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Speaker 1: Coming up, we'll talk to Jesse Palmer from the Mothership

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Speaker 1: as we look at the busy weekend in college football.

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Speaker 1: Rick Neuheisel CBS Sports will join us. He says, somebody

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Speaker 1: from Ohio States Receiving Corps has tested positive and an

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Speaker 1: assistant coach has tested positive, but that game is still

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Speaker 1: on against Northwestern. Bill Plashki for the La Times Around

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Speaker 1: the Horn, we'll talk all things Los Angeles, including USC football.

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Speaker 1: Is Jerry West in trouble with the NBA as they

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Speaker 1: deliver Kawhi Leonard to the Clippers, So we'll have Plashki

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Speaker 1: On your phone calls are always welcome. We say good

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Speaker 1: morning to our radio and TV partners, Chargers. They beat

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Speaker 1: the Raiders in overtime as Derek Carr out with a

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Speaker 1: the Raiders and that seems like they paid a lot

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Speaker 1: for him, but seems like a pretty good signing. Bring

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Speaker 1: him in. He played well last night, so he had

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Speaker 1: two former Ducks in there, justin Herbert, who played extremely well.

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Speaker 1: Once again. Your college football weekend, Clemson, Notre Dame, Alabama, Florida, Louisiana,

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Speaker 1: Coastal Carolina has been canceled due to COVID. Yeah, I know.

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Speaker 1: Oregon USC is tonight, Northwestern Ohio State that's a noon

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Speaker 1: start Saturday, Oklahoma and Iowa State. James Hardened trade teams expanding.

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Speaker 1: Although Polly said he Polly saw it on the bottom line,

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Speaker 1: I see Harden expanding like that's cold blooded, sup, let's

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Speaker 1: be a new scroll. Yeah, that's mean but hardened expanding

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Speaker 1: be an armchair quarterback this weekend. You're going to be

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Speaker 1: the arm chair ophthalmologist, because get ready for the eye test.

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Speaker 1: That's what this weekend's all about. The eye test. Playoff

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Speaker 1: committee will be watching closely to see not only who wins,

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Speaker 1: but how they win, how much do they win by

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Speaker 1: or how do they lose. I check with my college

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Speaker 1: football source and they said, can Notre Dame lose its

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Speaker 1: That margin between A and M and Alabama. That was

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Speaker 1: the first week in October. Alabama beat Texas A and M,

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Speaker 1: what if Ohio State on a neutral field has a

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Speaker 1: say those worst system? Why? Oh you did? I didn't

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Speaker 1: on Justin Herbert showing growth. He's doing it with young, young,

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Speaker 1: He's thrown for twenty seven touchdowns, three hundred yards. Again,

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert should pass that. But Terry Bradshaw was gushing

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Speaker 1: and they said, you know, Notre Dame loses, how much

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Speaker 1: can they lose by and then drop out of the

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Speaker 1: final four? And my source said, if it's an A

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Speaker 1: and M loss to Alabama margin that was fifth two

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Speaker 1: to twenty four, could you see a scenario where Clemson

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Speaker 1: blows out Notre Dame? Any chance that Notre Dame falls

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Speaker 1: out of the top four. It would have to be

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Speaker 1: a significant blowout. I don't know that it has to

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Speaker 1: be the Ohio State Wisconsin blowout fifty nine, nothing that

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Speaker 1: we saw in twenty fourteen, but it would have to

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Speaker 1: be a significant blowout, and given the way Notre Dame

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Speaker 1: has played defensively, I can't imagine that happening. I think

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Speaker 1: short of anything just monumental. The Irish are in. What

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Speaker 1: else intrigues you about this weekend that we should keep

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Speaker 1: an eye on. Oh, I think you know the Florida game.

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Speaker 1: You know the fact that Florida only fell one spot? Why,

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Speaker 1: why is that shocking? Shocking? But I think they were

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Speaker 1: just I mean, well, they're trying to keep them ahead

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Speaker 1: of Georgia. They beat Georgia, but then the question is

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Speaker 1: why is Georgia there right two losses? There are teams

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Speaker 1: like you mentioned USC before we came back from the break. Now, listen,

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Speaker 1: the Trojans have in terms of game control, it's their

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Speaker 1: own fault. They have not looked dominant. It's I can

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Speaker 1: understand where the committee's coming from. But that's a brand

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Speaker 1: that's one eleven national championships. That's a brand that's sitting there.

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Speaker 1: You know, it would move the needle in terms of

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Speaker 1: television sets, and yet they're getting absolutely no consideration. But

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Speaker 1: if the brand had competed for a national title in

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Speaker 1: the last three or four years, I think USC would

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Speaker 1: get far more love and they would be higher in

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Speaker 1: the rankings because you would go, hey, you know what,

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Speaker 1: last year they went to the final four. The previous

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Speaker 1: year whatever it is. USC has not been relevant in

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Speaker 1: a while, and that's why they don't get the benefit

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Speaker 1: of the eye test, nor has the Pack twelve. This

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Speaker 1: is they have been to the College Football Playoff two

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Speaker 1: years in seven tries, and that is just where it sits.

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Speaker 1: But that's why we have to expand the playoff because

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Speaker 1: that will tip the scales back a little bit more

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Speaker 1: evenly for recruiting purposes. It won't change that Clemson, Ohio State,

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Speaker 1: and Alabama are still winning the titles, but it will

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Speaker 1: change where all those recruits are going if there are

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Speaker 1: more spots to fill to get to the UH, to

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Speaker 1: get to the promised land of the College Football Playoff?

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Speaker 1: Is Auburn a good job? Auburn is a great job

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Speaker 1: from a money standpoint. I mean, Gus is gonna get

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Speaker 1: ten point eight here in the next twenty days, you

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Speaker 1: know that's that's a good deal. And have ten more

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Speaker 1: eight ten eight more coming? Why not keep him? Like

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Speaker 1: if I'm gonna if I have to pay you that

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Speaker 1: kind of money, I'm gonna keep you. It's like a divorce,

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Speaker 1: you know, it is it cheaper to just be married

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Speaker 1: you live on that side of the house exactly. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: this makes no sense. Uh. The only guy out there

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Speaker 1: that I believe would make sense is Hugh Freeze. And

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Speaker 1: obviously they're a little bit concerned, you know that. I

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Speaker 1: guess the people inside the program are worried he might

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Speaker 1: bring more uh you from the NCAA. Heck, they hired

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Speaker 1: Bruce Pearl. They hired Bruce Pearl. I mean he was

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Speaker 1: he was an nca purgatory and they hired him and

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Speaker 1: it worked out, they went to a final four. To me,

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Speaker 1: Hugh Freeze is the answer because both Gus mals On

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Speaker 1: and Nick Saban tried to hire Hugh Freeze to be

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Speaker 1: their coordinator. They know what kind of coach he is. Usually,

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Speaker 1: when the NCAA's looking at you, you've done well, they

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Speaker 1: just questioned why you've done well. So maybe that would

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Speaker 1: be a positive for for auber Amen. And I think

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Speaker 1: it's also a story this year as to where is

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Speaker 1: the NCAA. I've not seen them be part of this.

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Speaker 1: They didn't have much in the way of answers for eligibility,

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Speaker 1: They didn't have much in the way of answers for

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Speaker 1: what should be the protocol. They left everything up to

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Speaker 1: the individual conferences and commissioners and uh it's been a

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Speaker 1: it's been a very weird year for that entity in Indianapolis.

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Speaker 1: No their Kaiser, So say, we don't know who they

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Speaker 1: are perfect, we have no idea. We know they're there,

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Speaker 1: but we don't know what they look like. Um I

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Speaker 1: saw this. I don't know if it was a report

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Speaker 1: to be fair to it, Urban Meyer Ucla no way.

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Speaker 1: Well I know, and I thought of all people, knowing

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Speaker 1: what you went through Way and their lack of commitment

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Speaker 1: to their football program, Urban would would not do well

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Speaker 1: at UCLA. Well I can't. Now they do now have

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Speaker 1: a Buckeye as their athletic drink. I know that Martin

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Speaker 1: Jarman is there and they just signed a huge deal

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Speaker 1: that people aren't realizing is a huge deal with that

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Speaker 1: Jordan brand. The Nike thing that's going now at UCLA

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Speaker 1: got out from under armor and now have the UH,

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Speaker 1: the Nike brand UH and the Jordan brand along with it.

