coaching for his job at that point?
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We don't know. I know he got an extension
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because they were afraid he was going to potentially jump ship
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to Penn State. We'll definitely find out by
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then. Then, of course, they host Ohio
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State. That'll be a big game.
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Then they go to Michigan immediately after.
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So this is within two weeks, they host Ohio State and then go
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to Michigan. Not exactly going to be an easy
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game. It's right before Halloween that
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that's going to be tough for them.
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And it'll be interesting to see. How does Kyle Woodingham have
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the Wolverines and are the Wolverines going to be in
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desperation though, because they might be at that point?
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OK, we need to we need to win in order to keep our playoff hopes
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even potentially alive. But truthfully, I feel for
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Michigan. Anything better than what they
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had last year, which was a little bit rough for them.
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And of course, post the whole Sharon Moore situation is
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probably going to be a success for them.
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But I mean, they they just lost their AD.
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He's going to step down the whole Sharon Moore.
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They won a national, they won a national championship in
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basketball. And then Dusty Manny bolts to
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The Mavericks. So Michigan's a little bit
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probably tender right now. If I had to bet.
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Then Indiana hosts Minnesota, they host USC, which is a huge
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benefit because it's on November 14th here in Indiana.
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Now here in Indiana, I will say it's very hit or miss with the
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weather. It might be freezing cold, it
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might not be that bad. And now when I say that it's
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like Midwest not that bad. And I when I say Midwest, not
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that bad, like, you know, it's like it's in the 40s, maybe the
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high, maybe the low fifties, you know, maybe you have a long
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sleeve shirt on underneath the hoodie and you got some jeans on
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and you'll probably be rocking again.
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Completely dependent though. It's been a relatively cool
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summer. Now lately it's been really hot,
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but we kept a lot of cool temperatures coming into the
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summer. So who knows how to fall late
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into the fall will end up being and then they have to go to
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Husky Stadium, which is going to be a little bit of a dangerous
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Rd. game as well because Husky Stadium's hard to plan.
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And then of course, they host Purdue in the season.
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I think this is 1 where realistically I could see IU
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losing maybe a couple of games. Maybe they lose to Ohio State,
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maybe they lose at Washington, but I still think they have a
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shot to go back into the playoffs.
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It'll also be interesting to see what does Coach Signeti do with
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quarterback Josh Hoover. He's supposed to be a little bit
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more athletic, a little bit more, a little bit more electric
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and maybe dynamic than what he was used to with Curtis Rourke
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and even Fernando Mendoza. And we saw how the Fernando
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Mendoza ended up working out. Plus they got Nick Marsh out of
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the transfer portal from Michigan State, which is a huge
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win. I watched him a lot the last
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couple years of Michigan State. He was fantastic.
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So all that works out. I mean, Indiana could
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potentially go on another run. Not not being hometown bias,
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just just being realistic as far as their schedule and everything
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else that they have. And again, keeping with the Big
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10, as far as the last of the Big 10 teams I think are going
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to be national title contenders. We had Oregon.
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That Oregon schedule isn't too bad.
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The kind of the big thing. They're facing a lot of the same
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teams, so they host Boise State. They have to travel to Oklahoma
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State, which for Oklahoma State, they're kind of a little bit of
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a dark horse right now. They're that team that a lot of
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people, I would say might even argue could be the Cinderella
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Indiana story and not the Indiana team of last year where
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they win a national championship.
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But I think the team in 2024 where Indiana went 10 and 2,
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they were winning games that they weren't supposed to win.
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And then the only two games that they lost was to Ohio State,
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Notre Dame, who would end up ultimately playing for a
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national title. I think Oklahoma State could
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potentially be in that realm. As far as to bring in miss, was
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it Musketeer? Musketeer.
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I don't want to say Musketeer. They're bringing in the kid from
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North Texas that had a great statistical year last year with
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his head coach who brings pretty much everybody with him, a few
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teammates as coordinators, everybody to Oklahoma State.
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And I think they could. Do I think they have enough to
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necessarily beat the Ducks? No, but it should still be a fun
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and interesting game. Then they host Portland.
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They have to go down to USC, which old PAC 12.
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Now Big 10 rivalry should still be pretty good.
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But truthfully, if you look at the depth and the talent that
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Oregon has, I don't see Oregon stumbling at all against USC and
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they host UCLA, they host Nebraska.
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Should both be pretty easy wins. I think UCLA is even that team
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because of Bob Chesney because he's bringing all of his staff
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over from JMUA. Lot of people are correlating
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and maybe it's another Kurt, you know, Kurt Signeti thing.
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And it's possible. I, I, I have a lot of doubts.
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I don't necessarily trust Niko Yamalayata that much.
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I think he did well. And they got off to a little bit
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of a hot start there after they beat Penn State.
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But then after that it, it just kind of fizzled out.
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And again, it's UCLA in the Big 10.
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It's gonna be tough. I don't see them being able to
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beat the big boys. But they do have the advantage
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as far as I've seen on schedule. They don't have to face Ohio
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State. They don't have to face Indiana,
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so they could potentially, but I highly, highly doubt it.
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Then Oregon has to travel to Illinois.
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I don't have any worries about that.
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They host Northwestern, no worries.
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Of course. Obviously they have to go to
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Ohio State. That will be a big one.
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They host Michigan, which again, luckily they're they're at least
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at home. Michigan has to travel on the
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road. The only team that has been able
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to beat Oregon in the Big 10 in Eugene has been IU so far, and I
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don't see Michigan being able to do it.
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But who knows? If anybody knows Oregon well,
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it's Kyle Whittingham because he faced him a lot when he was at
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Utah. So maybe he knows a little bit
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of the secrets of Dan Lanning and the Oregon Ducks.
