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Speaker 1: Ben Arbuckle. He was the O C at Western Kentucky.

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Speaker 1: He's out there now, cam Ward quarterback is still out there.

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Speaker 1: The impact on the rest of the Pac twelve also

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Speaker 1: here would reverberate nationally because unless Washington State somehow has

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Speaker 1: found a way to just go undefeated in conference play

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Speaker 1: and that explains their presence in the Pac twelve championship game,

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Speaker 1: could they be in in the Pac twelve Championship game

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Speaker 1: as a result of everyone out's out there imploding and

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Speaker 1: everyone having three losses on their resume and as a

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Speaker 1: result none of them being in the college football playoff picture.

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Speaker 1: I think that may be probably a more likely scenario

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Speaker 1: than Washington State going undefeated. But the win totals out there,

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Speaker 1: just to give you an idea of what this would take.

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Speaker 1: This would be a team with a preseason over under

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Speaker 1: win total of six making the conference title game. That's

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Speaker 1: some Big twelve stuff right there. That stuff happens in

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Speaker 1: the Big Twelve. Next up, Hmmm, interesting scenario. Being posed

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Speaker 1: to us from South Bend, Indiana, Pablo said, what if

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Speaker 1: Notre Dame's record decreases for a second straight year. I

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Speaker 1: guess that'd be a trend because it's two years in

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Speaker 1: a row. To give you a refresher course, So they

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Speaker 1: were eleven and two in the last year under Brian Kelly.

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Speaker 1: They were nine and four last year that was Marcus

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Speaker 1: Freeman's first year. This year, for this to happen, they

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Speaker 1: would obviously be eight and five for seven and five

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Speaker 1: or counting the ball game or not kind of the

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Speaker 1: bowl game. So what if that happens, I'll tell you

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Speaker 1: what if. On my part, my what if would be

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Speaker 1: what if it happens, Well, we would have to have

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Speaker 1: a reminder it how hard it is to win. And

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Speaker 1: when you make a head coach his first job being

466
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Speaker 1: a major program, these are some of the ground paints

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Speaker 1: you actually should expect it should be a surprise when

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Speaker 1: this doesn't happen as opposed to win it does happen,

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Speaker 1: And so they're over under win totals eight and a

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Speaker 1: half right now. So I mean eight is right there

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Speaker 1: in the car. It's seven wins. It wouldn't be crazy. Now,

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Speaker 1: of course, ten wins wouldn't be crazy either. But remember

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Speaker 1: we talked about Notre Dame schedule the other night. There

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Speaker 1: is one team and it's them. They are the only

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Speaker 1: team in the country, in all of Power five that

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Speaker 1: plays three teams with a preseason over under win total

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Speaker 1: of ten or more. That's Ohio State at home, that's

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Speaker 1: USC at home, and that's at Clemson, which is obviously

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Speaker 1: on the road. So what if they lose those three games,

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Speaker 1: none of which they'll be a favorite in, And then

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Speaker 1: what if they randomly lose to like at Louisville that's

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Speaker 1: the second road game in as many weeks for them.

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Speaker 1: What if they fall to pit or someone like that,

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Speaker 1: That wouldn't be crazy. What if they go to NC

485
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Speaker 1: State and lose in Week three, Well, that makes them

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Speaker 1: a four lost team, and then the bowl game would

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Speaker 1: decide if they improved or didn't improve. I would look

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Speaker 1: at it and let's just say they go eight and

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Speaker 1: five this year. I'd look at it and say, all right,

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Speaker 1: Notre Dame win eight and five, fell short of expectation.

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Speaker 1: It's not time to torch and pitch for the program, though,

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Speaker 1: is what I would say. And also, that guy is

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Speaker 1: in his grand total of two years as a head coach.

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Speaker 1: Let's give them a little time. That's what I would say.

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Speaker 1: If we're doing the what if thing, That's what I

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Speaker 1: would say.

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Speaker 3: Now.

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Speaker 1: I would love to know what happened. Did the Sam

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Speaker 1: Hartman experiment just not pan out? Did Tommy Reese exiting

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Speaker 1: that place as offensive coordinator and Drod Parker being elevated

501
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Speaker 1: really not work out? Did they just have a bunch

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Speaker 1: of close losses and really not play as badly as

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Speaker 1: their record indicates. Are we sitting here in December making

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Speaker 1: Notre Dame the post child for you aren't what your

505
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Speaker 1: record says you are always? I would love to know

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Speaker 1: the answers to those questions. Lastly, in the what iff department,

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Speaker 1: this one would drive people mad, especially the closer you

508
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Speaker 1: get to College station Texas Dorian said, what if Texas

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Speaker 1: A and M goes eight and four this season? That

510
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Speaker 1: is called no man's land for a fan base that

511
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Speaker 1: wants a definitive answer this year on whether they got

512
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Speaker 1: the right guy as their head coach, that is no

513
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Speaker 1: man's land. That is poison. This is one of those

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Speaker 1: things where you start creeping up to that. I don't

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Speaker 1: know if it's a forbidden statement, but it very much

516
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Speaker 1: is an undesirable statement. But you're creeping to the point

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Speaker 1: where you get some aggie fans that say, I'd rather

518
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Speaker 1: us be six and six than eight and four, because

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Speaker 1: if we're eight and four, that's nowhere good enough for us.

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Speaker 1: But it's also not bad enough to make a move

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Speaker 1: because no one's firing a head coach who goes eight

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Speaker 1: and four. Obviously, they just rather have one extreme or

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Speaker 1: the other. That is not the entirety of A and

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Speaker 1: M's fan base. I'm telling you, there is a portion

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Speaker 1: sizeable enough for me to mention on the show that

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Speaker 1: feels that way. And so if they went eight and

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Speaker 1: four and the losses are to who you would expect

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Speaker 1: them to have losses to, well, I think there would

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Speaker 1: be December full of question asking, and I would think

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Speaker 1: there would be a statement that would needed to be

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Speaker 1: made or that would need to be made by the

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Speaker 1: athletic department out there, and we'd see what recruiting did.

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Speaker 1: But if they lose Tobama, if they lose at Tennessee,

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Speaker 1: if they lose at LSU, they drop one more game

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Speaker 1: somewhere there, that's eight and four. The over unders eight

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Speaker 1: and a half. So I mean, that's right in the

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Speaker 1: neighborhood of where they're expected to be. But that's the

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Speaker 1: odds maker's point of view. A Texas A and m

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Speaker 1: Aggie fan says, well, so we didn't even come close

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Speaker 1: to making a move on Jimbo last year, nor should we.

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Speaker 1: We gave him time. He hired what we think is

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Speaker 1: going to be his play caller, who knows I can't

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Speaker 1: get a defenditive answer out of him. And we also

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Speaker 1: have given him everything he needs as a fan base.

