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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Big Bets on Campus Podcast.

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Speaker 3: This is part two of our American breakdown on My

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Speaker 3: Calvary's joined by Stucky and Duck and let's get right

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Speaker 3: back into it.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk Rice.

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Speaker 3: The Owls were four and eight last year, three and

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Speaker 3: five in conference play. There now eighty to one to

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Speaker 3: win the conference. Their win total under a new regime

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Speaker 3: is sitting at three and a half six starters returning

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Speaker 3: three on each side, the ball one hundred and eighteenth

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Speaker 3: in returning production. If you listen to our G five

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Speaker 3: primer episode, we went deep on Scott abel and what

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Speaker 3: he brings to this job. He's a perfect person to

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Speaker 3: take over for a Rice school that has high academic standards.

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Speaker 3: They don't have a lot of resources, in terms of

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Speaker 3: nil money to go into the portal and to lower

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Speaker 3: players in that way. And this essentially is what he's

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Speaker 3: done his entire career. Go back to his high school days.

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Speaker 3: He took over a team that was downtrod and turned

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Speaker 3: him into an absolute power.

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Speaker 1: In the state of Virginia.

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Speaker 3: Then he goes to Washington and Lee's and OC then

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Speaker 3: their head coach takes them to New Heights and then

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Speaker 3: at Davidson. What was really interesting is that it was

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Speaker 3: He's still able to turn them into a rushing juggernaut.

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Speaker 3: If you look at the last fifteen years as a

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Speaker 3: he was inspired by that Tom Osborne iback option play.

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Speaker 3: He started under center in the high school days and

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Speaker 3: then overtime slowly moved that back into the shotgun and

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Speaker 3: his gun option attack is something that coaches all around

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Speaker 3: the country come in to Davidson to try to take

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Speaker 3: little pieces to add wrinkles to what they're doing in

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Speaker 3: their read game. It makes them so difficult to prepare

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Speaker 3: for and even in a conference where there's multiple triple

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Speaker 3: option teams. What Rice is going to do is going

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Speaker 3: to be specific to them and difficult to prepare for. Now,

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Speaker 3: I'm going to kick it right to you, Duck, because

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Speaker 3: this is a team that you've been focused in on

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Speaker 3: and a note that you shot me overnight. Man, Rice

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Speaker 3: was close last year. I agree, even though they have

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Speaker 3: This is a team that's not starting from zero, but

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Speaker 3: whip up something interesting for the als, How are you

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Speaker 3: playing them situationally? And are you interested in that?

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Speaker 1: Total? Sitting at three and a half.

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Speaker 5: And they may well ask why climb the highest mountain?

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Speaker 5: Why ply the Atlantic? Why does Rice play Texas? Not

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Speaker 5: because they are easy, but because they are hard? Because

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Speaker 5: that challenge is one that we're willing to accept, one

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Speaker 6: I mean, it's a dynamic offense that Scott Able is

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Speaker 6: As long as they can get the offense to learn

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Speaker 6: I thought Rice last season was actually really close when

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Speaker 6: there's probably five or six winnable games on the schedule.

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Speaker 6: spots situationally this season where I'm going to be backing

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Speaker 6: Rice ats Stucky.

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Speaker 3: Before you get in here, I just want to kind

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Speaker 1: Building and overall recruiting.

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Speaker 3: Because Rice targeted him early in terms of able they

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Speaker 3: They secured the sixth best recruiting class from a high

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Speaker 1: Past fifteen years.

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Speaker 3: A small transfer class but two quality starters coming on

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Speaker 1: DeVillier, Chase Jenkins.

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Speaker 3: Are you seeing anybody at quarterback that you feel even

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Speaker 3: a little bit good about their chances to be pesky

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Speaker 1: And if so, are you over the three and a half?

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Speaker 4: I would lean over. My fear is their schedule is tough,

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Speaker 4: Like I think Jenkins is going to win the job.

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Speaker 4: He was a quarterback converted the receiver, and he's converted back.

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Speaker 4: He was QB one in spring. He fits this system

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Speaker 4: the best. I mean, he able only average fifteen passes

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Speaker 4: it's more of a triple option. It's more like a

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Speaker 4: Their defense was underrated last year and they had a

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Speaker 1: That DC that was drumming it all up.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that they will be an intriguing dog

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Speaker 4: passed for me from season long bets.

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Speaker 3: Next up the South forward of Bowls seven and six

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Speaker 3: The headline here, let's just get it out of the way.

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Speaker 3: Will Byron Brown stay healthy and be a star in

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Speaker 3: the vierenstoot as he was in twenty twenty three. If

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Speaker 3: he doesn't, well, shit, because brace Arci just chose the

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Speaker 3: Cincinnati Reds and a bag of cash. So if this

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Speaker 3: the Bulls are going to have to work with freshman

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Speaker 3: Lachlan Hewitt, who did ball out in the spring. But

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Speaker 3: you gotta take your lumps with a freshman quarterback. So

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Speaker 3: could that mean another lost season for them if it's

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Speaker 3: all banking on Brown staying healthy.

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Speaker 3: Twenty twenty three for a second, forty one one hundred

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Speaker 3: five other starters around him, a vastly improved offensive line potentially,

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Speaker 3: and playmakers like Keishaan Singleton, Chaz Nimrod Cartavius noordinate running back.

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Speaker 3: You gotta have good injury luck, but the offense could

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Speaker 4: Linebackers should be solid. Defensive line they had three. Their

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Speaker 4: lost good into LSU and then Hawthorns on the Rams.

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Speaker 4: good there. Do I really trust Orlando not really, but

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Speaker 4: I trust Goalish. I mean I think that this team,

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Speaker 4: I mean I project them at six point eight, so

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Speaker 4: I show a little value in the over. The reason

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Speaker 4: I'm not going over and I'm going to win the conference.

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Speaker 4: This is my horse. North Texas is my long shot.

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Speaker 4: reason I'm not going over the window and I'd rather

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Speaker 4: take a longer shot is will Brown stay healthy? Number one?

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Speaker 4: I mean even miss the spring game of the hamstring injury.

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Speaker 4: but he's got to stay healthy. The beginning of their

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Speaker 4: schedule is brutal, like how beat up are they going

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Speaker 4: to get? They start Boise at Florida at Miami. I'll

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Speaker 4: be on them week one. By the way, against Boise,

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Speaker 4: anything over a touchdown.

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Speaker 1: A potential money line. As as Colin likes to say

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Speaker 1: in the Dirty South.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you have the humidity too, the humidity factor. Early

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Speaker 4: I mean, right, Joyner and Keith were so good for

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Speaker 6: So yeah, a little bit of transition here for South Florida.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, and Brown stays healthy. Eight eight to one out there,

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Speaker 1: How long has this preview been. We're already on our

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Speaker 3: The Temple owls three to nine last season, two and

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Speaker 3: win total. Seven starters return five on offense, eighty seventh

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Speaker 1: Keeler, what a higher.

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Speaker 3: Every time you think Temple is truly doomed, they go

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Speaker 1: Philly Justice. Welcome to Philly, Bitch.

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Speaker 3: Bobby Wallace basically drive this team into the concrete AstroTurf

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Speaker 4: What's better than this?

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Speaker 2: Guys being dudes?

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Speaker 3: And now they're teetering on irrelevance after Rod Kerry and

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Speaker 3: So great job for a program, and that, at least

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Speaker 1: Moving forward in the American.

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Speaker 3: He's won two National Coach of the Year awards, a

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Speaker 1: In terms of what you're seeing with the Els.

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Speaker 2: You know.

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Speaker 6: I'm not positive that there's any real resemblance of a

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Speaker 4: They didn't win the lottery outside of the game ins Howard,

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Speaker 1: Welcome to Philly, bitch.

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Speaker 4: Dude's not like Temple has a great homefield advantage, but

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Speaker 4: I think the McCoy's gonna win the job as well.

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Speaker 4: the receiver group, like who is going to step up?

442
00:19:20,640 --> 00:19:24,000
Speaker 4: There was this receiver room. I mean they lost down

443
00:19:24,040 --> 00:19:26,359
Speaker 4: and right right. It was such a stud I mean,

444
00:19:27,160 --> 00:19:29,520
Speaker 4: the receiver room looks really rough. The offensive line was

445
00:19:29,520 --> 00:19:31,320
Speaker 4: so bad at run blocking, and that's like what they

446
00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:33,159
Speaker 4: want to do. But yeah, I agree, they want to

447
00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,080
Speaker 4: be a ball control offense, the defense. I mean, it's

448
00:19:36,080 --> 00:19:37,919
Speaker 4: amazing how bad their D was last year. But the

449
00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:39,720
Speaker 4: D was also because the offense was so bad. But

450
00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:42,360
Speaker 4: they lost Thomas MC State, they lost to Black their

451
00:19:42,359 --> 00:19:45,040
Speaker 4: other defensive end of the Ravens. And then in the secondary,

452
00:19:45,080 --> 00:19:48,320
Speaker 4: losing Johnson really hurt there at he went to NC State.

