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Speaker 1: The Big Bets on Campus Podcast podcast pop All Right,

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Speaker 1: here we go fifteen, twenty twenty five, starting thirty five

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Speaker 1: it's the size of the fight. Get all, Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the Big Bets on Campus Podcast on Mike Calvary's joined

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Speaker 1: alongside our guy Duck, and we're gonna hop into part

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Speaker 1: two of our College Football G five Kickoff. If you

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Speaker 1: missed Part one, go back and check out that episode. First,

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Speaker 1: we had our playoff draft and picked a few teams

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Speaker 1: that were high on this year. In Part two, we're

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Speaker 1: going to get into some coaching changes, some new teams

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Speaker 1: and schemes, and some quarterbacks that you're going to want

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Speaker 1: to keep your eye on this season. I kind of

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Speaker 1: teased it a little bit. In terms of the overall

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Speaker 1: coaching carousel the P four there's been less movement than usual,

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Speaker 1: and I think a big part of that are the

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Speaker 1: buyouts and the impact of if you're spending that much

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Speaker 1: do you have anything left in the war chest to

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Speaker 1: keep up on the player? You know, the nil the

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Speaker 1: you know, financial inducements to come to your university side

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Speaker 1: of it, that roster building. It's essentially like how much

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Speaker 1: And if you're burning through that just to get the

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Speaker 1: for that reason, there wasn't a ton of movement at

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Speaker 1: the P four level. That's not true with the group

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Speaker 1: of five level. A lot of new faces, a lot

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Speaker 1: of musical chairs, coaches moving up, coaches sliding in from

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Speaker 1: the FCS level. With all that being said, there's going

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Speaker 1: And we'll get into that in terms of coordinator and

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Speaker 1: some head coaches that you're either looking to tail or

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and I think this first one here is a

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Speaker 2: higher that does have the potential to work out long term,

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Speaker 2: but this season I think he was just put in

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Speaker 2: an impossible situation. Jason Eck at New Mexico steps into

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Speaker 2: a situation where's a it's a place that's already really

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Speaker 2: But New Mexico was decimated in the portal. Our guy

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Speaker 2: damp is off to Utah and it's going to be

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Speaker 2: impossible to replace his production. There are one hundred and

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Speaker 2: thirty fifth overall in returning production, one twenty eighth on offense,

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Speaker 2: absolute complete rebuild. Last year, the defense was really really bad,

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Speaker 2: This was a bunch last season that allowed thirty touchdown

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Speaker 1: It's gonna be a bit of a seesaw when you fade.

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Speaker 1: Let's start with Rice. The Awls went out got Scott

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Speaker 1: And that's why, as I said, this marriage between a

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Speaker 1: I like Rice a lot. I've already put in the

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Speaker 1: I'm going to strategically pull them in a bunch of

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Speaker 1: just like a Vanderbilt at Georgia Tech, They're going to

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Speaker 1: shrink that game down. Forget about eighteen nineteen possession games.

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Speaker 2: The next coach that I'm going to fade is Marshall

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Speaker 2: unique situation for Tony Gibson, who's been a career DC

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Speaker 2: They really just could not get on the same page

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Speaker 2: it just looks to be nearly impossible. With the insane

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Speaker 2: the win total under five and a half, which is logged.

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Speaker 2: completely different team, probably twelve points based on my power ratings,

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Speaker 2: twelve points worse than the team last season. And my goodness,

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Speaker 2: for four and eight or three and nine, so five

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Speaker 1: I'm going to go with a coach to tail as

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Speaker 1: an over bet throughout the season. Look at these totals,

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Speaker 1: just go over. I don't care how high they are.

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Speaker 1: And that's Zach Kitley and the Florida Atlantic Owls this season.

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Speaker 1: I've seen this movie before. This goes back to the

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Speaker 2: make a Bowl game.

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Speaker 1: I love you, Eddie George. I hope you get it

434
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Speaker 1: everybody rowing in the right direction soon. But I agree,

435
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Speaker 1: I think it's more likely than not that it's you know,

436
00:21:16,119 --> 00:21:18,479
Speaker 1: a one in five, two and four start, and then

437
00:21:18,560 --> 00:21:20,480
Speaker 1: it just becomes no room for error in terms of

438
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Speaker 1: the wind total and certainly for Bowl eligibility, and you

439
00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,399
Speaker 1: know that strive for six. So I think it's going

440
00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,720
Speaker 1: to be difficult. I think if the administration gives some

441
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Speaker 1: time and they're able in the next portal session and

442
00:21:31,560 --> 00:21:33,520
Speaker 1: the next offseason to be able to get in and

443
00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,760
Speaker 1: get some of those bigger bodies and those hybrid players

444
00:21:36,080 --> 00:21:38,480
Speaker 1: that can both be blockers but also be dynamic in

445
00:21:38,560 --> 00:21:40,640
Speaker 1: the passing game, all of a sudden, I think things

446
00:21:40,680 --> 00:21:43,000
Speaker 1: start moving the right direction. And then how he uses

447
00:21:43,040 --> 00:21:46,680
Speaker 1: his celebrity, certainly in terms of attracting interests. At the

448
00:21:46,760 --> 00:21:48,359
Speaker 1: end of the day, you still have to be able

449
00:21:48,440 --> 00:21:50,800
Speaker 1: to fundraise and you know, open up the golfers and

450
00:21:51,119 --> 00:21:53,640
Speaker 1: get some money out to these players. But at least

451
00:21:53,680 --> 00:21:56,040
Speaker 1: by max standards, you have a big head start with

452
00:21:56,160 --> 00:21:58,840
Speaker 1: a name brand like Eddie having, you know, started in

453
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Speaker 1: a Super Bowl and you know, been so dynamic for

454
00:22:01,760 --> 00:22:05,040
Speaker 1: Tennessee and everything that he did in terms of all

455
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Speaker 1: his rushing yardage, his touchdowns. He's a name brand. So

456
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Speaker 1: I'm glad to see him in the MAC, a conference

457
00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:11,960
Speaker 1: that certainly has not had a lot of sex appeal

458
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Speaker 1: in terms of head coaching highers over the years. All Right,

459
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Speaker 1: I am finally gonna get on the opposite direction. No

460
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Speaker 1: more positivity out of me. I'm going to fade a coach,

461
00:22:20,600 --> 00:22:23,600
Speaker 1: a young coach really off brand for me. I just

462
00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:27,760
Speaker 1: don't get this hired from Tulsa, a program that you know,

463
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Speaker 1: really had been interesting and it had been innovative offensively.

464
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Speaker 1: You saw, you know, a handful of coaches come through

465
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Speaker 1: in the last twenty years that were able to do

466
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Speaker 1: more with less and put teams, you know, in conflict

467
00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:43,199
Speaker 1: in the passing game, in the run game, put up

468
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Speaker 1: some huge numbers with their quarterbacks, you know, be a

469
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Speaker 1: launching pad for a guy like Brennan Marion who ended

470
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Speaker 1: up learning a lot from his coaches being so dynamic there.

471
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Speaker 1: Now he's one of the rising stories. He's off at

472
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Speaker 1: Sacramento State. I hope to see him at the FBS

473
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Speaker 1: level soon, But they're going with Trey Lamb, a thirty

474
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Speaker 1: five year old head coach who was twenty seven and

475
00:23:01,680 --> 00:23:04,840
Speaker 1: twenty five in four full seasons at the FCS level.

476
00:23:05,000 --> 00:23:06,480
Speaker 1: He also had a couple of games there in the

477
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:09,399
Speaker 1: weird COVID year. He did well at Gardner Webb. But

478
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Speaker 1: here's the thing, you're the perfect audience for this little nugget.

