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Speaker 1: more information. But Dan Rubinstein in Chicago, sir, how are you?

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Speaker 1: I'm great. I'm very excited to talk about an up

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Speaker 1: because LSU brings more back? So why A and M

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Speaker 1: two new coordinators? Technically two and a half If you

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Speaker 1: count a passing game coordinator. And also Miles Brannan just

426
00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:48,040
Speaker 1: broke his arm horrible, just so snake bitten obviously with

427
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Speaker 1: the injuries over the years. So that's another new wrinkle

428
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Speaker 1: into what LSU's offense is going to look like moving forward.

429
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Speaker 1: So it appears Max Johnson is going to be the guy.

430
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Speaker 1: There's there's young talent below him. They've recruited quarterback pretty well,

431
00:24:03,680 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 1: and there's a lot of potential, but it's still very

432
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Speaker 1: green now behind Max Johnson and an injured Miles Brennan.

433
00:24:10,200 --> 00:24:13,840
Speaker 1: So's that's the new wrinkle too. Now it was a

434
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Speaker 1: once seemingly deep quarterback room with both experience and talent.

435
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Speaker 1: Now it becomes shallower, and we hope Max Johnson is

436
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Speaker 1: up to the task he was late last year, but

437
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Speaker 1: now he's the guy with expectations far greater than I

438
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Speaker 1: think they were for him late last year. And I

439
00:24:33,280 --> 00:24:35,840
Speaker 1: kind of feel bad saying this now after the Miles

440
00:24:35,920 --> 00:24:38,120
Speaker 1: Brennan news broke, which is horrible for him. Like you said,

441
00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:43,000
Speaker 1: just so slick Hitten, But even before this, I think

442
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Speaker 1: you and I both favored Max Johnson a little bit more.

443
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Speaker 1: We both felt like he had higher upside that he

444
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:50,480
Speaker 1: came in, he gave them an intangible You'll recall where

445
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:53,440
Speaker 1: the LSU season was a year ago. It didn't get

446
00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 1: off to the smoothest of starts, and it took him

447
00:24:56,320 --> 00:24:58,400
Speaker 1: a while to kind of settle in and find themselves.

448
00:24:59,000 --> 00:25:01,520
Speaker 1: The last few games were we saw more of Max Johnson.

449
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Speaker 1: I thought we both really felt pretty positively about what

450
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Speaker 1: we saw. Yeah, there's an element to Max Johnson specifically,

451
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Speaker 1: and I also think Miles Brannan's a good quarterback, but

452
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Speaker 1: Max Johnson specifically that he is an interesting off platform

453
00:25:16,200 --> 00:25:19,199
Speaker 1: playmaker when things break down, when he needs to go

454
00:25:19,240 --> 00:25:23,160
Speaker 1: through progressions and hit somebody as he's being tackled as

455
00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:25,800
Speaker 1: he's on the run, throwing away from his body like,

456
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Speaker 1: there are a number of those instances in Max Johnson's

457
00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,439
Speaker 1: I guess recent past that make you think, Okay, he

458
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,360
Speaker 1: can make something out of nothing, Okay, in the way

459
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Speaker 1: that Joe Burrow obviously did on a much higher level.

460
00:25:38,760 --> 00:25:42,480
Speaker 1: The comparison isn't fair, but that's something that I think

461
00:25:42,520 --> 00:25:45,400
Speaker 1: we've come to expect from the best quarterbacks in football,

462
00:25:45,480 --> 00:25:48,639
Speaker 1: that Okay, when things are hairy, when things are messy,

463
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Speaker 1: can they still make plays? And I think we saw

464
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Speaker 1: flashes of that from Max Johnson last year. Yeah, the

465
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Speaker 1: running back situation is good. The receiver situation has promised

466
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Speaker 1: behind keysham Boutet, who is like all SEC and beyond caliber,

467
00:26:02,640 --> 00:26:08,119
Speaker 1: great name. The line is intact and should be good.

468
00:26:08,800 --> 00:26:11,239
Speaker 1: It's more we don't know what the offense is going

469
00:26:11,280 --> 00:26:13,159
Speaker 1: to look like. We don't know fully what the defense

470
00:26:13,240 --> 00:26:15,840
Speaker 1: is going to look like. Schematically, A nice place to

471
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:19,280
Speaker 1: start with LSU is and this is a definite advantage

472
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Speaker 1: they have over A and M is. They might have

473
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Speaker 1: the best corner duo returning in the country and Eli

474
00:26:23,880 --> 00:26:27,879
Speaker 1: Rix and Derek Stingley, so the star power is immediately

475
00:26:27,920 --> 00:26:33,440
Speaker 1: there to erase large swaths of the field consistently. But LSU,

476
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:39,280
Speaker 1: like I just with the changes at coordinator and on

477
00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:43,879
Speaker 1: some level scheme, and I think their defensive line should

478
00:26:43,880 --> 00:26:46,000
Speaker 1: be very good. We'll see a linebacker that there's just

479
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 1: been a lot of change there. I just think there

480
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:54,280
Speaker 1: are variables involved with LSU and what their season look like.

481
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Speaker 1: I got to see it before I believe it, I think,

482
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Speaker 1: and I think there's more to trust about A and

483
00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:05,119
Speaker 1: M right now. Hmm, and A and M completely suffocated

484
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,320
Speaker 1: LSU last year. They did. Yeah, they did late, So

485
00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:11,679
Speaker 1: there's that, and the defense did eventually make plays for

486
00:27:11,800 --> 00:27:15,480
Speaker 1: LSU after starting out disastrously with Bo Polini. By the

487
00:27:15,560 --> 00:27:18,119
Speaker 1: end of the year, they were getting off the field,

488
00:27:18,359 --> 00:27:21,480
Speaker 1: they were taking steps to looking like a competent defense,

489
00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:26,639
Speaker 1: but there were for sure nightmare scenarios early on. So yeah,

490
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Speaker 1: Steve Ennsminger retired, it's Jake Pet's and DJ Mangus. Mangus

491
00:27:30,880 --> 00:27:34,359
Speaker 1: takes over the offense and Deronte Jones on defense, younger

492
00:27:34,440 --> 00:27:41,000
Speaker 1: dudes hopefully energizing those sides of the ball. But yeah,

493
00:27:41,040 --> 00:27:43,480
Speaker 1: there's a lot to be seen. There's a lot to

494
00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:45,000
Speaker 1: be seen, a lot of promise, a lot of talent

495
00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:48,199
Speaker 1: on different levels. But coming into this year with some

496
00:27:48,280 --> 00:27:55,119
Speaker 1: of the like bad TV that LSU put forward, i'd

497
00:27:55,160 --> 00:27:59,560
Speaker 1: like to see it now. Auburn's a revenge spot. UCLA

498
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,280
Speaker 1: is going to be tricky Week one. UCLA is coming

499
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Speaker 1: off of a game against Hawaii, so they'll be a

500
00:28:05,359 --> 00:28:07,719
Speaker 1: little bit more seasoned heading into that game than LSU

501
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:10,520
Speaker 1: just going out west for their first game. They're at

502
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Speaker 1: Mississippi State, which is danger this year to me. If

503
00:28:14,359 --> 00:28:19,160
Speaker 1: Will Rogers and Jade Wally are connecting whatever Florida Ole

504
00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:21,800
Speaker 1: miss a bye game before Bama on the road is

505
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Speaker 1: Land Mimi, and then they get A and M at home,

506
00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:31,120
Speaker 1: which is nice. Well, so I'm looking I'm looking at

507
00:28:31,160 --> 00:28:34,320
Speaker 1: the Vegas over under right now. A and M is

508
00:28:34,440 --> 00:28:37,760
Speaker 1: nine and a half. LSU is eight and a half.

509
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Speaker 1: So at least our friends in the desert seem to

510
00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:43,520
Speaker 1: be tracking a little bit more with you in that

511
00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,680
Speaker 1: they also favor A and M. I'm assuming because of

512
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Speaker 1: the schedule. The schedule is definitely easier, there's no question

513
00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,200
Speaker 1: about it, on the A and M side than the

514
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Speaker 1: LSU side. Which of those two teams do you feel

515
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Speaker 1: more confident about? So it's tougher obviously to get to

516
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Speaker 1: ten wins to hit that over for A and M.

517
00:29:01,120 --> 00:29:03,720
Speaker 1: Then it would be to get to nine. If you're LSU,

518
00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:07,720
Speaker 1: the schedule is much much harder again, I granted, but

519
00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 1: which of those two bets would you be more confident in?

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00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 1: So nine and a half, A and M eight and

521
00:29:13,880 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 1: a half LSU. Correct. So it's based on their schedule,

522
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:21,120
Speaker 1: not based on them playing each other on a neutral field. Correct, correct? Absolutely,

523
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Speaker 1: Probably LSU. Yeah, even without the coordinators there, Probably LSU

524
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Speaker 1: because of their corner combo, and I'm just I'm tantalized

525
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:37,440
Speaker 1: by Hope Ty. Of course, I'm tantalized by the college football.

526
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Speaker 1: I can count on A and M a little bit more,

527
00:29:40,680 --> 00:29:42,480
Speaker 1: but like I can wish upon a star a little

528
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,680
Speaker 1: bit more with LSU. So I don't know if they

529
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Speaker 1: If LSU has full on good quarterback play, I don't

530
00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,000
Speaker 1: know what the line is for them if they get

531
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Speaker 1: above Danny Etling, who was pretty good. So if they're

532
00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:59,160
Speaker 1: above Danny Ettling but not quite Joe Burrow, the Ettling line,

533
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Speaker 1: the Etling line, I think ten and two is not unreasonable.

534
00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:09,080
Speaker 1: There's enough speed, there's enough talent, there's enough depth, And

535
00:30:10,040 --> 00:30:13,240
Speaker 1: I think twenty twenty was a severe wake up call.

536
00:30:13,720 --> 00:30:17,080
Speaker 1: Which of these two schools poses a greater threat for Alabama?

537
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:21,480
Speaker 1: So keep in mind that LSU plays at Bama, and

538
00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:24,720
Speaker 1: A and M is home against Alabama, and they get

539
00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 1: them a little earlier in the year, right, I think

540
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Speaker 1: the bigger threat is A and M situationally, that the

541
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Speaker 1: game is at Kyle Field, which is a difficult place

542
00:30:35,760 --> 00:30:39,000
Speaker 1: to play, and they get Bryce Young early. Yeah, and

543
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Speaker 1: it's also weak after me, which is why I talked

544
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Speaker 1: about Florida being a bigger threat as well as Florida

545
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Speaker 1: gets them at home in the swamp and gets Bryce

546
00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:49,480
Speaker 1: Young early. Okay, well it'll be it'll be interesting, to

547
00:30:49,560 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 1: say the least. The next team then that I want

548
00:30:52,720 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 1: to talk about is Mississippi because Mississippi, Oh mass Ole

549
00:30:56,720 --> 00:30:59,920
Speaker 1: Miss is a ton of fun. The defense wasn't exactly

550
00:31:01,480 --> 00:31:04,239
Speaker 1: anything this centerpiece for the team last year, if I'm

551
00:31:04,280 --> 00:31:08,520
Speaker 1: being kind, But offensively they've got a ton of firepower.

