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Speaker 3: All right, here we go.

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Speaker 4: Fifteen twenty twenty five, thirty thirty five, forty forty five, fifty.

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Speaker 3: Get you the lad table off the field tonight. It's

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Speaker 3: not the sage of the game, it's.

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Speaker 6: The sage of the fight.

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Speaker 3: What's up, Degenerate Nation, Welcome to the Action Network Podcast.

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Speaker 3: This is the College Football National Championship betting preview. I'm

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Speaker 3: stuck in with me as always, is Colin Wilson Ready

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Speaker 3: to attack this game and close out a great season

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Speaker 3: on a high.

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Speaker 7: No, yeah, we made it. We made it to the

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Speaker 7: very last game. COVID tried to interfere in this game,

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Speaker 7: but as of right now, it looks like we're on

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Speaker 7: for Monday, and that's great news.

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Speaker 3: Here we go.

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Speaker 2: If you hate gambling, go listen to NPR.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, not to pat ourselves on the back too much,

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Speaker 3: but to pat ourselves in the back. We did call

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Speaker 3: this as the final We did say and I'm glad

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Speaker 3: I didn't want Clempson Alabama again. I was getting sick

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Speaker 3: of Clemson Alabama. We both called Ohio State Alabama. We

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Speaker 3: both bet on Ohio State to win that game. And

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Speaker 3: it's been a hell of a bol season. I think

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Speaker 3: of twenty three and seven in bowl season, which is

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Speaker 3: you had a lot of breaks to go my way.

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Speaker 3: You need some luck to do that, but you're only

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Speaker 3: as good as your next bet, and it's all about

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Speaker 3: closing out the season with some winners. Whether it's a

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Speaker 3: sider total in this game, I've opinion on one of those.

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Speaker 3: And props. This is the one time of year where

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Speaker 3: I will bet a lot of cost world props. We'll

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Speaker 3: have tons of content on props Actionnework dot Com and

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Speaker 3: the Action Network app on Monday. We'll talk about them today.

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Speaker 3: That the market is not open really yet across the

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Speaker 3: board with player props, well, we'll talk about where we're

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Speaker 3: looking based on some of our estimated lines there. All right,

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Speaker 3: so let's get right into it at bet MGM, the

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Speaker 3: official arts provider of the Action Network podcast. Alabama is

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Speaker 3: a seven and a half point favorite over under seventy

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Speaker 3: four and a half. We'll get to our bets a

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Speaker 3: little later. Let's start out with what Alabama has the ball.

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Speaker 3: I mean, look, this Ohio State defense has a lot

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Speaker 3: which is just a travesty wrong. I mean, he wasn't

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Speaker 3: even the best corner in his state. That was a

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Speaker 3: mod gardner at Cincy. He was pretty good last year

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Speaker 3: the other side. This is a secondary that is extremely vulnerable.

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Speaker 3: Last year, with three pros in the secondary, they played

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Speaker 3: because Ohio State has dealt with COVID issues. Tommy Togi

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Speaker 3: Nation an absolute stud, especially in a semi final against

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Speaker 3: Clemson and Tyreek Smith. The rumor they're both starters in

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Speaker 3: big loss up front. It's it at Ohio State defense.

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Speaker 3: Did you know the linebackers are solid. Pete Warner is

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Speaker 3: just not sure how they're going to be able to

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Speaker 3: Najie Harris because the Alabama offensive line. Look, when we

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Speaker 3: You know, you also have Mechi and there's rumors that

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Speaker 3: what this Ohio State defense could do. It's pick your poison.

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Speaker 3: That's not good against Alabama. The Alabama offense, there's nothing

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Speaker 3: I don't know what Ohio State can do here, especially

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Speaker 7: I mean, I'm going to take a step back a

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Speaker 7: But at the same time, let's look at what he's

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Speaker 7: And I think if you're the king of the Middle eight,

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Speaker 7: give the Alabama defense, and they deserve a lot, especially

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Speaker 3: But again you're but again you're talking about Ohio State's offense,

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Speaker 3: which we're gonna get to. I thinking that success and

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Speaker 3: That's it, the old mess. The Florida game plan is

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Speaker 7: Yeah, and we'll get into it later. The key stat

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Speaker 7: Miss over ninety percent of available yards, it's one of

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Speaker 7: Ohio State put up sixty two percent against Clemson. To

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Speaker 3: I agree. I mean I I'll just say it right now.

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Speaker 3: I make the total. I make the total seventy nine.

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Speaker 3: So I played some over seventy four and a half.

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Speaker 3: I think that is going to be Ohio o High

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Speaker 3: it's going to be a shootout. I make OHI I

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Speaker 7: You grey, well, if this game is going to go

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Speaker 7: Twenty three passing attempts behind the line of scrimmage against

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Speaker 7: They had just six passing attempts over twenty yards. The

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Speaker 5: And I'm gonna tell you what if I had a

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Speaker 3: Why did you push yourself?

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Speaker 7: And I think it was all by design because of

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Speaker 7: He's had six hundred career snaps in his four year

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Speaker 3: Why did you push yourself?

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Speaker 7: So we talk about Ohio State having the COVID on

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Speaker 7: rating is insane. I can't get this through enough with

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Speaker 7: have voted for mac Jones. That he's He's as cool

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Speaker 7: It does not matter if you get pressure on mac Jones.

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Speaker 7: what is this is going to go under? If they

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Speaker 7: I don't see that happening. You have to recognize the

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Speaker 7: doesn't matter if you blitz them. I know they run

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Speaker 7: I know their defensive line looks so good, but I

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Speaker 3: Yeah, we're so Davante Smith. I'll be curious to say

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Speaker 3: that's a nightmare. I think that they're gonna have to

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Speaker 3: I think that's going to open it up for this.

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Speaker 3: We'll talk about this maybe in our props. This might

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Speaker 3: Any intel on what you think there is that a bluff?

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Speaker 3: Not only I think he'd be worth but people are

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Speaker 3: Wattell is a great player, spectacle and spectacular returner, but

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Speaker 3: he's still a receiver. Like to me, it would be

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Speaker 3: know how many punts we'll see. But what do you

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Speaker 7: Yeah, Davonta Smith figuring out where he's gonna line up

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Speaker 7: But if you watch him on game film, he's everywhere,

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Speaker 7: they're going to kill him out of the slot with

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Speaker 7: fantastic betting opportunity for us and props not on Waddle himself,

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Speaker 3: Perfectly, he's gonna have to take up. He's gonna take

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Speaker 7: Ye, yes, yes, Not only is he gonna take proper

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Speaker 7: got to play pandemic poker with guys that have actually

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Speaker 7: the Mechi totals are gonna come down. You know who

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Speaker 7: that's where we need to focus because Sark has doubled

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Speaker 7: That'd be Jalttle Billingsley, that would be Miller forrestal. Now

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Speaker 7: Billingsley has caught every single target his way, all fifteen

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Speaker 7: only he only missed one target. It was overthrown. It

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Speaker 7: So I think what Waddle does is he presents a

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Speaker 3: Couldn't agree more, all right, So I think our consensus

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Speaker 3: There's nothing really Ohio State can do. It's still a

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Speaker 3: So we look at their offense. The first question we'll

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Speaker 3: Alabama generally, and look Alabama. The one stat that sticks

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Speaker 3: But the question here and historically teams that spread out

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Speaker 3: But I mean, this is the future enough a quarterback.

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Speaker 7: Is he gonna take a Skowski? Right? Is he gonna

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Speaker 3: just the first team. But this offense is really good.

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Speaker 3: The question is, and this is kind of the only

435
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Speaker 3: thing that I was thinking, how does Alabama? Because I

436
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Speaker 3: think Ohio State's gonna move the ball. I think Ohio

437
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Speaker 3: State's getting into the thirties minimum. Does Alabama take a

438
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Speaker 3: page out of Northwestern's book and play a completely different

439
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Speaker 3: scheme where they rush three drop eight where Fields really struggled.

440
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Speaker 3: His numbers were awful, and they just kind of took

441
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Speaker 3: away all the passing lanes. So does Alabama kind of

442
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Speaker 3: do a point eighty on their defensive identity and scheme.

443
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Speaker 3: Switch it up there. Let me know how I used

444
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Speaker 3: see it? How do you see it? Plan out? With

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Speaker 3: the Ohio State as the ball.

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Speaker 7: I think at a very high level, the offensive game

447
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Speaker 7: plan for Ryan Day is, I will take what you're

448
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Speaker 7: going to give me. You're gonna rush three and drop

449
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Speaker 7: eight something that we haven't seen before. Then I'm gonna

450
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Speaker 7: have Justin Field's run on you and get ten to

451
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Speaker 7: twenty yard games. And I'm gonna feed Trey sermon like

452
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Speaker 7: there's no tomorrow, and I think that we need to

453
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Speaker 7: give I know we're a betting podcast, but let's make

454
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Speaker 7: this an offensive line podcast. The offensive line has just

455
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Speaker 7: been amazing. I can't even talk enough about all the

456
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Speaker 7: film that I watched, you know, back through the game

457
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Speaker 7: on some of the Ohio State and you know, their

458
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Speaker 7: left guard, Harry Miller, he had COVID and he couldn't

459
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Speaker 7: participate in the In the semi final game, Matthew Jones

460
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Speaker 7: fills in as a backup. He gets injured during the

461
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Speaker 7: cleansing game, and then freshman Paris Johnson comes in and

462
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Speaker 7: that hole that that entire tray Sermon run where he

463
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Speaker 7: was untouched that was plowed by the third third stringer

464
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Speaker 7: they put in it left guard. So that's how great

465
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Speaker 7: this run blocking offense is Ohio State. If they I

466
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Speaker 7: don't want to eat my words here, but if they

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Speaker 7: don't win this national championship, I don't see why they

468
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Speaker 7: can't win next year's national championship. They are completely loaded,

469
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Speaker 7: especially in the trench, especially in the offensive.

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Speaker 3: Line's best offensive line, which is saying something yeah, And I.

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Speaker 7: Think the thing is is Trey Sermon's just he's lost

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Speaker 7: his mind. I mean shades of Ezekiel Elliott having a

473
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Speaker 7: vanilla lukewarm type regular season and then when it matters,

474
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Speaker 7: just going crazy. And what I mean by that is

475
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Speaker 7: leading up to the Big Ten Championship, Trace Sermon only

476
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Speaker 7: had nine avoided tackles and only one hundred and seventy

477
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Speaker 7: five yards of after contact. That's it total cumulative. What's

478
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Speaker 7: he done in the last two games two hundred and

479
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Speaker 7: ninety three yards after contact, twenty four missed tackles. That's

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Speaker 7: just in the running game. I have an even begun

481
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Speaker 7: to mention the fact that Trey Sermon only had five

482
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Speaker 7: targets out of the backfield. Through their first five games

483
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Speaker 7: against Northwestern and in the semi final, he's had ten targets.

