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Speaker 1: The Big Bets on Campus Podcast Podcast pot all right,

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

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Speaker 1: It's not the sage bumping dog in the fight, It's

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Speaker 1: the sage of the fight in the roll. Welcome to

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Speaker 1: the Big Bets on Campus Podcast, presented by Bett MGM.

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Speaker 1: I'm Mike Calibers, and this is the Group of five

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Speaker 1: Deep Dive preview season now in the books, week zero

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Speaker 1: really helps us here. All right, Mike, I'm going to

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Speaker 1: welcome you back in. I know previous season was long.

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Speaker 1: We put in a lot of hard work, a lot

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Speaker 1: of hours researching. But now the real bullets are flying.

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Speaker 1: We have real god love and football on Saturday. I

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Speaker 1: know this isn't the most exciting slate in the world,

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Speaker 1: but how do you feel about Week zero?

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Speaker 4: I am so excited. It has been a long offseason

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Speaker 4: for college football fans. We had conference through alignement, playoff expansion,

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Speaker 4: nil talk, transfer, portal talk. Finally all that bullshit has gone.

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Speaker 4: We have football games, football being played, football to bet On.

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Speaker 3: Could not be more excited. I don't know about you.

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Speaker 3: We live in PA. I don't know where everyone else

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Speaker 3: is listening.

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Speaker 4: Woke up Tuesday morning, boy Calbaries didn't you just feel

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Speaker 4: football in the air. This morning, Tuesday morning in PA

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Speaker 3: It was football weather. I am so excited.

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Speaker 1: Got myself a little pumpkin spiced coffee from Wah Wah,

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Speaker 1: I got all the pumpkin flavor, I got the cold air,

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Speaker 1: I got the anger churning through me. That's football season, baby,

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Speaker 1: those are all the emotions put together.

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Speaker 1: All right, So what do you think here? How should

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Speaker 1: we walk through before we get to the week zero slate.

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Speaker 1: Obviously we're going to discuss all three games. What do

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Speaker 4: If you didn't have time to listen to the preseason pods,

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Speaker 4: We're gonna quickly run through just our best best. Let's

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Speaker 4: tell people what our favorite one was, you know, conference future,

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Speaker 1: I love James Madison. You're never going to hear a

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Speaker 1: But we know this about College truble, nothing stays the same.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, hey, look, ideally we're gonna have James Madison versus

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Speaker 1: And the last thing I'll say on this too, And

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Speaker 3: Well, I miss him to the title game. Let's pivot

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Speaker 4: But they have two running backs that are back that

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Speaker 4: Quarterback Evans, Cibota takes over for Andrew Peasley. Sabota is

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Speaker 4: Wyoming has one of the best home field advantages in

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Speaker 4: love that their schedule broke so they get basically all

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Speaker 4: at San Jose State, at New Mexico, and at Colorado State.

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Speaker 3: Those are all winnable.

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Speaker 4: Colorado State's probably the hardest of the group. But then

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Speaker 1: So Wyoming should have the same identity. I know that

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Speaker 1: I'm not afraid of Houston Syracuse, you know. I still

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Speaker 1: think is in a rebuild. Kyle McCord is not this

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Speaker 1: certainly going over seven.

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I like it. I think it almost kind of plays

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Speaker 4: was I think when we talked all off season, we

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Speaker 4: to me, now they have like just a guy at

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Speaker 4: think I think that this raises the value in Fresno State.

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Speaker 4: I think it just makes Boise seem a little less

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Speaker 4: as well. Now let's get a little negative. You know,

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Speaker 4: all year. So who is your favorite under across the

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Speaker 1: I had a decent amount in this category, but one

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Speaker 1: I'm going to be rooting against UAB, both emotionally and

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Speaker 1: some spots we're betting on Trent Dilver's offense. Is actually

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Speaker 1: the right thing to do. Is much as it pains

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Speaker 3: Oh oh, that's mine too. There we go.

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Speaker 1: All right, we're doubling down here. This is the roster

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Speaker 1: That's right around the corner, negative nine in the net tarp.

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Speaker 1: Thanks to our man here in the BBOC universe, Colin Wilson,

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Speaker 1: we know that's not only the worst in Conference USA,

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Speaker 1: how much they lost in the portal, how much they

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Speaker 1: lost to graduation. This team is devoid of talent. And

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Speaker 1: if they had a savior at quarterback, if they swung

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Speaker 3: I'd argue Neh is.

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Speaker 4: More of like a averag I'd argue he's more of a

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Speaker 1: All right. I think that's a fine, you know, piece

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Speaker 1: if you, for some ungodly reason that over four and

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Speaker 1: a half, you're hoping for the win with this run

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Speaker 1: defense that can't stop anybody, here's what they finish with

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Speaker 1: Jacksonville State. You know that rich Rod's going to run

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Speaker 1: last game after getting you know, basically being a punching

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Speaker 1: you can find a market first coach to be fired,

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Speaker 1: Sonny Comby has to be very high on that list.

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Speaker 1: Four and a half I think is way too generous.

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Speaker 1: I think this is off by a game and a half.

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Speaker 1: So that's why it's my number one under on the board.

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Speaker 3: It breeds more like Cloudy Kumby. Am I right?

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Speaker 1: It's fine, we'll get there.

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Speaker 3: I'm definitely on the steer.

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Speaker 4: There's actually an under five out there, which I also like,

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Speaker 4: but I'm with you even four and a half I'll take.

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Speaker 3: Is that four and a half of plus money.

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Speaker 1: Four and a half? I saw it like plus one

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Speaker 1: twelve in different books out there, So I'm ruthy.

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Speaker 3: Jack Turner was four.

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Speaker 4: Well, he couldn't even take Hank Bachmeyer's job last year.

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Speaker 4: And we know what I think a Hank Bachmeyer. I mean,

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Speaker 4: this team returned. This team won three games last year

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Speaker 4: with Smoke Harris, Cyrus Allen, and Kyle Maxwell all at receiver.

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Speaker 4: They had crazy skill position guys, and we're still terrible.

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Speaker 1: Smoker Harrison is just making plays everywhere. The every gigantic

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Speaker 4: Yeah, so now they lose their three best players. They

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Speaker 4: you mentioned the defense is going to be horrific, one

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Speaker 4: the run they have just three starters back. I don't

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Speaker 4: see how they're how you can look at this team

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Speaker 4: that won three games last year, we're now supposed to

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Speaker 4: supposed to win five or six. I ain't seems gonna

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Speaker 4: be a mess. I don't see how they make a ball.

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Speaker 4: I'm with you, way way way way under on law

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Speaker 3: Should we uh? Should we get a little more positive? Now?

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Speaker 4: We have made a name for ourselves and our fan

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Speaker 4: Bailey Zappy the Our Guy Memorial Award, and then obviously

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Speaker 4: last year, Diego Diego our boy. Our fans loved him.

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Speaker 4: Everyone jumped on board, except Stocky, that miserable bastard who

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Speaker 3: So we're gonna do that again this year.

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Speaker 4: Let's let's pick a few guys who do you have

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Speaker 4: your eye on this year that has potential to be

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Speaker 4: the next Zappi Diego or just the guy we're rooting

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Speaker 1: Don't don't look at him.

