WEBVTT - College Football Week 11 Preview 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:06.880 Welcome to the Solid Verbo. I'll that for me. I'm 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:09.719 a man, I'm forty. I've heard so many players say, well, 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:11.639 I want to be happy. You want to be happy 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:13.000 for day Edith State? 0:00:13.360 --> 0:00:13.600 Is that? 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:19.400 Whoo whoom and Dan and Tie, Welcome back to the 0:00:19.840 --> 0:00:22.680 Solid Burbo boys and girls. My name is Ty Hildebrand, 0:00:22.800 --> 0:00:26.080 joining me as always over there in beautiful New York City, 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:31.760 the one, the only, the man who unfortunately has the 0:00:31.800 --> 0:00:33.199 Twitter past word, Dan Robitstein. 0:00:33.320 --> 0:00:33.800 So how are you. 0:00:35.640 --> 0:00:39.959 I'm pretty good. 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That's 0:02:24.240 --> 0:02:28.160 the reverb line all one word at gmail dot com. 0:02:28.160 --> 0:02:30.240 We got a couple last week, so you can get 0:02:30.280 --> 0:02:31.959 a couple more in week eleven. 0:02:31.720 --> 0:02:34.800 Ten and if you want to contact tied directly six 0:02:34.919 --> 0:02:40.239 one oh two, can I keep going? Okay, sorry scoundrel. 0:02:41.680 --> 0:02:44.680 So what is your pitch for a week? Okay, because 0:02:44.680 --> 0:02:46.040 there are some big games this week. 0:02:46.480 --> 0:02:48.480 Yeah, there are some big games. This is where for 0:02:48.560 --> 0:02:52.760 a lot of teams, it's not necessarily season defining. I 0:02:52.800 --> 0:02:55.040 would say, I think there are some bigger matchups. Certainly 0:02:55.080 --> 0:02:57.640 it's the biggest one in the SEC this season, but 0:02:58.000 --> 0:03:01.840 it's not necessarily season life time. I'm defining Penn State Minnesota. 0:03:02.000 --> 0:03:03.880 You know, Minnesota can still have a good season if 0:03:03.919 --> 0:03:06.160 they don't take down the Nitney Lions at home, and 0:03:06.160 --> 0:03:08.240 same for Penn State. They can still have a successful one. 0:03:08.280 --> 0:03:13.239 They're same for Baylor or Wisconsin against Iowa Oklahoma, Iowa State. 0:03:13.240 --> 0:03:16.240 It's been a thorn, but it is where the rubber 0:03:16.280 --> 0:03:19.440 meets the road. There is something about the ball not lying. 0:03:19.960 --> 0:03:24.640 And initially my mind went to SAT Saturday a significant test. 0:03:24.720 --> 0:03:27.520 It's not bad, that is not bad, but not end 0:03:27.560 --> 0:03:32.360 all be all, but Sat Saturday, because Saturday starts with SAT. 0:03:32.760 --> 0:03:35.680 It was too mushy for me, and so I'm going 0:03:35.720 --> 0:03:39.040 with something that is a little bit more fun to say, 0:03:39.240 --> 0:03:42.360 flows a little bit better where it's a significant test. 0:03:42.840 --> 0:03:45.960 Results don't lie. Everything's you know. You win, you win, 0:03:46.000 --> 0:03:48.920 you lose, you lose, especially looking at you Wake Forest, 0:03:49.000 --> 0:03:52.480 Virginia Tech. I have it Scantron Saturday. That is not 0:03:52.600 --> 0:03:57.040 bad scan Tron's, especially with it being voting day this 0:03:57.120 --> 0:04:00.720 past week. It's voting week, and yeah, you fill in. 0:04:00.800 --> 0:04:02.400 You either get it right or you get it wrong, 0:04:02.720 --> 0:04:05.320 and I don't think there's much room for error. That 0:04:05.480 --> 0:04:08.760 is very good, Thank you very much, very good. I 0:04:08.800 --> 0:04:11.360 am partial to scan Tron's Saturday. 