484
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Speaker 7: He is now a huge part of the passing game.

485
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Speaker 7: So when you ask me, what's going to happen against

486
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Speaker 7: Alabama's defense, if they do decide to go rush three,

487
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Speaker 7: drop eight, You're gonna see a lot of justin fields

488
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Speaker 7: running the ball. But whatever defense they put up there,

489
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Speaker 7: I think you see Trey Sermon in swing passes, bubble screens,

490
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Speaker 7: any kind of screens. And I think they are going

491
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Speaker 7: to take advantage of the weakest part of the Alabama defense,

492
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Speaker 7: which is the linebacker corps, the Christian Harris, the Dylan Moses.

493
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Speaker 7: They are the lowest rated in pass coverage. They're not

494
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Speaker 7: really too high rated and rush and tackling. The strength

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Speaker 7: of this Alabama defense is Patrick's certain the second Josh Joe,

496
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Speaker 7: Malachi Moore, three cornerbacks. You can line them up anywhere

497
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Speaker 7: and shut people down. And I think from a perspective,

498
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Speaker 7: that's really bad news for Garrett Wilson. It's kind of

499
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Speaker 7: bad news for Chris A. Lave although he has you know,

500
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Speaker 7: he's good enough to create some space and get something done,

501
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Speaker 7: and he is justin Field's prime go to guy.

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Speaker 3: So get the defense at least once.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, he'll get Chris lave Is gonna get yards.

504
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Speaker 7: But this is not somebody I'm rushing to bet and

505
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Speaker 7: overprop on on anything.

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Speaker 3: But we're going tight ends again here, tight end, yeah,

507
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Speaker 3: tight end.

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Speaker 7: You here we go for some reason, Ryan Day last

509
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Speaker 7: year twenty nineteen, twenty one percent of place for Ohio

510
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Speaker 7: State in twenty nineteen in the twelve formation two tight

511
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Speaker 7: end set. That twenty one percent this year jumped to

512
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Speaker 7: thirty three percent. College football is changing. Five to six

513
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Speaker 7: years ago, the SEC decided they needed to be the

514
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Speaker 7: big twelve. Run a lot of ten, run a lot

515
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Speaker 7: of four wide receiver sets, get some rpo out in space.

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Speaker 7: College football is changing. We have two teams competing in

517
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Speaker 7: the National Championship that are running a massive amount of twelve.

518
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Speaker 7: So be on the lookout next year for tight ends.

519
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Speaker 7: I mean, we need to pay attention to tight end recruiting.

520
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Speaker 7: But once you look at those weapons, if you want

521
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Speaker 7: to attack a linebacker like Dylan Moses and Christian Harris,

522
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Speaker 7: then you're going to get Trey Sermon in some passes

523
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Speaker 7: and you're going to run screen passes to your tight ends.

524
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Speaker 7: That's how you're going to attack the middle. And that's

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Speaker 7: exactly what I think is going to happen. Now, where

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Speaker 7: the difference in this game comes is the fact that

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Speaker 7: Alabama's secondary, who by the way, is top twenty in

528
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Speaker 7: the nation, and PBUs per game. I mean, they're pass

529
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Speaker 7: breakup monsters. Malachi Moore is going to be fine in

530
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Speaker 7: this game. Patrick certain is going to shut somebody down.

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Speaker 7: But let me tell you the difference. Like I said

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Speaker 7: at the beginning of the podcast, momentum killer rate, how

533
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Speaker 7: good is your offense at achieving all of the yards

534
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Speaker 7: and getting and not having any disruption, no interceptions, no fumbles,

535
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Speaker 7: no field goals, no sacks, no turnover on downs. We

536
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Speaker 7: talked about Ohio State sack rate.

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Speaker 3: It's there.

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Speaker 7: That's a part of momentum killer rate. Alabam second lowest

539
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Speaker 7: momentum killer rate in the nation. It's seven point nine percent,

540
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Speaker 7: Ohio State seventy seventh. That is the difference in this ballgame.

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Speaker 7: That is why I would want a plus eight because

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Speaker 7: if this thing goes to overtime. Let's say Ohio Sate

543
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Speaker 7: does everything perfectly and they go to overtime, I would

544
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Speaker 7: want a plus eight in this scenario, we've seen crazy things.

545
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Speaker 7: I'll OEU Texas, but seventy seventh for Ohio State and

546
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Speaker 7: momentum killer rate and the two biggest areas where they

547
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Speaker 7: take themselves out of the ballgame sacks and ten plus

548
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Speaker 7: yard penalties. Ohio State is top twenty five in the

549
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Speaker 7: nation and getting flagged for ten plus yard penalties. So

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Speaker 7: as much as I think this offense can be successful

551
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Speaker 7: and efficient and can get down and hang with Alabama,

552
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Speaker 7: they've shown this year they can take themselves out of

553
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Speaker 7: the race and if you get down two possessions, it's

554
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Speaker 7: a battle for the rest of the night. Now, little quiz,

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Speaker 7: you know I mentioned momentum killer rate and Alabama being

556
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Speaker 7: second best in the nation. Stuck, I'll ask you who

557
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Speaker 7: is the twenty twenty best lowest rate and momentum killer

558
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Speaker 7: on offense in the nation.

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Speaker 3: This means like a team that doesn't kill itself, they

560
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Speaker 3: never take itselves off the field. Well, my first thought

561
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Speaker 3: was going to be Kent State, but I remember that

562
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Speaker 3: Buffalo game and they only played a couple of games

563
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Speaker 3: this year. Ball State, you.

564
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Speaker 7: Are right on the first shot. It was Kent State.

565
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Speaker 7: Kent State ever won in the nation and momentum killer

566
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Speaker 7: rate on offense. So it and that's the thing is, like,

567
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Speaker 7: you know, we had games had the.

568
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Speaker 3: Nation in scoring. I think, yeah, they were better than Alabama.

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Speaker 7: I mean, when you get seven hundred yards put up

570
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Speaker 7: on the board and the other team puts six hundred

571
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Speaker 7: yards up on the board, momentum killer rate is something

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Speaker 7: I think we should pay a little bit more attention

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Speaker 7: to in the twenty twenty one season, especially after we

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Speaker 7: get some data. But Alabama being second at the schedule

575
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Speaker 7: that they've played, it is still pretty amazing. But I

576
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Speaker 7: think you know.

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Speaker 3: That's wait, hold on, that's that doesn't take into account

578
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Speaker 3: turnover on downs though, right, it does.

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Speaker 7: It does take turnover downs. Yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 3: The only thing Kent State did can turn overall all

581
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Speaker 3: year and they just put up a good jillion points.

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Speaker 3: The only thing that I made a good kicker, I

583
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Speaker 3: mean the granit they only played like four games. But

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Speaker 3: all right, I'm glad, I got it.

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Speaker 7: It's still didnt m zero percent is still like four

586
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Speaker 7: point eight percent. But still they they were the best

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Speaker 7: in the nation and momentum killer rate on offense.

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Speaker 3: But I mean, to me, yeah, that's field taking those

589
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Speaker 3: taking sacks.

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Speaker 7: And ten yard penalties. Yeah, and ten yard penalties is

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Speaker 7: something I didn't expect to see. I didn't know how

592
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Speaker 7: State was getting flagged that much on offense for ten

593
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Speaker 7: plus yard penalties. But they are so certainly something to

594
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Speaker 7: keep your eyes on, especially with this referee crew coming

595
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Speaker 7: in from the Big Twelve who cannot manage a clock

596
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Speaker 7: and they love to call a lot of holding. So, uh,

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Speaker 7: you know it's your favorite referee from the OU Texas game,

598
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Speaker 7: Brandon Cruz. Uh he is now a senior referee in

599
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Speaker 7: the Big twelve, but he's only got five year of

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Speaker 7: D one experience. Uh, you know, digging deep into this

601
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Speaker 7: referee crew, it'll be in my piece on Action Network.

602
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Speaker 7: You know this referee, certain referee came from Mountain West.

603
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Speaker 7: He's only been in the Big twelve, I think for

604
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Speaker 7: two years now. But the Big Twelve had a huge churn,

605
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Speaker 7: a huge turnover of guys. Just one of them took

606
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Speaker 7: another job at another conference. Within like four or five

607
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Speaker 7: of them that have been there forever, they all retired.

608
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Speaker 7: So somebody that only has five years of FBS refereeing

609
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Speaker 7: experience is now the head crew official here. He is

610
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Speaker 7: famously known for taking forty six seconds off the clock

611
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Speaker 7: at the six minute mark when OU is up thirty

612
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Speaker 7: one to seventeen, giving an extra forty six seconds to

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Speaker 7: Texas for god knows whatever reason. It's in the article.

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Speaker 7: I've queued up the YouTube for everybody to watch.

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Speaker 3: Why keep bringing this game up? This is the I'm

616
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Speaker 3: on a high in the balls and now we're bringing

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Speaker 3: up my lowest moment. I lost a million live bets

618
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Speaker 3: on Texas because of this.

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Speaker 7: Matt Mitchell que up the Gus Johnson College Football.

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Speaker 3: College football unbelievable, unbelievable.

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Speaker 7: So the referee crew is not probably the best. Oh

622
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Speaker 7: the Big twelve at I remember the I know we

623
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Speaker 7: have to review this because it's our head official, but

624
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Speaker 7: Big twelve just makes a statement. Yet we fucked up.

625
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Speaker 7: No disciplinary action, no nothing, But here you go. You

626
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Speaker 7: get to ref the national championship game. How is this

627
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Speaker 7: guy the one that gets to ref the national championship

628
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Speaker 7: game when he took forty six seconds off the clock.

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Speaker 7: I mean that still blows my mind. But anyway, side

630
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Speaker 7: note for the for the National Championship here. You know,

631
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Speaker 7: Ohio State is flagged for a lot of penalties, more

632
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Speaker 7: than most teams in FBS and that could be an

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Speaker 7: issue here with these big twelve refs.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, now, I'm sure bringing up that game now we

635
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Speaker 3: talked about officials. I do just want to clear the

636
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Speaker 3: air here when weather. It doesn't look like there's going

637
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Speaker 3: to be any weather. This game is played in Miami

638
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Speaker 3: at hard Rock. I was talking with one of our

639
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Speaker 3: editors who said that or that you were talking about

640
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Speaker 3: the architecture of the stadium for about forty five minutes.

641
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Speaker 3: But basically it's that wind doesn't really matter here as

642
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Speaker 3: much as other states. But it doesn't look like it's

643
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Speaker 3: going to be a topic of conversation regardless. I think

644
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Speaker 3: it's forecast to be like six seven miles per hour. Yeah,

645
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Speaker 3: nothing on web, nothing on weather here, right, Yeah, I.