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Speaker 3: Okay, he's a criminal. I heard he'd lived a state

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Speaker 1: A team that is getting bandied about a lot in

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Speaker 1: the Action Network Slack channel is Bowling Green, and I

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Speaker 1: seven to one to win the MAC. If you're feeling

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Speaker 1: You can see it in his game. He had an

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Speaker 1: He also led the position the position with two point

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Speaker 1: He can run away from people, he can stiff arm,

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Speaker 1: you know, smaller defenders off him. He's sixty four, two

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Speaker 1: hundred and thirty pounds. He is going to play in

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Speaker 1: the NFL, and that's a rare thing to say for

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Speaker 1: a skill position player in the MAC. And also the

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Speaker 1: other part that I like about buying in on him

439
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Speaker 1: now is that he got better as the year went on.

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Speaker 1: When it was only MAC opponents, he was really eaten.

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Speaker 1: In his final five games, he averaged over five receptions

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Speaker 1: per game, eighty five yards, and he scored four touchdowns

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Speaker 1: in those contests. So he's a guy that I think

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Speaker 1: can make Connor Baslac look like a plus quarterback in

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Speaker 1: a group of five league. So the fact of the

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Speaker 1: matter is he is my guy. I think Bowling Green

447
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Speaker 1: is going to get to the title game in the

448
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Speaker 1: Mid American this year and he's going to be a

449
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Speaker 1: big reason for it. I love it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, we both have futures on Blonne. I believe we

451
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Speaker 4: both have futures right on Bowling Green to win the MAX.

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Speaker 4: So we are going to be firmly a Falcons podcast

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Speaker 4: this year. Anybody else you have or just Fanin.

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Speaker 1: Just fan in for the offensive side. But if you

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Speaker 1: want to talk defense, Ahmed hasain for Boise State the

456
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Speaker 1: defensive ends. He's a tackle for loss specialists. He had

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Speaker 1: sixteen and a half last year. But the backstory is

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Speaker 1: what I just can't get over. He could become well,

459
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Speaker 1: he's already the first FBS player from Egypt's but he

460
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Speaker 1: could become the first NFL player drafted from Egypt. He

461
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Speaker 1: left Cairo as the nation's number one CrossFit competitor in

462
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Speaker 1: the under eighteen category. So this guy is a physical

463
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Speaker 1: specimen and this will only be a six year playing

464
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Speaker 1: organized football. So he's just gotten better and better as

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Speaker 1: he's learned techniques, as he's learned how to play within

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Speaker 1: the team construct. Physically, he is just such a problem

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Speaker 1: and it's the reason why even as a Group of

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Speaker 1: five player, he's on the Benaric Award watch list. He

469
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Speaker 1: had a nine game sack streak last year, and he's like, basically,

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Speaker 1: you can rush three or four guys and gets to

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Speaker 1: the quarterback because you have him, which is what boys

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Speaker 1: he's going to need because their pass defense last year

473
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Speaker 1: was horrific at times, so being able to drop extra

474
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Speaker 1: man is going to be a big part of it.

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Speaker 1: I just think you know his backstory and what it

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Speaker 1: means to a program like Boise, and really for any

477
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Speaker 1: group of five team, anytime you get a good player,

478
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Speaker 1: a power forour team just plucks you like they go in,

479
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Speaker 1: they just you know, they give him an nil bag

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Speaker 1: and they're gone. But to have the kind of loyalty

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Speaker 1: for him to stay with this program, and also all

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Speaker 1: the work that they go through to get a player

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Speaker 1: from Egypt in the first place, and I will say this,

484
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Speaker 1: he could be the first NFL player from Egypt not

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Speaker 1: to be confused with i'm on Saint Brown, because I

486
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Speaker 1: was like, I'm on ros Saint Brown. I was like, oh,

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Speaker 1: he has to be Egyptian. Why would his have an

488
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Speaker 1: Egyptian god name. It turns out his dad was just

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Speaker 1: really into that. He's got a German background. So that's

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Speaker 1: it for the history lesson and you know, all the

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Speaker 1: country connections. But at the end of the day, this

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Speaker 1: guy is absolutely phenomenal. I can't wait to see what

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Speaker 1: he does for Boise this year.

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Speaker 3: Love it all right. I'll give you too as well.

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Speaker 3: Mine are both on offense.

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Speaker 4: I cheat a little bit first one, you know, you know,

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Speaker 4: you always hear the stories about the kid that was discovered,

498
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Speaker 4: you know, as a recruit because he had like the

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Speaker 4: star quarterback on his team, and all the scouts are

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Speaker 4: coming and watch the quarterback and was like.

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Speaker 3: Hey, that other guy's pretty good as well. I'm doing

502
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Speaker 3: that as well.

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Speaker 4: Look, we were watching our New Mexico State games for Diego, obviously,

504
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Speaker 4: and I would be texting you every game, be like,

505
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Speaker 4: why I love Jerry Kill, but give this Moni Watkins

506
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Speaker 4: cat the ball more often. He was like the second

507
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Speaker 4: or third string back. This dude averaged nine point yards

508
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Speaker 4: per carry last season on fifty nine carries.

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Speaker 3: Now he's the lead back. Now he's the main guy.

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Speaker 3: I was screaming on my TV.

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Speaker 4: Every time you touch the ball, you'd break a huge

512
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Speaker 4: druma give him the ball every play. Twenty one of

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Speaker 4: his carries twenty one of fifty nine or for at

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Speaker 4: least ten yards. Forty five of his carries went for

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Speaker 4: a first down or a touchdown. This dude is lightning

516
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Speaker 4: in a bottle. He is a threat to score literally

517
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Speaker 4: every time he touches the football. He was a four

518
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Speaker 4: star recruit who started his career at TCU playing cornerback.

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Speaker 3: And running back.

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Speaker 4: He's recruits by corner play, a little running play, a

521
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Speaker 4: little corner in practice. So he was also a state

522
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Speaker 4: champion track star in high school. Just unreal speed. I

523
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Speaker 4: love Money Watkins. I'm not sure about this team coming

524
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Speaker 4: back this year, so I'm a little down on the

525
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Speaker 4: Aggies with Tony Sanchez. I know are both not a

526
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Speaker 4: fans of him, but hopefully Tony Sanchez is smart enough

527
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Speaker 4: to just give Money Watkins the ball every play.

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Speaker 3: I love him, so.

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Speaker 4: He is my guy, and then kind of a little

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Speaker 4: bit of Diego in him as well. I'm going my

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Speaker 4: second guy, Arkansas State quarterback Jalen Rayner. If you listen

532
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Speaker 4: to the sun Belt pod, I'm not as high on

533
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Speaker 4: Texas State, and one of the reasons is because I'm

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Speaker 4: high on Arkansas State. I love their offense as well,

535
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Speaker 4: and they basically have the same question of just neither

536
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Speaker 4: defense he better. But for this pick, I don't care

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Speaker 4: about the defense because when Jalen Rayner took over from

538
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Speaker 4: this team, they went five and four under him, and.

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Speaker 3: When they won, when he looked good, they were crushing teams.

