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Speaker 1: So let's start in the SEC. Jesse back in August,

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Speaker 1: Next up, Big twelve, America's college football Conference. Initially I

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Speaker 1: State Oregon favored. In the preseason, it was Ohio State

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Speaker 1: over Oregon as my prediction, And really the only big

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Speaker 1: change is USC has looked a lot better than folks

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Speaker 1: thought they would. Penn State is still a total wild

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Speaker 1: card here. They go to Southern cal in a couple

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Speaker 1: of weeks. They host Ohio State a couple of more

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Speaker 1: weeks down the road. If they split those, they could

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Speaker 1: be in the conference title game. But outside of that,

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Speaker 1: I've got no reason to come off of anything here.

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Speaker 1: I'm taking Ohio State against Oregon in the conference title game.

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Speaker 1: They play each other next week in Eugene, by the way,

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Speaker 1: so we don't have to wait until then. Round one

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Speaker 1: maybe is next week in the Pacific Northwest. Round two

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Speaker 1: theoretically would be in Indianapolis in December. So give me

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Speaker 1: Ohio State over Oregon as the same prediction haven't changed

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Speaker 1: anything there, So to recap, I'm taking Texas over Alabama

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Speaker 1: as my SEC pick right now, Ohio State over Oregon

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Speaker 1: as my Big ten pick. Those have not changed. I

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Speaker 1: got Iowa State over Utah in the Big twelve, that

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Speaker 1: has changed, and Miami same acc champ, but I've got

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Speaker 1: them taking it over Clemson instead of Florida State somehow,

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Speaker 1: some way. I don't think Florida State's finding a way.

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Speaker 1: In pause there, I'm using my one timeout that we

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Speaker 1: short hours now, and we are headed with the entire

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Speaker 1: We are going to see Missouri versus A and m

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Speaker 1: favorite kind of game. It's an eleven am kickoff, get

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Speaker 1: back to Nashville Saturday night, love it, Love it, Love

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Speaker 1: it and quick trip has us fueled all the way

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Speaker 1: there all the way back. We appreciate them. We've been

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Speaker 1: given out gas cards left and right. They have been

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Speaker 1: a very willing partner that plays ball the way that

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Speaker 1: we like to do it on this show. And so

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Speaker 1: we're looking very very much forward to that one, and

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Speaker 1: they have had fun with us all year. Man, it's

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Speaker 1: been a really it's a really really powerful feeling when

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Speaker 1: at any given time, when someone says something you like,

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Speaker 1: you just get to like Frisbee a free gas card

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Speaker 1: at their face. It's dangerous, but then again, we're a

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Speaker 1: dangerous show, all right. Before we get Kublic in here,

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Speaker 1: let's let's do something. So Jesse, I'm gonna call an audible.

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Speaker 1: This is just a little production meeting. Don't pay attention

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Speaker 1: to this. Here's what I think we should do. Cublic's

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Speaker 1: probably watching somewhere the Urban and Kirby thing. I think

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Speaker 1: we should just do that when Cublic is on the

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Speaker 1: air with us, so we'll still do it. We'll just

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Speaker 1: and I also need you to tell me, Colin, can

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Speaker 1: we play that urban Meyers Sott while we have Cublick live. Yes, Okay,

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Speaker 1: no big deal, all right, we'll do that in a

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Speaker 1: few minutes. Anyway, I think we need a drum roll.

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Speaker 1: This is a big moment because I can't promise that

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Speaker 1: I'll change my predictions again after this. Although I do

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Speaker 1: reserve the right to I am ready to change my

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Speaker 1: college football playoff predictions. Many people have done it before

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Speaker 1: and been accused of all sorts of things. I am

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Speaker 1: just the latest. Let me remind you where I was

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Speaker 1: in the preseason. This is where I was, and if

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Speaker 1: you're listening on podcast, we had two rematches of conference

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Speaker 1: championship games in the final four. We had Ohio State Oregon,

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Speaker 1: and we had Texas Alabama, and we had Ohio State

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Speaker 1: over Texas in the national title game. So the devil

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Speaker 1: is a lot more in the details of five through twelve, basically,

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Speaker 1: like which other teams did we have in so it

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Speaker 1: it was in the preseason it was Ohio State, Texas, Miami,

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Speaker 1: and Oklahoma. That was my one through four. Those were

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Speaker 1: my conference champs basically, and therefore those were the teams

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Speaker 1: that we're going to get a bye. I have some

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Speaker 1: changes that I would like to make right here before

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Speaker 1: God and you and everyone else. I would like to

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Speaker 1: change my number one seed to Texas. Texas wins the

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Speaker 1: SEC and is my number one seed. Ohio State wins

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Speaker 1: the Big Ten, they are my number two seed. I've

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Speaker 1: got Miami winning the ACC just as I did. I've

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Speaker 1: got them with the number three seat just as I did.

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Speaker 1: Iowa State. Welcome to the party. You might as well

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Speaker 1: call it now Iowa State the Big twelve champ. Whatever

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Speaker 1: you think about auto bids, they suck, But whatever you

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Speaker 1: think about them, that's the rules. And so Iowa State's

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Speaker 1: number four. Okay. So now that we've got that out

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Speaker 1: of the way, the real fun begins in number five, six, seven,

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Speaker 1: and eight. I still hold the theory. I still hold

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Speaker 1: the opinion that the committee is going to heavily favor

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Speaker 1: teams that made their conference title game. So if Bama's

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Speaker 1: losing the SEC title game, I think they dropped no

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Speaker 1: further than fifth. Oregon loses the Big Ten title game,

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Speaker 1: I think they drop no further than sixth. Penn State

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Speaker 1: is going to be a strong candidate to have one

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Speaker 1: of these top seeds, and I think that there'll be

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Speaker 1: number seven. Tennessee's right there at number eight. I could

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Speaker 1: flip those in any order. There's to me, frankly, not

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Speaker 1: a lot of skill in predicting how that goes. Now,

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Speaker 1: even more fun than that is, who are the last four? Here?

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Speaker 1: Number nine, I've got Georgia in the playoffs. I just

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Speaker 1: think they're a two loss team, a two loss at

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Speaker 1: large from the SEC. That's what I think we're looking

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Speaker 1: at right now, if I had to project it in

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Speaker 1: Georgia Clemson, if their resume has a loss to Georgia

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Speaker 1: and their other loss is let's say the ACC title

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Speaker 1: game to Miami. That's an eleven and two resume, it's

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Speaker 1: really solid. I think they'll be good enough to lock

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Speaker 1: down a ten seed. I put USC at eleven. Let

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Speaker 1: me tell you, I think LSU is gonna make a

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Speaker 1: little run here. I think LSU is gonna factor somehow

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Speaker 1: into the bubble of the playoff conversation. But I think

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Speaker 1: it may come down to people comparing resumes USC LSU,

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Speaker 1: and there is a head to head result that you'd

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Speaker 1: have to honor there. So I believe it or not,

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Speaker 1: I was close to put LSU in there. I think

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Speaker 1: there's still some gas in the tank for that team,

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Speaker 1: and so I don't have Notre Dame in the playoff.

