WEBVTT - CFB Live on Spotify (10/6): That Does/Don't Impress Me Much 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:05.600 Welcome to the solid verbal. He'll that for me. 0:00:06.680 --> 0:00:08.200 I'm a man, I'm forty. 0:00:08.280 --> 0:00:10.119 I've heard so many players say, well, I want to 0:00:10.160 --> 0:00:12.080 be happy. You want to be happy for a day? 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:13.600 Edith state is that? 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:15.239 Whoo whoo? And no. 0:00:15.840 --> 0:00:20.439 Dan and Tye, welcome back to the solid verbal. Boys 0:00:20.440 --> 0:00:22.279 and girls. My name is ty Hildebrandt. 0:00:22.280 --> 0:00:26.960 You will hear Dan's beautiful voice here momentarily because this 0:00:27.080 --> 0:00:28.400 is an excerpt from. 0:00:28.360 --> 0:00:29.560 College Football Thursdays. 0:00:29.600 --> 0:00:33.120 It's the live show we do on Spotify every Thursday 0:00:33.159 --> 0:00:36.000 five pm East, two pm West. 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We expanded on the Shanaia Saturday concept 0:01:16.520 --> 0:01:19.520 that we trotted out on our Week six preview episode, 0:01:19.520 --> 0:01:21.959 which you could also hear now if you go on 0:01:22.080 --> 0:01:25.360 back to our RSS podcast feed and downloaded in your 0:01:25.360 --> 0:01:28.760 app of choice. Teams that have impressed us, teams that 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:32.080 have not impressed us so far through this college football season. 0:01:32.440 --> 0:01:36.080 We did this show because we're here in person live 0:01:36.280 --> 0:01:39.960 at Spotify HQ overlooking all of Manhattan, so a really 0:01:39.959 --> 0:01:42.520 cool experience. Was great to do it in person. We 0:01:42.600 --> 0:01:45.720 got so much great interactivity. We hope if you weren't 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:48.160 able to join us this Thursday, that you can do 0:01:48.240 --> 0:01:51.440 so next week. In the meantime, if we don't see 0:01:51.480 --> 0:01:54.040 you at the live show, which again Soliverblive dot com 0:01:54.160 --> 0:01:57.120 tickets still available, and if you weren't able to join 0:01:57.440 --> 0:02:00.000 the Spotify live show, we hope we can see you 0:02:00.320 --> 0:02:04.400 next week in the chat on the virtual stage. And 0:02:04.480 --> 0:02:07.880 if not, if nothing more, talk to you again after 0:02:07.960 --> 0:02:09.640 week six to talk about all that was in the 0:02:09.639 --> 0:02:17.760 world of college football. Have a great weekend. ESPN did 0:02:17.760 --> 0:02:20.000 this thing. Gosh, I don't know how long ago. They 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:22.239 still do it. They do it for basketball, they do 0:02:22.280 --> 0:02:24.920 it for football. They'll do it about week eight in 0:02:25.000 --> 0:02:28.240 football season, and they come up with a catchy bit 0:02:28.280 --> 0:02:32.639 of a literation to label separation Saturday, show me Saturday 0:02:32.639 --> 0:02:34.960 if there's maybe like a big Bazoo game or something like. 0:02:35.000 --> 0:02:39.679 They have these I don't know, these hackneyed line literative nicknames, 0:02:39.720 --> 0:02:42.360 just these lines they trot out. We thought many years 0:02:42.360 --> 0:02:44.200 ago we could be a little bit more creative. So 0:02:44.200 --> 0:02:45.840 we do it every Saturday, or we do it in 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:47.000 preparation for every Saturday. 0:02:47.000 --> 0:02:47.560 Excuse me. 