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Speaker 1: All right, here we go, Pack twelve fans, This one's

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Speaker 1: for you. This it's the Pack twelve Apostles and only

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Speaker 1: the Truth Lives here twelve Apostles Apostles. I'm George Rice, Sir,

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Speaker 1: He's Ralph Ams and and this is the Pack twelve Apostles.

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Speaker 1: The Pack twelve premier podcast where you get the truth.

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Speaker 1: You don't get it sugarcoated. You aren't gonna get some

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Speaker 1: biased opinion. You're gonna get it straight, even if you

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Speaker 1: don't like it. But the season is coming up, people,

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Speaker 1: we are here. Yeah, baby, so exciting. But before we

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Speaker 1: get to our two season preview, we cannot ignore the

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Speaker 1: amperature in the room. We cannot act like it is

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Speaker 1: not sizzling in the back twelve. We can't act like U.

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Speaker 1: C l A and USC aren't trotting well. USC is

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Speaker 1: trotting out the door regardless. USC is trying to get

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Speaker 1: blocked by the regents. Oregon is trying to head out

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Speaker 1: the door. Washington is trying to sneak out without it

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Speaker 1: being making national news, and cows like what about me?

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Speaker 1: What about me? And Stanford's just not saying the damn thing,

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Speaker 1: and the four Corner schools are like, um Yo, can

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Speaker 1: y'all make a decision, because we may just go to

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Speaker 1: the Big twelve if y'all don't. And Commissioner Clicoff is like,

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Speaker 1: I I can't, bro I can't. I don't know why

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Speaker 1: I left MGM for this mess. This is atrocious. And

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Speaker 1: the a c C is still trying to, you know,

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Speaker 1: figure out why they signed a Pack twelve. Do they

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Speaker 1: pull the Larry Scott they signed the worst possible media

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Speaker 1: agreement runs through twenty thirty six. It's a disaster, dude.

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Speaker 1: It is an absolute abject failure by the Pact twelve

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Speaker 1: and by the a c C. Not just by the

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Speaker 1: Pact twelve, but by Larry Scott and the former presidents

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Speaker 1: because pretty much all of them are former presidents except

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Speaker 1: for Michael Crow down to Arizona State. But anyways, so Ralph,

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Speaker 1: with conference expansion happening, USC has gone, and USC fans

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Speaker 1: they keep trying to shoot down Oregon, like, listen, they're

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Speaker 1: not good enough for the Big ten. They're they're the academics.

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Speaker 1: Something out. The only thing Oregan lacks and academics isn't

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Speaker 1: being a research unit of university. It's not because they

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Speaker 1: highly so but then it's a national brand all but

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Speaker 1: USC doesn't want them because of recruiting. And that's the

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Speaker 1: truth and they don't want to admit it. But what's

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Speaker 1: your take on the current status of the PAC twelve.

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Speaker 1: I just want to know. To quote Meek Mills terrible

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Speaker 1: just want to know what's going on so that we

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Speaker 1: gonna be like um from here. Yeah, for us too.

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Speaker 1: And I would love for there to continue to be

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Speaker 1: a Pack twelve. And we have affiliate members of the

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Speaker 1: PAC twelve already for some other sports that maybe deserve

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Speaker 1: uh an invite. Maybe not u CSU Baker's Field, but

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Speaker 1: San Diego State, come on down. We we can get

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Speaker 1: fine if a private university wants to take off like

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Speaker 1: like USC, I don't. I don't think it will be

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Speaker 1: the same, you know, better or worse. We'll find out

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Speaker 1: ten years from now. But I would love for there

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Speaker 1: waiting game. Um, if we're gonna move to if we're

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Speaker 1: what's going on. The average Pack twelve fan, all they

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Speaker 1: the damn game on? Bro? That is? That is a

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Speaker 1: very simple test and question. Now, I actually feel bad

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Speaker 1: for John Wildner, who's been on this program multiple times, right.

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Speaker 1: them staying together is the most likely scenario at this

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Speaker 1: basically like kind of floating out there that if someone's

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Speaker 1: idea of Larry Scott wanted to sell off ten percent

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Speaker 1: it to, Like, that's the problem is in terms of

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Speaker 1: terrestrial television, because it will terrestrial networks if you will, NBC, CBS, ESPN, NBC.

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Speaker 1: Fox says, well, in Fox, they've the the Big twelve

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Speaker 1: get the paramount plus streaming and they get NBC for

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Speaker 1: It could happen. But I'm just I'm sick of sitting

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Speaker 1: at this point in time that that two years from

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Speaker 1: now we're going to have a conference to talk about

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Speaker 1: this very well might be the the the college football apostles.

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Speaker 1: A couple of years from now, we'll see oh yeah, yeah,

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Speaker 1: No divisions, well no, no still divisions for this year,

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Speaker 1: where do we start, Ralph? Well, at well, if anybody

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Speaker 1: conference schedule. Jet Fish is doing some positive things. We're

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Speaker 1: value your time and we're to the point where we're

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Speaker 1: up to like six Pack twelve podcasts, and so if

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Speaker 1: were voted by the Pack twelve finish eleventh this year

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Speaker 1: What would be a what? What would be a good record?

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Speaker 1: overthrow something like that, forces of three and out, Oh buddy,

427
00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,840
Speaker 1: here they come. Because I'm gonna tell you, like, there's

428
00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:38,680
Speaker 1: a lot of really encouraging things about this USC team,

429
00:25:38,800 --> 00:25:41,240
Speaker 1: but there's one big hole. And until they prove that

430
00:25:41,280 --> 00:25:45,120
Speaker 1: it isn't one, it is one, everybody's gonna be trying

431
00:25:45,160 --> 00:25:46,320
Speaker 1: to run the ball on them, and I think cal

432
00:25:46,640 --> 00:25:48,639
Speaker 1: might be able to pull it off. There. They got

433
00:25:48,680 --> 00:25:52,400
Speaker 1: a pretty decent situation. Jack Plumber is got a lot

434
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:54,919
Speaker 1: of experience playing Big ten football. That should be an

435
00:25:54,960 --> 00:25:57,800
Speaker 1: interesting transition from a from a you know a guy

436
00:25:57,840 --> 00:25:59,440
Speaker 1: in Chase Carvers who was more of someone that would

437
00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,679
Speaker 1: go out and make as with his feet, uh and

438
00:26:01,760 --> 00:26:04,400
Speaker 1: just do whatever it took to get the win. Jack

439
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:07,000
Speaker 1: Plumber is your guy who throws like the gorgeous ball

440
00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,360
Speaker 1: that everybody wants, but he's got to do it from

441
00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:11,080
Speaker 1: the pocket. So as long as you can protect him,

442
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,199
Speaker 1: they might be able to do some damage. I like

443
00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:17,440
Speaker 1: your six win prediction. I'm going to throw them an

444
00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:22,520
Speaker 1: extra one, so I'll say seven and five. Who do

445
00:26:22,560 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 1: you think is going to be the m v P

446
00:26:24,840 --> 00:26:33,000
Speaker 1: of this team? Mhm? Because I'm I'm looking at Brett

447
00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:36,800
Speaker 1: Johnson coming back from getting hit by a car and

448
00:26:37,320 --> 00:26:41,600
Speaker 1: and busting his hip, and I've I'm ready for him

449
00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:47,879
Speaker 1: to dominate. I Am going to go with I guess

450
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:52,080
Speaker 1: whoever ends up being their their lead running back, whether

451
00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:57,240
Speaker 1: it's Brooks or more or you know or or Strati

452
00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:01,119
Speaker 1: who whoever ends up being their lead back? That is?

453
00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:04,200
Speaker 1: Who is or Street like, whoever it ends up being

454
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:08,359
Speaker 1: that is, who is going to be their MVP. I

455
00:27:08,400 --> 00:27:10,640
Speaker 1: loved to Carlos Brooks. I'm not sure he's in every

456
00:27:10,680 --> 00:27:15,479
Speaker 1: down and every down guy, um, but maybe it might

457
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,080
Speaker 1: be a committee thing for them. They might have like

458
00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:22,119
Speaker 1: six guys with four yards rushing so they're running backs. Okay,

459
00:27:22,320 --> 00:27:26,119
Speaker 1: I'm gonna say Brett Johnson because I'm gonna go with

460
00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:30,480
Speaker 1: Brett Johnson because I have I genuinely believe that he

461
00:27:30,520 --> 00:27:34,479
Speaker 1: could be the best player in the pack twelve this year. Um.

462
00:27:34,520 --> 00:27:37,359
Speaker 1: I would put even put him on the level of

463
00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 1: Noah Sewell and even even Caleb Williams. I think Brett

464
00:27:42,119 --> 00:27:45,760
Speaker 1: Johnson could be that that guy. I think Brett Johnson

465
00:27:45,760 --> 00:27:48,120
Speaker 1: could be a first round pick. So I'm gonna stick

466
00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:51,160
Speaker 1: with him. What would be an absolute disaster for Cal

467
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,720
Speaker 1: because you know they had Justin Wilcox. This is the

468
00:27:53,760 --> 00:27:56,560
Speaker 1: weirdest thing ever. It's like Justin. It would be like

469
00:27:56,640 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 1: if you worked at a T and T, right and

470
00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:03,080
Speaker 1: and you had an employee who, like, you know, they

471
00:28:03,119 --> 00:28:04,919
Speaker 1: showed up every day, they did their job. They were

472
00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,280
Speaker 1: nice enough, you don't really think anything of them. But

473
00:28:07,400 --> 00:28:10,040
Speaker 1: they came in and they're like, you know, they came

474
00:28:10,080 --> 00:28:11,800
Speaker 1: into work and they're like, man, I just turned down

475
00:28:11,840 --> 00:28:15,159
Speaker 1: a massive race to go work at Verizon. You're like,

476
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:18,280
Speaker 1: oh wow, I mean, I guess why did you do that?

477
00:28:20,080 --> 00:28:23,399
Speaker 1: You must you you must really like it here. And

478
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,640
Speaker 1: then like do you expect me to celebrate you because

479
00:28:26,640 --> 00:28:30,359
Speaker 1: you were just? Okay? So like what it doesn't? What

480
00:28:30,400 --> 00:28:32,960
Speaker 1: does that change about my life? Like? How many cow

481
00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,159
Speaker 1: fans do you know we're jumping for joy that they

482
00:28:35,160 --> 00:28:40,400
Speaker 1: didn't lose Justin Wilcox to Oregon? None or very or

483
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,920
Speaker 1: very few? Right? So I saw on a side note,

484
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:46,440
Speaker 1: I saw Justin a PAC twelve media day. And remember

485
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:52,880
Speaker 1: I played with Justin he he he kind of gotta

486
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,640
Speaker 1: brush me off a little a little bit. I was like, damn,

487
00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:59,520
Speaker 1: coach Older, I have no idea why all right? And

488
00:28:59,520 --> 00:29:01,520
Speaker 1: then see what happens the next time you're up for

489
00:29:01,560 --> 00:29:06,080
Speaker 1: the Oregon job. See if I signed my name to

490
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:14,000
Speaker 1: a letter supporting you. That alright. So now with our

491
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:18,280
Speaker 1: struggle with going alphabetical, is it University of California Los

492
00:29:18,320 --> 00:29:24,320
Speaker 1: Angeles or is it California Los angel We go and

493
00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:28,880
Speaker 1: see or you because that determines no right we have

494
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:33,400
Speaker 1: to we have a right. Then here comes UH. University

495
00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:39,360
Speaker 1: of Colorado is next up, the easternmost for now school

496
00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:43,960
Speaker 1: in the back twelve UM and UH and University of

497
00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:48,760
Speaker 1: Colorado had a truly awful season under Carl Darell, especially offensively.

