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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Action Network Podcast, the number one show

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Speaker 1: for the invested sports fan.

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Speaker 2: All right, here we go.

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Speaker 1: Fifteen twenty twenty five, thirty thirty five, forty forty five

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Speaker 1: fifty and the chicks block the college football world. Stunners,

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Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, please stumble the bumble, the lateral turn.

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Speaker 1: A counter on the job, don't you.

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Speaker 2: I came them off the.

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Speaker 3: Fail the night.

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Speaker 1: It's not the sage of the dog in the fight.

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Speaker 2: It's the sage of the fight in the dog.

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Speaker 3: What's up the general nation? Welcome to the Action Network

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Speaker 3: Colleges Podcast. This is the twenty nineteen college football preseason

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Speaker 3: betting Preview, Part seven. I'm Stucky and with me as

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Speaker 3: always as Colin Wilson. Today we're going to close up

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Speaker 3: the SEC and talk SEC East. You know it's gonna

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Speaker 3: be a lot of Georgia love. Ready to get into

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Speaker 3: a column?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it was our first bet of the

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Speaker 2: entire season was Georgia the second. But we both saw

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Speaker 2: Georgia number. We got up out of our chairs, cracked

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Speaker 2: open the wallet, I pulled back the rubber band. Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Bulldogs all the way, and but you know what they

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Speaker 2: got to get through the East.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, But before we get to Georgia, let's start with

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Speaker 3: a team in my backyard, the Kentucky Wildcats, with one

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Speaker 3: of the best seasons in program history last year, but

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Speaker 3: they obviously lost a lot, including Benny Snell and Josh

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Speaker 3: start off with some maction two MAC teams at home

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Speaker 3: Eastern Michigan and Toledo. You know, not only lose Snow

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Speaker 3: lost for their top five receivers, the secondary is hurting.

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Speaker 3: We're going to get into a lot of this specifics

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Speaker 3: with Drew Franklin here in just a minute. They're eighty

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Speaker 3: to one to win the sec Con. You make their

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Speaker 3: win total five and a half and the over six

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Speaker 3: and a half is juice. So I assume you like

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Speaker 3: the under here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I like the under here. That's just it's hard

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Speaker 2: to get to, you know, to lose Benny Snill junior

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Speaker 2: though those are you know, those are program defining players.

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Speaker 2: I mean they're one hundred and fourteenth overall and returning production.

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Speaker 2: And the schedule I don't think is as nice as

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Speaker 2: last years. Was have the Wildcats underdogs and six of

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Speaker 2: their first seven conference games against Florida, Misssippi State, at

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Speaker 2: South Carolina. I've got them as a short dog. They

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Speaker 2: should get an easy win with Arkansas, but they're gonna

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Speaker 2: be dogs at Georgia, Missouri and then Tennessee. And you know,

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Speaker 2: in Tennessee should be able to you know, throw the ball,

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Speaker 2: and that's something that Kentucky is going to be susceptible

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Speaker 2: to in the back seven this year. So the swing

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Speaker 2: game in all of this is Tennessee. You know, six

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Speaker 2: you might just want to straight up play that game.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, you also don't know how much better Louisville's going

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Speaker 3: to be, right, and that's the last game of the

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Speaker 3: year obviously big and state rivalry, so you know it's

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Speaker 3: not given they win that game as well. I think

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Speaker 3: you have to go under if anything with Kentucky. I mean,

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Speaker 3: do you think if there's any chance that Eastern Michigan

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Speaker 2: Eastern Michigan beat Purdue last year. I mean Eastern Michigan

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Well know if the old Kentucky football is back

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Speaker 3: if they drop one of those two games. Joining us

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Speaker 3: now is Drew Franklin from Kentucky Sports Radio personal friend

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Speaker 3: of mine. What's going on, Drew? You want to give

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Speaker 4: Yes, I covered the University of Kentucky, played basketball and

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Speaker 4: football for Kentucky Sports Radio dot Com. We also have

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Speaker 4: a KSR radio show weekday morning. It was a pregame show,

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Speaker 3: Yes, and let's get right into it and talk about

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Speaker 3: the Cats and their football team this year. You know

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Speaker 3: And on the other side of the one, what's the floor?

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Speaker 4: Well, as you probably know, a lot of people are

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Speaker 4: year's ten win season was very rare. It never happened

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Speaker 4: in my lifetime until last year. But I actually don't

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Speaker 4: think they'll fall too far. The whole key of the

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Speaker 4: Media Day. We had on coach Mark Stoops, all of

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Speaker 4: the assistance, a lot of the players. Every one of

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Speaker 4: the nine wins. I'm not ready to put it at

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Speaker 4: a good year. As for the floor, Kentucky just lost

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Speaker 4: the only returning player in the secondary it has played

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Speaker 4: I don't even know who they're gonna roll out there

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Speaker 4: still the schedule gives them four easy games. I think

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Speaker 4: that will happen. But it's possible if the secondary seril.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, that loss in the secondary was brutal because they

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Speaker 2: really didn't have anybody else coming back. But which unit

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Speaker 4: This is gonna sound crazy because Josh Allen and Benny

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Speaker 4: they're very deep at linebacker obviously, No je Josh Allen,

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Speaker 4: But I think the defense is going to struggle because

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Speaker 2: Yeah that this Kentucky team, it just reminds me so

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Speaker 2: Our recruiting had not, like, you know, stepped up in

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Speaker 2: Is Kentucky now elevated the program to where it's just

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Speaker 4: Oh God, I hope, I hope the new standard is

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Speaker 4: seven or eight wins. I'm a rare UK fan who

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Speaker 4: likes football more than basketball. That just doesn't happen in

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Speaker 4: as much as I want to say we've elevated, I'm

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Speaker 4: seven every year now. I mean we're only three or

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Speaker 4: the new standard. Eight my bill.

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Speaker 2: Do you think we'll see any changes with the new

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Speaker 2: do you think he's going to change it devencentdy to

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Speaker 4: I don't think so, And that was a pretty big

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Speaker 4: They're pretty set on sticking with a three four defense.

