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Speaker 1: Here we go Wednesday Live in Chicago.

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Speaker 3: It's the Herd.

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Speaker 1: People are upset, Lebron's happy. Joel Klatt stops by wherever

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Speaker 1: you may be and however you may be listening. Thanks

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Speaker 1: for making us part of your day. Well, the story

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Speaker 1: last night, and I think I've talked about this all

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Speaker 1: summer long, is that Lebron has always been the best

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Speaker 1: player on his now last year, Luca was injured and

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Speaker 1: put on some weight, so I believe on most nights

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Speaker 1: Lebron was at least Luca's equal, and many times he

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Speaker 1: was better than Luca. So last night Lebron made his

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Speaker 1: season debut and it was a perfect night. Utah's the

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Speaker 1: worst defensive team by a mile in the NBA. The

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Speaker 1: Lakers had sixteen laps and seventy four points in the paint.

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Speaker 3: No physicality.

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Speaker 1: It was a home game, the healthiest the Lakers roster

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Speaker 1: has been in years, and Lebron eased his way back

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Speaker 1: into it. He didn't have the ball much in his hands.

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Speaker 1: His passing was as usual exceptional when Walker Kessler is

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Speaker 1: out for Utah.

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Speaker 3: They are so bad defensively, and.

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Speaker 1: Lebron appropriately did not insert himself into the offense much.

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Speaker 1: In fact, the usage rate is what I want to

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Speaker 1: see going forward. Luca had the ball forty four percent

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Speaker 1: of the time. I'd be happy at forty six forty seven.

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Speaker 1: Austin Reeves had it twenty five percent of the time.

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Speaker 1: Lebron had at thirteen, and it was all smiles. Do

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Speaker 1: I think taking seven shots and having the ball in

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Speaker 1: his hands thirteen percent of the time, I think Lebron's

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Speaker 1: going to be happy with that in April?

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Speaker 4: I do not.

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Speaker 1: But Lebron is really smart. He's always calculated, he's always intentional,

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Speaker 1: from the food he eats to the shots he takes.

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Speaker 1: And the Lakers are a fun, well coached offense, a

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Speaker 1: joyful atmosphere. Last night felt like an intense scrimmage. Utahs

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Speaker 1: that bad defensively and Lebron's always been an incredibly adaptable player.

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Speaker 1: Michael Jordan was not. The late Kobe was not, Carmelo

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Speaker 1: was not. Lebron's always been adaptable. But let's keep it

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Speaker 1: one hundred. Lebron now, for the first time in his career,

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Speaker 1: is absolutely the second best player on the team. He

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Speaker 1: was better than d Wade, He was better than Bosh,

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Speaker 1: he was better than Chunky Luca last year on most nights.

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Speaker 1: But I said all summer, Skinny Luca is the best

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Speaker 1: offensive player in the world. Skinny Luca last night had

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Speaker 1: thirty seven points, could have scored more. It felt like

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Speaker 1: something you'd see at the Why he scored whenever he

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Speaker 1: felt like it. Utah is atrocious defensively and Lebron's calculated.

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Speaker 1: He picked this week to come back. Why they play

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Speaker 1: Utah twice? No physicality in a bunch of days off.

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Speaker 1: So I will say this JJ Reddick has created. He

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Speaker 1: is a really good offensive coach. This offense, the spacing's fantastic,

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Speaker 1: it never gets jammed up. They really pass well. It's

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Speaker 1: a very giving offense. But Lebron's never been a true robin.

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Speaker 1: He's always been batman on almost every night of his career.

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Speaker 1: So settling for seven shots, they're not settling for thirteen

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Speaker 1: so old. That's what it should be for the regular season.

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Speaker 1: And I think it's a challenge, that's all I've said.

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Speaker 1: I think it's a challenge. This is an offensive team.

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Speaker 1: It's not like the Lakers were great defensively last night either.

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Speaker 1: They trailed for you know, three quarters and gave up

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Speaker 4: After just thought he played with the right spirit, very

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Speaker 4: unselfish all night. You know, was a willing passer, didn't

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Speaker 4: And I just thought he made a lot of great

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Speaker 2: Really good to have him back.

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Speaker 1: One of the criticisms of Lebron has been, you know

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Speaker 1: I think this country is very polarized. It's very punitive

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Speaker 1: Lebron picked Utah twice. And look at the schedule right now,

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Speaker 1: a lot of days off Utah twice, perfect team, perfect night,

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Speaker 1: Lakers healthy. But that usage rate. All I'm saying is

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Speaker 1: and feels a jumper, Austin Reeves two. Doesn't mean Austin's

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Speaker 1: better than Lebron, but the way JJ Reddick's offense runs, Austin.

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Speaker 1: All right, so the college football bracket came out. Everybody

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Speaker 1: always gets worked up, got a lot of football to go.

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Speaker 1: The team that's really upset is the Miami Hurricanes. Apparently

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Speaker 1: their nine fans are furious because they are ranked eleventh.

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Speaker 1: Notre Dame is ninth, and they beat Notre Dame Caines fans,

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Speaker 1: all nine of you. College football has changed. Head to

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Speaker 1: head matters. It's not everything, it's a thing, and timing

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Speaker 1: matters more. Right, So Miami has two losses to unranked teams,

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Speaker 3: And timing matters when do you lose.

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Speaker 1: Notre Dame has not lost September thirteenth, and when they lost,

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Speaker 1: they lost the good teams and they were very close

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Speaker 1: taking deep breath, the committee is basically just saying yes

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Speaker 3: That's the way the NFL works.

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Speaker 1: And remember, college football the last two to three years

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Speaker 1: the college football playoff means you can be Ohio State

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Speaker 1: head to head doesn't matter. It's a thing, but timing matters.

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Speaker 1: What did you do after the head to head matters?

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Speaker 1: I mean, the Raiders beat the Patriots in Week one?

