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Speaker 1: I have never missed on a prediction. As I've told

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Speaker 1: we call it the Romanudalle Express. They're watching us in Irmo,

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Speaker 1: South Carolina, Portage, Indiana, Southington, Connecticut, Rome, Georgia. A lot

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Speaker 1: You saw Josh Pate too, You're like, damn, I got it.

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Speaker 1: you'll get a childie, Yes he will, Catherine, as will you,

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Speaker 1: I say the game of the week Sunday night in Orlando.

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Speaker 1: Let me take a sit from the child colin before

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Speaker 1: we actually start this. Two steps Yep, big game, really

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Speaker 1: to the channel. Okay, here we go. LSU's favored by

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Speaker 1: two and a half right now, Sunday night in Orlando

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Speaker 1: against Florida State. This is a seven thirty Eastern time kickoff,

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Speaker 1: and boy, oh boy, where do you go? I had

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Speaker 1: two coaches call me today and I answered the phone.

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Speaker 1: One time I was in the presence of my staff.

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Speaker 1: I answered the phone and I said, hey, hey, before you

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Speaker 1: say anything, I just need you to tell me do

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Speaker 1: you have a lean on this LSUFSU game? And they

481
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Speaker 1: said coin flip. I don't know, man, And that's kind

482
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Speaker 1: of how I felt. And here's the bad part. We've

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Speaker 1: had all summer to think about this, and I still

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Speaker 1: as of this morning when I woke up, I didn't

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Speaker 1: really know where I was going to go. So I

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Speaker 1: thought through it, and I want you to think through

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Speaker 1: it with me, and hopefully we arrive at the right conclusion.

488
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Speaker 1: So the one thing that we always need to remember

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Speaker 1: about Week one is these games can be really wobbly.

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Speaker 1: This game was pretty ugly to watch last year. Let's

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Speaker 1: just be real about that. Pretty ugly to watch last year.

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Speaker 1: Week one games can be loose. You know, this is

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Speaker 1: driving the car out of the shop after you just

494
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Speaker 1: got four new tires on there. You may hear a wobble,

495
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Speaker 1: you may feel a wobble. You never know. And then

496
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Speaker 1: when you toss elite defensive front talent into that blender,

497
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Speaker 1: havoc rates could drastically increase in Week one. So the

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Speaker 1: bob factor, the bounce of ball factor, the havoc rate factor,

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Speaker 1: the turnover factor. It's always the case, but especially in

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Speaker 1: Week one, it's like doubly or tripli the case. So

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Speaker 1: is this game gonna be as ugly as it was

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Speaker 1: last year? There are some people in this building who

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Speaker 1: think no, who think these coaching staffs really really gonna

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Speaker 1: have these teams more dialed in. It's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: higher executed game. We'll see, I hope, so, you know,

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Speaker 1: for our viewing sake, but we'll see. I love the

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Speaker 1: early season test for LSU's dbs. Just throw them into

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Speaker 1: the fire. Love the early season test. FSU's passing attack

509
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Speaker 1: is legit. It got more legit since last season. They

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Speaker 1: added Coleman Kean Coleman's the transfer from Michigan State. So

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Speaker 1: all this talk we've done for months about this guy's

512
00:26:21,160 --> 00:26:23,000
Speaker 1: going here, that guy's going there. Okay, well, this is

513
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Speaker 1: where rubber meets the rogue. They got that big receiver

514
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Speaker 1: from Michigan State who wanted no more of the Spartans

515
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,200
Speaker 1: will least now at Florida State. Johnny Wilson is down there,

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Speaker 1: Ken Trump Poitier down there. Jaheem Bell transferred in. The

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Speaker 1: tight end, the underutilized tight end from South Carolina. He

518
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Speaker 1: transferred in. It seems like a long time ago. They're

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Speaker 1: all there. They're all really really big. They got size.

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Speaker 1: They got big time players literally and figuratively in that

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Speaker 1: FSU wide receiver and tight end room and what do

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Speaker 1: I have over there on the other side, I got

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Speaker 1: a bunch of transfers. That's what I have. Now that

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Speaker 1: sounds pejorative, it's not. It's just questionable, just questionable. LSU

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Speaker 1: could find out that they caught lightning in a bottle

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Speaker 1: Zya Alexander deuced chestnut. They could just light the world

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Speaker 1: on fire. Or there could be issues we find out

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Speaker 1: and we don't have to wait. This is a team

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Speaker 1: that can throw the ball, so we could find out

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Speaker 1: Sunday night. Jordan Travis has got to execute. Like I said,

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Speaker 1: even without Mason Smith, when I got those difference makers

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Speaker 1: up front for LSU lining up across from me, it's

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Speaker 1: great for me to think I've got mismatches out wide. Boy,

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Speaker 1: I gotta have time to throw it. I got to execute.

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Speaker 1: And there are guys up front for LSU who probably

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Speaker 1: think to themselves, we welcome you trying to throw the

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Speaker 1: ball on us. Forget our secondary. These dudes up front,

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00:27:40,560 --> 00:27:42,439
Speaker 1: we welcome you trying to throw the ball on us.

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Speaker 1: We'll end up scoring. This defense will end up scoring.

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Speaker 1: It's the mentality. I guarantee you they're coming into Sunday

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Speaker 1: night with We'll see if they actually make Florida State

543
00:27:51,080 --> 00:27:53,560
Speaker 1: pay or vice versa. These are called matchups. That's what

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00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:58,560
Speaker 1: wins football games. Does. LSU's offensive line own the point

545
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Speaker 1: of attack. A lot of really positive reviews coming out

546
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Speaker 1: of Baton Rouge this fall. They love that unit community,

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Speaker 1: they love what they have there. And as an LSU

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Speaker 1: observer talking to a bunch of LSU fans, you guys know,

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Speaker 1: it's been a sketchy position group over the last decade.

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Speaker 1: There's some years where you come in and say, oh,

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Speaker 1: if everything goes right, maybe there are other years you

552
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Speaker 1: come in and say, there's not a single NFL guy here.

