WEBVTT - College Football Rivalry Week Preview - Part 2 0:00:02.160 --> 0:00:05.160 Welcome to the solid verbal ull. 0:00:05.080 --> 0:00:08.600 That for me. I'm a man, I'm for I've heard 0:00:08.640 --> 0:00:10.639 so many players say, well, I want to be happy. 0:00:10.800 --> 0:00:12.080 You want to be happy for a day? 0:00:12.520 --> 0:00:14.000 Edith Steak, is that woof? 0:00:14.080 --> 0:00:14.440 Woof? 0:00:14.920 --> 0:00:17.400 And then and tie. 0:00:18.640 --> 0:00:23.079 Dan Robinstein. It is the last week of the regular season. 0:00:23.120 --> 0:00:26.439 We did a part one for Rivalry Week back on Tuesday. 0:00:26.800 --> 0:00:30.880 We've got a part two coming everybody's way right now, 0:00:31.120 --> 0:00:35.320 Rivalry Week Part dua, thank you, Thanksgiving in the good 0:00:35.360 --> 0:00:37.920 old us of a a busy week in the forballer hood, 0:00:38.720 --> 0:00:40.280 my good friend, welcome back to the show. 0:00:40.280 --> 0:00:42.960 How are you great to be here? I'm doing great. 0:00:43.200 --> 0:00:45.800 I looked at the document because we did part one 0:00:45.920 --> 0:00:50.080 for all of the pre Saturday action. I looked at 0:00:50.400 --> 0:00:53.960 part two, which is just Saturday, and I just said 0:00:53.960 --> 0:00:57.520 to myself, too many bangers, too many games, too much 0:00:57.640 --> 0:01:00.200 greatness on the line, too much emotion. How do we 0:01:00.200 --> 0:01:02.920 do this all in one show? Well, friends, I'm here 0:01:02.960 --> 0:01:07.039 to tell you we're gonna try. We are absolutely gonna try. 0:01:07.120 --> 0:01:10.240 Welcome back, Welcome one, Welcome all, hit follow, hit subscribe 0:01:10.240 --> 0:01:14.399 if you have yet to do so. Hopefully, if you 0:01:14.480 --> 0:01:16.600 are on the go, out and about on the way 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:19.920 to grandmother's house for Thanksgiving, wherever it is you may be. 0:01:20.080 --> 0:01:22.640 Thank you for downloading, for supporting. 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Last, but certainly not least playruntheboard dot com. 0:02:22.080 --> 0:02:23.320 It's gonna be a big in this week. 0:02:23.400 --> 0:02:26.960 It is sixteen rivalry games, all of which have a 0:02:26.960 --> 0:02:28.919 cool nickname or a cool trophy. 0:02:29.200 --> 0:02:30.160 Play rundboard dot com. 0:02:30.200 --> 0:02:32.200 We'll give you more intel on how to get in 0:02:32.360 --> 0:02:35.200 on that game. We have not determined what the prize 0:02:35.240 --> 0:02:37.680 is going to be yet. Yeah, and it was actually 0:02:37.720 --> 0:02:39.520 kind of fun last week to just sort of throw 0:02:39.760 --> 0:02:42.400 random thoughts out there and then weave them together in 0:02:42.440 --> 0:02:45.160 the end. So I have taken on that burden as 0:02:45.200 --> 0:02:48.160 you are thinking up Dan, what would make sense to 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:51.840 use as a prize in week fourteen. Just throw the 0:02:51.880 --> 0:02:54.720 word out. I will find a way to weave them 0:02:54.760 --> 0:02:56.560 together in the end. We'll give out a gift card 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:57.280 or something fun. 0:02:57.720 --> 0:02:59.720 You send me a link to something called an adult 0:03:00.320 --> 0:03:03.040 swing and I did not. I did not say that. 0:03:03.880 --> 0:03:06.480 My computer is telling me that it is is a 0:03:06.560 --> 0:03:09.519 very specific kind of recreational device. I don't know what 0:03:09.639 --> 0:03:12.119 kind of STU appropriate you're googling over there in Chicago. 