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Speaker 1: All right, welcome in Lake Kick is Live. It is

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Speaker 1: Thursday night, October seventh year of Our Lord, twenty twenty one.

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Speaker 1: You better believe we're jam packed tonight. We've got one

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Speaker 1: of the biggest Saturdays of the season on deck. It

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Speaker 1: is week six. We are just about the halfway point

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Speaker 1: four just about every team in the country, and so

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Speaker 1: we're gonna cover a lot of games tonight that we

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Speaker 1: didn't even get to Tuesday night, just to give you

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Speaker 1: an idea of how loaded the week is. You know,

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Speaker 1: we have not made Colin has been a good day.

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Speaker 1: I mean really, we haven't made any death threats. We've

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Speaker 1: wished Babe a happy birthday, and a lot of this

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Speaker 1: I've got to talk about the state of LSU football. However,

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Speaker 1: it's gonna sound a lot different than the segment the

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Speaker 1: on that segment, and this is to me, one of,

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Speaker 1: if not the biggest stories in college football right now,

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Speaker 1: and it's totally independent, and I want to make this

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Speaker 1: clear of LSU's game against Kentucky Saturday, So there are

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Speaker 1: some things we need to talk about tonight, because I

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Speaker 1: think there are not one but two glaring misconceptions nationally

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Speaker 1: about LSU football and where they are right now. Things

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Speaker 1: may not be nearly as bad as they appear on

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Speaker 1: where it's maybe even worse than it looks. How about

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Speaker 1: all these undefeated teams out here. I think some of

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Speaker 1: a little bit illusionary in nature. There are probably some

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Speaker 1: undefeated teams that have multiple losses coming in the not

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Speaker 1: too distant future. So we're gonna break down every undefeated

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Speaker 1: team tonight. We're gonna do it really really quick, obviously,

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Speaker 1: and I'm gonna give you my very very quick thoughts

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Speaker 1: on each I'm gonna kind of juxtapost where the AP

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Speaker 1: is versus where the JP pole is. One of you

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Speaker 1: actually suggested that the other day. As usual, your ideas

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Speaker 1: are better than mine. I got a bunch of Week

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Speaker 1: six games, as I said that, we still have to predict.

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Speaker 1: We're gonna go just down the list in a second.

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Speaker 1: All that, plus we've got some added best bets on

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Speaker 1: the Ram and Noodle Express. Make sure you're following on

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Speaker 1: Twitter and Instagram at Late Kick Josh, we put two

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Speaker 1: more best bets out there today. They've been out for

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Speaker 1: a couple of hours. I don't know if the lines

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Speaker 1: have moved. The best way to make sure that doesn't

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Speaker 1: input on this. We've had a little situation that unfolded

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Speaker 1: last Saturday. As I explained on the Sunday Show, it

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Speaker 1: turns out too many of you showed up to College

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Speaker 1: Game Day with Late Kick signs and Pate State posters,

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Speaker 1: and so they got eradicated, they got banned, we got

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Speaker 1: us on the band list. But I looked at it

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Speaker 1: loving College Game Day. I grew up revering multiple figures

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Speaker 1: I can't in good conscience honor this truce, and neither

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Speaker 1: And so I don't want to be sitting here fomenting

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Speaker 1: Sausage style. Oh. I used to eat those things, Colin.

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Speaker 1: Vienna Sausage and Sunday Delight every meal takes about thirty

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Speaker 1: All right, let's get serious here. The other night we

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Speaker 1: let's endpoint it right here. Three two one. What's the

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Speaker 1: state of LSU football? And whether you live in Casper,

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Speaker 1: whole quote unquote narrative out there nationally about LSU is

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Speaker 1: totally out of whack on two fronts. I've felt for

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Speaker 1: I don't love it, but you did make all ays.

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Speaker 1: How much do you put up with? Because that's kind

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Speaker 1: volunteer job. Edwargs Heron makes a lot of money. This

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Speaker 1: sport doesn't sit still. It's a continuum. It just keeps

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Speaker 1: About five minutes and then he moves on? You got

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Speaker 1: the spread is eighteen. Oh, we didn't even break it

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Speaker 1: down the other night. I tell you all the time,

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Speaker 1: our criteria for double digit spreads is we're only gonna

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Speaker 1: do a featured game breakdown if we think there's an

431
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Speaker 1: outside shot that the underdog can pull the upset. Guys,

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Speaker 1: we don't think Texas A and M can win the game.

433
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Speaker 1: I see no percentage chance that Texas A and M

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Speaker 1: wins the game. How would anyone have ever been able

435
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Speaker 1: to predict that sentence coming out of my mouth in

436
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Speaker 1: the preseason. So I have zero doubt about the outcome here.

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Speaker 1: I like Bama to win. I like Bama to cover.

438
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Speaker 1: There is something to watch here though, that could bear

439
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Speaker 1: some importance going forward. Alabama. Although they're being painted as

440
00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:43,720
Speaker 1: invincible right now, they're not. George is not invincible either,

441
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Speaker 1: Contrary to what they're telling you out there. They just

442
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Speaker 1: happen to be the best two teams in the country.