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Speaker 1: How much does that matter today? In the fourteen team

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Speaker 1: how much does that matter?

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Speaker 3: It doesn't really.

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Speaker 1: In the first week of college football, nobody cares about

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Speaker 1: Ohio State and Texas. Ohio State's number one, not because

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Speaker 1: they beat Texas in Week one. They're number one because

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Speaker 1: of what they've done after that, and Texas is going

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Speaker 1: to miss the College Football Playoff. It's not because of

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Speaker 1: that loss. It's the losses after Mario Christobol, though not happy,

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Speaker 1: still thinks we beat Notre Dame, we should be ahead

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Speaker 4: The number one criteria anything's always head levity is It's why.

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Speaker 3: We play the game. So I think that always has

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Speaker 3: been and always will be the number one factory in

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Speaker 3: the churney whatever relates to whatever.

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Speaker 1: So let's just extrapolate this and exaggerate this to prove

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Speaker 1: my point. Let's say Miami had beaten Notre Dame and

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Speaker 1: then lost five straight games, and Notre Dame loses close

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Speaker 1: to Miami and then blows out the next five teams.

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Speaker 1: Do you really think a five loss Miami team should

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Speaker 1: be ranked to head a one loss Notre Dame team? Obviously,

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Speaker 1: if anybody has an IQ above motor oil and salad dressing. No,

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Speaker 1: So to prove a point, exaggerate the point. Obviously, head

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Speaker 1: to heady is something, but it's close. It's go either way.

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Speaker 1: It's a one hended cab. It's something, not everything. And

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Speaker 1: if I had to put twelve teams together today, I

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Speaker 1: do think this morning Notre Dame is slightly better.

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Speaker 3: Okay, sore you go, J Mack. I know you're feeling

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Speaker 3: it for Lebron.

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Speaker 1: I will say this, Lebron's always been one of these

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Speaker 1: shrewder guys in the league. Last night, he knew he

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Speaker 1: he and JJ Reddick used to have a podcast. You know,

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Speaker 1: they talked about this. You know, it was discussed, and

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Speaker 1: I thought Lebron was very smart to just smoothly put

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Speaker 1: of what the team was doing offensively. So did you

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Speaker 1: notice last night what Lebron really concentrated on his passing

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Speaker 1: I mean, he was no look past. So Lebron was like, listen, man,

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Speaker 1: it's going to take about six games. And even Austin

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Speaker 1: Reeves said after we had to tweak a few things

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna be And he was.

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Speaker 5: He was.

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Speaker 1: He played defense, He was a real facilitator. He did

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Speaker 1: not do ball usage that was intentional.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, even coming up the court, you could see he

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Speaker 5: would just give it to Luca and get out of

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Speaker 5: the way. He would go to the side. Wait, see

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Speaker 5: what was going on? Move off the ball. Listen, man,

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Speaker 5: I know you were hammering. Well, it's not gonna work

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Speaker 5: when he comes back. It is only Utah, But Colin,

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Speaker 5: their offense was unreal last night. I mean the passing,

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Speaker 5: the cutting off ball movement. And they get like four

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Speaker 5: days off, as you said before, the jazz again, and

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Speaker 5: if you look at the schedule after that, it's gonna

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Speaker 5: be like an eighteen and six Lakers team at some point. Okay,

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Speaker 5: they're coming for ok see, I'm not even kidding. Okay,

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Speaker 5: see as a juggernaut, I get it. They want to

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Speaker 5: win seventy games, go for it. Okay, just keep an

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Speaker 5: eye on the Lakers, my friend.

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs I think are gonna stick.

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Speaker 3: I think we're pretty close. So let's take the teams.

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Speaker 1: If the playoffs started today, this would be the playoff matchups.

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Speaker 3: Denver get to.

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Speaker 1: Buy as a number one seed. I think that will

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Speaker 1: be the case. I would take in the wild card

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Speaker 1: round Buffalo to beat Pittsburgh, even though it's at Pittsburgh,

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Speaker 1: because they won their division. Pittsburgh's lost six straight playoff

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Speaker 1: games and in five or six they've been gashed. And

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Speaker 1: if you have a good run game, you could give

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Speaker 1: Buffalo trouble here. But I get a major major quarterback advantage,

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Speaker 1: major offense advantage, and Pittsburgh can't run the ball, and

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Speaker 1: they have not ended seasons well since it's about twenty sixteen. Buffalo,

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Speaker 1: I would take the Colts at home over the Chargers,

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Speaker 1: a dependable run game and O line. Again if maybe

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Speaker 1: if it's on the road, it's different. But folks, the

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Speaker 1: better roster right now due to injuries is the Colts

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Speaker 1: and I have said this in the playoffs in baseball,

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Speaker 1: say it in the NFL playoffs. Good old lines, endure

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Speaker 1: and last and keep the ball away from star coaches

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Speaker 1: and star quarterbacks to take the Colts. And then I

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Speaker 1: would take the Patriots at home to beat the Jags

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Speaker 1: in the wild card round. You trust Jacksonville and cold Weather?

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Speaker 1: Really you trust Trevor Lawrence cold Weather up north, I don't,

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Speaker 1: so I would have Denver by Buffalo, Colts Patriots advance.

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Speaker 1: Now we go to the divisional round, I would take

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Speaker 1: Denver over Buffalo. Denver at home off of by Sean Payton,

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Speaker 1: offensive coach.

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Speaker 3: Off of Bye.

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Speaker 1: First of all, the Bills can't stop the run. Between

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Speaker 1: boh Niggs, Bonis's legs and the run game, I think

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Speaker 1: it'd be death by a thousand Cuts. Colts Patriots, Daniel Jones, regression,

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Speaker 1: cold Weather. I'm going to take New England. I don't

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Speaker 1: trust Daniel Jones in this spot. I think New England

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Speaker 1: pressure is the quarterback. I've watched Daniel Jones with a

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Speaker 1: little pressure.