646
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Speaker 7: Mean there's a there's apparently a ten to twelve mile

647
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Speaker 7: one hour wind with hard Rock Stadium. But if you

648
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Speaker 7: I mean, if you go, this is where the super

649
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Speaker 7: Bowl was played with the Chiefs, you know, and this

650
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:30,640
Speaker 7: is where Kyler Murray and two Attacker Ayola combined for

651
00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:34,200
Speaker 7: over ninety points in a semi final. A couple of

652
00:32:34,280 --> 00:32:37,120
Speaker 7: years ago, they redid hard Rock, you know, the old

653
00:32:37,200 --> 00:32:39,760
Speaker 7: Joe Robbie Stadium where it used to be you know,

654
00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,360
Speaker 7: kind of shaped like a bowl with some spirals on

655
00:32:42,360 --> 00:32:44,760
Speaker 7: the outside. The people walk to the upper decks. And

656
00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:48,360
Speaker 7: when you have that type of stadium architecture, whether it's

657
00:32:48,440 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 7: baseball or whether it's football, the wind can get in

658
00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 7: and it can swirl. And wind swirling is a really

659
00:32:54,920 --> 00:32:56,760
Speaker 7: big deal. I mean, I go to Lambeau with my

660
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,960
Speaker 7: dad every single year, and I can't even tell you

661
00:33:00,080 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 7: how ridiculous it is that I can see three different

662
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:05,080
Speaker 7: directions of wind when I'm actually sitting in there inside

663
00:33:05,080 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 7: of Lamba. But that's not what this is. And it

664
00:33:07,920 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 7: is very windy in South Florida. But the problem is

665
00:33:10,680 --> 00:33:13,960
Speaker 7: is this new architecture of hard rock stadium. It's just

666
00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:16,520
Speaker 7: not a big deal because it's like a flat disc

667
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,280
Speaker 7: that they put on top. It's a square, it's not

668
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,040
Speaker 7: really a circular disc, but it's like a flat top

669
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:23,680
Speaker 7: that they put on and there's a cutout on the

670
00:33:23,720 --> 00:33:26,440
Speaker 7: top that goes over the field. If there's a rain,

671
00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,360
Speaker 7: sometimes it comes in one way and hits some of

672
00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:30,880
Speaker 7: the fans. But wind is not allowed to get in

673
00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:33,600
Speaker 7: there and do a swirl and do all kinds of

674
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,160
Speaker 7: funky stuff. When I go to Razorback games, the first

675
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 7: thing I'm doing is I mean, I know where the

676
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:42,200
Speaker 7: wind is blowing because I know Fayeville blind. And what

677
00:33:42,240 --> 00:33:43,600
Speaker 7: I do is I look at the flags on the

678
00:33:43,640 --> 00:33:45,360
Speaker 7: field goal post to see you know you're going left,

679
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:47,080
Speaker 7: going right, you're going back? What are you doing here?

680
00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:50,240
Speaker 7: And the thing is just stadium architecture means so much

681
00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 7: to whether the wind is actually getting in there and

682
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:56,000
Speaker 7: swooping it around completely. Not a factor here, not a

683
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,200
Speaker 7: non factor in this in hard rock stadium.

684
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Speaker 3: All right. I told everyone I'm not gonna leave Eddy

685
00:34:01,360 --> 00:34:04,600
Speaker 3: Stone unturned. We got the weather, we got the officials

686
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Speaker 3: out of the way.

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Speaker 3: I guess we've got special teams. Now, I don't think

700
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Speaker 3: special teams are going to play a huge role in

701
00:34:40,600 --> 00:34:43,319
Speaker 3: this And one of my favorite people that can follow

702
00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,960
Speaker 3: me for a long time know that I always give

703
00:34:46,000 --> 00:34:49,680
Speaker 3: shit to saving about a shitty special teams SST. I'll

704
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:51,880
Speaker 3: just tweet out but that these special teams are pretty

705
00:34:51,880 --> 00:34:56,440
Speaker 3: good this year. Reliable kicker and that's generally what trips

706
00:34:56,480 --> 00:34:59,440
Speaker 3: them up. Random miss chip shot field goals that I

707
00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:01,239
Speaker 3: laugh at, but I can't even laugh at that with

708
00:35:01,280 --> 00:35:05,120
Speaker 3: this team any notes, I don't think there's a special

709
00:35:05,160 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 3: teams is going to play a big role or gives

710
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 3: a huge edge to either team here. If Waddell went,

711
00:35:10,440 --> 00:35:13,440
Speaker 3: he potentially could make a game changing play on a punt.

712
00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,319
Speaker 3: But if Ohio State is punting too much, they're in

713
00:35:15,360 --> 00:35:17,840
Speaker 3: trouble anyway. Thoughts on special teams.

714
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,000
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean both kickers have made all their pats,

715
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:23,840
Speaker 7: you know in Alabama crazy enough as much as the

716
00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:26,160
Speaker 7: kicker history that they have is how bad it's been.

717
00:35:26,440 --> 00:35:29,520
Speaker 7: Will Reikerd's been perfect this year, absolutely perfect this year.

718
00:35:29,760 --> 00:35:32,400
Speaker 7: He's hit all thirteen field goals, He's hit all seventy

719
00:35:32,400 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 7: three point after attempts. So I can't find anything in

720
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:40,080
Speaker 7: the kicking game on the Ohio State side with Blake

721
00:35:40,200 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 7: pabl it's a little bit of a different story. He's

722
00:35:42,800 --> 00:35:46,720
Speaker 7: got a three year kicking history. He's posted up twenty

723
00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:48,839
Speaker 7: eight field goals on thirty five attempts, so he has

724
00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:52,839
Speaker 7: actually missed seven in his career. And what's crazy is

725
00:35:52,840 --> 00:35:55,319
Speaker 7: is he's really good from forty plus, Like he's hit

726
00:35:55,360 --> 00:35:58,279
Speaker 7: eight of ten from forty plus, but he's just six

727
00:35:58,360 --> 00:36:00,960
Speaker 7: of nine from thirty to the thirty nine yard range.

728
00:36:01,280 --> 00:36:03,760
Speaker 7: So I'm not sure how that comes from a betting standpoint.

729
00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,640
Speaker 7: If you can find a kicking prop that's like longest

730
00:36:06,680 --> 00:36:10,479
Speaker 7: field goal over x number, these guys have the leg.

731
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 7: What's crazy is the Ohio State kicker actually has problems

732
00:36:13,640 --> 00:36:16,839
Speaker 7: from thirty to thirty nine. He has no problems from

733
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:20,520
Speaker 7: deep and neither does Alabama's kicker. So from a kicking aspect,

734
00:36:20,520 --> 00:36:22,759
Speaker 7: if you're going to bet props there, they have the

735
00:36:22,840 --> 00:36:26,560
Speaker 7: leg to boot it. Now the biggest you know, I'll

736
00:36:26,560 --> 00:36:29,200
Speaker 7: have all this in the article for everybody like the differences,

737
00:36:29,280 --> 00:36:31,319
Speaker 7: because there is a major difference in special teams here.

738
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Speaker 7: Overall SMP ranking SP plus ranking is eighty fifth for

739
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:40,640
Speaker 7: Ohio State, twentieth for Alabama, and there's some kickoff stuff

740
00:36:40,680 --> 00:36:44,160
Speaker 7: in there, but really the biggest edge is punt return units.

741
00:36:44,560 --> 00:36:47,480
Speaker 7: And Alabama ranks ninth and fifteen point six yards per

742
00:36:47,480 --> 00:36:50,480
Speaker 7: attempt in punt returns, and Ohio State is seventy second

743
00:36:50,680 --> 00:36:53,439
Speaker 7: at six point seven yards per attempt. But let's ask

744
00:36:53,480 --> 00:36:56,920
Speaker 7: ourselves a question, are we punting in this game? I

745
00:36:56,920 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 7: don't think we're punting in this game very much. So

746
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,320
Speaker 7: the big edge and the biggest difference in special teams

747
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,279
Speaker 7: comes in a part of the game I don't think

748
00:37:04,400 --> 00:37:06,120
Speaker 7: is going to be used very much by either coach.

749
00:37:06,600 --> 00:37:09,879
Speaker 3: YEP, completely agree. I think special teams it could make

750
00:37:09,880 --> 00:37:11,760
Speaker 3: a difference in the game, but I don't think it's

751
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:17,319
Speaker 3: a worthy consideration from a pregame handicapping perspective. So bottom line,

752
00:37:17,320 --> 00:37:19,600
Speaker 3: to wrap up when well, I guess the wrapper on

753
00:37:19,680 --> 00:37:22,319
Speaker 3: I hot to say as the ball if fields. So

754
00:37:22,640 --> 00:37:23,920
Speaker 3: the word on the street is he just has a

755
00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:25,399
Speaker 3: hip pointer. He's gonna be able to go. He's gonna

756
00:37:25,400 --> 00:37:28,399
Speaker 3: be able to run. We won't know until we see

757
00:37:28,480 --> 00:37:31,520
Speaker 3: him out there, but everything that I've heard is positive news.

758
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,839
Speaker 3: If he can't go, honestly does have a full quarterback room,

759
00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,719
Speaker 3: I would assume you know you have Jack Miller is

760
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:41,759
Speaker 3: more high pro style recruit. He's on some of the

761
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:44,040
Speaker 3: heis and boards for next year. But I think it

762
00:37:44,080 --> 00:37:47,600
Speaker 3: would actually be Stroud, who is a higher recruit. He's

763
00:37:47,719 --> 00:37:50,360
Speaker 3: more of a dual threat, can run the read option.

764
00:37:51,120 --> 00:37:54,919
Speaker 3: I think regardless, it would probably be you know, save

765
00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 3: Fields has ruled out. I don't know. I haven't dug

766
00:37:57,600 --> 00:37:59,240
Speaker 3: too deep, but I think it would probably be about

767
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 3: I'd have to it'll be their first career start. I'd

768
00:38:01,920 --> 00:38:04,640
Speaker 3: have to stay. I'd have to start conservatively and say

769
00:38:04,640 --> 00:38:07,960
Speaker 3: it would probably be about a touchdown drop. So say

770
00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:11,080
Speaker 3: Field's got announced out, I think this thing should go

771
00:38:11,120 --> 00:38:13,080
Speaker 3: to around two touchdowns. Any thoughts on.