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Speaker 1: We've given him everything he needs. If he goes eight

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Speaker 1: and four, he's not giving us everything we need. But

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Speaker 1: I would also remind you of this. His records since

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Speaker 1: he's been there have been nine and four, eight and five.

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Speaker 1: They went nine and one in the COVID year eight

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Speaker 1: and four, five and seven, eight and four is kind

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Speaker 1: of Texas A and m under Jimbo Fisher, So it

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Speaker 1: wouldn't be strange at all. It's just that there's this

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Speaker 1: where we really should be. And then hopefully we get

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Speaker 1: some lucky breaks and eleven and one and we don't

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Speaker 1: need twelve and oh just let's get to Atlanta. Let's

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Speaker 1: Why not us?

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Speaker 3: Right?

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Speaker 1: Well, I'll tell you why not? If you went eight

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Speaker 1: and four, that's the why not? And then all of

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Speaker 1: Wild Speculation, Why not? Bold Predictions Chapter nineteen upon us tonight,

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Speaker 1: and we got a nine point five to lead it off.

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Speaker 1: We've only had one documented ten on the Bold Prediction

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Speaker 1: Here this is a nine and a half. We lead

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Speaker 1: it off with Trent from Nashville, Tennessee. He said, first

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Speaker 1: year starters Kyle McCord at Ohio State and Carson Beckett

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Speaker 1: Georgia will be Heisman finalists. He's not done. Heisman finalists

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Speaker 1: and first round draft picks. That's a nine and a half.

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Speaker 1: Some of you would argue that's low.

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Speaker 3: You may be right.

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Speaker 1: That's at least a nine and a half. There is

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Speaker 1: one combined start in their college careers. We're calling multiple

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Speaker 1: first rounders and Heisman finalists here. Now, Georgia had the

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Speaker 1: number five offense in the country last year. I know

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Speaker 1: that shocked some people to remember they did. So Carson

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Speaker 1: beck is starting now for a team that showed the

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Speaker 1: ability to produce at a high level offensively. Likewise, Kyle McCord,

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Speaker 1: if that's starter there, and we believe he will be,

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Speaker 1: he's starting for the team in Columbus, Ohio that had

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Speaker 1: the number two offense in the country last year. And

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Speaker 1: by the way, both of those quarterbacks CJ. Stroud, Stets

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Speaker 1: and Bennett were Heisman finalists. Now, Bennett didn't go in

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Speaker 1: the first round of the draft. Lesson learned go to

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Speaker 1: the Senior Bowl kids.

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Speaker 3: C J.

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Speaker 1: Stroud was So this almost happened last year for those

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Speaker 1: two guys. But the net result of this prediction is

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Speaker 1: I'm supposed to think that Carson Beck and Kyle McCord

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Speaker 1: are going to accomplish what Bennett National Championship winning stets

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Speaker 1: and Bennett and c J. Stroud didn't. I don't think so.

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Speaker 1: First round both of them along with Heisman finalists, and

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Speaker 1: they both have years of eligibility left beyond this if

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Speaker 1: they want to come back, so that may be a

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Speaker 1: moot point there. On the back end, this is a

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Speaker 1: nine point five. The good news for those of you

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Speaker 1: who want to make this prediction is if you do

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Speaker 1: believe in things such as Heisman odds, they're tied for twelve,

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Speaker 1: so at least they're up there. I don't know that

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Speaker 1: we have odds for where they go in the draft

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Speaker 1: quite yet, but Kyle McCord and Carson Becker right there,

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Speaker 1: neck and neck tied for twelfth in the Heisman nods.

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Speaker 1: So there's that if you want to hope, there's that.

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Speaker 1: Next up, this is a pretty close Actually, OSU soldier

652
00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: boy with an R from Stillwater, Oklahoma said Oklahoma State

653
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:19,680
Speaker 1: will win ten games in the regular season and one

654
00:30:19,680 --> 00:30:23,400
Speaker 1: of its two losses will be to the conference champ Obviously,

655
00:30:23,520 --> 00:30:25,960
Speaker 1: this goes against my greater advice to you, and that is,

656
00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,640
Speaker 1: don't make predictions so specific. Yes, it's impressive when it hits,

657
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,440
Speaker 1: that's like one out of a million. In the meantime,

658
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Speaker 1: I'm going to make this a nine point twenty five

659
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Speaker 1: on the boldness scale. So Oklahoma State wins ten games, well,

660
00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 1: that would mean they have to finish a solid four

661
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:43,600
Speaker 1: games higher than their over under win total of six.

662
00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:46,720
Speaker 1: Whatever we've seen that happen before, just letting you know

663
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Speaker 1: what the expectation market says. Now, it's bold enough to

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Speaker 1: say ten and two, that's bold enough, But predicting that

665
00:30:53,920 --> 00:30:55,800
Speaker 1: one of their two losses is going to be to

666
00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,000
Speaker 1: the eventual Big Twelve champion is even more bold when

667
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Speaker 1: you consider they don't play the favorite in Texas. They

668
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:04,840
Speaker 1: just don't face them. They don't play TCU, they don't

669
00:31:04,840 --> 00:31:07,280
Speaker 1: play Baylor, they don't play Texas Tech. So it feels

670
00:31:07,280 --> 00:31:10,040
Speaker 1: to me like what we're saying is we got to

671
00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 1: have Mike Gandi go ten and two, and one of

672
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,640
Speaker 1: his two losses needs to be to like Oklahoma or

673
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Speaker 1: Kansas State. Otherwise they play four of the bottom six

674
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,480
Speaker 1: odds teams in the Big Twelve. They got a really

675
00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:27,200
Speaker 1: workable schedule as workable as it can be, nine point

676
00:31:27,200 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: twenty five on the boldness scale for me. Oh and

677
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,760
Speaker 1: by the way, trivia time, who's the starting quarterback for

678
00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:38,520
Speaker 1: Oklahoma State this year? Jeopardy Music, Jeopardy Music, Dun Dun Dun,

679
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:44,400
Speaker 1: Dun dun, doom boom. It's Alan Bowman and he started

680
00:31:44,440 --> 00:31:47,719
Speaker 1: games in twenty eighteen. Totally insane stat He has eleven

681
00:31:47,760 --> 00:31:51,560
Speaker 1: passes the last two seasons. So is that guy gonna

682
00:31:51,560 --> 00:31:54,880
Speaker 1: win ten games for you? We'll see. Next up we

683
00:31:54,920 --> 00:31:57,680
Speaker 1: go to the ACC a kind of we kind of

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00:31:57,720 --> 00:32:01,600
Speaker 1: go multiple places here. Tom from Concord, North Carolina n

