1 00:00:15,600 --> 00:00:16,880 Speaker 1: All right, welcome in Lake Kick is Live. 2 00:00:16,920 --> 00:00:19,400 Speaker 2: It is Tuesday night, December fifteenth, the year of our 3 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,040 Speaker 2: lawer twenty twenty. I'm kind of looking all over the 4 00:00:21,079 --> 00:00:22,920 Speaker 2: place cause our studio looks a little bit different, and 5 00:00:22,920 --> 00:00:25,400 Speaker 2: that is because we were on the eve of early 6 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:27,280 Speaker 2: signing day and we're not talking about recruiting on the 7 00:00:27,280 --> 00:00:28,760 Speaker 2: show tonight. I just want to give you a little 8 00:00:28,920 --> 00:00:32,080 Speaker 2: prep Number one. If we seem a little bit flustered 9 00:00:32,120 --> 00:00:34,839 Speaker 2: around here, seems like things are a little out of whack, well, 10 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 2: it's because it is. People have spent less time training 11 00:00:37,360 --> 00:00:40,400 Speaker 2: for marathons. Then we have spent training today and preparing 12 00:00:40,479 --> 00:00:45,160 Speaker 2: today as best we can for an eight hour show tomorrow. 13 00:00:45,479 --> 00:00:48,080 Speaker 2: And you may think to yourself, eight hours, wow, So like, 14 00:00:48,120 --> 00:00:49,559 Speaker 2: what are the chunks going to look like? You're on 15 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,239 Speaker 2: air for one hour, you're off air and no, there 16 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:54,840 Speaker 2: are no breaks, people, just eight hours. Director Colin's sitting 17 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:57,880 Speaker 2: in there haplessly, yours truly. Barton will be in here, 18 00:00:57,880 --> 00:01:00,000 Speaker 2: Steve Wolfong will be in here, We'll have Bud Elliott 19 00:01:00,240 --> 00:01:02,880 Speaker 2: and several other folks down in Fort Lauderdale. It's gonna 20 00:01:02,880 --> 00:01:06,200 Speaker 2: be an extravaganza. Hopefully food is involved at some point 21 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,320 Speaker 2: I don't know, but we will be on air on 22 00:01:08,400 --> 00:01:11,320 Speaker 2: CBS Sports HQ. We will hopefully be running it through 23 00:01:11,319 --> 00:01:13,960 Speaker 2: the twenty four seven Sports YouTube channel. So a lot 24 00:01:14,080 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: going down tomorrow. There's a lot still up in the air. 25 00:01:16,640 --> 00:01:21,319 Speaker 2: It's early signing day mixed with Conference Championship week, mixed 26 00:01:21,319 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 2: with coaching searches. Never before as it happened, hopefully never 27 00:01:25,160 --> 00:01:27,520 Speaker 2: again will it happen. But we're prepared as best we can. 28 00:01:27,600 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 2: So that's tomorrow. So it seems like we're in hurry 29 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:32,360 Speaker 2: to get home and get to bed tonight. That's because 30 00:01:32,400 --> 00:01:34,240 Speaker 2: that's why we start that thing bright and early at 31 00:01:34,240 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 2: eight Central, nine Eastern I think tomorrow Collins. So yet 32 00:01:36,959 --> 00:01:39,600 Speaker 2: it's gonna be an all day deal tonight, though we 33 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 2: are previewing a couple of conference championship games. Now, we 34 00:01:42,080 --> 00:01:44,400 Speaker 2: figured the best way to do this is do two 35 00:01:44,400 --> 00:01:46,039 Speaker 2: of them tonight and then we're gonna do three more 36 00:01:46,040 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 2: conference championship previews on Thursday. So tonight we're doing the 37 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:53,480 Speaker 2: ACC and we're doing the SEC. So if we don't 38 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:56,400 Speaker 2: do the game tonight, like Southern Calfans, don't come at me, 39 00:01:56,440 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 2: We're gonna do the game Thursday. 40 00:01:57,720 --> 00:01:58,760 Speaker 1: If we don't do them. Tonight. 41 00:01:58,960 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 2: We'll also have the very latest out of Auburn, and 42 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 2: by latest, I mean actual tangible information. Sometimes nothing happens 43 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,160 Speaker 2: in the last forty eight hours from the time we 44 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:10,680 Speaker 2: talk to the time we talk again. Other times things 45 00:02:10,720 --> 00:02:13,080 Speaker 2: do happen. I just want to separate some things for 46 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:14,360 Speaker 2: you to know. We're gonna do that at the end. 47 00:02:14,240 --> 00:02:14,640 Speaker 1: Of the show. 48 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 2: So I've got the very latest that I've heard out 49 00:02:17,320 --> 00:02:19,720 Speaker 2: of Auburn and some things that I haven't heard that 50 00:02:19,800 --> 00:02:22,520 Speaker 2: some other people think they've heard if I'm making sense 51 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:25,000 Speaker 2: to you, So we'll dive into that all that, Plus 52 00:02:25,040 --> 00:02:27,200 Speaker 2: we've got a couple more best bets to add onto 53 00:02:27,200 --> 00:02:30,000 Speaker 2: the Ram and Noodle Express. So let's waste no time, 54 00:02:30,040 --> 00:02:31,880 Speaker 2: because this is the last night in the world that 55 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:35,200 Speaker 2: we want to waste time. ACC Championship Game. Make no 56 00:02:35,280 --> 00:02:37,160 Speaker 2: bones about it. This is the game I'm looking most 57 00:02:37,160 --> 00:02:40,400 Speaker 2: forward to this weekend. It is a four o'clock kickoff 58 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,520 Speaker 2: Eastern Time. It's on ABC. This one is in Charlotte. 59 00:02:43,560 --> 00:02:45,680 Speaker 2: I want to say, yeah, it's a neutral site. It's 60 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:49,120 Speaker 2: not in South Bend, Indiana. Obviously, Clemson's a ten and 61 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,880 Speaker 2: a half point favorite here and it's Notre Dame and 62 00:02:51,919 --> 00:02:53,919 Speaker 2: it's Clemson and it's gonna be a lot of fun, 63 00:02:54,160 --> 00:02:56,600 Speaker 2: and there are several different storylines. Some people don't like 64 00:02:56,639 --> 00:02:58,639 Speaker 2: the whole storyline deal, and some people just want to 65 00:02:58,680 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 2: talk x's and o's. Well, here's the good news, healthy 66 00:03:01,720 --> 00:03:03,080 Speaker 2: dose of both in this one. 67 00:03:03,600 --> 00:03:05,919 Speaker 1: And there's plenty of revenge talk out there. 68 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:07,799 Speaker 2: You know, this is kind of the headline gravy stuff, 69 00:03:07,800 --> 00:03:11,400 Speaker 2: the revenge talk, the rematch talk. We don't you know, 70 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 2: if you watch the show, if you listen to the show, 71 00:03:12,880 --> 00:03:14,640 Speaker 2: we don't normally get into that all that much. I 72 00:03:14,720 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 2: just think what I just said, it's more headline gravy 73 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:20,800 Speaker 2: than you know, actually stuff you want to dive deep on. 74 00:03:21,320 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 2: But let me entertain it for like twenty seconds. Normally, 75 00:03:24,400 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 2: when you're talking about that, you're talking about a situation 76 00:03:28,200 --> 00:03:31,959 Speaker 2: wherein a team was upset and so they're gonna be 77 00:03:32,080 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 2: the decided favorite and they're gonna go exact some revenge. 78 00:03:34,840 --> 00:03:37,120 Speaker 2: Well that's not the I mean kind of it's the 79 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:40,840 Speaker 2: case here. But you look at it and like, who 80 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:44,200 Speaker 2: feels doubted in this game? Who feels kind of if 81 00:03:44,240 --> 00:03:46,640 Speaker 2: you want to use the word disrespected, disrespected, it's not 82 00:03:46,760 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 2: clemsing it's Notre Dame. So if anything, the team that 83 00:03:50,200 --> 00:03:53,320 Speaker 2: won the game before, that's the group with they're backs 84 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:55,880 Speaker 2: to the wall, that's the group that's being sold short 85 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 2: if you want to again, if you want. 86 00:03:57,320 --> 00:03:59,360 Speaker 1: To phrase it that way, So I don't. 87 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:02,080 Speaker 2: I just think a lot of that's anecdotal, and when 88 00:04:02,080 --> 00:04:04,080 Speaker 2: the result goes the way that you think it'll go, 89 00:04:04,480 --> 00:04:07,040 Speaker 2: you explain it away like that. But yet I saw 90 00:04:07,080 --> 00:04:09,320 Speaker 2: someone do a feature earlier today. I can't remember where 91 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 2: I saw it. Where they went back I think the 92 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 2: last twenty years, and they looked at rematch situations and 93 00:04:14,800 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 2: more than half the time the team that won the 94 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:17,800 Speaker 2: first game won the second game. 95 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,280 Speaker 1: Now here's the secret to that. 96 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:23,040 Speaker 2: Normally it's just caused the better team wins football games, 97 00:04:23,080 --> 00:04:25,320 Speaker 2: Like that's normally what the case is. If you don't 98 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 2: believe Clemson's the better team, then okay, maybe what I 99 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:29,560 Speaker 2: just SAIDs out the window. So that was a lot 100 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:33,120 Speaker 2: of nonsense. Really, let's get down to actual football related matters. 