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Speaker 3: This excerpt here. We expanded on the Shanaia Saturday concept
Speaker 3: that we trotted out on our Week six preview episode,
Speaker 3: which you could also hear now if you go on
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Speaker 3: have not impressed us so far through this college football season.
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Speaker 3: if not, if nothing more, talk to you again after
Speaker 3: week six to talk about all that was in the
Speaker 3: world of college football. Have a great weekend. ESPN did
Speaker 3: this thing. Gosh, I don't know how long ago. They
Speaker 3: still do it. They do it for basketball, they do
Speaker 3: it for football. They'll do it about week eight in
Speaker 3: football season, and they come up with a catchy bit
Speaker 3: of a literation to label separation Saturday, show me Saturday
Speaker 3: if there's maybe like a big Bazoo game or something like.
Speaker 3: They have these I don't know, these hackneyed line literative nicknames,
Speaker 3: just these lines they trot out. We thought many years
Speaker 3: ago we could be a little bit more creative. So
Speaker 3: we do it every Saturday, or we do it in
Speaker 3: preparation for every Saturday.
Speaker 1: Excuse me.
Speaker 3: And this week I've seen some folks posting in the
Speaker 3: chat here they know what's coming here.
Speaker 1: Do you want to lay the groundwork for this game? Yeah?
Speaker 2: Once again, we're a month into the season and they
Speaker 2: are all sorts of results that would have us thinking,
Speaker 2: oh my god, this team's frisky, this team's good, this
Speaker 2: team's excellent, this team has what it takes to do
Speaker 2: incredible things. But it's based on one game, two games,
Speaker 2: and I'm not sold on really anything dramatic a month in.
Speaker 2: But there are some teams that I've been impressed with,
Speaker 2: but also there are some results that just I don't know,
Speaker 2: they don't impress me much.
Speaker 4: Sut don't impress me much.
Speaker 2: So I'm here to ask you a number of questions,
Speaker 2: and I have a number of teams that I'd like
Speaker 2: to review.
Speaker 1: Do these teams impress you much?
Speaker 4: Shut don't impress name much?
Speaker 1: Or do they not? Shout out Eileen Edwards Akaashania Twain.
Speaker 4: That don't impress name?
Speaker 1: Just one more time to really drive it home. No,
Speaker 1: I hear you.
Speaker 2: I wish she sang an alternate version of that song
Speaker 2: talking about what she is impressed by. Yeah, that would
Speaker 2: have been nice for her soundboard, so we could just
Speaker 2: hit that impresses me, John, But she didn't.
Speaker 1: So would you like to start with some teams? I
Speaker 1: would absolutely love to.
Speaker 2: Let's start with the Texas Longhorns ahead of this, I
Speaker 2: mean we talked about the news of quin yours returning
Speaker 2: the totality of the Texas Longhorns twenty twenty two experience.
Speaker 2: Does it impress you? The close loss to Alabama, some
Speaker 2: slow starts, some defensive improvement at times, some development of
Speaker 2: receivers obviously, some interesting ways to get John Robinson the ball,
Speaker 2: but also you're tossing in a loss to Texas tech
Speaker 2: in there, does Texas impress you much?
Speaker 3: Texas is very much thematic with that song? Okay, impress
Speaker 3: me much.
Speaker 1: There is a line in.
Speaker 2: There about Jordan, about Jatavian Sanders, about.
Speaker 3: Who No, I mean, you're you're one of those guys
Speaker 3: likes to shine his machine. Oh okay, make me take
Speaker 3: off shoes. Are you looking at buff zone dot com
Speaker 3: right now? Now?
Speaker 1: This is this is Google?
Speaker 3: Something on Google. You make me take off my shoes
Speaker 3: before you let me get in. Okay, it's hit or
Speaker 3: miss with Texas. It's a little bit of both. I've
Speaker 3: been impressed with a little bit we've seen a Quinn yours,
Speaker 3: but very little bit that we seen a quin yours
Speaker 3: before he got hurt.
Speaker 1: I hear.
Speaker 3: I'm very impressed by that version of Texas, and I
Speaker 3: think from what we've seen so far after that Alabama game,
Speaker 3: granted we're going to turn a blind eye to the
Speaker 3: defense for the purposes of my argument, I think, all
Speaker 3: things considered, I am at least impressed by the offense
Speaker 3: at Texas seemingly taking a bit of a step forward,
Speaker 3: seemingly incorporating more weapons as they've gotten healthier, as they've
Speaker 3: kind of grown into this sark system. I feel like,
Speaker 3: at least on that level, I've been impressed. Defensively, No
Speaker 3: So that's the hit or misquality. Right.