0:04:11.400 --> 0:04:14.680 My suggestion was going to be because it's a striking 0:04:14.720 --> 0:04:17.960 week and it looks like it's got a lot of bark. 0:04:18.440 --> 0:04:20.280 Maybe not striking week. Striking. 0:04:20.320 --> 0:04:23.440 You just look at the slate before us, and it's okay, 0:04:23.440 --> 0:04:24.880 here's some striking matchups. 0:04:25.040 --> 0:04:27.120 I thought there was a Union reference of some kind. 0:04:27.240 --> 0:04:29.560 No no, no, no, no, no, no, nothing like that. But 0:04:29.800 --> 0:04:33.520 it's striking Chicago teachers by the way. Hell yeah, it looks. 0:04:33.279 --> 0:04:35.680 Like it's got a lot of bark, maybe not a 0:04:35.680 --> 0:04:38.360 lot of bite. It's very family friendly if you look 0:04:38.400 --> 0:04:41.160 at when these games are being played. I'm a little 0:04:41.160 --> 0:04:43.159 partial to my puppy I was going to say samoids 0:04:43.160 --> 0:04:43.800 Saturday type. 0:04:43.800 --> 0:04:45.400 People don't even know how to spell that. This is 0:04:45.440 --> 0:04:48.279 about branding. I had a winner last week. It's tough 0:04:48.279 --> 0:04:50.359 to top what I had. It's true. Okay, Welcome to 0:04:50.360 --> 0:04:54.880 Scantrons Saturday, number two pencils only, yes, and keep your 0:04:54.920 --> 0:04:57.960 eyes on your own paper. And you know you've been 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:01.320 You've been prepping all these things, been prepping for months 0:05:01.360 --> 0:05:03.560 for this, so you've had time to get ready for 0:05:03.600 --> 0:05:06.720 these big matchups. Now sit at your desk. And it's 0:05:06.760 --> 0:05:09.720 also kind of collegiate, right Scantron's. 0:05:09.080 --> 0:05:10.200 Yeah yeah, oh yeah, yeah. 0:05:10.320 --> 0:05:11.640 Welcome to Scantron Saturday. 0:05:11.800 --> 0:05:19.479 Welcome to Scantrons Saturday. But before we get there, I'm 0:05:19.480 --> 0:05:21.680 not gonna yell the breaking news. My voice is ready 0:05:21.680 --> 0:05:23.520 on its last legs. It's week eleven. 0:05:24.000 --> 0:05:25.559 Doo doo doo, doot doot. 0:05:26.160 --> 0:05:29.719 Trying to suckle down some of that wild sweet orange tea, 0:05:30.640 --> 0:05:32.680 a little bit of honey key things going here. 0:05:33.120 --> 0:05:34.200 Nice, good for you. 0:05:35.320 --> 0:05:38.599 Playoff rankings. We had the first playoff rankings that were released. 0:05:38.600 --> 0:05:40.599 We did not have a chance to talk about them because, 0:05:40.680 --> 0:05:43.920 like all big things in the podcast world, that happens 0:05:43.960 --> 0:05:49.080 seemingly right after we hit stop correct sort. 0:05:48.880 --> 0:05:51.080 Of right, wasn't it last night? Tuesday night we record 0:05:51.240 --> 0:05:54.080 Let's peel back this onion. We record the tues crews 0:05:54.120 --> 0:05:57.000 on Mondays. We do it's up at six am on Tuesdays. 0:05:57.040 --> 0:06:01.320 I don't think we're pulling one over anybody. Sail early 0:06:01.360 --> 0:06:05.840 Tuesday morning. Here's your first four. We've got Ohio State one, 0:06:06.080 --> 0:06:10.120 LSU two, Alabama three, and Penn State four. So to 0:06:10.800 --> 0:06:14.560 big ten teams to SEC teams. You know, these are 0:06:14.600 --> 0:06:16.800 like deck chairs in the Titanic at this point, they're 0:06:16.800 --> 0:06:19.320 going to get all sorts of boggled around by the 0:06:19.320 --> 0:06:21.839 time we get to the end of the season. Certainly 0:06:21.880 --> 0:06:24.320 some teams in that top four are going to lose. 0:06:24.360 --> 0:06:26.880 We know at least two of them will between now 0:06:26.880 --> 0:06:28.159 and the end of the football season. 