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Speaker 1: will hear from Dan Rubinstein momentarily. This is another excerpt
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Speaker 1: games in this college football week nine teams that are
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Speaker 1: I love that clip so much from Ghostbusters. It's the
Speaker 1: best teams that are at least a seven point favorite
Speaker 1: that should be afraid or could be afraid, maybe should
Speaker 1: be afraid of an upset. Why don't we start three
Speaker 1: point thirty Florida versus the george Bulldogs Dan, they play
Speaker 1: this one in Jacksonville. Georgia is a twenty two and
Speaker 1: one half point favorite. I think Georgia pulls away in
Speaker 1: the second half. Okay, but if you want to talk
Speaker 1: about culture shock as you did with Ohio State playing
Speaker 1: Penn State, clearly the best team on their schedule, what.
Speaker 2: Do you mean culture shock? Like they're going to be
Speaker 2: uncomfortable around people from New Jersey?
Speaker 1: Perhaps perhaps perhaps, okay, perhaps culture shock and being that
Speaker 1: close to a competent offense.
Speaker 2: Sure, Oh my god, look at these people from South Orange.
Speaker 1: That's right. Let's talk about Georgia squaring off against a
Speaker 1: better team, better team than they've seen in a while.
Speaker 1: It's been a minute for the Bulldogs. The last time
Speaker 1: we saw the Bulldogs up against anybody competent was Week one,
Speaker 1: and that was really competent. In air quotes against week
Speaker 1: one version of Oregon, I say week one version of Oregon,
Speaker 1: because I think Oregon's pretty good. I think Oregon's pretty
Speaker 1: good team. Georgia just might be forty six tie. Georgia
Speaker 1: might be forty six points better than Oregon, and that
Speaker 1: still might not be a black eye against Oregon, right,
Speaker 1: all right, So I'm not saying this at all to
Speaker 1: be derogatory towards your organ ducs, but this rivalry matchup
Speaker 1: is I think of particular interest, not only on the
Speaker 1: Georgia side, but also on the Tennessee side, which we're
Speaker 1: going to talk about here momentarily, because they have each
Speaker 1: other in Athens next week. Dan, any concern here if
Speaker 1: you're Georgia is their spookiness quotient in this matchup?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Anthony Richardson with the ball in his hands is
Speaker 2: still pretty scary time. I mean, look, they scored what
Speaker 2: was it, thirty five? They lost forty five to thirty
Speaker 2: five to LSU, which is a tough beat because that
Speaker 2: was a game with opportunities they hung with basically stride
Speaker 2: for stride, And look, I know this is a very
Speaker 2: Texas thing to talk about how impressive you are losing
Speaker 2: a game, But they were stride for stride with Tennessee,
Speaker 2: were they not? That game came down to the very end,
Speaker 2: lost by five or thirty eight thirty five in Knoxville. Yes,
Speaker 2: that was a back and forth affair, and so in
Speaker 2: some ways it's sort of walked before you can run.
Speaker 2: Florida certainly has defensive deficiencies. They're wildly insistent on offense.
Speaker 2: I think Anthony Richardson Anthony Richardson excuse me, is still
Speaker 2: somewhat raw. They can't get off the field. On defense.
Speaker 2: They are currently one hundred and thirty first out of
Speaker 2: one hundred and thirty one teams at forcing three and outs.
Speaker 2: Nobody has the depth right to play an entire game
Speaker 2: to have that defense on the field as much as
Speaker 2: Florida's defense has been on the field. So that's an
Speaker 2: issue for sure. But with the number one most explosive
Speaker 2: rushing offense with you know, a good running back in
Speaker 2: Montreal Johnson Trevor e Tn and obviously Anthony Richardson's ability
Speaker 2: with his legs. I'm not saying Florida has the spooky
Speaker 2: juice to win this game, but if you're simply looking
Speaker 2: at Jimmy's and Joe's justin Shorter, the Penn State transfer
Speaker 2: has gotten it done this year, I would say there's
Speaker 2: a James or two, there's a Joseph for two for Florida,
Speaker 2: and I think that's a good enough reason to say, Okay,
Speaker 2: George's offensive line has been up and down. Stetson Bennett
Speaker 2: hasn't been, you know, as dependable I think this year
Speaker 2: as he was last year. Maybe the stats play that
Speaker 2: out differently. They haven't had those game changers on offense.