Speaker 1: It's great you've got the shiny car.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but there is a qualifier there that makes me
Speaker 3: not as impressed. I'm right down the middle. I am
Speaker 3: both impressed and not impressed about Texas Longhorns.
Speaker 2: Okay, fair enough, let's I think I'm going to go
Speaker 2: with impressed. I'm just because I'm saying either something impressed
Speaker 2: as you or it doesn't. I'm going to say I'm impressed,
Speaker 2: not within the context of Texas's expectations for being excellent,
Speaker 2: but impress that going to a backup quarterback as Hudson
Speaker 2: Card has gotten healthier, he's looked better and better, and
Speaker 2: to not really lose a step with your backup quarterback
Speaker 2: who looks of starting quality, I'm impressed.
Speaker 1: I'm definitely impressed.
Speaker 3: By the way Catherine in the chat says, just to
Speaker 3: kind of put a fine point on this thing. Yeah,
Speaker 3: things that don't impress Shanaiah per the song are rocket
Speaker 3: scientists having a car in Brad Pitt. Okay, So just
Speaker 3: like kind of put that away and we come back
Speaker 3: to it, do we have to.
Speaker 2: But it's a lot to unpack there, because I think
Speaker 2: having a car can be impressive. I mean, you might
Speaker 2: have your act together. Brad Pitt, I don't know. He
Speaker 2: hasn't had a great year necessarily, hasn't. I'm not that
Speaker 2: impressed with the things that have come out about Bread
Speaker 2: and don't impress name that I did like his performance
Speaker 2: and once upon a time in Hollywood, right, rocket scientist,
Speaker 2: I'm pretty impressed with, Like, how to be honest with you,
Speaker 2: it's an impressive We have.
Speaker 3: Rocket scientists who listen to the show, so we have
Speaker 3: to say nice things about them.
Speaker 1: What's what's all team here? All Miss?
Speaker 2: Does Ole Miss impress you much? Coming off of their
Speaker 2: win in a different kind of way?
Speaker 1: Right?
Speaker 2: It's not throwing the ball down field, It's not electricity
Speaker 2: with speedy receivers all over the place and play making quarterbacks,
Speaker 2: but defense and running the ball and being creative within
Speaker 2: those two things?
Speaker 1: Does Ole Miss impress you much?
Speaker 3: Ole Miss is favored in every game still on their schedule,
Speaker 3: and they're only a one touchdown dog at home per
Speaker 3: some of these projections against Alabama when they play second
Speaker 3: week of November. So the stats are pressed by Ole
Speaker 3: Miss and I am as well. I've said this on
Speaker 3: the podcast a number of times now, I'll reiterate it again.
Speaker 3: I like the running game. I like the defense that
Speaker 3: is almost completely counters. Yeah, that is almost completely counter
Speaker 3: to what old Miss used to be, which was they're
Speaker 3: going to throw it a million times and maybe play
Speaker 3: a little bit of defense. Yeah, this team is different
Speaker 3: now under Lane.
Speaker 2: See, I think they've quietly run it really well. I
Speaker 2: mean you look at some of the recent names, obviously
Speaker 2: Henry Parrish, Snoop Connor, Jerry and Ely two sports star
Speaker 2: like they've quietly had those guys who've been playmakers.
Speaker 1: How about Dexter mccluster. If you just want to sit
Speaker 1: around naming ole Miss running back, talk some wildcat quarterback.
Speaker 2: Yeah, let's just talk guys buff zooned dot com. I
Speaker 2: think ole Miss has actually done a really nice job
Speaker 2: being balanced. And perhaps they're less so this year, and
Speaker 2: perhaps there's less trust with Jackson Dart at this stage
Speaker 2: in his career with ole Miss running a more balanced offense.
Speaker 2: But look whin how you can win and ole Miss's
Speaker 2: defense was a nightmare three four years ago and right
Speaker 2: now they were full on, very effective and strong against Kentucky,
Speaker 2: and I think they will continue to do so. It's
Speaker 2: just at this point, The question is if they do
Speaker 2: have to throw the ball, if you can put eight
Speaker 2: dudes in the box most of the game, what do
Speaker 2: they look like in terms of that outpitch throwing the
Speaker 2: ball downfielder adjusting at halftime with Jackson Dart, I'm impressed
Speaker 2: by Ole Miss.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I am as well.