0:06:28.480 --> 0:06:31.480 To round out the top ten, though, we have Clemson 0:06:31.520 --> 0:06:35.599 at five, Georgia at six, Oregon your Oregon Ducks defending 0:06:35.600 --> 0:06:38.679 Great box Ball champion Oregon Ducks ye at number seven, 0:06:38.720 --> 0:06:41.520 followed by Utah, fill by Oklahoma, and followed by Florida. 0:06:41.520 --> 0:06:44.279 Any surprises you think Penn State's the fourth best team 0:06:44.279 --> 0:06:45.479 in the country, It's okay if you do. 0:06:47.520 --> 0:06:51.040 I can't make a case against it at this point. 0:06:51.040 --> 0:06:53.440 I don't know if I believe it in my bones 0:06:53.440 --> 0:06:57.240 at this point, but I certainly understand why the committee 0:06:57.240 --> 0:06:59.680 would go there because their strength of resumes so far 0:06:59.720 --> 0:07:02.040 has been really, really formidable. 0:07:02.160 --> 0:07:06.840 Yeah. Yeah, the Michigan win is obviously doing the work 0:07:06.839 --> 0:07:09.560 here because that's what separates them from Clemson. Through no 0:07:09.720 --> 0:07:12.720 full fault of Clemson's own, their best win is A 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:16.560 and M, so I understand it. I don't know if 0:07:16.600 --> 0:07:20.120 you have your your spreadsheet, your your mock up line 0:07:20.200 --> 0:07:22.560 of like what a Penn State Clemson matchup would look 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:25.800 like on a neutral field, but it figured out. Yeah, 0:07:25.960 --> 0:07:29.320 even with this year's results and not looking at last year, 0:07:29.400 --> 0:07:31.640 not looking at talent level in general, I think I 0:07:31.720 --> 0:07:34.400 have Clemson ahead of Penn State in my mind, right. 0:07:34.320 --> 0:07:36.920 Neutral field Clemson by about ten. 0:07:37.560 --> 0:07:40.040 Yeah. So once you get into that double digit area 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:42.480 and I understand the Michigan win is, it looks more 0:07:42.520 --> 0:07:45.000 impressive than ever. They held on to beat the Wolverines, 0:07:45.560 --> 0:07:50.000 but otherwise it's been The Iowa win is I think 0:07:50.000 --> 0:07:53.320 pretty good. They held on. They held Iowa without out 0:07:53.320 --> 0:07:55.520 of the end zone right for three and a half corners, 0:07:56.360 --> 0:07:58.320 so or at least maybe even more than three and 0:07:58.320 --> 0:08:01.520 a half, So I can't really hold that much against 0:08:01.680 --> 0:08:04.200 Penn State. It's just more of an eye test thing 0:08:04.240 --> 0:08:06.880 and that's harder to quantify. So I guess I'm okay 0:08:06.880 --> 0:08:08.960 with Penn State at four. It's the first release of 0:08:08.960 --> 0:08:12.520 the playoff rankings to make Clemson's higher quality right now. 0:08:12.560 --> 0:08:15.720 But Penn State blows the doors off of Minnesota. I 0:08:15.720 --> 0:08:18.120 think that's a pretty emphatic scantro on Saturday for them. 0:08:18.320 --> 0:08:20.680 Clemson's likely going to move into the top four next 0:08:20.720 --> 0:08:23.760 week after the Lsubama game, depending on how that game goes. 0:08:23.760 --> 0:08:26.440 But I would say I have a pretty high level 0:08:26.480 --> 0:08:28.800 of confidence that Clemson will be in the top four 0:08:28.880 --> 0:08:31.640 next week. Georgia's probably blocked by the loser of that 0:08:31.760 --> 0:08:35.240 LSU Bama game, at least for the time being. Your 0:08:35.360 --> 0:08:39.760 Orga Ducts are uniquely positioned. If they can run the table, 0:08:39.760 --> 0:08:45.120 if they can beat Utah whoever in the Pac twelve game, they. 0:08:45.080 --> 0:08:47.080 Are in the top ten playoff team correct. 