WEBVTT - G6 Previews: Part 2 - Pac-12, Mountain West & CUSA + UConn

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the solid verbal holleh for me, I'm a man,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm forty. I've heard so many players say, well, I

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<v Speaker 1>want to be happy. You want to be happy for

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<v Speaker 1>day Ato State? Is that whoo whoo? And no Dan

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<v Speaker 1>and tie Dan Rubinstein.

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<v Speaker 2>It is already our third third preview episode. We are

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<v Speaker 2>well on our way to the twenty twenty six season.

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<v Speaker 2>My friend, how are you today?

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<v Speaker 1>Terrific? Ty I get to talk Mountain West Football America's conference,

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<v Speaker 1>which is weird because there is an American conference, but no, nonetheless,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm excited to talk Mountain West Pac twelve conference. Usay.

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<v Speaker 1>It just when when I research these conferences, both in

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<v Speaker 1>terms of who's new and the changes and the schedules

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<v Speaker 1>and what went wrong or right last season, I don't

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<v Speaker 1>I just I get filled with energy, Tye. I just

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<v Speaker 1>there's there's a juice to it that I can't describe.

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<v Speaker 3>I know.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's, you know, summertime and everybody's looking forward to

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<v Speaker 1>the season. But when I'm really diving into it, I

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<v Speaker 1>just I don't know, Man, I get the warm fuzzies

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<v Speaker 1>you get that.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna say, it's not specific to these conferences,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just in general, actually talking about football instead of

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<v Speaker 2>what we're normally inventing throughout the month of May and June. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>it's definitely a welcome relief to actually have some football

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<v Speaker 2>stuff to talk about. I should add an addendum onto

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<v Speaker 2>your opening monologue there please. Yukon is also going to

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<v Speaker 2>be included in today's preview episode. We didn't know where

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<v Speaker 2>to put Yukon, so Yukon being one of two college

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<v Speaker 2>football independents alongside Notre Dame, who, by the way, we

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<v Speaker 2>will talk about Notre Dame in the upcoming acc preview.

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<v Speaker 2>Yukon's going to be with these conferences today. Maybe at

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<v Speaker 2>some point in the future they will decide to join

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<v Speaker 2>one of these conferences. Who the hell knows. This is

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<v Speaker 2>just a state of play in the Year of a

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<v Speaker 2>Lord twenty twenty six. If you are new here, If

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<v Speaker 2>Like I said, we appreciate everybody stopping bye. We do

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<v Speaker 2>have two preview episodes already that have been published. The

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<v Speaker 2>first is the intro to the twenty twenty sixth season,

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<v Speaker 2>where we go through everything that's changed, just really high level,

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<v Speaker 2>the thirty thousand foot view of what this season is

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<v Speaker 2>going to look like.

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<v Speaker 1>This aka welcome to the Fleck Parade. Welcome to the

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<v Speaker 1>flec Parade.

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<v Speaker 2>That's correct, just the general shape of this upcoming season.

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<v Speaker 2>The one that we did our first conference or conferences

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<v Speaker 2>that we're previewed is episode I guess two of previous season.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, this is.

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<v Speaker 2>Episode three where we're going to go through again the

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<v Speaker 2>Mountain West, the PAC twelve conference to USA and we're

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<v Speaker 2>going to include Yukon in there just for kicks.

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<v Speaker 1>And we decided against entering the glory hole yes in

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<v Speaker 1>talking because we didn't want to be insulting by saying

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<v Speaker 1>G six or mid major, and that we said the

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<v Speaker 1>true glory is in the ranks of the American in

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<v Speaker 1>the Mountain West, because there's a hole left behind by

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<v Speaker 1>all this postseason talk and transfers and nil and this

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<v Speaker 1>is where the real football is happened. So we're one

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<v Speaker 1>hundred percent against that sub headline. I listened to another.

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<v Speaker 2>Podcast where there were a couple hosts, and one of

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<v Speaker 2>the hosts was out there on social media and across

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<v Speaker 2>popular media that shows way bigger than ours, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>but one of them said something that was I would say,

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<v Speaker 2>rather problematic.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay.

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<v Speaker 2>I listened to the follow up episode, and the other

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<v Speaker 2>hosts did everything imaginable to say, brother, we love you.

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<v Speaker 2>We are going to distance ourselves from those comments as

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<v Speaker 2>much as humanly possible.

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<v Speaker 1>Which is I'm tripling down time. What I am doing now,

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<v Speaker 1>my friend, I am tripling down. I think it's a

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<v Speaker 1>great way to look at this. These collection of conferences continue.

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<v Speaker 1>Which conference you want to start with. Let's go to

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<v Speaker 1>the PAC twelve. Let's go to the snappy, zazzy, new

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<v Speaker 1>old PAC twelve. I don't have like a nickname for

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<v Speaker 1>the PAC twelve as weird as weird as it is

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<v Speaker 1>that a conference essentially disbanded and then they are regrouping,

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<v Speaker 1>albeit with new members. Basically entirely up and down eight teams,

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<v Speaker 1>two of which technically were in the PAC twelve last year.

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<v Speaker 1>They made up the entirety of the PAC twelve. Let's

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<v Speaker 1>get snappy and zazzi with the new old, New PAC twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>The big theme for the PAC twelve this year, Dan,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm backed, Babe. The main theme, in the words of

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<v Speaker 2>the legend Frank Costanza, the PAC twelve is back Baby.

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<v Speaker 2>The evolution of this conference from ten to twelve to

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<v Speaker 2>two now to eight has really been a journey in

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<v Speaker 2>odyssey of the mind for all of us who follow

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<v Speaker 2>college football.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to say there was a pack eight in

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<v Speaker 1>like the seventies twelve.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh it started with the eight. Okay, Yeah, this feels

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<v Speaker 2>a bit to me like hearing that All Birds is

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<v Speaker 2>pivoting from being a shoe company to an AI company.

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<v Speaker 1>Now, I don't think it's that extreme. I mean, I

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<v Speaker 1>think the PAC twelve is like we're going from a

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<v Speaker 1>shoe company to a lace company. To get we hear

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<v Speaker 1>it the solid verbal, we're gonna make souls. We are

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<v Speaker 1>all about reinventing yourself, going boldly in a new direction.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, this is a little.

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<v Speaker 2>Bit different than we're used to bringing something back from

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<v Speaker 2>the dead in this manner. We have eight teams in

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<v Speaker 2>this conference. This here, all of them end in state.

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<v Speaker 2>We will go through them in a minute. I just

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<v Speaker 2>gotta say, though, Dan, we're starting to preview all these

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<v Speaker 2>conferences or researching conferences like crazy. Is it not a

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<v Speaker 2>dream to have a conference with just eight teams?

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<v Speaker 1>It is nice. Well, they have the flex thing at

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<v Speaker 1>the end as well.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, they have the flex but I'm just saying in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of what we have to do, because truly it

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<v Speaker 2>is all about us.

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<v Speaker 1>Of course, is it not the dream?

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<v Speaker 2>Not an eighteen team super conference or a sixteen team

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<v Speaker 2>or a fourteenth totally eight, a nice round eight.

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<v Speaker 1>Everybody plays everybody. You get a much more secure sense

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<v Speaker 1>of who's what just because it's fold round. Robin and

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<v Speaker 1>I listen when we were talking about the halcyon days

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<v Speaker 1>of like, how should these PAC twelve teams that look

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<v Speaker 1>like they might be on an island, you know, Oregon

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<v Speaker 1>and Washington Callen Stanford. As the conference looked like it

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<v Speaker 1>was disintegrating. I was a proponent of four team conferences.

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<v Speaker 1>I remember that. Yeah, just my traveling pods microcons. So

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<v Speaker 1>I'm great with small conferences. I understand why it's not

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<v Speaker 1>a thing that's preferable for a lot of teams, but yes,

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<v Speaker 1>to get these eight teams together, and in this weird

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<v Speaker 1>time that we are only going as far east as

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<v Speaker 1>Texas would be the farthest possible point that it's not

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<v Speaker 1>a full like adding Memoris or USF or something like

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<v Speaker 1>that to make it a weird national conference. It's nice

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<v Speaker 1>and cozy. It makes sense. It's like switching back to

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<v Speaker 1>analog is beautiful. I love it. Yeah, I love that

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<v Speaker 1>this is back.

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<v Speaker 2>Now you mentioned the flex thing, What does that mean.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to tell you they're trying out flex matchups

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<v Speaker 2>in the last week of the regular season. So you

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<v Speaker 2>might recall how last season, when the Pac twelve only

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<v Speaker 2>had two teams, Wazoo and Oregon State played each other twice.

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<v Speaker 2>That was kind of a pilot for this. They're doing

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<v Speaker 2>it again, though they've scaled it up. Everyone is going

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<v Speaker 2>to get a repeat matchup. If you look at schedules now,

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<v Speaker 2>if you go out to like FBS schedules or ESPN

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<v Speaker 2>or if they have schedules, you're going to see that

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<v Speaker 2>one team is repeated twice. The two wrinkles with that

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<v Speaker 2>are it'll technically count as a non conference game. It's

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<v Speaker 2>not going to count against your league record.

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<v Speaker 1>Your conference right yea yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Also, they can change it. That's where the flex comes in.

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<v Speaker 2>So right now they just had to put a team

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<v Speaker 2>on there to in an occupy space and not confuse humanity.

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<v Speaker 2>But all of those matchups are tentative. They can change

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<v Speaker 2>them in November as needed. This is in effect of

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<v Speaker 2>play to try and get a team in the playoff.

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<v Speaker 2>They're trying to prop up their best teams. If there's

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<v Speaker 2>not a team that obviously has a stake to that throne,

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<v Speaker 2>then they'll find some other way to maybe spice things

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<v Speaker 2>up a little bit if need be. Maybe they won't

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<v Speaker 2>change it at all. In a lot of cases my hunches,

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<v Speaker 2>they won't, but they're trying it out.

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<v Speaker 1>They're trying to be innovative.

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<v Speaker 2>They've got some teams now that I think would want

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<v Speaker 2>to try and get into the playoff, and maybe they

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<v Speaker 2>need a little bit of a boost. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what this can provide. I love the idea of it.

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<v Speaker 2>I love the idea of it. I think it's fabulous.

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<v Speaker 2>I wouldn't hate if other conferences, bigger conference has tried it,

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<v Speaker 2>because lord knows, that would definitely get a little bit

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<v Speaker 2>more or give us a little bit more mileage in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of conference matchups during the season. But for now, anyway,

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<v Speaker 2>we get to see what the Pac twelve does with this.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, so essentially five non conf ference games for these

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<v Speaker 1>teams on their final records, seven conference games, five non

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<v Speaker 1>conference games, and look, it's hopefully increasing the amount of

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<v Speaker 1>quality football now. Obviously, the flex game is the final

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<v Speaker 1>week of the season, right, right, So it's a jam

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<v Speaker 1>packed college football slate already. It's not like we're getting

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<v Speaker 1>something intriguing in like a Week one or Week two,

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<v Speaker 1>when perhaps the pickens are slim. But I can appreciate

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<v Speaker 1>trying something out and seeing how it works out. Sure.

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<v Speaker 2>My favorite thing about this conference, having studied it, you

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<v Speaker 2>can say virtually anything and it's true about half the teams. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and it doesn't It truly doesn't matter. You can say

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<v Speaker 2>they've got a good offense, they've got a bad offense,

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<v Speaker 2>good defense, bad defense, returning quarterback, new coach, contender, not

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<v Speaker 2>a it's all on the table. Say whatever you want

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<v Speaker 2>to say, it's true about for these teams. What do

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<v Speaker 2>your tiers look like? Have you had a chance to

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<v Speaker 2>dive in, because I've got I think three very definitive

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<v Speaker 2>tiers of these eight teams.

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<v Speaker 1>I think my upper tier is Fresno, San Diego, Boise,

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<v Speaker 1>not necessarily in that order here of mine.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I've got those three contenders. I just called them contenders.

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<v Speaker 2>I've got a coin flipped here of Texas and Wazoo,

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<v Speaker 2>and that is not to any state, Texas State and Wazoo.

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<v Speaker 1>Excuse me.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that is in no particular order. And then yet

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<v Speaker 2>at the bottom, I've got Oregon State, Utah State, in

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<v Speaker 2>Colorado State. I just call that everyone else because I

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<v Speaker 2>don't I don't even want to call it the bottom.

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<v Speaker 2>I just it's just the other three teams.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know how I feel about Utah State there

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<v Speaker 1>just because they have one of the best head coaches

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<v Speaker 1>in the conference and there's proof of concept of success,

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<v Speaker 1>but I'm fine with it. Oregon State and Wazoo, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>are blank slates with new coaches and fully new rosters,

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<v Speaker 1>So I'm okay with that. Yeah, I think the floor

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<v Speaker 1>for Oregon State should always be and for Wazoo should

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<v Speaker 1>be higher just because because of the institutional commitment to

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<v Speaker 1>the sport. But no, I think I'm good with your tears.

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<v Speaker 2>Boise State was the big get getting Boise State for

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<v Speaker 2>the new look PAC twelve. You know, I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>if it's a better conference in terms of quality relative

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<v Speaker 2>to the Mountain West, but there will definitely be more

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<v Speaker 2>exposure for Boise State, and at a minimum, the PAC

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<v Speaker 2>twelve brand probably probably I'm qualifying this probably has more

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<v Speaker 2>weight than the Mountain West, So I think they're excited

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<v Speaker 2>about it as well. Obviously, like I said, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>pretty big pull to bring Boise over. Right now, they

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<v Speaker 2>are projected as the clear favorite. If you go by

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<v Speaker 2>our friend Bill Connolly's preseason sp plus, he's got them

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<v Speaker 2>at number thirty eight per his math. Boise is also

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<v Speaker 2>the biggest conference favorite of all the ten conferences that

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<v Speaker 2>we're going to talk about, the biggest favorite relative to

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<v Speaker 2>the other teams in that conference is Boise State. Would say,

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<v Speaker 2>if nothing more, and as I have seen noted in

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<v Speaker 2>nearly every preview that I have read about the PAC twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>boise projects to have like the best defensive line in

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<v Speaker 2>the conference, the best linebackers, the best running backs, if

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<v Speaker 2>nothing more, a veteran quarterback. That's all a pretty good

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<v Speaker 2>starting point.

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<v Speaker 1>Fully agree, Yeah, I mean Boise has I think it's

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<v Speaker 1>the best duo of edge rushers in the conference specifically,

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<v Speaker 1>if not one of the best duos of edge rushers

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<v Speaker 1>in the country. Maddox Madson is back for a thirty

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<v Speaker 1>seventh season. The running backs have a ton of experience. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>there's a ton to like. It's to me the problem

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<v Speaker 1>with Boise State right now is the speed who's catching

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<v Speaker 1>passes and who is in that defensive backfield. I'm not

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<v Speaker 1>sure a lot of people are going to really test

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<v Speaker 1>those new bodies in the conference. But they do open

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<v Speaker 1>with a team that's going to be in the top

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<v Speaker 1>five nationally in Oregon. Right they have what Western Michigan

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<v Speaker 1>and Memphis also in September ish, so those are we

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<v Speaker 1>think it'll be a quality Memphis team, heredy, sure it'll

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<v Speaker 1>be a quality Western Michigan team. Those are those should

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<v Speaker 1>be winnable games for boys given what they're returning.

0:14:06.120 --> 0:14:09.840
<v Speaker 2>Ultimately, this is an offense that wants to be physical

0:14:09.880 --> 0:14:11.880
<v Speaker 2>and run it down your throat, and then they're going.

0:14:11.800 --> 0:14:13.000
<v Speaker 1>To work play action off of that.

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<v Speaker 2>If you're optimistic, it's because you've got a solid line.

0:14:17.400 --> 0:14:19.720
<v Speaker 2>You've got a really good backfield with Dylan Riley and

0:14:19.800 --> 0:14:22.960
<v Speaker 2>Sire Gains who last year. I don't know how this

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<v Speaker 2>slipped off my radar, but combined for almost two thousand yards,

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<v Speaker 2>which is really good. They've got one guy, Riley is

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<v Speaker 2>more of the home run guy. Gains is kind of

0:14:31.360 --> 0:14:34.800
<v Speaker 2>the bulldozer. But more importantly, both these guys are pretty

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<v Speaker 2>good in the passing game, which kind of gives the

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<v Speaker 2>offense that added wrinkle they're going to be tough to

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<v Speaker 2>stop in the Pac twelve. The Maddox Madison thing is

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<v Speaker 2>interesting still. The quarterback, as he said, for the thirty

0:14:46.360 --> 0:14:49.840
<v Speaker 2>seventh year, Maddix Madson is not a sports car like,

0:14:49.880 --> 0:14:51.280
<v Speaker 2>he's not going to go out there and wow you.

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<v Speaker 2>He is firmly at maz to c X five, right.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, he's the sensible price point. He doesn't have

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<v Speaker 2>all the bells and whistles. He's like a rhythm guy.

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<v Speaker 2>The play action offense suits him pretty well. But it is,

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<v Speaker 2>as you said, a pretty green wide receiver room. A

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<v Speaker 2>lot of upside, but they definitely need that running game

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<v Speaker 2>to work.

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<v Speaker 1>I like the line.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's a combination of new guys, a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of guys who had surgery in the spring and didn't

0:15:18.600 --> 0:15:21.200
<v Speaker 2>get reps. So whether or not it clicks for some

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<v Speaker 2>of those big games early will, I think be interesting

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<v Speaker 2>for us to discuss here. But I think ultimately the

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<v Speaker 2>floor is like eight and four in the ceiling might

0:15:30.400 --> 0:15:32.640
<v Speaker 2>be eleven and one. Somewhere in the middle is like

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<v Speaker 2>we were They're going to end up because they're not

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<v Speaker 2>going to beat Oregon in Week one. They do have

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<v Speaker 2>the tricky road games as you mentioned with Western Michigan.

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<v Speaker 2>They've got a getaway game before a bye against Fresno

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<v Speaker 2>who's had their number the last couple of years.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they've won three in a row, and.

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<v Speaker 2>They host San Diego State their second to last game

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<v Speaker 2>of the season. So it's not what I would call

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<v Speaker 2>an easy road for Boise State by any stretch, but

0:15:55.920 --> 0:15:58.800
<v Speaker 2>they're certainly well positioned, better positioned than any of these

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<v Speaker 2>other teams in the Pac twelve to make it go.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, and obviously credit Spencer Danielson for having that experience

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<v Speaker 1>righting the ship when things go wrong. He gets things

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<v Speaker 1>in order right. They started last year with a pretty

0:16:11.080 --> 0:16:14.400
<v Speaker 1>gigantic dud across the country at USF losing by whatever

0:16:14.480 --> 0:16:18.080
<v Speaker 1>was twenty five twenty seven points, and gets them right. Obviously,

0:16:18.120 --> 0:16:22.280
<v Speaker 1>they had the two bad losses offensively during the season.

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<v Speaker 1>I think it was with San Diego State and Fresno

0:16:24.440 --> 0:16:28.480
<v Speaker 1>State kind of hammered them. But he gets them back,

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<v Speaker 1>and the resilience with Boise State is obviously impressive.

0:16:32.520 --> 0:16:34.720
<v Speaker 2>And look, they can be fun to watch on defense,

0:16:35.520 --> 0:16:36.680
<v Speaker 2>can be fun to watch it.

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<v Speaker 1>They've been raided by a bunch of teams.

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<v Speaker 2>They've been raided, but the philosophy here, as we talked

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<v Speaker 2>about in the last episode, is just bring a ton

0:16:43.800 --> 0:16:47.840
<v Speaker 2>of pressure. Bring a ton of pressure, create havoc. The

0:16:47.920 --> 0:16:49.440
<v Speaker 2>caveat to that is you've got to be able to

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<v Speaker 2>cover the pass. This is a rebuilt secondary to your

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<v Speaker 2>earlier point, so there's probably an open question as to

0:16:55.200 --> 0:16:57.480
<v Speaker 2>whether they can get back to that same level. I

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<v Speaker 2>also question if they can stop the run. So like defense,

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<v Speaker 2>that's where most of my questions are with this team.

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<v Speaker 2>But I just think the offense is going to be

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<v Speaker 2>a handful and that's going to take you pretty good ways.

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<v Speaker 2>I like what they have coming back, and I understand

0:17:10.560 --> 0:17:13.600
<v Speaker 2>why they're head and shoulders above the field. If we're

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<v Speaker 2>thinking of this in terms of contenders.