101 00:04:33,920 --> 00:04:36,640 Speaker 2: What is probably the most popular thing that you've heard 102 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:39,919 Speaker 2: anyone say about Clemson Notre Dame. Part one, Well, Trevor 103 00:04:39,960 --> 00:04:42,040 Speaker 2: Lawrence didn't play, and that's a fact I had our 104 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,200 Speaker 2: stats in FO department. Look it up to be sure. Yep, 105 00:04:44,279 --> 00:04:47,000 Speaker 2: your eyes didn't deceive you. He did not play in 106 00:04:47,040 --> 00:04:50,480 Speaker 2: the first matchup in South Bend. That was dj uy 107 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,920 Speaker 2: angola Lay. Okay, now you've got one school of thought 108 00:04:53,960 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 2: that says, well, he was out, he's back case closed 109 00:04:57,600 --> 00:04:59,800 Speaker 2: Clemson's game, and Dan, you got some other folks and 110 00:04:59,800 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 2: they're thinking at a little bit different level than they say, 111 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:02,560 Speaker 2: we'll hold up. 112 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:04,920 Speaker 1: Now, just let's not fly off the handle. 113 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:08,159 Speaker 2: Did you see uyang Laay's stat line in that first game, 114 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,560 Speaker 2: because hey, looks to me like if you were to 115 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:12,760 Speaker 2: just do a blind resume, you can't tell the difference 116 00:05:12,800 --> 00:05:15,600 Speaker 2: in how well he did versus if Trevor Lawrence would 117 00:05:15,600 --> 00:05:18,039 Speaker 2: have played. And when you're talking about just a normal 118 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,919 Speaker 2: stat line, you're right like Uyanglala played out of his mind. 119 00:05:21,200 --> 00:05:23,280 Speaker 2: He put up as good as numbers at that point 120 00:05:23,480 --> 00:05:26,400 Speaker 2: as Trevor Lawrence had in virtually any game that he's played. 121 00:05:26,440 --> 00:05:28,920 Speaker 2: So basically the school of thought is, okay, they were 122 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,479 Speaker 2: missing Lawrence, but how much better would he have done 123 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:34,680 Speaker 2: than dj Wuyanglaay did? Like quarterbacks, not the reason they 124 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,040 Speaker 2: lost that night, I happen to agree with that. By 125 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:40,040 Speaker 2: the way, however, a couple things can be true. It 126 00:05:40,080 --> 00:05:44,800 Speaker 2: can be true that dj Ouyanglaalay wasn't the reason clems 127 00:05:44,800 --> 00:05:46,839 Speaker 2: and lost against Notre Dame the first time. But it 128 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:49,960 Speaker 2: can also be true that Trevor Lawrence may very well 129 00:05:49,960 --> 00:05:52,080 Speaker 2: be the reason they win against Notre Dame. 130 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:52,600 Speaker 1: The second time. 131 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:56,160 Speaker 2: Because it's not necessarily an apples to apples comparison. I'll 132 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:57,760 Speaker 2: give you a perfect example as we dive into the 133 00:05:57,760 --> 00:06:01,080 Speaker 2: preview here. Just think about this third down alone. Third 134 00:06:01,120 --> 00:06:03,960 Speaker 2: down you've probably if you've gone back and watched that game, 135 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:05,560 Speaker 2: or if you watched it live the first time and 136 00:06:05,600 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 2: you remember it. 137 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:08,479 Speaker 1: That's what stands out a couple of different ways. 138 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:11,920 Speaker 2: Actually, like Notre Dame got the job done on third down, 139 00:06:11,960 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 2: Clemson did not necessarily get the job done to the 140 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,159 Speaker 2: degree that you would normally expect him to, and it 141 00:06:17,200 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 2: allowed the game to remain in the balance and ultimately 142 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 2: Notre Dame prevails in overtime. But just think about this 143 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 2: change nothing else, but just take Trevor Lawrence's mobility and 144 00:06:26,960 --> 00:06:30,200 Speaker 2: his ability to extend plays when they're broken. If you 145 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:32,880 Speaker 2: just get a couple of extra third down conversions from 146 00:06:32,960 --> 00:06:35,279 Speaker 2: him broken plays third and five, couple third and fives, 147 00:06:35,320 --> 00:06:38,640 Speaker 2: third and five, third and six, it breaks down, he scrambles, 148 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,800 Speaker 2: falls forward first down. That alone is the difference in 149 00:06:41,839 --> 00:06:45,159 Speaker 2: a football game, especially a competitive football game. So his 150 00:06:45,240 --> 00:06:47,919 Speaker 2: stat line, I'll tell you something that may very well happen. 151 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:50,400 Speaker 2: He may very well not have as impressive a stat 152 00:06:50,480 --> 00:06:53,920 Speaker 2: line just in terms of raw numbers as DJ did 153 00:06:53,960 --> 00:06:55,760 Speaker 2: first time they played, and may end up being the 154 00:06:55,760 --> 00:06:58,800 Speaker 2: winning quarterback here. If some of you believe in quarterback 155 00:06:58,880 --> 00:07:01,560 Speaker 2: wins as being a that it's a lot more situational. 156 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:02,680 Speaker 1: That's what I'm trying to say. 157 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,159 Speaker 2: Mobility on third down obviously is one of those situations 158 00:07:06,160 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 2: where it's not going to be found in your completion 159 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,240 Speaker 2: percentage or your total amounts of yards thrown for. 160 00:07:12,240 --> 00:07:14,400 Speaker 1: But as much as. 161 00:07:14,280 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 2: That's one popular narrative, let me shift to another one 162 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:19,040 Speaker 2: here because I don't buy another one of the popular 163 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:21,920 Speaker 2: narratives out there. I think that a lot of folks 164 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 2: have a set opinion of Notre Dame football in their mind, 165 00:07:25,240 --> 00:07:26,760 Speaker 2: and it doesn't really change year to year. 166 00:07:26,920 --> 00:07:28,160 Speaker 1: I get the distinct impression. 167 00:07:28,160 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 2: I grew up in the South, so I can tell 168 00:07:29,760 --> 00:07:32,640 Speaker 2: you I watch all college football, not everyone down here 169 00:07:32,720 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 2: watches all of college football. 170 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:37,880 Speaker 1: Some folks, now, I'm gonna. 171 00:07:37,680 --> 00:07:39,440 Speaker 2: Paint with a very broad brush year because it's not 172 00:07:39,440 --> 00:07:41,480 Speaker 2: just a Southern thing. Like, not a lot of folks 173 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 2: in Texas are watching you. Not a lot of folks 174 00:07:42,880 --> 00:07:45,360 Speaker 2: in California may be watching you, but they know about 175 00:07:45,400 --> 00:07:47,320 Speaker 2: Notre Dame. Now have an opinion of Notre Dame, and 176 00:07:47,400 --> 00:07:49,560 Speaker 2: here's basically what it is. When I was talking to 177 00:07:49,560 --> 00:07:51,400 Speaker 2: Brian Kelly, I showed you guys that clip about a 178 00:07:51,400 --> 00:07:54,040 Speaker 2: month ago, and I told him, hey, so here's the impression. 179 00:07:54,080 --> 00:07:56,160 Speaker 2: Until you win a national championship, no one's gonna view 180 00:07:56,160 --> 00:07:58,040 Speaker 2: you as being a top tier team. He said, Yep, 181 00:07:58,040 --> 00:07:59,960 Speaker 2: you're pretty much right. We need to win a championship. 182 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:01,560 Speaker 1: But that's all. 183 00:08:01,880 --> 00:08:04,480 Speaker 2: Until they win a championship, no one really changes their opinion. 184 00:08:04,520 --> 00:08:06,120 Speaker 1: So what's the opinion. Well, here's the opinion. 