0:08:47.160 --> 0:08:50.600 They are uniquely positioned here to maybe throw their hat 0:08:50.640 --> 0:08:53.560 in the ring. Oklahoma all the way down at nine, 0:08:53.960 --> 0:08:56.240 really needs a case State win over Texas this week. 0:08:56.720 --> 0:08:59.320 They really need that. The way I see it, about 0:08:59.360 --> 0:09:00.800 nine teams real shot at this. 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:03.800 Yeah, the thing going against Oregon right now is probably 0:09:03.840 --> 0:09:06.080 what's out of their control and that the Arizona schools 0:09:06.080 --> 0:09:07.920 in Oregon State are not going to come across and 0:09:07.920 --> 0:09:10.520 they have a bye week this week as crazy impressive 0:09:10.520 --> 0:09:12.720 to finish out the year. Whereas Alabama from this point 0:09:12.760 --> 0:09:16.160 forward can beat LSU and Auburn, LSU can beat A 0:09:16.280 --> 0:09:18.840 and M and Alabama, Ohio State has Penn State and 0:09:19.240 --> 0:09:21.680 you know whoever comes out of the Big Ten West, 0:09:21.679 --> 0:09:25.000 it looks like Minnesota, so they'll have more quality wins. 0:09:25.080 --> 0:09:30.200 Clemson is going to struggle in that department, and Georgia 0:09:30.400 --> 0:09:33.000 can can lay low. But yeah, they're they're blocked for 0:09:33.040 --> 0:09:35.160 the time being. And I still think they have a 0:09:35.160 --> 0:09:38.760 pretty good shot here after their win against Florida. So yeah, 0:09:38.840 --> 0:09:40.559 Utah's lurking as well, and they could have a really 0:09:40.559 --> 0:09:42.959 impressive win over Oregon in the Pac twelve championship game. 0:09:43.000 --> 0:09:45.720 And yeah, Oklahoma needs help. And beyond that, I don't 0:09:45.720 --> 0:09:48.280 think we're talking about playoff caliber teams. I don't think 0:09:48.320 --> 0:09:50.760 so either. I think there's a there's a line, and 0:09:51.559 --> 0:09:54.920 you know, Auburn has a playoff caliber defense. I just 0:09:55.120 --> 0:09:57.280 there's there's too many flaws beyond that line to me, 0:09:57.880 --> 0:10:01.000 all right, Dan, time. 0:10:02.480 --> 0:10:07.520 It is scan tron Saturday. Get those number two pencils ready. 0:10:08.320 --> 0:10:10.800 Fill in your dots. Make sure you fill them in 0:10:10.840 --> 0:10:15.240 completely so the scantron does not get confused. This is 0:10:15.280 --> 0:10:17.000 all very important information. 0:10:17.200 --> 0:10:20.200 That's true. And if you're going to a race, be 0:10:20.320 --> 0:10:23.319 thorough What do they recommend white out? White out? Really 0:10:23.640 --> 0:10:25.920 they don't. I don't know if they recommend white out? 0:10:26.040 --> 0:10:28.319 What I know? You just have to really, really thoroughly 0:10:28.520 --> 0:10:31.480 go for it, right, you can't. You can't be hazy 0:10:31.480 --> 0:10:33.560 with your erasers. No, no, you gotta. You really got 0:10:33.640 --> 0:10:35.920 to go for it, which is a good life lesson 0:10:35.960 --> 0:10:39.959 to me. Don't be hazy with your erasing. Scandro on 0:10:40.000 --> 0:10:44.160 Saturday week, what are we twelve eleveven eleven? I don't know, ty, 0:10:44.280 --> 0:10:46.439 I got very little sleep last night. 0:10:46.559 --> 0:10:47.120 Let's do this. 0:10:47.440 --> 0:10:47.880 Let's do. 0:10:49.480 --> 0:10:51.280 This. May be the easiest. 0:10:50.920 --> 0:10:54.120 Window of opportunity that we've had. I need, I need 0:10:54.160 --> 0:10:57.000 to know this because it's childcare Saturday. 