772
00:38:13,200 --> 00:38:16,360
Speaker 7: That, Well, you need the ability to complete a pass

773
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:18,520
Speaker 7: to Tray Sermon in the backfield to take advantage of

774
00:38:18,520 --> 00:38:23,719
Speaker 7: the linebackers. I'm not sure Fields listen. Fields is one

775
00:38:23,760 --> 00:38:26,480
Speaker 7: of the best quarterbacks in the nation by far deserves

776
00:38:26,480 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 7: every accolade that he's getting. I just don't think he

777
00:38:29,400 --> 00:38:31,200
Speaker 7: was going to have much success to Wilson and the

778
00:38:31,280 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 7: lave downfield anyways. So really you need a backup quarterback

779
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:38,040
Speaker 7: that can hit Tray Sermon, hit some slot routes, take

780
00:38:38,080 --> 00:38:41,239
Speaker 7: advantage of the linebackers. You know, the leg aspect is

781
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:43,640
Speaker 7: not going to be there. Now, Alabama could completely disregard

782
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:46,040
Speaker 7: whatever quarterback comes in, but if they are dual threat

783
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:48,680
Speaker 7: and can run, that helps out a little bit. As

784
00:38:48,800 --> 00:38:52,399
Speaker 7: far as Justin Field's not playing, I mean, you've got

785
00:38:52,400 --> 00:38:55,000
Speaker 7: to put his value at a minimum of six points

786
00:38:55,040 --> 00:38:58,359
Speaker 7: in my opinion, you know, the drop off there because

787
00:38:58,360 --> 00:39:00,839
Speaker 7: there's just nobody else that's taken stabs and has real

788
00:39:00,880 --> 00:39:03,879
Speaker 7: game time experience. If this is a Clemson situation where

789
00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,399
Speaker 7: DJ's back there, it's minimal. Like I did a little

790
00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:11,239
Speaker 7: bit of returning production work today, so everybody, you know,

791
00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,800
Speaker 7: our friend of the podcast, Brett McMurphy is going to

792
00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:17,479
Speaker 7: release the twenty twenty one college Football Top twenty five

793
00:39:17,560 --> 00:39:21,640
Speaker 7: after the National Championship game, and you know, when Trevor is,

794
00:39:21,960 --> 00:39:24,719
Speaker 7: you know, declaring for the NFL Draft, the drop to

795
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:29,160
Speaker 7: DJ isn't worth that much. But you know, someone like

796
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:32,200
Speaker 7: Justin Fields where there's really no experience, no proven experience

797
00:39:32,239 --> 00:39:33,719
Speaker 7: back there and definitely not what he can do with

798
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:35,960
Speaker 7: his legs, I think it's a seven point drop.

799
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, that's where I would have it at as well.

800
00:39:38,640 --> 00:39:41,000
Speaker 3: By the way, Alabama and Ohio State. They've only met

801
00:39:41,040 --> 00:39:45,880
Speaker 3: four other times, never met on one of the school's

802
00:39:45,880 --> 00:39:48,720
Speaker 3: campus sites. I've never met. They've bet first meeting nineteen

803
00:39:48,760 --> 00:39:51,520
Speaker 3: seventy eight Sugar Bowl Alabama won thirty five to six,

804
00:39:51,880 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 3: the nineteen eighty six Kickoff Classic, and East Rutherford, Alabama

805
00:39:55,719 --> 00:39:59,200
Speaker 3: won sixteen to ten, and nineteen ninety five Citrus Bowl

806
00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:04,080
Speaker 3: Alabama one twenty four seventeen. And then they meant the

807
00:40:04,120 --> 00:40:08,680
Speaker 3: Collegewall Playoff semi final in twenty fourteen, Ohio State one

808
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:12,719
Speaker 3: forty two to thirty five. Alabama led that game twenty

809
00:40:12,760 --> 00:40:15,640
Speaker 3: one to twenty at the half. Zeke Elliott was the

810
00:40:15,719 --> 00:40:20,440
Speaker 3: running back. Guess who the quarterback in that game was?

811
00:40:20,600 --> 00:40:21,920
Speaker 3: A backup Cardil Jones.

812
00:40:22,280 --> 00:40:24,440
Speaker 7: Took away my TCU six hundred and thirty to one

813
00:40:24,480 --> 00:40:25,040
Speaker 7: that year.

814
00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:29,399
Speaker 3: YEP cast my Ohio State fifty one. Yeah, So that

815
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:33,319
Speaker 3: was that Ohio State team. That was Cardil Jones who

816
00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,560
Speaker 3: made that start. That was just a game. Zeke went

817
00:40:35,640 --> 00:40:38,400
Speaker 3: nuts twenty carries two hundred and thirty yards. So you

818
00:40:38,440 --> 00:40:41,279
Speaker 3: think Ohio State's gonna have success on offense ultimately.

819
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:43,840
Speaker 7: Ultimately I do, because they're gonna take advantage of Dylan

820
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,839
Speaker 7: Moses Christian Harris. They're going to attack linebackers. They're going

821
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 7: to take what Alabama gives them. If Alabama blitzes, Fields

822
00:40:50,920 --> 00:40:52,920
Speaker 7: can go over the top. If they're gonna sit back

823
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:55,719
Speaker 7: eight and coverage, then Trey Sermon's gonna have his day

824
00:40:55,960 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 7: between the zero and ten yards from the line of scrimmage.

825
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,239
Speaker 7: I think Ohio State smart enough and Ryan Day. I'm

826
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,520
Speaker 7: a big believer in Ryan Day. You're not gonna find

827
00:41:03,520 --> 00:41:06,480
Speaker 7: me fading Ohio State too often. And he's going to

828
00:41:06,520 --> 00:41:08,800
Speaker 7: see what Alabama's defense is lined up as and he

829
00:41:08,840 --> 00:41:12,120
Speaker 7: will adjust out Ohio State is going to play. I

830
00:41:12,200 --> 00:41:13,920
Speaker 7: will take what you're gonna give me offense.

831
00:41:14,160 --> 00:41:17,160
Speaker 3: All right, let's talk or how we're attacking this game.

832
00:41:17,200 --> 00:41:19,839
Speaker 3: From a betting perspective. I already said I like the over.

833
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,840
Speaker 3: I've made this line. I think I have it up

834
00:41:22,920 --> 00:41:26,640
Speaker 3: to about six and a half seven isch now because

835
00:41:26,680 --> 00:41:30,280
Speaker 3: of the you know, there is some uncertainty with Fields.

836
00:41:31,040 --> 00:41:34,360
Speaker 3: I threw in a half point there, and there is

837
00:41:34,400 --> 00:41:37,359
Speaker 3: some COVID uncertainty with Ohio State and losing a guy

838
00:41:37,480 --> 00:41:40,799
Speaker 3: like togii Uh who I probably pronounce his name wrong

839
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 3: again and two stars in the defensive line. That's important,

840
00:41:44,960 --> 00:41:47,600
Speaker 3: maybe another half point, So I've shaded it up a

841
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:50,760
Speaker 3: little bit. I still have it a touch under seven.

842
00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 3: So at eight, I do see a tad bit of

843
00:41:52,640 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 3: value in Ohio State in a game that I think

844
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:58,240
Speaker 3: will be a shootout. It's you know, you're talking slim

845
00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:00,319
Speaker 3: margins here and it's not you know, one or two points.

846
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:01,719
Speaker 3: What the hell is that in a game like this?

847
00:42:01,920 --> 00:42:06,440
Speaker 3: So maybe I would get involved with Ohio State live if,

848
00:42:06,880 --> 00:42:09,239
Speaker 3: just like I did against Clemson. If this thing gets

849
00:42:09,320 --> 00:42:11,080
Speaker 3: up to ten and there's a lot of public money

850
00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:14,360
Speaker 3: on Alabama, maybe Waddle gets an announced he's definitely playing

851
00:42:14,440 --> 00:42:16,040
Speaker 3: or something. I think I would take a shot with

852
00:42:16,080 --> 00:42:20,000
Speaker 3: Ohio State there. If not, I'll probably avoid a pregame

853
00:42:20,040 --> 00:42:23,640
Speaker 3: position on the buck eyes. But I do really like

854
00:42:23,680 --> 00:42:25,520
Speaker 3: the over. I already have seventy four and a half

855
00:42:25,719 --> 00:42:29,239
Speaker 3: like that at anything seventy five or below, based on

856
00:42:29,280 --> 00:42:31,839
Speaker 3: how I see this playing out. How about you? How

857
00:42:31,840 --> 00:42:33,920
Speaker 3: are you attacking We'll get the props next, but how

858
00:42:33,960 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 3: are you attacking this? If at all? From a betting perspective.

859
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:39,319
Speaker 7: Yeah, I'm going to take an Alabama team total over

860
00:42:39,400 --> 00:42:41,799
Speaker 7: forty one and a half. Yeah, I know that number

861
00:42:41,880 --> 00:42:44,279
Speaker 7: should We'll see where it goes. I mean, there has

862
00:42:44,320 --> 00:42:47,560
Speaker 7: been money in the market that's driven this down. There

863
00:42:47,640 --> 00:42:50,200
Speaker 7: was an opener somewhere of seventy seven. I saw driven

864
00:42:50,200 --> 00:42:53,560
Speaker 7: down seventy six and a half bet MGM, And I think, really,

865
00:42:53,600 --> 00:42:56,000
Speaker 7: those are just math guys, guys like myself to put

866
00:42:56,040 --> 00:42:58,120
Speaker 7: stats together and say, well, this should really be seventy

867
00:42:58,160 --> 00:43:00,799
Speaker 7: two to seventy three. Yeah, well, I watched these offenses too,

868
00:43:00,840 --> 00:43:02,879
Speaker 7: and I'm telling you this, really, this game could really

869
00:43:02,880 --> 00:43:05,360
Speaker 7: get out of hand really fast. I'm not going to

870
00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:08,160
Speaker 7: be I held an under and so many games this

871
00:43:08,239 --> 00:43:11,240
Speaker 7: year they've got you know, you're not going out.

872
00:43:11,040 --> 00:43:12,120
Speaker 3: Of the season with an under.

873
00:43:12,560 --> 00:43:16,880
Speaker 2: The ten unders, this is going to be awful.

874
00:43:17,360 --> 00:43:19,319
Speaker 7: I'm not going out this season on an under. I'm

875
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:21,920
Speaker 7: taking an Alabama team total over forty one and a half.

876
00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:25,239
Speaker 7: You know, I think the hesitation with taking the full

877
00:43:25,280 --> 00:43:28,400
Speaker 7: game over because we're recording this on a Thursday. Friday,

878
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:32,800
Speaker 7: Ohio State's injury report officially comes out I think tomorrow afternoon,

879
00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:36,399
Speaker 7: and the final COVID tests I believe if I read

880
00:43:36,800 --> 00:43:39,640
Speaker 7: or tomorrow afternoon also on Friday, so we're going to

881
00:43:39,719 --> 00:43:43,040
Speaker 7: know who's departing for Miami by Friday. Night around six

882
00:43:43,120 --> 00:43:46,200
Speaker 7: seven o'clock. So if there's some sort of news leak

883
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:49,040
Speaker 7: about who's healthy, who's not, who has COVID who doesn't,

884
00:43:49,280 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 7: I would like to have all that information. I would

885
00:43:52,120 --> 00:43:53,759
Speaker 7: like to know that Ohio State's going to be able

886
00:43:53,800 --> 00:43:55,759
Speaker 7: to do their part, justin Bill's being able to do

887
00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,759
Speaker 7: their part. If you know the defensive line does have

888
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,480
Speaker 7: COVID nineteen and Tyre Smith is not gonna be there,

889
00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:04,839
Speaker 7: that's great for the over two. So it's same thing

890
00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:06,840
Speaker 7: with the point spread. This is a game that I

891
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:10,320
Speaker 7: make four and a half, so I think eight. Listen,

892
00:44:10,400 --> 00:44:14,439
Speaker 7: it's an inflated tax. And you know the thing is

893
00:44:14,440 --> 00:44:18,360
Speaker 7: is it's just not this game. It's wild Card weekend.

