1 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:15,720 Speaker 1: And welcome in La Keig is live. 2 00:00:15,760 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 2: It is Thursday night, November nineteenth, of the year of 3 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:21,000 Speaker 2: our lower twenty twenty. We are jam packed tonight, as 4 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:22,959 Speaker 2: jam packed as you could possibly be. It's the middle 5 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:27,240 Speaker 2: of college football season. How would we not be jam packed? One, two, three, four, five. 6 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:29,840 Speaker 2: We've got six games to break down tonight. We got 7 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:32,240 Speaker 2: predictions come in both straight up and against the number 8 00:00:32,240 --> 00:00:36,360 Speaker 2: on all of them. If you missed our Indiana, Ohio State, Tennessee, Auburn, 9 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: Oklahoma State OEU prediction videos, they're on the twenty four 10 00:00:40,000 --> 00:00:42,240 Speaker 2: seven Sports YouTube channel, which, by the way, you should 11 00:00:42,240 --> 00:00:45,559 Speaker 2: already be subscribed to if you haven't already, but if 12 00:00:45,600 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 2: you haven't, please do so. It's free. We also have 13 00:00:48,520 --> 00:00:50,680 Speaker 2: the latest, the very latest. Had a lot of fun 14 00:00:50,720 --> 00:00:53,000 Speaker 2: talking about this lately. Had a lot of interaction about 15 00:00:53,000 --> 00:00:57,120 Speaker 2: the South Carolina coaching search as recently as fifteen minutes ago. 16 00:00:58,360 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 2: A lot of back and forth internally. Hear about are 17 00:01:00,760 --> 00:01:03,720 Speaker 2: they really serious about this candidate? Is that candidate really 18 00:01:03,760 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 2: in play? 19 00:01:04,200 --> 00:01:05,119 Speaker 1: Well, we're going to try. 20 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:07,399 Speaker 2: And sort out the fact from fiction, and I think 21 00:01:07,400 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 2: there's just a lot of varying degrees of opinion right now. 22 00:01:10,319 --> 00:01:12,320 Speaker 2: So We're gonna get to that in due time. Also, 23 00:01:12,360 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 2: we get the Mood Tracker. Tonight, we're gonna hit Bama, Oklahoma, Auburn, 24 00:01:16,920 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 2: and Southern col because I think there are very unique 25 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,520 Speaker 2: angles to take on all of those programs. We'll do 26 00:01:21,520 --> 00:01:23,560 Speaker 2: that more. Plus we have the ram Noodle Express. We 27 00:01:23,640 --> 00:01:26,720 Speaker 2: got best bets coming up. I handed one out earlier today. 28 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:30,520 Speaker 2: I handed it out this afternoon at a very specific 29 00:01:30,560 --> 00:01:32,559 Speaker 2: time for a very specific. 30 00:01:32,160 --> 00:01:32,959 Speaker 1: Reason on Twitter. 31 00:01:33,360 --> 00:01:36,680 Speaker 2: That line has moved four points since I handed it out. 32 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,160 Speaker 2: I hope you were following me at late kick, Josh, 33 00:01:39,200 --> 00:01:42,200 Speaker 2: if you haven't already, please do so. There cause four 34 00:01:42,240 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 2: points fair amount of value that you lost there. Suffice 35 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:48,600 Speaker 2: it to say, you know, I was talking to someone 36 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,320 Speaker 2: earlier today about something completely unrelated, and then the topic 37 00:01:52,480 --> 00:01:56,440 Speaker 2: of our show came up, and they what they expressed 38 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:58,160 Speaker 2: to me was perfect microcosm I think of what a 39 00:01:58,200 --> 00:01:58,800 Speaker 2: lot of you think. 40 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,680 Speaker 1: I get it all the time in our Twitter inbox. 41 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,080 Speaker 2: I read every email you send, I read every DM 42 00:02:03,120 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 2: you send me, So thank you for that. But I 43 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:10,200 Speaker 2: just wanted to basically say thank you for noticing the 44 00:02:10,240 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 2: way we do things a little bit different around here, 45 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:14,760 Speaker 2: and the roads that we don't go down, and the 46 00:02:14,840 --> 00:02:17,640 Speaker 2: roads that we do go down. And I understand because 47 00:02:17,639 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 2: you guys tell me constantly you give me free market research, 48 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:23,640 Speaker 2: the places you used to go, the content watering holes 49 00:02:23,639 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 2: you used to go to to get your college football. 50 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:28,120 Speaker 2: They don't give it to you like you wanted anymore. 51 00:02:28,639 --> 00:02:30,640 Speaker 2: I know that because I'm one of you. That's the 52 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,440 Speaker 2: entire reason I started doing radio several years ago and 53 00:02:33,440 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 2: then started this show independently and now have been able 54 00:02:36,520 --> 00:02:38,760 Speaker 2: to bring it to twenty four to seven. So I 55 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,919 Speaker 2: don't see enough shows out there like this. Just information, man, 56 00:02:42,480 --> 00:02:44,600 Speaker 2: and it's nothing else. It's nothing else that you don't 57 00:02:44,639 --> 00:02:47,200 Speaker 2: want mixed in. So I was talking to someone earlier 58 00:02:47,240 --> 00:02:49,680 Speaker 2: today and they were expressing that, and it kind of 59 00:02:49,680 --> 00:02:50,639 Speaker 2: made me realize. 60 00:02:50,360 --> 00:02:51,760 Speaker 1: I had said thank you in a little while for that. 61 00:02:52,000 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: So thank you for that. 62 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:57,080 Speaker 2: And we really appreciate you noticing and other folks making 63 00:02:57,120 --> 00:02:59,440 Speaker 2: you pay putting stuff behind a paywall. We're doing it 64 00:02:59,480 --> 00:03:02,839 Speaker 2: free and it's going to be free here for significant 65 00:03:02,840 --> 00:03:04,640 Speaker 2: time to come, as far as I can tell. So 66 00:03:04,720 --> 00:03:06,720 Speaker 2: thank you so much for tuning in. Subscribe again if 67 00:03:06,760 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 2: you haven't already. Also, and these are just side notes 68 00:03:09,400 --> 00:03:10,519 Speaker 2: I had a lot to get to. I got a 69 00:03:10,520 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 2: whole sheet full of just basic random stuff before we 70 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 2: get into game predictions. I would encourage you to take 71 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:19,040 Speaker 2: a few minutes later tonight or tomorrow whenever you're watching 72 00:03:19,040 --> 00:03:21,359 Speaker 2: this or listening to this, and I would encourage you 73 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:23,000 Speaker 2: to go to the front page of twenty four to 74 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,320 Speaker 2: seven sports dot com and check out Chris Hummer's feature 75 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:29,480 Speaker 2: on Matt Jones, quarterback at Alabama. It's really good. It's 76 00:03:29,560 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 2: really in depth. He took several weeks on it. I 77 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:34,080 Speaker 2: mean I had no clue when the thing was coming out. 78 00:03:34,080 --> 00:03:35,800 Speaker 2: I've seen him talking about it for a couple of weeks. 79 00:03:36,400 --> 00:03:38,480 Speaker 2: Really really thoroughly. 80 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,520 Speaker 1: Vetted and well done. So I would encourage you to check. 81 00:03:40,400 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 2: That out and also ride ahead of this Indiana Ohio 82 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 2: State game. Brandon Marcello got Tom Allen one on one, 83 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:50,120 Speaker 2: the head coach at Indiana and Tom Allen. 84 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: Now I've never met Tom Allen. 85 00:03:51,480 --> 00:03:53,720 Speaker 2: I've always heard good things from afar, but I can 86 00:03:53,760 --> 00:03:55,680 Speaker 2: tell he and I I think maybe best friends if 87 00:03:55,680 --> 00:03:58,680 Speaker 2: we ever met. For no other reason than this, Marcelo 88 00:03:58,720 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 2: did a great feature on him. But the one thing 89 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,119 Speaker 2: I took away was he was talking about their Bowl 90 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:05,800 Speaker 2: game against Tennessee last year, and they had a nice 91 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:08,880 Speaker 2: season and they were building towards something, and then they 92 00:04:08,920 --> 00:04:11,360 Speaker 2: played Tennessee and I think led the tax Slayer Bowl 93 00:04:11,440 --> 00:04:12,800 Speaker 2: or the Gator Bowl or something like that was done 94 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 2: in Jacksonville. And I remember cause we were coming home 95 00:04:16,360 --> 00:04:19,760 Speaker 2: from the Citrus Bowl and like drove straight through Jacksonville 96 00:04:19,800 --> 00:04:21,880 Speaker 2: while it was happening. And so that's a side note 97 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:27,239 Speaker 2: that's irrelevant. But Tom Allen shoots down the complete myth, 98 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:31,800 Speaker 2: the complete fabrication that is bowl momentum. So they were up. 99 00:04:31,880 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 2: I think they had like a two possession lead on Tennessee. 100 00:04:34,080 --> 00:04:36,599 Speaker 2: Tennessee scores twice late in the game to win the game. 101 00:04:36,760 --> 00:04:40,280 Speaker 2: Tom Allen tells Brandon Marcello, you know, in retrospect, it's 102 00:04:40,279 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 2: probably a good thing that happened. 103 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:44,400 Speaker 1: No one liked that it happened. But if we won that. 104 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:46,480 Speaker 2: Game, who's to say that a lot of folks around 105 00:04:46,480 --> 00:04:48,240 Speaker 2: here wouldn't have taken the attitude that they could just 106 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:50,240 Speaker 2: skip a few of the very important steps we had 107 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:53,240 Speaker 2: left to go in the growth process and maturation of 108 00:04:53,279 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 2: this program. Who's to say that we would have found 109 00:04:56,600 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 2: the need to go through those collectively? 110 00:04:58,560 --> 00:04:59,640 Speaker 1: If we would have won that game. 111 00:04:59,680 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 2: Who's to say we wouldn't have arrived to camp or 112 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:06,320 Speaker 2: whatnot this year with a we've arrived mentality. So again, 113 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 2: for the forty seventh time, bowl momentum is irrelevant. Bowl 114 00:05:10,760 --> 00:05:15,280 Speaker 2: momentum the A lot of people think it matters. I 115 00:05:15,320 --> 00:05:17,200 Speaker 2: don't think it matters. The value of people put in 116 00:05:17,200 --> 00:05:21,080 Speaker 2: bowl momentum, it's gone about the second session of the 117 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:22,839 Speaker 2: first practice of spring football. 