WEBVTT - July Mega Q&A 0:00:02.040 --> 0:00:05.600 Welcome to the solid Verbal. I'm that for me. 0:00:06.680 --> 0:00:09.680 I'm a man, I'm forty. I've heard so many players say, well, 0:00:09.720 --> 0:00:11.639 I want to be happy. You want to be happy 0:00:11.680 --> 0:00:13.640 for a day? Edith state is that? 0:00:13.720 --> 0:00:19.759 Whoo whoom? And then and Tye, welcome back to the 0:00:20.040 --> 0:00:23.160 Solid Verbal, boys and girls, my name is ty hilden Brandt, 0:00:23.280 --> 0:00:27.520 joining me as always over there in beautiful New York City. 0:00:27.560 --> 0:00:32.159 My man, the birthday boy Dan Rubinstein, sir, Happy birthday. 0:00:32.159 --> 0:00:35.080 How are you? Thank you? I don't know if we 0:00:35.200 --> 0:00:37.600 have we ever recorded on either one of our birthdays. 0:00:37.640 --> 0:00:39.720 Oh, we totally have, totally have. 0:00:40.000 --> 0:00:41.600 When did we do this? I think we did it 0:00:41.680 --> 0:00:42.319 last year for. 0:00:42.320 --> 0:00:44.200 My birthday on November twenty third. 0:00:45.120 --> 0:00:48.240 And was it a good show? I mean it was 0:00:48.320 --> 0:00:50.520 late in the scene. Probably have probably hit a wall 0:00:50.560 --> 0:00:50.920 by them. 0:00:51.040 --> 0:00:53.720 Yeah, yeah, it usually happens around the first week in November. 0:00:53.760 --> 0:00:54.440 We hit that wall. 0:00:54.680 --> 0:00:55.320 This is true. 0:00:55.960 --> 0:01:00.360 Yeah, So what did you do anything exciting for your birthday? Really? 0:01:00.440 --> 0:01:02.560 I ate food that I wanted to eat, which is 0:01:02.760 --> 0:01:04.280 kind of the same thing I do every year. I mean, 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:06.400 I hung out with the solid Baby, which is the 0:01:06.400 --> 0:01:08.400 first time I got to do that. So that was great. 0:01:08.760 --> 0:01:12.840 I prepared for this show. I took a train ride 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:15.840 and I rode in a car and I just had 0:01:16.040 --> 0:01:18.600 a great day ty, and it's continuing as we do 0:01:18.640 --> 0:01:19.440 the show right now. 0:01:20.520 --> 0:01:25.000 Well, excellent, welcome one and all for coming to our 0:01:25.080 --> 0:01:28.600 wonderful podcast here where we talk about college football today 0:01:28.880 --> 0:01:30.560 on the Solid Verb. Well, we're going to be doing 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:34.360 a mega Q and A show, So here is the gests. 0:01:34.680 --> 0:01:38.280 What is today's date, July twenty fifth. We should know this, 0:01:38.360 --> 0:01:43.040 it's your birthday. Yeah, today is in effect our last 0:01:43.360 --> 0:01:48.120 mega Q and A before we officially dive into actual 0:01:48.200 --> 0:01:49.040 college football. 0:01:49.040 --> 0:01:52.400 Can you believe it? Yeah? You enunciated that incredibly. Well, 0:01:52.960 --> 0:01:53.320 thank you. 0:01:53.800 --> 0:01:56.400 Actual college football is coming your way. Next week, we're 0:01:56.400 --> 0:01:59.280 going to start up with our previews, and of course, 0:01:59.320 --> 0:02:03.200 as you know, after our previews we start talking about games. 0:02:03.560 --> 0:02:06.560 We're gonna have our fantasy things live shows coming up. 0:02:07.200 --> 0:02:11.000 Wink weink, nudge nudge. If you haven't already, tickets are 0:02:11.040 --> 0:02:15.119 going like hotcakes. Go to Solid rebletickets dot com Slash 0:02:15.280 --> 0:02:20.040 Texas if you'd like to be in the studio audience 0:02:20.080 --> 0:02:22.480 for our wonderful show that we're planning in Dallas, Texas, 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:27.360 August the seventeenth at the Alamo Draft House. That show 0:02:27.400 --> 0:02:29.960 starts at eight pm, and then the ve that's their 0:02:30.080 --> 0:02:32.840 richardson Location, richardson Location, thank you. 0:02:33.280 --> 0:02:33.520 Yeah. 0:02:33.560 --> 0:02:36.799 And then the next morning, like we're the Kiss