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Speaker 3: Fifteen Cundy, twenty five, thirty thirty five, forty forty five fifty.

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Speaker 2: What's up the general nation? Welcome to the Big Bets

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Speaker 2: on Campus Podcast. This is the SEC East College Football

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Speaker 2: Betting Preview. I'm Stucky and joining me as always as Wilson,

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Speaker 2: the most listened to episodes back to back. We're gonna

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Speaker 2: have another episode of SEC West coming right after this,

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Speaker 2: of all of our preseason previous and it means that

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Speaker 2: we're getting tantalizingly close two week zero and beyond. Can

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Speaker 2: you feel it in the air coming?

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Speaker 3: I can feel in the air. But this is not

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Speaker 3: the podcast where I get to talk about the Razorbacks.

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Speaker 3: Now I do get to be at home in the SEC.

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Speaker 3: We welcome you in Stucky. A couple of years, you know,

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Speaker 3: moving into Lex and now he's a part of the SEC,

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Speaker 3: and I think by the time Greg Sankie's done, every

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Speaker 3: team that's worth the shit is gonna be in the SEC.

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Speaker 3: So we know we get to talk about the East.

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Speaker 3: Kind of the same dilemma we had with the Big

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Speaker 3: ten podcast. Right, It's like if there's Ohio State and

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Speaker 3: then there's all these other teams. So with this, there's

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Speaker 3: Georgia and then there's all these other teams. So I

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Speaker 3: it'd be interesting to hear your take because I think

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Speaker 3: you and I have a disagreement about Kentucky.

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Speaker 2: SEC at Galabama, which we'll get to when we get

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Speaker 2: to the SEC West. They're the favorite to win the SEC.

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Speaker 2: There minus four hundred to win the SEC West. Georgia's

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Speaker 2: minus five point fifty to win the SEC East. Their

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Speaker 2: which is just ridiculous. I project them ten point eight

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Speaker 2: think they end up dropping a game. Look there, there's

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Speaker 2: gonna be everyone's out for them now. They plays a

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Speaker 2: a team that I love. This year, we'll get to

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Speaker 2: in the SEC West. But I do have Georgia as

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Speaker 2: the third best team in the country. But I wouldn't

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Speaker 2: They do only have four true road games, Like it's

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Speaker 2: a pretty easy schedule for Georgia for the defending National championship.

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Speaker 2: They're only true road games. They're South Carolina, Missouri, Mississippi State,

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Speaker 2: and then Kentucky. So it's a pretty favorable schedule all

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Speaker 2: things considered. But they lost a ton a ton of talent,

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Speaker 2: especially the defensive side of the ball, to the NFL.

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Speaker 2: They also lost their best receiver to Alabama. They're tight end,

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Speaker 2: room is loaded, set's invented, is back at quarterback. Their

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Speaker 2: defense is still going to be excellent. Yeah, they're going

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Speaker 2: to be favorite in all twelve games. But I think

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Speaker 2: maybe early on if everything goes right for Oregon. I

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Speaker 2: don't know, is Oregon pull another Ohio State. I would

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Speaker 2: better price than that, But I would lean under with Georgia,

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Speaker 2: and I think they're right for maybe someone picking them

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Speaker 2: off in the SEC East. This is like the Bama.

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Speaker 2: Georgia is now up there with Bama. So it's like

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Speaker 2: everything went right and they have all these pros. You

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Speaker 2: lose and then you're vulnerable for a year like the

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Speaker 2: album was vulnerable last year. This year, ah nope. So

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Speaker 2: what are your thoughts on the Bulldogs this year?

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Speaker 3: Yes, they are vulnerable for a loss. Someone in the

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Speaker 3: after playing Arkansas. But you're right, just forty percent back

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Speaker 3: the reloading phases? Georgia reached the you know blue bloods

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Speaker 2: Even when Alabama does do that when they reload at

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Speaker 2: I was like the Abs and flows of like, all right,

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and repeating as the national champion is almost it's

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Speaker 3: This is we said this years ago. Georgia is now

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Speaker 3: the problem. Brock Bauers is a man possessed aerit Gilbert

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Speaker 3: how that plays against Oregon coming out in the opener

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Speaker 3: against Dan Lanning. No one knows the Georgia defense better

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Speaker 3: than this opening game against Dan Lanning. But then again,

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Speaker 2: With the entire summer in spring, you know this is

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Speaker 2: all he wants to prepare. And I'm sure that's all

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Speaker 2: this game. I do like Oregon plus seventeen and a

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Speaker 3: Yeah, because you're gonna have a lot of Georgia athletes

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Speaker 2: Bone next season baby and his legs, And then Oregon

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Speaker 3: I mean, I think Oregon money line in the first

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Speaker 2: But they have some linebackers that can match up there.

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Speaker 3: You know, and Stetson Bennett is back, your your favorite

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Speaker 3: He's found his groove. Todd Munkin knows how to use him.

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Speaker 3: But you know, Stetson Bennett is managing this offense. And

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Speaker 3: actually he's put up better numbers than any quarterback he's

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Speaker 3: that to me, that's going to win the East. I

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Speaker 3: don't think there's any value in the number. I do

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Speaker 3: me for them. But you're right, I think Oregon first half,

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Speaker 3: Oregon money line in the first half might be worth

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Speaker 3: a play. While Dan Lanning like unveils what the game

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Speaker 3: plan was all summer for his old team.

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Speaker 2: Well, you said Georgia might have one loss. I agree.

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Speaker 2: I wouldn't be completely shocked that they had two. But

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Speaker 2: as far as division features, I took a stab on Tennessee.

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Speaker 2: We can argue about Tennessee versus Kentucky. Tennessee I found

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Speaker 2: So that could be where discrepancy is and Tennessee hosts

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Speaker 2: I think that this Tennessee team is worth a stab,

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Speaker 2: is it a long shot that they're gonna win at Georgia, Yes,

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Speaker 2: think Kentucky is overpriced. We're gonna talk with Drew Franklin

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Speaker 2: lot of talent on the defense, dues for some turnover regression.

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Speaker 2: But I'm lower on Kentucky than the market, and I'm

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Speaker 2: higher on Tennessee. Now we know Tennessee. I'm assuming McCoy

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Speaker 2: everything I've read, Hennon Hooker's back. Finally he's back, and

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Speaker 2: it's just his job. I mean, geez, how do these

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Speaker 2: pro prospect? I love him. This offense will be a

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Speaker 2: with Hooker back, I think it's only going to be better.

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Speaker 2: So the question comes down to the defense, and the

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Speaker 2: the defense. The defense was dreadful last year, so the

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Speaker 2: question is are there signs where it can improve? Well,

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Speaker 2: there's more experience. I love what they did in the

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Speaker 2: transfer portal, and it's year two of the scheme. And

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Speaker 2: then if you look at some of the underlying metrics,

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Speaker 2: Tennessee actually wasn't bad. They were pretty good. Actually standard downs,

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Speaker 2: they could not get off the field on passing downs.

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Speaker 2: They were horrific on passing downs, and they were horrific

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Speaker 2: So I'm not saying this Tennessee defense is world beaters,

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Speaker 2: and there's a lot of room for improvement. The offense

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Speaker 2: with anybody. So I'm taking a stab with Tennessee. I

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Speaker 2: also went under eight wins for content. I I it

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Speaker 2: sits seven and a half. I DT eight for what

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Speaker 2: twenty for that. They basically, you know, I project them

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Speaker 2: there's upside here with that offense. Can you know? And

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Speaker 3: I think I'm the exact opposite of you on both.

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Speaker 3: I mean Tennessee I have no love for And when

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Speaker 3: Alabama's on this schedule, I mean there is a stint

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Speaker 3: just issues with this team. Like listen, I love Hindon Hooker.

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Speaker 3: think the marriage with Josh Hipel was a great idea.

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Speaker 3: Great things. On offense, They're gonna score a lot of points.

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Speaker 3: They're gonna throw a lot of golf balls, They're gonna

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Speaker 3: the defense is not there. They're leaky in the secondary.

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Speaker 3: Their offensive line cannot protect Hinton Hooker whatsoever, and that

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Speaker 3: I'm seeing on the schedule. Now, I am not that

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Speaker 3: far off from your projection. I make it seven point one.

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Speaker 3: It's not like I'm a big Tennessee hater, but there

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Speaker 3: is a hell of a lot of kool aid being

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Speaker 3: they get on the field and you realize, you know,

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Speaker 3: we've got issues here and we got issues there. Kentucky's

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Speaker 2: This is the first time I'm drinking the Tennessee kool aid,

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Speaker 3: Tennessee has the best fight song in the league. Is

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Speaker 1: Fantasy.

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Speaker 2: I'm in with you this year, Knoxville. I mean, look,

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Speaker 2: I'm family and friends are gonna hate me for this.

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Speaker 2: I'm just slandering Kentucky and talking about Tennessee. But I

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Speaker 3: But Todd Kentucky, on the other hand, I just see

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Speaker 3: a ton of stability here. Right, we're talking seventy one

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Speaker 3: You know, this is a top ten success rate on offense,

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Speaker 3: Chris Rodriguez is coming in yards after contact three point

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Speaker 3: you down. Eighty two percent comes back to this defense. Now,

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Speaker 3: they had a real problem stopping teams from getting first downs,

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Speaker 3: expect some of that to come back. Defensive coordinator Brad White,

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Speaker 3: you know that pressure rate came back down to one hundred.

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Speaker 3: But they do have pieces on the defensive side that

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Speaker 3: I think, you know can actually, you know, get Kentucky

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Speaker 2: I don't see.

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Speaker 3: Alabama on the schedule, right I mean, Alabama is on

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Speaker 3: Tennessee schedule. I think there's some easier games here. They

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Speaker 3: and I just ole miss We'll get to the sec

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Speaker 3: shadow of themselves, especially at the quarterback position this year. Florida.