118 00:05:23,080 --> 00:05:25,479 Speaker 1: It's irrelevant. It doesn't matter nowhere this year. 119 00:05:25,680 --> 00:05:27,880 Speaker 2: Have you ever found yourself watching a football game and 120 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:31,640 Speaker 2: it's third and short and it's tie game, and you're saying, oh, man, 121 00:05:31,680 --> 00:05:33,120 Speaker 2: let me see, let me see if they won their 122 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 2: they lost their bowl game last year. 123 00:05:34,800 --> 00:05:37,240 Speaker 1: Yeah, they probably won't convert this. No one thinks that way. 124 00:05:37,320 --> 00:05:39,960 Speaker 2: It's just Filler's just stuff people put in headlines because 125 00:05:39,960 --> 00:05:42,000 Speaker 2: they don't have anything better to say in the offseason 126 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 2: when they're trying to put a preview magazine together. 127 00:05:44,160 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 1: So thank you so much, Tom Allen. 128 00:05:46,640 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 2: Now let's get in the stuff that actually matters this 129 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:51,640 Speaker 2: weekend on the field. Let's talk about predictions for Week twelve. Again, 130 00:05:51,680 --> 00:05:53,280 Speaker 2: we've already gotten a number of them out of the way. 131 00:05:53,320 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 2: We're gonna do several more tonight. Mississippi State is playing 132 00:05:56,760 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 2: Georgia Saturday. This probably isn't on your radar. Georgia is 133 00:06:00,080 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 2: a several touchdown favorite. Think they're favorite by about twenty 134 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,160 Speaker 2: five and a half right now. It's the Saturday seven 135 00:06:05,240 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 2: thirty Eastern game on SEC Network. 136 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:09,320 Speaker 1: I hit Colin with this number a. 137 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:12,640 Speaker 2: Second ago and he had a hard time believing it. 138 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:14,760 Speaker 2: And I don't blame him, because when I saw this 139 00:06:14,880 --> 00:06:16,720 Speaker 2: number I'm about to give to you last night, I 140 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:18,880 Speaker 2: had a hard time believing it. Steve Robertson and Paul 141 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 2: Jones and the guys over at our Mississippi State twenty 142 00:06:21,279 --> 00:06:24,520 Speaker 2: four to seven site, they've been tracking the scholarship situation 143 00:06:25,360 --> 00:06:28,560 Speaker 2: at Mississippi State in the roster there. What if I 144 00:06:28,680 --> 00:06:32,320 Speaker 2: told you that they are going into Athens, Georgia Saturday 145 00:06:32,480 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 2: with fifty four scholarship players, You'd say, Oh, that's not shocking, Josh, 146 00:06:37,040 --> 00:06:39,480 Speaker 2: cause it's COVID year. So how many guys do they 147 00:06:39,480 --> 00:06:42,360 Speaker 2: have out for COVID? None, that's the point. 148 00:06:42,640 --> 00:06:42,960 Speaker 1: None. 149 00:06:43,520 --> 00:06:46,359 Speaker 2: They've had so many injuries and so many opt outs, 150 00:06:46,360 --> 00:06:48,680 Speaker 2: and guys have just walked away from the program this year. 151 00:06:49,120 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 2: They're sitting at fifty four scholarship players without COVID being 152 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,320 Speaker 2: an interrupter this week. As far as we know, those 153 00:06:57,360 --> 00:07:00,360 Speaker 2: are very dire circumstances, to say the least. So they 154 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 2: go in there and because of all that, I mean, 155 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,560 Speaker 2: there aret a significant roster disadvantage. 156 00:07:04,880 --> 00:07:05,200 Speaker 1: JT. 157 00:07:05,400 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 2: Daniels is getting the start for Georgia Saturday. We thought 158 00:07:08,120 --> 00:07:10,080 Speaker 2: he was going to get it last week, game got postponed, 159 00:07:10,120 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 2: so he's getting the start this week. What do we 160 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,360 Speaker 2: expect from him? Well, I think there are varying degrees 161 00:07:15,400 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 2: of expectations out there. I've spoken to some of you 162 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:20,240 Speaker 2: as recently as like thirty minutes ago, who think he's 163 00:07:20,280 --> 00:07:22,360 Speaker 2: going to go light the world on fire. I am 164 00:07:22,400 --> 00:07:24,800 Speaker 2: not of that opinion. Now, I'm excited to see what 165 00:07:24,880 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 2: he offers. I'm excited to just see the ball come 166 00:07:26,800 --> 00:07:28,440 Speaker 2: out of his hand. First off, we hadn't seen him 167 00:07:28,480 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 2: this year. Secondly, I'm excited to see the ball come 168 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:33,400 Speaker 2: out of his hand because we keep talking about what 169 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:36,760 Speaker 2: Georgia needs, the ability to push the ball down the field, accuracy, poised, 170 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 2: all the intangibles along with that that make up a 171 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,480 Speaker 2: good quarterback. I mean, everyone just assumes j T. Daniels 172 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:44,800 Speaker 2: has those things, and I hope he does. For your sake, 173 00:07:44,840 --> 00:07:46,320 Speaker 2: for his sake, for all of our sakes, I hope 174 00:07:46,320 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 2: he does. It's good for us when Georgia wins. But 175 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 2: I keep going back to this. There is this very 176 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 2: false notion out there that this guy's been ready all year, 177 00:07:56,120 --> 00:07:59,560 Speaker 2: and Kirby Smart's just he's been opposed to winning and 178 00:07:59,600 --> 00:08:01,760 Speaker 2: putting the best quarterback on the field, so he's just 179 00:08:01,840 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 2: opted to sit JT. 180 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:04,720 Speaker 1: Daniels. Well, that's obviously not the case. 181 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 2: Only a moron would think that, and so there are 182 00:08:07,000 --> 00:08:09,280 Speaker 2: reasons why he hasn't been on the field. It could 183 00:08:09,360 --> 00:08:12,560 Speaker 2: be that he just cleared protocols that they had in 184 00:08:12,600 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 2: place and it just now happened. Or it could be that, hey, 185 00:08:16,160 --> 00:08:19,000 Speaker 2: we thought Stetson Bennett was our best shot. We have 186 00:08:19,080 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 2: nothing to lose at this point, let's give J. T. 187 00:08:21,240 --> 00:08:25,240 Speaker 2: Daniels a shot. There's a morbid side of me that 188 00:08:25,280 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 2: would be fascinated to see what would happen here if 189 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:29,440 Speaker 2: you went like fourteen for seventeen with two thirty five 190 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:31,200 Speaker 2: through the air and three touchdowns in the first half. 191 00:08:31,400 --> 00:08:34,520 Speaker 2: I mean, what would those halftime message boards look like? Yeah, 192 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,600 Speaker 2: But having said that I do expect Georgia to win here. 193 00:08:38,240 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 2: It's probably more realistic. With Mississippi State having a pretty 194 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:45,360 Speaker 2: good defensive product, It's probably more realistic to see not 195 00:08:45,400 --> 00:08:48,040 Speaker 2: necessarily a repeat of the Kentucky game, maybe a few 196 00:08:48,080 --> 00:08:50,440 Speaker 2: more offensive fireworks than that. But I don't think Georgia 197 00:08:50,480 --> 00:08:54,160 Speaker 2: is necessarily, you know, naming the score here, running it. 198 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:55,520 Speaker 1: Up into the fifties or sixties. 199 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 2: I do expect a Georgia win because of how limited 200 00:08:58,360 --> 00:09:01,040 Speaker 2: Mississippi State is offensively, and be surprised at the cover 201 00:09:01,160 --> 00:09:03,880 Speaker 2: either our numbers, our model doesn't really lean heavily either 202 00:09:03,880 --> 00:09:04,439 Speaker 2: way on the spread. 203 00:09:04,440 --> 00:09:06,439 Speaker 1: So we're going to take Georgia to win. I'll lay 204 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:07,240 Speaker 1: the twenty five and a half. 205 00:09:07,320 --> 00:09:10,680 Speaker 2: It's blow four touchdowns, and that's that kind of murky 206 00:09:10,720 --> 00:09:12,920 Speaker 2: area where if George is capable, twenty eight is the 207 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 2: line of demarcation that I'd draw the line in the 208 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 2: sand there on. How about Wisconsin, They're favored by seven, 209 00:09:18,200 --> 00:09:20,640 Speaker 2: They're on the road at Northwestern. This is a Saturday 210 00:09:20,960 --> 00:09:24,480 Speaker 2: three point thirty Eastern time kickoff on ABC. Neither of 211 00:09:24,480 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 2: these teams, if you watched them this year, have given 212 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 2: up a ton on the ground. 213 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:28,680 Speaker 1: They've been very good. 214 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:30,800 Speaker 2: They've forced you to move the ball through the air 215 00:09:30,800 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 2: against them, No one's really done so effectively to this point. 216 00:09:35,160 --> 00:09:37,559 Speaker 2: So if I were to just state that, and you 217 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:40,440 Speaker 2: got Ramsey over here at Northwestern, and then of course 218 00:09:40,440 --> 00:09:44,280 Speaker 2: you've got Graham Mertz at Wisconsin, which team? Does that 219 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,600 Speaker 2: make you more uncomfortable backing? Does it make you more 220 00:09:46,679 --> 00:09:48,760 Speaker 2: uncomfortable if I tell you Wisconsin's going to have to 221 00:09:48,760 --> 00:09:50,160 Speaker 2: move the ball through the air to win? Or does 222 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:51,960 Speaker 2: it make you more uncomfortable if I say, in Northwestern 223 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:53,400 Speaker 2: got to move the ball through the air to win, 224 00:09:53,520 --> 00:09:57,680 Speaker 2: think most people would probably lean Wisconsin on being safer there. 225 00:09:57,720 --> 00:09:59,960 Speaker 2: I think the points spread on this game reflects that. 226 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,960 Speaker 2: But here's the part two to that we acknowledge part one. 227 00:10:04,000 --> 00:10:07,360 Speaker 2: Part two is Wisconsin has one of the top run 228 00:10:07,400 --> 00:10:11,520 Speaker 2: defenses in the country, conference and country. But also I 229 00:10:11,559 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 2: think they're right up there. They may be number one, 230 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,920 Speaker 2: if not. They're top five in fewest penalty yards per game. 231 00:10:18,320 --> 00:10:19,440 Speaker 1: So what does all that mean? 232 00:10:19,520 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 2: Well, what all of it means is sometimes when you 233 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,240 Speaker 2: go into these games, you know, in college football games 234 00:10:24,240 --> 00:10:27,680 Speaker 2: in general, if you'll just outlast the opponent and just 235 00:10:27,760 --> 00:10:30,600 Speaker 2: be the team that doesn't lose the game. You'll get 236 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 2: some default wins in college football if you're comparable enough 237 00:10:33,360 --> 00:10:35,400 Speaker 2: roster wise, you can count on the other guy to 238 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,600 Speaker 2: lose a few games a year for you. Wisconsin's not 239 00:10:37,720 --> 00:10:39,800 Speaker 2: doing that, so you're gonna have to beat them. You 240 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:41,840 Speaker 2: can beat them, but you're gonna have to beat them. 241 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 2: And the part three there to even further drive that 242 00:10:45,760 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 2: point home. I think they have one turnover all year, 243 00:10:48,679 --> 00:10:52,800 Speaker 2: so they're not beating themselves, and as a result, I 244 00:10:52,840 --> 00:10:56,280 Speaker 2: don't expect anything crazy here. I like Wisconsin's edges, even 245 00:10:56,320 --> 00:10:59,360 Speaker 2: on the road, so I'm going to take them to win. However, 246 00:10:59,440 --> 00:11:03,480 Speaker 2: our model I think had Wisconsin minus five, so I 247 00:11:03,559 --> 00:11:07,120 Speaker 2: will lean ever so slightly towards Northwestern plus those seven points, 248 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:10,160 Speaker 2: but I will take Wisconsin to win outright. Kentucky at 249 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:13,400 Speaker 2: Alabama again, probably not a game on a lot of radars, 250 00:11:13,400 --> 00:11:15,079 Speaker 2: but I have a reason for why you need to 251 00:11:15,080 --> 00:11:17,920 Speaker 2: pay attention to this game. Bama favored by twenty nine. 252 00:11:17,960 --> 00:11:19,920 Speaker 2: That thing's kind of moved north and south of thirty 253 00:11:19,960 --> 00:11:23,400 Speaker 2: all week. It's a four pm Eastern Time kickoff SEC Network. 