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Speaker 1: Box all right, instant reaction. I got all these notes.
Speaker 1: I got pages and pages of notes. I don't even
Speaker 1: know if I'll get to them, but I like to
Speaker 1: take notes during big games. Buckeyes win twenty eight to fourteen,
Speaker 1: They'll face Notre Dame and be about a touchdown favorite
Speaker 1: against the Irish. They've got a playmaker and skill advantage.
Speaker 1: I mean that game tonight. There's a lot of speed
Speaker 1: between Texas's defense and Ohio State's playmaking on offense and defense.
Speaker 1: Nobody should be happier about this playoff than Ryan Day.
Speaker 1: Season could have ended with a Michigan loss and if
Speaker 1: he survives, just having to live in Columbus for the
Speaker 1: next year until they face Michigan again, or now playing
Speaker 1: for the national championship and playing their three best football
Speaker 1: games of the year, you know, against Tennessee, Oregon and Texas.
Speaker 1: So I mean, this playoff again, it just allows things.
Speaker 1: It's got an NFL feel to it. It allows you
Speaker 1: to lose late. It's not all about when you lose.
Speaker 1: And you know, coaches have bad Saturdays and bad Sundays.
Speaker 1: I mean Andy Reid got beat by Antonio Pierce last year,
Speaker 1: all right, and you know, Ryan, they had a stinker
Speaker 1: out thought the room against Michigan. It happens. Great coaches
Speaker 1: have bad games. I mean, I watch more NFL than
Speaker 1: college because of my job, and I have to. But
Speaker 1: i've you know, I've seen Sean McVay go into a game,
Speaker 1: you know, and just they just don't bring anything to
Speaker 1: the table. They don't have a lot of juice, they
Speaker 1: don't have energy to play calling. So so so I
Speaker 1: think Brian Dan chip Kelly between the two. I think
Speaker 1: Ohio State's got a good coaching staff. Yes, they have
Speaker 1: a lot of good players, but you know, George's got
Speaker 1: got a lot of good players. Alabama does, LSU does.
Speaker 1: There are a lot of good players in college football.
Speaker 1: You know, Ohio State forty two to nothing in the
Speaker 1: playoff in the first quarter. They come out rolling in
Speaker 1: these games. And that's coaching, you know, that's that is
Speaker 1: your game plan. In the second half, I thought just
Speaker 1: Ohio State's overall talent separated the two. But in the
Speaker 1: first half, you know, in Ohio State had that great
Speaker 1: screenplay for a touchdown late that was about all their offense.
Speaker 1: But in the second half, Ohio State start making plays.
Speaker 1: They put together that thirteen play drive, and defenses wear down.
Speaker 1: You know, the offense knows what's coming. It's choreography. Defense
Speaker 1: guys are on the field, three hundred and thirty pound
Speaker 1: defensive lineman and they wear down. And I thought Texas
Speaker 1: as the game went on that thirteen play drive, Texas
Speaker 1: didn't quite have the energy and the juice. And Ohio
Speaker 1: State has such elevated skill, so many good players. You know,
Speaker 1: it is interesting, though, this is not a great year
Speaker 1: for college quarterbacks. In the NFL, all eight divisions were
Speaker 1: won by the best quarterback in the division. But in
Speaker 1: college football, Shaduor Sanders and Cam Ward are the two
Speaker 1: best quarterbacks easily, and they didn't make the playoff. So
Speaker 1: the NFL in college may feel like they're getting closer.
Speaker 1: But I mean, I think we can say this, Drew Aller,
Speaker 1: It's okay. Will Howard solid, not spectacular. You know, you
Speaker 1: start looking at the quarterbacks that were in the playoff.
Speaker 1: I'm not a huge quinn Ewers fan, you know. I
Speaker 1: mean a year ago, everybody was telling me he was
Speaker 1: a first rounder. I thought his mechanics were hitting miss.
Speaker 1: I don't think he elevates others. He made a couple
Speaker 1: of nice plays in this game, but I mean the
Speaker 1: Sark's screen game, the Electric Perimeter players Texas has. He
Speaker 1: made a nice throw, very patient in front of a
Speaker 1: massive offensive line to a tight end that that's not
Speaker 1: that stuff's not as available in the NFL. I don't
Speaker 1: see quinn Ewers. To me, he's a six round pick
Speaker 1: in the draft. Will I think Will Howard moves much better, bigger,
Speaker 1: stronger athlete. But you know, I mean, it's just funny
Speaker 1: that quinn Ewers is one of the highest paid guys
Speaker 1: in college football. And I just, you know, I think
Speaker 1: I'm pretty good at, you know, the quarterback thing. You know,
Speaker 1: I didn't like Zach Jones. I didn't like Daniel Jones.
Speaker 1: You know, I did like Darnold. I think over the
Speaker 1: course of time, I've missed on some quarterbacks, but I
Speaker 1: think I'm pretty accurate on the quarterback stuff. I like it.
