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Speaker 1: And welcome to Lake Keig is Live.

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Speaker 2: It is Thursday night, September twenty third year of Our

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Speaker 2: Lord twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 1: We're jam packed, of course.

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Speaker 2: It is a Thursday night, which means we are well,

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Speaker 2: in some cases minutes.

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Speaker 1: Away from Week four starting, but.

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Speaker 2: In most cases about forty eight hours away from it starting.

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Speaker 1: Got a lot of different angles to go at tonight.

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Speaker 2: There's something I really have tried to find time to

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Speaker 2: talk about this week, but there was no time. So

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna do it tonight. You see the thumbnail if

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Speaker 2: you're watching on YouTube. It says don't get fooled or

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Speaker 2: don't be fooled again. Even though I designed it, I

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Speaker 2: don't even know what it says, but the spirit is there.

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Speaker 2: There are a lot of people I think being fooled,

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Speaker 2: and I'm trying to let us not be among them

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Speaker 2: by teams that are already being cast aside. It's not

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Speaker 2: the time to do that yet. Check the calendar. It's

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Speaker 2: not even October. So we're gonna talk about some teams

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Speaker 2: that we need to be very careful disposing of. I

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Speaker 2: don't think it's time for that yet. I've got several

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Speaker 2: more thoughts on games that we have not even had

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Speaker 2: time to touch on this week. I mean like ten

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Speaker 2: or fifteen of them. It's a really good undercard. There

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Speaker 2: is no top five matchup this week. We're gonna be

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Speaker 2: in Arlington Street named Dallas for Arkansas versus Texas, A

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Speaker 2: and M. You know you got Notre Dame Wisconsin. We've

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Speaker 2: already broken down LSU at Mississippi State. But guys, there

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Speaker 2: are like ten or fifteen games that if you're like

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Speaker 2: us and you really love the sport and you're not

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Speaker 2: just kind of a flyover fan, there's a lot to

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Speaker 2: get excited about. So I'm going to touch on that.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to talk about Alabama a little bit tonight.

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Speaker 2: There's a conversation going on out there. Some parts I

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Speaker 2: agree with, some parts I don't agree with. All parts

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Speaker 2: I'm interested in about the overall vulnerability level. We only

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Speaker 2: use that word with a few teams vulnerable. Are they

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Speaker 2: vulnerable because beatable is not something you're quite ready to

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Speaker 2: say yet because they haven't lost. But I'm going to

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Speaker 2: discuss that tonight. So, man, what a seventy two hour

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Speaker 2: period we've had. I really encourage you if you have

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Speaker 2: not already done so listen to this morning's Late Kick

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Speaker 2: Extra podcast. I would say, wall to wall, it's the

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Speaker 2: most entertaining Late Kick Extra.

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Speaker 1: Podcast that I think we've put out.

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Speaker 2: We had it confirmed that over the past seventy two hours,

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Speaker 2: one two three of our viewers slash listeners have had appendectomies.

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Speaker 2: I had direct Colin Scheck and medical Colin says, that's

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Speaker 2: when they take your appendix out.

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Speaker 1: And so we've confirmed that.

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Speaker 2: But what also happened is these folks didn't even miss

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Speaker 2: the show the other night, so much show that they

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Speaker 2: felt the need to screenshot evidence that a they had

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Speaker 2: lost their appendix via medical procedure, and B they were

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Speaker 2: still listening to the show. And then one of you

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Speaker 2: even said, Hey, I'm sitting here wearing my T shirt

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Speaker 2: from Academy Sports while I'm watching the show. That is

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Speaker 2: the perfect viewer. That is the perfect listener. By the way,

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Speaker 2: so we got some good news coming your way from

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Speaker 2: Academy tonight. It's gonna be kind of a tease, but

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna let you know as much as I can

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Speaker 2: let you know.

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Speaker 1: And also, and probably the most.

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Speaker 2: Important thing I can tell you as we dive in,

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Speaker 2: we got viewers all over the place.

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Speaker 1: We give shout outs when we can.

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Speaker 2: Tonight's shout out is going just down the road from

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Speaker 2: where we are in that we're headed to Headland, Alabama.

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Speaker 2: And I'm going to tell you why we're headed to Headland, Alabama,

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Speaker 2: because that's where Michael Bush is. And Michael Bush is

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Speaker 2: enjoying a birthday this weekend, and so I just want

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Speaker 2: to wish him happy birthday from not only us here

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Speaker 2: at Laid Kick, but also the kids, the wife, and

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Speaker 2: everyone in between. But Michael, from us to you, we

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Speaker 2: appreciate you watching. Happy birthday, brother. I hope the video

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Speaker 2: skipping did not take away from that joyous occasion. So

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Speaker 2: let's dive in, and before we talk about the entirety

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Speaker 2: of Week four, I.

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Speaker 1: Just want to take a second.

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Speaker 2: This is one of those zoom out features that we

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Speaker 2: a few of these teams. North Carolina is one of

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Speaker 2: you need to view these teams within the proper context.

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Speaker 2: Right now, there is no giant out there like last

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Speaker 2: year it was Alabama, and so if you lost a

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Speaker 2: and in the context of the playoff, they said this

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Speaker 2: team could never beat that team, forget about this team. Well,

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Speaker 2: that's no way to think about college football to begin with.

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Speaker 2: But secondly, we don't have a twenty twenty Alabama. We

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Speaker 2: to mean, don't be discounting people just because they lose

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Speaker 1: So what about North Carolina?

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Speaker 2: They lose on the road at Virginia Tech's a really

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Speaker 2: tough place to play in Week one. The road in

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Speaker 2: for a lot of even really talented teams early in

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Speaker 2: They've played a couple of games, especially last week against Virginia,

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Speaker 2: And so you've got Sam Howell there, you got its

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Speaker 2: Keep an eye on North Carolina got like a massive

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Speaker 1: Just as sometimes a win is.

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Speaker 2: Overinflated, like Alabama over Miami Week one, you don't think

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Speaker 2: first off, it turns out you should have known that night.

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Speaker 2: and since then they have validated a lot of my

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Speaker 1: Could find yourself saying about Texas.