479
00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,240
Speaker 1: The Big South was a dreadful conference before it merged

480
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Speaker 1: with the OVC at the FCS level, and still it's like,

481
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Speaker 1: at best, a middle class FCS conference. It's certainly not

482
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Speaker 1: up there with the big boys getting multiple teams in

483
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Speaker 1: on an annual basis. So you know, the fact is,

484
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Speaker 1: I think he would be a better candidate to go

485
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Speaker 1: be a coordinator at the FBS level to be at

486
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Speaker 1: a job like Tulsa. I just I think this is

487
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Speaker 1: a bit of a reach. I certainly think in coaching

488
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Speaker 1: circles he's viewed as an innovator on the offensive side

489
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Speaker 1: of the ball. But when I look at this, not

490
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Speaker 1: only is it, you know, difficult for me to envision

491
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Speaker 1: the he's gonna be able to get the defense going

492
00:23:48,160 --> 00:23:50,359
Speaker 1: in the right direction, but if they're gonna win shootouts

493
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Speaker 1: because you know the twenty seven and twenty five record

494
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Speaker 1: when you double click into it, when he faced ranked

495
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Speaker 1: FCS teams, they always got shredded. They gave up over

496
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Speaker 1: thirty three points per game in all of his games

497
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Speaker 1: against ranks FCS opponents. So Tulsa, in my opinion, has

498
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Speaker 1: not cut out year one to be getting into these

499
00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:09,879
Speaker 1: track meets. They got three starters returning on offense, and

500
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Speaker 1: that includes Kirk Francis Kirko chains he is not His

501
00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:16,760
Speaker 1: QBR of twenty seven point seven last year was one

502
00:24:16,840 --> 00:24:19,240
Speaker 1: hundred and twenty fifth in the country, so should he

503
00:24:19,320 --> 00:24:22,360
Speaker 1: even be the starter. Defensively, they also returned just three

504
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Speaker 1: starters from a unit that almost allowed five hundred yards

505
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Speaker 1: per game that was one hundred and thirty second in

506
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Speaker 1: the entire country. And when I look at this schedule,

507
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Speaker 1: Ablion Christian and the opener, they were an FCS playoff

508
00:24:33,359 --> 00:24:36,119
Speaker 1: team last year. You gotta win that game otherwise I

509
00:24:36,160 --> 00:24:39,080
Speaker 1: think it throws a wet blanket over all the enthusiasm

510
00:24:39,160 --> 00:24:41,160
Speaker 1: for a new coaching staff right out of the shoot

511
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Speaker 1: Then they traveled to New Mexico State, which is a

512
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Speaker 1: winnable game. I hope they win both, to be honest

513
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Speaker 1: with you, because this is one of those teams and

514
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Speaker 1: candidates where I want to see them have some empty

515
00:24:50,640 --> 00:24:53,680
Speaker 1: calories go to and oh and then the casual betting

516
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,400
Speaker 1: public seas two and oh next to the Tulsa name

517
00:24:56,640 --> 00:24:59,119
Speaker 1: and says, all right, I mean they're feisty. They certainly

518
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Speaker 1: should be, you know, viable as an underdog in the AAC.

519
00:25:02,400 --> 00:25:04,639
Speaker 1: You look at this AAC schedule, they played five of

520
00:25:04,720 --> 00:25:07,600
Speaker 1: the top six finishers in the conference from year ago.

521
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Speaker 1: They also traveled to Oklahoma State. They got a home

522
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Speaker 1: tilt with Oregon State. I think they're gonna get bombed

523
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Speaker 1: by some of these teams. I see a two and

524
00:25:14,680 --> 00:25:17,480
Speaker 1: ten season on tap for Trey Lamb in year one.

525
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Speaker 1: You got a pony up to play the under and

526
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Speaker 1: I think Vegas, our friends in the Desert, agree with

527
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Speaker 1: me to go under the three and a half. You

528
00:25:23,720 --> 00:25:26,119
Speaker 1: got to pay the minus one fifty pay it. I

529
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Speaker 1: would pay an alternate to go under three. I think

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Speaker 1: there's a much better chance they go two and ten

531
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Speaker 1: than they go four and eight. I just don't see

532
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Speaker 1: them having the pieces to cook offensively. And his track

533
00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:38,399
Speaker 1: record defensively is troubling. I don't see the dudes in

534
00:25:38,480 --> 00:25:40,560
Speaker 1: this front seven or in the secondary helping him out

535
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:42,600
Speaker 1: here in year one, which is really a year zero

536
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Speaker 1: in Tulsa.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and the defense has such a long way to go.

538
00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:47,840
Speaker 2: Gave up four point nine yards per Carrie last season

539
00:25:47,920 --> 00:25:52,399
Speaker 2: in sixty six percent completions. They played Northwestern State, who

540
00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:56,440
Speaker 2: is a very very weak Southland Conference FCS FOO They're

541
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Speaker 2: a bottom ten FCS team, and they gave up twenty

542
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Speaker 2: eight points. So that bunch the same bunch that lost

543
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Speaker 2: eighty seven to ten against South Alabama later on in

544
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Speaker 2: the season. This group also gave up fifty two points

545
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:12,159
Speaker 2: against North Texas, fifty nine against UAB and then we

546
00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:14,920
Speaker 2: just saw a complete quit out of this defense the

547
00:26:15,040 --> 00:26:16,840
Speaker 2: last two weeks of the season when they gave up

548
00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,440
Speaker 2: sixty three points at South Florida and sixty three points

549
00:26:20,480 --> 00:26:24,880
Speaker 2: against Florida. Atlantic shredded defensively week in and week out

550
00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,520
Speaker 2: was Tulsa and there's just a long way to go now.

551
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Speaker 2: I will say that Trey Lamb was able to turn

552
00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:32,840
Speaker 2: around some of these FCS programs quickly. He was aided

553
00:26:32,880 --> 00:26:35,280
Speaker 2: by the transfer portal and bringing in some of his guys.

554
00:26:35,800 --> 00:26:38,560
Speaker 2: I don't necessarily know that that's going to work necessarily

555
00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:42,920
Speaker 2: in this season, and the slate is quite tough. I

556
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Speaker 2: think when you look at Navy, Twulane, Memphis, East Carolina,

557
00:26:47,280 --> 00:26:51,520
Speaker 2: they I mean at Army, is not a situation where

558
00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:54,159
Speaker 2: you're gonna pile up a lot of wins. I do

559
00:26:54,440 --> 00:26:57,600
Speaker 2: think there are some spots where Tulsa can be good

560
00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:01,880
Speaker 2: against the number. That Week five about where TWU Lane

561
00:27:01,960 --> 00:27:04,159
Speaker 2: has to come to town and they'll probably be catching

562
00:27:04,200 --> 00:27:06,680
Speaker 2: twenty one or so at home. And then there's another

563
00:27:06,720 --> 00:27:09,360
Speaker 2: spot later on in the season where Oregon State has

564
00:27:09,440 --> 00:27:11,600
Speaker 2: to come to Tulsa, and depending on the line there,

565
00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:14,720
Speaker 2: which could be another huge number of points we're catching,

566
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Speaker 2: they could be okay against the number in situations of

567
00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:22,080
Speaker 2: that nature. But broadbrush painting, I don't see a ton

568
00:27:22,119 --> 00:27:24,320
Speaker 2: of wins for Tulsa. I think that this is a

569
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Speaker 2: bunch that's probably a year away, and maybe the coach

570
00:27:27,359 --> 00:27:30,280
Speaker 2: was a year away two from this level. So I

571
00:27:30,400 --> 00:27:31,960
Speaker 2: think it could be a little bit of a tough

572
00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,280
Speaker 2: situation with Tulsa, specifically on defense. I know they got

573
00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,480
Speaker 2: a couple guys in the portal that they're really excited about,

574
00:27:37,520 --> 00:27:40,600
Speaker 2: but just way way down last year on the defensive

575
00:27:40,600 --> 00:27:42,560
Speaker 2: side of the ball, and too much ground needs to

576
00:27:42,600 --> 00:27:46,320
Speaker 2: be made up for them to host or to keep

577
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:50,200
Speaker 2: some of these top opponents in the AAFC down.

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Speaker 1: I just don't see it. Two more segments. We're gonna

579
00:27:52,760 --> 00:27:55,600
Speaker 1: go through the most impactful scheme changes year to year,

580
00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:57,720
Speaker 1: and we're also going to get into our favorite quarterbacks

581
00:27:57,760 --> 00:28:00,359
Speaker 1: at the G five level. So walk me through some

582
00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:05,160
Speaker 1: of the complete reboots offensively, defensively, whether it's a head coach,

583
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,720
Speaker 1: whether it's an offensive coordinator, defensive coordinator coming in, because

584
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Speaker 1: these are the kind of things to be in the

585
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Speaker 1: know about that you can hit the ground running in

586
00:28:12,960 --> 00:28:15,320
Speaker 1: terms of your week zero, week one bets before the

587
00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:16,800
Speaker 1: rest of the general public catches up.