254 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:25,959 Speaker 2: This is the first time we've seen Alabama since that 255 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,640 Speaker 2: Mississippi State game. It's been two weeks now. Trey Sanders 256 00:11:29,679 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 2: since then has been involved in an automobile accident. He's 257 00:11:32,800 --> 00:11:35,720 Speaker 2: out for the year now. I didn't say Naja Harris, 258 00:11:35,800 --> 00:11:38,880 Speaker 2: I said Trey Sanders. So you still got Nase, still 259 00:11:38,920 --> 00:11:41,920 Speaker 2: got Brian Robinson. What I'm the most excited to see 260 00:11:41,960 --> 00:11:44,800 Speaker 2: in this game, though, is how much and I think 261 00:11:44,840 --> 00:11:48,080 Speaker 2: the answer is quite significantly, but how much they will 262 00:11:48,200 --> 00:11:51,400 Speaker 2: use the true freshman running backs. They have one by 263 00:11:51,400 --> 00:11:54,240 Speaker 2: the name of Jace McClellan, guy that they fought tooth 264 00:11:54,280 --> 00:11:56,880 Speaker 2: and nail with Oklahoma for and won on that deal. 265 00:11:57,000 --> 00:11:59,000 Speaker 2: And then the other being Roydale Williams, who was an 266 00:11:59,000 --> 00:12:01,560 Speaker 2: in state product for him past recruiting cycle. I sat 267 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 2: right on this stage with Barton and wil Fong sat 268 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 2: over here. I remember talking about both of those kids 269 00:12:06,320 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 2: on signing day. Well, here they are. Didn't necessarily know 270 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,160 Speaker 2: if they were going to play significant minutes. 271 00:12:12,000 --> 00:12:12,160 Speaker 1: You know. 272 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:14,120 Speaker 2: It was Bryce Young that we talked about a lot 273 00:12:14,160 --> 00:12:16,320 Speaker 2: as maybe being the guy who was gonna end up 274 00:12:16,360 --> 00:12:18,960 Speaker 2: being the true freshman that was spotlighted the most. Well 275 00:12:18,960 --> 00:12:21,240 Speaker 2: that hasn't been the case. Mac Jones has locked that 276 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:24,440 Speaker 2: thing down emphatically. But now maybe you get some noise 277 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:26,840 Speaker 2: from those freshman running backs. We've seen Brian Branch and 278 00:12:26,840 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 2: we've seen some freshman defensive backs. Tim Smith has started 279 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,360 Speaker 2: to play on the defensive line. Excited to see his 280 00:12:32,400 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 2: growth and development. But I was thinking earlier today, I 281 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,640 Speaker 2: said Mac Jones a second ago, I was reading Chris 282 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:41,400 Speaker 2: Hummer's feature that I told you to go check out 283 00:12:41,400 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 2: second plug for it if you haven't already seen it. 284 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,839 Speaker 2: Mac Jones, what if Kentucky kept him? What if he 285 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 2: stayed at Kentucky? What would Kentucky look like right now? 286 00:12:50,880 --> 00:12:53,400 Speaker 2: Mac Jones certainly wouldn't have the weapons to work with there. 287 00:12:53,400 --> 00:12:55,480 Speaker 2: I'm not saying he'd be the same player, but he'd 288 00:12:55,520 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 2: be a much more viable product at quarterback in all 289 00:12:57,920 --> 00:13:00,920 Speaker 2: likelihood than anything they have on the roster current. And 290 00:13:01,000 --> 00:13:02,679 Speaker 2: so that was just kind of a side note there 291 00:13:02,720 --> 00:13:06,319 Speaker 2: for me. Earlier today, I got Bama winning this game. Obviously, 292 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:09,559 Speaker 2: how they handle garbage time is the second most fascinating 293 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,480 Speaker 2: thing here. Do you remember back when they had Tua 294 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 2: and he was a true freshman, and Jalen Hurts would 295 00:13:15,559 --> 00:13:17,480 Speaker 2: be in and they would get a four touchdown lead 296 00:13:17,520 --> 00:13:20,240 Speaker 2: on someone, and then when Tonga Bailoa came in. It 297 00:13:20,360 --> 00:13:22,959 Speaker 2: wasn't the usual bleed the clock. They were working him. 298 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 2: They were trying to get him ready so they'd run 299 00:13:25,000 --> 00:13:27,400 Speaker 2: the full offense. And there was this string of games 300 00:13:27,559 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 2: where Alabama ran up these absurd scores that you weren't 301 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:33,600 Speaker 2: used to seeing Nick Saban do. He normally will cut 302 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:35,319 Speaker 2: it off in that forty one to forty eight range. 303 00:13:35,320 --> 00:13:37,920 Speaker 2: If he's blowing someone out, and they were going fifty 304 00:13:37,960 --> 00:13:40,679 Speaker 2: five points, fifty eight points, sixty two points, it's cause 305 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:43,280 Speaker 2: they couldn't keep tongue of Bailoa from scoring for obvious reasons. 306 00:13:44,240 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 2: I expected a similar dynamic this year when Bryce Young 307 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:48,520 Speaker 2: got in. 308 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:50,480 Speaker 1: Games, and you haven't really seen that yet. 309 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,160 Speaker 2: So I wonder now that they're coming off two weeks 310 00:13:53,480 --> 00:13:56,160 Speaker 2: and they've essentially gone through another little mini spring. If 311 00:13:56,240 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 2: you really wanted to, you could have done that. You're 312 00:13:58,280 --> 00:14:00,360 Speaker 2: going to have some other true freshmen play here. They're 313 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:03,880 Speaker 2: gonna get up on Kentucky Saturday. How they handle garbage time, 314 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:06,240 Speaker 2: and if they put Young in, how much of the 315 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:09,000 Speaker 2: offense they look to run with him, That and that 316 00:14:09,080 --> 00:14:12,200 Speaker 2: alone will dictate whether they cover this number. I've got 317 00:14:12,200 --> 00:14:14,720 Speaker 2: a sneaking suspicion that They're going to want to use 318 00:14:14,720 --> 00:14:16,240 Speaker 2: a little bit more of that offense a little bit 319 00:14:16,320 --> 00:14:18,600 Speaker 2: later in this game than they have at some other 320 00:14:18,640 --> 00:14:20,320 Speaker 2: points this year. So I'm going to take Bama to win, 321 00:14:20,520 --> 00:14:21,960 Speaker 2: and I actually will lay. 322 00:14:21,760 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 1: The twenty nine. 323 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:24,560 Speaker 2: I'm going to take Bama to cover, especially if it's 324 00:14:24,640 --> 00:14:28,120 Speaker 2: under thirty. This one got a lot more interesting today. 325 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:31,880 Speaker 2: You see LA at Oregon. Oregon favored when I wrote 326 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:34,960 Speaker 2: my notes earlier today by thirteen. Well they're now favored 327 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:38,040 Speaker 2: by seventeen. The reason why coming momentarily. This is a 328 00:14:38,080 --> 00:14:42,600 Speaker 2: Saturday three thirty Eastern time kickoff on ESPN two. You Seela, 329 00:14:42,640 --> 00:14:46,120 Speaker 2: if you watch that Sunday game, they rolled Cal on 330 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:49,200 Speaker 2: forty eight hours advance. Notice they handled Cal as a 331 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 2: three and a half point dog, by the way, pretty 332 00:14:51,240 --> 00:14:53,600 Speaker 2: handedly at the Rose Bowl. And our model has kind 333 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,560 Speaker 2: of struggled with it. Our model almost seems to think 334 00:14:56,600 --> 00:14:58,720 Speaker 2: that it's a throwaway result, and I'm not so sure. 335 00:14:58,760 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 2: I don't agree with it. So, you know, maybe UCLA 336 00:15:02,480 --> 00:15:04,600 Speaker 2: was just dynamite waiting to explode, and they did. 337 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:07,160 Speaker 1: I watched most of that game. I didn't necessarily get 338 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:07,640 Speaker 1: that sense. 339 00:15:07,920 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 2: I just thought it was a game that looked like 340 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,160 Speaker 2: most other games would if you scheduled it forty eight 341 00:15:13,200 --> 00:15:16,480 Speaker 2: hours ahead of time. I, on the other hand, think 342 00:15:16,520 --> 00:15:18,720 Speaker 2: there's going to be a lot of validation for Oregon 343 00:15:18,760 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 2: this week. 344 00:15:19,480 --> 00:15:20,760 Speaker 1: Told you how impressive it. 345 00:15:20,800 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 2: Was, albeit a little bit off the radar, with the 346 00:15:22,800 --> 00:15:25,560 Speaker 2: way they came from behind and the manner with which 347 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 2: they were able to come from behind against Washington State 348 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 2: last week. Well, now they're home, and now you got 349 00:15:31,240 --> 00:15:35,600 Speaker 2: Joe Moorehead's offense significantly ahead of schedule as far as 350 00:15:35,680 --> 00:15:36,760 Speaker 2: my eyeballs can see. 351 00:15:37,200 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: And it's defense. It's the area. 352 00:15:38,880 --> 00:15:40,440 Speaker 2: When I talked to christ Baul back in the spring, 353 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 2: we did social distance, he was very excited about their 354 00:15:44,040 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 2: defensive prospects. It was offense, you know, much like everyone else. 355 00:15:47,560 --> 00:15:49,600 Speaker 2: When they looked at Oregon new quarterback, new offensive line, 356 00:15:49,600 --> 00:15:52,200 Speaker 2: it was offense that I may have to feel our 357 00:15:52,240 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 2: way out a little bit there. 358 00:15:53,640 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: Hey, they were ready. They needed it to fire last week, 359 00:15:56,560 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 1: and it was ready. 