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Speaker 1: Welcome to the solid verbal ull.

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Speaker 2: For me, I'm a man, I'm forty.

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Speaker 1: I've heard so many players say, well, I want to

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Speaker 1: be happy. You want to be happy for day Edo

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Speaker 1: state is that whoo whoom and Dan and tie Dan Rubinstein,

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Speaker 1: I want you to hold up one finger there. It

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Speaker 1: is one figure. Wherever you are in the verbowler hood

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Speaker 1: out there, hold up one finger. Because we got one

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Speaker 1: big preview episode left. Mister Rubinstein gonna run hard through

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Speaker 1: the tape today, my friend. We've got the SEC Part

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Speaker 1: three incoming imminent the next sixty minutes or so. We've

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Speaker 1: got eight teams, eight more teams to discuss.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back. How are you? I'm great, Thank you very much.

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Speaker 2: One conference preview because we are also doing Notre Dame

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Speaker 2: and signing the U Constitution. Right, We've got one episode

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Speaker 2: left of previewing teams that's going to be a part

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Speaker 2: of a larger episode. But we're not leaving out Notre Dame.

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Speaker 2: Should have been within the ACC episode this whole time.

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Speaker 2: I disagree. I disagree. I like this.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna try this approach instead.

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Speaker 2: Here's what I was thinking about, because I just took

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Speaker 2: a shower. If you're watching this on YouTube dot com

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Speaker 2: slash Solid Verbal. You'll notice I have a particularly clean

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Speaker 2: sheen to me. I do all my best thinking in

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Speaker 2: the shower. I clean my beautiful body, and I move

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Speaker 2: forward with my life. So I was thinking about college,

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Speaker 2: tie and think about going away to college. This is

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Speaker 2: good Blink song. By the way. This is a college

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Speaker 2: football show, and there is something central to college. Right.

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Speaker 2: A lot of times people are moving. They're not going

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Speaker 2: to college in your hometown. But even more important, you're

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Speaker 2: going to college. And whatever you used to be, you

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Speaker 2: didn't necessarily have to be anymore, right if you were

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Speaker 2: super into sports. But you're like, I'm past that part

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Speaker 2: of my life. I'm getting into art. I'm getting into

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Speaker 2: the cello, I'm getting into literature. Whatever you can change that.

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Speaker 2: I change my name from Danny to Dan. I was

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Speaker 2: gonna say you were a Danny, you became a Dan.

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Speaker 2: I became a Dan first day, and there's something great

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Speaker 2: about that. Obviously, there's a lot of movement in college football.

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Speaker 2: And what you were at Washburn College doesn't mean that

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Speaker 2: you're that at your next stop. What you were at

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Speaker 2: Fresno State doesn't mean that's what you are at Minnesota

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Speaker 2: doesn't mean that's what you are at Texas Tech. I

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Speaker 2: can appreciate that even though the SEC is where it

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Speaker 2: just means more, where it does matter, right, everything matters.

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Speaker 2: My central thesis for this episode, given the teams we're

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Speaker 2: talking about, given the struggles that some of these teams

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Speaker 2: or the successes that some of these teams had last year,

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Speaker 2: I think we can just sort of leave it in

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Speaker 2: the past and to quote your boy Justin or JC

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Speaker 2: or Chris or Joey or Lancett, there is something very

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Speaker 2: specific about these teams that you figure out your offense

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Speaker 2: this year. Finally, Oklahoma, but you got that schedule. If

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Speaker 2: it's not good enough, right Arkansas, You ended on a

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Speaker 2: bang last year in that Bowl game, Taylor Green huge,

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Speaker 2: But then everybody leaves, make new hires, bringing a bunch

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Speaker 2: of transfers. So last year in a lot of ways

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Speaker 2: for all of these teams, right Auburn. Look at Peyton Thorn,

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Speaker 2: some of the issues in the passing game for Auburn,

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Speaker 2: some of the issues that Hugh Freeze had after the

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Speaker 2: games where he's just throwing his own players under the bus.

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Speaker 2: It's a new year, there are new transfers, and you

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Speaker 2: know what if it's the same old story for Auburn

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Speaker 2: that as it relates to the transfers't I can't wait

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Speaker 2: to talk about these teams because never in our preview

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Speaker 2: season this year have we been faced with a grouping

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Speaker 2: of programs that could go in so many different horrendous

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Speaker 2: or spectacular directions. So what's the lesson in all of

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Speaker 2: this tie? The lesson here is doesn't matter if your

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Speaker 2: offense is good, doesn't matter if your defense is good.

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Speaker 2: All that matters is that with the schedules ahead, with

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Speaker 2: the pressures ahead, in this conference, doesn't matter if you're

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Speaker 1: Wow, that is an old fashioned, vintage Dan Rubinstein preamble.

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Speaker 2: Thank you very much, Thank you very much. A lot

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Speaker 2: a lot on the line here.

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Speaker 1: You're getting warmed up for the regular season. Well, what

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Speaker 1: we've got, Yeah, as you said, eight teams in front

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Speaker 1: of us Tennessee, Texas, A and M, South Carolina, Florida, Auburn, Oklahoma, Arkansas,

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Speaker 1: and Vanderbilt. We can decide on the order here momentarily.

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Speaker 1: S dot com. Dan agree, I am excited for this episode,

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Speaker 1: really excited for this episode for all the reasons that

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Speaker 1: you went through in your wonderful preamble.

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Speaker 2: I mentioned South Carolina, I didn mentioned Vanderbilt. Oh, there's

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Speaker 2: so much wildcard potential.

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Speaker 1: There is so much wildcard potential in this crop of

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Speaker 1: eight teams that I almost cannot wait to get started?

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Speaker 2: Where do you want to get started? Which?

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Speaker 1: Which of these teams do you find it would be

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Speaker 1: the best leadoff hitter on this episode a Florida Gators Artigators. Yeah, okay,

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Speaker 1: let's do.

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Speaker 2: You're wearing that that royal blue shade right now as

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Speaker 2: we speak, So it felt right.

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Speaker 1: Florida went eight and five a year ago, they're over

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Speaker 1: and under this year is seven and a half wins

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Speaker 1: finish Strong had a four game win streak to close

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Speaker 1: out the year that included upsets over LSU and Ole Miss,

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Speaker 1: plus they won the Bowl game over two Lane. You

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Speaker 1: have to start any Florida preview this year by calling

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Speaker 1: out the schedule, and I'm sorry to do it because

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Speaker 1: I know it's not necessarily a team preview, but it

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Speaker 1: is a season preview in that this is easily one

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Speaker 1: of the hardest schedules in the country, full stop.

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Speaker 2: Correct.

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Speaker 1: You know everybody grades schedules a little bit differently, There

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Speaker 1: is not much debate on this topic with regards to Florida.

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Speaker 1: The schedule is murder.

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Speaker 1: So with that is a starting point. My big question,

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Speaker 1: me is the big central question, the whole theme of

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Speaker 1: this Florida season, and it does revolve around DJ Lagway.

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Speaker 2: Now we can talk about the health.

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Speaker 1: Concern concerns, excuse me and all that, but that in

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Speaker 1: and of itself, I think, is where you have to

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Speaker 2: That's, by the way, on the Florida broadcast in Barcelona.

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Speaker 2: The health concerned, the health yeah, continue.

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Speaker 1: No, I wanted to start there. So it's like it's

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Speaker 1: a really good situation at Florida. I think we're finally

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Speaker 1: starting to see the payoff after a few really hard

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Speaker 1: years for Billy Napier, but good recruiting. This roster is

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Speaker 1: like eighty percent homegrown guys. I talked to Gator Dave

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Speaker 1: it's amazing how finding your guy in DJ Lagway can

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Speaker 1: change the narrative around a program. And it's clear that

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Speaker 1: he's been one of the big selling points in the

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Speaker 1: play in Gainesville. So the upside with him is evident. Yes,

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Speaker 1: six and zero last season in games that he both

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Speaker 1: didn't finish and they lost that one. I think that

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Speaker 1: was a Georgia game. Throws a great deep ball, maybe

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Speaker 1: the highest ceiling of any quarterback in college football right now.

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Speaker 1: But he's young. He's young, just a freshman. Bill connell

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Speaker 1: ed I talked a little bit about what Bill said

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Speaker 1: in the numbers on the tape, a lot of what

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Speaker 1: Lagway needs to clean up is common freshman stuff. We're

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Speaker 1: talking about processing, we're talking about just like accuracy in spots,

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Speaker 1: things like that. I saw our friends over at PFF

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Speaker 1: talked about some struggles that Lagway had against drop coverage.

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Speaker 1: These are all things that can be fixed, but only

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Speaker 1: if he stays healthy correct. Last year it was a

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Speaker 1: sort of an ambiguous arm thing. Recently, he picked up

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Speaker 1: another knock that does not seem to be all that serious,

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Speaker 1: but it's just you don't want to keep hearing about

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Speaker 1: these things with your star quarterback, right, So he's obviously

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Speaker 1: the headliner. I think again, this is where the conversation

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Speaker 1: to this, you already know about DJ Lagway, but I

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Speaker 2: I agree and disagree just because there are questions elsewhere

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Speaker 2: that will affect DJ Lagway. Right. So it's wide receiver

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Speaker 2: health and depth, and they played a ton of guys

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Speaker 2: everywhere last year. They were I think Bill C said

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Speaker 2: one of the unluckiest teams in terms of roster consistency, right,

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Speaker 2: that they were playing so many different dudes because of

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Speaker 2: inj highlighted of course that DJ Lagaway was probably thrown

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Speaker 2: into the mix a little bit too early given Graham

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Speaker 2: Mertz's injury status. You're right that DJ lagwe should absolutely

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Speaker 2: take a step forward, provided offensive line continuing to improve,

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Speaker 2: pretty good. They didn't do anything excellently last year. They

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Speaker 2: are elite in terms of what they could potentially do well,

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Speaker 2: but they haven't shown that specifically yet and ahead of

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Speaker 2: this schedule. By the way, the last five games I

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Speaker 2: looked at it, it looks really bad. Now in twenty

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Speaker 2: twenty two, it would have been the craziest five games

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Speaker 2: stretch in America. I'm very high on DJ Lagway. I'm

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Speaker 2: very high on him because of when a quarterback shows

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Speaker 2: immediate comfort and confidence as a true freshman. They were

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Speaker 2: one of the best teams if there were any If

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Speaker 2: there was anything that they did extraordinarily well last year,

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Speaker 2: they did generate a ton of explosive plays. This was it.

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Speaker 2: They were kind of boom or bust, but they boomed

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Speaker 2: a lot, and so I'm excited about more of that.

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Speaker 2: That's going to require wide receiver health, you know, the

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Speaker 2: tantalizing true freshman Dallas Wilson just went down I think

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Speaker 2: with an unspecified leg injury of some kind. Hopefully that's

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Speaker 2: quick turnaround for him. I haven't seen an official report,

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Speaker 2: so hopefully he's back a couple of weeks.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it looks like a couple of weeks. But it's

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Speaker 1: not just him. I mean Trey Wilson coming in. I

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Speaker 1: mean missed a ton last year. Yeah, Trey Wilson was

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Speaker 1: now in camp. Adim Mazelle nicked up as well at

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Speaker 1: That is a lot of AMMO close out this season.

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Speaker 1: As I said, the over under is seven and a half.

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Speaker 2: You're right to be fascinated by Oklahoma. It to me

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Speaker 1: Great season last year for Jeometier, over thirty one hundred

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Speaker 1: really talented runner. He makes guys miss Dan. I don't

434
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Speaker 1: know if you've watched the tap of genre tier I have.

435
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Speaker 2: He's fun.

436
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Speaker 1: He's not always the most accurate passer. He has a

437
00:23:00,600 --> 00:23:03,320
Speaker 1: tendency to hold onto the ball too long. This is

438
00:23:03,400 --> 00:23:06,439
Speaker 1: a bad line. Last year, to your point, they were

439
00:23:06,560 --> 00:23:09,199
Speaker 1: nicked up. They also had a thirteen percent sack rate,

440
00:23:09,240 --> 00:23:12,000
Speaker 1: which is not good. Now, Oklahoma fans are going to

441
00:23:12,040 --> 00:23:13,520
Speaker 1: listen to this and they're going to say, well, everybody

442
00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:16,000
Speaker 1: was hired. Of course the number was high. Yes, granted,

443
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Speaker 1: I'm with you. They got to get better there. They

444
00:23:19,280 --> 00:23:22,920
Speaker 1: still have Bill Beatenbow, their noted offensive line coach, who

445
00:23:22,920 --> 00:23:25,240
Speaker 1: has been very productive. It just did not work. Out

446
00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:28,600
Speaker 1: last season. If he can't improve this unit, there's a

447
00:23:28,600 --> 00:23:31,480
Speaker 1: real problem, and it might be completely separate from John Mattier,

448
00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:33,560
Speaker 1: from Jade, not from Ben Arbuckle. But they got to

449
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Speaker 1: get better up front. I think they will. I don't

450
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:38,720
Speaker 1: think they can get worse. But that's something else to watch,

451
00:23:38,760 --> 00:23:40,639
Speaker 1: and I think that's got to be another big question

452
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Speaker 1: about this offense. Number three receivers. Do they have the

453
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Speaker 1: receivers to run this kind of passing game.

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Speaker 2: TVD? What do you think? I mean, they were banged

455
00:23:51,359 --> 00:23:53,439
Speaker 2: up out wide last year. I don't think they They

456
00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,239
Speaker 2: missed a bunch of time. I don't think they were

457
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Speaker 2: healthy the whole year through. They've recruited receiver Okay, they

458
00:23:59,560 --> 00:24:02,359
Speaker 2: have some blue chips, younger blue chips who are working

459
00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,359
Speaker 2: themselves into the rotation more and more, or have worked in.

460
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Speaker 2: I'm not confident, but I'm willing to be surprised.

461
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Speaker 1: I just don't see a ton of star power out Why.

462
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Speaker 1: That doesn't mean it can't work, doesn't mean it won't

463
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Speaker 1: be better. I think it has to be better. Yeah,

464
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Speaker 1: but I think fair to ask the question. And the fourth

465
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Speaker 1: thing is Jade not who we alluded to and mentioned

466
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Speaker 1: in passing but jade Not would be the third name.

467
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Speaker 1: I'm not going to play this sound again that.

468
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Speaker 2: I think you've had some big games.

469
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Speaker 1: Yeah, can be a bombshell with this offense. Has been

470
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Speaker 1: very productive, was more productive a couple of years ago

471
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Speaker 1: at Cal, but had some injury issues. And you know,

472
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Speaker 1: there's a whole conversation around Cal that is separate from

473
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Speaker 1: this preview episode. But how they integrate jade Not into

474
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Speaker 1: this offense, which again is more of an air raid,

475
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Speaker 1: remains to be seen and could be really interesting. I

476
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Speaker 1: like jay Not a lot. I'm curious to see how

477
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Speaker 1: he fits into this scheme that Ben r Buckle is

478
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Speaker 1: bringing down from Pullman. Those are my very big questions

479
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,040
Speaker 1: about this team, at least on offense. I have more

480
00:25:02,080 --> 00:25:06,800
Speaker 1: questions about defense, But offensively, I think that's how I

481
00:25:06,840 --> 00:25:09,600
Speaker 1: am trying to structure my thinking around Oklahoma.

482
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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean that's the obvious question. And then the

483
00:25:13,320 --> 00:25:17,359
Speaker 2: other obvious question is if the offense improves, is not

484
00:25:17,520 --> 00:25:23,200
Speaker 2: killer but is competent pretty good at times, how good

485
00:25:23,320 --> 00:25:25,960
Speaker 2: must the defense be to win some of the bigger

486
00:25:26,040 --> 00:25:29,720
Speaker 2: or the biggest games on the Oklahoma schedule, Because on

487
00:25:29,760 --> 00:25:32,760
Speaker 2: all three levels there seems to be star power to

488
00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,200
Speaker 2: varying degrees. I think it should be a monster defense.

489
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Speaker 2: I think it'll be a very good defense, monster defense,

490
00:25:38,200 --> 00:25:42,880
Speaker 2: excellent defense, whatever. But if they're hung out to drive

491
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Speaker 2: for long stretches, offense is going three and out a

492
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Speaker 2: little bit too often, or getting off the field a

493
00:25:46,680 --> 00:25:49,480
Speaker 2: little bit too quickly, or dealing with injuries. Once again,

494
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Speaker 2: you're asking so much of this defense to get to

495
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Speaker 2: eight wins right now, asking so much. And so I'm

496
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Speaker 2: curious because they've recruited, well, they've developed, well, there's depth there,

497
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Speaker 2: there's transfers there. But do they have to be a

498
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Speaker 2: top seven defense in America?

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Speaker 1: They might have to be. They might have to be,

500
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Speaker 1: and I'll get to the schedule in the second. But

501
00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:16,480
Speaker 1: to put a bow on the defense, it hurts to

502
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Speaker 1: lose Danny Stutsman, who is kind of like the quarterback

503
00:26:18,800 --> 00:26:22,359
Speaker 1: of that defense. It hurts to lose Billy Bowman Woody

504
00:26:22,520 --> 00:26:26,439
Speaker 1: Washington in the secondary as well. But otherwise, with what

505
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Speaker 1: they have here, the defense is loaded. I mean, I

506
00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:31,600
Speaker 1: see the line is a big time strength. I'm not

507
00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:33,000
Speaker 1: going to read through all these guys.

508
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Speaker 2: I mean they got an arm Mason Thomas kink Oh

509
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Speaker 2: of course. Yeah. Now, there's a ton of there's a

510
00:26:38,480 --> 00:26:44,080
Speaker 2: ton of production and obvious production and havoc on this roster.

511
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Speaker 1: Absolutely, and yeah, they're really deep up front. They bring

512
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Speaker 1: over was it Marvin Jones from from Florida State. The

513
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Speaker 1: linebacker room is Kip Lewis, Kendall Daniels. Secondary looks okay

514
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Speaker 1: to me. The Bowen brothers, Eli and Peyton back there

515
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Speaker 1: as well. So they just have so much much depth

516
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,359
Speaker 1: on defense that I think they have potential to be

517
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Speaker 1: really good.

