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Bill Bender Interview · The Jake Wimberly Podcast

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  Speaker 2: and at Sporting News. Bill, happy Wednesday. How are you, sir?
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  Speaker 1: Hey, Jake.
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  Speaker 3: Thanks for having me on, man. How are you?
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  Speaker 2: Bill, we're good. Obviously, as I'm sure you know, and
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  Speaker 2: I want to get into just to touch it. I
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  Speaker 2: shared it. You put out a re-ranking, and I like this,
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  Speaker 2: re-ranking SEC quarterbacks heading into October. And Mississippi State fans
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  Speaker 2: will be pleased. Ole Miss fans will be pleased. But
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  Speaker 2: let's jump right into it. I know you're on limited
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  Speaker 2: time today. Mississippi State, Alabama, looks like it's going to
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  Speaker 2: be a wet track on Saturday. Your thoughts on everything
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  Speaker 2: going on in Starkville with Kamario Taylor as they take
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  Speaker 2: on their toughest opponent yet in Alabama?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, I mean, he's been phenomenal, especially throwing
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  Speaker 3: the ball down the field when you look at his
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  Speaker 3: numbers on TFF. They just the explosiveness of the offense.
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  Speaker 3: I do think one thing, and I'm sure you guys
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  Speaker 3: have talked about it. They'll have to trim the penalties
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  Speaker 3: this weekend. You don't want that to catch you. I mean,
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  Speaker 3: they're on that side of the, the third sheet, if
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  Speaker 3: you will, the SPS penalties teams with most penalties. So
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  Speaker 3: they'll have to clean that up. But I think Kamara
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  Speaker 3: has been fantastic. Trinidad has been fantastic. And Keelan Russell,
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  Speaker 3: the Alabama quarterback, I mean, right there, not the, I
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  Speaker 3: still want you to click on the article, but those
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  Speaker 3: are the top three quarterbacks. And I'll tell you what, Jake,
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  Speaker 3: I didn't have much hesitation with those three. They've all
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  Speaker 3: been great.
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  Speaker 2: No, they have. They really have. When you look at
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  Speaker 2: the game on Saturday, weather permitting, the chances for Mississippi
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  Speaker 2: State to pull this thing off and get to 5-0,
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  Speaker 2: do you give it 50%, less than 50%, a little
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  Speaker 2: more than 50%? I mean, 50%.
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  Speaker 3: Maybe a little less than 50, given where the spreads
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  Speaker 3: at and it's still Alabama. But I mean, man, if that, uh, uh,
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  Speaker 3: environment takes over in Starkville, I said with the thing
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  Speaker 3: I said without hesitation, I'm sure your callers would agree that, uh, I,
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  Speaker 3: this was probably the biggest game for them since Dak
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  Speaker 3: Prescott had them at number one and they played Alabama, uh,
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  Speaker 3: 14 now Alabama team was good. And this Alabama team's
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  Speaker 3: really good. But I think the name recognition on some
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  Speaker 3: of the Alabama guys now, uh, might be just the same.
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  Speaker 3: So it's, uh, an exciting opportunity for Mississippi state, no doubt. And, and, and, and,
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  Speaker 3: you know, like, so they win this one, you start
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  Speaker 3: to look at the rest of their schedule and you're like, man,
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  Speaker 3: they're going to shut, make a play out. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: There's no doubt with winnable games against Auburn and Vanderbilt
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  Speaker 2: at home. And of course, Tennessee tech and then Oklahoma
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  Speaker 2: and some others, um, this will kind of pair our
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  Speaker 2: sec chatter, uh, you know, looking at some of your
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  Speaker 2: core pre, you know, kind of re-rankings, um, with Taylor
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  Speaker 2: and Chambliss and Russell at the top, and, of course,
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  Speaker 2: Gunner Stockton at Georgia. Let me ask you about Georgia.