443
00:20:47,520 --> 00:20:50,399
Speaker 1: Bama's got some run in depth issues now. The running

444
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Speaker 1: back situation at the moment's okay because they haven't suffered

445
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Speaker 1: another injury. This is one of the more physical games

446
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Speaker 1: they will have left on the schedule. May not be

447
00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,679
Speaker 1: a quality opponent, but you know you can get banged

448
00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:04,680
Speaker 1: up in a three touchdown win. And so what I'm

449
00:21:04,800 --> 00:21:07,400
Speaker 1: very interested to watch here is the same thing they

450
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Speaker 1: started to do last week in the second half. Did

451
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Speaker 1: you notice when Nick Saban knew he had the game

452
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Speaker 1: in hand, they ran the ball nearly two to one

453
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Speaker 1: ratio to pass and secondly, they burned a whole lot

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Speaker 1: of clock. Now afterwards, in the postgame press or, I

455
00:21:21,560 --> 00:21:23,679
Speaker 1: was sitting right there, I think it was Ivan Mazel

456
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Speaker 1: asked is this the identity of this Alabama team? Or

457
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Speaker 1: is this just the game plan today? And Saban said

458
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Speaker 1: that's the way we thought we should go about it today.

459
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Speaker 1: I actually think there's a little truth to the front

460
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Speaker 1: end of that question. I think that's the way they're

461
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Speaker 1: going to go about handling games throughout the rest of

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Speaker 1: the regular season. Now, there's going to come a time

463
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Speaker 1: where they take the restrictor played out, but they got

464
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Speaker 1: to be healthy when they get there, and the best

465
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Speaker 1: way to do that is strangle the life out of

466
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Speaker 1: teams early and then in the game as quickly as possible.

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Speaker 1: I'll tell you what that sets up for Colin. A

468
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Speaker 1: lot of second half team total unders and a lot

469
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Speaker 1: of second half game total under. So we're gonna take

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Speaker 1: Bama to win, Bama to cover. This could be the sneaky,

471
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Speaker 1: most entertaining game of the day night or otherwise. Michigan

472
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Speaker 1: minus three and a half, not thirteen and a half. Friends,

473
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Speaker 1: Michigan minus three and a half on the road at Nebraska.

474
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Speaker 1: First off, congratulations to our friends in Lincoln, because the

475
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Speaker 1: last time anyone saw you, you were getting scraped off

476
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Speaker 1: the road in Week one against Illinois, and you guys

477
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Speaker 1: were doing the scraping for the record. Everyone had given

478
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Speaker 1: up on Nebraska, and yet here they are in a

479
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Speaker 1: primetime situation. They are three and three. Yeah, the three

480
00:22:33,440 --> 00:22:36,320
Speaker 1: and three on the year. They've played good ball over

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Speaker 1: the last few weeks. And that's what I think is

482
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Speaker 1: lost on a lot of people who cannot make sense

483
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Speaker 1: of this point spread. This is one of many purposes

484
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Speaker 1: for the JP pole, by the way, because if you

485
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Speaker 1: look at that undefeated versus three and three and you

486
00:22:48,480 --> 00:22:52,160
Speaker 1: say field goal, field goal in a hook? What come on? Now?

487
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Speaker 1: Don't you know record means everything? You are what your

488
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Speaker 1: record says you are? Right? Nope, you're not, at least

489
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Speaker 1: when it comes to looking to the future. Here's what

490
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Speaker 1: I think a lot of people remember about Nebraska. The reason,

491
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Speaker 1: as I told you the other night, the reason most

492
00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:09,399
Speaker 1: people lose money betting is because their mind works in

493
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Speaker 1: a method of snapshots. The snapshot you think about when

494
00:23:13,600 --> 00:23:16,280
Speaker 1: you think Nebraska football is what they lost in Week one.

495
00:23:16,320 --> 00:23:18,679
Speaker 1: You forgot about them, That's what you think. And then

496
00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:22,080
Speaker 1: the snapshot of Michigan is they run over people, they're undefeated.

497
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Speaker 1: Those are the snapshots. That is no way to wager money.

498
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Speaker 1: But yet that's the way a lot of people's minds think. Well,

499
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Speaker 1: here's the way an odds maker looks at it. And

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Speaker 1: this is a very dumb down version. What if I

501
00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,960
Speaker 1: told you the last few weeks, Nebraska has lost to

502
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Speaker 1: Oklahoma by seven, they went to overtime against another undefeated team,

503
00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:41,600
Speaker 1: Michigan State, they lost by three in overtime, and then

504
00:23:41,640 --> 00:23:45,719
Speaker 1: they completely splattered Northwestern last week fifty six to seven.

505
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Speaker 1: Does that sound like the same team you saw lose

506
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Speaker 1: to Illinois in Week one. The answer is no, because

507
00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,359
Speaker 1: teams never stay the same. They either get better or

508
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Speaker 1: get worse. They don't they don't just sit still. That's

509
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Speaker 1: why judging the future based off the past one percent

510
00:24:00,880 --> 00:24:03,800
Speaker 1: of the time is like lighting your money on fire.

511
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Speaker 1: And so we look at this game, it sounds like

512
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Speaker 1: I'm picking Nebraska. Sadly, I'm not. I'm just making the

513
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Speaker 1: case for the point spread. If they can pressure If

514
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Speaker 1: Nebraska can pressure Cade McNamara, which Michigan hasn't dealt with

515
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Speaker 1: this year, that turns this game because what that allows

516
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Speaker 1: the crowd to do is become a factor. And trust me,

517
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Speaker 1: there's nothing more that our friends in Nebraska want to

518
00:24:22,640 --> 00:24:24,280
Speaker 1: do than finally be a factor in a big game

519
00:24:24,320 --> 00:24:27,359
Speaker 1: on a national stage in primetime on ABC. It would

520
00:24:27,359 --> 00:24:30,720
Speaker 1: be big. It's big recruiting weekend for Nebraska. What I

521
00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:34,920
Speaker 1: worry about is I worry about Michigan's defense being a

