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Speaker 1: And welcome int Lake. Kick is Live. It is Sunday Night,

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Speaker 1: September fifth, The Ear of Our Lord twenty twenty one,

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Speaker 1: a jam packed show to end all jam packed shows.

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Speaker 1: Just got back from Charlotte, North Carolina a couple of

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Speaker 1: hours ago, so did a lot of work in the air,

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Speaker 1: did a lot of work on the ground. Met a

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Speaker 1: Charlotte this weekend. Actually met one of our listeners slash

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Speaker 1: viewers who hails from the small but not insignificant town

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Speaker 1: of Tai Thai, Georgia. Why is Thai Thai important, Well,

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Speaker 1: it's important because of the people who live there. But secondly,

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Speaker 1: you know, sometimes I choose just random towns to mention

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Speaker 1: in the show, and disproportionately I have mentioned Thay Thai, Georgia.

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Speaker 1: So the guy walks up to me at the airport

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Speaker 1: meant something to both of us right there in the

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Speaker 1: security line. It meant something. Georgia stuffed Clemson Soudaturday night

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Speaker 1: last night, twenty four hours ago. We are going to

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Speaker 1: discuss in great detail, Lsu do you want to say

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Speaker 1: they laid an egg on the West coast. Do you

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Speaker 1: want to say UCLA arrived on the West coast. Well,

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Speaker 1: whatever you think happened, I'm going to tell you what

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Speaker 1: I think happened in that one. Alabama rolled Miami in

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Speaker 1: a way that is all too familiar for Alabama. Penn

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Speaker 1: State found a way against Wisconsin. Despite what the box

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Speaker 1: score may tell you, Penn State found a way. We

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Speaker 1: have got Rama Noodle Express tonight. We have got a

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Speaker 1: Renaissance Tour announcement for this week that is probably as

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Speaker 1: talked about as any stop that we're going to make

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Speaker 1: all season. We have got critical decisions you and I

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Speaker 1: to make. We got Texas Arkansas coming up Saturday. We

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Speaker 1: could go to Fayetteville, it would be my first game

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Speaker 1: at Ohio State. We've got Iowa undefeated at Iowa State undefeated.

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Speaker 1: I'm going to let you know before the end of

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Speaker 1: this very broadcast where we will be headed Saturday. We

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Speaker 1: got to talk about Texas and Iowa State both won

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Speaker 1: yesterday and diff ring fashions. Florida. The quarterback situation there

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Speaker 1: playing out exactly according to the script that we have

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Speaker 1: laid out on this program. We got to talk about

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Speaker 1: Oklahoma barely surviving, Oregon barely surviving, Washington not surviving. And

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Speaker 1: we're going to do this all before Notre Dame and

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Speaker 1: Florida State kickoff at about seven thirty on the East

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Speaker 1: coast six thirty Central, so about fifty eight minutes from now.

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Speaker 1: And with that in mind, we have no time to waste.

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Speaker 1: Make sure you are following on Twitter and Instagram at

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Speaker 1: late kick. Josh, I do want to tell you I

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Speaker 1: didn't announce it on purpose because I wanted it to

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Speaker 1: feel kind of informal. But Friday night about a eleven

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Speaker 1: so it was eleven thirty Eastern time. We did a

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Speaker 1: little impromptu betting gambling sort of chat on Instagram Live.

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Speaker 1: Those games went seven and two. That's all I'm gonna

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Speaker 1: tell you. Be heads up on Friday nights. It pays

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Speaker 1: to be following on platforms other than just YouTube, but

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Speaker 1: subscribe if you are here. Okay, let's dive in. I

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Speaker 1: was in Charlotte, North Carolina last night on the field

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Speaker 1: for this one Georgia ten clems on three. I wish

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Speaker 1: you guys could have been there. A lot of you

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Speaker 1: were obvious from watching on TV or being there in person.

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Speaker 1: it was the first college football atmosphere in Hole that

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Speaker 1: a lot of us have experienced in well over two years.

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Speaker 1: Defense was back and crowds were back. We talked about

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Speaker 1: this all summer, not to be confused with off season.

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Speaker 1: All summer long. We talked about it, and both the

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Speaker 1: factors that we thought would go into making a renaissance

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Speaker 1: season for college football were present last night. Deafening on

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Speaker 1: one of the most glaring physical mismatches on the line

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Speaker 1: seen a lot of games down there, and I've seen

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Speaker 1: a lot of blowout games. This wasn't a blowout game

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Speaker 1: because neither offense could pull away. The level of nomination

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Speaker 1: that at all. Georgia was supremely confident, and they had

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Speaker 1: I know what it looked like at home. I've watched

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Speaker 1: and then they'll just drive away. Those aren't Georgia. Those

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Speaker 1: how about you stop letting outsiders set the narrative for you. Ooh, dirty, worry,

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Speaker 1: we don't like narrative. Just stop letting other people tell

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Speaker 1: you how you should feel. You can be very happy

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Speaker 1: because college football is about moments. Georgia fans should be

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Speaker 1: A lot of those, A vast majority of those happen

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Speaker 1: Georgia hasn't won enough of these. They won one last night.

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Speaker 1: And you want some perspective, Imagine how you would have

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Speaker 1: If you're Georgia fan, Remember how the twenty nineteen season ended.

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Speaker 1: But it's not over in twenty twenty one. It's just beginning.

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Speaker 1: looked better prepared. I don't think it was the team

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Speaker 1: in purple. I really don't. I think it was UCLA.

428
00:20:33,200 --> 00:20:36,080
Speaker 1: So what does SEC mean? SEC is a sticker you

429
00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:38,240
Speaker 1: put on your helmet. You got to define your own

430
00:20:38,240 --> 00:20:40,440
Speaker 1: style of play. That sticker doesn't do anything for you,

431
00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:42,639
Speaker 1: just like that PAC twelve sticker didn't do anything to

432
00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:48,080
Speaker 1: yank UCLA down yesterday. But the real question around LSU

433
00:20:48,160 --> 00:20:51,679
Speaker 1: right now is why did that game stun so many people?

434
00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:53,920
Speaker 1: I know what the point spread was, it wasn't nearly

435
00:20:53,960 --> 00:20:55,600
Speaker 1: as fat as a lot of you indicated it should

436
00:20:55,640 --> 00:20:58,720
Speaker 1: have been. But the real question here is why did

437
00:20:58,760 --> 00:21:02,560
Speaker 1: this UCLA LSU outcome thirty eight twenty seven? Why did

438
00:21:02,600 --> 00:21:05,280
Speaker 1: that stun so many people? And the answer is one

439
00:21:05,320 --> 00:21:09,040
Speaker 1: of the most misunderstood things in all of college football

440
00:21:09,359 --> 00:21:13,200
Speaker 1: and its talent, because people get fooled by talent. Talent

441
00:21:13,240 --> 00:21:15,840
Speaker 1: doesn't win football games anymore than a car wins a race.

442
00:21:16,320 --> 00:21:19,280
Speaker 1: But in some cases it's our fault, you know. At

443
00:21:19,280 --> 00:21:20,919
Speaker 1: twenty four to seven sport, it's one of the best

444
00:21:21,320 --> 00:21:24,720
Speaker 1: and worst tools we have is the team talent composite,

445
00:21:24,800 --> 00:21:27,440
Speaker 1: which is where you can pull up very conveniently how

446
00:21:27,480 --> 00:21:30,000
Speaker 1: many star guys are on a team, how many fours

447
00:21:30,040 --> 00:21:32,440
Speaker 1: and fives, and what the rating was, and you think

448
00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:34,679
Speaker 1: you have defined a team. Now that's how It's not

449
00:21:34,720 --> 00:21:36,360
Speaker 1: how the tool is supposed to be used, but that's

450
00:21:36,359 --> 00:21:38,520
Speaker 1: how a lot of people use it. And so you

451
00:21:38,600 --> 00:21:42,200
Speaker 1: looked and you saw all summer long, this team in LSU,

452
00:21:42,640 --> 00:21:45,800
Speaker 1: with so much more talent than this team at UCLA,

453
00:21:46,240 --> 00:21:48,320
Speaker 1: was going to go across country and it doesn't matter

454
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Speaker 1: because it's week one. They'll be acclimated and talent will

455
00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,120
Speaker 1: just went out. No, talent doesn't win football games anymore.