0:03:12.280 --> 0:03:15.040 But Joyce, I have no idea what that. I did 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:17.400 not know where that came from. I did not send 0:03:17.400 --> 0:03:17.800 that to you. 0:03:18.320 --> 0:03:19.400 My mother is listening. 0:03:19.800 --> 0:03:23.760 Yeah, where are we going? Where are we going, So 0:03:23.840 --> 0:03:25.840 we have to come up with the prize as we're going. 0:03:26.040 --> 0:03:29.000 You know that makes sense in alignment with our conversation. 0:03:29.320 --> 0:03:31.480 It's our big pickup game. Yeah, yeah, we'll come up 0:03:31.520 --> 0:03:34.520 with We'll come up with some word association here. The 0:03:34.560 --> 0:03:37.920 deeper we get into this thing, Dan, it is rivalry 0:03:37.920 --> 0:03:40.720 week this week, which does mean only one thing. I'm 0:03:40.720 --> 0:03:42.640 gonna let you do the honors. If you are ever 0:03:42.680 --> 0:03:43.800 so inclined. 0:03:43.600 --> 0:03:49.320 Ty, you have got to throw the records out, Dom 0:03:49.360 --> 0:03:52.960 out the window, dow them out the window, get them 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:53.560 out of here. 0:03:54.360 --> 0:03:59.000 More and more coaches every year, every year now some 0:03:59.120 --> 0:04:01.520 of these coach pressers that we see in the build 0:04:01.600 --> 0:04:04.040 up to Rivalry Week, coaches start talking about, look, you 0:04:04.040 --> 0:04:04.840 gotta throw the record. 0:04:04.880 --> 0:04:06.240 You just got to throw the records out. Was it 0:04:06.320 --> 0:04:08.840 Jeff Brahm? This year somebody said everybody. 0:04:09.160 --> 0:04:11.080 Somebody sent me a tweet saying, look, you just got 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:12.560 to throw the records out in this rivalry? 0:04:12.600 --> 0:04:17.160 Yeah you do. Who's Northampton High's rival? The Catasauqua Rough Riders. 0:04:17.320 --> 0:04:21.360 I'll get out of here. Rough got calbas A Girl High, 0:04:21.400 --> 0:04:23.880 the Chargers. Oh my god, I think that's where Clay 0:04:23.960 --> 0:04:26.680 Matthews went yeah, I believe you know who went to 0:04:26.720 --> 0:04:30.880 my high school. Who's that? Nobody? Nobody, not even the 0:04:30.920 --> 0:04:34.600 famed early two thousands alt rock group Incubis. No. 0:04:34.600 --> 0:04:37.360 No, we had Jim Druckey Miller, we had Brian Schneider, 0:04:38.040 --> 0:04:40.919 we had Denny Oncott's back in the day, but otherwise 0:04:40.960 --> 0:04:41.760 we had no. 0:04:41.760 --> 0:04:44.040 No, we had we had Tapanga from Boy Meets World 0:04:44.080 --> 0:04:47.960 and Jesse Spano from Saved by the Bell and Jim Rome. No, 0:04:48.120 --> 0:04:52.560 we don't have anybody of merit and me and used. 0:04:53.120 --> 0:04:56.039 So look, throw out the records. It is rivalry week. 0:04:56.040 --> 0:04:58.040 We're gonna go through all of these and much much 0:04:58.040 --> 0:05:01.640 more before we do, though, just because we are interested 0:05:01.680 --> 0:05:10.159 in being completists, not gonna yell. We have new college 0:05:10.160 --> 0:05:13.040 football playoff rankings. We talked about the for Baller top 0:05:13.080 --> 0:05:16.360 twelve on the last episode. Here is the actual top 0:05:16.400 --> 0:05:19.080 twelve per the powers that be, if that's something you 0:05:19.160 --> 0:05:22.960 care about, all right, Oregon, Ohio State, Texas one, two, three, 0:05:23.560 --> 0:05:25.480 Penn State still holding on at four. 0:05:25.400 --> 0:05:26.240 Over Notre Dame. 0:05:26.640 --> 0:05:31.800 Notre Dame hanging on over number six, Miami number seven, eight, 0:05:31.920 --> 0:05:36.000 nine are Georgia, Tennessee and SMU cracking the top ten. 0:05:36.080 --> 0:05:36.839 Good for them. 0:05:37.080 --> 0:05:41.440 Yes, Tennessee drops or excuse me, Indiana drops below Tennessee 