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:59.840 Exclose, single day, single dad Saturday. Excuse me, Yeah, solo dad, 0:11:00.040 --> 0:11:02.120 solidad Saturday, not sad, different thing. 0:11:02.440 --> 0:11:02.719 M h. 0:11:03.440 --> 0:11:08.280 It's easy. It's a family friendly Saturday. I look at 0:11:08.280 --> 0:11:11.720 the slate before us here there are a couple notable 0:11:11.800 --> 0:11:14.240 night games. I guess I always state Oklahoma could be fun, 0:11:14.360 --> 0:11:18.240 It's been fun in the past. I guess Missouri Georgia 0:11:18.320 --> 0:11:20.600 has some intrigue for us here, at least as a 0:11:20.640 --> 0:11:22.800 podcast goes, because we've been talking it up for months 0:11:22.800 --> 0:11:24.800 on end and Notre Dame dude. 0:11:25.080 --> 0:11:26.520 Yeah, even app state South. 0:11:26.280 --> 0:11:30.559 Carolina some intrigue there. Lower points spread than maybe people 0:11:30.600 --> 0:11:33.800 might expect. But I think the bulk of your big 0:11:33.840 --> 0:11:36.600 games are in the early half of the day before 0:11:36.600 --> 0:11:42.320 dinner on the East Coast, and good for me, doesn't 0:11:42.320 --> 0:11:45.600 help me much well little one people that then aren't 0:11:45.679 --> 0:11:48.320 named Dan Rubinstein. I think your window of opportunity is 0:11:48.360 --> 0:11:51.560 some time after LSU Bama go out and have a 0:11:51.600 --> 0:11:52.000 date night. 0:11:52.800 --> 0:11:55.640 Yeah. Actually it works out well for I'm going to 0:11:55.679 --> 0:11:58.280 be selfish air and talking about me some more. It 0:11:58.280 --> 0:11:59.839 works out. This is what I have to study and 0:12:00.240 --> 0:12:02.160 everything I didn't see normally. I'm able to get up 0:12:02.200 --> 0:12:05.080 early on Sunday mornings before the podcast and do you know, 0:12:05.120 --> 0:12:07.240 catch up on everything I need to before we record, 0:12:07.320 --> 0:12:09.080 So it'll just be more of a late night. So 0:12:09.120 --> 0:12:12.200 I'm glad that the action isn't always pertinent across the 0:12:12.200 --> 0:12:15.200 board during primetime in late night, So that's good. Let's 0:12:15.200 --> 0:12:18.800 start at high noon. It is on ABC. 0:12:19.920 --> 0:12:23.199 It is the Penn State Nitney Lions, again number four 0:12:24.320 --> 0:12:28.640 in the first college Football Playoff rankings this season, on 0:12:28.760 --> 0:12:33.000 the road at the Minnesota Golden Gophers. This point spread 0:12:33.240 --> 0:12:36.200 is at a brown six and a half seven points, 0:12:36.200 --> 0:12:39.480 depending where you look. Of note here is that PJ. 0:12:39.640 --> 0:12:43.240 Fleck got a new seven year deal just in time 0:12:43.280 --> 0:12:43.800 for this game. 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:46.440 Dan about thirty three, mel I saw. I don't know 0:12:46.480 --> 0:12:49.240 how the structure works out and how incentives work into that, 0:12:49.320 --> 0:12:52.280 but yes he did. He started out really well. There's 0:12:52.360 --> 0:12:55.040 sure to be interested in PJ. Fleck as jobs open up. 0:12:55.120 --> 0:12:58.720 His enthusiasm, his passion. You know, we'll see if there 0:12:58.760 --> 0:13:02.400 is more to PJ. Fleck than just enthusiasm and passion 0:13:02.520 --> 0:13:04.160 against some of the lower teams in the Big Ten 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:07.760 as the schedule gets harder. But yeah, it was good 0:13:07.800 --> 0:13:09.199 for Fleck and the Fleck family. 