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Speaker 2: But I'll tell you now that they've lost a game,

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Speaker 2: I think a lot of the white hot spotlight is

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Speaker 2: so you got to roll with it. Now they're about

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Speaker 2: Last week they blanked Rice, so now they play Texas Tech.

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Speaker 2: I'm going to talk about that game a little bit

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Speaker 1: This doesn't get any easier.

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Speaker 2: That's what we know Part one, Part two is we

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Speaker 2: Texas is always going to be a team too talented

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Speaker 1: This is a team that has hit.

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Speaker 2: twelve Iowa State. I've got obviously emotional attachment here. Every season,

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Speaker 2: I like to run simultaneous or concurrent model runs.

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Speaker 1: Postseason model runs.

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Speaker 2: One of them just takes every bit of data into account,

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Speaker 2: and then one is a margin shaver. And so what

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Speaker 2: I do is I like to shave off the top

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Speaker 2: but I also take your best grade off, and I

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Speaker 1: Well, those are outliers.

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Speaker 2: Iowa State obviously had an outlier of a game already.

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Speaker 2: It came against Iowa. They were minus four turnovers. You

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Speaker 2: game win expectancy, you know, stuff that doesn't really matter

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Speaker 2: at the end of the day, but it does matter

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Speaker 2: in turn of future looking predictability, and it said Iowa

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Speaker 2: State should have won the game. Well they didn't because

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Speaker 2: they choked, because they turned the ball over or alternately, alternately, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I will force turnovers.

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Speaker 1: You could also put it that way.

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Speaker 2: Nevertheless, Iowa State has largely been dismissed because of that.

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Speaker 1: You shouldn't dismiss him.

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Speaker 2: Yet they went on the road, albeit to UNLV, so

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Speaker 2: they got right last week had one of those classic.

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Speaker 1: Get right games.

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Speaker 1: Four is a really good poster over there.

440
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Speaker 2: And so I was scrolling because I wanted to talk

441
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Speaker 2: about Bama tonight, and I was scrolling over there on

442
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Speaker 2: their board today, and he had put something on there

443
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Speaker 2: that I so agreed with. I figured why talk myself

444
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Speaker 2: when I can just speak what he said, So if

445
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Speaker 2: you want to go.

446
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Speaker 1: Over there and find it.

447
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Speaker 2: But just a few things that he touched on that

448
00:19:38,800 --> 00:19:41,200
Speaker 2: totally echo my sentiment right now. It couldn't have been

449
00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,560
Speaker 2: any more in alignment with how I feel if I

450
00:19:43,600 --> 00:19:44,159
Speaker 2: had typed it.

451
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Speaker 1: Consistency is their issue. That's very broad.

452
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Speaker 2: Let's zoom it in some If you watch the Florida game,

453
00:19:51,840 --> 00:19:54,119
Speaker 2: you probably needed more than two hands to count the

454
00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:58,720
Speaker 2: amounts of times that you saw improper assignment and improper alignment.

455
00:19:58,760 --> 00:20:01,159
Speaker 2: A lot of it had to stem from the linebacker position,

456
00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:05,240
Speaker 2: even more specifically the inside linebacker positions. There were some

457
00:20:05,800 --> 00:20:08,800
Speaker 2: very poor angles or decisions made in the secondary. But

458
00:20:08,880 --> 00:20:12,400
Speaker 2: Henry Tootoo tough day the other day, Christian Harris tough

459
00:20:12,480 --> 00:20:15,439
Speaker 2: day the other day. And it's not that either of

460
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Speaker 2: those guys lack the fundamental knowledge of how to play

461
00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:21,959
Speaker 2: the game, which means it stems from alignment and or assignment.

462
00:20:22,200 --> 00:20:24,960
Speaker 2: And that's what Dan Mully can do to you, understandably. So,

463
00:20:25,480 --> 00:20:28,760
Speaker 2: but the problem there is different. It's what I'm saying. Then,

464
00:20:28,760 --> 00:20:31,439
Speaker 2: the problem at some place in some places you watch

465
00:20:31,560 --> 00:20:33,280
Speaker 2: a product on the field that's not good enough and

466
00:20:33,320 --> 00:20:36,119
Speaker 2: you say, well, that's just it. Those players can't get

467
00:20:36,160 --> 00:20:37,640
Speaker 2: it done. I mean, you know, these players can get

468
00:20:37,640 --> 00:20:40,240
Speaker 2: it done for Alabama, but they have been inconsistent thus

469
00:20:40,240 --> 00:20:42,920
Speaker 2: far this year. And it doesn't stop at linebacker. Their

470
00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:46,080
Speaker 2: offensive line issues. And I think this was another really

471
00:20:46,119 --> 00:20:47,960
Speaker 2: good point that was actually brought up over there on

472
00:20:48,000 --> 00:20:50,639
Speaker 2: the board. Really had I think a lot to do

473
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Speaker 2: with that center position, and Travis Reryer had talked about

474
00:20:53,720 --> 00:20:56,560
Speaker 2: this a lot last week, but it was taking a

475
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Speaker 2: new center out on the road and that particular off

476
00:21:00,000 --> 00:21:04,480
Speaker 2: defensive line group working together center included for the first

477
00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:07,880
Speaker 2: time on the road. It created issues for them that

478
00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,120
Speaker 2: may sound like a non issue. You know, that may

479
00:21:10,119 --> 00:21:11,800
Speaker 2: sound like, well, when you snapped the ball, you snapped

480
00:21:11,800 --> 00:21:14,399
Speaker 2: the ball, Well, you got to understand what a fourth

481
00:21:14,400 --> 00:21:16,080
Speaker 2: of a second. You know what a third of a

482
00:21:16,080 --> 00:21:18,120
Speaker 2: second means in that kind of game, When you got

483
00:21:18,160 --> 00:21:20,359
Speaker 2: the kind of speed rush and edge rush and just

484
00:21:20,440 --> 00:21:22,560
Speaker 2: overall athleticism in the front that Florida does.

485
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Speaker 1: You know, half a second means a whole lot.