685
00:32:01,680 --> 00:32:04,760
Speaker 1: C State has the best record of any Power five

686
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:08,960
Speaker 1: team in the Carolinas. I think Tom or someone from

687
00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 1: that neck of the woods posed a similar what if

688
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:15,520
Speaker 1: slash bold prediction last year. So who let's remind you

689
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Speaker 1: you can do your own little trivia game in your

690
00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:20,320
Speaker 1: head on this too. Who are the Power fives in

691
00:32:20,360 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 1: the Carolinas? Well, you know you got Clemson and I'm

692
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:24,680
Speaker 1: just gonna give you the over under win totals while

693
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:28,360
Speaker 1: I'm at it. Clemson over under ten, North Carolina eight

694
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Speaker 1: and a half. NC State is third. There's seven South

695
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Speaker 1: Carolina six and a half, Duke six, Wake Forest six,

696
00:32:35,440 --> 00:32:38,120
Speaker 1: and I'm supposed to believe the wolf Pack there they're

697
00:32:38,120 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 1: gonna have a better record than anyone. Well, I call

698
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,040
Speaker 1: this an eight point seventy five on the boldness scale

699
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,760
Speaker 1: only because I probably need a mixture of two things

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Speaker 1: to happen. I probably need NC State to overachieve, and

701
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Speaker 1: I probably need Clemson to underachieve. Does Clemson at their

702
00:32:55,600 --> 00:32:57,960
Speaker 1: worst his minute ten win team, So I need them

703
00:32:58,000 --> 00:33:00,600
Speaker 1: down at like nine to three eight four, and I

704
00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:02,640
Speaker 1: need NC State nine to three ten and two. I

705
00:33:02,640 --> 00:33:06,880
Speaker 1: probably need that they do. NC State does play four

706
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Speaker 1: of the five teams that are listed there. They play Clemson,

707
00:33:12,480 --> 00:33:16,960
Speaker 1: they play North Carolina, they play let me make sure

708
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:20,520
Speaker 1: it's South Carolina. No they don't. They play Duke. Yes

709
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: they do. So they got a lot of those teams

710
00:33:22,320 --> 00:33:23,840
Speaker 1: that I listed, so we'll have a lot of head

711
00:33:23,840 --> 00:33:27,000
Speaker 1: to head. Also, they play Notre Dame. They're forty third

712
00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,720
Speaker 1: in S and P plus and they're one hundred and

713
00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,959
Speaker 1: third in returning production. So if you got confidence in

714
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Speaker 1: NC State, that's wonderful. A certain percentage of it is

715
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,800
Speaker 1: blind confidence, which pans out all the time in college football.

716
00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:42,280
Speaker 1: This is a sport where twenty five to thirty percent

717
00:33:42,320 --> 00:33:45,840
Speaker 1: of your roster overturns every year. Eight or more wins

718
00:33:45,840 --> 00:33:48,360
Speaker 1: in five of their last six seasons is probably the

719
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:51,480
Speaker 1: money stat if you're putting your eggs in this basket. Yes,

720
00:33:51,560 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 1: they have shown they can win, but I'm still making

721
00:33:53,920 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 1: it an eight point five because they got to win

722
00:33:56,360 --> 00:34:01,920
Speaker 1: and probably have someone else or multiple someone's losing. Lastly, Macomb,

723
00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: I'm guessing Jesse Macomb is my best guess on the

724
00:34:04,840 --> 00:34:08,440
Speaker 1: pronunciation from Michigan. No no, no, no, no. Macomb is

725
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:11,200
Speaker 1: the city. Yeah, so that's not the guy's name. Mister

726
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:14,680
Speaker 1: Augusta is the guy's name, ironically from Michigan. Anyway, He

727
00:34:14,719 --> 00:34:18,120
Speaker 1: says Illinois will win nine or more games as Brett

728
00:34:18,120 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: Beelima continues to turn the program around. This is an

729
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:25,800
Speaker 1: eight point seventy five. It's not wild, but it's pretty bold.

730
00:34:26,120 --> 00:34:28,919
Speaker 1: Their win total is at six. They had the best

731
00:34:29,000 --> 00:34:31,440
Speaker 1: year last year they've had since two thousand and seven,

732
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:35,399
Speaker 1: kind of anonymously because they weren't in the East, so

733
00:34:35,480 --> 00:34:39,440
Speaker 1: you didn't really find them to be appointment viewing. But

734
00:34:39,520 --> 00:34:44,000
Speaker 1: if this happens, it happens because Luke Altmeer, quarterback really

735
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,719
Speaker 1: pans out for them. They return three other top four

736
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Speaker 1: wide receivers. He'll have targets to throw to. Luke Altmeer

737
00:34:50,480 --> 00:34:52,279
Speaker 1: was an old miss you remember in there. He's their

738
00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 1: starting quarterback. Now, now here's why this could happen. They

739
00:34:55,000 --> 00:35:00,640
Speaker 1: got Toledo Kansas FAU, They're out of conference. Schedule is

740
00:35:00,680 --> 00:35:06,319
Speaker 1: not unworkable. They avoid Michigan, they avoid Ohio State, they

741
00:35:06,320 --> 00:35:09,960
Speaker 1: got Penn State at home early in the season, and

742
00:35:10,080 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 1: they play four of the bottom six odds teams in

743
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:16,000
Speaker 1: the Big Ten, and they looked really good last year.

744
00:35:16,080 --> 00:35:19,759
Speaker 1: So you know what, hold on a second eight point

745
00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:24,040
Speaker 1: seventy five. I'm gonna make this an eight point five.

746
00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,600
Speaker 1: Now you know what Tom four Nellie may be watching.

747
00:35:26,680 --> 00:35:29,040
Speaker 1: I'm making this an eight point twenty five on the

748
00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:33,600
Speaker 1: boldness scale. Illinois could absolutely win nine games or more

749
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:38,120
Speaker 1: or can you imagine a world? Are your children prepared

750
00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:42,399
Speaker 1: for a world where Illinois wins double digit games? Mine aren't.

751
00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: That's why I haven't had them yet. Of course, good

752
00:35:44,560 --> 00:35:48,440
Speaker 1: for me for being responsible. Toledo Kansas FAU on that

753
00:35:48,719 --> 00:35:52,399
Speaker 1: out of conference that could be what determines that. Let's see. Also,

754
00:35:52,400 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 1: I would like to know in the comments what is

755
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:58,759
Speaker 1: your opinion of Illinois's mid season artwork or not mid

756
00:35:58,760 --> 00:36:02,080
Speaker 1: season midfield artwork. They got the Illinois I and they

757
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 1: have the state of Illinois outline. I have always found,

758
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,720
Speaker 1: being the geography nerd that I am, I've always found

759
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:15,360
Speaker 1: that people really struggle to draw state outlines off of memory,

760
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:17,839
Speaker 1: and I'm one of the weirdo's that can do it.

