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Speaker 2: For me, I'm a man, I'm forty. I've heard so

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Speaker 2: many players say, well, I want to be happy. You

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Speaker 2: that woo woom?

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Speaker 1: And Dan and Tie Dan, Rubertstein Top, Oh, the morning

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Speaker 1: to you. It is Saint Patrick's day, my good friend,

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Speaker 2: How are you? I? I'm pretty good? I uh. I

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Speaker 2: was very thematic with this episode for the last I

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Speaker 2: don't my like my life was oddly thematic for the

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Speaker 2: last thirty minutes or so I was. I was getting

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Speaker 2: into the shower immediately stub my toe. Okay, okay, I

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Speaker 2: don't know what what toe. It's called the toe next

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Speaker 2: to the big toad. We have a name for toes

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Speaker 2: in the way that we name fingers.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. That's just like your big middle to

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Speaker 1: that's like the longest one sometimes.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean the feet stuff is more of your thing.

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Speaker 2: So I just sort of defer to your expertise this.

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Speaker 2: But I was preparing for this episode looking at schedules

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Speaker 2: and realized that so much of our conversation. Again not

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Speaker 2: deferring to you too aggressively on the feed stuff here,

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Speaker 2: but you think about the language involved with wind totals

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Speaker 2: and looking at schedules, and so much of it involves feet.

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Speaker 2: You're like, where are they going to stub their toe?

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Speaker 2: Where are they going to trip up? It's the off season.

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Speaker 2: We're just trying to figure out our roster. Put one

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Speaker 2: You gotta walk before you run, right, And no, I'm

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Speaker 2: not transferring. I am ten toes down right. There's so

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Speaker 2: much of that language I didn't even think about as

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Speaker 2: I stubbed my toe. I think it's just bruised. We're

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Speaker 2: not dealing with anything serious here. But then I just

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Speaker 2: getting dressed and getting ready tie, and it was like

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Speaker 2: serendipitous talking about win totals here, Ty, because there's basically

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Speaker 2: two things at play. When we're having this conversation, I

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Speaker 2: feel like you're about to name a Saturday. Well, it

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Speaker 2: is alliterative to the words Saturday. It is called football. Literally.

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Speaker 2: I know it's literally football. But when I'm going somewhere

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Speaker 2: else with this is what we're talking about is a

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Speaker 2: sublime problem. More specifically, these coaches, these fans of programs,

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Speaker 2: these players are both looking internally and externally when we're

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Speaker 2: looking at win totals and they're figuring out what I

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Speaker 2: got on the roster and what I got on the schedule, right,

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Speaker 2: and then you even look at the lyrics to what

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Speaker 2: I got ty, Yeah, it's we're looking for reasons, reasons

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Speaker 2: things went wrong. Got to find a reason why my

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Speaker 2: money's all gone? Tie, what is happening?

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Speaker 1: The reason your money's all gone is because you bet

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Speaker 1: with me? Totally.

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Speaker 2: But like, that's what we're doing right now, and I

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Speaker 2: couldn't be happier to have this conversation now that I mean,

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Speaker 2: I don't know who released these wind totals, but I

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Speaker 2: like doing this episode. But I don't know. The universe

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Speaker 2: is really like shoving a magnifying glass down upon me.

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I'm ready.

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Speaker 1: Well, that preamble was a bit of a journey, but

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Speaker 1: I appreciate it, of course. And more to the point,

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Speaker 1: that is why people tune in here to the solid verbal,

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Speaker 1: who brings up the feet stuff and actually prefers it

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Speaker 1: to be honest. But that's a separate conversation. That's as

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Speaker 2: I should have done, but I just didn't have the foresight.

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Speaker 1: over here at sidid verbal HQ without further ado. Today's

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Speaker 1: episode is this. If you pay attention to any of

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Speaker 1: the college football news out there, and you know that

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Speaker 1: we do be it on social media out there on Reddit,

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Speaker 1: scouring the blogs, whatever you're into. I was waiting for

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Speaker 1: this moment last week when somebody was going to release

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Speaker 1: their college football win totals for the twenty twenty sixth season.

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Speaker 1: You know, we're kind of in that weird spot right now,

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Speaker 1: with the games. Spring football is very much on the horizon.

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Speaker 2: It started for a bunch of teams.

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Speaker 1: It started for a bunch of teams. Right, We're gonna

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Speaker 1: get to this point, I think, very soon where we're

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Speaker 1: preseason mode. So, got some team previews here that I've

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Speaker 1: as well. We've got win total numbers that were dropped

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Speaker 1: from our friends out at FanDuel. Not a sponsor was

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Speaker 2: Are they our friends?

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Speaker 1: Are you?

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Speaker 2: Do you know a single person at FanDuel? You can't

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Speaker 2: just be friends with somebody blindly tied. Oh we're not

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Speaker 2: We're not not friends, is what I'm saying. We can

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Speaker 2: be bought. Everybody has a price. We are acquaintances at best.

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Speaker 1: They did sponsor us once way back when.

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Speaker 2: Okay, great, that doesn't mean anything to me. I can't

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Speaker 2: I can't buy groceries with way back when.

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Speaker 1: Dollars advertising at solidverbal dot com. In case you are

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Speaker 1: listening and interested, So here's what we did. I took

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Speaker 1: a collection of these lines that I found interesting. I

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Speaker 1: put them in a poll. I sent it out to

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Speaker 1: the entirety of the verbllar. We had one hundred upon

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Speaker 1: hundreds upon hundreds of replies to this. People go to

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Speaker 1: this form, vote over under, and then at the bottom,

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Speaker 1: give us a little blurb on which line you found

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Speaker 1: most interesting and why. I then took that. I kind

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Speaker 1: of collected everything. We have twelve lines. We'll see how

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Speaker 1: give our at least knee jerk analysis here to why

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Speaker 1: with these points spreads as the frame or win totals.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, win totals, and how we feel, why we feel

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Speaker 1: Dan Rubinstein overwhelmingly Alabama at eight and one half win

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Speaker 1: If it happens, things are going to get crazy. Also,

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Speaker 2: It's a surprising number given I don't think Nick Saban

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Speaker 2: I think it was he finished number ten in twenty ten,

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Speaker 2: The number is crazy to think about, but there is

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Speaker 1: Yeah, their first five games. I've got the schedule in

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Speaker 2: they're teams with their own questions. More specifically, I guess Tennessee,

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Speaker 2: Ryan Grubb at Alabama and they make the move away

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Speaker 2: back half of ty Simpson's year. I think a lot

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Speaker 2: the over is an easy call. Yeah, because we know

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Speaker 2: they have to be able to run the ball better

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Speaker 2: orders like it would and I'd know Washington's team with

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Speaker 2: Kaalin Debor wasn't exactly known for running the ball in

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Speaker 1: The end, they could. That wasn't what they were known for.

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Speaker 2: But yeah, absolutely so a lot of this falls on

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Speaker 2: Sure, I think all that's irrelevant, though right now I

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Speaker 2: I would that's my assumption, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 1: Ohio State's win total Perfandel is nine and a half.

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Speaker 1: Here's what people had to say. Dog, I've been praying

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Speaker 1: Yes, another one here. I hate them more than any

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Speaker 2: The most difficult conference game of the teams we're looking

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Speaker 1: Stop, not even close. Yeah, not even close. That's a

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Speaker 2: It's a losable game. It doesn't mean they will lose.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would add it's there is a lot new

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Speaker 1: Now they backfield it fine, they're again, this is not

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Speaker 1: It's never a given that it's gonna click. I just

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Speaker 2: This would also be when you look at their schedule,

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Speaker 2: State early on in the season, when you have your legs,

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Speaker 2: when perhaps you have depth, or you want them later

434
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Speaker 2: on in the season and perhaps you've had some injury luck,

435
00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:07,879
Speaker 2: whereas Ohio State hasn't. I know that game's in LA,

436
00:23:08,000 --> 00:23:12,400
Speaker 2: but the next big Lincoln Riley win at USC will

437
00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,440
Speaker 2: be his first. Yeah, so there's that. Luckily, this game

438
00:23:15,480 --> 00:23:17,479
Speaker 2: is in LA where they do win more of their games.

439
00:23:17,760 --> 00:23:21,399
Speaker 2: But you're basically banking on Okay, do I believe in

440
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:25,080
Speaker 2: Lincoln Riley building a complete team enough to beat Ohio

441
00:23:25,160 --> 00:23:28,040
Speaker 2: State or do I believe in Ohio State. It's a

442
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Speaker 2: tough sell for me at the moment.

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Speaker 1: Give me the computer, Dan, give me it one more time.

444
00:23:35,800 --> 00:23:37,000
Speaker 2: What do you got.

445
00:23:38,080 --> 00:23:45,520
Speaker 1: Let's talk about Texas Tech. Okay, eleven and a half

446
00:23:45,680 --> 00:23:46,320
Speaker 1: is the number.

447
00:23:46,800 --> 00:23:53,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, talk about a non conference schedule time. Yeah. Yeah.

448
00:23:53,359 --> 00:23:55,760
Speaker 1: Going from the Ohio State schedule to this one is

449
00:23:55,800 --> 00:23:59,320
Speaker 1: like going from hot water into cold. But quote, are

450
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Speaker 1: we thinking Tech Tech is going undefeated. There's no random

451
00:24:02,200 --> 00:24:06,200
Speaker 1: l to Houston, Colorado, ASU, Baylor, or TCU on here.

452
00:24:07,119 --> 00:24:09,880
Speaker 1: Quote in the history of the program, they've never done that.

453
00:24:10,920 --> 00:24:14,040
Speaker 1: Spare me the caveats about Texas and Oklahoma not being there.

454
00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:20,560
Speaker 1: Quote Texas Tech's schedule is an embarrassment. All right, Three

455
00:24:20,600 --> 00:24:24,919
Speaker 1: things for you, Okay? On Texas Tech eleven and a half,

456
00:24:26,240 --> 00:24:30,400
Speaker 1: they are losing a good chunk of that historic defense.