456
00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,879
Speaker 1: Like I said, then cars win races. How do you

457
00:21:58,000 --> 00:22:00,440
Speaker 1: use the car. Who's in the car. Do you get

458
00:22:00,480 --> 00:22:03,240
Speaker 1: every mile per hour possible out of that engine? Do

459
00:22:03,320 --> 00:22:06,000
Speaker 1: you get every mile possible off of those tires, do

460
00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,439
Speaker 1: you get maximum fuel efficiency? None of that has to

461
00:22:09,440 --> 00:22:12,240
Speaker 1: do with talent. It has to do with how effectively

462
00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:15,560
Speaker 1: you utilize the skill in that case, the machine in

463
00:22:15,560 --> 00:22:19,360
Speaker 1: this case, if you watched LSU's football players yesterday, did

464
00:22:19,400 --> 00:22:21,080
Speaker 1: it look like for the second year in a row

465
00:22:21,119 --> 00:22:25,359
Speaker 1: now they were being utilized to their maximum capability, to

466
00:22:25,400 --> 00:22:27,919
Speaker 1: their maximum preparedness And the answer is a clear no.

467
00:22:28,520 --> 00:22:30,439
Speaker 1: And so then the follow up question is a lot

468
00:22:30,480 --> 00:22:32,640
Speaker 1: more murky. It's a lot more difficult, and I don't

469
00:22:32,640 --> 00:22:35,720
Speaker 1: think it's time to answer that question. But that's the

470
00:22:35,720 --> 00:22:37,720
Speaker 1: bigger issue here, and that's what you take away from it.

471
00:22:38,280 --> 00:22:41,560
Speaker 1: The doubt I see around Max Johnson is not something

472
00:22:41,560 --> 00:22:43,680
Speaker 1: I'm ready to jump on board with. Like I watched

473
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Speaker 1: Max Johnson yesterday and it's not a statline game. I

474
00:22:47,680 --> 00:22:50,080
Speaker 1: watch Max Johnson and I this is the LSU quarterback

475
00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:53,320
Speaker 1: for those unfamiliar, and I say, what more could I

476
00:22:53,320 --> 00:22:56,399
Speaker 1: have asked for from him? Like, I know, the big

477
00:22:56,720 --> 00:22:59,320
Speaker 1: you know, the big highlight that was circulating yesterday if

478
00:22:59,359 --> 00:23:01,920
Speaker 1: you were at a game or you were watching other

479
00:23:01,920 --> 00:23:03,560
Speaker 1: games and you didn't get to see this one was

480
00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,119
Speaker 1: the horrible mistake he made. I mean, it was a

481
00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,920
Speaker 1: terrible mistake. He throws the ball backwards, not even looking.

482
00:23:08,280 --> 00:23:09,879
Speaker 1: One of the crazier players you'll ever see. I mean,

483
00:23:09,920 --> 00:23:12,119
Speaker 1: if they were doing it for fun, if it was

484
00:23:12,160 --> 00:23:14,000
Speaker 1: a movie, would have been a great scene. It was

485
00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:15,760
Speaker 1: real life, and it was a horror movie. As it

486
00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,359
Speaker 1: turned out, that wasn't his game, though. That was a

487
00:23:18,400 --> 00:23:21,320
Speaker 1: little clip from the game. He was under duress all

488
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:23,560
Speaker 1: night long. I don't know what more could have been

489
00:23:23,560 --> 00:23:26,359
Speaker 1: expected of him. Max Johnson's a guy I think I

490
00:23:26,359 --> 00:23:29,480
Speaker 1: can win with if I have a high enough function

491
00:23:29,600 --> 00:23:31,600
Speaker 1: offensive line in front of him. If I have more

492
00:23:31,640 --> 00:23:33,760
Speaker 1: than one receiver, then I know I can go to

493
00:23:33,960 --> 00:23:35,920
Speaker 1: Unless you doesn't have these things right now. I don't

494
00:23:35,960 --> 00:23:37,679
Speaker 1: care what you were told leading up to the season.

495
00:23:37,800 --> 00:23:39,280
Speaker 1: I don't care what you were led to believe. I

496
00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,320
Speaker 1: don't care what you felt based on whatever. They don't

497
00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:44,439
Speaker 1: have that right now. Now. The good news is it's

498
00:23:44,480 --> 00:23:46,920
Speaker 1: week one of a twelve week season. The bad news

499
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:49,760
Speaker 1: is you're behind the eight ball already. This wasn't a

500
00:23:49,760 --> 00:23:51,840
Speaker 1: conference game, but you're still behind the eight ball already.

501
00:23:52,040 --> 00:23:54,920
Speaker 1: Remember this is at oriz Ron's team now, for better

502
00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,600
Speaker 1: or for worse. This is his team. This is his staff,

503
00:23:58,440 --> 00:24:02,040
Speaker 1: this is his roster, this is his developmental plan, this

504
00:24:02,280 --> 00:24:05,840
Speaker 1: is his plan period. He's made that crystal clear. He

505
00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:08,880
Speaker 1: made clear how important this game was in week one. Well,

506
00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:10,760
Speaker 1: now we see the fallout from it. Now we see

507
00:24:10,760 --> 00:24:13,080
Speaker 1: the ramifications, now we see the result. But you got

508
00:24:13,119 --> 00:24:15,560
Speaker 1: to tip your captain, Chip Kelly. This is a guy

509
00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:17,879
Speaker 1: who has been left for dead nationally. This is a

510
00:24:17,880 --> 00:24:21,000
Speaker 1: guy who's been forgotten and he kind of reinvented some

511
00:24:21,040 --> 00:24:24,800
Speaker 1: things about UCLA football. And they were probably underrated. A

512
00:24:24,840 --> 00:24:26,480
Speaker 1: lot of the advanced metrics guys will tell you they

513
00:24:26,520 --> 00:24:29,840
Speaker 1: were underrated in the latter portion of last season. Well,

514
00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:32,000
Speaker 1: now here they are and they're starting to get some

515
00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,840
Speaker 1: serious rub as one of the best teams on the

516
00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:37,960
Speaker 1: West Coast. I don't know, I don't know how lofty

517
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:40,400
Speaker 1: that mountain is to climb right now, so very quickly

518
00:24:40,640 --> 00:24:43,240
Speaker 1: they could find themselves there. So hats off to Chip Kelly.

519
00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:48,359
Speaker 1: A lot of work to be done at LSU. Let's

520
00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:52,080
Speaker 1: move on to Atlanta, Georgia. That is where we saw

521
00:24:53,320 --> 00:24:56,240
Speaker 1: a movie that you've seen several times, wasn't it? Alabama

522
00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:00,000
Speaker 1: forty four Miami thirteen. This was nearly the worst case

523
00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:03,200
Speaker 1: scenario from Miami it was nearly best case scenario for Alabama.

524
00:25:03,240 --> 00:25:06,560
Speaker 1: Bama didn't play perfect by any stretch. Miami wasn't a

525
00:25:06,600 --> 00:25:09,160
Speaker 1: disaster for them. Disaster is getting your quarterback knocked out

526
00:25:09,160 --> 00:25:11,159
Speaker 1: for the year. That didn't happen yesterday. Looked like it

527
00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:13,480
Speaker 1: may be on its way, but it didn't happen last year.

528
00:25:13,640 --> 00:25:15,639
Speaker 1: I'll tell you why I think it's worst case from Miami.

529
00:25:15,800 --> 00:25:18,240
Speaker 1: It doesn't really even necessarily have to do with just

530
00:25:18,359 --> 00:25:20,560
Speaker 1: this season. I'll tell you that in a second. But

531
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:24,720
Speaker 1: I really underestimated how thorough Alabama would just handle the game.

532
00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,399
Speaker 1: I underestimated how efficient the offense would be. Is what

533
00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:32,000
Speaker 1: I underestimated. With pressure, no less with pressure. Bryce Young

534
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,960
Speaker 1: first start as a quarterback, Starting quarterback. Bryce Young in

535
00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:39,560
Speaker 1: his first start twenty seven of thirty eight for three

536
00:25:39,760 --> 00:25:43,920
Speaker 1: forty four through the air, four touchdowns, zero picks, and

537
00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,480
Speaker 1: he had one hundred and twenty six what was it,

538
00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:49,320
Speaker 1: twelve six? He had one hundred and twenty six yards

539
00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:51,360
Speaker 1: per completion would be a record. He had twelve point

540
00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:55,320
Speaker 1: six yards per completion. No other program in any era

541
00:25:55,480 --> 00:25:58,119
Speaker 1: does this stuff. It's so stupid to think about this.

542
00:25:58,640 --> 00:26:02,159
Speaker 1: Bryce Young in his first start with pressure Bama's offensive

543
00:26:02,200 --> 00:26:05,000
Speaker 1: line wasn't flawless by a new stretch. Should not be

544
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:08,639
Speaker 1: throwing for three point fifty and four touchdowns no interceptions.