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Speaker 1: So that is a monster deal for UCLA. But Urban

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Speaker 1: no way. I think Urban's is either done comfortable with

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Speaker 1: Fox or if Brian Kelly takes an NFL job, that

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Speaker 1: would be where he would go. Notre Dame. Well, he

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Speaker 1: passed on Notre a long, long time ago, and I

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Speaker 1: think he wants to do over. That's just my gut.

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Speaker 1: I haven't talked urban. I don't know, but I'm throwing

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Speaker 1: that out there just because I think it's sexy. Wow.

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Speaker 1: I like that one better than the UCLA rumor. Before

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Speaker 1: I let you go, we're talking to Rick Neuheisel, CBS

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Speaker 1: College football analysts. You normally provide us with a song

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Speaker 1: whenever you Oh, yes, I do. I don't know. Yes,

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Speaker 1: the holiday, you got the guitar, the axes nearby. Okay,

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Speaker 1: that's just a little something, you know. Okay, what's the topic. Well,

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Speaker 1: it's Christmas. Oh, and we're trying to marry it a

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Speaker 1: little bit with what's going on in college foot. Okay,

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Speaker 1: here we go. Here's Rick Newhisl, you know, Mick Loving

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Speaker 1: and Paulli and Seaton and Fritzie all of the others

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Speaker 1: are out getting blitzeed. But do you recall the most

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Speaker 1: famous reindeer of all route Off the Covid reindeer wasn't

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Speaker 1: feeling quite himself, and when the doctor saw him asked

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Speaker 1: if he'd been near the elves. All of the other reindeer,

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Speaker 1: now we're being contact traced if they had been with

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Speaker 1: route off into quarantine they'd be placed. Sanna, of course,

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Speaker 1: was quite concerned Christmas might be a bust, so he

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Speaker 1: asked the CFP that committee of thirteen learned individuals to

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Speaker 1: get opinions he could trust. Santa now felt much better.

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Speaker 1: Losing Christmas isn't really ashamed. Heck, he still be Santa

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Speaker 1: without even playing a game. Uh, it's not quite born

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Speaker 1: in the sec which just pointing out that you still

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Speaker 1: the great brands, are still the great brand they are.

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Speaker 1: That's all. That's it. They they are. He's got a

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Speaker 1: better brand than Sanna. Now. By the way, by the way,

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Speaker 1: your set is off awesome. That chestnuts roasting on the

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Speaker 1: open fire behind you? Is that Bobby Knight roasting on

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Speaker 1: the open fire behind Bobby Knights behind me? This is

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Speaker 1: the Lou Holtz doll that was at Arkansas. You need

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Speaker 1: to get the Medal of Freedom on on there for Lou.

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Speaker 1: I think they went on probation soon after that was Uh,

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Speaker 1: but what a nice thing, What a nice thing. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: thanks for thanks for joining us as always, it's great talking,

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Speaker 1: always a pleasure. Happy holiday. Yeah, and let's finished the season.

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Speaker 1: Congratulations as everybody who got a college season in this

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Speaker 1: has been phenomenal to enjoy. He's Rick Neuheisel, CBS Sports

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Speaker 1: college football Analyst. Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick

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Speaker 1: Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday

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Speaker 1: morning nine until noon eastern six to nine Pacific on

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Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio, and you can find us on the

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Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live on the

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Speaker 1: Peacock app. Jesse Palmer is a college football analyst for

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Speaker 1: the Mothership and he'll be part of ESPN's life studio

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Speaker 1: coverage surrounding Week sixteen actions Sunday's College Football Playoffs Selection Day,

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Speaker 1: the College Football Playoffs Selection Show noon Eastern this Sunday

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Speaker 1: on ESPN. Jesse, thanks for taking time out to join us.

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Speaker 1: Let me start with Justin Herbert. How did he go

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Speaker 1: from what he was at Oregon to what he is

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Speaker 1: now with the Chargers. Yeah. Dan, I mean I've been

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Speaker 1: really impressed what I've seen from Justin in his rookie season.

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Speaker 1: I think, to me, more than anything, it's just been

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Speaker 1: ball location. I think that was my biggest question for

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Speaker 1: Justin Herbert coming out of Oregon. We're you know, he

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Speaker 1: knew he had size, and you knew he had tremendous

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Speaker 1: armed talent, but there were times on throws ball location

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00:34:05,960 --> 00:34:09,920
Speaker 1: wasn't exactly precise, and there were times on outbreaking routes

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Speaker 1: on the sideline where he'd miss a guy, maybe leave

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Speaker 1: it a little bit inside. The play might have gotten

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Speaker 1: broken up in college, but you'd watch that and say, well,

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Speaker 1: on Sunday, if you put that a couple inches behind

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Speaker 1: the receiver, that's a pick six. He hasn't had those

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Speaker 1: ball location issues. His accuracy has been spot on. He's

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Speaker 1: hitting guys in the face mask, he's hitting guys in

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Speaker 1: the numbers, and he's doing it while he's able to

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Speaker 1: move around in the pocket. He's been throwing under duress.

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Speaker 1: His deep ball accuracy has been phenomenal. Just so impressed

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Speaker 1: with Justin Herbert because listening to you and a lot

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Speaker 1: of other people as well, it's pretty obvious anyone that's

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Speaker 1: watched them. I think he's exceeded the expectations by a

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Speaker 1: long shot this year. And I we got to see

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Speaker 1: Marcus Mariota again last night, and this is the Marcus

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Speaker 1: Mariota we saw at Oregon and the guy who really

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Speaker 1: put pressure on the deep. But when he was with Tennessee,

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Speaker 1: he seemed very tentative. He didn't want to take advantage of,

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Speaker 1: you know, his weapons, his athleticism, but we did see

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Speaker 1: it last night. What do you like? Is he a

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Speaker 1: backup quarterback or do you see him as his starting quarterback?

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Speaker 1: I mean, at this point, I think I see him

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Speaker 1: more as a backup and a guy that certainly can

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Speaker 1: come in games and potentially give a spark to an offense.

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Speaker 1: And you're right, I think during his early career in

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Speaker 1: Tennessee just didn't seem to put it together. He was obviously,

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Speaker 1: you know, in charge of a Chip Kelly offense at

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Speaker 1: Oregon that really capitalized on his athleticism and zone reads

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Speaker 1: and RPOs, and still at a time where that was

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Speaker 1: kind of in the forefront, cutting edge offense at the

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Speaker 1: collegiate level, obviously, moving to Tennessee a much more complex offense,

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Speaker 1: and he just never seemed to fully grasp that and

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Speaker 1: they were never fully able to take advantage of his

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Speaker 1: talents after being the second overall pick. So he's a

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Speaker 1: guy that I certainly see having a very long career

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Speaker 1: and hopefully for him, he'll get another opportunity down the road.

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Speaker 1: But you know, at this point, I think it's it's

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Speaker 1: more likely at least that he's a career backup that

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Speaker 1: that gets chances to get in games and play, and

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Speaker 1: certainly still capable of winning a lot of games. We

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Speaker 1: had Nick Saban on yesterday and he brought up something

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Speaker 1: interesting about recruiting and how it's changed, and he said,

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Speaker 1: these kids come in and think they're starting right away,

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Speaker 1: and they haven't been told no, or they haven't been criticized.

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Speaker 1: And he said, you know, there's an adjustment there. And

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Speaker 1: you have social media Jesse that expects you you're a

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Speaker 1: five star, Hey, what's wrong with you? Like, there's a

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Speaker 1: whole lot that goes into going from high school to college,

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Speaker 1: and if you're playing a high profile position like quarterback.

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Speaker 1: He said, that's that's been a big challenge for me

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Speaker 1: here trying to talk how do you talk to somebody

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Speaker 1: who hasn't been talked to that way by an old

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Speaker 1: school coach. I think that's why you're seeing so many

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Speaker 1: transfers now in college football. It seems like a kid

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Speaker 1: shows up on campus, he's not starting right away, and

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Speaker 1: immediately he's out the door and he's looking for another opportunity.

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Speaker 1: And it's not uncommon now to see guys not just

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Speaker 1: transfer one time, transfer two three, sometimes even more. You're right,

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Speaker 1: there's so much media surrounding these players. Now. Kids are

637
00:37:13,200 --> 00:37:17,480
Speaker 1: they're committing to their schools on national TV. Sometimes kids

638
00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,120
Speaker 1: are committing, you know, early in high school, middle school

639
00:37:20,200 --> 00:37:23,080
Speaker 1: kids now are getting offered and everybody keeps telling them

640
00:37:23,160 --> 00:37:25,040
Speaker 1: how great they are. And the reality is they get

641
00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:27,640
Speaker 1: to a program like in Alabama, where there's where you're

642
00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:29,400
Speaker 1: not just getting the best players in state or in

643
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Speaker 1: the Southeast, you're getting them from all over the country.

