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Speaker 1: The Big Bets on Campus Podcast podcast pot All right,

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Speaker 2: Fifteen twenty twenty five, thirty thirty five, Horny Cody five

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Speaker 2: It's not the side of the dog in the fight,

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Speaker 2: it's the size of the.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Big Bets on Campus Podcasts. This is

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Speaker 2: the Group of five Deep Dive. I'm Mike Calibery's joined

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Speaker 2: as always by Mike Iinello. We're gonna go through the

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Speaker 2: week thirteen card in G five lands, get into our

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Speaker 2: Hero of the Week from week two twelve, into our

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Speaker 2: best bets, the G five High five and the money

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Speaker 2: line underdog parlay. But before we get to the G

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Speaker 2: five Hero of the Week from week twelve, there's lots

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Speaker 2: of good options there. So I'm excited to hear what

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Speaker 2: Ianello has to bring to the table. Let's talk very briefly.

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Speaker 2: I know this is the G five focused podcast. Let's

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Speaker 2: talk about the playoff just for a moment, because we

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Speaker 2: talk about, you know, during the spring in the NFL Draft.

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Speaker 2: It's proud graduation day for our G five guys. We

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Speaker 2: get to puff out our chest. Well, we have a

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Speaker 2: team that's number four in the projected field right now

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Speaker 2: in Boise State. They certainly earned it. It's been the

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Speaker 2: gang that can't shoot straight out of the Big twelve.

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Speaker 2: They continue to slide backwards. As long as Boise keeps winning,

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Speaker 2: they're at least going to have an opportunity to get

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Speaker 2: that first round by which seems like absolute fiction. Back

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Speaker 2: in August, we assumed and everybody assumed that they would

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Speaker 2: just be the number twelve team penciled into that five

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Speaker 2: to twelve matchup, having to go on the road, going

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Speaker 2: the hard way to try to make a run on

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Speaker 2: the college tooball playoff. But now if they move into

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Speaker 2: the de facto Elite eight, that's really interesting for a

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Speaker 2: Boise team. And also get some extra time for gent

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Speaker 2: to get one hundred healthy. I know he's been playing

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Speaker 2: through some injuries, so lots of interesting angles there, But

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Speaker 2: let's zoom out for a moment. As I said, expands

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Speaker 2: our purview to the entire field. What are your thoughts

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Speaker 2: around all of this bluster and arguing and conference supremacy

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Speaker 2: and let's bring on Danny Canel so we can get

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Speaker 2: beat up by Pate on his show. All of these

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Speaker 2: people taking one side or the other. Is it Big Ten?

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Speaker 2: Is it Indiana apologists? Is it SEC fans puffing out

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Speaker 2: in this year? Was becoming the most contentious playoff field

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Speaker 1: Yeah, which, I'll be honest, I thought it'd be the opposite.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I'm very excited for the you and me

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Speaker 1: for the twelve team playoff. I think it'll solve all

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Speaker 1: these arguments. So why we continue to have them is

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Speaker 1: the dumbest thing ever. I know You've talked about it

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Speaker 1: like having this show is so stupid and it just

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Speaker 1: All it does is make the quote unquote most powerful

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Speaker 1: brain dead. You have Joey Galloway talking about Curtis. They

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Speaker 1: should sit Curtis for work against Ohio State so he

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Speaker 1: Penn State didn't like, didn't look convincing against Ucla, Like

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Speaker 1: With the Illinois game is if you know, I forget

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Speaker 1: about strength to schedule. Strength of schedule is the worst

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Speaker 1: This isn't like you know the NFL, where it's just

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Speaker 1: and Oklahoma when you wanted him in Buddy Elliott. Bud

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Speaker 1: people can plain about Penn State and Indiana. Sure, yeah,

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Speaker 1: I'm a Penn State fan. I'm not like, I don't

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Speaker 1: Penn State. Tansel has been easy, But like, so is Texas.

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Speaker 1: Why is Texas ranked ahead of US? Why is SAX

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Speaker 1: I'm convinced Indiana would be getting more respect and SEC

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Speaker 1: If they played Alabama and lost by fifty, they'd be well,

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Speaker 1: they played Alabama, good for them. But because they just like, like,

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Speaker 1: I don't know how losing to good teams is somehow

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Speaker 1: you suck? Like Okay, Indiana hasn't played Georgia, Well guess

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Speaker 1: see Tennessee du it again. Tennessee proved they can't beat Georgia.

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Speaker 1: Do I think Indiana can beat Georgia. No, I want

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Speaker 1: let's see Indiana try. Let's see b why you try.

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Speaker 1: need to see these dog shit SEC teams that think

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Speaker 1: so like, why Missouri's even Ryan? Who is a joke?

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Speaker 1: I just it makes me so frustrated. And the whole

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Speaker 1: point of playoffs is to not wargue about this because

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Speaker 1: everyone controls their own destiny. The whole point of this

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Speaker 1: if you didn't, you'll have your shot. Tennessee had their shot,

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Speaker 1: they had it against Georgia. They lost. I don't want

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Speaker 2: I think with the college hoball playoff needs. You know,

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Speaker 2: they'll release statements. Sometimes they'll have committee members go on

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Speaker 2: Have them all there and have them answer the questions,

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Speaker 2: things that we all know that they're already doing, which

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Speaker 2: is moving the goalpost. It seems like every single year

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Speaker 2: there's a different value placed on the wins that you

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Speaker 2: have the strength to schedule the you know, whether players

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Speaker 2: came into play last year with Florida State. If there

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Speaker 2: just at FYI, if Indiana loses by thirty eight points

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Speaker 2: to Ohio State, that one loss is enough kick him

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Speaker 2: out of the playoff. I think everybody in the collegeable

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Speaker 2: lose by seven, they absolutely should be in the field.

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Speaker 2: With eleven regular season wins, Let's just move on to

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Speaker 2: the next thing. Like the way that you play does

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Speaker 2: matter the actual games. But I agree with you. This

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Speaker 2: that loss doesn't count, it doesn't hold water for me

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Speaker 2: because you do get the benefit on the other side,

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Speaker 2: which is you get these mulligans. You can lose two games.

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Speaker 2: No one's saying that Georgia shouldn't be in the field,

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Speaker 2: but Georgia looks awful and some of their losses, Carson

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Speaker 2: Beck looks absolutely lost. I think it's, you know, Penn

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Speaker 2: State takes you know, rightful amount of hate for their

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Speaker 2: quarterback play and their questions against Ohio State, but what

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Speaker 2: just don't think that anything is even handed at this

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Speaker 2: circles over and over again every Tuesday.

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Speaker 1: And here's the nice thing I'll say, about the SEC too,

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Speaker 1: is like, okay, you guys play a Goallet like just

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Speaker 1: you've already played the playoff games. I know your big

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Speaker 1: complain about the twelve team playoff was has always been like,

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Speaker 1: we're just gonna get the same four teams anyway, So

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Speaker 1: most part, we will get the same four teams. So

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Speaker 1: the way I view the first round is answering the

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Speaker 1: what ifs, the well, how do we know Florida State's

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Speaker 1: not as good? They didn't play those teams. How do

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Speaker 1: we know if Indiana's good? They haven't played anybody, Like,

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Speaker 1: we don't know if Indiana can beat these teams.

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Speaker 2: Are already going a step further where they're saying Indiana absolutely

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Speaker 2: So you're already taking more away from these what if teams.

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Speaker 2: But that's an issue that I have.

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Speaker 1: A SEC fans said the same exact thing all last

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Speaker 1: year about Michigan's cupcake schedule, and then Michigan beat Alabama

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Speaker 1: won the national title. I get the helmets different, and

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Speaker 1: Indiana is not known as a powerhouse. But how do

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Speaker 1: we know Indiana can't beat Georgia. We know Tennessee. Tennessee

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Speaker 1: already made the playoffs. They lost their first round playoff

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Speaker 1: game against Georgia. Now four weeks later, Indiana, we'll get

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Speaker 1: to play a playoff game against Georgia. Look at the

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Speaker 1: you know, the SEC always claims their king, so like

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Speaker 1: we have the king of the SEC. And then the

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Speaker 1: first round is basically to see what other teams match

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Speaker 1: up against the SEC. And then if what these fans

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Speaker 1: From Well, I have another take and it's G five related,

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Speaker 1: I don't know if it's a hot take or not,

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Speaker 2: I'll answer it in two parts. First, I think your

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Speaker 1: How about even just in fact you have Boise minus

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Speaker 2: They right, Yeah, so a lot of it doesn't make sense.

