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Speaker 2: I've heard so many players say, well, I want to

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Speaker 2: be happy.

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Speaker 1: You want to be happy for a day?

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Speaker 2: Edith State is that?

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Speaker 3: Whoo whoo?

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Speaker 2: And now Dan and tie Dan Rubinstein, So, dude, whoa.

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Speaker 1: It is.

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Speaker 2: Tomorrow as we're recording this. It is twelve thirty am

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Speaker 2: Eastern time. Yes, something like that. Man, Yeah, good lord.

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Speaker 2: So we have the quarterfinals in the books. We are

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Speaker 2: into twenty twenty six. We have four winners who will

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Speaker 2: be squaring off into against each other in the semifinals.

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Speaker 2: And we had and still have a lot of thoughts.

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Speaker 1: Correct.

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Speaker 3: I feel like I lived a year today, or maybe

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Speaker 3: just since eight pm Eastern time with the Sugar Bowl. Man.

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Speaker 3: The way today unfolded, the way today finished was crazy.

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Speaker 3: All of the things that we wanted to get out

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Speaker 3: So this thing.

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Speaker 1: Finished up in the most incredible way.

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Speaker 3: If you're a college football fan, I am so excited

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Speaker 3: to talk about all of it with you here over

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Speaker 3: the next however long lord knows how long this episode

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Speaker 3: for the twenty twenty five now twenty twenty six college

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Speaker 3: football season, our final four is set. We had Miami

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Speaker 3: winning the first game. We had your Oregon Ducks blanking

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Speaker 3: and I are recording shortly after Old Miss got it done,

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Speaker 3: got some revenge on the Georgia Bulldogs, winning thirty nine

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Speaker 3: stage Sugar Bowl. Those are going to be your final

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Speaker 3: this point in time, now that we've had our second

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Speaker 3: What were your overall impressions of the four games that

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Speaker 1: I've got some, but let me kick.

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Speaker 3: It over to you to start here, because I feel

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Speaker 3: like we could take this thing in a whole number

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Speaker 2: Overall, feeling was in the first three games there was

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Speaker 3: And what we saw on display was confirmation that Fernando

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Speaker 2: And by the way, to be, I mean, you're not

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Speaker 1: Some of those assumptions.

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Speaker 1: Dan, Wow, what a way to kick things off. Huh.

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Speaker 2: An unbelievable win for Miami covering Ohio State. Spread right

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Speaker 2: It wasn't the jump pass. It was the like little

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Speaker 3: And by the way, we could talk a good game

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Speaker 3: You know? We've seen this before with Miami where they've

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Speaker 3: In the second half, Absolutely, there's going to be a

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Speaker 2: No, he he played within himself, by the way, just

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Speaker 2: Like you could feel a little bit of Miami tightening up,

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Speaker 3: and we saw I think a lot of that in

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Speaker 3: The stat line here is not going to knock anybody over,

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Speaker 3: for Miami fans that watch our stuff, that listen to

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Speaker 2: So a couple stray thoughts here as well, that pick

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Speaker 2: considering where they've been this season, where they've been recently

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Speaker 2: But what does that do that takes time away from

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Speaker 3: Right?

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Speaker 2: The third down play calling was really good. The execution

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Speaker 2: And Miami just looked locked in. And I don't know

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Speaker 2: And you mentioned the h to five after these long stretches,

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Speaker 2: But it was just a really well run game from Miami.

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Speaker 2: play calling and execution is the issue in these higher

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00:22:48,400 --> 00:22:51,600
Speaker 2: leverage moments against the top teams potentially faced in December

440
00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:57,400
Speaker 2: and January, it looked like at times like the Ohio

441
00:22:57,440 --> 00:23:01,440
Speaker 2: State offensive line got there by like an essay contest,

442
00:23:02,320 --> 00:23:06,120
Speaker 2: that they just didn't naturally belong on the field. And

443
00:23:06,520 --> 00:23:10,199
Speaker 2: to be fair, very few offensive linemen, if any, have

444
00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,879
Speaker 2: looked like they've belonged on the field against this Miami

445
00:23:12,960 --> 00:23:16,120
Speaker 2: defensive front this season. You tip your cap to Miami,

446
00:23:16,119 --> 00:23:20,000
Speaker 2: who was basically not going to make this field except

447
00:23:20,040 --> 00:23:22,720
Speaker 2: for the committee deciding after a few weeks of having

448
00:23:22,760 --> 00:23:24,600
Speaker 2: Notre Dame ranked ahead of them to flip it.

449
00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,359
Speaker 1: Hey for them good. Miami was always.

450
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Speaker 2: A playoff caliber team, to be absolutely, absolutely, and you know,

451
00:23:31,520 --> 00:23:34,480
Speaker 2: just to kind of put a bow on the Ohio

452
00:23:34,560 --> 00:23:41,359
Speaker 2: State conversation, we have spent hours deliberating the Ohio State

453
00:23:42,359 --> 00:23:45,399
Speaker 2: just general approach this season.

454
00:23:46,160 --> 00:23:49,960
Speaker 3: They had played slower, There were different nuances to how

455
00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:51,879
Speaker 3: they went about this season, and there had been a

456
00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,639
Speaker 3: lot of speculation that they're doing this, They're playing slower,

457
00:23:54,680 --> 00:23:57,680
Speaker 3: they're reducing the number of plays that they run because

458
00:23:57,680 --> 00:23:59,199
Speaker 3: they're in this for the long haul. They want to

459
00:23:59,200 --> 00:24:03,440
Speaker 3: preserve their players health. Right, a whole multitude of reasons

460
00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:06,200
Speaker 3: that we're floating around out there. I don't know if

461
00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:09,479
Speaker 3: any of that's true. I have no idea, But what

462
00:24:09,520 --> 00:24:11,920
Speaker 3: I do know is it's a game like this where

463
00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,520
Speaker 3: you expect them or maybe a game like the Big

464
00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,040
Speaker 3: Ten Championship, where you expect them to sort of flip

465
00:24:17,040 --> 00:24:21,800
Speaker 3: the switch. And there is like this false promise that

466
00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:26,960
Speaker 3: I think we have all too often believed in college football,

467
00:24:27,760 --> 00:24:31,800
Speaker 3: where teams at some point have it in them to

468
00:24:31,920 --> 00:24:34,359
Speaker 3: just flip that magical switch. I thought about that with

469
00:24:34,440 --> 00:24:37,920
Speaker 3: Penn State last year, Drew Aller in the offense. At

470
00:24:37,920 --> 00:24:41,000
Speaker 3: some point they're gonna there, the switch is gonna flip,

471
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Speaker 3: and then we're gonna see the real version of them. Now,

472
00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:46,640
Speaker 3: Ohio State did flip a switch last year. It took

473
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Speaker 3: them losing the Michigan before they got to that point,

474
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Speaker 3: and they went on this torrid pace.

475
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Speaker 1: But I didn't get a month off to think about it.

476
00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,360
Speaker 3: But they didn't get a month off to think about it, right,

477
00:24:54,400 --> 00:24:58,280
Speaker 3: And so there will be much speculation and I'm sure

478
00:24:58,400 --> 00:25:03,280
Speaker 3: much conjecture in the Ohio State community about how they

479
00:25:03,320 --> 00:25:06,800
Speaker 3: approached this game, and if the loss is on the interception,

480
00:25:07,720 --> 00:25:09,919
Speaker 3: if the loss is on the staff, the losses on

481
00:25:10,000 --> 00:25:11,720
Speaker 3: some combination of all of those things.

482
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Speaker 1: But I think yes, yes, yes, yes.

483
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Speaker 3: But if we were waiting for the answer to the

484
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Speaker 3: question of whether Ohio State had a switch that they

485
00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:21,119
Speaker 3: could flip in a big game like this, the answer

486
00:25:21,160 --> 00:25:22,600
Speaker 3: in this case was definitively no.

487
00:25:22,760 --> 00:25:25,000
Speaker 2: They weren't able to turn to the Oregon brain trust

488
00:25:25,040 --> 00:25:27,160
Speaker 2: of Chip Kelly this season, right.

489
00:25:27,240 --> 00:25:30,320
Speaker 1: That hurt him. It's just a different team, It was

490
00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:32,200
Speaker 1: a different team. It's a different situation.

491
00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:37,959
Speaker 2: And look, Ohio State losing to Michigan last year changed

492
00:25:37,960 --> 00:25:41,040
Speaker 2: the complexion of the playoff and now Ohio State losing

493
00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:43,960
Speaker 2: after a long time off will probably result in more

494
00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,960
Speaker 2: changes to the playoff and the amount of time teams

495
00:25:47,000 --> 00:25:47,840
Speaker 2: get off or whatever.

496
00:25:47,960 --> 00:25:50,919
Speaker 1: Because you can't have it. I guess Michael Irvin was

497
00:25:50,960 --> 00:25:51,720
Speaker 1: losing his mind.

498
00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,439
Speaker 3: I ray Lewis, Yeah, I floated something out there that

499
00:25:54,480 --> 00:25:57,520
Speaker 3: we just need a Michael Irvin cast next week, Like,

500
00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,720
Speaker 3: just do it. Put it on the ACC network, give

501
00:26:00,800 --> 00:26:03,280
Speaker 3: us a reason to watch the ACC Network. Just watch

502
00:26:03,320 --> 00:26:05,399
Speaker 3: him lose his mind for six and straight minutes. Who's

503
00:26:05,400 --> 00:26:06,000
Speaker 3: not watching that.

504
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:09,440
Speaker 2: I think the FCC and Michael Irvin, the Michael Irvin

505
00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:12,080
Speaker 2: Network might run into some issues with each other if

506
00:26:12,080 --> 00:26:14,240
Speaker 2: you're gonna make him up and put him on live television.

507
00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:15,880
Speaker 1: But either way, either.

508
00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,959
Speaker 2: Way, man, big night from Miami, right, timp of the cat.

509
00:26:18,000 --> 00:26:20,280
Speaker 2: By the way, Mario christaball right, this is the biggest

510
00:26:20,280 --> 00:26:24,520
Speaker 2: win for Miami in twenty plus years. They played Mario Ball,

511
00:26:24,800 --> 00:26:27,880
Speaker 2: the best version of Mario Ball. He had a great quote,

512
00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:30,280
Speaker 2: I think in one of his sideline interviews where he

513
00:26:30,400 --> 00:26:33,080
Speaker 2: was just like, we just want each of our guys

514
00:26:33,119 --> 00:26:35,400
Speaker 2: to kick the ass of the guy in front of them,

515
00:26:35,400 --> 00:26:39,800
Speaker 2: and we feel good about that. And they did it right.

516
00:26:39,840 --> 00:26:42,880
Speaker 2: They absolutely He's recruited this roster. The portal worked out

517
00:26:42,880 --> 00:26:45,919
Speaker 2: really well. Keante Scott was almost I think a Houston Cougar.

518
00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:48,880
Speaker 2: He was at Auburn, went to Houston, ended up in Miami,

519
00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,919
Speaker 2: following a DB's coach, like a lot came together to

520
00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:54,600
Speaker 2: make this work for Miami and they bounce back after

521
00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,360
Speaker 2: losing those games to SMU and Louisville pretty masterfully, and

522
00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:00,800
Speaker 2: to go to Texas, A and M and then stay

523
00:27:00,800 --> 00:27:02,840
Speaker 2: within the state of Texas and do this to Ohio

524
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,359
Speaker 2: State and Jerry World. It's a stage they haven't been

525
00:27:05,400 --> 00:27:07,960
Speaker 2: on in a long time, and they more than rose

526
00:27:08,000 --> 00:27:08,680
Speaker 2: to the occasion.

527
00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:17,119
Speaker 3: Oregon twenty three the Texas Tech Red Raiders, zero zip, Nada.

528
00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:21,240
Speaker 3: Oregon advances by winning in the Capitol One Orange Bowl,

529
00:27:21,320 --> 00:27:26,200
Speaker 3: Dan Rubinstein, They're moving on to the semifinals. I will

530
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Speaker 3: turn it over to you as our resident Oregon alum

531
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Speaker 3: and officionado. I have many thoughts on the game that

532
00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,080
Speaker 3: we saw, but I guess we could start off where

533
00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:37,879
Speaker 3: I think everybody's mind is going to go. First. This

534
00:27:38,119 --> 00:27:41,159
Speaker 3: was perhaps much more of a defensive struggle than we

535
00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:43,760
Speaker 3: thought coming in. We knew it would be to some

536
00:27:43,920 --> 00:27:46,080
Speaker 3: extent given the teams that were part of this one,

537
00:27:46,920 --> 00:27:49,880
Speaker 3: but twenty three to zip, the way that this one

538
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:52,719
Speaker 3: played out, I don't know if anyone quite had this

539
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:54,440
Speaker 3: level of defense on the Bengo card.

540
00:27:54,720 --> 00:27:56,160
Speaker 1: No, not to this extent, of course.

541
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Speaker 3: Not.

542
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Speaker 2: Okay, First and foremost, this year's Quarters as an Oregon

543
00:28:00,640 --> 00:28:04,080
Speaker 2: fan a lot better a day for me than last

544
00:28:04,160 --> 00:28:07,399
Speaker 2: year's Quarters as an Oregon fan. Given up the whatever

545
00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:10,200
Speaker 2: thirty one straight to start the game against Ohio State

546
00:28:10,280 --> 00:28:14,600
Speaker 2: last year in the Rose Bowl. Secondly, no nobody thought

547
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:20,000
Speaker 2: about this in terms of a defensive back and forth. Obviously,

548
00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:23,160
Speaker 2: everybody knows about and continues to know about the excellence

549
00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:26,600
Speaker 2: of Texas Tech's defense, especially upfront. Oregon has not played

550
00:28:26,600 --> 00:28:30,399
Speaker 2: a defense as good as Texas Tech's, especially given that

551
00:28:30,440 --> 00:28:32,800
Speaker 2: the Texas Tech defense was on the field as much

552
00:28:32,800 --> 00:28:35,920
Speaker 2: as it was because of the ineptitude of their own offense.

553
00:28:36,560 --> 00:28:42,120
Speaker 2: That Oregon has fast, talented players that thrive in space

554
00:28:42,360 --> 00:28:46,360
Speaker 2: and making you know, linebackers, defensive lineman, safety, whatever, missing

555
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:49,120
Speaker 2: in space. And I don't know if Texas Tech missed

556
00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 2: a single tackle a bowl tackle in this game. It

557
00:28:52,360 --> 00:28:56,440
Speaker 2: was an incredible defensive performance from Texas Tech. And I

558
00:28:57,280 --> 00:28:59,960
Speaker 2: did not expect to shut out from Oregon. I did

559
00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,360
Speaker 2: not expect some of the issues Oregon had on offense,

560
00:29:02,400 --> 00:29:05,640
Speaker 2: specifically as good as Texas Tech defense is, those high

561
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:09,880
Speaker 2: leverage moments, those fourth downs, the struggles with Dante More

562
00:29:09,960 --> 00:29:14,080
Speaker 2: and the exchange fumble, the bad snap, the interception is

563
00:29:14,080 --> 00:29:17,040
Speaker 2: whatever it actually would have been, you know the same.

564
00:29:17,120 --> 00:29:19,720
Speaker 2: It's kind of moot because they still gained yardage on

565
00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,840
Speaker 2: the play. I think had they even just thrown an intercepted,

566
00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,360
Speaker 2: had had he even thrown an incomplete pass. Excuse me,

567
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:29,640
Speaker 2: but yeah, the high leverage moment struggles for Oregon on

568
00:29:29,760 --> 00:29:32,120
Speaker 2: offense deep in the red zone and going forth on

569
00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:34,400
Speaker 2: fourth down instead of taking points or instead of taking

570
00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:38,040
Speaker 2: a punt. Given how much Texas Tech's offense had struggled,

571
00:29:38,680 --> 00:29:41,960
Speaker 2: it's worthwhile to question Oregon in those moments. Dante Moore

572
00:29:41,960 --> 00:29:44,520
Speaker 2: also missed a wide open Kenyon Sadik early in the

573
00:29:44,560 --> 00:29:47,360
Speaker 2: second half on a fourth and short play action pass

574
00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:49,440
Speaker 2: that would have ended up in a touchdown, easy touchdown.

575
00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,920
Speaker 2: It looked like you were watching the skycast more than

576
00:29:51,960 --> 00:29:56,080
Speaker 2: I was. But all in all, it's hard to complain

577
00:29:56,480 --> 00:30:00,840
Speaker 2: about anything, even with the valid offensive complaints from when

578
00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,920
Speaker 2: your team wins a playoff game. It was sixteen to

579
00:30:02,960 --> 00:30:06,000
Speaker 2: nothing and it was a touchdown in garbage time for Oregon,

580
00:30:06,400 --> 00:30:11,120
Speaker 2: but Oregon made the Texas Tech offense and Baron Morton

581
00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:18,480
Speaker 2: look like pretenders look It's fair to say that Texas

582
00:30:18,520 --> 00:30:23,080
Speaker 2: Tech offense was worse than it had shown all season

583
00:30:23,080 --> 00:30:26,120
Speaker 2: long by a considerable margin. You want to blame the layoff,

584
00:30:26,480 --> 00:30:29,480
Speaker 2: that's fine. I'm certainly as an Oregon human used to

585
00:30:29,600 --> 00:30:31,560
Speaker 2: looking at that long layoff as a reason why a

586
00:30:31,600 --> 00:30:33,480
Speaker 2: team could start out the game at least in a

587
00:30:33,520 --> 00:30:37,600
Speaker 2: sluggish manner. Baron Morton looked lost, He looked skittish, He

588
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:39,960
Speaker 2: looked like he didn't want to make mistakes. He was

589
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:42,640
Speaker 2: off the entire game. The run game could get nothing going.

590
00:30:42,680 --> 00:30:45,240
Speaker 2: The offensive line for Texas Tech was overwhelmed by Oregon

591
00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:47,480
Speaker 2: upfront for most of this game. That a couple of

592
00:30:47,520 --> 00:30:53,000
Speaker 2: explosion plays, but this was a team that, if we're

593
00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:55,320
Speaker 2: going to believe, at some point they settled in with

594
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:59,600
Speaker 2: the stage look like they had no concept of how

595
00:30:59,640 --> 00:31:02,760
Speaker 2: to play against a defense as good and as talented

596
00:31:02,800 --> 00:31:06,040
Speaker 2: as Organs because they simply did not play a team

597
00:31:06,600 --> 00:31:09,800
Speaker 2: anywhere near this level on their Big twelve schedule. That's

598
00:31:09,840 --> 00:31:12,760
Speaker 2: what became apparent to me, because they just could not

599
00:31:12,920 --> 00:31:14,920
Speaker 2: navigate what Oregon was doing on defense.

600
00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:16,680
Speaker 3: Right, So let me let me pause you for a second.

601
00:31:16,720 --> 00:31:19,320
Speaker 3: You please the Oregon guy for a second. Please, I

602
00:31:19,560 --> 00:31:23,040
Speaker 3: give you Barhood an objective third party view.

603
00:31:23,680 --> 00:31:28,480
Speaker 1: Okay, buddy, They scored zero, They scored zero. I watched

604
00:31:28,520 --> 00:31:29,000
Speaker 1: that game.

605
00:31:29,720 --> 00:31:32,840
Speaker 3: I was receiving texts from other non Oregon people, non

606
00:31:32,880 --> 00:31:37,600
Speaker 3: Texas Tech people who were also watching that game. Yeah,

607
00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:40,160
Speaker 3: most of the people I talked to were bored out

608
00:31:40,160 --> 00:31:43,680
Speaker 3: of their gourd watching that this was not a stellar

609
00:31:43,720 --> 00:31:46,480
Speaker 3: offensive performance one way or another. To your point that

610
00:31:46,520 --> 00:31:48,320
Speaker 3: you have made time and again it doesn't.

611
00:31:48,040 --> 00:31:49,760
Speaker 1: Need to be pretty. It just needs to work.