453
00:19:48,359 --> 00:19:52,960
Speaker 4: Their cornerback. This cornerback room. Who who's playing corner for

454
00:19:53,040 --> 00:19:56,200
Speaker 4: this team? Like D two guys So cornerback and wide

455
00:19:56,280 --> 00:20:01,399
Speaker 4: receiver look really rough. That's my two biggest questions on

456
00:20:01,440 --> 00:20:05,199
Speaker 4: this team. My projections small lean to the over. I'm passing,

457
00:20:05,200 --> 00:20:06,840
Speaker 4: but I agree with doct They'll be some times we

458
00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:10,080
Speaker 4: can back the als throughout the season. I don't hate

459
00:20:10,080 --> 00:20:12,560
Speaker 4: like under week one against U Mass either.

460
00:20:12,920 --> 00:20:14,760
Speaker 6: Oh it's good though, because I have U Mass Temple

461
00:20:14,800 --> 00:20:16,840
Speaker 6: written up in the Action Network AAP, so I like that.

462
00:20:16,880 --> 00:20:18,720
Speaker 6: I like you Mass Temple under. I already wrote that.

463
00:20:18,720 --> 00:20:22,359
Speaker 3: Up, all right, Green Wave time two Lane nine and

464
00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:25,240
Speaker 3: five last season seven and one in the American lost

465
00:20:25,240 --> 00:20:27,359
Speaker 3: to Army in the AAC title game, got drilled by

466
00:20:27,400 --> 00:20:30,040
Speaker 3: Florida and the gas Erulla Bowl plus three forty to

467
00:20:30,119 --> 00:20:32,080
Speaker 3: win the conference this fall and win till was sitting

468
00:20:32,080 --> 00:20:34,600
Speaker 3: at eight and a half five stars returning to an offense,

469
00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:38,800
Speaker 3: three on defense, seventieth in returning production, so much big

470
00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,720
Speaker 3: headline talent left. Darien Mensa gets his bag at Duke

471
00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,800
Speaker 3: Mackay Hughes leaves four Oregon eight starters on defense gone,

472
00:20:45,880 --> 00:20:48,640
Speaker 3: but they portal in thirty four to three star recruits.

473
00:20:48,680 --> 00:20:52,360
Speaker 3: They added Caden Samanza, who I like a lot more

474
00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:54,600
Speaker 3: as a backup now that Jake Retzlaf is on his

475
00:20:54,680 --> 00:20:57,199
Speaker 3: way to the big easy retz Laf had bright spots

476
00:20:57,240 --> 00:20:59,560
Speaker 3: last season, but he needs to be more accurate, needs

477
00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,040
Speaker 3: to cut down on those turnovers and continue to threaten

478
00:21:02,080 --> 00:21:04,320
Speaker 3: teams with his legs. All that being said in upgrade

479
00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:07,000
Speaker 3: that I think smooths out the loss of Mensa a

480
00:21:07,040 --> 00:21:09,560
Speaker 3: little bit to at least to a certain extent. All

481
00:21:09,600 --> 00:21:12,119
Speaker 3: four co coordinators are back, which is nice from a

482
00:21:12,160 --> 00:21:15,040
Speaker 3: staff continuity perspective. I'm just not in love with the

483
00:21:15,080 --> 00:21:17,960
Speaker 3: game changing potential talent on the perimeter on either side

484
00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:19,879
Speaker 3: of the ball. They want to run the ball, but

485
00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:21,960
Speaker 3: they have to replace three starters from a really good

486
00:21:22,000 --> 00:21:25,159
Speaker 3: run blocking unit. Moe Westmoreland could be the savior on

487
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:28,480
Speaker 3: the edge defensively, but they're betting on a transfer to

488
00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:29,959
Speaker 3: Pop and the D line in general.

489
00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:31,879
Speaker 1: I'm a bit worried at cornerback.

490
00:21:31,920 --> 00:21:34,840
Speaker 3: They may need transfers from both Albany and Wafford to

491
00:21:34,880 --> 00:21:37,400
Speaker 3: start for them, which when you look at their overall

492
00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:39,320
Speaker 3: talent in the last three years and all the success

493
00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:41,879
Speaker 3: they've had to be able to drop down on the

494
00:21:41,960 --> 00:21:44,480
Speaker 3: FCS level and really need this is what wouldn't be

495
00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:45,000
Speaker 3: a nice to have.

496
00:21:45,080 --> 00:21:46,720
Speaker 1: This is kind of a must have for them. Is

497
00:21:46,720 --> 00:21:48,800
Speaker 1: a bit concerning Duke and ole Miss.

498
00:21:48,960 --> 00:21:51,600
Speaker 3: You know they catch early, they got, you know, a

499
00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:54,840
Speaker 3: stretch of passing teams to face in conference at UTSA,

500
00:21:54,920 --> 00:21:57,119
Speaker 3: at Memphis FAU in a three week stretch.

501
00:21:57,440 --> 00:21:59,640
Speaker 1: This defense could get lit up in the back end.

502
00:22:00,359 --> 00:22:02,399
Speaker 1: Given what they lost, I think they.

503
00:22:02,280 --> 00:22:04,200
Speaker 3: Deserve to be able to say eight and four six

504
00:22:04,240 --> 00:22:07,920
Speaker 3: conference wins. Hey, successful season, let's celebrate, But that would

505
00:22:07,920 --> 00:22:10,520
Speaker 3: be under on the win total. The plus three forty

506
00:22:10,560 --> 00:22:12,280
Speaker 3: to win the conference says like you need to be

507
00:22:12,400 --> 00:22:14,960
Speaker 3: in it the whole way, if not getting there in

508
00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,679
Speaker 3: terms of the expectation. So I just think that the

509
00:22:17,720 --> 00:22:19,960
Speaker 3: bar has been raised so much in New Orleans that

510
00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:21,920
Speaker 3: all of a sudden, an eight win campaign is kind

511
00:22:21,920 --> 00:22:24,959
Speaker 3: of lackluster. I just think they have too many playmakers

512
00:22:25,000 --> 00:22:28,320
Speaker 3: to replace and address all at the same time. And

513
00:22:28,800 --> 00:22:31,880
Speaker 3: I'll go to you first, Duck in terms of rets, laugh,

514
00:22:32,920 --> 00:22:36,440
Speaker 3: the news and the circumstances of him leaving Salt Lake

515
00:22:36,480 --> 00:22:38,880
Speaker 3: City are kind of a circus on their own.

516
00:22:39,480 --> 00:22:41,600
Speaker 1: But where are you on him as.

517
00:22:41,600 --> 00:22:45,719
Speaker 3: Somebody who can be essentially a playmaker to raise the

518
00:22:45,760 --> 00:22:48,320
Speaker 3: play of every single person around him and to be

519
00:22:48,359 --> 00:22:50,359
Speaker 3: able to give them a little bit more to prepare for.

520
00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:52,600
Speaker 3: Or do you think he's just more of like a

521
00:22:53,640 --> 00:22:56,800
Speaker 3: turbo version of a game manager. I don't know exactly

522
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,760
Speaker 3: where I'm falling on him, because he had his breakout

523
00:22:59,800 --> 00:23:02,680
Speaker 3: moment last year, but BYU, I think in some spots

524
00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:03,840
Speaker 3: won despite him.

525
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:05,879
Speaker 1: So talk me through what's happening.

526
00:23:05,920 --> 00:23:07,640
Speaker 3: And do you even expect him to win the job

527
00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:09,160
Speaker 3: coming in so late in the process.

528
00:23:09,960 --> 00:23:12,160
Speaker 6: Yeah, the staff made it very clear that he had

529
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:13,639
Speaker 6: to get in there and compete for the job and

530
00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,560
Speaker 6: it wasn't going to be handed to him. Let's put

531
00:23:15,560 --> 00:23:17,000
Speaker 6: it this way. I bet two lane under eight and

532
00:23:17,040 --> 00:23:18,919
Speaker 6: a half early in the summer on the wind total.

533
00:23:19,119 --> 00:23:21,000
Speaker 6: Didn't change my opinion on the win total. I didn't

534
00:23:21,040 --> 00:23:22,760
Speaker 6: buy out. I didn't cash out. I didn't do any

535
00:23:22,800 --> 00:23:27,359
Speaker 6: of that stuff. I firmly comfortable with the position, and

536
00:23:27,480 --> 00:23:29,120
Speaker 6: let's see if he goes out there and wins the job.

537
00:23:29,160 --> 00:23:31,320
Speaker 6: I think that the real book on two lane is

538
00:23:31,359 --> 00:23:34,240
Speaker 6: going to be they lost so much production in the

539
00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,960
Speaker 6: defensive front seven, which really carried their team at times

540
00:23:37,040 --> 00:23:39,600
Speaker 6: last season, and I'm not sure that they replaced it.

