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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Action Network Podcast, the number one.

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Speaker 2: Show for the invested sports fan. All right, here we

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Speaker 2: go fifteen, twenty twenty five, thirty thirty five, forty twenty five,

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Speaker 1: The kicks block the college football world stunde.

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Speaker 3: Oh my goodness, he's stumbled and bumble the lateral.

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Speaker 2: Turn a canter on the job, don't you the lad

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Speaker 2: I came them off the field the night.

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Speaker 1: It's not the side of the dog in the fighting,

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Speaker 1: it's the side of the fight in the dog.

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Speaker 2: Welcome to the Action Network Colleges Podcast. This is the

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Speaker 2: twoenty nineteen college football preseason betting Preview, Part six. I'm

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Speaker 2: stucky with me as always is Colin Wilson, and this

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Speaker 2: is the Colin Wilson Specialty episode. We're talking SCC West,

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Speaker 2: starting off with the Arkansas Razorbacks. Are you ready to

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Speaker 2: talk to Arkansas and SEC West today?

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Speaker 3: Talking about my nineteen sixty four national champions Of course

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Speaker 3: I am. In case you didn't know, we won the

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Speaker 3: basketball championship in ninety four, So yes.

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Speaker 2: Cashier tickets on Colin mentioning the nineties Hogs basketball team

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Speaker 2: once again. We will have a great guest here coming

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Speaker 2: right from LSU's practice. He's going to join us to

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Speaker 2: talk LSU. Brody Miller from The Athletic, the LSU Beat

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Speaker 2: writer lots of questions about LSU. We have a potential

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Speaker 2: sleeper for the College Football Playoff potentially for those of

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Speaker 2: you that are looking for the SEC East, don't worry,

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Speaker 2: it's coming. Next episode. We'll also have Drew Franklin on

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Speaker 2: there to talk Kentucky football, and we'll cover the entire

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Speaker 2: SEC East. Between nineteen ninety eight and two thousand and five,

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Speaker 2: which is eight seasons, the SEC only had one national

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Speaker 2: title and it was a split in two thousand and

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Speaker 2: three with LSU and USC. But since two thousand and five,

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Speaker 2: in the thirteen championships since then, the SEC has won

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Speaker 2: nine of them. Uh, you know, but they did have

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Speaker 2: a disappointing year last year, especially for their standards. They

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Speaker 2: went five and five in the bowls, and then you know,

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Speaker 2: Baman and Georgia, as everyone knows, got blown out in

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Speaker 2: their final games. And by the way, and the SEC

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Speaker 2: this year, you know, we talk a lot about coaching changes.

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Speaker 2: In some of these other conferences, there's no coaching change,

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Speaker 2: So there's some coordinators that are new that we'll get

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Speaker 2: to but there was no head coaching changes going into

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Speaker 2: the SEC this year, so the headman in every program

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Speaker 2: is back. Let's start with your Hogs. Their win total

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Speaker 2: five and a half at Westgate over five and a

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Speaker 2: They're three hundred to one to win the SEC. And look,

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Speaker 2: it's the second year of Chad Morris and his offensive

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Speaker 2: that sense. I didn't even prep that much for Arkansas

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Speaker 2: because whatever you say is gospel to me with the Hogs.

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Speaker 2: So take it away, and what can we expect from

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Speaker 3: Well, let's first start off by saying that the time

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Speaker 3: that it's going to take you and I to record

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Speaker 3: this podcast, Brett Beelam has made around thirty four thousand

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Speaker 3: dollars so where he's still on the payroll. But how

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Speaker 3: that translates to this year's team is we've got more

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Speaker 3: buy in. We've got less of Brett Beelim as players

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Speaker 3: in the locker room. We've got more believers, more people

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Speaker 3: Hicks knows the Chad Morris offense very well. He's the

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Speaker 3: Chad Morris has adopted this all in campaign, asking players

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Speaker 3: the worst season the SEC that we've ever had. No

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Speaker 3: five turnovers in that game. We've stolen this all in

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Speaker 2: That's fine.

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Speaker 3: You know, this schedule is the easiest thing I've ever

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Speaker 2: So many teams the SEC have brutal, vicious schedule, but

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Speaker 3: is absolutely pathetic. Now let's talk the win totally five

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Speaker 3: So where are those two wins are gonna come from?

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Speaker 3: That's gonna be in week two. They're looking for an identity.

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Speaker 3: So the under is the only way to go. Four

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean there's some potential good fade spots that

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Speaker 3: John Chavis's four to three defense would would have to

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Speaker 2: That's coaching. That's pathetic.

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Speaker 3: We still don't have a special teams coordinator. It's a

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Speaker 2: Yep. Yeah, it might be a long year for the Hogs,

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Speaker 2: throughout the year, don't worry, and also some nineties Arkansas

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Speaker 2: move on to a real contender in the SEC, and

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Speaker 2: that's Alabama. They are minus one sixty to win the Conference.

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Speaker 2: The win totals eleven and a half plus one forty

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Speaker 2: to the over colin you make this eleven point four. Look,

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Speaker 2: I mean they did lose a lot to the draft.

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Speaker 2: The next highest is Georgia with four. They have three

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Speaker 2: times as much as Georgia. But look, we've talked about

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Speaker 2: this team should be five and zero going you know

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Speaker 3: Let's seat up this podcast a little bit. Alabama is

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Speaker 3: consistently beat the spread but not cover against non conference play.

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Speaker 3: And the coordinator thing is just it's way too much.

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Speaker 3: over these names. I mean, Mike Loxley, Brian Dabble, Lane Kiffin.

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Speaker 3: On the offensive side, the last three years, we've had

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Speaker 3: Tosh Lapoy, Jeremy Prue at Kirby Smart and the stats

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Speaker 3: Pete Golding from Utsa, from meat Meep. We love the

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Speaker 3: Roadrunners as much as anything. Yeah, their defense was good

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Speaker 3: same thing's going to happen to Pete Golding if they

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Speaker 3: get any kind of if they get good whatsoever. Ten

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Speaker 3: eleven games in the SEC Championship, who's going to come

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Speaker 3: calling for Pete Golding to move on to a new position.

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Speaker 3: It's finally starting to show up in the stats. In

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Speaker 3: twenty sixteen, Alabama was twenty seventh in defending explosiveness in

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Speaker 3: They had an eighty five percent postgame win expectancy against LSU.

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Speaker 3: their schedule between Georgia, Alabama, Clemson, and it's just going

431
00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:02,520
Speaker 3: to be a week to week assessment for me to

432
00:20:02,560 --> 00:20:04,399
Speaker 3: see who they're going to get. I mean they, I

433
00:20:04,440 --> 00:20:07,199
Speaker 3: mean they played Clemson too the wire last year. Clemson

434
00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:09,360
Speaker 3: takes a step back on defense. There's no reason Kellnmond

435
00:20:09,400 --> 00:20:11,680
Speaker 3: can't come in there and get Clemson in a spot

436
00:20:11,680 --> 00:20:13,960
Speaker 3: where it's an acc sandwich. Right, It's in between Georgia

437
00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:15,719
Speaker 3: Tech and Syracuse, So it's a good spot for them

438
00:20:15,720 --> 00:20:18,360
Speaker 3: to go in. You know, Alabama, we've discussed the problems

439
00:20:18,359 --> 00:20:20,520
Speaker 3: that I kind of have with them. Georgia maybe a

440
00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:22,680
Speaker 3: different story. I'm not sure about beating them, but Texa

441
00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,479
Speaker 3: A M is good to get somebody. So rather than

442
00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,600
Speaker 3: taking an over under on the win till, it's going

443
00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:27,720
Speaker 3: to be a week to week thing for me. And

444
00:20:27,720 --> 00:20:30,080
Speaker 3: plus you mentioned Mike Elko. I mean he was the