457
00:24:31,240 --> 00:24:33,640
Speaker 1: They are doing a hot swap at quarterback. They bring

458
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Speaker 1: down Brandon Soresby. I like what they have back on offense, though,

459
00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:41,840
Speaker 1: I like, if nothing more, the fact that this figures

460
00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:46,400
Speaker 1: to be a ferocious rushing offense bring back the entire

461
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Speaker 1: running back room. Brendon Sorsby we know can move. I

462
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Speaker 1: don't know if it looks different than it did a

463
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Speaker 1: year ago, but it should because Brendon Soorsby is a

464
00:24:54,880 --> 00:24:57,760
Speaker 1: lot more mobile than Baron Morton and hopefully not nearly

465
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Speaker 1: as injury prone. Question for me is defense, and the

466
00:25:01,640 --> 00:25:04,080
Speaker 1: question for me is, as somebody pointed out here in

467
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Speaker 1: the forboler hood, no random L. No random L. You're

468
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Speaker 1: assuming a twelve to oh season if you go over here, correct,

469
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Speaker 1: So I can tell you overwhelmingly and this is probably driven,

470
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Speaker 1: if nothing more, by just the odds, overwhelmingly by I

471
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Speaker 1: would say, like an eighty to twenty margin. People in

472
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Speaker 1: our community went under on Texas Tech. Okay, how do

473
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Speaker 1: you feel?

474
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Speaker 2: I mean, it would be new, but you're talking about

475
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Speaker 2: a new era of this sports. Who do they have? What?

476
00:25:41,760 --> 00:25:46,040
Speaker 2: Sam Houston, Abilene Christian who else is in there?

477
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Speaker 1: Yeah?

478
00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:51,160
Speaker 2: Let me pull up the scal Oregon State excuse meerence.

479
00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:50,680
Speaker 1: Pretty early on.

480
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Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, okay, So they've got Houston, They've got ASU,

481
00:25:56,640 --> 00:26:00,600
Speaker 2: they've got whatever we believe in about Arizona, and I

482
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:05,640
Speaker 2: guess you know the Oklahoma State Baylor g Like nobody

483
00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:09,960
Speaker 2: is as advantage roster wise, it seems as Texas Tech here.

484
00:26:13,200 --> 00:26:17,000
Speaker 2: I just never buy banking or betting on a twelve

485
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Speaker 2: and ohero team, so I would take the under again,

486
00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:24,879
Speaker 2: it's eleven and a half. Eleven and a half, Yeah,

487
00:26:25,000 --> 00:26:27,240
Speaker 2: I think they're an eleven and one type team, because

488
00:26:27,240 --> 00:26:30,919
Speaker 2: then you're also banking on Brendan sorosby Colon fully healthy

489
00:26:30,960 --> 00:26:33,200
Speaker 2: all year long, which is not necessarily the best bet

490
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:36,520
Speaker 2: in the world. No, I'm fine with taking the under

491
00:26:36,520 --> 00:26:38,400
Speaker 2: there and thinking Texas Tech is going to be excellent.

492
00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:41,760
Speaker 2: You know I have. I had very little doubt in

493
00:26:41,840 --> 00:26:45,560
Speaker 2: my mind about Texas Tech's excellence this season, especially in

494
00:26:45,600 --> 00:26:48,080
Speaker 2: the Big twelve. And then I saw that they removed

495
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Speaker 2: all weights that are less than forty pounds fewer than

496
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Speaker 2: forty pounds.

497
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Speaker 1: I saw that, yeah, and I was.

498
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Speaker 2: Like, man, how does this team ever lose? Right, They're

499
00:26:57,480 --> 00:27:01,040
Speaker 2: going to be so strong, so locked in. No thirty

500
00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:04,920
Speaker 2: five pound nancies for this Texas Tack team. A lot

501
00:27:04,960 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 2: of the like I live four days when all you

502
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:10,560
Speaker 2: guys are living one day vibes here to this, right,

503
00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:13,680
Speaker 2: I work four hours, I take a two hour nap.

504
00:27:13,720 --> 00:27:17,960
Speaker 2: That's day one. I don't know, I just find that

505
00:27:18,040 --> 00:27:18,760
Speaker 2: kind of stuff.

506
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Speaker 1: There's a lot of like I make money online passively, Yeah,

507
00:27:22,600 --> 00:27:25,879
Speaker 1: and a lot of that energy going on with no

508
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:27,400
Speaker 1: more forty pound weights in the weight.

509
00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:30,880
Speaker 2: No participation trophies for my kids. Here's my bonfire.

510
00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:33,080
Speaker 1: Yeah.

511
00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,000
Speaker 2: I think text texts me great this year. The schedule

512
00:27:36,040 --> 00:27:36,840
Speaker 2: aids things.

513
00:27:37,119 --> 00:27:40,679
Speaker 1: But see, I don't think the schedule is as easy

514
00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:42,199
Speaker 1: as some people have made it out to be. The

515
00:27:42,280 --> 00:27:46,359
Speaker 1: non con is a cakewalk. Sure, Houston, I think is

516
00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:50,359
Speaker 1: gonna be pretty good again. Games in Lubbock, games in Lubbock.

517
00:27:50,400 --> 00:27:53,040
Speaker 1: It's a great homeslate by the way, as is also

518
00:27:54,119 --> 00:28:00,320
Speaker 1: in Lubbock, Arizona also in Lubbock. Oklahoma State, I keep

519
00:28:00,320 --> 00:28:02,040
Speaker 1: coming back to Oklahoma State. I don't know if we'll

520
00:28:02,040 --> 00:28:04,040
Speaker 1: have time to get through then we're ready running over here.

521
00:28:04,080 --> 00:28:08,200
Speaker 1: But Oklahoma State's interesting to me. TCU for a couple

522
00:28:08,240 --> 00:28:12,200
Speaker 1: of reasons, is interesting to me. I just they don't

523
00:28:12,200 --> 00:28:15,359
Speaker 1: have BYU, they don't have Utah on this thing. I

524
00:28:15,400 --> 00:28:19,040
Speaker 1: get that that makes the conference slate easier, and I

525
00:28:19,080 --> 00:28:21,720
Speaker 1: get that the non conslate, as I said, is a cakewalk.

526
00:28:22,520 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 1: But I could count out like four games on here

527
00:28:25,600 --> 00:28:27,920
Speaker 1: that I don't think are gimmes, even if they've got

528
00:28:27,920 --> 00:28:29,960
Speaker 1: the best roster, and even if they're playing at home.

529
00:28:30,640 --> 00:28:32,920
Speaker 1: You just never know how a season's going to unfold.

530
00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:36,000
Speaker 1: It's a living, breathing thing. I would go under. I

531
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Speaker 1: would go under. I would say with more conviction than

532
00:28:40,840 --> 00:28:42,880
Speaker 1: almost any of those other ones that we talked about

533
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:44,440
Speaker 1: before and some of the other ones that we're going

534
00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 1: to talk about later. Alabama on the over, I feel

535
00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:50,040
Speaker 1: very confident about that. Ohio State on the over, I

536
00:28:50,040 --> 00:28:53,560
Speaker 1: feel very confident about that. I feel more confident with

537
00:28:53,680 --> 00:28:56,120
Speaker 1: Tech going under here just because the schedule looks to

538
00:28:56,120 --> 00:28:57,400
Speaker 1: me like there're gonna be some land mines.

539
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,640
Speaker 2: I agree, And it's just I don't know, it's sort

540
00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,760
Speaker 2: of the historical math of college football that it's hard

541
00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 2: to go undefeated that you get. I don't know who

542
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,520
Speaker 2: the if you look at the quarterbacks on this like,

543
00:29:08,560 --> 00:29:12,800
Speaker 2: there's good quarterbacks on this schedule, right, you got Noah Fafida,

544
00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,880
Speaker 2: and you've got Drew Messimaker and Sawyer Robertson, Right, he's

545
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:16,480
Speaker 2: still in college.

546
00:29:16,480 --> 00:29:19,280
Speaker 1: Well DJ Lagway is going to be the dude at Baylor.

547
00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:23,280
Speaker 2: Now, Oh that's right, So Sayer Robertson is I guess

548
00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:27,440
Speaker 2: Robinson he's got yeah, DJ Lagway. Excuse me, yes, sorry,

549
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:28,960
Speaker 2: I stubbed my toe about an hour and a half

550
00:29:29,000 --> 00:29:31,280
Speaker 2: ago and the blood is all over the place. Sorry,

551
00:29:31,360 --> 00:29:32,280
Speaker 2: I'm still going under here.

552
00:29:32,320 --> 00:29:33,120
Speaker 1: Give me that computer.

553
00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:35,520
Speaker 2: Where are we going?

554
00:29:36,440 --> 00:29:40,440
Speaker 1: Let's talk about Clemson? Okay, seven and a.

555
00:29:40,440 --> 00:29:44,200
Speaker 2: Half din, Yeah, makes sense.

556
00:29:45,120 --> 00:29:47,200
Speaker 1: I don't have any hot takes here from the community

557
00:29:47,240 --> 00:29:50,720
Speaker 1: on Clemson, but I wanted to make sure I took

558
00:29:50,760 --> 00:29:53,000
Speaker 1: care of an acc team before we loop back around

559
00:29:53,040 --> 00:29:56,360
Speaker 1: and hit some others. Seven and a half slow, I

560
00:29:57,520 --> 00:30:00,880
Speaker 1: I would lump Clemson in with Florida State. Actually, because

561
00:30:00,880 --> 00:30:05,120
Speaker 1: if you look at what these lines amounted to in

562
00:30:05,160 --> 00:30:08,080
Speaker 1: the ACC Clemson seven and a half, Florida State six

563
00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:10,560
Speaker 1: and a half, a couple other ones that I pulled

564
00:30:10,600 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 1: out that people are very interested in, Georgia Tech six

565
00:30:12,800 --> 00:30:15,720
Speaker 1: and a half, SMU eight and a half, Miami ten

566
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,560
Speaker 1: and a half. So no surprises with Miami, but I

567
00:30:18,600 --> 00:30:21,480
Speaker 1: think we are seeing a real battle for what would

568
00:30:21,480 --> 00:30:25,080
Speaker 1: be considered like that level too. It seems like there's

569
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,760
Speaker 1: a bit of a gap between Miami and the next closest.

570
00:30:27,800 --> 00:30:30,000
Speaker 1: But just among these teams that I pulled out, and

571
00:30:30,040 --> 00:30:33,480
Speaker 1: again this is certainly not an inclusive list. SMU eight

572
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:35,800
Speaker 1: and a half, Clemson seven and a half, Florida State

573
00:30:35,880 --> 00:30:37,760
Speaker 1: six and a half, Georgia Tech six and a half,

574
00:30:39,440 --> 00:30:41,800
Speaker 1: do you feel strongly I'll say about any of those.

575
00:30:42,480 --> 00:30:50,880
Speaker 2: I mean, I just Clemson's schedule is not great, Like

576
00:30:51,200 --> 00:30:54,040
Speaker 2: I just think there's so much quality on this schedule

577
00:30:54,960 --> 00:30:59,320
Speaker 2: that I I don't know, you said it was seven

578
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:00,160
Speaker 2: and a half.

579
00:31:00,280 --> 00:31:01,120
Speaker 1: Seven and one half.

