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Speaker 2: Here we go fifteen twenty five, thirty thirty five, forty

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Speaker 2: Get you believe that table up the fail to night.

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Speaker 3: It's not the side on the game anything. It's the

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Speaker 2: What's up the general nation? Welcome to the Big Bets

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Speaker 2: on Campus Podcast. This is the SEC East Betting Preview.

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Speaker 2: I'm stucky in with me as always is Colin will

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Speaker 2: Sin Ready to keep it roll with my friend.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we're gonna talk about j. T. Daniels getting sponsored

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Speaker 3: by Zaxby's and how Vanderbilt might not be the worst

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Speaker 3: team in this division. We'll see, Wow, that would be

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Speaker 3: a shaka.

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Speaker 2: We'll get to Vandy here.

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Speaker 4: It just means more.

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Speaker 2: At the top. I think most would agree. Georgia this

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Speaker 2: is George's division. Last year there was arguments to be

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Speaker 2: made for Georgia or Florida. This year, George's minus four

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Speaker 2: point fifty to win the division Florida plus four hundred,

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Speaker 2: and then you have you know Missouri sixteen to one,

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Speaker 2: Kentucky eighteen to one, Tennessee twenty two to one. Maybe

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Speaker 2: you're going to make a case for Vanderbilt. I doubt it,

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Speaker 2: but this looks like Georgia's division. A lot of changes

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Speaker 2: with teams in this division, whether it's new coaches, quarterback, competition,

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Speaker 2: coordinator changes. We'll get into all of that. We'll also

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Speaker 2: speak with Drew Franklin. Most of you who have listened

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Speaker 2: to our previous podcasts are probably familiar with him from KSR.

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Speaker 3: Love.

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Speaker 2: Speaking with him will get the lowdown on Kentucky.

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Speaker 3: I guess we'll just.

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Speaker 2: Start there really quick because we'll talk with Drew later

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Speaker 1: The Kentucky Wildcats.

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Speaker 2: Kentucky's win total over seven minus one twenty five. They

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Speaker 2: just recently named Will Levis the starting quarterback, which then

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Speaker 2: prompted Joey Gatewood to transfer Levis. He was actually recruited

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Speaker 2: by Liam Cohen, who Kentucky brought in as their new

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Speaker 2: offensive coordinator. They wanted more of a downfield attack. You

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Speaker 2: know this Kentucky the last couple of years. You know

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Speaker 2: them for their defense and running the ball. Very conservative,

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Speaker 2: but you should see more play actions more outside zone runs.

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Speaker 2: They bring in Wandell Robinson, a Kentucky high school legend

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Speaker 2: from Nebraska, a lot of talent to match with josh

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Speaker 2: They do lose a lot of talent on the offensive line.

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Speaker 2: I'll do some shuffling up there as well. But Levis

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Speaker 2: Cohen actually recruited him when I believe he was at Maine.

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Speaker 2: He made a couple of calls to Lewis, so I

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Speaker 2: wasn't surprised that Levis actually won the starting job. Defense

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Speaker 2: but you expect the defense to be solid here. It's

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Speaker 2: this offense along with Levis and can they actually have

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Speaker 2: a more balanced attack to compete in the SEC. What

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Speaker 2: are your thoughts on the Wildcats?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm positive on the Wildcats. So you know, two

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Speaker 3: And like, you know, when we started making these notes,

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Speaker 3: That makes the difference. I projected at seven point five wins,

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Speaker 2: Yeah, we won't get too much into Kentucky because we'll

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Speaker 2: talk a lot about their roster, specifically with Drew later

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Speaker 3: And I agree with you.

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Speaker 2: And look, I mentioned this a couple of times in

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Speaker 2: So it could just come down to that game instead

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Speaker 2: My wife went to Kentucky with her whole family. I'm

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Speaker 2: and the heavy favorite.

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Speaker 1: Georgia, the Georgia Bulldogs.

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Speaker 2: Georgia, as I mentioned, minus four p fifty to win

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Speaker 2: pretty manageable. When you look at Georgia coming into the year,

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Speaker 2: I had questioned some questions about cornerback they, I mean,

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Speaker 2: Georgia now I think has a championship caliber offense. Will

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Speaker 2: it be allowed to become unleashed is the question. JT.

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Speaker 2: Daniels is back under Kirby Smart. This is a team

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Speaker 2: that just didn't throw for three hundred yards. It happened

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Speaker 2: Daniels took over at quarterback and he did it twice

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Speaker 2: the preseason. A wide receiver, but there's still a lot

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Speaker 2: the team that wants to push, They want to push

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Speaker 2: the ball down the field. Their offensive coordinator does at

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Speaker 2: I'm intrigued by Georgia from a futures perspective, which I'll

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Speaker 3: Well, it's another season and another August. We're recording a

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Speaker 3: the offensive line is loaded with NFL prospects, the running

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Speaker 3: Daniels has a ton of weapons to throw to despite

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Speaker 3: George Pickens being hurt. I think the Peach Bowl really

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Speaker 3: and Cincinnati is no pushover. Their two corners are going

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Speaker 3: Daniels represents what Georgia has been looking for for two years,

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Speaker 3: and that is a quarterback that they can trust to

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Speaker 3: throw in standard downs. Passing downs obviously are things like

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Speaker 3: just never been a part of George's formula. They've been

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Speaker 3: this is just not the way to win a national championship.

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Speaker 3: We're not going to be able to hang with Alabama,

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Speaker 3: We're not gonna be able to hang with Clemson if

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Speaker 3: Dwan Mathis against Arkansas didn't do so well. Stet's at

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Speaker 2: Yeah, the defense, especially if one one of these young

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and it's funny that you mentioned that Mullan and

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Speaker 3: Listen, And one last thing on Florida, Let's move on

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Speaker 2: A team that Florida will play on the road. Missouri

434
00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:08,879
Speaker 2: went total over seven minus one point fifteen. This is

435
00:21:09,080 --> 00:21:11,440
Speaker 2: year two of Eli Drinkwood. So it did a pretty

436
00:21:11,480 --> 00:21:15,200
Speaker 2: good job last year, considering tough circumstances for our first

437
00:21:15,280 --> 00:21:17,840
Speaker 2: year at any place. But it was his first year

438
00:21:17,840 --> 00:21:21,080
Speaker 2: as a head coach after moving on from Appalachian State

439
00:21:21,160 --> 00:21:24,320
Speaker 2: to Missouri. Connor Beslic will come back at quarterback for

440
00:21:24,359 --> 00:21:26,040
Speaker 2: his year too as well. Saw a lot of good

441
00:21:26,080 --> 00:21:28,080
Speaker 2: things from him. One of the things that I was

442
00:21:28,080 --> 00:21:30,959
Speaker 2: really looking forward to for Missouri was just a steadier

443
00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:34,480
Speaker 2: wide receiver group last year. A lot of injuries Covid

444
00:21:34,640 --> 00:21:37,200
Speaker 2: just in and out. They were just the offensive line too,

445
00:21:37,200 --> 00:21:40,000
Speaker 2: but they were just starting a number of different combinations.

446
00:21:40,040 --> 00:21:43,840
Speaker 2: Never really built much of a rapport between Basic and

447
00:21:43,880 --> 00:21:46,119
Speaker 2: his receivers. But now there's even more injuries to the

448
00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:48,600
Speaker 2: wide receiver group in camp, so we'll see if they

449
00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:50,960
Speaker 2: could actually stay healthy on the offensive side and how

450
00:21:51,040 --> 00:21:54,200
Speaker 2: much of a jump Connor Basick will take the defensive side.

451
00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:56,960
Speaker 2: There will be some changes. Steve Wilkes comes in and

452
00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:00,159
Speaker 2: they lose two good safeties and they lose Bolton of

453
00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:05,320
Speaker 2: their best linebackers to the NFL road games at Kentucky,

454
00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:09,640
Speaker 2: at Boston College, at Vanderbilt, at Georgia, and at Arkansas.

455
00:22:10,280 --> 00:22:13,760
Speaker 2: Sitting at Win total sitting at seven. How much of

456
00:22:13,760 --> 00:22:16,320
Speaker 2: a jump do you think Missouri can take in year

457
00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,760
Speaker 2: two of the drink Wich Baselet combination.

458
00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:24,119
Speaker 3: I'm not confident, and really that all falls on the

459
00:22:24,160 --> 00:22:27,040
Speaker 3: defensive side of the ball. They get sixty nine percent,

460
00:22:27,080 --> 00:22:30,119
Speaker 3: that's below average. Here in the Super Senior season. What

461
00:22:30,200 --> 00:22:32,119
Speaker 3: they get back on defense, according to Tarp, they were

462
00:22:32,119 --> 00:22:35,399
Speaker 3: a ninth and defensive success rate. They were one hundred

463
00:22:35,400 --> 00:22:39,439
Speaker 3: and twenty sixth and defensive finishing drives and that is

464
00:22:39,560 --> 00:22:43,040
Speaker 3: second to last in the nation. I believe teams averaged

465
00:22:43,480 --> 00:22:46,520
Speaker 3: four point nine points every time they crossed the forty

466
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Speaker 3: yard line. That's an amazing stat You cross forty yard line,

467
00:22:50,400 --> 00:22:53,120
Speaker 3: you're given four point nine points. I'm not sure if

468
00:22:53,160 --> 00:22:56,200
Speaker 3: Missouri can just rebound from a number like that. It's

469
00:22:56,480 --> 00:22:59,639
Speaker 3: they fired half the coaching staff, so there's new faces there.

470
00:23:00,119 --> 00:23:03,080
Speaker 3: You know. Drink Witz, he indicated in the first scrimmage

471
00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,760
Speaker 3: that he that he just had there was no pressure

472
00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:08,159
Speaker 3: and too many big plays by the offense. And that

473
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:10,760
Speaker 3: was Drinkwitz's words just this past scrimmage here a few

474
00:23:10,840 --> 00:23:13,760
Speaker 3: days ago. So past events is led by safety Martees

475
00:23:13,800 --> 00:23:17,240
Speaker 3: Manual and linebacker Devid Nicholson. They both finished you know,

476
00:23:17,280 --> 00:23:19,960
Speaker 3: top They finished top fifty an opponent passing success rate,

477
00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:22,800
Speaker 3: so really it's on the ground that's the problem. But

478
00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:26,800
Speaker 3: this this, I mean just complete a neptitude when opponents

479
00:23:26,800 --> 00:23:29,399
Speaker 3: crossed the forty yard line, just allowing anybody to score.

480
00:23:30,040 --> 00:23:32,480
Speaker 3: That just doesn't fix itself overnight, even though you've replaced

481
00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:37,200
Speaker 3: half the staff. So Connor Beslack was I mean really impressive.

482
00:23:37,200 --> 00:23:40,679
Speaker 3: He had fourteen big time throws just twelve turnover worthy plays,

483
00:23:40,680 --> 00:23:42,440
Speaker 3: so he is on the right side of that ratio.

484
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Speaker 3: He ranked twenty first among the FBS quarterbacks. He ranked

485
00:23:46,480 --> 00:23:50,159
Speaker 3: twenty first among FBS quarterbacks and just a completion percentage

486
00:23:50,600 --> 00:23:53,239
Speaker 3: with at least two hundred attempts. So for his you know,

487
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,719
Speaker 3: first season to come out there and sling it around,

488
00:23:56,200 --> 00:23:58,200
Speaker 3: I mean he was a top twenty five quarterback when

489
00:23:58,200 --> 00:23:59,840
Speaker 3: it comes to a just a completion percentage and he

490
00:23:59,840 --> 00:24:02,639
Speaker 3: had more big time throws the turnover worthy plays, and

491
00:24:02,680 --> 00:24:04,639
Speaker 3: that is something that you can play on with this

492
00:24:04,680 --> 00:24:07,520
Speaker 3: Missouri offense. They finished forty fifth in offensive success rate,

493
00:24:08,080 --> 00:24:11,520
Speaker 3: forty seventh the havoc allowed, so those numbers can improve.

494
00:24:13,040 --> 00:24:15,400
Speaker 3: I projected the number at six point three. I mean,

495
00:24:15,400 --> 00:24:18,440
Speaker 3: that's well below the seven. They're gonna be short underdogs

496
00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:22,159
Speaker 3: against Kentucky, Boston College, possibly when they go down to

497
00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,200
Speaker 3: play Arkansas. All those games are gonna be on the road.

498
00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,439
Speaker 3: And that's where the problem is with their win total,

499
00:24:27,520 --> 00:24:29,720
Speaker 3: is that these games that are coin flips and they're

500
00:24:29,720 --> 00:24:31,920
Speaker 3: gonna be short dogs are all gonna happen on the road.

501
00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:35,680
Speaker 3: The other games, you know, Vanderbilt they can beat them,

502
00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:38,040
Speaker 3: Texas A and M. Georgia's on the schedule. Not not

503
00:24:38,119 --> 00:24:41,080
Speaker 3: easy whatsoever. The only three guaranteed wins on this schedule

504
00:24:41,080 --> 00:24:44,960
Speaker 3: are South Carolina, North Texas and Simo. So you know,

505
00:24:45,000 --> 00:24:46,720
Speaker 3: when you can only get three and your win totals

506
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Speaker 3: at seven, there's some coin flips and the winnable games

507
00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:50,400
Speaker 3: are on the road. I'm gonna take the under here

508
00:24:50,880 --> 00:24:52,800
Speaker 3: project six point three, I'm under seven.

509
00:24:52,960 --> 00:24:56,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a pass for me. I'm curious to see

510
00:24:56,480 --> 00:24:58,920
Speaker 2: what Wilkes does with this defense. He might remember him.