World Tour, 0:02:37.320 --> 0:02:41.079 hopping on the bird, flying cross country or halfway across 0:02:41.160 --> 0:02:46.760 the country to DC doing a show Union Stage, seven 0:02:46.919 --> 0:02:50.639 thirty pm, August the eighteenth. It's a Sunday night, two 0:02:50.680 --> 0:02:53.760 shows one weekend. Both are gonna be Fantasy Draft. Both 0:02:53.800 --> 0:02:57.840 are gonna be a little bit different, and we have 0:02:58.120 --> 0:03:01.280 now officially, I know people were very concerned, earned now 0:03:01.320 --> 0:03:06.320 officially begun the process of fleshing out a little bit 0:03:06.360 --> 0:03:08.840 what we might select from for both of those shows. 0:03:09.080 --> 0:03:11.880 Yeah, our list is growing. It's like we're recording an 0:03:11.880 --> 0:03:14.680 album and we well, we brought it to you, Rick Rubin, 0:03:14.800 --> 0:03:17.240 are four hundred and fourteen tracks. We got to narrow 0:03:17.240 --> 0:03:20.720 this down. And if we don't make the DC show 0:03:20.960 --> 0:03:23.920 because of some sort of travel issue, which we're not anticipating, 0:03:23.919 --> 0:03:27.359 the weather looks great right now. It will be an 0:03:27.360 --> 0:03:30.720 improv show with Jake Ruden and I'm trying to think 0:03:30.720 --> 0:03:35.360 of a Nats player right now, Max, Max Scherzer. Yeah, 0:03:35.640 --> 0:03:38.520 they will be doing they'll be doing improv comedy, which 0:03:38.560 --> 0:03:41.880 is probably way better. So we are quite excited. If 0:03:41.920 --> 0:03:44.000 you have not yet gotten tickets, If you're on the 0:03:44.040 --> 0:03:47.800 fence about getting tickets, come hang. We'd love to meet you. 0:03:47.800 --> 0:03:49.200 We'd love to do a show for you and you 0:03:49.200 --> 0:03:52.400 won't regret it. And both places are air conditioned. If 0:03:52.440 --> 0:03:54.680 nothing else, that's right, Yeah, you will be taken care 0:03:54.720 --> 0:03:58.400 of comfort wise. I believe drinks are available at both places. 0:03:58.440 --> 0:04:01.280 Snacks and or even more bus food options than just 0:04:01.320 --> 0:04:04.040 snacks are available at both places either way. If there 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:07.560 are not tenders available on premises, there will be following 0:04:07.640 --> 0:04:09.640 the show because we like to go out afterwards and 0:04:09.680 --> 0:04:12.240 say hi to everybody. Hashtag tenders with. 0:04:12.200 --> 0:04:17.080 Tie, hashtag tenders with ties. So Solidverbaltickets dot com, slash 0:04:17.200 --> 0:04:20.280 Texas is your link if you want to buy tickets 0:04:20.279 --> 0:04:24.480 to that Dallas show. Soliverbaltickets dot com, slash DC. If 0:04:24.520 --> 0:04:26.960 you're going to be in the DC metro area and 0:04:27.040 --> 0:04:29.679 we'd like to stop on buy Union stage. We're very excited. 0:04:29.720 --> 0:04:32.400 We're planning. It's going to be an awesome, if not 0:04:32.520 --> 0:04:38.160 hectic weekend. Taylor are beloved producer who has done our 0:04:38.160 --> 0:04:40.920 reverbs for many years now, he will be in toe 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:44.680 with us both in Dallas and in his hometown of DC. 0:04:44.920 --> 0:04:47.200 So stop on buy and say hello to all of us. 0:04:47.920 --> 0:04:50.440 Hope to see you out there. We're excited. 0:04:52.120 --> 0:04:55.080 I like it. I like the enthusiasm. May I ask 0:04:55.120 --> 0:04:57.040 you a question before we get into please anything? 