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Speaker 2: Why don't you kick it off here after our long

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Speaker 2: preamble about everything? Playoff only fifteen minutes late.

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Speaker 1: Lob, Well, I'm gonna make this long too. I'm taking

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Speaker 2: Our little version of the G five Joe Moore Award

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Speaker 2: The field got stormed at the University of New Mexico.

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Speaker 2: But it's really for US college football siccos I need

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Speaker 2: I need exciting, high scoring late night Mountain West Conference

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Speaker 2: and keep him. If Boise he can keep Gens in

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I gotta go. I'm going back to the well

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Speaker 1: rushing touchdowns in those games. Jock webs Cross has really

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Speaker 1: gotten going. Zach Wallace operates as the goal lineback, and

433
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Speaker 1: then Rayner has really dangered his legs and he's been

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Speaker 1: using them more recently and establishing the run has really

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Speaker 1: helped Rayner just calm down. He hasn't thrown an interception

436
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Speaker 1: in the last four wins and that's always minigate him

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Speaker 1: back to the football win the game. Ulm has just

438
00:21:02,160 --> 00:21:05,719
Speaker 1: five interceptions all season. They have one pick in their

439
00:21:05,840 --> 00:21:09,320
Speaker 1: last seven games, So if Rainer can keep the ball clean,

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Speaker 1: Arkansas State should run all over this Warhawks defense. And

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Speaker 1: you know, Ulm's offense is one hundred and thirty first

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Speaker 1: in the country. So as bad as you know the

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Speaker 1: Arkansas State defense has been, the Ulm offense is absolutely horrendous.

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Speaker 1: So I don't expect much from them. I'm just way

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Speaker 1: higher on this Red Wolves team. Much better have my money,

446
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Speaker 1: give me your boys, much better have my money.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna bring this up early because it was going

448
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Speaker 2: to be in the G five high five, but I

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Speaker 2: have a play for this game as well. I like

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Speaker 2: under fifty two and a half for starters. You talked

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Speaker 2: about Monroe and how poor they play offensively, they protect

452
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Speaker 2: themselves by playing so slow, almost thirty one seconds between plays.

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Speaker 2: That's one hundred and thirty third in the entire country.

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Speaker 2: And really the question is can they slow in the

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Speaker 2: Arkansas State passing attack? Because I agree stride has been

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Speaker 2: made on the ground by the Red Wolves, but when

457
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Speaker 2: they carved teams up and when Rainer is really dealing,

458
00:22:02,160 --> 00:22:04,960
Speaker 2: they can score a lot of points. But ULM forty

459
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Speaker 2: six and coverage per PFF thirty fifth and passing success

460
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Speaker 2: rate defense, that to me at least says that they

461
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Speaker 2: should be able to limit some of the aerial explosives.

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Speaker 2: You can run on them all day long. You pointed

463
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Speaker 2: out there one hundred and twenty six in success rate

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Speaker 2: against the run, but they're twelfth in limiting rushing explosives.

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Speaker 2: So as long as they're requiring Arkansas State to put

466
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Speaker 2: together six seven, eight nine play drives, I think the

467
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Speaker 2: clock is going to work in our favor here. And

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Speaker 2: when you look at those long, methodical drives from the

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Speaker 2: Warhawks a mad Hardy in Sunbelt Conference games, he's averaging

470
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Speaker 2: twenty carries per contest one hundred and twenty nine yards

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Speaker 2: from scrimmage. When you add in his receiving yards as well.

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Speaker 2: And Arkansas States run defense, they can't stop anybody one

473
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Speaker 2: hundred and thirty second there, so they're near the bottom

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Speaker 2: end line yard stuff rate, tackling turn this game into

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Speaker 2: a running clock situation. Fifty two and a half is

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Speaker 2: a number that I have circled as one of my

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Speaker 2: favorite on the board here, so I got to go

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Speaker 2: under there. We'll tag that on and drop that into

479
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Speaker 2: the G five high five. As for my best bet

480
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Speaker 2: here in week thirteen, gonna go with the team that

481
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Speaker 2: is just hot as a pistol. I'm very happy to

482
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Speaker 2: say that UTSA has turned their entire season around. They've

483
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Speaker 2: been a darling of this podcast for years. Meet me Bye.

484
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Speaker 2: Everything going big in San Antonio, getting it back on

485
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Speaker 2: the tracks after a really poor start to the season.

486
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Speaker 2: They're hosting Temple. The Owls landed on the endangered species

487
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Speaker 2: lists this fall. Every FBS head coach of an AL

488
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Speaker 2: team has now been fired, including Temple's Stan Drayden, who

489
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Speaker 2: finished nine and twenty five in North Philly. They fired

490
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Speaker 2: him after an eighteen fifteen overtime win over FAU the

491
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Speaker 2: rare but unfortunate situation both head coaches getting fired after

492
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Speaker 2: that game, even the head coach that won. Really, I mean,

493
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Speaker 2: you don't have to go that deep into the box score.

494
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Speaker 2: You can just pull up the schedule. When things have

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Speaker 2: gone wrong for Temple this season, they've gone really wrong.

496
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Speaker 2: They lost to Tulane by forty six, twenty two, to

497
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Speaker 2: ECU twenty eight, to Army twenty seven, to Navy forty eight,

498
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Speaker 2: to Oklahoma utsa. As I mentioned mean, while there are

499
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Speaker 2: going in the right direction, offense is absolutely cooking with McCown.

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Speaker 2: In his last five games, he's averaged three hundred and

501
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Speaker 2: seventy six total yards of offense, and the offense as

502
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Speaker 2: a whole has averaged over forty points per game in

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Speaker 2: that stretch those five games. If you watch that North

504
00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,800
Speaker 2: Texas game, they were the explosive offense, not the mean

505
00:24:14,920 --> 00:24:17,359
Speaker 2: green I was lucky to get the over as my

506
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,440
Speaker 2: best bet last week with a late meaningless rushing touchdown.

507
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Speaker 2: But they're hittingen explosives on the grounds. They are really

508
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Speaker 2: efficient with McCown slinging the ball around. The play calling

509
00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:28,800
Speaker 2: has just the right mix of run and pass keeping

510
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Speaker 2: defenses honest and Temple is kind of in a tailspin.

511
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Speaker 2: So really the question here is motivation on both sides

512
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Speaker 2: and does Temple have an answer in any way, shape

513
00:24:37,040 --> 00:24:39,320
Speaker 2: or form. Bowl eligibility is right on the table for

514
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Speaker 2: the road Runners, so I don't foresee them overlooking Temple.

515
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Speaker 2: They want to get this win. They certainly want to

516
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Speaker 2: win convincingly in front of their home crowd. And when

517
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Speaker 2: Temple is down, they're going to go to one guy,

518
00:24:49,080 --> 00:24:51,320
Speaker 2: and that's Dante Wright. He's a bowler. He's coming off

519
00:24:51,359 --> 00:24:53,640
Speaker 2: a fourteen reception one hundred and forty seven yard game.

520
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Speaker 2: But Utsa, as I mentioned, just grounded the unt passing attack.

521
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Speaker 2: They put Chandler Morris on his off foot the entire game.

522
00:25:01,000 --> 00:25:03,000
Speaker 2: He was scrambled, He's trying to throw across his body.

523
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Speaker 2: They were doing things in terms of the pre snap look,

524
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Speaker 2: mixing coverages, getting pressures from different angles. I think they're

525
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Speaker 2: gonna put whoever Temple ends up rolling out at quarterback.