552
00:31:08,560 --> 00:31:11,840
Speaker 1: They do bring back Matt Carroll. In total, they've got

553
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,680
Speaker 1: seventeen starters back nine on defense, so you would assume

554
00:31:14,720 --> 00:31:17,040
Speaker 1: at least some improvement on that side of the football.

555
00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:23,120
Speaker 1: But is this a team that could challenge Alabama? Because again, situationally,

556
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Speaker 1: I'm not saying they're better than Alabama over the course

557
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:29,760
Speaker 1: of the season, but at least situationally, this is a

558
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Speaker 1: team that squares off against Bamo the week before BAMA

559
00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,320
Speaker 1: goes to A and M, so potentially a look ahead spot.

560
00:31:36,200 --> 00:31:37,760
Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna be like Ahad spot with

561
00:31:37,800 --> 00:31:40,840
Speaker 1: what Lane Kiffen was able to drop on this BAMA

562
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,920
Speaker 1: defense last year. I think they will have the full

563
00:31:44,040 --> 00:31:50,240
Speaker 1: attention of the Crimson time. I like all miss from

564
00:31:50,240 --> 00:31:52,720
Speaker 1: a TV perspective. I like a returning quarterback. I like

565
00:31:52,760 --> 00:31:56,520
Speaker 1: a smart, effective offense, explosive offense. I don't think it's

566
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Speaker 1: going to be quite as explosive without Elijah Moore, Garry

567
00:32:00,240 --> 00:32:05,360
Speaker 1: and Eely is really fun to watch. The offensive line

568
00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:10,440
Speaker 1: I'm worried about still, especially I think Lane Kiffin fired

569
00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:14,360
Speaker 1: the offensive line coach after spring practice like having and

570
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:18,760
Speaker 1: maybe it was a personality thing, but certainly not a

571
00:32:18,800 --> 00:32:22,760
Speaker 1: great sign of Lane Kiffin thinking our offensive line is

572
00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:27,560
Speaker 1: in a great spot, can't wait. So that's worrisome. I'm

573
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Speaker 1: positive he'll be able to scheme around it for the

574
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:33,600
Speaker 1: most part successfully, but yeah, looking for receivers to emerge.

575
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,200
Speaker 1: I have no questions about Snooputer, Jerry and Eely. Those

576
00:32:36,240 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 1: guys are great. And Matt Corral I think is a

577
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 1: really good quarterback for Lane Kiffin. I think he's a

578
00:32:42,400 --> 00:32:47,200
Speaker 1: step below like the Sam Howell Spencer Rattler level, but

579
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Speaker 1: his athleticism is really interesting. He can extend plays, he

580
00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,920
Speaker 1: can run like he's a good quarterback, and he a

581
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,080
Speaker 1: good quarterback and on a Lane Kiffin team is going

582
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Speaker 1: to put up numbers. He had some nightmare moments last year.

583
00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:04,720
Speaker 1: He threw I think forty four picks against Arkansas that

584
00:33:04,720 --> 00:33:06,640
Speaker 1: that can't be replicated if Ole Miss is going to

585
00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:10,560
Speaker 1: have a successful year. But yeah, they're they're an all gas,

586
00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 1: no breaks team. If the defense can improve to below average,

587
00:33:14,080 --> 00:33:18,360
Speaker 1: they become frisky. But right now they're they're going to

588
00:33:18,400 --> 00:33:20,479
Speaker 1: need to score fifty points in a number of their

589
00:33:20,520 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 1: games to win, which is fun. It is fun. Seven

590
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 1: and a half is the over under right now, the

591
00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:31,960
Speaker 1: over is getting a little bit more traction than the

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Speaker 1: under as I look at the schedule here, opening with Louisville,

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Speaker 1: Losville on the road at Bama. That's neutral, right, I uh,

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Speaker 1: the louis at Atlanta, Yeah, Louisville and Atlanta. Yeah. Throughout

595
00:33:48,440 --> 00:33:52,280
Speaker 1: October Arkansas, Tennessee, and then they close out with LSU

596
00:33:52,360 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 1: and Auburn okay, and that's workable. A game in early

597
00:33:57,800 --> 00:34:02,160
Speaker 1: November against Liberty, which factors would be a shootout mm

598
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:06,240
Speaker 1: hmm A and m ndor built and then at Mississippi States.

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00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,160
Speaker 1: This is a workable schedule. It's a workable schedule. It's

600
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Speaker 1: tough from the standpoint of they've got Bamba on the road,

601
00:34:12,600 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: They've got LCU on here, they got to go to

602
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:18,759
Speaker 1: Mississippi State, but if you are laying Kiffin, if you've

603
00:34:18,800 --> 00:34:22,439
Speaker 1: got so much firepower back on your offense, you will

604
00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,440
Speaker 1: be able to bowl over some of these teams. I

605
00:34:25,480 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 1: don't think there's any question about that. So seven and

606
00:34:27,560 --> 00:34:30,120
Speaker 1: a half is intriguing to me. I would be inclined

607
00:34:30,120 --> 00:34:33,960
Speaker 1: to go over there. I'd take the under really. Yeah,

608
00:34:34,120 --> 00:34:39,239
Speaker 1: because of defensive liability. Yeah yeah. If you are losing

609
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:42,800
Speaker 1: your biggest weapon on offense and there's no obvious replacement

610
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:45,120
Speaker 1: and somebody will you make up some of the production,

611
00:34:45,200 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 1: that's fine. But if I'm going to sit here and

612
00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,439
Speaker 1: say quarterback and defense, and I don't have a lot

613
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,839
Speaker 1: to hang my hat on with this defense, and we're

614
00:34:52,880 --> 00:34:55,360
Speaker 1: just sort of saying, for as much as the offense

615
00:34:55,520 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 1: brings to the table, the defense takes off the table.

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Speaker 1: It just feels like a six and sixteen. Yeah, it

617
00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:06,440
Speaker 1: feels like a fun six and sixteen that will absolutely

618
00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:10,480
Speaker 1: embarrass itself against the team they shouldn't and maybe sneak

619
00:35:10,520 --> 00:35:13,160
Speaker 1: away with a win against the team they shouldn't as well.

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Speaker 1: I can get the seven wins here pretty easily, Dan, Yeah,

621
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Speaker 1: and almost, by the way, almost last season should have

622
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:23,000
Speaker 1: had a better record with the way that I think

623
00:35:23,040 --> 00:35:27,080
Speaker 1: it was the Auburn game ended right. Yes, Yeah, I

624
00:35:27,120 --> 00:35:29,280
Speaker 1: feel like I can get the seven wins here pretty easily,

625
00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:32,640
Speaker 1: and you can, if things break in a good direction,

626
00:35:33,280 --> 00:35:35,719
Speaker 1: you could get to eight. I don't think i'd want

627
00:35:35,719 --> 00:35:38,000
Speaker 1: to go oh, I mean seven and a half feels low.

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00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,200
Speaker 1: I wouldn't want to go I wouldn't want to go

629
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Speaker 1: over just because it's not obvious where the eighth would

630
00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:47,600
Speaker 1: come from. But I could see it. I could see

631
00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:49,919
Speaker 1: it if the defense again marginally improves. There's so many

632
00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,800
Speaker 1: teams in college football that fall into that category. I

633
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,640
Speaker 1: always use Oklahoma as an example, but there are plenty.

634
00:35:56,600 --> 00:35:59,960
Speaker 1: And you take Northwestern on the offensive side of the ball,

635
00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,759
Speaker 1: take Iowa on the offensive side of the ball. We

636
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,760
Speaker 1: talked about them last week in the Big Ten. Shows

637
00:36:06,000 --> 00:36:09,840
Speaker 1: marginal improvement on the offensive side of the football really

638
00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:13,560
Speaker 1: makes the conversation completely different around those teams and all

639
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:16,640
Speaker 1: misses in that category with defense just marginally. Yeah, but

640
00:36:16,719 --> 00:36:21,680
Speaker 1: I think it's easier to win with defense. Yeah, I

641
00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:25,520
Speaker 1: think it's easier to stumble into a win with a

642
00:36:25,640 --> 00:36:30,200
Speaker 1: legitimately especially in the Big Ten, with a legitimately impressive defense,

643
00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:33,560
Speaker 1: you can stumble into more thirteen to ten wins, then

644
00:36:33,600 --> 00:36:36,480
Speaker 1: you can stumble into forty three forty one wins with

645
00:36:36,600 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 1: a question one because then everything is on the table

646
00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:42,960
Speaker 1: to me, with a defense that's at that leaky, so

647
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:47,239
Speaker 1: we'll see again. Happy to be wrong, but you know,

648
00:36:47,640 --> 00:36:51,680
Speaker 1: I think they need another year of recruiting and transferring

649
00:36:51,719 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: in to really feel good about like, Okay, they're holding

650
00:36:55,080 --> 00:36:58,600
Speaker 1: up on some level their end of the bargain. Yeah, well,

651
00:36:58,600 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 1: look the optimism. The optimism is there because there is

652
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,319
Speaker 1: a lot back on offense, and they should be an

653
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:07,600
Speaker 1: excellent TV show if we're now making this full turn

654
00:37:07,719 --> 00:37:11,400
Speaker 1: into college football as a TV entity, they're going to

655
00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,759
Speaker 1: be fun as well. By the way, especially now in

656
00:37:13,800 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 1: the SEC West outside of Auburn. To me, everybody's reasonably

657
00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:24,839
Speaker 1: dangerous offensively, so it's an especially bad year to have

658
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 1: a problematic defense. Like if kJ Jefferson gives Arkansas anything,

659
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:34,480
Speaker 1: he's got weapons, and I think the defense is going

660
00:37:34,560 --> 00:37:36,480
Speaker 1: to continue to improve for Arkansas. We don't need to

661
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:39,680
Speaker 1: go to Arkansas right now. But with how Mississippi State

662
00:37:39,719 --> 00:37:45,280
Speaker 1: finished offensively, with that Will Rogers and Jayden Wally Wheel

663
00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,640
Speaker 1: that sound ready. With what we know about LSU and

664
00:37:48,840 --> 00:37:51,280
Speaker 1: a high floor for both Max Johnson and Miles Brennan

665
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:56,280
Speaker 1: and what we believe to be A and m another

666
00:37:56,360 --> 00:37:59,320
Speaker 1: return to a good, maybe not great, but really good offense.