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Speaker 1: I don't have Ole Miss in the playoff. I think LSU,

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Speaker 1: USC those kinds of teams could be in the conversation.

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Speaker 1: I got LSU eleven. I've got the fighting Barry Odoms

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Speaker 1: out there. UNLV is currently my G five team that

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Speaker 1: I would put in the playoff now over Memphis. The

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Speaker 1: Aaron grisham special there as we like to call it. Okay,

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Speaker 1: now that we've got our seeds one through twelve, how

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Speaker 1: do I think this is playing out? I'm actually not

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Speaker 1: nervous at all. I'm just pretending because the bracket is

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Speaker 1: fixed because we don't recede. Let me tell you what

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Speaker 1: this means. We got a five through twelve here. Five

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Speaker 1: versus twelve is Alabama versus UNLV All due respect to

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Speaker 1: the revs, I don't love their chances going into Tuscaloosa

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Speaker 1: in December. I just don't USC versus Oregon USC at Oregon.

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Speaker 1: I would take Oregon to win that game. Clemson at

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Speaker 1: Penn State is really fun. I would take Penn State,

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Speaker 1: a rested Penn State at home in mid December to

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Speaker 1: win that game. And I would Actually, they're not They're

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Speaker 1: not rested there, are they? They still though they are

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Speaker 1: kind of rested because Penn State didn't play in the

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Speaker 1: conference title game and Clemson did, so they kind of

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Speaker 1: are arrested. I take Penn State there and Georgia at Tennessee,

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Speaker 1: so basically a return trip in the same year, because

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Speaker 1: they play in Athens in a couple of weeks. I

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Speaker 1: would take Tennessee in that matchup, I think right now

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Speaker 1: to win that game, so all the home teams win there,

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Speaker 1: which advances them to the next round. Remember, friends, the

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Speaker 1: bracket is set, so we don't receive Texas would play Tennessee.

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Speaker 1: We think that would be in the Sugar Bowl. I

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Speaker 1: would take Texas over Tennessee. We would have Ohio State

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Speaker 1: versus Penn State. We think that that one would be

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Speaker 1: in the Rose Bowl because of the historical tie in.

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Speaker 1: I take Ohio State to win that one. That would

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Speaker 1: be Penn State's second trip to LA this year. By

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Speaker 1: the way, we have got Miami versus Oregon. I don't

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Speaker 1: need to tell fans of either program, nor do I

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Speaker 1: need to tell the staffs of either program, nor do

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Speaker 1: I need to tell the sid departments of either program

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Speaker 1: what the lead storyline in this matchup would be. Miami

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Speaker 1: versus Oregon. Think head coaches, think head coaches, We think

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Speaker 1: that one would be in the Peach Bowl. Slightly in

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Speaker 1: Miami right now, very slightly, like really slightly. And then

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Speaker 1: Iowa State would play Alabama in what we think would

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Speaker 1: be the Fiesta Bowl. So out in Arizona and I

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Speaker 1: take Bama. Bama will have just if you're keeping track

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Speaker 1: at home, as the five seed, Bama will have drawn

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Speaker 1: you n LV and Iowa State so far. But there

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Speaker 1: are people out there who will tell you slam dunk,

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Speaker 1: no question that rather have the role of Texas, that

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Speaker 1: rather have the role of Ohio State. Okay, I think

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Speaker 1: case by case we may disagree on that. I e.

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Speaker 1: This case, let's go final four. We have got Texas

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Speaker 1: versus Alabama, an SEC championship game rematch. We have got

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Speaker 1: Ohio State Miami. They don't play in the regular season. Now,

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Speaker 1: let me tell you what the big controversy here would be.

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Speaker 1: These semi final games are in Arlington, Texas and Miami, Florida.

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Speaker 1: Preference is given to the top overall seed, so Texas

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Speaker 1: essentially kind of gets to pick where they play. Texas

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Speaker 1: is not choosing to go to South Florida when they

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Speaker 1: can play in their backyard there in Dallas. So Texas

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Speaker 1: would play Bama in Dallas. And I need you to

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Speaker 1: understand that that means, even though Ohio State is the

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Speaker 1: number two overall seed, they would be forced to go

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Speaker 1: to Miami, Florida to play Miami in a semi final game.

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Speaker 1: Does it seem right? Does it make sense. Of course

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Speaker 1: it does not, But in this unique circumstance, that's the

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Speaker 1: way it would work. I would take, nevertheless, Texas to

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Speaker 1: beat Bama. I would take Ohio State to beat Miami,

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Speaker 1: and it would give me the exact same championship game

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Speaker 1: that I already have. And I'm going to take my

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Speaker 1: exact same champion. I am going to take in the

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Speaker 1: national title game. Slightly Ohio State over Texas. Model would

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Speaker 1: make that Ohio State minus one and a half right now.

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Speaker 1: Models very high on Ohio State. You can disagree with that.

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Speaker 1: That's okay. We got a long way to go, but

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Speaker 1: we got Ohio State over Texas still in the national

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Speaker 1: championship game right now. I don't see how any of

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Speaker 1: it goes wrong. I honestly don't. They're watching us in

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Speaker 1: Saint George, Louisiana, Maryville, Tennessee, and Burbank, California. Before we

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Speaker 1: get cublic in here, let me remind you all the

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Speaker 1: Tomorrow night from a hotel room in College Station, Texas,

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Speaker 1: and we're gonna have a lot of fun with that

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Speaker 1: because we're going to win with that. And speak of

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Speaker 1: the devil. I've already got three plays on the ram

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Speaker 1: Noodle Express. We're adding two of them. So we got

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Speaker 1: wake Forest plus five and a half, we got Virginia Pickham,

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Speaker 1: we got East Carolina minus eight and a half. Those

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Speaker 1: are the three that we added earlier. This week, we

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Speaker 1: added Florida State plus fourteen and a half brave little

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Speaker 1: toaster mode there, and I'm adding Florida plus two and

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Speaker 1: a half coming off of buye there in the Swamp.

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Speaker 1: I counted on UCF last week and they disappointed me

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Speaker 1: in crushing fashion. This is not personal, though we don't

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Speaker 1: try and tail emotion on this. I just think the

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Speaker 1: wrong team's favored in the game. So I'm taking Florida

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Speaker 1: plus two and a half. Like them to win out right,

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Speaker 1: and I'm taking Florida State plus fourteen and a half.

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Speaker 1: Don't quite like them to win outright, but we do

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Speaker 1: let's get Kublic in here. He will be in Nashville.

656
00:34:11,640 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 1: I think in like a few hours. Winter Are you

657
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:15,839
Speaker 1: coming up here? You got Vandy Bama Saturday? Why aren't

658
00:34:15,880 --> 00:34:17,839
Speaker 1: you already here? Well?