185 00:08:06,800 --> 00:08:09,400 Speaker 2: A high power, high octane offense is going to go 186 00:08:09,520 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 2: up and down the field on them. I don't believe 187 00:08:12,520 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 2: that at my very core. The reason I differ in 188 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,200 Speaker 2: my opinion of how this game could go versus how 189 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,680 Speaker 2: some people view this game going is I don't think 190 00:08:21,680 --> 00:08:23,760 Speaker 2: this Notre Dame defense is one that you're going to 191 00:08:23,840 --> 00:08:26,200 Speaker 2: march up and down the field on I need take 192 00:08:26,240 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 2: you back no further than the North Carolina game. And 193 00:08:29,840 --> 00:08:32,320 Speaker 2: I want you to remember that North Carolina game Thanksgiving week. 194 00:08:32,320 --> 00:08:35,959 Speaker 2: We talked about this earlier this week. They limited really 195 00:08:36,000 --> 00:08:38,600 Speaker 2: bottled up that North Carolina ground game made them one 196 00:08:38,600 --> 00:08:41,440 Speaker 2: dimensional and North Carolina really couldn't generate a whole lot 197 00:08:41,440 --> 00:08:44,800 Speaker 2: offense against them. There were historic lows statistically for North 198 00:08:44,840 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 2: Carolina in that game. And you may think, okay, well, yeah, 199 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:50,640 Speaker 2: so what like Notre Dame should have beaten them. 200 00:08:50,720 --> 00:08:51,720 Speaker 1: But here's the problem. 201 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:53,600 Speaker 2: At the time, the spread on the game was like 202 00:08:53,640 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 2: three and a half, and there were a lot of 203 00:08:55,040 --> 00:08:56,280 Speaker 2: people picking that as an upset. 204 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:58,200 Speaker 1: You don't get to do a couple of things. 205 00:08:58,240 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 2: You can do one or the other, but you don't 206 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,280 Speaker 2: get to pick North Carolina to win the game out right, 207 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 2: and then Notre Dame beats them by two or three 208 00:09:04,800 --> 00:09:07,319 Speaker 2: scores and then say, well it's just North Carolina. 209 00:09:07,480 --> 00:09:08,400 Speaker 1: You don't get to do that. 210 00:09:08,679 --> 00:09:10,960 Speaker 2: And now I need to take you back no further 211 00:09:11,000 --> 00:09:14,760 Speaker 2: than one week, less than a week actually just last Saturday, when, 212 00:09:15,280 --> 00:09:19,640 Speaker 2: as I told you, North Carolina committed basically a legalized 213 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:23,640 Speaker 2: hate crime against Miami and ran for over five hundred yards, 214 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:26,200 Speaker 2: put up over seven hundred and seventy yards total offense, 215 00:09:26,480 --> 00:09:29,280 Speaker 2: and everyone else was thinking about Miami like the dead 216 00:09:29,320 --> 00:09:31,720 Speaker 2: body that was Miami football. The other day, I'm sitting 217 00:09:31,720 --> 00:09:34,120 Speaker 2: there watching North Carolina pound on a corpse, and all 218 00:09:34,120 --> 00:09:35,119 Speaker 2: I'm thinking about. 219 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:38,840 Speaker 1: Is Notre Dame limited them to what and how many? 220 00:09:39,080 --> 00:09:40,120 Speaker 1: And wow? 221 00:09:40,480 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 2: And so then I'm thinking about the ACC Championship game 222 00:09:43,240 --> 00:09:46,199 Speaker 2: and this mentality out there that seems to be pervasive 223 00:09:46,280 --> 00:09:49,760 Speaker 2: that Trevor Lawrence is back just going up and down 224 00:09:49,800 --> 00:09:50,400 Speaker 2: the field on them. 225 00:09:50,440 --> 00:09:50,920 Speaker 1: No, you're not. 226 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:52,880 Speaker 2: You may beat them, but if you beat him, you're 227 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 2: gonna have to beat him with razor sharp precision. You're 228 00:09:55,640 --> 00:09:57,439 Speaker 2: gonna have to execute, You're gonna have to convert a 229 00:09:57,440 --> 00:09:59,079 Speaker 2: critical amount of third downs. You're gonna have to do 230 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:00,440 Speaker 2: a lot of stuff that you have to doing against 231 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,040 Speaker 2: really good teams. Not all the really good teams in 232 00:10:03,080 --> 00:10:05,959 Speaker 2: America are parked in the Southeast. There may be one 233 00:10:06,040 --> 00:10:07,959 Speaker 2: or two of them, believe it or not, that can 234 00:10:08,040 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 2: challenge you from a place like South Bend, Indiana. Notre 235 00:10:11,000 --> 00:10:13,400 Speaker 2: Dame's team this year is not one that you're going 236 00:10:13,440 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 2: to a out athlete, not this one. You may beat them, 237 00:10:16,920 --> 00:10:19,560 Speaker 2: it won't because you just lean on them with superior athletes. 238 00:10:19,760 --> 00:10:21,800 Speaker 2: And number two, you're not going to run them off 239 00:10:21,800 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 2: the field defensively. If you beat them, you may beat them, 240 00:10:25,040 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 2: but you're gonna do it the way that I just 241 00:10:26,800 --> 00:10:29,600 Speaker 2: laid out, not hanging thirty five in the first half, 242 00:10:29,600 --> 00:10:31,439 Speaker 2: Like that's not the kind of team Notre Dame has 243 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:31,920 Speaker 2: right now? 244 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:33,680 Speaker 1: How different is the Notre Dame offense? 245 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,360 Speaker 2: Though, So when we go back to the last time 246 00:10:35,400 --> 00:10:37,800 Speaker 2: they played, you remember it was it kind of got 247 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:40,960 Speaker 2: wild on the scoreboard, And there are two big factors 248 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 2: that have changed. Notre Dame fans have talked about this 249 00:10:44,760 --> 00:10:46,719 Speaker 2: until they're blue in the face at this point, kind 250 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:48,800 Speaker 2: of kind of that dark blue, but they're blue in 251 00:10:48,840 --> 00:10:51,080 Speaker 2: the face at this point talking about the vulnerability that 252 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 2: they may have without mister Patterson there at center. And 253 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,319 Speaker 2: I'm worried about it just like you guys are, because 254 00:10:56,360 --> 00:11:00,800 Speaker 2: there's been addition in subtraction each way. Notre Dame understands 255 00:11:01,240 --> 00:11:03,400 Speaker 2: very much so probably about as in tune with their 256 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,479 Speaker 2: offensive identity as any team in America. 257 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:07,760 Speaker 1: And it starts along that line of scrimmage. And they 258 00:11:07,760 --> 00:11:08,400 Speaker 1: were very good. 259 00:11:08,440 --> 00:11:10,360 Speaker 2: You know, they internally thought they had the best line 260 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 2: of scrimmage in America until you start getting injuries. 261 00:11:13,320 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: Let alone is a factor. 262 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:17,000 Speaker 2: But then when you start talking about the interior or 263 00:11:17,040 --> 00:11:21,319 Speaker 2: the middle rather of Clemson's defense maybe getting healthier, if 264 00:11:21,360 --> 00:11:23,600 Speaker 2: it gets out of whack, that's how it gets out 265 00:11:23,600 --> 00:11:26,360 Speaker 2: of whack, gets out of whack because Clemson can really 266 00:11:26,400 --> 00:11:29,000 Speaker 2: just come right up the middle, and Clemson can disrupt 267 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:32,200 Speaker 2: from an interior pressure standpoint, and all of a sudden, 268 00:11:32,480 --> 00:11:34,959 Speaker 2: that run game that you were really able to lean 269 00:11:35,000 --> 00:11:36,599 Speaker 2: on and have been able to lean on, just a 270 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:38,600 Speaker 2: little bit off rhythm, You got a little bit of 271 00:11:38,600 --> 00:11:41,240 Speaker 2: a push on the interior. Maybe the timing and rhythm 272 00:11:41,240 --> 00:11:43,800 Speaker 2: of those passing routes that really worked for Ian Book 273 00:11:43,800 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 2: and Company the first time. Not there just a hair off, 274 00:11:46,800 --> 00:11:49,720 Speaker 2: just a fraction off. Well, what's the difference. The difference 275 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:52,920 Speaker 2: is those young defensive linemen for Clemson, all of them 276 00:11:52,960 --> 00:11:55,400 Speaker 2: had five stars next to their name. Now they got 277 00:11:55,440 --> 00:11:57,240 Speaker 2: a taste of this game, they got a taste of view. 278 00:11:57,559 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 2: You're not quite what you were. You've lost probably a 279 00:12:00,520 --> 00:12:03,920 Speaker 2: Remington Award finalist between the last time you played him 280 00:12:03,920 --> 00:12:06,360 Speaker 2: and now that's how it could get out of whack. 281 00:12:06,640 --> 00:12:10,079 Speaker 2: They know they being Notre Dame, they know they got 282 00:12:10,120 --> 00:12:12,079 Speaker 2: to run the ball, and got to run the ball effectively. 283 00:12:12,240 --> 00:12:16,480 Speaker 2: Clemson wants to but it t n was a ghost 284 00:12:16,600 --> 00:12:18,520 Speaker 2: the first time they played this game, and it was 285 00:12:18,520 --> 00:12:20,920 Speaker 2: still neck and neck in overtime. So Notre Dame's got 286 00:12:20,920 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 2: to run it. Clemson really wants to run it. But 287 00:12:23,160 --> 00:12:25,200 Speaker 2: you've also got the running threat at quarterback you didn't 288 00:12:25,280 --> 00:12:26,480 Speaker 2: quite have last time. 289 00:12:26,520 --> 00:12:28,120 Speaker 1: So what do we see in this game. 290 00:12:28,559 --> 00:12:30,439 Speaker 2: We didn't make a game capsule for this one because 291 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 2: I believe or not, Colin's been busy with other things. 