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Then they go to Michigan State. That shouldn't really be too big
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of a worry, but I do want to see how Coach Fitzgerald does in his
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first year hosting somebody like Oregon, especially towards the
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end of the year. And again, the same thing.
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It's even deeper in November. How do they handle the the
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Michigan cold, which is a completely different cold
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because the lakes and whatnot. And then they in the year hosted
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Washington again, kind of a typical PAC 12, now Big 10
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rivalry game, which should be pretty solid.
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Now let's move to the SEC because we got Texas, so we got
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Georgia. Texas has a little bit of AI,
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would say almost an easy schedule.
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I'm not going to sit here and say it's a cupcake schedule.
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By no means. They do have some tough quality
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opponents that they have to play in that they even struggled
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against last year, as well as now rotating in some new SEC
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opponents or technically now SEC opponents.
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So they host Texas State, obviously they host Ohio State.
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I think Ohio State's going to be the big transformational game as
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far as how does the rest of Texas season end up panning out,
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if they're able to beat the Buckeyes or not.
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Then they host UTSA, they go to Tennessee, so they go to Rocky
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Top. That's kind of early for
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Tennessee as well. Maybe we'll get an idea of what
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does Tennessee look like if they're playing George McIntyre,
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of course, compared to Brandon Faison, the true freshman that's
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supposed to be a super talented guy, but kind of the same thing
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with Hypo. Hypo wins games that he's not
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necessarily supposed to and he really has been a good
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quarterback coach as far as being able to get guys to
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produce and do really, really well.
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So we'll see how that ends up panning out.
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Of course, we have the Red River Rivalry in Oklahoma.
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Again, that's a complete total toss.
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So we don't, we have no idea how that ultimately pan out.
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They host Florida this time instead of having to go to the
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Swamp, which might end up in their benefit.
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They host Ole Miss, who, again, Ole Miss is going to be one of
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those kind of interesting. How do they pan out post Lane
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Kiffin, now a complete offseason under Pete Golding as the head
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coach? They bring Trinidad Chambliss
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back. Can they repeat the magical run
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that they went on last year? Then they host Mississippi
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State, who they struggled against last year when they were
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on the road there. So maybe Mississippi State comes
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back a little bit harder. Who knows?
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Then they go to Mizzou. Then they go to LSU late in
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November. So me being a Tigers fan, that's
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what if we want, I'm like that's, that's a little
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worrisome because if they, let's say they lose to Ohio State and
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if they lose to someone like Oklahoma, Florida or Tennessee
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on the way or even Ole Miss, you know, they might be in
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desperation mode. So they might be in a lot of
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these. We got to win in order to either
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remotely be considered to going into the playoffs.
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So that's a big possibility there.
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Then they host Arkansas and then they have to go to Kyle Field to
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face Texas A. And MI think Texas A&M will
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probably want quite a bit of revenge, especially after last
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year when Texas A&M's only blemish going into the playoffs
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was from Texas at the very last, at the very end, and kept them
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actually from being able to even compete for the SEC
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championship, Which is a little bit surprising how all those
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tiebreakers and everything like that end up working out.
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And then of course, the last SEC team up there, Georgia.
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To me, honestly, Georgia has like the easiest schedule.
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Like they they really do for an SEC schedule for where they have
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to go, what they have to do. It's really easy.
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I think some people might argue they host Tennessee State, they
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host Western Kentucky. They're not really worried about
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those two. Then they travel to Arkansas,
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not worried about that. They host Oklahoma.
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That one will be interesting. How does Georgia contain John
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material? You know, is he going to be
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healthy, especially early on in the season like that?
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It's really, I'm telling how that will ultimately pan out.
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They host Vandy, Vandy's not going to be the same.
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How do they look like with their new five star freshman
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quarterback post Diego Pavia? It's still Vandy at the end of
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the day, so I don't have a whole lot of high hopes.
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Then they have to travel to Alabama.
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I think this is going to be the one loss that Georgia might
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potentially have coming into this only because Alabama seems
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to be George's boogeyman. Like Texas has a Georgia
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problem, Georgia has an Alabama problem.
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For whatever reason, that just seems to be the case.
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Then they host Auburn, they host Florida, not really worried
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about those two as much. They go to Ole Miss.
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So that'll be a big revenge game because they knocked Georgia
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out. Now Georgia beat them last year
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the regular season, but Ole Miss knocked them out of the play
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offs. So they were one and done.
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And same for Ole Miss. They might be in a situation
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where they have to win to get in, but I think for Georgia it's
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going to be a bigger revenge game.
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Like, hey, you knocked us out. If you're stumbling at that
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point and we can potentially keep you out of the play offs, I
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think this is going to be that game that keeps them out.
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Then they host Mizzou, then they go to South Carolina, not
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worried about either one of those two games.
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And then they host Georgia 10 now kind of the same thing.
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It's a big time rivalry. How is Georgia Tech going to
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look this season now with Alberto Mendoza, Fernando
23:26
Mendoza's little brother, starting at the helm for him?
23:29
He won a national championship last year.
23:31
There's not a lot of sample size, but if we know anything
23:34
about, I believe his name's Brett Key if I remember right.
23:37
I hope I got that right. He's an absolutely fantastic
23:41
coach. He's made Georgia Tech exceed
23:44
many, many expectations and have a lot of really solid years the
23:47
last few years. So I mean, it could be possible,
23:52
honestly, not completely ruling it out, but I think it's
23:55
possible. And then the last two for the
23:58
national title contenders, and I think we got Notre Dame.