518
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Speaker 2: The problem, I kind of have a problem with your hair.

519
00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:07,320
Speaker 2: It's bothering me.

520
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Speaker 1: The Lorenzo Lamis flallfinder is out here. For the schedule,

521
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Speaker 1: this is the only SEC team that does not play

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Speaker 1: any of the projected bottom four in the league. They've

523
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Speaker 1: got road games at South Carolina, Tennessee, and Alabama. They've

524
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Speaker 1: got the neutral sider of the Red River game against Texas.

525
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Speaker 1: They host Michigan in week two. They also host Auburn, Ole,

526
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Speaker 1: Miss Missoo, and LSU. This is a monster schedule. They

527
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Speaker 1: do have a couple weeks off with like Illinois State

528
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Speaker 1: and Kent State, but otherwise Dan this thing is loaded

529
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Speaker 1: to the gills. Temple, they go to Temple. They're gonna

530
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Speaker 1: be an Eastern pa Ti.

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Speaker 2: They go to Temple.

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Speaker 1: If anybody wants to stop on by the way, Oklahoma fans,

533
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Speaker 1: if for some reason you're going to that Temple game,

534
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:54,720
Speaker 1: Angelo's angelos go to Angelo's unbelievable.

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Speaker 2: Just get a hogy anywhere this is I think it's

536
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Speaker 2: the sandwich capital of America. You can quote me. Continue.

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Speaker 1: So this is gonna be I think a very very

538
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Speaker 1: tall ask for this Oklahoma defense and especially this offense,

539
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Speaker 1: because there are a lot of good defenses that they

540
00:28:10,320 --> 00:28:15,440
Speaker 1: have to play against. Sure, Oklahoma is going to be better, right,

541
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Speaker 1: we agree on this. They gotta be better than they

542
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Speaker 1: were a year ago. Sure, the question is how much?

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Speaker 1: And this is where I think there has been a

544
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Speaker 1: pretty wide disparity in thought. I have seen some that

545
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Speaker 1: have Oklahoma in the playoff, Oklahoma as a contender in

546
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Speaker 1: the SEC. I have seen others that have them add

547
00:28:34,200 --> 00:28:37,760
Speaker 1: or near the bottom tier of the conference, not because

548
00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:40,480
Speaker 1: they're not better, but because of the schedule that I

549
00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:44,719
Speaker 1: just read off. Right, Where are you at on that spectrum?

550
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Speaker 2: What's the number again? Well, the over under is six

551
00:28:47,760 --> 00:28:51,040
Speaker 2: and a half. I think I'm going over. I don't

552
00:28:51,080 --> 00:28:53,480
Speaker 2: know how dramatically it could be barely.

553
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Speaker 1: I think it's a seven maybe eight win team if

554
00:28:56,440 --> 00:28:57,200
Speaker 1: everything clicks.

555
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Speaker 2: Okay, so I'm TBD on the head coach element of

556
00:29:00,600 --> 00:29:04,960
Speaker 2: it all, but that's fair. If I am going to

557
00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:09,520
Speaker 2: stick with my credo of quarterback and defense. I understand

558
00:29:09,560 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 2: the offensive line and health issues from last year. I

559
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,000
Speaker 2: understand that there may not be obvious star power at

560
00:29:14,000 --> 00:29:16,840
Speaker 2: receiver right now as we record this in early August.

561
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,760
Speaker 2: But if I'm gonna stick to Matier and a top

562
00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:24,400
Speaker 2: national one of the best defenses in America, then I

563
00:29:24,440 --> 00:29:26,440
Speaker 2: think they can win seven or eight games no matter

564
00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:30,920
Speaker 2: the schedule. If that's what your starting point is, quality quarterback,

565
00:29:31,520 --> 00:29:35,200
Speaker 2: very good defense, and you assume health for everybody until

566
00:29:35,280 --> 00:29:39,520
Speaker 2: shown otherwise, if Oklahoma is a top five defense in America,

567
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Speaker 2: they win ten games. The offense just has to hold up.

568
00:29:44,360 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 2: It's end of the bargain, and offense doesn't need to

569
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:51,280
Speaker 2: be amazing. But if the offense isn't amazing, doesn't matter.

570
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Speaker 2: They're gonna win games. I just yeah, I'm in that

571
00:29:57,400 --> 00:29:58,480
Speaker 2: seven eight range with them.

572
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Speaker 1: I've got them eighth in the conference, eighth in the conference. Yeah,

573
00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:09,320
Speaker 1: but they're in that X factor tier because Oklahoma, like Florida,

574
00:30:09,400 --> 00:30:11,440
Speaker 1: like a few of the other teams that we've discussed here,

575
00:30:11,960 --> 00:30:17,760
Speaker 1: just given their proximity to the influencers in the SEC. Sure,

576
00:30:18,200 --> 00:30:21,160
Speaker 1: with all the AMMO on this schedule, you pull off one,

577
00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:23,600
Speaker 1: you pull off two upsets, it changes the entire complexion

578
00:30:23,600 --> 00:30:26,560
Speaker 1: of the conference. So Oklahoma, there's nothing if not interesting.

579
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Speaker 1: That's why I said at the very top of this

580
00:30:28,360 --> 00:30:30,720
Speaker 1: they are the most interesting team in the country, given

581
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Speaker 1: the stakes, given what they brought in, given the schedule,

582
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Speaker 1: the conference that they play on or play in.

583
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Speaker 2: Excuse me, Yeah, you.

584
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Speaker 1: Know you're doing it wrong if you're not at least

585
00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,160
Speaker 1: a little bit interested in what the Sooners do this year.

586
00:30:41,520 --> 00:30:44,200
Speaker 2: It's also kind of funny where eight months removed from

587
00:30:44,320 --> 00:30:48,640
Speaker 2: using the word Oklahoma as a pejorative when talking about

588
00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:53,240
Speaker 2: the playoff, You're just like, this is this incredible, historic,

589
00:30:53,320 --> 00:30:58,800
Speaker 2: elite program, And in the conversation in December about Alabama,

590
00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:01,840
Speaker 2: it's like, and you lost to Oklahoma.

591
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:05,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, oklahom this year's Oklahoma.

592
00:31:05,920 --> 00:31:10,440
Speaker 2: How embarrassing for you that you lost to look around,

593
00:31:10,520 --> 00:31:14,000
Speaker 2: don't say it too loudlyma So, but they have an

594
00:31:14,040 --> 00:31:17,120
Speaker 2: opportunity to change that, which is great. Let's go to Tennessee.

595
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:19,360
Speaker 2: Dan Tennessee went.

596
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Speaker 1: To the college Football Playoff last year. They had a

597
00:31:21,000 --> 00:31:22,960
Speaker 1: ten win season. They lost in the first round, but

598
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Speaker 1: I think we'd agree successful season.

599
00:31:25,280 --> 00:31:29,320
Speaker 2: Yes, yeah, didn't wear their shirts heading into the shoe

600
00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 2: in Columbus, but yeah, one of the more newsworthy programs

601
00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:35,640
Speaker 2: in America right now? Oh yeah?

602
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 1: Or in twenty twenty five? Oh yeah, No, that that's

603
00:31:38,320 --> 00:31:39,040
Speaker 1: an understatement.

604
00:31:39,040 --> 00:31:39,200
Speaker 2: Man.

605
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Speaker 1: Yeah, eight and a half's the win total. How big

606
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Speaker 1: of a drop off do we see this year? Do

607
00:31:45,080 --> 00:31:46,840
Speaker 1: we see any? Yeah?

608
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Speaker 2: I don't think they're a playoff team. I don't see

609
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Speaker 2: them as a playoff team.

610
00:31:50,560 --> 00:31:54,240
Speaker 1: I don't either, But how big of a drop off

611
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Speaker 1: are we thinking? Because still eight and a half it's

612
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Speaker 1: a pretty good number. You hit that over or you're

613
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Speaker 1: getting a nine wins, you might not be in the playoff,

614
00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:05,000
Speaker 1: but that's still I think a successful season, or would

615
00:32:05,000 --> 00:32:08,280
Speaker 1: be viewed as a successful season because there is a

616
00:32:08,280 --> 00:32:09,200
Speaker 1: lot of turnover here.

617
00:32:09,680 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 2: I think everything was pointing to last year as a

618
00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:16,800
Speaker 2: significant year. Obviously, Nico had a year in the system

619
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Speaker 2: before ascending to that starting role. Dylan Sampson was obvious

620
00:32:21,000 --> 00:32:24,600
Speaker 2: pop in the backfield. The offensive line was experienced, maybe

621
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:27,080
Speaker 2: not going into the year that there was an obvious,

622
00:32:27,200 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 2: true number one receiver, but that room seemed deep and

623
00:32:29,680 --> 00:32:32,840
Speaker 2: talented and able to do with Josh Hypelasts and the

624
00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:35,240
Speaker 2: defense was stacked last year, so I just think there's

625
00:32:35,520 --> 00:32:38,680
Speaker 2: obvious drop off. I think the defense can be really,

626
00:32:38,720 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 2: really good, but I think it is a more dramatic

627
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:46,680
Speaker 2: question on offense than even Oklahoma, just because of the

628
00:32:46,760 --> 00:32:50,640
Speaker 2: quarterback change, just because the receiver room is thinned out,

629
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Speaker 2: just because and I think the running backs will be good.

630
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Speaker 2: But I just think I from Afar Tennessee fans who

631
00:32:59,160 --> 00:33:03,320
Speaker 2: are much more playsugged in, are expecting a pretty noticeable

632
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,160
Speaker 2: drop off, even with their disappointment with Nico's performance in

633
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,520
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four, that you're scrambling to find a quarterback

634
00:33:09,600 --> 00:33:13,280
Speaker 2: in April or whatever. I know, it's just it's asking

635
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:15,840
Speaker 2: a lot for this to be a top thirty offense

636
00:33:15,880 --> 00:33:19,720
Speaker 2: in America. Willing to be surprised, but given the schedule,

637
00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:21,959
Speaker 2: given the changes on that side of the ball, they

638
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,880
Speaker 2: can win a bunch of games because of this defense

639
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:27,280
Speaker 2: and merely being competent on offense. But yeah, I expect

640
00:33:27,280 --> 00:33:29,760
Speaker 2: this to be seven eight win territory well and I

641
00:33:30,360 --> 00:33:33,840
Speaker 2: think that's the real point. Tennessee last year had its

642
00:33:33,840 --> 00:33:37,840
Speaker 2: best defense of the last twenty five years something like that.

643
00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:41,160
Speaker 2: I think they again end up leaning on their defense,

644
00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:45,160
Speaker 2: probably to a greater degree. Know this. If they're hitting

645
00:33:45,240 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 2: that over.

646
00:33:45,760 --> 00:33:48,080
Speaker 1: Eight and a half, it's because the defense is nails

647
00:33:48,880 --> 00:33:53,600
Speaker 1: and because josh Hipel's a wizard on offense. Right If

648
00:33:53,600 --> 00:33:57,440
Speaker 1: the offense could get its act together quickly, then maybe

649
00:33:57,480 --> 00:34:00,200
Speaker 1: it's a different conversation. Because there's been like a real

650
00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:03,560
Speaker 1: effort here to invest in this program on the recruiting trail,

651
00:34:03,640 --> 00:34:06,200
Speaker 1: not so much live and die by the portal. There

652
00:34:06,240 --> 00:34:09,040
Speaker 1: is talent on hand which I look at and I say,

653
00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:11,440
Speaker 1: this is going to pay off in the future. Maybe

654
00:34:11,440 --> 00:34:15,160
Speaker 1: the future is now right, that remains to be seen.

655
00:34:15,200 --> 00:34:17,040
Speaker 1: So the new quarterback is going to be Joey Aguilar.

656
00:34:17,880 --> 00:34:22,000
Speaker 1: He comes over from UCLA. He was previously at app

657
00:34:22,000 --> 00:34:24,800
Speaker 1: State before Ucla. We had that bit of a transfer

658
00:34:24,840 --> 00:34:28,200
Speaker 1: trade there with Aguilar coming to Tennessee Nico going out

659
00:34:28,200 --> 00:34:31,560
Speaker 1: to UCLA. It's not just him though that is new.

660
00:34:32,160 --> 00:34:34,640
Speaker 1: There are new wide receivers, there are four new linemen.

661
00:34:35,520 --> 00:34:37,360
Speaker 1: It hints at a bit of a transition year. If

662
00:34:37,400 --> 00:34:42,320
Speaker 1: you're looking at it from that perspective. Essentially, this is

663
00:34:42,360 --> 00:34:44,839
Speaker 1: a move that, to Josh Paid's point when we had

664
00:34:44,920 --> 00:34:48,719
Speaker 1: him on, is something that the Tennessee community is rather

665
00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:52,000
Speaker 1: animated around. Sure, if Nico didn't want to be there

666
00:34:52,160 --> 00:34:55,279
Speaker 1: for whatever reason, be it money, supporting cast, you name it,

667
00:34:55,800 --> 00:34:58,000
Speaker 1: get rid of him. Let's bring someone else in by

668
00:34:58,080 --> 00:34:58,919
Speaker 1: virtue of that trade.

669
00:34:58,960 --> 00:34:59,840
Speaker 2: If you really want to.

670
00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:02,960
Speaker 1: Get deep in the weeds with this, they're saving about

671
00:35:03,200 --> 00:35:05,520
Speaker 1: one point two million dollars. I think Nico is getting

672
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:07,480
Speaker 1: about two and a half. Joey Aguilar is going to

673
00:35:07,520 --> 00:35:10,040
Speaker 1: get around one point two. So if you think of

674
00:35:10,040 --> 00:35:11,759
Speaker 1: this in terms of like pro trades, a bit of

675
00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,880
Speaker 1: a salary dump there, which I guess he'll take, But

676
00:35:15,520 --> 00:35:17,799
Speaker 1: it looks like it's Aguilar's job to lose. He had

677
00:35:17,840 --> 00:35:20,160
Speaker 1: a very good twenty twenty four campaign through a ton

678
00:35:20,200 --> 00:35:24,839
Speaker 1: of picks, and I think the transition to this new

679
00:35:24,840 --> 00:35:28,760
Speaker 1: offense is not going to be the most optimal scenario. Well,

680
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:30,919
Speaker 1: I've referred to him as the middle class nus Meyer

681
00:35:30,960 --> 00:35:33,759
Speaker 1: because there's a little bit of gun slinger slash hero

682
00:35:33,840 --> 00:35:37,360
Speaker 1: ball in his game. But Josh Hipel's work with guys

683
00:35:37,400 --> 00:35:39,359
Speaker 1: like this before, and he's had a lot of success.

684
00:35:39,840 --> 00:35:42,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I think the offense as we've seen it

685
00:35:42,719 --> 00:35:44,600
Speaker 2: at times and Nico, you know, there was he had

686
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:46,440
Speaker 2: a different issue. He was taking a lot of sacks

687
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,279
Speaker 2: and he was sort of timid a little bit too

688
00:35:48,320 --> 00:35:50,560
Speaker 2: often in terms of pulling the trigger throwing the ball

689
00:35:50,600 --> 00:35:53,879
Speaker 2: down field. This offense at its best makes things very

690
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:57,279
Speaker 2: simple for the quarterback. Yes, that Joey Agilar is not

691
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:01,560
Speaker 2: going to have to go through four or five receiver progressions.

692
00:36:02,080 --> 00:36:04,920
Speaker 2: That something is there, something is not there. This is

693
00:36:04,920 --> 00:36:08,280
Speaker 2: the decision, the great point and something you hear often

694
00:36:08,560 --> 00:36:11,480
Speaker 2: around the draft. Right, we have heard this before.

695
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:14,480
Speaker 1: And it's to the detriment like Hendon Hooker writer Joe

696
00:36:14,560 --> 00:36:17,719
Speaker 1: Milton at playing in this system, how does that translate

697
00:36:17,800 --> 00:36:20,120
Speaker 1: to the NFL. I'm more speaking of it from the

698
00:36:20,160 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: standpoint of he really showed up on campus slate. Right, Oh,

699
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,760
Speaker 1: I said this earlier. Looking for a quarterback in April

700
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:26,480
Speaker 1: is not optimal.

701
00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:30,040
Speaker 2: So there is something with this like old Baylor system,

702
00:36:30,080 --> 00:36:32,520
Speaker 2: you know, all the different elements to the system where yes,

703
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 2: you can hold it against a quarterback at draft time.

704
00:36:35,640 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 2: Josh Hipels is trying to win games. So that works

705
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:40,560
Speaker 2: at its best, it works really well. So they can

706
00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:42,520
Speaker 2: run the ball if the offensive line comes together. I'm

707
00:36:42,560 --> 00:36:45,080
Speaker 2: not terribly worried about the defense. Their best corner is

708
00:36:45,239 --> 00:36:46,960
Speaker 2: I don't know when Jamal McCoy is gonna play. He

709
00:36:47,000 --> 00:36:48,719
Speaker 2: tore his ACL I think at the end of last

710
00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:49,880
Speaker 2: year it was January.

711
00:36:50,000 --> 00:36:52,600
Speaker 1: He was working out at home in Texas, Yes, and

712
00:36:52,640 --> 00:36:56,360
Speaker 1: tours ACL, so they're expecting they're going to get him back.

713
00:36:56,440 --> 00:37:00,840
Speaker 1: But September October an exact timetable at time of record.

714
00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:01,359
Speaker 2: That's big.

715
00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:01,840
Speaker 1: No.

716
00:37:01,880 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 2: I expect them to have a really good defense. I

717
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 2: expect them to have an offense that flashes at times.

718
00:37:07,239 --> 00:37:08,600
Speaker 2: I don't know if you have the schedule in front

719
00:37:08,640 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 2: of you, but I did got to happen pretty quickly.