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Speaker 3: You're gonna get Billy Gillespie. Yes, we are dropping his

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Speaker 3: name again. You're gonna get Billy Gillespie in his second game.

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Speaker 3: I'm sorry.

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Speaker 2: Still, you still can't say his name right, Keep that

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Speaker 2: his name, all right. What are you betting with Kentucky?

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Speaker 2: By way? Are you betting the wind total? Are you

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Speaker 3: I'm betting the over on these guys. I betting the

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Speaker 3: over on their win total. I believe in Kentucky. I

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Speaker 3: think they're the second best team in the East right now.

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Speaker 2: Head to head you and I on Kentucky. I can't

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Speaker 3: Well, do you not like the mayo and the coffee?

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Speaker 3: This kid's if he can do all this shit that

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Speaker 3: he's doing on social media, he can run through any

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Speaker 2: I also think that will All the love that Will

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Speaker 2: Lewis is getting is shocking to me. Is like number

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Speaker 2: with Malik Willis. I can't see. I don't think Will

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Speaker 2: but we'll see. I don't have to make do without

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Speaker 2: Wanda Robinson, a massive loss, responsible for forty three percent

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Speaker 2: even more than your boy Traylon Burks, who was second

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Speaker 2: will get to Arkansas the impact of his loss in

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Speaker 2: the SEC West. Forre, Let's move on to the team

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Speaker 2: with the fourth best. The only one really in the

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Speaker 2: Florida sixteen to one over seven minus one fifteen brand

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Speaker 2: new staff and Billy Napier, not Gillespie and new coordinators.

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Speaker 2: Scared money don't make money. You know, they were one

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Speaker 2: he obviously can do a lot with his legs. He

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Speaker 2: that Napier wants to run on offense. You know, there

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Speaker 2: are questions on this defensive line. They're going to expect

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Speaker 2: but it's a decent roster. I still think it's gonna take.

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Speaker 2: There's going to be growing pains in Napier's first year.

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Speaker 2: You know, when you look at the schedule, you start

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Speaker 2: then you're at Tennessee. That's a tough three three of

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Speaker 2: a lot rosier in Gainesville. So a good thing with

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Speaker 2: the state of Florida once prior to November fifth. Six

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Speaker 2: it's total at over seven minus one fifteen I think

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Speaker 2: in my head, I bet the under, but I'm staying

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Speaker 2: away from Florida. I do you have any hot takes here?

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Speaker 1: Now?

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Speaker 3: I'm at six on the wind total. I am well

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Speaker 2: Life.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I would take an under here because you've got

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Speaker 3: I'm looking at the schedule, and after this bye week,

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Speaker 3: go and play Vanderbilt. I'm not sitting here claiming Vanderbilt

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Speaker 3: how much are you overlooking Florida State, which is going

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Speaker 3: which he should from the projection, but I think it's

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Speaker 3: going to take a while to get back from. This

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Speaker 3: with Dan Mullen. I still don't know who that Florida

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Speaker 3: think they are improving. The defense is going to improve.

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Speaker 3: The offense has got to get back to, you know,

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Speaker 3: doing what they do best. I just don't think they're there.

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Speaker 3: And you know, I'm not trying to back a coach

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Speaker 3: moving from the Sunbelt to the SEC and liking at

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Speaker 3: a schedule like this, because if you get injuries piling

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Speaker 3: could be a pretty long season. So we'll see what

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Speaker 3: they do. There's gonna be a lot of RPOs and

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Speaker 3: gonna be great. But like a couple of other teams,

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Speaker 3: in this case, I am not putting my money behind it.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, my concern would be, you know, I'm pretty close.

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Speaker 2: I'm a little barely under seven, but marginal. But my

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Speaker 2: spread between four and four. Generally speaking, they're installing a

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Speaker 2: that certain areas hurt? So it would be under nothing

432
00:19:37,359 --> 00:19:38,679
Speaker 2: for me, But I don't show enough that I had

433
00:19:38,680 --> 00:19:40,720
Speaker 2: to hit it. Let's hit the last three teams in

434
00:19:40,760 --> 00:19:43,879
Speaker 2: the SEC East before we get the drew South Carolina

435
00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:46,639
Speaker 2: forty to one to win the East over six and

436
00:19:46,680 --> 00:19:50,639
Speaker 2: a half plus one twenty. You know, if they should

437
00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,840
Speaker 2: be favored in five games, I think this number is

438
00:19:53,880 --> 00:19:58,320
Speaker 2: about right. Similarly to Florida, it's year two Shane Beamer.

439
00:19:58,440 --> 00:20:01,040
Speaker 2: He brings in Spencer Rattler. Sure they were starting walking,

440
00:20:01,119 --> 00:20:03,159
Speaker 2: they were starting receivers at quarterback in the bowl game,

441
00:20:03,200 --> 00:20:06,119
Speaker 2: which they had somehow beat North Carolina with Beamer and

442
00:20:06,200 --> 00:20:09,480
Speaker 2: rattle are were together, you know you in twenty nineteen twenty.

443
00:20:09,680 --> 00:20:11,679
Speaker 2: This is also the first time South Carolina has the

444
00:20:11,720 --> 00:20:14,919
Speaker 2: same defensive line coach in five years that they're starting

445
00:20:14,960 --> 00:20:17,959
Speaker 2: to have some continuity. But this look all this is,

446
00:20:18,880 --> 00:20:21,119
Speaker 2: and they also have a pretty veteran offensive line. All

447
00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:23,639
Speaker 2: this is that comes down to Spencer Rattla. Can he

448
00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,120
Speaker 2: get back to who he was? And I'm not talking

449
00:20:27,119 --> 00:20:29,439
Speaker 2: about the win the SEC I'm talking about to go

450
00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,280
Speaker 2: over the wind total getting back to who he was,

451
00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:34,480
Speaker 2: who he was supposed to be. Is he kind of

452
00:20:34,520 --> 00:20:37,200
Speaker 2: shook from what happened at Oklahoma? Is it going to

453
00:20:37,280 --> 00:20:41,040
Speaker 2: take him time to adjust? So I think this is

454
00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,560
Speaker 2: it's gonna be interesting interest a team to watch early on.

455
00:20:44,080 --> 00:20:47,000
Speaker 2: They opened with Georgia State, could be tricky, one of

456
00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:50,320
Speaker 2: those experienced teams in the country. And then they're at

457
00:20:50,480 --> 00:20:54,920
Speaker 2: Arkansas and then home against Georgia not very forgiving schedule.

458
00:20:54,960 --> 00:20:58,200
Speaker 2: Early on so you know, they have Charlotte at home,

459
00:20:58,320 --> 00:21:01,200
Speaker 2: South Carolina State if he was soon Georgia State at

460
00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,320
Speaker 2: home is also a win. You know, you get Missouri

461
00:21:03,400 --> 00:21:07,480
Speaker 2: at home, You're at Vanderbilt, so there's you know, there's

462
00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:11,920
Speaker 2: five pretty winnable games on the schedule, and then it's

463
00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,600
Speaker 2: a matter of Okay, can you pick off Texas A

464
00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:18,560
Speaker 2: and M at home? Can you beat Tennessee at home

465
00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:22,240
Speaker 2: to get to six? So I'm at like five, let's see,

466
00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:25,400
Speaker 2: I'm at their win total is sitting at over six

467
00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:27,120
Speaker 2: and a half plus one twenty. I'm at five nine

468
00:21:27,119 --> 00:21:29,040
Speaker 2: to five, so I guess I would lean under. I

469
00:21:29,040 --> 00:21:31,080
Speaker 2: think they probably end up finishing six and six if

470
00:21:31,440 --> 00:21:34,119
Speaker 2: Rattler is not a complete disaster. I like what Beaner

471
00:21:34,200 --> 00:21:40,080
Speaker 2: is doing with this program, but I'm not going over yet,

472
00:21:40,280 --> 00:21:43,280
Speaker 2: and I just don't know what to really expect from Rattler.

473
00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:44,680
Speaker 2: What do you think with the Cocks?

474
00:21:45,760 --> 00:21:47,600
Speaker 3: You mean the team that cost us a whole bunch

475
00:21:47,600 --> 00:21:49,960
Speaker 3: of money last year, Like, we had a very large

476
00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:52,119
Speaker 3: I had a very large position on the under, and

477
00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:56,520
Speaker 3: this team won three games that were decided within four points.

478
00:21:57,119 --> 00:21:59,680
Speaker 3: They had the horseshoe up the ass, especially at the

479
00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:02,720
Speaker 3: corner position. But you know, I'm not going to go

480
00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:05,199
Speaker 3: and say that. You know, Shane Beemer is lucky. I

481
00:22:05,200 --> 00:22:06,880
Speaker 3: think he actually is a really good coach and he's

482
00:22:06,880 --> 00:22:08,639
Speaker 3: gonna have a lot of success to South Carolina, and

483
00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:10,800
Speaker 3: that is if a bigger program doesn't come calling and

484
00:22:10,840 --> 00:22:14,040
Speaker 3: take him out of there. The amount of transfers that

485
00:22:14,080 --> 00:22:16,840
Speaker 3: they got, you know, they're only eighteenth in FBS, and

486
00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,080
Speaker 3: the number of players they got, which was nine and

487
00:22:19,440 --> 00:22:21,879
Speaker 3: you know, really they were twelve and snaps that they

488
00:22:22,040 --> 00:22:26,439
Speaker 3: gained and fifty But the problem is is this is

489
00:22:26,480 --> 00:22:28,520
Speaker 3: not a problem, but the snaps that they got were

490
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:32,280
Speaker 3: from excellent players. I mean, besides Spencer Rallery, they bring

491
00:22:32,280 --> 00:22:35,560
Speaker 3: in a boatload of playmakers, some good players on defense,

492
00:22:36,240 --> 00:22:38,680
Speaker 3: and that is just interesting to see how that's gonna mesh,

493
00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:41,200
Speaker 3: especially when you start off with the Georgia State team

494
00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:44,200
Speaker 3: that is pretty stout from a Sun Belt perspective and

495
00:22:44,200 --> 00:22:47,640
Speaker 3: from experience. It should be interesting to see because South

496
00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,680
Speaker 3: Carolina should always outclass them, but Georgia State is right

497
00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:53,119
Speaker 3: up there. And if South Carolina takes it easy, you

498
00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:56,080
Speaker 3: got Arkansas the next week come into town, and that's

499
00:22:56,119 --> 00:22:58,640
Speaker 3: going to be really interesting because Spencer Ratler does not

500
00:22:58,800 --> 00:23:01,520
Speaker 3: do well with pressure, sure, and his footwork is not

501
00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,840
Speaker 3: as good of some other quarterbacks we've seen. When Caleb

502
00:23:03,840 --> 00:23:06,399
Speaker 3: Williams came into play, it was just like a completely

503
00:23:06,440 --> 00:23:09,600
Speaker 3: different animal. Now at that point, was Spencer Rattler checked out?