0:05:42.400 --> 0:05:45.960 and below SMU to number ten, Boise at number eleven, 0:05:47.080 --> 0:05:53.159 Clemson clet'son up five now to number twelve. The first 0:05:53.320 --> 0:05:58.160 four out per this ranking system are number thirteen Alabama, 0:05:58.279 --> 0:06:02.840 number fourteen, Old Miss number fifteen in South Carolina, number sixteen, 0:06:03.200 --> 0:06:07.800 Arizona State. Then and your reaction to this, do we 0:06:07.839 --> 0:06:08.680 gloss over it? 0:06:08.760 --> 0:06:09.400 Do we move on? 0:06:10.279 --> 0:06:12.520 Obviously this is going to get a little bit weird 0:06:12.560 --> 0:06:14.159 after this weekend, will it not? 0:06:14.960 --> 0:06:17.920 Oh, it will get weird. But this is basically our 0:06:18.040 --> 0:06:22.719 moment to say, through what are we at through thirteen weeks? Yeah, 0:06:23.279 --> 0:06:26.679 of data points, this is where the committee has landed, 0:06:27.040 --> 0:06:30.599 and so we typically have said, you know, most famously 0:06:30.760 --> 0:06:33.440 like when TCU was in the top four a decade 0:06:33.520 --> 0:06:37.159 ago and they destroy Kansas and do nothing to say 0:06:37.160 --> 0:06:39.120 that they're not a top four team, but they get 0:06:39.960 --> 0:06:43.920 jumped over, they get leapt over whatever by Ohio State 0:06:43.960 --> 0:06:48.400 that year. I believe that you're like, well, what did 0:06:48.400 --> 0:06:50.520 this team do that was so bad? In the case 0:06:50.520 --> 0:06:52.960 of Clemson at twelve, it's particularly interesting because they have 0:06:53.000 --> 0:06:56.560 a high profile opponent, they have an opportunity to cement 0:06:56.640 --> 0:07:01.120 themselves as a top twelve team by that game in Clemson, right, yep, 0:07:01.120 --> 0:07:06.440 that's correct, by beating a headline rival, and it at 0:07:06.520 --> 0:07:09.279 least sets up the possibility that the ACC is going 0:07:09.320 --> 0:07:11.040 to get a couple teams in, which has been a 0:07:11.160 --> 0:07:13.840 question with the ACC and the Big twelve ACC More, 0:07:14.200 --> 0:07:16.880 I would argue with, you know, now three ACC teams 0:07:16.920 --> 0:07:19.800 in the top twelve heading into the final week. So 0:07:19.920 --> 0:07:22.320 that's interesting to me. And so yeah, just in all 0:07:22.360 --> 0:07:26.000 of these it sets up the idea with Boise State. 0:07:26.040 --> 0:07:28.760 Now we still have conference championship weekend, of course, but 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:32.600 with Boise State where they are, with SMU where they are, 0:07:32.640 --> 0:07:35.679 with Tennessee where they are, and most of these teams 0:07:35.680 --> 0:07:38.080 where they are that are you know, angling for an 0:07:38.080 --> 0:07:43.840 at large bid that this is a significant statement by 0:07:43.840 --> 0:07:46.880 the committee heading into rivalry weekend. They're like, Okay, this 0:07:46.960 --> 0:07:49.200 is how we view this team after you know, eleven games, 0:07:49.720 --> 0:07:53.440 and that should mean probably more than a single data point, 0:07:53.520 --> 0:07:54.240 but we'll. 0:07:54.080 --> 0:07:57.000 See, we'll see. The Other thing that I think is 0:07:57.200 --> 0:08:00.840 of interest if you look at this, Arizona State is 0:08:00.880 --> 0:08:06.120 at sixteen. Also, yes, interesting, it is the highest ranked 0:08:06.480 --> 0:08:10.880 Big twelve team per this ranking set. How that changes 0:08:10.880 --> 0:08:13.360 by beating Arizona. I don't know if it changes much 0:08:13.400 --> 0:08:16.559 by beating Arizona. Arizona's pretty bad. There could be teams 0:08:16.600 --> 0:08:20.240 in front of ASU that lose that essentially helped to 0:08:20.280 --> 0:08:23.960 move