720
00:37:11,040 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 2: It's going to have to happen pretty quickly. I think

721
00:37:12,800 --> 00:37:13,600
Speaker 2: the receiver room.

722
00:37:13,600 --> 00:37:15,839
Speaker 1: I want to give a little bit more attention to

723
00:37:15,880 --> 00:37:19,279
Speaker 1: that because they lose their top three. They lose Squirrel White,

724
00:37:19,320 --> 00:37:23,680
Speaker 1: Dante Thornton, Brew McCoy. That creates a pretty big void

725
00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:26,520
Speaker 1: in this offense, which as we know. I mean, they

726
00:37:26,560 --> 00:37:28,279
Speaker 1: ran the ball really, really well and I still think

727
00:37:28,320 --> 00:37:30,439
Speaker 1: they'll be okay this year. They go like three deep

728
00:37:30,480 --> 00:37:33,920
Speaker 1: at running back, even though Dylan Sampson is gone. Really,

729
00:37:33,920 --> 00:37:36,560
Speaker 1: getting that passing game to click is going to be

730
00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:39,000
Speaker 1: important given circumstances.

731
00:37:39,040 --> 00:37:41,240
Speaker 2: Mike Matthews is back. You know, I love Mike Matthews.

732
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:43,360
Speaker 1: He's like, hey, you had like six catches last former

733
00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 1: five star. I thought he was going to pop more

734
00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:47,080
Speaker 1: last year. He didn't, but he needs to step up

735
00:37:47,120 --> 00:37:49,360
Speaker 1: and play a leading role. The same is true to

736
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,680
Speaker 1: an extent Chris Brazl, who everybody was excited about last

737
00:37:52,719 --> 00:37:55,560
Speaker 1: season last spring, especially when he came over from Tulane.

738
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:57,760
Speaker 2: Now he is a key piece.

739
00:37:58,160 --> 00:37:59,719
Speaker 1: They need to get some more pop out of that

740
00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:02,880
Speaker 1: receiver room. Notably, both those guys have been nicked up.

741
00:38:03,800 --> 00:38:06,799
Speaker 1: So it doesn't sound a big deal, but I think

742
00:38:06,840 --> 00:38:09,360
Speaker 1: we need to get more production out of that receiver

743
00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,600
Speaker 1: room this year. Now somebody new needs a step up.

744
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:14,560
Speaker 1: And the line, Yeah, the lines replacing four guys. They

745
00:38:14,680 --> 00:38:16,359
Speaker 1: lose Cooper Mays in the middle of that line. That's

746
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:18,640
Speaker 1: a problem. So there's just a lot of moving pieces

747
00:38:19,480 --> 00:38:22,399
Speaker 1: offensively there. It helps to have a good tight end room,

748
00:38:22,440 --> 00:38:23,439
Speaker 1: but otherwise, like.

749
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:25,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, that helps a lot New I don't okay, So

750
00:38:25,920 --> 00:38:27,359
Speaker 2: when I said that they need to figure it out quickly.

751
00:38:27,360 --> 00:38:31,399
Speaker 2: They do have Georgia relatively early. If Tennessee, if I'm

752
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:34,520
Speaker 2: gonna if future Dan arrives in your living room tonight,

753
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:36,279
Speaker 2: which by the way, thanks for having him. That's very

754
00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:38,520
Speaker 2: hospitable of you, that'd be very weird, Like I am

755
00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,200
Speaker 2: future Dan if Future Dan arrived and said Tennessee is

756
00:38:41,239 --> 00:38:44,400
Speaker 2: definitely pretty good in twenty twenty five, and then you

757
00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:46,080
Speaker 2: look at the schedule and you're like, oh, so they're

758
00:38:46,120 --> 00:38:49,960
Speaker 2: winning at least eight games. Schedule is not terrible. They

759
00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:52,280
Speaker 2: have Georgia early, they have Syracuse neutral site.

760
00:38:52,440 --> 00:38:55,040
Speaker 1: It's one of the easier schedules in the SEC. I

761
00:38:55,120 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 1: think I saw forty seventh nationally, so relative to the

762
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:01,960
Speaker 1: field in the SEC when we're talking about teams like

763
00:39:02,000 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 1: the Florida's and the Oklahoma's of the world, both of

764
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:08,120
Speaker 1: whom I think play something like seven ranked teams, it's

765
00:39:08,200 --> 00:39:11,160
Speaker 1: like the highest in college football alongside Mississippi State. If

766
00:39:11,160 --> 00:39:12,919
Speaker 1: you saw any of the new polls that came out,

767
00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: Tennessee's not on that list right at least not that

768
00:39:16,680 --> 00:39:19,239
Speaker 1: high on this list because it is one of the

769
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:20,520
Speaker 1: easier schedules in the conference.

770
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:24,319
Speaker 2: And by the way, so Alabama gets Tennessee after they

771
00:39:24,360 --> 00:39:29,200
Speaker 2: play Miszoo, Georgia has Tennessee in an optimal spot. Tennessee

772
00:39:29,360 --> 00:39:36,200
Speaker 2: has Oklahoma a week after Oklahoma has Ole miss like Tennessee,

773
00:39:36,280 --> 00:39:40,160
Speaker 2: and that game is in Knoxville. Tennessee can very quietly

774
00:39:40,200 --> 00:39:43,560
Speaker 2: have a record that lies about how good they actually

775
00:39:43,640 --> 00:39:46,719
Speaker 2: are in a good way. Like Tennessee's nine to three

776
00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:49,560
Speaker 2: and ranked number sixteen in the country. They haven't looked

777
00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:52,080
Speaker 2: that good, but here we are. They're gonna be led

778
00:39:52,120 --> 00:39:55,400
Speaker 2: by defense. I think the defense is deep, defense is talented.

779
00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:56,880
Speaker 2: They are good at all three levels.

780
00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:00,359
Speaker 1: I have the questions about Jermad McCoy as we talked

781
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,399
Speaker 1: about earlier, but you know, they've got plenty across the board.

782
00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:06,840
Speaker 2: I'm not just going to sit here and name names. Yeah,

783
00:40:06,880 --> 00:40:09,000
Speaker 2: it's great. Here's what I'll.

784
00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 1: Say about Tennessee. You know this isn't a betting show.

785
00:40:12,520 --> 00:40:15,239
Speaker 2: In conclusion, Tennessee is.

786
00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 1: Going to annihilate Syracuse in week one. Hmmm. I like

787
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:21,560
Speaker 1: that that is a neutral site game. They're playing it

788
00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:22,720
Speaker 1: in Atlanta.

789
00:40:22,680 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 2: Turning your back on Steve Angelly immediately.

790
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:28,680
Speaker 1: I don't know how this game came about. I like

791
00:40:28,760 --> 00:40:33,840
Speaker 1: that it's occurring. Yeah, they are going to throttle Syracuse

792
00:40:33,880 --> 00:40:36,600
Speaker 1: in that game. Wow, and there is going to be

793
00:40:36,680 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 1: suddenly a lot of steam on Tennessee because Week one

794
00:40:40,040 --> 00:40:45,319
Speaker 1: has that Tennessee Georgia Week three at home. I don't

795
00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:49,759
Speaker 1: know if perception will alter point spreads going into that

796
00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:52,840
Speaker 1: Georgia game. Georgia is clearly a better team than Tennessee

797
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:56,840
Speaker 1: in my view at the stage. So just pay attention

798
00:40:56,920 --> 00:41:00,080
Speaker 1: to that first three week stretch of the season because.

799
00:41:00,239 --> 00:41:04,400
Speaker 2: Artificially low spread, in that game, george is only favored

800
00:41:04,400 --> 00:41:05,520
Speaker 2: by three and a half or something.

801
00:41:05,600 --> 00:41:08,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean it'll be more, but I and I

802
00:41:08,239 --> 00:41:11,279
Speaker 1: know that the people that make these lines aren't emotional

803
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:15,320
Speaker 1: about it. But the betters, oftentimes, the more casual betters

804
00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 1: who do go in on these types of games, especially

805
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:20,920
Speaker 1: a big one in Week three Tennessee Georgia, they tend

806
00:41:21,000 --> 00:41:22,719
Speaker 1: to be a little bit more driven by emotion. Just

807
00:41:22,760 --> 00:41:24,840
Speaker 1: pay attention to that line and pay attention to what

808
00:41:24,880 --> 00:41:27,480
Speaker 1: happens in Week one, because again I haven't seen what

809
00:41:27,520 --> 00:41:29,359
Speaker 1: the line is for that Syracuse game. I probably should

810
00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:31,760
Speaker 1: have been better prepared. I think they're going to throttle

811
00:41:32,560 --> 00:41:33,560
Speaker 1: Syracuse in that one.

812
00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean last year's Tennessee team scored one hundred

813
00:41:36,040 --> 00:41:38,080
Speaker 2: and fifty seven points the first three weeks of the season,

814
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:41,160
Speaker 2: and then fourteen against Arkansas as soon as October started.

815
00:41:41,239 --> 00:41:45,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, Okay, so I think I'm on the under for

816
00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 1: Tennessee maybe going eight and four, just barely under. I

817
00:41:48,520 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 1: think that's a good over under. I don't hate this team.

818
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,239
Speaker 1: I just think there's a lot new and sure. I

819
00:41:55,280 --> 00:41:58,319
Speaker 1: think Tennessee fans would be wise to show a little

820
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:00,399
Speaker 1: bit of patience, be mindful of the fact that they

821
00:42:00,440 --> 00:42:04,560
Speaker 1: are building a really, really solid program under hypol. The

822
00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:06,640
Speaker 1: recruiting has been shown, there's a lot to like. It

823
00:42:06,840 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 1: just might be a bit of a step back here

824
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:09,879
Speaker 1: because there is so much new.

825
00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 2: They're just looking to date twenty twenty five and then

826
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:17,880
Speaker 2: get serious with another year soon. Okay, where should we

827
00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:24,960
Speaker 2: go next? Ay and m ooh rubbing, take your teeth

828
00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:25,319
Speaker 2: and tie.

829
00:42:25,680 --> 00:42:27,440
Speaker 1: I'm rubbing my hands together.

830
00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:29,319
Speaker 2: Dog, Yeah do walk?

831
00:42:29,600 --> 00:42:34,120
Speaker 1: You know, as I get older, grays start popping up

832
00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:35,200
Speaker 1: in the temples.

833
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:39,160
Speaker 2: Or maybe as the black hair starts showing itself. You

834
00:42:39,200 --> 00:42:42,680
Speaker 2: got maybe more gray than black. Where's my button? Net? Here?

835
00:42:42,880 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 1: I'm talking about this?

836
00:42:44,280 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 2: Oh I'm w If you're watching this on YouTube dot

837
00:42:46,120 --> 00:42:47,840
Speaker 2: com slash solid Bubble, you're seeing the same thing on

838
00:42:47,960 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 2: my scalp. Yeah. Continue.

839
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,280
Speaker 1: As I get older, I am more and more drawn

840
00:42:52,320 --> 00:42:57,080
Speaker 1: to teams with really good rushing attacks and really good defense. Like,

841
00:42:57,120 --> 00:42:59,560
Speaker 1: if you give me five more years, I'm wearing the

842
00:42:59,560 --> 00:43:00,880
Speaker 1: defense wears championships.

843
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:04,000
Speaker 2: Defense wins championships. Yeah mm hmm.

844
00:43:05,120 --> 00:43:07,080
Speaker 1: I've got A and M in my playoff this year.

845
00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:12,240
Speaker 1: I am really high. Not a crazy take on Texas

846
00:43:12,239 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 1: A and M. They were eight and five a year ago,

847
00:43:13,800 --> 00:43:15,439
Speaker 1: the over under his eight and a half. I don't

848
00:43:15,440 --> 00:43:18,560
Speaker 1: care about any of that. You kind of know where

849
00:43:18,600 --> 00:43:21,080
Speaker 1: I stand based on this intro. I'm just I'm assuming

850
00:43:21,120 --> 00:43:23,239
Speaker 1: that it's all going to click for Texas A and M.

851
00:43:23,239 --> 00:43:25,040
Speaker 1: My biggest question about A and M this year is

852
00:43:25,080 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 1: the passing game, Like, can Marcel Reid, who is the

853
00:43:28,520 --> 00:43:32,360
Speaker 1: dude now? Can he develop into more of a consistent passer?

854
00:43:32,440 --> 00:43:34,399
Speaker 1: Are they going to need a game plan around.

855
00:43:34,680 --> 00:43:36,560
Speaker 2: The Can he live up to his last name when

856
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:39,360
Speaker 2: it comes to evaluating defense? This is what you're telling me?

857
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:46,080
Speaker 1: Ah, yes, okay. On offense, it is a double edged

858
00:43:46,120 --> 00:43:48,960
Speaker 1: sword with this guy. He definitely needs to get better

859
00:43:49,040 --> 00:43:51,279
Speaker 1: at working the ball down the field. He definitely needs

860
00:43:51,280 --> 00:43:54,919
Speaker 1: to improve decision making, especially under pressure, don't we all.

861
00:43:55,520 --> 00:43:58,960
Speaker 1: He also was never officially given, like the Rains, as

862
00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 1: the guy. There's always this time share right now, he's

863
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:04,120
Speaker 1: had a full offseason cycle to know he's the guy,

864
00:44:04,880 --> 00:44:07,160
Speaker 1: for Colin Klein to know he's going to be the

865
00:44:07,200 --> 00:44:09,279
Speaker 1: guy and put stuff in the playbook for him. So

866
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:12,480
Speaker 1: it's you know, probably not fair to be too critical

867
00:44:12,600 --> 00:44:14,719
Speaker 1: of what we saw out of Marcel Reid. I think

868
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,000
Speaker 1: you're willing to live with some of that downside though,

869
00:44:17,040 --> 00:44:19,760
Speaker 1: knowing that the upside is he's a crazy good runner

870
00:44:19,800 --> 00:44:23,239
Speaker 1: and he's escape he's an escape artist. Yeah, there's a

871
00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:26,440
Speaker 1: lot to like with this game. So I think given that,

872
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:30,640
Speaker 1: given the line, which is really solid, given the stable

873
00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:33,640
Speaker 1: of running backs that he's got behind him, given that

874
00:44:33,760 --> 00:44:36,880
Speaker 1: Colin Klein I think wants to prefer this style of

875
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 1: football to begin with, I think they're going to give

876
00:44:38,920 --> 00:44:43,239
Speaker 1: teams fits. And on the Part one episode I called

877
00:44:43,239 --> 00:44:45,600
Speaker 1: them the Alabama of Ulms because I think they're going

878
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:47,480
Speaker 1: to run the crap out of the ball. I stand

879
00:44:47,480 --> 00:44:49,960
Speaker 1: by that comparison. I think this is going to be

880
00:44:49,960 --> 00:44:54,759
Speaker 1: a super duper physical rushing attack with a quarterback who,

881
00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 1: if improved, can make you pay if you start over committing.

882
00:44:58,840 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 1: Sure bullish. I am very very bullish on Texas A and.

883
00:45:04,560 --> 00:45:05,600
Speaker 2: M all good points.

884
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:10,520
Speaker 1: I think what I care most about is that last

885
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:15,640
Speaker 1: bit though, the over committing. And we've seen this time

886
00:45:15,640 --> 00:45:18,440
Speaker 1: and again with a really good rushing attack and a

887
00:45:18,520 --> 00:45:21,239
Speaker 1: quarterback who can put you on skates if you've got

888
00:45:21,280 --> 00:45:23,440
Speaker 1: a defense start to creep up. Like I don't care

889
00:45:23,480 --> 00:45:26,880
Speaker 1: about the completion percentage. I care about not throwing interceptions,

890
00:45:27,239 --> 00:45:29,919
Speaker 1: and I care about having some of that explosive pop

891
00:45:29,960 --> 00:45:32,399
Speaker 1: in the passing game. And I think this guy can

892
00:45:32,440 --> 00:45:35,600
Speaker 1: give them both. The opportunities are gonna be there. They

893
00:45:35,600 --> 00:45:37,640
Speaker 1: don't have the receivers right now who can go up

894
00:45:37,640 --> 00:45:40,080
Speaker 1: and win like the big jump balls, not a big

895
00:45:40,120 --> 00:45:42,920
Speaker 1: receiving core, but they do have guys that are burners

896
00:45:42,960 --> 00:45:44,800
Speaker 1: who I think can blow the top off the defense.

897
00:45:45,440 --> 00:45:47,520
Speaker 1: That's what I care about with this offense. That's what

898
00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:50,080
Speaker 1: I hope that they are building with this offense, and

899
00:45:50,200 --> 00:45:52,839
Speaker 1: if they can succeed, then they might find themselves into

900
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:53,360
Speaker 1: the playoffs.

901
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:56,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm just curious to see what the vision is

902
00:45:56,040 --> 00:45:58,520
Speaker 2: for the offense, because if the clear strength is a

903
00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:03,840
Speaker 2: deep running back room with what Lashawan Daniels, Excuse me,

904
00:46:05,080 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 2: Lahan Daniels I think was an Iowa running back like

905
00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:13,239
Speaker 2: four years ago. At least I caught myself Ruben Owens, No.

906
00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:19,920
Speaker 1: Moss, Maury Daniels. Yeah, it's a stable of running backs.

907
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:22,520
Speaker 2: Yes, and obviously Reid can run well. The offensive line,

908
00:46:22,800 --> 00:46:25,399
Speaker 2: while experienced, I think, needs to go up another level.

909
00:46:25,400 --> 00:46:27,480
Speaker 2: And you're right about the receivers. So it's just like, Okay,

910
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 2: Colin Klein has these ingredients, what does the meal look like?

911
00:46:30,440 --> 00:46:32,000
Speaker 2: That's going to be super fascinating.

