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  little bit shorter? Because we have a ton to talk
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  about today and I mean a ton to talk about so much in the world.
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  As far as news goes, as far as the SEC versus LSU, we of course
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  have Week 1 to talk about all the controversial things that
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  ended up happening with that as far as Michigan and Western
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  Michigan goes. And then of course, a few other
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  reactions as far as week one goes.
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  So we're, we're just going to dive right into it.
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  It, it's one of those like there's so much that I want to
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  talk about and it's, it's also one of those it's like, man, I
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  could probably go like a whole like 2 hours if I really wanted
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  to talk about stuff, but we, we don't have that kind of time.
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  So without further ado, let's go ahead and just jump right into
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  it. LSU versus the SEC.
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  Now, this has continued to get even worse since the last time
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  we talked about this. And of course, one of the big
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  things being the fact that LSU is trying to get a lot of pro
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  players back into college on some of their teams.
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  The LSU women's soccer team already had a professional
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  player come in and play games. Will Wade, the basketball coach,
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  is actively recruiting a lot of professional players.
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  And then of course, the one that gets the most, the most news,
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  the most buzz, everything like that that goes around it, Lane
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  Kiffin with Dequel Wright and Xavion Harris, who are both not
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  on the roster. They are filing.
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  They are filing. They are following and in
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  compliance with the rules of the SEC established as far as
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  they're not on the roster, they are not actively playing.
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  Basically, they're they're not doing anything that would be
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  considered quote, UN quote, wrong.
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  But the SEC did file this today, according to Pete Thamel a
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  little bit earlier. The SEC has filed an amendment
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  to its federal lawsuit against LSU, Lane Kiffin and the school
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  officials on Tuesday, which seeks the authority for the SEC
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  to expel LSU from the league. The SEC is not expected to take
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  such action, but the filing indicates the seriousness of the
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  league as it attempts to affirm the legal right to enforce its
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  own rules. That was the original point of
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  the federal lawsuit that was filed last week.
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  And apparently what even added to this was Lane Kiffin's
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  interview that he had during his halftime interview where
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  basically he said, you know, they were up 31 to 3 and he said
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  imagine if we had pro players. According to the SEC, he said
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  Section 91. After the Clemson game,
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  defendant Kiffin reiterated his disagreement with the objection
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  and the professionalism rules to the position of the SEC
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  Defendant Kiffin. Kiffin's statement and position,
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  along with the numerous other statements and actions by
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  defendants alleges here in stand in sharp contrast to the silence
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  by the President and Athletic Director of LSU after defendant
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  Ruse voted for the policy statement on August 25th, 2026.
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  And they confirmed the lack of institutional control over the
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  over the athletic program at LSU that is required by Article 6 of
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  the SEC Constitution and the remaining provisions of the
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  Constitution and by laws referenced above.
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  So my my first immediate reaction to this whole LSU thing
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  and kicking him out of the league.
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  It's not that I don't think that the SESEC is serious.
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  It's not that I don't think that this is something that they're
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  going to push for. And they're they're supposed to
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  vote on this Thursday the 10th. And apparently from my
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  understanding is what they're also trying to do is part of
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  this federal lawsuit is also in conjunction to basically take
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  this to a federal judge and that if they go through with this,
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  that basically LSU and the state of Louisiana would not be able
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  to basically defend itself or, you know, re basically retaliate
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  in any type of way. Basically the SEC is trying to
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  defend itself. Terry.
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  Hi Terry. How are you, ma'am?
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  Appreciate you tuning in. So it it it it's interesting in
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  that fact because that that's part of the issue that they had
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  with one of the Louisiana judges.
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  This is the Louisiana judge basically ruled that if LSU is
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  in compliance, if they do decide to let these professional
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  players come in and play that basically the SEC is not allowed
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  to punish them for it as a result.
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  And it will be interesting to see how does the federal case
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  end up taking this because they're there's no guarantee
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  that the SEC is going to win. There's also no guarantee that
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  LSU is going to win. You know, it could, there's a
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  multitude of variable ways that it could end up, you know,
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  completely panning out. And I'm not going to sit here
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  and try to speculate, you know, how I think which one is going
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  to go. And I do think they would
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  probably have enough votes to be able to vote LSU out.
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  Now, the key part with voting them out is they have to have
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  2/3 majority. So with 16 teams, they have to
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  have at least 11 other teams that agreed to vote them out.
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  I don't know who that would be. Again, I'm not going to sit here
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  and try to speculate who I think would vote LSU out, who I think
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  wouldn't vote LSU out. Here's the thing that I do want
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  to point out though, that I think, and I mentioned this in
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  my last show, I don't think the SEC would do it.
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  And I think this is more of a, it's a bit of a flex.
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  It's a look, if you're going to be a part of the SEC, you are
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  going to comply with our rules, our guidelines.
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  And if you don't, we will happily kick you out.
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  And I think we're it, it starts to become muddy for the SEC as
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  far as if they would kick LSU out or not is you have to look
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  at one their meteor rights deal because according to Brady Quinn
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  from Fox Sports Radio, who he go, he goes really in depth into
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  a lot of the behind the scenes thing.
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  And, and he even mentioned this as they were talking about like
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  Kevin Warren and the Big 10 as far as their media meteorites
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  deals. Apparently the media contracts
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  have a lot to do with the reshaping of a lot of these
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  conferences, with the reshaping of the lot of the college
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  football landscape has had a big hand from the meteorites deals.
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  So I don't know if the SEC would be able to do that and I don't
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  know if one ESPN wouldn't let them.
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  And especially given the current time with all of the Lane Kiffin
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  drama, I don't think that they would let that type of a story,
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  that type of a national headline go at at any point just because
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  it's one of those you either love Lane as an LSU fan or you
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  hating whether you're an LSU fan or not.
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  And you know, even even as somebody who I dislike Alabama,
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  you know, did I TuneIn to watch Alabama games to hopefully watch
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  them lose? Absolutely.
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  And it's going to be the exact same for LSU.
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  The other thing that I say, and I even mentioned on my last show
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  is, is where they stand as far as the SEC goes.
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  When you look at the top 10, valuable, most valuable, you
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  know, institutions, especially when it comes to their sports
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  programs. LSU is 10th in the nation.
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  They're sixth in the SEC behind Georgia, Alabama.
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  Let's see Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Tennessee, Alabama,
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  Georgia, Texas. I believe Oklahoma.
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  There's like one other program that's in the SEC that's ahead
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  of them as far as their overall value, but none the less like
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  that's the amount of value that LSU brings to the SEC.
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  Like they're 6th. They're your sixth most valuable
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  institution as far as the money that they just bring in for
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  themselves and the money and the value that they have as far as
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  their sports teams and whatnot goes.
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  So and they're one of your founding members of the SECI.
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  Don't think they would voluntarily kick them out if
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  they do. I don't think LSU is necessarily
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  upset about that. Now, I do think if they kick LSU
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  out, they've already mentioned, oh, we already have plenty of
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  suitors that would be interested in joining the SCCI think I
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  already know who. But again, what what is the
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  legal, what is the legal loophole or what is the legal
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  rabbit hole that you're willing to travel down in order to
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  potentially get one of those teams from another conference
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  that you feel would add enough value to the conference that you
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  would be 1 willing to kick out LSU to get that you believe
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  would bring the same type of value that LSU brings.
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  And the only brand I can think of that would do it and is
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  currently relevant has been relevant and brand wise is up
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  there with LSU and would be the University of Miami.
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  I think they're the only one that realistically they're
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  unhappy in the ACC because of, I think just the overall fact that
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  the ACC does not get as much money from their meteor rights
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  deal. And I think the fact that Miami
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  would want to be taking a little bit more seriously.
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  I don't. And I don't think a lot of
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  people are saying that right now, just especially especially
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  now if Miami starts to run the ACC like we think they're going
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  to and like a lot of people predict them are going to do as
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  far as winning the conference goes.
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  So I, I do think if anyone is going to replace LSU in the SEC,
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  it would be Miami. But again, that's if the vote
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  goes through. I truly think out of all of
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  this, what I think is going to happen, I think they're going to
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  have this vote. I don't know when the federal
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  case is going to, you know, I don't know when any of the
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  proceedings. I don't know when any of that's
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  actually going to, you know, take place.
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  I know the vote is supposed to happen Thursday.
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  I truly think what they're going to do, they're going to have
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  this vote. I don't think they kick LSU out,
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  but I think Greg Sankey and the rest of the SEC and all of them
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  basically go to LSU and say, hey, you either need to follow
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  our rules or we will go as far as we need to go and we will
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  kick you out as best as we have to.
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  And Oh yeah, by the way, we already have the votes to.
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  We've already voted on it. Basically, you're on thin ice.
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  That's what it kind of seems like to me.
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  It seems like more of this is the true standoff and you know,
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  between Lane Kiffin, between LSU as a whole, you know, they're
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  drawn the line in the sand and then they're coming right up to
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  that line with their very, very tip toes as far as, oh, you
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  know, we're not we're not over the line yet.
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  So we'll see. Like I said, I think if they do
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  kick out LSUI think the biggest replacement is Miami.
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  That that's, that's just my, my quick little thoughts on it
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  because there's there's a whole lot that goes into it.
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  I mean, there's so much overall that just dives super deep into
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  it, but let's keep going because I mean, we've got so much to
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  talk about, so much to try to cram in really a good show.
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  Really excited about all this as a whole.
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  But let let's talk about some of the some of the games that took
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  place for week 1. One of the big ones that kind of
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  surprised me and I won't spend too much on this one just
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  because I but I do think it was interesting.
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  Colorado at Georgia Tech Colorado ended up actually
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  getting the win. As much as it seemed like
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  Colorado, you know, kind of look like themselves as really low
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  scoring game as like 14 to 13. Georgia Tech actually got the
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  ball, managed to work it all the way down to the end of the
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  field, got in field goal range, got in position Colorado into
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  blocking the field goal and coming away with the win.
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  And there's a lot of people said that the referee seemed to be
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  more in favor of Colorado and it seemed like they were more in
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  favor of saving, you know, Deion Sanders job there Colorado.
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  And I don't know if that's necessarily the case.
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  I don't think that they're going as far as to try to save a guy's
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  job, you know, and and and for all of us, you know, college
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  football fans, and if you're a conspiracy theorist like me, you
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  can make that argument for just about anything.