Speaker 2: They're still an incredible team and much more balanced and
Speaker 2: much more complete than Florida. But that's a big number,
Speaker 2: and Florida at least gives you reason via explosive plays
Speaker 2: on offense to think, all right, maybe they don't need
Speaker 2: to drive down the field methodically every time. Maybe there
Speaker 2: will be a seventy yard run in there that's the case.
Speaker 1: Yeah, we've got some interesting chat activity here, not the
Speaker 1: least of which is folks that are lobbying currently to
Speaker 1: rename it to Spooky Juice Saturday. Dan Nathan says that
Speaker 1: Georgia is just so much better Florida's defense hold horrendous
Speaker 1: hope for a fun Anthony Richardson moment or two. I
Speaker 1: think that's fine. Shay also going bold with it, saying
Speaker 1: if Florida wins, I'll paint my face like an alligator. Wow?
Speaker 1: Can you do that in two dimensions?
Speaker 2: You might need a maskie situation for a snout. Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think that's more difficult, but there is You can
Speaker 2: be scaleing. I think you can represent gator looking faces
Speaker 2: in some way. I think that's a tough ask, but
Speaker 2: I look, I was a two dimensional Tiger this morning,
Speaker 2: so anything is possible. Kevin Garnett voice.
Speaker 1: Three point thirty Oregon minus seventeen against Cal. Cal plays defense. True,
Speaker 1: they don't allow big plays. They also don't score. They
Speaker 1: don't score. They haven't scored like eighteen years. Dan, Oregon
Speaker 1: a seventeen point favorite against the Cal Golden Bears. Is
Speaker 1: there any bit of letdown?
Speaker 2: Oh, definitely, They're gonna be letdown no matter what. I
Speaker 2: have no idea if they're covering this game. I have
Speaker 2: noid they could blow out Cal. Cal certainly is not
Speaker 2: going to comfortably beat Oregon. They just do not have
Speaker 2: the offense to do so. But one thing we talked
Speaker 2: about in the off season, I think we dedicated a
Speaker 2: whole episode to it is scar tissue. And so there
Speaker 2: are certain teams, if not every team in a conference
Speaker 2: that every rational This might be a bit of an oxymoron.
Speaker 2: College football is scared of something about most teams on
Speaker 2: their team schedule, whether you're a Georgia fan, whether you're
Speaker 2: Vanderbilt fan, and everybody in between. Oregon col matchups have
Speaker 2: been brutally gut wrenching for Oregon fans. If you remember,
Speaker 2: there was an overtime game in Justin Herbert's freshman year,
Speaker 2: Chip Kelly scored fifty seventy points a game whatever. I
Speaker 2: think they ended up beating Cal fifteen to thirteen or
Speaker 2: something with their Loan touchdown. I remember that in Berkeley.
Speaker 2: What a weird thing, Cliff Harris punt return touchdown. I
Speaker 2: want to say that was their only time they got
Speaker 2: in the end zone. Now, I don't think guys like
Speaker 2: Tyson Alu Alu and Cameron Jordan are lining up for
Speaker 2: this year's Cal defense. Neither is a recent guy like
Speaker 2: Evan Weaver. Whoever. But if you believe in the spooky
Speaker 2: juices that are floating in the east above this weekend.
Speaker 1: Just settle with the spooky juice already.