0:04:57.360 --> 0:04:57.600 Yes? 0:04:58.160 --> 0:05:01.080 Have you taken anything from I laugh as I say 0:05:01.080 --> 0:05:03.320 this from any of the media days. Is there anything 0:05:03.360 --> 0:05:06.720 that jumped out to you impact twelves taking the championship 0:05:06.720 --> 0:05:09.560 game to Vegas eventually once they build that stadium. Yeah, 0:05:10.640 --> 0:05:13.040 I think LSU. There's a bunch of stadiums that might 0:05:13.160 --> 0:05:16.880 start selling alcohol, but LSU is one of them. Anything 0:05:16.920 --> 0:05:21.039 at all. On the preseason All Conference Teams on what 0:05:21.200 --> 0:05:24.479 coaches had to say, Chris Peterson said, I don't know, 0:05:24.520 --> 0:05:25.839 is there anything that really stood out to you? 0:05:26.040 --> 0:05:28.440 The Vegas thing stood out to me a little bit, Okay, 0:05:28.480 --> 0:05:29.919 And I'm not you know, to be honest, I'm not 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:34.880 sure why. Right, It's just like another place. And obviously 0:05:35.120 --> 0:05:38.840 there's a whole industry built around gambling in Las Vegas, 0:05:38.839 --> 0:05:41.520 which makes it a bit unique, but otherwise it's just 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:44.160 sort of any other place. The fact that they would 0:05:44.200 --> 0:05:46.840 have a game there shouldn't be a big deal, and 0:05:47.279 --> 0:05:49.320 probably isn't a big deal, but at the same time, 0:05:49.400 --> 0:05:53.599 still feels a little bit different. And I did see 0:05:54.160 --> 0:05:55.520 one thing that stood out, and I don't know if 0:05:55.520 --> 0:05:58.240 it came from media days or somewhere else, but that 0:05:58.360 --> 0:06:01.680 Colorado might be playing some really early games this year. 0:06:01.720 --> 0:06:02.240 Did you see that. 0:06:02.640 --> 0:06:07.080 I saw that it was what eleven Mountain time or 0:06:07.120 --> 0:06:08.680 even ten o'clock. 0:06:08.880 --> 0:06:10.320 Yeah, it's very early. 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:14.279 That is early. That to me, I mean that's a lot. 0:06:14.720 --> 0:06:16.960 Yeah, that to me stood out a little bit because 0:06:17.000 --> 0:06:19.120 we're always talking on this show, and I know you 0:06:19.279 --> 0:06:21.599 spoke at length about the fact that the Pack twelve 0:06:21.640 --> 0:06:24.080 needs to be a little bit more front stage center, 0:06:24.200 --> 0:06:26.760 needs to be a little bit more self aware about 0:06:26.800 --> 0:06:28.640 the fact that the time zone puts them at a 0:06:28.680 --> 0:06:30.760 distinct disadvantage. 0:06:31.040 --> 0:06:34.679 Nine am Pacific time kickoffs, so nine am local for 0:06:34.880 --> 0:06:37.880 most of the schools, so that's noon Eastern, which is 0:06:37.960 --> 0:06:41.840 when college football has begun, just not Pack twelve football. 0:06:42.480 --> 0:06:46.520 So that's I mean, that's a little kid soccer kickoff 0:06:46.560 --> 0:06:51.160 time as long as there are orange slices. I guess 0:06:51.320 --> 0:06:53.839 that's that's a lot to ask. I mean, what is 0:06:53.880 --> 0:06:57.360 this the body clock they're just steering fully into it, right, 0:06:57.440 --> 0:06:59.800 because that's the excuse that I guess was given about 0:06:59.800 --> 0:07:02.640 Stateford with who they lose to Northwestern and an ugly 0:07:03.000 --> 0:07:06.279 Northwest to go. Yes, so I guess they're really steering 0:07:06.320 --> 0:07:09.720 into the body clock thing and scheduling Hawaii. I don't 0:07:09.760 --> 0:07:12.000 know where the advantage is going to be by a 0:07:12.080 --> 0:07:14.760 nine am game, other than so you'll get more exposure 0:07:14.800 --> 0:07:17.640 because it's not like every week the ACC is putting 0:07:17.680 --> 0:07:20.080 its absolute best game at noon and the SEC isn't 0:07:20.080 --> 0:07:23.640 putting its absolute best game at noon, so hypothetically your 0:07:23.680 --> 0:07:26.680 competition is a little bit lesser. I just don't know 0:07:26.720 --> 0:07:29.760 if that makes people on the East Coast more likely 0:07:29.800 --> 0:07:33.040 to watch PAC twelve football. I think still, as I've maintained, 0:07:33.800 --> 0:07:37.360 it's just about quality at the top. People will watch Oregon. 