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  I don't think that they're going that far now.
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  He he is entertaining. He does bring a new he, he does
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  bring an order to college football that that's hard to
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  replicate because guys want to come there, they want to play
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  for him, They they want to do all those different things.
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  I don't think it's going that far that the referees are
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  willing to do that. It it is one of those, when I
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  was first looking at it, I actually had Georgia Tech
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  winning. I thought that they would take a
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  step back post Haynes King, post a lot of the guys they ended up
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  losing to the NFL and what not, But I thought, OK, they're not
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  going to be that bad. They should be able to beat a
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  Colorado team that I just, I don't know what to expect from
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  Colorado. I'm being completely wrong.
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  And unfortunately in my in my picks this week, this was the
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  one game I got wrong. I went eight and one out of nine
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  games, which is pretty good. But this one I did not expect.
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  This one I considered more of an upset.
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  If I remember correctly, I believe it was even an upset
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  according to DraftKings and ESPN both.
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  So a little bit of surprise that Colorado ended up getting the
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  win. I still don't have a lot of high
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  hopes for Colorado as the season goes on, mostly because it's a
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  win and I'm going to pull up Colorado's schedule.
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  They're in the Big 12. So I mean, realistically
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  anything for them is possible. But again, I I don't have high
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  hopes. So they went to Georgia Tech.
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  They host Weber State this week. That should be a win.
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  They travel to Northwestern. That theoretically should be a
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  win, but I mean, I don't really know what to expect that in
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  Northwestern either. Then they go to Baylor, Probably
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  not going to win that. They host Texas Tech, No.
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  Host Utah, no. Now they go to Oklahoma State.
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  Now that one's possible. That one's an absolute, you
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  know, and that that one's a total, you know, toss up as far
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  as if they can win it, if they can lose it, they host Kansas
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  State, probably a loss. They go to Arizona State,
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  probably a loss. They host Houston, probably a
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  loss. They go to Cincinnati again, a
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  little bit of a toss up. And then they host UCFI know
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  last time UCF face them that UCF opened a a huge can on them.
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  So I I don't expect Colorado to do anything crazy is a solid win
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  for him. Maybe put some over the more
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  wins than what they were probably supposed to.
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  But yeah, I was IA little bit surprised, but a little bit not,
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  you know what I mean? So yeah, nonetheless, very
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  pretty, pretty solid game, little bit underwhelming, but
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  wasn't upset about it at the end of the day.
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  Let's move on to one of the other games too, that came up
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  Friday that ended up actually being really not really good,
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  but it was impressive more than anything just because of just
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  because of two players, the three M's you had Malachi, Tony,
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  Darien, Mensa at Miami, absolutely crushing Stanford all
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  the way in their home stadium. This, this one, I'm not going to
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  say this one was a surprise by no stretch of the imagination.
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  When you you kind of look at Stanford, it's like, yeah,
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  they're not really. They're not doing anything
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  crazy. They don't have the biggest
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  talent. This was Miami's first game this
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  season. This was Stanford second after
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  Stanford had a close game of Hawaii where they let Hawaii
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  start to come back. But I mean, you know, Dairy and
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  Mensa and Malachi Tony both, that was crazy.
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  Dairy Mensa was 27 to 34101 yards, 5 passing touchdowns.
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  Malachi Tony had 12 receptions for 234 yards and three
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  touchdowns, which is absolutely insane, setting Miami records,
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  which again, absolutely nuts. Like I said, This is why again,
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  if if the SEC votes out LSUI, think Miami's who they're going
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  to go with. But again, if they do, you have
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  to be able to break. You have to not only break your
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  own media contract deal, but then you have to break the ACCS
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  and you have to try to be able to get Miami out of it.
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  You have to be able to get them in.
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  And then of course, how are you going to try to argue and spin,
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  you know, oh, they should get this type of money.
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  Are you really going to try to push it that hard?
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  Is that, is that what you're trying to do here?
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  Don't know if they will or not, but they can absolutely try
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  nonetheless. Let's look at one of the other
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  games. This, So this one, Alabama
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  versus ECU, now this one, there really isn't a lot to talk
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  about. Bama ultimately ended up taking
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  care of business. I didn't know if they were going
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  to at first when I was watching Keelan Russell, a lot of people
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  are very high on him. It definitely seemed like more
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  as the game went on. He got comfortable rolling
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  around. He was definitely beating them
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  with their legs with his legs more than anything in the
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  pocket. And and and there is even at one
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  point and again, it it's this is more as a as a Bama hater.
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  I'll be the first to admit it as a Bama hater.
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  And Bama fans. Let me know in the comments what
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  you think. Ryan Coleman Williams I'm not
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  going to say it's a complete and total fall off, but the
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  depreciation is crazy. Like this was a kid that I mean
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  to ESPN, everybody was gushing over this kid as as a freshman.
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  You know, they're like, Oh my God, he's 17 years old.
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  He's cooking defenses. Like I remember the the game
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  against Georgia that they had, he went up and caught it, you
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  know, beat like 2 defenders and just walked it in for a
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  touchdown. Like it was insane.
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  He really did have a phenomenal freshman year.
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  I won't take anything away from the dude.
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  Like he was absolutely great last year, a little bit of a
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  little bit of a sophomore slump, literally of, you know, he was
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  dropping a lot of passes. That was an issue throughout the
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  whole entire year. The production was nearly there.
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  I think he only had like 400 yard, like 4 or 600 yards, one
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  of the two. And I think he only had like 4
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  to 6 touchdowns. Like it was not a lot as far as
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  his overall production goes. And then in this game, it's like
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  he gets he took it. It took his mom's last name as
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  far as Coleman. He changed his number to what he
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  had when he was in high school. He decided he wasn't going to
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  wear clubs this year, that he's just going to do bare hands.
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  It's hot in Tuscaloosa, it's humid in Tuscaloosa.
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  And I mean, he was just dropping extremely easy passes.
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  It. It's one of those again, even
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  even as a Bama hater, like I'm a realist.
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  If, if, if, if the defender is all over him, you know, if he's
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  having to just constantly, you know, get in double team, having
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  to fight for contested catches if it's raining, if there's
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  weather, something like that, like I, I'm a realist.
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  Like he he's not going to catch every single pass that throws
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  away. Like that's just, that's just
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  not realistic. And he was like the one that was
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  wide open, He jumped up in the air to go get it.
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  It's like, dude, you didn't have to jump.
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  It was falling in your lap. Like, it's cool you do the
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  acrobatic athletic part, but what for what?
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  Like why are you doing that, man?
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  And it, it just did not, it was not pretty.
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  The fact that he just openly dropped that he had a few other
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  drops. It's like, man, I don't, I don't
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  know what the issue is. Like I know everybody was
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  talking about as far as some of the top wide receivers in
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  college football, it was, you know, Jeremiah Smith and him.
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  Honestly, if if, if we're picking top two wide receivers
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  right now, it's Jeremiah Smith and Malachi Tony, like Ryan
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  Coleman Williams not even in the conversation anymore.
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  Then again, Bama fans can hate me all you want for that.
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  I don't know if you agree or not.
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  I feel like it's pretty honest take on him.
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  Like, again, not hating the kid. He had a phenomenal freshman
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  year last year, a little bit of a downslope.
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  It's like, OK that that happens, like maybe maybe he regresses,
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  people get used to him. You know, they've studied him,
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  you know, he he's grown a little bit, like all right, he's a
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  little bit different now this year and and again, it's only
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  week 1. It's it's not like to expect
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  total perfection. And you know, again, a lot of
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  family fans probably tell me I'm just overreaching.
• 21:19
  It's overreaction and maybe it is, but against a team like ECU,
• 21:25
  the they started to fight back. There was a minute there that
• 21:29
  they ended up getting a touchdown and it's like, oh,
• 21:31
  maybe the momentum's swinging a little bit towards ECU's way and
• 21:35
  then Alabama ended up running with it and 1 convincingly 48 to
• 21:39
  10 that that that is still a little worrisome against a group
• 21:44
  of 16 like ECU. Again, no, no disrespect to
• 21:47
  them, but the the difference level is supposed to be there.
• 21:51
  Like no matter how much Alabama has regressed or how much they
• 21:54
  change from what they were, Nick Saban should be Alabama here,
• 21:58
  ECU here, like it. It shouldn't be even close.
• 22:02
  But again, that's just me personally.
• 22:05
  Another game actually that ended up being phenomenal.
• 22:08
  And I and this is going to sound crazy.
• 22:12
  And it's one of those, if you've listened to the show for a
• 22:14
  while, if you've, you know, bored yourself enough of wanting
• 22:18
  to wanting to hear me talk and wanting to hear my opinions on
• 22:21
  stuff, one that I thought, I mean, really deserved its
• 22:27
  flowers was Boise State and Oregon.
• 22:30
  I mean, great game. And the reason why I say that is
• 22:36
  the reason why I say, you know, you'll hear, hear my thoughts on
• 22:40
  it. And I forgot to put #2 Oregon,
• 22:43
  even though technically the ranking has changed, Boise State
• 22:48
  deserve to be ranked after that loss.
• 22:50
  Like, I know some people have Oregon actually moving down.
• 22:52
  I think the official top 25 even has Oregon moving down.
• 22:55
  I'll, I'll look as I, as I talk about it, like honestly, Boise
• 23:02
  State deserves to be ranked at that.
• 23:03
  Now, I'm not going to sit here and say that, you know, Oregon
• 23:06
  is bad. I'm not going to sit here and
• 23:07
  say that, you know, Boise State is just, you know, absolutely
• 23:10
  amazing. And they did drop Oregon down.
• 23:13
  Oregon's down number six. So from 2:00 to 6:00, a little
• 23:17
  bit of a drop, but I mean for a loss, like I, it would be hard
• 23:25
  pressed for me to say like they don't deserve to be in.
• 23:29
  They did drop Michigan completely out of the top 25
• 23:33
  from 16 because of the whole Western Michigan thing, which
• 23:35
  I'll get into here a bit and fun facts.
• 23:38
  So funny enough, out of the other receiving votes, Virginia
• 23:42
  made it in at 25, Boise State at 86.
• 23:46
  So I mean, they're just three points behind Virginia who ends
• 23:50
  up overtaking them, which I'm not completely upset at.