912
00:46:32,000 --> 00:46:33,800
Speaker 1: I think the line, I mean, it's all five starters

913
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:35,160
Speaker 1: back from the line. I agree they got to take

914
00:46:35,160 --> 00:46:36,839
Speaker 1: a step forward, but if they do, they could win

915
00:46:36,880 --> 00:46:39,200
Speaker 1: the Joe Moore Award. Like, there's just a lot I

916
00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:43,000
Speaker 1: think to like, provided they assume that identity with this offense,

917
00:46:43,000 --> 00:46:47,040
Speaker 1: which again I hope they do. Defensively, the issue last

918
00:46:47,080 --> 00:46:50,320
Speaker 1: year was the secondary. They had a really good pressure

919
00:46:50,400 --> 00:46:54,080
Speaker 1: rate from the pass rush, but they didn't convert those

920
00:46:54,120 --> 00:46:57,000
Speaker 1: into sacks, and then you know what happens. Oftentimes the

921
00:46:57,040 --> 00:46:59,200
Speaker 1: secondary can't hold its own, you start giving up a

922
00:46:59,200 --> 00:47:02,480
Speaker 1: bunch of big chunk. This is not a case this

923
00:47:02,600 --> 00:47:07,640
Speaker 1: year of like, oh man, new secondary. These guys gotta

924
00:47:07,719 --> 00:47:12,320
Speaker 1: gel quickly. They're coming from UNC Wilmington, from UTEP Bowl

925
00:47:12,320 --> 00:47:14,920
Speaker 1: and UTEP we got five U TIP guys here.

926
00:47:15,000 --> 00:47:17,240
Speaker 2: Again, that is not the case.

927
00:47:18,120 --> 00:47:21,319
Speaker 1: The secondary is pretty much all back, including will Lee.

928
00:47:21,400 --> 00:47:25,359
Speaker 1: Like they added some experience via the portal, but I

929
00:47:25,400 --> 00:47:28,040
Speaker 1: think there is enough experience back there that hopefully they

930
00:47:28,040 --> 00:47:29,880
Speaker 1: can take a step forward as a group. It's not

931
00:47:29,920 --> 00:47:31,400
Speaker 1: going to be a question of are these guys going

932
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:35,520
Speaker 1: to mesh and that is the story of the defense. Frankly,

933
00:47:35,960 --> 00:47:38,480
Speaker 1: it's having a lot back. It's the fourth most returning

934
00:47:38,520 --> 00:47:41,800
Speaker 1: production in the country on the defensive side of the ball.

935
00:47:42,320 --> 00:47:45,600
Speaker 1: That includes a great duo of Tarian York of Scooby

936
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:50,399
Speaker 1: Williams at linebacker. That is a fantastic pairing. They did

937
00:47:50,440 --> 00:47:52,640
Speaker 1: lose some along the line, but I think it's more

938
00:47:52,680 --> 00:47:55,480
Speaker 1: of a reload than a rebuild. I am very bullish

939
00:47:55,480 --> 00:47:58,720
Speaker 1: on A and M. I like offense, I like defense.

940
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:02,359
Speaker 1: I have minimal questions. I'm all in. I got him

941
00:48:02,400 --> 00:48:02,920
Speaker 1: in the playoff.

942
00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:09,799
Speaker 2: Okay. So if you are enthusiastically and thoroughly horned up

943
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,600
Speaker 2: for A and M this year, I am. They go

944
00:48:12,640 --> 00:48:16,319
Speaker 2: to South Bend Week three, they do. The intent of

945
00:48:17,000 --> 00:48:18,799
Speaker 2: A and M's offense is probably going to be a

946
00:48:18,800 --> 00:48:21,160
Speaker 2: little bit different than Notre Dames. But you're still talking

947
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:25,400
Speaker 2: about great running back play, dude. That's the experience lines.

948
00:48:25,600 --> 00:48:27,400
Speaker 1: That's the measuring stick for both teams.

949
00:48:28,480 --> 00:48:30,440
Speaker 2: And also, if you're saying A and M has issues

950
00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:34,399
Speaker 2: giving up too many plays downfield, buddy, Notre Dame has

951
00:48:34,440 --> 00:48:36,960
Speaker 2: got you covered because they can't do any of that stuff.

952
00:48:37,040 --> 00:48:40,279
Speaker 2: They have a new freshman, a new starting quarterback. Excuse me,

953
00:48:40,719 --> 00:48:45,120
Speaker 2: they didn't last year, right, and they haven't for a minute.

954
00:48:45,200 --> 00:48:48,480
Speaker 1: No. I mean the road games are at ND week three,

955
00:48:48,560 --> 00:48:51,799
Speaker 1: they're at Arkansas, They're at LSU, they're at Missoo, they're

956
00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:56,480
Speaker 1: at Texas, and that lone Star game, the rivalry game

957
00:48:56,520 --> 00:48:58,480
Speaker 1: is at Texas for the first time in a decade,

958
00:48:58,520 --> 00:49:01,880
Speaker 1: so there will be stakes on that game late in

959
00:49:01,920 --> 00:49:05,560
Speaker 1: the season. Everybody knows that going into this clearly that

960
00:49:05,600 --> 00:49:08,120
Speaker 1: one's going to be circled. But like to the point,

961
00:49:08,120 --> 00:49:09,279
Speaker 1: there are gonna be a lot of big games on

962
00:49:09,320 --> 00:49:13,160
Speaker 1: this The pivotal ones for me, I think the ones

963
00:49:13,160 --> 00:49:17,480
Speaker 1: that define the season clearly Notre Dame. Week three, that's

964
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:19,719
Speaker 1: the measuring stick to see how they stack up against another.

965
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:22,919
Speaker 2: Really fishing last year was Elco's first game week one. Yeah,

966
00:49:23,080 --> 00:49:25,360
Speaker 2: it's yes, a different scenario. Yeah.

967
00:49:25,400 --> 00:49:29,799
Speaker 1: They are home against Florida on October the eleventh. They

968
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,879
Speaker 1: are home against South Carolina on November the fifteenth. Those

969
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:36,680
Speaker 1: three games in particular totally separate from the road games

970
00:49:36,680 --> 00:49:39,279
Speaker 1: that I mentioned a second ago. Those are the three

971
00:49:39,320 --> 00:49:41,560
Speaker 1: that I am looking at right. So, yes, at Notre

972
00:49:41,640 --> 00:49:44,480
Speaker 1: Dame that one goes without saying. But home against Florida,

973
00:49:44,480 --> 00:49:48,000
Speaker 1: home against South Carolina. I think the season tilts on

974
00:49:48,040 --> 00:49:51,799
Speaker 1: those three games. Okay, I'm going over. I have to

975
00:49:51,840 --> 00:49:53,879
Speaker 1: go over. I said eight and a half. If I've

976
00:49:53,880 --> 00:49:55,400
Speaker 1: got him in the playoff, I've got him as like

977
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 1: a nine or ten win team. I think a lot

978
00:49:57,680 --> 00:50:00,680
Speaker 1: comes together. I like what they've got across the board.

979
00:50:01,080 --> 00:50:02,840
Speaker 1: Maybe it's not a crazy take. You can call me

980
00:50:02,880 --> 00:50:04,840
Speaker 1: crazy if you want. Let me know in the comments

981
00:50:04,840 --> 00:50:06,640
Speaker 1: what you feel about Texas A and M. But I'm

982
00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:07,719
Speaker 1: in help me in.

983
00:50:07,719 --> 00:50:10,759
Speaker 2: A couple of those perhaps winnable games for A and

984
00:50:10,880 --> 00:50:14,000
Speaker 2: M come out at an advantageous spot. They have Auburn

985
00:50:14,200 --> 00:50:17,000
Speaker 2: at home a week after Auburn is at Oklahoma. Yep,

986
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:21,319
Speaker 2: so some body blow theory there. They have Florida a

987
00:50:21,360 --> 00:50:25,560
Speaker 2: week after Florida hosts Texas. So that's nice for A

988
00:50:25,640 --> 00:50:27,759
Speaker 2: and M. By the way, I love that you're doing this.

989
00:50:28,120 --> 00:50:30,200
Speaker 1: I love that you are going a level deeper and

990
00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:32,680
Speaker 1: working out the matrix in your head for pretty much

991
00:50:32,719 --> 00:50:35,280
Speaker 1: all of these Power Conference teams and how that schedule

992
00:50:35,280 --> 00:50:35,799
Speaker 1: sets up.

993
00:50:36,280 --> 00:50:38,600
Speaker 2: It's also okay, so this is the SEC. So the

994
00:50:38,600 --> 00:50:40,880
Speaker 2: counterpoint would be like, yeah, there's a bunch of really

995
00:50:41,040 --> 00:50:43,520
Speaker 2: scary looking teams and quality teams, so of course you're

996
00:50:43,520 --> 00:50:45,239
Speaker 2: going to get somebody a week before or a week

997
00:50:45,320 --> 00:50:49,160
Speaker 2: after whatever some MISSOO doesn't some of these teams have

998
00:50:49,239 --> 00:50:53,160
Speaker 2: great schedules. Tennessee schedule's pretty good. So yeah, this is

999
00:50:53,440 --> 00:50:55,840
Speaker 2: I think working to A and m's advantage because of

1000
00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:58,640
Speaker 2: the you know, if you are tired after playing Texas,

1001
00:50:58,680 --> 00:51:01,560
Speaker 2: if you were beat up after playing Oklahoma's defense, and

1002
00:51:01,600 --> 00:51:03,640
Speaker 2: then you're staring down an A and M team who

1003
00:51:03,840 --> 00:51:06,680
Speaker 2: just wants to gash you on the ground over and

1004
00:51:06,719 --> 00:51:09,000
Speaker 2: over again, with a bunch of twenty one year old

1005
00:51:09,080 --> 00:51:12,120
Speaker 2: offensive linemen that can keep rotating in and out running

1006
00:51:12,160 --> 00:51:15,760
Speaker 2: backs that are going to gas you, it's potentially extremely

1007
00:51:15,800 --> 00:51:16,400
Speaker 2: bad news.

1008
00:51:16,640 --> 00:51:20,560
Speaker 1: I couldn't agree more and more to the point that

1009
00:51:20,640 --> 00:51:23,320
Speaker 1: game on Week three at Notre Dame is going to

1010
00:51:23,360 --> 00:51:24,200
Speaker 1: be a slugfest.

1011
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:25,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, smash burger.

1012
00:51:25,560 --> 00:51:28,520
Speaker 1: It's going to be low scoring. I'm not so sure

1013
00:51:28,520 --> 00:51:30,520
Speaker 1: that A and M doesn't come along come out of

1014
00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:32,960
Speaker 1: that one as the winner. I think that's gonna be

1015
00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:34,000
Speaker 1: a hell of a football game.

1016
00:51:34,040 --> 00:51:36,759
Speaker 2: And so you've established Notre Dames beating Miami week one.

1017
00:51:37,040 --> 00:51:39,000
Speaker 2: There you're on the record. They are, they're gonna be.

1018
00:51:39,040 --> 00:51:42,520
Speaker 2: You're on the record, Tennessee smashing Syracuse. Yes, what else

1019
00:51:42,560 --> 00:51:45,359
Speaker 2: have you said? What else are your early season guarantees?

1020
00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:49,560
Speaker 2: I forget now at this point, I'm very old Temples.

1021
00:51:49,600 --> 00:51:52,399
Speaker 2: I'd have to go back and check. Oh you did

1022
00:51:52,440 --> 00:51:55,040
Speaker 2: you say Texas is absolutely beating Ohio State? You said

1023
00:51:55,040 --> 00:51:56,839
Speaker 2: that's going to beat at Ohio State. We know that.

1024
00:51:57,000 --> 00:52:00,080
Speaker 2: Okay on the road week one? Yeah, okay, try I

1025
00:52:00,120 --> 00:52:02,440
Speaker 2: remember your other mark me downs.

1026
00:52:03,080 --> 00:52:04,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll make a board when we get when we

1027
00:52:04,680 --> 00:52:06,399
Speaker 1: get to the predictions episode, I'm gonna get a white

1028
00:52:06,440 --> 00:52:08,000
Speaker 1: cord here behind me, will jot these down.

1029
00:52:08,120 --> 00:52:08,759
Speaker 2: Love to hear it.

1030
00:52:09,200 --> 00:52:12,480
Speaker 1: But that big one on September the thirteenth in South Bend,

1031
00:52:13,239 --> 00:52:18,919
Speaker 1: Notre Dame off a bye. Yeah, cantalizing to say the least. Sure,

1032
00:52:18,960 --> 00:52:21,440
Speaker 1: I'm in on A and m I'm in count me

1033
00:52:21,480 --> 00:52:25,680
Speaker 1: in obvious. The obvious counterpoint, once again, doesn't win nine

1034
00:52:25,719 --> 00:52:26,640
Speaker 1: ten games.

1035
00:52:27,960 --> 00:52:30,600
Speaker 2: It is there's a lot of pressure. There always seems

1036
00:52:30,640 --> 00:52:33,240
Speaker 2: to be reasons why quarterback doesn't work out, or defense

1037
00:52:33,280 --> 00:52:36,880
Speaker 2: doesn't work out, or coaches don't work out. I like

1038
00:52:36,920 --> 00:52:38,719
Speaker 2: Mike Alcohol a lot. I think if there's a guy

1039
00:52:38,719 --> 00:52:42,040
Speaker 2: who can sort of buck that trend, I just think

1040
00:52:42,040 --> 00:52:42,960
Speaker 2: he's a really good coach.

1041
00:52:43,480 --> 00:52:48,120
Speaker 1: Let's talk Arkansas, Dan Okay, seven and six. Last year

1042
00:52:48,160 --> 00:52:50,960
Speaker 1: you're over under is five and one half. Let me

1043
00:52:51,239 --> 00:52:52,960
Speaker 1: paint you a picture.

1044
00:52:52,600 --> 00:52:54,920
Speaker 2: Of the Hogs this year. Put it into this season.

1045
00:52:55,800 --> 00:53:01,799
Speaker 1: Sam Pittman going into your six, I know they like

1046
00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:06,439
Speaker 1: him down there. He's coaching for his job. Yep. Last

1047
00:53:06,520 --> 00:53:09,600
Speaker 1: year it was seven to six campaign, they did go

1048
00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:13,799
Speaker 1: to a bowl. They were certainly entertaining. I do think

1049
00:53:13,840 --> 00:53:16,600
Speaker 1: it's fair to wonder at this point what everybody in

1050
00:53:16,640 --> 00:53:18,680
Speaker 1: the room is asking, and that is, does Sam Pittman

1051
00:53:18,719 --> 00:53:21,120
Speaker 1: know how to break through and get out of this cycle?

1052
00:53:21,600 --> 00:53:26,080
Speaker 1: Because the harsh reality is this, Arkansas's got one of

1053
00:53:26,400 --> 00:53:28,919
Speaker 1: the most difficult schedules in all of college football this year.

1054
00:53:29,760 --> 00:53:32,600
Speaker 1: I think you combine that with what has been the

1055
00:53:32,719 --> 00:53:36,759
Speaker 1: undercurrent of this program being that they have had more

1056
00:53:36,920 --> 00:53:40,640
Speaker 1: portal departures than any other SEC program over the last

1057
00:53:40,640 --> 00:53:44,080
Speaker 1: three years. It's hard to be optimistic in the face

1058
00:53:44,120 --> 00:53:47,000
Speaker 1: of that. This is just not a situation where it's

1059
00:53:47,080 --> 00:53:49,440
Speaker 1: like they're bringing in like for like, guys, Okay, we

1060
00:53:49,560 --> 00:53:52,600
Speaker 1: lost somebody big to Alabama. We're going to bring in

1061
00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:54,080
Speaker 1: somebody big from Penn State.

1062
00:53:54,640 --> 00:53:54,759
Speaker 2: Yea.

1063
00:53:55,280 --> 00:53:59,200
Speaker 1: They're bringing in replacement level guys Dan Yeah, So they're

1064
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:01,960
Speaker 1: doing that to fill the gaps, to build some depth.

1065
00:54:02,320 --> 00:54:04,400
Speaker 1: It feels like there has been a slow drain of

1066
00:54:04,440 --> 00:54:07,520
Speaker 1: talent out of Fayetteville, and that's not a great situation.

1067
00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:13,279
Speaker 1: The good news is Taylor Green. Taylor Green's fun at quarterback.

1068
00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:16,839
Speaker 1: If you are optimistic about the Hogs this year, it's

1069
00:54:16,880 --> 00:54:18,400
Speaker 1: because he saw him last year and he said, hey,

1070
00:54:18,400 --> 00:54:21,279
Speaker 1: there's upside and he said, hey, this is going to

1071
00:54:21,320 --> 00:54:23,759
Speaker 1: be year two now under Bobby Patrino. Maybe he learns

1072
00:54:23,760 --> 00:54:26,040
Speaker 1: a little bit, maybe he finds his game a little bit.

1073
00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:30,120
Speaker 1: The best of him throws a great deep ball, can

1074
00:54:30,200 --> 00:54:33,000
Speaker 1: run like a deer, is a straight up playmaker back there.

1075
00:54:33,640 --> 00:54:37,480
Speaker 1: The worst of him is loose with the football, fumbles

1076
00:54:37,480 --> 00:54:39,920
Speaker 1: a little too much, tries a little too hard to

1077
00:54:39,960 --> 00:54:42,719
Speaker 1: force a big play. He needs to be more consistent

1078
00:54:42,880 --> 00:54:44,680
Speaker 1: if they want to have any chance of hitting that

1079
00:54:44,719 --> 00:54:47,719
Speaker 1: over And I think that's probably where you got to

1080
00:54:47,760 --> 00:54:52,759
Speaker 1: start pretty confidently with all of your Arkansas previews out there.

1081
00:54:53,640 --> 00:54:56,080
Speaker 1: He's got to play well. If he doesn't play well,

1082
00:54:56,960 --> 00:54:58,840
Speaker 1: then we're going to start talking about these other issues

1083
00:54:58,880 --> 00:55:01,640
Speaker 1: that could bring this team even lower. They lost their

1084
00:55:01,760 --> 00:55:05,800
Speaker 1: entire receiving corps right their top four guys, including Andrew Armstrong,

1085
00:55:06,520 --> 00:55:12,080
Speaker 1: all gone. Luke has another name, Yeah, he transferred out.

