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Speaker 1: For I've heard so many players say, well, I want

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Speaker 1: Ato Steak is that woof woof? And Dan and Tye.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back to the Solid Verbal driven by Geico. My

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Speaker 2: name is ty hilden Brandt. That fine gentleman over there,

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Speaker 2: as always is my affable co host Dan Rubinstein for

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Speaker 2: one more show. He is still in the tropics of

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Speaker 2: sunny southern California. Sir, Yeah, how goes the good life? Oh?

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Speaker 1: The good life is good? Last night we were driving

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Speaker 1: around all day yesterday. We saw a couple of friends.

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Speaker 1: never had that I've heard good things about. And I'm

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Speaker 1: once again sitting at a card table with a camera

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Speaker 1: stacked attop old textbooks in yearbooks, a laptop in front

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Speaker 1: the few feel like I'm in an FBI truck right

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Speaker 1: That I'm just here on a stakeout talking about I

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Speaker 1: don't know Jermaine Burton or Federian Mathis or any of these. Like,

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Speaker 1: it's just a complete joy to put this together and

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Speaker 1: So I'm good, ty, come on, I can't complain.

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Speaker 2: How are you today? Wednesday when most people are listening

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Speaker 2: to this show is eight years to the day that

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Speaker 2: you and I and some friends recorded are infamous show

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Speaker 2: in your parents jacuzzi.

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Speaker 1: Oh, I remember that you you rigged up the outer

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Speaker 1: edge of our jacuzzi, my family's jacuzzi in the backyard

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Speaker 1: in like a scary efficient way. I think you had

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Speaker 1: four mics before, like at twelve, six, three and nine o'clocks,

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Speaker 1: You should mention that as we are, I promise you

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Speaker 1: going to preview Alabama and Georgia in an important, serious

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Speaker 1: I recommend it, Ty, I think you nailed it.

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Speaker 2: So. On today's show, as you might have guessed from

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Speaker 2: the title, we are previewing the College Football Playoff National

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Speaker 2: Championship game between Alabama and the Georgia Bulldogs. This is

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Speaker 2: a rematch from the SEC title game that was played

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Speaker 2: about a month or so ago. You may recall that

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Speaker 2: Alabama won that game by a forty one to twenty

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Speaker 2: four score. Yes, but we're not just gonna preview it,

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Speaker 2: are we? No?

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Speaker 1: Absolutely not. That would be an eleven minute show. No,

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Speaker 1: we are. We're gonna go deep and we're gonna go shallow. Tie.

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Speaker 1: What's the chlorine that cleanses the issues that George's faced

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Speaker 1: in mistake prone stretches? I don't know. Are we doing

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Speaker 2: Is that we planned a train theme? I know? Oh,

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Speaker 2: But we've been going with the overthink an underthink express

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Speaker 1: Well, maybe there is a train car that is the

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Speaker 1: of some kind. Ty, we're stretching here, we're stretching you

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Speaker 2: An auxiliary theme. So here is where things stand. Alabama's

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Speaker 2: seven to six runaway train type of score. They are

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Speaker 2: currently a three point underdog against the Georgia Bulldogs, a

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Speaker 2: I went back through. I watched both of the playoff

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Speaker 2: took copious notes on things that jumped out to me,

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Speaker 2: things that I think think moving forward now into this contest,

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Speaker 2: where do you think the best place is for us

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Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's your call, because right now you

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Speaker 1: are you're the conductor here. I think it's best to

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Speaker 1: I have gleaned from both of their seasons and through

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Speaker 1: the playoff matchups for sure, but big picture, like what

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Speaker 2: Well, we can start way back at the very very beginning,

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Speaker 2: for the first time ever, I actually came pretty damn

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Speaker 2: Being so, they had Mac Jones who had a historic year.

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Speaker 2: Walking out the door, first round pick now the starter

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Speaker 2: zeroed in on. This Alabama team is different, is fundamentally different.

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Speaker 2: we've seen in Alabama team's past. They don't quite have

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Speaker 2: He's a big, bruising back when they want to, but

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Speaker 2: he's not Najie Harris, right. It's it's just different, Henry. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: it feels like they're getting better. Right. We had this

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Speaker 2: do differently? What can they do differently to change the game.

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Speaker 2: In all of the film study that I've done, for

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Speaker 1: All Right, I think I largely agree with you though

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Speaker 1: I differ on some points in some opinions, but I

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Speaker 1: think i've I will arrive at the same place, just

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Speaker 1: in how I look back at the twenty twenty one

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Speaker 1: to twenty two Alabama season, You're right in a lot

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Speaker 1: of that. It was there more question marks in a

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Speaker 1: try to understand the Texas A and M game. Texas

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Speaker 1: A and M won that game because a number of

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Speaker 1: from Zach Calzada, or the weird stretches, and those stretches

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Speaker 1: A and M game. But the slow starts, the turnovers,

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Speaker 1: the punts, the missed field goals, things like that. Alabama

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think you nailed pretty much everything. And you

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Speaker 2: Looks like, but so pause right there, pause right there

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Speaker 1: is your outpitch? What is you know? What is your

432
00:22:43,800 --> 00:22:46,880
Speaker 1: eighth best secret that you have brought into this game

433
00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:49,720
Speaker 1: for what you're going to do to counter what the

434
00:22:49,760 --> 00:22:52,280
Speaker 1: other team is doing? And we saw in both of

435
00:22:52,320 --> 00:22:56,240
Speaker 1: those second halves early on where Alabama became sort of

436
00:22:56,840 --> 00:22:59,720
Speaker 1: hip to what Georgia was trying to do, and that's

437
00:22:59,720 --> 00:23:02,760
Speaker 1: when the interceptions came, That's when the three and outs came.

438
00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:06,280
Speaker 1: That's when the mistakes came. Because, for whatever reason, that

439
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:11,239
Speaker 1: eighth best secret that you know, the triple Excelsior, like

440
00:23:11,280 --> 00:23:15,480
Speaker 1: we like to talk about, sometimes isn't always there. And

441
00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,200
Speaker 1: when that's not there and you don't have the completely

442
00:23:19,240 --> 00:23:24,119
Speaker 1: worrisome receivers, that's when things can go poorly. And I

443
00:23:24,200 --> 00:23:26,600
Speaker 1: don't know if that's just happenstance, because Georgia was in

444
00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:29,840
Speaker 1: a position to win the National Championship game without those

445
00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:33,080
Speaker 1: guys what four years ago something like that, Like they

446
00:23:33,119 --> 00:23:35,920
Speaker 1: had Micole Hardman, they had good dudes, they had you know, whims,

447
00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:38,680
Speaker 1: They had guys on that team, but it was Jake

448
00:23:38,720 --> 00:23:43,160
Speaker 1: from with the receiving corps who was merely good, not great.

449
00:23:43,200 --> 00:23:45,960
Speaker 1: They had the running backs that were worriedsome and absolute

450
00:23:46,080 --> 00:23:48,679
Speaker 1: killers and Nick Chubb and Sony Michelle and DeAndre Swift.

451
00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:52,800
Speaker 1: But in this scenario, when we see where the game

452
00:23:52,840 --> 00:23:56,960
Speaker 1: has come, is that a meaningful difference And now Alabama

453
00:23:57,000 --> 00:24:00,280
Speaker 1: doesn't have the stable, but they've got the dude. So

454
00:24:00,840 --> 00:24:03,000
Speaker 1: I just wonder, Ty, I don't know what you think

455
00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:03,880
Speaker 1: about that kind of thing.

456
00:24:04,119 --> 00:24:05,720
Speaker 2: No, I think you're right and if we flip it

457
00:24:05,720 --> 00:24:08,640
Speaker 2: around and if we talk about Alabama, right, if we

458
00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:12,960
Speaker 2: are specifically talking about this matchup, John Metchi's out now,

459
00:24:13,080 --> 00:24:15,720
Speaker 2: John Metchie was out for the second half of the

460
00:24:15,760 --> 00:24:19,359
Speaker 2: first game, and John Metchie was out for all of

461
00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,639
Speaker 2: the Cincinnati game. Didn't really matter in either of those cases,

462
00:24:22,680 --> 00:24:27,000
Speaker 2: but it holds that John Metchi led the team in targets.

463
00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,680
Speaker 2: You had one hundred and thirty targets this year. He

464
00:24:30,840 --> 00:24:34,000
Speaker 2: had over eleven hundred yards. This is a guy who

465
00:24:34,119 --> 00:24:37,160
Speaker 2: came pretty close to one hundred catches in a college offense.

466
00:24:37,520 --> 00:24:41,640
Speaker 2: So clearly John Metchie was an important part of this offense.

467
00:24:42,080 --> 00:24:44,359
Speaker 2: I'm not going to sit here and say that without

468
00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,639
Speaker 2: him on the field it solves the underlying problems for

469
00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:51,119
Speaker 2: George's defense. The underlying problem is Bryce Young, and not

470
00:24:51,160 --> 00:24:53,560
Speaker 2: having John Metchie still does not solve that problem. But

471
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:57,520
Speaker 2: it is one fewer weapon to worry about. And I

472
00:24:57,560 --> 00:25:00,840
Speaker 2: do wonder if there is something now that Georgia and

473
00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,520
Speaker 2: Kirby Smart and Dan Lanning, if he's still got any

474
00:25:03,520 --> 00:25:06,600
Speaker 2: part to play in the story, if there's something that

475
00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,920
Speaker 2: they can now do a little bit differently to devote

476
00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:14,720
Speaker 2: more resources to stopping Bryce Young and not stopping both

477
00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,639
Speaker 2: John Matchi and James and Williams because they no longer

478
00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:20,360
Speaker 2: have to ron be very interested to see. And I'm

479
00:25:20,400 --> 00:25:23,760
Speaker 2: not smart enough as an excess scheme guy to know

480
00:25:24,400 --> 00:25:27,240
Speaker 2: how they could redevote some of their resources otherwise. But

481
00:25:28,000 --> 00:25:29,440
Speaker 2: that is an interesting wrinkle.

482
00:25:29,960 --> 00:25:32,200
Speaker 1: Well, it's what they do with safeties, right, It's it's

483
00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:34,760
Speaker 1: how how often are you keeping safeties high? How much

484
00:25:34,840 --> 00:25:37,439
Speaker 1: attention do you care to give to I mean, Jacorey

485
00:25:37,520 --> 00:25:40,480
Speaker 1: Brooks scored a terrific touchdown with Jamison Williams as a

486
00:25:40,560 --> 00:25:43,760
Speaker 1: decoy against Cincinnati, if memory serves, it was only a

487
00:25:43,760 --> 00:25:46,159
Speaker 1: few days ago. But I am an old at this point.