445
00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:32,320
Speaker 3: savior at Notre Dame. Notre Dame went four and eight,

446
00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,359
Speaker 3: major defensive problems. Mike Elko comes in from Wake Forest

447
00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:38,760
Speaker 3: and he turns that defense around and then he took

448
00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:40,080
Speaker 3: the job down here at Texas A and M with

449
00:20:40,200 --> 00:20:42,800
Speaker 3: Jimbo Fisher. Problem with the defense last year for me

450
00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:46,200
Speaker 3: is that they were one hundred and nineteenth in defending

451
00:20:46,400 --> 00:20:49,200
Speaker 3: explosive plays, and they were seventy seventh in finishing drives,

452
00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:51,439
Speaker 3: but they were twenty seventh in success rate. So you

453
00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:53,560
Speaker 3: hear these stats come out of my mouth already. You know,

454
00:20:53,600 --> 00:20:55,000
Speaker 3: it was just the beginning of August and all this

455
00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:56,920
Speaker 3: is coming out. What it means is Texas A and

456
00:20:57,080 --> 00:20:58,600
Speaker 3: M was really good at getting three and outs. They

457
00:20:58,600 --> 00:21:00,480
Speaker 3: were really good at getting the other team off the field.

458
00:21:00,480 --> 00:21:03,960
Speaker 3: But they would have just just a lack of days ago,

459
00:21:04,119 --> 00:21:06,560
Speaker 3: like a brain fart, and then people would just score.

460
00:21:07,160 --> 00:21:09,160
Speaker 3: You know, So I good at doing three and outs,

461
00:21:09,160 --> 00:21:10,679
Speaker 3: but at some point, you know, they would give up

462
00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,640
Speaker 3: a big play at least once per game and multiple

463
00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:15,199
Speaker 3: times per game. So there was you know, not a

464
00:21:15,240 --> 00:21:19,080
Speaker 3: lot of people having say fourteen played drives against them.

465
00:21:19,119 --> 00:21:20,760
Speaker 3: It was more either the big play was happening or

466
00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,959
Speaker 3: they were getting people off the field. So that's got

467
00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:25,200
Speaker 3: to improve for me to start investing in Texas A

468
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,240
Speaker 3: and M. But you know, I think Jimbo's kind of

469
00:21:27,240 --> 00:21:29,639
Speaker 3: playing it right. He's got the program loaded up in

470
00:21:29,680 --> 00:21:32,760
Speaker 3: the recruiting pipeline. At some point, this Alabama thing is

471
00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:34,520
Speaker 3: going to come down, and I think taxa A and

472
00:21:34,560 --> 00:21:36,760
Speaker 3: M is going to be very well situated to assert

473
00:21:36,800 --> 00:21:37,639
Speaker 3: themselves in the West.

474
00:21:38,119 --> 00:21:39,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree with you. They I mean, they do

475
00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,120
Speaker 2: minds back with all of his receivers, and we'll see,

476
00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:44,399
Speaker 2: you know, who can replace Williams or running game was

477
00:21:44,400 --> 00:21:46,879
Speaker 2: excellent last year. You know, this kid Corbin has a

478
00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:48,560
Speaker 2: lot of talent. He's also a return man. I don't

479
00:21:48,600 --> 00:21:51,880
Speaker 2: know if he'll still be returning if he's the feature back,

480
00:21:51,880 --> 00:21:54,359
Speaker 2: which I assume he will be. The offensive line, you know,

481
00:21:54,440 --> 00:21:56,480
Speaker 2: it still should be strong, but I really want to

482
00:21:56,520 --> 00:21:59,080
Speaker 2: see what happens on that defense, Like you said, especially

483
00:21:59,080 --> 00:22:00,800
Speaker 2: at linebacker. They lost a lot in that front seven.

484
00:22:00,840 --> 00:22:03,679
Speaker 2: Obviously they're bringing a ton of talent, but I agree.

485
00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:05,080
Speaker 2: I think it's a pass in the wind to to

486
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,560
Speaker 2: week the week play, and this team is going to

487
00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:09,919
Speaker 2: get somebody. It's just a matter of who. All right,

488
00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:13,080
Speaker 2: let's move on and talk about the state of Mississippi.

489
00:22:13,400 --> 00:22:16,040
Speaker 2: And we'll start with a team that has no chance

490
00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:18,560
Speaker 2: of winning the SEC. And that's almost the three hundred

491
00:22:18,560 --> 00:22:20,520
Speaker 2: and win win. The SEC win total five over five

492
00:22:20,560 --> 00:22:23,240
Speaker 2: plus one thirty. You make the win total four point one,

493
00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:26,920
Speaker 2: you know, and the question comes, you know, look They're

494
00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:29,440
Speaker 2: probably gonna beat Arkansas at home. They're probably gonna beat

495
00:22:29,440 --> 00:22:32,040
Speaker 2: Southeast Louisiana at home. They're probably gonna beat Cal at

496
00:22:32,040 --> 00:22:36,560
Speaker 2: home maybe, and Vandy at home maybe. Right, So then

497
00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,240
Speaker 2: in order to get the five, you know, I'm sorry,

498
00:22:39,440 --> 00:22:42,400
Speaker 2: I said, they probably split between you know, if Vanny

499
00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:43,760
Speaker 2: and Cal if you want to give him one win there,

500
00:22:43,760 --> 00:22:45,520
Speaker 2: and they're gonna beat New Mexico State at home. But

501
00:22:45,560 --> 00:22:48,320
Speaker 2: then where was another win? I don't know. I don't

502
00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:50,320
Speaker 2: know how they would ever get the six. If you

503
00:22:50,359 --> 00:22:53,760
Speaker 2: assume they win all of their possibly winnable games, that's five,

504
00:22:53,800 --> 00:22:56,480
Speaker 2: and I don't you know, at Memphis to start, they

505
00:22:56,560 --> 00:22:58,640
Speaker 2: do have major revenge. But this team is going through,

506
00:22:59,000 --> 00:23:00,840
Speaker 2: you know, especially for the first game of the season,

507
00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:04,480
Speaker 2: enormous changes. Right, So they do have the same head coach,

508
00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:07,920
Speaker 2: but rich Rodriguez is in, Phil Longo is out. Richard

509
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:10,199
Speaker 2: Riguz is gonna implement his run based spread option that

510
00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:13,800
Speaker 2: we saw in Arizona and West Virginia and Michigan. But

511
00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,760
Speaker 2: there's gonna be a red red shirt freshman quarterback. Now,

512
00:23:16,800 --> 00:23:19,360
Speaker 2: this kid, you know, does have swag, and who knows

513
00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:21,119
Speaker 2: how good he's gonna be. But they all they have

514
00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:24,040
Speaker 2: is freshman a quarterback on their roster, and then they

515
00:23:24,080 --> 00:23:26,200
Speaker 2: also have Mike McIntyre coming in and they're moving to

516
00:23:26,240 --> 00:23:28,840
Speaker 2: a three to four defense. But you know, this offense,

517
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:30,879
Speaker 2: which was electric, they've led the SEC in passing. I

518
00:23:30,920 --> 00:23:33,840
Speaker 2: think the last five years they lost their top three wideouts,

519
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:37,240
Speaker 2: you know, most notably DK metcalf A, J Brown, also Lodge.

520
00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,239
Speaker 2: They're also rebuilding their offensive line. The only constant on

521
00:23:41,280 --> 00:23:45,000
Speaker 2: this offense is running back Scottie Phillips. Depth is also

522
00:23:45,080 --> 00:23:48,080
Speaker 2: a huge issue what sanctions will do to you. So

523
00:23:48,400 --> 00:23:51,080
Speaker 2: I see only five a maximum of five wins on

524
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Speaker 2: the schedule. If they get these home games, that could

525
00:23:54,080 --> 00:23:56,480
Speaker 2: you know, Vanderbilt and cow not not necessarily a lock,

526
00:23:57,040 --> 00:24:00,520
Speaker 2: even Arkansas. So don't I think I think you either

527
00:24:00,520 --> 00:24:02,440
Speaker 2: have to go I think you have to go under here.