644
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Speaker 1: Everybody wants to go play for a guy like Nick

645
00:37:34,320 --> 00:37:37,279
Speaker 1: Saban and it takes a very tough minded kid now

646
00:37:37,280 --> 00:37:39,640
Speaker 1: to come in a guy like Mac Jones, who you know,

647
00:37:39,760 --> 00:37:41,960
Speaker 1: still wanted to go to school there even though Jalen

648
00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,959
Speaker 1: Hurts was there, even though a ta tunga violo was there.

649
00:37:45,680 --> 00:37:48,040
Speaker 1: There were question marks surrounding mac Jones heading into this year,

650
00:37:48,080 --> 00:37:49,560
Speaker 1: only had four starts. They go out and get the

651
00:37:49,640 --> 00:37:51,960
Speaker 1: number one dual threat prospect in the country and Bryce

652
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Speaker 1: Young and still Mac Jones has you know, he just

653
00:37:55,440 --> 00:37:57,239
Speaker 1: kind of buckles up and says, Okay, I got to

654
00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,880
Speaker 1: earn this job. So you're right, it's a totally different

655
00:38:00,920 --> 00:38:05,200
Speaker 1: mindset today that and it's so much harder today for

656
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Speaker 1: coaches to have to manage their rosters based on how

657
00:38:08,239 --> 00:38:11,400
Speaker 1: willing and easy it is for kids now to transfer

658
00:38:11,480 --> 00:38:13,760
Speaker 1: simply because they're not getting the playing time they expect

659
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Speaker 1: it early. Should the Heisman Trophy come down to the

660
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Speaker 1: winner of Alabama Florida, I think so. And you know

661
00:38:21,760 --> 00:38:24,120
Speaker 1: I would still give the edge right now to Mac Jones.

662
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:27,600
Speaker 1: And it really for me goes beyond just being ten

663
00:38:27,640 --> 00:38:29,200
Speaker 1: and oh and being the number one ranked team in

664
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Speaker 1: the country, and obviously Max put up fantastic numbers. But Dan,

665
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Speaker 1: I really think if you've watched the games, if you've walked,

666
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Speaker 1: if you've watched Mac Jones play week in week out,

667
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Speaker 1: He's just playing the position at a different level. It's

668
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Speaker 1: not just accurate season avoiding in avoiding interceptions. It's moving

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Speaker 1: around the pocket. It says anticipation on throws. He's getting

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Speaker 1: hit right in the chest, he's got guys in his lap,

671
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Speaker 1: and it's not affecting his efficiency. I'm not saying Mac

672
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Speaker 1: Jones is the NFL prospect that Trevor Lawrence is by

673
00:39:04,640 --> 00:39:07,000
Speaker 1: no stretch, but I think you could make the argument

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Speaker 1: Mac Jones has played better this year, and he's played

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Speaker 1: more consistently, certainly on a week end week out basis,

676
00:39:12,880 --> 00:39:16,160
Speaker 1: Kyle Trask is completely shouldered, not just the Florida Gator offense,

677
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Speaker 1: but that entire team, and for them to pull the

678
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Speaker 1: upset against Florida, he's gonna he's gonna have to have

679
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Speaker 1: another A plus type performance. But I think those two

680
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Speaker 1: guys have sort of separated themselves for the rest of

681
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Speaker 1: the pack. He's Jesse Palmer ESPN College Football analysts. But

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Speaker 1: mac Jones could be the Heisman Trophy winner. He's not

683
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Speaker 1: the best player on his own team. Yeah, you could

684
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Speaker 1: make the argument, Davante Smiths, you can make. Yeah. I mean,

685
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Speaker 1: then there's a bunch of guys on defense that are

686
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Speaker 1: good too, and then a left tackle and leather Wood.

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Speaker 1: It's really good. Nag Harris is leading the nation and

688
00:39:45,560 --> 00:39:49,640
Speaker 1: rushing arts. That's that's the reality at at the reality

689
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Speaker 1: at Alabama. You probably could have said the same thing

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Speaker 1: for Danny Werfel when he won the Heisman Trophy at Florida,

691
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Speaker 1: And you probably could say the same thing maybe for

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Speaker 1: Matt Leinert when he won the Heisman Trophy at USC. Yeah,

693
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Speaker 1: I don't think he was the change where mac Jones

694
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Speaker 1: might win it. But DeVante Smith, to me, is the

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Speaker 1: best player on that team. And DeVante Smith might not

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Speaker 1: be the best receiver on that Jaylen Waddle might be

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Speaker 1: the best. Do you think he's better? Do you think

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Speaker 1: he's better? He only played four games. It seemed like

699
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Speaker 1: he was catching a bubble screen and taking at nine

700
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Speaker 1: into the house every day. And the scary part for Bamas,

701
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Speaker 1: they might get him back in the playoff. I don't know,

702
00:40:26,080 --> 00:40:27,919
Speaker 1: like it would be funny to walk in that locker

703
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Speaker 1: room and really bring a bunch of scouts and say, okay,

704
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Speaker 1: just just you know, look at this clutter and tell

705
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Speaker 1: me who you think the best is, because it's uh,

706
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Speaker 1: you know that a lot of ways probably explains why

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Speaker 1: they're the number one. Mac Jones told me said the

708
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Speaker 1: hardest throw is when the receiver's wide open, as so

709
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Speaker 1: as a former quarterback, and Saban agreed. He said yes,

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Speaker 1: And Saban I think played one year at the position

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Speaker 1: when he went to college. But is that the hard

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Speaker 1: throw wide open? Yeah? Yeah, it's harder for Mac because

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Speaker 1: I feel like it happens a lot. Steve Sarcasian Steve Syarcesian,

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Speaker 1: I mean, as an offensive coordinator loves dialing up double moves,

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Speaker 1: and I don't think there's another receiving group in the

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Speaker 1: country is good at running them. Javante Smith catches at

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Speaker 1: least one double move t D a week. Jalen Muddle

718
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Speaker 1: is doing it before. John Mecchi, the Canadian from Brampton,

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00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:20,760
Speaker 1: Ontario outside he's catching a post for for a touchdown

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Speaker 1: every week. So so Mac Jones has to deal with

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Speaker 1: it more than a lot of other people. But as

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Speaker 1: a quarterback, when you're back there, you know, you're trying

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Speaker 1: to play fast and you're trying to get your read

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Speaker 1: and take your steps and look down field and decipher,

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Speaker 1: decipher the coverage and try to really quickly get a

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Speaker 1: read on where your receiver is and where his body

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Speaker 1: position is in relation to the closest defender to him.

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Speaker 1: You look down there and you see that he's got

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Speaker 1: him beat by four or five yards, and you tighten up.

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Speaker 1: You think, oh God, you know, I gotta make this perfect.

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Speaker 1: And that's oftentimes when it's tight coverage, that's when as

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Speaker 1: a quarterback you can really just let it rip, you know,

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Speaker 1: throw a fastball without overthinking it. And so you know,

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Speaker 1: for mac Jones, maybe maybe that makes the season even

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Speaker 1: more impressive. He's made a lot of very tough wide

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Speaker 1: open throws this year. It's amazing. All right, let's handicap

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Speaker 1: what's going to happen this weekend. I'll give you just

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Speaker 1: some of my thoughts or some of the information that

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Speaker 1: I've gathered here Notre Dame. What if Notre Dame would

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Speaker 1: lose the way Alabama beat Texas A and m Maybe

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Speaker 1: I'm told by a source with the committee that they

742
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Speaker 1: could they could lose their way out of the final four.

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Speaker 1: If Clemson would lose a close game, they probably would

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00:42:27,360 --> 00:42:29,160
Speaker 1: still have a hard time staying in. But I don't

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Speaker 1: believe that because they love those shiny objects. They want

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Speaker 1: to have Trevor Lawrence in there. And Florida. If Florida

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Speaker 1: beats Alabama, Alabama and we know is still staying in,

748
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Speaker 1: can Florida get in? So wherever you want to go

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Speaker 1: with that, whatever topic you want to dive into, if

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Speaker 1: you have something to the country, so I would say

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00:42:47,719 --> 00:42:49,799
Speaker 1: Bama is a lot to be in. I think with

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Speaker 1: Florida losing LSU last week in North Carolina smashing Miami,

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Speaker 1: I now think Notre Dame's in. I kind of thought,

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Speaker 1: like you last week I thought, well, if Notre Dame

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Speaker 1: goes out and they get blown out by Clemson, there's

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Speaker 1: a possibility that they could get left out. You gotta

757
00:43:02,719 --> 00:43:06,040
Speaker 1: remember in twenty seventeen, Georgia got beat by Auburn by

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00:43:06,280 --> 00:43:08,719
Speaker 1: I think it was twenty three points. They still got

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Speaker 1: in as a one lost team. I think with Notre

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00:43:11,360 --> 00:43:14,560
Speaker 1: Dame's resume, unc is a team the committee really likes.