0:07:37.360 --> 0:07:40.239 If Oregon's excellent, people will watch USC. If USC is excellent, 0:07:40.240 --> 0:07:45.760 people will watch That might be it. But but now 0:07:45.760 --> 0:07:48.440 if you with UCLA and Ship Kelly are excellent, if Washington, 0:07:48.680 --> 0:07:51.680 you know, develops into a more exciting, offensive brand, sure 0:07:51.720 --> 0:07:54.440 people will watch those teams. That's just going to take 0:07:54.520 --> 0:07:57.160 more than where they are right now. So that's where 0:07:57.160 --> 0:07:59.800 they stand. Also, the Vegas thing. Do you know how 0:07:59.880 --> 0:08:01.960 the capacity of the stadium that I don't think is 0:08:02.000 --> 0:08:05.640 built yet or fully built. The capacity is sixty five 0:08:05.760 --> 0:08:08.280 thousand big stadium. You think you think you're filling that 0:08:08.320 --> 0:08:12.880 with like Washington USC? Maybe do you think you're filling 0:08:12.880 --> 0:08:17.680 that with I don't know. I'm trying to be reasonable 0:08:17.720 --> 0:08:20.440 and realistic here are you feeling that with Washington Utah? 0:08:20.600 --> 0:08:20.680 Like? 0:08:20.800 --> 0:08:23.520 No, we had last year? Ah, it's a big stadium. 0:08:23.600 --> 0:08:26.840 Half sixty five thousands of a big stadium. You can thirty 0:08:26.920 --> 0:08:29.560 k It's not big compared to Michigan or Tennessee. 0:08:29.920 --> 0:08:33.080 But you're attracting more people to Vegas and Santa Clara. 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:36.520 Absolutely, but in a place that doesn't have any kind 0:08:36.559 --> 0:08:41.199 of deep college football culture. I mean, no disrespect to UNLV. 0:08:41.679 --> 0:08:44.600 Sixty five thousands of that's a that's a pretty heavy 0:08:44.640 --> 0:08:45.360 li It's easy. 0:08:45.280 --> 0:08:48.240 It's easy to get to, hotels are reasonable. People want 0:08:48.280 --> 0:08:50.800 to go to there, right. You know it's going to 0:08:50.840 --> 0:08:54.800 be warmer than it is in eastern Washington, northern California 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:58.080 and the desert. So I understand the move more so, 0:08:58.160 --> 0:09:01.560 I just you know, I have complicated feelings about conference 0:09:01.640 --> 0:09:04.880 championship games and the PAC twelve going Away from Home sites, 0:09:05.000 --> 0:09:06.719 it's all it's all fine. 0:09:06.559 --> 0:09:09.520 All right, So here is the deal on today's show. 0:09:10.040 --> 0:09:12.679 Yeah, congratulations, Skippy, you've got. 0:09:12.520 --> 0:09:16.800 Mail, You've got mail on the Solid Verbal. We're doing 0:09:16.880 --> 0:09:20.520 our best to pay homage to those of you who 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.320 wrote into Solid Verbal at gmail dot com, those of 0:09:23.320 --> 0:09:28.240 you who posted on Facebook, on Twitter, on Reddit, on Instagram, 0:09:28.600 --> 0:09:33.480 on friendster, lord knows wherever else. It's our last MEGAQ 0:09:33.640 --> 0:09:38.000 and A before we actually get into real hard college 0:09:38.040 --> 0:09:42.000 football content. Dan, m hm. Can we just come to 0:09:42.040 --> 0:09:45.040 an agreement here before we start? Always and this is 0:09:45.080 --> 0:09:49.000 this is entirely selfish of me. Okay, can we come 0:09:49.040 --> 0:09:51.800 to an agreement? No edits tonight? 0:09:52.800 --> 0:09:54.439 Wow? Yeah, definitely? Okay. 0:09:54.480 --> 0:09:56.839 Who wants no Ties day job whatever? Who wants not 0:09:57.000 --> 0:09:59.480 going there? Whatever happens happens on this show. I'm not 0:09:59.480 --> 0:10:00.400 cutting any out. 0:10:00.920 --> 0:10:02.520 Okay, that's fair. 0:10:02.559 --> 0:10:04.080 If you're confident with that, so am I. 0:10:04.720 --> 0:10:08.120 Yeah, If you're confident with everybody knowing that Tie is 0:10:08.160 --> 0:10:13.440 an executive at Cradle Jones, then I am too. Sounds 0:10:13.440 --> 0:10:13.719 good to me. 0:10:13.760 --> 0:10:15.000 All right, where do you want to go first? 