up their standing within this ranking. The Big twelve 0:08:24.000 --> 0:08:27.840 is in really interesting territory. I think you're probably looking 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:30.680 at a win in a conference championship game that would 0:08:30.680 --> 0:08:33.800 move Arizona State up a little bit more and would 0:08:33.840 --> 0:08:37.839 insulate them perhaps from somebody like a two lane. 0:08:37.520 --> 0:08:44.160 ASU at sixteen. It's Iowa State at eighteen. So either way, 0:08:44.240 --> 0:08:47.480 if if the Big Twelve championship ends with Iowa State 0:08:47.520 --> 0:08:51.480 beating Arizona State, somebody who felt pretty damn good about 0:08:51.480 --> 0:08:54.800 being in this twelve team field is being booted. Yeah. 0:08:54.840 --> 0:08:58.319 And furthermore, TWU Lane is at seventeen in the rankings. 0:08:58.520 --> 0:09:02.400 And so the place going with this is the way 0:09:02.440 --> 0:09:05.720 that the rules are set up. Your only guaranteed spots 0:09:05.720 --> 0:09:11.760 are for the top five ranked conference champions right by 0:09:12.000 --> 0:09:15.040 it does not specify that they have to be Power 0:09:15.080 --> 0:09:17.720 Conference right victors. 0:09:17.920 --> 0:09:19.920 So there is at least a. 0:09:19.760 --> 0:09:22.800 Slim chance, and I don't think it's likely, but there 0:09:22.880 --> 0:09:25.840 is a slim chance that a team like al Tulane 0:09:25.880 --> 0:09:29.160 could sneak in ahead of a Big twelve champion depending 0:09:29.200 --> 0:09:30.959 on how things go this weekend, right, I mean a 0:09:31.000 --> 0:09:32.679 lot can go wrong, a lot ca and go hay wire. 0:09:33.120 --> 0:09:35.000 The Big twelve is already kind of in this blender, 0:09:35.080 --> 0:09:37.160 but just something to kind of file away in the 0:09:37.200 --> 0:09:39.200 back of your mind. Tulane sitting there at nine and two, 0:09:39.240 --> 0:09:42.080 they are only two losses to Power Conference opponents. They've 0:09:42.080 --> 0:09:45.600 been playing pretty well. There's a real chance here if 0:09:45.640 --> 0:09:48.040 things really get hay wire this weekend, if Tulane goes 0:09:48.040 --> 0:09:50.600 on to beat Army for that American title, that they 0:09:50.600 --> 0:09:52.360 could end up sniping that final spot. 0:09:53.360 --> 0:09:56.480 We'll see. I'm also I was curious as for Texas 0:09:56.520 --> 0:09:59.080 A and M's rank because Texas A and M losing 0:09:59.080 --> 0:10:01.559 and quadruple overtime I'm on the road to Auburn. They 0:10:01.559 --> 0:10:04.560 sit at twenty. Yeah, and so now we talk about 0:10:04.640 --> 0:10:08.440 the potential, albeit a low chance, but a chance, a 0:10:08.440 --> 0:10:11.520 potential leapfrog situation of Texas A and M at home, 0:10:11.559 --> 0:10:15.200 beating Texas and beating Georgia in the SEC Championship game, 0:10:15.640 --> 0:10:19.880 and the SEC potentially not getting a first round by 0:10:19.880 --> 0:10:22.440 if Boise is taking care of business and finishes the 0:10:22.480 --> 0:10:26.360 season at twelve and one. Yep, and keep they keep 0:10:26.400 --> 0:10:28.800 moving up with you know, teams ahead of them losing whatever. 0:10:29.880 --> 0:10:32.400 I guess that that would well, that's what would stand 0:10:32.559 --> 0:10:37.360 in the SEC's way of getting that by right, it's wild. 0:10:37.120 --> 0:10:39.560 Man, I tell you there there are some real interesting 0:10:39.600 --> 0:10:40.640 scenarios here. 0:10:40.720 --> 0:10:42.400 Because I don't think it'll be two lane standing in 0:10:42.440 --> 0:10:43.600 their way. Probably not. 0:10:44.200 --> 0:10:46.760 It probably won't. We have gotten to the point now, though, 0:10:46.840 --> 0:10:51.000 where there are a limited number of games that can 0:10:51.040 --> 0:10:53.640 give you that upward mobility and a limited number of 0:10:53.720 --> 0:10:55.800 teams that actually have upward mobility. 