498
00:29:48,840 --> 00:29:51,520
Speaker 1: Last year they replaced him with an offensive coordinator from

499
00:29:51,560 --> 00:29:58,920
Speaker 1: Minnesota who was not that great good higher Brennan maryon Um.

500
00:29:58,960 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 1: So they're scared edule. It looks way more like a

501
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:09,640
Speaker 1: Stanford schedule than a Colorado schedule because they played TCU,

502
00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:14,440
Speaker 1: air Force and then Minnesota Minnesota. They play those three

503
00:30:14,480 --> 00:30:17,480
Speaker 1: teams to start the game, I mean, to start the season.

504
00:30:17,880 --> 00:30:21,640
Speaker 1: That is a formidable schedule. Yeah, I want to point out,

505
00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:23,440
Speaker 1: I don't know if you've ever been to a game

506
00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:26,800
Speaker 1: in air Force. Yes, I've called the game at air

507
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:29,280
Speaker 1: Force not great, not a great place to play as

508
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:32,520
Speaker 1: a road team. Not great. That's the way said not great.

509
00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:36,280
Speaker 1: Everybody to say it really didn't air force get him

510
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:43,080
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago, they probably did, brod they did. Yeah,

511
00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,760
Speaker 1: this is gonna be it's gonna be interesting. And in Colorado,

512
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:50,360
Speaker 1: Minnesota is circled for me, um because you know p. J.

513
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 1: Fleck is, he's gonna gonna want to come in and

514
00:30:53,720 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: show up. Finish two to one, throw to one, like

515
00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:02,480
Speaker 1: literally possible score. I love it. It's actually not an

516
00:31:02,480 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 1: impossible score because you can actually get at one point safety.

517
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:12,960
Speaker 1: How you haven't seen a one point safety, I've only

518
00:31:13,000 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 1: seen one one. I've actually only seen in a game.

519
00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:20,240
Speaker 1: A one point safety happened in one time ever in

520
00:31:20,280 --> 00:31:22,320
Speaker 1: my life. And and the only reason why I even

521
00:31:22,320 --> 00:31:24,520
Speaker 1: heard of it because it was during an Oregon game.

522
00:31:26,240 --> 00:31:28,440
Speaker 1: Explain to me how that happens. Explain to me at

523
00:31:28,480 --> 00:31:33,280
Speaker 1: one point safety so I can prepare myself for I

524
00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:37,080
Speaker 1: believe it's either on a two point conversion or on

525
00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:41,120
Speaker 1: a field goal attempt I'm sorry, or on an extra

526
00:31:41,160 --> 00:31:46,680
Speaker 1: point attempt, where so it'd be like intercepting the ball

527
00:31:46,800 --> 00:31:49,440
Speaker 1: in the end zone, running out of the end zone,

528
00:31:49,480 --> 00:31:52,320
Speaker 1: but then trying to double back, and then you get

529
00:31:53,920 --> 00:31:59,000
Speaker 1: a safety behind you. No no, no, no no, no no.

530
00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:02,840
Speaker 1: So let's say a team is going for two, they

531
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,920
Speaker 1: throw a pick in the end zone or where or

532
00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 1: on the one yard line. I catch it, and then

533
00:32:09,480 --> 00:32:13,200
Speaker 1: in trying to go run for a touchdown, I go

534
00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:18,040
Speaker 1: back in the end zone and then end up tackled

535
00:32:18,080 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 1: in the end zone after passing the goal. All right,

536
00:32:22,840 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 1: so it is possible, but it wouldn't be possible in

537
00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:26,680
Speaker 1: the two to win game because then there would be

538
00:32:26,720 --> 00:32:33,320
Speaker 1: no conversion. Oh true, what do you think? What's so?

539
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:35,040
Speaker 1: What do you think Colorado's record is going to be?

540
00:32:37,680 --> 00:32:42,560
Speaker 1: So they're gonna start out oh and three proof then

541
00:32:42,680 --> 00:32:46,160
Speaker 1: loose to u C l A. It's a get to

542
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:51,280
Speaker 1: pick them against Arizona. So that's a one possible, one

543
00:32:51,360 --> 00:32:55,800
Speaker 1: possible with Cow, depending on but Cow's defense is gonna

544
00:32:55,880 --> 00:32:59,080
Speaker 1: lean on them too much and unless Plumber is either

545
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 1: hurt or you know, like so that could be a

546
00:33:02,480 --> 00:33:08,640
Speaker 1: pick um game. They're not gonna lose to Oregon State Arizona,

547
00:33:08,680 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 1: I guess technically, so they're not gonna beat Oregon or USC.

548
00:33:15,600 --> 00:33:19,000
Speaker 1: They're not gonna win at Washington because as long as

549
00:33:19,280 --> 00:33:23,760
Speaker 1: Michael Panox Jr. Is healthy and they're definitely they're fucking

550
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:31,880
Speaker 1: for sure not be in Utah. So so there's three

551
00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:37,400
Speaker 1: possible wins, right, possible wins and this feels like spades, right.

552
00:33:37,680 --> 00:33:41,320
Speaker 1: So so if you have like three three possibles, you

553
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:43,880
Speaker 1: might get three wins, you might get one, or you

554
00:33:43,960 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 1: might get none. So I'm gonna go with two wins, Okay,

555
00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 1: I will I will match the two win prediction. I

556
00:33:52,920 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 1: will say to Inten, who do you think the m

557
00:33:57,520 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 1: v P of this team is going to be? Which

558
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 1: is a It's a tough one for me because I

559
00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 1: still am not acent sure what they're doing at quarterback,

560
00:34:04,920 --> 00:34:06,760
Speaker 1: whether they're gonna are they going to run it back

561
00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:08,480
Speaker 1: with Brendon Lewis or is it j T. Shroud? I

562
00:34:08,520 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 1: don't who. No, I mean, it looks like Brendan Lewis

563
00:34:12,680 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 1: is winning the competition right now, I believe, but yeah,

564
00:34:17,120 --> 00:34:19,800
Speaker 1: or it could be J T. Shrout because JAYZ Shroud

565
00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:27,919
Speaker 1: was hurt in the spring, so well, have it MVP

566
00:34:28,040 --> 00:34:32,000
Speaker 1: on the team that bad on a two intent team?

567
00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:36,440
Speaker 1: Not necessarily, I will say, I'm gonna go out on

568
00:34:36,440 --> 00:34:38,719
Speaker 1: a limb. And I know that we've made this whole

569
00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 1: podcast over the summer a joke about you know, nobody

570
00:34:41,719 --> 00:34:44,280
Speaker 1: mentioning J T. Shroud and so then by my extension,

571
00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:46,080
Speaker 1: I was kind of rooting for him to do something special.

572
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,759
Speaker 1: But something in me is kind of a Brendan Lewis believer.

573
00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:56,960
Speaker 1: Like there were flashes last year, um, small flashes. But

574
00:34:58,560 --> 00:35:03,239
Speaker 1: I'll say Brandon Lewis, uh, which you know Willner thinks

575
00:35:03,280 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 1: he's going to get the job. I just this team.

576
00:35:06,239 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 1: And then what's funny is they somehow they still have

577
00:35:09,239 --> 00:35:14,439
Speaker 1: like all eighty five scholarships filled. That's wow. What would

578
00:35:14,440 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 1: be a giant success for them? Would you say a bowl?

579
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:21,640
Speaker 1: Because it's weird a bowl that that's not within reach?

580
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:27,280
Speaker 1: So let's yes, yes, I think beating Air Force would

581
00:35:27,280 --> 00:35:30,120
Speaker 1: be a nice start. But I do think we're probably

582
00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:34,200
Speaker 1: looking at a full turnover of the entire staff. I

583
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:36,359
Speaker 1: just it just doesn't look good for man. I don't

584
00:35:36,360 --> 00:35:37,920
Speaker 1: know what to say. I would love to be surprised.

585
00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 1: I like Colorado. I think their fans are great, especially

586
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 1: when they're fantastic. Yeah, but I don't know. I don't

587
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 1: know what to say here. I think to to intend

588
00:35:48,200 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 1: and anything. I don't think there's anything because if they

589
00:35:52,120 --> 00:35:53,799
Speaker 1: go five and seven, do you really think they're gonna

590
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,840
Speaker 1: bring Carl Derail back anything short of a bowl. Do

591
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:57,439
Speaker 1: you think it's coming back? And you said a bowl

592
00:35:57,480 --> 00:36:03,720
Speaker 1: is not possible? Yes, yes, five five wins? He should

593
00:36:03,880 --> 00:36:07,759
Speaker 1: he should be celebrated if he gets five wins. All right,

594
00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 1: I guess we will see. Uh. Next up, we got

595
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:18,080
Speaker 1: your Oregon Ducks UM, which has a UH national champion

596
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:22,239
Speaker 1: for a head coach, a bunch of former heirs on

597
00:36:22,280 --> 00:36:27,759
Speaker 1: the state g as on the coaching staff, UM, a

598
00:36:27,920 --> 00:36:34,440
Speaker 1: lot of very very talented players, uh, especially on the

599
00:36:34,480 --> 00:36:37,480
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball, and a huge question mark

600
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 1: as to how they're gonna jail on offense. What when

601
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:43,600
Speaker 1: you look at Oregon schedule, what are you thinking their

602
00:36:43,600 --> 00:36:52,359
Speaker 1: record could be? Okay, So now I believe that they

603
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:56,480
Speaker 1: can win this Georgia game. And remember, I'm the same guy.

604
00:36:56,920 --> 00:37:02,799
Speaker 1: How did I feel about the Ohio State game last year? Ralph?