1086
00:55:12,320 --> 00:55:14,840
Speaker 2: So while Taylor Green might.

1087
00:55:14,680 --> 00:55:16,879
Speaker 1: Be able to stretch the field vertically, it's a question

1088
00:55:16,920 --> 00:55:19,120
Speaker 1: of who's he throwing to, and if he's not consistent,

1089
00:55:19,200 --> 00:55:20,759
Speaker 1: it's even more of a question of can they get

1090
00:55:20,760 --> 00:55:23,279
Speaker 1: any pop out of this passing game? Yeah, I think

1091
00:55:23,640 --> 00:55:26,040
Speaker 1: like the line will be improved. I think the line

1092
00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:29,200
Speaker 1: will be better. It's important that Taylor Green gets some

1093
00:55:29,280 --> 00:55:31,640
Speaker 1: time to throw back there. It's important that there be

1094
00:55:31,719 --> 00:55:33,720
Speaker 1: some sort of ground game to give him a compliment

1095
00:55:33,760 --> 00:55:36,640
Speaker 1: so that it's not all on him. But it comes

1096
00:55:36,680 --> 00:55:38,279
Speaker 1: down to whether or not they can get that level

1097
00:55:38,320 --> 00:55:40,839
Speaker 1: of consistency out of Tailing Green. And if they can,

1098
00:55:40,960 --> 00:55:43,480
Speaker 1: then it's like how far can he take them? You know,

1099
00:55:43,640 --> 00:55:46,960
Speaker 1: but as a starting point at least for this conversation,

1100
00:55:47,640 --> 00:55:49,440
Speaker 1: if they don't get that play out of him, it's

1101
00:55:49,440 --> 00:55:50,480
Speaker 1: a problem.

1102
00:55:51,280 --> 00:55:53,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, And I mean, how many times have we seen

1103
00:55:53,480 --> 00:55:57,759
Speaker 2: a quarterback without proven receivers. And that's not to say

1104
00:55:57,800 --> 00:56:01,640
Speaker 2: that the transfers coming in can't be pretty good. Armstrong

1105
00:56:01,719 --> 00:56:04,400
Speaker 2: came in, came in from was it like Texas A

1106
00:56:04,440 --> 00:56:06,040
Speaker 2: and m Commerce like it was one of it was

1107
00:56:06,080 --> 00:56:08,719
Speaker 2: a very small like he was a D transfer. So

1108
00:56:08,760 --> 00:56:11,200
Speaker 2: they can hit on these guys, they can evaluate and

1109
00:56:11,239 --> 00:56:14,440
Speaker 2: they can develop. Part of tom with Taylor Green is

1110
00:56:15,840 --> 00:56:20,279
Speaker 2: he's not flawless. No, like he himself has been a

1111
00:56:20,320 --> 00:56:23,080
Speaker 2: wild card. For every three incredible plays, there's a play

1112
00:56:23,120 --> 00:56:27,839
Speaker 2: that completely changes the trajectory of a game of a half,

1113
00:56:27,840 --> 00:56:31,839
Speaker 2: a season of a quarter, whatever that there, there are

1114
00:56:31,920 --> 00:56:36,080
Speaker 2: some mental mistakes going on there as well, So he

1115
00:56:36,160 --> 00:56:38,640
Speaker 2: needs to We talked about what if Florida has a

1116
00:56:38,640 --> 00:56:40,759
Speaker 2: boring ear, that's a good thing. We need to say

1117
00:56:40,800 --> 00:56:45,360
Speaker 2: Taylor Green needs a boring season. Exciting plays, but boring

1118
00:56:45,400 --> 00:56:48,560
Speaker 2: in terms of decision making, boring in terms of turnovers,

1119
00:56:48,640 --> 00:56:54,239
Speaker 2: boring in terms of general poise whatever. So that's what

1120
00:56:54,280 --> 00:56:58,560
Speaker 2: I'm looking for from him because he's not advantaged with

1121
00:56:59,120 --> 00:57:02,719
Speaker 2: what's around him from approven per sect, He's not advantaged

1122
00:57:02,719 --> 00:57:04,600
Speaker 2: with the like I only need to score twenty seven

1123
00:57:04,640 --> 00:57:06,960
Speaker 2: points a week because my defense can take care of

1124
00:57:07,000 --> 00:57:09,920
Speaker 2: business defense very much could not on the back end

1125
00:57:10,000 --> 00:57:10,440
Speaker 2: last year.

1126
00:57:10,520 --> 00:57:12,440
Speaker 1: No, And That's where I was going with this next,

1127
00:57:12,480 --> 00:57:15,759
Speaker 1: because I'm burying the lead a little bit, starting the

1128
00:57:15,800 --> 00:57:19,240
Speaker 1: conversation with Taylor Green, because the most concerning bit coming

1129
00:57:19,240 --> 00:57:21,280
Speaker 1: into this year, or at least looking back at last,

1130
00:57:22,040 --> 00:57:23,680
Speaker 1: was the pass rush and the secondary.

1131
00:57:24,680 --> 00:57:27,920
Speaker 2: They got no pressure. The spreadsheet one of the other friends.

1132
00:57:28,040 --> 00:57:31,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, the spreadsheet that I look at is all red

1133
00:57:31,680 --> 00:57:34,920
Speaker 1: in the past defense categories. Now, so this year you're

1134
00:57:34,960 --> 00:57:38,000
Speaker 1: looking at like two returning starters, a couple of transfers

1135
00:57:38,000 --> 00:57:40,800
Speaker 1: in the secondary. It is very questionable to me whether

1136
00:57:40,880 --> 00:57:42,600
Speaker 1: or not they're going to improve this thing. I'm not

1137
00:57:42,640 --> 00:57:44,880
Speaker 1: sure the pass rush is going to improve either, now

1138
00:57:44,880 --> 00:57:48,280
Speaker 1: that Land and Jackson and some others are gone. It's

1139
00:57:48,360 --> 00:57:51,520
Speaker 1: like I was thinking, what was the scene Lucille Ball

1140
00:57:51,560 --> 00:57:53,000
Speaker 1: in the cookie factory.

1141
00:57:53,200 --> 00:57:53,800
Speaker 2: Whatever that was?

1142
00:57:54,040 --> 00:57:57,000
Speaker 1: I think, yeah, yeah, where the conveyor belt's going and

1143
00:57:57,040 --> 00:57:59,200
Speaker 1: she's trying to pick the cookies up and she's eating them.

1144
00:58:00,040 --> 00:58:01,280
Speaker 2: It just seems like there's a lot to.

1145
00:58:01,280 --> 00:58:04,840
Speaker 1: Keep up with here on the Arkansas side, especially on defense.

1146
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:10,520
Speaker 1: The one bright spot is the interior of that defensive line.

1147
00:58:10,560 --> 00:58:13,919
Speaker 1: The run defense is still anchored by cam Ball, who

1148
00:58:14,160 --> 00:58:17,400
Speaker 1: was really solid last year. I think defensively they'll they'll

1149
00:58:17,440 --> 00:58:21,520
Speaker 1: definitely show some bite against the run, but how they

1150
00:58:21,560 --> 00:58:23,439
Speaker 1: defense against the pass is going to be a real

1151
00:58:23,440 --> 00:58:28,480
Speaker 1: issue here and probably the bigger story that will dictate success,

1152
00:58:28,640 --> 00:58:31,000
Speaker 1: as opposed to tailing Green, who's important in his own right,

1153
00:58:31,000 --> 00:58:33,040
Speaker 1: but you got to stop people otherwise it's going to

1154
00:58:33,080 --> 00:58:34,640
Speaker 1: be kind of a non starter.

1155
00:58:35,160 --> 00:58:39,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, and the defense did improve last year, for whatever

1156
00:58:39,040 --> 00:58:42,200
Speaker 2: it's worth. We saw the win against Tennessee look like

1157
00:58:42,240 --> 00:58:45,640
Speaker 2: a nice step forward. They did get sixty three scored

1158
00:58:45,680 --> 00:58:47,439
Speaker 2: on him by a hole miss. A few weeks later,

1159
00:58:48,400 --> 00:58:52,520
Speaker 2: they just didn't seem to be the same team week

1160
00:58:52,560 --> 00:58:55,480
Speaker 2: to week, like they did a good job against Texas

1161
00:58:55,600 --> 00:58:57,920
Speaker 2: keeping that close and frustrated.

1162
00:58:57,960 --> 00:59:00,200
Speaker 1: It wasn't even week to week it was play to

1163
00:59:00,240 --> 00:59:00,840
Speaker 1: play in something.

1164
00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:02,920
Speaker 2: It was play to play, Yeah, you know, but then

1165
00:59:03,240 --> 00:59:05,360
Speaker 2: the ball against Texas Tech, I think, you know, you

1166
00:59:05,400 --> 00:59:07,040
Speaker 2: can only take so much away when there's so much

1167
00:59:07,080 --> 00:59:09,880
Speaker 2: roster turnover. But I think vibes are at least okay

1168
00:59:10,160 --> 00:59:13,200
Speaker 2: in Fayettville right now. And by the way, shout out

1169
00:59:13,240 --> 00:59:16,200
Speaker 2: to you for connecting with the youth on an episode

1170
00:59:16,560 --> 00:59:19,720
Speaker 2: in which you're talking about how graying you are, mentioning

1171
00:59:19,720 --> 00:59:22,800
Speaker 2: a show that was broadcast in black and white as

1172
00:59:22,840 --> 00:59:24,439
Speaker 2: a reference point. Good jobs.

1173
00:59:24,440 --> 00:59:26,280
Speaker 1: Everybody's seen that clip though, No.

1174
00:59:26,360 --> 00:59:29,640
Speaker 2: Buddy, you have to explain to people who Lucille Ball

1175
00:59:29,720 --> 00:59:30,840
Speaker 2: is in twenty twenty five.

1176
00:59:30,720 --> 00:59:34,280
Speaker 1: All right in the comments on YouTube, because apparently that helps. Yeah,

1177
00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:37,640
Speaker 1: let me know if you're old enough to know that

1178
00:59:37,720 --> 00:59:40,439
Speaker 1: clip or I've seen that clip, even if you're well.

1179
00:59:40,360 --> 00:59:42,560
Speaker 2: I think we have viewers show. I think we have

1180
00:59:42,640 --> 00:59:43,960
Speaker 2: viewers and listeners who get it.

1181
00:59:44,080 --> 00:59:46,560
Speaker 1: I want them all to comment because again, apparently that helped.

1182
00:59:46,560 --> 00:59:52,320
Speaker 2: That was like seventy years ago. Probably what Yeah, okay,

1183
00:59:52,520 --> 00:59:54,640
Speaker 2: where we're going next? South Carolina? Does that sound good?

1184
00:59:54,880 --> 00:59:55,000
Speaker 1: Well?

1185
00:59:55,040 --> 00:59:56,720
Speaker 2: I just wanted to talk about the schedule real quick.

1186
00:59:56,800 --> 00:59:59,280
Speaker 2: Oh sorry, sorry, continue you look at the schedule.

1187
00:59:59,400 --> 01:00:01,160
Speaker 1: You completely yet why the over under is five and

1188
01:00:01,160 --> 01:00:05,000
Speaker 1: a half and unless there is like a big lead beforeward,

1189
01:00:05,240 --> 01:00:08,920
Speaker 1: I can't put Arkansas in a bowl road games Apple

1190
01:00:09,000 --> 01:00:11,320
Speaker 1: Miss at Memphis, which is a non con game, which

1191
01:00:11,360 --> 01:00:12,480
Speaker 1: actually is a tough matchup.

1192
01:00:12,720 --> 01:00:14,080
Speaker 2: It's a good year to get Memphis.

1193
01:00:14,120 --> 01:00:17,120
Speaker 1: They lose a lot, but yeahes at Tennessee at LSU

1194
01:00:17,160 --> 01:00:20,800
Speaker 1: at Texas. They also play Notre Dame, another SEC team

1195
01:00:20,800 --> 01:00:21,920
Speaker 1: with Notre Dame on the schedule.

1196
01:00:21,960 --> 01:00:22,600
Speaker 2: It's at home.

1197
01:00:22,840 --> 01:00:25,320
Speaker 1: They get A and M at home Auburn missoo, it's tough.

1198
01:00:26,080 --> 01:00:26,640
Speaker 2: This is tough.

1199
01:00:26,680 --> 01:00:30,200
Speaker 1: I'm under I'm like four and eight for Arkansas this year.

1200
01:00:31,480 --> 01:00:34,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think five and seven is where I sit.

1201
01:00:34,560 --> 01:00:36,800
Speaker 2: I mean, look, you get Notre Dame, as you mentioned, like,

1202
01:00:37,040 --> 01:00:40,959
Speaker 2: it just doesn't help with the number games in faeithfel though, right,

1203
01:00:41,000 --> 01:00:45,960
Speaker 2: it's in faithful Arkansas is hosting. Yeah, I don't think

1204
01:00:46,120 --> 01:00:49,760
Speaker 2: even like let down look ahead wise, there are some spots,

1205
01:00:50,080 --> 01:00:52,920
Speaker 2: but you got to have that base of like known

1206
01:00:53,080 --> 01:00:56,160
Speaker 2: quality that Arkansas just don't think has in this moment.

1207
01:00:57,080 --> 01:00:59,160
Speaker 2: Thrilled to be surprised. Thrilled to be surprised. I've long

1208
01:00:59,160 --> 01:01:02,000
Speaker 2: said Arkansas the most college football college football program. Thrilled

1209
01:01:02,040 --> 01:01:08,360
Speaker 2: to be surprised by them this year. Speaking of known quality, Yes,

1210
01:01:08,520 --> 01:01:13,000
Speaker 2: Lenoris Sellers is good. Talk about the South Carolina game Cocks, Yeah,

1211
01:01:13,040 --> 01:01:16,240
Speaker 2: he's good. Nine and four last year, the over unders

1212
01:01:16,280 --> 01:01:19,600
Speaker 2: seven and a half. This year, they closed out the

1213
01:01:19,680 --> 01:01:23,720
Speaker 2: regular season with a six game winning streak, including that

1214
01:01:23,800 --> 01:01:27,560
Speaker 2: big win over Clemson to close things out. They were

1215
01:01:27,600 --> 01:01:30,080
Speaker 2: on the fringes of that playoff conversation. It was a

1216
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:32,640
Speaker 2: very successful year for Shane Beemer.

1217
01:01:33,800 --> 01:01:38,000
Speaker 1: I think the main question going into twenty twenty five

1218
01:01:38,840 --> 01:01:43,920
Speaker 1: is whether or not that defensive front seven can be

1219
01:01:44,040 --> 01:01:47,160
Speaker 1: rebuilt quickly enough to compliment what should be a fun

1220
01:01:47,160 --> 01:01:49,160
Speaker 1: as hell offense with Lenoris the Creator.

1221
01:01:49,680 --> 01:01:51,480
Speaker 2: We call him Lenoris.

1222
01:01:51,000 --> 01:01:54,760
Speaker 1: The Creator on this episode for those newcomers. Okay, if

1223
01:01:54,800 --> 01:01:57,160
Speaker 1: you've watched Leonora's sellers, you know why.

1224
01:01:57,600 --> 01:01:59,240
Speaker 2: Yes, you know why.

1225
01:01:59,280 --> 01:02:01,000
Speaker 1: He is the kind of quarterback who gives you a

1226
01:02:01,080 --> 01:02:02,439
Speaker 1: chance every play, every game.

1227
01:02:02,480 --> 01:02:03,160
Speaker 2: He is fun.

1228
01:02:04,040 --> 01:02:06,400
Speaker 1: He is going to be fun again. He just needs

1229
01:02:06,440 --> 01:02:08,720
Speaker 1: a little bit of help from that defensive front. They

1230
01:02:08,800 --> 01:02:09,680
Speaker 1: lose a lot.

1231
01:02:11,120 --> 01:02:11,400
Speaker 2: Now.

1232
01:02:12,120 --> 01:02:15,240
Speaker 1: The more nuanced tie take that people heard in part

1233
01:02:15,240 --> 01:02:19,760
Speaker 1: one was me worrying about depth because there are three

1234
01:02:19,760 --> 01:02:22,440
Speaker 1: big headliners, three big names that are on lists.

1235
01:02:23,000 --> 01:02:23,520
Speaker 2: I'm ready.

1236
01:02:23,800 --> 01:02:27,120
Speaker 1: Leonora is the creator. Dylan Stewart maybe the best pass

1237
01:02:27,160 --> 01:02:30,040
Speaker 1: rusher in the conference, in the world at this point.

1238
01:02:30,040 --> 01:02:33,800
Speaker 2: I don't know. Nick Harber. Now that might just be me.

1239
01:02:33,960 --> 01:02:35,600
Speaker 1: Okay, we can get into that in a second.

1240
01:02:35,800 --> 01:02:39,520
Speaker 2: Do you think announcers will note that Nick Harbor has

1241
01:02:39,680 --> 01:02:43,600
Speaker 2: legit track speed during South Carolina games this year.

1242
01:02:43,560 --> 01:02:45,040
Speaker 1: Like seven times per game.

1243
01:02:45,320 --> 01:02:47,240
Speaker 2: This guy is a legit track guy.

1244
01:02:48,400 --> 01:02:50,440
Speaker 1: Let me zoom out a little bit, though. Let me

1245
01:02:50,520 --> 01:02:54,360
Speaker 1: examine my own take there. If we zoom out a

1246
01:02:54,360 --> 01:02:57,120
Speaker 1: little bit, if we're looking at the defense, this was

1247
01:02:57,160 --> 01:03:01,000
Speaker 1: an outstanding you know, last year, haven't got cleaned out.

1248
01:03:01,120 --> 01:03:04,600
Speaker 1: Kyle Canard, he was the All World Everything, first Team

1249
01:03:04,920 --> 01:03:05,560
Speaker 1: All American.

1250
01:03:05,680 --> 01:03:06,280
Speaker 2: He's gone.