488
00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,880
Speaker 1: So there are guys right there. It just we may

489
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Speaker 1: not know their names or associate their names with danger

490
00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:57,120
Speaker 1: quite yet. They've recruited super duper well. And you Slay

491
00:25:57,160 --> 00:25:59,359
Speaker 1: Bolden scores a touchdown against Cincinnati is certainly more of

492
00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,240
Speaker 1: a possession type receiver. Then I'm like, oh crap, where

493
00:26:02,320 --> 00:26:04,159
Speaker 1: is he on every play type receiver?

494
00:26:04,440 --> 00:26:04,920
Speaker 2: Exactly?

495
00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:09,160
Speaker 1: But we've seen guys like that be lethal against Hell,

496
00:26:09,200 --> 00:26:12,119
Speaker 1: you know, Hunter Renfro, like guys underneath Clyde Edwards a

497
00:26:12,160 --> 00:26:15,840
Speaker 1: layer out of the backfield where they're not necessarily killers

498
00:26:15,880 --> 00:26:17,840
Speaker 1: fifty seven yards down the field. And I don't remember

499
00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:20,520
Speaker 1: if I mentioned Lshu's receiving core in that list of guys,

500
00:26:20,520 --> 00:26:23,280
Speaker 1: but obviously Lsu is in that conversation, if not at

501
00:26:23,280 --> 00:26:27,639
Speaker 1: the top of the conversation. But Alabama has the guys.

502
00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:32,960
Speaker 1: Likely Georgia has guys who can be the guy sometimes.

503
00:26:33,280 --> 00:26:35,600
Speaker 1: And I don't know what the difference is when I

504
00:26:35,600 --> 00:26:37,679
Speaker 1: look at this, because it's you know, it's it's a

505
00:26:37,840 --> 00:26:39,159
Speaker 1: razor thin comparison.

506
00:26:39,600 --> 00:26:43,040
Speaker 2: I guess taking all of those data points and now

507
00:26:43,080 --> 00:26:46,320
Speaker 2: projecting forward into this title game. We did have the

508
00:26:46,359 --> 00:26:48,919
Speaker 2: game the first time around. We've called it out a

509
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,000
Speaker 2: couple times now forty one to twenty four in favor

510
00:26:51,000 --> 00:26:53,800
Speaker 2: of Alabama. Like I said, I went back. I watched

511
00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,600
Speaker 2: that game to see if we could pick up any

512
00:26:56,200 --> 00:26:59,960
Speaker 2: any trends, anything that might be useful now moving forward.

513
00:27:00,000 --> 00:27:04,520
Speaker 2: I don't know there are any new observations that could

514
00:27:04,640 --> 00:27:08,639
Speaker 2: change my mind about picking Alabama in this game. I

515
00:27:08,680 --> 00:27:11,679
Speaker 2: already mentioned Stetson Bennett. I thought Stetson Bennett, all things considered,

516
00:27:11,720 --> 00:27:14,359
Speaker 2: played a pretty good game. They couldn't really run the ball,

517
00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:17,880
Speaker 2: and there are reasons for that. They got down late.

518
00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:19,919
Speaker 2: They had to stop running the football for sure and

519
00:27:19,960 --> 00:27:22,920
Speaker 2: start trying to throw it and score it quicker, especially

520
00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:25,159
Speaker 2: after what went down in the early part of the

521
00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:28,160
Speaker 2: third quarter when Georgia started or excuse me, when Alabama

522
00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:30,359
Speaker 2: started to get a little bit more separation. But I

523
00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:34,159
Speaker 2: thought Stetson Bennett, for his own part, acquitted himself pretty well.

524
00:27:34,200 --> 00:27:38,080
Speaker 1: Did he, though, I mean, threw two back breaking interceptions.

525
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:40,320
Speaker 2: I know one he was fooled on coverage. The other

526
00:27:40,480 --> 00:27:43,160
Speaker 2: was sort of under duress running away and throwing off

527
00:27:43,200 --> 00:27:46,879
Speaker 2: a short leg, so it, you know, bad decision, bad decisions.

528
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:50,120
Speaker 2: He needs to improve those. Neither one help. Both were

529
00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,880
Speaker 2: costly for sure, but I think by and large, with

530
00:27:53,920 --> 00:27:57,160
Speaker 2: what he was asked to do, I thought he did

531
00:27:57,160 --> 00:27:59,600
Speaker 2: an okay job. Let's put it this way. He definitely

532
00:27:59,600 --> 00:28:02,399
Speaker 2: looked back better this time around against Alabama than what

533
00:28:02,440 --> 00:28:03,439
Speaker 2: we saw in twenty twenty.

534
00:28:03,760 --> 00:28:07,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'd say that's true, but I still point I

535
00:28:07,840 --> 00:28:09,879
Speaker 1: don't think he played a good game. It's Alabama like.

536
00:28:09,920 --> 00:28:13,160
Speaker 1: He made good plays, winning plays, But you know, when

537
00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:16,040
Speaker 1: the margins are that thin and you throw two interceptions

538
00:28:16,080 --> 00:28:18,040
Speaker 1: and that ultimately swing the game, you didn't play a

539
00:28:18,080 --> 00:28:20,680
Speaker 1: good game. So I was great.

540
00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 2: Yeah, I will disagree to this extent, all right. He

541
00:28:23,880 --> 00:28:25,439
Speaker 2: needs to get better, for sure, I'm with you on

542
00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,119
Speaker 2: that front. I do think he has improved since the

543
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,440
Speaker 2: last time. Like we saw him against Bama from twenty

544
00:28:31,480 --> 00:28:33,640
Speaker 2: twenty to twenty twenty one, it was it was much

545
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,480
Speaker 2: more confident in a better quarterback. And there were plenty

546
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:39,320
Speaker 2: of times in this game the first time around where

547
00:28:39,360 --> 00:28:42,680
Speaker 2: he made big throws where he was putting balls high

548
00:28:42,720 --> 00:28:47,520
Speaker 2: and away from defenders were only brock bowers where only

549
00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,120
Speaker 2: his guys could catch it. He was for sure willing

550
00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,480
Speaker 2: to make those throws, and when he had time to

551
00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:56,240
Speaker 2: make those throws, he was pretty good. The two exceptions,

552
00:28:57,360 --> 00:28:59,840
Speaker 2: the first one when he was rushed out of the

553
00:29:00,400 --> 00:29:02,240
Speaker 2: into his right and he threw into traffic. It was

554
00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,120
Speaker 2: a bad decision. He was trying to make a play

555
00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 2: out of nothing. The second he had time and he

556
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:08,880
Speaker 2: was fooled by coverage. Thought of safety was dropping. The

557
00:29:08,880 --> 00:29:11,720
Speaker 2: safety came up with the exception. Those two plays, I

558
00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:14,160
Speaker 2: thought Stets and Bennett did a really good job. I'm

559
00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:16,520
Speaker 2: curious to see what they do within this time around,

560
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:22,760
Speaker 2: because much like we saw with you know, some of

561
00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:26,360
Speaker 2: Bryce Young in that first game and even like we

562
00:29:26,400 --> 00:29:29,480
Speaker 2: saw with some of stets In Bennett in that Michigan game,

563
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,880
Speaker 2: he's got some wheels on him, Like, yeah, no, he's athletic,

564
00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:36,120
Speaker 2: he can move. If they could take him out of

565
00:29:36,120 --> 00:29:39,760
Speaker 2: the pocket and do more designed runs or just I

566
00:29:39,800 --> 00:29:41,880
Speaker 2: don't know, find ways to get him on the move

567
00:29:42,480 --> 00:29:45,200
Speaker 2: at a minimum, that provides another wrinkle for this Alabama

568
00:29:45,240 --> 00:29:47,240
Speaker 2: defense to consider. And we didn't really see a whole

569
00:29:47,280 --> 00:29:48,520
Speaker 2: lot of that the first time around.

570
00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:52,640
Speaker 1: So since Alabama lost to card L Jones and Ezekiel

571
00:29:52,640 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 1: Elliott in twenty fourteen and that semi the quarterbacks that

572
00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,120
Speaker 1: they've lost to, and that merely they've just faced, I

573
00:29:59,120 --> 00:30:02,640
Speaker 1: guess if you removed from from the equation, it's Trevor Lawrence,

574
00:30:02,800 --> 00:30:05,640
Speaker 1: it's Deshaun Watson, it's you know, Joe Burrow during the

575
00:30:05,640 --> 00:30:12,760
Speaker 1: regular season, do you believe that Stetson Bennett can rise

576
00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,680
Speaker 1: to that type of occasion to get that type of

577
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,920
Speaker 1: performance like what Trevor Lawrence or Deshaun Watson did whoever

578
00:30:19,280 --> 00:30:21,760
Speaker 1: or obviously Joe Burrow did in that that shootout regular

579
00:30:21,800 --> 00:30:26,520
Speaker 1: season win. And do you believe that Georgia can beat

580
00:30:26,560 --> 00:30:33,480
Speaker 1: Alabama with a non disastrous pseudo pedestrian effort from Stetson Bennett.

581
00:30:33,480 --> 00:30:36,320
Speaker 1: So he's not throwing the two back breaking picks. But

582
00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:40,320
Speaker 1: he's also not a huge asset and is the reason

583
00:30:40,360 --> 00:30:43,000
Speaker 1: why you know he's not bombing downfield, he's not scrambling

584
00:30:43,200 --> 00:30:46,600
Speaker 1: on third and eleven for fourteen yards. That he's merely fine.

585
00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,200
Speaker 1: Do you believe a merely fine performance coupled with an

586
00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:55,720
Speaker 1: otherworldly defense is good enough to beat this Bama team

587
00:30:55,920 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 1: or does he need to rise to an exceptional occasion?

588
00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:00,400
Speaker 2: I think he needs to rise.

589
00:31:01,040 --> 00:31:01,320
Speaker 1: Okay.