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Speaker 4: He loves the versatility and confusing the opposing quarterbacks. As

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Speaker 4: he put it, I think They're going to be great

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Speaker 4: in the trenches. Maybe the best defensive line stoops his

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Speaker 4: that they'll get guys to perform. But I think we're

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Speaker 4: going to see pretty much the same schemes from a

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Speaker 4: even though Brad Wise's put the coordinator soups kind of

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, Trew, look, I have kind of been

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Speaker 3: long as the fan as you obviously, but I think

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Speaker 3: that the way that we know that we could start to,

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Speaker 3: you know, assume Kentucky's going to get to seven wins

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Speaker 3: every year, is if they don't lose one of those

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Speaker 3: start off two to zero with Florida coming in. You

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Speaker 3: What is your prediction for the season, and would you

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Speaker 3: Thanks for joining us, Drew. I look forward to watching

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Speaker 4: Yeah, let's do this in person next time, with the

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Speaker 3: City, absolutely, brother, have a go one man, all right.

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Speaker 2: That happened for a lot time. I think where I

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Speaker 3: the NCAA and all that stuff, but this enhances how

434
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Speaker 3: pissed off Missouri is. I mean, they're really not happy

435
00:19:15,200 --> 00:19:17,240
Speaker 3: about the you know, what's going on with their program,

436
00:19:17,280 --> 00:19:19,720
Speaker 3: and they feel like they're kind of wasting a year,

437
00:19:19,800 --> 00:19:22,520
Speaker 3: especially Kelly Bryant, who's there to you know, possibly contend

438
00:19:22,520 --> 00:19:24,520
Speaker 3: for the SEC and now they can't do that. So,

439
00:19:24,840 --> 00:19:27,240
Speaker 3: you know, he's the depth of quarterback. It's not going

440
00:19:27,320 --> 00:19:28,560
Speaker 3: to be as great as we thought it was going

441
00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:31,960
Speaker 3: to be because TCU transferred. Shawn Robinson talk about NCAA politics.

442
00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,400
Speaker 3: I mean, there's there's no reason the TCU transferred Shawn

443
00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:37,159
Speaker 3: Robinson is being denied as waivery. He claimed he was

444
00:19:37,160 --> 00:19:40,399
Speaker 3: treated unfairly at TCU and so he was denied so

445
00:19:40,440 --> 00:19:42,040
Speaker 3: he won't be able to back up Kelly Bryant. So

446
00:19:42,160 --> 00:19:43,800
Speaker 3: quarterback depth took a little bit of a hit here

447
00:19:43,800 --> 00:19:45,960
Speaker 3: in the last couple of weeks. But Missouri's loaded at

448
00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:49,720
Speaker 3: wide receiver with with Jonathan Johnson. Arkansas transfer Johnathan Nance.

449
00:19:49,760 --> 00:19:51,679
Speaker 3: He was a freak for US for the Razorbacks and

450
00:19:52,359 --> 00:19:55,600
Speaker 3: transferred out was not agreeing with Morris's system. Jalen Knox's

451
00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,720
Speaker 3: back running back Larry Roundtree, returns to a top ten offense,

452
00:19:59,119 --> 00:20:02,160
Speaker 3: easiest non conference in the SEC. I think by far

453
00:20:02,240 --> 00:20:04,639
Speaker 3: as say it's something with Arkansas out there, you know, Wyoming,

454
00:20:05,000 --> 00:20:08,400
Speaker 3: West Virginia, who's completely reloaded with a new coach. Southeast

455
00:20:08,440 --> 00:20:10,520
Speaker 3: Missouri Simo as we like to call them down here.

456
00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,159
Speaker 3: You know, they get the cross Division, they get they

457
00:20:13,160 --> 00:20:15,480
Speaker 3: get the bottom feeders in Arkansas and Ole miss I

458
00:20:15,520 --> 00:20:16,960
Speaker 3: love the over on this team all the way, but

459
00:20:17,040 --> 00:20:18,399
Speaker 3: I mean you're right about this.

460
00:20:18,640 --> 00:20:20,879
Speaker 2: They got a chip on their shoulder. They're hot, pissed,

461
00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:22,400
Speaker 2: and if they come out and they take a loss

462
00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:24,320
Speaker 2: or two, and then you know, could it deflate them,

463
00:20:24,359 --> 00:20:26,040
Speaker 2: could it knock them off? But other than that, I

464
00:20:26,080 --> 00:20:27,840
Speaker 2: think I think they're full steam ahead.

465
00:20:28,160 --> 00:20:30,119
Speaker 3: Yeah, they go up, they go up to the Laramie

466
00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:30,800
Speaker 3: week one and lose.

467
00:20:30,840 --> 00:20:31,480
Speaker 2: What happens?

468
00:20:31,800 --> 00:20:33,680
Speaker 3: It could get ugly, but I agree I think on

469
00:20:33,720 --> 00:20:36,320
Speaker 3: the surface the number is probably a little low. Missouri

470
00:20:36,359 --> 00:20:39,760
Speaker 3: will be an intriguing team to watch all season long

471
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Speaker 3: to see where they stay mentally, if they can, you know,

472
00:20:43,280 --> 00:20:45,680
Speaker 3: stay undefeated, or if they take a loss, what happens.

473
00:20:46,160 --> 00:20:48,840
Speaker 3: So an intrigguing team to watch week to week as well.

474
00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:52,280
Speaker 3: All right, let's move on in the SEC East to

475
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Speaker 3: the Florida Gators. Win total for Florida nine over nine

476
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Speaker 3: plus one forty you make it eight point nine.

477
00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:02,680
Speaker 2: They're ten to one to win the SEC.

478
00:21:03,800 --> 00:21:07,000
Speaker 3: You know this team is pretty loaded, right, So p

479
00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:10,120
Speaker 3: Ryan is back in the backfield. You have Felibe Franks

480
00:21:10,200 --> 00:21:13,280
Speaker 3: and the Dan Mullen effect. We all know the impact

481
00:21:13,320 --> 00:21:15,919
Speaker 3: he has on quarterbacks. So it's gonna be the second

482
00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:18,680
Speaker 3: year for Franks under Mullen. You know they're gonna be

483
00:21:18,720 --> 00:21:22,360
Speaker 3: playing their spread attack. They have really solid receivers. It's

484
00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:25,600
Speaker 3: really all about the offensive line. On the offensive side,

485
00:21:25,960 --> 00:21:28,320
Speaker 3: only one returning starter they lost I think over one

486
00:21:28,400 --> 00:21:32,240
Speaker 3: hundred and forty starts up front, and look they start off.