0:17:15.440 --> 0:17:17.639
<v Speaker 1>They're the hunted, right, They're the one who knock, and

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<v Speaker 1>so they could have that letdown moment. It's hard to

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<v Speaker 1>see them finishing any worse than like nine and three.

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<v Speaker 1>I completely agree.

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<v Speaker 2>Now, what I would say is, even though it feels

0:17:29.080 --> 0:17:31.720
<v Speaker 2>like they are head and shoulders above the competition in

0:17:31.760 --> 0:17:35.159
<v Speaker 2>the Pac twelve and as a result, they will end

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<v Speaker 2>up in the playoff conversation, I don't think this Boise

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<v Speaker 2>team is anywhere close to the one that made the

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<v Speaker 2>playoff two years ago. I think it's night and day.

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<v Speaker 2>That team was way better than this team. So don't

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<v Speaker 2>like at least I'm more talking to myself here. Don't

0:17:50.920 --> 0:17:53.600
<v Speaker 2>confuse one for the other. This is a good Boise

0:17:53.760 --> 0:17:56.760
<v Speaker 2>team in conference, but this is they don't have the

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<v Speaker 2>generational player the way they did with Ashton gin.

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<v Speaker 1>Or even players on that defense. That was a very

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<v Speaker 1>strong defense, especially up the middle. That I just we'll

0:18:05.800 --> 0:18:08.080
<v Speaker 1>see how the secondary works out. But that was a

0:18:08.119 --> 0:18:11.360
<v Speaker 1>team that was built to peak that season and it did. Right.

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<v Speaker 1>Maddox Madison still, I don't think has beaten a power five,

0:18:14.359 --> 0:18:17.879
<v Speaker 1>power four now opponent, so we'll see what he looks like.

0:18:17.960 --> 0:18:20.560
<v Speaker 1>He's already played at Otson once and it struggled. In

0:18:20.560 --> 0:18:23.040
<v Speaker 1>that game. Ashton Genty went off, had a couple huge runs.

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<v Speaker 1>But no, this this should be a Boise team with

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<v Speaker 1>huge expectations but limited you know, height of a ceiling.

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<v Speaker 2>So you like Boise one, I'm assuming. Yeah, if you

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<v Speaker 2>had a pick between Fresno and San Diego State, who

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<v Speaker 2>would you put number two? Probably Fresno. I think I'm

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<v Speaker 2>with you. I've got Fresno as my number two team.

0:18:45.200 --> 0:18:48.040
<v Speaker 2>I like teams where you can see the vision and

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like we have a sense for what matt

0:18:50.640 --> 0:18:52.879
<v Speaker 2>Ens is trying to do. He's very much trying to

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<v Speaker 2>build in the North Dakota State model, where he's gonna

0:18:56.840 --> 0:18:59.040
<v Speaker 2>do some ground and pound and he's gonna beat you

0:18:59.119 --> 0:19:02.440
<v Speaker 2>on defense. Saw glimpses of that last year with speedy Luke,

0:19:02.960 --> 0:19:06.240
<v Speaker 2>Bryce and Donaldson in the backfield. It was a defense.

0:19:06.280 --> 0:19:08.359
<v Speaker 2>It took a big step forward, and I like the

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<v Speaker 2>defense again this year. I think that's why I give

0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:13.520
<v Speaker 2>them the nod over San Diego State. The returning production

0:19:13.640 --> 0:19:16.960
<v Speaker 2>number does not jump off the page at you, but

0:19:17.200 --> 0:19:20.000
<v Speaker 2>they've got really good experience at all three levels the defense.

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<v Speaker 2>As veterans, they're just solid. They're solid. My favorite name

0:19:24.440 --> 0:19:28.040
<v Speaker 2>is kve On Thunderbird. Good name att linebacker who may

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<v Speaker 2>have been born the year that Ford made the last

0:19:30.240 --> 0:19:34.080
<v Speaker 2>Thunderbird in two thousand and five. Which try to forget

0:19:34.080 --> 0:19:36.000
<v Speaker 2>that I just said that and make myself feel old.

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<v Speaker 2>But I think with that as like the spine of

0:19:39.280 --> 0:19:42.760
<v Speaker 2>this team and knowing that it at least feels like

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<v Speaker 2>it's going somewhere, that's really reassuring to me.

0:19:46.320 --> 0:19:49.600
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, their schedule is fine, it's not easy. It's not impossible.

0:19:49.640 --> 0:19:53.880
<v Speaker 1>They're gonna get throttled by USC in Week one, but otherwise,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. If your starting point is a good

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<v Speaker 1>amount of experience on defense and a coach who has

0:19:59.000 --> 0:20:03.080
<v Speaker 1>won a bunch, I think they're going to be fine.

0:20:03.400 --> 0:20:05.479
<v Speaker 1>I don't love them, but I think they're like in

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<v Speaker 1>that eight nine win region.

0:20:07.440 --> 0:20:10.399
<v Speaker 2>Let me oversimplify. This is not a complicated preview. It

0:20:10.440 --> 0:20:13.800
<v Speaker 2>comes down to quarterback. Yeah, the whole thing for Fresno

0:20:13.880 --> 0:20:14.960
<v Speaker 2>comes down to the quarterback.

0:20:15.000 --> 0:20:17.200
<v Speaker 1>The EJ. Warner era is over this year.

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<v Speaker 2>It's either Christian Martin, who's a transfer from Maryland, or

0:20:20.920 --> 0:20:24.080
<v Speaker 2>Jaden Mandal, who was on the roster last year. Neither

0:20:24.119 --> 0:20:26.040
<v Speaker 2>one of these guys as much of a sample size

0:20:26.800 --> 0:20:29.000
<v Speaker 2>at time of recording. We don't yet know which direction

0:20:29.040 --> 0:20:30.919
<v Speaker 2>they're going to go. My hunches it's going to be Martin,

0:20:30.960 --> 0:20:34.200
<v Speaker 2>but we'll come back to it if anything changes.

0:20:34.920 --> 0:20:35.960
<v Speaker 1>It's a quarterback thing.

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<v Speaker 2>If they get good quarterback play, then it's going to

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<v Speaker 2>be a team that we're talking about deep into the season.

0:20:40.960 --> 0:20:43.200
<v Speaker 2>I could also see this being the type of team

0:20:43.800 --> 0:20:45.840
<v Speaker 2>that gets flexed in Week thirteen if they're trying to

0:20:45.840 --> 0:20:48.320
<v Speaker 2>prop them up like Fresno would be a really good

0:20:48.359 --> 0:20:52.399
<v Speaker 2>candidate for that, but they got to get quarterback play. Defensively,

0:20:52.440 --> 0:20:54.160
<v Speaker 2>they should be able to hold their own against teams

0:20:54.200 --> 0:20:56.919
<v Speaker 2>like Boise given how deep they are, especially in the

0:20:56.960 --> 0:21:01.200
<v Speaker 2>interior line. But Fresno's my number two team for sure.

0:21:01.240 --> 0:21:03.200
<v Speaker 2>I gave them the not over San Diego State, who

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<v Speaker 2>I have next.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, my concern with San Diego State is just where's

0:21:07.600 --> 0:21:10.920
<v Speaker 1>the offense coming from? Missing what they're missing on defense,

0:21:11.160 --> 0:21:13.199
<v Speaker 1>and the first half, the first two thirds of their

0:21:13.200 --> 0:21:14.600
<v Speaker 1>schedule is pretty rocky.

0:21:15.080 --> 0:21:17.360
<v Speaker 2>Look, this was not a good offense. The jump last

0:21:17.400 --> 0:21:22.159
<v Speaker 2>year was mostly powered by the defense. This year a

0:21:22.160 --> 0:21:24.960
<v Speaker 2>lot back from a bad offense and a chunk gone

0:21:25.000 --> 0:21:27.960
<v Speaker 2>from the good defense, which kind of gave me the

0:21:28.000 --> 0:21:31.199
<v Speaker 2>skives a little bit. Yeah, including the defensive coordinator who

0:21:31.280 --> 0:21:33.760
<v Speaker 2>went to Nebraska, looks like there's a.

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<v Speaker 1>Path for the offense to get better.

0:21:36.240 --> 0:21:38.800
<v Speaker 2>They've been a little bit more deliberate about adding offensive

0:21:38.840 --> 0:21:41.960
<v Speaker 2>linemen to the roster. They have ten more scholarship linemen

0:21:42.600 --> 0:21:44.600
<v Speaker 2>on the roster now than they did two years ago,

0:21:44.920 --> 0:21:48.639
<v Speaker 2>so they're at least trying in that sense. They just

0:21:48.640 --> 0:21:51.280
<v Speaker 2>got to get more out of quarterback. This is another

0:21:51.320 --> 0:21:53.360
<v Speaker 2>situation where I got to see more out of quarterback.

0:21:54.119 --> 0:21:57.359
<v Speaker 1>For all of these teams that we're going to discuss today, Basically,

0:21:58.160 --> 0:22:00.680
<v Speaker 1>if you had a really good offense and a really

0:22:00.720 --> 0:22:05.040
<v Speaker 1>good defense last season, you're currently coaching at UCLA. That's right,

0:22:05.080 --> 0:22:09.080
<v Speaker 1>you're currently coaching at Florida. And so we're not going

0:22:09.160 --> 0:22:11.400
<v Speaker 1>to come through this preview and say like, oh, yeah,

0:22:11.400 --> 0:22:13.200
<v Speaker 1>they return a bunch from a successful offense and a

0:22:13.240 --> 0:22:16.840
<v Speaker 1>successful defense at best. Some of these teams are returning

0:22:16.880 --> 0:22:19.879
<v Speaker 1>like really good offensive players and their defense was a

0:22:19.960 --> 0:22:22.280
<v Speaker 1>nightmare last year and they're hoping and praying that a

0:22:22.320 --> 0:22:25.320
<v Speaker 1>bunch of UTEP and Oklahoma State transfers or something work out.

0:22:25.680 --> 0:22:29.879
<v Speaker 1>So yeah, that's the reality of basically all of these teams. Right.

0:22:29.920 --> 0:22:33.160
<v Speaker 1>San Diego State's offense wasn't anything special, Fresno's offense wasn't

0:22:33.200 --> 0:22:36.879
<v Speaker 1>anything special, but they returned just enough pieces in different places.

0:22:36.880 --> 0:22:39.400
<v Speaker 1>We're like, Okay, if they can figure this out, if

0:22:39.400 --> 0:22:41.400
<v Speaker 1>this new coordinator has a plan or as a vision

0:22:41.400 --> 0:22:44.480
<v Speaker 1>as you like to say, sure, but you know, there's

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of wing in prayer to a lot of

0:22:45.880 --> 0:22:46.320
<v Speaker 1>these teams.

0:22:46.480 --> 0:22:51.160
<v Speaker 2>There is, And look, the backbone for the San Diego

0:22:51.240 --> 0:22:54.040
<v Speaker 2>State case might be. They've got a veteran offensive line,

0:22:54.040 --> 0:22:57.399
<v Speaker 2>they've got two good running backs and Lucky Sutton and

0:22:57.480 --> 0:23:00.399
<v Speaker 2>Christian Washington, who I think can benefit from that if

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<v Speaker 2>they get more from Jayden Denegal their quarterback sure also,

0:23:04.600 --> 0:23:07.359
<v Speaker 2>like me, has two bumped shoulders that he's rehabbing at

0:23:07.400 --> 0:23:11.840
<v Speaker 2>any given time. Had surgery in December. Supposedly healthy now. Like,

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<v Speaker 2>if they can get more out of the quarterback position

0:23:13.800 --> 0:23:16.080
<v Speaker 2>to go along with that ground game, they'll be in

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<v Speaker 2>a good spot. But again, it was built on defense

0:23:19.520 --> 0:23:22.800
<v Speaker 2>last year. Given what they lost, they are kind of

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<v Speaker 2>rebuilding all three levels of that defense this year. The

0:23:25.600 --> 0:23:28.440
<v Speaker 2>pass rush lost a lot more than it gained. They'll

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<v Speaker 2>be fine. I just don't think as good as last year.

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<v Speaker 2>So whether the offense can improve enough is where we're

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<v Speaker 2>at with San Diego State, and I've got him at three.

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<v Speaker 1>One of the absolute worst third down teams in America

0:23:41.359 --> 0:23:44.919
<v Speaker 1>last season, so they had a problem staying on the field.

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<v Speaker 1>If they can just figure out ways to generate more

0:23:47.840 --> 0:23:50.840
<v Speaker 1>third and short stuff like that, the easy stuff, then

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<v Speaker 1>we're talking about more, you know, hopefully like twenty three

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<v Speaker 1>to twenty type wins.

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<v Speaker 2>My next team up is Texas State, very volatile year.

0:23:57.640 --> 0:24:00.600
<v Speaker 2>Last year not as steady as the previous two seasons.

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<v Speaker 2>Still went to a bowl, still finished seven and six,

0:24:02.960 --> 0:24:05.840
<v Speaker 2>but they went through a bad stretch where they lost

0:24:05.880 --> 0:24:09.320
<v Speaker 2>five straight. Four of them were by a combined fourteen points,

0:24:09.320 --> 0:24:11.520
<v Speaker 2>and two of them went to overtime, so it was

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<v Speaker 2>really on a knife edge. They have the best quarterback

0:24:14.400 --> 0:24:17.680
<v Speaker 2>in the conference in my opinion, in Brad Jackson, who

0:24:17.760 --> 0:24:20.280
<v Speaker 2>can both run it and throw it. It's a system

0:24:20.359 --> 0:24:23.199
<v Speaker 2>that is heavily dependent on a quarterback who knows what

0:24:23.240 --> 0:24:25.400
<v Speaker 2>he's doing and wide receivers who know how to break

0:24:25.440 --> 0:24:28.639
<v Speaker 2>off their routes and make a choice. I like this team.

0:24:28.840 --> 0:24:30.840
<v Speaker 2>I've got a soft spot for Texas State. I feel

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<v Speaker 2>like I have ever since DJ Kinney got there. They've

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<v Speaker 2>got a really good wide receiver pairing that should propel them,

0:24:37.960 --> 0:24:41.000
<v Speaker 2>at least on offense. I should note it is not

0:24:41.040 --> 0:24:43.199
<v Speaker 2>an air raid offense. They still want to run it.

0:24:43.200 --> 0:24:45.159
<v Speaker 2>It's a question of how well can they run it

0:24:45.520 --> 0:24:49.280
<v Speaker 2>because both the running back and the offensive line are

0:24:49.640 --> 0:24:51.760
<v Speaker 2>heavily dependent on whether they're going to pop with what

0:24:51.800 --> 0:24:54.959
<v Speaker 2>they brought over in the transfer portal. So like I

0:24:54.960 --> 0:24:57.800
<v Speaker 2>can't project that, you can't project that we know they'll

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<v Speaker 2>be pretty good through the air. We tend to trust

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<v Speaker 2>good quarterbacks. I know your rubric is typically quarterback and defense.

0:25:04.520 --> 0:25:07.440
<v Speaker 2>The obvious question is defense when we're talking about Texas State.

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<v Speaker 1>The thing I like about them, I don't know if

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<v Speaker 1>it translates to this year, is they finished strong last year,

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<v Speaker 1>winning their final four. They had a lumpy middle of

0:25:14.080 --> 0:25:15.879
<v Speaker 1>the road and there were a couple of shootout losses

0:25:15.920 --> 0:25:18.560
<v Speaker 1>close ones to Troy and Marshall types in Arkansas State,

0:25:18.640 --> 0:25:21.920
<v Speaker 1>so winnable games obviously, given the level of opponent, I

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<v Speaker 1>think they should have a decent time this year. If

0:25:23.760 --> 0:25:26.080
<v Speaker 1>you're starting position is at least quarterback, And I did

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<v Speaker 1>like that they were especially good in the red zone

0:25:28.440 --> 0:25:31.200
<v Speaker 1>last year, which to me points to a plan, right,

0:25:31.320 --> 0:25:34.320
<v Speaker 1>especially having a younger quarterback last year. I think they're

0:25:34.359 --> 0:25:36.960
<v Speaker 1>going to be in a good place this year to

0:25:37.080 --> 0:25:39.399
<v Speaker 1>at least they'll put themselves in a good place to

0:25:39.480 --> 0:25:42.920
<v Speaker 1>win late if they're converting deep in other team's territory.

0:25:42.960 --> 0:25:45.160
<v Speaker 1>But yeah, it comes down to just how often can

0:25:45.200 --> 0:25:49.000
<v Speaker 1>this defense figure out havoc and turnovers and ways to

0:25:49.040 --> 0:25:51.080
<v Speaker 1>get off the field If the talent just isn't there

0:25:51.119 --> 0:25:51.600
<v Speaker 1>on defense and.

0:25:51.560 --> 0:25:55.040
<v Speaker 2>They actually weren't bad on defense last year. That's the

0:25:55.119 --> 0:25:57.840
<v Speaker 2>thing this year, though, Bill is projecting them to be

0:25:58.040 --> 0:26:01.119
<v Speaker 2>one twenty nine out of one thing they can be. So,

0:26:02.160 --> 0:26:04.879
<v Speaker 2>I know they've got a new defensive coordinator, they're trying

0:26:04.880 --> 0:26:08.200
<v Speaker 2>to shift to like more zone whatever, and they did

0:26:08.280 --> 0:26:10.720
<v Speaker 2>spend along the defensive line to try and beef that up.

0:26:10.760 --> 0:26:13.159
<v Speaker 1>But can they stop teams or is it going to

0:26:13.200 --> 0:26:14.920
<v Speaker 1>be all shootouts? Right?

0:26:16.240 --> 0:26:18.840
<v Speaker 2>I think it's a tough schedule. I think they'll score points.

0:26:18.920 --> 0:26:20.679
<v Speaker 2>It's a question for me of how many points did

0:26:20.680 --> 0:26:21.960
<v Speaker 2>the guy actually got to score if they want to

0:26:22.000 --> 0:26:22.959
<v Speaker 2>get wins?

0:26:23.480 --> 0:26:28.440
<v Speaker 1>Agree. Wazuo was next up for me. Then okay, new

0:26:28.480 --> 0:26:31.240
<v Speaker 1>coach knew everything. Jimmy Rodgers was there for about an

0:26:31.280 --> 0:26:32.640
<v Speaker 1>hour and a half and here we go.

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<v Speaker 2>Wazuo returns the fewest starts of anyone in the conference,

0:26:36.600 --> 0:26:40.520
<v Speaker 2>and especially so on defense. Because Jimmy Rodgers left for

0:26:40.560 --> 0:26:43.480
<v Speaker 2>Iowa State, he took guys with him. Kirby Moore is

0:26:43.480 --> 0:26:45.520
<v Speaker 2>the new coach. I think I've told the story before.

0:26:46.280 --> 0:26:48.919
<v Speaker 2>I got a cryptic DM from somebody who tipped me

0:26:48.960 --> 0:26:51.560
<v Speaker 2>off that he was going to be hired like three

0:26:51.600 --> 0:26:53.720
<v Speaker 2>days before it happened, and I didn't see it in time.

0:26:54.240 --> 0:26:56.040
<v Speaker 1>I could have had a coaching scoop. Well, you would

0:26:56.040 --> 0:26:58.120
<v Speaker 1>have had to confirm it. You need two sources, ty,

0:26:58.400 --> 0:27:01.080
<v Speaker 1>I only had one. You went to the Columbia School

0:27:01.080 --> 0:27:04.080
<v Speaker 1>of Journalism. As we know, you are just a stickler

0:27:04.119 --> 0:27:08.520
<v Speaker 1>for ethics. So Kirby Moore a sensical pick, given where

0:27:08.560 --> 0:27:12.200
<v Speaker 1>he's from and given I mean you say, like offensive needs.

0:27:12.200 --> 0:27:13.959
<v Speaker 1>It's a totally new team. They were led by their

0:27:14.000 --> 0:27:16.160
<v Speaker 1>defense last year. But if you are a Wazoo fan,

0:27:16.960 --> 0:27:19.360
<v Speaker 1>you are hopeful that bringing in somebody like Kirby Moore,

0:27:19.359 --> 0:27:22.320
<v Speaker 1>who had a very nice influence on the Miszoo offense,

0:27:22.920 --> 0:27:25.040
<v Speaker 1>has a similar influence. They just bring over Matt Miller,

0:27:25.080 --> 0:27:27.800
<v Speaker 1>I want to say from Boise. Yep, it's that aged

0:27:27.840 --> 0:27:29.200
<v Speaker 1>me by the way. I was like, he wasn't he

0:27:29.200 --> 0:27:30.880
<v Speaker 1>a receiver two and a half years ago. Oh it's

0:27:30.920 --> 0:27:32.119
<v Speaker 1>been a dozen years. Okay.