545
00:26:08,680 --> 00:26:11,480
Speaker 1: He should have struggle. That's what he should have. Replacing

546
00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,200
Speaker 1: a new coordinator and all kinds of new talent out wide,

547
00:26:14,320 --> 00:26:17,840
Speaker 1: new guys in the backfield knew everything, including quarterback. You

548
00:26:17,880 --> 00:26:22,199
Speaker 1: should falter, you should stumble, and Alabama does none of it.

549
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,400
Speaker 1: They're just a machine. But it's not a machine. These

550
00:26:25,440 --> 00:26:28,000
Speaker 1: are real people. They're the same age as the players

551
00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,800
Speaker 1: on your favorite team. They have to play according to

552
00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:32,800
Speaker 1: the same guidelines that you have to play with, and

553
00:26:32,840 --> 00:26:36,560
Speaker 1: they're that much better. It's incredible to watch. It's disheartening

554
00:26:36,600 --> 00:26:38,080
Speaker 1: to watch if you're not a Bama fan, but it's

555
00:26:38,119 --> 00:26:40,800
Speaker 1: incredible to watch. But early second quarter. I'll give you

556
00:26:40,800 --> 00:26:43,320
Speaker 1: an example. If you did not watch this game, I'll

557
00:26:43,320 --> 00:26:45,960
Speaker 1: watched this from the flight home today. Go back to

558
00:26:46,040 --> 00:26:48,800
Speaker 1: the second quarter. It's early second quarter, and I want

559
00:26:48,800 --> 00:26:50,280
Speaker 1: you to keep in mind as you're watching this, all

560
00:26:50,320 --> 00:26:53,040
Speaker 1: these players are new, hardly any of them have started

561
00:26:53,080 --> 00:26:56,120
Speaker 1: a full season for Alabama. And it's inside the ten

562
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 1: yard line and Manny Diaz dials up an all out

563
00:27:00,119 --> 00:27:03,440
Speaker 1: just a jail break blitz and brace Young's got guys

564
00:27:03,440 --> 00:27:05,200
Speaker 1: in the space. He's already been knocked on the ground

565
00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:08,080
Speaker 1: a couple of times, and just I don't think his

566
00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,639
Speaker 1: heart rate gets above eighty, just tosses it right to

567
00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:14,360
Speaker 1: his read tied end Camlotu in the end zone, touchdown, Alabama.

568
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:17,440
Speaker 1: Game essentially over at that point. It's just insane to watch,

569
00:27:17,440 --> 00:27:19,800
Speaker 1: because if you watched a veteran quarterback, a fifth year

570
00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,440
Speaker 1: starter do that, you'd say, Man, it's a good thing

571
00:27:22,480 --> 00:27:24,960
Speaker 1: he's played that long. That's a tough play he just made.

572
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,480
Speaker 1: He's a first year starter. Brush Young's a first year starter.

573
00:27:28,080 --> 00:27:30,240
Speaker 1: Why is this near worst case from Miami? Why am

574
00:27:30,280 --> 00:27:33,960
Speaker 1: I saying things like that? Well, it's not necessarily about

575
00:27:34,040 --> 00:27:37,280
Speaker 1: this year. This game was about recruiting. If I were

576
00:27:37,320 --> 00:27:39,679
Speaker 1: to teleport you from the early nineties of the late eighties,

577
00:27:39,680 --> 00:27:42,600
Speaker 1: what I'm about to say sounds insane, But the state

578
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,040
Speaker 1: of college football in twenty twenty one is that the

579
00:27:45,119 --> 00:27:50,440
Speaker 1: University of Miami's biggest recruiting challenge in South Florida is Alabama.

580
00:27:51,359 --> 00:27:54,640
Speaker 1: And it was time for Miami to show South Florida

581
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:57,440
Speaker 1: kids that you don't have to go to a program

582
00:27:57,480 --> 00:28:01,080
Speaker 1: in tuscaloose Alabama to play at the high level. We

583
00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,200
Speaker 1: can do it here. They didn't need to beat Bama.

584
00:28:03,280 --> 00:28:05,520
Speaker 1: They needed to be competitive, and they weren't. They got

585
00:28:05,560 --> 00:28:08,239
Speaker 1: tossed right into the woodshipper. They got splattered, just like

586
00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:11,600
Speaker 1: so many teams have before against Allabama. Well, the problem

587
00:28:11,960 --> 00:28:14,680
Speaker 1: is not the rest of the season. Have you watched

588
00:28:14,800 --> 00:28:17,679
Speaker 1: the other ACC games? This week in Miami made very well?

589
00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:20,480
Speaker 1: Still go and play for an ACC title. That team

590
00:28:20,520 --> 00:28:22,200
Speaker 1: still has a lot in front of it. They're only

591
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,480
Speaker 1: favored by seven and a half against app State this week,

592
00:28:24,680 --> 00:28:27,520
Speaker 1: So the critical key is don't let Alabama beach you twice.

593
00:28:27,840 --> 00:28:29,320
Speaker 1: But they still got a lot in front of them.

594
00:28:29,640 --> 00:28:32,160
Speaker 1: But the long term, the going in the living room

595
00:28:32,400 --> 00:28:35,760
Speaker 1: for a kid from Miami Dade or Broward County over

596
00:28:35,760 --> 00:28:38,720
Speaker 1: at American Heritage High School, how do you go in

597
00:28:38,760 --> 00:28:42,320
Speaker 1: there and tell kids that when they can just say, okay, coach,

598
00:28:42,400 --> 00:28:45,160
Speaker 1: but I watched week one. You don't have an answer

599
00:28:45,160 --> 00:28:48,160
Speaker 1: for that. And the only answer, the only solution is

600
00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:50,160
Speaker 1: you got to be good enough to sell them on

601
00:28:50,200 --> 00:28:53,000
Speaker 1: the concept that well, we'll do it once you get here.

602
00:28:54,080 --> 00:28:56,680
Speaker 1: That's hard when a coach is walking in right after

603
00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:58,480
Speaker 1: you with that script a on their chest and they

604
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:01,560
Speaker 1: say not, don't be part of that. That sounds like

605
00:29:01,600 --> 00:29:03,880
Speaker 1: a recipe for disaster. Don't be a trial and arrow

606
00:29:03,880 --> 00:29:05,840
Speaker 1: guinea pig. Just come here. We already got it all

607
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:07,920
Speaker 1: set up. You're good to go. Oh look here, here's

608
00:29:08,000 --> 00:29:09,560
Speaker 1: this guy, this guy, this guy, and this guy from

609
00:29:09,600 --> 00:29:12,200
Speaker 1: your backyard in some cases from your high school, who

610
00:29:12,200 --> 00:29:15,440
Speaker 1: are multimillionaires because they made that choice. That is why

611
00:29:15,440 --> 00:29:18,360
Speaker 1: it's worst case scenario. From Miami. Alabama is clearly the

612
00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:20,400
Speaker 1: standard of the country right now. We had them ranked

613
00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,640
Speaker 1: number one, so you know, it's not like it's a

614
00:29:22,680 --> 00:29:25,120
Speaker 1: big shot. But this is far and away, at this

615
00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,560
Speaker 1: point the best team in the country. But like we said,

616
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:32,640
Speaker 1: not a flawless team, and so there are still obstacles ahead.

617
00:29:32,680 --> 00:29:34,680
Speaker 1: I know it doesn't feel like it because you look

618
00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,560
Speaker 1: at the final score yesterday. This was not a razor

619
00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:41,640
Speaker 1: sharp efficient game for Alabama. There are things they have

620
00:29:41,680 --> 00:29:44,000
Speaker 1: to work on. On the offensive line. They had Chris Allen,

621
00:29:44,280 --> 00:29:47,320
Speaker 1: one of their outside linebackers who was very impactful yesterday.

622
00:29:47,560 --> 00:29:50,320
Speaker 1: Probably out for the year with a foot injury. Remains

623
00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:53,280
Speaker 1: to be seen, but probably out for the year. But

624
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,200
Speaker 1: you know something I noticed even as we were doing

625
00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 1: this is how quiet it's gotten from the peak Golden

626
00:30:00,080 --> 00:30:02,960
Speaker 1: hater camp. All of them have gone on vacation. I

627
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:05,040
Speaker 1: don't know when any of them are coming back. It's

628
00:30:05,080 --> 00:30:07,520
Speaker 1: going to be a nice vacation year for them this year.

629
00:30:07,520 --> 00:30:10,080
Speaker 1: It's funny how a guy all of a sudden remembers

630
00:30:10,120 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 1: how to coach again once he's got the players, isn't it.

