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Speaker 3: I've heard so many players say, well, I want to

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Speaker 2: And then and Tye, welcome back to the saliverbal boys

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Speaker 3: How you doing good? And just stop with the incomparable

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Speaker 3: stop it. I'm good. I am Uh, I'm pretty excited

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Speaker 3: to conclude our schedule, dive in with the SEC all

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Speaker 3: still fourteen teams right, that is Crush still at fourteen

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Speaker 3: To be truthful, it's just it's it's whetting my appetite, Ty,

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Speaker 3: It's it's whetting my whist for the upcoming season. But

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Speaker 3: I got to be frank with you, Ty, I'm a

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Speaker 2: the month. As Dan said today's show, we plunge into

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Speaker 2: the Deep South. We are taking a look at the

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Speaker 2: SEC schedule in twenty twenty two. Thus far, we've done

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Speaker 2: the other four power conferences today, not just the SEC,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I've been to I would say a chunk. I

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it all is going to come down to well,

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Speaker 2: Every week's a trap. In the SEC. They've got Florida,

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Speaker 2: I pulled Texas A and m I'm out of this

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Speaker 3: So what you are overlooking with Texas A and M

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Speaker 2: Wow, Okay interesting. Yeah. The other team that I pulled

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Speaker 2: You just do.

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Speaker 3: There's such a good entertainment factor potential with this team.

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Speaker 2: It's Texas A and M and Alabama back to back weeks.

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Speaker 2: Alabama is at home in Fayetteville. Then after that Bama

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Speaker 2: true road games here on the schedule, Mississippi State BYU,

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Speaker 2: which we mentioned, and then Auburn and the Zoo, which

432
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Speaker 2: you mentioned a minute ago as well. So it sets

433
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Speaker 2: up fairly well for this Arkansas squad. Early and late.

434
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Speaker 2: We're gonna find out who Arkansas is between the last

435
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Speaker 2: week of September and the end of October. That will

436
00:23:47,560 --> 00:23:50,000
Speaker 2: tell us everything we need to know. About this hog squad.

437
00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:52,359
Speaker 2: But look, if they can get ahead of steam, if

438
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Speaker 2: they can build some momentum, you can squint and find.

439
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Speaker 1: A ten and two season here. Oh man, find it?

440
00:24:01,160 --> 00:24:05,640
Speaker 2: You don't think so with this schedule. I don't think

441
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:11,040
Speaker 2: it's horrible. I it's relative. Again, it's relative. I bring

442
00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:11,960
Speaker 2: that up. It's relative.

443
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Speaker 3: That's still ten wins with this kind of schedule, Like

444
00:24:17,440 --> 00:24:20,720
Speaker 3: Cincinnati's not automatic, Like where are they coming from? Where

445
00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,720
Speaker 3: are these ten wins coming from? I think to win

446
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:28,199
Speaker 3: ten games in a major conference you need to not

447
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Speaker 3: just be good and not just be deep, but be

448
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,399
Speaker 3: good and deep enough to capitalize on a couple of

449
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Speaker 3: lucky breaks. And I don't know if Arkansas is there yet.

450
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Speaker 3: I really like what Sam Pittman's done on the trail.

451
00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:42,600
Speaker 3: I really like what he does in game. I really like,

452
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:47,160
Speaker 3: you know, the whole identity of just bashing teams. But okay, man,

453
00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:50,080
Speaker 3: I still think, look, this is probably the air given

454
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Speaker 3: kJ Jefferson's ascension.

455
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Speaker 1: But that's a lot with this schedule.

456
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Speaker 2: Who's your Forest Gump team in the SEC Mississippi State?

457
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Speaker 2: Oh see, I have them ist here?

458
00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:04,160
Speaker 3: It is brutal. No, I think it's two things it's

459
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:11,080
Speaker 3: both our good gal pall Olivia and Gumpy just because. Okay,

460
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:14,080
Speaker 3: so they have Memphis early and not just and this

461
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:16,720
Speaker 3: is part of our Memphis preview, I suppose schedule preview.

462
00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:18,920
Speaker 3: Memphis has an air raid team and a triple option

463
00:25:19,080 --> 00:25:22,200
Speaker 3: team back to back. Memphis has Mississippi State and Navy.

464
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Speaker 3: So that's just a fun wrinkle. It's just a fun

465
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Speaker 3: college football wrinkle. Mississippi State. They're sandwiched on Texas A

466
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Speaker 3: and M schedule as a they're a gumpy sandwich, Gumpy

467
00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:33,720
Speaker 3: the gump sand shrimp sandwich. Yes, I got you. So

468
00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:36,440
Speaker 3: they'd be on A and M schedule. They're between Arkansas

469
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Speaker 3: and Alabama. Okay, so they find themselves in that high

470
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Speaker 3: profile situation.

471
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Speaker 2: Scheme that we talked about before.

472
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Speaker 3: Correct. Yeahs, I'm saying they're situationally finding themselves all over

473
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Speaker 3: the map in like, ooh, that's an interesting time to

474
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Speaker 3: play Mississippi State. Uh, Mississippi State has Arkansas after Alabama

475
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Speaker 3: in a potential letdown spot for Arkansas. Mississippi State has

476
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Speaker 3: Ucky on the road, right, Yeah, they have Kentucky on

477
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Speaker 3: the road after Ole Miss and South Carolina and before

478
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Speaker 3: a BI week. So maybe that's an open face look

479
00:26:08,280 --> 00:26:13,119
Speaker 3: ahead for Kentucky there. Mississippi State has well, they just

480
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:17,360
Speaker 3: have Alabama. That's very difficult. But Mississippi State has Alabama

481
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Speaker 3: after the run of Arkansas, A and M Tennessee. Correct,

482
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Speaker 3: after Alabama has that run.

483
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Speaker 2: Tennessee third week of October rivalry game.

484
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Speaker 3: Correct. Mississippi State has Auburn a week a week in

485
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Speaker 3: the middle of Arkansas and A and M. Another sandwich

486
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Speaker 3: spot that's for Auburn. That's an Auburn sandwich or Auburn

487
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:41,000
Speaker 3: sandwich is Mississippi State between Arkansas and A and M

488
00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:45,160
Speaker 3: both at home, and that's Auburn traveling to Starkville. They

489
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Speaker 3: have Georgia. Mississippi State has Georgia after Florida after Tennessee

490
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:54,560
Speaker 3: before Kentucky. Like they're just they're fighting. I don't know

491
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Speaker 3: if they're especially I don't know if the word is

492
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Speaker 3: gumpy or sandwiching. And of course they have the egg Bowl.

493
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Speaker 3: Is there a by situation? No, they Oh, they have

494
00:27:02,680 --> 00:27:06,800
Speaker 3: Eastern Tennessee before the egg Bowl and Ole miss has

495
00:27:07,280 --> 00:27:09,960
Speaker 3: Arkansas on the road, so like a weird advantage there

496
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,439
Speaker 3: before the egg Bowl Thanksgiving weekend. So I'm just saying Situationally,

497
00:27:13,640 --> 00:27:16,000
Speaker 3: they're just all over the maps looking in the you know,

498
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:17,800
Speaker 3: they're finding themselves in the back of a picture with

499
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Speaker 3: Lyndon B. Johnson, and then you know at the a

500
00:27:21,359 --> 00:27:24,800
Speaker 3: National Mall during a protest in the way that Forrest

501
00:27:24,800 --> 00:27:27,800
Speaker 3: Gump was just you know, finding himself in these situations.