0:27:32.320 --> 0:27:35.240
<v Speaker 2>Matt Miller from Boyse State, who's on the offensive staff

0:27:35.240 --> 0:27:37.680
<v Speaker 2>at Boise comes over to run the offense. The new

0:27:37.720 --> 0:27:41.320
<v Speaker 2>defensive coordinator is the old defensive coordinator and head coach

0:27:41.359 --> 0:27:42.680
<v Speaker 2>at Oregon State, Trent Bray.

0:27:42.680 --> 0:27:43.520
<v Speaker 1>Trent Bray, Yep.

0:27:44.359 --> 0:27:47.639
<v Speaker 2>The fun name to watch is Caden Pinnock. He is

0:27:47.760 --> 0:27:52.200
<v Speaker 2>the quarterback transfer from UC Davis. As a freshman, thirty

0:27:52.200 --> 0:27:57.240
<v Speaker 2>two touchdowns and a seventy percent completion percentage ran a

0:27:57.240 --> 0:28:00.439
<v Speaker 2>little two. He's my number two pet tran for this

0:28:00.520 --> 0:28:04.440
<v Speaker 2>year going from FCS to FBS. I will talk about

0:28:04.520 --> 0:28:06.119
<v Speaker 2>number one at some point, but we'll get to the

0:28:06.119 --> 0:28:09.680
<v Speaker 2>big twelve. But notably, the system that he's gonna run

0:28:09.760 --> 0:28:12.320
<v Speaker 2>is very similar to what he ran last year, so

0:28:12.359 --> 0:28:16.200
<v Speaker 2>it's not like he's starting over with new vocabulary or whatever.

0:28:16.280 --> 0:28:19.040
<v Speaker 2>That looks like it's a pretty good fit. I like

0:28:19.119 --> 0:28:22.320
<v Speaker 2>their running backs, I like their wide receivers. I think

0:28:22.359 --> 0:28:24.959
<v Speaker 2>he should have help. I think the line will be okay.

0:28:25.480 --> 0:28:26.800
<v Speaker 2>Defense is completely new.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, I hope for your sake that he works out,

0:28:29.800 --> 0:28:33.160
<v Speaker 1>because your whole secret sauce is FCS quarterbacks. All right.

0:28:33.240 --> 0:28:35.760
<v Speaker 1>I love me a good FCS quarterback. It works like

0:28:35.800 --> 0:28:38.560
<v Speaker 1>fourteen percent of the time. But when it does, ty

0:28:38.640 --> 0:28:41.160
<v Speaker 1>pats himself on the back. Yeah, listen, I'm all for

0:28:41.560 --> 0:28:44.640
<v Speaker 1>UC Davis influence in our lives. Shout out. Robert Mondavi

0:28:45.600 --> 0:28:50.640
<v Speaker 1>is Bob Mondavi from UC Davis, the wine guy. Yeah,

0:28:50.120 --> 0:28:53.520
<v Speaker 1>I think it's the Mondavi Center, Like it's a whole

0:28:53.560 --> 0:28:57.080
<v Speaker 1>thing like, I think they're auditorium or something. He's donated

0:28:57.080 --> 0:29:00.440
<v Speaker 1>a bunch of money. You can study wine. I think

0:29:00.480 --> 0:29:03.560
<v Speaker 1>it's what is the study of wine called it? Id

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<v Speaker 1>I know?

0:29:04.960 --> 0:29:05.480
<v Speaker 3>Is it? Oh?

0:29:05.520 --> 0:29:07.160
<v Speaker 1>It's an and a file.

0:29:07.640 --> 0:29:09.880
<v Speaker 2>I just know that dude on social media with like

0:29:10.040 --> 0:29:12.360
<v Speaker 2>the gray slick back hair who's like really into it

0:29:12.400 --> 0:29:14.160
<v Speaker 2>and washes it around and sniffs it.

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<v Speaker 1>You know what I mean? Yeah, the anology Oh E

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<v Speaker 1>N O L O G Y. You can study that.

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<v Speaker 1>But yeah, you're in northern California. You're outside Sacramento. That's

0:29:24.280 --> 0:29:26.640
<v Speaker 1>that's the place ty get that graping on.

0:29:28.280 --> 0:29:33.320
<v Speaker 2>I think Wazoo has fewer proven entities, which is why

0:29:33.320 --> 0:29:36.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to go Texas State, especially on offense. Just

0:29:36.080 --> 0:29:37.640
<v Speaker 2>just buy a nose ahead of them. But like I

0:29:37.680 --> 0:29:39.480
<v Speaker 2>said at the top, for me, it's a coin flip.

0:29:40.480 --> 0:29:43.280
<v Speaker 1>I agree, And they have continuity in a coach and

0:29:43.640 --> 0:29:45.360
<v Speaker 1>you know what their their vision is. Continue.

0:29:45.440 --> 0:29:47.920
<v Speaker 2>Let's rip through these three final teams. Let's talk about

0:29:47.960 --> 0:29:50.760
<v Speaker 2>Oregon State. JaMarcus Shephard is a new coach comes up

0:29:50.760 --> 0:29:56.080
<v Speaker 2>from Alabama. Speaking of philosophies, speaking of taglines, he's branded

0:29:56.080 --> 0:29:59.840
<v Speaker 2>the program as fat, pretty hot, and tempting.

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<v Speaker 1>No, no with an F, oh with an F? Okay,

0:30:03.080 --> 0:30:05.160
<v Speaker 1>but is it an acronym or is it just like

0:30:05.600 --> 0:30:09.920
<v Speaker 1>we're getting high off the hog? What do we do now? Family, accountability,

0:30:10.000 --> 0:30:14.080
<v Speaker 1>and toughness? Okay, I think we can all agree those

0:30:14.120 --> 0:30:15.040
<v Speaker 1>three things are words.

0:30:15.360 --> 0:30:18.000
<v Speaker 2>I am proposing that everyone out there come up with

0:30:18.040 --> 0:30:21.520
<v Speaker 2>their own motto, not just for Oregon State, but really

0:30:21.560 --> 0:30:23.400
<v Speaker 2>for their own sense of humanity.

0:30:24.160 --> 0:30:27.200
<v Speaker 1>Does it have to be an acronym for our existing

0:30:27.280 --> 0:30:30.600
<v Speaker 1>first names? It can be whatever you want, man. So like,

0:30:30.640 --> 0:30:32.760
<v Speaker 1>if I'm thinking t why it's toughness in youth?

0:30:32.920 --> 0:30:33.040
<v Speaker 3>Right?

0:30:33.080 --> 0:30:36.680
<v Speaker 1>Of course? Of course, I guess toughness youth. What would

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<v Speaker 1>be a good L if we got an L and

0:30:38.040 --> 0:30:41.800
<v Speaker 1>a EAN and R. Right, an L would be latitude

0:30:42.040 --> 0:30:44.920
<v Speaker 1>tie you you give people a wide berth.

0:30:46.320 --> 0:30:46.360
<v Speaker 2>E.

0:30:46.640 --> 0:30:49.760
<v Speaker 1>What's energy? Everybody knows ties? Energetic R?

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<v Speaker 3>I don't know.

0:30:52.400 --> 0:30:53.920
<v Speaker 1>Would be an R relaxing?

0:30:54.120 --> 0:30:57.040
<v Speaker 2>Relax Now, it's definitely not relaxing, Okay, I don't know.

0:30:57.880 --> 0:31:00.640
<v Speaker 2>Soliverbotgmail dot com. If you got your own mind, This

0:31:00.720 --> 0:31:03.800
<v Speaker 2>dude reminds me a little bit of fran Brown. I

0:31:03.800 --> 0:31:05.720
<v Speaker 2>think he's I think he's a motivator. I think he's

0:31:05.720 --> 0:31:07.200
<v Speaker 2>going to have guys who want to run through a

0:31:07.240 --> 0:31:09.440
<v Speaker 2>wall I love to hire. I don't know how long

0:31:09.480 --> 0:31:11.920
<v Speaker 2>it's going to take to actually bear fruit, because this

0:31:12.080 --> 0:31:15.040
<v Speaker 2>is a near total reboot of the program.

0:31:15.320 --> 0:31:18.800
<v Speaker 1>Malik Murphy still there, still there, still the in theory,

0:31:19.520 --> 0:31:22.480
<v Speaker 1>In theory, he's the type of quarterback that would work

0:31:22.520 --> 0:31:22.920
<v Speaker 1>well with.

0:31:22.880 --> 0:31:24.840
<v Speaker 2>The system that I think he wants to run, which

0:31:24.880 --> 0:31:27.200
<v Speaker 2>is more of like the Kalin Debor school of offense.

0:31:29.320 --> 0:31:33.240
<v Speaker 2>A lot of new receivers, same deal with the offensive line,

0:31:33.520 --> 0:31:37.600
<v Speaker 2>kind of a mix of transfers, guys coming back smaller

0:31:37.640 --> 0:31:40.000
<v Speaker 2>school guys, guys who want playing time who are at

0:31:40.040 --> 0:31:46.520
<v Speaker 2>bigger schools. Defensively, they only had sixteen sacks and ten

0:31:46.600 --> 0:31:49.880
<v Speaker 2>force turnovers a year ago, so they need to try

0:31:49.880 --> 0:31:53.880
<v Speaker 2>and manufacture a little bit more havoc without exposing the secondary,

0:31:53.920 --> 0:31:56.840
<v Speaker 2>which is also you guessed it pretty much rebuilt. They

0:31:56.840 --> 0:31:59.760
<v Speaker 2>also start off the year at Houston and against Texas Tech.

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<v Speaker 1>It's an uphill climb for JaMarcus Shepherd. It's a I

0:32:02.480 --> 0:32:05.960
<v Speaker 1>think it's a tough schedule kind of all the way through.

0:32:06.840 --> 0:32:10.160
<v Speaker 1>They're at Fresno and at Boise in November ish with

0:32:10.280 --> 0:32:13.080
<v Speaker 1>Texas State between them. I don't know who that flex

0:32:13.080 --> 0:32:15.280
<v Speaker 1>team is going to be at the end, but they

0:32:15.360 --> 0:32:18.800
<v Speaker 1>might lose those first two games ninety one to thirteen.

0:32:19.520 --> 0:32:21.720
<v Speaker 1>I don't know. I mean, I hope not. But it's

0:32:21.760 --> 0:32:24.200
<v Speaker 1>on the table with Houston and Texas Tech, and.

0:32:24.120 --> 0:32:26.560
<v Speaker 2>That brings us then to Utah State and Colorado State.

0:32:28.440 --> 0:32:30.320
<v Speaker 2>I think I think you like Utah State a little

0:32:30.360 --> 0:32:31.000
<v Speaker 2>bit more than I do.

0:32:32.560 --> 0:32:36.200
<v Speaker 1>Look that if the starting position is figuring out how

0:32:36.240 --> 0:32:39.360
<v Speaker 1>to win, how to generate yardage. Last year with a

0:32:39.400 --> 0:32:41.640
<v Speaker 1>lot new they you know, they brought in say what

0:32:41.720 --> 0:32:43.880
<v Speaker 1>you will if you're an acc fan and you have

0:32:44.000 --> 0:32:49.000
<v Speaker 1>been wronged by offensive coordinator Robert and I. He's reunited

0:32:49.040 --> 0:32:53.040
<v Speaker 1>with Bronco Mendenhall. They spent his reunited together. Yes, so

0:32:53.280 --> 0:32:55.480
<v Speaker 1>there is you talk about like not having to learn

0:32:55.640 --> 0:32:58.960
<v Speaker 1>a new language. They speak the same language offensively given

0:32:59.000 --> 0:33:05.120
<v Speaker 1>their time at by you in Virginia. I don't know.

0:33:05.320 --> 0:33:08.080
<v Speaker 1>I think they'll be fine. Bronco Mendenhall kind of figures

0:33:08.080 --> 0:33:10.760
<v Speaker 1>out how to get teams to bowl games, and so

0:33:12.320 --> 0:33:15.200
<v Speaker 1>I'm just going off of that. I think the defense

0:33:15.280 --> 0:33:19.720
<v Speaker 1>was awful last year. Yes, I mean the bar is

0:33:19.880 --> 0:33:22.440
<v Speaker 1>let's put it this way. Yeah, let's not dwell in

0:33:22.480 --> 0:33:22.920
<v Speaker 1>the past.

0:33:23.160 --> 0:33:26.240
<v Speaker 2>The defense has some names. It has to get much better.

0:33:26.760 --> 0:33:29.400
<v Speaker 1>I guess awful is too strong. They struggled. They struggled.

0:33:29.480 --> 0:33:33.040
<v Speaker 2>Bill right now if you care about preseason stuff has

0:33:33.120 --> 0:33:37.800
<v Speaker 2>them as the one hundredth best defense in the preseason.

0:33:38.400 --> 0:33:41.240
<v Speaker 2>So as long as they move up from that, I

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<v Speaker 2>would consider it a success. Just more towards competence is

0:33:45.560 --> 0:33:48.080
<v Speaker 2>something I would look at and say it's very successful.

0:33:48.120 --> 0:33:51.080
<v Speaker 1>But like, they go to.

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<v Speaker 2>Idaho State, Washington, Utah, they're home against Troy, and they're

0:33:57.240 --> 0:33:58.200
<v Speaker 2>at Boise.

0:33:57.960 --> 0:34:01.400
<v Speaker 1>State, which is four weeks in a row. Yeah, which

0:34:01.440 --> 0:34:02.160
<v Speaker 1>is like rough.

0:34:03.120 --> 0:34:06.520
<v Speaker 2>That is rough for a new offensive coordinator, a new

0:34:06.560 --> 0:34:09.800
<v Speaker 2>starting quarterback in McKay Hillstead who has a very limited

0:34:09.800 --> 0:34:13.680
<v Speaker 2>sample size. The team as a whole, at least on offense,

0:34:13.760 --> 0:34:16.520
<v Speaker 2>only has forty percent back from a year ago, and

0:34:16.600 --> 0:34:18.879
<v Speaker 2>the defense is still being rebuilt. That's like a tough

0:34:18.920 --> 0:34:21.200
<v Speaker 2>stretch for me, which is I couldn't go any higher

0:34:21.200 --> 0:34:23.120
<v Speaker 2>than bottom two for Utah State.

0:34:23.719 --> 0:34:25.279
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. I think if they get to a bowl game,

0:34:25.320 --> 0:34:28.840
<v Speaker 1>that's a pretty enormous accomplishment. Fun fact about I have

0:34:28.840 --> 0:34:31.000
<v Speaker 1>two fun facts about Uta State by the way, Okay,

0:34:31.200 --> 0:34:34.960
<v Speaker 1>Number one, they were seventy seven percent and number three

0:34:35.040 --> 0:34:38.160
<v Speaker 1>overall against the spread last season, really, so they were

0:34:38.239 --> 0:34:41.280
<v Speaker 1>undervalued by Vegas. According to the numbers I'm looking at,

0:34:41.600 --> 0:34:44.719
<v Speaker 1>Utah States winning percentage against the spread was seventy six

0:34:44.800 --> 0:34:48.080
<v Speaker 1>point nine percent, good for third in the country. So

0:34:48.120 --> 0:34:50.560
<v Speaker 1>they were undervalued last year, at least in terms of

0:34:50.560 --> 0:34:53.839
<v Speaker 1>those specific numbers. The other thing about Uta State, as

0:34:53.840 --> 0:34:56.279
<v Speaker 1>I was looking at last season, their key players last

0:34:56.360 --> 0:35:01.520
<v Speaker 1>year were named Bryson, Brady, Bronson, Brevin, and Brayden. And

0:35:01.600 --> 0:35:04.960
<v Speaker 1>they were coached hear me out ty, they were coached

0:35:05.200 --> 0:35:06.640
<v Speaker 1>by A Bronco Bnko.

0:35:06.560 --> 0:35:10.800
<v Speaker 3>Bryson, Brady Bronson, Brendan Brocking, and Braid coach Bronco Bryson,

0:35:10.880 --> 0:35:13.120
<v Speaker 3>Brady Bronson, Bravit Brocking Braiden.

0:35:17.040 --> 0:35:20.120
<v Speaker 1>So if I seem unprepared to talk anything uh Pack

0:35:20.200 --> 0:35:22.360
<v Speaker 1>twelve in Utah State, it's because most of my study

0:35:22.400 --> 0:35:26.200
<v Speaker 1>time was made producing that producing sounds. Give me that

0:35:26.239 --> 0:35:29.160
<v Speaker 1>one more time that was I apologize or you're welcome.

0:35:29.640 --> 0:35:34.840
<v Speaker 3>Bryson, Brady, Bronson, Brendan Brocking, Braid coach Bronco, Bryson, Brady, Bronson,

0:35:34.960 --> 0:35:36.200
<v Speaker 3>Bravit Brocking Braiden.

0:35:39.719 --> 0:35:41.279
<v Speaker 2>Did you learn how to do a little bit of

0:35:41.320 --> 0:35:43.879
<v Speaker 2>like beatboxing there in order to no.

0:35:43.960 --> 0:35:47.879
<v Speaker 1>I just found a sample free or a copyright free

0:35:47.960 --> 0:35:50.319
<v Speaker 1>E ed M type track and then put a bunch

0:35:50.360 --> 0:35:53.359
<v Speaker 1>of effects on my voice, and I'm happy. I don't

0:35:53.360 --> 0:35:55.400
<v Speaker 1>think anybody was home when I was yelling out. Brady

0:35:55.480 --> 0:36:00.720
<v Speaker 1>Bront scared the neighbors. Man, Wow, good jam on bleacher

0:36:00.719 --> 0:36:04.240
<v Speaker 1>report br for not discovering that good work man, Yeah, and.

0:36:04.200 --> 0:36:09.240
<v Speaker 2>Roger Final team Colorado State. We've got Jim Moore junior

0:36:09.280 --> 0:36:14.279
<v Speaker 2>coming over from Yukon. More than sixty new players on

0:36:14.320 --> 0:36:16.720
<v Speaker 2>the team this year. It is kind of a Yukon

0:36:16.800 --> 0:36:23.840
<v Speaker 2>transplant situation. I all five guys are gone on the

0:36:23.880 --> 0:36:27.920
<v Speaker 2>offensive line, virtually no snaps return. It looks on paper

0:36:28.000 --> 0:36:31.440
<v Speaker 2>like the worst offensive line in the conference, which is

0:36:31.480 --> 0:36:33.839
<v Speaker 2>a problem because they want to run a lot, they

0:36:33.880 --> 0:36:35.839
<v Speaker 2>want to do heavy sets and that type of thing,

0:36:35.960 --> 0:36:37.719
<v Speaker 2>and I just I don't know if they've got the

0:36:37.760 --> 0:36:40.720
<v Speaker 2>manpower to do it.

0:36:40.800 --> 0:36:45.839
<v Speaker 1>So counterpoints, Yukon was very close to going undefeated last year.

0:36:46.160 --> 0:36:50.319
<v Speaker 1>They were Yukon. Yukon was very close. Who we lost

0:36:50.360 --> 0:36:52.480
<v Speaker 1>talking about three a game by I think they a

0:36:52.480 --> 0:36:54.560
<v Speaker 1>lost oh two games by three to one game by seven.

0:36:55.600 --> 0:36:58.120
<v Speaker 1>And then they lost their bowl game significantly to Army.