Speaker 3: The thing to watch with Old Miss though, and I
Speaker 3: suspect we will see it a little bit more as
Speaker 3: we go through their schedule now the rest of the way.
Speaker 3: Maybe not this week at Vandy, maybe a little bit
Speaker 3: next week against Auburn, but certainly as we get into
Speaker 3: like LSU and Alabama and even Mississippi State a little
Speaker 3: bit later on. Sure, the one thing that's really lagged
Speaker 3: behind on the defensive side is the rush defense.
Speaker 1: Yeah, last year too, for at least the first half
Speaker 1: of the year behind.
Speaker 3: So they will play some teams with good offensive lines.
Speaker 3: They will play some teams that could run the ball,
Speaker 3: and that I think will be a pretty big test
Speaker 3: for him. But we're I think we're in agreement. We're
Speaker 3: both impressed by All Miss.
Speaker 1: We're both impressed.
Speaker 2: Although let's like the teams that they've played thus far
Speaker 2: are who exactly right, It's UCF.
Speaker 3: It's a guy named Troy, buff Zone dot Com, Troy, Central, Arkansas,
Speaker 3: Georgia Tech, Tulsa, and Kentucky.
Speaker 2: So we look at that and we say, all right,
Speaker 2: they beat Kentucky. Do we know how impressed we should
Speaker 2: be with the Kentucky win? Not fully, but I'd like
Speaker 2: to see more of a catalog of wins at this point.
Speaker 1: So I'm impressed, maybe not impressed much.
Speaker 3: How about that that sounds let us know in the chat,
Speaker 3: mister pizza coolisas ain't played nobody.
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's it's a relatively reasonable criticism.
Speaker 3: Yeah, Jason says, eight dudes, okay.
Speaker 1: Eight dudes in the box. Yeah I understand.
Speaker 2: Okay, Yeah, wheels are turning in the comments section, we
Speaker 2: all get it.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I saw the first part and not the last part.
Speaker 3: What's our next team?
Speaker 2: Okay, let me look at the list. I made up
Speaker 2: my haphazard list. How about the Michigan Wolverines. So Michigan
Speaker 2: with a very nice win. I will say, it's still
Speaker 2: a very nice win to go to Iowa City, a
Speaker 2: place they haven't won in what seventeen years? They haven't
Speaker 2: won in Kinnick since two thousand and five.
Speaker 1: House of horrors.
Speaker 2: The expectation was they were going to struggle to score,
Speaker 2: but they managed to, you know, by the end of
Speaker 2: the game, get to twenty seven points and one in
Speaker 2: a sensical way. They didn't push too much against a
Speaker 2: strong Iowa defense, and their own defense did absolutely what
Speaker 2: it needed to do against Iowa to win that game.
Speaker 1: That said, didn't.
Speaker 2: Really play anybody in the non conference portion of their
Speaker 2: schedule back and forth against Maryland. So right now against
Speaker 2: maybe the worst offense relative to winning and expectations in
Speaker 2: America Iowa. Has Michigan impressed you much with how they've
Speaker 2: performed against their schedule, I think so.
Speaker 1: Yeah, Okay, yeah, yeah, yeah, absolutely.
Speaker 3: I mean, look, you and I had a lengthy discussion
Speaker 3: where I believe you called me a silly bitch last
Speaker 3: week because that look, look, I just I just want
Speaker 3: to get that on the record. We have it on
Speaker 3: the record elsewhere. I just for the Spotify folks that
Speaker 3: are here in attendance.
Speaker 2: I'm not saying you are a silly bitch. I'm saying
Speaker 2: you were acting like I was acting. Okay, Okay, important clarifications. No,
Speaker 2: I mean they look fine at Iowa. I thought they
Speaker 2: would look a little bit better on offense, but beggar
Speaker 2: scampy choosers.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: JJ McCarthy was not put in a position where he
Speaker 3: had to go out there and win the football game
Speaker 3: he was calling. He was composed, the game plans seem good.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 3: Granted the defense did most of the work or didn't
Speaker 3: have to do much of the.
Speaker 1: Work right at Spencers.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I don't know how you know the what the
Speaker 3: proper construction is to label the Iowa offense and how
Speaker 3: it performs, But you know, the defense did its job,
Speaker 3: kept that one relatively low scoring on the Iowa side,
Speaker 3: as most defenses do. And JJ McCarthy was good, played
Speaker 3: within himself. I do think there was a part of
Speaker 3: me wanting more from the Michigan offense, and I am
Speaker 3: curious to see as they get into some better games,
Speaker 3: name Lee, Penn State, and Ohio State, if it's something
Speaker 3: that comes back to bite them.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm going to say they don't impress me much.