659
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:20,520
Speaker 3: I went to Bama practice in Tuscalousa today, So just

660
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:22,120
Speaker 3: got back to Birmingham a few minutes ago.

661
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:25,319
Speaker 2: Scooped up the kids at school, and I don't know.

662
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:27,600
Speaker 3: It's it's either going to be later tonight after I

663
00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,760
Speaker 3: helped get the kids to bed, or we'll do the show.

664
00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,160
Speaker 2: Here in the morning and then drive up.

665
00:34:31,200 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 3: It's game time decision here, basically quarnerback with a little

666
00:34:35,640 --> 00:34:37,080
Speaker 3: bit of a hip flexor, and we're not sure if

667
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:37,439
Speaker 3: we're going.

668
00:34:37,320 --> 00:34:37,799
Speaker 2: To go or not.

669
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:41,160
Speaker 1: What did you think of what you saw at Bama practice? Well,

670
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:42,839
Speaker 1: you know what, why not? What have you thought about

671
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:44,560
Speaker 1: what you've seen from them so far before we dive

672
00:34:44,600 --> 00:34:45,839
Speaker 1: into this Auburn Georgia game.

673
00:34:46,840 --> 00:34:49,600
Speaker 3: I like how they've grown through the course of the season.

674
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:52,040
Speaker 3: The identity of the offense seems to be becoming a

675
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 3: little bit more clear. If you go to the second

676
00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 3: half of that Georgia game. I know a lot of

677
00:34:55,040 --> 00:34:57,640
Speaker 3: people think of well, it was a meltdown and didn't

678
00:34:57,680 --> 00:34:59,920
Speaker 3: like to play calling. It was conservative if you really

679
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,320
Speaker 3: dive into it, Josh, which I know you do, because

680
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,680
Speaker 3: those folks who watched the film, no one can really

681
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:09,600
Speaker 3: argue with them. It was just execution. There was a

682
00:35:09,640 --> 00:35:11,760
Speaker 3: couple of different reads. It was a couple of different receivers.

683
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:13,839
Speaker 3: Maybe broke her out off early, a receiver that didn't

684
00:35:13,840 --> 00:35:16,280
Speaker 3: finish their route to maybe run off another defender.

685
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,400
Speaker 2: So those are things that are easily repaired. I think

686
00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:20,200
Speaker 2: a couple of the guys.

687
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,919
Speaker 3: Up front, like lt Overton or exceeding expectations. If Kway

688
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:25,160
Speaker 3: Russol gets back gets healthier. We saw him cause the

689
00:35:25,160 --> 00:35:26,880
Speaker 3: funnel in that game. I think he could be a

690
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:29,759
Speaker 3: big time edge defender. Were some things in the secondary

691
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,799
Speaker 3: that have to be cleaned up, But I like how

692
00:35:31,800 --> 00:35:34,760
Speaker 3: this team has upward momentum trending here to the first.

693
00:35:34,520 --> 00:35:35,240
Speaker 2: Half of the season.

694
00:35:35,360 --> 00:35:37,560
Speaker 3: Okay, by the way, the offensive line, I think this

695
00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:38,839
Speaker 3: year is about what you and I thought it would

696
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 3: be last year.

697
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:40,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're just ahead of the curve. We used to

698
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:42,440
Speaker 1: do it with TCU all the time. Be one year

699
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: ahead on TCU. All right. I know you guys have

700
00:35:47,160 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 1: probably talked about this game a little bit down in

701
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,839
Speaker 1: Birmingham on radio. But Colin, here's a good endpoint for you.

702
00:35:53,280 --> 00:35:55,960
Speaker 1: Auburn's playing Georgia this Saturday. They tell me it's the

703
00:35:56,000 --> 00:35:58,360
Speaker 1: deep South, oldest rivalry. They tell me you played in

704
00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:00,759
Speaker 1: this game once upon a time. But they also tell

705
00:36:00,760 --> 00:36:03,160
Speaker 1: me George is a twenty four and a half point favorite. Saturday,

706
00:36:03,160 --> 00:36:05,560
Speaker 1: three thirty game there on ABC, at least in the

707
00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:08,879
Speaker 1: Eastern time zone. So let me just ask you, let

708
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:11,000
Speaker 1: me just float something to you. Everyone knows turnovers have

709
00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:13,760
Speaker 1: been a chronic issue with Auburn. They were a problem

710
00:36:13,840 --> 00:36:15,759
Speaker 1: last week for Georgia, mind you, but they've been a

711
00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 1: chronic problem all year for Auburn. So let's just say

712
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,800
Speaker 1: that we rub the magic eight ball. Turnovers are even

713
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:26,479
Speaker 1: in this game. No no edge either way. Number one

714
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: miracle and then number two Peyton Thorn three hundred plus

715
00:36:30,640 --> 00:36:33,520
Speaker 1: yard guy two of his last four games Auburn. Otherwise,

716
00:36:33,520 --> 00:36:37,640
Speaker 1: their offensive profile is a top twenty five yards per game,

717
00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:41,280
Speaker 1: pass yards per game, explosive plays per game. Team. Georgia

718
00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 1: has had slow start after slow start this year, and

719
00:36:44,440 --> 00:36:46,600
Speaker 1: as much as folks are looking for a big time

720
00:36:46,640 --> 00:36:49,160
Speaker 1: get up off the matt response from Georgia from last week,

721
00:36:49,920 --> 00:36:53,120
Speaker 1: I should reasonably expect that from Georgia or from Auburn

722
00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:56,000
Speaker 1: as well. They have been terrible in San Fra Stadium.

723
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,359
Speaker 1: I understand that they are not as good a team,

724
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,160
Speaker 1: nowhere close to as good a team as Georgia is.

725
00:37:01,360 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: The quality depth is not there. They may not be

726
00:37:03,640 --> 00:37:05,879
Speaker 1: able to get after the quarterback quite like Alabama did.

727
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:08,640
Speaker 1: But man, this is twenty four and a half points.

728
00:37:08,840 --> 00:37:11,600
Speaker 1: Are you ready to at least present to me the

729
00:37:11,680 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 1: idea because you called Kentucky nearly out right last week?

730
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,319
Speaker 1: Are you ready to present the idea that you could

731
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:18,880
Speaker 1: see a fourth quarter game here.

732
00:37:20,760 --> 00:37:23,359
Speaker 3: After that diet tribe of Auburn negativity. I'm not sure

733
00:37:23,360 --> 00:37:27,040
Speaker 3: how anybody could, but I guess I'll go out on

734
00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:28,640
Speaker 3: them and try to give you a couple of reasons

735
00:37:28,640 --> 00:37:32,160
Speaker 3: that I think they may be able to one outside

736
00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,479
Speaker 3: of one deep ball down the sideline, Auburn's been pretty

737
00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:35,920
Speaker 3: good in man coverage this year. It's one of the

738
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,080
Speaker 3: bigger surprises that I've seen with this team that could

739
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,760
Speaker 3: allow them to have extra defenders close to the box

740
00:37:41,840 --> 00:37:44,160
Speaker 3: to play the run, which I also don't think Georgia

741
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:46,000
Speaker 3: has really overly committed.