0:36:58.280 --> 0:36:59.960
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if Jim Mora was still there then,

0:37:00.120 --> 0:37:03.399
<v Speaker 1>but Jim Moore did an incredible job at Yukon. The

0:37:03.480 --> 0:37:07.280
<v Speaker 1>offense was strong to quite strong in stores last season,

0:37:07.760 --> 0:37:10.880
<v Speaker 1>and kind of everything for Colorado State last year, and

0:37:10.920 --> 0:37:13.239
<v Speaker 1>this is what happens when your coach gets fired was

0:37:13.920 --> 0:37:19.359
<v Speaker 1>pretty damn awful. So I don't know, they got a

0:37:19.480 --> 0:37:22.880
<v Speaker 1>pretty huge upgrade at coach. It seems. I don't know

0:37:22.880 --> 0:37:27.640
<v Speaker 1>how quickly it'll translate. But that's why I'm not in

0:37:27.719 --> 0:37:30.880
<v Speaker 1>a rush to say they're in my bottom tier. But

0:37:30.960 --> 0:37:31.960
<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

0:37:33.320 --> 0:37:34.759
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think a bull's get a bull. I

0:37:34.760 --> 0:37:37.480
<v Speaker 2>think you get to a bowl. And I didn't even

0:37:37.520 --> 0:37:39.479
<v Speaker 2>call it a bottom tier. I called it everyone else

0:37:39.840 --> 0:37:43.280
<v Speaker 2>because I don't I don't know. I like Jim Moore junior.

0:37:43.840 --> 0:37:45.120
<v Speaker 2>And they got a quarterback race?

0:37:45.560 --> 0:37:47.600
<v Speaker 1>Is it hass Haney? Is that how you say his name?

0:37:47.800 --> 0:37:50.120
<v Speaker 1>I think so from Oklahoma State they got him.

0:37:50.160 --> 0:37:54.120
<v Speaker 2>They got Kashanfarr, the guy from Yukon who obviously knows

0:37:54.160 --> 0:37:57.279
<v Speaker 2>the system. He had a good spring. Well, you know,

0:37:57.400 --> 0:38:00.560
<v Speaker 2>we'll see. I hesitate to make it any kind of

0:38:01.520 --> 0:38:04.880
<v Speaker 2>real projections on Colorado State because this is another transplant situation,

0:38:04.920 --> 0:38:06.480
<v Speaker 2>which is a bunch of new guys, new coach.

0:38:07.160 --> 0:38:10.640
<v Speaker 1>You know how that works. By now, their home road

0:38:10.760 --> 0:38:15.440
<v Speaker 1>splits are kind of even. Fresno and Texas State are

0:38:15.440 --> 0:38:18.319
<v Speaker 1>both on the road. Boise's at home. They do have

0:38:18.360 --> 0:38:23.280
<v Speaker 1>BYU at home, which they'll probably get run over by BYU,

0:38:23.800 --> 0:38:26.440
<v Speaker 1>and they do travel San Antonio to play UTSA. So

0:38:27.880 --> 0:38:30.640
<v Speaker 1>it's a tough ball road. But I don't know if

0:38:30.640 --> 0:38:34.279
<v Speaker 1>they're at least threatening in November, like, oh, maybe a

0:38:34.320 --> 0:38:36.439
<v Speaker 1>couple of things break right and the Flex game works out.

0:38:36.760 --> 0:38:39.759
<v Speaker 1>That's a huge season for Colorado State year one. I've

0:38:39.760 --> 0:38:45.000
<v Speaker 1>got Boise over Fresno. Yeah, I think so too. Let's

0:38:45.040 --> 0:38:47.480
<v Speaker 1>talk Mountain West. Call Kenny Loggins because you're in the

0:38:47.560 --> 0:38:52.000
<v Speaker 1>danger zone the Mountain West.

0:38:52.560 --> 0:38:55.879
<v Speaker 2>These are old sounds. I don't know when we made

0:38:55.920 --> 0:39:03.040
<v Speaker 2>that sound to some old sounds. Talk me through the

0:39:03.040 --> 0:39:08.000
<v Speaker 2>Mountain West end, talk talk me through. Because we've got

0:39:08.280 --> 0:39:12.080
<v Speaker 2>Boise State, Fresno State, San Diego State, Colorado State, and

0:39:12.239 --> 0:39:17.040
<v Speaker 2>Utah State all going elsewhere. Then we've got UTEP coming

0:39:17.040 --> 0:39:20.319
<v Speaker 2>over from Conference USA, We've got Northern Illinois coming over

0:39:20.360 --> 0:39:25.240
<v Speaker 2>from the MAC. Yeah, Hawaii is now a full football member,

0:39:25.920 --> 0:39:29.279
<v Speaker 2>and we got North Dakota State walking in. So it's

0:39:29.320 --> 0:39:32.920
<v Speaker 2>a smaller conference, I think, a stranger conference, and that

0:39:33.040 --> 0:39:34.719
<v Speaker 2>feels to me like the top of the league is

0:39:34.719 --> 0:39:36.120
<v Speaker 2>a little bit more open than it's been in a

0:39:36.160 --> 0:39:38.040
<v Speaker 2>long time because Boise State's out of there.

0:39:39.520 --> 0:39:42.680
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's UNLV in New Mexico at the top. Those

0:39:42.680 --> 0:39:45.080
<v Speaker 1>are the teams that I don't see how you could

0:39:45.120 --> 0:39:48.759
<v Speaker 1>put any other team given look, North Dakota State has

0:39:48.760 --> 0:39:52.160
<v Speaker 1>been a powerhouse of a program, but there's just so

0:39:52.320 --> 0:39:54.239
<v Speaker 1>much of an unknown right now. It's not like they're

0:39:54.320 --> 0:39:58.560
<v Speaker 1>bringing back, you know, a championship squad in every position

0:39:58.640 --> 0:40:00.920
<v Speaker 1>right Their offensive line and defense of line should be

0:40:00.960 --> 0:40:05.600
<v Speaker 1>really good, but it's just a different level and different

0:40:05.600 --> 0:40:07.480
<v Speaker 1>opponents that they're not used to scouting. It's just a

0:40:07.520 --> 0:40:10.880
<v Speaker 1>whole different experience for North Dakota State, just in terms

0:40:10.920 --> 0:40:14.000
<v Speaker 1>of quality. My next tier I think is going to

0:40:14.000 --> 0:40:18.960
<v Speaker 1>be North Dakota State, Hawaii and I. I don't know

0:40:18.960 --> 0:40:21.440
<v Speaker 1>if I can put air Force quite there. I'd like to,

0:40:22.440 --> 0:40:26.440
<v Speaker 1>but when previously on air Force you fielded what may

0:40:26.480 --> 0:40:30.640
<v Speaker 1>have been the worst FBS defense, I can't fully get there.

0:40:30.719 --> 0:40:33.239
<v Speaker 1>As much as the offense should have some pop this year,

0:40:33.280 --> 0:40:35.440
<v Speaker 1>it's Luke Sarka, I think it's how you pronounce it

0:40:35.800 --> 0:40:37.960
<v Speaker 1>coming back or Liam Sarka.

0:40:37.560 --> 0:40:40.759
<v Speaker 2>It's an s Yeah, Liam, it's an SZ situation. Yeah,

0:40:40.800 --> 0:40:43.320
<v Speaker 2>at the front of the last name, Yeah yeah, Liam

0:40:43.360 --> 0:40:45.080
<v Speaker 2>Sarka coming back. And when he was on the field,

0:40:45.120 --> 0:40:47.600
<v Speaker 2>they were able to move the ball. Now there's new

0:40:47.600 --> 0:40:49.239
<v Speaker 2>stuff to the Air Force team. We can get there

0:40:49.239 --> 0:40:49.800
<v Speaker 2>in a second.

0:40:50.040 --> 0:40:55.160
<v Speaker 1>But you and LV you gotta believe in the magic

0:40:55.320 --> 0:40:58.160
<v Speaker 1>of Dan Mullen at quarterback ten and four. Have to

0:40:58.200 --> 0:41:01.080
<v Speaker 1>believe in it ten and four last year, right, But

0:41:01.120 --> 0:41:08.680
<v Speaker 1>Anthony Calandras showed something at Virginia Jackson Arnold previously on

0:41:08.800 --> 0:41:11.920
<v Speaker 1>Jackson Arnold right, previously on Jackson Arnold's I don't want

0:41:11.960 --> 0:41:15.080
<v Speaker 1>to make this personal, but I'm just saying hasn't shown

0:41:15.680 --> 0:41:18.440
<v Speaker 1>that something as a college quarterback with any sort of

0:41:18.480 --> 0:41:22.920
<v Speaker 1>consistency irregularity. So Dan Mullen has had basically nothing but

0:41:23.520 --> 0:41:27.279
<v Speaker 1>interesting success in production, to be kind, I guess from

0:41:27.320 --> 0:41:29.319
<v Speaker 1>the quarterback position during his time as a head college

0:41:29.320 --> 0:41:31.600
<v Speaker 1>football coach. And obviously the proof is in the pudding.

0:41:31.600 --> 0:41:34.000
<v Speaker 1>With Anthony Calandria last year, they're able to win with

0:41:34.120 --> 0:41:37.880
<v Speaker 1>basically a bad defense. There's no indication that the defense

0:41:37.960 --> 0:41:39.480
<v Speaker 1>is going to be any better this year. There were

0:41:39.480 --> 0:41:43.440
<v Speaker 1>some underlying numbers last year with UNLV, but I don't know.

0:41:43.600 --> 0:41:47.800
<v Speaker 1>This Rebel team should be really good. Is probably too strong,

0:41:48.400 --> 0:41:54.600
<v Speaker 1>but the most good. I think they're dangerous enough on offense,

0:41:54.719 --> 0:41:58.520
<v Speaker 1>and I think they play offense better than anyone will

0:41:58.520 --> 0:42:02.520
<v Speaker 1>do one specific thing this league. And given the coach,

0:42:03.480 --> 0:42:06.680
<v Speaker 1>given the track record, I think I like you and LV,

0:42:06.760 --> 0:42:08.359
<v Speaker 1>They're just going to have a good amount of pop

0:42:08.400 --> 0:42:09.880
<v Speaker 1>on offense in a way that another team is not

0:42:09.920 --> 0:42:12.040
<v Speaker 1>gonna have a not gonna have pop on one side

0:42:12.040 --> 0:42:12.880
<v Speaker 1>of the ball to me.

0:42:13.520 --> 0:42:17.560
<v Speaker 2>So, Jackson Arnold transfers up from Auburn. Previously he was

0:42:17.600 --> 0:42:19.840
<v Speaker 2>at Oklahoma. It didn't work out at Auburn. Now he

0:42:19.920 --> 0:42:23.279
<v Speaker 2>is going here. We know he could run. He's a

0:42:23.320 --> 0:42:27.880
<v Speaker 2>good runner. We have seen that on display. The passing

0:42:27.960 --> 0:42:29.799
<v Speaker 2>game has sort of been all over the map. Like

0:42:29.880 --> 0:42:32.920
<v Speaker 2>the best of Jackson Arnold has been really good. The

0:42:32.960 --> 0:42:35.560
<v Speaker 2>worst of Jackson Arnold is pretty bad. I feel like

0:42:35.600 --> 0:42:39.120
<v Speaker 2>we've seen more of the latter over the last two

0:42:39.280 --> 0:42:43.200
<v Speaker 2>one and a half seasons, let's say. And so it's

0:42:43.200 --> 0:42:46.239
<v Speaker 2>an open question to me what Mullen can get out

0:42:46.280 --> 0:42:49.040
<v Speaker 2>of him. But mull intends to do well with guys

0:42:49.120 --> 0:42:52.680
<v Speaker 2>like this, right, that was why they got Calandria. He

0:42:52.800 --> 0:42:56.200
<v Speaker 2>was kind of an improvisational threat in the backfield.

0:42:56.239 --> 0:42:58.080
<v Speaker 1>They still that it didn't start the first game last

0:42:58.080 --> 0:42:59.879
<v Speaker 1>he didn't start the first game last Year's still Vallex.

0:43:00.800 --> 0:43:03.400
<v Speaker 1>They do got hurt, yeah, who is coming off injury.

0:43:03.520 --> 0:43:05.960
<v Speaker 1>But he also gives them more of a running element

0:43:06.000 --> 0:43:10.719
<v Speaker 1>at quarterback. They're solid at running back. I think they'll

0:43:10.760 --> 0:43:13.799
<v Speaker 1>be able to run pretty well. It's just to me

0:43:13.840 --> 0:43:15.880
<v Speaker 1>a question of all, right, to what heights can Jackson

0:43:16.000 --> 0:43:19.000
<v Speaker 1>Arnold take them on offense? And are they going to

0:43:19.040 --> 0:43:19.840
<v Speaker 1>get better on defense?

0:43:19.880 --> 0:43:21.879
<v Speaker 2>Because they gave up close to four hundred and twenty

0:43:21.920 --> 0:43:24.680
<v Speaker 2>yards a game last year, which was not good. That

0:43:25.000 --> 0:43:28.719
<v Speaker 2>a lot of the efficiency numbers, yards per play, explosive

0:43:28.760 --> 0:43:30.520
<v Speaker 2>play rate, all those things. I'm not going to list

0:43:30.560 --> 0:43:33.799
<v Speaker 2>it off, but a lot of those red flags that

0:43:33.840 --> 0:43:35.880
<v Speaker 2>we tend to call out when we're doing previews and

0:43:35.880 --> 0:43:38.360
<v Speaker 2>when we're reviewing games and figuring out who's good and

0:43:38.360 --> 0:43:42.080
<v Speaker 2>who isn't good. It suffice to say this defense has

0:43:42.120 --> 0:43:44.600
<v Speaker 2>a lot to prove in year two under Mullin.

0:43:45.640 --> 0:43:50.440
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. So two tricky openers for UNLV this year because

0:43:50.560 --> 0:43:53.279
<v Speaker 1>they open up against what a Memphis team that they

0:43:53.280 --> 0:43:56.240
<v Speaker 1>can't really prepare for that's completely new with Charles Hoff

0:43:56.960 --> 0:43:59.360
<v Speaker 1>and then they play Hawaii on the road. Hawaii is

0:43:59.400 --> 0:44:01.840
<v Speaker 1>just oh better at home with the amount of travel

0:44:01.840 --> 0:44:03.200
<v Speaker 1>that a lot of teams have to do to get

0:44:03.239 --> 0:44:06.839
<v Speaker 1>to the islands. Cal at home is tough, but the

0:44:06.840 --> 0:44:09.920
<v Speaker 1>home road splits from there. Cal's at home, North Dakota

0:44:09.960 --> 0:44:13.400
<v Speaker 1>State's at home, and well Nevada is at home. But

0:44:13.440 --> 0:44:15.760
<v Speaker 1>they go on the road to New Mexico, which should

0:44:15.800 --> 0:44:19.000
<v Speaker 1>be the headline game. They travel to Albuquerque, which should

0:44:19.000 --> 0:44:22.400
<v Speaker 1>be tough. That should also be must watch TV if

0:44:22.640 --> 0:44:24.719
<v Speaker 1>if all works out, you know, ULV should be able

0:44:24.760 --> 0:44:26.040
<v Speaker 1>to run the hell out of the ball with Jayden

0:44:26.080 --> 0:44:30.799
<v Speaker 1>Thomas probably the best returning running back in the conference. Yeah,

0:44:30.920 --> 0:44:35.080
<v Speaker 1>UNLV I think is my favorite ever ever, so slightly

0:44:35.560 --> 0:44:38.400
<v Speaker 1>over New Mexico. But I really do like New Mexico

0:44:38.440 --> 0:44:39.200
<v Speaker 1>a good deal as well.

0:44:39.520 --> 0:44:42.040
<v Speaker 2>So New Mexico would be the team that you go

0:44:42.120 --> 0:44:45.759
<v Speaker 2>with if you're into returning production. Yes, because this is

0:44:45.800 --> 0:44:48.239
<v Speaker 2>a team that went on and four last year. Year

0:44:48.280 --> 0:44:51.680
<v Speaker 2>one also a year one situation, this one for Jason

0:44:51.719 --> 0:44:54.200
<v Speaker 2>Beck got him to their first Yeah or eck, I

0:44:54.200 --> 0:44:56.279
<v Speaker 2>always get the Beck in the I got it in

0:44:56.320 --> 0:44:58.879
<v Speaker 2>front of me, and I still say Beck Jason Eck

0:44:59.400 --> 0:45:01.800
<v Speaker 2>had a really campaign, got him to their first Bowl

0:45:01.840 --> 0:45:06.319
<v Speaker 2>game since twenty sixteen, was undefeated at home, and now

0:45:06.320 --> 0:45:11.720
<v Speaker 2>he's bringing back sixty three percent production. So for this program,

0:45:12.200 --> 0:45:15.879
<v Speaker 2>that is like a huge shift in posture. Right, New

0:45:15.920 --> 0:45:19.560
<v Speaker 2>Mexico is no longer the cute story. New Mexico is

0:45:19.640 --> 0:45:21.800
<v Speaker 2>trying to be one of the actual league favorites. And

0:45:21.840 --> 0:45:24.680
<v Speaker 2>it's probably a lot easier now that you know a

0:45:24.719 --> 0:45:26.680
<v Speaker 2>bunch of the teams that we mentioned earlier went to

0:45:26.719 --> 0:45:27.360
<v Speaker 2>the PAC twelve.

0:45:28.640 --> 0:45:31.920
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. The good thing about New Mexico one is their

0:45:31.920 --> 0:45:35.920
<v Speaker 1>starting position, depending on health, is returning quarterback in what

0:45:36.040 --> 0:45:39.040
<v Speaker 1>Jack lane Jack Laine. Yeah, with the elbow, there's some

0:45:39.200 --> 0:45:42.080
<v Speaker 1>pop back at you know, running back and receiver. Just

0:45:42.120 --> 0:45:44.439
<v Speaker 1>experience there. We'll see there. I'm just going to trust

0:45:44.480 --> 0:45:48.719
<v Speaker 1>a Jason X offensive line to figure things out. Defensively,

0:45:49.200 --> 0:45:53.640
<v Speaker 1>I think it's it's a K Jaxton Ck right here,

0:45:53.680 --> 0:45:58.520
<v Speaker 1>like fifty more tackles X t o n Jackston Ck

0:45:59.040 --> 0:46:01.759
<v Speaker 1>Jackston K one hundred and twenty nine tackles. He was

0:46:01.760 --> 0:46:04.320
<v Speaker 1>a Mountain West co Defensive Player of the Year, center

0:46:04.360 --> 0:46:07.520
<v Speaker 1>of that defense so I really like the schedule. Now

0:46:07.520 --> 0:46:09.480
<v Speaker 1>they have Oklahoma on the road, that is a letdown

0:46:09.520 --> 0:46:12.640
<v Speaker 1>spot for Oklahoma after they traveled to Michigan. Oklahoma should

0:46:12.640 --> 0:46:16.640
<v Speaker 1>win that game. But otherwise for New Mexico, they have

0:46:17.320 --> 0:46:19.279
<v Speaker 1>Hawaii on the road, which we just mentioned that's going

0:46:19.320 --> 0:46:22.080
<v Speaker 1>to be tough but winnable games elsewhere on the road.

0:46:22.200 --> 0:46:26.120
<v Speaker 1>New Mexico State, Nevada, San Jose State, and Wyoming, all

0:46:26.160 --> 0:46:29.479
<v Speaker 1>with like pretty significant issues are all on the road

0:46:29.719 --> 0:46:32.480
<v Speaker 1>and getting UNLV the air Force offense at least North

0:46:32.520 --> 0:46:36.520
<v Speaker 1>Dakota State at home. The schedules set up really really

0:46:36.600 --> 0:46:39.160
<v Speaker 1>nicely for them to contend for this conference. If not,

0:46:39.640 --> 0:46:42.560
<v Speaker 1>if everything breaks right, something even bigger. Yeah.

0:46:42.600 --> 0:46:47.000
<v Speaker 2>I buy in on New Mexico because of the defense,

0:46:47.480 --> 0:46:51.000
<v Speaker 2>you know, I mean, the schedule helps, and it obviously

0:46:51.040 --> 0:46:52.880
<v Speaker 2>helps to have a guy like a Jack Lane and

0:46:53.239 --> 0:46:56.440
<v Speaker 2>we don't know, I guess fully his health status. The

0:46:56.520 --> 0:47:01.360
<v Speaker 2>defense went from really bad to legitimately very good. Yeah,

0:47:01.400 --> 0:47:05.160
<v Speaker 2>and really good against the run, really good at creating havoc,

0:47:05.280 --> 0:47:09.399
<v Speaker 2>especially sacks last season. And you know, you mentioned Jackstoneck

0:47:09.440 --> 0:47:13.480
<v Speaker 2>as well, who helps. So I think they're solid across

0:47:13.600 --> 0:47:16.520
<v Speaker 2>the board. And so they're you know, anytime you're talking

0:47:16.600 --> 0:47:20.600
<v Speaker 2>G six, there are holes, but there are fewer holes

0:47:21.719 --> 0:47:24.440
<v Speaker 2>with New Mexico and I'm in, I'm in. I think

0:47:24.520 --> 0:47:28.760
<v Speaker 2>it's I'll say right now, I think it's New Mexico and.