• 23:53
  You know, Virginia, they had a dominant win against NC State.
• 23:57
  Like they looked solid. You know, I'm sure they're going
• 24:00
  to continue to roll with that with absolutely no issue.
• 24:04
  But I do believe Boise State should be in the top 25.
• 24:07
  I don't really care where somewhere between 20 and 25.
• 24:11
  They need to be there. AB absolutely hands down.
• 24:16
  But it this is one that it to me, it kind of proves that for a
• 24:24
  team like Boise State, who for Boise State's credit, they're
• 24:27
  now three and two against Oregon all time.
• 24:30
  So they do have a winning record.
• 24:31
  I think it was either last year or year before last.
• 24:34
  I think it was the year before last when Oregon was the one
• 24:38
  seed for the play offs. I mean, they took him down in
• 24:40
  the wire. I mean, Oregon only ended up
• 24:41
  winning that field goal and you know, this this time they only
• 24:45
  ended up winning by a touchdown, but at one point they were down
• 24:49
  by 10 points. It was absolutely crazy.
• 24:52
  Terry, go go Boise State. Hey, it you know, it, I, I've
• 24:57
  never had an issue with Boise State.
• 24:59
  I never have. Like they're, they're a good
• 25:02
  group of 16. I feel like they're one of
• 25:04
  those. I kind of wish they were in a
• 25:06
  power conference just to see how well they would do.
• 25:10
  Like I know they're in the PAC 12 now and the PAC 12 is kind of
• 25:13
  like that quote, UN quote in between conference almost of
• 25:16
  like they're not quite powerful, but they're not quite totally
• 25:19
  group of 6. Like they're right there in the
• 25:21
  middle. And I feel like it's their
• 25:23
  conference to run away with. Like truly, I think if somebody
• 25:27
  was to offer Boise State like a true power conference to offer
• 25:30
  them, I think they should take it.
• 25:31
  I know media wise, you know, media market wise, Boise, but
• 25:35
  you know, Boise in the state of Idaho, not exactly the greatest,
• 25:39
  but if they didn't look good against Oregon, and this is a
• 25:42
  Oregon team that's highly, highly talented.
• 25:45
  I mean, recruits absolutely everywhere, five stars, they're
• 25:48
  seniors, a lot of first round picks, a lot of probably high,
• 25:51
  just NFL draft picks as a whole. They're Oregon are going to go
• 25:55
  there. Boise State came out, they came
• 25:57
  out swinging. They got the first hit.
• 25:59
  They were up 7 and nothing. Then next thing you know,
• 26:04
  they're up 14. Then Oregon was able to score
• 26:08
  and then seventeen to seven, then Oregon's able to at least
• 26:11
  get a touchdown, I believe before either touchdown or a
• 26:16
  field goal, one of the two before half to at least cut it
• 26:19
  to A1 score game. But yeah, they my personal
• 26:22
  opinion, I think Boise State deserves to be raised and
• 26:25
  they're real close. So at least ESPN, the rest of
• 26:27
  the committee, everybody like that agrees with me.
• 26:31
  One game, though, that was a little bit of a a
• 26:33
  disappointment, one that I didn't, I didn't really know
• 26:37
  what to expect with this game. I expected, I'm not going to say
• 26:42
  a high scoring game, but I expected it to just generally be
• 26:45
  better. And that was Baylor versus
• 26:47
  Auburn. If I remember right, this was in
• 26:51
  Atlanta. So I mean, it wasn't really a a
• 26:54
  whole game as it looked for Auburn, but I mean, it wasn't
• 26:58
  really a a support game for Baylor either.
• 27:04
  So I mean it is this was a game that to me kind of ultimately
• 27:10
  disappointed pulling up the stats Now I watched the game, I
• 27:15
  know Lagway was hurt. He completed 50% of his passes,
• 27:20
  2 touchdowns a pick. You know, Brown come came over
• 27:25
  with Alex Golish from USF. He's 2635 through 3 picks.
• 27:31
  Not exactly a great way to start it.
• 27:34
  And I would be remorse if I didn't shout this out for for
• 27:39
  buddy Chase in our group chat. He wanted me to make sure that I
• 27:43
  noted Gavin Freeman this the senior wide receiver for Baylor.
• 27:48
  He had a monster game. He had 12 receptions, 154 yards
• 27:52
  and a touchdown in the loss. So I mean, he was their absolute
• 27:56
  best weapon for Lagway and for Baylor by far.
• 27:59
  He's if you truly wanted to give like a player of the game, it it
• 28:04
  would more than likely be Gavin Friedman.
• 28:06
  He was absolutely fantastic for him.
• 28:09
  It, it does leave a lot to wonder though, as far as Auburn
• 28:15
  is a team that there were a ton of transfers in all from USF,
• 28:19
  all in Alex Golish's system, which kind of makes you wonder
• 28:23
  because it, it didn't look like it, it looked like a bunch of
• 28:26
  transfers coming into a new system.
• 28:28
  It's like they were learning it for the first time and it was
• 28:32
  like they never worked together. It was very, very weird.
• 28:35
  Now, Baylor on the other hand, and Baylor is obviously been
• 28:39
  through kind of some rough times.
• 28:41
  Dave Arand is definitely on the hot seat as far as how his job's
• 28:44
  going to go. Now.
• 28:46
  I, I don't know if Baylor is in that what I would call like
• 28:50
  desperation mode enough that they would fire him during the
• 28:54
  season unless it just, he's really, really bad.
• 28:58
  Because I, I don't know how much of this you can blame on Dave
• 29:02
  Aranda and a lot of people, you know, they're not really, they
• 29:07
  don't want to blame it on DJ Lagway either because, I mean,
• 29:09
  he still threw for 300 yards. He still had two teddies.
• 29:12
  And of course that was basically on a broken ankle.
• 29:15
  But it it does make me wonder with him and another quarterback
• 29:20
  that I'm going to talk about here shortly, his overall
• 29:23
  development like what what what is D JS development like?
• 29:28
  And and I'm not just going to put this all on him.
• 29:31
  You know, he was with Billy Napier in Florida for two
• 29:33
  seasons. He had the outstanding freshman
• 29:35
  year. Last year was definitely a
• 29:38
  disappointment between guys really not performing the way
• 29:42
  that they're supposed to. I think a combination of Billy
• 29:45
  Napier was frustrated. He wouldn't let somebody else
• 29:47
  call plays. And it's it's kind of similar to
• 29:51
  like what Mike Hilco had at Texas A&M.
• 29:53
  Like they would, they could recruit really well, but you
• 29:56
  couldn't put it all together. And that was kind of the
• 29:58
  frustrating part. And I think a lot of things that
• 29:59
  really aggravated Florida and Florida fans is that you have
• 30:04
  all this talent, you're not doing anything with it.
• 30:07
  And for me, when I look at Baylor and I'm not going to sit
• 30:10
  here and make it make it seem like Baylor has, you know, super
• 30:14
  5 stars absolutely loaded everywhere.
• 30:16
  Like, no, we got to be we got to be realistic.
• 30:18
  Now they have some players like they're still good, but I'm not
• 30:22
  going to sit here and act like they're, you know, a step above.
• 30:25
  But it it does make me wonder a 50% completion, 300 yards, 2
• 30:30
  teddies and pick while hurt. Like it still shows you're
• 30:34
  athletic. It still shows that you're good.
• 30:36
  You can make stuff work. You Can Dance around the pocket.
• 30:40
  But but if we know anything about a lot of guys that do
• 30:44
  that, that's not sustainable throughout the season.
• 30:47
  And I'm going to talk about it later with Sam Levitt, because I
• 30:50
  would say honestly the same thing for him.
• 30:53
  You know, John Mateer last year with Oklahoma, like he was the
• 30:56
  absolute baller. Like he was one of the
• 30:59
  favourites for the Heisman last year until, you know, get hurt,
• 31:02
  maybe kind of forced his way back and he he just wasn't the
• 31:05
  same. So is a little bit of a a
• 31:07
  disappointment Auburn ends up winning it just because TJ
• 31:10
  Blackway kind of makes a bad throw behind the tight end here
• 31:14
  for the two point conversion. Part of me does wonder.
• 31:17
  And again, it's when when you're there as a coach, it's like if
• 31:22
  you get it, oh, man, you're, you're a genius.
• 31:24
  You went for it. You took the gamble, You won.
• 31:26
  Your team's coming out with a win.
• 31:28
  But if you don't get it, aw, man, what are you doing?
• 31:30
  Why didn't you just kick the kick, the extra point going
• 31:32
  overtime and just see what happens from there?
• 31:34
  Kind of a damned if you do a damned if you don't kind of
• 31:36
  thing. So I get it.
• 31:38
  You know, your quarterback's hurt.
• 31:39
  Don't know how long he's going to be able to keep doing that.
• 31:41
  You don't want to continue to injure him or make it worse.
• 31:45
  So might as well just go for it and just see if it happens just
• 31:47
  to end it. But it's a it's a bit rough.
• 31:50
  But we'll we'll have to see how often rebounds because they have
• 31:53
  a, they have a tough test here in a couple weeks with Ryan
• 31:58
  Summerall coming into town with Florida.
• 32:01
  And we'll, we'll see who is the at least initially, who's the
• 32:05
  better hire, Alex Golisher or Summerall.
• 32:07
  We will, we will see. Let's move on to the the game
• 32:12
  that has probably the most controversy behind it,
• 32:16
  especially given what happened to end the game itself, Michigan
• 32:23
  and Western Michigan. This was absolutely crazy and
• 32:28
  there's been more to develop with this game since this has
• 32:32
  happened. So I'll go ahead and read what
• 32:38
  the initial statement was from the Big 10 and as as compared to
• 32:45
  now. So as it stands currently, the
• 32:48
  Big 10 statement and this was I think like two or three in the
• 32:52
  morning after after this was over.
• 32:57
  So following video review, it was determined Western
• 32:59
  Michigan's number 18 started his jump from an established out of
• 33:02
  bounds position, his left foot and made contact with the ball
• 33:06
  with one second remaining on the clock as shown.
• 33:08
  The provided video of what was viewed during the replay process
• 33:12
  as side by side view of the play and the game clock using a
• 33:16
  direct shot of the game clock in the stadium was used to
• 33:19
  determine the final ruling 85 minutes prior to the game.