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Speaker 3: I know what I get.

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Speaker 1: Now, Patriots Broncos, I'm taking Denver. More playmakers on both

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Speaker 1: sides of the ball, more elite players in their prime.

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Speaker 1: If you look at recent history, offensive coach against defensive

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Speaker 1: coach in divisional round and conference championships has favored the

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Speaker 1: offensive coach, Denver to the super Bowl. As of today,

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Speaker 1: now Baltimore and Kansas City today are not in the

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Speaker 1: AFC playoffs. Maybe that changes things, but the matchups, that's

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Speaker 1: where I would go.

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Speaker 3: NFC.

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Speaker 1: Let's go Wildcard Seattle tam with the Eagles getting the buy.

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Speaker 1: I take Seattle. Why better overall roster? If you look

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Speaker 1: at Baker Mayfield when facing pressure this year, and Seattle

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Speaker 1: applies a lot of pressure. Baker facing pressure forty six

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Speaker 1: passer rating. Seattle is also, bizarrely the best road team

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Speaker 1: in the NFL the last two years. Green Bay Chicago's

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Speaker 1: a coin flip. If it's at Chicago, I'd take Chicago,

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Speaker 1: I would. I'd take Caleb Williams making a play. Chicago

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Speaker 1: in bad weather and that'll be bad weather. Is a

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Speaker 1: consistently better run team. Chicago runs the ball a lot

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Speaker 1: and runs it well. Green Bay runs it a lot

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Speaker 1: and doesn't run it well. I would take the Bears

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Speaker 1: in an ugly, windy, cold, low scoring game. Niners at

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Speaker 1: the Rams. Mcvay's head Shanahan's number recently. I think it's

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Speaker 1: a Rams have a better overall roster. I trust their health,

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Speaker 1: I trust their offensive and defensive consistency. No question, the

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Speaker 1: Rams are the much better defense than the Niners this year,

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Speaker 1: and that's not particularly close. Now we go to the

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Speaker 1: NFC Divisional round, I would take the Eagles off of

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Speaker 1: by beating Seattle. Why Philly in the playoffs creates turnovers,

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Speaker 1: Seattle leaves the NFL in giveaways.

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Speaker 3: Sam in this spot, cold windy on the road.

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Speaker 1: What Philadelphia does well defensively, Seattle can struggle with offensively.

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Speaker 1: Take Philly Bears Rams again. If you go look at

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Speaker 1: the Rams under McVeigh home playoff games, they win, and

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Speaker 1: they win convincingly. I think the more well rounded team,

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Speaker 1: the veteran quarterback, the veteran coach, take the Rams to

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Speaker 1: win convincingly. Rams Philly game of the year in the playoffs.

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Speaker 1: I would take the Rams. Listen right now, the Rams defense,

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Speaker 1: everybody is good, the Rams offense more consistent.

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Speaker 3: The Rams run the ball better, they throw it better.

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Speaker 1: I get McVeigh Stafford over hurt Siriani in a big spot,

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Speaker 1: as long as it's not blowing sideways. Even if it

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Speaker 1: is Rams running game is better, I'll take the Rams.

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Speaker 1: We get to the Super Bowl, Rams over Denver again.

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Speaker 1: I get the veteran quarterback, two great defenses. The Rams

514
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Speaker 1: are the least penalized team in the league. The Broncos

515
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Speaker 1: are the most penalized team in the league in close games.

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Speaker 1: That stuff matters. Stafford McVay whin their second Super Bowl together.

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Speaker 1: As of now, Baltimore Chiefs couldn't make the playoffs. I

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Speaker 1: would take Denver. J Max beside himself.

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Speaker 3: He didn't know what to do with it.

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Speaker 5: I'm flying the gaster the Denver Broncos in the Super Bowl.

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Speaker 3: What how do you know if the Bills winning in

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Speaker 3: the first round. I mean, there's too much there to

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Speaker 3: chew on.

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Speaker 2: I know we got a guess.

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Speaker 1: Let's revisit later in the Okay, Okay and Joe now

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Speaker 1: joining us live the college football playoff. Right. Miami is

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Speaker 1: all upset, boy, Miami is all upset. And I said,

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Speaker 1: they're nine fans in America are furious. I think head

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Speaker 1: to head matters less than it used to. It still matters, absolutely,

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Speaker 1: but it doesn't matter like it did.

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Speaker 5: You.

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Speaker 1: It's like the NFL. The Raiders beat the Patriots in

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Speaker 1: a week one. Nobody cares. As college football has created

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Speaker 1: a playoff and has extended their season more games, it

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Speaker 1: just doesn't have the impact. And right now, those two

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Speaker 1: ugly losses for Miami, I would put Notre Dame narrowly

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Speaker 1: ahead of Miami, would you. So I think it matters

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Speaker 1: if you're comparing them directly, and right now they're not

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Speaker 1: being compared directly, and I think that's where it's at.

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Speaker 1: And I do think that the Playoff committee has, maybe artificially,

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Speaker 1: but they have created a buffer between Miami and Notre

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Speaker 1: Dame so that they're not compared, you know, And you

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Speaker 1: can maybe say that's intentionally. I'm not sure, but for instance,

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Speaker 1: the resume for Alabama is much better than Notre Dame,

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Speaker 1: so it doesn't really make sense for them to fall

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Speaker 1: behind Notre Dame unless you're going to go just based

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Speaker 1: on eye tests. And remember there are coaches on this committee.

