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Speaker 1: Welcome to the solid verbal hull ah for me. I'm

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Speaker 1: a man, I'm forty. I've heard so many players say, well,

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Speaker 1: for day?

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Speaker 1: Is that? Whoo whoom? And now Dan and Tie Dan

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Speaker 1: Robertsteiny twenty twenty five College football season at long last

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Speaker 1: is upon us. Good sir, welcome back to the show.

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Speaker 1: How are you?

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Speaker 2: And I couldn't be better? Tie, I could not be better.

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Speaker 2: The season we have are about to start five straight

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Speaker 2: days of college football. You know, not all day, of course,

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Speaker 2: but we have Thursday night, Friday night, Saturday night, Sunday night,

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Speaker 2: and I think afternoon and Monday evening as well. There

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Speaker 2: are thirty thousand narratives that are finally going to see

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Speaker 2: the light of day. I am so excited, Tye. I

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Speaker 2: don't know if you want a nickname now. I don't

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Speaker 2: know if you want a nickname later. I have a

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Speaker 2: lot of thoughts and I kind of just want to

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Speaker 2: if you will grant me this, I kind of want

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Speaker 2: to talk.

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Speaker 1: Half of this show is yours, so sure that's true?

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Speaker 1: At least very least half.

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Speaker 2: I want to talk about waiting, Tie, What have we

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Speaker 2: been doing since the National championship game. Essentially, we've been waiting, waiting.

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Speaker 2: We've been waiting to see how rosters would shake out,

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Speaker 2: Spring football, summer moves, fall camp lines, predictions, everything that

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Speaker 2: an exercise in waiting. For now, we are waiting to

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Speaker 2: see what will happen. We're keeping our eyes peeled on

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Speaker 2: what's going to happen. And it's a lot, you know,

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Speaker 2: it's a lot of teams taking chances with their rosters,

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Speaker 2: It's a lot of chance taking Take.

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Speaker 1: A chance getting up in the morning, crossing the street,

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Speaker 2: It always is, it always is. But we're waiting, and

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Speaker 2: I'm waiting no longer tie because welcome everybody to steak

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Speaker 2: out Saturday call in. Things are happening.

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Speaker 1: You take a chance getting up in the morning, crossing

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Speaker 1: your face in a fan, beautiful.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much. Leslie Nielson Naked gun. I think

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Speaker 1: Good steak Out Saturday. Well, look, wonderful name off to

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Speaker 1: a hot start here, thank you. In week one. In

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Speaker 1: public service announcement section of this episode. Yeah, coming up

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Speaker 1: All right, So we've been waiting around for a long

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Speaker 2: You gotta get to You got to prove that you're

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Speaker 1: more or less confident in your pick of Ohio State.

436
00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:27,399
Speaker 2: Equally confident, not not any more, not any less. I

437
00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,600
Speaker 2: feel good about Ohio State. I think the defense is

438
00:22:29,640 --> 00:22:31,920
Speaker 2: going to be quality. They're playing at home. The crowd

439
00:22:31,960 --> 00:22:33,639
Speaker 2: is going to be frenzied at what is it a

440
00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:38,720
Speaker 2: four am kick local? They're doing four am. No, I

441
00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:40,720
Speaker 2: think Texas is going to be very good. I'm the

442
00:22:40,800 --> 00:22:45,000
Speaker 2: thing I'm most excited to see is if Texas just

443
00:22:45,840 --> 00:22:50,240
Speaker 2: keeps belonging, you know that, Like Texas beat Alabama by ten.

444
00:22:50,280 --> 00:22:52,000
Speaker 2: I want to say in Week two, two years ago

445
00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:55,600
Speaker 2: on the road, they beat the defending champs in Michigan

446
00:22:55,720 --> 00:22:58,240
Speaker 2: on the road. Now they once again get this year's

447
00:22:58,280 --> 00:23:01,960
Speaker 2: defending champs on the road, and they looked more than

448
00:23:02,880 --> 00:23:05,440
Speaker 2: ready to compete in those two games. Do they come

449
00:23:05,480 --> 00:23:08,520
Speaker 2: out and just look at ease in the fire? I

450
00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:09,000
Speaker 2: can't wait.

451
00:23:10,000 --> 00:23:14,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I'm most excited to see what Texas

452
00:23:14,760 --> 00:23:19,960
Speaker 1: looks like using arch Manning's legs. Okay, and I gave

453
00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,040
Speaker 1: a little bit of voice to this when we did

454
00:23:22,040 --> 00:23:24,880
Speaker 1: the Texas preview and when we did the Deeper Dive,

455
00:23:24,920 --> 00:23:26,639
Speaker 1: which you can go back and listen to on our

456
00:23:26,680 --> 00:23:29,720
Speaker 1: Tuesday episode. Like, I just feel like there were so

457
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,840
Speaker 1: many opportunities last year for hard yards down in the

458
00:23:32,880 --> 00:23:36,320
Speaker 1: red zone where they just did not have that element of.

459
00:23:36,320 --> 00:23:38,760
Speaker 2: Quilt with the red zone. Yeah, Quin, youwers.

460
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:41,800
Speaker 1: Being a scrambling quarterback. This is not to say that

461
00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:44,520
Speaker 1: arch is a scrambler. I don't think that's so much

462
00:23:44,560 --> 00:23:48,280
Speaker 1: as pedigree can He's definitely a lot fleeter of foot

463
00:23:48,480 --> 00:23:55,680
Speaker 1: then Frankly his uncles or then the predecessor at Texas

464
00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:56,159
Speaker 1: and Quinn.

465
00:23:56,320 --> 00:23:58,440
Speaker 2: I feel like Archie could move though maybe it's just

466
00:23:58,480 --> 00:23:59,440
Speaker 2: a skip a generation.

467
00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:03,320
Speaker 1: I didn't say it's grandfather, I know, but definitely more

468
00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:06,320
Speaker 1: fleet of foot than both Peyton and Eli for sure.

469
00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:10,480
Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see if they use that aspect

470
00:24:10,520 --> 00:24:14,720
Speaker 1: of his game, if they use that in critical situations,

471
00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:16,600
Speaker 1: if that is the kind of thing I mean, it

472
00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:18,679
Speaker 1: was sort of my whole theory of this game that

473
00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:22,040
Speaker 1: they will find a way to utilize this to spring

474
00:24:22,119 --> 00:24:24,320
Speaker 1: them for a big game on a third and long

475
00:24:24,440 --> 00:24:27,360
Speaker 1: or a third and crucial and that will ultimately give

476
00:24:27,400 --> 00:24:29,240
Speaker 1: them enough cover to win this game. I think I

477
00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,600
Speaker 1: had it at like twenty seven to twenty three somewhere

478
00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:32,320
Speaker 1: in that neighborhood.

479
00:24:32,359 --> 00:24:35,320
Speaker 2: So you're sticking with your big road pesticula in Texas.

480
00:24:35,520 --> 00:24:37,920
Speaker 2: The other headliner that we did our full preview for

481
00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,919
Speaker 2: was LSU Clemson. I feel just as good in this

482
00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,120
Speaker 2: moment about my Clemson pick.

483
00:24:45,200 --> 00:24:47,199
Speaker 1: I'm really excited to see what Clemson looks like, and

484
00:24:47,240 --> 00:24:50,800
Speaker 1: I'm really excited to rejoin our community out there on

485
00:24:50,840 --> 00:24:53,040
Speaker 1: the club level. I do need a club level sound

486
00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:56,879
Speaker 1: if anybody's interested, so at gmail dot com. This is

487
00:24:56,920 --> 00:25:00,639
Speaker 1: the year like he's still there. He's finally growing into

488
00:25:01,280 --> 00:25:03,000
Speaker 1: all of that hype that he came in with when

489
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,840
Speaker 1: he was recruited out of high school. I am excited

490
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:10,600
Speaker 1: to see if he takes a step forward as a passer.

491
00:25:11,160 --> 00:25:13,600
Speaker 1: I think we saw that last year, but I think

492
00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,760
Speaker 1: as the receiver room around him has continued to grow

493
00:25:17,320 --> 00:25:20,640
Speaker 1: and improve. In showcase why everybody was excited about then,

494
00:25:20,720 --> 00:25:23,679
Speaker 1: we saw flashes of that. I think this could be

495
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:27,000
Speaker 1: a really big step forward, and frankly, if that happens,

496
00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:30,080
Speaker 1: we're talking about kay Klubnick in New York sure, that's

497
00:25:30,080 --> 00:25:31,439
Speaker 1: what I'm most excited to see, and this is going

498
00:25:31,520 --> 00:25:33,680
Speaker 1: to be really good opportunity for that. Like they might

499
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,959
Speaker 1: have to score thirty some points in order to beat LSU.

500
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,000
Speaker 1: So I'm curious to see. I'm excited to see what

501
00:25:40,040 --> 00:25:40,560
Speaker 1: he looks like.

502
00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:45,200
Speaker 2: Most importantly, one of these down on their luck opening

503
00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:46,680
Speaker 2: coaches has to win.

504
00:25:47,680 --> 00:25:49,680
Speaker 1: They do. Brian Kelly has never won an opener in

505
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:51,160
Speaker 1: his time at LSU, and.

506
00:25:51,160 --> 00:25:53,600
Speaker 2: Tough few years for Clemson and dabbload opening the open

507
00:25:53,640 --> 00:25:54,199
Speaker 2: the season up.

508
00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:56,600
Speaker 1: Yeah, so I've got this one still at thirty four

509
00:25:56,600 --> 00:25:59,119
Speaker 1: to thirty one Clemson again. Go back on Tuesday and

510
00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:01,120
Speaker 1: listen to the full deep dive of this one, but.

511
00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,800
Speaker 2: So not covering LSU covering now, I've got LSU.

512
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,280
Speaker 1: Plus the points right now, it's Clemson minus four time

513
00:26:07,320 --> 00:26:10,679
Speaker 1: of recording. I've got a tight one here, but a

514
00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:15,879
Speaker 1: fun game. Next headliner, let's go ahead in time to

515
00:26:16,320 --> 00:26:24,600
Speaker 1: Sunday night at seven thirty on ABC. Yeah, this game's

516
00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:27,199
Speaker 1: at seven thirty Eastern. I'm gonna be breathing into a

517
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:31,639
Speaker 1: paper bag around two pm Eastern in preparation for this

518
00:26:31,720 --> 00:26:33,959
Speaker 1: one on Sunday night. It is Notre Dame minus two

519
00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:37,120
Speaker 1: and a half on the road at Miami. Crazy way

520
00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:39,600
Speaker 1: to open up this game, open up this season with

521
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:43,680
Speaker 1: this game. Yeah, I am on the record stating that

522
00:26:43,840 --> 00:26:46,399
Speaker 1: Notre Dame is the better team and that they're going

523
00:26:46,480 --> 00:26:48,520
Speaker 1: to win this game. I'm also on record saying that

524
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:53,040
Speaker 1: Miami is an eight and four team. I am not

525
00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:58,280
Speaker 1: backing down on either front. Okay, I can't at this point.

526
00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:00,919
Speaker 1: I am too invested in both sides of that argument.

527
00:27:01,920 --> 00:27:04,280
Speaker 1: I actually think that this one looks a lot like

528
00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:08,000
Speaker 1: Notre Dame's game last year, their opener on the road

529
00:27:08,040 --> 00:27:10,680
Speaker 1: at Texas A and M. Yeah, and I don't know

530
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,399
Speaker 1: how much of that game you remember. I don't know

531
00:27:12,400 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 1: how much of that game the for ballerhood remembers, but I.

532
00:27:14,640 --> 00:27:16,680
Speaker 2: Do It was a lot of Riley Leonard in this offense,

533
00:27:16,720 --> 00:27:19,360
Speaker 2: sitting on a lead late six.

534
00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:22,639
Speaker 1: Of twenty five combined on third downs. Between those two teams,

535
00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:26,359
Speaker 1: we had seventeen total penalties, eleven of which went against

536
00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:29,560
Speaker 1: Notre Dame, just thirty six total points. The final score

537
00:27:29,600 --> 00:27:32,520
Speaker 1: was twenty three to thirteen. The final the score was

538
00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:37,440
Speaker 1: tied until late in that game when Jeremiah Love broke one.