• 33:22
  All broadcast camera used for the replay system, including the
• 33:25
  camera on the game clock, are synced using a strobe system to
• 33:28
  ensure all cameras are aligned for NCAA Rule 4-2-3-A.
• 33:35
  A ball not in player control other than a kick that scores a
• 33:39
  field goal is out of bounds when it touches the ground.
• 33:42
  A player, a game official, or anything else that is out of
• 33:45
  bound or that is on or outside a boundary line.
• 33:49
  Thus the clock is stopped. Was Mac.
• 33:53
  The Mac Conference then responded said upon the
• 33:58
  conclusion of the Western Michigan football game, the Mid
• 34:01
  American Conference and Western Michigan contacted Mid 10 office
• 34:05
  to seek clarification regarding the replay review and the
• 34:08
  placement time. Back on the game clock.
• 34:11
  The Big 10 explain to the ball touched the player who's out of
• 34:13
  bounds before the clock reach zeros, resulting in one
• 34:16
  additional play being awarded. The Big 10 subsequently provided
• 34:19
  video and audio of the replay which confirmed the explanation
• 34:21
  provided to us. I come in Western Michigan for
• 34:23
  an outstanding effort and well played game and Ioffer my
• 34:27
  congratulations to Michigan. Also appreciate the
• 34:29
  collaborative effort of the Big 10 office in its prompt response
• 34:32
  in reviewing the play and providing the requested
• 34:34
  clarification. Now this of course happened
• 34:37
  Saturday night, Sunday morning. Well, it has since changed
• 34:41
  because I believe between a combination of reviewing,
• 34:45
  probably even people whispering in the ear as far as being upset
• 34:47
  and like, hey, this is a little this little screwed up.
• 34:51
  So this is from the Mid American Conference Commissioner Dr.
• 34:54
  Stein. Doctor John Steinbrecher said
• 34:58
  after further study and investigation, it's now evident
• 35:00
  that replay protocol was not properly followed in the
• 35:03
  determining of whether time remained on the game clock at
• 35:06
  the conclusion of the Western Michigan versus Michigan
• 35:08
  football game. The established replay protocol
• 35:10
  requires that game clock displayed on the program feed be
• 35:14
  used in determining whether time remain.
• 35:16
  Instead, the Big 10 Conference replay crew relied upon a clock
• 35:20
  feed embedded within the replay system.
• 35:22
  As a result, one second was placed back on the game clock
• 35:25
  and an additional play was awarded.
• 35:27
  This was not a judgement regarding the proper amount of
• 35:29
  time to place on the clock, It was an error in the application
• 35:32
  of the established replay protocol governing this specific
• 35:35
  end of game timing situation. Had the protocol been properly
• 35:39
  followed and the and the program feed clock been used, no
• 35:42
  additional play would have been awarded and the Western Michigan
• 35:44
  would have won the game 12 to 7. As a result, the Mid American
• 35:48
  Conference has submitted formal appeals to the NCAA F BS
• 35:52
  Oversight Committee and the College Football Playoff.
• 35:55
  The Mac is requesting that those bodies recognize Western
• 35:58
  Michigan as the actual winner of the game for the purpose of
• 36:00
  their respective rankings, evaluations and selection
• 36:04
  deliberations, and take such other corrective action as maybe
• 36:07
  within their authority. I do have a few thoughts on this
• 36:12
  because I ultimately like most everybody else, even though I
• 36:16
  didn't watch this game because I didn't have a dog in this fight,
• 36:21
  like it's really I didn't have a dog in the final source Michigan
• 36:24
  versus Western Michigan goes it it doesn't change and it was
• 36:27
  screwed up and it doesn't change that it was weird how the Big 10
• 36:32
  ended up going about it. And truthfully, if it if I was
• 36:39
  the big 10, this is how I probably would have done it.
• 36:43
  And again, it I don't know if it would have changed anything if I
• 36:48
  was the Big 10 and say, hey, you know, out of bounds player
• 36:52
  touched the ball first like it's a defensive penalty.
• 36:56
  The game cannot end on a defensive penalty.
• 36:59
  Michigan gets one free play. And I think had you done that
• 37:04
  and the clock still be at 0, But again, just reiterate it's a
• 37:09
  defensive penalty. The game cannot end on a
• 37:12
  defensive penalty because the player out of bounds touched the
• 37:14
  ball. Michigan gets one free play and
• 37:19
  then go from there. That would have probably been
• 37:23
  better. Here's the other part that I
• 37:26
  would potentially argue, and it's not even really in defense
• 37:31
  of Michigan. I would just say it's overall
• 37:35
  kind of the unfortunate part of the game is you, you no matter
• 37:43
  what, whether they put the one second back on the clock or not,
• 37:48
  if they did, you got to go put that effort out there for one
• 37:52
  more play. Now I I do get the counter
• 37:54
  argument. They already had it one the
• 37:56
  clock was already at zero 100% understand that.
• 38:00
  Again, I am not defending Michigan.
• 38:02
  You look at all the helmets I have right here.
• 38:04
  Ain't none of them have little Wolverine stripes on there.
• 38:08
  I don't have an M on there. I have not a dog fight with
• 38:11
  Michigan. It's still a game even though
• 38:15
  they unfortunately put the one more second on there.
• 38:18
  You got to make one more play. You just got to you got to make
• 38:21
  one more play to keep them from being able to do it.
• 38:25
  Whether that's extra defenders, whether that's you have just one
• 38:28
  guy rush, and then you just have everybody else playing defense
• 38:32
  in the end zone, making sure everybody's covered to hopefully
• 38:36
  make sure that it doesn't happen again.
• 38:39
  But that that doesn't change that it it was screwed up that
• 38:43
  they put another second on the clock.
• 38:44
  And it's unfortunate that Western Michigan ended up
• 38:47
  losing. Here's the thing.
• 38:49
  I think, though, that if I'm Western Michigan, you, yes, you
• 38:55
  still have the loss on your record.
• 38:56
  Now, who knows, You know what the College Football Playoff
• 38:59
  committee is going to do. Who knows what the NCAA is going
• 39:01
  to do. Again, you notice when I was
• 39:04
  talking about the top 25 poll earlier, Michigan's out.
• 39:08
  They dropped Michigan down in the top 25.
• 39:12
  And I'll have to look and see if how how badly they dropped them
• 39:18
  out. So let's see, they dropped
• 39:22
  Michigan out. So the other, well, I thought
• 39:27
  that would end up expanding it a little bit more.
• 39:29
  It didn't. I just had to see for for
• 39:32
  giggles. So Virginia's at 25.
• 39:36
  They completely move up. Basically everybody moved up
• 39:38
  like a spot. The exception of Oklahoma.
• 39:41
  They moved down one. Texas A&M moved down to LSU
• 39:44
  moved up 3, which shown wrong. Happy LSU one about to talk
• 39:47
  about that here in a second. Don't really understand why, but
• 39:50
  you know, I, I'm not going to be personally upset about it, but
• 39:54
  the other teams getting receiving votes.
• 39:57
  Boise State at 86. Keep in mind Virginia has 89.
• 40:00
  So Boise State's right there outside the top 25.
• 40:03
  So they're at about 26. Florida is at 83, Michigan is at
• 40:08
  69. So they're technically, what,
• 40:12
  28th right now with a pretty commanding lead over Arizona,
• 40:17
  Memphis, South Carolina and Western Michigan.
• 40:19
  So I mean, to an extent, you know, it is kind of a showing
• 40:24
  that, hey, you did win because you knocked Michigan out of the
• 40:28
  top 25. Now they still have the win on
• 40:32
  their record, but I mean, it does, it does show that there is
• 40:36
  a little bit of progress. Tracer is happy about that.
• 40:39
  I know it's always a good time whenever Michigan loses.
• 40:41
  Let me be honest, like a little Sparty helmet back there that
• 40:43
  I've got, I can. There we go.
• 40:46
  It's hard to hard to do that on the on the camera because we've
• 40:48
  got to remember it's kind of backwards.
• 40:50
  It's backwards, but it's not. It's always a great day when
• 40:54
  Michigan loses, but it it is a crazy thing that that that ended
• 40:58
  up happening and how it kind of that whole entire thing was
• 41:01
  truly mishandled. And we'll we'll see what ends up
• 41:04
  going forward with it. My favorite game of the weekend,
• 41:08
  though, we had Clemson versus LSU and man, did LSU deliver.
• 41:16
  And if it again, if anybody watched the show last week, I
• 41:20
  did not know what to expect of this game.
• 41:21
  I didn't want to pick. I didn't even really want to
• 41:25
  make this pick, to be fully honest with you.
• 41:26
  I was like, man, I don't know what to expect of this.
• 41:28
  I don't know if they're going to win.
• 41:29
  I don't know if they're not going to win.
• 41:31
  I just, I just don't know. They end up winning 5110.
• 41:37
  Absolutely. Dominique Clemson, It was like
• 41:39
  51 to 3 for the longest time before, before they finally were
• 41:45
  able to just kind of score a garbage time touchdown to make
• 41:48
  the score not as bad. Here's the only couple of things
• 41:52
  that I took away that I would consider negative from this
• 41:55
  game. Lane Kiffin definitely wants to
• 41:58
  run the ball absolutely great and it seems like it's going to
• 42:00
  be a running back by committee even better.
• 42:03
  And for a kid from Wisconsin, Dylan, Dylan Jones, absolutely
• 42:09
  great by the way, I think he ran the ball like 20 times and
• 42:12
  finally broke over 100 yards. He had a couple touchdowns, just
• 42:17
  ground a pound bruiser and of course Levitt had over 100 yards
• 42:21
  rushing which is great. Here's the thing that worried
• 42:24
  me. The second play of LSU's first
• 42:27
  drive on offense, Levitt throws an interception.
• 42:30
  Now not his fault. That was also majority on the
• 42:33
  receiver for basically letting it happen.
• 42:37
  They were able to hold Clips to a field goal and that's pretty
• 42:39
  much the last points they scored the game so close to the end.
• 42:44
  But he he runs very carelessly. Sam Levitt does and I know he
• 42:48
  used to be a safety, so and he takes care of his body really
• 42:52
  well. He's not going to be the type of
• 42:53
  slides and it's great. You can't do that through a full
• 42:58
  SEC schedule. You you just can't.
• 43:01
  Like it's not that's not feasible.