541
00:23:39,640 --> 00:23:42,040
Speaker 6: I think when you look at guys that were lost,

542
00:23:42,160 --> 00:23:47,080
Speaker 6: like Fob's White and Aiden Huntington, Corey Platt, I mean,

543
00:23:47,119 --> 00:23:50,080
Speaker 6: these are big time players, and then the offensive guys

544
00:23:50,119 --> 00:23:52,720
Speaker 6: Darien Minsla and Makai Hughes are the headliners. But there

545
00:23:52,800 --> 00:23:56,040
Speaker 6: was just so much lost production. Parker Peterson was a

546
00:23:56,080 --> 00:23:59,959
Speaker 6: good player, Machado the linebacker was a decent player who

547
00:24:00,080 --> 00:24:00,640
Speaker 6: went P four.

548
00:24:00,720 --> 00:24:02,360
Speaker 1: I mean, there's just a lot of holes.

549
00:24:02,080 --> 00:24:04,560
Speaker 6: Now defensively for two lane that you really have to

550
00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,760
Speaker 6: shore up. And these are veteran experienced players that are

551
00:24:07,760 --> 00:24:12,000
Speaker 6: now no longer there, So you're retooling a lot defensively,

552
00:24:12,040 --> 00:24:14,320
Speaker 6: which was kind of the crux of your team and

553
00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:16,359
Speaker 6: when you were playing up in competition, it was that

554
00:24:16,400 --> 00:24:19,040
Speaker 6: defense that you could rely on at times. Well, now

555
00:24:19,040 --> 00:24:20,879
Speaker 6: you've got three P four teams on the schedule in

556
00:24:20,920 --> 00:24:22,760
Speaker 6: the non conference, and I'm not so sure that that's

557
00:24:22,800 --> 00:24:24,440
Speaker 6: going to play out the same way that it has

558
00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,200
Speaker 6: over the last two seasons. I've actually faded two Lane

559
00:24:27,240 --> 00:24:28,600
Speaker 6: in Week one. I have seven and a half with

560
00:24:28,640 --> 00:24:31,760
Speaker 6: Northwestern in hand, and I feel really happy about that.

561
00:24:31,840 --> 00:24:33,480
Speaker 6: And I feel like Northwestern can go down there to

562
00:24:33,480 --> 00:24:35,320
Speaker 6: New Orleans and give them everything they can handle and

563
00:24:35,359 --> 00:24:37,719
Speaker 6: win the game on the field. So would not surprise

564
00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,800
Speaker 6: me at all if Two Lane starts one in three

565
00:24:40,920 --> 00:24:45,040
Speaker 6: in the non conference and then hosting East Carolina and

566
00:24:45,240 --> 00:24:47,440
Speaker 6: Army will just be no walk in the park. And

567
00:24:47,760 --> 00:24:49,959
Speaker 6: certainly games will be favored in and should be expected

568
00:24:50,000 --> 00:24:51,480
Speaker 6: to win, But I don't think those will be walks

569
00:24:51,480 --> 00:24:54,160
Speaker 6: in the park. And then later on down the way,

570
00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:56,159
Speaker 6: you've got to go to Utsa and you've got to

571
00:24:56,200 --> 00:24:58,119
Speaker 6: go to Memphis back to back, and I think that'll

572
00:24:58,160 --> 00:25:00,800
Speaker 6: be where the win total is lost. They'll drop one

573
00:25:00,800 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 6: of those. We'll find maybe another one down the way.

574
00:25:03,560 --> 00:25:05,720
Speaker 6: But I'm exactly where you think. I think this is

575
00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:07,840
Speaker 6: an important hook. I think this is a team that

576
00:25:07,880 --> 00:25:10,800
Speaker 6: can have a very successful season. I think they can

577
00:25:10,840 --> 00:25:13,240
Speaker 6: be kind of in that top three or four in

578
00:25:13,359 --> 00:25:16,240
Speaker 6: the American this year, maybe they don't make the conference

579
00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:18,560
Speaker 6: championship game, but they're still having a very good year,

580
00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:20,360
Speaker 6: and I think it's eight and four, so I went

581
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,080
Speaker 6: under the win total. I don't really have a strong

582
00:25:23,119 --> 00:25:24,680
Speaker 6: opinion on that they're going to win the league. I

583
00:25:24,720 --> 00:25:27,520
Speaker 6: think there's better plays out there and just a season

584
00:25:27,560 --> 00:25:30,720
Speaker 6: where we see a drop down for two lane. They've

585
00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 6: done a great job over the last five years elevating

586
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,680
Speaker 6: the stature of their program significantly. People forget the twenty

587
00:25:36,760 --> 00:25:39,080
Speaker 6: years before that, but they've done a really good job

588
00:25:39,119 --> 00:25:41,880
Speaker 6: elevating their program. This year, I think it just creeps

589
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,040
Speaker 6: back down slightly under the win total.

590
00:25:44,480 --> 00:25:46,199
Speaker 3: We say it a lot there's teams that win the

591
00:25:46,200 --> 00:25:49,960
Speaker 3: scheduling lottery. This is like the scheduling surprise tax bill.

592
00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:52,320
Speaker 3: Because this is challenging across the board. Do you agree,

593
00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:54,800
Speaker 3: Stucky that this could be a team that could play

594
00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,200
Speaker 3: close to their level last year and still lose four

595
00:25:58,280 --> 00:25:59,080
Speaker 3: or five games.

596
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:02,359
Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure. Tough non conference. You got Memphis and

597
00:26:02,440 --> 00:26:05,520
Speaker 4: UTSA on the road. You also have Temple and Charlotte

598
00:26:05,520 --> 00:26:07,640
Speaker 4: at the end of your schedule. You asson at their

599
00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:10,240
Speaker 4: wins for Julane, but maybe they're not. Those are brand

600
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,280
Speaker 4: new teams at the end of the year. FAU too.

601
00:26:12,680 --> 00:26:14,280
Speaker 4: You have those three new, brand new teams at the

602
00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,159
Speaker 4: very end of the year, you were banking on them

603
00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:18,000
Speaker 4: being wins. I your betting the over hy project seven

604
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 4: point seven right around seven point seven four. So I

605
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:22,439
Speaker 4: like the under as well. I mean, you look at

606
00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:26,359
Speaker 4: the offense. You lose Mensa. I'm not a buyer in

607
00:26:26,400 --> 00:26:28,159
Speaker 4: red slap that he really moves the needle. He kind

608
00:26:28,160 --> 00:26:30,840
Speaker 4: of raises the floor because their quarterback situation was a disaster.

609
00:26:31,320 --> 00:26:34,640
Speaker 4: But those two receivers to the NFL not in love

610
00:26:34,640 --> 00:26:37,400
Speaker 4: with their room. You lose your tight end to Miami,

611
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:40,760
Speaker 4: not in love with that room. Your offensive line, your

612
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,080
Speaker 4: left side will be okay, but you lost three really

613
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:45,400
Speaker 4: good ones. Is your center, right guard, and right tackle

614
00:26:45,440 --> 00:26:49,280
Speaker 4: over seventy five hundred career snaps. Every single position group,

615
00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,800
Speaker 4: at least on paper going into the season is worse

616
00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:54,360
Speaker 4: off than it was last year. So have a lot

617
00:26:54,359 --> 00:26:57,359
Speaker 4: of respect for some role in this program. But they

618
00:26:57,359 --> 00:26:59,080
Speaker 4: have a high floor because they played the bottom four

619
00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,760
Speaker 4: and they're still a good team. But I'll make them

620
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:03,840
Speaker 4: prove they can get the nine wins out of the under.

621
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:08,159
Speaker 5: Th time.

622
00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:12,520
Speaker 2: Th time.

623
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,840
Speaker 3: It's Tulsa time the Golden Hurricane three and nine last year,

624
00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,920
Speaker 3: one and seven in the American seventy five to one.

625
00:27:20,119 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 3: No thanks to win the conference this year. Win total

626
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,760
Speaker 3: at three and a half, six stars, returning three on

627
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,120
Speaker 3: each side, ninety fourth in returning production.

628
00:27:27,640 --> 00:27:28,800
Speaker 1: I'm gonna stick my neck out here.

629
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:30,680
Speaker 3: There's a lot of new hires across the G five

630
00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:32,760
Speaker 3: that I can talk myself into. I'm out on Trey

631
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:35,520
Speaker 3: Lamb from day one. He's thirty five years old. He

632
00:27:35,560 --> 00:27:38,920
Speaker 3: went twenty seven and twenty five in four full seasons

633
00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:40,920
Speaker 3: at the FCS level, plus a couple.

634
00:27:40,840 --> 00:27:43,560
Speaker 1: During that weird COVID year. He did well at Gardner Webb.

