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Speaker 2: And them and tie Welcome back to the Soliburbo boys

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Speaker 1: Dan Rubins, Sir, how are you tossing and turning all

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Speaker 1: night figuring out what the name of this week should be?

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Speaker 1: This is totally true. I played tennis last night and

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Speaker 1: it wakes me up right. It's it's hard to fall

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Speaker 1: there's there was this squirm and squeam like squeamish? And

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Speaker 1: I know squeam isn't a word, just like I know

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Speaker 1: I have squirm and squeam Saturday. WHOA based on some

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Speaker 2: Well, I was gonna go squid Game Saturday.

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Speaker 1: See, I haven't watched the squid game programs. Have you

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Speaker 2: It's sort of like the Korean Hunger games to paint

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Speaker 1: So is it a squeamish show? There's definitely a squeamish

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Speaker 2: Preverb suggestion from Paul, who wrote in to go with

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Speaker 2: because he was there. Now, look, Cincinnati is going to

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Speaker 2: I say, respectfully to Paul, this would be quite the

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Speaker 1: crowded place that might hit otherwise innocent bystack that that.

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Speaker 2: May not be the best way to help the SEC

433
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Speaker 2: officials change their mind.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, no conference fan likes their officials. No, But it's

435
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Speaker 1: how you deal with your anger that helps to define you,

436
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Speaker 1: even if it's a small stress toy. Yes, I might

437
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Speaker 1: suggest as well, But this is this is a small

438
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Speaker 1: percentage of fans, but bigger than it should be. Let's

439
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Speaker 1: get to our.

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Speaker 2: Week eight games, Daniel y. All the heavy stuff is

441
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Speaker 2: out of the way, let's have some fun.

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Speaker 1: Let's talk about Week eight.

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Speaker 2: It does not have a readily apparent label for this

444
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Speaker 2: week because it is a lighter slate of games in

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Speaker 2: Week eight. As we talk about things like the window

446
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Speaker 2: of opportunity, you can make a damn good case that

447
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Speaker 2: Week eight is the window of opportunity. Dan, there just

448
00:23:21,000 --> 00:23:24,160
Speaker 2: aren't a whole lot of high level matchups. I'm excited

449
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Speaker 2: about the week, as I am every week throughout the

450
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Speaker 2: college football season. But on the totem pole, looking at

451
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Speaker 2: how Week eight stacks up in terms of the slate

452
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Speaker 2: and the games and the action, it's definitely not on

453
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Speaker 2: the same level as what we've seen over the last

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Speaker 2: gosh four or five weeks. Now, that doesn't mean it

455
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Speaker 2: won't be interesting, which is why I was pushing for

456
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Speaker 2: squid game Saturday.

457
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Speaker 1: Just can sneak up on you and it can kill you.

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Speaker 1: I wouldna say it's a reverse window of opportunity. Instead

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Speaker 1: of watching closely to windows, maybe you'd sandwich the three

460
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Speaker 1: point thirty eastern window, which looks awesome. You sandwich that

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Speaker 1: with your responsibilities as a human not a college football fan.

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Speaker 1: Sounds good to me. Okay, okay, just making sure because

463
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Speaker 1: you look at the three thirty window, there's some bangers.

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Speaker 1: It's good.

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Speaker 2: Let's start at three point thirty on Fox. Let's start

466
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Speaker 2: with Oklahoma State on the road at Iowa State. Iowa

467
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Speaker 2: State favored by seven. You know where I'm at with

468
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Speaker 2: Iowa State. I've made that no secret at this point.

469
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Speaker 2: I've got them running the table from here on out.

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Speaker 1: But this is a big.

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Speaker 2: Game against top ten team in Oklahoma State. It is

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Speaker 2: Iowa State's chance to get some redemption after dropping two

473
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Speaker 2: of their first four games. For what it's worth, the

474
00:24:35,840 --> 00:24:39,680
Speaker 2: last six meetings have been won score games, and as

475
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Speaker 2: you have rightfully pointed out time and again, Mike Gundy

476
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Speaker 2: has definitely gotten the better of Matt Campbell. He's four

477
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Speaker 2: and one against Matt Campbell in the time that Campbell's

478
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Speaker 2: been in games.

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Speaker 1: Where are you at with this one? Went back and forth.

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Speaker 1: I am going to go with the Pokes here on

481
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Speaker 1: the road, and I went back and forth. What I

482
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Speaker 1: do on my sheet is I will embolden the team

483
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Speaker 1: that I am picking when I look at the matchup,

484
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Speaker 1: and I am bolden. I went back and forth. Here

485
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Speaker 1: it's two really strong defenses. It is an Iowa State

486
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Speaker 1: team who I think struggled situationally at times. When you

487
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Speaker 1: look at what they did against Iowa with the turnovers

488
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Speaker 1: and what they did against Baylor with special teams play.