612
00:31:50,040 --> 00:31:52,400
Speaker 3: And it worked way better for Oregon than it did

613
00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:57,120
Speaker 3: for Texas Tech. I thought both defenses obviously carried their

614
00:31:57,160 --> 00:31:59,960
Speaker 3: weight in this one. Texas Tech on defense did ever

615
00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 3: everything imaginable to keep themselves in that game. They didn't

616
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:05,960
Speaker 3: get blown off the field by an Oregon offense. I

617
00:32:05,960 --> 00:32:08,840
Speaker 3: thought they made the Oregon offense look rather ordinary for

618
00:32:08,880 --> 00:32:11,800
Speaker 3: a good chunk of this game. And so that was

619
00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,160
Speaker 3: a huge credit to them, and a huge credit to

620
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:16,760
Speaker 3: what they did in the offseason and what they did

621
00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:19,760
Speaker 3: all season long under shield Wood and Joey maguire and

622
00:32:19,840 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 3: even throw Cody Campbell in there to reconstitute their defensive

623
00:32:23,120 --> 00:32:25,560
Speaker 3: front and turn themselves into a team that had a

624
00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,160
Speaker 3: first Round by Yeah, so I want to give credit

625
00:32:28,160 --> 00:32:31,800
Speaker 3: where it's due. You're one hundred percent right to say

626
00:32:31,800 --> 00:32:34,880
Speaker 3: that they looked lost on offense. And I hate the

627
00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,720
Speaker 3: sound mean, but at one point in the fourth quarter

628
00:32:37,800 --> 00:32:41,160
Speaker 3: for people watching the game, when they came back from commercial,

629
00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:44,680
Speaker 3: they showed the Capitol one guy throwing oranges rather cheekily

630
00:32:44,760 --> 00:32:47,920
Speaker 3: with the Orange Bowl trophy throwing oranges and just sort

631
00:32:47,920 --> 00:32:49,640
Speaker 3: of they told them to have a good time in

632
00:32:49,680 --> 00:32:50,320
Speaker 3: front of the camera.

633
00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:52,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, that was part of I'm sure the deal where

634
00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:54,160
Speaker 2: they have to show him on the sideline.

635
00:32:54,280 --> 00:32:57,200
Speaker 3: Yes, my first thought was can he play quarterback in

636
00:32:57,240 --> 00:33:01,400
Speaker 3: the fourth quarter? No, because to say, as you did

637
00:33:01,760 --> 00:33:06,040
Speaker 3: on our slack chat that Baron Morton was seeing ghosts

638
00:33:06,160 --> 00:33:09,120
Speaker 3: implies that Baron Morton saw it all. I thought he

639
00:33:09,160 --> 00:33:11,920
Speaker 3: looked dreadful. You could say he looked jumpy. You could

640
00:33:11,920 --> 00:33:15,120
Speaker 3: say he made bad decisions. You can call whatever suits

641
00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 3: you best. He did not live up to the bill

642
00:33:18,880 --> 00:33:20,520
Speaker 3: in this game, and I felt bad at the end.

643
00:33:20,560 --> 00:33:22,840
Speaker 3: You know, he's crying and like he had a very

644
00:33:22,840 --> 00:33:24,800
Speaker 3: good year, as did Texas Tech to get to this

645
00:33:24,880 --> 00:33:28,640
Speaker 3: game at all. But their offense let him down. They

646
00:33:28,640 --> 00:33:31,640
Speaker 3: didn't really run all that well outside of a longer

647
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:34,600
Speaker 3: run earlier in the game. Nothing there on the ground

648
00:33:35,040 --> 00:33:38,640
Speaker 3: the passing attack, either because of pressure coming from the

649
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:42,640
Speaker 3: Oregon front or because of inaccurate throws or bad decisions

650
00:33:42,720 --> 00:33:45,040
Speaker 3: or whatever. It was probably a combination of all of

651
00:33:45,080 --> 00:33:48,880
Speaker 3: the above that was not there either. So it is

652
00:33:49,000 --> 00:33:52,840
Speaker 3: unfortunate that Texas Tech went out like this with a whimper,

653
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:58,240
Speaker 3: scoring zero points zero arguably the biggest game in program history.

654
00:33:59,000 --> 00:33:59,680
Speaker 1: If we are to.

655
00:33:59,640 --> 00:34:02,360
Speaker 3: Believe the effort a foot at Texas Tech, they will

656
00:34:02,400 --> 00:34:05,640
Speaker 3: be back in this game before long. But this was

657
00:34:06,160 --> 00:34:10,880
Speaker 3: undeniably a very underwhelming showing for Texas Tech and for

658
00:34:11,000 --> 00:34:13,239
Speaker 3: the Big twelve. And I'm not going to blow this

659
00:34:13,320 --> 00:34:15,480
Speaker 3: out of proportion and make it any side of sort

660
00:34:15,480 --> 00:34:18,200
Speaker 3: of grand indictment on the conference as a whole. I

661
00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,440
Speaker 3: don't want to go there with it. Texas Tech was

662
00:34:20,440 --> 00:34:22,920
Speaker 3: deserving of being in this game. They just did not

663
00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:26,440
Speaker 3: show up today and that was a huge blemish I

664
00:34:26,480 --> 00:34:31,200
Speaker 3: think to you know, whatever story we told ourselves about

665
00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:34,680
Speaker 3: Texas Tech being this dark horse contender as the four

666
00:34:34,760 --> 00:34:36,960
Speaker 3: seed coming into this tournament, they just did not look

667
00:34:37,000 --> 00:34:41,240
Speaker 3: the part on the Oregon front. I wasn't blown away either, frankly,

668
00:34:41,320 --> 00:34:43,560
Speaker 3: but they did a lot more. They didn't commit the

669
00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:48,120
Speaker 3: big mistakes. Texas Tech had four of them, and we

670
00:34:48,160 --> 00:34:50,960
Speaker 3: could debate which ones were more backbreaking than others, but

671
00:34:51,600 --> 00:34:54,799
Speaker 3: those four mistakes ultimately is what caused Texas Tech the game.

672
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:57,440
Speaker 3: A side of the fact that they couldn't really get

673
00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:58,279
Speaker 3: any momentum going.

674
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,720
Speaker 2: When they had the ball, buddy, and when they weren't

675
00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:04,200
Speaker 2: making the mistakes, they weren't doing anything on offense. Right,

676
00:35:04,200 --> 00:35:07,040
Speaker 2: It's on one hand is what you can count the

677
00:35:07,239 --> 00:35:09,840
Speaker 2: really positive plays from this Texas Tech offense.

678
00:35:09,960 --> 00:35:12,120
Speaker 3: Now, let me ask you a question as the Oregon

679
00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:12,560
Speaker 3: guy here.

680
00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:13,640
Speaker 1: Okay, I'm ready.

681
00:35:13,920 --> 00:35:16,840
Speaker 3: You mentioned some of the concerns that we may have

682
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:22,520
Speaker 3: about the Oregon offense. My impression watching this game was

683
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:27,399
Speaker 3: neither team really knocked me over all that much. Okay, defensively, yes,

684
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:31,680
Speaker 3: but given the state of affairs, given the fact that

685
00:35:31,719 --> 00:35:35,040
Speaker 3: Oregon had a number of chances that they did not

686
00:35:35,280 --> 00:35:38,000
Speaker 3: convert on, and given the fact that at least for

687
00:35:38,080 --> 00:35:41,360
Speaker 3: me from AFAR. Again, I'm not the Oregon fan among us,

688
00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:43,520
Speaker 3: but I looked at the third and fourth down play

689
00:35:43,560 --> 00:35:45,520
Speaker 3: calling and I scratched my chinny chin chin a little bit,

690
00:35:45,560 --> 00:35:49,440
Speaker 3: and I said, some curious decisions there. Do you have

691
00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:52,600
Speaker 3: any issue Do you have any concerns now moving on

692
00:35:52,680 --> 00:35:55,360
Speaker 3: in this tournament based on what we saw from Oregon

693
00:35:55,920 --> 00:36:01,760
Speaker 3: in some of those types of moments right now? Nope, Okay,

694
00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,479
Speaker 3: You'll just take the win, is what you're saying.

695
00:36:04,120 --> 00:36:07,400
Speaker 2: You're in a playoff situation. If you're the Oregon Ducks, Okay,

696
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:12,440
Speaker 2: did not come through in high leverage moments, did not

697
00:36:12,600 --> 00:36:16,120
Speaker 2: have the explosivity that you had all season long, from

698
00:36:16,160 --> 00:36:18,399
Speaker 2: your running backs, from your receivers, from your tight ends,

699
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:23,480
Speaker 2: by and large, made mistakes that would be killer against

700
00:36:23,480 --> 00:36:26,440
Speaker 2: a lot of teams, right the bad snaps when you're

701
00:36:26,440 --> 00:36:29,160
Speaker 2: trying to get a cup points before the half, you know,

702
00:36:29,239 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 2: taking yourself out of field goal range, making mistakes in

703
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:34,239
Speaker 2: the red zone, and you won the game twenty three

704
00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:38,160
Speaker 2: to nothing. Let's go through some teams. Ty, would a

705
00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:41,040
Speaker 2: Notre Dame fan be okay right now today with a

706
00:36:41,080 --> 00:36:45,680
Speaker 2: twenty three to nothing quarter final win in Penn State, Texas,

707
00:36:45,880 --> 00:36:48,040
Speaker 2: Ohio State? How would Ohio State feel about a twenty

708
00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,520
Speaker 2: three to nothing quarterfinal win in this moment?

709
00:36:50,600 --> 00:36:54,000
Speaker 3: Dan Notre Dame one ugly the entire way through to

710
00:36:54,080 --> 00:36:56,960
Speaker 3: the national championship last year. Yeah, you'll take it.

711
00:36:56,960 --> 00:36:59,719
Speaker 2: It's a playoff game. And if the result of the

712
00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:04,600
Speaker 2: play off game is you winning in a shutout, you say,

713
00:37:04,880 --> 00:37:06,640
Speaker 2: and I you know. Tom Herman wasn't a great coach

714
00:37:06,640 --> 00:37:08,960
Speaker 2: for Texas all the time, but he had the like okay, okay,

715
00:37:09,080 --> 00:37:14,680
Speaker 2: hook him, Okay, goducks right. Yeah that Everybody said, are

716
00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:17,160
Speaker 2: you concerned about the Oregon defense after giving up thirty

717
00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:21,080
Speaker 2: four points to James Madison? And I said, nope. They

718
00:37:21,120 --> 00:37:23,160
Speaker 2: were up forty eight to thirteen in that game going

719
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,680
Speaker 2: into the fourth quarter. And am I concerned about the

720
00:37:25,719 --> 00:37:28,960
Speaker 2: Oregon offense moving forward against Indiana or Alabama whoever they

721
00:37:29,000 --> 00:37:31,280
Speaker 2: end up playing as we record this game right after

722
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:35,560
Speaker 2: Oregon has won. I am not because the name of

723
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:40,240
Speaker 2: the game is playing winning football despite mistakes. And sure,

724
00:37:40,440 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 2: I'd love for Oregon to be precise. I'd love for

725
00:37:43,040 --> 00:37:45,800
Speaker 2: Oregon to come out with a game plan that Texas

726
00:37:45,880 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 2: Tech could not have possibly seen coming. Oregon just beat

727
00:37:49,000 --> 00:37:52,480
Speaker 2: one of the one to three best defenses in the country.

728
00:37:53,080 --> 00:37:56,040
Speaker 2: And even though the Texas Tech offense did not belong

729
00:37:56,080 --> 00:37:59,080
Speaker 2: in this tournament whatsoever, this was a November offense playing

730
00:37:59,080 --> 00:37:59,759
Speaker 2: in January.

731
00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:01,640
Speaker 1: I think we can agree now when.

732
00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,320
Speaker 2: You say that you know Texas Tech was under Texas

733
00:38:04,360 --> 00:38:07,000
Speaker 2: Tech was not underwhelming in this game. The Texas Tech

734
00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,520
Speaker 2: offense was underwhelming in this game. The Texas Tech defense,

735
00:38:10,560 --> 00:38:14,520
Speaker 2: paired with any above above average playoff offense, could win

736
00:38:14,560 --> 00:38:18,080
Speaker 2: a national championship without question. In my mind, they're that good.

737
00:38:18,080 --> 00:38:20,399
Speaker 2: They're that talented upfront, they're that fast, even though maybe

738
00:38:20,400 --> 00:38:23,640
Speaker 2: the secondary isn't where other you know, national championship caliber

739
00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,439
Speaker 2: defenses are what they look like upfront, how well coached

740
00:38:26,440 --> 00:38:26,640
Speaker 2: they are.

741
00:38:26,640 --> 00:38:28,080
Speaker 1: This is a national championship defense.

742
00:38:28,600 --> 00:38:31,839
Speaker 2: The problem is Texas Tech did not build a full team,

743
00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:34,480
Speaker 2: not in one year. They're recruiting, well, they are going

744
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,920
Speaker 2: to get They're going to build on this year. They

745
00:38:36,920 --> 00:38:39,800
Speaker 2: are going to be a force moving forward. Will absolutely,

746
00:38:39,880 --> 00:38:43,600
Speaker 2: but also but also if you're an Oregon fan, you

747
00:38:43,640 --> 00:38:49,160
Speaker 2: can say, well, not right now, not today. You win

748
00:38:49,239 --> 00:38:54,160
Speaker 2: playoff games, and so it feels good, especially after last year.

749
00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,400
Speaker 2: I wasn't happy in a lot of those moments. But now,

750
00:38:57,520 --> 00:39:02,080
Speaker 2: upon reflection, you just can't apologize after.

751
00:39:01,880 --> 00:39:04,160
Speaker 1: Winning a game twenty three to nothing. You just can't.

752
00:39:04,280 --> 00:39:05,759
Speaker 1: So I'm okay with it.

753
00:39:06,560 --> 00:39:08,880
Speaker 2: I thought it was strange as an Oregon fan to

754
00:39:09,000 --> 00:39:12,080
Speaker 2: have a kicker as good as Addis Sappington was in

755
00:39:12,120 --> 00:39:16,520
Speaker 2: this one. Automaticus is what the Oregon fans call him. Yeah,

756
00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:20,439
Speaker 2: opened the game up with a fifty yard bomb. That's

757
00:39:20,440 --> 00:39:22,920
Speaker 2: pretty good. That's strange for me as an Orgon fantasy.

758
00:39:23,320 --> 00:39:27,680
Speaker 2: That was great. I thought, all things considered, the Oregon

759
00:39:27,760 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 2: running backs even though there was nothing there and they

760
00:39:29,680 --> 00:39:33,080
Speaker 2: couldn't break tackles. They ran hard the entire entirety of

761
00:39:33,120 --> 00:39:35,960
Speaker 2: this game. I would love to see Dante more receive

762
00:39:36,200 --> 00:39:38,400
Speaker 2: zero running play calls moving forward.

763
00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:40,920
Speaker 3: He looked a little banged up in this one.

764
00:39:41,080 --> 00:39:43,520
Speaker 2: Well, not only to look banged up, but like every

765
00:39:43,560 --> 00:39:46,000
Speaker 2: single time he came to a fork in the road,

766
00:39:46,040 --> 00:39:48,000
Speaker 2: should I follow this guy or should I go to

767
00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:54,000
Speaker 2: that lane? Without hesitation, he took the wrong way every time.

768
00:39:54,320 --> 00:39:56,319
Speaker 2: And he's just not a natural runner. And that's okay,

769
00:39:56,360 --> 00:39:58,760
Speaker 2: not every quarterback is. He's athletic enough to buy time

770
00:39:59,120 --> 00:40:02,640
Speaker 2: and hopefully scal downfield and make plays. We've also gone

771
00:40:03,320 --> 00:40:06,160
Speaker 2: I don't know, thirteen plus minutes now without mentioning the

772
00:40:06,200 --> 00:40:07,240
Speaker 2: name Brandon Finnie.

773
00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:11,439
Speaker 3: Brandon Finnie had a monster game. Brandon Finnie had two interceptions,

774
00:40:11,480 --> 00:40:14,120
Speaker 3: I believe had a fumble recovery as well. He's a

775
00:40:14,160 --> 00:40:18,080
Speaker 3: young player in the Oregon secondary. Yeah, so all of that,

776
00:40:18,200 --> 00:40:21,239
Speaker 3: for sure is exciting for the future. But to get

777
00:40:21,239 --> 00:40:24,120
Speaker 3: this kind of experience in a high leverage situation like

778
00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:28,000
Speaker 3: this second round of the College football Playoff, that's confidence

779
00:40:28,040 --> 00:40:30,480
Speaker 3: your secondary can build on, and it's something that the

780
00:40:30,520 --> 00:40:33,399
Speaker 3: defense can build on right to your point of were

781
00:40:33,400 --> 00:40:36,680
Speaker 3: there questions after Jmu? Should there have been questions after Jay?

782
00:40:37,040 --> 00:40:39,040
Speaker 3: Obviously they put a lot of those to bed here,

783
00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 3: but they have true freshmen step up in the manner

784
00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:43,560
Speaker 3: that he did. If you're an Oregon fan, he gotta

785
00:40:43,560 --> 00:40:44,360
Speaker 3: be delighted about that.

786
00:40:44,880 --> 00:40:48,240
Speaker 2: Should also mention the Sun Belt scored thirty four points

787
00:40:48,320 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 2: on the road at a Big Ten team. In the

788
00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:53,040
Speaker 2: previous round, the Big Twelve did not score a single point.

789
00:40:53,360 --> 00:40:56,000
Speaker 2: The Americans scored ten points against an SEC team on

790
00:40:56,040 --> 00:40:58,319
Speaker 2: the road. The Big Twelve did not manage to score

791
00:40:58,320 --> 00:41:01,239
Speaker 2: a point. And I don't say that to make fun

792
00:41:01,280 --> 00:41:03,400
Speaker 2: of the Big Twelve. There are quality teams in the

793
00:41:03,400 --> 00:41:05,279
Speaker 2: Big Twelve. These teams are going to grow by you

794
00:41:05,320 --> 00:41:07,719
Speaker 2: had a true freshman quarterback. Texas Tech's offense is going

795
00:41:07,719 --> 00:41:11,160
Speaker 2: to improve. But let's all calm down with the like

796
00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:13,440
Speaker 2: G five teams. It's a safety issue.

797
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:16,399
Speaker 1: They had to travel across the country. It's just let

798
00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:17,480
Speaker 1: them play for something that.

799
00:41:17,440 --> 00:41:20,000
Speaker 2: They Let's just can we all like take a break

800
00:41:20,000 --> 00:41:23,080
Speaker 2: from that now. Texas Tech is going to grow into

801
00:41:23,120 --> 00:41:26,279
Speaker 2: something fierce, fear sir, and you should watch out if

802
00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:28,200
Speaker 2: you're in the Big twelve. Oregon did a really nice

803
00:41:28,280 --> 00:41:31,759
Speaker 2: job getting this team ready to play, even though it

804
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:35,279
Speaker 2: was a body clock situation. Maybe they certainly on that

805
00:41:35,360 --> 00:41:38,120
Speaker 2: opening drive, looked ready to roll right. They were moving

806
00:41:38,120 --> 00:41:40,520
Speaker 2: the ball downfield, even with as much as Texas Tech

807
00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,600
Speaker 2: was able to sort of silence the run game. Organ

808
00:41:43,640 --> 00:41:45,759
Speaker 2: has things to clean up. And that's what if you're

809
00:41:45,760 --> 00:41:48,000
Speaker 2: a coach, you'll love to have, right that you can

810
00:41:48,040 --> 00:41:50,920
Speaker 2: self scout and say, look, it's great to win, just

811
00:41:50,960 --> 00:41:52,680
Speaker 2: like they could do after the first round game against

812
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,160
Speaker 2: James Madison. It's great to win a playoff game and

813
00:41:55,200 --> 00:41:56,920
Speaker 2: you just move on and you're happy to do it.

