WEBVTT - SEC Preview - Part 2: Does Georgia have a schedule problem? + Texas, Ole Miss, Missouri, Florida & more team previews! - 2024 College Football 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:06.880 Welcome to the solid verbal. Pull that for me. I'm 0:00:06.880 --> 0:00:07.880 a man, I'm for. 0:00:08.240 --> 0:00:10.119 I've heard so many players say, well I want to 0:00:10.119 --> 0:00:10.639 be happy. 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:13.000 You want to be happy for a day? Edo State 0:00:13.320 --> 0:00:20.840 is that? Whoo whoom? And Dan and Tie SEC Preview 0:00:20.960 --> 0:00:26.560 part say it? Tie, Yeah, I got a request out 0:00:26.560 --> 0:00:29.760 on discord that I never stopped doing that. Oh good, 0:00:29.920 --> 0:00:31.360 it seems like it's been a big hit. 0:00:31.840 --> 0:00:34.159 Well, that's the power of signing up to be a 0:00:34.240 --> 0:00:36.839 verballer at verballers dot com. You get to control what 0:00:36.920 --> 0:00:39.600 Tye says. You get to pull the puppet strings. 0:00:39.840 --> 0:00:43.120 Not exactly, but not opposed to that either, Okay, not 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:46.320 opposed to that. We appreciate everybody's support out there. I 0:00:46.360 --> 0:00:48.240 am ty he is Dan. This is the solid verbal. 0:00:48.280 --> 0:00:52.239 This is part two of our ongoing SEC preview series, 0:00:52.560 --> 0:00:56.080 really of our ongoing college football twenty twenty four preview series. 0:00:56.160 --> 0:00:58.440 Right now, we've got both the ACC and the Big 0:00:58.480 --> 0:01:01.360 Twelve in the books. We've got part one of the 0:01:01.400 --> 0:01:04.720 SEC where we talked through our contender tiers. Also in 0:01:04.800 --> 0:01:06.840 the books, you can go back and listen to that episode. 0:01:06.840 --> 0:01:09.039 It's the last one out there on the feed today 0:01:09.040 --> 0:01:13.560 that we're actually going to start talking about specific SEC teams, 0:01:13.640 --> 0:01:15.760 and we're going to do so with a focus on 0:01:15.880 --> 0:01:19.520 these eight Remember there are sixteen teams now in the SEC. 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:23.080 We're going to talk today about Georgia and Texas, about 0:01:23.080 --> 0:01:26.600 Ole miss and MISSOO, about Texas, A and M and Florida, 0:01:27.000 --> 0:01:30.840 and about Mississippi State and Vanderbilt to close things out. Yes, 0:01:30.920 --> 0:01:33.600 so for for you that you focused on, for for 0:01:33.720 --> 0:01:35.800 me that I focused on a little bit more intently 0:01:35.880 --> 0:01:38.840 as well. So excited to get into the nitty gritty 0:01:39.120 --> 0:01:42.320 about these teams and much much more. Hit follow hit 0:01:42.360 --> 0:01:45.160 subscribes that you don't miss any of our episodes on 0:01:45.200 --> 0:01:49.280 whatever platform you enjoy listening to podcasts on DAN. That's 0:01:49.320 --> 0:01:51.080 the rule. You know how it works by now, Yes, 0:01:51.200 --> 0:01:54.840 I absolutely do so. On the last episode we talked 0:01:54.880 --> 0:01:58.040 through our tiers, you and I both had Georgia and 0:01:58.120 --> 0:02:01.560 Texas pretty high. I don't think that is unique as 0:02:01.600 --> 0:02:04.920 compared to other college football people out there, folks who 0:02:05.000 --> 0:02:08.160 study this sort of thing. Most people kind of in 0:02:08.200 --> 0:02:11.080 an agreement that both Georgia and Texas deserve to be 0:02:11.200 --> 0:02:13.359 at the top. But where it gets interesting is when 0:02:13.360 --> 0:02:15.480 we start talking about the teams like the old Misses 0:02:16.120 --> 0:02:18.320 and the miszoos and certainly the texts A and MS 0:02:18.320 --> 0:02:22.160 where there's change to discuss in some cases, and influx 0:02:22.200 --> 0:02:25.720 of talent via the transfer portal. Florida, of course, is 0:02:25.720 --> 0:02:28.280 a very very interesting topic for discussion on a number 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:30.840 of different fronts. And then you got teams like Mississippi 0:02:30.880 --> 0:02:34.520 State and Vanderbilt that notably are at the bottom here 0:02:34.880 --> 0:02:37.440 but are both starting over in some respect trying to 0:02:37.440 --> 0:02:39.800 reboot something within their program to see if they can 0:02:39.840 --> 0:02:44.840 get to greater heights. Where do you think you'd like 0:02:44.880 --> 0:02:46.440 to start with this discussion? 