522
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Speaker 1: little bit too much for Nebraska's offensive front, and I

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Speaker 1: think it is. So I think it's gonna be a

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Speaker 1: hard fought game, certainly not a blowout, But I do

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Speaker 1: in the end think Michigan is a little more than

526
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Speaker 1: just three and a half better here, So one possession

527
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Speaker 1: game a majority of the way, I do think Michigan

528
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Speaker 1: wins and covers very slight. If you hit me up

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Speaker 1: with a text message at oh probably about eleven PM,

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Speaker 1: when I will presumably already be back in Nashville counting

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Speaker 1: on you Southwest, and you told me Nebraska had won

532
00:25:03,000 --> 00:25:06,000
Speaker 1: this game, wouldn't be shocked. And I probably even come

533
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Speaker 1: on air the next night and say I told you

534
00:25:08,119 --> 00:25:11,320
Speaker 1: to watch out for Nebraska. That's called fence riding. And

535
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Speaker 1: we try and perfect the art around here, South Carolina

536
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Speaker 1: at Tennessee. Remember Colin, when we did a preseason segment

537
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Speaker 1: and we were talking about Week six and how big

538
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Speaker 1: these slate of games was going to be. I gave

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Speaker 1: a little I gave a little token shout out to

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Speaker 1: South Carolina and Tennessee, and a lot of you, a

541
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Speaker 1: lot of you slammed it. And It's not like this

542
00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:31,960
Speaker 1: is going to be on the Marquis this weekend, but

543
00:25:32,000 --> 00:25:35,040
Speaker 1: I'm going to be paying attention to it. Here's the

544
00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,240
Speaker 1: situation in the SEC East. It's a really funny dynamic.

545
00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,440
Speaker 1: South Carolina and Tennessee fans both think they should beat

546
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Speaker 1: the other every year. It's great. Kentucky is kind of

547
00:25:45,600 --> 00:25:48,280
Speaker 1: mixed into this little minase twa as well, pay me

548
00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:51,000
Speaker 1: ten dollars for work net reference, and but yet Tennessee's

549
00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:52,879
Speaker 1: favored by ten and a half in the game I

550
00:25:52,920 --> 00:25:55,199
Speaker 1: hate the matchup for South Carolina. I love some of

551
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Speaker 1: the recent energy Shane Biemers had. I was on radio

552
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Speaker 1: with Mark Ryan and Greenville today and he's said, Hey,

553
00:26:00,320 --> 00:26:03,240
Speaker 1: what'd you think about Shane Beemer challenging game Cock fans.

554
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Speaker 1: If you're not going to show up, give your tickets

555
00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:07,399
Speaker 1: away or give them to me. I'll give them away.

556
00:26:08,119 --> 00:26:10,359
Speaker 1: That's exactly what I want my head coach worried about. Hey,

557
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Speaker 1: for the record, I'm with you, Coach Beemer. I absolutely agree. Now.

558
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Speaker 1: I think that's kind of an epidemic that's being faced

559
00:26:17,280 --> 00:26:19,879
Speaker 1: by a lot of athletic departments when they price the

560
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Speaker 1: normal guy out of being able to get in the stadium,

561
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Speaker 1: and then they find out that the sweater vest bow

562
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Speaker 1: tie crowd doesn't want to come and watch you play Troy.

563
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Speaker 1: That's a separate set of issues, though, But I do

564
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Speaker 1: love the energy at South Carolina right now. Hate the

565
00:26:32,119 --> 00:26:34,760
Speaker 1: matchup this weekend. I think South Carolina is ill equipped

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Speaker 1: to deal with Tennessee out wide. You know that the

567
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Speaker 1: last thing image in your mind of Tennessee right now

568
00:26:39,720 --> 00:26:42,320
Speaker 1: is that blowout of Missouri. I think they could stretch

569
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Speaker 1: South Carolina too, maybe not hanging sixty plus on them.

570
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Speaker 1: But I do think that South Carolina has been plus

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Speaker 1: and turnovers so far. I don't think Tennessee's going to

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Speaker 1: turn it over. I really I don't think that's what's

573
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Speaker 1: going to decide this game. So give me the balls

574
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Speaker 1: and actually give me the balls to cover too. And

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Speaker 1: the last one, because I talked about LSU a lot

576
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Speaker 1: at beginning of the show, I didn't want to harp

577
00:27:01,560 --> 00:27:03,960
Speaker 1: on this game too much. But Kentucky is a three

578
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Speaker 1: to a three and a half point favorite right now,

579
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Speaker 1: depending on where you look against LSU. It's the seven

580
00:27:08,119 --> 00:27:11,960
Speaker 1: to thirty game on SEC Network. Derek Stingley is out,

581
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Speaker 1: Major Burns is out. Those are two obviously big blows

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Speaker 1: to the secondary. Now the follow up question logically, is

583
00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:19,720
Speaker 1: well is a team that failed to throw it for

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00:27:19,760 --> 00:27:22,359
Speaker 1: one hundred yards last week equipped to take advantage of

585
00:27:22,440 --> 00:27:25,800
Speaker 1: holes in the secondary to some extent. I think they

586
00:27:25,840 --> 00:27:28,480
Speaker 1: will be. That's what they worked on all week, and

587
00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:30,880
Speaker 1: will Levis and Cohen coming in as the new OC,

588
00:27:31,520 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 1: they don't want to be duplicating that kind of stat line.