894
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,279
Speaker 7: Look at the game on Saturday night, and look at

895
00:44:21,280 --> 00:44:24,960
Speaker 7: the game on Sunday night. You have Pittsburgh favored huge

896
00:44:25,000 --> 00:44:29,760
Speaker 7: over COVID ridden Cleveland. On Sunday you have Tampa favored

897
00:44:29,880 --> 00:44:33,080
Speaker 7: huge over I'm not really sure how they're gonna score

898
00:44:33,680 --> 00:44:38,560
Speaker 7: Washington Redskins. And I think what Alabama turns into is

899
00:44:38,600 --> 00:44:41,759
Speaker 7: a huge parlay piece for a lot of people. So

900
00:44:41,920 --> 00:44:45,520
Speaker 7: I think that we can benefit on that by waiting

901
00:44:45,520 --> 00:44:48,160
Speaker 7: on Ohio State and possibly see that I saw nine

902
00:44:48,160 --> 00:44:50,239
Speaker 7: today in the market. I think there's gonna be a

903
00:44:50,320 --> 00:44:51,880
Speaker 7: nine and a half that pops at some point.

904
00:44:52,680 --> 00:44:55,000
Speaker 3: Yeah, folks can have a little ton of exposure on Albami.

905
00:44:55,280 --> 00:44:57,080
Speaker 3: They're gonna a certain way.

906
00:44:57,239 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 7: They're gonna need Ohio States so bad. And the other

907
00:45:00,760 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 7: thing is that with Ohio State, I also know that

908
00:45:05,000 --> 00:45:08,920
Speaker 7: the Buckeyes are have the highest scoring differential of any

909
00:45:09,000 --> 00:45:12,000
Speaker 7: team in the nation in the second quarter. And when

910
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:14,719
Speaker 7: I talked about Ryan Day owning the middle eight, he

911
00:45:14,840 --> 00:45:17,160
Speaker 7: really owns the last four minutes of the second quarter.

912
00:45:17,920 --> 00:45:20,720
Speaker 7: So I will get a bet down on Ohio State

913
00:45:20,880 --> 00:45:24,640
Speaker 7: at some point between now and kick. If there's a

914
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:27,200
Speaker 7: nine and a half that's juiced correctly and I can get,

915
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:30,080
Speaker 7: you know, scrape a ten for one fifteen, let's do it.

916
00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:32,960
Speaker 7: So there's no reason for me to rush. I don't

917
00:45:33,000 --> 00:45:34,640
Speaker 7: want seven and a half. If I'm going to go

918
00:45:34,680 --> 00:45:37,279
Speaker 7: to overtime, I want the eight. But Ohio State is

919
00:45:37,280 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 7: the play. Alabama team total over forty one half is

920
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:43,120
Speaker 7: a play. And then there's just a nice list of

921
00:45:43,160 --> 00:45:45,040
Speaker 7: props that will be in the article that we can

922
00:45:45,040 --> 00:45:47,720
Speaker 7: discuss right now that I can't wait to get into.

923
00:45:47,760 --> 00:45:51,239
Speaker 7: But I'll stress this enough this is a national championship game.

924
00:45:51,239 --> 00:45:53,480
Speaker 7: That doesn't mean I'm going to bet my entire role

925
00:45:53,560 --> 00:45:56,120
Speaker 7: or make it anything bigger than usual. My prop bets

926
00:45:56,120 --> 00:45:58,600
Speaker 7: are going to be the same size as you know,

927
00:45:58,640 --> 00:46:01,680
Speaker 7: my Ohio State and my I Alabama team total over all.

928
00:46:01,760 --> 00:46:04,520
Speaker 3: Right, Well, that's a good transition. Let's get to props.

929
00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:08,360
Speaker 3: We will have content up on Action NETWORKAP and Actionnework

930
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:11,560
Speaker 3: dot Com on Monday when this market, when these markets

931
00:46:11,560 --> 00:46:14,319
Speaker 3: are open, and a little bit more. But I was

932
00:46:14,320 --> 00:46:16,600
Speaker 3: glad to hear we're on the same page here with

933
00:46:16,640 --> 00:46:19,440
Speaker 3: Ohio State, especially if being get ten and that'll be

934
00:46:19,560 --> 00:46:22,239
Speaker 3: you know, the exposure to books, to make a good point,

935
00:46:22,280 --> 00:46:24,120
Speaker 3: could be very high if all the favorites in the

936
00:46:24,200 --> 00:46:26,680
Speaker 3: NFL win this weekend and I'm on the over and

937
00:46:26,719 --> 00:46:30,279
Speaker 3: then from a PROPS perspective, without going super deep to

938
00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:32,720
Speaker 3: find my best ones, I will tweet them all content

939
00:46:32,760 --> 00:46:36,359
Speaker 3: with around them on Monday and we'll have the best

940
00:46:36,360 --> 00:46:38,960
Speaker 3: bets file as well. I was happy to hear that

941
00:46:39,000 --> 00:46:41,120
Speaker 3: you wanted to target the tight ends for both teams,

942
00:46:41,160 --> 00:46:43,960
Speaker 3: because that's digging into this game. Prepared for this podcast,

943
00:46:44,000 --> 00:46:46,799
Speaker 3: that's basically where I wanted to go as well. Talked

944
00:46:46,840 --> 00:46:50,160
Speaker 3: about that anything else just on the surface without since

945
00:46:50,200 --> 00:46:52,480
Speaker 3: we don't have specific numbers yet that you want to

946
00:46:52,480 --> 00:46:53,560
Speaker 3: mention for a prop.

947
00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:56,560
Speaker 7: Yeah, definitely. I mean with the increased usage of twelve

948
00:46:56,640 --> 00:46:59,600
Speaker 7: personnel on both sides, I think that you have to

949
00:46:59,640 --> 00:47:02,560
Speaker 7: target the tight ends. Jalen Wadel coming back should make

950
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:05,359
Speaker 7: some yardage and some total receptions go down a little bit.

951
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:07,719
Speaker 7: But the first one, I'll go ahead and get over

952
00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:10,080
Speaker 7: to the tight end ones. I'll start with. If you

953
00:47:10,120 --> 00:47:13,680
Speaker 7: look at Ohio State, Trey Sermon is going to take in,

954
00:47:14,320 --> 00:47:18,320
Speaker 7: you know, the line's share of attempts in the red zone,

955
00:47:18,760 --> 00:47:22,480
Speaker 7: and that's fine, But when it comes to the tight ends,

956
00:47:22,719 --> 00:47:24,960
Speaker 7: who scored the second and third touchdown in that game

957
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:28,839
Speaker 7: in the Sugar Bowl, Luke Ferrell, Jeremy Rucker. So I

958
00:47:28,920 --> 00:47:31,319
Speaker 7: expect their numbers if I can get them now, Like

959
00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:33,920
Speaker 7: we said, we're recording. We haven't seen these numbers yet.

960
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:37,880
Speaker 7: But for first touchdown, I'm centering in on, you know,

961
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,719
Speaker 7: putting a quarter or a half unit out on Luke

962
00:47:40,760 --> 00:47:43,680
Speaker 7: Farrell first touchdown, hopefully thirty to one or better, Jeremy

963
00:47:43,719 --> 00:47:47,360
Speaker 7: ruckerd first touchdown, hopefully thirty to one or better. Now,

964
00:47:47,600 --> 00:47:50,480
Speaker 7: if it's out there and you can find it split

965
00:47:50,560 --> 00:47:54,360
Speaker 7: those in half if it's Ohio State's first touchdown, So

966
00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:57,120
Speaker 7: you'd look at Jeremy Rucker or Luke Ferrell fifteen to

967
00:47:57,160 --> 00:48:00,399
Speaker 7: one for first TD props. As far as the other

968
00:48:00,440 --> 00:48:02,960
Speaker 7: side goes, I'm ready to fire on Jealil Billingsley over

969
00:48:03,080 --> 00:48:06,239
Speaker 7: number of receptions. The yards have not really been there.

970
00:48:06,239 --> 00:48:09,400
Speaker 7: I mean he's been a you know, he's he's been

971
00:48:09,480 --> 00:48:12,440
Speaker 7: used on third downs, he's been used at the goal line.

972
00:48:13,160 --> 00:48:15,760
Speaker 7: It's not like JELLEL. Billingsley is a kid that catches

973
00:48:15,760 --> 00:48:18,439
Speaker 7: the ball and he has like twenty acts. That's not him.

974
00:48:18,920 --> 00:48:21,439
Speaker 7: But what he can do is on money downs, which

975
00:48:21,480 --> 00:48:25,279
Speaker 7: is red zone, third down situations, four down situations. He's

976
00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:27,880
Speaker 7: gonna get targeted. He had four targets in the semi final.

977
00:48:28,080 --> 00:48:31,400
Speaker 7: I'm looking for Jalil Billingsley over two receptions, two and

978
00:48:31,440 --> 00:48:34,279
Speaker 7: a half receptions, I'll still buy it. Three that's when

979
00:48:34,280 --> 00:48:36,440
Speaker 7: it gets a little bit tight, maybe a bet and

980
00:48:36,560 --> 00:48:38,680
Speaker 7: three it really starts to lose its value. But Jalil

981
00:48:38,719 --> 00:48:42,840
Speaker 7: Billingsley over two and a half receptions, love it completely? Agree?

982
00:48:43,360 --> 00:48:45,040
Speaker 3: Anything else want to mention for props?

983
00:48:45,280 --> 00:48:48,279
Speaker 7: Yeah, a couple of things like Sean Wayne coming out

984
00:48:48,280 --> 00:48:50,439
Speaker 7: and saying that I want Devanta Smith one on one

985
00:48:50,480 --> 00:48:54,000
Speaker 7: man to man. That's great, that's fine. It's not the

986
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:56,640
Speaker 7: reason I made this bet. There are other reasons to

987
00:48:56,680 --> 00:48:59,320
Speaker 7: suggest that DeVonta Smith is going to have his way.