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00:28:23,800 --> 00:28:26,879
Speaker 1: These are all college at best. Guys, Well, this is

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Speaker 1: not one of those years. LSU's got really really good

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Speaker 1: players on the offensive line. FSU defensively last year fourth

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Speaker 1: in pass yards given up, seventy fifth in rush yards

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Speaker 1: given up. So the simple minded person of which I

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00:28:43,000 --> 00:28:45,480
Speaker 1: sometimes am included would sit there and think, okay, well,

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00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 1: let's just run the ball on them. Well, LSU fans

560
00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:52,080
Speaker 1: also know that running back position has been nothing to

561
00:28:52,120 --> 00:28:56,360
Speaker 1: write home about for several years, with few exceptions. Now

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Speaker 1: you could committee approach this thing and you could have

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Speaker 1: I have reasonable success I'd really love to see a

564
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Speaker 1: guy emerge. I feel like I say this every year.

565
00:29:04,760 --> 00:29:06,800
Speaker 1: I'd love to see a guy emerge. I would love

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Speaker 1: to see that LSU offensive line taking advantage of by LSU,

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Speaker 1: not by another team. And that starts on the ground.

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Speaker 1: You got a quarterback who can run it too, but

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Speaker 1: that starts on the ground. Jalen Daniels will sacked forty

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00:29:17,400 --> 00:29:20,280
Speaker 1: five times last year. It was third most in FBS

571
00:29:20,320 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 1: for all the wrong reasons. So the LSU offensive line

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Speaker 1: first off just on the ground, just paving the way,

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Speaker 1: but secondly in pass pro gotta be better, got to

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Speaker 1: be did some good things as a team last year.

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Speaker 1: But if you want to take the next step, and

576
00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:35,800
Speaker 1: this is a key game for you to do that,

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00:29:35,880 --> 00:29:37,720
Speaker 1: you lose Sunday night. You've got no more margin for

578
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Speaker 1: error in the playoff race, or probably don't. We'll see.

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Speaker 1: So I'm lining up if I'm LSU, I'm lining up

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Speaker 1: across some guys like Jared Verse. I'm lining up across

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Speaker 1: from some really good pass rushers. Again, I go back

582
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Speaker 1: to the havoc potential in this game, forcing turnovers, forcing

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Speaker 1: third and longs, forcing fumbles, all sorts of different things,

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Speaker 1: It's all in the cards, no matter if you play

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Speaker 1: in week one week seven, But for these two teams

586
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Speaker 1: matching up against each other, it's especially in the cards

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Speaker 1: Sunday night. That's why I don't think there's much skill

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Speaker 1: in picking the game, although I'm about two in a second. Also,

589
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:13,640
Speaker 1: remember it's it's the new age of college football. You

590
00:30:13,800 --> 00:30:16,600
Speaker 1: always have to factor in the portal factor, and this

591
00:30:16,680 --> 00:30:20,160
Speaker 1: is the number two and number six portal teams facing

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Speaker 1: each other. So there are a lot of new faces

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Speaker 1: that were elsewhere last year who are going to be

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Speaker 1: impact players. FSU last year led the acc in rushing. Okay,

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Speaker 1: So I haven't talked about Mason Smith being out yet.

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Speaker 1: For LSU, he suspended. Brian Kelly said, even if he

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Speaker 1: wasn't suspended, he may or may not have been able

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Speaker 1: to go, but he suspended. So without him in the interior,

599
00:30:42,720 --> 00:30:44,880
Speaker 1: the talking point from FSU is we're still deep enough,

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Speaker 1: We're okay. I'm of the opinion you never lose six six,

601
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Speaker 1: three hundred and fifteen pounds former five star and don't

602
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Speaker 1: feel it now. You could compensate for it, maybe, but

603
00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:58,840
Speaker 1: you feel that. So from Florida State's perspective, they look

604
00:30:58,840 --> 00:31:02,720
Speaker 1: at that and say, well, before we air it out,

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00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,560
Speaker 1: you know, before we commit to taking a ton of

606
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Speaker 1: risk through the air, might we want to find out

607
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Speaker 1: if they can stand up to us on the ground

608
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Speaker 1: because last year LSU, you know, did some pretty good

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Speaker 1: things against individuals on this FSU team in terms of

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Speaker 1: defending the run. Make them do it again, make them

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Speaker 1: do it again. Maybe they do, maybe they don't, And

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Speaker 1: you have answers if they do, and if they don't,

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Speaker 1: then moot point. So let's take a look at what

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Speaker 1: the model thinks. The Vegas number again is LSU minus

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Speaker 1: two and a half. There is no strong feel here

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Speaker 1: from the model's perspective. It shrugged its shoulders when I

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Speaker 1: asked it what it thought. We have LSU minus one.

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Speaker 1: I have, as of like thirty minutes ago, just decided

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Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with LSU. I have very very low

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Speaker 1: confidence on this, but I'm gonna take LSU. I'll lay

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Speaker 1: the points because I don't want to be that guy

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Speaker 1: who says LSU wins, but Florida State covers the two

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Speaker 1: and a half because that's in even though statistically it

624
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,920
Speaker 1: could happen, that's insane. So I'm gonna go LSU to win.

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00:32:05,560 --> 00:32:08,000
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go LSU to cover. This is the number

626
00:32:08,040 --> 00:32:11,680
Speaker 1: five team versus the number nine team in the odds

627
00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:15,560
Speaker 1: market to win the National Championship this year. Great matchup.

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Speaker 1: Wish it was in a home stadium, but I have

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Speaker 1: stated my case there and I'm moving on. I have

630
00:32:22,600 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 1: just a terrible nose itch right now, and there's there's

631
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,840
Speaker 1: no side shot Colin can take. Like we don't. We

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Speaker 1: only have one protocol in the show, and that's if

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Speaker 1: I cross my arms. Colin knows that means I've lost

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Speaker 1: my voice and I have to cough. Thankfully, we haven't

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Speaker 1: reached that point tonight. There is no signal I give

636
00:32:39,800 --> 00:32:43,240
Speaker 1: him for Colin. My nose itches, Bail, just put a

637
00:32:43,280 --> 00:32:45,160
Speaker 1: slate up, take a side shot. I don't know show

638
00:32:45,240 --> 00:32:47,960
Speaker 1: studio b so you just have to scratch your nose

639
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:50,240
Speaker 1: on air. I think we're close enough though, like you

640
00:32:50,280 --> 00:32:53,360
Speaker 1: and I, You and I have been through enough where

641
00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:55,920
Speaker 1: I can trust you guys not to make gifts and

642
00:32:55,920 --> 00:32:58,400
Speaker 1: take screenshots of that. I know I can. I know

643
00:32:58,480 --> 00:33:00,400
Speaker 1: that would never happen. That doesn't sound like you, guys.