580
00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:03,720
Speaker 2: Yeah, they go, what do they go? Last year seven

581
00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:05,080
Speaker 2: and five regular season.

582
00:31:04,760 --> 00:31:07,680
Speaker 1: And a regular season they lost the Pinstripe, The bad

583
00:31:07,720 --> 00:31:10,120
Speaker 1: Boy Moyer's bad boy, Mower's pinchripole, excuse me.

584
00:31:10,160 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 2: Bad Chad Morris. More transfers than usual, still open with

585
00:31:14,800 --> 00:31:16,720
Speaker 2: LSU and game one of the Lane Kiff and Era

586
00:31:17,760 --> 00:31:21,760
Speaker 2: travel across the country and cal get Miami. We'll see

587
00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:25,440
Speaker 2: what Virginia Tech is by late October. We'll see what

588
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:26,920
Speaker 2: Georgia Tech is by the end of the year as

589
00:31:26,960 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 2: they go through a bunch of new I'm not a

590
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:31,640
Speaker 2: huge fan of where Duke is right now, or Syracuse

591
00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,040
Speaker 2: or Florida State. South Carolina could be tough if they

592
00:31:34,080 --> 00:31:35,760
Speaker 2: figure out offensive line by the end of the year.

593
00:31:35,840 --> 00:31:38,239
Speaker 2: That's a that's a big if. If South Carolina can

594
00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:41,320
Speaker 2: figure that out now with the injuries and stuff there,

595
00:31:44,320 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 2: I don't know. I just I don't feel electricity in

596
00:31:48,080 --> 00:31:49,720
Speaker 2: my in my marrow about Clemson.

597
00:31:50,440 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 1: Well, so, look, they didn't.

598
00:31:52,920 --> 00:31:55,880
Speaker 2: Just stay away from this, Like I just I'm left

599
00:31:55,920 --> 00:31:56,600
Speaker 2: feeling nothing.

600
00:31:57,680 --> 00:31:59,600
Speaker 1: They did attack the portal a little bit harder. They're

601
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:04,720
Speaker 1: taking in ten which is the most that Dabbo's ever done.

602
00:32:04,840 --> 00:32:11,000
Speaker 1: It is mostly in the defensive realm, though in the secondary,

603
00:32:11,040 --> 00:32:13,080
Speaker 1: trying to add some depth there, trying to get better

604
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:17,160
Speaker 1: on defense. Offensively, they do bring a lot back, but

605
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 1: they don't bring back Caid Clubnick, and so this is

606
00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:23,920
Speaker 1: going to be on the arm of Chris Vzina, not

607
00:32:24,000 --> 00:32:26,520
Speaker 1: a whole lot behind him, which I think is something

608
00:32:26,600 --> 00:32:30,400
Speaker 1: else to consider. Chad Morris has a system that's predicated

609
00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:34,520
Speaker 1: a lot on quick decisions, right processing, got to make

610
00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,880
Speaker 1: the right call, got to get the ball out. Chris

611
00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:42,800
Speaker 1: Vzina has something like seventy one total throws forty five

612
00:32:42,880 --> 00:32:46,520
Speaker 1: total completions in his career. They brought down Taj Boyd,

613
00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:51,640
Speaker 1: I think to be the new quarterback coach helped develop Zina.

614
00:32:51,720 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 1: But I think that's a real question. And that's not

615
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,040
Speaker 1: to say that Caid Clubnick was bulletproof. You know, I

616
00:32:57,120 --> 00:33:01,640
Speaker 1: had a long journey with the club level. But there's

617
00:33:01,640 --> 00:33:05,000
Speaker 1: a real question here about what this looks like. They

618
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:06,680
Speaker 1: need to run the ball better as well. They were

619
00:33:06,680 --> 00:33:08,360
Speaker 1: not efficient running the football and all I think they've

620
00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 1: got talent, but they need to run the ball better.

621
00:33:12,400 --> 00:33:14,200
Speaker 1: They have targets out wide, but it's a question of

622
00:33:14,240 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 1: can they get it out to them. So the combination

623
00:33:16,840 --> 00:33:19,120
Speaker 1: of needing to try and add some pieces on defense

624
00:33:19,160 --> 00:33:22,040
Speaker 1: to make that side better, with one really big piece

625
00:33:22,080 --> 00:33:26,240
Speaker 1: being new on offense and in addition not having any

626
00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:29,960
Speaker 1: kind of running game that you can rely upon. I

627
00:33:30,000 --> 00:33:33,640
Speaker 1: don't know if I feel anything either. Seven and five

628
00:33:33,680 --> 00:33:36,640
Speaker 1: to me feels like a stretch, though I think it's

629
00:33:36,680 --> 00:33:39,600
Speaker 1: the right number. My hunch when I looked at this

630
00:33:39,760 --> 00:33:41,520
Speaker 1: was eight and four, nine and three. But I have

631
00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:44,320
Speaker 1: a soft spot for Clemson. It is not an easy schedule,

632
00:33:45,160 --> 00:33:45,959
Speaker 1: not by any stretch.

633
00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 2: No, and they had a senior quarterback last year and

634
00:33:52,520 --> 00:33:55,280
Speaker 2: they were terrible on third downs. They couldn't run the ball,

635
00:33:55,600 --> 00:34:00,800
Speaker 2: their average, their offense was extremely average when all was

636
00:34:00,840 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 2: said and done. By the end of the season. They've

637
00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:06,160
Speaker 2: lost close games regularly. When you look at what Duke

638
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:09,560
Speaker 2: and Georgia Tech and LS like, they lose these one

639
00:34:09,640 --> 00:34:12,759
Speaker 2: score games. What is it about? And now they're just

640
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,759
Speaker 2: even further looking internally to the Clemson family to solve

641
00:34:16,800 --> 00:34:19,520
Speaker 2: these issues with Chad Morris and Taj Boyd on offense.

642
00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,160
Speaker 1: I think there's a chance they could get smoked in

643
00:34:22,200 --> 00:34:29,120
Speaker 1: Week one against LSU. Sure, And I know some places

644
00:34:29,160 --> 00:34:31,799
Speaker 1: have already put Dabble in the hot seat whatever that

645
00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:33,600
Speaker 1: amounts to. You know, I don't know if I should

646
00:34:33,600 --> 00:34:35,640
Speaker 1: believe that or not. You go out there and you

647
00:34:35,680 --> 00:34:40,439
Speaker 1: get drilled against LSU in Week one. That's gonna get

648
00:34:40,440 --> 00:34:45,040
Speaker 1: things started on wrong foot, and especially given questions most

649
00:34:45,080 --> 00:34:48,080
Speaker 1: of which will not be answered. I would say in

650
00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:50,279
Speaker 1: the first three weeks of the season, it's it's a

651
00:34:50,360 --> 00:34:53,839
Speaker 1: real concern that they could go seven to five, six

652
00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:57,479
Speaker 1: and six. I understand that possibility. I'm just I still

653
00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,720
Speaker 1: think enough talents on hand that that's not going to happen.

654
00:34:59,760 --> 00:35:02,600
Speaker 1: But I'm with you, I don't think I'd touched this one.

655
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,960
Speaker 1: I don't think I would touch Florida State either. Six

656
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:10,280
Speaker 1: and a half sure, which again feels really low. Having

657
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 1: grown up in the era of Bobby Bowden and all

658
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:16,040
Speaker 1: those great Florida State teams like that, that fugels uncomfortable

659
00:35:16,040 --> 00:35:16,239
Speaker 1: to me.

660
00:35:17,320 --> 00:35:19,600
Speaker 2: No, but you're living in an era where six wins

661
00:35:19,600 --> 00:35:21,640
Speaker 2: is actually like, oh, Floridas, say, might have something special

662
00:35:21,680 --> 00:35:24,919
Speaker 2: this year. That's Mike Norvel optimistic.

663
00:35:25,520 --> 00:35:30,480
Speaker 1: Are we going to hitch our wagon Ashton Daniels at quarterback?

664
00:35:32,239 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 2: I mean I thought it was okay for Auburn.

665
00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:37,000
Speaker 1: Okay, I think he's okay.

666
00:35:37,520 --> 00:35:37,759
Speaker 2: Yeah.

667
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:42,239
Speaker 1: Do you feel like Ashton Daniels is the dude is

668
00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:43,560
Speaker 1: going to save Mike Norville's job?

669
00:35:44,960 --> 00:35:47,760
Speaker 2: Likely? No, we don't know what we're getting from Florida.

670
00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:52,520
Speaker 2: We'll see with Pitt like there's there's if all of

671
00:35:52,560 --> 00:35:55,080
Speaker 2: these teams that we think are going to be somewhere

672
00:35:55,640 --> 00:35:59,959
Speaker 2: middle to upper class in the ACC are it's really

673
00:36:00,120 --> 00:36:02,719
Speaker 2: tough to see Florida State hitting the over on this.

674
00:36:02,800 --> 00:36:06,359
Speaker 1: To me, I just have way too many questions about

675
00:36:06,360 --> 00:36:11,520
Speaker 1: this team to feel anything at all positive or negative.

676
00:36:12,239 --> 00:36:14,640
Speaker 1: But I could definitely make a pretty good case for

677
00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:17,840
Speaker 1: the bottom falling out again. I could make a case.

678
00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,880
Speaker 1: It wouldn't be a strong a case for them winning

679
00:36:20,920 --> 00:36:24,279
Speaker 1: eight games. I just don't know what to feel with

680
00:36:24,280 --> 00:36:26,839
Speaker 1: Florida State. I think i'd stay away from that one.

681
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 2: I just think the vibes are down and I don't

682
00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:34,000
Speaker 2: know how you reverse this, So I'm just I'd probably

683
00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:36,080
Speaker 2: go under here. I think there was a six win team.

684
00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:45,760
Speaker 1: Give me the computer, Din, here's one for you, Oh miss. Okay,

685
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 1: seven and a half is the line. Quote, old Miss

686
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:49,799
Speaker 1: could be anywhere from ten to two to four and eight.

687
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:53,359
Speaker 1: I wouldn't be the least bit surprised. Quote. We know

688
00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:56,759
Speaker 1: they've gained at least one from Clemson. A little wink

689
00:36:56,800 --> 00:37:01,799
Speaker 1: emoji after that one. Okay, yep, I wonder what the

690
00:37:01,800 --> 00:37:06,560
Speaker 1: odds makers know that I don't. I don't know how

691
00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:09,480
Speaker 1: to take that comment. People are feeling the over on

692
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:12,759
Speaker 1: Old Miss, But I get the real sense that there

693
00:37:12,840 --> 00:37:15,800
Speaker 1: is trepidation to some of the points that you made

694
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:19,400
Speaker 1: in talking about Old Miss on maybe our last episode.