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Speaker 4: He finished year with seventeen passing touchdowns, five rushing scores,

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Speaker 4: they bring back, they bring back his two leading receivers.

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Speaker 4: I think Jalen Rayner isn't for a monster sophomore season

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Speaker 4: leading the Arkansas State Red Wolves.

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Speaker 3: He's got a.

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Speaker 4: Little die going in where he just kind of, you know,

546
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Speaker 4: not the most talented, I will say guy, but just

547
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Speaker 4: finds ways to make plays.

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Speaker 3: I love watching Jalen Rainer. He is my guy for

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Speaker 3: this year.

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Speaker 1: I'm hoping for your sake because you've been, as you said,

551
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Speaker 1: you've been carrying the water for Manzi from day one.

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Speaker 1: You're like, get this guy the ball more often. Well,

553
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Speaker 1: trivia time, because if he has a breakout season after

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Speaker 1: having such a huge year as an understudy. We'll go

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Speaker 1: back to nineteen eighty eight when Barry Sanders finally got

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Speaker 1: his opportunity to be the full time starting running back

557
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Speaker 1: in Stillwater. Who was he backing up in nineteen eighty

558
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Speaker 1: seven that he couldn't get to the top of the

559
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Speaker 1: depth chart? Do you know? No, Therman Thomas was the

560
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Speaker 1: running back that he couldn't get over those two guys

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Speaker 1: in the same backfield. So you know, if you go

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Speaker 1: nine point seven yards per carry and you give him

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Speaker 1: a full dose two hundred and two hundred and fifty carries.

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Speaker 1: I'm not great at math, but I think he's going

565
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Speaker 1: to be flirting with some NCAA records for rushing yards

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Speaker 1: in an entire season. So hopefully he goes to that

567
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Speaker 1: level and keeps New Mexico State relevant because I agree

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Speaker 1: Sanchez experience is not something I'm looking forward to, but

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Speaker 1: maybe a single player can change my mind. Happy to

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Speaker 1: keep an open minds here in September.

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Speaker 4: Let's talk ball Baby week zero with a moment we've

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Speaker 4: all been waiting for, kicking off the headliner, sealing the show.

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Speaker 3: High noon over in Ireland.

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Speaker 4: Florida State versus Georgia Tech. Just kidding, who cares? We

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Speaker 4: don't give a shit. You can sleep in on Saturday

587
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Speaker 4: because four o'clock we got Montana State at New Mexico. Now, look,

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Speaker 4: this line's moved a little bit. Montana State eleven and

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Speaker 4: a half now. It was nine and a half on Monday,

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Speaker 4: so the line's growing. Bronco Mendenhol make his coaching debut

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Speaker 4: for New Mexico after two teams away from football, got

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Speaker 4: a lot to do, taking over four to eight in

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Speaker 4: New Mexico. Team Montana State kind of a disappointing year

594
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Speaker 4: last year, picked the finish first in the Dick Sky,

595
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Speaker 4: went just eight and four, but they entered the year

596
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Speaker 4: ranked number four in the FCS pre season poll. This

597
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Speaker 4: is a very very good FCSC hence the eleven and

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Speaker 4: a half point favorite here. So Montana State hasn't actually

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Speaker 4: beaten an FBS team since two thousand and six when

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Speaker 4: they knocked off Colorado nineteen to ten. I know a

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Speaker 4: lot of casual fans see Montana State. Who the hell

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Speaker 4: is that New New Mexico that I.

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Speaker 3: Know who that is?

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Speaker 4: They're an underdog too, What about you? Are you going

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Speaker 4: to take the familiar faith or is eleven and a half.

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Speaker 3: Or you laying it? What's your thought here on a

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Speaker 3: Montana State in New Mexico game.

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Speaker 1: Well, for Week zero, we have two ends of the

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Speaker 1: pendulum in the FCS. We have Montana State, who's a

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Speaker 1: legit national champion caliber team, No, and then we have

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Speaker 1: Delaware State, who you know, there's probably some D two,

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Speaker 1: maybe the best D three teams could beat them, So

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Speaker 1: they're at the opposite ends. So this is simply how

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Speaker 1: I think about it. If you were in the running

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Speaker 1: to be a national champion at the FCS level, you're

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Speaker 1: a solid mid tier bowl team at the FBS level now,

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Speaker 1: particularly in the early season when depth does not come

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Speaker 1: into play nearly as much as it does later in

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Speaker 1: the year. Now, with that being said, we got a

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Speaker 1: new guy at the Action Network, Joshua Nunn. If you're

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Speaker 1: unfamiliar with this work, hey is an absolute savant when

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Speaker 1: it comes to FCS football. So he gave me a

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Speaker 1: cheat sheet and be sure to follow along with him

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Speaker 1: on the Action Network app. He's going to break down

625
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Speaker 1: so many FCS first FBS games in the coming weeks.

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Speaker 1: He gave me a cheat sheet on the Bobcats, and

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Speaker 1: I think it's important to just basically make the case

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Speaker 1: on both sides before it laying out of play. Here,

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Speaker 1: the Bobs can really run the ball. They ran for

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Speaker 1: two hundred ninety one yards per game last year, which

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Speaker 1: was second in the FCS. They also finished second scoring

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Speaker 1: at a hair blow forty points per game. They were

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Speaker 1: turned four All conference performers on the offense, two in

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Speaker 1: the line, quarterback Tommy Malott and running back Julius Davis.

635
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Speaker 1: Malot great at as the fourth best quarterback at the

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Speaker 1: FCS level by Pro Football Focus, and Davis was a

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Speaker 1: former Wisconsin running back. He just got stuck in the

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Speaker 1: logjam of their depth chart, so he goes to the

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Speaker 1: FCS level and he's been killing it. He averaged almost

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Speaker 1: seven yards per carry last year. Overall, their offensive line

641
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Speaker 1: is expected to be one of the best in the FCS,

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Speaker 1: although they're breaking in three new starters there. Defense is

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Speaker 1: where this gets interesting, and this is where I started

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Speaker 1: to dig in to potentially, you know, taking the points

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Speaker 1: with New Mexico. Here, the Bobcats play a four to

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Speaker 1: five defense, and they lost lineman Sebastian Beldez to Washington,

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Speaker 1: so the Huskies get a great FCS player moving his

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Speaker 1: way up. They also lose their their top linebacker and

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Speaker 1: top tackler in Nolan Askilsson to graduation.

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Speaker 3: So in a four two.

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Speaker 1: Five defense, losing your two best players in the box,

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Speaker 1: I think hurts against a new Mexico team that is

653
00:28:22,280 --> 00:28:23,920
Speaker 1: going to want to run the ball. So the question

654
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:26,480
Speaker 1: is can Bronco mend in hall work is magic right away?

655
00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:30,000
Speaker 1: In game one? They're breaking in an entirely new offensive line.

656
00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:33,119
Speaker 1: But I think that basically, you know, hides the fact

657
00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,640
Speaker 1: that they have the players up front to move Montana State.