504
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:11,840
Speaker 3: Had he bought too much of himself in You know,

505
00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:13,879
Speaker 3: there's a lot of stories coming out of OU in

506
00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,199
Speaker 3: that locker room, and so you have to wonder, like

507
00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:18,880
Speaker 3: where Spencer Ratler's head is now that he's at South Carolina,

508
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:20,440
Speaker 3: and is he a little bit more humble and ready

509
00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,160
Speaker 3: to hit targets and make some money. He struggles with pressure,

510
00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:25,679
Speaker 3: and this is an offensive line that you know returns

511
00:23:25,760 --> 00:23:27,679
Speaker 3: less than half of snaps from last year. Now, a

512
00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:30,480
Speaker 3: lot of the players on the offensive line have starting experience,

513
00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:32,879
Speaker 3: but you know, they do take a hit. And the

514
00:23:32,920 --> 00:23:37,040
Speaker 3: offensive line was not a very high performing unit last year.

515
00:23:37,119 --> 00:23:39,639
Speaker 3: So they have to keep Rattler clean. They have to

516
00:23:39,760 --> 00:23:42,880
Speaker 3: keep the pocket empty of any you know, any blitzer

517
00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,280
Speaker 3: or you know where else Rattler's going to get off pace.

518
00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:46,959
Speaker 3: He's not going to be able to hit his targets,

519
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,720
Speaker 3: especially his tight end that followed him from OU. And

520
00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:52,359
Speaker 3: you know, the defensive front, the front seven they're not

521
00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:55,360
Speaker 3: really up there when it comes to applying pressure. That's

522
00:23:55,400 --> 00:23:57,000
Speaker 3: going to be an issue here. They do bring in,

523
00:23:57,040 --> 00:23:59,080
Speaker 3: you know, some players from the transfer portal, it should

524
00:23:59,080 --> 00:24:01,680
Speaker 3: be able to help out with that. In general, I'm

525
00:24:01,720 --> 00:24:04,119
Speaker 3: not betting South Carolina. The projection I have on them

526
00:24:04,280 --> 00:24:07,720
Speaker 3: is four point four, well below. But I've been here before.

527
00:24:07,840 --> 00:24:10,359
Speaker 3: I was here last year and Shane Beemer and his

528
00:24:10,480 --> 00:24:13,800
Speaker 3: shades and his tiktoks and everything else, there's no telling

529
00:24:13,880 --> 00:24:15,920
Speaker 3: what he can do to energize his locker room get

530
00:24:15,960 --> 00:24:19,800
Speaker 3: him to come together and play. But this schedule is rough.

531
00:24:20,240 --> 00:24:22,439
Speaker 3: So I mean, hats off to them if they go

532
00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:24,199
Speaker 3: over the wind total. But if I had to make

533
00:24:24,240 --> 00:24:26,959
Speaker 3: a bet, I would go under. There's too much to

534
00:24:27,000 --> 00:24:30,000
Speaker 3: try to repair on this defense that was near dead

535
00:24:30,119 --> 00:24:32,480
Speaker 3: last and finishing drives. Almost anyone that got within the

536
00:24:32,520 --> 00:24:35,360
Speaker 3: forty put points up on the board against South Carolina

537
00:24:35,440 --> 00:24:37,160
Speaker 3: last year, and that is a tough thing to coach.

538
00:24:37,240 --> 00:24:39,560
Speaker 3: So we'll see what they do. I'm still betting under

539
00:24:39,600 --> 00:24:41,280
Speaker 3: on these guys, and I'll be against him definitely when

540
00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:42,320
Speaker 3: Arkansas comes to town.

541
00:24:42,840 --> 00:24:47,280
Speaker 2: The new Uh, you're not making friends in Columbia, all right?

542
00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:48,520
Speaker 2: A great place to tell.

543
00:24:48,440 --> 00:24:52,200
Speaker 1: You by the way here it just means more.

544
00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,280
Speaker 2: All right, let's go to the last two games Missouri

545
00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:59,159
Speaker 2: and Vanderbilt. Missouri is sixty to one to when the

546
00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,760
Speaker 2: scs Vanderbilt five hundred to one. Both recently named starting

547
00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:08,359
Speaker 2: quarterbacks from quarterback competitions. It looks like Missouri is going

548
00:25:08,440 --> 00:25:14,000
Speaker 2: to go with Brady Cook and it looks like Vanderbilt

549
00:25:14,359 --> 00:25:16,840
Speaker 2: is going to go with Mike Wright over seals, right,

550
00:25:16,960 --> 00:25:19,520
Speaker 2: is the more mobile one. I think they like his

551
00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:22,040
Speaker 2: legs and what he can do from that perspective, especially

552
00:25:22,080 --> 00:25:25,800
Speaker 2: when you have offensive line problems. Missouri's defense actually started

553
00:25:25,800 --> 00:25:27,720
Speaker 2: to improved in it last year. But now you lose

554
00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:32,439
Speaker 2: you know, new defensive coordinator, and you lose three position

555
00:25:32,520 --> 00:25:34,920
Speaker 2: coaches on the defensive side of the ball, you're really

556
00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:37,359
Speaker 2: reliant on transfers. I mean, you lost your entire defensive

557
00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:41,160
Speaker 2: line room, one linebacker and one cornerback to the NFL.

558
00:25:41,920 --> 00:25:44,080
Speaker 2: D should stay four two five, but you'll replace the

559
00:25:44,119 --> 00:25:45,720
Speaker 2: third corner with the safety. So I do have some

560
00:25:45,800 --> 00:25:49,000
Speaker 2: questions about the defense and the continuity there. And then

561
00:25:49,080 --> 00:25:50,840
Speaker 2: the offensive end. They couldn't throw the ball at all

562
00:25:50,880 --> 00:25:52,879
Speaker 2: last year. They need they have some talent on the outside.

563
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:54,960
Speaker 2: I need these receivers to step up, but the quarterback

564
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:57,560
Speaker 2: play has just been so questionable. I'm not sure that improves,

565
00:25:57,600 --> 00:26:00,280
Speaker 2: but I can't get much worse than what Bazilek showed

566
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:02,840
Speaker 2: at times last year. The problem is it lose Tyler

567
00:26:02,880 --> 00:26:05,040
Speaker 2: Batty and who are their best offensive linemen? And Baty

568
00:26:05,080 --> 00:26:08,480
Speaker 2: did everything for them, just a complete workhorse. They do

569
00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:12,480
Speaker 2: have seven winnable games, you know, without major upsets on

570
00:26:12,560 --> 00:26:14,760
Speaker 2: this schedule. Their win total is over five and a

571
00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,320
Speaker 2: half plus one twenty five. They finished five hundred each

572
00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:23,240
Speaker 2: of the past three years. This is year three for Drinkuitz,

573
00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:25,439
Speaker 2: and he's brought in some good recruiting classes. They have

574
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:29,080
Speaker 2: some promising transfers. Can he put it all together? Probably

575
00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,560
Speaker 2: comes down to the quarterback and how this defense comes together.

576
00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,200
Speaker 2: No play for me here any thoughts on Missouri.

577
00:26:34,520 --> 00:26:37,040
Speaker 3: I'll be hitting Kansas State in Week two against Missouri

578
00:26:37,080 --> 00:26:40,480
Speaker 3: and Drinkuitz is still looking for people to a understand

579
00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 3: his playbook and b run it. So we'll see if Cook,

580
00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:47,679
Speaker 3: who was named way earlier against quarterback than I expected.

581
00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:50,159
Speaker 3: But I guess that's either how much confidence they have

582
00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:52,320
Speaker 3: in him or b they know he has so much

583
00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:54,399
Speaker 3: upside let's start building the confidence in him so that

584
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,520
Speaker 3: he can actually execute the offense. But the numbers are

585
00:26:57,560 --> 00:26:59,720
Speaker 3: really bad. They were one hundred and eighteenth and explosive

586
00:26:59,720 --> 00:27:04,560
Speaker 3: players rate on offense, and then on defense they were

587
00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:07,360
Speaker 3: one hundred and fifteenth and third down conversions everybody converted

588
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,800
Speaker 3: a third down against them, So you know, we'll see

589
00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:12,399
Speaker 3: what they can do. But I am not a fan

590
00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:15,199
Speaker 3: of this schedule. I think drink Witz knows that he

591
00:27:15,280 --> 00:27:17,240
Speaker 3: has to get something going here. But one of the

592
00:27:17,280 --> 00:27:18,800
Speaker 3: games that you have to have to get over this

593
00:27:18,880 --> 00:27:22,000
Speaker 3: win total is that Kansas State game. And Kansas State

594
00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:25,440
Speaker 3: is nasty in the trenches on both sides of the ball,

595
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:27,520
Speaker 3: and that's going to be an issue for a Missouri

596
00:27:27,560 --> 00:27:31,880
Speaker 3: offense that's you know, still green, trying to learn brand new.