0:10:55.840 --> 0:10:57.120 Given what's left. 0:10:57.480 --> 0:10:59.559 Obviously, if you're not playing a conference championship game, you 0:10:59.559 --> 0:11:02.679 got to show out this weekend. The other thing that 0:11:02.720 --> 0:11:04.720 I did want to point out Dan before we move on, 0:11:06.320 --> 0:11:10.079 the coaching carousel is starting to spin now, and North 0:11:10.120 --> 0:11:11.319 Carolina has made. 0:11:11.160 --> 0:11:12.680 The move on Mac Brown. 0:11:13.880 --> 0:11:16.160 Mac Brown, notably, a couple of weeks ago, said he 0:11:16.240 --> 0:11:19.680 wasn't going anywhere. This followed reports from earlier in the 0:11:19.679 --> 0:11:22.199 season after that James Madison game where he kind of 0:11:22.200 --> 0:11:24.680 offered to resign if it would be helpful, and then 0:11:25.000 --> 0:11:28.280 everybody had his back. Mac didn't have any imminent plans 0:11:28.320 --> 0:11:31.800 to walk away. North Carolina has other ideas. North Carolina 0:11:31.880 --> 0:11:34.160 is going to move on from Mac Brown. He's going 0:11:34.240 --> 0:11:37.120 to coach this weekend against NC State. It's unclear right 0:11:37.160 --> 0:11:39.040 now if he's going to be in the bowl game 0:11:39.760 --> 0:11:43.520 or not. I would just call this out simply because 0:11:43.679 --> 0:11:47.120 right now North Carolina is the top Power job on 0:11:47.160 --> 0:11:49.760 the board, and I wonder if that's the reason they 0:11:49.800 --> 0:11:53.079 made the move, if they are kind of the darling 0:11:53.240 --> 0:11:56.080 job that is available right now at the Power five ranks, 0:11:56.160 --> 0:11:56.800 Power four. 0:11:56.720 --> 0:11:58.720 Ranks, right, and it's the only one right. I believe 0:11:58.720 --> 0:12:01.320 he won, So it's both. It's also the worst available 0:12:01.320 --> 0:12:04.920 Power Conference job available. It's possible, Yeah, yeah, it's possible. 0:12:05.200 --> 0:12:08.040 But the fact that they are on the board early 0:12:08.640 --> 0:12:10.719 trying to court some others who might be interested, I 0:12:10.720 --> 0:12:13.520 think is intriguing and puts UNC in a spot that 0:12:13.600 --> 0:12:15.680 I can't ever remember them being in. We'll see what 0:12:15.720 --> 0:12:19.680 they decide to do. But if you are either a 0:12:19.720 --> 0:12:25.120 lower level Power whatever coach looking to move up, if 0:12:25.160 --> 0:12:27.280 you're a G five looking to move up, if you're 0:12:27.320 --> 0:12:31.040 a hot coordinator looking to move up, UNC is out there. 0:12:31.440 --> 0:12:33.200 UNC is the name on the board right now. That 0:12:33.920 --> 0:12:36.600 is courting any and all who are interested, So we'll 0:12:36.600 --> 0:12:37.800 see which direction they end up going. 0:12:37.840 --> 0:12:40.280 Yeah, I saw Bruce mentioned John Summral in his first 0:12:40.360 --> 0:12:43.920 year at Tulane, Jamie Chadwell who's been pretty successful at 0:12:43.920 --> 0:12:47.200 Liberty now after his coastal time. Glenn Schuman is going 0:12:47.280 --> 0:12:49.640 to come up in these jobs because of how many 0:12:49.720 --> 0:12:54.400 games he has won as an assistant and coordinator. Yeah, 0:12:54.720 --> 0:12:56.920 Arthur Smith came up because he's a North Carolina guy 0:12:56.920 --> 0:12:59.280 and weirdly enough, they're like and his dad is super 0:12:59.320 --> 0:13:03.480 loaded as a fed X. Yeah, there's a lot interesting there. 0:13:04.200 --> 0:13:06.400 It's a very good job. It is a good job. 0:13:07.200 --> 0:13:09.959 Let's get to rivalry week though, are you ready ready? 