24:00
Notre Dame probably has the easiest schedule out of
24:03
everybody in here. They face Wisconsin at Lambeau
24:08
Field. It's definitely a home game for
24:09
them, though. They face Rice, they face
24:12
Michigan State, they go to Purdue, all relatively easy
24:16
games, nothing that I expect them to trip up on.
24:20
And then they go to North Carolina again.
24:22
I don't expect them to really struggle against Bill
24:24
Belichick's team, you know, because I don't know what to
24:27
expect from them. They did not look good last
24:29
year. I thought it was going to be
24:30
better. I honestly had North Carolina
24:33
maybe going. I think if I remember right, it
24:35
was like 9 and three, eight and four.
24:37
It wasn't like I had them in the playoffs.
24:39
Wasn't like I had anything crazy, but it was like it looks
24:41
realistic. I don't know as much anymore.
24:45
They host Stanford, then they go to BYU.
24:48
So it's going to be one of the two big games that Notre Dame
24:51
has on the schedule that I think are really going to be true test
24:56
games because BYU, they only lost two games last season, both
24:59
to Texas Tech, both in the regular season, the Big 12
25:03
championship game, they were kept out of the playoff.
25:05
Bear Bochmeier comes back. Now, the biggest question, BYU
25:09
lost some help on the outside with their wide receivers
25:12
because of conduct issues and whatnot.
25:14
So who knows how BYU's offense is ultimately going to run.
25:19
Their defense should still be solid.
25:20
But they did lose their defensive coordinator.
25:23
He ended up going, I believe, up to Michigan with Kyle
25:26
Whittingham to go there. So who who knows how BYU will
25:31
ultimately end up being and it is a road game for Notre Dame.
25:34
So that might be a little rough. And they host Navy.
25:36
And then of course the big one, they host Miami.
25:38
But again, it's in November. They're way N Indiana, basically
25:42
southern Michigan, a lot of really cold weather, potentially
25:46
cold winds coming off of Lake MI and whatnot maybe puts Miami at
25:50
a disadvantage. Miami got the got the win last
25:53
year by a field goal. I think Notre Dame's going to
25:56
feel a little bit slighted and they're going to be a little bit
25:57
pissed off. And I think that's what
25:59
everybody is really counting on is that Notre Dame is really
26:03
being fueled by this revenge of last year.
26:06
Maybe they are, maybe they aren't.
26:07
We will. We will find out nonetheless
26:09
though. And then they host Boston
26:12
College, not worried about that. They host SMU, That might be a
26:16
little bit of a worry, but again, they host it's even later
26:18
in November because it's the 21st.
26:20
So even colder potentially here in Indiana.
26:24
And then they end the year by going to Syracuse.
26:27
I know Syracuse has kind of been hot and cold last couple years.
26:29
They were great with Colin McCord.
26:31
He left and then unfortunately that fell by the wayside.
26:35
But nonetheless, though, I think Notre Dame has the easiest
26:38
schedule out of everybody in the national title contender.
26:44
And then for Miami, and so they go to Stanford to start the
26:47
year, which is absolutely crazy. Then they host Florida A&M, they
26:52
go to Wake Forest, they host Central Michigan.
26:55
Miami's first real test to me doesn't happen until October
27:00
3rd. They go to Clemson.
27:02
Now. Clemson's a big question mark as
27:04
well. We don't know who the
27:05
quarterback is going to be. They failed a lot of
27:08
expectations last year. Dabo still really hasn't gone
27:12
into the transfer portal much. He's primarily heavily relied on
27:15
a lot of recruiting. I don't know what his spending
27:19
is as far as NIL goes. I would assume because it's
27:22
Clemson, he's probably up there at the top of the ACC in
27:25
spending. But I don't know what that is
27:28
relative to the rest of college football and especially to a
27:31
team like Miami who is definitely spending big money in
27:35
order to compete in order to potentially win a national
27:38
title. But that will still be their
27:40
first real big test. Then, of course, they host
27:42
Florida State, they host Pitt, they go to North Carolina,
27:46
obviously the Notre Dame game. Then they hosted Duke, the ACC
27:50
champions last year, and then they host James Franklin and the
27:54
Virginia Tech Hokie. So we'll kind of see what that
27:57
looks like. And really for James Franklin,
28:00
and I don't think it has to be said now, but I do think, and it
28:05
does make me wonder, will he still have the same thing that
28:10
he had pretty much his entire time, the Big 10 of can you win
28:15
the big game now for him, Luckily, it's late in the
28:18
season. It's his first year.
28:21
Really, by that point, it's going to be a determining factor
28:24
of whether the season has been a success or not for James
28:26
Franklin and the and the Hokies. But I do wonder when will those
28:32
whispers and that narrative begin for him?
28:34
If he loses to Miami, you know, if he gets an upset, I think he,
28:39
you know, I think that saves him a little bit at least buys him a
28:42
couple more years at minimum on top of whatever else he has.
28:46
But it does make you wonder, can he win the big game?
28:50
And then, of course, they end the year hosting Boston College.
28:54
Again, not necessarily worried about that.
28:55
So I think truthfully, Miami walks out of this maybe 11 and
29:00
one, maybe 10 and two, and that's only if they maybe trip
29:04
up against somebody like Clemson.
29:06
But truthfully, as far as ACC schedules go, they got probably
29:09
one of the best and best and easiest schedules you could get.
29:14
Again, it's the ACC, so it's nothing crazy, but it's still,
29:18
it is still a Power 5, Power 4 conference and they have been
29:23
known to trip up unfortunately. So it is possible.