0:13:09.840 --> 0:13:13.959 That is that is correct, and you know, to his credit, 0:13:15.120 --> 0:13:17.480 there's a lot to like about Minnesota this year. They 0:13:17.559 --> 0:13:20.480 might not be the flash last team, but thus far 0:13:20.559 --> 0:13:24.080 they've been crazy efficient on both sides of the football, 0:13:24.600 --> 0:13:29.840 and certainly in terms of raw atmospherics. They work to 0:13:29.920 --> 0:13:33.760 Minnesota's advantage. Here. They're at home, it's an earlier game, 0:13:33.960 --> 0:13:35.600 so it's a body clock situation. 0:13:35.920 --> 0:13:36.880 Yeah, people are. 0:13:36.760 --> 0:13:37.839 Gonna be fired up for this. 0:13:37.920 --> 0:13:39.360 I'd be glad if I were a Penn State fan 0:13:39.400 --> 0:13:41.760 that it's an eleven am kick actually, rather than a 0:13:42.080 --> 0:13:45.040 you know, local six pm prime time. Whole place has 0:13:45.040 --> 0:13:47.640 been drinking all days, used for the big event kind 0:13:47.640 --> 0:13:47.880 of thing. 0:13:48.320 --> 0:13:51.640 My problem is the matchup. Yeah, the matchup is what 0:13:51.720 --> 0:13:55.439 bothers me because for starters, you look at Minnesota's resume, 0:13:56.600 --> 0:13:59.720 you could make a case and I'm not making it, 0:13:59.720 --> 0:14:01.640 but I'm saying hypothetically, somebody out. 0:14:01.480 --> 0:14:02.760 There, do you want me to make a case. 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:04.599 You could make a case that their best win is 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:05.720 over South Dakota State. 0:14:06.000 --> 0:14:08.920 Whoa to all the haters who said that Minnesota couldn't 0:14:08.960 --> 0:14:11.400 take down the jack Rabbits scoreboard. 0:14:11.440 --> 0:14:15.079 They're number four in the FCS. Correct, you could make 0:14:15.120 --> 0:14:16.840 that case. I'm not making it here, but you could 0:14:16.880 --> 0:14:21.840 if you really tried. I do think they've gotten better 0:14:22.640 --> 0:14:25.560 as the season's gone on, so it's not advisable to 0:14:25.560 --> 0:14:30.880 take them lightly. There's just some degree of credibility missing 0:14:30.920 --> 0:14:33.720 from their resume, and frankly, that's why they're eight to 0:14:33.760 --> 0:14:36.880 zeroe ranked number seventeen in the first set of rankings. 0:14:36.920 --> 0:14:37.600 Is that all fair? 0:14:39.880 --> 0:14:43.520 Yeah? And I left out Minnesota and talking about, you know, 0:14:43.640 --> 0:14:47.240 tiers of playoff caliber teams. Minnesota wins all of their games. 0:14:47.800 --> 0:14:49.680 It can be in the playoff. That's you know, I 0:14:49.720 --> 0:14:53.920 would be surprised, but pleasantly surprised. Walk me through all 0:14:53.960 --> 0:14:56.560 of the Big Ten starting quarterbacks Minnesota has faced this 0:14:56.640 --> 0:15:02.520 year because it's none of them, Because it's Purdue, Illinois, Nebraska, Rutgers, Maryland, 0:15:02.560 --> 0:15:06.000 all I believe started backup quarterbacks against Minnesota. Gopher's fault 0:15:06.360 --> 0:15:12.000 absolutely not proper Gopher data, not necessarily. That's all the 0:15:12.400 --> 0:15:16.080 point is behind that sort of snarky comment. They'll be 0:15:16.080 --> 0:15:18.880 playing Penn State starting quarterback. They'll be playing a Penn 0:15:18.880 --> 0:15:22.600 State offense that generally relies on explosion, bigger plays. Whether 0:15:22.640 --> 0:15:26.040 it's kJ Hamler, Pat Fryermuth, do they call him baby gronk? 