539
00:27:38,920 --> 00:27:41,520
Speaker 1: So I think that's the kind of game that Notre

540
00:27:41,600 --> 00:27:43,840
Speaker 1: Dame would like to play here. Like for as much

541
00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,520
Speaker 1: as everybody has talked about this quarterback contest at Notre

542
00:27:47,600 --> 00:27:49,600
Speaker 1: Dame and how they're looking to get more pop out

543
00:27:49,600 --> 00:27:52,040
Speaker 1: of the passing game, which is still very very true,

544
00:27:52,080 --> 00:27:56,440
Speaker 1: and I hope it's true. M H. Marcus Freeman would

545
00:27:56,440 --> 00:28:00,960
Speaker 1: be thrilled. He would be jumping up, he would be

546
00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:04,760
Speaker 1: clicking his heels together if this devolved into a battle

547
00:28:04,760 --> 00:28:09,919
Speaker 1: of defense and field position and time of possession and

548
00:28:10,040 --> 00:28:15,199
Speaker 1: big dumb Mario crystal ball football, frankly, Mario, because I

549
00:28:15,240 --> 00:28:17,200
Speaker 1: think if that's the way that this game goes, that's

550
00:28:17,240 --> 00:28:22,639
Speaker 1: big time advantage Notre Dame. Sure. Now, unless they had CJ.

551
00:28:22,800 --> 00:28:26,960
Speaker 1: Carr out there throwing interceptions in the preseason as like

552
00:28:27,080 --> 00:28:30,640
Speaker 1: some kind of propaganda thing, I don't know. I would

553
00:28:30,720 --> 00:28:33,119
Speaker 1: expect that this game plan is going to be really conservative.

554
00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:35,960
Speaker 1: It's going to be a lot of emphasis on Jeremiah

555
00:28:36,000 --> 00:28:40,640
Speaker 1: Love and Jadarian Price. You get them going, you're somehow

556
00:28:40,680 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 1: able to open it up a little bit down the field,

557
00:28:42,760 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 1: maybe take a shot or two with Jayden Greathouse, Malachi Fields.

558
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:48,240
Speaker 1: I don't know, but I'm gonna put the over under

559
00:28:48,240 --> 00:28:51,360
Speaker 1: at twenty two and a half for passing attempts for CJ.

560
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,960
Speaker 1: Carr in this game, okay, because I think they're going

561
00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:57,680
Speaker 1: to play it close to the vest I think they're

562
00:28:57,720 --> 00:29:02,400
Speaker 1: concerned about a backbreaking pick, some sort of freshman mistake.

563
00:29:03,960 --> 00:29:06,479
Speaker 1: This should be a really good Miami defense. At a minimum,

564
00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:07,800
Speaker 1: it's going to be a very good front. I think

565
00:29:07,880 --> 00:29:09,840
Speaker 1: Notre Dame is going to do everything within its power

566
00:29:09,840 --> 00:29:12,600
Speaker 1: to try and minimize the effect of a new full

567
00:29:12,600 --> 00:29:13,640
Speaker 1: time starting quarterback.

568
00:29:14,040 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 2: And I think Notre Dame respects the best of what

569
00:29:16,600 --> 00:29:19,840
Speaker 2: Miami can look like upfront in rushing the passer and

570
00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:21,640
Speaker 2: attacking the run. I think there's a lot of good

571
00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,800
Speaker 2: defensive linemen that they're pretty deep there. We'll see how

572
00:29:24,800 --> 00:29:27,400
Speaker 2: successful they are. But in terms of raw talent and ceiling,

573
00:29:27,600 --> 00:29:29,920
Speaker 2: I think Miami's going to the front seven especially is

574
00:29:29,960 --> 00:29:31,760
Speaker 2: going to look quite good. We'll see if all these

575
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:34,080
Speaker 2: transfers work out. We see if a new defensive coordinator

576
00:29:34,160 --> 00:29:38,160
Speaker 2: gels and Corey Heatherman with Miami. I'm going to take

577
00:29:38,160 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 2: Notre Dame here, and I hate it. I absolutely hate it. Okay,

578
00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:46,040
Speaker 2: But because of how Notre Dame looked in icing that

579
00:29:46,120 --> 00:29:49,760
Speaker 2: Georgia game, in icing the Penn State game. And yes,

580
00:29:49,880 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 2: they did not win a very crucial game against a

581
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,200
Speaker 2: MAC team mid season, but because of how that Notre

582
00:29:55,280 --> 00:29:58,360
Speaker 2: Dame team grew, if you're telling me that Notre Dame

583
00:29:59,440 --> 00:30:03,040
Speaker 2: pretty co it clearly has the big game coach and

584
00:30:03,200 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 2: defensive advantage in Week one. I think it travels well enough.

585
00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 2: And what Notre Dame did on the road against Texas

586
00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:13,200
Speaker 2: A and M last season as an opener, I think

587
00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,120
Speaker 2: Miami's gonna be really good this year. I think to

588
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 2: ask them to arrive in Week one even with a

589
00:30:19,320 --> 00:30:22,880
Speaker 2: home field advantage, but with a quarterback coming off of injury.

590
00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,640
Speaker 2: Because of a new look receiving corps, the offensive line

591
00:30:25,680 --> 00:30:28,600
Speaker 2: should be great for Miami. But I think it's a

592
00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,960
Speaker 2: tall ask in Week one against Notre Dame. And I

593
00:30:32,000 --> 00:30:35,240
Speaker 2: think Notre Dame will have a better ability to dictate,

594
00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:38,280
Speaker 2: as you've mentioned already and alluded to the rhythm of

595
00:30:38,320 --> 00:30:41,840
Speaker 2: this game, and so I think Miami has a great

596
00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:44,520
Speaker 2: opportunity to win this game playing Notre Dame ball, right,

597
00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:46,960
Speaker 2: you know Mario christ Baul wants to do that. He

598
00:30:47,080 --> 00:30:50,840
Speaker 2: wants to push Notre Dame around upfront with an experienced,

599
00:30:50,960 --> 00:30:55,120
Speaker 2: very talented offensive line. Good running back room quarterback who

600
00:30:55,120 --> 00:30:58,080
Speaker 2: can take advantage in play action. But I just think

601
00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,800
Speaker 2: Notre Dame is better built for it completely. But again,

602
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:03,600
Speaker 2: if you're telling me the final score is thirty eight

603
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:06,080
Speaker 2: thirty four, I'm going to take Miami. I think that

604
00:31:06,280 --> 00:31:10,160
Speaker 2: I think they're they are better built right now with

605
00:31:10,200 --> 00:31:11,800
Speaker 2: what they were able to do on offense last year,

606
00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:14,480
Speaker 2: with Carson Beck's experience, I think they are a team

607
00:31:14,480 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 2: that can get to thirty five faster. But I think

608
00:31:17,120 --> 00:31:19,680
Speaker 2: Notre Dame is a team who can keep a team

609
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:24,200
Speaker 2: to seventeen more effectively. So I have what's the final

610
00:31:24,240 --> 00:31:27,520
Speaker 2: spread as of this recording, two and a half in

611
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:30,200
Speaker 2: favor of Notre Dame. In favor of Notre Dame. Yeah,

612
00:31:30,200 --> 00:31:32,400
Speaker 2: I'm going to give those points. I'm going to say

613
00:31:32,480 --> 00:31:34,240
Speaker 2: twenty four to twenty Notre Dame.

614
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:36,720
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm And by the way, I think we're kind

615
00:31:36,720 --> 00:31:37,880
Speaker 1: of along the same lines here.

616
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:38,480
Speaker 2: I hate it.

617
00:31:39,120 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 1: I think the matchup that ultimately decides this one is

618
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,280
Speaker 1: exactly what you pointed out. It's Miami's offensive line against

619
00:31:45,320 --> 00:31:48,680
Speaker 1: Notre Dame's defensive line. Because my theory all along has

620
00:31:48,720 --> 00:31:52,840
Speaker 1: been that Miami has to look different on offense this year.

621
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:55,920
Speaker 1: They don't have cam Ward. It's just a different style quarterback,

622
00:31:56,520 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 1: and I expect them to look more like the Georgia

623
00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:02,160
Speaker 1: offenses that we saw when Carson Beck was at Georgia.

624
00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:09,000
Speaker 1: I'm not saying it's a perfect replica, but to your point,

625
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,880
Speaker 1: this is Mario Crysto Baal's default state. He wants to

626
00:32:12,960 --> 00:32:15,920
Speaker 1: line you up, he wants to push you around. And

627
00:32:15,960 --> 00:32:18,240
Speaker 1: I think he'd be wise to use his running back

628
00:32:18,280 --> 00:32:20,040
Speaker 1: room this year because I do think they've got a

629
00:32:20,040 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: lot of depth. It's new guys. It's not Damian Martinez anymore,

630
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:26,400
Speaker 1: but they've got enough depth back there to be pretty good.

631
00:32:27,280 --> 00:32:30,520
Speaker 1: So I think it looks different. I think Carson Beck

632
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,400
Speaker 1: is pretty good. I'm luke warm on him being the

633
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:36,080
Speaker 1: type of quarterback who can go out there and single

634
00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:39,280
Speaker 1: handedly win the game for you. I think that's something

635
00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:40,480
Speaker 1: he needs to prove this year.

636
00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:41,320
Speaker 2: Sure.

637
00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:44,400
Speaker 1: My theory this year is that, especially in this game,

638
00:32:44,400 --> 00:32:48,000
Speaker 1: Miami needs to establish a ground game and I just

639
00:32:48,000 --> 00:32:51,520
Speaker 1: think it's going to be tough sledding. So my theory

640
00:32:51,560 --> 00:32:54,520
Speaker 1: if this one devolves into a defensive slugfest, I think

641
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,760
Speaker 1: we see a couple turnovers one way or another. I

642
00:32:57,800 --> 00:33:00,440
Speaker 1: think the difference much like it was last year in

643
00:33:00,520 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: a big spot. Is Jeremiah Love just getting a sliver,

644
00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,600
Speaker 1: or maybe, like we saw in the playoffs, Jaden great

645
00:33:09,640 --> 00:33:13,720
Speaker 1: Hoouse finding some space. I think Notre Dame plays it close.

646
00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:17,160
Speaker 1: I think Notre Dame uses one of their playmakers. I

647
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 1: think they get a big play in space to get

648
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:21,720
Speaker 1: enough separation. Twenty six twenty one. Notre Dame wins on the.

649
00:33:21,720 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 2: Road twenty six twenty one. Okay, by the way, third

650
00:33:24,520 --> 00:33:26,680
Speaker 2: and medium is gonna be incredible when Miami has the ball.

651
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,560
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, they were the best third down team in America,

652
00:33:29,640 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 2: not just at avoiding three and out, but actually, like

653
00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:35,480
Speaker 2: their success rate on third down was incredible. So when

654
00:33:35,520 --> 00:33:38,000
Speaker 2: they can't just count on a yard and a half

655
00:33:38,080 --> 00:33:39,920
Speaker 2: from a back, when they are going to have to

656
00:33:39,920 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 2: make tougher choices on third and four at midfield or

657
00:33:42,600 --> 00:33:45,479
Speaker 2: in their own territory, that's to me, that's gonna be everything.

658
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Speaker 1: We talked about this one a little bit at the top.

659
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Speaker 1: This one is Saturday at three thirty on ABC. It's

660
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 1: Alabama minus thirteen and a half points. See my brows

661
00:33:58,400 --> 00:34:00,960
Speaker 1: go up when I said that's a lot of points. Sure,

662
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:04,480
Speaker 1: thirteen and a half points on the road at Florida State. Now,

663
00:34:05,120 --> 00:34:07,840
Speaker 1: I think there is a chance here that Alabama's looking

664
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Speaker 1: to make a statement because for as big of a

665
00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:15,040
Speaker 1: disappointment as it might have been for Florida State, Alabama

666
00:34:15,160 --> 00:34:17,840
Speaker 1: definitely internalized the fact that they did not make the

667
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:21,640
Speaker 1: College Football Playoff last year, and they internalized it to

668
00:34:21,680 --> 00:34:25,400
Speaker 1: a great degree. They brought back a number of starters

669
00:34:25,440 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 1: from last year's team who had the option to go

670
00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:30,600
Speaker 1: pro but decided they wanted to stick around here and

671
00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:32,080
Speaker 1: see if they could do a little bit more at

672
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Speaker 1: the college level. That's a credit to Kaylen de Borr.