502
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Speaker 3: So I love it. I love that Mississippi State will

503
00:27:29,800 --> 00:27:32,840
Speaker 3: be high profile and throwing kitchen sinks at everybody at

504
00:27:32,840 --> 00:27:33,720
Speaker 3: opportune times.

505
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Speaker 2: I'm interested in that Mississippi State schedule. It does it's

506
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,200
Speaker 2: going to go well? To be clear, yeah, it does.

507
00:27:41,440 --> 00:27:46,400
Speaker 2: It feels brutal to me, it really, but I appreciate

508
00:27:46,480 --> 00:27:50,280
Speaker 2: the situational aspect of this that you mentioned. They're not

509
00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:51,440
Speaker 2: quite Texas Tech.

510
00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:58,720
Speaker 3: But but also is it more difficult to be gumpy

511
00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:00,639
Speaker 3: in the SEC than it is to gumpy in the

512
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:02,040
Speaker 3: Big twelve? I would say certainly.

513
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Speaker 2: Definitely. Definitely. Yeah.

514
00:28:05,520 --> 00:28:10,359
Speaker 3: So that's Mississippi State. What other schedules or situations jumped

515
00:28:10,400 --> 00:28:11,240
Speaker 3: off the page to you?

516
00:28:12,040 --> 00:28:17,199
Speaker 2: I hate South Carolina's bruti, hate it, hate it. The

517
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:22,240
Speaker 2: schedule feels just as hard as last season. Road slate's

518
00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,440
Speaker 2: a little better. Obviously, South Carolina as a team is better,

519
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:29,919
Speaker 2: which helps but they draw Arkansas and Texas, A and

520
00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:32,680
Speaker 2: M from the west, which isn't easy. Then they've got

521
00:28:32,720 --> 00:28:35,960
Speaker 2: to play Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Florida from the east,

522
00:28:36,440 --> 00:28:39,200
Speaker 2: and they close out this year at Clemson. That is

523
00:28:39,240 --> 00:28:43,120
Speaker 2: a no win situation for Shane Beemer. He will perform admirably,

524
00:28:43,200 --> 00:28:45,920
Speaker 2: he will coach those guys up, but that's a really,

525
00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 2: really difficult slate. The other one that jumped off the

526
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Speaker 2: page at me was LSU, and I'm curious to get

527
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Speaker 2: your thoughts on LSU, because, Okay, this is another one

528
00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:55,400
Speaker 2: of those schools where I look at the schedule and

529
00:28:55,440 --> 00:28:57,560
Speaker 2: at first I liked it, and then I hated it,

530
00:28:58,080 --> 00:29:00,040
Speaker 2: and now I'm squarely in the middle. It feels like

531
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,160
Speaker 2: one of those deals I'm going to talk myself into.

532
00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:06,920
Speaker 2: Here's what strikes me about LSU again, Situationally, keep in

533
00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:10,480
Speaker 2: mind where we're at, new coach Brian Kelly, quarterback situation,

534
00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,240
Speaker 2: but still a lot of talent.

535
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:12,960
Speaker 1: It's LSU.

536
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:19,400
Speaker 2: The first nine weeks of this schedule set up pretty well, sure,

537
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 2: and what I like about it, especially for a team

538
00:29:22,840 --> 00:29:25,960
Speaker 2: that's got unanswered questions and a new coach and they're

539
00:29:26,000 --> 00:29:28,400
Speaker 2: trying to work it out on the fly. I like

540
00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:32,959
Speaker 2: that it gets incrementally harder. Yeah, it's not a bad setup.

541
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Speaker 2: So September obviously opening up the year with Florida State

542
00:29:37,040 --> 00:29:41,560
Speaker 2: that games in New Orleans, de facto home game Week one.

543
00:29:42,280 --> 00:29:47,280
Speaker 2: They're also home against Mississippi State two weeks later. October

544
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,560
Speaker 2: gets a little harder. You're on the road at Auburn,

545
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Speaker 2: You've got a game against Tennessee, You're on the road

546
00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:54,440
Speaker 2: at Florida, you got a home game against Old miss

547
00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:59,200
Speaker 2: Definitely harder, but also I think winnable. Given ls's talent.

548
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:01,120
Speaker 2: I don't know where they'll be as a team, if

549
00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:04,160
Speaker 2: they'll be organized enough at that point, but just looking

550
00:30:04,200 --> 00:30:07,240
Speaker 2: at this slate, you would presume what their talent, those

551
00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:10,320
Speaker 2: could be winnable games. November is just rough. November is

552
00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 2: a lot harder. In November, they've got Bama, they got

553
00:30:12,880 --> 00:30:15,800
Speaker 2: a road game against Arkansas. They close out the year

554
00:30:15,840 --> 00:30:17,480
Speaker 2: at Texas A and M. That will be a real

555
00:30:17,560 --> 00:30:20,720
Speaker 2: challenge once you get to November. But I could totally

556
00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:23,560
Speaker 2: see myself, especially as we get into previews towards the

557
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,440
Speaker 2: latter half of July, and especially as we get maybe

558
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 2: a month into this thing. A few months down the line,

559
00:30:30,520 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 2: I could totally see myself talking you and everybody else

560
00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,800
Speaker 2: into LSU, because I think they just step into this

561
00:30:36,880 --> 00:30:43,840
Speaker 2: like a person stepping into a cold bath, just ease

562
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 2: their way into this thing, giving themselves a chance to

563
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:50,200
Speaker 2: really settle in before they go a little deeper into it.

564
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 2: So I'm okay with the schedule for LSU. It is

565
00:30:54,080 --> 00:30:57,720
Speaker 2: the kind of thing that could also go sideways. To

566
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Speaker 2: be fair, Like I'm saying all the nice now, there's

567
00:31:00,960 --> 00:31:04,120
Speaker 2: a really good chance that come week six, I'm like, ah,

568
00:31:04,320 --> 00:31:07,160
Speaker 2: forget all that stuff. Jane Daniels shouldn't have been the quarterback.

569
00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 2: They went to Walker Howard. He didn't work out either, Like,

570
00:31:10,480 --> 00:31:12,239
Speaker 2: there's a chance we go that direction as well.

571
00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,080
Speaker 3: But Myles Brandon's awesome, but think it's hurt.

572
00:31:14,160 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, there's a complete chance of that happening. But at

573
00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:20,960
Speaker 2: least my line for the moment is that I sort

574
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:22,880
Speaker 2: of like the way this sets up for him.