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Speaker 1: They certainly look great against Miami last week, and they've

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Speaker 1: beaten Clemson already. I think you could take a one

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Speaker 1: lost Notre Dame resume and put it up against the

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Speaker 1: six and Ohio State, or or even an eight and

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Speaker 1: one Texas A and M, whose best win would be

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Speaker 1: the Gators, who, by the way, after this weekend, might

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Speaker 1: be a three lost team Clemson if they lose the

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Speaker 1: Notre Dame Clemson game. To me, is really the kind

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Speaker 1: of the interesting story in this because if Notre Dame

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Speaker 1: wims Clemson loses, you've got a two lost Clemson that's

771
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Speaker 1: lost twice to the number two team in the country.

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Speaker 1: What does that look like against, say, in eighton one

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Speaker 1: Texas A and M. Clemson's resume if they lose wouldn't

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Speaker 1: necessarily be great, not just being a two loss team

775
00:43:51,239 --> 00:43:52,920
Speaker 1: and we would never see it two lost team get in.

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Speaker 1: Their best win is eighteen Miami. There's only two teams

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Speaker 1: on Clemson's schedule, Pittsburgh and Boston College, who currently have

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Speaker 1: winning records outside of Miami. So it's not as strong

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Speaker 1: as you potentially like, I do agree. I think people

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Speaker 1: think that with Trevor Lawrence on the field, and people

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Speaker 1: expect them to win that game. If Notre Dame loses

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Speaker 1: this weekend, do they fall from two to three? And

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Speaker 1: then does the committee rematch Clemson and Notre Dame for

784
00:44:20,040 --> 00:44:22,680
Speaker 1: a third time? Is that something? Is that something that

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00:44:22,760 --> 00:44:24,840
Speaker 1: the committee would talk about? Do we really want to

786
00:44:24,840 --> 00:44:28,080
Speaker 1: see this again? What if it's a close game and

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Speaker 1: you say, well, Notre Dame won the first in double

788
00:44:30,080 --> 00:44:33,359
Speaker 1: ot Clemson won the second. Yeah, let's let's let them

789
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Speaker 1: do it again. Or would they would they move Notre

790
00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,680
Speaker 1: Dame down purposely to four and maybe Ohio State up

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Speaker 1: to avoid that rent There's another possibility. I mean Texas

792
00:44:42,840 --> 00:44:45,399
Speaker 1: A and M if Notre Dame wins, could slide into

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Speaker 1: number four. And now you've got that Bama, Texas A

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00:44:48,320 --> 00:44:50,080
Speaker 1: and m rematch, and you mentioned they got beat by

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Speaker 1: twenty eight points the first time, so there are rematch

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Speaker 1: scenarios very alive this weekend. Be interesting to see how

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Speaker 1: the committee decides to play that. They're not supposed to

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Speaker 1: factor that into their discussion with respect to who's number one, two, three,

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Speaker 1: and four, But it seems like it's common sense and

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Speaker 1: it's human instinct just to have to at least factor

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Speaker 1: that any considerate. Yeah, I said, it's a TV show,

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Speaker 1: and I get criticized, but you know, they want the

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Speaker 1: four best schools, they want the biggest fan bases, they

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00:45:17,160 --> 00:45:19,680
Speaker 1: want eyeballs on this. A and M if A and

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Speaker 1: M had Johnny Manziel Jesse, we would be talking about

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Speaker 1: them in a different way. We don't know Texas A

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00:45:26,680 --> 00:45:29,959
Speaker 1: and M. We know we know their coach and that's it.

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00:45:30,400 --> 00:45:33,600
Speaker 1: They have a quality team. We all know that Iowa

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Speaker 1: Stayed has more shiny objects than an M does. I

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00:45:36,640 --> 00:45:40,120
Speaker 1: think as far as talent goes skill position, guys USC,

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Speaker 1: if USC had been in the conversation the last couple

812
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,520
Speaker 1: of years, we would look at them differently this year.

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Speaker 1: So I just don't know what the process is. That's

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Speaker 1: a fair process, and maybe I'm being naive. Every other

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00:45:53,400 --> 00:45:58,680
Speaker 1: sport they want parody. You know, the NFL wants parody.

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00:45:58,920 --> 00:46:00,680
Speaker 1: They want to help you if you're bad. The next

817
00:46:00,719 --> 00:46:03,440
Speaker 1: year they give you an easier schedule. Baseball like they

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Speaker 1: will give you the number one pick. College football doesn't

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Speaker 1: want parody here. So as we move down the road

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Speaker 1: here next five years, like, what does college football look like?

821
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Speaker 1: If it looks any different than it does now? You know,

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Speaker 1: it's it's you know, we kind of you know, go

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Speaker 1: into every year and we sort of have our expectation level,

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Speaker 1: and you know, in this year was no different, even

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Speaker 1: with the pandemic and shortened season for some conferences, I

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Speaker 1: think people still expect Bama, they still expect Clemson, they

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Speaker 1: still expect Ohio State, and then it's kind of like, kay,

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Speaker 1: who else, who else is going to get in? With

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Speaker 1: the way recruiting is going today, it's like the rich

830
00:46:37,960 --> 00:46:41,080
Speaker 1: keep getting richer, and you got to give those those

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Speaker 1: schools credit. I mean, they there's not a lot of

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Speaker 1: drop off at quarterback. I think that that's been one

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00:46:45,719 --> 00:46:48,200
Speaker 1: of the big factors this year for a lot of

834
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Speaker 1: these these programs in their continued success. You know, the

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Speaker 1: Texas saying m thing I think is interesting because the

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00:46:53,760 --> 00:46:56,000
Speaker 1: committee has respected them the entire time, and I think

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00:46:56,000 --> 00:46:57,759
Speaker 1: that win against the Gators has stood out in the

838
00:46:57,760 --> 00:47:00,719
Speaker 1: committee's mind. That they've been sitting there at number five.

839
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Speaker 1: I think every college football playoff ranking, they're right there.

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00:47:03,719 --> 00:47:05,960
Speaker 1: They need help. They need Notre Dame to win. You

841
00:47:06,040 --> 00:47:07,799
Speaker 1: need Alabama to win. So they can say their worst

842
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:10,160
Speaker 1: loss was against the number one ranked team. But you're right,

843
00:47:10,200 --> 00:47:13,360
Speaker 1: I mean, you know, maybe not the not the headliners.

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Speaker 1: Kellen Monds very quietly had a very good year. He's

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Speaker 1: been inconsistent throughout his career. Eighteen tds this season, only

846
00:47:20,000 --> 00:47:22,279
Speaker 1: two picks. They run the ball. I'd argue this is

847
00:47:22,320 --> 00:47:25,040
Speaker 1: the best Jimbo Fishers called plays on offense at any

848
00:47:25,040 --> 00:47:27,160
Speaker 1: point in his collegiate career, even better than when he

849
00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:30,160
Speaker 1: was at Florida State, simply because they had their best

850
00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:31,839
Speaker 1: receiver opt out at the start of the year. They

851
00:47:31,840 --> 00:47:34,360
Speaker 1: had another key receiver get hurt in that game against Florida,

852
00:47:34,400 --> 00:47:36,239
Speaker 1: and he's had a kind of scheme guys open. They're

853
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:38,200
Speaker 1: a dominant defense. They're a really good team. If that's

854
00:47:38,200 --> 00:47:41,040
Speaker 1: the SATAM gets in because Clemson loses, I don't have

855
00:47:41,080 --> 00:47:43,239
Speaker 1: a problem with it, But you know, I think that

856
00:47:43,360 --> 00:47:45,600
Speaker 1: Notre Dame Clemson game, the a SEC title game. I

857
00:47:45,600 --> 00:47:47,680
Speaker 1: think we'll go a long way in kind of determining,

858
00:47:47,920 --> 00:47:50,200
Speaker 1: you know, the order of what we see. One through four,

859
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:53,920
Speaker 1: oh Ohio State just win and you're in, Like, it

860
00:47:53,920 --> 00:47:56,279
Speaker 1: doesn't matter if it's by one or by you know,

861
00:47:56,560 --> 00:48:01,440
Speaker 1: twenty five. I hesitate to say by one. I think

862
00:48:01,480 --> 00:48:05,040
Speaker 1: they need to go out and dominate and listen. If

863
00:48:05,040 --> 00:48:08,279
Speaker 1: they do that, then I think they're absolutely in at six.