292 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,679 Speaker 2: We I thought the line was going to be released 293 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 2: at about eight and a half. Well it's sitting at. 294 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:38,320 Speaker 1: Ten and a half right now. 295 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:42,280 Speaker 2: So where I lean is I lean Notre Dame plus points, 296 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,000 Speaker 2: especially if it's a ten and a half, I lean 297 00:12:45,040 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 2: towards Clemson to win the game. I do not buy, 298 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 2: as I told you, at all, the notion that this 299 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:53,960 Speaker 2: is one of those runaway and hide type conference championship 300 00:12:54,040 --> 00:12:56,600 Speaker 2: games for Clemson Coast scene. Most of the time when 301 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:59,240 Speaker 2: they're playing in the ACC title game, they're not playing 302 00:12:59,280 --> 00:13:01,920 Speaker 2: a playoff caliber They're playing a team that just happened 303 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 2: to trip into the ACC title game and they can 304 00:13:04,320 --> 00:13:08,280 Speaker 2: go basically have a nice, well organized scrimmage with fans 305 00:13:08,280 --> 00:13:10,320 Speaker 2: in the stands and the team wearing a different jersey 306 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,760 Speaker 2: with no Tiger Paul in the helmet. That's not this Saturday. 307 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:15,679 Speaker 2: This Saturday, you might as well look at it as 308 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:17,880 Speaker 2: the first round of the playoffs and think about what 309 00:13:17,920 --> 00:13:19,959 Speaker 2: I just said there that had men Clemson because it 310 00:13:20,000 --> 00:13:22,400 Speaker 2: hasn't been the ACC but for one year only, in 311 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:25,120 Speaker 2: one night only, you actually get a playoff caliber opponent 312 00:13:25,160 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 2: in your conference championship game, which means if the Tigers 313 00:13:28,440 --> 00:13:31,360 Speaker 2: want to win a national title, they got to beat one, two, 314 00:13:31,720 --> 00:13:35,280 Speaker 2: three playoff caliber opponents in a row. Welcome to the 315 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,240 Speaker 2: deep end of the pool. They're very capable of doing it, 316 00:13:37,280 --> 00:13:39,080 Speaker 2: of course. So I'm gonna take Clemson to win. I 317 00:13:39,080 --> 00:13:41,400 Speaker 2: will take Notre Dame, however, to cover the ten and 318 00:13:41,400 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 2: a half NATO, a game that many of you don't 319 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:49,120 Speaker 2: think will be quite as competitive SEC championship game kicking 320 00:13:49,160 --> 00:13:51,760 Speaker 2: off in primetime this Saturday night. It's an eight o'clock 321 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:56,080 Speaker 2: Eastern timekick. It's on CBS. Alabama is favored by drum 322 00:13:56,200 --> 00:14:01,560 Speaker 2: Roll Police seventeen points over the University Florida. So I 323 00:14:01,559 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 2: think we have to ask the first logical questions, which is, 324 00:14:04,600 --> 00:14:08,439 Speaker 2: how big an impact did last week's implosion for lack 325 00:14:08,480 --> 00:14:09,840 Speaker 2: of a better term, and I don't think there is 326 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:12,400 Speaker 2: one against LSU? How big an impact did that have 327 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:16,360 Speaker 2: on Florida? And here's kind of the note I wrote down. 328 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:18,800 Speaker 2: Can a team that's mentally weak enough to allow that 329 00:14:18,840 --> 00:14:22,280 Speaker 2: to happen to them display enough mental fortitude to get 330 00:14:22,360 --> 00:14:24,800 Speaker 2: up for this game and offer a big challenge. I 331 00:14:24,920 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 2: happen to think, and this is just my personal opinion, 332 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:30,760 Speaker 2: I happen to think last week has nothing to do 333 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:33,680 Speaker 2: with this week whatsoever. Now, Florida may still get run 334 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 2: out of the building, but Alabama's capable of doing that 335 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:38,080 Speaker 2: whether you win or lose the week before you play them. 336 00:14:38,880 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 2: But I don't believe whatsoever you will watch Florida play 337 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:45,280 Speaker 2: Saturday and say, all that team's just a shell of itself. Now, boy, 338 00:14:45,320 --> 00:14:47,960 Speaker 2: they left their heart on the field that night against LSU, 339 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 2: or maybe they didn't show up with it and that's 340 00:14:49,320 --> 00:14:49,920 Speaker 2: why they lost. 341 00:14:50,400 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: I don't think that's happened in Saturday. That's just me. 342 00:14:52,400 --> 00:14:55,600 Speaker 1: I could be dead wrong about that. Now, ask for Alabama. 343 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:57,120 Speaker 1: I'm going to read astat to you. 344 00:14:57,480 --> 00:14:59,360 Speaker 2: I don't normally keep up with these sorts of things, 345 00:14:59,360 --> 00:15:02,240 Speaker 2: so sometimes stats that you guys have been throwing around 346 00:15:02,240 --> 00:15:05,640 Speaker 2: a lot are news to me. They're public, publicly available. 347 00:15:05,680 --> 00:15:07,480 Speaker 2: I just don't really keep up with it. So one 348 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,880 Speaker 2: of you told me today that the average margin of 349 00:15:09,920 --> 00:15:13,320 Speaker 2: victory for Alabama right now is fifty to seventeen. They've 350 00:15:13,320 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 2: only played conference games, they've played ten SEC games, and 351 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 2: they are averaging winning fifty to seventeen. 352 00:15:21,560 --> 00:15:23,760 Speaker 1: So I said, that's not true. That's true. 353 00:15:23,920 --> 00:15:25,600 Speaker 2: You guys, you don't lie to me, at least you 354 00:15:25,600 --> 00:15:28,640 Speaker 2: didn't at that point. Do you understand what I just 355 00:15:28,680 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 2: told you. They have not played Kent State. There has 356 00:15:31,880 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 2: been no citadel. 357 00:15:32,760 --> 00:15:33,480 Speaker 1: You know. That's normally. 358 00:15:33,760 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 2: By the way, notice a suspicious lack of criticism out there, 359 00:15:37,800 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 2: because most people would lead you to believe that some 360 00:15:40,400 --> 00:15:42,600 Speaker 2: of these SEC schools, well, yeah, they can make a 361 00:15:42,680 --> 00:15:46,320 Speaker 2: late season run. They throw a cream puff FCS team 362 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:50,200 Speaker 2: in there. Nope, nope, this team in Crimson didn't, and 363 00:15:50,240 --> 00:15:53,800 Speaker 2: they're surging. They're actually averaging better numbers than they ever 364 00:15:53,880 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 2: do when they put a high school on there. There 365 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,240 Speaker 2: is no roast beef Tech on the schedule for Alabama 366 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,960 Speaker 2: right now, and yet fifty to seven is the average 367 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,040 Speaker 2: margin of victory. So I think Florida is going to 368 00:16:04,080 --> 00:16:06,960 Speaker 2: look night and day different on the field Saturday as 369 00:16:06,960 --> 00:16:09,560 Speaker 2: opposed to what you saw last week. Just putting Kyle 370 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,560 Speaker 2: Pitts on the football field alone makes them kind of 371 00:16:11,680 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 2: a different a different monster to deal with. I think 372 00:16:14,880 --> 00:16:19,680 Speaker 2: they're going to have offensive success. I'm not sure. Let 373 00:16:19,760 --> 00:16:21,320 Speaker 2: me see how I want to phrase this. I'm not 374 00:16:21,400 --> 00:16:26,040 Speaker 2: really sure where the ideology comes from that just because 375 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:29,760 Speaker 2: something happened one week, you'll get that identical result the 376 00:16:29,800 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 2: next week. That never happens. This is the biggest flaw. 377 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 2: That's why so many people lose money betting football. You 378 00:16:36,160 --> 00:16:38,960 Speaker 2: take what you did see and you try and apply 379 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 2: it to what you will see. You hardly ever see 380 00:16:42,200 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 2: an identical product one week to the next week. You 381 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 2: hardly ever see that. And yet so many people predict 382 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:50,360 Speaker 2: upcoming games based on what they saw last week. I 383 00:16:50,360 --> 00:16:51,960 Speaker 2: don't think Florida is going to look like that at all. 384 00:16:52,040 --> 00:16:54,040 Speaker 2: I think Florida is going to have some really good 385 00:16:54,080 --> 00:16:58,240 Speaker 2: success against Alabama. I think when you've got them completely 386 00:16:58,280 --> 00:17:00,920 Speaker 2: dialed in and this number eighty four here, maybe you've 387 00:17:00,920 --> 00:17:02,600 Speaker 2: heard of him when you got him on the field. 