511
00:24:59,600 --> 00:25:01,520
Speaker 2: He was the Cardinals head coach at one point. He's

512
00:25:01,720 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 2: spend a lot of time in the NFL. They're gonna

513
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:05,840
Speaker 2: go to like a one gap, four man frontal, probably

514
00:25:05,880 --> 00:25:07,840
Speaker 2: run a lot of Basse Nickel and you'll see a

515
00:25:07,840 --> 00:25:10,840
Speaker 2: lot more zone on the back end, and they have

516
00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:12,800
Speaker 2: to do They do have to replace two safeties. You

517
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,520
Speaker 2: might have. You might see Sean Robinson next quarterback, but

518
00:25:15,640 --> 00:25:17,879
Speaker 2: t believe transfer from TCU starting at one of the

519
00:25:17,880 --> 00:25:21,679
Speaker 2: safety spots this year. You know, they have some talent

520
00:25:21,720 --> 00:25:24,560
Speaker 2: on the defensive line with Jeff Code, and they bring

521
00:25:24,600 --> 00:25:28,400
Speaker 2: in Blaize Alders from Rice at linebacker. They get one

522
00:25:28,400 --> 00:25:31,280
Speaker 2: of their best corners back from injury. So there's some

523
00:25:31,400 --> 00:25:33,320
Speaker 2: talent to work with on this defense. I want to

524
00:25:33,320 --> 00:25:36,119
Speaker 2: see what Wilkes can do from a scheme perspective, running

525
00:25:36,119 --> 00:25:38,800
Speaker 2: a little bit more zone, switching up the coverages. But

526
00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:42,600
Speaker 2: there's a decent amount of moving pieces. The offensive line

527
00:25:42,720 --> 00:25:48,120
Speaker 2: is also fairly experienced. Just some of these wide receiver injuries. Again,

528
00:25:48,160 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 2: I was excited about Cooper the Ohio State transfer. He's

529
00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:54,520
Speaker 2: now banged up. But you're right, I mean, on one

530
00:25:54,600 --> 00:25:57,600
Speaker 2: side of it, there's a lot of their winnable games

531
00:25:57,600 --> 00:25:59,400
Speaker 2: are on the road. On the you know the other

532
00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:02,679
Speaker 2: side of the coin, it's a fairly manageable schedule if

533
00:26:02,720 --> 00:26:05,600
Speaker 2: everything goes right. You know, outside of that Georgia, what

534
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:08,720
Speaker 2: game can they not win? If you want to look

535
00:26:08,760 --> 00:26:11,280
Speaker 2: at it glass half empty, you say, you know, they

536
00:26:11,320 --> 00:26:13,679
Speaker 2: could lose you know, these seven or eight games, but

537
00:26:14,400 --> 00:26:16,840
Speaker 2: you know, if the skill position players and I don't

538
00:26:16,840 --> 00:26:18,360
Speaker 2: think there's gonna be much of a drop off after

539
00:26:18,400 --> 00:26:21,560
Speaker 2: losing Roundtree at running back. With the skill position players

540
00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:25,760
Speaker 2: can stay healthy and there's you know, impressive strides in

541
00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:28,360
Speaker 2: the defensive end due to scheme changes, due to Wilkes

542
00:26:28,359 --> 00:26:31,200
Speaker 2: coming in. This is the team that could I think

543
00:26:31,200 --> 00:26:33,359
Speaker 2: their ceiling is you know, nine or ten wins if

544
00:26:33,400 --> 00:26:36,280
Speaker 2: everything goes right, but I think seven is about where

545
00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:38,919
Speaker 2: it should be. There's going to be a number of

546
00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,520
Speaker 2: games here, as you mentioned, that are coin flips that

547
00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:44,639
Speaker 2: will get a chance to play Missouri either on or

548
00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:46,800
Speaker 2: against based on how things are going earlier in the year.

549
00:26:47,080 --> 00:26:49,080
Speaker 2: So I think you throw a Missouri in that weight

550
00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,119
Speaker 2: and see bucket and go from there.

551
00:26:52,480 --> 00:26:54,080
Speaker 3: Yeah, I absolutely agree. This is a team that can

552
00:26:54,080 --> 00:26:56,880
Speaker 3: score a lot of points, but I mean, you winnable games.

553
00:26:57,000 --> 00:26:58,760
Speaker 3: You have to win some of these games on the road,

554
00:26:58,800 --> 00:27:00,920
Speaker 3: and you know, hosting Tech to say and AM at home,

555
00:27:01,000 --> 00:27:02,560
Speaker 3: that's that's going to be a challenge.

556
00:27:02,640 --> 00:27:05,040
Speaker 2: All right. Now, let's move on to the bottom of

557
00:27:05,080 --> 00:27:07,479
Speaker 2: the SEC spere. If three teams that we didn't get

558
00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:11,240
Speaker 2: to yet that are all going through head coaching changes.

559
00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:13,480
Speaker 2: Let's start Tennessee.

560
00:27:14,160 --> 00:27:17,160
Speaker 1: That Tennessee volunteers whole nation.

561
00:27:17,400 --> 00:27:19,280
Speaker 2: I know it is curious to hear your thoughts. Here

562
00:27:19,280 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 2: are we going to be on or against Tennessee under

563
00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:27,040
Speaker 2: six minus one twenty It's josh Heipel Air begins down

564
00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:29,680
Speaker 2: there in Knoxville. Take it away on what you see

565
00:27:29,680 --> 00:27:30,240
Speaker 2: with Tennessee.

566
00:27:31,160 --> 00:27:33,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, well, Josh Hipel comes in and what that means

567
00:27:33,359 --> 00:27:36,080
Speaker 3: Tennessee is that you were going to be number one

568
00:27:36,119 --> 00:27:38,199
Speaker 3: in the nation in seconds per play. It's going to

569
00:27:38,200 --> 00:27:41,440
Speaker 3: be the fastest offense. Defense be damned, which is quite

570
00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:44,000
Speaker 3: interesting for Tennessee. You only return fifty five percent in

571
00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:46,240
Speaker 3: the year of the Super Senior, well below with the

572
00:27:46,280 --> 00:27:49,720
Speaker 3: national averages of about seventy five percent. The defense finished

573
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:53,480
Speaker 3: success rate wise opponent success rate, they were one hundred

574
00:27:53,520 --> 00:27:56,920
Speaker 3: and thirteenth ninety first in defensive Habit probably a good

575
00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:59,800
Speaker 3: reason why Jimmy Jeremy Prude is no longer there. You

576
00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:03,560
Speaker 3: lost probably your best player in Henry Toto to Alabama.

577
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:06,200
Speaker 3: Eric Gray was one of the most productive running backs.

578
00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:10,000
Speaker 3: He transferred to Oklahoma. Quarterback JT. Shrout and Jarrett Garantano.

579
00:28:10,119 --> 00:28:12,960
Speaker 3: They've both left Knoxville through the portal. If you were

580
00:28:13,000 --> 00:28:15,959
Speaker 3: to go to the transfer portal page and look and

581
00:28:16,000 --> 00:28:18,080
Speaker 3: see who's been in and out, it's like you have

582
00:28:18,160 --> 00:28:22,359
Speaker 3: to scroll multiple times to I mean, this team is

583
00:28:22,840 --> 00:28:24,400
Speaker 3: it's hard, and so we have to look at see

584
00:28:24,440 --> 00:28:27,200
Speaker 3: what's there because they've lost a lot just from turnover

585
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:29,359
Speaker 3: in the roster, but the transfer portal's taking a lot.

586
00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:29,680
Speaker 2: Now.

587
00:28:29,760 --> 00:28:31,520
Speaker 3: Josh Hipel comes in and he's not the kind of

588
00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:34,400
Speaker 3: guy that's gonna change his offense because of the personnel

589
00:28:34,480 --> 00:28:36,639
Speaker 3: he has. Todd Munkin did that for Georgia. He had

590
00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:39,000
Speaker 3: to change because he had Dwan Mathis and Stetson Bennett.

591
00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:41,760
Speaker 3: Josh Hibel doesn't care. He doesn't care if the quarterback

592
00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:43,160
Speaker 3: and throwing, he doesn't care if the wide receiver is

593
00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,120
Speaker 3: gonna run. We're gonna run this offense. And so you

594
00:28:46,160 --> 00:28:47,960
Speaker 3: know when you look at what the quarterback battle is

595
00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:49,960
Speaker 3: going on right now, they knocked Brandon Mauer down to

596
00:28:49,960 --> 00:28:52,800
Speaker 3: the fourth string quarterback and he set up hitting the portal.

597
00:28:52,880 --> 00:28:55,520
Speaker 3: So that just happened within the last week. So the

598
00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:59,600
Speaker 3: position battle really is between Michigan quarterback transferred Joe Milton,

599
00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,920
Speaker 3: Virginia Tech transfer Hndon Hooker and sophomore Harrison Bailey, who

600
00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:09,760
Speaker 3: stuck around Milton, took home the biggest numbers from their

601
00:29:09,800 --> 00:29:12,640
Speaker 3: first scrimmage of beliviad two touchdowns. Didn't get much from

602
00:29:12,640 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 3: the other two guys, So it looks like Milton is

603
00:29:14,960 --> 00:29:17,720
Speaker 3: the one that could be getting the job. No matter

604
00:29:17,760 --> 00:29:19,520
Speaker 3: who gets it, you know, they're gonna be running for

605
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,440
Speaker 3: their lives. This offensive line has not improved whatsoever, and

606
00:29:22,480 --> 00:29:25,800
Speaker 3: Tennessee finished one hundred and eleventh on offense and sack rate,

607
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,280
Speaker 3: which means they cannot protect the quarterback whatsoever. So whatever

608
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:32,480
Speaker 3: Joe Milton had problems had running out of the pocket

609
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,880
Speaker 3: for Jim Harbaugh and missing targets completely, that might be

610
00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:38,720
Speaker 3: back in play. So, you know, definitely a negative there

611
00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 3: in their part. None of these quarterbacks are ready for

612
00:29:41,640 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 3: Hypel's system, you know, fastest and seconds per play. You know,

613
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:47,560
Speaker 3: I think they're all got to get conditioned to see

614
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,720
Speaker 3: what Hypel wants to run. But you know, if there's

615
00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:54,960
Speaker 3: any positive news here, can't get any worse. On defense,

616
00:29:55,520 --> 00:29:58,040
Speaker 3: The new defensive coordinator, Tim Banks, he wouldn't even commit

617
00:29:58,120 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 3: to a scheme. I mean, I'm trying to find something

618
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:05,240
Speaker 3: positive about Tennessee. But Tim Banks was quoted as saying,

619
00:30:06,240 --> 00:30:08,400
Speaker 3: you know, my formation is going to be around the

620
00:30:08,480 --> 00:30:10,800
Speaker 3: talent that we have on hand. He doesn't even know

621
00:30:10,840 --> 00:30:13,800
Speaker 3: what tality he had. So many players ship out, lost

622
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:17,720
Speaker 3: their best player. He doesn't know the strengths and the

623
00:30:17,760 --> 00:30:20,200
Speaker 3: weaknesses of the players that he has. That even right

624
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 3: now as Tennessee is practicing, they're going to be multiple

625
00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 3: informations because he's not exactly sure what's the best defense.

626
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,040
Speaker 3: So as to Hypel's not going to bend on the

627
00:30:29,040 --> 00:30:31,440
Speaker 3: offensive side from what he wants to run. Tim Banks

628
00:30:31,480 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 3: is a defensive coordinator, is going to bend and run

629
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:35,680
Speaker 3: the defensive best suited for the talent that they have.

630
00:30:36,040 --> 00:30:38,200
Speaker 3: To me, that just screams they're going to have scores

631
00:30:38,240 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 3: get run up all over the place. So while I

632
00:30:40,640 --> 00:30:43,680
Speaker 3: don't have a future on Tennessee on the win total,

633
00:30:44,520 --> 00:30:47,400
Speaker 3: the numbers in these games should be sky high. Their

634
00:30:47,400 --> 00:30:50,240
Speaker 3: first total on the season is fifty seven I believe

635
00:30:50,440 --> 00:30:53,120
Speaker 3: against Bowling Green. Listen, I'm no fan of Bowling Green,

636
00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:57,440
Speaker 3: and you know McDonald throwing touchdowns there. But you know,

637
00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,480
Speaker 3: Tennessee's not going to be playing any defense and they're

638
00:30:59,520 --> 00:31:01,440
Speaker 3: going to try to score as much as possible. So

639
00:31:01,800 --> 00:31:05,960
Speaker 3: for me, individual gameovers, considering how bad their defense is

640
00:31:06,000 --> 00:31:07,800
Speaker 3: and considering how fast they want to go on offense,

641
00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 3: I think individual game overs is a way to play.

642
00:31:10,320 --> 00:31:13,320
Speaker 2: You mentioned Bowling Green. There are a number of free

643
00:31:13,360 --> 00:31:15,960
Speaker 2: wins on this schedule. Win total is six. I mean

644
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:18,040
Speaker 2: they have Bowling Green at home, they have Tennessee Tech

645
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,720
Speaker 2: at home, they have South Carolina at home, they have

646
00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:25,080
Speaker 2: South Alabama at home, and then Vanderbilt at home. Five

647
00:31:25,120 --> 00:31:29,200
Speaker 2: free wins right there. Obviously, assuming nothing goes wrong and

648
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:31,960
Speaker 2: there's a chance that they could lose one of those games,

649
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:34,920
Speaker 2: but that's that's five wins right there. Now, there are

650
00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 2: some tough games as well. You know at Florida, they're

651
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,680
Speaker 2: probably not going to win at Alabama home against Georgia.

652
00:31:41,120 --> 00:31:44,520
Speaker 2: But to get the six, you can they beat either

653
00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 2: Ole Miss or pitt at home. Sure, So if they

654
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:55,000
Speaker 2: do that, then essentially they will get the six wins

655
00:31:55,040 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 2: just with those you know, such a by taking care

656
00:31:56,640 --> 00:32:00,320
Speaker 2: of business at home. They're at Kentucky as well. I

657
00:32:00,320 --> 00:32:02,640
Speaker 2: think the number is about right. The problem for me

658
00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:05,200
Speaker 2: is this change, and you mentioned it.