0:02:48.240 --> 0:02:50.959 I think we should start with Texas because they sort 0:02:51.000 --> 0:02:54.440 of encompass a lot of what's new and interesting about 0:02:54.480 --> 0:02:57.799 this conference, and we're not doing Alabama this episode, so 0:02:57.800 --> 0:03:01.600 we're not starting with the defending champ. I'm sure we'll 0:03:01.600 --> 0:03:03.920 get to Georgia next, but I don't know, let's start 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:07.360 with the new. And the new with Texas is they're here. 0:03:07.639 --> 0:03:10.000 The new with Texas is that they've joined the SEC. 0:03:10.120 --> 0:03:13.320 They have an SEC schedule, And with Texas and Oklahoma, 0:03:13.360 --> 0:03:17.240 of course comes the end of divisions, so everybody's schedule 0:03:17.280 --> 0:03:21.600 looks sort of different. Right, there's protected matchups, but I 0:03:21.600 --> 0:03:25.600 don't know, divisionless football is a new thing, and Texas 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:28.360 is one of those teams. So Texas brings back a 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:31.640 ton As, a Big twelve playoff team for a second. 0:03:31.680 --> 0:03:34.800 Please you you're doing this again to me? Ah, sod? 0:03:34.800 --> 0:03:44.760 Where should we start? That's danger the SEC. We need 0:03:44.800 --> 0:03:47.240 to work on our communication here. I was waiting give 0:03:47.280 --> 0:03:50.240 me a runway so that I could shoehorn that sound in. 0:03:50.320 --> 0:03:53.600 But it's okay, Okay, Sorry, I apologize. So I'm very 0:03:53.600 --> 0:03:54.840 excited to talk SEC foot. 0:03:55.000 --> 0:03:57.920 I know, I know, I know, I appreciate that. Okay. 0:03:59.240 --> 0:04:01.080 Can I get back to what I was saying? 0:04:01.120 --> 0:04:03.080 Please do I apologize, sir? Okay? Can you? 0:04:03.320 --> 0:04:05.640 I'm very excited about Texas football, and the things that 0:04:05.680 --> 0:04:08.839 make me excited are the experience that Sark has been there, 0:04:08.840 --> 0:04:11.640 that there's continuity on the staff. Look, it's not to 0:04:12.000 --> 0:04:14.840 echo the laziest talking point of all, but it all 0:04:14.880 --> 0:04:18.880 starts up front. And Texas is entering into this conference 0:04:18.960 --> 0:04:22.560 with if not the best offensive line. A conversation that 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:25.000 they have the best offensive line in this country, especially 0:04:25.120 --> 0:04:27.800 or in the conference, at least anchored by Calvin Banks, 0:04:27.920 --> 0:04:30.040 left tackle, All American and he's probably going to be 0:04:30.120 --> 0:04:32.359 top five to seven pick or whatever. In the twenty 0:04:32.400 --> 0:04:35.200 twenty five NFL Draft. They should be able to run, 0:04:35.360 --> 0:04:36.880 they should be able to throw, and they should be 0:04:36.880 --> 0:04:39.320 able to throw, replacing a lot both at receiver and 0:04:39.360 --> 0:04:42.760 tight end. But when you add in Isaiah Bond from Alabama, 0:04:42.920 --> 0:04:46.360 John Tay Cook, you know, former five star Silas Bolden 0:04:46.440 --> 0:04:49.560 from Oregon State, Ryan Wingo a five star coming in, Like, 0:04:50.240 --> 0:04:53.479 there are too many options for this passing game not 0:04:53.600 --> 0:04:57.400 to work really really well. Considering it Sarks, bread and Butter, 0:04:57.520 --> 0:05:01.040 considering the talent here, considering the experience, considering the line 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:03.960 protecting Quinn Eewers, and maybe arch manning of Quinn Eewers 0:05:03.960 --> 0:05:08.480 goes down. There's just there's very little way, even with 0:05:08.839 --> 0:05:12.159 Texas's schedule, and I know George's on this schedule, that 0:05:12.200 --> 0:05:15.320 they're not going to have a top ten to twelve 0:05:15.360 --> 0:05:17.320 offense in America, if not higher. 