528
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,280
Speaker 2: They're much more likely to win four games than six.

529
00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,680
Speaker 2: I will say that. Yeah, they do get ten starters

530
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:10,000
Speaker 2: back on the defense, but the defense wasn't great and

531
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:12,240
Speaker 2: it's going through a transition here. What are your thoughts

532
00:24:12,240 --> 00:24:12,920
Speaker 2: on the rebels.

533
00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:14,959
Speaker 3: You know, there's a lot of question marks here. I mean,

534
00:24:15,000 --> 00:24:18,159
Speaker 3: we're one hundred and sixteenth in returning production, especially with

535
00:24:18,160 --> 00:24:20,080
Speaker 3: the loss of Jordan ta'amu. And then we have a

536
00:24:20,119 --> 00:24:23,360
Speaker 3: three We have a three headed head coach monster here

537
00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:26,560
Speaker 3: between Matt Luke, Rich Rodriguez, and Mike McIntyre, which is

538
00:24:26,560 --> 00:24:28,960
Speaker 3: interesting because you know, Rich Rodriguez and Mike McIntyre were

539
00:24:28,960 --> 00:24:31,359
Speaker 3: just facing each other in the PAC twelve not too

540
00:24:31,440 --> 00:24:33,800
Speaker 3: long ago. But I mean, just a complete mystery up

541
00:24:33,800 --> 00:24:36,199
Speaker 3: and down from the coaching staff and the players, and

542
00:24:36,280 --> 00:24:38,520
Speaker 3: you just don't know how those three head coaches are

543
00:24:38,560 --> 00:24:40,440
Speaker 3: going to interact.

544
00:24:39,960 --> 00:24:40,440
Speaker 2: With each other.

545
00:24:40,480 --> 00:24:42,280
Speaker 3: You don't know like what kind of alpha males they are,

546
00:24:42,320 --> 00:24:44,840
Speaker 3: because generally when you get that many egos in the room, it.

547
00:24:45,280 --> 00:24:45,760
Speaker 2: Could be bad.

548
00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:47,440
Speaker 3: They could all like each other and understand what the

549
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,080
Speaker 3: role is, but you just don't ever know. So, yeah,

550
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:53,240
Speaker 3: the red shirt freshman you're talking about, Matt Kraals I

551
00:24:53,280 --> 00:24:57,000
Speaker 3: think is his name, most famous for slapping around a

552
00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:58,880
Speaker 3: d back during the Egg Bowl in the end zone

553
00:24:58,880 --> 00:24:59,640
Speaker 3: and getting into.

554
00:24:59,440 --> 00:24:59,920
Speaker 2: A big fight.

555
00:25:00,320 --> 00:25:03,080
Speaker 3: So ex Florida commit. He looks what was the name

556
00:25:03,080 --> 00:25:04,879
Speaker 3: of that kid, the Henderson kid at Old Miss that

557
00:25:04,960 --> 00:25:06,920
Speaker 3: was always popping his jersey and pissing people off.

558
00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:08,960
Speaker 2: It kind of reminded me of that. So Marshall the

559
00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:10,640
Speaker 2: land Shawn, that's right, that's right.

560
00:25:10,720 --> 00:25:12,600
Speaker 3: So you know, with these guys, it's tough to see

561
00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:16,440
Speaker 3: them get a road win against Memphis, BAMA, Missouri, Auburn,

562
00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,280
Speaker 3: Mississippi State, and that leaves them having to beat LSU

563
00:25:19,640 --> 00:25:21,800
Speaker 3: or Texas A and M at home to cash an

564
00:25:21,800 --> 00:25:23,800
Speaker 3: over ticket. And I just don't see if the only

565
00:25:23,880 --> 00:25:26,760
Speaker 3: play here is on the under. YEP, completely agree with you.

566
00:25:26,840 --> 00:25:29,760
Speaker 2: All right, let's stay in the state of Mississippi and

567
00:25:29,880 --> 00:25:33,520
Speaker 2: talk about a much more intriguing team in my eyes.

568
00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:36,760
Speaker 2: Mississippi State. Their win total seven and a half at

569
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,600
Speaker 2: Westgate over seven a half minus one fifty you make

570
00:25:39,800 --> 00:25:43,600
Speaker 2: their win total nine point one. They're fifty to one

571
00:25:43,640 --> 00:25:46,239
Speaker 2: to win the SEC one of the major Now, this

572
00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,199
Speaker 2: defense was insane last year. I think they led the

573
00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:52,560
Speaker 2: nation in yards per play. That defensive line was so good.

574
00:25:52,600 --> 00:25:56,560
Speaker 2: And they're replacing two first rounders, and they're also replacing

575
00:25:56,640 --> 00:25:58,480
Speaker 2: both of their safeties, but you know they're really going

576
00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:01,560
Speaker 2: to miss Sweat and Simmons. They're also replacing Nick Fitzgerald,

577
00:26:01,560 --> 00:26:04,919
Speaker 2: which could be auditioned by a subtraction quarterback battle. And

578
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:07,080
Speaker 2: I don't know who the favorite is as of now.

579
00:26:07,560 --> 00:26:09,639
Speaker 2: You know it's supposed to be Eaton Thompson. You know

580
00:26:09,720 --> 00:26:12,479
Speaker 2: Tommy Stevens from Penn State then transferred in. He obviously

581
00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:15,239
Speaker 2: knows Joe Moorehead's system. They both used to be at

582
00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,399
Speaker 2: Penn State. There are questions about wide receiver, but how

583
00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:20,720
Speaker 2: much did we really know about the wide receivers last

584
00:26:20,760 --> 00:26:23,200
Speaker 2: year with Nick fitzteruld throwing it? So they could be better,

585
00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:25,840
Speaker 2: you know, then we think if they can get a

586
00:26:25,880 --> 00:26:29,840
Speaker 2: passing game going, they do have, you know, again, a

587
00:26:29,880 --> 00:26:33,840
Speaker 2: tough schedule, especially in October. They're at Auburn at the

588
00:26:33,920 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 2: end of September, then a bye, then they're at Tennessee

589
00:26:36,840 --> 00:26:39,320
Speaker 2: home against LSU, at Texas A and M at Arkansas.

590
00:26:39,359 --> 00:26:42,560
Speaker 2: That's only one home game over stretcher, what five six weeks.

591
00:26:42,840 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 2: Then they finish up with Bama, Abilene Christian and then

592
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:48,320
Speaker 2: oh Miss in the Egg Bowl. So you know there's

593
00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:50,639
Speaker 2: there's some wins here, but it is a difficult schedule.

594
00:26:50,640 --> 00:26:52,240
Speaker 2: I mean, you're going to Texas A and M, you

595
00:26:52,280 --> 00:26:54,439
Speaker 2: have Bama at home, You're going to Auburn. You make

596
00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:57,800
Speaker 2: their win total nine point one. I'm assuming you like

597
00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:00,000
Speaker 2: the over here and you're a little high on Miss,

598
00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,960
Speaker 2: who just needs they need to find you know, they

599
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 2: have some replacements to do in defense, and they need

600
00:27:04,280 --> 00:27:06,879
Speaker 2: to just find an offense because in their four losses

601
00:27:06,960 --> 00:27:09,160
Speaker 2: last year, you know, in the regular season they's called seven, six,

602
00:27:09,560 --> 00:27:12,840
Speaker 2: three and zero in their four losses. So what are

603
00:27:12,840 --> 00:27:13,840
Speaker 2: your thoughts on the Bulldogs.