605
00:37:02,800 --> 00:37:05,680
Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure that when when when they started winning

606
00:37:05,680 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 1: that game, it was a bunch of I told you so,

607
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:11,279
Speaker 1: it's from your end, yes, if I'm remembering correctly, correct, Yes,

608
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:14,600
Speaker 1: I would I called that one from jump. Now this

609
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:20,120
Speaker 1: Georgia game, I believe that they can win the game,

610
00:37:20,360 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 1: like like this is not gonna be a game where

611
00:37:22,560 --> 00:37:25,480
Speaker 1: this gets out of hand at all. If there's anybody

612
00:37:25,480 --> 00:37:28,319
Speaker 1: who knows how to attack this defense, it's probably going

613
00:37:28,360 --> 00:37:31,839
Speaker 1: to be Dan Landing. Well, yes, and they lost so

614
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:36,279
Speaker 1: many players. They lost their best, their top two wideouts

615
00:37:36,360 --> 00:37:40,000
Speaker 1: as well, one transfer to Alabama, other one, George Pickens,

616
00:37:40,040 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 1: is in the NFL. They're clearly really good at the

617
00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,359
Speaker 1: tight end spot with Washington and the other kid from

618
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 1: out here in Cali, and George's running back situation is

619
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:53,359
Speaker 1: always good. But this is a game Oregon can definitely win,

620
00:37:54,560 --> 00:37:58,520
Speaker 1: and I'm actually excited to see how Dan Landing is

621
00:37:58,560 --> 00:38:00,640
Speaker 1: able to do with this team. But is they have

622
00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: a lot of potential and they return a ton of talent.

623
00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 1: They They've never Oregon has never, in terms of the

624
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:10,800
Speaker 1: blue chip rating, had as much talent on their team

625
00:38:10,840 --> 00:38:13,440
Speaker 1: as they have now. Like that, despite all the great

626
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 1: years and all of that, they have not had that

627
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,239
Speaker 1: much talent on the team. Is that as that they

628
00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:24,840
Speaker 1: have had now? So with that being said, I believe

629
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:29,839
Speaker 1: that the Oregon Ducks will finish with ten wins this year.

630
00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:34,640
Speaker 1: Ten ten wins. I And the only reason why I'm

631
00:38:34,680 --> 00:38:39,200
Speaker 1: not going higher than that is because of I am

632
00:38:39,320 --> 00:38:45,920
Speaker 1: not sure about the quarterback position if bo Nix is,

633
00:38:45,960 --> 00:38:48,080
Speaker 1: because I think both Nix is gonna end up starting.

634
00:38:48,520 --> 00:38:51,360
Speaker 1: If he makes it through the whole season as the starter,

635
00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:55,359
Speaker 1: that's optimal scenario, you know what I mean. But if

636
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 1: you end up in a situation to where you're shuffling quarterbacks,

637
00:38:58,280 --> 00:39:03,680
Speaker 1: that's a disaster. Bro does past. Yeah, I would imagine

638
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 1: that it's gonna be pretty hard for Dan Landing and

639
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:11,480
Speaker 1: Kenny Dillingham to not start. Bo Knicks it, I mean,

640
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:16,680
Speaker 1: think about it. This will be his fourth time playing Georgia.

641
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:21,880
Speaker 1: Damn fourth time. This would be his fourth start against Georgia.

642
00:39:22,800 --> 00:39:25,120
Speaker 1: Now I'm not I don't think has he has he

643
00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 1: won any of them. I don't think he's beaten Georgia.

644
00:39:28,040 --> 00:39:31,359
Speaker 1: His best game was his freshman year nineteen home game.

645
00:39:31,640 --> 00:39:36,279
Speaker 1: He's thirty for fifty with one touchdown and known receptions yards.

646
00:39:36,320 --> 00:39:38,759
Speaker 1: His last two times against Georgia, he didn't throw a

647
00:39:38,800 --> 00:39:42,680
Speaker 1: touchdown pass. Uh. He wasn't the reason they lost, but

648
00:39:42,719 --> 00:39:45,279
Speaker 1: he didn't do anything to help him win the game.

649
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,640
Speaker 1: So you know, he he I think, and that was

650
00:39:48,680 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 1: a lot of the thing with bow Knicks is kind

651
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:52,600
Speaker 1: of the same thing with Jaden Daniels at Arizona State.

652
00:39:52,680 --> 00:39:55,160
Speaker 1: Is he had that freshman year or do sixteen touchdown,

653
00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:58,680
Speaker 1: six interceptions yards, and then the assumption was that he

654
00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:01,319
Speaker 1: was gonna make a big leap, But obviously Auburn had

655
00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 1: as much upheaval as it did. But I'm just saying

656
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,719
Speaker 1: there's not not only is there not gonna any surprises.

657
00:40:06,000 --> 00:40:08,200
Speaker 1: Probably last year's Auburn Georgia game was one of the

658
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:10,399
Speaker 1: roughest that he's ever had. We're talking like, I think

659
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:14,320
Speaker 1: he got sacked like ten times, So you know, their

660
00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:18,680
Speaker 1: defensive line is gone for the most part. He's uh,

661
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:21,200
Speaker 1: he's gonna, you know, have to deal with some pretty

662
00:40:21,200 --> 00:40:24,880
Speaker 1: talented defensive backfield. But I think that Oregon's offensive line

663
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:26,759
Speaker 1: will be up for the job. I just if I'm

664
00:40:26,840 --> 00:40:29,359
Speaker 1: Dan Landing, it's just very difficult for me to not

665
00:40:29,880 --> 00:40:32,359
Speaker 1: go with the guy who has so much experience, Like

666
00:40:32,440 --> 00:40:36,960
Speaker 1: for for Ty Thompson's first start to be essentially a

667
00:40:37,200 --> 00:40:42,000
Speaker 1: road game against Georgia that unless he's clear and far

668
00:40:42,080 --> 00:40:46,160
Speaker 1: and away the best quarterback, like, that's a different situation.

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Speaker 1: So what do you think Oregon's record will be? Because

670
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:52,120
Speaker 1: they have Eastern Washington second and then b Y U third,

671
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,680
Speaker 1: and as far as they're packed twelve schedule, they just

672
00:40:55,840 --> 00:41:04,080
Speaker 1: don't play Arizona State and USC. Shoot, I was about

673
00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:06,880
Speaker 1: to kind of laugh at you, um, but it'd be

674
00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:09,879
Speaker 1: hard to not have If they beat b YU, they're

675
00:41:09,880 --> 00:41:13,400
Speaker 1: getting ten wins, because that would mean that they just

676
00:41:13,400 --> 00:41:15,279
Speaker 1: have to get six in conference. And I think that

677
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:19,040
Speaker 1: they're probably uh far and away the strongest team in

678
00:41:19,080 --> 00:41:22,480
Speaker 1: the North UM, which is down a little bit, and

679
00:41:22,520 --> 00:41:28,360
Speaker 1: they're definitely top three in the South. So they played

680
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:32,080
Speaker 1: three they played three teams that are ranked right now, Georgia,

681
00:41:32,160 --> 00:41:35,040
Speaker 1: b y U, and Utah. I think there's a chance.

682
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,440
Speaker 1: I think that you see a label finished the season ranked.

683
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:44,759
Speaker 1: So they're gonna have games against four ranked teams this year. Yeah, ah, man,

684
00:41:44,840 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 1: if they if they they start out, i'm gonna change.

685
00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:50,560
Speaker 1: I'm gonna change. I'm gonna say down in three, I'm

686
00:41:50,560 --> 00:41:53,160
Speaker 1: gonna stay down in three maybe, but but but obviously

687
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:55,320
Speaker 1: I'm having them is one of the teams playing in

688
00:41:55,360 --> 00:41:57,800
Speaker 1: the conference championship. I believe it will be them in Utah,

689
00:41:57,840 --> 00:41:59,839
Speaker 1: So with a shot at ten, but I'm gonna say

690
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:02,200
Speaker 1: no and three, I'm gonna play safer. I talked myself

691
00:42:02,239 --> 00:42:05,839
Speaker 1: out of it. Alright, all right, who's the next team?

692
00:42:05,840 --> 00:42:10,040
Speaker 1: Because since we're going in alphabetical order, I bet you

693
00:42:10,080 --> 00:42:14,560
Speaker 1: I can guess it right, it would be be your Beaver's.

694
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,080
Speaker 1: Did you ever really like, was that really when you

695
00:42:17,120 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 1: were in Oregon? Was that rivalry? You know? I know

696
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,600
Speaker 1: I understand that it's always been secondary, but did it

697
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:26,120
Speaker 1: feel more heated than other games like against Stanford USC

698
00:42:26,320 --> 00:42:30,640
Speaker 1: or something? No? No, really, no, no it did not.

699
00:42:31,560 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 1: It was a situation to where the Beaver you just

700
00:42:36,800 --> 00:42:40,239
Speaker 1: didn't want to lose to them, you mean, like like

701
00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:44,320
Speaker 1: it was just more I don't lose to these fools,

702
00:42:44,680 --> 00:42:48,320
Speaker 1: do not because because they act like they won the

703
00:42:49,040 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 1: freaking Super Bowl when they when they beat you, because

704
00:42:53,040 --> 00:42:56,759
Speaker 1: I lost to them when Chad Johnson was there. That

705
00:42:56,840 --> 00:43:00,239
Speaker 1: was tough. Bro. Was that the they had? Like that

706
00:43:00,280 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 1: was when they went to the Fiesta Bowl yep. And

707
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 1: guess whatever their quarterback was? Um? Was it Jonathan Smith? Yes?

708
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:15,799
Speaker 1: It was Jonathan Smith. Cool and they had Ken Simonton

709
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:20,319
Speaker 1: and that whole joints. Yeah, So that was a good

710
00:43:20,360 --> 00:43:24,560
Speaker 1: football team. Um. They played Boise State, Fresno State in

711
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:29,720
Speaker 1: Montana State in the preseason and during the regular season

712
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:37,440
Speaker 1: they avoid U c l A and Arizona. Okay, so

713
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:40,360
Speaker 1: we're we were talking a lot about North Dakota State, Arizona.

714
00:43:40,400 --> 00:43:44,360
Speaker 1: But should we talk about Montana State Oregon State? Because

715
00:43:44,480 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 1: Montana State is one of the best FCS programs. Didn't

716
00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:50,040
Speaker 1: I feel like they lost in the championship last year

717
00:43:50,120 --> 00:43:52,719
Speaker 1: or something like that, they lost in North Dakota State

718
00:43:52,800 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 1: or something. Yeah, so that's dangerous. Um the I'm I'm

719
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:00,759
Speaker 1: sick of Jake Hayter. I thought he's gonna put for Washington.

720
00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:04,360
Speaker 1: To know that, to know that Roy Packswell teams have

721
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:07,720
Speaker 1: to deal with Jay Caner. I mean you you remember

722
00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:10,239
Speaker 1: last year we were well, yeah, we're raising him all

723
00:44:10,280 --> 00:44:18,239
Speaker 1: the time. So, um, if if if, if, if they

724
00:44:18,280 --> 00:44:22,000
Speaker 1: start the season oh and three, what does that mean?