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Speaker 2: We could see two or three different quarterback options for

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Speaker 2: the Ls in this game. I think Temple is going

528
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Speaker 2: to have the same issues they've had basically for the

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Speaker 2: whole season. They failed to score three touchdowns in five

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Speaker 2: of their last six games. I don't think they get

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Speaker 2: to three touchdowns here, which means can I get forty

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Speaker 2: out of Utsite? Absolutely go with the Roadrunners.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I like it. I almost been with our boy

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Speaker 1: Robert Henry as the other G five here after there's

535
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Speaker 1: a three yard touchdown run two minutes left to hit

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Speaker 1: that over. Yeah, my only fear and out there. One

537
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Speaker 1: of the games you and me had discussed earlier was

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Speaker 1: Bowling Green Balls State. That's on my cutting far. I

539
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Speaker 1: feel like the fired coach bump. Interim coach has cashed

540
00:25:49,680 --> 00:25:51,800
Speaker 1: every single I think everyone has cashed is so far

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Speaker 1: this year. I would say I'm less worried about Temple

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Speaker 1: getting a bump, but that was why I didn't keep

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Speaker 1: I didn't Bowling Green in mind, as I do think

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Speaker 1: Bowling Green on paper is the much better team and

545
00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:08,080
Speaker 1: should win by two touchdowns against fall State. But I

546
00:26:08,200 --> 00:26:09,800
Speaker 1: just worry about the That one made me a little

547
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Speaker 1: more worried about the that's at home that you know,

548
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,800
Speaker 1: you get the interim coach bump from that one, so

549
00:26:16,280 --> 00:26:19,040
Speaker 1: I don't hate it as much for yours. Like you know,

550
00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,359
Speaker 1: UTSA should they're rolling right now. They should step on

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Speaker 1: the throat all.

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Speaker 2: All right, let's go into the G five High Five.

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Speaker 2: I mentioned my Arkansas State Monroe under so that's one

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Speaker 2: of my two editions here in week thirteen. You're doing

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Speaker 2: the heavy lifting and you got three. Let's let's see

567
00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:09,320
Speaker 2: two in a row for you, and then i'll get

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Speaker 2: back to my second edition.

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Speaker 1: The G five High five should be high five High five.

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Speaker 1: All right, I'll start with the one that I would

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Speaker 1: say I'm the least confident just because as I was

572
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Speaker 1: writing it, I like started kracking myself out of it.

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Speaker 1: But so I just disclosure wise, not my favorite play.

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Speaker 1: But I'm thinking with it give me Louisiana minus ten

575
00:27:27,000 --> 00:27:29,920
Speaker 1: and a half against Troy. Louisiana lost a bad game

576
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Speaker 1: for them to lose last week against South Alabama, and

577
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Speaker 1: on top of that, they lost quarterback then Woldridge for

578
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Speaker 1: the rest of the season with a broken collarbone. But

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Speaker 1: I don't think there's that much of a drop off

580
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Speaker 1: to Chandler Fields. You know, Wldrid's been playing well, but

581
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Speaker 1: Field is the guy who's been at Louisiana for six years.

582
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Speaker 1: He started twelve games. He was in a QB competition

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Speaker 1: in the summer, but he was hurt, so Woolridge kind

584
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Speaker 1: of won the job by default.

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Speaker 2: Well, if I could jump in real quick, just a

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Speaker 2: quick question for you, if Woolridge was playing one hundred

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Speaker 2: percent healthy, where would you put this number at where

588
00:28:00,560 --> 00:28:02,280
Speaker 2: it would then be a stay away for you?

589
00:28:02,520 --> 00:28:02,880
Speaker 1: How much?

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00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:05,120
Speaker 2: And basically that's a different way of saying, how much

591
00:28:05,400 --> 00:28:07,920
Speaker 2: point value do you think this quarterback swap has?

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Speaker 1: Two or three? I mean, I wouldn't play it with

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Speaker 1: I wouldn't play it over fourteen with Woldridge. I'd probably

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Speaker 1: play it up to twelve and a half with him

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Speaker 1: thirteen maybe. I mean, if you Field's thrown twenty touchdowns,

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00:28:19,680 --> 00:28:21,920
Speaker 1: seven picks in his career. He's computing sixty three percent

597
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Speaker 1: of his passes. And what was weird about the South

598
00:28:25,200 --> 00:28:27,800
Speaker 1: Alabama game? By way, there's no team in the entire country.

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Speaker 1: I feel like I have less of a feel on

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Speaker 1: then South Alabama. Sometimes they look so good, sometimes they

601
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Speaker 1: look horrible. I have no idea, but I only have

602
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Speaker 1: any game involving them once. But they were winning twenty

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Speaker 1: four to three when Wildridge got hurt, so Fields came in,

604
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Speaker 1: led them on four drives. They scored on all four drives.

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00:28:46,680 --> 00:28:48,920
Speaker 1: He ran four touchdown with a minute sixteen left, but

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Speaker 1: then they missed a two point conversion that would have

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Speaker 1: tied the game. But Louisiana outscored them twenty two to

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Speaker 1: nothing with Fields in the game. So I do expect

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Speaker 1: Fields to be just fine. I expect them to lean

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Speaker 1: on the run game with Bill Davis, Treylan Washington, Zyl

611
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Speaker 1: and Perry, all three of average at least five and

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Speaker 1: a half yards for Kerry, and Troy's been terrible on

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Speaker 1: defense this season, especially against the run. They're ninety seventh

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Speaker 1: in success straight They've allowed twenty rushing touchdowns in ten games.

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Speaker 1: Troy's defense has not been able to first turnovers at

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Speaker 1: all this season. They have just seven turnovers all year,

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Speaker 1: the fewst in the Sunbolt. And you know the Louisiana

618
00:29:22,280 --> 00:29:25,240
Speaker 1: defense thinks too, But I'm just not sold on Troy's offense.

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Speaker 1: They looked fine last week, but they can't run the ball.

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Speaker 1: Matthew Carbell is just super inconsistent. He's got eight turnovers

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Speaker 1: six interceptions on the year. He looked like I said,

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Speaker 1: he looked good against Georgia Southern, but I kind of

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Speaker 1: want to see him do it again. And Louisiana has

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Speaker 1: allowed just one passing touchdown in their last in the

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Speaker 1: last three games against Texas State, Arkansas State, and South

626
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Speaker 1: Alabama all passing attacks I trust much more than Troy,

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Speaker 1: And because they lost that game, Louisiana is in absolute

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Speaker 1: must win mode after last week. They are five and

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Speaker 1: one in Some Belt play, but Arkansas State, Texas State,

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Speaker 1: and South of Alabama only have two conference losses. South

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Speaker 1: of Alabama now as the tiebreaker, so they still control

632
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Speaker 1: their own destiny, but one more slip up will cost

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Speaker 1: them the Sun Belt championship. So I think the raging

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Speaker 1: Occagans bounce back here. I think they rally around fields

635
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Speaker 1: ikes again, this guy's been in a program for six years,

636
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Speaker 1: so I think they're gonna be fine with him. And

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Speaker 1: I think they bounce back here in rally, and I

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Speaker 1: like them at ten and a half against Troy.

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Speaker 2: All right, what else you got here and bath thirteen,

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Speaker 2: let's go with the.

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Speaker 1: Following here, give me over forty four and a half

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Speaker 1: for Army versus Notre Dame for starters. This Notre Dame

643
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Speaker 1: offense is an absolute killer mode right now. They have

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Speaker 1: scored at least thirty points in six straight games rally.

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Speaker 1: Leonard is playing terrific football. He's throwing the ball well

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Speaker 1: and him and Jeremiah Love are just running it down

647
00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:51,520
Speaker 1: teams throats. We saw them put up fifty one points

648
00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,120
Speaker 1: and average seven point two yards per play against Navy

649
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: a few weeks ago. Now, Army's defense has been very

650
00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,480
Speaker 1: good at keeping teams out of the end zone, but

651
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 1: they only rank eighty sixth in the country in success

652
00:31:03,760 --> 00:31:07,440
Speaker 1: rate on defense. They are ninety seventh at defending the run.

