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Speaker 1: Straight Firm, It's mean Jason McIntyre shree Fire for Monday,

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Speaker 1: August eight. It was a glorious weekend um, especially out

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Speaker 1: here in southern California, very warm weather. Hope everybody else

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Speaker 1: little bit cool. I had just an outstanding Sunday. Took

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Speaker 1: Yes those who are Happening again indoors uh. One of

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Speaker 1: the next guy coming up was like a ten comics

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Speaker 1: in Stranger Things, and I like stopped and I was like,

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Speaker 1: my gosh, someone from Stranger Things is doing stand up comedy.

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Speaker 1: Was Paul riser Um, who every everybody else knows from

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Speaker 1: Paul Riser is best known for stranger things. At any rate,

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Speaker 1: saw a comedian and Sunday played some volleyball for the

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Speaker 1: volleyball vibes. And then we went to the Dodgers Padres game,

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Speaker 1: and in a weekend after the baseball trade deadline, Padres

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Speaker 1: Cody Bellinger hit two bombs, and the Padres just couldn't

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Speaker 1: we bought in Mexico, Nickoxa. Awesome win on the road

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Speaker 1: I'm I'm leaving for vacation this week, just to get

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Speaker 1: football season begins. We need to kind of unwind, get

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Speaker 1: But for the second half. I mean, I'm driving to

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Speaker 1: If you've ever looked into the sport ahead of the season,

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Speaker 1: to this week's guest, the immortal Phil Steele. Fox Sports

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Speaker 1: I mean, if you guys have been why in college football,

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Speaker 1: Good morning, how are you man? You know I'm doing great? Jason?

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Speaker 1: How about yourself? Today? I love it. We're in the

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Speaker 1: let's stick in the SEC Georgia. Everybody predicts, like listen,

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Speaker 1: they're gonna be very good. Obviously, they just reload. But

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Speaker 1: when you lose fifteen guys to the draft, I think

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Speaker 1: they lost five positional coaches or assistant or coordinators. I mean,

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Speaker 1: I think there could be a little more of a

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Speaker 1: drop than people are anticipating here. And I know everybody

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Speaker 1: loves Bennett the quarterback, but kind of played above his head.

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Speaker 1: Last year. The defense carried them. Where are you on Georgia, Phil,

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Speaker 1: I've got Georgia double digit favorite in every game this year. Now,

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Speaker 1: their defense is not going to be as good as

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Speaker 1: last year. Now, last year they loose five first round

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Speaker 1: draft picks off the defense eight draft picks overall, you

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Speaker 1: can't be as good. Right, Well, last year, in this

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Speaker 1: era of offensive football, they gave up ten points per game,

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Speaker 1: and that includes given a forty one points to Alabama

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Speaker 1: in the SEC title game. So in the other games,

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Speaker 1: I think it was eight point six points per game

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Speaker 1: the rest of the year. That's phenomenal. They're gonna drop

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Speaker 1: back this year, but my computer says they dropped all

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Speaker 1: the way back to allowing sixteen points per game, which,

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Speaker 1: by the way, is the best college football this year.

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Speaker 1: So it's still have a top notch defense. They play

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Speaker 1: a lot of players on the defense side of the ball.

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Speaker 1: They usually play three strings, you know, three units during

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Speaker 1: the course of a game, so they have a lot

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Speaker 1: of experience, a lot of talent. They're still going to

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Speaker 1: be strong defensively, just not as dominant as last year,

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Speaker 1: but the offense will be improved. I think the offensive

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Speaker 1: line is better. The receiving corps looks pretty solid, especially

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Speaker 1: at tight end. They might have the best tight end

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Speaker 1: from in the country. And then stetson't been that who

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Speaker 1: everybody wanted to replace all season long last year, really

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Speaker 1: shined in the playoffs and especially the fourth quarter versus Alabama.

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Speaker 1: I think he now comes in with a lot more

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Speaker 1: confidence and and the team is completely behind him as well.