988
00:49:00,000 --> 00:49:01,560
Speaker 7: They're going to move him all around the field. He's

989
00:49:01,600 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 7: going to be able to take advantage of the secondary.

990
00:49:04,239 --> 00:49:06,919
Speaker 7: He has had over half of his games, he's had

991
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:09,160
Speaker 7: a reception of over forty yards. He's had a lot

992
00:49:09,160 --> 00:49:12,160
Speaker 7: of fifties and a sixty in there. I like DeVonta

993
00:49:12,200 --> 00:49:17,080
Speaker 7: Smith's longest receiving, longest single reception to go over. If

994
00:49:17,160 --> 00:49:19,320
Speaker 7: you can get that in the in the low forties,

995
00:49:19,360 --> 00:49:21,719
Speaker 7: that would be a good bet. But I think one

996
00:49:21,760 --> 00:49:24,359
Speaker 7: that I'm going to hammer even bigger than you know.

997
00:49:24,480 --> 00:49:28,160
Speaker 7: That one is Trey Sermon, not Trey Sermon, rushing, not

998
00:49:28,320 --> 00:49:32,239
Speaker 7: Trey Sermon. You know, first touchdown, Trey Sermon over to

999
00:49:32,520 --> 00:49:36,800
Speaker 7: receipt receptions. That is perfect. Like I said, last two games,

1000
00:49:37,080 --> 00:49:39,640
Speaker 7: these odds makers, if they if they look at Trey

1001
00:49:39,680 --> 00:49:43,000
Speaker 7: Sermon's total receptions for the season and like divide it

1002
00:49:43,080 --> 00:49:45,760
Speaker 7: by the number of games that he's played, they're missing

1003
00:49:45,840 --> 00:49:49,120
Speaker 7: the picture, completely missing because he's gotten ten targets over

1004
00:49:49,160 --> 00:49:51,600
Speaker 7: the last two games. He's had fifteen the entire season.

1005
00:49:51,920 --> 00:49:54,760
Speaker 7: So if they come out with something, you know, recept

1006
00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:57,680
Speaker 7: I mean reception wise, it's really low, they're doing a

1007
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:00,160
Speaker 7: disservice to what Ohio State's game plan has been the

1008
00:50:00,200 --> 00:50:02,520
Speaker 7: last couple of years or last couple of games. So

1009
00:50:02,719 --> 00:50:07,320
Speaker 7: Trey Sermon over two receptions, Trey Sermon over twenty receiving yards,

1010
00:50:07,680 --> 00:50:11,440
Speaker 7: They're gonna bubble screen him, and he is gonna crash

1011
00:50:11,520 --> 00:50:13,960
Speaker 7: down on that linebacker course so hard. It's gonna be

1012
00:50:13,960 --> 00:50:16,680
Speaker 7: a big part of the game plan. I like Sermon's

1013
00:50:17,120 --> 00:50:20,839
Speaker 7: receiving yards not so much. I believe his rushing yards

1014
00:50:20,840 --> 00:50:22,680
Speaker 7: are probably gonna get blown out of the water. I

1015
00:50:22,680 --> 00:50:25,040
Speaker 7: imagine odds makers are gonna have that number up around

1016
00:50:25,040 --> 00:50:28,200
Speaker 7: in the one forties, one thirties, one twenties. I believe

1017
00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:30,680
Speaker 7: his rushing prop was one twenty five and a half

1018
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:33,640
Speaker 7: in the playoff against Clemson and it ended on one

1019
00:50:33,680 --> 00:50:36,200
Speaker 7: twenty five. I'm gonna stick away, stay away from that.

1020
00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:39,320
Speaker 7: I would rather focus on his receptions and his number

1021
00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:40,520
Speaker 7: of receiving yards.

1022
00:50:40,760 --> 00:50:43,360
Speaker 3: What do you think longest reception for Metchi will be?

1023
00:50:43,760 --> 00:50:46,560
Speaker 7: Yeah, Matt I mentioned Mechi in the article on action,

1024
00:50:47,400 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 7: Bechi is somebody I'm actually staying away from for some reason.

1025
00:50:50,120 --> 00:50:52,400
Speaker 7: His targets have gone way down, and it's not like

1026
00:50:52,440 --> 00:50:55,760
Speaker 7: there's been an increase. DeVonta Smith has had a pretty

1027
00:50:56,280 --> 00:51:00,200
Speaker 7: stable number of targets from seven to twelve, you know,

1028
00:51:00,280 --> 00:51:01,799
Speaker 7: is the number that he gets looked at. There was

1029
00:51:01,800 --> 00:51:03,879
Speaker 7: one game where I think he just flat out took off.

1030
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:05,080
Speaker 7: I think they wanted to give him a week of

1031
00:51:05,160 --> 00:51:08,080
Speaker 7: rest and Mechi still was hanging around in the low

1032
00:51:08,200 --> 00:51:09,839
Speaker 7: you know, fives or fours, and I think he had

1033
00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:12,640
Speaker 7: two targets in this past game. Now he's doing an

1034
00:51:12,640 --> 00:51:14,960
Speaker 7: excellent job blocking downfield. I don't know if that's part

1035
00:51:14,960 --> 00:51:17,200
Speaker 7: of the handicap, but John Metchi is like a great blocker,

1036
00:51:18,480 --> 00:51:21,200
Speaker 7: and so I'm not sure what's going on, But his

1037
00:51:21,360 --> 00:51:25,040
Speaker 7: number of looks from the middle of the season to now,

1038
00:51:25,440 --> 00:51:28,280
Speaker 7: they've disappeared. Now let's say best case scenario.

1039
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:30,600
Speaker 3: Yeah, I agree with you, but I think that and

1040
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:32,279
Speaker 3: that's why I wanted to target the tight ends. I

1041
00:51:32,280 --> 00:51:34,160
Speaker 3: think you're gonna be undervalued in the pop market. But

1042
00:51:34,640 --> 00:51:36,600
Speaker 3: the one thing that I was potentially looking at with

1043
00:51:36,600 --> 00:51:40,440
Speaker 3: Mechi's just over longest reception. Yeah, and he's had I

1044
00:51:40,480 --> 00:51:43,200
Speaker 3: think five or idiot a forty yard reception against Notre Dame.

1045
00:51:43,840 --> 00:51:47,080
Speaker 3: I just think there's gonna be one play where Smith

1046
00:51:47,160 --> 00:51:50,480
Speaker 3: is getting so much attention from the safety and he's

1047
00:51:50,480 --> 00:51:53,360
Speaker 3: going to get behind the defense and you're going to

1048
00:51:53,400 --> 00:51:56,080
Speaker 3: see You're going to see a long touchdown to Mechi.

1049
00:51:56,760 --> 00:51:59,360
Speaker 7: Yeah, I think a Mechi over single reception. Yeah. I

1050
00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:02,520
Speaker 7: wouldn't go for the longest reception ye. Yeah, total number

1051
00:52:02,520 --> 00:52:04,840
Speaker 7: of catches or yards. I'd stay away from that. And

1052
00:52:04,920 --> 00:52:06,920
Speaker 7: I know that the theme of all these props has

1053
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:09,920
Speaker 7: been over. So let's talk about one of the unders

1054
00:52:09,960 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 7: that I do like, and that's somebody whose targets have

1055
00:52:13,280 --> 00:52:16,520
Speaker 7: gone down immensely. And when Chris Alave came back, it's

1056
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:20,879
Speaker 7: like Garrett Wilson didn't even exist. So Garrett Wilson, I

1057
00:52:20,920 --> 00:52:25,440
Speaker 7: think because there are three corners that can shut you

1058
00:52:25,560 --> 00:52:29,719
Speaker 7: down and because of their average PBUs per game, I

1059
00:52:29,760 --> 00:52:31,960
Speaker 7: don't like Garrett Wilson catching a lot of balls in this.

1060
00:52:32,280 --> 00:52:34,719
Speaker 7: So I'm going Garrett Wilson under the total receiving yards

1061
00:52:34,719 --> 00:52:38,280
Speaker 7: and Garrett Wilson under if there's a touchdown prop out there,

1062
00:52:38,719 --> 00:52:41,680
Speaker 7: or if his touchdown is set it half. I would

1063
00:52:41,719 --> 00:52:44,560
Speaker 7: take an under because I think Garrett Wilson is going

1064
00:52:44,640 --> 00:52:45,920
Speaker 7: to get a lot of looks. I think he's going

1065
00:52:46,000 --> 00:52:48,280
Speaker 7: to get locked down, and you know, I think Fields

1066
00:52:48,480 --> 00:52:50,440
Speaker 7: would force it to a labbe, but he doesn't do

1067
00:52:50,480 --> 00:52:52,200
Speaker 7: that a lot with Garrett Wilson. Garrett Wilson is not

1068
00:52:52,239 --> 00:52:54,920
Speaker 7: the first look for Justin Fields. I think the tight

1069
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:57,440
Speaker 7: ends are getting a little bit more exposure. So if

1070
00:52:57,440 --> 00:52:59,120
Speaker 7: there's an under to play on a wide receiver, I

1071
00:52:59,120 --> 00:53:00,000
Speaker 7: think it's Garrett Wilson.

1072
00:53:00,480 --> 00:53:04,520
Speaker 3: All right. There you have it as deep of a

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Speaker 3: dive on the college ball National Championship as you'll find

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Speaker 3: on any podcast. Appreciate all of you listening. Hopefully we

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00:53:11,680 --> 00:53:13,480
Speaker 3: can bring you more winners this Bold season. But we're

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00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:16,440
Speaker 3: not done just yet. We still have some business to

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Speaker 3: attend to. We're going to start with some listener appreciation.

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Speaker 2: Oh yeah, let's do this.

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Speaker 1: Welcome to the Action Network Podcast Award show Spectacular. We

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00:53:40,320 --> 00:53:47,280
Speaker 1: now introduce two guys you've called ms and all season long,

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00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:51,520
Speaker 1: your hosts for the show, Stucky and Colin Wilson.

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00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:58,600
Speaker 3: Okay, so it's time for our end of the season awards.

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00:53:59,000 --> 00:54:03,600
Speaker 3: First up, the highly anticipated Action Network Hotline Caller of

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00:54:03,719 --> 00:54:06,560
Speaker 3: the year. All right, So we had some good candidates here.

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00:54:06,600 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 3: We had John from Long Island, our most consistently exasperated caller,

1086
00:54:12,920 --> 00:54:17,239
Speaker 3: Martin from Chicago, spokesman for Buckeye Nation. I think he

1087
00:54:17,280 --> 00:54:20,680
Speaker 3: wrote a song for me as well. Juice from Rochester,

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00:54:21,520 --> 00:54:25,440
Speaker 3: whose epic Jim Harball rant will live forever in infamy.

