WEBVTT - 2017 Big 12 Conference Preview 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:06.880 Welcome to the solid verbal. Come that for me. I'm 0:00:06.920 --> 0:00:09.680 a man, I'm forty. I've heard so many players say, well, 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:11.639 I want to be happy. You want to be happy 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:16.040 for Dake Edith state is that? Whoo whoom? And Dan 0:00:16.360 --> 0:00:22.360 and Tye welcome back to the solid verbal Boys and girls. 0:00:22.400 --> 0:00:26.120 My name is ty Hildenbrand, joining me the far side 0:00:27.040 --> 0:00:31.040 a planet Earth. Dan Rubinstein, sir, how are you? I'm 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:36.560 ready for previews? Oh freaking yeah. 0:00:36.600 --> 0:00:39.680 So we're into August. It is preview time, Ty, How 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:42.440 are we handling said previews? In the past, We've done 0:00:42.440 --> 0:00:45.800 conference previews. We have done you know s and p 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:51.000 top forty countdown previews. We did previews as it relates 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:53.800 to which team got you. I mean, this was your idea, 0:00:53.840 --> 0:00:56.440 I got you most aroused. I remember that was a 0:00:56.480 --> 0:00:58.040 strange year, but you know, we got through it and 0:00:58.080 --> 0:00:59.200 I think we're the better for it. 0:00:59.120 --> 0:01:01.400 It was what are we weird? G chat? Yeah? Yes, 0:01:01.880 --> 0:01:03.960 what are we doing this yere? While I'm still waiting 0:01:04.000 --> 0:01:06.520 for the checks to clear? And depending on who donated 0:01:06.560 --> 0:01:09.800 the most money, that will be who we spend most 0:01:09.800 --> 0:01:10.679 of our time covering. 0:01:11.080 --> 0:01:13.280 I like that and who we like the most. Where 0:01:13.360 --> 0:01:14.839 you're biased towards the most. 0:01:14.880 --> 0:01:17.560 Yeah, that's the way this thing works here in the media. 0:01:17.640 --> 0:01:20.680 So here here's the deal. As you mentioned, we we've 0:01:20.720 --> 0:01:25.959 done a bunch of different cuts on season previews last 0:01:26.000 --> 0:01:29.160 two years. I believe we've done the top forty or 0:01:29.280 --> 0:01:32.720 top whatever according to the S and P Plus. The 0:01:32.800 --> 0:01:35.480 S and P plus is still going to have a 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:39.320 pretty big role in how we preview teams building up 0:01:39.319 --> 0:01:41.720 to the twenty seventeen season. We're going to try and 0:01:41.760 --> 0:01:45.840 have a conference conversation here each and every week now 0:01:45.880 --> 0:01:48.720 in the build up to the season. Tonight, we're going 0:01:48.800 --> 0:01:51.320 to do Big twelve. We're going to start there. But 0:01:51.760 --> 0:01:55.080 what we didn't want to do is leave some teams 0:01:55.120 --> 0:01:58.120 like Iowa State out because Iowa State to me as 0:01:58.160 --> 0:01:59.800 a team that I'm really excited about that I want 0:01:59.840 --> 0:02:02.480 to talk about that. I know we have fans who 0:02:02.480 --> 0:02:04.640 listen to the show want to get a little bit 0:02:04.680 --> 0:02:07.680 igh with State. Matt Campbell discussion out there for some 0:02:07.720 --> 0:02:09.919 people who might be interested in really just how they 0:02:09.960 --> 0:02:13.480 fit into the whole Big twelve equations. So a conference 0:02:13.560 --> 0:02:16.680 conversation is how we are going to approach each of 0:02:16.720 --> 0:02:19.919 the Power five conferences. And then we've also got some 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:24.040 important nuggets about the group of five conferences as well. Correct. 0:02:24.040 --> 0:02:26.520 I think tonight we're gonna do the American Conference or 0:02:26.680 --> 0:02:27.920 the Act. 