486
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Speaker 2: And they were about half a second slow, and a

487
00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:28,560
Speaker 2: lot of their get off and they were.

488
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Speaker 1: Also very poor in communication.

489
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Speaker 2: A lot of that stems from being new and inexperienced

490
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Speaker 2: and especially together at center. These are two things that

491
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Speaker 2: I've explained to you so far that can be rectified.

492
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Speaker 2: The third thing, and I think this is paramount, is

493
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,080
Speaker 2: they've got to get deeper at receiver. They got to

494
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Speaker 2: have a third and I would prefer a fourth option

495
00:21:50,000 --> 00:21:52,320
Speaker 2: that they can really lean on. This time last year,

496
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Speaker 2: it was probably around this time actually that they lost

497
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Speaker 2: Jalen Waddle. It was I think the Tennessee game. I'm

498
00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:03,720
Speaker 2: not mistaken. They lost Jalen Waddle, and they seem to

499
00:22:03,800 --> 00:22:06,280
Speaker 2: never miss a beat. And the reason is because they

500
00:22:06,280 --> 00:22:09,440
Speaker 2: had John Metchi as the third receiver. But then when

501
00:22:09,480 --> 00:22:12,520
Speaker 2: Waddle went down, Mechi, yeah, he stepped up. But then

502
00:22:12,560 --> 00:22:15,360
Speaker 2: you had Najie Harris, who was a godsend not only

503
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Speaker 2: is a running.

504
00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:17,840
Speaker 1: Back but as a pass catcher out of the backfield.

505
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Speaker 2: But that's also when Julil Billingsley started to emerge a

506
00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,919
Speaker 2: whole lot more as a receiver. Even though he's technically

507
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Speaker 2: listed as a tight end.

508
00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:26,760
Speaker 1: Who is that this year?

509
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Speaker 2: Because you're counting on Mechi to be one of your

510
00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:31,640
Speaker 2: go tos, know, you're counting on him, and you're counting

511
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Speaker 2: on James and Williams. So you got from Ohio State

512
00:22:33,920 --> 00:22:35,520
Speaker 2: and you know that you can count on those guys

513
00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,359
Speaker 2: to be kind and to please a cousin of mine,

514
00:22:40,359 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 2: and Montgomery slave Bolden probably not going to be the

515
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Speaker 2: guy ultimately who fills that role for them. There is

516
00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:49,879
Speaker 2: a full on free Jojo Earl movement underway amongst Bama

517
00:22:49,920 --> 00:22:53,120
Speaker 2: fans that I happen to endorse Jojo Earl. I think

518
00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:55,639
Speaker 2: it's inevitable that you're going to see him get a

519
00:22:55,640 --> 00:22:58,480
Speaker 2: lot more touches down the road starting last week. Really,

520
00:22:59,240 --> 00:23:02,199
Speaker 2: but outside him, when you hear Nick Saban be so

521
00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:05,399
Speaker 2: demonstrative when he's talking about guys like a gy hole

522
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:08,920
Speaker 2: and he's talking about these other receivers, he knows he's

523
00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:10,040
Speaker 2: got the talent there.

524
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Speaker 1: It's not a talent issue. Can they depend on guys.

525
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Speaker 2: They will not put them on the field if they

526
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Speaker 2: cannot count on them to be secure with the ball,

527
00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:20,120
Speaker 2: to execute their assignment to block.

528
00:23:19,920 --> 00:23:21,440
Speaker 1: If they can't count on them to do that.

529
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Speaker 2: Guys, it's not just about catching a ball and putting

530
00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:26,439
Speaker 2: a couple of highlight plays on a reel. That's not

531
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Speaker 2: how you play the receiver position anywhere, much less of

532
00:23:28,880 --> 00:23:32,159
Speaker 2: a place like Alabama. The reason he gets so aggravated

533
00:23:32,359 --> 00:23:35,160
Speaker 2: is because he knows they got the horses, they got

534
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Speaker 2: to learn to run the right way. And that's what

535
00:23:37,560 --> 00:23:39,640
Speaker 2: to watch again, because this is the third point I've

536
00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,359
Speaker 2: made now where it's not a talent issue. There's not

537
00:23:42,440 --> 00:23:45,439
Speaker 2: a deficiency and talent. They've got it. They got to

538
00:23:45,480 --> 00:23:48,600
Speaker 2: get it consistent that normally happens. A hallmark of good

539
00:23:48,640 --> 00:23:51,040
Speaker 2: teams is they keep improving. And so I would venture

540
00:23:51,080 --> 00:23:53,320
Speaker 2: to think all these compartments so far we talked about,

541
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Speaker 2: here's going to be improvement that happens, and I think.

542
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Speaker 1: Alabama's going to round in the form that is a

543
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Speaker 1: lot better than what you're seeing right now.

544
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Speaker 2: But I'll tell you another thing Old Vigo said over

545
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Speaker 2: there that I could not help but agree with, is

546
00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:09,920
Speaker 2: he pointed out some criticism that's being levied at Bryce Young.

547
00:24:10,080 --> 00:24:13,160
Speaker 2: I have no clue where it comes from. And maybe

548
00:24:13,160 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 2: you're someone who's been critical of Bryce Young. Let me

549
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 2: just ask you something, because I think it's laughable. I

550
00:24:18,119 --> 00:24:21,080
Speaker 2: think Bryce Young's played very good. Notice what I didn't say.

551
00:24:21,200 --> 00:24:23,760
Speaker 2: I didn't say flawless. I just said from what you

552
00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:27,399
Speaker 2: should reasonably expect from a first year starter with an

553
00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:31,320
Speaker 2: inadequate at times offensive line on an undependable run game,

554
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,920
Speaker 2: not quality elite depth that's emerged at receiver yet. Oh

555
00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:37,879
Speaker 2: and by the way, a new coordinator and you go

556
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:39,359
Speaker 2: on the road the first time is still find a

557
00:24:39,359 --> 00:24:41,400
Speaker 2: way to win a game. I don't know what more

558
00:24:41,440 --> 00:24:44,639
Speaker 2: you're expecting. People got drunk on watching Joe Burrow and

559
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Speaker 2: Mac Jones.