• 43:03
  It's not going to be feasible when you face Texas A&M.
• 43:06
  It's definitely not going to be feasible when you face Ole Miss
• 43:09
  cause Ole Miss is going to be coming hard, and I mean hard at
• 43:14
  every LSU player and especially Elaine Kiffin.
• 43:17
  Like Ole Miss players are going to be hitting like a Mack truck
• 43:21
  plus extra in that game. That is going to be an absolute
• 43:25
  dogfight. So I mean, Ole Miss, Texas A&M,
• 43:31
  you know, a little bit later on, you got Alabama, you got Texas,
• 43:34
  you've got Tennessee. Like those are five games right
• 43:38
  there. You cannot run around that much
• 43:43
  and play that hard. If you're Sam Levitt and hope
• 43:47
  that you don't get hurt, it's it's just not feasible.
• 43:50
  It's not realistic. I just, I hope he takes better
• 43:54
  care of himself. And I hope, and again, it's just
• 43:57
  the first game. All of these are just first
• 43:58
  games. Like there's still growth to
• 44:00
  happen. There's a lot of rust.
• 44:02
  There's a lot of getting used to each other, the chemistry, the
• 44:04
  systems, like all of that. So I'm not, I'm not
• 44:07
  overreacting, I'm not saying it's gloom and doom, like I am
• 44:10
  happy of a 51 to 10 win to just start things out.
• 44:14
  But it it does leave me a little worried.
• 44:16
  There is something I want to throw out there before I move on
• 44:18
  from this topic with with with Dabo Sweeney and kind of the
• 44:24
  fall off of Clemson. And I'm not going to dive too
• 44:26
  deep into this. I'm hoping for anybody who's
• 44:29
  watched the show before Porter Hayes, who is a host of the Hog
• 44:33
  Talk, that's HAWG talk. He's primarily an Arkansas fan,
• 44:37
  but he does like Clemson as well.
• 44:40
  I kind of asked him, you know, is it time to move on from Dabo?
• 44:43
  And somebody made this graphic that was pretty solid.
• 44:46
  Clemson 2012 to 2020. Now obviously Dabo's been there
• 44:50
  Clemson for significantly longer than that.
• 44:52
  From 2012 to 2020, they were 1:14 and 12:00.
• 44:55
  They were 15 and 9 against top ten teams.
• 44:57
  They were 26 and 12 against top 25 teams.
• 45:00
  They're 15 and six against SEC teams, nine and four post season
• 45:04
  games, 8 and one in season openers.
• 45:06
  In 2021 to now, Clemson 47 and 21, two and six versus top ten
• 45:12
  teams, 9 and 9 versus top 25 teams for 8 versus the SEC, two
• 45:17
  and three in post game season games, one and five in season
• 45:20
  openers. And then people were kind of
• 45:22
  bringing up Brett Vinnibles because Brett Vinnibles was the
• 45:26
  defensive coordinator for Clemson there for a long time.
• 45:29
  And I mean a long he was there for 9 years with Dabo.
• 45:34
  So Clemson before Brett Venables 2008 to 2011, he was 32 and 22.
• 45:39
  Davos when he was with Brett Venables 2012, 21121 and 17.
• 45:45
  Two national titles, 10 first round picks after Brett Venables
• 45:49
  37 and 18. So there there probably is a lot
• 45:53
  as far as Brett Venables being able to recruit as far as being
• 45:55
  able to keep guys there. I think a lot of it is Dabo just
• 45:59
  doesn't want to adapt. He doesn't want to adapt to use
• 46:01
  the transfer portal on the first time he does, he gets a burn
• 46:04
  fired because he loses the kid to he loses the kid to old miss.
• 46:08
  So I mean, I, I get the hesitation.
• 46:10
  I get that Clemson has a huge buyout on him.
• 46:13
  I don't know who they would get to replace him that would
• 46:15
  potentially bring Clemson back to that type of relevance,
• 46:19
  unless you wanted to try to poach Britt Vittables or if you
• 46:22
  wanted to try to poach Tony Elliott from Virginia.
• 46:26
  But I feel like both of those guys are pretty happy and well
• 46:28
  established with where they're at.
• 46:29
  I don't know if you'd be able to pull them.
• 46:31
  You try, but we'll see. The other game, that was a
• 46:34
  little bit of a surprise, at least in the first half because
• 46:37
  they kept it so close, Wisconsin versus Notre Dame.
• 46:40
  Notre Dame, you know, they they end up finally taking care of
• 46:42
  business. It was like 13 to 10, though.
• 46:45
  And I'll be honest, when I was looking at it, it's like I
• 46:47
  picked Notre Dame to win. Why is Wisconsin actually
• 46:51
  putting up half of a fight? Like, I don't, I don't really
• 46:53
  care for this much, but Notre Dame ultimately ended up taking
• 46:58
  the win. The run game is definitely a
• 47:02
  question mark for Notre Dame, though.
• 47:03
  It is a huge question mark on whether or not they're going to
• 47:07
  continue to be able to do what they need to do.
• 47:10
  As far as Cisco supposed to be one of the best defenses in
• 47:12
  college. I mean, again, they only left 13
• 47:14
  points. But at first Wisconsin, they
• 47:16
  were able to do pretty much anything they wanted to do.
• 47:19
  It was a again, first game of the season.
• 47:23
  It's a little bit of an overreaction, but it, it kind of
• 47:26
  makes you worry and, and maybe Wisconsin's gotten that much
• 47:29
  better. I, I still say Luke Fickle is up
• 47:32
  there as far as my coaches in the, the hot seat up there with
• 47:37
  one of the guys I'm going to talk about next here in just a
• 47:39
  minute. But I mean, hey, if they are,
• 47:42
  that's great. I I like seeing Wisconsin back
• 47:45
  to being good, being decent and being competitive, especially in
• 47:49
  the Big 10. We just unfortunately have not
• 47:52
  seen it out of Luke Fickle. Now for the last few years he's
• 47:54
  been there. Another game that started out a
• 47:58
  little bit of a little bit of a disappointment, but ultimately
• 48:03
  ended up actually being pretty decent.
• 48:04
  Louisville versus old miss the first half of this game.
• 48:08
  That was rough, man. The game was ugly.
• 48:11
  The game was rough. It was ugly.
• 48:12
  There's there's nothing sexy about that game by any stretch
• 48:16
  of the imagination. Ole Miss was turning the ball
• 48:19
  over. It was like 17 to 17 to 13 or
• 48:24
  something like that. Going to the half or 17 to 14.
• 48:26
  Like again, it was an ugly game. Ole Miss.
• 48:29
  And then both finally just trade blows back and forth, finally
• 48:33
  able to get the win it. It does make me wonder.
• 48:38
  Not not as much this game, probably not even as much next
• 48:42
  game because Ole Miss, I think, faces the complete total nobody
• 48:45
  as far as their schedule goes. And it's not until week 3 that
• 48:48
  they face LSU like that. That's going to be the big one.
• 48:53
  It does make me wonder what does Ole misses offense look like as
• 48:59
  the year goes on? And it's and it's not like I
• 49:03
  expected them to, you know, go crazy against Louisville by no
• 49:07
  stretch of the imagination. Again, let's be realistic.
• 49:10
  And they Ole Miss faces Charlotte this week.
• 49:14
  But it it does make me kind of wonder what does what does an
• 49:19
  offense look like? Like can it be as prolific
• 49:23
  without Charlie Wise and without Kurt Woodlane?
• 49:26
  Kevin? I mean, again, they still have
• 49:28
  Trinidad Chambliss, they still K1 Lacey.
• 49:30
  Now I know he got hurt. So we'll who knows what his
• 49:32
  status is ultimately going to end up being as the season
• 49:35
  continues. But it does make me wonder, can
• 49:39
  old misses offense still hang like what they did last year
• 49:43
  with losing 2 of their big offensive minds?
• 49:45
  So we'll we'll find out and see. And of course, the the game that
• 49:51
  took forever and then actually ended up being, I would say a
• 49:55
  little bit better than what we thought.
• 49:58
  And it is kind of funny because I talked to a couple people
• 50:01
  about this game earlier and they were talking about Mike Norville
• 50:07
  finally being on the hot seat. Like he's been on the hot seat
• 50:09
  for the last couple of years. Like it's just it got worse this
• 50:13
  particular season, Florida State actually held pretty well up
• 50:18
  with SMU despite the power surge at the beginning.
• 50:21
  So they didn't have any coach coms.
• 50:23
  They didn't have the scoreboards lit up.
• 50:26
  They didn't have, it was literally like 1990s football as
• 50:30
  far as like they had to do hand signs.
• 50:31
  They had to do this, they had to do that and both teams had to do
• 50:34
  it. So that way it was a, it was an
• 50:36
  equal thing. There was nobody that had an
• 50:38
  edge over the other one. And and it's here's the other
• 50:44
  sad part. It seemed like most of the kids
• 50:46
  in Florida State were playing their absolute butt off.
• 50:48
  The running back was doing great for Florida State.
• 50:51
  The quarterback Ashton Daniels did pretty decently well.
• 50:55
  And it seemed like SMU just kind of kept tripping over
• 50:57
  themselves. And it's kind of like they were
• 50:59
  trying to give Florida State the game and Florida State still
• 51:02
  ends up coming short. It it it's kind of the same
• 51:07
  thing that I would say with Dabo and Clemson.
• 51:10
  And I, and I would say this really for any big time program
• 51:13
  that wants to get rid of a coach that they've had for a while or
• 51:18
  that they've had success with even as far, you know, I know
• 51:21
  Mike Norvell as as recent as 2023.
• 51:24
  And that's that's been a while. But if you get rid of him, who
• 51:29
  do you get to replace him? Like I'm not saying there aren't
• 51:33
  guys out there. I'm not saying there are
• 51:35
  coordinators out there that probably wouldn't be interested,
• 51:38
  that probably wouldn't, you know, make maybe a decent and
• 51:41
  positive change and a positive impact right off of that.
• 51:45
  But again, who do you, who do you really think or trust that
• 51:48
  would be a step above what you have currently?
• 51:52
  And, and let's be realistic too, as far as you know, the, the NIL
• 51:57
  as far as recruiting, as far as all of that goes.
• 51:59
  And I mean you, you have to look at it as well.
