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Bama Bob recaps College Football, Bill Seals talks Cyclones & Trent's Picks presented by Circa Sports · The Lunch Rush with Trent Condon

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Hour number two, Millery Condon, welcome back the Iowa Sports
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Radio Network. Trenton I downtown Des Moines,
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Des Moines sports station one O 6.3 KXNO bottom of the hour or
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maybe a couple of minutes ahead of that, Bill Seals covers Iowa
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State, Iowa State. Who do they play tonight?
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Stonewall. Yes, Stone Hill.
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Stone Hill. I would have liked Stone Hedge
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more. Before they look the water gets
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really deep next weekend so get this tune up and get the boys
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some little side before he head to Las Vegas for what should be
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a fun week next week. Bill Seals coming up autumn of
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the hour right now is Bama Bob. We recap the weekend in college
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football. Precious few of these left.
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Bama Bob, good to talk to you. How are you?
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I'm doing great, Kenny. How are you?
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I'm. OK.
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I'm OK. Pretty well.
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We'll get to the SEC because that seemingly was one of the
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more fun weekends. Maybe not for you, Bama, but you
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don't have very one very many of those were, you know, kind of of
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the pain lingers. But let's start in the Big 12
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this past weekend, Trent. And it's it really wasn't a lot
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going on. Maybe my take away might have
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been BYU just crushing TCU paving the way for I guess.
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I mean, Utah's going to need some help to get past BYU,
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right? Yeah, and Arizona has a path now
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if there is an upset. What do?
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They've got Arizona State to end the year.
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I know that. Yeah, Arizona State, Arizona.
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Arizona stayed in between. What do they have next week?
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They've got Baylor. Baylor.
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Baylor. No, I I said Arizona State.
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Oh. Arizona State still has a path.
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They have a path. Not Arizona, yes, So Arizona
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State goes to Colorado. That one's going to be a win.
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But it feels like we're kind of settled as long as BYU takes
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care of business this week as term of the games this week, K
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State screwing around with Okie State, everybody but just
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bludgeoning that team and they just look like they didn't want
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to be there. Yeah, Guy's leaving.
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Edwards is gone. They're five and five.
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They're we'll see if they get bowl eligible.
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But from this season, the expectations coming into what
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it's turned into, that's a whole lot of yuck and wonder.
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Kleiman, now, he was an older coach when he was hired.
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What the thought press is there in Manhattan?
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Remember they screwed around after they got back from Dublin
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Week 2. Was it north?
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It was North Dakota, it was North Dakota and Armamenter
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should have been lost to army. Yes, yeah, season ended.
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IO State kind of finished them for their season in August.
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In August, Yeah. Crazy to think, Bama, what
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happened in the Big 12 this past weekend that got your attention?
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Yeah, I think the the BYU win and I, I thought, I think I said
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Friday that I thought they would play well, they play well at
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home that that they would win. I didn't think it would be 44 to
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13, right, by any means. Yeah, that that was.
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I think you have to you have to give them credit.
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I kind of been, you know, ragged on them all year about not
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really believing in them and I don't really deserve and they're
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phony and all that. And, you know, maybe that's some
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of that's on me because they have they had one bad loss and
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they weren't competitive against what we all think is the best
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team in the Big 12. But they've taken care of
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business every other way. When other teams had, you
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mentioned, you mentioned, you know, prime example, Kansas
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State. I mean, that was a team that we
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all thought was going to be in the mix.
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We knew it was going to be a jumbled up kind of mess in this
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conference. And they have not been part of
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it all year. They've not been part of the
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conversation. I think you do have to, I like
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Kleiman. I think he's a really good
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coach. I think he's a good fit in
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Manhattan. But you know, personality wise
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and style and everything else. But you do have to start
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questioning that because I, I'm, I'm trying to think of a more
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disappointing team in the Big 12 and I, I can't really think of
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1. PCU is been up and down.
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Baylor hasn't been good. You know, there's been teams
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that have overachieved, like Cincinnati.
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I think we didn't expect anything out of Oklahoma State
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and they delivered and they've delivered.
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You know, Arizona State has, they were my pick to win the
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conference. And there's still a path.
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They haven't been terribly disappointing.
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Kansas State's been awful all year, so I don't really quite
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understand that. UCF, I don't think we expected
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anything from them. But yeah, I think BYU on the
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plus side, Kansas State on the on the negative side.
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And then of course, Texas Tech keeps doing what they're doing.
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And that game was just something you knew that wasn't going to be
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competitive and, and, and it wasn't Utah, man, if I tell you
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what, I don't think anybody wants to sit.
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Yeah, they need help, but I don't think anybody wants to see
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them in that Big 12 championship game because, boy, they just,
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they absolutely pummeled Baylor. Baylor, I think have to put the
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disappointing category too for the season.
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And they're five and five and I thought they'd be a little
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better, but they, you know, everybody can't be 8 and two in
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a conference like this, right? So, But yeah, Texas Tech clearly
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still to me the class of that conference, and it looks like
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we're going to get Texas Tech BYU in the Big 12 championship
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game. So BYU has the tiebreaker over
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Utah. BYU has Cincinnati this week and
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they have to go to Cincinnati and I I think they might be
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Central Florida. Finish it up.