653
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,840
Speaker 1: I expect Notre Dame to have success on the ground here,

654
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:14,960
Speaker 1: and we've seen bad teams move the ball on Army,

655
00:31:15,400 --> 00:31:17,880
Speaker 1: and I just don't expect the same level of red

656
00:31:17,960 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 1: zone success against the step up in competition in Notre Dame.

657
00:31:21,560 --> 00:31:24,320
Speaker 1: So I'm fully expecting Notre Dame to score at least

658
00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,520
Speaker 1: thirty five here. They also still need stop points. You know,

659
00:31:27,600 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 1: they don't have the conference championship to play in and

660
00:31:30,080 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 1: they need to run up the score to secure a

661
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,200
Speaker 1: home playoff game. So that means I need what ten

662
00:31:35,320 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 1: from Army. So I mean for starters. Navy scored fourteen

663
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:44,360
Speaker 1: despite six turnovers in a hurt quarterback. So Notre Dame's

664
00:31:44,360 --> 00:31:47,120
Speaker 1: past defense is elite, but they're just eighty fourth in

665
00:31:47,200 --> 00:31:50,760
Speaker 1: the country in rushing success allowed, Army second in the

666
00:31:50,800 --> 00:31:53,840
Speaker 1: country in rush success. If you need points, nobody scores

667
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:57,000
Speaker 1: more than bryceon daily. He has twenty one rushing touchdowns

668
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,880
Speaker 1: on the season, seven passing tds. He averages one hundred

669
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,760
Speaker 1: thirty two yards per game on the ground, Kanye Udo's

670
00:32:02,760 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 1: averaging ninety five himself. Both of them averaged more than

671
00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:08,720
Speaker 1: six yards per carry. Like I said, despite all the turnovers,

672
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 1: I mean, Navy looked horrific. They still ran for two

673
00:32:12,040 --> 00:32:14,320
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty two yards against this Notre Dame defense.

674
00:32:14,840 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 1: So I thought Army was better than Navy all year.

675
00:32:18,120 --> 00:32:20,560
Speaker 1: So I still think Army will be able to move

676
00:32:20,600 --> 00:32:22,480
Speaker 1: the ball. I think they can score here. I think

677
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,280
Speaker 1: Notre Dame will continue to run it up because they've

678
00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:26,920
Speaker 1: run it up on everyone and they have to keep

679
00:32:27,000 --> 00:32:29,840
Speaker 1: doing it. So I really like this over forty four

680
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:31,800
Speaker 1: and a half. This is the only one I really

681
00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 1: really like in addition to Arkansas State, I.

682
00:32:34,600 --> 00:32:36,400
Speaker 2: Gonna talk more about this game in a minute, but

683
00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 2: I'm gonna put a cap on our G five high five.

684
00:32:40,000 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 2: I could say, Boise go into Laradice playing a Wyoming

685
00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 2: team that is coming off a really disappointing performance last

686
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:49,880
Speaker 2: week against Colorado State, the Broncos land twenty three. Here,

687
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:52,520
Speaker 2: it's gonna be windy, it's gonna be cold, it's gonna

688
00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:54,400
Speaker 2: be clear, so you don't have to worry about any

689
00:32:54,440 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 2: slippery conditions in Laradice. What what do you do have

690
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 2: to worry about is ash Genty. It's Ashton Genty time

691
00:33:01,680 --> 00:33:03,240
Speaker 2: in a big way. It's time to impress not only

692
00:33:03,440 --> 00:33:05,720
Speaker 2: the Heisman voters, but the College Fotball Playoff committee for

693
00:33:05,720 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 2: a potential first round by holding onto that as they

694
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,600
Speaker 2: are currently that number four team, and Wyoming has already

695
00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,360
Speaker 2: given up over two hundred yards per game on the grounds,

696
00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:16,480
Speaker 2: and they give them up in huge chunk plays one

697
00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:19,239
Speaker 2: hundred and thirty first in rush EPA. They've given up

698
00:33:19,360 --> 00:33:22,440
Speaker 2: thirteen carries of thirty plus yards this year, which is

699
00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:26,120
Speaker 2: in the absolute basement of FBS. That's Genti's calling card,

700
00:33:26,200 --> 00:33:29,240
Speaker 2: popping a big one change in the game, flipping field position,

701
00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,240
Speaker 2: everything that he's been able to do for the Broncos

702
00:33:31,280 --> 00:33:34,160
Speaker 2: this year. And Wyoming just in general, they don't create

703
00:33:34,200 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 2: any havoc on defense. They never get players or never

704
00:33:37,000 --> 00:33:40,720
Speaker 2: get opposing teams behind the sticks, and even you know,

705
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 2: in terms of having an opportunity to backdoor this offensively.

706
00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:49,280
Speaker 2: Their receivers had the worst PFF receiving grade in the

707
00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:51,640
Speaker 2: Mountinwest Conference. They're one hundred and twenty seventh in the

708
00:33:51,720 --> 00:33:54,880
Speaker 2: country in receiving grade, and they've struggled big time with

709
00:33:55,000 --> 00:33:58,040
Speaker 2: drops who saw that and just killed them. Against Colorado State,

710
00:33:58,240 --> 00:33:59,960
Speaker 2: they had an opportunity to hang around with that game

711
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,120
Speaker 2: if they can just squeeze the football a couple times

712
00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:06,440
Speaker 2: in key spots up against this Boise defense. Blitz Boise blitz,

713
00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:09,080
Speaker 2: They're going to put people on islands, and Wyoming is

714
00:34:09,120 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 2: not the kind of passing offense to make you pay

715
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,319
Speaker 2: in that regard. So I think they're going to get home.

716
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,080
Speaker 2: They're going to create at least ten tackles for a

717
00:34:15,120 --> 00:34:17,960
Speaker 2: loss in this game, it could get really ugly. And

718
00:34:18,040 --> 00:34:20,960
Speaker 2: also keep in mind drops, you know, generally go up

719
00:34:20,960 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 2: when you have windy conditions. You're going to have gusts

720
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,960
Speaker 2: close to twenty miles per hour in this spot. So

721
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,120
Speaker 2: I think there's an opportunity for the Boise team that

722
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,360
Speaker 2: is so much better on the ground to dominate this

723
00:34:30,440 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 2: game and win going away. Also, this play shifts into

724
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:37,360
Speaker 2: a top play kind of category for me. If Alexander Tubner,

725
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:40,440
Speaker 2: the team captain, the green dock communicator on defense, if

726
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,880
Speaker 2: he's back, there's not a lot of information. We have

727
00:34:43,000 --> 00:34:44,879
Speaker 2: to live with this all the time. In G five Land,

728
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:47,040
Speaker 2: he was on crutches on November ninth, he missed the

729
00:34:47,080 --> 00:34:50,000
Speaker 2: last game against San Jose State. If he's back, Wyoming's

730
00:34:50,040 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 2: really going to struggle and lots of ways offensively in

731
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,640
Speaker 2: this game. So even with him sidelined under that key

732
00:34:55,719 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 2: number of twenty four, I like it with the Boise

733
00:34:58,239 --> 00:34:59,919
Speaker 2: Blue lay in twenty three. What are your thoughts?

734
00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:01,959
Speaker 1: Yeah, Like, I think this is one of those cases

735
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,120
Speaker 1: where you know, normally you hear teams talking about the

736
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 1: bulletin board material using as motivation, you know, Kirby somehow

737
00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:11,279
Speaker 1: conventions Georgia that they suck every week. I think this

738
00:35:11,360 --> 00:35:12,759
Speaker 1: is one of those cases where the it almost the

739
00:35:12,800 --> 00:35:15,000
Speaker 1: opposite works in Boise's favor, with them being you know,

740
00:35:15,120 --> 00:35:18,279
Speaker 1: appearing on that force force slot in the bracket, because

741
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:21,600
Speaker 1: if it was like, hey, we're twelve, we take care

742
00:35:21,600 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 1: of business. We just have to win and we're in whatever,

743
00:35:24,320 --> 00:35:26,799
Speaker 1: just there's no incentive to run it up. But now

744
00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,920
Speaker 1: you kind of get that, like, oh we could get

745
00:35:28,960 --> 00:35:31,320
Speaker 1: a buy here, and that's now you have the like

746
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,160
Speaker 1: we can't let teams catch us. We can't let that

747
00:35:34,320 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: big twelve team catch us in your in your head,

748
00:35:37,040 --> 00:35:39,000
Speaker 1: which I don't think they necessarily had a few weeks ago.