864
00:48:08,360 --> 00:48:10,359
Speaker 1: To know that they've been a dominant team that's been

865
00:48:10,400 --> 00:48:13,759
Speaker 1: in control of their games this year. Even in the

866
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,120
Speaker 1: close loss against Indiana. They were winning that game thirty

867
00:48:16,120 --> 00:48:18,680
Speaker 1: five to seven until it started getting weird and Justin

868
00:48:18,719 --> 00:48:20,799
Speaker 1: Fields had his worst game throwing the ball, throwing three

869
00:48:20,840 --> 00:48:25,320
Speaker 1: picks in that game. But you know, the committee loves Indiana,

870
00:48:25,440 --> 00:48:28,239
Speaker 1: they love Northwestern. From a resume standpoint, those would be

871
00:48:28,239 --> 00:48:31,040
Speaker 1: good wins for Ohio State. And you know, a lot

872
00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 1: of there's a lot of detractors saying, well, you only

873
00:48:32,640 --> 00:48:36,799
Speaker 1: played six games. If the committee felt like Ohio State

874
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:40,280
Speaker 1: was quote unquote comparable maybe to a two lost Clemson

875
00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:42,080
Speaker 1: or a one lost Texas A and M, then maybe

876
00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:45,279
Speaker 1: you take the amount of games played as a tiebreaker

877
00:48:45,560 --> 00:48:47,640
Speaker 1: Ohio State would have the Big Ten Championship, which the

878
00:48:47,640 --> 00:48:50,680
Speaker 1: committee is supposed to use as a tiebreaker. A two

879
00:48:50,719 --> 00:48:52,719
Speaker 1: lost Clemson in Texas A and M wouldn't have that,

880
00:48:52,840 --> 00:48:54,920
Speaker 1: so that would be an interesting discussion as well. But

881
00:48:55,280 --> 00:48:57,279
Speaker 1: I think if you're Ryan Day in Ohio State, I

882
00:48:57,320 --> 00:49:00,400
Speaker 1: think if you win that game convincingly like their affected

883
00:49:00,400 --> 00:49:04,160
Speaker 1: to that, I think Ohio States in the playoff. Thank you, Jesse,

884
00:49:04,320 --> 00:49:07,879
Speaker 1: appreciate your time, Happy holidays, and we'll be watching coming

885
00:49:07,920 --> 00:49:11,840
Speaker 1: up this weekend. Thanks, thank you. Buy that's Jesse Palmer.

886
00:49:12,000 --> 00:49:14,440
Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be

887
00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:17,319
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888
00:49:17,400 --> 00:49:20,680
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889
00:49:21,040 --> 00:49:23,319
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890
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:26,319
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891
00:49:26,400 --> 00:49:30,279
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892
00:49:30,920 --> 00:49:34,200
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893
00:49:34,200 --> 00:49:36,680
Speaker 1: great to take a spin around Los Angeles sports wise

894
00:49:36,719 --> 00:49:39,600
Speaker 1: with Bill Plashki La Times columnists and of course one

895
00:49:39,600 --> 00:49:42,640
Speaker 1: of the stars of ESPNS, around the Horn. Let me

896
00:49:42,680 --> 00:49:45,879
Speaker 1: start with the Chargers. Bill, they got their franchise quarter,

897
00:49:48,239 --> 00:49:52,719
Speaker 1: Do they have their coach? No? No, he used his

898
00:49:52,760 --> 00:49:57,520
Speaker 1: own kicker last night. Um No, they needed Anti. Len's

899
00:49:57,560 --> 00:50:00,239
Speaker 1: a great guy and everybody in town loves him, but

900
00:50:00,360 --> 00:50:02,919
Speaker 1: it's time for a new voice, a new fresh look,

901
00:50:03,000 --> 00:50:06,320
Speaker 1: a new uh you know, take on things, and and

902
00:50:06,600 --> 00:50:09,160
Speaker 1: they need somebody to coach this young quarterback because this

903
00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:12,239
Speaker 1: kid's a star. Herbert's a star and in this town

904
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:16,880
Speaker 1: that means a ton. And last night he again he

905
00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:20,080
Speaker 1: proved what you know, what he can do. He's he's

906
00:50:20,120 --> 00:50:22,759
Speaker 1: gonna behind him. This team could get what could become

907
00:50:22,800 --> 00:50:24,839
Speaker 1: an actually an LA team, which is the first same

908
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:27,360
Speaker 1: time thing I ever ever I've ever said that. But

909
00:50:27,480 --> 00:50:29,720
Speaker 1: then you have the Rams, the best team in town,

910
00:50:29,920 --> 00:50:33,480
Speaker 1: and they've kind of been under the radar. It feels

911
00:50:33,560 --> 00:50:37,160
Speaker 1: like because this wasn't the Sean McVeigh, Jared Golf offense,

912
00:50:37,280 --> 00:50:40,760
Speaker 1: high powered quarterback whisper. They've been leading with their defense

913
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:42,719
Speaker 1: here in their running game. How dangerous do you think

914
00:50:42,760 --> 00:50:44,960
Speaker 1: the Rams will become? Playoff? Ton? Well, I think the

915
00:50:45,040 --> 00:50:46,600
Speaker 1: Rams can go to the Super Bowl. I mean, you

916
00:50:46,600 --> 00:50:49,800
Speaker 1: look at the NFC and what what else is out there? Unless,

917
00:50:49,800 --> 00:50:51,440
Speaker 1: of course, I heard Drew Brees is coming back. But

918
00:50:51,480 --> 00:50:54,160
Speaker 1: if Breeze is not healthy and Green Bay's defense is

919
00:50:54,200 --> 00:50:57,600
Speaker 1: suspect your Ranson go to super Bowl. But they're just again,

920
00:50:57,640 --> 00:51:01,279
Speaker 1: this is a town a star. He's more of a

921
00:51:01,320 --> 00:51:03,680
Speaker 1: game manager now and that's working for them. And Cam

922
00:51:03,719 --> 00:51:06,799
Speaker 1: Makers is great at running back. That's a revelation. But

923
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:13,360
Speaker 1: you know they don't have the start. Ever see it,

924
00:51:13,520 --> 00:51:16,279
Speaker 1: never see his face. That's why, Justin Herbert, that was

925
00:51:16,360 --> 00:51:18,360
Speaker 1: such a big deal last night. And it's such a

926
00:51:18,360 --> 00:51:19,960
Speaker 1: big deal to have them in the new stadium and

927
00:51:20,080 --> 00:51:22,359
Speaker 1: such a big deal. This is the best coaching they're

928
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:24,799
Speaker 1: gonna get. They're gonna get You're of Anthony lynd This's

929
00:51:24,800 --> 00:51:28,560
Speaker 1: gonna be the best coaching vacancy in the NFL. Well yeah,

930
00:51:28,880 --> 00:51:30,880
Speaker 1: I mean you have your franchise quarterback, and that's what

931
00:51:31,239 --> 00:51:33,319
Speaker 1: all of these coaches are looking for. You want that

932
00:51:33,360 --> 00:51:35,560
Speaker 1: guy got a rookie contract here and then you can

933
00:51:35,560 --> 00:51:37,880
Speaker 1: build around him. And they do have talent on that.

934
00:51:38,239 --> 00:51:41,240
Speaker 1: It's not like Joe Burrow going to the Bengals. Justin

935
00:51:41,280 --> 00:51:44,719
Speaker 1: Herbert went to a Charger team that has just underachieved

936
00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:48,880
Speaker 1: and always had injuries. They have great, great defense, they

937
00:51:48,920 --> 00:51:51,560
Speaker 1: have great young talent, they got a great quarterback. They

938
00:51:51,560 --> 00:51:53,920
Speaker 1: have all the ingredients to contend of course they got there.

939
00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:56,200
Speaker 1: They're in a bad division and that's gonna be tough.