0:05:17.320 --> 0:05:19.080 Oh, they're going to score thirty eight points a game 0:05:19.240 --> 0:05:19.920 with this offense. 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:23.400 They're in a great starting place there. What I really 0:05:23.440 --> 0:05:27.320 like about where Texas is at is we knew what 0:05:27.400 --> 0:05:30.279 was the weak point of Texas. We knew that danger 0:05:30.400 --> 0:05:33.880 to Texas last year. By the end of last year 0:05:33.920 --> 0:05:37.599 and seeing certain quarterbacks have success was they weren't getting 0:05:37.600 --> 0:05:41.640 home off of the edge, and their DB's were losing 0:05:41.640 --> 0:05:43.799 one on one battles deep. They were giving up big 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:45.960 pass plays. And it wasn't just on the secondary. Wasn't 0:05:46.000 --> 0:05:48.159 just on the pass rush. But if you have a 0:05:48.160 --> 0:05:50.919 pass rush, it's easier on the dbs, If you have 0:05:51.560 --> 0:05:55.919 sticky Will Johnson type corners, it becomes easier for everybody 0:05:56.040 --> 0:05:59.080 to get to the quarterback and to get the defense 0:05:59.120 --> 0:06:02.400 off the field. Texas has developed youth really well at 0:06:02.440 --> 0:06:05.400 all three levels, and guys who are rotation guys step 0:06:05.440 --> 0:06:08.640 in along the line at the linebacker spot, at both 0:06:08.640 --> 0:06:12.440 linebacker spots really and in the secondary. They also went 0:06:12.520 --> 0:06:15.400 into the portal once again to build up depth in 0:06:15.480 --> 0:06:18.040 the secondary, to build up depth at edge rusher. Trey 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:21.760 Moore is that big name from UTSA they were after. 0:06:21.839 --> 0:06:23.360 I mean, this is sort of a common theme in 0:06:23.400 --> 0:06:26.080 the league right now, is building up beefy depth, you 0:06:26.080 --> 0:06:29.080 know a defensive tackle, which Texas did its best to do, 0:06:29.440 --> 0:06:31.479 you know, whiffed on a couple of transfer targets, but 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:36.279 brought in guys and by and large, Texas should be 0:06:36.440 --> 0:06:39.680 in a very good spot now. The schedule is not 0:06:40.040 --> 0:06:42.560 the easiest in terms of what they have in a row, 0:06:42.680 --> 0:06:44.800 and I think there are trappy moments. You know, they 0:06:44.800 --> 0:06:47.279 have Oklahoma and Georgia. I think in consecutive weeks they 0:06:47.320 --> 0:06:50.839 do so Oklahoma of course in Dallas, and Georgia is 0:06:51.880 --> 0:06:52.560 in Auxton. 0:06:52.640 --> 0:06:54.400 Yeah, in Texas it's in Austin. 0:06:54.480 --> 0:06:58.039 Still, that's a horrific back to back for most teams. 0:06:58.080 --> 0:07:00.599 We'll see if it is for Texas. But there's a 0:07:00.640 --> 0:07:03.600 reason they're a contender. There's a reason that, like Okay, 0:07:03.640 --> 0:07:06.560 so their defensive tackles aren't quite where they were last 0:07:06.640 --> 0:07:09.400 year with Biro Murphy and Devandre Sweat. Very few teams 0:07:09.560 --> 0:07:12.880 you know, can say that they are. So I think 0:07:12.920 --> 0:07:15.280 Texas in a great spot. I really really do. We'll 0:07:15.280 --> 0:07:18.800 see like linebacker depth, will see defensive tackle depth, and 0:07:18.800 --> 0:07:20.760 that's when you start getting into the end of the year. 0:07:21.120 --> 0:07:25.040 Their run is looks like what Florida at Arkansas, Kentucky 0:07:25.080 --> 0:07:28.320 at A and M. You know, getting that Kentucky defense 0:07:28.400 --> 0:07:31.720 a week before traveling to College Station. It's just I 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:33.240 don't know if it's going to be trickier as a 0:07:33.240 --> 0:07:36.560 look ahead spot playing against Kentucky or against A and M. 0:07:36.600 --> 0:07:38.960 After in a body blow spot. I mean, the emotion 0:07:39.040 --> 0:07:41.440 will be there, the motivation will be there as they 0:07:41.600 --> 0:07:43.320 reignite that rivalry with. 0:07:43.280 --> 0:07:43.760 A and M. 0:07:44.160 --> 0:07:48.360 But you really can't look at Texas and say like, oh, 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:52.800 here's a major, major question and so yes, it's a 0:07:52.800 --> 0:07:55.560 transition to a new conference. You know, Sark doesn't have, 0:07:56.040 --> 0:07:59.040 you know, the experience game planning against all of these 0:07:59.040 --> 0:08:02.360 defensive coordinators and going to all of these stadiums. But look, 0:08:02.400 --> 0:08:04.120 they go to Alabama and beat them on the road. 