575
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Speaker 3: You could tell me kind of anything about LSU's season,

576
00:31:27,320 --> 00:31:29,640
Speaker 3: Like if you came back in time, if you were

577
00:31:29,880 --> 00:31:32,520
Speaker 3: Biff from Back to the Future and you had access

578
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:35,360
Speaker 3: to the Almanac, and you came back in time and said, look,

579
00:31:35,360 --> 00:31:39,720
Speaker 3: here's what's going on. I'd believe anything. I literally believe

580
00:31:40,240 --> 00:31:42,400
Speaker 3: you tell me that they beat Tennessee by twenty and

581
00:31:42,440 --> 00:31:45,680
Speaker 3: lose to Florida by twenty the following week, I shrug

582
00:31:45,720 --> 00:31:49,360
Speaker 3: and say, yeah, totally, that's about right given what they

583
00:31:49,440 --> 00:31:52,680
Speaker 3: could be in both good and bad ways this season

584
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,800
Speaker 3: starting over, starting with the Mississippi State game, there is

585
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 3: something that is going to be I mean, we used it,

586
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,240
Speaker 3: what did we say wild cardy last week? That there

587
00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:06,040
Speaker 3: is going to be something stop and go ish about

588
00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,240
Speaker 3: LSU this year. I think they're going to be entertaining.

589
00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:11,320
Speaker 3: I think like you've been very happy to mention that

590
00:32:11,320 --> 00:32:13,920
Speaker 3: there's going to be some quarterback growing pains and deciding

591
00:32:13,960 --> 00:32:16,600
Speaker 3: who is going to be playing quarterback and when and

592
00:32:16,680 --> 00:32:20,920
Speaker 3: how often, and so to me, that makes things as

593
00:32:23,400 --> 00:32:27,800
Speaker 3: turbulent as you can possibly imagine with a top tier

594
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:32,200
Speaker 3: head coach in year one at a giant place, navigating

595
00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:36,320
Speaker 3: the nuances of a major, major program in the SEC.

596
00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,200
Speaker 3: And so yeah, I'll believe anything you have to tell

597
00:32:39,240 --> 00:32:42,000
Speaker 3: me about LSU. And that's without diving into the roster,

598
00:32:42,080 --> 00:32:46,800
Speaker 3: that's without diving into anything that just because of situationally

599
00:32:46,880 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 3: where you know they're traveling to Auburn. Yeah, Auburn's What

600
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,400
Speaker 3: if Auburn has a three to nine season but somehow

601
00:32:51,440 --> 00:32:54,040
Speaker 3: beats LSU by ten, sure I believe it.

602
00:32:54,080 --> 00:32:56,800
Speaker 2: Well, I'm glad you brought up Auburn because an Auburn's

603
00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,760
Speaker 2: actually a really good school to contrast with LSU, because

604
00:33:00,800 --> 00:33:04,600
Speaker 2: both I think to some extent have quarterback questions. Auburn

605
00:33:04,600 --> 00:33:07,200
Speaker 2: brings over Zach Calzada. The jury for you and I

606
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:09,160
Speaker 2: is still very much out on Zack Calzada. He had

607
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,560
Speaker 2: that game against Alabama. He could be great. Maybe we're

608
00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:12,320
Speaker 2: just selling him short.

609
00:33:12,320 --> 00:33:12,719
Speaker 1: I don't know.

610
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:17,360
Speaker 2: I have a verdict continue. I'm trying to be as

611
00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 2: respectful to mister Kelzada as a continue. But at least

612
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 2: in the case of LSU, if things start to go sideways,

613
00:33:24,800 --> 00:33:27,760
Speaker 2: if there is a quarterback controversy, if Brian Kelly can't

614
00:33:27,760 --> 00:33:29,400
Speaker 2: figure it out, I'm telling you he's not going to

615
00:33:29,400 --> 00:33:31,800
Speaker 2: be able to figure it out. You can look at

616
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 2: the schedule and you could say, all right, I could

617
00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:37,920
Speaker 2: see him putting in a new quarterback Week six at

618
00:33:37,920 --> 00:33:41,960
Speaker 2: home against Tennessee or Week eight at home before a

619
00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,440
Speaker 2: bye against Ole Miss Like those aren't easy games. But

620
00:33:45,000 --> 00:33:47,760
Speaker 2: situationally on this schedule, if you are trying to put

621
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,520
Speaker 2: a new quarterback in as your starter, you could find

622
00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,680
Speaker 2: moments where it makes sense to do that. Sure, on

623
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Speaker 2: the Auburn side, I don't know if you do. I

624
00:33:56,800 --> 00:34:00,200
Speaker 2: don't know if you do. This is another really interesting

625
00:34:00,280 --> 00:34:03,360
Speaker 2: schedule to look at all. Right, keep in mind this

626
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:07,320
Speaker 2: Auburn squad, I don't know where they're at. They kept

627
00:34:07,360 --> 00:34:11,040
Speaker 2: Tank Bigsby, they brought over Zach Calzada. I gotta imagine

628
00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:13,080
Speaker 2: there's still some tension there with Brian Harrison.

629
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Speaker 1: I don't know.

630
00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:17,319
Speaker 2: Doesn't seem like that's just something that goes away a

631
00:34:17,360 --> 00:34:19,279
Speaker 2: couple months down the line. They almost got rid.

632
00:34:19,200 --> 00:34:20,239
Speaker 1: Of them, right.

633
00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,600
Speaker 2: They have to play both Georgia and Alabama on the road,

634
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,759
Speaker 2: which in and of itself makes the schedule really hard.

635
00:34:27,960 --> 00:34:28,480
Speaker 3: That's rough.

636
00:34:28,560 --> 00:34:35,440
Speaker 2: Yeah, Basically everything from October onwards looks really ominous. And

637
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,200
Speaker 2: maybe I'm just saying that because I'm not a huge

638
00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:40,000
Speaker 2: Auburn fan this year. I don't know, right, I just

639
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:43,160
Speaker 2: have visions of the Calzada thing not working out. Brian

640
00:34:43,200 --> 00:34:45,440
Speaker 2: Harrison needed to make a quarterback change in the middle

641
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:48,520
Speaker 2: of this, and there just aren't any soft landing spots

642
00:34:48,600 --> 00:34:52,080
Speaker 2: outside of that first month, maybe Mercer San Jose State.

643
00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:55,040
Speaker 2: They got the Penn State non conference game week three

644
00:34:55,080 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 2: at home and then Miszoo. But after that, as we

645
00:34:58,280 --> 00:35:02,200
Speaker 2: get into October, els you at Georgia at Ole miss

646
00:35:02,360 --> 00:35:06,520
Speaker 2: A bye week home against Arkansas at Mississippi State. There

647
00:35:06,520 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 2: they are again Texas A and M at home, Western

648
00:35:09,920 --> 00:35:12,919
Speaker 2: Kentucky at home a week before Alabama on the road.

649
00:35:13,120 --> 00:35:15,960
Speaker 2: That is not easy once you get through September. So

650
00:35:16,640 --> 00:35:18,239
Speaker 2: I don't know what happens. I hope it works out

651
00:35:18,280 --> 00:35:20,760
Speaker 2: for my quarterback. If they have to make a change.

652
00:35:21,000 --> 00:35:21,920
Speaker 2: I don't know when you make it.

653
00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:29,879
Speaker 3: Okay, might we be underrating Auburn now. I don't love

654
00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:33,040
Speaker 3: where they are talent wise upfront on defense. I still

655
00:35:33,040 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 3: am waiting for an offensive line to coalesce, to congeal

656
00:35:37,120 --> 00:35:41,520
Speaker 3: for Auburn. Brian Harson is not a fit at Auburn.