659
00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:05,640
Speaker 3: Last year.

660
00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:08,800
Speaker 2: They were slow and now they're gonna be super fast

661
00:32:09,000 --> 00:32:10,920
Speaker 2: and something that a lot of people aren't talking about

662
00:32:11,640 --> 00:32:16,160
Speaker 2: is and look what happened is not all Bible's faulty.

663
00:32:16,160 --> 00:32:18,960
Speaker 2: He just came in here. There was violations, the worst

664
00:32:18,960 --> 00:32:21,960
Speaker 2: record in ninety seven years, then violations, you know, ad

665
00:32:22,280 --> 00:32:25,160
Speaker 2: staff overhauled and mass transfers. You lose a lot on

666
00:32:25,200 --> 00:32:29,959
Speaker 2: the offensive line, defense, running back, you lose a lot

667
00:32:30,040 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 2: of talent. But now you're gonna come in and you're

668
00:32:33,040 --> 00:32:35,840
Speaker 2: gonna have this you know simple, it's a quick read

669
00:32:35,880 --> 00:32:38,040
Speaker 2: passing attack. It's not overally COMPLEXI but you just go

670
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,600
Speaker 2: extremely fast and there's like three or four power runs

671
00:32:41,640 --> 00:32:43,520
Speaker 2: that you base everything off of, and then you're just

672
00:32:44,040 --> 00:32:46,400
Speaker 2: fast pass, quick pass, quick pass, go as fast as

673
00:32:46,400 --> 00:32:51,480
Speaker 2: you possibly can. That's far into what Tennessee was last year.

674
00:32:51,760 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 2: So that's a one eighty. One of the things I'm

675
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:57,280
Speaker 2: really worried about, also, is it. First of all, if

676
00:32:57,280 --> 00:33:00,840
Speaker 2: that doesn't work, then in it and it's not as

677
00:33:00,880 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 2: efficient as you know Hypel hopes it is, then you're

678
00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:06,719
Speaker 2: just punning it right away and the defense is exhausted.

679
00:33:07,080 --> 00:33:09,280
Speaker 2: So the defense is just gonna be on the field

680
00:33:09,320 --> 00:33:10,920
Speaker 2: so much more. There's not a lot of depth with

681
00:33:10,960 --> 00:33:13,720
Speaker 2: everything they lost. Are their injuries and the defense just

682
00:33:13,720 --> 00:33:16,400
Speaker 2: to tear. It's even more, as you mentioned, they're not

683
00:33:16,400 --> 00:33:18,160
Speaker 2: familiar with what scheme they're going to go to. I'd

684
00:33:18,200 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 2: imagine you probably see a lot of four to two five.

685
00:33:20,600 --> 00:33:25,120
Speaker 2: But this offense could work against the defense without fast

686
00:33:25,160 --> 00:33:27,720
Speaker 2: it wants to go if there are any growing pains,

687
00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 2: you know, depth and fatigue really become a concern for

688
00:33:30,920 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 2: the Tennessee defense. So I was looking to potentially go

689
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,760
Speaker 2: under on them. But there's just five free wins on

690
00:33:37,800 --> 00:33:40,320
Speaker 2: this schedule, and you know, there's some upside if the

691
00:33:40,320 --> 00:33:43,080
Speaker 2: offense works. There's just a lot of holes on the

692
00:33:43,160 --> 00:33:45,680
Speaker 2: roster now due to transfers. So I think six is

693
00:33:46,240 --> 00:33:48,480
Speaker 2: about the right number, and people have a really good

694
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:50,920
Speaker 2: chance to get them the six wins. But and they

695
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:53,560
Speaker 2: might not even be a super successful season. They just

696
00:33:53,640 --> 00:33:56,800
Speaker 2: have five really easy games on the schedule. So Tennessee

697
00:33:57,360 --> 00:33:59,240
Speaker 2: is a pass for me. All right, Let's move on

698
00:33:59,280 --> 00:34:02,960
Speaker 2: to another team with a coaching change, and that's South Carolina.

699
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:06,040
Speaker 1: The South Carolina game Cocks.

700
00:34:06,120 --> 00:34:11,319
Speaker 2: Win total under four minus one thirty. It's Beamer Ball.

701
00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:15,360
Speaker 2: Shane Biemer takes over. You have a new quarterback, new staff,

702
00:34:15,520 --> 00:34:18,479
Speaker 2: You'll be moving to a new defensive scheme four two five.

703
00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:22,239
Speaker 2: D Luke dode was. He started a couple games the

704
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:25,759
Speaker 2: unless you he's supposed to be the starting quarterback, but

705
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:29,640
Speaker 2: he was hurt now and I don't think he's gonna

706
00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:34,880
Speaker 2: be ready for week one. You have a Saint Francis,

707
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,719
Speaker 2: a PA transfer who's now quarterback one with I think

708
00:34:37,760 --> 00:34:41,040
Speaker 2: a walk on transfer is the second team quarterback now

709
00:34:41,440 --> 00:34:44,480
Speaker 2: until Dodi is back healthy. The first player of their

710
00:34:44,520 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 2: scrimmage he fell down, tripped over someone and fumbled, which

711
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:51,680
Speaker 2: is not a great sign if you're a South Carolina fan.

712
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 2: But brand new South Carolina Beamer will try to revamp

713
00:34:56,600 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 2: this program after it. Really that's faltered under Will Muss.

714
00:35:00,520 --> 00:35:03,520
Speaker 2: Champion's now gone. What are your thoughts on the Cocks.

715
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 3: Well, I like how we're going South Carolina before Vanderbilt.

716
00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:08,960
Speaker 3: I actually, if you want to make a sidewayser, I

717
00:35:08,960 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 3: don't think Vanderbilt finishes in the basement. I think South

718
00:35:11,200 --> 00:35:15,640
Speaker 3: Carolina does South Cakilaki, Listen, things are not going well.

719
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:19,320
Speaker 3: It's South Carolina. Whatsoever. Muschamp finishes twenty eight and thirty,

720
00:35:19,760 --> 00:35:22,040
Speaker 3: they'd let him go. Well, but you know, there was

721
00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,600
Speaker 3: some some people saying it's a COVID season. You gotta

722
00:35:24,640 --> 00:35:26,080
Speaker 3: let him have a free pass. But they let him

723
00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:28,799
Speaker 3: go with three games left. Mike Bobo comes in and

724
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,960
Speaker 3: he loses the final three. You know, South Carolina they

725
00:35:32,000 --> 00:35:34,000
Speaker 3: looked all over a head coach. They had Hugh Freeze,

726
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,400
Speaker 3: they had Billy Napier on the list, but they settled

727
00:35:36,400 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 3: on Shane Beemer. You know, not a bad hire, and

728
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:41,160
Speaker 3: he brings in some really good assistance with him. So

729
00:35:41,280 --> 00:35:43,480
Speaker 3: the pedigree is there from a coaching standpoint, but this

730
00:35:43,600 --> 00:35:47,920
Speaker 3: roster is just an absolute, unbelievable dumpster fire. And you

731
00:35:48,000 --> 00:35:51,359
Speaker 3: mentioned Luke Dody. Luke Dody got some playing time last year.

732
00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:53,880
Speaker 3: The numbers were not great, not good whatsoever. There's a

733
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:57,719
Speaker 3: Saint Francis transfer. But breaking news an hour before you

734
00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:01,400
Speaker 3: and I started this podcast, one of their graduate assistants

735
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:04,040
Speaker 3: has stopped being is now a quarterback.

736
00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:09,719
Speaker 2: Yes, so that's all I mean this is he was

737
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:12,120
Speaker 2: an ex North Dakota State quarterback, I believe.

738
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:16,000
Speaker 3: Right, So calling all people in Columbia South Carolina, if

739
00:36:16,040 --> 00:36:19,919
Speaker 3: you have some sort of quarterback experience, come on down

740
00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:22,880
Speaker 3: to the trains, come on down and get yourself some barbecue,

741
00:36:22,920 --> 00:36:26,759
Speaker 3: and maybe you can play quarterback for South Carolina. So

742
00:36:27,440 --> 00:36:29,919
Speaker 3: you know, I think I'm really happy with the hire

743
00:36:29,960 --> 00:36:32,160
Speaker 3: of Pete Limbo. Pete Limbo is a former ball state

744
00:36:32,200 --> 00:36:34,040
Speaker 3: head coach and then he's gone on to be a

745
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,759
Speaker 3: special teams coordinator. In every stop that Pete Limbo has

746
00:36:36,760 --> 00:36:39,920
Speaker 3: been at h he has improved the special teams everywhere

747
00:36:39,960 --> 00:36:41,600
Speaker 3: he has been. He is just a great guy to

748
00:36:41,640 --> 00:36:45,440
Speaker 3: have around rebuilding programs. So, you know, speaking on you

749
00:36:45,480 --> 00:36:48,439
Speaker 3: know what Beamer has started to build diffrom a coaching

750
00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:51,600
Speaker 3: staff perspective. That's good, but this is truly a year

751
00:36:51,760 --> 00:36:55,320
Speaker 3: zero for Beamer. The offense return is just fifty three percent,

752
00:36:55,520 --> 00:36:58,480
Speaker 3: well below the average national average of seventy six percent.

753
00:36:58,960 --> 00:37:00,920
Speaker 3: Kevin Harris was going to reach to the backfield after

754
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,920
Speaker 3: one hundred and eighty five carries. He's hurt. He had

755
00:37:03,960 --> 00:37:06,319
Speaker 3: thirty seven missed tackles last year and he averaged three

756
00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:09,080
Speaker 3: point three yards after contact. Not great but not you know,

757
00:37:09,200 --> 00:37:12,319
Speaker 3: not bad, but he's hurt. Uh. And so you know,

758
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 3: once that happened, I was pretty pretty dead set on

759
00:37:14,520 --> 00:37:16,359
Speaker 3: taking the under, even though I projected this at three

760
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:22,080
Speaker 3: point six. You know, listen, Luke Dodie's not there, Colin Hill,

761
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:26,640
Speaker 3: Ryan Olski's not there. You know that the freshman Lukedodi

762
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:29,920
Speaker 3: didn't generate any big time throws. The Saint Francis kids

763
00:37:29,960 --> 00:37:31,640
Speaker 3: not going to do it, The GA is not going

764
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:34,279
Speaker 3: to do it. I don't know what to say. The

765
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 3: defense returns forty one percent. South Carolina is going to

766
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 3: move to a new scheme four two five. I mean,

767
00:37:39,080 --> 00:37:41,759
Speaker 3: just everything imaginable possible. The indicators that you don't want

768
00:37:41,760 --> 00:37:43,880
Speaker 3: to take a team is happening here. New head coach,

769
00:37:44,120 --> 00:37:46,920
Speaker 3: new schemes. We got a GA becoming the quarterback because

770
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 3: Luke Dody uh is hurt. To me, this is under

771
00:37:50,520 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 3: four all the way. Some Fords are disappearing out there.

772
00:37:52,680 --> 00:37:54,359
Speaker 3: It's down to three and a half. I project three

773
00:37:54,360 --> 00:37:57,040
Speaker 3: point six. But now with Harris being hurt and the

774
00:37:57,080 --> 00:38:00,840
Speaker 3: possibility of a GA playing quarterback out on this team,

775
00:38:00,880 --> 00:38:03,400
Speaker 3: I complete under here. I'm not sure they can win

776
00:38:03,440 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 3: three games.

777
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:06,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the offensive line is experienced, but it

778
00:38:06,360 --> 00:38:08,040
Speaker 2: was terrible last year. I mean they were one hundred

779
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:10,319
Speaker 2: and seventeenth and tackle for lost percentage. They're also one

780
00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:12,840
Speaker 2: hundred and seventeenth and tackle for lost percentage on defense,

781
00:38:13,640 --> 00:38:17,440
Speaker 2: and the secondary was decimated. But it lost five defensive

782
00:38:17,440 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 2: backs to either the NFL or transfer lost a lot

783
00:38:19,560 --> 00:38:22,240
Speaker 2: of talent the defensive backfield. There's a lot of winnable,

784
00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 2: you know, or coin flip games in the schedule. But

785
00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:24,719
Speaker 2: I agree with you.

786
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 3: I mean, I think East Carolina can beat them. I

787
00:38:26,680 --> 00:38:28,520
Speaker 3: think Troy could beat them. I mean, I know you

788
00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:31,040
Speaker 3: were trying to find the four wins there right Eastern Illinois. Fine,

789
00:38:31,040 --> 00:38:34,360
Speaker 3: they're gonna be like forty point favorites. Good luck covering

790
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:38,000
Speaker 3: that number. East Carolina Troy, those are two teams to

791
00:38:38,040 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 3: me on the rise, especially with the old James Madison

792
00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,600
Speaker 3: coach at East Carolina and Holt Naylor's there. I mean,

793
00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,920
Speaker 3: it's gonna take a Holt Naylor's five turnover performance to

794
00:38:44,960 --> 00:38:46,960
Speaker 3: get South Carolina that win. But Troy is on the

795
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 3: rise and got Clemson at the end. I don't know,

796
00:38:49,520 --> 00:38:51,680
Speaker 3: I don't see it. And I know they helped Vanderbilt.

797
00:38:51,680 --> 00:38:53,560
Speaker 3: We'll get to vanderbi on a second. But I can't

798
00:38:53,560 --> 00:38:55,719
Speaker 3: find four wins on the schedule. I could barely find three.

799
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:59,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean it's new staff now. Major questions at quarterback.