604
00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:15,919
Speaker 3: I'm a Joe Morehead believer. The more I see out

605
00:27:15,920 --> 00:27:18,000
Speaker 3: of Penn State, the more and a believer in Joe Morehead.

606
00:27:18,000 --> 00:27:20,879
Speaker 3: And the more that I'm hearing Josh Gaddis up at

607
00:27:20,880 --> 00:27:23,480
Speaker 3: Michigan talk about how he's going to use concepts that

608
00:27:23,520 --> 00:27:26,840
Speaker 3: he learned around Joe Moorehead. That makes me believe more

609
00:27:26,840 --> 00:27:28,600
Speaker 3: in Joe Morehead. Then when I see what's going on

610
00:27:28,600 --> 00:27:30,880
Speaker 3: in LSU, the hiring of Brady, and I look into

611
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:32,920
Speaker 3: Brady's pass and I realize that he is a Joe

612
00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,520
Speaker 3: Morehead protege. At some point you've got to probably realize

613
00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:40,520
Speaker 3: that Nick Fitzgerald was. It was just a really tough year.

614
00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:44,040
Speaker 3: A fifty one percent completion rate, twelve yards per completion.

615
00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,560
Speaker 3: He was sacked eight percent of his dropbacks to sixteen

616
00:27:46,600 --> 00:27:48,080
Speaker 3: to ninety d nine tyhio.

617
00:27:48,560 --> 00:27:49,320
Speaker 2: It was bad.

618
00:27:49,680 --> 00:27:51,520
Speaker 3: It was lifeless. It was like crawling through a desert

619
00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:54,120
Speaker 3: and looking for water. When Nick Fitzgerald was back behind center.

620
00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:56,360
Speaker 3: It was just ugly last year. But you know, Thompson

621
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:56,840
Speaker 3: never got in.

622
00:27:56,880 --> 00:27:57,439
Speaker 2: That told me a lot.

623
00:27:57,600 --> 00:27:59,399
Speaker 3: If he's never getting into the game and Fitzgerald was

624
00:27:59,400 --> 00:28:01,560
Speaker 3: playing the way that he was, I didn't understand if

625
00:28:01,560 --> 00:28:04,280
Speaker 3: it was just protection of Thompson and how you know,

626
00:28:04,520 --> 00:28:06,199
Speaker 3: and what is you know, how long he was going

627
00:28:06,280 --> 00:28:08,119
Speaker 3: to be around the program or the reason why he

628
00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 3: didn't get on the field last year was always a

629
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,280
Speaker 3: big question to me. But Tommy Stevens transfers in now

630
00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 3: he should be the starting quarterback. Thompson's got two years

631
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,760
Speaker 3: of eligibility. Stevens is a senior year, so I mean

632
00:28:17,960 --> 00:28:20,080
Speaker 3: he's coming in just for a one and done. This

633
00:28:20,119 --> 00:28:23,240
Speaker 3: is a quarterback with Tommy Stevens that narrowly lost a

634
00:28:23,320 --> 00:28:26,959
Speaker 3: quarterback position years ago under joor moorehead. So it was

635
00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 3: it was very close. That could have been Tommy Stevens

636
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:31,639
Speaker 3: in the Rose Bowl. That could have been Tommy Stevens

637
00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,080
Speaker 3: at Penn State the last couple of years.

638
00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:34,080
Speaker 2: It was that close.

639
00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:36,080
Speaker 3: So the defense is going to step back. They lose

640
00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:38,760
Speaker 3: their top three tacklers in the defensive line. You know,

641
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,160
Speaker 3: they're losing three of their top four tacklers in the secondary.

642
00:28:41,400 --> 00:28:42,480
Speaker 2: But they start off.

643
00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,800
Speaker 3: With ULL, they start off with Southern miss Kansas State, Kentucky.

644
00:28:46,480 --> 00:28:48,120
Speaker 3: This is going to be an experienced group by the

645
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:49,840
Speaker 3: time we get to the middle of the season. And

646
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Speaker 3: I'm just a more head believer.

647
00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:51,880
Speaker 2: The more I'm.

648
00:28:51,760 --> 00:28:54,400
Speaker 3: Reading it of things that are happening at other programs,

649
00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,400
Speaker 3: the more I'm believing in Joe moorehead.

650
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Speaker 2: Yeah, No, I would tend to agree. I think it's

651
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Speaker 2: over nothing with Mississippi State and let's finish up the

652
00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:09,200
Speaker 2: SEC West and talk some LSU Tigers. Will be joined

653
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:13,080
Speaker 2: shortly by Brody Miller from The Athletic, the LSU beat writer.

654
00:29:13,280 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 2: Before we get to him, ask him a few questions

655
00:29:16,440 --> 00:29:21,480
Speaker 2: about LSU and what he's seeing in the preseason. Let's

656
00:29:21,560 --> 00:29:23,840
Speaker 2: their win totals nine over nine minus one thirty at

657
00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:25,920
Speaker 2: westkit you make it close to eight and a half

658
00:29:26,080 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 2: or twelve to one to win the SEC. Look, this

659
00:29:28,440 --> 00:29:31,560
Speaker 2: team brings a ton back, obviously Joe Burrow, who will

660
00:29:31,560 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 2: talk a lot about during the season at quarterback as

661
00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,400
Speaker 2: we built to see what Joe Burrow is really made of.

662
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,240
Speaker 2: And anybody that knows our team, we've made of grit,

663
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:43,720
Speaker 2: you know, Their secondary is stacked, led by Grit Delpit,

664
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Speaker 2: but this team is experienced. They bring a lot back.

665
00:29:46,520 --> 00:29:48,920
Speaker 2: There's going to be some changes, which we'll talk about.

666
00:29:49,360 --> 00:29:52,920
Speaker 2: With this schedule again, another SEC team with a vicious schedule.

667
00:29:53,320 --> 00:29:55,400
Speaker 2: They start with Georgia Southern at home. We can safely

668
00:29:55,400 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 2: give him a win. There also Northwestern State at home,

669
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Speaker 2: but they're at on September seventh. We're gonna have some

670
00:30:02,760 --> 00:30:04,280
Speaker 2: hot takes on that game. Let me tell you that,

671
00:30:04,760 --> 00:30:06,880
Speaker 2: you know, they have Florida, They're at Miss State, they

672
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:10,040
Speaker 2: have Auburn at home, They're at Alabama, and they finish

673
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Speaker 2: up with Texas A and M at home. Those are

674
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,160
Speaker 2: tough games. What are your thoughts on LSU before we

675
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Speaker 2: get to Brody.

676
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Speaker 3: Be locking myself at home here in a bunker when

677
00:30:18,440 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 3: that Texas LSEA game is going on. So yeah, I

678
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,320
Speaker 3: looked in the advanced stats. I can't fight anything in

679
00:30:23,360 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 3: there that's clutch. Now, I think what of our callers

680
00:30:26,080 --> 00:30:29,000
Speaker 3: last year called it the size of coach os big balls.

681
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:30,960
Speaker 3: But you know, Joe Burrow was one of the most

682
00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:33,520
Speaker 3: clutch quarterbacks last year. I mean he started off slow

683
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:36,640
Speaker 3: in the season, started winning so specifically that Auburn game

684
00:30:36,680 --> 00:30:39,040
Speaker 3: that they were behind, you know, and it doesn't show

685
00:30:39,080 --> 00:30:41,520
Speaker 3: in the stats. They were eighty six and passing downs efficiency,

686
00:30:41,560 --> 00:30:44,120
Speaker 3: there were one hundred and seventh at explosiveness. Yet they

687
00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:46,080
Speaker 3: get to a Fiesta Bowl and they take on Central

688
00:30:46,120 --> 00:30:48,560
Speaker 3: Florida and what do you know, They're lining up four wides.

