1 00:00:00,320 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: Pack twelve Week two is in the books. Interconference play 2 00:00:06,559 --> 00:00:11,319 Speaker 1: got going, Washington loses to Cal at home in a 3 00:00:11,360 --> 00:00:14,520 Speaker 1: weather delayed game. Larry Scott almost got his nine am 4 00:00:14,600 --> 00:00:17,520 Speaker 1: football game with how late into the night that game 5 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,720 Speaker 1: was going, and the emergence of Keenan Slovis he is here, 6 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: he is for real. USC destroyed Stanford. We're gonna talk 7 00:00:25,720 --> 00:00:28,200 Speaker 1: about that, and we are going to talk about these 8 00:00:28,240 --> 00:00:30,520 Speaker 1: Mountain West teams that keep picking on the big bad 9 00:00:30,560 --> 00:00:33,160 Speaker 1: Pack twelve. Should we bring some of these teams into 10 00:00:33,159 --> 00:00:35,000 Speaker 1: the fold so we can say that we're not losing 11 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 1: the group of five teams anymore. I think it might 12 00:00:37,920 --> 00:00:41,239 Speaker 1: be time with George Risk. I'm Ralph Thames. Then this 13 00:00:41,320 --> 00:00:44,680 Speaker 1: is the PAC twelve Apostles podcast. Let's get into it. 14 00:00:53,479 --> 00:00:55,480 Speaker 1: First of all, we want to say thank you, thank 15 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,400 Speaker 1: you to all you Pack twelve Apostles, thank you for 16 00:00:58,440 --> 00:01:00,880 Speaker 1: all the people who share the podcas as. We are 17 00:01:00,960 --> 00:01:04,120 Speaker 1: here because we love the PAC twelve conference. We support 18 00:01:04,120 --> 00:01:06,680 Speaker 1: the PAC twelve conference, but we're also here to tell 19 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,640 Speaker 1: the truth and be honest about the PAC twelve Conference. 20 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:14,360 Speaker 1: We are underserved. We don't get the respect that we deserve. 21 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:17,800 Speaker 1: But we are here and we need you. You guys, 22 00:01:17,840 --> 00:01:20,400 Speaker 1: please make sure you share the feed, tell a friend 23 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 1: about the podcast downloaded, and do everything that you can 24 00:01:24,480 --> 00:01:26,640 Speaker 1: to grow it because we need to grow the PAC 25 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,440 Speaker 1: twelve footprint in media and not let all the other 26 00:01:30,520 --> 00:01:34,399 Speaker 1: conferences dominate it and get all their teams moving up 27 00:01:34,400 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: the rankings because it just matters more to them. It's 28 00:01:37,360 --> 00:01:40,960 Speaker 1: gotta matter more to us. I tell you what, George, 29 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: I'm excited that people are jumping on board with this, 30 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,560 Speaker 1: that they're listening to, you know, to what we have 31 00:01:45,640 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 1: to say, that they're participating on Twitter. Um, I really 32 00:01:48,960 --> 00:01:50,920 Speaker 1: enjoy doing this podcast with you and the people that 33 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:52,480 Speaker 1: listen are what make it a whole lot of fun 34 00:01:52,560 --> 00:01:54,920 Speaker 1: because you know, we're we we like to pretend that 35 00:01:54,960 --> 00:01:57,200 Speaker 1: we're smart, but they're out there, they're watching all these 36 00:01:57,200 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: different games and they'll let us know when we're wrong. 37 00:01:59,360 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: And I think that's only My favorite part about it 38 00:02:01,200 --> 00:02:03,600 Speaker 1: is just you know, getting get getting called out, and 39 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: people that are listening feeling like they can participate in 40 00:02:06,520 --> 00:02:08,600 Speaker 1: this discussion, that it's not just you and me going 41 00:02:08,639 --> 00:02:11,080 Speaker 1: back and forth. Yeah, and you guys can always hit 42 00:02:11,160 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: us up at Pack twelve apostles on Twitter or send 43 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 1: us an email, I'm mad at Unafraid show dot com. 44 00:02:19,080 --> 00:02:23,200 Speaker 1: I am m a d at Unafraid show dot com. 45 00:02:23,240 --> 00:02:25,960 Speaker 1: Now on to week whoa the end of week two 46 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:28,839 Speaker 1: on We're in week three right now, Ralph, what would 47 00:02:28,840 --> 00:02:34,000 Speaker 1: your biggest surprise of the weekend. My biggest surprise of 48 00:02:34,080 --> 00:02:38,919 Speaker 1: the weekend is probably Colorado beating Nebraska at a Nebraska 49 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:43,440 Speaker 1: home game that took place in Colorado, with Laviska Shenault 50 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:47,520 Speaker 1: doing absolutely nothing to help the cause. Um. That so 51 00:02:47,600 --> 00:02:49,720 Speaker 1: it's not so much that Colorado one, because we watched 52 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:53,119 Speaker 1: Colorado win last year. Um, but it's that they did 53 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:56,799 Speaker 1: it having their entire stadium look like you know, it 54 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,760 Speaker 1: was filled with the red kool aid, and and Labisca 55 00:03:00,200 --> 00:03:02,600 Speaker 1: not only didn't really help, he kind of hurt the 56 00:03:02,639 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: cause with a huge fumble there towards the end of 57 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:08,200 Speaker 1: the game. Um. And so, I mean that's a huge 58 00:03:08,200 --> 00:03:10,160 Speaker 1: surprise to me. I never would have said if somebody 59 00:03:10,200 --> 00:03:11,240 Speaker 1: came to me and said, like, hey, do you think 60 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:14,560 Speaker 1: Colorado could be Nebraska, I'd say, like they could? Do 61 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:16,600 Speaker 1: you think they could do it? If Lubisca Chanel is 62 00:03:16,639 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: like a net negative And I know that that's not true. 63 00:03:19,520 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 1: I know that they bracketed him all game long, and 64 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:23,840 Speaker 1: that opened things up for other players. But at the 65 00:03:23,880 --> 00:03:25,680 Speaker 1: same time, I'd be like, now, there's no way, there's 66 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:27,680 Speaker 1: no way if he had like five catches for thirty 67 00:03:27,720 --> 00:03:30,679 Speaker 1: yards and a lost bumble, that Colorado wins this game. 68 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:33,080 Speaker 1: And they did it. Yeah. I agree that that was 69 00:03:33,120 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 1: a surprise too, because, especially after Nebraska was up seventeen 70 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,360 Speaker 1: nothing at halftime, I did not think that Colorado was 71 00:03:41,360 --> 00:03:42,920 Speaker 1: gonna win. I was like, Oh, this is the same 72 00:03:42,960 --> 00:03:45,920 Speaker 1: Colorado team that lost seven straight games and didn't get 73 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: to a bowl game last year, but they rallied back. 74 00:03:49,520 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: I was very surprised by that. But the biggest surprise 75 00:03:52,440 --> 00:03:56,680 Speaker 1: route I know that you are going to gloat. I 76 00:03:56,760 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: know that you are going to, you know, run around 77 00:04:00,120 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 1: naked down the street when I say this. But my 78 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:06,400 Speaker 1: biggest surprise of the weekend was u c l A 79 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:13,880 Speaker 1: and their inability to score or defend against San Diego State, 80 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,360 Speaker 1: who I believe only scored six points the previous week 81 00:04:17,400 --> 00:04:22,960 Speaker 1: against Weber State. I am just flabbergasted. I am bewildered, 82 00:04:23,040 --> 00:04:26,279 Speaker 1: I am confused. I don't know what the hell is 83 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:29,240 Speaker 1: going on in Westwood. I know that Dorian Thompson Robinson 84 00:04:29,320 --> 00:04:32,520 Speaker 1: is not playing well at all. It needs to be replaced. 85 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,320 Speaker 1: But I don't know if there's anybody better. So I've 86 00:04:35,360 --> 00:04:39,039 Speaker 1: been waiting on this all week. You were even prompted 87 00:04:39,120 --> 00:04:43,120 Speaker 1: on Twitter to to um to take a victory lap 88 00:04:43,160 --> 00:04:45,159 Speaker 1: on U C. L A. So go go ahead, Ralph, 89 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 1: let us let me have it. Let me have it. Well, 90 00:04:48,040 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 1: here's the deal. And I think that a lot of 91 00:04:49,640 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: people probably think, like, oh, I'm just hating on U. C. 92 00:04:52,160 --> 00:04:54,480 Speaker 1: L Ayer. It was just a guess. I look at 93 00:04:54,480 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: this as a three year process. I picked them. I 94 00:04:57,400 --> 00:04:59,000 Speaker 1: actually thought they were gonna be a lot better than 95 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,520 Speaker 1: they were last year's So I can't bloat about being 96 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:03,360 Speaker 1: right all the time. When I thought that they would 97 00:05:03,360 --> 00:05:06,839 Speaker 1: be a lot more competitive in year one with Chip Kelly, 98 00:05:06,880 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: I didn't realize how much he was gonna, uh wreck 99 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:13,360 Speaker 1: stuff in the house in order to renovate. I didn't 100 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,039 Speaker 1: know he was gonna be tearing the thing down to 101 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: its studs, you know. Uh. And so once he did that, 102 00:05:18,960 --> 00:05:20,719 Speaker 1: once he tore it all down, I said, okay, I 103 00:05:20,760 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 1: need to recalibrate what it is my expectations are for 104 00:05:24,440 --> 00:05:26,680 Speaker 1: him and this team. And so when I said one 105 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:29,800 Speaker 1: and eleven. It wasn't me hating, it was me saying like, 106 00:05:29,839 --> 00:05:32,320 Speaker 1: all right, well, you're the one that that that cleared 107 00:05:32,360 --> 00:05:35,680 Speaker 1: the forest and started planting seeds for new growth. But 108 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:37,960 Speaker 1: right now it's not a forest. It's just some flat 109 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:40,039 Speaker 1: land with some seeds in the ground, you know. And 110 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:43,200 Speaker 1: so I wasn't expecting them to really have any success. 111 00:05:43,600 --> 00:05:46,040 Speaker 1: And it was a schedule that included a Cincinnati team 112 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:48,359 Speaker 1: that they lost to last year. It's a schedule that 113 00:05:48,400 --> 00:05:51,320 Speaker 1: includes San Diego State, who is just a bully when 114 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:54,000 Speaker 1: it comes to comes to the back twelve, and they 115 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:57,159 Speaker 1: still have Oklahoma on there. And my thought was once 116 00:05:57,480 --> 00:06:00,000 Speaker 1: if they weren't able to get out of nonconference play 117 00:06:00,200 --> 00:06:03,040 Speaker 1: with any victories, then some of that would probably carry 118 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 1: over into the season. I think you'll see improved play 119 00:06:06,200 --> 00:06:07,760 Speaker 1: from them as the season goes on the way that 120 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:09,880 Speaker 1: you did last year. But I don't think it's gonna 121 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,320 Speaker 1: show up as wins. And if you see LA fans 122 00:06:12,320 --> 00:06:15,480 Speaker 1: can be patient, I think that you'll see an enormous 123 00:06:15,520 --> 00:06:18,840 Speaker 1: step forward next year. What I did not expect was 124 00:06:18,920 --> 00:06:21,680 Speaker 1: for for Dorian, for just for this offense to look 125 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: as bad as it is, and for them to not 126 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:27,360 Speaker 1: really have that much of a commitment to the run game. Um, 127 00:06:28,160 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 1: it's they've they've looked pathetic when I thought that they 128 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 1: would just be worse than other teams. Does that make sense? 129 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,800 Speaker 1: I I understand that it has been just totally surprising 130 00:06:38,839 --> 00:06:41,719 Speaker 1: to me that has just been I and I just knew. 131 00:06:42,160 --> 00:06:44,920 Speaker 1: I was like, Ralph is gonna come in and he's 132 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:48,360 Speaker 1: just gonna be like, ha, I told you so look 133 00:06:48,440 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: at it all this stuff. But I know that you 134 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 1: were in for a shocker because I know, I know 135 00:06:55,200 --> 00:06:57,680 Speaker 1: that even though you weren't gonna run around naked down 136 00:06:57,680 --> 00:07:00,120 Speaker 1: the street about U C l A, I know that 137 00:07:00,200 --> 00:07:03,719 Speaker 1: you were just waiting and itching and just and just 138 00:07:03,839 --> 00:07:09,039 Speaker 1: so excited to to talk trash about Washington beating California 139 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:14,280 Speaker 1: and about oregonst an organ State beating Hawaii. And I 140 00:07:14,400 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: told you both of those things were not gonna happen, 141 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,560 Speaker 1: and and and I know that you just had to 142 00:07:20,600 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: just turn and turn around with your tail between your legs, like, 143 00:07:23,000 --> 00:07:25,640 Speaker 1: oh my god, I can't even say anything now. And 144 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: you ever sleep with a frown like you ever? You're 145 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 1: going to sleep just like grumpy. And so this is this. 146 00:07:34,400 --> 00:07:36,960 Speaker 1: Let me paint you a picture I'm driving back from Tucson. 147 00:07:37,040 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: I got two kids in the car. We've never been 148 00:07:38,840 --> 00:07:41,640 Speaker 1: to a college football game before, so I just wanted to. Since, 149 00:07:41,680 --> 00:07:43,440 Speaker 1: as you played on Friday, and I cover a lot 150 00:07:43,440 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 1: of prep football, I don't do the Friday college football 151 00:07:46,800 --> 00:07:48,680 Speaker 1: thing at a principle, and so I'm like, well, it 152 00:07:48,680 --> 00:07:50,400 Speaker 1: looks like I got this Saturday night off, so I'll 153 00:07:50,480 --> 00:07:53,520 Speaker 1: drive down to Tucson. I'll introduce the kids to Khalil Tate, 154 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:57,760 Speaker 1: you know I'm a big fan to And then like, 155 00:07:57,960 --> 00:08:00,880 Speaker 1: NAU is made up of like six ever sent players 156 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:03,360 Speaker 1: that I covered extensively at the high school level. So 157 00:08:03,400 --> 00:08:05,800 Speaker 1: I sat behind the NAU bench, had fun going back 158 00:08:05,840 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: and forth with some of those players. It was a 159 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,320 Speaker 1: real good time. My kids they got there, my kids 160 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:15,720 Speaker 1: first ever college football game. They're sitting next to the 161 00:08:15,800 --> 00:08:19,160 Speaker 1: NAU bench where all the players are like chatting at 162 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,440 Speaker 1: them and at me, and the cheerleaders are right in 163 00:08:22,480 --> 00:08:25,480 Speaker 1: front of them. A hundred and five total pointers scored, 164 00:08:25,680 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 1: The fireworks are going off the entire time. They got 165 00:08:28,520 --> 00:08:32,920 Speaker 1: that vendor food everywhere, like this experience being right next 166 00:08:32,960 --> 00:08:35,439 Speaker 1: to the band that every football game they go to 167 00:08:35,559 --> 00:08:38,640 Speaker 1: from here on now, it's gonna be terrible like they got. 168 00:08:38,960 --> 00:08:41,920 Speaker 1: They got like probably the most fun thing right there 169 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:44,200 Speaker 1: in their very first game. And my wife, as an 170 00:08:44,200 --> 00:08:46,560 Speaker 1: a s U alone, was pretty frustrated that they you know, 171 00:08:46,600 --> 00:08:50,000 Speaker 1: they're they're probably gonna have like some deep seated you 172 00:08:50,160 --> 00:08:53,640 Speaker 1: have a fandom in them now, just because their first 173 00:08:53,720 --> 00:08:56,679 Speaker 1: game was down there in Tucson. But I'm driving back 174 00:08:56,720 --> 00:08:58,440 Speaker 1: from this game and the kids are falling asleep in 175 00:08:58,480 --> 00:09:00,680 Speaker 1: the car and I'm trying to like, you know, sneak 176 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 1: a glance at my phone here and there, and I 177 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 1: was feeling really good. I was like, oh my gosh, 178 00:09:04,760 --> 00:09:06,680 Speaker 1: not only was I right about most of the stuff 179 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:09,199 Speaker 1: that happened, Like I'm going to be right about Washington, 180 00:09:09,360 --> 00:09:12,520 Speaker 1: and I'm going to be right about Oregon State, you know, 181 00:09:12,559 --> 00:09:15,240 Speaker 1: going to Hawaiian getting to win this podcast is going 182 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:18,400 Speaker 1: to be a breeze for me tomorrow. Like. And so 183 00:09:18,800 --> 00:09:21,240 Speaker 1: by the time I got home, I like got out 184 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,360 Speaker 1: of the car, turned the TV on, and it was 185 00:09:23,480 --> 00:09:25,520 Speaker 1: right as Tal hit that field goal, and then I 186 00:09:25,559 --> 00:09:28,200 Speaker 1: look over to the see the Hawaii Oregon State score 187 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:31,120 Speaker 1: and it was just like, oh, it's like two in 188 00:09:31,160 --> 00:09:35,960 Speaker 1: the morning. I'm no longer able to gloat and uh, 189 00:09:36,040 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 1: and not only that, like, these are two things you 190 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:40,040 Speaker 1: told me what happened? And so I went to bed 191 00:09:40,080 --> 00:09:41,760 Speaker 1: a little bit grouchy. Les n, I'm not gonna lie 192 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,000 Speaker 1: well me. I went to bed. Well. I woke up 193 00:09:44,040 --> 00:09:47,040 Speaker 1: grouchy this morning, only because I was a little bit tired. 