Speaker 2: I can get worse. Tie, you do not want to
Speaker 2: test me. I can go worse than spooky juice. I've
Speaker 2: already called you the sluttiest podcast in America. Yeah, runner
Speaker 2: roll continue, Yeah, Yeah, we're really going for it this week. Yes,
Speaker 2: intrinsically in my Oregon fan DNA, I'm always gonna be
Speaker 2: a little bit scared, like they needed to hang on
Speaker 2: last year and they were way They beat Ohio State
Speaker 2: more comfortably then they beat Cal last year, and so
Speaker 2: they needed Cal to basically throw a ball into the
Speaker 2: dirt in the end zone in the waning seconds after
Speaker 2: Oregon you know, threw an all out blitz at them
Speaker 2: to win that game. Cal was like on the five
Speaker 2: yard line to tie that game and send it to overtime.
Speaker 2: A not good at all Cal team. So yes, justin
Speaker 2: Wilcox against Oregon terrifying.
Speaker 1: Yes, Yeah, Cal currently, per the sp plus, which we
Speaker 1: like to use as a metric here, the one and
Speaker 1: ninth best offense in America not good at running or throwing,
Speaker 1: slightly worse at throwing.
Speaker 2: They just they brought in their old offensive line coach,
Speaker 2: who is Oregon's longtime offensive line coach, Steve Greatwood, as
Speaker 2: an analyst because the offensive line has been such a mess.
Speaker 2: Like a week and a half ago, Justin Wilcox was like, Steve,
Speaker 2: you gotta come out of retirement and help us.
Speaker 1: Oh my god, please Steve.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what Justin Wilcox.
Speaker 1: Cal's line play on both sides has been atrocious, all right,
Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm not too worried about Oregon. I did
Speaker 1: want to throw this one on the list just because
Speaker 1: Northwestern against Iowa. Raise your hand in the chat. Actually,
Speaker 1: don't raise your hand, just keep it to yourself. Okay,
Speaker 1: it's cool. It's cool if you're gonna be watching this game.
Speaker 1: Because Iowa is favored by eleven points. It's been a
Speaker 1: popular joke, at least in our circles this week. Can
Speaker 1: i Aowa get to eleven points against anybody? It's a
Speaker 1: fair question. They didn't last week. I know because I
Speaker 1: took over sixteen and a half Iowa team points. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that one did in cash, That one in cash. So
Speaker 1: also of note Northwestern has won four of the last
Speaker 1: six in this matchup. As you think or excuse me,
Speaker 1: is I think you said rightfully on our show, Northwestern
Speaker 1: and Pat Fitzgerald does almost nothing other than keep this
Speaker 1: game close and or win. Yes. Correct, So Iowa as
Speaker 1: a eleven point favorite, be afraid, be very afree. And
Speaker 1: that being said, I'm not sure Northwestern can score either.
Speaker 1: This could be a really bad football.
Speaker 2: Game Iowa before their offensive woes this year. This is
Speaker 2: how many points they've scored against Northwestern, who does not
Speaker 2: have the defense. They do not have the Mike Hankwoitz
Speaker 2: defense of days gone by, but the last few matchups seventeen, twenty,
Speaker 2: twenty ten, ten, that's not many points. It's just not
Speaker 2: and it's sort of a death taxes. Northwestern either beats
Speaker 2: or makes things terribly uncomfortable for Iowa seventeen to twelve
Speaker 2: last year. So if you like the under there's recent
Speaker 2: history and Iowa's offense was better last year. Seventeen to
Speaker 2: twelve was that final.
Speaker 1: Thing about this game, and we talked about it a
Speaker 1: little bit again in the preview show. When I put
Speaker 1: together the run sheet of all the games, I initially
Speaker 1: made a mistake on the over under, and I set
Speaker 1: it at thirty one and a half points.
Speaker 2: That's where it opened. I did see that, by the way,
Speaker 2: so you wasn't a terrible mistake.