800
00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:02,040
Speaker 2: Deb Nolan, by the way, he was he started at

801
00:39:02,080 --> 00:39:05,200
Speaker 2: Iowa State Iowa State, and then he was Trey Lance's backup,

802
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:08,160
Speaker 2: but he had a year he was a grad assistant coach,

803
00:39:08,360 --> 00:39:10,960
Speaker 2: and then he had a year of eligibility left and

804
00:39:11,000 --> 00:39:15,200
Speaker 2: now he might be starting this year as Jason Brown.

805
00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:17,960
Speaker 2: He came in from Saint Francis of PA as a transfer.

806
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,319
Speaker 2: Apparently they're not satisfied there. But the wide receiver room,

807
00:39:22,360 --> 00:39:24,040
Speaker 2: they have no one with more who had more than

808
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 2: eleven catches coming back this year, So I mean, who

809
00:39:27,239 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 2: is the quarterback even throwing it to. I like the

810
00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:32,000
Speaker 2: running back room, but the offensive line is questions. There's injuries.

811
00:39:32,040 --> 00:39:35,080
Speaker 2: Now the defense has to be completely rebuilt by new

812
00:39:35,080 --> 00:39:39,720
Speaker 2: defensive coordinator Clayton White. So I like the defensive line,

813
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,680
Speaker 2: but I mean how far can that take it in

814
00:39:43,760 --> 00:39:47,760
Speaker 2: the SEC? So yeah, I think it's under or nothing

815
00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:51,160
Speaker 2: here and there's a lot of problems. But you hope

816
00:39:51,160 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 2: that with Shane Biemer, you can rebuild this thing over

817
00:39:55,520 --> 00:39:58,560
Speaker 2: a couple of years and start to put some recruiting

818
00:39:58,560 --> 00:40:01,200
Speaker 2: classes together. It's good of along across the South. Carolina

819
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:02,080
Speaker 2: was in bad shape.

820
00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:03,280
Speaker 3: They've got to give them time.

821
00:40:03,719 --> 00:40:07,279
Speaker 2: Yeah, all right, well, let's close things out before we

822
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:12,080
Speaker 2: get to Drew Franklin talks to Kentucky. Let's close things

823
00:40:12,080 --> 00:40:16,359
Speaker 2: out in the SEC East with a team. Obviously, Colin

824
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:20,040
Speaker 2: is itching to talk about in the Vanderbilt Commodores who

825
00:40:20,120 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 2: went win less last year.

826
00:40:22,200 --> 00:40:25,760
Speaker 1: The Vanderbilt Commodoores anchored down.

827
00:40:26,600 --> 00:40:29,760
Speaker 2: I know you're a big clark leafan that they're abelt

828
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,560
Speaker 2: under three and a half minus one twenty five. You

829
00:40:33,640 --> 00:40:35,839
Speaker 2: have Ken Seals who comes back a quarterback. He did

830
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 2: show some flashes last year. Clarkley has talked about this

831
00:40:39,600 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 2: being you know what you want to we talk about

832
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:45,480
Speaker 2: Shane Beemer and rebuilds. Cirkley has thought this being a

833
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:49,400
Speaker 2: ten year plan. Yeah, so this is not going to

834
00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:51,520
Speaker 2: be an easy rebuilt at a at a school where

835
00:40:51,520 --> 00:40:55,880
Speaker 2: it's not easy to build a competitive football team. They

836
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:58,280
Speaker 2: went o went nine last year. The morale, the morale

837
00:40:58,440 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 2: was just, I don't know, it looks like quit a bunch.

838
00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:03,080
Speaker 2: So you would think just with a new coach, the

839
00:41:03,080 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 2: morale and the enthusiasm, the care that'll improve, you know,

840
00:41:08,160 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 2: until they're all and seven, if they send who knows

841
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:14,040
Speaker 2: what happens, but they're gonna you know, there's just a

842
00:41:14,080 --> 00:41:15,919
Speaker 2: lot of changes here. It's gonna be a first year

843
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:19,160
Speaker 2: defensive coordinatorre gonna see more four man fronts on defense,

844
00:41:19,960 --> 00:41:22,400
Speaker 2: I won't go and there's some I like some of

845
00:41:22,440 --> 00:41:24,480
Speaker 2: the receivers, so there's some talent on the outside to

846
00:41:24,520 --> 00:41:28,359
Speaker 2: work with. The d's probably still gonna be awful. How

847
00:41:28,440 --> 00:41:32,960
Speaker 2: much can clarkily improve that is a major question. It

848
00:41:33,120 --> 00:41:35,120
Speaker 2: just lacked a lot of speed last year. They were

849
00:41:35,120 --> 00:41:38,280
Speaker 2: worse in FBS and success rate. Obviously schedule has something

850
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 2: to do with that. What are your thoughts on Vanderbilt?

851
00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:44,160
Speaker 2: Who is hoping their new offensive coordinator can also just

852
00:41:44,200 --> 00:41:47,960
Speaker 2: give them something? This offensive line is so small, But

853
00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 2: can this team score? Can morale be better? Can they

854
00:41:51,520 --> 00:41:54,560
Speaker 2: get to four wins? You're you're saying you're little. It

855
00:41:54,560 --> 00:41:56,480
Speaker 2: sounds like you're a little more optimistic than many out

856
00:41:56,480 --> 00:41:57,360
Speaker 2: there on bandy.

857
00:41:57,640 --> 00:42:00,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm really optimistic because unlike South Carolina, this is

858
00:42:00,920 --> 00:42:04,200
Speaker 3: a team that actually returns players like they they are

859
00:42:04,280 --> 00:42:06,560
Speaker 3: at The national average is seventy two percent on offense

860
00:42:06,560 --> 00:42:08,840
Speaker 3: and seventy seven percent on defense. And you say, well,

861
00:42:09,440 --> 00:42:11,759
Speaker 3: these players were really bad last year. Why would you

862
00:42:11,800 --> 00:42:13,680
Speaker 3: want a defense? It was one hundred and twenty six

863
00:42:13,719 --> 00:42:16,200
Speaker 3: in defensive success rate. But Stuck mentioned that maybe there

864
00:42:16,280 --> 00:42:18,200
Speaker 3: was some giving up going on team that was zero

865
00:42:18,200 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 3: to nine with a coach that have been on the

866
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 3: hot seat for a while. And I just you know,

867
00:42:24,040 --> 00:42:25,960
Speaker 3: when you look at this, they do have a quarterback

868
00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,480
Speaker 3: in Ken Seals. He was dropping dimes at the scrimmage

869
00:42:28,480 --> 00:42:30,440
Speaker 3: the other day. He looked just fine. They had a

870
00:42:30,440 --> 00:42:34,319
Speaker 3: backup quarterback behind him as doing great. You know, the

871
00:42:34,440 --> 00:42:36,880
Speaker 3: Commodorees are now being coached by Clark Lee, and I

872
00:42:36,920 --> 00:42:38,880
Speaker 3: am a big Clark Lee believer. I think he's the

873
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,640
Speaker 3: reason that Notre Dame made two college football playoffs. So

874
00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,680
Speaker 3: they're going to run the four to two five scheme

875
00:42:44,760 --> 00:42:47,000
Speaker 3: that Lee has ran at Notre Dame that Mike Oco

876
00:42:47,120 --> 00:42:50,840
Speaker 3: runs at Texas A and M. And from a defensive

877
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:52,680
Speaker 3: side of the ball, they went and got Jesse Mentor

878
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,440
Speaker 3: as the defensive coordinator. He's worked exclusively with the Baltimore

879
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:58,640
Speaker 3: Ravens secondary and serve as the coordinator role at Georgia

880
00:42:58,680 --> 00:43:00,880
Speaker 3: State less than a decade ago. So, I you know,

881
00:43:00,960 --> 00:43:04,520
Speaker 3: that was another positive higher for me. In middle linebacker

882
00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:08,080
Speaker 3: Anthony Orgy returns as a leading tackler for a unit

883
00:43:08,120 --> 00:43:10,480
Speaker 3: that was sixty fourth in pass breakups. I mean, I

884
00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:13,960
Speaker 3: know that's midpack, but for Vanderbilt that's not too bad.

885
00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:18,120
Speaker 3: So the defense isn't going undergoing like a huge scheme change.

886
00:43:18,560 --> 00:43:21,080
Speaker 3: They're bringing in a guy from you know, the Baltimore

887
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:23,799
Speaker 3: Ravens that knows how to coach a secondary. You need

888
00:43:23,840 --> 00:43:26,920
Speaker 3: a secondary against the schedule. And I believe in what

889
00:43:27,000 --> 00:43:29,759
Speaker 3: clerk Lee does from an organization standpoint. From what I've

890
00:43:29,760 --> 00:43:32,480
Speaker 3: heard from his time at Notre Dame, this is a

891
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:34,200
Speaker 3: guy that was ready to be a head coach a

892
00:43:34,200 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 3: long time ago. So I think the defense is going

893
00:43:36,680 --> 00:43:39,440
Speaker 3: to stabilize in stopping explosive plays because of the coaching

894
00:43:39,440 --> 00:43:41,400
Speaker 3: that they're going to get in the secondary and the

895
00:43:41,440 --> 00:43:44,200
Speaker 3: quest interesting thing is that David Ray is the new

896
00:43:44,719 --> 00:43:49,359
Speaker 3: offensive coordinator and he comes in I don't think, no,

897
00:43:49,360 --> 00:43:50,880
Speaker 3: I don't think he's ever called plays. He was a

898
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,600
Speaker 3: wide receiver coach for the Cardinal Arizona Cardinals. I should

899
00:43:53,640 --> 00:43:56,319
Speaker 3: say he had a coaching stint at this Texas Tech

900
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:59,359
Speaker 3: quarterback coach. So obviously he's a Cliff Clint Kingsbury guy.

901
00:43:59,400 --> 00:44:02,360
Speaker 3: And Kense Heals can throw the ball as a quarterback.

902
00:44:02,360 --> 00:44:03,839
Speaker 3: And if you're going to put him in some sort

903
00:44:03,880 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 3: of Texas Tech Kingsbury Arizona Cardinals type offense, then you

904
00:44:09,160 --> 00:44:11,200
Speaker 3: know that might surprise a lot of teams in the SEC,

905
00:44:11,280 --> 00:44:14,520
Speaker 3: and you know, he indicated that, you know, starter for

906
00:44:14,600 --> 00:44:17,279
Speaker 3: quarterback may be delayed until game day. But Seals really

907
00:44:17,280 --> 00:44:21,360
Speaker 3: look good in the scrimmage Vanderbilt screen spring game. You know,

908
00:44:21,360 --> 00:44:23,279
Speaker 3: I was looking at the play calling for that. It

909
00:44:23,360 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 3: was a balance of Russian pass. Both Ken Seals and

910
00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:28,080
Speaker 3: Mike Wright were getting the bulk of the duties at quarterback.

911
00:44:28,160 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 3: Mike Wright's going to be able to run the ball

912
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:31,799
Speaker 3: more was Kense Heals is going to be able to throw,

913
00:44:31,880 --> 00:44:34,560
Speaker 3: So we'll see a combination they played through each game.

914
00:44:34,600 --> 00:44:40,759
Speaker 3: But Ry David Ray has been very much you know,

915
00:44:41,520 --> 00:44:44,760
Speaker 3: given the told everybody the focus of the Vanderbilt offense

916
00:44:44,840 --> 00:44:47,160
Speaker 3: is going to be on technique and footwork, that they

917
00:44:47,200 --> 00:44:49,080
Speaker 3: already had the skill set in house. It's just that

918
00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:51,759
Speaker 3: they didn't perform last year because everybody forgot technique and

919
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:55,239
Speaker 3: footwork and fundamentals. And I think just by improving that

920
00:44:55,320 --> 00:44:58,719
Speaker 3: alone with a coach that's as detail oriented as clerk Lee,

921
00:44:58,920 --> 00:45:03,600
Speaker 3: is going to do great things for this team. There

922
00:45:03,600 --> 00:45:05,840
Speaker 3: were a lot of explosive pass plays in the spring

923
00:45:05,880 --> 00:45:08,520
Speaker 3: game by Ken Seals, so I mean that's definitely something

924
00:45:08,560 --> 00:45:11,279
Speaker 3: to look forward to. So definitely signs of encouragement here.

925
00:45:11,400 --> 00:45:13,600
Speaker 3: If they can stop the explosiveness through the air. They

926
00:45:13,640 --> 00:45:17,440
Speaker 3: rank thirty fourth an opponent expected point opponent expected points,

927
00:45:17,440 --> 00:45:20,960
Speaker 3: which means they stopped explosive plays. I expect that to continue,

928
00:45:21,040 --> 00:45:23,920
Speaker 3: especially with Clark Lee in. My projected total on them

929
00:45:24,000 --> 00:45:26,719
Speaker 3: is three point nine. The market is juiced on the

930
00:45:26,800 --> 00:45:29,680
Speaker 3: under three and a half. They're just going to be

931
00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:32,839
Speaker 3: improved after an OH to nine season. This is I mean,

932
00:45:32,880 --> 00:45:34,600
Speaker 3: I can count the wins on here. They're going to

933
00:45:34,640 --> 00:45:37,520
Speaker 3: beat East Tennessee State. The Stanford game, I think is

934
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:40,360
Speaker 3: the swing game. As low as I am on Stanford,

935
00:45:40,400 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 3: as low as you are on Stanford, they get that

936
00:45:42,080 --> 00:45:45,560
Speaker 3: game at home, and considering Stanford's like sandwiching that between

937
00:45:45,600 --> 00:45:47,279
Speaker 3: PAC twelve games, I don't think they care that much

938
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:50,200
Speaker 3: about going This offense is going to go a little

939
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:52,440
Speaker 3: bit faster. Ken Seals can throw the ball. They're going

940
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:54,040
Speaker 3: to spread it out. They're going to and you know,

941
00:45:54,120 --> 00:45:57,279
Speaker 3: I like bringing in a defensive coordinator that was just

942
00:45:57,320 --> 00:46:00,680
Speaker 3: with Baltimore Ravens for so long. So I'm high on

943
00:46:00,719 --> 00:46:02,719
Speaker 3: the coaching staff. I don't think the talent is as

944
00:46:02,760 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 3: bad as the numbers reflect because Derek Mason gave up

945
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:07,239
Speaker 3: and it was an oh to Nineteam. I'm not gonna

946
00:46:07,280 --> 00:46:08,799
Speaker 3: sit here and save Andrew. It's gonna make a bowl,

947
00:46:09,400 --> 00:46:11,520
Speaker 3: but I'm gonna take over three and a half at

948
00:46:11,600 --> 00:46:15,320
Speaker 3: plus money and they're gonna finish ahead of South Carolina

949
00:46:15,320 --> 00:46:16,520
Speaker 3: and the SEC standings.