644
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,160
Speaker 1: It's time to give away some hardware. If I can't

645
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,520
Speaker 1: just trust you. I will buy your complicity. Let's talk

646
00:33:07,560 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 1: about Tyler first up. Tyler is a young man that

647
00:33:12,000 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 1: you need to know because Tyler gets tickets the week

648
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 1: before home games from Kylefield ticket offices. Okay, this is

649
00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:20,320
Speaker 1: a tradition as old as time out there. The seniors

650
00:33:20,320 --> 00:33:22,720
Speaker 1: and grad students pull their tickets on Monday, so we

651
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:24,960
Speaker 1: camp out, Tyler says, to try and be first in

652
00:33:25,000 --> 00:33:26,920
Speaker 1: line to get our tickets, to get better seats. I

653
00:33:26,960 --> 00:33:30,040
Speaker 1: thought this would be a unique opportunity to advertise for

654
00:33:30,080 --> 00:33:32,520
Speaker 1: the show and try and earn a Chalice of Supremacy.

655
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,959
Speaker 1: I hung a sign on our tent. Everyone walking by

656
00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,160
Speaker 1: saw it, or they get in line behind us and

657
00:33:38,200 --> 00:33:40,080
Speaker 1: they see it. Since putting the sign up, I've had

658
00:33:40,120 --> 00:33:42,240
Speaker 1: several people acknowledge it. One guy even poked his head

659
00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: in the tent and asked about the show. So it's

660
00:33:44,280 --> 00:33:47,520
Speaker 1: been working. I hope my efforts and submission are worthy

661
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 1: for a chaalice. Tyler Chalice of Supremacy on its way

662
00:33:50,680 --> 00:33:54,040
Speaker 1: to College Station, Texas. And then I get a submission

663
00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:58,680
Speaker 1: from Dylan. Now, for what will become obvious reasons, I

664
00:33:58,680 --> 00:34:01,880
Speaker 1: can't show you any picture that Dylan sent me, but

665
00:34:02,720 --> 00:34:04,840
Speaker 1: he said I drive a bus full of middle schoolers

666
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:07,600
Speaker 1: to their football games, and in order for them to

667
00:34:07,600 --> 00:34:08,920
Speaker 1: get off the bus, they had to show me that

668
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:11,120
Speaker 1: they subscribed to Late Kick. I explained to them the

669
00:34:11,200 --> 00:34:13,680
Speaker 1: Chalice challenge, and they didn't believe it would be possible

670
00:34:13,680 --> 00:34:15,719
Speaker 1: for me to earn one. The last thing they did

671
00:34:15,719 --> 00:34:17,400
Speaker 1: before they get off the bus to beat our Cross

672
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:20,360
Speaker 1: County rival twenty to twelve was subscribe to the channel

673
00:34:20,680 --> 00:34:23,560
Speaker 1: number one that's paid state material and number two Dylan

674
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:27,120
Speaker 1: Chalice on the way, my friend, feel free to pose

675
00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:29,399
Speaker 1: with the kiddos. I don't know what the rules are,

676
00:34:29,480 --> 00:34:31,080
Speaker 1: what the laws are, what we can show on air,

677
00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 1: but there is no law against enjoying your chalice of supremacy.

678
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:40,160
Speaker 1: Let's continue with our picks. Very sneaky game, very sneaky

679
00:34:40,160 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 1: game in Charlotte on Saturday night. Let's break it down

680
00:34:43,239 --> 00:34:51,960
Speaker 1: right now. And I have noticed, and I don't know

681
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:54,960
Speaker 1: why this is. I've noticed a lot of people haven't

682
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:56,760
Speaker 1: picked up on the fact that this is a neutral

683
00:34:56,760 --> 00:34:58,160
Speaker 1: site game. Like a lot of people think this is

684
00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,839
Speaker 1: being played in Columbia. It's North Carolina, South Carolina, by

685
00:35:00,840 --> 00:35:03,040
Speaker 1: the way, so it's not to make sure you know

686
00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:06,880
Speaker 1: neutral site game here, North Carolina favored by two and

687
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:11,360
Speaker 1: a half against South Carolina. Great news for Gamecock fans.

688
00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:15,400
Speaker 1: Juice wells as of today, according to Shane Beemer healthy,

689
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,480
Speaker 1: good to go, he will start. Nick Harber healthy accorded

690
00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:21,720
Speaker 1: to Shane Biemer, he's good to go, he can play.

691
00:35:21,960 --> 00:35:23,800
Speaker 1: Trey k Not's the tight end. We had been worried

692
00:35:23,800 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 1: about him. Sounds like he's good to go. Sounds like

693
00:35:26,280 --> 00:35:30,000
Speaker 1: he's gonna play. So still got some injury concern, but

694
00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:31,839
Speaker 1: those were the big names that we were looking at.

695
00:35:32,320 --> 00:35:35,480
Speaker 1: Be careful, be very careful. I know some of you

696
00:35:35,560 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: want to hawk these totals in week one and you

697
00:35:38,320 --> 00:35:40,239
Speaker 1: look at over under sixty four and a half and

698
00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,640
Speaker 1: you think, how could this game not go over that?

699
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,759
Speaker 1: We got a really good quarterback match up here. I

700
00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:47,879
Speaker 1: don't believe in either of these defenses. I can hear

701
00:35:47,960 --> 00:35:51,840
Speaker 1: you now. And I looked at our model, and the

702
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:54,200
Speaker 1: over under is sixty four point five, and our model

703
00:35:54,200 --> 00:35:56,920
Speaker 1: thinks sixty four point four points will be scored in

704
00:35:56,920 --> 00:36:01,680
Speaker 1: this game. Model thinks the totals right. Here's where I think, maybe,

705
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 1: just maybe you're missing something. You think North Carolina and

706
00:36:06,080 --> 00:36:09,280
Speaker 1: your mind thinks explosive up and down the field. Offense

707
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:12,759
Speaker 1: offense offense fair enough, and they'll probably have to be

708
00:36:12,800 --> 00:36:15,040
Speaker 1: that way to score again this year. Phil Longo's not

709
00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:18,799
Speaker 1: there anymore. Chip Lindsay is, and Hip Lindsay's approach is

710
00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,480
Speaker 1: a little bit different than Phil Longo's still gonna throw

711
00:36:21,520 --> 00:36:23,400
Speaker 1: the ball. You got Drake May, you still take advantage

712
00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: of it, but he runs the ball a lot more.