658
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:38,160
Speaker 1: When you look at what they have, they have a

659
00:28:38,160 --> 00:28:41,600
Speaker 1: Georgia transfer Juwan Singletary at center and at two time

660
00:28:41,720 --> 00:28:45,640
Speaker 1: Juko All American, and Wallace Unamba at guard who's a

661
00:28:45,720 --> 00:28:47,800
Speaker 1: Biscuit Chaia three forty. So I think they're going to

662
00:28:47,840 --> 00:28:50,640
Speaker 1: be able to move, you know, the defensive front, and

663
00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:53,320
Speaker 1: if they do, they get an Arizona State transfer at

664
00:28:53,400 --> 00:28:55,719
Speaker 1: running back. They also have Andrew Henry back and then

665
00:28:55,760 --> 00:28:58,920
Speaker 1: they have this quarterback Devin dan Pierre, who in my opinion,

666
00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:01,120
Speaker 1: has the opportunity to be one of the breakout stars

667
00:29:01,240 --> 00:29:03,000
Speaker 1: of the G five this year. I don't think they're

668
00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:04,400
Speaker 1: going to win that many games. If they get to

669
00:29:04,400 --> 00:29:06,160
Speaker 1: three or four wins this year, I think it's a

670
00:29:06,160 --> 00:29:08,960
Speaker 1: good stepping stone season for Bronco Mendenhall. But I do

671
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:11,320
Speaker 1: think dam Pier is going to be an electric factory

672
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:13,840
Speaker 1: the entire season. When you look at his high school,

673
00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:15,520
Speaker 1: you know highlights, and you look at the work he

674
00:29:15,560 --> 00:29:19,160
Speaker 1: had last year six touchdowns, zero picks, and he also

675
00:29:19,560 --> 00:29:22,400
Speaker 1: just absolutely did damage on the ground nearly six yards

676
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:26,160
Speaker 1: per carry. Taysom Hill, Bryce Perkins, Bronco menden Hall gets

677
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,160
Speaker 1: these dual threats to work for him right away. So

678
00:29:28,160 --> 00:29:32,520
Speaker 1: I finished by saying this New Mexico has much like

679
00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:34,000
Speaker 1: a lot of G five teams. They got a lot

680
00:29:34,040 --> 00:29:36,920
Speaker 1: of new faces on defense, but their defensive coordinator is

681
00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:39,080
Speaker 1: someone that I believe in. Nick hal has a proven

682
00:29:39,120 --> 00:29:42,920
Speaker 1: track market of success under benden Hall at BYU and Virginia,

683
00:29:43,120 --> 00:29:45,600
Speaker 1: including a year with the Wahoo's set the school record

684
00:29:45,640 --> 00:29:48,400
Speaker 1: for sacks with forty three in one season. He's put

685
00:29:48,400 --> 00:29:51,120
Speaker 1: together some really good pass defenses, So I think if

686
00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:53,160
Speaker 1: he takes away the pass and can stack the run

687
00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:56,520
Speaker 1: in this game, eleven and a half is just two generous, which,

688
00:29:56,560 --> 00:29:58,880
Speaker 1: by the way, According to Joshua Nunn, are new guy

689
00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,520
Speaker 1: in the FCS streets, is the largest points spread for

690
00:30:02,560 --> 00:30:05,360
Speaker 1: an FCS team playing on the road against an FBS

691
00:30:05,400 --> 00:30:08,360
Speaker 1: team in history. So I think the market has just gotten,

692
00:30:08,600 --> 00:30:11,000
Speaker 1: you know, a little bit in front of themselves. Here,

693
00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 1: give me the cherry and silver, go Lobos. I'll take

694
00:30:13,880 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: the points.

695
00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,040
Speaker 3: Is there a number you'd stop at?

696
00:30:24,320 --> 00:30:26,719
Speaker 1: Yeah? I wouldn't take this a ten flat. I think

697
00:30:26,800 --> 00:30:29,360
Speaker 1: there's you know, but anything over that get the hook,

698
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:31,800
Speaker 1: go ahead and take it. I think this could be

699
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:33,640
Speaker 1: a coming out party for Dan Pierre and a really

700
00:30:33,720 --> 00:30:37,360
Speaker 1: fun game. I think sometimes the week zero hate gets

701
00:30:37,360 --> 00:30:39,880
Speaker 1: thrown around pretty liberally. This game, I think has an

702
00:30:39,880 --> 00:30:43,120
Speaker 1: opportunity to be fun because the Montana State run offense

703
00:30:43,400 --> 00:30:45,560
Speaker 1: was a ton of fun to watch last year, and

704
00:30:45,680 --> 00:30:47,600
Speaker 1: as I said, they're running into a defense that's breaking

705
00:30:47,640 --> 00:30:49,800
Speaker 1: in just about nine full time starters. All right.

706
00:30:49,840 --> 00:30:52,720
Speaker 4: We moved to another game, eight o'clock CBS sports Net.

707
00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:56,320
Speaker 4: Another game that has seen significant line movement just from

708
00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:59,760
Speaker 4: Monday to Tuesday, SMU down to twenty four and a half.

709
00:31:00,440 --> 00:31:02,040
Speaker 4: When I wrote this down Monday, they were twenty seven

710
00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:04,000
Speaker 4: and a half. So a little bit of buy back

711
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:06,600
Speaker 4: there Now, look, it's always a little awkward to look at.

712
00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,760
Speaker 4: We're sitting here, we're starting the season talking about our

713
00:31:09,800 --> 00:31:13,200
Speaker 4: ex SMU moved on to bigger, better things. We're trying

714
00:31:13,200 --> 00:31:15,640
Speaker 4: to show we moved on, we don't need them, and

715
00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:18,760
Speaker 4: then yet here we show up with this grenade Nevada,

716
00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:20,480
Speaker 4: and now we don't look so good.

717
00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:23,240
Speaker 3: But SMU's making their acc debut.

718
00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:27,160
Speaker 4: Jeff cho also making his head coaching debut for the Wolfpack,

719
00:31:27,280 --> 00:31:30,320
Speaker 4: hired the former Texas defensive coordinator and he will be

720
00:31:30,400 --> 00:31:34,080
Speaker 4: tasked with slowing down Preston Stone and this SMU offense.

721
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:37,840
Speaker 4: Nevada brought in unpower fied transfers, but when you see

722
00:31:37,840 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 4: how it will work. Brandon Lewis was just named the

723
00:31:40,040 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 4: starter over aj Bianco and Chooper Purdy. I agree with you,

724
00:31:43,800 --> 00:31:45,640
Speaker 4: not good news. We were hoping to be purty just

725
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:46,320
Speaker 4: for the upside.

726
00:31:46,320 --> 00:31:48,880
Speaker 3: But he is hurt. So Lewis gets.

727
00:31:48,640 --> 00:31:51,920
Speaker 4: The guy started ten games last year, thirteen at Colorado

728
00:31:51,920 --> 00:31:53,960
Speaker 4: before that, so he is the most experienced guy. So

729
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:55,360
Speaker 4: you huld have a guy that like kinda knows what

730
00:31:55,400 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 4: he's doing. Now, look, Nevada as a whole should have

731
00:31:59,560 --> 00:32:01,920
Speaker 4: more talent than last year. They should have better coaching

732
00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:03,720
Speaker 4: than last year. All they have a ton of Power

733
00:32:03,720 --> 00:32:06,480
Speaker 4: five transfers, but this is still a massive rebuild.