Speaker 1: I talk to a lot of people. I've never really
Speaker 1: I don't really see it with quinn Ewers, He's fine,
Speaker 1: but I think Texas should have a more, you know,
Speaker 1: a higher end quarterback. But let's be honest. Michigan struggled
Speaker 1: at quarterback this year. You u s C struggled at quarterback.
Speaker 1: You know, Alabama Jalen Milroll was hit and miss at quarterback.
Speaker 1: Is just not a good year. And I also think
Speaker 1: we have to be honest about this. And I like this.
Speaker 1: You know, I wrote some notes the SEC it got humbled.
Speaker 1: I mean Texas, all those SEC fans telling you, oh Texas, Oklahoma,
Speaker 1: watch out, you come into the SEC. Yeah, Texas was
Speaker 1: the best team in the SEC. Well what about Georgia. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Georgia had Texas's number, But you know, Georgia's offensive line
Speaker 1: wasn't very good. They were in a backup quarterback. They
Speaker 1: didn't have a lot of zip to their offense. And
Speaker 1: in the end, the power of college football has shifted north.
Speaker 1: And it's a long time coming. I love college football,
Speaker 1: but it got very very regional. And we all know,
Speaker 1: I mean, listen, we all know the SEC was paying
Speaker 1: players off and through churches it was like a poorly
Speaker 1: kept secret. Not everybody, but you know there there was
Speaker 1: a lot of money exchanging hands in the SEC. It
Speaker 1: was their little secret. I mean, it got so bad
Speaker 1: with Ole Miss people. Finally, you know, ratted on Hugh Freeze.
Speaker 1: But there was a lot of money exchanging hands. And
Speaker 1: now everybody can pay college football players. And a lot
Speaker 1: of these northern universities have more money than these small
Speaker 1: college towns in the South. I mean, Alabama's athletic director
Speaker 1: is begging fans like bake sales and car washes, please
Speaker 1: give money. There's a lot of money at Michigan and
Speaker 1: Ohio State and Notre Dame and Penn State. There's a
Speaker 1: lot of money in those schools. Oregon and Phil Knight,
Speaker 1: Washington and Seattle, you know. So I think there's a
Speaker 1: changing of the tide that if you're just going to
Speaker 1: pay players, the teams up north can go buy them.
Speaker 1: And I mean, I Notre Dame's defense as good as
Speaker 1: anything I saw on the SEC. Ohio State's the most
Speaker 1: talented team, Michigan was easily the most talented team last
Speaker 1: year and the best team. So that's not to say
Speaker 1: George's you know, gonna wilt and go away that I
Speaker 1: think there's been a shift and I see it with
Speaker 1: my eyes over the last two years. I mean, listen,
Speaker 1: Notre Dame lost to Georgia twice close with Brian Kelly,
Speaker 1: and so you could you could see it slowly, slowly,
Speaker 1: slowly building as the transfer portal is ramped up over
Speaker 1: the last several years. But you know, Ohio State looks
Speaker 1: like the best team and it just was a matter
Speaker 1: of time to wear down Texas. And I love it.
Speaker 1: I love Notre Dame. I loved Listen. I grew up.
Speaker 1: I said this on FS one today. I grew up
Speaker 1: with college football powers Washington, Nebraska, Penn State, Michigan, Notre Dame,
Speaker 1: Ohio State. And there were some good SEC teams, but
Speaker 1: Texas always underachieved. And you know, USC had some good
Speaker 1: teams occasionally, but there was a lot of Northern teams.
Speaker 1: And then over the last twenty years, the power has
Speaker 1: really shifted to the south and it's been fun. But
Speaker 1: it feels like there's a swing back north and I
Speaker 1: think it's good for the sport. I think Notre Dame
Speaker 1: in Ohio State is going to get a massive rating.
Speaker 1: I think Notre Dame's defense and run game can sustain
Speaker 1: some drives. It's going to be have to be a
Speaker 1: low scoring game. But Ohio State they make enough mistakes.
Speaker 1: You can pressure Will Howard into mistakes. He's not exceptionally,
Speaker 1: he's not a big playmaker. They had some penalties tonight,
Speaker 1: So you know, Ohio State will be a favorite. They'll
Speaker 1: probably be a little more tight. You know, just just
Speaker 1: think about that national championship game. You know the pressure
Speaker 1: is going to be on Ohio State. All right. They're
Speaker 1: the ones that have twenty million bucks in nil money.
Speaker 1: They've got, you know, twelve five star guys. Notre Dame
Speaker 1: has won. So Notre Dame comes in underdog, excellent defense,
Speaker 1: great secondary, excellent coach, smart team, doesn't make a lot
Speaker 1: of mistakes. They're banged up on the offensive line. So
Speaker 1: but I mean, so is Ohio State. So you know,
Speaker 1: I think Ohio State should be a seven point favorite.