761
00:36:18,000 --> 00:36:20,919
Speaker 1: Illinois is one of the most random states for people

762
00:36:20,960 --> 00:36:22,879
Speaker 1: who've never been to Chicago. It's one of the most

763
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:25,440
Speaker 1: people know Chicago. They don't even know Illinois. Half the

764
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:28,440
Speaker 1: folks in Illinois would say that, actually, so draw the

765
00:36:28,480 --> 00:36:30,560
Speaker 1: outline of the state of Illinois. You can't do it,

766
00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:32,839
Speaker 1: can you? Half of you in Illinois can't do that.

767
00:36:32,880 --> 00:36:35,600
Speaker 1: It's just it's a very weirdly shaped state. Well, they

768
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:37,799
Speaker 1: took advantage of that at Midfield and they've got the

769
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Speaker 1: outline drawn. I'm just curious what you guys think about it.

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00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,120
Speaker 1: It's worth the Google. All right, let's move it on.

771
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:47,200
Speaker 1: Being the Big ten heavy show that we are. Far

772
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:49,279
Speaker 1: be it for us to be accused of Homerism of

773
00:36:49,280 --> 00:36:52,480
Speaker 1: any other conference. Being the Big Ten hub that we

774
00:36:52,560 --> 00:36:55,000
Speaker 1: are here at Lake Kick. We're going to talk about

775
00:36:55,000 --> 00:36:56,840
Speaker 1: Michigan here right after I take a sip out of

776
00:36:56,840 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 1: the chalice and he screams in my ear, please like

777
00:37:01,600 --> 00:37:05,000
Speaker 1: the video and subscribe to the channel. After that happens,

778
00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:07,399
Speaker 1: and I do it. If I were you, I mean,

779
00:37:08,360 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 1: Jesse's Jesse's had a busy day, and you all know

780
00:37:12,360 --> 00:37:14,360
Speaker 1: he's worried about that Florida game because he has to

781
00:37:14,400 --> 00:37:16,680
Speaker 1: start at quarterback against them in Week one this fall.

782
00:37:16,719 --> 00:37:19,279
Speaker 1: If you know, you know, and so just please not

783
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,360
Speaker 1: for me, don't do it for me, don't do anything

784
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:25,719
Speaker 1: from me, but for producer Jesse, being the real boy

785
00:37:25,760 --> 00:37:28,040
Speaker 1: that he is, please like the video and subscribe to

786
00:37:28,080 --> 00:37:30,080
Speaker 1: the channel or the podcast. All right, let's talk Michigan

787
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,000
Speaker 1: for a second. What we're doing here. This is not

788
00:37:32,040 --> 00:37:34,440
Speaker 1: a segment for Michigan fans. This is a segment for everyone.

789
00:37:34,920 --> 00:37:37,839
Speaker 1: What I've done is I know some of you, some

790
00:37:37,920 --> 00:37:40,920
Speaker 1: of you are in the camp that maybe they're not

791
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,160
Speaker 1: carrying the preview magazines where you are. Maybe they're a

792
00:37:43,160 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 1: little bit too pricey for you. You don't buy him anymore. Well,

793
00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:48,880
Speaker 1: we swoop in to save the day heroically at the

794
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:51,480
Speaker 1: eleventh hour, and we do a segment per show, and

795
00:37:51,520 --> 00:37:53,640
Speaker 1: we just pick a team, and we kind of make

796
00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:55,560
Speaker 1: it to where if you lick your index finger and

797
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,280
Speaker 1: you you flip the page in the preview mag here's

798
00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:01,320
Speaker 1: the page for Michigan. And do we want biggest questions?

799
00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:04,440
Speaker 1: We want breakout players? What's the best position group here?

800
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:08,960
Speaker 1: We also want a good hard take on the schedule. Colin,

801
00:38:09,040 --> 00:38:12,960
Speaker 1: here's your endpoint, Michigan spotlight time. What do we need

802
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:15,000
Speaker 1: to know? Biggest questions and everything? What do we need

803
00:38:15,000 --> 00:38:16,759
Speaker 1: to know? Well, the first one and this is not

804
00:38:16,880 --> 00:38:21,440
Speaker 1: an easy team to gather big questions about. If you're

805
00:38:21,440 --> 00:38:23,239
Speaker 1: a Michigan fan, you may say, oh, I've got a

806
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:26,000
Speaker 1: million questions. No, no, no, no. I mean from the

807
00:38:26,160 --> 00:38:30,120
Speaker 1: national perspective, whe're are the big glaring questions? There aren't many.

808
00:38:30,480 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 1: For instance, here's where I start with them. What's the

809
00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:37,279
Speaker 1: evolution of JJ McCarthy. We don't ask who's starting. We

810
00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 1: know that. We don't ask whether he can perform. We

811
00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:41,960
Speaker 1: know that at quarterback from Michigan. So what we do

812
00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:43,520
Speaker 1: want to know, or at least what I would love to know,

813
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:48,360
Speaker 1: is do we see do we see more than three

814
00:38:48,440 --> 00:38:51,280
Speaker 1: games where he's above two hundred and fifty yards passing?

815
00:38:52,320 --> 00:38:55,680
Speaker 1: The immediate rebuttal is, well, Josh, he doesn't throw from

816
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:58,200
Speaker 1: more yards cause we don't need to. That's not our offense.

817
00:38:58,600 --> 00:39:01,600
Speaker 1: I understand what you're saying. I'm all got it. Great point.

818
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:05,000
Speaker 1: My counter is when you get in situations like you

819
00:39:05,040 --> 00:39:07,600
Speaker 1: had a couple of years ago with Georgia, When you

820
00:39:07,719 --> 00:39:10,160
Speaker 1: could get in one of these situations with Ohio State,

821
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:11,959
Speaker 1: who knows, maybe it just never lose to him again.