814
00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:00,080
Speaker 2: But that Oregon didn't win this game forty five I

815
00:42:00,280 --> 00:42:04,080
Speaker 2: nothing fully operational. I think keeps the team locked into

816
00:42:04,120 --> 00:42:05,880
Speaker 2: a certain extent. They have a game in whatever it is,

817
00:42:05,920 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 2: eight or nine days, and they have things to clean up.

818
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:10,440
Speaker 2: They need to work on the play calling, they need

819
00:42:10,480 --> 00:42:13,239
Speaker 2: to work on just getting healthy. The offensive line could

820
00:42:13,239 --> 00:42:16,799
Speaker 2: definitely get better. And they're doing this with two coordinators

821
00:42:16,880 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 2: that are working two extremely full time jobs and Will

822
00:42:20,480 --> 00:42:24,000
Speaker 2: Stein and Toash Lupoy. So really nice win for Oregon.

823
00:42:24,320 --> 00:42:27,200
Speaker 2: Oregon shut out a very good team in a playoff game.

824
00:42:27,920 --> 00:42:30,600
Speaker 2: I'm not going to bathe in the Are you worried

825
00:42:30,640 --> 00:42:31,760
Speaker 2: Jacuzzi in this moment?

826
00:42:33,000 --> 00:42:34,080
Speaker 1: Talk me through.

827
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,920
Speaker 3: Your current heart rate right now as you think about

828
00:42:37,960 --> 00:42:39,720
Speaker 3: Oregon going into the semifinals.

829
00:42:39,880 --> 00:42:43,200
Speaker 2: Yeah, my heart rate right now is fine because if

830
00:42:43,200 --> 00:42:46,120
Speaker 2: you're rooting for a team in this playoff, once again,

831
00:42:46,320 --> 00:42:48,680
Speaker 2: you take the win however you can get it, and

832
00:42:49,600 --> 00:42:52,800
Speaker 2: you know that your team is good enough to compete

833
00:42:52,840 --> 00:42:55,480
Speaker 2: with the best, and if they're able to clean up

834
00:42:55,560 --> 00:42:57,840
Speaker 2: whatever they need to clean up, they have a good chance.

835
00:42:58,520 --> 00:43:01,600
Speaker 2: And once you get to that final or everybody's going

836
00:43:01,640 --> 00:43:03,560
Speaker 2: to be in that spot. All of these teams have

837
00:43:03,640 --> 00:43:07,320
Speaker 2: shown flaws, all of these potential teams have shown reasons

838
00:43:07,360 --> 00:43:11,600
Speaker 2: why they could win huge And so my heart rate's fine.

839
00:43:11,840 --> 00:43:16,000
Speaker 2: My heart rate's totally fine. I am coaching a first

840
00:43:16,000 --> 00:43:22,319
Speaker 2: grade basketball practice at kickoff of the semi finals. We

841
00:43:22,360 --> 00:43:24,680
Speaker 2: have practice from six to seven Central and kickoff is

842
00:43:24,719 --> 00:43:26,680
Speaker 2: right around six thirty central.

843
00:43:26,760 --> 00:43:27,359
Speaker 1: Can you move it?

844
00:43:27,800 --> 00:43:31,400
Speaker 2: I can't move it. I actually consider going to Atlanta. Obviously,

845
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:34,120
Speaker 2: my duties as a head coach supersede everything. Sure, so

846
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:36,680
Speaker 2: I think, truly I'm going to have to turn off

847
00:43:36,719 --> 00:43:40,000
Speaker 2: my phone and like when parents come to pick up.

848
00:43:39,920 --> 00:43:40,920
Speaker 3: Oh, I love this for you.

849
00:43:41,160 --> 00:43:43,480
Speaker 1: L L L this for you.

850
00:43:43,960 --> 00:43:44,759
Speaker 3: I love this for you.

851
00:43:44,880 --> 00:43:48,200
Speaker 1: Do I do you have any recommendation otherwise? Of course

852
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:49,680
Speaker 1: not say.

853
00:43:49,600 --> 00:43:52,279
Speaker 3: Either bring like a laptop or a phone or an

854
00:43:52,280 --> 00:43:55,560
Speaker 3: iPad or something that can stream the game while you're

855
00:43:55,760 --> 00:43:58,160
Speaker 3: doing that thing, and maybe put a little AirPod in.

856
00:43:58,239 --> 00:44:01,800
Speaker 3: But if you want to go full dedication to the cause,

857
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:05,120
Speaker 3: and I don't see another way through this otherwise you

858
00:44:05,160 --> 00:44:07,600
Speaker 3: could turn it over to an assistant if you care

859
00:44:07,640 --> 00:44:09,400
Speaker 3: about the game, if you want to go to Atlanta

860
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:09,960
Speaker 3: or whatever.

861
00:44:10,480 --> 00:44:12,880
Speaker 1: No, this is the first practice. I need to establish

862
00:44:13,080 --> 00:44:15,200
Speaker 1: my alpha ness in this moment.

863
00:44:15,480 --> 00:44:20,080
Speaker 3: This is you're already showing Mario Cristobal poor time management

864
00:44:20,080 --> 00:44:23,400
Speaker 3: skills is what we're seeing here out of coach Dan Buddy.

865
00:44:23,880 --> 00:44:26,560
Speaker 2: I did not anticipate. I didn't want, I don't want

866
00:44:26,560 --> 00:44:29,759
Speaker 2: Friday evening practice. This is what we are given. No

867
00:44:30,000 --> 00:44:32,120
Speaker 2: very excited as an organ person to see them in

868
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:34,640
Speaker 2: the final four. Obviously, Oregon's been in this spot before

869
00:44:34,680 --> 00:44:37,799
Speaker 2: in the smaller playoff. Kudos once again to Texas Tech

870
00:44:38,000 --> 00:44:41,799
Speaker 2: for a crazy impressive season and kind of why we

871
00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:43,799
Speaker 2: talk about Winter Wonders a little bit on this show,

872
00:44:44,480 --> 00:44:47,080
Speaker 2: kind of why we say do you have that player

873
00:44:47,120 --> 00:44:52,080
Speaker 2: that scares everybody on New Year's Day on January fourteenth, whatever.

874
00:44:52,560 --> 00:44:55,840
Speaker 2: And Texas Tech will get those guys, they will develop

875
00:44:55,880 --> 00:44:58,680
Speaker 2: those guys, and they will have a terrific path to

876
00:44:58,760 --> 00:45:01,560
Speaker 2: get back to the playoff. Oregon had more of those

877
00:45:01,560 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 2: guys on both sides of the ball, especially on offense

878
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:08,040
Speaker 2: to get the job done ish and we'll see what

879
00:45:08,040 --> 00:45:10,399
Speaker 2: that looks like as they match up further and further,

880
00:45:10,520 --> 00:45:11,440
Speaker 2: hopefully for me.

881
00:45:11,680 --> 00:45:13,759
Speaker 3: A tough one for Baron Morton, a tough one for

882
00:45:13,840 --> 00:45:16,680
Speaker 3: Texas Tech, but a big one for Oregon. The thirteen

883
00:45:16,719 --> 00:45:19,960
Speaker 3: and one fifth seeded Oregon Ducks win by a twenty

884
00:45:20,040 --> 00:45:23,240
Speaker 3: three to zip score over Texas Tech. The Red Raiders

885
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:25,160
Speaker 3: finished the year with a twelve and two mark Big

886
00:45:25,200 --> 00:45:30,279
Speaker 3: Twelve Champions, yet another team to fall victim to not

887
00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:34,800
Speaker 3: just the Oregon Ducks, but perhaps the bye week. Let's

888
00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:39,280
Speaker 3: talk about the Rose Bowl, Dan, we have a final.

889
00:45:40,560 --> 00:45:45,319
Speaker 3: Indiana thirty eight Alabama three.

890
00:45:46,200 --> 00:45:46,920
Speaker 1: Can't confirm?

891
00:45:47,200 --> 00:45:49,680
Speaker 3: Let me repeat that for the people in the back.

892
00:45:49,840 --> 00:45:55,000
Speaker 3: Indiana thirty eight Alabama three. I believe Indiana's first Bowl

893
00:45:55,040 --> 00:45:57,640
Speaker 3: win since the Year of Our Lord nineteen ninety one.

894
00:45:57,719 --> 00:46:00,800
Speaker 3: It has been a minute since Indian I got.

895
00:46:00,640 --> 00:46:01,839
Speaker 1: Anywhere close to this.

896
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:07,040
Speaker 3: Here we are on New Year's Day, the Indiana who

897
00:46:07,040 --> 00:46:11,759
Speaker 3: Hoo Hoosiers advancing through, not just beating Alabama, advancing into

898
00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:16,000
Speaker 3: the Final four for a rematch with your beloved Oregon Ducks. This,

899
00:46:16,200 --> 00:46:19,920
Speaker 3: my friends, is what you call a thorough beatdown.

900
00:46:20,239 --> 00:46:22,560
Speaker 1: Guess who just got burded?

901
00:46:23,320 --> 00:46:27,240
Speaker 3: Before we went live, I went into our beautiful Discord

902
00:46:27,320 --> 00:46:30,760
Speaker 3: chat and I asked the fine folks there, which sound

903
00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:33,560
Speaker 3: do I even play to signify what we saw here

904
00:46:33,600 --> 00:46:34,200
Speaker 3: on display?

905
00:46:34,640 --> 00:46:35,279
Speaker 1: Yeah?

906
00:46:35,480 --> 00:46:39,360
Speaker 3: Crock Potting murdered. Do I make something else I tried

907
00:46:39,400 --> 00:46:42,399
Speaker 3: to pull from Like my cousin Vinnie, I could use

908
00:46:42,440 --> 00:46:46,560
Speaker 3: a good ass kicking Albi Veria. I couldn't find anything

909
00:46:46,600 --> 00:46:50,279
Speaker 3: that I thought properly symbolize what we just witnessed. This

910
00:46:50,560 --> 00:46:56,440
Speaker 3: was a thorough beatdown from Kurt Signetti, Fernando Mendoza and

911
00:46:56,520 --> 00:46:57,600
Speaker 3: the Indiana Hoosiers.

912
00:46:58,200 --> 00:47:02,080
Speaker 2: Just to give you a sense high of what exactly

913
00:47:02,120 --> 00:47:08,160
Speaker 2: went down on that field. Punt downs, punt fumble, end

914
00:47:08,160 --> 00:47:13,239
Speaker 2: of half, punt, field goal, punt downs, and that's it,

915
00:47:13,400 --> 00:47:16,000
Speaker 2: because Alabama barely did anything with the ball, and then

916
00:47:16,040 --> 00:47:19,680
Speaker 2: it just became the end of game.

917
00:47:23,640 --> 00:47:25,680
Speaker 3: I was wondering how you were going to stretch that

918
00:47:25,760 --> 00:47:27,399
Speaker 3: out because you didn't have a whole lot to work

919
00:47:27,440 --> 00:47:27,719
Speaker 3: with there.

920
00:47:27,800 --> 00:47:30,399
Speaker 2: They didn't have a lot of drives. Indiana just sort

921
00:47:30,400 --> 00:47:32,920
Speaker 2: of sat on it and killed it. It was thorough,

922
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:38,680
Speaker 2: it was lethal, and it was I guess, kind of

923
00:47:38,760 --> 00:47:41,480
Speaker 2: hard to watch if you are at all like a

924
00:47:41,560 --> 00:47:44,560
Speaker 2: Bama fan, or a fan of a competitive game, or

925
00:47:44,719 --> 00:47:48,520
Speaker 2: just like somebody who believes in the humanity of man,

926
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:52,160
Speaker 2: to watch what happened Alabama and four K we're available.

927
00:47:52,600 --> 00:47:56,479
Speaker 2: Indiana's been this team. They haven't always been this team

928
00:47:56,520 --> 00:47:58,520
Speaker 2: against the best teams on their schedule.

929
00:47:58,600 --> 00:47:58,680
Speaker 3: Right.

930
00:47:58,760 --> 00:48:00,480
Speaker 2: The organ game was tied in the fourth quarter, was

931
00:48:00,520 --> 00:48:03,880
Speaker 2: a game against Ohio State, both playoff teams. I've always

932
00:48:04,000 --> 00:48:05,719
Speaker 2: I'm not always been. In the last few weeks, I've

933
00:48:05,800 --> 00:48:09,839
Speaker 2: questioned the validity of Alabama's inclusion in this postseason. But

934
00:48:09,920 --> 00:48:12,279
Speaker 2: they won their opening round game. They came back in

935
00:48:12,280 --> 00:48:16,480
Speaker 2: impressive fashion. They clearly belonged against the Oklahoma defense that

936
00:48:16,560 --> 00:48:22,440
Speaker 2: had been so good. Indiana just you know, whistle to whistle,

937
00:48:22,520 --> 00:48:26,759
Speaker 2: bell to bell, whatever, destroyed them in every phase. And

938
00:48:27,120 --> 00:48:29,279
Speaker 2: I guess it was a little bit close early, right,

939
00:48:29,280 --> 00:48:31,359
Speaker 2: there were moments where you're like, well, Ty Simpson might

940
00:48:31,360 --> 00:48:33,000
Speaker 2: be moving the ball a little bit and then he

941
00:48:33,080 --> 00:48:37,000
Speaker 2: fumbled it. Like there were moments I guess where it

942
00:48:37,120 --> 00:48:40,520
Speaker 2: kind of seemed like Alabama because of their talent on

943
00:48:40,600 --> 00:48:42,759
Speaker 2: defense or something like that, and they forced a field

944
00:48:42,800 --> 00:48:45,040
Speaker 2: goal after a long drive early on we were like, well, okay,

945
00:48:45,120 --> 00:48:48,000
Speaker 2: maybe they'll settle into this, right, So a lot of

946
00:48:48,080 --> 00:48:50,760
Speaker 2: travel travel across the country for both of these teams,

947
00:48:50,800 --> 00:48:53,400
Speaker 2: you know, weird layoff for Indiana. Maybe we'll see if

948
00:48:53,440 --> 00:48:54,520
Speaker 2: that comes and bites them.

949
00:48:55,760 --> 00:48:57,960
Speaker 1: No, no, not at all.

950
00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:02,760
Speaker 2: They were completely immune do any sort of layoff rust

951
00:49:02,800 --> 00:49:04,160
Speaker 2: And I think I saw on game day they were

952
00:49:04,239 --> 00:49:08,760
Speaker 2: having conversation about rusted versus rested. Indiana was rested. Oh yeah,

953
00:49:08,760 --> 00:49:11,719
Speaker 2: Indiana was well. They got a great night's sleep and

954
00:49:11,760 --> 00:49:12,799
Speaker 2: they performed well.

955
00:49:12,840 --> 00:49:15,200
Speaker 3: When Fernando Mendoza gave his little ted talk in the

956
00:49:15,239 --> 00:49:16,920
Speaker 3: postgame interview, he did see.

957
00:49:16,920 --> 00:49:18,520
Speaker 1: He saw a lot of people talking about Yeah, yeah,

958
00:49:18,520 --> 00:49:18,960
Speaker 1: well he did.

959
00:49:19,040 --> 00:49:21,200
Speaker 3: I mean, he's a great interview. He spoke to it

960
00:49:21,280 --> 00:49:23,880
Speaker 3: a little bit. How the first couple drives took a

961
00:49:23,920 --> 00:49:26,280
Speaker 3: little bit to get back in the swing of things

962
00:49:26,320 --> 00:49:28,399
Speaker 3: they had had so much time off. But after that

963
00:49:28,520 --> 00:49:32,240
Speaker 3: it was just a ball rolling down hill. Fernando Mendoza

964
00:49:32,320 --> 00:49:34,680
Speaker 3: in this game, of course, now your Heisman Trophy winner.

965
00:49:35,200 --> 00:49:39,440
Speaker 3: Fourteen of sixteen, one hundred and ninety two yards, three touchdowns,

966
00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:42,400
Speaker 3: of course, no interceptions. I don't know what the final

967
00:49:42,440 --> 00:49:46,000
Speaker 3: stat line ended up being, but at one point in

968
00:49:46,040 --> 00:49:48,520
Speaker 3: the third quarter he was something like seven of seven

969
00:49:48,640 --> 00:49:52,640
Speaker 3: passing when Alabama decided to blitz him. It was again

970
00:49:52,719 --> 00:49:54,960
Speaker 3: one of those deals where we talked about this too

971
00:49:55,000 --> 00:49:56,440
Speaker 3: as we tried to figure out what was going to

972
00:49:56,480 --> 00:49:59,399
Speaker 3: happen in this one. But how do you stop the guy?

973
00:49:59,440 --> 00:50:01,759
Speaker 3: Do you do you not blitz? Do you try to

974
00:50:01,800 --> 00:50:04,320
Speaker 3: throw something new at him? We've heard time and again

975
00:50:04,360 --> 00:50:07,920
Speaker 3: about his preparation, really the preparation of a Kurtzignetti team,

976
00:50:08,480 --> 00:50:10,520
Speaker 3: that it seemed like it would be a bit of

977
00:50:10,520 --> 00:50:13,480
Speaker 3: a shocking result if in fact they were throwing new

978
00:50:13,520 --> 00:50:16,680
Speaker 3: things at Mendoza that he hadn't seen, that completely confused

979
00:50:16,719 --> 00:50:18,840
Speaker 3: him and turned him into a player other than what

980
00:50:18,880 --> 00:50:21,439
Speaker 3: we had seen so far this season. That clearly did

981
00:50:21,440 --> 00:50:24,720
Speaker 3: not happen. He was ready for this. It didn't seem

982
00:50:24,719 --> 00:50:26,960
Speaker 3: as if they had really any formula to try and

983
00:50:27,000 --> 00:50:30,600
Speaker 3: stop him. For the most part, he was unflappable again,

984
00:50:30,640 --> 00:50:32,919
Speaker 3: only missing two passes throughout the course of the game

985
00:50:33,239 --> 00:50:35,680
Speaker 3: before they eventually pulled him in favor of his younger

986
00:50:35,719 --> 00:50:38,520
Speaker 3: brother about good way through the fourth quarter. The other

987
00:50:38,640 --> 00:50:40,799
Speaker 3: element of this game on the Indiana side, and I

988
00:50:40,840 --> 00:50:43,439
Speaker 3: promise we'll talk a little bit about Alabama.

989
00:50:43,239 --> 00:50:46,520
Speaker 2: Sixteen throws, by the way, sixteen attempts, that's all it took.

990
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:49,560
Speaker 2: That's all it took to drop forty on Alabama in

991
00:50:49,600 --> 00:50:50,239
Speaker 2: the Rose Bowl.