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Speaker 1: Mark D'Antonio, the former Michigan State coach, he's obviously going

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Speaker 1: to favor a run oriented team that's consistent. Well that's

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Speaker 1: Notre Dame versus Alabama. Mike Riley is on the staff,

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00:31:17,720 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 1: you know, which can't run the football. So I think

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Speaker 1: that the eye test has won out in a lot

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Speaker 1: of these arguments for this version of the committee. And

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Speaker 1: right now there's a buffer. You've got Utah and BYU

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Speaker 1: sitting in there, you've got Alabama, so you don't have

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Speaker 1: to directly compare Notre Dame in Miami. Now, if they,

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Speaker 1: for whatever reason get closer to one another and it

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Speaker 1: becomes a discussion about Miami or Notre Dame for inclusion

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Speaker 1: into the playoff, then you have to go head to head.

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Speaker 1: This is where I would disagree with you. If it

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Speaker 1: comes down to those two, you have to honor the

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Speaker 1: on field result. But until they're compared directly, at this point,

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Speaker 1: the committee is not really taking that into consideration. So

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Speaker 1: Georgia beats Texas again with physicality. All three games of

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Speaker 1: look the same to me. I didn't think Arcs played bad.

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Speaker 1: I didn't think he was the story. What are we

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Speaker 1: to make I've said this, USC and Texas, even when

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00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,360
Speaker 1: they're good or kind of pretty, Georgia's never been pretty.

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Speaker 1: I think Georgia is just an awful matchup for Texas.

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Speaker 1: I actually think, I actually think, and.

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Speaker 3: I was wrong on this.

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Speaker 1: I think Oklahoma is actually built like an SEC team.

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Speaker 1: They they were good quarter Well they proved.

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Speaker 3: That at Bama. You know, they went in there and

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00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:29,800
Speaker 3: played great defense. That's right.

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Speaker 1: And what do we think of the Texas Longhorns today?

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Speaker 1: What do we think of them? I think they're out.

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Speaker 1: You know, there was this conversation like, well, maybe at

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Speaker 1: nine to three Texas, because one of those losses is

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Speaker 1: at Ohio State, maybe they could back their way into

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Speaker 1: the playoff. No, no, no, I'm done with that, not

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Speaker 1: after the way that they lost to Georgia, not after

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Speaker 1: their even by the way, a couple of their close

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Speaker 1: wins are awful. I mean, Missippi State and Kentucky are

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Speaker 1: not good football teams. They had to take overtime to

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Speaker 1: do that. In fact, they remind me a lot of

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Speaker 1: last year's BAMA team that was left out of the playoff. Remember,

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Speaker 1: last year's Bama team was nine to three. Last year's

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00:33:06,920 --> 00:33:09,960
Speaker 1: Bama team had to win over Georgia. This year, you know,

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Speaker 1: Texas has a big win over Oklahoma, so you've got

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Speaker 1: two big wins. They each had really difficult road losses

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Speaker 1: this year Texas at Ohio State. Last year Bama at Tennessee,

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Speaker 1: and then they each had bad, brutal late season beats

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Speaker 1: on the road. Last year's BAMA team got drilled by

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Speaker 1: Oklahoma late, and Texas this year got drilled by Georgia late.

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Speaker 1: To me, it's not a resume that you can get

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Speaker 1: back into the playoffs. So to me, Texas is done

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Speaker 1: and any conversation that suggests otherwise is nefarious in my estimation.

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Speaker 1: If you look at their resume, if you watch them

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Speaker 1: on tape, neither of those things can put Texas into

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Speaker 1: that college football playoff. And Georgia, by the way, I

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Speaker 1: just think Georgia is the best SEC team that we're

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Speaker 1: seeing right now, whether they get to the SEC Championship

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Speaker 1: game or not, calling that's the best team in the

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Speaker 1: SEC because you got to play against great players who

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Speaker 1: believe in their coach, and their coach believes in them.

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Speaker 3: Think about that sequence where they go for it.

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Speaker 1: On fourth down, fourth and one from their own thirty

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Speaker 1: five yard line, up fourteen to ten, and all of

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Speaker 1: a sudden, Arts goes from throwing a touchdown pass with

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Speaker 1: five and a half minutes left, he doesn't see the

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Speaker 1: ball again until eight minutes to go in the fourth quarter,

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Speaker 1: down twenty eight ten. What a sequence in there with

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Speaker 1: the on side kick the fourth downs Kirby was amazing.

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Speaker 1: What if Texas hammers Texas A and M. I don't care,

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Speaker 1: like hammer one one to seven. Do you really think that?

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Speaker 3: I mean, I don't think. I don't buy Texas A

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Speaker 3: and M. So I don't.

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Speaker 1: I watched the entire game last week. I don't care.

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Speaker 1: You can't get down thirty to three at home to

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Speaker 1: South Carolina. I think Texas gonna beat Texas and M soundly,

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Speaker 1: and then they're gonna say, well, okay, we lost to Georgia.

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Speaker 3: Well, they're the best team and we narrowly lost.

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Speaker 1: They also they also needed a punt return in overtime

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Speaker 1: to beat Mississippi State. They also needed overtime to beat Kentucky.

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Speaker 1: You know, like I, I don't, I don't see it.

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Speaker 1: I don't see it with Texas. Not if you were

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Speaker 1: going to set a precedent for a nine and three

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Speaker 1: team to make the playoffs, let's.

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Speaker 3: Make them good.

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Speaker 1: You know, this Texas team hasn't even played well for

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Speaker 1: sixty minutes, not one time this entire season. So that

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Speaker 1: would I mean, I would call them the question that

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Speaker 1: they're all of a sudden going to drill Texas A

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Speaker 1: and M.

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Speaker 3: I mean A and M.

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Speaker 1: Yes, you ride the roller coaster. You got the terrible

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Speaker 1: first half, but they had a great second half. And

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Speaker 1: I think I just don't think that at nine and three,

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Speaker 1: Texas has any business sniffing around this playoff.

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Speaker 5: No.