695
00:37:19,719 --> 00:37:20,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, because we.

696
00:37:20,800 --> 00:37:26,600
Speaker 1: Got a question about inertia in college football and what

697
00:37:26,680 --> 00:37:31,840
Speaker 1: things feel fixed, what things feel like a safe assumption

698
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: that maybe we shouldn't be putting as much stock in

699
00:37:37,120 --> 00:37:40,360
Speaker 1: and you called out Old Miss. You're not certain that

700
00:37:40,400 --> 00:37:41,120
Speaker 1: this is gonna work.

701
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:43,520
Speaker 2: No, why would anybody be certain?

702
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 1: Well, Trinidad Chamblis Kiwan Lacy.

703
00:37:46,560 --> 00:37:48,600
Speaker 2: I mean because you have a quarterback back who is

704
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:54,640
Speaker 2: legitimately excellent. Yeah, yeah, Deuce Night behind him. I don't know.

705
00:37:54,680 --> 00:37:57,279
Speaker 2: They obviously have a worse coach than what where they

706
00:37:57,480 --> 00:38:01,880
Speaker 2: have been the past few years at the moment, just

707
00:38:01,880 --> 00:38:03,640
Speaker 2: because he doesn't have the experience, he doesn't have the

708
00:38:03,640 --> 00:38:05,879
Speaker 2: track record, he doesn't have the reputation and bringing in

709
00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:09,960
Speaker 2: transfers that are obviously going to change Ole Missus ceiling.

710
00:38:11,640 --> 00:38:15,640
Speaker 2: So they have a downgrade at coach inasmuch as we

711
00:38:15,719 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 2: know at the moment, Lin Giffen won a bunch of

712
00:38:18,040 --> 00:38:23,560
Speaker 2: games yeah, he did. I don't hate their schedule. I think,

713
00:38:23,600 --> 00:38:27,920
Speaker 2: like you wrote the word down here, Gauntlet, and like,

714
00:38:28,800 --> 00:38:32,560
Speaker 2: if you look at their schedule, it's a Louisville team

715
00:38:33,080 --> 00:38:36,879
Speaker 2: that should be fine, but it's not crazy. They get

716
00:38:36,960 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 2: LSU in week three and that's in Oxford, heavy emotions,

717
00:38:40,400 --> 00:38:44,200
Speaker 2: losable game Florida will see, but that's still relatively early.

718
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:48,279
Speaker 2: New coach, new quarterbacks, do everything in the Fandy a lot,

719
00:38:48,320 --> 00:38:53,279
Speaker 2: New Miszoo doesn't win big games. Texas is away and

720
00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:56,760
Speaker 2: that's going to be very tough, Auburn a lot. New

721
00:38:57,120 --> 00:39:00,680
Speaker 2: Georgia extremely tough, and they did just beat them in

722
00:39:00,719 --> 00:39:05,719
Speaker 2: the playoff. Oklahoma they won that game last year. Different coach,

723
00:39:05,760 --> 00:39:09,439
Speaker 2: different situation, different roster, and we'll see if Oklahoma has

724
00:39:09,520 --> 00:39:12,400
Speaker 2: made enough moves to get better on offense. They basically

725
00:39:12,400 --> 00:39:15,960
Speaker 2: always beat Mississippi State. So the optimus viewpoint is like,

726
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:20,200
Speaker 2: there's only a couple of I maybe like three obviously

727
00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:27,160
Speaker 2: extremely challenging games in what LSU, Texas, and I just

728
00:39:27,160 --> 00:39:29,760
Speaker 2: lost the schedule in front of me. In Georgia, Georgia,

729
00:39:30,960 --> 00:39:33,160
Speaker 2: I think I would throw Oklahoma in there. They're a

730
00:39:33,200 --> 00:39:35,000
Speaker 2: playoff team from last season, but they have a lot

731
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,000
Speaker 2: of questions. On offense, they couldn't get to thirty points

732
00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:44,000
Speaker 2: last year, so to me, my brain goes over here,

733
00:39:45,160 --> 00:39:50,719
Speaker 2: which is also convincing me to take the under. There

734
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:52,279
Speaker 2: is a lot new on this team. There's a lot

735
00:39:52,320 --> 00:39:54,600
Speaker 2: new upfront on defense. There's a lot new upfront on well,

736
00:39:54,800 --> 00:39:56,520
Speaker 2: I think the tackles are new along the line, but

737
00:39:56,560 --> 00:40:00,919
Speaker 2: the receiving corps is largely new. I don't.

738
00:40:01,560 --> 00:40:04,239
Speaker 1: Well, here's the thing, okay, yeah, let me come back

739
00:40:04,280 --> 00:40:08,400
Speaker 1: to the coach. Pete Golding took over a team that

740
00:40:08,600 --> 00:40:11,919
Speaker 1: was loaded for bear and was playing with a chip

741
00:40:11,960 --> 00:40:15,759
Speaker 1: on its shoulder because Lane Kiffin left, and they damn

742
00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,719
Speaker 1: near made the national Championship. That was a good game

743
00:40:18,600 --> 00:40:21,960
Speaker 1: against Miami, they lost thirty one to twenty seven, But.

744
00:40:21,920 --> 00:40:25,280
Speaker 2: That staff is gone. Other than peak Golding, yeah.

745
00:40:24,920 --> 00:40:30,040
Speaker 1: Right, Like now, this is a full control, all delete situation.

746
00:40:31,200 --> 00:40:33,200
Speaker 1: They had a good transfer class, if only because they

747
00:40:33,239 --> 00:40:36,719
Speaker 1: had to. Perhaps they tampered a little bit. We can

748
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:39,400
Speaker 1: ask Dablos, Winney and Clemson about that, but that's beside

749
00:40:39,400 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 1: the point. This is the number two transfer class per

750
00:40:41,480 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 1: twenty four to seven. The question now is can Pete

751
00:40:45,000 --> 00:40:49,960
Speaker 1: Golding reassemble everything? Can he step into a little bit

752
00:40:50,000 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 1: more of a CEO role and see the playing field

753
00:40:53,080 --> 00:40:55,839
Speaker 1: the way Lane Kiffin did. Lane Kiffen was many things,

754
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:59,759
Speaker 1: not all of them great. Blane Kiffin was an expert

755
00:41:00,200 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 1: at assembling talent, putting them in a position to win,

756
00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:07,120
Speaker 1: and I think making that Old Miss program attractive for

757
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:10,080
Speaker 1: incoming talent. He did a really good job of that.

758
00:41:10,400 --> 00:41:11,919
Speaker 1: We're going to see how good of a job Pete

759
00:41:11,920 --> 00:41:15,080
Speaker 1: Golding did with that. It's not just about getting guys

760
00:41:15,120 --> 00:41:17,840
Speaker 1: to sign with your school. It's also about getting the

761
00:41:17,920 --> 00:41:20,279
Speaker 1: right guys for your system, and Kevin was good at that.

762
00:41:21,080 --> 00:41:25,640
Speaker 1: So Pete Golding, who's been a defensive coordinator obviously has

763
00:41:25,640 --> 00:41:29,240
Speaker 1: been in proximity to really good teams in the South.

764
00:41:29,800 --> 00:41:33,520
Speaker 1: I think I have a base level of confidence that

765
00:41:33,560 --> 00:41:36,720
Speaker 1: the defense will be okay, even though there are some lawsuits.

766
00:41:36,760 --> 00:41:38,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, I like the transfers that have come in. I

767
00:41:38,480 --> 00:41:39,560
Speaker 2: think they should be pretty good.

768
00:41:39,560 --> 00:41:42,080
Speaker 1: But what about offense? You know, is he going to

769
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:45,799
Speaker 1: be able to sustain the top five caliber offense? He's

770
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,920
Speaker 1: got players, but again there's going to be I think

771
00:41:48,920 --> 00:41:52,200
Speaker 1: some real questions about you know, what is going to

772
00:41:52,239 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 1: be around Trinidad Chambliss, q One Lacy and Will be

773
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,480
Speaker 1: as good as was a year ago. I tend to

774
00:41:58,480 --> 00:42:00,680
Speaker 1: agree with you on the schedule. I will say this

775
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:02,799
Speaker 1: is a second straight year we're talking about old miss

776
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 1: with regard to its schedule. That was part of why

777
00:42:05,120 --> 00:42:06,359
Speaker 1: you like them a lot last year.

778
00:42:06,360 --> 00:42:07,080
Speaker 2: I did like them a lot.

779
00:42:07,160 --> 00:42:09,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, because of the schedule. I don't think its schedule

780
00:42:09,800 --> 00:42:12,319
Speaker 1: shakes up quite as well as it did a year ago.

781
00:42:12,760 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 1: But I understand where you're coming from when you look

782
00:42:14,520 --> 00:42:16,320
Speaker 1: at this and say, look, there's a lot of questions

783
00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:16,799
Speaker 1: on this thing.

784
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:19,640
Speaker 2: It's also never been more difficult because like, Okay, you

785
00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:23,920
Speaker 2: look at LSU. Everything is new with LSU, Like, how

786
00:42:23,920 --> 00:42:26,919
Speaker 2: do you feel about Jordan's Seaton anchoring a completely new

787
00:42:26,960 --> 00:42:30,080
Speaker 2: look LSU offensive line? I don't know, he should be

788
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:31,920
Speaker 2: really good. What does the rest of the line look like?

789
00:42:31,960 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 2: It's a bunch of new dudes, right, They're good at

790
00:42:34,239 --> 00:42:37,640
Speaker 2: running back, they're new at receiver. There's a ton new

791
00:42:37,680 --> 00:42:40,440
Speaker 2: on all three levels of the LSU defense. New coordinator. Like,

792
00:42:40,960 --> 00:42:43,120
Speaker 2: how are you supposed to evaluate LSU at all when

793
00:42:43,160 --> 00:42:44,880
Speaker 2: you're trying to figure out how you feel about a

794
00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:46,800
Speaker 2: win total? How do you supposed to feel about Florida?