0:15:26.200 --> 0:15:28.400 Is that a thing there? I've seen it. Yes, most 0:15:28.520 --> 0:15:30.560 good tight ends are now known as baby gronk for 0:15:30.600 --> 0:15:35.520 whatever reason. That is correct. So it's hard to fully 0:15:35.560 --> 0:15:37.760 know what we have in Minnesota. They started the season 0:15:37.760 --> 0:15:41.320 off slowly in terms of separating themselves from teams. They've 0:15:41.320 --> 0:15:43.960 taken care of business out seeing the Purdue game wasn't 0:15:44.040 --> 0:15:47.840 great for them, especially on defense. But you take care 0:15:47.840 --> 0:15:51.560 of business, you win your clunkers. You're formidable. And so 0:15:51.720 --> 0:15:55.920 as it relates to Penn State, I think the Knits 0:15:55.960 --> 0:15:58.760 the Ninny Lions have an edge. I think part of 0:15:58.800 --> 0:16:00.720 it is special teams. I think in order to beat 0:16:00.760 --> 0:16:04.120 Penn State you have to do it repeatedly, putting together 0:16:04.240 --> 0:16:07.400 drives down the field, which will become increasingly difficult over 0:16:07.440 --> 0:16:09.640 the game. Over the course of the game, I like 0:16:09.720 --> 0:16:13.280 Minnesota's offense, but this is a couple of tiers up 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:15.760 from what they've seen. I like the early kicktime for 0:16:15.840 --> 0:16:18.520 Penn State. I think it's back and forth for a bit, 0:16:18.960 --> 0:16:22.080 but ultimately it's the big plays from Penn State and 0:16:22.160 --> 0:16:25.120 just the overall talent level of the backups, the threes, whatever, 0:16:25.360 --> 0:16:27.280 they have to see action throughout a game. I have 0:16:27.280 --> 0:16:29.080 at thirty one to twenty Penn State. 0:16:29.600 --> 0:16:34.480 Interesting, I've got it at thirty one seventeen Penn State. Okay, 0:16:34.520 --> 0:16:37.520 So three things that jump out at me and you're 0:16:37.520 --> 0:16:40.480 all right. Everything you said is all right. In my book, 0:16:40.920 --> 0:16:44.240 Penn State plays the run really well and that poses 0:16:44.280 --> 0:16:48.200 a challenge for a Minnesota team that has relied on 0:16:48.240 --> 0:16:51.960 the run to a great degree this year. I also 0:16:52.040 --> 0:16:54.760 think Minnesota has a hard time keeping tan or Morgan 0:16:54.840 --> 0:16:57.600 upright when they do have to pass. 0:16:57.640 --> 0:17:00.880 I think they've been more successful passing it Minnesota than 0:17:00.960 --> 0:17:03.040 running it, even though they've been some big numbers. I 0:17:03.040 --> 0:17:07.479 think they've been a better passing team in terms of efficiency. Yes, okay, 0:17:07.520 --> 0:17:10.080 but they've had plenty of games where they've relied on 0:17:10.119 --> 0:17:11.560 that rushing attack as well. Correct. 0:17:11.840 --> 0:17:13.840 Yes, So it's not to say that they're a one 0:17:13.880 --> 0:17:17.160 trick pony, but I could see them trying to utilize 0:17:17.160 --> 0:17:19.080 that run game to open things up, maybe try to 0:17:19.119 --> 0:17:21.320 throw it downfield. I just don't think they're going to 0:17:21.359 --> 0:17:24.159 have much success doing that. And I worry for Tanner 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:26.760 Morgan because this line has not been great at keeping 0:17:26.800 --> 0:17:29.680 him upright. And we know it's a Penn State line 0:17:29.720 --> 0:17:31.960 that's got a lot of bite to it. So that 0:17:31.960 --> 0:17:35.120 that's number two. And the third thing is I don't 0:17:35.119 --> 0:17:37.879 know if you saw, but James Franklin essentially made it 0:17:37.920 --> 0:17:41.400 Facebook official naming Noah Kane his number one running. 0:17:41.080 --> 0:17:43.160 Back is that? Is that a real real thing? 0:17:43.320 --> 0:17:44.119 It is a real real thing. 0:17:44.200 --> 0:17:44.360 Now. 0:17:44.440 --> 0:17:45.639 It won't change next week. 0:17:45.840 --> 0:17:47.760 It could change next week, but at least for this week, 0:17:47.760 --> 0:17:49.000 he's number one on the depth chart. 