749
00:35:39,600 --> 00:35:41,319
Speaker 1: So now they're a little bit more incentivized to run

750
00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:44,040
Speaker 1: it up than I think they might have thought they were. Yeah,

751
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,759
Speaker 1: I like it as well. From my last play of

752
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:50,480
Speaker 1: the high five give me Old dominion minus two at

753
00:35:50,520 --> 00:35:53,160
Speaker 1: home against Marshall. Look, we know Marshall. First of all,

754
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:55,839
Speaker 1: I don't think we've talked enough about Marshall. They had

755
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:57,680
Speaker 1: a great year. I do want to give them credit

756
00:35:57,840 --> 00:36:00,960
Speaker 1: for exceeding expectations, being a lot better than I think

757
00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 1: everyone thought. I mean, they were right in the thick

758
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:04,640
Speaker 1: of the Sun Belt Championship race. So I don't want

759
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,759
Speaker 1: to give them a little credit. But we know they

760
00:36:06,800 --> 00:36:09,879
Speaker 1: want to run the ball. Charlosoff longtime running backs coach,

761
00:36:10,600 --> 00:36:12,759
Speaker 1: and that has always been this team's strength. You know,

762
00:36:12,920 --> 00:36:17,960
Speaker 1: Rashon a Lee, Lamborghini, Layborne, now aj Turner. However, Turner

763
00:36:17,960 --> 00:36:19,880
Speaker 1: didn't play last week and he was in a walking

764
00:36:19,920 --> 00:36:23,439
Speaker 1: boot on the sideline. He's averaging over nine yards per carry.

765
00:36:23,880 --> 00:36:26,200
Speaker 1: That is a massive loss if he doesn't play. Same

766
00:36:26,239 --> 00:36:28,759
Speaker 1: thing with you. Lord only knows if he'll play. There's

767
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 1: like one Twitter kind of like a fine that was

768
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 1: even tweeting that he didn't play last week and there's

769
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,759
Speaker 1: nothing on you know, will he play? But to go

770
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:39,560
Speaker 1: from a boot to playing seems unlikely. Justin Houston has

771
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 1: started the last two games. He's averaging just four point

772
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:44,680
Speaker 1: six sharts per carry. He doesn't have a touchdown all season.

773
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:45,520
Speaker 3: Now.

774
00:36:45,719 --> 00:36:48,760
Speaker 1: They also switched quarterbacks half through the year to Brayalen Braxton,

775
00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:50,840
Speaker 1: who does give them a big shout with his legs.

776
00:36:51,160 --> 00:36:55,080
Speaker 1: He's averaging nearly fifty yards per game rushing. However, Braxton,

777
00:36:55,400 --> 00:36:57,120
Speaker 1: he doesn't scare me as a passer. You know, we've

778
00:36:57,120 --> 00:36:59,480
Speaker 1: seen him for a few years now, he's at Tulsa before.

779
00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,160
Speaker 1: We kind of know if Braxton is. He's completing just

780
00:37:02,200 --> 00:37:05,360
Speaker 1: fifty six percent of his passes in his career. This season,

781
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,319
Speaker 1: he has five big time throws and six turnover where

782
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:10,839
Speaker 1: he plays, and their best receivers out for the air.

783
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:14,000
Speaker 1: So I'm just not afraid of this passing attack. And

784
00:37:14,680 --> 00:37:16,640
Speaker 1: all of this just sets up well for an Old

785
00:37:16,680 --> 00:37:20,440
Speaker 1: Dominion defense that is fantastic against the run. These Monarchs

786
00:37:20,480 --> 00:37:23,719
Speaker 1: are fourteenth in the country in rushing success rate. They've

787
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:27,280
Speaker 1: allowed just four point one yards per Kerry. Old Dominion's

788
00:37:27,320 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 1: offense has been much better since switching to Colton Joseph

789
00:37:31,280 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: at quarterback. He has ten touchdowns through the air and

790
00:37:34,280 --> 00:37:37,640
Speaker 1: he's added nine rushing touchdowns. He is very mobile. He's

791
00:37:37,960 --> 00:37:40,839
Speaker 1: thea Sy Braxon but better. He averages sixty one rushing

792
00:37:40,920 --> 00:37:43,319
Speaker 1: yards per game, five and a half per kerry. He's

793
00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:45,520
Speaker 1: paired in the backfield with Aaron Young to form a

794
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:49,319
Speaker 1: top twenty five rushing success rate team, and I think

795
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,080
Speaker 1: that is going to be the difference in this game.

796
00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:53,440
Speaker 1: When I look at these two teams, they're very similar.

797
00:37:53,640 --> 00:37:55,840
Speaker 1: They play a similar style. They want to rely on

798
00:37:55,880 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 1: their run game, play, defense, dual threat, quarterback, rpo, stuff diferences.

799
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:05,560
Speaker 1: Marshall is forty seventh and rushing success rate. Old Dominion

800
00:38:05,719 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 1: is fourteenth in rushing success allowed. On defense, Marshall's seventy eighth.

801
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,000
Speaker 1: So Marshall's been great against the past, but like I said,

802
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,880
Speaker 1: that's not really what Old Dominion wants to do anymore.

803
00:38:17,560 --> 00:38:21,239
Speaker 1: And again, Marshall has had a great year, but they

804
00:38:21,320 --> 00:38:25,960
Speaker 1: beat app State, Georgia State, ULM, Southern, miss and Coastal.

805
00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:29,840
Speaker 1: I'm just not impressed with that slate. The Old Dominion

806
00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,279
Speaker 1: has beaten Bowling, Green, Texas State, and Georgia Southern, which

807
00:38:33,400 --> 00:38:35,480
Speaker 1: all three of those are more impressive than anything that

808
00:38:35,600 --> 00:38:40,440
Speaker 1: Marshall has. So I like the Monarchs here, and I'm

809
00:38:40,520 --> 00:38:44,240
Speaker 1: just happy that I finally can back Uncle Ricky Ronnie

810
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:48,040
Speaker 1: and not be accused of Penn State bias because Charles

811
00:38:48,120 --> 00:38:50,200
Speaker 1: Hoff is a Penn State guide too, so it cancels

812
00:38:50,239 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 1: out there. So I can I can finally bet the

813
00:38:52,560 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 1: Monarchs and not be called the Homer because I'm going

814
00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:57,920
Speaker 1: against my boy Charles Hoff as well. So give me

815
00:38:58,160 --> 00:38:59,840
Speaker 1: Uncle Ricky in the Monarchs. What do you think of

816
00:39:00,040 --> 00:39:00,399
Speaker 1: that play?

817
00:39:01,280 --> 00:39:04,279
Speaker 2: I'm you know, you have like bet regret and you

818
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:06,279
Speaker 2: have the game Markell too, so I fight'd be on

819
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:09,160
Speaker 2: my side. Well, this is more about Old Dominion. And

820
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:11,680
Speaker 2: I was thinking about this because South Carolina has been

821
00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,279
Speaker 2: getting a lot of love in the analytics community saying

822
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:16,080
Speaker 2: that if you want to talk about SEC teams that

823
00:39:16,200 --> 00:39:18,960
Speaker 2: deserve an at large bid, and you forget about the

824
00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:21,200
Speaker 2: wins and losses, just look at the high end play

825
00:39:21,520 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 2: South Carolina is there. How did South Carolina not cover

826
00:39:24,080 --> 00:39:26,160
Speaker 2: against Old Dominion? They did, They weren't even close.

827
00:39:26,239 --> 00:39:30,120
Speaker 1: They should have lost lost. Yeah, so that's Old Dominion

828
00:39:30,160 --> 00:39:30,919
Speaker 1: dominated that game.