667
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:03,279
Speaker 1: Like it's just a year to be that leaky. Let's

668
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:04,960
Speaker 1: go to Auburn. Can we go to Auburn for a second.

669
00:38:05,280 --> 00:38:09,240
Speaker 1: I'd love to fascinating. Auburn is fascinating. Their schedule is brutal,

670
00:38:10,080 --> 00:38:12,799
Speaker 1: It is absolutely brutal. This is the second toughest in

671
00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:16,320
Speaker 1: the country, I think, behind only Arkansaw if I'm correct

672
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: with that. Arkansas has got a tough schedule as well. Yeah,

673
00:38:19,239 --> 00:38:22,799
Speaker 1: number one. But we're in this place now where they

674
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:26,120
Speaker 1: made a coaching change. They finally made the change. They

675
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,720
Speaker 1: moved away from Gus Melson and it is Brian Harson

676
00:38:29,880 --> 00:38:32,040
Speaker 1: who steps in. Brian Harrison has been a coach for

677
00:38:32,080 --> 00:38:36,720
Speaker 1: a while. He obviously coached some programs here, most notably

678
00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:40,839
Speaker 1: Boise State recently. Brian Harson was not the sexiest hire

679
00:38:41,000 --> 00:38:43,879
Speaker 1: for Auburn, but he is someone I think can bring

680
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:47,080
Speaker 1: stability to the program, provided he can adapt his ways

681
00:38:47,080 --> 00:38:50,239
Speaker 1: to the SEC. So there is some question whether or

682
00:38:50,280 --> 00:38:52,360
Speaker 1: not Brian Harson is going to be a thing in

683
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,720
Speaker 1: the SEC if he can, If he can hack it

684
00:38:55,840 --> 00:38:57,759
Speaker 1: for lack of better terms, given the fact that he's

685
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:05,160
Speaker 1: coming from Boise, where are you at with Auburn going

686
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,680
Speaker 1: into this season? And you can't address that question without

687
00:39:08,719 --> 00:39:12,640
Speaker 1: first asking like, how do you feel about Brian Harson

688
00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:20,920
Speaker 1: in this situation? The answer to both is not great.

689
00:39:21,640 --> 00:39:26,000
Speaker 1: They didn't recruit well in his first non class essentially,

690
00:39:26,040 --> 00:39:27,960
Speaker 1: and they're not off to a great start on the

691
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:30,279
Speaker 1: trail right now. So long term, I'm already kind of

692
00:39:30,320 --> 00:39:32,600
Speaker 1: down on the Brian Harson era just because of what

693
00:39:32,680 --> 00:39:35,720
Speaker 1: it takes from a program building standpoint, from a talent

694
00:39:35,760 --> 00:39:41,200
Speaker 1: building standpoint, there are interesting like I love Tank Bigsby.

695
00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 1: I think he's a centerpiece to build around. But look,

696
00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,520
Speaker 1: if you look at where they were last year with

697
00:39:48,080 --> 00:39:51,360
Speaker 1: what I believe to be more talent, they averaged like

698
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:55,120
Speaker 1: thirteen points against George Obama and A and M thirteen

699
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,320
Speaker 1: I think it was zero thirteen and nineteen or twenty

700
00:39:58,360 --> 00:40:00,879
Speaker 1: something like that in those games. They scored nineteen points

701
00:40:00,920 --> 00:40:03,560
Speaker 1: in their bowl game against Northwestern. Great defense, I get it,

702
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:09,200
Speaker 1: but still, bo Nicks just looked like when he was

703
00:40:09,239 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 1: off platform and had to improvise, he made some plays

704
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:16,279
Speaker 1: when he had to run an offense, there were very

705
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:19,879
Speaker 1: few plays to be made. I thought Tank Bixby again

706
00:40:20,040 --> 00:40:23,520
Speaker 1: was a bright spot. The defense last year was above average,

707
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:26,279
Speaker 1: But an Auburn defense that's merely above average is a

708
00:40:26,320 --> 00:40:30,080
Speaker 1: step down from where the Auburn defense was two three

709
00:40:30,160 --> 00:40:34,960
Speaker 1: years ago. So the defense is trending in the wrong direction.

710
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:38,600
Speaker 1: Now we have a new year, new coach. I like

711
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:40,720
Speaker 1: the Derek Mason Higer I mixed on the Mike Bobo

712
00:40:40,800 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 1: higher on offense. There's always hope in a reboot, in

713
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:50,240
Speaker 1: a refresh. I think they're relatively strong up the middle,

714
00:40:50,760 --> 00:40:53,360
Speaker 1: at least at linebacker. I think the secondary is in

715
00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:57,480
Speaker 1: a good place. But if you're not in a strong

716
00:40:57,600 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 1: place up front in the West, the problem. Yeah, especially

717
00:41:04,000 --> 00:41:07,920
Speaker 1: given like think at this point with the number of

718
00:41:08,200 --> 00:41:11,279
Speaker 1: NFL players that have been developed in the planes, you think,

719
00:41:11,360 --> 00:41:13,680
Speaker 1: like every year, like who's the next guy, who's the

720
00:41:13,719 --> 00:41:16,719
Speaker 1: next Like it just doesn't it doesn't seem like he's

721
00:41:16,760 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 1: there right now. Like there's just no Montrevious, there's no

722
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:23,560
Speaker 1: Carl Lawson, there's no you know, Derek Brown, whoever. Like

723
00:41:23,640 --> 00:41:29,880
Speaker 1: it's just it fell off. And I at this point,

724
00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:33,000
Speaker 1: because you mentioned the schedule and we can go through

725
00:41:33,040 --> 00:41:37,560
Speaker 1: that so it's at Penn State. Early they have six

726
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:43,080
Speaker 1: straight losable games at LSU, Georgia at Arkansas, Ole, Miss

727
00:41:43,320 --> 00:41:46,040
Speaker 1: at A, and M Mississippi State, and that's seven if

728
00:41:46,080 --> 00:41:49,040
Speaker 1: you count South Carolina on the road to whom they

729
00:41:49,080 --> 00:41:53,960
Speaker 1: lost last year. Yeah, the Iron Bulls at home. So hooray.

730
00:41:54,040 --> 00:42:01,319
Speaker 1: I guess I am just not seeing it. If they

731
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,120
Speaker 1: make it to a bowl game this year, that seems

732
00:42:03,200 --> 00:42:08,000
Speaker 1: like a win. I just I think there's a lot

733
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:11,759
Speaker 1: is going to have to be overhauled, especially with and

734
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,799
Speaker 1: we talked about this with Jim Harbaugh with the Big

735
00:42:13,840 --> 00:42:17,160
Speaker 1: ten Eese preview about not being able to recruit and

736
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:20,120
Speaker 1: develop a quarterback from day one. And you don't need to.

737
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,719
Speaker 1: You can get away with not doing that if you're

738
00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:27,400
Speaker 1: just perfect and flawless in the transfer portal. But the

739
00:42:27,440 --> 00:42:31,680
Speaker 1: gusmus On era of a Georgia corner and Nick Marshall

740
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:36,040
Speaker 1: and a Baylor transfer Jared Stidham being the headliners, and

741
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:41,240
Speaker 1: every blue chip quarterback he recruited just kind of didn't

742
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:46,160
Speaker 1: work out. There's just there's a cupboard element to what

743
00:42:46,200 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 1: Brian Harson and that staff. But they're inheriting along the

744
00:42:50,239 --> 00:42:53,760
Speaker 1: defensive line to a certain extent, but especially at quarterback,

745
00:42:53,760 --> 00:42:55,960
Speaker 1: where you're just like, man, I don't what And I

746
00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 1: know they've got a blue chip guy coming in next season,

747
00:42:58,920 --> 00:43:04,920
Speaker 1: I believe, But I think it's going to take a

748
00:43:04,920 --> 00:43:07,399
Speaker 1: minute for Auburn. And I'm verifying that right now. That's

749
00:43:07,400 --> 00:43:10,640
Speaker 1: something I believe to be true. Yeah, well, I mean so,

750
00:43:10,680 --> 00:43:12,720
Speaker 1: I mean, while you're doing that, I guess the broader

751
00:43:12,760 --> 00:43:16,879
Speaker 1: point at quarterback is bo Knicks going to be able

752
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:20,799
Speaker 1: to operate in the system that Harson wants to run? Right?

753
00:43:21,280 --> 00:43:23,480
Speaker 1: It does not strike me on the surface that bo

754
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:27,400
Speaker 1: Nicks is a Harson guy. You know. Hank Bachmeyer is

755
00:43:27,440 --> 00:43:30,080
Speaker 1: a Harson guy, and he's much more of a pocket

756
00:43:30,120 --> 00:43:33,080
Speaker 1: passer up at Boise State. Now, he's got some mobility,

757
00:43:33,120 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 1: don't get me wrong, but that's not what his calling

758
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:39,839
Speaker 1: card is. Hank Bachmeyer was a really good passer and

759
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,279
Speaker 1: that was where he made his hay in the early

760
00:43:42,360 --> 00:43:45,279
Speaker 1: part of his career. We'll see how that turns out

761
00:43:45,280 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 1: now under Andy Avolois. But that's a different topic for

762
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:51,279
Speaker 1: a different day. Yeah, Auburn has the number. Looks like

763
00:43:52,239 --> 00:43:55,840
Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty two class, they have the number

764
00:43:55,880 --> 00:44:00,200
Speaker 1: seventeen quarterback. So I think I overestimated Holton Garon or

765
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:03,399
Speaker 1: something like that. Okay, so they don't have a blue blue,

766
00:44:03,400 --> 00:44:06,440
Speaker 1: blue chip coming in, so now they're just but it's

767
00:44:06,560 --> 00:44:09,280
Speaker 1: long term. It's a question of fit. It's a question

768
00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 1: of fit, and I don't think I don't think Nix's

769
00:44:11,880 --> 00:44:14,400
Speaker 1: is necessarily it could be wrong. Now he's gonna be

770
00:44:14,400 --> 00:44:16,520
Speaker 1: lining up under center. There's all sorts of new elements

771
00:44:16,560 --> 00:44:18,879
Speaker 1: to this offense. Just does not strike me as something

772
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:23,920
Speaker 1: that's going to mesh with his skill set. So we'll see.