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:18.560 Here? Let's start with the question that lives atop our 0:10:18.640 --> 0:10:23.840 document here, Okay, which is more realistic, more realistic, not likely, 0:10:23.960 --> 0:10:27.319 more realistic Michigan going undefeated this year or Ohio State 0:10:27.400 --> 0:10:29.480 losing three games. That's from Andrew. 0:10:30.800 --> 0:10:34.680 This is an incredibly interesting question. Thank you, Andrew. I 0:10:34.760 --> 0:10:37.199 thought long and hard about this one, and here here's 0:10:37.360 --> 0:10:40.520 the dilemma that I have. The dilemma is that it's 0:10:40.559 --> 0:10:43.080 really hard to be undefeated. I don't care who you are. 0:10:43.240 --> 0:10:45.480 You could have the easiest schedule in college football and 0:10:45.640 --> 0:10:48.679 still very very difficult to go twelve and zero. But 0:10:48.720 --> 0:10:52.320 then you look at Ohio State's roster and there's just 0:10:52.360 --> 0:10:54.440 so much talent. I know that Urban Meyer is no 0:10:54.520 --> 0:10:56.559 longer the coach, and it's Ryan Day. And Ryan Day 0:10:56.640 --> 0:10:59.120 was pretty good at the first I don't know chunk 0:10:59.120 --> 0:11:04.720 of last year, right, but I can't see them losing 0:11:04.840 --> 0:11:06.320 three games at all. 0:11:06.920 --> 0:11:08.600 There's just so much talent there. 0:11:09.120 --> 0:11:12.560 Obviously, the Big Tenniece is pretty good, and you know 0:11:12.600 --> 0:11:14.560 there could be a couple teams that sneak up on 0:11:14.600 --> 0:11:18.120 the buck Eyes. But if I'm picking the more realistic 0:11:18.160 --> 0:11:21.120 of the two, I am almost inclined to go to twelve 0:11:21.120 --> 0:11:21.760 In oh Michigan. 0:11:23.400 --> 0:11:28.600 I'm going to go the opposite way. Was Maryland excuse me? 0:11:29.120 --> 0:11:32.320 Was Ohio State a sneeze and a half away from 0:11:32.360 --> 0:11:36.880 losing to Maryland? Yes? And Penn State? Yes? How many 0:11:36.920 --> 0:11:38.800 losses would that have given them in the regular season 0:11:38.840 --> 0:11:40.439 last year? Two? 0:11:40.520 --> 0:11:40.720 More? 0:11:40.800 --> 0:11:41.040 Three? 0:11:41.200 --> 0:11:41.280 Right? 0:11:41.400 --> 0:11:45.600 Yeah, they lose to Purdue, right, So it's three total, 0:11:46.000 --> 0:11:48.640 And that's what this question is asking. So it's not 0:11:48.960 --> 0:11:52.680 unrealistic that Ohio State loses three games last season with 0:11:53.000 --> 0:11:55.640 what we presume to be a better quarterback and at 0:11:55.720 --> 0:11:58.000 different parts of this defense, even though he missed the 0:11:58.040 --> 0:12:00.520 majority of the year, Nick Bosa the line, it's a 0:12:00.520 --> 0:12:05.120 little bit better. So I think it is Ohio State losing. 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:10.400 It's easier to lose games than it is to go undefeated, right, generally, Yes, 0:12:11.120 --> 0:12:14.280 there are more things. It's hard to stumble into wins 0:12:14.440 --> 0:12:18.520 every week, but you can stumble into a couple losses. 0:12:18.640 --> 0:12:21.880 Absolutely, right, absolutely, and especially on the Ohio State side 0:12:21.880 --> 0:12:27.160 of things. So everyone knows about justin fields being starting, no, no, no, 0:12:27.160 --> 0:12:32.600 no different team, okay, But Ohio State and Michigan are 0:12:32.640 --> 0:12:34.800 sort of like the inverse of one another. If you 0:12:34.840 --> 0:12:37.800 look at their returning talent, Ohio State has a lot 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:41.160 of turnover on defense and it's going to take them 0:12:41.200 --> 0:12:43.880 a little bit, presumably to figure out who goes where. 0:12:44.120 --> 0:12:46.920 Clearly they've recruited very well over the last five years. 0:12:46.920 --> 0:12:48.960 That's not going to be an issue. But could a 0:12:48.960 --> 0:12:52.440 team sneak up on them? Sure, I just there's so 0:12:52.600 --> 0:12:55.440 much talent there. Dan, I have a really hard time 0:12:55.480 --> 0:12:59.200 convincing myself that it's more realistic that they lose three games. 