631
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:17,280
Speaker 1: Pete Golding, Congratulations. He picked up that Defensive Coordinator for

632
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:19,800
Speaker 1: Dummies book from Barnes and Noble that you guys wrote

633
00:30:19,800 --> 00:30:21,880
Speaker 1: for him, and so he's figured it out. He scanned

634
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,760
Speaker 1: the message boards, he's perused Twitter. Oh, by the way,

635
00:30:24,800 --> 00:30:26,920
Speaker 1: he's got players like Will Anderson that may or may

636
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,320
Speaker 1: not help. But now, all of a sudden, Alabama knows

637
00:30:29,320 --> 00:30:31,040
Speaker 1: how to play defense. Pete Golden knows how to call

638
00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:33,920
Speaker 1: a defense now. The way it works is when they're terrible,

639
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:38,120
Speaker 1: Golden's calling the defense, and when they're good, probably Saban's defense. Right.

640
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,040
Speaker 1: They were never terrible. They were still number one in

641
00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:43,400
Speaker 1: the SEC last year. They were just off by their standards.

642
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,360
Speaker 1: They're back. So as you watched all these other defenses

643
00:30:46,440 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: yesterday dominate, but they couldn't move the ball. Bama's defense

644
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,520
Speaker 1: dominated too. The problem is they can still score forty

645
00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,640
Speaker 1: on you pretty much whenever they need to. But you know,

646
00:30:55,720 --> 00:30:58,400
Speaker 1: Alabama had three point nine yards per carry yesterday, so

647
00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:00,720
Speaker 1: that ground game did not just poun to way, pound away,

648
00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,640
Speaker 1: pound away. We've seen this start from them before. We've

649
00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:05,120
Speaker 1: seen them go on to have one of the best

650
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,000
Speaker 1: rushing attacks in the country, but kind of stumble out

651
00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,400
Speaker 1: of the gate. There are few truths in an uncertain world.

652
00:31:10,440 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 1: I can tell you one of them is those yards

653
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:16,840
Speaker 1: per carry for Alabama will seldom be below four again

654
00:31:16,920 --> 00:31:19,200
Speaker 1: this season. I don't care who they play, so I

655
00:31:19,800 --> 00:31:22,120
Speaker 1: just look at Miami this week because Obama is who

656
00:31:22,120 --> 00:31:24,600
Speaker 1: they are. I look at Miami this week. It is

657
00:31:24,680 --> 00:31:27,320
Speaker 1: so critical they put this behind them again. If you

658
00:31:27,440 --> 00:31:29,960
Speaker 1: miss the opening lines, We're gonna do Rominuel Express picks

659
00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,320
Speaker 1: later on if you miss the opening line. This week,

660
00:31:32,560 --> 00:31:36,640
Speaker 1: Miami plays app State at home. Miami is a seven

661
00:31:36,680 --> 00:31:39,959
Speaker 1: and a half point favorite to open. Critical that they

662
00:31:40,000 --> 00:31:42,240
Speaker 1: put this game behind them because they did not have

663
00:31:42,360 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 1: catastrophic injury yesterday like Florida State a few years ago.

664
00:31:45,760 --> 00:31:48,840
Speaker 1: They lost Francois season over. De Eric King and his

665
00:31:48,920 --> 00:31:50,880
Speaker 1: team still have a lot they can accomplish, but you

666
00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,000
Speaker 1: can't do it if you can't put this game behind

667
00:31:53,000 --> 00:31:55,720
Speaker 1: you all right quickly. I wanted to run through several

668
00:31:55,720 --> 00:31:57,239
Speaker 1: more games here. There's so much more to get to.

669
00:31:57,680 --> 00:32:00,000
Speaker 1: Florida State and Notre Dame kicking off in thirty minutes,

670
00:32:00,120 --> 00:32:03,600
Speaker 1: so we'll get you there, don't worry. Penn State sixteen

671
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:07,200
Speaker 1: Wisconsin ten. Sat in the hotel room yesterday and watched

672
00:32:07,200 --> 00:32:09,600
Speaker 1: this one through the duration before I went over to

673
00:32:09,920 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 1: the stadium to watch Georgia and Clemson. As expected. Best

674
00:32:14,600 --> 00:32:19,240
Speaker 1: environment I saw yesterday, the on campus environment is its

675
00:32:19,360 --> 00:32:24,640
Speaker 1: induplicable in college football, Different people like different things. Some

676
00:32:24,680 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 1: people watch this game and they said this game's kind

677
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:29,000
Speaker 1: of boring because it was scoreless at the half. I'm

678
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:30,600
Speaker 1: just not one of those people. I'm a guy who

679
00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,080
Speaker 1: loved the nine to six lsu Bama game. But the

680
00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:35,560
Speaker 1: way I define what makes a great football game is different.

681
00:32:35,600 --> 00:32:37,479
Speaker 1: It's very simple. It doesn't matter what the score is.

682
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:41,240
Speaker 1: My definition of a great football game is how many

683
00:32:41,280 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 1: plays feel consequential, and in this game, every play felt

684
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,880
Speaker 1: consequential because one false move, one tipped ball up in

685
00:32:48,880 --> 00:32:52,920
Speaker 1: the air, one turnover, one score was very well on

686
00:32:53,120 --> 00:32:55,440
Speaker 1: pace to decide the game, and as it turns out,

687
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:58,640
Speaker 1: that's exactly what happened. That's what makes a great football game.

688
00:32:58,880 --> 00:33:01,080
Speaker 1: How hard is it for you to look away? You

689
00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:04,320
Speaker 1: can't afford to look away every first down in these games,

690
00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:09,320
Speaker 1: standing ovation every point feels like you just crawled over

691
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:12,640
Speaker 1: a bed of broken glass to gain I love that

692
00:33:12,760 --> 00:33:14,800
Speaker 1: y'all can have the fifty five to forty eight. I'll

693
00:33:14,840 --> 00:33:16,560
Speaker 1: take one of these games every now and and it's

694
00:33:16,600 --> 00:33:18,240
Speaker 1: not like you have to get this every week, but

695
00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:21,080
Speaker 1: every now and then. But this was big for James Franklin.

696
00:33:21,280 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 1: Box score tells you they have no business winning this game,

697
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:27,000
Speaker 1: but they did because you look on the Penn State

698
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,640
Speaker 1: side of things, and you kind of have to remember

699
00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:33,479
Speaker 1: you got to contextualize it. Iowa State struggled mightily yesterday

700
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:37,800
Speaker 1: against Northern Iowa. Oklahoma nearly lost to Tulane, Washington did

701
00:33:37,840 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 1: lose to Montana, Oregon nearly got clipped by Fresno State.

702
00:33:41,800 --> 00:33:44,240
Speaker 1: And as all that was happening, you went on the

703
00:33:44,320 --> 00:33:47,640
Speaker 1: road into probably the most hostile home environment in America

704
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:51,160
Speaker 1: yesterday and you found a way to win against a

705
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:54,320
Speaker 1: conference opponent that was ranked higher than you and favored

706
00:33:54,320 --> 00:33:56,160
Speaker 1: over you. That's a big deal. I don't care how

707
00:33:56,160 --> 00:33:58,080
Speaker 1: you got it done. That's a big deal. So they

708
00:33:58,160 --> 00:34:01,080
Speaker 1: still have offensive line issues. But if I would've told them, hey,

709
00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:03,480
Speaker 1: you're gonna go on the road to Camp Randal against

710
00:34:03,480 --> 00:34:05,480
Speaker 1: that Wisconsin team good in their own right, and your

711
00:34:05,520 --> 00:34:08,880
Speaker 1: offensive line gonna have some shaky issues of their own,

712
00:34:09,200 --> 00:34:10,560
Speaker 1: you would have thought you were gonna lose the game.