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Speaker 1: I just say, if they blow out an A and M,

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Speaker 1: they'll be three and two against I mean, you could

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Speaker 1: have an eleven and two BYU. You could have a

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Speaker 1: ten and two Utah, you could have a ten and

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Speaker 1: two USC. I mean there are a lot of teams

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Speaker 1: that you can have a ten and three Alabama. You know,

648
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Speaker 1: what do you do with the ten and three Alabama

649
00:35:43,080 --> 00:35:45,320
Speaker 1: that goes to the SEC Championship game maybe and loses.

650
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Speaker 3: I mean, what do you do with them? They would

651
00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:50,040
Speaker 3: be over at Texas. So I think Texas has too

652
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Speaker 3: much to overcome. All Right, the.

653
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Speaker 1: UFC Oregon, now I don't think. I don't know if

654
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Speaker 1: they can block Oregon. I do not know if USC

655
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,879
Speaker 1: can block Oregon's two first round defensive lineman up front.

656
00:36:03,400 --> 00:36:05,399
Speaker 1: I'm not as concerned with it. If they can block them,

657
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:08,640
Speaker 1: whether they can tackle them. I think Oregon's gonna win

658
00:36:08,680 --> 00:36:11,320
Speaker 1: by about ten to thirteen points. Do you know. I

659
00:36:11,400 --> 00:36:13,359
Speaker 1: think it's a bad matchup for USC, and I said

660
00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:16,080
Speaker 1: the same thing about about the Iowa game last last week.

661
00:36:16,120 --> 00:36:18,560
Speaker 1: In Iowa did cover, but USC showed me a lot

662
00:36:18,680 --> 00:36:21,839
Speaker 1: winning that game in those conditions, the way that they did,

663
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Speaker 1: being down twenty one to seven and coming back and

664
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Speaker 1: winning that football game that was really really good, and

665
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Speaker 1: in particular their defense holding Iowa to nothing really one

666
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Speaker 1: hundred yards and no points in the second half.

667
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Speaker 3: That was huge.

668
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Speaker 1: But but Oregon's a different animal, and that location where

669
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Speaker 1: they're playing different animal. We know that USC struggles a

670
00:36:39,560 --> 00:36:41,239
Speaker 1: little bit on their road, even though they've gotten some

671
00:36:41,400 --> 00:36:45,000
Speaker 1: road victories here this season. If I told you that

672
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Speaker 1: Oregon was the second best rushing team in the country

673
00:36:49,040 --> 00:36:51,840
Speaker 1: yards per carry, you'd be like, oh, I didn't realize that.

674
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Speaker 3: Well they are.

675
00:36:52,600 --> 00:36:55,400
Speaker 1: They're ahead of teams like Notre Dame. Notre Dame shredded

676
00:36:55,480 --> 00:36:58,759
Speaker 1: this USC defense running the football, and Oregon will line

677
00:36:58,840 --> 00:37:01,120
Speaker 1: up with a stable of backs. They've got three or

678
00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:03,000
Speaker 1: four different backs that they can hand the football to,

679
00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:06,200
Speaker 1: and they will run the rock with physicality. They did

680
00:37:06,239 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 1: it against Iowa, They've been doing it against everybody. So

681
00:37:09,120 --> 00:37:10,800
Speaker 1: the fact that they're banged up at the wide receiver

682
00:37:10,920 --> 00:37:13,919
Speaker 1: position in the skill positions with who is that Gary

683
00:37:14,000 --> 00:37:15,960
Speaker 1: Bryant has been out to Goreyan Moore has been out.

684
00:37:16,360 --> 00:37:18,399
Speaker 1: That doesn't bother me as much because they can lean

685
00:37:18,440 --> 00:37:21,719
Speaker 1: on the run game, specifically against this us USC team.

686
00:37:21,800 --> 00:37:25,239
Speaker 1: By the way, they couple that with the number one

687
00:37:25,360 --> 00:37:29,360
Speaker 1: pass defense in America. So again it's like the matchup

688
00:37:29,480 --> 00:37:32,279
Speaker 1: does not favor USC. If they win this, they will

689
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:35,120
Speaker 1: be firmly in the playoff in my estimation, because it's

690
00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:36,879
Speaker 1: not a matchup that favors them, and it's a tough

691
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:39,520
Speaker 1: location to play. You know, it really comes down to

692
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:43,560
Speaker 1: USC and they had they beaten Illinois, which by the way,

693
00:37:43,600 --> 00:37:45,360
Speaker 1: they scored the go ahead touchdown. I was there with

694
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:49,200
Speaker 1: a minute ago, and I remember I got a text

695
00:37:49,239 --> 00:37:51,160
Speaker 1: from a friend. He goes, boy, they pulled it out,

696
00:37:51,200 --> 00:37:53,160
Speaker 1: and I said, no, no, Illinois's got a great kicker.

697
00:37:54,000 --> 00:37:56,879
Speaker 1: US Seed not stopping them. Their defense been on the field.

698
00:37:56,920 --> 00:37:59,399
Speaker 1: If they scored too fast, I said it on the broadcast. Yeah,

699
00:37:59,400 --> 00:38:01,759
Speaker 1: they scored with much time left and that defense for

700
00:38:02,080 --> 00:38:04,200
Speaker 1: in the second half, Illinois was doing whatever they wanted to.

701
00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:08,080
Speaker 1: They scored too fast. They won that game. You could

702
00:38:08,120 --> 00:38:10,680
Speaker 1: lose close to Oregon, you lose the notre name, you

703
00:38:10,680 --> 00:38:11,640
Speaker 1: can get into the playoff.

704
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Speaker 3: But I don't think they match up well. So let

705
00:38:14,760 --> 00:38:17,960
Speaker 3: me throw this out, is that I read.

706
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Speaker 1: These stories, I don't know if I believe them that

707
00:38:19,640 --> 00:38:23,160
Speaker 1: there's an ultimatum. Old Miss has given Lane Kiff and

708
00:38:23,200 --> 00:38:25,719
Speaker 1: an ultimatum. Now my take is, shouldn't be somewhere in

709
00:38:25,800 --> 00:38:27,600
Speaker 1: the middle, right, I mean, couldn't they be like, hey,

710
00:38:27,680 --> 00:38:30,000
Speaker 1: we need an answer. But it's not a full ultimatum.