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:00.680 I look at the mission schedule. 0:13:00.920 --> 0:13:05.040 Michigan schedule I think is a little bit harder than 0:13:05.040 --> 0:13:08.040 Ohio States this year. Obviously they've got that Notre Dame game. 0:13:08.080 --> 0:13:09.719 You look at the way it lays out, Otherwise it 0:13:10.360 --> 0:13:12.880 is a little bit harder. I still feel a little 0:13:12.880 --> 0:13:15.320 bit comfortable, more comfortable if I'm picking between the two 0:13:15.400 --> 0:13:18.640 going Michigan in this particular scenario. 0:13:19.559 --> 0:13:22.160 Okay, I'm curious. I'm still curious about Michigan. There's a 0:13:22.200 --> 0:13:23.960 lot of questions to me about but I'm saying the 0:13:23.960 --> 0:13:28.760 more realistic one is to me Ohio State losing those games. 0:13:29.040 --> 0:13:31.480 They lost what six games the year before? Urban Meyer 0:13:31.520 --> 0:13:34.960 shout up, Luke Fickel, all right. On that similar note, 0:13:35.280 --> 0:13:39.560 what is the most intriguing G five versus P five matchup? 0:13:39.800 --> 0:13:43.600 This year? Also from Andrew shout out Andrew Good. 0:13:43.520 --> 0:13:50.000 Questions, Well, I guess Army isn't technically a G five, 0:13:50.040 --> 0:13:51.280 but can we include. 0:13:50.880 --> 0:13:54.000 Them in this question? Army a G five, they're an independent, but. 0:13:54.520 --> 0:13:57.840 Yeah, not technically a. 0:13:57.760 --> 0:14:01.400 Yeah, non power five. Power five talked a lot. We've 0:14:01.400 --> 0:14:02.840 talked a lot about Army. Michigan. 0:14:03.840 --> 0:14:08.439 Yeah, that game is again keyword intriguing. That game's intriguing 0:14:08.480 --> 0:14:08.680 to me. 0:14:09.280 --> 0:14:11.680 All right, get away from Michigan. I'll go I'll run 0:14:11.760 --> 0:14:12.760 through some of these. 0:14:13.280 --> 0:14:14.959 I've got another one here, but go ahead, run through 0:14:15.040 --> 0:14:16.000 some other options. 0:14:16.320 --> 0:14:21.400 Fresno State, USC new quarterback, Fresno State, USC new offense, Ole, 0:14:21.400 --> 0:14:24.080 Miss Memphis. If you like shootouts, that's interesting. 0:14:24.320 --> 0:14:26.120 That one's intrigument I thought about that one. 0:14:26.600 --> 0:14:29.440 U QB for all Miss. I assume Brady White for 0:14:29.480 --> 0:14:32.520 the four hundred and eleventh year for Memphis, Florida State, 0:14:32.560 --> 0:14:33.200 Boise State. 0:14:33.400 --> 0:14:36.840 That's the one I have tone setter. By the way, 0:14:37.160 --> 0:14:39.800 according to our friend Bill Connolly, Boise State will be 0:14:39.840 --> 0:14:44.000 favored in that game. It's a neutral cider ish ish 0:14:44.080 --> 0:14:48.920 in Jacksonville at TIAA Creft Stadium or something of the ILK. 0:14:49.040 --> 0:14:52.240 Okay, yeah, I don't know if the line you're supposed 0:14:52.240 --> 0:14:55.640 to take medication for Tiaa Crefts. It could be true. 0:14:55.960 --> 0:14:59.520 Yeah, according to Bill's numbers, Boise would be a one 0:14:59.560 --> 0:15:03.160 point six point favorite in that game. I think by 0:15:03.160 --> 0:15:05.520 the time it kicks off, obviously, Florida State is probably 0:15:05.560 --> 0:15:08.160 gonna be more of the hometown favorite. But that that's 0:15:08.200 --> 0:15:10.520 the one that I have circled here as the most intriguing. 0:15:10.960 --> 0:15:15.360 Got Lincoln Riley and Dana holgo to Houston, Oklahoma. We 0:15:15.520 --> 0:15:19.120 have Cincinnati, Ohio State. What will Justin Fields look like 0:15:19.200 --> 0:15:23.000 presumably Justin Fields against a very very good Cincinnati defense, 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:27.200 Washington State, Houston Mother Holgerson, Leech. So we got all 0:15:27.240 --> 0:15:31.000 sorts of the air Raid disciples and the actual Leach 0:15:32.040 --> 0:15:35.760 Stanford UCF Wimbush. 