725
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:25,680
Speaker 1: I think you got shot at three and oh. But

726
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:30,279
Speaker 1: like they can't start owing three, Oh my god, they can't.

727
00:44:30,280 --> 00:44:32,759
Speaker 1: They If they start owing three, they're not making a

728
00:44:32,800 --> 00:44:35,840
Speaker 1: bowl game first thing. And I think that bowl game

729
00:44:36,080 --> 00:44:38,640
Speaker 1: is the goal this year. So I'm actually gonna give

730
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:42,520
Speaker 1: them six and six. I have them going three and

731
00:44:42,600 --> 00:44:45,279
Speaker 1: oh to start, and then I think that they have

732
00:44:45,400 --> 00:44:50,000
Speaker 1: a good shot against Washington State, Colorado, Washington, Cal and

733
00:44:50,080 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 1: Arizona State, right and and and against USC just because

734
00:44:57,640 --> 00:45:02,200
Speaker 1: of a brand of football that they play. I'm gonna

735
00:45:02,200 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 1: I think I'm gonna give him one extra win. I

736
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:06,640
Speaker 1: think I'm gonna give him seven and five. But like

737
00:45:06,760 --> 00:45:11,040
Speaker 1: that would be the nightmare scenario for me um is

738
00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:13,960
Speaker 1: that you know, they go into year three of having

739
00:45:14,000 --> 00:45:17,400
Speaker 1: the same starting quarterback, he doesn't take a step forward,

740
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:25,560
Speaker 1: and uh and you you go into conference play windless

741
00:45:25,680 --> 00:45:28,080
Speaker 1: because you're out of conference schedule. It was like sneaky

742
00:45:28,120 --> 00:45:31,480
Speaker 1: one of the artists in the entire pack twelve. Yeah,

743
00:45:31,520 --> 00:45:34,759
Speaker 1: that's tough right there, because it's not like they have

744
00:45:34,960 --> 00:45:39,920
Speaker 1: they don't have any Organs. Is the who do we

745
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:43,520
Speaker 1: look at? So Oregon's this tough obviously with Georgia and

746
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:48,480
Speaker 1: the y U and and Eastern Washington is sneaky too.

747
00:45:48,960 --> 00:45:53,399
Speaker 1: And it was somebody else, somebody else had a very

748
00:45:53,480 --> 00:45:57,200
Speaker 1: tough I think that's cal who has a very tough

749
00:45:57,239 --> 00:46:01,160
Speaker 1: And you said, what TCU or a Colored Colorado had

750
00:46:01,200 --> 00:46:04,200
Speaker 1: TCU air Force. Yeah, I mean what I'm talking about,

751
00:46:04,200 --> 00:46:07,960
Speaker 1: So your yeah, TCU air Force. And then Minnesota, so

752
00:46:08,040 --> 00:46:12,240
Speaker 1: they played twelve, well eleven Power five games and twelve,

753
00:46:12,400 --> 00:46:18,120
Speaker 1: like you know, legitimate football games. Yeah, and Okay, so

754
00:46:18,560 --> 00:46:20,960
Speaker 1: but I just I'm looking Organ States at a conference

755
00:46:21,000 --> 00:46:23,840
Speaker 1: and I see the class of the FCS, the class

756
00:46:23,840 --> 00:46:27,160
Speaker 1: of the FBS, and the best FB are the group

757
00:46:27,239 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: of five and the best FBS group of five quarterback

758
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:33,920
Speaker 1: on the planet right now, and those three things are like, Uh,

759
00:46:34,160 --> 00:46:35,360
Speaker 1: there's a couple of players I want to give a

760
00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:36,880
Speaker 1: shout out to. I don't know if they'll ever hear this,

761
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,680
Speaker 1: but I'm a big Achelly Arnold fan. He's a he's

762
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:41,400
Speaker 1: a redshirt sophomore coming, and I think he can make

763
00:46:41,400 --> 00:46:44,640
Speaker 1: a big contribution. Tay John Lindsay has been in college forever.

764
00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:49,239
Speaker 1: It feels like yeah, yeah, but I think the person

765
00:46:49,280 --> 00:46:50,880
Speaker 1: that could really be m VP of this team and

766
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:54,400
Speaker 1: possibly even be a shutdown corner is Region right. Yeah.

767
00:46:54,440 --> 00:46:58,360
Speaker 1: I really like if you if you watched Last Chance

768
00:46:58,480 --> 00:47:01,000
Speaker 1: you then you know who he is. And his brother

769
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:05,120
Speaker 1: played there as well, and he now plays for the Cowboys. Yeah,

770
00:47:05,160 --> 00:47:08,759
Speaker 1: and and you know, I think that your your boys there.

771
00:47:09,040 --> 00:47:12,319
Speaker 1: Travis Throckmorton, he has a freshman quarterback. Hopefully he doesn't

772
00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:14,160
Speaker 1: play this year. Hope, because I think that would probably

773
00:47:14,160 --> 00:47:16,480
Speaker 1: be disastrous. They probably have to run through three quarterbacks.

774
00:47:16,480 --> 00:47:18,160
Speaker 1: To get to him. But when I look at guys

775
00:47:18,200 --> 00:47:19,520
Speaker 1: like him and some of the recruits are bringing in,

776
00:47:19,560 --> 00:47:21,759
Speaker 1: I see a really bright future. The only way to

777
00:47:21,800 --> 00:47:23,359
Speaker 1: keep that train going those two get to a Bowl

778
00:47:23,440 --> 00:47:26,640
Speaker 1: this year. Yeah. Yeah, If they get to a bowl,

779
00:47:26,960 --> 00:47:29,560
Speaker 1: they're recruiting is going to continue to take an uptick.

780
00:47:29,880 --> 00:47:32,800
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784
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Speaker 1: do we have up next? Alphabetically? Stanford, you just got

785
00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:51,080
Speaker 1: off the phone with David chaw Right. You talk to him.

786
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:58,520
Speaker 1: What was that conversation? Like? He was he okay, So

787
00:47:58,800 --> 00:48:02,839
Speaker 1: he's super smart and he's always prepared for everything, and

788
00:48:02,960 --> 00:48:07,279
Speaker 1: he's aware of the evolution that is needed. Because I

789
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:11,319
Speaker 1: asked him a pointed question about offense and when it's

790
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:15,480
Speaker 1: time to change in Stanford's identity, he was like, you

791
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:19,319
Speaker 1: have to lean into your personnel. He was like, sometimes

792
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:23,600
Speaker 1: people don't lean into their person personnel. They try to

793
00:48:23,600 --> 00:48:26,759
Speaker 1: fit a square peg in around hole. And he kind

794
00:48:26,760 --> 00:48:31,440
Speaker 1: of hinted at that they had done that before and

795
00:48:31,560 --> 00:48:33,960
Speaker 1: that they are going to change, and he was like

796
00:48:34,160 --> 00:48:37,840
Speaker 1: and then sometimes Stanford itself has been pigeonholed because of

797
00:48:37,880 --> 00:48:41,360
Speaker 1: the way that they play, and people haven't always identified

798
00:48:41,440 --> 00:48:47,919
Speaker 1: when they have done things a different way, so different way,

799
00:48:48,000 --> 00:48:52,879
Speaker 1: like West, I know when they've thrown the ball a lot,

800
00:48:53,280 --> 00:48:56,120
Speaker 1: and they're like, why are you throwing the ball so much?

801
00:48:56,239 --> 00:48:58,680
Speaker 1: And they're like, bro, because that's our strength right now.

802
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:03,560
Speaker 1: So um, and he talked about the tight ends and

803
00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:06,440
Speaker 1: how they've been able to recruit the right guys because

804
00:49:06,440 --> 00:49:10,200
Speaker 1: they have a model for what they're looking for. So yeah,

805
00:49:10,320 --> 00:49:17,520
Speaker 1: so um Stanford this year, I am listening. They are

806
00:49:17,600 --> 00:49:20,200
Speaker 1: always tough for me to pick because I believe in

807
00:49:20,320 --> 00:49:24,680
Speaker 1: David Shaw the human being. Right. Yeah. I don't like

808
00:49:24,719 --> 00:49:28,360
Speaker 1: the way Stanford does things with their you know, on campus,

809
00:49:28,480 --> 00:49:31,160
Speaker 1: with with the athletes and all that, treating them literally

810
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:36,160
Speaker 1: like their regular students because they're not. But they played Colgate,

811
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:40,399
Speaker 1: USC Washington to start. And there are other nonconference games

812
00:49:40,400 --> 00:49:44,160
Speaker 1: though are Notre Dame and b y U. So b

813
00:49:44,400 --> 00:49:46,680
Speaker 1: y U is playing a pack twelve schedule again this year.

814
00:49:47,080 --> 00:49:52,560
Speaker 1: But um, you have ah, they have a tough schedule

815
00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:57,240
Speaker 1: because they have USC, Oregon, U, C l A Utah,

816
00:49:57,719 --> 00:50:01,239
Speaker 1: B y U and Notre Dame all on the same schedule. Bro, Like,

817
00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:04,840
Speaker 1: if they win, if they go seven and five, that

818
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:10,479
Speaker 1: would be a win, that would be an absolute win, right,

819
00:50:10,719 --> 00:50:12,600
Speaker 1: And I do not have them going seven and five.

820
00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:15,760
Speaker 1: But I will say when I first saw this schedule,

821
00:50:15,880 --> 00:50:18,759
Speaker 1: I was like, oh, man, like what a nightmare. This

822
00:50:18,840 --> 00:50:21,120
Speaker 1: was the when when the Pactole schedule at least happened.

823
00:50:21,120 --> 00:50:23,200
Speaker 1: I think we talked about it on our podcast back then.

824
00:50:23,239 --> 00:50:25,799
Speaker 1: It was like, Oh, the schedule is doing absolutely no

825
00:50:25,920 --> 00:50:31,400
Speaker 1: favors to to Stanford. They you know, they got uh,

826
00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:35,319
Speaker 1: they got Oregon and Notre Dame on the road. They

827
00:50:35,320 --> 00:50:39,520
Speaker 1: have Utah on the road, like they they b y

828
00:50:39,640 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 1: U is coming to them the USC games so early

829
00:50:42,440 --> 00:50:45,360
Speaker 1: in the season. But I'm looking at it now, and

830
00:50:45,400 --> 00:50:47,319
Speaker 1: the one thing that stands out to me that could

831
00:50:47,320 --> 00:50:49,640
Speaker 1: really set the tone for them is they get to

832
00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:52,200
Speaker 1: play two games and immediately take a week off. They

833
00:50:52,239 --> 00:50:54,600
Speaker 1: have two weeks to not only prepare for Washington, but

834
00:50:54,760 --> 00:50:59,759
Speaker 1: figure out more about themselves. And yeah, and I and

835
00:50:59,800 --> 00:51:02,520
Speaker 1: I think that that's one thing that they always do

836
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:06,880
Speaker 1: well is adjust as the season goes. The biggest problem

837
00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:08,680
Speaker 1: for them the last couple of years because they have

838
00:51:08,760 --> 00:51:12,160
Speaker 1: not had the personnel defensively to be able to maintain

839
00:51:12,440 --> 00:51:15,280
Speaker 1: any like it's been a it's it's been a skill issue,

840
00:51:15,280 --> 00:51:19,160
Speaker 1: not a will issue. Right, they did not have anybody

841
00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:21,800
Speaker 1: on the defensive line that could that could plug holes

842
00:51:22,239 --> 00:51:25,880
Speaker 1: nor put an opposing quarterback under any type of pressure.

