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Speaker 5: What's up the general nation? Welcome to the Big Bets

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Speaker 5: on Campus Podcast. This is the Big Ten college Football

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Speaker 5: betting Creview. I'm stucky, joining me as always my fellowc

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Speaker 5: cost Colin Wilson. This is part one. We will go

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Speaker 5: top to bottom. In Part two, we will cover the

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Speaker 5: second half of the Big Ten, so nine and nine,

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Speaker 5: and we will summarize all of our favorite bets Conference

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Speaker 5: Part two should be out by the time you're listening

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Speaker 5: to this, and make sure you check that out. Also,

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Speaker 5: this is the most important time to leave. A five

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Speaker 5: So if you can just take a minute or so,

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Speaker 5: Appreciate all of you for tuning in again. So excited

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Speaker 5: to go through all of the power for conference previews

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Speaker 5: with Colin. We'll be knocking out the SEC tonight in

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Speaker 5: two parts as well. We'll do the Big twelve, which

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Speaker 5: is going to be exciting, and the AZC. Also this weekend,

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Speaker 5: we'll throw in Notre Dame and yukon the Independence in

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Speaker 5: that episode as well. And if you haven't checked out

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Speaker 5: all the group of five episodes just absolutely jam packed

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Speaker 5: with actionable info and good stuff on every single Team

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Speaker 5: Week zero BBOC watch party. Colin will be there, Doc

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Speaker 5: will be there. Breeze Mitchell, make sure you come out.

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Speaker 5: You don't have to r speop you or anything. We're

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Speaker 5: going to Joe's. We were there in March for March Management.

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Speaker 5: It was awesome. They know how to do it right.

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Speaker 5: Kansas State Iowa State kickoff, and then we'll be there

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Speaker 5: all day and night. So come have some drinks with us,

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Speaker 5: let me buy you drinks and just show up looking

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Speaker 5: forward and we have a Fantasy Flex event to where

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Speaker 5: people will draft like a fantasy team with Kerner and

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Speaker 5: Rayvaughn who will be there also. So should be a

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Speaker 5: blast and a great way to kick off the season.

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Speaker 5: But let's get right into the Big Ten. Colin, I

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Speaker 5: guess I'll stop ram for a second out. How are you?

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Speaker 5: Are you excited to talk Big Ten? I have a

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Speaker 5: lot to say about it, almost every single one of

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Speaker 2: I guess we have to say that. I have to

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Speaker 2: say that as an SEC homer, I guess you as

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Speaker 2: a migrated SEC homer, you and I do in power

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Speaker 2: for this is what you and I were made for

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Speaker 2: this one. I feel like we have deliverables that we

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Speaker 5: Yes, well, it is conference championships. Last two national champs

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Speaker 5: Ohio State. I guess we'll start with Ohio State.

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Speaker 1: The Ohio State buck eys like I like to know

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Speaker 5: Right now, the preseason favorite to win the Big Ten.

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Speaker 5: Best number you can find out that plus two point

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Speaker 5: fifty win total ten and a half. Juice the bit

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Speaker 5: to the under, the understaking a little bit of money

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Speaker 5: throughout the summer. There's a lot of change with this

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Speaker 5: to be able to figure out the Big Ten. Easier

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Speaker 5: said than done. But there's a lot of new quarterbacks

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Speaker 5: So that there's I don't think that there's as of

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Speaker 5: there's a lot of questions with this Ohio State team,

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Speaker 5: I'm not positive yet. There's a new offensive coordinator, internal

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Speaker 5: That hasn't happened since Sean Taylor. One of my biggest

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Speaker 2: A lot of questions both sides of the ball. I'll

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Speaker 2: Kelly was running this heavy rush offense with Trevon Henderson

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Speaker 2: Carneal Tit and Max clar the tight end? And which

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Speaker 2: Donaldson if they're gonna go heavy run, getting CJ. Donaldson

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Speaker 2: an absolute basher in your backfield. Not impressed with James

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Speaker 2: there's tons of questions here from coordinator down to play us.

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Speaker 5: Who's playing Rice? Mind?

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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, yeah, what's your competition? What kind of

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Speaker 2: Patricia's gonna cost him a game, period. I'll just get

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Speaker 2: and they're going to lose a game where they shouldn't. Now,

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Speaker 2: the defensive line has the most question marks. Is it

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Speaker 2: as potent is last year? I doubt it. Caleb Downs.

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Speaker 2: You and I are talking about his position. Remember he

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Speaker 2: was the single high safety and then in the playoff

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Speaker 2: they said forget that he's going to roam the box

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Speaker 2: tackles Contravian Wisner on the toss against Texas, it could

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Speaker 2: be Texas in the National title game. So where's Caleb Downs' lineup?

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Speaker 2: That's such a big question. Sonny styles outside linebacker maybe

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Speaker 2: He had a nineteen percent mistackle rate last year. That's

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Speaker 2: large so to me, the Patricia's defense, the style, where

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Speaker 2: are you putting Caleb Downs? Is he a free safety

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Speaker 2: or is he roaming there's a lot going on here.

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Speaker 2: We're portaling in edges from North Carolina. We've got two

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Speaker 5: You're doing Ohio State no playoff again.

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Speaker 2: Doing that. I almost got there last year. I almost

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Speaker 2: My opinion, that's our ceiling.

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Speaker 5: Let's move on. Let's talk about Jim Knowles. Well, Jim

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Speaker 1: The Penn State Nitney Lions.

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Speaker 5: Jim Knowles is now the defensive coordinator for Penn State

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Speaker 5: if their Tom Allen left for Clemson. I think moves

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Speaker 5: Penn State is to me power, They're the number one

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Speaker 5: probably be replaced by Cousins. But everyone else is back.

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Speaker 5: This offense should be good, mainly because Code Nicky's back.

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Speaker 5: You're two off codal Nikki. You get another full off

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Speaker 5: that's a pretty good linebacker com pairing with the Luca

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Speaker 5: I think those buys are so valuable. You got cotal

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Speaker 5: Nikki and Knowles, the best coordinator pairing in college football

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Speaker 5: this Ohio State personnel, Like I think that's a huge

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Speaker 5: they're plus the best you can find is plus two

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Speaker 5: I think the floor for this team is ten wins.

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Speaker 5: I showed value in the over They're my pick to

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Speaker 5: win the Big ten. Spoiler alert, Franklin. Look, a lot

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Speaker 5: criticis now are in big games and Franklin's decision making

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Speaker 2: My win total is not as high as yours, but

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Speaker 2: my expectations may be higher than yours, if that makes sense.

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Speaker 2: That is a really bad spot for Oregon at the

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Speaker 2: are you really gonna get in the way of Jim Knowles.

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Speaker 2: I want krusty Jim Knowles with a cup of coffee

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Speaker 2: Sutton one man have it crew. Zane Durant had eight

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Speaker 2: He had eight of them. If there's a weakness, that's

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Speaker 2: I would take Penn State's coordinators over Ohio States coordinators.

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Speaker 2: I'll state that again for like the third time. I

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Speaker 2: But I think if there's a bet to make here

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Speaker 2: it's seven to one. Almost across nationally it's eight to one.

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Speaker 5: Depending on how Oregon goes, there's like it's a chance

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Speaker 5: Five and a half Ohio State. I have close to

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Speaker 1: Great idea on the front end.

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Speaker 2: We got a lot of work to do and we

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Speaker 5: Let's move on to Oregon went undefeated last year and

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Speaker 1: Take ten chaptionship, buddy, the Oregon Ducks. Ducks fly together win.

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Speaker 5: You lose Gabriel to the NFL. You lose James You're

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Speaker 5: five recruiting in portal because there's just a lot of

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Speaker 5: moving pieces here for an offense that lost a quarterback

430
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Speaker 5: with a ton of experience, a thousand yard back. Your

431
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Speaker 5: top four receivers, four starting offensive lineman, two to the NFL.

432
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Speaker 5: Basically your entire offense is new except your center. We'll

433
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Speaker 5: see how it all works out. But there's fifteen ultimately

434
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Speaker 5: from last year's team that are in the NFL. The

435
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Speaker 5: biggest question is that quarterback, and I think that's where

436
00:20:19,960 --> 00:20:22,480
Speaker 5: we're going to see the biggest drop off because you

437
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Speaker 5: go from Bo Nicks and Dylan Gaber both in the NFL,

438
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Speaker 5: but they were both what fift years seniors to now

439
00:20:29,359 --> 00:20:31,800
Speaker 5: a brand new starter. You have Dante Moore. How many

440
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Speaker 5: pick six this is gonna throw? If you bet on Oregon,

441
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Speaker 5: I don't know. I'm not a Dante more guy. Never happen.

442
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Speaker 5: I think he's going to win the job to start,

443
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Speaker 5: but he could lose the job. From a scheduling perspective,

444
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Speaker 5: you avoid Ohio State in Michigan your hardest game other

445
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Speaker 5: than at Penn State, which I think is a loss

446
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Speaker 5: in a tough spot, But there are other hardest games.

447
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Speaker 5: It's like at Iowa you are coming off of a

448
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Speaker 5: buy there at least USC at home, you know, travel

449
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Speaker 5: across the country for Rutgers at Washington at the end

450
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Speaker 5: of the year. So there's some tricky scheduling spots for

451
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Speaker 5: the six teams. You play in the middle of the

452
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Speaker 5: year coming off of buys. I don't know. There's a

453
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Speaker 5: lot of questions here. I think they're going to have

454
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Speaker 5: to rely more on a running game. What are you

455
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Speaker 5: seeing with the Ducks?

456
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Speaker 2: Make the win total nine point six?

457
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Speaker 5: So yeah, you're under.

458
00:21:14,600 --> 00:21:16,399
Speaker 2: So yeah, it's under. But I think there's I mean,

459
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Speaker 2: I definitely think there's things that we need to discuss

460
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Speaker 2: because I think there's spots on the schedule you might

461
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Speaker 2: want to avoid. There might be some game of the

462
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Speaker 2: years you want to get in on. Now, if you're

463
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Speaker 2: new to the BBUC podcast, two years ago, Dante Moore

464
00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,160
Speaker 2: hit the scene in UCLA. I freaked out. I thought

465
00:21:28,200 --> 00:21:29,800
Speaker 2: he was the greatest thing ever. And then this kid

466
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Speaker 2: went on to throw some of the most embarrassing interceptions

467
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Speaker 2: I've never seen my entire life. Here we are full circle.

468
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Speaker 2: He's been in the system for a year now, he'll

469
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Speaker 2: be you know, if he needs to limit his turnover

470
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Speaker 2: worthy plays. I mean fourteen to twelve big time throw

471
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Speaker 2: to turnover worthy play rate. When you see Dante Moore

472
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Speaker 2: threat it, it's beautiful. And then sometimes he'll just get

473
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Speaker 2: back and throw it directly to a defender. And I'm

474
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Speaker 2: not sure what he's looking at. There's mind boggling interceptions.