673
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,680
Speaker 1: Another thing that's a credit to Kaylen de Borr is

674
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Speaker 1: that he understood again that they needed to get better,

675
00:34:41,480 --> 00:34:44,280
Speaker 1: they needed to figure out their offense to a greater degree,

676
00:34:44,320 --> 00:34:48,720
Speaker 1: and he brought back Ryan Grubb. So I like that pairing.

677
00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:51,760
Speaker 1: I like the fact that Alabama has an unusual amount

678
00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,919
Speaker 1: back from last year's team, which was still pretty good,

679
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,200
Speaker 1: it just didn't fire on all cylinders. And I like

680
00:34:58,239 --> 00:35:01,440
Speaker 1: the fact that they're catching Florida State at this time moment. Yeah,

681
00:35:01,480 --> 00:35:04,359
Speaker 1: this is the right time to catch Florida State. Now.

682
00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:06,399
Speaker 1: I know we may not be crazy hig in Florida State,

683
00:35:06,920 --> 00:35:09,160
Speaker 1: but it's still a tough place to play. I gotta

684
00:35:09,160 --> 00:35:12,160
Speaker 1: believe they're going to be better. And if if this

685
00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:15,640
Speaker 1: is a very big if, if they are able to

686
00:35:15,719 --> 00:35:19,640
Speaker 1: put an offense together, if they are able to realize

687
00:35:19,680 --> 00:35:23,840
Speaker 1: all the upside of Tommy Castellanos, then at some point

688
00:35:23,880 --> 00:35:25,759
Speaker 1: down the stretch, this could be a team that's a

689
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,439
Speaker 1: tough out because there still is a lot of talent

690
00:35:28,520 --> 00:35:32,000
Speaker 1: on Florida State. I just think this is the right time.

691
00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 1: There is no chance with all that they have new

692
00:35:35,480 --> 00:35:38,160
Speaker 1: it's suddenly going to click at home week one against

693
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Speaker 1: the top five team. I don't see it.

694
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm searching for reasons to take Florida State, and

695
00:35:45,200 --> 00:35:47,279
Speaker 2: I feel good about Florida State maybe scoring an early

696
00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:49,479
Speaker 2: touchdown and it's seven to three after the first quarter,

697
00:35:49,560 --> 00:35:53,720
Speaker 2: Florida State's up, and then it goes pay wire. But yeah,

698
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:56,160
Speaker 2: over the course of four quarters, with what the ceiling

699
00:35:56,200 --> 00:35:59,319
Speaker 2: of this Alabama defense should be with if we're going

700
00:35:59,360 --> 00:36:05,120
Speaker 2: to assume Simpson is ready to just hit that throttle hard,

701
00:36:05,880 --> 00:36:07,719
Speaker 2: then there's every reason to think that this is a

702
00:36:08,080 --> 00:36:13,160
Speaker 2: you know, thirty four to ten game Alabama wins. I'm

703
00:36:13,160 --> 00:36:16,880
Speaker 2: not there with Ty Simpson yet. There was something to

704
00:36:16,920 --> 00:36:18,920
Speaker 2: me about like he's competing against a true freshman and

705
00:36:18,920 --> 00:36:20,840
Speaker 2: a guy who hasn't played any meaningful snaps, and like

706
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,440
Speaker 2: the competition went deep into fall. Now I like, no,

707
00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:28,920
Speaker 2: maybe he's just pretty good but not amazing. I still

708
00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:31,680
Speaker 2: like you just you have to have faith in Florida

709
00:36:31,680 --> 00:36:34,880
Speaker 2: State after going to and ten that they've dramatically gotten better.

710
00:36:35,400 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 2: I think the defense will be more organized with Tony White.

711
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 2: I think the offense will have a different vision. I

712
00:36:40,560 --> 00:36:42,680
Speaker 2: don't know if it's a better vision with Gus Melson.

713
00:36:43,040 --> 00:36:45,200
Speaker 2: I don't know about hiring this version of Gus Melson

714
00:36:45,280 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 2: in twenty twenty five as like a big fix. But

715
00:36:50,160 --> 00:36:52,839
Speaker 2: there will be a plan, and so I think early

716
00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:55,160
Speaker 2: on Florida State will look like they have that plan.

717
00:36:55,600 --> 00:36:58,799
Speaker 2: I just over four quarters. Yeah, I think Alabama's three

718
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:02,120
Speaker 2: touchdowns better, So I'm going to give those points. Really searched,

719
00:37:02,280 --> 00:37:03,040
Speaker 2: but I'm not there.

720
00:37:03,120 --> 00:37:05,440
Speaker 1: I'm just really drawn to the contrast between these two

721
00:37:05,480 --> 00:37:09,759
Speaker 1: schools right now because Alabama, like I said, internalized a lot,

722
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:12,120
Speaker 1: almost a little bit of zombie Alabama if you think

723
00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:16,359
Speaker 1: about sure, a little bit of taste in their own

724
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 1: blood after what went down last year. Now coming into

725
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:22,319
Speaker 1: this new season, loaded for bear and on. Like the

726
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:26,719
Speaker 1: Florida State side, they like, they basically unplugged the router

727
00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:31,919
Speaker 1: for thirty seconds. They unplugged it, they let it cycle through,

728
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,200
Speaker 1: they plugged it back in, and that this is what

729
00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:36,840
Speaker 1: you have now. Yeah, this is what it is in

730
00:37:36,880 --> 00:37:40,879
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five. I'm excited to see how they use

731
00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:43,960
Speaker 1: Tommy Castellanos. I hope we can start calling a big

732
00:37:44,000 --> 00:37:47,040
Speaker 1: Tom Callahan again like I did in the previous But

733
00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:50,279
Speaker 1: I've got real questions about this being the dude. You know,

734
00:37:50,360 --> 00:37:54,359
Speaker 1: if quarterback was an issue last year with DJU. I

735
00:37:54,440 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 1: know Tommy Castellanos here talks a good game, but he

736
00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,680
Speaker 1: had a propense to kind of dance around in the

737
00:38:01,719 --> 00:38:05,160
Speaker 1: pocket and take a drive killing sack or commit a

738
00:38:05,160 --> 00:38:09,000
Speaker 1: big turnover or something that will not serve Florida State. Well,

739
00:38:09,000 --> 00:38:11,560
Speaker 1: it did not serve him well at Boston College. Even

740
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,759
Speaker 1: though he's athletic, he's fun to watch, he can make

741
00:38:13,800 --> 00:38:17,759
Speaker 1: plays all that. I'm just not sure. I'm not sure

742
00:38:17,760 --> 00:38:21,919
Speaker 1: about that. So, like bigger picture, it's gonna be really

743
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:25,840
Speaker 1: interesting to see how this transfer class looks for the

744
00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:28,919
Speaker 1: Knowles if it pops more than it did a year ago.

745
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:30,920
Speaker 1: They're basically doubling down on the approach.

746
00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:34,560
Speaker 2: I agree. If he's not the guy for Boston College, right,

747
00:38:35,640 --> 00:38:38,680
Speaker 2: why is he the guy for Florida State's. And we've

748
00:38:38,719 --> 00:38:41,960
Speaker 2: seen guys get benched before and come back strong. I

749
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:45,120
Speaker 2: watched it with Bo Nicks got benched at Auburn came

750
00:38:45,160 --> 00:38:48,280
Speaker 2: back strong, or at Auburn came back much stronger at Oregon,

751
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:52,200
Speaker 2: like it happens. But those two programs are sort of

752
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 2: on par.

753
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Speaker 1: I would love nothing more than to do our show

754
00:38:56,280 --> 00:38:58,640
Speaker 1: on Saturday night at midnight. By the way, subscribe to

755
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Speaker 1: the YouTube channel. You can watch the Saturday and out

756
00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:03,719
Speaker 1: live stream if you're interested. As we talk through all

757
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Speaker 1: of these.

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Speaker 2: Games, smell tieshair dot com. Right, we can link.

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Speaker 1: Smell tieshair dot com. Back up with that. Okay, you

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Speaker 1: have all these domains. We gotta do something.

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Speaker 2: I know, I know.

762
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Speaker 1: I would love nothing more than to talk about this

763
00:39:14,200 --> 00:39:16,760
Speaker 1: one as a close game, a fun game, or Florida

764
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:18,839
Speaker 1: State got it together and the crowd got into it,

765
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Speaker 1: and I've got it at thirty five seventeen Alabama. Okay,

766
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Speaker 1: I think light away. Yep, let's go to Sunday at

767
00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:34,920
Speaker 1: three pm Eastern time. Okay, Virginia Tech at South Kakilaki

768
00:39:36,120 --> 00:39:39,400
Speaker 1: sneaky fun, South Carolina favored by eight points. Where are

769
00:39:39,400 --> 00:39:40,839
Speaker 1: you at? Here? Where you at in this game?

770
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Speaker 2: I had to prove it. Danni Will mention that Virginia Tech,

771
00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:48,680
Speaker 2: with the way they've started the last three seasons, so

772
00:39:48,719 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 2: that I think is losing to Old Dominion and then

773
00:39:51,600 --> 00:39:57,120
Speaker 2: losing to like Purdue Marshall Rutgers. I think Vanderbilt last year,

774
00:39:57,120 --> 00:39:59,440
Speaker 2: which was not that's a defensible loss with how Vanderbilt

775
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:02,120
Speaker 2: season went, but in the moment richly did not feel

776
00:40:02,239 --> 00:40:05,920
Speaker 2: super fun for Virginia Tech fans. So Virginia Tech and

777
00:40:05,920 --> 00:40:08,279
Speaker 2: Brent probably have a lot to prove in a game.

778
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:09,520
Speaker 2: I believe this is a neutral site.

779
00:40:09,360 --> 00:40:11,600
Speaker 1: Right, neutral site game of playing in Atlanta and.

780
00:40:11,640 --> 00:40:15,719
Speaker 2: Atlanta, Ah, they have a ton to proof. Virginia Tech.

781
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:20,799
Speaker 2: To me, I think I'm gonna go South Carolina here

782
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:25,920
Speaker 2: if you're giving me a quarterback advantage, a momentum advantage,

783
00:40:25,960 --> 00:40:28,600
Speaker 2: and as much as anybody can have momentum in week one,

784
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:32,400
Speaker 2: but program momentum the best of this defense with a

785
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:36,400
Speaker 2: lot of unproven full time guys, I just think culturally,

786
00:40:36,440 --> 00:40:38,919
Speaker 2: South Carolina is in a better place to come out

787
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:40,680
Speaker 2: and win this game. And they haven't been the best

788
00:40:40,680 --> 00:40:44,520
Speaker 2: September team either, for sure. But I just think there's

789
00:40:44,560 --> 00:40:47,319
Speaker 2: more to like in this moment about South Carolina on

790
00:40:47,360 --> 00:40:50,359
Speaker 2: the road, So I'm gonna need to see it before

791
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:53,120
Speaker 2: I believe it from Virginia Tech still in this moment.

792
00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:55,560
Speaker 1: So this is like the Beamer Bowl, isn't it?

793
00:40:55,560 --> 00:40:56,800
Speaker 2: It absolutely is. Yep.