Speaker 1: I think Ohio State's gonna win, but they make enough mistakes,
Speaker 1: so Notre Dame will I have a fighting chance. And
Speaker 1: you know, I like Riley Leonard. I know you don't,
Speaker 1: I know I do, But I'm happy for Ohio State.
Speaker 1: You know, it's interesting because I supported Jim Harbaugh. And
Speaker 1: I've had so many Michigan fans, you know, come up
Speaker 1: to me over the last year and thank me for
Speaker 1: supporting them. But oh I just got this. Ohio State's
Speaker 1: nine and a half point favorite. I'd probably take Notre
Speaker 1: Dame in the points there, but I think Ohio State's
Speaker 1: the better team. But it's not like, you know, I'm
Speaker 1: just a Michigan man. I like Big ten football. I
Speaker 1: grew up as a West Coast kid and I watched
Speaker 1: a lot of Rose Bulls. I went to a couple
Speaker 1: of Rose Bowls, So I was always kind of a
Speaker 1: Pac twelve Big ten fan, and I just love the
Speaker 1: Northern stadiums and the Northern fans and the Northern tradition.
Speaker 1: It's nothing against the SEC here the Big twelve, but
Speaker 1: I just that's what I grew up with. That's what
Speaker 1: I like, and what you like at nine years old
Speaker 1: is what you like in sports. So I grew up
Speaker 1: with a Big ten in the Pac twelve, and I
Speaker 1: just love seeing, you know, Penn State when I grew
Speaker 1: up was an independent, but I just love seeing these
Speaker 1: big Northern programs where the fans going bad weather and
Speaker 1: they care so much about their team, and they travel
Speaker 1: so much. And Big ten teams have always been willing
Speaker 1: to play big out of conference games. Ohio State has,
Speaker 1: Michigan has I love that about him, Washington has Oregon's
Speaker 1: willing to play anybody. Now those two teams are in
Speaker 1: the conference. So listen. If you were expecting by adding
Speaker 1: a bunch of teams to the playoff, twelve team playoff,
Speaker 1: which will expand to fourteen or sixteen teams, if you're
Speaker 1: expecting that this was going to open up the opportunities
Speaker 1: for multiple national champions that have never won before. I
Speaker 1: love you, but you're a hopeless romantic. It's harder for
Speaker 1: the little guy now to win. I mean, could imagine
Speaker 1: if you're a little guy. Okay, you beat Clemson and
Speaker 1: here comes Oregon, and now it's Georgia and now it's
Speaker 1: Ohio State. Little guys have no chance to win this thing.
Speaker 1: It's just you know, Penn State was eventually, eventually they
Speaker 1: got the easy run. You know, they got SMU and
Speaker 1: they got Boise State. But eventually Penn State, you know,
Speaker 1: they faced Notre Dame and they just didn't have the
Speaker 1: firepower on the perimeter. But the rich are going to
Speaker 1: get richer, and that's just the reality. I'll tell you.
Speaker 1: I wouldn't have guessed it. Five years ago Notre Dame
Speaker 1: planned for a national championship and playing a Northern team.
Speaker 1: I always felt like Ohio State was the one SEC
Speaker 1: team up north. Just the zelotry and the passion and
Speaker 1: they look I mean they've always Ohio State recruits better
Speaker 1: than Michigan does they do, They've got more pros. I
Speaker 1: mean Harriball obviously his last year at Michigan was a
Speaker 1: stacked team, but that was an exception. Ohio States, to me,
Speaker 1: has always had on average eight out of ten years,
Speaker 1: has more NFL bodies than Michigan. But when you watched
Speaker 1: this Ohio State team, I mean, go since Brian Hartlines
Speaker 1: got the and started recruiting receivers, lord, and they just
Speaker 1: got NFL first round dudes everywhere. And when you have
Speaker 1: those kind of players, and I thought Texas did a
Speaker 1: good job bracketing Jeremiah Smith tonight, I mean they just
Speaker 1: you can only hold Ohio State down. You know, Sawyer's
Speaker 1: going to be a first high second round player. The
Speaker 1: guy who made that sack and strip for a long touchdown. Buck.
Speaker 1: Guys just have playmakers on the d line. Caleb Downs
Speaker 1: could be the number one pick next year, could transfer
Speaker 1: from Alabama to first round level. You know NFL receivers eventually.
Speaker 1: Jeremiah Smith's a freshman. But there's just a lot of talent.
Speaker 1: I mean, the running backs for Ohio State, you know
Speaker 1: those are top of the second round. Guys. There's just
Speaker 1: too many good players. So Notre Dame will have to play,
Speaker 1: you know, turnover free, very few penalties. You know, Ohio
Speaker 1: State also they jump out to lead, so Notre Dame
Speaker 1: likely playing from behind. That's a tall order. Way to go, buck, guys,
Speaker 1: way to go big ten. That feels pretty good. Now,
Speaker 1: don't get cocky because Lincoln Riley is right around the corner.
Speaker 1: Very solid team coming back for USC next year. Don't
Speaker 1: get don't get ahead of yourself, Buckey fan. The volume
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