• 52:03
  Yes, you can, you can pay these dudes ton of money and they'll
• 52:05
  come like if I'm some of these guys and it's like, well, I want
• 52:10
  to make money, but I also want to go in the NFL and I want to
• 52:12
  make money. Like where am I just programs
• 52:14
  I'm going to be able to do that with.
• 52:16
  It's like if I'm, if I'm truly a talented player, like I'm going
• 52:19
  to Ohio State, I'm going to Georgia, I'm going to LSU, going
• 52:23
  to Oregon, like I'm going to Texas and going to Tennessee.
• 52:28
  I'm not going to Florida State. Like if I got a pick, like I'm
• 52:31
  not going. They're not saying they still
• 52:33
  don't produce and they still won't produce to your talent.
• 52:35
  They absolutely will. But that that's kind of how I
• 52:38
  look at it. So it it kind of sucks for for
• 52:41
  Florida State. It's one of those I do like
• 52:43
  seeing them good. I like seeing them competitive,
• 52:46
  you know, they're just kind of one of those classic brands,
• 52:49
  especially for the ACC. But yeah, it's it's definitely
• 52:54
  dark times for the Knowles ahead.
• 52:56
  We'll we'll see how they ultimately end up doing.
• 52:59
  Let's get into some of the games coming up, though.
• 53:01
  I'm not going to go through all of the all of the ones, but I am
• 53:04
  going to go through some of the bigger ones.
• 53:06
  You got Missouri Kansas old rivalry game from Big 12 coming
• 53:10
  back. This one, I'm not even going to
• 53:14
  go through the East pain predictor, but I'm excited.
• 53:16
  I don't really know what to expect in a Kansas.
• 53:18
  I kind of know what to expect a little bit more out of Missouri,
• 53:20
  but not Kansas. But I mean with it being a
• 53:22
  rivalry game, they're going to absolutely fight pretty hard
• 53:25
  tooth and nail. Bosca Horican at Oklahoma State
• 53:29
  now Oklahoma State. They lost to Tulsa.
• 53:32
  They lost to Tulsa real bad. The Mike Norris or Eric Norris
• 53:35
  won the 2 they're in. Stillwater did not plan out the
• 53:41
  first game, did not pan out the way that they wanted it to.
• 53:44
  Again, it's first game this season.
• 53:46
  I expect them to be able to hopefully get back on track, be
• 53:49
  able to roll with it. But it's it, it's probably not
• 53:53
  going to be pretty. It wasn't pretty last year with
• 53:55
  Mike Gundy. It's probably not going to be
• 53:57
  pretty again. This one, though, this is the
• 54:00
  big one that I think everybody wants to see.
• 54:03
  And now Michigan, Michigan's unranked, but still Oklahoma
• 54:07
  going to Michigan this time. This is the game that John
• 54:10
  Mateer had last year, absolutely broke out and went crazy on
• 54:15
  Michigan 4. And it it was, it was electric
• 54:19
  like it was, it was fun to see. I know a lot of people are going
• 54:23
  to be like, the clock can't save them now.
• 54:26
  And they're not necessarily wrong.
• 54:30
  So we'll we'll ultimately see how this ends up going.
• 54:32
  I I think Oklahoma just absolutely dominates in this.
• 54:36
  I have a ton of questions as far as Bryce Underwood goes.
• 54:39
  I mentioned the development as far as DJ Blackway, like Bryce
• 54:43
  is what really makes me question.
• 54:45
  And I mean, you can you can do a combination of, you know, was it
• 54:48
  Sharon Moore? Was it all the off the field
• 54:50
  distractions with Sharon Moore? Obviously last year, he's 18.
• 54:53
  He was a freshman. He got thrown into the fire.
• 54:55
  You know, he's supposed to make kind of magic happen at work.
• 54:58
  I mean, they still end up going nine and three.
• 54:59
  So they were good. But man, that game against
• 55:02
  Western Michigan, it was like that was that was rough.
• 55:05
  And again, maybe he gets better as the season goes on.
• 55:07
  It's the first game of the season.
• 55:09
  It's a little rusty. You know, ultimately, let's see
• 55:12
  how it how it pans out as the season goes on.
• 55:14
  But I I would not be surprised if they don't potentially bench
• 55:19
  Underwood now, will they? Because of the amount of money?
• 55:22
  I doubt it. But also at the same time, how
• 55:26
  how much does Michigan feel that they're truly competitive right
• 55:29
  now to the point where they could either make an argument or
• 55:33
  make a push for the Big 10 championship or or not even that
• 55:38
  if they could potentially make a spot for the College Football
• 55:41
  Playoffs, I don't see it happening personally.
• 55:45
  I know they're going to try, but this game is going to be a big
• 55:48
  determining factor in I think how the rest of Michigan's
• 55:51
  season ends up going and unfortunately how Kyle
• 55:54
  Whittingham, Kyle Whittingham's time goes in Michigan.
• 55:58
  I, I'm not saying that he's on the clock as far as you know, I
• 56:00
  don't think he has a time limit with him, but it's one of those.
• 56:04
  I think he, I think all the rumors of him wanting to retire
• 56:08
  at Utah were true. I think they were wanting to
• 56:10
  kind of move on and go to a different direction.
• 56:12
  I think Michigan wanted somebody that was established, credible,
• 56:16
  will definitely build your program back up from the
• 56:18
  absolute mess that it's become because of Harbaugh and Moore
• 56:21
  and all the off the field stuff issues and whatnot.
• 56:25
  It, it just sucks to see Kyle Whittingham have to go through
• 56:27
  that. Just personally, I, I hate
• 56:29
  seeing it. I like watching him at Utah.
• 56:30
  It just sucks he's got to go through this.
• 56:34
  One of the other big games that is going to be it's going to
• 56:36
  answer kind of a lot of questions that I have at least
• 56:39
  about one team in particular. The other one, it's like, OK,
• 56:42
  we'll it again. It's just seeing what does the
• 56:45
  evolution look like post Nick Saban?
• 56:47
  What does Kentucky look like with Will Stein?
• 56:50
  Joy, how are you, man? Appreciate you tuning in.
• 56:55
  You know what, what does Kentucky look like with Will
• 56:58
  Stein? You know, there's been a ton of
• 57:00
  hype. He seems like a funny dude.
• 57:01
  They got the win last week. He's like, I just want to go
• 57:04
  home and have a beer. And I think he ended up dropping
• 57:07
  the F bomb. People were laughing like it.
• 57:09
  It seems like brighter times have come to Kentucky, which is
• 57:14
  which is great. And this is going to be Oh, man,
• 57:18
  Oklahoma, damn it. I look like a goober now.
• 57:22
  Damn it. I was building graphics.
• 57:24
  I had Oklahoma before this. Damn it.
• 57:26
  That's a goober move. But you know, how does how does
• 57:32
  Alabama look against a team like Kentucky and how does Kentucky
• 57:35
  rebound against a team like Alabama?
• 57:38
  And can they prove that they are truly back and at least
• 57:41
  competitive in the SEC? Another one that's going to be
• 57:45
  pretty good. Tennessee at Georgia Tech again,
• 57:48
  you know, how does Georgia Tech ultimately end up looking?
• 57:50
  How does Tennessee with Brandon Faison, Brandon ultimately end
• 57:56
  up looking because he I was a little worried about their win
• 57:59
  against Furman. Ultimately they end up getting
• 58:02
  the win, but I was like, damn, there's a couple, couple of
• 58:05
  moments I'm like, why are you struggling?
• 58:07
  But again, first game he's a freshman.
• 58:09
  He's getting used to everybody getting the chemistry and
• 58:11
  whatnot. Not super worried about it.
• 58:12
  I think Tennessee ultimately handles business with little to
• 58:16
  no issue, but it'll still be interesting.
• 58:19
  Innovator CC of Georgia Tech can kind of bounce back too, but
• 58:22
  it's going to be a rough season for Georgia Tech.
• 58:26
  Then of course, the the one that isn't going to get as much love
• 58:29
  closely because again, I kind of expect this one to be a bit more
• 58:32
  of a dumpster fire. The Seihawk trophy, Iowa versus
• 58:36
  Iowa State, Iowa State, Matt Campbell's gone, rocket effect
• 58:39
  is gone. Basically their whole roster
• 58:40
  went N to Penn State. So I think I was going to get
• 58:45
  probably a pretty decent free win here.
• 58:49
  It it, it's going to kind of suck because I do.
• 58:51
  It's one of these rivalries. The Yeah, I think unless you're
• 58:54
  from the state or unless you're from kind of the Midwest, you
• 58:56
  really just don't enjoy this as much.
• 58:58
  I've, I've grown up kind of watching this rivalry quite a
• 59:01
  bit, and I've always enjoyed it. Plus, I had an old supervisor
• 59:05
  that was a Hawkeyes fan. He's kind of an asshole.
• 59:07
  So always for Iowa State winning this game, even though it's not
• 59:10
  going to happen this time, but I can always hope.
• 59:14
  And, of course, the big headline game for college football this
• 59:17
  coming Saturday, the one that everybody wants to tune in for.
• 59:21
  I'm gonna be honest, when when I do my picks this week, I don't
• 59:24
  know who I'm going to pick this. It's an absolute toss up.
• 59:27
  When I last look at the the like the DraftKings, it's like Ohio
• 59:32
  State by 1 1/2. Like that's how close of a coin
• 59:36
  flip game this really is. It's a revenge game for Texas.
• 59:39
  It's a revenge game for Arch Manning.
• 59:41
  Ohio State goes to Texas in their house to see how they end
• 59:45
  up faring. You know, a lot of Texas's guys,
• 59:49
  they just, they, they did not perform well last year on paper,
• 59:52
  they look great on the field. The offensive line didn't do
• 59:56
  well. He didn't arch, didn't really
• 59:57
  have much of A running game. Their wide receivers
• 59:59
  underperformed. But now he has a legitimate wide
• 1:00:02
  receiver in Cam Coleman. He's got Hollywood, some others.
• 1:00:05
  The defense, of course, is still playing better and better.
• 1:00:08
  The offensive line should be better.
• 1:00:11
  And for Ohio State, you still got Jeremiah Smith, you still
• 1:00:13
  got Julian saying, you still got Bo Jackson and running back so.
• 1:00:18
  It this is one that it's this one is an absolute toss up.