590
00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:04,480
Speaker 2: I don't think you can get away with a two

591
00:31:04,600 --> 00:31:10,360
Speaker 2: hundred and twenty two yard, one touchdown, no interception, workmanlike

592
00:31:10,400 --> 00:31:12,880
Speaker 2: effort here, right, Because if you're gonna be Bama, they're

593
00:31:12,880 --> 00:31:15,720
Speaker 2: gonna score. I don't care how good this defense is.

594
00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:19,560
Speaker 2: In order to be Bama. You gotta score thirty one

595
00:31:19,760 --> 00:31:21,080
Speaker 2: thirty five points.

596
00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:22,360
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think that's right.

597
00:31:22,720 --> 00:31:26,680
Speaker 2: And so, in the absence of a running game, perhaps

598
00:31:26,720 --> 00:31:29,440
Speaker 2: against this Alabama defense, he's going to be asked to

599
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:31,760
Speaker 2: throw it, and he's going to need to turn in

600
00:31:31,800 --> 00:31:33,680
Speaker 2: a performance where he gets like three hundred and fifty

601
00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:36,440
Speaker 2: yards passing and doesn't throw the backbreaking pick like you

602
00:31:36,480 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 2: did in the third quarter or fourth quarter. I guess

603
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:42,160
Speaker 2: of the first time round the SEC title game.

604
00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,200
Speaker 1: That's that's reasonable. I think I tend to agree that

605
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:50,960
Speaker 1: with how much preparation goes into Alabama's defense, and even

606
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:54,920
Speaker 1: with Alabama's injured corners, I think there has to be

607
00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:59,040
Speaker 1: some level of If george is going to win this game,

608
00:31:59,840 --> 00:32:03,160
Speaker 1: it's because they're ticking the offensive boxes. I'm not worried

609
00:32:03,200 --> 00:32:06,000
Speaker 1: about the Georgia defense, especially even with what they were

610
00:32:06,040 --> 00:32:09,360
Speaker 1: able to do or not do against Alabama the first time.

611
00:32:09,960 --> 00:32:14,480
Speaker 1: I think there needs to be at least four and

612
00:32:14,520 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 1: a half killer plays downfield. I'm not talking eighty three

613
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:22,000
Speaker 1: our touchdowns. I'm saying third and eight goes for twenty seven.

614
00:32:22,320 --> 00:32:26,240
Speaker 1: That kind of thing. I don't think you can sort

615
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,400
Speaker 1: of just well, I'm gonna play within myself and not

616
00:32:28,480 --> 00:32:31,160
Speaker 1: make mistakes. I don't see that working. I just don't,

617
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:33,000
Speaker 1: and I don't think Georgia does either. I think they're

618
00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,480
Speaker 1: prepared to take those shots and to empty the playbook.

619
00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,720
Speaker 1: I just man easier said than done when Will Anderson

620
00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,160
Speaker 1: is staring at you hungry.

621
00:32:42,840 --> 00:32:46,280
Speaker 2: Well, and that was a key difference the first time

622
00:32:46,320 --> 00:32:50,200
Speaker 2: these teams played, because Alabama, if you look through what

623
00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,120
Speaker 2: they did was very good at getting those big chunk

624
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:55,640
Speaker 2: plays in the early part of the game. They had

625
00:32:55,640 --> 00:32:58,320
Speaker 2: a bunch of them, but they found different ways to

626
00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 2: get Jamison Williams involved. Right Initially, there was a I

627
00:33:02,840 --> 00:33:06,880
Speaker 2: think a sixty four sixty six yard touchdown pass where

628
00:33:07,200 --> 00:33:11,240
Speaker 2: he caught the ball around midfield and just burned everybody. Yeah, totally,

629
00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:13,600
Speaker 2: they got him in space. There was another play later

630
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,280
Speaker 2: in the game where they threw a screen pass to

631
00:33:15,360 --> 00:33:17,640
Speaker 2: him and just let him run. That's one thing we

632
00:33:17,640 --> 00:33:20,440
Speaker 2: could see more of. If John Metchi's not out there.

633
00:33:20,240 --> 00:33:21,960
Speaker 1: Well, he's not going to be out there. Metchi will

634
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,040
Speaker 1: not be out there, right. Yeah.

635
00:33:23,320 --> 00:33:24,520
Speaker 2: If they still want to find a way to get

636
00:33:24,560 --> 00:33:26,360
Speaker 2: him the ball, do more of those screen type plays.

637
00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,000
Speaker 2: See what he can do after the catch. He's very good.

638
00:33:29,120 --> 00:33:31,440
Speaker 2: There were other instances in this game where they just

639
00:33:31,480 --> 00:33:33,400
Speaker 2: hit him on a bomb, like fifty five yards down

640
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:36,920
Speaker 2: the field sideline, he's open, put the ball in the

641
00:33:36,920 --> 00:33:39,840
Speaker 2: spot it needed to be, he catches it. Big gainer

642
00:33:39,840 --> 00:33:41,880
Speaker 2: for Alabama. You didn't have a whole lot of that

643
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:47,160
Speaker 2: for Georgia. Right, That big playability against this Alabama defense

644
00:33:47,360 --> 00:33:51,120
Speaker 2: was was sorely lacking. There were moments, but it was

645
00:33:51,120 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 2: sorely lacking, and they're going to need to try and

646
00:33:52,880 --> 00:33:55,960
Speaker 2: find some way to get that pop.

647
00:33:56,080 --> 00:33:58,560
Speaker 1: Teams were able to do that against Alabama this year.

648
00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,760
Speaker 1: Arkansas was able to do that, Tennessee was able to

649
00:34:01,760 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 1: do that. This is not an impossible Alabama defense. And

650
00:34:06,280 --> 00:34:08,879
Speaker 1: while you know LSU and Auburn weren't necessarily doing that,

651
00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:13,280
Speaker 1: teams were able to complete passes downfield and score points

652
00:34:13,280 --> 00:34:16,480
Speaker 1: against this Alabama defense this year. It's not an impossible

653
00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:19,080
Speaker 1: task A and M. Obviously, especially near the end of

654
00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:21,160
Speaker 1: that game that an incredible throw from what I was

655
00:34:21,160 --> 00:34:24,719
Speaker 1: thinking was Zack Calzada to a Nyah Smith. I want

656
00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:29,359
Speaker 1: to say so in big moments, this Alabama defense will

657
00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:33,200
Speaker 1: Anderson's there, they can be had. I don't know if

658
00:34:33,200 --> 00:34:36,000
Speaker 1: it's happening for four quarters, it probably isn't. But this

659
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:39,200
Speaker 1: is not impossible. This is not an impossible task that

660
00:34:39,440 --> 00:34:42,839
Speaker 1: kJ Jefferson and Hendon Hooker and even Zack Calzada were

661
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 1: not able to do. This is it's realistic to say

662
00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:49,520
Speaker 1: Georgia needs to be able to and Georgia should be

663
00:34:49,680 --> 00:34:50,920
Speaker 1: making plays downfield.

664
00:34:52,080 --> 00:34:54,160
Speaker 2: So the two factors for me, I think as we

665
00:34:54,800 --> 00:34:58,120
Speaker 2: start looking forward down to this game. The first is

666
00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:02,320
Speaker 2: certainly around that Georgia a receiving core. They're pass catchers.

667
00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:06,000
Speaker 2: It seems pretty obvious to me after watching that Alabama

668
00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:10,520
Speaker 2: game about a month ago, that the Alabama secondary was

669
00:35:10,560 --> 00:35:14,600
Speaker 2: instructed to just play very tight and if you need

670
00:35:14,640 --> 00:35:19,000
Speaker 2: to deal with a pass interference call, that's fine, but

671
00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:23,480
Speaker 2: just don't get burned. And I think they could probably

672
00:35:23,520 --> 00:35:26,319
Speaker 2: do that again. My hunch is that you tell your

673
00:35:26,360 --> 00:35:29,480
Speaker 2: defense to do that if you don't feel like your

674
00:35:29,480 --> 00:35:31,879
Speaker 2: opponent has the athletes out wide to burn you deep.

675
00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,960
Speaker 2: And if you can play that game effectively the way

676
00:35:35,960 --> 00:35:38,799
Speaker 2: Alabama did, it means that you don't have to over

677
00:35:38,840 --> 00:35:40,799
Speaker 2: commit to either the run or the pass. You can

678
00:35:40,840 --> 00:35:43,200
Speaker 2: just sort of do your thing. You can get away

679
00:35:43,239 --> 00:35:47,960
Speaker 2: with it. The same calculus doesn't really apply on the

680
00:35:48,040 --> 00:35:51,840
Speaker 2: Georgia side, right because their pass rush couldn't get home

681
00:35:52,640 --> 00:35:55,759
Speaker 2: and because Bama does have those guys out wide, because

682
00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,839
Speaker 2: it didn't sack Bryce Young at all. He just found

683
00:35:58,920 --> 00:36:01,360
Speaker 2: ways to create time from even when there was a

684
00:36:01,400 --> 00:36:05,200
Speaker 2: pass rush. He was able to dance around and let ridiculous,

685
00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:09,279
Speaker 2: let Jamison Williams, let whoever get open make the big

686
00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:12,560
Speaker 2: throw downfield and there's really no way to stop that

687
00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 2: unless you can find some way to generate that pressure.

688
00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:20,000
Speaker 2: Putting the Heisman Trophy winning quarterback in a position where

689
00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:22,680
Speaker 2: he's got time to pick a spots is a losing proposition.

690
00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:23,520
Speaker 1: Well, that's the thing.

691
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:26,280
Speaker 2: If you're Georgia, by the way, you can do every

692
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,720
Speaker 2: single thing right in coverage and on the pass rush

693
00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:33,920
Speaker 2: and collapsing the pocket, and it sometimes doesn't matter because

694
00:36:33,960 --> 00:36:38,520
Speaker 2: Bryce Young is that good at eluding and avoiding exactly,

695
00:36:38,560 --> 00:36:41,560
Speaker 2: and so even if you devote more resources to the

696
00:36:41,600 --> 00:36:45,320
Speaker 2: passing game, it still doesn't account for Bryce Young. Or

697
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:47,680
Speaker 2: if you stack the box and try to stop some

698
00:36:47,800 --> 00:36:50,080
Speaker 2: kind of rushing attack, be it from Brian Robinson or

699
00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:53,440
Speaker 2: even Bryce Young, then suddenly you've got Jamison Williams who

700
00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:55,960
Speaker 2: can beat you over the top. Alabama didn't really have

701
00:36:56,040 --> 00:36:59,000
Speaker 2: to make that choice, but Georgia does. I wonder if

702
00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:02,239
Speaker 2: Metchi being out at all affects the equation there. But

703
00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:04,760
Speaker 2: I still don't have a really good answer for Bryce

704
00:37:04,800 --> 00:37:07,399
Speaker 2: Young from the Georgia side, which is why I think

705
00:37:07,400 --> 00:37:09,480
Speaker 2: I favor Alabama. I just I don't know how they

706
00:37:09,520 --> 00:37:12,600
Speaker 2: solve that equation. It might be closer. Maybe they learned

707
00:37:12,680 --> 00:37:14,440
Speaker 2: something the first time around, and it is tough to

708
00:37:14,440 --> 00:37:16,840
Speaker 2: beat a team twice in the same season. But I

709
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,920
Speaker 2: still don't have a great answer for how George is

710
00:37:19,960 --> 00:37:21,920
Speaker 2: now suddenly going to be able to stop Bryce Young.

