Speaker 1: Welcome to the Solid Verbal. I'll that for me. I'm
Speaker 1: a man, I'm forty. I've heard so many players say, well,
Speaker 1: I want to be happy. You want to be happy
Speaker 1: for day Edith State? Is that? Whoo? Whoom and Dan
Speaker 1: and tie Welcome back to the Solid River, Boys and girls.
Speaker 1: My name is ty Hild joining me over there. Beautiful
Speaker 1: New York City, My man Dandredstein, sir, how are you?
Speaker 1: It actually is beautiful today, it's been really cold.
Speaker 2: We're recording this and this is actually important for just
Speaker 2: your own everybody listening and their their presuppositions about what
Speaker 2: we should be talking about. We're recording this on Sunday
Speaker 2: the twenty second, so we're going to be recapping and previewing.
Speaker 2: But if you're listening to this on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Speaker 2: and beyond, that's why we are not saying, oh my god,
Speaker 2: I can't believe Marshall upset UCF or uh one hundred
Speaker 2: to ninety eight Hawaii b YU in the in the
Speaker 2: Loha Stadium, in the Sofi Hawaii.
Speaker 1: I can't believe it.
Speaker 2: So that's why we are just doing this opening round,
Speaker 2: recapping wise and then previewing the games that we are previewing,
Speaker 2: and ty, I gotta say, are you familiar with dough fermentation?
Speaker 2: Dough fermentation like pizza dough, how you let it ferment
Speaker 2: and sit to let the dough grow.
Speaker 1: I am familiar with it to the extent I know
Speaker 1: it happens, right, and so you let it sit and
Speaker 1: it grows. You let it sit. I believe that's how
Speaker 1: yeast works. But my guess is that you know a
Speaker 1: lot more about this subject than I do.
Speaker 2: No, not really, I would assume I don't, but I
Speaker 2: have been trying to learn more about it, and I
Speaker 2: will say after the season ended, I was ready for
Speaker 2: a little bit of non football time, a lot of
Speaker 2: arguments about what the postseason should be, and this scenario
Speaker 2: of Baylor wins, in this scenario of Oregon, I was
Speaker 2: ready for just a time to exhale. But as the
Speaker 2: bowl games have begun, not unlike the sugars breaking down
Speaker 2: to allow carbon dioxide and alcohol to fill up those
Speaker 2: cells with gas. Boy, it's slowly eating away at me
Speaker 2: and helping my excitement grow into a brand new feeling
Speaker 2: of excitement about bull season.
Speaker 1: There's a lot of gas in this opening Stanza here, Dan,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna.
Speaker 2: There's a lot of gas this opening statement. But I
Speaker 2: went into ball season saying, wow, I don't know, it
Speaker 2: was like four and a half games that are kind
Speaker 2: of interesting to me. Now I'm just ready for the
Speaker 2: Gamut tie. I needed that time to intellectually ferment about
Speaker 2: ball season.
Speaker 1: Give me that Capital One Bowl week baby. Capital One,
Speaker 1: not a sponsor, should point that out out, But yeah,
Speaker 1: I am excited for Bowl season. We are going to
Speaker 1: break down a handful of games. As Dan said, did
Speaker 1: we want to do the oh my god, Nick Saban
Speaker 1: retired bit for this show or like, just in case,
Speaker 1: maybe we should pre record that and just.
Speaker 2: Having realized he couldn't keep up with Josh gadd in
Speaker 2: the Michigan offense and had to throw in the.
Speaker 1: If it happens between now and when this show drops
Speaker 1: on Tuesday, yeah, we may want to cover our bases,
Speaker 1: but that's true. Other than that, thank you for joining
Speaker 1: us here on the show. We not only are going
Speaker 1: to recap, but we're going to preview a bunch of
Speaker 1: other games that we need to get through. So you
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Speaker 1: slash pick them. I saw after this wave of games
Speaker 1: that I am currently ranked twenty second. Look at you
Speaker 1: currently ranked twenty second. But I will say that number,
Speaker 1: that ranking is very inflated because I just went five
Speaker 1: and four on the first first weekend of Kent State.
Speaker 1: Did you have the Golden Flashes of Kent State? The
Speaker 1: Golden Flashes their first win in one hundred years in
Speaker 1: a bowl game. Did you have that down? Nope, did
Speaker 1: not have that down.
Speaker 2: Okay, I did not submit my picks. I made my picks,
Speaker 2: but didn't hit submit until the first game had started.
Speaker 2: And I loved Buffalo, so I missed out on the
Speaker 2: points for that one. But I also loved Utah State.
Speaker 2: So you know, all's well that ends well, I guess
Speaker 2: let's start.
Speaker 1: On Friday, December twentieth, there were two games Buffalo won
Speaker 1: by twenty two over Charlotte by a thirty one to
Speaker 1: nine final. And the game that you were talking about,
Speaker 1: Kent State fifty one, Utah State forty one. It is
Speaker 1: Kent State's first bowl victory in one hundred years of
Speaker 1: being a college football pro You believe.
Speaker 2: That it's ridiculous but amazing. Nonetheless, just like their fourth quarter.
Speaker 1: Incredible fourth quarter, they score twenty five points to secure
Speaker 1: the victory. Jordan Love, the guy that I know both
Speaker 1: you and I were pretty focused on, had a good
Speaker 1: game as well, but just couldn't couldn't do enough.
Speaker 2: Incredible dual threat effort from Dust and Crumb of Kent State.
Speaker 2: I will not claim to have watched a lot of
Speaker 2: Kent State football this season, but for them to pourt
Speaker 2: on late like they did against a Utah State team
Speaker 2: that took a very clear step back this season amidst
Speaker 2: the coaching change, very cool, both for history's sake and
Speaker 2: just for Kent State player's sake. You know, I've become
Speaker 2: a big proponent of Bowl games are good, even if
Speaker 2: the matchups aren't great to somebody from ten thousand feet away.
Speaker 2: Good for Kent State. For what was the Frisco ball,
Speaker 2: This is the Fristco Bowl.
Speaker 1: Yeah, very cool, the Tropical Smoothie Cafe Frisco Bowl. The
Speaker 1: other thing here that I wanted to note about this game,
Speaker 1: and it really is a strike against both of us
Speaker 1: that we missed this guy all season long? Did you
Speaker 1: happen to see Utah States leading receiver in this game?
Speaker 1: I mean I watched the plays. I can't What was it,
Speaker 1: Isaiah McCoy. Nope, Siah oc Mariner? Oh sorry sorry keys
Speaker 1: Ken States. Yeah, Mariner Dan. He had one third Mariners
Speaker 1: and two touchdowns on the day, So good for him.
Speaker 1: I want to say Ucla had a Mariner recently. All right,
Speaker 1: anything else to say about these games.