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:05.960 Well he kind of does, though he was in the 0:08:06.000 --> 0:08:07.560 SEC before he was at Texas. 0:08:07.640 --> 0:08:10.520 Yes he was. But I'm saying, with this roster, with 0:08:10.600 --> 0:08:13.200 this place whatever. Yeah, but that's me nitpicking, that's me. 0:08:13.640 --> 0:08:15.000 That's a half truth at best. 0:08:15.080 --> 0:08:16.840 I mean, I just think it says an awful lot 0:08:16.880 --> 0:08:20.720 about the job that Sark's done that they lost their 0:08:20.760 --> 0:08:24.880 top running back, their top five wide receivers both Sweat 0:08:24.880 --> 0:08:27.240 and Murphy off the line who you mentioned earlier. 0:08:27.120 --> 0:08:28.760 And they lost their running back like two thirds of 0:08:28.800 --> 0:08:29.840 the way into the year last year. 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:32.280 Yeah, but still the point stands, there's a lot walking 0:08:32.280 --> 0:08:34.079 out the door and they're over under is still ten 0:08:34.120 --> 0:08:36.640 and a half going into what amounts to a much 0:08:36.679 --> 0:08:39.839 TOFTFER Conference. Now the over under is ten and a half. 0:08:41.160 --> 0:08:43.040 I would not bet on Texas going over ten and 0:08:43.080 --> 0:08:45.160 a half. And it's not because I don't like the team. 0:08:45.200 --> 0:08:48.240 It's because so much is changing. I like their talent. 0:08:49.000 --> 0:08:52.120 But to your point of, Okay, they've got Oklahoma and 0:08:52.160 --> 0:08:55.679 Georgia on back to back weeks. Okay, they've got Kentucky 0:08:55.720 --> 0:08:58.960 in that defense a week before squaring off against Texas 0:08:59.000 --> 0:09:02.400 A and M. We don't know yet what the bumps 0:09:02.400 --> 0:09:04.559 in the road are going to be for this team 0:09:04.640 --> 0:09:06.520 going into this conference. 0:09:06.920 --> 0:09:09.760 No, and look, if we're talking about Texas as a 0:09:09.840 --> 0:09:14.480 twenty twenty three playoff team last year, that path is different. 0:09:14.920 --> 0:09:17.840 It is they beat Alabama on the road, but the 0:09:17.880 --> 0:09:20.400 week to week path in getting And this is no 0:09:20.520 --> 0:09:23.640 disrespect intended, because these are a lot of quality teams 0:09:23.679 --> 0:09:26.920 on this listing of teams, but going through Kansas State 0:09:27.000 --> 0:09:30.120 getting Oklahoma State, Texas Tech, a lot of teams that 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:32.760 just don't have the tech, don't have don't recruit on 0:09:32.800 --> 0:09:34.840 the level of a lot of the teams on Texas's 0:09:34.920 --> 0:09:39.800 new schedule. It's a different animal. And the other concern 0:09:39.840 --> 0:09:42.800 I would have with Texas, that's nothing they can control. 0:09:42.840 --> 0:09:45.880 They can't Texas can't control how Kansas recruits, they can't 0:09:45.920 --> 0:09:49.760 control how TC recruits and whatever. But the other animal 0:09:49.800 --> 0:09:53.440 here is something that I think we've we put in 0:09:53.480 --> 0:09:55.720 the past a little bit, where so two years ago 0:09:55.720 --> 0:09:57.840 they struggle in the second halves of games and we're 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:00.600 just like, man, why are they losing this? Why are 0:10:00.600 --> 0:10:02.520 they not scoring this? Why are they swing three points 0:10:02.520 --> 0:10:06.760 in this second half loss to an inferior roster. Last 0:10:06.840 --> 0:10:10.560 year against Washington specifically, they're like, well, the running backs 0:10:10.559 --> 0:10:12.600 are fumbling a little, but they're running for seven yards 0:10:12.600 --> 0:10:15.040 of carry and they've abandoned the run in the second 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:17.080 half and they're putting it all on Quinn yours. Now 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:19.880 Washington has this ability to sort of pin their ears 0:10:19.920 --> 0:10:23.520 back and look at a more predictable second half Texas offense. 