475
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Speaker 2: The nature of the organ Ducks' offense is to limit

476
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Speaker 2: the mistakes by the quarterback, which is why Dylan Gabriel

477
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Speaker 2: and Bo Nicks had an average depth of target of

478
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Speaker 2: like six yards. And I think that might be the

479
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Speaker 2: saving grace for Dante Moore. I mean, I went and

480
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Speaker 2: watched this kid's track video. If you don't know the

481
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Speaker 2: name Decoryan Moore, you're gonna know it real soon. The

482
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Speaker 2: word on the street about this Decorian more kid, this

483
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Speaker 2: number one. I don't know why he's not in the

484
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Speaker 2: twenty twenty eight Olympics for long jump.

485
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Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean we're kind of talking low in Oregon,

486
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Speaker 5: but like they are. They were recruiting in Portland and Isolea.

487
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Speaker 5: They have dudes.

488
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Speaker 2: His recruiting profile says sudden explosion from a dead stop.

489
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Speaker 2: I'm excited to see this kid go. And when you

490
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Speaker 2: go on the defensive side of the ball, we're talking

491
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Speaker 2: about young Leiy, the young Concrete. He'll be at edge.

492
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Speaker 2: He's going to be an edge in the NFL. Nine

493
00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:37,520
Speaker 2: and a half sacks are going to return to this

494
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Speaker 2: defense and then edge two eod brings back five and

495
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Speaker 2: a half sacks on the other side. So it's the

496
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Speaker 2: same Oregon defense that we've come to expect all these years,

497
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Speaker 2: which is heavy pressure off the edge during passing downs.

498
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Speaker 2: But my question is the same thing with Oregon every year.

499
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Speaker 2: Where is the run defenders? The rush defense over the

500
00:22:56,040 --> 00:22:58,080
Speaker 2: middle is a huge question. I don't believe in Bear

501
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Speaker 2: Alexander's this third team in four years defensive tackle of

502
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Speaker 2: Mauri Washington twenty two games career, he's had twelve tackles.

503
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Speaker 2: Is that you are soft in the middle against the

504
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Speaker 2: run game, against teams that run zone read go and

505
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Speaker 2: look at the schedule. Who are the teams that run

506
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Speaker 2: power zone read Penn State, Minnesota, USC is gonna run it,

507
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Speaker 2: and Demon Williams at Washington and Coleman. There are so

508
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Speaker 2: many teams that are gonna be able to run inside

509
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Speaker 2: zone against this inside interior Oregon defense. I think the

510
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Speaker 2: one thing about Penn State that game that you and

511
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Speaker 2: I are talking about, Penn State's not gonna show anything.

512
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Speaker 2: And Jim Knowles went against will Stein twice last year.

513
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Speaker 2: If anybody's gonna be well prepared to take on Oregon

514
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Speaker 2: not only with a bye wee, but also seeing this

515
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Speaker 2: offense last year twice, I think it's gonna be Penn

516
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Speaker 2: State in the defense. So I'm under on Oregon all

517
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Speaker 2: the way. Under ten and a half minus one forty

518
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Speaker 2: was the best that I could find out there under

519
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Speaker 2: for me. Also in Oregon, let's talk a little Michigan Wolverines.

520
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Speaker 1: The Michigan Wolverines.

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Speaker 5: Another nine to one to win the conference is the

522
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Speaker 5: best you can find out there around plus two hundred

523
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Speaker 5: to make the college football Playoff. In total, what we

524
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Speaker 5: got out there under nine and a half minus one

525
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Speaker 5: seventy implied win total depending on where you look as

526
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Speaker 5: of right now is like eight eight eight nine. I

527
00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:09,919
Speaker 5: mean I project them at eight and a half. Now,

528
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Speaker 5: there's some upside here with Bryce Underwood, who I think

529
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Speaker 5: is gonna win the job. Mikey Keane is also in

530
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Speaker 5: the mix. He's dealt with some injuries. But Underwood is

531
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Speaker 5: obviously the highly prized recruit with a ton of potential.

532
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Speaker 5: He's got all the tools. It's just a matter of

533
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Speaker 5: how long is it going to take them to adjust

534
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Speaker 5: the college game. Now, all a lot of these teams

535
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Speaker 5: were mentioned. We just mentioned Oregon, Ohio State. We have

536
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Speaker 5: quarterback questions they're replacing pros. Michigan is not I mean Michigan.

537
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Speaker 5: This team, Bryce Underwood, he did these bad is probably

538
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Speaker 5: gonna better than what they had last year, at the

539
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Speaker 5: bare minimuman last year they only average one hundred and

540
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Speaker 5: twenty nine passing yards per game.

541
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Speaker 4: Okay, it's I'm out an orgy guy.

542
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Speaker 5: They had no forty plus yard completions. They had more

543
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Speaker 5: interceptions and touchdown dead lasts and explosive passing. So there's

544
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Speaker 5: a lot higher ceiling at quarterback obviously. But as far

545
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Speaker 5: as talking Michigan playoff Big ten, it's going to come

546
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Speaker 5: down to Ken Underwood. His potential. Now the pieces around him?

547
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Speaker 5: Are they there? They lose Mullings and Edwards to the NFL,

548
00:25:04,640 --> 00:25:06,920
Speaker 5: But it's martiall time. You had Haynes from Alabama. The

549
00:25:06,960 --> 00:25:09,280
Speaker 5: running backs are gonna be good. Tight end. You lose Loveland,

550
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Speaker 5: that's huge, Like do they have the weapons? I don't

551
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Speaker 5: really see it. They didn't really upgrade much unless some

552
00:25:16,280 --> 00:25:18,879
Speaker 5: of the young kids are gonna start contributing, and the

553
00:25:18,920 --> 00:25:23,680
Speaker 5: loss of Loveland is massive. Offensive line, you lost two

554
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Speaker 5: to the NFL. Link is gonna be the left tackle,

555
00:25:27,400 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 5: not a fan at right guard. There's like a cal

556
00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:33,240
Speaker 5: poly and fair estate transfers in the mix. I don't

557
00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,399
Speaker 5: necessarily see it what with the offensive line either, So

558
00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:39,680
Speaker 5: a lot of questions on this offense. The defense is

559
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Speaker 5: gonna be good. We do know that although they lose

560
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Speaker 5: three on the defensive line of the NFL and Grant,

561
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Speaker 5: Stuart and Graham, I don't think you just replace Grant

562
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:51,119
Speaker 5: and Graham who were just so dominant. I mean they

563
00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:52,879
Speaker 5: got a ton of bodies. I mean they got eleven

564
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Speaker 5: listed at three hundred plus. They'll rotate a lot Benny like.

565
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Speaker 5: So the interior, I do have some questions, but the

566
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Speaker 5: body there's a ton of bodies at edge up more

567
00:26:00,359 --> 00:26:03,480
Speaker 5: and guy their studs. There's some good depth also behind them.

568
00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:07,320
Speaker 5: Linebacker really strong with Housman and Barham. Their special team

569
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Speaker 5: should be elite because they have a really reliable kicker.

570
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Speaker 5: New offensive coordinator Chip lindsay he wants to get the

571
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Speaker 5: more explosive. It's gonna be like a power spread. You'd

572
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Speaker 5: probably going to see more eleven personnel this year. From

573
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Speaker 5: a scheduling perspective, they avoid Penn State in Oregon and

574
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Speaker 5: they host Ohio State at the end of the year.

575
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Speaker 5: They have the easiest big ten schedule, some numbers, but

576
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Speaker 5: there's some tricky road games here. If you got Oklahoma

577
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:35,240
Speaker 5: Nebraska USC Michigan State rivalry game, that's not going to

578
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Speaker 5: be easy. And then we'll see if Maryland is quit

579
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Speaker 5: or what Maryland has in the tank. But that's you know,

580
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Speaker 5: game eleven, second straight road game before Ohio State. Tricky

581
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:52,840
Speaker 5: spot potentially, but pretty easy schedule all things considered. I

582
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Speaker 5: think like outside the top fifty and strength of schedule,

583
00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,439
Speaker 5: so won the lottery here. A lot of it's going

584
00:26:58,480 --> 00:26:59,880
Speaker 5: to come down to what Underwood can do. But I'm

585
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Speaker 5: not sure he just has like it's not an ideal

586
00:27:02,280 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 5: situation for a very young quarterback. He's gonna be good.

587
00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:06,480
Speaker 5: Special teams is going to be good, but I have

588
00:27:06,480 --> 00:27:09,800
Speaker 5: a lot of questions about the offensive line, the weapons

589
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,400
Speaker 5: on the outside, and then obviously how fast a Hunderwood

590
00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:14,960
Speaker 5: can get up the speed. What are you seeing on Michigan.

591
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Speaker 2: I see a beautiful schedule, a beautiful schedule of the

592
00:27:18,800 --> 00:27:21,560
Speaker 2: easiest thing you could pull in the Big ten. I think,

593
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Speaker 2: you know, Chip Lindsay comes in the title is offensive coordinator,

594
00:27:25,040 --> 00:27:27,680
Speaker 2: but you know, really he's a quarterback coach. I still

595
00:27:27,720 --> 00:27:29,680
Speaker 2: think they're going to run the Harbaugh as much as

596
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:32,680
Speaker 2: they can. With Justice Hayes, who's transferred in from Alabama.

597
00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,719
Speaker 2: Highly touted Jordan Marshall comes in, They're going to lead

598
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:37,440
Speaker 2: the backfield with Bryce Underwood. I think they're going to

599
00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,159
Speaker 2: have some sort of offensive identity on the ground. I

600
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:41,879
Speaker 2: think Chip Lindsay's really there to kind of be a

601
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Speaker 2: caretaker for Bryce Underwood and get him to be find

602
00:27:45,160 --> 00:27:47,399
Speaker 2: his next level in his freshman year. I mean, cutting

603
00:27:47,400 --> 00:27:49,919
Speaker 2: down on turnover worthy plays for freshmen is a task

604
00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,439
Speaker 2: in college football. So we'll see what he can do

605
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:54,080
Speaker 2: when he comes under pressure, because I think he will

606
00:27:54,119 --> 00:27:56,920
Speaker 2: be under pressure. You mentioned that offensive line so many questions.

607
00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,560
Speaker 2: They have, the bodies, they're all at least six or four,

608
00:27:59,880 --> 00:28:02,919
Speaker 2: all about three ten or more. The defense, I'm not

609
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:04,520
Speaker 2: as worried about them as you are. I mean they

610
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,919
Speaker 2: return their top two tacklers, linebacker Ernest Houseman.