773
00:44:23,960 --> 00:44:26,879
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'm I'm very skeptical, if only because

774
00:44:26,920 --> 00:44:30,799
Speaker 1: of the schedule. The schedule is tough, and even the

775
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:33,919
Speaker 1: best fit when you bring in a new coach, even

776
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:37,720
Speaker 1: the best fit, against the schedule like this is just brutal,

777
00:44:38,360 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 1: absolutely brutal. You can see him mos in eight games here,

778
00:44:41,120 --> 00:44:45,080
Speaker 1: you really could. And they have talent, But anytime you're

779
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:48,359
Speaker 1: installing something new and you're putting it up against this

780
00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:50,120
Speaker 1: where you know they're going to have to have it

781
00:44:50,160 --> 00:44:52,239
Speaker 1: figured out by week three. Against Penn State, they go

782
00:44:52,280 --> 00:44:53,799
Speaker 1: to Penn State, that's going to be a very tough

783
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:55,840
Speaker 1: environment for Penn State. Who do you want to go

784
00:44:55,920 --> 00:44:59,560
Speaker 1: to Ant State? Yeah, where are we going Mississippi State.

785
00:44:59,600 --> 00:45:03,640
Speaker 1: You said on the SEC East preview show that Mississippi

786
00:45:03,680 --> 00:45:07,839
Speaker 1: State you thought Mississippi State was dangerous this year. Oh,

787
00:45:07,880 --> 00:45:10,040
Speaker 1: they for sure are dangerous. I saw people like have

788
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:13,600
Speaker 1: like with their two early top twenty fives, with Mississippi

789
00:45:13,600 --> 00:45:17,840
Speaker 1: State in the top twelve nationally. That really there, Yes,

790
00:45:18,320 --> 00:45:21,319
Speaker 1: that their specific offense. So the air raid that Mike

791
00:45:21,440 --> 00:45:24,719
Speaker 1: Leach came in with that kJ Costello immediately was amazing

792
00:45:24,800 --> 00:45:28,719
Speaker 1: and then kind of nothing after that LSU win that

793
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:32,400
Speaker 1: everybody just sort of dropped eight and held that offense

794
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:35,240
Speaker 1: and check that. It's so like you have to recruit

795
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:38,759
Speaker 1: specifically to it, both with receiver, quarterback, offensive line, with

796
00:45:38,800 --> 00:45:41,520
Speaker 1: the wide splits, you have to recruit specifically to it,

797
00:45:41,920 --> 00:45:45,120
Speaker 1: and also just get reps because there are elements to

798
00:45:45,160 --> 00:45:49,920
Speaker 1: that offense with receivers reading coverages and with option routes

799
00:45:50,000 --> 00:45:51,960
Speaker 1: they have to be in tandem with the quarterback. There's

800
00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:54,520
Speaker 1: just these elements that you just you have to have

801
00:45:54,600 --> 00:45:57,880
Speaker 1: the repetition across the board with a full off season.

802
00:45:58,280 --> 00:46:00,439
Speaker 1: With the promise of Will Rogers who came on later

803
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:03,760
Speaker 1: in the season, Jayden Wally really emerged. Once Will Rogers

804
00:46:03,760 --> 00:46:07,600
Speaker 1: came and became the starting quarterback. There are pieces on

805
00:46:07,600 --> 00:46:09,800
Speaker 1: that offense the offensive line will see. I think that

806
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:13,319
Speaker 1: they're going to come together though really nicely. That I

807
00:46:13,520 --> 00:46:16,600
Speaker 1: just I think that they are one of, if not

808
00:46:16,719 --> 00:46:18,920
Speaker 1: the team that's going to benefit the most from just

809
00:46:19,080 --> 00:46:21,520
Speaker 1: having a summer program, a fall camps, full spring camp.

810
00:46:21,840 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 1: And so I'm high on the offense for those reasons.

811
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:27,560
Speaker 1: And defensively, they just they have dudes. They've recruited the

812
00:46:27,600 --> 00:46:31,040
Speaker 1: defense really well. And I mentioned the corners at LSU

813
00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:33,640
Speaker 1: being the best duo in the country. It might also

814
00:46:33,760 --> 00:46:37,759
Speaker 1: be State's duo. Really, they are going to erase receivers

815
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:40,720
Speaker 1: in the SEC. They just are. They're going to erase

816
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:42,440
Speaker 1: those guys. Are you talking to me about a Mike

817
00:46:42,560 --> 00:46:45,640
Speaker 1: Leach team that actually has a defense? Yeah, because of

818
00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:47,680
Speaker 1: what they are it from the Dan Mullen and Joe

819
00:46:47,719 --> 00:46:52,160
Speaker 1: Morehead eras. Yeah, they're strong upfront, especially up the middle

820
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:54,520
Speaker 1: at nose tackle, inside linebacker. They're in a good place.

821
00:46:54,960 --> 00:46:57,880
Speaker 1: I just think they are. They're running a system on

822
00:46:58,000 --> 00:47:01,880
Speaker 1: defense too that I was reading something. This was not

823
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:03,960
Speaker 1: anything I just came up with on the fly. Trust

824
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:08,759
Speaker 1: me that what the three three five does is confuses

825
00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:14,120
Speaker 1: offensive lines so to it to whatever degree because they're

826
00:47:14,239 --> 00:47:17,040
Speaker 1: used to learning, Okay, these are our assignments. When we

827
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:19,480
Speaker 1: run a zone, look against a four to three, and

828
00:47:19,480 --> 00:47:20,960
Speaker 1: this is what they are against a three to four.

829
00:47:21,560 --> 00:47:23,960
Speaker 1: Because not a lot of people run that three three, five.

830
00:47:24,239 --> 00:47:26,080
Speaker 1: They kind of have to learn on the fly that

831
00:47:26,160 --> 00:47:29,600
Speaker 1: you know, that week of practice. So that Mississippi State

832
00:47:29,640 --> 00:47:31,759
Speaker 1: defense I think more than held their own last year.

833
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:34,560
Speaker 1: They were just let down by their own offense. So

834
00:47:34,600 --> 00:47:37,120
Speaker 1: they're running the San Diego State. It's Zach Arnetz, their

835
00:47:37,120 --> 00:47:40,600
Speaker 1: defensive coordinator, who actually received some interest from schools with

836
00:47:40,640 --> 00:47:44,680
Speaker 1: open coordinator positions. They were confusing in a good way.

837
00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:47,959
Speaker 1: They had talent, and I think they're set up really

838
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,040
Speaker 1: well for the types of offenses that they they're going

839
00:47:50,120 --> 00:47:54,240
Speaker 1: to face. So I think that's just a winning combination,

840
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:56,920
Speaker 1: especially when you look at the concerns about you know,

841
00:47:56,960 --> 00:47:59,319
Speaker 1: whether it's a depth and talent thing at Arkansas, whether

842
00:47:59,360 --> 00:48:02,239
Speaker 1: it's a new coaching at Auburn, whether it's unknowns at

843
00:48:02,280 --> 00:48:04,839
Speaker 1: quarterback for a few different places, or unknowns that at

844
00:48:04,840 --> 00:48:09,680
Speaker 1: coordinator at a couple places. I think, weirdly enough, the

845
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:13,720
Speaker 1: continuity at Mississippi State, both from a coaching standpoint system

846
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:18,040
Speaker 1: standpoint and a talent standpoint. I think it's nice. And

847
00:48:18,080 --> 00:48:20,600
Speaker 1: they play in Starkville, which is a very difficult place

848
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:23,680
Speaker 1: for teams to win. So high on Mississippi State. I'm

849
00:48:23,719 --> 00:48:25,839
Speaker 1: just I am CLAYG. A. Klang. I don't know what

850
00:48:25,880 --> 00:48:30,880
Speaker 1: to tell you. I honestly before I dove into what

851
00:48:30,960 --> 00:48:33,400
Speaker 1: they had back and I rewatched a couple of their

852
00:48:33,440 --> 00:48:37,080
Speaker 1: games late last year, and there is something that is

853
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:43,400
Speaker 1: attractive to me about a team going through hell looking

854
00:48:43,480 --> 00:48:46,600
Speaker 1: as garbage. Ye not a word, but also a word.

855
00:48:47,080 --> 00:48:50,480
Speaker 1: As State looked for stretches last year. I'm pulling up

856
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:53,080
Speaker 1: the just the game so I remember what the reference.

857
00:48:53,120 --> 00:48:57,280
Speaker 1: But so, they score fourteen in a losing effort against Arkansas,

858
00:48:57,280 --> 00:49:01,200
Speaker 1: they scored two in a losing effort Kentucky. They score

859
00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:04,200
Speaker 1: fourteen and losing effort against A and M. They score

860
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:08,120
Speaker 1: zero points, zero points against Alabama. Okay, So they have

861
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:11,800
Speaker 1: this horrific four game stretch after beating LSU, shocking the

862
00:49:11,840 --> 00:49:14,880
Speaker 1: world and beating LSU. They barely get by Vandy. But

863
00:49:14,880 --> 00:49:17,839
Speaker 1: they get by Vandy, okay, and then they just kind

864
00:49:17,840 --> 00:49:19,759
Speaker 1: of keep fighting. They were kind of in that game

865
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:24,040
Speaker 1: against Georgia on the road. They lose the Egg Bowl,

866
00:49:24,160 --> 00:49:26,960
Speaker 1: but it's on the road against you know, the relatively

867
00:49:27,040 --> 00:49:31,160
Speaker 1: dangerous Ole miss and then they drop fifty on Miszoo

868
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:34,440
Speaker 1: and they win their bowl game. Like I think, culturally speaking,

869
00:49:34,520 --> 00:49:39,000
Speaker 1: it was unexpected for me that the belief would linger

870
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:41,319
Speaker 1: in Starkfelle. No, they lose Kylon Hill to an opt

871
00:49:41,320 --> 00:49:45,040
Speaker 1: out whatever, but so it just wasn't working out, and

872
00:49:45,360 --> 00:49:48,640
Speaker 1: for whatever reason he opted out. But for the guys

873
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:51,960
Speaker 1: that are there this year, yeah, I don't know, Mississippi

874
00:49:51,960 --> 00:49:55,240
Speaker 1: State just sort of seems like a good school almost

875
00:49:55,320 --> 00:50:00,000
Speaker 1: by default. Okay, Well, Mississippi State went four and seven

876
00:50:00,280 --> 00:50:03,239
Speaker 1: last year, totally, they definitely did. They went four and

877
00:50:03,320 --> 00:50:07,600
Speaker 1: seven last year. They're over under is six mm hmm.

878
00:50:07,960 --> 00:50:11,800
Speaker 1: If if I am to believe believe what you are saying,

879
00:50:12,440 --> 00:50:15,840
Speaker 1: you're going way over on the six I think. So,

880
00:50:16,040 --> 00:50:18,080
Speaker 1: I mean I can bring up the entirety of their schedule.

881
00:50:18,080 --> 00:50:20,680
Speaker 1: Now I've got it here, and it's not easy. You know,

882
00:50:20,760 --> 00:50:24,400
Speaker 1: They've got a tricky game Week two against NC State.