843
00:51:26,280 --> 00:51:28,000
Speaker 1: And if that's gonna be the case this year, when

844
00:51:28,040 --> 00:51:31,399
Speaker 1: we say that we're not USC believers, you know, well,

845
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:36,120
Speaker 1: USC's defensive line is twice as good as Stanford's. Like,

846
00:51:36,640 --> 00:51:38,720
Speaker 1: how bad is it gonna be for for the Cardinal

847
00:51:38,760 --> 00:51:45,839
Speaker 1: this year? Um, I'm okay, I'm i'll I'll give them

848
00:51:45,920 --> 00:51:51,080
Speaker 1: one extra game at six and six, But I think

849
00:51:51,120 --> 00:51:54,520
Speaker 1: they really like those home games are gonna be super important,

850
00:51:54,560 --> 00:51:56,960
Speaker 1: and the Washington game if they don't beat Washington, I

851
00:51:56,960 --> 00:51:58,919
Speaker 1: don't know if they get to six wins, but those

852
00:51:58,960 --> 00:52:01,160
Speaker 1: home games, like they have to they have to beat

853
00:52:01,160 --> 00:52:03,320
Speaker 1: b YU, have beat Washington State, have to be Arizona

854
00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:06,839
Speaker 1: State at home. Those are non negotiables. Right. The USC game,

855
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:11,880
Speaker 1: we'll see they they obviously both teams. Remember what happened

856
00:52:11,920 --> 00:52:14,760
Speaker 1: last year they got Clay help fired beating the snot

857
00:52:14,760 --> 00:52:17,080
Speaker 1: at the USC. I think USC is gonna be extra

858
00:52:17,120 --> 00:52:18,680
Speaker 1: motivated and they're not going to come in with the

859
00:52:18,760 --> 00:52:20,840
Speaker 1: scale of a game plan, so that one's gonna be

860
00:52:20,840 --> 00:52:23,479
Speaker 1: a little bit tougher. But every other home game, because

861
00:52:23,480 --> 00:52:25,160
Speaker 1: they don't have that many, they have to win. They

862
00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:28,080
Speaker 1: have to take advantage of them. So um and that

863
00:52:28,160 --> 00:52:30,719
Speaker 1: Colgate game, like that's a non negotiable. They gotta win

864
00:52:30,760 --> 00:52:36,400
Speaker 1: by filing oh for sure, losing to a toothpaste company,

865
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:43,880
Speaker 1: Donald Oil. Right, alright, next team up, KLA. Now, this

866
00:52:44,120 --> 00:52:50,920
Speaker 1: schedule is atrocious, atrocious Bowling Green, Alabama State. They're not

867
00:52:51,000 --> 00:52:54,719
Speaker 1: their fault though, right, correct, because they did get canceled

868
00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:59,760
Speaker 1: on Yeah, okay, okay, So the Bowling Green, Alabama State

869
00:53:00,280 --> 00:53:06,520
Speaker 1: and South Alabama mm hmm. And uh so those are

870
00:53:06,560 --> 00:53:10,359
Speaker 1: their three nine conference games. You have collar and then

871
00:53:10,400 --> 00:53:19,799
Speaker 1: they play they avoid Oregon State and Washington State. Now,

872
00:53:19,960 --> 00:53:21,919
Speaker 1: as a u c L A season ticket holder, which

873
00:53:21,920 --> 00:53:26,760
Speaker 1: you are, are you going to any of the first

874
00:53:26,760 --> 00:53:31,960
Speaker 1: three games. There's not a snowball's chance in hell that

875
00:53:32,080 --> 00:53:37,080
Speaker 1: you will catch me in the stands like not watching

876
00:53:37,160 --> 00:53:40,400
Speaker 1: other football like where I could be watching other football

877
00:53:40,440 --> 00:53:43,840
Speaker 1: games all the kick and it takes all day for

878
00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:45,480
Speaker 1: you to go anywhere because you're in l A. But

879
00:53:45,520 --> 00:53:49,680
Speaker 1: the games are at two o'clock, uh to five and two,

880
00:53:50,239 --> 00:53:52,359
Speaker 1: So you really would have to miss a full day

881
00:53:52,360 --> 00:53:55,960
Speaker 1: of college football. No, no, no, it's that eleven thirty,

882
00:53:56,640 --> 00:54:00,280
Speaker 1: that's right on East Coast time, even thirty two and eleven.

883
00:54:01,840 --> 00:54:06,359
Speaker 1: I will be at my kids football games instead. Do

884
00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:08,799
Speaker 1: you think that Alabama State is going to bring the

885
00:54:08,800 --> 00:54:13,000
Speaker 1: band with him? I hope they do. It'll be so fun.

886
00:54:13,440 --> 00:54:18,680
Speaker 1: I hope they do. Yeah. Yeah, this schedule, This schedule

887
00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:22,719
Speaker 1: is dookie. Oregon on the road is tough. Other than that,

888
00:54:22,840 --> 00:54:27,200
Speaker 1: it's all. If they don't win ten games, this is

889
00:54:27,239 --> 00:54:34,919
Speaker 1: a disaster. Wow. Ten games? Okay, how dude? They won eight?

890
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:37,600
Speaker 1: They how many they win last year? Eight or nine?

891
00:54:38,480 --> 00:54:41,479
Speaker 1: They won eight? Uh so, but didn't bet a single

892
00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:45,120
Speaker 1: team with a winning record. Okay. They play Bowling Green

893
00:54:45,719 --> 00:54:50,080
Speaker 1: Alabama State in South Alabama first, so they have to

894
00:54:50,080 --> 00:54:53,480
Speaker 1: start out three and oh, then they played Colorado. Should

895
00:54:53,520 --> 00:54:58,200
Speaker 1: they should beat Colorado? Correct? They get Washington at home?

896
00:54:58,520 --> 00:55:02,319
Speaker 1: They should beat Washington. Yeah, but only only only on

897
00:55:02,480 --> 00:55:04,960
Speaker 1: one week's rest traveling from off a road games, so

898
00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:09,920
Speaker 1: only six days, right, and then they maybe Washington has

899
00:55:09,920 --> 00:55:13,120
Speaker 1: an advantage there, we'll see. And then they play versus Utah,

900
00:55:13,120 --> 00:55:16,439
Speaker 1: which is gonna be crazy tough and then at Austin Stadium.

901
00:55:16,520 --> 00:55:21,120
Speaker 1: So let's assume that both of those games are losses, right, Okay,

902
00:55:21,160 --> 00:55:27,399
Speaker 1: they should beat Stanford Arizona State in Arizona, correct, they should. Yes,

903
00:55:28,239 --> 00:55:32,239
Speaker 1: usc is a game that they have to win, and

904
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:35,319
Speaker 1: they smoked usc Us. Yes, so so that's a game

905
00:55:35,360 --> 00:55:38,759
Speaker 1: they can win. And Cow's the game they probably should win.

906
00:55:39,440 --> 00:55:41,640
Speaker 1: So like, how do you not get to tend So

907
00:55:41,680 --> 00:55:47,360
Speaker 1: how do you what other possibility besides ten wins is

908
00:55:47,400 --> 00:55:52,640
Speaker 1: going to be acceptable? Mm hmm. And the one thing

909
00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:54,400
Speaker 1: that I think could really get them is like power

910
00:55:54,520 --> 00:55:57,640
Speaker 1: running and athleticism. And I don't know who on their

911
00:55:57,640 --> 00:56:01,000
Speaker 1: schedule I can say is I'll give Cal the game.

912
00:56:01,040 --> 00:56:02,959
Speaker 1: I'll give Cal will say, I'll say nine and three.

913
00:56:03,560 --> 00:56:07,960
Speaker 1: But you but yeah, no, you're You're right. I guess

914
00:56:08,000 --> 00:56:11,160
Speaker 1: I hadn't looked as closely at the at the schedule. Um,

915
00:56:11,360 --> 00:56:17,440
Speaker 1: obviously you're gonna say probably Dorrian Thompson Robinson. He's the

916
00:56:17,560 --> 00:56:19,560
Speaker 1: m v P of this team by far, yes, and

917
00:56:19,719 --> 00:56:23,920
Speaker 1: probably packed twelve players a year. Yeah, I did. I

918
00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,600
Speaker 1: did find it odd that people were like, oh Kayleb

919
00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:29,759
Speaker 1: Williams automatically slotted into that number one spot when I

920
00:56:29,800 --> 00:56:31,919
Speaker 1: was like, you're Cayley Williams is good, but he's got

921
00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:33,279
Speaker 1: to come in and he's got a vibe with the

922
00:56:33,320 --> 00:56:36,799
Speaker 1: fact that Jaden Delora and and Dorrian Thompson Robinson for

923
00:56:36,840 --> 00:56:38,960
Speaker 1: the most part last year, every time they took the

924
00:56:38,960 --> 00:56:43,399
Speaker 1: field where playing at the star level. So um, yeah,

925
00:56:43,480 --> 00:56:46,040
Speaker 1: I think that to me, he is the odds on

926
00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:50,040
Speaker 1: favorite for the best offensive player in the conference and

927
00:56:50,040 --> 00:56:53,000
Speaker 1: and he should be able to Um hate to say

928
00:56:53,000 --> 00:56:55,040
Speaker 1: this because the other teams have good players too, but

929
00:56:55,239 --> 00:56:56,880
Speaker 1: he really should be able to pad some stats in

930
00:56:56,880 --> 00:57:00,360
Speaker 1: those first four or five games. So yeah, yeah, he

931
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:03,879
Speaker 1: should be making a Heisman run this year. It would

932
00:57:03,920 --> 00:57:05,880
Speaker 1: be It would be really frustrating for it to be

933
00:57:05,920 --> 00:57:10,240
Speaker 1: septem before oh and not be hearing dtr like early

934
00:57:10,320 --> 00:57:14,800
Speaker 1: Heisman dark horse. Yes for sure. All right, Uh then

935
00:57:14,880 --> 00:57:22,360
Speaker 1: it's the Trojans. It's the Condoms. So um they I

936
00:57:22,360 --> 00:57:24,200
Speaker 1: mean there's a lot of hype. They come in and

937
00:57:24,320 --> 00:57:28,280
Speaker 1: ranked fourteen in the a PEO Pole. They play Rice,

938
00:57:28,440 --> 00:57:33,400
Speaker 1: Fresno State, and Notre Dame in non conference. Rice is

939
00:57:33,800 --> 00:57:39,000
Speaker 1: up first, then at Stanford, Fresno State at Oregon State.