597
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,040
Speaker 3: And then the defense on the other side near dead

598
00:27:34,080 --> 00:27:36,440
Speaker 3: last and finishing drives and outside the top one hundred

599
00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:40,960
Speaker 3: defensive success rate, and they do not cause any havoc whatsoever.

600
00:27:41,160 --> 00:27:44,480
Speaker 3: So you know, you know, good luck to Missouri.

601
00:27:45,080 --> 00:27:46,760
Speaker 2: I enjoyed drink with the boys.

602
00:27:47,080 --> 00:27:50,520
Speaker 3: Yeah, I enjoyed drink Wits. At SEC media days, we

603
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,720
Speaker 3: called him a filibuster drink Witz because he got up

604
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,000
Speaker 3: there and talked for about twenty minutes. No one got

605
00:27:55,000 --> 00:27:58,000
Speaker 3: to ask any questions. But listen, they don't have a

606
00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:00,320
Speaker 3: they don't have a true quarterback in place. Is going

607
00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:01,680
Speaker 3: to be tough sliding for Missouri.

608
00:28:02,160 --> 00:28:04,879
Speaker 2: My prediction David Arkansas to close up the year, to

609
00:28:04,920 --> 00:28:08,159
Speaker 2: go over the window. All right, let's close out here

610
00:28:08,200 --> 00:28:11,080
Speaker 2: with Vanderbilt. Vandy, like I said, five hundred to win

611
00:28:11,119 --> 00:28:14,479
Speaker 2: to win the East over two and a half wins

612
00:28:14,560 --> 00:28:17,560
Speaker 2: plus one ten. They've lost twenty one straight in the SEC.

613
00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:21,119
Speaker 2: Mike right named the starting quarterback. Major questions in the

614
00:28:21,119 --> 00:28:23,720
Speaker 2: offensive line of defensive line. This trench just can't really

615
00:28:23,720 --> 00:28:27,399
Speaker 2: compete in the SEC. New defensive coordinator Nick Col's going

616
00:28:27,400 --> 00:28:30,520
Speaker 2: to try and create some pressure linebacker. The strength of

617
00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:33,360
Speaker 2: the defense, everything else is up in question. They even

618
00:28:33,359 --> 00:28:36,240
Speaker 2: lost their best offensive linean to Alabama. How's a Bronco

619
00:28:36,320 --> 00:28:39,440
Speaker 2: Mendenol protege. We'll see what he can do, but doesn't

620
00:28:39,440 --> 00:28:41,640
Speaker 2: have a lot to work with this win total. If

621
00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,280
Speaker 2: you want to bet the over, I mean good luck

622
00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:45,360
Speaker 2: to you. If you do. You're assuming they win at Hawaii.

623
00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,320
Speaker 2: They're seven point favorites now and then they have Elon

624
00:28:48,440 --> 00:28:51,240
Speaker 2: at home. I mean, I've seen Vandy. Vandy almost lost

625
00:28:51,240 --> 00:28:54,240
Speaker 2: a Yukon I think last year. But if you assume

626
00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:56,080
Speaker 2: they start two and oh, it's like, where do you

627
00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:58,600
Speaker 2: get the third win? I mean, they're at NIU, they're

628
00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:00,520
Speaker 2: home against Wake. And by the way, it just came

629
00:29:00,520 --> 00:29:04,320
Speaker 2: out today that Sam Hartman was gonna be out indefinitely,

630
00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:08,560
Speaker 2: major major downgrade to the backup if that ends up

631
00:29:08,600 --> 00:29:12,560
Speaker 2: being the case, and the guy that Clawson really like

632
00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:18,520
Speaker 2: ended up transferring out, you know, as the future quarterback. However,

633
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,000
Speaker 2: this is from a friend of a friend, so I

634
00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 2: don't have any inside information, but from what I heard

635
00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,080
Speaker 2: within the last hours, he's gonna be fine and like

636
00:29:26,160 --> 00:29:29,320
Speaker 2: play week one. So I don't know, just throwing that

637
00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:30,880
Speaker 2: out there, but maybe you get Wake at home and

638
00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 2: Department's not playing, maybe you win that game, But like,

639
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,160
Speaker 2: I don't know where the third ones' cover f They

640
00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,640
Speaker 2: lost twenty one straight in the SEC at NIU, at Bama,

641
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:44,680
Speaker 2: Ole miss at home, at Georgia at Missouri, who's off

642
00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:48,760
Speaker 2: of a bye South Carolina at home, You'll say that's

643
00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 2: their win. At Kentucky Florida home, Tennessee at home. So

644
00:29:52,960 --> 00:29:54,880
Speaker 2: it's gonna be tough to get the third win, assuming

645
00:29:54,880 --> 00:29:57,360
Speaker 2: they win at Hawaii, which isn't a given. There's seven

646
00:29:57,360 --> 00:30:00,960
Speaker 2: point favorites, and then take care of business against Elon.

647
00:30:02,720 --> 00:30:06,440
Speaker 2: I think the number is around right. But you couldn't

648
00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,560
Speaker 2: get me to bet this over. You already got me

649
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:10,760
Speaker 2: to back Kansas over. Are you gonna try to get

650
00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 2: me to bet Vanderbilt over top five? Hard to schedule,

651
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:14,320
Speaker 2: by the way, doesn't.

652
00:30:14,000 --> 00:30:16,040
Speaker 3: Help well, Vanderbilt is going to be the best program

653
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:17,880
Speaker 3: in the nation if you ask Clark Lee.

654
00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:20,880
Speaker 2: We know that in time, Vannerbilt football will be the

655
00:30:20,880 --> 00:30:22,120
Speaker 2: best program in the country.

656
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:25,360
Speaker 3: But you're right, I don't know how they get to

657
00:30:25,440 --> 00:30:27,720
Speaker 3: three wins here. I do believe Hawaii is going to

658
00:30:27,760 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 3: be a win. I've already betted in the award winning

659
00:30:29,880 --> 00:30:32,040
Speaker 3: Action Network app. But there's gonna be a lot of

660
00:30:32,080 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 3: trading in that game. Six and a halves are gonna

661
00:30:33,920 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 3: get a lot of Vanderbilt money. Seven halves are gonna

662
00:30:35,640 --> 00:30:38,080
Speaker 3: get a lot of Hawaii money. But you know, at

663
00:30:38,120 --> 00:30:40,560
Speaker 3: least Vanderbilt's coming into year two with Clark Lee as

664
00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:44,360
Speaker 3: to where Hawaii is like, it's not starting from scratch.

665
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 3: There's just nothing to scratch. I mean there's nothing. Timmy

666
00:30:47,560 --> 00:30:50,320
Speaker 3: Chang has got a heck of a job in front

667
00:30:50,360 --> 00:30:52,440
Speaker 3: of him to try to get that team to do anything.

668
00:30:52,800 --> 00:30:54,640
Speaker 2: I'm looking at that over too. I imagine that. I

669
00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:58,960
Speaker 2: mean Hawaii's defense is they lost everything, everything possible they lost,

670
00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:02,280
Speaker 2: and I imagine that Vanderbilt, you know, will be able

671
00:31:02,320 --> 00:31:05,600
Speaker 2: to move the ball a bit, you would hope, and

672
00:31:05,640 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 2: then you know better, those defense can't get any pressure whatsoever.

673
00:31:08,640 --> 00:31:10,800
Speaker 2: And you would think that with with Chang, they're going

674
00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 2: to go. It's gonna be air raid, run and shoot,

675
00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:16,120
Speaker 2: and they're gonna go really fast, is my assumption. The

676
00:31:16,200 --> 00:31:19,880
Speaker 2: problem is that you could just see horrific execution in

677
00:31:19,920 --> 00:31:21,719
Speaker 2: this game from the offenses, like down on the red

678
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,720
Speaker 2: zone and bad mistake. So yeah, I'm looking at the

679
00:31:24,760 --> 00:31:27,479
Speaker 2: over at fifty five. But we'll see I find out

680
00:31:27,560 --> 00:31:28,040
Speaker 2: getting there.

681
00:31:28,280 --> 00:31:29,960
Speaker 3: And you know, I think they've already named Mike right

682
00:31:30,240 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 3: his quarterback and he can scoot, yeah, and he's going

683
00:31:32,360 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 3: to make some explosive plays. And then just in some

684
00:31:35,240 --> 00:31:37,120
Speaker 3: weird world, Vanderbilt does.

685
00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:37,520
Speaker 2: Have a big lead.

686
00:31:37,640 --> 00:31:40,920
Speaker 3: Kin Seals is you know, a very serviceable backup there

687
00:31:40,920 --> 00:31:43,720
Speaker 3: from a throwing the ball perspective, and they like to

688
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:45,960
Speaker 3: do a lot of quick game passing, right. That's trying

689
00:31:45,960 --> 00:31:47,800
Speaker 3: to cut down on the havoc allowed with the I

690
00:31:48,000 --> 00:31:50,640
Speaker 3: INT's and stuff like that by throwing real fast, and

691
00:31:51,280 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 3: you know it's a clerk le defense. He comes from

692
00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:56,240
Speaker 3: Notre Dame formally underneath Mike Elkos, So you're going to

693
00:31:56,280 --> 00:31:58,280
Speaker 3: see a lot of four to two five aggressive with

694
00:31:58,320 --> 00:32:02,120
Speaker 3: the blitz, dropping eight and passing down. So there's I

695
00:32:02,160 --> 00:32:04,560
Speaker 3: think a big coaching mismatch with that Hawaii game, which

696
00:32:04,600 --> 00:32:06,360
Speaker 3: is another reason that I hit it. But as far

697
00:32:06,400 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 3: as getting over know the win total. When you're going

698
00:32:09,440 --> 00:32:11,680
Speaker 3: to march into the cow Illinois and you're going to

699
00:32:11,720 --> 00:32:14,680
Speaker 3: be a seven point dog, maybe another maybe eight point

700
00:32:14,720 --> 00:32:17,600
Speaker 3: dog to Northern Illinois and you're an SEC team, you

701
00:32:17,840 --> 00:32:20,080
Speaker 3: got a tough schedule ahead of you. So no way,

702
00:32:20,160 --> 00:32:22,120
Speaker 3: no thanks, I'm betting on this win total.