0:10:24.360 --> 0:10:28.000 The question then is, like sark toe to toe as 0:10:28.040 --> 0:10:31.360 an offensive coordinator in a big game and proved against 0:10:31.360 --> 0:10:34.000 Alabama on the road for sure last year. Is it 0:10:34.080 --> 0:10:37.880 going to be an every week thing that Texas either 0:10:37.960 --> 0:10:41.240 survives in spite of itself or loses something that they 0:10:41.320 --> 0:10:45.760 might not have had to because of you know, three 0:10:45.880 --> 0:10:49.200 weird three and outs in the second half against Georgia 0:10:49.280 --> 0:10:52.319 against Kentucky against A and M or something like that. 0:10:52.320 --> 0:10:55.040 That would be the concern as things become more difficult. 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:59.439 Yeah, and look, I also think playing this type of 0:10:59.480 --> 0:11:02.959 schedule brings into focus the fact that quinn Ewers has 0:11:03.000 --> 0:11:04.960 had some health concerns in the past. Now they've got 0:11:05.000 --> 0:11:09.200 arch Manning behind him, yep, who hasn't played meaningful snaps. 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:11.680 I think they feel good about their quarterback depth for 0:11:11.760 --> 0:11:15.400 obvious reasons. But one of those other points that I 0:11:15.400 --> 0:11:19.360 think worth is worth mentioning at this early juncture, and 0:11:19.400 --> 0:11:22.440 more to my point of we don't fully know what 0:11:22.520 --> 0:11:25.400 that transition into the SEC will look like. We assume 0:11:25.440 --> 0:11:28.320 it will go rather smoothly in that Texas's position well 0:11:28.360 --> 0:11:31.640 to deal with it. Yeah, but who knows? 0:11:32.120 --> 0:11:35.320 Who knows it's It's also I haven't been in a 0:11:35.320 --> 0:11:37.559 few years, but I've been to a few Texas games. 0:11:38.600 --> 0:11:42.440 It's not always an SEC the best of SEC, even 0:11:42.440 --> 0:11:46.240 though we consider Texas in this grouping. The environment at 0:11:46.280 --> 0:11:51.520 DKR it's a little quieter, it's a little less rowdy, 0:11:51.800 --> 0:11:54.040 it's a little less electric, it's a little bit less 0:11:54.040 --> 0:11:55.920 of a frenzy. Maybe it's changed the last few years 0:11:55.960 --> 0:12:00.880 as they've gotten better, but it's it's not exactly the 0:12:00.880 --> 0:12:04.360 hornet's nest that is multi sport field tie. Let's go 0:12:04.400 --> 0:12:07.959 to Georgia then, I mean, when we did our last episode, 0:12:08.280 --> 0:12:10.280 it seems the two teams that we felt best about 0:12:10.559 --> 0:12:13.920 were Texas and obviously Georgia. Thirteen and one last season 0:12:14.760 --> 0:12:17.960 lost to Alabama in the SEC title game. We'll talk 0:12:17.960 --> 0:12:21.000 about Bama on the next episode. Then went to the 0:12:21.000 --> 0:12:24.920 Orange Bowl and smoked Florida State by sixty points, just 0:12:25.000 --> 0:12:29.040 killed him. Obviously there were reasons for that, okay, but 0:12:29.080 --> 0:12:30.840 Georgia is a very good team, and Georgia was kind 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:32.640 of at full strength going into that game. So now 0:12:32.679 --> 0:12:35.720 going into this new season, they're at a dynasty level 0:12:35.760 --> 0:12:38.160 with this program. Kirby Smartest done a really good job, 0:12:38.600 --> 0:12:40.600 and there's no reason to think that they won't get 0:12:40.640 --> 0:12:41.920 there again. 