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Speaker 2: Dar Riverist welcome back SEC part on today's episode. Duh,

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Speaker 2: we've got team previews. We've got Alabama, Texas, Georgia, LSU All,

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Speaker 1: And since fall camp has begun for all of these teams,

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Speaker 2: So, as we said here at the top, we've got

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Speaker 2: I think most of the upper crust of the SEC

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Speaker 2: as part of this episode. You and I differed a

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Speaker 2: at least agreed on Alabama, Texas, and Georgia. On those

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Speaker 1: I can do all of them right now. I can

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Speaker 2: Let's start with Texas. Let's start with Texas. Texas went

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Speaker 1: What were your bigger picture takeaways from the twenty twenty

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Speaker 2: what we think is quote unquote wrong with these teams.

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Speaker 2: Well, look, can arch Manning live up to the Manning hype?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, what's Arch Manning going to provide here? And will

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Speaker 1: Don't need to trust the Manning name. We've seen him

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Speaker 2: Texas is going to be fine. Texas is going to

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Speaker 2: it is a difficult road schedule at Ohio State to

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Speaker 2: them otherwise. Let's zero in though, on the offensive line

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Speaker 2: to determine A. Can they protect Arch? And B can

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Speaker 2: fascinating question. No.

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Speaker 1: To me, it's I think the offensive line is going

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Speaker 1: to be fine. It's new guys at a number of spots.

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Speaker 1: But this wasn't a perfect offensive line all of the

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Speaker 2: We'll see what Arch can do with this. Arch is

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Speaker 2: more accurate and less mistake prone than we saw Milroe.

435
00:22:21,600 --> 00:22:24,480
Speaker 2: Milroe was always a project at the quarterback position and

436
00:22:24,560 --> 00:22:28,359
Speaker 2: a credible athlete. But I think ty Simpson, albeit mobile

437
00:22:28,400 --> 00:22:31,000
Speaker 2: in his own right, they're not gonna rely on the

438
00:22:31,040 --> 00:22:33,160
Speaker 2: quarterback run with him the way they did a season ago,

439
00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:34,800
Speaker 2: and it's going to look a little bit more like

440
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Speaker 2: the Kalin de Bor slash Ryan Grubb offense that we

441
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Speaker 2: have seen at other stops. Regardless, they'll be fine because

442
00:22:42,119 --> 00:22:45,359
Speaker 2: they've got three good options, I think at quarterback, and

443
00:22:45,400 --> 00:22:49,040
Speaker 2: they've got really smart offensive coaches. Whoever ends up starting

444
00:22:49,840 --> 00:22:51,800
Speaker 2: beginning of the season, middle of the season, end of

445
00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:54,480
Speaker 2: the season, maybe it's the same guy, maybe it's all three.

446
00:22:54,520 --> 00:22:57,439
Speaker 2: Who knows, they will be fine at the quarterback position.

447
00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,879
Speaker 2: I'm just curious to see how this looks some you know,

448
00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:03,400
Speaker 2: Day one on the road against Florida State.

449
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Speaker 1: Yeah, and it's by the way, the schedule is not

450
00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:08,440
Speaker 1: nothing for Alabama this year.

451
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Speaker 2: It isn't. It isn't.

452
00:23:10,560 --> 00:23:13,040
Speaker 1: It's they have the mutual bye, but they travel to

453
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Speaker 1: Georgia after playing Wisconsin, which I think should be a

454
00:23:16,440 --> 00:23:19,680
Speaker 1: pretty comfortable win. But they have Vandy after that Georgia game,

455
00:23:19,880 --> 00:23:22,240
Speaker 1: just like last year in that letdown spot. Last year

456
00:23:22,280 --> 00:23:26,440
Speaker 1: was in Nashville obviously, at Miszoo Tennessee at South Carolina

457
00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:29,520
Speaker 1: in that medi mid middle mutual bye with LSU, and

458
00:23:29,560 --> 00:23:32,159
Speaker 1: then Oklahoma both in Tuscaloosa, and then they're on the

459
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Speaker 1: road for the Iron Bowl. So real tricky schedule for Alabama.

460
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Speaker 1: If their p's and q's aren't in order, their lowercase

461
00:23:40,520 --> 00:23:44,600
Speaker 1: js aren't dotted, so they've got a road ahead of them.

462
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Speaker 1: But again, I'd rather have the Alabama starting point than

463
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Speaker 1: Florida State, Wisconsin, Vanderbilt, Missoo, Tennessee, South Carolina, Oklahoma, Auburn,

464
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Speaker 1: and likely LSU. But I can't fully say that with

465
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Speaker 1: LSU because they have a proven, really good quarterback.

466
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Speaker 2: That's right. Look, if your starting point is a incredible defense,

467
00:24:06,920 --> 00:24:11,640
Speaker 2: which could be their best since twenty nineteen. Okay, that's

468
00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,040
Speaker 2: a pretty good place to be. There are quarterback questions,

469
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Speaker 2: there are obvious questions that we've discussed here along the way,

470
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Speaker 2: but the starting point is really really good your headliners

471
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Speaker 2: again or September twenty seventh at Georgia, November eighth hosting LSU.

472
00:24:26,640 --> 00:24:29,159
Speaker 2: Both teams off of by of course, and then there

473
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Speaker 2: are some others mixed in there along the way, so

474
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Speaker 2: it's not nothing. But I think Alabama's got Damo to

475
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Speaker 2: make it through this thing. I'm on Bama to play

476
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Speaker 2: for the SEC title. I'm on Bama to win the

477
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Speaker 2: SEC title. So I'm looking at an over under here

478
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Speaker 2: of nine and a half. For me, it's an over.

479
00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,199
Speaker 1: I'm not fully there yet. I if I had to

480
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Speaker 1: pick one, I would take the over at ten and two,

481
00:24:50,119 --> 00:24:54,359
Speaker 1: but not confidently. I just I want to see what

482
00:24:54,480 --> 00:24:58,000
Speaker 1: tysim We have not seen ty Simpson play meaningful snaps.

483
00:24:58,080 --> 00:25:00,360
Speaker 1: Now we have seen Arch play meaningful snaps. Haven't seen

484
00:25:00,359 --> 00:25:03,920
Speaker 1: Tye Simpson play those He's played, but not in any

485
00:25:03,920 --> 00:25:07,040
Speaker 1: sort of significant way. So I want to see what

486
00:25:07,119 --> 00:25:10,480
Speaker 1: he looks like. Because the best of Kaylin de Bor

487
00:25:10,520 --> 00:25:14,080
Speaker 1: and Ryan Grubb together is Michael Pennix as a top

488
00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:17,960
Speaker 1: ten pick throwing to top round caliber receivers. Three of them.

489
00:25:18,160 --> 00:25:20,920
Speaker 1: Alabama does not have three of them obviously. Right now

490
00:25:21,240 --> 00:25:22,840
Speaker 1: they might have one and a half. Probably just won

491
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Speaker 1: in Ryan Williams. So there's a lot. There's a lot

492
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Speaker 1: to grow into for this Alabama offense. Let's talky about

493
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Speaker 1: the george Bulldogs. It's rare that we addressed Georgia third.

494
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Speaker 2: On an episode like this. I feel like I'm used

495
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Speaker 2: to addressing them first or second almost every single time

496
00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,399
Speaker 2: we did last year. Georgia did end up winning the

497
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Speaker 2: SEC last year. It's funny how, going through all the

498
00:25:49,760 --> 00:25:52,359
Speaker 2: research material that's almost written off as a bit of

499
00:25:52,400 --> 00:25:55,960
Speaker 2: an afterthought. Yeah, I don't know why that is, But

500
00:25:56,359 --> 00:25:59,600
Speaker 2: Georgia won the SEC. They beat Texas twice. They did

501
00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:02,560
Speaker 2: lose Notre Dame in the College Football Playoff quarter final

502
00:26:02,600 --> 00:26:06,600
Speaker 2: game that was after Carson Beck got hurt Gunner Stockton

503
00:26:06,720 --> 00:26:11,200
Speaker 2: at the Helm. But Georgia had another solid season last year.

504
00:26:11,600 --> 00:26:14,479
Speaker 2: They won the conference. It's just amazing to me how

505
00:26:14,520 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 2: an eleven and three year can somehow feel underwhelming.

506
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Speaker 1: By the way, I went to the Colorado Rockies Pittsburgh Pirates,

507
00:26:21,800 --> 00:26:25,600
Speaker 1: crazy comeback seventeen sixteen game, by the way, great time,

508
00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:29,960
Speaker 1: Corus Field just a terrific time. Apparently the big thing

509
00:26:30,440 --> 00:26:31,879
Speaker 1: even though the Rockies are terrible. And I'm going to

510
00:26:31,920 --> 00:26:34,680
Speaker 1: bring this back to Georgia football, I promise is. Yeah,

511
00:26:34,760 --> 00:26:37,440
Speaker 1: you're down seven to nothing, but it's Colorado. Just keeps swinging, right,

512
00:26:37,480 --> 00:26:42,640
Speaker 1: everything might be all right. Georgia last year, Carson Beck

513
00:26:42,800 --> 00:26:46,960
Speaker 1: wasn't what felt like himself. The receiving room and tight

514
00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,720
Speaker 1: ends room felt very different. They had to deal with

515
00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:52,640
Speaker 1: a bunch of offensive line injuries. The defense didn't do

516
00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:57,840
Speaker 1: anything specifically to that excellent Georgia standard. They lose, I mean,

517
00:26:57,880 --> 00:27:01,720
Speaker 1: they get destroyed by old miss right, and I don't know.

518
00:27:01,760 --> 00:27:05,119
Speaker 1: They beat Texas in Austin, I believe, and they just

519
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:07,320
Speaker 1: kind of kept swinging, and you're just like, screw it.

520
00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:09,560
Speaker 1: Things aren't great. Just keep it swinging, see what happens.

521
00:27:10,040 --> 00:27:13,120
Speaker 1: And they stayed out there, they stayed locked in. They

522
00:27:13,119 --> 00:27:16,000
Speaker 1: somehow beat Georgia Tech. That doesn't affect the SEC race.

523
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Speaker 1: They end up beating with gunnerstocked in Texas again in overtime.

524
00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,200
Speaker 1: I believe in the SEC Championship game, they just kind

525
00:27:23,200 --> 00:27:27,639
Speaker 1: of kept swinging, and that's kind of what really strongly

526
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Speaker 1: together teams do. So yeah, I can appreciate that.

527
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Speaker 2: My dilemma with Georgia this year is the rosters obviously loaded.

528
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:45,520
Speaker 2: I yearned for star power. I yearn for more star power.

529
00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:50,439
Speaker 2: So on one hand, like they've got a hit with

530
00:27:50,520 --> 00:27:53,639
Speaker 2: a new full time starting quarterback and gunnerstocked and we

531
00:27:53,640 --> 00:27:55,480
Speaker 2: saw a little bit, but he wasn't the full time starter,

532
00:27:55,520 --> 00:27:59,080
Speaker 2: at least not until after Carson Beck got hurt. Got

533
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Speaker 2: a hit with him. You got to hit with a

534
00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:04,200
Speaker 2: new interior line, a new cast of receivers, and by

535
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 2: the way, they got to do it pretty quickly. On

536
00:28:06,800 --> 00:28:10,440
Speaker 2: the other hand, I think the schedule is very much

537
00:28:10,480 --> 00:28:13,680
Speaker 2: in their favor, and we talked about this in Part one.

538
00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:19,359
Speaker 2: That absolutely counts for something in the sec good team,

539
00:28:19,720 --> 00:28:22,960
Speaker 2: good roster. I think needs a little bit of seasoning

540
00:28:23,000 --> 00:28:25,520
Speaker 2: before I'm ready to go all in on Georgia, but

541
00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,719
Speaker 2: the schedule, the schedule definitely makes that a little bit

542
00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:32,479
Speaker 2: more possible. They've got some runway. What is the obvious

543
00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,520
Speaker 2: question for you now as you look at Georgia, as

544
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Speaker 2: you did all the research here, you got of the

545
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Speaker 2: i's cross, the t's what jumped out to you as

546
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Speaker 2: the big thing.

547
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Speaker 1: I mean, kind of what I alluded to before when

548
00:28:43,120 --> 00:28:46,200
Speaker 1: we talked about last year. What are they specifically going

549
00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:50,280
Speaker 1: to do with all of this perceived talent that's going

550
00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:54,840
Speaker 1: to ascend to the recent Georgia standard? Right? Is it

551
00:28:54,880 --> 00:28:58,440
Speaker 1: going to be Gunner Stockton as the second coming of

552
00:28:59,200 --> 00:29:02,880
Speaker 1: Stetson Bennett. Is it going to be the receivers locking

553
00:29:02,880 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 1: in over the offseason and posing a thread. Is it

554
00:29:05,360 --> 00:29:07,520
Speaker 1: going to be Nate Frasier as the second coming of

555
00:29:07,680 --> 00:29:11,000
Speaker 1: take your pick, Nick Chubb or whoever in the backfield.

556
00:29:11,560 --> 00:29:14,680
Speaker 1: Is it going to be some new guys on defense,

557
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:17,560
Speaker 1: especially in that secondary who got into the rotation last year,

558
00:29:17,600 --> 00:29:19,320
Speaker 1: that they're going to be second the second comping of

559
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 1: take your pick in the secondary over these past few years.

560
00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:24,840
Speaker 1: Or who is the next great defensive lineman or edge

561
00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:27,720
Speaker 1: guy or a linebacker that is going to be drafted

562
00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:31,800
Speaker 1: top one, top eight, top fifteen, and that they are

563
00:29:31,800 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 1: going to completely suffocate teams up front. They didn't do

564
00:29:35,440 --> 00:29:39,280
Speaker 1: any of that last year, so I kind of hesitate that,

565
00:29:39,600 --> 00:29:41,920
Speaker 1: you know, counting on the passing game to be that thing.

566
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Speaker 1: I don't think it's going to be there. Okay. My

567
00:29:44,600 --> 00:29:48,200
Speaker 1: assumption is, and look, they can win the national Championship

568
00:29:48,240 --> 00:29:50,920
Speaker 1: with a decent passing game, but not an incredible one.

569
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Speaker 1: My assumption is that the defense is going to take

570
00:29:55,680 --> 00:29:59,840
Speaker 1: a significant step forward, that this coaching staff is going

571
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:04,000
Speaker 1: to recognize the shortcomings that they had at times last year.

572
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Speaker 1: I mean, it wasn't that often, let's be clear, sure,

573
00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:09,840
Speaker 1: but I think they're going to get better. I think

574
00:30:09,960 --> 00:30:11,840
Speaker 1: up front they're going to be faster, they're gonna be

575
00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 1: more athletic, they're gonna be nastier.

576
00:30:13,600 --> 00:30:16,000
Speaker 2: Nath Deer they're linebackers or nuts.

577
00:30:16,040 --> 00:30:19,280
Speaker 1: They're ridiculous. I mean, the back end is ridiculous. They're

578
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:20,520
Speaker 1: all good. They're all good.