388 00:17:02,880 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 2: I don't think there's anyone really stopping them. I don't 389 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:08,119 Speaker 2: really think there's going to be this point in this 390 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,800 Speaker 2: game where you're approaching halftime and you're saying, boy, this 391 00:17:11,840 --> 00:17:15,080 Speaker 2: Alabama defense, as improved as they may be, this Alabama 392 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:16,680 Speaker 2: defense really shutting Florida down. 393 00:17:17,119 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 1: That's not the way this is gonna happen. 394 00:17:18,720 --> 00:17:21,040 Speaker 2: Okay, Alabama's a big favorite, but they're not a big 395 00:17:21,040 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 2: favorite because some oddsmaker somewhere thinks that Christian Harrison company, 396 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:26,280 Speaker 2: hopefully he's able to play. 397 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:28,440 Speaker 1: If he's not, let's just pick a new name. 398 00:17:28,960 --> 00:17:30,840 Speaker 2: DJ Dale and company are going to step up and 399 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:33,160 Speaker 2: shut Kyle Trask in Florida down. 400 00:17:33,480 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: That's not what's going to happen. 401 00:17:34,960 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 2: They are probably next to Alabama, they're probably as good 402 00:17:37,720 --> 00:17:40,119 Speaker 2: a team as there is in America at using the 403 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,359 Speaker 2: whole field, really good at Dan Mullen's excellent at that, 404 00:17:43,400 --> 00:17:44,920 Speaker 2: and he's got the pieces to do it this year. 405 00:17:45,080 --> 00:17:48,240 Speaker 2: Here's the problem, fundamentally, here's the reason why I don't 406 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:49,960 Speaker 2: know if it's going to be sustainable for a full 407 00:17:50,000 --> 00:17:50,680 Speaker 2: four quarters. 408 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: Alabama didn't have to fear the run game, even. 409 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:56,359 Speaker 2: When they played Old Miss earlier this year, and we 410 00:17:56,440 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 2: didn't think that Old Miss could run the ball well 411 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:02,200 Speaker 2: even they ran the ball Alabama. I don't think Florida 412 00:18:02,880 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 2: is going to be able to duplicate the success oh Mishad. 413 00:18:05,160 --> 00:18:06,880 Speaker 1: On the ground. You don't remember that. 414 00:18:06,960 --> 00:18:09,439 Speaker 2: You remember all the high flying and all the throws 415 00:18:09,480 --> 00:18:12,480 Speaker 2: down the field, But what allowed that to happen was 416 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:13,560 Speaker 2: Ole mis running the ball. 417 00:18:13,640 --> 00:18:15,080 Speaker 1: I don't think Florida's going to be able to run 418 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:16,200 Speaker 1: ball on Alabama. 419 00:18:16,280 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 2: They'll have to, as a result of that, execute consistently 420 00:18:20,359 --> 00:18:22,800 Speaker 2: at a high level in the past game, and they'll 421 00:18:22,800 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 2: have to do it against a really good pass rush 422 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:28,560 Speaker 2: that's come on very very much so lately, and they'll 423 00:18:28,560 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 2: have to do it against the most athletic group of 424 00:18:30,600 --> 00:18:33,280 Speaker 2: defensive backs that they've seen this year. But make no 425 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,119 Speaker 2: mistake when I say that, I'm not calling for anything 426 00:18:37,160 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 2: to be shut down. But what I'm talking about is 427 00:18:40,280 --> 00:18:42,960 Speaker 2: as much as Alabama's going to give up yardage. If 428 00:18:42,960 --> 00:18:45,920 Speaker 2: you ever watch like those National Geographic specials, which ironically 429 00:18:46,000 --> 00:18:47,399 Speaker 2: is going to lead me to I think use an 430 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:50,520 Speaker 2: alligator reference. We use crocodiles, So we'll be neutral here. 431 00:18:50,640 --> 00:18:52,879 Speaker 2: If you've ever watched those videos, you got to be 432 00:18:52,920 --> 00:18:53,919 Speaker 2: pretty sadistic to do it. 433 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:54,960 Speaker 1: But if you've ever watched. 434 00:18:54,760 --> 00:18:58,120 Speaker 2: Those videos from like the African plane, when you see 435 00:18:58,119 --> 00:19:03,440 Speaker 2: the herd of gazelle, gazelle's column gazelle, what's the plural gazette, 436 00:19:03,800 --> 00:19:07,200 Speaker 2: We're gonna go with gazelle. A bunch of different animals 437 00:19:07,480 --> 00:19:09,639 Speaker 2: come to the edge of the river bank and it 438 00:19:09,720 --> 00:19:12,760 Speaker 2: is just a river that is infested with crocodiles. 439 00:19:12,800 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 1: But they got to get across the river. 440 00:19:14,680 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 2: When you watch them go in, it's not that it's 441 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:19,800 Speaker 2: just a trap and none of them make it. 442 00:19:19,920 --> 00:19:22,480 Speaker 1: Most of them make it, but not all of them 443 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:22,800 Speaker 1: make it. 444 00:19:22,840 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 2: And the crocodiles they just sit there and they watch 445 00:19:25,880 --> 00:19:30,440 Speaker 2: several of those gazelles go by, and it's kind of like, congratulations, 446 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 2: we'll catch you next time. But eventually the water turns 447 00:19:34,359 --> 00:19:37,239 Speaker 2: red and eventually there's a lot of thrashing around, and 448 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 2: eventually the luck runs out for a few of the gazelles. 449 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:46,440 Speaker 2: Florida basically has to accomplish Saturday is every single gazelle 450 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:49,600 Speaker 2: getting across the river because the team in Crimson is 451 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:52,520 Speaker 2: going to score on you and they're going to score often. 452 00:19:53,160 --> 00:19:56,119 Speaker 2: If that wasn't the case, then you could afford to 453 00:19:56,160 --> 00:19:58,600 Speaker 2: lose some gazelles. But you can't afford to lose any 454 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:01,000 Speaker 2: gazelles here. And as many of them as may get 455 00:20:01,000 --> 00:20:03,760 Speaker 2: across early, in other words, as many plays as you 456 00:20:03,840 --> 00:20:07,239 Speaker 2: may convert early, and as many Alabama fans as may 457 00:20:07,280 --> 00:20:10,200 Speaker 2: be sitting sitting at home early going, Man, this defense, 458 00:20:10,240 --> 00:20:12,840 Speaker 2: we got some holes. All that stuff's gonna happen. Don't 459 00:20:12,840 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 2: waste your time wondering Florida's gonna have some success against them. 460 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 2: They're too good, not too But eventually the jaws will 461 00:20:19,520 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 2: latch around the ankle of one of the gazelles, and 462 00:20:22,560 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 2: then another one goes down, and then the third one 463 00:20:24,600 --> 00:20:27,280 Speaker 2: goes down. And what that basically means is you can't 464 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 2: run the ball, so you're having to execute and execute 465 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:32,840 Speaker 2: and execute. And eventually Pat Sutan is there and he 466 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:35,840 Speaker 2: makes his presence felt. Eventually Malachai Moore is there and 467 00:20:35,880 --> 00:20:38,560 Speaker 2: he makes his presence felt, and it happens just like that. 468 00:20:38,760 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 2: You may have a drive seamlessly going down the field, 469 00:20:41,440 --> 00:20:43,320 Speaker 2: it happens just like that. Do you know what a 470 00:20:43,359 --> 00:20:46,040 Speaker 2: turnover does against Alabama? And then do you know what 471 00:20:46,280 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 2: a couple of them do much less a stalled drive 472 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 2: but a turnover do you know what happens there? And 473 00:20:51,640 --> 00:20:54,480 Speaker 2: that brings me to this point. Florida's offensive lines pretty 474 00:20:54,520 --> 00:20:58,480 Speaker 2: badly outmatched here, pretty badly. They're outmatched along both lines 475 00:20:58,480 --> 00:21:00,560 Speaker 2: of scrimmage, to be honest with you, but Florida offensive 476 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,440 Speaker 2: lines up matched pretty badly here, and I don't think 477 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,240 Speaker 2: it's going to be an easy afternoon. 478 00:21:04,840 --> 00:21:05,600 Speaker 1: For Kyle Trask. 