589
00:27:34,800 --> 00:27:36,639
Speaker 1: But here's my biggest concern and what I think the

590
00:27:36,680 --> 00:27:38,800
Speaker 1: turning point in the game will be as has been

591
00:27:38,800 --> 00:27:41,560
Speaker 1: well documented to the point of beating a dead pinata.

592
00:27:42,200 --> 00:27:44,520
Speaker 1: LSU's run game is non existent. I don't think it's

593
00:27:44,560 --> 00:27:47,080
Speaker 1: going to show up this week. But here's the problem.

594
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,280
Speaker 1: That means, you got to throw it now. Max Johnson's

595
00:27:49,320 --> 00:27:52,440
Speaker 1: been decent at doing that. Kentucky's got the best defense

596
00:27:52,600 --> 00:27:55,960
Speaker 1: in the SEC when it comes to preventing the explosive

597
00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,760
Speaker 1: plays downfield, the twenty plus yard passes, they're the best

598
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Speaker 1: in the SEC. Don't know if you've noticed. There's some

599
00:28:01,359 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 1: pretty good defensive units down here right now, and so

600
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:08,280
Speaker 1: Kentucky has is what blows my mind. Kentucky's been winning

601
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Speaker 1: and turning the ball over. What if Kentucky has a

602
00:28:11,520 --> 00:28:13,320
Speaker 1: night where they end up plus one or plus two

603
00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:16,639
Speaker 1: turnover margin at the very least. I think this is

604
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Speaker 1: their best shot at winning the turnover battle. Guys, I

605
00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:20,920
Speaker 1: think they're gonna win the game. I hate what I'm

606
00:28:20,920 --> 00:28:23,800
Speaker 1: hearing internally from LSU right now, so I think LSU

607
00:28:23,960 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 1: is going to drop this one. I want to stress

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00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:28,560
Speaker 1: if they win it, it doesn't change a thing about

609
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Speaker 1: the way I feel about the program in the future.

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Speaker 1: Having said that, we have this studio painted blue for

611
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Speaker 1: a reason. It's not this, but I'm gonna pretend it's this.

612
00:28:36,080 --> 00:28:37,840
Speaker 1: We're going to take Kentucky to win the game and

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Speaker 1: Kentucky to cover. The last thing I wanted to do

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Speaker 1: right after I sip some water. Some people think that's

615
00:28:45,040 --> 00:28:47,080
Speaker 1: a prop cup column, but yes, there is liquid in it.

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Speaker 1: The last thing I wanted to do. One of you

617
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:51,600
Speaker 1: suggested this the other night. I thought it was a

618
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:55,360
Speaker 1: really good idea. There are well how many are out

619
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Speaker 1: too many to count. There are a lot of undefeated

620
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Speaker 1: teams left in the country right now. Some of them

621
00:29:00,040 --> 00:29:01,920
Speaker 1: are going to be their wire to wire. Some of

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00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,280
Speaker 1: them you'll look back in mid November and say, man,

623
00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:06,600
Speaker 1: remember when that team was being hyped when they were undefeated.

624
00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:08,320
Speaker 1: Turns out they just hadn't really played anyone with a

625
00:29:08,320 --> 00:29:11,600
Speaker 1: pulse yet. So we need to separate the week from

626
00:29:11,640 --> 00:29:14,240
Speaker 1: the chaff. As they say back home, you know, being

627
00:29:14,280 --> 00:29:16,920
Speaker 1: the big farmer I was growing up Alabama and Georgia.

628
00:29:16,960 --> 00:29:18,160
Speaker 1: I don't think we need to waste a whole lot

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Speaker 1: of time on here now. I did want to tell

630
00:29:19,600 --> 00:29:21,320
Speaker 1: you I should have gotten a fancy graphic, mane. I

631
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:23,640
Speaker 1: did want to tell you, for the record, our model,

632
00:29:24,120 --> 00:29:26,200
Speaker 1: which has a very good grasp on these programs and

633
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:29,880
Speaker 1: always has has Bama minus one point two five points

634
00:29:29,920 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: on a neutral field, So Bama minus one essentially a

635
00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:34,200
Speaker 1: pick them. I mean, it seems it pretty much like

636
00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 1: the rest of the country does. The question on everyone's

637
00:29:36,720 --> 00:29:39,680
Speaker 1: mind right now seems to be will anyone else emerge

638
00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:42,040
Speaker 1: to sort of close that gap? And how wide is

639
00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 1: the gap between those two? At the expense of drawing

640
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Speaker 1: some ire from some of my best friends, these are

641
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:52,360
Speaker 1: not invincible teams. I know that's unpopular to say right now.

642
00:29:52,720 --> 00:29:55,920
Speaker 1: Georgia has not faced a quarterback with a pulse at

643
00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:59,040
Speaker 1: least flowing through his right or left arm. That doesn't

644
00:29:59,080 --> 00:30:02,600
Speaker 1: mean they're not good, just telling you they're probably some

645
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:07,000
Speaker 1: minor vulnerabilities that you haven't been able to see yet. Alabama, man,

646
00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:09,480
Speaker 1: I'm telling you there are parts of their offensive line

647
00:30:09,480 --> 00:30:12,560
Speaker 1: that are susceptible to a really good pass rush. They

648
00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:15,000
Speaker 1: had trouble all day snap in the ball last week.

649
00:30:15,080 --> 00:30:18,120
Speaker 1: It didn't bite them. Do you know, by the way,

650
00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 1: what Alabama's going to look like if one more running

651
00:30:20,640 --> 00:30:23,160
Speaker 1: back is hobbled? Does anyone know what that looks like?