579
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Speaker 2: You know, whether you're looking at like c J Allen

580
00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,280
Speaker 2: in the middle of the defense, at at linebacker kJ Bolden,

581
00:30:26,320 --> 00:30:28,080
Speaker 2: who put by the way as a true freshman, was

582
00:30:28,160 --> 00:30:34,360
Speaker 2: drawing to Tyson's, to Malachi Starks who's gone, Dalen Everett,

583
00:30:34,400 --> 00:30:37,800
Speaker 2: he's their corner maybe has a first round grade for

584
00:30:37,880 --> 00:30:39,720
Speaker 2: this coming NFL draft as well.

585
00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:42,320
Speaker 1: And the secondary needs to get better. They got lit

586
00:30:42,400 --> 00:30:44,440
Speaker 1: up a couple times. They do and they do need

587
00:30:44,480 --> 00:30:47,520
Speaker 1: to improve. But to the point the defense, Yeah, the

588
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:51,240
Speaker 1: defense is in a really really good position. What I

589
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,280
Speaker 1: thought you were going to say in terms of big questions,

590
00:30:54,280 --> 00:30:57,760
Speaker 1: and it's not the sexy one offensive line.

591
00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:01,080
Speaker 2: Man. I agree, And I talked about this a little

592
00:31:01,080 --> 00:31:03,680
Speaker 2: bit in Part one, Like we had Bill Connolly on

593
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:07,320
Speaker 2: this show towards the latter half of last season. We

594
00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:09,560
Speaker 2: were trying to figure out in that conversation, what the

595
00:31:09,560 --> 00:31:11,760
Speaker 2: hell's wrong with George's offense right now? Why does it

596
00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:16,960
Speaker 2: feel different? And he said, the line stinks. Maybe it

597
00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 2: doesn't stink stink the way that some.

598
00:31:18,640 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 1: Others took when they were as beat up as they

599
00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:22,720
Speaker 1: were at times. Tate Ratleedge, Yeah.

600
00:31:22,360 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 2: But the line was not up to standard and that

601
00:31:24,720 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 2: affected everything. And so with the losses now that they

602
00:31:29,280 --> 00:31:31,920
Speaker 2: have on the offensive line, are they going to be

603
00:31:31,920 --> 00:31:35,600
Speaker 2: able to get back to their normal standard. They're rebuilding

604
00:31:35,600 --> 00:31:38,680
Speaker 2: the entirety of the interior line here. It goes without

605
00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:41,160
Speaker 2: saying that you need to have high level line play

606
00:31:41,720 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 2: if you want to win in the SEC, and I

607
00:31:43,440 --> 00:31:46,560
Speaker 2: think that's doubly true for Georgia, especially under Kirby Smart.

608
00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:51,040
Speaker 2: The best versions of this team have been really physical

609
00:31:51,080 --> 00:31:54,120
Speaker 2: at the point of attack and have enabled them to

610
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:57,440
Speaker 2: beat your brains in on the ground. They got to

611
00:31:57,440 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 2: get back to that, or at least closer to that,

612
00:31:59,680 --> 00:32:01,480
Speaker 2: I think if they want to excel this season. And

613
00:32:01,520 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 2: that was one of the things that I think I

614
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:05,760
Speaker 2: gravitated towards and I was trying to figure out how

615
00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:09,560
Speaker 2: does Georgia stack up this season with respect to their

616
00:32:09,560 --> 00:32:13,320
Speaker 2: competition in the SEC. Now that Gunner Stockton question is

617
00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:14,840
Speaker 2: a whole other one.

618
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Speaker 1: Is he good? Is he good?

619
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Speaker 2: Yeah, he showed flashes, but I've read a lot of

620
00:32:21,280 --> 00:32:24,920
Speaker 2: people questioning his decision making in the playoff game against

621
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Speaker 2: Notre Dame. You mentioned it on the last episode. Felt

622
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:29,600
Speaker 2: like the offense was a bit out of sync.

623
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Speaker 1: To be fair, he didn't drop passes against Notre Dame.

624
00:32:32,960 --> 00:32:35,280
Speaker 1: That was the responsibility of others.

625
00:32:35,400 --> 00:32:37,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, there was, of course that big fumble I think

626
00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:41,120
Speaker 2: towards the latter half of the second quarter that swung

627
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:42,920
Speaker 2: things a little bit more in the direction of Notre

628
00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:45,640
Speaker 2: Dame in that playoff spot. So we just have a

629
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Speaker 2: big old in complete right now with Gunner Stockton. He

630
00:32:48,760 --> 00:32:52,320
Speaker 2: has drawn some comparisons too stets In Bennett with the

631
00:32:52,360 --> 00:32:54,880
Speaker 2: way they plays the game. You know, he's a bit

632
00:32:54,880 --> 00:32:57,600
Speaker 2: of an improviser. He can find ways to make something

633
00:32:57,600 --> 00:32:59,720
Speaker 2: out of nothing. So we just need to see more

634
00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,200
Speaker 2: of it this year, see if he can shoulder that load.

635
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,040
Speaker 2: With the line questions, with the quarterback question, I think

636
00:33:06,080 --> 00:33:08,400
Speaker 2: with the fact that they're trying to rebuild the receiver room,

637
00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,040
Speaker 2: some exciting names that they bring in, but there is

638
00:33:11,080 --> 00:33:13,400
Speaker 2: a lot new on this offense that remains to be seen.

639
00:33:13,480 --> 00:33:17,120
Speaker 2: So you're not gonna move Georgia lower than third on

640
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,200
Speaker 2: your SEC depth chart. I can't in good faith make

641
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:23,880
Speaker 2: that case, but I think it's wise to bring up that. Yeah,

642
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:27,080
Speaker 2: there are a lot of new pieces here, at least

643
00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:30,120
Speaker 2: on this offense that we need to at least consider

644
00:33:30,160 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 2: before we go all in on the dogs.

645
00:33:32,680 --> 00:33:38,200
Speaker 1: Yeah, I don't love the combination of what Georgia brings back.

646
00:33:38,240 --> 00:33:41,440
Speaker 1: I think Gunnerstocking is gonna be pretty good. I don't

647
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:46,040
Speaker 1: love the idea of Mike Bobo coordinating a national lapionship offense. No,

648
00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,080
Speaker 1: I'm not there. I don't think there's going to be

649
00:33:49,120 --> 00:33:52,760
Speaker 1: that spark like there was with Todd Monkin running the show,

650
00:33:52,840 --> 00:33:56,040
Speaker 1: and so that that gives me pause. Also, like the stetson,

651
00:33:56,040 --> 00:34:00,160
Speaker 1: Bennett Barr is the most successful quarterback in Georgia history.

652
00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,320
Speaker 2: Clear, Yeah, I mean when I draw that comparison, or

653
00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:05,520
Speaker 2: I should say when others draw that comparison, I think

654
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,200
Speaker 2: they're focused more on attributes obviously not on the production.

655
00:34:08,280 --> 00:34:12,000
Speaker 2: Stets In Bennett was crazy productive gunner Stockton has not

656
00:34:12,040 --> 00:34:16,640
Speaker 2: fully had that opportunity yet. If he can be eighty

657
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,400
Speaker 2: percent of stets and Bennett, they would take it, well,

658
00:34:19,440 --> 00:34:23,000
Speaker 2: of course they would absolutely take that. But again, to me,

659
00:34:23,040 --> 00:34:25,560
Speaker 2: it it comes back to the line, man, can they

660
00:34:25,600 --> 00:34:29,880
Speaker 2: run the ball. They brought over Josh McCrae too from Illinois, Illinois,

661
00:34:29,880 --> 00:34:33,640
Speaker 2: who I think could fit nicely into that backfield. But

662
00:34:34,920 --> 00:34:37,719
Speaker 2: you know, how the offense comes together, I think is really.

663
00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,799
Speaker 1: That's it. That's it, mate, Zacharia Branch from USC man

664
00:34:42,800 --> 00:34:46,320
Speaker 1: his brother's ion safety, Noah Thomas from A and n

665
00:34:46,400 --> 00:34:48,920
Speaker 1: Noah Thomas big receiver, trying to stretch the field a

666
00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:52,560
Speaker 1: little bit more. They're searching on offense. They're definitely searching

667
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,320
Speaker 1: for players that they have not necessarily found out of

668
00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:57,520
Speaker 1: the high school ranks, like everybody is. To be clear,

669
00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,839
Speaker 1: they what they bolstered things on the edge with an

670
00:34:59,880 --> 00:35:04,080
Speaker 1: arm me transfer on defense. But yeah, that to me

671
00:35:04,160 --> 00:35:06,560
Speaker 1: is the question, like, is this team capable of scoring

672
00:35:06,760 --> 00:35:10,719
Speaker 1: thirty points against a decent SEC team. I'm not sure

673
00:35:10,719 --> 00:35:13,560
Speaker 1: I see it in August right now, But that doesn't

674
00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:15,239
Speaker 1: mean they can't win games. It's just not on how

675
00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:16,720
Speaker 1: the manner in which they're winning games.

676
00:35:16,760 --> 00:35:21,680
Speaker 2: Now, look of the top SEC teams, Georgia's got the

677
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:25,439
Speaker 2: most favorable schedule on They only have three true road

678
00:35:25,480 --> 00:35:27,960
Speaker 2: games at Tennessee, at Auburn, at Mississippi State.

679
00:35:27,960 --> 00:35:31,560
Speaker 1: You'll take those three, yeah, non conference before Georgia Tech, Marshall,

680
00:35:31,600 --> 00:35:34,840
Speaker 1: Austin p and Charlotte. You know, studies in Bravery Tye,

681
00:35:35,040 --> 00:35:37,040
Speaker 1: studies in Bravery continue.

682
00:35:37,080 --> 00:35:40,680
Speaker 2: They've got two neutral siders. They've got the game against

683
00:35:40,680 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 2: Florida in Jacksonville and then in Atlanta to close out

684
00:35:44,080 --> 00:35:45,359
Speaker 2: the year against Georgia Tech.

685
00:35:46,520 --> 00:35:48,400
Speaker 1: Right, Not Bobby Dodd.

686
00:35:48,520 --> 00:35:52,560
Speaker 2: Not Bobby Dodd, That's why I see. But it's in Atlanta.

687
00:35:53,000 --> 00:35:56,720
Speaker 2: Two toughest games are at home, and that's Bama in Texas.

688
00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:01,399
Speaker 2: Ole miss might be the toughest. The next toughest game

689
00:36:01,440 --> 00:36:03,920
Speaker 2: on the slate, depending I guess how you feel about Florida.

690
00:36:04,040 --> 00:36:05,320
Speaker 2: That game's also at home, oh.

691
00:36:05,200 --> 00:36:07,719
Speaker 1: Man at Auburn rivalry game on the road against what

692
00:36:07,800 --> 00:36:11,239
Speaker 1: should be a pretty good team, and that's Auburn's in

693
00:36:11,280 --> 00:36:15,439
Speaker 1: the middle of you know, Alabama Kentucky, which, by the way,

694
00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:17,439
Speaker 1: they were a gusta wind away from losing that game

695
00:36:17,520 --> 00:36:20,480
Speaker 1: last year. Yeah, Kentucky at Auburn, ole mess. That's a

696
00:36:20,560 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 1: tough that's a tricky stretch.

697
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:27,080
Speaker 2: What I like about this schedule though, is there are

698
00:36:27,080 --> 00:36:30,960
Speaker 2: no murderers Rose, wounders, Rose, whatever we want to refer

699
00:36:30,960 --> 00:36:33,319
Speaker 2: to them here on this show. Yeah, it seems like

700
00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,200
Speaker 2: it is batched really nicely. They've got some runway in

701
00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:38,239
Speaker 2: the beginning with Marshall Austin p and I think at

702
00:36:38,280 --> 00:36:41,480
Speaker 2: Tennessee who they should be better than to break in

703
00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:43,799
Speaker 2: Gunner Stock and break in this line and get things going.

704
00:36:43,840 --> 00:36:46,359
Speaker 2: Tennessee should have a really really good defense, So that'll

705
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,000
Speaker 2: be an early test. Yes, but then after a bye,

706
00:36:49,080 --> 00:36:51,120
Speaker 2: that's when it starts up with Alabama. But then it

707
00:36:51,120 --> 00:36:54,359
Speaker 2: throttles back down with like Kentucky. The Auburn road game

708
00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:56,719
Speaker 2: is the rivalry that could be tough and old miss

709
00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 2: that's the stretch. As you said, in the middle. I

710
00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,160
Speaker 2: think this sets up pretty well for them. Of course,

711
00:37:02,160 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 2: it's an SEC slate, so there are always going to

712
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:07,239
Speaker 2: be land mines here. The over under again for this

713
00:37:07,280 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 2: team is nine and a half. I'm inclined to.

714
00:37:09,840 --> 00:37:10,480
Speaker 1: Go over again.

715
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:12,839
Speaker 2: Like, I haven't done the math here to know if

716
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:14,719
Speaker 2: there are enough wins to go around for all of

717
00:37:14,760 --> 00:37:17,719
Speaker 2: these teams. But Alabama, Texas, Georgia. To me, I look

718
00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:19,880
Speaker 2: at nine and a half, and all of them feel

719
00:37:19,880 --> 00:37:21,480
Speaker 2: like they are very easy overs.

720
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:26,399
Speaker 1: I'm not there with Georgia. No, no, I'm not there

721
00:37:26,440 --> 00:37:31,680
Speaker 1: with Georgia just because you give me offensive line, receiver

722
00:37:32,320 --> 00:37:38,799
Speaker 1: and quarterback questions and coordinator questions. I have coordinator questions.

723
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: Maybe Kirby Smart doesn't have coordinator questions. I don't know.

724
00:37:41,800 --> 00:37:46,560
Speaker 1: And that specific schedule that I think they're going to

725
00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 1: be able to out coach basically everybody on this schedule.

726
00:37:50,680 --> 00:37:53,279
Speaker 1: We'll see with Alabama, But I think Kirby's a better

727
00:37:53,280 --> 00:37:56,560
Speaker 1: coach than basically, if not everybody on this schedule, he's

728
00:37:56,600 --> 00:37:59,280
Speaker 1: everybody on the schedule. He's more accomplished, he's just better. Yeah,

729
00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,320
Speaker 1: So I don't think they're going to lose games because

730
00:38:02,440 --> 00:38:05,239
Speaker 1: of you know, the head guy being a dumb dumb

731
00:38:05,320 --> 00:38:09,879
Speaker 1: or whatever. But I don't know. I just the star

732
00:38:10,000 --> 00:38:13,000
Speaker 1: power on offense, the ability to change a game when

733
00:38:13,000 --> 00:38:16,120
Speaker 1: it needs to be changed, like I'm not there with Georgia.