794
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Speaker 1: This is one of those season openers where I feel

795
00:41:00,040 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 1: real weird about taking chalk. And the more I thought

796
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:09,600
Speaker 1: about this, it's like everyone's talking about Leonora's Sellers. Leonora's

797
00:41:09,640 --> 00:41:13,960
Speaker 1: the creators creator creator. Yeah, Dylan Stewart, who I love,

798
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:16,839
Speaker 1: might be the best pass rusher in the country. South

799
00:41:16,880 --> 00:41:19,439
Speaker 1: Carolina finished strong. They do have that momentum six game

800
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:23,279
Speaker 1: winning streak. But I think I've come around to the

801
00:41:23,320 --> 00:41:25,759
Speaker 1: idea of Virginia Tech covering and maybe even pulling an

802
00:41:25,840 --> 00:41:29,640
Speaker 1: upset here, and I can tell you why. Okay, I

803
00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:31,800
Speaker 1: think South Carolina is going to have some growing pains

804
00:41:31,840 --> 00:41:35,960
Speaker 1: on defense. I agree, like you lose Kyle Kinnard, It's

805
00:41:36,000 --> 00:41:39,560
Speaker 1: not easy to backfill all four interior linemen, three long.

806
00:41:39,640 --> 00:41:41,000
Speaker 2: All American caliber safety.

807
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Speaker 1: Yeah, there's a lot that's missing. You're basically asking a

808
00:41:44,680 --> 00:41:48,160
Speaker 1: bunch of new faces, albeit very talented new faces who

809
00:41:48,320 --> 00:41:53,000
Speaker 1: are not entirely new like they have played. Granted, but

810
00:41:53,160 --> 00:41:56,399
Speaker 1: you're asking these guys to step up, take on more

811
00:41:56,440 --> 00:42:00,400
Speaker 1: responsibility in a big week one neutral site game against

812
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:02,560
Speaker 1: a team that you know is looking to prove something.

813
00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:04,680
Speaker 1: This is a team in Virginia Tech that I think

814
00:42:04,719 --> 00:42:07,360
Speaker 1: should be significantly improved. It was not a bad team

815
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:09,120
Speaker 1: from a year ago. And that's the thing that I

816
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:11,959
Speaker 1: think is missing from much of the commentary I've heard.

817
00:42:12,600 --> 00:42:15,080
Speaker 1: Did they underperform, yes, but it wasn't a bad team.

818
00:42:15,120 --> 00:42:18,279
Speaker 1: They were just very inconsistent and they had injury luck

819
00:42:18,640 --> 00:42:23,600
Speaker 1: that went against them, basically like Auburn North Okay, in

820
00:42:23,640 --> 00:42:26,000
Speaker 1: some way, shape or form, they just could not translate

821
00:42:26,040 --> 00:42:29,480
Speaker 1: production into wins. They had trouble in close game situations.

822
00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:32,360
Speaker 1: They couldn't stay healthy. Those three things will kill pretty

823
00:42:32,400 --> 00:42:32,959
Speaker 1: much any team.

824
00:42:33,080 --> 00:42:35,720
Speaker 2: So you're going with Virginia Tech a team who starts

825
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:37,800
Speaker 2: poorly and does not finish close games.

826
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Speaker 1: Well, I am, actually, yeah, I am, And I can't

827
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Speaker 1: explain why. I mean, I'm trying to explain why, But yeah,

828
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Speaker 1: I just think Kyroen drones back and healthy. A revamped

829
00:42:48,400 --> 00:42:52,239
Speaker 1: roster a new offensive coordinator who should get more out

830
00:42:52,280 --> 00:42:54,840
Speaker 1: of the quarterback position. They did pick up Terry and

831
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:56,959
Speaker 1: Stewart from Bowling Green the running back who I love,

832
00:42:57,360 --> 00:42:59,919
Speaker 1: but he was seen in a walking boot last week.

833
00:43:00,080 --> 00:43:01,880
Speaker 1: I don't know his status at time of record.

834
00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:05,720
Speaker 2: That's super helpful before our football game, right, It's not ideal. Yeah,

835
00:43:06,120 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 2: I hope he's able to go.

836
00:43:07,120 --> 00:43:09,080
Speaker 1: I think he could have a real impact here. The

837
00:43:09,080 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 1: matchup that you you gotta watch here is the Tech

838
00:43:12,160 --> 00:43:15,680
Speaker 1: offensive line, which is rebuilt the South Carolina front seven,

839
00:43:15,719 --> 00:43:18,560
Speaker 1: which also has a bunch of new faces. I think

840
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:20,880
Speaker 1: we could be on track here for a South Carolina

841
00:43:20,920 --> 00:43:25,000
Speaker 1: freeducation from Fred Johnson the linebacker if they show out

842
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:27,759
Speaker 1: on defense. But I don't know. This one was kind

843
00:43:27,760 --> 00:43:31,160
Speaker 1: of giving me the willies. Like I think Carolina wins.

844
00:43:31,200 --> 00:43:33,799
Speaker 1: I think it's a slugfest, and I think it's something

845
00:43:33,920 --> 00:43:38,600
Speaker 1: like twenty four to twenty. South Carolina wins, but Virginia

846
00:43:38,640 --> 00:43:42,000
Speaker 1: Tech keeps it close. I would not be surprised if

847
00:43:42,000 --> 00:43:45,160
Speaker 1: we come on the air Saturday night Virginia Tech wins

848
00:43:45,160 --> 00:43:45,760
Speaker 1: in an upset.

849
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Speaker 2: Yeah. I have Virginia Tech losing this one thirty three

850
00:43:48,280 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 2: to twenty four. South Carolina.

851
00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:54,600
Speaker 1: Let's go to another one, Syracuse at Tennessee, another neutral

852
00:43:54,560 --> 00:43:57,400
Speaker 1: psyche game. This one's on Saturday at high noon. Yeah,

853
00:43:57,800 --> 00:44:02,640
Speaker 1: Tennessee favored by thirteen and a half. How confident are

854
00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 1: you in Tennessee winning this game and covering?

855
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:08,120
Speaker 2: It's a big number.

856
00:44:08,760 --> 00:44:11,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, a lot of new on Tennessee, right, at least

857
00:44:11,520 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: on the offensive side.

858
00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:15,880
Speaker 2: I'm not super confident in them covering. I think Tennessee

859
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:18,520
Speaker 2: wins this game because I still think the best thing

860
00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:23,040
Speaker 2: in this game should be Tennessee's defense. But I'm not

861
00:44:23,160 --> 00:44:25,880
Speaker 2: confident that number. You're talking about a lot new on

862
00:44:25,880 --> 00:44:28,520
Speaker 2: this Tennessee offense, including Joey Aguilar.

863
00:44:28,640 --> 00:44:32,280
Speaker 1: It's right, I think.

864
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Speaker 2: Even if so, what you're saying is if you're setting

865
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Speaker 2: this line to get action on both ways, but if

866
00:44:37,200 --> 00:44:39,839
Speaker 2: you think this is about where this game lands, what

867
00:44:39,840 --> 00:44:44,320
Speaker 2: you're saying is Tennessee should get to thirty ish points

868
00:44:44,640 --> 00:44:48,080
Speaker 2: against Syracuse. Correct, because the Syracuse offense, if Steve Angeli

869
00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:51,439
Speaker 2: is quality, which I think we think he is. Sure,

870
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:53,640
Speaker 2: it's all just a guessing game in week one really

871
00:44:53,880 --> 00:44:56,640
Speaker 2: more than anything, I just don't think they get to

872
00:44:56,640 --> 00:45:00,239
Speaker 2: that number. So I think it's something like twenty seven

873
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:04,160
Speaker 2: Tennessee twenty four to seventeen Tennessee. So I have Syracuse

874
00:45:04,239 --> 00:45:07,719
Speaker 2: covering this game, but Tennessee winning just because I think

875
00:45:07,760 --> 00:45:10,279
Speaker 2: there's gonna need that. There needs to be a little

876
00:45:10,280 --> 00:45:12,720
Speaker 2: bit of time for Tennessee to get its act together

877
00:45:13,040 --> 00:45:16,800
Speaker 2: gelling on offense. So I don't love the Syracuse defense

878
00:45:16,920 --> 00:45:18,719
Speaker 2: and where it was last year and where it looks

879
00:45:18,760 --> 00:45:21,719
Speaker 2: like it's going to be, albeit improved, this year. I

880
00:45:21,719 --> 00:45:25,719
Speaker 2: don't love the ability for Syracuse to continue what it

881
00:45:25,800 --> 00:45:28,239
Speaker 2: was doing on offense with Steve Angeli. I think they're

882
00:45:28,280 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 2: gonna be good. I think they're gonna be decent. But no,

883
00:45:32,160 --> 00:45:34,400
Speaker 2: that number is still too big for me. So Syracuse

884
00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:38,000
Speaker 2: keeps it close enough. Tennessee lock of the week, Wow.

885
00:45:38,000 --> 00:45:42,640
Speaker 1: Luck of the week Lim from Lim then Yeah. The

886
00:45:42,719 --> 00:45:47,319
Speaker 1: matchup to watch here is Tennessee's defensive front against Syracuse,

887
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:51,160
Speaker 1: which has a rebuilt offensive line. I think the balls

888
00:45:51,160 --> 00:45:56,000
Speaker 1: get pressure. I think they change up Steve Angeli's timer.

889
00:45:56,560 --> 00:45:59,200
Speaker 1: In his limited action, we saw moments where he was

890
00:45:59,239 --> 00:46:01,400
Speaker 1: like slow to process, where he took a sack, he

891
00:46:01,480 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 1: made a bad decision. Again, very limited sample size, but

892
00:46:05,000 --> 00:46:06,799
Speaker 1: I think this is a kind of game where that

893
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:09,880
Speaker 1: could be a factor here. Yeah, I feel very confident

894
00:46:10,480 --> 00:46:14,399
Speaker 1: about laying the points here because everyone's talking up Tennessee,

895
00:46:14,440 --> 00:46:18,759
Speaker 1: like new quarterback Joey Agilar. But truly, this is a

896
00:46:18,840 --> 00:46:21,400
Speaker 1: story of defense, and that defense is loaded.

897
00:46:22,480 --> 00:46:23,359
Speaker 2: It should be very good.

898
00:46:23,600 --> 00:46:25,799
Speaker 1: And the other thing on the Syracuse side, I did

899
00:46:25,800 --> 00:46:29,320
Speaker 1: get some pushback to this. I stand by what I said,

900
00:46:29,880 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 1: cuse lost a ton. They might be worse at every

901
00:46:32,680 --> 00:46:36,520
Speaker 1: offensive position this year. Okay, it's just a really tough

902
00:46:36,520 --> 00:46:39,439
Speaker 1: ask to expect them to just click in Week one

903
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:42,799
Speaker 1: against one of the better defenses in the country. And

904
00:46:42,840 --> 00:46:45,040
Speaker 1: their defense too, they lost a bunch. Seven of their

905
00:46:45,040 --> 00:46:47,640
Speaker 1: top ten tacklers are gone from a year ago. I

906
00:46:47,640 --> 00:46:49,680
Speaker 1: think they're going to get pushed around by Tennessee upfront.

907
00:46:50,680 --> 00:46:53,239
Speaker 2: By the way, you know who else rebuilt their offensive

908
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:54,920
Speaker 2: line Tennessee.

909
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:57,520
Speaker 1: I know they did, but I just like their talent better.

910
00:46:57,560 --> 00:47:01,040
Speaker 1: And I think when you contrast that with Syracuse also

911
00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:06,680
Speaker 1: losing a ton on defense, the meat of this Tennessee offense,

912
00:47:07,440 --> 00:47:11,399
Speaker 1: in my view, is still in the running game all right.

913
00:47:11,520 --> 00:47:14,919
Speaker 1: Whether or not they're rebuilding their line. It's a very

914
00:47:15,160 --> 00:47:16,960
Speaker 1: very deep group of running backs, and I think they're

915
00:47:16,960 --> 00:47:20,000
Speaker 1: going to be solid. I also would not put it

916
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:22,319
Speaker 1: past Joey Aguilar to actually end up being better than

917
00:47:22,400 --> 00:47:23,239
Speaker 1: Nico was a year.

918
00:47:23,120 --> 00:47:25,239
Speaker 2: Ago, which Tennessee fans will tell you is not a

919
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 2: terribly high bar.