742
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:46,320
Speaker 2: To this season.

743
00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:48,200
Speaker 3: Is this going to be the game where they say,

744
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 3: we think we can push this group around, let's attach

745
00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:53,040
Speaker 3: our tight ends, let's try to go north and south

746
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:54,839
Speaker 3: and see what they can do about it, and then

747
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 3: maybe try to let Carson Beck work off play action.

748
00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,960
Speaker 3: Or you're able to dedicate more bodies to more stunts,

749
00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:04,040
Speaker 3: more pressures, more simulated pressures, which I do think DJ

750
00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:06,520
Speaker 3: Diurkins done a pretty good job of drawing some things

751
00:38:06,560 --> 00:38:09,360
Speaker 3: up to be able to confuse some different quarterbacks this season.

752
00:38:09,760 --> 00:38:12,800
Speaker 3: So it really is the same story on both sides.

753
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:14,839
Speaker 3: You have some strengths that need to go a little

754
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:18,239
Speaker 3: bit further to protecting your weaknesses. So can Jarquez Hunter

755
00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:19,840
Speaker 3: be able to get the run game going? Is the

756
00:38:19,840 --> 00:38:21,879
Speaker 3: offensive line going to continue a.

757
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:22,960
Speaker 2: Little bit of an upward trend.

758
00:38:23,000 --> 00:38:24,719
Speaker 3: I thought they have one of their better games last week,

759
00:38:24,760 --> 00:38:26,279
Speaker 3: even though it's not great, and I'm not saying that

760
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 3: they're running people over left and right, but they have

761
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,239
Speaker 3: so some improvement. Got a little bit more from the

762
00:38:30,239 --> 00:38:32,759
Speaker 3: tight ends in the run game last week. I think

763
00:38:32,760 --> 00:38:35,560
Speaker 3: you'll see more misdirection. I think there's some things that

764
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 3: I don't want to say they've been held, but the

765
00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:39,799
Speaker 3: Hugh Freeze will probably pull out for this game that

766
00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:41,840
Speaker 3: we haven't seen a lot of so far this season.

767
00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:44,400
Speaker 3: Could they keep it competitive if a lot of those

768
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,440
Speaker 3: things go their way? Number One, I think you got

769
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 3: to get pressure on Carson Back. I think you have

770
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,800
Speaker 3: to make him uncomfortable like he was in the Kentucky

771
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:53,160
Speaker 3: game and the first half of the Alabama game, which

772
00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:54,920
Speaker 3: means your corners are going to be on an island,

773
00:38:55,200 --> 00:38:57,800
Speaker 3: and they've been pretty decent there. So running the football

774
00:38:57,840 --> 00:39:00,120
Speaker 3: also going to be paramount, and against this front, it's

775
00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:02,399
Speaker 3: going to be a little bit more difficult. So we'll

776
00:39:02,440 --> 00:39:04,000
Speaker 3: see Peyton Thorne prices to do a lot.

777
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:05,920
Speaker 2: With his legs. If that were to take place, I.

778
00:39:05,840 --> 00:39:08,320
Speaker 3: Think you'll see him break that defense down multiple times.

779
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 3: If Auburn is sustaining drives, I think they slow it

780
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:11,839
Speaker 3: down too.

781
00:39:11,880 --> 00:39:13,279
Speaker 2: I don't think this is a tempo game.

782
00:39:13,360 --> 00:39:14,759
Speaker 3: I don't think this This is one where you try

783
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 3: to go fast and see if you can get you know,

784
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:18,680
Speaker 3: eighty plays, or try and throw the football down the

785
00:39:18,719 --> 00:39:22,360
Speaker 3: field constantly, make sure you're getting into the right play,

786
00:39:22,440 --> 00:39:24,920
Speaker 3: make sure you're getting into the right thing. Probably hurry

787
00:39:24,960 --> 00:39:27,400
Speaker 3: to the line of scrimmage, and then maybe some lookover,

788
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,640
Speaker 3: some check with me. Is just to kind of be

789
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 3: certain that what you see is what the coaches see

790
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:35,120
Speaker 3: and try to avoid catastrophes like Auburn has seen in

791
00:39:35,160 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 3: almost every other game.

792
00:39:36,840 --> 00:39:40,080
Speaker 1: I also have no reason to expect a fast start

793
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:42,000
Speaker 1: from Georgia. They could spring one on you anytime. But

794
00:39:42,040 --> 00:39:43,600
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with what my eyes have seen. So

795
00:39:43,680 --> 00:39:46,360
Speaker 1: far this year. I think if that is a like

796
00:39:46,480 --> 00:39:49,439
Speaker 1: one possession game at half, the juice in that locker

797
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:51,239
Speaker 1: room to come out the second half will be enough

798
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:54,239
Speaker 1: to keep this compressed. Because you talked about sort of

799
00:39:54,360 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 1: dialing down tempo a little bit, I would. I would

800
00:39:57,280 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 1: echo that, and so I think somehow some way to

801
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:01,840
Speaker 1: as well within twenty four and a half. So I

802
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,400
Speaker 1: go Georgia when Auburn cover. Do you agree or disagree

803
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:04,680
Speaker 1: on that?

804
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,480
Speaker 2: Uh No, I'm gonna say no cover here.

805
00:40:10,520 --> 00:40:13,360
Speaker 1: You're gonna say no cover. So blowout city? All right?

806
00:40:13,520 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 1: Fun fun calls on Monday morning. We have talked a lot.

807
00:40:18,800 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 1: You and I have talked about Alabama, Georgia, or we've

808
00:40:22,600 --> 00:40:25,840
Speaker 1: talked about Tennessee affair amount, We've talked about Old miss like,

809
00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,200
Speaker 1: we've talked about a lot of the top teams Texas

810
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:30,759
Speaker 1: because basically the top five or so right now is

811
00:40:30,800 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 1: a bunch of SEC teams, and then it's Ohio State

812
00:40:33,560 --> 00:40:36,279
Speaker 1: in there, and Ohio State is the quint essential who

813
00:40:36,320 --> 00:40:38,200
Speaker 1: if they play a team right now, I get it

814
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:40,000
Speaker 1: yelled in my face every day just like you do.