992
00:50:50,400 --> 00:50:54,920
Speaker 3: And the further point there is the physicality of Indiana,

993
00:50:55,520 --> 00:50:57,960
Speaker 3: which we could talk about Mendoza until we're blue in

994
00:50:57,960 --> 00:51:00,040
Speaker 3: the face, and we could talk about the fact that

995
00:51:00,080 --> 00:51:02,960
Speaker 3: Indiana ran for over two hundred yards on fifty attempts

996
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:07,440
Speaker 3: two touchdowns. I mean, the physicality that we saw on

997
00:51:07,560 --> 00:51:09,759
Speaker 3: both sides of the line of scrimmage from Indiana to

998
00:51:09,840 --> 00:51:13,719
Speaker 3: me remains the story. Because if you had traveled to

999
00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:17,279
Speaker 3: like the year of Our Lord twenty twenty one and

1000
00:51:17,400 --> 00:51:20,960
Speaker 3: tried to convince young Dan Rubinstein and younger Ty hilden

1001
00:51:21,000 --> 00:51:24,160
Speaker 3: Brandt that we would see a matchup in twenty twenty

1002
00:51:24,200 --> 00:51:29,640
Speaker 3: six in which Indiana out physicaled Alabama, yeah, we would

1003
00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:33,800
Speaker 3: laugh at the mere idea of that even being a possibility,

1004
00:51:34,160 --> 00:51:38,080
Speaker 3: the remotest possibility. This is so far removed from what

1005
00:51:38,120 --> 00:51:40,080
Speaker 3: we would have thought a couple of years ago. But

1006
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:44,440
Speaker 3: Kurt Signetti has obviously taken hold in Bloomington. He has

1007
00:51:44,480 --> 00:51:47,279
Speaker 3: worked miracles in very short order, got him to the

1008
00:51:47,280 --> 00:51:50,320
Speaker 3: playoff last year, gets him back to the playoff this

1009
00:51:50,440 --> 00:51:52,600
Speaker 3: year as the number one overall seed with the first round,

1010
00:51:52,680 --> 00:51:55,799
Speaker 3: by the fact that they went up against a traditional

1011
00:51:55,840 --> 00:51:59,000
Speaker 3: blue blood, a place where Signetti used to coach and

1012
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:03,200
Speaker 3: where this physical and this dominant to me is overwhelmingly

1013
00:52:03,239 --> 00:52:05,319
Speaker 3: the story in this game. The final was thirty eight

1014
00:52:05,320 --> 00:52:07,600
Speaker 3: to three. We could sit here and read stats if

1015
00:52:07,640 --> 00:52:09,520
Speaker 3: we really want to. My hunches that the people at

1016
00:52:09,560 --> 00:52:11,759
Speaker 3: home already know the result and don't care about that.

1017
00:52:12,280 --> 00:52:15,439
Speaker 3: To me, the theme of this and when I'm going

1018
00:52:15,480 --> 00:52:18,360
Speaker 3: to take away not just throughout this course of the

1019
00:52:18,360 --> 00:52:21,000
Speaker 3: playoffs now, but really as we think about this season

1020
00:52:22,000 --> 00:52:25,400
Speaker 3: six months down the road. Indiana's ability to dominate on

1021
00:52:25,400 --> 00:52:27,520
Speaker 3: both sides of the line of scrimmage was damn impressive.

1022
00:52:27,880 --> 00:52:30,399
Speaker 2: We talk a lot about games and try to put

1023
00:52:30,440 --> 00:52:34,200
Speaker 2: games into context where it's something like, yes, that was closed,

1024
00:52:34,200 --> 00:52:35,880
Speaker 2: but they had like a bunch of short fields. They

1025
00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:38,040
Speaker 2: had a three yard drive and had a nine yard drive,

1026
00:52:38,080 --> 00:52:40,239
Speaker 2: and so that sort of skews how successful they were

1027
00:52:40,280 --> 00:52:43,400
Speaker 2: when they actually had regular drives and it wasn't a

1028
00:52:43,440 --> 00:52:47,040
Speaker 2: crazy penalty thing. It wasn't like a five interception thing

1029
00:52:47,120 --> 00:52:49,600
Speaker 2: for Alabama and pick sixes and everything that ran this

1030
00:52:49,680 --> 00:52:55,560
Speaker 2: score up. Everything Indiana did worked. Every time they had

1031
00:52:55,560 --> 00:52:57,799
Speaker 2: a third and four, they figured out how to get

1032
00:52:57,840 --> 00:53:01,200
Speaker 2: six and a half every time. They sort of set

1033
00:53:01,239 --> 00:53:04,160
Speaker 2: Alabama up to think something was gonna happen in the

1034
00:53:04,239 --> 00:53:07,319
Speaker 2: run game, the play action took hold downfield. You know,

1035
00:53:07,360 --> 00:53:10,000
Speaker 2: the beautiful Fernando Mendoz a touchdown pass to I think

1036
00:53:10,000 --> 00:53:12,560
Speaker 2: it was Charlie Becker for twenty plus yards or something

1037
00:53:12,600 --> 00:53:16,840
Speaker 2: early on right, Like, everything is just so crisp about

1038
00:53:16,920 --> 00:53:19,880
Speaker 2: Indiana in everything that they do. If you're going to

1039
00:53:19,920 --> 00:53:23,799
Speaker 2: succeed against Indiana, you're gonna do so one on one.

1040
00:53:24,040 --> 00:53:27,879
Speaker 2: You're gonna do so because your guys somehow win more

1041
00:53:27,960 --> 00:53:31,000
Speaker 2: one on one battles and it's close that you need

1042
00:53:31,120 --> 00:53:35,200
Speaker 2: perfection on every snap to be competitive, not just with Indiana,

1043
00:53:35,239 --> 00:53:37,960
Speaker 2: but any team like Indiana. We've seen Bama teams like this,

1044
00:53:38,200 --> 00:53:40,560
Speaker 2: We've seen LSU teams like this, We've seen Ohio State

1045
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:44,840
Speaker 2: teams like this, and Indiana just plays with that style

1046
00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:49,560
Speaker 2: and with that intensity where every single second and seven

1047
00:53:49,640 --> 00:53:53,520
Speaker 2: is the most important play ever to this Indiana defense, right.

1048
00:53:54,000 --> 00:53:58,680
Speaker 2: And so that's coaching, that's belief, you know, on the roster,

1049
00:53:59,200 --> 00:54:02,160
Speaker 2: and that is just an unbelievable amount of preparation and focus.

1050
00:54:02,239 --> 00:54:04,480
Speaker 2: And so they are well coached, they will, they execute

1051
00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:07,040
Speaker 2: super well, They have great They were without their best

1052
00:54:07,160 --> 00:54:09,680
Speaker 2: arguably their best defensive lineman, and they will be for

1053
00:54:09,719 --> 00:54:12,040
Speaker 2: the entirety of this playoff. And Stephen Day, who got

1054
00:54:12,239 --> 00:54:14,960
Speaker 2: injured against Ohio State, I think celebrating or whatever. It

1055
00:54:15,000 --> 00:54:18,000
Speaker 2: was a weird circumstance. Indiana's that team and I'm not.

1056
00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:22,960
Speaker 2: I truly am doing everything I can to avoid going

1057
00:54:23,040 --> 00:54:25,839
Speaker 2: the route of like, well, maybe Bama shouldn't have been there,

1058
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:28,120
Speaker 2: maybe they were exposed. Maybe this is who they've been,

1059
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:30,560
Speaker 2: like we saw it in the SEC championship game, and

1060
00:54:30,600 --> 00:54:33,000
Speaker 2: that's worthwhile, and that's where you know, part of my

1061
00:54:33,120 --> 00:54:37,759
Speaker 2: gut goes. But if they were a fraud, this is

1062
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:41,200
Speaker 2: what a legitimate team would do against that fraudulent team.

1063
00:54:41,360 --> 00:54:45,360
Speaker 2: So I don't take a single molecule away from Indiana,

1064
00:54:45,640 --> 00:54:48,400
Speaker 2: no matter what you think of Alabama and how legit

1065
00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:50,759
Speaker 2: or not they actually were this season.

1066
00:54:50,640 --> 00:54:52,880
Speaker 3: Well, And I think that's a really valid point, because

1067
00:54:52,960 --> 00:54:55,439
Speaker 3: you know, I mean, we we do our thing here,

1068
00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:57,560
Speaker 3: and part of why people tune is in is for

1069
00:54:57,640 --> 00:55:00,799
Speaker 3: us to be goofballs about these results, make fun of

1070
00:55:00,840 --> 00:55:04,760
Speaker 3: things whenever we can, and obviously we appreciate the chance

1071
00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:07,000
Speaker 3: to add a healthy layer of snark to most of

1072
00:55:07,000 --> 00:55:07,520
Speaker 3: what we saw.

1073
00:55:07,520 --> 00:55:10,640
Speaker 1: Hold on that'll that'll be the closing portion right now.

1074
00:55:10,840 --> 00:55:12,680
Speaker 3: We can get to that if we really want to,

1075
00:55:12,760 --> 00:55:15,960
Speaker 3: depending on how long this goes. But this was such

1076
00:55:15,960 --> 00:55:19,200
Speaker 3: a thorough ass kicking that I think it almost rises

1077
00:55:19,239 --> 00:55:21,719
Speaker 3: above that. You know, we can talk about whether or

1078
00:55:21,760 --> 00:55:24,680
Speaker 3: not Alabama should have been here, whether or not they

1079
00:55:24,760 --> 00:55:28,200
Speaker 3: deserved it, whether or not this exposed them, or Kaalin

1080
00:55:28,239 --> 00:55:30,839
Speaker 3: de boor or anything like that. I just think what

1081
00:55:30,880 --> 00:55:34,040
Speaker 3: we saw was a really good team on display, and

1082
00:55:34,120 --> 00:55:37,240
Speaker 3: I'm not so sure it mattered whether it was Alabama

1083
00:55:37,800 --> 00:55:41,080
Speaker 3: or Oregon or Notre Dame, if Notre Dame had made

1084
00:55:41,120 --> 00:55:44,680
Speaker 3: it in, or really anybody in this field thus far.

1085
00:55:45,520 --> 00:55:47,879
Speaker 3: This was about the most complete performance we have seen

1086
00:55:47,920 --> 00:55:49,520
Speaker 3: throughout the course of the playoff, and I don't think

1087
00:55:49,560 --> 00:55:50,839
Speaker 3: there's much argument about that.

1088
00:55:51,000 --> 00:55:53,320
Speaker 2: And by the way, they were one of those teams

1089
00:55:53,320 --> 00:55:55,160
Speaker 2: of the layoff. They were one of those teams of

1090
00:55:55,200 --> 00:55:58,680
Speaker 2: the first team, first team with the first round by

1091
00:55:59,080 --> 00:56:01,240
Speaker 2: in the two years now of the twelve team field

1092
00:56:01,480 --> 00:56:04,560
Speaker 2: to actually emerge victorious. The Russ bothered him for about

1093
00:56:04,760 --> 00:56:07,280
Speaker 2: one and a half drives, at which point Indiana flipped

1094
00:56:07,280 --> 00:56:09,560
Speaker 2: the switch, and then that was all she wrote. But

1095
00:56:09,600 --> 00:56:12,480
Speaker 2: by my broader point is just that I too, am

1096
00:56:12,560 --> 00:56:15,480
Speaker 2: fighting the urge to kind of go the rout of

1097
00:56:15,560 --> 00:56:18,480
Speaker 2: jokes because I think it is almost as a disservice

1098
00:56:18,560 --> 00:56:21,239
Speaker 2: to what Indiana did. And I almost don't even know

1099
00:56:21,239 --> 00:56:23,879
Speaker 2: if it says anything about Alabama based on how good

1100
00:56:23,960 --> 00:56:26,200
Speaker 2: and how affish in Indiana looked in this one. Well,

1101
00:56:26,200 --> 00:56:29,800
Speaker 2: here's what we know. Indiana dominated Alabama in every phase.

1102
00:56:30,520 --> 00:56:34,399
Speaker 2: Alabama not a significant amount of time into the game

1103
00:56:35,000 --> 00:56:38,440
Speaker 2: bench their starting quarterback, who was a legit Heisman threat

1104
00:56:38,560 --> 00:56:41,840
Speaker 2: two thirds of the way through the season that he

1105
00:56:41,880 --> 00:56:44,680
Speaker 2: was beat up too. To be clear, right, he had

1106
00:56:44,680 --> 00:56:46,239
Speaker 2: taken hits. I think he had gone to the tent.

1107
00:56:46,560 --> 00:56:48,839
Speaker 2: But Austin Mack was in at quarterback and wasn't all

1108
00:56:48,840 --> 00:56:50,759
Speaker 2: that much more successful. Had a nice throw I think

1109
00:56:50,800 --> 00:56:53,680
Speaker 2: to Jeremy Bernard down the right sideline, but otherwise was

1110
00:56:54,000 --> 00:56:56,520
Speaker 2: kept at bay. One of the things I said before

1111
00:56:56,560 --> 00:56:59,640
Speaker 2: we started, and it's just sort of an aside, was

1112
00:57:00,840 --> 00:57:04,200
Speaker 2: if we're all kind of agreeing that Nick Saban is

1113
00:57:04,520 --> 00:57:10,240
Speaker 2: one of like one in terms of college football analytical thinkers. Sure,

1114
00:57:10,560 --> 00:57:13,279
Speaker 2: and his entire job is looking at Indiana tape, looking

1115
00:57:13,280 --> 00:57:16,560
Speaker 2: at Alabama tape, and he came to the conclusion that yes,

1116
00:57:16,640 --> 00:57:19,160
Speaker 2: it's Alabama now obviously No, he is history with Bama

1117
00:57:19,200 --> 00:57:20,880
Speaker 2: and he worked, he has an office on campus and

1118
00:57:20,880 --> 00:57:24,120
Speaker 2: stuff like that. It's still weird that he would go

1119
00:57:24,160 --> 00:57:28,200
Speaker 2: on national TV nowhere of things and say, like, I

1120
00:57:28,320 --> 00:57:31,200
Speaker 2: like Bama, I hear have them lose by thirty thirty

1121
00:57:31,200 --> 00:57:33,480
Speaker 2: eight to three, but thirty five points. That was kind

1122
00:57:33,480 --> 00:57:35,280
Speaker 2: of funny to me that that clip was going around

1123
00:57:35,320 --> 00:57:37,600
Speaker 2: the picks after the fact. I don't know what to

1124
00:57:37,680 --> 00:57:40,320
Speaker 2: make of whatever you want to say about Alabama or

1125
00:57:40,320 --> 00:57:42,520
Speaker 2: the SEC or whatever. I just want to keep the

1126
00:57:42,520 --> 00:57:46,880
Speaker 2: focus on Indiana and their preparation. And one of the

1127
00:57:46,880 --> 00:57:49,320
Speaker 2: things that was striking to me, because I had an

1128
00:57:49,320 --> 00:57:51,880
Speaker 2: emotional interest in the organ game, was I am not

1129
00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:54,360
Speaker 2: a fan of Dante Moore running the ball, whether it's

1130
00:57:54,400 --> 00:57:57,080
Speaker 2: a called run, whether it's a scramble. I just his

1131
00:57:57,200 --> 00:57:59,600
Speaker 2: nose for the lane, his nose for open grass, his

1132
00:57:59,640 --> 00:58:02,360
Speaker 2: ability to get past the first down marker or whatever,

1133
00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:04,959
Speaker 2: get into field, will range with his legs, whatever the case.

1134
00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:08,160
Speaker 2: That's just not who he is as a quarterback. Fernando

1135
00:58:08,200 --> 00:58:12,320
Speaker 2: Mendoza navigating the pocket when nothing is there to find

1136
00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:14,560
Speaker 2: a lane to get eight yards on third and seven

1137
00:58:15,280 --> 00:58:18,040
Speaker 2: is I think the most underrated part of his game.

1138
00:58:18,120 --> 00:58:20,360
Speaker 2: Because you know, he's cerebral. You know he has the arm.

1139
00:58:20,360 --> 00:58:22,400
Speaker 2: You know he has the athleticism to buy himself time

1140
00:58:22,640 --> 00:58:25,080
Speaker 2: to scan downfield and make plays. You know, his ability

1141
00:58:25,120 --> 00:58:27,800
Speaker 2: to diagnose defenses before the snap. You know all of

1142
00:58:27,840 --> 00:58:30,240
Speaker 2: the obvious things that made him a Heisman winning quarterback.

1143
00:58:30,720 --> 00:58:33,680
Speaker 2: I just don't think we should neglect the fact that

1144
00:58:34,200 --> 00:58:36,840
Speaker 2: his legs and extending drives. I think they were like

1145
00:58:36,920 --> 00:58:39,040
Speaker 2: nine to fourteen on third down. They didn't even attempt

1146
00:58:39,080 --> 00:58:41,400
Speaker 2: a fourth down because why would they. I think his

1147
00:58:41,480 --> 00:58:43,840
Speaker 2: legs are just an underrated part. We talked about it

1148
00:58:43,880 --> 00:58:46,320
Speaker 2: a little bit in the preview in what Indiana might

1149
00:58:46,320 --> 00:58:48,760
Speaker 2: try to accomplish in the red zone, but it was

1150
00:58:48,800 --> 00:58:51,480
Speaker 2: to me, it was the when it's not there to

1151
00:58:51,600 --> 00:58:54,240
Speaker 2: make something out of nothing, to turn a possible sack

1152
00:58:54,280 --> 00:58:56,520
Speaker 2: into a four yard gain into a seven yard gain.

1153
00:58:56,600 --> 00:58:56,960
Speaker 1: Whatever.

1154
00:58:57,360 --> 00:59:02,680
Speaker 2: I just his his eye and his balance and his footwork.

1155
00:59:03,160 --> 00:59:05,520
Speaker 2: I think we're just you know, again, Heisman winner. This

1156
00:59:05,560 --> 00:59:08,800
Speaker 2: is nothing new, but against Alabama's front to navigate it

1157
00:59:08,880 --> 00:59:11,760
Speaker 2: like he did, it's just another feather in his cap.

1158
00:59:11,880 --> 00:59:14,440
Speaker 3: One of the more eye popping stats about Fernanda Mendoza.

1159
00:59:14,440 --> 00:59:18,080
Speaker 3: And we could talk about his completion percentage being somewhere

1160
00:59:18,560 --> 00:59:21,560
Speaker 3: seventy two percent only through a handful of interceptions all

1161
00:59:21,600 --> 00:59:24,640
Speaker 3: year over thirty touchdowns. I mean, all the numbers that

1162
00:59:24,720 --> 00:59:29,440
Speaker 3: people recognize on the quarterbacking front were there clearly to

1163
00:59:29,480 --> 00:59:32,800
Speaker 3: win the Heisman Trophy. But the idea of him being

1164
00:59:33,040 --> 00:59:35,720
Speaker 3: mobile in the pocket, even though as Kirk curve Street

1165
00:59:35,800 --> 00:59:38,320
Speaker 3: I think aptly put it on the broadcast, he does

1166
00:59:38,440 --> 00:59:41,280
Speaker 3: kind of run like a baby giraffe. If you look

1167
00:59:41,280 --> 00:59:44,439
Speaker 3: at what he did so far this season averaged over

1168
00:59:44,520 --> 00:59:48,840
Speaker 3: six and a half per carry and furthermore, about sixty

1169
00:59:48,920 --> 00:59:52,439
Speaker 3: nine percent of the time nice got to the first

1170
00:59:52,520 --> 00:59:55,720
Speaker 3: down chains when he was running the football. Right, Okay,

1171
00:59:56,120 --> 00:59:58,200
Speaker 3: so this isn't just running for the sake of running.

1172
00:59:58,240 --> 01:00:00,920
Speaker 3: This is often running with purpose, and more often than not,

1173
01:00:00,960 --> 01:00:03,080
Speaker 3: this is getting to the chains and extending a drive.

1174
01:00:03,560 --> 01:00:05,920
Speaker 3: So whether it is by hooker by crook, the guy

1175
01:00:06,000 --> 01:00:08,280
Speaker 3: is figuring out a way to get it done. Clearly,

1176
01:00:08,280 --> 01:00:11,040
Speaker 3: we know as a cerebral player he understands the defense

1177
01:00:11,280 --> 01:00:13,360
Speaker 3: and what they're trying to throw at him long before

1178
01:00:13,400 --> 01:00:16,200
Speaker 3: the game is even being played. But again he gets

1179
01:00:16,200 --> 01:00:19,480
Speaker 3: it done. He serves as a great engineer for this

1180
01:00:19,600 --> 01:00:23,240
Speaker 3: Kurt Signetti offense. And you cannot say enough good things

1181
01:00:23,280 --> 01:00:25,760
Speaker 3: about how they were able to a be physical at

1182
01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:28,880
Speaker 3: the line of scrimmage and then be beyond that be

1183
01:00:29,040 --> 01:00:34,120
Speaker 3: very efficient execute whenever they needed to, and really control

1184
01:00:34,160 --> 01:00:37,080
Speaker 3: the tempo and the tone of this game the full

1185
01:00:37,120 --> 01:00:40,480
Speaker 3: way through again save for maybe like two drives from

1186
01:00:40,480 --> 01:00:43,840
Speaker 3: the very beginning. That to me is super impressive and

1187
01:00:43,880 --> 01:00:45,720
Speaker 3: it's going to continue being impressed. And now as we

1188
01:00:45,760 --> 01:00:48,760
Speaker 3: go into this final four, where by the way, yes,

1189
01:00:49,120 --> 01:00:50,600
Speaker 3: Chick fil A Peach Bowl, we're going to have a

1190
01:00:50,640 --> 01:00:54,960
Speaker 3: rematch between the Indianda Hoosiers and your Oregon Ducks. What

1191
01:00:55,080 --> 01:00:57,880
Speaker 3: are your initial thoughts now as we're headed into a

1192
01:00:57,920 --> 01:00:59,640
Speaker 3: rematch a week from today.