920
00:47:26,200 --> 00:47:29,040
Speaker 1: It may not be a high bar. But for as

921
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:32,040
Speaker 1: much as people are talking up Agalar and new quarterback,

922
00:47:32,080 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 1: and we'll see and everybody expects to step back from Tennessee.

923
00:47:35,000 --> 00:47:37,560
Speaker 1: And I do think we will see a step back

924
00:47:37,600 --> 00:47:39,480
Speaker 1: because the line is concerning as they get a little

925
00:47:39,520 --> 00:47:43,560
Speaker 1: deeper into this thing. Sure not in this one. Not

926
00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:47,840
Speaker 1: in this one. I think the favorite pulls away. I

927
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:53,000
Speaker 1: think it's a second half game where we see Tennessee

928
00:47:53,080 --> 00:47:57,160
Speaker 1: start to show what it's made of, show where that

929
00:47:57,239 --> 00:48:02,560
Speaker 1: talent gap is. Forty one seventeen Tennessee wins going away here.

930
00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:05,479
Speaker 2: So you're not just in love with Tennessee here, you're

931
00:48:05,480 --> 00:48:11,320
Speaker 2: doing ghost style pottery. Yeah, but Tennessee a little bit? Yeah, okay,

932
00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:14,000
Speaker 2: fair enough, Okay, we also to be fair, you know

933
00:48:14,040 --> 00:48:17,000
Speaker 2: who else has rebuilt their offensive line? One hundred and

934
00:48:17,120 --> 00:48:21,080
Speaker 2: nineteen teams. Everybody's rebuilding their offensive line outside of like Texas,

935
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:22,560
Speaker 2: A and M and Alabama.

936
00:48:22,200 --> 00:48:23,440
Speaker 1: And Notre Dame in Penstate.

937
00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:25,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, for sure, there's I know there's a handful, but like,

938
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:28,160
Speaker 2: this is where we are as a society right now.

939
00:48:28,400 --> 00:48:30,400
Speaker 2: Everybody's got offensive line questions.

940
00:48:31,239 --> 00:48:33,520
Speaker 1: We're going to talk about some under the radar games

941
00:48:33,520 --> 00:48:37,239
Speaker 1: here in a moment rip through them. But one that's

942
00:48:37,360 --> 00:48:40,160
Speaker 1: I think a pretty significant non con game. And it's

943
00:48:40,200 --> 00:48:42,040
Speaker 1: weird to call it a non con game. Mind you

944
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:47,680
Speaker 1: sure hasn't been talked about at all. Eleven pm, Old

945
00:48:47,719 --> 00:48:52,320
Speaker 1: School pac twelve after dark on Fox, Utah minus six

946
00:48:52,440 --> 00:48:53,560
Speaker 1: on the road at UCLA.

947
00:48:53,880 --> 00:48:54,600
Speaker 2: This is a great one.

948
00:48:54,640 --> 00:48:56,359
Speaker 1: Does that line surprise you at all?

949
00:48:58,200 --> 00:49:02,160
Speaker 2: No, UCLA's talent level not great in this moment, and

950
00:49:02,239 --> 00:49:06,840
Speaker 2: their rosters not great dealing with coaching turnover. It's just

951
00:49:07,040 --> 00:49:10,439
Speaker 2: it's tough to see. Even if Nico gets closer at

952
00:49:10,520 --> 00:49:14,960
Speaker 2: UCLA than he was at Tennessee, real unlikely, but closer

953
00:49:15,320 --> 00:49:18,960
Speaker 2: to what we perceived his ability and ceiling would be

954
00:49:19,760 --> 00:49:21,919
Speaker 2: who's he throwing to, who's he handed off to, Who's

955
00:49:21,960 --> 00:49:26,359
Speaker 2: he protected by h who is bolstering everything he does defensively?

956
00:49:27,000 --> 00:49:30,680
Speaker 2: That that to me is weird. Utah. They're getting a

957
00:49:30,719 --> 00:49:34,640
Speaker 2: little bit of respect here because of the mysterious nature

958
00:49:34,680 --> 00:49:37,960
Speaker 2: of their offense with Devin dan Pierre and with a

959
00:49:38,040 --> 00:49:40,480
Speaker 2: Jason Beck now calling the offense. They're like doing the

960
00:49:40,520 --> 00:49:44,440
Speaker 2: mini Kittlization of their offense coming up from New Mexico.

961
00:49:45,000 --> 00:49:47,440
Speaker 2: The Kittlization. No, we could call it that.

962
00:49:47,600 --> 00:49:50,680
Speaker 1: We can call it an r buckling. We can call

963
00:49:50,719 --> 00:49:54,759
Speaker 1: our buckle. Was He's a branch on the Kittley tree, right, Well,

964
00:49:54,760 --> 00:49:56,759
Speaker 1: this is true, and it's a big tree because Zach

965
00:49:56,840 --> 00:49:58,040
Speaker 1: Kittley is six seven.

966
00:49:58,440 --> 00:50:01,239
Speaker 2: That's true. It's a mighty edwood. I think this is

967
00:50:01,280 --> 00:50:04,520
Speaker 2: a fascinating game, absolutely fascinating game for Utah specifically, it's

968
00:50:04,520 --> 00:50:07,080
Speaker 2: not this is at UCLA, right at UCLA, so their

969
00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:09,440
Speaker 2: road favorites. You know, I don't think the environment's going

970
00:50:09,480 --> 00:50:11,440
Speaker 2: to be that crazy because it basically never is in

971
00:50:11,480 --> 00:50:13,880
Speaker 2: the Rose Bowl for this team.

972
00:50:14,320 --> 00:50:14,560
Speaker 1: Yeah.

973
00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:16,719
Speaker 2: I like Utah here, but a fascinating matchup for sure

974
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:21,040
Speaker 2: to see if you know stage one of Utah's journey

975
00:50:21,080 --> 00:50:21,760
Speaker 2: goes well.

976
00:50:21,640 --> 00:50:25,040
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean on the UCLA side, Nico's going to

977
00:50:25,120 --> 00:50:28,719
Speaker 1: dominate headlines. I think he's one of the only upgrades

978
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:32,520
Speaker 1: on this team. And I know that there was some

979
00:50:32,600 --> 00:50:34,719
Speaker 1: chatter about, well he wants to go somewherehere we can

980
00:50:34,760 --> 00:50:37,120
Speaker 1: get a better supporting cast or maybe just more money.

981
00:50:37,160 --> 00:50:39,560
Speaker 1: I don't know. This is not a better supporting cast.

982
00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:44,400
Speaker 1: It's a largely unproven cast of characters on offense, and

983
00:50:44,480 --> 00:50:47,680
Speaker 1: it's a rebuilding defense. So you combine that with the

984
00:50:47,719 --> 00:50:49,480
Speaker 1: fact that Utah is going to have one of the

985
00:50:49,480 --> 00:50:53,480
Speaker 1: better offensive lines in the country. They've got that coordinator

986
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:59,000
Speaker 1: quarterback tandem, which should hopefully speed things up. I think

987
00:50:59,040 --> 00:51:01,960
Speaker 1: it's notable that Kyle Whittingham is going to give Jason

988
00:51:02,000 --> 00:51:07,880
Speaker 1: Beck quote complete autonomy to run his version of his system.

989
00:51:07,920 --> 00:51:09,880
Speaker 1: I just think that's a good situation. It's not so

990
00:51:09,960 --> 00:51:11,880
Speaker 1: much a guy learning a new system. He's going to

991
00:51:11,960 --> 00:51:15,120
Speaker 1: have new people around him. But this is a proven

992
00:51:15,200 --> 00:51:18,520
Speaker 1: now combination of guys getting a chance to cook at

993
00:51:18,520 --> 00:51:20,360
Speaker 1: a little bit of a higher level, which I like.

994
00:51:20,840 --> 00:51:23,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, it just sort of goes against everything we've believed

995
00:51:23,760 --> 00:51:26,480
Speaker 2: Utah football to be over time. I know, but you

996
00:51:26,480 --> 00:51:27,359
Speaker 2: got to evolve, I guess.

997
00:51:27,440 --> 00:51:29,960
Speaker 1: But they're much more proven, and at this stage of

998
00:51:30,000 --> 00:51:31,520
Speaker 1: the game, that's really all we have to go on.

999
00:51:31,800 --> 00:51:35,480
Speaker 1: I like their line. I like the quarterback offensive coordinator pairing.

1000
00:51:36,120 --> 00:51:40,680
Speaker 1: I like Wayshan Parker, who's another name, yeah that comes

1001
00:51:40,680 --> 00:51:43,360
Speaker 1: down from Wazoo. Feels like one of those to me

1002
00:51:43,440 --> 00:51:47,000
Speaker 1: where the veteran team with the continuity finds a way

1003
00:51:47,040 --> 00:51:52,319
Speaker 1: to take care of business. Twenty eight to seventeen, Utah

1004
00:51:52,400 --> 00:51:56,600
Speaker 1: covers something a lot of points for Utah lately. Okay, yeah,

1005
00:51:56,600 --> 00:51:59,239
Speaker 1: I have Utah covering, but it's a mystery cover. We've

1006
00:51:59,239 --> 00:52:01,759
Speaker 1: gotten fifty some minutes without talking about Bill Belichick. Not

1007
00:52:01,880 --> 00:52:03,440
Speaker 1: talking about this or excuse me.

1008
00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:08,320
Speaker 2: Hulu and Instagram present the University of North Carolina football

1009
00:52:08,360 --> 00:52:09,160
Speaker 2: at Chapel Hill.

1010
00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:14,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, eight pm ESPN on Fox. TCU minus three against

1011
00:52:14,480 --> 00:52:20,040
Speaker 1: North Carolina. How the f are we supposed to handicap this?

1012
00:52:20,600 --> 00:52:23,320
Speaker 2: No, there's no way. It's just like, hey, I'm interested

1013
00:52:23,360 --> 00:52:24,280
Speaker 2: in this TV show.

1014
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:28,040
Speaker 1: I'm interested in the TV show very much so because

1015
00:52:29,000 --> 00:52:31,040
Speaker 1: I think the Bill Belichick story is going to be

1016
00:52:31,440 --> 00:52:35,120
Speaker 1: crazy fascinating. We have no idea what to expect there

1017
00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:39,520
Speaker 1: and TCU, like, we both like TCU. TCU's got a

1018
00:52:39,520 --> 00:52:42,880
Speaker 1: brutal schedule, but TCU's got a great offense, got to

1019
00:52:42,920 --> 00:52:45,640
Speaker 1: get better on defense. Many the same questions that we

1020
00:52:45,719 --> 00:52:48,680
Speaker 1: ask about every Sunny Dykes team, Like, I kind of

1021
00:52:48,680 --> 00:52:51,080
Speaker 1: think it's thirty seven thirty one, somebody wins.

1022
00:52:51,440 --> 00:52:54,480
Speaker 2: I think TCU comfortably wins this game. Okay, I think

1023
00:52:54,480 --> 00:52:59,200
Speaker 2: there's gonna be a lot of excitement. I just to

1024
00:52:59,320 --> 00:53:04,680
Speaker 2: assume twenty thirteen, Bill Belichick, with the roster he had

1025
00:53:04,719 --> 00:53:07,319
Speaker 2: with the New England Patriots when they were rolling, is

1026
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:09,640
Speaker 2: going to use that same pixie dust in Week one

1027
00:53:09,840 --> 00:53:13,400
Speaker 2: against TCU. Might not be great, but a power Conference

1028
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:16,520
Speaker 2: eight and four type team, I just don't think North

1029
00:53:16,520 --> 00:53:18,960
Speaker 2: Carolina is there. And maybe they get to an interesting

1030
00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:20,920
Speaker 2: place this season, and I think there's going to be

1031
00:53:20,960 --> 00:53:25,000
Speaker 2: an electric atmosphere early on, but I still think you

1032
00:53:25,040 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 2: need the players. I think TCU has his act together

1033
00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:29,640
Speaker 2: and North Carolina doesn't even know what its act is.

1034
00:53:30,400 --> 00:53:35,040
Speaker 2: So yeah, I have TCU in my mind doing something

1035
00:53:35,120 --> 00:53:38,080
Speaker 2: like thirty one to seventeen here.