815
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:42,520
Speaker 1: So it's like Usain Bolt shows up to a fifth

816
00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:46,440
Speaker 1: grade field day dominates all the little little elementary school sprinters,

817
00:40:46,600 --> 00:40:49,360
Speaker 1: and someone yells, well, he didn't prove anything. He's probably

818
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:51,719
Speaker 1: not even fast, like who did he race? Well, it

819
00:40:51,840 --> 00:40:53,879
Speaker 1: is true that he didn't race anyone of note, but

820
00:40:53,880 --> 00:40:56,480
Speaker 1: but he's still a world class sprinter. Ohio State could

821
00:40:56,520 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 1: be that they could be a dominant team that just

822
00:40:58,480 --> 00:41:01,319
Speaker 1: hadn't really had to prove that yet this year. And

823
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,280
Speaker 1: they may not have to do it this Saturday against Iowa,

824
00:41:04,320 --> 00:41:06,160
Speaker 1: but if they don't, they'll go to Eugene and they'll

825
00:41:06,160 --> 00:41:07,880
Speaker 1: do it one way the other next week. So I

826
00:41:07,920 --> 00:41:10,160
Speaker 1: know you've watched them a little bit. What have you

827
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,520
Speaker 1: thought about them relative to what you expected to see?

828
00:41:13,840 --> 00:41:15,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, I watch them every week mainly just to wait

829
00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,919
Speaker 3: and see when Seth McLoughlin's gonna have all the bad

830
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 3: snaps that everybody predicted that he would have, and he

831
00:41:20,080 --> 00:41:21,600
Speaker 3: hasn't had a single one yet.

832
00:41:21,600 --> 00:41:24,000
Speaker 2: But I do think Will Howard's getting more comfortable.

833
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: Uh.

834
00:41:25,160 --> 00:41:28,600
Speaker 3: This Chip Kelly offense is one that's gonna take some time.

835
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:31,719
Speaker 3: He has so many different things. There are so many

836
00:41:31,760 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 3: different option as to how he can block things, different

837
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,799
Speaker 3: players that you can read on individual plays and the

838
00:41:37,880 --> 00:41:40,400
Speaker 3: things that the quarterback's gonna have to notice see, get in,

839
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,000
Speaker 3: get out of to be able to run at full speed.

840
00:41:43,800 --> 00:41:45,759
Speaker 3: Now he doesn't have to be all the way there

841
00:41:45,920 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 3: week one, two or three. But I have noticed a

842
00:41:48,160 --> 00:41:51,040
Speaker 3: gradual ascent in this offense. I think the comfort level

843
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:53,920
Speaker 3: at quarterback has gotten better and better. We know the

844
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,400
Speaker 3: talent that they have at running back, whether it's Judkins

845
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:59,600
Speaker 3: or Trevion Henderson, they've been fantastic. I do think the

846
00:41:59,600 --> 00:42:01,239
Speaker 3: offensive line playing a little bit ahead of where I

847
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,480
Speaker 3: thought they would. I mean, listen, you can't what else

848
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,719
Speaker 3: can you say about Jeremiah Smith and how ridiculous he's

849
00:42:05,719 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 3: been at wide receiver.

850
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,240
Speaker 2: I love g Scott at tight end. Now.

851
00:42:09,400 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 3: I'm not ready to say that he's caged over from

852
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:13,680
Speaker 3: a year ago, but he's adding a little extra to

853
00:42:13,760 --> 00:42:16,960
Speaker 3: that offensive line and making them a little bit more physical.

854
00:42:17,360 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 3: And if the quarterback continues to become more comfortable with

855
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:24,319
Speaker 3: different reads, manipulating different things through the mesh point, they're

856
00:42:24,360 --> 00:42:24,799
Speaker 3: gonna be.

857
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:25,480
Speaker 2: Tough to stop.

858
00:42:25,560 --> 00:42:28,160
Speaker 3: And I feel like I've seen more being added and

859
00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 3: I feel like I've seen more comfort being able to

860
00:42:30,160 --> 00:42:33,120
Speaker 3: run this offense this way. I'm still not gonna say

861
00:42:33,120 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 3: the defense is elite, and I know your listeners aren't

862
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:36,160
Speaker 3: gonna like that. U they didn't like it when I

863
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 3: said it last time. But I don't know if it

864
00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,160
Speaker 3: has to be elite. And I'm not really sure I

865
00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:42,520
Speaker 3: care who they played, because what I watch, or what

866
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:44,719
Speaker 3: I see when I watch them, is a team that

867
00:42:44,880 --> 00:42:47,560
Speaker 3: keeps growing and a team that can put their roster

868
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,560
Speaker 3: from a talent perspective, up against anybody else in college football.

869
00:42:50,560 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 3: So I actually really like Ohio State right now, not

870
00:42:53,080 --> 00:42:55,000
Speaker 3: down on them at all, regardless of what the level

871
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:55,880
Speaker 3: of competition's been.

872
00:42:55,920 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 1: All Right, No, I'm gonna get ahead of the comments

873
00:42:57,680 --> 00:43:00,520
Speaker 1: because they will think you're down on them. You are.

874
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:06,040
Speaker 1: Basically you're suggesting that it's not eleven superheroes on defense.

875
00:43:06,200 --> 00:43:10,120
Speaker 1: You're suggesting that they are mere human eighteen to twenty

876
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,440
Speaker 1: two year old college football players. There are strengths and weaknesses,

877
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:17,840
Speaker 1: more strengths than weaknesses. But everyone didn't magically elevate fifty

878
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:20,600
Speaker 1: percent in their level of play just because they came back,

879
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:23,760
Speaker 1: So break down if you were to just put potato

880
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:26,160
Speaker 1: sacks on them instead of Ohio State Jersey. So we

881
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:29,399
Speaker 1: remove all the helmet bias, what do you actually see

882
00:43:29,400 --> 00:43:32,280
Speaker 1: from them. Defensively, I do think.

883
00:43:32,120 --> 00:43:35,680
Speaker 3: You have a good defensive tackle rotation. I think the

884
00:43:35,719 --> 00:43:37,799
Speaker 3: first two better than the second two. I think you

885
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:42,160
Speaker 3: have capable edge defenders. The problem is they disappear at times,

886
00:43:42,160 --> 00:43:44,319
Speaker 3: they go away at times. It's not as consistent as

887
00:43:44,320 --> 00:43:46,040
Speaker 3: you would like it to see. When it's good, it's

888
00:43:46,080 --> 00:43:49,960
Speaker 3: really good linebacker sideline to sideline speed, Josh, I don't

889
00:43:49,960 --> 00:43:51,440
Speaker 3: know if I can speak to the secondary.

890
00:43:51,400 --> 00:43:52,880
Speaker 2: I don't know how much it's been tested yet. I

891
00:43:52,920 --> 00:43:53,440
Speaker 2: don't really know.

892
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 3: As you stated, we're probably not going to see that

893
00:43:55,960 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 3: again this week, and I would love to see some

894
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,520
Speaker 3: of those interier defensive linemen, some of those edge defenders

895
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,480
Speaker 3: against better offensive lines and more capable offenses.

896
00:44:04,680 --> 00:44:06,879
Speaker 2: But I see enough.