711
00:37:23,520 --> 00:37:27,600
Speaker 1: Is Bill O'Brien an asset or liability? I think obviously

712
00:37:27,600 --> 00:37:31,560
Speaker 1: he's an asset. But is is Bill O'Brien in this

713
00:37:31,640 --> 00:37:35,160
Speaker 1: spot for the first time as a first year coordinator?

714
00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:41,920
Speaker 1: A question? An issue, a nitpicking subject worth talking about,

715
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:45,640
Speaker 1: as I'm sure Alabama folks have talked about all year

716
00:37:45,760 --> 00:37:49,480
Speaker 1: long that, especially in you know, coming out of the

717
00:37:49,480 --> 00:37:51,759
Speaker 1: first half, like coming out of you know, what the

718
00:37:51,800 --> 00:37:54,680
Speaker 1: game plan is with these slow starts are more often

719
00:37:54,719 --> 00:37:58,960
Speaker 1: having slow starts than we're used to seeing. Is Bill

720
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:03,359
Speaker 1: O'Brien any bit of a concern to you in this

721
00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:07,600
Speaker 1: specific game? I don't think so, because you're right, he's

722
00:38:07,640 --> 00:38:10,160
Speaker 1: a concern Tobama fans. He's a concern to Bama fans.

723
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:13,640
Speaker 2: I get it. Yeah, And for sure in that SEC

724
00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:18,120
Speaker 2: title game, Bama punted their first two possessions, they scored

725
00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:21,600
Speaker 2: on their next four possessions. It's good, good stretch, right,

726
00:38:21,600 --> 00:38:23,960
Speaker 2: and they went in at halftime up twenty four to seven.

727
00:38:24,600 --> 00:38:26,320
Speaker 2: Things got out of hand in the third quarter and

728
00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:29,319
Speaker 2: the game was over before you knew it. So even

729
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:31,799
Speaker 2: if there are slow starts, and even if there is

730
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:33,759
Speaker 2: some question about what he's going to do on a

731
00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:36,680
Speaker 2: big stage like this against a really good defense, a

732
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,080
Speaker 2: he answered that question the first time around. He was

733
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:43,120
Speaker 2: very effective putting Bryce down into the right spots where

734
00:38:43,120 --> 00:38:45,959
Speaker 2: he could succeed, getting guys like Jamison Williams the ball,

735
00:38:46,440 --> 00:38:48,759
Speaker 2: and really putting his foot on the gas even once

736
00:38:48,840 --> 00:38:53,040
Speaker 2: John Metchi went down. And secondly, I just again come

737
00:38:53,080 --> 00:38:55,200
Speaker 2: back to the fact that I don't know what's changed

738
00:38:55,680 --> 00:38:59,080
Speaker 2: since that game. There's not really been anything that's changed

739
00:38:59,160 --> 00:39:02,320
Speaker 2: so much that it would affect my opinion of certainly

740
00:39:02,320 --> 00:39:04,480
Speaker 2: what the Alabama offense could do well.

741
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:09,520
Speaker 1: One John Matchi's not playing. Two, we saw what Alabama's

742
00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,320
Speaker 1: strategy was against the Cincinnati team and the way that

743
00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:16,560
Speaker 1: they run the ball unlike game plans and strategies that

744
00:39:16,640 --> 00:39:20,279
Speaker 1: we've seen from Bama earlier this season. And three, we

745
00:39:20,400 --> 00:39:23,480
Speaker 1: now know how Bill O'Brien views the Georgia defense in

746
00:39:23,560 --> 00:39:27,719
Speaker 1: terms of strategizing. Georgia has tape on Alabama and what

747
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:29,799
Speaker 1: they've game planned for and how they adjust to what

748
00:39:29,840 --> 00:39:32,640
Speaker 1: Georgia adjusts to That's why everybody says, you know, no

749
00:39:32,640 --> 00:39:35,440
Speaker 1: matter the sport, you know, basketball, if a team loses,

750
00:39:36,080 --> 00:39:38,520
Speaker 1: you know, in the conference championship game and then they

751
00:39:38,520 --> 00:39:40,520
Speaker 1: play them in the NCAA tournament, it's tough to beat

752
00:39:40,520 --> 00:39:42,759
Speaker 1: a team twice because the book is out. I tried

753
00:39:42,800 --> 00:39:45,399
Speaker 1: to make that case with Utah and Oregon didn't work

754
00:39:45,680 --> 00:39:47,480
Speaker 1: out its super well.

755
00:39:49,239 --> 00:39:50,280
Speaker 2: But I would argue.

756
00:39:50,080 --> 00:39:52,399
Speaker 1: Georgia's defense is far ahead of what Oregon's and George

757
00:39:52,520 --> 00:39:55,680
Speaker 1: quarterback situation is far ahead. So that's what's changed is

758
00:39:56,160 --> 00:40:01,160
Speaker 1: Georgia has data on what Alabama wants to do, tries

759
00:40:01,239 --> 00:40:06,920
Speaker 1: to do a just along the way against the Dogs.

760
00:40:07,560 --> 00:40:09,600
Speaker 1: That's the difference to me is that it was kind

761
00:40:09,600 --> 00:40:12,839
Speaker 1: of a mystery, specifically you know, the chess match, and

762
00:40:12,880 --> 00:40:15,840
Speaker 1: now there is at least okay when we did this,

763
00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:17,560
Speaker 1: this is how they tried to counter when we didn't

764
00:40:17,600 --> 00:40:19,680
Speaker 1: do this, this is what they did. That to me,

765
00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:20,600
Speaker 1: has what's changed.

766
00:40:20,840 --> 00:40:23,480
Speaker 2: I just I think that's big time overthink express.

767
00:40:23,800 --> 00:40:26,320
Speaker 1: Oh, it for sure is that's why we're here, Tye.

768
00:40:26,560 --> 00:40:29,480
Speaker 2: I think it's big time overthink express. I think the

769
00:40:29,560 --> 00:40:32,359
Speaker 2: easiest point to make is really the same po I'm

770
00:40:32,360 --> 00:40:34,719
Speaker 2: glad you brought up the Oregon Utah game, not to

771
00:40:34,800 --> 00:40:35,840
Speaker 2: Rubsalt in the wound.

772
00:40:35,960 --> 00:40:37,160
Speaker 1: No, it's okay, go for it.

773
00:40:37,560 --> 00:40:39,920
Speaker 2: But the first time around, we saw Utah win and

774
00:40:39,960 --> 00:40:43,080
Speaker 2: dominant fashion. They played again in the PAC twelve Championship game,

775
00:40:43,600 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 2: and we had the same question, then, what's changed? What's changed?

776
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:47,359
Speaker 1: Man?

777
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:50,680
Speaker 2: What's different? Now? You know, I don't know if either

778
00:40:50,680 --> 00:40:52,960
Speaker 2: one of us saw much of anything. You tried to

779
00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:54,880
Speaker 2: make the case, but you still had the same question,

780
00:40:55,120 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 2: what's changed? Even though we tried to find it. The

781
00:40:57,760 --> 00:41:01,560
Speaker 2: ultimate answer was nothing, nothing, And Oregon got blown out

782
00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:04,239
Speaker 2: a second time. And so I do think this game

783
00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:08,200
Speaker 2: will be closer. Okay, I think it'll be closer. I

784
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,200
Speaker 2: do think that Georgia is talented enough. They've got smart

785
00:41:11,320 --> 00:41:14,480
Speaker 2: enough guys running the team, like they'll find ways that

786
00:41:14,520 --> 00:41:18,400
Speaker 2: they could further optimize and give themselves a better chance.

787
00:41:19,440 --> 00:41:22,239
Speaker 2: I still can't bridge the gap fully because I have

788
00:41:22,360 --> 00:41:24,839
Speaker 2: not figured out a way for them to neutralize Bryce Young.

789
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:28,040
Speaker 1: So do you think now that I think we're more impressed.

790
00:41:28,080 --> 00:41:29,440
Speaker 1: I don't want to speak for you. What I'm more

791
00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:31,440
Speaker 1: impressed with what Georgia did to Michigan than what I

792
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:35,319
Speaker 1: am with Alabama than what they did to Cincinnati. Do

793
00:41:35,400 --> 00:41:39,080
Speaker 1: you think Georgia's body of work, including the lost to Alabama,

794
00:41:39,239 --> 00:41:41,799
Speaker 1: is more impressive than Alabama's body of work.

795
00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:44,960
Speaker 2: It's hard to say, kind of do they're different?

796
00:41:45,560 --> 00:41:46,840
Speaker 1: They're so different.

797
00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 2: Why do you feel that way.