489
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Speaker 1: But I think you're right. I think they're coming into

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Speaker 1: their own. It's an experienced, older squad. But with Oklahoma

491
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Speaker 1: State now it's a letdown spot. Neither went into Austin

492
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Speaker 1: and beat Texas last week largely because of the defense,

493
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Speaker 1: but they made plays on offense too. I'm going to

494
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Speaker 1: go with what I'm more scared of, and that's very

495
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Speaker 1: difficult for me. Am I more scared of Brock Purty

496
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Speaker 1: throwing into the Oklahoma State defense? Or Am I more

497
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Speaker 1: scared of Spencer Sanders throwing into the Iowa State defense?

498
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Speaker 1: I don't. That was difficult for me too. Mike Gundy's

499
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Speaker 1: history Oklahoma State's defense. They both rushed the passer well,

500
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Speaker 1: they both stopped big plays. Well. I think I like

501
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Speaker 1: Oklahoma State's offense a little bit more. I like Breese Hall,

502
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Speaker 1: but this hasn't been like a big explosive Iowa State offense,

503
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Speaker 1: so on the margins. The other thing I noticed, Oklahoma

504
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Speaker 1: State's a pretty good kick return team to Brendan Presley.

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Speaker 1: Special teams go on, go on. It's not my special

506
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Speaker 1: teams tie oh Iowa State special teams that shine a

507
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Speaker 1: light on themselves that I just happened to glance at

508
00:26:19,119 --> 00:26:22,359
Speaker 1: like a fact moth here, I am tie a fact moth,

509
00:26:22,720 --> 00:26:26,080
Speaker 1: I see light, I go to it. And Oklahoma State

510
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Speaker 1: returns kicks pretty well, and so Margins here, I'm gonna

511
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Speaker 1: go Pokes on the road, even in a letdown spot.

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Speaker 1: Seven points is a lot. If they lose, they're losing

513
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Speaker 1: by a field goal at the gun or something like that.

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Speaker 1: I am taking the road.

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Speaker 3: Dog.

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Speaker 2: See, we have done this show for far too long,

517
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Speaker 2: and I know that when you are diving into that

518
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Speaker 2: kick return rabbit hole that you really truly did struggle

519
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Speaker 2: with who.

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Speaker 1: You're going to pick an. Yeah, of course, I mean

521
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Speaker 1: look that I know the two teams are built similarly.

522
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Speaker 1: I like the skill talent of Iowa State, maybe a

523
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Speaker 1: little bit more because of the tight ends, and I

524
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Speaker 1: worry about Spencer Sanders and his carelessness with the ball.

525
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Speaker 1: But Brock Purdy has been kind of interception happy against

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Speaker 1: the Pokes these past cup I just I don't know.

527
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Speaker 1: It's it. Look it's fair.

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Speaker 2: I get the logic. I do not share your tentativeness

529
00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:18,960
Speaker 2: with Iowa State here. My logic is very simple. This

530
00:27:19,119 --> 00:27:21,359
Speaker 2: is still the same Iowa State team that everybody was

531
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Speaker 2: high on before the start of the year. Their two

532
00:27:24,040 --> 00:27:25,880
Speaker 2: losses were to good teams.

533
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Speaker 1: But they hadn't seen them this year.

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Speaker 2: Sure, whatever, but in both cases they sort of shot

535
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Speaker 2: themselves in the foot.

536
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Speaker 1: That's why they lost.

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Speaker 2: So I will get the game last week against k State,

538
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:42,080
Speaker 2: hopefully that's a blueprint for what's to come the rest

539
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Speaker 2: of the way. KSE State's not the best team in

540
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Speaker 2: the world, but they're an above average team and they

541
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Speaker 2: certainly can beat you if you make dumb mistakes. We've

542
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Speaker 2: seen that from them time and again. Iowa State didn't

543
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Speaker 2: do that, and I still felt like in watching that

544
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Speaker 2: game there was a lot of room to grow. Definitely

545
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Speaker 2: a version of Iowa State is still out there, but

546
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Speaker 2: I liked what I saw.

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Speaker 1: They look good and I.

548
00:28:05,200 --> 00:28:07,600
Speaker 2: Think they can be a lot better. And I'm just

549
00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:11,639
Speaker 2: underwhelmed by Oklahoma State right now. Like the defense is

550
00:28:11,720 --> 00:28:16,359
Speaker 2: legitimately very good, legitimately very good, but outside of Jalen

551
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,439
Speaker 2: warren Man, this offense is capital be bad.