734
00:38:16,320 --> 00:38:18,719
Speaker 1: I don't have confidence in ten wins. You've got to

735
00:38:18,760 --> 00:38:20,640
Speaker 1: give me two of those like four or five things

736
00:38:20,640 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: that I listed on offense for me to feel like,

737
00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 1: really really good about ten wins. Otherwise they're just gonna

738
00:38:25,719 --> 00:38:27,440
Speaker 1: have to win a bunch of seventeen thirteen games, and

739
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:28,920
Speaker 1: I just don't think you can count on that with

740
00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:33,200
Speaker 1: offensive firepowers on that schedule. Look, here are the quarterbacks

741
00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:37,880
Speaker 1: on this schedule, Joey Aguilar. Okay, So outside of Tennessee,

742
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:39,359
Speaker 1: which is going to be tough because that's on the road,

743
00:38:39,400 --> 00:38:41,279
Speaker 1: and that's a good defense on the road. That's one

744
00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:44,600
Speaker 1: of my like just take the points right. Good defense

745
00:38:44,640 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 1: on the road. Alabama toss up last year and we

746
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:50,160
Speaker 1: don't know what we're getting from really either of these quarterbacks.

747
00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,520
Speaker 1: But that's at home at Auburn. That's firepower at receiver.

748
00:38:53,640 --> 00:38:56,359
Speaker 1: Should be an offense, it's really good, and there's you know,

749
00:38:56,520 --> 00:38:59,120
Speaker 1: there's a good defense at Auburn this year. Ole Miss

750
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 1: they lose a ton by but Old Miss loses a

751
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:05,640
Speaker 1: ton Florida's got a potential first round quarterback and should

752
00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:09,080
Speaker 1: have star power on that offense. And Texas we've already

753
00:39:09,080 --> 00:39:11,920
Speaker 1: discussed and Georgia Tech Hateful three Stars. Is that what

754
00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 1: we Hateful three Stars agreed upon with Josh pat So,

755
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,120
Speaker 1: like they were how many overtimes into the Georgia Tech

756
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 1: game and now it's away from home? Yeah, I just

757
00:39:21,560 --> 00:39:23,799
Speaker 1: I'm not there. I'm not there. So what did you

758
00:39:23,800 --> 00:39:25,279
Speaker 1: say that over under was nine and a half and

759
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:29,040
Speaker 1: a half. Yeah, I could be talked into the under

760
00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:31,080
Speaker 1: with Georgia. I know that's a like kind of sitting

761
00:39:31,080 --> 00:39:34,760
Speaker 1: on the fence hedging, but like that seems more realistic

762
00:39:34,800 --> 00:39:37,240
Speaker 1: to me in this moment than Texas Orbama at that number.

763
00:39:38,400 --> 00:39:41,960
Speaker 2: Fair enough, let's move on. Let's talk about Old Miss.

764
00:39:42,280 --> 00:39:42,799
Speaker 1: Let's do it.

765
00:39:43,440 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 2: You're way higher on Old Miss than I think I am.

766
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:50,120
Speaker 2: I like Old Miss. I'm not crazy high on Old Miss.

767
00:39:50,160 --> 00:39:52,720
Speaker 2: They're over under is eight and a half this season.

768
00:39:53,400 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 2: They finally got over the hump last year and beat Georgia.

769
00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:56,959
Speaker 1: They did.

770
00:39:57,160 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 2: They beat South Carolina, they lost to Florida LSU and

771
00:39:59,760 --> 00:40:02,560
Speaker 2: con the Kentucky one. I'm still scratching my head over

772
00:40:02,600 --> 00:40:08,759
Speaker 2: but a last yea a ten and three campaign. Okay,

773
00:40:08,800 --> 00:40:10,800
Speaker 2: this is a changing of the guard in a sense.

774
00:40:11,560 --> 00:40:16,640
Speaker 2: It lost a lot from last year's team, especially on defense,

775
00:40:17,160 --> 00:40:19,120
Speaker 2: there was a bit of an exodus with regard to

776
00:40:19,160 --> 00:40:22,399
Speaker 2: star power. So the obvious question I think is can

777
00:40:22,440 --> 00:40:29,760
Speaker 2: Pete Golden can that defense find a way to perform

778
00:40:29,760 --> 00:40:32,319
Speaker 2: at a very high level despite the fact that they

779
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:35,799
Speaker 2: are losing a lot, particularly in the secondary. It's going

780
00:40:35,880 --> 00:40:39,239
Speaker 2: to be a very transfer dependent secondary this year. I

781
00:40:39,280 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 2: think that turnover on defense combined with an offensive line

782
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,359
Speaker 2: that we saw a struggle in a lot of short

783
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 2: yarded situations last year. This is the equation that we

784
00:40:50,960 --> 00:40:54,359
Speaker 2: start looking at when we're talking about close games, and

785
00:40:54,400 --> 00:40:56,959
Speaker 2: it's a theme that has come up over and over

786
00:40:57,040 --> 00:40:59,279
Speaker 2: and over again throughout the course of these previews, Dan,

787
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:02,840
Speaker 2: how do you get better in close games? How do

788
00:41:02,840 --> 00:41:03,960
Speaker 2: you get better in close games?

789
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:05,040
Speaker 1: Is throw a pair?

790
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:05,640
Speaker 2: Well?

791
00:41:05,680 --> 00:41:06,279
Speaker 1: Growing a pair?

792
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know what the formula is for that exactly. Yeah,

793
00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,000
Speaker 2: but that's I think what I'm getting at here when

794
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:14,520
Speaker 2: I look at ole Miss and something that I look

795
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:17,719
Speaker 2: at what they've got now and I worry a little

796
00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:19,839
Speaker 2: bit about that. Now you're pretty high in this team.

797
00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:23,719
Speaker 2: I am, You're really high in this team. Tell me

798
00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:26,800
Speaker 2: why expect build a case for ole Miss this season?

799
00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:31,640
Speaker 1: There's no pressure on ole Miss this year and the

800
00:41:31,680 --> 00:41:33,799
Speaker 1: way that there was last year. Right, the conversation with

801
00:41:33,840 --> 00:41:36,600
Speaker 1: ole Miss last year was like chips into the middle

802
00:41:36,640 --> 00:41:40,560
Speaker 1: of the table, right that, you know, bringing back Jackson Dart,

803
00:41:40,600 --> 00:41:42,840
Speaker 1: you know, bringing in guys like Walter Nolan, bringing in

804
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:46,239
Speaker 1: the receiver, like there was enough there that you're just like, man,

805
00:41:46,440 --> 00:41:50,200
Speaker 1: this is playoff or bust. Didn't work out, but it

806
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,800
Speaker 1: was still on paper and the way they beat Georgia

807
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:56,560
Speaker 1: and the way that offense and defense were just over

808
00:41:56,560 --> 00:42:00,160
Speaker 1: the course of the season maybe the best team in

809
00:42:00,160 --> 00:42:03,440
Speaker 1: the SEC at their best, which obviously is a meaningful,

810
00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:08,480
Speaker 1: meaningless compliment, but that they really were able to solve

811
00:42:08,640 --> 00:42:11,239
Speaker 1: a lot of what ailed them in years past, and

812
00:42:11,320 --> 00:42:14,160
Speaker 1: so they took a step forward even though the final

813
00:42:14,239 --> 00:42:18,400
Speaker 1: season result wasn't there Now so many guys are gone,

814
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:21,680
Speaker 1: right that Austin Simmons is stepping in that they've got.

815
00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:23,759
Speaker 1: Was it Harrison Wallace coming in from Penn State and

816
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:26,480
Speaker 1: to John Stribling from Oklahoma State or the new receivers.

817
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 1: It's what Logan digs once again, still in.

818
00:42:28,920 --> 00:42:31,200
Speaker 2: College, Still in college man, still to Dame.

819
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:35,880
Speaker 1: Lc ole missed right that, yeah, the offensive line experience

820
00:42:35,960 --> 00:42:39,960
Speaker 1: isn't there, there's interesting defensive players up front, secondaries, basically

821
00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:44,400
Speaker 1: all transfer guys that they're like my baby rattlesnake, even

822
00:42:44,440 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 1: though I think that theory was debunked that baby rattlesnakes,

823
00:42:47,320 --> 00:42:51,319
Speaker 1: the venom of baby rattlesnakes is more potent. I just

824
00:42:51,400 --> 00:42:55,120
Speaker 1: think they've got like a nothing to lose thing this year.

825
00:42:55,760 --> 00:42:58,680
Speaker 1: That there's so much pressure on so many of the teams.

826
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 1: On the old miss sketch, right, Sam Hitman, Sam Pittman,

827
00:43:01,600 --> 00:43:04,200
Speaker 1: excuse me, hanging by a thread. We'll see on Tulane

828
00:43:04,320 --> 00:43:06,600
Speaker 1: they should be better than Tulane. LSU has a ton

829
00:43:06,680 --> 00:43:08,919
Speaker 1: of pressure. Brian Kelly has a ton of pressure on him.

830
00:43:09,280 --> 00:43:11,839
Speaker 1: Georgia on the road. They won that game last year,

831
00:43:11,880 --> 00:43:13,840
Speaker 1: so there's less pressure on them this year, if that

832
00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,800
Speaker 1: makes any sense. Brent Vennable's a ton of pressure bringing

833
00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 1: in John Matteer and Eric Arbuckle Ben Arbuckle, Ben Arble.

834
00:43:19,680 --> 00:43:21,600
Speaker 1: I don't know why keeps telling him Eric ben Arbuckle

835
00:43:21,800 --> 00:43:24,520
Speaker 1: at Oklahoma. I just I don't know. I think there's

836
00:43:24,560 --> 00:43:27,000
Speaker 1: a weight on a lot of these teams. You know,

837
00:43:27,040 --> 00:43:30,520
Speaker 1: the Florida game went was terribly last year. South Carolina's

838
00:43:30,840 --> 00:43:33,480
Speaker 1: so many new things so many places, and even though

839
00:43:33,480 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 1: the rivalry game in the Egg Bowl is on the road,

840
00:43:36,360 --> 00:43:38,919
Speaker 1: starting point for Ole Miss is still better than Mississippi State.

841
00:43:39,560 --> 00:43:41,080
Speaker 1: I don't know. I just think they're going to be

842
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,880
Speaker 1: looser this year, and Lane Kiffin is going to be

843
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:46,359
Speaker 1: going for things in a way maybe he wasn't last year.

844
00:43:46,680 --> 00:43:50,080
Speaker 1: So call it a ViBe's call from me with Ole Miss.

845
00:43:50,880 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 1: I think I really like Austin Simmons. I think he's

846
00:43:53,040 --> 00:43:55,920
Speaker 1: got a gun like I don't know, man.

847
00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:59,400
Speaker 2: Those six passing attempts against Georgia last year left you enchanted.

848
00:44:00,040 --> 00:44:02,480
Speaker 1: He got in and immediately let him on a touchdown drive, Ty,

849
00:44:03,080 --> 00:44:05,080
Speaker 1: what could he do with the whole season? Look, I

850
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:09,160
Speaker 1: like him a lot. Austin Simmons when playing a meaningful

851
00:44:09,200 --> 00:44:12,080
Speaker 1: when leading a meaningful drive, I think has a one

852
00:44:12,160 --> 00:44:17,399
Speaker 1: hundred touchdown right against good teams. So I think it's

853
00:44:17,440 --> 00:44:19,319
Speaker 1: going to be really fun, Like they could go nine

854
00:44:19,360 --> 00:44:20,879
Speaker 1: and three, ten and two, eight and four, like it's

855
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:23,319
Speaker 1: all on the table. Of course, it's a vibess call

856
00:44:23,400 --> 00:44:25,719
Speaker 1: from me that the Portal King is going to just

857
00:44:25,840 --> 00:44:26,879
Speaker 1: have a really fun year.

858
00:44:27,480 --> 00:44:35,520
Speaker 2: Okay, Yeah, Austin Simmons has like all SEC caliber potential sure,

859
00:44:35,600 --> 00:44:38,920
Speaker 2: he's got move good mobility, he's got a very strong arm,

860
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:40,680
Speaker 2: and I think he's going to have a really good

861
00:44:41,280 --> 00:44:46,360
Speaker 2: receiver room around him. Remember they bring over Lucas from Arkansas. Yeah,

862
00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:51,000
Speaker 2: Caden Lee dynamic in the slot. He mentioned de Jean

863
00:44:51,120 --> 00:44:54,000
Speaker 2: Stribbling excuse me, from Oklahoma State, Trey Wallace from Penn State.

864
00:44:54,719 --> 00:44:57,719
Speaker 2: I think that can be a very very good receiver room.

865
00:44:58,160 --> 00:44:58,359
Speaker 1: Yep.

866
00:44:58,960 --> 00:45:02,920
Speaker 2: I'm encouraged by what the portal king has done. I

867
00:45:03,000 --> 00:45:04,920
Speaker 2: do want to see what the offensive line can do.

868
00:45:05,320 --> 00:45:07,640
Speaker 2: It was not a strength last season. They did not

869
00:45:07,719 --> 00:45:11,439
Speaker 2: get much of a push. Short yardage was a significant

870
00:45:11,440 --> 00:45:14,640
Speaker 2: weakness for this team. Sure they need to improve there.

871
00:45:15,680 --> 00:45:17,520
Speaker 2: All the other stuff can be very exciting, but I

872
00:45:17,560 --> 00:45:19,919
Speaker 2: got to see what they can do up front. Yep.

873
00:45:20,120 --> 00:45:21,840
Speaker 1: Defense to top fifteen offense.

874
00:45:21,960 --> 00:45:29,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, absolutely, defensively, ten of like their best players are gone.

875
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:30,680
Speaker 1: Details.

876
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:35,320
Speaker 2: Okay, the secondary, as I said, very very transferred dependent.

877
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:36,239
Speaker 1: Yep.

878
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:41,359
Speaker 2: Pete Golding did a really good job. He did do

879
00:45:41,440 --> 00:45:44,920
Speaker 2: a really good job. They jumped from twenty third to

880
00:45:45,320 --> 00:45:48,799
Speaker 2: third in defensive sp plus last season, and they were

881
00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:52,120
Speaker 2: definitely much higher up on the list with regard to sacks.

882
00:45:52,160 --> 00:45:57,280
Speaker 2: I believe they were first, yep, So I gotta see

883
00:45:57,719 --> 00:46:00,520
Speaker 2: what this defense can do. I gotta see if with

884
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:03,319
Speaker 2: all the turnover they can still play at an elite level.