950
00:46:17,560 --> 00:46:20,080
Speaker 2: Well, basically you're counting on them. I mean they also

951
00:46:20,160 --> 00:46:23,279
Speaker 2: get Yukon at home, which will we'll win. So if

952
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:25,760
Speaker 2: you're saying, you know Yukon and East Tennessee State games

953
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:30,560
Speaker 2: at home, you know they host Mississippi State, they host Missouri,

954
00:46:30,680 --> 00:46:35,920
Speaker 2: they host Kentucky at South Carolina, yeap at South Carolina.

955
00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:38,400
Speaker 2: So yeah, there's if the coaching staff in person. I

956
00:46:38,400 --> 00:46:40,680
Speaker 2: look the offensive line. I have ten offensive lineman. Now

957
00:46:41,360 --> 00:46:44,640
Speaker 2: with FBS starting experience, they get some some some guys

958
00:46:44,680 --> 00:46:47,880
Speaker 2: who opted out are back this year. Some transfers come in.

959
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:50,399
Speaker 2: I like Cam Johnson. I like some of the guys

960
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:52,239
Speaker 2: that Seals can throw to. If that offensive line can

961
00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:55,239
Speaker 2: get better because it's just so small last year, this

962
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:59,239
Speaker 2: offense can do some things. I'm curious to see what

963
00:46:59,280 --> 00:47:01,040
Speaker 2: he can do with the D that'll keep me off

964
00:47:01,040 --> 00:47:03,680
Speaker 2: This winter on the defense was just so bad. How

965
00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:05,880
Speaker 2: much of it, and they lost their two best defensive

966
00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 2: line and probably argue with their two best players how

967
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 2: much of it was due to you know, just quit

968
00:47:11,120 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 2: factor the COVID year and how much it was it

969
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:18,040
Speaker 2: due to scheme in personnel. I don't know. I can

970
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:20,120
Speaker 2: see your argument that you're making. And then you bring

971
00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:23,440
Speaker 2: in Lee here, you get some players back. What can

972
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:27,080
Speaker 2: that scheme and effort and care do for a little

973
00:47:27,080 --> 00:47:29,279
Speaker 2: bit of bump on the defensive side of the ball.

974
00:47:29,480 --> 00:47:32,440
Speaker 2: If you see some improvement there, the offensive line gets better.

975
00:47:32,920 --> 00:47:36,520
Speaker 2: I could see Vanderbilt definitely being more competitive than they

976
00:47:36,520 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 2: were last year, and then there's some winnable games on

977
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:39,080
Speaker 2: the schedule.

978
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:42,200
Speaker 3: But you would agree there, you'd agree they're in a

979
00:47:42,200 --> 00:47:44,280
Speaker 3: better spot than South Carolina though, right.

980
00:47:44,640 --> 00:47:47,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean I don't think that they're as talented,

981
00:47:48,000 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 2: but now with the quarterback, they don't have as much talent.

982
00:47:50,239 --> 00:47:53,719
Speaker 2: But not with the quarterback questions with South Carolina, you know,

983
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:56,560
Speaker 2: obviously that's such an important position. Vanderbilt's in a much

984
00:47:56,600 --> 00:48:00,279
Speaker 2: better space right now with their quarterback than South Carolina is.

985
00:48:00,320 --> 00:48:05,600
Speaker 2: So it's South Ken is definitely still the favorite in

986
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,560
Speaker 2: that game, and I think they have more talent overall,

987
00:48:07,840 --> 00:48:11,120
Speaker 2: But the things the news we're getting about South Carolina

988
00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:14,080
Speaker 2: right now is not promising. It'll be interesting team the monitor.

989
00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:16,080
Speaker 2: We'll see if Vanderbilt can show a lot of improvement

990
00:48:16,160 --> 00:48:19,360
Speaker 2: under Clark Lee. Maybe Colling a fall in love with

991
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,840
Speaker 2: Vanderbilt overs I hope not.

992
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:25,600
Speaker 3: Oh my god, listen, if they're gonna run tempo, if

993
00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:29,400
Speaker 3: they're gonna listen, the offensive coordinator is coming from Kingsbury, right,

994
00:48:29,719 --> 00:48:32,200
Speaker 3: is coming from the Arizona Cardinals. He's coming from Texas Tech.

995
00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:34,160
Speaker 3: What kind of offense do you think they're gonna run?

996
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:36,480
Speaker 3: They're gonna let Ken Seels just drop dimes all day.

997
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:39,200
Speaker 3: I just think this is a team we need to

998
00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:41,279
Speaker 3: keep our eyes on. I can't believe that, Like, out

999
00:48:41,320 --> 00:48:43,160
Speaker 3: of all the screens I have here in the office,

1000
00:48:43,200 --> 00:48:45,839
Speaker 3: in my huge setup, I'm gonna have to find room

1001
00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:49,120
Speaker 3: for East Tennessee State Vanderbilt because if I start seeing

1002
00:48:49,200 --> 00:48:52,200
Speaker 3: Ken Seals dropping dimes and only letting fifteen seconds off

1003
00:48:52,239 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 3: the play clock, then listen, we got something to bet

1004
00:48:54,600 --> 00:48:56,399
Speaker 3: on here with Vanderbilt. So my eyes are wide open

1005
00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:57,800
Speaker 3: with these guys, and I think they're just in a

1006
00:48:57,880 --> 00:48:59,360
Speaker 3: much better spot than South Carolina.

1007
00:48:59,600 --> 00:49:02,280
Speaker 2: Hey maybe, and the special Teams, which was just an

1008
00:49:02,719 --> 00:49:05,640
Speaker 2: utter disaster. They bring in Special Teams coordinator from Syracuse

1009
00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 2: who is very strong, so maybe the special teams gets

1010
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:10,799
Speaker 2: a bump as well. Yeah, all right, before we get

1011
00:49:10,800 --> 00:49:12,120
Speaker 2: out of here and get the three and out, let's

1012
00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:14,960
Speaker 2: bring in Drew Franklin, the friend of the podcast and

1013
00:49:15,040 --> 00:49:19,680
Speaker 2: friend of Action Network and my occasional drinking partner here

1014
00:49:19,680 --> 00:49:22,399
Speaker 2: in Lexington to talk some Kentucky football. What's going on? Drew,

1015
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:23,360
Speaker 2: Thanks for joining us.

1016
00:49:23,840 --> 00:49:25,600
Speaker 5: Very excited to be here. It was good to actually

1017
00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:28,239
Speaker 5: catch up with you in person recently, even though you

1018
00:49:28,760 --> 00:49:31,200
Speaker 5: dominated me in beer pong, but I'm excited to get

1019
00:49:31,200 --> 00:49:32,680
Speaker 5: on here and talk a little football with you now

1020
00:49:32,680 --> 00:49:33,640
Speaker 5: as the season gets close.

1021
00:49:34,160 --> 00:49:35,960
Speaker 2: You were a little rusty, so we'll have to get

1022
00:49:36,000 --> 00:49:40,400
Speaker 2: a rematch when you're more in rhythm and flow. But yeah,

1023
00:49:40,480 --> 00:49:42,520
Speaker 2: it was a good time. And if you're ever here,

1024
00:49:42,560 --> 00:49:44,520
Speaker 2: what we'll let you plug some stuff, including your bar

1025
00:49:44,840 --> 00:49:47,280
Speaker 2: at the end. But let's get right into Kentucky football.

1026
00:49:47,320 --> 00:49:49,680
Speaker 2: The big news over the past two weeks was that

1027
00:49:49,800 --> 00:49:52,600
Speaker 2: Kentucky name the starting quarterback and Will Levis and then

1028
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:55,279
Speaker 2: Joey Gatewood transferred the two part question, what were you

1029
00:49:55,320 --> 00:49:59,279
Speaker 2: surprised that Levis won the job in so early and too.

1030
00:50:00,000 --> 00:50:02,480
Speaker 2: Do you think he fits with what new offensive coordinator

1031
00:50:02,480 --> 00:50:03,600
Speaker 2: Liam Cohen wants to do here.

1032
00:50:03,920 --> 00:50:06,640
Speaker 5: I won't say I was surprised really whatsoever. At the

1033
00:50:06,719 --> 00:50:09,080
Speaker 5: end of last season, Liam Cohen was hired from the

1034
00:50:09,160 --> 00:50:12,760
Speaker 5: Rams around December, I guess. And then you've got Joey

1035
00:50:12,760 --> 00:50:15,520
Speaker 5: Gatewood coming back who people were pretty fond of, and

1036
00:50:15,600 --> 00:50:19,000
Speaker 5: a young guy from Lexington and bo Allen, both capable

1037
00:50:19,120 --> 00:50:22,280
Speaker 5: of holding the job. And then they bring in Will Levis,

1038
00:50:22,320 --> 00:50:24,799
Speaker 5: who Cohen recruited back in the day. I think when

1039
00:50:24,840 --> 00:50:28,040
Speaker 5: Cohen was it made so right there when you're yeah,

1040
00:50:28,040 --> 00:50:30,160
Speaker 5: when you're bringing in a third option, when you already

1041
00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:32,200
Speaker 5: like what you have, I felt that he had the

1042
00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:35,440
Speaker 5: head start. Just seems like Cohen wanted him from the beginning.

1043
00:50:35,880 --> 00:50:37,399
Speaker 5: Then when he gets here on campus, he was late.

1044
00:50:37,440 --> 00:50:38,920
Speaker 5: He wasn't here for the spring, so we didn't get

1045
00:50:38,920 --> 00:50:41,040
Speaker 5: to see him in any spring ball that was still

1046
00:50:41,120 --> 00:50:44,000
Speaker 5: Gatewood and Allen. But he gets on campus and starts

1047
00:50:44,160 --> 00:50:47,319
Speaker 5: We're just seeing videos of him just slinging it. I mean,

1048
00:50:47,360 --> 00:50:49,359
Speaker 5: he's got one on TikTok where you can literally hear

1049
00:50:49,680 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 5: the sound of the ball coming out, and I know

1050
00:50:51,680 --> 00:50:54,480
Speaker 5: that's against no defense and just playing catch, but it

1051
00:50:54,520 --> 00:50:56,719
Speaker 5: really drummed up an interest just in his arm because

1052
00:50:56,800 --> 00:51:00,520
Speaker 5: Kentucky hasn't had that in a long time. And yesterday

1053
00:51:00,840 --> 00:51:02,440
Speaker 5: the decision was made on Sunday to give it to

1054
00:51:02,520 --> 00:51:04,600
Speaker 5: him a little earlier than some people expected. But then

1055
00:51:04,640 --> 00:51:07,479
Speaker 5: yesterday they actually had an open practice where the media

1056
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:09,480
Speaker 5: got to come in. It was our first time seeing

1057
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:11,399
Speaker 5: them go at all. Everything has been so shut down,

1058
00:51:11,480 --> 00:51:13,800
Speaker 5: and he looked as good as I've seen a quarterback

1059
00:51:14,239 --> 00:51:17,080
Speaker 5: at this point in preseason camp and many many, many

1060
00:51:17,160 --> 00:51:19,920
Speaker 5: years around Lexington. So there's a lot of excitement and

1061
00:51:19,960 --> 00:51:21,840
Speaker 5: there wasn't much surprise that he has the keys to

1062
00:51:21,920 --> 00:51:22,160
Speaker 5: the car.

1063
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:26,040
Speaker 2: Well, speaking of the keys of the car, this is

1064
00:51:26,120 --> 00:51:28,000
Speaker 2: you know, I don't think it's as drastic of an

1065
00:51:28,280 --> 00:51:30,680
Speaker 2: offensive scheme change as some people think. I mean, you know,

1066
00:51:30,719 --> 00:51:33,680
Speaker 2: the past regime under Eddie Grant, it was run to

1067
00:51:33,719 --> 00:51:36,760
Speaker 2: set up the run. Now with Cohen, you know McVeigh disciple,

1068
00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:38,680
Speaker 2: it's run to set up the past with a lot

1069
00:51:38,680 --> 00:51:42,600
Speaker 2: more faction. But it's definitely a philosophy and scheme change.

1070
00:51:42,800 --> 00:51:45,560
Speaker 2: Is Stoop's just gonna hand the keys to the car

1071
00:51:45,600 --> 00:51:47,839
Speaker 2: over and let Coan do his thing or is there

1072
00:51:47,840 --> 00:51:49,880
Speaker 2: going to be you know, some butting of heads of

1073
00:51:49,920 --> 00:51:52,080
Speaker 2: exactly how they want this thing to work. You got

1074
00:51:52,120 --> 00:51:52,880
Speaker 2: any feel there.

1075
00:51:55,000 --> 00:51:57,520
Speaker 5: Well, Stoops has been through a lot of offensive coordinators

1076
00:51:57,760 --> 00:52:00,560
Speaker 5: in his time here, and you know, I'm not in

1077
00:52:00,640 --> 00:52:02,759
Speaker 5: huddles and know who's calling what. But there has been

1078
00:52:02,800 --> 00:52:06,200
Speaker 5: some belief that Stoops will throw the reins on everyone

1079
00:52:06,239 --> 00:52:08,320
Speaker 5: and just wants to hand the ball off and play defense.