0:13:10.000 --> 0:13:11.480 Let's do it? 0:13:11.080 --> 0:13:14.600 Yah, time they need the week. 0:13:16.520 --> 0:13:18.840 I didn't want to short change any games this week 0:13:18.920 --> 0:13:21.880 because we've got so many great rivalries. We are still 0:13:21.880 --> 0:13:23.640 going to do our big games at the top. We're 0:13:23.679 --> 0:13:26.360 going to do our part to rattle off all the 0:13:26.400 --> 0:13:29.560 big name rivalries, the ones with the cool trophies, all 0:13:29.559 --> 0:13:32.960 the stuff that you actually care about. So if we 0:13:33.000 --> 0:13:34.880 do a little bit more rapid fire when we get 0:13:34.880 --> 0:13:37.760 to Quad Fathers in that segment, forgive us. We want 0:13:37.800 --> 0:13:39.840 to make sure we give every rivalry it's due this week. 0:13:39.840 --> 0:13:41.599 If you're cool with that, Dan Ruis. 0:13:41.400 --> 0:13:43.640 Yes, of course we do need to start though with 0:13:43.679 --> 0:13:46.800 the one they call the game. Yeah, oh my gosh, 0:13:46.800 --> 0:13:47.760 of course the game. 0:13:47.840 --> 0:13:50.040 Maybe the game isn't quite as big of a game 0:13:50.559 --> 0:13:54.440 in terms of national relevance as it was a year ago, 0:13:54.960 --> 0:13:57.720 but the game is still the game. It's at high noon, 0:13:58.160 --> 0:13:59.120 it's on Fox. 0:13:59.559 --> 0:14:02.040 It is Michigan at Ohio State, Ohio State. 0:14:01.880 --> 0:14:02.880 Playing another noon game. 0:14:02.920 --> 0:14:03.760 This is when they play there. 0:14:03.760 --> 0:14:06.760 Of course they are Ohio State favored by twenty one 0:14:06.880 --> 0:14:10.840 at home. And look, did you see what Ryan Day 0:14:10.880 --> 0:14:12.079 had to say about this game? 0:14:13.040 --> 0:14:15.920 I think he basically said, losing this game has been 0:14:16.559 --> 0:14:19.960 the worst experience of his life, short of like things 0:14:20.000 --> 0:14:21.720 happening with his family, So short. 0:14:21.480 --> 0:14:24.840 Of losing his father, he says, losing this game has 0:14:24.840 --> 0:14:26.640 been the worst thing that has happened to him and 0:14:26.680 --> 0:14:32.880 his family. Yes, which seems like a lot personally, seems 0:14:32.880 --> 0:14:33.960 like a lot. 0:14:34.280 --> 0:14:37.360 But this is Michigan, Ohio State. Whether or not that 0:14:37.560 --> 0:14:42.080 is a good thing to have in our world. That 0:14:42.560 --> 0:14:46.680 you are devastated to the point of emotional destruction annually 0:14:46.800 --> 0:14:48.800 over this game. Whether you're a fan of coach, a player, 0:14:48.880 --> 0:14:52.000 or whatever. That's the reality. I don't know. 0:14:52.360 --> 0:14:55.760 I want to know from Ohio State people, does it 0:14:55.840 --> 0:14:59.800 make you feel better to hear him say that or 0:15:00.000 --> 0:15:01.760 does it make you wonder if the coach has a 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:02.360 screw loose? 0:15:02.400 --> 0:15:06.240 Okay, that's all. I think both can be sort of true. 0:15:06.240 --> 0:15:08.320 I don't think anybody doubts. I don't think any like 0:15:09.320 --> 0:15:13.480 rational college football fan feels as if their coach is 0:15:13.520 --> 0:15:18.240 not taking an incredibly huge, storied rivalry seriously and personally. 0:15:18.960 --> 0:15:21.360 So I don't know how much better it makes you feel. 0:15:21.400 --> 0:15:22.760 The only thing that makes you feel better is winning. 