713
00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:28,600
Speaker 1: And I think that they understand the way we tried

714
00:36:28,640 --> 00:36:31,719
Speaker 1: to do things last year will not work. So we

715
00:36:31,760 --> 00:36:34,280
Speaker 1: got to give our defense at least some kind of respite.

716
00:36:34,640 --> 00:36:38,080
Speaker 1: Drake May was their leading rusher last year. They didn't

717
00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:41,080
Speaker 1: have dependable running backs, and they've got to develop that.

718
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 1: You can't I don't need to explain to you how

719
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:46,800
Speaker 1: bad that is. They've got to develop that. So in

720
00:36:47,280 --> 00:36:50,280
Speaker 1: looking at that, and in thinking about South Carolina's best

721
00:36:50,280 --> 00:36:54,239
Speaker 1: approach here, I actually think the strategy logic in this

722
00:36:54,320 --> 00:36:56,400
Speaker 1: game may flip. Here's what I mean by that. I

723
00:36:56,440 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 1: think right now, you may look at this if you

724
00:36:59,719 --> 00:37:02,320
Speaker 1: don't know much about these teams, and you just remember

725
00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 1: the bowl game and you read a preview magazine, you

726
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,399
Speaker 1: may look at this game and you may say, hmm,

727
00:37:07,040 --> 00:37:09,200
Speaker 1: I think South Carolina needs to run the ball, keep

728
00:37:09,280 --> 00:37:11,400
Speaker 1: Drake May off the field, keep him on the sideline.

729
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,160
Speaker 1: Wouldn't be the first time someone said that about an

730
00:37:14,200 --> 00:37:18,319
Speaker 1: elite quarterback. But here's the thing. South Carolina can throw

731
00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:20,880
Speaker 1: the ball and win this game throwing it. And I

732
00:37:20,880 --> 00:37:23,440
Speaker 1: think they're going to be ultra aggressive throwing the ball.

733
00:37:23,760 --> 00:37:26,320
Speaker 1: If Spencer Ratler is one of the strengths of your team,

734
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 1: and if you can take advantage of that secondary, don't

735
00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:32,759
Speaker 1: be trying to play with your secondary pitch. Throw the

736
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:35,200
Speaker 1: ball on them, like rip them to shreds if you can.

737
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:38,759
Speaker 1: And if you do that, well, yeah, first off, maybe

738
00:37:38,800 --> 00:37:41,959
Speaker 1: you're over baddest sound. But number two, I expect big

739
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,200
Speaker 1: time aggression from Socuth Carolina in the past game. Early.

740
00:37:45,600 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 1: I don't mean settle in and then all of a

741
00:37:47,040 --> 00:37:49,080
Speaker 1: sudden drop a bomb out of nowhere. I mean early.

742
00:37:49,320 --> 00:37:50,719
Speaker 1: I think they're going to go after them. I think

743
00:37:50,719 --> 00:37:52,600
Speaker 1: they'll go after their throat, and I think that they

744
00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,560
Speaker 1: won't hesitate to turn it loose, especially if they got

745
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,080
Speaker 1: guys like Juice Well's playing, if they got Trey Knockx playing,

746
00:37:58,239 --> 00:38:01,160
Speaker 1: I don't see why you don't do that. And look,

747
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:04,080
Speaker 1: if it doesn't work, you've got the tailback talent to

748
00:38:04,160 --> 00:38:10,920
Speaker 1: lean on. And that leads to my other question. I

749
00:38:10,960 --> 00:38:16,200
Speaker 1: have had some feedback over the fall camp period from

750
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 1: people trying to indicate to me maybe North Carolina will

751
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 1: be better defensively. Guys, I don't see it. I don't

752
00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:24,480
Speaker 1: see it. Could be wrong. I don't see that. If

753
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:28,759
Speaker 1: I'm wrong, and if those returns are right, we'll know

754
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:34,040
Speaker 1: because we'll see different disruption along the defensive front. That's

755
00:38:34,040 --> 00:38:37,680
Speaker 1: where it'll be and you won't have to wait long.

756
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 1: You'll know. And if we don't have that, it has

757
00:38:43,040 --> 00:38:45,439
Speaker 1: to be Drake May and South Carolina mistakes, I think.

758
00:38:45,480 --> 00:38:48,320
Speaker 1: And it's funny. I'm talking like this, North Carolina's favored

759
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:50,560
Speaker 1: to win the game. I'm talking about them like they're

760
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,319
Speaker 1: a ten point dog. They're favored to win the game.

761
00:38:52,600 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 1: And I'll tell you this too while I'm at it.

762
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:56,359
Speaker 1: Let me go ahead and show you something else. So

763
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 1: South Carolina a two and a half point dog according

764
00:38:59,200 --> 00:39:03,040
Speaker 1: to Vegas our model, which I strongly disagree with in

765
00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,000
Speaker 1: this game, and I'm not legally obligated to follow our model.

766
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:09,920
Speaker 1: Our model loves North Carolina. Our model has North Carolina

767
00:39:09,920 --> 00:39:12,840
Speaker 1: minus four and a half. So it is screaming across

768
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: a key number of three. The model is screaming, Bet

769
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:18,400
Speaker 1: the heels, Bet the heels. No, I'm not gonna do

770
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,959
Speaker 1: it because I think South Carolina is the better team,

771
00:39:21,320 --> 00:39:24,080
Speaker 1: and so I'm going to take South Carolina to cover.

772
00:39:24,520 --> 00:39:27,600
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take South Carolina to win out right, and

773
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:30,560
Speaker 1: I am going to probably watch a high scoring game.