611
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Speaker 5: I do think that there is some drop off in

612
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Speaker 5: the interior.

613
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Speaker 2: I would agree on that. I mean, the edges are

614
00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:14,400
Speaker 2: still gonna be havoc minded, you know, and the courters

615
00:28:14,720 --> 00:28:16,320
Speaker 2: be really good. And I don't even care if they

616
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Speaker 2: take a loss against Oklahoma. I think the way that

617
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,280
Speaker 2: you handicap them is is what I said earlier. I mean,

618
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Speaker 2: it's the easiest Big Ten schedule in the conference. So

619
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Speaker 2: let's focus on that. Let's throw that Oklahoma game out.

620
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Speaker 2: I don't save Oklahoma for the SEC POD, but so

621
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Speaker 2: I focus on the Big Ten schedule. Five Big Ten

622
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 2: road trips includes Nebraska, USC, Michigan, State, Northwestern, and Maryland.

623
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Speaker 2: I mean we're talking about four games in a row

624
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Speaker 2: from a stretch of October twenty fifth November twenty second,

625
00:28:39,400 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 2: where Michigan should be a twenty point favorite. That's impressive.

626
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Speaker 2: I don't see two losses on this conference schedule. Seven

627
00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:47,920
Speaker 2: to two is the floor. I think eight and one

628
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:51,760
Speaker 2: is completely the potential here for Michigan in this conference schedule.

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Speaker 2: I think their identity is going to get better week

630
00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:54,960
Speaker 2: by week by week, and I think Oklahoma is going

631
00:28:55,000 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 2: to teach them a lot of lessons. That number I

632
00:28:56,960 --> 00:28:59,040
Speaker 2: spoke about four to one to make the Big Ten

633
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Speaker 2: championship game is now down to plus three eighty. I

634
00:29:01,800 --> 00:29:04,600
Speaker 2: like Michigan plus three eighty to make the game. To

635
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:08,120
Speaker 2: say and make it. The schedule is conducive and perfect

636
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Speaker 2: for it.

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Speaker 5: I can't get there. I think this is like I

638
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,000
Speaker 5: think they're gonna end up being eight and four team.

639
00:29:13,160 --> 00:29:15,360
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Speaker 5: Let's move out to Illinois.

654
00:30:01,840 --> 00:30:04,640
Speaker 1: The fighting a LINEI of Illinois.

655
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 5: Illinois is your boy, Burt forty to one. I think

656
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,920
Speaker 5: you can find out there to win the conference six

657
00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,560
Speaker 5: to one. To make the playoff win total, you can

658
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:15,840
Speaker 5: find under eight and a half like minus one ninety

659
00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:18,880
Speaker 5: or under seven and a half plus one forty man.

660
00:30:18,920 --> 00:30:21,600
Speaker 5: I was all ready to go under, but the under

661
00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:24,560
Speaker 5: has been taking money. They're implied win totals, like depending

662
00:30:24,560 --> 00:30:26,600
Speaker 5: on where you look, sitting around eight. I projected them

663
00:30:26,600 --> 00:30:30,040
Speaker 5: like seven to seven. But I'm out on this team.

664
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:31,520
Speaker 5: A lot of people have them as a sleeper. I

665
00:30:31,560 --> 00:30:33,720
Speaker 5: get it. They're one of the five most experienced teams

666
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,760
Speaker 5: in the country. Seventeen returning starters, like top ten returning

667
00:30:37,760 --> 00:30:41,360
Speaker 5: production on offense and defense. There's a lot to like

668
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:43,520
Speaker 5: just on the surface that you have your quarterback back,

669
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,840
Speaker 5: so you have that quarterback certainty. Altmire twenty one touchdowns,

670
00:30:46,840 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 5: five interceptions last year, although nineteen big time throws fourteen

671
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 5: turner Worthy plays. The depth is questionable. Vutmyer goes down.

672
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:56,800
Speaker 5: Although I'm not the biggest Altmeyer guy, but Haampton from

673
00:30:56,920 --> 00:31:00,640
Speaker 5: Northern Illinois to backup running back. You lose McCrae to Georgia,

674
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 5: but you still have a lot of guys there. Law

675
00:31:03,520 --> 00:31:06,880
Speaker 5: Fory Vague or back Valentine wide receivers. What I'm really

676
00:31:06,880 --> 00:31:08,920
Speaker 5: worried about because you lost Bryant, who had three game

677
00:31:08,960 --> 00:31:11,160
Speaker 5: winners last year. He went to the NFL. You lost Franklin,

678
00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:14,200
Speaker 5: who's now in an NFL roster. You had Clement West Virginia.

679
00:31:14,240 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 5: He's solid, but definitely a drop off from Bryant and Franklin.

680
00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 5: You know your tight ends are back. You got all

681
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,880
Speaker 5: five on the offensive line back. I think they're a

682
00:31:21,880 --> 00:31:24,240
Speaker 5: bit overrated. Maybe this is like an Oklahoma State situation.

683
00:31:24,280 --> 00:31:27,600
Speaker 5: Oh look, everyone's back. But I will say Bielo Mianau's

684
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,720
Speaker 5: offensive line and they got all five back. Davis is

685
00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:33,760
Speaker 5: kind of the bellcout left tackle. Defensively, there's going to

686
00:31:33,840 --> 00:31:36,120
Speaker 5: be I mean, you lose Briggs, you lose Edwards to

687
00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:38,560
Speaker 5: the NFL, Coleman to the NFL. A lot of people

688
00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:40,240
Speaker 5: are talking about the You know they brought in de

689
00:31:40,320 --> 00:31:44,000
Speaker 5: Rogier from Florida State, two Wisconsin starters, Thompson and Neil.

690
00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,480
Speaker 5: I'm not de Rosier guy. I think Neil stinks. Thompson

691
00:31:47,480 --> 00:31:49,560
Speaker 5: I think is pretty good if he's healthy. So the

692
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:51,840
Speaker 5: defensive line leaves a lot to be desired for me.

693
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,680
Speaker 5: Defensive backfield, I think that's the strength of the team.

694
00:31:56,040 --> 00:31:58,240
Speaker 5: There's a lot to like about this team. Where you

695
00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,640
Speaker 5: look where they lost because they just returned so much.

696
00:32:00,880 --> 00:32:03,800
Speaker 5: They lost receivers, nose tackle, d end of the NFL.

697
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:05,800
Speaker 5: But why am I selling this team? Then it sounds

698
00:32:05,800 --> 00:32:07,959
Speaker 5: like everything you should like. I mean, first of all,

699
00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,240
Speaker 5: they went five to one to one possession games. They

700
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,840
Speaker 5: were trailing in the fourth in five of their nine

701
00:32:12,920 --> 00:32:15,360
Speaker 5: FPS wins they got I mean, go back to the

702
00:32:15,440 --> 00:32:18,640
Speaker 5: Rutgers game, you got a hail Mary walk off. It

703
00:32:18,720 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 5: is I mean, everything just went right, by the way,

704
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:23,880
Speaker 5: so did injuries. Everything went right on the injury front.

705
00:32:23,880 --> 00:32:26,040
Speaker 5: I mean, besides running back, that's where they have depth.

706
00:32:26,240 --> 00:32:28,760
Speaker 5: We had no injuries outside of running back. Roll offensive

707
00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:32,000
Speaker 5: line started Altmeyers started like it, so I wouldn't be

708
00:32:32,040 --> 00:32:33,480
Speaker 5: surprised that they have to do a little bit more

709
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:37,200
Speaker 5: injuries this year on the offensive side of the ball. Look,

710
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,120
Speaker 5: the eight teams they beat last year had a forty

711
00:32:39,120 --> 00:32:42,080
Speaker 5: two and sixty six record. This is a team that

712
00:32:42,120 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 5: hasn't won eight plus games and back to back season

713
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,640
Speaker 5: since nineteen ninety. Seven games in a row to start

714
00:32:48,640 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 5: the season, that's not easy. Before you have a bye,

715
00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:54,800
Speaker 5: Ohio State being the seventh at home. They do avoid

716
00:32:54,840 --> 00:32:58,080
Speaker 5: Penn State, Michigan, Oregon, and host Ohio State. That's another

717
00:32:58,120 --> 00:33:00,120
Speaker 5: thing they like. They only play one team off, but

718
00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,959
Speaker 5: buy and Purdue. You have five big ten home games,

719
00:33:03,200 --> 00:33:06,560
Speaker 5: you face ten new quarterbacks. It's a lot of uncertainty there.

720
00:33:06,600 --> 00:33:09,440
Speaker 5: That's the second most in the country. I lean under

721
00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 5: it's gotten a little bit too expensive, so I probably

722
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,040
Speaker 5: won't get there. But I don't see the upside with

723
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:15,960
Speaker 5: this team, even though they do bring a ton back.

724
00:33:16,520 --> 00:33:18,120
Speaker 5: But I get why some people like them. What do

725
00:33:18,160 --> 00:33:19,160
Speaker 5: you see with your boy Bert?

726
00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 2: My boy Bert. I just could not believe the number

727
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 2: was as high as it was when it came out.

728
00:33:24,280 --> 00:33:26,719
Speaker 2: It really didn't leave any room. You know, people were

729
00:33:26,760 --> 00:33:28,760
Speaker 2: in love with them. I would say people that aren't

730
00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:31,520
Speaker 2: in the gambling industry loved Illinois, and I'm like, well,

731
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,560
Speaker 2: they're properly priced, like oddsmakers, did not leave any room

732
00:33:34,600 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 2: to go and grab them. They were tenth and offensive

733
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,000
Speaker 2: stuff right, which means they could move the pile. But

734
00:33:39,080 --> 00:33:41,239
Speaker 2: they were one hundred and third and havoc allowed. And

735
00:33:41,280 --> 00:33:44,000
Speaker 2: that is a really bad aspect that Luke Goltmeyer struggled with.

736
00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:45,640
Speaker 2: I don't think people realize that you can go into

737
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:50,600
Speaker 2: his numbers when he faced elite secondaries that had edges

738
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 2: that can create pressure. And I'm talking specifically in games

739
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 2: against Oregon and Penn State last year he had one

740
00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:56,840
Speaker 2: big time throw and six turnover worthy played.

741
00:33:56,840 --> 00:33:58,480
Speaker 5: He got away with some throwers last year that should

742
00:33:58,480 --> 00:33:59,600
Speaker 5: have ended in turnovers.

743
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,520
Speaker 2: And you're losing Bryant. You're losing your outside receivers because

744
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 2: what do we have coming back? We have Hank Baty

745
00:34:04,480 --> 00:34:06,920
Speaker 2: two point one yards per out run. You have Colin Dixon.