940
00:51:56,239 --> 00:51:58,480
Speaker 1: But I just think it's a real it's a real

941
00:51:58,560 --> 00:52:02,359
Speaker 1: plum job for someone. How about Jim Harball. Get Jim

942
00:52:02,400 --> 00:52:05,319
Speaker 1: Harball back in the NFL. I'm serious. Everybody laughs about that.

943
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:08,560
Speaker 1: He was a pretty good NFL coach. He's got a

944
00:52:08,560 --> 00:52:13,560
Speaker 1: lot of LA's San Diego roots. Bring it back. Yeah, Look,

945
00:52:13,560 --> 00:52:15,840
Speaker 1: it's not far fetched. I mean I even brought up, well,

946
00:52:16,040 --> 00:52:18,120
Speaker 1: you know, if it doesn't work out at Michigan, just

947
00:52:18,160 --> 00:52:20,879
Speaker 1: having go to the Detroit Lions, you know, just keep

948
00:52:20,960 --> 00:52:24,560
Speaker 1: him in state there. But you know, I think he'll

949
00:52:24,600 --> 00:52:26,879
Speaker 1: eventually go back to the NFL, but I don't think

950
00:52:26,880 --> 00:52:29,200
Speaker 1: he's ready to go now. I want to ask you

951
00:52:29,200 --> 00:52:32,000
Speaker 1: about the Clippers situation because this is one of those

952
00:52:32,040 --> 00:52:35,359
Speaker 1: Wait a minute, what happened and Jerry West involved in this?

953
00:52:35,400 --> 00:52:37,759
Speaker 1: And you have somebody saying that Jerry said promised to

954
00:52:37,760 --> 00:52:39,680
Speaker 1: pay off of what two and a half million dollars

955
00:52:39,680 --> 00:52:42,880
Speaker 1: to deliver Kawhi Leonard to the Clippers. Why is this

956
00:52:42,960 --> 00:52:45,920
Speaker 1: coming out now and is there any validity to it?

957
00:52:45,960 --> 00:52:48,480
Speaker 1: I know the NBA's investigating, Well, it's coming out now

958
00:52:48,520 --> 00:52:51,440
Speaker 1: because the guy filed the lawsuit against Jerry and the Clippers,

959
00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:54,640
Speaker 1: and Jerry West ought to counter through the guy for

960
00:52:54,719 --> 00:52:58,960
Speaker 1: fraud because because Kawhi Leonard hasn't been worth the effort

961
00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:01,600
Speaker 1: that they put into getting so far, he's got a

962
00:53:01,600 --> 00:53:03,600
Speaker 1: lot more to prove out here. No. I mean, you

963
00:53:03,640 --> 00:53:05,880
Speaker 1: pay two two point five million dollars to sway a

964
00:53:05,880 --> 00:53:07,000
Speaker 1: guy to come to your team and you don't get

965
00:53:07,040 --> 00:53:10,520
Speaker 1: out of the second round again. Come on, But I

966
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:13,200
Speaker 1: just think I'm back in the luck. I can't imagine

967
00:53:13,760 --> 00:53:16,080
Speaker 1: that the logo would need one of the greatest executives,

968
00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:18,319
Speaker 1: the greatest executive of all time in the NBA, if

969
00:53:18,320 --> 00:53:20,920
Speaker 1: he asked me, would need help and try to recruit

970
00:53:20,920 --> 00:53:23,120
Speaker 1: a player. I can't imagine that. I heard that Clippers

971
00:53:23,160 --> 00:53:25,200
Speaker 1: did a lot of things to try to recruit Kawhi.

972
00:53:25,280 --> 00:53:27,719
Speaker 1: I can't imagine they would do something like that. But

973
00:53:27,800 --> 00:53:30,839
Speaker 1: even that, even that, so, what's what's the NBA gonna do?

974
00:53:31,000 --> 00:53:33,200
Speaker 1: I find him draft picks? They don't have any draft picks.

975
00:53:33,719 --> 00:53:36,719
Speaker 1: Ten million dollars. Bomber has got that much in his

976
00:53:37,600 --> 00:53:40,600
Speaker 1: sofa cushions. I just think this is a This is

977
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:42,640
Speaker 1: gonna be quickly become a non story. And if it

978
00:53:42,680 --> 00:53:44,759
Speaker 1: does become a story. I'm back in the logo on this.

979
00:53:45,080 --> 00:53:48,040
Speaker 1: I've always got the logos back. Yeah, he's one of

980
00:53:48,080 --> 00:53:50,960
Speaker 1: my idols. I just I think that's why I took

981
00:53:51,080 --> 00:53:53,719
Speaker 1: note of the story, because you know, we always look

982
00:53:53,719 --> 00:53:55,879
Speaker 1: at Jerry. Jerry gets his man when he wants him,

983
00:53:55,920 --> 00:53:58,040
Speaker 1: and to get Kawhi Leonard. And that's why when you

984
00:53:58,040 --> 00:54:00,319
Speaker 1: had somebody saying, hey, he promised me too and half

985
00:54:00,400 --> 00:54:04,080
Speaker 1: million dollars to deliver coin, imagine that I just can't imagine.

986
00:54:04,080 --> 00:54:05,799
Speaker 1: And some of the stuff the guy was saying that

987
00:54:05,840 --> 00:54:07,600
Speaker 1: he was the advice he was given Jerry was tell

988
00:54:07,680 --> 00:54:09,560
Speaker 1: Kawhi you won him, Tell Kawhi the Clippers are going

989
00:54:09,640 --> 00:54:11,799
Speaker 1: to be good. I don't think I said advice says

990
00:54:11,920 --> 00:54:15,480
Speaker 1: best advice Jerry really needed. So I think this is

991
00:54:15,480 --> 00:54:18,400
Speaker 1: a much ado about nothing, and it's a dumb rule anyway,

992
00:54:18,560 --> 00:54:20,759
Speaker 1: it's a dude. Do you agree it's a dumb rule?

993
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:23,400
Speaker 1: This intermediary thing. Everybody does that when they try to

994
00:54:23,440 --> 00:54:26,680
Speaker 1: get jobs for other people. Everybody recruits everybody like that. Yeah,

995
00:54:27,000 --> 00:54:29,120
Speaker 1: so I don't I don't think it's a stupid rule.

996
00:54:29,440 --> 00:54:33,000
Speaker 1: College is littered with guys who do this and that's

997
00:54:33,040 --> 00:54:37,279
Speaker 1: their living the Lakers situation. How much better are they

998
00:54:38,080 --> 00:54:42,000
Speaker 1: going to be this season than last season? I can't

999
00:54:42,000 --> 00:54:43,919
Speaker 1: BELI you're gonna say this. They're gonna better, They're gonna

1000
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:46,320
Speaker 1: be a lot better. I mean, they're gonna be They're deeper,

1001
00:54:47,160 --> 00:54:50,359
Speaker 1: they're better, gonna be better defensively. I mean, I see,

1002
00:54:50,440 --> 00:54:53,600
Speaker 1: I don't see anybody challenging them at all. And the Clippers,

1003
00:54:54,239 --> 00:54:56,120
Speaker 1: I don't. I think they're gonna be worse than last year.

1004
00:54:56,560 --> 00:54:59,359
Speaker 1: And I think that this whole chemistry thing really come

1005
00:54:59,440 --> 00:55:01,759
Speaker 1: up and bit then and it's all been exposed now,

1006
00:55:01,800 --> 00:55:03,880
Speaker 1: and I think the Clippers are gonna be worse. The

1007
00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:06,280
Speaker 1: Lakers are gonna be better. I mean, and then this,

1008
00:55:06,280 --> 00:55:10,239
Speaker 1: this Horton Tucker kid has been a real revelation there.

1009
00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:16,080
Speaker 1: Watch for him and better defensively. I don't know how

1010
00:55:16,080 --> 00:55:17,880
Speaker 1: they did it. I don't know how Rob Lincoln did it.