652
00:30:23,400 --> 00:30:26,000
Speaker 1: Do we know if more receiver talent is going to

653
00:30:26,040 --> 00:30:29,840
Speaker 1: emerge there. Have you seen the inability of Alabama's secondary

654
00:30:29,960 --> 00:30:34,080
Speaker 1: to tackle in some situations? It's all masked because they're winning.

655
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:37,840
Speaker 1: And even though I'm pointing out these relative vulnerabilities, and

656
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:40,400
Speaker 1: I do mean relative, it's likely no one on the

657
00:30:40,440 --> 00:30:42,280
Speaker 1: regular season schedule is gonna be able to beat them.

658
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:45,560
Speaker 1: What I'm making these points to illustrate is it's not

659
00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:49,400
Speaker 1: insurmountable that someone out there, like Ohio State or like

660
00:30:49,440 --> 00:30:52,640
Speaker 1: Oklahoma can end up finding their groove and being able

661
00:30:52,640 --> 00:30:55,960
Speaker 1: to challenge those teams, not on October ninth or whenever

662
00:30:55,960 --> 00:30:59,240
Speaker 1: we're playing these games, but in late December early January.

663
00:30:59,400 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 1: It's fell. So what I'm saying is, don't write the

664
00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:05,000
Speaker 1: last chapter of the twenty twenty one college football season

665
00:31:05,000 --> 00:31:07,640
Speaker 1: in October. It's not that easy to figure out. Having

666
00:31:07,680 --> 00:31:09,840
Speaker 1: said that, yeah, I think they're a definitive one two

667
00:31:09,920 --> 00:31:13,600
Speaker 1: right now, then a pretty big gap in no particular order.

668
00:31:14,080 --> 00:31:15,800
Speaker 1: I do want to look at these other teams right quick.

669
00:31:15,840 --> 00:31:18,000
Speaker 1: So Iowa and I'm going to give you the AP

670
00:31:18,400 --> 00:31:21,160
Speaker 1: rank and then our rank. The AP has Iowa at

671
00:31:21,160 --> 00:31:23,320
Speaker 1: third right now, we have them in the JP poll

672
00:31:23,360 --> 00:31:26,000
Speaker 1: at tenth. We don't rank. This is not a ranking

673
00:31:26,040 --> 00:31:28,640
Speaker 1: it's a power rating, so I want to make that clear,

674
00:31:29,040 --> 00:31:32,000
Speaker 1: even though falls on deaf ears and they play Penn

675
00:31:32,000 --> 00:31:35,160
Speaker 1: State this week. So Penn State, AP and JP agree

676
00:31:35,280 --> 00:31:38,120
Speaker 1: four and four. This is the end of a critical

677
00:31:38,160 --> 00:31:40,760
Speaker 1: opening stretch for Penn State. Remember this is one of

678
00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:43,960
Speaker 1: the biggest talking points that we touched on numerous times

679
00:31:43,960 --> 00:31:46,600
Speaker 1: in August. We knew Penn State was coming off a

680
00:31:46,680 --> 00:31:49,320
Speaker 1: terrible year, and we knew that the fan base there

681
00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:51,600
Speaker 1: was willing to forgive it and explain it away due

682
00:31:51,600 --> 00:31:53,760
Speaker 1: to COVID, as were we. But there had to be

683
00:31:53,880 --> 00:31:56,920
Speaker 1: validation on the field to start the year. And they

684
00:31:57,000 --> 00:31:59,400
Speaker 1: got beaten the box score, but one on the scoreboard

685
00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:01,600
Speaker 1: against Wisconson, and then they came home a couple of

686
00:32:01,640 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 1: weeks later one possession went against Auburn, and now you're

687
00:32:04,720 --> 00:32:06,720
Speaker 1: kind of off to the races you got in Indiana.

688
00:32:06,760 --> 00:32:08,680
Speaker 1: They come in there, they get shut out, and this

689
00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,400
Speaker 1: is the fourth game. This is the one, the one

690
00:32:11,440 --> 00:32:13,960
Speaker 1: at Iowa. After they get through this, they got to buy.

691
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,320
Speaker 1: So they're at the moment, I think a one point

692
00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:19,520
Speaker 1: dog on the road at Iowa. We picked Penn State

693
00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,080
Speaker 1: to win that game barely. So if Penn State wins

694
00:32:22,120 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 1: that game they got to buy. And then there's a

695
00:32:23,920 --> 00:32:26,080
Speaker 1: second stretch that comes up a couple of weeks down

696
00:32:26,120 --> 00:32:29,040
Speaker 1: the road. It goes at Ohio State, and then eventually

697
00:32:29,080 --> 00:32:30,840
Speaker 1: they're going to play Michigan and they're going to go

698
00:32:30,880 --> 00:32:33,520
Speaker 1: to Michigan State to end the year. The question is

699
00:32:33,560 --> 00:32:35,720
Speaker 1: going to be by that point will Penn State have

700
00:32:35,760 --> 00:32:39,000
Speaker 1: any wiggle room? The answer to that question will be

701
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:42,120
Speaker 1: given to you this Saturday, four pm Eastern Time at

702
00:32:42,160 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 1: Kinnick Stadium. What about Oklahoma? When you think about Oklahoma,

703
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:49,360
Speaker 1: there's a pretty pretty wide degree of differing opinion out

704
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:53,080
Speaker 1: there about Oklahoma. Right now, AP has them five, JP

705
00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,120
Speaker 1: Poll has them eighth. They are in the middle of

706
00:32:56,840 --> 00:32:59,600
Speaker 1: probably the most treacherous stretch of their schedule and they're