713
00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:13,240
Speaker 1: And you didn't. You won. So now Penn State schedule

714
00:34:13,360 --> 00:34:15,319
Speaker 1: pops up right in front of you, and we were

715
00:34:15,320 --> 00:34:17,560
Speaker 1: talking about how big this game hinged one way or

716
00:34:17,560 --> 00:34:20,120
Speaker 1: the other. Well, they won, and so now they got

717
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:23,560
Speaker 1: ball State this week, and then they got Auburn, and

718
00:34:23,640 --> 00:34:26,040
Speaker 1: that's gonna give us here at Lake Kick a very

719
00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:29,160
Speaker 1: very critical Week three decision to make. We could go

720
00:34:29,200 --> 00:34:32,120
Speaker 1: to the Swamp for Alabama versus Florida, or we could

721
00:34:32,120 --> 00:34:34,359
Speaker 1: see the white out Auburn at Penn State. And in

722
00:34:34,360 --> 00:34:37,439
Speaker 1: case you didn't notice Auburn's back, I've been told because

723
00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,920
Speaker 1: I haven't gotten to watch the Auburn Akron game, but

724
00:34:40,080 --> 00:34:42,840
Speaker 1: Auburn's back. Bo Nick's moving up another field. Dare we

725
00:34:42,840 --> 00:34:45,440
Speaker 1: say Heisman? Well, needless to say, we will find out

726
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:47,600
Speaker 1: a lot more about Auburn in Week three. But that's

727
00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:49,440
Speaker 1: gonna be very, very fun. And all of a sudden,

728
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,319
Speaker 1: now Penn State see what happens is this time last

729
00:34:52,400 --> 00:34:55,880
Speaker 1: year they played Indiana, for example, they probably played a

730
00:34:55,920 --> 00:34:58,840
Speaker 1: better game against Indiana then they played against Wisconsin. But

731
00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,399
Speaker 1: you know what the difference was, They gave the game

732
00:35:01,440 --> 00:35:05,439
Speaker 1: away against Indiana, whereas they took a game from Wisconsin. Here,

733
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,319
Speaker 1: Wisconsin gave it away, Penn State took it. They got

734
00:35:08,320 --> 00:35:10,840
Speaker 1: a w That's what matters. But I can't help but

735
00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:12,919
Speaker 1: be a little bit disappointed now, as much as there's

736
00:35:13,040 --> 00:35:15,439
Speaker 1: two sides to every coin, love it for Penn State,

737
00:35:15,600 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 1: can't help but be disappointed. Graham Mertz chiefly is what

738
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,280
Speaker 1: I've kind of been disappointed in. Not as a person,

739
00:35:22,400 --> 00:35:25,480
Speaker 1: but I love you as a person, maybe not as

740
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 1: a quarterback so much. I expect more from Wisconsin's offense,

741
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 1: and so they still got a long way to go

742
00:35:31,480 --> 00:35:34,759
Speaker 1: on the schedule, but I just I kept waiting for

743
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:38,680
Speaker 1: them to basically say, all whatever, let's just go for

744
00:35:38,719 --> 00:35:40,719
Speaker 1: it yesterday, and they never really went for it. And

745
00:35:40,760 --> 00:35:43,800
Speaker 1: I think that kind of game lures you into being

746
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:49,800
Speaker 1: so low margin for error, and so there's every show

747
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:51,759
Speaker 1: there is a phrase that I try and think of

748
00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:54,080
Speaker 1: and I can't think of it. And to risk averse,

749
00:35:54,120 --> 00:35:57,280
Speaker 1: there we go. You're so risk averse that the concept

750
00:35:57,320 --> 00:36:00,239
Speaker 1: of the forward pass alone scares you. But they they

751
00:36:00,239 --> 00:36:01,600
Speaker 1: can play better. I mean there were a lot of

752
00:36:01,640 --> 00:36:03,880
Speaker 1: false starts and fumbles. I think Colin told me there

753
00:36:03,920 --> 00:36:06,600
Speaker 1: were one for four in the red zone. Yes, well,

754
00:36:06,640 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 1: that stuff can be fixed. And when they're fixed, Wisconsin

755
00:36:09,200 --> 00:36:10,920
Speaker 1: could be a better team. But they can't be the

756
00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 1: best version of Wisconsin until they can move the ball

757
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:15,400
Speaker 1: down the field. So that's what we're looking for now

758
00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:19,399
Speaker 1: and in the future. I have got one, two, three, four, five.

759
00:36:19,520 --> 00:36:21,920
Speaker 1: I still got seven more things to talk about, and

760
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,319
Speaker 1: we've got Renaissance Tour Week two to reveal, and we

761
00:36:25,360 --> 00:36:27,440
Speaker 1: got Ramannuel Express. So hang tight because we're about to

762
00:36:27,520 --> 00:36:30,400
Speaker 1: move through the last portion of the show. Here added

763
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:34,840
Speaker 1: takeaways from week one. Big tip of the Cap to

764
00:36:34,960 --> 00:36:38,040
Speaker 1: sark At Texas thirty eight to eighteen. They beat Billy

765
00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:41,680
Speaker 1: Napier and Louisiana. We kind of felt this one, I

766
00:36:41,719 --> 00:36:43,920
Speaker 1: really in retrospect, regret we didn't put it on the

767
00:36:43,960 --> 00:36:47,799
Speaker 1: Ramannul Express. I mentioned this one heavily in our Late

768
00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:52,279
Speaker 1: Night Instagram live chat on Friday night. It was our

769
00:36:52,360 --> 00:36:54,920
Speaker 1: model yelled at us to take Texas, and I was

770
00:36:54,960 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 1: just too scared to. I respect Louisiana too much. I

771
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:00,560
Speaker 1: was just too scared to. But there was a layering

772
00:37:01,120 --> 00:37:04,160
Speaker 1: mismatch here along the lines of scrimmage and overall depth

773
00:37:04,760 --> 00:37:07,480
Speaker 1: and the home environment, not evenwithstanding it was going to

774
00:37:07,560 --> 00:37:09,520
Speaker 1: be very hard if Texas didn't turn the ball over

775
00:37:09,600 --> 00:37:13,520
Speaker 1: multiple times for Louisiana to overcome. Texas scored five straight

776
00:37:13,560 --> 00:37:16,200
Speaker 1: possessions from about the midway point of the second quarter

777
00:37:16,239 --> 00:37:19,040
Speaker 1: through early fourth quarter, and that was it. So you

778
00:37:19,120 --> 00:37:21,360
Speaker 1: can't do the thing we talked about last week. You

779
00:37:21,400 --> 00:37:23,960
Speaker 1: can't be calling for the upset and then discount the

780
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:26,279
Speaker 1: win in convincing fashion when they get it, because oh,

781
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,439
Speaker 1: it's just Louisiana. This is huge. It's a huge win

782
00:37:29,520 --> 00:37:32,200
Speaker 1: for them. Now they go to Arkansas this week. Yes,

783
00:37:32,239 --> 00:37:35,879
Speaker 1: Texas at Arkansas in week two. That line opens at

784
00:37:35,960 --> 00:37:38,520
Speaker 1: three and a half Horns favored by three and a

785
00:37:38,560 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 1: half on the road. Meanwhile, up the road in Norman,

786
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:45,160
Speaker 1: not where the game was originally scheduled. By the way,

787
00:37:45,560 --> 00:37:50,520
Speaker 1: Oklahoma outlasts two lane forty to thirty five. If you're

788
00:37:50,560 --> 00:37:52,560
Speaker 1: like most people, and you turn this thing off when

789
00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,799
Speaker 1: it was thirty seven to fourteen. I get it. I'm

790
00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: not even too down on the Oklahoma defense. This is

791
00:37:58,120 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 1: a classic box score versus eyeball test situation. If your

792
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:05,319
Speaker 1: eyes look at forty thirty five, here's what you think.

793
00:38:05,640 --> 00:38:09,840
Speaker 1: You think? Oh no, Oklahoma's defense is still terrible. Looks

794
00:38:09,880 --> 00:38:13,040
Speaker 1: like Heisman favorite Spencer Rattler must have bailed him out again.

795
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 1: That's the antithesis of what happened here. What happened is

796
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:20,920
Speaker 1: Oklahoma's offense. I would venture to say, put Alex Grinch

797
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:24,200
Speaker 1: in his defense. It's a pretty compromise situations yesterday, and

798
00:38:24,400 --> 00:38:26,200
Speaker 1: you know they gave up what they gave up. I

799
00:38:26,239 --> 00:38:28,960
Speaker 1: think it could have been a whole lot worse. I'm

800
00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:31,520
Speaker 1: gonna say some things here I haven't said yet. I'm

801
00:38:31,520 --> 00:38:34,320
Speaker 1: gonna be kind of tempered with it. But you noticed

802
00:38:34,600 --> 00:38:36,719
Speaker 1: many of you did. I didn't pick Oklahoma to win

803
00:38:36,719 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 1: the Big twelve. I picked Iowa State. Part of that's

804
00:38:39,040 --> 00:38:40,799
Speaker 1: for fun, part of its cost. I will back that

805
00:38:40,880 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 1: up with money. But the other part is I don't

806
00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:46,000
Speaker 1: trust Spencer Rattler like some of you do. I gotta

807
00:38:46,040 --> 00:38:49,120
Speaker 1: be blatantly honest with you. I don't view him as

808
00:38:49,120 --> 00:38:51,759
Speaker 1: a preseason Heisman favorite. I don't view him as an

809
00:38:51,800 --> 00:38:54,880
Speaker 1: elite quarterback. I don't look at him and think there's

810
00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:57,279
Speaker 1: that guy and then there's everyone else. I'm not even

811
00:38:57,280 --> 00:38:59,200
Speaker 1: sure he's best quarterback on his own team. Now. I

812
00:38:59,239 --> 00:39:01,440
Speaker 1: know it's become kind popular to say that. Over the

813
00:39:01,520 --> 00:39:05,240
Speaker 1: last twenty four hours, I felt this way. I'm very

814
00:39:05,280 --> 00:39:07,799
Speaker 1: careful with how I talk about college players. If we

815
00:39:07,800 --> 00:39:10,000
Speaker 1: were doing an NFL show, I just say this stuff

816
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:15,600
Speaker 1: all the time. There is a feeling that there are

817
00:39:15,600 --> 00:39:20,120
Speaker 1: some intangibles that Spencer Rattler lacks in order to be

818
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:23,799
Speaker 1: an elite quarterback. It's not all physical. Some of it's intangible.