774
00:39:30,600 --> 00:39:31,839
Speaker 1: I just don't know if it's gonna be quite as

775
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,520
Speaker 1: high as people think it is. I think Game Cop

776
00:39:34,600 --> 00:39:36,080
Speaker 1: is going to get a job done here, and so

777
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:38,920
Speaker 1: I'm gonna take him. Not with a ton of confidence,

778
00:39:39,040 --> 00:39:40,360
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna take him now. I'll tell you what

779
00:39:40,360 --> 00:39:45,319
Speaker 1: we're waiting for. Still, inexplicably, we do not know the

780
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,879
Speaker 1: status of devontees Walker unless something's changed since I've been

781
00:39:48,880 --> 00:39:51,560
Speaker 1: on air tonight. Because we are alive, we don't know

782
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:54,960
Speaker 1: the status. And for those of you who have recently

783
00:39:55,000 --> 00:40:00,520
Speaker 1: come back to the table, Devonte Walker was at one school, played,

784
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:04,400
Speaker 1: transferred to another school COVID canceled the season, never played,

785
00:40:04,680 --> 00:40:07,719
Speaker 1: transferred to Kent State, blew up first year he ever

786
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,719
Speaker 1: played college football, actually on the field, ever played, then

787
00:40:10,760 --> 00:40:15,440
Speaker 1: transferred to North Carolina. After he transferred the NCUBA passed

788
00:40:15,480 --> 00:40:17,799
Speaker 1: new legislation that really tightened up the rules on which

789
00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:22,319
Speaker 1: transfers and waivers they would allow and approve. They rule

790
00:40:22,360 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 1: against his waiver, they declare him ineligible this year. They

791
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:30,439
Speaker 1: filed an appeal mainly because it's insane that he can't

792
00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:33,359
Speaker 1: play for him this year on the surface, much less

793
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 1: with the extenuating circumstances. And we have not heard back.

794
00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:39,120
Speaker 1: It's been weeks now, we have not heard anything. North

795
00:40:39,120 --> 00:40:45,080
Speaker 1: Carolina as of today, had not heard anything. The NCUBLEA sucks.

796
00:40:45,600 --> 00:40:48,880
Speaker 1: They are terrible at the only thing that they're tasked

797
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,640
Speaker 1: with doing. There is not a student athlete out there

798
00:40:52,000 --> 00:40:54,719
Speaker 1: that is in better hands with them handling a case

799
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:58,200
Speaker 1: they're involved in than without them. So other than that,

800
00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,839
Speaker 1: enjoy the game. I guess it's supposed to be their

801
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:06,320
Speaker 1: number one receiver. Like Josh Downs is out the door,

802
00:41:06,880 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: Davantes Walker transfers in and everyone looks at it and says, wow,

803
00:41:10,560 --> 00:41:13,040
Speaker 1: that's a really key piece to North Carolina, and it is.

804
00:41:13,560 --> 00:41:14,960
Speaker 1: We just don't know if he's going to be able

805
00:41:14,960 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 1: to play this week or at all. We don't know

806
00:41:17,080 --> 00:41:19,520
Speaker 1: if he's going to be able to play, So just

807
00:41:19,880 --> 00:41:22,160
Speaker 1: a marvelous job being done. Looking out for the kids

808
00:41:22,239 --> 00:41:24,879
Speaker 1: up there in Indianapolis. Thank you guys so much. Let's

809
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,880
Speaker 1: go with one more game prediction here. It's a different

810
00:41:27,960 --> 00:41:30,759
Speaker 1: kind of game. Ram and Noodle Express coming up, got

811
00:41:30,760 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 1: best bets coming up? Oh, it's back, looking very much

812
00:41:33,600 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 1: forward to that some atonement by the way for us,

813
00:41:36,360 --> 00:41:39,000
Speaker 1: we won money last year. We just didn't win like

814
00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,920
Speaker 1: we did the year before. So we're out for blood,

815
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:44,920
Speaker 1: not revenge. We're out for blood this year though. But

816
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:48,440
Speaker 1: in the meantime, West Virginia is going to Penn State

817
00:41:48,560 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: this week. A lot of dynamics involved here. Penn State's

818
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,280
Speaker 1: favored by twenty and a half. This is a seven

819
00:41:54,400 --> 00:41:59,160
Speaker 1: thirty game Eastern time on NBC Saturday Night. Stat's an

820
00:41:59,160 --> 00:42:02,439
Speaker 1: info paper pop here. Status and info tells me West

821
00:42:02,560 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 1: Virginia is seeking their first upset as a twenty plus

822
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:08,040
Speaker 1: point dog since nineteen ninety five. Braves won the World

823
00:42:08,120 --> 00:42:11,440
Speaker 1: Series that year. Apparently West Virginia wasn't very good because

824
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:14,759
Speaker 1: they were twenty point underdogs as they are here. Let

825
00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:16,920
Speaker 1: me tell you how we handle big spreads on this show.

826
00:42:17,200 --> 00:42:19,880
Speaker 1: There is no skill. Well, there's a waste of time

827
00:42:20,320 --> 00:42:22,399
Speaker 1: in me telling you I think Penn State's gonna win.

828
00:42:23,080 --> 00:42:25,399
Speaker 1: So instead what we do is we'll pick the game

829
00:42:25,400 --> 00:42:29,040
Speaker 1: against the spread, and I try and tell you if

830
00:42:29,080 --> 00:42:32,480
Speaker 1: the upset happens, how would it happen? Just in theory,

831
00:42:32,600 --> 00:42:36,840
Speaker 1: not necessarily a prediction. West Virginia back to back losing seasons.

832
00:42:36,840 --> 00:42:38,839
Speaker 1: By the way, last time that happened was seventy eight

833
00:42:38,840 --> 00:42:41,600
Speaker 1: and seventy nine, so it's been a little while. West Virginia,

834
00:42:41,719 --> 00:42:43,799
Speaker 1: if they pull this off, if they're in this thing

835
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 1: in the fourth quarter, they have to exploit what may

836
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:51,919
Speaker 1: or may not be there, and that's vulnerability along the

837
00:42:51,960 --> 00:42:54,000
Speaker 1: Penn State front. When it comes to run defense. Like

838
00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:56,759
Speaker 1: West Virginia's offensive line should be pretty good, there's some

839
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 1: thought out there, especially when I predicted them to go

840
00:42:59,600 --> 00:43:01,480
Speaker 1: to the play off, there was some thought that Penn

841
00:43:01,520 --> 00:43:04,640
Speaker 1: State's run defense won't be good enough. Well, we'll see.