29:28
So let's go through the let's go through the other, the next
29:31
part, the likely playoff teams that I have a little bit
29:34
quicker. So we've got Michigan, Michigan
29:37
schedule a little bit brutal, but nothing completely
29:42
unmanageable. I do think they could walk out
29:45
nine and three, maybe 10 and two if they're able to get an upset
29:48
win. And I think at 10 and two, that
29:52
gets them in. I don't know if they get in at 9
29:54
and three, perfectly honest, they don't, they're not as big
29:57
of a brand as some other teams that are on here that did get in
30:00
at 9:00 and 3:00 just because of their brand and historically who
30:03
they were and who they still technically are.
30:07
But I, I don't know if nine wins get you in or not, but Michigan
30:12
faces Western Michigan, then they face Oklahoma.
30:14
That's a that is a big one. And that's going to be a big one
30:18
for both teams really. You know, if Michigan loses to
30:21
Oklahoma, since it's going to be in the Big House, it's really in
30:24
the season. You know, is that kind of a
30:27
preface for how Kyle Whittingham and his tenure is going to be at
30:30
Michigan? Or do they kind of give him a
30:32
pass because he's needing to basically clean up everything
30:35
that has happened with Michigan and Michigan is basically trying
30:38
to refind itself? We'll find out September 12th,
30:43
then they host UTEP, they host Iowa.
30:45
Not crazy. They go to Minnesota, then they
30:47
host Penn State. Penn State's going to be the
30:49
most interesting. Matt Campbell's first year.
30:51
He brings essentially his entire Iowa State staff and a lot of
30:55
his players. Roccobec is probably the most
30:57
experienced college quarterback right now.
31:00
He comes over with them and Penn State kind of has the easiest
31:03
schedule of them all. So Penn State might be one of
31:06
these dark horse teams that ends up ultimately sneaking in.
31:09
We just don't know yet. It's just one of those.
31:10
They have such an easy schedule because they don't have to face
31:14
a lot of the big boy teams. That truly makes me wonder if
31:18
that's going to end up being the case or not.
31:21
Then they they go to Indiana. That might be a little bit rough
31:24
for them. They go to, although they host
31:26
Indiana, sorry. Then they go to Rutgers.
31:28
They host Michigan State rivalry game.
31:30
Now obviously they've ran away with it the last few years
31:33
against Michigan State, but again, you never know a rivalry.
31:36
Then they have to go to Oregon. They host UCLA late November.
31:40
So how does UCLA respond to the cold?
31:42
And then of course, they end the season having to go to Ohio
31:45
State. Again, rivalry game, anything is
31:47
possible. So USCUSC has they have a rough
31:54
schedule, and they mainly have a rough schedule because of some
31:57
of the places they have to go and when they have to go there.
32:00
So they host San Jose State, they host Fresno State, they
32:02
host Louisiana. All three should be wins.
32:05
They should start out three. No, no problem.
32:07
They have to go to Rutgers. No issue.
32:09
They host Oregon, maybe a little bit of a problem.
32:12
And then of course, they go to Washington or they host
32:15
Washington actually shouldn't be too bad.
32:18
Then they have to go to Penn State early October.
32:20
Now, again, that can be hit or miss.
32:21
It might be a little chilly, maybe not too bad, but it's just
32:25
it's completely hit or miss as to where that has how that
32:28
happens. They get there by week.
32:30
Actually, they get 2 by weeks because it's not until 2 weeks
32:33
later. Then they have to go to
32:34
Wisconsin on October 24th, Same thing.
32:37
It could be blistering cold, it could be not that bad, and it
32:40
could be Midwest fall weather. Are they prepared to handle
32:44
Midwest fall weather? Then they host Ohio State.
32:47
Then they have to go to Indiana late November and then they have
32:50
to go to they host Maryland, shouldn't be too bad.
32:53
And then of course they have to go to UCLA essentially down the
32:58
street. And for anybody that saw that,
33:00
my 21 LB cat decided to get into the laundry container and flip
33:06
over because he's a big, thick, silly cat.
33:10
Anyway, kind of jumping around a little bit on this list, but
33:16
they shouldn't be too bad. Oklahoma.
33:19
Oklahoma has a little bit of a tough schedule, but again,
33:21
nothing too crazy. Oklahoma might also have a
33:24
fairly decent SEC schedule. They host UTEP, They have to go
33:27
to Michigan early. They have to host New Mexico.
33:30
Now they do have to go to Georgia.
33:32
That's a big question mark. Georgia has done very well at
33:34
home. The only teams they've lost to
33:36
has been Alabama. So there there is a chance
33:40
Oklahoma could pull out the upset.
33:43
But truthfully, overall, we don't know how that's going to
33:45
be. But I do see this being a loss.
33:48
And of course, the Red River Rivalry against Texas.
33:51
They host a new Kentucky with Will Stein's coach.
33:54
I don't I, I have to see more from Kentucky before I
33:57
potentially get worried about it.
33:59
Then they go to Mississippi State, they host South Carolina.
34:02
Then they have to go to the swamp in Florida.
34:04
Now that could be a bit of a trap game for Oklahoma.
34:06
It was a trap game last year for Texas.
34:08
It's a trap game for a lot of teams.
34:09
You know, they go to the swamp, they maybe, you know, kind of
34:11
overlook Florida, especially if Florida's kind of having a
34:14
really bad down year and it ultimately ends up not paying
34:17
out well for them. They host Ole Miss, which should
34:20
be a really good game. They host Texas A&M and then of
34:23
course, they end up going to Mizzou to ultimately finish up
34:28
the season. So that it's one of those it
34:31
could be Mizzou. I don't really know what to
34:34
expect. Texas A&M should be rough old
34:36
miss. On paper they should be.