0:12:42.400 --> 0:12:44.680 This is probably one of those times where I'm supposed 0:12:44.720 --> 0:12:47.480 to have a hot take. I've got the volcano behind me, 0:12:47.559 --> 0:12:49.760 take a toa I've got other takes that will throw 0:12:49.760 --> 0:12:52.240 in that volcano, and I'll play my sound as we 0:12:52.320 --> 0:12:54.000 go through the course of this episode in the one 0:12:54.040 --> 0:12:57.520 after it. But I don't have a take. I don't 0:12:57.520 --> 0:12:59.880 have anything spicy that's going to rack up downloads of 0:13:00.120 --> 0:13:04.560 use or whatever like Georgia is take proof at this 0:13:04.679 --> 0:13:06.440 point from my standpoint. 0:13:05.920 --> 0:13:07.520 At least for on field stuff. 0:13:07.679 --> 0:13:09.960 For on field stuff, yes, of course for onfield So 0:13:10.080 --> 0:13:11.240 not going down that rabbit hole. 0:13:11.240 --> 0:13:13.120 I'm glad you said not going down that road, because 0:13:13.120 --> 0:13:15.160 that would have been an appropriate continue not going down 0:13:15.200 --> 0:13:15.560 that road. 0:13:15.640 --> 0:13:16.080 Beautiful. 0:13:16.160 --> 0:13:17.679 Yeah. 0:13:17.920 --> 0:13:19.840 The best way I can describe this team on the 0:13:19.840 --> 0:13:26.800 field is that they are painfully yet scary. Boring. Okay, 0:13:28.040 --> 0:13:31.360 it's boring. It's boring. We already kind of know what 0:13:31.360 --> 0:13:33.760 we're going to get. And that's despite the loss of 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:36.440 Brock Bowers, the lad McConkie and two guys in the 0:13:36.440 --> 0:13:41.000 backfield and many others. They're twenty ninth nationally in returning production, 0:13:41.120 --> 0:13:45.720 so they lost a lot but still rank very highly 0:13:45.760 --> 0:13:47.560 in terms of what they have coming back, which is 0:13:47.600 --> 0:13:49.880 something of a rarity, if I'm being honest with you. 0:13:49.920 --> 0:13:52.240 Here an elite team from a year ago that has 0:13:52.320 --> 0:13:54.360 this much back. Part of the reason why I like 0:13:54.440 --> 0:13:58.200 Michigan last season, it's popular pick to win the National Championship. 0:13:58.240 --> 0:14:00.720 I wasn't alone in that they have so much back 0:14:00.720 --> 0:14:04.679 from their team in twenty twenty two, obviously there was 0:14:04.720 --> 0:14:06.200 a lot to like. In twenty twenty three, they end 0:14:06.280 --> 0:14:09.720 up winning the National Championship. Not to be cliche, but 0:14:09.760 --> 0:14:11.960 the same is true for Georgia as it was for Texas. 0:14:12.040 --> 0:14:15.240 Where does it start, Dan, It starts up front, and 0:14:15.280 --> 0:14:18.200 this is going to be maybe the four straight year 0:14:18.520 --> 0:14:20.960 where they've got an offensive line that's a finalist for 0:14:21.000 --> 0:14:22.600 the Joe Moore Award, which they give out to the 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:25.000 best offensive line in the country. Yep, you can just 0:14:25.080 --> 0:14:28.040 sort yeah, you can just sort of work backwards from there. Man, 0:14:28.120 --> 0:14:30.800 it's not that complicated. You got a Heisman caliber quarterback 0:14:30.840 --> 0:14:35.200 in Carson Beck. They bring over Trevor Etn from Florida, 0:14:35.800 --> 0:14:38.880 going to run the rock. They've got a stable of 0:14:38.960 --> 0:14:41.280 running backs. If it's not Trevor Etn, plenty of guys 0:14:41.360 --> 0:14:43.880 they could count on their receiver room. Maybe a bit 0:14:43.920 --> 0:14:46.320 weaker now with the dismissal of ra Ra Thomas due 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:49.160 to his legal issues, but still dominic love it and 0:14:49.240 --> 0:14:52.360 Dylan Bell and Colby Young who comes up from Miami, London. 0:14:52.440 --> 0:14:56.200 Humphreys who was a big play guy from Vandy. He 0:14:56.280 --> 0:14:58.720 comes in oh an oscar dealt by the way, all right, 0:14:58.760 --> 0:15:01.960 We're going to talk a lot about Rock Bowers is leaving. 