703
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,360
Speaker 2: All right, It's time to bring in a personal friend

704
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:29,040
Speaker 2: of mine and one of the most well known people

705
00:32:29,520 --> 00:32:33,840
Speaker 2: in Lexington and on the streets of Kentucky, mister Drew

706
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,840
Speaker 2: Franklin Dree. Thanks for coming on. Excited to talk to

707
00:32:36,840 --> 00:32:39,360
Speaker 2: some Kentucky football with you, brother.

708
00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:42,520
Speaker 1: Of course, anything for you and the Action Network, and

709
00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,320
Speaker 1: I appreciate you throwing on some UK gear today.

710
00:32:45,640 --> 00:32:46,760
Speaker 2: Is that just because I'm here.

711
00:32:46,920 --> 00:32:48,840
Speaker 1: Is this an everyday things that you're a Lexingtonian?

712
00:32:49,040 --> 00:32:52,320
Speaker 2: It depends on if my wife is Max Madame or not.

713
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:53,960
Speaker 2: And I'm trying to get on our good side. But yeah,

714
00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:56,080
Speaker 2: maybe I'm trying to get on your good side a

715
00:32:56,080 --> 00:32:58,040
Speaker 2: little as well. But I'm an adopted Kentucky fan and

716
00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,600
Speaker 2: I try to tell everyone because that's not here now

717
00:33:00,600 --> 00:33:02,800
Speaker 2: that I've been here for a couple of years, just

718
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:05,600
Speaker 2: how big Kentucky basketball is. Yeah, I mean what everyone's

719
00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:07,840
Speaker 2: talking about. I talked to multiple people today about the

720
00:33:07,880 --> 00:33:11,960
Speaker 2: fact that Kentucky is in the Bahamas. You go to

721
00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:15,240
Speaker 2: Drew's Barcas Bar. I think you're having an event there,

722
00:33:15,320 --> 00:33:15,760
Speaker 2: right for it?

723
00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:19,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, giving away five hundred dollars at halftime of every game.

724
00:33:19,920 --> 00:33:22,200
Speaker 1: We're so it's excited to party. We're pretend like we're

725
00:33:22,200 --> 00:33:22,680
Speaker 1: at the beach.

726
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:24,760
Speaker 2: I can't wait to check that out as well. Well,

727
00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 2: let's move on to football, the more pressing topic for

728
00:33:28,600 --> 00:33:32,880
Speaker 2: most outside of Lexington. Kentucky football expectations. I think they

729
00:33:32,920 --> 00:33:35,240
Speaker 2: just came on the coach's phone number twenty one. This

730
00:33:35,320 --> 00:33:36,360
Speaker 2: is a team you got to give a lot of

731
00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:37,880
Speaker 2: credit to what Stuops has done. I think this is

732
00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 2: a team that won double digit games once between seventy

733
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:44,680
Speaker 2: eight and twenty eighteen, and they've done it twice since

734
00:33:45,120 --> 00:33:48,320
Speaker 2: twenty eighteen, including last year. There is a lot of change,

735
00:33:48,520 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 2: but you got Will Levis back. Let's start with I

736
00:33:51,080 --> 00:33:53,200
Speaker 2: think the biggest question that I have. I'm curious to

737
00:33:53,200 --> 00:33:54,800
Speaker 2: get your thoughts on it. It's kind of a two

738
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,560
Speaker 2: part question. New offensive coordinator, but he comes from the

739
00:33:57,560 --> 00:34:02,760
Speaker 2: Shanahan tree, right, a lot of the same teams philosophically similar,

740
00:34:03,040 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 2: So curious to get your thoughts on if you expect

741
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,640
Speaker 2: any change or growing pains in that aspect. But more importantly,

742
00:34:09,080 --> 00:34:12,080
Speaker 2: I would say the foundation of this Kentucky team as

743
00:34:12,120 --> 00:34:15,319
Speaker 2: a whole and their newfound success in recent seasons has

744
00:34:15,360 --> 00:34:17,919
Speaker 2: been the big blue wall and the offensive line, which

745
00:34:17,920 --> 00:34:20,720
Speaker 2: has just been so good. And there's a lot of turnover.

746
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:23,239
Speaker 2: You lose a couple guys to the NFL another and

747
00:34:23,239 --> 00:34:26,080
Speaker 2: then your left tackle Rosenthal w get up one sack

748
00:34:26,160 --> 00:34:27,520
Speaker 2: last year, and I don't think he's on an NFL

749
00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:29,279
Speaker 2: roster now, but I have a feeling he'll find his

750
00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:33,000
Speaker 2: way on to one. So first two part question, are

751
00:34:33,040 --> 00:34:35,680
Speaker 2: you concerned at all with the offensive coordinator? Change, and

752
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:38,920
Speaker 2: then more importantly, what are your thoughts on the offensive line.

753
00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:42,000
Speaker 1: I really like the higher and the players seem to

754
00:34:42,080 --> 00:34:44,719
Speaker 1: like the higher, but I mean, I admit there are

755
00:34:44,719 --> 00:34:48,239
Speaker 1: some concerns. Not really approven play caller, not a lot

756
00:34:48,239 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 1: of success success, especially at the college level, coming from

757
00:34:51,080 --> 00:34:51,600
Speaker 1: the NFL.

758
00:34:52,000 --> 00:34:53,000
Speaker 2: I do like that they.

759
00:34:52,960 --> 00:34:57,359
Speaker 1: Kept that Shanahan NFC West NFL system going, even though

760
00:34:57,400 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 1: with rich Skangarello, who they hired from the Four Honors,

761
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:03,880
Speaker 1: he's doing it a little differently and he's being very secretive.

762
00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:06,080
Speaker 1: I actually was just an interview with him this morning.

763
00:35:06,400 --> 00:35:08,680
Speaker 1: I mean, he is revealing nothing and bragging about how

764
00:35:08,680 --> 00:35:11,200
Speaker 1: he's revealing nothing because he doesn't want Florida in Week

765
00:35:11,239 --> 00:35:12,160
Speaker 1: two to know what's.

766
00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 2: Coming his way.

767
00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,680
Speaker 1: But having been to an open practice, we have a

768
00:35:15,680 --> 00:35:18,640
Speaker 1: full back. We got those back, not the quite Mike

769
00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:20,879
Speaker 1: Alstatt style, but he's worked that in. That's something Lean

770
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:24,320
Speaker 1: Cohen didn't do last year. And he's really really really

771
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:26,279
Speaker 1: looking at the tight ends, which is a very very

772
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 1: deep group. Again play calling, I say, it is a

773
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,839
Speaker 1: slight concern, but overall we're pretty excited to have him

774
00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:34,239
Speaker 1: with Kentucky and the players really like the system. Every day,

775
00:35:34,280 --> 00:35:36,600
Speaker 1: they're watching forty nine Ers film and then when we

776
00:35:36,600 --> 00:35:38,239
Speaker 1: get to talk to them, they're so excited. In like

777
00:35:38,280 --> 00:35:40,400
Speaker 1: our tight ends have been watching Kittle and you got

778
00:35:40,520 --> 00:35:42,880
Speaker 1: use check and we got receivers thinking they can be debo.

779
00:35:43,520 --> 00:35:45,880
Speaker 1: So at least keeping that NFL continuity is good and

780
00:35:46,160 --> 00:35:48,040
Speaker 1: we'll see how it translate on the field. But right

781
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,600
Speaker 1: now he's not revealing much offensive line obviously question marks.

782
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:55,480
Speaker 1: As you said, Darren Rosenthal was great last year LSU transfer.

783
00:35:56,320 --> 00:35:58,000
Speaker 1: The Falcons picked him up and then he kind of

784
00:35:58,000 --> 00:36:00,160
Speaker 1: disappeared from that roster. So I'm not sure we're I'll

785
00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:01,799
Speaker 1: end up, but I agree with you that he's a pro.

786
00:36:01,840 --> 00:36:04,360
Speaker 1: And then Darren Canard is another huge loss went the

787
00:36:04,440 --> 00:36:07,640
Speaker 1: NFL high draft pick those two tackle spots, you've got

788
00:36:07,640 --> 00:36:08,720
Speaker 1: some unproven talent.

789
00:36:09,520 --> 00:36:10,680
Speaker 2: Jeremy Flax is one of the guys.

790
00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:12,600
Speaker 1: I think he'll be okay, But overall the line I

791
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:15,080
Speaker 1: think will be a slight dip, but the culture is

792
00:36:15,120 --> 00:36:17,640
Speaker 1: still there. With Kenneth Horsey a veteran, and then I

793
00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:20,640
Speaker 1: think at center Eli Cox they're moving him over from guard.

794
00:36:20,840 --> 00:36:21,399
Speaker 2: He's a guy.

795
00:36:21,440 --> 00:36:25,200
Speaker 1: When Kentucky signed out of just outside Lexington, honestly we

796
00:36:25,239 --> 00:36:27,399
Speaker 1: thought it was like throwing a bone to the local kid.