34:39
But again, we really don't know until we actually start watching
34:42
them play Texas A&M. They have they have a not so bad
34:51
schedule, right? They host Missouri State, they
34:53
host Arizona State and they host Kentucky to start the year not
34:58
too terribly bad. Then they go to LSU early.
35:01
Now, they absolutely thumped my Tigers last year in Death
35:05
Valley. But it's new Tigers team, it's
35:07
new offense, new everything. I don't know how it's gonna go.
35:12
I will say as a Tigers fan, this this is one of the games aside
35:16
from the old this one that's literally the week before.
35:20
Then I kind of circle that. It's like I don't know how this
35:22
game is going to turn out. I think most games LSU is facing
35:27
their favorite in, but this is still a really good Texas Tech
35:30
Texas A&M team. They always recruit highly.
35:32
Well, Mike Elko definitely has this team completely flipped
35:36
around and they finished eleven and two last year they were 11
35:40
and one all total with the only loss being 2 Texas.
35:43
This is still a good Texas A&M team.
35:45
Marcel Reed is a great quarterback.
35:47
Now. They did lose KC Concepcion to
35:49
the draft. I believe they ended up getting
35:51
somebody to replace him. I don't know who off the top of
35:53
my head, but this should still be a really good Texas A&M team.
35:57
Then they host Arkansas. They have to go to Mizzou.
35:59
They host the Citadel, Obviously a draft game.
36:02
Obviously. Now the real test though, they
36:05
do have to go to Alabama. So they have a lot of tough Rd.
36:08
games. They have to go to Alabama.
36:10
Let's see how this new Texas A&M team looks, you know, with Mike
36:15
Elko post, Nick Saban, with, you know, Kaylyn de Boer running the
36:20
Crimson Tide. Let's see how that looks then.
36:22
And then of course, they they have to go to South Carolina.
36:28
South Carolina had a huge lead up on them until they ultimately
36:32
blew us. So maybe South Carolina has a
36:34
little bit of revenge. We'll find out.
36:37
Then they host Tennessee. That should be a good game.
36:39
Then they have to go to course to Oklahoma.
36:41
Then they finish the year with Texas.
36:43
This might be one of those years where Texas A&M kind of falls
36:47
into a trap. Maybe they get a little bit too
36:48
cocky. They have a lot of tough, tough
36:51
opponents and they have to go on the road for a lot of them,
36:54
which doesn't always pan out well for my Tigers.
36:59
For LSU, they have to host Clemson and Louisiana Tech
37:02
Clemson is kind of a hit or miss.
37:03
It's one of those I'm not completely grinding Clemson off.
37:06
They got the upset win technically last year against
37:09
Clemson, but Clemson didn't live up to expectations and neither
37:12
did LSU. So I'm not completely writing
37:14
Clemson off yet. Louisiana Tech not necessarily
37:18
worried about now. I do worry though, will they get
37:21
tripped up because they're so focused then on the old miss
37:25
game because they have to travel to Oxford?
37:27
The whole Lane Kiffin leaving situation, it's going to be
37:30
crazy. They host Texas A&M, have no
37:33
idea how that's going to ultimately pan out.
37:35
Absolutely no idea how that's going to pan out again.
37:38
They've thumped them for the last two years, especially last
37:41
year in Death Valley. Texas A&M came in and absolutely
37:45
dominated as bad as it was, but it ultimately LED Brian Kelly
37:48
getting fired. Then they host McNeese.
37:50
They have to go to Kentucky, not worried about either one of
37:53
those. They host Mississippi State, not
37:56
worried. They go to Auburn, not
37:57
necessarily worried. Then they host Alabama, and that
38:02
will be, again, Alabama's one of those.
38:06
It's kind of up in the air. Is Alabama going to be good?
38:08
Are they not going to be good? I really and truthfully don't
38:11
know because of how Kaylin de Boer has been the last few
38:14
years. He inherited a great roster from
38:17
Nick Saban. I mean, that's probably the the
38:20
best keys to the castle that you're going to get as far as
38:23
championship pedigree team. Nick Saban knew how to recruit.
38:27
Now, maybe it's a little bit different with the NIL era, but
38:30
nonetheless, Kaylin de Boer got the best situation you could
38:33
potentially get as a football coach coming in to take over a
38:37
program, and he hasn't done anything with it.
38:39
He's gone 8 and four like the last two seasons.
38:43
Crazy. Or actually, I think 9 and four
38:45
typically last year because they did win a playoff game.
38:49
They did win a playoff game, but then they lost Indiana, the Rose
38:51
Bowl humiliatingly. And then of course, they host to
38:56
LSU, then host Texas again, big question mark.
38:59
Then they go to Tennessee. Tennessee has always been rough
39:02
for LSU. They're one of the few scenes
39:04
that that Tennessee actually has a really big winning record and
39:08
winning margin ahead of LSU because of how dominant
39:10
Tennessee used to be. And then of course, to end the
39:13
season, they go to Arkansas. Battle for the Golden Boot.
39:16
Never easy because it's big time rivalry.
39:18
It was a close game last year. LSU ended up getting the win,
39:21
but it was still ended up being close.
39:24
Yeah, of course, for the last team in my playoff, likely I've
39:28
got Ole Miss again. Ole Miss is 1 big question mark.
39:32
The schedule. The schedule's a little bit
39:35
rough for them because again, they have to travel on the road
39:39
and they have to host. They have to host Georgia and
39:43
LSU both. So Ole Miss has to host.
39:48
Louisville could potentially be a big game just cause of how
39:51
Jeff Brohm has been. That might be an upset.
39:53
We don't know. They host Charlotte, not worried
39:56
about that. They host LSU.