883
00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:28,680
Speaker 1: It's a wild stretch that stretch at week two. Yeah,

884
00:50:28,719 --> 00:50:31,399
Speaker 1: so I mean there is promise here. I am worried

885
00:50:31,440 --> 00:50:34,319
Speaker 1: about the offensive line, worried about the offensive line. So

886
00:50:34,320 --> 00:50:36,200
Speaker 1: it wasn't good last year and it should be better

887
00:50:36,239 --> 00:50:38,279
Speaker 1: this year. But I don't think that's going to be

888
00:50:39,040 --> 00:50:41,680
Speaker 1: one of the better units in the SEC. And that's

889
00:50:41,719 --> 00:50:44,480
Speaker 1: concerning to me because the SEC is very much one

890
00:50:44,600 --> 00:50:47,359
Speaker 1: lost in the trenches. Yeah, now, well, I mean there's

891
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:49,840
Speaker 1: also within that ara though there are it's core elements

892
00:50:49,840 --> 00:50:51,319
Speaker 1: of the area. You get that ball out. You know,

893
00:50:51,360 --> 00:50:53,560
Speaker 1: the run game is short passes. So the run game

894
00:50:53,600 --> 00:50:57,400
Speaker 1: is short passes. But nonetheless, even though it's more of

895
00:50:57,440 --> 00:50:59,959
Speaker 1: a you know, snap the ball one or two step

896
00:51:00,120 --> 00:51:02,239
Speaker 1: and get rid of it, you still need to have

897
00:51:02,280 --> 00:51:04,920
Speaker 1: a lineup front, and I'm worried about that aspect of

898
00:51:04,960 --> 00:51:07,759
Speaker 1: the defense. I'm also not as high on the secondary

899
00:51:07,760 --> 00:51:10,400
Speaker 1: as it sounds like you are, but I do think

900
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:12,000
Speaker 1: there's a lot of room for improvement because they bring

901
00:51:12,120 --> 00:51:15,319
Speaker 1: back sixteen guys. They bring back sixteen guys. It's only

902
00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:20,480
Speaker 1: like Leach's second year here in Starkville, and it is

903
00:51:20,520 --> 00:51:22,560
Speaker 1: not a system given where they were coming from, that

904
00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:25,200
Speaker 1: you can get too easily. It takes a little bit

905
00:51:25,239 --> 00:51:27,160
Speaker 1: to kind of wear in the rhymes and rhythms of it,

906
00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:29,839
Speaker 1: especially in our offense. So I'm with you that there's

907
00:51:29,840 --> 00:51:31,480
Speaker 1: going to be improvement. I don't see another four and

908
00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:35,400
Speaker 1: seven year I'll tell you that if you are concerned

909
00:51:35,400 --> 00:51:37,560
Speaker 1: about their offensive line, in terms of what you're concerned

910
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:41,640
Speaker 1: about with their offense after Bama, they have the following

911
00:51:41,719 --> 00:51:48,080
Speaker 1: defenses Vandy, Kentucky, Kentucky should be good, Arkansas, Auburn, Tennessee State, Ole,

912
00:51:48,120 --> 00:51:52,080
Speaker 1: Miss Yeah. I mean that's a win padding stretch. That

913
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:56,439
Speaker 1: should be five wins, right, and then you beat LA

914
00:51:56,520 --> 00:52:00,520
Speaker 1: Tech week one and stayed in Starkville. You got to

915
00:52:00,560 --> 00:52:04,719
Speaker 1: knock off one of NC State, Memphis, LSU, A, and

916
00:52:04,840 --> 00:52:07,600
Speaker 1: M and they're not going to be Bama. So yeah,

917
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:10,000
Speaker 1: I mean they could get to eight wins here. They

918
00:52:10,040 --> 00:52:14,479
Speaker 1: can get situationally, yeah, situational the LSU, I mean they're

919
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:18,759
Speaker 1: on the road in Starkville, right, Yeah, Okay, I'm just

920
00:52:19,880 --> 00:52:23,640
Speaker 1: I think there's there's a lot to like about the dogs. Ty,

921
00:52:23,640 --> 00:52:25,320
Speaker 1: I don't know what to tell you. I'll get you, Okay,

922
00:52:26,120 --> 00:52:28,160
Speaker 1: Well that's my crush. But well that's clearly my crush.

923
00:52:28,239 --> 00:52:30,480
Speaker 1: I don't like Mike Leach at all, No, but I

924
00:52:30,600 --> 00:52:32,920
Speaker 1: like a lot of what State has. So then we've

925
00:52:32,960 --> 00:52:37,480
Speaker 1: got one team left here, that being the Arkansas Razorbacks. Arkansas,

926
00:52:38,200 --> 00:52:41,680
Speaker 1: another team with the second year head coach in the

927
00:52:41,719 --> 00:52:45,080
Speaker 1: form of Sam Pittman. I think Arkansas by and large

928
00:52:45,120 --> 00:52:47,319
Speaker 1: had a really good first campaign with him. They were

929
00:52:47,360 --> 00:52:49,680
Speaker 1: only three and seven, but they played pretty hard. They

930
00:52:49,719 --> 00:52:53,400
Speaker 1: got a lot out of Felipe Franks, who is not

931
00:52:53,520 --> 00:52:56,520
Speaker 1: back this year. It's going to be kJ Jefferson mm HM,

932
00:52:57,120 --> 00:53:01,360
Speaker 1: and a ton of starters I think is really the

933
00:53:01,400 --> 00:53:04,399
Speaker 1: important thing to go on here as we look forward

934
00:53:04,400 --> 00:53:07,560
Speaker 1: now with Sam Pittman, nineteen starters back again. This is

935
00:53:07,600 --> 00:53:10,000
Speaker 1: a recurring theme every time we do these previous everybody's

936
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:12,520
Speaker 1: got a lot back. But you know, for a young

937
00:53:12,560 --> 00:53:15,040
Speaker 1: team as they were last year, dealing with a first

938
00:53:15,080 --> 00:53:17,640
Speaker 1: year head coach, to bring back that nucleus I think

939
00:53:17,719 --> 00:53:19,239
Speaker 1: is important. Now they got to start over with a

940
00:53:19,239 --> 00:53:22,200
Speaker 1: different quarterback. But how do we feel about Arkansas. Do

941
00:53:22,239 --> 00:53:26,520
Speaker 1: they take another step forward? I think so. The Felipe

942
00:53:26,719 --> 00:53:29,719
Speaker 1: Franks thing, though, was incredibly fortunate to be able to

943
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,920
Speaker 1: sort of level off and bring that sort of experience

944
00:53:32,960 --> 00:53:35,680
Speaker 1: and high floor to year one of the Sam Pittman era.

945
00:53:36,239 --> 00:53:39,360
Speaker 1: We should remember they to me should have won that

946
00:53:39,400 --> 00:53:43,360
Speaker 1: Auburn game with that bow Nicks spike situation resulting in

947
00:53:43,440 --> 00:53:49,799
Speaker 1: nothing in terms of penalizing Auburn. They were competitive they

948
00:53:50,120 --> 00:53:52,880
Speaker 1: you know, in a way that seemed foreign under the

949
00:53:53,000 --> 00:53:59,320
Speaker 1: Chad Morris time in Fayetteville. So they lose close to LSU,

950
00:53:59,640 --> 00:54:04,200
Speaker 1: they lose close to Miszoo like, they're games that they drop. Obviously,

951
00:54:04,239 --> 00:54:06,759
Speaker 1: they just get slacked by Alabama to finish out the year.

952
00:54:06,800 --> 00:54:09,400
Speaker 1: But what I look for is how do you perform

953
00:54:09,440 --> 00:54:11,640
Speaker 1: against good teams? How do you perform against bad teams?

954
00:54:11,760 --> 00:54:13,799
Speaker 1: Do you lose to bad teams? Do you beat good

955
00:54:13,840 --> 00:54:15,759
Speaker 1: team like? I look for all of those things and

956
00:54:15,760 --> 00:54:18,920
Speaker 1: there's that element to Arkansas that shows me their competitive

957
00:54:18,920 --> 00:54:21,280
Speaker 1: Now kJ Jefferson is going to be a big question. Physically,

958
00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:24,040
Speaker 1: there's no question. He looks the part. You know, trail

959
00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:26,520
Speaker 1: On Smith, Treilon Burk's are a really good starting point there.

960
00:54:26,719 --> 00:54:29,360
Speaker 1: Barry Odam running the defense is a really nice starting point.

961
00:54:29,680 --> 00:54:36,360
Speaker 1: So Arkansas to me is even with offensive line questions,

962
00:54:36,520 --> 00:54:39,239
Speaker 1: that's Sam Pittman Like, there's a benefit of the doubt

963
00:54:39,239 --> 00:54:42,400
Speaker 1: involved with Sam Pittman finding and developing dudes to patch

964
00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:46,320
Speaker 1: things up on the offensive line up front. On defense

965
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:48,520
Speaker 1: was an issue last year getting pushed around. They hired

966
00:54:48,520 --> 00:54:51,880
Speaker 1: the defensive line coach from Tulsa. So there's a certain

967
00:54:51,880 --> 00:54:56,320
Speaker 1: degree of like, okay, they are not waiting to address issues.

968
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:01,759
Speaker 1: Linebacker wasn't a good bought last year. The secondary wasn't

969
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:04,160
Speaker 1: an okay spot last year, which is more than you

970
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:09,160
Speaker 1: can say for previous Arkansas defenses. And it's just it's

971
00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:12,160
Speaker 1: clear that the culture is in a good place. Like

972
00:55:12,239 --> 00:55:14,200
Speaker 1: you watch the games and you saw the buy in,

973
00:55:14,239 --> 00:55:16,359
Speaker 1: which I think is what you alluded to, and so

974
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:20,040
Speaker 1: to me, that counts for so much of why Arkansas

975
00:55:20,600 --> 00:55:22,799
Speaker 1: should continue to ascend. I don't know if that means

976
00:55:22,840 --> 00:55:25,680
Speaker 1: they're going to ascend in the standings in the short term,

977
00:55:26,080 --> 00:55:30,080
Speaker 1: but from a competitive standpoint, Arkansas is in a really

978
00:55:30,120 --> 00:55:33,120
Speaker 1: impressive place just from where they were to where they

979
00:55:33,120 --> 00:55:37,200
Speaker 1: are now. The schedule. The schedule makes I maintain they

980
00:55:37,200 --> 00:55:39,399
Speaker 1: were the best three and seventeen in America. I would

981
00:55:39,480 --> 00:55:41,640
Speaker 1: stand by that, and I feel like we discussed that

982
00:55:41,719 --> 00:55:45,560
Speaker 1: last year. The schedule makes it very difficult for the

983
00:55:45,600 --> 00:55:49,120
Speaker 1: improvement to show up in terms of record. Sure, it

984
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:51,600
Speaker 1: is the hardest schedule in the country. I'm going to

985
00:55:51,680 --> 00:55:54,919
Speaker 1: read the whole thing in its entirety here. Please home

986
00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:59,319
Speaker 1: against Rice, home against Texas. Week two, home against Georgia Southern,

987
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:01,680
Speaker 1: who we just discussed on our last show. You're pretty

988
00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:04,560
Speaker 1: high in Georgia Southern. They've got a neutral site game

989
00:56:04,600 --> 00:56:07,560
Speaker 1: against Texas A and M. They play that one in Arlington.