194 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:49,600 Speaker 1: I had to be at Fox Sports Radio because I 195 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:53,800 Speaker 1: was doing the national broadcast from six am to eight 196 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:57,800 Speaker 1: am Pacific time, so I had to get up at 197 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:01,000 Speaker 1: four fifteen and be at the student You're at five o'clock. 198 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:04,200 Speaker 1: So I was already tired, and I didn't go to 199 00:10:04,280 --> 00:10:08,000 Speaker 1: bed until after Cal kicked the field goal. And if 200 00:10:08,000 --> 00:10:11,360 Speaker 1: my wife listen to this, then she is going to 201 00:10:11,400 --> 00:10:15,320 Speaker 1: know and she's gonna be upset with me because what 202 00:10:15,520 --> 00:10:21,720 Speaker 1: happened is this so right before the because she's always like, George, 203 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:22,960 Speaker 1: you need to go to sleep, You need to go 204 00:10:22,960 --> 00:10:25,440 Speaker 1: to sleep, but I can't on Saturdays when games are on. 205 00:10:25,520 --> 00:10:28,680 Speaker 1: It's not possible. So she falls asleep in the bed. 206 00:10:28,880 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: The baby's in the fast net, the little snooth thing 207 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:35,880 Speaker 1: shaking away, making white noise. Everybody sleep. I'm watching the game. 208 00:10:35,920 --> 00:10:38,760 Speaker 1: Everything's peaceful, mind you. The game was supposed to be 209 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 1: over hours and hours ago. I wasn't gonna watch the 210 00:10:41,120 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: Oregon State Hawaii game until this morning. They're like, you know, 211 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,600 Speaker 1: kind of skimmed through it to see everything that happened. 212 00:10:47,559 --> 00:10:50,400 Speaker 1: So but I'm invested in this cow in Washington game 213 00:10:50,880 --> 00:10:54,520 Speaker 1: because hey, I said cal I was gonna win and 214 00:10:54,679 --> 00:10:57,200 Speaker 1: be because I saw the game last year. I knew 215 00:10:57,200 --> 00:10:59,760 Speaker 1: it was gonna be a dog fight. And then but 216 00:11:00,080 --> 00:11:02,559 Speaker 1: was gonna go to sleep earlier because Washington was up 217 00:11:02,600 --> 00:11:04,760 Speaker 1: ten zero, So I was like, okay, not not even 218 00:11:04,760 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: gonna worry about then. My wife actually probably right before, 219 00:11:11,320 --> 00:11:14,800 Speaker 1: probably about in game time it was only a minute, 220 00:11:14,880 --> 00:11:17,480 Speaker 1: but in real lifetime it was like seven eight minutes 221 00:11:17,840 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: before they kicked the field goal. The baby woke up 222 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:23,920 Speaker 1: for a second, and the baby woke up, and I 223 00:11:23,960 --> 00:11:26,440 Speaker 1: went over there to go get him and give him 224 00:11:26,480 --> 00:11:29,800 Speaker 1: his pacifier or whatever, and the baby ended up waking 225 00:11:29,880 --> 00:11:34,319 Speaker 1: up Anetia and she was like, George, why are you up. 226 00:11:34,440 --> 00:11:38,079 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, baby. The the baby woke up, 227 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:40,720 Speaker 1: so I got up, and because I did not want 228 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,960 Speaker 1: her to be like, you have been up all this time. 229 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 1: It is on in the morning. You have to get 230 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:51,240 Speaker 1: up and go to work at four fifteen, So I 231 00:11:51,280 --> 00:11:54,040 Speaker 1: was not having it. So hopefully she skips this part 232 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: of the podcast, because that's the truth. I was up 233 00:11:57,200 --> 00:12:00,079 Speaker 1: until the game was over, but I did get a in. 234 00:12:00,760 --> 00:12:04,720 Speaker 1: I did get away, which is crucially important. Was that 235 00:12:04,800 --> 00:12:06,920 Speaker 1: real quick? Was that the right thing to do? Kick 236 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,120 Speaker 1: off at ten thirty and didn't hurt Washington? Do you 237 00:12:10,160 --> 00:12:14,920 Speaker 1: think to not have all the fans? I mean watching 238 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:17,480 Speaker 1: this stadium is super loud. I mean it is one 239 00:12:17,480 --> 00:12:21,160 Speaker 1: of the better stadiums in terms of fan experience. And 240 00:12:21,200 --> 00:12:24,240 Speaker 1: when we did our conference rankings, what we did our 241 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,079 Speaker 1: conference stadium ranking. So if you guys want to go 242 00:12:27,160 --> 00:12:30,480 Speaker 1: back a couple of episodes, look for the conference stadium 243 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 1: rankings where we rank how much a stadium is has 244 00:12:35,040 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 1: historical value and how much it influences winning and losing 245 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:42,360 Speaker 1: in games. And Seattle was high on the list, I 246 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:45,680 Speaker 1: think for for both of us, because it's loud, it's 247 00:12:45,720 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 1: it's cold sometimes sometimes it snows, Like weather becomes an issue. 248 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:52,160 Speaker 1: There's a big thing in that stadium. So I do 249 00:12:52,240 --> 00:12:55,720 Speaker 1: think that the crowd was a factor, but I think 250 00:12:55,720 --> 00:12:59,079 Speaker 1: the biggest factor was just Cows defense, Like they were 251 00:12:59,120 --> 00:13:03,440 Speaker 1: just unreligo team, and that's what you know. I like 252 00:13:03,880 --> 00:13:06,320 Speaker 1: that was one of the biggest surprises for you the weekend. 253 00:13:06,360 --> 00:13:10,080 Speaker 1: But I just knew that that was gonna happen. Um. 254 00:13:10,160 --> 00:13:12,920 Speaker 1: But the but the before we get into the games, 255 00:13:13,240 --> 00:13:16,960 Speaker 1: got a question for you, Ralph, should the Mountain West teams, 256 00:13:18,559 --> 00:13:23,800 Speaker 1: particularly Hawaii, because Hawaii has already knocked off Oregon State 257 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: and they've knocked off Arizona. So if they beat Washington 258 00:13:28,320 --> 00:13:32,199 Speaker 1: this week, do you think that we should include Hawaii 259 00:13:32,280 --> 00:13:34,160 Speaker 1: in the Pac twelve power rankings for the rest of 260 00:13:34,160 --> 00:13:36,680 Speaker 1: the season. Oh, I think we have to. I think 261 00:13:36,679 --> 00:13:41,040 Speaker 1: if if Hawaii meets if Hawaii meets Washington, Arizona and 262 00:13:41,160 --> 00:13:43,920 Speaker 1: Oregon State, I think that at that point we just 263 00:13:43,960 --> 00:13:48,000 Speaker 1: have to. We we it's going to be a third team. 264 00:13:48,400 --> 00:13:51,120 Speaker 1: And and there what's funny is hawaif is probably gonna 265 00:13:51,160 --> 00:13:54,360 Speaker 1: struggle in Mountain West play just because every time they 266 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 1: have a road game, they have to travel, you know, 267 00:13:56,960 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: further than anyone else just to play the near schools, 268 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:02,960 Speaker 1: and so you know, it's always hard for them to 269 00:14:03,120 --> 00:14:06,720 Speaker 1: really continue that momentum. But no, I think we have to. 270 00:14:06,880 --> 00:14:09,800 Speaker 1: I think Hawaii, Hawaii is part of it from here 271 00:14:09,840 --> 00:14:12,480 Speaker 1: on out. That's the deal will strike with with with 272 00:14:12,559 --> 00:14:15,439 Speaker 1: the university of Hawaiti and the fact that they're out 273 00:14:15,480 --> 00:14:19,120 Speaker 1: there streaming their games on Facebook and still beating PAC 274 00:14:19,200 --> 00:14:23,400 Speaker 1: twelve teams, and oh man, that's making me sick that it. 275 00:14:23,680 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: I know that you're out in Hawaii. I know that 276 00:14:25,880 --> 00:14:28,320 Speaker 1: there are distractions, but this is a team that doesn't 277 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: play defense, and oh man, I just can't I can't 278 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:36,000 Speaker 1: anymore with with PAC twelve teams just losing to these 279 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 1: Mountain West schools. Yeah, we have an article up on 280 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:42,920 Speaker 1: Unafraid show dot com. I'm gonna put the link in 281 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:46,880 Speaker 1: the show notes about the PAC twelve and the Mountain 282 00:14:46,920 --> 00:14:51,240 Speaker 1: West and the recent history and how Larry Scott tries 283 00:14:51,280 --> 00:14:55,040 Speaker 1: to gloss over this and it's a problem. And I 284 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:59,320 Speaker 1: don't like how he's handling the PAC twelve Mountain West NG. 285 00:14:59,440 --> 00:15:04,360 Speaker 1: It's not okay, But Ralph, so I guess we'll start 286 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,080 Speaker 1: at the beginning. We'll start on Friday the game that 287 00:15:07,200 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: you were at covering, and it was just disgusting. It 288 00:15:11,880 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 1: was disgusting, it was terrible. I couldn't this game deserved 289 00:15:17,320 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 1: to be on Friday night. Arizona State should be happy 290 00:15:20,400 --> 00:15:24,320 Speaker 1: that all the recruits couldn't actually watch this game because 291 00:15:24,360 --> 00:15:28,680 Speaker 1: they were playing Sacramento State and they won nineteen to seven. 292 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:32,400 Speaker 1: And it wasn't and it wasn't like that they had 293 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:36,720 Speaker 1: command of the game all game because it was nine 294 00:15:36,760 --> 00:15:40,360 Speaker 1: and zero in the fourth quarter San Diego State score, 295 00:15:40,560 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 1: US Sacramento State scores. And if it weren't for an 296 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:48,000 Speaker 1: Eno Benjamin late touchdown, like Sacramento State couldor stolen this game. 297 00:15:48,520 --> 00:15:52,160 Speaker 1: Like what what the hell is going on? Arizona States 298 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:56,360 Speaker 1: offensive line looks terrible. I don't know how they win 299 00:15:56,440 --> 00:16:00,360 Speaker 1: back twelve games if you can't dominate Sacramento State, which 300 00:16:00,400 --> 00:16:05,800 Speaker 1: is an FC ST Yeah, I mean I so I 301 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 1: watched that game at midnight. Uh that that was so 302 00:16:09,680 --> 00:16:12,400 Speaker 1: two nights in a row watching PAC twelve games into 303 00:16:12,400 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 1: the next day. But I was out at a couple 304 00:16:14,120 --> 00:16:16,960 Speaker 1: of high school games on Friday night. Watched Texas commit 305 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:21,160 Speaker 1: for Jan Robinson rushed for five hundred yards in one game. 306 00:16:21,600 --> 00:16:24,200 Speaker 1: So just another another guy who is really really good 307 00:16:24,200 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: in a PAC twelve footprint that's going to uh that's 308 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: going to a school out of this conference. So that's 309 00:16:28,600 --> 00:16:31,440 Speaker 1: a little bit frustrating. And then went home fired up 310 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:33,640 Speaker 1: the A s U game and oh my goodness, it 311 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,440 Speaker 1: put me to sleep in the second quarter. I had 312 00:16:36,480 --> 00:16:39,200 Speaker 1: to wake up early in the morning just to finish. 313 00:16:39,280 --> 00:16:41,600 Speaker 1: And I mean, here's what I'll say. I'll say, I'll 314 00:16:41,600 --> 00:16:44,240 Speaker 1: say three things. You tell me if you disagree with them. 315 00:16:44,400 --> 00:16:49,600 Speaker 1: First of all, if Jason Thompson, the quarterback for UM 316 00:16:49,760 --> 00:16:53,480 Speaker 1: Sacramento State, if he was accurate, because a s U 317 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:55,440 Speaker 1: defense is getting a lot of credit for this win. 318 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:57,360 Speaker 1: But the truth is the didn't really get a lot 319 00:16:57,400 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: of pressure on the quarterback, and if he was accurate, 320 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:03,040 Speaker 1: they might have won that game. But he he was 321 00:17:03,120 --> 00:17:05,880 Speaker 1: not an accurate downfield passer, like he had some embarrassingly 322 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:10,200 Speaker 1: bad threats UM. And so I I want to give 323 00:17:10,200 --> 00:17:12,600 Speaker 1: credit to Sacramento State there, and I want to just 324 00:17:12,640 --> 00:17:14,680 Speaker 1: sort of dispel that a s U s out there 325 00:17:14,680 --> 00:17:17,840 Speaker 1: playing perfect defense. A s U S defense is really good, 326 00:17:18,280 --> 00:17:21,880 Speaker 1: especially the linebackers and defensive backs. UM. But I mean, 327 00:17:21,920 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 1: if he was on target, a SU would have been 328 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:26,199 Speaker 1: in serious trouble. And then I want to go to 329 00:17:26,200 --> 00:17:29,040 Speaker 1: the other side and say, like, it's it's not as 330 00:17:29,160 --> 00:17:32,080 Speaker 1: bad offensively as I mean. Because a s U fans 331 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 1: were pulling their hair out calling for offensive coordinator Rob 332 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,040 Speaker 1: Lin's job, which happened, it feels like it happens every 333 00:17:38,080 --> 00:17:40,680 Speaker 1: single week out here. Um, but I will say this, 334 00:17:41,920 --> 00:17:45,080 Speaker 1: the Pack twelve screwed up by not having goal line cameras. 335 00:17:45,960 --> 00:17:51,159 Speaker 1: They really screwed a s. You got robbed of a 336 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: touchdown where they're where their third string running back caught 337 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:57,000 Speaker 1: a pass from Jaden Daniels was four and a half 338 00:17:57,040 --> 00:18:02,199 Speaker 1: feet deep into into the end zone and got the 339 00:18:02,240 --> 00:18:04,840 Speaker 1: ball popped out and there was no good angle to 340 00:18:04,840 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: give a su that touchdown. Not one. Um. The other 341 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,720 Speaker 1: thing is as you've got a touchdown taken away based 342 00:18:12,760 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: on a rule that I wasn't aware that the Pac 343 00:18:15,080 --> 00:18:20,199 Speaker 1: twelve was gonna go, you know all in once wide receivers. Yeah, 344 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 1: so wide receivers are no longer allowed to make contact. 