940
00:57:39,080 --> 00:57:41,720
Speaker 1: They also play Utah Arizona in U c l A

941
00:57:41,800 --> 00:57:49,880
Speaker 1: on the road. I got this team winning nine games. Okay,

942
00:57:52,560 --> 00:57:56,520
Speaker 1: I think they lose a Notre Dame. I think they

943
00:57:56,600 --> 00:58:00,880
Speaker 1: lose to Utah and they'll find a to screw something

944
00:58:00,880 --> 00:58:06,200
Speaker 1: else up because like Oregon State or yeah, but but

945
00:58:06,520 --> 00:58:08,800
Speaker 1: this is a team that should get to tin wins

946
00:58:08,840 --> 00:58:14,560
Speaker 1: as well. Okay, Um, I am not as high on

947
00:58:14,840 --> 00:58:17,000
Speaker 1: USC as a lot of people. You and I have

948
00:58:17,080 --> 00:58:19,240
Speaker 1: had multiple conversations about what we see. Some of their

949
00:58:19,240 --> 00:58:23,680
Speaker 1: glaring coals are, Uh, Caleb Williams is fantastic. Travis Die

950
00:58:24,280 --> 00:58:26,720
Speaker 1: you know, obviously if they get back to running the ball,

951
00:58:26,920 --> 00:58:29,400
Speaker 1: and the fact that Travis Die is even there is frustrating,

952
00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:32,280
Speaker 1: but good good for him. Um, I guess I think

953
00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:36,000
Speaker 1: you know, defensively, they they've got some exciting players. But

954
00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:38,240
Speaker 1: Caleb Williams is great, but he's not gonna be the

955
00:58:38,240 --> 00:58:40,320
Speaker 1: best quarterback on the field when they host Fresno State.

956
00:58:41,080 --> 00:58:45,240
Speaker 1: He's not like so uh to me, there's a possibility

957
00:58:45,280 --> 00:58:47,960
Speaker 1: for a loss um against Fresno State and what might

958
00:58:48,000 --> 00:58:50,960
Speaker 1: be Fresno State's audition to replace USC in the Pact twelve. Hey,

959
00:58:50,960 --> 00:58:56,400
Speaker 1: if Paxtwel survives and and I also think that Utah

960
00:58:56,920 --> 00:59:01,040
Speaker 1: is gonna be really really tough for them, and and

961
00:59:01,480 --> 00:59:03,200
Speaker 1: U C l A and Notre Dame. I think it's

962
00:59:03,200 --> 00:59:05,800
Speaker 1: eight wins, Max, I have to make wins. I think

963
00:59:05,840 --> 00:59:09,400
Speaker 1: Travis Dye would maybe be for me right behind dtr

964
00:59:09,600 --> 00:59:13,919
Speaker 1: is one of the players of the year. Um defensively,

965
00:59:14,120 --> 00:59:17,680
Speaker 1: it's you know, it is Chris Steele gonna keep interfering

966
00:59:17,880 --> 00:59:22,200
Speaker 1: on every past attempt um or or is you know

967
00:59:22,280 --> 00:59:24,160
Speaker 1: or is he gonna is he gonna get back to

968
00:59:24,240 --> 00:59:26,600
Speaker 1: who he was coming out of high school, who's one

969
00:59:26,600 --> 00:59:29,720
Speaker 1: of the top players in the country. USC has kind

970
00:59:29,720 --> 00:59:32,400
Speaker 1: of developed this reputation over the last few years for

971
00:59:32,560 --> 00:59:36,160
Speaker 1: not developing talent. Well did you well, well, well you

972
00:59:36,200 --> 00:59:39,280
Speaker 1: don't have to worry about Chris Chris Steele because Chris

973
00:59:39,280 --> 00:59:44,439
Speaker 1: Steele is with the He's in Pittsburgh. Oh is he

974
00:59:44,440 --> 00:59:49,920
Speaker 1: He's gone, He's gone. Oh yeah, so buddy. But but

975
00:59:50,040 --> 00:59:52,560
Speaker 1: I talked to somebody I know out there. He's still

976
00:59:52,600 --> 00:59:55,760
Speaker 1: out there holding holding people. They got a boxing gloves

977
00:59:55,800 --> 01:00:01,400
Speaker 1: on him. Well, okay, so here's you. And and and you know,

978
01:00:01,440 --> 01:00:05,320
Speaker 1: if I'm saying that that's that is yeah, that that

979
01:00:05,320 --> 01:00:08,320
Speaker 1: that's the truth. It's embarrassing that I didn't know Chris

980
01:00:08,320 --> 01:00:10,040
Speaker 1: Steele was in Pittsburgh. But here's the deal. I just

981
01:00:10,120 --> 01:00:13,160
Speaker 1: finished watching The Hard Knocks with the monros st Brown

982
01:00:13,600 --> 01:00:17,720
Speaker 1: with him reciting the sixteen receivers that were drafted before him.

983
01:00:17,800 --> 01:00:21,000
Speaker 1: He was the number three player in the country coming

984
01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:23,200
Speaker 1: out of high school in the country. He was the

985
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:25,840
Speaker 1: number one receiver and number three player in the country,

986
01:00:26,080 --> 01:00:28,200
Speaker 1: and he watched sixteen receivers go before him. Then he

987
01:00:28,240 --> 01:00:32,000
Speaker 1: broke the rookie record for both receptions and yards and

988
01:00:32,040 --> 01:00:37,760
Speaker 1: that because they all ran faster. They all ran faster. Listen,

989
01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:42,360
Speaker 1: bro when somebody is good, they're just good. Fam yep.

990
01:00:42,440 --> 01:00:44,320
Speaker 1: As an ant Kuan Bolden fan, I'm not looking at

991
01:00:44,320 --> 01:00:46,600
Speaker 1: that for can they can they play? Can they run

992
01:00:46,600 --> 01:00:48,880
Speaker 1: the route? Can they play with Jerry Rice? Jerry Rice

993
01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:51,040
Speaker 1: is a four six guy. So it was Larry Fitzgerald.

994
01:00:51,080 --> 01:00:53,440
Speaker 1: So but the US, he's got this reputation for not

995
01:00:53,480 --> 01:00:55,840
Speaker 1: developing players. Lincoln Riley's gonna have to get past that

996
01:00:55,920 --> 01:00:59,360
Speaker 1: really quick. Um. And they're bragging on this offensive line,

997
01:00:59,360 --> 01:01:01,760
Speaker 1: the ones that you know that that that weren't high

998
01:01:01,840 --> 01:01:04,640
Speaker 1: level recruits. They're really bragging on them. They're saying that

999
01:01:04,680 --> 01:01:07,400
Speaker 1: they're they're performing well. But they can also just be

1000
01:01:07,640 --> 01:01:13,160
Speaker 1: you know, in practice against that defense and life. Yea, exactly,

1001
01:01:13,720 --> 01:01:19,400
Speaker 1: It's very possible. Yep, all right, um oh, who do

1002
01:01:19,400 --> 01:01:24,760
Speaker 1: we have a University of Washington. We got Utah? You

1003
01:01:25,080 --> 01:01:29,160
Speaker 1: damn I forgot about them? Those those pesky utes, those

1004
01:01:29,200 --> 01:01:32,520
Speaker 1: pesky utes. Did you? Did you forget her? Are you

1005
01:01:32,600 --> 01:01:36,240
Speaker 1: trying to forget I'm traumatized from last year, So sorry

1006
01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:39,000
Speaker 1: Utah as I was not trying to slight you. You

1007
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:42,720
Speaker 1: guys have traumatized me. But I will tell you this,

1008
01:01:43,080 --> 01:01:47,640
Speaker 1: huge Utah fan though, huge Utah fan, like they were

1009
01:01:47,720 --> 01:01:51,200
Speaker 1: like they earned it. Man, Listen, listen. Anybody who has

1010
01:01:51,280 --> 01:01:55,760
Speaker 1: listened to this podcast that thinks I don't like Utah,

1011
01:01:56,080 --> 01:01:59,320
Speaker 1: you guys, haven't. I love the state. I love Salt

1012
01:01:59,400 --> 01:02:05,880
Speaker 1: like sit the love coach UH coach Whittingham, love coach

1013
01:02:06,040 --> 01:02:11,240
Speaker 1: Ludwick who was my offensive coordinator. Listen, listen, listen, people,

1014
01:02:11,480 --> 01:02:13,520
Speaker 1: you might be seeing a little bit more more of

1015
01:02:13,600 --> 01:02:16,640
Speaker 1: me out and salt Salt like. Just know that you

1016
01:02:16,680 --> 01:02:18,080
Speaker 1: don't look you don't you don't look too bad and

1017
01:02:18,160 --> 01:02:22,800
Speaker 1: red either. Hey, bro, I will gladly I will gladly

1018
01:02:22,920 --> 01:02:33,360
Speaker 1: be like I think this is definitely the class of

1019
01:02:33,360 --> 01:02:36,600
Speaker 1: the pack. Twelve, right, now which how that happened we

1020
01:02:36,640 --> 01:02:39,320
Speaker 1: can talk about all day long. But they did their

1021
01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:44,520
Speaker 1: job right there. The yeah, Oregon is on there like

1022
01:02:44,600 --> 01:02:49,880
Speaker 1: third coach in four years. Yes, usc um Road with

1023
01:02:49,920 --> 01:02:53,480
Speaker 1: Clay Helton long after they probably should have. There's the

1024
01:02:53,560 --> 01:02:57,800
Speaker 1: investigation um at Arizona State. There's things that you can

1025
01:02:57,840 --> 01:02:59,880
Speaker 1: point to and say like, oh yeah, well, other people

1026
01:03:00,000 --> 01:03:01,840
Speaker 1: all off. Other people fall off all the time. All

1027
01:03:01,840 --> 01:03:03,920
Speaker 1: you have to do is your job. And that's exactly

1028
01:03:03,960 --> 01:03:06,640
Speaker 1: what Utah did. And I'm looking at this team, George,

1029
01:03:06,720 --> 01:03:11,200
Speaker 1: and it's near perfect. This is a near perfect football team.

1030
01:03:11,240 --> 01:03:15,480
Speaker 1: My biggest worry is speed on the outside. That is

1031
01:03:15,520 --> 01:03:19,400
Speaker 1: my biggest worry. Do they have receiver? Yes? Correct? Correct?