819
00:39:23,920 --> 00:39:26,279
Speaker 1: And I'm just telling you there are some people even

820
00:39:26,320 --> 00:39:29,120
Speaker 1: close to the Oklahoma program who don't look at him

821
00:39:29,160 --> 00:39:31,440
Speaker 1: and say, oh, I can't stand that guy, or he'll

822
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:36,120
Speaker 1: never get there. Critical to not miscontextualize what I'm saying,

823
00:39:36,400 --> 00:39:39,759
Speaker 1: there are some people very close to and inside the

824
00:39:39,760 --> 00:39:44,160
Speaker 1: Oklahoma program who feel, as of this moment, Spencer Ratler's

825
00:39:44,200 --> 00:39:47,439
Speaker 1: still not there in some portions of the intangible side

826
00:39:47,480 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 1: of this game. Will he get there? Don't know. They

827
00:39:50,719 --> 00:39:53,279
Speaker 1: don't say no, I don't say no. But I'm telling you,

828
00:39:53,760 --> 00:39:56,640
Speaker 1: as long as he's not there, Oklahoma's a little bit vulnerable.

829
00:39:56,920 --> 00:39:59,319
Speaker 1: They made some terrible decisions yesterday and got bailed out

830
00:39:59,320 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 1: in some cases. But he made some terrible decisions. I

831
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:03,759
Speaker 1: say all that to say this, Oklahoma is another really

832
00:40:03,760 --> 00:40:05,840
Speaker 1: good college football team. They are not a great college

833
00:40:05,840 --> 00:40:09,479
Speaker 1: football team, and so their ceiling is great. This gives

834
00:40:09,520 --> 00:40:10,879
Speaker 1: them a lot to work with. It's a whole lot

835
00:40:10,880 --> 00:40:12,960
Speaker 1: better than losing. But just if you want to make

836
00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:16,320
Speaker 1: some sense of this, as long as you are not elite,

837
00:40:16,640 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 1: and you're just really, really good, you're vulnerable to this

838
00:40:18,840 --> 00:40:21,439
Speaker 1: kind of stuff. I don't think Clemson's elite right now.

839
00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,200
Speaker 1: They're going to be vulnerable to something weird like this happening.

840
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:27,880
Speaker 1: Alabama's probably not vulnerable to it because they're too good.

841
00:40:28,280 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 1: Can you get to that level? You got the horses,

842
00:40:30,560 --> 00:40:33,160
Speaker 1: you got the players. Time will tell. What about Florida.

843
00:40:33,960 --> 00:40:36,080
Speaker 1: This is one that was really off the radar yesterday.

844
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:37,920
Speaker 1: It's going to be really fun to follow if Florida

845
00:40:37,960 --> 00:40:42,760
Speaker 1: beat FAU thirty five to fourteen. Late back door score

846
00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:44,680
Speaker 1: for the Owls gets the cover. But that's not what

847
00:40:44,719 --> 00:40:47,800
Speaker 1: we're here to talk about. We got a situation in Gainsville.

848
00:40:47,800 --> 00:40:49,719
Speaker 1: I mean, this quarterback situation is one that we've been

849
00:40:49,760 --> 00:40:52,800
Speaker 1: talking about for like two weeks now, and it's something

850
00:40:52,840 --> 00:40:55,640
Speaker 1: that it cannot be ignored anymore. I saw Cole kuberlic

851
00:40:55,680 --> 00:40:58,480
Speaker 1: I think work the game in Gainsville yesterday and asked

852
00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:01,680
Speaker 1: Dan Mullen about it afterwards, and it kind of gave

853
00:41:01,719 --> 00:41:04,000
Speaker 1: him a non answer. But it can't be ignored anymore.

854
00:41:04,200 --> 00:41:07,360
Speaker 1: This has been bubbling Florida fans who are really dialed

855
00:41:07,360 --> 00:41:10,239
Speaker 1: into the program, insider's closed to the program. This is

856
00:41:10,280 --> 00:41:13,080
Speaker 1: not new. When Anthony Richardson got on the field yesterday

857
00:41:13,080 --> 00:41:16,600
Speaker 1: and dropped everyone's jaw, that's not new. They've felt it,

858
00:41:16,640 --> 00:41:20,040
Speaker 1: they've heard it, they've they've fielded the whispers. But what

859
00:41:20,360 --> 00:41:22,600
Speaker 1: I had said on the show and what finally happened

860
00:41:22,680 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 1: yesterday is forget about practice reports and whispers and intel.

861
00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:28,480
Speaker 1: He's gonna get on the field eventually, and it's probably

862
00:41:28,520 --> 00:41:30,239
Speaker 1: gonna happen in one of these first two games, because

863
00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: they're gonna get up by enough margin to where he's

864
00:41:33,080 --> 00:41:34,879
Speaker 1: gonna get put in the game, and then you're gonna

865
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:38,040
Speaker 1: find out because he's gonna do something that makes it

866
00:41:38,080 --> 00:41:40,800
Speaker 1: blatantly obvious he's too good to keep off the field.

867
00:41:41,080 --> 00:41:43,480
Speaker 1: And he got put in the game yesterday, did Anthony Richardson?

868
00:41:43,680 --> 00:41:46,359
Speaker 1: And he has shown you, I think unequivocally he's too

869
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:48,360
Speaker 1: good to be kept off the field. I'm not telling

870
00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,399
Speaker 1: you you're shifting starters there right now, but I am.

871
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:54,120
Speaker 1: I'm telling Dan Mullen. Of course, I'm well qualified to

872
00:41:54,120 --> 00:41:57,040
Speaker 1: tell him how to run his quarterback situation. I would

873
00:41:57,040 --> 00:42:00,760
Speaker 1: be surprised if Anthony Richardson does not factor have into

874
00:42:00,800 --> 00:42:03,520
Speaker 1: Florida's offensive plans now and moving forward. And I'm not

875
00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:06,760
Speaker 1: talking about typical backup garbage time activity. I'm talking about

876
00:42:06,800 --> 00:42:08,799
Speaker 1: being a part of the game plan first quarter on.

877
00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:10,879
Speaker 1: I don't know how you keep them off the field.

878
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:13,279
Speaker 1: Really good player. If you've missed it, go check out

879
00:42:13,320 --> 00:42:17,480
Speaker 1: Anthony Richardson from last night. Iowa State we in Ames

880
00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:21,480
Speaker 1: survived Northern Iowa sixteen to ten. Never developed any offensive

881
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:24,520
Speaker 1: rhythm yesterday. This is something that people up there locally

882
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:26,879
Speaker 1: were terrified about. No one up there wants to play

883
00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:29,000
Speaker 1: Northern Iowa. None of them do. There's no benefit. It's

884
00:42:29,040 --> 00:42:32,520
Speaker 1: like it's like if Alabama or Auburn played Troy, they

885
00:42:32,640 --> 00:42:35,439
Speaker 1: never do in state because they don't think there's any

886
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,880
Speaker 1: benefit for him. Now, people in Troy get all been

887
00:42:37,920 --> 00:42:39,520
Speaker 1: out of shape about it, and I understand if I

888
00:42:39,560 --> 00:42:42,200
Speaker 1: was Troy, and I'd yell at him too all the time.