552
00:28:19,880 --> 00:28:21,520
Speaker 1: I hear you. They get off the field far too

553
00:28:21,560 --> 00:28:23,840
Speaker 1: quickly on offense. But at the same time, they are

554
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Speaker 1: one of I think the best ten teams on defense

555
00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:29,199
Speaker 1: in getting off the field themselves. I think it's a

556
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Speaker 1: fascinating matchup.

557
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Speaker 2: For sure, it's a fascinating matchup. Oklahoma State is a

558
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Speaker 2: hidden half team. They're a hidden half team, very deep within,

559
00:28:37,800 --> 00:28:42,920
Speaker 2: like the North Korean caves, you will find Oklahoma State.

560
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Speaker 1: Does it worry you when the conversation about Iowa State

561
00:28:47,400 --> 00:28:50,920
Speaker 1: coming into the season is there are so many older guys.

562
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:55,280
Speaker 1: This team returns everybody, but they still make the same mistakes.

563
00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,600
Speaker 1: I don't get it at all. It's a It drives

564
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Speaker 1: me crazy. If a team is holding a gun to

565
00:28:59,880 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 1: its foot every week, don't you worry about that every week?

566
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Speaker 1: Isn't there I do?

567
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Speaker 2: I'm just I think they just are what they are.

568
00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:11,840
Speaker 2: I think Oklahoma State is the old definition of a

569
00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:16,040
Speaker 2: luck runs out team. You're old Roy. I think it's

570
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Speaker 2: gonna happen this week. So I've got Oklahoma State IO State.

571
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Speaker 2: I'm going iostate minus the number minus seven. Io State

572
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Speaker 2: twenty eight to seventeen is my final. Eventually, the lack

573
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Speaker 2: of offense, Eventually, the lack of let's say balance on

574
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Speaker 2: offense for Oklahoma State catches up with them, and I

575
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Speaker 2: think it's this week.

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Speaker 1: I'm done down in the pokes.

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Speaker 2: All right, fair enough, moving on, let's talk about your

578
00:29:43,000 --> 00:29:46,880
Speaker 2: Oregon Ducks. Three thirty ABC Oregon on the road a

579
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Speaker 2: two point dog against the UCLA Bruins. I think it's

580
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Speaker 2: meaningful that the number ten team in the country is

581
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Speaker 2: a two point road dog.

582
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Speaker 1: Long right, it was a big It was like a

583
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Speaker 1: five point I think Oregon Open is like three three

584
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Speaker 1: and a half point favorites and it fully swung in

585
00:30:04,160 --> 00:30:05,280
Speaker 1: like twenty four hours.

586
00:30:05,360 --> 00:30:07,920
Speaker 2: Well, I talked to you about this either on the

587
00:30:07,960 --> 00:30:12,400
Speaker 2: Solid Saturday broadcast that we did last Saturday or the

588
00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:13,840
Speaker 2: Week seven recap show.

589
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Speaker 1: Yeah.

590
00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:17,440
Speaker 2: The app that I used for sports betting that is

591
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:22,520
Speaker 2: not a sponsor, offered early Week eight lines and I

592
00:30:22,640 --> 00:30:25,400
Speaker 2: was able to grab UCLA plus three because I saw

593
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Speaker 2: it and I say, ooh that that can't be right.

594
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Speaker 1: That can't be right.

595
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Speaker 2: And this is after the Oregon col game on Friday night.

596
00:30:31,840 --> 00:30:34,320
Speaker 2: You were on this game like an Iowa State gunner

597
00:30:34,360 --> 00:30:35,280
Speaker 2: and the wrong lane.

598
00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 1: Continue.

599
00:30:36,640 --> 00:30:40,000
Speaker 2: I got UCLA plus three. I have UCLA as my

600
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Speaker 2: lock of.

601
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Speaker 1: The week.

602
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Speaker 2: Minus two at home. What worries me about this game

603
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Speaker 2: in particular, in this one specific matchup. What do we

604
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Speaker 2: think about UCLA's past defense I guess I should say

605
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:03,960
Speaker 2: lack thereof a pass defense, Like how concern should I

606
00:31:04,040 --> 00:31:07,880
Speaker 2: be as somebody who bet UCLA that Oregon has the manpower,

607
00:31:07,920 --> 00:31:10,320
Speaker 2: the resources, the talent to actually take advantage of.