345 00:18:23,560 --> 00:18:26,680 Speaker 1: And you know, I don't I don't mind because I'm 346 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:29,199 Speaker 1: really because there's just not like, well, I get it 347 00:18:29,280 --> 00:18:31,360 Speaker 1: from you. From a tight end position, you probably would 348 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:33,199 Speaker 1: have gotten in trouble all the time for this, but 349 00:18:33,240 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 1: it was like the ones they got flagged for were 350 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:37,159 Speaker 1: kind of away from the ball and didn't really affect 351 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,280 Speaker 1: the play that much. And you just hate, you hate 352 00:18:39,280 --> 00:18:42,639 Speaker 1: to see a dude get blown up who has nothing 353 00:18:42,680 --> 00:18:44,840 Speaker 1: to do with the play. I love a good clean 354 00:18:44,880 --> 00:18:48,440 Speaker 1: block where you run through somebody and just like destroy them. 355 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:50,800 Speaker 1: But if it happens like way away from the ball, 356 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:53,800 Speaker 1: it was like what you're gonna get slag And that 357 00:18:54,000 --> 00:18:57,199 Speaker 1: is unnecessary when it's way away from the play. But 358 00:18:57,240 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: if you're on like a toss sweep or a or 359 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,120 Speaker 1: a special teams play like a punt return, that's kind 360 00:19:05,119 --> 00:19:07,040 Speaker 1: of the only way that you can block them. I mean, 361 00:19:07,080 --> 00:19:09,160 Speaker 1: what are you supposed to Yeah, hey, hey, hey, I'm coming, 362 00:19:09,359 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 1: turn around, look at me, look at exactly, exactly exactly. 363 00:19:13,800 --> 00:19:15,440 Speaker 1: But and then so I mean, you have a touchdown 364 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:17,399 Speaker 1: taken away because of this rule that they're going to 365 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:19,920 Speaker 1: be heavily enforcing, which is good to know, I think 366 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: for everybody. So hopefully other teams were paying attention to that. 367 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:25,520 Speaker 1: And then the third thing is as you had the 368 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:28,199 Speaker 1: ball inside the five, and you know, Benjamin had a 369 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:30,600 Speaker 1: clear path to the end zone, and Tommy Hudson, the 370 00:19:30,720 --> 00:19:33,760 Speaker 1: s us tight end just like stands up and watches 371 00:19:33,800 --> 00:19:38,439 Speaker 1: a guy run past him and tackle destroyed. Yeah, And 372 00:19:38,480 --> 00:19:42,800 Speaker 1: so like those three plays, three plays, that's it. Nothing 373 00:19:42,800 --> 00:19:45,960 Speaker 1: else about the game changes only those three plays. If 374 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:48,480 Speaker 1: you change the outcome of those three plays, it's a 375 00:19:48,600 --> 00:19:52,199 Speaker 1: thirty seven to seven games of nineteen seven. And I 376 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:54,040 Speaker 1: don't like playing I don't I don't like playing the 377 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:58,359 Speaker 1: what if game, right, But those are specific, correctable things, 378 00:19:58,800 --> 00:20:01,679 Speaker 1: and so I thinking a s U fans should go 379 00:20:01,760 --> 00:20:04,840 Speaker 1: from puking their guts out to just feeling a little nauseous. 380 00:20:04,840 --> 00:20:07,120 Speaker 1: Oh no, when it comes to the offensive, I think. 381 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,760 Speaker 1: But on the offensive line, on the offensive line, you 382 00:20:09,760 --> 00:20:11,480 Speaker 1: could not be more right. And it was their best 383 00:20:11,520 --> 00:20:14,679 Speaker 1: offensive lineman that we're having the worst day. Yeah, I would. 384 00:20:15,000 --> 00:20:17,480 Speaker 1: If I'm an Arizona State fan, I am terrified right 385 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:21,080 Speaker 1: now because for a couple of reasons. Number one, you 386 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:27,000 Speaker 1: were right, Ralph. If Sacramento States quarterback Thompson, if he 387 00:20:27,080 --> 00:20:33,000 Speaker 1: were even reasonably accurate, they would have had their hands full. 388 00:20:33,440 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 1: They may have lost this game had sacrament I mean, 389 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:39,200 Speaker 1: even with those plays going right, had Sacramento State had 390 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:43,760 Speaker 1: a and a reasonable quarterback, they would have put up 391 00:20:43,800 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: a much better fight in this game. Like this game 392 00:20:46,520 --> 00:20:50,879 Speaker 1: would have got got dicey. The problem And then the 393 00:20:50,920 --> 00:20:55,120 Speaker 1: other part about Arizona State is the fact that if 394 00:20:55,680 --> 00:20:58,280 Speaker 1: we all know that you know, Benjamin is a special back, 395 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:04,359 Speaker 1: but the that they couldn't run. But the fact that 396 00:21:04,480 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: if they could not, and it wasn't to a fault 397 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,560 Speaker 1: of his because running backs can only do so much 398 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,320 Speaker 1: when there's no blocking. They could not run the football 399 00:21:14,440 --> 00:21:19,399 Speaker 1: successfully against Sacramento State successfully consistently. I mean, you know, 400 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:24,240 Speaker 1: Benjamin twenty four carries sixty nine yards, and if you 401 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:28,719 Speaker 1: take away that long seventy two yard touchdown, he he 402 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: didn't even have a hundred all purpose yards. It was 403 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 1: a complete shutdown, not to any fault of his own. 404 00:21:37,160 --> 00:21:40,040 Speaker 1: The offensive line just looks I mean, it looked bad. 405 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:44,399 Speaker 1: They couldn't protect Jane Daniels, and he made a bone 406 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:47,120 Speaker 1: head play that he got away with a bone head 407 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 1: play he tried to he threw the ball I think too. 408 00:21:50,720 --> 00:21:56,080 Speaker 1: And no Benjamin, while he was getting sacked and wild 409 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:01,280 Speaker 1: boys and the coaches were it looked he fumbled the ball, 410 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:03,600 Speaker 1: so you know that they didn't yell at him in 411 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:05,080 Speaker 1: They're like, come on, man, you gotta hold on to 412 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,560 Speaker 1: the ball. But when they watched the film and they 413 00:22:07,600 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 1: see that he actually tried to throw that ball while 414 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:12,960 Speaker 1: being twisted around and it looked like he was trying 415 00:22:12,960 --> 00:22:16,400 Speaker 1: to throw it to the lineman, it was absolutely an 416 00:22:16,440 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 1: awful play that did not result in awfulness. So I 417 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,280 Speaker 1: am down on Arizona State when we get to the 418 00:22:23,320 --> 00:22:26,040 Speaker 1: pactual power rankings. I'm telling you right now, Ralph, I 419 00:22:26,080 --> 00:22:28,800 Speaker 1: am down on them. I didn't like it. I didn't 420 00:22:28,840 --> 00:22:32,760 Speaker 1: like the fact that they only that they didn't do great, 421 00:22:32,800 --> 00:22:35,960 Speaker 1: that they only scored thirty points against Kent State two. 422 00:22:36,520 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 1: So you follow thirty to seven Kent State nineteen and 423 00:22:39,840 --> 00:22:42,479 Speaker 1: seven against Sacks State, which should have been more points. 424 00:22:42,520 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: I don't like it, Ralph, I am. If I'm an 425 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:47,800 Speaker 1: Arizona State fan, I'm not necessarily calling for the offensive 426 00:22:47,840 --> 00:22:51,880 Speaker 1: coordinator's job because he can't block for them. Maybe there's 427 00:22:51,920 --> 00:22:54,960 Speaker 1: just a shortage of talent on the offensive line right now, 428 00:22:55,000 --> 00:22:57,200 Speaker 1: and you're just gonna have to deal with it. I'm 429 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 1: I don't I mean, I'm I was shocked by by 430 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:03,439 Speaker 1: the fact that again they had two freshman offensive linemen 431 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:07,320 Speaker 1: out there, and those weren't the guys who were screwing up. 432 00:23:07,400 --> 00:23:11,600 Speaker 1: So they had moved their all packed twelve center out 433 00:23:11,680 --> 00:23:15,520 Speaker 1: to left tackle because they felt better about just having 434 00:23:15,520 --> 00:23:18,760 Speaker 1: the experience there instead of playing him at his absolute 435 00:23:18,800 --> 00:23:22,639 Speaker 1: best position. And he doesn't look good. So if he 436 00:23:22,680 --> 00:23:25,439 Speaker 1: doesn't look good, that's a bad coach. You think so, 437 00:23:25,520 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: because I've heard the argument the other way. He's a center, 438 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:33,360 Speaker 1: he like, so he's he's their tallest offensive lineman too, 439 00:23:33,600 --> 00:23:36,040 Speaker 1: and so they just wanted experience out left tackle to 440 00:23:36,080 --> 00:23:38,600 Speaker 1: protect the freshman. I've heard the argument that you want 441 00:23:38,680 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: your best five, and then you hear the argument that 442 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: you want to play people at their best position, and 443 00:23:44,440 --> 00:23:47,199 Speaker 1: after you know, I like the best five argument, but 444 00:23:47,240 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: after watching that game on Friday, I don't know. Yeah, 445 00:23:50,480 --> 00:23:52,600 Speaker 1: you you want your best five out there, but you 446 00:23:52,680 --> 00:23:55,720 Speaker 1: have to put them in positions to be successful. And 447 00:23:55,760 --> 00:23:59,040 Speaker 1: if you're trying to play your your center, like he 448 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:01,919 Speaker 1: may be the number one center, but he maybe the 449 00:24:02,040 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 1: fourth best tackle, you know what I mean. Like, so 450 00:24:04,480 --> 00:24:07,440 Speaker 1: you put your best five out there, but it's at 451 00:24:07,440 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: the positions that are optimal for them. Um the next 452 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:16,680 Speaker 1: game up, we got Northern Illinois and we got Utah. Uh. 453 00:24:16,800 --> 00:24:19,919 Speaker 1: Utah won this game thirty five to seventeen. It was 454 00:24:20,880 --> 00:24:25,840 Speaker 1: it was at Utah at Rice echos um i uh. 455 00:24:26,440 --> 00:24:28,960 Speaker 1: I felt the same way kind of about this game. 456 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:33,320 Speaker 1: I didn't like the fact that Utah gave up seventeen 457 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:37,320 Speaker 1: points in the first half to Northern Illinois, who who 458 00:24:37,400 --> 00:24:41,280 Speaker 1: doesn't score the ball? Really well. Their defense after that 459 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,359 Speaker 1: tightened up. They didn't give up another point, but I 460 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:48,640 Speaker 1: am still very unimpressed. Aside from Zack Moss, I am 461 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:54,119 Speaker 1: unimpressed by the Utah offense. I am like, Tyler Huntley 462 00:24:54,320 --> 00:24:58,679 Speaker 1: is a decent quarterback, but he's going to be the 463 00:24:58,720 --> 00:25:02,119 Speaker 1: difference between Utah winning the Pack twelve or having a 464 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:05,040 Speaker 1: possibility to win in the Pac twelve and just making 465 00:25:05,080 --> 00:25:08,719 Speaker 1: the Pac twelve championship. Yeah. I think I had probably 466 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,480 Speaker 1: the opposite take on this game as you, um, which 467 00:25:12,560 --> 00:25:15,960 Speaker 1: is when I watched Sacramento State Arizona State, I was like, oh, 468 00:25:16,119 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 1: both these teams are playing terrible. And when I watched 469 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,959 Speaker 1: the first half of the Utah Northern Illinois game, I 470 00:25:24,000 --> 00:25:27,400 Speaker 1: was like, both these teams are pretty good teams. And um, 471 00:25:27,440 --> 00:25:29,479 Speaker 1: I think that you know, you you you have that 472 00:25:29,520 --> 00:25:32,520 Speaker 1: thing where over time, you know, I've heard Calling Cowherd 473 00:25:32,560 --> 00:25:34,159 Speaker 1: talk about this a bunch of where like there's a 474 00:25:34,200 --> 00:25:37,520 Speaker 1: reason you play four quarters and and and anybody can 475 00:25:37,560 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 1: compete for a little while, but over time, that's where 476 00:25:41,359 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 1: you see the true separation and the true talent and 477 00:25:44,720 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 1: and Utah's defensive line in that second half, my god, 478 00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,760 Speaker 1: did they go to work and and I mean any 479 00:25:50,800 --> 00:25:53,200 Speaker 1: time that they have a lead of uh two scores 480 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,679 Speaker 1: or more, that's gonna be so much trouble for anybody 481 00:25:55,720 --> 00:25:58,440 Speaker 1: they play. But I did end up seeing some vulnerabilities 482 00:25:58,440 --> 00:26:02,920 Speaker 1: in Utah's defense in this game. I think that uh 483 00:26:03,080 --> 00:26:05,560 Speaker 1: speed could kill them. I really do. And I know 484 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:07,800 Speaker 1: that's not like a huge hot take or anything. Speed 485 00:26:07,800 --> 00:26:10,119 Speaker 1: can kill anybody, but watching some of some of the 486 00:26:10,200 --> 00:26:12,879 Speaker 1: quicker Northern Illinois players, especially like the running backs on 487 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:16,720 Speaker 1: the outside catch passes um that I think that's really 488 00:26:16,720 --> 00:26:18,840 Speaker 1: their weakness. And it's a good thing for Utah that 489 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,440 Speaker 1: they don't play organ this year because I don't really 490 00:26:21,480 --> 00:26:24,879 Speaker 1: see anybody else bringing that elite speed. But if you 491 00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,280 Speaker 1: talk in grind down and Huntley can do what he does, 492 00:26:27,280 --> 00:26:30,240 Speaker 1: which is like one rushing touchdown one passing touchdown a game, 493 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 1: if he can do those things and they can build 494 00:26:32,760 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: up a little bit of a lead and just attack defensively, 495 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:37,840 Speaker 1: then they're going to be in a really really good position. 496 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:41,120 Speaker 1: I honestly like I thought they looked good playing their 497 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,560 Speaker 1: brand of football. I know that it's not the greatest 498 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:46,359 Speaker 1: offense in the world, and they could certainly be better. Um, 499 00:26:46,440 --> 00:26:49,159 Speaker 1: but what you and I think expected this game to 500 00:26:49,200 --> 00:26:51,199 Speaker 1: be a little bit closer, and for a moment it was, 501 00:26:52,240 --> 00:26:54,439 Speaker 1: but with Bradley and I had like three sacks, and 502 00:26:54,480 --> 00:26:56,720 Speaker 1: I think, uh, most of the damage that the whole 503 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:58,879 Speaker 1: defensive line did was in the second half. And if 504 00:26:59,000 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: if they can just get a lead on people, they're 505 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:05,040 Speaker 1: gonna be super dangerous. Well, that's the problem is getting 506 00:27:05,040 --> 00:27:10,160 Speaker 1: a lead against the elite teams in the Pac twelve. They're, 507 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 1: like you said, they're they're lucky that they avoid Stanford 508 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:17,439 Speaker 1: and Oregon this year because those are two of the 509 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:19,840 Speaker 1: better defenses in the Pac twelve. But they do have 510 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:22,400 Speaker 1: to play against Cal and they do have to play 511 00:27:22,400 --> 00:27:26,359 Speaker 1: against Washington, and neither one of those teams is going 512 00:27:26,400 --> 00:27:29,959 Speaker 1: to give an inch on defense. And so those are 513 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:32,399 Speaker 1: the games that Tyler Huntley is gonna have to be great. 514 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:37,760 Speaker 1: He's gonna have to because if he's not, they are 515 00:27:37,800 --> 00:27:41,320 Speaker 1: going to lose three games this year. I mean, I 516 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,400 Speaker 1: don't even I know that Utah fans are a little 517 00:27:43,400 --> 00:27:46,159 Speaker 1: bit upset to hear that, because you know their team 518 00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:50,800 Speaker 1: is ranked thirteen. They are well after well going into 519 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:54,600 Speaker 1: last week they were and the a peopole, everybody's excited. 