1036
00:53:38,480 --> 00:53:41,360
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be a random shootout. Okay,

1037
00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:45,359
Speaker 1: I am believing the hype. I think North Carolina will

1038
00:53:45,400 --> 00:53:49,080
Speaker 1: be better, maybe not right away, but I think they'll

1039
00:53:49,080 --> 00:53:52,279
Speaker 1: be better at least on defense as the season goes on.

1040
00:53:52,560 --> 00:53:55,879
Speaker 1: And I think it's an advantageous schedule. So this could

1041
00:53:55,920 --> 00:53:58,920
Speaker 1: be a situation where you look at the final record

1042
00:53:59,120 --> 00:54:01,720
Speaker 1: and they're maybe not as good as the record would indicate.

1043
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:06,160
Speaker 1: But I'm going to give Bellichick the benefit of the doubt.

1044
00:54:06,440 --> 00:54:10,720
Speaker 1: Thirty seven thirty one. TCU wins, but Carolina is surprisingly feisty.

1045
00:54:11,280 --> 00:54:15,759
Speaker 1: Okay in this week one game, we disagree, we do disagree. Look,

1046
00:54:16,000 --> 00:54:18,799
Speaker 1: I'm not going to go back through. We talked about

1047
00:54:18,840 --> 00:54:23,040
Speaker 1: all of the earlier games this week on the Tuesday episode,

1048
00:54:23,120 --> 00:54:25,840
Speaker 1: so you know, like Auburn Baylor is super interesting. Georgia

1049
00:54:25,880 --> 00:54:29,160
Speaker 1: Tech Colorado, we talked about that one again here a

1050
00:54:29,239 --> 00:54:32,560
Speaker 1: little bit on this episode. But Boise State playing on

1051
00:54:32,640 --> 00:54:36,000
Speaker 1: the road at South Florida, Nebraska, Cincinnati. A bunch of

1052
00:54:36,000 --> 00:54:38,359
Speaker 1: these early week games are a ton of fun. Go

1053
00:54:38,400 --> 00:54:41,239
Speaker 1: back and listen to the Tuesday episode if you are

1054
00:54:41,280 --> 00:54:44,359
Speaker 1: ever so inclined because we went into a lot more

1055
00:54:44,360 --> 00:54:45,360
Speaker 1: detail on those games.

1056
00:54:45,400 --> 00:54:47,720
Speaker 2: Then agree.

1057
00:54:49,400 --> 00:54:53,319
Speaker 1: For those of you wondering out there, given all of

1058
00:54:53,320 --> 00:54:55,799
Speaker 1: these big games, when can I go out and just

1059
00:54:55,880 --> 00:55:02,200
Speaker 1: do something with the family, we have a segment for

1060
00:55:02,239 --> 00:55:05,200
Speaker 1: you on the show called Window of Opportunity. Yeah, it's

1061
00:55:05,239 --> 00:55:07,480
Speaker 1: a good slate of games this week, Dan, it is

1062
00:55:07,680 --> 00:55:10,680
Speaker 1: very evenly distributed. Whoever was in charge of putting this

1063
00:55:10,719 --> 00:55:14,200
Speaker 1: schedule together hit us up Solid Verbal at gmail dot com.

1064
00:55:14,320 --> 00:55:17,160
Speaker 1: Dan and I need help organizing our lives, please, sure

1065
00:55:17,520 --> 00:55:20,719
Speaker 1: we need this. The goal of the Window of opportunity

1066
00:55:20,800 --> 00:55:22,919
Speaker 1: is to figure out when you can safely leave the house,

1067
00:55:22,960 --> 00:55:25,239
Speaker 1: step away from the TV without missing too much of

1068
00:55:25,280 --> 00:55:28,000
Speaker 1: the action on the college football Saturday. If you are

1069
00:55:28,080 --> 00:55:31,000
Speaker 1: listening for this segment with anticipation like you would a

1070
00:55:31,040 --> 00:55:35,400
Speaker 1: weather forecast that is squarely on you. You had months

1071
00:55:35,440 --> 00:55:39,320
Speaker 1: to get ready for Labor Day weekend. I can't save

1072
00:55:39,400 --> 00:55:43,840
Speaker 1: you if you're listening to this gritting your teeth right.

1073
00:55:44,520 --> 00:55:48,799
Speaker 1: But if you're out there, if you're wondering, why can

1074
00:55:48,840 --> 00:55:52,520
Speaker 1: I step away? We are solutions oriented. If you got

1075
00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:55,640
Speaker 1: to do it. I'm targeting somewhere between four and eight

1076
00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:59,400
Speaker 1: pm Eastern time. I think that's your window to go

1077
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:04,839
Speaker 1: to dinner early. Chuck E Cheese? Is Chuck E Cheese

1078
00:56:04,880 --> 00:56:05,359
Speaker 1: still a thing?

1079
00:56:05,480 --> 00:56:07,240
Speaker 2: I think it's still a thing, not as people getting

1080
00:56:07,239 --> 00:56:09,200
Speaker 2: fights at Chuck E Cheese all the time. If you're

1081
00:56:09,239 --> 00:56:12,919
Speaker 2: one of our German listeners, there are good tickets still

1082
00:56:12,960 --> 00:56:17,759
Speaker 2: available to catch the famed Broadway show Cats, which is

1083
00:56:17,800 --> 00:56:20,479
Speaker 2: doing an international tour right now in Berlin. So grab

1084
00:56:20,560 --> 00:56:24,399
Speaker 2: some donor go see Cats. Sure, go Seekats whatever. You're

1085
00:56:24,400 --> 00:56:26,920
Speaker 2: into a bunch of games.

1086
00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:30,520
Speaker 1: In that block with big point spreads, so you can

1087
00:56:30,560 --> 00:56:33,480
Speaker 1: play catch up afterwards, but no later than eight pm

1088
00:56:33,520 --> 00:56:35,160
Speaker 1: Eastern time, because I think you're gonna want to see

1089
00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:35,879
Speaker 1: some of these night games.

1090
00:56:35,880 --> 00:56:38,200
Speaker 2: I've got the premiere of the twenty twenty five Oregon

1091
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:42,000
Speaker 2: Ducks season right in there against Montana State, very very

1092
00:56:42,040 --> 00:56:45,839
Speaker 2: good FCS program right now. Oregon favored by I think

1093
00:56:45,880 --> 00:56:49,440
Speaker 2: nearly thirty points, but Oregon should win. I feel good.

1094
00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:51,480
Speaker 1: All right, let's put a bow on this one. Let's

1095
00:56:51,520 --> 00:56:57,319
Speaker 1: talk about some under the radar games, please. I got

1096
00:56:57,320 --> 00:57:00,800
Speaker 1: a couple here that I'm interested in. Tell me. Saturday

1097
00:57:00,880 --> 00:57:04,680
Speaker 1: high noon, Mississippi State minus thirteen and one half on

1098
00:57:04,800 --> 00:57:09,560
Speaker 1: the road against Southern Miss. Yeah. So Mississippi State goes

1099
00:57:09,640 --> 00:57:13,880
Speaker 1: really hard in the portal. They definitely made their roster better.

1100
00:57:15,360 --> 00:57:17,200
Speaker 1: But Southern Miss did a little bit of a hold

1101
00:57:17,200 --> 00:57:18,400
Speaker 1: my beer moment? Did they not?

1102
00:57:19,080 --> 00:57:19,840
Speaker 2: They absolutely did.

1103
00:57:19,920 --> 00:57:24,480
Speaker 1: They brought down basically the championship roster from Marshall along

1104
00:57:24,520 --> 00:57:28,200
Speaker 1: with Charles Huff and they're at home in this matchup.

1105
00:57:29,320 --> 00:57:32,880
Speaker 1: I'm taking the points. Would not be surprised by an upset. Wow,

1106
00:57:33,320 --> 00:57:37,120
Speaker 1: no belief in Blake's shaping coming on back. Saturday at

1107
00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:41,880
Speaker 1: twelve forty five sec Network Toledo at Kentucky Dan Kentucky

1108
00:57:41,960 --> 00:57:47,840
Speaker 1: favored by seventeen twenty seven thirty seven. Clearly they're playing

1109
00:57:47,920 --> 00:57:53,880
Speaker 1: a Mac team. Seven and a half points is to spread. Yeah,

1110
00:57:54,000 --> 00:57:56,400
Speaker 1: I like that. There is always one of these token

1111
00:57:56,480 --> 00:58:00,560
Speaker 1: Mac games early in the year. Where's my button not

1112
00:58:00,680 --> 00:58:04,800
Speaker 1: talking about this? That scares the Bejesus out of a

1113
00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:05,760
Speaker 1: power for school?

1114
00:58:06,280 --> 00:58:06,480
Speaker 2: Right?

1115
00:58:07,600 --> 00:58:10,360
Speaker 1: I think Kentucky's a mess. I don't know, man, They're

1116
00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:13,439
Speaker 1: a mess. Ok. And Toledo is actually quite good.

1117
00:58:13,480 --> 00:58:15,200
Speaker 2: And to be fair, there's always a Mac team who

1118
00:58:15,240 --> 00:58:16,600
Speaker 2: loses by thirty eighth.

1119
00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:22,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, Toledo plus the points here on the road in Kentucky.

1120
00:58:22,760 --> 00:58:24,400
Speaker 2: So the way I'm looking at these under the radar

1121
00:58:24,480 --> 00:58:27,160
Speaker 2: games is I'm galloping onto the Zesti Ranch. We did

1122
00:58:27,200 --> 00:58:30,080
Speaker 2: a zest Ranch show a few years ago. I'm looking

1123
00:58:30,080 --> 00:58:32,400
Speaker 2: for teams just to show me something, and like Mississippi

1124
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:34,560
Speaker 2: State is a good example of that. Show me that zest.

1125
00:58:34,640 --> 00:58:36,680
Speaker 2: I know the defense probably is going to take a minute,

1126
00:58:36,920 --> 00:58:40,080
Speaker 2: but show me some zest on that offense. Northwestern Tulane.

1127
00:58:40,520 --> 00:58:42,880
Speaker 2: Tulane gets there starting quarterback late in the process with

1128
00:58:43,000 --> 00:58:48,520
Speaker 2: Jake Rehetz laugh and Northwestern trying through the portal even more,

1129
00:58:48,520 --> 00:58:51,280
Speaker 2: they're my local team. Here, so I'm always curious about that.

1130
00:58:51,280 --> 00:58:53,400
Speaker 2: That's in that noon window as well on espn U

1131
00:58:53,520 --> 00:58:56,480
Speaker 2: Tulane favored by four and a half at home. I'm

1132
00:58:56,520 --> 00:58:59,640
Speaker 2: looking for zestiness there, especially from Northwestern, but just in

1133
00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:04,240
Speaker 2: general as well. I've got Cal at Oregon State Saturday night.

1134
00:59:04,280 --> 00:59:06,200
Speaker 2: Oh that's super zesty yep.

1135
00:59:06,520 --> 00:59:10,840
Speaker 1: Oregon State minus two. Catastrophically bad Oregon State defense last year.

1136
00:59:11,120 --> 00:59:13,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, they were beat up like crazy. I'm giving you

1137
00:59:13,200 --> 00:59:16,360
Speaker 2: take a moment, just take that pillowy breath right now,

1138
00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:20,200
Speaker 2: and tell everybody the name of Cal's starting quarterback, true freshman,

1139
00:59:20,320 --> 00:59:23,680
Speaker 2: true fresh making a road start against Malik Murphy, new

1140
00:59:23,680 --> 00:59:27,440
Speaker 2: starting quarterback for Oregon State. Two A's Malik. Two a's Malik.

1141
00:59:28,760 --> 00:59:30,560
Speaker 2: I'm going to prove there, I guess from Oregon State

1142
00:59:30,560 --> 00:59:33,520
Speaker 2: that that investment was worthwhile. Cal is starting a true

1143
00:59:33,520 --> 00:59:37,080
Speaker 2: freshman quarterback. Cal did not go to Devin White.

1144
00:59:37,120 --> 00:59:37,960
Speaker 1: They went to Jaren.