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  Speaker 2: Georgia hasn't really played a quality opponent yet. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: Oklahoma was supposed to be that, and we can kind
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  Speaker 2: of talk Sooners and Dawgs together. Two guys go in
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  Speaker 2: opposite ways. Gunner Stockton continues to rise in college football
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  Speaker 2: and do what he's supposed to do. John Mateer, Bill,
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  Speaker 2: I feel sorry for the guy. I don't know what's
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  Speaker 2: happened to him.
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, it's been a rough season. They struggled
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  Speaker 3: to run the football. His numbers aren't, like, terrible. It's
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  Speaker 3: just the turnovers have come at the wrong time. Then
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  Speaker 3: it's obviously a bad turnover against Georgia. Now, in fairness,
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  Speaker 3: I think Georgia's going to do that to a lot
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  Speaker 3: of people this year, and they're playing very well. I've
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  Speaker 3: kind of phrased it all week, Jake, that I know
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  Speaker 3: Texas has the best resume in the country, and I
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  Speaker 3: won't say they shouldn't be number one based on resume,
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  Speaker 3: but but I kind of think Georgia is the best
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  Speaker 3: team in the country right now. And, you know, we'll
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  Speaker 3: see how they go through the SEC grinder. It continues
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  Speaker 3: this week against Vanderbilt. But Oklahoma certainly, you know, I
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  Speaker 3: don't know. I mean, you can give me some feedback,
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  Speaker 3: and I take constructive feedback as well. Like, I put
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  Speaker 3: him here, I think, 13 or 14, and again, it
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  Speaker 3: was like, I feel bad, but he's playing like the
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  Speaker 3: 13th or 14th best quarterback in the SEC. Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: No, I totally agree. You know, I put out what
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  Speaker 2: I call my eye test each week, and I've got
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  Speaker 2: Oklahoma right there at the bottom or close to the bottom,
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  Speaker 2: you know, Arkansas at the very bottom. You know, and
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  Speaker 2: that's indicative of what John Mateer's done. And your bottom
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  Speaker 2: guy is Marcel Reed. I don't disagree with that. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: he's a guy that was supposed to have that pop-off season.
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  Speaker 2: He's got six touchdowns, four interceptions. And, boy, Texas A
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  Speaker 2: & M, they look lost.
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  Speaker 3: It's been a surprising part of the season. Again, they'll
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  Speaker 3: play Arkansas this week, and there's a chance for him
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  Speaker 3: to claw up a little bit, but at the 2-2
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  Speaker 3: and just the turnovers, lack of consistent running game, defense
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  Speaker 3: isn't quite the same. Now, granted, they did lose Cassius Howell,
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  Speaker 3: who's making some plays for the Bengals right now on
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  Speaker 3: that defense, so you can't control some of that, but
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  Speaker 3: it's been an interesting up-and-down season for them. And then
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  Speaker 3: the other one I wanted to mention was We have
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  Speaker 3: Arch 8th, 7th or 8th, right in the middle there.
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  Speaker 3: And some people might overreact to that. I think Arch
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  Speaker 3: Manning's been fine. He hasn't been. It just speaks to
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  Speaker 3: the level of quality of play of the quarterbacks within
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  Speaker 3: the conference. I've been impressed, and I know Mississippi State
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  Speaker 3: won the game. I've been impressed with Austin Simmons. at Missouri,
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  Speaker 3: you know, 11 touchdowns, no interceptions, making plays, and they
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  Speaker 3: would probably have been even better had they had a
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  Speaker 3: Mod Hardy. I think he's having a nice season with
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  Speaker 3: the Tigers. No, I agree.
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  Speaker 2: And it'll be interesting because they take on Florida this weekend,
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  Speaker 2: another marquee matchup in the SEC. And, Bill, what do
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  Speaker 2: we make of the dismantling of Ole Miss? You know,
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  Speaker 2: Aaron Filo, who's number seven on your list, seven touchdowns,
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  Speaker 2: two interceptions. And when you look at Jaden Ball and
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  Speaker 2: the way that he can run the football, I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you have to make the argument he's the best back
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  Speaker 2: in college football right now. But is this kind of
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  Speaker 2: a game going to Missouri where, you know, we saw
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  Speaker 2: Auburn put some points up on Florida. We saw Florida
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  Speaker 2: play well at the Swamp. What do they do on
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  Speaker 2: the road this week at Missouri?