797
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:29,640
Speaker 1: Did not expect him to be a major contributor, just

798
00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:32,080
Speaker 1: some depth. There are some buzz about him at center

799
00:36:32,120 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 1: filling in for Luke Fordner, who the Jacksonville Jaguars love,

800
00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:36,920
Speaker 1: and I think he's gonna be a name a lot

801
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:38,840
Speaker 1: of Cooper gonna know. And it's really helped out the

802
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:41,719
Speaker 1: higher Jack zach Yinzer, another forty nine ers guy. There

803
00:36:41,760 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 1: was this Gangarello. He was from that old Slarman Molde,

804
00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:47,240
Speaker 1: the Big Blue Wall, and that culture is still there.

805
00:36:47,560 --> 00:36:49,960
Speaker 1: Just the tackle spots a little inexperienced, so we won't

806
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,200
Speaker 1: know until they really start playing their inside. I think

807
00:36:52,200 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: they're good.

808
00:36:53,560 --> 00:36:56,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you mentioned, you know week two Florida. There's

809
00:36:56,600 --> 00:37:00,399
Speaker 2: a lot of change with the Kentucky offense. And it's

810
00:37:00,440 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 2: not like they have a luxury. You know, Mia Ohio

811
00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:05,800
Speaker 2: is not no cakewalk either. I mean they're twenty point favorites,

812
00:37:05,840 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 2: but you know, they have a really good quarterback and

813
00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,400
Speaker 2: it's not like Kentucky as a luxury of like three,

814
00:37:10,680 --> 00:37:13,200
Speaker 2: you know, an FCS opponent and then New Mexico State

815
00:37:13,280 --> 00:37:16,359
Speaker 2: and they have Florida week two. So two questions I

816
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,000
Speaker 2: have to round out the offense. I'm sure you're going

817
00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:20,640
Speaker 2: to say you have nothing for me. But the big

818
00:37:20,719 --> 00:37:23,279
Speaker 2: question is with Chris R. There are too mouch talented

819
00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:25,879
Speaker 2: players in the offense outside of quarterback. Last year where

820
00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:29,040
Speaker 2: Wandell Robinson, who's gone. At receiver, he was number one

821
00:37:29,040 --> 00:37:32,760
Speaker 2: in the nation as far as yeah, responsible for explosive players,

822
00:37:33,560 --> 00:37:37,000
Speaker 2: responsible for forty three percent of the explosive pass place

823
00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:40,600
Speaker 2: for Kentucky. He's gone. There's still some talent that I

824
00:37:40,600 --> 00:37:42,400
Speaker 2: know a lot of people in Luxebner are excited about.

825
00:37:42,400 --> 00:37:45,120
Speaker 2: But you have to replace him now in the NFL.

826
00:37:45,200 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 2: And then Rodriguez, this Kentucky star back. His status has

827
00:37:49,520 --> 00:37:52,359
Speaker 2: been a topic of conversation all summer. I know they

828
00:37:52,360 --> 00:37:56,400
Speaker 2: brought in some depth help with the JUCO ramon Jefferson,

829
00:37:56,440 --> 00:38:00,920
Speaker 2: but any update on Rodriguez is practicing, I believe, but

830
00:38:01,200 --> 00:38:05,080
Speaker 2: it's just just hushes the word so far. Yeah, I mean,

831
00:38:05,120 --> 00:38:06,360
Speaker 2: that's the million dollar question.

832
00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,319
Speaker 1: I can't go to the grocery without the lady ringing

833
00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:12,480
Speaker 1: up my groceries asking me about Chris Rodriguez. Having been

834
00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:14,640
Speaker 1: at the facility a few times, he's a full participant.

835
00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,680
Speaker 1: I think we'll see him in some form First, they

836
00:38:17,680 --> 00:38:21,680
Speaker 1: have to address he an offseason d why. I think

837
00:38:21,719 --> 00:38:23,520
Speaker 1: we can assume that'll be at least a game, but

838
00:38:23,560 --> 00:38:25,839
Speaker 1: Mark Stoops has not said anything about that. And then

839
00:38:25,840 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: there's a second matter that resurfaced in the summer. I

840
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,040
Speaker 1: have a pretty good idea of what that is, but

841
00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 1: it's it's pretty hush. It's not something you know. I mean,

842
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,040
Speaker 1: Dui is obviously awful. It's not something that makes him

843
00:38:36,040 --> 00:38:38,360
Speaker 1: a bad person or anything. It's just a really unique situation.

844
00:38:38,520 --> 00:38:40,600
Speaker 1: I don't know if they will sit him out for

845
00:38:40,680 --> 00:38:43,880
Speaker 1: it or play him. Stoops has been asked many times,

846
00:38:43,920 --> 00:38:46,759
Speaker 1: we get a no comment every time. I think what

847
00:38:46,880 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 1: it boils down to it that Florida game is so important.

848
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:52,719
Speaker 1: I mean, it's sec football. I think he'll play, but

849
00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:54,680
Speaker 1: it's it's a big mystery right now, and there's not

850
00:38:54,760 --> 00:38:56,480
Speaker 1: a lot of people wanted to talk about it, so

851
00:38:56,920 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 1: we'll find out. I think he will miss that first game,

852
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:01,799
Speaker 1: as you said, Miami Ohio was tough on. But I

853
00:39:01,800 --> 00:39:06,240
Speaker 1: don't see Mark Stoops sitting him out at Florida.

854
00:39:06,360 --> 00:39:09,279
Speaker 2: Maybe Stoops says it's a two game suspension, but he's

855
00:39:09,320 --> 00:39:12,520
Speaker 2: only suspended for the two MAC games and plays Week

856
00:39:12,560 --> 00:39:13,719
Speaker 2: two listen.

857
00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:17,000
Speaker 1: I'm I'm a big homer. I think really punishing him

858
00:39:17,000 --> 00:39:18,840
Speaker 1: all the non conference games except Louisville would be a

859
00:39:18,880 --> 00:39:21,000
Speaker 1: great way to hit him. I'll throw that out there,

860
00:39:21,440 --> 00:39:24,000
Speaker 1: but it could be as many as four. I don't

861
00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:26,279
Speaker 1: think it'll be any past four, but it is a

862
00:39:26,360 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 1: very unique situation. Then I'll come to the light eventually

863
00:39:28,480 --> 00:39:30,320
Speaker 1: and Stoops will have to put something out there and

864
00:39:30,360 --> 00:39:31,200
Speaker 1: the clock sticking on that.

865
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:33,279
Speaker 2: You asked about receivers too.

866
00:39:33,760 --> 00:39:37,640
Speaker 1: Wandel Robinson is a player unlike anything we've really seen

867
00:39:37,680 --> 00:39:40,520
Speaker 1: around Kentucky. I mean, every five years we might get

868
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:44,319
Speaker 1: a Randall Cobb or something. But the way Levis was

869
00:39:44,360 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 1: just able to single him out last year when the

870
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 1: receiver room didn't really help around Robinson. In that Citrus

871
00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:52,319
Speaker 1: Bowl game where that last drive, I mean everyone on

872
00:39:52,400 --> 00:39:54,840
Speaker 1: IOWA was defense, a top ten defense. I know it

873
00:39:54,880 --> 00:39:57,239
Speaker 1: was going to Robinson and he still went the leak

874
00:39:57,320 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 1: to the field making plays. That is going to be

875
00:40:00,040 --> 00:40:03,280
Speaker 1: impossible to replace, but they have a lot of young talent.

876
00:40:03,600 --> 00:40:06,120
Speaker 1: Barrion Brown is a four star receiver who's walking around

877
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:08,799
Speaker 1: like he should already be in the NFL. Dan Key

878
00:40:08,920 --> 00:40:11,120
Speaker 1: is a freshman who's going to start there's a lot

879
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:13,760
Speaker 1: of swagger there because they've recruited a new type of athlete.

880
00:40:13,760 --> 00:40:15,520
Speaker 1: But another of these guys have been on the field yet,

881
00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:18,879
Speaker 1: Tavon Robinson for Virginia Tech, another big name is kind

882
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:20,759
Speaker 1: of the new Robinson on the team, but I don't

883
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 1: think it's fair to put one Dell expectations on him.

884
00:40:23,160 --> 00:40:25,520
Speaker 1: So collectively, it's a big group there. No one's a

885
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:26,319
Speaker 1: one doll in there.

886
00:40:27,120 --> 00:40:30,320
Speaker 2: Yep. Moving on to the defense, you know they lose

887
00:40:30,600 --> 00:40:35,480
Speaker 2: some key pieces McCall their defensive tackle, you lose use

888
00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:38,839
Speaker 2: of Cook Corker at safety, there's and then you know,

889
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:41,759
Speaker 2: linebacker looks really solid for the Kentucky defense, but there's

890
00:40:41,760 --> 00:40:44,760
Speaker 2: some pascal obviously at defensive ends. You lost some talent

891
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:47,839
Speaker 2: to the NFL. The defense has generally been solid the past.

892
00:40:47,880 --> 00:40:50,560
Speaker 2: Defense took a step back last year, but they were

893
00:40:50,560 --> 00:40:52,880
Speaker 2: really unlucky in turnovers across the board. So if you're

894
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:54,680
Speaker 2: a Kentucky fan, that's one thing that you're hoping for

895
00:40:54,719 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 2: this year. It's better turnover lock. I mean, just if

896
00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:00,680
Speaker 2: you look at like past deflections to interception and their

897
00:41:00,680 --> 00:41:03,879
Speaker 2: turnover margin, there's a good chance that they might get

898
00:41:03,920 --> 00:41:05,840
Speaker 2: positive regression in that aspect, but they do have to

899
00:41:05,840 --> 00:41:08,640
Speaker 2: replace some key pieces. What are you most concerned about

900
00:41:09,120 --> 00:41:11,640
Speaker 2: on the defense and do you think we'll see a

901
00:41:11,719 --> 00:41:13,279
Speaker 2: dip or an improve in the past defense. What are

902
00:41:13,239 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 2: your overall thoughts there?