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:29.360 The Power six. 0:02:30.000 --> 0:02:34.160 Maybe according to the American Conference, the sixth team are 0:02:34.200 --> 0:02:36.040 the sixth conference. Excuse me, Yes, So we're gonna do 0:02:36.080 --> 0:02:38.600 some nuggets about the American after we talk about the 0:02:38.600 --> 0:02:41.160 Big Twelve. We're going to touch on all of the 0:02:41.200 --> 0:02:43.400 teams in some fashion or form. 0:02:43.960 --> 0:02:47.600 But first time, I have breaking news. Oh, breaking news. 0:02:47.639 --> 0:02:57.000 Okay, yeah, double breaking news. 0:02:57.000 --> 0:02:59.760 Here we go. Who whoa? Whoa? Did you want to 0:02:59.760 --> 0:03:02.520 play again? No? Just once once? Oh? 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I will be yeah, a lot going on here. 0:08:44.160 --> 0:08:47.600 As we turn the calendar to August, there will be 0:08:47.679 --> 0:08:50.319 a pick and pool out on Yahoo which will advertise 0:08:50.679 --> 0:08:55.280 progressively more and more as we get closer to the season. Ty, 0:08:55.360 --> 0:08:58.760 can we talk about football? I love to talk about football, Dan, 0:08:58.800 --> 0:09:04.240 I'm going to play this. I already gave away the 0:09:04.280 --> 0:09:06.560 game in saying that we're gonna talk about the Big Twelve. 0:09:07.040 --> 0:09:12.480 Yeah here, But what are your thoughts in the Big Twelve? 0:09:12.480 --> 0:09:16.319 How are you feeling about this conference? Dan? I feel 0:09:16.320 --> 0:09:18.360 pretty good. I was trying to come up with something 0:09:18.400 --> 0:09:21.000 clever or flashy, or a way to brand the Big 0:09:21.040 --> 0:09:23.400 Twelve as a whole, and all I could come ahle, 0:09:23.440 --> 0:09:26.439 I came up with two things. One I probably should 0:09:26.440 --> 0:09:31.880 have like heavy metal under me, but incremental improvement. Incremental 0:09:31.960 --> 0:09:38.640 improvement or El Pasco. Yeah, Well here's my thing. Yeah, 0:09:38.679 --> 0:09:42.800 every team in the Big Twelve has a big, bold, 0:09:44.120 --> 0:09:50.280 seventy two point aerial question mark, and the only differentiator 0:09:50.320 --> 0:09:53.880 for Oklahoma is that their question mark is only big 0:09:53.880 --> 0:09:57.120 and bold, but thirty six points, yes, not quite as big. 0:09:57.600 --> 0:10:01.920 They to me represent the clear top tier in the 0:10:01.920 --> 0:10:05.400 Big Twelve this season. Beyond that, though, I think it's 0:10:05.559 --> 0:10:09.200 really interesting. Incremental Improvement's a good way to phrase it. 0:10:10.240 --> 0:10:13.600 But as a whole, most of the teams, if not 0:10:13.720 --> 0:10:16.360 all of the teams in the conference, save for maybe 0:10:16.360 --> 0:10:20.000 West Virginia, which we'll talk about here momentarily, save for 0:10:20.080 --> 0:10:22.760 maybe Baylor, who knows where they're going, Save for maybe 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:26.360 Texas Tech. Because it's always the same preview each and 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:30.720 every year under Cliff Kingsbury. Most teams across the board, 0:10:30.760 --> 0:10:33.160 I think are going to get better enough production, coming 0:10:33.240 --> 0:10:36.160 back enough improvements made towards the latter half of last season, 0:10:36.840 --> 0:10:39.560 we should see a better conference as a whole in 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:40.679 the Big Twelve this year. 0:10:41.000 --> 0:10:45.040 The clear worst Power five or Power six, all things considered, 0:10:45.160 --> 0:10:48.600 conference that there was in twenty sixteen. I believe, the 0:10:48.600 --> 0:10:51.240 only Power five conference with fewer than fifty percent of 0:10:51.240 --> 0:10:54.680 their teams finishing with a winning record, which is it's 0:10:54.720 --> 0:10:58.000 pretty unacceptable, it really is. But I understand they play 0:10:58.080 --> 0:11:02.160 nine conference games and other conferences don't. But there's no reason, 0:11:02.240 --> 0:11:05.400 considering the level of talent generally speaking in this area, 0:11:05.480 --> 0:11:09.320 that more than five teams can't finish with the winning record. 