Speaker 2: About the Frisco Ball or just the games in general? Oh,
Speaker 2: you're about those first Buffalo Charlotte. Cool to see Charlotte
Speaker 2: make a bowl game. Obviously they did not have the
Speaker 2: necessarily the defense to hang with Buffalo. Lancelipold obviously has
Speaker 2: done a very good job at Buffalo. A down year
Speaker 2: for the Bulls. I like somebody tweeted out that it
Speaker 2: was some sort of weird knockoff bulls forty nine Buffalo
Speaker 2: Bulls against the forty nine Ers NFL game, But yes,
Speaker 2: it was. You know we talked about just briefly dust
Speaker 2: and Crumb and his dual threat ability. Chris Reynolds had
Speaker 2: a very nice season doing much of the same, but
Speaker 2: ultimately it was it was Jared Patterson. I scrubed through
Speaker 2: this game pretty quickly, and it looked like he had
Speaker 2: the ball in his hands successfully a lot, so good
Speaker 2: for Buffalo.
Speaker 1: Then on Saturday the twenty first, we had Washington thirty
Speaker 1: eight to seven over Boise in the Las Vegas Bowl. Yep.
Speaker 1: We had app State thirty one to seventeen over UAB
Speaker 1: in the New Orleans Bowl. We had San Diego State.
Speaker 1: Did I say it wrong? I think it's just New Orleans,
Speaker 1: San Diego State forty eight, Central Michigan eleven in the
Speaker 1: unsponsored New Mexico Bowl. I don't know if San Diego
Speaker 1: State scored forty eight points total all year. Amazing, amaze.
Speaker 1: Save the best for last, I guess Florida Atlantic with
Speaker 1: a big win fifty two to twenty eight over SMU
Speaker 1: and the Boca Ratone Bowl. Arkansas State wins by eight
Speaker 1: over FIU in the Chamellea Bowl. And finally it was
Speaker 1: Liberty twenty three to sixteen over Georgia Southern and their
Speaker 1: option offense in the Cure Bowl.
Speaker 2: Dan, Yes, I guess we can start with the Power
Speaker 2: five game of the day. Washington just stomped Boise, who
Speaker 2: had quarterback issues. They sort of rotated to Hank Boch. My, sorry,
Speaker 2: it's okay, it's totally good. Defense looked incredible and there
Speaker 2: were two different Washington teams this year and we saw
Speaker 2: them comfortably beat BYU who was the one team to
Speaker 2: beat Boise State before the Vegas Bowl. And Washington ran well,
Speaker 2: they threw well, and most importantly, they just completely silenced
Speaker 2: any efforts at offense from Boise. So I suppose I'm
Speaker 2: happy for Chris Peterson to go out this way against
Speaker 2: his former team. The Jimmy Lake era now officially begins.
Speaker 2: Jacob Eason seemed fine. It was not a lot downfield,
Speaker 2: but it really hasn't been the case all season long.
Speaker 2: I don't think he threw a pick, right, No, that's
Speaker 2: that's something with a way he finished his season. It
Speaker 2: was cool to see. It was cool to see Washington
Speaker 2: end things comfortably and go eight and five. If you're
Speaker 2: a fan of the Pac twelve and Boise good Mountain
Speaker 2: West only okay, and I'm sure missing Zach Hill, their
Speaker 2: offensive coordinator, and you know the uncertainty at quarterback as
Speaker 2: the season finished out. Wasn't the best by Washington, the
Speaker 2: clear better team, the class of the Vegas.
Speaker 1: Bowl, Class of the Vegas Bowl. Yeah, they hold down
Speaker 1: Boise's offense under three hundred yards. They forced three turnovers
Speaker 1: in that game.
Speaker 2: May have thrown a few shekels on this too. Actually,
Speaker 2: oh good for you. I liked Washington going in as well.
Speaker 2: The surprise to me FAU over SMU in that manner.
Speaker 2: He saw the clip of Lane Kiffen watching with a
Speaker 2: couple of I think it was coaches he brought with
Speaker 2: him to Ole Miss but both Chris Robison, bj Emmons,
Speaker 2: they just they stomped a SMU killed him.
Speaker 1: They did not. It was that one coming I went.
Speaker 2: I think I went against my points for drive theory
Speaker 2: because FAU was the clear better defense in this matchup
Speaker 2: and playing at home, and I think I looked at
Speaker 2: FAU as an underdog because of the Lane kiff and
Speaker 2: leaving situation, and I went against all of my tenants,
Speaker 2: and I screwed up.
Speaker 1: Should have stuck to your guns, should have.
Speaker 2: Stuck to my guns. App State big third quarter, including
Speaker 2: a fumble return touchdown on a weird play gets them
Speaker 2: a comfortable win over who they beat fiue, excuse me,
Speaker 2: the Blazers. They beat the Blazers, which I had a
Speaker 2: lot of confidence in and it was close at halftime
Speaker 2: and scared the but Jesus I think was actually up
Speaker 2: at halftime. I mentioned the San Diego State thing. Yeah,
Speaker 2: fourteen to ten San Diego State, Central Michigan. I loved
Speaker 2: San Diego State in this one. Nice story for Central Michigan,
Speaker 2: but I didn't feel like their season or their team
Speaker 2: was on the level of the Aztecs. And finally Arkansas
Speaker 2: State FIU got close near the end, but big day
Speaker 2: from Lane Hatcher, quarterback for for Arkansas State led the
Speaker 2: way for the red Wolves. And obviously very emotional season
Speaker 2: for Blake Anderson in Arkansas State. So cool to see
Speaker 2: them win went out the way they did, and I
Speaker 2: think they finished with eight wins, So good to for
Speaker 2: Arkansas State.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and I'd only add that Liberty's passing offense is
Speaker 1: pretty legit. Pretty legit. Yeah, I mean they got Bowl
Speaker 1: eligible in a kind of suspect, I agree, but as
Speaker 1: a passing entity, they're pretty good. Yeah. Yeah.
Speaker 2: The Liberty game. Was I mentioned the receiver I liked.
Speaker 2: I think he had an okay game. Antonio Gandy Golden.
Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean winning a bowl game is always
Speaker 2: going to be a big deal. Liberty as an independent team,
Speaker 2: had to do a little bit of schedule calculus. I
Speaker 2: think they lost to Rutgers, but they beat U MASS.
Speaker 2: Everybody should beat you Mass. And I want to say
Speaker 2: they beat New Mexico State twice and won two FCS
Speaker 2: games to get here. But hey, do what you can.
Speaker 2: Nice postseason win.
Speaker 1: All right, anything else to add on that first round
Speaker 1: of games, I don't think so. I think I'm good.
Speaker 1: This is the Bowl of Barge. It is hard four
Speaker 1: all aboard. Let's talk about the Belk, Sun, Liberty, Arizona,
Speaker 1: Alamo Outback, Citrus, Rose, and Sugar. Yeah, that dark foghorn
Speaker 1: means it's time to preview. Let's deliver some other bowl games.