520 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,840 Speaker 1: I get it. I get it, but you have to 521 00:27:56,920 --> 00:27:58,840 Speaker 1: forecast out and I know that you can only see 522 00:27:58,840 --> 00:28:02,120 Speaker 1: your team through rose color asks. But as an honest 523 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: outside observer, I'm looking at this team. I'm saying, yes, 524 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:10,399 Speaker 1: they're hard nosed, they're tough, they're talented on defense especially, 525 00:28:11,560 --> 00:28:14,200 Speaker 1: but you need your quarterback to wait otherwise it's gonna 526 00:28:14,240 --> 00:28:16,560 Speaker 1: look much like the Pack twelve championship last year. I 527 00:28:16,560 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: know Ship Shelley was in, but you're gonna get the 528 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: same thing. The next game that we have up, though, 529 00:28:25,560 --> 00:28:28,920 Speaker 1: is the game that shocked the world. Shocked the Pack 530 00:28:29,000 --> 00:28:32,760 Speaker 1: twelve except for me. You had Cow going up to 531 00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:39,560 Speaker 1: Seattle on the heels of beating Washington last year, twelve 532 00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 1: to ten. They go up to Washington again. Jacob Easton, 533 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: who you are a fanboy of, I think you almost 534 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:54,120 Speaker 1: as much as Khalil take got absolutely shut down like 535 00:28:54,200 --> 00:28:58,320 Speaker 1: I told you he would. He's not an elite quarterback. 536 00:28:58,920 --> 00:29:02,320 Speaker 1: He finished eight for thirty hundred and sixty two yards. 537 00:29:02,680 --> 00:29:06,600 Speaker 1: They kept hitting him and then he started throwing Aaron balls. 538 00:29:07,360 --> 00:29:10,360 Speaker 1: It was he threw an interception. It was not a 539 00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: good look for Jacob Eason cal exposed him. I know 540 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 1: you must agree Ralph, Yeah, this doesn't look good for 541 00:29:17,200 --> 00:29:20,600 Speaker 1: me and all my opinions, does it? Um? Uh, everything 542 00:29:20,600 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: that you said it would happen in this game happened. Uh. 543 00:29:24,600 --> 00:29:27,440 Speaker 1: I think that you saw that. You know, Washington's got 544 00:29:27,440 --> 00:29:30,840 Speaker 1: a good running back, but not an elite running back. Um, 545 00:29:30,880 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: that Jacobieson stat line is better than really it was, 546 00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:37,720 Speaker 1: because if the he had less than a hundred yards 547 00:29:37,760 --> 00:29:41,600 Speaker 1: passing going into that second half. The only caveat that 548 00:29:41,720 --> 00:29:46,040 Speaker 1: I might offer is that these are college kids starting 549 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:48,800 Speaker 1: a game after already getting amped for a game, and 550 00:29:48,800 --> 00:29:50,800 Speaker 1: then having to come back down and get back up. 551 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: That could have affected it in some way. I'm not 552 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:55,240 Speaker 1: I'm not using it as an excuse. I'm just saying 553 00:29:55,440 --> 00:30:00,160 Speaker 1: it's literally the only thing that I could dip into, because, um, 554 00:30:00,200 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: I mean this was this was quite a performance by 555 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:06,440 Speaker 1: Cal's defense. But then you run into the whole situation 556 00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:09,760 Speaker 1: of like, can you be right about both things? Or 557 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:12,000 Speaker 1: is one thing the gate you'll be right about the other? 558 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:15,680 Speaker 1: You're high honest Cal defense, You're also low on Jacobieson, 559 00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:18,720 Speaker 1: and so from my perspective, I'm like, Okay, well, which 560 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,200 Speaker 1: is it? Then? Because in order to do both, you 561 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:25,080 Speaker 1: take credit away from both, and I know you want 562 00:30:25,080 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 1: to give credit to both of both of your opinions, 563 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 1: and I feel like maybe cal defense is the one 564 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 1: that that that really forced us. Maybe he's a good quarterback, 565 00:30:33,280 --> 00:30:36,320 Speaker 1: but maybe he's just not play against Cal's defense good, 566 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: you know, And so I uh NFL level quarterbacks. Like, 567 00:30:44,880 --> 00:30:48,000 Speaker 1: if you're gonna if people were projecting him to be 568 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:50,200 Speaker 1: the best player in the conference, sort of conference player 569 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:55,520 Speaker 1: of a year, you have to perform reasonably well against 570 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,000 Speaker 1: the best defense. Is like, you can't have games like 571 00:30:59,080 --> 00:31:02,760 Speaker 1: this against great defenses. Is if you are a top 572 00:31:02,760 --> 00:31:06,080 Speaker 1: tier quarterback, maybe he does only finish with two forty 573 00:31:06,120 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 1: yards and a touchdown and a pick or two touchdowns 574 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:13,040 Speaker 1: and no picks or somewhere around there. Didn't have to 575 00:31:13,040 --> 00:31:15,640 Speaker 1: be an elite in a stellar game, but it should 576 00:31:15,640 --> 00:31:19,840 Speaker 1: have been better. But if I'm Washington, the thing that 577 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 1: I am really pointing to that I am excited about 578 00:31:25,080 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 1: is a mad they're running back because he's he's he's 579 00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:33,880 Speaker 1: a little he's a little jitterbug, and Eddie's super fast. 580 00:31:34,960 --> 00:31:37,160 Speaker 1: He's gonna hit a lot of home runs this year 581 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:39,920 Speaker 1: when they play some of the more inferior defenses in 582 00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,960 Speaker 1: the back twall when they play against the Oregon States, 583 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:49,920 Speaker 1: when they play against uh, you know, Arizona and Colorado, 584 00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:53,000 Speaker 1: even when they play those teams, he is going to 585 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:56,280 Speaker 1: have probably two hundred yards in those games because he's 586 00:31:56,320 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 1: so fast and Cal tackled so well at I was like, wow, 587 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:05,680 Speaker 1: he was always one tackle away, one thing away from 588 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 1: breaking loose. And I thought when Washington was up ten 589 00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:13,920 Speaker 1: zero at halftime, well right before halftime, and then Cal 590 00:32:14,040 --> 00:32:17,120 Speaker 1: ended up getting a field goal, I was like, I 591 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,480 Speaker 1: I actually tweeted out and said, well, I'm gonna go 592 00:32:19,520 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: to sleep now because I think Washington has enough points 593 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:26,080 Speaker 1: to win the game. Because Chase Garbers, who while we're 594 00:32:26,080 --> 00:32:30,760 Speaker 1: talking about Jacob Easton, Chase Garber's, Cal's quarterback finished eleven 595 00:32:30,800 --> 00:32:34,239 Speaker 1: for eighteen for a hundred and eleven yards. And I 596 00:32:34,320 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 1: looked at his face multiple times in the game. There 597 00:32:37,560 --> 00:32:40,360 Speaker 1: was like, you know how you look at people's face 598 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,520 Speaker 1: sometimes in their body language, and you feel like it 599 00:32:43,560 --> 00:32:48,720 Speaker 1: can inspire confidence or project you know, leadership or strength. 600 00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:52,840 Speaker 1: Chase Garber's does a complete opposite, like he doesn't inspire 601 00:32:53,400 --> 00:32:55,920 Speaker 1: like or evoking emotion to me like wow, like I 602 00:32:55,960 --> 00:32:58,280 Speaker 1: know that kid's gonna get it. I know he's gonna 603 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:01,280 Speaker 1: get it. You know, like when you look get some 604 00:33:01,320 --> 00:33:04,440 Speaker 1: of the other quarterbacks who've gone through the Pack twelve 605 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:07,920 Speaker 1: or even have gone through cow Good the Aaron Rodgers 606 00:33:08,000 --> 00:33:11,360 Speaker 1: to Jared Goffs, these guys there, they have a little 607 00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:13,880 Speaker 1: steel in their eyes, a little ice coldness in their eyes. 608 00:33:13,880 --> 00:33:15,960 Speaker 1: And Chase Garbage he just looked like a nice kid. 609 00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: He looks like a kid that you don't mind your 610 00:33:18,560 --> 00:33:21,760 Speaker 1: daughter dat and just hey, come on, hey, how are you? 611 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,560 Speaker 1: Can I help you across the street? You know, like 612 00:33:24,640 --> 00:33:28,120 Speaker 1: he's the guy that he looks like. He knocks the 613 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:30,280 Speaker 1: guy down in the game. It was if you were 614 00:33:30,280 --> 00:33:32,720 Speaker 1: in a quarterback and would would help him up and say, 615 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:36,920 Speaker 1: oh man, I'm sorry, let let me dust you off. Well, 616 00:33:36,960 --> 00:33:38,880 Speaker 1: I mean I've I've interviewed the kid a couple of times, 617 00:33:38,880 --> 00:33:41,160 Speaker 1: and he is that he is a really, really good dude. 618 00:33:41,200 --> 00:33:43,800 Speaker 1: He almost ended up at Arizona State if not for 619 00:33:44,160 --> 00:33:47,040 Speaker 1: Ryan Kelly flipping from Oregon to a s U, which 620 00:33:47,080 --> 00:33:50,960 Speaker 1: actually set off the biggest chain reaction in the history recruiting. 621 00:33:50,960 --> 00:33:53,560 Speaker 1: But we'll get into that at another date and time. 622 00:33:54,040 --> 00:33:55,640 Speaker 1: I had to learn a new name though because of 623 00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:59,960 Speaker 1: this game, and that's Marcel Dancy, former Laney community called 624 00:34:00,080 --> 00:34:04,200 Speaker 1: edge running back who scored Cow's only two touchdowns in 625 00:34:04,240 --> 00:34:05,800 Speaker 1: the third quarter, and I was like, oh, it looks 626 00:34:05,800 --> 00:34:08,319 Speaker 1: like Cal's got another weapon. I wasn't expecting that, and 627 00:34:08,400 --> 00:34:10,719 Speaker 1: so shout out to him because that's a that's a 628 00:34:10,760 --> 00:34:13,279 Speaker 1: long joke, goes a long road. And then you know 629 00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:16,319 Speaker 1: he only appeared in four games last year. Um and 630 00:34:16,400 --> 00:34:18,120 Speaker 1: he was able to use that red shirt rule. So 631 00:34:18,160 --> 00:34:20,440 Speaker 1: he's a twenty one year old red shirt jr. And 632 00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:23,680 Speaker 1: all of a sudden he's the hero beating Washington at Washington. 633 00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,479 Speaker 1: Oh yeah, yeah, I loved it. Like I thought Dance, 634 00:34:27,520 --> 00:34:30,440 Speaker 1: he was impressive. I also thought there are other running 635 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:34,239 Speaker 1: back Christopher Brown Jr. Was impressive because Cal ended up 636 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 1: including Chase Garber's running for a hundred and ninety two 637 00:34:37,560 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 1: yards and two touchdows on thirty eight carries, which is good. 638 00:34:42,560 --> 00:34:45,200 Speaker 1: I mean, Washington is what's expected to be in the 639 00:34:45,480 --> 00:34:48,799 Speaker 1: elite defense, and you didn't expect them to get run 640 00:34:48,840 --> 00:34:52,480 Speaker 1: on like that like you did. The history said, especially 641 00:34:52,480 --> 00:34:56,120 Speaker 1: when Chase Garber's is not an elite pass because a 642 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:58,719 Speaker 1: lot of times when you get elite passers, sometimes you 643 00:34:58,760 --> 00:35:02,080 Speaker 1: get big runs. But because the team is having to 644 00:35:02,160 --> 00:35:06,120 Speaker 1: defend against the past until that last series where Chase 645 00:35:06,160 --> 00:35:10,200 Speaker 1: Garber's led them down to the end of the game. Uh, 646 00:35:10,200 --> 00:35:12,359 Speaker 1: he just sat back, tossed a couple of balls up, 647 00:35:12,360 --> 00:35:14,960 Speaker 1: got a pass in affairs, got one catch. I was 648 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:18,760 Speaker 1: sitting there like, um, you know that all they're gonna 649 00:35:18,800 --> 00:35:21,640 Speaker 1: do is run the football, right, They're not gonna challenge 650 00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,760 Speaker 1: you deep and Washington still couldn't stop it. They played 651 00:35:24,760 --> 00:35:27,319 Speaker 1: the game of the phone booth. And this is why 652 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:29,520 Speaker 1: I said at the beginning of the season that cal 653 00:35:29,719 --> 00:35:32,399 Speaker 1: is the dark horse team in the Pack twelve. They 654 00:35:32,440 --> 00:35:35,880 Speaker 1: are the most underrated team. And this is a team 655 00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:41,320 Speaker 1: that can not only like like compete and make life 656 00:35:41,320 --> 00:35:43,440 Speaker 1: tough for all the rest of the teams in the North. 657 00:35:44,000 --> 00:35:47,680 Speaker 1: But if Garber's plays better than he did today well 658 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: against Washington, that this is a team that can possibly 659 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:55,120 Speaker 1: even win the Pack twelve North, Like they could sneak up. 660 00:35:56,960 --> 00:35:59,080 Speaker 1: I don't know if they can be Oregon, but if 661 00:35:59,120 --> 00:36:01,600 Speaker 1: Oregon mess around the slips up to Washington or something 662 00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,759 Speaker 1: like like that, this is a team that can really 663 00:36:03,800 --> 00:36:06,719 Speaker 1: be in it all the way to the end, like 664 00:36:06,880 --> 00:36:09,000 Speaker 1: all the way to the last weeks of the game. 665 00:36:09,040 --> 00:36:11,839 Speaker 1: Against Stanford and U c l A be right there 666 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,800 Speaker 1: in the hunt. All they have to do is protect 667 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,080 Speaker 1: the football. That's it. That's it, it will be in 668 00:36:17,120 --> 00:36:21,040 Speaker 1: every game. Totally totally agree. Last year, I think they're 669 00:36:21,040 --> 00:36:23,719 Speaker 1: only average twenty points a game, but they only gave 670 00:36:23,840 --> 00:36:27,400 Speaker 1: up nineteen points a game, which is fantastic. Um the 671 00:36:27,400 --> 00:36:31,000 Speaker 1: next which is exactly how this score ended last night, ye, 672 00:36:32,320 --> 00:36:35,120 Speaker 1: I was like, Wow, they're they're They're on their season averages. 673 00:36:36,520 --> 00:36:40,719 Speaker 1: The next game up, I was pleasantly surprised about. But 674 00:36:40,960 --> 00:36:44,719 Speaker 1: I still had some negative takeaways about this game. Oregon 675 00:36:44,840 --> 00:36:50,720 Speaker 1: beat Nevada seventies seven to six, and you're probably wondering, George, 676 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:52,879 Speaker 1: how the hell do you have something negative to say 677 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:57,800 Speaker 1: about this game? The Herbert through touchdowns to five different 678 00:36:57,800 --> 00:37:01,400 Speaker 1: wide receivers. You know, he finished with three hundred and 679 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:05,879 Speaker 1: ten yards. Uh Dairy and Felix rushed for eight yards 680 00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:09,160 Speaker 1: in a touchdown, C C. J. Verdell sixty yards in 681 00:37:09,239 --> 00:37:12,280 Speaker 1: a touchdown. They rushed for a total of two twenty 682 00:37:12,320 --> 00:37:18,320 Speaker 1: one yards. All that, Okay, here is my problem. First 683 00:37:18,320 --> 00:37:20,960 Speaker 1: thing is I do think that there was a little 684 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:23,399 Speaker 1: bit of shell shot coming out in the game from 685 00:37:23,440 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 1: the Auburn game, and they and you had Herbert missed 686 00:37:27,200 --> 00:37:30,200 Speaker 1: a couple of throws early. I loved the fact that 687 00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:33,799 Speaker 1: Marcus Arroyo was aggressive all freaking game, which he has 688 00:37:33,840 --> 00:37:37,560 Speaker 1: to do all season long. But here is the negative. 