560
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Speaker 1: Is what happened.

561
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Speaker 2: That's not real foot that's not real life. That's not

562
00:24:48,960 --> 00:24:53,359
Speaker 2: real world expectation. That's fantasy football. That's video game world.

563
00:24:53,520 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 2: That should never be able to happen. Those were super

564
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Speaker 2: human type performances. The real world.

565
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Speaker 1: Looks like this. It looks like DJ at Clemson. It

566
00:25:01,680 --> 00:25:03,280
Speaker 1: looks like Stroud at Ohio State.

567
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:06,360
Speaker 2: The first time you step on the field, it should

568
00:25:06,359 --> 00:25:08,800
Speaker 2: be hard. Should always be hard, but it should even

569
00:25:08,840 --> 00:25:11,400
Speaker 2: look hard to the common eye at home.

570
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Speaker 1: The first time you're stepping on the field.

571
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Speaker 2: I think Bryce Young has performed very admirably. Let me

572
00:25:15,760 --> 00:25:18,160
Speaker 2: tell you how you'd know if he hasn't, they would

573
00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:21,120
Speaker 2: have again taken an l home from Gainesville the other day.

574
00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:24,640
Speaker 2: If he wasn't playing admirably, he doesn't have that offensive

575
00:25:24,680 --> 00:25:26,879
Speaker 2: line Mac Jones had to lean on. He doesn't have

576
00:25:27,359 --> 00:25:30,040
Speaker 2: receivers coming off a conveyor belt like mac Jones had,

577
00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:31,840
Speaker 2: and even two I had to a certain extent. They

578
00:25:31,840 --> 00:25:34,240
Speaker 2: don't have that right now, but they do have him

579
00:25:34,359 --> 00:25:36,680
Speaker 2: playing good enough to win football games. I don't think

580
00:25:36,680 --> 00:25:38,720
Speaker 2: it's gonna get worse. I think it's only gonna get better.

581
00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:41,919
Speaker 2: So where is Alabama right now? I think they're in

582
00:25:42,000 --> 00:25:45,560
Speaker 2: the early stages of rounding into eventually what they're gonna be.

583
00:25:45,960 --> 00:25:49,520
Speaker 2: You saw their schedule earlier. They've got some time. But

584
00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:53,240
Speaker 2: here's the problem. You see that date next week, actually

585
00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:57,080
Speaker 2: on October second, against Ole Miss. That's the time when

586
00:25:57,119 --> 00:25:59,920
Speaker 2: you may have to trade points. See this game last

587
00:26:00,080 --> 00:26:02,400
Speaker 2: week in Gainesville, it wasn't a first to forty five.

588
00:26:02,400 --> 00:26:04,680
Speaker 2: It ended up being about a first to thirty type deal.

589
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:10,080
Speaker 2: I don't know, given what that defense looked like last week,

590
00:26:10,720 --> 00:26:13,040
Speaker 2: that thirty is going to be enough next week. I

591
00:26:13,080 --> 00:26:15,359
Speaker 2: know that makes you very uncomfortable, but we all remember

592
00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:19,879
Speaker 2: what happened last year too. So yeah, that receiver depth

593
00:26:20,040 --> 00:26:23,800
Speaker 2: development and dependability development, and that cohesion and consistency.

594
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Speaker 1: It'll be a lot easier playing at home.

595
00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,400
Speaker 2: But it's also you know, it's a task at hand

596
00:26:28,440 --> 00:26:29,400
Speaker 2: that you still got to get done.

597
00:26:29,520 --> 00:26:31,600
Speaker 1: So that's how I view Alabama right now.

598
00:26:32,560 --> 00:26:34,440
Speaker 2: I don't make a lot of promises, but I could

599
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 2: pretty much promise you the conversation we're having about them

600
00:26:36,560 --> 00:26:41,040
Speaker 2: in November will sound a lot different. I got a

601
00:26:41,080 --> 00:26:43,000
Speaker 2: lot of things I'm watching in week four, and I

602
00:26:43,040 --> 00:26:46,120
Speaker 2: would encourage you to watch them with me. Ohio State

603
00:26:46,160 --> 00:26:49,040
Speaker 2: made an announcement today, Ryan Day to put a finer

604
00:26:49,040 --> 00:26:49,520
Speaker 2: point on it.

605
00:26:49,560 --> 00:26:51,600
Speaker 1: The head coach there. They're playing Akron.

606
00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:54,240
Speaker 2: I don't talk about Akron a whole lot, all due respect,

607
00:26:54,520 --> 00:26:56,639
Speaker 2: but Kyle McCord is starting at quarterback.

608
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Speaker 1: C J.

609
00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:01,159
Speaker 2: Stroud is being given the day off to rest an

610
00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:05,000
Speaker 2: injured shoulder, and this has taken a baseball bat to

611
00:27:05,000 --> 00:27:07,600
Speaker 2: the hornet's nest up in Columbus. A lot of people

612
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,280
Speaker 2: have a lot of things to say about this, and

613
00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:13,040
Speaker 2: there are several different ways this can go called.

614
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:16,359
Speaker 1: CJ. Stroud has not just lit the world on fire.

615
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:17,680
Speaker 1: I don't think he's played.

616
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:20,919
Speaker 2: Bad, but he has not met the expectation level that

617
00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:23,040
Speaker 2: a lot of people set, whether it was falsely set

618
00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:26,560
Speaker 2: or not, he has not met it yet. And so

619
00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,920
Speaker 2: now this was going to be the game he got

620
00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:32,880
Speaker 2: fat during, but instead he's not playing and Kyle McCord's

621
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:33,280
Speaker 2: going to come in.

622
00:27:33,400 --> 00:27:37,240
Speaker 1: Remember this was a quarterback battle during camp. It was CJ.

623
00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:39,760
Speaker 2: Stroud in the catbird seat the whole time. But this

624
00:27:39,920 --> 00:27:43,360
Speaker 2: was a battle didn't get technically decided until a week

625
00:27:43,440 --> 00:27:47,040
Speaker 2: or two before the season starting. So anyway, there were

626
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:49,960
Speaker 2: people up there that whispered about Kyle mccorden, Well, maybe

627
00:27:50,000 --> 00:27:50,600
Speaker 2: he's the right.