822
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:14,800
Speaker 1: And certainly when you get in a situation like you

823
00:39:14,840 --> 00:39:17,279
Speaker 1: had with TCU, you got to throw the ball to

824
00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 1: keep up, catch up, and go ahead. If you don't

825
00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:25,240
Speaker 1: get used to that, then it feels very very foreign

826
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Speaker 1: when you have to do it. And so I just

827
00:39:27,560 --> 00:39:30,680
Speaker 1: wonder is part of the evolution of his game. Jim

828
00:39:30,760 --> 00:39:32,799
Speaker 1: Harbour on his staff looking and saying, we know what

829
00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:35,759
Speaker 1: he can do. Let's add another layer. Let's focus on

830
00:39:35,840 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 1: making sure we got that layer, because you're gonna have

831
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Speaker 1: to play heads up with multiple high level teams with

832
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,440
Speaker 1: high level offenses that you have to trade points with

833
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 1: to win a national championship. That's just the long and

834
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:49,320
Speaker 1: short of it. Fourth in the Heismanads right now, JJ McCarthy,

835
00:39:49,520 --> 00:39:52,200
Speaker 1: and that's really interesting for the same reason. Jade and

836
00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:55,040
Speaker 1: Daniels at third is interesting because people just flat out

837
00:39:55,040 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 1: look at him and say, are they gonna throw the

838
00:39:56,640 --> 00:39:59,359
Speaker 1: ball enough to win? I don't know. Question number two

839
00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:03,960
Speaker 1: for Michigan is corner number two. We look at Will

840
00:40:04,080 --> 00:40:08,680
Speaker 1: Johnson and we know that's Michigan's number one corner. We

841
00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:11,200
Speaker 1: look at the other corner position and there's a question

842
00:40:11,280 --> 00:40:14,600
Speaker 1: mark that probably gets filled with a Marion Walker's name.

843
00:40:15,320 --> 00:40:17,880
Speaker 1: Marion Walker is a phenomenal athlet. It's a former wide

844
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 1: receiver who converts to corner six' three one point. Eighty

845
00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,719
Speaker 1: just an excellent. Athlete here's what you think. ABOUT i

846
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,919
Speaker 1: always think about the matchups that teams are gonna, face

847
00:40:29,000 --> 00:40:31,879
Speaker 1: and they're gonna that's really what decides a. Game it's

848
00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,360
Speaker 1: it's not power ratings or anything like. That, now a

849
00:40:34,400 --> 00:40:37,200
Speaker 1: good power rating bakes in these sorts of. Things but

850
00:40:37,280 --> 00:40:40,440
Speaker 1: let's just, say let's Say Ohio state at the end

851
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 1: of the. Year let's say their receiver group is what

852
00:40:42,760 --> 00:40:46,120
Speaker 1: it's cracked up to, be and let's say that lack

853
00:40:46,200 --> 00:40:48,640
Speaker 1: of depth in the corner room is something they feel

854
00:40:48,680 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 1: like they can, expose and they. Can i'm not saying

855
00:40:51,160 --> 00:40:53,920
Speaker 1: any of that. Happens i'm saying that's how football. Works

856
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:57,440
Speaker 1: so let's say the second corner position is just, good

857
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:01,160
Speaker 1: nothing more or nothing, less is just. Decent, well that's

858
00:41:01,160 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 1: a matchup. Problem. Now if you can run the ball

859
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:05,280
Speaker 1: down the, throat if you can rip off explosive plays

860
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,719
Speaker 1: on your, own then maybe it's not gonna cost you a,

861
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:10,640
Speaker 1: game or maybe it. Will that's what remains to be.

862
00:41:10,680 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 1: Seen that's why it's a. Question number. Three this is more.

863
00:41:14,560 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 1: General Will michigan get over that postseason hump they've. Had

864
00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:21,080
Speaker 1: Will Jim harball get over that postseason? Hump that guy's

865
00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:24,719
Speaker 1: doing so many things right right. Now the one glaring

866
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,440
Speaker 1: statistical anomaly is with all the good that's going, on

867
00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:30,880
Speaker 1: he's still won in six in bowl. Games he's zero

868
00:41:30,920 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 1: to two in college football playoff. Games it's hard to

869
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 1: win those. Things it's. Hard that's why you gotta fight

870
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:38,160
Speaker 1: to even get to. Them but when you get to,

871
00:41:38,239 --> 00:41:40,960
Speaker 1: him you know you may not get another. One gotta

872
00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:43,640
Speaker 1: pull off, Wins gotta get that, done or. Else all

873
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:46,399
Speaker 1: this other stuff is it's not, Meaningless that's not What i'm,

874
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:49,600
Speaker 1: Saying but it seems like it's all for less than

875
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:53,440
Speaker 1: what we're ultimately capable. Of what are the? Reasons, also

876
00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:56,360
Speaker 1: everyone's got their ideas on. This what are the reasons

877
00:41:56,520 --> 00:42:00,000
Speaker 1: Why Jim harball lost in twenty, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, nineteen

878
00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:02,280
Speaker 1: and then twenty one twenty? Two what are the? REASONS

879
00:42:03,719 --> 00:42:05,320
Speaker 1: i don't really. CARE i just care that he fixes.

880
00:42:05,400 --> 00:42:07,920
Speaker 1: Them and so do they? KNOW i guess would be

881
00:42:08,000 --> 00:42:10,520
Speaker 1: WHAT i care? About do they? Know have they identified

882
00:42:10,560 --> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 1: why they've underachieved in postseason? Play if they, have they

883
00:42:14,160 --> 00:42:16,600
Speaker 1: don't necessarily have to tell me about, It but we'll

884
00:42:16,600 --> 00:42:19,000
Speaker 1: find out either. Way they have to play those games

885
00:42:19,000 --> 00:42:22,440
Speaker 1: on public. Television that's the blessing of all of. This

886
00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:26,319
Speaker 1: what's the best position group For. Michigan michigan with the

887
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:29,200
Speaker 1: fourth best odds to win the national, title so they

888
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:30,840
Speaker 1: got a lot of good position. Groups this could be

889
00:42:30,880 --> 00:42:34,840
Speaker 1: offensive line two time Defending Joe Moore award winners up.

890
00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:37,680
Speaker 1: There this could be. Linebacker they're returning three of them

891
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,799
Speaker 1: with starting. Experience we're going to go running, back, though

892
00:42:40,920 --> 00:42:43,160
Speaker 1: And i'll tell you. Why two. Reasons, actually one of

893
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:45,160
Speaker 1: them Is Blake. Corum you're looking at him right. Now

894
00:42:45,600 --> 00:42:48,520
Speaker 1: run through a hole the size Of Commerce. Street and

895
00:42:48,560 --> 00:42:51,319
Speaker 1: then the other Is Donovan. Edwards and both of them

896
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 1: are extremely, good and both of them are. Back Donovan

897
00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:56,799
Speaker 1: edwards is one of those players we spent a lot

898
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,719
Speaker 1: of time talking about during his recruiting process on this.

899
00:42:59,760 --> 00:43:04,120
Speaker 1: Show Caden proctor is another one that committed To. Alabama

900
00:43:04,200 --> 00:43:06,640
Speaker 1: the offensive, Lineman, Well Donovan, edwards we gave him a

901
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:09,080
Speaker 1: lot of time on this show because he came down

902
00:43:09,120 --> 00:43:11,319
Speaker 1: To michigan And Ohio. STATE i Think Notre dame maybe was.

