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Bryce Underwood to... OHIO STATE?! LeSean McCoy's Bold Prediction After Michigan's $10M QB Benched · Bleacher Report

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  Speaker 1: Shady, it was an awesome weekend of college football this weekend.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, it was.
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  Speaker 1: Arguably one of the greatest Saturdays in college football history
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  Speaker 1: with a lot of teams going down. But the news
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  Speaker 1: midweek this week, and a player that I want to
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  Speaker 1: talk about, is Bryce Underwood, who they just announced has
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  Speaker 1: been benched by the Michigan Wolverines. Former five-star recruit, one
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  Speaker 1: of the top-rated recruits ever, goes to Michigan. It's a
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  Speaker 1: tough start to this season. Head coach Kyle Whittingham brought
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  Speaker 1: in Tommy Carr against Penn State after a scoreless two-interception
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  Speaker 1: first half for Underwood. They're bringing in Carr, and likely
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  Speaker 1: for the rest of the year, but we'll see kind
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  Speaker 1: of what happens here as Carr led the team to
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  Speaker 1: victory over Penn State. But Bryce Underwood, I think his
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  Speaker 1: time is up at Michigan.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And my take is I think he will be the
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  Speaker 1: hottest name in the transfer portal this That's Sunday after
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  Speaker 1: Thanksgiving when the college football season is over because I
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  Speaker 1: don't think Michigan is going to make the college football playoff,
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  Speaker 1: maybe in a 24-team era, not in a 12-team era.
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  Speaker 1: But I think this young man is done at Michigan,
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  Speaker 1: and it's pretty crazy. He's reported to have made the
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  Speaker 1: most money. His NIL deal was around $ 10 million coming out,
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  Speaker 1: and it just hasn't worked. But I think he's headed
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  Speaker 1: the transfer port, Shady.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so, too, man. It sucks, though, because
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  Speaker 2: he's such a good young man, right? Super highly ranked.
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  Speaker 3: I remember when they got him, everybody in Michigan, all
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  Speaker 3: the alumni were super happy.
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  Speaker 1: Oh, yeah.
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  Speaker 3: And I thought that this might be the next superstar
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  Speaker 3: player they have over here, but.
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  Speaker 2: It hasn't worked out.
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  Speaker 3: And the good thing about nowadays, though, if it don't
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  Speaker 3: work somewhere else, you can get that restart button and
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  Speaker 3: go somewhere else. And I do think he has enough
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  Speaker 3: talent to be successful.
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  Speaker 1: And that's my thing with him. I think it's important.
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  Speaker 1: My take is not I'm giving up. on Bryce. I'm
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  Speaker 1: giving up on Bryce at Michigan.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, what scares me that is that what's
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  Speaker 2: his name? What?
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  Speaker 1: What?
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  Speaker 3: What do Eric Weddle? Yeah, all pro-type tear all decade
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  Speaker 3: type of safety. Yeah, he spoke about going see him
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  Speaker 3: at some practices for a couple weeks and he said
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  Speaker 3: this guy looks terrible when he said that people thought
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  Speaker 3: he was hating. No, I don't because I know he
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  Speaker 3: knows what it looks like. I played against a smart guy. Yeah,
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  Speaker 3: and if he said it as a fan watching.
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  Speaker 2: That's scary, though.
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  Speaker 1: And I get that.
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  Speaker 2: And he didn't play well this year, so something's adding
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  Speaker 2: up there. You get what I'm saying?
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  Speaker 1: One of the things why I'm still going to ride
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  Speaker 1: with Bryce on thinking he's a good talent, the whole
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  Speaker 1: starting true freshman quarterbacks in college right now, I'm just
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  Speaker 1: not a fan of it. These guys have to sit.
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  Speaker 1: They have to get some reps.
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  Speaker 2: To learn, yeah.
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  Speaker 1: It's an impossible situation, and he's also had two head
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  Speaker 1: coaches in two years. And it was a bizarre situation
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  Speaker 1: last year in how things ended. For a young kid
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  Speaker 1: like that who has, in my opinion, all the talent
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  Speaker 1: in the world, it's a rough situation to be in.
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  Speaker 1: But with that, Shady, I said he's going to enter
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  Speaker 1: the transfer portal. Transfer portals. You mentioned last week about
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  Speaker 1: how married quarterbacks, they play different. You and I should
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  Speaker 1: get on the dating app.
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  Speaker 2: So you can find us a wife. Come on now.
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  Speaker 2: Come on.
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  Speaker 1: So we put together a little game for you, a
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  Speaker 1: little matchmaking game.
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  Speaker 2: Okay, okay.
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  Speaker 1: A little swipe left for no, swipe right for yes. Okay.
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  Speaker 1: For Bryce Underwood and some teams that we could see.
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  Speaker 2: The BR dating app.
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  Speaker 1: The BR dating app. So first up, for Bryce Underwood,
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  Speaker 1: let's matchmake for him. How about Bryce Underwood going to
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  Speaker 1: the LSU Tigers? Joining Lane Kiffin down in the bayou.
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  Speaker 1: Swipe right or swipe left?
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  Speaker 2: I'm going right. I love that. You love that? Lane
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  Speaker 2: and him together?
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  Speaker 1: With some athletes?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, yeah. Oh, my God.
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  Speaker 1: So he was actually recruited very heavily and was, I believe,
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  Speaker 1: verbally committed to LSU for a bit. So he has
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  Speaker 1: a relationship with the school. Now, that was under the
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  Speaker 1: Brian Kelly era. him and Lane Kiffin together.
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  Speaker 2: That would be special though.
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  Speaker 1: With a top five most expensive roster in college football.
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  Speaker 1: If anyone can help him.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: Because I'll tell you what.