746
00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:09,359
Speaker 2: But both of those guys are slot guys. Is there

747
00:34:09,400 --> 00:34:11,560
Speaker 2: a deep shot offense that's going to be ready to

748
00:34:11,600 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 2: go here? Right? What we're thinking? They were eighteenth and

749
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 2: passing EPA last year, So I'm a little bit questionable

750
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:19,680
Speaker 2: about where that comes from. When your two returning receivers

751
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:21,080
Speaker 2: are in the slaughter, you're just playing in a phone

752
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:24,360
Speaker 2: booth all season. Now, there are six games on the schedule.

753
00:34:24,360 --> 00:34:27,360
Speaker 2: I make Illinois a TD favorite or better. And Bilama

754
00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,279
Speaker 2: has been really good as a road dog since he's

755
00:34:30,280 --> 00:34:32,200
Speaker 2: been in Illinois for four years. He's twelve and four

756
00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:34,319
Speaker 2: against the spread when he's been on the road as

757
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 2: an underdog. That puts an upset or at least a

758
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:40,280
Speaker 2: cover in scope when they play Indiana on September twentieth,

759
00:34:41,040 --> 00:34:42,840
Speaker 2: So I do have my eye on that game. I think,

760
00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:45,520
Speaker 2: you know Beilama is one of those ones that trust me.

761
00:34:45,719 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 2: He reads all the headlines, he listens to what everybody's saying,

762
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,160
Speaker 2: and he gets motivated when he starts being you know,

763
00:34:51,480 --> 00:34:54,319
Speaker 2: bad mouthed in the media or that his team can't win.

764
00:34:54,640 --> 00:34:56,480
Speaker 2: But when it's expected of him, he can't get it done,

765
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,240
Speaker 2: especially against teams that can create pressure on Luke Altmeyer

766
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:03,640
Speaker 2: and secondary that can definitely create contested catches. So for

767
00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 2: that reason, I can't bet them to go over. I

768
00:35:07,160 --> 00:35:09,839
Speaker 2: actually make them eight point three. But the number right

769
00:35:09,840 --> 00:35:11,880
Speaker 2: now is seven and a half over minus one sixty.

770
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:13,759
Speaker 2: So if you do a little math your configuration, like

771
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:15,720
Speaker 2: I mean, we're right there. We're the number that I project.

772
00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:18,560
Speaker 2: So I am looking at playing Illinois as an underdog

773
00:35:18,600 --> 00:35:20,359
Speaker 2: on the road that points me to Indiana. I can't

774
00:35:20,400 --> 00:35:22,160
Speaker 2: find a game of the year out there. I think

775
00:35:22,160 --> 00:35:23,640
Speaker 2: Illinois is a week to week It's a pass on

776
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:25,919
Speaker 2: a wind total. I don't see them disrupting the Big ten.

777
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:29,680
Speaker 2: But do look for Bert to pull off an upset

778
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:30,320
Speaker 2: against Signetti.

779
00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:32,560
Speaker 5: Maybe all right, let's move on to Signetti and the

780
00:35:32,600 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 5: Indiana Hoosiers.

781
00:35:34,480 --> 00:35:36,360
Speaker 2: Nothing gets people excited like winning.

782
00:35:36,960 --> 00:35:42,640
Speaker 5: It's pretty simple. I win, Google me Now it may

783
00:35:42,680 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 5: pissed you people off, but so what, this is the

784
00:35:45,040 --> 00:35:45,960
Speaker 5: entertainment business.

785
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,600
Speaker 2: We had to wake some people up and create some excitement.

786
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:51,160
Speaker 5: Whatever you know about Indiana in the past, you got

787
00:35:51,200 --> 00:35:51,640
Speaker 5: to raise the.

788
00:35:51,680 --> 00:36:02,400
Speaker 4: Taken win total.

789
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,799
Speaker 5: If you want to go over on Indiana over eight

790
00:36:05,800 --> 00:36:08,839
Speaker 5: and a half plus one twenty, you can find out

791
00:36:08,880 --> 00:36:12,359
Speaker 5: there best price to win the conference forty two to

792
00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 5: one plus six hundred to make the college football playoff. Look,

793
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,760
Speaker 5: I mean this team, they were plus fifteen in turnovers.

794
00:36:19,200 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 5: They only lost one game in the regular season. They

795
00:36:22,120 --> 00:36:24,919
Speaker 5: didn't really beat anyone. I know, they beat one team

796
00:36:24,920 --> 00:36:26,520
Speaker 5: of the winning record, that was Michigan, and they couldn't

797
00:36:26,520 --> 00:36:29,040
Speaker 5: really move the ball in the second half. Their wins

798
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 5: game against teams that were combined fifty one to eighty one.

799
00:36:32,360 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 5: But you got to give them credit because they absolutely

800
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,479
Speaker 5: demolished those teams and that matters. You know, you gotta

801
00:36:36,480 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 5: get them charged up. The schedule is gonna get harder

802
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 5: this year. They played what two teams with a winning

803
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:44,799
Speaker 5: record last year projected to play four yep. This year

804
00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:47,319
Speaker 5: they do avoid Michigan in Ohio State, but they go

805
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:52,360
Speaker 5: to Penn State, Iowa and Oregon. Three really tough road games.

806
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:55,520
Speaker 5: The rest is pretty manageable. The other thing to note

807
00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:58,960
Speaker 5: late in the year at Maryland, which is a tricky

808
00:36:59,000 --> 00:37:01,040
Speaker 5: spots before penns eight, marylnd's going off a bye but

809
00:37:01,080 --> 00:37:03,359
Speaker 5: Maryland could be dead with a new fired coach by

810
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,919
Speaker 5: then Wisconsin late in the year. Wisconsin could be dead

811
00:37:06,920 --> 00:37:09,680
Speaker 5: with a fired coach depending on how their season goes. Purdue,

812
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:11,520
Speaker 5: that could be three dead teams late in the year.

813
00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:13,960
Speaker 5: So there's a lot of winnable games on this schedule.

814
00:37:14,280 --> 00:37:16,160
Speaker 5: I thought I was gonna be betting the under after

815
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,080
Speaker 5: last year on Indiana, but I actually project them closer

816
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,120
Speaker 5: to eight seven to five, So I chow.

817
00:37:21,360 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 2: Nine to one. I'm not one.

818
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, I'm eight seven to nine. Look, Rourke is

819
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:29,239
Speaker 5: gone their quarterback, but he's gone to the NFL. But

820
00:37:29,239 --> 00:37:31,400
Speaker 5: he was hurt last year, playing hurt. Mendoz is in.

821
00:37:31,520 --> 00:37:34,120
Speaker 5: I think Mendoza has a ton of potential. I don't

822
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:36,640
Speaker 5: think that there's much of a drop off. The depth

823
00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:38,680
Speaker 5: is questionable though, like if he gets hurt, that's something

824
00:37:38,719 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 5: to keep in mind. It's not like last year where

825
00:37:41,120 --> 00:37:44,560
Speaker 5: you have a more viable backup. When Wark did miss

826
00:37:44,600 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 5: time wide receiver, you lose Cross and Price who went

827
00:37:48,400 --> 00:37:50,680
Speaker 5: to the NFL. But your two leaders are back in

828
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,680
Speaker 5: Surat and Williams. You lose a tight end who I

829
00:37:53,719 --> 00:37:55,680
Speaker 5: think went to the NFL. So now I didn't see coming,

830
00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:57,600
Speaker 5: but I think he's on the Lions roster. But you

831
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,719
Speaker 5: had Stays who was previously at Notre Dame in Tennessee.

832
00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:05,480
Speaker 5: Offensive line, you lose your center I think went to Barstool,

833
00:38:05,560 --> 00:38:07,680
Speaker 5: So there are some questions on the offensive line. You

834
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:10,640
Speaker 5: added the center from Notre Dame and Coogan, right tackle

835
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:15,440
Speaker 5: from Ohio State, a guard from Colorado left guard Evans.

836
00:38:15,480 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 5: Is he healthy and he's gonna be ready to go?

837
00:38:16,960 --> 00:38:18,959
Speaker 5: That's something I'm watching. Once he went out last year,

838
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 5: it was a disaster. Stevens was a disaster in his place.

839
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:23,560
Speaker 5: As long as they're not growing with Stevens at guard,

840
00:38:23,840 --> 00:38:25,319
Speaker 5: they should be okay. But I want to see how

841
00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 5: this comes together the defensive line. I like what this

842
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:30,799
Speaker 5: team did in the portal. They're fit right in the

843
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:34,239
Speaker 5: wheelhouse of Signetti and able to get to fill some

844
00:38:34,280 --> 00:38:35,799
Speaker 5: of the holes that they needed to. I think they

845
00:38:35,880 --> 00:38:36,600
Speaker 5: nailed the portal.

846
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:37,160
Speaker 2: Yeah.

847
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:42,480
Speaker 5: I like this team and Signetti. He's gonna have them

848
00:38:42,520 --> 00:38:43,280
Speaker 5: showing up every.

849
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:47,359
Speaker 2: Week you are a ten and oh for the first

850
00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:49,240
Speaker 2: time in program history, coach.

851
00:38:51,480 --> 00:38:53,719
Speaker 5: So it's over nothing for me. I can see the

852
00:38:54,400 --> 00:38:57,439
Speaker 5: cases Indiana being this. It's not Is it a surprise again,

853
00:38:57,480 --> 00:38:59,000
Speaker 5: I mean from an odds perspective, it is if they

854
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:01,359
Speaker 5: win the Big Ten. It wouldn't shock me if they

855
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:03,880
Speaker 5: got back. Now the problem is they're at Penn State.

856
00:39:04,200 --> 00:39:06,440
Speaker 5: That might prevent them from getting to the Big Ten title.

857
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:07,880
Speaker 5: But I do show value in the over. What are

858
00:39:07,880 --> 00:39:08,960
Speaker 5: you seeing with the Hoosiers?

859
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:11,120
Speaker 2: I show value in the over also as well. I

860
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 2: haven't played it. I think I am by the time

861
00:39:12,520 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 2: we get done talking about this. So Mike Shanahan stays

862
00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,160
Speaker 2: on as OC, Tony Sinceri heads off to UCLA. But

863
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:21,120
Speaker 2: Shanahan's been with Signetti through JMU. Fernando Mendoza. I did

864
00:39:21,120 --> 00:39:22,840
Speaker 2: a little bit of a deep dive because you know

865
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:24,960
Speaker 2: he showed up big on the radar last year after

866
00:39:25,000 --> 00:39:28,000
Speaker 2: an upset that Cal had his numbers from A TD

867
00:39:28,120 --> 00:39:31,239
Speaker 2: to I INTC sixteen to six. That's pretty good. But

868
00:39:31,280 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 2: then you see twelve big time throws to seventeen turnover

869
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:35,279
Speaker 2: worthy plays. That kind of tells you a different story.