657
00:35:41,880 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 3: I think that's fair to say. For whatever reason they

658
00:35:44,640 --> 00:35:47,520
Speaker 3: made that higher and it just it probably long term

659
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:50,200
Speaker 3: and all likelihood is not going to work out. Brian

660
00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:51,360
Speaker 3: Harson's not John L.

661
00:35:51,440 --> 00:35:53,120
Speaker 2: Smith. He's a good.

662
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:57,600
Speaker 3: Coach, and whatever they get out of if it's Zach Calzada,

663
00:35:57,640 --> 00:35:59,880
Speaker 3: if it's Robbie Ashford, the Oregon transfer who I think

664
00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:02,480
Speaker 3: fourth on the Oregon depth Charty third, something like that.

665
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:04,760
Speaker 3: He was not a major factor in that quarterback battle

666
00:36:04,800 --> 00:36:08,840
Speaker 3: last year. If they're able to get something from this team,

667
00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,200
Speaker 3: I don't think they'll be good. I think Vegas has

668
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 3: their over underd about six and a half. They should

669
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:18,840
Speaker 3: still be a Bolish team which can still give a

670
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:23,799
Speaker 3: number of teams issues, especially at Jordan her I don't know.

671
00:36:24,200 --> 00:36:27,799
Speaker 3: I think the easy default thing to do is say

672
00:36:27,800 --> 00:36:31,279
Speaker 3: Auburn's collapsing, and in many ways they may be, but

673
00:36:31,400 --> 00:36:35,080
Speaker 3: still I don't love Penn State. I think they're fine.

674
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,200
Speaker 3: They're coming off of a loss to Illinois. They're a

675
00:36:38,239 --> 00:36:41,200
Speaker 3: team that can't close out close games. Not that Auburn

676
00:36:41,200 --> 00:36:43,719
Speaker 3: and their biggest performance last year could close out a

677
00:36:43,760 --> 00:36:48,239
Speaker 3: big game, But that game is at Auburn, correct, so

678
00:36:48,320 --> 00:36:52,040
Speaker 3: they have an ability there to potentially win a pretty

679
00:36:52,080 --> 00:36:56,040
Speaker 3: good size game. They host LSU in transition, they have

680
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,479
Speaker 3: Arkansas later on in the season, A and M later

681
00:36:58,560 --> 00:37:01,680
Speaker 3: on in the season. I think they might be fine.

682
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:07,920
Speaker 3: I don't know. At best, probably, but still I'm just

683
00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 3: speaking on behalf of myself. I think I may be

684
00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:15,200
Speaker 3: overlooking Auburn a little bit. And I feel bad about that.

685
00:37:15,640 --> 00:37:18,279
Speaker 2: I'm in the same boat. I'm in the same boat. Well,

686
00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,680
Speaker 2: we'll see. It's not an easy schedule. It's not an

687
00:37:20,680 --> 00:37:24,520
Speaker 2: easy schedule. Whether you take the more optimistic view or

688
00:37:24,560 --> 00:37:26,440
Speaker 2: my more pessimistic.

689
00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 1: View, it is not easy.

690
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:31,160
Speaker 3: By the way, should should mention, just on the topic

691
00:37:31,200 --> 00:37:34,000
Speaker 3: of Auburn, these are the teams that get Auburn late

692
00:37:34,200 --> 00:37:37,160
Speaker 3: because there is that one, two three cancun potential right

693
00:37:37,719 --> 00:37:40,120
Speaker 3: in the way that if you got Florida late last year,

694
00:37:40,160 --> 00:37:42,960
Speaker 3: you're like, ooh, what a great time to play the

695
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:47,840
Speaker 3: Gaters South Carolina. Right, So if there is a team

696
00:37:48,320 --> 00:37:51,600
Speaker 3: who has a record that is worse than its talent,

697
00:37:52,160 --> 00:37:55,920
Speaker 3: it's probably Auburn. It's probably Auburn. This is who Auburn

698
00:37:56,000 --> 00:37:59,239
Speaker 3: has to finish out the year, Mississippi State, Texas A

699
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:03,680
Speaker 3: and Mstern, Kentucky and Alabama. Now it's not like we

700
00:38:03,680 --> 00:38:06,600
Speaker 3: were penciling in wins for any of those those teams.

701
00:38:06,640 --> 00:38:09,520
Speaker 3: And it's Arkansas the week nine before those those final four.

702
00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:15,640
Speaker 3: But that's the team that, oh yeah, twenty eight to six,

703
00:38:16,040 --> 00:38:19,560
Speaker 3: whoever over Auburn, because Auburn's ready for the next phase,

704
00:38:19,920 --> 00:38:23,000
Speaker 3: and that should be considered Okay.

705
00:38:23,280 --> 00:38:26,880
Speaker 2: We mentioned Florida. Thank you for doing that, of course

706
00:38:26,960 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 2: my pleasure. You mentioned the South Carolina game. There is

707
00:38:31,560 --> 00:38:35,759
Speaker 2: a home game for Florida in week eleven against South Carolina.

708
00:38:36,280 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 3: Mm hmm.

709
00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:41,520
Speaker 2: It is an obvious letdown spot for the Gators. That

710
00:38:41,560 --> 00:38:44,880
Speaker 2: game occurs a week after a road game at Texas

711
00:38:44,920 --> 00:38:50,240
Speaker 2: A and M, and two weeks after the cocktail party.

712
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:53,760
Speaker 2: Mm hm. That will be in week eleven a great

713
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:57,680
Speaker 2: indicator of whether Billy Napier has gotten this Florida program

714
00:38:57,760 --> 00:39:00,719
Speaker 2: over whatever ailed it under Dan Mullen, because that's an

715
00:39:00,760 --> 00:39:03,879
Speaker 2: obvious letdown spot. If you played that game against South

716
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:07,560
Speaker 2: Carolina this year with that team that we saw last year,

717
00:39:08,040 --> 00:39:11,279
Speaker 2: they lose. No question in my mind, they would lose

718
00:39:11,320 --> 00:39:14,960
Speaker 2: that game. Okay, But Billy Napier's got an opportunity here,

719
00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:17,960
Speaker 2: I think, to hopefully change the culture and get them

720
00:39:18,000 --> 00:39:20,520
Speaker 2: playing a lot harder to the full season through. This

721
00:39:20,600 --> 00:39:23,880
Speaker 2: is not an easy slate for Florida. They open up

722
00:39:23,880 --> 00:39:28,440
Speaker 2: the year Utah and Kentucky back to back, both at home.

723
00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:33,040
Speaker 2: But that's a difficult stretch to open up your new

724
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:37,640
Speaker 2: season with new quarterback, new coach, two really good teams.

725
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:40,920
Speaker 2: They've got the cocktail party and the road game against

726
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,759
Speaker 2: A and M after their bye week week nine to

727
00:39:43,800 --> 00:39:47,600
Speaker 2: ten until later in the year mentioned that South Carolina game.

728
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,839
Speaker 1: They close out the year on the road at Florida State.