990
00:56:08,200 --> 00:56:11,120
Speaker 1: Then yeah, continue, sorry, no buys in here. By the way,

991
00:56:11,120 --> 00:56:14,359
Speaker 1: this is all straight through from the start of September. Yeah,

992
00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:16,600
Speaker 1: all the way through. An Hour're in October at Georgia

993
00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:22,120
Speaker 1: at Mississippi home against Auburn home against Arkansas Pine Bluff, thankfully,

994
00:56:22,120 --> 00:56:24,920
Speaker 1: the Golden Lions just learned that mascot for the first time.

995
00:56:25,160 --> 00:56:27,600
Speaker 1: And then a bye week before we get into November

996
00:56:27,800 --> 00:56:31,600
Speaker 1: home against Mississippi State at LSU at Bama back to

997
00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:35,799
Speaker 1: back weeks, and then they close out neutral site game

998
00:56:35,960 --> 00:56:40,440
Speaker 1: against Missouri. That is not an easy stretch, Dan, That

999
00:56:40,560 --> 00:56:45,560
Speaker 1: is not an easy stretch. No brutal stretch. It almost

1000
00:56:45,600 --> 00:56:47,600
Speaker 1: does feel like their destiny though, is to be like

1001
00:56:48,560 --> 00:56:52,719
Speaker 1: the best unimpressive record team in the country for the

1002
00:56:52,760 --> 00:56:55,280
Speaker 1: next year or two, like all of the best six and sixteen,

1003
00:56:55,400 --> 00:56:59,400
Speaker 1: the best four and eight team of all time. No,

1004
00:56:59,640 --> 00:57:04,839
Speaker 1: it's it's completely brutal. Two pencil in much is kind

1005
00:57:04,840 --> 00:57:07,920
Speaker 1: of foolish, But I don't know. I liked watching them

1006
00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:10,960
Speaker 1: last year. I like Sam Pittman, it's a good quote.

1007
00:57:11,840 --> 00:57:13,799
Speaker 1: I'm hoping for the best for the Hogs. But you're right,

1008
00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:19,160
Speaker 1: You're absolutely right. Like, look, if Arkansas is an average

1009
00:57:19,160 --> 00:57:24,400
Speaker 1: to above average team, just top to bottom, that means

1010
00:57:24,440 --> 00:57:29,720
Speaker 1: they are good enough to hang with or beat Texas, Georgia,

1011
00:57:29,760 --> 00:57:36,760
Speaker 1: Southern Rice, Ole, miss Auburn, Pine Bluff, Missoo. Because that

1012
00:57:36,760 --> 00:57:39,760
Speaker 1: Massoo game is in Fayetteville, it's in Little Rock. Yeah, Oh,

1013
00:57:39,880 --> 00:57:43,080
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the wrong schedule. Then, I don't know.

1014
00:57:43,400 --> 00:57:46,160
Speaker 1: I just think that's their short term destiny to be

1015
00:57:46,240 --> 00:57:54,160
Speaker 1: a five five hundred ish win program that just delivers Haymakers. Now,

1016
00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:56,600
Speaker 1: I think a lot depends on kJ Jefferson, but I

1017
00:57:56,600 --> 00:57:59,600
Speaker 1: think there's some promise there, and guys emerged on both

1018
00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:01,720
Speaker 1: sides of the I think the next step is going

1019
00:58:01,760 --> 00:58:03,320
Speaker 1: to be depth. The next step is going to be

1020
00:58:03,360 --> 00:58:09,000
Speaker 1: continued recruiting relative success and hitting on guys in the trenches,

1021
00:58:09,640 --> 00:58:12,360
Speaker 1: hitting on offensive linemen like they did, hitting on both

1022
00:58:12,400 --> 00:58:17,640
Speaker 1: lines like they did in the early to mid Beila Mayira. Yeah,

1023
00:58:18,160 --> 00:58:22,040
Speaker 1: so we'll say, but there's every reason in the world

1024
00:58:22,040 --> 00:58:27,680
Speaker 1: to believe that unless they're playing Bama, that they'll probably

1025
00:58:27,680 --> 00:58:31,080
Speaker 1: be relatively competitive, so I think it's I think it's

1026
00:58:31,160 --> 00:58:34,600
Speaker 1: notable Dan that of all seven of the teams that

1027
00:58:34,600 --> 00:58:37,200
Speaker 1: we discussed here in the West, the one that we

1028
00:58:37,400 --> 00:58:41,120
Speaker 1: both feel worse about is Auburn. Yeah, you know, at

1029
00:58:41,200 --> 00:58:45,040
Speaker 1: least Arkansas has one year under Sam Pittman, at least

1030
00:58:45,040 --> 00:58:47,640
Speaker 1: Mississippi State has one year under Mike Leach, and we

1031
00:58:47,680 --> 00:58:50,600
Speaker 1: feel good about at least where the program is headed

1032
00:58:50,600 --> 00:58:54,000
Speaker 1: in the short term. Still coincidence that Auburn is the

1033
00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:56,720
Speaker 1: only school in the West that has a new coach.

1034
00:58:57,360 --> 00:58:59,720
Speaker 1: I don't know if we would necessarily feel this badly

1035
00:58:59,720 --> 00:59:02,760
Speaker 1: about Auburn if we felt the fit were better. It's

1036
00:59:02,800 --> 00:59:05,000
Speaker 1: just a very odd fit. It's a very odd fit.

1037
00:59:06,080 --> 00:59:08,720
Speaker 1: I don't mind the fit itself. I just wanted to

1038
00:59:08,720 --> 00:59:15,440
Speaker 1: see more early, encouraging returns. So if Auburn had held

1039
00:59:15,480 --> 00:59:19,880
Speaker 1: on to Gus, I probably would have felt a little better,

1040
00:59:19,920 --> 00:59:24,040
Speaker 1: but not crazy better. If Auburn had hired Kevin Steele,

1041
00:59:24,120 --> 00:59:27,360
Speaker 1: which they were rumored to have been considering thanks to

1042
00:59:27,520 --> 00:59:31,720
Speaker 1: some contingent of their booster base, I probably would have

1043
00:59:31,720 --> 00:59:34,560
Speaker 1: felt even worse right now, But that's depending on who

1044
00:59:34,560 --> 00:59:38,480
Speaker 1: he brings in this coordinators. Because I actually like Derek Mason.

1045
00:59:38,960 --> 00:59:41,840
Speaker 1: If Derek Mason is bought in as like at least

1046
00:59:41,880 --> 00:59:44,439
Speaker 1: a short term coordinator. You know, when a head coach

1047
00:59:44,520 --> 00:59:48,120
Speaker 1: loses his job, there's difficulties sometimes in saying like is

1048
00:59:48,160 --> 00:59:50,920
Speaker 1: he motivated to be like the most successful possible coordinator

1049
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:53,160
Speaker 1: possible or does he have his eyes on becoming a

1050
00:59:53,160 --> 00:59:55,840
Speaker 1: head coach as soon as possible. We'll see. But I

1051
00:59:55,840 --> 00:59:59,400
Speaker 1: think just in a vacuum considering where Derek Mason was

1052
00:59:59,440 --> 01:00:02,840
Speaker 1: as a coordinat just incredibly successful at Stanford running that

1053
01:00:02,880 --> 01:00:05,000
Speaker 1: three four I think that was a big win of

1054
01:00:05,000 --> 01:00:11,160
Speaker 1: a higher so. But the recruiting thing where a class

1055
01:00:11,200 --> 01:00:14,840
Speaker 1: and a half two classes of like sure they're top

1056
01:00:14,880 --> 01:00:17,640
Speaker 1: twenty five, but they're not in the top twelve. That

1057
01:00:17,680 --> 01:00:21,680
Speaker 1: can really sink a program with you know, you couple

1058
01:00:21,720 --> 01:00:25,480
Speaker 1: everything with the expectations on the planes. Man, I don't know.

1059
01:00:26,560 --> 01:00:29,000
Speaker 1: I just there's there's not a lot to grab onto

1060
01:00:29,160 --> 01:00:31,440
Speaker 1: right now with Auburn optimism, and there could be. There

1061
01:00:31,440 --> 01:00:32,919
Speaker 1: could be by the end of the year. Maybe maybe

1062
01:00:32,920 --> 01:00:36,520
Speaker 1: I love yeah, I love that tank. And interestingly enough,

1063
01:00:36,560 --> 01:00:38,840
Speaker 1: if you're looking for a bit of barroom trivia, Auburn

1064
01:00:38,920 --> 01:00:42,080
Speaker 1: is the only team in the SEC and truly maybe

1065
01:00:42,080 --> 01:00:44,360
Speaker 1: one of the only teams throughout all of college football

1066
01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:47,160
Speaker 1: that is slated to play all twelve of its games

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Speaker 1: on natural grass steph Wyeye. Oh, okay, all twelve games.

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Speaker 1: Have you Have you played a sport on field turf? No,

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01:00:56,600 --> 01:01:01,640
Speaker 1: it feels great. I would love to ever had. I've

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01:01:01,720 --> 01:01:05,960
Speaker 1: run around on football fields, I've been, I've been on it,

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Speaker 1: but I've never actually played anything on it. No, I

1072
01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:10,880
Speaker 1: haven't played soccer, football or anything like that on field

1073
01:01:11,000 --> 01:01:15,959
Speaker 1: urf baseball, But yeah, it feels nice. Do you want

1074
01:01:15,960 --> 01:01:19,480
Speaker 1: my one preview team in the Sun Belt West? The

1075
01:01:19,600 --> 01:01:24,040
Speaker 1: rage in CAGs you're just opting out, Well, here's everybody

1076
01:01:24,000 --> 01:01:26,200
Speaker 1: else here. Here's the thing about the Sun Belt West.