479 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:07,960 Speaker 2: And because of that, there's gonna be a lot of 480 00:21:07,960 --> 00:21:09,760 Speaker 2: pressure throws that have to be made. I think he's 481 00:21:09,800 --> 00:21:11,840 Speaker 2: gonna make a lot of them. I just don't know 482 00:21:11,840 --> 00:21:14,600 Speaker 2: that he's going to make enough of them. So there's 483 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:17,520 Speaker 2: another factor in play here. Alabama's going to win the game, 484 00:21:17,560 --> 00:21:19,680 Speaker 2: I think, but there's another factor in play when we're 485 00:21:19,680 --> 00:21:24,439 Speaker 2: talking about that spread number one. Alabama has been like 486 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:29,399 Speaker 2: a complete machine all year fifty to seventeen average final 487 00:21:29,480 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 2: case in point, so they don't need any motivation to 488 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:33,520 Speaker 2: run the score up. But Colin just started to run 489 00:21:33,560 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 2: us in b roll of number six there in Crimson. 490 00:21:36,640 --> 00:21:39,040 Speaker 2: There's a trophy we don't talk about much on this program, 491 00:21:39,080 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 2: and they won't be thinking about it necessarily Saturday. However, 492 00:21:43,480 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 2: Alabama's natural game plan falls right in line with the 493 00:21:46,920 --> 00:21:50,600 Speaker 2: ramifications that surround this trophy. The Heisman Trophy situation is 494 00:21:50,600 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 2: as follows. Mac Jones is currently the leader in the clubhouse. 495 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,640 Speaker 2: DeVante Smith, who will get our late kick vote, by 496 00:21:57,640 --> 00:22:01,320 Speaker 2: the way, is number two. The number one and number 497 00:22:01,320 --> 00:22:03,560 Speaker 2: two leaders for the Heisman Trophy in terms of current 498 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:07,320 Speaker 2: Vegas odds. Both play for Alabama. Number three is Kyle 499 00:22:07,359 --> 00:22:10,399 Speaker 2: Trask for Clemson. Number four a distant number four right 500 00:22:10,400 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 2: now is Trevor Lawrence for or Clemson. 501 00:22:12,600 --> 00:22:13,800 Speaker 1: Kyle Trast's plays for Florida. 502 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:16,240 Speaker 2: It always aggravates me when I'm riding home and I 503 00:22:16,280 --> 00:22:18,840 Speaker 2: listen to the replay and only then do I realize 504 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:21,640 Speaker 2: when I misspoke. So luckily I caught myself that time, 505 00:22:22,000 --> 00:22:24,199 Speaker 2: and so I do. I am aware, believe it or not, 506 00:22:24,240 --> 00:22:27,159 Speaker 2: that Trevor Lawrence plays for Clemson. So what does that 507 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:29,280 Speaker 2: look like when it comes to trying to get margin 508 00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:31,760 Speaker 2: in the game? Because I don't necessarily think, you know, 509 00:22:31,840 --> 00:22:33,960 Speaker 2: Colin asked me, hey, if it's a blowout, you think 510 00:22:34,400 --> 00:22:37,879 Speaker 2: you think Bryce Young's gonna get some playing time Saturday, No, Colin, 511 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:40,320 Speaker 2: I tell them, Nope. I don't because there is a 512 00:22:40,600 --> 00:22:43,720 Speaker 2: trophy to take care of, and there is two guys. 513 00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:45,680 Speaker 2: There are two guys on that team that each one 514 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 2: of them could win it. I had a lot of 515 00:22:48,200 --> 00:22:50,720 Speaker 2: fun as we wrap this up. It's not on twenty 516 00:22:50,760 --> 00:22:52,919 Speaker 2: four seven sports dot com, but I would just encourage you. 517 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:55,679 Speaker 2: The guys over at al dot com had a feature 518 00:22:55,720 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 2: today where they cited some anonymous defensive coaches. I think 519 00:23:00,680 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 2: they were defensive coaches around the SEC. The forecast was 520 00:23:05,160 --> 00:23:08,280 Speaker 2: not kind to Florida for this game, but listen, coaches 521 00:23:08,320 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 2: sometimes are no better at predicting an outcome than any 522 00:23:11,080 --> 00:23:13,639 Speaker 2: normal guy on the street. I don't want you to 523 00:23:13,680 --> 00:23:15,240 Speaker 2: go look at that. I want you to go look 524 00:23:15,280 --> 00:23:17,919 Speaker 2: at what they said about the Heisman Trophy race, because 525 00:23:18,440 --> 00:23:20,080 Speaker 2: you got a lot of riders out there that are 526 00:23:20,119 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 2: the reason Matt Jones is a current betting favorite to 527 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:27,240 Speaker 2: win the Heisman. I think they pulled eighteen coaches from 528 00:23:27,280 --> 00:23:31,239 Speaker 2: the SEC. Fifteen of eighteen voted for Devonte Smith, and 529 00:23:31,280 --> 00:23:34,399 Speaker 2: a lot of them offered a quote in lieu of 530 00:23:34,480 --> 00:23:36,520 Speaker 2: well not in lieu of in addition to their vote, 531 00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:39,000 Speaker 2: and they said things along the lines of if you 532 00:23:39,000 --> 00:23:41,399 Speaker 2: can't see that's the best player in college football. Well, 533 00:23:41,480 --> 00:23:43,560 Speaker 2: Number one, you don't deserve a vote. Number two, you're 534 00:23:43,560 --> 00:23:46,719 Speaker 2: an idiot. I'm not going to impu in your intelligence. 535 00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:48,600 Speaker 2: I'm just telling you that's the best player in college 536 00:23:48,600 --> 00:23:51,199 Speaker 2: football and he deserves the Heisman Trophy. And if you 537 00:23:51,200 --> 00:23:54,080 Speaker 2: don't believe he just watched the game Saturday. He may say, Josh, 538 00:23:54,119 --> 00:23:55,920 Speaker 2: what if they double him, It doesn't matter. Just watch 539 00:23:55,960 --> 00:23:58,719 Speaker 2: the game Saturday. So we'll take Alabama to win. And 540 00:23:58,800 --> 00:24:02,040 Speaker 2: I'm going to take Alabama to cover the seventeen points. 541 00:24:02,359 --> 00:24:05,119 Speaker 2: Even though our model slightly leans Florida plus the points, 542 00:24:05,320 --> 00:24:07,800 Speaker 2: we're overriding the model. We're taking Alabama to win. We're 543 00:24:07,800 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 2: taking Alabama to cover. Now, as for the Auburn coaching search, Ah, 544 00:24:13,640 --> 00:24:15,920 Speaker 2: I breathe deep. I didn't do this a couple of 545 00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:17,440 Speaker 2: weeks ago, and I said something I didn't want to. 546 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:19,240 Speaker 2: I'm not going to draw your attention to it. So 547 00:24:19,400 --> 00:24:22,240 Speaker 2: we gather our thoughts before we go into a new segment. Here, 548 00:24:23,040 --> 00:24:25,880 Speaker 2: the Auburn coaching search. What is the very latest, Well, 549 00:24:25,960 --> 00:24:27,960 Speaker 2: as of tonight, they don't have a coach. It is 550 00:24:28,000 --> 00:24:30,640 Speaker 2: seven to twenty five in the PM eight twenty five 551 00:24:30,760 --> 00:24:33,680 Speaker 2: Eastern Standard time on a Tuesday night. Things do not 552 00:24:33,840 --> 00:24:36,280 Speaker 2: change every hour. That's what I want to stress to you. 553 00:24:36,960 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 2: Just because they're new headlines every hour, just because there's 554 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,280 Speaker 2: a new post, just because there's a new tweet every hour, 555 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:46,120 Speaker 2: doesn't mean that the reality has changed within the last hour. 556 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:49,719 Speaker 2: You'll notice if you follow my Twitter account, I have, 557 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,520 Speaker 2: I think, put one update out on this. 558 00:24:51,800 --> 00:24:54,200 Speaker 1: It's because it's the only time I've been told. 559 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,880 Speaker 2: Something that really differed from what I had already said 560 00:24:56,920 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 2: on air, and that was yesterday, and it came from 561 00:25:00,440 --> 00:25:03,760 Speaker 2: a pretty good source. So let me just say, if 562 00:25:03,800 --> 00:25:05,439 Speaker 2: I know something, I'll put it out there, and if 563 00:25:05,480 --> 00:25:08,359 Speaker 2: we're not on air, which were normally not like twenty 564 00:25:08,400 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 2: three hours and fifteen minutes of the day, I'll tweet 565 00:25:11,359 --> 00:25:13,200 Speaker 2: it out at late kick Josh, just where you. 566 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:13,679 Speaker 1: Can follow me. 567 00:25:13,720 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 2: By the way, I'm confident in saying a couple of 568 00:25:16,560 --> 00:25:19,760 Speaker 2: things tonight. The first thing I'm confident in saying is 569 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:23,600 Speaker 2: our initial thought on this coaching search was incorrect. 570 00:25:23,680 --> 00:25:24,680 Speaker 1: I think it was flawed. 