588
00:28:17,320 --> 00:28:19,239
Speaker 2: But yeah, we saw it with Rice last season when

589
00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,200
Speaker 2: they had EJ. Warner at the helm and they really

590
00:28:21,280 --> 00:28:25,960
Speaker 2: tried to embrace kind of the pass happy offense where

591
00:28:26,000 --> 00:28:28,159
Speaker 2: they were attempting to at least spread it around. It

592
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,840
Speaker 2: didn't necessarily work to the level that they were hoping

593
00:28:30,920 --> 00:28:33,800
Speaker 2: with EJ. Who's now off to Fresno State. But I

594
00:28:33,920 --> 00:28:38,080
Speaker 2: won't be long winded here because we had talked extensively

595
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 2: about Rice. They bring in Scott Abell. They bring in

596
00:28:41,560 --> 00:28:45,240
Speaker 2: this inverted option attack with a lot of nuances and

597
00:28:45,360 --> 00:28:49,320
Speaker 2: quirks that does not really mimic a traditional triple option.

598
00:28:49,440 --> 00:28:52,240
Speaker 2: It's inverted in nature, and it's really a situation where

599
00:28:52,280 --> 00:28:55,800
Speaker 2: a lot of his formations will call for potentially four

600
00:28:56,000 --> 00:28:59,000
Speaker 2: ball carriers in any one place. So there's really dynamic

601
00:28:59,080 --> 00:29:02,600
Speaker 2: elements to this day. It is electric to watch when

602
00:29:02,640 --> 00:29:05,360
Speaker 2: it's humming. Not a lot of programs are going to

603
00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:07,000
Speaker 2: be able to say this, but here at the Action

604
00:29:07,120 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 2: Network we covered plenty of FCS football last season. Davidson

605
00:29:10,440 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 2: was a part of that. The thing that I think

606
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:15,360
Speaker 2: will really help this bunch for Scott, abel and Rice

607
00:29:15,600 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 2: is he's used to coaching at programs that are academically minded.

608
00:29:20,240 --> 00:29:22,520
Speaker 2: He already mentioned the D three school that he coached at,

609
00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,520
Speaker 2: which is a non scholarship level. Now he coached FCS

610
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:28,280
Speaker 2: Davidson who plays in the Pioneer Football League, which is

611
00:29:28,320 --> 00:29:29,560
Speaker 2: a non scholarship level.

612
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Speaker 1: He was coaching.

613
00:29:30,320 --> 00:29:33,120
Speaker 2: Athletes who wanted to participate at the football program for

614
00:29:33,160 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 2: the love of the game and to attend the college.

615
00:29:35,560 --> 00:29:37,600
Speaker 2: They were not being paid to be there, and so

616
00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,520
Speaker 2: he's used to overcoming challenges of limited funding and not

617
00:29:41,840 --> 00:29:46,680
Speaker 2: having the scholarship level athletes and kind of being behind

618
00:29:46,720 --> 00:29:49,200
Speaker 2: the eight ball of other teams that he is up

619
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Speaker 2: against in recruiting. And so with Rice, they're the Harvard

620
00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:54,520
Speaker 2: of the South, and they are a really tough academic

621
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Speaker 2: institution to get into. You're limited in nature to the

622
00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:01,840
Speaker 2: athletes that you're able to recruit to the university, and

623
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Speaker 2: so I think that'll really help him in being able

624
00:30:04,480 --> 00:30:08,280
Speaker 2: to recruit at a high level from the talent pool

625
00:30:08,320 --> 00:30:10,280
Speaker 2: that he's able to pull from because he's just so

626
00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,280
Speaker 2: used to talking their language. And so when he gets

627
00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:15,600
Speaker 2: the people in there that can run that system and

628
00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:19,720
Speaker 2: be able to kind of get some repetition in fall

629
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Speaker 2: camp with this offense, it's going to look nothing like

630
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,160
Speaker 2: Rice offenses that we've seen in the past. You had

631
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Speaker 2: hit home on it, so I'm not going to harp

632
00:30:26,760 --> 00:30:28,920
Speaker 2: on it any further, but Rice is going to look

633
00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 2: completely different and it is going to be a thing

634
00:30:31,640 --> 00:30:33,600
Speaker 2: of beauty to watch week in and week out. I

635
00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:35,640
Speaker 2: think they'll get it going pretty quickly.

636
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Speaker 1: Down there and Houston, we already talked about how Marshall

637
00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,240
Speaker 1: basically was an organ donor to Southern Miss. Let's talk

638
00:30:41,240 --> 00:30:43,479
Speaker 1: about Southern Miss. For a second, because not only does

639
00:30:43,560 --> 00:30:46,160
Speaker 1: Huff go down there, but he hires a new offensive

640
00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:51,880
Speaker 1: coordinator in Blake Anderson. He unceremoniously was kicked out of

641
00:30:52,040 --> 00:30:55,959
Speaker 1: Utah State. Then there's been legal proceedings and it seems

642
00:30:56,000 --> 00:30:58,520
Speaker 1: as though he may not have been in the wrong

643
00:30:58,760 --> 00:31:01,600
Speaker 1: or certainly to the point where if he was guilty

644
00:31:01,760 --> 00:31:05,160
Speaker 1: of everything that was alleged in terms of reporting sexual

645
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:08,120
Speaker 1: assaults and those issues, he'd be out of coaching for

646
00:31:08,200 --> 00:31:10,520
Speaker 1: the rest of his life. So he's actually filed a

647
00:31:10,600 --> 00:31:13,720
Speaker 1: lawsuit against his former employer. So he's back in the

648
00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,480
Speaker 1: game now. And just between the lines, let's talk about

649
00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:19,040
Speaker 1: what Blake Anderson is as a play caller. This is

650
00:31:19,200 --> 00:31:21,760
Speaker 1: a program at Southern miss who hasn't been able to

651
00:31:21,800 --> 00:31:24,760
Speaker 1: throw the ball in years. This was a program just

652
00:31:24,800 --> 00:31:27,000
Speaker 1: a couple of years ago where using Frank Gore as

653
00:31:27,040 --> 00:31:30,400
Speaker 1: a wild wildcat quarterback was the best option that they had.

654
00:31:30,840 --> 00:31:33,160
Speaker 1: But his three years as the head coach at Utah State,

655
00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,200
Speaker 1: you'll get twenty twenty one Logan Bonner breakout year he

656
00:31:36,280 --> 00:31:39,560
Speaker 1: threw for forty one touchdowns. You know, the Aggies through

657
00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:43,400
Speaker 1: forty one touchdowns as a team. Twenty twenty two Bonner

658
00:31:43,480 --> 00:31:45,360
Speaker 1: gets hurt a bit of a mess in terms of

659
00:31:45,400 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 1: their depth chart, they're you know, shuffling quarterbacks. But then

660
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,560
Speaker 1: once they had you know, health and hand in twenty

661
00:31:50,600 --> 00:31:53,640
Speaker 1: twenty three with Cooper Lega, they get back to chucking

662
00:31:53,680 --> 00:31:56,000
Speaker 1: around all over the yard thirty five touchdowns through the

663
00:31:56,080 --> 00:31:58,360
Speaker 1: air as a program. And then when you look back

664
00:31:58,400 --> 00:32:00,960
Speaker 1: at what he did at Arkansas State before that, Justice

665
00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 1: Hansen looked like an absolute star for the Red Wolves

666
00:32:03,800 --> 00:32:07,000
Speaker 1: forty four total touchdowns, forty three hundred total yards in

667
00:32:07,040 --> 00:32:10,120
Speaker 1: twenty seventeen. I mean Southern miss would have settled for

668
00:32:10,280 --> 00:32:13,040
Speaker 1: half of that production last year. They would have been

669
00:32:13,080 --> 00:32:16,040
Speaker 1: a viable team at the FBS level if they had that. So,

670
00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:19,240
Speaker 1: even if it is a multi quarterback system, when he

671
00:32:19,640 --> 00:32:22,840
Speaker 1: had Lane Hatcher and Logan bonnardt Arkansas State at times,

672
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:25,640
Speaker 1: it still worked really well. And now when you look

673
00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:28,880
Speaker 1: at Braxton coming down from Marshall in an awesome season

674
00:32:29,000 --> 00:32:31,560
Speaker 1: last year, he was absolutely locked in nineteen to two

675
00:32:31,680 --> 00:32:35,160
Speaker 1: touchdown the interception ratio, a really strong transfer portal class,

676
00:32:35,200 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 1: a wide receiver, a running back room that has some

677
00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,800
Speaker 1: sec talent in it. I expect this offense to jump.