1011
00:55:18,080 --> 00:55:20,360
Speaker 1: He's been I've criticized him so much in the past,

1012
00:55:20,960 --> 00:55:24,319
Speaker 1: and he actually made a championship team better. Yeah, I

1013
00:55:24,360 --> 00:55:26,920
Speaker 1: think so too. And I think just that you know,

1014
00:55:27,000 --> 00:55:29,360
Speaker 1: guys who maybe want to play with Lebron knowing that

1015
00:55:29,400 --> 00:55:31,360
Speaker 1: they got a chance to win a championship here and

1016
00:55:31,440 --> 00:55:33,120
Speaker 1: you get to play in Los Angeles. You get to

1017
00:55:33,160 --> 00:55:37,879
Speaker 1: play for the Lakers here, Shrewder, they get younger, das saw,

1018
00:55:37,960 --> 00:55:41,960
Speaker 1: they get better defensively. Yeah, and he's a good passer,

1019
00:55:42,000 --> 00:55:44,279
Speaker 1: and he can you know, he can be outside and

1020
00:55:44,280 --> 00:55:47,680
Speaker 1: allow Anthony Davis to kind of have, you know, roam

1021
00:55:47,760 --> 00:55:50,759
Speaker 1: the floor. You get rid of playoff Rondo. We only

1022
00:55:50,760 --> 00:55:54,359
Speaker 1: miss him when the playoffs take place during the regular season. Yeah,

1023
00:55:54,560 --> 00:55:57,760
Speaker 1: not not as important, but yeah, I think that there's

1024
00:55:57,840 --> 00:56:01,279
Speaker 1: a if I'm handicapping, I think if Golden State had

1025
00:56:01,320 --> 00:56:04,719
Speaker 1: stayed together, Bill, I really believe that they would be

1026
00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:07,359
Speaker 1: right there with the Lakers as the two teams to beat.

1027
00:56:07,640 --> 00:56:10,440
Speaker 1: You know, if you have Draymond Steph, you get Wiseman

1028
00:56:10,560 --> 00:56:13,239
Speaker 1: is your number one pick, and Clay Thompson. I mean,

1029
00:56:13,280 --> 00:56:17,400
Speaker 1: that's still a formidable lineup here. Yeah. But the Anthony

1030
00:56:17,480 --> 00:56:20,000
Speaker 1: Davis and Lebron James, they played together, and I've written

1031
00:56:20,239 --> 00:56:22,560
Speaker 1: I don't think Lebron should play at all until like April.

1032
00:56:23,200 --> 00:56:26,960
Speaker 1: I mean, I think he's wiped out. He was upset

1033
00:56:27,000 --> 00:56:30,359
Speaker 1: at the short break the NBA took, and I think

1034
00:56:30,360 --> 00:56:32,920
Speaker 1: fans shouldn't be surprised to see him. He's written load

1035
00:56:32,960 --> 00:56:34,680
Speaker 1: management in the past he's gonna be all about load

1036
00:56:34,719 --> 00:56:36,480
Speaker 1: management this year and he should be. Yeah, but how

1037
00:56:36,480 --> 00:56:38,080
Speaker 1: do you do it, though, Bill? How do you do

1038
00:56:38,120 --> 00:56:40,520
Speaker 1: it where the NBA is I mean, you're just gonna

1039
00:56:40,560 --> 00:56:43,799
Speaker 1: pay fines that, yes, just yeah, because because it's all

1040
00:56:43,800 --> 00:56:46,560
Speaker 1: about championships, and that's all the fans care about out here,

1041
00:56:46,840 --> 00:56:49,560
Speaker 1: that's all that's all the Leakers care about. Absolutely, you

1042
00:56:49,600 --> 00:56:52,120
Speaker 1: pay fine. Do you give Lebron Heck, give him a

1043
00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:53,759
Speaker 1: month off? I don't care, and I don't think the

1044
00:56:53,760 --> 00:56:55,960
Speaker 1: fans care. I think with one thing, there's gonna be

1045
00:56:55,960 --> 00:56:57,759
Speaker 1: no fans in the stand, so nobody's gonna hold up

1046
00:56:57,760 --> 00:57:00,000
Speaker 1: a ticket and say I paid to see Lebron James.

1047
00:57:00,040 --> 00:57:02,160
Speaker 1: He's not. He's not shown up today. This is a

1048
00:57:02,160 --> 00:57:04,719
Speaker 1: perfect year for that. He's obviously. I mean you saw

1049
00:57:04,760 --> 00:57:06,360
Speaker 1: it his comments where when he found out that the

1050
00:57:06,440 --> 00:57:08,640
Speaker 1: NBA was going to come back December twenty second, he said,

1051
00:57:08,680 --> 00:57:13,719
Speaker 1: oh blee. That's that's indicative of his body and how

1052
00:57:13,800 --> 00:57:15,799
Speaker 1: worn down he is and how worn down he can be.

1053
00:57:16,320 --> 00:57:18,440
Speaker 1: And I think the Lakers need this team and Anthony

1054
00:57:20,720 --> 00:57:23,120
Speaker 1: ready for spring, and I think that's that's what they're

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00:57:23,120 --> 00:57:25,160
Speaker 1: gonna be leading toward it. And I don't think anybody

1056
00:57:25,160 --> 00:57:27,240
Speaker 1: can's gonna complain about that out here. Yeah, but you

1057
00:57:27,320 --> 00:57:29,960
Speaker 1: know how Lebron is, He's got rabbit, here's he here's everything.

1058
00:57:30,040 --> 00:57:33,080
Speaker 1: He's sensitive about this. If somebody's gonna say, hey, you've

1059
00:57:33,160 --> 00:57:36,080
Speaker 1: criticized these other guys with load management, and now you're

1060
00:57:36,120 --> 00:57:38,960
Speaker 1: doing the same thing, well, the reason he's criticized him, Dan, though,

1061
00:57:38,960 --> 00:57:41,320
Speaker 1: he's allays criticizing because he said, if somebody's in the stands,

1062
00:57:41,720 --> 00:57:43,600
Speaker 1: who's the first time they're going to see me play?

1063
00:57:43,600 --> 00:57:45,560
Speaker 1: I want to play for them. That's always been the

1064
00:57:45,600 --> 00:57:48,840
Speaker 1: basis of his criticism. There is no more basis for

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00:57:48,920 --> 00:57:51,160
Speaker 1: that because of all the seats will be empty. So

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00:57:51,240 --> 00:57:54,280
Speaker 1: I think he's got his out and I support him

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00:57:54,280 --> 00:57:57,200
Speaker 1: on that. We uh, you know, I said, we're not

1068
00:57:57,320 --> 00:58:01,600
Speaker 1: armchair quarterbacks? Where armchair OPTIMALA just this weekend in college football,

1069
00:58:01,720 --> 00:58:05,440
Speaker 1: like the the eye test with Ohio State, if USC

1070
00:58:06,080 --> 00:58:08,840
Speaker 1: had been relevant the last couple of years Bill and

1071
00:58:09,080 --> 00:58:12,320
Speaker 1: been undefeated, would the committee be looking at Would there

1072
00:58:12,360 --> 00:58:16,840
Speaker 1: be an eye test involved with USC tonight against Oregon? Absolutely? Dan,

1073
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:19,240
Speaker 1: there there there if they hadn't gone into the season

1074
00:58:19,440 --> 00:58:22,880
Speaker 1: gone thirteen and thirteen, the last twenty six games having

1075
00:58:22,960 --> 00:58:27,160
Speaker 1: lost two bowl games to Big Ten opponents badly. You know,

1076
00:58:27,240 --> 00:58:31,000
Speaker 1: they started the year eighteenth in the CFP pole. That's ridiculous.

1077
00:58:31,320 --> 00:58:33,400
Speaker 1: I mean, how can again, I know what, I know,

1078
00:58:33,480 --> 00:58:36,280
Speaker 1: Cincinnati's got a point, and I understand all that, But

1079
00:58:36,440 --> 00:58:39,280
Speaker 1: how can a team with USC wins tonight, a pack

1080
00:58:39,400 --> 00:58:44,480
Speaker 1: an undefeated Power five conference champion not getting into CSP playoffs.

1081
00:58:44,520 --> 00:58:46,800
Speaker 1: It's the first time it said, that's ever happened. And

1082
00:58:46,960 --> 00:58:49,760
Speaker 1: it's totally it's totally based on the fact that that

1083
00:58:50,520 --> 00:58:53,960
Speaker 1: they their recency bias and the fact that the PAC

1084
00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:56,720
Speaker 1: twelve is so terrible and all has such a terrible

1085
00:58:56,800 --> 00:58:59,920
Speaker 1: TV deal and nobody sees them, and the conferences is

1086
00:59:00,080 --> 00:59:02,360
Speaker 1: not very deep, and so they were being hell held

1087
00:59:02,400 --> 00:59:05,280
Speaker 1: back by two things. And that room was there a

1088
00:59:05,360 --> 00:59:08,240
Speaker 1: fault they belong if they win tonight, how do you

1089
00:59:08,360 --> 00:59:11,320
Speaker 1: keep a six and old USC team out of the playoffs?