889
00:42:42,719 --> 00:42:46,040
Speaker 1: But you know, they look at themselves as having everything

890
00:42:46,040 --> 00:42:48,440
Speaker 1: to lose and nothing to gain. Ioway State kind of

891
00:42:48,440 --> 00:42:49,920
Speaker 1: felt the same way, and they almost did have everything

892
00:42:49,920 --> 00:42:51,719
Speaker 1: to lose. Yesterday. Defense a lot, a couple of big

893
00:42:51,719 --> 00:42:55,080
Speaker 1: plays and it was a survive and advanced situation that

894
00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:56,919
Speaker 1: sets up the show down this week that we're about

895
00:42:56,920 --> 00:42:58,799
Speaker 1: to talk about. But there was not a lot to

896
00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:03,080
Speaker 1: write home about from the game yesterday. Iowa looks like

897
00:43:03,200 --> 00:43:07,879
Speaker 1: they thrashed Indiana and they didn't offensively, but they did

898
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,879
Speaker 1: thrash them in a football game. Thirty four to six

899
00:43:11,000 --> 00:43:13,400
Speaker 1: was the final. Now, the only reason it sounds condescending

900
00:43:13,440 --> 00:43:16,320
Speaker 1: when I say that it's not what I had yesterday

901
00:43:16,360 --> 00:43:19,560
Speaker 1: was I had someone texting me saying Iowa found their offense. Well,

902
00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:22,080
Speaker 1: this wasn't an offensive game. It was a turnover game.

903
00:43:22,160 --> 00:43:25,279
Speaker 1: It was a defensive masterpiece by Iowa. And this is

904
00:43:25,320 --> 00:43:27,920
Speaker 1: one where I had worried about Iowa. You know, you

905
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:29,799
Speaker 1: get in your mind Indiana can move the ball, up

906
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:31,360
Speaker 1: and down the field. Is Iowa's offense going to be

907
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:33,799
Speaker 1: able to match? They don't have to. They'll just take

908
00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:36,520
Speaker 1: it away. And so that's exactly what they did. Michael Pennix,

909
00:43:36,600 --> 00:43:40,600
Speaker 1: quarterback for Indiana fourteen of something either twenty or twenty nine.

910
00:43:40,640 --> 00:43:42,799
Speaker 1: I can't read my own handwriting. I can tell you

911
00:43:43,280 --> 00:43:46,120
Speaker 1: he had zero touchdowns and two picks, and that's obviously

912
00:43:46,160 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 1: not going to get it done. Iowa wins thirty four

913
00:43:48,200 --> 00:43:50,799
Speaker 1: to six. They had twenty points off turnovers, and now

914
00:43:50,840 --> 00:43:53,520
Speaker 1: they go into Ames, Iowa this week to face the

915
00:43:53,560 --> 00:43:57,760
Speaker 1: Cyclones again. More on that game in a second. Yesterday morning,

916
00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:02,000
Speaker 1: when everyone was talking about their potential upsets during the day,

917
00:44:02,520 --> 00:44:07,120
Speaker 1: I mentioned Montana over Washington, and I mentioned it because

918
00:44:07,160 --> 00:44:11,280
Speaker 1: the model had pegged Montana as a play. I thought

919
00:44:11,440 --> 00:44:16,799
Speaker 1: it was on some form of hallucinogenny, as machines tend

920
00:44:16,840 --> 00:44:19,080
Speaker 1: to do, and so I didn't listen to it. Okay,

921
00:44:19,080 --> 00:44:21,400
Speaker 1: we discounted the model, just like we did with Texas,

922
00:44:21,440 --> 00:44:23,759
Speaker 1: and it came back to bias. This computer laughed at

923
00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:27,640
Speaker 1: me last night when Montana outright beat Washington thirteen to seven.

924
00:44:27,680 --> 00:44:30,600
Speaker 1: This is disastrous for the PAC twelve because they need

925
00:44:30,640 --> 00:44:34,080
Speaker 1: perception wins out there. It's a disaster for Washington. Obviously

926
00:44:34,560 --> 00:44:37,080
Speaker 1: at sixty more yards, they ran sixteen more plays, there

927
00:44:37,080 --> 00:44:39,240
Speaker 1: were minus three turnovers, So none of that really matters

928
00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:42,040
Speaker 1: because Washington does not have the offense to bail them out.

929
00:44:42,480 --> 00:44:45,160
Speaker 1: But that was just kind of a look around added

930
00:44:45,200 --> 00:44:48,640
Speaker 1: takeaways in Week one of college football. By and large,

931
00:44:49,160 --> 00:44:52,080
Speaker 1: it was as mixed a bag of results as I

932
00:44:52,160 --> 00:44:54,960
Speaker 1: remember seeing in quite a while. And that's exactly how

933
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:57,279
Speaker 1: it's supposed to be. Welcome back, full stadiums, Welcome back

934
00:44:57,320 --> 00:45:01,480
Speaker 1: college football. Okay, we got a decision to make, and

935
00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:04,239
Speaker 1: it's time to make it now. I have consulted a

936
00:45:04,360 --> 00:45:06,480
Speaker 1: number of you. I haven't exactly run a poll on this,

937
00:45:06,600 --> 00:45:08,560
Speaker 1: but I've consulted a number of you. We had a

938
00:45:08,600 --> 00:45:12,239
Speaker 1: great time in Charlotte yesterday, but Charlotte was easy to

939
00:45:12,280 --> 00:45:14,919
Speaker 1: figure out the Late Kick Renaissance Tour. Before we show

940
00:45:14,960 --> 00:45:17,080
Speaker 1: you where we're going to go, if you've missed what

941
00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:20,680
Speaker 1: the concept here is, we have shouted from the mountaintops

942
00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:23,960
Speaker 1: this season is going to be a renaissance season. Crowds back,

943
00:45:24,480 --> 00:45:27,359
Speaker 1: just the overall pageantry of college football back, and we're

944
00:45:27,400 --> 00:45:29,719
Speaker 1: on the road every weekend. I go to a game

945
00:45:29,760 --> 00:45:32,200
Speaker 1: every Saturday. Why don't we just brand it something. Why

946
00:45:32,200 --> 00:45:34,120
Speaker 1: don't we have some fun with it? Because I normally

947
00:45:34,160 --> 00:45:36,160
Speaker 1: don't decide where I'm going to go until the week

948
00:45:36,160 --> 00:45:38,560
Speaker 1: before the game anyway, So why don't we just reveal

949
00:45:38,560 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 1: it on Lake Kick? Well, this last week it was easy.

950
00:45:40,440 --> 00:45:42,360
Speaker 1: It was in Charlotte, but when we looked at the

951
00:45:42,400 --> 00:45:44,640
Speaker 1: schedule and it got a lot more complicated yesterday when

952
00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:48,120
Speaker 1: everyone won. We got Oregon coming into Ohio State this week.

953
00:45:48,360 --> 00:45:51,880
Speaker 1: We got Texas coming into Arkansas this week, and we

954
00:45:51,920 --> 00:45:54,680
Speaker 1: got Iowa coming into Iowa State this week. And all

955
00:45:54,680 --> 00:45:57,440
Speaker 1: of them are undefeated, and a lot of these games

956
00:45:57,480 --> 00:46:00,600
Speaker 1: have big time conference and maybe way down the road

957
00:46:00,600 --> 00:46:03,359
Speaker 1: playoff implications. We don't even talk playoff on this show

958
00:46:03,360 --> 00:46:07,600
Speaker 1: in September. So where are we gonna go? We'll roll

959
00:46:07,640 --> 00:46:10,080
Speaker 1: it right now. I love the animation we have, by

960
00:46:10,080 --> 00:46:12,480
Speaker 1: the way, one of you did this, and so this

961
00:46:12,560 --> 00:46:14,200
Speaker 1: is part of the reason I choose to reveal it

962
00:46:14,239 --> 00:46:17,920
Speaker 1: the way I do. You may have thought you knew,

963
00:46:18,080 --> 00:46:20,160
Speaker 1: but you do not know. There's only one place I

964
00:46:20,200 --> 00:46:22,200
Speaker 1: was ever going this week, and that is aimes Iowa.

965
00:46:22,360 --> 00:46:25,800
Speaker 1: Late Kick is finally making our debut in the state

966
00:46:25,920 --> 00:46:29,000
Speaker 1: of Iowa. We will head up there Friday. I could

967
00:46:29,080 --> 00:46:31,480
Speaker 1: not be looking any more forward to this if it

968
00:46:31,520 --> 00:46:34,360
Speaker 1: was ten of my birthdays all packed into one and

969
00:46:34,440 --> 00:46:36,959
Speaker 1: I just asked you to do one thing. Please don't

970
00:46:37,040 --> 00:46:40,280
Speaker 1: judge my professionalism based on the way I handle myself

971
00:46:40,560 --> 00:46:42,920
Speaker 1: over the next six days, because it could get a

972
00:46:42,960 --> 00:46:46,120
Speaker 1: little dicey. Already got some things planned, not the least

973
00:46:46,160 --> 00:46:48,719
Speaker 1: of which is actually headed to Ames this Friday for

974
00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:52,800
Speaker 1: what is a huge three point thirty Eastern time kickoff Saturday.