635
00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 3: But as we discussed in the G five primer, the

636
00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,879
Speaker 3: Big South before it merged with the OVC was a

637
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,080
Speaker 3: really lousy FCS conference, So to be twenty seven and

638
00:27:52,160 --> 00:27:54,680
Speaker 3: twenty five when you dig into it more, every single

639
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:58,040
Speaker 3: time that they played up and they played ranked teams

640
00:27:58,080 --> 00:28:00,720
Speaker 3: to the FCS level, I think they were aposed a bit,

641
00:28:01,240 --> 00:28:03,520
Speaker 3: and I just think he needed to go the coordinator

642
00:28:03,560 --> 00:28:05,840
Speaker 3: route at the FBS level, build a little bit more

643
00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,720
Speaker 3: experience understanding of what it takes, because you know, when

644
00:28:09,800 --> 00:28:11,840
Speaker 3: you look at what they did. They just outscored people

645
00:28:12,400 --> 00:28:15,240
Speaker 3: in his time at Gardner Web. I don't see that

646
00:28:15,320 --> 00:28:17,960
Speaker 3: from this offense, at least in year one, because we

647
00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,160
Speaker 3: got Kirk Francis. His QBR was twenty seven point seven

648
00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,439
Speaker 3: last year, one hundred and twenty fifth in the country

649
00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:26,080
Speaker 3: of qualified quarterbacks. I don't need the cutout to be,

650
00:28:26,240 --> 00:28:28,240
Speaker 3: you know, having their offense bailed them out in this year,

651
00:28:28,359 --> 00:28:31,160
Speaker 3: and then their defense returns three starters from a unit

652
00:28:31,200 --> 00:28:33,160
Speaker 3: that gave up just about five hundred yards per game

653
00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:33,640
Speaker 3: last season.

654
00:28:33,640 --> 00:28:34,720
Speaker 1: That's one hundred and thirty second.

655
00:28:34,760 --> 00:28:37,440
Speaker 3: I believe Christian is in the opener, but they're an

656
00:28:37,440 --> 00:28:39,120
Speaker 3: FCS playoff team from last year.

657
00:28:39,200 --> 00:28:40,880
Speaker 1: Then they traveled into Mexico.

658
00:28:40,520 --> 00:28:43,000
Speaker 3: State, which is a winnable game, but you absolutely one

659
00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,600
Speaker 3: thousand percent you need them to get those two if

660
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,800
Speaker 3: you're even thinking about going over on this number.

661
00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 1: I hope they win both.

662
00:28:49,400 --> 00:28:51,520
Speaker 3: Then I'm just gonna unload on them really for the

663
00:28:51,520 --> 00:28:54,000
Speaker 3: next month until the market catches up on them, because

664
00:28:54,040 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 3: five of the six top finishers in the American last

665
00:28:57,000 --> 00:28:59,680
Speaker 3: year await them on their conference slate, as well as

666
00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,080
Speaker 3: a trip to still Water to play Oklahoma State, a

667
00:29:02,120 --> 00:29:04,920
Speaker 3: home tilt with Oregon state. I see two and ten.

668
00:29:05,040 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 3: I'm going under on this one. I know you have

669
00:29:07,040 --> 00:29:09,800
Speaker 3: to pony up from a juice perspective. Last I saw

670
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:11,760
Speaker 3: it was minus one fifty to go under the three

671
00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:13,720
Speaker 3: and a half. I would bump it down to three.

672
00:29:14,120 --> 00:29:15,800
Speaker 3: Have a push on three because I think two and

673
00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,560
Speaker 3: ten is where this is going to head duck. We've

674
00:29:18,600 --> 00:29:22,080
Speaker 3: discussed this before in terms of Lamb and this fit

675
00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:23,920
Speaker 3: and what they're trying to do offensively.

676
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:25,680
Speaker 1: I don't see it in year one.

677
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 3: Has anything changed for you since we recorded about a

678
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:28,840
Speaker 3: month ago.

679
00:29:29,040 --> 00:29:29,520
Speaker 1: Not really.

680
00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 6: It was so disappointing to see this Tulsa team completely

681
00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,160
Speaker 6: quit on the season after the ECU lost last year.

682
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:38,360
Speaker 6: The attitude, body language, the effort. It was like totally

683
00:29:38,480 --> 00:29:41,840
Speaker 6: checked out, like did not give a shit. What was

684
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:44,240
Speaker 6: also really stunning was how bad the defense was. Five

685
00:29:44,240 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 6: point eight yards per carean league play. They allowed sixty

686
00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:51,160
Speaker 6: six percent completion percentage with thirty eight eight touchdown passes

687
00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:55,000
Speaker 6: against last year, when they had nineteen sacks registered seven

688
00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:57,280
Speaker 6: times last year Tulsa surrendered forty.

689
00:29:57,000 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 1: Five points or more. It was just so bad.

690
00:30:00,000 --> 00:30:02,120
Speaker 6: It was way down there with Utah State and New

691
00:30:02,160 --> 00:30:04,360
Speaker 6: Mexico at the very bottom of the barrel in FBS.

692
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:07,880
Speaker 6: They did portal in some guys defensively at defensive linemen

693
00:30:07,920 --> 00:30:11,320
Speaker 6: and linebacker, and those units could be a little bit

694
00:30:11,360 --> 00:30:14,360
Speaker 6: stronger maybe than what we saw last season out of Tulsa.

695
00:30:15,280 --> 00:30:19,000
Speaker 6: It's marginal improvement. Secondary is totally of concern for me

696
00:30:19,080 --> 00:30:21,360
Speaker 6: and still bad. I don't like what they're going to

697
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,000
Speaker 6: roll out there for the starting platoon. I don't think

698
00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,240
Speaker 6: it's going to be enough talent to really affect improved

699
00:30:27,280 --> 00:30:30,160
Speaker 6: margin in the past metrics or in the win loss record.

700
00:30:30,600 --> 00:30:33,280
Speaker 6: You know, they're going to play fast offensively with this

701
00:30:33,360 --> 00:30:37,280
Speaker 6: Trey Lamb system that they're going to roll out there,

702
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:41,440
Speaker 6: but instead of the consistent vertical shots that we saw

703
00:30:41,760 --> 00:30:44,680
Speaker 6: from previous regimes, we're going to see some smash mouth

704
00:30:45,280 --> 00:30:48,200
Speaker 6: ground game. They're going to use some heavier set formations.

705
00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 6: They'll still be in the gun and try to use

706
00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:51,720
Speaker 6: some spread, but we'll see a tight end or two

707
00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:52,920
Speaker 6: in some of the formations.

708
00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 1: They do have a couple backs.

709
00:30:54,680 --> 00:30:57,840
Speaker 6: A Jay Allen is a pretty decent back. Seveon Morrison

710
00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:00,960
Speaker 6: comes in, Dom Richardson comes in from Baylor, So they

711
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:02,920
Speaker 6: do have some talent in the running back room, which

712
00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:06,160
Speaker 6: could if the offensive line gets short up, you know,

713
00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:07,960
Speaker 6: maybe they stay on the field a little bit to

714
00:31:07,960 --> 00:31:09,960
Speaker 6: protect that defense and kind of hang in there a

715
00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:13,160
Speaker 6: little bit against lesser opponents. Jeremiah Ballard has a lot

716
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:14,760
Speaker 6: of pressure on him. He has got to step up

717
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,560
Speaker 6: in the receiver room like he did at UTEP because

718
00:31:16,640 --> 00:31:19,960
Speaker 6: last year he completely disappeared. Really, it would be stunning

719
00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,840
Speaker 6: for this offensive line to get up to mediocre, which

720
00:31:22,880 --> 00:31:23,920
Speaker 6: would be up from bad.

721
00:31:24,120 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 1: So the schedule is tough as well.

722
00:31:26,120 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 6: I think right away you've got six games that you're

723
00:31:28,080 --> 00:31:31,280
Speaker 6: just not going to compete in Army Navy, Tulane, Memphis,

724
00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:33,840
Speaker 6: you're not going to compete in Oregon State and Oklahoma State.

725
00:31:33,880 --> 00:31:36,080
Speaker 6: You're kind of behind the eight ball. So you're really

726
00:31:36,120 --> 00:31:39,400
Speaker 6: limited in your shots on goal for trying to accumulate wins.

727
00:31:39,800 --> 00:31:41,920
Speaker 6: This is a true year zero. It's a reset. They're

728
00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 6: trying to implement new schemes. I don't think they have

729
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:46,000
Speaker 6: exceedingly great personnel.

730
00:31:46,640 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 1: Probably be pretty tough to.

731
00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,160
Speaker 6: Accumulate four wins here for Tulsa.

732
00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:55,560
Speaker 3: Yeah, College kirkoat Chains, he's immobile in the pocket. I

733
00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,240
Speaker 3: think he's gonna get benched. I think they're going to

734
00:31:57,280 --> 00:31:59,160
Speaker 3: go with another option, and I think they're going to

735
00:31:59,200 --> 00:32:02,280
Speaker 3: get their doors blown off. This is the one team

736
00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,440
Speaker 3: in the American I am so far down on. Are

737
00:32:04,440 --> 00:32:07,600
Speaker 3: you seeing any positivity right away? In a year zero stuck?