689 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:41,880 Speaker 1: I don't like Oregon in their pistol offense, with the 690 00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,279 Speaker 1: running back starting behind the quarterback and then doing the 691 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,200 Speaker 1: majority of their running place from there. I think that 692 00:37:48,239 --> 00:37:53,120 Speaker 1: the running games should be more effective. I mean, thirty 693 00:37:53,200 --> 00:37:57,279 Speaker 1: nine carries two hundred twenty two yards, that's decent. But 694 00:37:58,360 --> 00:38:01,879 Speaker 1: and aside from that once sixty two yard run, their 695 00:38:02,000 --> 00:38:07,080 Speaker 1: biggest games were like nineteen seventeen eleven. You need to 696 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,799 Speaker 1: start rattling off some big plays in the run game 697 00:38:09,960 --> 00:38:13,319 Speaker 1: if you want to be successful and put yourself in 698 00:38:13,400 --> 00:38:18,239 Speaker 1: the National Championship conversation. That was my only takeaway from 699 00:38:18,280 --> 00:38:22,920 Speaker 1: Oregon in this game. They dominated their defenses spectacular The 700 00:38:22,960 --> 00:38:26,160 Speaker 1: only reason why they gave up six points is because 701 00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:30,560 Speaker 1: the there was a punt that was muffed by not 702 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,520 Speaker 1: by the returner but why but by one of the 703 00:38:33,560 --> 00:38:36,920 Speaker 1: punt return members. The ball accidentally hit him. That's the 704 00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:39,000 Speaker 1: only reason why they got six points. They would have 705 00:38:39,120 --> 00:38:42,680 Speaker 1: three points. So what were your takeaways? Ralph UM, I 706 00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:46,320 Speaker 1: don't have any complaints because I would love to be 707 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:50,120 Speaker 1: in a situation where fourteen different guys catch a pass 708 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:55,040 Speaker 1: for for for the offense that I'm watching, where I 709 00:38:55,360 --> 00:38:59,879 Speaker 1: let's see like one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight, 710 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:03,640 Speaker 1: nine guys are in on a tackle for a loss. Um. 711 00:39:03,719 --> 00:39:06,600 Speaker 1: This was a complete performance on both sides of the 712 00:39:06,600 --> 00:39:10,920 Speaker 1: football against Nevada. I'm gonna print mispronounced Nevada because they 713 00:39:10,960 --> 00:39:15,080 Speaker 1: deserve it after this loss against the Nevada team that 714 00:39:15,080 --> 00:39:18,920 Speaker 1: that beat perdu the week before, and so UM, this 715 00:39:18,960 --> 00:39:20,640 Speaker 1: is a right to me. This was a good win. 716 00:39:21,040 --> 00:39:24,320 Speaker 1: It was a complete win. Nick. You can you can nitpick, 717 00:39:24,440 --> 00:39:26,759 Speaker 1: but at the same time, like you, you have to 718 00:39:26,800 --> 00:39:30,799 Speaker 1: admit you are nitpicking, like this is any time that 719 00:39:30,840 --> 00:39:34,000 Speaker 1: you can drop seventy seven Tyler shuck through two touchdowns. 720 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:36,120 Speaker 1: I absolutely love that kid, and I can't wait for 721 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:39,080 Speaker 1: him to get his shot, UM, but you know I 722 00:39:39,160 --> 00:39:41,600 Speaker 1: like him to One thing in this game that I 723 00:39:41,640 --> 00:39:43,279 Speaker 1: would have liked to see more of is just get 724 00:39:43,320 --> 00:39:45,719 Speaker 1: the ball to shot dollars in space, because it would 725 00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:47,120 Speaker 1: have been fun. This would have been the perfect game 726 00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:49,520 Speaker 1: to kind of showcase what you can do. UM. Other 727 00:39:49,560 --> 00:39:51,880 Speaker 1: than that, I mean this is perfect. Everything about this 728 00:39:51,920 --> 00:39:55,279 Speaker 1: from top to bottom was was an absolutely perfect win 729 00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:59,680 Speaker 1: for Oregon in my mind. Yeah yeah, And they needed that. 730 00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 1: They needed to put that up on a national stage 731 00:40:02,800 --> 00:40:05,400 Speaker 1: after losing to Auburn. They needed to put up a bucket. 732 00:40:05,440 --> 00:40:09,000 Speaker 1: They needed to put up a dominating win where people say, Okay, 733 00:40:09,000 --> 00:40:12,000 Speaker 1: well that's what they're supposed to do, because a lot 734 00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:15,560 Speaker 1: of the takeaways from the Auburn game said, oh, Oregon 735 00:40:15,760 --> 00:40:17,719 Speaker 1: is a good football team. They kind of let it 736 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:21,400 Speaker 1: slip away. And then when you bounce back like this, people, people, 737 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:27,160 Speaker 1: it reaffirms what people thought. Um the next game up, 738 00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:32,799 Speaker 1: Washington State fans are extremely upset with me. They were 739 00:40:32,880 --> 00:40:36,280 Speaker 1: upset with me after last week's Pack twelve power rankings, 740 00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:40,319 Speaker 1: after I put them out, they were upset. They were 741 00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:44,640 Speaker 1: upset that Washington State was ranked so low. And they 742 00:40:44,640 --> 00:40:49,080 Speaker 1: come out and they put fifty nine points on Northern Colorado. 743 00:40:49,120 --> 00:40:53,600 Speaker 1: They went fifty nine to seventeen after last week beating 744 00:40:53,640 --> 00:40:57,360 Speaker 1: New Mexico State fifties eight to seven. Like, oh, we 745 00:40:57,480 --> 00:41:01,360 Speaker 1: have the most efficient offense in the nation. Uh, well, 746 00:41:01,560 --> 00:41:05,680 Speaker 1: Washington thought they did too until they played somebody. Washington 747 00:41:05,760 --> 00:41:10,480 Speaker 1: thought that they were we're grease Lightning until they played 748 00:41:10,480 --> 00:41:15,080 Speaker 1: a real team. You're playing FCS teams. You're playing uh, 749 00:41:15,280 --> 00:41:19,560 Speaker 1: some of the worst in North in New Mexico State, 750 00:41:19,800 --> 00:41:22,480 Speaker 1: one of the five worst teams in all the college 751 00:41:22,480 --> 00:41:26,760 Speaker 1: football FBS. And you want me to give you credit 752 00:41:27,560 --> 00:41:31,839 Speaker 1: and act like you are like some special team. How 753 00:41:31,880 --> 00:41:35,280 Speaker 1: about No, I'm not giving you credit until you actually 754 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:39,080 Speaker 1: play somebody, and that's not going to happen until you 755 00:41:39,120 --> 00:41:42,879 Speaker 1: get into conference play. But I will say, if they 756 00:41:42,920 --> 00:41:46,279 Speaker 1: dominate Houston this upcoming week, I will give them a 757 00:41:46,320 --> 00:41:48,760 Speaker 1: little bit of credit, But they're not gonna get any 758 00:41:48,880 --> 00:41:54,319 Speaker 1: credit at all until they UH dominate Houston, dominate U C. 759 00:41:54,520 --> 00:41:57,000 Speaker 1: L A, and then beat Utah. I don't care how 760 00:41:57,080 --> 00:41:59,600 Speaker 1: they win. Just beat Utah and you will get all 761 00:41:59,640 --> 00:42:02,560 Speaker 1: the credit it that you want. Yeah, I mean they 762 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,439 Speaker 1: they got a bunch of extra possessions in this game. 763 00:42:04,480 --> 00:42:08,000 Speaker 1: They had four um four fumble recoveries. This is a 764 00:42:08,920 --> 00:42:11,920 Speaker 1: I mean that this was a big time mismatch. We 765 00:42:12,000 --> 00:42:15,319 Speaker 1: talked about it going in. Washington State did exactly what 766 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:17,879 Speaker 1: they should have done, and coming out of the game, 767 00:42:17,920 --> 00:42:21,640 Speaker 1: I still have one concern, which is, you know, if 768 00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:24,640 Speaker 1: you're up this big on a team, why do you 769 00:42:24,680 --> 00:42:27,359 Speaker 1: still need to be running the air raid. Why don't 770 00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:30,560 Speaker 1: you use that opportunity to sharpen the run game that 771 00:42:30,600 --> 00:42:33,120 Speaker 1: you're gonna need when you actually face a team that 772 00:42:33,200 --> 00:42:36,560 Speaker 1: you can't beat with it by being one dimensional, and 773 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:38,759 Speaker 1: so like, good on them to go thirty three or 774 00:42:38,760 --> 00:42:42,319 Speaker 1: forty two one yards, five touchdowns and a pick. That's 775 00:42:42,360 --> 00:42:46,120 Speaker 1: perfect Washington State football. That's perfect air raid football. I 776 00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:50,200 Speaker 1: get it, But I mean they combined, they combined for fourteen, 777 00:42:50,680 --> 00:42:54,920 Speaker 1: uh carries that weren't by quarterbacks. They combined for fourteen 778 00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,600 Speaker 1: carries that were not by quarterbacks in a game that 779 00:42:57,680 --> 00:42:59,840 Speaker 1: they spent the majority of the time up thirty to 780 00:42:59,880 --> 00:43:02,239 Speaker 1: fourty points. It would have been a great time to 781 00:43:02,320 --> 00:43:04,680 Speaker 1: actually work on some of this stuff. They did score 782 00:43:04,719 --> 00:43:06,920 Speaker 1: twice on the ground, so you know, and then your 783 00:43:06,960 --> 00:43:10,839 Speaker 1: your guy Max Borgie looks fantastic, he really does. UM 784 00:43:10,880 --> 00:43:13,640 Speaker 1: but I don't know, it's just it's one of those 785 00:43:13,640 --> 00:43:16,200 Speaker 1: things where it's like, you know what you're doing, works 786 00:43:16,239 --> 00:43:18,719 Speaker 1: work on the stuff that might not and so you know, 787 00:43:18,760 --> 00:43:20,080 Speaker 1: and and and not to be too much of a 788 00:43:20,080 --> 00:43:22,200 Speaker 1: football guy and say like you shouldn't be throwing when 789 00:43:22,239 --> 00:43:25,080 Speaker 1: you're up you know, forty points or whatever. That's just 790 00:43:25,160 --> 00:43:27,040 Speaker 1: part of your offense. So I get that, and it's 791 00:43:27,080 --> 00:43:29,120 Speaker 1: not it's not your job to stop you. It's the 792 00:43:29,160 --> 00:43:32,880 Speaker 1: defense's job to stop you. But when you can't pass 793 00:43:33,560 --> 00:43:37,720 Speaker 1: against cal when you can't pass against Washington, when Oregon 794 00:43:37,840 --> 00:43:40,760 Speaker 1: is giving or when when Utah is given you fits 795 00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:44,920 Speaker 1: because they just plan on you making these quick throws 796 00:43:44,920 --> 00:43:47,200 Speaker 1: every single time, can you switch it up? And I 797 00:43:47,200 --> 00:43:48,839 Speaker 1: think this would have been a good opportunity for them 798 00:43:48,840 --> 00:43:50,480 Speaker 1: to go through some of that, and they did not 799 00:43:50,640 --> 00:43:52,480 Speaker 1: do it. So we'll see if that hurts them in 800 00:43:52,520 --> 00:43:55,000 Speaker 1: the long run. But as it stands right now, Washington 801 00:43:55,160 --> 00:43:56,759 Speaker 1: is one of the teams that's doing everything that they're 802 00:43:56,800 --> 00:43:59,640 Speaker 1: supposed to. While you have teams out there like Arizona 803 00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:03,439 Speaker 1: who is not against inferior competition, and like Arizona who 804 00:44:03,480 --> 00:44:05,680 Speaker 1: was giving a bunch of points up to inferior competition. 805 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,200 Speaker 1: I think Washington State tune about everything you could expect 806 00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:11,319 Speaker 1: of them. Okay, I can I can accept that, Ralph. 807 00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:14,640 Speaker 1: I think that was a great, a great little tidbit 808 00:44:14,880 --> 00:44:18,120 Speaker 1: of running the football Gate gauge group broad and the 809 00:44:18,200 --> 00:44:21,600 Speaker 1: thirsting quarterback did only throw three or four passes, but 810 00:44:21,760 --> 00:44:25,360 Speaker 1: there was clearly not an emphasis on running the football. 811 00:44:25,800 --> 00:44:29,200 Speaker 1: So I'm excited to see them play Washington UM Houston 812 00:44:29,280 --> 00:44:33,160 Speaker 1: next week. That will give us a little bit more information, 813 00:44:33,200 --> 00:44:37,640 Speaker 1: but we still don't know much about him. The shocker 814 00:44:37,680 --> 00:44:44,920 Speaker 1: of the night was Stanford and USC. For me, I 815 00:44:45,000 --> 00:44:49,480 Speaker 1: had heard that kJ Costello was going to play, but 816 00:44:49,600 --> 00:44:52,880 Speaker 1: at the last minute Stanford decided to hold him out 817 00:44:53,200 --> 00:44:57,320 Speaker 1: just for precautionary reasons. He was feeling fine, pass concussion tests, 818 00:44:57,680 --> 00:45:00,960 Speaker 1: all that stuff, they decided to hold him out. And 819 00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:07,040 Speaker 1: with USC starting a freshman quarterback, a kid that wasn't 820 00:45:07,160 --> 00:45:14,560 Speaker 1: highly recruited, this was a great performance by him, and 821 00:45:14,600 --> 00:45:18,960 Speaker 1: you never like to see a player get hurt, but J. T. 822 00:45:19,200 --> 00:45:23,920 Speaker 1: Daniels going down was the best thing to happen to USC, 823 00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:27,840 Speaker 1: the best thing to happen to USC, because the guy 824 00:45:27,920 --> 00:45:31,200 Speaker 1: who should be starting for them is starting for them now. 825 00:45:31,920 --> 00:45:35,440 Speaker 1: And that is a little bit of me of an 826 00:45:35,480 --> 00:45:42,000 Speaker 1: indictment of Clay Helton, because rumors around people who I 827 00:45:42,120 --> 00:45:46,680 Speaker 1: know cover USC said that Slovis had been pushing j. T. 828 00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:51,360 Speaker 1: Daniels and at times looked like the better quarterback. And 829 00:45:51,400 --> 00:45:54,080 Speaker 1: if you're Clay Helton, you have to have the guts 830 00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:57,440 Speaker 1: to pull that trigger and sit J T. Daniels. If 831 00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:00,319 Speaker 1: you know this kid Slovis is better. That's the stick. 832 00:46:01,040 --> 00:46:03,840 Speaker 1: Because Mark Helthridge when he was a coach at Oregon 833 00:46:05,400 --> 00:46:08,960 Speaker 1: and Justin Herbert a three star guy or a two 834 00:46:09,000 --> 00:46:13,200 Speaker 1: star guy out of Eugene, nobody expected much out of him. 835 00:46:13,239 --> 00:46:19,759 Speaker 1: They had a transfer from Montana, I believe, and they 836 00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:23,560 Speaker 1: put it it was the code of proke up. And 837 00:46:24,280 --> 00:46:26,600 Speaker 1: Mark Helfridge wanted to quote unquote do the right thing 838 00:46:26,680 --> 00:46:29,480 Speaker 1: and give the code of proke up the first shot 839 00:46:29,560 --> 00:46:31,600 Speaker 1: because he transferred and he didn't want him to waste 840 00:46:31,680 --> 00:46:35,399 Speaker 1: his last year. But in reality, that's not the coach's job. 841 00:46:36,000 --> 00:46:39,000 Speaker 1: His job is to make sure that the best people 842 00:46:39,040 --> 00:46:42,239 Speaker 1: are in the best positions to win the game. And 843 00:46:42,280 --> 00:46:45,600 Speaker 1: that's not what Clay Helton did. That wasn't what Mark 844 00:46:45,680 --> 00:46:49,360 Speaker 1: Helfridge did. And that's my complaint about some of the coaching. 845 00:46:49,920 --> 00:46:53,320 Speaker 1: But this kid Slopus came in twenty eight for thirty 846 00:46:53,360 --> 00:46:58,239 Speaker 1: three three seventy seven yards and three touchdowns. He was fearless. 847 00:46:58,680 --> 00:47:00,960 Speaker 1: But it does help when you're I went to the 848 00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:03,640 Speaker 1: best wide receiving corn Come. Yeah, I don't blame Clay 849 00:47:03,680 --> 00:47:06,800 Speaker 1: Hilton for this one. Um as there's gonna be a 850 00:47:06,840 --> 00:47:08,720 Speaker 1: lot of people trying to figure out who Keaton Slovis 851 00:47:08,800 --> 00:47:11,319 Speaker 1: is this week. I'm one of maybe eight to ten 852 00:47:11,400 --> 00:47:13,759 Speaker 1: people who could tell you because I spent a lot 853 00:47:13,800 --> 00:47:16,120 Speaker 1: of time actually following him around and watching him at 854 00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:18,640 Speaker 1: the high school level, and I said on last week's podcast, 855 00:47:18,920 --> 00:47:24,279 Speaker 1: the kid is a practice god, an absolute god in practice. 