707
00:32:59,600 --> 00:33:02,320
Speaker 1: still under defeated, and that's obviously very important. So they

708
00:33:02,360 --> 00:33:04,920
Speaker 1: went to Kansas State last week and they won. Doesn't

709
00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:06,920
Speaker 1: matter if you win by one or one hundred, if

710
00:33:06,960 --> 00:33:10,960
Speaker 1: you're Oklahoma and it's Manhattan Kansas just win. Just go

711
00:33:11,040 --> 00:33:13,320
Speaker 1: full Al Davis on them. Just win baby. Then they

712
00:33:13,320 --> 00:33:15,680
Speaker 1: got Texas this week, and then they've got TCU the

713
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,640
Speaker 1: week after that. Then you get to cool off for

714
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:21,200
Speaker 1: a second. Then there's a second stretch for Oklahoma that

715
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,560
Speaker 1: goes at Baylor, Iowa State, at Oklahoma State. That's kind

716
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,160
Speaker 1: of to end the year. So Oklahoma's in a good

717
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,160
Speaker 1: spot right now. And here's the added bonus. They have

718
00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,959
Speaker 1: not played their best ball yet. Presumably I believe that

719
00:33:33,120 --> 00:33:34,920
Speaker 1: they have not played their best ball. Their best game

720
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,640
Speaker 1: is still ahead. So if you're undefeated and you have

721
00:33:37,760 --> 00:33:40,880
Speaker 1: not put your a list effort together yet, that's a

722
00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:42,880
Speaker 1: good thing. Texas wants to know if it's going to

723
00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 1: happen Saturday, so do I. But that's a good thing.

724
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 1: So I'll see Oklahoma in person Saturday for the first

725
00:33:47,680 --> 00:33:51,000
Speaker 1: time this year. What about Michigan talked about the Wolverines

726
00:33:51,000 --> 00:33:54,200
Speaker 1: on the road in Lincoln, Nebraska Saturday night. AP has

727
00:33:54,240 --> 00:33:56,320
Speaker 1: them eighth. We agree, we got them ninth, so we're

728
00:33:56,360 --> 00:33:58,800
Speaker 1: not really all that much different than the AP they

729
00:33:58,800 --> 00:34:02,400
Speaker 1: got Nebraska Saturday. Then they're going to go to Michigan

730
00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,800
Speaker 1: State in a few weeks, and they've got a road

731
00:34:04,880 --> 00:34:06,600
Speaker 1: game at Penn State coming up. They got a lot

732
00:34:06,600 --> 00:34:09,319
Speaker 1: of tough challenges on the road starting this week, and

733
00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:12,200
Speaker 1: then they've got Ohio State coming in there, and you're

734
00:34:12,200 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 1: gonna have to forgive me and a lot of other people.

735
00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:16,720
Speaker 1: If you don't see that gooseg in the lost column

736
00:34:16,760 --> 00:34:19,040
Speaker 1: from Michigan, and you don't let your mind start to

737
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,120
Speaker 1: wonder just a second, as much as we don't believe

738
00:34:21,120 --> 00:34:23,719
Speaker 1: in looking down the road in the regular season, to

739
00:34:23,960 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: just think about the fact that Ohio State has stubbed

740
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:29,200
Speaker 1: their toe of time or two already have a loss,

741
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 1: by the way, and you know Michigan doesn't, and you

742
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:34,279
Speaker 1: know that streak is at like a quarter century at

743
00:34:34,320 --> 00:34:36,560
Speaker 1: this point, and you know that game is eventually going

744
00:34:36,640 --> 00:34:38,759
Speaker 1: to be played in an arbor, and me sitting here

745
00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:41,120
Speaker 1: knowing full well, I've never been able to go to

746
00:34:41,200 --> 00:34:44,120
Speaker 1: Ohio State Michigan in my life, and I am begging

747
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: I would pull money out of my pocket and put

748
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:48,880
Speaker 1: it on the table if I had it, and if

749
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:51,040
Speaker 1: it would work to be able to make that game

750
00:34:51,520 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 1: have consequence to that degree at the end of the year.

751
00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,239
Speaker 1: So Michigan, we kind of agree with the ap on them. Cincinnati,

752
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:01,399
Speaker 1: we are dead even on a green. They got them six,

753
00:35:01,600 --> 00:35:05,319
Speaker 1: We got them six. It's important to note now, since

754
00:35:05,320 --> 00:35:08,160
Speaker 1: they've already gotten through these two games on the road

755
00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:10,959
Speaker 1: against Power five competition, they're gonna be a double digit

756
00:35:11,080 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 1: favorite in a couple of the biggest remaining games. Not

757
00:35:14,840 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 1: this week. I think they play Temple this week, but

758
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:21,239
Speaker 1: they've got UCF coming into town next week and they're

759
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:24,200
Speaker 1: gonna be a double digit favorite against them. And then

760
00:35:24,440 --> 00:35:27,479
Speaker 1: SMU they're still undefeated. I had our buddies at college

761
00:35:27,480 --> 00:35:29,319
Speaker 1: football on Limited dot Com. I had them run a

762
00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:32,879
Speaker 1: simulation for me on that game. What would the Cincinnati

763
00:35:33,000 --> 00:35:36,560
Speaker 1: SMU line be right now? According to their model because

764
00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:38,879
Speaker 1: I don't have the line simulation in my model, and

765
00:35:39,000 --> 00:35:42,520
Speaker 1: they would favor Cincinnati by sixteen. That's a pretty fat spread,

766
00:35:42,520 --> 00:35:45,440
Speaker 1: in fact, that their model would like them against SMU

767
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,560
Speaker 1: more than they'd like them against UCF. Just to give

768
00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:49,920
Speaker 1: you an idea. So it's there to be had for

769
00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,960
Speaker 1: Cincinnati SMU. For the record, AP has them twenty fourth.