738
00:32:08,760 --> 00:32:09,120
Speaker 1: Will you.

739
00:32:11,560 --> 00:32:19,080
Speaker 4: Sit my watch back to living on? I am. I

740
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:21,880
Speaker 4: kind of disagree with you, guys. I mean, look, I

741
00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:25,720
Speaker 4: think they're their ceiling is like five wins, but uh

742
00:32:26,200 --> 00:32:27,680
Speaker 4: five or six that they're not. I don't think they're

743
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:29,280
Speaker 4: going to a bowl, but I could see them winning

744
00:32:29,280 --> 00:32:31,200
Speaker 4: four or five games. I actually like Lamb. There's a

745
00:32:31,280 --> 00:32:33,680
Speaker 4: ton of like energy and enthusiasm around them. I think

746
00:32:33,680 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 4: Wilson is the worst coach in college football, so for

747
00:32:36,720 --> 00:32:38,400
Speaker 4: anyone would have been upgrade over him, but I think

748
00:32:38,400 --> 00:32:40,640
Speaker 4: this is a big upgrade. Yeah, they're gonna go air ray.

749
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:43,280
Speaker 4: This is Tenny light. Get the ball off quick. They

750
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,960
Speaker 4: don't need Francis to move. He's just gonna He's just

751
00:32:46,000 --> 00:32:50,080
Speaker 4: gonna sit there and uh like point guard. Uh. I

752
00:32:50,200 --> 00:32:51,880
Speaker 4: like some of their weapons too that they brought in.

753
00:32:51,920 --> 00:32:54,240
Speaker 4: I know that they lost Benjamin and Williams of Wide

754
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:55,360
Speaker 4: or Suit, but I like some of the guys they

755
00:32:55,400 --> 00:32:59,160
Speaker 4: brought in, Booker tas Miller. They got some guys back

756
00:32:59,200 --> 00:32:59,600
Speaker 4: from that shit.

757
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 1: There's some here.

758
00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:04,240
Speaker 4: Presley who was converted from a running he was dical

759
00:33:04,280 --> 00:33:06,360
Speaker 4: on a state running. It's a wide receiver. He's gonna

760
00:33:06,360 --> 00:33:07,960
Speaker 4: be playing running back and they're gonna use them all

761
00:33:07,960 --> 00:33:10,600
Speaker 4: over the field. Keep an eye on that. You know,

762
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:12,680
Speaker 4: Morrison and Allen two there, So I think they have

763
00:33:12,800 --> 00:33:15,040
Speaker 4: some talent. The offensive line is the concern. Yeah, they're

764
00:33:15,040 --> 00:33:16,959
Speaker 4: second to lose to everybody who cares. This is one

765
00:33:16,960 --> 00:33:21,479
Speaker 4: of the worst historically bad pass defenses. There's still questions there,

766
00:33:21,480 --> 00:33:24,320
Speaker 4: but they can't be any worse than last year. But like,

767
00:33:24,360 --> 00:33:27,000
Speaker 4: I wouldn't be surprised that they picked off like Navy

768
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:29,680
Speaker 4: twenty five. Dog, you give me twenty five there, I'm

769
00:33:29,720 --> 00:33:33,680
Speaker 4: gonna take out a mortgage. My number shows a little

770
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:35,239
Speaker 4: bit of value to the over, not enough to get

771
00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:35,760
Speaker 4: to the window.

772
00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 1: I like to hire.

773
00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:39,360
Speaker 4: There'll be a lot more fun to watch, and they

774
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:41,640
Speaker 4: quit last year. Like the culture, the energy will be

775
00:33:41,720 --> 00:33:44,880
Speaker 4: much better, So tiny lean to the over, but I'm

776
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:46,600
Speaker 4: I'm not going to the window, so I'll root for

777
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:47,240
Speaker 4: you guys.

778
00:33:47,920 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 1: Well, well, well it's Trent Dilferd. Time.

779
00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:55,200
Speaker 2: You have a strong leader that has courage, boldness, willing

780
00:33:55,320 --> 00:33:57,640
Speaker 2: to think outside the box UAB.

781
00:33:57,800 --> 00:33:59,840
Speaker 3: The Blazers went three to nine last year, two and

782
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,480
Speaker 3: six in conference play. They cashed the under for the

783
00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:05,320
Speaker 3: second straight went year. On their win total, they're eighty

784
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:08,000
Speaker 3: five to one the American this full four and a

785
00:34:08,000 --> 00:34:10,280
Speaker 3: half of their win total. Three starters returning two on offense,

786
00:34:10,320 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 3: one on defense, on hundred and twentyeth in returning production.

787
00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:15,640
Speaker 2: You know, after seven wins in two years, nobody's more

788
00:34:15,680 --> 00:34:17,319
Speaker 2: thankful than me that I even have a job.

789
00:34:17,480 --> 00:34:19,960
Speaker 3: Before we get to Trent, let's start with mark Ingram

790
00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:22,400
Speaker 3: the ad at Ua B. I could go a lot

791
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:23,839
Speaker 3: of ways with this, but I think I'm gonna keep

792
00:34:23,840 --> 00:34:25,799
Speaker 3: it fresh. I'm gonna borrow some lyrics from a number

793
00:34:25,800 --> 00:34:28,799
Speaker 3: one hit from the Summer Manchild by Sabrina Carpenter. How

794
00:34:28,800 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 3: could we sum up how Ingram has handled this coaching situation?

795
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 1: Maybe money call in stupid crazy. Maybe it's is he

796
00:34:46,760 --> 00:34:48,480
Speaker 1: stupid or is it slow?

797
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 3: Or maybe he's just useless, because that is exactly how

798
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:55,800
Speaker 3: I would characterize someone who didn't fire Trent Dilfer.

799
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:57,840
Speaker 1: Trent Dilfer was ready to be fired.

800
00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,320
Speaker 3: I think he like knocked on his door and he

801
00:34:59,360 --> 00:35:01,799
Speaker 3: already had everything in a little brown you know, a

802
00:35:01,880 --> 00:35:03,279
Speaker 3: packing box ready to go.

803
00:35:03,760 --> 00:35:06,160
Speaker 2: Well plays their nation made it really clear there's no

804
00:35:06,200 --> 00:35:07,080
Speaker 2: reason to trust me.

805
00:35:07,320 --> 00:35:10,799
Speaker 3: They went two to nine last year against FBS competition.

806
00:35:11,040 --> 00:35:13,279
Speaker 3: They lose a Mari Thomas to Houston. If you're going

807
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:15,800
Speaker 3: to keep anybody, if you're trying to spend any money,

808
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:18,759
Speaker 3: keep him. He's your best weapon. They lost two, if

809
00:35:18,760 --> 00:35:20,840
Speaker 3: not three starters in the offensive line, depending on how

810
00:35:20,920 --> 00:35:23,880
Speaker 3: you look at returning starters. This was all in addition

811
00:35:24,120 --> 00:35:28,920
Speaker 3: to Dilferd's general attitude, which vascillated between angry, sarcastic to

812
00:35:29,000 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 3: prea cheat to depressive. You can be a lot of

813
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,040
Speaker 3: things in the world of college football coaching. Yes, Trent,

814
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:37,400
Speaker 3: you can be a prick. There is a ton a

815
00:35:37,480 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 3: clown car of college football coaches who have been assholes.

816
00:35:40,600 --> 00:35:42,640
Speaker 3: But you got to be successful to hang around if

817
00:35:42,640 --> 00:35:44,759
Speaker 3: you want to actate this, and you can't act like

818
00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:45,640
Speaker 3: you're above it all.

819
00:35:45,880 --> 00:35:48,279
Speaker 1: On multiple occasions, he's looked.

820
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:50,600
Speaker 3: Down on this level of coaching football, and he's made

821
00:35:50,640 --> 00:35:52,920
Speaker 3: gaffes that I think have heard his locker room certainly

822
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:55,359
Speaker 3: hurt the fan base, which then trickles down to hurting

823
00:35:55,400 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 3: fundraising and nil. He said he wasn't impressed being on

824
00:35:58,719 --> 00:36:01,399
Speaker 3: field level and seeing Brock it's like, Okay, I guess

825
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 3: you're just not impressed with anything at the college level.

826
00:36:03,760 --> 00:36:06,080
Speaker 3: And then he like downplays the seriousness of what they're

827
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:07,680
Speaker 3: trying to do. He had that press or where he's like,

828
00:36:07,760 --> 00:36:11,440
Speaker 3: it's not like we're fricking Alabama reader room, you clown.