1145
00:59:38,560 --> 00:59:40,520
Speaker 2: They went to Jared. Oh that's pretty good, ty, I

1146
00:59:40,640 --> 00:59:44,440
Speaker 2: like that. It also takes you away from pronouncing the

1147
00:59:44,520 --> 00:59:46,320
Speaker 2: following four hundred and fourteen letters.

1148
00:59:46,400 --> 00:59:48,800
Speaker 1: Frankly, I am the best in college football media at

1149
00:59:48,800 --> 00:59:51,720
Speaker 1: pronouncing this one. Maybe second only to our friend Brandon

1150
00:59:51,760 --> 00:59:52,840
Speaker 1: Hoffman who listens.

1151
00:59:52,600 --> 00:59:55,000
Speaker 2: To the show right and knows him and his fans

1152
00:59:55,080 --> 00:59:55,440
Speaker 2: knows him.

1153
00:59:55,480 --> 00:59:58,120
Speaker 1: It's Jaron Kave Songapoola Tela.

1154
00:59:58,600 --> 00:59:59,080
Speaker 2: There it is.

1155
00:59:59,200 --> 01:00:00,720
Speaker 1: That is how you say it. I practiced it a

1156
01:00:00,760 --> 01:00:03,760
Speaker 1: thousand times in front of the mere Brandon. Yeah, that's

1157
01:00:03,800 --> 01:00:04,720
Speaker 1: the only reason why.

1158
01:00:04,600 --> 01:00:08,360
Speaker 2: That was your like rain in Spain falls mainly on

1159
01:00:08,400 --> 01:00:09,040
Speaker 2: the plane.

1160
01:00:09,160 --> 01:00:11,000
Speaker 1: Kate thought it was nuts down here. It's like, what

1161
01:00:11,040 --> 01:00:14,880
Speaker 1: do you do, Jaren Kave Somopoulo Tela. That's how you

1162
01:00:14,920 --> 01:00:18,480
Speaker 1: said it. Yeah, really bad. Oregon State defense a year ago.

1163
01:00:18,920 --> 01:00:22,480
Speaker 1: Col's going to Jaren. They're winning this one outright. Wow,

1164
01:00:22,520 --> 01:00:24,880
Speaker 1: true freshman quarterback. I think he makes a mark. I'm

1165
01:00:24,920 --> 01:00:27,800
Speaker 1: excited to practice one a couple other ones here under

1166
01:00:27,800 --> 01:00:32,440
Speaker 1: the radar very quickly, very quickly, UNLV. Remember I talked

1167
01:00:32,480 --> 01:00:35,200
Speaker 1: about that point spread on our last episode. They were

1168
01:00:35,200 --> 01:00:37,360
Speaker 1: favored by thirteen on the road at Sam Houston, it's

1169
01:00:37,400 --> 01:00:40,520
Speaker 1: down to ten. I like Sam Houston at thirteen. I

1170
01:00:40,560 --> 01:00:42,240
Speaker 1: still like him at ten. What the hell? Why not?

1171
01:00:43,360 --> 01:00:46,360
Speaker 1: UNLV No defense five hundred and fifty five yards to

1172
01:00:47,080 --> 01:00:50,600
Speaker 1: Idaho State. Didn't like that. Didn't like that at all.

1173
01:00:51,320 --> 01:00:55,560
Speaker 1: Also Friday Night Western Michigan at Michigan State. It's early.

1174
01:00:55,960 --> 01:00:58,479
Speaker 1: It's the Michigan State Championship Game Part one.

1175
01:00:58,880 --> 01:00:59,440
Speaker 2: Wow.

1176
01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:01,640
Speaker 1: I think Western is going to be fun this year.

1177
01:01:01,640 --> 01:01:03,920
Speaker 1: I think Michigan State is going to blow the doors

1178
01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:06,959
Speaker 1: off of them in this matchup. I like Sparty a lot.

1179
01:01:07,880 --> 01:01:10,160
Speaker 1: Two more for you, Okay, two more, all right? Just

1180
01:01:10,200 --> 01:01:13,840
Speaker 1: two more doing the side of the horns here. Wake

1181
01:01:14,000 --> 01:01:17,160
Speaker 1: is gonna beat Kanisau State. This is more of a

1182
01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:20,480
Speaker 1: curiosity than anything else. Friday night, seven pm ACC Network.

1183
01:01:20,920 --> 01:01:24,080
Speaker 1: Kennesaw is doing the thing where they switch from the

1184
01:01:24,360 --> 01:01:28,960
Speaker 1: option to any other offense, and that almost always goes poorly,

1185
01:01:29,560 --> 01:01:32,400
Speaker 1: but it can be fun to watch. Going from an

1186
01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:36,040
Speaker 1: option to an up tempo spread is very difficult to do.

1187
01:01:36,840 --> 01:01:38,960
Speaker 1: I feel like Clay Helton actually had a lot of

1188
01:01:39,000 --> 01:01:42,640
Speaker 1: success with this at Georgia Southern. Right, So you combine

1189
01:01:42,680 --> 01:01:44,600
Speaker 1: that with the fact that Wake Forest is starting our

1190
01:01:44,640 --> 01:01:48,600
Speaker 1: old friend Robbie Ashford still in college football. Honestly, still

1191
01:01:48,640 --> 01:01:51,480
Speaker 1: a bit underwhelming. They are favored by eighteen points at

1192
01:01:51,520 --> 01:01:54,360
Speaker 1: home against Kannessaw. They will win, but there are interesting

1193
01:01:54,480 --> 01:01:59,160
Speaker 1: things to watch there. Dan, I agree, And last but

1194
01:01:59,240 --> 01:02:04,520
Speaker 1: not least for me, Thursday night, eight pm, Fox Sports One,

1195
01:02:05,040 --> 01:02:11,320
Speaker 1: Buffalo at Minnesota already pre scheduled the Minnesota Zoom call

1196
01:02:11,440 --> 01:02:14,240
Speaker 1: for December, when we're all going to gather and be

1197
01:02:14,320 --> 01:02:18,000
Speaker 1: disappointed together that it didn't go better for Minnesota. Yeah,

1198
01:02:18,520 --> 01:02:21,280
Speaker 1: I'm just excited to see Drake Lindsay. Drake Lindsay is

1199
01:02:21,400 --> 01:02:23,880
Speaker 1: now my Minnesota quarterback that I am all in on.

1200
01:02:24,480 --> 01:02:27,880
Speaker 1: By the way, Max Brosberg made the team for the Vikings.

1201
01:02:27,880 --> 01:02:30,240
Speaker 1: I don't know if you saw that. Local boy had

1202
01:02:30,280 --> 01:02:35,800
Speaker 1: a really good preseason with the Vikings, so bros Before nos,

1203
01:02:35,880 --> 01:02:38,760
Speaker 1: I have not yet come up with my Drake Lindsay nickname.

1204
01:02:38,760 --> 01:02:39,960
Speaker 1: I'm still workshopping that.

1205
01:02:40,160 --> 01:02:43,440
Speaker 2: But okay, I mean you have the word Drake to

1206
01:02:43,560 --> 01:02:47,000
Speaker 2: go with a huge international musical artist.

1207
01:02:47,080 --> 01:02:51,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean sure, Okay. Those are my under the

1208
01:02:51,200 --> 01:02:52,000
Speaker 1: radar games.

1209
01:02:52,480 --> 01:02:57,080
Speaker 2: I think UTSA, Texas A and M is fascinating. UTSA

1210
01:02:57,560 --> 01:03:01,480
Speaker 2: had a catastrophically bad defense preventing big plays, and A

1211
01:03:01,600 --> 01:03:05,080
Speaker 2: and M had a very difficult time generating those big plays.

1212
01:03:05,440 --> 01:03:07,400
Speaker 2: So in terms of prove it, I think I'm there

1213
01:03:07,400 --> 01:03:10,400
Speaker 2: with Texas A and M, which has every opportunity, especially

1214
01:03:10,400 --> 01:03:13,120
Speaker 2: and we talked about this like slowly crock potting a

1215
01:03:13,160 --> 01:03:15,840
Speaker 2: team with two good running backs a really good offensive

1216
01:03:15,840 --> 01:03:18,560
Speaker 2: line should open things up and play action from Marcel Reid.

1217
01:03:18,680 --> 01:03:22,320
Speaker 2: So hopefully it's an opportunity for UTSA offensively to see

1218
01:03:22,320 --> 01:03:24,640
Speaker 2: what they are and are not. They struggled with Arch

1219
01:03:24,760 --> 01:03:28,320
Speaker 2: last year on defense, so I think that's pretty fascinating.

1220
01:03:28,480 --> 01:03:31,280
Speaker 2: How about deep below the radar, South Dakota on the

1221
01:03:31,360 --> 01:03:34,360
Speaker 2: road against Iowa State in a huge letdown spot for

1222
01:03:34,400 --> 01:03:38,760
Speaker 2: the Clones. South Dakota a really good season last year. Yeah,

1223
01:03:38,800 --> 01:03:44,200
Speaker 2: a lot different, but I wouldn't put it, you know

1224
01:03:44,680 --> 01:03:47,360
Speaker 2: past Matt Campbell and Iowa State in a letdown spot

1225
01:03:47,400 --> 01:03:49,320
Speaker 2: in early September to struggle. I don't know if they're

1226
01:03:49,360 --> 01:03:52,280
Speaker 2: losing this game, but yeah, they won thirteen to ten,

1227
01:03:52,400 --> 01:03:55,000
Speaker 2: and that's good enough to go to and O. That

1228
01:03:55,120 --> 01:03:58,160
Speaker 2: to me is interesting. I'm trying to think if there's

1229
01:03:58,160 --> 01:04:00,920
Speaker 2: anything else below the radar here. I mean, I'm always

1230
01:04:00,920 --> 01:04:03,320
Speaker 2: gonna watch Oregon, but I think those are the ones

1231
01:04:03,360 --> 01:04:05,720
Speaker 2: that really stood out to me. Oh the other one.

1232
01:04:05,960 --> 01:04:08,800
Speaker 2: We mentioned this on the earlier show, but it's worth

1233
01:04:08,800 --> 01:04:12,720
Speaker 2: mentioning once again. App State and Charlotte with two you know,

1234
01:04:12,840 --> 01:04:16,520
Speaker 2: not high profile but very interesting new head coaching situations,

1235
01:04:16,560 --> 01:04:17,480
Speaker 2: I think is worthwhile.

1236
01:04:17,800 --> 01:04:20,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, and dal Loggins, who's the coach for app State,

1237
01:04:22,160 --> 01:04:25,080
Speaker 1: has not tried to temper expectations at all. You know,

1238
01:04:25,120 --> 01:04:26,960
Speaker 1: some just come in and do that. But there is

1239
01:04:27,000 --> 01:04:29,480
Speaker 1: just like a lot new. App State's one of those

1240
01:04:29,480 --> 01:04:32,720
Speaker 1: teams where there's so much new, much like another team

1241
01:04:32,760 --> 01:04:34,440
Speaker 1: in North Carolina where you kind of don't know what

1242
01:04:34,520 --> 01:04:39,360
Speaker 1: to expect. Agree, and the other North Carolina team in

1243
01:04:39,400 --> 01:04:41,320
Speaker 1: this one, Charlotte, also has a new coach came down

1244
01:04:41,320 --> 01:04:44,040
Speaker 1: from Ohio. I'm on app State minus the number, but

1245
01:04:44,080 --> 01:04:45,240
Speaker 1: I think this could be a weird game.

1246
01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:47,840
Speaker 2: Yeah. The only other request I have.

1247
01:04:47,840 --> 01:04:50,360
Speaker 1: Ty, get that finger ready, Tie, get that finger.

1248
01:04:50,240 --> 01:04:53,880
Speaker 2: Ready, get those those digits ready. Just a personal favor

1249
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:59,080
Speaker 2: if you could drop that big, stanky, surging, sumptuous s

1250
01:05:00,280 --> 01:05:02,400
Speaker 2: shicking at drum and fife.