856 00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:28,160 Speaker 1: He played well for his high school, which was not 857 00:47:28,239 --> 00:47:31,480 Speaker 1: a good football team. He played well for his high school, 858 00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:35,440 Speaker 1: but he never really faced any competition. By my account, 859 00:47:35,520 --> 00:47:37,279 Speaker 1: there was a time where he played against a D 860 00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:42,600 Speaker 1: one caliber defensive lineman when he was a junior, and 861 00:47:42,680 --> 00:47:45,400 Speaker 1: when he was a senior. There were two times that 862 00:47:45,480 --> 00:47:49,160 Speaker 1: he ever played any competition that even had a FCS 863 00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:53,319 Speaker 1: level players on the defensive side of the football, so 864 00:47:53,719 --> 00:47:58,279 Speaker 1: he he didn't play against anyone. Um. He looked good 865 00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:00,560 Speaker 1: in those games. But when he got all his offers, 866 00:48:00,680 --> 00:48:02,640 Speaker 1: and I'm gonna keep repeating this until people start to 867 00:48:02,680 --> 00:48:05,120 Speaker 1: repeat it on their own, he got all his offers 868 00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:10,000 Speaker 1: between March and May before his senior season, so the 869 00:48:10,120 --> 00:48:12,799 Speaker 1: spring after his junior year, and the way he got 870 00:48:12,840 --> 00:48:16,280 Speaker 1: all those offers is colleges would come to Desert Mountain 871 00:48:16,360 --> 00:48:18,920 Speaker 1: High School, which is tucked away in North Scottsdale. They 872 00:48:19,040 --> 00:48:21,440 Speaker 1: go to Desert Mountain High School and they would watch 873 00:48:21,560 --> 00:48:24,600 Speaker 1: him throw and hit twenty six and twenty seven targets 874 00:48:25,320 --> 00:48:27,720 Speaker 1: in a T shirt and shorts and they think to themselves, 875 00:48:27,800 --> 00:48:30,399 Speaker 1: holy hell. They look at his film and they'd say like, yeah, 876 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:33,320 Speaker 1: that's good enough. He got his first offer in March, 877 00:48:33,800 --> 00:48:36,600 Speaker 1: the spring after his junior year, and two months later 878 00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:39,200 Speaker 1: he had seventeen offers the one he wanted all along 879 00:48:39,239 --> 00:48:42,680 Speaker 1: with USC, and the minute he got it, the minute 880 00:48:42,719 --> 00:48:45,840 Speaker 1: he got it, he committed. He went out there, he 881 00:48:45,920 --> 00:48:48,520 Speaker 1: drove out, he took a visit, and he committed. So 882 00:48:48,680 --> 00:48:49,880 Speaker 1: you know, there's gonna be a lot of a s 883 00:48:49,960 --> 00:48:52,600 Speaker 1: U and you have a fans wringing their hands about 884 00:48:52,640 --> 00:48:55,799 Speaker 1: why we didn't offer Keith and Slovis, especially if he 885 00:48:55,800 --> 00:48:58,879 Speaker 1: he keeps this up. The truth is they had other 886 00:48:58,880 --> 00:49:01,080 Speaker 1: people that they liked better. They both went out to 887 00:49:01,120 --> 00:49:02,960 Speaker 1: see him and other people that they liked better, and 888 00:49:03,000 --> 00:49:04,879 Speaker 1: he was always going to commit to USC no matter 889 00:49:04,920 --> 00:49:07,880 Speaker 1: what if that offer came in. Here is the problem 890 00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:10,759 Speaker 1: with recruiting Grouph is that a lot of times, and 891 00:49:10,920 --> 00:49:13,480 Speaker 1: you notice, because you've covered a high school, seeing like 892 00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:19,680 Speaker 1: seriously is a lot of times coaches when a kid 893 00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:23,160 Speaker 1: hasn't been offered by other people, they don't have that 894 00:49:23,360 --> 00:49:27,040 Speaker 1: courage sometimes to say, oh wait, I'm going to be 895 00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:30,080 Speaker 1: the first person to offer them. They say something has 896 00:49:30,120 --> 00:49:32,760 Speaker 1: to be wrong because he doesn't have offers and people 897 00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:41,120 Speaker 1: aren't all on his job. Yes, so coaches get paid 898 00:49:41,120 --> 00:49:43,839 Speaker 1: a ridiculous amount of money to do their jobs, and 899 00:49:43,920 --> 00:49:47,560 Speaker 1: everyone assumes that they're good at recruiting. But the truth is, 900 00:49:47,640 --> 00:49:51,880 Speaker 1: like your entire job is entirely consumed with trying to 901 00:49:51,880 --> 00:49:54,919 Speaker 1: win football games. The recruiting thing. Sometimes to be good 902 00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:56,480 Speaker 1: at that, you have to not be that good at 903 00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:59,120 Speaker 1: the x as and ose part, or the motivating players 904 00:49:59,200 --> 00:50:03,560 Speaker 1: part know or or the just overall team management. Sometimes 905 00:50:03,560 --> 00:50:05,239 Speaker 1: there's got to be a little a little give and take. 906 00:50:05,320 --> 00:50:07,960 Speaker 1: It's really hard to be that adept at recruiting. So 907 00:50:08,000 --> 00:50:10,000 Speaker 1: a lot of the times people rely on other people. 908 00:50:10,239 --> 00:50:11,640 Speaker 1: And I can tell you then when it comes to 909 00:50:11,719 --> 00:50:15,440 Speaker 1: Key and Slovis, there were USC coaches in Arizona asking 910 00:50:15,520 --> 00:50:18,600 Speaker 1: scouts around here, hey, who's the good quarterback that we 911 00:50:18,600 --> 00:50:22,960 Speaker 1: should go and look at, Like they didn't know. So 912 00:50:23,000 --> 00:50:24,840 Speaker 1: then they went to watch Keenan Slovis throw and they 913 00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:26,880 Speaker 1: were and then just like everybody else. They were like, Wow, 914 00:50:27,280 --> 00:50:29,279 Speaker 1: this kid can really wing it in a T shirt 915 00:50:29,320 --> 00:50:31,719 Speaker 1: and shorts or in pads in a practice. He took 916 00:50:31,760 --> 00:50:34,400 Speaker 1: that same thing to USC. He's looked that good the 917 00:50:34,520 --> 00:50:36,600 Speaker 1: entire time at USC. But you have to ask yourself, 918 00:50:36,600 --> 00:50:39,360 Speaker 1: if you're a coach, can he do it when it matters? 919 00:50:39,719 --> 00:50:41,960 Speaker 1: And the only way that you would find out is 920 00:50:42,000 --> 00:50:43,680 Speaker 1: to put him out there in a situation that matters, 921 00:50:43,719 --> 00:50:46,440 Speaker 1: and if you still have a pretty good quarterback in J. T. Daniels, 922 00:50:46,520 --> 00:50:48,640 Speaker 1: I don't blame Clay Hilton for not just pulling the 923 00:50:48,640 --> 00:50:51,200 Speaker 1: trigger on this. He did name him number two over 924 00:50:51,239 --> 00:50:53,560 Speaker 1: to already established guys, and so I think that took 925 00:50:53,640 --> 00:50:56,120 Speaker 1: some guts in it of itself. But now you're seeing 926 00:50:56,120 --> 00:51:00,160 Speaker 1: what he can do when he gets time seventy seven 927 00:51:00,200 --> 00:51:02,640 Speaker 1: yards against Stanford. And I know Stanford's falling off a 928 00:51:02,640 --> 00:51:04,799 Speaker 1: little bit, and I think they'll continue to fall off 929 00:51:04,840 --> 00:51:06,959 Speaker 1: because all of the rules that the n C Double 930 00:51:06,960 --> 00:51:09,320 Speaker 1: A is putting in place kind of work against them. 931 00:51:09,360 --> 00:51:13,440 Speaker 1: With earlier commitment dates and uh, you know when people 932 00:51:13,440 --> 00:51:15,360 Speaker 1: can visit and all this other stuff. I think that 933 00:51:15,440 --> 00:51:19,799 Speaker 1: everything sort of plays against Stanford, uh just a little bit. 934 00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:22,320 Speaker 1: And then everything's getting more and more and more athletic. 935 00:51:22,600 --> 00:51:25,000 Speaker 1: So Stanford, you know, it's kind of an older style 936 00:51:25,280 --> 00:51:26,920 Speaker 1: and people have a knowe now that they know how 937 00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:29,480 Speaker 1: to get around it. Um. So, I don't want to 938 00:51:29,480 --> 00:51:31,480 Speaker 1: take anything away from what Slovis did, but it's not 939 00:51:31,560 --> 00:51:33,960 Speaker 1: like he beat like a top ten Stanford team. He 940 00:51:34,040 --> 00:51:36,040 Speaker 1: beat a good Stanford team, not a great one. But 941 00:51:36,160 --> 00:51:38,600 Speaker 1: he did it in great fashion, Like this is an 942 00:51:38,600 --> 00:51:46,040 Speaker 1: incredible football performance that USC fans will remember forever. Okay, 943 00:51:46,320 --> 00:51:49,200 Speaker 1: yes they will. They were super excited. The colisseum was 944 00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:52,600 Speaker 1: starting to rock. They get that getting excited. But here 945 00:51:52,719 --> 00:51:55,360 Speaker 1: is the only thing I think that there's a different 946 00:51:55,400 --> 00:51:59,759 Speaker 1: outcome in the game. Instead of Mills being quarterback at Stanford, 947 00:52:00,200 --> 00:52:03,399 Speaker 1: if kJ Costello is quarterback in Stanford, I think it's 948 00:52:03,400 --> 00:52:07,720 Speaker 1: a different game. They're gonna convert more on third down, 949 00:52:08,239 --> 00:52:12,560 Speaker 1: which they weren't good at. He was slightly over his passes, 950 00:52:13,440 --> 00:52:17,480 Speaker 1: you know. I mean, like that's the problem is that 951 00:52:18,120 --> 00:52:21,719 Speaker 1: Stanford did not have their full complement of offense. And 952 00:52:21,880 --> 00:52:25,600 Speaker 1: I do believe if it were J. T. Daniels versus 953 00:52:25,680 --> 00:52:31,280 Speaker 1: k J Costello, Stanford wins. If it's kJ Costello versus 954 00:52:31,320 --> 00:52:35,040 Speaker 1: Slovis in the exact same situation. I think that it's 955 00:52:35,080 --> 00:52:40,360 Speaker 1: a close game, but USC's wide receivers are special Tyler 956 00:52:40,400 --> 00:52:44,000 Speaker 1: Vas I'm a ross A Brown, Michael Pittman Jr. I mean, 957 00:52:44,200 --> 00:52:48,480 Speaker 1: these kids are are fantastic, dude, Like they can't be 958 00:52:48,560 --> 00:52:52,160 Speaker 1: guarded one on one except by you know, like you're 959 00:52:52,200 --> 00:52:57,040 Speaker 1: gonna have any of You need NFL caliber cornerbacks and 960 00:52:57,160 --> 00:53:00,360 Speaker 1: safeties to guard these guys one on one. That is 961 00:53:00,400 --> 00:53:04,080 Speaker 1: the only way. And that opened up the running game 962 00:53:04,560 --> 00:53:10,560 Speaker 1: for Uh for Uh Malapayi, Stephen Carr. Even though they 963 00:53:10,560 --> 00:53:13,680 Speaker 1: didn't have big games, they still had three touchdowns. But 964 00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:17,440 Speaker 1: USC does have trouble running the football. Carries hundred and 965 00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:21,400 Speaker 1: fifteen yards. They scored it really close, but you didn't 966 00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:25,759 Speaker 1: see I do believe Stanford's defense is good, but as 967 00:53:25,760 --> 00:53:28,560 Speaker 1: good as they were doing on offense, I think that 968 00:53:28,560 --> 00:53:32,440 Speaker 1: that you would have expected USC too be able to 969 00:53:32,520 --> 00:53:35,480 Speaker 1: run the ball a little bit better. But the noise 970 00:53:35,520 --> 00:53:39,440 Speaker 1: I've been hearing out here, Ralph from there their fans 971 00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:43,720 Speaker 1: is that USC fans aren't necessarily happy with Graham Harrold 972 00:53:43,840 --> 00:53:46,279 Speaker 1: because he's coming out throwing the ball so much, and 973 00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:48,560 Speaker 1: they were always going to find some really mad about 974 00:53:48,719 --> 00:53:50,760 Speaker 1: because they're just used to be mad at this point, 975 00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:55,200 Speaker 1: Like they're gonna be mad until this team uh goes 976 00:53:55,239 --> 00:53:58,319 Speaker 1: and wins a couple of games that really matter, and 977 00:53:58,560 --> 00:54:00,839 Speaker 1: at that point they won't have able to enjoy those 978 00:54:00,840 --> 00:54:03,080 Speaker 1: wins because they were manned the whole time. So like 979 00:54:03,120 --> 00:54:06,200 Speaker 1: I'm not, I'm the USC fans are just kind of 980 00:54:06,239 --> 00:54:09,360 Speaker 1: perpetually upset at this point. I think that they should 981 00:54:09,360 --> 00:54:11,399 Speaker 1: look at this game and say, this is a really 982 00:54:11,440 --> 00:54:13,440 Speaker 1: bright spot. This gives us a little bit of hope. 983 00:54:13,640 --> 00:54:16,200 Speaker 1: We finally saw st Brown used in the offense the 984 00:54:16,200 --> 00:54:18,360 Speaker 1: way that he should be used in the offense. Tyler 985 00:54:18,440 --> 00:54:22,440 Speaker 1: Vaughn's is very obviously a dominant receiver. We got a 986 00:54:22,480 --> 00:54:25,600 Speaker 1: two Sports star Drake London involved in the offense now, 987 00:54:25,600 --> 00:54:28,200 Speaker 1: and he's a giant, like he's a six ft five 988 00:54:28,280 --> 00:54:31,200 Speaker 1: and so you you've got all these weapons everywhere. The 989 00:54:31,320 --> 00:54:35,680 Speaker 1: defense looks okay. They put offensive lineman Austin Jackson on 990 00:54:35,719 --> 00:54:37,879 Speaker 1: the field goal block team and he blocked the field goal. 991 00:54:38,120 --> 00:54:41,640 Speaker 1: Everybody's contributing all these huge egos in USC. You start 992 00:54:41,640 --> 00:54:43,560 Speaker 1: winning and they can rally around a guy who's a 993 00:54:43,560 --> 00:54:48,160 Speaker 1: really low key personality like Keithan Slovius you know who 994 00:54:48,239 --> 00:54:51,520 Speaker 1: who could be an absolute star um, and then you know, 995 00:54:51,640 --> 00:54:53,480 Speaker 1: if you can have these guys start playing as one, 996 00:54:53,680 --> 00:54:55,600 Speaker 1: they could be really special this year. This is why 997 00:54:55,640 --> 00:54:58,000 Speaker 1: I picked them to win this game months ago. This 998 00:54:58,080 --> 00:54:59,960 Speaker 1: is why I picked them to win the Pack twelveth sour. 999 00:55:00,160 --> 00:55:02,880 Speaker 1: I think this U s TC team, regardless of who's 1000 00:55:02,880 --> 00:55:05,040 Speaker 1: playing quarterback, if they all get on the same page, 1001 00:55:05,080 --> 00:55:07,160 Speaker 1: they could do some really, really great things. And as 1002 00:55:07,160 --> 00:55:09,359 Speaker 1: long as the coaching staff doesn't get in the way 1003 00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:14,799 Speaker 1: of this talent. J T. Daniels does not have the 1004 00:55:14,800 --> 00:55:18,560 Speaker 1: same game as Slovis, I don't believe it. But do 1005 00:55:18,600 --> 00:55:21,640 Speaker 1: you think that this game and this dominated performance because 1006 00:55:21,640 --> 00:55:26,080 Speaker 1: it was that quiet the Clay Hilton Roof I think 1007 00:55:26,160 --> 00:55:27,719 Speaker 1: that you and I said there's a lot of people 1008 00:55:27,719 --> 00:55:29,680 Speaker 1: that said that they would start one and four, and 1009 00:55:29,719 --> 00:55:31,439 Speaker 1: you and I said they have a much better chance 1010 00:55:31,480 --> 00:55:33,400 Speaker 1: of starting four and one, and I feel like we 1011 00:55:33,400 --> 00:55:37,719 Speaker 1: were very alone in that um. But the answer is 1012 00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:42,640 Speaker 1: ultimately no, because again, they in two thousand seventeen had 1013 00:55:42,640 --> 00:55:45,520 Speaker 1: a fantastic year. They were down in two thousand eighteen 1014 00:55:45,560 --> 00:55:47,839 Speaker 1: with a freshman quarterback and everybody wanted to fire him. 1015 00:55:48,120 --> 00:55:50,920 Speaker 1: So nothing will ever quiet these fans. They're just gonna 1016 00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:53,799 Speaker 1: be mad. They should all be mailing, emailing I'm mad 1017 00:55:53,960 --> 00:55:57,000 Speaker 1: on Afraid show dot com and just channeling that energy 1018 00:55:57,040 --> 00:55:59,719 Speaker 1: into giving us content instead of just being upset in 1019 00:55:59,719 --> 00:56:02,759 Speaker 1: their being rooms by themselves. They're just gonna be mad regardless. 1020 00:56:02,800 --> 00:56:05,120 Speaker 1: This team could win forever, and the first time that 1021 00:56:05,160 --> 00:56:07,200 Speaker 1: they don't, they will be equally as mad as they 1022 00:56:07,200 --> 00:56:09,200 Speaker 1: were last year when they were five and seven. You 1023 00:56:09,320 --> 00:56:13,520 Speaker 1: cannot fix how into their feelings USC fans are right now. 1024 00:56:13,880 --> 00:56:16,879 Speaker 1: USC can only just hope to keep winning. That's all 1025 00:56:16,880 --> 00:56:20,040 Speaker 1: you can do. The standard at USC is win and 1026 00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:23,400 Speaker 1: so if you keep winning, you keep them a little 1027 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:29,960 Speaker 1: bit quieter. You know, they'll oh you. USC fans are 1028 00:56:30,080 --> 00:56:33,360 Speaker 1: secretly wanting them to lose because they want urban Meyer. 1029 00:56:33,480 --> 00:56:35,880 Speaker 1: I've talked to four or five of them, a couple 1030 00:56:35,880 --> 00:56:38,120 Speaker 1: of boosters. They're like, oh, man, I love that. I 1031 00:56:38,200 --> 00:56:41,080 Speaker 1: love to win yesterday, but I don't know, man, I 1032 00:56:41,120 --> 00:56:44,960 Speaker 1: really want erber Meyer. Do be happy that you're winning. 1033 00:56:45,239 --> 00:56:48,880 Speaker 1: You had a dominant performance. Maybe Clay Helton can be 1034 00:56:49,040 --> 00:56:51,879 Speaker 1: the guy a little bit. Maybe he can't. I mean, 1035 00:56:51,920 --> 00:56:56,319 Speaker 1: it's just it's just bad dude, like ungratefulness. The next 1036 00:56:56,320 --> 00:56:59,040 Speaker 1: game up, we talked about it a little bit earlier 1037 00:56:59,080 --> 00:57:01,840 Speaker 1: so we could be quick on it is. I was 1038 00:57:01,920 --> 00:57:07,959 Speaker 1: completely surprised in a good way that Colorado was able 1039 00:57:07,960 --> 00:57:12,240 Speaker 1: to beat Nebraska, not only when they were down seventeen zero. 1040 00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:16,000 Speaker 1: I mean because that was an obvious shot. Because they 1041 00:57:16,040 --> 00:57:19,120 Speaker 1: had nothing going in the first half. I did not 1042 00:57:19,280 --> 00:57:21,360 Speaker 1: think that they were gonna be able to be competitive 1043 00:57:21,400 --> 00:57:25,000 Speaker 1: in the game. But they were able to come out 1044 00:57:25,440 --> 00:57:29,400 Speaker 1: come back winning over time, scored twenty four points in 1045 00:57:29,480 --> 00:57:33,920 Speaker 1: the fourth quarter, twenty four to tie it. At Some 1046 00:57:34,040 --> 00:57:39,640 Speaker 1: of it was Nebraska's fault, some busted coverages and um turnovers, 1047 00:57:39,680 --> 00:57:43,840 Speaker 1: but at the same time, they still did it. And 1048 00:57:43,840 --> 00:57:48,160 Speaker 1: and um Adrian Martinez, their quarterback, had three turnovers himself. 