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Speaker 1: So yes, they will be a double digit favorite in

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Speaker 1: every game this year. But I would I would take

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Speaker 1: last year's Georgia team over this year's Georgia team, probably

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Speaker 1: by field goal of seven points. Okay, um let's quick

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Speaker 1: quarterback question in the SEC. So if you forget about

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Speaker 1: skill position, guys, forget about the offensive line, just based

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Speaker 1: on talent and skill set, would you rather have Hooker

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Speaker 1: or Richardson. Hooker from Tennessee or Richardson from Florida as

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Speaker 1: your quarterback? This season. Uh, I would go on on

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Speaker 1: take a chance with Anthony Richardson. I mean he is

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Speaker 1: just what, He's what you if you're building a perfect quarterback,

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Speaker 1: he'd probably be there. I know, the one game he

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Speaker 1: started last year he didn't do phenomenal in I think

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Speaker 1: he'll be much improved, So I think I would take

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Speaker 1: the long term chance on an Anthony Richardson. But handon Hooker,

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what. He surprised me last year. He

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Speaker 1: was highly efficient and very well could be right at

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Speaker 1: the top of the sec in passing this year. But

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Speaker 1: a slight lean towards Anthony Richardson. But honestly, if I'm

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Speaker 1: building a team and you toss me either one of

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Speaker 1: those guys, I'm pretty happy. Yeah. I mean, Hooker is

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Speaker 1: twenty four years old and Richardson is a young pup

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Speaker 1: with like under a hundred dropbacks in his career. Right, Um,

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Speaker 1: just on Hooker, I know Tennessee is going to be better.

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Speaker 1: I think, you know, I don't know how much better.

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Speaker 1: But when you got a twenty four year old quarterback

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Speaker 1: going against you know, nine twenty year old kids, like,

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Speaker 1: there's a big advantage here, No, Phil, Yeah, and yeah,

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Speaker 1: this is what has to be excited about Tennessee this year?

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Speaker 1: You go back two years ago. I remember when Old

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Speaker 1: Miss played Alabama and they had that potent offense and

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Speaker 1: all of a sudden in the fourth quarter, I believe

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Speaker 1: Old MS was leading that game, and even though their

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Speaker 1: team was nowhere near what Alabama's was, their defense was

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Speaker 1: nowhere near Obama's special teams weren't anywhere there, but they

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Speaker 1: had the puncher's chance in that game because of the offense.

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Speaker 1: I think Tennessee rates that this year. I mean last year,

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Speaker 1: Tennessee every thirty nine points per game, four D seventy

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Speaker 1: five yards per game. This year, my computer in the

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Speaker 1: front of the magazine is calling for forty five points

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Speaker 1: per game and five hundred and seven yards per games.

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Speaker 1: So yeah, I think Kendon Hooker is going to be

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Speaker 1: piling a pretty potent offense with Tennessee. Oh my gosh, um.

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Speaker 1: I could ask about every single team in the SEC

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Speaker 1: because they're all loaded. But really quickly Texas A and M.

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Speaker 1: They bring in Brad Johnson's kid, the transfer quarterback. Uh.

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Speaker 1: I know, Jimbo Fisher versus Nick Saban was a fun

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Speaker 1: off season story. But A and M are they taking

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Speaker 1: a step forward or backward. I know they lost what

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Speaker 1: they're basically their entire defensive line, but where are you

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Speaker 1: on on the aggies? Yeah, and it's gonna be better.

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Speaker 1: And last year lest I lost four games, but part

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Speaker 1: of that was because they lost their quarterback early, and

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Speaker 1: they lost two games early with the backup quarterback, and

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Speaker 1: Zach Kelsauta had a couple of tough losses down the stretch.

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Speaker 1: Really the L s U game, I thought they were

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Speaker 1: the better team, but somehow gave up that late score

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Speaker 1: and ended up losing that one, even though he could

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Speaker 1: have ended the game in numerous play I think and

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Speaker 1: M clearly has a better record this year. When I

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Speaker 1: look at the overall talent they have, they're the team

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Speaker 1: in the SEC that has the third best talent next

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Speaker 1: to Alabama and Georgia. Jimbo Fisher not just last year's

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Speaker 1: recruiting class, this year's, I should say, but all five

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Speaker 1: of his years have been phenomenal. You get to the

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Speaker 1: third team, and they of what I call v h

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Speaker 1: d s are very highly players. They're they're improved at

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Speaker 1: the quarterback position. Haynes King is back, Max Johnson's there,