689
00:30:48,600 --> 00:30:50,480
Speaker 3: I mean, Joe Burrow got his clock cleaned in that

690
00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:52,200
Speaker 3: game at the beginning, in the first quarter, and then

691
00:30:52,200 --> 00:30:56,520
Speaker 3: he comes out. He has six passes of twenty plus yards,

692
00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,720
Speaker 3: four of them were for touchdowns. Four of his touchdowns

693
00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:02,120
Speaker 3: were blows and plays something that we had never seen.

694
00:31:02,160 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 3: The entire season. Almost every single receiving target returns, the

695
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:09,160
Speaker 3: offensive line goes eight deep. In experience. They're projected to

696
00:31:09,160 --> 00:31:11,920
Speaker 3: be the number one defense of twenty nineteen per SMP plus.

697
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 3: All that stands in their ways road games of Texas,

698
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 3: Mississippi State, Alabama, And so the question really honestly needs

699
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,600
Speaker 3: to be asked, does a one loss LSU team get

700
00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:24,959
Speaker 3: playoff consideration assuming that loss is to say, in Alabama,

701
00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 3: Whoever's going to represent the West and SEC championship game?

702
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:30,480
Speaker 3: Because I think it's a real possibility, especially you know,

703
00:31:30,520 --> 00:31:33,120
Speaker 3: we'll find out more about with Brady coming in to

704
00:31:33,160 --> 00:31:35,680
Speaker 3: be the pass game coordinator. But I mean LSU is

705
00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:36,840
Speaker 3: legit this year.

706
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Speaker 4: All right.

707
00:31:37,080 --> 00:31:39,800
Speaker 2: So in order to get a little more insight from

708
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Speaker 2: an insider, we now have Brady Miller from the athletic

709
00:31:45,240 --> 00:31:49,400
Speaker 2: joining us LSU beat writer. He actually just came from

710
00:31:49,400 --> 00:31:52,080
Speaker 2: the LSU practice, so I'm sure he's going to have

711
00:31:52,080 --> 00:31:54,280
Speaker 2: a lot to say. What's going on, Brodie, you want

712
00:31:54,280 --> 00:31:56,200
Speaker 2: to give a quick background about yourself? Yeah?

713
00:31:56,240 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 4: Absolutely, Hey, Hey guys, how's it going.

714
00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm a guy from South Jersey, Philadelphia area whins

715
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:06,080
Speaker 1: to Indiana University, covered Mississippi Sports SEC football a little

716
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:08,440
Speaker 1: bit for the Clarion Ledgers there, and then now I've

717
00:32:08,480 --> 00:32:11,080
Speaker 1: been covering LSU football for I'm on my second season

718
00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,600
Speaker 1: right now, so and then I just joined the athletics

719
00:32:13,640 --> 00:32:14,120
Speaker 1: this summer.

720
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Speaker 2: So I'll just start, you know, right off the bat,

721
00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,360
Speaker 2: I'll ask you what is the ceiling for this team?

722
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:22,360
Speaker 2: We talked about the tough schedule and Colin mentioned like, look,

723
00:32:22,360 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 2: they could potentially get through this with one loss. So

724
00:32:24,840 --> 00:32:26,840
Speaker 2: what is you know, a realistic ceiling for this team?

725
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 2: What has to go right to get there? And then

726
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:31,000
Speaker 2: on the other side of the coin, you know what's

727
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 2: the floor and what would go wrong for them to

728
00:32:33,720 --> 00:32:34,800
Speaker 2: get to that point.

729
00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,080
Speaker 4: Yeah, I'd say the ceiling. I'd have to agree with Paul,

730
00:32:37,160 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 4: and this team generally stays healthy. I think this is

731
00:32:39,200 --> 00:32:42,240
Speaker 4: a chance to be Dave Randa's best defense at least

732
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 4: in a long time. And then and then it's obviously

733
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,560
Speaker 4: a huge if because obviously here every single year with LSU.

734
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Speaker 4: But if is you know, the new additions to this

735
00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:54,000
Speaker 4: Joe Brady offense and whatnot actually turn out how they're

736
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 4: claiming it will. I think this team has massive upside,

737
00:32:57,000 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 4: and that's why, you know, I would understand if somebody

738
00:32:59,200 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 4: consider them one of the you know, five best teams

739
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,160
Speaker 4: in the country. So I think if that all comes together,

740
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Speaker 4: the ropside to me is an eleven win team that

741
00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:08,560
Speaker 4: your only loss is Alabama and that I could totally

742
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:10,760
Speaker 4: see them back during their way into a College for

743
00:33:10,880 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 4: All playoff in that scenario. But on the other hand,

744
00:33:14,120 --> 00:33:17,000
Speaker 4: it is a brutal schedule and it's like in a vacuum.

745
00:33:17,000 --> 00:33:19,040
Speaker 4: I think they're better than eleven of the eleven of

746
00:33:19,040 --> 00:33:21,640
Speaker 4: the teams they play this year, But you still have

747
00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:23,520
Speaker 4: a questiona below line. You know, there are a few

748
00:33:23,560 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 4: areas on defense that they have a lot of top

749
00:33:25,400 --> 00:33:28,120
Speaker 4: heavy talent, but they're kind of thin. It's kind of

750
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,200
Speaker 4: top heavy, you know. Defensive line, they've had a lot

751
00:33:30,200 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 4: of injury issues there. Cornerback, they have two star cornerbacks

752
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 4: and Christian Fulton and Derek Stingley. But after that it's

753
00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:39,160
Speaker 4: pretty much all freshmen. So that's a little scary. There

754
00:33:39,360 --> 00:33:41,960
Speaker 4: are in theory scenarios where things could go all wrong.

755
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:43,800
Speaker 4: You know, you got a lot of sneaky, tough games

756
00:33:43,840 --> 00:33:46,160
Speaker 4: in there. You know, obviously Texas and U saw States

757
00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 4: in the nose slouch and you have that brutal four

758
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:51,600
Speaker 4: game stretch where you're going you know, at Mississippi State,

759
00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:54,600
Speaker 4: you're going at Alabama, and then you have Auburn and

760
00:33:54,640 --> 00:33:56,760
Speaker 4: Florida at home, not in that order, but you know,

761
00:33:56,960 --> 00:33:59,280
Speaker 4: I could definitely see this team possibly going eight and

762
00:33:59,320 --> 00:34:01,840
Speaker 4: four if a certain and a few things went wrong.

763
00:34:02,120 --> 00:34:03,600
Speaker 4: So at the end of the day, though, I think

764
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:05,600
Speaker 4: ten and two is probably the most realistic scenario.

765
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:08,600
Speaker 3: So the big news for LSU for me is Joe

766
00:34:08,640 --> 00:34:10,680
Speaker 3: Brady coming in as the pass game coordinator. So for

767
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,640
Speaker 3: everybody that doesn't know he's a Joe Morehead guy. He

768
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 3: comes from the Joe morehead line of thinking. And last

769
00:34:17,080 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 3: year there's a you know, we track standardowns run rate

770
00:34:20,520 --> 00:34:22,920
Speaker 3: and passing downs run rate, and that says, compared to

771
00:34:22,960 --> 00:34:25,040
Speaker 3: all the other teams in college football, how often do

772
00:34:25,080 --> 00:34:27,320
Speaker 3: you run, say in a standard down like a first

773
00:34:27,320 --> 00:34:29,400
Speaker 3: and ten versus how often do you run in a

774
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:31,920
Speaker 3: passing down, which is like a third and twelve? And

775
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 3: LSU was top thirty five and rushing attempts during standardowns,

776
00:34:35,920 --> 00:34:38,440
Speaker 3: and they were top fifty and running during passing Downs's

777
00:34:38,600 --> 00:34:41,200
Speaker 3: very run heavy, which is what you expect from LSU

778
00:34:41,280 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 3: and from the you know, the previous administrations with the

779
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:46,880
Speaker 3: offensive coordinator. But with Joe Brady coming in, do we

780
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,439
Speaker 3: expect to see changes and how often we're passing the ball?