0:47:30.160 --> 0:47:33.560
<v Speaker 1>UNLV UNLV at the top. Yeah, yeah, yeah, especially if

0:47:33.560 --> 0:47:36.959
<v Speaker 1>New Mexico can find the pressure they had they lost

0:47:37.000 --> 0:47:40.120
<v Speaker 1>guys up front on the edge. If they can find

0:47:40.160 --> 0:47:43.239
<v Speaker 1>those those pressures, it'll go a long way for this

0:47:43.280 --> 0:47:45.239
<v Speaker 1>team winning double digit games potentially.

0:47:46.320 --> 0:47:50.439
<v Speaker 2>North Dakota State is jumping up. They have won ten

0:47:50.680 --> 0:47:55.520
<v Speaker 2>FCS national titles in fifteen years. Their coach, Tim Polasek

0:47:55.840 --> 0:48:00.799
<v Speaker 2>is twenty six and three in two FCS seasons. Bill

0:48:00.840 --> 0:48:04.440
<v Speaker 2>Connolly's got them starting out at number seventy two nationally

0:48:04.480 --> 0:48:08.080
<v Speaker 2>in terms of his sp plus, which puts them third

0:48:08.480 --> 0:48:11.759
<v Speaker 2>in this conference. And I think they are going to

0:48:11.840 --> 0:48:14.840
<v Speaker 2>capture the imagination of nearly everyone who cares about G

0:48:14.960 --> 0:48:19.879
<v Speaker 2>six football. North Dakota State has been legendary at the

0:48:19.920 --> 0:48:24.520
<v Speaker 2>FCS level, much more so than JMU before James Madison

0:48:24.560 --> 0:48:27.160
<v Speaker 2>came up. So North Dakota State people are going to

0:48:27.200 --> 0:48:28.680
<v Speaker 2>be very interested in the Bison this year.

0:48:29.520 --> 0:48:32.360
<v Speaker 1>North Dakota State, it should be noted, joined an FBS

0:48:32.400 --> 0:48:36.520
<v Speaker 1>conference before Notre Dame. Oh look at you. Everybody said, hey,

0:48:36.520 --> 0:48:37.799
<v Speaker 1>look at you. If you want to win a bunch

0:48:37.800 --> 0:48:40.200
<v Speaker 1>of national championships, join a conference up above with the

0:48:40.200 --> 0:48:43.759
<v Speaker 1>big boys looking to look at you, Dan, they did.

0:48:44.440 --> 0:48:50.440
<v Speaker 1>Our independence is our identity North Dakota State. Isn't that

0:48:50.480 --> 0:48:52.439
<v Speaker 1>the isn't that the line it's I don't know, it's

0:48:52.440 --> 0:48:54.200
<v Speaker 1>something like that. I'm trying to tell. The line is

0:48:54.400 --> 0:48:58.640
<v Speaker 1>a good Notre Dame fan. No, you me huge. Jacksonville State, Fordham,

0:48:58.760 --> 0:49:01.040
<v Speaker 1>Jacksonville State, Fordham and so State in the non conference

0:49:01.120 --> 0:49:03.919
<v Speaker 1>portion of the North Dakota State schedule. So a nice

0:49:03.920 --> 0:49:07.040
<v Speaker 1>little runway into this level. Not that North Dakota State

0:49:07.080 --> 0:49:08.279
<v Speaker 1>hasn't beaten bigger teams.

0:49:08.320 --> 0:49:11.440
<v Speaker 2>Don't sleep on jack State. Okay, I'll get to that later.

0:49:11.600 --> 0:49:13.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm in on Jacksonville State, big timing.

0:49:13.560 --> 0:49:16.000
<v Speaker 1>I'm just it's in the Fargo Dome. It is so

0:49:16.239 --> 0:49:18.600
<v Speaker 1>got to make that Alabama, which is like a monster

0:49:18.680 --> 0:49:21.200
<v Speaker 1>truck rally. It's great. It is like going to a

0:49:21.239 --> 0:49:22.719
<v Speaker 1>monster truck rally the Fargo Dome.

0:49:22.760 --> 0:49:25.200
<v Speaker 2>There will be an immense home field advantage at the

0:49:25.200 --> 0:49:25.759
<v Speaker 2>Fargo Dome.

0:49:26.280 --> 0:49:31.000
<v Speaker 1>Their home road splits are low key brutal North Dakota State.

0:49:31.560 --> 0:49:33.560
<v Speaker 1>Now it's brutal for teams to go to the Fargo Dome,

0:49:34.000 --> 0:49:38.160
<v Speaker 1>but also they're traveling to air Force altitude, they're traveling

0:49:38.160 --> 0:49:41.840
<v Speaker 1>to UNLV perhaps conference favorite, they're traveling from North Dakota

0:49:42.920 --> 0:49:46.759
<v Speaker 1>across the Pacific Ocean to Hawaii. That's got to be

0:49:46.840 --> 0:49:50.240
<v Speaker 1>like an eight hour flight. No even the like state

0:49:50.360 --> 0:49:52.640
<v Speaker 1>side flights, it's not close to get to San Jose

0:49:53.239 --> 0:49:58.160
<v Speaker 1>from Fargo, so their travel will be significant. Although they've

0:49:58.239 --> 0:50:00.919
<v Speaker 1>played teams obviously all over the West Coast in Big

0:50:00.920 --> 0:50:04.960
<v Speaker 1>Sky Country, so not anything that's new fully to them,

0:50:05.040 --> 0:50:07.160
<v Speaker 1>but it's a lot of road time, especially when you

0:50:07.239 --> 0:50:10.759
<v Speaker 1>factor in Hawaii and traveling to Sacramento. I don't know,

0:50:10.920 --> 0:50:13.879
<v Speaker 1>it's it could be a lot. I'm not worried about

0:50:13.920 --> 0:50:17.960
<v Speaker 1>San Jose, to be clear. So to me, it's just

0:50:19.560 --> 0:50:23.600
<v Speaker 1>if this truly is a program that can just reload

0:50:24.080 --> 0:50:29.600
<v Speaker 1>new player, you know, sleepwalk to double digit wins, this

0:50:29.640 --> 0:50:31.359
<v Speaker 1>is the time to prove it. This is the time,

0:50:31.400 --> 0:50:33.160
<v Speaker 1>even though it's a new level and it's new teams

0:50:33.160 --> 0:50:36.440
<v Speaker 1>to prepare against. There's a lot of wins on this schedule.

0:50:37.040 --> 0:50:39.080
<v Speaker 1>There are a lot of wins on this schedule, and

0:50:40.520 --> 0:50:42.919
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if I see them going ten and two,

0:50:44.560 --> 0:50:46.560
<v Speaker 1>but I think they can threaten it a couple good

0:50:46.560 --> 0:50:49.520
<v Speaker 1>breaks if their starting point is a really good or

0:50:49.520 --> 0:50:52.960
<v Speaker 1>at least experience offensive and defensive line. I don't know

0:50:52.960 --> 0:50:54.400
<v Speaker 1>if I trust the quarterback. I don't know if I

0:50:54.400 --> 0:50:56.920
<v Speaker 1>trust the pop on offense. We'll see about the speed

0:50:56.960 --> 0:51:01.160
<v Speaker 1>on defense. We're not talking about joining a conference that

0:51:01.280 --> 0:51:05.360
<v Speaker 1>has six obvious contenders. North Dakota State can happily step

0:51:05.400 --> 0:51:06.399
<v Speaker 1>in and go nine to three.

0:51:07.040 --> 0:51:10.760
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, and again, if your starting point is the trenches.

0:51:13.000 --> 0:51:15.120
<v Speaker 2>There aren't a whole lot of teams in this conference,

0:51:15.120 --> 0:51:19.160
<v Speaker 2>frankly in college football that can make that claim. And

0:51:19.200 --> 0:51:21.240
<v Speaker 2>I think they're up there. I think they're up there.

0:51:21.520 --> 0:51:25.239
<v Speaker 2>If not the best, they are among the best offensive

0:51:25.239 --> 0:51:29.160
<v Speaker 2>line defensive line in the Mountain West. And you'll take that.

0:51:29.200 --> 0:51:29.359
<v Speaker 1>Now.

0:51:29.360 --> 0:51:32.359
<v Speaker 2>I have the question about quarterback Nathan Hayes. Nathan Hayes

0:51:32.520 --> 0:51:35.360
<v Speaker 2>very limited sample size, has never been on this stage,

0:51:35.400 --> 0:51:38.480
<v Speaker 2>so the concern there is fairly obvious. I think the

0:51:38.560 --> 0:51:43.120
<v Speaker 2>defense should step up. I think they've got structure. I

0:51:43.120 --> 0:51:46.360
<v Speaker 2>think they know what they're doing. I question the secondary.

0:51:46.440 --> 0:51:50.400
<v Speaker 2>Maybe against some better passing teams, but all told that

0:51:50.600 --> 0:51:53.000
<v Speaker 2>they're in a really, really good spot. I'm even more

0:51:53.040 --> 0:51:56.440
<v Speaker 2>excited that some of the nice people we met up

0:51:56.480 --> 0:51:58.279
<v Speaker 2>at the Fargo Dome when you and I went up

0:51:58.320 --> 0:52:01.520
<v Speaker 2>to the FCS playoff game years ago, that some of

0:52:01.560 --> 0:52:03.880
<v Speaker 2>the people we told about our podcast might now actually

0:52:03.880 --> 0:52:04.560
<v Speaker 2>get to have a.

0:52:04.520 --> 0:52:05.960
<v Speaker 1>Reason to listen to that for a reason.

0:52:06.040 --> 0:52:08.840
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, because before they didn't, but now they do. And

0:52:08.880 --> 0:52:11.720
<v Speaker 2>so if you're a new listener, if you're North Dakota

0:52:11.760 --> 0:52:14.040
<v Speaker 2>State fan, reach out saliverbo at gmail dot com.

0:52:14.600 --> 0:52:18.879
<v Speaker 1>How many obviously good defenses will this offense face on

0:52:18.920 --> 0:52:23.960
<v Speaker 1>this schedule? So Wyoming, maybe we'll see the offense has

0:52:24.000 --> 0:52:26.760
<v Speaker 1>been a New Mexico for lately. New Mexico, New Mexico

0:52:27.080 --> 0:52:30.319
<v Speaker 1>likely UTEP is starting all over. They had a fun

0:52:30.360 --> 0:52:33.200
<v Speaker 1>defense last year, but they're fully starting over. Hawaii had

0:52:33.200 --> 0:52:35.480
<v Speaker 1>an interesting defense, but they lose Key Chung. I mean

0:52:35.680 --> 0:52:39.359
<v Speaker 1>not UNLV, they don't, right, it's not UNLV. Not Sex

0:52:39.440 --> 0:52:42.440
<v Speaker 1>State Air Force obviously is trying to do something on

0:52:42.480 --> 0:52:45.200
<v Speaker 1>defense because they didn't do anything on defense last year.

0:52:45.560 --> 0:52:47.960
<v Speaker 1>San Jose State, No, and I you had a good defense,

0:52:48.000 --> 0:52:52.080
<v Speaker 1>but they're replacing a ton Yeah, okay, it's a it's

0:52:52.120 --> 0:52:56.080
<v Speaker 1>a nice nice runway into the FBS time stick stick

0:52:56.120 --> 0:53:00.560
<v Speaker 1>with Air Force then Air Force. I've always really enjoyed

0:53:00.600 --> 0:53:05.600
<v Speaker 1>the Air Force experience over the years because they've found ways,

0:53:05.920 --> 0:53:09.240
<v Speaker 1>I mean, Troy Calhoun has found really interesting defensive minds

0:53:09.280 --> 0:53:13.760
<v Speaker 1>that have been picked off from Air Force. But they've

0:53:14.000 --> 0:53:17.240
<v Speaker 1>managed to be the one, it seems like service academy

0:53:17.800 --> 0:53:21.520
<v Speaker 1>that could field complete teams pretty regularly, or at least

0:53:21.520 --> 0:53:25.920
<v Speaker 1>figure out defense regularly. They were truly awful on defense

0:53:26.000 --> 0:53:28.480
<v Speaker 1>last season again, one of the absolute worst. They went

0:53:28.560 --> 0:53:31.239
<v Speaker 1>back to. They hired a new old defensive coordinator who

0:53:31.280 --> 0:53:33.120
<v Speaker 1>was with them in the twenty teens. He didn't do

0:53:33.160 --> 0:53:35.400
<v Speaker 1>an especially good job for them. It was sort of

0:53:35.800 --> 0:53:39.920
<v Speaker 1>post I think it's Brian No, Brian Nor left. It's

0:53:40.000 --> 0:53:44.080
<v Speaker 1>Steve Russ who was the new old defensive coordinator. He

0:53:44.120 --> 0:53:45.560
<v Speaker 1>didn't do a pretty good he did not do that

0:53:45.600 --> 0:53:48.120
<v Speaker 1>great a job for Air Force. But when it was

0:53:48.200 --> 0:53:52.160
<v Speaker 1>Liam Sarka running the offense when he was healthy, he

0:53:52.280 --> 0:53:55.560
<v Speaker 1>was good. They just in terms of receivers and more

0:53:55.560 --> 0:53:58.560
<v Speaker 1>importantly obviously running backs and the pop on their offense.

0:53:58.680 --> 0:54:01.400
<v Speaker 1>They're replacing him. It's obviously a system. There will be

0:54:02.880 --> 0:54:05.560
<v Speaker 1>probably some sort of learning curve for this air Force offense.

0:54:05.600 --> 0:54:07.239
<v Speaker 1>But I expect them to score. I expect them to

0:54:07.280 --> 0:54:10.200
<v Speaker 1>move the ball. All the underlying numbers were good last year,

0:54:10.320 --> 0:54:12.880
<v Speaker 1>especially when he was healthy. Just in terms of like

0:54:12.920 --> 0:54:15.640
<v Speaker 1>all these option teams are like converting first downs and

0:54:15.680 --> 0:54:18.680
<v Speaker 1>converting third and shorts and time of possession. Right, they're

0:54:18.680 --> 0:54:21.799
<v Speaker 1>going to play to a certain system. The question now

0:54:21.880 --> 0:54:25.839
<v Speaker 1>is like can they get anything from this defense? If

0:54:25.880 --> 0:54:29.040
<v Speaker 1>their defense is merely average or below average, this will

0:54:29.040 --> 0:54:31.640
<v Speaker 1>be a very difficult out for everybody in the conference.

0:54:32.239 --> 0:54:33.920
<v Speaker 1>I just don't think you can go from where they

0:54:33.960 --> 0:54:35.439
<v Speaker 1>were to where they want to be in a year.

0:54:36.280 --> 0:54:39.080
<v Speaker 1>So I like air Force, I don't love them.

0:54:39.200 --> 0:54:41.640
<v Speaker 2>I sent you a picture of Troy Calhoun's That's a

0:54:41.719 --> 0:54:43.160
<v Speaker 2>dye job, right, you.

0:54:43.120 --> 0:54:46.040
<v Speaker 1>Know when they have that paint that is the special

0:54:46.239 --> 0:54:49.160
<v Speaker 1>shade of black that it absorbs all light in the

0:54:49.200 --> 0:54:52.520
<v Speaker 1>area and it makes it look two dimensional. I don't

0:54:52.520 --> 0:54:54.680
<v Speaker 1>know if the picture you sent me of his scalp

0:54:54.760 --> 0:54:59.879
<v Speaker 1>is recent, but it's it's not natural that picture.

0:54:59.719 --> 0:55:02.120
<v Speaker 2>When ever this picture was taken, this is this is

0:55:02.120 --> 0:55:02.719
<v Speaker 2>a die job.

0:55:02.800 --> 0:55:04.480
<v Speaker 1>It has to be. We should have a should we

0:55:04.520 --> 0:55:08.880
<v Speaker 1>do a bracket of coaching die jobs? Saban's been active.

0:55:09.800 --> 0:55:12.280
<v Speaker 1>Saban has been. He has been active in the salon.

0:55:14.040 --> 0:55:17.759
<v Speaker 1>Smiles had that like a signetti for sure, although he

0:55:18.160 --> 0:55:20.960
<v Speaker 1>I think he laid off with more attention. I think

0:55:21.000 --> 0:55:24.040
<v Speaker 1>he's laid off. I think he, uh, he's much more

0:55:24.040 --> 0:55:26.279
<v Speaker 1>in like the just for men, like just rub in

0:55:26.280 --> 0:55:28.760
<v Speaker 1>a little salt and pepper. He's got the salt and pepper,

0:55:28.800 --> 0:55:32.640
<v Speaker 1>but he has he has a history. Yeah, yes, this

0:55:32.719 --> 0:55:35.279
<v Speaker 1>picture is an all timer less. Miles had his sort

0:55:35.320 --> 0:55:38.480
<v Speaker 1>of there's no color on the spectrum. It was sort

0:55:38.480 --> 0:55:42.840
<v Speaker 1>of a dusty copper. Yeah, there's there's some Troy Calhoun

0:55:42.840 --> 0:55:45.440
<v Speaker 1>shots out there. But yeah, I I really do hope

0:55:45.640 --> 0:55:48.520
<v Speaker 1>for you know, Air Force's sake. Obviously they're playing for

0:55:48.520 --> 0:55:51.000
<v Speaker 1>the Commander in Chief trophy and Navy games at home,

0:55:51.200 --> 0:55:53.200
<v Speaker 1>Armies away. So that's a you know, a trip across

0:55:53.200 --> 0:55:57.080
<v Speaker 1>the country. They don't have, I believe, an especially challenging

0:55:57.120 --> 0:56:01.440
<v Speaker 1>non conference slate, so it's duquane it is. And then

0:56:01.480 --> 0:56:05.320
<v Speaker 1>the service academies Army and Navy, so those will be tough.

0:56:05.360 --> 0:56:07.960
<v Speaker 1>Those are quality teams. We talked about Navy already. Navy's

0:56:07.960 --> 0:56:12.000
<v Speaker 1>gonna be good this season. Army, I think Armies. I

0:56:12.000 --> 0:56:13.600
<v Speaker 1>think I'm higher on Army than you are by your

0:56:13.640 --> 0:56:16.360
<v Speaker 1>way higher him. It's a tough but not impossible schedule.

0:56:16.360 --> 0:56:19.080
<v Speaker 1>If they can figure out that defense, I think they

0:56:19.120 --> 0:56:21.120
<v Speaker 1>should go bowling. I think they can get in that

0:56:21.200 --> 0:56:23.800
<v Speaker 1>six to seven win range. I like Hawaii.

0:56:24.400 --> 0:56:30.120
<v Speaker 2>I think they've got the quarterback Micah Alejado through for

0:56:30.440 --> 0:56:33.279
<v Speaker 2>thirty one hundred yards a year ago as a red

0:56:33.280 --> 0:56:36.640
<v Speaker 2>shirt freshman. Definitely a little bit of a pop gun situation.

0:56:37.920 --> 0:56:40.359
<v Speaker 2>Not as bad as Bryant Monies who came before him,

0:56:40.840 --> 0:56:45.640
<v Speaker 2>but yeah, way before him, to wait, way before him. Yeah,

0:56:46.280 --> 0:56:48.799
<v Speaker 2>was playing through an ankle injury. I think if he's right,

0:56:48.920 --> 0:56:56.000
<v Speaker 2>Hawaii can absolutely be in this title conversation. I worry

0:56:56.000 --> 0:56:56.800
<v Speaker 2>about the defense.

0:56:57.000 --> 0:56:59.880
<v Speaker 1>Look, it's like they.

0:57:00.040 --> 0:57:02.719
<v Speaker 2>Dennis Thurman did a good job last year, but there's

0:57:02.760 --> 0:57:05.239
<v Speaker 2>not a whole lot back for Hawaii in terms of

0:57:05.360 --> 0:57:10.400
<v Speaker 2>returning production. I'm curious to see what they can do

0:57:10.480 --> 0:57:12.399
<v Speaker 2>on that front, if they can take a step forward there.