1193
01:01:00,080 --> 01:01:03,840
Speaker 2: I favor Indiana, just my gut, right, now just when

1194
01:01:03,960 --> 01:01:07,120
Speaker 2: a team plays that well with that kind of layoff,

1195
01:01:07,120 --> 01:01:08,560
Speaker 2: and now that they're going to be more in a

1196
01:01:08,640 --> 01:01:12,040
Speaker 2: rhythm ahead of and you know, during their preparation for

1197
01:01:12,080 --> 01:01:14,800
Speaker 2: the Oregon game, and have now film on Oregon against

1198
01:01:14,840 --> 01:01:18,120
Speaker 2: Texas Tech and see what did and didn't work, And

1199
01:01:18,200 --> 01:01:20,800
Speaker 2: a lot didn't quite work for this Oregon offense, though

1200
01:01:20,800 --> 01:01:23,400
Speaker 2: there was still a good amount of success against Texas Tech.

1201
01:01:23,720 --> 01:01:26,560
Speaker 2: I favor Indiana just because of the execution and that

1202
01:01:26,560 --> 01:01:28,200
Speaker 2: they're so well coached and that they can win in

1203
01:01:28,200 --> 01:01:30,240
Speaker 2: a number of ways. And this was a game obviously

1204
01:01:30,280 --> 01:01:33,280
Speaker 2: in Eugene, and so you know, Oregon fans would be

1205
01:01:33,360 --> 01:01:35,520
Speaker 2: quick to point out that, like Dante Moore has improved,

1206
01:01:35,520 --> 01:01:37,960
Speaker 2: and Oregon has improved since then, and their defense just

1207
01:01:38,000 --> 01:01:41,880
Speaker 2: pitched a shutout, which Indiana's basically did as well. Indiana

1208
01:01:41,920 --> 01:01:45,160
Speaker 2: has improved since that game too. Everybody's allowed to the

1209
01:01:45,480 --> 01:01:48,640
Speaker 2: potential and the possibility to improve. So it's hard to

1210
01:01:48,680 --> 01:01:50,880
Speaker 2: look at Indiana when they go undefeated and say like, well,

1211
01:01:50,920 --> 01:01:53,120
Speaker 2: obviously they've improved. You just assume they've been this good

1212
01:01:53,120 --> 01:01:56,680
Speaker 2: this whole time. This is Fernando Mendoza's first year in

1213
01:01:56,720 --> 01:02:00,240
Speaker 2: this program, so he's picking up new things every week.

1214
01:02:00,280 --> 01:02:02,160
Speaker 2: This is Dante Moore's second year in the program, and

1215
01:02:02,200 --> 01:02:05,800
Speaker 2: he has improved in his first year starting. But I

1216
01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:10,360
Speaker 2: think I favor Indiana. It's on a neutral site. It's inside, right,

1217
01:02:10,360 --> 01:02:13,240
Speaker 2: it's in Atlanta, inside, so the elements won't play a

1218
01:02:13,360 --> 01:02:13,800
Speaker 2: role here.

1219
01:02:14,280 --> 01:02:14,680
Speaker 1: I don't know.

1220
01:02:14,880 --> 01:02:18,920
Speaker 2: I think Oregon is still prone to some weirdness that

1221
01:02:19,040 --> 01:02:22,640
Speaker 2: Indiana isn't. I think Oregon's defense can be incredible like

1222
01:02:22,680 --> 01:02:27,200
Speaker 2: it was today. Indiana's defense was basically incredible all season long.

1223
01:02:27,240 --> 01:02:29,360
Speaker 2: They didn't play in any shootouts or anything like that.

1224
01:02:29,400 --> 01:02:32,520
Speaker 2: Even their close calls against whatever Iowa Oregon and Penn

1225
01:02:32,600 --> 01:02:35,960
Speaker 2: State and Ohio State that they weren't winning thirty eight

1226
01:02:36,040 --> 01:02:41,480
Speaker 2: thirty five. So I just they don't make mistakes. No,

1227
01:02:41,680 --> 01:02:46,760
Speaker 2: Oregon sometimes occasionally makes mistakes. And so again, if Oregon's

1228
01:02:46,800 --> 01:02:48,920
Speaker 2: going to win that game, I think it's going to

1229
01:02:49,000 --> 01:02:51,240
Speaker 2: be a lot like that first matchup. Like maybe they

1230
01:02:51,280 --> 01:02:53,280
Speaker 2: get a pick six or a very tiny field like

1231
01:02:53,320 --> 01:02:57,200
Speaker 2: they did in that first matchup. But they're going to

1232
01:02:57,240 --> 01:03:00,680
Speaker 2: need to capitalize and basically play perfect offense, and they're

1233
01:03:00,720 --> 01:03:02,080
Speaker 2: going to have to do much more in those high

1234
01:03:02,120 --> 01:03:03,800
Speaker 2: leverage moments than what they were able to do against

1235
01:03:03,800 --> 01:03:07,040
Speaker 2: Texas Tech. So that's my initial read, and I just

1236
01:03:07,080 --> 01:03:09,320
Speaker 2: think you're asking more of Oregon in this moment to

1237
01:03:09,440 --> 01:03:11,840
Speaker 2: show more than they consistently showed on both sides of

1238
01:03:11,840 --> 01:03:15,400
Speaker 2: the ball, whereas you're just asking Indiana to, you know,

1239
01:03:15,480 --> 01:03:17,960
Speaker 2: play within like a standard deviation of what they normally do.

1240
01:03:18,560 --> 01:03:21,600
Speaker 3: The initial line at time of recording I am just

1241
01:03:21,600 --> 01:03:25,080
Speaker 3: seeing this come across now is Indiana minus four. This

1242
01:03:25,200 --> 01:03:29,520
Speaker 3: game is going to take place on Friday night, January ninth,

1243
01:03:29,920 --> 01:03:34,160
Speaker 3: at seven point thirty pm Eastern time. It is on ESPN.

1244
01:03:34,960 --> 01:03:38,280
Speaker 3: We will obviously be covering that one in great detail

1245
01:03:38,360 --> 01:03:42,400
Speaker 3: here in very short order. But in the meantime, the

1246
01:03:42,440 --> 01:03:46,040
Speaker 3: Indiana Hoosiers move to fourteen and oh, still the only

1247
01:03:46,080 --> 01:03:50,080
Speaker 3: undefeated team in FBS college football. They knock off the

1248
01:03:50,120 --> 01:03:54,840
Speaker 3: Alabama Crimson Tide. Alabama closes out its season eleven and four.

1249
01:03:54,880 --> 01:03:57,240
Speaker 3: It's going to be a very important offseason, I think

1250
01:03:57,240 --> 01:04:00,720
Speaker 3: for Kalin de Boor and the Alabama football to see

1251
01:04:00,760 --> 01:04:03,240
Speaker 3: what they do to try and shore things up and

1252
01:04:03,280 --> 01:04:05,360
Speaker 3: make sure that we don't have a repeat performance of

1253
01:04:05,440 --> 01:04:07,240
Speaker 3: this next year. Otherwise there's gonna be a lot of

1254
01:04:07,240 --> 01:04:09,200
Speaker 3: talk about Kaylen Debor and whether he's the right guy.

1255
01:04:09,440 --> 01:04:12,400
Speaker 2: Hold on, it's not there will be, there has been

1256
01:04:12,400 --> 01:04:15,440
Speaker 2: and will continue to be. By the way, I'm not

1257
01:04:15,440 --> 01:04:19,200
Speaker 2: saying it's funny. I'm not saying we should giggle about it,

1258
01:04:19,880 --> 01:04:24,240
Speaker 2: but it is interesting that Kaylen de Boer at least

1259
01:04:24,280 --> 01:04:28,320
Speaker 2: received information, even if it wasn't fully reciprocal, received no information,

1260
01:04:28,400 --> 01:04:32,160
Speaker 2: received interest from both Penn State and Michigan, and like

1261
01:04:32,360 --> 01:04:36,080
Speaker 2: issued a statement, I'm good, we love it here. We're

1262
01:04:36,120 --> 01:04:40,400
Speaker 2: working on a new deal that Alabama, if it hasn't

1263
01:04:40,440 --> 01:04:45,040
Speaker 2: happened yet or recently did happen, has to send the

1264
01:04:45,080 --> 01:04:48,760
Speaker 2: agent of Kaylen de Boor a PDF that indicates that

1265
01:04:48,800 --> 01:04:51,880
Speaker 2: he's getting a massive raise or some sort of substantial

1266
01:04:51,920 --> 01:04:55,000
Speaker 2: promises about nil or whatever based on the leverage he

1267
01:04:55,080 --> 01:04:59,720
Speaker 2: had with Penn State and Michigan Interest. Reportedly after losing

1268
01:04:59,720 --> 01:05:02,760
Speaker 2: the thirty eight to three that this is the moment

1269
01:05:02,880 --> 01:05:04,880
Speaker 2: in which we have to do everything we can to

1270
01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:07,600
Speaker 2: lock in Kaylen Debor. That's got to sting a little.

1271
01:05:07,680 --> 01:05:10,160
Speaker 3: All I'm saying is, if this happens again next year,

1272
01:05:10,640 --> 01:05:12,400
Speaker 3: it's going to be like the plot of Argo, where

1273
01:05:12,400 --> 01:05:14,560
Speaker 3: they got to sneak him out of there to make

1274
01:05:14,600 --> 01:05:16,880
Speaker 3: sure that he has not taken on any bodily harm

1275
01:05:16,960 --> 01:05:21,240
Speaker 3: because the natives will grow restless if this happens again. Dan,

1276
01:05:21,520 --> 01:05:23,040
Speaker 3: I mean Lane Kiffin will always listen.

1277
01:05:23,760 --> 01:05:24,360
Speaker 1: We know that.

1278
01:05:24,920 --> 01:05:27,959
Speaker 3: I credit Alabama for winning the game a week ago

1279
01:05:28,000 --> 01:05:32,000
Speaker 3: against Oklahoma. And despite the fact that there was on

1280
01:05:32,040 --> 01:05:35,040
Speaker 3: this show and many others out there and just go

1281
01:05:35,080 --> 01:05:38,320
Speaker 3: online and read what people had to say, everyone had

1282
01:05:38,360 --> 01:05:41,920
Speaker 3: an opinion on Alabama. They won that game in Norman

1283
01:05:42,280 --> 01:05:45,680
Speaker 3: at night, total Friday night, the eyes of the college

1284
01:05:45,720 --> 01:05:48,960
Speaker 3: football world upon them. They did capitalize on some breaks.

1285
01:05:49,000 --> 01:05:52,000
Speaker 3: They got some breaks this time around against Oklahoma. To

1286
01:05:52,080 --> 01:05:54,400
Speaker 3: their credit, they executed. They were able to win. They

1287
01:05:54,440 --> 01:05:56,919
Speaker 3: went on a thirty four to seven run to win

1288
01:05:56,960 --> 01:06:00,520
Speaker 3: that one. Going away, You cannot take that away from them. Okay,

1289
01:06:00,840 --> 01:06:03,560
Speaker 3: I credit them on that win. That was a tough spot.

1290
01:06:03,840 --> 01:06:06,480
Speaker 3: They got the job done. They met their match. And

1291
01:06:06,520 --> 01:06:08,200
Speaker 3: to be fair, there might be a bunch of teams

1292
01:06:08,240 --> 01:06:10,240
Speaker 3: that meet their match against a team like Indiana with

1293
01:06:10,280 --> 01:06:12,680
Speaker 3: the way that they're playing right now. So I'll do

1294
01:06:12,800 --> 01:06:16,439
Speaker 3: credit Tobama forgetting to this game. But as luck would

1295
01:06:16,440 --> 01:06:18,320
Speaker 3: have it, they ran into a buzzsaw and it just.

1296
01:06:18,280 --> 01:06:19,840
Speaker 1: So happens again.

1297
01:06:20,200 --> 01:06:23,400
Speaker 3: Go back to twenty twenty one, and tell a younger

1298
01:06:23,480 --> 01:06:26,080
Speaker 3: version of yourself that that buzzsaw would be the Indiana

1299
01:06:26,080 --> 01:06:28,040
Speaker 3: Hoosiers Man.

1300
01:06:28,240 --> 01:06:29,880
Speaker 1: What a world in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 2: By the way, if you want to do something funny,

1302
01:06:33,200 --> 01:06:38,960
Speaker 2: Nike dot Com has Alabama Playoff Mode T shirts twenty five.

1303
01:06:39,280 --> 01:06:42,040
Speaker 2: So if there are any Auburn fans watching with Alabama

1304
01:06:42,080 --> 01:06:44,480
Speaker 2: people in their family, it's about to be discounted.

1305
01:06:44,520 --> 01:06:44,880
Speaker 1: Folks.

1306
01:06:45,680 --> 01:06:47,640
Speaker 2: This forty dollars charge is about to come down to

1307
01:06:47,680 --> 01:06:51,960
Speaker 2: about eighteen maybe twelve. I sent it to Tie after

1308
01:06:52,040 --> 01:06:54,880
Speaker 2: what Notre Dame was in the Pinstrip Bowl, disappointingly for him.

1309
01:06:54,920 --> 01:06:58,480
Speaker 2: I guess it's always a worthwhile investment to send somebody

1310
01:06:58,640 --> 01:07:02,400
Speaker 2: a shirt that poor salt in their wound. It's funny

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01:07:02,440 --> 01:07:04,440
Speaker 2: to do to an Ohio State fan, It's funny to

1312
01:07:04,440 --> 01:07:06,360
Speaker 2: do to a text A and M fan. It might

1313
01:07:06,360 --> 01:07:08,480
Speaker 2: be funny to do an Oregon fan next week. But

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01:07:08,520 --> 01:07:13,400
Speaker 2: those shirts are gonna be discounted and that, by the way,

1315
01:07:13,480 --> 01:07:15,000
Speaker 2: this is something else I thought of this, and then

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01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:20,160
Speaker 2: we can finish whatever Indiana went. What was Indiana's record

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01:07:20,280 --> 01:07:23,280
Speaker 2: last season? They lost two games. So Indiana loses to

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01:07:23,320 --> 01:07:25,439
Speaker 2: Ohio State and it lose to Notre Dame last year

1319
01:07:25,480 --> 01:07:28,320
Speaker 2: and they finish whatever it is, I'll love it into

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01:07:29,040 --> 01:07:32,440
Speaker 2: They did that with Ohio's quarterback who also had like

1321
01:07:32,480 --> 01:07:35,680
Speaker 2: a torn acl so at a certain point, maybe before

1322
01:07:35,760 --> 01:07:38,080
Speaker 2: this season or early on this season, we saw Fernando

1323
01:07:38,160 --> 01:07:39,920
Speaker 2: Mendoza was going there and was going to be pretty good.

1324
01:07:39,960 --> 01:07:41,840
Speaker 2: It was like, well, if they did that with a

1325
01:07:42,240 --> 01:07:46,320
Speaker 2: mac quarterback with a semi shredded knee, they.

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01:07:46,200 --> 01:07:49,560
Speaker 1: Might be better with Bernando Mendoza. That's a my bad.

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01:07:50,000 --> 01:07:53,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's something I should have recognized in my own

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01:07:53,120 --> 01:07:55,360
Speaker 2: soul and I didn't. But yeah, there's a lot of

1329
01:07:55,360 --> 01:07:57,400
Speaker 2: in retrospect to be said about a lot of these

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01:07:57,400 --> 01:07:57,880
Speaker 2: teams right now.

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01:07:57,920 --> 01:08:01,040
Speaker 3: I do think that for those of us who have

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01:08:01,080 --> 01:08:04,400
Speaker 3: followed college football our entire lives, when you have a

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01:08:04,440 --> 01:08:08,880
Speaker 3: team like this in Indiana that has historically been a doormat,

1334
01:08:09,760 --> 01:08:12,960
Speaker 3: it is very difficult to bend your mind into the

1335
01:08:13,000 --> 01:08:17,839
Speaker 3: appropriate pretzel, to do those mental gymnastics to convince yourself

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01:08:17,880 --> 01:08:20,519
Speaker 3: that this is real. I know, I know, and that

1337
01:08:20,560 --> 01:08:23,280
Speaker 3: this isn't just a cute story. I think it was

1338
01:08:23,400 --> 01:08:25,320
Speaker 3: very easy to do that. Last year they lost the

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01:08:25,320 --> 01:08:26,360
Speaker 3: playoff game to Notre Dame.

1340
01:08:26,439 --> 01:08:27,040
Speaker 1: Is still very good.

1341
01:08:27,040 --> 01:08:30,800
Speaker 3: Team. I thought they acquitted themselves well, but the mere

1342
01:08:30,880 --> 01:08:33,840
Speaker 3: idea that they could follow that up with a better team.

1343
01:08:34,400 --> 01:08:38,800
Speaker 3: Even for us, this is all we do with all

1344
01:08:38,840 --> 01:08:41,679
Speaker 3: of the information at our fingertips and nothing but time

1345
01:08:41,680 --> 01:08:45,400
Speaker 3: to study these teams. It is still truly fighting against

1346
01:08:45,479 --> 01:08:48,680
Speaker 3: that stigma that I thought flew in my face. I

1347
01:08:48,720 --> 01:08:51,839
Speaker 3: had a hard time with it. I had Illinois over Indiana.

1348
01:08:51,880 --> 01:08:54,720
Speaker 3: I had Indiana like fifth in the Big Ten. So

1349
01:08:54,960 --> 01:08:57,719
Speaker 3: for sure not going to be making that mistake again.

1350
01:08:57,880 --> 01:09:00,439
Speaker 3: I think Kurt Signetti and what he is done in

1351
01:09:00,479 --> 01:09:03,519
Speaker 3: just two years now in Bloomington very much deserves the

1352
01:09:03,560 --> 01:09:06,160
Speaker 3: benefit of the doubt, regardless of how this season ends.

1353
01:09:06,600 --> 01:09:09,240
Speaker 3: And it's just about time that we recognize in this

1354
01:09:09,320 --> 01:09:13,000
Speaker 3: new world order of college football that stories like this

1355
01:09:13,160 --> 01:09:15,720
Speaker 3: are not only possible, but sustainable if you have the

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01:09:15,800 --> 01:09:18,080
Speaker 3: right guy in place and if you have the right

1357
01:09:18,120 --> 01:09:21,479
Speaker 3: infrastructure around the program. This is a wake up call

1358
01:09:21,560 --> 01:09:24,640
Speaker 3: for all of us who appreciate this sport, root for

1359
01:09:24,680 --> 01:09:29,080
Speaker 3: the underdog whenever we can and appreciate a good Cinderella story.

1360
01:09:29,400 --> 01:09:32,880
Speaker 3: Sometimes Cinderella turns into a juggernaut in the short span

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01:09:32,960 --> 01:09:35,800
Speaker 3: of one year, and kudos to them for doing it,

1362
01:09:35,920 --> 01:09:38,360
Speaker 3: because It is not anything any of us saw coming.