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  Speaker 3: You know, it's a really good question. I think Aaron
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  Speaker 3: Filo's played well. John Summerall's been very impressive in year one.
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  Speaker 3: He's very charismatic. It's just, it's kind of nice. I mean, I'm,
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  Speaker 3: as you know, I don't have a dog in the hunt, but, uh,
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  Speaker 3: it's kind of cool to see Florida back on the
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  Speaker 3: map a little bit and the swamp rock and Bob's
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  Speaker 3: been amazing. The rushing attack, but this is what Summerall
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  Speaker 3: did at Tulane with Makai Hughes. It's what he did
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  Speaker 3: at Troy before that with a collection of running backs.
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  Speaker 3: I think he had Monte Vidal for a minute. Um,
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  Speaker 3: But they know how to run the football and he
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  Speaker 3: preaches toughness and he backs it up. But here's the
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  Speaker 3: thing with the SEC. When you have a weekend like
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  Speaker 3: last weekend, when you have four games with ranked teams,
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  Speaker 3: somebody has to lose these games. So I really believe
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  Speaker 3: that they're going to test the nine and three theory.
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  Speaker 3: Like with all this cannibalization, do you get a nine
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  Speaker 3: and three SEC team in the playoff that maybe doesn't
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  Speaker 3: get to the conference championship game? I would say yes,
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  Speaker 3: based on the quality of the games that are being played.
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  Speaker 2: We're visiting with Bill Bender. Of course, you can find
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  Speaker 2: him on X at BillBender92. Check him out at the
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  Speaker 2: Sporting News. Bill, we've got a couple minutes left here
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  Speaker 2: with you. I know you've got another appointment. We'll get
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  Speaker 2: you right there. Oregon, they get the win over USC.
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  Speaker 2: Does that put them back in the playoff conversation? What
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  Speaker 2: does this mean for Lincoln Riley taking another big loss?
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  Speaker 3: Yeah, let's start with Oregon. I mean, impressive Dylan Raiola.
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  Speaker 3: He was amazing in place of Dante Moore under control
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  Speaker 3: through the really good touchdown pass that DeCorey Moore had
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  Speaker 3: a great conversion to Evan Stewart. Just speaks to what
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  Speaker 3: Dan Lanning's able to do, knowing that his quarterbacks this
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  Speaker 3: year have 14 touchdowns, zero interceptions. I think that's been
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  Speaker 3: awesome to see. USC's got a culture problem. and you're
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  Speaker 3: seeing that being written, but the reaction after the dirty hit,
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  Speaker 3: even in the announcer's booth. Now I will say this, Jake, I, I,
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  Speaker 3: one of the reasons I'd love college football is I
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  Speaker 3: don't mind a little, you know, Homer ism in the booth.
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  Speaker 3: If you know what I mean, I kind of liked that,
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  Speaker 3: but they took it maybe a little too far on
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  Speaker 3: that hit. And then they get beaten a big game again.
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  Speaker 3: And they play Penn State next week, and they play
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  Speaker 3: Washington this week. And I'm wondering if the heat isn't
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  Speaker 3: going to turn up on Lincoln Riley a little bit. But,
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  Speaker 3: you know, like I said, I always enjoy– if I'm
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  Speaker 3: listening to like a Georgia-Tennessee game in the car and
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  Speaker 3: the Tennessee announcer takes a swipe at Georgia, I always
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  Speaker 3: laugh at it. But I guess I'm old school like that.
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  Speaker 2: No, I'm the same way. I am the same way.
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  Speaker 2: Bill Bender, make sure to get him on X. And,
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  Speaker 2: of course, check him out at the Sporting News. Bill,
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  Speaker 2: thank you so much for joining us on A Short Window.
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  Speaker 2: Enjoy the weekend of college football. We'll do it again
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  Speaker 2: next week.
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  Speaker 3: Hey, Jake, I love our business, man. Thanks for having
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  Speaker 3: me on. I'll talk to you next week. Appreciate it.
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