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:51.200 And this week I've seen some folks posting in the 0:02:51.280 --> 0:02:52.919 chat here they know what's coming here. 0:02:54.320 --> 0:02:56.440 Do you want to lay the groundwork for this game? Yeah? 0:02:56.480 --> 0:02:59.040 Once again, we're a month into the season and they 0:02:59.080 --> 0:03:01.680 are all sorts of results that would have us thinking, 0:03:01.720 --> 0:03:03.760 oh my god, this team's frisky, this team's good, this 0:03:03.800 --> 0:03:05.840 team's excellent, this team has what it takes to do 0:03:06.040 --> 0:03:09.480 incredible things. But it's based on one game, two games, 0:03:09.520 --> 0:03:13.440 and I'm not sold on really anything dramatic a month in. 0:03:13.720 --> 0:03:16.040 But there are some teams that I've been impressed with, 0:03:16.160 --> 0:03:19.480 but also there are some results that just I don't know, 0:03:19.520 --> 0:03:20.680 they don't impress me much. 0:03:20.720 --> 0:03:22.840 Sut don't impress me much. 0:03:23.000 --> 0:03:25.720 So I'm here to ask you a number of questions, 0:03:25.720 --> 0:03:27.200 and I have a number of teams that I'd like 0:03:27.240 --> 0:03:27.720 to review. 0:03:28.639 --> 0:03:30.280 Do these teams impress you much? 0:03:30.320 --> 0:03:32.160 Shut don't impress name much? 0:03:32.520 --> 0:03:36.119 Or do they not? Shout out Eileen Edwards Akaashania Twain. 0:03:36.000 --> 0:03:37.360 That don't impress name? 0:03:37.760 --> 0:03:39.520 Just one more time to really drive it home. No, 0:03:39.640 --> 0:03:40.440 I hear you. 0:03:40.520 --> 0:03:43.360 I wish she sang an alternate version of that song 0:03:44.160 --> 0:03:46.720 talking about what she is impressed by. Yeah, that would 0:03:46.720 --> 0:03:49.000 have been nice for her soundboard, so we could just 0:03:49.120 --> 0:03:52.120 hit that impresses me, John, But she didn't. 0:03:53.320 --> 0:03:55.400 So would you like to start with some teams? I 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:56.720 would absolutely love to. 0:03:57.200 --> 0:03:59.320 Let's start with the Texas Longhorns ahead of this, I 0:03:59.320 --> 0:04:01.320 mean we talked about the news of quin yours returning 0:04:01.560 --> 0:04:04.720 the totality of the Texas Longhorns twenty twenty two experience. 0:04:05.560 --> 0:04:08.520 Does it impress you? The close loss to Alabama, some 0:04:08.520 --> 0:04:12.920 slow starts, some defensive improvement at times, some development of 0:04:12.960 --> 0:04:16.839 receivers obviously, some interesting ways to get John Robinson the ball, 0:04:16.880 --> 0:04:19.880 but also you're tossing in a loss to Texas tech 0:04:19.880 --> 0:04:24.719 in there, does Texas impress you much? 0:04:25.360 --> 0:04:30.560 Texas is very much thematic with that song? Okay, impress 0:04:30.640 --> 0:04:31.080 me much. 0:04:31.160 --> 0:04:32.080 There is a line in. 0:04:32.040 --> 0:04:37.400 There about Jordan, about Jatavian Sanders, about. 0:04:37.200 --> 0:04:39.080 Who No, I mean, you're you're one of those guys 0:04:39.200 --> 0:04:41.719 likes to shine his machine. Oh okay, make me take 0:04:41.720 --> 0:04:44.120 off shoes. Are you looking at buff zone dot com 0:04:44.200 --> 0:04:44.960 right now? Now? 0:04:45.000 --> 0:04:46.000 This is this is Google? 0:04:46.080 --> 0:04:48.880 Something on Google. You make me take off my shoes 0:04:48.880 --> 0:04:51.240 before you let me get in. Okay, it's hit or 0:04:51.240 --> 0:04:53.000 miss with Texas. It's a little bit of both. I've 0:04:53.040 --> 0:04:55.840 been impressed with a little bit we've seen a Quinn yours, 0:04:56.680 --> 0:04:58.360 but very little bit that we seen a quin yours 0:04:58.360 --> 0:04:59.080 before he got hurt. 0:04:59.600 --> 0:04:59.840 I hear. 0:05:00.000 --> 0:05:02.960 I'm very impressed by that version of Texas, and I 0:05:03.000 --> 0:05:07.280 think from what we've seen so far after that Alabama game, 