734
00:32:06,600 --> 00:32:07,440
Speaker 3: And this is game one.

735
00:32:07,560 --> 00:32:09,320
Speaker 4: So for me, you know, you get down to twenty

736
00:32:09,360 --> 00:32:11,920
Speaker 4: four and a half, the question is how healthy is

737
00:32:12,000 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 4: prest and Stone and how long do you play?

738
00:32:14,280 --> 00:32:14,400
Speaker 1: Right?

739
00:32:14,480 --> 00:32:17,320
Speaker 4: Lastly already came out and said Kevin Jennings will also play.

740
00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:20,600
Speaker 4: So does Stone only play half? To see how long

741
00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:23,240
Speaker 4: does he go? And basically you have to ask yourself

742
00:32:23,440 --> 00:32:25,080
Speaker 4: will the Mustangs run up the score?

743
00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:27,840
Speaker 3: Now? They do play Houston Christian next week, so there.

744
00:32:27,760 --> 00:32:29,880
Speaker 4: Isn't a look ahead spot, so I don't know if

745
00:32:29,880 --> 00:32:31,880
Speaker 4: that is kind of I don't really know if that

746
00:32:31,920 --> 00:32:33,800
Speaker 4: works in their favor as like they're holding stuff back

747
00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,040
Speaker 4: or if they don't need to or what the deal is.

748
00:32:36,760 --> 00:32:38,560
Speaker 4: What's your take on this game? How long do you

749
00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:41,000
Speaker 4: think Stone plays? How does that factor in your handicap?

750
00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:43,400
Speaker 4: Are you laying it with our ex boot or are

751
00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:45,720
Speaker 4: you signed with the new lover in Nevada.

752
00:32:46,680 --> 00:32:49,320
Speaker 1: Let's start with Jeff Choate. I do have to correct

753
00:32:49,360 --> 00:32:51,440
Speaker 1: you it is not his head coaching debut because he

754
00:32:51,480 --> 00:32:54,560
Speaker 1: did have head coaching experience with Montana State. He led

755
00:32:54,560 --> 00:32:57,640
Speaker 1: them to the fcs SEMIS, So I mean it's a

756
00:32:57,640 --> 00:32:59,600
Speaker 1: perfect combination as far as I'm concerned. I love the

757
00:32:59,680 --> 00:33:02,960
Speaker 1: higher because he's run his entire program before. He also

758
00:33:03,000 --> 00:33:06,400
Speaker 1: has tons of FBS experience at Wazoo, Florida, Washington, as

759
00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,720
Speaker 1: you mentioned most recently as a co DC at Texas.

760
00:33:10,120 --> 00:33:12,840
Speaker 1: But this turnaround is going to take some time. And

761
00:33:12,920 --> 00:33:15,200
Speaker 1: when I look at this, you know whether it's twenty

762
00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:17,040
Speaker 1: four when it was twenty seven and a half. I

763
00:33:17,040 --> 00:33:18,800
Speaker 1: don't want to get tied up in that. I want

764
00:33:18,840 --> 00:33:21,800
Speaker 1: to go team total over forty one. In the spot,

765
00:33:21,800 --> 00:33:24,480
Speaker 1: I play it up to forty two because I think

766
00:33:24,680 --> 00:33:27,040
Speaker 1: SMU is going to want to send a message as

767
00:33:27,080 --> 00:33:29,800
Speaker 1: a new Power four Conference member for the first time.

768
00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:31,600
Speaker 1: I think they want to make a good impression. If

769
00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:33,560
Speaker 1: you take out their loss to Oklahoma last year. With

770
00:33:33,640 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 1: Stone as their starting quarterback, the Ponies averaged forty four

771
00:33:36,600 --> 00:33:39,400
Speaker 1: points six points per game. Six of his seven wideouts

772
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:42,400
Speaker 1: return this season, and he always spreads the ball around,

773
00:33:42,440 --> 00:33:44,760
Speaker 1: which I think is really nice because they were kind

774
00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:48,120
Speaker 1: of looking last year for someone to replace Rice in

775
00:33:48,200 --> 00:33:51,080
Speaker 1: terms of that go to receiver, but none of their

776
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:53,680
Speaker 1: receivers had a target share over thirteen percent. So the

777
00:33:53,680 --> 00:33:55,640
Speaker 1: fact that he is that many receivers back and he

778
00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:57,680
Speaker 1: has no problem spreading it out, I think is a

779
00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:00,080
Speaker 1: good sign that Dell hit the ground running here. Our

780
00:34:00,200 --> 00:34:02,600
Speaker 1: jam Maryland is a fantastic tight end as well. They

781
00:34:02,600 --> 00:34:05,280
Speaker 1: have a deep backfield. The offensive line has three starters

782
00:34:05,320 --> 00:34:07,400
Speaker 1: to replace. I think that's going to matter when they

783
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:10,800
Speaker 1: get into acc play. But Nevada cannot rush the passer.

784
00:34:10,960 --> 00:34:12,799
Speaker 1: We'll pack for one hundred and twenty fourth in sacks

785
00:34:12,880 --> 00:34:15,400
Speaker 1: last season, and they have a brand new secondary, so Chote,

786
00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:17,000
Speaker 1: even though he has a lot of experience on the

787
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:19,880
Speaker 1: defensive side of the ball, facing a passing game that

788
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:23,359
Speaker 1: could be as dangerous as SMUs with a brand new

789
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:27,279
Speaker 1: secondary is a really bad recipe here. And finally, you

790
00:34:27,360 --> 00:34:30,000
Speaker 1: asked will they run it up? Lashly is a run

791
00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:32,640
Speaker 1: it up kind of head coach. Year one, six games

792
00:34:32,640 --> 00:34:35,000
Speaker 1: with forty points or more. Your two five games with

793
00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:38,160
Speaker 1: forty points or more. This is the first game in

794
00:34:38,200 --> 00:34:40,319
Speaker 1: the new Power for Conference for them. I think he's

795
00:34:40,320 --> 00:34:41,680
Speaker 1: going to put on a show. I think he's going

796
00:34:41,760 --> 00:34:44,120
Speaker 1: to want to make a statement. And whether it's stone

797
00:34:44,239 --> 00:34:46,600
Speaker 1: for let's call it six drives or you know, two

798
00:34:46,680 --> 00:34:49,720
Speaker 1: and a half quarters. Jennings, I think certainly is somebody

799
00:34:49,719 --> 00:34:52,440
Speaker 1: who's talented enough to make this offense go. So I

800
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:55,239
Speaker 1: don't think it's necessarily going to a vanilla playbook and

801
00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,080
Speaker 1: a backup quarterback that he doesn't want to get give

802
00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,279
Speaker 1: reps meaningful reps to So I think they're going to

803
00:34:59,320 --> 00:35:01,160
Speaker 1: score in the fifties in this game. To get it

804
00:35:01,320 --> 00:35:03,839
Speaker 1: anywhere south of forty two and a half, I think

805
00:35:03,920 --> 00:35:05,200
Speaker 1: is an overplay on the team total.