0:11:09.520 --> 0:11:12.080 The non conference schedules sort of up and down across 0:11:12.120 --> 0:11:14.880 the board, but I think it's fair to assume that 0:11:14.960 --> 0:11:16.960 this conference can only go up from where they were 0:11:17.040 --> 0:11:17.520 last year. 0:11:17.840 --> 0:11:19.840 I would agree with that. So what I think we'll 0:11:19.840 --> 0:11:25.280 do talk about our general impressions of the teams within 0:11:25.320 --> 0:11:28.760 the Big twelve, how we see them all meshing, how 0:11:28.760 --> 0:11:32.360 we see them all knocking each other off, throwing a 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:36.120 little soliverble personality, kick it up a notch with some 0:11:36.120 --> 0:11:40.320 solible your words, your words, and that we'll just we'll 0:11:40.360 --> 0:11:42.360 try to suss all this out, man, figure out where 0:11:42.400 --> 0:11:44.880 it goes. Yes, do you want to start with Oklahoma? 0:11:45.360 --> 0:11:48.440 I do want to start out with Oklahoma. Okay? To me, 0:11:48.840 --> 0:11:51.720 they are, by the way, pre season eighth in the poll, 0:11:51.760 --> 0:11:54.959 the Amway Coaches poll that USA Today released earlier today. 0:11:55.000 --> 0:11:58.640 Good timing. They are eighth in the preseason poll. Take 0:11:58.679 --> 0:12:01.440 that with a green of salt. They are clearly the 0:12:01.480 --> 0:12:04.640 cream of the crop. They should be able to control 0:12:04.679 --> 0:12:07.560 the line of scrimmage on offense. They should be solid 0:12:07.600 --> 0:12:10.880 with their back seven. What concerns me at a very 0:12:10.920 --> 0:12:14.920 high level, and what I'm legitimately curious to see, is 0:12:15.040 --> 0:12:18.760 if there is at all a transition phase now with 0:12:18.840 --> 0:12:22.120 Lincoln Riley stepping in for Bob Stoops who retired. Remember 0:12:22.120 --> 0:12:24.880 that it feels like it was an eon ago. Bob 0:12:24.920 --> 0:12:27.280 Stoops retiring was kind of something that came out of 0:12:27.360 --> 0:12:29.680 left field. It was a big story. I covered it 0:12:29.720 --> 0:12:33.360 while you were away on your Where were you? Where'd 0:12:33.400 --> 0:12:35.160 you go? I was on my moon. I was honeymoon. 0:12:35.280 --> 0:12:38.000 You were off mooning. I talked to Bruce Felm and 0:12:38.000 --> 0:12:40.040 I talked to Andy Staples about it, what it all meant. 0:12:40.440 --> 0:12:42.680 It wasn't as big a surprise to them as I 0:12:42.679 --> 0:12:44.440 think it was for a lot of college football fans. 0:12:44.760 --> 0:12:47.800 But I don't want to undersell the fact that a 0:12:47.880 --> 0:12:51.720 coaching legend has passed the baton onto a guy who's 0:12:51.760 --> 0:12:57.080 still relatively young, who's very well respected in coaching circles, 0:12:57.480 --> 0:12:59.920 but this is still his first head coaching gig Dan. 0:13:00.080 --> 0:13:01.560 There's a lot that can go wrong with that. 0:13:02.720 --> 0:13:06.959 Yeah, he won't have time to devote as much energy 0:13:06.960 --> 0:13:09.280 as he has these past couple of years to the offense. Luckily, 0:13:09.280 --> 0:13:12.200 Baker Mayfield is really, really good at college football, one 0:13:12.240 --> 0:13:16.040 of the great all time walk ons. And on the 0:13:16.080 --> 0:13:19.040 flip side, no d d Westbrook, no samaj p Ry, 0:13:19.200 --> 0:13:21.559 no Joe Mixon. So certainly going to be new names 0:13:21.600 --> 0:13:23.920 on offense, But as you mentioned, the lineup front should 0:13:23.920 --> 0:13:26.280 be really good and the schedule all things considered, and 0:13:26.320 --> 0:13:29.600 I don't think it's fair to look too deeply into 0:13:29.840 --> 0:13:31.880 what this Oklahoma team will be just because of what 0:13:31.920 --> 0:13:34.560 they do at Ohio Stadium against Ohio State early on 0:13:34.600 --> 0:13:38.280 in the year. Because the Big Twelve schedule is pretty good. Yeah, 0:13:38.320 --> 0:13:40.840 I mean, they never played Texas as a true road game, 0:13:40.880 --> 0:13:43.400 so it's your neutral site Cotton Bowl game. They're on 0:13:43.440 --> 0:13:45.840 the road against Kansas State, They're on the road against 0:13:45.840 --> 0:13:49.520 Oklahoma State and Bedlam. But all things considered, it's a 0:13:49.559 --> 0:13:52.800 pretty even schedule once they get into the conference part 0:13:52.840 --> 0:13:56.520 of the year. So I really like Oklahoma. I'm curious 0:13:56.520 --> 0:13:59.360 to see what kind of in game management we see 0:13:59.360 --> 0:14:01.600 from Lincoln, right that's the big difference on game day. 0:14:01.640 --> 0:14:04.560 I think I have him down for ten wins. I 0:14:04.559 --> 0:14:06.840 have ten and two. I have them losing Ohio State 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:10.720 on the road and to either Oklahoma State on the road, 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:13.480 you know, Kansas State. Nobody ever wants to play against 0:14:13.480 --> 0:14:16.720 this style Kansas State team or some sort of weird 0:14:16.760 --> 0:14:19.800 shootouty game, be it against West Virginia or TCU, who 0:14:19.840 --> 0:14:22.240 they had a shootout against last year. So that's I'm 0:14:22.280 --> 0:14:24.120 really excited to see this team, and I think you 0:14:24.200 --> 0:14:27.480 hit every other point the wins projection. According to our 0:14:27.520 --> 0:14:31.400 friend Bill Connolly, is currently at nine point seven. 0:14:31.880 --> 0:14:35.000 Okay, so ten wins feels about right to me. I 0:14:35.040 --> 0:14:36.760 would urge you and we'll talk a little bit more 0:14:36.760 --> 0:14:39.520 about this when we get to Texas. Don't discount what 0:14:39.560 --> 0:14:43.240 Tom Herman does as an underdog. We saw what he 0:14:43.240 --> 0:14:46.360 did at Houston against some teams that he wasn't supposed 0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:51.040 to beat, namely Oklahoma. Right, we'll see, We'll see what 0:14:51.040 --> 0:14:53.880 he's able to do, how he assembles those parts. I 0:14:53.920 --> 0:14:55.600 also want to come back to a point that you 0:14:55.680 --> 0:15:00.880 mentioned about Oklahoma losing Joe Mixon samaj p Ryan. They're 0:15:01.040 --> 0:15:04.240 two headed monster at running back as well as Dede Westbrook, 0:15:04.240 --> 0:15:06.480 who was in New York for the Heisman Trophy presentation. 0:15:06.880 --> 0:15:10.920 That's forty six hundred total yards walking out the door, yep. 0:15:11.680 --> 0:15:15.080 How do they repentance that they've got names, they've got 0:15:15.080 --> 0:15:19.440 talent because they're Oklahoma. But I don't expect that to 0:15:19.520 --> 0:15:23.560 be just something that works out automatically. Because you've got 0:15:23.560 --> 0:15:25.880 Baker Mayfield. I think it's going to take some time. 0:15:26.080 --> 0:15:28.040 It helps that you've got a really good offensive line, 0:15:28.120 --> 0:15:31.280 probably the best in the Big twelve. That'll work for you, 0:15:31.800 --> 0:15:33.720 But I think it's going to take some time. To 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:35.840 work things out. I don't think they'll have that all 0:15:35.880 --> 0:15:39.120 in order by September ninth when they go to Ohio State. 0:15:39.840 --> 0:15:42.560 I would also add this fun nugget, speaking of which, 0:15:43.000 --> 0:15:46.600 Oklahoma is one of a handful of teams to have 0:15:46.800 --> 0:15:50.320 never been shut out in a college football playoff game. 0:15:50.840 --> 0:15:56.040 Oh college football playoff teams mostly have never been shut out, 0:15:56.400 --> 0:15:57.680 and that includes Oklahoma. 