711
00:38:30,080 --> 00:38:32,919
Speaker 1: So you can say like, no, that's totally false. There's

712
00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:35,879
Speaker 1: no ultimatum, but behind the scenes they're probably like, hey,

713
00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:40,160
Speaker 1: like we need an answer. So I think he should

714
00:38:40,200 --> 00:38:42,680
Speaker 1: stay at Old Miss or go pro. I don't want

715
00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:45,399
Speaker 1: to bounce into LSU or Florida either. Stay at Old Miss.

716
00:38:45,440 --> 00:38:47,200
Speaker 1: They've got in IL money. I made a call on

717
00:38:47,280 --> 00:38:49,440
Speaker 1: that two days ago. They've got in IL money. That's

718
00:38:49,480 --> 00:38:53,240
Speaker 1: not an issue. He'll be I think the SEC jobs

719
00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,799
Speaker 1: outside of maybe Georgia are all kind of the same.

720
00:38:56,160 --> 00:39:00,399
Speaker 1: They're all dysfunctional, a bit delusional. Georgia between George High

721
00:39:00,400 --> 00:39:06,360
Speaker 1: school football and Florida and just the revenue Georgia to

722
00:39:06,440 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 1: me is like it's good, it's a top five job

723
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Speaker 1: in the country, maybe Bama, but Bama doesn't have Georgia's

724
00:39:12,080 --> 00:39:14,160
Speaker 1: high school football talent within one hundred feet.

725
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Speaker 3: Of the campus.

726
00:39:15,239 --> 00:39:17,920
Speaker 1: So I I to me, if you have an sec

727
00:39:18,120 --> 00:39:21,880
Speaker 1: job and you're winning, stay in that job, or you disagree,

728
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:28,239
Speaker 1: I don't disagree. And my take is not necessarily on

729
00:39:28,719 --> 00:39:31,520
Speaker 1: the level or quality of the job. I would just say,

730
00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:34,279
Speaker 1: if he was gonna stay at Old Mess, I think

731
00:39:34,280 --> 00:39:36,480
Speaker 1: he would have already done it. And I know I've

732
00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,200
Speaker 1: bounced around on this. I have been kind of all

733
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:42,239
Speaker 1: over the map. And part of that is because Lane

734
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:43,160
Speaker 1: is all over the map.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, and you know, like.

736
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Speaker 1: Like it or not, Lane loves this. He loves to

737
00:39:50,800 --> 00:39:53,600
Speaker 1: be the center of attention on social media in the

738
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Speaker 1: college football world.

739
00:39:55,160 --> 00:39:55,719
Speaker 3: He loves this.

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Speaker 1: I mean he two weeks ago he ran out under

741
00:39:59,920 --> 00:40:01,520
Speaker 1: the the middle of the field so that he could

742
00:40:01,600 --> 00:40:04,480
Speaker 1: photo Obama a couple that was getting engaged on the

743
00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,279
Speaker 1: field at Ole Miss. And he loves being the center

744
00:40:07,360 --> 00:40:11,000
Speaker 1: of attention. And he is right now and calling you.

745
00:40:11,160 --> 00:40:14,080
Speaker 1: But here's the thing. If he wanted to stay, he

746
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:16,520
Speaker 1: would stay, and we would have already known it. Look

747
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:18,960
Speaker 1: at all the other coaches around the country that have

748
00:40:19,080 --> 00:40:22,880
Speaker 1: said they're staying or signed extensions and Ole Miss, I know,

749
00:40:23,280 --> 00:40:26,480
Speaker 1: has told him money is not a factor here. Whatever

750
00:40:26,520 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 1: you get offered, we will match it. So it's not

751
00:40:29,160 --> 00:40:31,600
Speaker 1: that he's going to make more somewhere else, which is

752
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,839
Speaker 1: starting to lead me to believe. And again I will

753
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Speaker 1: fully own I have been all over the map on

754
00:40:36,719 --> 00:40:40,120
Speaker 1: this and Lane. But Lane is a unique cat. Now

755
00:40:40,560 --> 00:40:42,600
Speaker 1: I don't know if he can come back to Ole Miss.

756
00:40:43,000 --> 00:40:46,319
Speaker 1: You can't lead him on for this long. And now

757
00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:48,440
Speaker 1: there's going to start to be animates like why aren't

758
00:40:48,480 --> 00:40:51,719
Speaker 1: you signing an extension? What's the problem? And I think

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Speaker 1: he's going to Florida, I really do. I think he's

760
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:56,320
Speaker 1: going to Florida, and I think he's going to be

761
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Speaker 1: the next coach of the Gators, and I think that

762
00:40:57,800 --> 00:40:59,759
Speaker 1: we're going to have one of the biggest messes. And

763
00:41:00,080 --> 00:41:03,640
Speaker 1: in college football history go down before the playoff when

764
00:41:03,760 --> 00:41:06,600
Speaker 1: Lane Kiffin steps away from a college football playoff team

765
00:41:06,640 --> 00:41:08,840
Speaker 1: and goes to coach another team. You know what he

766
00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:11,440
Speaker 1: should say right before the Egg Bowl. That's where they

767
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,640
Speaker 1: want the answer and say, well, I'm gonna make you fire.

768
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Speaker 1: I'm not going to give you an answer, fire me,

769
00:41:15,719 --> 00:41:17,960
Speaker 1: and ole Miss will back off and they can't just

770
00:41:18,000 --> 00:41:19,920
Speaker 1: say fire me. If you're going to fire me or

771
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:21,839
Speaker 1: hire another coach and see how it plays to your

772
00:41:21,960 --> 00:41:24,520
Speaker 1: booster group. That would be the leverage he could play,

773
00:41:24,560 --> 00:41:27,480
Speaker 1: because he's certainly in the driver's seat here. But my

774
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:30,560
Speaker 1: point being, regardless of what they're trying to do in

775
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:33,920
Speaker 1: this quote unquote ultimatum, if he wanted to be there, Colin,

776
00:41:34,160 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 1: he would have already been there. He would have already signed.