795
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:48,600
Speaker 2: How are you supposed to feel about Vanderbilt with the

796
00:42:48,600 --> 00:42:50,840
Speaker 2: freshman quarterback. How are you supposed feel about Miszoo with

797
00:42:50,880 --> 00:42:53,960
Speaker 2: Austin Simmons. How are you supposed to feel about Auburn

798
00:42:54,000 --> 00:42:56,640
Speaker 2: new quarterback, new head coach, obviously experienced together. How are

799
00:42:56,640 --> 00:42:59,160
Speaker 2: you supposed to feel about, you know, Mississippi State moving

800
00:42:59,200 --> 00:43:02,160
Speaker 2: to a new quarterback, Oklahoma trying to find offense. There's

801
00:43:02,200 --> 00:43:04,600
Speaker 2: no actual reason to feel good about any of these

802
00:43:04,640 --> 00:43:08,879
Speaker 2: teams with their win totals unless they have done such

803
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:13,719
Speaker 2: a bulletproof job of themselves bringing back everybody, breaking the

804
00:43:13,760 --> 00:43:16,919
Speaker 2: bank to bring back a successful team from last year,

805
00:43:17,000 --> 00:43:20,000
Speaker 2: retaining their own staff, and that they are the stable

806
00:43:20,040 --> 00:43:22,520
Speaker 2: team in a sea of uncertainty, and Ole miss is

807
00:43:22,520 --> 00:43:23,960
Speaker 2: not a stable team right now.

808
00:43:24,040 --> 00:43:26,760
Speaker 1: Seven and a half is low. I wouldn't go seven

809
00:43:26,800 --> 00:43:30,200
Speaker 1: and five. I could make the case for eight and four.

810
00:43:31,360 --> 00:43:35,239
Speaker 1: I think there's more upside on the over, sure than

811
00:43:35,280 --> 00:43:39,600
Speaker 1: on the under. I have a question about pass rush

812
00:43:40,000 --> 00:43:43,279
Speaker 1: that's been lingering in the back of my mind that

813
00:43:43,400 --> 00:43:46,160
Speaker 1: to me is probably not going to be top billing

814
00:43:46,200 --> 00:43:49,160
Speaker 1: when we talk about this team people start previewing this team,

815
00:43:49,160 --> 00:43:52,520
Speaker 1: but that I have a question about that, and I

816
00:43:52,560 --> 00:43:54,400
Speaker 1: feel like if you want to be successful in the SEC,

817
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:56,960
Speaker 1: you need some semblance of it. So I'm going to

818
00:43:57,000 --> 00:43:59,640
Speaker 1: say they won't. But I need to do a little

819
00:43:59,680 --> 00:44:03,760
Speaker 1: bit more digging to feel confidently one direction or another

820
00:44:03,800 --> 00:44:07,040
Speaker 1: about that pass rush. So my hunt right now would

821
00:44:07,080 --> 00:44:09,680
Speaker 1: be slightly over, but I would probably stay away from

822
00:44:09,680 --> 00:44:16,640
Speaker 1: this one as well. No hit the computer. Well yet,

823
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:24,040
Speaker 1: Penn State, I feel nothing. Continue quote Campbell couldn't win

824
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:28,359
Speaker 1: that many games in an easier conference with similar players. Sorry, Tye,

825
00:44:28,960 --> 00:44:33,239
Speaker 1: don't mean to be attacking you here, sure, Quote Penn

826
00:44:33,239 --> 00:44:37,800
Speaker 1: State with the most cowardly schedule. Ever, these aren't my words,

827
00:44:37,800 --> 00:44:39,839
Speaker 1: by the way, this is what people sent in anonymously.

828
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:43,640
Speaker 1: Quote and Iowa State roster can't win ten games while

829
00:44:43,640 --> 00:44:47,719
Speaker 1: playing a big ten schedule. Okay, the over under here

830
00:44:47,800 --> 00:44:52,919
Speaker 1: is nine and one half for Penn State. Everybody's calling

831
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:56,000
Speaker 1: out to schedule Dan. You look at the schedule, yet I'm.

832
00:44:55,800 --> 00:44:57,680
Speaker 2: Looking at it right now, and I have, Yeah, another

833
00:44:58,200 --> 00:45:00,680
Speaker 2: study in bravery with this non confer portion.

834
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:03,520
Speaker 1: Marshall Temple Buffalo to start things out.

835
00:45:03,960 --> 00:45:04,200
Speaker 2: Huh.

836
00:45:04,840 --> 00:45:10,000
Speaker 1: Then it's Wisconsin Northwestern USC Michigan back to back. That'll

837
00:45:10,040 --> 00:45:13,080
Speaker 1: be tough. Yeah, at Michigan in the big House, but

838
00:45:13,120 --> 00:45:16,720
Speaker 1: then there's bye week. They close out the season Perdue

839
00:45:16,760 --> 00:45:20,600
Speaker 1: at home on Halloween, on the road to start off

840
00:45:20,640 --> 00:45:23,399
Speaker 1: November in Washington, which I think will be a tough game.

841
00:45:24,440 --> 00:45:27,839
Speaker 1: Then they close things out with Minnesota, Rutgers, and Maryland. DAN.

842
00:45:29,200 --> 00:45:31,759
Speaker 1: That is a very advantageous schedule for Penn State.

843
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:34,920
Speaker 2: Agree, there's a lot new.

844
00:45:36,080 --> 00:45:40,440
Speaker 1: Functionally, it is the best of Iowa State or most

845
00:45:40,480 --> 00:45:43,320
Speaker 1: of the best of Iowa State with whatever is remaining

846
00:45:43,360 --> 00:45:46,680
Speaker 1: at Penn State. So if you did any kind of

847
00:45:46,719 --> 00:45:49,720
Speaker 1: deep dive on Iowa State last year, the good news

848
00:45:49,719 --> 00:45:52,800
Speaker 1: for us as essentially researchers at this stage and the

849
00:45:52,840 --> 00:45:55,040
Speaker 1: game is we have a baseline understanding for what Iowa

850
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,120
Speaker 1: State is going to be, but Penn State will be

851
00:45:57,120 --> 00:45:58,320
Speaker 1: with Iowa State's players.

852
00:45:58,560 --> 00:45:58,840
Speaker 2: Yep.

853
00:46:00,080 --> 00:46:04,000
Speaker 1: Half's a lot DAN. So given this schedule, given this roster,

854
00:46:06,560 --> 00:46:09,480
Speaker 1: do you feel one way or another. I could tell

855
00:46:09,480 --> 00:46:13,280
Speaker 1: you that our people, about ninety percent of our people

856
00:46:13,360 --> 00:46:15,560
Speaker 1: voted under on Penn State nine and a half.

857
00:46:16,160 --> 00:46:18,200
Speaker 2: I think they're a nine and three team. I don't

858
00:46:18,200 --> 00:46:20,840
Speaker 2: think they're perfect. They're gonna win the three non conference games.

859
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:24,720
Speaker 2: The at Washington game looks very difficult to me, traveling

860
00:46:24,760 --> 00:46:27,880
Speaker 2: across the country. Washington should be in decent shape, especially

861
00:46:27,880 --> 00:46:29,400
Speaker 2: on offense. I know they lose a couple of big

862
00:46:29,480 --> 00:46:33,080
Speaker 2: dudes there at Michigan's is going to be extremely tough.

863
00:46:33,560 --> 00:46:36,960
Speaker 2: They'll win the USC game just because it's Lincoln Riley

864
00:46:36,960 --> 00:46:39,040
Speaker 2: on the road. I don't know if you've done the

865
00:46:39,080 --> 00:46:43,880
Speaker 2: math on that, but it's pretty good. They'll beat USC,

866
00:46:44,719 --> 00:46:47,920
Speaker 2: and then I think they'll just lose something along the way,

867
00:46:48,120 --> 00:46:51,279
Speaker 2: whether it's a weird I think it's the Northwestern game

868
00:46:51,360 --> 00:46:53,239
Speaker 2: is short week on the road, right, and it's the

869
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:54,240
Speaker 2: new stadium opener.

870
00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:54,960
Speaker 1: That's the new state.

871
00:46:55,000 --> 00:46:57,640
Speaker 2: Northwestern is going to be but here and there. Northwestern

872
00:46:57,680 --> 00:47:00,880
Speaker 2: has been challenging, and now it's Chip Kell and Aiden Chiles.

873
00:47:01,120 --> 00:47:01,480
Speaker 1: I don't know.

874
00:47:01,520 --> 00:47:02,160
Speaker 2: I have no idea.

875
00:47:02,360 --> 00:47:03,319
Speaker 1: Is that a Friday night game?

876
00:47:03,360 --> 00:47:05,760
Speaker 2: By the way, that's a Friday night game. You're welcome

877
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:06,200
Speaker 2: to come from.

878
00:47:06,200 --> 00:47:07,200
Speaker 1: I might have to come out for that.

879
00:47:07,600 --> 00:47:09,799
Speaker 2: Check the opening of the new stadium, short week on

880
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:11,040
Speaker 2: the road after the Wisconsin.

881
00:47:11,080 --> 00:47:12,080
Speaker 1: Can we get tickets for that?

882
00:47:12,840 --> 00:47:14,880
Speaker 2: I can figure out how to get tickets. Yes, Okay,

883
00:47:15,520 --> 00:47:17,640
Speaker 2: it's still Northwestern. It is. It is going to be

884
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:20,319
Speaker 2: a hot ticket though. Yeah, I'm sure I don't know

885
00:47:20,400 --> 00:47:22,960
Speaker 2: the Minnesota game, the Rutgers game. They don't lose to Maryland.

886
00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:26,200
Speaker 2: I think they're just there's a toast stub in there.

887
00:47:29,040 --> 00:47:30,359
Speaker 1: I would probably go under.

888
00:47:30,960 --> 00:47:34,919
Speaker 2: I think I think James Franklin is a better coach

889
00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:38,200
Speaker 2: than Matt Campbell. At the end of his Penn State tenure,

890
00:47:38,280 --> 00:47:41,840
Speaker 2: he was not as good as he was before. James

891
00:47:41,840 --> 00:47:45,960
Speaker 2: Franklin Penn State would win ten games against this schedule.

892
00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:50,240
Speaker 1: James Franklin, Penn State would probably win eleven games.

893
00:47:50,280 --> 00:47:52,760
Speaker 2: I don't know the aggregate of like whatever the average

894
00:47:52,760 --> 00:47:56,440
Speaker 2: of the best five six, seven years of James Franklin

895
00:47:56,480 --> 00:48:00,160
Speaker 2: Penn State is wins double digits against this schedule. I

896
00:48:00,200 --> 00:48:03,319
Speaker 2: just think it's year one. It's an overhauled roster. It's

897
00:48:03,320 --> 00:48:05,719
Speaker 2: a lot of movement. I think they're a nine to

898
00:48:05,760 --> 00:48:09,560
Speaker 2: three team.