885
00:46:04,480 --> 00:46:08,160
Speaker 2: I like Sunterene Perkins. That's a great name, great name

886
00:46:08,200 --> 00:46:10,839
Speaker 2: out there on the old missfront. Ten and a half

887
00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:14,200
Speaker 2: sacks a year ago, ten run stops. I think they've

888
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:17,720
Speaker 2: got the pieces in place here. But to the earlier point,

889
00:46:17,800 --> 00:46:19,680
Speaker 2: they might be able to play a little bit looser

890
00:46:20,000 --> 00:46:21,920
Speaker 2: because I don't know if the expectations are going to

891
00:46:21,960 --> 00:46:25,400
Speaker 2: be there this year as they were last. So I

892
00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:27,960
Speaker 2: like this team a lot, but I found myself wavering

893
00:46:28,040 --> 00:46:31,520
Speaker 2: dan with how much do I really like them? To

894
00:46:31,600 --> 00:46:34,600
Speaker 2: what degree can I see this team truly contending for

895
00:46:34,680 --> 00:46:36,680
Speaker 2: the SEC again? The over under is eight and a

896
00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:41,680
Speaker 2: half with ole Miss this season. The schedule relative to

897
00:46:41,800 --> 00:46:46,160
Speaker 2: the SEC field here is very manageable. You've only got

898
00:46:46,200 --> 00:46:48,520
Speaker 2: four road games. You're at Kentucky, You're at Georgia, You're

899
00:46:48,560 --> 00:46:54,600
Speaker 2: at Oklahoma, You're at Mississippi State. They avoid Alabama, Auburn, Miszoo, Tennessee,

900
00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:57,000
Speaker 2: and A and M. This year. They still have to

901
00:46:57,040 --> 00:47:01,960
Speaker 2: play you know, LSU, Georgio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Florida. I

902
00:47:02,000 --> 00:47:05,080
Speaker 2: guess if you're counting them through. But the crucial stretch

903
00:47:05,120 --> 00:47:07,920
Speaker 2: for this team is going to be at Georgia at

904
00:47:07,960 --> 00:47:13,520
Speaker 2: Oklahoma home versus South Carolina on October the eighteenth, October

905
00:47:13,560 --> 00:47:16,840
Speaker 2: the twenty fifth, and November the first. Those three games

906
00:47:16,880 --> 00:47:18,319
Speaker 2: I think are going to be the make or break

907
00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:22,239
Speaker 2: stretch for this Old Miss squad. Frankly, it's a big

908
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 2: shrug for me. I'm lower on them than you. I'm

909
00:47:25,239 --> 00:47:28,120
Speaker 2: higher on them than I expected. I don't know what

910
00:47:28,160 --> 00:47:30,520
Speaker 2: the ceiling looks like because I like the talent. It

911
00:47:30,600 --> 00:47:32,360
Speaker 2: just feels like a lot of unprovens.

912
00:47:32,560 --> 00:47:35,520
Speaker 1: I think it's all fair. I respect everybody's Old Miss

913
00:47:36,080 --> 00:47:40,279
Speaker 1: evaluations at this moment because nobody's right. But yeah, this

914
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:43,279
Speaker 1: is it's just a vibes call for me that I

915
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:47,319
Speaker 1: like where they appear to be in the pecking order

916
00:47:47,400 --> 00:47:47,759
Speaker 1: right now.

917
00:47:49,719 --> 00:47:51,520
Speaker 2: Where do you want to go next? I'm gonna go LSU.

918
00:47:51,920 --> 00:47:54,640
Speaker 1: Let's do LSU. Fascinating, maybe the most fascinating of any

919
00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:58,480
Speaker 1: of these teams, continued Why why Okay, so they've got

920
00:47:58,480 --> 00:48:01,600
Speaker 1: a wild card at quarterback. To disagree or we both agree,

921
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:05,120
Speaker 1: the best of Garrett Neusmeyer is total well. The Heisman winner,

922
00:48:05,280 --> 00:48:08,960
Speaker 1: Heisman winner gunslinger. Is that a word, sure, gun slinger,

923
00:48:09,000 --> 00:48:14,560
Speaker 1: I think is appropriate. Yeah, he has an expanded and

924
00:48:14,719 --> 00:48:21,040
Speaker 1: expansive and expensive wide receivers room. Yes, correct, very high

925
00:48:21,120 --> 00:48:23,840
Speaker 1: ceiling in this receiver's room. I don't know who, Like

926
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,800
Speaker 1: the number one dude will clearly be when all is

927
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:29,200
Speaker 1: said and done, but there's options. Could be Nick Anderson

928
00:48:29,239 --> 00:48:31,959
Speaker 1: if he's healthy or is able to stay healthy after

929
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:34,640
Speaker 1: dealing with some health issues. Like there's a ton there

930
00:48:34,840 --> 00:48:38,799
Speaker 1: both in terms of local guys, not local, but you

931
00:48:38,880 --> 00:48:42,600
Speaker 1: guys on the roster coming back and transfer wise, it's

932
00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:45,040
Speaker 1: Barrion Brown, who's technically two players because he's one of

933
00:48:45,040 --> 00:48:47,880
Speaker 1: the best kickoff returners in the country. Running back, they

934
00:48:47,920 --> 00:48:50,600
Speaker 1: seem to be in good shape. I'm talking about running back,

935
00:48:50,640 --> 00:48:54,080
Speaker 1: not running game in this moment, Okay. That the talent

936
00:48:54,160 --> 00:48:56,319
Speaker 1: in that room. Bringing in the number one I think

937
00:48:56,440 --> 00:48:59,959
Speaker 1: recruit running back recruit in the nation, Harlem Barry, Caden Durham,

938
00:49:00,040 --> 00:49:02,600
Speaker 1: I think is really good. They've got big body dudes.

939
00:49:02,600 --> 00:49:04,960
Speaker 1: They've got shifty dudes like they've just we like we

940
00:49:04,960 --> 00:49:06,840
Speaker 1: talked about with Oregon, Like the archetypes are there in

941
00:49:06,840 --> 00:49:10,319
Speaker 1: that running backs room. Yes, they've recruited offensive line well,

942
00:49:10,440 --> 00:49:14,480
Speaker 1: enough to make me think that they'll be like the

943
00:49:14,560 --> 00:49:17,960
Speaker 1: floor is a serviceable floor. Now it might only be

944
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:24,799
Speaker 1: a serviceable floor protecting Garrett Nussmeyer. They really do need

945
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:27,640
Speaker 1: to get better run blocking, but it's a new line,

946
00:49:28,120 --> 00:49:32,560
Speaker 1: so you can't necessarily use the weakness of last year's

947
00:49:32,560 --> 00:49:35,640
Speaker 1: line against this year's line. And they add Alex Atkins,

948
00:49:35,719 --> 00:49:38,640
Speaker 1: so they kind of have two offensive line coaches. Florida

949
00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:42,160
Speaker 1: State for a stretch ran really well when Alex Atkins

950
00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:44,600
Speaker 1: was there. Offense kind of fell off, but that's not

951
00:49:44,640 --> 00:49:48,560
Speaker 1: today's episode. And then defensively, the line is deep. They

952
00:49:48,600 --> 00:49:52,120
Speaker 1: went after a bunch of defensive ends. Harold Perkins's back

953
00:49:52,160 --> 00:49:57,600
Speaker 1: wit Weeks exclusively just tackles everything in a ten mile vicinity.

954
00:49:57,760 --> 00:49:59,799
Speaker 1: The secondary looks like it should be in good shap.

955
00:50:01,480 --> 00:50:04,400
Speaker 1: You can just talk me into seventeen different outcomes for

956
00:50:04,440 --> 00:50:08,760
Speaker 1: this LSU season, and I believe you. Brian Kelly is

957
00:50:08,840 --> 00:50:11,600
Speaker 1: at the top of this all like it's all on

958
00:50:11,640 --> 00:50:14,239
Speaker 1: the table with this LSU team. They've got like four

959
00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:17,719
Speaker 1: six foot ten tight ends ready to roll. I'm just

960
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:20,680
Speaker 1: in on LSU being more entertaining than any of the

961
00:50:20,719 --> 00:50:21,960
Speaker 1: teams we've already talked about.

962
00:50:22,080 --> 00:50:25,560
Speaker 2: LS he's going all in. Yeah, it's got to be

963
00:50:25,600 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 2: playoff or bust. I think this year for Brian Kelly,

964
00:50:29,120 --> 00:50:32,960
Speaker 2: top transfer hall in the country. You got the veteran quarterback,

965
00:50:33,000 --> 00:50:36,279
Speaker 2: you got a defense that is improving. There's a lot

966
00:50:36,320 --> 00:50:37,160
Speaker 2: to build on here.

967
00:50:37,239 --> 00:50:39,520
Speaker 1: Harold Perkins is going to line up at thirteen different

968
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:41,920
Speaker 1: positions this Yeah.

969
00:50:42,080 --> 00:50:45,920
Speaker 2: I love Garrett Nsmeier. Okay, Okay, he's very clearly a

970
00:50:46,000 --> 00:50:49,680
Speaker 2: first round talent. You cannot put it all on him

971
00:50:49,719 --> 00:50:51,680
Speaker 2: this year and expect to be a serious contender.

972
00:50:51,840 --> 00:50:52,879
Speaker 1: You just can't.

973
00:50:53,120 --> 00:50:55,839
Speaker 2: And that's not even a reflection on him, Dan, It's

974
00:50:55,880 --> 00:50:59,560
Speaker 2: just more a function of I think they're being really

975
00:50:59,600 --> 00:51:02,759
Speaker 2: really good. Defense is up and down the SEC this year,

976
00:51:03,360 --> 00:51:05,359
Speaker 2: and they're gonna figure you out. If you're a one

977
00:51:05,400 --> 00:51:08,120
Speaker 2: trick pony, you can't do that. They got to figure

978
00:51:08,120 --> 00:51:09,480
Speaker 2: out a way to get more on the ground. And

979
00:51:09,520 --> 00:51:10,960
Speaker 2: you're right, like, I don't need to go through and

980
00:51:11,000 --> 00:51:14,920
Speaker 2: list all those names in the running back room, but

981
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:17,920
Speaker 2: they've got a stable back there and they've got to

982
00:51:17,960 --> 00:51:22,400
Speaker 2: figure out away now with this reconstituted line that lost

983
00:51:22,480 --> 00:51:26,279
Speaker 2: four of five starters, to take a step forward, they

984
00:51:26,360 --> 00:51:28,000
Speaker 2: got to find a way to get something going on

985
00:51:28,000 --> 00:51:30,000
Speaker 2: the ground. Otherwise, I think this is going to be

986
00:51:30,719 --> 00:51:33,839
Speaker 2: all on Garrett nus Meyer, which is fun, and he's

987
00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:35,880
Speaker 2: gonna put up like four thousand yards, but he might

988
00:51:35,920 --> 00:51:39,080
Speaker 2: throw fifteen picks and you're not gonna be able to

989
00:51:39,120 --> 00:51:40,080
Speaker 2: win the sec that way.

990
00:51:40,600 --> 00:51:43,640
Speaker 1: And by the way, sidebar, that is related to what

991
00:51:43,680 --> 00:51:48,560
Speaker 1: you're talking about. We rightfully honor and treasure the contributions

992
00:51:48,560 --> 00:51:51,200
Speaker 1: of Jamar Chase and Justin Jefferson take your pick, Joe

993
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:56,200
Speaker 1: Burrow that team. It can be argued that the heartbeat

994
00:51:56,239 --> 00:51:59,680
Speaker 1: of that offense was Clyde Edwards Hilaire right when things

995
00:51:59,719 --> 00:52:06,280
Speaker 1: got like those were the tough third and seven swing

996
00:52:06,560 --> 00:52:09,359
Speaker 1: passes that went for seven and a half. Right, those

997
00:52:09,360 --> 00:52:13,160
Speaker 1: were the tough yards in between the sticks. Like when

998
00:52:13,200 --> 00:52:16,200
Speaker 1: they are fully operational, it is a complete offense. It

999
00:52:16,280 --> 00:52:17,920
Speaker 1: is not an air raid. It is not just bombing

1000
00:52:17,920 --> 00:52:20,120
Speaker 1: the ball downfield to a different guy at different play.

1001
00:52:20,600 --> 00:52:24,799
Speaker 1: And so, to your point, desperately needed to make this

1002
00:52:24,840 --> 00:52:26,080
Speaker 1: thing go to the next level.

1003
00:52:26,719 --> 00:52:29,440
Speaker 2: The defense improved by twenty spots in the sp plus

1004
00:52:29,840 --> 00:52:32,680
Speaker 2: and that was in year one under Blake Baker. I

1005
00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:34,319
Speaker 2: think it stands to reason, and you're gonna see further

1006
00:52:34,360 --> 00:52:37,440
Speaker 2: improvement there interesting thing about Blake Baker. I don't know

1007
00:52:37,440 --> 00:52:41,200
Speaker 2: if you saw this in your research. I didn't expect this, okay,

1008
00:52:41,600 --> 00:52:45,200
Speaker 2: as opposed to a lot of his peers prefers an aggressive,

1009
00:52:45,200 --> 00:52:46,160
Speaker 2: attacking defense.

1010
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:48,439
Speaker 1: Could you see that's down. I've got my legal pad

1011
00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:51,880
Speaker 1: right here. Aggressive attacking I They just need to settle

1012
00:52:51,880 --> 00:52:54,359
Speaker 1: on what they're going to do with Harold Perkins. That's

1013
00:52:54,360 --> 00:52:56,840
Speaker 1: all I need to know. Yes, yeah.

1014
00:52:57,120 --> 00:53:01,279
Speaker 2: One thing Bill Connolly points out, though, is when you

1015
00:53:01,320 --> 00:53:04,680
Speaker 2: attack a lot, you put your secondary at risk. This

1016
00:53:04,760 --> 00:53:08,120
Speaker 2: secondary is an entirely new cast of characters. They need

1017
00:53:08,160 --> 00:53:10,279
Speaker 2: to get on the same page quickly because they've got

1018
00:53:10,320 --> 00:53:13,759
Speaker 2: Clemson Florida Old miss All on the schedule in September,

1019
00:53:14,800 --> 00:53:16,920
Speaker 2: So figure it out quick. If you want to be

1020
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:20,480
Speaker 2: aggressive in attack, that's great. You want to make sure

1021
00:53:20,480 --> 00:53:22,080
Speaker 2: you've got the secondary to back that up.

1022
00:53:22,400 --> 00:53:22,600
Speaker 1: Yeap.

1023
00:53:23,280 --> 00:53:26,360
Speaker 2: And it's a lot of new guys. This is the

1024
00:53:26,520 --> 00:53:30,080
Speaker 2: sixth toughest schedule in America, per our friend Phil Steele.

1025
00:53:30,360 --> 00:53:30,880
Speaker 1: Can't wait.

1026
00:53:31,080 --> 00:53:34,080
Speaker 2: They've got a playoff game in effective playoff game week

1027
00:53:34,120 --> 00:53:36,520
Speaker 2: one in the Death Valley Bowl. We need a better

1028
00:53:36,600 --> 00:53:38,200
Speaker 2: name for it. We can come up with that later.

1029
00:53:38,400 --> 00:53:41,480
Speaker 2: They're on the road at Clemson. They've got road trips

1030
00:53:41,520 --> 00:53:44,719
Speaker 2: not just to Clemson, but also at Old Miss, Vandy, Alabama, Oklahoma.

1031
00:53:44,760 --> 00:53:47,480
Speaker 2: They've got Florida, South Carolina A and M also on

1032
00:53:47,520 --> 00:53:52,640
Speaker 2: this thing extremely interesting sandwich game on October the eighteenth,

1033
00:53:52,680 --> 00:53:56,160
Speaker 2: go on. They are on the road against Vanderbilt in

1034
00:53:56,280 --> 00:53:59,320
Speaker 2: between home games. In between home games, they've got the

1035
00:53:59,320 --> 00:54:03,840
Speaker 2: South Carolina A game on homecoming no less the week before,

1036
00:54:04,640 --> 00:54:06,680
Speaker 2: and then a game against Texas A and M the

1037
00:54:06,719 --> 00:54:07,320
Speaker 2: week after.