360 00:15:58,080 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 2: I think both of those sides of the ball may 361 00:16:00,240 --> 00:16:03,080 Speaker 2: this week, and it may be that inflection point to 362 00:16:03,120 --> 00:16:05,960 Speaker 2: where you look at it, you say Oregon was only 363 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,359 Speaker 2: favored by thirteen or seventeen. 364 00:16:08,440 --> 00:16:10,480 Speaker 1: Now that Dorian Robinson is. 365 00:16:10,440 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 2: Out Dorian Robinson Thompson, excuse. 366 00:16:12,880 --> 00:16:15,400 Speaker 1: Me, is out for UCLA. And that's not official. By 367 00:16:15,400 --> 00:16:15,600 Speaker 1: the way. 368 00:16:15,640 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 2: If you're wondering about that line move today, it's because 369 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:23,120 Speaker 2: he probably is out quarterback for UCLA. And that's why 370 00:16:23,480 --> 00:16:24,800 Speaker 2: we got a little heads up on that. That's why 371 00:16:24,880 --> 00:16:26,640 Speaker 2: I put that Oregon minus thirteen out when I do 372 00:16:26,640 --> 00:16:29,800 Speaker 2: it on Twitter. So it's a short rest situation for 373 00:16:29,920 --> 00:16:32,560 Speaker 2: Ucla too, and it's a road game that's all baked 374 00:16:32,600 --> 00:16:34,120 Speaker 2: into the number. I just say it in case you're 375 00:16:34,160 --> 00:16:35,800 Speaker 2: not aware of it. I'm going to take Oregon to 376 00:16:35,840 --> 00:16:39,560 Speaker 2: win here. Love Oregon minus the points this week. Really 377 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:41,760 Speaker 2: think it's a statement week for them, not against the 378 00:16:41,760 --> 00:16:44,960 Speaker 2: opponent necessarily, but just stylistically. I think it's going to 379 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:46,760 Speaker 2: be a good week for organ Last game I wanted 380 00:16:46,800 --> 00:16:48,640 Speaker 2: to hit on here out in the West Coast is 381 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:54,400 Speaker 2: Southern Cal favored by three at Utah Saturday night game 382 00:16:54,440 --> 00:16:56,760 Speaker 2: actually ten thirty Eastern time on ESPN. 383 00:16:57,200 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: Where do you think USC is? 384 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,080 Speaker 2: Because you've got two schools of thought, two trains of 385 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 2: thought here that you could buy into. I'm gonna talk 386 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:07,000 Speaker 2: about Southern Cal a little bit later on in the 387 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:10,640 Speaker 2: mood Tracker. If you've watched them. They've played Arizona State 388 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,919 Speaker 2: in Arizona. They've been favored by double digits against both teams. 389 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 2: They have squeaked by both teams. So here are the 390 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:20,920 Speaker 2: two lanes. Here's two lane road. Lane one is they're 391 00:17:20,960 --> 00:17:23,600 Speaker 2: living on borrowed time and eventually they'll be exposed. 392 00:17:23,760 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 1: That's the lane I'm in. 393 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:28,080 Speaker 2: There's another lane where you think maybe they've just bought time, 394 00:17:28,240 --> 00:17:28,919 Speaker 2: kind of like Auburn. 395 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:30,080 Speaker 1: We talked about Auburn this year. 396 00:17:30,080 --> 00:17:34,200 Speaker 2: They've bought time and they've gotten by and they've probably 397 00:17:34,280 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 2: won games. Maybe they shouldn't have won, but whatever, they 398 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,880 Speaker 2: won them. Well, now they click and you look back 399 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:41,400 Speaker 2: and you say, oh, you should have gotten them when 400 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:43,920 Speaker 2: you could. I don't get the sense that the click 401 00:17:44,000 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 2: is coming for Southern Cal. But hey, I've been wrong before. 402 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:48,320 Speaker 2: I'll probably be wrong once or twice down the road. 403 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 2: I just don't think I am here talent on the 404 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:54,160 Speaker 2: line of scrimmage. What I'd be most worried about this weekend, 405 00:17:54,280 --> 00:17:57,119 Speaker 2: in this game particular for Southern Cal, because the level 406 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 2: of it offensive line and defensive line against Utah is 407 00:18:00,560 --> 00:18:03,400 Speaker 2: significantly relative to what they've seen against a z State 408 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 2: in Arizona so far in Arizona, State ran the ball 409 00:18:06,720 --> 00:18:08,960 Speaker 2: pretty well on them, Arizona threw the ball pretty well 410 00:18:09,000 --> 00:18:09,320 Speaker 2: on them. 411 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:11,440 Speaker 1: I think Utah can have some success too. 412 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 2: Now there's this element of unknown because Utah haven't played yet, 413 00:18:15,359 --> 00:18:18,760 Speaker 2: and there is a philosophy, there's a feeling around the 414 00:18:18,800 --> 00:18:22,159 Speaker 2: Utah program and out west that hey, this secondary probably 415 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:25,399 Speaker 2: a notch down from what it's been historically. You know, 416 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,280 Speaker 2: you got slovish, you got an offense that should be clicking. 417 00:18:28,320 --> 00:18:31,880 Speaker 2: There's felt I've felt every time I've watched Southern Cal 418 00:18:31,920 --> 00:18:34,280 Speaker 2: this year, and I've watched both games they've played, it 419 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,040 Speaker 2: just feels like something's not happening. Feels like there's a 420 00:18:37,080 --> 00:18:40,200 Speaker 2: spark that's not catching with their offense. You know, maybe 421 00:18:40,200 --> 00:18:42,600 Speaker 2: this is the week it happens, and that secondary is 422 00:18:42,600 --> 00:18:45,919 Speaker 2: the vulnerable secondary with which you can expose and you 423 00:18:45,960 --> 00:18:48,879 Speaker 2: can use it as a springboard. I just don't feel that. 424 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 2: So our model leans slightly to Utah. I lean towards 425 00:18:53,480 --> 00:18:55,000 Speaker 2: them a little bit more than our model does. Even 426 00:18:55,040 --> 00:18:57,359 Speaker 2: I'm going to take Utah plus three. I think Utah 427 00:18:57,440 --> 00:18:59,440 Speaker 2: is going to win the game out right, And those 428 00:18:59,560 --> 00:19:02,320 Speaker 2: along with the earlier week predictions that are already in 429 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 2: individual video form on our twenty four to seven sports 430 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:10,359 Speaker 2: YouTube channel. Are are Week twelve predictions. Got a coaching 431 00:19:10,359 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 2: search going on in Columbia. Been doing I can't even 432 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:16,159 Speaker 2: count it now. I've been doing so much radio in 433 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:18,480 Speaker 2: Carolina this week, and I've also been told to stop 434 00:19:18,480 --> 00:19:21,840 Speaker 2: calling it Carolina. There are directional names on the front 435 00:19:21,840 --> 00:19:24,879 Speaker 2: for a reason, So South Carolina's what I'm talking about. 436 00:19:25,119 --> 00:19:29,520 Speaker 2: Coaching searches are always fun for obvious reasons. They can 437 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:33,160 Speaker 2: be very very tense if you're involved, but we get 438 00:19:33,160 --> 00:19:35,320 Speaker 2: to sit over here on the sidelines, so to speak, 439 00:19:35,359 --> 00:19:38,000 Speaker 2: and we can just kind of analyze from a safe distance. 440 00:19:38,720 --> 00:19:40,120 Speaker 1: I want to remind. 441 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 2: You because I didn't say this the other night, and 442 00:19:41,359 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 2: I meant to be very wary of candidate lists and 443 00:19:44,920 --> 00:19:46,200 Speaker 2: hot boards. 444 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:47,679 Speaker 1: And all these things. 445 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 2: These up and down stock up and down, and so 446 00:19:51,680 --> 00:19:53,679 Speaker 2: and so is got the momentum right now. Just be 447 00:19:53,760 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 2: careful with that, because a lot of folks are getting played, 448 00:19:57,040 --> 00:19:59,520 Speaker 2: not just in this coaching search but any coaching search. 449 00:20:00,040 --> 00:20:03,200 Speaker 2: Agents are extremely good at what they do. Coaches are 450 00:20:03,240 --> 00:20:06,560 Speaker 2: extremely good at leveraging. It's an art form. It's as 451 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 2: much an art form as calling an offense or defense. 452 00:20:09,440 --> 00:20:12,520 Speaker 2: And some folks flat out get played. So what I 453 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,960 Speaker 2: am telling you is take everything with a grain of salt, 454 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 2: or malapropism of the day a grain assault. Malapropism of 455 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:23,000 Speaker 2: the day is something I'm heavily leaning towards doing in 456 00:20:23,040 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 2: the off season. Malapropisms are a wonderful thing, wonderful, wonderful thing, 457 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:29,159 Speaker 2: and if you don't know what one is, look it 458 00:20:29,240 --> 00:20:30,840 Speaker 2: up after the show. But I got a whole list 459 00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:33,320 Speaker 2: of them on my iPhone here, hi Josh, about a 460 00:20:33,359 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 2: mile long. And those of you who know me well 461 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,280 Speaker 2: already know a lot of them. So don't allow yourself 462 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,359 Speaker 2: to get played by someone who's getting played. There are 463 00:20:40,359 --> 00:20:43,000 Speaker 2: a lot of candidates that are listed out there that 464 00:20:43,080 --> 00:20:45,760 Speaker 2: are not a candidate for anything more than getting themselves 465 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:48,800 Speaker 2: an extension and a raise and leveraging the South Carolina 466 00:20:48,880 --> 00:20:51,120 Speaker 2: job opening to do it. So with that in mind, 467 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:54,440 Speaker 2: I want to talk about a few guys here. Hugh Freeze. 468 00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:57,280 Speaker 2: I have flip flopped on him a little bit, which 469 00:20:57,320 --> 00:20:59,600 Speaker 2: is fine. I did it with my sec East. 470 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:01,520 Speaker 1: Pick this year. I'm doing it with Hugh Freeze. 471 00:21:01,560 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 2: I have not flip flopped on my opinion of how 472 00:21:04,200 --> 00:21:07,600 Speaker 2: effective he would be in this job or any job. Really, 473 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:10,920 Speaker 2: I have flip flopped on whether I think he's the right. 