903
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:18,720
Speaker 1: A week ago I would have quickly replied cornerback because

904
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,040
Speaker 1: I mean last year that I think held them back

905
00:41:21,040 --> 00:41:23,760
Speaker 1: from being even better. They were really weak at that spot.

906
00:41:24,160 --> 00:41:27,480
Speaker 1: They added a lot of pieces and then the one returner,

907
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:30,680
Speaker 1: the one experienced player, Carrington Valentine. He looked like a

908
00:41:30,680 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: different human in the open practice last Saturday. I have

909
00:41:33,200 --> 00:41:35,919
Speaker 1: new confidence in him. And they added an old miss

910
00:41:35,960 --> 00:41:39,040
Speaker 1: transfer some new bodies there. It's still a big concern,

911
00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,360
Speaker 1: but not as concerning the nickel spot, which is a

912
00:41:42,880 --> 00:41:45,040
Speaker 1: position Stoops really likes to use. They had a great

913
00:41:45,040 --> 00:41:48,080
Speaker 1: player in Veto Tisdale. He's out for me right yeah,

914
00:41:48,120 --> 00:41:49,799
Speaker 1: and he's a rocket. He's the type of guy that's

915
00:41:49,840 --> 00:41:51,520
Speaker 1: looking to knock someone's head off. A lot of fun

916
00:41:51,560 --> 00:41:53,400
Speaker 1: to watch out for the year. And then they thought

917
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:57,160
Speaker 1: Joel Williams could replace him, and he just transferred last week.

918
00:41:57,480 --> 00:42:00,360
Speaker 1: So Nichols a big question mark. But overall the defense,

919
00:42:00,400 --> 00:42:03,560
Speaker 1: as you said, that linebacking group they have so many dogs.

920
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:05,120
Speaker 1: I don't know how they're gonna play them all. I

921
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:07,759
Speaker 1: think it'll be one of the top two three linebacking

922
00:42:07,760 --> 00:42:11,680
Speaker 1: corps in the SEC. Lots of veterans, lots of star power,

923
00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:14,520
Speaker 1: defensive lines. Young, but I think there's a bright future.

924
00:42:14,560 --> 00:42:17,680
Speaker 1: But I think the secondary will determine what that defense does,

925
00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,320
Speaker 1: specifically the new cornerbacks and how they fill that nickel spot.

926
00:42:21,000 --> 00:42:24,120
Speaker 2: Yeah, well, hopefully at Florida, doesn't you know, Anthony Richardson

927
00:42:24,160 --> 00:42:28,439
Speaker 2: has had accuracy issues and hopefully that you know, they can.

928
00:42:28,840 --> 00:42:31,480
Speaker 2: They'll need some time to gel with some new pieces around,

929
00:42:32,719 --> 00:42:34,840
Speaker 2: but that's definitely gonna be an important game on the

930
00:42:34,920 --> 00:42:37,720
Speaker 2: Kentucky schedule with you know, some new pieces on defense,

931
00:42:38,320 --> 00:42:42,400
Speaker 2: if new pieces on offense, new coordinator. You mentioned how

932
00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:44,200
Speaker 2: important that game is. It probably like sets the tone

933
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:48,120
Speaker 2: for the entire Kentucky season. The win total sitting around

934
00:42:48,239 --> 00:42:51,160
Speaker 2: seven and a half eight, you know, maybe it comes

935
00:42:51,200 --> 00:42:53,880
Speaker 2: down to that game and then Louisville at the end

936
00:42:53,920 --> 00:42:57,920
Speaker 2: of the year they do host Georgia. Are you dreaming

937
00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:03,120
Speaker 2: big with an SEC SEC Division title? Though I was

938
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:05,080
Speaker 2: about to say SEC title. I don't think anyone's beating

939
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:08,600
Speaker 2: Alabama this year. Are you dreaming big with a division title?

940
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:11,080
Speaker 2: What is the kind of the ceiling for this team?

941
00:43:11,120 --> 00:43:13,560
Speaker 2: And I assume you're you're gonna tell me that people

942
00:43:13,600 --> 00:43:15,080
Speaker 2: should bet the over on the window.

943
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:18,160
Speaker 1: Actually I might surprise you on that. But as far

944
00:43:18,200 --> 00:43:20,440
Speaker 1: as the Georgia game, we were dreaming dreams we've never

945
00:43:20,520 --> 00:43:23,760
Speaker 1: dreamt before. Here we realize it's still a long shot,

946
00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:25,880
Speaker 1: but I think this is the first year you can

947
00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:29,160
Speaker 1: actually had that conversation. Last year was Kentucky. Kentucky was

948
00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:32,120
Speaker 1: pretty optimistic going down there, but also Georgia had the

949
00:43:32,280 --> 00:43:34,880
Speaker 1: eighty five Bears on defense and it was at Athens.

950
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 2: This year is still gonna be a big underdog. But

951
00:43:38,080 --> 00:43:39,440
Speaker 2: if they've played.

952
00:43:39,160 --> 00:43:41,560
Speaker 1: Well up to that point, I mean, it's not impossible

953
00:43:41,560 --> 00:43:44,160
Speaker 1: that they're undefeated when that game comes to town. I

954
00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:47,480
Speaker 1: mean that's something UK fans have never really experienced a

955
00:43:47,520 --> 00:43:51,880
Speaker 1: few years ago, the Josh Allen year, another Citrus Bowl victory.

956
00:43:51,880 --> 00:43:53,560
Speaker 1: The record was good when Georgia came to town, but

957
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:55,879
Speaker 1: it didn't have quite the implications that it would this year.

958
00:43:56,360 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 1: So that's something fans are talking about a lot. We

959
00:43:58,480 --> 00:44:01,200
Speaker 1: put a poll out recently, you know, this is basketball school,

960
00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:03,800
Speaker 1: and it was are you more excited about football or basketball,

961
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:07,000
Speaker 1: and it was ninety percent football, which is unheard of

962
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 1: in Lexington. And it's all around that Georgia game. As

963
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:12,640
Speaker 1: you said, Florida Week two I think can really decide

964
00:44:12,640 --> 00:44:16,000
Speaker 1: it because they have non conference home and then two

965
00:44:16,040 --> 00:44:19,040
Speaker 1: non conference games after Florida. So that's the difference between

966
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:20,839
Speaker 1: three and one and four and oh going into Ole

967
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:24,200
Speaker 1: Miss Ole miss another winnable game. I mean, Kentucky could

968
00:44:24,200 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 1: be five and oh before playing their first first home

969
00:44:26,680 --> 00:44:28,719
Speaker 1: SEC game. So I really think what happens in games

970
00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:29,759
Speaker 1: Zille is going to set the tone.

971
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:32,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, and you hope they don't just every once in

972
00:44:32,320 --> 00:44:34,320
Speaker 2: a while to talk to have a really head scratching

973
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:36,800
Speaker 2: home game. You hope that doesn't come the fushing against

974
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:40,320
Speaker 2: like Maia, Ohio or Northern Illinois like almost that Chattanooga

975
00:44:40,400 --> 00:44:45,560
Speaker 2: scare last year, which was that got pretty scary. But yeah,

976
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:47,920
Speaker 2: the good thing I really think I love about that

977
00:44:47,960 --> 00:44:50,480
Speaker 2: game because there's going to be so much buzz, you know,

978
00:44:50,480 --> 00:44:52,719
Speaker 2: as long as Kentucky doesn't have a super disappointing season,

979
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:54,120
Speaker 2: especially through out the FEEDA. But the one thing I

980
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:56,920
Speaker 2: really like about their schedule is they play Vandy at

981
00:44:56,920 --> 00:44:59,919
Speaker 2: home the week before, like they're not at South Carol

982
00:45:00,120 --> 00:45:04,840
Speaker 2: Line or you know, they're not playing someone that's they're

983
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:07,239
Speaker 2: at home and a game that they should easily win

984
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:09,400
Speaker 2: in not Giet. They might not cover, but they might not.

985
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:11,480
Speaker 2: They're not gonna get caught like looking ahead and drop

986
00:45:11,520 --> 00:45:15,560
Speaker 2: that game. I don't think at least fingers crossed. All right,

987
00:45:15,600 --> 00:45:19,839
Speaker 2: So final, who do you think? Of my final questions?

988
00:45:19,840 --> 00:45:21,560
Speaker 2: Who do you think ends up winning the division? Got

989
00:45:21,600 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 2: to your head right now? I mean Georgia.

990
00:45:24,400 --> 00:45:28,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, we're dreaming, and I you know, I've had visions

991
00:45:28,480 --> 00:45:30,880
Speaker 1: of you know, storming that field and everybody coming to

992
00:45:30,880 --> 00:45:33,320
Speaker 1: our bar down the street, and Kentucky's going to Atlanta,

993
00:45:33,360 --> 00:45:35,319
Speaker 1: and I've joked about I our booked my rooms. But

994
00:45:35,360 --> 00:45:38,279
Speaker 1: Georgia is still Georgia. Kentucky's closer than they've ever been.