1038
00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:09,799
Speaker 1: Baby, we got bad blood there too.

1039
00:54:09,960 --> 00:54:12,400
Speaker 2: Yeah, and Vanderbilt's coming off of a bye.

1040
00:54:12,600 --> 00:54:13,400
Speaker 1: Yes, they are.

1041
00:54:14,880 --> 00:54:19,080
Speaker 2: So it will not be easy for LSU. They did

1042
00:54:19,120 --> 00:54:21,400
Speaker 2: load up in the portal. They do have a ton

1043
00:54:21,719 --> 00:54:26,160
Speaker 2: of talent on this roster, but there are expectations and

1044
00:54:26,239 --> 00:54:28,279
Speaker 2: as opposed to Ole Miss, who we just talked about,

1045
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:30,359
Speaker 2: I don't think LSU is in a position where they're

1046
00:54:30,360 --> 00:54:33,040
Speaker 2: going to be playing loose. I think they all are

1047
00:54:33,080 --> 00:54:35,360
Speaker 2: aligned behind the fact that they need to get to

1048
00:54:35,440 --> 00:54:38,680
Speaker 2: the playoff this year. Yes, which is why I think

1049
00:54:39,200 --> 00:54:43,120
Speaker 2: my take on our episode with Josh back on Sunday,

1050
00:54:43,160 --> 00:54:46,759
Speaker 2: go and listen to it is the appropriate take, and

1051
00:54:46,800 --> 00:54:49,200
Speaker 2: that is LSU is going to find itself with this

1052
00:54:49,239 --> 00:54:52,360
Speaker 2: schedule right on the cusp of an at large playoff

1053
00:54:52,360 --> 00:54:55,680
Speaker 2: bid at nine to three, and I can absolutely see

1054
00:54:55,680 --> 00:54:59,480
Speaker 2: them being quote this year's Alabama. Yeah, a team that

1055
00:54:59,480 --> 00:55:02,879
Speaker 2: everybody acknowledge is is very good, but maybe doesn't have

1056
00:55:02,920 --> 00:55:05,480
Speaker 2: the full body of work to impress the committee. I

1057
00:55:05,520 --> 00:55:06,960
Speaker 2: could see them being left out.

1058
00:55:07,239 --> 00:55:10,680
Speaker 1: Be real nice for LSU's sake. If Brian Kelly could

1059
00:55:10,680 --> 00:55:13,560
Speaker 1: win the first game of the season, which he has

1060
00:55:13,600 --> 00:55:16,719
Speaker 1: not done yet and it's at Clemson, correct, and that

1061
00:55:16,719 --> 00:55:20,520
Speaker 1: would go a long ways to building confidence internally and

1062
00:55:20,560 --> 00:55:24,440
Speaker 1: externally around this LSU team as they navigate this pretty

1063
00:55:24,440 --> 00:55:29,160
Speaker 1: tricky schedule. So I'm with you, just can't have the

1064
00:55:29,160 --> 00:55:31,680
Speaker 1: Florida State thing, can't have the USC thing. Got to

1065
00:55:31,719 --> 00:55:34,440
Speaker 1: win those fifty to fifty games. They have that ability.

1066
00:55:34,640 --> 00:55:37,400
Speaker 1: I honestly, they're like fourteen things I can't wait to

1067
00:55:37,400 --> 00:55:41,360
Speaker 1: see again. There are seven receivers, four receivers, eleven receivers.

1068
00:55:41,640 --> 00:55:43,600
Speaker 1: You want to tell me Aaron Anderson as a breakthrough? Great,

1069
00:55:43,719 --> 00:55:47,120
Speaker 1: Chris Hilton, great, any of these guys. I am totally

1070
00:55:48,080 --> 00:55:52,000
Speaker 1: totally in on them emerging as an All SEC caliber

1071
00:55:52,080 --> 00:55:57,600
Speaker 1: first team receiver. And that's pretty cool unless it's just like, yeah,

1072
00:55:57,680 --> 00:55:59,440
Speaker 1: they disappeared for three straight weeks in the middle of

1073
00:55:59,440 --> 00:56:02,279
Speaker 1: the year and catch for seventeen yards. That's the only

1074
00:56:02,320 --> 00:56:02,879
Speaker 1: issue there.

1075
00:56:03,640 --> 00:56:07,279
Speaker 2: Speaking of teams that Dan Rubinstein is all in on,

1076
00:56:07,680 --> 00:56:12,840
Speaker 2: all in, let's go to the Missouri Tigers. Yes, Missouri

1077
00:56:12,920 --> 00:56:14,640
Speaker 2: was a ten and three team last year. They are

1078
00:56:14,760 --> 00:56:17,799
Speaker 2: seven and a half over under this year. They won

1079
00:56:17,960 --> 00:56:22,480
Speaker 2: ten games for the second consecutive year, which was the

1080
00:56:22,520 --> 00:56:26,480
Speaker 2: first time that's happened in like a decade. Yep, the

1081
00:56:26,640 --> 00:56:31,440
Speaker 2: obvious question. You cannot start any Missouri preview in twenty

1082
00:56:31,480 --> 00:56:35,160
Speaker 2: twenty five without the obvious question, and that is what

1083
00:56:35,200 --> 00:56:36,879
Speaker 2: are they going to look like at quarterback this year?

1084
00:56:37,239 --> 00:56:37,640
Speaker 1: Agree?

1085
00:56:37,719 --> 00:56:40,000
Speaker 2: What are they going to look like? Can they get

1086
00:56:40,160 --> 00:56:45,960
Speaker 2: consistent play on passing downs from Bo Pribulah assuming he

1087
00:56:46,080 --> 00:56:49,400
Speaker 2: is the guy? I'm not sure I know the answer

1088
00:56:49,440 --> 00:56:53,120
Speaker 2: to that. Okay, I know Bo Pribulah better than most

1089
00:56:53,120 --> 00:56:55,600
Speaker 2: of the people listening to this. I assure you of that.

1090
00:56:55,920 --> 00:56:56,840
Speaker 1: You're his godfather.

1091
00:56:57,040 --> 00:56:59,919
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm his godfather. Yes, thank you for pointing that out.

1092
00:57:00,120 --> 00:57:02,399
Speaker 1: Of course I'm not actually certainly old enough to be.

1093
00:57:02,440 --> 00:57:04,080
Speaker 2: I'm old going to thank you. This is where we

1094
00:57:04,160 --> 00:57:04,560
Speaker 2: leave him.

1095
00:57:04,560 --> 00:57:08,440
Speaker 1: Your generation understands this kind of humor. Continue only fifty

1096
00:57:08,520 --> 00:57:12,000
Speaker 1: six career passing attempts for Bo Prabula. He was largely

1097
00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:15,000
Speaker 1: the change of pace quarterback in the Andy kotal Nicky

1098
00:57:15,040 --> 00:57:19,920
Speaker 1: offense last season, sometimes annoyingly so other times. Yes, I

1099
00:57:20,000 --> 00:57:21,720
Speaker 1: might have been on this podcast saying.

1100
00:57:21,520 --> 00:57:23,160
Speaker 2: Is this guy better than Drew Aller?

1101
00:57:23,680 --> 00:57:24,000
Speaker 1: M hmm.

1102
00:57:25,400 --> 00:57:26,640
Speaker 2: Maybe not my finest.

1103
00:57:26,320 --> 00:57:28,080
Speaker 1: Good job, he might be. I don't know, we'll see

1104
00:57:28,120 --> 00:57:28,439
Speaker 1: this here.

1105
00:57:28,480 --> 00:57:30,960
Speaker 2: Maybe not my finest moment, but Bo is a runner.

1106
00:57:31,440 --> 00:57:33,040
Speaker 2: Bo is going to be able to do some RPO

1107
00:57:33,120 --> 00:57:36,800
Speaker 2: stuff in this offense. I think this offense, this version

1108
00:57:36,840 --> 00:57:39,840
Speaker 2: of the Maszoo offense, probably works better with a little

1109
00:57:39,840 --> 00:57:41,640
Speaker 2: bit more of a running attack, which we can talk

1110
00:57:41,680 --> 00:57:43,120
Speaker 2: a little bit about here and a little bit with

1111
00:57:43,280 --> 00:57:43,840
Speaker 2: Matt Hardy.

1112
00:57:44,840 --> 00:57:45,520
Speaker 1: But I like Bo.

1113
00:57:46,200 --> 00:57:49,720
Speaker 2: It's just a matter of you can't run the read

1114
00:57:49,720 --> 00:57:52,720
Speaker 2: option stuff, you can't run the RPO stuff, you can't

1115
00:57:52,720 --> 00:57:55,960
Speaker 2: read the zone read stuff all the time. You're going

1116
00:57:56,000 --> 00:57:57,959
Speaker 2: to need to have some pop in the passing game.

1117
00:57:58,720 --> 00:58:01,240
Speaker 2: That to me is the unknown with Oprabula in this offense.

1118
00:58:01,680 --> 00:58:02,080
Speaker 1: I hear you.

1119
00:58:03,120 --> 00:58:05,680
Speaker 2: That being said, there is a lot of talent on

1120
00:58:05,720 --> 00:58:10,840
Speaker 2: this roster. That being said, this is a very favorable schedule. Dan, Yes, sir,

1121
00:58:11,320 --> 00:58:14,840
Speaker 2: that being said, I think I know we love Eli

1122
00:58:14,920 --> 00:58:19,200
Speaker 2: Drinkwitz on this show. This is a program that has

1123
00:58:19,200 --> 00:58:22,400
Speaker 2: done really well in those close game settings for a

1124
00:58:22,400 --> 00:58:26,640
Speaker 2: couple of years running. Now, well, not all, not all

1125
00:58:26,640 --> 00:58:27,160
Speaker 2: the time.

1126
00:58:28,440 --> 00:58:31,960
Speaker 1: I'd like to, Uh, let's let's go to evidence A

1127
00:58:32,400 --> 00:58:34,680
Speaker 1: b C. We've got a Kentucky game back there. We've

1128
00:58:34,680 --> 00:58:37,200
Speaker 1: got a South Carolina game back there. Yeah, the exhibits

1129
00:58:37,240 --> 00:58:38,840
Speaker 1: are adding up, continue to continue.

1130
00:58:39,840 --> 00:58:43,400
Speaker 2: All that being said, Yeah, I like Eli Drinkwitz, I

1131
00:58:43,480 --> 00:58:46,680
Speaker 2: like this roster. I like Bo Prabula. I don't think

1132
00:58:46,760 --> 00:58:49,640
Speaker 2: I like them as much as you do, though you

1133
00:58:49,680 --> 00:58:52,120
Speaker 2: seem to like Missoo a lot more than pretty much

1134
00:58:52,120 --> 00:58:53,880
Speaker 2: everybody else I've talked to, So tell me why.

1135
00:58:54,280 --> 00:59:01,440
Speaker 1: Okay, what happens to quarterbacks like Will Levis, Austin appleby

1136
00:59:02,240 --> 00:59:07,440
Speaker 1: Danny Etling, Joe Burrow take your pick. They leave the

1137
00:59:07,440 --> 00:59:10,320
Speaker 1: Big ten, they go to the SEC and it just

1138
00:59:10,440 --> 00:59:15,720
Speaker 1: gets easier. Tie, it just gets easy. Wow, Joe Burrow

1139
00:59:15,800 --> 00:59:18,280
Speaker 1: can't find the field and the Big ten up just

1140
00:59:18,320 --> 00:59:20,640
Speaker 1: go to the SEC wins the heisman. You should have

1141
00:59:20,720 --> 00:59:22,640
Speaker 1: used that in take on our last episode or two.

1142
00:59:23,120 --> 00:59:29,000
Speaker 1: All time college football quarterback man Danny Etling totally good

1143
00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:33,680
Speaker 1: you got Purdue back up. I think Ghost LSU totally fine.

1144
00:59:34,240 --> 00:59:37,280
Speaker 1: Will Evis can't sniff the field consistently at Penn State

1145
00:59:37,960 --> 00:59:40,680
Speaker 1: gets drafted pretty highly. Does he not made some money

1146
00:59:40,680 --> 00:59:43,960
Speaker 1: off of building that SEC career at Kentucky? Liam Cohen,

1147
00:59:44,880 --> 00:59:49,080
Speaker 1: I'm just saying, Ty, now we've got Bo Pribula, your

1148
00:59:49,160 --> 00:59:53,360
Speaker 1: latest Big ten backup, sees opportunity in the SEC. It

1149
00:59:53,720 --> 00:59:55,920
Speaker 1: just gets easier.

1150
00:59:56,200 --> 00:59:58,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, the schedule's great.

1151
00:59:59,160 --> 01:00:01,680
Speaker 1: Luther Burden's gone, that bums me out. Kevin Coleman comes

1152
01:00:01,680 --> 01:00:04,240
Speaker 1: in at receiver, Amad Hardy is very, very good. The

1153
01:00:04,440 --> 01:00:07,920
Speaker 1: Louisianaan Road transfer comes in at running back. I don't know.

1154
01:00:08,960 --> 01:00:11,200
Speaker 1: We're at the point where I think Massoud is going

1155
01:00:11,240 --> 01:00:14,120
Speaker 1: to do enough well. The defense didn't fall off after

1156
01:00:14,160 --> 01:00:16,520
Speaker 1: losing Blake Baker last year, and they lose guys, not

1157
01:00:16,560 --> 01:00:20,320
Speaker 1: a ton of guys off this defense. I just think

1158
01:00:20,360 --> 01:00:23,320
Speaker 1: they're going to be rock solid and being rock solid

1159
01:00:23,320 --> 01:00:26,880
Speaker 1: against this schedule. If Bo Prabulah is that guy, or

1160
01:00:26,920 --> 01:00:31,600
Speaker 1: if it's Sam Horn who's waited patiently in Como, I

1161
01:00:31,600 --> 01:00:34,520
Speaker 1: think also a baseball player, right, yeah, Sam Horn, I

1162
01:00:34,560 --> 01:00:38,360
Speaker 1: think if they're rock solid and they're reasonably complete against

1163
01:00:38,360 --> 01:00:41,840
Speaker 1: this schedule, you can seduce me. I'm seduced by a

1164
01:00:41,880 --> 01:00:44,520
Speaker 1: number of things. Tie, I'm pretty easy. Those who know

1165
01:00:44,640 --> 01:00:47,080
Speaker 1: me know this. I'm pretty easy. You can get under

1166
01:00:47,080 --> 01:00:50,160
Speaker 1: my skin really easily. And Masu's getting under my skin

1167
01:00:50,240 --> 01:00:55,160
Speaker 1: in a good way. And so this schedule coaching continuity

1168
01:00:55,200 --> 01:00:57,840
Speaker 1: for the most part. I think they're gonna be the

1169
01:00:57,880 --> 01:00:59,440
Speaker 1: offensive line. We'll see how they look. I think they're

1170
01:00:59,440 --> 01:01:01,160
Speaker 1: gonna pretty good on the inside. We'll see on the

1171
01:01:01,200 --> 01:01:04,680
Speaker 1: rest of it. I don't know, Ty, you bat your

1172
01:01:04,680 --> 01:01:06,400
Speaker 1: eyes the right way to me. I'm there.