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Is it over Trent? BYU, even if they lose, they got
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the type. What did they?
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But it'll be a multi team tiebreaker.
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What did they do against Arizona State?
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Did they play them? They did not.
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They did not. I don't think they played them
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though. They haven't played them yet,
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no. But yes, Cincinnati is, you
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mentioned that game, that Cincinnati that could be a
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little tough. And you know, just let
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Cincinnati win that game and see what you're going to have then,
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right? Because then you're going to
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have a bun. You have Texas Tech at the top
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probably, and then a bunch of mess, you know, after that in
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terms of trying to figure out. Bunch of five and twos.
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Right, three-way ties and all this kind of stuff.
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So it's you must win, I think for BYU.
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And listen, if you want to get into the championship game, the
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game you got to go win on the road if that's what you really
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want to do. So we'll see if they can handle
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it. If the favorites win out, except
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for Cincinnati beating BYU, Arizona State, BYU, Utah, I'll
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finish seven and two in a tie. Arizona State is the one that
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wins the tie in that scenario. You're still alive.
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I would sign up, I would sign up for that game because those two
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haven't played yet. I would like to, I'd like to see
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that with, with Levitt and you know, I, I still would favor
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Texas Tech, but you got your defending champion against your,
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you know, against your wannabe champion.
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I, I would, I would sign up for that game.
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Nothing against BYU. I hope I'm not offending all the
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BYU, you know, the BYU fans in Des Moines by saying that.
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But yeah, I would sign up for Texas Tech, Arizona State today.
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Let's go to the Big 10. Trent, we'll start with you,
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your takeaways. Obviously, we talked a lot about
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Iowa, USC to begin the show. Anything else from Big 10?
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You know Ohio State, what a joke.
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This has turned out to be their schedule in the conference this
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year. Really.
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Yeah, it's awful. It is.
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The one now they had Penn State in there.
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You know what Penn State turned into at Illinois?
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Middling No, no Oregon, no USC, no even Iowa.
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You don't have Indiana on that schedule.
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It just yes, they're the best team in the country and they've
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been able to keep themselves relatively healthy.
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You know, Tate has had issues and Smith and they've been
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keeping these guys off the field and just, I feel like, I don't
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know, I just don't. They played one game, Week 1,
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Texas. And that one was, I mean, they
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put in the block one, they knew the Texas couldn't move the
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football and we get the lead and we just sit on it.
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I don't feel like though they are definitive number one.
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Yeah. I don't know how big that gap
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is. I'm with you, Trent, because we
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just don't. They haven't played anybody,
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anybody. And I don't know if Michigan's
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they normally do even when they're a big dog.
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So maybe top the brakes, Miller, on that one.
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But I'm with you. I don't know.
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And yet I hear these Vegas handicappers, these college
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football guys bet for a living view.
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There's only one team that can beat Ohio State, it's Ohio
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State. I keep hearing that from all of
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them. I'm not so sure.
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Bama, your take away from the Big 10 this week.
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Yeah, the other A&M with the Big 10, I mean, they just, they
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played the bottom half of the schedule and you know, we I'm
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sure we'll get to A&M. Hopefully we will.
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You know, they haven't had that kind of a scare this year.
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But look, they're going to be in the Big 10 championship game.
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I think they're going to beat Michigan, but I'm not, you know,
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I'll like you. I'll pump the brakes on that a
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little bit. Is that game in Ann Arbor?
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It is I. Can't.
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Oh, yeah. See, that's, oh, man, you know,
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they've got the best player. I think he's not going to win
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the highest man, but I think he's the best, most dangerous
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player offensively. Smith, in college football, you
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just can't cover him. It's impossible.
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US CS got one of those guys too in Lemon.
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They do, they do. I mean Smith.
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I mean you get in the red zone, just throw it up.
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Let him go get it. He's.
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Got the size he does. He's 6/4, he can jump.
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He's he's just, he's a better version of Marvin Harrison
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Junior. And that's scary, you know, for
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that guy. He's got another year to go in
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college before he can enter the draft.
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So, you know, happy, you know, good luck with that Big 10.
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But I just I'm with you. I think, I think Arizona, I
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think Ohio State still has some stuff to prove.
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Now. They're going to wind up more
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than likely if they beat Michigan, they're probably going
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to wind up with a bye even if they lose the Big 10
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championship game, I think, because I don't know that you're
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going to drop. Yeah, if you if Indiana and Ohio
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State need at 1-2, right, are you going to drop one of them to
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five for losing that game? I don't think you are.
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So I think they're both going to get buys and that's going to
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help them and then we'll really see what they're made of.
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You know, when you go to a neutral site, you play somebody
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good. So the rest of it, I mean
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Michigan, I mean be kind of feel for Northwestern a little bit,
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you know, kind of right there, scrappy team playing hard and
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then, you know, to lose in the last, you know, couple minutes
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or whatever it was. It just I'm kind of tracking
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that score as we go and I'm like, oh man, that'd be that
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would really throw the Big 10 upside down and be bad for the
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conference. I think the conference overall,
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if you want to look at it that way, had a pretty good weekend.