Speaker 1: So today we've got, as you could hear, the Belk,
Speaker 1: the Sun, the Liberty, the Arizona, Alamo, Outback, Citrus, Rose,
Speaker 1: and Sugar bowls of all of these games, not including
Speaker 1: the Rose Bowl. Since I know you have a rooting interest,
Speaker 1: which one interests you the most?
Speaker 2: Utah Texas, just the way both of those teams ended
Speaker 2: the season, Utah largely in a positive way even though
Speaker 2: they lose the backwelve championship game, and Texas trying to
Speaker 2: figure out a new era for themselves.
Speaker 1: Minnesota is interesting to me. Yeah, that's my answer.
Speaker 2: Alabama Michigan. I wish we got to see two. Uh,
Speaker 2: Georgia Baylor is gonna be a lot of defense. So
Speaker 2: I think your answer is right.
Speaker 1: Auburn Minnesota, I think is the ultimate, the ultimate test
Speaker 1: of my theory of motivation in bowl games. And we'll
Speaker 1: get to that one in a little bit here, but
Speaker 1: let's start at the top. Let's go Belk Bowl Numero Uno.
Speaker 1: This one played on New Year's Eve on ESPN. It
Speaker 1: is eight and four Virginia Tech. It is seven and five.
Speaker 1: Kentucky Tech is currently a three point favorite. Now, my boy,
Speaker 1: our boy, Lynn Bowden Junior. We already listed him off
Speaker 1: in a previous show as having declared for the NFL Draft.
Speaker 1: There was just this open question around around whether or
Speaker 1: not he's going to play in this game. He's playing,
Speaker 1: Dan is taking He's taking first team reps at quarterback.
Speaker 1: He had a quote that I read that something like
Speaker 1: the last impression is the best impression or whatever. He's
Speaker 1: going out there. He's going to play quarterback. He is
Speaker 1: not going to be quarterback in the NFL. But the
Speaker 1: fact that he wants to be part of this Bowl game,
Speaker 1: I think is pretty cool on paper. On paper, I
Speaker 1: have no lean whatsoever here. It looks pretty dead even
Speaker 1: I obviously like the way Virginia Tech kind of built
Speaker 1: momentum and finally found their quarterback and got things going
Speaker 1: in a better direction. But I am partial to Kentucky,
Speaker 1: not just because of Lynn Boden. They played better teams.
Speaker 1: I trust their defense more. I think it's low scoring.
Speaker 1: I think it's a lot of defense. But I think
Speaker 1: Kentucky wins outright. I'm not very confident. I would say
Speaker 1: like four confidence points on this one. Two elite punting
Speaker 1: teams tie. Yes.
Speaker 2: If you want to become an administrator, if you want
Speaker 2: to become a civic leader, you can become the mayor
Speaker 2: of punt City by watching this game. So let's start
Speaker 2: with Kentucky. They finished the season winning four of five.
Speaker 2: If something's happening for this offense, as you mentioned, it's
Speaker 2: happening on the ground with Linn Bowden, Defensively, they were
Speaker 2: pushed around up front. You can run on this Kentucky team,
Speaker 2: but they do get after the quarterback. They do a
Speaker 2: good job in the past game defensively. And Virginia Tech,
Speaker 2: they finished the season pretty well, even though they lose
Speaker 2: to their rival for the first time in forever. They
Speaker 2: finished winning three of four with that Virginia loss. A
Speaker 2: much improved passing team with Hendon Hooker in there. The
Speaker 2: defense looked pretty good. They gave up too many big
Speaker 2: plays in Bud Foster's final season. And if there's anybody
Speaker 2: to watch defensively in this game, I'm gonna go with
Speaker 2: Ray Shard Ashby, linebacker for Virginia Tech. I have the
Speaker 2: Hokies by seven. Here really the number of ways.
Speaker 1: They can win. I think it's a nice bounce back.
Speaker 2: This game is in Charlotte, correct the bel yes correct,
Speaker 2: So I will once again recommend fudo bhuta for ramen
Speaker 2: and then anisio anitzo for pizza. Also, if you are
Speaker 2: playing a player in this game, you get a shopping
Speaker 2: trip to a Belk department store and a winger watch.
Speaker 1: Didn't someone get in trouble last year for trying to
Speaker 1: steal from the Belk Department Store.
Speaker 2: I want to say it was in the last couple
Speaker 2: of years an Arkansas player.
Speaker 1: That sounds right, but somebody tried to take a little
Speaker 1: bit more than they were supposed to. Yeah, all right,
Speaker 1: Belk Bowl, we disagree. Disagree.
Speaker 2: I like the Hokies, Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, Tony
Speaker 2: the Tiger Sunboll What.
Speaker 1: Why not? How does Tony the Tiger have this kind
Speaker 1: of cabbage to sponsor the Sun Bowl? Do you think
Speaker 1: Brute is like a Fortune ten company? Why isn't it
Speaker 1: the Kellogg's Sun Ball Tony the Tiger, why is he
Speaker 1: on this? Why not? If they're promoting frosted flakes, that
Speaker 1: gets people talking. Wow, New Year's Eve CBS Arizona State
Speaker 1: seven and five flow to State six and six, ASU
Speaker 1: is a four point favorite. I other than having Tony
Speaker 1: the Tiger as the sponsor, which I cannot wait to
Speaker 1: see the commercials for this. You a frosted flakes man,
Speaker 1: I'm not not a frosted flakes guy. What number would
Speaker 1: it be?
Speaker 2: If you're just if you're walking through Egman's and you're saying,
Speaker 2: damn it, if I don't need some sort of sweet
Speaker 2: cereal to scratch an itch I have right now, what
Speaker 2: number down or a top your sweet cereal ranking? Does
Speaker 2: frosted flakes fall?
Speaker 1: It's probably in the top five. I don't know if
Speaker 1: anything could ever unseat frosted miniwheats.
Speaker 2: But this is this is why we do a show together.
Speaker 2: Ty yeah, Mini wheat man myself.
Speaker 1: I don't know. I'd have to give more thought to it,
Speaker 1: but frosted flakes are up there. Sure yeah, Cinnamon toast
Speaker 1: crunches right there. Maybe Golden Grams, Golden Grahams aren't bad. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Golden Grahms are terrific.
Speaker 2: So as it relates to this game specifically, Florida State
Speaker 2: lost two of three to finish out the season. They
Speaker 2: have a new coach, they have no cam Akers. Even
Speaker 2: with cam Akers, he couldn't do enough to make them
Speaker 2: a really good rushing team. They were only okay through
Speaker 2: the air. Defensively strong against the run, which I don't
Speaker 2: think matters all that much against what this ASU team became.
Speaker 2: They were not great against the pass, which is concerning.
Speaker 2: But on the other side, Arizona State lost four of
Speaker 2: six to finish out the season with a big astrosklot Oh.