39:57
That's going to be the big game. LSU revenge game.
40:01
Lane Kiffin leaving Ole Miss for LSU, There's going to be a lot
40:04
of bad blood there. It's probably one of their
40:06
biggest rivals that Ole Miss hates the most.
40:09
So we'll we'll ultimately see how that game pans out.
40:12
But they have to go to the Swamp in Florida.
40:13
They have to go to Vandy. Not worried about Vandy.
40:17
They host Mizzou. Then they have to go to Texas.
40:20
That's going to be rough. They host Auburn, they then host
40:24
Georgia again, big revenge game for Georgia potentially.
40:28
Then they have to go to Oklahoma.
40:30
They host Warford or Wofford. I think you said that's in
40:34
Wofford. And then they host Mississippi
40:37
State for the in the eighth bowl.
40:38
So I can honestly see for Ole Miss, Georgia, Oklahoma, Texas,
40:45
maybe for that could be potentially a four loss season
40:47
for Pete Golding in his first year.
40:49
And and it's nothing against Ole Miss.
40:50
I'm not saying that they're scrubs.
40:52
Those are tough places to play in Oklahoma, Texas and Florida,
40:56
all on the road in really hostile environments and places
40:59
that are already tough to play to start with.
41:01
So I'm I don't it'll be interesting to see how they do
41:04
post Charlie Wise, post Lane Kiffin with Pete goalie at the
41:08
helm. So we we shall see.
41:12
Let's move into the win win your conference and you're in again.
41:15
I think the Big 12 and the ACC, they're only going to get one
41:18
team in each just because their strength of schedules, just
41:21
because of the the fact that they don't really play a lot of
41:24
power opponents because of their conferences and whatnot, because
41:28
of the conferences schedules. So I truthfully take, I take I
41:33
truthfully think that if these four teams are playing for their
41:38
conference titles, then only two of these teams are going to get
41:42
in. So the one I think is most
41:44
likely going to happen, even though I know the whole post
41:46
soresby thing, Texas Tech is still probably the favorite to
41:49
win the Big 12. And I I still think that's true
41:52
even now. Currently they host Abilene
41:55
Christian. Of course, they have to go to
41:56
Oregon State, not necessarily easy, but Oregon State
41:59
truthfully hasn't lived up to the potential the last few
42:02
years. So I wouldn't necessarily be
42:03
worried about that big game, though hosting Houston.
42:07
Willie Fritz is a really good coach.
42:08
They get Connor Wigman back. Houston might potentially make
42:11
that breakthrough moment. So that might be tough.
42:14
Then they host Sam Houston, not worried.
42:16
They go to Colorado. Colorado's a big time question
42:19
mark. You know, it's Deion Sanders on
42:20
the hot seat. I think that's the case.
42:23
What do they look like at the quarterback situation?
42:25
What does their offensive line look like having lost Seaton to
42:28
LSU, one of their star left tackles?
42:32
Now, I know they got a lot of wider Cedar help, so the offense
42:34
should be better. But the one thing that was
42:38
really bad was their defense and their defense didn't get much
42:41
better even through the portal and through recruiting and
42:44
whatnot. So there, there's a big time
42:45
question with that. Then they host Arizona State.
42:48
They have to go to Cincinnati, they host Arizona.
42:52
Arizona. If, if you can see it on here on
42:54
the graphic, I have them as a team that could sneak in.
42:57
Maybe they end up sneaking into the Big 12 championship game.
43:00
Who knows? That might be a little bit of a
43:03
trout. But luckily for Texas Tech, they
43:05
get to host them, then they host West Virginia shouldn't be bad.
43:09
Oklahoma State again, they could be a dark horse.
43:11
We don't know how Oklahoma State's going to think, you
43:13
know, tune out. I think Oklahoma State's going
43:16
to be fun to watch. I hope they're fun to watch just
43:19
because of how how the, you know, how the North Texas
43:23
quarterback and how all that whole North Texas team was.
43:25
And now they're basically become Oklahoma State.
43:28
I'm excited to see how that ultimately pans out.
43:30
Then they go to Baylor and then they host TCU.
43:33
So Texas Tech fairly easy schedule should be able to walk
43:36
through it pretty well. Again, I would say probably your
43:40
two hardest games would be Houston and Arizona.
43:44
So I mean it could potentially finish the season 12 and O
43:49
pretty much safe and secure. All you have to do at that point
43:51
is I I would say win the Big 12. I think if you can make it to 12
43:55
and OI think even if you lose the Big 12, they would still put
43:58
Texas Tech in because more than likely if it's against someone
44:02
like BYU and BYU has a couple of decent teams on here that they
44:06
face, could be a different story.
44:10
Speaking of for BYU, because we'll round out the Big 12 for
44:13
the winning the conference. So BYU, they face Utah Tech,
44:19
they host Arizona, they go to Colorado State, then they go to
44:22
TCU, they host Iowa State. Iowa State should be an absolute
44:26
dumpster fire post Matt Campbell, post Roccobecht.
44:30
Don't think it's going to don't think it's going to be a good
44:32
time for Ames in in Iowa State. But the big one though, they
44:36
host Notre Dame. That's going to be the biggest
44:39
test for BYU probably majority of the season is just that.
44:43
Then they go to UCF, they host Arizona State, but then the Holy
44:47
War, they have to, they have to travel to Salt Lake City to face
44:50
Utah. That could be a big one.
44:53
I think Utah, I think a lot of people are riding Utah because
44:57
Kyle Whittingham isn't there. But the new coach, that's all
45:00
he's ever been. He's only ever been in Utah's
45:02
system. He's been there for a long time.