474 00:21:10,760 --> 00:21:13,040 Speaker 1: Guy for South Carolina. Now, I don't know that he 475 00:21:13,040 --> 00:21:14,359 Speaker 1: would take the job. I don't know that. 476 00:21:15,480 --> 00:21:18,959 Speaker 2: I am not privy to those conversations. But when I 477 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,280 Speaker 2: told you the other night, I want a supreme evaluator 478 00:21:21,280 --> 00:21:23,080 Speaker 2: of talent. I mean, I think you Freeze checks that 479 00:21:23,119 --> 00:21:26,080 Speaker 2: box the O factor. I think he checks that box. 480 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:28,479 Speaker 2: I need the dream job factor. I need a guy 481 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,480 Speaker 2: who've views South Carolina a couple of notches above just 482 00:21:32,560 --> 00:21:34,640 Speaker 2: being a rung on the ladder for you to ultimately 483 00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:36,679 Speaker 2: get to a destination job. I got to have it 484 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:39,200 Speaker 2: be a destination job for you. That's why he's not 485 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:42,480 Speaker 2: off a list for me. But he has been knocked 486 00:21:42,480 --> 00:21:45,679 Speaker 2: down a pegger two for me. Now, I spoke to 487 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,960 Speaker 2: someone close to Billy Napier in the past couple of days, 488 00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:50,840 Speaker 2: and I don't think this is any kind of breaking news. 489 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,440 Speaker 2: I mean, it's obvious the dude is a serious candidate 490 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:53,960 Speaker 2: for the job. 491 00:21:54,160 --> 00:21:55,080 Speaker 1: There's interest there. 492 00:21:55,119 --> 00:21:57,360 Speaker 2: You don't have to have any source or connection whatsoever 493 00:21:57,560 --> 00:21:59,080 Speaker 2: I think to pick up what a lot of folks 494 00:21:59,119 --> 00:22:02,639 Speaker 2: around the programvoting down. And there's a chance he checks 495 00:22:02,680 --> 00:22:05,399 Speaker 2: every box the ones I've talked about here, there's a 496 00:22:05,480 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 2: chance he checks every one of them. However, the million 497 00:22:08,600 --> 00:22:10,920 Speaker 2: dollar question it seems to be. And this is where 498 00:22:10,920 --> 00:22:13,040 Speaker 2: I want to insert our buddy jac Sherburn, and the 499 00:22:13,040 --> 00:22:15,360 Speaker 2: guy's doing again a great job over at the Big 500 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:18,359 Speaker 2: Spur dot com covering this entire deal. I won't call 501 00:22:18,400 --> 00:22:21,119 Speaker 2: it a fiasco or trauma. It's just it's a coaching search. 502 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:24,080 Speaker 2: Here's the million dollar question. And this is going to 503 00:22:24,119 --> 00:22:25,679 Speaker 2: be one that I'm probably going to talk about for 504 00:22:25,800 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 2: several shows in a row. Now, how important will the 505 00:22:29,359 --> 00:22:32,920 Speaker 2: voices of former players be in this decision? And there 506 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:36,400 Speaker 2: are wildly varying schools of thought out there about how 507 00:22:36,400 --> 00:22:39,200 Speaker 2: this should be handled. Some people would tell you, I'm 508 00:22:39,240 --> 00:22:40,560 Speaker 2: not going to take a side on this. Some people 509 00:22:40,560 --> 00:22:44,240 Speaker 2: would tell you former players are former players for a reason. 510 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:48,240 Speaker 2: They're not athletic directors, they are not search committee members, 511 00:22:48,280 --> 00:22:52,160 Speaker 2: they're not search firm members. They are former players. They're 512 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:54,600 Speaker 2: just that they've never made a higher in their life 513 00:22:54,640 --> 00:22:57,240 Speaker 2: in most cases, not in all cases, but in most cases. 514 00:22:57,280 --> 00:22:59,920 Speaker 2: So it's great that they're emotional and they're passionate in 515 00:23:00,359 --> 00:23:02,200 Speaker 2: it's great and we'll listen to them, but we're not 516 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:05,080 Speaker 2: allowing them to dictate where we go in this coaching search. 517 00:23:05,560 --> 00:23:09,080 Speaker 2: The other side of that is they are what make 518 00:23:09,200 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 2: this program. They are the life blood. I mean, the 519 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:13,440 Speaker 2: passion and the spirit and the blood, sweat and tears 520 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 2: that they invested, and they gave everything we asked of them. 521 00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,160 Speaker 2: We absolutely owe it to them to not only listen, 522 00:23:19,200 --> 00:23:21,720 Speaker 2: but we need them involved in this program. And so 523 00:23:21,840 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: it stands to reason they'll be most likely to be 524 00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:28,200 Speaker 2: involved if we heavily lean towards the candidate that they. 525 00:23:28,200 --> 00:23:28,800 Speaker 1: Want to hire. 526 00:23:29,320 --> 00:23:32,120 Speaker 2: So I say all that because there is a name 527 00:23:32,160 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 2: that's been surging here as of late. And this is 528 00:23:35,440 --> 00:23:37,400 Speaker 2: where I go back to the big spurt. Sherbert has 529 00:23:37,400 --> 00:23:39,359 Speaker 2: talked about it over there. I've heard a couple other 530 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:42,119 Speaker 2: people talking about it, and that is Shane Biemer. I 531 00:23:42,280 --> 00:23:44,960 Speaker 2: was way out on him initially. I was way out 532 00:23:45,000 --> 00:23:47,280 Speaker 2: on him for a very obvious reason. I was doing 533 00:23:47,359 --> 00:23:49,639 Speaker 2: radio with Mark Ryan and the guys at the ESPN 534 00:23:49,880 --> 00:23:52,679 Speaker 2: Upstate just a few minutes before I walked in the office. Today, 535 00:23:52,960 --> 00:23:55,560 Speaker 2: we're kind of tossing this back and forth, and the 536 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:58,520 Speaker 2: sentiment out there for those who are not in the 537 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:01,200 Speaker 2: Shane Biemer camp is, well. 538 00:24:01,119 --> 00:24:02,600 Speaker 1: He doesn't have a whole lot of experience. 539 00:24:02,760 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 2: Well, of course he doesn't doesn't have a whole lot 540 00:24:04,520 --> 00:24:08,040 Speaker 2: of head coaching experience, doesn't have the resume necessarily that 541 00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:10,000 Speaker 2: would convince you he's the right guy for the job. 542 00:24:10,240 --> 00:24:12,760 Speaker 1: He's not going to he's not gonna have that. But 543 00:24:12,840 --> 00:24:14,280 Speaker 1: two things can be true at once. 544 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 2: It can be true that he doesn't possess the resume 545 00:24:18,320 --> 00:24:20,480 Speaker 2: that would sell you on the concept that he's. 546 00:24:20,320 --> 00:24:21,160 Speaker 1: The right guy for the job. 547 00:24:21,280 --> 00:24:23,000 Speaker 2: That could be true, And at the same time, it 548 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:24,920 Speaker 2: can be true that he's the right guy for the job. 549 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:27,520 Speaker 2: You don't have to look very far in that state. 550 00:24:27,560 --> 00:24:29,879 Speaker 2: I know you guys are tired of the Clemson comparisons, 551 00:24:29,880 --> 00:24:31,800 Speaker 2: but I mean, who in the world looked around even 552 00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:35,160 Speaker 2: after they had hired daboswiney Clemson fans who looked around 553 00:24:35,240 --> 00:24:37,440 Speaker 2: and said, Yep, that's the guy I would have selected. 554 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:40,160 Speaker 2: That's the guy that's gonna lead. As you watch, four 555 00:24:40,240 --> 00:24:42,159 Speaker 2: or five years from now, we're gonna be taken down 556 00:24:42,200 --> 00:24:45,399 Speaker 2: Bama in a National championship game the year after we 557 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,280 Speaker 2: almost beat him the first time we faced him. Then 558 00:24:47,320 --> 00:24:49,120 Speaker 2: a couple of years after that, we're gonna beat him. 559 00:24:49,000 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: Again in a championship game. 560 00:24:50,080 --> 00:24:53,679 Speaker 2: We're gonna have multiple national title appearances and multiple championship 561 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,240 Speaker 2: wins under this man. How much head coaching experience did 562 00:24:57,240 --> 00:24:59,600 Speaker 2: he have? Not a whole lot? Coordinator experience. How much 563 00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,520 Speaker 2: coordinator experience that have? Not a whole lot. So the 564 00:25:01,560 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 2: point is you and I could never have known that 565 00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:06,680 Speaker 2: about Dabo because the only way you could know if 566 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,439 Speaker 2: he or modern day now Shane Biemer, the only way 567 00:25:09,480 --> 00:25:10,760 Speaker 2: you could really know if they're the right. 568 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: Guy for the job. 569 00:25:11,600 --> 00:25:15,480 Speaker 2: Well, Number one is to have a very, very firm 570 00:25:15,600 --> 00:25:18,680 Speaker 2: grasp of what kind of football man you need. Number 571 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:21,280 Speaker 2: two to have been exposed to him and understand if 572 00:25:21,280 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 2: he possesses leadership in tangibles and tangibles leadership characteristics. Number three, 573 00:25:26,640 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 2: what kind of evaluator and developer is he? What kind 574 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 2: of recruiter is he? What is he like in a 575 00:25:32,359 --> 00:25:35,439 Speaker 2: closed one on one setting, in an interview setting. What 576 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,199 Speaker 2: kind of vision has he cast for the program? What 577 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,879 Speaker 2: has he sold me on? If I'm Ray Tanner that 578 00:25:41,200 --> 00:25:44,240 Speaker 2: will never leave this room but has totally convinced me 579 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,520 Speaker 2: he's the right guy for the job. All of these 580 00:25:46,560 --> 00:25:48,600 Speaker 2: things are things will never be privy to. But the 581 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 2: fact of the matter is they could happen. They could 582 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,800 Speaker 2: be happening, and so you could see a hire made here. 583 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:55,760 Speaker 2: That doesn't make a lot of sense on the surface. 584 00:25:55,920 --> 00:25:58,080 Speaker 2: They don't have to make sense. They don't award wins 585 00:25:58,080 --> 00:26:00,960 Speaker 2: for press conferences. They award wins when you get it 586 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,480 Speaker 2: done on the field through four quarters and overtime if 587 00:26:03,480 --> 00:26:05,480 Speaker 2: you need to. But your number is bigger than their 588 00:26:05,560 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 2: number on the scoreboard. That's what they hand out wins 589 00:26:07,840 --> 00:26:11,359 Speaker 2: for nothing else. So I know it'd be great to 590 00:26:11,359 --> 00:26:14,080 Speaker 2: make a big splash. The splash is not necessary. You've 591 00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,640 Speaker 2: got to understand how to swim. There is a benefit 592 00:26:16,680 --> 00:26:19,720 Speaker 2: here from them being very decisive then being South Carolina. 593 00:26:19,800 --> 00:26:23,120 Speaker 2: Do you notice how much attention is on Columbia South 594 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,920 Speaker 2: Carolina right now? Everybody's talking about it, everybody because they're 595 00:26:26,960 --> 00:26:31,199 Speaker 2: operating solo. They made the move. They didn't try and 596 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 2: cut off their arm with a butter knife. 597 00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,119 Speaker 1: They just they made the move. 598 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,600 Speaker 2: Graphic, I know, but I think it serves the purpose metaphorically. 