899
00:48:09,760 --> 00:48:13,920
Speaker 1: I'm actually most curious about the defense, and it feels

900
00:48:14,080 --> 00:48:17,799
Speaker 1: very odd to say that because that has certainly not

901
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:21,719
Speaker 1: been the case for the last what ten years Penn

902
00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:26,040
Speaker 1: State football. I think we know what we're getting from

903
00:48:26,040 --> 00:48:28,839
Speaker 1: the offense. And this is not to say it's going

904
00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:31,839
Speaker 1: to be electric, but it will be different. There will

905
00:48:31,880 --> 00:48:34,359
Speaker 1: be different faces. Most of those guys are familiar with

906
00:48:34,400 --> 00:48:39,360
Speaker 1: the system, the offense will be fine, but defensively, especially

907
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:42,759
Speaker 1: up front, that's where I have the biggest concerns about

908
00:48:42,760 --> 00:48:46,160
Speaker 1: this team. And it's interesting that Dan Lynn would come

909
00:48:46,200 --> 00:48:48,719
Speaker 1: over from USC because he had the same situation over there.

910
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:52,880
Speaker 1: Sure is it exactly the same as it apples to

911
00:48:52,920 --> 00:48:57,319
Speaker 1: Apple's Probably not. But I look at the schedule, I

912
00:48:57,400 --> 00:49:01,520
Speaker 1: look at this team, and I find a couple teams

913
00:49:01,520 --> 00:49:03,959
Speaker 1: here that I think are gonna want to run the ball.

914
00:49:05,080 --> 00:49:06,960
Speaker 1: I think Wisconsin could probably try and run the ball

915
00:49:07,000 --> 00:49:11,560
Speaker 1: on them. I think USC hopefully they get better at

916
00:49:11,600 --> 00:49:14,359
Speaker 1: running the ball, but I like their backs. I think

917
00:49:14,400 --> 00:49:16,879
Speaker 1: Mishikin certainly under Kyle Whittingham's going to try to run

918
00:49:16,880 --> 00:49:19,719
Speaker 1: the ball. Washington on the road's going to try to

919
00:49:19,800 --> 00:49:23,919
Speaker 1: run the ball. There are some potential land mines here.

920
00:49:24,520 --> 00:49:27,839
Speaker 1: I'm looking specifically at teams that I think can run

921
00:49:27,960 --> 00:49:30,719
Speaker 1: or will at least try to run the football, because that,

922
00:49:30,840 --> 00:49:33,040
Speaker 1: to me is the matchup that I would, at least

923
00:49:33,440 --> 00:49:37,479
Speaker 1: as of recording this mid March, That's where I would

924
00:49:37,480 --> 00:49:41,520
Speaker 1: look to exploit Penn State right now. Okay, so for me,

925
00:49:42,000 --> 00:49:45,160
Speaker 1: I'm probably on the under I tend to agree with

926
00:49:45,200 --> 00:49:46,600
Speaker 1: you on the nine and a half. I think that's

927
00:49:46,920 --> 00:49:49,959
Speaker 1: I think that's a good line. Nine and a half,

928
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:52,359
Speaker 1: but I'm bleeding probably more ten and three right now

929
00:49:52,400 --> 00:49:54,919
Speaker 1: or nine and three right now. Can make the case

930
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:55,560
Speaker 1: for ten and two.

931
00:49:56,040 --> 00:49:59,600
Speaker 2: They really do. Miss Oregon, Ohio State, and Indiana. It's

932
00:49:59,600 --> 00:50:06,680
Speaker 2: crazy finish with a whimper of Minnesota, Rutgers, Maryland. Yeah,

933
00:50:06,680 --> 00:50:08,919
Speaker 2: I guess it would be those if they start five

934
00:50:08,960 --> 00:50:11,000
Speaker 2: and oh, it seems like there's a good shot of

935
00:50:11,040 --> 00:50:16,680
Speaker 2: going over the Wisconsin is at Northwestern thing at Temple

936
00:50:16,760 --> 00:50:17,799
Speaker 2: in Philly. Are you gonna go?

937
00:50:18,480 --> 00:50:19,120
Speaker 1: I don't think so.

938
00:50:19,480 --> 00:50:22,920
Speaker 2: It's hard to go to games.

939
00:50:21,800 --> 00:50:23,640
Speaker 1: Unless it's a Friday night. I could do a Friday

940
00:50:23,680 --> 00:50:25,879
Speaker 1: Night's true, that's not gonna be a Friday night game.

941
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:30,320
Speaker 2: Okay, it doesn't me beautiful by the way north Shore here, Yeah,

942
00:50:30,880 --> 00:50:32,200
Speaker 2: early October, it's great.

943
00:50:32,400 --> 00:50:34,360
Speaker 1: Well, we'll see if we can work that out. You

944
00:50:34,360 --> 00:50:35,520
Speaker 1: got to make your pizza.

945
00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:36,759
Speaker 2: Though, of course I will.

946
00:50:36,800 --> 00:50:38,560
Speaker 1: We can tailgate, we can tailgate.

947
00:50:39,480 --> 00:50:41,279
Speaker 2: It's great.

948
00:50:41,520 --> 00:50:43,480
Speaker 1: It's wild, though, to look at this Penn State roster

949
00:50:43,920 --> 00:50:47,799
Speaker 1: and recognize so many astravible state It is essentially a

950
00:50:47,840 --> 00:50:51,040
Speaker 1: Penn State face plate on a bunch of Iowa State players.

951
00:50:51,080 --> 00:50:55,520
Speaker 1: And you know that I'm not editorializing that at all.

952
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:58,239
Speaker 1: It just is what it is. And I like this

953
00:50:58,280 --> 00:51:02,160
Speaker 1: Siowa State team a year ago. I love Carson Hanson.

954
00:51:02,160 --> 00:51:05,360
Speaker 1: I think Central Pennsylvania's gonna love Carson Hanson, which is

955
00:51:05,440 --> 00:51:11,560
Speaker 1: a bullet running back. And hopefully it looks different on offense.

956
00:51:11,880 --> 00:51:16,240
Speaker 1: You know, the Taylor Mouser systems one that definitely prioritizes

957
00:51:16,280 --> 00:51:19,120
Speaker 1: some vertical shots as part of the passing game, which

958
00:51:19,160 --> 00:51:20,920
Speaker 1: is not something that I think we saw enough of.

959
00:51:22,239 --> 00:51:24,080
Speaker 1: So I think there's reason to be excited on about

960
00:51:24,080 --> 00:51:26,160
Speaker 1: the record. Nine and a half's pretty steep.

961
00:51:26,920 --> 00:51:29,520
Speaker 2: All Right, Was Iowa State good in the vertical passing

962
00:51:29,520 --> 00:51:30,320
Speaker 2: game last season?

963
00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:33,240
Speaker 1: I don't know. Let's move on. Play the QFT.

964
00:51:33,200 --> 00:51:35,120
Speaker 2: First in yards per successful drop.

965
00:51:35,040 --> 00:51:36,560
Speaker 1: Play the play the computer.

966
00:51:39,080 --> 00:51:45,760
Speaker 2: Next b YU by total eight and a half, weird number.

967
00:51:46,960 --> 00:51:49,200
Speaker 1: Quote the fact that BYU is only eight and a

968
00:51:49,239 --> 00:51:53,040
Speaker 1: half with returning so much as wild and that the

969
00:51:53,080 --> 00:51:56,120
Speaker 1: game versus Utah could be the one that gets them

970
00:51:56,200 --> 00:52:01,680
Speaker 1: over or under is even wilder. Okay. Also quote outside

971
00:52:01,680 --> 00:52:04,680
Speaker 1: of Notre Dame, who they have at home and at elevation,

972
00:52:05,520 --> 00:52:08,000
Speaker 1: they should be at least evenly matched with everyone they play.

973
00:52:08,960 --> 00:52:10,560
Speaker 1: It's funny you say that, let's take a look at

974
00:52:10,600 --> 00:52:14,080
Speaker 1: the schedule. Do you have a chance to go over this.

975
00:52:14,920 --> 00:52:17,279
Speaker 2: I think it's great. I think the over is like

976
00:52:17,320 --> 00:52:19,279
Speaker 2: a very easy call with BYU to me.

977
00:52:19,800 --> 00:52:23,880
Speaker 1: Open the year with Utah Tech yep an Arizona at home,

978
00:52:24,120 --> 00:52:28,399
Speaker 1: Colorado State, then a bye TCU Iowa State, the big

979
00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:31,279
Speaker 1: Notre Dame game again at home. Notre Dames first visit

980
00:52:31,360 --> 00:52:37,640
Speaker 1: the provo since like the early odds UCF they do

981
00:52:37,680 --> 00:52:42,560
Speaker 1: of Arizona State at home. There is that Utah game, Baylor, Kansas, Cincinnati.

982
00:52:42,600 --> 00:52:46,160
Speaker 1: This is a great schedule. This is a great schedule.

983
00:52:46,239 --> 00:52:52,400
Speaker 1: Now I have questions about bear Bachmeyer throwing the football.

984
00:52:52,480 --> 00:52:54,960
Speaker 1: I think we have enough data at this point to

985
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:56,560
Speaker 1: assume that they're going to be able to use him

986
00:52:56,600 --> 00:52:58,400
Speaker 1: as a battering ram if they want to. He's a

987
00:52:58,400 --> 00:53:01,799
Speaker 1: big kid. LJ. Martin is back as a senior now,

988
00:53:01,800 --> 00:53:03,400
Speaker 1: and he's going to be the engine for the offense.

989
00:53:04,160 --> 00:53:05,960
Speaker 1: That is what you are signing up for with this

990
00:53:06,040 --> 00:53:11,160
Speaker 1: BYU team. At least on offense. The receiver room is

991
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:15,080
Speaker 1: going to be different. He's losing his biggest weapons, so

992
00:53:15,520 --> 00:53:18,400
Speaker 1: who is going to step up out wide. It's not

993
00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:21,200
Speaker 1: to say that BYU ever really has like a killer

994
00:53:21,200 --> 00:53:24,080
Speaker 1: out wide. They're very good at plugging guys in. They're

995
00:53:24,160 --> 00:53:27,359
Speaker 1: very good at Aaron Roderick especially is good at using

996
00:53:27,360 --> 00:53:32,680
Speaker 1: the personnel to its best attributes. So you don't necessarily

997
00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:35,759
Speaker 1: need to have killers out wide. You just need to

998
00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:37,239
Speaker 1: have somebody who knows how to use what you do

999
00:53:37,320 --> 00:53:39,120
Speaker 1: have out wide. That is Aaron Roderck. I think he's

1000
00:53:39,120 --> 00:53:44,160
Speaker 1: good at that. And defensively, I expect base level competence.

1001
00:53:44,160 --> 00:53:45,160
Speaker 1: They'll be fine on defense.