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You know, USC kept winning, Oregon kept winning Ohio State
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and Indiana, right? So, you know, I think they've
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got a solid 4 right now. There's no way they're not going
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to get 4, I don't believe. And Michigan could make it 5 if
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they if they could pull the upset against Ohio State.
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So I think overall it was, it was a tough week for Hawkeye
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fans, obviously, but man, I watched.
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I didn't watch as much as I would hope to that game, but
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man, what kind of busy? Yeah, a little bit.
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What a setting, though. And I know I was been to the
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Rose Bowl, right? I don't think they've ever
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played at USC that I can. Recall. 1970 it was way.
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Back. It was way back, yeah.
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Yeah. So yeah, just what a glorious
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setting. That was I did.
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I mean, yeah, I mean. And I don't like to.
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Win the Rose. Exactly.
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I know the Rose Bowl is the Rose Bowl.
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I get it, but just just that setting in the Coliseum.
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That's just that's pretty cool if you're an Iowa fan.
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I mean, the game didn't turn out the way you wanted it to.
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But overall, I think good week for the conference as a whole.
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Again, 4 solid and it's, it's I think if Michigan, if Michigan
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up ends Ohio State, I think they're going to get 5.
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And that's, I mean how they're going to get a minimum of four
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and they're they're on the table for five.
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And you look at that and that's, that's pretty good.
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Had a question for you, Bama, before we get to the actual
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games for the SEC as we're shaping up here.
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Obviously A&M in if they win out the rest of the way and beat
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Texas at the end. But it seems like more and more
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the SEC championship game. It's a big cultural thing.
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I know down there and talking to people involved, it's a huge
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deal, but it feels like Georgia doesn't want to be there.
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Alabama doesn't want to be there.
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Ole Miss, who's never been there yet.
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Maybe it's better for them not to go there.
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Even A&M, because if they lose to Texas, they're likely on the
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outside looking into that game. Are you getting that sentiment?
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It's it's such an important part of kind of Southern football.
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But for this year and this new playoff that the SEC
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championship game, not only nobody wants to be there on top
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of it, it might be a bad thing for you actually to make this
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championship game. Yeah, it's, it's it's really a
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fine line, right? Because an SEC championship
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should mean something. And it does mean something.
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It means something to a lot of teams.
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But now with the playoffs, you're right, A&M is going to
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A&M is in the playoffs no matter what, right?
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Georgia very likely in the playoffs because they got
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wedding weekend, I think this this weekend.
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And then they're going to play Georgia Tech, Ole Miss, you
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know, very, very comfortably. You know, looks like they're
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going to be in, right? Alabama's the team guys that
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probably doesn't want to be there the most because if they
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beat Auburn, they're going to they're going to be in because
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they're going to own the tiebreaker of everybody else.
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But then it's like you lose that game, you're are you in the
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you're probably not going to toss out even a three loss SCC
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team, but you're probably going to have to put you're definitely
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going to have to play that extra game and you're probably going
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to play it on the road. You're not going.
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To be the top, no. You're going on the road, so
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you're going on the road. But you so that's where this
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that game against Oklahoma was huge for a team like Alabama,
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because now they don't have a margin for error.
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They have to go beat Auburn or else they're not getting in the
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championship game and they're probably out of the playoff as a
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three loss team. And I don't care, you know,
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spare me. The Texas has still got a path,
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OK? No, they don't.
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And I don't care if they beat A&M.
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You can't lose to Florida and get bludgeoned by Georgia and
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get into the playoff. He just can't do it.
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So you know, the Trent, to answer your question, there are
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certain teams I think would like to be in it.
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Vanderbilt would give their IT to be in it, right?
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And Ole misses, you mentioned it's funny because they are one
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of the only throw Oklahoma and Texas out, but of of the the
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ones that have been in there longer Vanderbilt moments of the
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only ones that have not made it to the FCC championship.
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And so you would think Ole Miss would really like it, but I
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don't think they do. I I think they're fine just, you
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know, being 11 and one or whatever they're going to be
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and, you know, maybe getting the whole playoff game.
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I think they're fine with assuming that Kiffin is actually
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on the sideline to coach it because that's really what's
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swirling around them right now. And it almost bit them, I think
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this weekend against Florida. But it's a dicey situation and
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it's 1. You really have to tread pretty
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finely if you're a coach because I think in the back of your mind
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you're like, you know what, we're good with the off week and
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we'll just we'll go where we go. But you get in there and win and
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it's a big deal to be an FCC champion it down here.
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It really is. How do you lose after you're
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going to halftime at 30 to 3, Trent?
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That's what. That's what Beamer and company
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did. And, you know, the beginning of
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the second-half, all of a sudden you look up, it's 3017, like,
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oh, yeah, they're losing this for sure.
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I mean, it was very quickly just it changed on a dime there.
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You could just you had that feeling, right, that it was
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going to happen. Read the comeback that he had
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and. He was awful in the 1st.