829
00:36:11,560 --> 00:36:14,440
Speaker 3: There's nothing a G five fan base wants less than

830
00:36:14,480 --> 00:36:16,759
Speaker 3: being told, like, you know, get patted on the head

831
00:36:16,800 --> 00:36:18,680
Speaker 3: and say, all right, it's cute what you're trying to do,

832
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:19,719
Speaker 3: but you're not in Alabama.

833
00:36:19,760 --> 00:36:20,759
Speaker 1: You're not a blue blood. Like.

834
00:36:21,000 --> 00:36:24,440
Speaker 3: He's created a toxic situation inside his locker room and

835
00:36:24,520 --> 00:36:26,680
Speaker 3: in the community, and for that reason, I think we

836
00:36:26,719 --> 00:36:30,279
Speaker 3: got white flags ridden all over this season. The only

837
00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 3: positive thing he does bring in Steve Russ, he actually

838
00:36:33,040 --> 00:36:35,360
Speaker 3: is a full grown adult as a defensive coordinator for

839
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:38,319
Speaker 3: the first time at UAB, he was coordinating the Air

840
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,200
Speaker 3: Force defense for you know.

841
00:36:40,360 --> 00:36:41,080
Speaker 1: Six years.

842
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,880
Speaker 3: Those defenses, I think they were protected by the brand

843
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,520
Speaker 3: of offense they played. They gave up a lot of points,

844
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:50,120
Speaker 3: they didn't necessarily give up a yards because there were

845
00:36:50,200 --> 00:36:52,400
Speaker 3: fewer plays. I think he's going to just do a

846
00:36:52,400 --> 00:36:54,480
Speaker 3: better job shoring up some of the fundamentals. I don't

847
00:36:54,480 --> 00:36:56,400
Speaker 3: think they're going to have quite as many blown coverages

848
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,680
Speaker 3: or communication issues. So it is an upgrade. But this

849
00:37:00,120 --> 00:37:02,680
Speaker 3: UAB defense is almost totally brand new, one hundred and

850
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 3: fourteenth in returning production. So when people ask me on Twitter,

851
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:07,799
Speaker 3: are we fading Trent dil for hell yet?

852
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:08,120
Speaker 1: Brother?

853
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:10,319
Speaker 3: We are fading this guy again. They don't have the

854
00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:14,120
Speaker 3: horses or a unique scheme. I think the defense will

855
00:37:14,160 --> 00:37:16,759
Speaker 3: be upgraded a little bit. Maybe we're talking about like

856
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,440
Speaker 3: the one hundred and twelfth defense in the country. But

857
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:22,520
Speaker 3: this fade train steams on. We're not stopping for anything

858
00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:24,760
Speaker 3: under four and a half. Let's make it three straight

859
00:37:24,840 --> 00:37:26,760
Speaker 3: unders for Trent Dilfer.

860
00:37:27,360 --> 00:37:31,200
Speaker 2: We fully expect bad things to happen, trusting that the

861
00:37:31,239 --> 00:37:33,719
Speaker 2: bad things that can happen most likely will all.

862
00:37:33,680 --> 00:37:34,040
Speaker 1: Right, suck.

863
00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,280
Speaker 3: You just disagree with me on Tulsa. I think that'll

864
00:37:36,280 --> 00:37:37,880
Speaker 3: be a fun one to bring up throughout the season.

865
00:37:38,040 --> 00:37:40,640
Speaker 3: Are we going to be sparring on UAB and Dilfer?

866
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,200
Speaker 4: My numbers say smallerly over I mean, I project four

867
00:37:44,239 --> 00:37:47,000
Speaker 4: point three said now pass. But I'm not a kid

868
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:48,840
Speaker 4: and a guy. We'll see if you can take a

869
00:37:48,920 --> 00:37:50,600
Speaker 4: jump I mean, you gotta remember France as a kid

870
00:37:50,600 --> 00:37:54,120
Speaker 4: in a not that much experience for Tulsa and UAB.

871
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:56,160
Speaker 4: We'll see if they could take a leap at kidnap.

872
00:37:56,200 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 4: It had seventeen touchdowns, eleven interceptions, but fourteen big time throws,

873
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:01,239
Speaker 4: twenty two turn over, six percent turn ember where they

874
00:38:01,239 --> 00:38:03,879
Speaker 4: played percentage and they lose beb their bell heel back

875
00:38:03,920 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 4: to Indiana. It was seven of their top eight receivers.

876
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:08,399
Speaker 4: Their offensive line is a major question, especially at center

877
00:38:08,400 --> 00:38:11,040
Speaker 4: after they lost Wilson to UVA. So I had questions

878
00:38:11,040 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 4: about the offensive line. There's only nineteen career FBS starts there.

879
00:38:14,440 --> 00:38:16,279
Speaker 4: We'll see if the offense can come together. There are

880
00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:20,760
Speaker 4: some intriguing weapons. I mean Hook's Milner Brown from Iowa.

881
00:38:21,520 --> 00:38:24,279
Speaker 4: McCrae has looked good. There's a lot of injuries in spring.

882
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 4: Hard to really see what was going to have gone

883
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:29,280
Speaker 4: on with the offense. But look, I don't have anything

884
00:38:29,560 --> 00:38:30,879
Speaker 4: on the win total, but I want to talk about

885
00:38:30,880 --> 00:38:33,800
Speaker 4: the defense. I actually like what they did on the defense.

886
00:38:34,920 --> 00:38:37,640
Speaker 4: The defensive line worries me. But some of the guys

887
00:38:37,680 --> 00:38:42,920
Speaker 4: they brought in the secondary, I mean Crumpley from Pitt

888
00:38:42,960 --> 00:38:46,600
Speaker 4: Fisher from Maryland Baka from Kent. He was their leading tackler.

889
00:38:47,600 --> 00:38:49,480
Speaker 4: Royster from Saint Francis, I think is a good player.

890
00:38:49,560 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 4: Nicol bet Cheeks for BC he started for a while.

891
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:55,359
Speaker 4: They brought in all these former starters that they were

892
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:58,800
Speaker 4: able to get at UAB. So their secondary, which was

893
00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:03,879
Speaker 4: pretty underrated last year. Are considering in UAB how bad

894
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,799
Speaker 4: they were standards, but I think they reloaded well. And

895
00:39:06,840 --> 00:39:08,520
Speaker 4: then you mentioned the higher russ and then they brought

896
00:39:08,560 --> 00:39:11,440
Speaker 4: in a bunch of other assistants from the commanders from

897
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 4: the NFL ranks. Why is that important? Well, if you

898
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:17,600
Speaker 4: AB is gonna go over or when I'm looking to

899
00:39:17,600 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 4: bet them that this is worth noting For the Army game,

900
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:22,560
Speaker 4: another reason to go under on Army.

901
00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:23,600
Speaker 1: UAB has a.

902
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:25,839
Speaker 4: Bye before Army and they're catching them early in the year,

903
00:39:25,880 --> 00:39:28,160
Speaker 4: before the second half of the year. They have a

904
00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:33,239
Speaker 4: buy before Army. At home. It'll be the second the

905
00:39:33,280 --> 00:39:36,680
Speaker 4: second option team that they face and they'll be coming

906
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:38,600
Speaker 4: off of a bye. And by the way they play Rice,

907
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:40,040
Speaker 4: they're one of two teams in the country that play

908
00:39:40,080 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 4: three option teams. You bring in a coordinator from Air

909
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 4: Force who spent eight years coaching the defense at air

910
00:39:47,640 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 4: Force and you're gonna play three option teams. I think

911
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:54,759
Speaker 4: that's important, so they might be live in you know

912
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:56,480
Speaker 4: that that might get them a win at Rice Day

913
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:59,520
Speaker 4: late in the year. So I like some of the

914
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,759
Speaker 4: back end additions on the defense, and I like the

915
00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:04,879
Speaker 4: hire of Ross, especially on a schedule you're playing three

916
00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:08,000
Speaker 4: option teams. They could end up getting that Army game

917
00:40:08,680 --> 00:40:11,520
Speaker 4: after the bye week second option team. You have Ross

918
00:40:12,640 --> 00:40:15,840
Speaker 4: that sneaky spot on the schedule, but passed for me

919
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:16,399
Speaker 4: on you a day.

920
00:40:17,000 --> 00:40:20,120
Speaker 6: Hard to see this team winning enough enough of the

921
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:22,400
Speaker 6: coin flip games in order to get to six wins,

922
00:40:22,400 --> 00:40:23,520
Speaker 6: and a lot of those games are going to be

923
00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:27,480
Speaker 6: on the road, So at Yukon, at Rice, at Tulsa,

924
00:40:27,920 --> 00:40:31,280
Speaker 6: at FAU. I mean you'd have to go almost not at.

925
00:40:31,120 --> 00:40:33,760
Speaker 4: Home for any of the bottom seven teams in the league.

926
00:40:34,120 --> 00:40:36,759
Speaker 6: Harder to believe in the rhetoric that's used by him.