1173
01:01:07,080 --> 01:01:08,440
Speaker 2: I like a mod Hardy a lot.

1174
01:01:08,760 --> 01:01:09,040
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1175
01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:13,680
Speaker 2: A mott Hardy comes over from ULM. He had over

1176
01:01:13,720 --> 01:01:17,680
Speaker 2: thirteen hundred yards thirteen touchdowns a year ago as a freshman,

1177
01:01:18,400 --> 01:01:22,320
Speaker 2: led the nation in forced missed tackles per touch.

1178
01:01:23,680 --> 01:01:24,120
Speaker 1: I e.

1179
01:01:24,320 --> 01:01:24,960
Speaker 2: He's shifty.

1180
01:01:25,600 --> 01:01:29,320
Speaker 1: Yes. Oh, by the way, Quinn Yours leaves the Big

1181
01:01:29,400 --> 01:01:34,200
Speaker 1: ten all right, goes to Texas Big ten backup, goes

1182
01:01:34,200 --> 01:01:38,560
Speaker 1: to the SEC immediately takes the SEC team to the SEC.

1183
01:01:38,640 --> 01:01:40,320
Speaker 1: Do you're going to drop a quin yours in the

1184
01:01:40,320 --> 01:01:43,680
Speaker 1: middle of MAYA mod Hardy continue, and a mod Hardy

1185
01:01:43,720 --> 01:01:46,360
Speaker 1: will not take kindly to that. I assure you, Okay,

1186
01:01:47,160 --> 01:01:49,320
Speaker 1: I think the best version of this offense is going

1187
01:01:49,360 --> 01:01:52,040
Speaker 1: to be more run heavy. At a minimum, it needs

1188
01:01:52,080 --> 01:01:55,439
Speaker 1: to be more balanced. I'm not sure about the receiver room.

1189
01:01:57,080 --> 01:02:00,400
Speaker 1: I like Bo Prabula. I still think is beat skill

1190
01:02:00,440 --> 01:02:05,240
Speaker 1: set is as a running quarterback. I like the fact

1191
01:02:05,240 --> 01:02:05,800
Speaker 1: that they've got.

1192
01:02:05,760 --> 01:02:08,200
Speaker 2: Kevin Coleman, who comes over from Mississippi State, who was

1193
01:02:08,240 --> 01:02:12,160
Speaker 2: a really solid addition, and I think he can give them,

1194
01:02:12,480 --> 01:02:14,920
Speaker 2: you know, some some modicum of production out wide. What

1195
01:02:14,960 --> 01:02:17,240
Speaker 2: that looks like in this offense, I don't know, but

1196
01:02:17,800 --> 01:02:20,640
Speaker 2: they do lose a lot with both Luther Burden and Theowese.

1197
01:02:20,640 --> 01:02:24,080
Speaker 2: That to me, Biga, that is the big deal with

1198
01:02:24,120 --> 01:02:27,440
Speaker 2: this team right now. But I like them otherwise, and

1199
01:02:27,480 --> 01:02:29,960
Speaker 2: I just want to see what Kirby Moore does offensively,

1200
01:02:30,000 --> 01:02:32,560
Speaker 2: what that balance looks like for him. I think the

1201
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:34,200
Speaker 2: defense is going to remain pretty strong.

1202
01:02:34,640 --> 01:02:37,000
Speaker 1: How did Damon Wilson should be a very good edge

1203
01:02:37,000 --> 01:02:38,160
Speaker 1: from Georgia. Yeah.

1204
01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:40,440
Speaker 2: I think the defense is going to be really, really solid.

1205
01:02:40,920 --> 01:02:45,200
Speaker 2: I think the linebacker unit in particular has like star potential.

1206
01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:49,680
Speaker 2: I really like Josiah Trotter Freshman All American last year.

1207
01:02:49,880 --> 01:02:52,800
Speaker 2: So there's a lot to like on this team. The

1208
01:02:52,880 --> 01:02:56,240
Speaker 2: interesting thing though, about this Miszoo squad is the schedule,

1209
01:02:57,640 --> 01:03:00,080
Speaker 2: and we talked about this a couple times over now.

1210
01:03:00,160 --> 01:03:03,840
Speaker 2: But their first six games are at home. That includes

1211
01:03:03,880 --> 01:03:08,760
Speaker 2: some biggies against South Carolina against Alabama. They do not

1212
01:03:08,960 --> 01:03:12,520
Speaker 2: go on the road until October the eighteenth. As our

1213
01:03:12,560 --> 01:03:14,920
Speaker 2: friend Josh Pate said, there will be people around this

1214
01:03:15,000 --> 01:03:19,040
Speaker 2: fine land of ours that have Halloween decorations up before

1215
01:03:19,640 --> 01:03:24,240
Speaker 2: Miszoo leaves Columbia full stop. It's a pretty good setup.

1216
01:03:24,880 --> 01:03:27,360
Speaker 2: It's a pretty good setup. There's only four road games

1217
01:03:27,360 --> 01:03:31,680
Speaker 2: on this thing, and they avoid Texas, they avoid Tennessee

1218
01:03:31,920 --> 01:03:35,400
Speaker 2: or miss Lsu, Georgia and Florida. They are five big.

1219
01:03:35,200 --> 01:03:36,320
Speaker 1: Teams, pretty great.

1220
01:03:37,360 --> 01:03:39,560
Speaker 2: So again, this is this type of schedule that you

1221
01:03:39,640 --> 01:03:43,040
Speaker 2: built in the old NCAA video game. Like I said,

1222
01:03:43,040 --> 01:03:44,680
Speaker 2: if you wanted to get to the BCS, but you

1223
01:03:44,680 --> 01:03:47,320
Speaker 2: didn't want to be as challenged as you could of

1224
01:03:47,360 --> 01:03:50,560
Speaker 2: being in the SEC, it's all there for Miszoo. A

1225
01:03:50,600 --> 01:03:53,600
Speaker 2: lot has to come together, but I think the optimism,

1226
01:03:54,560 --> 01:03:56,560
Speaker 2: the optimism is not too far fetched.

1227
01:03:56,800 --> 01:04:01,000
Speaker 1: By the way, Jackson Dart pac twelve backup just gets

1228
01:04:01,040 --> 01:04:02,040
Speaker 1: easier in the SEC.

1229
01:04:02,200 --> 01:04:05,840
Speaker 2: Continue got two teams left here, We've got Kentucky. We've

1230
01:04:05,840 --> 01:04:11,160
Speaker 2: got Mississippi State. Okay, Kentucky went four and eight last season,

1231
01:04:11,400 --> 01:04:13,680
Speaker 2: and now they're over under his four and a half

1232
01:04:13,840 --> 01:04:17,880
Speaker 2: for this coming year. They lost the Governor's Cup. I

1233
01:04:17,920 --> 01:04:20,040
Speaker 2: think on top of all of that the first time

1234
01:04:20,280 --> 01:04:23,000
Speaker 2: in five matchups.

1235
01:04:23,360 --> 01:04:27,960
Speaker 1: Yeah, and lost their most important assistant coach to that team. Yeah.

1236
01:04:28,080 --> 01:04:34,440
Speaker 2: Yes, So this is definitely not a great situation. Now

1237
01:04:35,400 --> 01:04:37,920
Speaker 2: they are trying to fix the offense by bringing in

1238
01:04:38,040 --> 01:04:43,680
Speaker 2: Zach Calzada. Yeah, baby, Zach Calzada is in year seven now,

1239
01:04:43,760 --> 01:04:49,360
Speaker 2: is he not great? Yeah?

1240
01:04:49,440 --> 01:04:51,640
Speaker 1: James Headfield agrees. He's been rebuilt.

1241
01:04:52,120 --> 01:04:54,120
Speaker 2: This is a make or break season for Mark Stews.

1242
01:04:55,000 --> 01:04:57,680
Speaker 2: He's the all time winning his coach in the history

1243
01:04:57,680 --> 01:05:01,760
Speaker 2: of the program, and he is under some pressure. It

1244
01:05:01,800 --> 01:05:03,880
Speaker 2: feels to me like Mark Stoops is getting a little

1245
01:05:03,880 --> 01:05:07,480
Speaker 2: grumpier each time I hear him talk. Okay, it was

1246
01:05:07,480 --> 01:05:10,320
Speaker 2: a disappointing campaign. A year ago. They went through a

1247
01:05:10,520 --> 01:05:13,920
Speaker 2: massive roster overhaul. They brought in forty new players through

1248
01:05:13,960 --> 01:05:19,920
Speaker 2: transfers and recruiting. Otherwise, I think you look at this situation,

1249
01:05:20,080 --> 01:05:22,040
Speaker 2: you say, all right, well, it's a new cast of characters.

1250
01:05:22,680 --> 01:05:25,600
Speaker 2: Mark Stoops has been in this position before. Where he

1251
01:05:25,640 --> 01:05:29,720
Speaker 2: has rebuilt things rather quickly and Kentucky on the whole

1252
01:05:29,760 --> 01:05:37,000
Speaker 2: has been pretty good under his tenure. The issue, hard Schedule,

1253
01:05:37,720 --> 01:05:42,040
Speaker 2: the issue Zach Calzada, question Mark, the issue in a

1254
01:05:42,080 --> 01:05:46,720
Speaker 2: really good year. Last year, the issue defensive front seven. Yeah,

1255
01:05:46,840 --> 01:05:50,040
Speaker 2: lost a lot front whatever. Right, So which side of

1256
01:05:50,080 --> 01:05:52,040
Speaker 2: the corner you coming down? And it feels to me

1257
01:05:52,160 --> 01:05:55,320
Speaker 2: like there is a lot more negative right now on

1258
01:05:55,360 --> 01:05:59,440
Speaker 2: the Kentucky side than there is positive, Okay, And so

1259
01:06:00,280 --> 01:06:03,760
Speaker 2: last season I recall having this conversation with you where

1260
01:06:03,760 --> 01:06:06,200
Speaker 2: you're talking it through and we were all playful about

1261
01:06:06,240 --> 01:06:09,400
Speaker 2: it and we're big time Vanda Grifters and bush hand

1262
01:06:09,520 --> 01:06:13,400
Speaker 2: in this and Mark Stoops that none of it worked. No,

1263
01:06:13,400 --> 01:06:18,680
Speaker 2: none of it worked Beatle miss but nothing worked otherwise, Right, So,

1264
01:06:19,200 --> 01:06:22,120
Speaker 2: what is the thing? Is there a thing that you

1265
01:06:22,120 --> 01:06:25,400
Speaker 2: are latching onto going into twenty twenty five, Dan, where

1266
01:06:25,400 --> 01:06:30,200
Speaker 2: you're saying, Aha, this is Kentucky went sub five hundred

1267
01:06:30,320 --> 01:06:33,840
Speaker 2: previously they bounced back with ten wins. What is the

1268
01:06:33,880 --> 01:06:36,040
Speaker 2: thing that you are hanging your hat on now? And

1269
01:06:36,080 --> 01:06:38,360
Speaker 2: you're saying they can do it again, You're Mark Stoops.

1270
01:06:38,720 --> 01:06:41,640
Speaker 1: They're just a complete mystery with the number of guys

1271
01:06:41,720 --> 01:06:45,200
Speaker 1: they brought in. If we can both agree that Mark

1272
01:06:45,240 --> 01:06:48,840
Speaker 1: Stoops has been a good coach for Kentucky and has

1273
01:06:48,960 --> 01:06:52,960
Speaker 1: hired for the most part, quality assistance. I won't go

1274
01:06:53,000 --> 01:06:57,240
Speaker 1: as far as saying offensive coordinators consistently, but has done

1275
01:06:57,240 --> 01:07:00,720
Speaker 1: a good job building Kentucky around a very specific identity

1276
01:07:01,120 --> 01:07:04,840
Speaker 1: of Again, let's take away how this team is built

1277
01:07:04,880 --> 01:07:07,040
Speaker 1: in this moment, specifically, if we're just going to compliment

1278
01:07:07,080 --> 01:07:10,320
Speaker 1: Mark Stoops and say has a very specific identity of

1279
01:07:10,320 --> 01:07:12,280
Speaker 1: pushing teams around and running the ball and playing really

1280
01:07:12,280 --> 01:07:14,120
Speaker 1: good defense, and that has led to them winning you know,

1281
01:07:14,200 --> 01:07:17,560
Speaker 1: seven eight nine games good chunk, more than anybody else

1282
01:07:17,560 --> 01:07:20,920
Speaker 1: has done in Lexington. We agree that has been the

1283
01:07:21,080 --> 01:07:24,520
Speaker 1: history of Mark Stoops. The best of Mark Stoops and

1284
01:07:24,560 --> 01:07:27,600
Speaker 1: the best of Kentucky football. So we know that that's

1285
01:07:27,600 --> 01:07:31,360
Speaker 1: his preferred way of playing. We know the offensive line

1286
01:07:31,360 --> 01:07:34,160
Speaker 1: fell off, We know there were cultural issues inside of

1287
01:07:34,320 --> 01:07:38,120
Speaker 1: Kentucky's program last year. We know that the defense was

1288
01:07:38,240 --> 01:07:40,800
Speaker 1: fine but not as excellent as it needs to be

1289
01:07:41,200 --> 01:07:44,000
Speaker 1: to help this team win eight nine games last year,

1290
01:07:44,640 --> 01:07:47,320
Speaker 1: and then they completely overhaul things through the portal this

1291
01:07:47,400 --> 01:07:51,000
Speaker 1: year and lose. I think it's Vince Marrow the assistant

1292
01:07:51,000 --> 01:07:55,880
Speaker 1: that went to Louisville. Yep, they brought in some promising dudes.

1293
01:07:55,880 --> 01:07:58,880
Speaker 1: On offense, the best of Zach Calzada is good enough

1294
01:07:58,920 --> 01:08:01,800
Speaker 1: to beat with the al Obama Crimson Tide. Yes, in

1295
01:08:01,920 --> 01:08:08,840
Speaker 1: fact check, that's correct. So if he is quality, if

1296
01:08:08,840 --> 01:08:13,080
Speaker 1: the offense is fine, and the playmakers they found, it's

1297
01:08:13,280 --> 01:08:16,120
Speaker 1: Dante Daudell coming in from Nebraska, big rule. I like

1298
01:08:16,520 --> 01:08:20,599
Speaker 1: six seven. Yeah, he's a bull. I don't hate him

1299
01:08:20,760 --> 01:08:23,959
Speaker 1: by way of Nebraska and Oregon. I believe the offensive

1300
01:08:23,960 --> 01:08:26,680
Speaker 1: line just needs to be better. So I think the

1301
01:08:26,760 --> 01:08:29,240
Speaker 1: reason to feel good about Kentucky is because of you

1302
01:08:29,360 --> 01:08:30,800
Speaker 1: might have the number in front of you, the number

1303
01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:33,160
Speaker 1: of transfers. It's like forty plus or something crazy.

1304
01:08:33,560 --> 01:08:35,160
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's over forty new players.