599 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,639 Speaker 2: They made the move, and now we're in mid November 600 00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:44,640 Speaker 2: and they're the leaders in the clubhouse for essentially all 601 00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:48,199 Speaker 2: these candidates. I would imagine they probably have twice the 602 00:26:48,280 --> 00:26:52,040 Speaker 2: volume of candidates approaching them or representation or back channel 603 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:55,639 Speaker 2: means approaching them as you would normally, just because an 604 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,919 Speaker 2: normal year you'd have several jobs open, and maybe we 605 00:26:58,080 --> 00:27:00,000 Speaker 2: end up with that this year, but we haven't so far. 606 00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:04,159 Speaker 2: Are you would be very surprised. I want to be 607 00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,120 Speaker 2: careful with what I say here. You would be very 608 00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 2: surprised at who is interested in this and how many 609 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 2: people are reaching out an it dote. Someone reached out 610 00:27:14,720 --> 00:27:19,400 Speaker 2: in the coaching world to me today about this job, 611 00:27:20,040 --> 00:27:23,960 Speaker 2: and believe it or not, as of seven twenty eight 612 00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:27,159 Speaker 2: on this Thursday night, I am not on the coaching 613 00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,359 Speaker 2: search committee. Maybe I should be, maybe I shouldn't be, 614 00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:33,160 Speaker 2: But that's irrelevant to the point that thus far coach 615 00:27:33,240 --> 00:27:35,680 Speaker 2: Tanner and company have not put me on the search committee, 616 00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:38,560 Speaker 2: and yet I was reached out for and I was asked, Hey, 617 00:27:38,600 --> 00:27:39,240 Speaker 2: what you know about this? 618 00:27:39,240 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 1: Hey what you think about that? 619 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:44,560 Speaker 2: And so you know, I assume if people are reaching 620 00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:46,919 Speaker 2: out to me, they're reaching out by the dozens and 621 00:27:46,960 --> 00:27:48,240 Speaker 2: dozens and dozens. 622 00:27:48,040 --> 00:27:48,840 Speaker 1: To Ray Tanner. 623 00:27:49,040 --> 00:27:51,840 Speaker 2: Now, my final thought on this before we move on, 624 00:27:52,720 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 2: is I certainly believe Billy Napier is if you want 625 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:56,919 Speaker 2: to call him a leader in the clubhouse. I certainly 626 00:27:56,920 --> 00:28:00,040 Speaker 2: believe he's leader in the clubhouse. I also believe and 627 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 2: this is backed up by what jac said on the 628 00:28:02,560 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 2: Big Spur earlier. 629 00:28:03,640 --> 00:28:04,919 Speaker 1: I think it was yesterday he said this. 630 00:28:05,600 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 2: I don't think this process is nearly as far along 631 00:28:09,040 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 2: as it's being made out to be. 632 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:11,439 Speaker 1: See, a lot of. 633 00:28:11,400 --> 00:28:13,639 Speaker 2: Folks have a radio show to do every day or 634 00:28:13,760 --> 00:28:16,600 Speaker 2: a column to fill every day, and it gets old 635 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:18,879 Speaker 2: to just keep saying, oh, I still got a long 636 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:21,360 Speaker 2: way to go. We're still early in the process. Eventually, 637 00:28:21,440 --> 00:28:24,439 Speaker 2: you want to see some forward movement, some traction, and 638 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:26,480 Speaker 2: there is probably behind the scenes, but I'm just telling 639 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 2: you I don't expect something to pop over the weekend, 640 00:28:30,040 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 2: shall we say? I really don't think that's happening. I 641 00:28:32,280 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 2: think they're going to take their time do it right. 642 00:28:34,280 --> 00:28:36,600 Speaker 2: They know if they get it done right this time, 643 00:28:36,680 --> 00:28:39,080 Speaker 2: then they could set themselves up for the next decade. 644 00:28:39,320 --> 00:28:41,840 Speaker 2: So let's hope that's the case. All right, Let's go 645 00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:45,040 Speaker 2: mood tracker, the college football mood tracker in to put 646 00:28:45,080 --> 00:28:46,960 Speaker 2: a finer point on it, the fan base mood tracker, 647 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:50,000 Speaker 2: something we do almost every week. Here we cut off 648 00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:53,360 Speaker 2: the fringes. Optimist, pessimist. You go sit in the corner 649 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,440 Speaker 2: over here, try and get along. We're going to talk 650 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 2: about how the silent majority of the fan base feels. 651 00:28:58,440 --> 00:28:59,920 Speaker 1: It's the undercurrent, it's the subcar. 652 00:29:00,240 --> 00:29:02,920 Speaker 2: You got to dive deep into message board culture and 653 00:29:03,040 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 2: call in talk radio culture. In order to fully understand this. 654 00:29:06,080 --> 00:29:08,160 Speaker 2: You got to head over to the barbecue joint and 655 00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,040 Speaker 2: sit there and just ease drop and listen to what 656 00:29:11,040 --> 00:29:13,600 Speaker 2: everyone's saying. That's the only way. You can't sit in 657 00:29:13,600 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 2: a studio fifteen hundred miles away from fans and know 658 00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 2: what fans are thinking. So we pride ourselves on having 659 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,000 Speaker 2: our finger on the pulse of fan basis here. And 660 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,040 Speaker 2: it's really easy, you know how, because I talk to 661 00:29:24,040 --> 00:29:27,360 Speaker 2: you every day. So let's start with Alabama. They are 662 00:29:27,360 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 2: in built to cruise mode, and built to cruise mode 663 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 2: is like this, I, for instance, drive a lot from 664 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 2: Nashville to Columbus, Georgia, and so you know, it's flip 665 00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:38,720 Speaker 2: a coin. 666 00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:39,840 Speaker 1: You can go sixty five. 667 00:29:39,640 --> 00:29:42,280 Speaker 2: Through Alabama, or you can go twenty four to seventy 668 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,320 Speaker 2: five and hook up in Chattanooga and go through Georgia. 669 00:29:44,640 --> 00:29:47,440 Speaker 2: There's going to be construction either way, So any and 670 00:29:47,520 --> 00:29:49,520 Speaker 2: every one of us who have a driver's license have 671 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:52,280 Speaker 2: set through construction or either there's a wreck on the interstate, 672 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 2: and so you know, you just putter along five miles 673 00:29:55,480 --> 00:29:57,920 Speaker 2: an hour, three miles an hour, break, five miles break, 674 00:29:58,080 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 2: three miles break. There are no better well, there are 675 00:30:01,440 --> 00:30:03,040 Speaker 2: a few better feelings in the world, let me. 676 00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:03,520 Speaker 1: Put it that way. 677 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,760 Speaker 2: Then finally getting through whatever it is that has slowed 678 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:09,080 Speaker 2: you down and you can finally put your footback on 679 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 2: the gas and you find you're going forty five miles 680 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,160 Speaker 2: an hour, but it feels like you're going one hundred 681 00:30:13,280 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 2: because you've been sitting still virtually for so long, and 682 00:30:15,560 --> 00:30:18,000 Speaker 2: you finally build back up to that cruising speed. 683 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:22,080 Speaker 1: Do you remember sixty three to forty eight? Do you remember? 684 00:30:22,200 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: It wasn't that long ago, but it feels that long ago. 685 00:30:25,200 --> 00:30:27,920 Speaker 2: When Nick Saban and Alabama we're having to trade points 686 00:30:27,920 --> 00:30:31,320 Speaker 2: at every turn to beat Ole Miss. Seemed like the 687 00:30:31,360 --> 00:30:33,680 Speaker 2: defense would never get off the field, and with good reason, 688 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,040 Speaker 2: they didn't that night. 689 00:30:35,040 --> 00:30:36,280 Speaker 1: Very often get off the field. 690 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,080 Speaker 2: And after that game, well, Obama fans, you're happy to win, 691 00:30:39,160 --> 00:30:41,640 Speaker 2: but you're looking around and you're saying, first off, this 692 00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 2: defense is less than a shell of its former self. 693 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:45,960 Speaker 1: Secondly, there's no way. 694 00:30:45,760 --> 00:30:48,120 Speaker 2: We're going to be able to stop Clemson or stop 695 00:30:48,160 --> 00:30:51,160 Speaker 2: Ohio State or whoever we face in the playoff with 696 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,160 Speaker 2: this defense. And that was true. However, a couple things 697 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 2: have changed since then. You know, you went through the bad. 698 00:30:56,840 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 2: Now you kind of building back up to cruising speed. 699 00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 2: What has happened since then? Well, number one, their defense 700 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,040 Speaker 2: has improved. I don't know to what degree, because they 701 00:31:04,080 --> 00:31:07,880 Speaker 2: haven't faced an offense to that degree since then. I'm 702 00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:10,000 Speaker 2: told they have one scheduled a little ways down the 703 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:12,760 Speaker 2: road in Atlanta that should provide a pretty stiff test 704 00:31:12,760 --> 00:31:15,880 Speaker 2: for him. But I think most reasonable minds would agree 705 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 2: Bama's defense probably a little bit better right now than 706 00:31:18,160 --> 00:31:20,840 Speaker 2: they were against all miss number two, this is. 707 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:22,160 Speaker 1: Probably the more important one. 708 00:31:22,560 --> 00:31:26,720 Speaker 2: They've seen some vulnerabilities in Clemson's defense, They've watched Ohio State. 709 00:31:26,760 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 1: Ohio State's not lighting. 710 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 2: The world on fire defensively right now, They're good. That's 711 00:31:30,560 --> 00:31:32,680 Speaker 2: about as far as I would go. And so Bama 712 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:34,160 Speaker 2: fans all of a sudden looking around and say, wait, 713 00:31:34,200 --> 00:31:36,320 Speaker 2: so is it really just going to be about trading 714 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:39,000 Speaker 2: points because we can do that and if this defense 715 00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:41,360 Speaker 2: is improving to even get just just an average level 716 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 2: combined with what we're doing offensively, plus these random whispers 717 00:31:46,280 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 2: about Jalen Waddle maybe being able to give it a 718 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 2: go in the playoff, but even. 719 00:31:49,560 --> 00:31:52,600 Speaker 1: If he can't, we can do this. We kind of 720 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:53,960 Speaker 1: speed back up a little bit here. 721 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:56,080 Speaker 2: It's not such a lost cause as it felt like 722 00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:57,280 Speaker 2: coming out of that Old Miss game. 723 00:31:57,920 --> 00:31:58,800 Speaker 1: What about Oklahoma. 