897
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:08,600
Speaker 3: To know that they're not going to give up forty

898
00:44:08,600 --> 00:44:10,920
Speaker 3: five on an annual basis or a weekly basis, and

899
00:44:10,920 --> 00:44:12,840
Speaker 3: they're not going to give up a bunch of explosive

900
00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,839
Speaker 3: plays just because they do have the ability to tack

901
00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:17,759
Speaker 3: the quarterback with four, they're going to be able to

902
00:44:17,760 --> 00:44:19,880
Speaker 3: get there some and I think they have talent on

903
00:44:19,920 --> 00:44:20,440
Speaker 3: the back end.

904
00:44:20,560 --> 00:44:21,239
Speaker 2: I just don't know.

905
00:44:21,200 --> 00:44:23,160
Speaker 3: If they've been tested enough for me to really say

906
00:44:23,320 --> 00:44:25,000
Speaker 3: I'm putting them up there with any other defense in

907
00:44:25,040 --> 00:44:25,720
Speaker 3: college football.

908
00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:30,680
Speaker 1: Yet, all right, I'm going to college station tonight. Will

909
00:44:30,719 --> 00:44:33,800
Speaker 1: be there Saturday from Missouri versus Texas A and M. Now,

910
00:44:34,280 --> 00:44:37,840
Speaker 1: I have not heard anyone else's prediction on this game. Blindly,

911
00:44:38,840 --> 00:44:40,919
Speaker 1: I was under the assumption that a lot of people

912
00:44:40,960 --> 00:44:42,719
Speaker 1: would see that Missouri is a top ten team and

913
00:44:42,760 --> 00:44:44,799
Speaker 1: they would pick them to win the game. Then I

914
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:47,600
Speaker 1: was informed earlier today that's not the case. The entire

915
00:44:47,680 --> 00:44:51,240
Speaker 1: world is on ANM as am. I now, it seems

916
00:44:51,239 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 1: like the entire world was on Bama last week and

917
00:44:53,360 --> 00:44:57,640
Speaker 1: Bama ends up winning, so it can happen. But have

918
00:44:57,719 --> 00:45:00,920
Speaker 1: you gotten this since because you could if I find

919
00:45:00,920 --> 00:45:03,120
Speaker 1: out the world is on A and M. I'm not

920
00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:05,400
Speaker 1: sold on this totally. I could easily invert this thing

921
00:45:05,440 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 1: and we could just do a Missouri dominant preview and

922
00:45:08,080 --> 00:45:11,200
Speaker 1: both pick them here. I'm not against it. Quarterback edge there,

923
00:45:11,239 --> 00:45:15,480
Speaker 1: wide receiver edge there. Coaching staff edge is probably there,

924
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:17,839
Speaker 1: at least in terms of continuity. It's fun to see,

925
00:45:17,880 --> 00:45:21,360
Speaker 1: by the way, how many first year staffs Missouri faces

926
00:45:21,400 --> 00:45:23,520
Speaker 1: this year. So how are you seeing this game?

927
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:28,000
Speaker 3: I think it's interesting because I like you and beginning

928
00:45:28,040 --> 00:45:30,160
Speaker 3: to hear more and more people just say, this is

929
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:32,799
Speaker 3: A and M's game and it's not going to be competitive.

930
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:34,680
Speaker 3: They like A and M, and that's just kind of it.

931
00:45:35,400 --> 00:45:38,640
Speaker 3: Everybody on the morning show is riding with A and M. Mickelroy,

932
00:45:38,760 --> 00:45:41,400
Speaker 3: our entire staff, they're all rolling with A and M,

933
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:44,799
Speaker 3: have no question about it. I think this is a

934
00:45:44,840 --> 00:45:46,720
Speaker 3: little bit of what we've dealt with with a couple

935
00:45:46,719 --> 00:45:48,680
Speaker 3: of teams this year that have had a bad showing

936
00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:51,120
Speaker 3: against an inferior opponent, and all of a sudden, we

937
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:54,279
Speaker 3: just labeled them bad football team. If you would just

938
00:45:54,360 --> 00:45:57,640
Speaker 3: kind of pay closer attention to how Vanderbilt played Missouri,

939
00:45:58,360 --> 00:46:01,080
Speaker 3: and actually had an interesting conversation with another head coach

940
00:46:01,120 --> 00:46:02,759
Speaker 3: in the league about this today because he thinks his

941
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:05,560
Speaker 3: team might be played that way this week. They give

942
00:46:05,680 --> 00:46:08,120
Speaker 3: up everything underneath and basically said, we don't think you

943
00:46:08,160 --> 00:46:11,880
Speaker 3: want to drive eight, ten, twelve, fifteen plays for all

944
00:46:11,920 --> 00:46:14,400
Speaker 3: your scores. They think you're gonna get greedy before they do.

945
00:46:14,480 --> 00:46:17,200
Speaker 3: And it was a good strategy, but Brady Cook ran

946
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:19,960
Speaker 3: the offense the way that he should have when presented

947
00:46:19,960 --> 00:46:23,040
Speaker 3: with a defense like that. I think Nate Noel is

948
00:46:23,080 --> 00:46:26,040
Speaker 3: pure art running the stretch play love Brett Norfleet at

949
00:46:26,080 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 3: tight end, the physicality he brings. I think Armand Membu

950
00:46:28,640 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 3: is the best right tackle in college football. And Brady

951
00:46:32,080 --> 00:46:34,879
Speaker 3: Cook has not had to be great yet for them

952
00:46:34,920 --> 00:46:36,239
Speaker 3: to win a game. Do I think he will at

953
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:39,080
Speaker 3: some point this year? Yes, if we're talking about going

954
00:46:39,200 --> 00:46:41,319
Speaker 3: deep into the College Football Playoff or just getting to

955
00:46:41,320 --> 00:46:43,880
Speaker 3: the playoff, he's gonna have to have a four hundred

956
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:45,759
Speaker 3: and twenty yard game, three hundred and eighty yard game

957
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:48,319
Speaker 3: with puts another eighty hundred on the ground, like put

958
00:46:48,320 --> 00:46:48,800
Speaker 3: the team.

959
00:46:48,640 --> 00:46:49,680
Speaker 2: On his back, so to speak.

960
00:46:49,719 --> 00:46:52,960
Speaker 3: But I love the backs, Noel and Carol. We know

961
00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:55,760
Speaker 3: what Luther Burden's capable of. The Oise and Mookie Cooper.

962
00:46:55,800 --> 00:46:57,600
Speaker 3: I'll set that with a good group of tight ends

963
00:46:57,640 --> 00:47:00,440
Speaker 3: and an offensive line that's got a great for the

964
00:47:00,480 --> 00:47:02,000
Speaker 3: stretch play that they build.

965
00:47:01,760 --> 00:47:05,040
Speaker 2: Everything off of. And I still think the defense pretty aggressive.