Speaker 2: And it's not because of anything they've specifically done. It's
Speaker 2: there's something that it's just looking at their schedule. So
Speaker 2: you beat that non conference schedule, so you beat Iowa
Speaker 2: with somehow the worst Iowa offense in history. You know,
Speaker 2: worse than some other pretty notable ones beating Mary and
Speaker 2: by you know, seven points or whatever. I'm going to say,
Speaker 2: what Michigan has done has not impressed me much. I
Speaker 2: think they are impressive, if that makes any sense, But
Speaker 2: their accomplishments don't impress me much.
Speaker 1: How about that?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, we've got a comment here in the
Speaker 3: chat that Michigan has handled business at every turn. There
Speaker 3: are countless examples of good teams letting bad ones hang
Speaker 3: around this year. That's true, and I think that in
Speaker 3: and of itself is grounds to be impressed. I think,
Speaker 3: look my takeaway after the Iowa game, and I said
Speaker 3: this on a radio show that I did with some
Speaker 3: folks back home.
Speaker 1: I could see Michigan being vulnerable.
Speaker 3: I can see I can see a world in which
Speaker 3: there's defense that can truly hold down JJ McCarthy confuse
Speaker 3: him that you're left wanting that extra gear for your.
Speaker 1: Remembering is it in a big game?
Speaker 3: That being said, yeah, they're undefeated. That being said, they've
Speaker 3: taken care of business, as our comments are said, at
Speaker 3: every turn. And so it's hard to not be impressed
Speaker 3: by Michigan. That doesn't mean that I don't have questions,
Speaker 3: it's about you know what it looks like the rest
Speaker 3: of the way.
Speaker 2: So basically what you're saying, and if I may put
Speaker 2: words in your mouth, Penn State or Illinois before Ohio State,
Speaker 2: Penn State or Illinois. As for who that team is
Speaker 2: when you say eventually there will be a defense, who X,
Speaker 2: Y and Z. Illinois defense has been very good against
Speaker 2: not a lot of teams, and Penn State has looked
Speaker 2: at times strong on offense, Auburn game, at times strong
Speaker 2: on defense, Northwestern game.
Speaker 1: I don't know, I mean per the sp plus.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there are three top ten defenses remaining on Michigan
Speaker 3: schedule in the form of Penn State, Ohio State, and
Speaker 3: I cannot believe we're saying Illinois but Illinois.
Speaker 2: We're on the Walters wagon here at the solid verbal Yeah.
Speaker 1: So all right, so not impressed.
Speaker 3: I am next team, by the way, at the answers Illinois,
Speaker 3: Illinois look ahead spot Brett bi Illema, big ten weird,
Speaker 3: Iowa tattoo.
Speaker 2: I'm just saying right now, there's something about that game
Speaker 2: that should be very scary to Michigan fans. I'm on
Speaker 2: the record right now, and if Michigan blows out Illinois.
Speaker 2: I was never on the record.
Speaker 1: You're making this okay? Oh ex so bitch, the USC Trojans,
Speaker 1: the Men of Troy. Do they impress you much?
Speaker 2: Another team who is undefeated, who has taken care of
Speaker 2: business at every turn. Now, there are some underlying reasons
Speaker 2: to say, I don't know if this is a sustainable
Speaker 2: way of winning. Some close scores at halftime, a lot
Speaker 2: of turnovers, which again, if you can turn a team over,
Speaker 2: you should, and that's what good teams do.
Speaker 1: Are you impressed by USC.
Speaker 2: Or USC's accomplishments or however you're interpreting that question, you
Speaker 2: and Shania, me and Shania.
Speaker 3: If only because I said I am impressed by all
Speaker 3: the other teams and half impressed by Texas, I will
Speaker 3: say no on USC, okay, for a couple of reasons.
Speaker 3: First off, the defense. The questions about defense persist. It
Speaker 3: doesn't go anywhere, right, it's still giving up points. Yeah,
Speaker 3: you can score on USC. You can push them around
Speaker 3: up front, you know, Like I actually think this week
Speaker 3: against Washington State it's going to be an interesting go
Speaker 3: buy for US because I don't think's got the best offense,
Speaker 3: but he's got interesting players on offense who could make
Speaker 3: some magic against USC.