842
00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:06,719
Speaker 1: I grant you that it's a question mark. I don't

843
00:43:06,719 --> 00:43:08,640
Speaker 1: know that it's going to be a weakness, but we'll see.

844
00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:13,160
Speaker 1: If that run defense is questionable, maybe West Virginia is

845
00:43:13,200 --> 00:43:14,759
Speaker 1: able to grind it out. Maybe they're able to limit

846
00:43:14,800 --> 00:43:17,840
Speaker 1: possessions that they also need to confuse. Drew Aller, Now,

847
00:43:17,920 --> 00:43:20,720
Speaker 1: let me take this time to remind you. James Franklin

848
00:43:20,719 --> 00:43:23,279
Speaker 1: stepped to the podium today, he looked you in the

849
00:43:23,320 --> 00:43:26,040
Speaker 1: eye and he said, I have not decided on a

850
00:43:26,040 --> 00:43:28,880
Speaker 1: starting quarterback or I'm not going to announce a starting quarterback.

851
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:32,279
Speaker 1: So I know it may be irresponsible of me, and

852
00:43:32,320 --> 00:43:34,480
Speaker 1: I haven't gotten clearance to do this, and I have

853
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:37,439
Speaker 1: not talked to James Franklin this week. But for our

854
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:41,799
Speaker 1: purposes here, just keep this between us. I'm announcing Drew

855
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:44,840
Speaker 1: Aller as the starter this week. That's good, Jesse. We

856
00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:49,000
Speaker 1: okay with that. Okay, So for our purposes, he's gonna

857
00:43:49,000 --> 00:43:51,120
Speaker 1: start now now that we got that out of the way.

858
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 1: There's a big announcement I had to make there. So

859
00:43:52,960 --> 00:43:54,680
Speaker 1: now that we got that out of the way, someone

860
00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:58,399
Speaker 1: can tell him in due time. They need to confuse him.

861
00:43:58,440 --> 00:44:01,000
Speaker 1: West Virginia needs to confuse him. It's his first start. Well,

862
00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:03,120
Speaker 1: it's not, Jesse. How many games did he start last

863
00:44:03,200 --> 00:44:06,640
Speaker 1: year when Clifford was hurt? Okay, so it's not his

864
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:10,920
Speaker 1: first experience. Had ten appearances last year. It's the first

865
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:14,560
Speaker 1: time where he's the guy. It's his team now and

866
00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:16,960
Speaker 1: that hasn't been announced, but it will be announced. So

867
00:44:17,120 --> 00:44:20,040
Speaker 1: you couple that, let's just theoretically play it out. If

868
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:24,520
Speaker 1: you couple that with maybe no wide receivers emerging. Lambert

869
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:27,080
Speaker 1: Smith's up there, Wallace is up there. Dante Cephas came

870
00:44:27,120 --> 00:44:29,560
Speaker 1: in in time. They think he'll be an impact player

871
00:44:29,600 --> 00:44:31,800
Speaker 1: for him this year. But let's just say the questions

872
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:35,160
Speaker 1: are valid and Penn State's wide receivers can't separate, and

873
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:41,279
Speaker 1: your new quarterback is struggling to make anything happen. Just

874
00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:44,759
Speaker 1: an ugly game. Yeah, that could happen. That's the kind

875
00:44:44,760 --> 00:44:47,560
Speaker 1: of thing we've seen before. But here's the issue. Unless

876
00:44:47,560 --> 00:44:50,080
Speaker 1: West Virginia grabs a big lead, which I don't see happening,

877
00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:53,680
Speaker 1: their run game is gonna lean on you and you

878
00:44:53,719 --> 00:44:56,440
Speaker 1: won't have an answer eventually. Like Penn State's ground games

879
00:44:56,440 --> 00:44:58,160
Speaker 1: too lethal and it's going to force you to try

880
00:44:58,160 --> 00:45:01,080
Speaker 1: and take too many risks. And that's where you play

881
00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:04,960
Speaker 1: into their hands. Those they're the defense, their secondary, those linebackers,

882
00:45:04,960 --> 00:45:08,239
Speaker 1: those edge rushers really good. They will force mistakes I

883
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:10,880
Speaker 1: think too many. And so let's take a look at

884
00:45:10,880 --> 00:45:12,400
Speaker 1: what the Vegas number is. Let's take a look at

885
00:45:12,400 --> 00:45:15,919
Speaker 1: what the model thinks. Interestingly enough, the Vegas numbers Penn

886
00:45:15,920 --> 00:45:18,520
Speaker 1: State minus twenty and a half. We've only got it

887
00:45:18,600 --> 00:45:21,360
Speaker 1: Penn State minus eighteen and a half, and yet I

888
00:45:21,680 --> 00:45:25,000
Speaker 1: still disagree with the model. A lot of disagreement, very

889
00:45:25,520 --> 00:45:28,120
Speaker 1: very hostile opening to the season me and the model.

890
00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:30,399
Speaker 1: I'm taking a Penn State to win. I'm taking Penn

891
00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:34,960
Speaker 1: State to cover, and I think that I think that

892
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:39,120
Speaker 1: it's gonna be kind of a game where you have

893
00:45:39,280 --> 00:45:41,439
Speaker 1: moments where you say, oh, dude, this Penn State team

894
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 1: doesn't have it, and then you look up at the

895
00:45:43,200 --> 00:45:47,360
Speaker 1: end of it and they won by three plus touchdowns

896
00:45:47,800 --> 00:45:51,439
Speaker 1: and you say, all right, well, so okay, a one

897
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:55,000
Speaker 1: but it didn't look great. That's okay. And you know what,

898
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,440
Speaker 1: they played Delaware the next week, and that's okay. If

899
00:45:57,440 --> 00:46:00,160
Speaker 1: it looks like that. Now, I need things ratchet it

900
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:03,400
Speaker 1: up significantly before you go to Illinois, because welcome to

901
00:46:03,400 --> 00:46:06,320
Speaker 1: twenty twenty three. That's a really big game. But I

902
00:46:06,400 --> 00:46:08,680
Speaker 1: think they'll be okay. They may not be perfect. This

903
00:46:08,760 --> 00:46:11,040
Speaker 1: is not Xbox, this is the real world. These are living,

904
00:46:11,160 --> 00:46:13,440
Speaker 1: breathing human beings having to play this game. But I

905
00:46:13,440 --> 00:46:15,919
Speaker 1: think they'll be okay. All right, we'll be okay too,

906
00:46:17,239 --> 00:46:22,000
Speaker 1: because I hold in my hand the Ramanudal Express and

907
00:46:22,200 --> 00:46:25,160
Speaker 1: I need to go back. Let's travel back in time.