0:15:02.040 --> 0:15:03.920 He was maybe one of the better tight ends in 0:15:03.920 --> 0:15:06.640 the history of the game. Oscar delp is pretty good. 0:15:06.720 --> 0:15:08.880 He was good in relief effort when he had a 0:15:08.880 --> 0:15:12.120 step in for Brock Bowers on a full time basis 0:15:12.200 --> 0:15:14.600 here and there last season. Now he's going to be 0:15:14.640 --> 0:15:14.920 the duke. 0:15:15.040 --> 0:15:17.080 Ro Roh Thomas suspended indefinitely. He was the last thing 0:15:17.120 --> 0:15:17.640 I saw. 0:15:17.520 --> 0:15:20.200 Off the team. He's gone, He's off the team. Yeah, 0:15:20.240 --> 0:15:23.760 Oh okay, I'm just listed off names here. That's not 0:15:23.840 --> 0:15:25.800 the point of this, but it kind of is the 0:15:25.840 --> 0:15:28.720 point of it, right Like if you have been following 0:15:29.360 --> 0:15:32.720 this team, or this show or this damn sport for 0:15:32.800 --> 0:15:34.800 the last handful of years, you know, most of the 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:38.320 names have just rattled off, not a whole lot of 0:15:38.360 --> 0:15:40.400 unknown quantities. And it's kind of the same deal on 0:15:40.480 --> 0:15:44.280 defense too. Loaded up front with Michel Williams, who might 0:15:44.320 --> 0:15:45.960 be a first round draft pick, will be a first 0:15:46.040 --> 0:15:48.760 round draft pick, na Zerr Stackhouse, There's a ton of 0:15:48.800 --> 0:15:52.800 experience in the linebacking corps, high level talent behind them. 0:15:52.800 --> 0:15:55.520 On the depth chart. If anything's weak, I guess it's 0:15:55.560 --> 0:15:59.160 the secondary. But I'm really reaching here. I'm really splitting Harris. 0:15:59.320 --> 0:16:01.280 They got a lot of do it's back there. Yeah, 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:05.960 Georgia's week spots would be many other team's strengths. Again, 0:16:06.000 --> 0:16:08.720 I wish I had something spicier for you, but I don't. 0:16:09.600 --> 0:16:12.520 Well, it's the schedule. I think it's it's not a 0:16:12.560 --> 0:16:16.200 week spot per se, because everybody that they play is 0:16:16.240 --> 0:16:19.480 more terrified of Georgia than Georgia is of it. But 0:16:20.320 --> 0:16:22.440 I think again, if you have the schedule in front 0:16:22.440 --> 0:16:26.280 of you, it's like maybe the most difficult first five 0:16:27.160 --> 0:16:30.520 weeks of defense that a team might play in the country. Again, 0:16:30.800 --> 0:16:33.760 if you're like an average you know, your replacement level team, 0:16:34.080 --> 0:16:37.080 there's no team that I think has a more difficult 0:16:37.320 --> 0:16:41.640 is it? For the first five weeks it's Clemson, Kentucky? 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:42.640 Who else is on there? 0:16:43.040 --> 0:16:47.360 In Kentucky? Alabama, Auburn are the Biggins. And then as 0:16:47.400 --> 0:16:51.360 you get into this week six, Week seven on the 0:16:51.440 --> 0:16:54.440 road at Texas that's on October the nineteenth, that's obviously 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:59.200 going to be the marque matchup of the weekend. So defense, yeah, 0:16:59.240 --> 0:17:02.400 not really in short supply through the first half of 0:17:02.440 --> 0:17:05.719 the Georgia schedule, and it is a more difficult schedule 0:17:05.720 --> 0:17:08.960 than we saw last year, than we saw the year prior. 0:17:09.440 --> 0:17:12.359 It certainly is. I think many of these teams that 0:17:12.359 --> 0:17:16.119 are on this thing have up their game. But I 0:17:16.160 --> 0:17:19.440 still really like Georgia chances just because, again, so many 0:17:19.480 --> 0:17:22.360 known quantities. There's a reason that even with the schedule 0:17:23.280 --> 0:17:26.440 ten and a half ste over under, I don't think 0:17:26.440 --> 0:17:29.160 i'd take the bet. Honestly, I don't think I would. 