Speaker 1: It was a terrible mistake, but it ends up around
Speaker 1: I guess it's thirty seven and a half now, but
Speaker 1: thirty one and a half points. Even before I corrected it,
Speaker 1: I was like, that's totally believable. It's totally That is
Speaker 1: the worst NFL game ever. That is one of the
Speaker 1: worst college games ever, a thirty point contest, especially featuring
Speaker 1: an eleven point line. So I don't know what to
Speaker 1: expect here, but Northwestern does have some recent history against Iowa.
Speaker 1: Could see that game being kind of weird because it
Speaker 1: just always seems to be. Some other matchups here in
Speaker 1: that afternoon slayed again. Not huge point spreads, but just
Speaker 1: ones I think of note. Okay, Oklahoma State Kansas State
Speaker 1: should be a really good game, really.
Speaker 2: Fun team on Halloween.
Speaker 1: Alma State, never know, Wake Forest on the road at Louisville.
Speaker 1: This is a close matchup from a year ago. I
Speaker 1: have some thoughts that we'll get to in a little bit.
Speaker 1: And then I also threw on here even though it
Speaker 1: is over a seven point line Illinois versus Nebraska, Illinois
Speaker 1: favored by seven and a half on the road at Nebraska.
Speaker 1: I can't remember a time in my adult life when
Speaker 1: I ever felt this confident about Illinois football.
Speaker 2: I thought, you're just confident in general, and obviously as wow,
Speaker 2: somebody who dresses like he does on Halloween, Ty, you're
Speaker 2: one of the most confident people. I know you're not wrong.
Speaker 2: And it's hard to fully get a beat on what
Speaker 2: Nebraska's ceiling is with an interim situation, and I don't
Speaker 2: think Illinois is a ten win team. It's one of
Speaker 2: those things where it's hard to point to specifically why
Speaker 2: Nebraska is going to beat Illinois. And I don't like Nebraska,
Speaker 2: so I'm taking Illinois. But it's one of those things too,
Speaker 2: where like, are we fully confident in this Illinois offense
Speaker 2: to just the games in Lincoln? Right?
Speaker 1: Games in Lincoln, that's correct?
Speaker 2: Like, are we fully confident that Illinois is just a
Speaker 2: finished enough product to say, yeah, they're gonna win ten
Speaker 2: games and take advantage of everybody they should because of
Speaker 2: this strong defense. That's what worries me. That's what's spooky
Speaker 2: to me. What's the line again about seven and a half.
Speaker 1: Seven and a half points.
Speaker 2: That's what's spooky to me. Now, I have to be
Speaker 2: able to make the case for Nebraska winning the game
Speaker 2: or competing in this game to actually take the points,
Speaker 2: and I can't, so I'm taking Illinois. But it should
Speaker 2: definitely spook out ALLIONI fans who they they're now confident enough,
Speaker 2: kind of rightfully, so where they start penciling in games
Speaker 2: like this. Yeah, I'm not there yet.
Speaker 1: No, I think that's fair. They're remaining games, by the way,
Speaker 1: if they make it past Nebraska, if you truly are
Speaker 1: feeling ten and two, Yeah, Michigan State, Purdue at Michigan
Speaker 1: at Northwestern.
Speaker 2: It's look if you're isn't it the Seth Davis? Is
Speaker 2: he the college basketball Yeah, like says Sharpie, right, when
Speaker 2: he's very confident about a game, he's not writing it
Speaker 2: and he's not penciling, and he's writing it Sharpie. I
Speaker 2: think this will go a long way to transitioning the
Speaker 2: Ali and I from pencil to sharpie. If you're able
Speaker 2: to win a game like this, which they should take
Speaker 2: care of business against the Nebraska team who's just kind
Speaker 2: of a wild card at this point. It goes a
Speaker 2: long way to me.
Speaker 1: By the way.
Speaker 2: Illinois, just in terms of numbers, they cover their point
Speaker 2: spreads more dramatically than anybody else. Twelve point eight points
Speaker 2: is their average cover at this point. That's first in
Speaker 2: the nation. It's pretty good ty seventy one percent against
Speaker 2: the spread this year