729
00:39:49,960 --> 00:39:53,000
Speaker 2: So this is sort of a lumpy schedule, if I'm

730
00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:57,279
Speaker 2: being honest, I think it's tough early, it gets tricky late,

731
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,640
Speaker 2: but in the middle there's plenty of opportunity for them

732
00:39:59,680 --> 00:40:03,440
Speaker 2: to get theirs and develop a little bit Under Billy Napier.

733
00:40:04,480 --> 00:40:10,000
Speaker 3: Florida schedules interesting. I am upgrading USF to my new

734
00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:15,319
Speaker 3: rating of huh with what they've done in terms of

735
00:40:15,520 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 3: improving the talent level on that roster. They lost a

736
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,440
Speaker 3: ton in the portal. I think that Charlie Strong era.

737
00:40:21,520 --> 00:40:23,479
Speaker 1: Was a nightmare for the.

738
00:40:23,400 --> 00:40:27,319
Speaker 3: Bulls, And so what Jeff Scott has done is he's

739
00:40:27,360 --> 00:40:29,719
Speaker 3: found guys from Florida that didn't work out at other

740
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:33,960
Speaker 3: major programs or semi major programs, Power five programs from whatever,

741
00:40:34,000 --> 00:40:37,319
Speaker 3: North Carolina, Clemson, I think Minnesota guys from good, good

742
00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:40,480
Speaker 3: programs to come back to Florida and improve the talent

743
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:43,919
Speaker 3: level we assume on some level. Yeah, I'm not saying

744
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:48,120
Speaker 3: they're being Florida, but I'm saying you're right, and even

745
00:40:48,160 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 3: more right if USF is huh, because that's a week

746
00:40:52,040 --> 00:40:56,040
Speaker 3: before Tennessee and a week after Kentucky in an interesting sandwich,

747
00:40:56,160 --> 00:41:01,359
Speaker 3: not a dangerous sandwich, an interesting one, believe what who

748
00:41:01,400 --> 00:41:01,520
Speaker 3: was it?

749
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:01,839
Speaker 2: Was it?

750
00:41:02,000 --> 00:41:04,520
Speaker 3: Bj Daniels. Did he beat Florida State or Florida. I

751
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 3: think he'd be Florida State. He's not walking through that door.

752
00:41:07,800 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 3: Yeah yeah, But but all I'm saying is Florida's schedule

753
00:41:12,239 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 3: is interesting.

754
00:41:13,920 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 1: Uh.

755
00:41:14,280 --> 00:41:16,319
Speaker 3: The South Carolina game that you have that you have

756
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:21,000
Speaker 3: highlighted is kind of fascinating. It's before Vandy and before

757
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:23,279
Speaker 3: the game it's in Tallahassee. I believe against Florida State.

758
00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:28,360
Speaker 3: South Carolina another team not fully CanCon because it was

759
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:32,279
Speaker 3: a precipitous drop for Florida last year. Spencer Roller doesn't

760
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:35,160
Speaker 3: work out like he did last year?

761
00:41:35,560 --> 00:41:37,719
Speaker 2: What is that Nolan still around? Can he get?

762
00:41:37,800 --> 00:41:41,320
Speaker 3: That's the question? Does DK Joyner move back to quarterback

763
00:41:41,320 --> 00:41:41,840
Speaker 3: once again?

764
00:41:42,400 --> 00:41:42,480
Speaker 2: Like?

765
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:49,399
Speaker 3: That's interesting to me? Florida schedule is kind of great, right,

766
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,759
Speaker 3: I mean, all things considered. I know it's a bunch

767
00:41:51,760 --> 00:41:55,400
Speaker 3: of road stuff late, which is never ideal, But Florida

768
00:41:55,440 --> 00:41:57,239
Speaker 3: State is who knows Vandy.

769
00:41:57,000 --> 00:41:57,840
Speaker 2: It's great in the middle.

770
00:41:58,080 --> 00:42:02,040
Speaker 3: It's Yeah, there's a lot of wins there. I think

771
00:42:02,040 --> 00:42:04,719
Speaker 3: that was your broader point, and I just I don't

772
00:42:04,760 --> 00:42:07,000
Speaker 3: know if there's eight wins or nine went, but there's

773
00:42:07,040 --> 00:42:10,160
Speaker 3: wins like there's definitively this is a schedule that you

774
00:42:10,280 --> 00:42:12,880
Speaker 3: can conquer to a certain extent from a year. One

775
00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:13,839
Speaker 3: head coach, I like it.

776
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 2: The other team I want to call out and it

777
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:19,520
Speaker 2: took us forty five minutes to get their place, the

778
00:42:19,560 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 2: Alabama Crimson Tide. Dan, Yeah, let's do it. As you

779
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:28,960
Speaker 2: know better than most. It is a time honored tradition

780
00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:33,480
Speaker 2: among college football fans to dog all the big teams

781
00:42:33,520 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 2: because they don't play anybody h tradition as old as time.

782
00:42:38,360 --> 00:42:41,480
Speaker 2: You can't do that for Bama this year, really any year.

783
00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:45,040
Speaker 2: They're good at that, they're good at playing good competition

784
00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:47,880
Speaker 2: to test themselves, and I think we have that for

785
00:42:47,920 --> 00:42:52,279
Speaker 2: the most part in the non conference this season with Alabama.

786
00:42:53,400 --> 00:42:56,520
Speaker 2: There will definitely be some games on here where they're

787
00:42:56,520 --> 00:42:59,800
Speaker 2: favored by fifty one and a half points right on

788
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:03,319
Speaker 2: the road. Week two at Texas is a really good

789
00:43:03,360 --> 00:43:06,919
Speaker 2: non conference game. That's a really good non conference game.

790
00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:08,799
Speaker 3: I'm not one of the I'm not there.

791
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:13,000
Speaker 2: Texas. He's gonna take them the wire. Okay, I don't

792
00:43:13,040 --> 00:43:15,279
Speaker 2: think Texas gonna take them the wire. But it's a

793
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:18,319
Speaker 2: good game to schedule. I admire that they've done this.

794
00:43:19,480 --> 00:43:19,600
Speaker 3: Uh.

795
00:43:19,719 --> 00:43:24,239
Speaker 2: October is tough. October is tough for Alabama at Arkansas

796
00:43:24,680 --> 00:43:28,480
Speaker 2: home against A and M at Tennessee for a rivalry game,

797
00:43:28,960 --> 00:43:31,400
Speaker 2: and then back home versus Mississippi State. Before by you

798
00:43:31,440 --> 00:43:33,000
Speaker 2: called out the Mississippi State game earlier.

799
00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:33,440
Speaker 1: You never know.

800
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:37,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, Uh, close out the season at LSU at Ole Miss.

801
00:43:37,880 --> 00:43:40,040
Speaker 2: There's an Austin p mixed in there. That's one of

802
00:43:40,120 --> 00:43:42,680
Speaker 2: those fifty one pointers. And then the Iron Bowl at

803
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 2: home against Auburn. Mm hmm. Nobody will look at the

804
00:43:47,080 --> 00:43:49,080
Speaker 2: schedule and confuse it for an easy schedule. It's a

805
00:43:49,120 --> 00:43:52,000
Speaker 2: tough schedule. Alabama is a good team and they will

806
00:43:52,040 --> 00:43:54,560
Speaker 2: probably make a lot of this look easy, but this

807
00:43:54,600 --> 00:43:54,879
Speaker 2: is not.