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Speaker 1: so no matter who wins that job. They're in great shape,

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Speaker 1: offensive lines better. This is a team that very well

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Speaker 1: could be the best team in college football next year

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Speaker 1: if they gained some experience this year. The number one

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Speaker 1: point four in my experienced shart and the reason I

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Speaker 1: don't have them winning the SEC West. First of all,

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Speaker 1: they're less experience in Alabama, even though they're probably equal

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Speaker 1: talent wise. And then when you look at their schedule,

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Speaker 1: they have to play Miami and Florida, Arkansas in Arlington,

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Speaker 1: at Mississippi State, and then a third straight road game

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Speaker 1: at Alabama. It's a pretty slate for them, and Alabama's

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Speaker 1: playing at home with revenge. So I think Bama wins

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Speaker 1: that game over Texas A and M. But and M

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Speaker 1: to me is the third best team in the SEC.

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Speaker 1: It's way early, and I don't even know if you

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Speaker 1: can bet on it. But what's the spread that you're

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Speaker 1: seeing on Alabama, Texas A and M if the game

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Speaker 1: sometime in October? Right, Yeah, Bama is a sixteen point

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Speaker 1: favorite in the game. I have a fourteen point favorite.

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Speaker 1: I was gonna say that felt a little bit light

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Speaker 1: because I can I can see save but not calling

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Speaker 1: off the dogs in that one. Given all the recruiting

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Speaker 1: stuff going on and um. Anyways, all right, let's go

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Speaker 1: too quickly to the big ten fill. And it's weird.

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Speaker 1: You know, Michigan has the greatest season under Harball, They

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Speaker 1: make the playoff, you know, Aidan Hutchinson. It's just an

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Speaker 1: awesome story. And I'm hearing crickets about Michigan heading into

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Speaker 1: the season. They're getting like, I know how the States loaded,

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Speaker 1: but are we a little too low on Michigan or

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Speaker 1: are we appropriately low given that they lost so much

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Speaker 1: UM from last year's team. Yeah, and I think if

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Speaker 1: you look at them defensively, much like with Georgia, they're

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Speaker 1: not going to be as good defensively as they were

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Speaker 1: last year. I mean, they lose Hutchinson, they lose a job. Oh,

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Speaker 1: they lose their no tackle Chris Hinton, linebacker Josh ross Uh,

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Speaker 1: some outstanding defensive backs and Decks and Hill, Brad Hawkins

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Speaker 1: and Vincent Ray. Defense won't be as dominant as last

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Speaker 1: year with just four starters back, but once again, the

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Speaker 1: only allowed seven team points per game last year. My

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Speaker 1: computer calls from about five points per game more. And

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Speaker 1: offensively they're loaded. They've got the best offensive line in

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Speaker 1: the country. Uh, they've got two really good quarterbacks and

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Speaker 1: Kate McNamar and J. J. McCarthy, and the skill players

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Speaker 1: look good. Plus they have my number one rated special

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Speaker 1: teams in the country. And they also have fantastic schedule

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Speaker 1: this year. You know, prior to playing Ohio State, they

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Speaker 1: have a total of three road games at Indiana, at Rutgers,

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Speaker 1: and at Iowa. If they can win that Ioa game,

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Speaker 1: I think Michigan's eleven and when they play Ohio State,

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Speaker 1: now I will see this. I've got Ohio State a

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Speaker 1: two touchdown favorite over Michigan in that game, but I

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Speaker 1: think Michigan could be eleven. And and once again, you

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Speaker 1: get to one game is all you need. They're probably

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Speaker 1: worth a long shot playing the Big Ten. Yeah, that

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Speaker 1: Iowa t they got a solid defense. We're not gonna

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Speaker 1: talk about him here. I I don't know that they

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Speaker 1: win that one. Um, I just want to wrap up

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Speaker 1: in the Big Ten before we get to the high

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Speaker 1: with Michigan State. I don't know. You know, when you're

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Speaker 1: talking about over under, I think one of the obvious

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Speaker 1: unders has to be Michigan State. They were great in

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Speaker 1: the close games last year. Every transfer seemed to hit um.

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Speaker 1: I know milk Kicker seemed to do himself last year.