487
00:21:32,280 --> 00:21:34,439
Speaker 3: And I know you said on our previous podcast that

488
00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:37,680
Speaker 3: you like Florida on August twenty fourth, which is coming

489
00:21:37,760 --> 00:21:41,440
Speaker 3: up here against Miami games in Orlando. But one of

490
00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,080
Speaker 3: the questions I really have about that game, and you're

491
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:47,160
Speaker 3: really gonna learn a lot about Florida their offensive line

492
00:21:47,240 --> 00:21:50,320
Speaker 3: against that. You know, those Miami linebackers and are they

493
00:21:50,359 --> 00:21:52,960
Speaker 3: going to allow pressure on Franks? You know, because we

494
00:21:53,000 --> 00:21:55,480
Speaker 3: all know how much Miami loves to get in the backfield.

495
00:21:55,600 --> 00:21:59,159
Speaker 3: So you know, that's a major question mark in that

496
00:21:59,200 --> 00:22:02,199
Speaker 3: Week one because if the offensive line comes together, you know,

497
00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:05,080
Speaker 3: this Mullen offense has a lot of potential. You also

498
00:22:05,160 --> 00:22:07,480
Speaker 3: have Grant them back with his aggressive three to four

499
00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:10,080
Speaker 3: and they have and it really works with their corners

500
00:22:10,080 --> 00:22:12,080
Speaker 3: they have, especially CJ. Henderson is one of the best

501
00:22:12,080 --> 00:22:14,680
Speaker 3: in the country. But yeah, that offensive line is my

502
00:22:14,720 --> 00:22:16,760
Speaker 3: biggest question mark, Nick, who can in their center?

503
00:22:16,800 --> 00:22:17,960
Speaker 2: Is the only returning starter?

504
00:22:18,600 --> 00:22:20,880
Speaker 3: What are your thoughts on the Gators this year?

505
00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, spot on with the offensive line. I mean, they

506
00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:25,680
Speaker 2: you know, they also one hundred and fifty two career

507
00:22:25,760 --> 00:22:29,240
Speaker 2: starts and you know, every every other every other unit

508
00:22:29,320 --> 00:22:32,399
Speaker 2: is completely fully stocked, even even the special teams. But

509
00:22:32,440 --> 00:22:34,600
Speaker 2: the offensive line loses those four players and then other

510
00:22:34,600 --> 00:22:36,960
Speaker 2: players that were you know, that was the entire depth.

511
00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,080
Speaker 2: You know, the offensive line was first in the country

512
00:22:40,080 --> 00:22:43,240
Speaker 2: in sacrate. So you saw Felipe Franks have this amazing

513
00:22:43,240 --> 00:22:46,080
Speaker 2: turnaround last year and everybody you know, I mean, Dan

514
00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,120
Speaker 2: Mullen is the quarterback whisper. But at the same time,

515
00:22:48,160 --> 00:22:50,119
Speaker 2: you're I mean, there was so much experience on the

516
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,920
Speaker 2: offensive line. It gave Felipe Franks enough time to make

517
00:22:52,920 --> 00:22:55,040
Speaker 2: these decisions. So that's something that you're gonna have to

518
00:22:55,080 --> 00:22:57,359
Speaker 2: watch against Miami. And if you put two and two together.

519
00:22:57,600 --> 00:22:59,199
Speaker 2: As much as I think about Dan Eos and the

520
00:22:59,200 --> 00:23:02,560
Speaker 2: offensive coordinator at Miami and the Nikosi Perry and the

521
00:23:02,560 --> 00:23:04,960
Speaker 2: Tate Martell situation, there's probably gonna be a first half

522
00:23:05,080 --> 00:23:08,080
Speaker 2: underticket in my back pocket during that Week zero game.

523
00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:10,840
Speaker 2: But you know, there's major offensive improvements across the boards,

524
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 2: and Stanball got there. We expected that they were fifteenth

525
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:16,320
Speaker 2: and third down success, they were twentieth and rushing sm

526
00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:18,840
Speaker 2: P plus, they were thirty first and passing S and

527
00:23:18,840 --> 00:23:22,280
Speaker 2: P plus. If the offensive line can you know, hold

528
00:23:22,320 --> 00:23:24,840
Speaker 2: together together and give Felipe Franks some time. We should

529
00:23:24,840 --> 00:23:26,960
Speaker 2: see those exact same numbers. So a point nine is

530
00:23:26,960 --> 00:23:29,399
Speaker 2: where I have this. But asking them to get to

531
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Speaker 2: ten wins is a big ask. I mean, it's gonna

532
00:23:32,840 --> 00:23:34,480
Speaker 2: be tough for the Gators. I'm not down on them

533
00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:37,080
Speaker 2: by any means. But at the same time, this schedule,

534
00:23:37,440 --> 00:23:39,520
Speaker 2: I mean you're asking them to play LSU, which will

535
00:23:39,520 --> 00:23:42,480
Speaker 2: be a revenge game, and then Georgia is on the schedule.

536
00:23:42,520 --> 00:23:44,200
Speaker 2: I mean that looks like a ten to two season

537
00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:46,000
Speaker 2: right there. That's a great season for them. But the

538
00:23:46,000 --> 00:23:48,560
Speaker 2: schedule includes Miami, which you know, I do think is

539
00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:50,359
Speaker 2: a win, but Florida State. Don't count them out. I

540
00:23:50,400 --> 00:23:52,120
Speaker 2: think I'm the only one that's behind Florida State.

541
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Speaker 3: But they have a huge revenge too for Florida State

542
00:23:54,560 --> 00:23:57,080
Speaker 3: in that game because Florida ended there, I mean, whooped

543
00:23:57,080 --> 00:23:59,320
Speaker 3: their ass and ended their their bowl streak last year

544
00:23:59,320 --> 00:23:59,960
Speaker 3: at the end of the season.

545
00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:03,639
Speaker 2: Absolutely absolutely, But I mean Missouri and Auburn's on the

546
00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 2: schedule too. I mean there's not an easy schedule whatsoever

547
00:24:06,400 --> 00:24:08,240
Speaker 2: for them to get to ten wins, which is what

548
00:24:08,280 --> 00:24:10,600
Speaker 2: you're gonna have to have to cash an over ticket,

549
00:24:10,720 --> 00:24:13,600
Speaker 2: So I'm not necessarily promoting the under, but if I

550
00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:15,600
Speaker 2: had to make a play on this, I would take

551
00:24:15,680 --> 00:24:18,080
Speaker 2: I have taken under nine a little bit, a little

552
00:24:18,080 --> 00:24:21,199
Speaker 2: bit when the juice was at the perfect price. But

553
00:24:21,520 --> 00:24:23,280
Speaker 2: I just can't see any way they make ten wins

554
00:24:23,359 --> 00:24:24,600
Speaker 2: with this with the schedule.