808
00:43:54,840 --> 00:43:55,680
Speaker 1: An easy schedule.

809
00:43:57,239 --> 00:44:03,000
Speaker 3: First of all, you just neglecting to mention the champion

810
00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:06,040
Speaker 3: of America's conference, the Mountain West Conference, Utah State Fighting

811
00:44:06,080 --> 00:44:09,840
Speaker 3: Aggies open up the season. Forgive me Dan, forgive the

812
00:44:09,880 --> 00:44:14,160
Speaker 3: reigning Jimmy Kimmel, Los Angeles bold champion Utah State Aggies.

813
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:17,520
Speaker 2: How dare you forgive me? How dare you?

814
00:44:19,040 --> 00:44:22,359
Speaker 3: Second of all, Alabama will be good, and I am

815
00:44:22,360 --> 00:44:25,000
Speaker 3: not terribly worried about Texas because you can paint a

816
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:28,000
Speaker 3: tunnel on the side of a wall and the Texas

817
00:44:28,000 --> 00:44:31,880
Speaker 3: defense will run straight at it. That is the challenge

818
00:44:31,920 --> 00:44:36,040
Speaker 3: that Bill O'Brien has. So no, it's it's a high

819
00:44:36,040 --> 00:44:39,239
Speaker 3: profile game. It'll be fun. The atmosphere will be at

820
00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:41,920
Speaker 3: least as good an atmosphere as dk R can can mount.

821
00:44:42,280 --> 00:44:47,040
Speaker 3: But yeah, this is the schedule is tough. Texas is

822
00:44:47,080 --> 00:44:50,920
Speaker 3: a real team, but to not have a true challenger

823
00:44:51,680 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 3: until I guess A and M. I'm not terribly worried

824
00:44:56,000 --> 00:44:58,239
Speaker 3: about Arkansas, though maybe that's a look ahead spot with

825
00:44:58,640 --> 00:45:03,560
Speaker 3: A and M and tennis thereafter. I'm just I don't know.

826
00:45:03,719 --> 00:45:06,160
Speaker 3: I'm not there in terms of worrying about this schedule.

827
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:08,880
Speaker 3: You know, obviously, as always, as per usual, LSU and

828
00:45:08,960 --> 00:45:11,560
Speaker 3: Alabama have the buye before that game, and ole Miss

829
00:45:11,640 --> 00:45:15,160
Speaker 3: has I think an advantageous situation before the Bama game, right,

830
00:45:15,760 --> 00:45:18,120
Speaker 3: Ole Miss has, Yeah, they have a buye before Bama

831
00:45:18,160 --> 00:45:20,319
Speaker 3: and Bama does not, So at least there's that you know,

832
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:21,520
Speaker 3: buye before Biggie.

833
00:45:21,239 --> 00:45:22,080
Speaker 1: Knows before goes.

834
00:45:22,760 --> 00:45:26,960
Speaker 3: But I'm not terribly concerned about the schedule for Alabama.

835
00:45:28,160 --> 00:45:33,440
Speaker 2: It's tough for almost everybody else, but for Alabama, you know,

836
00:45:33,560 --> 00:45:37,879
Speaker 2: a lot of that conventional logic. It's washed away any

837
00:45:37,880 --> 00:45:40,480
Speaker 2: other teams here within the SEC that you wanted to

838
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 2: call out.

839
00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:45,359
Speaker 3: Ole Miss is interesting just because they're another team that

840
00:45:45,840 --> 00:45:49,200
Speaker 3: has a pretty nice schedule early and it's sort of backloaded, right.

841
00:45:49,239 --> 00:45:53,080
Speaker 3: Ole Miss has A and m LSU and Arkansas all

842
00:45:53,080 --> 00:45:55,839
Speaker 3: on the road with Bama and a buy between them

843
00:45:56,760 --> 00:46:00,880
Speaker 3: and ole Miss. New quarterback, new offensive coordinator, new defensive coordinator.

844
00:46:00,920 --> 00:46:05,960
Speaker 3: Now time to sort of get things gelling. It's Troy Central, Arkansas,

845
00:46:06,000 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 3: Georgia Tech in Atlanta, Uh, Tulsa, who's frisky? Kentucky at

846
00:46:09,800 --> 00:46:13,479
Speaker 3: home at Vandy? Like, what the likelihood of ole Miss

847
00:46:13,560 --> 00:46:18,160
Speaker 3: starting seven and O eight and no reasonably high? If

848
00:46:18,239 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 3: Jackson Dart is above average, he's in an advantageous situation

849
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:24,200
Speaker 3: with the talent around him. They've hit the portal hard,

850
00:46:24,680 --> 00:46:27,360
Speaker 3: you know, Lane Kiffin bringing in Chaz Weiss the second

851
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:32,040
Speaker 3: I think they're fine, but still it sometimes takes time

852
00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:34,000
Speaker 3: to gel with new coordinators. DJ Dirk and going to

853
00:46:34,000 --> 00:46:38,719
Speaker 3: A and M jeff Levy in Oklahoma, But I ole

854
00:46:38,760 --> 00:46:41,760
Speaker 3: Miss is interesting to me. Ole Miss is very interesting.

855
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:46,479
Speaker 2: Yeah, they've got an easier slate in the early part

856
00:46:46,520 --> 00:46:49,839
Speaker 2: of their schedule, right, hey bull at home too, right, yep, yep, yep, Yeah,

857
00:46:50,000 --> 00:46:53,200
Speaker 2: easier games are sort of front loaded there. Uh Tennessee.

858
00:46:53,320 --> 00:46:56,239
Speaker 2: You know, no, no real murderers or wounders Rose as

859
00:46:56,239 --> 00:46:58,799
Speaker 2: we call them. Got some games that are stacked up,

860
00:46:58,840 --> 00:47:03,040
Speaker 2: but yeah, nothing that was too notable to me. You

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Speaker 2: mentioned the Miszoo schedule.

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Speaker 1: Excuse me.

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00:47:06,000 --> 00:47:08,520
Speaker 2: Kind of like it as well. Tough run weeks four

864
00:47:08,600 --> 00:47:11,480
Speaker 2: through six, but beyond that, I think it sets up

865
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Speaker 2: fairly well.

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Speaker 3: I kind of love Tennessee's schedule for the Balls.

867
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Speaker 2: I kind of love it.

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00:47:17,440 --> 00:47:20,120
Speaker 3: Look you have the buff, it's good buffer schedule. There's

869
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Speaker 3: your Costanza slate buffer. Tennessee has pit with a ball

870
00:47:24,160 --> 00:47:27,120
Speaker 3: state and Akron buffer. They've got Florida and then a

871
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:30,560
Speaker 3: bye before LSU and that's look at at LSU and Bama.

872
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:34,360
Speaker 3: Whatever the expectations are not you know, Tennessee winning eleven games.