1077
01:01:26,600 --> 01:01:29,960
Speaker 1: The thing about the Sun Belt West is that there

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Speaker 1: are three schools that are starting over with new coaches,

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Speaker 1: and it is so far and away Louisiana's side of

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01:01:37,760 --> 01:01:40,760
Speaker 1: the conference. To lose that it almost is a letdown

1081
01:01:41,240 --> 01:01:43,640
Speaker 1: to talk about the other programs. I will do that, right,

1082
01:01:43,760 --> 01:01:45,920
Speaker 1: I will do that. But Billy Napier went ten and

1083
01:01:46,040 --> 01:01:49,240
Speaker 1: one last year for Louisiana. You'd beat Iowa State on

1084
01:01:49,320 --> 01:01:52,040
Speaker 1: the road by seventeen to open the year. You could

1085
01:01:52,040 --> 01:01:56,240
Speaker 1: say weird COVID year. That Dame Odd game, that's definitely

1086
01:01:56,240 --> 01:01:58,360
Speaker 1: got a lot of validity to it. Yeah, I was

1087
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:02,320
Speaker 1: a special teams highlight for the Cajun Yeah. But still

1088
01:02:02,440 --> 01:02:05,280
Speaker 1: knocking off Iowa State was a huge deal. It only

1089
01:02:05,320 --> 01:02:07,840
Speaker 1: lost to Coastal by three. That was their only loss

1090
01:02:07,960 --> 01:02:11,919
Speaker 1: all year. Was that a Thursday night game? I don't

1091
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Speaker 1: and I feel like that was midweek? Yeah, I don't. Continue, Okay,

1092
01:02:15,960 --> 01:02:17,720
Speaker 1: but the only point here is that this is not

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01:02:17,800 --> 01:02:20,160
Speaker 1: a flash in the pan type of situation. Billy Napier

1094
01:02:20,200 --> 01:02:23,440
Speaker 1: has done a really, really good job, a really good

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01:02:23,520 --> 01:02:27,080
Speaker 1: job at Louisiana. This was a legit top twenty five

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01:02:27,200 --> 01:02:31,560
Speaker 1: team led by our boy, Levi Lewis, the South paw

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Speaker 1: Right Yeah confirmed Thursday, by the way, confirmed Thursday, thank you. Yeah.

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Speaker 1: But he's a shifty guy. He's back again. M hm.

1099
01:02:41,000 --> 01:02:42,800
Speaker 1: And so I think that's where it starts with the

1100
01:02:42,840 --> 01:02:46,960
Speaker 1: optimism for Louisiana. Now moving forward this year, they bring

1101
01:02:47,040 --> 01:02:51,200
Speaker 1: back twenty starters, that includes Levi Lewis. But twenty starters

1102
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:54,480
Speaker 1: is a lot, even in twenty twenty one, when everybody

1103
01:02:54,520 --> 01:02:59,480
Speaker 1: brings back a ton, twenty stars is a lot. And furthermore,

1104
01:02:59,520 --> 01:03:02,040
Speaker 1: they had more more than ten seniors opt to cash

1105
01:03:02,080 --> 01:03:06,720
Speaker 1: in their free extra year. So it's a very experienced team, nice,

1106
01:03:06,800 --> 01:03:09,600
Speaker 1: very experienced team. Odds on favorite to win the West.

1107
01:03:10,000 --> 01:03:14,040
Speaker 1: They will clash at some point with app State with

1108
01:03:14,120 --> 01:03:17,880
Speaker 1: Coastal to see who's best in that conference. But Louisiana

1109
01:03:17,960 --> 01:03:20,160
Speaker 1: has a lot to play for. There's not a whole

1110
01:03:20,160 --> 01:03:23,080
Speaker 1: lot of traffic here, at least not in terms of

1111
01:03:23,160 --> 01:03:28,120
Speaker 1: the Sun Belt. They do open up at Texas, which

1112
01:03:28,160 --> 01:03:31,760
Speaker 1: is a very interesting matchup on prelocks of the Week. Now,

1113
01:03:31,800 --> 01:03:34,240
Speaker 1: I'm not doing pre locks here. I've gotten myself into

1114
01:03:34,240 --> 01:03:38,960
Speaker 1: trouble doing that in the past, but you know, that's

1115
01:03:39,000 --> 01:03:42,240
Speaker 1: an interesting matchup, Dan, because this is a very experienced team.

1116
01:03:42,240 --> 01:03:49,040
Speaker 1: I'm not calling for upsets or anything crazy, but Louisiana's

1117
01:03:49,080 --> 01:03:51,560
Speaker 1: got twenty guys back if had the same coach. Now,

1118
01:03:51,720 --> 01:03:54,640
Speaker 1: this is going to be year four of Napier. It's

1119
01:03:54,680 --> 01:03:57,280
Speaker 1: at Texas, which is not easy. But at the same time,

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Speaker 1: this is a very experienced unit going on the road

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01:04:00,280 --> 01:04:04,200
Speaker 1: to Austin. And it would not surprise me if you

1122
01:04:04,240 --> 01:04:06,240
Speaker 1: look at the bottom line and say, oh, that's interesting

1123
01:04:06,240 --> 01:04:09,600
Speaker 1: in the third quarter. That's interesting in the third quarter.

1124
01:04:12,480 --> 01:04:17,680
Speaker 1: Louisiana has Texas. They also play Ohio, which is an

1125
01:04:17,760 --> 01:04:20,720
Speaker 1: easy game. We talked about Ohio before the Rourke legacy.

1126
01:04:21,680 --> 01:04:24,840
Speaker 1: The Rourke Legacy. The biggest game on the schedule is

1127
01:04:24,840 --> 01:04:28,960
Speaker 1: at home in mid October against Appstate, but otherwise they

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01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:32,200
Speaker 1: don't play Coastal and the over under here is nine

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01:04:32,240 --> 01:04:33,960
Speaker 1: and a half wins. I would go way over that

1130
01:04:34,680 --> 01:04:37,439
Speaker 1: at Troy and at Liberty. Liberty obviously does not count

1131
01:04:37,480 --> 01:04:40,440
Speaker 1: for their conference record. I would go way over that.

1132
01:04:40,520 --> 01:04:43,880
Speaker 1: November half. Feel really good about this team this year.

1133
01:04:43,960 --> 01:04:53,920
Speaker 1: Dan like their chances. They could It's possible, possible they

1134
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:57,960
Speaker 1: could start one to three. I don't think they will

1135
01:04:59,520 --> 01:05:02,200
Speaker 1: think it. I'm not as high on Georgia Southern as

1136
01:05:02,200 --> 01:05:08,040
Speaker 1: you are. Okay, so that's their second option ish team

1137
01:05:08,320 --> 01:05:12,280
Speaker 1: in a row. After playing Ohio at home, they've traveled

1138
01:05:12,280 --> 01:05:16,440
Speaker 1: to Statesbroo. Yeah they have. I mean, that's great on

1139
01:05:16,440 --> 01:05:18,440
Speaker 1: the knees for a team that struggled against the run

1140
01:05:18,480 --> 01:05:21,520
Speaker 1: a little bit last year. They have a competitive advantage

1141
01:05:21,760 --> 01:05:24,720
Speaker 1: on two fronts in the Sun Belt. The first is

1142
01:05:24,720 --> 01:05:27,840
Speaker 1: that they've got the best offensive line in the Sun Belt.

1143
01:05:28,120 --> 01:05:30,120
Speaker 1: The second is that they've got the best core of

1144
01:05:30,160 --> 01:05:33,800
Speaker 1: defensive backs in the Sun Belt. Both of which I

1145
01:05:33,800 --> 01:05:36,480
Speaker 1: think put them at a distinct advantage because this is

1146
01:05:36,520 --> 01:05:39,760
Speaker 1: not necessarily a conference that's known to push you around

1147
01:05:39,840 --> 01:05:42,240
Speaker 1: up front. It's also not a conference known to play

1148
01:05:42,240 --> 01:05:44,240
Speaker 1: a whole lot of pass defense. If you can do

1149
01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:46,280
Speaker 1: both things, that puts you at an advantage. Do they

1150
01:05:46,280 --> 01:05:49,320
Speaker 1: win the conference? I don't know. I don't know. Could

1151
01:05:49,320 --> 01:05:51,479
Speaker 1: they beat app State, sure, could they beat Coastal sure,

1152
01:05:51,960 --> 01:05:54,439
Speaker 1: But those teams will be very good as well. Mm hmm.

1153
01:05:54,960 --> 01:05:58,400
Speaker 1: I'm very high on Louisiana though, and I'm particularly curious

1154
01:05:58,400 --> 01:06:01,200
Speaker 1: about that Texas game to say the least. I don't

1155
01:06:01,200 --> 01:06:04,000
Speaker 1: think they'll beat Texas, but right I think they will

1156
01:06:04,000 --> 01:06:07,200
Speaker 1: give them a game in Week one. Yeah, they weren't

1157
01:06:07,200 --> 01:06:10,160
Speaker 1: automatic last year. I don't remember the particulars of the

1158
01:06:10,160 --> 01:06:12,640
Speaker 1: Georgia Southern game, but they had a postgame win expectancy

1159
01:06:12,640 --> 01:06:15,400
Speaker 1: of thirty eight percent and an adjusted scoring margin of

1160
01:06:15,400 --> 01:06:18,960
Speaker 1: minus two point nine in a winning effort. So Georgia Southern,

1161
01:06:19,000 --> 01:06:20,960
Speaker 1: for whatever they did, they held them. They held Louisiana

1162
01:06:21,000 --> 01:06:25,640
Speaker 1: down nicely offensively, and they stuck by UAB, who was

1163
01:06:25,680 --> 01:06:29,960
Speaker 1: a decent team. They just there was a somewhat of

1164
01:06:29,960 --> 01:06:35,280
Speaker 1: an inconsistency to Louisiana last year that you know, they

1165
01:06:35,320 --> 01:06:37,320
Speaker 1: just sort of there were a number of teams that

1166
01:06:37,360 --> 01:06:39,760
Speaker 1: weren't all that impressive that they beat by five or

1167
01:06:39,800 --> 01:06:42,120
Speaker 1: eight or seven or something like that. That worries me

1168
01:06:42,160 --> 01:06:44,120
Speaker 1: a little bit that they they are the They are

1169
01:06:44,520 --> 01:06:48,360
Speaker 1: an island in that division of competence and being good

1170
01:06:48,360 --> 01:06:51,360
Speaker 1: at football. But I don't think they're full on killers.

1171
01:06:52,760 --> 01:06:57,280
Speaker 1: Then as we look around the rest of the West. Yeah,

1172
01:06:57,320 --> 01:07:01,600
Speaker 1: there is one other team in Texas they disrespectful. Okay,

1173
01:07:01,840 --> 01:07:06,320
Speaker 1: one other team, Texas State, the Bobcats. They returned their coach,

1174
01:07:06,440 --> 01:07:09,360
Speaker 1: Jake Spavatol, And we've been talked about Jake's bavatall forever.