1251
01:05:03,600 --> 01:05:13,600
Speaker 1: Baby, oh baby, baby baby. We've got a loaded slight

1252
01:05:13,760 --> 01:05:18,120
Speaker 1: of pat League games. DAN starts on Thursday night on ESPN,

1253
01:05:18,200 --> 01:05:22,480
Speaker 1: plus your Lafayette Leopards on the road at Bowling Green,

1254
01:05:22,840 --> 01:05:24,080
Speaker 1: possible upset.

1255
01:05:25,360 --> 01:05:28,320
Speaker 2: A lot of people are talking ty Vegas does not

1256
01:05:28,440 --> 01:05:29,760
Speaker 2: know what to do with this line.

1257
01:05:29,840 --> 01:05:31,760
Speaker 1: No, is there a line, by the way, I don't

1258
01:05:31,760 --> 01:05:34,080
Speaker 1: I'm clear. I don't think they even put lines on these.

1259
01:05:34,000 --> 01:05:39,320
Speaker 2: No, no, not usually. I'm going Bowling Green, Okay. So

1260
01:05:39,480 --> 01:05:43,880
Speaker 2: this is Eddie George's debut. Yes, with that surging, sumptuous,

1261
01:05:44,000 --> 01:05:47,080
Speaker 2: shaking Drummond Fife. Good luck, mister George. You do not

1262
01:05:47,280 --> 01:05:50,840
Speaker 2: know what is what is arriving down there in Bowling Green, Okay.

1263
01:05:51,280 --> 01:05:55,600
Speaker 1: Friday, seven pm ESPN plus Monmouth on the road at Colgate,

1264
01:05:55,680 --> 01:05:58,400
Speaker 1: the Gators getting a big one at home here to

1265
01:05:58,480 --> 01:06:01,520
Speaker 1: start off the twenty twenty five season. Yeah, I don't

1266
01:06:01,520 --> 01:06:03,640
Speaker 1: think the mouthis have a chance here, So I'm going

1267
01:06:03,720 --> 01:06:09,040
Speaker 1: Colgate with a nice bounce back year. Saturday high noon, Richmond,

1268
01:06:09,120 --> 01:06:13,840
Speaker 1: a new entrant into the Patriot League. On the road

1269
01:06:14,320 --> 01:06:18,760
Speaker 1: at yours at Mine Mountaine Lee High, mountainh Hawks. Dan,

1270
01:06:18,800 --> 01:06:19,240
Speaker 1: who you got?

1271
01:06:21,080 --> 01:06:23,840
Speaker 2: This is kind of the game of the season.

1272
01:06:23,560 --> 01:06:30,760
Speaker 1: Early on Spiders Mountain Hawks. But Staum.

1273
01:06:30,840 --> 01:06:32,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, how's the weather right now?

1274
01:06:32,600 --> 01:06:36,960
Speaker 1: Beautiful? Ah, cool, crisp out this morning. The dogs are

1275
01:06:37,040 --> 01:06:39,920
Speaker 1: running about. My little pup tried to get through the fence.

1276
01:06:40,000 --> 01:06:42,200
Speaker 1: Not talking about I'm not going to play the sound here,

1277
01:06:42,240 --> 01:06:44,120
Speaker 1: but right yeah, it's beautiful.

1278
01:06:44,440 --> 01:06:46,320
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go to the home team.

1279
01:06:46,680 --> 01:06:48,880
Speaker 2: Just a lot of energy happening in that Lehigh Valley.

1280
01:06:49,080 --> 01:06:52,040
Speaker 2: I'm gonna kill the music for a second. Lehigh Football's

1281
01:06:52,320 --> 01:06:58,560
Speaker 2: Twitter account x account was randomly suspended a couple weeks,

1282
01:06:58,560 --> 01:07:01,720
Speaker 2: a couple months ago, okay, just a few days now

1283
01:07:01,720 --> 01:07:02,479
Speaker 2: before the game.

1284
01:07:02,800 --> 01:07:07,000
Speaker 1: It remains suspended. The biggest college football story that nobody's

1285
01:07:07,040 --> 01:07:08,520
Speaker 1: talking about. You hear it here in the cliverb.

1286
01:07:08,760 --> 01:07:12,080
Speaker 2: What do you have to do anybody on that site

1287
01:07:12,120 --> 01:07:13,240
Speaker 2: to get suspended? Now?

1288
01:07:13,520 --> 01:07:16,520
Speaker 1: Well, yeah, that's the question, right. Nobody has told them

1289
01:07:16,600 --> 01:07:21,400
Speaker 1: why the otherly High sports accounts are tweeting desperately because

1290
01:07:21,440 --> 01:07:24,400
Speaker 1: they can't get it unsuspended. So if anybody out there

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Speaker 1: is listening, who's got a little bit of pull, or

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Speaker 1: if you're another podcaster or another media member, help me out.

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Speaker 1: We're starting a movement here. We got to get this unsuspended,

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Speaker 1: all right.

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Speaker 2: You definitely can't put enough turgid drum and fife on

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Speaker 2: there suspended.

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Speaker 1: So somebody do something, is what I'm saying. I'm bringing

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Speaker 1: the music back up here.

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Speaker 2: Please.

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Speaker 1: Next Saturday, one pm, the Georgetown Hoya is away from

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Speaker 1: Multi sport Field oh Man traveling down to Davidson, Dan

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Speaker 1: to Charlotte.

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Speaker 2: Steph Curry's Davidson that's right. I think Georgetown is going

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Speaker 2: to take a really really successful off season on the

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Speaker 2: road with them and take it to Davidson here.

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Speaker 1: I'm going Davidson, give me David Wait, it's a great

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Speaker 1: Saturday two pm. Fordam on the Road at BC. Is

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Speaker 1: this a real Fordham against Boston College Dylan Lanergan's debut Spicy.

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Speaker 2: Boston College by seventy.

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Speaker 1: I think Boston College is going to hammer them. Yeah yeah,

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Speaker 1: Bucknell at air Force and CBS Sports Network three point

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Speaker 1: thirty pm Eastern Time on Saturday. I gotta go air

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Speaker 1: Force here right, air Force Large. My friend Jordan Kent

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Speaker 1: is calling this game. Okay, have fun at the Academy.

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Speaker 1: Next and last, but not least, it is Holy Cross

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Speaker 1: on the Road at NIU. I'm going Cross Saders outright,

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Speaker 1: Cross Saders outright outright n IU by eighty.

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Speaker 2: Thomas Hammock is on it.

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Speaker 1: So look, if you're out there, if you've listened this

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Speaker 1: whole way through, thank you for your support. Verbowlers dot

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Speaker 1: Com is where you can go to get in on

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Speaker 1: the game. We've had so many people trying to sign

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Speaker 1: up for this game that the game has at times

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01:09:05,160 --> 01:09:09,040
Speaker 1: broken truly, So if you are one of those folks

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Speaker 1: that want to support the verbal. If you do sign up,

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01:09:11,600 --> 01:09:13,400
Speaker 1: if you do try to play in the game and

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01:09:13,760 --> 01:09:16,200
Speaker 1: you get a weird message, you can leave a comment

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01:09:16,240 --> 01:09:18,000
Speaker 1: and you can send me a message. We will make

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Speaker 1: sure that you're set up in time. Because everybody wants

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Speaker 1: in on this thing. That's what's going on with it. Basically,

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01:09:23,280 --> 01:09:25,880
Speaker 1: it's just there's so much demand. But you get other

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Speaker 1: perks if you sign up to support us again. For

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Speaker 1: ballers dot com is where you can go to find

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Speaker 1: out more, if nothing more. If you've made it this far,

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Speaker 1: hit follow, hit subscribe. We're trying to get to that

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Speaker 1: twenty five thousand number out on YouTube, which would be

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Speaker 1: a big milestone number for us. Many have said, how

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Speaker 1: haven't you gotten there already? We just started posting YouTube.

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Speaker 2: Let's just build together, guys. Let's hear it is. Here's

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01:09:45,320 --> 01:09:49,240
Speaker 2: the sound. Let's just build this thing together. Support the show,

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01:09:49,360 --> 01:09:53,679
Speaker 2: support tie. If you want to support me too, that's cool,

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01:09:53,720 --> 01:09:55,360
Speaker 2: but man.

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Speaker 1: Let's build. I've got one final thing.

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Speaker 2: Okay.

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Speaker 1: My question to you is how bad do you really

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Speaker 1: want place?

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Speaker 2: It's a good question.

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Speaker 1: We didn't play the quad Father at all. I do

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Speaker 1: want legs. Where's the best squad this week. Best quad

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Speaker 1: this week's at noon. If you're one of those degenerates

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Speaker 1: like Dan and I who like to watch a bunch

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01:10:14,360 --> 01:10:16,639
Speaker 1: of games at once, or at least like to dabble

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01:10:16,680 --> 01:10:19,240
Speaker 1: in watching a bunch of games at once until we

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01:10:19,320 --> 01:10:22,519
Speaker 1: lose our attention span. New in Eastern Time, here's what

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Speaker 1: you got. Texas against Ohio State, Syracuse versus Tennessee, Mississippi State,

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Speaker 1: Southern miss Toledo, Kentucky the games that I mentioned before.

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Speaker 1: You can also sub in with Northwestern against Tulane could

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Speaker 1: be interesting. FAU Maryland, which could be interesting to give

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Speaker 1: you a chance to look at Malik Washington if he plays,

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Speaker 1: and Ball State versus Perdue. A lot of new players

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Speaker 1: in that one, A lot of new players in that one.

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Speaker 1: You got options. That's all I'm saying. If you want

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Speaker 1: to be the quad father at your particular watch party

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Speaker 1: noon Eastern times, your best shot for it.

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Speaker 2: Are you eating anything good? Anything special on the menu.

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Speaker 1: I'm not sure I'll be able to keep food down

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Speaker 1: on Sunday with that Miami Notre Dame game. Yeah, big

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Speaker 1: in the window. I don't know. I haven't decided. I'd

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Speaker 1: like to make it an event. But you know, I'm

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Speaker 1: going to be in front of this TV most of

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Speaker 1: the time, so I'm not sure if I'm going to

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Speaker 1: do anything too extraordinary about yourself.

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Speaker 2: I'll probably make pizza for the Sunday night. I'll probably

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Speaker 2: have some sad dad meals on Saturday. Okay, some weird

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01:11:23,120 --> 01:11:25,360
Speaker 2: room temperature noodles happening on Saturday.

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Speaker 1: Wherever you are out there, enjoy Week one. Thank you

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Speaker 1: for hanging with us. Hope to talk to you out

1378
01:11:31,640 --> 01:11:33,760
Speaker 1: on our discord. If nothing more, hit us up on

1379
01:11:33,800 --> 01:11:36,519
Speaker 1: social media. You can find us at solid Verbal. That's

1380
01:11:36,560 --> 01:11:41,920
Speaker 1: the handle across pretty much every account. Then yes, dude,

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01:11:41,920 --> 01:11:46,760
Speaker 1: it's here. Oh man, No longer are we inventing episodes

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01:11:47,439 --> 01:11:50,240
Speaker 1: at the end of May. We now actually have games

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01:11:50,280 --> 01:11:52,679
Speaker 1: to talk about. I am thrilled, I am excited. I'm

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01:11:52,720 --> 01:11:54,719
Speaker 1: excited to do this right again with you guys.

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Speaker 2: I no longer have to pretend to know what K

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01:11:58,000 --> 01:12:02,800
Speaker 2: Pop Demon Hunters is. Oh that's great for.

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Speaker 1: That guy over there, my good friend Dan Rubinstein with myself,

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01:12:05,400 --> 01:12:08,200
Speaker 1: Tie Hilton Brand, thanks for hanging with us all off season,

1389
01:12:08,520 --> 01:12:11,800
Speaker 1: for bearing with us through our Week one preview episodes,

1390
01:12:12,439 --> 01:12:15,040
Speaker 1: and for popping back on the horse with us here

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01:12:15,120 --> 01:12:17,800
Speaker 1: in the Year of our Lord twenty twenty five. As

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Speaker 1: always you know the drugs stay solid.

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Speaker 2: Peace