678
00:32:41,160 --> 00:32:43,000
Speaker 1: The question is how much does it jump And I

679
00:32:43,040 --> 00:32:45,120
Speaker 1: can kind of put this to you, Duck in terms

680
00:32:45,160 --> 00:32:47,240
Speaker 1: of where you think they could land in terms of

681
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:52,000
Speaker 1: let's just say that SP plus offensive production projections one

682
00:32:52,120 --> 00:32:54,080
Speaker 1: hundred and thirtieth is where they ended last year. They

683
00:32:54,120 --> 00:32:56,680
Speaker 1: were the bottom of the barrel. They were dysfunctional. It

684
00:32:56,800 --> 00:32:58,840
Speaker 1: was a team that needed a clean house in more

685
00:32:58,840 --> 00:33:01,120
Speaker 1: ways than one. I think that they could make a

686
00:33:01,240 --> 00:33:04,120
Speaker 1: jump and buy to be in the top seventy five offensively.

687
00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 1: I think that's how much the quarterback and play caller

688
00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,360
Speaker 1: give them an upgrade. And I think I could look

689
00:33:09,400 --> 00:33:11,800
Speaker 1: back on it and say that I undersold them and

690
00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,360
Speaker 1: they end up winning the Sun Belt. I got a

691
00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,360
Speaker 1: ticket at twenty five to one. I know our buddy

692
00:33:15,400 --> 00:33:17,680
Speaker 1: Colin Wilson is sitting on a forty to one ticket.

693
00:33:17,920 --> 00:33:21,000
Speaker 1: Those numbers are not out there in the same way

694
00:33:21,080 --> 00:33:22,680
Speaker 1: in the market right now. You can still get that

695
00:33:22,800 --> 00:33:24,840
Speaker 1: twenty five to thirty if you go out and shop.

696
00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:28,720
Speaker 1: If this all clicks offensively and the perimeter weapons work

697
00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:31,560
Speaker 1: with Braxton, I think Anderson is going to be one

698
00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,720
Speaker 1: of those coaching hires that we look back on. He

699
00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,600
Speaker 1: resuscitated his career. He'll be a head coach again. In

700
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,600
Speaker 1: two years and this will be a special season for USM.

701
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 1: What are your thoughts on Anderson's impact down in Hattiesburg.

702
00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:45,920
Speaker 2: Well, it'll be a real watershed moment for this program.

703
00:33:46,000 --> 00:33:47,920
Speaker 2: When you look back at the last four seasons, they've

704
00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:49,960
Speaker 2: been just riddled with injuries and an aptitude at the

705
00:33:50,000 --> 00:33:52,960
Speaker 2: quarterback position, and it's really handcuffed this program's ability to

706
00:33:53,000 --> 00:33:55,040
Speaker 2: get out of the basement of the Sun Belt. And

707
00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:58,360
Speaker 2: we're still seeing this group being penalized by the sticker

708
00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 2: on the side of their helmet than the players that

709
00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:02,560
Speaker 2: are in the jerseys and the people that are on

710
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 2: the coaching staff. And I don't think Vegas has quite

711
00:34:05,360 --> 00:34:08,839
Speaker 2: caught up to the talent infusion that this group has

712
00:34:08,920 --> 00:34:12,040
Speaker 2: brought in and how night and day different the coaching

713
00:34:12,160 --> 00:34:14,080
Speaker 2: is going to be. I expect this to be a

714
00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:16,560
Speaker 2: feisty bunch all season and a group that will pile

715
00:34:16,680 --> 00:34:19,600
Speaker 2: up the wins, and nothing short of six and six.

716
00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:21,799
Speaker 2: I think you can still find a regular season win

717
00:34:21,920 --> 00:34:22,520
Speaker 2: total over.

718
00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:23,040
Speaker 1: Four and a half.

719
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:25,239
Speaker 2: Now, the juice is not going to be what the

720
00:34:25,320 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 2: juice was when you and I bet this earlier in

721
00:34:27,239 --> 00:34:30,280
Speaker 2: the summer and talked about it here with the Action Network.

722
00:34:30,400 --> 00:34:32,920
Speaker 2: But you can still find that number, which I think

723
00:34:33,000 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 2: is a win and a half light. And I think

724
00:34:35,120 --> 00:34:39,680
Speaker 2: that you're going to find a completely much more cohesive

725
00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 2: and electric offensive unit which at times was just so

726
00:34:44,080 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 2: so terrible to watch last season. There was just such

727
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 2: a lack of continuity. They couldn't get out of their

728
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:52,680
Speaker 2: own way pertaining to allowing negative plays. I mean, my goodness,

729
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:56,520
Speaker 2: forty five sacks given up last year, thirty four each

730
00:34:56,560 --> 00:34:59,040
Speaker 2: of the last two years. Prior to that, the red

731
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:02,520
Speaker 2: zone numbers were now, the yards per carry were low.

732
00:35:02,719 --> 00:35:04,960
Speaker 2: They just couldn't get out of their own way when

733
00:35:04,960 --> 00:35:07,759
Speaker 2: you look at a lot of the explosivity metrics and

734
00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:10,840
Speaker 2: really simple counting metrics when it comes to the offensive output.

735
00:35:11,160 --> 00:35:13,760
Speaker 2: But with Raylan Braxton in it quarterback in his nineteen

736
00:35:13,800 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 2: to two touchdown to interception ratio and the ability for

737
00:35:17,120 --> 00:35:19,960
Speaker 2: him to create on the move, along with the infusion

738
00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,080
Speaker 2: of talent that they have in the skill position rooms

739
00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:25,359
Speaker 2: from the P four and cohesiveness on the offensive line

740
00:35:25,800 --> 00:35:28,480
Speaker 2: with Blake Anderson and his scheme and his ability to

741
00:35:28,560 --> 00:35:31,160
Speaker 2: draw stuff up on the whiteboard, I think Southern miss

742
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 2: is a play on team time and time again. This

743
00:35:34,880 --> 00:35:36,280
Speaker 2: upcoming twenty twenty five season.

744
00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:38,800
Speaker 1: Now we already talked about FAU. We don't have to

745
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:41,120
Speaker 1: belabor the point. We're hoping that it's Bailey Zappi two

746
00:35:41,160 --> 00:35:43,920
Speaker 1: point zero pew po pew hopefully big points. They are

747
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:47,760
Speaker 1: down in Florida. But talk to me about New Mexico

748
00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:51,360
Speaker 1: a little bit in terms of their tempo, their style,

749
00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:54,000
Speaker 1: and kind of the brand of football that they're going

750
00:35:54,080 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 1: to play and how different it's going to be from

751
00:35:56,360 --> 00:35:59,400
Speaker 1: the Devin Dan Pierre experience. Yeah, well, it is going to.

752
00:35:59,440 --> 00:36:02,520
Speaker 2: Be a signify different approach, and it's really due to

753
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:06,280
Speaker 2: the coaching style of Jason Eck and their offensive coordinator

754
00:36:06,320 --> 00:36:09,800
Speaker 2: that they bring in, which is Luke Schleisner comes in

755
00:36:09,880 --> 00:36:12,799
Speaker 2: from Idaho. They run a lot of power packages. New

756
00:36:12,840 --> 00:36:15,879
Speaker 2: Mexico last season had some electricity in the running game,

757
00:36:15,960 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 2: not only from the quarterback position, but they use and

758
00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:22,560
Speaker 2: for seasons in prior as well, they had some quirkiness

759
00:36:22,680 --> 00:36:24,640
Speaker 2: with some of the offense that they would run, and

760
00:36:24,760 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 2: they were still a running team with some vertical downfield passing.