1175
01:07:10,000 --> 01:07:12,760
Speaker 1: When two and ten last year, they're over under is

1176
01:07:12,840 --> 01:07:15,840
Speaker 1: four and a half wins, should be better across the board.

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01:07:16,120 --> 01:07:17,840
Speaker 1: They should try and push for a Bowl this year.

1178
01:07:17,920 --> 01:07:23,400
Speaker 1: I think that's well within well within the realm of possibilities.

1179
01:07:23,640 --> 01:07:26,040
Speaker 1: They showed fight, especially like they did, Yeah, they did.

1180
01:07:26,120 --> 01:07:28,640
Speaker 1: They showed fight. The issue that I have with the

1181
01:07:28,640 --> 01:07:30,880
Speaker 1: West and why I was so down on even previewing

1182
01:07:31,080 --> 01:07:35,640
Speaker 1: anyone outside of Louisiana is South Alabama, Arkansas State, and

1183
01:07:35,800 --> 01:07:40,520
Speaker 1: Louisiana Monroe. Now the interest here stems from the fact

1184
01:07:40,520 --> 01:07:45,600
Speaker 1: that all three have new coaches, in particular Arkansas State

1185
01:07:46,360 --> 01:07:49,520
Speaker 1: and Louisiana Monroe. Louisiana Monroe went oh to ten last year.

1186
01:07:50,280 --> 01:07:53,480
Speaker 1: They went out. They hired Terry Bowden Dan Terry Bowd,

1187
01:07:53,520 --> 01:07:57,840
Speaker 1: They hired Rich Rod to coming in and run the offense,

1188
01:07:58,360 --> 01:08:02,520
Speaker 1: and then on the entire like opposite side, they hired

1189
01:08:02,560 --> 01:08:04,920
Speaker 1: a twenty seven year old named Zach Alley he's a

1190
01:08:05,120 --> 01:08:10,080
Speaker 1: Venables disciple right via Boise, to come in and run

1191
01:08:10,120 --> 01:08:13,280
Speaker 1: the defense. So there are sixteen returning starters for whatever

1192
01:08:13,320 --> 01:08:16,160
Speaker 1: that's worth. But they went out on ten a year ago.

1193
01:08:17,120 --> 01:08:20,280
Speaker 1: They play Kentucky, they play Coastal, and they play LSU,

1194
01:08:20,400 --> 01:08:22,000
Speaker 1: which are none of those are going to be wins.

1195
01:08:22,600 --> 01:08:24,840
Speaker 1: The over under for them is one and a half

1196
01:08:25,600 --> 01:08:28,240
Speaker 1: one and a half wins. Vegae are going I don't know,

1197
01:08:28,240 --> 01:08:32,640
Speaker 1: I'm going under under. Okay, that's fun. I don't know

1198
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Speaker 1: who the one is. I haven't got it. Jackson State.

1199
01:08:35,960 --> 01:08:43,400
Speaker 1: Jackson State's the one. But outside that taking down Dion whatever, Yeah,

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01:08:43,880 --> 01:08:47,000
Speaker 1: Arkansas stays bringing on. Butch Jones correct, it's actually not

1201
01:08:47,080 --> 01:08:51,240
Speaker 1: a It's not a bad situation for him, not the

1202
01:08:51,240 --> 01:08:54,840
Speaker 1: worst situation. That's seventeen guys. Back is Layne Hatcher. Back.

1203
01:08:56,120 --> 01:08:59,320
Speaker 1: Layne Hatcher is back. Okay, that's a good starting point,

1204
01:08:59,680 --> 01:09:04,200
Speaker 1: so it's it's not the worst setup. Arkansas State's schedule

1205
01:09:04,479 --> 01:09:08,280
Speaker 1: is they go to Washington. It's kind of an interesting matchup.

1206
01:09:08,840 --> 01:09:12,479
Speaker 1: They also have Coastal Carolina. They also have app State HM.

1207
01:09:12,600 --> 01:09:15,880
Speaker 1: Not the easiest route through the Sun Belt, but Butch

1208
01:09:15,960 --> 01:09:19,599
Speaker 1: Jones taking over for a four and seventeen last year

1209
01:09:19,680 --> 01:09:22,080
Speaker 1: the over unders three and a half, so it's at

1210
01:09:22,160 --> 01:09:27,519
Speaker 1: least interesting. I have some star power at the head

1211
01:09:27,520 --> 01:09:31,519
Speaker 1: coach spot for both Arkansas State and Louisiana Monroe. On

1212
01:09:31,600 --> 01:09:34,599
Speaker 1: the South Alabama side, it's Kane Womack. Kane Womack, formerly

1213
01:09:34,600 --> 01:09:40,439
Speaker 1: the defensive coordinator, the younger defensive coordinator for Indiana, that's true.

1214
01:09:40,520 --> 01:09:42,320
Speaker 1: Four and seven from a year ago, takes over the

1215
01:09:42,360 --> 01:09:46,640
Speaker 1: Jaguars over under here is four and a half. I

1216
01:09:46,640 --> 01:09:49,600
Speaker 1: would love to have some hot South Alabama takes. I

1217
01:09:49,600 --> 01:09:54,280
Speaker 1: don't go Jags Jake Bentley as their starting quarterback. Maybe

1218
01:09:54,280 --> 01:09:57,479
Speaker 1: you've heard him before m hmm. But outside of that,

1219
01:09:57,560 --> 01:09:59,760
Speaker 1: I don't really have a whole lot to offer. This

1220
01:09:59,840 --> 01:10:02,759
Speaker 1: is not a particularly good team last year, especially on defense,

1221
01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:05,240
Speaker 1: so maybe kan Woolmack can bring a little bit more

1222
01:10:05,240 --> 01:10:08,920
Speaker 1: to bear on that side of things. I'm not optimistic

1223
01:10:08,960 --> 01:10:14,080
Speaker 1: about that, but we'll see. Here we are no Louisiana's

1224
01:10:14,120 --> 01:10:17,960
Speaker 1: fun Leuefi Lewis go raging, Cagen's go raging, Caguen's just

1225
01:10:18,000 --> 01:10:20,439
Speaker 1: watch that that. You could do the whole preview based

1226
01:10:20,479 --> 01:10:25,840
Speaker 1: on that September fourth game, September fourth at Texas. Yeah,

1227
01:10:26,120 --> 01:10:28,639
Speaker 1: not saying they beat Texas to pick them, just pick them,

1228
01:10:28,680 --> 01:10:31,360
Speaker 1: just like show some stones in front of the universe.

1229
01:10:32,600 --> 01:10:35,080
Speaker 1: I'm not against it. I'm not against cuippling. What does

1230
01:10:35,120 --> 01:10:38,320
Speaker 1: that mean? It means we need need to get closer

1231
01:10:38,320 --> 01:10:40,559
Speaker 1: to the season. I need to find out more about

1232
01:10:40,640 --> 01:10:42,639
Speaker 1: find out who Texas is starting at quarterback, and we'll

1233
01:10:42,640 --> 01:10:44,000
Speaker 1: get there. I'm going to be doing I think I'm

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01:10:44,000 --> 01:10:46,960
Speaker 1: doing the Texas preview, right, I believe so. I'm going

1235
01:10:47,040 --> 01:10:49,160
Speaker 1: to be doing the Texas preview. Why would I deprive

1236
01:10:49,240 --> 01:10:51,120
Speaker 1: you of the Texas school. You can't do that to me.

1237
01:10:51,800 --> 01:10:54,080
Speaker 1: I want to do the Texas preview and we will

1238
01:10:54,080 --> 01:10:56,080
Speaker 1: talk about that Louisiana game. But that is one of

1239
01:10:56,120 --> 01:11:01,599
Speaker 1: great low key favorites of that opening Labor Day weekend.

1240
01:11:01,720 --> 01:11:05,960
Speaker 1: I mean, does the sun Belt not own the Big Twelve?

1241
01:11:07,479 --> 01:11:10,320
Speaker 1: Have we not learned through We've learned. Let's see last

1242
01:11:10,360 --> 01:11:13,360
Speaker 1: year was what Louisiana over Iowa State? It was Arkansas

1243
01:11:13,400 --> 01:11:18,840
Speaker 1: State over Kansas State. There was something else. There was

1244
01:11:18,880 --> 01:11:22,960
Speaker 1: a third that I'm now forgetting now. But it's a thing. Yeah,

1245
01:11:23,000 --> 01:11:27,720
Speaker 1: it's the whole thing, all right. Well, look that does

1246
01:11:27,720 --> 01:11:30,759
Speaker 1: it for the SEC. Good job, good job, good effort.

1247
01:11:30,840 --> 01:11:33,360
Speaker 1: You are all in on Bama again. You were all

1248
01:11:33,400 --> 01:11:35,679
Speaker 1: in on A and M and then everybody else. You're

1249
01:11:36,160 --> 01:11:39,240
Speaker 1: a lot less excited about. We are excited about no

1250
01:11:39,320 --> 01:11:43,280
Speaker 1: one less than Auburn though, as they think the main takeaway, right,

1251
01:11:44,040 --> 01:11:47,479
Speaker 1: I think that's right. Okay, I don't know. I don't

1252
01:11:47,479 --> 01:11:50,280
Speaker 1: know what else I have TI cool Man all right?

1253
01:11:50,320 --> 01:11:53,960
Speaker 1: Oh sorry? Coastal beat Kansas last year Coastaba Kansas. That

1254
01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:56,599
Speaker 1: was the third sun Belt ownership over the Big twelve

1255
01:11:56,720 --> 01:12:01,320
Speaker 1: that is now being picked apart or that guy over there,

1256
01:12:01,400 --> 01:12:03,840
Speaker 1: my good friend Dan Rubinstein, form myself, Ty hildon Brand,

1257
01:12:03,880 --> 01:12:05,920
Speaker 1: thank you so much for downloading, for listening, for playing

1258
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Speaker 1: along at home. Don't forget to go on out to

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01:12:08,040 --> 01:12:10,400
Speaker 1: verballers dot com if you want to find out more

1260
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Speaker 1: can also go to our website solid verbal dot com

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Speaker 1: where we're always posting stuff. You can go to the

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Speaker 1: website get our sneaky stats from Travis. You can get

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Speaker 1: games to watch from our good friend Connor. And then

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Speaker 1: you could get our just bigger pictures zoomed out look

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Speaker 1: at college football and what's going on in and around

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Speaker 1: the college football world from our friend Bradley on Fridays.

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Speaker 1: Correct send that out in the newsletter as well. Dan

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Speaker 1: can confirm fun stuff to come here. Thank you so

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Speaker 1: much for bearing with us. We will talk to you

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Speaker 1: all on Friday and anytime. Stay solid, peace,