1363
01:09:38,720 --> 01:09:41,400
Speaker 3: And Kurt Signetty obviously deserves all the praise and all

1364
01:09:41,439 --> 01:09:42,680
Speaker 3: the money they want to throw at him.

1365
01:09:43,280 --> 01:09:45,360
Speaker 2: By the way, to answer your question of like, what

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01:09:45,400 --> 01:09:47,599
Speaker 2: would you have said in twenty twenty one if you

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01:09:47,640 --> 01:09:50,759
Speaker 2: were told that Indiana was going to just absolutely shellack

1368
01:09:50,840 --> 01:09:53,280
Speaker 2: Alabama in the College football Playoff?

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01:09:53,880 --> 01:09:55,200
Speaker 1: My first response.

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Speaker 2: Would have been what kind of assassin did Tom Allen become?

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01:10:01,200 --> 01:10:04,720
Speaker 2: What happened with Tom Allen that he was able to

1372
01:10:05,200 --> 01:10:08,559
Speaker 2: because in that time, you were like, look, Indiana's not great,

1373
01:10:08,560 --> 01:10:10,559
Speaker 2: but they're feisty, right, they go to Penn State, they

1374
01:10:10,560 --> 01:10:12,799
Speaker 2: throw you know, Michael Pennix is obviously a big talent,

1375
01:10:12,920 --> 01:10:15,559
Speaker 2: like you know, Kaylin de Borr offensive coordinator, did nice

1376
01:10:15,600 --> 01:10:16,040
Speaker 2: things for them.

1377
01:10:16,040 --> 01:10:17,880
Speaker 1: So you're just like, you're thinking to yourself, what.

1378
01:10:17,840 --> 01:10:21,840
Speaker 2: Did who did Tom Allen become? And obviously that was

1379
01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:25,320
Speaker 2: not to pass, but man, good for the Hoosiers.

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01:10:25,400 --> 01:10:27,040
Speaker 1: What can I say? So?

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01:10:27,080 --> 01:10:30,759
Speaker 3: The number one Indiana Hoosiers advance courtesy of a thirty

1382
01:10:30,800 --> 01:10:34,880
Speaker 3: eight to three drubbing of the Alabama Crimson Tide. They

1383
01:10:34,880 --> 01:10:37,760
Speaker 3: will play a rematch next week in the Chick fil

1384
01:10:37,800 --> 01:10:41,840
Speaker 3: A Peach Bowl against your Oregon Ducks, and last, but

1385
01:10:41,960 --> 01:10:47,960
Speaker 3: not least, there was the Sugar Bowl. Dan Rubinstein, This

1386
01:10:48,120 --> 01:10:53,880
Speaker 3: game was friggin' nuts. Thirty nine to thirty four was

1387
01:10:53,960 --> 01:10:57,799
Speaker 3: your final. It was a nail bier, It was a thriller.

1388
01:10:57,920 --> 01:11:01,280
Speaker 3: It had everything you could possibly one from a game

1389
01:11:01,320 --> 01:11:06,280
Speaker 3: of this magnitude. Ole Miss gets revenge on the Georgia Bulldogs.

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01:11:06,960 --> 01:11:11,160
Speaker 3: Thirty nine to thirty four again is your final. Wow,

1391
01:11:11,640 --> 01:11:14,880
Speaker 3: I am still catching my breath. I'd imagine McDonough and

1392
01:11:15,080 --> 01:11:18,400
Speaker 3: McElroy and the booth are doing exactly the same. I

1393
01:11:18,439 --> 01:11:21,639
Speaker 3: am getting text messages from friends. I am seeing Twitter

1394
01:11:21,680 --> 01:11:25,760
Speaker 3: go by like it's the friggin' Matrix. This was a

1395
01:11:26,040 --> 01:11:29,960
Speaker 3: baller way to close out the first day of the

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01:11:30,040 --> 01:11:31,920
Speaker 3: Year of Our Lord. Twenty twenty six, Dan.

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Speaker 1: Twenty twenty six. Yeah, absolutely incredible.

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01:11:35,120 --> 01:11:36,960
Speaker 2: I treated the end of this game like I was

1399
01:11:37,000 --> 01:11:39,680
Speaker 2: watching the final season of Breaking Bad. And I have

1400
01:11:39,760 --> 01:11:43,439
Speaker 2: no rooting interest in neither Georgia nor Ole Miss. And

1401
01:11:43,600 --> 01:11:46,680
Speaker 2: I was eating tortilla chips like my life depended on it.

1402
01:11:46,760 --> 01:11:49,879
Speaker 2: I was eating chocolates. I was just pacing around the room.

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01:11:50,120 --> 01:11:52,400
Speaker 2: This game took it all like Waltz back in New Mexico.

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01:11:53,360 --> 01:11:55,800
Speaker 2: It took it all out of me, and in the

1405
01:11:55,800 --> 01:11:58,200
Speaker 2: best possible way. I don't know how to describe the

1406
01:11:58,439 --> 01:12:02,400
Speaker 2: rhythms of this game at all, other than both of

1407
01:12:02,439 --> 01:12:06,480
Speaker 2: these teams road waves of fury. I guess you could say.

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01:12:07,240 --> 01:12:08,840
Speaker 3: That's a great way to put it.

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01:12:08,840 --> 01:12:09,240
Speaker 1: It was.

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01:12:09,560 --> 01:12:14,080
Speaker 2: I mean, look the mountain that. I wouldn't even say

1411
01:12:14,080 --> 01:12:16,560
Speaker 2: that ole Miss climbed a mountain to come back in

1412
01:12:16,600 --> 01:12:19,400
Speaker 2: this game, because the ole Miss defense did a reasonable

1413
01:12:19,479 --> 01:12:22,599
Speaker 2: job for a chunk of this game holding George's offense

1414
01:12:22,680 --> 01:12:26,680
Speaker 2: not down, but at least surviving for longer stretches. But

1415
01:12:26,680 --> 01:12:28,680
Speaker 2: Georgia had the scoop and score which pushed it to

1416
01:12:28,720 --> 01:12:30,439
Speaker 2: I want to say, twenty one to twelve right in

1417
01:12:30,479 --> 01:12:34,280
Speaker 2: that region, yep. And then in the second half Georgia

1418
01:12:34,320 --> 01:12:36,680
Speaker 2: went cold and ole Miss got hot all at the

1419
01:12:36,720 --> 01:12:41,040
Speaker 2: same time. What I took from this was every time

1420
01:12:41,439 --> 01:12:45,439
Speaker 2: Georgia needed some kind of burst, there was Nate Frasier,

1421
01:12:45,560 --> 01:12:50,040
Speaker 2: or there was Zachariah Branch and Gunner Stockton made plays.

1422
01:12:50,080 --> 01:12:52,840
Speaker 2: He wasn't huge with his legs. It was just two

1423
01:12:52,920 --> 01:12:55,880
Speaker 2: heavyweights wailing on each other the entire time. It wasn't

1424
01:12:55,880 --> 01:12:58,760
Speaker 2: nobody was dancing around, nobody was doing anything, and then

1425
01:12:58,840 --> 01:13:01,479
Speaker 2: when it comes down to it and Trinidad Chambliss is

1426
01:13:01,520 --> 01:13:04,679
Speaker 2: making play after play like for my money, the play

1427
01:13:04,720 --> 01:13:08,240
Speaker 2: where Trinidad Chambliss is scrambling and then in the last

1428
01:13:08,280 --> 01:13:12,639
Speaker 2: possible millisecond just sort of flicks the.

1429
01:13:12,520 --> 01:13:14,920
Speaker 1: Ball just floats it right, a little floater.

1430
01:13:15,360 --> 01:13:19,160
Speaker 2: But it was like the backhand like option like it.

1431
01:13:20,080 --> 01:13:22,640
Speaker 2: It was so perfect. And it's Kewon Lacy with a

1432
01:13:22,640 --> 01:13:25,320
Speaker 2: bump shoulder and the ole Miss players. I'm just like

1433
01:13:25,400 --> 01:13:27,599
Speaker 2: free It's free form jazz in the worst possible way

1434
01:13:27,640 --> 01:13:29,479
Speaker 2: is how I'm describing this game. But that's where my

1435
01:13:29,600 --> 01:13:32,639
Speaker 2: mind is, like there is a super ball bouncing around

1436
01:13:32,640 --> 01:13:35,880
Speaker 2: my brain right now thinking about this game and the

1437
01:13:35,920 --> 01:13:40,599
Speaker 2: speed on display. The kicking in this game, good and bad,

1438
01:13:40,760 --> 01:13:43,200
Speaker 2: was huge, especially for ole Miss early. It was huge

1439
01:13:43,240 --> 01:13:46,439
Speaker 2: in a good way. It felt chaotic in the best

1440
01:13:46,439 --> 01:13:49,680
Speaker 2: possible way. And I'm I'm glad it ended like it

1441
01:13:49,720 --> 01:13:52,439
Speaker 2: did because at least it didn't end with like a

1442
01:13:52,640 --> 01:13:57,400
Speaker 2: catastrophic error. It ended with ole Miss success. It really did.

1443
01:13:57,479 --> 01:14:02,320
Speaker 2: I mean again, this game was crazy. This game was crazy.

1444
01:14:02,920 --> 01:14:05,840
Speaker 3: Georgia kicked a field goal short field goal late after

1445
01:14:05,880 --> 01:14:09,519
Speaker 3: a nice defensive stand from old Miss that nodded the

1446
01:14:09,560 --> 01:14:13,080
Speaker 3: game up at thirty four. A piece ole miss gets

1447
01:14:13,120 --> 01:14:16,400
Speaker 3: the ball back on what was that a third down play,

1448
01:14:16,960 --> 01:14:20,880
Speaker 3: a beautiful throw from Trinidad shambals right over the top

1449
01:14:20,960 --> 01:14:23,960
Speaker 3: that got them deep into field goal territory. And then

1450
01:14:24,040 --> 01:14:28,600
Speaker 3: Lucas Carniro bang through a forty nine yarder, speaking of

1451
01:14:28,640 --> 01:14:32,880
Speaker 3: a mega leg that dude's got ambialitzer that made it

1452
01:14:32,920 --> 01:14:34,720
Speaker 3: thirty seven to thirty four. And then there were some

1453
01:14:34,840 --> 01:14:38,240
Speaker 3: hijinks at the end. Georgia trying to make something happen.

1454
01:14:38,720 --> 01:14:42,479
Speaker 3: On the ensuing kickoff, they try a backwards pass, a

1455
01:14:42,560 --> 01:14:45,559
Speaker 3: lateral that hits the pileon gets ruled the safety makes

1456
01:14:45,600 --> 01:14:48,639
Speaker 3: it thirty nine to thirty four. But because of when

1457
01:14:48,680 --> 01:14:50,960
Speaker 3: it occurred, there was one second left on the clock

1458
01:14:51,280 --> 01:14:54,519
Speaker 3: that gave Georgia an opportunity to not only attempt, but

1459
01:14:54,560 --> 01:14:58,280
Speaker 3: then recover an onside kick because the guy who recovered

1460
01:14:58,280 --> 01:14:59,080
Speaker 3: the on side.

1461
01:14:58,880 --> 01:14:59,799
Speaker 1: Kick was grounded.

1462
01:14:59,880 --> 01:15:02,559
Speaker 3: No no time ran off the clock that set up

1463
01:15:02,600 --> 01:15:05,800
Speaker 3: one final play. All sorts of crap is out on

1464
01:15:05,840 --> 01:15:10,360
Speaker 3: the field, confetti, ice, gatorade, whatever they threw on Pete

1465
01:15:10,400 --> 01:15:13,400
Speaker 3: Golding after they thought they won the game before a

1466
01:15:13,400 --> 01:15:16,400
Speaker 3: few minutes before, and then there was just sort of

1467
01:15:16,479 --> 01:15:20,679
Speaker 3: like a haze of back and forth lateral laying where

1468
01:15:21,000 --> 01:15:23,840
Speaker 3: I'm wondering, is this gonna be a Miami Duke situation

1469
01:15:23,960 --> 01:15:27,120
Speaker 3: where we have a crazy play perhaps the band on

1470
01:15:27,160 --> 01:15:30,400
Speaker 3: the field Cal Stanford, that does not come to fruition.

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01:15:31,080 --> 01:15:32,960
Speaker 1: Eventually Ole Miss gets the win. Here.

1472
01:15:33,280 --> 01:15:36,599
Speaker 3: I can only imagine the range of emotions you had

1473
01:15:36,640 --> 01:15:39,120
Speaker 3: if you were a fan of a team in this game.

1474
01:15:39,120 --> 01:15:41,120
Speaker 3: And I'll speak to it from the Old Miss side

1475
01:15:41,160 --> 01:15:44,840
Speaker 3: of things, because I was watching from that perspective, if

1476
01:15:44,840 --> 01:15:47,040
Speaker 3: only because you and I had Ole Miss in the points,

1477
01:15:47,160 --> 01:15:49,840
Speaker 3: I think you came damn near close to guessing the

1478
01:15:50,000 --> 01:15:51,200
Speaker 3: exact final store.

1479
01:15:51,680 --> 01:15:53,720
Speaker 2: I had them outright, I had the over I had

1480
01:15:53,720 --> 01:15:56,120
Speaker 2: it was like thirty eight, thirty five, thirty five, thirty three,

1481
01:15:56,240 --> 01:16:00,800
Speaker 2: something like that. And I guess I just I went

1482
01:16:00,840 --> 01:16:02,599
Speaker 2: four for four against the spread this weekend.

1483
01:16:02,720 --> 01:16:05,720
Speaker 3: I mean, because the way the game ended and the

1484
01:16:05,800 --> 01:16:07,920
Speaker 3: high that I'm sure Old Miss fans are on now

1485
01:16:08,000 --> 01:16:11,600
Speaker 3: as they go into the semi final against Miami, some

1486
01:16:11,760 --> 01:16:14,840
Speaker 3: of the early game stuff is probably going to be

1487
01:16:14,880 --> 01:16:17,719
Speaker 3: water under the bridge. But early on this was also

1488
01:16:17,760 --> 01:16:21,720
Speaker 3: a very frustrating watch for Old Miss fans because for

1489
01:16:21,800 --> 01:16:23,479
Speaker 3: a minute, there. I thought this was going to be

1490
01:16:23,520 --> 01:16:26,000
Speaker 3: death by a thousand cuts. There was the very big

1491
01:16:26,040 --> 01:16:29,120
Speaker 3: mistake which you mentioned towards the end of the first half.

1492
01:16:29,200 --> 01:16:32,200
Speaker 3: Kawan Lacy coughs it up that goes back for a

1493
01:16:32,200 --> 01:16:34,479
Speaker 3: scoop and score. Elijah Griffin runs it for like forty

1494
01:16:34,560 --> 01:16:37,000
Speaker 3: seven yards to make it twenty one to twelve. But

1495
01:16:37,080 --> 01:16:40,840
Speaker 3: beyond that, there were drop passes. Beyond that, there were mistackles.

1496
01:16:40,880 --> 01:16:43,519
Speaker 3: Beyond that, there were some of those gunner stocked in

1497
01:16:43,640 --> 01:16:46,800
Speaker 3: third down conversions that drive you baddy because it looks

1498
01:16:46,840 --> 01:16:49,439
Speaker 3: like you have them and then suddenly you don't. There

1499
01:16:49,479 --> 01:16:53,599
Speaker 3: was also a botch sequence which Greg McElroy rightfully brought

1500
01:16:53,680 --> 01:16:55,559
Speaker 3: up at the end of the game. We saw it

1501
01:16:55,600 --> 01:16:58,240
Speaker 3: at the end of the first half where instead of

1502
01:16:58,280 --> 01:17:01,439
Speaker 3: going out of bounds, they on Wright state in bounds.

1503
01:17:01,800 --> 01:17:04,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, it was weird, like it was very specifically cutting

1504
01:17:04,920 --> 01:17:06,120
Speaker 2: back inbounds as well.

1505
01:17:06,160 --> 01:17:07,559
Speaker 1: It was a conscious decision.

1506
01:17:07,680 --> 01:17:09,840
Speaker 3: I don't know if he didn't know where the clock

1507
01:17:10,000 --> 01:17:11,720
Speaker 3: was at or thought he could get to the first time.

1508
01:17:11,800 --> 01:17:13,920
Speaker 3: I don't know what was going on there, but they

1509
01:17:13,960 --> 01:17:17,200
Speaker 3: were out of timeouts that could have given them three points.

1510
01:17:17,240 --> 01:17:19,880
Speaker 3: With the way Carneiro was kicking. So there were a

1511
01:17:20,000 --> 01:17:23,479
Speaker 3: bunch of issues that took place earlier on in this

1512
01:17:23,560 --> 01:17:25,880
Speaker 3: game for Old Miss. I'm not going to say that

1513
01:17:25,960 --> 01:17:29,040
Speaker 3: they fully cleared up the deeper we got into this one,

1514
01:17:29,320 --> 01:17:32,920
Speaker 3: but certainly the way Trinidad Chambliss played down the stretch,

1515
01:17:33,000 --> 01:17:35,920
Speaker 3: I mean, he's not going to remember any of this.

1516
01:17:36,240 --> 01:17:39,559
Speaker 3: I wonder if he was even conscious down the stretch.

1517
01:17:39,640 --> 01:17:41,800
Speaker 3: With how he was playing, that was ridiculous.

1518
01:17:42,320 --> 01:17:44,360
Speaker 2: To be clear, he was great in the first matchup

1519
01:17:44,400 --> 01:17:47,040
Speaker 2: and then when ice cold and only offense went into

1520
01:17:47,040 --> 01:17:48,599
Speaker 2: a shell in the fourth quarter. He was one of

1521
01:17:48,600 --> 01:17:51,839
Speaker 2: ten in the fourth quarter in that first matchup in Athens,

1522
01:17:51,880 --> 01:17:54,280
Speaker 2: and so for him to light up and light up

1523
01:17:54,280 --> 01:17:56,200
Speaker 2: the Georgia defense like he was able to do, and

1524
01:17:56,240 --> 01:17:59,200
Speaker 2: he was rotating out. Obviously we talked about the improvising thing,

1525
01:17:59,680 --> 01:18:03,960
Speaker 2: but taking shots. This was not like screens with yards

1526
01:18:03,960 --> 01:18:07,599
Speaker 2: after the catch, yards after contact whatever. Taking shots, rolling

1527
01:18:07,600 --> 01:18:12,519
Speaker 2: out and hitting dudes in stride and on the biggest

1528
01:18:12,680 --> 01:18:15,559
Speaker 2: possible stage that Ole Miss has ever played in, at

1529
01:18:15,680 --> 01:18:18,240
Speaker 2: least in the modern era, and certainly the biggest stage

1530
01:18:18,240 --> 01:18:21,719
Speaker 2: he's ever played on. And Pete Golding in his second

1531
01:18:21,840 --> 01:18:24,680
Speaker 2: game as a head coach of Ole Miss, like so

1532
01:18:24,760 --> 01:18:25,639
Speaker 2: many different things.

1533
01:18:25,680 --> 01:18:26,960
Speaker 1: You have Trey Wallace.

1534
01:18:26,600 --> 01:18:29,840
Speaker 2: Transferring in this first year, making play after play, Dejen stribbling,

1535
01:18:30,080 --> 01:18:33,639
Speaker 2: Kewan Lacy right, So it's like kind of a patchwork situation,

1536
01:18:33,880 --> 01:18:36,280
Speaker 2: but everything is like pointed in the same direction in

1537
01:18:36,320 --> 01:18:39,360
Speaker 2: that fourth quarter that Ole Miss can basically do no wrong.