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Half he was brutal. It looked like he didn't know
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where his receivers were and. Then finished with 440 yards.
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That was Does it tell us something about A&M?
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Does it all right? Hard, hard no.
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Does it tell us more that they got down 30 to 3:00 or that they
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came back in 131 Three Bama? I think you said they got down
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that Big South Carolina and I watched a decent part of that
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game, especially the second-half, because I'm like,
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wow, here we go, you know, whatever.
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And then you're right when it was 30 to 17, you're like,
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they're going to win this game, South Carolina.
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And I don't know what's gotten into Lenore Sellers.
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I know he's been just pummeled. I get he's basically the Cam
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Ward of college football right now.
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He has just been just getting battered every week.
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But he made some really what I thought were
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uncharacteristically dumb decisions.
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Even the last play of the game right where they're driving and
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it's 4th and 16 and he just, he just goes on a little 5 yard
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scramble and runs out of bounds to end the game.
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I'm like, what, what are we doing?
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So I, I don't know what's going on there.
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They are really disappointing this year because I thought they
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had all the momentum coming out of last year.
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They had the, you know, sellers was back and everything else.
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But I think it says more about the level of competition that
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A&M hasn't played yet. Now they're going to get a
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bigger test, you know, when they go to Austin.
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And the the thing with that is where is Texas right now?
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I think they're probably still going to be fighting because of
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all the narrative. And maybe that's what they're
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trying to do, Herb Streak and these guys on ADSP and trying to
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sell a narrative that Texas is still in to kind of boost up the
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interest in that game nationally.
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But I think it says more about A&M than it does about South
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Carolina A&M, really. But yes, they pass the test.
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I get it. You know, you come back 30 to 3.
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It's a big thing. But I think it says a little bit
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more like they can be had by a good team and they just haven't
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played other than Notre Dame. They have not played a good team
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all year. They have played the body.
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We talked about it, played the bottom half of the SEC.
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So I think it says more about them.
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Best team in the SEC Trent is Georgia Bama.
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Georgia unanimous with with Oklahoma closing because I'm
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that. Offense still isn't very good.
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Though it's not very good and Alabama handed them that Game 3
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turnovers, a pick 6. Alabama dropped a pick six and
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for gosh sakes, can. Oh God, I can't wait for Talty,
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their kicker just to be gone next year.
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Just two weeks in a row he's chewing out somebody because he
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missed a field goal. One it was the laces weren't the
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right way and this one it was, oh, you let the guy come in and
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you got a finger on just make the kick.
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If you kicked it high enough from 35 yards, it wouldn't
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matter that the guy reached his arm out.
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But their defense is legit and they played that game without
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our Mason Thomas and they they gave Alabama fit still couldn't
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run it. So I think I think it's Georgia
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and then I think Oklahoma's closing.
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Alabama's still right there, but they've they've got a few warts
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that are exposed against good teams.
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Ole Miss has a running back. I mean, Lacey, he's They do.
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Oh boy. Before we get into your guys's
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conference. I don't know what we could talk.
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About in that conference, I'm excited.
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For the ACC. For the ACC.
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This week. Because I just found a path for
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Duke to still. Get into the conference for
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games. But they've only lost two in
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conference. All right, Not a big stretch
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here. Louisville beats SMU.
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Do you see it? What else?
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Georgia Tech over pit. What else did I put in here that
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felt maybe a little bit crazy? Not a whole lot else other than
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that here. Oh.
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Well, what about how do you knock Virginia?
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Out that would be that's a big one.
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Virginia Tech pulls the upset. All right, rivalry game.
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We're we're dreaming. Georgia Tech's in the
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championship at 7:00 and 1:00. And there are in this scenario,
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four teams tied at six and two Miami, Virginia, SMU and Duke
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because of conference opponent win percentage.
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The Blue Devils would be in to the championship game at 7:00 to
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5:00. The hope is still alive 8 and 5.
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Duke wins the conference in the stupid conference doesn't even
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get an automatic bid. Oh, fingers crossed.
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Yeah, the the highlight I thought of the ACC weekend was
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Friday night, the Clemson, Louisville game.
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It's a really good game. Great game in this game.
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Another Yeah, really good. And you know, Dabo preaching at
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the end about how his team and nobody wants to hear it.
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OK, look, you're you're one of the most disappointing teams.
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Look, the ACCI understand there's a path for Duke, but,
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and I understand you have to have all these multiple
20:03
tiebreakers and everything, but man, shouldn't you also just be
20:06
able to convene some members and go, Nope, wrong, We're throwing
20:09
all this out. That team, I don't care what the
20:11
tiebreakers say, that's not worthy of our conference
20:13
championship game. That's going to hurt us.
20:14
So sorry we got a veto and you're out.
20:18
The country will be watching Ohio State, Indiana at the exact
20:21
same time. Right, right.
20:24
Whatever mess they throw out. Absolutely no.
20:27
I'll be watching, but I won't be listening because you know who's
20:30
calling the game and I? Just I've had fill of them.
20:33
Is that cuts the tour? No, that's your guy.
20:36
No. Yeah.