761
00:36:27,640 --> 00:36:31,000
Speaker 2: But this Idaho bunch is going to be one that's

762
00:36:31,080 --> 00:36:33,880
Speaker 2: going to possess the football. When you look at the

763
00:36:34,080 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 2: reports for what Idaho did and what this team wants

764
00:36:36,640 --> 00:36:39,000
Speaker 2: to do this season with the lack of talent infusion,

765
00:36:39,080 --> 00:36:40,960
Speaker 2: they know they're behind the eight ball. So it's going

766
00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:43,360
Speaker 2: to be slow and methodical. They're going to try to

767
00:36:43,400 --> 00:36:47,320
Speaker 2: play the field position game. I anticipate very very little

768
00:36:47,400 --> 00:36:51,000
Speaker 2: explosiveness as they're breaking in everybody on the receiver room

769
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,959
Speaker 2: that's new as they lose their top seven and Jack

770
00:36:54,040 --> 00:36:56,440
Speaker 2: Lanett quarterback comes in from Idaho, and he was a

771
00:36:56,560 --> 00:36:59,560
Speaker 2: serviceable FCS quarterback, but he did not light the world

772
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,400
Speaker 2: on fire. He struggled with injury. The downfield passing is

773
00:37:03,520 --> 00:37:07,280
Speaker 2: just virtually non existent, and Idaho had good FCS receivers

774
00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:09,440
Speaker 2: that have moved on and so they had some talent

775
00:37:09,560 --> 00:37:12,560
Speaker 2: for their level, and it just was not explosive. It's

776
00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:15,439
Speaker 2: going to be run on first down, run on second down,

777
00:37:15,800 --> 00:37:18,160
Speaker 2: short pass on third down. They're going to try to

778
00:37:18,719 --> 00:37:21,640
Speaker 2: chew clocks, stay on the field, be methodical, and it's

779
00:37:21,719 --> 00:37:25,080
Speaker 2: just going to be a complete grind. Now. Last season,

780
00:37:25,160 --> 00:37:28,320
Speaker 2: the offensive line numbers were not terrible in the amount

781
00:37:28,400 --> 00:37:31,800
Speaker 2: of tackles for loss and sacks surrendered, but all of

782
00:37:31,920 --> 00:37:34,280
Speaker 2: that was the has to be attributed to the heroic

783
00:37:34,360 --> 00:37:36,600
Speaker 2: effort of Devin Dampier. If you just turn on the film,

784
00:37:36,680 --> 00:37:39,720
Speaker 2: you'll see him running for his lifetime and time again

785
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:43,040
Speaker 2: with linemen who are just standing around watching him do it,

786
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:46,960
Speaker 2: not blocking anybody. And this season, when that happens, it

787
00:37:47,160 --> 00:37:50,960
Speaker 2: is going to be havoc, surrendered in the backfield, sacks,

788
00:37:51,080 --> 00:37:54,520
Speaker 2: negative plays. I would anticipate that this New Mexico bunch

789
00:37:54,640 --> 00:37:57,479
Speaker 2: is behind the chains a ton and I just don't

790
00:37:57,560 --> 00:38:01,040
Speaker 2: see what we saw last season in any way. Last

791
00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:05,640
Speaker 2: season we saw the highest vegas over underposted in years

792
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:09,000
Speaker 2: in their New Mexico game against Utah State. It was

793
00:38:09,120 --> 00:38:11,680
Speaker 2: eighty seven and a half and the game soared over

794
00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:13,600
Speaker 2: and it was just one of those where the DNA

795
00:38:13,680 --> 00:38:16,480
Speaker 2: of the team was we're gonna outscore you. We can't

796
00:38:16,560 --> 00:38:20,080
Speaker 2: stop you. If you remember air Force, they struggled pitifully

797
00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 2: for eight games in the season before they turned it around. Well,

798
00:38:23,239 --> 00:38:27,240
Speaker 2: New Mexico allowed here thirty seven points to air Force,

799
00:38:27,600 --> 00:38:30,640
Speaker 2: forty five to Utah State, and forty points to an

800
00:38:30,680 --> 00:38:33,680
Speaker 2: anemic New Mexico State who may have had the worst

801
00:38:33,719 --> 00:38:37,080
Speaker 2: quarterback room in FBS football last season. This defense just

802
00:38:37,120 --> 00:38:40,799
Speaker 2: could not stop anybody, so they were constantly in shootouts. Well,

803
00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:43,160
Speaker 2: the offense knows that the defense is going to be

804
00:38:43,239 --> 00:38:46,520
Speaker 2: poor once again. So slow it down, run the ball,

805
00:38:46,760 --> 00:38:48,799
Speaker 2: try to play some field position. It's going to look

806
00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:50,800
Speaker 2: nothing like what we saw the last couple of seasons.

807
00:38:50,840 --> 00:38:54,440
Speaker 1: In Now, before we got out of this segments, a

808
00:38:54,520 --> 00:38:56,719
Speaker 1: few people reached out during the offseason, what are we

809
00:38:56,760 --> 00:38:58,760
Speaker 1: doing with Trent Delfer? What are we doing with Uab?

810
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,719
Speaker 1: They made a shame defensive coordinator. He finally got rid

811
00:39:01,760 --> 00:39:04,240
Speaker 1: of his you know, high school coaching, buddy, got himself

812
00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:07,640
Speaker 1: a real adult. Steve Russ. He was an FBS defensive

813
00:39:07,640 --> 00:39:10,760
Speaker 1: coordinator at Air Force from twenty twelve to twenty seventeen.

814
00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:13,520
Speaker 1: When you're coaching at a service academy, you learn how

815
00:39:13,560 --> 00:39:15,239
Speaker 1: to squeeze the most out of talent that you have

816
00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:17,440
Speaker 1: on hand. You're not gonna have four and five star players.

817
00:39:17,719 --> 00:39:20,480
Speaker 1: They're going to be more fundamentally sound the Blazers this year.

818
00:39:20,520 --> 00:39:22,920
Speaker 1: I think he's going to instill discipline. But when you

819
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:25,200
Speaker 1: look in and you look under the hood at what

820
00:39:25,360 --> 00:39:28,600
Speaker 1: the Falcons were defensively, some of their numbers were a

821
00:39:28,680 --> 00:39:31,720
Speaker 1: little bit misleading in terms of their total defense, because

822
00:39:31,920 --> 00:39:35,279
Speaker 1: obviously they're playing ball control, playing keep away offensively, but

823
00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:37,520
Speaker 1: they had multiple years where they gave up a lot

824
00:39:37,560 --> 00:39:39,960
Speaker 1: of points. So while I think they could have a

825
00:39:40,120 --> 00:39:42,640
Speaker 1: bit of a schematic upgrade, and I think some of

826
00:39:42,640 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 1: their fundamentals and clearly some of their tackling that you know,

827
00:39:45,920 --> 00:39:47,560
Speaker 1: the second half of that season kind of fell off

828
00:39:47,600 --> 00:39:49,840
Speaker 1: a cliff in terms of blown coverages, in terms of

829
00:39:50,000 --> 00:39:52,399
Speaker 1: leting people to run through arm tackles. They could shure

830
00:39:52,480 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 1: some of that up. But the UAB defense, it's all

831
00:39:56,160 --> 00:39:58,360
Speaker 1: new guys. They're one hundred and fourteenth and returning production.

832
00:39:58,480 --> 00:40:00,720
Speaker 1: So when people ask, are are we going to continue

833
00:40:00,719 --> 00:40:03,919
Speaker 1: to fade? Trent Delfer Hell, yeah, brother, bring on more.

834
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:07,000
Speaker 1: I still think that. I think Trent Dilfer was surprised.

835
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:10,560
Speaker 1: I imagine him with the box packing everything up eighty

836
00:40:10,640 --> 00:40:14,000
Speaker 1: pops his head in, Hey could you stay for another year? Me? Yes, you,

837
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,400
Speaker 1: Trent Delfer, You're gonna be coaching at least for the

838
00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,040
Speaker 1: first month of this season. They simply don't have the

839
00:40:19,120 --> 00:40:22,520
Speaker 1: horses to compete even in the AAC. And while this

840
00:40:22,640 --> 00:40:25,520
Speaker 1: is an upgrade in terms of having an actual full

841
00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:28,320
Speaker 1: fledged adult who knows how to coordinate a defense, I

842
00:40:28,360 --> 00:40:29,759
Speaker 1: don't think that's going to be enough to move off

843
00:40:29,800 --> 00:40:32,640
Speaker 1: this fade. Train, So I'm gonna go against UAB early

844
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:35,160
Speaker 1: and off and again looking forward to that this season.