777
00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:40,799
Speaker 1: That's where I'm starting to sit here, and I think

778
00:41:40,840 --> 00:41:44,320
Speaker 1: he's going to Florida. Well, I don't think there's anything

779
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:49,960
Speaker 1: wrong with taking phone calls unless you're married. Other than that,

780
00:41:50,239 --> 00:41:54,399
Speaker 1: take phone calls, not with marriage, everything else, take phone calls.

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Speaker 3: Every job. A good caveat That was a nice That

782
00:41:58,360 --> 00:42:01,560
Speaker 3: was a really nice save there. That's a great caveat.

783
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Speaker 1: Okay, Ohio State host Rutgers. All the years you've been

784
00:42:06,320 --> 00:42:12,000
Speaker 1: covering college football, those Alabama defenses were unbelievable with Nick,

785
00:42:12,160 --> 00:42:14,319
Speaker 1: But he didn't have the NIOL or transfer portal. If

786
00:42:14,360 --> 00:42:16,080
Speaker 1: he had a weakness, he had a weakness. Now you

787
00:42:16,120 --> 00:42:18,520
Speaker 1: can just go solve it. Not only can you solve it,

788
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,000
Speaker 1: you can go get the best player in the country

789
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Speaker 1: and put him in the spot you need at corner

790
00:42:24,239 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 1: like Caleb Downs or safety. So transfer portal is its

791
00:42:28,600 --> 00:42:31,000
Speaker 1: free agency, and so it's not just you know, if

792
00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:33,600
Speaker 1: even Nick Saban would be like, we're probably one pass

793
00:42:33,680 --> 00:42:36,840
Speaker 1: rusher away. You go to a junior college, but you

794
00:42:36,960 --> 00:42:38,920
Speaker 1: can't really solve it. Now you can go buy the

795
00:42:39,000 --> 00:42:41,160
Speaker 1: best player in the country at that position. Does this

796
00:42:41,320 --> 00:42:46,080
Speaker 1: Ohio State defense does it rank with the Saban defenses

797
00:42:46,160 --> 00:42:47,400
Speaker 1: or the best you've ever seen in college?

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Speaker 6: Oh?

799
00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:47,759
Speaker 3: Yeah.

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00:42:47,760 --> 00:42:50,399
Speaker 1: They've given up eight total touchdowns in ten games. They're

801
00:42:50,400 --> 00:42:54,120
Speaker 1: giving up seven and a half points per game. I mean, yeah, absolutely,

802
00:42:55,000 --> 00:42:57,279
Speaker 1: this is one of the best defenses I've ever seen

803
00:42:57,360 --> 00:43:00,960
Speaker 1: and ever covered. They're good on every single level. I

804
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,759
Speaker 1: think their schematics are as good as I've ever seen

805
00:43:03,880 --> 00:43:04,800
Speaker 1: in college.

806
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:05,560
Speaker 3: And here's the thing.

807
00:43:05,640 --> 00:43:09,399
Speaker 1: They're running the new England Patriots defense. The Patriots defense.

808
00:43:09,160 --> 00:43:10,240
Speaker 5: That gave.

809
00:43:11,600 --> 00:43:15,759
Speaker 1: Professional play callers and quarterbacks and NFL guys problems for years.

810
00:43:15,800 --> 00:43:18,320
Speaker 1: They're running that. And the reason that they can is

811
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Speaker 1: that their players are so intelligent. Caleb Downs is one

812
00:43:20,880 --> 00:43:23,120
Speaker 1: of the most intelligent players that I've ever been around

813
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:28,080
Speaker 1: covering this sport. Sonny styles is the same way Arvel

814
00:43:28,160 --> 00:43:30,600
Speaker 1: Reese has stepped in and by the way, I think

815
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Speaker 1: Rvel Reese is playing himself into a top three pick

816
00:43:33,719 --> 00:43:36,600
Speaker 1: in college in the NFL draft, because people are going

817
00:43:36,640 --> 00:43:39,880
Speaker 1: to start to view Arvel Reese like Micah Parsons or

818
00:43:39,880 --> 00:43:42,239
Speaker 1: an abdual Carter, a guy that can play off the

819
00:43:42,320 --> 00:43:45,920
Speaker 1: ball but also on the ball and present and create pressure.

820
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:48,000
Speaker 3: So Reese's stock is through the roof.

821
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Speaker 1: So They've got a top three pick in the NFL

822
00:43:50,560 --> 00:43:53,279
Speaker 1: draft sitting on their defense, and he might not even

823
00:43:53,320 --> 00:43:55,320
Speaker 1: be the best player on their defense because Downs is

824
00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,560
Speaker 1: still behind him, who's probably a top A, top top tick,

825
00:43:58,920 --> 00:44:01,479
Speaker 1: top ten me picking the NFL draft.

826
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Speaker 3: So yeah, this is this is as good as it gets.

827
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Speaker 1: And it's the marriage between Matt Patriciaan what he's doing schematically,

828
00:44:07,360 --> 00:44:10,520
Speaker 1: the players, their intellect, their physicality, their ability to run,

829
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Speaker 1: their length, all of it. This is the best defense

830
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:16,879
Speaker 1: that I've seen. And there's been some good ones. Yeah,

831
00:44:16,960 --> 00:44:18,440
Speaker 1: Nick had some good ones at Bama. There are some

832
00:44:18,520 --> 00:44:20,719
Speaker 1: really good ones at Georgia. This one is right up

833
00:44:20,719 --> 00:44:24,440
Speaker 1: there with those. Hey, by the way, talking yesterday the

834
00:44:24,560 --> 00:44:29,960
Speaker 1: day before, actually well it was in the last seventy

835
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Speaker 1: two hours.