1080
00:52:08,680 --> 00:52:10,200
Speaker 5: I think we'll see a lot of that early on

1081
00:52:10,760 --> 00:52:12,600
Speaker 5: part of it. Cohen mentioned, you know, using a lot

1082
00:52:12,600 --> 00:52:16,400
Speaker 5: of two tight ends, and just earlier in the preseason

1083
00:52:16,440 --> 00:52:18,080
Speaker 5: you lose a tight end for the year, so that

1084
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:19,840
Speaker 5: kind of throws a wrinkle on that plan. They just

1085
00:52:19,840 --> 00:52:22,000
Speaker 5: moved a receiver over to help out. But at the

1086
00:52:22,080 --> 00:52:24,400
Speaker 5: end of the day, they have Chris Rodriguez in the backfield,

1087
00:52:24,440 --> 00:52:27,160
Speaker 5: and no matter how much of the Rams offense Cohen

1088
00:52:27,200 --> 00:52:30,279
Speaker 5: wants to bring, Kentucky's best option is to just hand

1089
00:52:30,280 --> 00:52:33,240
Speaker 5: it off to Rodriguez and let him work. That should

1090
00:52:33,239 --> 00:52:35,000
Speaker 5: have been the plan last year. He split carries with

1091
00:52:35,040 --> 00:52:36,920
Speaker 5: aj Rose in front of him, who's doing well in

1092
00:52:36,960 --> 00:52:41,000
Speaker 5: the NFL preseason right now, But Rodriguez was criminally underused

1093
00:52:41,040 --> 00:52:44,600
Speaker 5: last season. And even Cohen said yesterday, I didn't really

1094
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:46,640
Speaker 5: realize what I had until they got some live action

1095
00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:49,200
Speaker 5: football going. So it will look a little different than

1096
00:52:49,239 --> 00:52:51,400
Speaker 5: what we've seen, especially this is a football team that

1097
00:52:51,400 --> 00:52:53,920
Speaker 5: hasn't passed in years. But I think the meat and

1098
00:52:53,920 --> 00:52:56,080
Speaker 5: potatoes is still going to be running the ball with Rodriguez,

1099
00:52:56,080 --> 00:52:57,960
Speaker 5: at least when you have him in the backfields.

1100
00:52:58,200 --> 00:52:59,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, now you do have some talent on the off

1101
00:53:00,360 --> 00:53:03,560
Speaker 2: and you have Rodriguez in the backfield if Levis works

1102
00:53:03,600 --> 00:53:07,040
Speaker 2: out with his rocket arm. The question then becomes, what

1103
00:53:07,080 --> 00:53:10,200
Speaker 2: does the offensive line look like? You lose too on

1104
00:53:10,239 --> 00:53:12,640
Speaker 2: that big blue wall. You lose two of your best players.

1105
00:53:12,640 --> 00:53:15,560
Speaker 2: You're shifting some guys around. There's still some talent up there.

1106
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:18,960
Speaker 2: Any thoughts on how the offensive line is going to look.

1107
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:25,000
Speaker 5: Darien Canard came back in a very surprised move. I mean,

1108
00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 5: he might have been a first or second round draft

1109
00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:29,520
Speaker 5: pick last year, and he shocked everyone. He didn't even

1110
00:53:29,520 --> 00:53:32,200
Speaker 5: really think about it, and we all thought he was

1111
00:53:32,239 --> 00:53:34,759
Speaker 5: coming back to learn left tackle. He played right last year,

1112
00:53:34,840 --> 00:53:37,520
Speaker 5: and then out of the blue, they get Darren Rosenthal,

1113
00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:41,759
Speaker 5: LSU's left left tackle the transfer market, and we learned

1114
00:53:41,840 --> 00:53:45,680
Speaker 5: yesterday they put Cannard back it right and then Rosenthal left,

1115
00:53:45,680 --> 00:53:47,919
Speaker 5: and that's two guys that will hear their name called

1116
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:51,840
Speaker 5: next May Inside there, they moved a guard over to

1117
00:53:51,880 --> 00:53:54,879
Speaker 5: center because Quentin Wilson, who was projected to take over

1118
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:58,279
Speaker 5: for Drake Jackson, wasn't really working out. So the center

1119
00:53:58,320 --> 00:54:00,160
Speaker 5: position will be new. But they've got a six your

1120
00:54:00,200 --> 00:54:04,360
Speaker 5: senior there and Luke Prtner, very reliable guy. Can he

1121
00:54:04,400 --> 00:54:06,440
Speaker 5: can play at all, but it's still a new position

1122
00:54:06,480 --> 00:54:08,480
Speaker 5: to him, and then the guards. There's still a little

1123
00:54:08,480 --> 00:54:10,319
Speaker 5: bit of a battle there, but I think it'll be

1124
00:54:10,360 --> 00:54:12,239
Speaker 5: more of as we call it, the big Blue wall

1125
00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:14,279
Speaker 5: around here. That's been one of the better offensive lines

1126
00:54:14,320 --> 00:54:16,439
Speaker 5: in the country these last few years. I think it'll

1127
00:54:16,480 --> 00:54:18,200
Speaker 5: be more of the same, especially with the tackles being

1128
00:54:18,200 --> 00:54:19,360
Speaker 5: two NFL guys.

1129
00:54:19,960 --> 00:54:23,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, we Canard coming back and getting Rosenthal just to

1130
00:54:23,280 --> 00:54:26,360
Speaker 2: to shore up those book ends is absolutely massive. U

1131
00:54:26,560 --> 00:54:29,560
Speaker 2: moving moving on to the defensive side of the ball. Look,

1132
00:54:29,640 --> 00:54:32,640
Speaker 2: Kentucky's been known for having a pretty stout defense over

1133
00:54:32,680 --> 00:54:34,920
Speaker 2: the past couple of years, but there's a lot of

1134
00:54:34,960 --> 00:54:37,000
Speaker 2: talent that left right. I think there was five guys

1135
00:54:37,000 --> 00:54:39,880
Speaker 2: that were drafted to in the defensive line two corners

1136
00:54:39,920 --> 00:54:44,040
Speaker 2: and a linebacker throwing a couple you know, linebacker injuries.

1137
00:54:44,440 --> 00:54:47,799
Speaker 2: There is some talent returning, you know, some transfers. I

1138
00:54:47,840 --> 00:54:51,239
Speaker 2: think at linebacker could help as well. What do you

1139
00:54:51,400 --> 00:54:53,200
Speaker 2: think this defense is going to look like. You think

1140
00:54:53,200 --> 00:54:55,480
Speaker 2: it might struggle early with some of the departures or

1141
00:54:55,520 --> 00:54:56,520
Speaker 2: do you think it'll be just fine.

1142
00:54:58,120 --> 00:55:00,200
Speaker 5: I still think it'll be just fine, even though, like

1143
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:02,080
Speaker 5: I said, they lost five guys in the NFL. You

1144
00:55:02,120 --> 00:55:04,640
Speaker 5: lost your two starting corners on a secondary and I

1145
00:55:04,680 --> 00:55:07,439
Speaker 5: think was third in interceptions in the SEC, which that's

1146
00:55:07,440 --> 00:55:09,480
Speaker 5: a that's a big deal for the University of Kentucky

1147
00:55:10,640 --> 00:55:13,800
Speaker 5: linebacker where they lost jam And Davids as a first rounder.

1148
00:55:13,960 --> 00:55:16,839
Speaker 5: That's probably the bigger hole. But they had Jones from

1149
00:55:16,840 --> 00:55:18,960
Speaker 5: Old miss come in. He was Old missus leading tackle.

1150
00:55:19,000 --> 00:55:21,960
Speaker 5: He's a transfer. We played right away. He's hurt right now,

1151
00:55:22,040 --> 00:55:23,600
Speaker 5: so I haven't seen much of them, but you gotta

1152
00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:25,480
Speaker 5: think he can really help fill that void. And they

1153
00:55:25,480 --> 00:55:29,839
Speaker 5: have a Trevin Wallace is a true freshman they thought

1154
00:55:29,840 --> 00:55:31,600
Speaker 5: holly of when they signed him. But he's already going

1155
00:55:31,640 --> 00:55:34,400
Speaker 5: to step in right away and contribute. But that's still

1156
00:55:34,920 --> 00:55:37,799
Speaker 5: middle linebacker. Some some youth on the corners will be

1157
00:55:37,880 --> 00:55:40,320
Speaker 5: two of the bigger issues filling in the spot with

1158
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:42,720
Speaker 5: those guys that left for the league. But overall, their

1159
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:46,280
Speaker 5: their defensive back dep all across the secondary is pretty

1160
00:55:46,320 --> 00:55:49,160
Speaker 5: dang strong outside of losing I guess boss Man Fat

1161
00:55:49,200 --> 00:55:51,480
Speaker 5: to the Cowboys and Brandon Echols to the Jets.

1162
00:55:52,200 --> 00:55:55,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, safety lot of experience in town on the

1163
00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:59,640
Speaker 2: back end which will help the corners. Last position. On

1164
00:55:59,680 --> 00:56:02,719
Speaker 2: what it'salk about before we get into some of your predictions,

1165
00:56:04,000 --> 00:56:05,520
Speaker 2: I don't really I don't, I really have to look

1166
00:56:05,560 --> 00:56:07,840
Speaker 2: into this, but you're you're at practice any word on

1167
00:56:08,360 --> 00:56:11,680
Speaker 2: what the punting situation looks like with After Max Stuffy,

1168
00:56:12,640 --> 00:56:20,480
Speaker 2: an excellent punter left.

1169
00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:19,600
Speaker 5: Uh, we brought in another Australian and that seems to

1170
00:56:19,640 --> 00:56:21,520
Speaker 5: be the thing that Kentucky's gonna stick with.

1171
00:56:21,560 --> 00:56:21,799
Speaker 2: Now.

1172
00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:23,880
Speaker 5: I'm a little shocked Duffy didn't end up in the

1173
00:56:24,000 --> 00:56:25,799
Speaker 5: NFL as good as he was. But they just stay

1174
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:28,920
Speaker 5: away from those assie punters. But Kentucky reloaded with another one.

1175
00:56:29,360 --> 00:56:31,560
Speaker 5: He's actually not practicing right now. I don't know what

1176
00:56:31,640 --> 00:56:33,840
Speaker 5: the issue is there. It's a little bit of mysterious.

1177
00:56:33,840 --> 00:56:34,239
Speaker 2: This is new.

1178
00:56:34,320 --> 00:56:37,200
Speaker 5: Don't hope it's injury. You know, with COVID goat going on,

1179
00:56:37,280 --> 00:56:38,520
Speaker 5: got to step away in all the time, they have

1180
00:56:38,560 --> 00:56:41,360
Speaker 5: no clue what's happening. But assuming everything's fun there, I

1181
00:56:41,400 --> 00:56:43,440
Speaker 5: don't know if he'll be like Duffy, but they're pretty

1182
00:56:43,440 --> 00:56:46,239
Speaker 5: confident at that position. But Duffy was a I mean,

1183
00:56:46,280 --> 00:56:46,680
Speaker 5: he won the.

1184
00:56:46,719 --> 00:56:47,440
Speaker 2: Ray Guy Award.

1185
00:56:47,480 --> 00:56:50,520
Speaker 5: He's the best that's ever played here. There were games

1186
00:56:50,560 --> 00:56:52,680
Speaker 5: where just his punting I think won the game, which

1187
00:56:52,719 --> 00:56:54,400
Speaker 5: is crazy for a special teamer to say that, but

1188
00:56:54,400 --> 00:56:56,959
Speaker 5: that's how good he was. So it's definitely he's gonna

1189
00:56:56,960 --> 00:56:58,600
Speaker 5: be hard to replace. But they have another guy in

1190
00:56:58,640 --> 00:56:59,640
Speaker 5: line right behind him.

1191
00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:02,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, I was shot. The Broncos cut him this summer.

1192
00:57:03,000 --> 00:57:06,720
Speaker 2: I think we'll find a spot eventually on an NFL roster.

1193
00:57:07,360 --> 00:57:09,520
Speaker 2: I love watching him punt, all right, So we talked

1194
00:57:09,520 --> 00:57:13,120
Speaker 2: through the offense defense. Some special teams give you her

1195
00:57:13,200 --> 00:57:16,840
Speaker 2: just your high level thoughts on the floor for this

1196
00:57:16,920 --> 00:57:19,640
Speaker 2: team as far as wins are concerned, the ceiling and

1197
00:57:19,680 --> 00:57:22,880
Speaker 2: then ultimately where you predict them. The end up win

1198
00:57:22,960 --> 00:57:27,360
Speaker 2: total sitting right around over seven minus five is so

1199
00:57:27,400 --> 00:57:29,160
Speaker 2: what do you think the floor is ceiling and where

1200
00:57:29,160 --> 00:57:30,480
Speaker 2: do you think they ultimately end up?

1201
00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:34,400
Speaker 5: Is Yeah, you're catching me at a bad time, having

1202
00:57:34,480 --> 00:57:36,720
Speaker 5: just gone to practice. Because right now, you know I'm

1203
00:57:36,720 --> 00:57:37,840
Speaker 5: a homer. I don't I don't hide it.

1204
00:57:37,880 --> 00:57:38,280
Speaker 2: I'm a fan.

1205
00:57:38,640 --> 00:57:40,959
Speaker 5: I'm convinced Will Levis is going to be the number

1206
00:57:40,960 --> 00:57:43,640
Speaker 5: one overall pick in the Heisman conversation, and we're going

1207
00:57:43,640 --> 00:57:45,800
Speaker 5: to Atlanta. But for your audience, I'll try to be

1208
00:57:45,840 --> 00:57:49,720
Speaker 5: a little more realistic on that. I guess I've seen

1209
00:57:49,760 --> 00:57:52,080
Speaker 5: seven seven and a half. I think that's a great number.