628
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:51,120
Speaker 1: Guy for the job.

629
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Speaker 2: Okay, with that being the backdrop, I want you to

630
00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,600
Speaker 2: understand something about Akron. This is as close to throwing

631
00:27:56,640 --> 00:27:59,680
Speaker 2: the ball against air as any FBS team will come.

632
00:28:00,160 --> 00:28:02,400
Speaker 2: One of the worst pass defenses you will ever see.

633
00:28:02,920 --> 00:28:06,359
Speaker 2: There is zero doubt that this is going to be

634
00:28:06,400 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 2: a complete blow torch job that Kyle McCord is able

635
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:11,720
Speaker 2: to execute. Even if they don't let him throw the

636
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:13,720
Speaker 2: ball a lot, it's still going to be a torch job.

637
00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,199
Speaker 2: There should be I mean, there should be zip codes

638
00:28:16,359 --> 00:28:19,240
Speaker 2: between some of these Ohio State receivers and their nearest defender.

639
00:28:19,440 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: So that's gonna happen.

640
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:23,359
Speaker 2: It's a fact that Kyle McCord's gonna look really good

641
00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 2: this Saturday. There's several ways this can go. Okay, Here's

642
00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,760
Speaker 2: what I think I know about Ohio State. I think

643
00:28:29,800 --> 00:28:32,520
Speaker 2: it's a fact that CJ. Stroud has had.

644
00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:33,760
Speaker 1: Some consistency issues.

645
00:28:34,080 --> 00:28:36,879
Speaker 2: I think it's also a fact that Ryan Day chose

646
00:28:36,960 --> 00:28:40,240
Speaker 2: him for a reason. And I think the reason is

647
00:28:40,280 --> 00:28:42,280
Speaker 2: because he knows a whole lot more than I or

648
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:45,480
Speaker 2: you do about Ohio State football and how to win, namely,

649
00:28:45,920 --> 00:28:47,560
Speaker 2: and he viewed him as the best guy for the

650
00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,440
Speaker 2: job that gave them the best chance to do that.

651
00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 1: But here's now the speculation that seeks in if CJ.

652
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 2: Stroud is struggling due to injury, then what kind of

653
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:01,560
Speaker 2: injury are we talking about? They are notoriously tight lipped

654
00:29:01,640 --> 00:29:04,680
Speaker 2: up there. All we know is it's like a sore shoulder.

655
00:29:04,720 --> 00:29:07,440
Speaker 2: But you really don't know what that means. If this

656
00:29:07,520 --> 00:29:10,240
Speaker 2: were just something where he's got an ingrown toenail and

657
00:29:10,280 --> 00:29:13,280
Speaker 2: it's not something that develops his passing, well, when he's good,

658
00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:16,080
Speaker 2: he's good. But if Kyle McCord lights the world on

659
00:29:16,120 --> 00:29:19,560
Speaker 2: fire spoiler alert, he will Saturday and CJ. Stroud is

660
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 2: still slow to mend, boy, could really put you in

661
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,000
Speaker 2: a little predicament trying to make a decision as to

662
00:29:25,040 --> 00:29:27,120
Speaker 2: who's your starter week to week, and that's the last

663
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:30,080
Speaker 2: place a coaching staff wants to be. That's why there

664
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 2: are consequences to success. It has been a success to

665
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,560
Speaker 2: win to the degree that Ohio State has, it's a

666
00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:39,840
Speaker 2: success to recruit to the degree they have. But now

667
00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 2: you get to suffer a consequence of your success, and

668
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,480
Speaker 2: that is having all this quarterback depth. It's a good thing,

669
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:48,320
Speaker 2: but that doesn't make it easy to handle or manage.

670
00:29:48,480 --> 00:29:51,040
Speaker 2: So watch that. You know, when Ohio State's up fifty

671
00:29:51,040 --> 00:29:53,560
Speaker 2: five to three at probably halftime, and you look at

672
00:29:53,560 --> 00:29:55,880
Speaker 2: that stat line, is it going to be we don't

673
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,680
Speaker 2: care he did it against Akron or it's undeniable. Even

674
00:29:58,720 --> 00:30:01,560
Speaker 2: if it is against Akron. You'll see that tone will

675
00:30:01,640 --> 00:30:05,760
Speaker 2: change at Ohio State. How about Texas Texas we already

676
00:30:05,760 --> 00:30:09,040
Speaker 2: talked about earlier in the show. Texas welcomes in Texas

677
00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:12,080
Speaker 2: Tech into Austin Saturday. The line on this thing is

678
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 2: about seven or seven and a half. Texas has been

679
00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,400
Speaker 2: wonderful this year on third down offensively, They've made the

680
00:30:19,440 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 2: quarterback switch to it is Casey Thompson's job now it

681
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,800
Speaker 2: was Hudson Card. We saw the change getting made at Arkansas.

682
00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:30,120
Speaker 2: We saw Casey Thompson last week light rice on fire,

683
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:32,760
Speaker 2: don't lose to food, and so boy, they need it

684
00:30:32,760 --> 00:30:35,480
Speaker 2: this week. They need to be razor efficient on third down.

685
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:37,960
Speaker 2: They need to keep Texas Tech off the field. There

686
00:30:38,000 --> 00:30:40,160
Speaker 2: is a great unknown in the Big twelve, and that

687
00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:42,680
Speaker 2: is how good is Texas Tech. Remember we talked about

688
00:30:42,760 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 2: him in August. I told you I had a staffer

689
00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:47,200
Speaker 2: out there in the Big twelve. Tell me a lot

690
00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:48,959
Speaker 2: of folks around here at cutting an eye over at

691
00:30:49,000 --> 00:30:51,680
Speaker 2: Lubbock because they got a lot of size at receiver.

692
00:30:52,360 --> 00:30:53,520
Speaker 1: We think they're really good.