0:57:12.440 --> 0:57:14.239
<v Speaker 2>I think Timmy Chang on the whole has done a

0:57:14.280 --> 0:57:17.520
<v Speaker 2>pretty good job with this team. I like the passing offense,

0:57:17.600 --> 0:57:23.200
<v Speaker 2>but I worry about a half team situation. The schedule

0:57:24.320 --> 0:57:28.160
<v Speaker 2>I think is interesting. You and LV, New Mexico and

0:57:28.240 --> 0:57:31.600
<v Speaker 2>North Dakota State all come to Honolulu, which is huge.

0:57:32.240 --> 0:57:36.840
<v Speaker 2>But Stanford un l V in both weeks one and two,

0:57:37.480 --> 0:57:40.160
<v Speaker 2>I think we're going to know very quickly if they're

0:57:41.080 --> 0:57:44.520
<v Speaker 2>worthy of being a contender or if it's just going

0:57:44.560 --> 0:57:46.240
<v Speaker 2>to be a showcase for their quarterback.

0:57:46.520 --> 0:57:48.440
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if how worried I am about their defense.

0:57:49.120 --> 0:57:51.720
<v Speaker 1>Their defense was better than their offense last season. They

0:57:51.760 --> 0:57:53.960
<v Speaker 1>rushed the passer well. Look load, there's so many new players,

0:57:54.040 --> 0:57:57.920
<v Speaker 1>you know, gone players, gone players in. They rushed the

0:57:57.920 --> 0:57:59.760
<v Speaker 1>passer well, They got off the field decently well on

0:57:59.800 --> 0:58:02.320
<v Speaker 1>the down. They're very good in the red zone at

0:58:02.320 --> 0:58:05.200
<v Speaker 1>times on defense, and a lot of that can go

0:58:05.240 --> 0:58:07.280
<v Speaker 1>to coaching, like here's our system on third down, here's

0:58:07.280 --> 0:58:10.840
<v Speaker 1>our system, more backed up kind of stuff. So to me,

0:58:10.880 --> 0:58:13.400
<v Speaker 1>it's just an overall talent thing, and it's you know,

0:58:13.440 --> 0:58:15.800
<v Speaker 1>it's always gonna be a weird schedule stuff. It's always

0:58:15.840 --> 0:58:18.120
<v Speaker 1>been a weird schedule thing. I mean, the offenses on

0:58:18.120 --> 0:58:23.200
<v Speaker 1>this schedule are not crazy. On this schedule, they have Stanford,

0:58:23.200 --> 0:58:28.200
<v Speaker 1>New Mexico State, Wyoming, San Jose State, Northern Illinois, UTEP, Nevada,

0:58:28.240 --> 0:58:34.280
<v Speaker 1>and Sack State, all with enormous offensive questions. Like, yeah,

0:58:33.800 --> 0:58:36.200
<v Speaker 1>I think I'm just to climb on offense.

0:58:36.280 --> 0:58:39.840
<v Speaker 2>I'm spooked by the returning production thing. I'm spooked by

0:58:39.880 --> 0:58:41.520
<v Speaker 2>that a little bit. But they do they have good

0:58:41.920 --> 0:58:44.800
<v Speaker 2>They have good players at all three levels. So it's

0:58:44.840 --> 0:58:47.840
<v Speaker 2>not a dearth of talent. It's just I don't know

0:58:47.880 --> 0:58:51.640
<v Speaker 2>as if there's enough around those guys to leave me

0:58:51.720 --> 0:58:55.120
<v Speaker 2>feeling the warm fuzzies about where this all goes next.

0:58:55.800 --> 0:59:00.439
<v Speaker 1>UNLV, New Mexico and North Dakota State all coming to them. Yep,

0:59:00.960 --> 0:59:03.880
<v Speaker 1>pretty good, they can pick off one of those. I

0:59:03.920 --> 0:59:07.440
<v Speaker 1>think they're in decent enough shape to get to seven

0:59:07.520 --> 0:59:09.080
<v Speaker 1>or eight again. They got to nine with the Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>win last year, right, I think they're in the.

0:59:12.120 --> 0:59:18.640
<v Speaker 2>Vicinity Wyoming it. It's maybe a Bowl team. Like, I

0:59:18.640 --> 0:59:20.840
<v Speaker 2>think the defense is good enough to keep them in games.

0:59:20.880 --> 0:59:23.160
<v Speaker 2>The offense is probably bad enough to ruin everything else.

0:59:23.720 --> 0:59:28.960
<v Speaker 1>Yep. Is that a fair analysis? This is getting kind

0:59:29.000 --> 0:59:37.920
<v Speaker 1>of serious Wyoming wise for it J So he's not

0:59:38.040 --> 0:59:42.200
<v Speaker 1>winning games seven and seventeen in two years, and so

0:59:44.000 --> 0:59:46.360
<v Speaker 1>there's a lot that's winnable. Right. You have Colorado State,

0:59:46.400 --> 0:59:48.160
<v Speaker 1>it's on the road. That's the first game of the

0:59:48.200 --> 0:59:51.640
<v Speaker 1>Jym Mora era at Central Michigan, who shouldn't be all

0:59:51.680 --> 0:59:55.280
<v Speaker 1>that good this year. Northern Colorado, so you can say

0:59:55.320 --> 0:59:59.959
<v Speaker 1>if they're okay, that's three and zero. San Jose State

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<v Speaker 1>could be winnable. I don't think they're going to be

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<v Speaker 1>especially good this year, and I you making their move late.

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<v Speaker 1>We'll get to that. I don't think they're going to

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<v Speaker 1>be especially good this year. I think they can figure out.

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<v Speaker 1>I think there's gonna be a couple of those key

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<v Speaker 1>games late that they could figure out how to get

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<v Speaker 1>to six wins. If they're doing any literally anything on offense,

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<v Speaker 1>they're doing the they're bringing in Bill and Mary's quarterback.

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<v Speaker 1>I believe that's right. So from Bill and Mary to

1:00:25.040 --> 1:00:29.960
<v Speaker 1>Lara Me, that's a tough I'm not proud of it.

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<v Speaker 1>Christian Taylor is the name, right, He's the quarterback. So yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I think it just comes down to to offense. Well,

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<v Speaker 1>Christian Taylor is the Christian. Excuse me, Christian Taylor is

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<v Speaker 1>the OC's Tyler Hughes.

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<v Speaker 2>I've been getting those confused the entire time we've been

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<v Speaker 2>studying these teams. I even jotted it down wrong, but

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<v Speaker 2>you're right, Tyler Hughes, excuse me, is the quarterback from

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<v Speaker 2>Bill and.

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<v Speaker 1>Amy run the ball little they have returning experience at

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<v Speaker 1>running back. I can squint and see November Bowl conversation. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>it's a tough place to play. That's the elevation, right,

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<v Speaker 1>that's the highest point. If I'm going to say I'm

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<v Speaker 1>an elevation guy, you're an elevation guy. I gotta I

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<v Speaker 1>gotta be a cowboy guy.

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<v Speaker 2>I love their running back, whose nickname is Tote Tote,

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<v Speaker 2>great nickname, Samuel Tote. Harris is their running back. Had

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<v Speaker 2>a good campaign as a freshman. We'll see what he

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<v Speaker 2>can do this year. But I think six wins is there.

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's there. I do like the defense. They

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<v Speaker 2>were really good last year, especially against the pass. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>didn't do much in terms of a pass rush.

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<v Speaker 1>Two years ago they beat NFL starting quarterback Tyler Shuck

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<v Speaker 1>and Texas Tech in Laramie. Yeah. Yeah, not bad so

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<v Speaker 1>two years ago, three years ago. I lose track of time. Nevada, Nevada.

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<v Speaker 1>Nevada is not good. Nevada is trying on offense, They're

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<v Speaker 1>stuck in a choke hold, man, They're stuck in the chowthold.

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<v Speaker 1>They're trying to go more air. Rady on offense. It's

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<v Speaker 1>it was a Mike Leach disciple from Wazoo who was

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<v Speaker 1>at Colorado last year. It's Brett Bartaloni, I believe, is

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<v Speaker 1>the new offensive coordinator for Jeff Choate and the and

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<v Speaker 1>the Nevada operation, the wolf Pack. I don't know, man,

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<v Speaker 1>they went three to nine. They were pretty bad. They've

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<v Speaker 1>got a lot. They were I think arguably the worst

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<v Speaker 1>passing team in America at times really last season, and

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<v Speaker 1>so they're bringing in a bunch of transfers on offense

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<v Speaker 1>to improve things.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the line, the line should be okay. The

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<v Speaker 2>offensive line will be okay, and so, like I whenever

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<v Speaker 2>you've got that as a starting point, and I'm not

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<v Speaker 2>saying I'm not saying they're Notre Dames offensive line, but

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<v Speaker 2>I'm saying it's not we're talking about the offense in

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<v Speaker 2>these dismal terms. I think that I think the offensive

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<v Speaker 2>line will be okay. Whenever you got that as a

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<v Speaker 2>starting point, that's cause for optimism. But you know, like

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<v Speaker 2>new receivers, Yeah, maybe changing the system here a little bit.

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<v Speaker 1>I don't know. Schedule's pretty tough, especially the back half.

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<v Speaker 1>They have UCLA, New Mexico, North Dakota State three out

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<v Speaker 1>of four weeks, like mid October to early November, they

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<v Speaker 1>finished with Hawaii and UNLV back to back. At least

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<v Speaker 1>Hawaii is in Reno, and obviously the UNLV trip is

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<v Speaker 1>not all that far from Reno to Vegas. But like,

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<v Speaker 1>if they haven't figured anything out by the back half

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<v Speaker 1>of the schedule, they could be staring down the barrel

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<v Speaker 1>of like losing four or five to finish the year

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<v Speaker 1>and finish three and nine four and eight again.

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<v Speaker 2>They are also the only team that has to play

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<v Speaker 2>all three new members of the Mountain West in UTIP,

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<v Speaker 2>North Dakota State, and Northern Illinois.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not feeling great about the prospects all right.

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<v Speaker 2>So the last three teams then that we got to

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<v Speaker 2>go through quickly are San Jose State or they're an

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<v Speaker 2>Illinois and UTEP sus those out for me.

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<v Speaker 1>San Jose State was a mess last year. They lose

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<v Speaker 1>their starting quarterback in Walker Egot. They were pretty close

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<v Speaker 1>early on last year but fell off the map late.

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<v Speaker 1>They're starting over once again. They've had good receivers lately.

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<v Speaker 1>They're gonna get throttled by USC early. That's a week

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<v Speaker 1>zero game. I believe the schedule isn't doing them any favors,

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<v Speaker 1>especially later on in the schedule where they have New

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<v Speaker 1>Mexico UNLV travel to Air Force in North Dakota State.

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<v Speaker 1>The back half of the schedule, it's difficult to find

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<v Speaker 1>pop at the defense've just so got awful last year

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<v Speaker 1>and the offense fell off as well. So it just

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<v Speaker 1>I think it's too too tall a mountain to climb

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<v Speaker 1>to feel all that good about them even making a

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<v Speaker 1>Bowl game at this point, there's they feel like foreign

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<v Speaker 1>eight ish to me. Okay, who else do you say? Uta? Niu?

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah you tip in niu u Tip was at least

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<v Speaker 1>a little saucy last year. I think they were able

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<v Speaker 1>to generate big plays. They lose just a ton, including

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<v Speaker 1>their offensive coordinator, who wasn't all that I mean, the

1:05:15.560 --> 1:05:17.520
<v Speaker 1>offense wasn't all that consistent, but they did hit on

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<v Speaker 1>a couple of big plays last season. They go two

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<v Speaker 1>to ten last year. A ton needs to be fixed.

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<v Speaker 1>They have. They lose a ton to the portal, they

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<v Speaker 1>gain a ton in the portal. There's just not especially

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<v Speaker 1>they have Oklahoma and Michigan in two of the first

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<v Speaker 1>three weeks, right, because that's just part of how they

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<v Speaker 1>schedule the home road splits are also including those teams

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<v Speaker 1>traveling to Air Force traveling to North Dakota State. Not great.

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<v Speaker 1>There's just it doesn't seem like there's a clear path

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<v Speaker 1>beyond three wins.

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<v Speaker 2>EJ Colson baby sure EJ caught another transfer from FCS

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<v Speaker 2>from Incarnate Word.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, put up big numbers they.

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<v Speaker 2>Named in the starting quarterback already close to seventy one

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<v Speaker 2>percent completion percentage, can throw runs a little. If he's

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<v Speaker 2>better than any of the quarterbacks last year for UTEP

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<v Speaker 2>who combined for twenty interceptions. If he can help stop

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<v Speaker 2>that bleeding, I would say that's a good start.

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<v Speaker 1>I think they only beat what Sam Houston and an

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<v Speaker 1>FCS team last season, correct, and we're competitive in games

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<v Speaker 1>against terrible teams. So I don't know. I just I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not I like Scottie Walden. I'm just that they're at best,

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<v Speaker 1>at absolute best. You can say he's just gonna hit

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<v Speaker 1>on a ton of transfers and they are going to

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<v Speaker 1>flirt with you know, going to a bowl or something

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<v Speaker 1>or being bolish six and six something like that, and

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<v Speaker 1>the evaluation I think would have to be off the

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<v Speaker 1>charts for that to happen.

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<v Speaker 2>And I you now in the Mountain West. I must

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<v Speaker 2>be completely honest with you. The entire time you've been

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<v Speaker 2>mentioning Northern Illinois, I'm thinking, just because I've been pre programmed.

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<v Speaker 1>Why do I keep mentioning? Why is he mentioning a

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<v Speaker 1>MAC team?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Northern Illinois joining the Mountain West, historically a very

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<v Speaker 2>mountainous region of Illinois. Of course, they're changing conferences. Their coach,

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<v Speaker 2>Thomas Hammick left for the Seattle Seahawks back in February. No,

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<v Speaker 2>he's not the head coach. He's just on the staff,

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<v Speaker 2>and so Rob Harley is the interim guy now, which is,

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<v Speaker 2>let's be honest, a tough way to enter a new league.

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<v Speaker 1>Offense was the problem last year.

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<v Speaker 2>They were one thirty five in offensive sp plus really

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<v Speaker 2>bad as a passing entity. The run game is okay,

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<v Speaker 2>but everything through the air was just a disaster. So

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<v Speaker 2>we've got that as a starting point.

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<v Speaker 1>The defense.

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<v Speaker 2>Nineteen players who started at least one on last year,

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<v Speaker 2>Only three of them are back from last year.

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<v Speaker 1>Per Bill. Yeah, the defense was good. Last year.

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<v Speaker 2>Defense was okay, but they lose a lot. So this

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<v Speaker 2>is just sort of like.

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<v Speaker 1>The defense was not good. The defense was really good.

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<v Speaker 1>At stopping big play big plays. Yes, and they did

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<v Speaker 1>a thing really well. So I guess my point is

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<v Speaker 1>just that a lot new including the league, does not

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<v Speaker 1>leave me feeling that inspired about how this starts off

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<v Speaker 1>for NIU. You gotta look at the silver lining. The

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<v Speaker 1>silver lining is we get late in the season an

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<v Speaker 1>NIU Nevada game, which were two of the absolute worst

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<v Speaker 1>passing teams in America last year. So we might get

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<v Speaker 1>a game hope either like, oh wow, they've really attacked

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<v Speaker 1>this and look a lot better through the air, or

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<v Speaker 1>a game between two quarterbacks who look like they're throwing

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<v Speaker 1>into the wind when it's not actually windy, so we

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<v Speaker 1>get the joy of seeing who is better at throwing

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<v Speaker 1>the ball. After a season in which neither one of

1:08:58.240 --> 1:09:02.800
<v Speaker 1>these teams, we get an off brand army. Yes, and

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<v Speaker 1>we do get games, by the way, between teams who

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<v Speaker 1>are like the one of the absolute worst offenses against

1:09:08.400 --> 1:09:10.960
<v Speaker 1>one of the absolute worst defenses, the like something's got

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<v Speaker 1>to give in the other direction, so like the air

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<v Speaker 1>Force defense from last year against the Nevada off Like,

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<v Speaker 1>we do get that intrigue. If you're that kind of

1:09:20.560 --> 1:09:24.760
<v Speaker 1>college football masochist, you can tune in to see who

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<v Speaker 1>wins between the unmoving force offensively or defensively.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I've got New Mexico over UNLV because of the defense.

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, I think I'm gonna do that too. I think

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<v Speaker 1>we're going to agree. We're eckheads here we are. I

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<v Speaker 1>think I think they're in a good position. I think

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<v Speaker 1>last year Bill Connolly personally deciding not to put New

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<v Speaker 1>Mexico in the championship game. It was the sour taste

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<v Speaker 1>in their mouth. Yeah. No, he did not personally decide that. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, it's all coming up, Lobo. Let's do a

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<v Speaker 1>Conference USA. There's only one thing you love.

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<v Speaker 2>That's danger.

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<v Speaker 1>Conference USA. I know I found that sound. You definitely

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<v Speaker 1>found that, so you made it. I think that was

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<v Speaker 1>from the original Ocean's eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>Yes, Western Kentucky looks like the favorite, but they have

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<v Speaker 2>the least returning production in the conference and the fifth

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<v Speaker 2>worst in the country. Almost every team you would consider

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<v Speaker 2>a quote unquote contender has a rather large quarterback question

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<v Speaker 2>in Conference USA. In terms of defense, I would say

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<v Speaker 2>that in the land of the Blind, the one eyed

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<v Speaker 2>man is king. There is no obvious answer for who's

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<v Speaker 2>got the best defense in this conference. I think everyone

1:10:43.920 --> 1:10:47.800
<v Speaker 2>has an enormous question mark about their defense, and the

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<v Speaker 2>first team that figures it out is going to have

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<v Speaker 2>a real advantage everybody. Everybody is rebuilding through the portal.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just sort of the standard now and bigger picture,

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<v Speaker 2>the plight of Kennesaw State, Missouri State, and Delaware remained

1:11:05.840 --> 1:11:10.320
<v Speaker 2>super interesting to me. Remember three teams that recently jumped

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<v Speaker 2>up to FBS. All of them are in very very

1:11:13.160 --> 1:11:16.840
<v Speaker 2>different spots. You've got Delaware with a ton back, You've

1:11:16.840 --> 1:11:21.960
<v Speaker 2>got Missouri State completely rebooting, and then you've got Kennesaw State,

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<v Speaker 2>who actually won the damn conference a year ago but

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<v Speaker 2>then lost a ton and.

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<v Speaker 1>We had their coach on he could get the solidverbal

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<v Speaker 1>bump though he could. I'll get to that. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>The team that I liked the most in Jacksonville State.

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<v Speaker 2>Three years in FBS now three nine win seasons, three bowls,

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<v Speaker 2>two straight Conference USA Title Game appearances. They lost Cam Cook,

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<v Speaker 2>who was their running back ran for sixteen hundred yards.

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<v Speaker 2>He transferred over to play with rich Trod at West Virginia.

1:11:50.960 --> 1:11:53.759
<v Speaker 2>There isn't a like for like replacement for him. It'll

1:11:53.760 --> 1:11:57.200
<v Speaker 2>probably be a committee approach, but the committee approach might

1:11:57.240 --> 1:11:59.280
<v Speaker 2>work well because they're going to build a plane out

1:11:59.360 --> 1:12:02.640
<v Speaker 2>of Caden Kreole, who is back. He was their quarterback

1:12:03.240 --> 1:12:05.720
<v Speaker 2>fifteen hundred yards to the air, almost eleven hundred on

1:12:05.760 --> 1:12:09.599
<v Speaker 2>the ground. You combine him with whatever running back and

1:12:09.720 --> 1:12:13.240
<v Speaker 2>DeAndre Johnson, who is a six' eight monster of a

1:12:13.280 --> 1:12:15.720
<v Speaker 2>man at wide, out and that's your.

1:12:15.760 --> 1:12:19.680
<v Speaker 1>Offense does anybody ever describe you as a monster of a?

1:12:19.720 --> 1:12:22.600
<v Speaker 1>Man never EVERYWHERE i.

1:12:22.640 --> 1:12:29.799
<v Speaker 2>Go intellectually maybe, yes intellectual monster as a world smife maybe.

1:12:30.200 --> 1:12:34.080
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, well isn't this then kind of become a coaching

1:12:34.080 --> 1:12:36.200
<v Speaker 1>conference at least in how you talk about it right,

1:12:36.240 --> 1:12:39.280
<v Speaker 1>Now like if you Trust Tyson helton more than other,

1:12:39.360 --> 1:12:42.800
<v Speaker 1>people if you trust Obviously Missouri state's starting over at head.