995
00:45:38,880 --> 00:45:41,239
Speaker 1: They were just picked second in the SEC East for

996
00:45:41,360 --> 00:45:43,920
Speaker 1: maybe at the first time ever. They're ranked in the

997
00:45:43,920 --> 00:45:46,440
Speaker 1: coaches poll for the first time ever. This really is

998
00:45:46,600 --> 00:45:49,160
Speaker 1: uncharted territory for Kentucky. It's just no matter what they're

999
00:45:49,160 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 1: going to do with it. This under mark stoops. They've

1000
00:45:51,200 --> 00:45:53,360
Speaker 1: been so good to be in the underdog most of

1001
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:55,880
Speaker 1: the years. I think, hell, well, the last five. I

1002
00:45:55,920 --> 00:45:57,719
Speaker 1: think the win totals have gone over and gone to

1003
00:45:57,760 --> 00:46:00,560
Speaker 1: bowl games they didn't expect. But now everyone's speaking highly

1004
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:02,520
Speaker 1: of them. They're voted second. This is new territory. How

1005
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:04,799
Speaker 1: they react, So we'll see how it all goes. But

1006
00:46:04,840 --> 00:46:08,000
Speaker 1: it's exciting times here in Lexton. I just we're trying

1007
00:46:08,000 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 1: not to get too excited because that program has been

1008
00:46:09,760 --> 00:46:11,200
Speaker 1: known to let us down at toimes that they're in

1009
00:46:11,239 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 1: good shape heading into the year. I'm not kidding when

1010
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,160
Speaker 1: I say there's people that would rather just beat Georgia

1011
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:18,360
Speaker 1: than go to Final four. And basketball we've been to

1012
00:46:18,400 --> 00:46:20,239
Speaker 1: Final Four's got a couple of those. We want to

1013
00:46:20,280 --> 00:46:22,799
Speaker 1: keep doing that. But football has never done this ever,

1014
00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:24,640
Speaker 1: ever ever where they are right now, and if they

1015
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:27,280
Speaker 1: can take it one step farther, it'll be unlike anything

1016
00:46:27,280 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: we've seen in Lexton. Get the couches out, we're burning them.

1017
00:46:30,120 --> 00:46:32,640
Speaker 1: I might even get a tear drop tattoo for uga.

1018
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:34,160
Speaker 1: I mean that's how excited we'll be.

1019
00:46:34,520 --> 00:46:37,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, it'll be quite a party. I remember last year

1020
00:46:37,239 --> 00:46:39,840
Speaker 2: just cheering weird house down at Stagger. We went crazy

1021
00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:42,680
Speaker 2: when Kentucky punched in it at the end. Take all

1022
00:46:42,719 --> 00:46:46,000
Speaker 2: the time out shout out to soups to cover we

1023
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:48,480
Speaker 2: were going out there, so I can't imagine a victory.

1024
00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:50,799
Speaker 2: Look the silver lining out all this is there's some

1025
00:46:50,840 --> 00:46:53,320
Speaker 2: cupcakes on the schedule. None of them are named Saint Peter's.

1026
00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:56,799
Speaker 2: So hopefully it's good things ahead for Kentucky. Appreciate you

1027
00:46:56,840 --> 00:46:58,120
Speaker 2: as always, go cats.

1028
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:00,640
Speaker 1: Yeah, looking forward to all your all's content. You helped

1029
00:47:00,640 --> 00:47:02,520
Speaker 1: me throughout the year, try to stay in the green.

1030
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:05,480
Speaker 1: So I'm excited for everything coming from action this small.

1031
00:47:05,560 --> 00:47:09,320
Speaker 2: All right, brother, see man, all right, thanks Drew as always,

1032
00:47:09,560 --> 00:47:12,520
Speaker 2: if you're ever in Lexington, more than welcome to come

1033
00:47:12,600 --> 00:47:14,600
Speaker 2: stop by here at my house and you want to

1034
00:47:14,680 --> 00:47:17,080
Speaker 2: check out Stagger in downtown and then also okas bar

1035
00:47:17,480 --> 00:47:21,480
Speaker 2: you can find Drew Franklin on Twitter, and always check

1036
00:47:21,520 --> 00:47:24,080
Speaker 2: out Kentucky Sports Radio. All right, before we get out

1037
00:47:24,080 --> 00:47:27,359
Speaker 2: of here, Colin quickly favorite future and win total from

1038
00:47:27,360 --> 00:47:31,120
Speaker 2: the sec East I'll start It's Kentucky under Sorry Drew,

1039
00:47:31,320 --> 00:47:35,000
Speaker 2: sorry all my friends, family, Sorry to my dog. But yeah,

1040
00:47:35,080 --> 00:47:37,920
Speaker 2: I'm I think this Kentucky team has more questions and answers.

1041
00:47:37,960 --> 00:47:41,080
Speaker 2: I show some value in the number. Also, there's expectation

1042
00:47:41,520 --> 00:47:43,920
Speaker 2: on this team now, and that's something that Kentucky is

1043
00:47:43,960 --> 00:47:46,160
Speaker 2: not used to dealing with the offensive line is my

1044
00:47:46,200 --> 00:47:48,759
Speaker 2: biggest concern. That's something that's been a constant at Kentucky.

1045
00:47:49,120 --> 00:47:52,960
Speaker 2: My favorite future from the SEC East. I guess it's

1046
00:47:52,960 --> 00:47:54,440
Speaker 2: the only one I bets I'll throw out is just

1047
00:47:55,239 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 2: a dark Some couts change on Tennessee. The hope is

1048
00:47:58,640 --> 00:48:02,360
Speaker 2: that the defense would improve. You steal the game in Athens, Colin.

1049
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,040
Speaker 3: Yeah, as much as you're trying to goat me into

1050
00:48:05,239 --> 00:48:07,160
Speaker 3: a Tennessee under, I'm going to pass on that and

1051
00:48:07,200 --> 00:48:10,239
Speaker 3: I'll go with a Florida under. No chakra there. But

1052
00:48:10,320 --> 00:48:14,479
Speaker 3: it's not like, yeah, not a personal bias against mister

1053
00:48:14,520 --> 00:48:18,360
Speaker 3: Billy Uh not Gillespie. No, there's just a you know,

1054
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:20,560
Speaker 3: it's a young coach in the SEC with a young

1055
00:48:20,640 --> 00:48:22,920
Speaker 3: team with a young quarterback and not a lot of

1056
00:48:22,960 --> 00:48:26,000
Speaker 3: proven experience on both sides of the ball. Big task

1057
00:48:26,080 --> 00:48:29,440
Speaker 3: to ask these guys on defense to come back, you know,

1058
00:48:29,520 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 3: from the from a line yards perspective, from a coverage perspective,

1059
00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:34,520
Speaker 3: to the fact that they couldn't get any pressure at

1060
00:48:34,520 --> 00:48:36,640
Speaker 3: any time. Uh, this is going to be a problem

1061
00:48:36,680 --> 00:48:39,360
Speaker 3: to the SEC. And the schedule does them absolutely no

1062
00:48:39,520 --> 00:48:41,720
Speaker 3: favors A bye week in the middle of the schedule,

1063
00:48:41,719 --> 00:48:44,360
Speaker 3: and then after that it's like a complete road show.

1064
00:48:44,920 --> 00:48:47,640
Speaker 3: Not a lot of easy victories on this schedule whatsoever.

1065
00:48:47,680 --> 00:48:50,799
Speaker 3: And with a new coach in his first year this

1066
00:48:51,000 --> 00:48:54,480
Speaker 3: you know, the Dan Mullen Todd Grantham era is now

1067
00:48:54,480 --> 00:48:57,200
Speaker 3: an end and we've got completely different schemes and a

1068
00:48:57,239 --> 00:48:59,279
Speaker 3: different culture there, and I think that's going to take

1069
00:48:59,280 --> 00:49:02,920
Speaker 3: time to put in. So gamme under on Florida, I

1070
00:49:02,920 --> 00:49:04,640
Speaker 3: haven't had marked at six, so I played it all

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Speaker 3: the way down to that.

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Speaker 2: All right, that'll do it for us. Thanks as always

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Speaker 2: to Colin and thanks to Drew again for joining us.

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Speaker 2: It's time for us to go. Get ready to do

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Speaker 2: the sec West Betting preview. It's a NonStop here, but

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Speaker 2: thanks of course to you guys for tuning in and

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Speaker 2: everyone on the back end who makes this podcast possible.

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Speaker 2: Matt Mitchell, our producer, all Or Video team of course

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Speaker 2: as well. Make sure you subscribe, unsubscribe, subscribe, leave a review,

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Speaker 2: five star review. They really help us out, especially now

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Speaker 2: that we're getting back going. Our producer, Matt Mitchell, why

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Speaker 2: don't you list a couple of names for some of

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Speaker 2: the giveaways.

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Speaker 5: I've selected five winners who have left five star reviews

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Speaker 5: on Apple Podcasts for BBOC. Thank you to each and

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Speaker 5: every reviewer. I'll be pulling a number of reviews on

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Speaker 5: every episode through week one, so please continue the positive reviews.

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Speaker 5: You will have your choice between an Action Network or

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Speaker 5: a one year Action Pro subscription on the Action app.

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Speaker 5: First review is from go kats O seven. It is

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Speaker 5: Will Levis for Heisman, making fun of Brett liking Stetson

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Speaker 5: Bennett for Heisman.

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Speaker 2: The next reviewer is.

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Speaker 5: Haha III R n N in a Bunch of Nonsense

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Speaker 5: It's best College Football podcast, also making fun of Brett

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Speaker 5: for liking Stetson Bennett. Next one is from a Random

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Speaker 5: Raider Stuck is the Man. Our fourth is Oki Red

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Speaker 5: Raider review was the best and finally reviewer going to

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Speaker 5: play every day with a review titled my ears have

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Speaker 5: missed this. Thank you as well. You are our final

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Speaker 5: recipient this week. All of you guys can email me

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Speaker 5: personally at Podcasts Plural Podcasts at Actionnetwork dot com, or

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Speaker 5: dm me on Twitter at old Boy Uncle Mitch. Thanks

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Speaker 5: for listening and we'll see you next episode for even

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Speaker 5: more or giveaways.

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Speaker 2: Thanks again for tuning in. We'll catch you all later. Cheers,

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Speaker 2: peace out,