0:05:07.520 --> 0:05:09.640 granted we're going to turn a blind eye to the 0:05:09.680 --> 0:05:12.760 defense for the purposes of my argument, I think, all 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:16.800 things considered, I am at least impressed by the offense 0:05:16.880 --> 0:05:20.200 at Texas seemingly taking a bit of a step forward, 0:05:20.560 --> 0:05:24.880 seemingly incorporating more weapons as they've gotten healthier, as they've 0:05:24.960 --> 0:05:28.279 kind of grown into this sark system. I feel like, 0:05:28.560 --> 0:05:31.479 at least on that level, I've been impressed. Defensively, No 0:05:31.960 --> 0:05:34.000 So that's the hit or misquality. Right. 0:05:34.040 --> 0:05:35.520 It's great you've got the shiny car. 0:05:35.680 --> 0:05:38.400 Yeah, but there is a qualifier there that makes me 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.360 not as impressed. I'm right down the middle. I am 0:05:41.360 --> 0:05:43.840 both impressed and not impressed about Texas Longhorns. 0:05:45.040 --> 0:05:47.720 Okay, fair enough, let's I think I'm going to go 0:05:47.760 --> 0:05:51.640 with impressed. I'm just because I'm saying either something impressed 0:05:51.640 --> 0:05:53.680 as you or it doesn't. I'm going to say I'm impressed, 0:05:54.040 --> 0:05:59.560 not within the context of Texas's expectations for being excellent, 0:06:00.080 --> 0:06:03.120 but impress that going to a backup quarterback as Hudson 0:06:03.160 --> 0:06:05.880 Card has gotten healthier, he's looked better and better, and 0:06:06.279 --> 0:06:09.040 to not really lose a step with your backup quarterback 0:06:09.040 --> 0:06:11.800 who looks of starting quality, I'm impressed. 0:06:11.960 --> 0:06:13.440 I'm definitely impressed. 0:06:13.400 --> 0:06:15.680 By the way Catherine in the chat says, just to 0:06:15.920 --> 0:06:18.640 kind of put a fine point on this thing. Yeah, 0:06:18.800 --> 0:06:21.520 things that don't impress Shanaiah per the song are rocket 0:06:21.560 --> 0:06:26.839 scientists having a car in Brad Pitt. Okay, So just 0:06:26.920 --> 0:06:28.400 like kind of put that away and we come back 0:06:28.400 --> 0:06:29.080 to it, do we have to. 0:06:29.160 --> 0:06:32.240 But it's a lot to unpack there, because I think 0:06:32.279 --> 0:06:34.640 having a car can be impressive. I mean, you might 0:06:34.720 --> 0:06:38.360 have your act together. Brad Pitt, I don't know. He 0:06:38.800 --> 0:06:41.400 hasn't had a great year necessarily, hasn't. I'm not that 0:06:41.480 --> 0:06:43.440 impressed with the things that have come out about Bread 0:06:43.480 --> 0:06:46.680 and don't impress name that I did like his performance 0:06:46.680 --> 0:06:50.000 and once upon a time in Hollywood, right, rocket scientist, 0:06:50.000 --> 0:06:51.760 I'm pretty impressed with, Like, how to be honest with you, 0:06:51.839 --> 0:06:52.760 it's an impressive We have. 0:06:52.760 --> 0:06:54.880 Rocket scientists who listen to the show, so we have 0:06:54.920 --> 0:06:55.920 to say nice things about them. 0:06:55.960 --> 0:06:57.880 What's what's all team here? All Miss? 0:06:58.000 --> 0:07:00.400 Does Ole Miss impress you much? Coming off of their 0:07:00.560 --> 0:07:02.000 win in a different kind of way? 0:07:02.080 --> 0:07:02.279 Right? 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:05.159 It's not throwing the ball down field, It's not electricity 0:07:05.240 --> 0:07:08.880 with speedy receivers all over the place and play making quarterbacks, 0:07:09.240 --> 0:07:13.400 but defense and running the ball and being creative within 0:07:13.480 --> 0:07:14.320 those two things? 