798
00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,239
Speaker 1: Georgia did something historically well in a way that Alabama

799
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:57,800
Speaker 1: did not, and that's played defense. Georgia left no doubt

800
00:41:57,800 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 1: all season long. Usually we're due a team, and we

801
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:02,279
Speaker 1: talked about this late in the season, We're due for

802
00:42:02,320 --> 00:42:04,759
Speaker 1: a team. As great a team is like okay, they

803
00:42:04,920 --> 00:42:08,440
Speaker 1: are beating everybody by thirty, they're due to beat an

804
00:42:08,440 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 1: average team by ten. You know that they're gonna have

805
00:42:11,200 --> 00:42:13,320
Speaker 1: a down week that it's impossible to run the table

806
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:16,919
Speaker 1: in that fashion. Georgia didn't have that issue, and that's

807
00:42:16,960 --> 00:42:20,640
Speaker 1: to me more impressive than Alabama with the obviously texts

808
00:42:20,680 --> 00:42:23,040
Speaker 1: A and M loss and the struggles against LSU. Even

809
00:42:23,160 --> 00:42:25,400
Speaker 1: Arkansas and Auburn at the end of the year, like

810
00:42:25,440 --> 00:42:28,360
Speaker 1: these are not like Arkansas a really good team to me,

811
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:31,640
Speaker 1: but LSU and Auburn we're clearly flawed teams that Alabama

812
00:42:31,719 --> 00:42:34,920
Speaker 1: struggled with. So to me, even with the loss, like

813
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:37,319
Speaker 1: I consider right now Alabama to be a better team

814
00:42:37,320 --> 00:42:39,680
Speaker 1: than Georgia because they've recently played head to head, but

815
00:42:39,840 --> 00:42:43,240
Speaker 1: body of work, now, every single thing that you can nitpick,

816
00:42:43,640 --> 00:42:45,799
Speaker 1: I think what George has done since late August is

817
00:42:45,880 --> 00:42:49,120
Speaker 1: more impressive. Well, I don't know how that. Yes, No. Maybe.

818
00:42:49,680 --> 00:42:53,840
Speaker 2: The postgame win expectancy number is always something that's I

819
00:42:53,840 --> 00:42:56,120
Speaker 2: think really interesting to look at. It gives you some

820
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:58,480
Speaker 2: indication of how well did a team play, even if

821
00:42:58,480 --> 00:43:01,160
Speaker 2: they won, or even if they lost, how well did

822
00:43:01,160 --> 00:43:04,719
Speaker 2: they play? What you see with Georgia outside of that

823
00:43:04,880 --> 00:43:08,240
Speaker 2: very first game against Clemson and then the last game,

824
00:43:08,640 --> 00:43:11,640
Speaker 2: the SEC title game. I haven't seen the Michigan one yet,

825
00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:13,759
Speaker 2: but I know pretty much where that one's going to land.

826
00:43:14,560 --> 00:43:18,520
Speaker 2: Every postgame win expectancy between the start and finish of

827
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:22,600
Speaker 2: the year was one hundred percent, yes, which is almost

828
00:43:22,600 --> 00:43:25,560
Speaker 2: something you never see, even Alabama. Alabama's got a couple

829
00:43:25,600 --> 00:43:27,839
Speaker 2: hundreds in there, but there's an eighty nine, and there's

830
00:43:27,840 --> 00:43:30,719
Speaker 2: a ninety six, there's a fifty three. Every team has

831
00:43:30,760 --> 00:43:34,000
Speaker 2: an off game here and there. To your point, Georgia

832
00:43:34,080 --> 00:43:37,080
Speaker 2: did not really have those for the vast majority of

833
00:43:37,120 --> 00:43:40,520
Speaker 2: the season, not until that SEC Title game and so yeah,

834
00:43:40,560 --> 00:43:43,640
Speaker 2: I guess at least as far as that goes, the

835
00:43:43,680 --> 00:43:48,120
Speaker 2: defense was so good that it created so much opportunity

836
00:43:48,160 --> 00:43:51,360
Speaker 2: for the offense, and they just worked really, really well together.

837
00:43:51,680 --> 00:43:53,080
Speaker 2: They didn't take weeks off.

838
00:43:53,680 --> 00:43:55,960
Speaker 1: You know, you're right, you're absolutely, I mean, I totally agree,

839
00:43:56,120 --> 00:43:58,719
Speaker 1: right that the point stands that what Georgia did was

840
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:01,759
Speaker 1: more dominant than any team in the country. And so

841
00:44:03,040 --> 00:44:08,160
Speaker 1: it's correctible issues against Alabama. It's the backbreaking picks, it's

842
00:44:08,239 --> 00:44:10,920
Speaker 1: keeping things going right. But it's not necessarily in Georgia's DNA.

843
00:44:11,200 --> 00:44:14,040
Speaker 1: They're not a narrated team. They're not a downfield all

844
00:44:14,160 --> 00:44:17,560
Speaker 1: the time type team. They are very choosy with how

845
00:44:17,560 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 1: they attack, and it was an overwhelming success because they're

846
00:44:21,960 --> 00:44:24,080
Speaker 1: making the best of what they have and the best

847
00:44:24,080 --> 00:44:26,920
Speaker 1: but what they have is pretty incredible. So it's nitpicking.

848
00:44:27,080 --> 00:44:29,200
Speaker 1: Is there is there a coach? Is there a situation

849
00:44:29,960 --> 00:44:32,200
Speaker 1: like in the way that I brought up Bill O'Brien

850
00:44:32,280 --> 00:44:34,319
Speaker 1: with Georgia, Like, is Dan Lanning too much of a

851
00:44:34,360 --> 00:44:36,840
Speaker 1: distraction that he's calling the defense? And also, you know,

852
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:40,280
Speaker 1: recruiting and assembling a staff for Oregon, is it Todd Monkin,

853
00:44:40,560 --> 00:44:43,640
Speaker 1: is it Kirby Smart? And in game decision making. Is

854
00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:47,280
Speaker 1: there a criticism you have sideline or booth with.

855
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:52,560
Speaker 2: Georgia, I mean talk about overthink express right, Yeah, of

856
00:44:52,640 --> 00:44:56,480
Speaker 2: course it is. It's it's it's very difficult to find

857
00:44:57,480 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 2: something really to hang your hat on. I guess my

858
00:44:59,719 --> 00:45:05,960
Speaker 2: own criticism and it's pretty specific to this matchup would

859
00:45:06,040 --> 00:45:11,080
Speaker 2: be getting pressure on Bryce Young And what can they

860
00:45:11,200 --> 00:45:16,360
Speaker 2: do this second time around to fix that problem. I

861
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:19,640
Speaker 2: don't know ultimately if it's something you can cure. I

862
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:23,560
Speaker 2: do think it can be better this time around, because

863
00:45:24,360 --> 00:45:27,360
Speaker 2: even though they didn't sack him in that first game,

864
00:45:27,960 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 2: there were a lot of instances where the Blitzes were

865
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:32,760
Speaker 2: late getting in Like I don't know if they weren't

866
00:45:33,520 --> 00:45:37,000
Speaker 2: ready for the speed of Alabama or the size of

867
00:45:37,040 --> 00:45:40,360
Speaker 2: the offensive line or what, but there were plenty of

868
00:45:40,360 --> 00:45:42,680
Speaker 2: instances where they were just like a tick off, a

869
00:45:42,800 --> 00:45:46,359
Speaker 2: tick too slow, and so to some extent, I think

870
00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:49,880
Speaker 2: that's something they can make better this time around. I

871
00:45:49,920 --> 00:45:52,439
Speaker 2: do think the benefit of film from that first game

872
00:45:52,480 --> 00:45:56,120
Speaker 2: will make them better defensively and well hopefully for their sake,

873
00:45:56,160 --> 00:46:00,200
Speaker 2: put Bryce Young in different situations. I just I just

874
00:46:00,239 --> 00:46:02,440
Speaker 2: don't think you can fully neutralize the guy there's a

875
00:46:02,440 --> 00:46:03,560
Speaker 2: reason he won the Heisman.

876
00:46:04,440 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 1: Yeah.

877
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:08,200
Speaker 2: Ultimately, for this to have a different result, you need

878
00:46:08,239 --> 00:46:10,799
Speaker 2: to take Bryce Young completely out of his game, need

879
00:46:10,840 --> 00:46:13,640
Speaker 2: to get him to make some mistakes, and you need

880
00:46:13,680 --> 00:46:16,360
Speaker 2: to find a way to keep him from running for

881
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:19,600
Speaker 2: like forty or fifty yards on you. I don't I

882
00:46:19,760 --> 00:46:21,719
Speaker 2: don't see an easy way for Georgia to do that.

883
00:46:21,719 --> 00:46:24,680
Speaker 2: That's less of a criticism and more of a matchup disadvantage.

884
00:46:24,880 --> 00:46:28,919
Speaker 1: Yeah, And Michigan was able to go downfield a bit

885
00:46:29,280 --> 00:46:32,359
Speaker 1: on this Georgia defense, which is worrisome with Bryce Young

886
00:46:33,160 --> 00:46:37,440
Speaker 1: and the Georgia corners were a concern early on. And

887
00:46:37,480 --> 00:46:40,239
Speaker 1: if there is a weakness on that defense which does

888
00:46:40,280 --> 00:46:43,040
Speaker 1: not align well and came to you know, came to

889
00:46:43,080 --> 00:46:45,800
Speaker 1: fruition in the SEC Championship game with Bryce Young throwing

890
00:46:45,800 --> 00:46:47,719
Speaker 1: the way that he did. Can I flip it on

891
00:46:47,760 --> 00:46:48,360
Speaker 1: the other side?

892
00:46:48,520 --> 00:46:48,800
Speaker 2: Please?

893
00:46:48,800 --> 00:46:51,840
Speaker 1: Can I say Alabama has another Heisman caliber player and

894
00:46:51,880 --> 00:46:56,799
Speaker 1: Will Anderson the Heisman caliber rush and edge rusher that

895
00:46:56,880 --> 00:47:01,160
Speaker 1: Michigan arrived to the excuse me, The Orange with was

896
00:47:01,280 --> 00:47:05,240
Speaker 1: fully neutralized by George's The right side of George, largely

897
00:47:05,280 --> 00:47:08,239
Speaker 1: the right side of George's offensive line, which was beat

898
00:47:08,320 --> 00:47:12,360
Speaker 1: up and got healthier. Can that happen two weeks in

899
00:47:12,360 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 1: a row? Can George's offensive line stymy both Aiden Hutchinson

900
00:47:16,520 --> 00:47:19,640
Speaker 1: and Will Anderson? Is that necessary? If that? If Will

901
00:47:19,640 --> 00:47:22,239
Speaker 1: Anderson is about what he's been all year, which has

902
00:47:22,239 --> 00:47:26,040
Speaker 1: been dominant, is that a huge, huge issue or do

903
00:47:26,080 --> 00:47:27,799
Speaker 1: you just take those lumps and move on.

904
00:47:28,080 --> 00:47:31,200
Speaker 2: Is it an issue for Alabama if Will Anderson can't

905
00:47:31,239 --> 00:47:35,040
Speaker 2: do Willie Anderson things, if he guess Hutchinson.