0:15:23.960 --> 0:15:28.480 To that end, Michigan has won the last three they have, 0:15:29.120 --> 0:15:32.120 as you might expect, effectively driven Ohio State Ryan Day 0:15:32.160 --> 0:15:36.000 a little bit crazy, and to an extent, this entire 0:15:36.040 --> 0:15:40.160 offseason was about loading up to beat Michigan right, even 0:15:40.200 --> 0:15:43.680 if Ohio State bombs out of the playoffs, which who knows, 0:15:43.720 --> 0:15:48.360 depends on their pathway through this season. On some level, 0:15:48.400 --> 0:15:50.360 is going to be judged by did beat Michigan? Did 0:15:50.400 --> 0:15:53.200 break the stream right? And they are a healthy favorite 0:15:53.240 --> 0:15:57.600 to do that. So I guess from the Michigan side, 0:15:58.760 --> 0:16:01.400 given where they have been this season, some of the 0:16:01.440 --> 0:16:03.600 obvious flaws that this team has that we know about 0:16:03.600 --> 0:16:07.520 at this point, is the best case scenario look ahead 0:16:07.520 --> 0:16:11.960 spot for Ohio State with a likely game against Oregon 0:16:12.920 --> 0:16:14.480 on deck next week. 0:16:14.720 --> 0:16:16.880 I mean, you're just not living in reality to think 0:16:16.920 --> 0:16:19.920 that in any capacity Ohio State's looking past Michigan. 0:16:20.560 --> 0:16:23.800 I don't think they are. I think that is foolish 0:16:23.880 --> 0:16:26.720 to assume as much. I am trying to craft the 0:16:26.840 --> 0:16:28.920 universe in which Michigan actually has a chance to win 0:16:28.960 --> 0:16:33.400 this game. Oh, sure, that was what I came up with. 0:16:33.480 --> 0:16:36.680 There's a look ahead spot. The defense muddies it up, 0:16:36.720 --> 0:16:39.560 they keep it close, basically due to Ohio State when 0:16:39.600 --> 0:16:41.800 Nebraska did to Ohio State the week before the Penn 0:16:41.840 --> 0:16:42.240 State game. 0:16:42.360 --> 0:16:45.720 Sure take advantage of a line that is beat up 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:47.960 and has shuffled bodies around, that has held up I 0:16:47.960 --> 0:16:51.000 think in past blocking and past protection. 0:16:51.680 --> 0:16:54.120 Enormous stretch to me, Dan, Okay, I'm not saying I 0:16:54.160 --> 0:16:54.520 buy this. 0:16:54.720 --> 0:16:55.240 I am trying. 0:16:55.880 --> 0:16:59.360 Is there another universe that you can craft that gives 0:16:59.400 --> 0:17:01.720 Michigan the over Ohio State for the forty Yeah? 0:17:01.760 --> 0:17:03.360 I mean it's just a Will must Champ game, that's 0:17:03.360 --> 0:17:06.440 all it is. I mean, the it's very easy to 0:17:07.720 --> 0:17:09.879 not see happening, but it's very easy to sort of 0:17:09.920 --> 0:17:13.320 imagine how it happens. And let's just turnovers and special 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:17.679 teams and freak plays. And you know, Davis Warren hasn't 0:17:17.680 --> 0:17:20.280 been all that good of a quarterback for a very 0:17:20.280 --> 0:17:24.399 disappointing passing attack, but he hits a screen that you know, 0:17:24.520 --> 0:17:28.200 Mullings or whoever take for eighty three yards randomly. That's 0:17:28.320 --> 0:17:31.240 uncharacteristic of Ohio State's defense. But this is college football. 0:17:31.240 --> 0:17:34.800 Freak plays happened, freak results, you know, crazy close games happen. 0:17:35.040 --> 0:17:37.520 Bad weather affects things. It's going to be freezing across 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:40.159 the Midwest, below freezing across the Midwest. I don't know 0:17:40.160 --> 0:17:43.000 how that affects things. Likely not these teams practicing this 0:17:43.080 --> 0:17:46.399 and training this all year long. But yeah, you just 0:17:46.600 --> 0:17:49.640 it's your game simmed one hundred times. This thing only 0:17:49.640 --> 0:17:51.159 happens three times out of one hundred. 