1049 00:57:48,400 --> 00:57:51,720 Speaker 1: He lost two fumbles and he threw an interception. That's 1050 00:57:51,720 --> 00:57:55,479 Speaker 1: how Colorado got back in the football game. And I 1051 00:57:55,520 --> 00:58:00,360 Speaker 1: was just I am impressed by Mail Tucker's team. I 1052 00:58:00,360 --> 00:58:03,600 Speaker 1: I am. You know, like we said earlier, Laviskas should 1053 00:58:03,600 --> 00:58:07,080 Speaker 1: not in the stat book. It appeared he added no 1054 00:58:07,360 --> 00:58:12,320 Speaker 1: value five catches thirty one yards six Russia I'm sorry, 1055 00:58:12,320 --> 00:58:15,920 Speaker 1: three rushes for six yards and a lost fumble, Like 1056 00:58:16,080 --> 00:58:18,800 Speaker 1: that's not what you expect out of your guy that 1057 00:58:18,920 --> 00:58:21,520 Speaker 1: you want to be a Heisman Trophy candidate. And I 1058 00:58:21,560 --> 00:58:25,480 Speaker 1: think that after two weeks we can put Laviska's chant 1059 00:58:25,960 --> 00:58:30,040 Speaker 1: Heisman Trophy hopes to bed, right even though Colorado no 1060 00:58:30,240 --> 00:58:33,200 Speaker 1: Bary Hum, They're gone, and and and it doesn't and 1061 00:58:33,200 --> 00:58:36,400 Speaker 1: and with Colorado winning, it doesn't matter because what we 1062 00:58:36,480 --> 00:58:39,080 Speaker 1: thought is that Colorado was going to be absolutely terrible 1063 00:58:39,440 --> 00:58:41,840 Speaker 1: and that was gonna be the one bright spot. Uh, 1064 00:58:41,920 --> 00:58:44,640 Speaker 1: Laviska Chenault doesn't care if he doesn't get the ball 1065 00:58:44,640 --> 00:58:47,560 Speaker 1: as on as Colorado's winning, So we shouldn't care for him, 1066 00:58:47,600 --> 00:58:50,920 Speaker 1: like he's a team guy. And and and if and 1067 00:58:50,920 --> 00:58:53,200 Speaker 1: if he's not going to be standing in New York 1068 00:58:53,640 --> 00:58:56,880 Speaker 1: representing a three and nine team and he's actually gonna 1069 00:58:56,880 --> 00:59:00,280 Speaker 1: be in a bowl game instead, fantastic. But guess what 1070 00:59:00,360 --> 00:59:02,400 Speaker 1: you just found out that you can't bracket him all 1071 00:59:02,440 --> 00:59:05,520 Speaker 1: game long because other people Stephen Montes through for three 1072 00:59:05,920 --> 00:59:09,160 Speaker 1: seventy five yards because Nebraska was so afraid of Channel. 1073 00:59:09,960 --> 00:59:12,880 Speaker 1: They were so afraid of him. Katie Nixon had a 1074 00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:16,320 Speaker 1: hundred and forty eight yards receiving and they just they 1075 00:59:16,440 --> 00:59:20,320 Speaker 1: just don't want Channel to go off. And so that 1076 00:59:20,400 --> 00:59:22,480 Speaker 1: opens the door for other people. And it's a big 1077 00:59:22,520 --> 00:59:25,240 Speaker 1: credit to Stephen Montes for being able to find other 1078 00:59:25,280 --> 00:59:28,680 Speaker 1: receivers because that, to me is the one of the 1079 00:59:28,680 --> 00:59:31,600 Speaker 1: telltale marks of a good quarterback. As I watched for 1080 00:59:31,680 --> 00:59:33,920 Speaker 1: years and many, Wilkins was never really able to develop 1081 00:59:33,920 --> 00:59:37,040 Speaker 1: a relationship with very many other receivers outside of Nikil 1082 00:59:37,080 --> 00:59:39,280 Speaker 1: Harry like and if they took Nikkil Harry away, it 1083 00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:41,320 Speaker 1: was going to be a really long day for Arizona State. 1084 00:59:41,640 --> 00:59:44,120 Speaker 1: That's not the case in Colorado. Stephen Montes can find 1085 00:59:44,160 --> 00:59:46,320 Speaker 1: other guys, and he can do it in a hostile 1086 00:59:46,360 --> 00:59:49,200 Speaker 1: home environment, and they can keep their heads in the 1087 00:59:49,200 --> 00:59:52,160 Speaker 1: game to turn around and outscore Nebraska thirty four to 1088 00:59:52,280 --> 00:59:56,680 Speaker 1: fourteen in the second half in overtime. It is This 1089 00:59:56,800 --> 01:00:01,600 Speaker 1: was definitely a quality win in because I picked Nebras 1090 01:00:01,640 --> 01:00:04,760 Speaker 1: coulda win the Big Ten East. They may still do it, 1091 01:00:05,560 --> 01:00:08,160 Speaker 1: but I mean so for right now, I am much 1092 01:00:08,240 --> 01:00:12,440 Speaker 1: higher on Colorado than I was a week ago or 1093 01:00:12,480 --> 01:00:16,120 Speaker 1: even coming into this year. Now we will go to 1094 01:00:16,160 --> 01:00:19,320 Speaker 1: the most embarrassing game of the week. The most embarrassing 1095 01:00:19,360 --> 01:00:22,600 Speaker 1: game of the week was San Diego State at U 1096 01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:25,600 Speaker 1: c l A. San Diego uh u c l A 1097 01:00:25,800 --> 01:00:28,480 Speaker 1: is at that they got their average number of points 1098 01:00:28,560 --> 01:00:31,360 Speaker 1: they're averaging fourteen wins a game over two games. They 1099 01:00:31,400 --> 01:00:37,040 Speaker 1: scored fourteen against Cincinnati, fourteen against UH fourteen against San 1100 01:00:37,040 --> 01:00:40,200 Speaker 1: Diego State. But the only problem is they don't have 1101 01:00:40,320 --> 01:00:44,080 Speaker 1: Cow's defense that can hold people to ten points. I mean, 1102 01:00:44,400 --> 01:00:50,959 Speaker 1: this is just their play is just a bomb. I 1103 01:00:50,960 --> 01:00:55,040 Speaker 1: I can't even think of proper words to describe it. 1104 01:00:55,480 --> 01:00:59,960 Speaker 1: Dorian Thompson Robinson has been awful. He was more efficient 1105 01:01:00,040 --> 01:01:04,320 Speaker 1: at this game twenty four or thirty five. UH all 1106 01:01:04,520 --> 01:01:08,080 Speaker 1: a touchdown, no interceptions, but he did fumble twice. He 1107 01:01:08,280 --> 01:01:11,800 Speaker 1: lost a fumble Like this is I don't even know 1108 01:01:11,880 --> 01:01:15,080 Speaker 1: what to make of this team. Ralph, like I, I 1109 01:01:15,200 --> 01:01:18,120 Speaker 1: had them as like my sleeper to win the South 1110 01:01:18,320 --> 01:01:20,480 Speaker 1: and that they were going to shock the world, And 1111 01:01:20,520 --> 01:01:22,680 Speaker 1: the only thing that they've done is shocked me and 1112 01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:25,960 Speaker 1: make me look like an idiot. Yeah, I mean, uh, 1113 01:01:27,200 --> 01:01:31,520 Speaker 1: I are you mad? Do you have to email? Do 1114 01:01:31,560 --> 01:01:34,480 Speaker 1: you have to email yourself? Like? What? What do you 1115 01:01:34,520 --> 01:01:36,720 Speaker 1: what do you think that they can do to get 1116 01:01:36,720 --> 01:01:38,800 Speaker 1: it right? Like I, like I said, I'm surprised at 1117 01:01:38,840 --> 01:01:43,160 Speaker 1: how inept offensively that they have looked um defensively was 1118 01:01:43,200 --> 01:01:45,320 Speaker 1: a little bit embarrassing to Ryan Agnew is not a 1119 01:01:45,320 --> 01:01:47,720 Speaker 1: good quarterback. He went twenty three or thirty one for 1120 01:01:47,760 --> 01:01:50,840 Speaker 1: two nine three yards against the defense that couldn't really 1121 01:01:50,840 --> 01:01:53,880 Speaker 1: get very much penetration, and then when he did scramble 1122 01:01:53,920 --> 01:01:56,800 Speaker 1: out of the pocket, they weren't really doing anything about it. Uh, 1123 01:01:56,880 --> 01:01:59,640 Speaker 1: you should never give up seven catches two hundred thirty 1124 01:01:59,640 --> 01:02:02,040 Speaker 1: one yard to Kobe Smith if you are a back 1125 01:02:02,080 --> 01:02:06,320 Speaker 1: twelve team. That should not happen. Um, But this game 1126 01:02:06,360 --> 01:02:08,600 Speaker 1: turned out the way that I thought it would. The 1127 01:02:08,640 --> 01:02:10,640 Speaker 1: only thing that I think you have to be super 1128 01:02:10,640 --> 01:02:13,480 Speaker 1: worried about if you are if you're U c l A. 1129 01:02:13,720 --> 01:02:15,120 Speaker 1: San Diego State was gonna come out and get the 1130 01:02:15,160 --> 01:02:18,480 Speaker 1: ball to Jown Washington thirty times, right, That's what I said. 1131 01:02:18,760 --> 01:02:21,120 Speaker 1: And Jowan Washington didn't even really get in the game 1132 01:02:21,520 --> 01:02:24,360 Speaker 1: until the second quarter. They gave him the ball twenty times, 1133 01:02:24,400 --> 01:02:28,600 Speaker 1: you know, at forty one yards rushing, so and they 1134 01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:31,280 Speaker 1: still just squeezed the life out of U. C l A. 1135 01:02:31,800 --> 01:02:33,560 Speaker 1: I don't even think San Diego State played as well 1136 01:02:33,600 --> 01:02:36,080 Speaker 1: as they could and and this was still a two 1137 01:02:36,120 --> 01:02:38,840 Speaker 1: score win on the road. And San Diego State has 1138 01:02:39,000 --> 01:02:41,160 Speaker 1: never beaten U c l A in the history of 1139 01:02:41,200 --> 01:02:43,760 Speaker 1: these two schools. Um, you can't feel good if you're 1140 01:02:43,840 --> 01:02:47,160 Speaker 1: U c l A. Saner. No, how bad is that that? 1141 01:02:47,200 --> 01:02:51,320 Speaker 1: If you told them that they would give up less 1142 01:02:51,320 --> 01:02:54,360 Speaker 1: than two yards per rush and the team would rush 1143 01:02:54,400 --> 01:02:57,000 Speaker 1: the ball forty seven times, they would give up less 1144 01:02:57,040 --> 01:03:00,600 Speaker 1: than two yards per rush, only one point one point 1145 01:03:00,680 --> 01:03:04,840 Speaker 1: six yards per rush, you would and the quarterback only 1146 01:03:04,920 --> 01:03:09,200 Speaker 1: through one touchdown. You would think, Okay, that's a guaranteed win. 1147 01:03:09,800 --> 01:03:11,560 Speaker 1: But U c l A hasn't been able to run 1148 01:03:11,600 --> 01:03:14,439 Speaker 1: the football. They averaged like two and a half yards 1149 01:03:14,480 --> 01:03:20,040 Speaker 1: to carry them themselves. They I mean, I guess their 1150 01:03:20,120 --> 01:03:23,360 Speaker 1: defense did okay. I would say their defense was okay 1151 01:03:23,400 --> 01:03:26,040 Speaker 1: besides the ran Ryan Agnew part. They stopped the run, 1152 01:03:27,040 --> 01:03:30,720 Speaker 1: but that their offense, like you can this is like 1153 01:03:30,800 --> 01:03:33,880 Speaker 1: the problem with Michigan. You can have as great as 1154 01:03:34,440 --> 01:03:36,560 Speaker 1: defense as you want to, but if you can't score 1155 01:03:36,600 --> 01:03:39,920 Speaker 1: points like this is terrible. And U c l A 1156 01:03:40,080 --> 01:03:44,720 Speaker 1: is fighting with Oregon State and Arizona for the worst 1157 01:03:44,760 --> 01:03:47,200 Speaker 1: team in the Pac twelve for the worst two, I mean, 1158 01:03:47,280 --> 01:03:54,600 Speaker 1: this is absolutely incredible. Um, the next game is Arizona 1159 01:03:55,960 --> 01:03:58,720 Speaker 1: Northern Arizona forty one. This is the game that you 1160 01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:04,000 Speaker 1: went to. I am yeah, this is trashed by Arizona. 1161 01:04:04,160 --> 01:04:07,920 Speaker 1: I'm sorry they gave up all these freaking points. They 1162 01:04:07,920 --> 01:04:12,200 Speaker 1: gave up forty one, forty one points in Northern Arizona 1163 01:04:12,400 --> 01:04:16,280 Speaker 1: and FCS team. Make tell me that there's some silver 1164 01:04:16,360 --> 01:04:22,560 Speaker 1: lining there, Ralph. It was a half. So um, it 1165 01:04:22,640 --> 01:04:26,040 Speaker 1: was a half. And Arizona wasn't really calling all that 1166 01:04:26,120 --> 01:04:30,160 Speaker 1: great of a game offensively because they could have run 1167 01:04:30,280 --> 01:04:33,440 Speaker 1: for thirty yards to carry if they wanted to, and 1168 01:04:33,440 --> 01:04:36,000 Speaker 1: they kept throwing the football. They just kept throwing the football. 1169 01:04:36,400 --> 01:04:39,000 Speaker 1: And I mean, Khalil Tate was like fourteen and seventeen. 1170 01:04:39,040 --> 01:04:41,560 Speaker 1: He did everything that could have been asked for him. 1171 01:04:41,560 --> 01:04:44,480 Speaker 1: But why why if you broke a ninety yard run 1172 01:04:44,480 --> 01:04:46,600 Speaker 1: for a touchdown, you had two hundred yards rushing in 1173 01:04:46,640 --> 01:04:50,920 Speaker 1: the first quarter, why do anything else? Like why not 1174 01:04:51,040 --> 01:04:54,200 Speaker 1: just get your running backs in some award contention? And 1175 01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:56,840 Speaker 1: they just kept throwing the football. They played three quarterbacks, 1176 01:04:56,920 --> 01:04:59,600 Speaker 1: I think all three had passing attempts. They just kept 1177 01:04:59,600 --> 01:05:02,000 Speaker 1: wanting the row, want to throw, wanting to throw, and 1178 01:05:02,160 --> 01:05:05,320 Speaker 1: I think that that allowed Northern Arizona in the second half. 1179 01:05:05,720 --> 01:05:07,640 Speaker 1: Northern Arizona has got a really good offense. I got 1180 01:05:07,640 --> 01:05:10,080 Speaker 1: a fifth year quarterback, don how much of a d 1181 01:05:10,360 --> 01:05:12,240 Speaker 1: but they have a really good offense and some really 1182 01:05:12,280 --> 01:05:15,520 Speaker 1: experienced kids. Um and so you know, it was just 1183 01:05:15,560 --> 01:05:20,240 Speaker 1: a situation where, uh, they University of Arizona doesn't pressure 1184 01:05:20,280 --> 01:05:22,680 Speaker 1: the quarterback at all, and so if you give a 1185 01:05:22,720 --> 01:05:25,920 Speaker 1: guy like this time, he'll figure it out and um. 1186 01:05:26,240 --> 01:05:28,600 Speaker 1: And so you know he had over three hundred years 1187 01:05:28,640 --> 01:05:32,640 Speaker 1: passing case Cook has did um against Arizona. But at 1188 01:05:32,680 --> 01:05:35,240 Speaker 1: no point was the game really ever in question or 1189 01:05:35,240 --> 01:05:40,320 Speaker 1: in contention. Again, it was at half in Arizona could 1190 01:05:40,320 --> 01:05:42,240 Speaker 1: have scored a hundred if they just would have run 1191 01:05:42,240 --> 01:05:44,120 Speaker 1: the ball. Well, I don't, but they didn't. I didn't 1192 01:05:44,160 --> 01:05:47,360 Speaker 1: need Arizona to score the ball more. I didn't need 1193 01:05:47,400 --> 01:05:50,400 Speaker 1: them to score any more points. I just even when 1194 01:05:50,400 --> 01:05:53,520 Speaker 1: you put your backup saying you should not give up 1195 01:05:53,520 --> 01:05:57,720 Speaker 1: forty one points in northern Arizona, it's just it's just unacceptable. 1196 01:05:58,200 --> 01:06:00,240 Speaker 1: That's the thing I didn't. All right, And so I'm 1197 01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:02,960 Speaker 1: gonna I'm gonna interrupt. I'm gonna interrupt for a special 1198 01:06:03,080 --> 01:06:07,560 Speaker 1: edition of Casting Stones. I freaking hate when people use 1199 01:06:07,600 --> 01:06:10,800 Speaker 1: that excuse. I hate when people say because it happened 1200 01:06:10,800 --> 01:06:12,640 Speaker 1: when I cover high school. It happens all the time. 1201 01:06:13,000 --> 01:06:15,000 Speaker 1: I say, like man, this team's defense. You know they 1202 01:06:15,000 --> 01:06:17,560 Speaker 1: gave up forty last week, and someone will always jump 1203 01:06:17,600 --> 01:06:19,800 Speaker 1: in and say, hey, that was second and third string. 1204 01:06:20,960 --> 01:06:23,480 Speaker 1: Do you have the same name across your jersey. Then 1205 01:06:23,520 --> 01:06:27,160 Speaker 1: it happened to you. It happened to you. You are 1206 01:06:27,240 --> 01:06:30,040 Speaker 1: all on the same team, you are all being coached 1207 01:06:30,080 --> 01:06:33,440 Speaker 1: by the same coaches. You have to own it. You 1208 01:06:33,480 --> 01:06:38,440 Speaker 1: can't have that individualistic mentality of I got mine. You 1209 01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:42,400 Speaker 1: all have to be on the same page. If your 1210 01:06:42,440 --> 01:06:46,960 Speaker 1: backups give up thirty points, you gave up thirty points, 1211 01:06:47,280 --> 01:06:50,480 Speaker 1: like you're on the same team. It never has mattered. 1212 01:06:50,960 --> 01:06:55,280 Speaker 1: It will always count in the stats as the overall defense. 1213 01:06:55,880 --> 01:06:58,400 Speaker 1: You can't go back and make excuses and work your 1214 01:06:58,400 --> 01:07:01,360 Speaker 1: way backwards. And this is an CS team. It's an 1215 01:07:01,360 --> 01:07:03,800 Speaker 1: FCS team, so you don't even have the right to 1216 01:07:03,880 --> 01:07:06,760 Speaker 1: be using that excuse anyway. It's a bunch of guys 1217 01:07:06,800 --> 01:07:09,480 Speaker 1: who you chose not to offer that are doing it 1218 01:07:09,520 --> 01:07:12,800 Speaker 1: two guys that you chose to offer. So that's my 1219 01:07:12,920 --> 01:07:16,600 Speaker 1: special edition of casting stones. Your backups are you? You 1220 01:07:16,640 --> 01:07:18,560 Speaker 1: were all on the same team. The name is on 1221 01:07:18,600 --> 01:07:21,680 Speaker 1: the jersey, whatever school it is. If they give up points, 1222 01:07:21,760 --> 01:07:25,840 Speaker 1: you give up points. Quit trashing your own teammates just 1223 01:07:25,920 --> 01:07:28,600 Speaker 1: because they didn't perform as well as you. Oh and 1224 01:07:28,640 --> 01:07:31,600 Speaker 1: the other part about it is, this is football. Everybody 1225 01:07:31,600 --> 01:07:34,240 Speaker 1: gets hurt, So guess who's gonna have to play at 1226 01:07:34,240 --> 01:07:37,920 Speaker 1: some point in time. Those same backups that you say 1227 01:07:38,000 --> 01:07:40,440 Speaker 1: gave up all those points. That means you have a 1228 01:07:40,480 --> 01:07:43,800 Speaker 1: bad defense. That's exactly what that what that means. There's 1229 01:07:43,840 --> 01:07:46,600 Speaker 1: no way around it. Oh and the and the gym 1230 01:07:46,720 --> 01:07:50,560 Speaker 1: of the night. The the George was right, part of 1231 01:07:51,080 --> 01:07:53,320 Speaker 1: the second Georgia was right. Part of the night that 1232 01:07:53,440 --> 01:07:55,680 Speaker 1: finished up about close to two o'clock and in more 1233 01:07:55,680 --> 01:08:02,479 Speaker 1: than two was Oregon State Hawaii thirty one. I don't 1234 01:08:02,480 --> 01:08:06,280 Speaker 1: even know where to begin on this game. Because we 1235 01:08:06,440 --> 01:08:12,280 Speaker 1: knew that Oregon State would have trouble on defense. We 1236 01:08:12,360 --> 01:08:18,719 Speaker 1: knew that, but what we did not expect was Jake Bluton, 1237 01:08:19,800 --> 01:08:25,360 Speaker 1: their quarterback, to throw for below fift against Hawaii Swiss 1238 01:08:25,479 --> 01:08:30,400 Speaker 1: Cheese defense. Swiss Cheese defense. He only managed a hundred 1239 01:08:30,400 --> 01:08:34,400 Speaker 1: and sixty nine yards passing and a touchdown. Jamaar Jefferson 1240 01:08:34,560 --> 01:08:36,640 Speaker 1: thirty one carries hundred and eighty three yards in a 1241 01:08:36,720 --> 01:08:40,639 Speaker 1: touchdown and pierced their second string back seven carries seventy 1242 01:08:40,720 --> 01:08:44,160 Speaker 1: nine yards and two more touchdowns. Like they should have 1243 01:08:44,200 --> 01:08:47,720 Speaker 1: been running the ball from start to finish, and they 1244 01:08:47,720 --> 01:08:50,200 Speaker 1: should have been able to pass the ball better. It 1245 01:08:50,360 --> 01:08:55,719 Speaker 1: was atrocious. It was bad defense. If I can't even 1246 01:08:55,760 --> 01:08:59,559 Speaker 1: come up with enough words to talk about how bad 1247 01:08:59,600 --> 01:09:02,800 Speaker 1: of a who he is for Oregon State, I think 1248 01:09:02,880 --> 01:09:06,320 Speaker 1: it was worse than the Arizona loss, only because Oregon 1249 01:09:06,400 --> 01:09:10,360 Speaker 1: State saw Arizona lose already, so they should know to 1250 01:09:10,479 --> 01:09:14,400 Speaker 1: be upset. I'm a little bit upset at Oregon State 1251 01:09:14,520 --> 01:09:17,000 Speaker 1: because I think they gave the ball to Jamaar Jefferson 1252 01:09:17,040 --> 01:09:21,280 Speaker 1: four times in the fourth quarter total, um and uh, 1253 01:09:21,439 --> 01:09:23,599 Speaker 1: he was having his way with the defense. I don't 1254 01:09:23,600 --> 01:09:26,240 Speaker 1: think our Tavis Pierce got the ball in the fourth 1255 01:09:26,320 --> 01:09:29,600 Speaker 1: quarter and it was tied going in, and so you 1256 01:09:29,640 --> 01:09:31,599 Speaker 1: go out there, you're throwing the ball. It's not working. 