0:07:14.360 --> 0:07:16.480 Does Ole Miss impress you much? 0:07:17.000 --> 0:07:22.080 Ole Miss is favored in every game still on their schedule, 0:07:22.320 --> 0:07:25.760 and they're only a one touchdown dog at home per 0:07:25.920 --> 0:07:30.679 some of these projections against Alabama when they play second 0:07:30.680 --> 0:07:34.000 week of November. So the stats are pressed by Ole 0:07:34.080 --> 0:07:35.960 Miss and I am as well. I've said this on 0:07:36.000 --> 0:07:38.480 the podcast a number of times now, I'll reiterate it again. 0:07:38.920 --> 0:07:41.560 I like the running game. I like the defense that 0:07:41.680 --> 0:07:45.280 is almost completely counters. Yeah, that is almost completely counter 0:07:46.000 --> 0:07:49.240 to what old Miss used to be, which was they're 0:07:49.240 --> 0:07:51.080 going to throw it a million times and maybe play 0:07:51.080 --> 0:07:54.120 a little bit of defense. Yeah, this team is different 0:07:54.160 --> 0:07:55.360 now under Lane. 0:07:55.400 --> 0:07:59.040 See, I think they've quietly run it really well. I 0:07:59.080 --> 0:08:01.240 mean you look at some of the recent names, obviously 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.880 Henry Parrish, Snoop Connor, Jerry and Ely two sports star 0:08:05.080 --> 0:08:07.760 like they've quietly had those guys who've been playmakers. 0:08:08.200 --> 0:08:10.160 How about Dexter mccluster. If you just want to sit 0:08:10.200 --> 0:08:13.000 around naming ole Miss running back, talk some wildcat quarterback. 0:08:13.080 --> 0:08:18.320 Yeah, let's just talk guys buff zooned dot com. I 0:08:18.400 --> 0:08:21.320 think ole Miss has actually done a really nice job 0:08:21.320 --> 0:08:23.400 being balanced. And perhaps they're less so this year, and 0:08:23.400 --> 0:08:26.160 perhaps there's less trust with Jackson Dart at this stage 0:08:26.200 --> 0:08:30.320 in his career with ole Miss running a more balanced offense. 0:08:30.360 --> 0:08:32.800 But look whin how you can win and ole Miss's 0:08:32.800 --> 0:08:35.440 defense was a nightmare three four years ago and right 0:08:35.480 --> 0:08:39.760 now they were full on, very effective and strong against Kentucky, 0:08:40.240 --> 0:08:42.680 and I think they will continue to do so. It's 0:08:42.920 --> 0:08:45.880 just at this point, The question is if they do 0:08:45.960 --> 0:08:47.800 have to throw the ball, if you can put eight 0:08:47.880 --> 0:08:50.520 dudes in the box most of the game, what do 0:08:50.559 --> 0:08:52.800 they look like in terms of that outpitch throwing the 0:08:52.800 --> 0:08:56.960 ball downfielder adjusting at halftime with Jackson Dart, I'm impressed 0:08:56.960 --> 0:08:57.600 by Ole Miss. 0:08:57.760 --> 0:08:58.880 Yeah, I am as well. 0:08:58.920 --> 0:09:01.200 The thing to watch with Old Miss though, and I 0:09:01.240 --> 0:09:03.720 suspect we will see it a little bit more as 0:09:03.760 --> 0:09:06.280 we go through their schedule now the rest of the way. 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:10.600 Maybe not this week at Vandy, maybe a little bit 0:09:10.800 --> 0:09:14.080 next week against Auburn, but certainly as we get into 0:09:14.080 --> 0:09:17.040 like LSU and Alabama and even Mississippi State a little 0:09:17.040 --> 0:09:19.560 bit later on. Sure, the one thing that's really lagged 0:09:19.600 --> 0:09:21.439 behind on the defensive side is the rush defense. 0:09:22.120 --> 0:09:24.280 Yeah, last year too, for at least the first half 0:09:24.280 --> 0:09:25.160 of the year behind. 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:27.440 So they will play some teams with good offensive lines. 0:09:27.440 --> 0:09:29.000 They will play some teams that could run the ball, 0:09:29.280 --> 0:09:30.640 and that I think will be a pretty big test 0:09:30.679 --> 0:09:32.040 for him. But we're I think we're in agreement. We're 0:09:32.080 --> 0:09:33.440 both impressed by All Miss. 0:09:33.440 --> 0:09:34.280 We're both impressed. 