Speaker 2: They beat a top ten team at home in Oregon,
Speaker 2: but even with Eno Benjamin they couldn't really run. They
Speaker 2: did hit some bombs in the past game, no Brandon
Speaker 2: Ayuk in this game for Arizona State, they were really
Speaker 2: good against the run and only okay against the pass
Speaker 2: because of so much shuffling from Florida State and missing
Speaker 2: their clear best player. I have the Sun Devils by
Speaker 2: seven here in El Paso, a city in which you
Speaker 2: should be dining at H and H, a car wash
Speaker 2: that has excellent Mexican food. Really yeah, and players in
Speaker 2: this game have access to a gift suite and they
Speaker 2: will also be given a timely watch company silvertone watch,
Speaker 2: a Majestic Pro based Least pull over, an Ogo Excelsior backpack.
Speaker 2: Oh so okay, another Shuttle pack nonsense, a New Era cap,
Speaker 2: and a coin.
Speaker 1: What do you think The final score of this game
Speaker 1: is twenty four seventeen. Yeah, I worry it doesn't even
Speaker 1: get that high. Wow. I don't think these defenses are
Speaker 1: all that good though they're not, but neither of the
Speaker 1: offenses and Florida States without cam Akers, as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: ASU is without Brandon Ayu, maybe without Eno Benjamin. We
Speaker 1: haven't heard on his status yet. But what this amounts
Speaker 1: to is to very average offenses without their best players,
Speaker 1: and in normal circumstances that might mean a defensive struggle.
Speaker 1: That's not really Florida State's game either, is it? So? No,
Speaker 1: not really now, so I'm super torn here. I was
Speaker 1: fully prepared to take FSU before the news about Cam Akers,
Speaker 1: and I just I can't fight the feeling that Arizona
Speaker 1: State's really overrated. Sorry, but that's how I feel. Okay,
Speaker 1: So you know it depends on the news about Eno Benjamin.
Speaker 1: If he is playing in this game, I will switch
Speaker 1: over to ASU with seven confidence points. But I'm switching
Speaker 1: it back if Eno Benjamin sits out.
Speaker 2: He's out, He's not playing. I just I just looked
Speaker 2: it up. According to Colin deaver Colin deaver is, I'd
Speaker 2: say Colin dever TV, he is a an anchor in
Speaker 2: It looks like in El Paso, Arizona State's leading receiver
Speaker 2: joins the Sun Devil's leading rusher Ineno Benjamin and Florida
Speaker 2: State leading rusher Cam Akers. This is in reference to
Speaker 2: Brandon I, who will not play in the Sun Bowl.
Speaker 1: Then I'm going back to Florida State, baby, Okay, take
Speaker 1: it I worry that outside of Tony the Tiger being
Speaker 1: the sponsor, the most interesting thing you can say about
Speaker 1: this year's Sun Bowl is that it absolutely could be
Speaker 1: the second coming of the two thousand and eight Sun Bowl.
Speaker 1: And we all know what happened in that one. You're
Speaker 1: took Oregon State, pitt, I know what happened in that one.
Speaker 1: Three nothing Oregon State.
Speaker 2: I have a proposition for you. I want any team
Speaker 2: that has an interim coach because their coach left or
Speaker 2: their coach was fired, they if they're going to make
Speaker 2: that decision before the bowl game, which is their right,
Speaker 2: they should be forced to be led by Barry Alvarez
Speaker 2: in their bowl game. Barry Alvarez should be leading the
Speaker 2: Seminoles out onto the field.
Speaker 1: Oh Man. Also Alex Hornybrooks skipping this bull game? Right? Yeah?
Speaker 1: Well do you think he's just skipping out? We have
Speaker 1: a job, interviewer. What's going on there? It'd be great
Speaker 1: if he did get a job. Okay, what a mess.
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go Florida State. But I got seven confidence points.
Speaker 1: That'll be seven lost confidence points right there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, going with this Florist State team. Twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen.
Speaker 1: Someone's got to win this game, though.
Speaker 2: Oh man, I'm looking at the H and H car
Speaker 2: wash menu right now.
Speaker 1: It looks great. The AutoZone Liberty Bowl some chile Ver Day.
Speaker 1: Also on New Year's Eve on ESPN, it's Navy at
Speaker 1: ten and two. It is Case State the Wildcats at
Speaker 1: eight and four. Navy is a two point favorite. Dan
Speaker 1: getting a zone. Who you picking here in the AutoZone
Speaker 1: Liberty Bowl.
Speaker 2: I think I like Kansas State. They finished the season
Speaker 2: winning five of seven. They do everything okay. Their past
Speaker 2: defense pretty promising. Wyatt Hubert, great double first name guy,
Speaker 2: is an defensive end. He's been a big bright spot.
Speaker 2: I think he was all Big twelve. They gave up
Speaker 2: some big plays and that's Worriso in the Big twelve.
Speaker 2: But this Navy team's good. They finished the season. We
Speaker 2: saw the Army game. They won seven of eight. They
Speaker 2: obviously run extremely well. They built the whole thing out
Speaker 2: of Malcolm Perry. Decent enough against the run, pretty awful
Speaker 2: against the pass. Jacob Springer, he's a bad man. Tie Yeah,
Speaker 2: three sacks I think against Army, so two different teams.
Speaker 2: I think Kansas State edges them out and wins this one.
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Speaker 2: It's very hard to find bad barbecue in Memphis. It's terrific,
Speaker 2: especially if you like dry rub ribs, dry rub ribs. Okay, yes,
Speaker 2: players in this game. Bass Pro Shops, shopping trip, a
Speaker 2: Bose Soundlink Color Bluetooth speaker.
Speaker 1: I like that. I like that a lot. Is that
Speaker 1: a good product? I like that. Bo's is a good name,
Speaker 1: not a sponsor, but a good name, not a sponsor.
Speaker 2: Caravel By, Blova watch, Nike athletic shoes, sports sandals, backpack
Speaker 2: and sunglasses, and a football so decent hall not bad,
Speaker 2: not bad, I am.
Speaker 1: I am also going to go K State here nineteen
Speaker 1: confidence points. Oh, it is not a great matchup for them,
Speaker 1: given the state of their rushing defense. However, after what
Speaker 1: Chris Climan did in year one, that fantasy factory he's
Speaker 1: building down there in Manhattan, I have a lot of
Speaker 1: confidence in him to figure this one out, given all
Speaker 1: the time he's had to prepare. So okay, yeah, give
Speaker 1: me K State. I'm with you, we agree. Moving on
Speaker 1: the Nova Home Loans Arizona Bowl. Yeah, this is the
Speaker 1: weird one that's on CBS Sports Network that everyone forgets about. Yes,
Speaker 1: you're right, New Year's Eve. Wyoming at seven and five,
Speaker 1: Georgia State at seven and five. Wyoming is a seven
Speaker 1: and a half point favorite. And the operative question with
Speaker 1: this football game is what happens when a stoppable force
Speaker 1: meets a movable object? Daniel, It's a great question, Ty,
Speaker 1: I've always wondered at myself. That's what this comes down to.