0:15:35.800 --> 0:15:38.160 That could be interesting. Yeah, I could see. 0:15:38.160 --> 0:15:42.040 I'm State North Carolina app State I believe is winless 0:15:42.040 --> 0:15:45.200 since they became an FBS team against Power five programs 0:15:46.000 --> 0:15:50.200 and UCF pitt which do not watch the highlights from 0:15:50.280 --> 0:15:55.320 last year. It is ugly. My answer is in terms 0:15:55.360 --> 0:15:57.720 of storylines, in terms of tone setting, for the rest 0:15:57.720 --> 0:16:00.560 of the season, it's still gonna be Florida Stateise State, 0:16:00.600 --> 0:16:03.040 even though I thought last year Boise stateed Oklahoma State 0:16:03.080 --> 0:16:04.800 was gonna matter a lot more than it actually ended 0:16:04.880 --> 0:16:10.560 up mattering so selfishly for pure entertainment reasons. If Derek 0:16:10.640 --> 0:16:13.280 King has healed to a nice place, I am most 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:17.560 excited to just as a TV show watch Houston, Oklahoma. 0:16:17.880 --> 0:16:21.360 Okay, sure enough, Okay, Yeah, a couple interesting ones in here. 0:16:21.600 --> 0:16:23.080 I think there's a lot of storylines in that game 0:16:23.080 --> 0:16:26.600 that are interesting. Okay, pick a question, Dan, I'm gonna 0:16:26.600 --> 0:16:29.000 go to ed with two d's. I love this. 0:16:29.920 --> 0:16:34.119 Will Auburn Oregon be a game to find a contender 0:16:34.200 --> 0:16:37.960 for the year or another version of Auburn Washington from 0:16:38.040 --> 0:16:41.760 last year that doesn't hold up as the year progresses. 0:16:41.800 --> 0:16:45.600 Do you remember previewing that Auburn Washington game from yeah, 0:16:46.160 --> 0:16:48.720 last season. I actually went back and looked at my document, 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:53.920 okay to get my thoughts at the time, and look, 0:16:54.480 --> 0:16:57.320 Washington coming into the season seemed like a slam dunk 0:16:57.360 --> 0:16:57.880 coming out of. 0:16:57.800 --> 0:16:58.400 The Pac twelve. 0:16:58.960 --> 0:17:02.760 Yeah, and Auburn was a little bit of an unknown quantity, 0:17:02.800 --> 0:17:05.879 but we knew Jared Stidham was coming back, and you know, 0:17:05.960 --> 0:17:08.119 I think in hindsight, maybe we expected a little bit 0:17:08.119 --> 0:17:11.480 more from the running game. But by and large, this 0:17:11.960 --> 0:17:15.240 seemed at the time, I think, to be a little 0:17:15.280 --> 0:17:19.440 bit more of a high profile, higher profile matchup than 0:17:19.600 --> 0:17:22.320 what Auburn Oregon looks to be this season. Is that 0:17:22.359 --> 0:17:24.160 fair to say? 0:17:24.560 --> 0:17:28.560 Yeah? I think so, because of there was a storyline 0:17:28.640 --> 0:17:31.960 entering the season of like, Washington needs to win this game, right, 0:17:32.000 --> 0:17:32.960 This set the tone. 0:17:33.160 --> 0:17:35.960 This was going to be twelve, They're way to achieve 0:17:36.000 --> 0:17:38.400 that validity as an elite team. 0:17:39.040 --> 0:17:41.880 They were representing the conference in a way that was 0:17:42.320 --> 0:17:44.600 put on them that it was a little bit different 0:17:44.640 --> 0:17:47.879 than other years, not necessarily fairly, and so game was closed. 0:17:47.880 --> 0:17:49.520 There was that non call at the end that I 0:17:49.520 --> 0:17:53.720 think Jake Browning was abused on that play uh too 0:17:53.800 --> 0:17:59.160 late and it affected things. But ultimately, yes, Ed is right. 