829
00:39:31,160 --> 00:39:33,719
Speaker 2: Yes, So that one's still frustrating to me. Where I

830
00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:35,319
Speaker 2: was like, I think there's something special with the South

831
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 2: Carolina team. They almost losed Old Dominion at home and

832
00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:41,120
Speaker 2: now they're surging in November. So I was just a

833
00:39:41,160 --> 00:39:42,840
Speaker 2: little bit early on them. That's all I want to

834
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:43,400
Speaker 2: say about.

835
00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 1: Ronnie at large bid. Lock it up, all right, We're

836
00:39:46,080 --> 00:39:51,040
Speaker 1: going hey, hey, loss for the Monarchs, baby put him in.

837
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 2: We are going to the G five money line underdog

838
00:39:54,680 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 2: parlay here in Week thirteen, where Oh, I'm going to

839
00:40:05,719 --> 00:40:07,800
Speaker 2: get it kick started with a swing for the fences.

840
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:10,759
Speaker 2: The pun being they're playing in Yankee Stadium, Army playing

841
00:40:10,840 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 2: Notre Dame. Little history lesson here. Notre Dame selected Yankee

842
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 2: Stadium as a tribute to the one hundredth anniversary of

843
00:40:16,719 --> 00:40:19,720
Speaker 2: the Four Horsemen game. When Notre Dame upset Army fourteen

844
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,560
Speaker 2: to seven at the Polo Grounds in nineteen twenty four,

845
00:40:22,920 --> 00:40:24,680
Speaker 2: Polo Grounds no longer open, so they got to go

846
00:40:24,719 --> 00:40:28,320
Speaker 2: to Yankee Stadium. These teams haven't met up since twenty sixteen,

847
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:30,800
Speaker 2: when Notre Dame whipped Army forty four to six in

848
00:40:30,880 --> 00:40:34,200
Speaker 2: San Antonio. Army hasn't been Notre Dame in sixty six years,

849
00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:37,280
Speaker 2: and they only stayed within one score twice since nineteen

850
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,279
Speaker 2: fifty eight, a one point loss of the Meadowlands in

851
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,960
Speaker 2: ninety five and a three point road loss in South

852
00:40:42,040 --> 00:40:45,440
Speaker 2: Bend in nineteen ninety eight. Now, the immediate pushback on

853
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,719
Speaker 2: an Army upset here is simple. Notre Dame's rolling. They

854
00:40:48,800 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 2: won eight in a row, the last five in a

855
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:52,919
Speaker 2: row that they've won by thirty three points per game.

856
00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:56,600
Speaker 2: They also decimated Navy at MetLife Stadium fifty one to fourteen.

857
00:40:56,920 --> 00:40:59,719
Speaker 2: So that means Army doesn't stand a chance, right Well, NA,

858
00:41:00,160 --> 00:41:02,560
Speaker 2: six turnovers in that game? How bad was that? Five

859
00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,440
Speaker 2: loss fumbles in that game? That was nearly half of

860
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:09,879
Speaker 2: Navy's giveaways for the entire season in one game. So yes,

861
00:41:09,960 --> 00:41:12,640
Speaker 2: it's impressive. You still get credit defensively. But there was

862
00:41:12,719 --> 00:41:14,360
Speaker 2: just a couple of spots where they were just putting

863
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:17,120
Speaker 2: the ball on the carpet unforced errors, and it became

864
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:20,160
Speaker 2: a runaway for Notre Dame. The snowball situation got away

865
00:41:20,200 --> 00:41:23,960
Speaker 2: for them. Army to put it lightly, they're really buttoned

866
00:41:24,040 --> 00:41:27,200
Speaker 2: up in this regard. Three giveaways the entire season. Bryson

867
00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:29,759
Speaker 2: Daly one hundred percent healthy again, how do I know it?

868
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:32,239
Speaker 2: He ran a thirty six times against North Texas, one

869
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:35,080
Speaker 2: hundred and fifty three yards, two touchdowns against the Mean

870
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:37,919
Speaker 2: Green and a fourteen to three win. They absolutely shut

871
00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,840
Speaker 2: down the unt offense. I will say Chandler Morris is

872
00:41:40,920 --> 00:41:43,359
Speaker 2: clearly playing through an injury. Anyone who's watched as much

873
00:41:43,480 --> 00:41:45,680
Speaker 2: unt football as I have this year, they just they

874
00:41:45,719 --> 00:41:47,799
Speaker 2: won't put his name on the injury list. He had

875
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,839
Speaker 2: an in game shoulder injury. About four games ago. He's

876
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 2: not been the same guy. They've not been the same

877
00:41:52,840 --> 00:41:55,239
Speaker 2: explosive offense without him being able to throw the ball,

878
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:57,840
Speaker 2: but still to hold unt with what they did on

879
00:41:57,920 --> 00:42:00,840
Speaker 2: the ground against UTSA last Friday night, just three points.

880
00:42:01,120 --> 00:42:03,879
Speaker 2: I'm impressed with that Army performance. I mentioned the four

881
00:42:03,960 --> 00:42:06,520
Speaker 2: horsemen at the top. How about the holy trinity of

882
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:09,560
Speaker 2: rushing the football. Army first in rushing success, first in

883
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:12,279
Speaker 2: line yards first, and offensive stuff rate. They never get

884
00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 2: behind the sticks, they're first in havoc avoidance in the

885
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:17,600
Speaker 2: entire country, and they're up against a Notre Dame front

886
00:42:17,640 --> 00:42:20,960
Speaker 2: that could be depleted. Injury news here, Howard Cross remains

887
00:42:21,080 --> 00:42:23,560
Speaker 2: questionable for Notre Dame in the trenches. He has sprained

888
00:42:23,560 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 2: ankle against Florida State, didn't play against Virginia last week.

889
00:42:26,760 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 2: The Wahoo's threw that game away Calandria through three picks,

890
00:42:29,880 --> 00:42:31,319
Speaker 2: but they did run for one hundred and twenty eight

891
00:42:31,440 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 2: yards without Cross dominating the line of scrimmage. So I

892
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:36,640
Speaker 2: think there's an opportunity for Army to have similar success,

893
00:42:36,880 --> 00:42:38,880
Speaker 2: similar to what they've done for most of this season,

894
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:41,360
Speaker 2: running against the Notre Dame front, and if you can

895
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,680
Speaker 2: stop the Notre Dame running game. You can hang with them,

896
00:42:43,719 --> 00:42:45,400
Speaker 2: that's just a fact. No one's been able to do

897
00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:47,560
Speaker 2: that for about two months. But and Iu held them

898
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:49,600
Speaker 2: to one hundred and twenty three yards and they got

899
00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:53,440
Speaker 2: Notre Dame into third down passing situations. That translated to

900
00:42:53,480 --> 00:42:56,200
Speaker 2: a thirty percent conversion rate and two picks for Riley

901
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,120
Speaker 2: Leonard when the defense knew we had to put the

902
00:42:58,200 --> 00:43:01,799
Speaker 2: ball in orbit. As good as he's been, he's predicated

903
00:43:01,920 --> 00:43:04,480
Speaker 2: on the run threat. Every time that he drops back

904
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:07,799
Speaker 2: in the pocket. You have far less flexibility in terms

905
00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:10,080
Speaker 2: of your coverages when you have to put a spy

906
00:43:10,239 --> 00:43:12,960
Speaker 2: or multiple spies on Leonard because he's so physical, he's

907
00:43:13,000 --> 00:43:15,359
Speaker 2: usually running over the first defensive back, so you need

908
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,319
Speaker 2: to gang tackle get people to him. That takes out

909
00:43:18,400 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 2: some of the sophistication with your defense. Now Army can

910
00:43:21,920 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 2: absolutely be run on, but the one thing is they

911
00:43:23,800 --> 00:43:25,960
Speaker 2: don't give up big rushing plays. They're top ten in

912
00:43:26,080 --> 00:43:30,320
Speaker 2: limiting explosives overall and top ten in limiting rushing explosives.