555
00:24:25,400 --> 00:24:27,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, in order to get to ten, you're

556
00:24:27,160 --> 00:24:29,280
Speaker 3: gonna have they have to number one, they have to

557
00:24:29,320 --> 00:24:31,640
Speaker 3: beat I think Miami and Florida State their book ends

558
00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,760
Speaker 3: are their schedule, which isn't a given right. And then

559
00:24:34,800 --> 00:24:37,480
Speaker 3: you know you're having at LSU at South Carolina the

560
00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:40,680
Speaker 3: week after, Auburn at home Georgia and Jacksonville at Missouri.

561
00:24:40,760 --> 00:24:43,879
Speaker 3: So there's you know, the SEC schedule is tough, and

562
00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,719
Speaker 3: they're gonna have no shot to get the ten wins

563
00:24:45,960 --> 00:24:48,439
Speaker 3: if they don't sweep those two bookends. And both those

564
00:24:48,480 --> 00:24:50,439
Speaker 3: games might be a little tougher than people thought. But

565
00:24:50,480 --> 00:24:52,440
Speaker 3: I'm really looking forward to seeing what we learned about

566
00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:55,840
Speaker 3: that Florida offensive line right off the bat against Maddie.

567
00:24:55,880 --> 00:24:56,320
Speaker 2: I won't be.

568
00:24:56,280 --> 00:24:58,439
Speaker 3: Investing in Florida's window, and I think it's pretty spot on,

569
00:24:59,320 --> 00:25:03,480
Speaker 3: but that matchup in Orlando against Miami will be fascinating.

570
00:25:03,840 --> 00:25:07,879
Speaker 3: All right, let's move on to Tennessee win total six

571
00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,200
Speaker 3: and a half over minus one thirty. Do you make

572
00:25:11,640 --> 00:25:13,080
Speaker 3: their win total five point eight?

573
00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:14,080
Speaker 2: It's what you project.

574
00:25:15,080 --> 00:25:16,679
Speaker 3: You know, they're eighty to one to win the SEC.

575
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,520
Speaker 3: They do have eight home games. They have you know,

576
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:24,600
Speaker 3: Guarantano back at quarterback, although depth is a big issue there.

577
00:25:25,400 --> 00:25:28,399
Speaker 3: They're loaded at receiver. They have experience at offensive line

578
00:25:28,359 --> 00:25:31,679
Speaker 3: and then running back. You know, there's some on the

579
00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:34,359
Speaker 3: defensive side. You know, there's some questions. They have Gibbs,

580
00:25:34,400 --> 00:25:38,479
Speaker 3: the Georgia transfer, who's not playing this year. Aubrey Solomon,

581
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,439
Speaker 3: the defensive tackle. I don't know if he's been cleared yet,

582
00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:42,320
Speaker 3: but that would be huge because they lost all three

583
00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:45,320
Speaker 3: starters on their defensive line in that three four, So

584
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,000
Speaker 3: they're gonna be relying on a lot of Jue Coode

585
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:51,320
Speaker 3: transfers to step in and some young, inexperienced guys. So

586
00:25:51,520 --> 00:25:55,720
Speaker 3: you know, this team, it has some talent and experience.

587
00:25:56,320 --> 00:25:59,199
Speaker 3: There's some questions though in the trenches. Also in the

588
00:25:59,200 --> 00:26:02,119
Speaker 3: offensive line. You know, does Trey Smith is their guard?

589
00:26:02,119 --> 00:26:05,439
Speaker 3: Does he play? He has blood clocks or there's questions there.

590
00:26:05,800 --> 00:26:08,359
Speaker 3: You know, it's I think six and a half is

591
00:26:08,400 --> 00:26:11,800
Speaker 3: a little high, especially juiced minus one thirty. I know

592
00:26:11,800 --> 00:26:15,000
Speaker 3: it's Jeremy Pruitt, their pro style that transition to three

593
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:17,359
Speaker 3: to four in the second year, and also have the

594
00:26:17,520 --> 00:26:21,080
Speaker 3: Balon Buchanan, Ray Buchanan's I think son or nephew. He's

595
00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:22,919
Speaker 3: going to play the star position, but he's hurt. They

596
00:26:22,920 --> 00:26:24,680
Speaker 3: don't know if whole plays. There's a lot of questions

597
00:26:24,920 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 3: with this Tennessee team. What are your thoughts on the boves?

598
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:29,760
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think there's a lot of questions still

599
00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:32,480
Speaker 2: out there amongst the coaching ranks, whether Jeremy Preuit's going

600
00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,439
Speaker 2: to succeed as a head coach the way Kirby Smart

601
00:26:34,440 --> 00:26:37,159
Speaker 2: has after leaving. I have to say the public has

602
00:26:37,160 --> 00:26:39,080
Speaker 2: done a lot better with Tennessee this year. It just

603
00:26:39,080 --> 00:26:41,359
Speaker 2: seems like clockwork. We get to the second week of

604
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,680
Speaker 2: August and I've heard somebody, whether I've tuned into fine

605
00:26:44,720 --> 00:26:47,679
Speaker 2: Baum or for somebody has said Tennessee National Championship or

606
00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,080
Speaker 2: Tennessee SEC champions So I haven't heard that yet, which

607
00:26:50,119 --> 00:26:52,480
Speaker 2: is a good thing. So maybe something will happen this year.

608
00:26:52,800 --> 00:26:55,159
Speaker 2: But they are second overall in the nation at returning production.

609
00:26:55,320 --> 00:26:58,080
Speaker 2: That's a good thing justin Garantano. He's getting plenty of

610
00:26:58,119 --> 00:27:00,480
Speaker 2: preseason love, he's getting a lot of attention, but he's

611
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:02,720
Speaker 2: got to avoid getting sacked. He's had twenty two sacks

612
00:27:02,760 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 2: last year at an eight of eight point two percent

613
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,760
Speaker 2: for honest dropbacks. And you know, some of that's not

614
00:27:06,800 --> 00:27:08,720
Speaker 2: all on the offensive line. Some of that's on him.