20:37
Yeah, we'll, we'll be back on Friday.
20:40
Bama. Not a lot of SCC.
20:41
There's one game in the SCCI looked ahead this coming week.
20:46
Missouri. That's it.
20:48
It's a Missouri game. Who do they play?
20:51
It's Missouri and somebody got a little intrigue to it.
20:55
Oklahoma. There you go.
20:56
Yeah. Oklahoma.
20:57
Oh yeah. So yeah, matters, right?
20:59
It does. Yep.
21:00
Oklahoma, they've got to win out.
21:02
And there you go. That's the that's the only.
21:05
We got Tennessee, Florida, a rivalry.
21:07
Thing we got that, yeah. Kentucky Vandy and else, you get
21:10
your juices flowing. Miller, you love your Wildcats.
21:13
I do. Where's the game, Lexington?
21:15
It's in Nashville. In Nashville, Yeah, that's
21:18
Vegas. Nash Vegas, it's good stuff.
21:20
Bam. We'll talk to you on Friday.
21:21
Thank you buddy. Take care guys, always enjoy it,
21:23
yeah? Good to talk to you, Bam, Bob
21:25
Trenton as we spin around the weekend in college football.
21:29
Take your time out. Come back.
21:30
We'll be joined by Bill Seals. He covers Iowa State
21:33
cycloneport.com, part of on three media.
21:36
Miller and Condon glad you're with us on the Iowa Sports Radio
21:39
Network. Just past 130 on a Monday, top
21:49
of the hour off the bench. Sean and Lucas take you until 5.
21:52
Overtime, Iowa, 5 until 6:00. Well, Iowa State, the bye week
21:57
is over. They'll be back.
21:58
It's senior day at Jack Trice. Kansas will be on the other side
22:02
of the field. Basketball Tonight Men's
22:04
basketball Stone Hill, Iowa State Cyclones are favoured 39
22:10
1/2 Trent. Seems thin. 39 1/2 unbelievable.
22:15
Here's Bill Seals, he covers Iowa State for
22:17
cyclonereport.com, part of on three media.
22:20
Bill, I get it, the water gets deep next week.
22:22
This is a tune up, but they should be able to at least if
22:25
nothing else get through a lot of guys on that roster maybe for
22:29
one of the, you know, final times that some of these guys
22:31
will see, you know, more than the last minute in the mop up
22:34
game. Good to talk to you, Bill.
22:36
How are you? I'm doing great guys.
22:38
Appreciate you having me on Yeah, this will probably be the
22:42
last time we see a few guys for a while and you know, especially
22:45
going to Vegas next week for the players era tournament.
22:50
So yeah, it it'll be good to see him go through the either the
22:54
rotation of guys again and the what we've seen so far, it's
23:00
going to this is probably going to be one of the deepest teams
23:02
that TJ had in Iowa State. So, you know, if he wants to get
23:06
that rotation down to seven, I'm not sure that's going to be an
23:09
easy task this year. There's so many guys that are,
23:12
you know, are worthy, I think of being in a rotation right now.
23:17
Basketball next week. Ken said it earlier.
23:20
It's going to get a lot deeper. What are you still looking for
23:23
as the tune UPS continue? As you're still going through
23:25
what is, you know they're going to win by 40, you know they're
23:28
going to win this basketball game, what are some of the
23:31
things, though, that you still need to have answered for you to
23:33
feel good about things going into next week?
23:37
Well, I think maybe to to see some more consistency out of it.
23:41
The post you know be nice to see Blake Buchanan get through a
23:46
long stretch and stay out of foul trouble played.
23:49
I think we've seen good stretches out of him molder the
23:53
last time didn't we at least when we saw him and in Ames and
23:57
then I don't think he played but just two or three minutes.
24:01
So yeah but it it'd be nice to see maybe a little more out of
24:05
that group They're they're going to need a lot from those guys
24:08
from even beyond Buchanan. I I've been really impressed
24:12
though, in the the small spurts that I've seen played us so far.
24:17
I think he can develop into a contributor and he's someone as
24:21
a true freshman, another one as a true freshman.
24:23
I think that's going to demand a spot in in T JS the rotation.
24:28
I like the the potential with him.
24:31
So we I think we've seen it so far out of the back court that
24:34
that group has just been dynamic.
24:38
We were seeing a little three guard line up.
24:40
They've got the depth, I think to to do that good, good
24:44
stretches from Turay Bateman, a couple of those freshmen lips.
24:48
He had a career high in in scoring up in Sioux Falls.
24:53
So, yeah, I mean, it's bit we we, you know, we've seen it out
24:55
of the backcourt, but I think it in the inside, in the paint,
24:59
maybe a little more consistency there as they, you know, take
25:03
the show on the road to to Vegas next week.
25:05
Yeah, and from person, I'd like to see Montchildvich do
25:08
something against, you know, team with a pulse.
25:10
I mean, he was great against Fairly Dickinson, but he's just
25:13
so damn inconsistent. And I kept hearing all summer
25:15
long that that's behind him. You know, this is a different
25:18
guy. They need him to be a different
25:20
guy, Bill. Yeah, they do.