0:17:29.280 --> 0:17:31.879 I love Georgia, I think George's winning the SEC, but 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:34.199 I'm not taking that bet. It's not because I think 0:17:34.200 --> 0:17:37.320 they're overrated. It's because there are some tough runs here. 0:17:38.200 --> 0:17:42.560 That neutral Cider against Clemson in Week one. Weird things 0:17:42.600 --> 0:17:46.240 happen in Week one. Yeah, at Bamba at Bama. You 0:17:46.240 --> 0:17:49.480 could talk more about Bama on the next episode. Still 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:52.720 a lot of talent there. At Texas at Old Miss. 0:17:52.720 --> 0:17:56.360 Anytime you go on the road in this conference, strange 0:17:56.359 --> 0:17:58.760 things can happen. By the way, that Old Miss game 0:17:59.320 --> 0:18:01.880 is a week after the Florida rivalry and a week 0:18:01.960 --> 0:18:05.560 before a home game against Tennessee. Talk about more beef 0:18:05.600 --> 0:18:07.880 on the schedule. They've got Auburn at home a week 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:08.920 after the Bamba game. 0:18:09.200 --> 0:18:10.919 Yeah, and Auburn gave him a lot of trouble last year. 0:18:10.960 --> 0:18:14.240 Yeah, so I think despite the fact that I really 0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:16.960 like Georgia to win this conference to get back to 0:18:16.960 --> 0:18:19.760 that SEC title game, I think there's a good chance 0:18:19.800 --> 0:18:21.440 George drops one of these and they end up eleven 0:18:21.480 --> 0:18:24.000 to one, they still could hit that over. I don't 0:18:24.040 --> 0:18:26.040 know if they're losing two games, who's. 0:18:25.800 --> 0:18:29.160 Doing like the SEC on ABC, who is the main 0:18:29.600 --> 0:18:33.160 voice of that, like the big game of the week. 0:18:33.200 --> 0:18:34.920 Is it Joe Test I'm assuming it's going to be 0:18:35.000 --> 0:18:35.879 Joe Tess. I don't know. 0:18:36.080 --> 0:18:39.880 My question is this, is there a chance, like come 0:18:39.960 --> 0:18:43.840 week four, Week five, whatever, that whoever is calling Georgia 0:18:44.040 --> 0:18:46.960 a few weeks into the year is going to mention 0:18:47.400 --> 0:18:49.960 that you can tell the Georgia offense for the first 0:18:50.000 --> 0:18:53.159 time in quite some time, really does miss brock Bauers 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:59.680 and lad mconkey because of the safety valve and almost 0:18:59.720 --> 0:19:02.919 like how not underrated because they've gotten a ton of attention, 0:19:03.200 --> 0:19:07.760 and that we just assume that because Georgia recruits this well, 0:19:07.800 --> 0:19:09.520 because they've hit the portal as well as they have, 0:19:10.240 --> 0:19:12.159 that they'll figure it out, which I think is a 0:19:12.200 --> 0:19:14.600 totally fair assumption. You don't get to be this good 0:19:14.680 --> 0:19:17.240 this often without figuring it out. But that was like, 0:19:17.880 --> 0:19:22.040 that was the main stay over two different quarterbacks, three 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:26.520 different seasons in which they were excellent consecutively. That even 0:19:26.560 --> 0:19:28.560 with brock Bauer's injury last year, it was one of 0:19:28.560 --> 0:19:30.159 your favorite kinds of injuries. What did they call it, 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:33.960 the procedure, the tyrope. Yeah, yeah, and lad McConkie was 0:19:33.960 --> 0:19:36.720 injured as well, and they had like ninety something catches 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:38.320 between them last year. It was like one hundred and 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:43.119 twenty the year before that. The successful Georgia offense, as 0:19:43.200 --> 0:19:47.359 much as they leaned on power rushing and bruising teams up, 0:19:47.960 --> 0:19:51.200 that so much of the explosivity of this offense ran 0:19:51.240 --> 0:19:52.360 through brock Bowers. 0:19:52.040 --> 0:19:52.840 In Lad McConkie. 0:19:53.080 --> 0:19:59.040 And that they're underrated, but that we're perhaps underrating their departures. 0:19:59.320 --> 0:20:01.639 Yeah, well, look, and they were mainstays. They were a 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:03.919 big part of that offense. But to the point they 0:20:03.960 --> 0:20:06.399 were both hurt. Yeah, no, they were both dealing with 0:20:06.400 --> 0:20:08.560 a bunch. They needed to figure out how to win 0:20:08.640 --> 0:20:11.679 without those guys, and they did more often than not. 0:20:11.840 --> 0:20:14.800