1257 01:09:31,640 --> 01:09:34,120 Speaker 1: The game is tied. Run your offense, do what has 1258 01:09:34,160 --> 01:09:36,719 Speaker 1: been working. This was a coaching issue, like this loss 1259 01:09:36,760 --> 01:09:38,960 Speaker 1: is on the coaches. It's not on the it's it's 1260 01:09:39,000 --> 01:09:41,640 Speaker 1: not on the players. It has nothing to do with 1261 01:09:41,680 --> 01:09:45,360 Speaker 1: the players and so um. But I will say that 1262 01:09:45,680 --> 01:09:48,439 Speaker 1: I think we found out at this point that the 1263 01:09:48,520 --> 01:09:51,160 Speaker 1: receivers out at Hawaii or the real deal. Last year 1264 01:09:51,200 --> 01:09:52,960 Speaker 1: they had a guy go Last week, they had a 1265 01:09:52,960 --> 01:09:56,120 Speaker 1: guy go off against Arizona. This week they had a 1266 01:09:56,160 --> 01:09:58,880 Speaker 1: guy go off against Oregon State, to the tune of 1267 01:09:58,880 --> 01:10:01,560 Speaker 1: ten catches, a D, nine the yards, and four touchdowns. 1268 01:10:02,160 --> 01:10:09,800 Speaker 1: Um yeah, Jojo Warden. So just absolute monster performance two 1269 01:10:09,800 --> 01:10:12,519 Speaker 1: weeks in a row from different Hawaiian receivers. And if 1270 01:10:12,560 --> 01:10:15,759 Speaker 1: you're Washington, you've gotta be looking at this like, oh, 1271 01:10:15,880 --> 01:10:19,360 Speaker 1: you gotta be prepared. Oh. If I'm Washington, I'm saying 1272 01:10:19,880 --> 01:10:23,200 Speaker 1: I am not taking this game lightly. If I'm Chris Peterson, 1273 01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:28,280 Speaker 1: I'm saying, you know what, guys, they beat Arizona, they 1274 01:10:28,320 --> 01:10:31,960 Speaker 1: beat organ State. They believe they can beat you two 1275 01:10:32,640 --> 01:10:36,160 Speaker 1: And if you in your mind think for one second 1276 01:10:36,760 --> 01:10:41,080 Speaker 1: anything other than that that they can win and they 1277 01:10:41,080 --> 01:10:43,720 Speaker 1: can beat you, you will get beat or being a 1278 01:10:43,760 --> 01:10:48,320 Speaker 1: dog fight too. This would be a and a comedy 1279 01:10:48,360 --> 01:10:54,240 Speaker 1: of errors, a like just a the worst possible scenario 1280 01:10:54,320 --> 01:10:57,439 Speaker 1: for the Pac twelve. If Hawaii beats all three teams 1281 01:10:57,840 --> 01:11:00,439 Speaker 1: and if they beat Washington do that is going to 1282 01:11:00,439 --> 01:11:05,879 Speaker 1: be a national story. And the Pack twelve has zero 1283 01:11:06,080 --> 01:11:10,759 Speaker 1: shot of getting into the playoffs besides Oregon or watching 1284 01:11:11,280 --> 01:11:15,960 Speaker 1: an undefeated USAH or A or Oregon winning out and 1285 01:11:16,080 --> 01:11:21,240 Speaker 1: trashing everybody. It will be over for everybody else. It 1286 01:11:21,240 --> 01:11:23,599 Speaker 1: will be over for New Year's six Bowl games except 1287 01:11:23,640 --> 01:11:27,160 Speaker 1: for the Rose Bowl. It would be the most disastrous 1288 01:11:27,200 --> 01:11:32,639 Speaker 1: scenario of the season. Just learn a lesson and run 1289 01:11:32,680 --> 01:11:35,599 Speaker 1: the ball. Just run the ball. Just that. That's all 1290 01:11:35,640 --> 01:11:37,640 Speaker 1: you got. Just run the ball against white for the 1291 01:11:37,680 --> 01:11:42,880 Speaker 1: love of God. Agree now, Ralph, it is time for 1292 01:11:42,960 --> 01:11:46,840 Speaker 1: our power rankings. Our power rankings for a week three. 1293 01:11:47,720 --> 01:11:51,320 Speaker 1: I got mine ready, got mine locked loaded. Some fans 1294 01:11:51,360 --> 01:11:55,160 Speaker 1: are gonna be upset because I faced my power rankings 1295 01:11:55,240 --> 01:12:00,320 Speaker 1: on three criteria. That is it. Three criteria. I don't 1296 01:12:00,400 --> 01:12:04,920 Speaker 1: give any consideration for the eye tests for future games. 1297 01:12:05,360 --> 01:12:08,120 Speaker 1: The only thing that the only three things that matter 1298 01:12:08,160 --> 01:12:14,280 Speaker 1: are quality wins, your schedule play, and your dominance. There's 1299 01:12:14,320 --> 01:12:20,280 Speaker 1: no bias, there is no there's no you know, home cooking. 1300 01:12:21,280 --> 01:12:25,040 Speaker 1: This is just a matter of who wins, who loses, 1301 01:12:25,560 --> 01:12:28,439 Speaker 1: that is it. And the schedule that you play in 1302 01:12:28,479 --> 01:12:31,680 Speaker 1: the amount of dominance that you show. So who do 1303 01:12:31,760 --> 01:12:37,000 Speaker 1: you have in your twelve spot? Well, actually, just just 1304 01:12:37,000 --> 01:12:39,519 Speaker 1: just give us all six and it I'll give mine 1305 01:12:39,520 --> 01:12:43,680 Speaker 1: and then we'll go all the way down. Yeah. So 1306 01:12:43,720 --> 01:12:45,519 Speaker 1: I'll give you. I'll give you my bottom six and 1307 01:12:45,960 --> 01:12:50,760 Speaker 1: my criteria. It is basically just feelings based. There's no 1308 01:12:50,840 --> 01:12:53,400 Speaker 1: sucking to this. I look at these teams, I look 1309 01:12:53,439 --> 01:12:54,880 Speaker 1: at what they have left, and I look at what 1310 01:12:54,920 --> 01:12:57,439 Speaker 1: they've done, and I project out. So my number twelve 1311 01:12:57,479 --> 01:13:00,879 Speaker 1: is Oregon State, my number eleven is ucl A. Despite 1312 01:13:00,920 --> 01:13:04,000 Speaker 1: dropping sixty five, I've still got Arizona in the ten spot. 1313 01:13:04,280 --> 01:13:08,920 Speaker 1: I dropped Arizona State to my number nine. Uh Colorado 1314 01:13:09,000 --> 01:13:13,240 Speaker 1: comes in at number eight, and at number seven, I've 1315 01:13:13,280 --> 01:13:20,560 Speaker 1: currently got Stanford. Wow Row row Route, you have finally 1316 01:13:20,640 --> 01:13:24,840 Speaker 1: come along to the good guys. Man we are We 1317 01:13:24,960 --> 01:13:28,960 Speaker 1: are aligned on every single one of those except for one. 1318 01:13:29,240 --> 01:13:32,479 Speaker 1: I got Oregon State at number twelve. U c. L 1319 01:13:32,520 --> 01:13:35,519 Speaker 1: A is fighting to get in that spot. I have 1320 01:13:35,640 --> 01:13:39,200 Speaker 1: not been able to have in power rankings. I've been 1321 01:13:39,200 --> 01:13:44,000 Speaker 1: doing it for years, and Oregon State has This would 1322 01:13:44,000 --> 01:13:47,759 Speaker 1: be the first time that they weren't in the last 1323 01:13:47,800 --> 01:13:51,320 Speaker 1: spot since I've been doing power rank on Unafraid Show 1324 01:13:51,840 --> 01:13:56,920 Speaker 1: War for uh uh Van Tider anywhere else I read 1325 01:13:57,600 --> 01:14:00,600 Speaker 1: this is the first time that there has been a 1326 01:14:00,800 --> 01:14:05,080 Speaker 1: legitimate argument for someone else being in the twelfth spot. 1327 01:14:05,760 --> 01:14:08,800 Speaker 1: There's a legit U c l A is trying, but 1328 01:14:09,840 --> 01:14:13,679 Speaker 1: Oregon State lost to Hawaii. I mean, when you lose 1329 01:14:13,800 --> 01:14:18,240 Speaker 1: to a Mountain West team after somebody else already lost 1330 01:14:18,280 --> 01:14:21,559 Speaker 1: to him, and it's not Boise State, you are going 1331 01:14:21,680 --> 01:14:24,439 Speaker 1: to get moved down. And you quote they they're gonna 1332 01:14:24,479 --> 01:14:26,680 Speaker 1: do this fight. They can't go down anymore. I got 1333 01:14:26,760 --> 01:14:33,320 Speaker 1: U c l A eleven, Arizona ten, Arizona State nine 1334 01:14:33,320 --> 01:14:37,920 Speaker 1: because their offensive line play was just just horriful. I 1335 01:14:38,000 --> 01:14:42,320 Speaker 1: got Washington State at eight. Another fans are gonna be upset. 1336 01:14:42,360 --> 01:14:45,280 Speaker 1: I know you're probably upset to Ralph, but I don't 1337 01:14:45,320 --> 01:14:48,439 Speaker 1: know anything about this team. You haven't played anybody. You played, 1338 01:14:49,000 --> 01:14:53,439 Speaker 1: uh the worst FBS team and Northern Colorado. I know 1339 01:14:53,680 --> 01:14:57,240 Speaker 1: nothing about you. So guess what you don't get credit. 1340 01:14:57,360 --> 01:15:01,799 Speaker 1: Your dominance has been spectacular. What we thought that Washington 1341 01:15:02,000 --> 01:15:03,760 Speaker 1: was going to be better too, and we saw what 1342 01:15:03,800 --> 01:15:06,599 Speaker 1: happened when they laid down. And I got Stanford at 1343 01:15:06,720 --> 01:15:10,679 Speaker 1: number seven route can you believe that out of six 1344 01:15:11,320 --> 01:15:17,760 Speaker 1: picks we agreed on all of the stuff. I mean 1345 01:15:17,840 --> 01:15:20,000 Speaker 1: I think I did. The results are doing it for us. 1346 01:15:20,120 --> 01:15:22,679 Speaker 1: We have no choice at some point but to agree 1347 01:15:22,720 --> 01:15:26,559 Speaker 1: on some of this. My number six is Washington State. 1348 01:15:27,000 --> 01:15:30,080 Speaker 1: It's just competition level related um, which moves me to 1349 01:15:30,160 --> 01:15:33,799 Speaker 1: number five USC. I think there's still some unanswered questions. 1350 01:15:34,160 --> 01:15:36,160 Speaker 1: I can't go ahead and just go make them a 1351 01:15:36,200 --> 01:15:39,240 Speaker 1: top three team off of one performance of Keaton Slovis, 1352 01:15:39,320 --> 01:15:42,680 Speaker 1: but they're on their way. Number four for me is Washington, 1353 01:15:43,120 --> 01:15:45,880 Speaker 1: which means one spot ahead of that because they were 1354 01:15:45,920 --> 01:15:47,920 Speaker 1: one point ahead of them in the game. Is that 1355 01:15:48,080 --> 01:15:50,519 Speaker 1: Number three I have cal which I don't feel that 1356 01:15:50,640 --> 01:15:53,960 Speaker 1: great about considering that they don't uh. They haven't shown 1357 01:15:54,080 --> 01:15:56,800 Speaker 1: much offensively, but the results are there and this defense 1358 01:15:56,880 --> 01:15:58,880 Speaker 1: is going to keep them in every single game. At 1359 01:15:58,960 --> 01:16:02,360 Speaker 1: number two, I have Oregon Um that I think they'd 1360 01:16:02,400 --> 01:16:03,920 Speaker 1: be far and away the number one if they were 1361 01:16:03,920 --> 01:16:05,640 Speaker 1: able to pull it out against Auburn. But all I 1362 01:16:05,680 --> 01:16:07,880 Speaker 1: can think about is that second half and some of 1363 01:16:07,920 --> 01:16:10,320 Speaker 1: the decisions that were made by coaches that actually took 1364 01:16:10,400 --> 01:16:12,559 Speaker 1: that game away from them. And the team that I'm 1365 01:16:12,600 --> 01:16:14,519 Speaker 1: sitting with number one right now, because the rest of 1366 01:16:14,560 --> 01:16:18,120 Speaker 1: the packs twelve South doesn't look all that strong, uh 1367 01:16:18,320 --> 01:16:21,360 Speaker 1: is you talk and the reason that primarily for that 1368 01:16:22,000 --> 01:16:23,920 Speaker 1: is that they know what they're working with and they 1369 01:16:24,000 --> 01:16:25,880 Speaker 1: do what they do, and their defense has lived up 1370 01:16:25,880 --> 01:16:28,519 Speaker 1: to the hype so far. Oh, bro, I I have 1371 01:16:28,640 --> 01:16:31,479 Speaker 1: to be honest with I absolutely eight year number at 1372 01:16:31,520 --> 01:16:36,400 Speaker 1: six D I hate it. I could not. I don't. 1373 01:16:36,439 --> 01:16:38,360 Speaker 1: I don't like it. I don't like it that much either, 1374 01:16:38,800 --> 01:16:40,960 Speaker 1: But I'm glad we do this every week so that 1375 01:16:41,040 --> 01:16:43,680 Speaker 1: hopefully it will it'll change in the Colorado in a 1376 01:16:43,840 --> 01:16:48,320 Speaker 1: number six there, that was a good win against Nebraska. 1377 01:16:48,680 --> 01:16:53,160 Speaker 1: They came back and they get points for their their 1378 01:16:53,200 --> 01:16:55,680 Speaker 1: scheduled that they played. They played a better scheduled than 1379 01:16:56,720 --> 01:17:01,800 Speaker 1: then Washington State. They have a quality win and they 1380 01:17:01,840 --> 01:17:05,080 Speaker 1: haven't shown a lot of dominance, but they played well 1381 01:17:05,120 --> 01:17:08,439 Speaker 1: against Colorado State offensively and then in the second half 1382 01:17:08,479 --> 01:17:12,120 Speaker 1: against Nebraska and they showed some grit. Colorado at number six, 1383 01:17:12,680 --> 01:17:18,280 Speaker 1: Washington Huskies at number five, that was a it like 1384 01:17:18,400 --> 01:17:21,599 Speaker 1: there's no way to say it. Like they they don't 1385 01:17:21,760 --> 01:17:24,559 Speaker 1: have a quality win yet, they just have a loss. 1386 01:17:25,439 --> 01:17:27,880 Speaker 1: So that's why they're at the five spot. They will 1387 01:17:27,960 --> 01:17:30,400 Speaker 1: have plenty of time to climb back up. But number 1388 01:17:30,439 --> 01:17:34,640 Speaker 1: four have USC at two and oh they beat Stanford, 1389 01:17:34,760 --> 01:17:38,080 Speaker 1: albeit without their quarterback. I know USC fays, Oh we 1390 01:17:38,200 --> 01:17:41,559 Speaker 1: look so great, Yeah, but you're playing against Stanford's backup quarterback. 1391 01:17:42,000 --> 01:17:45,000 Speaker 1: Had this been against kJ Costello and as we're as 1392 01:17:45,080 --> 01:17:49,000 Speaker 1: dominant of a performance, they would be higher. Number three 1393 01:17:49,240 --> 01:17:53,120 Speaker 1: I have the Utah Utes. This list kind of shows 1394 01:17:53,160 --> 01:17:56,320 Speaker 1: how I feel about the back twelve South in general overall, 1395 01:17:56,800 --> 01:18:00,719 Speaker 1: that they believe the North is much stronger. Utah still 1396 01:18:00,800 --> 01:18:04,960 Speaker 1: have issues with their quarterback situation in terms their long 1397 01:18:05,160 --> 01:18:08,280 Speaker 1: term future, but they have a quality win against b 1398 01:18:08,479 --> 01:18:12,840 Speaker 1: y U and they played against Northern Illinois. But the 1399 01:18:12,920 --> 01:18:16,120 Speaker 1: number two teams. I know this seems erratic and irrational, 1400 01:18:16,640 --> 01:18:20,519 Speaker 1: but last week I had Cal was sitting at the 1401 01:18:20,720 --> 01:18:24,040 Speaker 1: number eight spots and now they're sitting at the number 1402 01:18:24,080 --> 01:18:28,519 Speaker 1: two spots. The reason being they have the best win 1403 01:18:29,000 --> 01:18:32,960 Speaker 1: in the entire pack, twell, the best win, and that's 1404 01:18:32,960 --> 01:18:37,719 Speaker 1: against Washington. Their defense showed up. It feels it feels 1405 01:18:37,800 --> 01:18:40,880 Speaker 1: icky to have them at number two because their offenses 1406 01:18:41,600 --> 01:18:43,600 Speaker 1: is not good enough to get it done. It's not 1407 01:18:43,680 --> 01:18:45,960 Speaker 1: they're gonna tumble down the rankings because they're gonna lose 1408 01:18:46,400 --> 01:18:49,800 Speaker 1: because their offense is not good. And at the one spot, 1409 01:18:49,880 --> 01:18:53,040 Speaker 1: I gotta organ that bounced back from the Oregon lost 1410 01:18:53,080 --> 01:18:57,120 Speaker 1: and just absolutely trashed about her. They got they get 1411 01:18:57,200 --> 01:19:00,880 Speaker 1: some points for schedule because they've played a league the 1412 01:19:01,040 --> 01:19:03,960 Speaker 1: best schedule out of the back twelve team so far, 1413 01:19:04,640 --> 01:19:09,280 Speaker 1: I would say, and their dominance in this game was 1414 01:19:09,320 --> 01:19:14,320 Speaker 1: absolutely on max. Team looked good overall, the defense looks phenomenal. 1415 01:19:14,600 --> 01:19:16,639 Speaker 1: So that's why I got a one in one team 1416 01:19:17,240 --> 01:19:19,720 Speaker 1: sitting at the number one spot, because they are the 1417 01:19:19,800 --> 01:19:22,880 Speaker 1: best team, all right. I mean I don't I don't 1418 01:19:22,920 --> 01:19:26,000 Speaker 1: disagree with because it's sort of like cal sort of 1419 01:19:26,080 --> 01:19:29,599 Speaker 1: cleared the way for it to be feasible for Oregon 1420 01:19:29,840 --> 01:19:33,280 Speaker 1: to be number one, and then looking ahead, you can 1421 01:19:33,320 --> 01:19:36,600 Speaker 1: put Utah at number two on your side because it's like, well, what, 1422 01:19:36,760 --> 01:19:39,160 Speaker 1: who's going to challenge him? Like I I think the 1423 01:19:39,280 --> 01:19:42,719 Speaker 1: USC has a legitimate shot at home, but like who else? 1424 01:19:43,160 --> 01:19:45,720 Speaker 1: Maybe maybe Washington State? You give him a game, but 1425 01:19:45,800 --> 01:19:47,720 Speaker 1: it's gonna be a tough road for for people who 1426 01:19:47,720 --> 01:19:50,840 Speaker 1: have to play against Utah this year. If they can 1427 01:19:50,920 --> 01:19:54,240 Speaker 1: get uh they score they scored two touchdowns in the 1428 01:19:54,280 --> 01:19:57,400 Speaker 1: first half, and they're able to just build from there. 1429 01:19:57,479 --> 01:19:59,200 Speaker 1: This is gonna be a really hard team to compete with. 1430 01:20:01,080 --> 01:20:04,000 Speaker 1: I would totally agree with that. You guys. Thank you 1431 01:20:04,080 --> 01:20:06,760 Speaker 1: guys for listening to the Back twelve apostles. Thank you 1432 01:20:06,880 --> 01:20:10,639 Speaker 1: for dealing with me and my voice and proposing as 1433 01:20:10,640 --> 01:20:14,800 Speaker 1: little drift dude. I am exhausted and tire, but I 1434 01:20:14,880 --> 01:20:17,599 Speaker 1: want to thank you guys. Please share the feed, tell 1435 01:20:17,680 --> 01:20:20,880 Speaker 1: a friend about the back twelve apostles, um hit us 1436 01:20:20,960 --> 01:20:23,880 Speaker 1: up on Twitter. 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