1305
01:08:35,360 --> 01:08:39,599
Speaker 1: Yeah, in total that they're a wildcard, mysterious team coached

1306
01:08:39,640 --> 01:08:44,519
Speaker 1: by somebody who has taken lesser talent to wins over

1307
01:08:44,920 --> 01:08:48,880
Speaker 1: greater teams. So that's the case for Kentucky. I just

1308
01:08:48,880 --> 01:08:52,320
Speaker 1: think there's too much new. You're asking too much, like

1309
01:08:52,360 --> 01:08:55,240
Speaker 1: you would want more of a tinkerer, more of an

1310
01:08:55,280 --> 01:08:56,599
Speaker 1: open minded head coach.

1311
01:08:57,200 --> 01:08:57,400
Speaker 2: You know.

1312
01:08:57,479 --> 01:08:59,639
Speaker 1: That's why I like Lane Kiffin. They have a ton new,

1313
01:09:00,040 --> 01:09:01,639
Speaker 1: but He's been able to sort of figure it out

1314
01:09:01,680 --> 01:09:04,599
Speaker 1: and do things differently depending on talent year over year.

1315
01:09:04,960 --> 01:09:08,040
Speaker 1: So I'm not super high in Kentucky, but I think

1316
01:09:08,080 --> 01:09:10,479
Speaker 1: there can again be those weeks like they had against

1317
01:09:10,479 --> 01:09:13,439
Speaker 1: Ole Miss, like they had against Georgia, where they game

1318
01:09:13,479 --> 01:09:16,280
Speaker 1: plan well, they do something well enough that gets under

1319
01:09:16,320 --> 01:09:18,360
Speaker 1: the skin in a bad way of whoever they're playing,

1320
01:09:18,800 --> 01:09:21,679
Speaker 1: and even though they go five and seven or something,

1321
01:09:22,000 --> 01:09:25,000
Speaker 1: that two of those wins come against clearly superior teams.

1322
01:09:25,840 --> 01:09:30,919
Speaker 2: I think it's notable that Kentucky saw two high profile

1323
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:35,759
Speaker 2: receiver transfers out in Dangerous Great and Barryon Brown. Okay,

1324
01:09:36,360 --> 01:09:39,000
Speaker 2: and we spent two years talking about Dane Key and

1325
01:09:39,040 --> 01:09:41,599
Speaker 2: Barryon Brown, how he liked their potential. Dane Key, I believe,

1326
01:09:41,680 --> 01:09:43,639
Speaker 2: was the one who had issues with drops. The whole

1327
01:09:43,680 --> 01:09:46,080
Speaker 2: receiver room had an issue with drops. But these guys

1328
01:09:46,080 --> 01:09:48,960
Speaker 2: have gone elsewhere now, right, we just talked about Dane

1329
01:09:49,040 --> 01:09:52,639
Speaker 2: Key Baryon Brown transferring out. They're like headliners in their

1330
01:09:52,680 --> 01:09:56,240
Speaker 2: new receiver room. Yeah, and everybody's excited about what they

1331
01:09:56,240 --> 01:09:58,720
Speaker 2: are bringing to bear. Kentucky couldn't get anything and they

1332
01:09:58,720 --> 01:10:02,200
Speaker 2: had both of those guys, So what's it gonna be

1333
01:10:03,000 --> 01:10:04,360
Speaker 2: How are we going to figure out a way to

1334
01:10:04,360 --> 01:10:07,519
Speaker 2: move this offense forward given the fact that you're starting

1335
01:10:07,560 --> 01:10:09,479
Speaker 2: a guy like Calzado, who's been around I think is

1336
01:10:09,560 --> 01:10:11,880
Speaker 2: kind of a known quantity. I hope they get back

1337
01:10:11,920 --> 01:10:14,280
Speaker 2: more to a physical brand of football, because that's what

1338
01:10:14,320 --> 01:10:16,800
Speaker 2: we have come to know over the stoops hears to

1339
01:10:16,840 --> 01:10:19,800
Speaker 2: your point, right, Let's get Dante dal Dell going. Let's

1340
01:10:19,880 --> 01:10:22,759
Speaker 2: use him as the battering Rams six two two twenty seven.

1341
01:10:23,400 --> 01:10:26,240
Speaker 2: Hopefully that offensive line can be better. It was one

1342
01:10:26,240 --> 01:10:30,479
Speaker 2: of the worst units nationally last year. So they just

1343
01:10:30,560 --> 01:10:33,120
Speaker 2: have a lot new that they got to figure out upfront,

1344
01:10:33,640 --> 01:10:36,640
Speaker 2: really on both sides of the football, and that's just

1345
01:10:36,960 --> 01:10:40,080
Speaker 2: generally not a great place to be in the SEC. No,

1346
01:10:40,560 --> 01:10:42,880
Speaker 2: it isn't. It's part of why I think you and

1347
01:10:42,920 --> 01:10:47,400
Speaker 2: I are are reasonably skittish. Let's say, on Texas, there

1348
01:10:47,400 --> 01:10:50,679
Speaker 2: are questions. We like the talent, we expect that they'll

1349
01:10:50,680 --> 01:10:54,559
Speaker 2: be fine, but questions. Kentucky is in a much much

1350
01:10:54,600 --> 01:10:57,840
Speaker 2: different class of questions with respect to their front on

1351
01:10:57,960 --> 01:11:03,040
Speaker 2: offense and defense. Yes, and so I'm just I'm leary

1352
01:11:03,080 --> 01:11:05,360
Speaker 2: about this team. I'm leary that they're gonna be able

1353
01:11:05,400 --> 01:11:08,800
Speaker 2: to put it all together quickly. We've seen Stoops kind

1354
01:11:08,800 --> 01:11:10,880
Speaker 2: of do stuff like this before, when he went sub

1355
01:11:10,920 --> 01:11:13,559
Speaker 2: five hundred, he comes back with a double digit win team. Like,

1356
01:11:13,960 --> 01:11:18,040
Speaker 2: I'm not rooting against that, but it's just it feels

1357
01:11:18,080 --> 01:11:21,400
Speaker 2: to me like maybe the trajectory of this program is

1358
01:11:21,439 --> 01:11:25,120
Speaker 2: saying otherwise that I know this time around he won't

1359
01:11:25,160 --> 01:11:29,240
Speaker 2: actually do it. It is a very difficult schedule and

1360
01:11:30,280 --> 01:11:33,280
Speaker 2: possible Week one MAC attack with Toledo coming to town.

1361
01:11:33,320 --> 01:11:36,760
Speaker 2: Toledo is not a bad team. No, I'm not saying

1362
01:11:36,760 --> 01:11:39,240
Speaker 2: they're gonna be Kentucky, but Toledo is gonna fight.

1363
01:11:39,800 --> 01:11:42,880
Speaker 1: Raise your antennae, is what you're saying. Yeah, that's what

1364
01:11:43,000 --> 01:11:44,920
Speaker 1: I give you. Can I give you some sandwich facts

1365
01:11:45,200 --> 01:11:47,360
Speaker 1: or let down look ahead facts with please pa, please,

1366
01:11:47,680 --> 01:11:53,320
Speaker 1: they're kind of spicy. Okay, Okay. Kentucky has South Carolina

1367
01:11:53,360 --> 01:11:58,240
Speaker 1: after South Carolina is at missoo okay. Kentucky has Georgia

1368
01:11:58,280 --> 01:12:01,400
Speaker 1: after Georgia plays Alabama games at Georgia. But it is

1369
01:12:01,479 --> 01:12:04,600
Speaker 1: a letdown spot, as we've seen in the SEC, that

1370
01:12:04,680 --> 01:12:06,879
Speaker 1: can reak an ugly head for a lot of these teams.

1371
01:12:07,120 --> 01:12:10,639
Speaker 1: Kentucky has Texas after the red River game, and that's

1372
01:12:10,720 --> 01:12:16,080
Speaker 1: at Kentucky. Kentucky has Tennessee. After Tennessee plays at Alabama

1373
01:12:16,160 --> 01:12:19,519
Speaker 1: and before Oklahoma, Kentucky has I don't know if Auburn

1374
01:12:19,760 --> 01:12:23,679
Speaker 1: is it's yeah, it's between two road games for Auburn,

1375
01:12:23,760 --> 01:12:26,120
Speaker 1: so you know, maybe that's a nice spot for Auburn.

1376
01:12:26,400 --> 01:12:30,879
Speaker 1: Kentucky has Florida after Florida plays Georgia and before Florida

1377
01:12:30,960 --> 01:12:33,240
Speaker 1: is at Ole Miss. They have Vanderbilt, but I think

1378
01:12:33,320 --> 01:12:35,439
Speaker 1: Vandy has Yeah, Vandy has a bye, but it's between

1379
01:12:35,439 --> 01:12:40,559
Speaker 1: Auburn and Tennessee. So if Kentucky is a wild card,

1380
01:12:40,880 --> 01:12:44,600
Speaker 1: which is probably about the best they can hope for. Positionally,

1381
01:12:44,880 --> 01:12:48,639
Speaker 1: they're not super bad, and the way their schedule positions are, yeah.

1382
01:12:48,800 --> 01:12:51,640
Speaker 2: I think this is it for stoops.

1383
01:12:51,680 --> 01:12:55,240
Speaker 1: Such a Kentucky schedule, though I know Kentucky is born

1384
01:12:55,320 --> 01:12:58,559
Speaker 1: to get you when you're not ready. That's all again.

1385
01:12:58,640 --> 01:13:03,000
Speaker 2: It was twenty twenty one, had the uh, simpler time,

1386
01:13:03,080 --> 01:13:06,000
Speaker 2: tie the simpler Time, indeed, had the losing season turned

1387
01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:08,439
Speaker 2: it around, went ten and to the mixture. I'm not

1388
01:13:08,520 --> 01:13:12,320
Speaker 2: feeling it, but there are some spicy elements to that schedule.

1389
01:13:12,320 --> 01:13:12,840
Speaker 2: I'll give you that.

1390
01:13:13,320 --> 01:13:15,439
Speaker 1: Who is your guy out wide? Your do everything Kentucky

1391
01:13:15,479 --> 01:13:16,240
Speaker 1: receiver that year.

1392
01:13:17,280 --> 01:13:20,400
Speaker 2: Oh gosh, you're drawing. You're gonna drive me crazy here in.

1393
01:13:20,360 --> 01:13:23,439
Speaker 1: The Nebraska transfer right, yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Oh god,

1394
01:13:23,520 --> 01:13:25,519
Speaker 1: Oh my god, I'm looking this up fact check. How

1395
01:13:25,600 --> 01:13:27,920
Speaker 1: quickly can I do this? People are yelling at their.

1396
01:13:27,960 --> 01:13:30,360
Speaker 2: I know, God, I've got a million screens in front

1397
01:13:30,400 --> 01:13:32,080
Speaker 2: of me. I can't put the put the names on

1398
01:13:32,120 --> 01:13:32,960
Speaker 2: the tip of my tongue.

1399
01:13:33,080 --> 01:13:35,559
Speaker 1: Wandale Robinson, Wondale, Wondale's Jack.

1400
01:13:36,240 --> 01:13:38,080
Speaker 2: Yeah. And all I'm thinking about here is the Giants

1401
01:13:38,160 --> 01:13:39,320
Speaker 2: draft that him. I should know who he is.

1402
01:13:39,800 --> 01:13:41,840
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, Wandale, I put you on the spot, your

1403
01:13:41,880 --> 01:13:44,600
Speaker 1: your knee deep and like Keishawn Silver being gone, I

1404
01:13:44,640 --> 01:13:46,160
Speaker 1: get it close.

1405
01:13:46,200 --> 01:13:48,040
Speaker 2: This out with Mississippi State.

1406
01:13:48,920 --> 01:13:50,839
Speaker 1: Okay, Mississippi State oher and eight.

1407
01:13:50,760 --> 01:13:54,280
Speaker 2: In the SEC, two and ten overall and over under

1408
01:13:54,320 --> 01:13:58,240
Speaker 2: this year of three and one half games. It was

1409
01:13:58,280 --> 01:14:03,400
Speaker 2: Jeff Leby's first year in the SEC. It was I

1410
01:14:03,439 --> 01:14:06,800
Speaker 2: think tied for the program's worst record in thirty six years.

1411
01:14:06,840 --> 01:14:12,639
Speaker 2: So not a great start, but not unexpected given the context. Now,

1412
01:14:12,680 --> 01:14:17,320
Speaker 2: the question is, in my view, can the defense improve

1413
01:14:17,520 --> 01:14:19,160
Speaker 2: enough to at least keep them in games?

1414
01:14:19,880 --> 01:14:23,080
Speaker 1: Do they have like open tryouts in the sociology building. Yes,

1415
01:14:23,400 --> 01:14:25,800
Speaker 1: if they posting flyers, yeah, don't.

1416
01:14:26,240 --> 01:14:29,519
Speaker 2: It sort of undermines everything that I think we know

1417
01:14:29,680 --> 01:14:33,040
Speaker 2: this guy can build offensively. He is an offensive minded coach,

1418
01:14:33,680 --> 01:14:36,600
Speaker 2: But you gotta have the defense there. The defense was

1419
01:14:36,840 --> 01:14:40,479
Speaker 2: historically bad last season. It was the ninth worst nationally,

1420
01:14:40,520 --> 01:14:43,240
Speaker 2: the third worst in the Power for in things like

1421
01:14:43,280 --> 01:14:47,320
Speaker 2: defensive EPA per play, blah blah blah. Now they've got

1422
01:14:47,360 --> 01:14:52,240
Speaker 2: a brutal schedule again, so I think the expectation is

1423
01:14:52,280 --> 01:14:55,360
Speaker 2: that there will be some improvement because last year was

1424
01:14:55,400 --> 01:15:00,800
Speaker 2: so bad. But how much and is it going to

1425
01:15:00,840 --> 01:15:06,240
Speaker 2: be enough to get them to four wins given this schedule.

1426
01:15:06,680 --> 01:15:09,680
Speaker 2: It's a really, really tough road. I think if the

1427
01:15:09,680 --> 01:15:12,439
Speaker 2: program as a whole, it's going to be at least

1428
01:15:12,479 --> 01:15:15,519
Speaker 2: another two to three years of rebuilding before they can

1429
01:15:15,560 --> 01:15:17,680
Speaker 2: get back to a point where we feel good about them,

1430
01:15:17,720 --> 01:15:19,679
Speaker 2: maybe challenging for a ball and that type of thing.

1431
01:15:20,479 --> 01:15:23,160
Speaker 2: We look at the team outside of the schedule. Blake

1432
01:15:23,200 --> 01:15:26,200
Speaker 2: Shapin is coming back. He had off season shoulder surgery.