25:23
They do. You know, I think it was nice to
25:25
see Lipsy take a little bit of that off of his shoulders now
25:29
against Mississippi State again, I think with Tame and they're
25:33
going to need him as well. It's a lot of points that
25:36
Keyshawn Gilbert and Curtis Jones took with them out of aims
25:40
this offseason. So I think if they yawn nights,
25:44
maybe that Milan's not not giving it to him.
25:48
Maybe Lipsy can be that guy to fill in the gap and and we've
25:51
seen it on the perimeter with some other guys.
25:54
Bateman, I think they've got the they've got the pieces.
25:58
But yeah, I mean, you're right, Kenny.
26:00
It seems like it's so much easier when you know Milan is
26:04
out there hunting his shots and, and he can shoot 35 to 40% from
26:09
long range and and hunt those threes.
26:12
I think Iowa State's got to like its chances.
26:15
Dom Nelson, again, when the competition gets a little
26:17
tougher, is there a little more scoring punch than maybe we
26:19
thought during this offseason? But like, he could be a skilled
26:21
guy that, you know, could help out a little bit.
26:23
Is there more upside to his offensive game against good
26:26
teams? Yeah, I think there is he's he's
26:30
one of the top guys I believe, I can't remember exactly what the
26:34
statistic was from Utah Valley, but one of the more efficient
26:38
guys at getting to the free throw line in the entire country
26:41
at Utah Valley last year. I think that the challenge with
26:45
you, we all know that he's going to get to the free throw a line
26:48
a lot. He's going to get into the
26:49
paint, he's going to create for his teammates.
26:52
But the three-point shooting percentage, I think we still
26:56
need to see, you know, maybe a little more from, you know, that
27:01
aspect of things with him. He's what, over 4 so far in the
27:05
regular season anyway. And and then, you know, the free
27:08
throw percentage that was up a few ticks at at against
27:12
Mississippi State, he was five O 6.
27:15
But even before that, he was only 50% the first two games.
27:18
So I think those are the two challenges for him.
27:21
He's going to get to the line a lot.
27:22
There's no doubt about it, but that it's knocking those down
27:26
and, you know, proving that, you know, opponents are going to
27:29
have to defend him on the on the wing as well.
27:32
And instead of just knowing he's a guy that that's going to take
27:36
the ball and then try to get to the rack.
27:39
Last thing on basketball before we get to football, unless
27:41
Trent's got to follow up. And this isn't really a
27:44
question, it's more of an observation.
27:45
And I don't know if Trent kind of falls into the same as I do,
27:48
but whether it's you, Bill Seals or Eugene Repay, we have John
27:51
Walters. We never talk about Jefferson.
27:54
It's almost like we take him for granted.
27:56
We really do. He's he's, he's so good that we
27:59
kind of just, you know, he's going to beat Joshua Jefferson
28:03
every single night. And so far he has been.
28:06
Yeah, yeah, no doubt. He's, he's been the one, the one
28:09
consistent guy in in there that they can count on every, every
28:14
time out really. You know, he's that he's
28:17
averaging 7.3 rebounds so far to go with those 17.3 points.
28:23
So a double, double, double waiting to happen.
28:26
And I think you're just seeing so much more about his game
28:29
really developed from last offseason.
28:32
And this is probably the first time in his career too, where
28:35
he's maybe you can you look at him and you say he's the number
28:39
one option, the number one scoring option for this Iowa
28:43
State team in this offense for long stretches, it's going to
28:47
run through him. So there's a lot on his
28:49
shoulders that this year, you know, I already talked about the
28:52
scoring punch that they lost. And he's another guy at at 17
28:57
point 23 already. I think he's picking up a nice
29:01
chunk of those points that they lost.
29:03
You know, Iowa State too. I mean, how many games are they
29:05
going to they going to win? They score 96 points against an
29:09
SCC team and not not just a bottom feeder.
29:12
This is a Mississippi State team that's probably going to be in
29:16
the in the conversation again to get back to the NCAA tournament.
29:19
And Iowa State scores 96 points against like it's the Power Five
29:24
team. They got to like their chances
29:26
on on every night when they can do that.
29:29
Bill, as we jump over to football, big picture question
29:33
for you. We're coming on the heels of a
29:34
bye week. It's their third bye week of the
29:36
year. We see Iowa State at six and
29:37
four. We see K State at 5:00 and 5:00.
29:41
This disjointed season, the way that it's played out, if you got
29:45
true serum out for both climbing and for Campbell, well, they
29:50
brought this thing back stateside and said, you know
29:52
what? It just, it screwed up our
29:54
schedule, screwed up our season. Maybe if you got the truthful
29:57
answer from both of them, do you think that's something that
29:59
they'd be willing to go down? Well, I don't, I don't know that
30:03
I would get a truthful. We know that.
30:06
Maybe it maybe if I was, if I was a family on the wall in the
30:11
office and a casual conversation, I might get that.
30:14
But you know, all, all the, the comments we're going to get from
30:18
everybody in the the Jacobson building, inside the Bergstrom,
30:21
all of that was that that was a great experience for the teams
30:24
to go over there, the fans. You know both.