45:05
It might look a little bit different, but a lot of it's
45:07
going to be the same. He still has Devin, Dan Pierre,
45:09
the quarterback from last year who was fantastic.
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It's going to be another year in the system.
45:14
And again, it's really, it's a rivalry game.
45:15
Anything is possible. And again, it's on the road and
45:19
Utah's not an easy place to play.
45:21
Then they host Baylor. They have to go to Kansas, who
45:25
Kansas, I believe upset them with their first year in the Big
45:28
12. So that might be a little bit of
45:30
a little bit of a struggle as well.
45:32
And then they finish the you're hosting Cincinnati.
45:35
So BYU might ultimately end up finishing, I would say it worst
45:40
ten and two and maybe one of those they're like, you know,
45:47
maybe they're like 10 and one in the Big 12, maybe 9:00 and 2:00.
45:51
But I still think that's good enough to be able to get you or
45:57
I can't I can't math ignore that.
45:59
Nonetheless, I think they're going to be good enough to be
46:02
able to get into the Big 12 championship to potentially face
46:05
Texas Tech nonetheless, no matter how much the the rest of
46:08
the regular season goes. But again, if they win, I think
46:10
they get in. If they don't, I think they're
46:12
going to be outside looking in now for the ACC side.
46:17
Louisville, I think Louisville has the best chance.
46:20
I know a lot of people still have Miami more than likely
46:25
winning the ACC and they and they still might, but I, I think
46:30
it, it's potentially between Miami and then either SMU or
46:35
Louisville. I think if they get to that
46:37
point, depending on how good they are and how good they can
46:40
do in the schedule, you know they they might be able to sneak
46:44
another ACC team in there. For Louisville, I think they're
46:47
going to have the best potential possibility for two reasons.
46:51
One, they host old miss to start the season.
46:54
So if they get a win, they get a win over a quality team that's
46:57
ranked to start the season. It's another Power Four team and
47:00
depending on how well old miss does, that could work out in
47:03
Louisville's favor. The other thing, they go head to
47:06
head with SMU and they don't have to face Miami.
47:09
So if they're able to win against SMU, that should all
47:13
but, you know, basically lock them into doing it.
47:16
Barring anything crazy, barring any upsets, barring any major
47:20
injuries that would derail their season, it should happen.
47:23
So Louisville wholesale Miss, they host Villanova, they host
47:27
SMU and they host Wake Forest. So same thing.
47:29
They don't even leave home until October.
47:32
And again, the two hardest SMU in all this.
47:35
If you could walk out of that, maybe one and one even, and
47:39
you'll start start conference play.
47:41
Truthfully with NC State, I know SMU is totally a conference
47:45
game, but if you can really start only conference play after
47:49
that at three O 1, I think you're in a pretty good spot.
47:53
Then they go to NC State, they host Florida State, they go to
47:56
Syracuse, they host Stanford, they go to Georgia Tech, to
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North Carolina, they host Pitt. Then of course they travel to
48:03
Kentucky to face the Wildcats. So I think Louisville probably
48:07
has the better shot compared to SMU.
48:11
To me, SMU little bit of a more difficult schedule, nothing too
48:17
crazy. Now SM us biggest issue though,
48:21
is they only have truly one power team that they face that
48:27
would hold any type of merit if they get a win and they have to
48:30
go to it at the almost end of November and that's Notre Dame.
48:35
I don't know if SMU comes out of that now.
48:38
Other than that, they have a fairly easy schedule.
48:41
I mean, they, it could be one of those weird tie breaking
48:44
scenarios where you know, it's like, man, do does SMU get in or
48:48
not? They go to Florida State now
48:51
it's the very first game of the season.
48:53
Who knows how that ends up panning out.
48:55
Florida State obviously got the big upset win against Alabama
48:58
and ultimately ended up being really bad, but anything is
49:01
really possible with that. Then they host UC Davis,
49:04
obviously they go to Louisville, they host Missouri State, they
49:07
host Boston College, they host Virginia and they host Cal.
49:11
They don't leave Texas again until right on Halloween.
49:17
They go to Syracuse, but that's an adult, so they don't really
49:19
have to worry too much. Then they host Virginia Tech,
49:22
they host Wake Forest. So they don't really have to
49:25
deal with any of the cold weather.
49:28
I mean, obviously Dallas gets cold, but I mean, they don't
49:33
really have to deal with it too badly until they face Notre
49:37
Dame. So they end the year, have to go
49:39
to the under Dame and then go to Stanford.
49:41
It's possible they end up, you know, maybe 11 and one, maybe
49:45
even 10 and two. Now, does that get him in the
49:50
playoffs? I don't know.
49:51
Compared to some of these other teams, it may, it may not
49:53
ultimately ends up coming down to strength of schedule, who you
49:56
played, who you beat, and then whoever you played and beat, who
50:00
do they play and beat? And if you beat them and they
50:03
beat somebody, then your resume is built up a little bit more,
50:06
but maybe not. And then of course, the last
50:08
three that I think could potentially sneak in, I don't
50:11
have a whole lot of faith. Obviously Arizona, I think they
50:16
have to get to the Big 12 championship to even remotely
50:18
sneak in. And even then they have to win
50:21
it. Now the unfortunate part for
50:23
here's what I'm saying for Arizona, they do have a tough
50:26
schedule as far as the Big 12 standard goes.
50:30
They host Northern Arizona, not worried about that.
50:32
But then they have to immediately turn around and go
50:33
to BYU. Not an easy place to play in
50:35
Provo. They host Northern Illinois,
50:38
then they have to go up north to Washington State.