1002
00:53:45,719 --> 00:53:48,240
Speaker 2: So I look at this, I mean, lose their defensive coordinator.

1003
00:53:48,239 --> 00:53:49,759
Speaker 1: Who's their defensive coordinator? J Hill?

1004
00:53:49,920 --> 00:53:51,680
Speaker 2: But yeah, which I think is a big deal.

1005
00:53:52,239 --> 00:53:55,080
Speaker 1: It is, But they're they're promoting from within. They're going

1006
00:53:55,160 --> 00:53:58,799
Speaker 1: to try and keep the same system mostly intact. That's

1007
00:53:58,840 --> 00:54:02,920
Speaker 1: part of the Papina their new guy. That's part of

1008
00:54:02,960 --> 00:54:04,600
Speaker 1: what he is on the record saying that they just

1009
00:54:04,680 --> 00:54:08,279
Speaker 1: want to keep going with what they've already got. And

1010
00:54:08,360 --> 00:54:10,680
Speaker 1: he's another guy. Papinko has been with BYU for like

1011
00:54:10,719 --> 00:54:13,640
Speaker 1: thirteen seasons as a coordinator in some sense, so he's

1012
00:54:13,680 --> 00:54:16,200
Speaker 1: stepping in. He's familiar with what they've got there already.

1013
00:54:16,640 --> 00:54:20,080
Speaker 1: Does hurt to lose Jay Hill? I just look at this,

1014
00:54:20,160 --> 00:54:23,600
Speaker 1: and I'm with you, like I could see a couple losses.

1015
00:54:24,680 --> 00:54:29,920
Speaker 1: I think on paper, Notre Dame is better. But if

1016
00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:33,360
Speaker 1: you are assuming that they go eight and four, you

1017
00:54:33,400 --> 00:54:35,480
Speaker 1: are looking at this and you're saying, Okay, they're gonna

1018
00:54:35,520 --> 00:54:42,280
Speaker 1: have to lose a couple to Arizona, Arizona State, Utah,

1019
00:54:43,480 --> 00:54:44,000
Speaker 1: who else?

1020
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:46,480
Speaker 2: Agree?

1021
00:54:46,520 --> 00:54:49,480
Speaker 1: Like, they're not losing all those games, especially since most

1022
00:54:49,520 --> 00:54:50,239
Speaker 1: of them are at home.

1023
00:54:52,680 --> 00:54:54,440
Speaker 2: Look, they had one of the best linebacking corps in

1024
00:54:54,480 --> 00:54:56,640
Speaker 2: the country last year. They bring back a ton upfront,

1025
00:54:56,640 --> 00:55:01,280
Speaker 2: I believe on defense, Right, there's a lot back for BYU,

1026
00:55:01,520 --> 00:55:03,680
Speaker 2: especially up front on both sides of the ball. If

1027
00:55:04,080 --> 00:55:07,680
Speaker 2: what I'm seeing is true, yeh ye, yeah, absolutely. The

1028
00:55:07,760 --> 00:55:10,680
Speaker 2: thing I liked about BYU last season is look, take

1029
00:55:10,719 --> 00:55:13,040
Speaker 2: away the losses. The losses. They were not a competitive

1030
00:55:13,080 --> 00:55:16,440
Speaker 2: team in those losses. Really. I mean, like they got

1031
00:55:16,480 --> 00:55:19,239
Speaker 2: a lot of red zone stops against Texas Tech, but

1032
00:55:19,280 --> 00:55:22,440
Speaker 2: who didn't tie. But their offense was not at all

1033
00:55:22,480 --> 00:55:26,440
Speaker 2: competitive in those losses. But otherwise, after early on in

1034
00:55:26,480 --> 00:55:29,319
Speaker 2: the season, they weren't eking out three point wins. Right,

1035
00:55:29,360 --> 00:55:31,480
Speaker 2: They had the close wins against Utah Arizona, but they

1036
00:55:31,520 --> 00:55:33,800
Speaker 2: were winning those games by a couple touchdowns by twenty

1037
00:55:33,800 --> 00:55:37,239
Speaker 2: points whatever, Like this wasn't a team that was just

1038
00:55:37,360 --> 00:55:42,000
Speaker 2: eking by. So there is something about BYU and now

1039
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:45,040
Speaker 2: bear Bachmeier with an entire offseason as the dude he

1040
00:55:45,120 --> 00:55:48,799
Speaker 2: was thrust in right last season thrust so thrust he

1041
00:55:48,960 --> 00:55:52,399
Speaker 2: has off season reps and now I don't know, emotionally,

1042
00:55:52,560 --> 00:55:55,160
Speaker 2: how is he when now he's the most famous dude

1043
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:58,120
Speaker 2: on that campus basically other than the head coach. Like

1044
00:55:58,239 --> 00:56:00,520
Speaker 2: that's new. That's an interesting thing to to deal with.

1045
00:56:01,120 --> 00:56:03,759
Speaker 2: But I look at this schedule and I just I

1046
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:07,120
Speaker 2: don't think so many teams are so much better than

1047
00:56:07,160 --> 00:56:09,840
Speaker 2: where they were last year. Like these teams weren't close

1048
00:56:09,920 --> 00:56:14,120
Speaker 2: for the most part, and now Utah's starting over. I mean,

1049
00:56:14,360 --> 00:56:17,840
Speaker 2: obviously Morgan Scalley's been there forever, but like they have

1050
00:56:17,880 --> 00:56:20,000
Speaker 2: a new head coach, they've got some questions on both

1051
00:56:20,040 --> 00:56:23,080
Speaker 2: sides of the ball. I just think the stability with BYU,

1052
00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:25,520
Speaker 2: which is weird to say given what they do lose.

1053
00:56:26,840 --> 00:56:29,279
Speaker 2: I don't know. I just I think their starting point

1054
00:56:29,320 --> 00:56:31,439
Speaker 2: is a real nice point. So I would take the over.

1055
00:56:32,440 --> 00:56:35,960
Speaker 1: We got time for one more dan, okay, and I'm

1056
00:56:36,000 --> 00:56:38,640
Speaker 1: going to give you a choice of these teams. You

1057
00:56:38,680 --> 00:56:41,520
Speaker 1: have three teams to pick from. All of them got

1058
00:56:41,840 --> 00:56:46,120
Speaker 1: considerable traction among our community. By the way, if we

1059
00:56:46,200 --> 00:56:48,799
Speaker 1: are talking about BYU, just to put a bow on

1060
00:56:48,800 --> 00:56:55,319
Speaker 1: that conversation, the overballerhood overwhelmingly went over. Overwhelmingly went over,

1061
00:56:56,000 --> 00:57:00,279
Speaker 1: like eighty five percent went over. So your options here

1062
00:57:00,360 --> 00:57:04,440
Speaker 1: are as follows. LSU over under nine and a half wins,

1063
00:57:06,239 --> 00:57:10,759
Speaker 1: USC over under eight and a half wins, Notre Dame

1064
00:57:10,880 --> 00:57:12,759
Speaker 1: over under eleven and a half wins.

1065
00:57:13,680 --> 00:57:16,160
Speaker 2: Notre Dame is pretty boring to talk about with this schedule,

1066
00:57:16,720 --> 00:57:19,840
Speaker 2: so I would take the over with Notre Dame. I

1067
00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:22,120
Speaker 2: don't love doing the eleven and a half over, but

1068
00:57:22,840 --> 00:57:28,360
Speaker 2: if they're not playing anybody challenging early on, I mean, look.

1069
00:57:28,600 --> 00:57:32,600
Speaker 1: It's a shockingly high number, but you look at the schedule,

1070
00:57:33,120 --> 00:57:35,640
Speaker 1: it makes sense they should be better. They should be

1071
00:57:35,680 --> 00:57:39,840
Speaker 1: favored against every team on this thing, so you understand

1072
00:57:39,920 --> 00:57:42,840
Speaker 1: why it's at eleven and a half. But that's still

1073
00:57:42,840 --> 00:57:46,200
Speaker 1: a really high number. There's no margin for error. Overwhelmingly

1074
00:57:46,200 --> 00:57:48,479
Speaker 1: there a ball hood went under a Notre Dame, which

1075
00:57:48,480 --> 00:57:51,760
Speaker 1: I completely understand. If you're playing the percentages, all you're

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Speaker 1: betting on is one loss entirely possible.

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Speaker 2: I'd like to talk about LSU just because it's an

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00:57:59,280 --> 00:58:03,080
Speaker 2: insane proposition to actually figure out. But just like the

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00:58:03,240 --> 00:58:07,520
Speaker 2: LSU conversation with this schedule, having who they have, especially

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Speaker 2: early on in Clemson, Ole Miss in A and M

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00:58:10,360 --> 00:58:16,280
Speaker 2: in September, and it's what Clemson at home, Ole Miss

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00:58:16,360 --> 00:58:19,560
Speaker 2: in Oxford and A and M at home. So three

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00:58:20,000 --> 00:58:24,840
Speaker 2: what should be three emotionally charged games. LSU spent reportedly

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00:58:25,800 --> 00:58:28,600
Speaker 2: like they plan on competing for a national championship this year.

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Speaker 1: Forty million dollars was the number that Brian Kelly threw.

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Speaker 2: Out reportedly, Yeah, right around forty million dollars. So what

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00:58:36,600 --> 00:58:38,560
Speaker 2: you're counting on with that nine and a half number,

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00:58:38,600 --> 00:58:42,160
Speaker 2: if you're going over is you're basically saying Sam Levitt

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00:58:42,320 --> 00:58:44,680
Speaker 2: is going to look like the Sam Levitt that we

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00:58:44,720 --> 00:58:47,240
Speaker 2: saw two years ago. And I guess the beginning of

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00:58:47,280 --> 00:58:51,680
Speaker 2: the twenty twenty five season, after a very major procedure

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Speaker 2: list Frank.

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Speaker 1: Is foot right, was Frank is your foot? Yeah?