903
00:43:11,320 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 1: Involved and several people, said why are you spending so

904
00:43:14,520 --> 00:43:17,200
Speaker 1: much time talking about that? Guy, well the reason is

905
00:43:17,200 --> 00:43:19,600
Speaker 1: because we thought he was really, good so did everyone.

906
00:43:19,600 --> 00:43:24,280
Speaker 1: Else we were. Right he impacts the entire nation's. Picture

907
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:27,120
Speaker 1: if he runs for two to twenty five and they

908
00:43:27,160 --> 00:43:31,240
Speaker 1: Beat Penn, state he just impacted The Big Ten east,

909
00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:35,200
Speaker 1: race which impacts the college football playoff. Picture, likewise if

910
00:43:35,200 --> 00:43:38,279
Speaker 1: they either one of. Them really But Donovan evers, specifically

911
00:43:38,400 --> 00:43:40,799
Speaker 1: if he rips off a couple of eighty plus yard

912
00:43:40,920 --> 00:43:43,239
Speaker 1: runs Against Ohio state and they Beat Ohio, state that

913
00:43:43,320 --> 00:43:45,360
Speaker 1: is a ripple effect that's felt throughout the entire. Sport

914
00:43:45,560 --> 00:43:48,520
Speaker 1: that is why we spend so much time talking about.

915
00:43:48,520 --> 00:43:48,719
Speaker 3: IT. J.

916
00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 1: T tumloow At Ohio state same. Thing spend a lot

917
00:43:52,160 --> 00:43:54,480
Speaker 1: of time talking about. Him he goes in Rex Penn

918
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:56,759
Speaker 1: state last year and they win a game because of. It, so,

919
00:43:56,920 --> 00:43:59,920
Speaker 1: yes there are certain players that we hone in. On

920
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 1: Donovan edwards was one of, them and he makes up

921
00:44:02,719 --> 00:44:05,759
Speaker 1: half of the reason why we think running back is

922
00:44:05,800 --> 00:44:11,040
Speaker 1: the best room they have breakout. Player we here in

923
00:44:11,040 --> 00:44:13,920
Speaker 1: this studio are taking our red sharpie or in this

924
00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:18,680
Speaker 1: case a bluepen from A sheraton hotel and we are

925
00:44:18,719 --> 00:44:22,759
Speaker 1: putting a circle around the Name Colston lovelin tight. End

926
00:44:24,160 --> 00:44:28,839
Speaker 1: there are some amongst us who Believe Colston lovelin could

927
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:31,160
Speaker 1: end up being the best tight end they've had come through.

928
00:44:31,200 --> 00:44:34,960
Speaker 1: There Luke schoonmaker out the, door very productive for, Them

929
00:44:35,080 --> 00:44:38,279
Speaker 1: Eric hall transferred To, iowa very productive for. Them and

930
00:44:38,520 --> 00:44:40,640
Speaker 1: all of a, sudden we need to know the Name Colston.

931
00:44:40,680 --> 00:44:44,600
Speaker 1: Lovelin he's six,' five he's, two forty really, good hands.

932
00:44:44,920 --> 00:44:49,319
Speaker 1: Really ATHLETIC like, i said they look At brock bowers Down.

933
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:51,560
Speaker 1: At georgia i'm not going to do the. Comparison thing i'm,

934
00:44:51,600 --> 00:44:53,799
Speaker 1: certainly not but they look At brock bowers and what

935
00:44:53,840 --> 00:44:56,640
Speaker 1: he's doing and they, think internally we got a guy

936
00:44:56,640 --> 00:44:59,000
Speaker 1: that can do some. Of That colston lovelin can do some,

937
00:44:59,080 --> 00:45:02,880
Speaker 1: of THAT and i don't think it's. JUST bluster i

938
00:45:02,920 --> 00:45:04,640
Speaker 1: think he's, pretty GOOD and i think the rest of

939
00:45:04,640 --> 00:45:06,759
Speaker 1: The country i'll find. That out. This year he was

940
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:09,439
Speaker 1: number ten in the twenty twenty two cycle for, tight

941
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:13,080
Speaker 1: ends but number one player from the State of idaho

942
00:45:14,560 --> 00:45:17,680
Speaker 1: Tight end central out There. In idaho the schedule is

943
00:45:17,719 --> 00:45:19,560
Speaker 1: not SOMETHING that i look forward to talking About with

944
00:45:19,600 --> 00:45:22,839
Speaker 1: michigan because it is what. It is and that's a

945
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:26,080
Speaker 1: kind way of describing a dumpster because that's what their.

946
00:45:26,120 --> 00:45:29,960
Speaker 1: Schedule is the non conference is very weak and the

947
00:45:30,040 --> 00:45:33,800
Speaker 1: conference slate Leads To ohio state at the end of.

948
00:45:33,840 --> 00:45:35,560
Speaker 1: The year they Go Two penn state the second to

949
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:38,399
Speaker 1: last weekend of, the year very. BACKLOADED schedule i am

950
00:45:38,680 --> 00:45:42,000
Speaker 1: really interested in their Game at minnesota on ten To seven,

951
00:45:42,160 --> 00:45:45,440
Speaker 1: october seventh their first, legit TEST though i mean you

952
00:45:45,480 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 1: could make the statement their first legit test Is Against

953
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:52,399
Speaker 1: penn State, in NOVEMBER and i couldn't push back hard.

954
00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:55,720
Speaker 1: ON it i think they'll be tested before then Because

955
00:45:56,000 --> 00:45:58,640
Speaker 1: The big ten is too difficult a conference to beat

956
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:01,399
Speaker 1: everyone thirty to nothing in every. Every week but THERE'S

957
00:46:01,440 --> 00:46:05,839
Speaker 1: only i, don't know this is one of, the benefits

958
00:46:06,760 --> 00:46:09,279
Speaker 1: even from a guy who doesn't necessarily love all this.

959
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:12,160
Speaker 1: Conference expansion one of the benefits is at least when

960
00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:15,080
Speaker 1: you inject more LIFE like USC and ucla into, your

961
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:18,359
Speaker 1: conference it decreases THE likelihood i have to look at

962
00:46:18,360 --> 00:46:21,719
Speaker 1: schedules like this because this is tough to. Look at

963
00:46:22,239 --> 00:46:27,640
Speaker 1: so that is your snapshot Of the. Michigan program, LAST

964
00:46:27,719 --> 00:46:30,480
Speaker 1: up i wanted to talk tonight about a question. We

965
00:46:30,520 --> 00:46:32,480
Speaker 1: had i'll Give direct colin time to pull it UP

966
00:46:32,520 --> 00:46:36,720
Speaker 1: while i take a sip from the chalice and. Almost

967
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:44,960
Speaker 1: choke that, was TERRIBLE so i KIND of i kind

968
00:46:44,960 --> 00:46:46,799
Speaker 1: of went back and forth ON whether i wanted to do.