806
00:35:05,560 --> 00:35:08,440
Speaker 4: Are you more bullish on take the full game and

807
00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,440
Speaker 4: let Jennings run it up as well? Or would you

808
00:35:10,480 --> 00:35:13,200
Speaker 4: prefer over twenty one and a half team total in

809
00:35:13,239 --> 00:35:15,400
Speaker 4: the first half and just hope Stone cooks early.

810
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:18,600
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think both of those are pretty compelling. But

811
00:35:19,040 --> 00:35:20,880
Speaker 1: I think the way that you framed it that I

812
00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:23,680
Speaker 1: know I'm going to get Stone at least for the

813
00:35:23,680 --> 00:35:25,799
Speaker 1: first four or five drives, I think that may be

814
00:35:25,880 --> 00:35:27,520
Speaker 1: the way to go, as opposed to the full game.

815
00:35:28,040 --> 00:35:31,919
Speaker 4: All Right, everyone take a break. Chucko Vodka, Red Bull.

816
00:35:32,080 --> 00:35:36,480
Speaker 4: We're staying up midnight on the island. What could be better?

817
00:35:36,640 --> 00:35:40,920
Speaker 4: This is just every degenerates dream midnight Hawaii. First chaser

818
00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:43,400
Speaker 4: of the season. I mentioned how bullish I am on

819
00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:46,479
Speaker 4: Hawaii during our previewpot I love their over. Timmy Chang

820
00:35:46,560 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 4: brought in quarterback guru Dan Morrison to help with the offense.

821
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:53,200
Speaker 4: He also brings in former Jets defensive coordinator Dennis Thurman

822
00:35:53,480 --> 00:35:54,520
Speaker 4: to help with the defense.

823
00:35:54,680 --> 00:35:56,120
Speaker 3: I love both of those moves.

824
00:35:56,280 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 4: They were able to keep Brandon Shager out of the

825
00:35:58,680 --> 00:35:59,839
Speaker 4: portal he jumped in for.

826
00:35:59,760 --> 00:36:00,319
Speaker 3: A litle little bit.

827
00:36:00,320 --> 00:36:02,560
Speaker 4: They kept him on the island. They bring back both

828
00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,080
Speaker 4: of his top receivers. Yet there is some questions. We

829
00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:08,439
Speaker 4: were recording this Tuesday night. Ashlock will definitely be out there,

830
00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:11,680
Speaker 4: but Steve McBride has some eligibility questions. He's been back

831
00:36:11,719 --> 00:36:13,680
Speaker 4: at practice, but he was not listed on the depth

832
00:36:13,760 --> 00:36:17,160
Speaker 4: chart that came out Monday. They say his eligibility issues

833
00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,680
Speaker 4: are not related to his suspension from getting arrested in

834
00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:22,880
Speaker 4: the off season. I don't know how that's possible, but

835
00:36:23,080 --> 00:36:24,399
Speaker 4: there's still a lot of questions up there.

836
00:36:24,600 --> 00:36:25,760
Speaker 3: The way Collechurbo.

837
00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:27,560
Speaker 4: Works, he could get cleared on Friday and be back

838
00:36:27,560 --> 00:36:30,000
Speaker 4: out there. I don't know, so there is a question

839
00:36:30,000 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 4: mark on there. I'll kind of have you touch on

840
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,239
Speaker 4: that when you talk about how that factor's in now.

841
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:38,920
Speaker 4: Hawaii does play Ucla next week, and Chang has hinted

842
00:36:38,920 --> 00:36:40,840
Speaker 4: they doesn't plan to show everything in this game, and

843
00:36:40,840 --> 00:36:43,520
Speaker 4: he's saving stuff from Ucla. I know Colin Wilson was

844
00:36:43,520 --> 00:36:46,440
Speaker 4: big on that in his White Money line against the

845
00:36:46,480 --> 00:36:49,880
Speaker 4: Ruins next week. But you mentioned it earlier. Delaware State's terrible.

846
00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,279
Speaker 4: They went one in ten last season. They haven't been

847
00:36:53,680 --> 00:36:56,240
Speaker 4: They been an FBS team just once when they smoked

848
00:36:56,239 --> 00:36:59,640
Speaker 4: acurate in nineteen eighty seven. So you're having a horrible

849
00:36:59,680 --> 00:37:02,840
Speaker 4: FCI team. You have a Hawaii team that we're pretty

850
00:37:02,840 --> 00:37:05,799
Speaker 4: bull sean. So my question to you is are we

851
00:37:05,880 --> 00:37:08,560
Speaker 4: laying north of five touchdowns with the Rainbow worth and

852
00:37:08,600 --> 00:37:11,800
Speaker 4: staying up till two thirty in the morning on sweating

853
00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 4: Spectrum Sports?

854
00:37:13,320 --> 00:37:16,279
Speaker 1: Now, first of all, this opened at twenty seven, and

855
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:19,399
Speaker 1: that was an awful number by any sportsbook director who

856
00:37:19,400 --> 00:37:21,760
Speaker 1: put it out there. You know, all of us sharp guys,

857
00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:23,919
Speaker 1: we hopped on it right away. Are we still laying

858
00:37:24,000 --> 00:37:27,880
Speaker 1: it at thirty nine? Absolutely, we're laying it with the

859
00:37:27,960 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 1: Rainbow Warriors here. But let me let's back up for

860
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,520
Speaker 1: a second. You point out that Spectrum pay per view

861
00:37:32,760 --> 00:37:34,759
Speaker 1: is airing this game. Do you know how much it

862
00:37:34,800 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 1: costs on a single game basis to buy it.

863
00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:38,160
Speaker 3: I don't know what Spectrum is, if I'm being quite

864
00:37:38,200 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 3: frank with.

865
00:37:38,600 --> 00:37:42,120
Speaker 1: You, So I thought, you know, and this is going

866
00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 1: back multiple years when I really wanted to watch a

867
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:46,800
Speaker 1: Hawaii game and it was on Spectrum Sports for the

868
00:37:46,840 --> 00:37:48,520
Speaker 1: first time, I thought to myself, what it's got to be?

869
00:37:48,520 --> 00:37:51,239
Speaker 1: What seven ninety nine, Maybe it's a deluxe movie. In

870
00:37:51,320 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: imax situation, it's eighteen bucks. It is sixty nine to

871
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:58,040
Speaker 1: ninety nine to watch this game. If you want a

872
00:37:58,080 --> 00:38:00,879
Speaker 1: full pass for all the SPECTRM pay per view games

873
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:02,600
Speaker 1: this year, it's going to cost you two hundred ninety

874
00:38:02,680 --> 00:38:05,960
Speaker 1: nine dollars. That's the same cost as season tickets. In

875
00:38:06,000 --> 00:38:10,040
Speaker 1: the Mackay Sideline section at tc Ching Athletics Complex. You

876
00:38:10,040 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 1: could physically be there and watch the games four rows

877
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:15,759
Speaker 1: off the field for the same price as getting to

878
00:38:15,800 --> 00:38:18,040
Speaker 1: watch it on your home computer or TV.