1251
01:03:06,680 --> 01:03:10,600
Speaker 1: Four interior linemen are gone, TJ Sanders, three linebackers.

1252
01:03:10,600 --> 01:03:11,520
Speaker 2: A lot of these guys are gone.

1253
01:03:11,560 --> 01:03:14,640
Speaker 1: The secondary much more of a veteran presence this year.

1254
01:03:14,840 --> 01:03:19,480
Speaker 2: Best player's gone though, Yeah, Nickie men Warre, Yeah.

1255
01:03:18,640 --> 01:03:20,720
Speaker 1: But there's enough back there I think to be comfortable.

1256
01:03:21,000 --> 01:03:24,000
Speaker 1: So back to the original point, it's a question of

1257
01:03:24,000 --> 01:03:26,560
Speaker 1: how are they going to fill those gaps. It's gonna

1258
01:03:26,560 --> 01:03:28,920
Speaker 1: be a combination of a few transfers, a lot of

1259
01:03:29,000 --> 01:03:32,520
Speaker 1: younger guys. I count only three seniors on the projected

1260
01:03:32,600 --> 01:03:35,720
Speaker 1: starting lineup at this defense. So how the underclassmen perform

1261
01:03:35,920 --> 01:03:38,840
Speaker 1: I think ultimately defines the ceiling it helps to have

1262
01:03:38,920 --> 01:03:40,320
Speaker 1: Dylan Stewart as a starting point.

1263
01:03:40,440 --> 01:03:42,440
Speaker 2: Great starting point. Right, He had a sack.

1264
01:03:42,280 --> 01:03:44,280
Speaker 1: And a half and two forced fumbles in his first

1265
01:03:44,320 --> 01:03:46,120
Speaker 1: game last year, then he went on to be a

1266
01:03:46,120 --> 01:03:48,640
Speaker 1: freshman All American. That's a good starting point. You'll take that.

1267
01:03:49,040 --> 01:03:50,840
Speaker 1: He's a type of talent that down the road you're

1268
01:03:50,840 --> 01:03:52,840
Speaker 1: talking him up as like maybe a number one overall.

1269
01:03:52,840 --> 01:03:58,680
Speaker 1: Pick the two guys that I am watching, Gabriel Brown,

1270
01:03:58,760 --> 01:04:02,200
Speaker 1: Low Dindy. I had to say it slowly. I'm going

1271
01:04:02,240 --> 01:04:06,080
Speaker 1: to call him GBD great three point fifteen, a former

1272
01:04:06,120 --> 01:04:09,040
Speaker 1: five star. I don't know if GBD is legal for

1273
01:04:09,120 --> 01:04:12,560
Speaker 1: recreational use in South Carolina. Probably probably is going to

1274
01:04:12,600 --> 01:04:15,280
Speaker 1: be outlawed around the rest of the SEC provided he pops.

1275
01:04:15,320 --> 01:04:18,680
Speaker 1: We'll see how this season goes. Get yourself a good

1276
01:04:19,840 --> 01:04:22,000
Speaker 1: fifteen milligram dose of GBD this year.

1277
01:04:22,400 --> 01:04:23,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, get high on GBD.

1278
01:04:25,040 --> 01:04:31,240
Speaker 1: Secondly, Fred Johnson, Okay, linebacker Fred Johnson played thirteen games

1279
01:04:31,240 --> 01:04:35,440
Speaker 1: as a true freshman, described on the official South Carolina

1280
01:04:35,560 --> 01:04:40,720
Speaker 1: team website as rangy, as smooth, as fast, and extremely talented.

1281
01:04:41,240 --> 01:04:43,080
Speaker 2: That's how they talked about you as a second basement

1282
01:04:43,120 --> 01:04:46,480
Speaker 2: in eleventh grade. Right, always always the descriptor.

1283
01:04:46,560 --> 01:04:48,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, if he's good, Dan, he's going to do something

1284
01:04:48,920 --> 01:04:52,520
Speaker 1: that might be your favorite thing ever. He's going to

1285
01:04:52,600 --> 01:04:54,920
Speaker 1: give that sec a real freeducation.

1286
01:04:55,200 --> 01:04:58,160
Speaker 2: We love a freeducation. Shout out Mississippi State in like

1287
01:04:58,280 --> 01:05:00,640
Speaker 2: the early twenty teens, I think.

1288
01:05:00,480 --> 01:05:07,120
Speaker 1: Absolutely, absolutely ross. So I am like talking myself in

1289
01:05:07,160 --> 01:05:08,880
Speaker 1: circles a little bit here with South Carolina.

1290
01:05:09,400 --> 01:05:10,400
Speaker 2: There are headliners.

1291
01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:13,439
Speaker 1: I think what I am really saying is I want

1292
01:05:13,440 --> 01:05:16,520
Speaker 1: to know who the contributors are going to be behind

1293
01:05:16,520 --> 01:05:19,560
Speaker 1: those headliners and who pops. Maybe it'll be GBD or

1294
01:05:19,600 --> 01:05:24,760
Speaker 1: Fred Johnson, maybe it'll be others. Again, the secondary is experienced.

1295
01:05:25,120 --> 01:05:28,200
Speaker 1: I like what they've got back there, even Evan Maxwell,

1296
01:05:28,280 --> 01:05:30,360
Speaker 1: Dan has some eligibility. I think he gives him a

1297
01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:33,200
Speaker 1: veteran presence on the back end of that defense. Right,

1298
01:05:34,200 --> 01:05:36,520
Speaker 1: So I'm curious to see what they look like on

1299
01:05:36,560 --> 01:05:39,880
Speaker 1: that side of the ball. Again, offensively, they're building the

1300
01:05:39,880 --> 01:05:41,400
Speaker 1: plane out of Leonoris the Creator.

1301
01:05:42,560 --> 01:05:44,840
Speaker 2: Uh, it's a great starting point. You're right about that.

1302
01:05:45,800 --> 01:05:47,720
Speaker 2: I'm not sure I'm same page with you with Nick

1303
01:05:47,760 --> 01:05:50,280
Speaker 2: Harbor as somebody who will pop or I guess you're

1304
01:05:50,320 --> 01:05:50,800
Speaker 2: just curious.

1305
01:05:50,920 --> 01:05:55,240
Speaker 1: I'm curious, potent, Yeah, the skills are there, the.

1306
01:05:55,120 --> 01:05:58,600
Speaker 2: Raw physical tools are there. But yeah, he wasn't like

1307
01:05:58,680 --> 01:06:03,120
Speaker 2: a you know, a scary weapon catching seven balls a game. Yeah.

1308
01:06:03,200 --> 01:06:07,600
Speaker 1: Third on Bruce's freaks list. Yeah right, So everybody acknowledges

1309
01:06:08,400 --> 01:06:10,440
Speaker 1: that there are freak athletes on this team. It's not

1310
01:06:10,480 --> 01:06:13,640
Speaker 1: just him. Leonora Sellers was like thirty third on Bruce's list.

1311
01:06:14,560 --> 01:06:17,480
Speaker 1: Let me start with him though, Okay, elusive as hell.

1312
01:06:18,840 --> 01:06:21,920
Speaker 1: He forced eighteen miss tackles alone in that Clemson game.

1313
01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:26,240
Speaker 1: He's a really good deep passer. How Shane Beemer uses

1314
01:06:26,320 --> 01:06:29,640
Speaker 1: him will be interesting. The answer could be, however the

1315
01:06:29,680 --> 01:06:31,760
Speaker 1: hell he wants, right, because it seems like he can

1316
01:06:31,800 --> 01:06:33,680
Speaker 1: do a little bit of everything. None of us should

1317
01:06:33,760 --> 01:06:37,640
Speaker 1: question the creator, and I don't really question their two

1318
01:06:37,680 --> 01:06:41,439
Speaker 1: returning tackles, but I question the interior line. I question

1319
01:06:41,560 --> 01:06:43,680
Speaker 1: what the running game looks like now that Rocket Sanders

1320
01:06:43,680 --> 01:06:46,000
Speaker 1: has gone. I'm still waiting, as you are, for the

1321
01:06:46,000 --> 01:06:49,240
Speaker 1: new offensive coordinator too, new offensive coordinator, Mike Schulet. Yeah,

1322
01:06:49,480 --> 01:06:51,760
Speaker 1: I'm still waiting as you are, as everybody is, for

1323
01:06:51,880 --> 01:06:55,640
Speaker 1: Nick Carver to show more than just flashes. There are

1324
01:06:55,720 --> 01:06:59,480
Speaker 1: questions about this offense outside of Lenora's Sellers. I agree

1325
01:06:59,560 --> 01:07:04,439
Speaker 1: they need receivers to pop and stay healthy. They need

1326
01:07:04,520 --> 01:07:07,840
Speaker 1: Rosul Faison, their transfer running back from Utah State, to

1327
01:07:07,840 --> 01:07:10,440
Speaker 1: get his damn waiver through the NCAA so he can play.

1328
01:07:11,840 --> 01:07:15,840
Speaker 1: I realize these aren't the only guys, but at least

1329
01:07:15,840 --> 01:07:21,560
Speaker 1: it seems to me like Leonoris needs some playmakers around

1330
01:07:21,640 --> 01:07:22,960
Speaker 1: him and he.

1331
01:07:22,840 --> 01:07:23,600
Speaker 2: Cannot do it all.

1332
01:07:23,640 --> 01:07:25,200
Speaker 1: He might be fun as hell if he's trying to

1333
01:07:25,240 --> 01:07:27,200
Speaker 1: do it on his own. But some of these other

1334
01:07:27,280 --> 01:07:31,480
Speaker 1: names that I'm mentioning, you know, Maszio Bennett, like, some

1335
01:07:31,560 --> 01:07:34,480
Speaker 1: of these guys need to pop and give him a

1336
01:07:34,480 --> 01:07:36,640
Speaker 1: little bit of cover because he will not be able

1337
01:07:36,640 --> 01:07:38,680
Speaker 1: to do it all himself.

1338
01:07:38,840 --> 01:07:40,280
Speaker 2: There's just no way. He's a big guy.

1339
01:07:40,320 --> 01:07:42,960
Speaker 1: I think he can withstand the pressure of an SEC schedule.

1340
01:07:43,320 --> 01:07:45,400
Speaker 1: Six three, two forty. That's a big dude who can

1341
01:07:45,440 --> 01:07:49,840
Speaker 1: do all these things. He needs some help. I think

1342
01:07:49,840 --> 01:07:52,200
Speaker 1: South Carolina is gonna be good. I don't think they're

1343
01:07:52,240 --> 01:07:57,320
Speaker 1: going to be a team with the ceiling of last season,

1344
01:07:57,360 --> 01:07:59,880
Speaker 1: and even last season there were issues and they needed

1345
01:08:00,520 --> 01:08:04,280
Speaker 1: everything from Lenora Sellers to win that Clemson game because

1346
01:08:04,320 --> 01:08:09,080
Speaker 1: they had to overcome some mistakes from Lenora's sellers. They

1347
01:08:09,200 --> 01:08:15,480
Speaker 1: finished seven of their final nine games are as follows Missoo,

1348
01:08:15,960 --> 01:08:20,840
Speaker 1: ascuse me at Missoo, at LSU, Oklahoma, Alabama at Ole,

1349
01:08:20,880 --> 01:08:25,000
Speaker 1: Miss at A and M and Clemson. Yeah, buddy, it's

1350
01:08:25,040 --> 01:08:27,080
Speaker 1: not a good year to have this much turnover. And

1351
01:08:27,080 --> 01:08:29,080
Speaker 1: I understand this is the way of the sport now

1352
01:08:29,080 --> 01:08:33,840
Speaker 1: and whoever navigates this much turnover is ultimately who is

1353
01:08:33,880 --> 01:08:36,320
Speaker 1: going to be the ones that you know come out

1354
01:08:36,360 --> 01:08:36,760
Speaker 1: on top.

1355
01:08:37,720 --> 01:08:41,360
Speaker 2: That's too much. That's too much for me. And Shane

1356
01:08:41,400 --> 01:08:43,320
Speaker 2: Biemer has sort of had an every other year one

1357
01:08:43,400 --> 01:08:45,200
Speaker 2: year up, when year down, one year up. When you're like,

1358
01:08:45,920 --> 01:08:49,920
Speaker 2: I just think they are due for a stretch of

1359
01:08:49,960 --> 01:08:52,439
Speaker 2: struggle and figure it out. They can be Clemson again

1360
01:08:52,560 --> 01:08:57,360
Speaker 2: if they're you know, together and everything in order. I

1361
01:08:57,520 --> 01:08:59,840
Speaker 2: just it has the feel of seven and five.

1362
01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:03,519
Speaker 1: Me. I want you to know that as we're doing

1363
01:09:03,760 --> 01:09:07,680
Speaker 1: this preview, Shane Biemer has stepped down no because of

1364
01:09:07,720 --> 01:09:08,320
Speaker 1: that schedule.

1365
01:09:08,640 --> 01:09:09,160
Speaker 2: Yeah.

1366
01:09:09,240 --> 01:09:13,000
Speaker 1: I have just purchased for us the domain of coctober

1367
01:09:13,040 --> 01:09:16,400
Speaker 1: dot com. Oh no, ty, I'm going to get some

1368
01:09:16,479 --> 01:09:19,960
Speaker 1: interesting emails wanting to buy that one, aren't I.

1369
01:09:19,960 --> 01:09:23,000
Speaker 2: I mean you might get some huge offers, some huge

1370
01:09:23,280 --> 01:09:26,479
Speaker 2: throbbing Vaney offers on Coctober dot com.

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01:09:26,520 --> 01:09:29,880
Speaker 1: Okay, because it's Coctober if you're a South Carolina fan.

1372
01:09:30,280 --> 01:09:33,639
Speaker 1: Because of what you described those games in October right

1373
01:09:34,360 --> 01:09:37,760
Speaker 1: at LSU home against Oklahoma home against Alabama on the

1374
01:09:37,840 --> 01:09:41,640
Speaker 1: road at Mississippi, I guess November first, but it's going

1375
01:09:41,680 --> 01:09:44,760
Speaker 1: to be a very very big, meady, middle.

1376
01:09:45,200 --> 01:09:46,720
Speaker 2: Big media October.

1377
01:09:46,880 --> 01:09:49,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's right for the South Carolina game Cocks.

1378
01:09:50,280 --> 01:09:53,479
Speaker 2: When solidwife Kate over some like Veggie Enchilada tonight, like

1379
01:09:53,479 --> 01:09:55,280
Speaker 2: how is your day, and you're like, oh, let me

1380
01:09:55,320 --> 01:09:59,200
Speaker 2: tell you something. We spent seventeen dollars of our retainment

1381
01:09:59,240 --> 01:10:03,519
Speaker 2: ten ninete eighteen ninety nine of our precious retirement on

1382
01:10:04,200 --> 01:10:07,400
Speaker 2: October dot is it dot net? No, it's dot cot

1383
01:10:07,680 --> 01:10:13,320
Speaker 2: dot com. Okay, we got Coctober dot combaby, congratulations to

1384
01:10:13,360 --> 01:10:14,120
Speaker 2: you and yours tie.

1385
01:10:16,880 --> 01:10:19,519
Speaker 1: Where we're going next nineteen ninety nine with taxes?

1386
01:10:20,160 --> 01:10:20,479
Speaker 2: Okay.

1387
01:10:21,120 --> 01:10:23,160
Speaker 1: By the way, the Evan Maxwell I mentioned earlier is

1388
01:10:23,200 --> 01:10:26,519
Speaker 1: not actually in the secondary. He was in our Spotify comments.

1389
01:10:26,520 --> 01:10:28,040
Speaker 1: I just wanted to make sure he's paying attention.

1390
01:10:29,240 --> 01:10:32,400
Speaker 2: Lock in, Evan, lock in, lock in baby. Come on, Okay,

1391
01:10:32,760 --> 01:10:33,280
Speaker 2: we're got.

1392
01:10:33,120 --> 01:10:36,479
Speaker 1: Two teams left. Let's go to Auburn. All right, I'm

1393
01:10:36,520 --> 01:10:37,120
Speaker 1: tired of talking.

1394
01:10:37,120 --> 01:10:42,600
Speaker 2: Give me your Auburn spiel h Auburn has the potential

1395
01:10:42,680 --> 01:10:45,120
Speaker 2: to again be one of the most fun teams in

1396
01:10:45,160 --> 01:10:50,280
Speaker 2: the country but also win games. I am not a buyer.

1397
01:10:50,560 --> 01:10:55,320
Speaker 2: If our motto on college football in twenty twenty five

1398
01:10:55,560 --> 01:10:59,360
Speaker 2: is stability is currency. Auburn doesn't feel like the most

1399
01:10:59,400 --> 01:11:01,759
Speaker 2: stable place in the world right now, at least on offense.

1400
01:11:02,479 --> 01:11:05,960
Speaker 2: There is somewhat of a quarterback battle, but I think

1401
01:11:06,080 --> 01:11:10,200
Speaker 2: we expect Jackson Arnold to win this battle. They are

1402
01:11:10,240 --> 01:11:13,599
Speaker 2: as advantaged at starting receiver as any team in the country.

1403
01:11:14,880 --> 01:11:18,000
Speaker 2: Their offensive line, while experience, is kind of TBD to me,

1404
01:11:18,920 --> 01:11:23,320
Speaker 2: just because they brought in the weak link of USC's

1405
01:11:23,400 --> 01:11:27,400
Speaker 2: offensive line last year to shore up a tackle spot. Yeah,

1406
01:11:27,560 --> 01:11:30,600
Speaker 2: that worries me. I think they'll have enough pop at

1407
01:11:30,680 --> 01:11:35,280
Speaker 2: running back even without Jarquez Hunter. Defense should be good.

1408
01:11:35,800 --> 01:11:38,800
Speaker 2: Say which you will about dj Dirkin comma human being.

1409
01:11:40,240 --> 01:11:43,520
Speaker 2: They got that develops a lot of good defenses.

1410
01:11:43,760 --> 01:11:44,880
Speaker 1: They got better last year.