1032
01:03:19,440 --> 01:03:22,360
Speaker 1: And I don't know. I honestly, I'm not sure they do.

1033
01:03:23,000 --> 01:03:26,520
Speaker 1: I know they can use those, but that is the

1034
01:03:26,560 --> 01:03:31,000
Speaker 1: one spot that they are missing. They know it. Everybody

1035
01:03:31,040 --> 01:03:34,840
Speaker 1: knows it. But this team is always hard. Knows they are.

1036
01:03:35,240 --> 01:03:40,680
Speaker 1: They are fundamental. They just wreck you like they are rugged.

1037
01:03:41,760 --> 01:03:45,680
Speaker 1: And they have mantras up in the in the office,

1038
01:03:45,720 --> 01:03:49,280
Speaker 1: in the football facility all over and they live by them.

1039
01:03:49,480 --> 01:03:53,600
Speaker 1: Joker's buddy, they live by them. And I appreciate that. Alright.

1040
01:03:54,000 --> 01:03:56,640
Speaker 1: I have Utah. So they have Florida. I think that's

1041
01:03:56,640 --> 01:04:00,640
Speaker 1: gonna be a win, Southern Utah win, Sandy Ago State

1042
01:04:00,680 --> 01:04:05,320
Speaker 1: win because they have the right guy starting this year. There,

1043
01:04:05,720 --> 01:04:12,520
Speaker 1: I got them going tending to eleven and one. Okay,

1044
01:04:12,920 --> 01:04:16,840
Speaker 1: who were the two or the one? I think that

1045
01:04:16,880 --> 01:04:19,760
Speaker 1: they're tricky. Games are going to be u C, L,

1046
01:04:19,800 --> 01:04:25,240
Speaker 1: a USC and Oregon. I think that they can that

1047
01:04:25,280 --> 01:04:27,680
Speaker 1: they may be able. They there is a world where

1048
01:04:27,720 --> 01:04:30,720
Speaker 1: they can navigate all three of those. But I don't

1049
01:04:30,760 --> 01:04:34,120
Speaker 1: think that they do navigate all three. I think they're losing.

1050
01:04:34,280 --> 01:04:37,320
Speaker 1: They're not going undefeated. That's just a Pack twelve. Yeah,

1051
01:04:37,320 --> 01:04:39,480
Speaker 1: at this point, if you're if you're calling anybody going defeated,

1052
01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:43,960
Speaker 1: you're ridiculous. Even if even like even if Utah had

1053
01:04:44,040 --> 01:04:46,400
Speaker 1: the two best wide receivers in the conference on their

1054
01:04:46,480 --> 01:04:51,560
Speaker 1: roster right now, there's it just doesn't happen because of

1055
01:04:51,600 --> 01:04:56,280
Speaker 1: the way the schedules are made. Dude, Utah finishing like

1056
01:04:56,320 --> 01:04:59,320
Speaker 1: they didn't do you You taught one to Pack twelve

1057
01:04:59,400 --> 01:05:02,560
Speaker 1: last year and they have them finishing the season on

1058
01:05:02,600 --> 01:05:05,840
Speaker 1: the road, back to back games at Oregon and at

1059
01:05:05,880 --> 01:05:11,040
Speaker 1: Colorado like what I'm doing. Yeah, and Colorado is like

1060
01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:13,080
Speaker 1: the made up rivalry game and you know that, why

1061
01:05:13,080 --> 01:05:16,840
Speaker 1: don't you help them out? Yeah, there might be an

1062
01:05:16,840 --> 01:05:21,880
Speaker 1: interim coach at Colorado then, so there'll be some energy,

1063
01:05:23,240 --> 01:05:25,800
Speaker 1: all right. How many games you have them at? I

1064
01:05:26,000 --> 01:05:30,440
Speaker 1: have them, I have them at tending to I have

1065
01:05:30,560 --> 01:05:34,680
Speaker 1: one of their losses being just absolutely nonsense. I talked

1066
01:05:34,680 --> 01:05:36,760
Speaker 1: about it earlier in the podcast. I think they're gonna

1067
01:05:36,760 --> 01:05:39,160
Speaker 1: lose a game they shouldn't and it's gonna happen in

1068
01:05:39,680 --> 01:05:45,160
Speaker 1: in tempe Um and then I think, I think it's

1069
01:05:45,240 --> 01:05:48,880
Speaker 1: really a it's really a coin flip for me of

1070
01:05:49,040 --> 01:05:52,160
Speaker 1: whether I don't know if Oregon is ready to get

1071
01:05:52,160 --> 01:05:56,720
Speaker 1: back that quick against them after the two blowout losses,

1072
01:05:56,760 --> 01:06:01,280
Speaker 1: but then you know they the at uh at the

1073
01:06:01,320 --> 01:06:04,520
Speaker 1: Polouse is one that I'm looking at, like each because

1074
01:06:04,560 --> 01:06:06,840
Speaker 1: they never you know, they don't. They don't always do

1075
01:06:06,960 --> 01:06:09,640
Speaker 1: well when they go to the Northwest, and it's not

1076
01:06:09,800 --> 01:06:13,000
Speaker 1: quite November, but it's close enough to where that might

1077
01:06:13,040 --> 01:06:16,000
Speaker 1: cause yeah, yeah, it'll it'll be a tabbit chilly, but

1078
01:06:16,000 --> 01:06:18,480
Speaker 1: but but kind of the same weather and as in

1079
01:06:18,480 --> 01:06:21,040
Speaker 1: Salt Lake. To me, they do have the most important

1080
01:06:21,040 --> 01:06:23,920
Speaker 1: game on the schedule of any Pack twelve team, unless

1081
01:06:23,920 --> 01:06:25,600
Speaker 1: you believe that Oregon is ready to compete for a

1082
01:06:25,680 --> 01:06:27,480
Speaker 1: national championship, then you know they gotta go out there

1083
01:06:27,480 --> 01:06:29,640
Speaker 1: and meet Georgia. But I'm looking at this Utah going

1084
01:06:29,680 --> 01:06:34,160
Speaker 1: all the way to Gainesville game George and it's oh,

1085
01:06:35,480 --> 01:06:37,800
Speaker 1: Florida's unranked and they have a brand new head coach.

1086
01:06:39,400 --> 01:06:42,840
Speaker 1: Utah can't lose this game, correct, They literally can't. Like,

1087
01:06:42,920 --> 01:06:46,280
Speaker 1: if you want to have taken that next step, you're

1088
01:06:46,440 --> 01:06:48,800
Speaker 1: a top ten team, you can't lose to an unranked

1089
01:06:48,800 --> 01:06:51,120
Speaker 1: team on the road. And that's what this is. It's

1090
01:06:51,120 --> 01:06:56,880
Speaker 1: a team on the road. And and and yes, Florida's

1091
01:06:56,920 --> 01:07:02,160
Speaker 1: got a good, uh, a real good quarterback, but you

1092
01:07:02,320 --> 01:07:05,640
Speaker 1: have the best defensive backs maybe not in the country,

1093
01:07:06,000 --> 01:07:10,440
Speaker 1: but top five definitely in the conference. So that's I mean,

1094
01:07:10,480 --> 01:07:12,440
Speaker 1: that shouldn't be I'm not saying that game shouldn't be

1095
01:07:12,440 --> 01:07:15,360
Speaker 1: closed because it's in Gainesville, but you have to have

1096
01:07:15,440 --> 01:07:18,000
Speaker 1: to win. That's that's the biggest game for me, because

1097
01:07:18,160 --> 01:07:20,000
Speaker 1: if you thought doesn't win that game, then yeah, maybe

1098
01:07:20,040 --> 01:07:21,400
Speaker 1: they can turn around and win leven in a row.

1099
01:07:21,440 --> 01:07:23,919
Speaker 1: That's that's completely possible. But people are gonna be looking

1100
01:07:23,920 --> 01:07:26,160
Speaker 1: at that Florida game a team that's probably gonna finish

1101
01:07:26,200 --> 01:07:28,280
Speaker 1: with six losses at the end of the season, and

1102
01:07:28,280 --> 01:07:30,320
Speaker 1: they're gonna say we can't put this team in a playoff,

1103
01:07:30,640 --> 01:07:37,200
Speaker 1: and that's the thing I want to avoid exactly. Um anyway, Okay,

1104
01:07:37,880 --> 01:07:41,280
Speaker 1: now m v P is came rising. Oh yes, they're

1105
01:07:41,320 --> 01:07:46,880
Speaker 1: not easy easy work. Um now you dub new coach

1106
01:07:47,000 --> 01:07:53,240
Speaker 1: Caitlin Dubore, new starting quarterback Michael Pinnox Jr. Heward is

1107
01:07:53,360 --> 01:07:56,560
Speaker 1: third on a depth chart right right right now, which

1108
01:07:56,640 --> 01:08:01,040
Speaker 1: is Washington fans did not expect that. So a Penix Jr.

1109
01:08:01,200 --> 01:08:04,520
Speaker 1: Has probably how it should be though right probably how

1110
01:08:04,520 --> 01:08:06,880
Speaker 1: it's could be if he if he's willing to stick

1111
01:08:06,920 --> 01:08:11,080
Speaker 1: it out another year, then he if because if Panos

1112
01:08:11,120 --> 01:08:14,680
Speaker 1: plays at the level that he can, he's gone. Their

1113
01:08:14,840 --> 01:08:17,719
Speaker 1: other quarterback who started the last few years as a senior.

1114
01:08:18,200 --> 01:08:22,640
Speaker 1: So I don't know. I think waited out is my

1115
01:08:23,720 --> 01:08:32,000
Speaker 1: take there? Yep. Um. Now I look at their schedule

1116
01:08:32,800 --> 01:08:38,479
Speaker 1: and there is potential because they are recruiting better than

1117
01:08:38,520 --> 01:08:41,439
Speaker 1: they were under their Lage Hope. Coach Jimmy Lake, which

1118
01:08:41,479 --> 01:08:44,200
Speaker 1: I'm surprised is not a coordinator right right now, but

1119
01:08:44,280 --> 01:08:47,240
Speaker 1: they have Kent State in Portland's state to start the season.

1120
01:08:47,920 --> 01:08:53,400
Speaker 1: Now those would normally be like two gimme wins, but

1121
01:08:53,479 --> 01:08:56,719
Speaker 1: they lost to Montana last year, so they are going

1122
01:08:56,760 --> 01:08:59,200
Speaker 1: to They're not going to take those games lightly. They

1123
01:08:59,320 --> 01:09:04,439
Speaker 1: better not, and then Michigan State they can upset them.

1124
01:09:04,479 --> 01:09:09,000
Speaker 1: I used to be back back to back, but but

1125
01:09:09,000 --> 01:09:16,000
Speaker 1: but fun everybody now clearly so uh so, I mean,

1126
01:09:16,479 --> 01:09:20,519
Speaker 1: you know, so they die, they die. Um at Michigan State.