1538
01:18:39,600 --> 01:18:42,559
Speaker 2: And I, by the way, was Dalen Everett who it

1539
01:18:42,600 --> 01:18:44,720
Speaker 2: was Elijah Griffin who forced the fumble, Dalen Everett who

1540
01:18:44,800 --> 01:18:47,719
Speaker 2: ran the ball back right on the scoop and score

1541
01:18:47,960 --> 01:18:52,400
Speaker 2: to just be specific, but yeah, the field goal kicking

1542
01:18:52,600 --> 01:18:55,519
Speaker 2: that Georgia was able to come back. They go down

1543
01:18:55,600 --> 01:18:59,360
Speaker 2: ten with all of the momentum like just moving very

1544
01:18:59,439 --> 01:19:02,479
Speaker 2: dramatically towards Ole Miss to come back and get that.

1545
01:19:02,560 --> 01:19:04,479
Speaker 2: It was like a seventy seventy five yard drive to

1546
01:19:04,479 --> 01:19:06,800
Speaker 2: go down three, and then they get that field goal

1547
01:19:07,400 --> 01:19:09,599
Speaker 2: relatively close to tie it up, and so Ole Miss

1548
01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:11,640
Speaker 2: gets it back with under a minute. It's just like

1549
01:19:12,360 --> 01:19:14,759
Speaker 2: there's no fear with these dudes. I know you pulled

1550
01:19:14,760 --> 01:19:17,280
Speaker 2: this sound because Greg McLaury was talking about Trinidad Chambliss,

1551
01:19:17,320 --> 01:19:17,519
Speaker 2: you know.

1552
01:19:17,479 --> 01:19:21,439
Speaker 1: Hitting three after three fire there you go, yeah.

1553
01:19:20,960 --> 01:19:24,160
Speaker 2: And it's totally true. And there are plays where the

1554
01:19:24,280 --> 01:19:27,400
Speaker 2: Georgia offense looked like they couldn't be stopped. Once again,

1555
01:19:27,479 --> 01:19:30,519
Speaker 2: the speed from Nate Frasier, just the how hard he

1556
01:19:30,640 --> 01:19:34,759
Speaker 2: hit the lane time after time and getting Zachariah Branch

1557
01:19:34,760 --> 01:19:36,680
Speaker 2: in space, and then like you see a play that

1558
01:19:36,720 --> 01:19:39,400
Speaker 2: you think is going to ultimately like decide the game

1559
01:19:39,520 --> 01:19:41,600
Speaker 2: or at least end ole missus hopes to win this

1560
01:19:41,680 --> 01:19:44,840
Speaker 2: in regulation, when I want to say, Zion Branch just

1561
01:19:44,880 --> 01:19:47,360
Speaker 2: had a huge hit on an ole miss receiver and

1562
01:19:47,479 --> 01:19:49,120
Speaker 2: sort of knocked the wind out of him at least,

1563
01:19:49,400 --> 01:19:50,920
Speaker 2: and you're like, man, that might have been a game

1564
01:19:51,080 --> 01:19:55,200
Speaker 2: saving moment for Georgia, and ultimately it wasn't because Trinidad

1565
01:19:55,200 --> 01:20:00,439
Speaker 2: Shambless makes play after play an incredible narrative win for

1566
01:20:00,520 --> 01:20:05,360
Speaker 2: ole miss. It's hard to fully look at the defenses

1567
01:20:05,400 --> 01:20:08,760
Speaker 2: and say it was an incredible game, but both of

1568
01:20:08,760 --> 01:20:11,760
Speaker 2: these defenses made huge plays. Even though this game was,

1569
01:20:11,920 --> 01:20:14,439
Speaker 2: you know, thirty nine to thirty four, just ole Miss

1570
01:20:14,439 --> 01:20:16,479
Speaker 2: in on those fourth downs. The key four I was

1571
01:20:16,479 --> 01:20:19,160
Speaker 2: think fourth and two was Centaian Perkins off the edge.

1572
01:20:19,600 --> 01:20:21,679
Speaker 2: I think he forced fumble, but ultimately was fourth and two,

1573
01:20:21,720 --> 01:20:24,080
Speaker 2: so a second fumble. They were basically the same thing,

1574
01:20:24,400 --> 01:20:27,320
Speaker 2: but the huge plays, the high leverage moments for both

1575
01:20:27,320 --> 01:20:29,799
Speaker 2: of these teams from these defenses when they needed stops

1576
01:20:30,160 --> 01:20:34,880
Speaker 2: sometimes was incredible to behold. So an incredible game. And

1577
01:20:34,920 --> 01:20:38,479
Speaker 2: I you know what, after Oregon and twenty three to

1578
01:20:38,560 --> 01:20:41,240
Speaker 2: nothing and after thirty eight to three Indiana, after just

1579
01:20:41,320 --> 01:20:44,479
Speaker 2: these dominant Big Ten performances tied, don't pay attention to

1580
01:20:44,560 --> 01:20:47,640
Speaker 2: Ohio State game. It was nice to see it like

1581
01:20:47,680 --> 01:20:50,479
Speaker 2: a really fun back and forth, like an exciting you

1582
01:20:50,479 --> 01:20:51,960
Speaker 2: know one two from these teams.

1583
01:20:52,080 --> 01:20:54,519
Speaker 3: All the excitement that you wanted out of the first

1584
01:20:54,520 --> 01:20:57,400
Speaker 3: three games, we got all of it in the last

1585
01:20:57,439 --> 01:21:00,800
Speaker 3: game of the College Football Playoff Corner Final quarterfinals in

1586
01:21:00,840 --> 01:21:03,960
Speaker 3: the Sugar Bowl. I mean, this one really had it all.

1587
01:21:04,040 --> 01:21:07,280
Speaker 3: And this isn't even to mention some of the decisions.

1588
01:21:07,320 --> 01:21:10,160
Speaker 3: I know you just referenced it briefly in passing, but

1589
01:21:10,360 --> 01:21:12,840
Speaker 3: some of the decisions to go forward on fourth down

1590
01:21:13,160 --> 01:21:15,280
Speaker 3: Kirby smart find it got a little too close to

1591
01:21:15,320 --> 01:21:17,920
Speaker 3: the sun going for it fourth and two from his

1592
01:21:18,040 --> 01:21:20,920
Speaker 3: own thirty three yard line and not But that was it.

1593
01:21:21,040 --> 01:21:24,200
Speaker 2: That was sort of after calling a brilliant fake punt.

1594
01:21:24,640 --> 01:21:27,520
Speaker 2: It was like a Philly Special fake punt situation.

1595
01:21:28,280 --> 01:21:31,760
Speaker 3: The whip saw of emotion in this game, I think

1596
01:21:31,880 --> 01:21:34,040
Speaker 3: made up for the fact. And like we got some

1597
01:21:34,160 --> 01:21:37,200
Speaker 3: emails from people who are a little bit disappointed by

1598
01:21:37,200 --> 01:21:39,439
Speaker 3: the first round of games, the first couple of games

1599
01:21:39,479 --> 01:21:41,960
Speaker 3: that we saw, this one, in my opinion, made up

1600
01:21:41,960 --> 01:21:45,240
Speaker 3: for it in a really significant way. I Mean, this

1601
01:21:45,320 --> 01:21:47,720
Speaker 3: had everything that you won as a college football fan,

1602
01:21:48,000 --> 01:21:49,800
Speaker 3: and I find it hard to believe for people who

1603
01:21:49,800 --> 01:21:52,679
Speaker 3: stayed up to watch it that they weren't at least

1604
01:21:52,920 --> 01:21:56,840
Speaker 3: somewhat amused down the stretch. Because whether it's a big play,

1605
01:21:57,200 --> 01:22:01,760
Speaker 3: whether it's weird happenings, whether it's you know, just all

1606
01:22:01,760 --> 01:22:04,080
Speaker 3: the oddities that we come to know and love about

1607
01:22:04,080 --> 01:22:06,479
Speaker 3: this sport. We had a chance to see all of

1608
01:22:06,479 --> 01:22:08,679
Speaker 3: that in like the last fifteen minutes of gameplay.

1609
01:22:09,439 --> 01:22:11,639
Speaker 2: Yeah, and by the way, so this game was exciting

1610
01:22:11,760 --> 01:22:14,840
Speaker 2: basically from the jump. But weird decisions, great decisions, great

1611
01:22:14,880 --> 01:22:18,320
Speaker 2: plays back and forth, seemingly over comebacks, whatever.

1612
01:22:18,640 --> 01:22:18,960
Speaker 1: You see.

1613
01:22:18,960 --> 01:22:21,479
Speaker 2: What Joel Klatt tweeted out, he said he hated every

1614
01:22:21,520 --> 01:22:24,600
Speaker 2: second of this game. I'm just making that up. But

1615
01:22:24,800 --> 01:22:28,759
Speaker 2: you froze and you were like, wait that kind of tracks. Sorry,

1616
01:22:28,760 --> 01:22:30,880
Speaker 2: I'm making you cough. You're just getting off of an illness.

1617
01:22:30,880 --> 01:22:36,439
Speaker 2: I apologize, strangely, Belie continue, I did not notice either way. No,

1618
01:22:36,600 --> 01:22:39,840
Speaker 2: you're You're absolutely right the decision making. Look, you're on

1619
01:22:39,880 --> 01:22:44,320
Speaker 2: a stage like this, I honestly the coaching by and large. Look,

1620
01:22:44,439 --> 01:22:46,720
Speaker 2: I know it's Charlie West Junior calling this offense all

1621
01:22:46,760 --> 01:22:49,599
Speaker 2: season long. Called a great game Tonight obviously put Trinidad

1622
01:22:49,680 --> 01:22:52,160
Speaker 2: Chambliss and Keiwan Lacey in a great.

1623
01:22:51,960 --> 01:22:52,879
Speaker 1: Position to succeed.

1624
01:22:53,160 --> 01:22:56,000
Speaker 2: But this is still Pete Golding's second game. Yeah, on

1625
01:22:56,040 --> 01:22:58,639
Speaker 2: this stage, you know, given everything that has happened behind

1626
01:22:58,640 --> 01:23:00,519
Speaker 2: the scenes, or not really behind the scene, in front

1627
01:23:00,520 --> 01:23:03,320
Speaker 2: of the scenes with Ole Miss and Lane Kiffin and

1628
01:23:03,360 --> 01:23:06,560
Speaker 2: everything who apparently wanted to appear in the booth reportedly,

1629
01:23:06,600 --> 01:23:07,400
Speaker 2: I don't know if you saw that.

1630
01:23:07,600 --> 01:23:09,599
Speaker 3: Of course he does. Of course he does. That's Lane

1631
01:23:09,600 --> 01:23:09,920
Speaker 3: for hey.

1632
01:23:09,960 --> 01:23:13,439
Speaker 2: So if you guys are interested, I'm around games in state.

1633
01:23:13,520 --> 01:23:16,120
Speaker 2: It's not that far from Baton Rouge, New Orleans, So

1634
01:23:16,400 --> 01:23:18,920
Speaker 2: I don't know if you might do it also next week,

1635
01:23:18,960 --> 01:23:21,840
Speaker 2: Who the hell knows that's true?

1636
01:23:22,240 --> 01:23:23,800
Speaker 1: This was I lost my train of thought.

1637
01:23:23,880 --> 01:23:27,120
Speaker 2: Oh Ole Miss and Pete Golding like just very cool

1638
01:23:27,200 --> 01:23:28,559
Speaker 2: to be thrust into this.

1639
01:23:28,560 --> 01:23:31,480
Speaker 1: And that was a key word here right on the thrust.

1640
01:23:31,360 --> 01:23:35,280
Speaker 3: We were talking about thrust on targeting calls and whatnot. Yeah,

1641
01:23:35,439 --> 01:23:37,400
Speaker 3: we saw thrusting in this game as well.

1642
01:23:37,840 --> 01:23:40,360
Speaker 2: But just such an unusual circumstance for Pete Golding and

1643
01:23:40,400 --> 01:23:43,200
Speaker 2: Ole Miss given everything and to come away beating Georgia

1644
01:23:43,240 --> 01:23:45,400
Speaker 2: in a revenge spot. Tough to beat a team twice,

1645
01:23:46,360 --> 01:23:49,400
Speaker 2: a good team twice in the same year, and this

1646
01:23:49,400 --> 01:23:50,559
Speaker 2: this cemented that as well.

1647
01:23:51,160 --> 01:23:52,960
Speaker 3: Let me call out one other thing and then I

1648
01:23:53,000 --> 01:23:55,360
Speaker 3: do want to look a little bit forward at the

1649
01:23:55,400 --> 01:23:57,600
Speaker 3: next matchup for Old Miss, because I think that's going

1650
01:23:57,680 --> 01:23:59,840
Speaker 3: to be really interesting on a number of different fronts.

1651
01:24:00,000 --> 01:24:03,519
Speaker 3: But Georgia, with how they improved throughout the course of

1652
01:24:03,520 --> 01:24:05,840
Speaker 3: the year, with some of the strides we saw Gunner

1653
01:24:05,920 --> 01:24:09,679
Speaker 3: Stockton make down the stretch, with how they still ran

1654
01:24:09,720 --> 01:24:13,360
Speaker 3: the ball rather effectively, and still with all of that,

1655
01:24:13,520 --> 01:24:16,040
Speaker 3: they found a way to lose this game. That to

1656
01:24:16,080 --> 01:24:17,400
Speaker 3: me is very surprising.

1657
01:24:17,680 --> 01:24:18,360
Speaker 1: The fact that.

1658
01:24:18,320 --> 01:24:22,840
Speaker 3: Pete Golding later in this game, is it fair to

1659
01:24:22,840 --> 01:24:26,479
Speaker 3: say he out coached Kirby. He didn't not out coach Kirby.

1660
01:24:27,439 --> 01:24:29,160
Speaker 3: I just thought some of the ways that this thing

1661
01:24:29,200 --> 01:24:32,080
Speaker 3: went down were really really surprising. On the Georgia side.

1662
01:24:32,200 --> 01:24:35,040
Speaker 2: I mean yes and no, I mean this was a

1663
01:24:35,080 --> 01:24:37,760
Speaker 2: back and forth affair the first time they played it was.

1664
01:24:38,000 --> 01:24:40,040
Speaker 2: But here's the thing, right, if they happened to lose

1665
01:24:40,040 --> 01:24:42,200
Speaker 2: it this way, it was back and forth the first

1666
01:24:42,200 --> 01:24:42,839
Speaker 2: time around.

1667
01:24:43,200 --> 01:24:48,040
Speaker 3: But you brought this up earlier. How second half they

1668
01:24:48,080 --> 01:24:52,320
Speaker 3: locked Trinidad Chambliss down. They started changing up their coverage. Yeah,

1669
01:24:52,360 --> 01:24:55,280
Speaker 3: and suddenly Trinidad Chamblis couldn't do a whole lot against them.

1670
01:24:55,680 --> 01:24:59,960
Speaker 3: So either all mislearned from that, or Trinidad Chamblass got hot,

1671
01:25:00,360 --> 01:25:03,639
Speaker 3: or some combination of those two things. But either way,

1672
01:25:04,400 --> 01:25:06,800
Speaker 3: Georgia is usually really good at making those in game

1673
01:25:06,800 --> 01:25:10,320
Speaker 3: adjustments to stop a guy going on a run like that,

1674
01:25:10,800 --> 01:25:12,800
Speaker 3: and this was an instance where we did not see

1675
01:25:12,800 --> 01:25:15,200
Speaker 3: that happen on maybe the biggest stage that George has

1676
01:25:15,240 --> 01:25:17,479
Speaker 3: been on all year. And so to that end, I

1677
01:25:17,560 --> 01:25:20,400
Speaker 3: was quite surprised that this game took the turn that

1678
01:25:20,439 --> 01:25:23,120
Speaker 3: it did, not that Old Miss would be close, because

1679
01:25:23,120 --> 01:25:25,719
Speaker 3: we both expected it to be close. But the manner

1680
01:25:25,720 --> 01:25:29,360
Speaker 3: in which this unfolded particularly is Trinidad Chambliss got hot

1681
01:25:29,560 --> 01:25:32,160
Speaker 3: and Georgia seemingly did not have an answer because when

1682
01:25:32,200 --> 01:25:34,840
Speaker 3: he got the ball on that final drive. Was there

1683
01:25:34,880 --> 01:25:37,519
Speaker 3: anybody who watched that game who didn't feel like Trinidad

1684
01:25:37,560 --> 01:25:40,120
Speaker 3: Chambliss was going to engineer some kind of magic. He

1685
01:25:40,200 --> 01:25:42,920
Speaker 3: had all the momentum. He was thirteen for thirteen, like

1686
01:25:43,120 --> 01:25:46,880
Speaker 3: five minutes prior. So for me to see the way

1687
01:25:46,880 --> 01:25:49,280
Speaker 3: that he was going off and continue to go off

1688
01:25:49,320 --> 01:25:53,080
Speaker 3: and crunch time, I don't know. That to me caught

1689
01:25:53,080 --> 01:25:53,880
Speaker 3: me a bit off guard.

1690
01:25:55,200 --> 01:25:58,360
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you, and look even to underscore your

1691
01:25:58,400 --> 01:26:00,680
Speaker 2: point further. Even though this was a back and forth game,

1692
01:26:00,680 --> 01:26:03,479
Speaker 2: a higher scoring game. The first time they played the

1693
01:26:03,600 --> 01:26:08,280
Speaker 2: last three opponents that Georgia did play with good offenses Texas,

1694
01:26:08,320 --> 01:26:11,439
Speaker 2: Georgia Tech, and Alabama, they held to ten, nine and

1695
01:26:11,520 --> 01:26:16,360
Speaker 2: seven points respectively. So whatever you think about those three

1696
01:26:16,360 --> 01:26:19,960
Speaker 2: offenses at their best, those are good offenses at their best,

1697
01:26:20,120 --> 01:26:22,519
Speaker 2: and Georgia held each of them down and.

1698
01:26:23,040 --> 01:26:24,680
Speaker 1: It just didn't seem.

1699
01:26:24,400 --> 01:26:26,439
Speaker 2: To bother ole miss. Now there is a layoff factor.

1700
01:26:26,439 --> 01:26:29,400
Speaker 2: But once again, Georgia was up twenty one to twelve

1701
01:26:29,439 --> 01:26:32,120
Speaker 2: at halftime. So this wasn't a situation like Ohio State

1702
01:26:32,280 --> 01:26:35,840
Speaker 2: last night where they just couldn't get things going on

1703
01:26:35,960 --> 01:26:41,240
Speaker 2: offense and it looked like they were just off. This

1704
01:26:41,439 --> 01:26:45,240
Speaker 2: was just a master work performance from ole Miss to

1705
01:26:46,000 --> 01:26:49,240
Speaker 2: whether the body blows from Georgia to weather the speed

1706
01:26:49,600 --> 01:26:51,559
Speaker 2: to whether by the way, I don't know how you

1707
01:26:51,600 --> 01:26:53,439
Speaker 2: feel about this, and maybe if I go back and

1708
01:26:53,439 --> 01:26:56,439
Speaker 2: rewatch it, I'll feel differently. I thought ole Miss got

1709
01:26:56,520 --> 01:27:00,280
Speaker 2: kind of a ticki tac defensive like a pi there

1710
01:27:00,360 --> 01:27:02,600
Speaker 2: late when Georgia took a shot up the left sideline.

1711
01:27:02,680 --> 01:27:05,080
Speaker 2: I also kind of thought Zachariah Branch pushed off on

1712
01:27:05,120 --> 01:27:08,040
Speaker 2: that touchdown catch late, not called I don't know, I'll

1713
01:27:08,080 --> 01:27:10,680
Speaker 2: go back and rewatch in the moment there was the

1714
01:27:10,720 --> 01:27:15,440
Speaker 2: misface mask. So I just I think ole Miss absorbed

1715
01:27:15,520 --> 01:27:18,080
Speaker 2: a good amount in this game and still was able

1716
01:27:18,120 --> 01:27:21,040
Speaker 2: to weather everything and win. And just I don't know,

1717
01:27:21,240 --> 01:27:23,320
Speaker 2: I can't say enough good things about that performance. And

1718
01:27:23,360 --> 01:27:24,599
Speaker 2: the helmets looked great, right, the.