908
00:46:25,239 --> 00:46:27,239
Speaker 1: For those of you who are new to the show,

909
00:46:27,800 --> 00:46:31,360
Speaker 1: and you don't know why we call this the Ramanuel Express,

910
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:37,319
Speaker 1: Once upon a time I was doing talk radio in Columbus, Georgia,

911
00:46:37,719 --> 00:46:40,040
Speaker 1: and we would have fun, just like anyone would doing

912
00:46:40,080 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 1: talk radio, and we would give out the games we

913
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 1: were gonna bet, and you know, we got on a

914
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:49,719
Speaker 1: little roll at one point. Let's it's just say we

915
00:46:49,760 --> 00:46:53,160
Speaker 1: went like like, I don't know, twenty and six, just

916
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 1: to stretch like that. We've all been on a heater before,

917
00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:58,439
Speaker 1: followed by several coolers, but we've all been on a heater.

918
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:01,600
Speaker 1: So we're on a heater and a guy calls in

919
00:47:02,560 --> 00:47:05,640
Speaker 1: and he starts what we think is a joke of

920
00:47:05,640 --> 00:47:08,440
Speaker 1: a call by saying, hey, guys, give me some picks.

921
00:47:08,440 --> 00:47:10,759
Speaker 1: I'm just I'm just gonna unload everything I have in

922
00:47:10,800 --> 00:47:12,439
Speaker 1: my account on him. You guys are hot, it doesn't

923
00:47:12,480 --> 00:47:14,160
Speaker 1: feel like you can lose, et cetera, et cetera. So

924
00:47:14,560 --> 00:47:18,200
Speaker 1: we hand out the picks and the tone turns serious

925
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:23,080
Speaker 1: after that, and he says, now, how sure are you

926
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:25,279
Speaker 1: about these? And we're like, well, we're sure as we

927
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 1: can be. I mean, we're not gonna actually sign our

928
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:31,960
Speaker 1: names or you know, put a put an oath of

929
00:47:32,000 --> 00:47:34,080
Speaker 1: blood anywhere, but we're pretty sure about it. Why, buddy,

930
00:47:34,080 --> 00:47:37,000
Speaker 1: he said, well, I mean, look if these lose, like

931
00:47:37,080 --> 00:47:40,200
Speaker 1: my kids are eating ram Ma noodles this week. Now

932
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:42,799
Speaker 1: everyone makes that joke now, but this was before that

933
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:46,800
Speaker 1: joke really existed. So he was serious and we laughed

934
00:47:46,800 --> 00:47:48,920
Speaker 1: and he didn't, and he said, no, no, I'm serious.

935
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:51,799
Speaker 1: I mean I need this, I need these picks. My

936
00:47:51,880 --> 00:47:54,080
Speaker 1: kids are eating Ramen noodles this week, otherwise, like I

937
00:47:54,080 --> 00:47:56,799
Speaker 1: won't have money for them. And truthfully, I can't even

938
00:47:56,840 --> 00:47:58,640
Speaker 1: remember how the picks did that week, but I did

939
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:00,839
Speaker 1: remember that moment. And so so what we don't want

940
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:03,520
Speaker 1: to do. Far be it for me to put any

941
00:48:03,560 --> 00:48:05,880
Speaker 1: of you guys on a diet of Ramen noodles. So

942
00:48:05,920 --> 00:48:07,520
Speaker 1: I don't know where you are in life right now.

943
00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:11,000
Speaker 1: I always encourage you. If you can't afford to bet money,

944
00:48:11,120 --> 00:48:14,320
Speaker 1: never do it. If you can afford to bet money, candidly,

945
00:48:14,360 --> 00:48:16,720
Speaker 1: I still advise against it. But I know you guys,

946
00:48:16,880 --> 00:48:18,600
Speaker 1: many of you are ignoring me, and you're gonna go

947
00:48:18,600 --> 00:48:22,360
Speaker 1: bet anyway. So if you are humbly, I resort to

948
00:48:22,400 --> 00:48:25,520
Speaker 1: the model over here, and we have circled four games.

949
00:48:25,840 --> 00:48:28,120
Speaker 1: I'm moving on four games tonight. I moved on these

950
00:48:28,160 --> 00:48:33,560
Speaker 1: myself today. They're all still widely available. Shop shop shop,

951
00:48:33,880 --> 00:48:38,960
Speaker 1: do not settle for one book shop. So, without further ado,

952
00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 1: here's who we're rolling with. Arkansas State is plus thirty

953
00:48:42,560 --> 00:48:45,920
Speaker 1: five and a half at Oklahoma. We're taking the Red Wolves.

954
00:48:46,280 --> 00:48:48,919
Speaker 1: Go Butch Jones. We're taking the Red Wolves of Arkansas State.

955
00:48:49,160 --> 00:48:51,040
Speaker 1: There are a couple of thirty five and a half's

956
00:48:51,120 --> 00:48:52,919
Speaker 1: still out there. We also like it at thirty five.