615
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,760
Speaker 2: You know, they had a top five strength of schedule

616
00:27:10,760 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 2: in twenty eighteen, the defense was one hundred and fifteenth

617
00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:15,520
Speaker 2: in success rate in ninety eighth and havoc in ninety

618
00:27:15,520 --> 00:27:17,760
Speaker 2: seventh and finishing drives. I'm willing to kind of let

619
00:27:17,840 --> 00:27:20,040
Speaker 2: all that go because they played a really tough schedule

620
00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:21,879
Speaker 2: last year, but now they really kind of need to

621
00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:24,840
Speaker 2: turn it up and be better defensively. They play four

622
00:27:24,840 --> 00:27:26,720
Speaker 2: teams coming off of a bye this year, all of

623
00:27:26,760 --> 00:27:29,679
Speaker 2: in a month stretch, like Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State, Alabama

624
00:27:29,760 --> 00:27:31,879
Speaker 2: all come off of a bye. That's going to be

625
00:27:31,960 --> 00:27:34,760
Speaker 2: really hard for Tennessee. And BYU is this team that

626
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:37,600
Speaker 2: everybody overlooks, but they will physically manhandle you and beat

627
00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:40,120
Speaker 2: you up. Even though you may win the game, you're

628
00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,639
Speaker 2: not going to feel good the following week. So you know,

629
00:27:42,720 --> 00:27:44,720
Speaker 2: like we said, four teams off of a bye BYUS

630
00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:47,240
Speaker 2: extra press, so Tennessee's going to take their licks. It's

631
00:27:47,280 --> 00:27:49,879
Speaker 2: an underplay for me. It's you know, more close to

632
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,800
Speaker 2: a no play for me, because there's some hype on Tennessee.

633
00:27:52,840 --> 00:27:54,440
Speaker 2: I think if we see it move up just a tick,

634
00:27:54,480 --> 00:27:55,640
Speaker 2: you know, it's one of those things that we wait

635
00:27:55,680 --> 00:27:57,480
Speaker 2: till the third week of August. We see a tick up,

636
00:27:57,680 --> 00:27:59,760
Speaker 2: then I happily play the under on these guys.

637
00:28:00,119 --> 00:28:03,160
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean because look, se see tough schedule, which

638
00:28:03,160 --> 00:28:06,840
Speaker 3: we've said throughout, and you know, the Georgia State Chattanooga

639
00:28:07,320 --> 00:28:10,240
Speaker 3: wins at home. If you assume, you know, they beat

640
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:12,680
Speaker 3: Bandy although they haven't at home to close out the year,

641
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,399
Speaker 3: assume they beat UAB at home Alo the UAB is

642
00:28:15,440 --> 00:28:18,040
Speaker 3: off of bye in South Carolina. As soon they beat

643
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:20,960
Speaker 3: them at home, that's five wins in order to find

644
00:28:21,000 --> 00:28:22,520
Speaker 3: two more. I mean, if you want to give them

645
00:28:22,560 --> 00:28:26,800
Speaker 3: BYU that's six. Then there's at Florida, Georgia, Mississippi State

646
00:28:27,359 --> 00:28:31,200
Speaker 3: at Alabama, you know, at Kentucky at Missouri. So they're

647
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:32,920
Speaker 3: gonna have to get one of those to get the seven,

648
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:36,280
Speaker 3: assuming they win all those other games, including BYU. So yeah,

649
00:28:36,400 --> 00:28:38,760
Speaker 3: I think it'll be tough. I think the number is

650
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:41,880
Speaker 3: a little high, still tough to go under. Now, I

651
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:43,600
Speaker 3: completely agree with you that if we see a seven,

652
00:28:43,960 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 3: you gotta go under, because I don't see there's any

653
00:28:45,520 --> 00:28:46,720
Speaker 3: way they get to eight wins on their schedule.

654
00:28:46,920 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 2: You agree with that, absolutely?

655
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:48,760
Speaker 3: Agree?

656
00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:49,160
Speaker 2: Yeap.

657
00:28:49,240 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 3: All right, let's stay in the state of Tennessee and

658
00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,560
Speaker 3: talk about Vanderbilt. Their win totals four and a half

659
00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 3: the over Westgate minus one forty. You project four point

660
00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:01,200
Speaker 3: nine wins or three hundred to one to win the SEC.

661
00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:05,040
Speaker 3: There's some interesting pieces on especially on offense at Vandy.

662
00:29:05,200 --> 00:29:08,240
Speaker 3: You know Keshan Vonna, he's electric at running back, can

663
00:29:08,280 --> 00:29:10,720
Speaker 3: break one at any time. You know, Lipskam at receiver,

664
00:29:10,880 --> 00:29:13,560
Speaker 3: pick me at tight end. You know, these are potentially

665
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,880
Speaker 3: you know, second team third team All SEC this year.

666
00:29:18,560 --> 00:29:21,200
Speaker 3: They do have a new offensive coordinator in He was

667
00:29:21,200 --> 00:29:24,360
Speaker 3: the quarterback coach for the last three years. The biggest

668
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 3: question is who's going to be quarterback. I believe it'll

669
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:30,960
Speaker 3: be Ball State transfer Riley Neil, you know, but there's

670
00:29:31,040 --> 00:29:33,920
Speaker 3: also questions about the offensive line. They lost a ton

671
00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:38,400
Speaker 3: on defense, but it'll come down to quarterback play on

672
00:29:38,800 --> 00:29:41,320
Speaker 3: the offense, but there are some questions about the defense.

673
00:29:41,520 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 3: If you project four point nine over our four and

674
00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:46,360
Speaker 3: a half minus one forty, so you think this is

675
00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,600
Speaker 3: about spot on. What are your thoughts on the doors?

676
00:29:48,960 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's spot on. I think the thing that we're

677
00:29:51,240 --> 00:29:53,560
Speaker 2: I mean, they lost quarterback Kyle Schirmer. He was He

678
00:29:53,600 --> 00:29:55,600
Speaker 2: had twenty four touchdowns with six interceptions.

679
00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:55,800
Speaker 1: He was.