873
00:47:34,760 --> 00:47:37,319
Speaker 3: They've got Kentucky and Georgia back to back, but that's

874
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:41,000
Speaker 3: after UT Martin it's before hosting Miszoo. They've got South

875
00:47:41,040 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 3: Carolina and Vandy to finish the season. I'm not saying

876
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Speaker 3: it's a soft landing for Tennessee. Could be worse, could

877
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:52,239
Speaker 3: be worse. So if Tennessee again, if they do a

878
00:47:52,280 --> 00:47:54,799
Speaker 3: better job preventing. I think they allowed a lot of

879
00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:57,560
Speaker 3: big plays through the air last year. The secondary was

880
00:47:57,600 --> 00:47:59,160
Speaker 3: a little leaky. They didn't get after the quarterback as

881
00:47:59,160 --> 00:48:01,680
Speaker 3: well as they probably should have. You know, Derek Barnett

882
00:48:01,719 --> 00:48:05,600
Speaker 3: was missed. I kind of love the schedule, I kind

883
00:48:05,600 --> 00:48:07,200
Speaker 3: of love the buffers, and I kind of love the

884
00:48:07,280 --> 00:48:10,440
Speaker 3: idea of Tennessee taking a step forward this year. So

885
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:14,600
Speaker 3: happy for you, Tennessee. And I am sorry if I

886
00:48:14,640 --> 00:48:20,520
Speaker 3: have jinxed everything that you have worked up to, I apologize.

887
00:48:19,080 --> 00:48:21,840
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888
00:48:21,880 --> 00:48:25,720
Speaker 2: know your thoughts on the SEC schedule this coming season.

889
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Speaker 2: Curious to get everyone's feedback, especially people who are fans

890
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Speaker 2: of these teams that.

891
00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:30,960
Speaker 1: We called out today.

892
00:48:31,640 --> 00:48:35,279
Speaker 2: We also, before we go, need to talk about some

893
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:38,359
Speaker 2: of these group of five schools that we pulled out

894
00:48:38,360 --> 00:48:40,920
Speaker 2: of the hat. What have we got ten twelve here?

895
00:48:41,600 --> 00:48:45,840
Speaker 2: You did a deeper dive of these schools than I did.

896
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Speaker 2: But the teams that you highlighted are UCF, BYU, Boise State, Army, Houston, Memphis, USF, Cincinnati, Fresno,

897
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Speaker 2: Colorado State, and SMU.

898
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Speaker 3: Yeah, so I mentioned that the Bulls of South Florida

899
00:49:00,160 --> 00:49:02,200
Speaker 3: have a huh ceiling.

900
00:49:02,520 --> 00:49:04,319
Speaker 2: Yeah, and so you see.

901
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:06,520
Speaker 3: Oh, I guess I'll just talk about USF early. They

902
00:49:06,560 --> 00:49:09,240
Speaker 3: open with BYU and soon after they go to Florida

903
00:49:09,239 --> 00:49:12,400
Speaker 3: and too Louisville. They have a bye before they travel

904
00:49:12,520 --> 00:49:15,120
Speaker 3: to Houston. They're at Temple, which is nice, before they're

905
00:49:15,200 --> 00:49:18,960
Speaker 3: rough stretch to finish. SMU at Tulsana Friday, and UCF

906
00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:22,239
Speaker 3: the War four I four on I four whatever. It's

907
00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:25,200
Speaker 3: a tough schedule for sure, but I'm I don't know,

908
00:49:25,239 --> 00:49:29,839
Speaker 3: I'm gonna pay a little attention to the Bulls UCF Similarly,

909
00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:33,960
Speaker 3: Georgia Tech, Louisville, SMU early. We'll see. With SMU and

910
00:49:34,040 --> 00:49:36,600
Speaker 3: Rhet Lashley, I kind of like he's got a young staff.

911
00:49:36,600 --> 00:49:40,719
Speaker 3: It's interesting Calvin Thibodeau coast coaching the defensive line. They've

912
00:49:40,719 --> 00:49:44,280
Speaker 3: got a Cincinnati and Memphis sandwich later on in the season,

913
00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 3: and that's at Memphis. But sorry, I'm talking about UCF,

914
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:50,600
Speaker 3: but I mentioned SMU and the coaching staff, so I'm

915
00:49:50,640 --> 00:49:53,879
Speaker 3: sort of all over the place. Boise State has kind

916
00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:56,640
Speaker 3: of an awesome schedule for year two of Andy Avlos.

917
00:49:56,680 --> 00:50:00,319
Speaker 3: If they can field an offense that is better than

918
00:50:00,320 --> 00:50:03,239
Speaker 3: what they were most of last year. So Boise State.

919
00:50:03,280 --> 00:50:06,399
Speaker 3: They open at Oregon State, but the home slate come

920
00:50:06,440 --> 00:50:11,960
Speaker 3: into the blue field is ideal. They have a bye

921
00:50:12,000 --> 00:50:14,680
Speaker 3: before Air Force on the road, but it's by you

922
00:50:14,800 --> 00:50:17,600
Speaker 3: and Boise Colorado State. You're one of Jane Norvell, your guy,

923
00:50:17,719 --> 00:50:21,000
Speaker 3: Jane Norvell and Boise. San Diego State and Fresno both

924
00:50:21,320 --> 00:50:23,360
Speaker 3: come to Boise and that's back to back. I understand

925
00:50:23,400 --> 00:50:26,920
Speaker 3: that's difficult, but in terms of home road splits, Broncos

926
00:50:26,960 --> 00:50:29,880
Speaker 3: in a good spot. So I like that for Boise State.

927
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:34,319
Speaker 3: Houston is probably the class to me of the G

928
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:37,880
Speaker 3: five grouping in this country that we have at the moment,

929
00:50:37,960 --> 00:50:40,440
Speaker 3: and we'll see if that works out. Texas Tech early on,

930
00:50:40,520 --> 00:50:43,720
Speaker 3: as you mentioned, what do we said, cotton Mouth Kittley,

931
00:50:43,800 --> 00:50:47,880
Speaker 3: whatever we said for Texas Tech being sort of everybody's

932
00:50:47,920 --> 00:50:50,200
Speaker 3: snake this year, but they have Texas Tech early and

933
00:50:50,200 --> 00:50:53,840
Speaker 3: they're at Memphis USF and SMU on the Road, USF

934
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:56,400
Speaker 3: Home SMU Road back to back. They finished with Tulsa,

935
00:50:56,440 --> 00:50:59,000
Speaker 3: which is just they're going to give people trouble to

936
00:50:59,080 --> 00:51:03,560
Speaker 3: me a pretty good schedule, especially like UCF. We'll see

937
00:51:03,560 --> 00:51:05,799
Speaker 3: with them at quarterback without Dylan Gabriel as they were

938
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:07,799
Speaker 3: most of last year. I know there's promise behind him

939
00:51:07,800 --> 00:51:10,480
Speaker 3: and somewhere and elsewhere on the field as gusmels On

940
00:51:10,560 --> 00:51:12,840
Speaker 3: hit the portal relatively hard and will continue to do

941
00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:15,000
Speaker 3: so in the same vein that Jeff Scott will. It's