870
00:39:35,280 --> 00:39:37,920
Speaker 2: But when you dip into that his accuracy was not

871
00:39:37,960 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 2: an issue whatsoever. Cal finished fourteenth and on target rate,

872
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:44,600
Speaker 2: like Mendoza is spot on with his accuracy, and his

873
00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:47,440
Speaker 2: turnover worthy play rate was exactly the same in a

874
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 2: clean pocket as it was in a pressured pocket. So

875
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,480
Speaker 2: I have to ask if like these turnover worthy plays

876
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:56,160
Speaker 2: are just you know, youth, just mistakes that have happened

877
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,160
Speaker 2: because it wasn't pressure that caused them. And I think

878
00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:00,239
Speaker 2: that that will be improved when he gets out with

879
00:40:00,280 --> 00:40:04,760
Speaker 2: this coaching staff versus what he had at Cal Maryland

880
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,279
Speaker 2: running back transfer Roman Hemby. There's just no numbers here

881
00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:09,640
Speaker 2: that flash or jump off the page. White out Omar

882
00:40:09,719 --> 00:40:12,640
Speaker 2: Cooper and Slaughd. Elijah Suratt bring back fifteen receiving TD

883
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,000
Speaker 2: So that's there for Mendoza. And I do like the

884
00:40:15,000 --> 00:40:17,160
Speaker 2: addition to Pat Coogan from Notre Dame the center. I mean,

885
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,200
Speaker 2: twenty six starts the last two years at Notre Dame.

886
00:40:19,239 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 2: That's that's not small for being that on that offensive line,

887
00:40:23,719 --> 00:40:26,560
Speaker 2: Signetti gets five of his top seven tacklers back. All

888
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:30,080
Speaker 2: three levels have havoc makers. This defense finished fifth in havoc.

889
00:40:30,080 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 2: I don't know why any of us are surprised because

890
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:33,919
Speaker 2: that's what JMU did all the time that Signetti was there.

891
00:40:34,360 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 2: This is an over team, which I didn't think they

892
00:40:36,000 --> 00:40:38,279
Speaker 2: would be. You know, the schedule gets You're right, it's

893
00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:41,600
Speaker 2: tough for Iowa at Oregon, at Penn State. They're on

894
00:40:41,680 --> 00:40:43,080
Speaker 2: back to back travel. When they go to Penn State.

895
00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:45,160
Speaker 2: They have one buy through their first eleven games. I mean,

896
00:40:45,160 --> 00:40:48,319
Speaker 2: you're having a bye week before like Thanksgiving. Like, why

897
00:40:48,360 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 2: are you having a buye before November twenty eight? Against

898
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:52,920
Speaker 2: Purdue who's taking a bye week before things Giving? That's

899
00:40:53,040 --> 00:40:57,520
Speaker 2: that's strange. There's just four conference road games and it's

900
00:40:57,520 --> 00:41:00,520
Speaker 2: against competition like Purdue in Maryland. Seven games, the Hoosiers

901
00:41:00,520 --> 00:41:04,359
Speaker 2: of double digit favorites. I'm gonna play the over all.

902
00:41:04,440 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 1: Right, let's move on to Nebraska, the Nebraska corn Huskers.

903
00:41:08,920 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 4: Nebraska.

904
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,280
Speaker 2: Honestly, it's not for everyone.

905
00:41:12,520 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 5: Nebraska finally broke their bowl drought last year. And now

906
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:18,840
Speaker 5: this is Matt Rule, year three and his previous stops

907
00:41:18,880 --> 00:41:21,200
Speaker 5: year three eleven wins and ten wins. Does he make

908
00:41:21,239 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 5: that jump this year? We're gonna absolutely murder. You guess

909
00:41:24,640 --> 00:41:27,319
Speaker 5: what Nebraska one in five and one possession games last

910
00:41:27,360 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 5: year is. That's just what we expect. They are ten

911
00:41:30,040 --> 00:41:32,440
Speaker 5: and thirty five and one score games since twenty eighteen,

912
00:41:32,600 --> 00:41:35,239
Speaker 5: thirty five loss thirty five one possession losses. The next

913
00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:37,520
Speaker 5: most over that time NIU with twenty five. They have

914
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:40,879
Speaker 5: ten more than anybody else. Oh in twenty seven versus

915
00:41:40,880 --> 00:41:43,839
Speaker 5: Frank teams in their last twenty seven games, they're OH

916
00:41:43,880 --> 00:41:48,040
Speaker 5: to eight and overtime since twenty eighteen. Do you want

917
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:51,360
Speaker 5: to know how many yards they've gained in those negative

918
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,680
Speaker 5: twenty They've been out scored thirty nine to nothing in

919
00:41:53,719 --> 00:41:56,839
Speaker 5: those eight overtime games. Is this the year this team five?

920
00:41:56,840 --> 00:42:01,200
Speaker 5: Everything breaks their way? Their injuries last year year were bad,

921
00:42:01,760 --> 00:42:04,800
Speaker 5: one possession games, Their special teams were an absolute disaster,

922
00:42:04,840 --> 00:42:06,319
Speaker 5: and they even got good kicking, and they were still

923
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:08,799
Speaker 5: a bottom ten unit. I think their special teams might

924
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:11,719
Speaker 5: be fixed from everything I'm red and seeing. I mean,

925
00:42:11,719 --> 00:42:14,200
Speaker 5: they have a good kicker. Apparently they have a new

926
00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:17,640
Speaker 5: Aussie punter, but they got a new special teams coordinator.

927
00:42:17,719 --> 00:42:20,239
Speaker 5: I like the hire they got to They look good

928
00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:21,880
Speaker 5: in spring. Can they just snap? If they can just

929
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:24,200
Speaker 5: snap it consistently, they'll be better because that cost them

930
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:26,960
Speaker 5: some games, not just last year, but in recent seasons.

931
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:30,359
Speaker 5: Defense is probably the question with this team. They lost

932
00:42:30,400 --> 00:42:32,080
Speaker 5: a lot. I mean the defensive line. You lost your

933
00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:35,520
Speaker 5: top five, a bunch of the NFL wanted the CFL

934
00:42:35,640 --> 00:42:38,799
Speaker 5: one to LSU want to miss. They're gonna need some

935
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:42,239
Speaker 5: inexperienced guys to step up there. Linebacker, you lost a

936
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:44,479
Speaker 5: bunch as well. You need Watson Trent to really step

937
00:42:44,560 --> 00:42:48,839
Speaker 5: up to Georgia Southern transfer McGahee Shavers have to make

938
00:42:48,840 --> 00:42:52,280
Speaker 5: a sophomore leap. The secondary should be strong. You lose Giffer,

939
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:56,320
Speaker 5: but everyone else is back. I really like this secondary,

940
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,720
Speaker 5: but they're not gonna have as good of a defensive

941
00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:01,120
Speaker 5: line as they did last year. You lost your defensive coordinator,

942
00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 5: you lost your defensive line coach. The defense is the

943
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 5: big question for me on this team. Offensively, the offensive

944
00:43:08,200 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 5: line gets a ton of guys back from injury, so

945
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:13,040
Speaker 5: they like it's been three straight injury play years from

946
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:16,040
Speaker 5: the offensive line. So you lose three guys, but you

947
00:43:16,040 --> 00:43:18,760
Speaker 5: get a bunch back. You add some guys. The offensive

948
00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:22,359
Speaker 5: line has some potential here if they stay healthy. Tight End,

949
00:43:22,440 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 5: wide receiver, you lose three to the NFL. You add

950
00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:29,399
Speaker 5: Dan key Hunter from Cal Hunter Harberg's moving to tight end.

951
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:31,560
Speaker 5: The old quarterback. He's in an athletic freak. We'll see

952
00:43:31,560 --> 00:43:35,600
Speaker 5: what he can do there. Number Dana Holgerson took over

953
00:43:35,600 --> 00:43:37,680
Speaker 5: his offensive coordinator late last year. He's got a full

954
00:43:37,920 --> 00:43:42,960
Speaker 5: off season to installs offense. Yep, candylanrel will take the

955
00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:45,319
Speaker 5: next step. I mean, and the depth is really shaky.

956
00:43:45,320 --> 00:43:46,520
Speaker 5: He's got to stay out and he's got to take

957
00:43:46,520 --> 00:43:48,560
Speaker 5: the next step apparently once to use his legs more.

958
00:43:48,760 --> 00:43:51,000
Speaker 5: But he had four touchdowns nine interceptions over his last

959
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:55,600
Speaker 5: eight games last year. He has all the tools. Can

960
00:43:55,640 --> 00:43:58,000
Speaker 5: he make that leap and play more consistently and give

961
00:43:58,000 --> 00:44:00,880
Speaker 5: this team some explosiveness. I mean they they were bottom

962
00:44:00,920 --> 00:44:04,319
Speaker 5: ten in both running and passing explosiveness last year. There

963
00:44:04,360 --> 00:44:07,200
Speaker 5: was just no explosiveness whatsoever. And this defense was really

964
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:08,839
Speaker 5: really good. I don't think it's going to be as

965
00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:12,440
Speaker 5: good this year. So Raila is going to have to

966
00:44:12,800 --> 00:44:15,319
Speaker 5: make that leap and consistently to take this team to

967
00:44:15,360 --> 00:44:19,840
Speaker 5: the next level. From a scheduling perspective, you avoid Oregon

968
00:44:19,880 --> 00:44:23,080
Speaker 5: and Ohio State, you have five big ten home games.

969
00:44:24,040 --> 00:44:26,399
Speaker 5: You start the season with Cincy in Kansas City, it's

970
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:30,799
Speaker 5: technically a neutral field. You host Michigan. There's a lot

971
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:32,680
Speaker 5: of winnable games on this schedule. What are you seeing

972
00:44:32,680 --> 00:44:34,880
Speaker 5: with the corn Huskers?

973
00:44:34,880 --> 00:44:37,160
Speaker 2: Time to take a bigger fight out of this court stock.

974
00:44:37,600 --> 00:44:40,239
Speaker 2: I think Dana Holgerson taking over for Marcus Satisfield was

975
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:42,839
Speaker 2: the best move, especially for a quarterback like Delan Royola,

976
00:44:43,160 --> 00:44:45,800
Speaker 2: one of the highest returning experience marks around him. On offense,

977
00:44:46,680 --> 00:44:48,920
Speaker 2: he finished seventeen to twelve big time throw to turnover

978
00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:51,520
Speaker 2: with the play rate four point seven percent turnover with

979
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:54,240
Speaker 2: the play rate win. There's pressure that those are actually

980
00:44:54,400 --> 00:44:57,800
Speaker 2: really good marks for a freshman. I mean that's usually

981
00:44:57,840 --> 00:45:02,560
Speaker 2: what we see in year two from these highly recruited quarterbacks.