680
00:29:55,960 --> 00:29:58,080
Speaker 2: He was great for Vanderbilt last year. I found myself

681
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 2: on Vanderbilt a lot last year. Right Neil comes in

682
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:04,040
Speaker 2: from ball State. He's a fantastic quarterback on the mac level.

683
00:30:04,080 --> 00:30:06,760
Speaker 2: We found ourselves playing Ball State whenever we could get

684
00:30:06,840 --> 00:30:09,160
Speaker 2: him and the rest of the squad healthy. Specifically, I

685
00:30:09,160 --> 00:30:11,480
Speaker 2: think that Notre Dame game was a big one for us.

686
00:30:11,480 --> 00:30:14,600
Speaker 2: But they lose ninety seven career starts on the offensive line.

687
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:17,200
Speaker 2: That's tough. That's going to be hard to rebound. And

688
00:30:17,280 --> 00:30:20,400
Speaker 2: their schedule, you lose ninety seven starts on the offensive line,

689
00:30:20,400 --> 00:30:23,760
Speaker 2: and you start with Georgia Purdue in LSU. I mean,

690
00:30:24,240 --> 00:30:26,760
Speaker 2: Mason got a contract extension back in February, But I

691
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:28,400
Speaker 2: think the worst thing that could happen is that they

692
00:30:28,440 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 2: just get the doors blown off. Of them the first

693
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:35,120
Speaker 2: you know, through September and you know, and they're reconsidering

694
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,960
Speaker 2: their position on how they feel about their head coach

695
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:38,760
Speaker 2: because I think he's a great fit for them and

696
00:30:38,800 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 2: what they can get done with sort of the academic

697
00:30:40,600 --> 00:30:43,640
Speaker 2: standards that they have. There, so brutal schedule to start,

698
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,560
Speaker 2: you know, four point nine. I'd be shocked if they

699
00:30:46,560 --> 00:30:50,000
Speaker 2: got the five, so, you know four at best.

700
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:53,800
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, here's a question for you. Are you

701
00:30:53,840 --> 00:30:57,880
Speaker 3: a fan of these Week one conference matchups? You know,

702
00:30:57,920 --> 00:31:01,280
Speaker 3: we have Vanderbilt Georgia. I'm personally not, But what are

703
00:31:01,320 --> 00:31:04,360
Speaker 3: your thoughts. I'm not.

704
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:07,560
Speaker 2: I actually am not, because you know you're gonna look

705
00:31:07,600 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 2: back you maybe you're gonna be a different, completely different team.

706
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:12,000
Speaker 2: Think about some of the thoughts that you had in

707
00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,440
Speaker 2: week zero, Week one, Week two of last year versus

708
00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:16,440
Speaker 2: the thoughts that you had in week ten, week eleven.

709
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 2: Teams transform. We just talked about LSU. I mean, teams

710
00:31:19,720 --> 00:31:20,920
Speaker 2: are different at the end of the season they were

711
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 2: at the beginning, and you could be penalized, you know,

712
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 2: for getting better on in the season. I just I

713
00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:26,800
Speaker 2: feel like you should figure out who your team is.

714
00:31:27,240 --> 00:31:30,280
Speaker 2: There's no preseason in college football. NFL has the preseason.

715
00:31:30,320 --> 00:31:32,440
Speaker 2: They have a stupid ass Hall of Fame game where

716
00:31:32,440 --> 00:31:34,479
Speaker 2: you can't have any points scored. And there's quarterbacks out

717
00:31:34,520 --> 00:31:36,600
Speaker 2: there that I think have been migrated down from Canada.

718
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:40,400
Speaker 2: College football has no preseason whatsoever. They have two days

719
00:31:40,440 --> 00:31:42,200
Speaker 2: practices where they beat the crap out of each other.

720
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:43,760
Speaker 2: Then they show up and you're gonna play one of

721
00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:45,880
Speaker 2: the biggest games of the season in the very first week.

722
00:31:46,080 --> 00:31:48,760
Speaker 2: I mean, put Chattanooga on the schedule. Put you see

723
00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:51,520
Speaker 2: Davis on the schedule. You know, go go schedule someone

724
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:53,840
Speaker 2: in FCS. I don't think you should be playing these

725
00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:54,720
Speaker 2: games in week one.

726
00:31:54,960 --> 00:31:57,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, or play that un They play UNLV in October twelfth,

727
00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:01,400
Speaker 3: play that to start. Look another game that's kind of

728
00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:05,120
Speaker 3: tricky on their schedule. I know Northern Illinois, I know

729
00:32:05,160 --> 00:32:07,160
Speaker 3: they lost a lot coaching changes. We'll get to them

730
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:10,040
Speaker 3: in the Group of five podcasts. But Vanderbilt starts off

731
00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,800
Speaker 3: with he's at Georgia, at Purdue LSU after a bye,

732
00:32:14,320 --> 00:32:17,680
Speaker 3: and then in between a game against LSU and at

733
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:20,280
Speaker 3: Ole Miss, they played Northern illinoist home. Northern Oland is

734
00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 3: coming off of a bye. Not as easy as it

735
00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:26,600
Speaker 3: might look, you know, even though Northern Illinois lost a lot.

736
00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 2: Oh, that group of five pod is coming. I can

737
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:29,960
Speaker 2: feel it. Can't wait.

738
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 3: All right, Let's move on to the final team in

739
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:38,440
Speaker 3: the SEC East, and that's South Carolina. Win total five

740
00:32:38,480 --> 00:32:41,040
Speaker 3: and a half, the overs minus one thirty you project

741
00:32:41,120 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 3: five point two. They're eighty to one to win the SEC.

742
00:32:43,960 --> 00:32:47,480
Speaker 3: We've hinted at this a number of times, and we've

743
00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,360
Speaker 3: talked about a lot of schedules, but there is not

744
00:32:50,440 --> 00:32:53,200
Speaker 3: a single schedule in the country in my eyes, harder

745
00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,760
Speaker 3: than South Carolina's. So when you look at this team

746
00:32:55,840 --> 00:32:58,000
Speaker 3: on the surface, you kind of get excited to really

747
00:32:58,040 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 3: experienced Jake Bentley again under center. Now there's some offensive

748
00:33:02,680 --> 00:33:05,760
Speaker 3: line questions, and they did lose Deebo Samuel, which you

749
00:33:05,760 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 3: know is their leading receiver, also was big in the

750
00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:11,640
Speaker 3: return game. But you know, there's a lot of pieces here.