966
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:07,440
Speaker 3: It might not be last year's group, but you got

967
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:09,840
Speaker 3: a safety that'll come down and try to declat you

968
00:47:09,880 --> 00:47:13,160
Speaker 3: on every snap, linebacker's active, two edge defenders and an

969
00:47:13,200 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 3: interior defender that are playing pretty good football right now.

970
00:47:15,320 --> 00:47:17,920
Speaker 2: So I just don't know what the problem is with Missouri.

971
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:20,239
Speaker 3: Is it they haven't scored enough points like they're not

972
00:47:20,239 --> 00:47:22,839
Speaker 3: blowing people out. I just don't judge teams that way.

973
00:47:23,320 --> 00:47:24,800
Speaker 3: And there's a lot to like about A and M.

974
00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:27,960
Speaker 3: Don't get me wrong, that defensive line is insane. Love

975
00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:30,799
Speaker 3: Shamar Turner, Shamar Stewart's playing good football this year. I

976
00:47:30,880 --> 00:47:32,800
Speaker 3: thought Nick s Gorton would be good, but I honestly,

977
00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:35,360
Speaker 3: Josh didn't think he'd be this good. He's flat out dominant,

978
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,600
Speaker 3: and he's bigger and more physical than I imagined he

979
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:40,680
Speaker 3: would be in this league. You know, the tight end,

980
00:47:40,680 --> 00:47:43,680
Speaker 3: Theo melon Ostrom. I'm probably butchering that. I think he

981
00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:47,279
Speaker 3: brings a little extra physicality to the offensive line. They

982
00:47:47,360 --> 00:47:49,120
Speaker 3: still have an issue at left tackle, but the old

983
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:51,360
Speaker 3: line's coming along. We know they can run the football some,

984
00:47:52,160 --> 00:47:53,880
Speaker 3: but I think you have a quarterback that's still younger

985
00:47:53,880 --> 00:47:55,680
Speaker 3: trying to figure out, and then if you can present

986
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:58,680
Speaker 3: different things to him defensively, can probably get him into

987
00:47:58,719 --> 00:47:59,680
Speaker 3: a couple mistakes.

988
00:48:00,120 --> 00:48:02,920
Speaker 2: And the accuracy has dipped a little bit as opposed.

989
00:48:02,520 --> 00:48:05,839
Speaker 3: To taking off. So I like the Missouri a lot

990
00:48:05,880 --> 00:48:08,520
Speaker 3: coming into the season. I think they can offset that

991
00:48:08,600 --> 00:48:12,560
Speaker 3: offensive line with everything that Kirby Moore does to be

992
00:48:12,680 --> 00:48:16,000
Speaker 3: able to give you window dressing, eye violations. He's gonna

993
00:48:16,080 --> 00:48:18,359
Speaker 3: run split zone, he's gonna have jet sweeps coming back

994
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:20,800
Speaker 3: and forth. They're gonna run the stretch play with boots

995
00:48:20,800 --> 00:48:23,200
Speaker 3: off of it. They're gonna screen off everything like. They're

996
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:25,520
Speaker 3: gonna get that group running, and I think they can

997
00:48:25,520 --> 00:48:28,000
Speaker 3: wear that defensive line down. And if you can remove

998
00:48:28,040 --> 00:48:31,160
Speaker 3: or the gate the strength of another team's another football team,

999
00:48:31,200 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 3: and it's not much of a strength, think got a

1000
00:48:33,000 --> 00:48:34,880
Speaker 3: pretty good chance to win. So that's why I'll take

1001
00:48:34,880 --> 00:48:35,680
Speaker 3: Missouri this weekend.

1002
00:48:35,760 --> 00:48:39,160
Speaker 1: You know where it could turn as ugly as quickly

1003
00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:42,640
Speaker 1: as anywhere this side of like Tallahassee, and that's old

1004
00:48:42,680 --> 00:48:45,040
Speaker 1: miss Ole miss going on the road after that loss

1005
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:48,440
Speaker 1: against Kentucky. You know what the preseason expectation was, you

1006
00:48:48,440 --> 00:48:50,239
Speaker 1: know what the standard for this year was. I don't

1007
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:52,600
Speaker 1: even think it was unfair. I think them expecting that

1008
00:48:52,760 --> 00:48:57,000
Speaker 1: was to be expected. If they've got a second loss

1009
00:48:57,040 --> 00:48:59,520
Speaker 1: hung on them before they really get into what is

1010
00:48:59,560 --> 00:49:03,319
Speaker 1: the meat of their schedule, it's different there. To me.

1011
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:06,640
Speaker 1: It's different there, like if Georgia was to lose another

1012
00:49:06,680 --> 00:49:09,920
Speaker 1: game and they get knocked out of whatever contention they're in.

1013
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:13,680
Speaker 1: Georgia's just will get them next year. Bama Ohio State

1014
00:49:13,760 --> 00:49:17,040
Speaker 1: is a will get them next year program. The folks

1015
00:49:17,040 --> 00:49:19,440
Speaker 1: at Old Miss had not built this year like that.

1016
00:49:19,520 --> 00:49:21,520
Speaker 1: They don't have that mentality. They look in the future

1017
00:49:21,520 --> 00:49:23,680
Speaker 1: and it's like the edge of a cliff. Whatever happens

1018
00:49:23,719 --> 00:49:27,160
Speaker 1: beyond this, this is the year. I say that because

1019
00:49:27,480 --> 00:49:31,200
Speaker 1: that means if things go sideways and it's early October,

1020
00:49:31,760 --> 00:49:33,839
Speaker 1: I think it could be a little more uncomfortable over

1021
00:49:33,840 --> 00:49:36,400
Speaker 1: there than just your typical, oh A hard fought conference

1022
00:49:36,440 --> 00:49:39,000
Speaker 1: loss on the road. And I say that to say

1023
00:49:39,120 --> 00:49:41,440
Speaker 1: I don't believe in the phrase do or die very often.

1024
00:49:41,920 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 1: I think it's pretty close to that for Old Miss,

1025
00:49:43,680 --> 00:49:45,400
Speaker 1: because I don't think they have the kind of schedule

1026
00:49:45,680 --> 00:49:47,799
Speaker 1: that they could pad enough to build a resume to

1027
00:49:47,840 --> 00:49:50,640
Speaker 1: be a playoff contender if they've got those two losses

1028
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:51,279
Speaker 1: already on there.

1029
00:49:52,640 --> 00:49:54,760
Speaker 2: Interesting don't believe in do or die? Do you believen

1030
00:49:54,800 --> 00:49:55,359
Speaker 2: ride or die?

1031
00:49:55,680 --> 00:49:57,719
Speaker 1: Absolutely? Why do you think I have you on the show?