0:15:58.320 --> 0:16:02.560 Very good, very good. Yeah uh. And we'll see what 0:16:02.600 --> 0:16:05.440 the defense has in story if it can improve. It's 0:16:05.440 --> 0:16:07.800 been good. It's not been elite since brand Vettibles left, 0:16:07.800 --> 0:16:11.760 but still a pretty good unit. As it relates, certainly 0:16:11.760 --> 0:16:14.560 to the Big twelve. Who do we have next? We 0:16:14.600 --> 0:16:17.880 both feel in ten wins? Yes, I'm feeling ten. Let's 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:22.000 go down to Texas. Okay, I mentioned Texas. They are 0:16:22.080 --> 0:16:26.480 pre season twenty three dan according again to the Amway 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:29.480 Coaches USA today pol mm hmm. They get with a 0:16:29.520 --> 0:16:32.120 green as salt. They indeed are. Last year, they were 0:16:32.240 --> 0:16:35.800 very young, very very young. Charlie Strong was still the 0:16:35.800 --> 0:16:39.040 coach way back when the defense as a whole got 0:16:39.080 --> 0:16:41.720 better throughout the course of the year. Inconsistent, but got 0:16:41.760 --> 0:16:45.560 better throughout the course of the season. The offense, though 0:16:45.600 --> 0:16:49.320 had trouble. They had trouble assembling their parts outside of 0:16:49.360 --> 0:16:54.520 Deonty Foreman and Shane Bachelle was certainly a revelation early 0:16:55.000 --> 0:16:58.360 could certainly throw that streak down the side against teams 0:16:58.360 --> 0:17:02.600 that were willing to surrender the street Notre Dame, but 0:17:02.680 --> 0:17:05.520 beyond that, it just felt like they had a difficult 0:17:05.560 --> 0:17:12.800 time building that cohesion. Now we've got Tom Herman, dan is, 0:17:13.000 --> 0:17:16.000 what is he going to do with Shane Buschelle who 0:17:16.119 --> 0:17:19.840 wasn't exactly as young, but he wasn't exactly any model 0:17:19.880 --> 0:17:23.520 for efficiency on offense. Yeah, and it's sort of a 0:17:23.560 --> 0:17:26.639 misnomer that you know Houston had this big, fancy offense 0:17:26.680 --> 0:17:28.520 because of how they played early on in the season. 0:17:28.520 --> 0:17:30.960 We saw them beat Oklahoma of course early on, But 0:17:31.720 --> 0:17:35.240 I imagine Shane Bochelle will have a better idea of the 0:17:35.280 --> 0:17:39.560 expectations of the offense because of Tom Herman, because of 0:17:39.600 --> 0:17:41.119 what you know, it's Tim Beck, who I know a 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:44.719 lot of people have very mixed opinions of as a coordinator. 0:17:44.920 --> 0:17:46.919 He comes in to help run that Texas offense. But 0:17:46.920 --> 0:17:50.040 here's the really good news. I still like Chris Warren 0:17:50.080 --> 0:17:52.240 if he can stay healthy. I really like the Texas 0:17:52.320 --> 0:17:55.159 offensive line. Defensively, I would say the Lion's share of 0:17:55.200 --> 0:17:57.639 the talent is in the back whatever six or seven, 0:17:57.760 --> 0:18:00.720 Lak Jefferson, Anthony Wheeler. These are healthy people, well hopefully. 0:18:00.880 --> 0:18:03.440 I like a couple of the defensive backs for Texas 0:18:03.480 --> 0:18:06.000 a lot. Chris Boyd and PJ. Lock are good, but 0:18:06.680 --> 0:18:09.200 I don't know if I see like super duper game 0:18:09.280 --> 0:18:11.840 changers up front. And that's why I can't really get 0:18:11.840 --> 0:18:15.160 into the threatening nine or ten wins sort of mode 0:18:15.160 --> 0:18:18.840 for Texas. So my expectations are pretty limited because of health, 0:18:18.880 --> 0:18:22.480 because of depth, because I just knew everything, including I 0:18:22.480 --> 0:18:25.520 think Tom Herman shaved his head. I saw that today. 