751
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,320
Speaker 3: But then you look at this schedule and I don't

752
00:33:14,440 --> 00:33:17,200
Speaker 3: I can't find six wins. You know, they you know,

753
00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:20,120
Speaker 3: they have North Carolina and Charlotte to start in Charleston

754
00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:22,800
Speaker 3: Southern at home, you know, and then they also have

755
00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:27,640
Speaker 3: Vanderbilt at home, app State at home, in Kentucky at home.

756
00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:33,360
Speaker 3: Give them those five wins. The rest of their games

757
00:33:33,480 --> 00:33:40,360
Speaker 3: are ridiculously difficult. You're talking Bama at Missouri, at Georgia, Florida,

758
00:33:40,840 --> 00:33:44,840
Speaker 3: at Tennessee, at Texas A and M. Oh yeah, and

759
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,600
Speaker 3: they finish off with Clemson and Texas and MS off

760
00:33:47,600 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 3: of bye also at Texas A and M. So they're

761
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 3: playing Alabama, Georgia and Texas A and M and Clemson,

762
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,840
Speaker 3: oh yeah in Florida. I mean, if this schedule is

763
00:33:58,880 --> 00:34:02,000
Speaker 3: an absolute gauntlet, what are your thoughts on the game Cocks?

764
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, so South Carolina got positive bumps for returning production

765
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:07,360
Speaker 2: and they got negative bumps in the offseason for second

766
00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:09,120
Speaker 2: order win total, so they were a little bit lucky

767
00:34:09,160 --> 00:34:11,399
Speaker 2: last year. I think the biggest thing that we need

768
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:16,439
Speaker 2: to talk about is Jake Bentley, who had issues over

769
00:34:16,480 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 2: the years with his accuracy, you know, doing things too

770
00:34:19,600 --> 00:34:22,200
Speaker 2: fast and missing receivers. He's been driving a Ferrari the

771
00:34:22,280 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 2: last two years, and that Ferrari's name is Deebo Samuel,

772
00:34:24,600 --> 00:34:27,360
Speaker 2: and Samuel's gone, So I just I don't know. I

773
00:34:27,440 --> 00:34:29,399
Speaker 2: know there's other guys in the pipeline. There's other wide

774
00:34:29,440 --> 00:34:32,720
Speaker 2: receivers and the or Trey Smith, the red shirt sophomore,

775
00:34:32,760 --> 00:34:35,479
Speaker 2: he'd be the biggest talent at wide receiver that they've

776
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:37,839
Speaker 2: got if he's healthy. But I mean even last year

777
00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:39,239
Speaker 2: with all of this that he had in the wide

778
00:34:39,280 --> 00:34:42,040
Speaker 2: receiver corps, he was twenty seven touchdowns and fourteen nineties.

779
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:45,239
Speaker 2: His accuracy and his completion rate have to be top

780
00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:47,319
Speaker 2: notch when he's lost his best weapon. You know, they

781
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,440
Speaker 2: were a bit unlucky in conference play last year. If

782
00:34:49,440 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 2: you look at net turnovers just in conference play alone,

783
00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:54,279
Speaker 2: they were minus six, so they were almost averaging a

784
00:34:54,320 --> 00:34:56,600
Speaker 2: turnover per game. So it's, you know, some pretty tough

785
00:34:56,680 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 2: luck for them, and they've just got to be better

786
00:34:58,200 --> 00:34:59,480
Speaker 2: at protecting the ball. But a lot of that is

787
00:34:59,560 --> 00:35:02,000
Speaker 2: Jake Bentley. You look at how many interceptions he's got,

788
00:35:02,040 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 2: a lot of that that falls on bentley shoulders too.

789
00:35:04,280 --> 00:35:06,280
Speaker 2: Defense last year was one hundred and twentieth and success

790
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:09,239
Speaker 2: rate they're outside the top one hundred against rush efficiency

791
00:35:09,360 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 2: and stuff. Right, they're not controlling the trenches, they're not

792
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,520
Speaker 2: getting offenses off the field whatsoever. I don't think that's

793
00:35:14,560 --> 00:35:16,680
Speaker 2: going to get any better this season. And some of

794
00:35:16,719 --> 00:35:18,400
Speaker 2: these games we've named off that you know that they

795
00:35:18,400 --> 00:35:20,760
Speaker 2: could win these five games they could win, I think appalition.

796
00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:22,319
Speaker 2: State's going to give them a hell of the time.

797
00:35:22,360 --> 00:35:24,440
Speaker 2: I think some of these teams can actually challenge them,

798
00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:27,440
Speaker 2: especially if it's a South Carolina team that's beat up

799
00:35:27,520 --> 00:35:30,239
Speaker 2: or have injuries or missing some players from some of

800
00:35:30,280 --> 00:35:32,200
Speaker 2: their bigger games. So you know, I think must Champ

801
00:35:32,280 --> 00:35:34,319
Speaker 2: is going to be on the hot seat for all

802
00:35:34,360 --> 00:35:37,160
Speaker 2: the SEC coaches. I think Muschamp might be the one

803
00:35:37,239 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 2: that is in the most trouble towards the end of

804
00:35:39,320 --> 00:35:39,720
Speaker 2: the season.

805
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 3: Fair enough, are will you be wagering on this win

806
00:35:42,320 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 3: Toto staying away and just looking for them in the season.

807
00:35:44,880 --> 00:35:46,439
Speaker 2: I'm not going to wager on them. I'll be looking

808
00:35:46,440 --> 00:35:49,439
Speaker 2: for them within the season. Like I said, they've got

809
00:35:49,440 --> 00:35:51,839
Speaker 2: some schedules, they got some things on the schedule. It's

810
00:35:51,840 --> 00:35:53,560
Speaker 2: going to be really tough for them to bounce back.

811
00:35:53,800 --> 00:35:55,799
Speaker 2: I think it's going to be a time to hammer them,

812
00:35:55,880 --> 00:35:58,600
Speaker 2: especially especially teams that are going to be able to

813
00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 2: give Jake Bentley problems and past coverage. I think that's

814
00:36:01,719 --> 00:36:04,480
Speaker 2: the important thing. So when they play secondaries that can

815
00:36:04,520 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 2: cause a lot of havoc in the back seven. That's

816
00:36:07,080 --> 00:36:09,799
Speaker 2: gonna be a time to play against South Carolina. All Right,

817
00:36:09,840 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 2: That'll wrap up the entire SEC.