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:37.439 Although let's like the teams that they've played thus far 0:09:37.640 --> 0:09:40.360 are who exactly right, It's UCF. 0:09:40.600 --> 0:09:45.400 It's a guy named Troy, buff Zone dot Com, Troy, Central, Arkansas, 0:09:45.480 --> 0:09:47.439 Georgia Tech, Tulsa, and Kentucky. 0:09:47.840 --> 0:09:50.520 So we look at that and we say, all right, 0:09:50.520 --> 0:09:54.040 they beat Kentucky. Do we know how impressed we should 0:09:54.040 --> 0:09:57.440 be with the Kentucky win? Not fully, but I'd like 0:09:57.480 --> 0:10:00.720 to see more of a catalog of wins at this point. 0:10:00.800 --> 0:10:03.640 So I'm impressed, maybe not impressed much. 0:10:03.679 --> 0:10:06.080 How about that that sounds let us know in the chat, 0:10:06.360 --> 0:10:08.360 mister pizza coolisas ain't played nobody. 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:12.400 Yeah, that's it's a relatively reasonable criticism. 0:10:12.679 --> 0:10:16.120 Yeah, Jason says, eight dudes, okay. 0:10:15.720 --> 0:10:17.439 Eight dudes in the box. Yeah I understand. 0:10:17.520 --> 0:10:20.840 Okay, Yeah, wheels are turning in the comments section, we 0:10:20.880 --> 0:10:21.520 all get it. 0:10:21.640 --> 0:10:23.520 Yeah, I saw the first part and not the last part. 0:10:23.559 --> 0:10:24.320 What's our next team? 0:10:24.960 --> 0:10:26.679 Okay, let me look at the list. I made up 0:10:26.760 --> 0:10:31.760 my haphazard list. How about the Michigan Wolverines. So Michigan 0:10:32.080 --> 0:10:34.480 with a very nice win. I will say, it's still 0:10:34.520 --> 0:10:36.080 a very nice win to go to Iowa City, a 0:10:36.080 --> 0:10:38.360 place they haven't won in what seventeen years? They haven't 0:10:38.360 --> 0:10:39.840 won in Kinnick since two thousand and five. 0:10:40.360 --> 0:10:41.280 House of horrors. 0:10:42.400 --> 0:10:44.600 The expectation was they were going to struggle to score, 0:10:45.200 --> 0:10:47.360 but they managed to, you know, by the end of 0:10:47.360 --> 0:10:51.439 the game, get to twenty seven points and one in 0:10:51.480 --> 0:10:53.880 a sensical way. They didn't push too much against a 0:10:53.920 --> 0:10:57.840 strong Iowa defense, and their own defense did absolutely what 0:10:57.840 --> 0:10:59.800 it needed to do against Iowa to win that game. 0:11:00.520 --> 0:11:01.760 That said, didn't. 0:11:01.520 --> 0:11:03.520 Really play anybody in the non conference portion of their 0:11:03.559 --> 0:11:08.200 schedule back and forth against Maryland. So right now against 0:11:08.200 --> 0:11:12.840 maybe the worst offense relative to winning and expectations in 0:11:12.880 --> 0:11:16.440 America Iowa. Has Michigan impressed you much with how they've 0:11:16.440 --> 0:11:18.440 performed against their schedule, I think so. 0:11:18.600 --> 0:11:20.640 Yeah, Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely. 0:11:20.679 --> 0:11:23.880 I mean, look, you and I had a lengthy discussion 0:11:23.960 --> 0:11:25.880 where I believe you called me a silly bitch last 0:11:25.920 --> 0:11:29.319 week because that look, look, I just I just want 0:11:29.360 --> 0:11:31.160 to get that on the record. We have it on 0:11:31.160 --> 0:11:33.880 the record elsewhere. I just for the Spotify folks that 0:11:33.920 --> 0:11:34.800 are here in attendance. 0:11:35.080 --> 0:11:37.920 I'm not saying you are a silly bitch. I'm saying 0:11:37.960 --> 0:11:42.559 you were acting like I was acting. Okay, Okay, important clarifications. No, 0:11:42.679 --> 0:11:47.760 I mean they look fine at Iowa. I thought they 0:11:47.800 --> 0:11:49.640 would look a little bit better on offense, but beggar 0:11:49.679 --> 0:11:50.480 scampy choosers. 