50:40
Not necessarily tough, not the end of the world, but again, not
50:43
easy. Old PAC 12 rivalry.
50:45
They host Cincinnati, then they have to go to West Virginia,
50:48
they host Iowa State. Should be an easy win, but then
50:51
they have to go to Texas Tech. So already right there, the two
50:54
big guys that were the Big 12, you know, appeared in the Big 12
50:58
championship last year in BYU and Texas Tech.
51:00
You have to face both and you have to face them on the road.
51:03
Not going to be an easy time. I don't know if they come out of
51:07
that with at least one win. I think they lose both of those
51:10
games. Then they host TCU, then they
51:13
they host Utah, which is a benefit.
51:15
But I think Utah's still going to be a tough team that they
51:17
have to deal with. I think they come out of it nine
51:20
and three truthfully, because then they go to Kansas State and
51:23
then they host Arizona State. Who knows how Arizona State's
51:26
going to look. Kansas State kind of hit and
51:28
miss. They have a new head coach.
51:31
Overall though, I think they could sneak in.
51:34
Maybe they get a couple upset wins here.
51:36
But with having to face basically the two powerhouse
51:39
teams of the Big 12 as it stands right now on paper and how they
51:43
how they were last year, not off to a good start.
51:47
Now the utes the utes have a fairly easy schedule and could
51:52
potentially make that make an appearance in the Big 12
51:55
championship game and they could even go undefeated.
51:59
Realistically they could. They host Idaho, then they host
52:04
Arkansas. Don't know how that's going to
52:06
end up Arkansas now post tail in green, but they have, I don't
52:13
remember his name. They have a new coat.
52:15
Oh Summerfield, Silverfield. Silverfield.
52:19
They get him from Group of 6 school who did really, really
52:22
well. So who knows how that ultimately
52:25
ends up looking. But Utah has the advantage of
52:27
continuity. They have a coach that knows the
52:29
knows the system, knows the team really well.
52:31
Again, they're bringing their starting quarterback back.
52:33
So I think Utah has a little bit of an advantage.
52:36
Then they host Utah State, they go to Iowa State, they host
52:39
Kansas, they go to Colorado. Houston might be a little bit of
52:42
a tough outing for them, but again, they host Houston.
52:45
So again, they have the least home field advantage potentially
52:47
in that. Then they go to Cincinnati.
52:49
Then, of course, the Holy War against BYU, maybe they lose
52:53
that, but then they go to Arizona, they go to TCU and then
52:56
host West Virginia. So I think it's very possible
52:59
Utah has a really good season and they maybe come out of this
53:02
with one loss, I think to BYU. Now again, Houston, a little bit
53:06
of a toss up. Maybe Houston has a better
53:09
season than what I'm probably projecting them to.
53:11
But I think Utah could realistically sneak in there.
53:15
Joy. I appreciate you watching.
53:17
Joy. I'm happy that you that you're
53:19
in here. Even though I'm coming up close
53:20
to the end, I'm still happy you were able to join me though,
53:22
Joy. And then of course, the team
53:25
that I probably disliked the most in Alabama and I say could
53:30
sneak in because the committee was gung ho said about bringing
53:35
them in last year. Sure enough, they did.
53:36
They lose the SEC championship in embarrassing fashion. 3 lost
53:41
team and the committee's like man, we need Alabama football in
53:45
there now. They did get a win against
53:47
Oklahoma. So I, it's one of those, it's
53:49
like, man, I really, I hate that they were able to get the win
53:52
against Oklahoma. Now luckily they were
53:55
embarrassed by IU after, but it's so frustrating.
53:59
It is so frustrating that they let them in with three losses
54:03
cause 'cause any other team that doesn't have that stupid a
54:07
they're, they're, they're not letting them in with three
54:09
losses unless it's just a really rough college football season.
54:13
And like all the top teams have like 2 losses just 'cause
54:16
everybody's trading blows with each other.
54:18
There is absolutely no way in the world any other team other
54:21
than Alabama has three losses and they would let them in.
54:24
There's just no way. But Alabama has a a fairly easy
54:30
schedule. I would say it's nothing too
54:33
crazy. It's kind of the typical Alabama
54:35
schedule. They host East Carolina, they go
54:38
to Kentucky, and then they host Florida State.
54:40
That's going to be a revenge game for them for sure,
54:44
especially without last year played out.
54:46
They host South Carolina, shouldn't be a worry.
54:49
Then they go to Mississippi State, not worried, they host
54:51
Georgia. They've been Georgia's biggest
54:53
bully. Georgia could be the biggest,
54:56
baddest juggernaut. And for whatever reason,
54:57
Alabama's like, yeah, we'll take care of it, don't worry.
55:00
That's one of the few times Alabama looks like Alabama
55:03
against Georgia. Then they go to Tennessee.
55:07
Tennessee's kind of split the series with them now.
55:09
They dominated Tennessee last year, but this is on the road.
55:12
Tennessee has a couple wins against them, especially being
55:15
in Nealon Stadium, so it's possible.
55:17
Then of course, they host Texas A&M.
55:19
That's going to be a real test and really good game.
55:22
Then of course, they go to LSU. How that's going to end up, I
55:25
have no idea. Being a Tigers fan, he could go
55:27
one way or the other, to be honest with you.
55:30
Then they go to Vandy. Then they host Chattanooga and
55:33
then of course the Iron Bowl to end the season hosting Auburn.
55:37
So that is who I have as far as national title contenders.
55:42
Playoff likelis win your conference and you're in and
55:46
could potentially sneak in the playoffs.
55:48
Again, if you're watching this, you know, please comment, Please
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55:54
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55:59
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56:02
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56:05
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