1:12:42.800 --> 1:12:46.679
<v Speaker 1>Coach you, know if you are A Jerry mack, GUY

1:12:46.840 --> 1:12:49.840
<v Speaker 1>i am. It we, Are We're jerry mac, Show we're

1:12:49.960 --> 1:12:52.559
<v Speaker 1>children Of. Mac, yeah that's a weird way to phrase.

1:12:52.600 --> 1:12:58.800
<v Speaker 1>It Mac. Trucks. Sure so. YEAH i, mean with all

1:12:58.840 --> 1:13:02.080
<v Speaker 1>of these teams just going to continually lose their best,

1:13:02.080 --> 1:13:04.720
<v Speaker 1>players having to lose their best players because of the

1:13:04.760 --> 1:13:07.439
<v Speaker 1>realities of the sport and the size of these, schools

1:13:08.200 --> 1:13:10.920
<v Speaker 1>you're going off. Of, okay who's evaluation skills who do

1:13:10.960 --> 1:13:14.280
<v Speaker 1>we trust late in. GAMES i, mean they're pretty good

1:13:14.320 --> 1:13:17.640
<v Speaker 1>coaches in This there are there, are there are. There

1:13:17.720 --> 1:13:24.000
<v Speaker 1>really it's the non Chip Charles kelly now right At Jacksonville.

1:13:24.040 --> 1:13:25.639
<v Speaker 1>STATE i Love Jacksonville.

1:13:25.680 --> 1:13:29.200
<v Speaker 2>STATE i have coming out of the conference and a

1:13:29.240 --> 1:13:32.639
<v Speaker 2>lot of people are in On Western, kentucky But i'm

1:13:33.080 --> 1:13:33.679
<v Speaker 2>in on Jack.

1:13:33.800 --> 1:13:35.200
<v Speaker 1>STATE i like their.

1:13:35.240 --> 1:13:37.880
<v Speaker 2>DEFENSE i think they've got some of the better, pieces

1:13:37.960 --> 1:13:41.559
<v Speaker 2>especially in the back. Seven and in terms of all

1:13:41.600 --> 1:13:44.439
<v Speaker 2>THE g six teams that we've, studied because we're rounding

1:13:44.479 --> 1:13:47.320
<v Speaker 2>the bend here, now this is the last conference that

1:13:47.360 --> 1:13:47.720
<v Speaker 2>we're going to.

1:13:47.760 --> 1:13:51.320
<v Speaker 1>Discuss schedule is one of my. Favorites it's not the.

1:13:51.280 --> 1:13:54.800
<v Speaker 2>Easiest it's just interesting because they open the year At

1:13:54.840 --> 1:13:57.880
<v Speaker 2>North Dakota, state which you mentioned. Earlier they've got two

1:13:58.080 --> 1:14:03.160
<v Speaker 2>enormous road games At Kennesau state In, october At Western

1:14:03.200 --> 1:14:07.280
<v Speaker 2>kentucky In. November and if this team makes it through

1:14:07.320 --> 1:14:10.080
<v Speaker 2>their road, games and we'll know a lot more By,

1:14:10.120 --> 1:14:13.680
<v Speaker 2>december as it. Were of, course as, always this is a,

1:14:13.720 --> 1:14:16.759
<v Speaker 2>program a team that will have been very battle tested

1:14:17.280 --> 1:14:19.800
<v Speaker 2>and will probably be a tough out in the conference title.

1:14:19.840 --> 1:14:22.320
<v Speaker 2>GAME i don't think any of these teams In CONFERENCE

1:14:22.439 --> 1:14:27.000
<v Speaker 2>usa are playoff. Viable the schedules just aren't tough. Enough but,

1:14:27.040 --> 1:14:29.879
<v Speaker 2>again we're not thinking of this in terms of. Playoff

1:14:29.880 --> 1:14:30.519
<v Speaker 2>who cares?

1:14:30.800 --> 1:14:31.920
<v Speaker 1>Agree SO i Like.

1:14:32.000 --> 1:14:34.519
<v Speaker 2>JACKSON i think there's a lot to like, here both

1:14:34.520 --> 1:14:37.360
<v Speaker 2>in terms of their quarterback and what they return on.

1:14:37.400 --> 1:14:43.040
<v Speaker 1>Defense all, right fair, enough anything From liberty that interests

1:14:43.040 --> 1:14:45.439
<v Speaker 1>you just Because Jamie chadwell has been a.

1:14:45.520 --> 1:14:50.080
<v Speaker 2>Name, yeah what interests me on The liberty front is

1:14:50.120 --> 1:14:53.760
<v Speaker 2>that they could be a nice rebound candidate because In

1:14:53.840 --> 1:14:57.760
<v Speaker 2>chadwell's first year they went thirteen and, one then eight and,

1:14:57.840 --> 1:15:00.680
<v Speaker 2>four and then four and. Eight so the trend has

1:15:00.720 --> 1:15:03.960
<v Speaker 2>been in the wrong, direction, Correct and there's there's a

1:15:04.000 --> 1:15:07.519
<v Speaker 2>real question about, that which is this a? Trend is

1:15:07.560 --> 1:15:11.519
<v Speaker 2>It Jamie chadwell trying to put his system in. Place

1:15:12.160 --> 1:15:14.599
<v Speaker 2>they do have the easiest schedule in the, conference WHICH

1:15:14.600 --> 1:15:17.760
<v Speaker 2>i think should help with the win. TOTAL i like

1:15:17.800 --> 1:15:20.400
<v Speaker 2>their running. BACKS i think they've got really good, depth

1:15:20.439 --> 1:15:24.280
<v Speaker 2>even By CONFERENCE usa, standards really good. Depth if we

1:15:24.320 --> 1:15:26.680
<v Speaker 2>see a rebound is probably because of the line in

1:15:26.720 --> 1:15:28.519
<v Speaker 2>the running. Game but they got to fix the defense

1:15:29.479 --> 1:15:31.960
<v Speaker 2>and they're. Trying they brought over a Guy Sean quinn

1:15:31.960 --> 1:15:35.640
<v Speaker 2>From Virginia tech try and run the, defense try and

1:15:35.640 --> 1:15:38.280
<v Speaker 2>make it. Better they were near the bottom last year

1:15:38.320 --> 1:15:41.479
<v Speaker 2>in terms of creating. Havoc they've got some pieces in

1:15:41.520 --> 1:15:44.760
<v Speaker 2>the front, seven but basically everyone who mattered in the

1:15:44.800 --> 1:15:47.679
<v Speaker 2>back is, gone.

1:15:46.720 --> 1:15:49.160
<v Speaker 1>So what they do with that will be.

1:15:49.240 --> 1:15:52.840
<v Speaker 2>Interesting the quarterback, room it's Between Ethan, vasco remember that.

1:15:52.960 --> 1:15:56.639
<v Speaker 2>Name of, Course Ethan vasco is competing with The Sean

1:15:56.760 --> 1:16:01.320
<v Speaker 2>purdy And Jalen. Henderson answer is one From wake one

1:16:01.360 --> 1:16:04.599
<v Speaker 2>From West. Virginia Jamie chadwell said he wants to play

1:16:04.600 --> 1:16:06.760
<v Speaker 2>one quarterback right. Now it looks like he wants to play.

1:16:06.800 --> 1:16:10.160
<v Speaker 2>Three it's JUST i DON'T i don't know the recipe.

1:16:10.160 --> 1:16:12.479
<v Speaker 2>Though if they want to get that, rebounds probably getting

1:16:12.479 --> 1:16:17.040
<v Speaker 2>better at, quarterback leaning on their ground, game and creating

1:16:17.080 --> 1:16:18.160
<v Speaker 2>some kind of disruption on.

1:16:18.200 --> 1:16:21.400
<v Speaker 1>Defense whatever that. Was Jalen, henderson by the, way is

1:16:21.760 --> 1:16:26.719
<v Speaker 1>from vaguely Where i'm. From, yeah fourth, School, Yeah, FRESNO

1:16:26.840 --> 1:16:29.400
<v Speaker 1>a AND, M West. VIRGINIA i just had a little

1:16:29.400 --> 1:16:32.719
<v Speaker 1>flash AT a AND m. LATE i Think laden twenty

1:16:32.720 --> 1:16:36.400
<v Speaker 1>three or twenty four didn't do anything last year, obviously

1:16:36.439 --> 1:16:38.559
<v Speaker 1>and now is battling for, liberty so he's on a.

1:16:38.600 --> 1:16:42.920
<v Speaker 2>Journey i've got them fourth in the. Conference i've Got

1:16:43.000 --> 1:16:46.479
<v Speaker 2>Jacksonville state Over Western kentucky and a lot of, teams

1:16:46.560 --> 1:16:48.639
<v Speaker 2>a lot of. TEAMS a lot of people Like Western

1:16:48.680 --> 1:16:52.439
<v Speaker 2>kentucky as the team In CONFERENCE, usa AND i like him.

1:16:52.439 --> 1:16:57.439
<v Speaker 2>Too what's interesting About western is The Tyson helton thing

1:16:57.560 --> 1:17:01.120
<v Speaker 2>where every year they lose a ton of auction and

1:17:01.320 --> 1:17:04.639
<v Speaker 2>every year it kind of doesn't. Matter every year they

1:17:04.640 --> 1:17:05.559
<v Speaker 2>win at least eight.

1:17:05.600 --> 1:17:08.840
<v Speaker 1>Games what was it THAT i forget if it Was

1:17:09.040 --> 1:17:13.160
<v Speaker 1>Art vandala or Aj pennypacker who did import? Export that Was.

1:17:13.240 --> 1:17:17.599
<v Speaker 1>Vandalay that Was. Vandalay, yeah That's Tyson. Helton, yeah what

1:17:17.640 --> 1:17:22.160
<v Speaker 1>does he? Do he's import, export He's Vandale. Industries, yeah

1:17:22.200 --> 1:17:24.320
<v Speaker 1>that's all it. Is he goes about it his own.

1:17:24.320 --> 1:17:27.880
<v Speaker 2>Way their, Quarterback Rodney Tisdale, junior was the freshman of

1:17:27.880 --> 1:17:30.760
<v Speaker 2>The year in the. Conference rocket for an arm if

1:17:30.760 --> 1:17:33.639
<v Speaker 2>we want to stay On seinfeld could run a little.

1:17:33.640 --> 1:17:37.360
<v Speaker 2>Bit also took thirteen sacks and threw seven picks and six,

1:17:37.400 --> 1:17:40.680
<v Speaker 2>Starts so you, know got to clean some stuff. Up

1:17:41.800 --> 1:17:44.760
<v Speaker 2>if they're good on the, line and they lost a

1:17:44.800 --> 1:17:46.040
<v Speaker 2>lot on the, line.

1:17:46.760 --> 1:17:47.320
<v Speaker 1>They can win the.

1:17:47.360 --> 1:17:50.760
<v Speaker 2>League, OKAY i THINK i think the whole thing for

1:17:50.840 --> 1:17:53.360
<v Speaker 2>me really comes down to that defense had fits and

1:17:53.360 --> 1:17:56.400
<v Speaker 2>starts last. Year good in terms of some, things bad

1:17:56.439 --> 1:18:02.000
<v Speaker 2>in terms of. Others but schedule's. Weird they're At georgia

1:18:02.080 --> 1:18:04.600
<v Speaker 2>and At indiana in back to back weeks In.

1:18:04.640 --> 1:18:07.760
<v Speaker 1>September i'm just like looking At CONFERENCE usa teams who

1:18:07.800 --> 1:18:12.800
<v Speaker 1>have the least brutal non conference, also obviously that doesn't

1:18:12.800 --> 1:18:15.160
<v Speaker 1>affect how they finish in, Conference BUT i don't. Know,

1:18:15.200 --> 1:18:18.320
<v Speaker 1>man Having george And indiana just brood and sound fun

1:18:18.320 --> 1:18:20.639
<v Speaker 1>for your spleen as cut into conference.

1:18:20.680 --> 1:18:23.000
<v Speaker 2>Games trying to find an easy schedule in the non

1:18:23.040 --> 1:18:25.280
<v Speaker 2>con is like a needle in a. Haystack And delaware

1:18:25.280 --> 1:18:28.280
<v Speaker 2>has Got vandy In. Virginia, yeah their schedules, really their

1:18:28.320 --> 1:18:33.240
<v Speaker 2>conference schedules really. Backloaded they Get, Jacksonville, State liberty And

1:18:33.320 --> 1:18:36.080
<v Speaker 2>kennesaw in the last three weeks of the. Year, okay

1:18:36.760 --> 1:18:39.080
<v Speaker 2>so we will need to wait Till december to actually

1:18:39.120 --> 1:18:40.920
<v Speaker 2>know anything About Western.

1:18:40.960 --> 1:18:42.800
<v Speaker 1>KENTUCKY i appreciate That.

1:18:43.439 --> 1:18:48.200
<v Speaker 2>Kennesaw, look were Fans kennesaw obviously an incredible turnaround story

1:18:48.280 --> 1:18:52.960
<v Speaker 2>last year won the Damn conference and we Had Jerry

1:18:53.000 --> 1:18:53.880
<v Speaker 2>mack in the show a few months.

1:18:53.880 --> 1:18:54.680
<v Speaker 1>Ago go listen to that.

1:18:54.720 --> 1:18:58.400
<v Speaker 2>Episode, yeah they're down a bunch of starters on offense

1:18:58.439 --> 1:19:00.840
<v Speaker 2>and did good work in the. PORT i think they

1:19:00.880 --> 1:19:03.400
<v Speaker 2>managed to scrape together a pretty good line that has,

1:19:03.479 --> 1:19:04.559
<v Speaker 2>experienced SO i think they'll be.

1:19:04.600 --> 1:19:05.040
<v Speaker 1>Okay up.

1:19:05.040 --> 1:19:08.479
<v Speaker 2>Front they're going to Try Ricky, collins a quarterback From.

1:19:08.479 --> 1:19:15.760
<v Speaker 1>SYRACUSE i think it's probably an earnest. Competition. YEAH i

1:19:15.800 --> 1:19:18.240
<v Speaker 1>don't think you can watch The syracuse offense last year

1:19:18.280 --> 1:19:21.400
<v Speaker 1>with as many issues as they had and say that

1:19:21.560 --> 1:19:23.400
<v Speaker 1>is the guy that we are just handing the reins.

1:19:23.439 --> 1:19:25.479
<v Speaker 2>To he threw ten, picks he went zero to five

1:19:25.520 --> 1:19:28.120
<v Speaker 2>as a starter FOR. Qs then they benched. Him that's

1:19:28.120 --> 1:19:28.360
<v Speaker 2>why he.

1:19:28.400 --> 1:19:31.679
<v Speaker 1>Transferred so backing Up Steve, angeli he was not the first.

1:19:31.800 --> 1:19:34.439
<v Speaker 2>Choice, Yeah And angelly blew out his, Achilles and then

1:19:35.000 --> 1:19:38.479
<v Speaker 2>they brought In Ricky. Collins at least, defensively they got

1:19:38.479 --> 1:19:41.880
<v Speaker 2>the best linebacker in the, league And Baron. HOBSON i

1:19:41.880 --> 1:19:44.439
<v Speaker 2>think they've got enough around him where they can create

1:19:44.479 --> 1:19:46.120
<v Speaker 2>some Havy you're really bad against the run last.

1:19:46.160 --> 1:19:48.400
<v Speaker 1>Year we should have asked coach about. That but why

1:19:48.479 --> 1:19:51.040
<v Speaker 1>couldn't you tackle running backs Last? Yeah, yeah.

1:19:51.040 --> 1:19:53.400
<v Speaker 2>Seriously and then we got the rest of the, conference

1:19:54.160 --> 1:19:57.160
<v Speaker 2>AND i found something interesting about each of these teams.

1:19:57.240 --> 1:19:59.080
<v Speaker 1>Like you, Know i'm a fan of The Blue.

1:19:59.120 --> 1:20:03.080
<v Speaker 2>Hens you, know The Blue hens Of delaware were the

1:20:03.160 --> 1:20:05.679
<v Speaker 2>first school THAT i visited WHEN i was taking college.

1:20:05.760 --> 1:20:09.080
<v Speaker 1>Visits was there nil, package not? Robust it.

1:20:09.120 --> 1:20:10.960
<v Speaker 2>Wasn't it wasn't as big As Penn, stance to be

1:20:10.960 --> 1:20:13.519
<v Speaker 2>honest with, YOU i got. That and the dorms were

1:20:13.560 --> 1:20:16.680
<v Speaker 2>significantly smaller than the other. College that's. True it Was

1:20:16.720 --> 1:20:19.640
<v Speaker 2>that's WHY i didn't go. THERE i Like, DELAWARE i just.

1:20:19.680 --> 1:20:21.720
<v Speaker 2>Did the dorms were like a shoe box at the.

1:20:21.760 --> 1:20:26.599
<v Speaker 1>Time nobody has won a sixty eight Ventures bowl more

1:20:26.600 --> 1:20:29.920
<v Speaker 1>recently Than. DELAWARE i defy you to find a.

1:20:29.960 --> 1:20:33.760
<v Speaker 2>Team they are in the top twenty five nationally with

1:20:33.920 --> 1:20:39.000
<v Speaker 2>sixty two percent production. Returning okay went to A, bowl

1:20:40.840 --> 1:20:43.160
<v Speaker 2>went seven to six in their first year IN. Fbs

1:20:44.479 --> 1:20:46.880
<v Speaker 2>their Quarterback. Storry, yeah it was a great. Story their,

1:20:46.920 --> 1:20:51.360
<v Speaker 2>Quarterback Nick minicucci is the best reason to take them.

1:20:51.400 --> 1:20:56.040
<v Speaker 2>Seriously had a really good, campaign solid player all, around could.

1:20:56.080 --> 1:20:57.800
<v Speaker 2>Run they use them in the red zone a. LOT

1:20:58.240 --> 1:21:00.000
<v Speaker 2>i Think delaware is going to be solid on. Offense

1:21:00.000 --> 1:21:02.760
<v Speaker 2>that's the Reason i'm not higher is the. Defense and

1:21:02.800 --> 1:21:04.759
<v Speaker 2>this is, like stop. Me if you've heard this, before,

1:21:04.920 --> 1:21:08.720
<v Speaker 2>right they give too many big, plays got to replace a.

1:21:08.760 --> 1:21:12.040
<v Speaker 2>LOT i think it's a bold. Team, AGAIN i don't

1:21:12.040 --> 1:21:15.960
<v Speaker 2>know if they can go higher than. That all, RIGHT

1:21:17.439 --> 1:21:21.519
<v Speaker 2>fiu dal a baby pit Bull stadium Is Willie. Simmons

1:21:21.600 --> 1:21:25.640
<v Speaker 2>Willy simmons immediately went seven and, six immediately went to

1:21:25.840 --> 1:21:33.160
<v Speaker 2>FIU's first bowl game since twenty, nineteen BEAT fau one

1:21:33.240 --> 1:21:37.200
<v Speaker 2>At Western. Kentucky finished the regular season four and oh

1:21:37.520 --> 1:21:41.200
<v Speaker 2>did get drilled in the bowl game BY, utsa but

1:21:42.280 --> 1:21:46.200
<v Speaker 2>a really impressive. Start who cares a really impressive? Start

1:21:46.320 --> 1:21:49.519
<v Speaker 2>they do lose both, Quarterbacks they lose a running, back wide,

1:21:49.520 --> 1:21:51.120
<v Speaker 2>receivers basically the entire.

1:21:51.200 --> 1:21:54.160
<v Speaker 1>Line there's work to. Do the new quarterback IS Jj

1:21:54.400 --> 1:21:55.719
<v Speaker 1>cole still? Playing remember?

1:21:55.760 --> 1:22:00.679
<v Speaker 2>Him Iowa state to Ap. State it's a throwing motion

1:22:00.800 --> 1:22:03.680
<v Speaker 2>that looks like it's in slow. Motion, dan we had

1:22:03.720 --> 1:22:06.759
<v Speaker 2>his dad on the. Show was that his? Dad?

1:22:07.120 --> 1:22:09.720
<v Speaker 1>YEAH i didn't know that was his?

1:22:09.840 --> 1:22:13.240
<v Speaker 2>Dad, yes from the kicking, camp the kicking, Expert, yes

1:22:13.320 --> 1:22:13.720
<v Speaker 2>this is his.