Speaker 1: Wyoming's offense is lousy, but Georgia State's defense is lousier.
Speaker 1: Give me Wyoming. Wyoming beat Missoo to open the year,
Speaker 1: so they've obviously got some bigger game experience. Georgia State
Speaker 1: beat Tennessee, Ty the tennisance. Gimme Wyoming. Give me Wyoming
Speaker 1: twenty points. Yeah, not even gonna think twice.
Speaker 2: I like Wyoming by about five points. I don't know
Speaker 2: what my confidence level is, probably tween twelve, thirteen, fourteen,
Speaker 2: somewhere in there. Wyoming did lose three or four to
Speaker 2: end this season. But all you know, Boise and air
Speaker 2: Force among those, those are very good teams. Offense, as
Speaker 2: you mentioned, kind of a mess. They degenerate some chunk plays.
Speaker 2: Their defense is incredible against the run, not great against
Speaker 2: the pass and Georgia State's led by Trey Barnett a
Speaker 2: decent enough. I think he's a pretty good running back,
Speaker 2: so he paces the offense. So it's a nice matchup
Speaker 2: for Wyoming. And you're right, Georgia State's defense definitely rough. Yeah,
Speaker 2: I'm just going to go with the cowboys here in Tucson.
Speaker 2: I don't know if you've ever been to Tucson, Arason,
Speaker 2: they haven't lovely place. Lovely place. You can get some
Speaker 2: good Mexican food. I've heard l Pueblito is a good
Speaker 2: time for Mexican food in the Tucson area. Takaria Juanitos
Speaker 2: as well, and enjoy yourself in Tucson if you're coming
Speaker 2: down from altitude in a if you're a Wyoming fan,
Speaker 2: if you're coming in from Georgia State. Also, the players
Speaker 2: in this game have access to a gift suite, a
Speaker 2: Herschel Supply Company Chapter travel kits, not just a backpack,
Speaker 2: but a travel's mouth insulated beanie. It can get cold
Speaker 2: at night in Arizona in the winter, ti you're in
Speaker 2: the desert. Yeah, yeah, that's all all right.
Speaker 1: And finally, on New Year's Eve, the Valero Almo Bowl
Speaker 1: interesting matchup here h on ESPN the Utah Utes at
Speaker 1: eleven and two, Texas Longhorns at seven and five. Utah
Speaker 1: is seven and one half point favorite here, so Texas
Speaker 1: second straight year they're in a bowl game against a
Speaker 1: bigger opponent trying to knock off the Utes. Kyle Whittingham,
Speaker 1: we should note, is eleven and two in his career
Speaker 1: in bowl games. Typically, Typically Kyle Whittingham is not someone
Speaker 1: you want to bet against come Bowl season. Utah I
Speaker 1: think is the better team here. They are the better
Speaker 1: things two. It does concern me Texas Tom Herman in
Speaker 1: big games like this, they kind of get up and
Speaker 1: you never really want to count Sam Ellinger out. But
Speaker 1: I just think Utah is better. They're evened out a
Speaker 1: lot more than Texas. They're better on offense, they're better
Speaker 1: on defense. I'm not supremely confident here, but I like
Speaker 1: Utah with six confidence points. What a precipitous fall for
Speaker 1: Utah to go from the edge of the playoff to
Speaker 1: the alamobile I know, right. They rip off eight straight
Speaker 1: before losing to Oregon in the Pac twelve championship game.
Speaker 1: It's a team built around both offense and defensive efficiency.
Speaker 1: Bradley and I obviously a monster on the defensive line.
Speaker 1: A terrific year for Tyler Huntley and Zach Moss in
Speaker 1: the backfield. Just an all around great season for Utah.
Speaker 1: And not that the Alamobile isn't fun. It's what New
Speaker 1: Year's Eve you said. Yeah, San Antonio is a good
Speaker 1: enough time. You go to two ms smokehouse, tie barbecue
Speaker 1: place with some Mexican flavor. Oh, I gotta get there
Speaker 1: at some point. It's just two teams that might be
Speaker 1: a little bit disapp pointed to be in the situation
Speaker 1: they find themselves in. Texas finishes losing two of three,
Speaker 1: not a big playoffense. They deal with injuries on both
Speaker 1: sides of the ball. Devin Duvernet is obviously terrific, but
Speaker 1: this was you know, they get rid of their coordinators.
Speaker 1: They're decent enough against the run. It was a rough
Speaker 1: year against the pass. Obviously.
Speaker 2: The injuries color that I have the Utes by probably
Speaker 2: double digits here, like ten to eleven points.
Speaker 1: Yeah, I like them. I like them a lot here.
Speaker 1: I'm just not as confident as I want to be.
Speaker 1: I think because Texas had the big Sugar Bowl win
Speaker 1: last year. I'm afraid They're going to come into this
Speaker 1: one fired up, but Utah is the clear better team.
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Speaker 1: twenty twenty. Oh my gosh, the Outback Bowl January first,
Speaker 1: ESPN Auburn at nine and three. We've got Minnesota at
Speaker 1: ten and two. Auburn is a seven point spread, So
Speaker 1: I called this one out at the top. I am
Speaker 1: supremely interested in the outcome. Who do you think wants
Speaker 1: this game more? Who wants the game? Who is more motivated? Minnesota?
Speaker 1: It has to be right? Yeah? Yeah, New Year's Day
Speaker 1: game in Florida against an SEC power. Sure, here is
Speaker 1: the struggle going on between my ears right now. The
Speaker 1: struggle is last year, kind of acting on a whim,
Speaker 1: I took Purdue to knock off Auburn. Perdu Yeah, Perdue
Speaker 1: got annihilated in that Bowl game. Yeah. And my first
Speaker 1: thought at looking at this one is that while I
Speaker 1: shouldn't pick against Auburn again against a Big ten team
Speaker 1: because that didn't work out so well last year, But
Speaker 1: but I really want to take Minnesota because of that
Speaker 1: motivation factor, because I know this game means more to
Speaker 1: them than it does Auburn. And my rule, just as
Speaker 1: as a practical matter is go with the more motivated
Speaker 1: team unless it's a complete mismatch. Okay, So my follow
Speaker 1: up question then is does Auburn's defense pose a big
Speaker 1: enough mismatch here to at least get me out of
Speaker 1: jail here from my own formula and go on the
Speaker 1: Auburn side.
Speaker 2: So they would be without Nick Coe, right Auburn, Yes,
Speaker 2: a key piece along their defensive line. Auburn won three
Speaker 2: of four. Their offense was inconsistent all year long. They've
Speaker 2: finished strong versus Alabama. Their defense is exceptional. The only
Speaker 2: they were the only real team to slow down LSU.