879
00:38:18,239 --> 00:38:20,880
Speaker 4: I just want to tell you how happy it makes

880
00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:25,319
Speaker 4: me to just picture all of our listeners sitting on

881
00:38:25,360 --> 00:38:29,120
Speaker 4: their couch pretending to watch Netflix with their wives or

882
00:38:29,120 --> 00:38:33,520
Speaker 4: girlfriends and just refreshing the Action Network app, just watching

883
00:38:33,520 --> 00:38:37,160
Speaker 4: that little football move, just at one in the morning,

884
00:38:37,239 --> 00:38:40,120
Speaker 4: just be like, come on, bows baby, Oh it's I

885
00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:41,759
Speaker 4: love college football so much.

886
00:38:42,040 --> 00:38:44,640
Speaker 1: First thing, in terms of McBride, he's not going to play.

887
00:38:45,280 --> 00:38:47,440
Speaker 1: In terms of my handicap, I do not expect him

888
00:38:47,480 --> 00:38:50,440
Speaker 1: to be on the field. Whether it's a suspension from

889
00:38:50,560 --> 00:38:52,719
Speaker 1: you know, the situation that I believe got knocked down

890
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:55,560
Speaker 1: to two misdemeanors, but either way, they're taking it seriously.

891
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:57,359
Speaker 1: They made it clear from the get go. Yes he's

892
00:38:57,360 --> 00:38:59,879
Speaker 1: back at practice, but he's not cleared for game action.

893
00:39:00,320 --> 00:39:03,359
Speaker 1: And the eligibility question, I would just be shocked if

894
00:39:03,360 --> 00:39:04,760
Speaker 1: you were to go ahead and play in this game.

895
00:39:04,960 --> 00:39:08,000
Speaker 1: That doesn't matter to me, because let's get into Delaware State.

896
00:39:08,080 --> 00:39:10,640
Speaker 1: The Hornets, as I mentioned at the top, they are

897
00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:12,920
Speaker 1: the bottom of the barrel at the FCS. They went.

898
00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:15,560
Speaker 3: They ain't be stingying the Hornets, They ain't beastingying.

899
00:39:15,840 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 1: They went one to ten last fall, but their one

900
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:21,239
Speaker 1: win was over Virginia Lynchberg, and I will forgive the

901
00:39:21,280 --> 00:39:23,960
Speaker 1: audience that they are unfamiliar with them because they compete

902
00:39:24,040 --> 00:39:28,480
Speaker 1: at the National Christian College Athletic Association level. I've been

903
00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:30,359
Speaker 1: in this game for a minute. I did not know

904
00:39:30,440 --> 00:39:32,080
Speaker 1: that this was a thing, that there was a Christian

905
00:39:32,120 --> 00:39:35,160
Speaker 1: college Athletic Association. But that's who they beat last year.

906
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:39,080
Speaker 1: When they played FCS and FBS teams, things got super

907
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:41,399
Speaker 1: ugly for them. They give it forty four or more

908
00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:44,640
Speaker 1: in five games Army, and we all can close their

909
00:39:44,680 --> 00:39:47,439
Speaker 1: eyes and remember how crappy Army was in the first

910
00:39:47,440 --> 00:39:50,400
Speaker 1: two months of last season. They lost fifty seven nothing

911
00:39:50,640 --> 00:39:54,000
Speaker 1: to Army. Then Miami of Ohio, who struggled, you know,

912
00:39:54,080 --> 00:39:56,600
Speaker 1: to put offense together and basically had to use the

913
00:39:56,680 --> 00:39:59,799
Speaker 1: Groso Award winner and a salty defense to grind out

914
00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:02,040
Speaker 1: every game in November and December on their way to

915
00:40:02,080 --> 00:40:04,319
Speaker 1: a MAC title. They dropped sixty two points on their

916
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,239
Speaker 1: head and North Carolina Central and FCS top twenty five

917
00:40:07,280 --> 00:40:10,239
Speaker 1: team beating fifty five to fourteen. There is I don't

918
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:12,319
Speaker 1: care if you're going vanilla, if you're saving things for

919
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:16,399
Speaker 1: the UCLA game. McBride's not playing. They're going to boat

920
00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:18,960
Speaker 1: race these guys. And one add is stat from our

921
00:40:18,960 --> 00:40:21,239
Speaker 1: new man, Joshua Nunn. They were out gained by one

922
00:40:21,320 --> 00:40:23,719
Speaker 1: hundred and ninety four yards per game last year and

923
00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:26,600
Speaker 1: gave up sacks on eleven percent of their dropbacks. So

924
00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 1: when you look at their quarterback play, Marquee Adams. He

925
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:31,839
Speaker 1: had a one to one touchdown to interception ratio last

926
00:40:31,880 --> 00:40:35,680
Speaker 1: year nine tds, nine picks. And remember this is Hawaii

927
00:40:35,680 --> 00:40:37,839
Speaker 1: defense that was top fifty against the pass last year.

928
00:40:38,000 --> 00:40:40,520
Speaker 1: I think, you know, in the slow rebuild, we're kind

929
00:40:40,520 --> 00:40:43,640
Speaker 1: of glossing over the fact that Timmy Chang's defense actually

930
00:40:43,680 --> 00:40:45,960
Speaker 1: got better. And for their five starters are back in

931
00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,560
Speaker 1: the secondary. So whether they're playing vanilla bringing you know,

932
00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:52,000
Speaker 1: crazy blitzes either their lions Den linebacking corps or not,

933
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:54,439
Speaker 1: I think it's going to be very difficult to close

934
00:40:54,440 --> 00:40:56,160
Speaker 1: your eyes in a vision more than ten points for

935
00:40:56,200 --> 00:40:58,880
Speaker 1: Delaware State. So I think Hawaii gets into the fifties. Yere,

936
00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:00,920
Speaker 1: they're going to cover this game comfortably. I'll lay the

937
00:41:00,960 --> 00:41:01,440
Speaker 1: thirty nine.

938
00:41:01,960 --> 00:41:04,560
Speaker 4: Yeah, you and me both already bad this as was.

939
00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,239
Speaker 4: I think the first we talked about this, probably months ago,

940
00:41:07,600 --> 00:41:09,279
Speaker 4: we both laid what thirty five and a half?

941
00:41:09,440 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 3: Thanks for what I got. I think you got the

942
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:13,600
Speaker 3: same thing, and it moved like right away.

943
00:41:13,960 --> 00:41:16,960
Speaker 4: So yeah, I mean again, it's it's week zero, you're

944
00:41:17,000 --> 00:41:18,600
Speaker 4: listening to this podcast.

945
00:41:18,960 --> 00:41:20,520
Speaker 3: What else? Yet? What do you have? Better to do it?

946
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:21,720
Speaker 3: One in the morning.

947
00:41:22,120 --> 00:41:25,960
Speaker 4: They'd be refreshing your Action Network app seeing if Timmy

948
00:41:26,040 --> 00:41:29,120
Speaker 4: Chang and Shager are leading the boys down the field.

949
00:41:29,200 --> 00:41:32,680
Speaker 4: So I absolutely love it. Breeze is so good to

950
00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:34,480
Speaker 4: talk football with you. It's so good to give about

951
00:41:34,520 --> 00:41:38,240
Speaker 4: game picks for you. I'm so excited. We're all bows

952
00:41:38,280 --> 00:41:38,760
Speaker 4: this weekend.