0:11:50.559 --> 0:11:51.319 Yeah. 0:11:51.440 --> 0:11:54.520 JJ McCarthy was not put in a position where he 0:11:54.600 --> 0:11:56.440 had to go out there and win the football game 0:11:56.800 --> 0:11:59.240 he was calling. He was composed, the game plans seem good. 0:11:59.400 --> 0:11:59.880 Yeah. 0:12:00.120 --> 0:12:03.360 Granted the defense did most of the work or didn't 0:12:03.360 --> 0:12:04.240 have to do much of the. 0:12:04.160 --> 0:12:05.679 Work right at Spencers. 0:12:05.760 --> 0:12:08.080 Yeah, I don't know how you know the what the 0:12:08.120 --> 0:12:12.040 proper construction is to label the Iowa offense and how 0:12:12.080 --> 0:12:15.400 it performs, But you know, the defense did its job, 0:12:15.880 --> 0:12:18.240 kept that one relatively low scoring on the Iowa side, 0:12:18.240 --> 0:12:22.760 as most defenses do. And JJ McCarthy was good, played 0:12:22.760 --> 0:12:27.200 within himself. I do think there was a part of 0:12:27.240 --> 0:12:30.560 me wanting more from the Michigan offense, and I am 0:12:30.640 --> 0:12:34.120 curious to see as they get into some better games, 0:12:34.200 --> 0:12:37.280 name Lee, Penn State, and Ohio State, if it's something 0:12:37.320 --> 0:12:39.160 that comes back to bite them. 0:12:39.600 --> 0:12:41.440 Yeah, I'm going to say they don't impress me much. 0:12:41.640 --> 0:12:45.440 And it's not because of anything they've specifically done. It's 0:12:45.480 --> 0:12:49.880 there's something that it's just looking at their schedule. So 0:12:49.920 --> 0:12:52.840 you beat that non conference schedule, so you beat Iowa 0:12:52.960 --> 0:12:56.880 with somehow the worst Iowa offense in history. You know, 0:12:56.920 --> 0:13:00.240 worse than some other pretty notable ones beating Mary and 0:13:00.320 --> 0:13:03.520 by you know, seven points or whatever. I'm going to say, 0:13:03.640 --> 0:13:06.880 what Michigan has done has not impressed me much. I 0:13:06.880 --> 0:13:09.600 think they are impressive, if that makes any sense, But 0:13:09.640 --> 0:13:11.680 their accomplishments don't impress me much. 0:13:11.760 --> 0:13:12.240 How about that? 0:13:12.920 --> 0:13:14.560 Yeah, I mean, we've got a comment here in the 0:13:14.640 --> 0:13:18.559 chat that Michigan has handled business at every turn. There 0:13:18.559 --> 0:13:21.080 are countless examples of good teams letting bad ones hang 0:13:21.120 --> 0:13:23.560 around this year. That's true, and I think that in 0:13:23.559 --> 0:13:26.679 and of itself is grounds to be impressed. I think, 0:13:26.960 --> 0:13:31.120 look my takeaway after the Iowa game, and I said 0:13:31.120 --> 0:13:32.800 this on a radio show that I did with some 0:13:33.360 --> 0:13:34.160 folks back home. 0:13:35.600 --> 0:13:37.160 I could see Michigan being vulnerable. 0:13:37.600 --> 0:13:39.360 I can see I can see a world in which 0:13:40.200 --> 0:13:43.280 there's defense that can truly hold down JJ McCarthy confuse 0:13:43.400 --> 0:13:46.640 him that you're left wanting that extra gear for your. 0:13:46.520 --> 0:13:47.520 Remembering is it in a big game? 0:13:48.640 --> 0:13:52.080 That being said, yeah, they're undefeated. That being said, they've 0:13:52.080 --> 0:13:54.320 taken care of business, as our comments are said, at 0:13:54.320 --> 0:13:56.959 every turn. And so it's hard to not be impressed 0:13:57.000 --> 0:13:59.960 by Michigan. That doesn't mean that I don't have questions, 0:14:00.040 --> 0:14:01.920 it's about you know what it looks like the rest 0:14:01.920 --> 0:14:02.280 of the way. 0:14:02.360 --> 0:14:04.640 So basically what you're saying, and if I may put 0:14:04.640 --> 0:14:09.320 words