781
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,480
Speaker 3: Like could we possibly throwing on first and second down?

782
00:34:51,960 --> 00:34:53,600
Speaker 4: I do. I do think that will happen. I think

783
00:34:53,600 --> 00:34:57,000
Speaker 4: it's also worth mentioning that last year, I mean last

784
00:34:57,080 --> 00:35:00,200
Speaker 4: year that was a very very flaw on offense. A

785
00:35:00,239 --> 00:35:02,480
Speaker 4: lot of it was they had ideas to do what

786
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:04,920
Speaker 4: they're doing this year, and one I just don't think

787
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,319
Speaker 4: they did the right Maybe the coaching staff wasn't quite

788
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:09,760
Speaker 4: equipped for that, and that's kind of where Joe Brady's

789
00:35:09,760 --> 00:35:11,640
Speaker 4: coming in where in terms of like Steve Venzminger is

790
00:35:11,640 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 4: still the offensive coordinator and technically calling the shots, but

791
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:18,080
Speaker 4: Brady somebody probably just understands that seam better. And also

792
00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 4: I think there's so many things went wrong on the

793
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:22,200
Speaker 4: offensive roster where I think the offensive line was so

794
00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:24,439
Speaker 4: much worse than they expected it to be. They only

795
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:26,359
Speaker 4: had one healthy tight end, they just had all these

796
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:28,440
Speaker 4: things and a lot of their they were lying on

797
00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:31,000
Speaker 4: some freshman receivers who weren't quite there, and they just

798
00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:33,480
Speaker 4: weren't able to do the things they wanted to do.

799
00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:36,120
Speaker 4: And then because of that, I think we're kind of

800
00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:37,840
Speaker 4: and some of it should fall into coaching staff in

801
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:39,840
Speaker 4: the decision making, because I think they went about it

802
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:41,800
Speaker 4: the wrong way, but they were kind of forced to

803
00:35:42,400 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 4: just go back to running the ball, which was not

804
00:35:44,239 --> 00:35:46,799
Speaker 4: really the plan there. And I do think so just

805
00:35:46,840 --> 00:35:48,919
Speaker 4: by that alone, I think you'll see a change. Yeah,

806
00:35:49,040 --> 00:35:52,000
Speaker 4: it's gonna be a different looking offense because the philosophy

807
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:53,879
Speaker 4: is different. I mean, even when you had a Matt

808
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,640
Speaker 4: Canada or Steve Nzlinger and they're trying to change the thing,

809
00:35:56,920 --> 00:35:59,000
Speaker 4: it was still kind of old school way of thinking

810
00:35:59,040 --> 00:36:01,120
Speaker 4: about how to approach it. So I think Joe Brady

811
00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:03,040
Speaker 4: he wants the ball out in two seconds. He wants

812
00:36:03,120 --> 00:36:04,520
Speaker 4: you know, he doesn't want a running back or a

813
00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 4: tight ends saying in the block anymore. He does not

814
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:08,600
Speaker 4: believe in that. I think he just wants he thinks

815
00:36:08,640 --> 00:36:10,359
Speaker 4: to take the pressure off the offensive line. You got

816
00:36:10,400 --> 00:36:12,040
Speaker 4: to get the ball out just fast and spread that

817
00:36:12,120 --> 00:36:14,200
Speaker 4: defense out. So I do think we'll see a big

818
00:36:14,320 --> 00:36:16,600
Speaker 4: change there. And also I just think it goes down

819
00:36:16,640 --> 00:36:18,960
Speaker 4: to where's your talent on this team. Your talent is

820
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:21,160
Speaker 4: at the receiving positions right now, and I think you

821
00:36:21,239 --> 00:36:22,760
Speaker 4: just have to get the most out of that.

822
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:24,400
Speaker 3: That's a great point because I mean even last year

823
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:26,400
Speaker 3: and you said it's a flawed offense, that was obvious

824
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:28,680
Speaker 3: because I think the stat that they had floating around

825
00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,080
Speaker 3: a year ago this time last August was we don't

826
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 3: have one running back on roster that's ever scored a touchdowns,

827
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 3: like the first time in LSU history. But still they

828
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,239
Speaker 3: went with you know, they still went with the same

829
00:36:37,280 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 3: old offense to start off the season, and then it

830
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:41,000
Speaker 3: kind of progress as the season went along, and then

831
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,920
Speaker 3: by the time they got to the Fiesta Bowl, they

832
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:45,760
Speaker 3: threw thirty four times for three hundred and ninety four yards.

833
00:36:46,200 --> 00:36:49,799
Speaker 3: Joe Burrow had six passing plays over over twenty yards,

834
00:36:49,840 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 3: and four of those were for touchdowns. I mean, we

835
00:36:51,640 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 3: had never seen this out of LU before. Is this

836
00:36:54,760 --> 00:36:58,080
Speaker 3: game against Central Florida with these explosive passing plays and

837
00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 3: racking up all these points, is that what ciated the

838
00:37:00,600 --> 00:37:02,880
Speaker 3: thought process and changing the philosophy at LSU.

839
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Speaker 4: It's a great question. I think it goes back to

840
00:37:05,960 --> 00:37:08,439
Speaker 4: I think that's what they always wanted, but then when

841
00:37:08,480 --> 00:37:11,040
Speaker 4: things got rough early, I think they panicked and reverted

842
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,000
Speaker 4: too far the other way. Last you know, when that

843
00:37:13,040 --> 00:37:15,719
Speaker 4: offensive line started struggling, they decided, Oh, we're going to

844
00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,080
Speaker 4: max protect and keep the guys back every single time,

845
00:37:18,120 --> 00:37:20,160
Speaker 4: and that's how we're going to fix that. While Joe

846
00:37:20,160 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 4: Brady actually believes the exact opposite the way to address

847
00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,279
Speaker 4: me of a bad offensive line. So I think that

848
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,400
Speaker 4: Bowl game was the first time they realized, and I

849
00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:28,800
Speaker 4: don't want to speak for them, but it seemed like

850
00:37:28,840 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 4: that was the first time they realized, Hey, this isn't

851
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:33,680
Speaker 4: working everything we're doing. We need to go back to

852
00:37:33,719 --> 00:37:35,480
Speaker 4: what we actually wanted to do and just spread the

853
00:37:35,480 --> 00:37:37,560
Speaker 4: ball out let Joe Burrow do his thing, and then

854
00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 4: you saw it, and then I think it was more

855
00:37:39,120 --> 00:37:41,239
Speaker 4: and then yeah, they really liked Joe Brady and hearing

856
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:43,440
Speaker 4: these things about them. Joe Brady, it's worth mentioning is

857
00:37:43,440 --> 00:37:46,800
Speaker 4: also the guy who they brought in the summer before

858
00:37:46,880 --> 00:37:50,120
Speaker 4: to teach Stevensbringer and some of these people about how

859
00:37:50,120 --> 00:37:51,839
Speaker 4: to change their offense a little bit. And this time

860
00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:53,719
Speaker 4: they're like, all right, didn't quite work with what we

861
00:37:53,760 --> 00:37:55,719
Speaker 4: were doing. Let's just go to the source here. But

862
00:37:56,120 --> 00:37:58,000
Speaker 4: to answer your question, I don't think that's what sparked it,

863
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:00,400
Speaker 4: but I do think that was just proof that, Okay,

864
00:38:00,440 --> 00:38:02,720
Speaker 4: we no longer can try to rest on our laurels

865
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,040
Speaker 4: here and just be LC and outpower people. It works

866
00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:06,680
Speaker 4: when you do this. I think it was more the

867
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:08,640
Speaker 4: final nail in the coffin, if that makes sense.