913
00:43:30,360 --> 00:43:32,920
Speaker 2: I think that's key because this game really just swings

914
00:43:32,960 --> 00:43:35,440
Speaker 2: on third downs. Get to third downs, try to win

915
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,800
Speaker 2: those situations, because if you hold Notre Dame there and

916
00:43:38,880 --> 00:43:41,279
Speaker 2: by the way, Notre Dame eighty six in third down

917
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:44,440
Speaker 2: conversion offense this year. Every stop is an opportunity for

918
00:43:44,600 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 2: Army to shrink this game down in a huge way. Finally,

919
00:43:48,360 --> 00:43:51,759
Speaker 2: narrative wise, elimination game for the college football playoff for

920
00:43:51,840 --> 00:43:54,640
Speaker 2: Notre Dame, as we mentioned, a huge legacy game for

921
00:43:54,760 --> 00:43:57,920
Speaker 2: Marcus Freeman if he were to lose this, another opportunity

922
00:43:57,960 --> 00:44:00,360
Speaker 2: to make the playoff this time and expand it field.

923
00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 2: You already had your mule again against NIU. It gets

924
00:44:03,320 --> 00:44:06,200
Speaker 2: really sweaty for him in the fourth quarter if he's

925
00:44:06,239 --> 00:44:09,320
Speaker 2: potentially blowing another game to a G five team. He

926
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:12,319
Speaker 2: had NIU, he had Marshall last year. It's becoming a theme.

927
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 2: This is one of the most high profile jobs in

928
00:44:14,560 --> 00:44:17,320
Speaker 2: all of sports. A lot of pressure on his shoulders.

929
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:19,440
Speaker 2: And then finally, Army also had an extra week to

930
00:44:19,480 --> 00:44:21,080
Speaker 2: prepare for this game. I think you're going to see

931
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:23,839
Speaker 2: new wrinkles from Cody Wordley, their offensive coordinator. He's done

932
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:25,839
Speaker 2: a phenomenal job for the past year and a half

933
00:44:26,160 --> 00:44:28,600
Speaker 2: getting them one step ahead of the defense. They've run

934
00:44:28,680 --> 00:44:31,440
Speaker 2: faked field goals, they've run trick plays, no short their

935
00:44:31,480 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 2: speedster at wide receivers. Sometimes they use them in the

936
00:44:33,719 --> 00:44:35,759
Speaker 2: run game as well. I could see him being used

937
00:44:35,760 --> 00:44:38,160
Speaker 2: for trick play. I'm speaking for defence this year. Give

938
00:44:38,239 --> 00:44:41,120
Speaker 2: me Army, gimme monkin. I want to see them win.

939
00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,400
Speaker 2: Let's see if I can call this year seventeen sixteen.

940
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:45,120
Speaker 2: Army wins it with a walk.

941
00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:47,279
Speaker 1: Off the gable. You good, made it little higher than that,

942
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:48,200
Speaker 1: by the.

943
00:44:48,200 --> 00:44:50,360
Speaker 2: Way, six there we go. How about that?

944
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:53,960
Speaker 1: At a point, let's go rewind and add a point

945
00:44:54,040 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 1: to my argument. By the way, Yankee Stadium short porch

946
00:44:56,600 --> 00:44:58,440
Speaker 1: good for the over So I'm going to ask you

947
00:44:58,520 --> 00:45:00,920
Speaker 1: that do you think how do you see the game

948
00:45:01,000 --> 00:45:04,920
Speaker 1: playing out? Where do you think my over my overhit?

949
00:45:05,640 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 1: Are you less or more confident? Are you picturing my

950
00:45:08,840 --> 00:45:11,399
Speaker 1: overhits because Army's going blow for blow with Notre Dame

951
00:45:11,480 --> 00:45:14,239
Speaker 1: and Daily's running it down their throat? Or are you

952
00:45:14,440 --> 00:45:20,400
Speaker 1: more thinking Army slows it down limits possessions wins seventeen fourteen.

953
00:45:20,840 --> 00:45:24,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't see a path forward for Army to

954
00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:26,439
Speaker 2: win in a high scoring game. Doesn't mean it can't

955
00:45:26,440 --> 00:45:29,919
Speaker 2: happen because this is football. It's an oblong shaped ball.

956
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:33,520
Speaker 2: You get some weird bounces, You get special teams. Defensive score,

957
00:45:33,920 --> 00:45:36,279
Speaker 2: you get Notre Dame. You know, taking some chances on

958
00:45:36,360 --> 00:45:39,880
Speaker 2: fourth downs, field position going in your favor. Still, this

959
00:45:40,080 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 2: is an offense that is built to go four and

960
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:44,839
Speaker 2: a half yards at a time, so I think even

961
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:46,560
Speaker 2: if they have an opportunity to pour on some points,

962
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:50,120
Speaker 2: they still want to be running that clock. So that's

963
00:45:50,160 --> 00:45:51,920
Speaker 2: not to say that they can't score. They have had

964
00:45:51,960 --> 00:45:54,279
Speaker 2: some big scoring games this year. They've shown to be

965
00:45:54,440 --> 00:45:57,080
Speaker 2: much more explosive than they have been in years past,

966
00:45:57,120 --> 00:45:59,960
Speaker 2: and Warley has done a really good job creating opportunity

967
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:03,880
Speaker 2: for short to pop some big plays. But I mean, basically,

968
00:46:03,920 --> 00:46:05,719
Speaker 2: I think if this gets into the thirties, Army is

969
00:46:05,719 --> 00:46:07,359
Speaker 2: going to be in deep water. So I don't see

970
00:46:07,360 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 2: them keeping up. But in terms of your over, if

971
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:11,680
Speaker 2: it goes the opposite direction, we already saw this movie.

972
00:46:12,120 --> 00:46:14,160
Speaker 2: If you turn the ball over and you have to

973
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:16,200
Speaker 2: throw it as a triple option team, Notre Dame can

974
00:46:16,239 --> 00:46:17,960
Speaker 2: get on you and they're not going to let you up,

975
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:19,640
Speaker 2: and they could score fifty points on their own.

976
00:46:19,719 --> 00:46:21,880
Speaker 1: So I still take o.

977
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:22,440
Speaker 2: Army in the over.

978
00:46:22,520 --> 00:46:26,040
Speaker 1: You'll hit one of them. I'm glad you mentioned the

979
00:46:26,560 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: Chandler Morris stuff because I'm going to East Carolina plus

980
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:33,200
Speaker 1: one twenty against North Texas. For me, this is very simple.

981
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:36,000
Speaker 1: North Texas games are crazy, they're insane, and there's a

982
00:46:36,040 --> 00:46:38,640
Speaker 1: ton of variants in them because they're insane. This team

983
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:41,120
Speaker 1: is going to give East Carolina a chance to score

984
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:43,839
Speaker 1: on every possession. It's just a matter of if their

985
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:46,759
Speaker 1: offense can keep up with how bad their defense is.

986
00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:49,520
Speaker 1: They've allowed thirty five point seven points per game, one

987
00:46:49,600 --> 00:46:52,200
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty, fourth in the country. They have lost

988
00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:55,160
Speaker 1: four games in a row and they've allowed over forty

989
00:46:55,200 --> 00:46:57,720
Speaker 1: five points in three of the four. You mentioned, Morris

990
00:46:57,800 --> 00:47:01,040
Speaker 1: looks hurt. That's been a huge issue for them. And

991
00:47:01,160 --> 00:47:03,600
Speaker 1: now I will say that you know, the losses are

992
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:07,680
Speaker 1: to Memphis, Chileanan Army, so they're understandable. They're the three worst,

993
00:47:07,760 --> 00:47:10,120
Speaker 1: you know, three best teams in the conference. But they

994
00:47:10,160 --> 00:47:13,640
Speaker 1: were short favorites against UTSA and they got smacked in

995
00:47:13,719 --> 00:47:16,359
Speaker 1: that game. And you mentioned at the top UTSA dominated them.

996
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:20,400
Speaker 1: And now they facing East Carolina team that beat UTSA

997
00:47:20,480 --> 00:47:23,520
Speaker 1: by ten and that was with Jake Garcia at quarterback.