1719
01:27:24,560 --> 01:27:27,040
Speaker 3: Helmets were pretty cool. Yeah, Yeah, that was pretty neat.

1720
01:27:27,080 --> 01:27:30,320
Speaker 3: I mean, this was a prize fight through and through.

1721
01:27:30,560 --> 01:27:34,840
Speaker 3: Both teams took a bunch of shots. Ole Miss emerges

1722
01:27:34,960 --> 01:27:37,800
Speaker 3: victorious by a thirty nine to thirty four score, which

1723
01:27:37,880 --> 01:27:44,040
Speaker 3: means that your Verbo Fiesta Bowl next Thursday is going

1724
01:27:44,080 --> 01:27:47,280
Speaker 3: to be ole Miss, the sixth seed in this tournament

1725
01:27:47,880 --> 01:27:51,719
Speaker 3: against the Miami Hurricanes, perhaps the last team in the tournament,

1726
01:27:52,120 --> 01:27:55,280
Speaker 3: the number ten. Right now at time of recording, Miami

1727
01:27:55,439 --> 01:27:58,120
Speaker 3: is opening up at about a three point favorite. That

1728
01:27:58,200 --> 01:28:00,439
Speaker 3: line is moving around a little bit. Will if it

1729
01:28:00,520 --> 01:28:05,320
Speaker 3: moves much more. But that to me is a matchup

1730
01:28:05,360 --> 01:28:07,479
Speaker 3: I need to think a lot more about. I know

1731
01:28:07,520 --> 01:28:09,439
Speaker 3: we're going to do our preview here in the next

1732
01:28:09,439 --> 01:28:11,080
Speaker 3: few days and we're going to have some time to

1733
01:28:11,080 --> 01:28:14,479
Speaker 3: think about it. But the athleticism that I think we

1734
01:28:14,560 --> 01:28:16,320
Speaker 3: saw on display from ole Miss, so we've seen all

1735
01:28:16,400 --> 01:28:20,519
Speaker 3: year from Ole Miss, the athleticism we see from Miami,

1736
01:28:20,680 --> 01:28:23,680
Speaker 3: if only on their defensive front, Like there are going

1737
01:28:23,760 --> 01:28:26,000
Speaker 3: to be so many athletes out there on the field,

1738
01:28:26,640 --> 01:28:30,479
Speaker 3: a lot of speed, a lot of violent hitting on display.

1739
01:28:30,840 --> 01:28:34,799
Speaker 3: That to me features some of the most exciting players

1740
01:28:34,840 --> 01:28:37,120
Speaker 3: in all of college football. And I think that's going

1741
01:28:37,200 --> 01:28:39,280
Speaker 3: to be a hell of a matchup. Say what you

1742
01:28:39,320 --> 01:28:44,479
Speaker 3: want about in Indiana Oregon rematch, but Ole Miss Miami

1743
01:28:44,520 --> 01:28:46,880
Speaker 3: playing for the first time this year, that to me

1744
01:28:47,040 --> 01:28:48,519
Speaker 3: is going to be a hell of a fight that

1745
01:28:48,560 --> 01:28:51,280
Speaker 3: I'm real, real excited about. And frankly, like I said,

1746
01:28:51,360 --> 01:28:53,960
Speaker 3: I need more time to dissect how I feel about it.

1747
01:28:54,560 --> 01:28:57,439
Speaker 2: Yeah, By the way common opponent. Both beat Florida. So

1748
01:28:57,520 --> 01:29:00,960
Speaker 2: congratulations to the Gators for their place the college football

1749
01:29:00,960 --> 01:29:02,000
Speaker 2: playoff conversation.

1750
01:29:02,920 --> 01:29:04,799
Speaker 1: Yeah, that's going to be a great matchup.

1751
01:29:04,840 --> 01:29:07,439
Speaker 2: I can't wait, just because you know the speed of

1752
01:29:07,479 --> 01:29:11,439
Speaker 2: ole Miss and the both the speed and power of

1753
01:29:11,920 --> 01:29:14,000
Speaker 2: Miami with what they were able to do against both

1754
01:29:14,040 --> 01:29:16,479
Speaker 2: Ohio State and Texas A and m Miami by the way,

1755
01:29:16,520 --> 01:29:21,120
Speaker 2: So it's Miami flying and playing in college station, flying

1756
01:29:21,160 --> 01:29:24,599
Speaker 2: home to practice, flying back to play in what North

1757
01:29:24,640 --> 01:29:27,799
Speaker 2: Texas or whatever in Jerry World, flying back to practice,

1758
01:29:27,840 --> 01:29:30,840
Speaker 2: and then flying to Phoenix Glendale.

1759
01:29:31,120 --> 01:29:33,840
Speaker 1: Right, it's hefty. It's hefty travel.

1760
01:29:33,840 --> 01:29:36,160
Speaker 2: I don't think it'll affect Miami in the slightest just

1761
01:29:36,200 --> 01:29:38,880
Speaker 2: because they're well coached and have been well prepared. But

1762
01:29:38,920 --> 01:29:41,439
Speaker 2: that's you know, that's college football playoff. It's a hefty ask.

1763
01:29:42,160 --> 01:29:46,360
Speaker 3: So that's it, Dan, We've got our Final four again.

1764
01:29:46,560 --> 01:29:48,760
Speaker 3: It is going to be your Oregon Ducks in a

1765
01:29:48,800 --> 01:29:50,880
Speaker 3: rematch against the Indiana Hoosiers.

1766
01:29:50,880 --> 01:29:52,640
Speaker 1: It's going to be ole Miss.

1767
01:29:52,439 --> 01:29:56,640
Speaker 3: Against Miami, and perhaps the more interesting of the two matchups,

1768
01:29:56,680 --> 01:29:59,840
Speaker 3: at least the newer of the two matchups. Those games

1769
01:30:00,040 --> 01:30:03,519
Speaker 3: going to take place next Thursday and Friday, January eighth

1770
01:30:03,560 --> 01:30:06,960
Speaker 3: and ninth, first in the Fiesta Bowl, next at the

1771
01:30:07,040 --> 01:30:09,320
Speaker 3: Chick fil A Peach Bowl. Of course, the winner moves

1772
01:30:09,360 --> 01:30:12,240
Speaker 3: on for the National Championship game, which is going to

1773
01:30:12,240 --> 01:30:15,040
Speaker 3: be played in hard Rock Stadium down there in Miami.

1774
01:30:15,080 --> 01:30:18,160
Speaker 3: The possibility does exist that Miami could have a home

1775
01:30:18,200 --> 01:30:22,120
Speaker 3: game in the National Championship, which'll be crazy if that

1776
01:30:22,240 --> 01:30:24,920
Speaker 3: ended up happening. But one step at a time. If

1777
01:30:24,920 --> 01:30:27,760
Speaker 3: you're a Miami Hurricanes fan out there, there's a lot

1778
01:30:27,800 --> 01:30:29,080
Speaker 3: of football left to be played.

1779
01:30:29,520 --> 01:30:33,880
Speaker 2: There is the narratives involved. By the way, it's a

1780
01:30:33,960 --> 01:30:38,080
Speaker 2: pretty great narrative Final four right that, like Mario Christibaal

1781
01:30:38,120 --> 01:30:40,000
Speaker 2: can't break through. We're not even sure if Miami is

1782
01:30:40,000 --> 01:30:42,560
Speaker 2: going to make the playoff after all the rankings shenanigans

1783
01:30:42,600 --> 01:30:45,400
Speaker 2: from the committee this season. They make it in Notre

1784
01:30:45,479 --> 01:30:47,760
Speaker 2: Dame is not in. I don't know if you had

1785
01:30:47,800 --> 01:30:50,200
Speaker 2: seen that news update. No, they did not make it.

1786
01:30:50,640 --> 01:30:53,160
Speaker 3: I'm going to make a note to Google that at please.

1787
01:30:52,960 --> 01:30:57,720
Speaker 2: Do please do, of course, bing whatever you need. And yeah,

1788
01:30:57,760 --> 01:31:02,080
Speaker 2: Miami breaking through not winning the ACC obviously can't have both,

1789
01:31:02,280 --> 01:31:04,640
Speaker 2: but like you'll always take this, of course, Miami and

1790
01:31:04,720 --> 01:31:07,960
Speaker 2: in position to play for a national championship, and then

1791
01:31:07,960 --> 01:31:11,519
Speaker 2: Ole Miss without Lane Kiffen. But somehow, I guess getting

1792
01:31:11,560 --> 01:31:13,320
Speaker 2: a little bit better, just as it relates to how

1793
01:31:13,320 --> 01:31:16,519
Speaker 2: they match up against Georgia and they get Miami in

1794
01:31:16,640 --> 01:31:19,599
Speaker 2: what should be a very exciting game in Arizona, and

1795
01:31:19,640 --> 01:31:23,679
Speaker 2: then we get a rematch with Oregon Indiana. Obviously, the

1796
01:31:23,680 --> 01:31:27,559
Speaker 2: Indiana story sells itself that Kurt Signetti is so good

1797
01:31:27,640 --> 01:31:31,240
Speaker 2: that he can just will his team through layoff rustiness.

1798
01:31:31,920 --> 01:31:34,760
Speaker 2: It's I mean, it's not just Kurt Signetti. Obviously, it's

1799
01:31:34,760 --> 01:31:38,479
Speaker 2: a coaching staff, it's a roster, but he's that lone exception.

1800
01:31:38,960 --> 01:31:44,240
Speaker 2: And then Dan Lanning the last two years has needed

1801
01:31:44,320 --> 01:31:49,160
Speaker 2: Oregon to win a rematch in order to have national

1802
01:31:49,240 --> 01:31:53,960
Speaker 2: championship hopes against a team in their conference. Right, so

1803
01:31:54,040 --> 01:31:56,559
Speaker 2: they needed the Washington rematch a couple of years ago

1804
01:31:56,840 --> 01:32:00,000
Speaker 2: in the Pac twelve championship game after losing at Washington

1805
01:32:00,080 --> 01:32:03,320
Speaker 2: and earlier in the season couldn't win the rematch, beat

1806
01:32:03,360 --> 01:32:06,880
Speaker 2: Ohio State. Last season, couldn't beat Ohio State in the rematch,

1807
01:32:07,520 --> 01:32:11,880
Speaker 2: lost to Indiana, which I feel great about now right

1808
01:32:11,920 --> 01:32:15,720
Speaker 2: that they only lost by ten, They were tied in

1809
01:32:15,760 --> 01:32:17,679
Speaker 2: the fourth quarter. Game was at home, so that makes

1810
01:32:17,680 --> 01:32:19,680
Speaker 2: it a little bit better for Oregon. So you have

1811
01:32:19,720 --> 01:32:22,360
Speaker 2: a rematch for Oregon as Dan Lanning tries to help

1812
01:32:22,360 --> 01:32:25,640
Speaker 2: Oregon win its first national championship. Indiana obviously looking for

1813
01:32:25,800 --> 01:32:30,320
Speaker 2: its first modern national championship. There's a lot of play here,

1814
01:32:30,320 --> 01:32:31,880
Speaker 2: and then you could have Oregon Miami, right, you could

1815
01:32:31,880 --> 01:32:35,639
Speaker 2: have Mario Christabaul against his old team. You could have

1816
01:32:35,800 --> 01:32:39,040
Speaker 2: Kurt Signetti and Indiana in the National Championship either against

1817
01:32:39,040 --> 01:32:40,040
Speaker 2: Ole Miss or Miami.

1818
01:32:40,120 --> 01:32:42,120
Speaker 3: I mean, it really doesn't matter to if you got

1819
01:32:42,120 --> 01:32:45,840
Speaker 3: Indiana in the Jational Championship. Isn't new, It's just there's

1820
01:32:45,880 --> 01:32:48,439
Speaker 3: a lot of new here. I mean, these are four

1821
01:32:48,720 --> 01:32:52,599
Speaker 3: first time semi final teams. You've only had the twelve

1822
01:32:52,640 --> 01:32:54,559
Speaker 3: team fields to your.

1823
01:32:54,400 --> 01:32:57,519
Speaker 2: Oregon has made the National Championship in the four team air,

1824
01:32:57,560 --> 01:33:00,400
Speaker 2: that's correct, so they've won a semi final, but that

1825
01:33:00,600 --> 01:33:04,000
Speaker 2: was the only early round game in that format.

1826
01:33:04,320 --> 01:33:07,479
Speaker 3: But I think what we're seeing with Miami getting in

1827
01:33:07,520 --> 01:33:09,519
Speaker 3: is an at large. What we're seeing is Oregon and

1828
01:33:09,600 --> 01:33:12,160
Speaker 3: Old Miss getting in is an at large. Obviously, Indiana

1829
01:33:12,640 --> 01:33:15,800
Speaker 3: won its conference, but part of why they wanted to

1830
01:33:15,840 --> 01:33:18,280
Speaker 3: expand this field part of the draw was to give

1831
01:33:18,320 --> 01:33:21,000
Speaker 3: teams like Old Miss in Miami and Oregon a shot

1832
01:33:21,040 --> 01:33:23,960
Speaker 3: to get in and play for something more, even if

1833
01:33:24,200 --> 01:33:26,320
Speaker 3: given the old system, they weren't going to find their

1834
01:33:26,320 --> 01:33:30,439
Speaker 3: pathway into the top four. So I'm excited to see

1835
01:33:30,880 --> 01:33:32,599
Speaker 3: what we've got in front of us. We will have

1836
01:33:32,640 --> 01:33:35,639
Speaker 3: time to dissect all of these matchups. I think our

1837
01:33:35,640 --> 01:33:39,320
Speaker 3: plan right now is to drop something probably early part

1838
01:33:39,640 --> 01:33:41,639
Speaker 3: of next week, not on Sunday. I got to give

1839
01:33:41,640 --> 01:33:42,760
Speaker 3: this voice a chance to heal.

1840
01:33:42,880 --> 01:33:44,519
Speaker 1: But yeah, that's probably for the best. We're Gon.

1841
01:33:44,680 --> 01:33:47,920
Speaker 3: We're gonna work on getting something out there as early

1842
01:33:47,960 --> 01:33:51,880
Speaker 3: as we can next week that's going to preview these games. Also,

1843
01:33:52,120 --> 01:33:54,880
Speaker 3: as we are recording this right now, I'm looking at

1844
01:33:54,880 --> 01:33:58,040
Speaker 3: my clock twelve forty two am Eastern time. I believe

1845
01:33:58,040 --> 01:34:01,600
Speaker 3: the transfer portal is now also open, yhich Is. I

1846
01:34:01,600 --> 01:34:04,679
Speaker 3: think that's right crazy that they're just stacking these things

1847
01:34:04,680 --> 01:34:07,720
Speaker 3: on top of each other like a short stack of pancakes.

1848
01:34:08,120 --> 01:34:11,960
Speaker 3: But we will of course have a show very soon

1849
01:34:12,120 --> 01:34:15,320
Speaker 3: talking about the transfer portal, some of the names, some

1850
01:34:15,439 --> 01:34:16,640
Speaker 3: of the rumors.

1851
01:34:16,400 --> 01:34:17,320
Speaker 1: All of that stuff.

1852
01:34:17,479 --> 01:34:20,200
Speaker 3: There is a lot happening right now in the world

1853
01:34:20,240 --> 01:34:22,960
Speaker 3: of college football. We are, like the rest of you

1854
01:34:23,040 --> 01:34:25,240
Speaker 3: doing our best to try and keep tabs on all

1855
01:34:25,320 --> 01:34:25,799
Speaker 3: this stuff.

1856
01:34:26,280 --> 01:34:31,880
Speaker 2: Correct. Yes, very excited. As I mentioned before, I will

1857
01:34:31,920 --> 01:34:35,479
Speaker 2: be coaching first graders at this kickoff of Oregon semi

1858
01:34:35,520 --> 01:34:43,080
Speaker 2: final appearance. I will be teaching teaching the basics of

1859
01:34:43,120 --> 01:34:47,240
Speaker 2: competitive basketball to first graders with or without attention spans.

1860
01:34:47,720 --> 01:34:49,080
Speaker 1: I have a whistle. I have.

1861
01:34:49,400 --> 01:34:51,720
Speaker 3: You might have the least attention span of anyone there

1862
01:34:51,720 --> 01:34:52,240
Speaker 3: on that night.

1863
01:34:52,640 --> 01:34:56,120
Speaker 2: I've already alerted one of my assistant coaches. I've alerted

1864
01:34:56,120 --> 01:34:59,240
Speaker 2: my staff all phones off like going to like one

1865
01:34:59,280 --> 01:35:01,479
Speaker 2: of those like a Dave Chappelle show or something where

1866
01:35:01,479 --> 01:35:04,599
Speaker 2: you have to put your phones into the boxes where

1867
01:35:04,600 --> 01:35:06,519
Speaker 2: you don't get any signals and you have to lock

1868
01:35:06,560 --> 01:35:06,840
Speaker 2: it up.

1869
01:35:07,560 --> 01:35:09,759
Speaker 1: This in a skiff, that's correct.

1870
01:35:10,040 --> 01:35:13,880
Speaker 2: So I'm gonna tell I'm probably probably gonna tell parents

1871
01:35:13,920 --> 01:35:15,640
Speaker 2: when they drop off their kids. I don't want to

1872
01:35:15,640 --> 01:35:18,960
Speaker 2: hear a single thing. I swear to God, Carol, I

1873
01:35:19,120 --> 01:35:23,320
Speaker 2: swear to God. So that's my plan. That's because I

1874
01:35:23,320 --> 01:35:25,280
Speaker 2: don't want to be distracted during practice. I owe it

1875
01:35:25,320 --> 01:35:27,920
Speaker 2: to the kids, and I will I will hurry home

1876
01:35:28,280 --> 01:35:30,000
Speaker 2: and I will start it from the jump and I

1877
01:35:30,040 --> 01:35:33,400
Speaker 2: will catch up to live using my trusty DVR and

1878
01:35:33,920 --> 01:35:37,519
Speaker 2: we will record after that game. Are we going to

1879
01:35:37,600 --> 01:35:39,719
Speaker 2: do the same thing we did? I think go around

1880
01:35:39,840 --> 01:35:40,800
Speaker 2: Thursday and Friday night.

1881
01:35:40,960 --> 01:35:41,200
Speaker 3: Yeah.

1882
01:35:41,240 --> 01:35:42,000
Speaker 1: I think that's great.

1883
01:35:42,120 --> 01:35:45,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, and then we'll have a national championship matchup by

1884
01:35:45,800 --> 01:35:49,640
Speaker 2: Friday evening. Friday night to talk about going into I

1885
01:35:49,680 --> 01:35:51,919
Speaker 2: guess the nineteenth is when they have the National Championship

1886
01:35:51,960 --> 01:35:52,880
Speaker 2: game down there in Miami.

1887
01:35:53,520 --> 01:35:57,800
Speaker 3: A very fun way to close out twenty twenty five

1888
01:35:58,200 --> 01:36:01,160
Speaker 3: and get twenty twenty six started. Happy New Year to

1889
01:36:01,240 --> 01:36:04,519
Speaker 3: one and all listening out there in the verballerhood. Much

1890
01:36:04,760 --> 01:36:08,120
Speaker 3: much more to come. We've got a Final four, We've

1891
01:36:08,160 --> 01:36:11,320
Speaker 3: got the portal. There is no end in sight here

1892
01:36:11,720 --> 01:36:14,040
Speaker 3: for college football. Thank you all for hanging with us,

1893
01:36:14,120 --> 01:36:17,160
Speaker 3: Hit follow, hit subscribe, check us out at forballers dot

1894
01:36:17,200 --> 01:36:19,560
Speaker 3: com for that guy over there, my good friend Dan Rubinstein,

1895
01:36:20,000 --> 01:36:21,920
Speaker 3: for myself, ty hild To Brant will catch you out soon.

1896
01:36:21,920 --> 01:36:23,799
Speaker 3: In the meantime, stay solid, peace,