868
00:38:08,800 --> 00:38:11,319
Speaker 3: I love Inspiger and Coacho having this good old boy

869
00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,479
Speaker 3: network and Joe Brady's gonna come in and say, okay, boys,

870
00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:15,319
Speaker 3: this is how we throw the ball. So I'm really

871
00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:17,920
Speaker 3: looking forward to that. But I think one question that

872
00:38:17,920 --> 00:38:19,160
Speaker 3: I'm going to have is week one, we're going to

873
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 3: see them play Georgia Southern Georgia Southern's gonna line up,

874
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:22,759
Speaker 3: They're gonna run the triple option.

875
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:23,320
Speaker 2: It's going to be.

876
00:38:23,400 --> 00:38:25,400
Speaker 3: They're gonna try to make it as boring as possible.

877
00:38:25,560 --> 00:38:28,760
Speaker 3: They're gonna try to keep LSU's offense off of the field.

878
00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:32,320
Speaker 3: How much of the true offense, the true playbook that

879
00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:35,719
Speaker 3: you know they're running down there, they're installing plays, you're

880
00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:37,920
Speaker 3: just off the hot off the practice field right now.

881
00:38:38,160 --> 00:38:40,560
Speaker 3: How much of what they're actually building in practices right now?

882
00:38:40,600 --> 00:38:42,760
Speaker 3: Do you think that we'll actually see against Georgia Southern.

883
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:44,799
Speaker 4: Yeah, I've heard we're going to see very little. I'm

884
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:47,640
Speaker 4: sure looks a few like things in there to just

885
00:38:47,719 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 4: make fans happy that they're seeing the new offense. But

886
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,359
Speaker 4: in general, I think I think if it was up

887
00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:54,360
Speaker 4: to Joe Brady, he would literally just go up on

888
00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:56,160
Speaker 4: day one and run the ball up the middle thirty

889
00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:58,400
Speaker 4: times a game. I think, just to just hide to everything.

890
00:38:58,440 --> 00:39:00,319
Speaker 4: So I don't think we'll see much. I think a

891
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 4: better question is almost because back what you were saying about,

892
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:04,959
Speaker 4: you know, the old boy network and then you're bringing

893
00:39:05,000 --> 00:39:07,319
Speaker 4: in the new guy. I'm interested most to see what

894
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:10,040
Speaker 4: happens week five or six, if things ever get a

895
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,759
Speaker 4: little hairy with this offense. What happens then, because we

896
00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:14,920
Speaker 4: all know the stories of what happened with Matt Canada

897
00:39:14,920 --> 00:39:18,279
Speaker 4: and Ozeron and you know how kind of limited with

898
00:39:18,360 --> 00:39:19,880
Speaker 4: what he could do with his offense, and they kind

899
00:39:19,920 --> 00:39:22,520
Speaker 4: of changed what they did there. I'm really curious of

900
00:39:22,640 --> 00:39:25,360
Speaker 4: if the second things get bad, do they just stick

901
00:39:25,400 --> 00:39:27,520
Speaker 4: with what they want to do there or do they

902
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:29,839
Speaker 4: go back and go back to what their old school ways.

903
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 4: And I'm really interested to see that.

904
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:33,920
Speaker 3: Matt Canada, I think sitting at home these days and

905
00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 3: his BFFs with coach O.

906
00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:39,680
Speaker 2: If anybody didn't know, yeah, yeah, we've talked a lot

907
00:39:39,719 --> 00:39:43,200
Speaker 2: about Matt Canada on this podcast in the past. I

908
00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:45,120
Speaker 2: know that you said you're a fan of the podcast,

909
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:47,320
Speaker 2: which we appreciate. Uh, So you know that I always

910
00:39:47,360 --> 00:39:50,200
Speaker 2: like to talk about special teams. Cold Tracy last year

911
00:39:50,440 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 2: kicker amazing story and he was amazing, I think third

912
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:57,200
Speaker 2: third team All American. So they lose him, which you

913
00:39:57,239 --> 00:40:00,839
Speaker 2: know could become a huge storyline some of these close

914
00:40:00,880 --> 00:40:03,399
Speaker 2: games in this tough schedule. So what's the outlook for

915
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:06,320
Speaker 2: his replacement and the special teams in general?

916
00:40:06,760 --> 00:40:08,840
Speaker 4: I think that's the most unspoken thing of how this

917
00:40:08,880 --> 00:40:10,960
Speaker 4: team was able to win ten games last year was

918
00:40:11,000 --> 00:40:13,920
Speaker 4: they won so many tight games purely because they were

919
00:40:13,960 --> 00:40:16,040
Speaker 4: one of the best pun efficiency teams in the country.

920
00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,560
Speaker 4: Cole Tracy won them games. I think that was the huge,

921
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:20,960
Speaker 4: little minor factor that people won't really not. But to

922
00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:23,600
Speaker 4: answer your question, they're bringing in a freshman who's one

923
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:25,439
Speaker 4: of the top pickers in the country and Kadi York

924
00:40:25,800 --> 00:40:29,359
Speaker 4: out of Texas and you listen, no, by no means

925
00:40:29,360 --> 00:40:31,080
Speaker 4: what I ever predict he's going to be as solid

926
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 4: as as col Tracy was last year. Of course not.

927
00:40:33,680 --> 00:40:36,040
Speaker 4: But you know, I talked to Greg McMahon, the Special

928
00:40:36,040 --> 00:40:37,960
Speaker 4: teams coordinator about this. He's a guy who's had a

929
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:40,799
Speaker 4: long NFL career before he came here, and you know,

930
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:42,120
Speaker 4: what are you looking for at a kicker? And the

931
00:40:42,120 --> 00:40:44,160
Speaker 4: main thing he went for, the main reason he's ow

932
00:40:44,160 --> 00:40:45,919
Speaker 4: in love with col Tracy and now why he loved

933
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:49,000
Speaker 4: kayd York is you know, hey, the kicking things. You

934
00:40:49,040 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 4: know that those are things that you know, you generally

935
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 4: know what you're getting. But he wants a guy who's

936
00:40:52,600 --> 00:40:54,879
Speaker 4: proven that he can just handle that situation. He wants

937
00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:56,839
Speaker 4: the guy who, you know, the quarterback wants to hang

938
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:58,200
Speaker 4: out with. I know it's a corny thing, and I

939
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,080
Speaker 4: find I find myself realizing that, but he wants that guy,

940
00:41:01,120 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 4: the guy who can handle that Tiger stadium, you know,

941
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,520
Speaker 4: experience and everyone you talked to about Kay York and

942
00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:08,400
Speaker 4: I have a story coming out next week about this

943
00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:11,279
Speaker 4: is everyone you talked to about Kay Jorklink says he's

944
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:13,279
Speaker 4: a guy who can handle that. So do I think

945
00:41:13,320 --> 00:41:16,640
Speaker 4: he's gonna be as reliable day to day as coul Tracy. No,

946
00:41:16,680 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 4: because col Tracy's the all time leading field goal kicker.