1127
01:09:21,800 --> 01:09:25,639
Speaker 1: I have this team that's gonna be a cool environment

1128
01:09:25,680 --> 01:09:27,680
Speaker 1: though from the game. As long as I don't lose

1129
01:09:27,720 --> 01:09:30,439
Speaker 1: to Portland's State and the fans just quit on the

1130
01:09:30,479 --> 01:09:33,400
Speaker 1: team right away, Like, as long as they take care

1131
01:09:33,400 --> 01:09:36,000
Speaker 1: of business against Portland's State, that whole stadium is gonna

1132
01:09:36,000 --> 01:09:39,920
Speaker 1: be rocking for Michigan State visiting. Yeah so one too. Yeah,

1133
01:09:39,960 --> 01:09:45,360
Speaker 1: they started with four straight home games. That's nice. Um so,

1134
01:09:45,760 --> 01:09:47,479
Speaker 1: I actually think that this is a team that can

1135
01:09:47,520 --> 01:09:59,080
Speaker 1: win eight games. It is completely feasible to have Washington

1136
01:09:59,800 --> 01:10:04,439
Speaker 1: go going into the Oregon State game at like eight

1137
01:10:04,479 --> 01:10:09,519
Speaker 1: and one or something. Oh yeah, yeah, it is definitely yeah, yeah,

1138
01:10:09,640 --> 01:10:12,280
Speaker 1: either seven and one or six and two, for sure,

1139
01:10:12,640 --> 01:10:17,720
Speaker 1: that is definitely feasible. If they're Bowl eligible halfway through

1140
01:10:17,720 --> 01:10:22,080
Speaker 1: the season, then that I mean, that's gonna be then

1141
01:10:22,200 --> 01:10:24,439
Speaker 1: then you gotta start talking about what do we gotta

1142
01:10:24,479 --> 01:10:28,120
Speaker 1: do to keep our head coach who's only been here

1143
01:10:28,160 --> 01:10:31,040
Speaker 1: for But that's am I wrong? I mean, because the

1144
01:10:31,479 --> 01:10:33,479
Speaker 1: secs at the point where so much money is involved

1145
01:10:33,680 --> 01:10:36,920
Speaker 1: that they're firing coaches literally every year. But the cool

1146
01:10:37,040 --> 01:10:40,920
Speaker 1: part is is that by then Washington and Oregon will

1147
01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:43,320
Speaker 1: be in the Big ten. So like we get that

1148
01:10:43,400 --> 01:10:49,040
Speaker 1: money to keep them. Baby, you stuck with us. It

1149
01:10:49,120 --> 01:10:53,160
Speaker 1: hurts to laugh at that, you know, you know how

1150
01:10:53,240 --> 01:10:56,720
Speaker 1: crazy it would be to have Washington going to Eugene

1151
01:10:56,760 --> 01:10:59,160
Speaker 1: at eight and one a year after firing their coach

1152
01:10:59,200 --> 01:11:01,880
Speaker 1: and losing the Monte Anna. I'm not rooting for it,

1153
01:11:01,920 --> 01:11:04,120
Speaker 1: but I do think it's fine. I think it's an

1154
01:11:04,160 --> 01:11:09,880
Speaker 1: eight win team overall. Yeah, but they do have just

1155
01:11:10,520 --> 01:11:15,360
Speaker 1: such a friendly, nice schedule. That Michigan State game is

1156
01:11:15,400 --> 01:11:19,560
Speaker 1: really going to be everything. I mean, gosh, and you

1157
01:11:19,600 --> 01:11:21,400
Speaker 1: can look at the schedule and you could you can

1158
01:11:21,520 --> 01:11:24,040
Speaker 1: talk to yourself if you're Washington fan, probably in the

1159
01:11:24,160 --> 01:11:27,000
Speaker 1: nine and three oh yes, yeah, but I think that

1160
01:11:27,160 --> 01:11:32,160
Speaker 1: I'd be an optimistic and giving him eight yeah oh yeah,

1161
01:11:32,280 --> 01:11:38,559
Speaker 1: ye all right, um, yes, at Indiana he was really good.

1162
01:11:38,640 --> 01:11:41,160
Speaker 1: Beato would he be Penn State, oor Ohio State one

1163
01:11:41,200 --> 01:11:43,960
Speaker 1: and one too? He would and then and got got hurt.

1164
01:11:44,200 --> 01:11:46,760
Speaker 1: Yeah the kid, as long as he finishes the season

1165
01:11:46,800 --> 01:11:49,040
Speaker 1: because he's gotten hurt a bunch, you know, they will

1166
01:11:49,040 --> 01:11:53,320
Speaker 1: have a legitimate shot. Now, last team up the Coolas

1167
01:11:53,520 --> 01:11:59,960
Speaker 1: led by dier Um Idaho at Wisconsin and Colorado State

1168
01:12:00,080 --> 01:12:03,679
Speaker 1: to start, they should start two in one. I think

1169
01:12:03,720 --> 01:12:07,599
Speaker 1: that this is a six win team because I don't

1170
01:12:07,640 --> 01:12:14,200
Speaker 1: know the quarterback situation. I you know, it's tough. They

1171
01:12:14,240 --> 01:12:18,200
Speaker 1: are in a stretch where they were getting better and

1172
01:12:18,280 --> 01:12:20,960
Speaker 1: now Washington State is one of those places that has

1173
01:12:20,640 --> 01:12:24,160
Speaker 1: ebbs and flows. It's it's tough for them to maintain

1174
01:12:24,200 --> 01:12:28,000
Speaker 1: a tin win, you know level every year just because

1175
01:12:28,240 --> 01:12:30,439
Speaker 1: they can't recruit at the level that other schools can.

1176
01:12:30,880 --> 01:12:34,960
Speaker 1: So I have them as a six or seven win team.

1177
01:12:34,960 --> 01:12:37,400
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with I'm gonna give him seven wins

1178
01:12:37,439 --> 01:12:39,920
Speaker 1: because I think Arizona and Arizona State are gonna be bad.

1179
01:12:40,439 --> 01:12:45,360
Speaker 1: So yeah, so I oh no, I'm gonna give him

1180
01:12:45,360 --> 01:12:47,439
Speaker 1: six wins. I'm gonna give him six. I'm g six.

1181
01:12:47,640 --> 01:12:49,800
Speaker 1: All right, this is a tough one for me. I

1182
01:12:49,880 --> 01:12:53,439
Speaker 1: just I jumped on the Twitter spaces with coach Dickert

1183
01:12:54,160 --> 01:12:57,360
Speaker 1: last night. He did like a Reddit college football Twitter

1184
01:12:57,360 --> 01:12:59,599
Speaker 1: spaces and I jumped on and was actually able to

1185
01:12:59,760 --> 01:13:01,760
Speaker 1: get a question to him. And you know what I

1186
01:13:01,760 --> 01:13:04,599
Speaker 1: asked about. I asked if, I asked if he had

1187
01:13:04,640 --> 01:13:07,920
Speaker 1: told cam Warden any Josh Allen stories yet, because he

1188
01:13:08,000 --> 01:13:11,040
Speaker 1: was at Wyoming when Josh Allen was there. And he said, yeah,

1189
01:13:11,040 --> 01:13:14,000
Speaker 1: like they've actually used him as an illustration to say, like, hey,

1190
01:13:14,080 --> 01:13:16,280
Speaker 1: you you you know there there might be some ways

1191
01:13:16,320 --> 01:13:18,439
Speaker 1: that you play that are unconventional, but I want one

1192
01:13:19,120 --> 01:13:22,160
Speaker 1: of my trust is behind you because of the work

1193
01:13:22,200 --> 01:13:24,160
Speaker 1: that you've put in. I'm gonna let you be you

1194
01:13:24,320 --> 01:13:26,479
Speaker 1: and we're gonna ride and die with you. So Um,

1195
01:13:26,920 --> 01:13:28,960
Speaker 1: he's a huge, huge believe the way he talks about

1196
01:13:29,000 --> 01:13:32,000
Speaker 1: cam Ward. You know, he is more glowing about cam

1197
01:13:32,040 --> 01:13:34,200
Speaker 1: Ward than I think any Pack twelve coaches about any

1198
01:13:34,200 --> 01:13:37,479
Speaker 1: player on their team. And uh, and so that that

1199
01:13:37,680 --> 01:13:40,680
Speaker 1: is that goes a long way into convincing uh, you know,

1200
01:13:40,720 --> 01:13:43,320
Speaker 1: a small brain person like me. But the thing that

1201
01:13:43,360 --> 01:13:46,639
Speaker 1: he said is having a seven a year seven Renard

1202
01:13:46,720 --> 01:13:50,320
Speaker 1: Bell fully healthy, um is gonna make the biggest difference

1203
01:13:50,360 --> 01:13:53,599
Speaker 1: at wide receiver for them. And so Uh, I will

1204
01:13:54,040 --> 01:13:56,200
Speaker 1: go with you. I was thinking five and seven, but

1205
01:13:56,840 --> 01:13:58,920
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be generous. I'm gonna give him that six

1206
01:13:58,960 --> 01:14:01,480
Speaker 1: when it would be really cool. Will to see this team,

1207
01:14:01,640 --> 01:14:03,719
Speaker 1: um make a bowl. You have a lot of former

1208
01:14:03,760 --> 01:14:07,880
Speaker 1: North Dakota State people on this roster. You gotta figure

1209
01:14:07,920 --> 01:14:11,160
Speaker 1: with that winning pedigree. Um, they're gonna find some way,

1210
01:14:11,400 --> 01:14:13,200
Speaker 1: uh to figure this out. It's just a matter of

1211
01:14:13,320 --> 01:14:15,000
Speaker 1: do they have the dat A lot of people transfer

1212
01:14:15,000 --> 01:14:17,639
Speaker 1: out with coaching change. Do they have the talent that

1213
01:14:17,640 --> 01:14:21,720
Speaker 1: that remains to be able to carry this forward? Yeah?

1214
01:14:22,200 --> 01:14:27,640
Speaker 1: For sure? For sure? All right. Um yeah, So I

1215
01:14:27,760 --> 01:14:34,200
Speaker 1: am bullish on the future of Washington State. But this season,

1216
01:14:34,240 --> 01:14:36,519
Speaker 1: I think it's gonna going to be tough with their

1217
01:14:36,640 --> 01:14:38,800
Speaker 1: with their schedule and other teams that are coming up

1218
01:14:39,120 --> 01:14:42,800
Speaker 1: right now. But you guys, that is rice to not

1219
01:14:43,040 --> 01:14:46,120
Speaker 1: rice to wrong. The Pacts of Love apostles this week,

1220
01:14:46,240 --> 01:14:49,920
Speaker 1: next week season preview, that's up next piece out, Catch

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Speaker 1: you guys later.