906
00:47:35,600 --> 00:47:37,280
Speaker 1: Against the I think it's a huge issue.

907
00:47:37,520 --> 00:47:40,880
Speaker 2: Yeah. I think so too, because big ask. It's a

908
00:47:40,880 --> 00:47:44,040
Speaker 2: big ass ask and maybe an impossibility. Stetson Bennett was

909
00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:47,840
Speaker 2: only sacked like three times by that Alabama defense the

910
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:50,759
Speaker 2: first time around, but there were plenty of instances where

911
00:47:50,760 --> 00:47:52,680
Speaker 2: again they moved him out of the pocket, they made

912
00:47:52,719 --> 00:47:55,600
Speaker 2: him uncomfortable, they upset his timing, and will Anderson had

913
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:58,120
Speaker 2: a big part to play in that. So I do

914
00:47:58,160 --> 00:48:02,759
Speaker 2: think they need him to be will Anderson. They need

915
00:48:02,840 --> 00:48:06,879
Speaker 2: him to help I guess alter that passing attack from

916
00:48:06,880 --> 00:48:11,160
Speaker 2: Georgia because if that passing game is there, and if

917
00:48:11,160 --> 00:48:14,120
Speaker 2: Stetson Bennett has a chance to sit back there and

918
00:48:14,160 --> 00:48:17,319
Speaker 2: pick out a spots, if he's not under duress to

919
00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:19,439
Speaker 2: the point from earlier. I think he could be really good.

920
00:48:20,080 --> 00:48:21,719
Speaker 2: I think there were moments in the first game where

921
00:48:21,760 --> 00:48:22,759
Speaker 2: he was really good.

922
00:48:23,040 --> 00:48:24,400
Speaker 1: There are there, definitely were.

923
00:48:25,120 --> 00:48:26,800
Speaker 2: You need to try and put him in a situation

924
00:48:26,920 --> 00:48:28,640
Speaker 2: to make some of those mistakes, because the two that

925
00:48:28,680 --> 00:48:31,239
Speaker 2: he made were very costly and that was the case

926
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:34,040
Speaker 2: when they played last year too, So they want to

927
00:48:34,040 --> 00:48:36,160
Speaker 2: try and put him in those situations where he's doing

928
00:48:36,520 --> 00:48:39,239
Speaker 2: dumb stuff with the football. If Will Anderson's not there

929
00:48:39,280 --> 00:48:42,520
Speaker 2: to be his normal dominant presence, then yeah, that's an issue.

930
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,160
Speaker 1: Do you want to get into overthink and underthink picks?

931
00:48:45,600 --> 00:48:49,760
Speaker 2: This is our Draft Kings game of the Week, of course,

932
00:48:49,840 --> 00:48:54,319
Speaker 2: presented by our good friends over at Draft King's Sports Book.

933
00:48:54,400 --> 00:48:57,160
Speaker 1: All right, if you are to sketch out who wins

934
00:48:57,239 --> 00:49:01,200
Speaker 1: and why from an overthinking perspective, if you are using

935
00:49:01,239 --> 00:49:04,360
Speaker 1: your galaxy brain to say, Okay, these are the dots

936
00:49:04,400 --> 00:49:07,120
Speaker 1: I'm connecting. This is why I think this or that,

937
00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:10,319
Speaker 1: and this is why I'm picking this team? Why and

938
00:49:10,400 --> 00:49:12,680
Speaker 1: who or who and why?

939
00:49:12,920 --> 00:49:17,960
Speaker 2: Yeah? If I am, If I am, I guess overthinking

940
00:49:17,960 --> 00:49:20,680
Speaker 2: it a little bit, mm hmm. If I'm trying to

941
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:23,160
Speaker 2: put on my galaxy brain hat and figure out. Okay,

942
00:49:23,200 --> 00:49:26,879
Speaker 2: what exactly is going to happen here? I think it's

943
00:49:26,920 --> 00:49:30,000
Speaker 2: a lower scoring game. I think there will be more

944
00:49:30,080 --> 00:49:35,400
Speaker 2: emphasis on the Bama ground game in screen passes, because

945
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:37,960
Speaker 2: you know, we saw a little bit of that last week.

946
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:40,680
Speaker 2: But John Metchi's not out there this time around, and

947
00:49:40,680 --> 00:49:42,200
Speaker 2: they still want to try and figure out a way

948
00:49:42,239 --> 00:49:46,160
Speaker 2: to get their best playmakers the ball in space, and

949
00:49:46,200 --> 00:49:47,799
Speaker 2: so I think the way you do that is with

950
00:49:48,320 --> 00:49:50,520
Speaker 2: maybe more emphasis on the ground game or maybe more

951
00:49:50,520 --> 00:49:52,879
Speaker 2: of those screen passes. Just get Jamison Williams the ball,

952
00:49:53,120 --> 00:49:54,880
Speaker 2: maybe put him back there as the quarterback and just

953
00:49:54,960 --> 00:49:57,840
Speaker 2: let him freaking run like whatever. He's your best player

954
00:49:58,200 --> 00:50:00,839
Speaker 2: outside of Bryce Young. So I want to see if

955
00:50:00,880 --> 00:50:02,520
Speaker 2: they can do more of that. I expect that we

956
00:50:02,600 --> 00:50:06,080
Speaker 2: will see a little bit more of that again, one

957
00:50:06,120 --> 00:50:07,719
Speaker 2: way that they can get those guys the ball with

958
00:50:08,080 --> 00:50:12,080
Speaker 2: John Mitch not being out there. I'm also curious to

959
00:50:12,160 --> 00:50:17,160
Speaker 2: see what version of that we get from the Georgia

960
00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:20,000
Speaker 2: side of things as well. Like they had some success

961
00:50:20,160 --> 00:50:23,520
Speaker 2: early throwing down the field against Alabama, but they also

962
00:50:23,600 --> 00:50:26,720
Speaker 2: had some success with some of those short type of passes.

963
00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:29,520
Speaker 2: Lad McConkey had a touchdown where they threw it to

964
00:50:29,600 --> 00:50:31,200
Speaker 2: him in the slot on the screen pass and he

965
00:50:31,320 --> 00:50:35,239
Speaker 2: just scampered for however many yards. The key for them

966
00:50:35,480 --> 00:50:38,480
Speaker 2: is maybe they don't have the downfield threats, but they

967
00:50:38,520 --> 00:50:39,960
Speaker 2: do have guys that, if you get in the ball

968
00:50:40,000 --> 00:50:42,120
Speaker 2: in space, are very good. Like even James Cook, right,

969
00:50:42,239 --> 00:50:44,960
Speaker 2: he wasn't much of a receiving threat this year, but

970
00:50:45,080 --> 00:50:47,239
Speaker 2: James Cook, we saw what he did against Michigan. He

971
00:50:47,280 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 2: can be obviously a game changing type of player.

972
00:50:50,480 --> 00:50:53,440
Speaker 1: Oh yeah, sought against Georgia last year, or sought for

973
00:50:53,560 --> 00:50:54,880
Speaker 1: Georgia last year against Obama?

974
00:50:54,960 --> 00:50:57,799
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, Like, how do they get those guys the ball?

975
00:50:57,840 --> 00:51:00,319
Speaker 2: If I'm really overthinking it, and if I'm I'm trying

976
00:51:00,360 --> 00:51:02,440
Speaker 2: to be a coach, which I'm not, and nobody should

977
00:51:02,440 --> 00:51:06,000
Speaker 2: be taking this all that seriously. But if I'm overthinking,

978
00:51:06,080 --> 00:51:08,760
Speaker 2: if I'm trying to put the game play together, I'm saying,

979
00:51:09,200 --> 00:51:11,840
Speaker 2: first prediction, We're going to see more of those shorter

980
00:51:11,920 --> 00:51:15,319
Speaker 2: type throws, getting guys the ball in space, seeing what

981
00:51:15,360 --> 00:51:17,720
Speaker 2: they can do after the catch. That's my first prediction.

982
00:51:17,760 --> 00:51:22,160
Speaker 1: How about you. My overthink express is Georgia is coming

983
00:51:22,200 --> 00:51:24,560
Speaker 1: down to the fact that they've played the fact that

984
00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:27,160
Speaker 1: Georgia knows what to correct, perhaps more so than what

985
00:51:27,200 --> 00:51:30,520
Speaker 1: Alabama knows what to correct in this specific matchup. The

986
00:51:30,600 --> 00:51:34,760
Speaker 1: fact that I am expecting timely bombs from this Georgia

987
00:51:34,760 --> 00:51:39,400
Speaker 1: offense to be a real thing bomb timely bombs. The

988
00:51:39,440 --> 00:51:43,240
Speaker 1: fact that Nacoby Dean plays for Georgia and doesn't play

989
00:51:43,239 --> 00:51:46,680
Speaker 1: for Alabama and can affect the game I think in

990
00:51:46,719 --> 00:51:50,480
Speaker 1: more ways at his best than what Will Anderson can do,

991
00:51:50,680 --> 00:51:52,799
Speaker 1: just because of I don't think. I don't know if

992
00:51:52,800 --> 00:51:55,480
Speaker 1: I think Nacoby Dean's better at playing linebacker than Will

993
00:51:55,520 --> 00:51:57,759
Speaker 1: Anderson is at playing edge rusher, but because of what

994
00:51:57,840 --> 00:52:00,319
Speaker 1: he can do against the run and the pass, and

995
00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:02,759
Speaker 1: we've seen them what lined up out wide and you know,

996
00:52:02,880 --> 00:52:05,399
Speaker 1: force a pick six or whatever score on a pick six.