818
00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,279
Speaker 3: But before we get out of here, let's do a

819
00:36:15,320 --> 00:36:18,840
Speaker 3: quick recap and maybe give our one or two favorite

820
00:36:19,280 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 3: win totals in the SEC East.

821
00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:24,320
Speaker 2: Where are you going? I'm gonna start off with a

822
00:36:24,360 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 2: Missouri over eight and a half. I have them projected

823
00:36:26,480 --> 00:36:28,920
Speaker 2: at nine point four, just for everything that we talked about.

824
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,440
Speaker 2: You know, as far as Georgia goes, I'm taking them

825
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,879
Speaker 2: to win the SEC. I think the national championship number

826
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:36,160
Speaker 2: is a little bit deflated. There's still value in them

827
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:39,719
Speaker 2: winning the SEC. And then I'm gonna take Kentucky a

828
00:36:39,760 --> 00:36:42,160
Speaker 2: little bit of light money, a little bit of couch

829
00:36:42,239 --> 00:36:44,239
Speaker 2: change on the Kentucky under. I think it's gonna be

830
00:36:44,280 --> 00:36:46,399
Speaker 2: impossible for them to bounce back from what they had.

831
00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:50,359
Speaker 2: Secondary scares me. As Drew Franklin told us, so, I'm

832
00:36:50,360 --> 00:36:52,240
Speaker 2: gonna go under on six and a half with the Cats.

833
00:36:52,520 --> 00:36:56,239
Speaker 3: I would agree with you on that one, although don't

834
00:36:56,239 --> 00:37:00,600
Speaker 3: tell anyone, including my girlfriend or family. And but my

835
00:37:00,680 --> 00:37:03,880
Speaker 3: favorite that in the SEC East is on Georgia. I

836
00:37:03,920 --> 00:37:07,360
Speaker 3: think the eleven is probably spot on. I'm not going

837
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:09,400
Speaker 3: to betting on their win total, but to win the

838
00:37:09,480 --> 00:37:12,760
Speaker 3: SEC to make the playoff, we obviously have the national

839
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:16,520
Speaker 3: title futures. So that's my favorite in the East. In

840
00:37:16,600 --> 00:37:18,480
Speaker 3: the SEC West, what do you got.

841
00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:20,960
Speaker 2: Their only win total? I mean that I really like

842
00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,560
Speaker 2: is an over on Mississippi State. I have the projected

843
00:37:23,600 --> 00:37:26,080
Speaker 2: at nine point one. I think, like we said, addition

844
00:37:26,120 --> 00:37:29,560
Speaker 2: by subtraction, Nick Fitzgerald has gone, Tommy Stevens knows Joe

845
00:37:29,560 --> 00:37:32,319
Speaker 2: Moorehead's system. I think it's it's going to be a

846
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:33,919
Speaker 2: real boost for them, even though they lose a whole

847
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,439
Speaker 2: bunch on defense. So it's like Mississippi State over seven

848
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:38,480
Speaker 2: and a half. Look for the best juice possible. Take

849
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:40,719
Speaker 2: Arkansas under five and a half. That's a huge jump

850
00:37:40,719 --> 00:37:44,279
Speaker 2: for them, going from one FBS win last year over

851
00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:47,680
Speaker 2: Tulsa to jump to six wins total. That's a pretty

852
00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:49,920
Speaker 2: large jump. So I would take the under on Arkansas

853
00:37:50,200 --> 00:37:52,239
Speaker 2: if you can find that. If you can find that juice,

854
00:37:52,280 --> 00:37:55,520
Speaker 2: also shop around for an Alabama No. To make the

855
00:37:55,560 --> 00:37:58,640
Speaker 2: College Football Playoff. Those are plus odds out there, and

856
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,399
Speaker 2: that is you know that that in my opinion. I'm

857
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:03,239
Speaker 2: going to back that up with my own money. I

858
00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:05,759
Speaker 2: love Alabama No to make the playoff. Yep.

859
00:38:05,840 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 3: Yeah. And to add onto that, I love Alabama under

860
00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,279
Speaker 3: eleven and a half wins even with the juice. You know,

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Speaker 3: there's three potential losses in this schedule with that Texas

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Speaker 3: A and M at Miss State who was off of

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Speaker 3: buy and at Auburn. I see them losing the least one. Yeah,

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Speaker 3: it wouldn't be shocked that they lost two. Yeah, I'm

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Speaker 3: going under with Alabama. I agree with you. Well, I'll

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Speaker 3: listen to you in Arkansas. Look, and on this podcast,

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Speaker 3: you don't get any biases went under under Kentucky and

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Speaker 3: under Arkansas. I think generally speaking, LSU is pretty spot on.

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Speaker 3: Same with Auburn. You know Texas A and m as well,

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Speaker 3: but I would look under with Old Miss. I agree

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Speaker 3: with you on over on Miss State, but I would

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Speaker 3: look under Old Miss. It's just look, there's so many

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Speaker 3: changes there on that offensive side of the ball. There's

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Speaker 3: going to be you know Rich rod In, like McIntyre

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Speaker 3: and defense. I think those are good hires. But just

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Speaker 3: the amount of turnover even the offensive line. So you know,

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Speaker 3: it's that the depth is an issue. Like I'm with

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Speaker 3: the sanctions. So now I think that there's five wins

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Speaker 3: on the schedule that they can get. I just don't

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Speaker 3: see how they can get to six, so I'll be

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Speaker 3: investing there and under five wins, all right, thanks Colin

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Speaker 3: for joining me, Thanks to our guest Drew Franklin. Look,

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Speaker 3: we're now talking days until the first college football game.

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Speaker 3: We still have our group of five podcasts, we still

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Speaker 3: have our recap where we're going to go through all

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Speaker 3: of our favorite win totals and futures for each conference.

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Speaker 3: And then it's game time.

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Speaker 2: Baby.

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Speaker 3: We'll be talking about week zero, week one, whatever you

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Speaker 3: want to call it. So thank you for listening. Make

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Speaker 3: sure you rate review if you haven't already, subscribe, unsubscribe.

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Speaker 3: You know the deal, and we'll catch you all next time.

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Speaker 2: Your cheers, peace out,