Speaker 1: So from the defensive side of the ball, no, I'm not.
Speaker 3: Offensively, they were always going to be really good with
Speaker 3: the players that they've had, and so it's hard to
Speaker 3: impress me on offense because I set a very high
Speaker 3: bar before the season, right, So I think on the
Speaker 3: overall sentiment side, I would say, no.
Speaker 4: That don't impress the name.
Speaker 3: No, No, I mean they're turning the ball over like
Speaker 3: crazy in a good way, right.
Speaker 1: The defense is turning opposing off The.
Speaker 3: Defense is having a lot of success when it comes
Speaker 3: to turning the ball over or getting turnovers, and that
Speaker 3: in and of itself is really really good for you know,
Speaker 3: your prospects of winning. It's going to bode well for them.
Speaker 3: I don't know if that's sustainable. Oftentimes it is not,
Speaker 3: but that part of their defense has been good. But
Speaker 3: they're still giving up a lot of points, still giving
Speaker 3: up yards.
Speaker 1: I don't know.
Speaker 3: In order for them, I think to really be taken
Speaker 3: seriously as like a true contender in this thing and
Speaker 3: not just a really good offense with a lot of
Speaker 3: nil money. Sure, you got to play a little bit
Speaker 3: more defense. They could get there. By the way they
Speaker 3: could get there before the end of the season. But
Speaker 3: they're not there yet.
Speaker 2: I don't know if they're going to get there in
Speaker 2: that specific way by the end of the year. I'm
Speaker 2: actually going to say USC is impressive. And I go
Speaker 2: back and forth on this, I'm going to say they're
Speaker 2: impressive because what they go last year, four and eight?
Speaker 1: What are they right now? I believe they're undefeated.
Speaker 2: They're undefeated, They're five and l They struggled our offense
Speaker 2: last year, they were injured, they had guys leaving the program,
Speaker 2: There was discord within the locker room. There were all
Speaker 2: sorts of issues that plagued the USC. Hire a new coach,
Speaker 2: bring in all these players, and sure there is a
Speaker 2: mercenary aspect to USC and the way that they've constructed
Speaker 2: this roster.
Speaker 1: But to throw all these players together.
Speaker 2: Right, to throw last year's Oklahoma quarterback, to throw last
Speaker 2: year's pit wide receiver, to throw last year's Oregon running back,
Speaker 2: all in the same locker room and expected to succeed.
Speaker 2: They've done it immediately. Now that's on offense. Caleb Williams.
Speaker 2: Does he hold onto the ball too long? Perhaps?
Speaker 3: Yes?
Speaker 2: Is it going to cause four issues against Utah or whoever?
Speaker 1: They end up playing.
Speaker 2: If they end up in the PAC twelve Championship game, sure,
Speaker 2: but if they're going from a program in complete disrepair
Speaker 2: under Clay Helton to a program that looks like a
Speaker 2: ten win program over the course of a matter of months,
Speaker 2: I mean you have to give some credit there, right,
Speaker 2: Even if the underlying numbers and stats are not necessarily sustainable.
Speaker 1: It's still impressive. They'll blow it.
Speaker 2: I mean, it's Notre Dame in Utah. Oh right, you
Speaker 2: know they'll blow it. Yeah, but it's year one now.
Speaker 2: I know their expectations, given the high profile nature of
Speaker 2: the hire and bringing in Caleb Williams and Mario Williams
Speaker 2: and Jordan Att all these guys, but certainly winning is
Speaker 2: better than losing. It is so that impresses me that
Speaker 2: throwing in all of those pieces and ending up with
Speaker 2: the zero in the lost column, I'm impressed.
Speaker 3: Sorry, Sam urges a little bit of patience in saying
Speaker 3: that we should wait to December to truly judge where
Speaker 3: all things are on the US. See Alexander in the
Speaker 3: chat saying Caleb Williams is impressive. Yeah, I would agree,
Speaker 3: because Caleb Williams is really, really good, certified dude, I
Speaker 3: would encourage folks, if you are ever so inclined, send
Speaker 3: in your speaker requests now, if you've got something to
Speaker 3: say on this matter, or if you've got picks that
Speaker 3: you want to give us as part of ty versus
Speaker 3: the world. What we're going to do here in just
Speaker 3: a little bit. We've got a lot to cover yet.
Speaker 3: On our Week six show, I want to throw out
Speaker 3: Clemson to you. Okay, where do we stand on Clemson.