30:27
Let's face it, guys, the bowl games are losing their luster.
30:32
I think that you, you you're gonna look at the end of this
30:34
season and the attendance that Iowa State drew over in Dublin
30:39
is probably going to what may be close to double what they get in
30:43
in whatever bowl game they they end up.
30:45
It's not trending in a good direction that way.
30:48
Probably not the Alamo Bowl or, or any of those.
30:51
So, yeah, I mean, I think it would you're you're gonna get
30:54
those answers, I think from everybody in the athletic
30:57
department at Iowa State that that was a great idea.
30:59
But yeah, I mean, it was it's it's led to a very disjointed
31:03
schedule and very injury marred team for Iowa State that's had
31:09
his challenges, no doubt. What will we hear injury wise
31:13
from Campbell that's lingering out there through the bye week?
31:15
Obviously there was he wasn't going to clean up anything that
31:18
they had to. He didn't.
31:19
There was no press availabilities.
31:21
Is there an injury or two, Bill, that you're waiting to hear more
31:24
on? The maybe out of sight, out of
31:26
mind I've forgotten about. Well, I think that probably the
31:29
two primary ones that will make some clarification on our Burkle
31:34
and bacon vines were that bacon that that was trending.
31:39
Well, at least coming out of that game, Matt thought that he
31:43
wouldn't lose any any time and then obviously the bye week with
31:47
him is going to help. But Burkle, that injury did not
31:51
look good and and he said after the game he would know more in a
31:55
couple days. Well, we haven't had any
31:57
availability. But yeah, it'll be interesting
32:00
to hear with Burkle because, you know, even if even I think the
32:03
best sign is or best case would be that he didn't suffer any
32:08
ligament damage or torn ligaments there and is not going
32:11
to be out for an extended period of time.
32:13
But even if it's a strain or a sprain there, you got to think
32:17
it's probably going to take him out of some some games.
32:20
And they don't have a whole lot of those left.
32:23
So and Tayshawn James, maybe another one you monitor.
32:26
I I would would be surprised if he does play this week.
32:30
It sounds like he sounds like he was going to miss multiple
32:32
games. And gosh, you know, the hits go
32:35
go on at the safety position. It's just incredible.
32:39
Jameson Patton, another one I probably would not expect to
32:42
play this week. So it's so thin on the back end
32:46
of that defense right now. Last thing, our buddy turned 50
32:50
yesterday. Baseball, Benny.
32:52
Happy birthday, Benny. He beat me by a couple months.
32:56
Did he? So the year that's on your
32:57
agenda, huh? I take that, take that back.
33:00
I beat him by a. Couple OK gotcha yeah you're
33:03
part of the five O club and the baseball Benny joined it
33:06
yesterday good stuff Bill seals cycles after Benny yeah
33:09
absolutely he's a good man he really is a lot of.
33:11
People didn't think he was going to make it.
33:13
Myself included. We'll talk to you next week.
33:18
Bill Seals, thanks for jumping on.
33:19
What do you got coming up this week at cyclonereport.com?
33:23
Yeah, yeah, it's it's another busy week.
33:25
We'll get into it tomorrow with the football media availability.
33:28
So some coaches will get, I believe it's Mauser will get
33:33
tomorrow coming out of the bye week, Mauser and Campbell and
33:36
some players. It's going to be the last
33:39
regular season. Well, the last home game.
33:41
I guess you'd say it's Jack Price this year.
33:43
So a lot of recruiting coverage to look forward to as they host
33:47
another round of visitors for that 11 AM kick off on Saturday.
33:53
Bill's cyclonereport.com part of on Three Media.
33:56
Bill, as always, thanks for doing this.
33:57
Talk to you in a week. I'm good guys.
34:00
Appreciate it. See you buddy Bill Seals as we
34:02
check in on the cyclones. What's the weather like for the
34:05
weekend? Have you looked at the Advance
34:07
at all? I.
34:08
Just looked through the week, you know I stopped on Friday.
34:11
Why would you stop on Friday? Because you're going to the
34:14
Dome. Well, that and the kids think of
34:17
what what do they got to wear for to school, had some mittens,
34:20
you know, all those kind of things.
34:21
So I didn't even look to Saturday.
34:23
Nightly sunny high of 52 That's in Des Moines.
34:27
All right, so a little bit north.
34:28
So yeah, not bad. Little bit E for the for the
34:31
Hawks in the middle of the afternoon.
34:33
By the way, I saw a four. We're going to have our our
34:37
buddy Chris from Channel 5 on at some point this week.
34:40
Do you see next Thanksgiving? The what?
34:42
What Thanksgiving? I mean this next week rather for
34:45
Thanksgiving. No, Ken, too far away.
34:48
I do not have time to be looking that far ahead to Thanksgiving.
34:51
I got you covered then. Well.
34:53
You're not travelling anywhere, are you?
34:54
Well. Just up and down the stairs.
34:57
No, I'm not trying, but it sounds like a Blizzard.
35:01
Oh yeah, that's supposed to be in Sioux City.
35:03
Right. So you are.