724 00:31:58,800 --> 00:32:01,400 Speaker 2: Oklahoma's got a couple of low already under their belt, 725 00:32:02,120 --> 00:32:05,400 Speaker 2: but the mood there is not so bad after all. 726 00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:08,600 Speaker 2: Could be I almost wish we could push this to Sunday, 727 00:32:08,640 --> 00:32:11,520 Speaker 2: because that could be what the mood is. If you've 728 00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:14,280 Speaker 2: ever if you ever cooked anything, or like you cut 729 00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:16,920 Speaker 2: your grass, or you've painted a wall and you just 730 00:32:17,000 --> 00:32:18,960 Speaker 2: don't feel like it's going well at all, you have 731 00:32:19,040 --> 00:32:22,280 Speaker 2: scouted the yard, or you know, sometimes like when I'm 732 00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:24,680 Speaker 2: shaving my head, I do have to cut my hair occasionally, 733 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:27,320 Speaker 2: believe it or not. Sometimes the guard will fall off 734 00:32:27,720 --> 00:32:30,400 Speaker 2: and I'll just completely dig into the side of my head. 735 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,520 Speaker 2: Did it last week, and fortunately Colin had the camera 736 00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:34,680 Speaker 2: set up where you couldn't see it. 737 00:32:36,000 --> 00:32:38,080 Speaker 1: That is bad. Now you can't dress that up. That 738 00:32:38,080 --> 00:32:38,760 Speaker 1: does look bad. 739 00:32:38,920 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 2: But sometimes you're working on something and you think it's 740 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,719 Speaker 2: going terribly and then you step back and you admire 741 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:47,400 Speaker 2: your work and you say, you know, it's not so 742 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,560 Speaker 2: bad after all I thought. I thought it was gonna 743 00:32:49,560 --> 00:32:53,200 Speaker 2: look a lot worse. Think about an Oklahoma fan right now. 744 00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 2: This season has not gone according to plan. Oklahoma was 745 00:32:57,520 --> 00:33:00,000 Speaker 2: supposed to be locked into one of those four spots 746 00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:00,680 Speaker 2: for the playoff. 747 00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:02,920 Speaker 1: Spencer Ratler was going to be a Heisman contender. 748 00:33:03,160 --> 00:33:05,960 Speaker 2: Defense was going to be much improved this year under 749 00:33:06,000 --> 00:33:08,160 Speaker 2: Alex Grinch, and it just really didn't happen. 750 00:33:08,600 --> 00:33:10,720 Speaker 1: Although it feels like they're kind of clicking right now. 751 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,440 Speaker 2: But the point is, no Sooner fan is arguing with 752 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:16,520 Speaker 2: me when I say the year hasn't gone according to plan. 753 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: But think about what bad air quote time? What bad 754 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:20,840 Speaker 1: right now? 755 00:33:21,040 --> 00:33:24,520 Speaker 2: Is at Oklahoma you beat Texas, You're favored by seven 756 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:27,440 Speaker 2: against Oklahoma State Saturday, so you could end up beating them. 757 00:33:27,480 --> 00:33:29,120 Speaker 2: Thus the reason I wish we could wait the Sunday 758 00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,600 Speaker 2: for this segment, and I'm the producer of the show. 759 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 2: I don't know why we couldn't. But what if in 760 00:33:34,880 --> 00:33:38,280 Speaker 2: your poor year, in your down year, you're still hand 761 00:33:38,320 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 2: in one to Texas and you're handing one to Oklahoma State. 762 00:33:41,080 --> 00:33:44,280 Speaker 2: That is the quint essential step back, glass eliminade in 763 00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:46,600 Speaker 2: your hand, other hand on your waist, and just say 764 00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:50,280 Speaker 2: it's not so bad after all, and when we tee 765 00:33:50,280 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 2: it up next year, we'll be right back to normal. 766 00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:54,880 Speaker 1: So that's kind of where Oklahoma is right now. 767 00:33:55,160 --> 00:33:59,680 Speaker 2: As for where Auburn is, they're kind of seeing the window. 768 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:02,360 Speaker 2: Now it's thin, it's just this little ray of light, 769 00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,640 Speaker 2: but they see the window. One of my favorite movies 770 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,840 Speaker 2: is Twister for obvious reasons, and when they end up 771 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,520 Speaker 2: finally chasing that F five really really late in the movie. 772 00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:13,359 Speaker 2: Great special effects here, by the way, when they're finally 773 00:34:13,440 --> 00:34:16,200 Speaker 2: chasing that F five and you know, they put Dorothy in 774 00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,640 Speaker 2: the middle of the road, but then that jerk pine 775 00:34:18,680 --> 00:34:20,319 Speaker 2: tree knocks Dorothy over. 776 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:22,719 Speaker 1: But then good and we got to get out of here. 777 00:34:23,000 --> 00:34:25,800 Speaker 2: And so Bill steps on the he steps on the 778 00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 2: floor in that dodge and then that tanker truck blows 779 00:34:29,080 --> 00:34:29,799 Speaker 2: up right in front of him. 780 00:34:29,800 --> 00:34:32,360 Speaker 1: Spoiler alert here. That tanker truck blows up right in 781 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:32,919 Speaker 1: front of him. 782 00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,560 Speaker 2: Bill and Joe, well, they just drive into that huge 783 00:34:35,600 --> 00:34:38,240 Speaker 2: ball of flame, and then they're gone for a second, 784 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 2: and you're left there worrying in the theater three times. 785 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,080 Speaker 2: If you went and saw it as much as I did, 786 00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:46,480 Speaker 2: you're left wondering did they make it? And then here 787 00:34:46,480 --> 00:34:49,560 Speaker 2: comes Bill Paxton, like only Bill Paxton could do, rest 788 00:34:49,560 --> 00:34:53,440 Speaker 2: his soul with Helen Hunt riding shotgun and they emerge 789 00:34:53,640 --> 00:34:56,160 Speaker 2: from the ball of flame, and there they are. That 790 00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:59,440 Speaker 2: is what Auburn football could be in the process of 791 00:34:59,480 --> 00:35:00,319 Speaker 2: doing right now. 792 00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,359 Speaker 1: They were dead in the water early in the year. 793 00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,719 Speaker 2: They you could make a strong argument they lost to 794 00:35:06,840 --> 00:35:09,720 Speaker 2: Arkansas at the very least should have been handed a loss. 795 00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:12,719 Speaker 2: The Kentucky game was certainly nothing to write home about. 796 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:14,919 Speaker 2: That was the definition of a struggle win. They got 797 00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:19,359 Speaker 2: smashed by Georgia. They lost to South Carolina and Will 798 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:20,920 Speaker 2: Muschan didn't even make it to the end of the 799 00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:23,879 Speaker 2: year before he got fired. That's the caliber of team. 800 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,839 Speaker 2: They lost too at Carolina, and yet here they are. 801 00:35:27,080 --> 00:35:29,480 Speaker 2: They're four and two. This team feels like it's got 802 00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:33,319 Speaker 2: five losses. They're four and two, and they played Old 803 00:35:33,320 --> 00:35:36,000 Speaker 2: Miss and they got by Old Miss and then it 804 00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:39,840 Speaker 2: just exploded against LSU. Not the tanker truck, mind you, 805 00:35:40,040 --> 00:35:42,759 Speaker 2: but the product on the field exploded. Now you could say, okay, well, 806 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:44,640 Speaker 2: a lot of teams have done that to LSU. That's 807 00:35:44,680 --> 00:35:46,960 Speaker 2: the point. That's the ray of light. You don't fully 808 00:35:47,000 --> 00:35:49,600 Speaker 2: know yet, don't really know what Auburn's doing here. They 809 00:35:49,640 --> 00:35:52,520 Speaker 2: got Tennessee Saturday, they had a second by as it 810 00:35:52,520 --> 00:35:55,279 Speaker 2: turned out, because of COVID, and so what in the 811 00:35:55,280 --> 00:35:56,239 Speaker 2: world are they going to look like? 812 00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:56,720 Speaker 1: Saturday? 813 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:58,560 Speaker 2: Is going to be one of those deals where they 814 00:35:58,640 --> 00:36:01,640 Speaker 2: emerge from the ball of flames and there you go, 815 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 2: tire squeal and here comes Auburn down the stretch and 816 00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,120 Speaker 2: sure enough they're clicking on all cylinders just in time 817 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:09,680 Speaker 2: to play Tennessee and then Bama and then Texas A 818 00:36:09,719 --> 00:36:12,279 Speaker 2: and M and they got Mississippi State. Are they going 819 00:36:12,360 --> 00:36:15,239 Speaker 2: to do that? Or are they just gonna die of 820 00:36:15,280 --> 00:36:18,640 Speaker 2: smoke inhlation? Essentially graphic part number two of the show tonight. 821 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:20,719 Speaker 2: I don't know where Auburn is. This is a team 822 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:22,400 Speaker 2: that I'm very close to. I mean, I grew up 823 00:36:22,440 --> 00:36:25,160 Speaker 2: forty five minutes away from Auburn, followed the program. I 824 00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,920 Speaker 2: do not have a firm grasp on Auburn right now. 825 00:36:28,160 --> 00:36:30,200 Speaker 2: I don't know who does I really don't know who does. 826 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:32,640 Speaker 2: They got one of the hot emerging tailbacks in America 827 00:36:32,840 --> 00:36:36,200 Speaker 2: in tank bigsby bo Nicks. At least for one afternoon 828 00:36:36,360 --> 00:36:40,120 Speaker 2: against LSU lived up statistically to what everyone expected of 829 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,439 Speaker 2: him when he arrived on the planes. Is there any 830 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:45,920 Speaker 2: consistency over the final month of the year, that's what 831 00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,360 Speaker 2: people want to see. There, And last, but not least, 832 00:36:48,640 --> 00:36:52,319 Speaker 2: the University of Southern California had to think about this one. 833 00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 2: I know where my mind is on USC. I had 834 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,320 Speaker 2: to think about the proper metaphor, the proper mood setting. 835 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:00,720 Speaker 2: The mood setting for them is just toss. That's the umbrella. 836 00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:03,520 Speaker 2: That's the mood of most Southern Calfans. Now, this is 837 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:05,759 Speaker 2: kind of weird. If you were a space alien and 838 00:37:05,800 --> 00:37:07,880 Speaker 2: you just land on planet Earth, you see a two 839 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:10,080 Speaker 2: and o team. How could anybody be upset with a 840 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:14,400 Speaker 2: two and o team? Here's how number one space alien? 841 00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:18,759 Speaker 2: You lack context, so go home. But number two I 842 00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,680 Speaker 2: don't like the phrase a win is a win in 843 00:37:22,719 --> 00:37:25,520 Speaker 2: college In the NFL, I'm fine with it because it 844 00:37:25,600 --> 00:37:26,880 Speaker 2: is a parody driven league. 