in your mouth, Penn State or Illinois before Ohio State, 0:14:09.840 --> 0:14:14.160 Penn State or Illinois. As for who that team is 0:14:14.440 --> 0:14:17.120 when you say eventually there will be a defense, who X, 0:14:17.240 --> 0:14:20.040 Y and Z. Illinois defense has been very good against 0:14:20.080 --> 0:14:22.880 not a lot of teams, and Penn State has looked 0:14:23.000 --> 0:14:26.080 at times strong on offense, Auburn game, at times strong 0:14:26.080 --> 0:14:28.400 on defense, Northwestern game. 0:14:28.400 --> 0:14:30.840 I don't know, I mean per the sp plus. 0:14:31.080 --> 0:14:35.520 Yeah, there are three top ten defenses remaining on Michigan 0:14:35.560 --> 0:14:39.640 schedule in the form of Penn State, Ohio State, and 0:14:39.720 --> 0:14:41.640 I cannot believe we're saying Illinois but Illinois. 0:14:43.000 --> 0:14:46.520 We're on the Walters wagon here at the solid verbal Yeah. 0:14:46.480 --> 0:14:48.280 So all right, so not impressed. 0:14:48.360 --> 0:14:51.640 I am next team, by the way, at the answers Illinois, 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:56.320 Illinois look ahead spot Brett bi Illema, big ten weird, 0:14:56.360 --> 0:14:57.280 Iowa tattoo. 0:14:57.360 --> 0:15:00.320 I'm just saying right now, there's something about that game 0:15:00.320 --> 0:15:02.680 that should be very scary to Michigan fans. I'm on 0:15:02.720 --> 0:15:05.120 the record right now, and if Michigan blows out Illinois. 0:15:05.720 --> 0:15:06.760 I was never on the record. 0:15:08.600 --> 0:15:13.120 You're making this okay? Oh ex so bitch, the USC Trojans, 0:15:13.600 --> 0:15:16.280 the Men of Troy. Do they impress you much? 0:15:16.360 --> 0:15:19.240 Another team who is undefeated, who has taken care of 0:15:19.240 --> 0:15:22.520 business at every turn. Now, there are some underlying reasons 0:15:22.560 --> 0:15:25.240 to say, I don't know if this is a sustainable 0:15:25.280 --> 0:15:29.520 way of winning. Some close scores at halftime, a lot 0:15:29.560 --> 0:15:31.600 of turnovers, which again, if you can turn a team over, 0:15:31.640 --> 0:15:32.840 you should, and that's what good teams do. 0:15:33.800 --> 0:15:36.800 Are you impressed by USC. 0:15:38.200 --> 0:15:41.760 Or USC's accomplishments or however you're interpreting that question, you 0:15:41.840 --> 0:15:43.720 and Shania, me and Shania. 0:15:43.440 --> 0:15:48.080 If only because I said I am impressed by all 0:15:48.080 --> 0:15:51.480 the other teams and half impressed by Texas, I will 0:15:51.480 --> 0:15:55.200 say no on USC, okay, for a couple of reasons. 0:15:55.400 --> 0:16:00.080 First off, the defense. The questions about defense persist. It 0:16:00.120 --> 0:16:03.160 doesn't go anywhere, right, it's still giving up points. Yeah, 0:16:03.280 --> 0:16:05.480 you can score on USC. You can push them around 0:16:05.560 --> 0:16:07.200 up front, you know, Like I actually think this week 0:16:07.200 --> 0:16:09.000 against Washington State it's going to be an interesting go 0:16:09.080 --> 0:16:12.040 buy for US because I don't think's got the best offense, 0:16:12.080 --> 0:16:15.760 but he's got interesting players on offense who could make 0:16:15.800 --> 0:16:17.040 some magic against USC. 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:20.800 So from the defensive side of the ball, no, I'm not. 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:24.080 Offensively, they were always going to be really good with 0:16:24.120 --> 0:16:26.560 the players that they've had, and so it's hard to 0:16:26.560 --> 0:16:28.720 impress me on offense because I set a very high 0:16:28.760 --> 0:16:33.200 bar before the season, right, So I think on the 0:16:33.400 --> 0:16:36.480 overall sentiment side, I would say, no. 0:16:36.680 --> 0:16:38.160 That don't impress the name. 0:16:38.360 --> 0:16:41.520 No, No, I mean they're turning the ball over like 0:16:41.560 --> 0:16:42.960 crazy in a good way, right. 