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Speaker 3: I have talked to an NFL head coach.

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Speaker 1: Okay, and this NFL coach text me and said, Mendoz

838
00:44:40,640 --> 00:44:45,000
Speaker 1: at Indiana. He said, he's one of the easier quarterbacks

839
00:44:45,680 --> 00:44:48,959
Speaker 1: to evaluate that he remembers in college. He goes because

840
00:44:49,000 --> 00:44:53,279
Speaker 1: Indiana uses some NFL stuff. Yep, he says. Indiana does

841
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:55,880
Speaker 1: a really good job. Kurt Signetti to run some pro

842
00:44:56,080 --> 00:44:58,920
Speaker 1: Sunday stuff, he said. Mendoza's you know, he goes. The

843
00:44:59,000 --> 00:45:01,719
Speaker 1: biggest problem, he texted me, is a lot of times

844
00:45:01,760 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 1: he's college programs are doing stuff for years and years,

845
00:45:04,000 --> 00:45:06,359
Speaker 1: even with Mahomes. You're like, well, it doesn't look close

846
00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:06,960
Speaker 1: to the NFL.

847
00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:10,600
Speaker 3: Didn't translate schematically. Yeah, oh, what is that big twelve

848
00:45:10,640 --> 00:45:11,320
Speaker 3: stuff NFL?

849
00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:15,800
Speaker 1: This coach said, really easy comp He's one of the

850
00:45:15,880 --> 00:45:20,000
Speaker 1: easier of OL's arm size NFL. You look at their offense,

851
00:45:20,080 --> 00:45:22,880
Speaker 1: you'll be able to watch him, watch the film and

852
00:45:22,960 --> 00:45:25,440
Speaker 1: figure out, Okay, that's what we would do on Sunday.

853
00:45:25,480 --> 00:45:27,880
Speaker 1: He's either good at it or average at it. Just

854
00:45:28,000 --> 00:45:31,920
Speaker 1: throw that out there that he's going to be. He's

855
00:45:31,960 --> 00:45:34,239
Speaker 1: also got the experience, which I love, you know that.

856
00:45:34,440 --> 00:45:36,880
Speaker 1: You know, I always talk about reps and number of starts.

857
00:45:36,960 --> 00:45:38,799
Speaker 1: This is what hurts a guy like Ty Simpson who

858
00:45:38,840 --> 00:45:42,280
Speaker 1: hasn't started a huge number of games in college football.

859
00:45:42,640 --> 00:45:45,200
Speaker 1: Yeah that listen, Mendoza is going to be easily a

860
00:45:45,280 --> 00:45:47,480
Speaker 1: top three pick, maybe the top pick in the entire

861
00:45:47,600 --> 00:45:50,000
Speaker 1: NFL draft. And here's the thing, we haven't even gotten

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Speaker 1: to the interview process. I think that's going to be

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Speaker 1: his best trait is his interview process. When I sit

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Speaker 1: with him, it's like I'm sitting across the table from

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Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins. And I mean that in a compliment. He

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Speaker 1: understands what he's about, he knows who he is, he

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Speaker 1: knows the offense, He's comfortable in his own skin. He's

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Speaker 1: he's a football nerd in the best ways possible. And

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Speaker 1: so Mendoza is going to be evaluated, just based on

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Speaker 1: the film, is possibly a number one pick. Then when

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Speaker 1: he walks into the room and they meet him, they're

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Speaker 1: going to be like, Yep, he's a face of the

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Speaker 1: franchise type of guy. You know at this point with

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Speaker 1: the size of Ty Simpson and the fact that he

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Speaker 1: hasn't played a ton of football, and I would suggest

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Speaker 1: to him that he go back, Dante Moore, go back

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Speaker 1: play more football in the college game. I think Mendoza

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Speaker 1: is is on the trajectory to be the number one

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Speaker 1: pick in the draft. For the record, when you played

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Speaker 1: minor league baseball, what position.

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Speaker 5: Did you play?

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Speaker 1: I was a third baseman and played a little first

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Speaker 1: base as well. Reportably you or Mike Schmidt without any

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Speaker 1: power or range. Yeah, that's right, kind of. You know

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Speaker 1: what I lacked in power, I made up for in

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Speaker 1: a lack of speed. Here, Oh you got the swings.

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Speaker 1: Oh no, look at this, Oh warning track power. Let's

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Speaker 1: see here, there's no one. I was bitterly disappointed I

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Speaker 1: couldn't get one of those out. Bitterly disappointed who was pitching.

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Speaker 3: It was a machine, and it.

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Speaker 1: Just wasn't like fast enough to try to generate that

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Speaker 1: pop that was like center field. Gross, gosh, dang it,

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Speaker 1: you look like a pitcher trying to hit. Kind of

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Speaker 1: now that's now, Hold on a second. I'd tell you

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Speaker 1: my ribs were sore the next day calling I was

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Speaker 1: swinging hard.

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Speaker 3: Man. Oh that's kind I actually got the impressed look

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Speaker 3: at that. I mean, I appreciate How old are you?

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Speaker 2: Right?

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Speaker 1: I'm forty three? Now all right, all right, almost, that's

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Speaker 1: not bad. It's a good looking swing almost almost, all right, buddy,

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Speaker 1: Great seeing you, Great to see you.

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Speaker 3: As well.

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Speaker 1: Good to be in Chicago to see you in person,

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Speaker 1: and uh yeah, we'll see you next week brother.

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Speaker 3: All right, that was fun.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Michigan Northwestern turned out to be a really really

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Speaker 1: interesting game, and field was a Murphy's. If you're ever

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Speaker 1: in Wrigley Field, Murphy's a good place to go. Gets

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Speaker 1: a little sideways at Murphy's