1210
00:57:52,920 --> 00:57:56,080
Speaker 5: They're looking at seven eight wins, but I think eight

1211
00:57:56,160 --> 00:57:59,200
Speaker 5: or nine is more likely than six. I still think

1212
00:57:59,200 --> 00:58:02,400
Speaker 5: this team's a little little underappreciated. They didn't get any

1213
00:58:02,440 --> 00:58:05,160
Speaker 5: votes in the top twenty five when they return a

1214
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:07,680
Speaker 5: lot of people outside of those five draft picks we

1215
00:58:07,760 --> 00:58:10,040
Speaker 5: just mentioned, and I think they've replaced those guys well.

1216
00:58:10,720 --> 00:58:14,080
Speaker 5: I think they're gonna be really good. The schedule lines

1217
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:16,320
Speaker 5: up in their favor. You have four crap teams with

1218
00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:18,880
Speaker 5: the three non conferences, and then I'm adding Louisville to

1219
00:58:18,920 --> 00:58:20,960
Speaker 5: the crap conversation this year, and then some of the

1220
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:24,880
Speaker 5: regular teams they play, like the Tennessee and a South Carolina.

1221
00:58:25,320 --> 00:58:26,720
Speaker 5: You lose those in a lot of years. But I

1222
00:58:26,760 --> 00:58:28,920
Speaker 5: think they're gonna be favored in those games. So I've

1223
00:58:28,960 --> 00:58:31,640
Speaker 5: got six wins I'm already writing down, and then you

1224
00:58:31,720 --> 00:58:33,520
Speaker 5: just got to go out and beat the Missouri or

1225
00:58:33,560 --> 00:58:36,360
Speaker 5: in Mississippi State one of those and you're looking at

1226
00:58:36,360 --> 00:58:38,360
Speaker 5: a push. So as far as the season total goes,

1227
00:58:38,840 --> 00:58:41,120
Speaker 5: I'm really liking the over there. If I had to

1228
00:58:41,120 --> 00:58:43,040
Speaker 5: put a number on it, I think eight is the

1229
00:58:43,040 --> 00:58:44,600
Speaker 5: most real realistic scenario.

1230
00:58:45,480 --> 00:58:47,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, when I look at the sky, I think the

1231
00:58:47,040 --> 00:58:50,160
Speaker 2: Missouri game is enormous for the entire season. I said,

1232
00:58:50,200 --> 00:58:51,920
Speaker 2: I think it sets the tone. I mean, it's week two.

1233
00:58:52,080 --> 00:58:53,880
Speaker 2: It'll tell you a lot about where this team is.

1234
00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:56,480
Speaker 2: It'll probably go a long way in determining the win total.

1235
00:58:56,680 --> 00:59:00,200
Speaker 2: But the game that scares me, just as a you know,

1236
00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:03,560
Speaker 2: I'm an adopted newer Kentucky fan with the game that

1237
00:59:03,640 --> 00:59:07,920
Speaker 2: scares me to death is at South Carolina before LSU

1238
00:59:08,000 --> 00:59:11,240
Speaker 2: and Florida at home. Like I are they I hope

1239
00:59:11,280 --> 00:59:14,280
Speaker 2: that they don't go to a shitty South Carolina team

1240
00:59:14,320 --> 00:59:16,520
Speaker 2: and lay a complete egg in that game. That that

1241
00:59:16,840 --> 00:59:18,480
Speaker 2: just has trap written all over to me.

1242
00:59:19,320 --> 00:59:22,840
Speaker 5: It really does. But South Carolina had Kentucky's number for

1243
00:59:22,880 --> 00:59:25,160
Speaker 5: so long. That's still kind of a game they get

1244
00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:27,120
Speaker 5: up for, even though South Carolina isn't going to be

1245
00:59:27,200 --> 00:59:29,200
Speaker 5: very good this year. You're right, you don't want to

1246
00:59:29,200 --> 00:59:32,040
Speaker 5: overlook it, especially being after Florida or before Florida and

1247
00:59:32,160 --> 00:59:34,840
Speaker 5: right after that Missouri game. You mentioned that Missouri game.

1248
00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:37,880
Speaker 5: It's in week two. I honestly think that can decide

1249
00:59:37,880 --> 00:59:39,720
Speaker 5: the season because if you can win that one, beats

1250
00:59:39,720 --> 00:59:42,320
Speaker 5: South Carolina, you're playing playing Florida at home first week

1251
00:59:42,400 --> 00:59:45,240
Speaker 5: of October four and oh and that is just something

1252
00:59:45,280 --> 00:59:47,400
Speaker 5: that doesn't happen as Kentucky football. So I think week

1253
00:59:47,440 --> 00:59:50,280
Speaker 5: two Missouri really decided the path that they take for

1254
00:59:50,320 --> 00:59:51,040
Speaker 5: the for the rest.

1255
00:59:50,920 --> 00:59:51,280
Speaker 3: Of the years.

1256
00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:52,680
Speaker 5: Be crazy, it sounds for a game that early.

1257
00:59:53,240 --> 00:59:55,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree. I think that's the key to the season.

1258
00:59:55,600 --> 00:59:58,120
Speaker 2: And it'll also tell you where this offense is, where

1259
00:59:58,200 --> 01:00:00,960
Speaker 2: levis is early on. It's just an enormous game that

1260
01:00:01,120 --> 01:00:02,840
Speaker 2: you know, you at least get at home, but you

1261
01:00:02,880 --> 01:00:05,920
Speaker 2: could realistically see it going either way. All right. I've

1262
01:00:05,920 --> 01:00:07,720
Speaker 2: been doing this with people that are are some of

1263
01:00:07,760 --> 01:00:11,600
Speaker 2: our guests. People come to Lexington to see a Kentucky game,

1264
01:00:11,600 --> 01:00:15,520
Speaker 2: whether it's football or basketball. Give them one underrated or

1265
01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:17,360
Speaker 2: you know, popular places they have to check out. Or

1266
01:00:17,440 --> 01:00:19,360
Speaker 2: it could be a restaurant, it could be a bar,

1267
01:00:19,480 --> 01:00:21,560
Speaker 2: it could be both. I know probably where you're gonna

1268
01:00:21,600 --> 01:00:23,680
Speaker 2: go with this, but I'll leave that open to you.

1269
01:00:24,120 --> 01:00:25,960
Speaker 5: Well, I mean, obviously I'm going to promote my own

1270
01:00:26,000 --> 01:00:28,840
Speaker 5: bar Ks Bar and grill. In all serious, if you're

1271
01:00:28,840 --> 01:00:30,640
Speaker 5: there for a game day, it is a great place

1272
01:00:30,640 --> 01:00:33,320
Speaker 5: to start or injured your day, depending when the game is.

1273
01:00:33,360 --> 01:00:35,720
Speaker 5: We run shuttles back and forth. We've even having wrestling

1274
01:00:35,800 --> 01:00:37,800
Speaker 5: in the parking lot after this first game and then

1275
01:00:37,800 --> 01:00:40,640
Speaker 5: autographs signing after that. But you know, it's not all

1276
01:00:40,640 --> 01:00:43,040
Speaker 5: about us. There's a lot of great stuff around Lexton.

1277
01:00:43,120 --> 01:00:45,439
Speaker 5: As you know, our downtown's great. I'll mention a little

1278
01:00:45,480 --> 01:00:49,080
Speaker 5: stagger in fun place to go visit, and some underrated restaurants.

1279
01:00:49,280 --> 01:00:51,320
Speaker 5: I'm a big fan of Tulip. It's not one a

1280
01:00:51,360 --> 01:00:53,040
Speaker 5: lot of people know about. If you're wanting to have

1281
01:00:53,080 --> 01:00:55,960
Speaker 5: a nice little sit down mill that's not extremely expensive,

1282
01:00:56,200 --> 01:00:59,479
Speaker 5: Tulip is a great place in Carsons if you're trying

1283
01:00:59,480 --> 01:01:01,680
Speaker 5: to impress one a little bit without killing the budget.

1284
01:01:01,680 --> 01:01:04,200
Speaker 5: You know, you can go to Jeff Ruby's and lose

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Speaker 5: your mortgage. But Tulip and Carsons are two places always

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Speaker 5: like to send people for dinner.

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Speaker 2: Those are all great recommendations, and I would a great

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Speaker 2: check out cast Bar and check out Drew stuff. Where

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Speaker 2: can they find everything that you got?

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Speaker 5: Kentucky Sports Radio dot Com and then we have our

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Speaker 5: KSR radio show every morning all through Kentucky.

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Speaker 2: You found that one online and you could find him

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Speaker 2: on Twitter. You know all Kentucky stuff. I was gonna

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Speaker 2: ask about Kentucky basketball. I know you're a home I

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01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:29,120
Speaker 2: know that we're winning the national titles, so we don't

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Speaker 2: even need to go there, so.

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Speaker 4: No, no hold on.

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Speaker 5: I'm tempering my expectations on that after last year. I'm

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Speaker 5: still still a little too soon to get excited about

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Speaker 5: basketball for the egg day laid last year.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, all right, so that's the football school for

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Speaker 2: the time being. You could find all of his football

1303
01:01:41,800 --> 01:01:45,320
Speaker 2: basketball takes at Drew Franklin casts are on Twitter. You

1304
01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:48,080
Speaker 2: can even check him out in the air. You'll see

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01:01:48,080 --> 01:01:50,720
Speaker 2: what I'm talking about flying with the Blue Angels. It's

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01:01:50,760 --> 01:01:52,880
Speaker 2: for some pretty wild clips. But thanks for joining us, Drew,

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01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:56,120
Speaker 2: and hopefully people that are listening will see you at

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Speaker 2: cast Bar in the fall.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, and I hope to see you soon. I'm going

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Speaker 5: to get back to practice now for our rematch.

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Speaker 2: All right, see you soon by then, Thanks for joining us,

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01:02:03,800 --> 01:02:05,520
Speaker 2: Thank you, all right, before we get out of here.

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Speaker 2: SEC East three and out.

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Speaker 3: Two, let's make it a quick three and out first down.

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Speaker 2: Favorite SEC East win total for my favorite wind total.

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Speaker 2: I don't love any wind totals in the SEC East,

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Speaker 2: but the one that I like the most is Florida

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01:02:23,560 --> 01:02:25,960
Speaker 2: under nine. I know it's juiced a bit, but I

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Speaker 2: still think the number is too high. You lose all

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Speaker 2: of that offensive talent trash Hits, Grimes, Tony, I mean,

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01:02:34,480 --> 01:02:37,520
Speaker 2: that's gonna be hard to replace. Emory Jones does have

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01:02:37,600 --> 01:02:41,160
Speaker 2: some experience. Moen is the quarterback whisper, but I still

1323
01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:45,280
Speaker 2: think this Florida offense takes a major step back the defense.

1324
01:02:45,360 --> 01:02:47,640
Speaker 2: I know they had some shake up on the staff,

1325
01:02:47,920 --> 01:02:49,919
Speaker 2: can you expect the secondary to be a lot better?

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01:02:49,960 --> 01:02:51,400
Speaker 2: I like some of the chances they brought on the

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Speaker 2: defensive line, but it's not a defense that's gonna take

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Speaker 2: an astronomical step forward. There are some flaws on this team.

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Speaker 2: I don't see them beating Georgia on a neutral field,

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Speaker 2: and then you know you have them at home at

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01:03:05,640 --> 01:03:08,280
Speaker 2: LSU as your two crossover games, and then you have

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Speaker 2: tricky road games at Kentucky and at Missouri. Wouldn't shock

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01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:15,160
Speaker 2: me if this team finished seven and five. Things don't

1334
01:03:15,160 --> 01:03:17,919
Speaker 2: work out on the offensive side. But essentially this comes

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01:03:17,920 --> 01:03:19,840
Speaker 2: down to the numbers. But I think the number is

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Speaker 2: a bit too high. So I'm going under nine with Florida.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I like it there. I can't see any way

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Speaker 3: that Florida's getting to ten wins, and I think at

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01:03:30,240 --> 01:03:34,160
Speaker 3: worst you're pushing there. There's so much to replace Winton.

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Speaker 3: As I mentioned on this podcast, Kentucky over seven, I

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Speaker 3: mean that was just I mean barely mathematically there. You know,

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Speaker 3: Missouri under seven mathematically is like six point three, you know.

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Speaker 3: And I mentioned South Carolina under four, and I feel

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01:03:46,240 --> 01:03:48,480
Speaker 3: like I picked on them enough in our segment, and

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Speaker 3: really three and a half's or what's out there, and

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01:03:50,320 --> 01:03:52,280
Speaker 3: that number is going to continue to go down to

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01:03:52,360 --> 01:03:54,880
Speaker 3: three with the GA taking snap. So I don't think

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Speaker 3: it's really a best bet for the pod. So let's

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Speaker 3: go Vanderbilt at plus money over three and a half.

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01:03:59,800 --> 01:04:02,560
Speaker 3: If you want to take a juice over three and

1351
01:04:02,640 --> 01:04:04,760
Speaker 3: go over on that, I can accept that too. But

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01:04:04,800 --> 01:04:06,760
Speaker 3: it's a win total that I make at three point nine.

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01:04:07,280 --> 01:04:09,920
Speaker 3: This is a team that isn't starting from scratch. This

1354
01:04:09,960 --> 01:04:13,600
Speaker 3: isn't really a year zero situation for clark Lee, much

1355
01:04:13,640 --> 01:04:15,800
Speaker 3: like it is for Shane Beemer over at South Carolina.