693
00:30:53,760 --> 00:30:57,000
Speaker 2: They ended up, we think, striking gold in the quarterback

694
00:30:57,040 --> 00:30:59,520
Speaker 2: transfer market with Tyler Schuck from Oregon. So they got

695
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:03,160
Speaker 2: a starting caliber quarterback from the transfer portal. But we

696
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:05,400
Speaker 2: don't know how good they are because they haven't played

697
00:31:05,400 --> 00:31:07,600
Speaker 2: anyone yet. But they've done what they're supposed to do

698
00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 2: against inferior competition, and all of a sudden, they're coming

699
00:31:10,000 --> 00:31:13,560
Speaker 2: in here this week. And it's one of those where

700
00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,360
Speaker 2: so many people are uneasy around Texas Like you think, oh,

701
00:31:16,400 --> 00:31:19,400
Speaker 2: if we do our job, we'll win, But you also

702
00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:22,040
Speaker 2: wonder how long can we be this efficient on third down?

703
00:31:22,080 --> 00:31:24,640
Speaker 2: And what if we go six for fourteen on third

704
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,200
Speaker 2: down this week and they end up being the one

705
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,840
Speaker 2: that's more efficient there, do they end up beating us?

706
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,080
Speaker 1: Well, here's how you avoid that. The way you avoid

707
00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:33,800
Speaker 1: it is.

708
00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:36,240
Speaker 2: You do to Texas Tech what Arkansas did to you,

709
00:31:36,520 --> 00:31:39,320
Speaker 2: because what Texas Tech has not seen is a running game,

710
00:31:39,400 --> 00:31:41,080
Speaker 2: the likes of which you should be able to put

711
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 2: on the field. In fact, you should own both lines

712
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:46,360
Speaker 2: of scrimmage. If we're being honest with ourselves. Just run

713
00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:48,000
Speaker 2: the ball and then run it some more, and run

714
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,960
Speaker 2: it some more. If you want to talk about the

715
00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:53,440
Speaker 2: best formula to make sure that Texas Tech is neutralized,

716
00:31:53,480 --> 00:31:55,520
Speaker 2: it's them not being on the field. And you have

717
00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:57,840
Speaker 2: direct say over that because of the run game. You

718
00:31:57,880 --> 00:32:01,560
Speaker 2: have seven point spread. Keep an eye on it. Florida

719
00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 2: versus Tennessee. The last time you saw Florida, obviously they

720
00:32:06,080 --> 00:32:09,280
Speaker 2: were that close. They were trying to convert two points

721
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,840
Speaker 2: to probably send the Alabama game into overtime.

722
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,440
Speaker 1: Well it fell short, So what does that mean? You

723
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:16,000
Speaker 1: don't know. No one knows.

724
00:32:16,440 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 2: This game is where we start to learn what that

725
00:32:19,680 --> 00:32:23,400
Speaker 2: close loss against Alabama meant for Florida. We've seen teams

726
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,680
Speaker 2: go in the tank after those kinds of games. We've

727
00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,560
Speaker 2: seen teams explode after those kinds of games. It's up

728
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 2: to Florida and this is one where if you're a

729
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:34,840
Speaker 2: Florida fan, you know what I'm about to say. Todd

730
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:38,800
Speaker 2: Grantham's defense has struggled against tempo. It is well documented,

731
00:32:38,840 --> 00:32:41,520
Speaker 2: it's well chronicled, and so it's kind of the same

732
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:43,920
Speaker 2: formulas we just talked about with Texas and Texas Tech.

733
00:32:44,280 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 2: Here's what you do know if you're Florida, you know

734
00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:48,040
Speaker 2: you can run the ball. You know your offensive line

735
00:32:48,080 --> 00:32:51,040
Speaker 2: had the best game under John Heavesey to date last

736
00:32:51,080 --> 00:32:52,320
Speaker 2: week against Alabama.

737
00:32:52,600 --> 00:32:54,600
Speaker 1: Do more of it. Blow them off the ball.

738
00:32:55,000 --> 00:32:58,720
Speaker 2: You got advantages in team speed, and you got advantages

739
00:32:58,760 --> 00:32:59,760
Speaker 2: and lines of scrimmage.

740
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: Take advantage of it.

741
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:03,959
Speaker 2: That's exactly how you beat Tennessee and exactly how not

742
00:33:04,120 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 2: just beat them, but that's how you stifle this whole

743
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,480
Speaker 2: upset alert early and you end up cruising to a win.

744
00:33:10,840 --> 00:33:13,920
Speaker 2: That would be impressive because you're gonna have a lot

745
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 2: of let's throw it against the wall and see what

746
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:18,480
Speaker 2: sticks kind of approach for Tennessee this week. You don't

747
00:33:18,520 --> 00:33:20,240
Speaker 2: know who the starting quarterback is going to be yet,

748
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 2: could be Hendon Hooker, could be Joe Milton. Colin doesn't

749
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:25,360
Speaker 2: even know so I surely don't know. But the speed

750
00:33:25,760 --> 00:33:28,200
Speaker 2: and the edge in the run game, it should be

751
00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:30,400
Speaker 2: good enough for Florida. They can't be messing around and

752
00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:32,720
Speaker 2: turn the ball over. You can't sleep walk against this

753
00:33:32,800 --> 00:33:34,840
Speaker 2: kind of team because they'll run seventeen plays on you

754
00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,280
Speaker 2: in the first quarter before you've even batted an I

755
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:39,320
Speaker 2: can't afford to do that. Florida needs a fast start up.

756
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:41,840
Speaker 2: What about Clemson at North Carolina State. We didn't break

757
00:33:41,840 --> 00:33:44,520
Speaker 2: this one down the other night. You know, Clemson's opened

758
00:33:44,520 --> 00:33:45,960
Speaker 2: I think is a twelve point favorite. They're a ten

759
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:48,840
Speaker 2: point favorite. Now this is on the road. It's hard

760
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:52,880
Speaker 2: to believe that this is Clemson what they've been so far,

761
00:33:53,080 --> 00:33:56,240
Speaker 2: It's hard to believe this is just them. I find

762
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,360
Speaker 2: it really hard to believe with the level of raw

763
00:33:59,400 --> 00:34:00,479
Speaker 2: team talent they have.