0:16:43.000 --> 0:16:45.080 The defense is turning opposing off The. 0:16:45.000 --> 0:16:48.000 Defense is having a lot of success when it comes 0:16:48.000 --> 0:16:51.480 to turning the ball over or getting turnovers, and that 0:16:51.520 --> 0:16:54.320 in and of itself is really really good for you know, 0:16:54.360 --> 0:16:56.440 your prospects of winning. It's going to bode well for them. 0:16:56.480 --> 0:16:59.640 I don't know if that's sustainable. Oftentimes it is not, 0:17:00.040 --> 0:17:02.720 but that part of their defense has been good. But 0:17:02.760 --> 0:17:05.200 they're still giving up a lot of points, still giving 0:17:05.240 --> 0:17:05.880 up yards. 0:17:06.720 --> 0:17:07.080 I don't know. 0:17:07.119 --> 0:17:08.760 In order for them, I think to really be taken 0:17:08.800 --> 0:17:12.159 seriously as like a true contender in this thing and 0:17:12.200 --> 0:17:14.639 not just a really good offense with a lot of 0:17:14.720 --> 0:17:17.479 nil money. Sure, you got to play a little bit 0:17:17.480 --> 0:17:19.959 more defense. They could get there. By the way they 0:17:20.000 --> 0:17:21.720 could get there before the end of the season. But 0:17:21.760 --> 0:17:22.560 they're not there yet. 0:17:22.960 --> 0:17:24.159 I don't know if they're going to get there in 0:17:24.200 --> 0:17:25.800 that specific way by the end of the year. I'm 0:17:25.800 --> 0:17:27.879 actually going to say USC is impressive. And I go 0:17:27.920 --> 0:17:29.240 back and forth on this, I'm going to say they're 0:17:29.240 --> 0:17:31.040 impressive because what they go last year, four and eight? 0:17:31.600 --> 0:17:34.200 What are they right now? I believe they're undefeated. 0:17:34.240 --> 0:17:36.720 They're undefeated, They're five and l They struggled our offense 0:17:36.800 --> 0:17:39.160 last year, they were injured, they had guys leaving the program, 0:17:39.200 --> 0:17:41.399 There was discord within the locker room. There were all 0:17:41.440 --> 0:17:44.520 sorts of issues that plagued the USC. Hire a new coach, 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:46.560 bring in all these players, and sure there is a 0:17:47.040 --> 0:17:50.320 mercenary aspect to USC and the way that they've constructed 0:17:50.320 --> 0:17:50.800 this roster. 0:17:51.520 --> 0:17:54.000 But to throw all these players together. 0:17:53.840 --> 0:17:56.480 Right, to throw last year's Oklahoma quarterback, to throw last 0:17:56.520 --> 0:17:59.920 year's pit wide receiver, to throw last year's Oregon running back, 0:18:00.040 --> 0:18:02.120 all in the same locker room and expected to succeed. 0:18:02.680 --> 0:18:06.080 They've done it immediately. Now that's on offense. Caleb Williams. 0:18:06.080 --> 0:18:08.080 Does he hold onto the ball too long? Perhaps? 0:18:08.160 --> 0:18:08.360 Yes? 0:18:08.520 --> 0:18:12.640 Is it going to cause four issues against Utah or whoever? 0:18:12.680 --> 0:18:13.440 They end up playing. 0:18:13.480 --> 0:18:15.760 If they end up in the PAC twelve Championship game, sure, 0:18:16.119 --> 0:18:19.200 but if they're going from a program in complete disrepair 0:18:19.280 --> 0:18:21.399 under Clay Helton to a program that looks like a 0:18:21.440 --> 0:18:23.639 ten win program over the course of a matter of months, 0:18:24.160 --> 0:18:26.440 I mean you have to give some credit there, right, 0:18:27.040 --> 0:18:31.520 Even if the underlying numbers and stats are not necessarily sustainable. 0:18:31.640 --> 0:18:34.800 It's still impressive. They'll blow it. 0:18:35.160 --> 0:18:37.280