845
00:40:35,239 --> 00:40:38,399
Speaker 1: All right, let's close out with just some pure positivity,

846
00:40:39,000 --> 00:40:43,279
Speaker 1: some q qbs in the G five landscape that we love.

847
00:40:43,360 --> 00:40:45,440
Speaker 1: Let's break it down into three separate categories. We got

848
00:40:45,480 --> 00:40:48,320
Speaker 1: your superstar. We got your old reliable, which can be

849
00:40:48,400 --> 00:40:50,920
Speaker 1: difficult because the you know, transfer portal has moved so

850
00:40:51,040 --> 00:40:54,440
Speaker 1: many quality quarterbacks up or you know, across conferences. But

851
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,719
Speaker 1: we're looking for somebody that you know exactly what you're

852
00:40:56,719 --> 00:40:58,759
Speaker 1: gonna get, and then we're gonna finish it out with

853
00:40:58,960 --> 00:41:02,040
Speaker 1: something that's you know, made this podcast famous in terms

854
00:41:02,080 --> 00:41:07,360
Speaker 1: of Zappi, in terms of Diego Pavia. We're looking for

855
00:41:07,440 --> 00:41:10,360
Speaker 1: that breakout star, all right, So let's lead off with

856
00:41:10,520 --> 00:41:14,160
Speaker 1: your superstar. Who do you see absolutely shining the brightest

857
00:41:14,200 --> 00:41:15,360
Speaker 1: in the twenty twenty five season.

858
00:41:15,840 --> 00:41:18,440
Speaker 2: I see Caden Veldcamp Conference USA Player of the Year

859
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:20,680
Speaker 2: for Western Kentucky last season, who broke out on the

860
00:41:20,760 --> 00:41:24,080
Speaker 2: scene in their bowl game in twenty twenty three, where

861
00:41:24,080 --> 00:41:26,399
Speaker 2: he shredded South Alabama for three hundred and eighty three

862
00:41:26,440 --> 00:41:28,880
Speaker 2: yards and five passing touchdowns. Last year, he threw for

863
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:31,320
Speaker 2: thirty one hundred and eight yards and twenty five touchdowns

864
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:35,200
Speaker 2: while being extremely efficient and accurate, completing sixty six percent.

865
00:41:35,840 --> 00:41:38,279
Speaker 2: He's familiar with the offense, as you had alluded to

866
00:41:38,400 --> 00:41:41,600
Speaker 2: in your talks with Fau earlier in the program. Did

867
00:41:41,640 --> 00:41:44,720
Speaker 2: they bring in Easton Messer from WKU. This duo hooked

868
00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:47,759
Speaker 2: up for fifty five receptions and seven hundred and ninety

869
00:41:47,760 --> 00:41:50,920
Speaker 2: three yards last season. There's a lot of talent that

870
00:41:51,080 --> 00:41:54,760
Speaker 2: comes in in the skill rooms. Veldt Camp was lights

871
00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,760
Speaker 2: out in the spring game and still has two seasons

872
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,279
Speaker 2: of eligibility left. So you talk about a guy who

873
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:03,360
Speaker 2: can really create a legacy for himself and leave his

874
00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:06,960
Speaker 2: mark on group of five football. I would anticipate Veldcamp

875
00:42:07,239 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 2: to absolutely shred opposing defenses this season in the AAC,

876
00:42:12,360 --> 00:42:14,239
Speaker 2: and I would look to watch the passing yards and

877
00:42:14,280 --> 00:42:17,000
Speaker 2: touchdowns pile up, and it's going to have to because

878
00:42:17,080 --> 00:42:18,719
Speaker 2: this defense, for Fau is.

879
00:42:18,840 --> 00:42:20,080
Speaker 1: Unlikely to stop anyone.

880
00:42:20,200 --> 00:42:22,640
Speaker 2: So I see high scoring affairs and plenty of stats

881
00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 2: for Velk.

882
00:42:23,800 --> 00:42:25,759
Speaker 1: All right, take me to the riverwalk. I want to

883
00:42:25,760 --> 00:42:29,680
Speaker 1: own McCown, meet me, pagimme UTSA the Roadrunners QB one.

884
00:42:30,239 --> 00:42:32,640
Speaker 1: If you just go to a family barbecue for them. Cowns.

885
00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:35,239
Speaker 1: You're going to see his dad, Josh, his uncle Luke.

886
00:42:35,320 --> 00:42:39,040
Speaker 1: They played cumulatively thirty years in the NFL. One hundred

887
00:42:39,040 --> 00:42:43,200
Speaker 1: and twenty NFL touchdowns from his family tree. Really impressive.

888
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 1: He always had it in him to be a star

889
00:42:44,600 --> 00:42:47,680
Speaker 1: at the college level. Second half of last year trailer

890
00:42:48,000 --> 00:42:50,320
Speaker 1: just let this kid cook, and he delivered. As I

891
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:52,239
Speaker 1: mentioned at the top, they went five and two down

892
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:55,440
Speaker 1: the stretch, almost upset Army, seventeen tds across those last

893
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:58,520
Speaker 1: seven games, and massive passing days against some of those

894
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:03,040
Speaker 1: leaky AAC units FAU, Tulsa and un C. In those

895
00:43:03,120 --> 00:43:06,520
Speaker 1: three games, he threw for eleven hundred and fifty three yards.

896
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,640
Speaker 1: They're the only G five offense with every starter back.

897
00:43:10,080 --> 00:43:12,440
Speaker 1: I don't even think this is accounting for how good

898
00:43:12,480 --> 00:43:15,120
Speaker 1: they could be if JT. Clark returns to his pre

899
00:43:15,320 --> 00:43:18,239
Speaker 1: injury status. Because if they go three and four wide

900
00:43:18,280 --> 00:43:21,120
Speaker 1: receivers and just let McCown the lefty just sling it

901
00:43:21,160 --> 00:43:22,879
Speaker 1: all over the yard, I think some really good things

902
00:43:22,920 --> 00:43:25,719
Speaker 1: are going to happen. I am excited for this kid

903
00:43:25,840 --> 00:43:27,440
Speaker 1: this year. I think he's going to be a superstar.

904
00:43:27,640 --> 00:43:29,719
Speaker 1: I think he's going to lead you Tsa back to

905
00:43:29,800 --> 00:43:33,320
Speaker 1: the promised the lands An American Championship. So give me

906
00:43:33,440 --> 00:43:35,520
Speaker 1: McCown all right, I'm gonna hop right into my old

907
00:43:35,560 --> 00:43:39,439
Speaker 1: reliable Blake Corvath. Listen, all his key weapons are back,

908
00:43:39,960 --> 00:43:42,600
Speaker 1: and as I mentioned at the top of the episode,

909
00:43:42,719 --> 00:43:44,160
Speaker 1: they got to work in some new starters in the

910
00:43:44,200 --> 00:43:47,520
Speaker 1: offensive line, including both tackles, which is not quite as

911
00:43:47,640 --> 00:43:50,000
Speaker 1: important as it would be in a traditional drop back

912
00:43:50,080 --> 00:43:53,600
Speaker 1: passing game. Luckily they had that extended preseason. And when

913
00:43:53,600 --> 00:43:56,320
Speaker 1: I say preseason, why am I going that harsh against

914
00:43:56,320 --> 00:44:00,520
Speaker 1: their schedule VMI the key debts Uab and Trentilver, Defense,

915
00:44:00,800 --> 00:44:04,240
Speaker 1: Tulsa and Rice all before the Kylender turns to October.

916
00:44:04,560 --> 00:44:06,359
Speaker 1: That's a lot of time to get some of those

917
00:44:06,440 --> 00:44:09,399
Speaker 1: reps in where suddenly first time starters feel a little

918
00:44:09,400 --> 00:44:11,719
Speaker 1: bit closer to seasoned veterans by the time to get

919
00:44:11,719 --> 00:44:14,640
Speaker 1: in October. Most ideal schedule you can ask for. There's

920
00:44:14,640 --> 00:44:17,279
Speaker 1: no two ways about it. This millennial wing tea, I think,

921
00:44:17,600 --> 00:44:20,799
Speaker 1: perfectly positions him to do a little damage through the air.