1411
01:11:45,280 --> 01:11:47,800
Speaker 2: They of course, I'm saying say what you will about

1412
01:11:47,800 --> 01:11:50,479
Speaker 2: as a human being. As a defensive coordinator, he's rock solid.

1413
01:11:51,560 --> 01:11:54,360
Speaker 2: There are some battles along this defense. They're just they're

1414
01:11:54,360 --> 01:11:57,040
Speaker 2: in a good place at enough position groups on both

1415
01:11:57,080 --> 01:12:01,400
Speaker 2: sides of the ball that it would be stunning considering

1416
01:12:01,479 --> 01:12:06,480
Speaker 2: how they lost games last year, which is red zone miscues,

1417
01:12:07,040 --> 01:12:08,360
Speaker 2: turnover mis cues.

1418
01:12:08,600 --> 01:12:10,240
Speaker 1: You're setting me up ice man.

1419
01:12:11,080 --> 01:12:13,559
Speaker 2: It would be insane to do that two years in

1420
01:12:13,600 --> 01:12:20,960
Speaker 2: a row. And so for that reason, sarks, I'm in Auburn.

1421
01:12:21,200 --> 01:12:23,720
Speaker 2: I'm in because I just don't think mathematically you can

1422
01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:26,519
Speaker 2: lose that way over and over a year after year

1423
01:12:26,560 --> 01:12:30,839
Speaker 2: after year. So even though Jackson Arnold hasn't exactly proven

1424
01:12:30,920 --> 01:12:34,599
Speaker 2: himself to be a stable, safe quarterback making his own

1425
01:12:35,000 --> 01:12:39,240
Speaker 2: errors at Oklahoma with his own issues around him that

1426
01:12:39,320 --> 01:12:41,720
Speaker 2: are not his fault or we're not his fault at Oklahoma,

1427
01:12:43,000 --> 01:12:47,240
Speaker 2: I'm not so sure when your competition is Jackson Arnold,

1428
01:12:47,240 --> 01:12:49,439
Speaker 2: who comes in with baggage but obviously a good amount

1429
01:12:49,439 --> 01:12:54,120
Speaker 2: of potential and talent, and Ashton Daniels from Stanford dealing

1430
01:12:54,160 --> 01:12:59,760
Speaker 2: with a troubling situation in Palo Alto in terms of

1431
01:12:59,840 --> 01:13:03,200
Speaker 2: talent and plan and pop on that offense and offensive

1432
01:13:03,240 --> 01:13:09,200
Speaker 2: line issues and a true freshman induced night that there's

1433
01:13:09,280 --> 01:13:11,719
Speaker 2: no obvious reason that quarterback is going to be solved

1434
01:13:11,720 --> 01:13:14,400
Speaker 2: this year. But it also seems like Hufreeze has been

1435
01:13:14,400 --> 01:13:16,760
Speaker 2: there long enough, there's enough back, there's enough reasons why

1436
01:13:16,840 --> 01:13:19,479
Speaker 2: it should go right that it'll improve.

1437
01:13:20,040 --> 01:13:23,120
Speaker 1: So yeah, I'm kind of in on Auburn this year. Well, look,

1438
01:13:23,479 --> 01:13:25,000
Speaker 1: I really like what Auburn did in the portal.

1439
01:13:25,400 --> 01:13:28,640
Speaker 2: Yeah. Oh, and adding Eric Livingston with two cam Coleman like,

1440
01:13:28,680 --> 01:13:30,200
Speaker 2: it's just I don't know, there's a lot to be

1441
01:13:30,240 --> 01:13:30,800
Speaker 2: excited about.

1442
01:13:30,880 --> 01:13:34,000
Speaker 1: Even Eric Singleton too. Eric Singleton, Eric living much much

1443
01:13:34,040 --> 01:13:36,240
Speaker 1: better than Eric Livingston. I'm so glad you're here to

1444
01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:39,120
Speaker 1: correct my dumb dumbness. I love what Auburn did in

1445
01:13:39,160 --> 01:13:39,519
Speaker 1: the portal.

1446
01:13:39,640 --> 01:13:39,960
Speaker 2: I do.

1447
01:13:40,840 --> 01:13:43,920
Speaker 1: And I really like putting this preview together because the

1448
01:13:43,960 --> 01:13:46,000
Speaker 1: biggest question was also the most obvious.

1449
01:13:46,040 --> 01:13:48,519
Speaker 2: I love when it's just clear his day like that.

1450
01:13:49,000 --> 01:13:52,680
Speaker 1: Yeah, what is Jackson Arnold's ceiling? I loved him coming

1451
01:13:52,680 --> 01:13:54,880
Speaker 1: out of high school. I'm eager to see what he

1452
01:13:54,880 --> 01:13:56,960
Speaker 1: can do with a new team. My concern is that

1453
01:13:57,040 --> 01:13:59,680
Speaker 1: last season kind of broke his brain and that he's

1454
01:13:59,680 --> 01:14:02,599
Speaker 1: going to be trapped in limbo like Leo's character and inception.

1455
01:14:03,400 --> 01:14:05,439
Speaker 1: I'm a little bit worried about that with Jackson Arnold.

1456
01:14:05,680 --> 01:14:07,960
Speaker 1: But this is the question that's going to define the season.

1457
01:14:08,479 --> 01:14:11,200
Speaker 1: He did show flashes at Oklahoma. I remember people writing

1458
01:14:11,240 --> 01:14:15,040
Speaker 1: in after his freshman year when he got limited action,

1459
01:14:15,320 --> 01:14:18,400
Speaker 1: and we had reverbs that came in on the voicemail

1460
01:14:18,439 --> 01:14:21,439
Speaker 1: line like this, They found their guy. He processes the

1461
01:14:21,479 --> 01:14:24,880
Speaker 1: game quickly, He can do what is required. Last year,

1462
01:14:24,960 --> 01:14:27,640
Speaker 1: we didn't get those messages like it was not the

1463
01:14:27,680 --> 01:14:31,200
Speaker 1: case last year. It seemed like his awareness regressed. It

1464
01:14:31,320 --> 01:14:33,880
Speaker 1: just seemed like, you know, despite the fact that we

1465
01:14:33,960 --> 01:14:38,320
Speaker 1: saw him show off his legs against Alabama. The sub

1466
01:14:38,439 --> 01:14:42,519
Speaker 1: question that was underpinning everything was is this guy taking

1467
01:14:42,560 --> 01:14:45,559
Speaker 1: a step back because he's not as good as we thought,

1468
01:14:45,640 --> 01:14:47,320
Speaker 1: or because his supporting cast isn't good.

1469
01:14:47,400 --> 01:14:49,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's playing in quicksand yeah.

1470
01:14:48,920 --> 01:14:51,800
Speaker 1: Yeah, the cast of characters this year is definitely better

1471
01:14:51,840 --> 01:14:55,200
Speaker 1: than what he had last season. Right, And this isn't

1472
01:14:55,240 --> 01:14:57,880
Speaker 1: me comparing Auburn in twenty twenty five to Oklahoma in

1473
01:14:57,920 --> 01:15:00,439
Speaker 1: twenty twenty five, But Auburn in twenty twenty five definitely

1474
01:15:00,479 --> 01:15:03,120
Speaker 1: as a better supporting cast than Oklahoma did in twenty

1475
01:15:03,200 --> 01:15:06,760
Speaker 1: twenty four. I'm not sure they're better at running back,

1476
01:15:06,880 --> 01:15:10,799
Speaker 1: but the receiver room is loaded. It's an extremely veteran line.

1477
01:15:11,439 --> 01:15:14,439
Speaker 1: It's a system that should be quarterback friendly. He will

1478
01:15:14,479 --> 01:15:19,280
Speaker 1: have every opportunity to succeed. So Cam Coleman, Malcolm Simmons, Eric,

1479
01:15:19,600 --> 01:15:21,520
Speaker 1: don't call me Livingston Singleton.

1480
01:15:22,080 --> 01:15:24,519
Speaker 2: There isn't Eric Livingston in this sport, to be clear.

1481
01:15:25,360 --> 01:15:26,919
Speaker 2: Continue it's fine.

1482
01:15:27,080 --> 01:15:28,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, we do a lot of these previous These guys

1483
01:15:28,920 --> 01:15:30,280
Speaker 1: have all the attributes that they need. They got the

1484
01:15:30,280 --> 01:15:32,200
Speaker 1: guy who can win the jump balls and the burner

1485
01:15:32,280 --> 01:15:33,559
Speaker 1: and the guy who can pull the top off a

1486
01:15:33,600 --> 01:15:37,360
Speaker 1: defense and run their intermediates, like if it's not Jackson Arnold,

1487
01:15:37,920 --> 01:15:40,160
Speaker 1: it might be Ashon Daniels, it might be Deuced Night.

1488
01:15:40,200 --> 01:15:43,000
Speaker 1: They've got options across the board to make this team better,

1489
01:15:44,000 --> 01:15:48,040
Speaker 1: and I think that's apparent. Auburn's problem, to your earlier point,

1490
01:15:48,080 --> 01:15:50,360
Speaker 1: was that they had production. They just couldn't convert it

1491
01:15:50,400 --> 01:15:53,080
Speaker 1: into points. They couldn't convert it into wins. This was

1492
01:15:53,160 --> 01:15:56,679
Speaker 1: one of the nation's worst red zone offenses. Bill Connolly

1493
01:15:56,720 --> 01:15:59,280
Speaker 1: put together, I think in his preview, you know, the

1494
01:15:59,280 --> 01:16:01,200
Speaker 1: same spiel that talked about with us when we had

1495
01:16:01,240 --> 01:16:04,040
Speaker 1: him on the show. The good news is that this

1496
01:16:04,200 --> 01:16:06,200
Speaker 1: was basically at eight and four team last year that

1497
01:16:06,240 --> 01:16:08,880
Speaker 1: played at a five and seven level. They got to

1498
01:16:08,920 --> 01:16:12,599
Speaker 1: figure out a way to reduce some of those bonehead moments. Yeah,

1499
01:16:12,960 --> 01:16:16,240
Speaker 1: get more out of their red zone offense for sure.

1500
01:16:16,760 --> 01:16:19,800
Speaker 1: And the defense, Yeah, the defense got better. Like I

1501
01:16:19,840 --> 01:16:23,000
Speaker 1: think every conversation around the Auburn defense needs to start

1502
01:16:24,120 --> 01:16:29,320
Speaker 1: with Keldrick Falk, who is six six, two seventy a

1503
01:16:29,360 --> 01:16:31,960
Speaker 1: lock as a top twenty pick, probably higher. He is

1504
01:16:32,000 --> 01:16:35,280
Speaker 1: an absolute game wrecker. And I'm not sure about the

1505
01:16:35,280 --> 01:16:37,679
Speaker 1: other guys in that line, especially in the middle. Auburn

1506
01:16:37,720 --> 01:16:41,719
Speaker 1: took on some losses there, you know, elsewhere there's a question.

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01:16:41,800 --> 01:16:45,519
Speaker 1: I think the secondary is talent. I'm not flashing like

1508
01:16:45,560 --> 01:16:47,680
Speaker 1: an SOS or anything like that. They'll be fine if

1509
01:16:47,840 --> 01:16:50,439
Speaker 1: I'm asking questions though about the defense. It's the middle

1510
01:16:50,439 --> 01:16:53,200
Speaker 1: of the line, the linebacker room, that type of thing.

1511
01:16:53,280 --> 01:16:55,639
Speaker 1: So like they got questions, they got to answer up front.

1512
01:16:55,680 --> 01:16:58,240
Speaker 1: But they got Keldric Folk as a starting point, which is.

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01:16:58,240 --> 01:17:00,760
Speaker 2: Are you going to buy fo October non dot com

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01:17:00,840 --> 01:17:01,120
Speaker 2: right now?

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01:17:01,200 --> 01:17:04,960
Speaker 1: Now? We already blew the domain budget, okay, nineteen ninety

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01:17:05,000 --> 01:17:06,720
Speaker 1: nine including taxes on October?

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01:17:07,080 --> 01:17:07,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, thank you.

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01:17:09,520 --> 01:17:13,960
Speaker 1: Schedule looks front loaded. Most of the obvious tough games

1519
01:17:13,960 --> 01:17:16,280
Speaker 1: were in the first seven weeks at Oklahoma at A

1520
01:17:16,320 --> 01:17:18,519
Speaker 1: and m home against Georgia. They got a road opener

1521
01:17:18,520 --> 01:17:20,360
Speaker 1: against Baylor on a Friday night, which I think is

1522
01:17:20,400 --> 01:17:23,519
Speaker 1: low key a very big game, but the back half

1523
01:17:23,560 --> 01:17:27,679
Speaker 1: is winnable. Like they could beat Miszoo, they could beat Arkansas,

1524
01:17:27,800 --> 01:17:33,280
Speaker 1: Kentucky and Vandy Mercer. They can beat Georgia, Bama and

1525
01:17:33,280 --> 01:17:38,000
Speaker 1: the Iron Bowl at home as well. I have no

1526
01:17:38,080 --> 01:17:41,400
Speaker 1: idea what to make of Alvern this year. I really don't.

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01:17:41,760 --> 01:17:43,720
Speaker 1: I have no clue. Again, seven and a half year

1528
01:17:43,760 --> 01:17:47,360
Speaker 1: over under. I think a lot comes down to Jackson Arnold,

1529
01:17:47,560 --> 01:17:49,040
Speaker 1: and I just don't know how to gauge whether or

1530
01:17:49,080 --> 01:17:52,519
Speaker 1: not he's actually good or it was just trapped with

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01:17:52,640 --> 01:17:54,640
Speaker 1: a supporting cast that wasn't well.

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01:17:54,680 --> 01:17:56,719
Speaker 2: And here's the other thing, too, is you can say

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01:17:57,439 --> 01:18:02,960
Speaker 2: that his situation at Oklahoma was disadvantageous. Is that a

1534
01:18:02,960 --> 01:18:06,880
Speaker 2: word that feels like a word is now was less

1535
01:18:06,880 --> 01:18:10,919
Speaker 2: than ideal? I don't know if you turn to playing

1536
01:18:11,000 --> 01:18:17,160
Speaker 2: for Auburn as a stable turn in life, right, true,

1537
01:18:17,240 --> 01:18:20,000
Speaker 2: I don't know that that's a landing spot. You're just like,

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01:18:20,080 --> 01:18:23,960
Speaker 2: I just want things to calm down, so I'm transferring

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01:18:23,960 --> 01:18:28,680
Speaker 2: to Auburn. Right So that's a concern that this is

1540
01:18:28,720 --> 01:18:32,799
Speaker 2: a place, this is a landing spot for a transfer

1541
01:18:32,960 --> 01:18:35,840
Speaker 2: quarterback in Auburn has had successful transfer quarterbacks. Before you

1542
01:18:35,880 --> 01:18:37,920
Speaker 2: go back, you know, obviously they're the best quarterback in

1543
01:18:38,280 --> 01:18:41,439
Speaker 2: Auburn history was a transfer. I think all of the best,

1544
01:18:41,720 --> 01:18:44,000
Speaker 2: like Jared Sidham, Nick Marshall, Cam Newton, these guys are

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01:18:44,040 --> 01:18:47,960
Speaker 2: all transfers. I just worry when you come from where

1546
01:18:47,960 --> 01:18:52,360
Speaker 2: Oklahoma has been that you are looking for everything in

1547
01:18:52,439 --> 01:18:55,080
Speaker 2: its place ready for you to succeed. Auburn's just not

1548
01:18:55,320 --> 01:18:58,720
Speaker 2: necessarily that school year over year. I just I like

1549
01:18:58,800 --> 01:19:01,479
Speaker 2: these players. I like who they have on this roster.

1550
01:19:01,840 --> 01:19:04,880
Speaker 2: I don't hate this schedule. It's not easy. It's you

1551
01:19:04,920 --> 01:19:08,080
Speaker 2: definitely have to be good right away, but you get

1552
01:19:08,120 --> 01:19:10,200
Speaker 2: some you get to start with, like the Baylor secondary.

1553
01:19:10,240 --> 01:19:11,240
Speaker 2: That should be nice.

1554
01:19:11,560 --> 01:19:14,160
Speaker 1: Yeah what secondary? All right, they didn't have a secondary

1555
01:19:14,200 --> 01:19:14,680
Speaker 1: last day.

1556
01:19:14,720 --> 01:19:16,479
Speaker 2: They porled in some guys. We'll see if it works.

1557
01:19:16,800 --> 01:19:19,920
Speaker 2: But I think Auburn can flash a lot of pop

1558
01:19:19,960 --> 01:19:21,400
Speaker 2: this year and win a bunch of games. So I

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01:19:21,400 --> 01:19:22,840
Speaker 2: have them going over seven and a half.

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01:19:24,800 --> 01:19:28,000
Speaker 1: I think they're over seven and a half too. I

1561
01:19:28,080 --> 01:19:30,360
Speaker 1: just don't know how much over sure.

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01:19:30,600 --> 01:19:35,320
Speaker 2: That's fine. Close this thing out with the Vanderbilt commodorees.

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01:19:35,400 --> 01:19:42,240
Speaker 1: Dan Let's maybe the most unlikely success story in college football. Sure,

1564
01:19:42,760 --> 01:19:46,160
Speaker 1: given circumstances, the conference they play in. Clark Lee's revived

1565
01:19:46,160 --> 01:19:48,080
Speaker 1: the program. We know he wants to be there, He's

1566
01:19:48,120 --> 01:19:52,760
Speaker 1: excited to be there. The first winning season since twenty thirteen,

1567
01:19:53,479 --> 01:19:58,920
Speaker 1: including that monumental upset of number one Alabama that had

1568
01:19:58,920 --> 01:20:02,640
Speaker 1: everybody talking and I'm sure Vandy fans pinching themselves a

1569
01:20:02,680 --> 01:20:06,840
Speaker 1: little bit throwing the goalpost into what the Cumberland River?

1570
01:20:07,200 --> 01:20:08,679
Speaker 2: Mm hmmm. That was a moment.