953
00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,040
Speaker 1: Any final thoughts, I'm just excited for football to be back.

954
00:41:42,120 --> 00:41:45,800
Speaker 1: At this point, I think that the offseason it seemed

955
00:41:45,840 --> 00:41:48,520
Speaker 1: it feels like it gets longer every single year, but

956
00:41:48,600 --> 00:41:51,440
Speaker 1: this particular year, I'm just gonna try to talk to

957
00:41:51,480 --> 00:41:55,000
Speaker 1: our TV overlords who control the entire sport. Just give

958
00:41:55,040 --> 00:41:58,560
Speaker 1: me one more Island game that doesn't include an Island

959
00:41:58,640 --> 00:42:02,640
Speaker 1: team like Hawaii. Like give me a G five Classic,

960
00:42:02,840 --> 00:42:05,520
Speaker 1: you know, give me a Boise State versus an app State,

961
00:42:05,880 --> 00:42:09,560
Speaker 1: or Liberty versus James Madison. I give me something juicy

962
00:42:09,680 --> 00:42:11,600
Speaker 1: right out of the gate that we can compete on

963
00:42:11,640 --> 00:42:14,480
Speaker 1: the same level as the Emerald Classic between Florida State

964
00:42:14,480 --> 00:42:16,480
Speaker 1: and Georgia Tech. That's all that I want, because you

965
00:42:16,480 --> 00:42:18,840
Speaker 1: know what, I'm already happy. I'm fired up for these games.

966
00:42:18,920 --> 00:42:21,640
Speaker 1: I'm gonna have action. I'm gonna be certainly, you know,

967
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:25,600
Speaker 1: monitoring these quarterback battles. Everything that's happening, some in game,

968
00:42:25,920 --> 00:42:28,320
Speaker 1: some reading the tea leaves of these coaches. There's plenty

969
00:42:28,360 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 1: to keep me occupied. Just give me a little bit

970
00:42:30,680 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 1: more like ESPN, Fox, CBS. You guys are the power players.

971
00:42:35,239 --> 00:42:37,120
Speaker 1: Just get this one G five game that is a

972
00:42:37,120 --> 00:42:38,640
Speaker 1: little more juice than what we got right now.

973
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:41,479
Speaker 4: Yeah, by the way, are you I assume you're gonna

974
00:42:41,480 --> 00:42:42,080
Speaker 4: buy this game?

975
00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:43,480
Speaker 3: So like what should so?

976
00:42:43,520 --> 00:42:45,279
Speaker 4: I just like FaceTime you at midnight and then you

977
00:42:45,280 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 4: can just hold your phone up to the to the

978
00:42:47,280 --> 00:42:48,640
Speaker 4: TV the whole game so we can kind of watch

979
00:42:48,680 --> 00:42:48,959
Speaker 4: it together.

980
00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:49,640
Speaker 3: Is that we're gonna do.

981
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,480
Speaker 1: I believe I put out the flare last year on

982
00:42:52,520 --> 00:42:54,240
Speaker 1: Twitter where I was like, I'm not paying the seventy

983
00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:57,080
Speaker 1: bucks for this, and multiple people, including our friend Keg

984
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,680
Speaker 1: went ahead and told us that you gotta go ahead

985
00:42:59,719 --> 00:43:02,839
Speaker 1: and go There's something there's some like free app on

986
00:43:02,960 --> 00:43:05,680
Speaker 1: Apple Plus that goes ahead and gives you access to

987
00:43:05,680 --> 00:43:08,440
Speaker 1: the Hawaii football games. So if you guys just go

988
00:43:08,440 --> 00:43:11,080
Speaker 1: ahead and tweet at us over at either the Action

989
00:43:11,200 --> 00:43:14,440
Speaker 1: Network you know, official Twitter, or mine over at East Breeze.

990
00:43:15,040 --> 00:43:16,759
Speaker 1: I'm happy to point you in the right direction because

991
00:43:16,760 --> 00:43:18,640
Speaker 1: you know I'm going to be up late, whether it's

992
00:43:18,719 --> 00:43:20,839
Speaker 1: you know, with my kids keeping them up way past

993
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:23,200
Speaker 1: their bedtime, or you know, sneaking out of bed at

994
00:43:23,200 --> 00:43:24,680
Speaker 1: one point thirty in the morning to check that out.

995
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:26,600
Speaker 1: The second half of this game, I'm gonna be watching it.

996
00:43:26,680 --> 00:43:27,920
Speaker 3: How about this, just to make it easier.

997
00:43:28,200 --> 00:43:30,080
Speaker 4: I know we have lots of Hawaii listeners, a lot

998
00:43:30,080 --> 00:43:32,200
Speaker 4: of Rainbow Warrior fans out there. If you were on

999
00:43:32,239 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 4: the island and you were at this game, one of

1000
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:37,480
Speaker 4: our you know, Ohana over there on the island, slide

1001
00:43:37,480 --> 00:43:40,480
Speaker 4: in our DMS and I'll FaceTime you from the game

1002
00:43:40,520 --> 00:43:42,920
Speaker 4: and you can just hold your phone up to the game.

1003
00:43:42,840 --> 00:43:44,680
Speaker 3: Give us the live shot. How about that. Let's just

1004
00:43:44,680 --> 00:43:46,360
Speaker 3: do that. Help the G five.

1005
00:43:46,239 --> 00:43:49,400
Speaker 4: Boys out here, breeze. It has been an absolute pleasure.

1006
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:51,080
Speaker 4: You want to take us out here, all right?

1007
00:43:51,120 --> 00:43:53,040
Speaker 1: So, as I mentioned at the top, if you enjoyed

1008
00:43:53,080 --> 00:43:55,320
Speaker 1: this podcast and you were listening and you wanted to

1009
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:57,080
Speaker 1: get a little bit earlier, make sure that you were

1010
00:43:57,120 --> 00:44:00,160
Speaker 1: subscribed to the BBOC YouTube channel for next week, going

1011
00:44:00,200 --> 00:44:02,120
Speaker 1: to be able to catch our episode about thirty six

1012
00:44:02,160 --> 00:44:05,160
Speaker 1: hours early, which is fantastic for anyone who's looking to

1013
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:07,319
Speaker 1: get the best of the numbers. That we're putting out there,

1014
00:44:07,560 --> 00:44:10,480
Speaker 1: and also a programming note Colin and Stuck giving you

1015
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Speaker 1: the full breakdown of week zero coming up really in

1016
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Speaker 1: terms of what you're listening to right now, probably in

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Speaker 1: twenty four more hours, and then the BBOC Live Show

1018
00:44:18,920 --> 00:44:22,560
Speaker 1: returns on Saturday. That's Colin Stuck, Brett McMurphy and myself.

1019
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:24,880
Speaker 1: We're going to go through some of our favorite futures,

1020
00:44:24,960 --> 00:44:27,920
Speaker 1: how we're playing week zero and talking big picture about

1021
00:44:27,960 --> 00:44:31,400
Speaker 1: our predictions for the twelve team college football playoff, So

1022
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Speaker 1: be sure to tune in there live. You can catch

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1024
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1027
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