Speaker 2: Derek Brown is everywhere. These are all this is all
Speaker 2: old news. Minnesota did lose the season, sort of limping
Speaker 2: to there. They didn't lose the season. They did lose
Speaker 2: their what two of three? They sort of limped to
Speaker 2: the finish line after starting nine to zero. They were
Speaker 2: so so on the ground, terrific through the air. Then,
Speaker 2: Tyler Johnson Rashad Bateman duo is not to discussed enough.
Speaker 2: As far as I'm concerned. They hauled in great passes
Speaker 2: from Tanner Morgan, who took really impressive couple steps forward. Really,
Speaker 2: they were better against the run they were against the pass,
Speaker 2: which is a nice thing. I guess against Auburn. I
Speaker 2: think ultimately the Auburn defense being the thing I have
Speaker 2: the most confidence in in this game. I have them
Speaker 2: by like thirteen points. Really, yeah, I think they're going
Speaker 2: to overwhelm them.
Speaker 1: I don't think either team is as good as a record.
Speaker 1: You think Auburn is like an eight and four team, Yeah,
Speaker 1: seven and five? Oh man. Basically, yeah, I do think
Speaker 1: it's close. So if you're a betting type, I would
Speaker 1: actually go Minnesota plus the points here. But okay, I
Speaker 1: just man, I always in trouble with Auburn. I am
Speaker 1: going to go against myself and I'm going to take
Speaker 1: Auburn here over Minnesota. But I think it's close.
Speaker 2: Yeah. The Minnesota season is at the same time impressive
Speaker 2: and also they start the year kind of slow. They
Speaker 2: beat up on a bunch of big ten backup quarterbacks,
Speaker 2: and then things get tricky. After the Penn State win,
Speaker 2: which was great, lose to Iowa, beat Northwestern on the road,
Speaker 2: and lose comfortably to Wisconsin, and there is some there's
Speaker 2: some carryover to me with the way that they played
Speaker 2: against the Iowa and Wisconsin defenses. They didn't score twenty
Speaker 2: I don't think in either one of those games. I
Speaker 2: know weather an issue, but that against a similarly talented
Speaker 2: and productive defense in Auburn's that has me worried.
Speaker 1: What's the gift situation in this game? The gift situation
Speaker 1: in the who's the Outback ball sponsor? Outback?
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, I'm a dumb, dumb fossil watch, one hundred
Speaker 2: and twenty five dollars Amazon gift card.
Speaker 1: A Jostin's ring, Oh boy, an Outback steakhouse gift card,
Speaker 1: and a hat my recommendation. I know our pal adam
Speaker 1: Amine is a big proponent of Dats Datz for creative
Speaker 1: sort of bar food, Latara set to any Cuban food
Speaker 1: in Tampa's going to do you pretty well? Okay?
Speaker 2: How do you feel about Outback though the chain, the
Speaker 2: restaurant Outback or the actual area of Australia.
Speaker 1: Well, I'm assuming you haven't been to the actual Outback.
Speaker 1: I have not. I have not done a walk about.
Speaker 1: How do you feel about Outback as a chain restaurant?
Speaker 2: The last time I went was probably two thousand and
Speaker 2: sixteen seventeen, somewhere in there. They still got the good bread.
Speaker 2: The bloomin Onion's delicious, but it's a lot three and
Speaker 2: a half bites and you're good. I don't remember what
Speaker 2: I ordered, maybe some fish tacos, maybe a piece of fish.
Speaker 2: It was totally good. It was fine. Do do you
Speaker 2: think it's amazing? Do you think it's terrible? Do you
Speaker 2: have any strong opinions?
Speaker 1: But I don't have a strong opinion on it. You
Speaker 1: shall get it. I get a good meal there. I
Speaker 1: haven't been in forever, but yeah, all right, Bread's still great.
Speaker 1: The VRBO Citrus Bowl, this one is on ABC. It's
Speaker 1: also in New Year's Day. It is Alabama at ten
Speaker 1: and two, it is Michigan at nine and three. And
Speaker 1: the point spread here is only seven. Only seven, Yeah,
Speaker 1: in favor of Alabama. None of the ranking systems that
Speaker 1: I use had this one under eleven points in favor
Speaker 1: of Alabama. Okay, So if you're betting Michigan here, certainly,
Speaker 1: if you're picking them out right, but if you're thinking
Speaker 1: at all of betting Michigan, keep that in the back
Speaker 1: of your mind. What you're essentially betting on here is
Speaker 1: I guess mac Jones really crapping the bed and Michigan
Speaker 1: some keeping it somewhat close if you pick me in
Speaker 1: the confidence pool, close enough to win. Obviously, I don't
Speaker 1: personally think that's likely, but that is what you would
Speaker 1: be betting into. What to you is the case not
Speaker 1: against Alabama but for Michigan, Like what has Michigan shown
Speaker 1: this year? It's for you to say, if they're going
Speaker 1: to beat a motivated Alabama, this is how it's shape
Speaker 1: Patterson improving over the course of the year, figuring out
Speaker 1: the running game a little bit more. I think what
Speaker 1: the case is for the Michigan secondary after that Ohio
Speaker 1: State game. Now, I think the case would be that
Speaker 1: the Michigan defense is good enough to hold down an
Speaker 1: Alabama offense without Tua to some degree, and their own
Speaker 1: offense has improved enough that they can move the ball
Speaker 1: and score points against an Alabama defense which has been
Speaker 1: leaky at spots is here. So again, I don't really
Speaker 1: buy that. I think Alabama is way better than Michigan,
Speaker 1: and seven points feels extraordinarily low to me, So I'm
Speaker 1: on Bama. Here to the tune of twenty two confidence points.
Speaker 1: I think they're two to two and a half touchdowns better.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's funny you mentioned the number eleven. I do
Speaker 2: have Alabama by eleven exactly. Really yeah, I have it
Speaker 2: like thirty five, twenty four, forty to twenty nine, something
Speaker 2: like that, and that might include a backdoor whatever. For Michigan,
Speaker 2: they scored forty three points in their losses. Yeah, that's impressive.
Speaker 2: And even if they're not super motivated, they still have
Speaker 2: probably the best receiving core in the nation. And Michigan
Speaker 2: did struggle against Ohio State, they did struggle at times
Speaker 2: against Penn State, and I think it's going to be
Speaker 2: an issue. And Forny Jennings on defense for Alabama is
Speaker 2: mister Disruption. I know they're without Trevon Diggs and Terrell Lewis,
Speaker 2: but this is still an Alabama defense that is good
Speaker 2: enough to hold the Michigan offense in check. Michigan for
Speaker 2: what they're worth, which is still I think it's an
Speaker 2: impressive team. They finished the year winning four or five.