942
00:51:15,040 --> 00:51:19,320
Speaker 3: South Florida, but I don't know there's no completely obvious

943
00:51:19,400 --> 00:51:21,960
Speaker 3: killer within the G five ranks. Like I like that

944
00:51:22,080 --> 00:51:24,879
Speaker 3: Army opens with Coastal That's great, we get that right

945
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:28,640
Speaker 3: off the bat Army in Coastal Carolina. But their schedules

946
00:51:28,719 --> 00:51:31,880
Speaker 3: great Armies. I didn't realize they were playing air Force

947
00:51:32,239 --> 00:51:36,600
Speaker 3: at Globe Life Field in Arlington, where the Rangers play. Yeah,

948
00:51:36,840 --> 00:51:40,600
Speaker 3: I hope people randomly show up for that game, dealing

949
00:51:40,640 --> 00:51:43,600
Speaker 3: with the team that plays in the Hudson Valley and

950
00:51:43,960 --> 00:51:47,000
Speaker 3: in Colorado Springs. Hopefully that'd be cool. And that's is

951
00:51:47,000 --> 00:51:48,920
Speaker 3: that the stadium that looked like that looks like the

952
00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:53,359
Speaker 3: top of a webergrill. The Rangers News Stadium. I think

953
00:51:53,360 --> 00:51:53,680
Speaker 3: it is.

954
00:51:53,719 --> 00:51:54,520
Speaker 1: I think that's the one.

955
00:51:54,640 --> 00:51:58,520
Speaker 3: You can look that up. Fresno schedules kind of a

956
00:51:58,600 --> 00:52:02,200
Speaker 3: dream if Jay Hayner and Jef Tedford make beautiful football love.

957
00:52:02,320 --> 00:52:06,399
Speaker 3: I apologize for nothing but that they have Oregon State

958
00:52:06,400 --> 00:52:08,680
Speaker 3: and USC and USC's on the road early and I

959
00:52:08,719 --> 00:52:12,960
Speaker 3: mentioned they're at Boise State. Otherwise, did you talk about BYU. No,

960
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:14,320
Speaker 3: I want to get to BYU.

961
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:16,920
Speaker 2: It's brutal here, Dan, look at the schedule.

962
00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:20,640
Speaker 3: See, I don't hate BYU schedule. I know there's a

963
00:52:20,680 --> 00:52:24,120
Speaker 3: lot of like it's a high floor at USFT.

964
00:52:24,200 --> 00:52:26,759
Speaker 2: Open up the open up the season, your team of

965
00:52:26,800 --> 00:52:31,560
Speaker 2: the year USF next week, Baylor next week at Oregon,

966
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:36,080
Speaker 2: followed by Wyoming former Bowl team, followed by Utah State,

967
00:52:37,160 --> 00:52:42,279
Speaker 2: Mount West champions, Notre Dame in Vegas home against Arkansas

968
00:52:42,760 --> 00:52:47,640
Speaker 2: at Liberty No Malik Willis, East Carolina at Boise Then

969
00:52:47,680 --> 00:52:52,000
Speaker 2: they close out the year Dixie State apparently not a

970
00:52:52,040 --> 00:52:56,840
Speaker 2: made up school, and then at Stanford Stanford. Yeah, brutal schedule.

971
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Speaker 3: Here's what you have to remember. BYU defact to Pack

972
00:53:00,760 --> 00:53:06,000
Speaker 3: twelve champion last year, correct and beat the Big twelve champ. Okay,

973
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:06,640
Speaker 3: did they hold on?

974
00:53:06,719 --> 00:53:07,200
Speaker 2: Did be not? Oh?

975
00:53:07,239 --> 00:53:09,319
Speaker 3: BYU lost to Baylor, Right lost to Baylor. Yeah, they

976
00:53:09,360 --> 00:53:11,520
Speaker 3: lost best. Sorry, I apologize for that. I'm getting mixed

977
00:53:11,560 --> 00:53:15,800
Speaker 3: up here, but I still like BYU. There will be

978
00:53:15,840 --> 00:53:18,720
Speaker 3: a bowl. Plus, I like them, I like them a lot.

979
00:53:18,920 --> 00:53:21,600
Speaker 3: I'm just saying that's a tough schedule. That's a tough schedule.

980
00:53:21,640 --> 00:53:25,080
Speaker 3: They have an ECU sandwich after the game at Liberty

981
00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:27,240
Speaker 3: and before they go to at Boise. Just pay attention.

982
00:53:27,680 --> 00:53:30,160
Speaker 3: ECU wasn't especially good at anything, but they made a

983
00:53:30,200 --> 00:53:31,680
Speaker 3: Bowl and so you always got to watch out for

984
00:53:31,719 --> 00:53:36,280
Speaker 3: the the ephis throwers, which the Pirates appear to be. Otherwise,

985
00:53:36,320 --> 00:53:38,279
Speaker 3: you know, Cincinnati made the playoff. We we talked about

986
00:53:38,320 --> 00:53:43,480
Speaker 3: them opening at Arkansas. Yeah, they made relatively easy work

987
00:53:43,480 --> 00:53:45,319
Speaker 3: of Indiana in the second half last year. So they

988
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:48,560
Speaker 3: host the Hoosiers this year before traveling to Tulsa. That's

989
00:53:48,560 --> 00:53:50,680
Speaker 3: in September. They have a bye before they travel to

990
00:53:50,800 --> 00:53:55,480
Speaker 3: SMU and UCF and Orlando. It gets easier as the

991
00:53:55,840 --> 00:53:58,920
Speaker 3: schedule wears on, and easier November. So that's good for Cincy.

992
00:53:58,920 --> 00:54:01,319
Speaker 3: They'll take a step back, but that I think there's

993
00:54:01,320 --> 00:54:02,560
Speaker 3: still going to be a really good team.

994
00:54:02,560 --> 00:54:02,920
Speaker 1: This year.

995
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:08,080
Speaker 3: Otherwise, Memphis has kind of a rough schedule, and I

996
00:54:08,160 --> 00:54:10,359
Speaker 3: mentioned the air raid and triple option back to back

997
00:54:10,440 --> 00:54:14,000
Speaker 3: that they have with Mississippi State and Navy. Navy's gonna

998
00:54:14,000 --> 00:54:15,759
Speaker 3: be rough, I think again, I don't see a path

999
00:54:15,800 --> 00:54:20,239
Speaker 3: forward to you know, eight and nine wins for Navy. Otherwise,

1000
00:54:20,440 --> 00:54:22,960
Speaker 3: the number of new coaches at interesting places with Rhet

1001
00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:26,640
Speaker 3: Lashley at SMU, J Norvel Colorado State, Jeff Tedford returning

1002
00:54:26,640 --> 00:54:29,680
Speaker 3: to Fresno. I'm kind of into it. A couple second

1003
00:54:29,719 --> 00:54:33,320
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1004
00:54:33,440 --> 00:54:35,759
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1005
00:54:35,800 --> 00:54:39,200
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1006
00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:41,120
Speaker 3: To me, as these teams vie for a New Year's

1007
00:54:41,120 --> 00:54:43,960
Speaker 3: six spot, I'm interested again.

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