998
00:47:23,920 --> 00:47:26,080
Speaker 1: Since the Pirates have made the move to kitan Hauser,

999
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:29,440
Speaker 1: they are three and one. Howser has fourteen touchdown passes

1000
00:47:29,520 --> 00:47:32,680
Speaker 1: in his last four games. He is playing really, really well.

1001
00:47:33,040 --> 00:47:35,840
Speaker 1: He is certainly not afraid to slaying the ball and

1002
00:47:35,920 --> 00:47:39,560
Speaker 1: take some chances. Their top receiver, Chase sal he's kind

1003
00:47:39,560 --> 00:47:42,279
Speaker 1: of dealing with injuries all season. He's playing, but is

1004
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:45,200
Speaker 1: he healthy is one hundred percent. But Anthony Smith and

1005
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:47,759
Speaker 1: Winston Wright have both really came on. They've both been

1006
00:47:47,840 --> 00:47:51,759
Speaker 1: terrific with Howser under center. Smith is averaging thirty and

1007
00:47:51,800 --> 00:47:54,760
Speaker 1: a half yards per catch over the last three weeks.

1008
00:47:55,719 --> 00:47:57,960
Speaker 1: If you can bet his receiving over. We never know

1009
00:47:58,080 --> 00:48:00,440
Speaker 1: what props are gonna be listed for these G five games.

1010
00:48:00,719 --> 00:48:03,319
Speaker 1: Take his over because he will definitely catch a long

1011
00:48:03,440 --> 00:48:06,960
Speaker 1: touchdown in this game against this defense. And another big

1012
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:09,359
Speaker 1: thing is ECU has also finally gotten their run game

1013
00:48:09,440 --> 00:48:10,960
Speaker 1: going recently, and you mentioned that's kind of been an

1014
00:48:10,960 --> 00:48:13,680
Speaker 1: issue for the North Texas defense. They have over two

1015
00:48:13,840 --> 00:48:16,680
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty rushing yards in each of the last

1016
00:48:16,800 --> 00:48:20,399
Speaker 1: three games. Rajah Harris finally looks like his old self

1017
00:48:20,920 --> 00:48:24,440
Speaker 1: and again to play Devil's advocate. ECUs looked great in

1018
00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:28,040
Speaker 1: their last three games against Temple, Fau and Tulsa, but

1019
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:31,080
Speaker 1: That's why they're underdog here because you know, they just

1020
00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:33,080
Speaker 1: they come into this game with a ton of confidence

1021
00:48:33,120 --> 00:48:35,880
Speaker 1: because they've beaten up on bad teams and now they

1022
00:48:35,920 --> 00:48:37,719
Speaker 1: face a bad defense that they should continue to play

1023
00:48:37,719 --> 00:48:40,200
Speaker 1: well against. So if the Pirates can get a few

1024
00:48:40,239 --> 00:48:44,040
Speaker 1: stops forced, a couple turnovers, they absolutely can win this game.

1025
00:48:44,480 --> 00:48:47,200
Speaker 1: So give me ECU plus one twenty in a game

1026
00:48:47,239 --> 00:48:49,560
Speaker 1: that just should feature a lot of aarans because it's

1027
00:48:49,600 --> 00:48:50,200
Speaker 1: got to be crazy.

1028
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:53,520
Speaker 2: I applaud you for we just talked about this. Teams

1029
00:48:53,560 --> 00:48:56,400
Speaker 2: can change South Carolina opening game in the season to

1030
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:59,399
Speaker 2: where they are now. Same thing on ECU. I think

1031
00:48:59,400 --> 00:49:01,279
Speaker 2: you've come a long way on what you think about

1032
00:49:01,320 --> 00:49:03,520
Speaker 2: ECU in their quarterback room because the fact of the

1033
00:49:03,600 --> 00:49:06,120
Speaker 2: matter is they have been more explosive. And some of

1034
00:49:06,200 --> 00:49:09,480
Speaker 2: it is players getting experienced to help out a quarterback

1035
00:49:09,480 --> 00:49:11,480
Speaker 2: at the skill position. Some of it is play calling,

1036
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:13,759
Speaker 2: some of it is opponent adjusted. There's all kinds of

1037
00:49:13,800 --> 00:49:15,799
Speaker 2: different ways to look at it. But how they're playing

1038
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:20,960
Speaker 2: right now, they're sending and North Texas is I mean,

1039
00:49:21,120 --> 00:49:23,640
Speaker 2: they're getting close to being in a situation where they

1040
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:25,040
Speaker 2: need to lean on the running game. You saw some

1041
00:49:25,120 --> 00:49:27,120
Speaker 2: of the big runs that they were popping with their

1042
00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:29,800
Speaker 2: white running back who apparently has over a million followers

1043
00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:31,799
Speaker 2: on Instagram. I don't know how that works, but they

1044
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:34,320
Speaker 2: brought that up multiple times on the telecast. I'm impressed

1045
00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:36,960
Speaker 2: with that. But he was also hitting some huge runs,

1046
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:40,240
Speaker 2: and I think they end up, you know, Trot probably

1047
00:49:40,280 --> 00:49:42,000
Speaker 2: trying to run the ball with him fifteen to twenty

1048
00:49:42,080 --> 00:49:45,120
Speaker 2: times in this game. To protect Morris, they probably should

1049
00:49:45,120 --> 00:49:46,920
Speaker 2: be going with someone other than Morris if he's as

1050
00:49:47,000 --> 00:49:49,920
Speaker 2: injured as he appears. But that's neither here nor there.

1051
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:52,400
Speaker 2: I like the ECU play. Any final thoughts on your

1052
00:49:52,440 --> 00:49:54,399
Speaker 2: cutting room floor, I know you mentioned a few along

1053
00:49:54,440 --> 00:49:54,680
Speaker 2: the way.

1054
00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:57,120
Speaker 1: Well, first, the thing with the change in my tune

1055
00:49:57,120 --> 00:50:00,360
Speaker 1: on ECU is is Chader is just no fear. He

1056
00:50:00,560 --> 00:50:03,040
Speaker 1: just slings the ball downfield. And my issue with him

1057
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:04,800
Speaker 1: was just he turns the ball over a ton he

1058
00:50:05,160 --> 00:50:07,600
Speaker 1: saw at Michigan State. But I mean it helps they've

1059
00:50:07,600 --> 00:50:10,960
Speaker 1: been playing bad defenses that he just hasn't been those

1060
00:50:11,440 --> 00:50:13,839
Speaker 1: aired out passes, them going for touchdowns. Well, he's playing

1061
00:50:13,840 --> 00:50:16,520
Speaker 1: a bad defense. Like would I be playing him against

1062
00:50:17,320 --> 00:50:19,640
Speaker 1: you know, Army or Navy or one of these top

1063
00:50:19,680 --> 00:50:23,000
Speaker 1: teams in the Tulane. God no, But like I don't

1064
00:50:23,080 --> 00:50:26,080
Speaker 1: trust North Texas to turn him over and force him

1065
00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:29,080
Speaker 1: into those mistakes that he takes chances. I expect when

1066
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:31,279
Speaker 1: he takes a chance, North Texas's defenders are going to

1067
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:33,600
Speaker 1: collide and they're going to score a touchdown. But you

1068
00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:36,320
Speaker 1: want to talk about me turning a leaf and changing

1069
00:50:36,360 --> 00:50:39,120
Speaker 1: mind tune. Oh, I had Coastal Carolina on my cutting

1070
00:50:39,160 --> 00:50:41,560
Speaker 1: him floor. I almost took down minus two against Georgia Southern.

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Speaker 1: I don't think Georgia Southern is very good. We saw

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Speaker 1: that last week with them losing, and Coastal is another

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Speaker 1: team that they just kind of have high variants. They

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Speaker 1: we should just give the ball to Braydon Bennett because

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Speaker 1: he's our best player. And they do that against Georgia Southern.

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Speaker 1: They should be able to run on them. And Coastal's

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Speaker 1: pass defense isn't bad, So I'm stick Hoostal. That would

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Speaker 2: Saturday slates and we get one step closer to a

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