922
00:44:21,080 --> 00:44:23,800
Speaker 1: He threw I believe thirteen passing touchdowns last fall. That

923
00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:26,799
Speaker 1: was the most by a midship and passer since twenty

924
00:44:26,880 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 1: ten when Ricky Dobbs did it and now Drew Kronick.

925
00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:32,640
Speaker 1: He is a mad scientist. He has found a way,

926
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:35,680
Speaker 1: whether it's you know, the rail routes, the wheel routes,

927
00:44:36,120 --> 00:44:38,759
Speaker 1: running back angles, spreading people out, getting it to Kent

928
00:44:38,880 --> 00:44:42,160
Speaker 1: on the perimeter, he's finding ways to keep defenses from

929
00:44:42,320 --> 00:44:44,680
Speaker 1: just stacking the box. And for that reason, you want

930
00:44:44,719 --> 00:44:47,080
Speaker 1: to have an old, reliable quarterback, and they got it

931
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:50,960
Speaker 1: in play corback. So I just view this as as

932
00:44:51,040 --> 00:44:53,080
Speaker 1: long as people can stay healthy, you're never going to

933
00:44:53,120 --> 00:44:55,600
Speaker 1: have the depth at the Service Academy level. But in

934
00:44:55,760 --> 00:44:58,400
Speaker 1: terms of being a veteran presence and someone that I

935
00:44:58,480 --> 00:45:00,600
Speaker 1: trust with the ball in his hands, he is someone

936
00:45:00,600 --> 00:45:02,719
Speaker 1: who's responsible not just for those you know, putting the

937
00:45:02,719 --> 00:45:04,600
Speaker 1: ball in harms way through the air, but he's got

938
00:45:04,760 --> 00:45:07,440
Speaker 1: so many reads and pitches and polls to make on

939
00:45:07,560 --> 00:45:10,560
Speaker 1: any given Saturday. I want someone that I trust. I

940
00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:14,120
Speaker 1: trust this guy implicitly, and I think, really, you're going

941
00:45:14,160 --> 00:45:16,040
Speaker 1: to see another hot start for them. This was how

942
00:45:16,080 --> 00:45:19,520
Speaker 1: it started last year. Late Potentially we can get into

943
00:45:19,719 --> 00:45:22,680
Speaker 1: the fading another Service Academy. They got trips to North Texas,

944
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,680
Speaker 1: Notre Dame, Memphis home game with South Florida. It gets

945
00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:28,440
Speaker 1: hairy late in their season, but early on, I'm going

946
00:45:28,520 --> 00:45:30,040
Speaker 1: to go with Blake Corbett to try to make me

947
00:45:30,120 --> 00:45:31,960
Speaker 1: some money in the first six weeks of the season.

948
00:45:32,239 --> 00:45:34,719
Speaker 1: Who are you going with as the quarterback that you've

949
00:45:34,760 --> 00:45:36,600
Speaker 1: seen enough from him to know that he's going to

950
00:45:36,680 --> 00:45:38,160
Speaker 1: deliver every single weekend.

951
00:45:38,360 --> 00:45:41,680
Speaker 2: Steady as they come by max standards. Tucker Gleason for Toledo.

952
00:45:42,280 --> 00:45:44,400
Speaker 2: The guy was able to amass twenty eight hundred passing

953
00:45:44,440 --> 00:45:47,120
Speaker 2: yards with twenty four touchdowns and eight interceptions last season.

954
00:45:47,640 --> 00:45:49,799
Speaker 2: He's more mobile than you might think, chipping in three

955
00:45:49,880 --> 00:45:52,640
Speaker 2: hundred and sixty four yards on the ground in seven touchdowns.

956
00:45:53,239 --> 00:45:56,720
Speaker 2: He's rarely asked to do too much in the Toledo offense.

957
00:45:56,800 --> 00:46:00,319
Speaker 2: Toledo has really been a point of consistency offensively under

958
00:46:00,400 --> 00:46:04,680
Speaker 2: Jason Kandell, and they lean into the run game. They

959
00:46:04,760 --> 00:46:06,640
Speaker 2: have a veteran O line this year and they'll continue

960
00:46:06,680 --> 00:46:09,120
Speaker 2: to run the football. We're not going to see the

961
00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:12,920
Speaker 2: eye popping stats from him, and maybe not even the

962
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:17,600
Speaker 2: highlight athleticism plays. But he's a guy who makes the

963
00:46:17,719 --> 00:46:20,880
Speaker 2: right read. He's very smart with the football. He rarely

964
00:46:20,920 --> 00:46:24,759
Speaker 2: makes critical mistakes that cost his team the game, and

965
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:26,760
Speaker 2: he does well on the movie. He can make accurate

966
00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:28,600
Speaker 2: throws when he has to get flushed. So I mean,

967
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:31,799
Speaker 2: as far as max standards are concerned, complete steady, Eddie

968
00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:33,000
Speaker 2: Tucker Gleason.

969
00:46:33,520 --> 00:46:35,680
Speaker 1: I got to close out with my breakout star. And

970
00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:38,839
Speaker 1: this is what I mean. I've Hamden Hat, I've gone

971
00:46:38,880 --> 00:46:40,920
Speaker 1: back and forth. There's a lot of really good options.

972
00:46:41,000 --> 00:46:43,320
Speaker 1: There's the quarterback room at North Texas I think is

973
00:46:43,360 --> 00:46:46,400
Speaker 1: really interesting, but I'm going to stay in the Sunbelt.

974
00:46:46,440 --> 00:46:49,480
Speaker 1: I'm going to go with Walker Howard. At Louisiana, Michael

975
00:46:49,480 --> 00:46:52,160
Speaker 1: Desormo returns as the head coach along with his coordinators,

976
00:46:52,200 --> 00:46:55,839
Speaker 1: the same exact staff turned Ben Woolbridge into a star

977
00:46:56,040 --> 00:47:00,320
Speaker 1: last year, and Walker Howard is an absolute blue chip recruit.

978
00:47:00,400 --> 00:47:04,279
Speaker 1: And it's just kind of it's almost a rorshack test

979
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:05,680
Speaker 1: of how do you look at it? Did he not

980
00:47:05,880 --> 00:47:09,000
Speaker 1: break through at LSU and Old Miss because he didn't

981
00:47:09,000 --> 00:47:10,920
Speaker 1: have that dog in him, he wasn't the kind of

982
00:47:11,280 --> 00:47:14,480
Speaker 1: guy to command a quarterback room and to lead a program.

983
00:47:14,960 --> 00:47:17,040
Speaker 1: Or did he just get stuck behind some really good

984
00:47:17,120 --> 00:47:20,000
Speaker 1: quarterbacks because let's look at it, he had to play

985
00:47:20,040 --> 00:47:22,560
Speaker 1: behind Jane Daniels and Nussmeyer. I'm not going to blame

986
00:47:22,560 --> 00:47:24,280
Speaker 1: the kid for not getting on the field at LSU,

987
00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:26,279
Speaker 1: and in the last two years he sat behind a

988
00:47:26,320 --> 00:47:29,080
Speaker 1: first round NFL draft pick in Jackson Dart. This is

989
00:47:29,160 --> 00:47:31,439
Speaker 1: the same guy who was the nation's number one dual

990
00:47:31,480 --> 00:47:35,319
Speaker 1: thrick quarterback by ESPN and listed number five by twenty

991
00:47:35,360 --> 00:47:39,360
Speaker 1: four to seven Sports, not in Louisiana, in the entire country.