927
00:40:36,840 --> 00:40:38,719
Speaker 6: We saw him get up there during the media days

928
00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:41,359
Speaker 6: for the American Conference, and you know what he had

929
00:40:41,400 --> 00:40:44,080
Speaker 6: to say. It just seems uninspiring. He talks about himself

930
00:40:44,120 --> 00:40:47,359
Speaker 6: a lot. He talks about how good he's done with

931
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:49,439
Speaker 6: his you know whatever, and if.

932
00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:51,480
Speaker 2: You took a towel and you soaked it and then

933
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:53,640
Speaker 2: you started twisting it to get the water out. But

934
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:55,960
Speaker 2: it's not dry. It's still damp. So then you got

935
00:40:56,000 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 2: to really grind it a little bit harder, get a

936
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:01,720
Speaker 2: couple more drops out. It's not dry. Then you step

937
00:41:01,760 --> 00:41:03,839
Speaker 2: on one side and you twist it more. You get

938
00:41:03,880 --> 00:41:06,279
Speaker 2: some partners a squad, and you think this towel is dry,

939
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:08,759
Speaker 2: but there's still more water in there. We're trying to

940
00:41:08,760 --> 00:41:11,800
Speaker 2: twist that towel. That's how we're looking at our program.

941
00:41:12,480 --> 00:41:15,520
Speaker 6: It's just uninspiring to me to want to rally around

942
00:41:15,640 --> 00:41:18,360
Speaker 6: this UAB program. I think they probably are going to

943
00:41:18,440 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 6: be a year late and sending him off. I think

944
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:26,040
Speaker 6: that injecting some life into this once proud UAB football

945
00:41:26,080 --> 00:41:29,359
Speaker 6: program would be something that this that UAB would really

946
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:30,040
Speaker 6: benefit from.

947
00:41:30,080 --> 00:41:31,120
Speaker 1: And you know, I think that.

948
00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 6: It's just I don't have a real strong opinion. I

949
00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:36,880
Speaker 6: think that there are some guys that are going to

950
00:41:36,960 --> 00:41:39,560
Speaker 6: be okay. I think the running back they bring in

951
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,399
Speaker 6: from UTEP could be a bell cow. They could ride

952
00:41:42,480 --> 00:41:44,239
Speaker 6: him a little bit and he could be explosive and

953
00:41:44,239 --> 00:41:47,719
Speaker 6: show a little wiggle. They've got four pass receivers that, yeah,

954
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 6: they could shine or they could be turds. I really

955
00:41:49,960 --> 00:41:51,880
Speaker 6: don't know exactly how that's going to shake out. O

956
00:41:52,000 --> 00:41:55,120
Speaker 6: line is, from all my accounts, a mess, and it's

957
00:41:55,160 --> 00:41:57,080
Speaker 6: going to be really tough to see that group really

958
00:41:57,680 --> 00:42:00,480
Speaker 6: come together early enough to where it's going to hessitate

959
00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 6: winning some games early. So I just I don't see

960
00:42:03,640 --> 00:42:05,160
Speaker 6: a lot to believe, and I'm not getting to the

961
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,239
Speaker 6: window on over by any means. I certainly don't see

962
00:42:08,239 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 6: a bowl game. I just think that there's just too

963
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:13,880
Speaker 6: much that this group has to overcome, very very sharp

964
00:42:13,920 --> 00:42:16,000
Speaker 6: on the coordinator hire and the guy they brought in

965
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 6: from Air Force to discuss triple option. That's a real

966
00:42:19,600 --> 00:42:24,040
Speaker 6: interesting caveat. I don't know if they beat those teams necessarily,

967
00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:24,719
Speaker 6: but they could.

968
00:42:25,080 --> 00:42:28,319
Speaker 1: All right, let's finish up the American meet Me, Meet

969
00:42:28,400 --> 00:42:30,360
Speaker 1: me UTSA.

970
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:32,680
Speaker 3: The road Runner seven and six last year, four and

971
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 3: four in conference play, plus four to twenty to win

972
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,600
Speaker 3: the conference this season, win total sitting at seven and

973
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:41,240
Speaker 3: a half, eleven returning starters, all of them on offense,

974
00:42:41,440 --> 00:42:45,200
Speaker 3: thirty first in returning production, seventh offensively. As I mentioned

975
00:42:45,239 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 3: the whole offense returns, we got an elite chief five

976
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,240
Speaker 3: quarterback and Hoan McCown Utsa was red hot to finish

977
00:42:50,320 --> 00:42:52,520
Speaker 3: last season. They go five and two down the stretch,

978
00:42:52,560 --> 00:42:54,720
Speaker 3: they nearly pull off an upset of Army, who.

979
00:42:54,520 --> 00:42:55,240
Speaker 1: Won the conference.

980
00:42:55,840 --> 00:42:57,360
Speaker 3: I really feel confident that this is going to be

981
00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:59,120
Speaker 3: a top three offense to the American But for all

982
00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 3: this offensive up side, the defense is in a complete

983
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:04,560
Speaker 3: refresh back to back years. They lose the American Defensive

984
00:43:04,560 --> 00:43:07,600
Speaker 3: Player of the Year, but Jess Lepp is a phenomenal

985
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:11,319
Speaker 3: defensive coordinator. And yes, this is a huge job to complete,

986
00:43:11,480 --> 00:43:14,280
Speaker 3: but you got Vic Shaw stepping into that pass rushing

987
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:18,680
Speaker 3: position that helped Tray More and Jamoori Robinson explode. Statistically,

988
00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 3: I think to a certain degree, this LEP system just

989
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:25,480
Speaker 3: create statistical monsters on the edge. They've rolled out, you know,

990
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:28,640
Speaker 3: a fronts with that potentially could have three juniors and

991
00:43:28,680 --> 00:43:30,880
Speaker 3: a senior on the defensive line to be able to

992
00:43:30,880 --> 00:43:32,319
Speaker 3: gum up some of the works. In terms of their

993
00:43:32,400 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 3: run defense, I think they can be a unit that

994
00:43:34,520 --> 00:43:36,719
Speaker 3: will still generate a lot of tackles for loss, but

995
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,480
Speaker 3: can they cap the explosives going against them? Thirty nine

996
00:43:39,480 --> 00:43:42,200
Speaker 3: plays of thirty yards or more allowed last year from

997
00:43:42,239 --> 00:43:44,840
Speaker 3: scrimmage that was one hundred and thirty second nationally, So

998
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:46,759
Speaker 3: when they didn't get home, people were just killing them

999
00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,359
Speaker 3: over the top. The secondary has to play better. They

1000
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:52,399
Speaker 3: went out and get kk Meyer from Nevada, which shows

1001
00:43:52,400 --> 00:43:54,000
Speaker 3: they really did their homework, you know, to be able

1002
00:43:54,040 --> 00:43:55,719
Speaker 3: to get younger players with upside.

1003
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: I think he should be a quality starter.

1004
00:43:57,400 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 3: Bottom line, I think this offense should be great by

1005
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:02,400
Speaker 3: give standards. I trust Left to coach them up on defense,

1006
00:44:02,600 --> 00:44:04,800
Speaker 3: and when you'll give the schedule, Yeah, they're going to

1007
00:44:04,840 --> 00:44:06,600
Speaker 3: lose to A and M, but then I think anything

1008
00:44:06,600 --> 00:44:08,680
Speaker 3: else is possible. They can be favored in nine or

1009
00:44:08,719 --> 00:44:11,480
Speaker 3: ten games. Outside of that, they get too lane off

1010
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:13,359
Speaker 3: of a buy. These guys are my pick to win

1011
00:44:13,400 --> 00:44:15,520
Speaker 3: the American at north of four to one. I also

1012
00:44:15,560 --> 00:44:17,640
Speaker 3: took a flyer on them at eighteen to one to

1013
00:44:17,680 --> 00:44:20,400
Speaker 3: get into the College Football Playoff. When it comes to

1014
00:44:20,480 --> 00:44:22,920
Speaker 3: quarterback play, I know that last year we saw the

1015
00:44:22,960 --> 00:44:26,400
Speaker 3: G five representative just ride Ashon Gentz who that was

1016
00:44:26,440 --> 00:44:29,040
Speaker 3: the right choice obviously generational running back. But I think

1017
00:44:29,200 --> 00:44:32,160
Speaker 3: moving forward you're going to have to have not just good,

1018
00:44:32,239 --> 00:44:34,520
Speaker 3: but probably great quarterback play to punch your ticket to

1019
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:36,880
Speaker 3: the playoff. I think they have it stuck, I'll go

1020
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,799
Speaker 3: to you first. In terms of the road runners, this

1021
00:44:39,880 --> 00:44:40,920
Speaker 3: is also a coach.

1022
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:41,160
Speaker 1: That I know.

1023
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:44,960
Speaker 3: The G five show has made money on BBOC in general,

1024
00:44:45,120 --> 00:44:47,360
Speaker 3: has made a lot of money on trailer over the years.