1032
00:49:58,600 --> 00:50:02,320
Speaker 3: I'm just asking a couple things with Old Miss. I

1033
00:50:02,360 --> 00:50:05,279
Speaker 3: think what you're trying to say here is we all

1034
00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:07,760
Speaker 3: have a little bit of that inherent fear that there's

1035
00:50:07,760 --> 00:50:09,960
Speaker 3: going to be this checkout rate if they lose another

1036
00:50:10,000 --> 00:50:11,920
Speaker 3: gamep and I think that's fair.

1037
00:50:11,960 --> 00:50:12,839
Speaker 2: I think it's totally fair.

1038
00:50:12,880 --> 00:50:15,640
Speaker 3: We've all questioned how is this going to work, the chemistry,

1039
00:50:15,680 --> 00:50:17,759
Speaker 3: the continuity. When I was there a couple of weeks ago,

1040
00:50:18,160 --> 00:50:21,560
Speaker 3: people inside the building swore it was different, presented us

1041
00:50:21,600 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 3: with reasons that it was different, and I believed them,

1042
00:50:24,239 --> 00:50:27,040
Speaker 3: Jackson Dart being one of those you have the number

1043
00:50:27,040 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 3: one rush defense in college football.

1044
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:29,359
Speaker 2: Let's not forget that.

1045
00:50:29,400 --> 00:50:31,840
Speaker 3: I understand the level of competition, but they are better

1046
00:50:31,920 --> 00:50:35,520
Speaker 3: suited to be a team that can defend Lenora's Sellers

1047
00:50:35,560 --> 00:50:38,160
Speaker 3: if he's going in this offense, and if Rockett Sanders

1048
00:50:38,280 --> 00:50:39,840
Speaker 3: is going, and if they find a way to have

1049
00:50:39,880 --> 00:50:42,680
Speaker 3: it close to being full speed, they have the bodies

1050
00:50:42,680 --> 00:50:43,640
Speaker 3: to be able to do that.

1051
00:50:44,840 --> 00:50:46,320
Speaker 2: Now, what you flip.

1052
00:50:46,040 --> 00:50:48,400
Speaker 3: Around to the other side, South Carolina has the bodies

1053
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:51,520
Speaker 3: to be able to do is attack the quarterback similar

1054
00:50:51,600 --> 00:50:53,560
Speaker 3: to the fashion in which I was attacked on your

1055
00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:55,479
Speaker 3: show two weeks ago for saying that the Old Miss

1056
00:50:55,480 --> 00:50:58,160
Speaker 3: offensive line had not been playing great football this year. Now,

1057
00:50:58,160 --> 00:51:00,239
Speaker 3: for multiple weeks in a row, we've proven that has

1058
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:02,640
Speaker 3: been correct. I think they're becoming a little bit one

1059
00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:03,160
Speaker 3: dimensional and.

1060
00:51:03,200 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 2: A little bit too drop back heavy.

1061
00:51:04,920 --> 00:51:07,400
Speaker 3: In my opinion, there is a legitimate run game and

1062
00:51:07,520 --> 00:51:09,680
Speaker 3: running back to be able to be leaned on. With

1063
00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:11,719
Speaker 3: multiple tight ends that can now help you with that

1064
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:14,480
Speaker 3: in a quick game that can offset that a little bit.

1065
00:51:14,800 --> 00:51:17,080
Speaker 3: I told you after week two I thought Jackson Dart

1066
00:51:17,120 --> 00:51:18,759
Speaker 3: was taking too many hits Wake Forest game.

1067
00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:19,960
Speaker 2: He was taking too many hits.

1068
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:22,880
Speaker 3: I've got to find a way to offset him with

1069
00:51:22,960 --> 00:51:24,760
Speaker 3: elongated drops in the pocket.

1070
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:26,000
Speaker 2: The receivers are super talented.

1071
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:27,920
Speaker 3: You don't think Juice Wells wants to go catch fifteen

1072
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Speaker 3: for three hundred in this game. I know he does.

1073
00:51:29,920 --> 00:51:32,479
Speaker 3: I know his demeanor and his attitude. But you also

1074
00:51:32,520 --> 00:51:35,480
Speaker 3: have a secondary behind a defensive line that can absolutely

1075
00:51:35,480 --> 00:51:38,000
Speaker 3: wreck you that is veteran, laced with guys that have

1076
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Speaker 3: been around that understand how to work coverage, show different coverages,

1077
00:51:42,040 --> 00:51:44,480
Speaker 3: disguise things, and be able to find the football. So

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00:51:44,719 --> 00:51:47,279
Speaker 3: it's a really interesting matchup because I do think that

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Speaker 3: there's one side of the football that favors both of

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00:51:49,320 --> 00:51:51,719
Speaker 3: these teams and maybe not so much the other. I

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Speaker 3: think Lane knows where he is, though, and I think

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00:51:53,640 --> 00:51:55,960
Speaker 3: he knows the potential of dropping this one.

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Speaker 2: And you'll see some of those things that we have

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Speaker 2: concerns about.

1085
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Speaker 3: Show back up, lean on the game a little bit,

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00:52:01,120 --> 00:52:03,360
Speaker 3: not ask as much of your quarterback in the pocket

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Speaker 3: for as long as a period of time. I think

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Speaker 3: Ole Miss finds a way to bounce back. Some of

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00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:11,080
Speaker 3: this is my health concerns with Carolina just overall, because

1090
00:52:11,080 --> 00:52:13,000
Speaker 3: if I knew they were all healthy, I might feel

1091
00:52:13,000 --> 00:52:14,880
Speaker 3: a bit different about this game. And if it was

1092
00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:17,239
Speaker 3: at six thirty instead of what three fifteen, I'd probably

1093
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Speaker 3: feel really different about it.

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Speaker 1: All right, enjoy Nashville. If you need any recks, let

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Speaker 1: me know. You've only been here fifty times in your life,

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Speaker 1: so you're still learning your way around. Happy travels, and

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Speaker 1: I will talk to you when I talk to you.

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Speaker 3: Okay, you have happy travels as well. Tell Lucian Company.

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Speaker 1: I said, hello, we'll do Cube show on YouTube. People

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Speaker 1: Cube show, look it up, love it, ingest it. It's

1101
00:52:39,719 --> 00:52:41,799
Speaker 1: it's pretty good stuff. That guy with his YouTube show,

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Speaker 1: it's pretty good stuff.

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Speaker 2: Co ol cubes didn't get to fifteen thousand, by the way.

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Speaker 2: Bast Yeah, so the pain effect is.

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Speaker 1: It's not me, it's just the audience. Yeah, I subscribe.

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Speaker 1: It's just the audience that hasn't done it yet. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: Cube Show people one of us. Cube Show go help

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Speaker 1: them out there. All right, we got to get out

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Speaker 1: of here. We got to go catchup for producer Jesse,

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Speaker 1: for director Colin. I'm Josh Pate. Take care, enjoy the

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Speaker 1: weekend of games, don't get caught sleeping, and we'll see

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Speaker 1: you Sunday night to react to it all, God bless