Speaker 3: I'm impressed.
Speaker 2: I'm impressed with Clemson because I'm willing to throw out
Speaker 2: recent history with Clemson. I'm willing to throw things out.
Speaker 2: They're winning games, they're beat up on defense, their corners
Speaker 2: gave up a ton against Wake Forest. I'm not going
Speaker 2: to say I'm impressed necessarily with the results. I think
Speaker 2: I'm impressed with finding different ways to win, to beat
Speaker 2: NC State like they did back and forth early on.
Speaker 2: The defense, tightened up the offensive game plan I think
Speaker 2: was pretty sound. I don't think Clemson is on the
Speaker 2: level of Alabama, Georgia, Ohio State. I think they're a
Speaker 2: tier a tier and a half below. But I think
Speaker 2: all things considered, it could have been a worse start.
Speaker 2: They could have lost to Wake, they could have lost
Speaker 2: to NC State, they could have played and I know
Speaker 2: they were pretty close to Georgia Tech early on, which
Speaker 2: is not necessarily the best result, but that was Week
Speaker 2: one whatever.
Speaker 1: I'm willing to throw out a lot of that.
Speaker 2: I'm not impressed with the five star rating that was
Speaker 2: attached to DJU coming out of high school, but again,
Speaker 2: it's not really his fault necessarily. I think they're winning
Speaker 2: in spite of the coordinators leaving and all that kind
Speaker 2: of stuff. I'm going to say they impressed me, but
Speaker 2: not necessarily within the context of Clemson fan expectations.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I'm not impressed with wide receiving core no,
Speaker 3: but I'm pretty much impressed with everything else. And I
Speaker 3: think you're right to point out DJU five star. But
Speaker 3: DJU has been a lot better this year.
Speaker 1: He has been.
Speaker 3: Dju is not turning the ball over the way he
Speaker 3: did a year ago. He's got an eleven to one
Speaker 3: touchdown to interception ratio, sixty five percent of his passes
Speaker 3: are completed. Will Shipley when they use him as doing
Speaker 3: an effective job, I think they're doing a good enough job.
Speaker 3: I like what they're doing with DJU. By the way,
Speaker 3: in the running game, I like that we're seeing a
Speaker 3: little bit more designed runs for him. He's not going
Speaker 3: to blow anybody away with his speed, but he's a
Speaker 3: big dude. He's big dude to bully over. He can
Speaker 3: get those hard yards and I think that's really important.
Speaker 3: So I think they're kind of growing into this thing
Speaker 3: as they go with new coordinators and some new faces
Speaker 3: across the board there. For Clemson, defensively, they're stout. They're
Speaker 3: not as good as I think we thought they might be.
Speaker 3: Like we gave the stat out about a week ago,
Speaker 3: how they're not necessarily generating the pressure right, and they're
Speaker 3: also giving up a lot in the intermediate passing game,
Speaker 3: like you're just very good at doing whatever it is
Speaker 3: that they do, but they're not necessarily a havoc team. Yeah,
Speaker 3: So I think that makes them impressive across the board.
Speaker 3: I think they are getting better, and that's what impresses
Speaker 3: me the most about the Tigers, the fact that there
Speaker 3: is still room to grow here.
Speaker 1: And if you look at.
Speaker 3: The schedule, I mean, look, there's not a whole lot
Speaker 3: of teams on here that really frighten me. I think
Speaker 3: Clemson's probably better than most of these teams. I also
Speaker 3: don't think Clemson is impregnable. I think one of these teams,
Speaker 3: whether it's at Notre Dame or you know, a weird
Speaker 3: game at Florida State in a couple of weeks, like
Speaker 3: I could see that being an interesting scenario for Clemson
Speaker 3: where you know, maybe things don't go their way and
Speaker 3: suddenly they're trailing late in the game.
Speaker 1: But I think generally I'm pretty impressed by this team.
Speaker 2: Could I jump in real quick, awesome use of impregnable,
Speaker 2: like you absolutely nailed it.
Speaker 1: Thank you.
Speaker 2: I had to look it up to make sure that
Speaker 2: you didn't talk about somebody not being able to get
Speaker 2: pregnant or.
Speaker 3: WYDI we're talking about buffs that would be impregnate.
Speaker 2: That's I understand what you're saying. But I'm just saying, credit,
Speaker 2: where credits? Do you absolutely nail that?
Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you, thank you.
Speaker 3: M