Speaker 2: The running game actually was there for both Notre Dame
Speaker 2: and Michigan State, but not much beyond that. I mentioned
Speaker 2: Shape Patterson clicking later on in the season. Overall, this
Speaker 2: defense is strong, but against you know, the top of
Speaker 2: the top offensively, which Alabama certainly is. I don't know
Speaker 2: how much you can depend on this Michigan secondary right
Speaker 2: now to have enough bodies and to make enough plays
Speaker 2: when there's just there's going to be that much in
Speaker 2: the way of assaulting from Alabama.
Speaker 1: So VRBO is what that's an Airbnb compartit?
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's as far as I know.
Speaker 1: Yeah, not a sponsor. They sponsored the Citrus Bowl gift
Speaker 1: situation here four one.
Speaker 2: Hundred dollars best by gift card, a watch, a Herschel
Speaker 2: backpack with a luggage tag. The game is played in Orlando, Florida,
Speaker 2: and I was I mean speaking of AsSalt. The subreddit
Speaker 2: was not happy with me saying I didn't know anything
Speaker 2: about Orlando food. So just go to the subreddit and
Speaker 2: there are lots of people who you know, there are
Speaker 2: two point five million people in this metro area.
Speaker 1: You don't need to go to CPK, So go to
Speaker 1: the subreddit to see where you should eat in Orlando.
Speaker 1: The Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual. Yeah, granddaddy
Speaker 1: of them all. Love it. New Year's Day ESPN Wisconsin
Speaker 1: at ten and three, your Oregon Ducks at eleven and two,
Speaker 1: Wisconsin a slim three point favorite. Dan, I'm assuming you're
Speaker 1: excited that your Oregon Ducks had made the Rose Bowl,
Speaker 1: because that's pretty damn cool. And you know, I think
Speaker 1: in our heart of hearts, we were hoping for a
Speaker 1: Penn State Oregon mack Ver Bowl that we could talk
Speaker 1: about here on the show. Didn't happen. But alas, this
Speaker 1: is a pretty cool matchup to some degree contrasting styles. Yeah,
Speaker 1: where are you at here? How you feel? So?
Speaker 2: I went back and forth on this one. I think
Speaker 2: Oregon plays up in big games better than we've seen
Speaker 2: Wisconsin do it. Though Wisconsin against you know, team like
Speaker 2: Minnesota was good. I just think Oregon's on a higher level.
Speaker 2: They finished the year obviously, winning eleven of twelve. They
Speaker 2: had the dumb loss to Arizona State. The offense was
Speaker 2: mostly good this year. They went into a shell and
Speaker 2: both of those losses for long stretches. The running game improved,
Speaker 2: you know good. Justin Herbert is absolutely great. The defense
Speaker 2: in particular seems to play to the moment. Kevon Thibodeaux
Speaker 2: came along incredibly well, a true freshman off the edge.
Speaker 2: The Wisconsin team is based on efficiency. As good as
Speaker 2: Jonathan Taylor tailback is was will continue to be, it
Speaker 2: wasn't busting huge runs all the time, and so I
Speaker 2: think that's a nice matchup for Oregon. Quintes Cephis is
Speaker 2: the guy that can stretch the field, but I think
Speaker 2: you need more to be to defense as dangerous as
Speaker 2: Oregons can be. I know Wisconsin's favored here. I just
Speaker 2: think point wise, they're gonna need to keep up with Oregon.
Speaker 2: I have the Ducks by seven. I actually wanted to
Speaker 2: take Oregon by one or three points something like that.
Speaker 2: I just don't trust Oregon's kicking game at all, So
Speaker 2: in order to win this game, I think they need
Speaker 2: to win by more than that. So I do have
Speaker 2: the Ducks by by about a touchdown in a really
Speaker 2: fun game, something like thirty three to I'm doing math quickly.
Speaker 2: Twenty six, okay, four, twenty five somewhere in that region.
Speaker 1: I think this is going to be a really close game,
Speaker 1: and I am excited to watch the Rose Bowl. This
Speaker 1: is a great contest. I worry a little bit about
Speaker 1: Wisconsin's defense, which has been really good, trying to contain CJ. Verdell,
Speaker 1: and we've seen down the stretch here a couple moments
Speaker 1: when Oregon has found a really effective way to deploy
Speaker 1: his skills and he's put up some big numbers. I
Speaker 1: worry a little bit here for Wisconsin that that could
Speaker 1: be the situation they're walking into. That being said, yeah,
Speaker 1: I also I'm curious as to can Wisconsin control the
Speaker 1: flow of the game with Jonathan Taylor tailback. Is that
Speaker 1: something that they'll be able to do against this Oregon defense,
Speaker 1: which has been really good this year. I am going
Speaker 1: to actually go on the other side of this one.
Speaker 1: I'm going to take Wisconsin. I am going to say
Speaker 1: three points in terms of confidence and three points victory
Speaker 1: margin as well. I think it's something like thirty one
Speaker 1: to twenty eight, thirty one to twenty seven, somewhere in
Speaker 1: that we'll be able to take it. Yeah, some somewhere
Speaker 1: in that realm. I think they're very evenly matched, and
Speaker 1: I don't have a strong lean one way or the other,
Speaker 1: but I'll just take the opposite side here because they
Speaker 1: like Jonathan Taylor tailback. You should also pay attention to
Speaker 1: Zach Bond and Chris or Great duo at linebacker for
Speaker 1: Wisconsin and or missed most of the Big Ten championship games,
Speaker 1: so hopefully he is at full health for the Oregon
Speaker 1: game the Rose Bowl. As part of their gift package,
Speaker 1: there is a gift suite that includes a Fossil Watch.
Speaker 1: They also are giving away an Ogo backpack, a new
Speaker 1: Era nine to fifty snapback adjustable hat, and you get
Speaker 1: to go to the Rose Bowl. I think you get
Speaker 1: to Gosneyland. It's great, he said. There's the Beef Bowl,
Speaker 1: two really strong offensive lines, there's some damage. It's Lowry's
Speaker 1: Prime Rib Tie That's where the Beef Bowl happens. I
Speaker 1: have a lot of LA Food recommendations, but if you're
Speaker 1: staying on the East side, Marisco's Jalisco, Sonora Town and
Speaker 1: Ricky's Fish Tacos are just tremendous. If you want other food,
Speaker 1: that's great too. I can help you out. Send me
Speaker 1: an email or Twitter. I'm backlogged, but I'll be sending
Speaker 1: out LA Food recommendations. And finally, the last one for today, Yeah,
Speaker 1: on New Year's Day. It is ESPN. It's the late
Speaker 1: game in its typical time slot. Georgia at eleven and two,
Speaker 1: Baylor also at eleven and two. The Bulldogs are favored
Speaker 1: by seven and a half. I should note that, at
Speaker 1: least at time of recording here, Charlie Brewer is still
Speaker 1: in concussion protocol, so if he did not play, that
Speaker 1: would certainly change the complexion of this game pretty drastically.