• 1:00:23
  Surely they both suck. Well, I mean, we know Texas
• 1:00:27
  does. We know Texas does.
• 1:00:29
  I don't really have any issues much with Ohio State.
• 1:00:31
  Again, I from the Midwest, I've lived in Ohio for about 3 years.
• 1:00:34
  I was surrounded by Buckeyes fans.
• 1:00:35
  I don't mind them unless LSU beat them last time they faced
• 1:00:39
  them in a national championship, LSU won.
• 1:00:41
  So, you know, it's like, yeah, not worry about Ohio State.
• 1:00:45
  But but now I mean, this, this really is going to be hopefully
• 1:00:49
  a fun game, hopefully better than last year's when it was 14
• 1:00:52
  to 7 and it was kind of a snooze fest the entire time.
• 1:00:56
  I think it should be. I think now that the teams, you
• 1:00:59
  know, it's not the first game of the season, we don't have to
• 1:01:01
  worry about the rust on everybody.
• 1:01:02
  Like, you know, Ohio State beat up on Ball State, Texas beat up
• 1:01:05
  on Texas State. Like OK, now you guys have some
• 1:01:09
  some quality marshmallow cupcakes for your appetizer.
• 1:01:12
  Now let's see how y'all ultimately end up doing against
• 1:01:15
  each other. There's a lot of people have
• 1:01:16
  theorized that whoever loses this game is probably going to
• 1:01:19
  be knocked out of the college football play offs.
• 1:01:22
  I know Ohio State has kind of a brutal, brutal schedule.
• 1:01:24
  Texas does too. I don't necessarily think
• 1:01:27
  they'll be out because I hear here's the thing.
• 1:01:30
  The biggest thing is as long as you don't lose a second game to
• 1:01:34
  a quote UN quote bad opponent. Like I don't see Ohio State
• 1:01:37
  tripping up against somebody like Maryland.
• 1:01:38
  I don't see them tripping up against somebody like
• 1:01:41
  Northwestern if they face, I don't know if they face either
• 1:01:44
  one of them or not, but I don't I don't see that happening.
• 1:01:45
  Same with Texas, Like if Texas has to face vanity, I don't see
• 1:01:49
  them tripping up, but they I know they have to face
• 1:01:51
  Mississippi State again, I don't see them tripping up against
• 1:01:53
  Mississippi State. So even if you do, like you can
• 1:01:56
  make the argument, well, I have a loss to a top five team again,
• 1:01:58
  I I hate quality losses. I hate that terminology so much.
• 1:02:02
  But at the end of the day, it is true.
• 1:02:04
  Like, yeah, if I'm going to have a loss, I'd rather have a loss
• 1:02:08
  to a top five ranked team that I would a really bad team.
• 1:02:12
  Like just at the end of the day, that's that's how I would look
• 1:02:15
  at it. And more than likely that's how
• 1:02:16
  the committee is the the committee is going to look at it
• 1:02:21
  too. So I'm excited.
• 1:02:23
  I don't know who I'm going to pick with this game.
• 1:02:24
  It might be honestly one of those I flip a coin and just
• 1:02:27
  hope for the hope for the overall best.
• 1:02:32
  But as that ends our college football talk, of course, the
• 1:02:35
  NFL starts this week. They actually start tomorrow and
• 1:02:39
  I was going to go over real quick some of the some of the
• 1:02:43
  games that we have going on for NFL Week 1.
• 1:02:45
  I am going to do a pick for the like picks for the NFL.
• 1:02:50
  Don't know how well I'm going to do so far in college.
• 1:02:54
  I'm like 9 and two in my pick so far.
• 1:02:56
  I did really well last year. I had like 237 wins, so like 101
• 1:03:02
  losses. I think overall it was
• 1:03:04
  absolutely solid. I was really kind of impressed
• 1:03:07
  with my my overall in let's see, I was of course, I don't have it
• 1:03:12
  on there. Let me see, I have it in another
• 1:03:16
  part. I just don't have any.
• 1:03:17
  As soon as my computer loads with it, there we go.
• 1:03:29
  OK, so last year, yeah, I was 230 and one-on-one and my
• 1:03:39
  regular season picks now playoff and conference championship
• 1:03:42
  picks, I was 8 and seven. I was barely above 500, but I
• 1:03:46
  got the I got the national championship correct.
• 1:03:51
  The regular season I was 230 and 101.
• 1:03:53
  So I did pretty decent last year as far as my picks go.
• 1:03:56
  So hopefully I'll be able to do the same thing this year with my
• 1:04:00
  NFL picks. But we will, we will absolutely
• 1:04:03
  find out. But again, let's go over some of
• 1:04:06
  the games though that we've got coming up for Week 1.
• 1:04:09
  First we got the Patriots taking on Seattle Super Bowl rematch.
• 1:04:14
  I'm going to pick Seattle again in this one.
• 1:04:16
  Really their biggest loss was Kenneth Walker.
• 1:04:18
  But again, the Patriots, they're going to face a tougher
• 1:04:19
  schedule. Don't know how ultimately that's
• 1:04:22
  going to end up being for them. It'll be an interesting game.
• 1:04:25
  I'm going to take. I'm going to take Seattle,
• 1:04:27
  though. San Francisco faces the LA Rams
• 1:04:30
  that we did find out Arad Donald is not traveling with them to
• 1:04:34
  Australia, which is where this game is going to 1st take place.
• 1:04:38
  I'm still going to go with the Rams.
• 1:04:40
  The 49ers, they just have so many injuries on their team.
• 1:04:44
  They've such a bad injury history.
• 1:04:46
  I can't, I can't trust them enough to beat LA.
• 1:04:50
  So I'm going to go with the Rams.
• 1:04:52
  This one. Baltimore travels 2 here and
• 1:04:55
  they need to take on the Colts again.
• 1:04:59
  This is another one. I don't know what to expect of
• 1:05:01
  it because the Colts do just well enough, especially in the
• 1:05:04
  beginning of the season, that they could probably pull off the
• 1:05:07
  win. I need a paperback emoji.
• 1:05:11
  They do just well enough. They could probably pull off the
• 1:05:13
  win. But I mean, the Ravens with
• 1:05:17
  Lamar, it is a new head coach. It is a whole new, whole entire
• 1:05:22
  new system. No Greg Roman, no Jim Harbaugh
• 1:05:24
  anymore. I'm going to go with the Ravens
• 1:05:27
  just because of Lamar and Derrick Henry, just because
• 1:05:31
  again, I feel like the Colts, they they start decent and then
• 1:05:35
  they just poop to bed. But if they can, if they can
• 1:05:37
  shut down Jonathan Taylor and they can force Daniel Jones to
• 1:05:40
  be uncomfortable, which they more than likely will.
• 1:05:43
  I I think the Ravens are probably going to win it.
• 1:05:45
  One that I feel like is a little bit of a toss up, the Bills
• 1:05:48
  versus the Texans, because the Texans are probably going to
• 1:05:50
  have one of, if not the best defense in the league this
• 1:05:53
  coming season. Probably going to go with
• 1:05:56
  Buffalo just because I trust Josh Allen a little bit more
• 1:06:00
  than CJ. But that's not to say I don't
• 1:06:03
  think CJ's attitude hasn't changed.
• 1:06:05
  It does seem like he's going to come in with a more more focused
• 1:06:09
  attitude, kind of more one of those like, I'm not going to let
• 1:06:12
  the pressure finally get to me. Like I'm here and everything.
• 1:06:15
  Like, obviously the Texans are a little bit more hesitant about
• 1:06:18
  his contract, whether or not they're going to pick up that
• 1:06:20
  fifth year in pain or not, whether they're going to extend
• 1:06:22
  him. Supposedly there have been talks
• 1:06:25
  about it, but nothing's been finalized yet.
• 1:06:28
  But I think I'm going to probably pick the Bills in this.
• 1:06:32
  The Bears travel to Carolina to take on the Panthers.
• 1:06:38
  I would be remorse if I didn't pick the Bears and I think MM
• 1:06:43
  wouldn't judge me, but Mike might give me a little bit of
• 1:06:45
  crap if I didn't pick the Bears. But I'll be honest, I, I don't,
• 1:06:50
  I don't trust the Panthers. I've never been a huge Bryce
• 1:06:52
  Young fan. I was never a big fan of him at
• 1:06:55
  Alabama. I know he's been benched a
• 1:06:57
  couple times in the NFL and I mean, it's he, he's rebounded
• 1:07:01
  from it and he's rebounded well, but I, I, I don't think he can
• 1:07:06
  do enough to to be able to beat the Bears.
• 1:07:08
  Now the Bears biggest question mark is their defense.
• 1:07:10
  They let a lot of guys go that they were paying a whole bunch
• 1:07:15
  of money for, but they didn't the the Bears for the weak spot.
• 1:07:18
  The Bears, the defense was the weak spot last year too.
• 1:07:20
  So I'm I'm going to go with I'm going to go with the with the
• 1:07:26
  Bears in this one. Then we have the bucks going to
• 1:07:29
  Cincinnati to take on the Bengals.
• 1:07:30
  I'm going to go with Joe Burr the the LSU Tiger.
• 1:07:34
  He's going to be back. He's going to be healthy.
• 1:07:36
  Now, I'm probably going to regret this because they almost
• 1:07:39
  always start out slow. They always turn out like almost
• 1:07:42
  always start like O and three, O and four.
• 1:07:45
  And then we're having to claw their way back.
• 1:07:46
  Now. Baker finally just got paid by
• 1:07:49
  the Buccaneers today. I think it was a three-year,
• 1:07:51
  $165 million contract. So he did at least finally get
• 1:07:55
  paid by Tampa Bay. But Bengals on paper, Joe
• 1:07:59
  Burrows back, Jamar Chase T Higgins the defense.
• 1:08:02
  They they traded for Dexter Lawrence.
• 1:08:08
  They traded for traded they they did lose Trey Henderson, but
• 1:08:12
  they got Dexter Lawrence. They have Shamar Stewart.
• 1:08:14
  They have on paper a better defense.
• 1:08:17
  Whether or not that translates Sue on the field play, I don't
• 1:08:21
  know, but I'm going to go with the Bengals and joker just to
• 1:08:26
  just to be safe and just because I have a little bit of a a
• 1:08:30
  liking towards Cincinnati because of Joe Bird.
• 1:08:33
  Then the Falcons go to Pittsburgh.