1433
01:15:26,240 --> 01:15:30,120
Speaker 2: He should to some extent stabilize the quarterback position. I

1434
01:15:30,120 --> 01:15:34,680
Speaker 2: think overall the team has more depth. I think overall

1435
01:15:35,000 --> 01:15:37,360
Speaker 2: we've got a little bit more coaching experience now, given

1436
01:15:38,040 --> 01:15:41,200
Speaker 2: the fact that they've basically had one year to see

1437
01:15:41,200 --> 01:15:44,639
Speaker 2: what this thing could be. But outside of the defense,

1438
01:15:45,160 --> 01:15:48,320
Speaker 2: outside of the schedule, it's really just a matter of

1439
01:15:49,360 --> 01:15:51,360
Speaker 2: can they find some way to get a little bit

1440
01:15:51,400 --> 01:15:56,400
Speaker 2: more traction? Dan, I like Fluff bothwell, he is my dude,

1441
01:15:56,520 --> 01:15:58,680
Speaker 2: all right, is the running back who comes over? They

1442
01:15:58,720 --> 01:16:01,479
Speaker 2: should be really strong in the backroom. I think the

1443
01:16:01,560 --> 01:16:05,960
Speaker 2: running back room is probably the undeniable strength of this team.

1444
01:16:06,680 --> 01:16:12,840
Speaker 2: But offensive line had to bring in nine transfers because

1445
01:16:12,880 --> 01:16:14,640
Speaker 2: they were so bad a year ago. They allowed a

1446
01:16:14,680 --> 01:16:16,400
Speaker 2: sack on ten percent of their passes.

1447
01:16:16,720 --> 01:16:18,240
Speaker 1: Yikes.

1448
01:16:19,080 --> 01:16:20,800
Speaker 2: They were bad at pass protection, they were bad at

1449
01:16:20,800 --> 01:16:22,120
Speaker 2: getting any kind of push up front.

1450
01:16:23,040 --> 01:16:25,240
Speaker 1: And the quarterback who took some of those sacks is gone.

1451
01:16:25,520 --> 01:16:29,439
Speaker 2: Michael Van Buren MVB back up now at LSU. So

1452
01:16:30,600 --> 01:16:33,920
Speaker 2: I don't hate the quarterback. I don't hate I love

1453
01:16:33,960 --> 01:16:36,599
Speaker 2: the running back room actually, but I don't know about

1454
01:16:36,600 --> 01:16:41,200
Speaker 2: the line. They lost three of their four top wide receivers,

1455
01:16:41,200 --> 01:16:43,920
Speaker 2: including Kevin Coleman, who I mentioned earlier transferred to ms

1456
01:16:44,000 --> 01:16:47,800
Speaker 2: ZOO had a bunch of guys transferring in. If they

1457
01:16:47,840 --> 01:16:49,639
Speaker 2: could just focus on the run, and get more out

1458
01:16:49,680 --> 01:16:52,120
Speaker 2: of the line. I think they'd be okay, but I

1459
01:16:52,160 --> 01:16:54,639
Speaker 2: think kind of taking in context here, if you look

1460
01:16:54,640 --> 01:16:56,760
Speaker 2: at the whole operation on offense, I got some real

1461
01:16:56,840 --> 01:16:58,960
Speaker 2: questions about if they can even get to that level

1462
01:16:58,960 --> 01:16:59,479
Speaker 2: of balance.

1463
01:17:01,040 --> 01:17:05,200
Speaker 1: Okay, everything you said is correct. They have a fun

1464
01:17:05,280 --> 01:17:07,960
Speaker 1: sandwich type schedule. If they're a wild card and some

1465
01:17:08,000 --> 01:17:09,880
Speaker 1: of these transfers on both sides of the ball work

1466
01:17:09,920 --> 01:17:12,680
Speaker 1: out and blake shape and stays healthy, They're gonna need

1467
01:17:12,760 --> 01:17:14,080
Speaker 1: to win a lot of these games forty one to

1468
01:17:14,120 --> 01:17:16,720
Speaker 1: thirty eight. It's gonna be a very specific manner in

1469
01:17:16,760 --> 01:17:19,320
Speaker 1: which they're winning these games, because I just even with

1470
01:17:19,400 --> 01:17:21,880
Speaker 1: transfers on defense, I'm not there. I gotta see something.

1471
01:17:22,880 --> 01:17:27,720
Speaker 1: I think if they ascend to that like system offense

1472
01:17:28,520 --> 01:17:33,519
Speaker 1: got transfers, come through, blake shape and stays healthy, schedule

1473
01:17:33,600 --> 01:17:37,240
Speaker 1: is opportunistic for them to get a couple. You're still

1474
01:17:37,240 --> 01:17:42,880
Speaker 1: talking five and seven, likely five and seven. I'm playing

1475
01:17:42,880 --> 01:17:46,599
Speaker 1: out five and seven. Jeff Levy is coach of the year. Dan, Yes,

1476
01:17:46,640 --> 01:17:49,040
Speaker 1: I know, I'm and I was laying out a number

1477
01:17:49,040 --> 01:17:51,400
Speaker 1: of things that need I'm laying out bullet points, a

1478
01:17:51,400 --> 01:17:52,479
Speaker 1: long list of bullet points.

1479
01:17:52,600 --> 01:17:53,320
Speaker 2: I gotch I gotcha.

1480
01:17:54,200 --> 01:17:56,240
Speaker 1: It's It's one of those things that's interesting too, because

1481
01:17:56,240 --> 01:17:59,280
Speaker 1: Mississippi State is a clear program that can win games

1482
01:17:59,280 --> 01:18:01,680
Speaker 1: as a program, can be a threatening, dangerous team as

1483
01:18:01,720 --> 01:18:04,320
Speaker 1: a program. Multiple coaches have been at Mississippi State in

1484
01:18:04,320 --> 01:18:07,439
Speaker 1: the last ten to fifteen years, but it also feels

1485
01:18:07,479 --> 01:18:09,519
Speaker 1: like a place where you really need to be patient.

1486
01:18:10,040 --> 01:18:12,400
Speaker 1: You really need to nail in state recruiting, you really

1487
01:18:12,400 --> 01:18:15,200
Speaker 1: need to nail transfers. You really need to give a

1488
01:18:15,240 --> 01:18:18,920
Speaker 1: coach time. And this doesn't feel like a time time

1489
01:18:19,400 --> 01:18:22,920
Speaker 1: in college football. It should be though a Mississippi State.

1490
01:18:23,320 --> 01:18:26,240
Speaker 1: It should be at Mississippi State. But you're balancing like

1491
01:18:26,840 --> 01:18:30,040
Speaker 1: the expectation that you beat Ole miss not often, but

1492
01:18:30,160 --> 01:18:34,559
Speaker 1: every so often, that you are at least somebody to

1493
01:18:34,680 --> 01:18:37,519
Speaker 1: be feared. You've got a great home field advantage every

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01:18:37,600 --> 01:18:40,040
Speaker 1: so often in the sec that you should be able

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01:18:40,080 --> 01:18:44,759
Speaker 1: to find NFL caliber players up front on defense pretty often.

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01:18:45,560 --> 01:18:48,920
Speaker 1: And the way I mean, Jeff Levy has no choice

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01:18:49,000 --> 01:18:51,360
Speaker 1: right because of how bad they were. They need to

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01:18:51,439 --> 01:18:54,640
Speaker 1: become competent at many more places on this roster, and

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01:18:54,680 --> 01:18:56,679
Speaker 1: the only way you can do that is by hoping

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01:18:56,680 --> 01:18:59,120
Speaker 1: for the best in the portal. And so that's not

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01:18:59,200 --> 01:19:00,920
Speaker 1: a long time way of thinking.

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01:19:01,479 --> 01:19:06,280
Speaker 2: No, I mean they need Yeah, it's it's definitely a challenge.

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01:19:07,040 --> 01:19:08,960
Speaker 2: It's absolutely a challenge for this team.

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01:19:09,200 --> 01:19:09,960
Speaker 1: Yeah.

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01:19:10,760 --> 01:19:16,840
Speaker 2: I honestly think that Week one against Southern miss of

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01:19:16,880 --> 01:19:20,519
Speaker 2: all teams, that's going to determine whether they have a

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01:19:20,600 --> 01:19:23,000
Speaker 2: realistic shot at the over which is three and a half.

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01:19:23,040 --> 01:19:24,320
Speaker 2: It's the lowest in the SEC.

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01:19:24,840 --> 01:19:25,080
Speaker 1: Right.

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01:19:26,160 --> 01:19:28,160
Speaker 2: But that's it, man, I mean, this is a tough

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01:19:28,200 --> 01:19:31,479
Speaker 2: slate for a team in this position. The games that

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01:19:31,560 --> 01:19:33,880
Speaker 2: I look at and I say, wow, maybe they could

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01:19:34,240 --> 01:19:40,040
Speaker 2: win Southern miss Alkhorn State, Northern Illinois. But Vegas gave

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01:19:40,040 --> 01:19:42,519
Speaker 2: you that little hook because they're looking at the rest

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01:19:42,560 --> 01:19:43,880
Speaker 2: of the thing just like you and I are, and

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01:19:43,920 --> 01:19:49,640
Speaker 2: we're saying maybe at Arkansas, but everybody else looks significantly

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01:19:49,680 --> 01:19:52,160
Speaker 2: better than where Mississippi State's at this year.

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01:19:53,000 --> 01:19:57,320
Speaker 1: Arkansas has Auburn the week before, so tough. Maybe let

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01:19:57,400 --> 01:19:58,519
Speaker 1: down spot the games at home?

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01:20:00,320 --> 01:20:01,519
Speaker 2: Man, I don't know.

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01:20:01,800 --> 01:20:02,479
Speaker 1: Well, we'll see.

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01:20:02,560 --> 01:20:04,920
Speaker 2: I mean again, there are pieces here that I like,

1523
01:20:05,000 --> 01:20:08,519
Speaker 2: but there are glaring deficiencies that I can't overlook.

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01:20:08,760 --> 01:20:09,960
Speaker 1: I'm right there with you.

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01:20:11,240 --> 01:20:13,760
Speaker 2: It's gonna take a little bit. Let's have some patience, yep.

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01:20:14,680 --> 01:20:16,160
Speaker 1: All right, that does it.

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01:20:16,240 --> 01:20:18,120
Speaker 2: Eight teams in the book right in. Let us know

1528
01:20:18,240 --> 01:20:20,559
Speaker 2: your thoughts, what we got right, what we got wrong.

1529
01:20:21,800 --> 01:20:24,120
Speaker 2: Soliverbo at gmail dot com as always is the email.

1530
01:20:24,160 --> 01:20:28,120
Speaker 2: We read everything that you post online as well, so

1531
01:20:28,160 --> 01:20:31,440
Speaker 2: you can email us. You can send comments in via Spotify,

1532
01:20:31,640 --> 01:20:35,120
Speaker 2: via YouTube, via some other apps out there. We just

1533
01:20:35,160 --> 01:20:37,000
Speaker 2: take our turn. We kind of like go through, we

1534
01:20:37,040 --> 01:20:39,120
Speaker 2: cycle through all of them. We want to get your feedback.

1535
01:20:39,200 --> 01:20:42,639
Speaker 2: Let us know what your thoughts are on these eight teams.

1536
01:20:42,680 --> 01:20:45,280
Speaker 2: The other eight are coming up on the next episode.

1537
01:20:45,360 --> 01:20:48,000
Speaker 2: So if you like what you heard, even if you

1538
01:20:48,040 --> 01:20:51,640
Speaker 2: didn't hit follow, hit subscribes that you don't miss that episode.

1539
01:20:52,240 --> 01:20:55,840
Speaker 2: After the sec we've got the Notre Dame preview, and

1540
01:20:55,920 --> 01:20:59,120
Speaker 2: of course the vaunted Yukon preview, which everybody has been

1541
01:20:59,160 --> 01:21:03,120
Speaker 2: clamoring bad. We've got that, and then we're going to

1542
01:21:03,160 --> 01:21:05,240
Speaker 2: get into full on season mode. Man. We got some

1543
01:21:06,080 --> 01:21:08,439
Speaker 2: news that we got to get through before the season

1544
01:21:08,520 --> 01:21:12,080
Speaker 2: gets here, and before long we'll be talking about games.

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01:21:12,200 --> 01:21:16,080
Speaker 1: Here, quarterbacks, starting quarterbacks will be named across this great land.

1546
01:21:16,240 --> 01:21:18,800
Speaker 1: We'll have news, there'll be unfortunate injuries that we're going

1547
01:21:18,880 --> 01:21:21,280
Speaker 1: to have to sort out. And yeah, a couple of

1548
01:21:21,320 --> 01:21:24,600
Speaker 1: PSAs here, Ty, we may have gotten a name or

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01:21:24,640 --> 01:21:28,240
Speaker 1: three wrong in terms of how we've pronounced them, and

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01:21:28,360 --> 01:21:32,680
Speaker 1: my official comment is, yeah, that's going to happen. I apologize.

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01:21:32,720 --> 01:21:34,559
Speaker 1: We'll try to do better. You corrected me. You did

1552
01:21:34,560 --> 01:21:36,519
Speaker 1: a good job when I said Eric our Buckle instead

1553
01:21:36,520 --> 01:21:38,479
Speaker 1: of Ben our Buckle. Yeah, good to leave that in.

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01:21:38,640 --> 01:21:40,280
Speaker 2: We'll leave that one in the show.

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01:21:40,720 --> 01:21:43,280
Speaker 1: Yeah. Second second PSA, by the way, is if you

1556
01:21:43,439 --> 01:21:48,360
Speaker 1: are running, doing dishes, folding some laundry, mowing the lawn

1557
01:21:48,439 --> 01:21:51,559
Speaker 1: right now, you're being productive while listening to our team

1558
01:21:51,600 --> 01:21:55,160
Speaker 1: preview of SEC Teams Part one, you're doing a killer job.

1559
01:21:55,320 --> 01:21:56,760
Speaker 1: Keep it up, keep it up. Awesome job.

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01:21:56,800 --> 01:21:59,559
Speaker 2: People appreciated that, Dan on the last episode or one

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01:21:59,560 --> 01:22:01,080
Speaker 2: of the last episodes, when you gave that.

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01:22:01,680 --> 01:22:03,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, I just want to make sure people are are

1563
01:22:03,479 --> 01:22:07,559
Speaker 1: seen that they are contributing to society and the micro

1564
01:22:07,760 --> 01:22:12,719
Speaker 1: and the macro, bettering themselves, bettering their situation. Great job everyone.

1565
01:22:12,760 --> 01:22:14,960
Speaker 1: If you're listening to this while in a yoga class,

1566
01:22:16,160 --> 01:22:18,599
Speaker 1: now mustay, I must day. Yeah.

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01:22:18,640 --> 01:22:21,920
Speaker 2: All right, Well, on that note, we got eight in

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01:22:21,920 --> 01:22:24,120
Speaker 2: the books. We got eight more to go. We will

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01:22:24,160 --> 01:22:27,519
Speaker 2: catch you all on our next episode. Thank you for

1570
01:22:27,560 --> 01:22:30,320
Speaker 2: bearing with us, Thank you for your undying support. We'll

1571
01:22:30,320 --> 01:22:34,360
Speaker 2: be back shortly to round out the SEC. Four. That

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01:22:34,439 --> 01:22:37,160
Speaker 2: guy my good friend Dan rubinsteed for myself, Tie hilde Brand.

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01:22:37,200 --> 01:22:41,799
Speaker 2: Thank you. As always we'll see sudents, stay so peace