0:18:25.520 --> 0:18:28.800 I saw they have forty three inch screens at every locker, 0:18:28.920 --> 0:18:31.560 so everything is getting real sleek, whether it's a scalp 0:18:31.760 --> 0:18:36.119 or a dressing room. So I am optimistic that Texas 0:18:36.200 --> 0:18:38.320 is going to improve. If they can stop the run 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:39.800 a little bit better, if they can get after the 0:18:39.840 --> 0:18:42.399 quarterback with some guys being shifted around a little bit better, 0:18:42.920 --> 0:18:46.040 I think big things for Texas long term. I really 0:18:46.080 --> 0:18:49.480 like Todderland to always have their defensive coordinator. Their schedule 0:18:49.640 --> 0:18:53.440 is not the best because they travel to USC early 0:18:53.520 --> 0:18:56.320 on but both Oklahoma schools are not true road games, 0:18:56.640 --> 0:18:58.320 but they go on the road to TCU and West 0:18:58.359 --> 0:19:01.080 Virginia at the end of the year. So will it 0:19:01.160 --> 0:19:04.639 appears right now be tests for the front of the defense, 0:19:05.000 --> 0:19:06.640 so we'll have a better idea of. 0:19:06.520 --> 0:19:11.040 The incremental improvement. That's right, that's right by event. So 0:19:11.640 --> 0:19:15.880 I want to also mention Todd Orlando, who came with 0:19:15.920 --> 0:19:20.800 Tom Herman from Houston to Texas. Defense was again very 0:19:20.800 --> 0:19:23.080 young a year ago and it did improve, but it 0:19:23.119 --> 0:19:24.960 needs to get better against the run. Like you said, 0:19:25.520 --> 0:19:28.639 what kind of impact will he have coming with Tom Herman. 0:19:29.040 --> 0:19:31.280 We know that those two have worked pretty well together 0:19:32.240 --> 0:19:35.040 to turn their Houston defense into what I thought was 0:19:35.200 --> 0:19:37.120 a unit that was pretty formidable last year. 0:19:38.119 --> 0:19:42.200 Yes, and on that a similar token. Here's what we 0:19:42.240 --> 0:19:44.080 saw from Texas near the end of the year, a 0:19:44.119 --> 0:19:47.240 lost to Kansas. Here's what we've seen from Tom Herman 0:19:47.280 --> 0:19:48.880 these past couple of years. And I think we both 0:19:48.920 --> 0:19:50.760 really like Tom Herman as a head coach. 0:19:51.119 --> 0:19:54.119 We've seen Doudwicks, we saw them really look bad Houston 0:19:54.119 --> 0:19:56.440 against SMU last year. They lose to Yukon a couple 0:19:56.480 --> 0:19:59.160 of years ago. They've struggled with Navy. So it's the 0:20:00.160 --> 0:20:04.400 freshing the idea that you should be teams that are 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:09.080 you're clearly better than, and so eliminating not limiting. Eliminating 0:20:09.119 --> 0:20:11.080 the dud weeks. For Texas, I think is going to 0:20:11.119 --> 0:20:14.280 be the huge, huge thing I'm looking for. There may 0:20:14.280 --> 0:20:17.639 be dud weeks, but they're gonna play USC tight, and 0:20:17.640 --> 0:20:22.520 they're gonna play Oklahoma type. Okay, maybe they'll maybe they'll 0:20:22.520 --> 0:20:26.359 lose that Baylor, but there are going to be games, 0:20:26.400 --> 0:20:28.640 those games where they are underdogs where I think they 0:20:29.200 --> 0:20:32.199 they play well because of Tom Herman and because of 0:20:32.200 --> 0:20:34.600 all the returning talent they have coming back. Let me, 0:20:34.720 --> 0:20:36.680 I'm worried about the scale. Yeah, let me read through 0:20:36.720 --> 0:20:38.880 this list really quick. Right, Who's gonna who's gonna blow 0:20:38.920 --> 0:20:40.960 the lid off the defense? That's yeah, that's a big 0:20:41.040 --> 0:20:44.960 question on offense. But in terms of just guys coming back. 0:20:45.040 --> 0:20:48.320 Eight of nine offensive linemen, including Connor Williams, who is 0:20:48.320 --> 0:20:53.399 an All Doplican top three wide receiving targets, seven of 0:20:53.560 --> 0:20:57.440 the top nine defensive linemen and six are either sophomores 0:20:57.480 --> 0:21:01.520