35:04
So that's what I'm saying. I got you covered.
35:06
Thank you. But it's weather changes Kenneth
35:09
and it does, but the long range. So we'll have Chris on get.
35:12
His So after you retire, do I have to become the weather guy?
35:15
Well, you'll be the, well, I don't know who you're going to
35:17
be working with, so. If I hire.
35:20
A youngster youngster then yes, you, you, you inherit a lot of
35:24
the old traits. Oh boy.
35:26
I already got plenty of the old man's traits and we'll we'll
35:29
throw that one into. The mix and have a whole lot
35:30
more of the just don't retire. I know 145 Miller and Condon Mr.
35:36
Monday night's coming up next. You got any interest in this
35:40
game? It's a helmet game.
35:42
It's football. It's football.
35:43
It's the Raiders and it's the Cowboys and both teams stink.
35:48
That's fine. That's fine.
35:49
Right. I'm with you, Paul.
35:50
Yes, we'll get from Mr. Monday night's pick.
35:53
That's next. Miller and Condon glad you're
35:55
with us on Des Moines sports station one O 6.3 KXNO I'm
35:59
Miller Condon welcome back final segment on a Monday Monday Night
36:03
Football Dallas Vegas Allegiance stadium Dallas is a 3 1/2 point
36:09
favorite totals 4950 somewhere in that neighborhood.
36:13
Mr. Monday night taking the dog, the home dog.
36:17
Always the Dog 3 1/2 Should Dallas be fair against 3 1/2
36:23
against anybody on the road? Well, they get Quentin Williams
36:27
and they get, I don't know which one, one of their linebackers
36:30
coming back. So their defense, I think gets a
36:32
bit of an upgrade. Their defense is awful, needs a
36:34
bit of an upgrade. I don't know.
36:36
It's Gino Smith versus, you know, if I would be tempted, I
36:40
think there's going to be a lot of points.
36:41
Scored in this game looking over.
36:43
I if I, if I was, you know, if I bet games, that's where I would
36:47
go. Well, full transparency, I have
36:49
been this is the worst month of my life.
36:51
Betting wise, yeah. I'm down 35 units the last 30
36:54
days. I'm I'm just getting drilled.
36:56
College football Saturday. I want one in 11.
36:58
Oh my God, yeah. And just.
37:01
But yet you were you were were you won on one in our picture,
37:03
No, your own too in the college. Games.
37:05
No, I hit one. I hit Arkansas.
37:06
They covered. Did they OK?
37:08
Well, one and one, but well, they played LSU.
37:11
In a time he went right. Yeah, yeah, yeah. 23232
37:13
something like that. I just about seeing it college
37:17
basketball felt like after that rough opening start, it's gone
37:20
back deck in the tank. Yesterday the NFL was my only
37:22
winning day. I went 4-2 and one, so all
37:24
right. But it has been just day after
37:27
day, just heveraging money. We're going to have to dive back
37:31
in and all the new and improved Circus sports Iowa App.
37:34
The good news is a lot of different ways to fund that one.
37:36
Then we're going to be probably looking into that because it's
37:39
been awful just well, in every close call.
37:43
But then the other part is just not even close.
37:47
I mean, yeah, it's just dead on arrival.
37:50
So many different times. I had one of those.
37:53
I thought Duke would be Virginia.
37:54
That wasn't even close. Wasn't even close that Duke
37:58
team. That Virginia team?
38:00
Both absolutely. Duke got Virginia, yes.
38:04
Now it's time for Duke. The Dukes of it That's it's been
38:06
bad and it fell. One of my losses was the
38:10
Vikings, so I thought we were trending towards an incredibly
38:13
awful sports weekend from Saturday.
38:16
My green devil's in the Dome for the first time, let A6 nothing
38:19
lead slip away, lose 14-6 to Van me out.
38:21
So they're done. They lose to the semis.
38:24
Then, of course, what happened to Iowa?
38:26
And then as the Vikings drive the length of the field, like
38:29
here we go again, but bounced out, got a little green on the
38:33
NFL Sunday, and we'll see what Monday Night Football brings.
38:36
But it's just the Cowboys. I can't trust them now.
38:39
Am I going to be surprised if the Cowboys go out there, win
38:41
4113? No, I'm not sure that's what
38:44
that offense can do. That offense hasn't been playing
38:46
greatly. Either yeah, CD Lamb on a fast
38:49
track. I'll look for him to have a big
38:50
night tonight. We'll see.
38:51
Points maybe that's fun, you know, putting together a part,
38:55
same game part, like, yeah. Throw some CD in there.
38:57
Anytime touchdowns or some receiving yards, some passing
39:00
yards, a lot of points, I'll buy it.
39:03
I'll jump aboard because your picks are a lot better than
39:04
mine. All right, we shall see.
39:07
We appreciate you being with us. Coming up next, as we mentioned,
39:11
off the bench, tomorrow morning gets underway with the first
39:14
quarter. Heather, Heather and Alec get
39:16
you going at 6:00 AM. Trent and I talk sports with you
39:19
Monday through Friday, every Monday through Friday, noon
39:21
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