947
00:41:19,200 --> 00:41:21,799
Speaker 4: Of course not. But it sounds like he's somebody who

948
00:41:21,800 --> 00:41:23,680
Speaker 4: can at least maybe make that big kick in a

949
00:41:23,760 --> 00:41:26,000
Speaker 4: tough situation. I think one thing that's gonna be really

950
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:29,160
Speaker 4: interesting to follow is, you know, they're losing Josh Growd

951
00:41:29,160 --> 00:41:31,920
Speaker 4: and he just decided to transfer this summer. And you

952
00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:33,640
Speaker 4: know what they did. They break They broke up their

953
00:41:33,640 --> 00:41:35,760
Speaker 4: punty game last year where they had Zack von Rosenberg

954
00:41:35,800 --> 00:41:37,759
Speaker 4: as your long distance guy and Josh crowd and as

955
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:39,959
Speaker 4: your your short distance guy. And that was a huge

956
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 4: part of their success. They had two guys who are

957
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 4: kind of masters of two different things. Brown's gone now,

958
00:41:44,560 --> 00:41:47,520
Speaker 4: von Rosi is gonna be taken over all all fast.

959
00:41:47,520 --> 00:41:49,279
Speaker 4: As the punting, I'm really interest to see if he

960
00:41:49,280 --> 00:41:52,319
Speaker 4: can also handle those short distance punts because they were

961
00:41:52,320 --> 00:41:54,799
Speaker 4: so efficient at that last year. And then the last

962
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,200
Speaker 4: thing with special teams is their punt return was just,

963
00:41:57,280 --> 00:42:00,239
Speaker 4: I mean genuinely awful last year. They frumbled punts, had

964
00:42:00,239 --> 00:42:02,319
Speaker 4: any big plays off funds, it was and it was,

965
00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:04,520
Speaker 4: you know, next to the offensive line. Probably the biggest

966
00:42:04,560 --> 00:42:07,000
Speaker 4: issue with the team. You bring in Derek Stingley, who's

967
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:08,600
Speaker 4: numb one arguably is an m one player in the

968
00:42:08,600 --> 00:42:11,920
Speaker 4: whole country coming into this class, and you know, you

969
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:13,800
Speaker 4: hear these things like, oh, he's almost like a Reggie

970
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:15,560
Speaker 4: Bush back there and things like that, and of course

971
00:42:15,600 --> 00:42:18,360
Speaker 4: you don't want to buy that, but it's absurd the

972
00:42:18,400 --> 00:42:20,160
Speaker 4: reviews you hear about this guy back there as a

973
00:42:20,160 --> 00:42:22,880
Speaker 4: plump for trainer. So I think you'll also see an

974
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:26,560
Speaker 4: improvement there, while maybe it's a decrease on the other areas.

975
00:42:26,600 --> 00:42:29,120
Speaker 2: Fair enough, So let me close with this. You mentioned

976
00:42:29,160 --> 00:42:31,120
Speaker 2: that there's a couple by the way that Georgia Southern

977
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:33,439
Speaker 2: LC game under City week one, but you said there's

978
00:42:33,440 --> 00:42:36,719
Speaker 2: a couple of seeky spots, So two part question to

979
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:40,280
Speaker 2: close here, what is one game that lc fens should

980
00:42:40,280 --> 00:42:42,279
Speaker 2: be worried about that they might not be, And then

981
00:42:42,600 --> 00:42:45,520
Speaker 2: what is your prediction on their wins? And would you

982
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:51,560
Speaker 2: bet over under nine wins or does that seem about right?

983
00:42:52,040 --> 00:42:54,160
Speaker 4: I guess my quick answer is that it seems about right.

984
00:42:54,400 --> 00:42:56,279
Speaker 4: But then to go back, I mean, I think the

985
00:42:56,320 --> 00:42:58,439
Speaker 4: games that I'm most scared of, you know, Texas everyone

986
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:00,000
Speaker 4: jumps out at, but I just have this I heard

987
00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,560
Speaker 4: or anything else. You beat Texas kind of handily, I

988
00:43:02,600 --> 00:43:05,120
Speaker 4: don't know. But the ones I think you gotta worry

989
00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 4: about more are your you know, Florida coming into Tiger Stadium.

990
00:43:08,680 --> 00:43:10,800
Speaker 4: What's one thing we know Dan Mullen and Todd Grantham

991
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:13,600
Speaker 4: have had a lot of success against at o'son and

992
00:43:13,680 --> 00:43:15,760
Speaker 4: Dave Randa here, So I mean that's one you're pretty

993
00:43:15,760 --> 00:43:17,560
Speaker 4: scared of, I think in my opinion. And then you got,

994
00:43:17,600 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 4: you know those games where it's not jumping out of you,

995
00:43:19,760 --> 00:43:22,400
Speaker 4: but you know, you go to Starkville October nineteenth. I

996
00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:24,279
Speaker 4: personally think Mississi States can be a little better than

997
00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:26,799
Speaker 4: some people think, and that's what I'm a little scared of.

998
00:43:26,920 --> 00:43:29,920
Speaker 4: Or or Aubert. I just think that stretched before Alabama, Florida,

999
00:43:29,960 --> 00:43:32,640
Speaker 4: Mississippi State, and Auburn. I think you're favorite in all

1000
00:43:32,640 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 4: three of those games, but you just imagine at least

1001
00:43:35,040 --> 00:43:37,520
Speaker 4: one of those you trip up on and then obviously

1002
00:43:37,640 --> 00:43:39,359
Speaker 4: go in to Alabama and I think you lose that game.

1003
00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:41,279
Speaker 4: So going back to the over under, I think nine

1004
00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:43,759
Speaker 4: is a pretty perfect line, but I think at the

1005
00:43:43,840 --> 00:43:45,840
Speaker 4: end of the day, ten and two would be my

1006
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:48,480
Speaker 4: and I think I go ten and two is my prediction.

1007
00:43:48,800 --> 00:43:50,560
Speaker 4: If this offense can be what you think it is,

1008
00:43:50,760 --> 00:43:53,200
Speaker 4: you lose one game in that three game stretch I mentioned,

1009
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:54,759
Speaker 4: and you go ten and two and get a New

1010
00:43:54,800 --> 00:43:57,040
Speaker 4: Year six ball. I think that's my prediction. So my

1011
00:43:57,080 --> 00:43:57,719
Speaker 4: answer is the other.

1012
00:43:58,040 --> 00:44:00,160
Speaker 3: If they get signed up to beat UCF again, I'll

1013
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:01,560
Speaker 3: take that all day. I'll take that every year in

1014
00:44:01,560 --> 00:44:03,440
Speaker 3: the postseason. I would love you. You have to get

1015
00:44:03,440 --> 00:44:05,319
Speaker 3: a pounding from LSU every year. I'll take it.

1016
00:44:06,360 --> 00:44:08,520
Speaker 4: That was brutal because forgotten thing about that and LSU

1017
00:44:08,560 --> 00:44:11,399
Speaker 4: have I think six starters out on defense in that game.

1018
00:44:12,760 --> 00:44:16,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, well thanks for joining us, Budy, good stuff.

1019
00:44:16,239 --> 00:44:18,200
Speaker 2: Right from the practice. No one covers else you better.

1020
00:44:18,239 --> 00:44:21,359
Speaker 2: We'll have to get you on during the season for

1021
00:44:21,400 --> 00:44:23,719
Speaker 2: one of those big weeks, maybe ahead of Texas or

1022
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,120
Speaker 2: Alabama or a couple of texts. We appreciate you.

1023
00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:28,239
Speaker 4: Coming on absolutely anytime. Guys, thanks for having me.

1024
00:44:28,440 --> 00:44:31,360
Speaker 2: Thanks brother, thanks to our guest Brody Miller, and thanks

1025
00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:34,600
Speaker 2: as always to Colin for joining me. Look we're now

1026
00:44:34,640 --> 00:44:38,439
Speaker 2: talking days until the first college football game, so thank

1027
00:44:38,480 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 2: you for listening. Make sure you rate review if you

1028
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Speaker 2: haven't already, subscribe, unsubscribe, you know the deal, and we'll

1029
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Speaker 2: catch you all next time. Cheers, peace out,