764
00:34:00,920 --> 00:34:02,680
Speaker 1: There's not another gear they're gonna hit.

765
00:34:02,880 --> 00:34:04,400
Speaker 2: Now that may not be a gear that's on part

766
00:34:04,440 --> 00:34:06,840
Speaker 2: with what they've been in the past offensively, But you know,

767
00:34:06,880 --> 00:34:08,040
Speaker 2: there's one team out there.

768
00:34:08,120 --> 00:34:08,799
Speaker 1: I think this is right.

769
00:34:08,840 --> 00:34:11,480
Speaker 2: I think there's one FBS team that hasn't allowed a

770
00:34:11,520 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 2: touchdown yet offensively, and it's that team in Orange. I mean,

771
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,839
Speaker 2: they've been dominant defensively. Now, what's interesting is you listen

772
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 2: to Brent Vnables after last week against Georgia Tech, and

773
00:34:21,200 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 2: you listened to Dadlis Swinney and he said, we had

774
00:34:24,000 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 2: tons of mistakes defensively. You guys don't know because we

775
00:34:28,239 --> 00:34:30,520
Speaker 2: didn't have to pay for him. But just because we

776
00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 2: didn't pay for them doesn't mean they weren't there. Now

777
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:34,839
Speaker 2: that's something to file away, because I don't think they're

778
00:34:34,880 --> 00:34:35,600
Speaker 2: lying about that.

779
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:38,640
Speaker 1: It's just it just so happens that Georgia Tech didn't

780
00:34:38,640 --> 00:34:39,319
Speaker 1: make him pay for it.

781
00:34:39,560 --> 00:34:42,160
Speaker 2: So tuck that away because I don't necessarily know if

782
00:34:42,200 --> 00:34:44,120
Speaker 2: this is the offense that'll make them pay for it either.

783
00:34:44,360 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 2: But I will tell you this, If you think that

784
00:34:47,640 --> 00:34:50,440
Speaker 2: what you saw NC State do or not do against

785
00:34:50,440 --> 00:34:54,080
Speaker 2: Mississippi State has much bearing in this game, you're probably wrong.

786
00:34:54,360 --> 00:34:56,479
Speaker 2: You probably hadn't watched much college football in your life.

787
00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 2: This is pure super Bowl mode for North Carolina State.

788
00:35:00,120 --> 00:35:03,000
Speaker 2: All the focus is on this Clemson offense, but you

789
00:35:03,080 --> 00:35:05,160
Speaker 2: got a defense you know you can lean on. Problem

790
00:35:05,200 --> 00:35:07,520
Speaker 2: for Clemson is n c State feels the same way

791
00:35:07,600 --> 00:35:10,840
Speaker 2: right now, Dabo said earlier this week, and I agree

792
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 2: that it is probably the most athletic, maybe even the best,

793
00:35:13,520 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 2: flat out offensive line that they'll play all year. And

794
00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 2: he's including Georgia in that statement. So you know, maybe

795
00:35:19,480 --> 00:35:22,239
Speaker 2: there are some plays to be had against Clemson. We

796
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,279
Speaker 2: just haven't seen someone properly equipped to do it so far.

797
00:35:25,920 --> 00:35:28,719
Speaker 2: This is one I think that will be close. Now

798
00:35:28,760 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 2: our model tends to light Clemson to cover boys.

799
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:32,960
Speaker 1: It's hard. You know.

800
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:35,560
Speaker 2: It's something that I looked at and I said, interesting,

801
00:35:35,840 --> 00:35:37,359
Speaker 2: I think I'll go elsewhere this week.

802
00:35:37,560 --> 00:35:38,279
Speaker 1: Keep an eye on that.

803
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:42,080
Speaker 2: That's a three thirty kickoff North Carolina at Georgia Tech. Kinda,

804
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:44,920
Speaker 2: North Carolina is going to Atlanta. They're not going to

805
00:35:44,920 --> 00:35:47,680
Speaker 2: Grant Field. They're playing this one in Mercedes Benz Stadium.

806
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,800
Speaker 2: A lot of conjecture out there about it. Who'll actually

807
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,360
Speaker 2: have the home field advantage in terms of overall attendance numbers.

808
00:35:53,840 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 2: North Carolina will be well represented there. I can tell

809
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,839
Speaker 2: you that this is kind of step two for North

810
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,920
Speaker 2: Carolina's redemption. They're not calling it that yet, but we

811
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 2: gotta label everything. So I'm gonna call it a redemption tour.

812
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,839
Speaker 2: You lost in Virginia Tech, unlike some of these other

813
00:36:06,840 --> 00:36:09,120
Speaker 2: teams that lost in Week one. That's a conference loss,

814
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,919
Speaker 2: So you're already behind the eight ball in conference play.

815
00:36:12,400 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 2: That's okay as long as you get your act together.

816
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:19,240
Speaker 2: Do they have their act together? Is that Virginia sample size?

817
00:36:19,239 --> 00:36:21,440
Speaker 2: In other words, is that enough to show us everything

818
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:21,960
Speaker 2: we need to know?

819
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:23,040
Speaker 1: Well?

820
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 2: I think what happened last week with Georgia Tech versus

821
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:29,840
Speaker 2: Clemson did both of these teams favors.

822
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 1: It showed Georgia Tech maybe we.

823
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 2: Have taken steps forward, maybe we can compete with the best.

824
00:36:36,280 --> 00:36:38,960
Speaker 2: But it also probably did Mac Brown a huge favor

825
00:36:39,280 --> 00:36:41,880
Speaker 2: because it grabbed his entire team by the shoulders. It

826
00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,799
Speaker 2: shook him and said, do you see this team right here?