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Speaker 1: I don't know my two negative on Michigan State. I

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Speaker 1: would agree with you they're the one team from the

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Speaker 1: top ten that is a point for the drop end. Uh.

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Speaker 1: You know, two days ago on Phil Steel dot com

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Speaker 1: and check my daily blogs on Phil Steel dot com,

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Speaker 1: a lot of interesting stuff up there. But two days

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Speaker 1: ago I put up a blog of conference yards per

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Speaker 1: game versus wins, basically saying that if you got lucky

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Speaker 1: like last year's Michigan State did things are pointed down.

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Speaker 1: Last year Michigan State was seven and two in Big

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Speaker 1: Ten play. They were minus sixty three yards per game. Generally,

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Speaker 1: if you're minus sixty three yards per game and conference

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Speaker 1: play you're three and six, you're two and seven. Somehow,

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Speaker 1: this team was seven and two. They had the miracle

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Speaker 1: comeback against Michigan the one game they were dead in

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Speaker 1: the water and got a punt return touchdown in the

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Speaker 1: fourth quarter. We helped them win. So they did it

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Speaker 1: with smoke Bears. Last year they lose their star running back. Uh.

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Speaker 1: And I think when you look at Michigan State talent wise,

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Speaker 1: there probably with last year, well they catch all the

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Speaker 1: breaks they did last year, I don't think so, so

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Speaker 1: I would I would agree that I think Michian States

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Speaker 1: had there for a drop off that level win total. Okay,

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Speaker 1: And finally on the Heisman Trophy and Phil, I don't

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Speaker 1: know how actionable you think there is for um somebody

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Speaker 1: to win it. Everybody likes Bryce Young, c J. Stroud.

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Speaker 1: You mentioned will Anderson, but historically we've seen some guys

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Speaker 1: come out of nowhere and pull this off. Are we

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Speaker 1: sleeping on anybody? Perhaps the Clemson quarterback UM Caleb Williams,

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Speaker 1: who out there is maybe has some value that's not

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Speaker 1: like a top five seven guy to an award. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: I think the three guys with the best value you

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Speaker 1: hit on Caleb Williams from USC, A guy that knows

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Speaker 1: Lincoln Riley's offense, and Lincoln Riley's got too highspand Trophy

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Speaker 1: winning quarterbacks, Heisman Trophy finalists. He was the number one

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Speaker 1: quarterback out of high school, so I do like him.

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Speaker 1: One guy I think everybody's sleeping on is he came

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Speaker 1: in at thirty to one is Dylan Gabriel of Oklahoma.

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Speaker 1: You know, last year I talked about how the Powers

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Speaker 1: all lost players and everybody us had an advantage the

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Speaker 1: same at Oklahoma almost taken on a Baylor team that

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Speaker 1: had basically everybody back from the previous year, had a

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Speaker 1: play him on the road and they lost. They played

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Speaker 1: Oklahoma State, which had everybody back on the defense last year,

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Speaker 1: on the road, and they had tough loss there. This

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Speaker 1: So I mean it's a thing where I think Will

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Speaker 1: Anderson would have a chance of sneaking in there as well.

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Speaker 1: I actually think he could be like a top five

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Speaker 1: But does he have enough of a national rep. They're

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Speaker 1: Phil Steele, the legendary college football media member, he Heisman voter,

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Speaker 1: and you got to pick up his preview. It's outstanding, Phil,

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Speaker 1: Thanks a lot, man. Um, you know, enjoy the month

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Speaker 1: of August. Rest up, you got a big season ahead. Hey, Jason,

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Speaker 1: let me quickly throughout a couple of notes about the magazine.

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Speaker 1: The magazine three and fifty two pages, three or four

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Speaker 1: we had a print in two runs this year. The

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Speaker 1: So do make sure you go out and what if

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Speaker 1: you pick up up you will have to have that

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Speaker 1: copy each and every year. And then visit my website

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Speaker 1: which is Phil Steel dot com. That's st E E

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Speaker 1: all the way through football season, So make sure you

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Speaker 1: check that out. Yeah, I love your stuff. Phil. Can't

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Speaker 1: do college football without you, man. Thanks again for all

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Speaker 1: your work. All right, A lot of fun talking football

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Speaker 1: with you today, Jason