997
00:52:06,920 --> 00:52:10,000
Speaker 1: There is just an element of what Georgia can do

998
00:52:10,080 --> 00:52:13,960
Speaker 1: on defense is better than anything that anybody can do

999
00:52:14,120 --> 00:52:16,080
Speaker 1: in the country when they are at their best, when

1000
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:20,319
Speaker 1: they're at their best, That to me, coupled with the experience,

1001
00:52:20,520 --> 00:52:23,759
Speaker 1: coupled with what they did against Michigan, coupled with look,

1002
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:26,200
Speaker 1: the Braves just won the World Series, maybe it's just

1003
00:52:26,960 --> 00:52:31,440
Speaker 1: a great time to be in Georgia. Okay, all of

1004
00:52:31,480 --> 00:52:37,040
Speaker 1: those things together say this has been an era of

1005
00:52:37,200 --> 00:52:41,840
Speaker 1: breakthroughs in college football. If I'm overthinking it right, LSU

1006
00:52:41,920 --> 00:52:46,120
Speaker 1: breaks through on offense. Georgia has broken through as a

1007
00:52:46,200 --> 00:52:48,480
Speaker 1: number one team and look like the best team in

1008
00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:52,120
Speaker 1: the country for basically all season long, like Michigan broke

1009
00:52:52,160 --> 00:52:54,680
Speaker 1: through against Ohio State. Like there's just has been that

1010
00:52:54,800 --> 00:52:57,560
Speaker 1: in the air within the sport. So if I'm taking

1011
00:52:57,600 --> 00:53:00,920
Speaker 1: the sort of universe and ethereal perspect coupled with the

1012
00:53:00,960 --> 00:53:04,920
Speaker 1: Georgia defense, coupled with Stetson Bennett and the disrespect that

1013
00:53:05,000 --> 00:53:07,880
Speaker 1: he has gotten from his own fan base that's been clamoring.

1014
00:53:07,960 --> 00:53:10,520
Speaker 1: Now I'm not gonna paint everybody with a single brush,

1015
00:53:10,719 --> 00:53:14,680
Speaker 1: but the disrespect of people clamoring for JT. Daniels after

1016
00:53:14,680 --> 00:53:17,480
Speaker 1: a sensational year from Stetson Bennett. I think there is

1017
00:53:17,640 --> 00:53:21,319
Speaker 1: poetry in the college football ether that is on the

1018
00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:24,920
Speaker 1: side of the Georgia Bulldogs. That to me is my

1019
00:53:25,080 --> 00:53:30,840
Speaker 1: overthinking this pick for Georgia. What's your underthinking Bama plus

1020
00:53:30,880 --> 00:53:35,680
Speaker 1: three as a dog with the Heisman winning quarterback. If

1021
00:53:35,719 --> 00:53:39,200
Speaker 1: I'm going to underthink this game, Alabama's been here more often.

1022
00:53:39,239 --> 00:53:42,000
Speaker 1: Alabama has prepped its players. Nick Saban has prepped his

1023
00:53:42,080 --> 00:53:44,920
Speaker 1: players more often for this game. They have the better quarterback,

1024
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,520
Speaker 1: they have the better number one receiver, they have the

1025
00:53:47,560 --> 00:53:52,360
Speaker 1: best edge rusher in college football. And to me, that's enough.

1026
00:53:52,920 --> 00:53:57,200
Speaker 1: That is enough to win a game against literally anybody,

1027
00:53:57,560 --> 00:54:02,080
Speaker 1: even as the like fifth worst iteration or the worst

1028
00:54:02,080 --> 00:54:05,719
Speaker 1: iteration whatever of Alabama over the past five six years.

1029
00:54:06,000 --> 00:54:09,640
Speaker 1: That to me is the underthink, Like, it's Bama plus

1030
00:54:09,680 --> 00:54:11,680
Speaker 1: points in the National Championship with the Heismann quarterback. What

1031
00:54:11,719 --> 00:54:12,560
Speaker 1: are we talking about here?

1032
00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:16,080
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I look, nothing's changed, is the underthink point

1033
00:54:16,080 --> 00:54:16,480
Speaker 2: of the day.

1034
00:54:16,520 --> 00:54:16,759
Speaker 1: For me.

1035
00:54:17,600 --> 00:54:20,880
Speaker 2: What's changed. This was a runaway train the first time around,

1036
00:54:21,480 --> 00:54:23,879
Speaker 2: and it was close for a half, It was good

1037
00:54:23,920 --> 00:54:29,080
Speaker 2: for a half, but Alabama, after going down ten nils

1038
00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:32,560
Speaker 2: sort of started to shut down that Georgia offense. And

1039
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:38,480
Speaker 2: Georgia wasn't completely shut down, but Alabama changed its approach

1040
00:54:38,520 --> 00:54:41,439
Speaker 2: a little bit, and as their offense was coming into

1041
00:54:41,480 --> 00:54:45,560
Speaker 2: its own, the defense was forcing punts, forcing turnovers, especially

1042
00:54:45,600 --> 00:54:47,759
Speaker 2: in the second half when they started to get some

1043
00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:52,760
Speaker 2: separation against Stetson Bennett and Georgia. So from my standpoint, again,

1044
00:54:53,040 --> 00:54:56,360
Speaker 2: what's changed. What's changed is that maybe John Mitchi's out,

1045
00:54:56,520 --> 00:55:00,239
Speaker 2: Maybe Bama's dealing with some issues in its secondary of

1046
00:55:00,360 --> 00:55:04,160
Speaker 2: both teams of tape. But as long as BAMA still

1047
00:55:04,160 --> 00:55:06,759
Speaker 2: has Bryce Young and as long as they still have

1048
00:55:06,800 --> 00:55:11,600
Speaker 2: Jamison Williams and will Anderson, I'm I'm not sure. I

1049
00:55:11,640 --> 00:55:14,960
Speaker 2: feel like anything is really swung so much that it's

1050
00:55:14,960 --> 00:55:18,080
Speaker 2: going to change my opinion. So underthink expressed to me

1051
00:55:18,120 --> 00:55:21,000
Speaker 2: is that it's closer, but that because Bryce Young is

1052
00:55:21,000 --> 00:55:23,200
Speaker 2: still out there and there isn't really an easy solution

1053
00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:27,759
Speaker 2: to stop him. Thirty four to twenty seven. Thirty four

1054
00:55:27,800 --> 00:55:30,960
Speaker 2: to twenty seven, Alabama waits and they hit the over.

1055
00:55:32,280 --> 00:55:36,240
Speaker 1: Is that your complete pick? Are you looking like which

1056
00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:38,440
Speaker 1: side of your shoulder? Like which shoulder you're looking to

1057
00:55:38,480 --> 00:55:40,360
Speaker 1: the overthink or under think shoulder at this point?

1058
00:55:40,480 --> 00:55:42,680
Speaker 2: Underthink so underthink, so you're going.

1059
00:55:42,560 --> 00:55:46,200
Speaker 1: Underthink ty I'm gonna be a romantic. I use the

1060
00:55:46,200 --> 00:55:50,399
Speaker 1: word poetry perhaps twice three times too many. I am

1061
00:55:50,440 --> 00:55:55,080
Speaker 1: going with Georgia here. Wow, I'm going with Georgia. And

1062
00:55:55,480 --> 00:55:59,360
Speaker 1: there is I don't think an appreciable discrepancy and talent

1063
00:55:59,640 --> 00:56:03,319
Speaker 1: on side. There is what I'm going to say, the

1064
00:56:03,400 --> 00:56:08,280
Speaker 1: Georgia defense, the Stetson Bennett story, and maybe I'm a sucker.

1065
00:56:08,320 --> 00:56:13,920
Speaker 1: Maybe I'm easily seduced by overthinking, but I'm just I

1066
00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:17,640
Speaker 1: don't care about being right. I care about being me

1067
00:56:18,440 --> 00:56:24,440
Speaker 1: and me, says Georgia. I am now invested in this

1068
00:56:24,520 --> 00:56:26,880
Speaker 1: Georgia outcome because I'm an Oregon fan and the defensive

1069
00:56:26,920 --> 00:56:32,000
Speaker 1: coordinator is taking over in Eugene. I'm going with defense

1070
00:56:32,640 --> 00:56:37,400
Speaker 1: and poetry and the universe tie let's ride.

1071
00:56:37,600 --> 00:56:41,239
Speaker 2: If Dan Lanning shuts down Bryce Young, We're gonna have

1072
00:56:41,280 --> 00:56:43,600
Speaker 2: to send a neighbor over to check on you, because

1073
00:56:43,680 --> 00:56:47,520
Speaker 2: you will be enthralled with the next chapter of Oregon

1074
00:56:47,520 --> 00:56:49,640
Speaker 2: football if they can play defense to that extent.

1075
00:56:50,360 --> 00:56:53,120
Speaker 1: If Dan Lanning shuts down, I mean Dan Lanning, the

1076
00:56:53,160 --> 00:56:56,600
Speaker 1: Georgia defense, shut down Bryce Young and win this game demonstrably,

1077
00:56:57,080 --> 00:57:00,919
Speaker 1: you're gonna need to send the Polar Express. You're gonna

1078
00:57:00,960 --> 00:57:03,640
Speaker 1: need to send if we're keeping this on train, you're

1079
00:57:03,640 --> 00:57:07,320
Speaker 1: gonna need to send the fire department with an icy

1080
00:57:07,680 --> 00:57:10,279
Speaker 1: icy fire hose to water me down.

1081
00:57:10,360 --> 00:57:12,040
Speaker 2: And Pat Monaghan while we're at it.

1082
00:57:12,080 --> 00:57:14,680
Speaker 1: I mean, just you're gonna send the train, Pat Monahan,

1083
00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:19,520
Speaker 1: I am going to be tingling in an uncomfortable way

1084
00:57:19,840 --> 00:57:23,360
Speaker 1: if that's what happens here now. I just want good football.

1085
00:57:23,480 --> 00:57:26,000
Speaker 1: I just want entertaining TV. I don't actually have an

1086
00:57:26,000 --> 00:57:30,360
Speaker 1: investment in this game, but I am leaning overthink because

1087
00:57:30,360 --> 00:57:32,240
Speaker 1: that is who I am. Can only be me.

1088
00:57:32,680 --> 00:57:36,760
Speaker 2: Well. Before we close out the DraftKings segment, here three

1089
00:57:36,920 --> 00:57:39,840
Speaker 2: other points of overthinking that I just want to put

1090
00:57:39,880 --> 00:57:44,720
Speaker 2: out there into the college football universe. Prop bets. Prop

1091
00:57:44,720 --> 00:57:47,040
Speaker 2: bets are a thing whenever you get to the national championship.