0:17:52.560 --> 0:17:54.640 I'm just not sure where the points are coming from 0:17:54.720 --> 0:17:58.280 for Michigan. Sure, I feel like a broken record. I've 0:17:58.280 --> 0:18:01.720 said that time and again here against better teams. The 0:18:01.800 --> 0:18:05.760 offense at this point is pretty telegraphed, and they are 0:18:06.600 --> 0:18:09.359 not the dominant ground team. That they've been over the 0:18:09.400 --> 0:18:12.320 last couple of seasons, and you know, you could say, okay, well, 0:18:12.320 --> 0:18:15.200 Indiana did get something going on the ground against Ohio State, 0:18:15.240 --> 0:18:17.040 which is true to an extent. 0:18:17.160 --> 0:18:17.679 That's true. 0:18:18.200 --> 0:18:21.520 But Indiana also had a deep passing game, and I 0:18:21.560 --> 0:18:23.520 think the Buck guys are far more interested in that 0:18:23.560 --> 0:18:25.399 side of their offense. That's why they took it away. 0:18:25.440 --> 0:18:27.960 They were content to let them run runtil they're blue 0:18:27.960 --> 0:18:30.000 in the face. Didn't match right, Just don't beat us 0:18:30.040 --> 0:18:32.520 deep with the pass, don't inch your way back in 0:18:32.800 --> 0:18:35.640 on the back of Curtis work. I don't know where 0:18:35.680 --> 0:18:37.720 the points coming from from Michigan. It seems like an 0:18:37.840 --> 0:18:41.720 entirely different situation. I think Ohio State clearly far and 0:18:41.720 --> 0:18:43.680 away as a better team. I think if they can, 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:45.560 they're going to run it up, and I think they 0:18:45.640 --> 0:18:48.280 might have the chance. So I've got this one at 0:18:48.320 --> 0:18:52.120 thirty five thirteen, Buck guys, I've got a big win. 0:18:52.280 --> 0:18:54.760 I've got a close cover. I think they break the 0:18:54.760 --> 0:18:58.280 streak here, start a new one on their own. Thirty 0:18:58.280 --> 0:19:00.880 five thirteens. My final forty five to thirteen. 0:19:01.480 --> 0:19:03.560 Wow, I think it's limb from limb. I think you 0:19:03.640 --> 0:19:06.840 have exercise demons you leave in starters, even though Ohio 0:19:06.880 --> 0:19:08.840 State will have played a bunch of weeks in a 0:19:08.920 --> 0:19:11.200 row and a bunch of big games in a row 0:19:11.400 --> 0:19:15.680 starting with last week and in Indiana, And I don't 0:19:15.680 --> 0:19:19.840 think there's real hangover just because there's no inspiration. You 0:19:19.840 --> 0:19:22.040 don't need to get up extra early. You don't need 0:19:22.080 --> 0:19:24.560 to pinch yourself to get excited for Ohio State Michigan. 0:19:24.920 --> 0:19:30.040 So yes, exercise demons. It's a Herbrook style again again 0:19:30.160 --> 0:19:35.199 because it's in Columbus and so yeah, I short of 0:19:35.359 --> 0:19:39.320 Michigan overwhelming Ohio State's offensive line, which maybe they will 0:19:39.359 --> 0:19:41.119 at times, maybe they'll get to Will Howard a little bit, 0:19:41.119 --> 0:19:43.960 claps and pockets with those defensive linemen, they're good on 0:19:44.040 --> 0:19:47.679 the edge. Michigan did score fifty without any sort of 0:19:47.880 --> 0:19:51.000 consistent downfield passing last week against Northwestern, So that's a 0:19:51.040 --> 0:19:54.359 skill that you know, could they score thirty against Ohio State. 0:19:54.560 --> 0:19:56.679 I don't see it happening, But it's a skill to 0:19:56.680 --> 0:19:58.679 score fifty without a downfield passing attack. 0:19:58.760 --> 0:20:02.480 Look, there is a school of thought that Michigan could 0:20:02.560 --> 0:20:05.080 just keep doing what it's done the last three years. 0:20:05.400 --> 0:20:08.280 Sure that now, I don't think their line is as good. 0:20:08.320 --> 0:20:10.280 I don't think, as they said, they're a dominant ground 0:20:10.280 --> 0:20:11.440