1089
00:54:27,080 --> 00:54:32,239
Speaker 3: Tyler from Corpus Christie balancing bartending with degenerate, gambling like

1090
00:54:32,360 --> 00:54:37,239
Speaker 3: a pro and saying he loves me and getting mad

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00:54:37,280 --> 00:54:41,840
Speaker 3: at Colin the other week. And the honorary Lifetime Achievement

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00:54:41,920 --> 00:54:47,760
Speaker 3: award goes to Jason from Alposso. Yes, Passo aposto, hats

1093
00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:52,080
Speaker 3: off to Minor Nation as always, but one caller stood

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00:54:52,080 --> 00:54:55,120
Speaker 3: out above all the rest this season. Drum roll please,

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00:54:55,840 --> 00:55:00,400
Speaker 3: and the winner is you might have guessed it, Matt

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00:55:00,920 --> 00:55:05,360
Speaker 3: from Ottawa, leader of the Coastal Caroline a Bandwagon official

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00:55:05,440 --> 00:55:10,319
Speaker 3: chant caller and the creator of the Triple C Dynasty.

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00:55:10,920 --> 00:55:18,160
Speaker 3: Roll fucking shawnce Baby. Okay, congrats Matt, love you on Twitter.

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00:55:18,440 --> 00:55:21,759
Speaker 3: Still sad your chance couldn't get home of victory for

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00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:24,319
Speaker 3: our middle in the Bowl, but what a season for

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00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:27,880
Speaker 3: the Chance and Matt from Ottawa.

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Speaker 2: Long live the Triple ce Dynasty.

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00:55:31,000 --> 00:55:32,760
Speaker 3: I can't wait to see what you have in store

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00:55:32,840 --> 00:55:33,319
Speaker 3: next year.

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00:55:34,800 --> 00:55:36,080
Speaker 7: Dynasty is not going away.

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00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:39,759
Speaker 3: Appreciate everyone who called under the voicemail all season. And

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00:55:39,800 --> 00:55:42,480
Speaker 3: by the way, we have college Basketball podcast starting next week,

1108
00:55:42,840 --> 00:55:46,520
Speaker 3: so the voicemail's not going anywhere, and college basketball beats

1109
00:55:46,640 --> 00:55:48,359
Speaker 3: are as bad as they can get, so I'm sure

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00:55:48,360 --> 00:55:50,360
Speaker 3: we're gonna be hearing from a lot of you all right.

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00:55:50,400 --> 00:55:52,520
Speaker 3: Before we conclude the voice fail portion of the award show,

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00:55:52,520 --> 00:55:55,319
Speaker 3: we also have to recognize our greatest caller of all

1113
00:55:55,320 --> 00:55:58,839
Speaker 3: time so that new listeners may enjoy him if they

1114
00:55:58,880 --> 00:56:01,520
Speaker 3: have never heard. Devin from Alabama, who called the hotline

1115
00:56:01,560 --> 00:56:05,280
Speaker 3: on September twenty one, twenty eighteen, after Lovey Smith's Illinois

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00:56:05,280 --> 00:56:07,600
Speaker 3: team get up thirty five unanswered points in the fourth

1117
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:11,600
Speaker 3: quarter to blow an unblowable cover against Penn State.

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Speaker 6: I'm Devin in Alabama, Champagne Oloy, love me Smith.

1119
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:21,640
Speaker 7: His name should be Haiti Smith from now on.

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Speaker 6: How you go from four down to.

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00:56:27,320 --> 00:56:30,960
Speaker 5: Ninety points down with a five minutes.

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Speaker 6: Of the game, Please love me Smith, Champagne Alloy and

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00:56:37,120 --> 00:56:41,799
Speaker 6: all the club like heapens to freaking Chicago ends up

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00:56:42,080 --> 00:56:47,560
Speaker 6: happening in Champagne so unbelievable.

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Speaker 3: I love it is now gone.

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Speaker 7: That was a Friday night game.

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Speaker 3: I will know Friday Night.

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Speaker 7: I will never forget that game as long as I've lived.

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00:56:53,600 --> 00:56:55,160
Speaker 7: That was amazing breakdown.

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Speaker 3: Yeah uh. And finally, before we get out of here

1131
00:56:57,840 --> 00:57:01,640
Speaker 3: and close up our final collegege football, it makes me sad.

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Speaker 3: Final college football betting preview episode of the year with

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00:57:07,200 --> 00:57:09,920
Speaker 3: college basketball coming next week. With the Final College Football,

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Speaker 3: we do have to get to the presentation of the

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00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:17,760
Speaker 3: most hollowed and prestigious award in all of sports betting,

1136
00:57:18,120 --> 00:57:23,640
Speaker 3: the third annual presentation of the Gambling Heisman Trophy, presented

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Speaker 3: annually by the Action Network Gambling Heisman Trust.

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Speaker 1: And now the presentation of the Gambling Heisman Trophy, awarded

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00:57:33,600 --> 00:57:37,960
Speaker 1: to the most outstanding Division IE player who's athletic excellence

1140
00:57:38,120 --> 00:57:41,680
Speaker 1: best enabled the pursuit of monetary gain through the art

1141
00:57:41,840 --> 00:57:44,400
Speaker 1: and science of wagering on college football.

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00:57:46,000 --> 00:57:49,920
Speaker 3: We first need to honor our past recipients. Twenty eighteen

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00:57:50,240 --> 00:57:55,959
Speaker 3: Trevor Lawrence, Clemson covering machine. He took my money quite

1144
00:57:55,960 --> 00:58:00,480
Speaker 3: a few times. Twenty nineteen Lyn Bowden, Junior, Kentucky, amazing

1145
00:58:00,520 --> 00:58:02,600
Speaker 3: some of the covers he was able to get taking

1146
00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:06,680
Speaker 3: over at quarterback, leading receiver, leading rusher. Kentucky was great

1147
00:58:06,680 --> 00:58:10,600
Speaker 3: against the spread that year. Many qualified finalists this year.

1148
00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:14,800
Speaker 3: I'll let Colin argue for one that I'm going to

1149
00:58:14,880 --> 00:58:17,880
Speaker 3: turn down, and I'll give the reason why. But it

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00:58:17,920 --> 00:58:21,960
Speaker 3: is a very qualified candidate. Colin, you're who is your nominee.

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Speaker 7: Well, before I get into my nominee, I want to

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00:58:24,000 --> 00:58:28,600
Speaker 7: give a shout out to some contenders. Hojmlik Williams was

1153
00:58:28,760 --> 00:58:31,280
Speaker 7: we rode Campbell, my homes, my homes, my homes. We

1154
00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:33,800
Speaker 7: rode Campbell so hard through their first three covers.

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Speaker 4: But Campbell University, Campbell's from Foy's Creek, North Carolina.

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Speaker 2: Check it out, you know.

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00:58:46,720 --> 00:58:51,040
Speaker 7: Against Georgia Southern Coastal, it was just becoming automatic. And

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00:58:51,040 --> 00:58:53,800
Speaker 7: it was because of hoj Malik Williams, and so I

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00:58:53,800 --> 00:58:55,720
Speaker 7: want to give a shout out to him. Also, I

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00:58:55,720 --> 00:58:58,680
Speaker 7: have to give a shout out to my Justin bieber

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00:58:58,800 --> 00:59:03,280
Speaker 7: T shirt wearing former razorback quarterback that Chad Morris loved.

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00:59:03,840 --> 00:59:07,480
Speaker 7: Nick Starkle found himself a home in San Jose State.

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00:59:07,520 --> 00:59:09,760
Speaker 7: San Jose State this year went six to one and

1164
00:59:09,880 --> 00:59:13,080
Speaker 7: one against the spread. Amazing turnaround for those guys, and

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00:59:13,120 --> 00:59:16,360
Speaker 7: I'm glad Starkle had such a productive season, but truth

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00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:19,479
Speaker 7: be told, with that team, the defense had a big

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00:59:19,520 --> 00:59:22,120
Speaker 7: part to do with their against the spread record. So

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Speaker 7: I passed on Starkle Indiana. If you look at the

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00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:27,400
Speaker 7: against the spread record, seven to one against the spread

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Speaker 7: this year. But Michael Pennocks junior greatest photo finish of

1171
00:59:31,920 --> 00:59:34,320
Speaker 7: the year, he didn't play the entire season, so I

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00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:38,400
Speaker 7: didn't give him any props for this award. I'm going

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00:59:38,480 --> 00:59:43,160
Speaker 7: with the best defensive player in college football, a guy

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00:59:43,840 --> 00:59:46,840
Speaker 7: that covered a game all by himself, and that would

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Speaker 7: be Zavian Collins of Tulsa. Not only is the a

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00:59:49,640 --> 00:59:52,200
Speaker 7: one man wrecking crew when it comes to the rush,

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00:59:52,360 --> 00:59:56,520
Speaker 7: when it comes to defending the pass. Tulsa came from

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Speaker 7: the depths of a black hole with a new defensive

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01:00:00,080 --> 01:00:02,560
Speaker 7: coordinator in a new scheme two years ago. And Xavon

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Speaker 7: Collins now leads this team with the worst offense in

1181
01:00:06,840 --> 01:00:09,400
Speaker 7: FBS one of the war. I mean, you can't see

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01:00:09,440 --> 01:00:12,120
Speaker 7: anything in the stats and supports this team. They went

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01:00:12,240 --> 01:00:15,600
Speaker 7: seven and two against the spread this year. And Xavon Collins,

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Speaker 7: if you need any kind of you know, any kind

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01:00:19,840 --> 01:00:23,880
Speaker 7: of video, just checked the tape on Tulsa Tulane, a

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01:00:23,960 --> 01:00:27,440
Speaker 7: game in which Tulsa was never covering and Tulane betters

1187
01:00:27,480 --> 01:00:33,040
Speaker 7: felt completely safe until he returned the game winning points

1188
01:00:33,520 --> 01:00:39,080
Speaker 7: covering final play in overtime for Tulsa Tulane by himself

1189
01:00:39,400 --> 01:00:41,840
Speaker 7: broke a lot of hearts and put a lot of

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Speaker 7: tickets in a waste basket that night. Zavon Collins, University

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Speaker 7: of Tulsa. That's my candidate, all.

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Speaker 3: Right, well, a worthy candidate. And the Pennix that was awesome.

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01:00:53,200 --> 01:00:54,800
Speaker 3: I had some Indiana money line. That was one of

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Speaker 3: the highlights of the year for me. Oh and that

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01:00:57,160 --> 01:00:59,200
Speaker 3: I hit the round robin, my round robin that day

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Speaker 3: with like seventeen seven dogs that won by like a

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01:01:02,520 --> 01:01:04,960
Speaker 3: total of seven points. To shout out to Penix. But

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Speaker 3: I agree he didn't play the whole year, your boys, Stark.