827
00:36:44,920 --> 00:36:47,880
Speaker 2: This is not a pushover. Now they almost beat Clemson

828
00:36:48,000 --> 00:36:50,160
Speaker 2: last week. It's not a pushover. And Mac Brown probably

829
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:51,480
Speaker 2: didn't have to do anything other than pop on the

830
00:36:51,480 --> 00:36:53,200
Speaker 2: tape and then just kind of look around with a

831
00:36:53,239 --> 00:36:55,200
Speaker 2: toothpick in his mouth. So I think you'll get the

832
00:36:55,200 --> 00:36:58,560
Speaker 2: best effort from both teams. Chunk plays, That's what to

833
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,839
Speaker 2: pay attention to here. Chunk plays, cause North Carolina had

834
00:37:01,840 --> 00:37:04,759
Speaker 2: a ton of them against Virginia last week. Georgia Tech

835
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:06,600
Speaker 2: didn't give up a whole lot of them, and so

836
00:37:06,800 --> 00:37:09,319
Speaker 2: it's very interesting if this becomes what we call a

837
00:37:09,320 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 2: bear trap game, and that is, you buy into a

838
00:37:12,640 --> 00:37:15,520
Speaker 2: team that's putting up crooked numbers offensively, but it is

839
00:37:15,560 --> 00:37:19,359
Speaker 2: so heavily predicated on explosive plays that when you face

840
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,520
Speaker 2: a team that can kind of bury o Tom you

841
00:37:21,640 --> 00:37:22,000
Speaker 2: to death.

842
00:37:22,120 --> 00:37:24,279
Speaker 1: Give up the underneath stuff, but they take away the

843
00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:24,920
Speaker 1: deep stuff.

844
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,880
Speaker 2: Eventually they bear trap you and you get bored settling

845
00:37:28,920 --> 00:37:31,080
Speaker 2: for the underneath stuff and you fall into the trap

846
00:37:31,080 --> 00:37:33,280
Speaker 2: they've set and they end up plus three turnovers beating

847
00:37:33,280 --> 00:37:35,960
Speaker 2: you twenty seven to twenty six. If Georgia Tech's to

848
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:39,120
Speaker 2: win this game, that's probably how they pull it off. Offensively,

849
00:37:40,239 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 2: it's not a David, it's not a Goliath Goliath kind

850
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 2: of deal, but it could be a bear trap game.

851
00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:46,839
Speaker 2: There is a path for Georgia Tech to win this thing.

852
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:49,360
Speaker 2: The line's under two touchdowns. It's about twelve twelve and

853
00:37:49,400 --> 00:37:51,279
Speaker 2: a half right now, So keep an eye on that one.

854
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,000
Speaker 2: There are so many more games. Iowa State is a

855
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:57,200
Speaker 2: seven point favorite at Baylor, be careful again.

856
00:37:57,680 --> 00:38:00,200
Speaker 1: That's one where Iowa State. You know they're entight. Your

857
00:38:00,200 --> 00:38:01,720
Speaker 1: skater mode can afford another loss.

858
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 2: How about Kentucky favor by five at South Carolina. Rutgers

859
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:09,359
Speaker 2: is going to Michigan. Michigan's favored by twenty. We may

860
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:11,760
Speaker 2: very well get on Rutgers by the time kickoff happens.

861
00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:15,080
Speaker 2: On the Romannudle Express, Kansas State's headed to Oklahoma State

862
00:38:15,280 --> 00:38:18,360
Speaker 2: that's under a touchdown spread. Michigan State under a touchdown

863
00:38:18,400 --> 00:38:21,799
Speaker 2: favorite against Nebraska. There are a lot of games on

864
00:38:21,920 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 2: this undercard that bear close watching this Saturday. Again, as always,

865
00:38:26,280 --> 00:38:28,840
Speaker 2: don't let them tell you it is a Saturday to overlook.

866
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:30,880
Speaker 2: Don't let them tell you. This is the one that

867
00:38:30,920 --> 00:38:32,880
Speaker 2: we can go to the hardware store on. This is

868
00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:36,200
Speaker 2: the one we can go to our cousin's wedding on. No, no, no.

869
00:38:37,960 --> 00:38:40,200
Speaker 1: Meanwhile, let's finish out the Romannulal Express. Here.

870
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:43,319
Speaker 2: We added another best bet earlier today. If you're not

871
00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:45,799
Speaker 2: make sure you're following on Twitter at late kick Josh

872
00:38:45,880 --> 00:38:47,920
Speaker 2: got to make sure you're following or else, well, you

873
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Speaker 2: miss a lot of the best numbers. So here's what

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Speaker 2: we already have to go over this one more time.

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Speaker 2: We got Army minus six and a half. You've already

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Speaker 2: missed that number if you didn't get it earlier in

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Speaker 2: the week. We got Central Michigan minus ten and a half.

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Speaker 2: They're playing Florida International. We got Utah State plus nine

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Speaker 2: and a half. They're playing Boise, San Jose State plus

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Speaker 2: one and a half. Travel nightmare for the Spartans, but

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Speaker 2: we're taking them anyway. They're on the road at Western Michigan. Okay,

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Speaker 2: We've taken Colorado plus fourteen and a half at Arizona State,

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Speaker 2: and then today we took one of the worst teams

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Speaker 2: on the planet, Louisiana Monroe at home against Troy Louisiana

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Speaker 2: Monroe plus twenty four. I saw some talk out there

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Speaker 2: today that some models actually project ul Monroe to score

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Speaker 2: negative points. Well, I had I had direct to Colin

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Speaker 2: and I had curator Colin go through the history books,

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Speaker 2: and that's never happened. They're not gonna be held under scoreless.

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Speaker 2: So we're gonna be okay. We're gonna make it together.

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Speaker 2: Make sure you're following on Instagram live too, because I

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Speaker 2: would imagine we're gonna add more to this.

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Speaker 1: So I don't think the Raminudel Express is full.

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Speaker 2: We have not put the caboose on that thing yet,

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Speaker 2: so make sure you're following pause. Once I get in

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Speaker 2: a hotel room tomorrow night in Dallas, we will have

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Speaker 2: some things to discuss, just you and I. For Director Colin,

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Speaker 2: for our entire crew in Fort Lauderdale, I'm Josh Paate.

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Speaker 2: Have yourselves great weekend. Can't wait to see you guys

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Speaker 2: in Dallas. Until then, have yourselves a great Friday and

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Speaker 2: God bless