1025
00:44:47,440 --> 00:44:48,919
Speaker 3: Do you think it's time to get back and hitch

1026
00:44:48,920 --> 00:44:50,280
Speaker 3: our wagon to his trailer?

1027
00:44:50,880 --> 00:44:53,200
Speaker 4: Five? The ones the best price out there for what

1028
00:44:53,239 --> 00:44:56,879
Speaker 4: it's worth. I'm not quite there, but I show value

1029
00:44:56,880 --> 00:44:58,719
Speaker 4: in the over. I might bet the over. I mean

1030
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:03,960
Speaker 4: I project them at eight point three eight, So best

1031
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:06,600
Speaker 4: price on the win total over seven and a half

1032
00:45:06,680 --> 00:45:09,840
Speaker 4: minus one thirty five is out there. You said it.

1033
00:45:09,840 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 4: But the offense returns everybody, and they even had injuries

1034
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:13,880
Speaker 4: in the offensive line. They get a couple into your

1035
00:45:13,920 --> 00:45:16,560
Speaker 4: starters back and once they got kind of a continuity

1036
00:45:16,560 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 4: on the offensive line late in the year, their offense

1037
00:45:18,040 --> 00:45:19,920
Speaker 4: really started to hum. This could be one of the best.

1038
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:22,680
Speaker 4: I think this will be the best offense in the conference.

1039
00:45:22,840 --> 00:45:25,160
Speaker 4: They have plenty of weapons and their offense gonna be good.

1040
00:45:25,160 --> 00:45:27,400
Speaker 4: The questions on the defense, like you lost your top

1041
00:45:27,480 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 4: five guys on the defensive line. Brown was really good.

1042
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:32,799
Speaker 4: Robinson went to West Virginia. Triplett went to Georgia, tech,

1043
00:45:33,719 --> 00:45:37,200
Speaker 4: your linebackers. You lost eighty three hundred snaps six thousand

1044
00:45:37,200 --> 00:45:40,560
Speaker 4: with UTSA. You lost a five year starter, you lost

1045
00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:43,440
Speaker 4: one to Colorado, one to West Virginia. Then in the

1046
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:45,480
Speaker 4: second you lost a couple to the NFL, and you

1047
00:45:45,520 --> 00:45:49,640
Speaker 4: have to bring no returning starters back. So I had

1048
00:45:49,640 --> 00:45:52,400
Speaker 4: a lot of questions about the defense. One thing that

1049
00:45:52,520 --> 00:45:54,279
Speaker 4: was really evident last year, and this is all you

1050
00:45:54,400 --> 00:45:57,080
Speaker 4: hear Trailer talk about his penalties. They were so on

1051
00:45:57,160 --> 00:46:00,439
Speaker 4: disciplined last year. It was very uncharacteristic of the team.

1052
00:46:00,440 --> 00:46:02,600
Speaker 4: That's all he's hampening on. I mean, he is just

1053
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:05,040
Speaker 4: drilling that home. So I think you'll see them be

1054
00:46:05,160 --> 00:46:07,960
Speaker 4: much more focused and much more discplin last year. Last

1055
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:09,640
Speaker 4: year they were They had one hundred and thirteen penalties,

1056
00:46:09,640 --> 00:46:12,480
Speaker 4: second most in the country. Forty two led to first downs.

1057
00:46:12,480 --> 00:46:14,279
Speaker 4: That's six more than anybody else. They were one of

1058
00:46:14,360 --> 00:46:16,839
Speaker 4: two teams with one thousand plus penalty yards. I think

1059
00:46:16,880 --> 00:46:19,000
Speaker 4: they'll be much more disciplined this year. That'll clean up

1060
00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:21,200
Speaker 4: some of the issues they had. This team kind of

1061
00:46:21,239 --> 00:46:22,600
Speaker 4: started to surge at the end of the year, but

1062
00:46:22,680 --> 00:46:24,520
Speaker 4: it's all about the defense. Will the defense be good

1063
00:46:24,600 --> 00:46:28,879
Speaker 4: enough to balance out the offense. They avoid Memphis, Tulsa, Navy,

1064
00:46:28,880 --> 00:46:33,239
Speaker 4: and UAB and schedule Trailers twenty nine and three at

1065
00:46:33,280 --> 00:46:37,040
Speaker 4: home sixteen and five in November. They have an easy

1066
00:46:37,080 --> 00:46:39,560
Speaker 4: road schedule after Texas A and M. You know, you

1067
00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:44,120
Speaker 4: got Tulane the usf Army late in the year when

1068
00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:48,120
Speaker 4: Trailer really gets going. So yeah, this is set up

1069
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:51,759
Speaker 4: for a big year that I am picking Utsa to

1070
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:57,600
Speaker 4: make the conference title against USF All right, duck, we're

1071
00:46:57,600 --> 00:46:59,640
Speaker 4: almost out of time, so hit us with your angle

1072
00:46:59,680 --> 00:47:01,120
Speaker 4: on how to play the Roadrunners.

1073
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:04,560
Speaker 6: Yeah, very solid offensive football team. They're really short up

1074
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:07,879
Speaker 6: at all position groups. They have a real luxury at

1075
00:47:07,880 --> 00:47:10,320
Speaker 6: the G five level with the short up offensive line

1076
00:47:10,400 --> 00:47:13,719
Speaker 6: with depth that very few teams have. So the other

1077
00:47:13,880 --> 00:47:15,920
Speaker 6: great thing that they have that nobody's talking about, their

1078
00:47:15,960 --> 00:47:18,640
Speaker 6: tight end room is incredible. They have four tight ends

1079
00:47:18,880 --> 00:47:21,680
Speaker 6: that are six five, two forty or heavier and they're

1080
00:47:21,680 --> 00:47:24,080
Speaker 6: all pass receiving tight ends. So when I look at

1081
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:26,160
Speaker 6: that group, they utilize their tight end group in the

1082
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:30,920
Speaker 6: past receiving department. Who's covering these matchup nightmares Texas State, Temple,

1083
00:47:31,080 --> 00:47:35,240
Speaker 6: Rice two Lane, Charlotte ECU, Like, who's covering these guys?

1084
00:47:35,280 --> 00:47:38,000
Speaker 6: I just don't see a lot of favorable matchups for

1085
00:47:38,040 --> 00:47:41,839
Speaker 6: the defenses that are on this schedule, and so this

1086
00:47:41,960 --> 00:47:45,880
Speaker 6: offensive system is going to stress weaknesses in their opponent's

1087
00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:49,600
Speaker 6: defenses significantly. I think we'll see improve defensive play. I

1088
00:47:49,600 --> 00:47:51,319
Speaker 6: think the penalties which I had in my notes one

1089
00:47:51,400 --> 00:47:54,000
Speaker 6: hundred and thirteen penalties for one thousand and fifty four yards,

1090
00:47:54,160 --> 00:47:58,319
Speaker 6: the direct result was two or three losses on the

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Speaker 6: field that they probably should have won. It directly cost

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Speaker 6: them the game against Rice, It directly cost them the

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Speaker 6: game against Tulsa. It was embarrassing how undisciplined and poorly

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Speaker 6: just the penalties were such a problem that compiled, and

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Speaker 6: so to compartmentalize that and isolate that in the offseason

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Speaker 6: and really focus on discipline, I think we'll really see

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Speaker 6: this team jump. I bet UTSA bet at a price

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Speaker 6: that's no longer available, but I bet you TSA to

1099
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Speaker 6: win the conference. I think they have a fantastic chance

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00:48:27,320 --> 00:48:30,320
Speaker 6: of running up the wins in conference play and getting

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00:48:30,320 --> 00:48:34,160
Speaker 6: to that situation where they're in the game. So I think,

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Speaker 6: you know, you figure out what you want to do

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00:48:35,800 --> 00:48:37,719
Speaker 6: when they get to the conference championship game. If you

1104
00:48:37,719 --> 00:48:39,440
Speaker 6: want to ride the ticket or hedge and take profit

1105
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Speaker 6: or whatever you want to do.

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Speaker 1: But we're not there yet.

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Speaker 6: But yeah, I think UTSA is a fantastic team in

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00:48:45,680 --> 00:48:48,839
Speaker 6: the American this season, and a very competitive group up

1109
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Speaker 6: and down their schedule. I'd lean over the win total

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Speaker 6: as well.

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Speaker 4: One sentence recaps to Tulane under UTSA over Navy, under

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Speaker 4: Army under North Texas long shot off Florida, my future duck,

1113
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Speaker 4: what you.

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Speaker 6: Got FAU under two lane under Army under North Texas

1115
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Speaker 6: long shot UTSA to win the conference.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, UTSA is my pick to win the conference, as

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Speaker 3: I mentioned in terms of best bet, and I think

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Speaker 3: you can right a lot of wrongs if you hit

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Speaker 3: that playoff number.

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Speaker 1: At eighteen to one. Put a cap on this.

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Speaker 3: Two parter also mentioned that if you're listening, you're looking

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