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01:04:16,080 --> 01:04:18,960
Speaker 3: This is a team that has two quarterbacks that can produce.

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01:04:19,200 --> 01:04:22,800
Speaker 3: They maybe going to an offensive scheme that is more

1358
01:04:22,880 --> 01:04:28,080
Speaker 3: like the Texas Tech Cliff Kingsbury Arizona Cardinals wide receiver

1359
01:04:28,160 --> 01:04:30,520
Speaker 3: coaches or new offensive coordinator. And although he's never called

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01:04:30,520 --> 01:04:32,800
Speaker 3: a play that means defenses don't know what he's going

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01:04:32,880 --> 01:04:36,040
Speaker 3: to do either. First scrimmage some pretty good stuff for

1362
01:04:36,080 --> 01:04:39,360
Speaker 3: Kip quarterback Ken Seals. Defensively, I expect them to approve.

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01:04:39,480 --> 01:04:42,040
Speaker 3: It's not really a scheme change going from a four

1364
01:04:42,040 --> 01:04:45,000
Speaker 3: to two five with Derek Mason over to clark Lee.

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01:04:45,640 --> 01:04:48,400
Speaker 3: I expect there to be massive improvement there. The team

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01:04:48,480 --> 01:04:50,760
Speaker 3: might have been giving up last season and not really

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01:04:50,800 --> 01:04:53,080
Speaker 3: a reflection of the talent that they have in house.

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Speaker 3: The schedule, to me is way more manageable than a

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01:04:55,680 --> 01:04:58,960
Speaker 3: South Carolina schedule that includes Clemson and a Troy like

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Speaker 3: teams that are up in co those are tough wins,

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01:05:01,480 --> 01:05:04,160
Speaker 3: but when you look at Vanderbilt schedule East Tennessee State.

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Speaker 3: That's a win Stanford. You're getting them to come to

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01:05:06,960 --> 01:05:09,320
Speaker 3: you across country. Don't know if that game is going

1374
01:05:09,360 --> 01:05:10,680
Speaker 3: to be at eleven o'clock in the morning and the

1375
01:05:10,760 --> 01:05:13,960
Speaker 3: Jefferson Pilot time spot, but it's good to get them

1376
01:05:13,960 --> 01:05:17,160
Speaker 3: in between a PAC twelve Sandwich game. There's other games

1377
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Speaker 3: on the schedule that are winnable and they go to

1378
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Speaker 3: South Carolina team that they can, yeah, yukon and they

1379
01:05:21,200 --> 01:05:23,640
Speaker 3: can beat South Carolina on the road. So I'm going

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Speaker 3: to go three and a half over three and a

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01:05:25,520 --> 01:05:27,960
Speaker 3: half with plus money on it. I projected three point

1382
01:05:28,080 --> 01:05:31,200
Speaker 3: nine in clerk Lee. We have always trusted at Notre Dame.

1383
01:05:31,480 --> 01:05:33,280
Speaker 3: We continue to trust him as he takes the reins

1384
01:05:33,280 --> 01:05:35,440
Speaker 3: over a Vanderbilt big balls.

1385
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Speaker 2: That's a very courageous be backing Vandy efter winless season.

1386
01:05:38,920 --> 01:05:41,560
Speaker 2: But yeah, I don't hate it, and the enthusiasm is

1387
01:05:41,600 --> 01:05:44,200
Speaker 2: certainly there, and I know you are a clark lefense.

1388
01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:48,320
Speaker 2: It's not surprising, all right for second down favorite SCC

1389
01:05:48,680 --> 01:05:52,200
Speaker 2: East future. I'm going I mentioned this a couple times here.

1390
01:05:52,280 --> 01:05:54,840
Speaker 2: I'm going Georgia plus one seventy five to make the

1391
01:05:54,840 --> 01:05:58,200
Speaker 2: College ball club did play some national title futures, but

1392
01:05:58,280 --> 01:06:01,400
Speaker 2: those numbers that are now long gone. I think there's

1393
01:06:01,480 --> 01:06:04,760
Speaker 2: multiple avenues for this team to get to the collegewall playoffs,

1394
01:06:04,840 --> 01:06:07,960
Speaker 2: starting with a season opening game against Clemson. Win that game,

1395
01:06:08,240 --> 01:06:09,720
Speaker 2: you know, first of all, it's gonna say a lot

1396
01:06:09,760 --> 01:06:12,640
Speaker 2: about where they are as a program in offense. But

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01:06:13,320 --> 01:06:15,000
Speaker 2: I think that they're gonna be in the driver's seat

1398
01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:16,480
Speaker 2: to get to the collegewable playoff. And I think that

1399
01:06:16,520 --> 01:06:19,480
Speaker 2: they are so head and shoulders above everybody else in

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Speaker 2: their division that they're going to be in the SEC

1401
01:06:21,800 --> 01:06:25,400
Speaker 2: championship game. Win the SEC you're gonna have a really

1402
01:06:25,400 --> 01:06:28,680
Speaker 2: good chance to get to the college football playoff. So

1403
01:06:28,880 --> 01:06:32,040
Speaker 2: give me Georgia plus one seventy five. I think this

1404
01:06:32,160 --> 01:06:37,320
Speaker 2: offense is now a college fat playoff championship worthy compliment

1405
01:06:37,480 --> 01:06:42,040
Speaker 2: to what's normally and usually a championship worthy defense. With JT.

1406
01:06:42,160 --> 01:06:45,560
Speaker 2: Daniels now there for a full season, Todd Munkin gets

1407
01:06:45,560 --> 01:06:48,200
Speaker 2: a full off season prepared knowing who his quarterback is.

1408
01:06:48,480 --> 01:06:50,800
Speaker 2: So I love the upside of this Georgia team in

1409
01:06:51,520 --> 01:06:55,080
Speaker 2: a division there clearly the best team, and I think

1410
01:06:55,080 --> 01:06:57,160
Speaker 2: that they find a way to get into the College

1411
01:06:57,240 --> 01:06:57,840
Speaker 2: Ball Playoff.

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01:06:58,960 --> 01:07:00,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm gonna stick with this team. I'm gonna go

1413
01:07:00,680 --> 01:07:03,200
Speaker 3: a different angle. I'm gonna go Georgia to win the SEC.

1414
01:07:03,400 --> 01:07:05,680
Speaker 3: There's numbers out there plus two hundred, so I'll stick

1415
01:07:05,720 --> 01:07:07,840
Speaker 3: with that, But I have seen it around plus two

1416
01:07:07,880 --> 01:07:10,680
Speaker 3: to eighty, so anywhere in between. I'd make plus two

1417
01:07:10,760 --> 01:07:14,360
Speaker 3: hundred my stop rate on the buy. If they face Alabama,

1418
01:07:14,400 --> 01:07:16,920
Speaker 3: they'd be projected around a three and a half point underdog,

1419
01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:19,880
Speaker 3: so that makes that plus two hundred even more valuable.

1420
01:07:19,920 --> 01:07:22,240
Speaker 3: And then consider what Florida's schedule is. I just don't

1421
01:07:22,240 --> 01:07:25,200
Speaker 3: think there's any competition whatsoever in the East. Georgia is

1422
01:07:25,200 --> 01:07:27,360
Speaker 3: gonna roll through that and the schedule, get to the

1423
01:07:27,400 --> 01:07:31,360
Speaker 3: SEC championship game, and by then, George Pickens, like Stuck said,

1424
01:07:31,480 --> 01:07:34,400
Speaker 3: could be healthy. And we have an entire receiving corps

1425
01:07:34,560 --> 01:07:36,800
Speaker 3: right now. I'm a little bit nervous with the injuries

1426
01:07:36,840 --> 01:07:39,040
Speaker 3: they have, with the injuries they have to wide receiver,

1427
01:07:39,400 --> 01:07:41,360
Speaker 3: or the fact that tight end Eric Gilbert is dealing

1428
01:07:41,360 --> 01:07:43,800
Speaker 3: with some personal issues and he's not there. Those targets

1429
01:07:43,800 --> 01:07:46,480
Speaker 3: are desperately needed against Clemson and the opener, and we

1430
01:07:46,600 --> 01:07:48,240
Speaker 3: just don't know where that's going to be right now,

1431
01:07:48,360 --> 01:07:50,520
Speaker 3: So I'm gonna stick with Georgia to win the SEC.

1432
01:07:51,040 --> 01:07:53,720
Speaker 3: The blast buy price on that should be plus two hundred.

1433
01:07:53,840 --> 01:07:55,240
Speaker 3: That's going to be better than the money line that

1434
01:07:55,280 --> 01:07:57,280
Speaker 3: you would get on them against a potential game against

1435
01:07:57,280 --> 01:07:59,120
Speaker 3: Alabama and the SEC championship game.

1436
01:08:00,160 --> 01:08:01,360
Speaker 2: It all right now before we get out of here

1437
01:08:01,400 --> 01:08:05,320
Speaker 2: third down, we already did the SEC West betting previous.

1438
01:08:05,360 --> 01:08:07,480
Speaker 2: This is the SEC East betting grey. So let's do

1439
01:08:07,800 --> 01:08:12,600
Speaker 2: a SEC Championship game prediction. I will start. I'm gonna

1440
01:08:12,640 --> 01:08:17,080
Speaker 2: say Texas A and M beats Alabama at home and

1441
01:08:17,160 --> 01:08:22,040
Speaker 2: they win the SEC West and Georgia clearly comes out

1442
01:08:22,040 --> 01:08:25,120
Speaker 2: of the SEC East. So we see Texas A and

1443
01:08:25,240 --> 01:08:29,160
Speaker 2: M Georgia. Georgia comes out on top and makes it

1444
01:08:29,200 --> 01:08:32,680
Speaker 2: to the College Ball playoff, and I win Alabama under

1445
01:08:32,720 --> 01:08:34,479
Speaker 2: eleven and a half. Obviously, all of my predictions would

1446
01:08:34,479 --> 01:08:39,640
Speaker 2: be based around my bets. So Georgia over Texas A

1447
01:08:39,680 --> 01:08:42,000
Speaker 2: and M. Where you're going, well, I'm gonna go Georgia

1448
01:08:42,040 --> 01:08:44,120
Speaker 2: to win the SEC. Of course, it's just the team

1449
01:08:44,160 --> 01:08:45,240
Speaker 2: that who they're gonna be. Now.

1450
01:08:45,280 --> 01:08:47,760
Speaker 3: I did in the SEC West podcast take Ole miss

1451
01:08:47,760 --> 01:08:50,479
Speaker 3: at fifteen to one, but that was a play on

1452
01:08:50,600 --> 01:08:53,040
Speaker 3: the value of the number that should be nine to one.

1453
01:08:53,560 --> 01:08:55,200
Speaker 3: I really want to join you with the Texas A

1454
01:08:55,280 --> 01:08:58,280
Speaker 3: and M bet, but I think what I'm gonna do

1455
01:08:58,479 --> 01:09:00,600
Speaker 3: is leave it open ended and I'm gonna go with

1456
01:09:00,640 --> 01:09:03,840
Speaker 3: another bet, another deliverable for everybody, and that is I

1457
01:09:03,840 --> 01:09:06,760
Speaker 3: am currently shopping for in Alabama to not make the

1458
01:09:06,800 --> 01:09:08,120
Speaker 3: college football Playoff.

1459
01:09:08,600 --> 01:09:08,720
Speaker 2: Uh.

1460
01:09:08,880 --> 01:09:11,000
Speaker 3: There are a few shops out in Vegas and one

1461
01:09:11,000 --> 01:09:13,280
Speaker 3: in Jersey that I know of that offer no odds

1462
01:09:13,280 --> 01:09:16,040
Speaker 3: on the college football playoff. I would love to get

1463
01:09:16,040 --> 01:09:18,519
Speaker 3: plus money on it, but I'm guessing somewhere around minus

1464
01:09:18,560 --> 01:09:20,679
Speaker 3: one ten. To not make the college football Playoff would

1465
01:09:20,680 --> 01:09:23,200
Speaker 3: be the play something you can easily play out of

1466
01:09:23,240 --> 01:09:25,720
Speaker 3: In the SEC Championship game, I do think they take

1467
01:09:25,720 --> 01:09:27,599
Speaker 3: a loss OLBS, Texas A and M. One of them

1468
01:09:27,600 --> 01:09:30,040
Speaker 3: is gonna get them. Alabama to not make the College

1469
01:09:30,040 --> 01:09:33,360
Speaker 3: football Playoff, Georgia to win the SEC. Obviously, that's either

1470
01:09:33,439 --> 01:09:35,120
Speaker 3: gonna be over Alabama, Texas A.

1471
01:09:35,160 --> 01:09:38,839
Speaker 2: And Picket Team, Picket Team, A team, picket Team.

1472
01:09:39,200 --> 01:09:43,000
Speaker 3: All right, We're gonna go with two of Nick Saban's kids.

1473
01:09:43,479 --> 01:09:45,640
Speaker 3: Let's take Kirby Smart to beat Lane Kiffin in the

1474
01:09:45,720 --> 01:09:50,000
Speaker 3: SEC championship game, a proud day at home.

1475
01:09:50,320 --> 01:09:52,000
Speaker 2: Love it, love it, love it all Right. That'll wrap

1476
01:09:52,080 --> 01:09:54,200
Speaker 2: up the SEC East, and if you didn't check out

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Speaker 2: the SEC West, make sure you do. Make sure you

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Speaker 2: we had. We'll just send out a bunch of stuff,

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Speaker 2: all of your support, So happy that we can have

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Speaker 2: an exclusive college football only channel. It's time for us

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Speaker 2: to go now, start working on week zero, Week one,

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Speaker 2: you listening, Thanks as always the colun and thanks to

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Speaker 2: Drew Franklin for joining us today. It's time for us

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Speaker 2: to get the work. We'll catch you all later.

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Speaker 3: Cheers, Thanks out