975
00:46:52,840 --> 00:46:55,480
Speaker 1: This will be the biggest game in the history of

976
00:46:55,480 --> 00:46:58,200
Speaker 1: that rivalry. And we have had this one circled for

977
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:01,800
Speaker 1: quite a while and we are very very much looking

978
00:47:01,840 --> 00:47:04,520
Speaker 1: forward to this trip. We are taking the Late Kick

979
00:47:04,560 --> 00:47:09,359
Speaker 1: Renaissance Tour to Iowa State Saturday, September eleventh. Looking forward

980
00:47:09,400 --> 00:47:12,359
Speaker 1: to it. Okay, now, we got to get some other

981
00:47:12,400 --> 00:47:14,080
Speaker 1: business out of the way right before we go off

982
00:47:14,120 --> 00:47:15,960
Speaker 1: air and we get ready for Notre Dame, Florida State.

983
00:47:16,160 --> 00:47:18,400
Speaker 1: The Ramnudle Express currently sits at two and two on

984
00:47:18,440 --> 00:47:21,120
Speaker 1: the week. Notre Dame is our fifth and final pick,

985
00:47:21,280 --> 00:47:22,920
Speaker 1: and so they got to pull it out for us tonight.

986
00:47:22,960 --> 00:47:25,440
Speaker 1: If they do, that's sixty percent baby that's what we

987
00:47:25,480 --> 00:47:28,960
Speaker 1: aim for every week, but we are not waiting for

988
00:47:29,080 --> 00:47:31,600
Speaker 1: week one to wrap up before we dive into week two.

989
00:47:31,680 --> 00:47:34,480
Speaker 1: If you're following on Twitter, you already know the first

990
00:47:34,480 --> 00:47:37,520
Speaker 1: two early best bets of the week. At Late Kick Josh,

991
00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 1: you've got to make sure you're following. These lines are

992
00:47:40,040 --> 00:47:42,480
Speaker 1: gonna move if you're not following there. And so we

993
00:47:42,560 --> 00:47:44,719
Speaker 1: hit a couple. Normally it's just one on Sunday, but

994
00:47:44,760 --> 00:47:47,200
Speaker 1: I hit a couple of them today, and so let's

995
00:47:47,200 --> 00:47:48,799
Speaker 1: take a look at what the early best bets are.

996
00:47:49,000 --> 00:47:50,759
Speaker 1: And I also want you to know as you look

997
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:53,200
Speaker 1: at this graphic, there could be more coming as early

998
00:47:53,200 --> 00:47:55,919
Speaker 1: as tonight. I'm not sure of that. Just make sure

999
00:47:55,920 --> 00:47:58,600
Speaker 1: you're following on Twitter and Instagram. At Late Kick Josh,

1000
00:47:58,880 --> 00:48:01,880
Speaker 1: we are taking Memphis minus four as one of our

1001
00:48:01,920 --> 00:48:04,760
Speaker 1: early best bets. They are on the road at Arkansas State.

1002
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:08,160
Speaker 1: We are also going to take Oklahoma State minus twelve.

1003
00:48:08,480 --> 00:48:11,400
Speaker 1: They are at home against Tulsa. We liked that number

1004
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:13,520
Speaker 1: all the way up to fourteen. So before any of

1005
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:15,040
Speaker 1: you start asking, do you like it here? Do you

1006
00:48:15,080 --> 00:48:18,240
Speaker 1: like it there? Yes, we like it. We are looking

1007
00:48:18,360 --> 00:48:20,640
Speaker 1: very very hard at a couple of other teams and

1008
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:23,600
Speaker 1: so we're taking Memphis minus four, we're taking Oklahoma State

1009
00:48:23,680 --> 00:48:28,200
Speaker 1: minus twelve, and we are also you know, I really

1010
00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:29,960
Speaker 1: had fun on Friday Night. I got to tell you

1011
00:48:30,400 --> 00:48:33,720
Speaker 1: I did the it's a show that I just name everything.

1012
00:48:33,760 --> 00:48:36,880
Speaker 1: We call it Friday Night Lines. And what I did was,

1013
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:39,680
Speaker 1: after the ram Noudle Express has already been decided and

1014
00:48:39,719 --> 00:48:41,520
Speaker 1: I get to my hotel wherever we're going to be

1015
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:44,759
Speaker 1: on Friday, I just cranked up the old Eye Josh,

1016
00:48:44,800 --> 00:48:48,120
Speaker 1: and I went on Instagram, like three or four hundred

1017
00:48:48,160 --> 00:48:50,200
Speaker 1: of you, I think we're tuned in, and I just

1018
00:48:50,320 --> 00:48:53,319
Speaker 1: took ten games from you. I took them randomly in

1019
00:48:53,360 --> 00:48:56,080
Speaker 1: the chat, and I pulled up our model and I

1020
00:48:56,160 --> 00:48:59,440
Speaker 1: gave you my opinion, the model's opinion, and some of

1021
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,759
Speaker 1: you chose right games. One of you chose Texas, and

1022
00:49:01,800 --> 00:49:04,320
Speaker 1: I told you the model thinks Texas covers at a

1023
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:08,000
Speaker 1: sixty one percent cover probability, AKA, it's telling us to

1024
00:49:08,040 --> 00:49:09,880
Speaker 1: add them to the Ramnule Express, and we haven't. For

1025
00:49:09,920 --> 00:49:13,520
Speaker 1: whatever reason, we went seven and two on the On

1026
00:49:13,560 --> 00:49:15,560
Speaker 1: the liens that I handed out, we went seven and two.

1027
00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:18,680
Speaker 1: That's not Ramnuel Express. Our liens went better than the

1028
00:49:18,719 --> 00:49:21,239
Speaker 1: Express went this week. So anyway, I say all that

1029
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:23,800
Speaker 1: to say, do not ever pay anyone a dime for picks.

1030
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:27,040
Speaker 1: Get as much information as you can, and then understand

1031
00:49:27,080 --> 00:49:29,560
Speaker 1: how to wait it properly, and understand how to shop

1032
00:49:29,560 --> 00:49:32,040
Speaker 1: for line value, and understand how to get on this

1033
00:49:32,040 --> 00:49:33,960
Speaker 1: stuff early in the week. There's not a whole lot

1034
00:49:33,960 --> 00:49:35,959
Speaker 1: of value late in the week most of the time,

1035
00:49:36,200 --> 00:49:38,480
Speaker 1: So make sure you're following us early, and make sure

1036
00:49:38,480 --> 00:49:41,160
Speaker 1: you're following us on all the platforms. Subscribe to the

1037
00:49:41,160 --> 00:49:43,920
Speaker 1: YouTube channel if you haven't already, and then subscribe follow

1038
00:49:44,000 --> 00:49:46,600
Speaker 1: whatever at Late Kick, Josh Okay, I promised you I

1039
00:49:46,640 --> 00:49:48,279
Speaker 1: was going to get you out of here in time

1040
00:49:48,280 --> 00:49:51,000
Speaker 1: for tonight's game, and we are doing just that. Thank

1041
00:49:51,000 --> 00:49:52,919
Speaker 1: you so much, those of you in the live chat.

1042
00:49:53,160 --> 00:49:55,480
Speaker 1: Thank you so much everyone out there I met this week.

1043
00:49:55,920 --> 00:49:57,880
Speaker 1: I don't know how many of you. It was a

1044
00:49:57,880 --> 00:50:01,080
Speaker 1: couple of dozen, maybe more. Look in forward to this

1045
00:50:01,239 --> 00:50:03,520
Speaker 1: weekend as much as we look forward to any game.

1046
00:50:03,840 --> 00:50:06,279
Speaker 1: Late Kick headed to Iowa State. Never thought the words

1047
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:08,480
Speaker 1: would come out of my mouth, but red and yellow.

1048
00:50:08,640 --> 00:50:11,160
Speaker 1: I've loved the colors since the days of hul Cogan,

1049
00:50:11,360 --> 00:50:14,680
Speaker 1: and here we go Iowa State welcomes Iowa Saturday on

1050
00:50:14,920 --> 00:50:17,920
Speaker 1: till Tuesday night for Director Colin and our entire crew

1051
00:50:17,920 --> 00:50:20,160
Speaker 1: in Fort Lauderdale. I'm Josh Paid. Enjoy the game tonight.

1052
00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:26,160
Speaker 1: Happy to have college football back. We'll see you later, Goblins,