571 00:25:24,920 --> 00:25:27,680 Speaker 2: What I'm talking about is I told you last Monday, 572 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:30,680 Speaker 2: I was told from someone close to Auburn. Don't know 573 00:25:30,680 --> 00:25:32,240 Speaker 2: if they're going to make a move on Malzon, but 574 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,840 Speaker 2: if they make a move rest assured, it means they 575 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:38,120 Speaker 2: already have their candidate locked up. I don't think as 576 00:25:38,160 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 2: of today, I don't think that was the case. If 577 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,239 Speaker 2: it was the case, what could have happened is some 578 00:25:43,280 --> 00:25:45,480 Speaker 2: folks may have thought they were going to get their 579 00:25:45,520 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 2: way and now maybe it's a little more muddy, okay, 580 00:25:48,600 --> 00:25:50,919 Speaker 2: so or we could have just been wrong. So that 581 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,240 Speaker 2: I don't think was the case. Two things I want 582 00:25:53,280 --> 00:25:55,159 Speaker 2: you to keep an eye out for is this starts 583 00:25:55,200 --> 00:25:58,560 Speaker 2: to evolve. Well, three things, So let me lead it 584 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:01,000 Speaker 2: with this. I've been told as much as we're getting 585 00:26:01,000 --> 00:26:03,560 Speaker 2: ready for early signing Day tomorrow, because we're talking to 586 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,160 Speaker 2: you Tuesday night if you're watching the video, so it's 587 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,840 Speaker 2: Tuesday night. I've been told for two days straight now, 588 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:12,199 Speaker 2: everyone's focused on early signing day. The people running this 589 00:26:12,280 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 2: coaching search do not care about early signing Day. That 590 00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,400 Speaker 2: may fly in the face of conventional wisdom or even 591 00:26:17,440 --> 00:26:20,840 Speaker 2: advanced wisdom. They, as far as I've been told, don't 592 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:22,720 Speaker 2: really care. They just want to get the higher right 593 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,840 Speaker 2: and it'll happen when it happens. They're not worried about 594 00:26:25,840 --> 00:26:28,480 Speaker 2: their signing class tomorrow. It's already not a signing class 595 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:30,719 Speaker 2: to write home about you. Auburn fans are all too 596 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:33,160 Speaker 2: familiar with that fact. Two things though, that I want 597 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 2: you to keep an eye on number one, who is 598 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:41,440 Speaker 2: guessing and number two who's regurgitating. So as for who's guessing. 599 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:46,879 Speaker 2: Coaching searches are famous. They are breeding grounds for people 600 00:26:46,920 --> 00:26:51,840 Speaker 2: trying to establish instant e cred. Internet credibility should be ikreb, 601 00:26:51,880 --> 00:26:55,080 Speaker 2: but it's e cred. And what's going to happen is 602 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:58,040 Speaker 2: someone out there is going to throw a guess out 603 00:26:58,080 --> 00:26:59,640 Speaker 2: and it's gonna end up being right, and a couple 604 00:26:59,640 --> 00:27:02,400 Speaker 2: of things be true. Let's take Kevin Steele as an example. 605 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:05,520 Speaker 2: There were rumors really hot and heavy yesterday that this 606 00:27:05,680 --> 00:27:08,400 Speaker 2: was already decided and Kevin Steele will be the next 607 00:27:08,480 --> 00:27:11,000 Speaker 2: head coach at Auburn. Well, that wasn't the case yesterday. 608 00:27:11,040 --> 00:27:13,320 Speaker 2: I can confidently tell you that it's not the case 609 00:27:13,400 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 2: up to an including this very moment, that anything's been decided. 610 00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 1: But you know what could happen. 611 00:27:17,880 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 2: What could end up happening is Kevin Steele ends up 612 00:27:20,600 --> 00:27:23,320 Speaker 2: getting hired, he ends up being the head coach there. Well, 613 00:27:23,359 --> 00:27:25,440 Speaker 2: you can rest as short that that happens. The folks 614 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:27,439 Speaker 2: that were spouting that off Monday are gonna tell you 615 00:27:28,320 --> 00:27:28,879 Speaker 2: who knew it? 616 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:29,560 Speaker 1: I knew it. 617 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:32,280 Speaker 2: No, you didn't know that anymore than you knew the 618 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 2: quarter was gonna land on tails before I flipped it 619 00:27:35,000 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 2: in the air. There is no inside information on a 620 00:27:38,000 --> 00:27:40,119 Speaker 2: coin flip. You can guess right. There's a fifty to 621 00:27:40,160 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 2: fifty shot. The odds are a little bit longer in 622 00:27:42,359 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 2: a coaching search, but someone out there is gonna guess right. 623 00:27:45,040 --> 00:27:46,720 Speaker 2: Just be careful. A lot of folks who are doing 624 00:27:46,720 --> 00:27:51,159 Speaker 2: that Number two, who's regurgitating. As is the case with 625 00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:55,320 Speaker 2: content creation in our business, very few people create. A 626 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:57,400 Speaker 2: lot of people just sit around waiting for someone else 627 00:27:57,400 --> 00:27:59,399 Speaker 2: to say something, and then they take a version of 628 00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,600 Speaker 2: that rep package it, give it a new smell, and 629 00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,320 Speaker 2: they make it their own. Well, that's not creation, or 630 00:28:04,320 --> 00:28:07,840 Speaker 2: in this case, that's not reporting. That's just regurgitating. If 631 00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:11,639 Speaker 2: you ever wonder why you see fourteen different people report 632 00:28:11,680 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 2: the same thing within a ten minute. 633 00:28:13,040 --> 00:28:15,479 Speaker 1: Span, it's cause there's a lot of regurgitation going on. 634 00:28:15,640 --> 00:28:18,399 Speaker 2: Now, sometimes it's because they have the same source, So 635 00:28:18,440 --> 00:28:20,000 Speaker 2: that could be the case too. Got to have the 636 00:28:20,040 --> 00:28:21,760 Speaker 2: train die, You got to watch out for it, because 637 00:28:21,840 --> 00:28:24,240 Speaker 2: not everyone or group of people who are saying the 638 00:28:24,240 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 2: same thing or regurgitating. They may independently be getting that information. 639 00:28:27,880 --> 00:28:30,320 Speaker 2: So I don't have a code for you, like I 640 00:28:30,320 --> 00:28:32,560 Speaker 2: don't have a little mignifying glass that you can look 641 00:28:32,560 --> 00:28:34,600 Speaker 2: through and spot the frauds. But they're out there. So 642 00:28:34,880 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 2: here's what I can tell you. This is the other thing. 643 00:28:36,880 --> 00:28:39,680 Speaker 2: I feel pretty confident in telling you there's nothing decided 644 00:28:39,760 --> 00:28:43,239 Speaker 2: right now, and anyone telling you otherwise I believe to 645 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 2: be wrong on this. Kevin Steele is not assembling any 646 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:49,560 Speaker 2: coaching staff right now. I've seen that rumor out there. 647 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 2: I don't believe that to be true. I think Kevin 648 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:54,640 Speaker 2: Steele very well may end up being the head coach 649 00:28:54,640 --> 00:28:57,240 Speaker 2: at Auburn. I don't think anything along those lines has 650 00:28:57,280 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 2: been decided. I don't think anything is a foregone conclud illusion. 651 00:29:01,280 --> 00:29:06,640 Speaker 2: Now here's what I've gathered today. Don't be surprised if 652 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,000 Speaker 2: you see some new names thrown in here over the 653 00:29:09,040 --> 00:29:11,400 Speaker 2: next twenty four forty eight seventy two hours. 654 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:11,960 Speaker 1: You get the deal. 655 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,680 Speaker 2: We have to talk meteorologically now, like there's a weather 656 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,160 Speaker 2: system coming in next twenty four to forty eight hours. 657 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,080 Speaker 2: And by the way, coaching searches always work on twenty 658 00:29:20,120 --> 00:29:22,120 Speaker 2: four hour intervals. No one ever says, next one to 659 00:29:22,160 --> 00:29:25,440 Speaker 2: two days, it's always twenty four forty eight hours. It's great, 660 00:29:25,600 --> 00:29:28,160 Speaker 2: And so next twenty four to forty eight seventy two hours, 661 00:29:28,200 --> 00:29:30,400 Speaker 2: you also notice I increased by over one hundred percent 662 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:34,280 Speaker 2: there at the timeframe. That's called fench riding on the timeframe. 663 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,280 Speaker 2: I have to fence ride. But I am pretty confident 664 00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:38,240 Speaker 2: in telling you there's gonna be some new names merged. 