770
00:35:53,160 --> 00:35:55,920
Speaker 1: We have them twenty seventh. Still not taking them serious

771
00:35:56,239 --> 00:35:59,520
Speaker 1: as a legitimate undefeated kind of contender quite yet. We'll

772
00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,359
Speaker 1: see love for them to prove me wrong. All right,

773
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:02,800
Speaker 1: some other ones right here. I'm just going to go

774
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:04,719
Speaker 1: down the list, because I mean this would take an

775
00:36:04,719 --> 00:36:08,600
Speaker 1: hour if I didn't. Brigham Young is the biggest disagreement

776
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:11,640
Speaker 1: right now. The AP has him tenth the jpeople has

777
00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,920
Speaker 1: him twenty ninth. We've made money off Brigham Young already

778
00:36:14,960 --> 00:36:18,480
Speaker 1: this year, and yet the jpeople's not taking them serious.

779
00:36:18,520 --> 00:36:20,839
Speaker 1: They've been winning games and yes, that's what counts. Blah

780
00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:23,640
Speaker 1: blah blah. And if they went out now, I do

781
00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 1: want to stress this because I don't think it's going

782
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,320
Speaker 1: to happen. But if I'm wrong, which has happened before,

783
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:30,280
Speaker 1: and they went out, that is a schedule that warrants

784
00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:33,000
Speaker 1: a college football playoff spot, make no mistake about it,

785
00:36:33,200 --> 00:36:35,799
Speaker 1: that would be a more impressive resume than Cincinnati. I

786
00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:37,600
Speaker 1: don't think we're going to be having that conversation. That's

787
00:36:37,640 --> 00:36:40,920
Speaker 1: what I'm saying. They may lose Saturday against Boise. It

788
00:36:41,040 --> 00:36:43,640
Speaker 1: really has struck some people that I may not like

789
00:36:43,680 --> 00:36:45,640
Speaker 1: Brigham Young. And that is the furthest thing from the truth.

790
00:36:46,239 --> 00:36:49,040
Speaker 1: You guys wear the exact same wardrobe at games that

791
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,799
Speaker 1: I were on the show. Why would I dislike Brigham Young.

792
00:36:52,320 --> 00:36:55,840
Speaker 1: Michigan State AP's got them eleven, we got them nineteenth.

793
00:36:56,120 --> 00:36:58,719
Speaker 1: Now they're at Rutgers Saturday, and then they got a

794
00:36:58,719 --> 00:37:00,719
Speaker 1: trip to Indiana, they got a buy and then they

795
00:37:00,719 --> 00:37:03,520
Speaker 1: got Michigan. So a really interesting stretch coming up. Here

796
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,080
Speaker 1: for mel Tucker. They are not a team that is

797
00:37:06,120 --> 00:37:09,120
Speaker 1: deep and talented enough to overlook anyone. Like this game

798
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:12,080
Speaker 1: against Rutgers. I think they're favored by five. They should

799
00:37:12,080 --> 00:37:14,319
Speaker 1: win the game, but it's not some blowout. This is

800
00:37:14,360 --> 00:37:17,640
Speaker 1: not the kind of team, as presently constructed, they can

801
00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,239
Speaker 1: afford to throw their helmet out there and win games

802
00:37:19,239 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 1: just cause they runna feed him. Oklahoma State Big variants here.

803
00:37:23,200 --> 00:37:26,239
Speaker 1: AP has them twelve. We have them twenty sixth. We

804
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:28,680
Speaker 1: do not buy Oklahoma State as a legitimate Big twelve

805
00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:31,399
Speaker 1: contender right now, at least in terms of caliber of team.

806
00:37:31,880 --> 00:37:34,880
Speaker 1: You have to take them seriously in terms of record obviously,

807
00:37:35,200 --> 00:37:37,400
Speaker 1: but they've still got their biggest test coming up. A

808
00:37:37,480 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 1: couple of them actually, Kentucky. AP has them fourteen, We

809
00:37:42,080 --> 00:37:46,200
Speaker 1: have them eighteen. They play LSU Saturday. Kentucky then has

810
00:37:46,239 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 1: a trip to Georgia the following week, who knows the

811
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:53,520
Speaker 1: Renaissance Tour, maybe in Athens next week Coastal Carolina. This

812
00:37:53,600 --> 00:37:57,400
Speaker 1: is to be expected wide discrepancy. AP has them fifteenth.

813
00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:01,920
Speaker 1: We have them thirtieth. Team. It's a great team for

814
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: the caliber of athlete they have. It is not a

815
00:38:04,200 --> 00:38:06,640
Speaker 1: team that matches up with even some of the two

816
00:38:06,719 --> 00:38:08,360
Speaker 1: loss teams out there right now. It is not a

817
00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:10,279
Speaker 1: team that matches up with them. And that's all I'm

818
00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:12,120
Speaker 1: gonna say. And I will get a lot of pushback

819
00:38:12,160 --> 00:38:15,040
Speaker 1: on that. And Wake Forest AP has them twenty we

820
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:18,200
Speaker 1: have them at twenty five. Wake is an interesting team

821
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:21,759
Speaker 1: there though, because I gotta give you full disclosure, there's

822
00:38:21,800 --> 00:38:24,400
Speaker 1: some teams our model has a better grip on than others.