982
00:45:02,600 --> 00:45:04,520
Speaker 2: So seventeen to twelve big time to turnover with the

983
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:07,000
Speaker 2: play means this could be an even bigger year for

984
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:09,440
Speaker 2: Roola in year two. The biggest istion for the offense

985
00:45:09,480 --> 00:45:11,719
Speaker 2: is the playmakers outside the top one hundred and big

986
00:45:11,760 --> 00:45:14,520
Speaker 2: play rate. They were one hundred and fourteenth and finishing drives.

987
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:17,279
Speaker 2: I expect that to change with Dana taking over as

988
00:45:17,320 --> 00:45:20,200
Speaker 2: offensive coordinator and Dame Key joining. I mean two point

989
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:22,120
Speaker 2: five yards per route run for a white out at

990
00:45:22,160 --> 00:45:26,280
Speaker 2: Kentucky last year's that's impressive, so Rayola should be protected.

991
00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:28,239
Speaker 2: There's over one hundred and thirty starts returning to the

992
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,280
Speaker 2: offensive line, So I don't have a lot of questions

993
00:45:31,360 --> 00:45:33,320
Speaker 2: about the offense. I think that they should improve. I

994
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:35,080
Speaker 2: still think they should be a top thirty five rushing

995
00:45:35,080 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 2: success rate team, top fifty in line yards. They've got

996
00:45:38,320 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 2: to improve and havoc allowed which was seventieth, so a

997
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:43,000
Speaker 2: little bit less mistakes with a quarterback that's now a

998
00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:45,280
Speaker 2: year older, and they should be good. Now. The defense

999
00:45:45,360 --> 00:45:48,399
Speaker 2: loses nearly all their leaders in sacks, but they do

1000
00:45:48,520 --> 00:45:51,080
Speaker 2: maintain twenty PBUs stuck. A three to three five is

1001
00:45:51,120 --> 00:45:54,160
Speaker 2: going to be put in by DC John Butler in

1002
00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:57,840
Speaker 2: experienced defensive line transfer linebackers. That's really going to be

1003
00:45:57,880 --> 00:46:00,399
Speaker 2: the focal point to see if this team can main

1004
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:02,560
Speaker 2: As you know, I think there were thirty second line

1005
00:46:02,600 --> 00:46:05,000
Speaker 2: here it's twenty fifth and halvoc twenty fifth and pass rush, well,

1006
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:07,800
Speaker 2: that's all under a microscope. Now when you are completely

1007
00:46:07,800 --> 00:46:09,719
Speaker 2: fielding a brand new front six and this three three

1008
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:11,479
Speaker 2: five with a new defensive course, yeah, and their.

1009
00:46:11,360 --> 00:46:13,799
Speaker 5: Secondary which is experienced, it might not benefit from the

1010
00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:17,320
Speaker 5: same pass rush and dominant defensive line exactly. This is

1011
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:19,839
Speaker 5: the question with this team. Rella does take the lead

1012
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 5: does special teams fix I'm optimistic with the defense to

1013
00:46:23,200 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 5: front seven is the question.

1014
00:46:24,560 --> 00:46:26,879
Speaker 2: And that's why I think the play that I've got

1015
00:46:26,880 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 2: from a game of the year perspective, I was waiting

1016
00:46:28,600 --> 00:46:30,440
Speaker 2: to do it in here because I make the number

1017
00:46:31,239 --> 00:46:35,239
Speaker 2: much higher. Michigan minus three and a half on September

1018
00:46:35,239 --> 00:46:37,920
Speaker 2: twentieth against Nebraska, I think it should be six and

1019
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:40,520
Speaker 2: a half. Spplus makes it ten and a half. I

1020
00:46:40,640 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 2: do not like what I see from the front of Nebraska,

1021
00:46:43,160 --> 00:46:46,280
Speaker 2: but I dislike the Nebraska front six a lot more

1022
00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:48,960
Speaker 2: than I am uncomfortable with the Michigan offensive line. So

1023
00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:50,839
Speaker 2: I think a game of the year perspective, Michigan minus

1024
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:53,399
Speaker 2: three and a half is there. I make it seven

1025
00:46:53,400 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 2: point nine. The play is over seven and a half

1026
00:46:55,520 --> 00:46:56,880
Speaker 2: if you have play win total. But that's not the

1027
00:46:56,880 --> 00:46:58,239
Speaker 2: play I'm gonna make it all. It's gonna be a

1028
00:46:58,239 --> 00:47:00,359
Speaker 2: Michigan Game of the year. I think that that's going

1029
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 2: to be where we find out really where this Nebraska

1030
00:47:02,520 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 2: front six and the three three five with John Butler,

1031
00:47:04,600 --> 00:47:06,560
Speaker 2: I think that's going to expose him.

1032
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:09,120
Speaker 5: I'm not there at all. Michigan plays at Alklahoma like

1033
00:47:09,120 --> 00:47:11,399
Speaker 5: what if Underwood could look like a disaster, and then

1034
00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:12,200
Speaker 5: I can't get.

1035
00:47:12,160 --> 00:47:14,160
Speaker 2: Saying there could be a better line come game week.

1036
00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:16,880
Speaker 5: Could be yeah, not not something I'm get involved. But

1037
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:19,479
Speaker 5: let's let's go on to USC, a team we're both

1038
00:47:19,960 --> 00:47:21,320
Speaker 5: pretty high on coming into.

1039
00:47:21,160 --> 00:47:31,279
Speaker 1: The year, the USC Trojans.

1040
00:47:34,680 --> 00:47:37,040
Speaker 5: With the team that's with ninetieth and returning production. They

1041
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:40,600
Speaker 5: only have nine returning starters. Miava's back at quarterback. He

1042
00:47:40,800 --> 00:47:43,279
Speaker 5: took over late last year. He's more mobile. I think

1043
00:47:43,280 --> 00:47:45,440
Speaker 5: he's better fit with Riley inconsistent last year. Now he's

1044
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:48,040
Speaker 5: got a full season and usually trust Riley with quarterbacks.

1045
00:47:48,280 --> 00:47:51,000
Speaker 5: Does he can he play more consistent? Even saw that

1046
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:54,080
Speaker 5: in between games with my Eva. Mars has gone and

1047
00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:56,560
Speaker 5: Joiner in the backfield, but they got a really good

1048
00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:59,839
Speaker 5: Juco and this could Jordan. Their backfield still be good.

1049
00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:01,719
Speaker 5: You lose a bunch of receivers to power for, but

1050
00:48:01,960 --> 00:48:05,160
Speaker 5: you got Lemon and Lane one of the best receiver

1051
00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:07,560
Speaker 5: duos in the country. I love them bringing a Boise

1052
00:48:07,640 --> 00:48:12,880
Speaker 5: transfer maybe fair steps in there, and mccree's back at

1053
00:48:12,920 --> 00:48:15,080
Speaker 5: tight end who's injured in spring. The offensive line major

1054
00:48:15,160 --> 00:48:19,080
Speaker 5: questions like they might start what wingfield from Purdue at

1055
00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:24,000
Speaker 5: left guard to your center from Syracuse. Reid your right guard, Noah,

1056
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:27,000
Speaker 5: he was awful last year. Right tackle, there's a battle

1057
00:48:27,040 --> 00:48:29,759
Speaker 5: left tackle pages back like this is where it all

1058
00:48:29,760 --> 00:48:33,759
Speaker 5: could go downhills, the offensive line, the defensive line. You

1059
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:38,800
Speaker 5: lose a lot. They lost. I mean they lost Alexander

1060
00:48:38,800 --> 00:48:40,640
Speaker 5: who cares did even play last year. Lost Mohammed, who

1061
00:48:40,640 --> 00:48:42,759
Speaker 5: I think is the big loss. But Lucas comes back

1062
00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:45,759
Speaker 5: from injury. You had no the nose tackles Silver from UK.

1063
00:48:45,840 --> 00:48:47,440
Speaker 5: He's okay, but it gives you size. They beefed up

1064
00:48:47,440 --> 00:48:49,560
Speaker 5: a lot, which they needed to do, you know, Jared

1065
00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:52,120
Speaker 5: and Pepe, and they have a lot of size now

1066
00:48:52,200 --> 00:48:57,560
Speaker 5: up front, which they were lacking in last year. From

1067
00:48:57,880 --> 00:49:01,520
Speaker 5: you know to back seven. There's there's some guys that

1068
00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:04,399
Speaker 5: are back. They lost some guys. I want to see

1069
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:06,960
Speaker 5: how the secondary plays out. Well. Ramsey potentially played Nickel.

1070
00:49:07,520 --> 00:49:10,399
Speaker 5: We'll see. They added some some interesting pieces. Fitzgerald from

1071
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:15,520
Speaker 5: NC State, Johnson from UCF. We'll see who the CD

1072
00:49:15,640 --> 00:49:18,040
Speaker 5: two is. Is it Nicholson, is it the red shirt

1073
00:49:18,080 --> 00:49:21,279
Speaker 5: freshman potentially? I love Harvey, who they got from San

1074
00:49:21,320 --> 00:49:23,480
Speaker 5: Jose State. I think Co'll start. But there's a lot

1075
00:49:23,520 --> 00:49:25,960
Speaker 5: of questions here. They lost some talent in the back seven,

1076
00:49:27,640 --> 00:49:30,680
Speaker 5: get Gentry back from injury. That's big. So there's some

1077
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:34,040
Speaker 5: pieces here to work with Lynn astronomical rise in the

1078
00:49:34,080 --> 00:49:36,560
Speaker 5: defense last year. I think they can take another step

1079
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:38,680
Speaker 5: this year, but I do want to see how the

1080
00:49:38,680 --> 00:49:40,759
Speaker 5: secondary plays out. I like the size now they have

1081
00:49:40,920 --> 00:49:43,680
Speaker 5: up front. They did lose a really good punter is

1082
00:49:43,760 --> 00:49:45,600
Speaker 5: something to note. I haven't got enough special team's talk

1083
00:49:45,640 --> 00:49:48,480
Speaker 5: in so far from one.

1084
00:49:48,560 --> 00:49:49,600
Speaker 2: If you don't get the fourth down.

1085
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:53,880
Speaker 5: Yeah, the the last year they were they were a

1086
00:49:53,920 --> 00:49:58,200
Speaker 5: few plays from starting eleven and zero. They they were

1087
00:49:58,239 --> 00:50:00,320
Speaker 5: going into going into the final week, only six teams

1088
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:02,480
Speaker 5: led in the fourth in every game. It was USC,

1089
00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:05,399
Speaker 5: boise E, UNLV, Ohio State, Oregon, and Notre Dame. There

1090
00:50:05,440 --> 00:50:08,480
Speaker 5: was five other teams at five combined losses, USC at

1091
00:50:08,520 --> 00:50:12,919
Speaker 5: five losses total. So they lost a lot of close

1092
00:50:12,960 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 5: games last year. From a scheduling perspective, it's not easy

1093
00:50:20,360 --> 00:50:23,839
Speaker 5: for sure. But I like this team. I like where

1094
00:50:23,840 --> 00:50:25,600
Speaker 5: they're headed. What are you seeing with the Trojans.