1092
00:57:47,120 --> 00:57:49,520
Speaker 2: Now we're recording this early. I have not seen these

1093
00:57:49,600 --> 00:57:52,720
Speaker 2: numbers yet, but I do know that they were available

1094
00:57:52,760 --> 00:57:56,000
Speaker 2: on DraftKings shortly before the playoff games. He had some

1095
00:57:56,040 --> 00:57:59,000
Speaker 2: of these player props, three in particular that I'd look

1096
00:57:59,040 --> 00:58:02,920
Speaker 2: at first. The foremost, whatever the over under is for

1097
00:58:02,960 --> 00:58:05,840
Speaker 2: Stetson Bennett rushing guards, I think in order for them

1098
00:58:05,880 --> 00:58:07,680
Speaker 2: to win and order for them to be better on offense,

1099
00:58:07,680 --> 00:58:09,600
Speaker 2: they're going to have to get him in space. He

1100
00:58:09,760 --> 00:58:13,240
Speaker 2: can run. He's really freaking quick, and I think he's

1101
00:58:13,240 --> 00:58:15,480
Speaker 2: shown a willingness to do so. I want to see

1102
00:58:15,480 --> 00:58:17,440
Speaker 2: if they can get him more in space against this

1103
00:58:17,840 --> 00:58:20,680
Speaker 2: Alabama defense. Just give him something to think about, so

1104
00:58:20,720 --> 00:58:23,600
Speaker 2: I be inclined to go over on his yardage. I

1105
00:58:23,600 --> 00:58:26,080
Speaker 2: don't know what the number is, yeah, but just give

1106
00:58:26,120 --> 00:58:28,560
Speaker 2: it some thought over the course of the next week

1107
00:58:28,680 --> 00:58:32,600
Speaker 2: or so two other ones. I mentioned this on the

1108
00:58:32,640 --> 00:58:36,160
Speaker 2: stream that we did before the Alabama Cinci game, But

1109
00:58:36,760 --> 00:58:41,800
Speaker 2: a touchdown for either in Cameron Lattu or Jalil Billingsley.

1110
00:58:42,000 --> 00:58:43,160
Speaker 1: I think that's a good call.

1111
00:58:43,360 --> 00:58:46,560
Speaker 2: For Alabama because we've seen them in these situations, and

1112
00:58:46,640 --> 00:58:48,720
Speaker 2: I think especially the case now lat two had a

1113
00:58:48,760 --> 00:58:52,200
Speaker 2: touchdown by the way against Cincinnati. But yeah, you know,

1114
00:58:52,240 --> 00:58:55,520
Speaker 2: there's like a long storied history of Alabama in these

1115
00:58:55,560 --> 00:58:58,360
Speaker 2: big games going oj Howard out of nowhere, right Like

1116
00:58:58,440 --> 00:59:00,920
Speaker 2: they they find ways to get other guys involved that

1117
00:59:01,000 --> 00:59:04,120
Speaker 2: maybe aren't as noticeable on tape throughout the course of

1118
00:59:04,160 --> 00:59:06,840
Speaker 2: the season. And I think this could be a scenario again.

1119
00:59:06,880 --> 00:59:10,760
Speaker 2: Without MATCHI their their top target this year, they might

1120
00:59:10,840 --> 00:59:12,880
Speaker 2: look and get creative with who else they can involve

1121
00:59:12,960 --> 00:59:13,560
Speaker 2: in the offense.

1122
00:59:13,880 --> 00:59:15,960
Speaker 1: Georgia has a kicking advantage as well.

1123
00:59:16,000 --> 00:59:19,000
Speaker 2: Do they take time big time kicking advantage? Okay, the

1124
00:59:19,040 --> 00:59:23,040
Speaker 2: final bet is over on Jamison Williams receiving yards, okay,

1125
00:59:23,160 --> 00:59:26,840
Speaker 2: and I don't care frankly what the number is. I

1126
00:59:26,920 --> 00:59:28,800
Speaker 2: just think they're gonna find ways to get him involved.

1127
00:59:28,960 --> 00:59:32,440
Speaker 2: And not only is he good as a downfield threat.

1128
00:59:32,480 --> 00:59:34,800
Speaker 2: But he's also really good even if you just throw

1129
00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:36,760
Speaker 2: him those short screens over the middle and let him

1130
00:59:36,800 --> 00:59:38,240
Speaker 2: run for fifty five yards.

1131
00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:38,720
Speaker 1: Yep.

1132
00:59:38,880 --> 00:59:41,280
Speaker 2: I think he's gonna be the focal point. Who remain

1133
00:59:41,320 --> 00:59:44,960
Speaker 2: the focal point, and they probably, for my money, can't

1134
00:59:45,000 --> 00:59:47,800
Speaker 2: set this line high enough. He's he's just gonna finish

1135
00:59:47,800 --> 00:59:50,440
Speaker 2: with one hundred and fifty plus yards and they won't

1136
00:59:50,440 --> 00:59:52,600
Speaker 2: make that line that high, so I'd be inclined to

1137
00:59:52,600 --> 00:59:52,919
Speaker 2: go over.

1138
00:59:54,360 --> 00:59:56,560
Speaker 1: Yeah. I think it's a wild line. Whatever it ends

1139
00:59:56,640 --> 00:59:58,479
Speaker 1: up being, like, that's that's gonna be a wild ride

1140
00:59:58,520 --> 01:00:01,320
Speaker 1: because Bama definitely had that dude and DeVante Smith that

1141
01:00:01,400 --> 01:00:03,240
Speaker 1: like everybody knows he's getting the ball and when he

1142
01:00:03,240 --> 01:00:06,200
Speaker 1: gets the ball, there's nothing you can do. I think

1143
01:00:06,240 --> 01:00:09,280
Speaker 1: Jamison Williams is excellent. I don't think he's that and

1144
01:00:09,360 --> 01:00:12,200
Speaker 1: I think as the more focal point of this passing game.

1145
01:00:12,240 --> 01:00:14,480
Speaker 1: And now maybe you know, we'll see more Corey Brooks

1146
01:00:14,520 --> 01:00:18,920
Speaker 1: and Sleigh Bolden whatever. But man, that's that's going to

1147
01:00:18,960 --> 01:00:20,800
Speaker 1: be a ride to me. And it might hit, it

1148
01:00:20,880 --> 01:00:22,360
Speaker 1: might hear ride, it might Yeah.

1149
01:00:22,400 --> 01:00:25,720
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1159
01:00:58,680 --> 01:01:00,560
Speaker 1: Dan, So I have yep?

1160
01:01:01,400 --> 01:01:02,800
Speaker 2: Are you excited for the rematch?

1161
01:01:03,880 --> 01:01:10,560
Speaker 1: I am extremely excited for Yeah, I'm excited to watch

1162
01:01:10,560 --> 01:01:13,560
Speaker 1: this game. I really like to have a newer matchup,

1163
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:16,120
Speaker 1: you know. I like to have the like LSU Clemson

1164
01:01:16,240 --> 01:01:18,360
Speaker 1: in this game. We're just like, oh man, this is

1165
01:01:18,360 --> 01:01:20,439
Speaker 1: gonna be fun, this is gonna be weird. And even

1166
01:01:20,480 --> 01:01:23,360
Speaker 1: Ohio State Alabama last year. I was like, okay, justin Fields,

1167
01:01:23,360 --> 01:01:25,080
Speaker 1: as beat up as you are, we're getting you know,

1168
01:01:25,160 --> 01:01:30,560
Speaker 1: Mac Jones like, I'm excited. I'm extremely excited, but the

1169
01:01:30,920 --> 01:01:33,800
Speaker 1: tank isn't full tie. I'm like at an eighty nine

1170
01:01:33,840 --> 01:01:36,120
Speaker 1: point seven and I wish I were at a ninety

1171
01:01:36,200 --> 01:01:36,960
Speaker 1: six point two.

1172
01:01:37,920 --> 01:01:42,240
Speaker 2: Well, look, it's been a long college football season. Yeah,

1173
01:01:42,240 --> 01:01:44,800
Speaker 2: we made it through mostly unscathed. We had a couple

1174
01:01:44,840 --> 01:01:47,560
Speaker 2: of games postponed or canceled, especially in BOL season.

1175
01:01:47,920 --> 01:01:50,040
Speaker 1: But I'll probably make some pizza though, So I'm excited

1176
01:01:50,040 --> 01:01:50,600
Speaker 1: for that. Yeah.

1177
01:01:50,680 --> 01:01:52,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, But as compared to what we saw in twenty twenty,

1178
01:01:52,960 --> 01:01:57,120
Speaker 2: definitely a quantum leap forward, much more normalcy in the

1179
01:01:57,120 --> 01:02:00,440
Speaker 2: college football world, and I think we're both great for that.

1180
01:02:00,480 --> 01:02:02,720
Speaker 2: We're grateful for all the college football fans who listen

1181
01:02:02,800 --> 01:02:05,640
Speaker 2: throughout the course of the twenty twenty one to twenty

1182
01:02:05,680 --> 01:02:08,920
Speaker 2: two season. And we still got a couple of games

1183
01:02:09,120 --> 01:02:12,320
Speaker 2: left to play. Here there's the LSU Kansas State game

1184
01:02:12,360 --> 01:02:15,160
Speaker 2: that's going to take place, I guess after we record,

1185
01:02:15,400 --> 01:02:18,360
Speaker 2: and then of course the College Football Playoff National Championship.

1186
01:02:18,400 --> 01:02:23,680
Speaker 1: What is your final score prediction? Dan, thirty four to

1187
01:02:23,680 --> 01:02:26,480
Speaker 1: thirty one, George. All that pushes, right, So if you're

1188
01:02:26,480 --> 01:02:29,160
Speaker 1: getting if you're giving two and a half, it wins

1189
01:02:29,600 --> 01:02:31,360
Speaker 1: and it pushes. So I'll say thirty four to thirty

1190
01:02:31,400 --> 01:02:33,000
Speaker 1: because I don't want to be a fence sitting pig.

1191
01:02:33,040 --> 01:02:36,200
Speaker 2: How about that thirty four to thirty. I've got thirty

1192
01:02:36,280 --> 01:02:38,680
Speaker 2: four to twenty seven. In both cases, we've got the

1193
01:02:38,720 --> 01:02:42,160
Speaker 2: over fifty two. Enjoy the game, one and all for

1194
01:02:42,280 --> 01:02:45,840
Speaker 2: that guy over there, my good friend Dan Rubinstein. For myself,

1195
01:02:45,880 --> 01:02:48,400
Speaker 2: Tie Hilton Brandt. We'll talk to y'all soon. In the meantime,

1196
01:02:48,440 --> 01:02:48,680
Speaker 2: stay

1197
01:02:48,720 --> 01:02:51,000
Speaker 1: Solid, peace to the Jacuzzi