1:22:13.800 --> 1:22:18.519
<v Speaker 1>Kid? Yes how did cool did you not tell me?

1:22:18.560 --> 1:22:21.000
<v Speaker 1>This how DID i not make the? CONNECTION i think

1:22:21.040 --> 1:22:23.040
<v Speaker 1>he was the one who referenced it on the. Show

1:22:23.520 --> 1:22:27.840
<v Speaker 1>Man cole kicks. Right cole kicking whatever The coles. Kicking,

1:22:27.920 --> 1:22:31.320
<v Speaker 1>YEAH i love that. Interview, YEAH i had no. Idea,

1:22:31.880 --> 1:22:35.240
<v Speaker 1>yeah there you. Go now you Know i'm, verifying But

1:22:35.280 --> 1:22:39.439
<v Speaker 1>i'm one hundred. Percent i'm near one hundred. Percent, Wow

1:22:39.520 --> 1:22:40.240
<v Speaker 1>how DID i not know?

1:22:40.280 --> 1:22:43.920
<v Speaker 2>That? YEAH i think there's a path for him to get.

1:22:43.920 --> 1:22:46.720
<v Speaker 2>Better it's very much dependent on the line. Play they

1:22:46.760 --> 1:22:50.559
<v Speaker 2>got a tough road slate at Jack, state At, liberty At,

1:22:50.600 --> 1:22:54.680
<v Speaker 2>delaware At. Kennesaw But Willie simmons is a guy who you,

1:22:54.720 --> 1:22:56.640
<v Speaker 2>know stepped in and immediately made a. Difference there's no

1:22:56.680 --> 1:22:58.280
<v Speaker 2>reason to think he can't continue on.

1:22:58.320 --> 1:22:58.559
<v Speaker 1>That of.

1:22:58.560 --> 1:23:02.920
<v Speaker 2>Course, yes let me round out this conference here with

1:23:02.960 --> 1:23:05.320
<v Speaker 2>the final four. Teams i'll go through them. Quickly, okay

1:23:05.760 --> 1:23:11.400
<v Speaker 2>please Do New Mexico state close enough to be mad

1:23:11.439 --> 1:23:14.439
<v Speaker 2>about the way the season went last. Year they started

1:23:14.439 --> 1:23:18.880
<v Speaker 2>three and, Two they lost six of seven with four

1:23:18.920 --> 1:23:21.320
<v Speaker 2>to one score. Losses they were the worst rushing team

1:23:21.320 --> 1:23:24.200
<v Speaker 2>in the country last, year so there was an effort

1:23:24.280 --> 1:23:26.599
<v Speaker 2>to get better on that side of the. Ball James

1:23:26.680 --> 1:23:29.200
<v Speaker 2>jones is the running back that they're bringing over From Delaware,

1:23:29.280 --> 1:23:31.880
<v Speaker 2>state and they also added a bunch of line. HELP

1:23:31.920 --> 1:23:33.200
<v Speaker 2>i don't know if it's going to WORK i have

1:23:33.240 --> 1:23:34.719
<v Speaker 2>no idea.

1:23:34.360 --> 1:23:37.640
<v Speaker 1>Good at home road Splits New, Mexico Western, Kentucky Jacksonville,

1:23:37.640 --> 1:23:39.120
<v Speaker 1>State liberty And delaware all at.

1:23:39.120 --> 1:23:41.719
<v Speaker 2>HOME i think this will be a team that leans

1:23:41.800 --> 1:23:44.679
<v Speaker 2>on their, defense and if they get the six, wins

1:23:44.800 --> 1:23:47.320
<v Speaker 2>is going to be mostly because of their. Defense but they're. Trying,

1:23:47.560 --> 1:23:49.760
<v Speaker 2>okay you can see what they're trying to improve. Upon,

1:23:50.280 --> 1:23:53.559
<v Speaker 2>Yeah Missouri. State Missouri state another one of these success.

1:23:53.640 --> 1:23:56.920
<v Speaker 2>Stories in their FIRST fbs, season they went seven and,

1:23:57.040 --> 1:23:59.559
<v Speaker 2>six they made A bowl And Ryan beard and like

1:23:59.720 --> 1:24:04.320
<v Speaker 2>every buddy the Whole patrino clan left For Coastal carolina

1:24:04.960 --> 1:24:08.679
<v Speaker 2>took everything with. Him so it's a complete. Rebuild now

1:24:08.720 --> 1:24:13.160
<v Speaker 2>For Casey, woods who's the new coach formerly AT, smu

1:24:13.360 --> 1:24:16.960
<v Speaker 2>both both fronts need to be. Rebuilt obviously a first

1:24:17.000 --> 1:24:18.840
<v Speaker 2>time head, coach he's gonna have his work cut out for.

1:24:18.960 --> 1:24:22.639
<v Speaker 2>Him he has Both TEXAS a AND m AND smu

1:24:22.800 --> 1:24:26.680
<v Speaker 2>on the road In. September AND i think if you

1:24:26.800 --> 1:24:28.400
<v Speaker 2>like try to work out the math for them to

1:24:28.400 --> 1:24:30.800
<v Speaker 2>get back to a bowl, game they basically need two,

1:24:30.880 --> 1:24:35.920
<v Speaker 2>upsets two fairly sizable, upsets and then for no other

1:24:36.080 --> 1:24:38.920
<v Speaker 2>like weird hiccups in order to get back to A bowl, Right,

1:24:40.080 --> 1:24:48.160
<v Speaker 2>Okay Middle Tennessee Derek. Mason the reason to watch Is Roman.

1:24:48.200 --> 1:24:51.120
<v Speaker 2>Gagliano he is their. Quarterback he took over late in the.

1:24:51.200 --> 1:24:55.000
<v Speaker 2>Year he went two and one as a, starter four

1:24:55.080 --> 1:24:57.920
<v Speaker 2>hundred and seventy one total yards Against, western which was

1:24:57.960 --> 1:25:00.720
<v Speaker 2>the most by A Blu raider freshman in his first.

1:25:00.760 --> 1:25:02.280
<v Speaker 1>Start there's a lot to like.

1:25:02.360 --> 1:25:06.439
<v Speaker 2>There he's one of those guys who's not really a,

1:25:06.520 --> 1:25:08.400
<v Speaker 2>runner but when he does, run he's deceptively.

1:25:08.479 --> 1:25:10.080
<v Speaker 1>Quick and we all know about those.

1:25:10.160 --> 1:25:12.879
<v Speaker 2>Quarterbacks they can be, dangerous not the most accurate, passer

1:25:12.960 --> 1:25:17.000
<v Speaker 2>but definitely give them some. Potential the problem is, this

1:25:17.920 --> 1:25:20.719
<v Speaker 2>the defense could not stop anything through the air last,

1:25:20.800 --> 1:25:24.160
<v Speaker 2>year and as we, know this is a program, that

1:25:24.320 --> 1:25:29.160
<v Speaker 2>for what feels like in, eternity was a Proud bowl,

1:25:29.240 --> 1:25:35.360
<v Speaker 2>team a proud eight win team Under Rick, stockstill so

1:25:35.439 --> 1:25:38.960
<v Speaker 2>there is mounting pressure On Derek mason to do something

1:25:39.680 --> 1:25:43.679
<v Speaker 2>to win more than three. GAMES i should, add as

1:25:43.720 --> 1:25:46.320
<v Speaker 2>our friends over at THE g Five hive pointed, out

1:25:47.280 --> 1:25:50.439
<v Speaker 2>the university president is retiring at the end of the,

1:25:50.520 --> 1:25:53.880
<v Speaker 2>year and that's always one of the signals you look

1:25:53.920 --> 1:25:55.720
<v Speaker 2>for with regard to coaching, changes is it?

1:25:55.760 --> 1:25:58.400
<v Speaker 1>Not it could be ad or.

1:25:58.439 --> 1:26:01.599
<v Speaker 2>President whenever you've got the long time or stepping aside

1:26:01.600 --> 1:26:02.679
<v Speaker 2>and somebody else coming.

1:26:02.720 --> 1:26:05.559
<v Speaker 1>In maybe they want to make their, mark maybe they.

1:26:05.560 --> 1:26:09.280
<v Speaker 2>DON'T i can't imagine that The Blue raider fan base

1:26:09.360 --> 1:26:11.400
<v Speaker 2>is all that excited about back to back three win.

1:26:11.520 --> 1:26:16.040
<v Speaker 2>Seasons so it's put up a shut up For, MASON i.

1:26:16.080 --> 1:26:19.400
<v Speaker 2>Agree and then to close it, out we'll talk About Sam.

1:26:19.439 --> 1:26:23.759
<v Speaker 2>Houston we joked about it last year because of their stadium,

1:26:23.840 --> 1:26:26.880
<v Speaker 2>renovations they played their home games seventy miles, away which

1:26:26.920 --> 1:26:30.519
<v Speaker 2>is never great for the home field. Advantage they're going

1:26:30.600 --> 1:26:33.479
<v Speaker 2>to be back At Bowers stadium this. Year they're scheduled

1:26:33.479 --> 1:26:35.720
<v Speaker 2>to finish renovations by the end Of, july so there you.

1:26:35.760 --> 1:26:38.479
<v Speaker 2>Go sounds like their new press box is going to

1:26:38.520 --> 1:26:41.080
<v Speaker 2>be better Than Penn, states which isn't saying. Much but, no,

1:26:42.600 --> 1:26:45.800
<v Speaker 2>NEVERTHELESS i will Give Phil longo a bit of a.

1:26:45.840 --> 1:26:51.000
<v Speaker 2>Mulligan the roster was decimated Because Casey keeler left And

1:26:51.720 --> 1:26:54.360
<v Speaker 2>longo was kind of hired late in the, Process so

1:26:55.479 --> 1:26:57.640
<v Speaker 2>it looks like another rebuild this. Year we'll see what

1:26:57.680 --> 1:26:59.560
<v Speaker 2>he can. Do But i've Got Sam houston bringing up the.

1:26:59.600 --> 1:27:03.000
<v Speaker 1>Rear, yeah it has like a three to, nine four

1:27:03.000 --> 1:27:05.680
<v Speaker 1>and eight type feel at the. Moment, okay, WELL i

1:27:05.720 --> 1:27:07.760
<v Speaker 1>hope they feel at home in the new.

1:27:07.800 --> 1:27:12.479
<v Speaker 2>Digs bucking the trend going With Jacksonville state Over Western.

1:27:12.560 --> 1:27:16.519
<v Speaker 1>Kentucky i'm going just BECAUSE i want the shirt that

1:27:16.640 --> 1:27:20.280
<v Speaker 1>Says mac To. Mac i'm going To Kanasas state to

1:27:20.360 --> 1:27:28.759
<v Speaker 1>repeat and win the. Conference one more, team, Okay Yukon. Huskies,

1:27:29.479 --> 1:27:36.519
<v Speaker 1>yes so outside Of CONFERENCE Usa independent and now they are, candlefied.

1:27:36.720 --> 1:27:39.640
<v Speaker 2>We Need yukon to either join The Mountain west or

1:27:39.680 --> 1:27:41.800
<v Speaker 2>The Pac twelve just to really spice things.

1:27:41.880 --> 1:27:45.600
<v Speaker 1>UP i mean that would GIVE Us yukon And gonzaga

1:27:45.640 --> 1:27:48.519
<v Speaker 1>in the same basketball. Conference that's What i'm. Saying, Man,

1:27:49.479 --> 1:27:52.640
<v Speaker 1>well because there was A yukon conversation about when The

1:27:52.680 --> 1:27:56.479
<v Speaker 1>Big twelve was looking to backfill or add. Too there

1:27:56.520 --> 1:27:59.400
<v Speaker 1>was That yukon conversation THAT i guess could have at

1:27:59.400 --> 1:28:03.160
<v Speaker 1>some point IN us a team in Stores connecticut And Tucson,

1:28:03.280 --> 1:28:08.599
<v Speaker 1>arizona then they could be The Pacific Atlantic. Conference that's,

1:28:08.600 --> 1:28:10.040
<v Speaker 1>true THE Pa.

1:28:10.040 --> 1:28:15.000
<v Speaker 2>Atlantic Jim mora junior, left he went To Colorado.

1:28:15.000 --> 1:28:15.720
<v Speaker 1>State we mentioned that.

1:28:15.800 --> 1:28:21.599
<v Speaker 2>Earlier the new coach Is Jason, kandall who comes over

1:28:21.600 --> 1:28:24.880
<v Speaker 2>From TOLEDO i THINK i like him a little bit

1:28:24.920 --> 1:28:27.679
<v Speaker 2>more than you. Do you don't burn for the candle

1:28:27.720 --> 1:28:28.080
<v Speaker 2>the WAY i.

1:28:28.120 --> 1:28:31.160
<v Speaker 1>Do well now That yukon is just a place where people.

1:28:31.240 --> 1:28:36.320
<v Speaker 1>Win who knows right that he has institutional advantages Coaching

1:28:36.360 --> 1:28:39.519
<v Speaker 1>yukon football in a way that really we hadn't seen

1:28:39.600 --> 1:28:42.479
<v Speaker 1>for quite some time since what The Joe morehead had

1:28:42.520 --> 1:28:47.880
<v Speaker 1>offensive coordinator and, god what's his? Name i'm losing my

1:28:47.920 --> 1:28:52.200
<v Speaker 1>mind with my. Memory the, Mayor, Yes i'll dare you.

1:28:52.240 --> 1:28:55.840
<v Speaker 1>Forget maybe you're just set up to succeed in.

1:28:55.880 --> 1:29:01.040
<v Speaker 2>Stores fifty over fifty portal additions this. Year just five

1:29:01.080 --> 1:29:04.519
<v Speaker 2>guys back for The huskies who started games last.

1:29:04.600 --> 1:29:08.639
<v Speaker 1>Year the Reason yukon went nine and four was because

1:29:08.680 --> 1:29:08.920
<v Speaker 1>of their.

1:29:08.920 --> 1:29:16.080
<v Speaker 2>Offense all that's, gone the whole. Thing it's still an

1:29:16.160 --> 1:29:20.280
<v Speaker 2>active quarterback competition at time of. RECORDING i think it's

1:29:20.360 --> 1:29:23.559
<v Speaker 2>gonna Be Jake, merklinger the transfer From tennessee once was

1:29:23.560 --> 1:29:28.200
<v Speaker 2>a four. Star But Caleb, osborne who comes With kandle From,

1:29:28.240 --> 1:29:31.000
<v Speaker 2>toledo is also a name That i've been reading a lot. About,

1:29:31.080 --> 1:29:33.639
<v Speaker 2>he's you, know maybe the guy who knows the system,

1:29:33.640 --> 1:29:35.680
<v Speaker 2>better even if he doesn't have all the upside Of,

1:29:35.760 --> 1:29:39.320
<v Speaker 2>merklinger but at time of, recording we don't. Know last

1:29:39.400 --> 1:29:42.439
<v Speaker 2>year it was a lot Of Joey fagnano And Skylar belt.

1:29:43.160 --> 1:29:45.559
<v Speaker 2>Right that was why they were so good on offense

1:29:45.600 --> 1:29:45.840
<v Speaker 2>through the.

1:29:45.880 --> 1:29:46.800
<v Speaker 1>Air right now.

1:29:46.840 --> 1:29:51.120
<v Speaker 2>Gone this offensive staff has, credentials but there's no returning.

1:29:51.160 --> 1:29:58.240
<v Speaker 1>Production Nunzio. Campanelli, mmm just making them What Syracuse Rutgers

1:29:58.439 --> 1:30:01.960
<v Speaker 1>yukon Try, Yeah, Fryad, yeah.

1:30:02.200 --> 1:30:05.680
<v Speaker 2>Yep he is bringing over the passing resume that he

1:30:05.760 --> 1:30:09.080
<v Speaker 2>had At, syracuse WHICH i to his, credit was pretty.

1:30:09.080 --> 1:30:12.160
<v Speaker 1>Good, okay But yukon returns. Again nothing on.

1:30:12.240 --> 1:30:17.080
<v Speaker 2>Offense no three hundred yard receiver on this, Roster so

1:30:18.000 --> 1:30:20.960
<v Speaker 2>question of, okay what's he going to work? WITH i

1:30:22.080 --> 1:30:24.840
<v Speaker 2>like the, LINEBACKERS i guess on, defense but otherwise they

1:30:24.840 --> 1:30:27.080
<v Speaker 2>got to cover for a. Lot they got to cover

1:30:27.160 --> 1:30:30.000
<v Speaker 2>for a completely rebuilt secondary that again is losing all

1:30:30.040 --> 1:30:34.040
<v Speaker 2>of its. PRODUCTION i, Listen i'm not gonna go position by.

1:30:34.040 --> 1:30:37.400
<v Speaker 2>Position it's kind of pointless to do. That it's entirely new.

1:30:37.439 --> 1:30:40.200
<v Speaker 2>Team what you are hoping for if you are A yukon,

1:30:40.320 --> 1:30:43.639
<v Speaker 2>fan is That Jason kandall can put it together, quickly

1:30:44.080 --> 1:30:46.639
<v Speaker 2>that he, can you, know figure out the quarterback. Thing

1:30:46.720 --> 1:30:49.479
<v Speaker 2>that he can lean into that pipeline Of toledo guys

1:30:49.479 --> 1:30:54.160
<v Speaker 2>that came with him and use a schedule that has

1:30:54.280 --> 1:30:58.439
<v Speaker 2>eight home games on it to try and build some.

1:30:58.560 --> 1:31:03.599
<v Speaker 2>Momentum all, right eight home games. Helps i'm not Seeing

1:31:03.600 --> 1:31:07.040
<v Speaker 2>bowl in year, one BUT i have typically put a

1:31:07.080 --> 1:31:09.320
<v Speaker 2>lot of faith In Jason kandall to at least figure it.

1:31:09.360 --> 1:31:12.880
<v Speaker 2>Out and as he now takes this next step and

1:31:12.880 --> 1:31:17.000
<v Speaker 2>starts this new chapter with a different, team we'll see

1:31:17.040 --> 1:31:21.080
<v Speaker 2>what he's made. OF i like the, STAFF i like his.

1:31:21.120 --> 1:31:24.800
<v Speaker 2>Pedigree i'm Just i'm not feeling. It there's too much,

1:31:24.840 --> 1:31:26.559
<v Speaker 2>new AND i don't even know how to project This yukon.

1:31:26.600 --> 1:31:29.680
<v Speaker 1>Team are you sure it's eight home? GAMES i counted? Eight,

1:31:29.720 --> 1:31:34.920
<v Speaker 1>DI i count. Wrong i'm counting. Seven, Lafayette, Maryland, Syracuse

1:31:35.200 --> 1:31:41.679
<v Speaker 1>UMass that's, four and Then North Carolina James MADISON Odu okay, seven.

1:31:41.560 --> 1:31:46.160
<v Speaker 2>SEVEN i counted. Wrong but, whatever more home games and away, games.

1:31:46.320 --> 1:31:49.400
<v Speaker 1>More home games than away. Games, yeah it's Just toledo

1:31:49.520 --> 1:31:52.160
<v Speaker 1>is also a place that cares deeply about, football And

1:31:52.240 --> 1:31:57.120
<v Speaker 1>yukon has football at least third down the ranks of

1:31:57.280 --> 1:32:01.439
<v Speaker 1>how we're spending OUR rev share. Money, Right probably it's

1:32:01.439 --> 1:32:02.400
<v Speaker 1>a difficult.

1:32:02.000 --> 1:32:13.800
<v Speaker 2>Ask probably. True, Lafayette, Maryland, Syracuse, UMass North. Carolina jmu old,

1:32:13.840 --> 1:32:14.639
<v Speaker 2>DOMINION i counted.

1:32:14.640 --> 1:32:18.600
<v Speaker 1>Wrong, Okay, yep it's. OKAY i think that does. IT

1:32:18.680 --> 1:32:20.679
<v Speaker 1>i think that's part of part.

1:32:20.760 --> 1:32:25.400
<v Speaker 2>TWO i guess of OUR g six, previews we Included

1:32:25.479 --> 1:32:27.400
<v Speaker 2>yukon in. There we didn't know where else to bolt them, on.

1:32:27.760 --> 1:32:30.800
<v Speaker 1>So we thought name goes with THE acc THAT na

1:32:30.960 --> 1:32:35.040
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1:32:35.120 --> 1:32:37.080
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1:32:37.120 --> 1:32:40.320
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1:32:40.479 --> 1:32:43.400
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