1095
00:50:26,160 --> 00:50:28,000
Speaker 2: I like this team too, almost to the point of love.

1096
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,960
Speaker 2: I mean Jade Mayavas struggled against Nebraska three turnover worthy

1097
00:50:30,960 --> 00:50:34,120
Speaker 2: plays in Week twelve, then he posted six big time

1098
00:50:34,160 --> 00:50:37,680
Speaker 2: throws against Notre Dame Secondary in Week fourteen. I mean

1099
00:50:37,719 --> 00:50:41,000
Speaker 2: that secondary was all world right, and to do that

1100
00:50:41,000 --> 00:50:45,000
Speaker 2: against Al Golden Secondary. I'm of Jade Mayava Buyer still am.

1101
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:48,000
Speaker 2: Since the UNLV days, Brian Jackson takes over running back.

1102
00:50:48,040 --> 00:50:50,839
Speaker 2: He didn't really have any flashy numbers from creating miss

1103
00:50:50,880 --> 00:50:54,480
Speaker 2: tackles or any yards after first contact over the last

1104
00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:56,440
Speaker 2: two games against Notre Dame in Texas A and M,

1105
00:50:56,520 --> 00:50:58,600
Speaker 2: so we'll see how he pans out as what we

1106
00:50:58,640 --> 00:51:01,960
Speaker 2: would expect from USC running back. But Mackay Lemon, I

1107
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:04,080
Speaker 2: mean three point three yards per route run. I mean,

1108
00:51:04,280 --> 00:51:05,960
Speaker 2: for those of you that are new that stat anything

1109
00:51:06,000 --> 00:51:08,200
Speaker 2: over two is explosive. Three point three. That's more than

1110
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:12,640
Speaker 2: Zacharia Branch with less catches, Jacobe Lane absolute burner wide out.

1111
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:16,000
Speaker 2: I have no questions about the offense from an explosive

1112
00:51:16,000 --> 00:51:19,799
Speaker 2: EPA perspective. They could improve in other parts. They were

1113
00:51:19,800 --> 00:51:21,919
Speaker 2: one hundred and twentieth in pass blocking, So give Jade

1114
00:51:21,960 --> 00:51:23,879
Speaker 2: may have a little bit more time here, we'll see

1115
00:51:23,880 --> 00:51:26,399
Speaker 2: what he can do. Lincoln Riley's offense finished eighty fifth

1116
00:51:26,440 --> 00:51:29,480
Speaker 2: and finishing drives not really getting as many touchdowns as

1117
00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:31,560
Speaker 2: you should getting more field goals and are not scoring

1118
00:51:31,600 --> 00:51:33,960
Speaker 2: at all. That needs to improve, but it's still Lincoln

1119
00:51:34,000 --> 00:51:35,879
Speaker 2: Riley's offense. We'll see what he can do. Thirty fifth

1120
00:51:35,880 --> 00:51:39,160
Speaker 2: and quality drives. I expect to keep up massive improvements

1121
00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:41,840
Speaker 2: on defense across the board of it. Defensive coordinator Danton Lynn.

1122
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:45,160
Speaker 2: I don't think people realize that this USC defense two

1123
00:51:45,239 --> 00:51:48,360
Speaker 2: years ago was bottom ten in every single category you

1124
00:51:48,400 --> 00:51:52,880
Speaker 2: could possibly be in. Last year they finished fourteenth in PFF,

1125
00:51:52,960 --> 00:51:56,720
Speaker 2: tackling fiftieth and d on passing success rate fifty second,

1126
00:51:56,800 --> 00:52:00,279
Speaker 2: defensive finishing drives best in the nation, limiting pass seeing

1127
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:03,520
Speaker 2: downs explosives number one in the nation and not limiting

1128
00:52:03,640 --> 00:52:07,960
Speaker 2: explosive pass and third, second and third in law. That

1129
00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:10,440
Speaker 2: is really impressive. I mean, Danton Lynn should win the

1130
00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:14,080
Speaker 2: Broils Award. I mean that's really impressive. Now, the defensive

1131
00:52:14,080 --> 00:52:16,440
Speaker 2: front seven has increased size and depth, and you mentioned

1132
00:52:16,520 --> 00:52:17,919
Speaker 2: Eric Gentry is going to be one of the best

1133
00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:20,920
Speaker 2: outside linebackers and all of the big ten corner Kamari

1134
00:52:21,040 --> 00:52:23,400
Speaker 2: Ramsey has been with Lynn in his system since UCLA,

1135
00:52:23,520 --> 00:52:25,359
Speaker 2: so I see that being a good fit. You're right,

1136
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:28,200
Speaker 2: there are some questions in the secondary, but again, the

1137
00:52:28,280 --> 00:52:34,000
Speaker 2: improvements here. This is another year of Danton Lynn. I

1138
00:52:34,000 --> 00:52:36,600
Speaker 2: think the sky's the limit here. I've liked him ever

1139
00:52:36,640 --> 00:52:39,200
Speaker 2: since he was hired into UCLA off of the Raven staff.

1140
00:52:39,960 --> 00:52:42,040
Speaker 2: This was a coup to get him in the first place.

1141
00:52:42,160 --> 00:52:44,840
Speaker 2: For Lincoln Riley, I expect four wins to start the

1142
00:52:44,840 --> 00:52:47,280
Speaker 2: season before trip to Illinois. There's a bye week before

1143
00:52:47,280 --> 00:52:49,840
Speaker 2: hosting Michigan. There's two coin flips that remain on this

1144
00:52:49,880 --> 00:52:52,839
Speaker 2: schedule at Nebraska and they host Iowa. If they can

1145
00:52:52,880 --> 00:52:55,839
Speaker 2: beat Michigan at home, my question is can they make

1146
00:52:55,840 --> 00:52:58,680
Speaker 2: the Big Ten Championship with just a loss to Oregon

1147
00:52:58,760 --> 00:52:59,400
Speaker 2: on this schedule?

1148
00:52:59,440 --> 00:53:03,000
Speaker 5: You look at this schedule, No Penn State, noh State.

1149
00:53:03,080 --> 00:53:05,560
Speaker 2: If they beat Michigan, is that twenty two to one

1150
00:53:05,560 --> 00:53:08,160
Speaker 2: to win the Big Ten? How much value does that have?

1151
00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:10,279
Speaker 5: Best number out there is twenty five to one.

1152
00:53:10,520 --> 00:53:13,359
Speaker 2: Yeah, so I'm gonna I'm probably gonna end up pulling

1153
00:53:13,360 --> 00:53:15,200
Speaker 2: the trigger. I've already got a four to one in

1154
00:53:15,200 --> 00:53:17,279
Speaker 2: pocket on Michigan make the Big Ten championship game. I

1155
00:53:17,320 --> 00:53:18,960
Speaker 2: would like to pull the trigger on USC to make

1156
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:20,919
Speaker 2: the championship game too, but really they kind of knock

1157
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:22,640
Speaker 2: each other out since they're playing against each other they'll

1158
00:53:22,680 --> 00:53:26,399
Speaker 2: be a tiebreaker then, But I like, yeah, why don't

1159
00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:28,040
Speaker 2: you make it your official bet to make it the champion?

1160
00:53:28,200 --> 00:53:30,759
Speaker 2: What's the number to make it? I can look seven

1161
00:53:30,840 --> 00:53:32,120
Speaker 2: fifty to make the championship game.

1162
00:53:32,200 --> 00:53:33,400
Speaker 5: I prefer that over Michigan.

1163
00:53:33,719 --> 00:53:36,080
Speaker 2: That organ could be a problem for that secondary. But

1164
00:53:36,120 --> 00:53:37,799
Speaker 2: I mean it's also twenty two to one more.

1165
00:53:38,520 --> 00:53:41,719
Speaker 5: Dante More throws seven pick sixes, which he's which he

1166
00:53:41,840 --> 00:53:43,759
Speaker 5: likes to do, and you know you won't be in LA.

1167
00:53:43,960 --> 00:53:46,800
Speaker 2: But I have not more podcasts anymore.

1168
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:49,480
Speaker 5: I don't mind the upside with USC. I project them

1169
00:53:49,760 --> 00:53:52,279
Speaker 5: from close eight and a half. Yeah, there's over seven

1170
00:53:52,280 --> 00:53:54,200
Speaker 5: and a half minus one thirty out there. All right,

1171
00:53:54,239 --> 00:53:57,359
Speaker 5: let's move on to Washington.

1172
00:53:57,600 --> 00:53:59,359
Speaker 1: The Washington Huskies.

1173
00:54:00,920 --> 00:54:04,320
Speaker 5: Let's move on to Washington to mine Williams time at quarterback.

1174
00:54:04,760 --> 00:54:08,080
Speaker 5: Guy can move right in the bowl game. Still needs

1175
00:54:08,080 --> 00:54:11,319
Speaker 5: to get better with his downfield passing. Jetfish is back.

1176
00:54:12,040 --> 00:54:15,440
Speaker 5: I love Jetfish. Remember last year was brand new starting,

1177
00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:19,440
Speaker 5: brand new, one returning starter, and they stiled a really

1178
00:54:19,480 --> 00:54:20,640
Speaker 5: great year even though they were one in three and

1179
00:54:20,680 --> 00:54:22,960
Speaker 5: one possession games. Special teams is a question here, just

1180
00:54:23,000 --> 00:54:25,000
Speaker 5: like with the Braska, they were a bottom five team

1181
00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:27,840
Speaker 5: last year. New punter, maybe a new kicker. Is it

1182
00:54:27,880 --> 00:54:30,719
Speaker 5: going to be gross at Grady Gross again? Apparently he

1183
00:54:30,800 --> 00:54:33,080
Speaker 5: looks good in camp. We'll see. They got the kicker

1184
00:54:33,080 --> 00:54:34,600
Speaker 5: from Illinois's one for one of his crew of the

1185
00:54:34,640 --> 00:54:37,000
Speaker 5: fifty nine yarder who and he hit that to cover

1186
00:54:37,080 --> 00:54:39,160
Speaker 5: a number against me last year. But they got a

1187
00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:42,080
Speaker 5: new special teams coach. They implemented a quality control guy there.

1188
00:54:42,360 --> 00:54:44,480
Speaker 5: I like what they're doing that department. Fish is smart.