1571
01:20:08,840 --> 01:20:12,680
Speaker 1: So definitely overachieved last year. Over each years tend to

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01:20:12,760 --> 01:20:17,160
Speaker 1: aggress regress. Excuse me, it's a little complicated when you

1573
01:20:17,200 --> 01:20:20,120
Speaker 1: consider that they've got a lot back. They lead the

1574
01:20:20,200 --> 01:20:23,280
Speaker 1: SEC in returning production. They didn't lose that much on

1575
01:20:23,400 --> 01:20:28,479
Speaker 1: either side of the football. So, yes, overachieved a year ago. Yes,

1576
01:20:28,600 --> 01:20:32,920
Speaker 1: regression tends to follow, but a lot coming back. The

1577
01:20:32,960 --> 01:20:34,680
Speaker 1: obvious question is can they build on that.

1578
01:20:35,200 --> 01:20:39,120
Speaker 2: It's a good question. They're not sneaking up on anyone

1579
01:20:39,160 --> 01:20:43,280
Speaker 2: this year, no, and so that is going to be different.

1580
01:20:44,000 --> 01:20:47,760
Speaker 2: Their road schedule is brutal.

1581
01:20:48,040 --> 01:20:53,280
Speaker 1: At Virginia Tech, at South Carolina, at Alabama, at Texas,

1582
01:20:53,640 --> 01:20:55,320
Speaker 1: at Tennessee to close out the year.

1583
01:20:55,920 --> 01:20:58,200
Speaker 2: They have the best tight end in the conference. They

1584
01:20:58,200 --> 01:21:02,599
Speaker 2: have the guttiest quarterback in the conference. They've got a good,

1585
01:21:02,840 --> 01:21:08,120
Speaker 2: defensive minded head coach. They hit the portal pretty hard.

1586
01:21:08,360 --> 01:21:12,440
Speaker 2: Which four schools that have Vanderbilt or Stanford or Northwestern

1587
01:21:12,479 --> 01:21:17,400
Speaker 2: that type of academic standing that's not an annual occurrence.

1588
01:21:18,040 --> 01:21:21,439
Speaker 2: So they're proactive and maintaining this roster. Obviously, they were

1589
01:21:21,439 --> 01:21:23,720
Speaker 2: proactive last year with the new Mexico State players and

1590
01:21:23,760 --> 01:21:28,280
Speaker 2: bringing Jerry Kill. But I think they had the sneak

1591
01:21:28,280 --> 01:21:31,880
Speaker 2: attack factor last year and there was a well coached game.

1592
01:21:31,920 --> 01:21:34,360
Speaker 2: They made timely plays when they beat Alabama. That game

1593
01:21:34,400 --> 01:21:38,080
Speaker 2: was at home, Vandy on the road. Playing against these

1594
01:21:38,080 --> 01:21:41,280
Speaker 2: places who are just going to show the Alabama film

1595
01:21:41,720 --> 01:21:45,360
Speaker 2: on the monitors in the facility all week long leading

1596
01:21:45,439 --> 01:21:50,519
Speaker 2: up is just different. Just on loop right, just looping it. Yeah, man.

1597
01:21:51,040 --> 01:21:52,880
Speaker 2: And so you kind of saw that at the end

1598
01:21:52,920 --> 01:21:55,160
Speaker 2: of the year, where like South Carolina is not sleeping

1599
01:21:55,200 --> 01:21:58,040
Speaker 2: on them, LSU's not sleeping on them. Tennessee obviously was

1600
01:21:58,080 --> 01:22:01,280
Speaker 2: not sleeping on them. In State. I think it's going

1601
01:22:01,360 --> 01:22:03,720
Speaker 2: to be a different kind of year. I don't think

1602
01:22:03,760 --> 01:22:06,040
Speaker 2: they're making a bowl game this year. I think they're

1603
01:22:06,080 --> 01:22:09,920
Speaker 2: in sort of like they'll sneak on somebody, they'll beat

1604
01:22:09,920 --> 01:22:12,400
Speaker 2: somebody in an ugly way, but I think it's more

1605
01:22:12,439 --> 01:22:14,040
Speaker 2: of a four and eight, five and seven type here.

1606
01:22:16,160 --> 01:22:20,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm out. I like Diego Pavia and I've said

1607
01:22:20,120 --> 01:22:23,400
Speaker 1: it time and again, he's a big game hunter. Now,

1608
01:22:24,000 --> 01:22:27,080
Speaker 1: he was doing a little bit of talking in this preseason,

1609
01:22:27,120 --> 01:22:28,240
Speaker 1: talking up like playoffs.

1610
01:22:28,400 --> 01:22:29,320
Speaker 2: I mean, forget it.

1611
01:22:29,360 --> 01:22:31,840
Speaker 1: That's great, but good for him, Like you want that

1612
01:22:31,920 --> 01:22:32,760
Speaker 1: kind of confidence out of it.

1613
01:22:32,800 --> 01:22:35,120
Speaker 2: You don't succeed without confidence. Now, yeah, No, so.

1614
01:22:35,360 --> 01:22:38,040
Speaker 1: He's not doing anything wrong, but I hear that and

1615
01:22:38,080 --> 01:22:39,519
Speaker 1: I kind of roll my eyes a little bit when

1616
01:22:39,520 --> 01:22:41,160
Speaker 1: I look at the schedule. But they have a lot

1617
01:22:41,200 --> 01:22:43,639
Speaker 1: back and I'm curious to see if they can build

1618
01:22:43,680 --> 01:22:47,120
Speaker 1: upon that. The offense, the system that they run is

1619
01:22:48,040 --> 01:22:52,160
Speaker 1: kind of hard to prepare for, and so that does

1620
01:22:52,200 --> 01:22:54,000
Speaker 1: give them a little bit of an advantage, I think.

1621
01:22:54,040 --> 01:22:56,240
Speaker 1: But you're right, they're not going to be sneaking up

1622
01:22:57,000 --> 01:22:58,720
Speaker 1: on anyone this year. I think we need to pump

1623
01:22:58,760 --> 01:23:00,840
Speaker 1: the brakes a little bit, especially on the defensive side

1624
01:23:00,840 --> 01:23:05,639
Speaker 1: of the ball. Like overall, Vandy's defense improved, but against

1625
01:23:05,640 --> 01:23:08,240
Speaker 1: the pass it was a nightmare. And I do think

1626
01:23:08,240 --> 01:23:09,840
Speaker 1: the secondary is gonna get better. I'm just not sure

1627
01:23:09,840 --> 01:23:12,800
Speaker 1: if it's gonna be enough this season. I think they're

1628
01:23:12,840 --> 01:23:15,800
Speaker 1: fine up front, like the front sevens okay, but you're

1629
01:23:15,800 --> 01:23:18,040
Speaker 1: gonna be able to throw a lot on Vandy and

1630
01:23:18,120 --> 01:23:20,280
Speaker 1: some of these teams that we rattled off, they're gonna

1631
01:23:20,280 --> 01:23:22,000
Speaker 1: be able to throw in Vandy.

1632
01:23:22,920 --> 01:23:23,760
Speaker 2: I think I'm with you.

1633
01:23:24,439 --> 01:23:26,599
Speaker 1: I can't get them the more than five wins, at

1634
01:23:26,640 --> 01:23:27,360
Speaker 1: least not on paper.

1635
01:23:27,479 --> 01:23:31,800
Speaker 2: I think that's right. But as you mentioned before, some

1636
01:23:31,880 --> 01:23:34,639
Speaker 2: of these teams are advantaged in terms of when they're

1637
01:23:34,680 --> 01:23:38,960
Speaker 2: getting teams. Vanderbilt is advantaged in terms of when they're

1638
01:23:39,000 --> 01:23:43,920
Speaker 2: getting teams. They have South Carolina a week before South

1639
01:23:43,960 --> 01:23:46,160
Speaker 2: Carolina travels to Missoo. But I don't know. I don't

1640
01:23:46,200 --> 01:23:47,880
Speaker 2: think a look ahead that early in the season is

1641
01:23:47,920 --> 01:23:51,080
Speaker 2: that huge a deal. They get Alabama once again after

1642
01:23:51,120 --> 01:23:54,200
Speaker 2: the Georgia game. Yep, so there's that at least, but

1643
01:23:54,280 --> 01:23:58,720
Speaker 2: that game is in Tuscaloosa. They get LSU between and

1644
01:23:58,720 --> 01:24:00,760
Speaker 2: a sandwich spot between South care Line in a and.

1645
01:24:00,800 --> 01:24:03,240
Speaker 1: M wow, I can get that one out, I think,

1646
01:24:03,280 --> 01:24:04,280
Speaker 1: didn't I in part two?

1647
01:24:04,479 --> 01:24:05,240
Speaker 2: That sounds right?

1648
01:24:05,520 --> 01:24:07,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's a big time Sandwich spot.

1649
01:24:07,640 --> 01:24:11,840
Speaker 2: Uh, they get Miszoo a week after Miszoo has Alabama

1650
01:24:12,040 --> 01:24:16,080
Speaker 2: and Auburn on the road in consecutive weeks. Okay, the

1651
01:24:16,120 --> 01:24:19,840
Speaker 2: Texas spot, I think is fine. They have Auburn. The

1652
01:24:20,040 --> 01:24:22,439
Speaker 2: Auburn spot is fine. There was somebody else O Tennessee

1653
01:24:22,520 --> 01:24:25,439
Speaker 2: has has Vandy and look that's an in state you know,

1654
01:24:25,520 --> 01:24:29,160
Speaker 2: big deal game in better years. A week after Tennessee,

1655
01:24:29,200 --> 01:24:33,320
Speaker 2: I believe is at Florida. So they are advantaged situationally

1656
01:24:33,520 --> 01:24:34,439
Speaker 2: with some nice spots.

1657
01:24:36,439 --> 01:24:40,719
Speaker 1: Comment on the YouTube video, comment out on Spotify, Send

1658
01:24:40,800 --> 01:24:43,240
Speaker 1: us an email, solid verbal at gmail dot com. Hit

1659
01:24:43,280 --> 01:24:46,080
Speaker 1: us up on social media. Lord knows, there's a million

1660
01:24:46,120 --> 01:24:48,200
Speaker 1: ways you can get touch if you want to. Let

1661
01:24:48,280 --> 01:24:51,160
Speaker 1: us know where we're right, let us know where we're wrong.

1662
01:24:51,280 --> 01:24:54,080
Speaker 1: Let us know your predictions for the eight teams that

1663
01:24:54,120 --> 01:24:56,040
Speaker 1: we discussed, or for the conference.

1664
01:24:55,720 --> 01:25:00,000
Speaker 2: As a whole. If your comment is nice, we love you.

1665
01:25:00,040 --> 01:25:03,799
Speaker 2: If it's not so nice, we're still friends.

1666
01:25:04,000 --> 01:25:04,719
Speaker 1: We're still friends.

1667
01:25:04,800 --> 01:25:09,000
Speaker 2: We can By the way, here's the ombuds Dan moment.

1668
01:25:09,520 --> 01:25:12,920
Speaker 2: There's not even a player named Eric. What did I

1669
01:25:13,160 --> 01:25:17,720
Speaker 2: Eric Livingston? Yeah that I was confusing him with the

1670
01:25:17,760 --> 01:25:21,720
Speaker 2: coordinator with Eric McAllister at TCU.

1671
01:25:22,280 --> 01:25:26,839
Speaker 1: You've been struggling with these guys, Eric, Eric Singleton, Eric Callister.

1672
01:25:26,960 --> 01:25:30,960
Speaker 1: Thing has prompted you to invent a player named Eric Livingston.

1673
01:25:31,000 --> 01:25:32,000
Speaker 1: Named Eric Livingston.

1674
01:25:32,320 --> 01:25:35,880
Speaker 2: Yeah, so that's where I am in my aging process. Listen,

1675
01:25:36,120 --> 01:25:37,719
Speaker 2: you'll all get there, young people.

1676
01:25:37,880 --> 01:25:40,759
Speaker 1: We've done one hundred and thirty four teams now that's true,

1677
01:25:40,880 --> 01:25:44,360
Speaker 1: which is crazy, yep, but we made it through the

1678
01:25:44,360 --> 01:25:45,840
Speaker 1: bulk of this. As you said, we got Notre Dame

1679
01:25:45,840 --> 01:25:48,040
Speaker 1: in Yukon, which will bolt onto the episode that we

1680
01:25:48,080 --> 01:25:53,519
Speaker 1: do next Tuesday. But yeah, you're allowed to fumble with

1681
01:25:53,560 --> 01:25:55,080
Speaker 1: a name or two. Lord knows, I've done it a

1682
01:25:55,080 --> 01:25:55,879
Speaker 1: million times.

1683
01:25:56,160 --> 01:25:59,880
Speaker 2: If you're excited for Tye to do a solid seventeen minutes,

1684
01:26:00,000 --> 01:26:02,599
Speaker 2: I'm Leonard Moore. That show is going to be free.

1685
01:26:02,760 --> 01:26:03,600
Speaker 2: That show will be for you.

1686
01:26:04,040 --> 01:26:10,400
Speaker 1: Yeah, we do own October nineteen ninety nine. I have

1687
01:26:10,439 --> 01:26:12,840
Speaker 1: no idea what we're going to do with it, but we.

1688
01:26:12,880 --> 01:26:15,040
Speaker 2: Have it sexy Halloween costume.

1689
01:26:15,120 --> 01:26:18,799
Speaker 1: We stand ready for whatever goes down for South Carolina

1690
01:26:18,880 --> 01:26:22,240
Speaker 1: in the month of October. Okay, we stand ready for

1691
01:26:22,840 --> 01:26:25,280
Speaker 1: the kind of ballerhood weighing in with their thoughts on

1692
01:26:25,520 --> 01:26:29,320
Speaker 1: where all things sec go this season. We would encourage

1693
01:26:29,360 --> 01:26:31,120
Speaker 1: you not just to comment, but the check out for

1694
01:26:31,200 --> 01:26:33,200
Speaker 1: Ballers dot com if you want to support what Dan

1695
01:26:33,360 --> 01:26:36,280
Speaker 1: and I do. If nothing more, hit follow, hit subscribe,

1696
01:26:36,360 --> 01:26:38,920
Speaker 1: leave a star rating, or a review. All this stuff

1697
01:26:38,960 --> 01:26:42,960
Speaker 1: helps us grow. We have had a really big preseason

1698
01:26:43,720 --> 01:26:47,080
Speaker 1: doing these previews. The previews have really popped in a

1699
01:26:47,080 --> 01:26:50,559
Speaker 1: way that I did not expect, So I'm pretty excited

1700
01:26:50,600 --> 01:26:52,280
Speaker 1: about the state of the show at the moment. I'm

1701
01:26:52,280 --> 01:26:55,240
Speaker 1: pretty excited obviously talking through these teams with you. We

1702
01:26:55,320 --> 01:26:58,120
Speaker 1: do have a predictions episode that is going to be forthcoming.

1703
01:26:58,600 --> 01:27:01,679
Speaker 1: We got to get through the woods though on doing

1704
01:27:01,720 --> 01:27:03,880
Speaker 1: all of our previews to be complete here. We can't

1705
01:27:03,880 --> 01:27:08,000
Speaker 1: do the predictions before that. So this coming Tuesday is

1706
01:27:08,040 --> 01:27:10,000
Speaker 1: going to be a news show to cover some of

1707
01:27:10,040 --> 01:27:11,840
Speaker 1: the things that we have not had a chance to

1708
01:27:11,840 --> 01:27:14,519
Speaker 1: address because we've been doing previews. We're also going to

1709
01:27:14,520 --> 01:27:17,439
Speaker 1: bolt Notre Dame and Yukon onto the end of that,

1710
01:27:18,000 --> 01:27:19,680
Speaker 1: and then maybe a little bit later on in the

1711
01:27:19,680 --> 01:27:23,040
Speaker 1: week or maybe the Sunday before week zero. I haven't

1712
01:27:23,120 --> 01:27:26,000
Speaker 1: quite figured out the math yet. At that point, we're

1713
01:27:26,000 --> 01:27:28,200
Speaker 1: going to do our predictions. We'll talk through again who's

1714
01:27:28,200 --> 01:27:31,240
Speaker 1: winning conferences, which you already have heard if you've listened

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Speaker 1: to these episodes, but who's making the playoff, who we've

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Speaker 1: got coming out of the playoff, that type of stuff.

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Speaker 1: Any other predictions that you want to bolt on there,

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Speaker 1: then we can include those in that episode.

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Speaker 2: Definitely you want to hear my impression of all of

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Speaker 2: the Browsers executives listening to the show and finding out

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Speaker 2: that they can no longer purchase coctober dot.

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Speaker 1: How is it available?

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Speaker 2: I don't know how it was available. Here's my impression.

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Speaker 1: What no listen, make me an offer, make me an offer.

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Speaker 1: I will we will sell it. We will gladly sell absolutely,

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Speaker 1: we will profit from this.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, well absolutely.

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Speaker 1: If somebody tried to buy brock tober off of us,

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Speaker 1: which we still have, nice I want and they were

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Speaker 1: only offering like a hundred bucks, you're gonna need to

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Speaker 1: do better than that.

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Speaker 2: Come on, I need a second beach house.

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01:28:21,560 --> 01:28:24,720
Speaker 1: But I need a first beach house. I need to

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Speaker 1: pay off this house.

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Speaker 2: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Soliverbot Gmail dot com is always is the email address.

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Speaker 1: Thank you one and all for bearing with us here

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01:28:31,280 --> 01:28:34,880
Speaker 1: through all of our conference previews. The sec now in

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Speaker 1: the books, we got a few more to tie up

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Speaker 1: the loose ends to really get you ready for the

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Speaker 1: season and make sure it's complete.

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Speaker 2: But I'm excited. Congratulations, we did a good job.

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Speaker 1: over there, my good friend Dan Rubinstein, form myself, Ty

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Speaker 1: hilden Brand. You know the drill has always stay solid.

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Speaker 2: Peace,