0:17:49.160 --> 0:17:51.320 That's good to see because that's actually been a place 0:17:51.320 --> 0:17:54.120 where Penn State has struggled. If they need a four 0:17:54.160 --> 0:17:56.359 minute drive and to really grind it out on the ground, 0:17:56.680 --> 0:17:57.720 it hasn't always been there. 0:17:57.800 --> 0:17:59.919 So I'm hoping now that they've kind of made this 0:18:00.080 --> 0:18:03.199 commitment that it means more work for Noah King, And 0:18:03.240 --> 0:18:05.280 if it does, it could could be a big game 0:18:05.280 --> 0:18:06.080 for him on the ground. 0:18:06.720 --> 0:18:08.000 I see that in his near future. 0:18:08.040 --> 0:18:12.120 I like Penn State pretty comfortably thirty one seventeen, could 0:18:12.119 --> 0:18:13.760 see it being close for half. 0:18:14.320 --> 0:18:15.439 Okay, I'm with you. 0:18:15.480 --> 0:18:18.720 I think Penn State's a couple rungs better than Minnesota 0:18:18.720 --> 0:18:21.760 at this point. You know, if I put my personal 0:18:21.800 --> 0:18:25.560 biases aside, would love to see it be an awesome 0:18:25.600 --> 0:18:29.040 story if Minnesota could pull the upset here at home, And. 0:18:28.480 --> 0:18:30.720 What does that look like? What does that that Minnesota 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:32.960 upset look like? How do you beat Penn State if 0:18:33.160 --> 0:18:36.040 you are Minnesota with their talent, their their strengths on 0:18:36.119 --> 0:18:37.080 defense and offense. 0:18:37.880 --> 0:18:41.240 They've got to figure out some way to rattle Sean Clifford. Okay, 0:18:41.480 --> 0:18:43.520 they got to stop the run in rattle Shan Clifford 0:18:43.800 --> 0:18:48.600 and hope that their offense can win the battle field position, 0:18:49.000 --> 0:18:52.040 control the clock, and I think keep it relatively low scoring. 0:18:52.040 --> 0:18:53.520 I don't think they can outscore Penn State. 0:18:53.680 --> 0:18:55.800 Well, you're gonna need to if you want to win. Well, 0:18:56.200 --> 0:18:58.440 I know what you're saying. Not in a shootout, right 0:18:58.520 --> 0:19:00.800 right right, So it'll be it would be like a 0:19:00.840 --> 0:19:03.800 twenty to seventeen win. Yeah for Minnesota if they're able 0:19:03.840 --> 0:19:05.480 to pull it off, get a couple of big plays 0:19:05.520 --> 0:19:09.120 from their big play receivers against a pretty good Penn 0:19:09.160 --> 0:19:09.920 State secondary. 0:19:10.760 --> 0:19:13.239 We're moving on. 0:19:13.400 --> 0:19:16.720 Also at high noon on FS one, we've got the 0:19:16.840 --> 0:19:23.040 Baylor Bears on the road at TCU. Okay, the revivalry, 0:19:23.240 --> 0:19:27.239 as they say, yeah, two and a half points. I 0:19:27.280 --> 0:19:29.640 hate this game so much. I hate I've heard great 0:19:29.640 --> 0:19:32.280 things about Fort Worth. We had an undefeated Baylor coming in. 0:19:32.440 --> 0:19:34.920 There's no love lost between these two teams. Got to 0:19:34.960 --> 0:19:36.560 throw out the records and the revivalry. 0:19:36.600 --> 0:19:39.200 Come on, I get in a revivalry. Yeah. 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:43.600 Oh, Yeah, I've been high on Baylor all preseason, all 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:47.320 regular season. I think this is a really good football team. 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:52.720 They've consistently gotten more consistent under Matt Rule. Sure it's 0:19:52.720 --> 0:19:56.120 a thing, Okay, so good for them in terms of efficiency. 0:19:56.160 --> 0:19:59.840 The defense has been better than the offense, which our 0:20:00.200 --> 0:20:01.679