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  Speaker 3: One thing about Lane. He got a lot of swagger.
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  Speaker 3: He says a lot of stuff in media. But he's
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  Speaker 3: a really, really, really good coach.
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  Speaker 1: He's a great coach.
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  Speaker 2: And he develops his quarterbacks. That's one thing he does well.
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  Speaker 2: So I think.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't think he's had a talent like this before. Like, obviously,
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  Speaker 1: Trinidad last year, Jackson Dart. Like, I think those guys
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  Speaker 1: were good recruits. This is an all-time recruit. I like
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  Speaker 1: that move.
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  Speaker 3: And then you add in the LSU type of athletes
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  Speaker 3: that get over there. He's getting some of the best
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  Speaker 3: skill positioning guys in the country.
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  Speaker 2: That would be a matchup.
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  Speaker 1: I'm a fan of that. This is my favorite one.
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  Speaker 1: Shout out producer Ryan for this one, for throwing this
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  Speaker 1: name in here.
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  Speaker 2: Ryan, what it do, baby?
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  Speaker 1: What if Bryce Underwood heads to Colorado to play?
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  Speaker 2: Oh, hell no. No? No, no, no, no, no. And
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  Speaker 2: I love me some prime, but they don't look the
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  Speaker 2: same at all.
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, it's like they don't have a raw identity.
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  Speaker 2: Do they want to run the ball? Do they want
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  Speaker 2: to throw the ball?
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  Speaker 1: Well, maybe this is a reset. Maybe this is we
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  Speaker 1: get this next prized guy to come in. And this
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  Speaker 1: is what they can build around. My only question to you, Shady,
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  Speaker 1: is is Prime there next year?
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, well, I hope so right now. I'm voting for that.
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  Speaker 2: I love me some Prime now.
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  Speaker 3: But just asking the first question is, I don't know
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  Speaker 3: if they can teach him over there. I think sometimes
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  Speaker 3: they're struggling in offense. And Bryce needs somewhere where he's
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  Speaker 3: not a struggling offense. He needs somewhere that he can
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  Speaker 3: gain some help, right? Learn the offense, learn coverages, and
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  Speaker 3: be better. He needs to be in an office where
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  Speaker 3: it's easier for you. Just come in here and play
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  Speaker 3: a small role. I think if you've got a Colorado,
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  Speaker 3: he's got to be Superman.
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  Speaker 1: I just like it for the media.
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  Speaker 2: You need three touchdowns. Nah.
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  Speaker 1: I think LSU is– so we talked about LSU. We
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  Speaker 1: talked about Ole Miss, Missouri, Oregon, Colorado. Your number one pick, though,
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  Speaker 1: for Bryce Underwood going into next year. He's not playing
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  Speaker 1: at Michigan. He is playing at?
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State.
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  Speaker 1: Oh. We didn't have that on there.
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  Speaker 2: Ohio State. Wow.
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  Speaker 1: Have you ever– Wait, Shady, Shady, Shady, Shady. You think–
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  Speaker 1: that a Michigan quarterback is going to transfer to Ohio State?
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  Speaker 1: Do you know what will happen if something like that happens?
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  Speaker 2: I mean, basically, Michigan told him, we don't want you.
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  Speaker 2: We don't need you.
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  Speaker 1: So you think he would do that? You think he
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  Speaker 1: would be like, if this isn't working out here, I'm
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  Speaker 1: going to do the number one thing to piss off
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  Speaker 1: Michigan fans, and he goes to Ohio State?
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  Speaker 2: I'll tell you this much.
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  Speaker 3: When the Eagles traded me and Chip Kelly was the coach,
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  Speaker 3: He traded me. I said, well, Coach, if you don't
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  Speaker 3: think I'm good enough, trade me in the division, and
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  Speaker 3: let's see if I'm good enough.
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  Speaker 2: He wouldn't do it. So Michigan, right? Now he can
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  Speaker 2: go wherever he wants to go. They don't want him.
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  Speaker 3: Tell me the last time you've seen a quarterback from
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  Speaker 3: Ohio State bad in college.
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  Speaker 1: He goes to Ohio State, and what happens to them?
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  Speaker 3: Answer that question. Have you ever seen a bad quarterback
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  Speaker 3: start at Ohio State?
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  Speaker 1: No.
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  Speaker 2: Never? Never.
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  Speaker 3: You get a guy with that type of talent, with
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  Speaker 3: that type of.
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  Speaker 2: Talent around him, running backs, linemen, wide.
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  Speaker 3: Receivers, great defense, he's going to do special things over there.
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  Speaker 2: And I do think they will win. Ryan Day is
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  Speaker 2: a good enough coach. Win what?
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  Speaker 1: You think they win a national championship?
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  Speaker 2: Well, I don't want to go that far.
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  Speaker 1: Okay.
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  Speaker 2: They'll be in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 1: They'll be contending.
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  Speaker 3: They always going to contend. They'll be in the playoffs.
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  Speaker 3: I think it's a safe move for them. Great players
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  Speaker 3: around me. I can come in there and just do
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  Speaker 3: my little thing.
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  Speaker 1: I love this take. It's insane. But your prediction is
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  Speaker 1: that Bryce, I say he's entering the transfer portal and
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  Speaker 1: be the hottest name. Your prediction, Shady, is that Bryce
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  Speaker 1: Underwood will enter the transfer portal and go to Columbus, Ohio.
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  Speaker 1: And he will play against Michigan next year in that game.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it's revenge. Revenge. Ain't nothing sweeter than revenge.
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  Speaker 1: That's what Bryce Underwood is after.
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  Speaker 2: It's nothing sweeter than revenge. Ask Tupac.