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Speaker 3: He didn't even play every down like you. There was

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01:01:09,280 --> 01:01:12,000
Speaker 3: Nash was playing some as well. But here's the thing

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01:01:12,280 --> 01:01:15,840
Speaker 3: you said it you disqualified Collins yourself. He didn't play

1202
01:01:15,920 --> 01:01:18,280
Speaker 3: every game this year. And look I had him when

1203
01:01:18,280 --> 01:01:22,480
Speaker 3: they had an enormous comeback against SMU and he sealed

1204
01:01:22,520 --> 01:01:24,840
Speaker 3: it with an interception. He was amazing. Best linebacker wer

1205
01:01:24,840 --> 01:01:27,480
Speaker 3: the New Jersey best linebacker, but now a best linebacker

1206
01:01:27,480 --> 01:01:30,280
Speaker 3: in college football this year, and that I actually pushed

1207
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:33,160
Speaker 3: that Tulane and brings me nightmares. But I'm not gonna

1208
01:01:33,160 --> 01:01:35,640
Speaker 3: hold that against him. But he didn't play in the

1209
01:01:35,680 --> 01:01:40,120
Speaker 3: bowl game, so I can't give it to him. He didn't.

1210
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Speaker 7: He didn't want to get Mike Leach fired. That's it.

1211
01:01:43,000 --> 01:01:44,880
Speaker 7: He just he didn't want to get Mike Leach fired.

1212
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Speaker 3: Still, he did not play every game, and there is

1213
01:01:49,520 --> 01:01:53,960
Speaker 3: a much more worthy winner. I'm proud to present the

1214
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Speaker 3: twenty twenty Gambling Heisman Trophy, again presented annually by the

1215
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Speaker 3: Action Never Gambling Trust.

1216
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Speaker 2: To and the winner is quarterback Drew.

1217
01:02:05,640 --> 01:02:10,760
Speaker 3: Plitt of Ball State. Ball State. Yes, they only went

1218
01:02:11,360 --> 01:02:15,280
Speaker 3: what six and three against the spread, but oh baby,

1219
01:02:15,560 --> 01:02:17,720
Speaker 3: did they do some good things for us. Not only

1220
01:02:18,240 --> 01:02:23,920
Speaker 3: did they win, I mean they beat Buffalo as outright

1221
01:02:23,960 --> 01:02:28,640
Speaker 3: in the MAC Championship as two touchdown underdogs. They beat

1222
01:02:28,840 --> 01:02:32,240
Speaker 3: San Jose State as nine and a half ten point

1223
01:02:32,320 --> 01:02:36,840
Speaker 3: underdogs in the bowl game. They beat Toledo as ten

1224
01:02:36,880 --> 01:02:40,240
Speaker 3: point underdogs. Earlier in the year, they somehow pulled out

1225
01:02:40,240 --> 01:02:43,120
Speaker 3: a win against Miss Western Michigan as an underdog. They

1226
01:02:43,160 --> 01:02:46,120
Speaker 3: needed that Western Mission game as an underdog. They needed

1227
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Speaker 3: to beat to Toledo as ten point dogs to get

1228
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Speaker 3: to the MAC Championship, to get to that bowl game

1229
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Speaker 3: where they made us so much money the MAC manifesto.

1230
01:02:55,240 --> 01:02:57,960
Speaker 3: Yes I'm biased, where I had ball State nine to

1231
01:02:58,000 --> 01:03:00,680
Speaker 3: one as well, I had so money line in the

1232
01:03:00,720 --> 01:03:03,120
Speaker 3: MAC Championship obviously because of that money line in the

1233
01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:05,480
Speaker 3: bowl game, and we need to get a MAC a

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01:03:05,520 --> 01:03:06,280
Speaker 3: winner from the MAC.

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Speaker 2: I love mation. I love mation, and.

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01:03:10,160 --> 01:03:12,400
Speaker 3: This is the MAC. Was supposed to not play. They

1237
01:03:12,440 --> 01:03:14,160
Speaker 3: were the first announcer and they weren't going to play.

1238
01:03:14,320 --> 01:03:16,880
Speaker 3: They ended up playing. They brought us so much weakday

1239
01:03:17,000 --> 01:03:19,440
Speaker 3: joy when we thought we weren't going to have any.

1240
01:03:19,640 --> 01:03:23,840
Speaker 7: How beautiful is maction? How beautiful is maction? Oh man,

1241
01:03:24,040 --> 01:03:25,880
Speaker 7: just when we thought we had peak mation.

1242
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Speaker 3: Congratulations to Drew Plitt, quarterback from your twenty twenty MAC

1243
01:03:32,320 --> 01:03:36,200
Speaker 3: champion ball State Cardinals. And also they beat your boys

1244
01:03:36,200 --> 01:03:39,520
Speaker 3: Starkle in the bowl game as ten point dogs, so

1245
01:03:39,600 --> 01:03:42,040
Speaker 3: the award goes to Plit. Can you live with that?

1246
01:03:42,200 --> 01:03:44,400
Speaker 3: Oh yeah absolutely. Ball State made me a lot of money.

1247
01:03:44,400 --> 01:03:47,480
Speaker 3: We've loved ball State for years. The problem was always. Oh,

1248
01:03:47,520 --> 01:03:49,480
Speaker 3: by the way, you know Drew Plitt, I believe was

1249
01:03:49,520 --> 01:03:52,480
Speaker 3: recruited by Pete Limbo like five years ago, so it's

1250
01:03:52,760 --> 01:03:54,640
Speaker 3: he's been there quite a long time. It'll be interesting

1251
01:03:54,600 --> 01:03:56,520
Speaker 3: to see if he's one of the seniors that return.

1252
01:03:57,080 --> 01:04:01,080
Speaker 3: But we've said this about Mike new a long time ago,

1253
01:04:01,240 --> 01:04:03,520
Speaker 3: is that this team just needed to stay healthy and

1254
01:04:03,560 --> 01:04:06,280
Speaker 3: they can start dominating the MAC. That was a great

1255
01:04:06,280 --> 01:04:08,960
Speaker 3: Mac manifesto that she got out there. I'm glad that

1256
01:04:08,960 --> 01:04:10,760
Speaker 3: we got a max season nine to one was great.

1257
01:04:10,840 --> 01:04:11,240
Speaker 3: I can live.

1258
01:04:11,400 --> 01:04:14,280
Speaker 7: I can absolutely live with a team that won the

1259
01:04:14,280 --> 01:04:15,640
Speaker 7: MAC with those kinds of odds.

1260
01:04:15,760 --> 01:04:20,080
Speaker 3: Sure, four outright wins as an underdog, three as a

1261
01:04:20,120 --> 01:04:23,000
Speaker 3: double digit underdog. They started the year zero to three

1262
01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:27,360
Speaker 3: against the spread, finished five and oh so ball State

1263
01:04:27,440 --> 01:04:30,680
Speaker 3: finishing strong, gets through Plit the award. That'll do it

1264
01:04:30,720 --> 01:04:33,560
Speaker 3: for us. We're not done on content for the national title.

1265
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Speaker 3: Make sure you check us out on Twitter and on

1266
01:04:36,160 --> 01:04:38,880
Speaker 3: Actionnwork dot Com, the Action Network. Well. A lot more

1267
01:04:38,920 --> 01:04:42,440
Speaker 3: content coming. Also. If there's any updates to rosters for

1268
01:04:42,520 --> 01:04:47,160
Speaker 3: COVID or injury news, we'll update content accordingly. We appreciate

1269
01:04:47,200 --> 01:04:51,240
Speaker 3: everyone listening, appreciate the support. If you would just take

1270
01:04:51,640 --> 01:04:53,480
Speaker 3: a second to And by the way, if you won

1271
01:04:53,560 --> 01:04:56,760
Speaker 3: an award, reach out to our producer for a gift

1272
01:04:56,960 --> 01:04:59,240
Speaker 3: podcast at actionwork dot com. If you could take a

1273
01:04:59,280 --> 01:05:01,680
Speaker 3: second to this review means a lot to us. It

1274
01:05:01,680 --> 01:05:04,280
Speaker 3: really helps us. Tell a friend, tell an enemy. We

1275
01:05:04,360 --> 01:05:06,840
Speaker 3: hope we won you some money this year and provided

1276
01:05:06,880 --> 01:05:09,880
Speaker 3: some entertainment along the way. We hope we can win

1277
01:05:09,960 --> 01:05:12,040
Speaker 3: some more money together and close out this ball season

1278
01:05:12,080 --> 01:05:15,600
Speaker 3: strong on the national title. And it's not really goodbye,

1279
01:05:15,840 --> 01:05:19,040
Speaker 3: it's see you later. By later, I mean next week,

1280
01:05:19,240 --> 01:05:22,400
Speaker 3: because next Friday we'll be out Colin and I we'll

1281
01:05:22,400 --> 01:05:25,680
Speaker 3: be back with college basketball, and then in about a

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Speaker 3: month or two, well Colin right now probably Colin will

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Speaker 3: probably start getting to work on college football next week,

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Speaker 3: so I've got that. But we'll be back with previews

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Speaker 3: in the summer, which I can't wait for. Hopefully it's

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Speaker 3: a more normal year and we in more normal times.

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Speaker 3: But I'm glad we got through this year. It was

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Speaker 3: a pleasure doing this. We love doing it mainly because

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Speaker 3: we love college football, but we also love all of

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Speaker 3: you guys who listen.

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Speaker 8: Hey, this is the producer, Matt Mitchell. I also want

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Speaker 8: to express my gratitude to each and every one of

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Speaker 8: you guys for listening to these college football episodes of

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Speaker 8: the Action Network podcast. They've always been my very favorite

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Speaker 8: for a season which we didn't even know if games

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Speaker 8: were going to take place, to have all of you

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Speaker 8: along for a ride as we grew the show, grew

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Speaker 8: our audience, and were able to have a great deal

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Speaker 8: of fun in what has often been a very unfun year.

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Speaker 8: Is incredibly meaningful to Stucky and Colin into the Action Network,

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Speaker 8: but also to me on a very personal level. We

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Speaker 8: sang country roads this year. We had a Canadian help

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Speaker 8: us fall in love with a football team from Myrtle Beach.

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Speaker 8: We never let the ladies get between us and the belt.

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Speaker 8: We celebrated the return of Maction. We had a lot

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Speaker 8: of fun. I love each and every one of you

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Speaker 8: for joining us for that ride. I look forward to

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Speaker 8: seeing all of you guys right back here when college

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Speaker 8: football starts next year, and Colin, I will leave you

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Speaker 8: with this reminder of your favorite defensive coordinator, Barry Odom.

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Speaker 2: Verry Odom is a joke.

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Speaker 3: So let's have a night on Monday and we'll catch

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Speaker 3: you all later.

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Speaker 7: Cheers, peace out, M. M.

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Speaker 3: M m m hmmm, we're finished talking.

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