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Speaker 2: Yes, So I don't love that with a mobile quarterback

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00:58:58,360 --> 00:59:02,240
Speaker 2: coming off of a very serious footage. I like Lane

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00:59:02,280 --> 00:59:04,560
Speaker 2: Kiffin as a coach, I'm not sure I'm in love

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00:59:04,600 --> 00:59:08,680
Speaker 2: with Lane Kiff and Colin dependably excellent at a place

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00:59:08,760 --> 00:59:13,960
Speaker 2: like LSU. No, No, Nevertheless, you know, the back half

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Speaker 2: of the schedule or the middle of the schedule eases up,

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00:59:16,280 --> 00:59:21,000
Speaker 2: and then it's Alabama, Texas, Tennessee in Knoxville, Arkansas. I'm

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00:59:21,040 --> 00:59:24,800
Speaker 2: not terribly worried about in this moment, but I don't know,

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00:59:25,360 --> 00:59:30,840
Speaker 2: like Texas, Alabama, A and M and perhaps Ole Miss

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00:59:30,920 --> 00:59:34,040
Speaker 2: are just ahead of where LSU is just because of

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00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:37,800
Speaker 2: roster stability. For the most part, Ole Miss brings back

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00:59:37,840 --> 00:59:40,040
Speaker 2: their quarterback, A and M brings back their quarterback. In

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00:59:40,120 --> 00:59:43,800
Speaker 2: a lot of pieces, I think there's just an immense

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00:59:43,800 --> 00:59:45,840
Speaker 2: amount of pressure and immense amount of attention that's going

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00:59:45,920 --> 00:59:49,800
Speaker 2: to be on LSU. I just can't imagine confidently going

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00:59:49,800 --> 00:59:51,240
Speaker 2: over with LSU in this moment.

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Speaker 1: Nine and a half is the number. Quote right, based

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00:59:54,240 --> 00:59:58,240
Speaker 1: on what Lane's two good years at ole Miss, They're

1112
00:59:58,280 --> 01:00:00,640
Speaker 1: going to be better than that for sure, just this year.

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01:00:01,880 --> 01:00:04,800
Speaker 1: Quote a whole new transfer team that's supposed to just

1114
01:00:05,520 --> 01:00:08,680
Speaker 1: gel immediately. That's not something I would bet on. Nine

1115
01:00:08,680 --> 01:00:11,120
Speaker 1: and a half. Nine and a half is the number.

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01:00:11,560 --> 01:00:17,680
Speaker 2: You're basically saying, is Lane Kiffen Kurt Signetti in the

1117
01:00:17,760 --> 01:00:22,600
Speaker 2: SEC where Kurt Signetti had how many expectations going into

1118
01:00:22,600 --> 01:00:24,680
Speaker 2: the twenty twenty four season two years ago?

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01:00:24,800 --> 01:00:25,120
Speaker 1: None?

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01:00:25,720 --> 01:00:30,280
Speaker 2: Zero, none. He was basically, if Kurt Signetti going into

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01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:35,200
Speaker 2: twenty twenty four had Indiana as feisty, he's getting a statue,

1122
01:00:35,560 --> 01:00:38,720
Speaker 2: let alone going to the inaugural twelve team playoff, let

1123
01:00:38,760 --> 01:00:42,000
Speaker 2: alone winning a national championship the following year. Lane Kiffen,

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01:00:43,280 --> 01:00:48,120
Speaker 2: on the full opposite end of that spectrum, has a

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01:00:48,280 --> 01:00:52,280
Speaker 2: roster that says, yeah, you gotta win ten eleven games,

1126
01:00:52,320 --> 01:00:54,880
Speaker 2: of course and end up in the playoff, of course.

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01:00:56,560 --> 01:00:59,800
Speaker 2: I just I'm not there in this moment in terms

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01:00:59,800 --> 01:01:03,000
Speaker 2: of feeling confident. We'll see as everything progresses. I don't

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01:01:03,040 --> 01:01:05,600
Speaker 2: even think Sam Levit's playing in the spring, right or

1130
01:01:05,680 --> 01:01:07,480
Speaker 2: not playing anything substantially in the spring.

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01:01:07,560 --> 01:01:09,960
Speaker 1: Now, he's going to be missing serious reps. And that's

1132
01:01:10,440 --> 01:01:14,040
Speaker 1: notable here. It's notable for a couple of reasons. Obviously,

1133
01:01:14,480 --> 01:01:17,160
Speaker 1: he is going to be throwing new receivers, I mean

1134
01:01:17,480 --> 01:01:21,440
Speaker 1: new receivers for LSU as well as your system, new line,

1135
01:01:21,720 --> 01:01:26,360
Speaker 1: new line receivers, new apartments, new everything, everything's new. So

1136
01:01:28,000 --> 01:01:33,000
Speaker 1: he was the top quarterback by some measures this portal cycle.

1137
01:01:33,560 --> 01:01:36,200
Speaker 1: But he had the injury. He's going to be limited

1138
01:01:37,240 --> 01:01:40,080
Speaker 1: during spring, won't be having the reps, as you said,

1139
01:01:40,120 --> 01:01:42,880
Speaker 1: going to be learning an entirely new system. Yeah, you

1140
01:01:42,880 --> 01:01:44,560
Speaker 1: canbine that with the line. You can bind that with

1141
01:01:44,680 --> 01:01:48,080
Speaker 1: just everything new. I hear where people are coming from here,

1142
01:01:48,600 --> 01:01:53,480
Speaker 1: and I think one thing that we know now, after

1143
01:01:54,360 --> 01:01:57,640
Speaker 1: a couple iterations of the portal and teams using it

1144
01:01:57,680 --> 01:02:01,440
Speaker 1: to varying degrees, you can hit on a couple of guys.

1145
01:02:01,480 --> 01:02:03,760
Speaker 1: It's rare that you hit on all of them. And

1146
01:02:03,840 --> 01:02:06,320
Speaker 1: that's what Signetti is essentially done in two straight years

1147
01:02:06,320 --> 01:02:08,919
Speaker 1: in Indiana. And we know that Lane Kiffin is sort

1148
01:02:08,960 --> 01:02:10,840
Speaker 1: of like the self proclaimed portal King, is very good

1149
01:02:10,840 --> 01:02:12,560
Speaker 1: at it. You know, his talent could bring it in.

1150
01:02:13,680 --> 01:02:15,120
Speaker 1: He was very good at doing that while he was

1151
01:02:15,120 --> 01:02:17,200
Speaker 1: at Old Miss. So I have no reason to think

1152
01:02:17,240 --> 01:02:20,280
Speaker 1: that that LSU is going to be worse than they

1153
01:02:20,280 --> 01:02:22,480
Speaker 1: were a year ago. I think they'll be better. But

1154
01:02:23,480 --> 01:02:28,640
Speaker 1: nine and a half is not an easy ask. It's

1155
01:02:28,640 --> 01:02:30,680
Speaker 1: not even a schedule that I look at and quiver

1156
01:02:30,760 --> 01:02:32,800
Speaker 1: with fear of, Like, I think they can win a

1157
01:02:32,800 --> 01:02:36,560
Speaker 1: bunch of these games, but you're essentially betting on a

1158
01:02:36,600 --> 01:02:39,360
Speaker 1: ten and two LSU with so much New, so much

1159
01:02:39,440 --> 01:02:43,240
Speaker 1: gelling right away. I don't think I would bet on that.

1160
01:02:44,280 --> 01:02:45,120
Speaker 1: I think I go under.

1161
01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:48,520
Speaker 2: Okay, so the upside is obvious and that they've they've

1162
01:02:48,520 --> 01:02:51,280
Speaker 2: spent on talent on both sides of the ball, that

1163
01:02:51,320 --> 01:02:55,280
Speaker 2: if Sam Levit's healthy, that the track record of Lane

1164
01:02:55,360 --> 01:02:56,840
Speaker 2: Kiffen with quarterbacks is.

1165
01:02:57,040 --> 01:03:02,880
Speaker 1: Largely really really good. Sure, I just like part of

1166
01:03:02,960 --> 01:03:06,640
Speaker 1: Sam Levitt's appeal is that he's a mobile quarterback, and

1167
01:03:07,880 --> 01:03:11,480
Speaker 1: a mobile quarterback coming off a foot injury against an

1168
01:03:11,520 --> 01:03:14,040
Speaker 1: SEC gaunt. Let's get like, this is still a tough schedule.

1169
01:03:15,440 --> 01:03:17,040
Speaker 1: I don't know, there's a lot that feels like it

1170
01:03:17,200 --> 01:03:21,640
Speaker 1: go wrong in that circumstance. So I like nine and

1171
01:03:21,720 --> 01:03:24,520
Speaker 1: three against this is a really good year, especially for

1172
01:03:24,640 --> 01:03:28,640
Speaker 1: year one was so much new. I wouldn't want to

1173
01:03:28,680 --> 01:03:31,400
Speaker 1: go above nine and three.

1174
01:03:31,120 --> 01:03:34,120
Speaker 2: I wouldn't either. And by the way, the Devil's Advocate

1175
01:03:34,160 --> 01:03:40,360
Speaker 2: thing on Sam Levitt is I think he's good. Are

1176
01:03:40,360 --> 01:03:45,240
Speaker 2: we absolutely sure that even healthy? Like against Texas in

1177
01:03:45,280 --> 01:03:48,560
Speaker 2: the biggest game of his college career, he didn't do anything. No,

1178
01:03:48,800 --> 01:03:50,440
Speaker 2: Kenny Dillingham is a good quarterback. I think I think

1179
01:03:50,480 --> 01:03:53,600
Speaker 2: Kenny did exam a good quarterback mind, good offensive mind.

1180
01:03:54,680 --> 01:03:57,960
Speaker 2: That was running game, it was defense, it was situational

1181
01:03:58,040 --> 01:03:59,520
Speaker 2: hit a great game against Iowa State in the Big

1182
01:03:59,520 --> 01:04:03,560
Speaker 2: twelve chair Biship game. He wasn't destroying teams in the

1183
01:04:03,560 --> 01:04:07,680
Speaker 2: Big twelve last year with Asu. No, I think it's

1184
01:04:07,680 --> 01:04:11,680
Speaker 2: a good quarterback. I don't think he's a like plug

1185
01:04:11,720 --> 01:04:14,960
Speaker 2: and play now that Lane Kiffin has him. With these

1186
01:04:15,240 --> 01:04:19,000
Speaker 2: you know, with LSU's new receivers or whatever we're talking about,

1187
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:23,360
Speaker 2: a heis. I'm not there right now, and maybe I

1188
01:04:23,400 --> 01:04:27,360
Speaker 2: will become labor day, but I'd be happy taking the

1189
01:04:27,400 --> 01:04:28,200
Speaker 2: under in this moment.

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Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean you need to assume that Sam Levitt's healthy,

1191
01:04:35,880 --> 01:04:39,760
Speaker 1: that the offensive line gets attacked together in an off season,

1192
01:04:40,840 --> 01:04:44,360
Speaker 1: that a couple dozen new players all hit, they're all chemistry,

1193
01:04:45,200 --> 01:04:48,640
Speaker 1: everything's working. That's a lot that you're leaving to assumption.

1194
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Speaker 2: If you want to get three point seven yards per

1195
01:04:51,680 --> 01:04:54,919
Speaker 2: attempted to interceptions at Mississippi State last season.

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