1189
00:54:44,719 --> 00:54:48,200
Speaker 5: The defense does lose a lot, but they got a

1190
00:54:48,239 --> 00:54:51,279
Speaker 5: lot bigger on the defensive line, which they needed to do,

1191
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:55,840
Speaker 5: so I like that. That was a huge weakness last year. Offensively,

1192
00:54:56,280 --> 00:55:00,799
Speaker 5: you got Williams back at quarterback. He saw flashes from

1193
00:55:00,880 --> 00:55:04,640
Speaker 5: last year, Coleman back at running back, Boston back at receiver.

1194
00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:08,280
Speaker 5: You know, you did lose some guys. You lost Jackson

1195
00:55:08,280 --> 00:55:11,000
Speaker 5: to the NFL, last to your tight end. The offensive

1196
00:55:11,040 --> 00:55:15,600
Speaker 5: line last year was bad and all the guys they

1197
00:55:15,640 --> 00:55:18,319
Speaker 5: lost were bad. Like I don't care about any any

1198
00:55:18,360 --> 00:55:20,800
Speaker 5: of the losses that they had. You had Carter Willis

1199
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:23,520
Speaker 5: from k State at left tackle. That's an upgrade. Hatchet

1200
00:55:23,520 --> 00:55:26,040
Speaker 5: at guard. I think that's an upgrade from Oklahoma. He

1201
00:55:26,120 --> 00:55:29,120
Speaker 5: might move to center or the other Hatchet might move

1202
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:30,799
Speaker 5: to center. There's two Hatchets now. I think on their

1203
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:35,719
Speaker 5: offensive line new you might have a new I think

1204
00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:38,000
Speaker 5: you're gonna have a new offensive guard. I don't know.

1205
00:55:38,000 --> 00:55:39,200
Speaker 5: I think the offensive line should be.

1206
00:55:39,120 --> 00:55:41,040
Speaker 2: Better near dead last and pass blocking.

1207
00:55:41,080 --> 00:55:43,640
Speaker 5: So yeah, it was just such a The losses aren't

1208
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:48,120
Speaker 5: always a bad thing here. So defensively, I think they

1209
00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:52,000
Speaker 5: got bigger linebacker. You did lose your your Leader and Bruner,

1210
00:55:52,160 --> 00:55:55,760
Speaker 5: but you added al Uta, who I like from Washington State,

1211
00:55:56,920 --> 00:56:02,840
Speaker 5: Alexander Manu. So I like the secondary ads too. I

1212
00:56:02,880 --> 00:56:07,719
Speaker 5: liked the corners with Davis and price Sock. Safety is

1213
00:56:07,719 --> 00:56:10,759
Speaker 5: a little questionable, probably going to be like a New

1214
00:56:10,800 --> 00:56:15,799
Speaker 5: Mexico and FIU transfer, So there's questions. We'll say ste

1215
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:17,879
Speaker 5: will probably take one of those spots, but there's questions

1216
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:22,799
Speaker 5: in the safety department. I like this team, but it's

1217
00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:25,240
Speaker 5: going to come down to Williams. From a scheduling perspective,

1218
00:56:25,280 --> 00:56:27,360
Speaker 5: they do play five teams coming off bys, which is

1219
00:56:27,360 --> 00:56:32,359
Speaker 5: an ideal. They get Ohio State, Oregon, and Illinois all

1220
00:56:32,400 --> 00:56:36,400
Speaker 5: at home, and they do have tough travel spots. Ultimately,

1221
00:56:37,560 --> 00:56:41,399
Speaker 5: they face seven of they face seven of the top ten,

1222
00:56:41,440 --> 00:56:44,000
Speaker 5: and the Big ten last year only projected to Phase

1223
00:56:44,000 --> 00:56:47,600
Speaker 5: five this year. So it's not easy, but it's I

1224
00:56:47,600 --> 00:56:50,120
Speaker 5: think it gets easier this year than it was last year.

1225
00:56:50,160 --> 00:56:53,560
Speaker 5: And it's year two of fish win total here for

1226
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:56,040
Speaker 5: Washington best out there over seven and a half minus

1227
00:56:56,040 --> 00:56:58,120
Speaker 5: one oh five plus nine twenty to make the Culturball

1228
00:56:58,160 --> 00:57:00,520
Speaker 5: playoff fifty to one to win the Big Ten. What

1229
00:57:00,520 --> 00:57:02,840
Speaker 5: are you seeing here? With Washington will also have a

1230
00:57:02,840 --> 00:57:08,239
Speaker 5: new defensive coordinator, Ryan Walters, after his disastrous for Belichick

1231
00:57:08,320 --> 00:57:11,120
Speaker 5: out to join his dad and Chapel Hill.

1232
00:57:11,440 --> 00:57:13,759
Speaker 2: I thought losing Steve Belichick was gonna be rough for

1233
00:57:13,920 --> 00:57:16,440
Speaker 2: Washington and then they replace him with Ryan Walters. You

1234
00:57:16,520 --> 00:57:19,080
Speaker 2: just scraped the whole produe thing because Ryan Walters was

1235
00:57:19,120 --> 00:57:22,000
Speaker 2: an absolute beast as a defensive coordinator at Illinois. It

1236
00:57:22,080 --> 00:57:24,800
Speaker 2: was a big loss for Bilima and there's gonna be

1237
00:57:24,840 --> 00:57:27,360
Speaker 2: some balance in his defense now. I mean, Steve Belichick

1238
00:57:27,480 --> 00:57:30,640
Speaker 2: was excellent in calling against the pass passing success right

1239
00:57:30,680 --> 00:57:34,280
Speaker 2: for Washington defensively, last year's seventh defensive rushing success rate

1240
00:57:34,320 --> 00:57:35,400
Speaker 2: one hundred and seventeenth.

1241
00:57:35,440 --> 00:57:37,439
Speaker 5: Outside of that was godn't have to do upfront either.

1242
00:57:37,480 --> 00:57:39,200
Speaker 5: They were also pushed around a lot.

1243
00:57:39,440 --> 00:57:42,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, and so I think Ryan Walter is gonna come in.

1244
00:57:42,160 --> 00:57:44,120
Speaker 2: He's gonna add a little bit of balance. I think

1245
00:57:44,160 --> 00:57:47,040
Speaker 2: that those Illinois nasty defenses that he had previously are

1246
00:57:47,040 --> 00:57:48,640
Speaker 2: going to show up here. The defensive backs are still

1247
00:57:48,680 --> 00:57:50,560
Speaker 2: one of the best groups in the Big Ten thanks

1248
00:57:50,560 --> 00:57:54,000
Speaker 2: to transfer to Carrio Davis and a Pespian's Price socket corner.

1249
00:57:54,200 --> 00:57:56,880
Speaker 5: Yeah, they need and you need good corners and Walters.

1250
00:57:56,920 --> 00:57:58,440
Speaker 5: Who's gonna run a lot of cover one.

1251
00:57:58,480 --> 00:58:00,720
Speaker 2: Yep, yep. I think they're gonna have the to improve

1252
00:58:00,760 --> 00:58:04,200
Speaker 2: against the run. The offense. I love, I love Demon Williams.

1253
00:58:04,280 --> 00:58:06,360
Speaker 2: I love running back Jonah Coleman. I think that's going

1254
00:58:06,440 --> 00:58:09,200
Speaker 2: to be an issue for teams that cannot defend zone RD.

1255
00:58:09,800 --> 00:58:13,560
Speaker 2: Coleman for sixty seven miss tackles and one hundred and

1256
00:58:13,680 --> 00:58:16,479
Speaker 2: ninety two carries. He averaged four point three yards after

1257
00:58:16,560 --> 00:58:19,760
Speaker 2: first contact. I don't think Joonah Coleman was talked about enough.

1258
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:23,360
Speaker 2: Last year. Demon Williams had nearly the same rate of

1259
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:25,960
Speaker 2: forcing miss tackles. He added in an eight to one

1260
00:58:26,000 --> 00:58:27,960
Speaker 2: TD to I in t ratio. He took over as

1261
00:58:27,960 --> 00:58:30,480
Speaker 2: a starter the last two games against Oregon and Louisville.

1262
00:58:30,560 --> 00:58:32,920
Speaker 2: In the Bowl, he finished five and one T to

1263
00:58:32,960 --> 00:58:34,720
Speaker 2: I in T and a six to one big time

1264
00:58:34,760 --> 00:58:37,600
Speaker 2: throw turnover worthy play rate against Oregon and Louisville not

1265
00:58:37,760 --> 00:58:41,200
Speaker 2: like Sisters of the Poor here, not UC Davis. The

1266
00:58:41,240 --> 00:58:43,640
Speaker 2: offensive line should be improved. I mean, you could get anybody,

1267
00:58:44,320 --> 00:58:46,640
Speaker 2: it's going to be much better. The portal entries are

1268
00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:50,640
Speaker 2: mostly on the interior. They're inexperienced blindside tackle. Carver Willis

1269
00:58:50,680 --> 00:58:53,040
Speaker 2: started two years at right tackle for Kansas State, so

1270
00:58:53,040 --> 00:58:56,520
Speaker 2: maybe there's hostillity that stability there. And at the most part,

1271
00:58:56,560 --> 00:58:58,240
Speaker 2: coming in from Kansas State, you would think that there

1272
00:58:58,240 --> 00:59:01,520
Speaker 2: would be, you know, the ability to play offensive line.

1273
00:59:02,040 --> 00:59:03,880
Speaker 2: So I do like what they have on offense going

1274
00:59:03,880 --> 00:59:07,000
Speaker 2: for them. You mentioned it. Five teams will face Washington

1275
00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:10,480
Speaker 2: off of a bye week, Ohio State, Maryland, Rutgers, Illinois, Wisconsin.

1276
00:59:11,600 --> 00:59:13,640
Speaker 2: I think with Ryan Walters as a defensive coordinator, I

1277
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:15,560
Speaker 2: have to ask, will Purdue even score a point on

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Speaker 2: November fifteenth? That should be quite interesting. Heavy favorites and

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Speaker 2: three non conference games and against Purdue. Both Rutgers at

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Speaker 2: home and UCLA project as TD faves when they're on

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Speaker 2: the road against Ucla and when you look at this

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Speaker 2: travel schedule, like they only leave the time zone. I

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Speaker 2: think three times Maryland if that's a real game, Michigan

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Speaker 2: and in Wisconsin, right, so three separate trips. The rest

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Speaker 2: of the time, they're almost always in the state of Washington.

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Speaker 2: One trip down to California for UCLA. So I think

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Speaker 2: I think the schedule is as bad as we're making

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Speaker 2: it out to be. I have eight point one on

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Speaker 2: this team, so I like over seven and a half,

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Speaker 2: especially if you can find it plus money. I think

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Speaker 2: there is a plus one on five out there, so

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Speaker 2: I'll take Washington over seven and a half.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I project them right around eight eight wins over

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