957
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:57,400
Speaker 1: Clemson at Duke Monday night. Been a lot of talk Jesse,

958
00:48:57,600 --> 00:48:59,759
Speaker 1: right Ben, A lot of talk on this show about

959
00:48:59,800 --> 00:49:04,759
Speaker 1: how Duke could beat Clemson. We're rolling with Clemson. We're

960
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:06,319
Speaker 1: laying the twelve and a half. We like it all

961
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,200
Speaker 1: the way up to fourteen, actually, but get the twelve

962
00:49:08,200 --> 00:49:09,680
Speaker 1: and a half's out there. There are several of them

963
00:49:09,719 --> 00:49:12,360
Speaker 1: out there. You like it at thirteen as well. Clemson

964
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:16,560
Speaker 1: minus twelve and a half. Let's go to Temple, but

965
00:49:16,640 --> 00:49:19,239
Speaker 1: don't bet Temple. The game's at Temple. We're gonna bet

966
00:49:19,320 --> 00:49:23,280
Speaker 1: Akron plus ten and a half. Love the Zips. Sometimes

967
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:24,840
Speaker 1: I'll make the z on the show. There I just

968
00:49:24,920 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 1: did for those of you on podcasts, you didn't miss

969
00:49:27,160 --> 00:49:31,000
Speaker 1: much Akron plus ten and in a game that's gonna

970
00:49:31,000 --> 00:49:33,920
Speaker 1: have a ton of eyeballs on it, I think TCU

971
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:36,440
Speaker 1: is gonna smoke Colorado, and so we are going to

972
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:39,399
Speaker 1: lay the twenty and a half TCU hater by the way,

973
00:49:40,080 --> 00:49:44,200
Speaker 1: recently minted a freshly minted TCU hater. Now, of course

974
00:49:44,200 --> 00:49:46,640
Speaker 1: I'm not really that's insane, but I've been told I

975
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:49,959
Speaker 1: am this week. So how do I atone? I bet

976
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:53,280
Speaker 1: my own hard earned money and several of your dollars

977
00:49:53,360 --> 00:49:56,000
Speaker 1: on TCU minus twenty and a half against Colorado. So

978
00:49:56,400 --> 00:49:59,960
Speaker 1: we're gonna have more. And remember Friday Night lines is

979
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:03,400
Speaker 1: so Friday night. I think I'll actually be back in

980
00:50:03,480 --> 00:50:07,319
Speaker 1: Nashville because we've got a Thursday game this week. Keep

981
00:50:07,360 --> 00:50:09,720
Speaker 1: an eye on the Instagram story you gotta be following.

982
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:12,600
Speaker 1: At late kick, Josh, I'll put a heads up out

983
00:50:12,640 --> 00:50:15,520
Speaker 1: there about an hour ahead of time what time we're

984
00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:18,920
Speaker 1: gonna go live. And then let's just say it's eleven PM.

985
00:50:19,040 --> 00:50:22,200
Speaker 1: Let's say it's ten thirty. At that time I'll go live.

986
00:50:22,520 --> 00:50:25,160
Speaker 1: It'll be about twenty minutes. Replay is not going to

987
00:50:25,200 --> 00:50:27,919
Speaker 1: be available. You gotta catch it live and I will

988
00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,759
Speaker 1: take your questions in the live chat, and I'll tell

989
00:50:30,800 --> 00:50:33,000
Speaker 1: you what the model thinks about the games you want

990
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:34,920
Speaker 1: to know about, because obviously I don't cover all of

991
00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:36,759
Speaker 1: them on the show. But if you got a game

992
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:38,839
Speaker 1: you want to bet and I didn't give it out

993
00:50:38,840 --> 00:50:40,399
Speaker 1: and you just want to know what the model thinks

994
00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:43,279
Speaker 1: about it, that's where you can find out at Late

995
00:50:43,400 --> 00:50:47,000
Speaker 1: Kick Josh Instagram Live. Friday Night Lines is back, Rama

996
00:50:47,000 --> 00:50:50,440
Speaker 1: Noodle Express is back as well. I'll add more games Thursday.

997
00:50:50,760 --> 00:50:53,239
Speaker 1: Remember kids, the announcement I was going to give you

998
00:50:53,320 --> 00:50:57,400
Speaker 1: early in the show. The Thursday show is going to

999
00:50:57,440 --> 00:51:01,439
Speaker 1: be three o'clock Eastern, one o'clock Mountain time, and it's

1000
00:51:01,440 --> 00:51:05,279
Speaker 1: going to be live from Utah. Not only that, I

1001
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:08,360
Speaker 1: have it on good authority that we have a special

1002
00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:10,840
Speaker 1: guest on the show, and I have it on pretty

1003
00:51:10,840 --> 00:51:13,359
Speaker 1: good authority that he'll be here several times this year,

1004
00:51:14,000 --> 00:51:16,560
Speaker 1: and it's our buddy Cole Kublick. Because I got such

1005
00:51:16,600 --> 00:51:21,239
Speaker 1: overwhelmingly positive feedback from you somehow that you enjoyed him

1006
00:51:21,280 --> 00:51:24,799
Speaker 1: being on the show again. Somehow that happened, like you

1007
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:27,799
Speaker 1: enjoyed that you looked at that on your screen and said, yes,

1008
00:51:27,920 --> 00:51:31,319
Speaker 1: I want more of this. Far be it from me

1009
00:51:31,520 --> 00:51:34,320
Speaker 1: to determine your preferences for you. I'm just here to deliver.

1010
00:51:34,840 --> 00:51:37,680
Speaker 1: And so we will have Cole on the show Thursday,

1011
00:51:38,200 --> 00:51:41,799
Speaker 1: and you know, things go well if the FCC doesn't

1012
00:51:41,840 --> 00:51:45,040
Speaker 1: step in several thursdays thereafter him. Here's what I need

1013
00:51:45,040 --> 00:51:48,600
Speaker 1: from you. Number one, tune in number two. I don't

1014
00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:51,760
Speaker 1: have a good name for the segment yet. Cole Calls

1015
00:51:51,760 --> 00:51:56,080
Speaker 1: has already taken, and so you got Cole Cubley. It's

1016
00:51:56,120 --> 00:51:59,680
Speaker 1: a really good name off of which to work. So

1017
00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:02,040
Speaker 1: send me the best idea you got about what like

1018
00:52:02,080 --> 00:52:05,480
Speaker 1: thirty six hours, and the best one wins. Probably can't

1019
00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:08,000
Speaker 1: afford to pay any money, but I need to name

1020
00:52:08,080 --> 00:52:09,960
Speaker 1: that second, so don't worry. We got a little bit

1021
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:12,719
Speaker 1: of time until Thursday. Earlier in the day for a

1022
00:52:12,760 --> 00:52:15,320
Speaker 1: direct colin for producer Jesse. I'm Josh Pate. Thanks so

1023
00:52:15,440 --> 00:52:17,239
Speaker 1: much for watching, Take care, have a great rest of

1024
00:52:17,239 --> 00:52:18,240
Speaker 1: your night, and God bless