665 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:39,880 Speaker 1: Now. Here's what you have to be able to do. 666 00:29:39,920 --> 00:29:41,400 Speaker 1: You have to be able to realize, well, is it 667 00:29:41,480 --> 00:29:43,680 Speaker 1: smoke or is there substance to this? 668 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:47,200 Speaker 2: There are some names out there. I told you James 669 00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 2: Franklin the other day. Some people took that the wrong way. 670 00:29:50,080 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 2: I didn't tell you Franklin was a serious candidate. I 671 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:52,880 Speaker 2: don't know that. 672 00:29:53,000 --> 00:29:55,040 Speaker 1: Maybe he is. Maybe he's down there right now. I 673 00:29:55,040 --> 00:29:55,440 Speaker 1: don't know. 674 00:29:55,600 --> 00:29:57,960 Speaker 2: What I told you is there were at least one 675 00:29:58,040 --> 00:30:00,480 Speaker 2: or two very powerful people at Auburn who wanted to 676 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 2: go after him. That's all I knew. I don't know 677 00:30:02,440 --> 00:30:04,360 Speaker 2: if they have any real stroke. I just know that 678 00:30:04,400 --> 00:30:08,320 Speaker 2: they wanted to go after him. I think Franklin, notwithstanding, 679 00:30:08,400 --> 00:30:10,640 Speaker 2: so push that one to the side. I think there 680 00:30:10,720 --> 00:30:12,880 Speaker 2: may be a couple of names here that are not 681 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:16,920 Speaker 2: at the forefront and maybe not even on the back burner, that. 682 00:30:16,840 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: Are ultra silent and may be involved. 683 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:22,160 Speaker 2: And I want to hold off because I don't want 684 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:23,720 Speaker 2: to be the one that throws names out there, because 685 00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,160 Speaker 2: I know how that works. So just watch them because 686 00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:28,160 Speaker 2: I think they'll pop up over the next day or two, 687 00:30:28,680 --> 00:30:31,600 Speaker 2: because I, unlike some people, don't believe anything's been decided here. 688 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:34,280 Speaker 2: The other thing is, not everyone's on board with the 689 00:30:34,320 --> 00:30:36,680 Speaker 2: search firm. At Auburn they announced a day out of Atlanta, 690 00:30:36,720 --> 00:30:37,760 Speaker 2: they got a search firm, and. 691 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:39,520 Speaker 1: Not everyone's on board with that. 692 00:30:39,560 --> 00:30:42,080 Speaker 2: Like if you're the president of university, yeah, you want 693 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 2: to do things with the search firm, Like I get 694 00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:44,040 Speaker 2: all that. 695 00:30:44,440 --> 00:30:47,200 Speaker 1: Not everyone's on board with the search firm. So all 696 00:30:47,240 --> 00:30:49,040 Speaker 1: the while, what's. 697 00:30:48,840 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 2: The backdrop, what's the big curtain that's behind this entire play? 698 00:30:52,560 --> 00:30:55,920 Speaker 2: You fired Gus Mausan, And let's remember what the fact is, 699 00:30:56,040 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 2: Not only did you fire him, he pulled off in 700 00:30:58,640 --> 00:31:01,240 Speaker 2: his f one fifty the other night with ten million 701 00:31:01,280 --> 00:31:04,360 Speaker 2: dollars in his pocket and another eleven million dollars coming 702 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:06,560 Speaker 2: over the span of the next couple of years. So 703 00:31:06,720 --> 00:31:09,840 Speaker 2: you are paying a man twenty one million dollars not 704 00:31:10,040 --> 00:31:13,440 Speaker 2: to coach, and what is our theory around here? It's 705 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,080 Speaker 2: okay to do that if you got the money, spend it. 706 00:31:15,120 --> 00:31:16,520 Speaker 2: We can't tell you how to spend your money, nor 707 00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:19,080 Speaker 2: would we even if we could. But you better have 708 00:31:19,120 --> 00:31:23,040 Speaker 2: a definitive upgrade. Now, as you look around, it's your program, 709 00:31:23,080 --> 00:31:26,000 Speaker 2: Auburn fan. As you look around, do you see the 710 00:31:26,000 --> 00:31:28,760 Speaker 2: definitive upgrade? Have you spotted in all the rumors, all 711 00:31:28,800 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 2: the conjecture, all the names thrown around, have you spotted 712 00:31:31,280 --> 00:31:34,920 Speaker 2: the definitive upgrade from Gus Mauzan? Be cause I got 713 00:31:34,920 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 2: to tell you I haven't yet. And with that we 714 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:40,800 Speaker 2: go to the Ramannutle Express. We got two more best 715 00:31:40,840 --> 00:31:45,000 Speaker 2: bets to add tonight. We've already got you Missouri, so 716 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 2: we gave you that one the other night. That is, 717 00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:49,040 Speaker 2: of course, a non conference championship game. In case anyone 718 00:31:49,160 --> 00:31:52,280 Speaker 2: was mistaken there Missouri minus one and a half at 719 00:31:52,280 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 2: Mississippi State. I think that game is played on Saturday. 720 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:57,960 Speaker 2: Now we've got a Friday game. We're adding. We are 721 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:01,040 Speaker 2: taking the Mario Cristobul lead at least for the time being. 722 00:32:01,440 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 1: That is not a hint. 723 00:32:02,240 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 2: By the way, the Mario Christopaul led Oregon Ducks plus 724 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:08,480 Speaker 2: three and a half versus Southern Cal this game. By 725 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:12,080 Speaker 2: the way, do you understand the state of affairs for 726 00:32:12,120 --> 00:32:15,400 Speaker 2: Southern Cal. So Southern Cal played last week, their competition, 727 00:32:15,640 --> 00:32:17,280 Speaker 2: as it turns out, in the PAC twelve title game, 728 00:32:17,360 --> 00:32:19,800 Speaker 2: will not have played last week, And Southern Cal was 729 00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:22,760 Speaker 2: having to prepare for two teams on short rest, and 730 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:24,760 Speaker 2: now they find out they're playing the team that they 731 00:32:24,800 --> 00:32:28,000 Speaker 2: weren't preparing for. And meanwhile, Oregon was what they're prepared 732 00:32:28,000 --> 00:32:29,920 Speaker 2: for Southern Cal the whole time in case they did 733 00:32:29,960 --> 00:32:30,680 Speaker 2: get the green light. 734 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:32,560 Speaker 1: Now they have the green light. This is not a 735 00:32:32,600 --> 00:32:34,040 Speaker 1: soap opera. This is real life. 736 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:36,800 Speaker 2: It's actually how the PAC twelve is deciding their championship game. 737 00:32:37,000 --> 00:32:38,720 Speaker 2: So we're gonna take Oregon plus three and a half. 738 00:32:38,760 --> 00:32:41,200 Speaker 2: We're also, in a very off the radar game, going 739 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,560 Speaker 2: to take Washington State plus ten and a half. 740 00:32:43,600 --> 00:32:44,800 Speaker 1: Those are our three best bets. 741 00:32:44,800 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 2: So Farma Zoori minus one and a half, Oregon plus 742 00:32:47,360 --> 00:32:50,640 Speaker 2: three and a half, Washington State plus ten and a half. 743 00:32:50,720 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 2: As I said, oh, what are we saying? I rarely 744 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:58,080 Speaker 2: look at the live chat. It distracts me. I go 745 00:32:58,080 --> 00:32:59,920 Speaker 2: back and look at it afterwards. Okay, so here's what 746 00:33:00,000 --> 00:33:02,680 Speaker 2: what's happening. That's the end of the show because we 747 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:04,320 Speaker 2: have to go home and rest because we have eight 748 00:33:04,440 --> 00:33:07,640 Speaker 2: hours of early Signing Day coverage tomorrow. So I encourage 749 00:33:07,680 --> 00:33:10,200 Speaker 2: you tune in. It's a busy week, but you'll have 750 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:12,800 Speaker 2: the off season, the entire off season, to rest, and 751 00:33:12,840 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 2: there's going to be a time you and I both 752 00:33:14,320 --> 00:33:17,480 Speaker 2: know it in June or July where you're watching old 753 00:33:17,520 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 2: replays on YouTube because you're longing for football when you 754 00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:22,640 Speaker 2: have more of it than you could possibly say grace 755 00:33:22,680 --> 00:33:25,480 Speaker 2: over the rest of this week at least, so make 756 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,520 Speaker 2: good use of it. We'll see you tomorrow a long time, 757 00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:30,880 Speaker 2: and then on lay kick we'll see you again Thursday night. 758 00:33:30,960 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 2: Until then for director Colin or producer Jordan. On the 759 00:33:34,400 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 2: podcast side of things, I'm Josh Patee. Have a great night, 760 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:38,400 Speaker 2: see you right in early tomorrow morning, and God bless