Speaker 1: Georgia's defense is already so damn good even if their
Speaker 1: offense stinks. For a confidence pool, you're assuming a lot,
Speaker 1: even if Charlie Brewer is healthy, that they can generate
Speaker 1: enough offense to score on Georgia. Certainly, without Charlie Brewer
Speaker 1: to score on Georgia, that to me is a bit
Speaker 1: of a bridge too far. So I lean pretty strongly
Speaker 1: on the Georgia side of things, just because I think
Speaker 1: the defense is far and away better than anything Baylor
Speaker 1: has seen all year. The counterpoint would be that Georgia's
Speaker 1: offense isn't exactly anything to write home about. They're banged
Speaker 1: up out wide, Jake From hasn't had much to throw
Speaker 1: to I love DeAndre Swift, I still love Jake From,
Speaker 1: even though he's certainly seen better days. But this is
Speaker 1: not a clash of too good offenses by any measure.
Speaker 2: No, and Georgia does this is all relative. Georgia is
Speaker 2: being looked at as having a disappoint offense relative to
Speaker 2: the talent on hand that going to be playing in
Speaker 2: the Sugar Bowl, because I think it's either I know
Speaker 2: they're starting left tackle is not going to be there,
Speaker 2: Andrew Thomas, he's leaving early and focusing on the draft.
Speaker 2: Isaiah Wilson. I haven't seen anything definitive. There is an
Speaker 2: assumption he won't be playing in this game. They're without
Speaker 2: Ben Cleveland for academic reasons, also on that offensive line,
Speaker 2: so sort of a new look up front for Georgia,
Speaker 2: which is not great because that was a really strong
Speaker 2: offensive line this year. DeAndre Swift we saw, was clearly
Speaker 2: hampered against LSU, didn't really get on the field all
Speaker 2: that much. So I don't know where points are coming
Speaker 2: from anywhere in that name. Just between George's struggles and
Speaker 2: the health of Charlie Brewer, I think he was also there.
Speaker 2: He had the most carries for this Baylor offense this year,
Speaker 2: so they depended on him for so much. And whether
Speaker 2: it's Gary bahanon or what was it Jacob Zeno who
Speaker 2: came in and threw that long touchdown pass or passes
Speaker 2: I don't know where the points are. The good news
Speaker 2: for Baylor is their defense should play sort of with
Speaker 2: their hair on fire.
Speaker 1: That's the motivated factor. Would you say that they're gonna
Speaker 1: be pinning their ears back?
Speaker 2: Oh my god, generating some third in California's Yeah, yeah,
Speaker 2: dialing up some blitzes. Phil Snow and the Snow advisory.
Speaker 2: I really like this Baylor defense a lot. I really
Speaker 2: love this Georgia defense a lot. I think I'm gonna
Speaker 2: go with Georgia close in an ugly game, Georgia close,
Speaker 2: the quarterback factor seventeen, fourteen, twenty to fourteen, something like that.
Speaker 2: Baylor hangs but doesn't get the job done. So I'm
Speaker 2: going dogs here reluctantly, so low confidence.
Speaker 1: I got Georgia by fourteen to seventeen. I guess I'm
Speaker 1: taking the points though. Yeah, that's fair, that's fair. I
Speaker 1: like Georgia pretty comfortably here. I think they win, I
Speaker 1: think they cover. I just think they're better. I think
Speaker 1: they're a better team, and some of the losses on offense,
Speaker 1: especially along the line, will certainly be something to monitor.
Speaker 1: But I have bigger concerns about the Baylor offense going
Speaker 1: up against this Georgia front. So Georgia wins out right.
Speaker 1: I got twenty four confidence points in this, Yeah, twenty four.
Speaker 1: And I also think Georgia covers. The gift suite in
Speaker 1: this one includes an Armani Exchange watch and outside of that,
Speaker 1: the history of Bowls celebrating the good of the game.
Speaker 1: That's a book, a New Era hat, rock them socks
Speaker 1: that's cool, a performance hooded T shirt. I think that's it.
Speaker 2: I think that appears to be at who knows what
Speaker 2: the gift suite holds. Also, if you're eating in New
Speaker 2: Orleans one, you can't really go wrong. There's good food everywhere.
Speaker 2: You can go to Killer Poe Boys or Bevy for
Speaker 2: Poe Boys, there's you know, there's seventy three amazing pole
Speaker 2: boy places, Koshan Koshan Butcher. For sandwiches, it's a bummer
Speaker 2: that it's not really crawfish season. Willie Mays though. For
Speaker 2: fried chicken that's M A E, not M A Y.
Speaker 2: That's incredible fried chicken. But you're you're living your life
Speaker 2: right if you're going to New Orleans, either for the
Speaker 2: Sugar Bowl or for the National Championship.
Speaker 1: Stomach wise, Daniel, that's all I got.
Speaker 2: I think that's all I have is well, I've got
Speaker 2: a lot of dough fermenting in the kitchen.
Speaker 1: I gotta attend to doe fermenting in the kitchen, right
Speaker 1: huh right? Well, thank you to everyone out there for
Speaker 1: tuning in. This was the fourth of our five part
Speaker 1: Bowl preview. We're going to continue to recap games as
Speaker 1: we go along. We only have five left though, five
Speaker 1: in addition to of course, the National Championship to preview,
Speaker 1: so on our next show we'll talk about the Birmingham Bowl,
Speaker 1: Gator Bowl, Famous Idaho Potato Bowl, Armed Forces Bowl, and
Speaker 1: the Lending Tree Bowl. Lending Tree Bowl. Five more here
Speaker 1: to discuss. Thank you again to everyone out there for
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Speaker 1: lot of fun. So Daniel, enjoy the rest of your week.
Speaker 1: Merry Christmas, Happy holidays. Hope you enjoy some time with
Speaker 1: the family. Got any big planes.
Speaker 2: Going down to Florida Christmas Day through jan two, so
Speaker 2: I'll have all my equipment down there as we start
Speaker 2: recapping games. I don't know if we're doing any previewing
Speaker 2: while I'm there, but I'll be ready for anything. Nick
Speaker 2: Saban stepping down, Sure, I'm ready. So yeah, I mean
Speaker 2: going to enjoy some sun, some swimming great, some food great,
Speaker 2: some naps with a lot of people there to help
Speaker 2: watch over the solid baby. No complaints, It should be great,
Speaker 2: all right.
Speaker 1: Well, thank you again to everyone for listening wherever you
Speaker 1: may be around the country and around the world. We
Speaker 1: do issue the warmest of holiday wishes. We will catch
Speaker 1: you on the flip side at some point a few
Speaker 1: days before we switch it over to twenty twenty. But
Speaker 1: in the meantime, for that guy over there, my good
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