0:18:00.119 --> 0:18:02.480 This game all did not Washington wins the Pac twelve 0:18:02.520 --> 0:18:04.200 to make it to the Rose Bowl, but didn't matter 0:18:04.200 --> 0:18:07.360 because it's a non conference game. So will Auburn Oregon 0:18:08.240 --> 0:18:12.119 be that a deciding clincher for somebody to make or 0:18:12.160 --> 0:18:15.280 not make the playoff? I think is his implication. I 0:18:15.440 --> 0:18:18.560 happen to think that Oregon running the pistol has a 0:18:18.640 --> 0:18:23.520 nine wins ceiling. Okay, if they don't look decidedly different 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:26.280 this year. If they're not a new look offense with 0:18:26.880 --> 0:18:30.200 basically the same players, they look like a nine win team. 0:18:30.240 --> 0:18:32.480 But that's kind of like what Auburn's ceiling right now 0:18:32.520 --> 0:18:34.720 looks like with the uncertainty a quarterback and now Gus 0:18:34.800 --> 0:18:38.240 Malson's taking back control of the offense west right in 0:18:38.320 --> 0:18:40.639 the SEC West. So they could be a nine and 0:18:40.720 --> 0:18:42.600 three team that looks like a ten and a half 0:18:42.680 --> 0:18:45.879 and one and a half type team. But I'm going 0:18:45.920 --> 0:18:49.880 to say one of these teams is in a playoff 0:18:49.880 --> 0:18:53.119 conversation in early November. Doesn't necessarily mean they're there at 0:18:53.160 --> 0:18:56.679 the end, but I'm saying by early November, this is 0:18:56.760 --> 0:18:58.960 like even a team that loses this game that could 0:18:59.000 --> 0:18:59.720 be their only loss. 0:18:59.760 --> 0:19:03.439 For the question itself is a bit flawed because the 0:19:03.520 --> 0:19:06.760 game last year was starting from a different point than 0:19:06.760 --> 0:19:09.920 the game this year. The expectations going into the game 0:19:09.920 --> 0:19:12.640 are different, and I think that influence is at least 0:19:12.680 --> 0:19:16.560 how I feel about it. It's a really good non 0:19:16.600 --> 0:19:20.280 conference matchup. I don't think we're going to be finding 0:19:20.280 --> 0:19:22.240 a contender. I don't think that going into the game. 0:19:22.280 --> 0:19:24.560 I don't think that coming out of the game. But 0:19:24.800 --> 0:19:27.119 so whether or not that holds up moving forward. I 0:19:27.119 --> 0:19:29.200 guess is in the eye of the beholder, But for 0:19:29.200 --> 0:19:32.080 me anyway, I just I view it as a really 0:19:32.119 --> 0:19:35.920 interesting early season barometer for where these teams are at. 0:19:36.119 --> 0:19:39.520 Auburn obviously new starting quarterback, Oregon trying to do some 0:19:39.560 --> 0:19:42.359 different stuff. It's interesting on a number of levels, just 0:19:42.440 --> 0:19:44.840 not from a playoff perspective, maybe not even from a 0:19:44.880 --> 0:19:46.760 conference championship perspective. 0:19:47.400 --> 0:19:51.560 Oregon looking completely inept on the road at all points 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:55.040 last season and barely backed into the Bowl win that 0:19:55.119 --> 0:19:57.440 would I don't even know what the score was, seven, six, ten, seven, 0:19:57.520 --> 0:20:01.600 something ridiculous. So just want I want competence from Oregon 0:20:01.640 --> 0:20:03.400 on the road, and I want to see how much 0:20:03.480 --> 0:20:07.320 control the new quarterback for Auburn has in this offense. 0:20:07.359 --> 0:20:10.840 Because it's somebody new, it's Gatewood, it's Nicks, whoever, whoever 0:20:10.880 --> 0:20:13.920 it is, we'll have a sort of a tough time 0:20:13.960 --> 0:20:15.200 I think with this Oregon defense. 0:20:15.840 --> 0:20:20.639 Daniel, this comes from happy ombre hombre. Yeah, if you 0:20:20.680 --> 0:20:24.520 were unable to watch the game you've been waiting for 0:20:24.720 --> 0:20:29.600 all season live, but we're able to listen on the radio, 0:20:30.480 --> 0:20:33.000 would you tune in or would you wait to watch 0:20:33.040 --> 0:20:36.719 the game later on DVD. Again, that's from Happy Happy Ombre. 0:20:37.520 --> 0:20:39.439 We may be the right I think you meant DVR, 0:20:39.520 --> 0:20:41.480 but I like the idea that it's DVD. Oh did 0:20:41.480 --> 0:20:43.560 I say DVD, I mean DV. Here you go, here's 0:20:43.600 --> 0:20:45.840 your digital video disc. Same difference. 0:20:46.200 --> 0:20:48.879 Yeah, we may be the wrong people to ask on 0:20:48.960 --> 0:20:51.840 this because, as you know, we do a show very 0:20:51.840 --> 0:20:55.080