992
00:47:39,640 --> 00:47:41,680
Speaker 1: So now he comes in, he's going to offer more

993
00:47:41,760 --> 00:47:43,480
Speaker 1: in the run game than they had at the quarterback

994
00:47:43,520 --> 00:47:46,200
Speaker 1: position last year. The only question is will there be

995
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:49,239
Speaker 1: receivers to help him pop on the perimeter. And very

996
00:47:49,320 --> 00:47:51,800
Speaker 1: quickly you look at the top of their transfer portal class,

997
00:47:52,000 --> 00:47:56,120
Speaker 1: Shelton Sampson Junior, a former four star, big kid, crazy

998
00:47:56,280 --> 00:47:58,919
Speaker 1: speed out of the SEC. I could see him coming

999
00:47:58,960 --> 00:48:01,120
Speaker 1: in and taking over. I could see the numbers that

1000
00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:04,279
Speaker 1: made their quarterback the Sunbell Player of the Year last

1001
00:48:04,360 --> 00:48:07,040
Speaker 1: year transferring over. And let's put another ten to fifteen

1002
00:48:07,080 --> 00:48:10,200
Speaker 1: percent on Walker Howard this year. Two layups to start

1003
00:48:10,239 --> 00:48:12,719
Speaker 1: the season as well. Get that confidence up Rice. They're

1004
00:48:12,760 --> 00:48:15,279
Speaker 1: going to be so dynamic offensively and difficult to prepare for,

1005
00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:17,960
Speaker 1: but defensively, there's nowhere to hide for the LS and

1006
00:48:18,000 --> 00:48:20,960
Speaker 1: then they get McNeice, an in state FCS opponent, So

1007
00:48:21,160 --> 00:48:22,480
Speaker 1: I think it's going to give him some time to

1008
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:24,960
Speaker 1: settle in, to get a feel for leading a program.

1009
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:28,439
Speaker 1: And how rare is it in this portal era where

1010
00:48:28,520 --> 00:48:31,440
Speaker 1: everybody is getting plucked from the G five level and

1011
00:48:31,600 --> 00:48:34,239
Speaker 1: moving up to be contributors at the powerfol level. It's

1012
00:48:34,320 --> 00:48:36,759
Speaker 1: been more and more rare to see these powerful guys

1013
00:48:36,880 --> 00:48:39,839
Speaker 1: drop down and try to resuscitate their careers. I think

1014
00:48:39,880 --> 00:48:42,440
Speaker 1: he could do it, and I'm basically going to give

1015
00:48:42,480 --> 00:48:43,840
Speaker 1: him the benefit of the doubt. You weren't going to

1016
00:48:43,880 --> 00:48:46,320
Speaker 1: play over the Heisman Trophy winner at LSU, and you

1017
00:48:46,400 --> 00:48:48,640
Speaker 1: weren't going to play over Jackson Dart. That doesn't mean

1018
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:50,320
Speaker 1: you can't ball out. I think he's going to do

1019
00:48:50,360 --> 00:48:51,560
Speaker 1: it this year for the raging cagents.

1020
00:48:51,960 --> 00:48:53,239
Speaker 2: Hard to argue with that. I like it.

1021
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:56,719
Speaker 1: Yeah, I went Maverick mcgiver. Now, where have we seen

1022
00:48:56,800 --> 00:48:57,360
Speaker 1: this before?

1023
00:48:57,480 --> 00:49:00,600
Speaker 2: We've seen a rock solid FCS quarterback who puts up

1024
00:49:00,640 --> 00:49:04,600
Speaker 2: Gaudi numbers in a pass half pass happy offense, who

1025
00:49:04,800 --> 00:49:09,719
Speaker 2: transfers to the FBS ranks with his OC and some

1026
00:49:09,880 --> 00:49:12,279
Speaker 2: of the receivers that he worked with. Well, we saw

1027
00:49:12,320 --> 00:49:15,759
Speaker 2: it right here at Western Kentucky with Bailey's appy, Well,

1028
00:49:15,800 --> 00:49:19,040
Speaker 2: this could certainly be another zappy situation as Maverick obviously

1029
00:49:19,080 --> 00:49:21,080
Speaker 2: comes in from Abilene Christian, where he threw for over

1030
00:49:21,200 --> 00:49:24,240
Speaker 2: eight thousand yards and sixty three touchdowns over three seasons

1031
00:49:24,320 --> 00:49:29,040
Speaker 2: with the Wildcats. They're making the jump up with Western

1032
00:49:29,120 --> 00:49:31,640
Speaker 2: Kentucky and they're bringing over the crew that Abilene Christian

1033
00:49:31,719 --> 00:49:34,480
Speaker 2: had success with over the last three seasons. We saw

1034
00:49:34,480 --> 00:49:36,720
Speaker 2: it in the FCS playoffs. There were so many flashes

1035
00:49:36,760 --> 00:49:39,520
Speaker 2: of brilliance with Maverick. When you look at the schedule

1036
00:49:39,560 --> 00:49:42,640
Speaker 2: for Western Kentucky, I think this is one that necessitates

1037
00:49:43,200 --> 00:49:46,839
Speaker 2: a lot of passyards and some exceptional stats here. Sam

1038
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:50,640
Speaker 2: Houston State's defense is going to be way down. North

1039
00:49:50,680 --> 00:49:56,279
Speaker 2: Alabama's secondary is week Nevada's secondary is really bad, Florida International,

1040
00:49:56,360 --> 00:50:00,680
Speaker 2: New Mexico State, Missouri State all with descending or very

1041
00:50:00,800 --> 00:50:04,279
Speaker 2: poor defensive secondaries, and that is exactly what we are

1042
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:07,120
Speaker 2: going to see as Western Kentucky's past happy attack take

1043
00:50:07,160 --> 00:50:09,560
Speaker 2: advantage of this. I look for ma Guiver to be

1044
00:50:09,920 --> 00:50:12,520
Speaker 2: a have a very very strong Conference USA show.

1045
00:50:13,080 --> 00:50:14,359
Speaker 1: You know what we want to see in the bowl game.

1046
00:50:14,360 --> 00:50:16,360
Speaker 1: I want to see Western Kentucky against Troy. Do you

1047
00:50:16,400 --> 00:50:17,239
Speaker 1: know why that is, Duck?

1048
00:50:17,840 --> 00:50:21,120
Speaker 2: I do because you want to see Goose and Man,

1049
00:50:21,480 --> 00:50:23,400
Speaker 2: I want to say to you, Shane, they were playing

1050
00:50:23,440 --> 00:50:23,840
Speaker 2: the season.

1051
00:50:23,920 --> 00:50:26,760
Speaker 1: Talk to me, Goose. I just I need to see

1052
00:50:26,880 --> 00:50:30,200
Speaker 1: the marketing folks, the brain the brain trust behind the

1053
00:50:30,280 --> 00:50:33,520
Speaker 1: pop up or the Popeyes, the pop Tart Bowl get

1054
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:37,640
Speaker 1: their hands on a Maverick top gun related marketing campaign.

1055
00:50:38,080 --> 00:50:40,200
Speaker 1: So it's gonna take a little bit from Troy. I'm

1056
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:42,719
Speaker 1: with you on Western Kentucky. I think this offense could pop.

1057
00:50:42,960 --> 00:50:45,600
Speaker 1: It's a familiar strategy to go ahead and take a

1058
00:50:45,719 --> 00:50:48,359
Speaker 1: quarterback that's comfortable with a play color and put them

1059
00:50:48,400 --> 00:50:51,440
Speaker 1: together and just basically swap them out move them up

1060
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:53,879
Speaker 1: to the FBS level. I hope this works. I hope

1061
00:50:53,920 --> 00:50:56,120
Speaker 1: our breakout stars make us look smart in you know,

1062
00:50:56,200 --> 00:50:58,839
Speaker 1: the coming months, and if not, you know, how often

1063
00:50:58,880 --> 00:51:01,600
Speaker 1: are people listening back to preseason content. You know, by

1064
00:51:01,640 --> 00:51:03,880
Speaker 1: the time we get to October November, that's going to

1065
00:51:03,920 --> 00:51:06,120
Speaker 1: do it. For Duck and myself. This has been the

1066
00:51:06,160 --> 00:51:08,320
Speaker 1: group of five deep dive under the Big Bets on

1067
00:51:08,560 --> 00:51:12,680
Speaker 1: Campus podcast Umbrella. There's a lot more coming down the

1068
00:51:12,680 --> 00:51:14,880
Speaker 1: pipe here in terms of what we have cooking up.

1069
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:16,719
Speaker 1: We appreciate you tuning in what you can.

1070
00:51:16,719 --> 00:51:17,279
Speaker 2: Do for us.

1071
00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:19,320
Speaker 1: Before I get into some programming notes, you can go

1072
00:51:19,320 --> 00:51:21,760
Speaker 1: ahead and throw us those five star reviews. I'm happy

1073
00:51:21,840 --> 00:51:23,920
Speaker 1: to throw out some free bets and some parlays and

1074
00:51:24,000 --> 00:51:26,719
Speaker 1: some futures tickets throughout the season. For anyone who drops

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