969
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:51,600
Speaker 1: This tonight, It's fine so We Had kirby. Smart today

970
00:46:51,680 --> 00:46:55,760
Speaker 1: We Got nick. SABAN tomorrow i didn't want to overload

971
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:58,480
Speaker 1: the show with, this STUFF but i thought that this

972
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:02,680
Speaker 1: deserve to. Be Mentioned so chase hit us up and,

973
00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:05,000
Speaker 1: he Said if georgia, three peats if they actually do

974
00:47:05,080 --> 00:47:08,120
Speaker 1: win a national title, this year can we officially right

975
00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:12,480
Speaker 1: the Eulogy For nick saban And the alabama dynasty or

976
00:47:12,520 --> 00:47:14,480
Speaker 1: do we need to wait another year for this considering

977
00:47:14,520 --> 00:47:17,120
Speaker 1: they have the same amount of Titles since. Smart left

978
00:47:17,960 --> 00:47:20,359
Speaker 1: i'm in the minority on. THIS chase i don't. VIEW

979
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:23,480
Speaker 1: them i don't view them as neck and neck in,

980
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:26,000
Speaker 1: this CONVERSATION although i know why you view them, that

981
00:47:26,040 --> 00:47:30,080
Speaker 1: way because there is there is sort of that feel

982
00:47:30,160 --> 00:47:32,880
Speaker 1: of there can only be one king on the throne

983
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:37,160
Speaker 1: at a. Given time and also it is very much

984
00:47:37,640 --> 00:47:40,439
Speaker 1: a situation Where if georgia, does something if they're, winning

985
00:47:40,520 --> 00:47:42,680
Speaker 1: something that means they, want something That means alabama can't.

986
00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:46,000
Speaker 1: WIN it i get. All That what i'm saying is

987
00:47:46,600 --> 00:47:50,719
Speaker 1: there is this line of thinking That If kirby Smart

988
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:53,000
Speaker 1: and georgia were to pull it off, this, year well

989
00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:56,120
Speaker 1: That means, alabama's dead that means the dynasty's, Over, whatever

990
00:47:57,360 --> 00:48:01,359
Speaker 1: like we wouldn't go into twenty twenty Four and alabama

991
00:48:01,520 --> 00:48:03,799
Speaker 1: be right there in the top three in terms of

992
00:48:03,800 --> 00:48:06,880
Speaker 1: odds to win the. National title, so no it's. My,

993
00:48:06,960 --> 00:48:10,120
Speaker 1: answer no it wouldn't. Be dead You'd have georgia doing

994
00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:13,600
Speaker 1: some incredible things and you'd Also have alabama as a really.

995
00:48:13,640 --> 00:48:16,799
Speaker 1: Powerful program now here's where the difference. Would Be if

996
00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:19,880
Speaker 1: georgia wins the national Title and alabama goes eight and

997
00:48:20,000 --> 00:48:22,359
Speaker 1: four this year and they do something they haven't done,

998
00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:26,400
Speaker 1: since seven then that's an entirely. Different conversation but the

999
00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:29,600
Speaker 1: thing about, it Is if alabama finished eight and four,

1000
00:48:29,680 --> 00:48:31,920
Speaker 1: this year it wouldn't have much to Do with georgia.

1001
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:35,360
Speaker 1: At all it'd have to Do. With alabama, and Likewise

1002
00:48:35,880 --> 00:48:39,160
Speaker 1: if georgia wins the national title this Year and alabama

1003
00:48:39,200 --> 00:48:42,480
Speaker 1: goes eleven, and one they're one LOSSES to LSU and

1004
00:48:42,600 --> 00:48:45,560
Speaker 1: lsu goes twelve and zero regular season and they Go, To, atlanta,

1005
00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:47,840
Speaker 1: Well first afbama may be in the playoff in. That,

1006
00:48:47,880 --> 00:48:53,719
Speaker 1: scenario secondly they're. NOT dead a dynasty's not DEAD until

1007
00:48:53,840 --> 00:48:56,919
Speaker 1: i think we have far more evidence than just one

1008
00:48:56,960 --> 00:49:00,239
Speaker 1: more year that they don't win a. National title some

1009
00:49:00,280 --> 00:49:02,920
Speaker 1: of you have different CRITERIA than i do for what makes.

1010
00:49:02,960 --> 00:49:08,520
Speaker 1: A dynasty and also you, could ARGUE like, i thought

1011
00:49:09,040 --> 00:49:11,320
Speaker 1: Back when clemson won a couple of titles and a

1012
00:49:11,360 --> 00:49:14,319
Speaker 1: three year Span, AGAINST bama i thought some of the

1013
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:18,000
Speaker 1: talk About a clemson dynasty was a little bit. Too

1014
00:49:18,040 --> 00:49:22,080
Speaker 1: SOON and i certainly thought the Talk of Clemson surpassing

1015
00:49:22,120 --> 00:49:26,360
Speaker 1: Alabama and dablos Twenty Surpassing nick Saban and bama's dynasty

1016
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:28,560
Speaker 1: in the mid two thousands being on the wane on,

1017
00:49:28,600 --> 00:49:30,960
Speaker 1: THE decline i thought it was all, too soon only

1018
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,359
Speaker 1: because the word dynasty means something. To me you can't

1019
00:49:33,400 --> 00:49:35,840
Speaker 1: form a dynasty in twelve or twenty four or even thirty.

1020
00:49:35,840 --> 00:49:39,400
Speaker 1: Six months that's not how. That works and so you

1021
00:49:39,440 --> 00:49:43,200
Speaker 1: don't kill one that, quickly either unless it's really drastic

1022
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:47,160
Speaker 1: and really obvious and normally associated. With scandal, So anyway

1023
00:49:47,200 --> 00:49:50,520
Speaker 1: I'm bringing clemson UP because i was TALKING ON cbs hq,

1024
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:53,239
Speaker 1: earlier Today and i'll tell you again now there was

1025
00:49:53,280 --> 00:49:56,600
Speaker 1: this famous INSTANCE when i was Down, In, columbus georgia

1026
00:49:57,480 --> 00:50:01,319
Speaker 1: where we were, on air and it was after that,

1027
00:50:01,520 --> 00:50:06,000
Speaker 1: second time that twenty. Eighteen blowout They just clemson just Body.