1090
00:59:11,520 --> 00:59:14,560
Speaker 1: They just they're not relevant. They haven't been relevant, Bill,

1091
00:59:14,680 --> 00:59:16,960
Speaker 1: and I know and and and that's not fair. That's

1092
00:59:17,000 --> 00:59:19,960
Speaker 1: then then that's and again, I don't understand that Cincinnati's

1093
00:59:19,960 --> 00:59:23,040
Speaker 1: got a point to USC. What clock Cincinnati on a

1094
00:59:23,200 --> 00:59:27,080
Speaker 1: on a on a on a game. USC deserves to

1095
00:59:27,160 --> 00:59:29,640
Speaker 1: be any more to the House state does. What's the

1096
00:59:29,680 --> 00:59:33,000
Speaker 1: House state done? But they have the quarter nine yards Indiana.

1097
00:59:33,400 --> 00:59:35,880
Speaker 1: But but they have a history here, recent history of

1098
00:59:36,080 --> 00:59:39,880
Speaker 1: being great, and they have a quarterback that everybody knows

1099
00:59:40,000 --> 00:59:43,360
Speaker 1: they got, you know, future first round draft picks. There's

1100
00:59:43,400 --> 00:59:47,280
Speaker 1: talent there, and I understand they haven't. You know, their

1101
00:59:47,320 --> 00:59:50,360
Speaker 1: signature win was Indiana in Columbus and they held on

1102
00:59:50,480 --> 00:59:52,560
Speaker 1: to win that one. And now they undred ninety yards

1103
00:59:52,640 --> 00:59:55,440
Speaker 1: they gave up. Yeah, yeah, but I know, I mean,

1104
00:59:55,480 --> 00:59:58,280
Speaker 1: if the system is flawed, but I don't know if

1105
00:59:58,320 --> 01:00:01,440
Speaker 1: anybody is going to rectify this anytime soon. It feels

1106
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:05,280
Speaker 1: like this is what the TV executives want, That is

1107
01:00:05,600 --> 01:00:09,480
Speaker 1: give us the teams that people will watch. How can

1108
01:00:09,520 --> 01:00:11,920
Speaker 1: they not want to watch USC Dan, and you know

1109
01:00:12,040 --> 01:00:15,840
Speaker 1: that there's there's excited as anybody. Three fourth quarter comebacks

1110
01:00:15,880 --> 01:00:17,280
Speaker 1: in the last minute, in the last one in the

1111
01:00:17,360 --> 01:00:19,920
Speaker 1: five games. They're holding that against them. I think it's

1112
01:00:20,000 --> 01:00:22,680
Speaker 1: ridiculous when they got blow somebody out, though, Bill, that's

1113
01:00:22,760 --> 01:00:24,880
Speaker 1: the reason why they had these fourth quarter comebacks is

1114
01:00:24,920 --> 01:00:27,640
Speaker 1: they're not putting away sub five hundred teams here, but

1115
01:00:27,720 --> 01:00:30,000
Speaker 1: they're winning getting The bottom line is they're winning games.

1116
01:00:30,080 --> 01:00:34,360
Speaker 1: Dan they're they're unbeat or six and oh, an undefeated

1117
01:00:34,520 --> 01:00:37,120
Speaker 1: USC team is not going to get in the playoffs.

1118
01:00:37,160 --> 01:00:40,360
Speaker 1: And that's ridiculous, you know, And you tell me, if

1119
01:00:40,400 --> 01:00:43,040
Speaker 1: Clemson loses, Notre Dame Clemson gets in, Are you kidding me?

1120
01:00:43,520 --> 01:00:45,920
Speaker 1: I mean that would have been USC's path to get in.

1121
01:00:46,080 --> 01:00:48,080
Speaker 1: They're not gonna get a hand of while State. But

1122
01:00:48,160 --> 01:00:49,920
Speaker 1: if Clemson loses, and if two, you're gonna put a

1123
01:00:49,920 --> 01:00:52,560
Speaker 1: two lost Clemson team in there, a two lost Florida

1124
01:00:52,600 --> 01:00:55,160
Speaker 1: team in there, a two loss Iowa stating team. It's

1125
01:00:55,160 --> 01:00:58,560
Speaker 1: an undefeated Pac twelve champion. You're fired up here, You're

1126
01:00:58,760 --> 01:01:01,400
Speaker 1: you're fired up. Well, the Pac twelve is bad, and

1127
01:01:01,400 --> 01:01:04,160
Speaker 1: I understand it's terrible. It's it's bad, and it's and

1128
01:01:04,760 --> 01:01:06,360
Speaker 1: they need a new commissioner and they need a new

1129
01:01:06,440 --> 01:01:10,800
Speaker 1: look and they need a new everything. But nonetheless, undefeated.

1130
01:01:11,720 --> 01:01:13,640
Speaker 1: And have you seen him play at all? Have you

1131
01:01:13,680 --> 01:01:16,240
Speaker 1: stayed up at night and watched him on found don't

1132
01:01:16,560 --> 01:01:20,160
Speaker 1: don't do this. Don't do this East Coast bias, you guys,

1133
01:01:20,240 --> 01:01:23,720
Speaker 1: don't stay up. I have two kids who went to USC.

1134
01:01:23,920 --> 01:01:28,280
Speaker 1: Half my family went to USC. Yes, I watch, yeah, Well,

1135
01:01:28,560 --> 01:01:31,520
Speaker 1: well my point is there again, they're on Nickelodeon or

1136
01:01:31,520 --> 01:01:35,480
Speaker 1: the comedy they're not on they're not on regular Chell. No,

1137
01:01:35,560 --> 01:01:37,840
Speaker 1: it's hard to find him, but you know, it's hard

1138
01:01:37,880 --> 01:01:40,280
Speaker 1: to find him. I just think it's I just think

1139
01:01:40,320 --> 01:01:42,760
Speaker 1: it's wrong. And I think and when when when that

1140
01:01:42,800 --> 01:01:46,360
Speaker 1: one commissioner said, go back to the BCS. BCS makes

1141
01:01:46,400 --> 01:01:48,480
Speaker 1: more sense than this to me, it honestly does it?

1142
01:01:48,640 --> 01:01:51,120
Speaker 1: Honestly does they They could have picked these four teams

1143
01:01:51,360 --> 01:01:54,040
Speaker 1: at the start of the season. This is a coordination. Yes,

1144
01:01:54,480 --> 01:01:56,640
Speaker 1: you could have had and I at the beginning of

1145
01:01:56,680 --> 01:01:58,360
Speaker 1: the year when we were talking about the final four,

1146
01:01:58,400 --> 01:02:01,680
Speaker 1: I said Alabama, Clemson, Ohio State, and then I put

1147
01:02:01,760 --> 01:02:05,240
Speaker 1: in Oklahoma. So you know, I could have easily one

1148
01:02:05,280 --> 01:02:07,920
Speaker 1: spot up for grabs, probably yes, And that was you know,

1149
01:02:08,040 --> 01:02:09,880
Speaker 1: so what happened to me? Notre Dame. It could have

1150
01:02:09,960 --> 01:02:13,560
Speaker 1: been Oklahoma, one other school in there. There's about seven

1151
01:02:13,680 --> 01:02:16,320
Speaker 1: or eight schools that can play for a national championship.

1152
01:02:16,600 --> 01:02:18,560
Speaker 1: But just remember, they will be the first if they win,

1153
01:02:18,600 --> 01:02:21,960
Speaker 1: they'll be the first unbeaten team in the CFPERRA, not

1154
01:02:22,160 --> 01:02:25,480
Speaker 1: to unbeaten Power five Conference champion, not to be in

1155
01:02:25,560 --> 01:02:29,000
Speaker 1: the final four. That's history. That's the wrong side of history.

1156
01:02:29,240 --> 01:02:37,920
Speaker 1: They better win tonight, Bill, Yeah, yeah, yeah, there's always

1157
01:02:38,000 --> 01:02:42,720
Speaker 1: that possibility they lose to Oregon that Yes, I'm glad

1158
01:02:42,760 --> 01:02:44,360
Speaker 1: you're doing better. It's great to talk to you. We

1159
01:02:44,440 --> 01:02:46,800
Speaker 1: appreciate your time as always, Bill, Thank you very much,

1160
01:02:46,960 --> 01:02:49,960
Speaker 1: Thanks Dan anytime. Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick

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01:02:50,040 --> 01:02:52,720
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01:02:52,800 --> 01:02:56,080
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01:02:58,840 --> 01:03:02,080
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