• 1:08:35
  It was just announced that two attempted by low is going to be
• 1:08:37
  this week 1 starter. Yeah, go ahead and give me
• 1:08:40
  Pittsburgh because I expect to it to probably be saying
• 1:08:44
  something about tapioca pudding before the before the game is
• 1:08:47
  over. Honestly, like if Pittsburgh is
• 1:08:51
  going to be interesting to see what they look like post Mike
• 1:08:53
  Tomlin with Mike McCarthy, whether or not they're going to
• 1:08:55
  have their first losing season since I think 2003 or 2000.
• 1:09:00
  Yeah, I think 2003. So it'll be interesting to see
• 1:09:03
  how that ultimately ends up happening.
• 1:09:05
  But yeah, I I don't see it later being able to win this.
• 1:09:09
  The Cleveland goes to Jacksonville.
• 1:09:11
  I'm going to take Jacksonville. I don't think there's much
• 1:09:13
  explanation needed in that. Joy.
• 1:09:15
  You were probably going to hate me.
• 1:09:17
  The Saints have to travel to Detroit to take on the Lions.
• 1:09:22
  I'm going to have to pick the Lions in this.
• 1:09:24
  Not that I don't think the Saints, you know, can't maybe
• 1:09:26
  make kind of a magical run. I just, I, I don't know what to
• 1:09:31
  expect this year at a Tyler Shuck.
• 1:09:34
  The offense has a lot of questions.
• 1:09:35
  The offensive line has a lot of questions with Ryan Ramchek
• 1:09:38
  being gone. Obviously they're they're poor
• 1:09:41
  Saints in their salary cap, man. It's almost always salary cap
• 1:09:44
  hell and I don't understand why, but they did get ETN and free
• 1:09:48
  agency. They still have all the Kamara.
• 1:09:50
  So running back wise, they should be fairly hopefully
• 1:09:53
  decent at running the ball and maybe have a little bit of a
• 1:09:57
  little bit better option as far as pass catchers go.
• 1:10:00
  Broad tread carefully. I know joy.
• 1:10:03
  I know I I'm not, I don't hate the Saints.
• 1:10:05
  I'm not not expected to be a blowout.
• 1:10:08
  But like talent wise, I think the lions might edge him out a
• 1:10:13
  little bit, you know, between. But again, I mean, if the Saints
• 1:10:17
  can disrupt Jared Goff though, because he he loves the very
• 1:10:20
  smooth scripted routine, they might be able to do it.
• 1:10:24
  But it's on the road too, which might be a little bit rough for
• 1:10:28
  just just just throwing it out there, not hating, just throwing
• 1:10:31
  it out there. And then probably the game that
• 1:10:34
  I would probably consider like the garbage game.
• 1:10:38
  But I still think it'll be hopefully decent.
• 1:10:41
  The Jets face on the Titans, Cam Ward's second year.
• 1:10:44
  Geno Smith returns to The Jets. I'm going to go with the Titans
• 1:10:49
  just as I think Cam Ward hopefully, hopefully takes that
• 1:10:53
  step forward. He's got Carnell Tate.
• 1:10:55
  He still has Calvin Ridley. You know, he he's got a decent
• 1:10:59
  little running back room and you know, the new head coach and
• 1:11:02
  Robert Sala. He's got Brian de Ball is an
• 1:11:06
  offensive coordinator. So hopefully Cam Moore takes
• 1:11:09
  that step forward. I'm I'm hoping he does and if
• 1:11:12
  they do, I'm I'm going to bet more towards Tennessee than I am
• 1:11:15
  The Jets. But that's going to be a, it's
• 1:11:17
  kind of one of the games that's so bad that it's a toss up of
• 1:11:20
  who I think would be worse. Then you have the Cardinals at
• 1:11:23
  the Chargers. Go with the Chargers.
• 1:11:24
  That's kind of a no brainer hands down.
• 1:11:27
  Green Bay versus the Vikings. And this is one that, you know,
• 1:11:31
  Mike and I both, we just cringe whenever we have to pick these
• 1:11:33
  games just 'cause we both dislike the Packers and the
• 1:11:36
  Vikings with the Packers more. I, as much as I hate to admit
• 1:11:40
  I'm going to have to go with Green Bay.
• 1:11:42
  I just, I don't trust. I mean, I, I figured Kyler would
• 1:11:46
  win the job. All honesty, I didn't, I didn't
• 1:11:48
  expect that to to not happen for a single second.
• 1:11:53
  But I, you know, what does this chemistry look like with Justin
• 1:11:56
  Jefferson? And I know again, it was, it's
• 1:11:58
  pre season. It's not like anything crazy.
• 1:12:02
  You know, it's, it's not like I expected him or them to be
• 1:12:06
  putting out actual plays and going all out and what not.
• 1:12:09
  But it yeah, I, I just, I don't know what to expect out of
• 1:12:13
  Minnesota Green Bay. They obviously they lost Romeo
• 1:12:16
  Dobbs. They don't have brain to Jacob
• 1:12:19
  or not brain to Jacob, Josh Jacobs at running back.
• 1:12:22
  So it's going to be a little bit of a question mark.
• 1:12:24
  So I'm going with as much as I don't like him calling with Jlo
• 1:12:30
  and the Packers, but that that will be a fairly decent game to
• 1:12:34
  see kind of early on who who might fare better in the NFC
• 1:12:38
  North. And then another kind of a bad
• 1:12:40
  game, the Raiders versus the Dolphins.
• 1:12:42
  I'm going with the Raiders just because the Dolphins and the
• 1:12:46
  Dolphins might be the only team to ever go undefeated and they
• 1:12:50
  might be the only, they might be one of a handful of teams to go
• 1:12:52
  completely defeated, just absolutely lose it.
• 1:12:56
  I did hear somebody bring a good point that I think the Dolphins
• 1:12:59
  should truly consider, like how much of two is dead cap?
• 1:13:02
  Can you just eat this year? And just so that way you you're
• 1:13:06
  really bad. You can stockpile a ton of picks
• 1:13:09
  and then you have a ton of money and then you can kind of read
• 1:13:13
  like bounce back from a rebuild even quicker because you pay
• 1:13:17
  free agents, you can draft guys, all of that.
• 1:13:20
  Now, I know obviously you're still financial limitations.
• 1:13:22
  There's probably still stuff they're going to stretch down
• 1:13:24
  the road, but man, try to just eat as much as that dead cap and
• 1:13:27
  whatnot. This, you know this year,
• 1:13:29
  because it's not like you're competing for anything.
• 1:13:31
  You're you're not even competing for a division title.
• 1:13:34
  You're competing for like two wins.
• 1:13:37
  If you can get a joy, Boo Green Bay, absolutely Boo Green Bay.
• 1:13:41
  Always Boo Green Bay, you get the Commanders versus the
• 1:13:45
  Eagles. I'm going with the Eagles in
• 1:13:46
  this one. Again, what does Jay and Daniels
• 1:13:48
  look like now post injury? Another year under Dan Quinn.
• 1:13:53
  They did get Stefan Diggs at wide receiver.
• 1:13:56
  So I mean, Debo's gone. So they do have a little bit
• 1:13:58
  more of a dynamic receiving corps now between him and Scary
• 1:14:02
  Terry. But again, I I still have a lot
• 1:14:03
  of questions for the Washington team on the relevance of the
• 1:14:06
  line. But we'll see.
• 1:14:08
  Then of course, Sunday night we have Cowboys at the Giants.
• 1:14:11
  Again. This is one since I was a
• 1:14:15
  Cowboys fan for so long. I just don't know what to
• 1:14:17
  expect. You know, Dallas, they have CD
• 1:14:20
  Land, they have DAC, they have George Pickens, they have
• 1:14:23
  Javonte Williams who did really well.
• 1:14:24
  I think Tyler Smith, one of their their starting left tackle
• 1:14:28
  is uninjured in reserves and he's going to be out.
• 1:14:31
  The defense should be better with Caleb Downs, but again, how
• 1:14:35
  does it look like in an actual game?
• 1:14:37
  And then, of course, on the Giant side, you got Cam
• 1:14:39
  Scataboo, who's supposed to be back.
• 1:14:40
  Jackson Dart where? Poor dude.
• 1:14:43
  If he gets hit, they're putting him in the blue tent almost
• 1:14:45
  immediately. It's Harbaugh's first game as a
• 1:14:47
  Giant, as the Giants head coach. And you know, they should have a
• 1:14:51
  significantly better defense. I'm going with Dallas just
• 1:14:55
  because of the history, just because I do think talent wise,
• 1:14:59
  they kind of edge the Giants out.
• 1:15:01
  But again, I also wouldn't be surprised.
• 1:15:02
  It's Sunday night, it's in New York.
• 1:15:05
  Does Dallas poop the bed? Wouldn't be surprised, but
• 1:15:07
  wouldn't be surprised. New York does do fully
• 1:15:09
  transparency. And of course, last last game
• 1:15:12
  Monday night, the Broncos at the Chiefs again, another one that I
• 1:15:16
  just I don't know what to expect from this.
• 1:15:18
  And it's not that. And it's not like either team is
• 1:15:24
  bad. Like I I expect both teams to be
• 1:15:26
  pretty decent. But Bonex is, you know, kind of
• 1:15:30
  coming off an injury. Is he going to be fully healthy?
• 1:15:31
  How's he going to look against what should be a better Kansas
• 1:15:34
  City defense? Same on the other side for
• 1:15:37
  Patrick Mahomes. You know, he didn't he didn't
• 1:15:39
  play at all during the pre season.
• 1:15:41
  They kept him pretty bubbled up. You know, first time he has to
• 1:15:45
  scramble when he gets hit. You know, how's that going to
• 1:15:47
  look? And and for as many people that
• 1:15:50
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• 1:15:52
  first to bring up a good point. He's like it.
• 1:15:55
  If the worry is that he's going to get hit and you know, that's
• 1:15:59
  the worry in a context sport like football that he shouldn't
• 1:16:01
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• 1:16:04
  point like it it's football, he's going to get hit.
• 1:16:06
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• 1:16:09
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• 1:16:12
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• 1:16:13
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• 1:16:15
  They might scramble out of pocket and get hit like it like
• 1:16:18
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• 1:16:20
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• 1:16:23
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• 1:16:25
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• 1:16:27
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