823
00:38:24,960 --> 00:38:26,680
Speaker 1: I don't know if our model has a good grip

824
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 1: on Wake Forest. So there are a lot of people

825
00:38:29,160 --> 00:38:31,680
Speaker 1: who think Wake's the favorite to win the ACC right now.

826
00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,080
Speaker 1: I don't know that there is a favorite to win

827
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:34,600
Speaker 1: the ACC. I just got a lot of teams that

828
00:38:34,640 --> 00:38:37,160
Speaker 1: I'm not favorable on. I don't know who the favorite is.

829
00:38:38,200 --> 00:38:41,120
Speaker 1: It could be could be one of the most inconsequential

830
00:38:41,160 --> 00:38:43,000
Speaker 1: ACC title games we've seen in quite some time. I

831
00:38:43,080 --> 00:38:45,160
Speaker 1: will say that. So those are some of the undefeated

832
00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,359
Speaker 1: teams right now, our thoughts on them. I think I'm

833
00:38:47,400 --> 00:38:50,040
Speaker 1: gonna start updating that list because the whole JP Pole

834
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:53,840
Speaker 1: AP pole ranking normally what we see is towards the

835
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,719
Speaker 1: end of the year, what the AP pole ranking ends

836
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,319
Speaker 1: up being on those teams falls a lot more in

837
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,400
Speaker 1: line with where we been for a little while. Not always,

838
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:02,960
Speaker 1: we're gonna whiff on a couple of those teams, but

839
00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:04,960
Speaker 1: we'll be right more times than not. All right, let's

840
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:07,320
Speaker 1: wrap it up with the added best bets on the

841
00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:10,120
Speaker 1: Raman Noodle Express. I have already given you one that's

842
00:39:10,200 --> 00:39:12,440
Speaker 1: moved a point and a half. We wanted to get

843
00:39:12,440 --> 00:39:15,480
Speaker 1: on it early. We did for this reason. So Memphis

844
00:39:15,520 --> 00:39:18,239
Speaker 1: plus four and a half at Tulsa. That was our

845
00:39:18,600 --> 00:39:20,680
Speaker 1: I called our best bet. We bet all of them equal,

846
00:39:20,719 --> 00:39:22,839
Speaker 1: it's just the one we moved on the earliest. It's

847
00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:27,399
Speaker 1: now down to three. We do still like it at three,

848
00:39:27,600 --> 00:39:29,480
Speaker 1: but we want it at four or four and a half.

849
00:39:29,480 --> 00:39:31,760
Speaker 1: So we got Memphis plus four and a half. Wake

850
00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:34,160
Speaker 1: minus six is one of the more public bets that

851
00:39:34,200 --> 00:39:38,000
Speaker 1: will be on all year. I called my aunt and said,

852
00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:40,560
Speaker 1: you ever bet football? Nope, but I'll tell you I'm

853
00:39:40,600 --> 00:39:43,959
Speaker 1: on WAKE this weekend. Makes me feel great. Wake minus six,

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Speaker 1: though we are on them. Nonetheless, San Jose State plus

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Speaker 1: two at Colorado State we are on. Here are the

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Speaker 1: two added best bets for today, Ball State or Ball's Tate,

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Speaker 1: depending on where you want to put the space plus

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Speaker 1: eleven at Western Michigan and then ut University of Texas

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Speaker 1: at San Antonio. At Western Kentucky. We're taking the road

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Speaker 1: Runners plus three and a half. It's a fact that

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Speaker 1: we're undefeated betting cartoon characters and food. So it was

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Speaker 1: Rice last week, it's UTSA this week, run run run

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Speaker 1: UTSA plus three and a half. Ball State plus eleven,

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Speaker 1: San Jose State plus two, Wake minus six, Memphis plus

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Speaker 1: four and a half. That's about it. That's all I

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Speaker 1: gotta say. This week. We are going to be in

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Speaker 1: Dallas Saturday. I would just keep an eyeppeal, Just keep

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Speaker 1: an eyeppealed on the social media accounts at Late Kick Josh,

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Speaker 1: we're just waiting. We are waiting to see if our

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Speaker 1: truce is accepted or not. The fine folks at college

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Speaker 1: game day. All you gotta do is say the word.

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Speaker 1: We will issue the cease and desist. No more Late

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Speaker 1: Kick posters. But if we don't hear back, then I

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Speaker 1: have no choice but to issue the order tomorrow. I

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Speaker 1: don't want to do it. It's like the Cold War.

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Speaker 1: I don't want to do it, but if you force

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Speaker 1: my hand, I'll have to do it. I know you

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Speaker 1: guys in Dallas are ready willing and able to assist

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Speaker 1: in that venture. So thank you so much for watching.

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Speaker 1: This is the second show we've done in our new studio.

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Speaker 1: Director Colin essentially built this entire thing by hand. I mean,

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Speaker 1: let's really be honest about it. There were some contractors,

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Speaker 1: you know, there were some other folks here and there,

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Speaker 1: but director Colin, he has been hammering and nailing himself

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Speaker 1: away in here. Look at these beautiful colors. Look at

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Speaker 1: the animations. Colin, I think you told me at last

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Speaker 1: Tek you drew these by hand. Wonderful and all made

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Speaker 1: possible by you. So thank you guys so much for that.

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Speaker 1: For Director Colin, for our entire crew in Fort Lauderdale,

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Speaker 1: I'm Josh Pate. Have a great start to your weekend.

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Speaker 1: We'll see in Dallas, Texas Saturday morning. Until then, take

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Speaker 1: care and God bless you.