845 00:37:27,000 --> 00:37:29,399 Speaker 1: This is college football. A win is not a win. 846 00:37:29,640 --> 00:37:32,520 Speaker 2: Okay, you beat ut Chattanooga thirty to twenty seven versus 847 00:37:32,560 --> 00:37:35,440 Speaker 2: sixty three to nothing. Those two wins are not equal 848 00:37:35,800 --> 00:37:38,480 Speaker 2: because of what's coming down the road. If you're struggling 849 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,960 Speaker 2: to get past the mocks, all due respect, but a 850 00:37:42,000 --> 00:37:44,439 Speaker 2: win's not a win. And so you got Southern Cal here, 851 00:37:44,719 --> 00:37:47,960 Speaker 2: and most people in the USC fan base entered this 852 00:37:48,040 --> 00:37:50,600 Speaker 2: season not believing that Clay Helton was the long term 853 00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:55,279 Speaker 2: answer for their program. And it's kind of like if 854 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:58,040 Speaker 2: you're walking through the rain and you have an umbrella 855 00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:01,120 Speaker 2: that's not really getting the job done, and so you 856 00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,040 Speaker 2: move this way and your shoulder gets wet, and then 857 00:38:04,080 --> 00:38:05,799 Speaker 2: you look down and you move that way, and your 858 00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:08,720 Speaker 2: right pants leg is soaked, and it's like you still 859 00:38:08,719 --> 00:38:10,479 Speaker 2: have an umbrella up there, but it's got a hole 860 00:38:10,520 --> 00:38:12,640 Speaker 2: in it. So like your shoulder over here is wet 861 00:38:12,680 --> 00:38:14,600 Speaker 2: again on the other side, but it's still there. 862 00:38:14,640 --> 00:38:16,680 Speaker 1: You might as well just toss it. The thing might 863 00:38:16,719 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 1: as well just. 864 00:38:17,120 --> 00:38:19,239 Speaker 2: Turn inside out, and you just toss it. And I'm 865 00:38:19,280 --> 00:38:22,040 Speaker 2: already wet in a number of places. Whatever, I'll just 866 00:38:22,080 --> 00:38:26,320 Speaker 2: take the soaking well right now. Southern Cow has a badly, 867 00:38:26,560 --> 00:38:30,600 Speaker 2: badly faulty umbrella, but one that is still serviceable above 868 00:38:30,640 --> 00:38:33,960 Speaker 2: their head, and you got a double digit favorite situation 869 00:38:34,000 --> 00:38:36,960 Speaker 2: against multiple teams, and we squeak by by three points here, 870 00:38:37,080 --> 00:38:39,920 Speaker 2: three points there, and your shoulder's wet, and our arms wet, 871 00:38:39,960 --> 00:38:42,600 Speaker 2: and our pants leg is wet, but umbrella is still 872 00:38:42,600 --> 00:38:45,080 Speaker 2: hanging in there. A lot of Trojan fans would just 873 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:49,200 Speaker 2: assume throw that umbrella away, as Hillary Duff once saying, 874 00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:52,360 Speaker 2: let the rain fall down, come clean. I think was 875 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:53,960 Speaker 2: the name of that song, Colin, one of your favorites, 876 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,520 Speaker 2: I think, And so that's what they want. There's one 877 00:38:56,560 --> 00:39:00,440 Speaker 2: small problem though. The problem, as it turns out, wouldn't 878 00:39:00,440 --> 00:39:02,279 Speaker 2: make much sense to the space alien over here. But 879 00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:05,600 Speaker 2: the problem is this pesky little thing called a two 880 00:39:05,680 --> 00:39:08,160 Speaker 2: and ohero record. They keep winning, and they're favored by 881 00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:10,880 Speaker 2: three against Utah Saturday. I picked them to lose, But 882 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,240 Speaker 2: I mean, if they follow through in what has become 883 00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 2: Trojan fashion this year, they're gonna find a way to 884 00:39:17,200 --> 00:39:19,359 Speaker 2: be plus four turnover Saturday and get out gained by 885 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:21,640 Speaker 2: one hundred and ninety five yards but still win twenty 886 00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:25,480 Speaker 2: six to twenty four. Capsule that it may actually happen. 887 00:39:25,760 --> 00:39:27,600 Speaker 2: So that's the mood tracker for right now. There's a 888 00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,360 Speaker 2: lot going on in a COVID year. I told you 889 00:39:29,400 --> 00:39:31,800 Speaker 2: it didn't matter about COVID. It's not gonna matter. People's 890 00:39:31,840 --> 00:39:33,920 Speaker 2: emotions are going to be no different this year than 891 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:38,200 Speaker 2: they normally are. Speaking of emotions, the winning emotion, that's 892 00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:40,120 Speaker 2: the one we want and the feeling that comes along 893 00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:43,600 Speaker 2: with it. The Romannudle express above fifty seven percent. Right now, 894 00:39:43,920 --> 00:39:46,719 Speaker 2: our best bet hit last night for the fifth week 895 00:39:46,800 --> 00:39:50,160 Speaker 2: in a row. We had Northern Illinois plus fourteen. They 896 00:39:50,200 --> 00:39:53,120 Speaker 2: lost by six, so shame for them. Good for us, though, 897 00:39:53,719 --> 00:39:55,279 Speaker 2: and we have several more to give you. And I'm 898 00:39:55,280 --> 00:39:56,719 Speaker 2: gonna go ahead and give your heads up right now. 899 00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:58,759 Speaker 2: This will not be it. I'm gonna have more. We're 900 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:00,680 Speaker 2: waiting on a couple of numbers to move. Got a 901 00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:04,319 Speaker 2: total that I'm eyeballing, could be weather based. Maybe not 902 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,880 Speaker 2: follow me on Twitter. It's got to follow me for reasons. 903 00:40:06,920 --> 00:40:09,000 Speaker 2: I'm about to stress to you emphatically in a second 904 00:40:09,040 --> 00:40:12,080 Speaker 2: at late kick, Josh Colin, let's roll it here our 905 00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:12,640 Speaker 2: first bet. 906 00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:14,319 Speaker 1: We've already gotten it out of the way. It's a win. 907 00:40:14,400 --> 00:40:16,040 Speaker 2: We might as well put a green check mark next 908 00:40:16,040 --> 00:40:18,560 Speaker 2: to it. Northern Illinois plus fourteen cash is for us. 909 00:40:18,640 --> 00:40:22,520 Speaker 2: Last night Saturday game Ohio State favored by twenty and 910 00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:24,279 Speaker 2: a half. We're taking the buck Geyes, minus twenty and 911 00:40:24,320 --> 00:40:26,160 Speaker 2: a half. That number still at twenty and a half. 912 00:40:26,160 --> 00:40:28,080 Speaker 2: By the way, this is a game tomorrow night. We've 913 00:40:28,080 --> 00:40:32,240 Speaker 2: got two Friday night games here Louisville, they are favored 914 00:40:32,239 --> 00:40:34,280 Speaker 2: by eighteen. We're not taking Louisvill though, We're taking Syracuse 915 00:40:34,320 --> 00:40:37,320 Speaker 2: Syracuse plus eighteen. I think you could even find nineteen 916 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:40,160 Speaker 2: out there if you waited. We like Syracuse under two touchdown, 917 00:40:40,239 --> 00:40:43,120 Speaker 2: so we're fining there either way. We like either number, 918 00:40:43,200 --> 00:40:46,600 Speaker 2: so QS plus eighteen. We're taking Air Force minus seven 919 00:40:46,880 --> 00:40:49,839 Speaker 2: against New Mexico. And this is the one I warned 920 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:52,160 Speaker 2: you about. I tweeted it out as soon as we 921 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:56,040 Speaker 2: got a heads up today about the quarterback situation at UCLA. 922 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,040 Speaker 2: At the time, Oregon was minus thirteen. I put it 923 00:40:59,040 --> 00:41:00,520 Speaker 2: out today because I knew we we're not going to 924 00:41:00,560 --> 00:41:02,200 Speaker 2: be able to make it to the show tonight. Before 925 00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:04,080 Speaker 2: that line moved. Now, I thought it was going to 926 00:41:04,120 --> 00:41:06,719 Speaker 2: move to fifteen. Line moved to seventeen or seventeen and 927 00:41:06,719 --> 00:41:07,040 Speaker 2: a half. 928 00:41:07,239 --> 00:41:10,600 Speaker 1: Right now. We got you Oregon minus thirteen. If you were. 929 00:41:10,440 --> 00:41:13,960 Speaker 2: Following on Twitter earlier today at late kick Josh, So 930 00:41:14,000 --> 00:41:17,080 Speaker 2: in summary, if you're listening on podcast, Ohio State minus 931 00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:20,800 Speaker 2: twenty and a half, Syracuse plus eighteen, Air Force minus seven, 932 00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:25,279 Speaker 2: Oregon minus thirteen, and the caveat again, that I will 933 00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:28,520 Speaker 2: have more coming for you. It's a ninety five percent 934 00:41:28,600 --> 00:41:31,560 Speaker 2: certainty that I will have at least one, if not multiple, 935 00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:34,759 Speaker 2: additional games coming at some point before they kicked the 936 00:41:34,760 --> 00:41:37,239 Speaker 2: games off Saturday. So follow me on Twitter at late 937 00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:39,560 Speaker 2: kick Josh, Hey, we have we got thirteen I think 938 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:43,440 Speaker 2: fourteen games postponed this weekend, which may sound bad, but 939 00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:46,160 Speaker 2: I want to tell you the feeling in the industry 940 00:41:46,600 --> 00:41:48,920 Speaker 2: over the weekend was that this week was going to 941 00:41:49,000 --> 00:41:53,480 Speaker 2: be way worse than last week, and so far it 942 00:41:53,560 --> 00:41:57,319 Speaker 2: hasn't been the tsunami of cancelations or postponements that was expected. 943 00:41:57,640 --> 00:41:59,880 Speaker 1: So knock on the closest wood you can. 944 00:42:00,960 --> 00:42:03,319 Speaker 2: Let's let's cross those fingers like I tweeted out last 945 00:42:03,320 --> 00:42:05,200 Speaker 2: week and it didn't end up working. Let's hope we 946 00:42:05,239 --> 00:42:09,080 Speaker 2: get these games in Saturday. Another reminder, Actually I meant 947 00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,359 Speaker 2: to leave the show with this. I've got a couple 948 00:42:11,400 --> 00:42:14,200 Speaker 2: of sessions that have opened tomorrow Tomorrow Friday, and so 949 00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:15,799 Speaker 2: I got a couple of sessions that are open for 950 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,759 Speaker 2: those of you interested in booking the one on one 951 00:42:17,800 --> 00:42:22,000 Speaker 2: zoom consultations, interested in sports media or building a YouTube channel, podcast, 952 00:42:22,040 --> 00:42:22,799 Speaker 2: whatever it is. 953 00:42:22,880 --> 00:42:24,839 Speaker 1: If you just got questions you want to ask. 954 00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:27,000 Speaker 2: I had a guy book a session and just wanted 955 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:28,960 Speaker 2: to talk Big ten football for an hour a couple 956 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:33,040 Speaker 2: of weeks ago. Whatever, book the sessions and let's talk 957 00:42:33,040 --> 00:42:35,359 Speaker 2: about what you can do, where you can go, what. 958 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:37,279 Speaker 1: You should be focused on, what you should be focused on. 959 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:40,160 Speaker 2: Josh paid seven zero six at gmail dot com or 960 00:42:40,200 --> 00:42:41,520 Speaker 2: on Twitter at late Kick. 961 00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:43,600 Speaker 1: Josh, if we got to get out of here because 962 00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,520 Speaker 1: I haven't eaten in like three hours, let's really start 963 00:42:46,560 --> 00:42:47,479 Speaker 1: to set it at this point. 964 00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:49,879 Speaker 2: So for director Colin, for Jordan on the podcast side, 965 00:42:49,960 --> 00:43:00,239 Speaker 2: I'm Josh Pate. Have a great weekend and God bless