1028
00:50:06,080 --> 00:50:08,600
Speaker 1: Bagged alabama they splattered him Out In, santa clara and

1029
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:13,160
Speaker 1: that's when all. That STARTED and i SAID what, I said,

1030
00:50:13,320 --> 00:50:16,240
Speaker 1: i said you gotta. Be careful now you're talking about

1031
00:50:16,239 --> 00:50:19,000
Speaker 1: this Guy Passing. Nick saban you're Talking about Clemson. Bypassing,

1032
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:20,640
Speaker 1: alabama no they just. Beat him they were a better

1033
00:50:20,719 --> 00:50:23,479
Speaker 1: team than them, this year but, program wise they Haven't.

1034
00:50:23,520 --> 00:50:27,520
Speaker 1: Bypassed alabama and folks, pushed back pushed, back hard and,

1035
00:50:27,560 --> 00:50:31,680
Speaker 1: they said you're just carrying water. For him you're stuck

1036
00:50:31,719 --> 00:50:34,719
Speaker 1: on what, has been not what will Be now clemson's

1037
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:37,280
Speaker 1: gonna run off a string of success like. He's done

1038
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:39,920
Speaker 1: what's standing in? Their way they got a. Winnable schedule

1039
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:42,440
Speaker 1: every year. They're clicking everyone wants to Go. To clemson

1040
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:46,200
Speaker 1: no coaches Ever. Leave CLEMSON and, i, said well football

1041
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:49,880
Speaker 1: will happen, to them life will happen. To them and.

1042
00:50:49,960 --> 00:50:52,799
Speaker 1: Guess what they didn't fall off. A cliff they wont,

1043
00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:56,839
Speaker 1: another title? Have they And Yet nick Saban and alabama still.

1044
00:50:56,880 --> 00:50:59,800
Speaker 1: Right there, so, anyway history when you get to the

1045
00:50:59,840 --> 00:51:03,200
Speaker 1: year twenty, thirty five we'll look back and They'll say

1046
00:51:03,520 --> 00:51:08,560
Speaker 1: clemson had a blip During the. Alabama dynasty they didn't.

1047
00:51:08,680 --> 00:51:11,919
Speaker 1: End It and i'm saying the same Thing. With georgia

1048
00:51:12,040 --> 00:51:15,040
Speaker 1: it may very well be that we're positioned for that

1049
00:51:15,080 --> 00:51:17,560
Speaker 1: Team in athens to go on a fifteen year run

1050
00:51:17,560 --> 00:51:19,880
Speaker 1: of dominance the likes of which we haven't seen since,

1051
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:22,640
Speaker 1: Well basically alabama. Could be we could be in the

1052
00:51:22,640 --> 00:51:24,000
Speaker 1: middle of it right now and not even. Know it

1053
00:51:24,040 --> 00:51:26,000
Speaker 1: but here's what we could also. Be witnessing we could

1054
00:51:26,000 --> 00:51:29,160
Speaker 1: also be witnessing them win two and then fall back

1055
00:51:29,200 --> 00:51:31,880
Speaker 1: to the pack a little bit due to combination of

1056
00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:34,400
Speaker 1: a million. Different reasons and we Could see bama win

1057
00:51:34,400 --> 00:51:37,600
Speaker 1: two of the. Next three so what does history? Look

1058
00:51:37,600 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 1: at how does history? Look back how does it? REMEMBER

1059
00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:42,600
Speaker 1: it i don't waste a lot of time thinking, about

1060
00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:45,200
Speaker 1: it is. MY point i. ENJOY it i think the

1061
00:51:45,280 --> 00:51:47,640
Speaker 1: dumbest thing in the world would be to get to

1062
00:51:47,640 --> 00:51:50,200
Speaker 1: the year twenty forty if you're a diehard college, football

1063
00:51:50,200 --> 00:51:53,600
Speaker 1: fan and look back, and, REALIZE boy i didn't really

1064
00:51:53,600 --> 00:51:55,600
Speaker 1: fully appreciate what was HAPPENING because i was too busy

1065
00:51:55,640 --> 00:51:58,200
Speaker 1: asking is it dead? Or not it'll be dead when,

1066
00:51:58,239 --> 00:52:00,760
Speaker 1: it's dead could be twenty, twenty three could be twenty.

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Speaker 1: Thirty three let's just. ENJOY it i know that's a

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Speaker 1: simple minded way. Of thinking imagine going through life just.

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Speaker 1: Being happy who wants to? Do That GROSS well, i

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Speaker 1: DO and, i AM and i invite you to be

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Speaker 1: happy along.

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Speaker 3: With.

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Speaker 1: Me oh for, the Record director colin has the twenty

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Speaker 1: twenty three College football ploff title odds on the board.

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Speaker 1: Right Now georgia obama One. Two voila wouldn't look too

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Speaker 1: much different, next year no matter. What happens thank you

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Speaker 1: so much For watching. Tuesday shows we do them every

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Speaker 1: week in, the fall and we're almost back to that

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Speaker 1: normal three show. Week rotation the reason we did a

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Speaker 1: show tonight Is because i've been about three or four

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Speaker 1: blocks AWAY At Sec. Media days what a blessing that's

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Speaker 1: been to have it in. My hometown by, the way

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Speaker 1: just go go sleep in my own bed. At night,

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Speaker 1: so anyway that's why you didn't Get A Late kick extra,

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Speaker 1: podcast today because we're giving you a whole. Show tonight

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Speaker 1: we are seeing a big spike in. Subscriber traffic, continue

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Speaker 1: it so you're already Doing what i'm asking you. To do,

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Speaker 1: continue it. Continue. It continue subscribers are what. We need we've,

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Speaker 1: got them we want more, of them and that goes

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Speaker 1: for the podcast. As well so listen or watch however

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Speaker 1: you want. To it just make sure you're subscribed and

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Speaker 1: bring ten of your friends along. With you thank you.

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Speaker 1: So much we'll Be back. Thursday night check the. Channel

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Speaker 1: tomorrow probably gonna Talk With nick saban on the. Show

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Speaker 1: tomorrow probably gonna Talk With billy napier on the. Show

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Speaker 1: tomorrow BUT when i say on, THE show i mean on,

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Speaker 1: the channel because we don't have a full live. Show

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Speaker 1: tomorrow so make sure you subscribe so you don't miss,

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Speaker 1: that STUFF because i can assure you we've got Saving.

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Speaker 1: In napier those are two very, different conversations two very.

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Speaker 1: Different guys both will be. Very interesting so that'll whet

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Speaker 1: your appetite. For tomorrow no immunity because there's nothing wrong

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Speaker 1: with saying that. Until then For, director colin For, Producer

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Speaker 1: Jesse I'm. Josh pate, take care have a great rest of,

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Speaker 1: your Evening and god bless