608
00:31:10,240 --> 00:31:14,520
Speaker 1: That, specifically the past defense, specifically the past defense. So

609
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:17,600
Speaker 1: the two quarterbacks who have beaten UCLA were what Jake

610
00:31:17,640 --> 00:31:22,240
Speaker 1: Hayner and Jayden Daniels, who are both good, definitely good, yeah, great,

611
00:31:22,440 --> 00:31:27,120
Speaker 1: have flaws, definitely good quarterbacks. And what UCLA's defense tries

612
00:31:27,160 --> 00:31:29,480
Speaker 1: to do will oftentimes successfully is bring a lot of

613
00:31:29,480 --> 00:31:32,960
Speaker 1: pressure and leaves their corners on islands. And some quarterbacks

614
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:35,120
Speaker 1: can handle it and identify it and find open guys,

615
00:31:35,160 --> 00:31:37,640
Speaker 1: find the hot guys whatever, or throw it up to

616
00:31:37,680 --> 00:31:39,880
Speaker 1: one on one coverage deep, which ASU is able to

617
00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:43,320
Speaker 1: do successfully and some are not able to. And so

618
00:31:43,600 --> 00:31:46,080
Speaker 1: I think UCLA's corners, I think they're secondary. They're fine.

619
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Speaker 1: I just don't know if they're of that caliber if

620
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Speaker 1: facing a good quarterback. I don't necessarily believe Anthony Brown

621
00:31:52,640 --> 00:31:55,440
Speaker 1: is on that level. I saw what PFF or something

622
00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:58,760
Speaker 1: had him as like the tenth or eleventh highest graded

623
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Speaker 1: PAC twelve quarterback, and that's never a good number when

624
00:32:00,920 --> 00:32:04,640
Speaker 1: they're only twelve teams. But UCLA does play a very

625
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:10,479
Speaker 1: specific defense, and it's intriguing to me that they are

626
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:12,760
Speaker 1: boom or bust with this. Now last year, Tyler Shuck

627
00:32:12,840 --> 00:32:15,440
Speaker 1: really did struggle and a winning effort did struggle with

628
00:32:15,480 --> 00:32:19,000
Speaker 1: all that pressure that Jerry asinaar when the UCLA defense brings.

629
00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:23,360
Speaker 1: But it's it's boom or bust and it's an interesting matchup.

630
00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 1: We can go into other matchups in this game, but

631
00:32:25,360 --> 00:32:29,240
Speaker 1: that's my general view of the UCLA secondary, that they

632
00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 1: are put on islands for sure.

633
00:32:30,920 --> 00:32:33,600
Speaker 2: I saw the PFF rating two for Anthony Brown, and

634
00:32:33,640 --> 00:32:36,520
Speaker 2: I wanted to get some further context because you know,

635
00:32:36,600 --> 00:32:38,640
Speaker 2: I feel like you and I when we talk about Oregon,

636
00:32:39,040 --> 00:32:41,440
Speaker 2: you always sort of take like this, I don't know,

637
00:32:41,560 --> 00:32:45,440
Speaker 2: shrugging tone if that's even such thing where you openly

638
00:32:45,480 --> 00:32:48,240
Speaker 2: acknowledge that Oregon is highly ranked, but you don't fully

639
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:50,600
Speaker 2: believe in the ranking with this team. Let me play

640
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:52,680
Speaker 2: Devil's Advocate for a second, not just with Oregon, but

641
00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,040
Speaker 2: with Anthony Brown. He's got a fifty nine percent completion percentage,

642
00:32:56,040 --> 00:32:59,200
Speaker 2: which isn't great, but he's only thrown one pick. He

643
00:32:59,240 --> 00:33:02,040
Speaker 2: averages five yard. He's precarious so he's good when he

644
00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:04,959
Speaker 2: decides to run if he has to, and if Oregon

645
00:33:05,000 --> 00:33:09,200
Speaker 2: wins out, which is definitely on the table, they're kind

646
00:33:09,200 --> 00:33:11,680
Speaker 2: of on a glide path into the top six, into

647
00:33:11,680 --> 00:33:14,560
Speaker 2: that playoff conversation. Now, we may not believe they're going

648
00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,640
Speaker 2: to beat the likes of a Georgia or an Alabama

649
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:19,680
Speaker 2: or Ohio State again if they play Utah, how about

650
00:33:19,760 --> 00:33:22,959
Speaker 2: Utah Utah before that? Yeah, But every week we come

651
00:33:23,040 --> 00:33:25,480
Speaker 2: to this show and we hate a little bit on

652
00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,280
Speaker 2: Anthony Brown, we talk down Oregon. You're on the mind, right?

653
00:33:29,280 --> 00:33:31,160
Speaker 2: Is that fair criticism?

654
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:33,520
Speaker 1: Yeah? And it's to me it's the more I watch

655
00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 1: this Oregon team, It's about hidden yards. It's about missing

656
00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:39,480
Speaker 1: crossing routes. It's about throwing it too hard on shorter routes.

657
00:33:39,520 --> 00:33:42,720
Speaker 1: It's about checking down very quickly. It's about not really

658
00:33:42,760 --> 00:33:44,720
Speaker 1: being able to throw it on the run or just

659
00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:47,719
Speaker 1: making plays on first down to give yourself second and medium,

660
00:33:47,760 --> 00:33:50,040
Speaker 1: third and short like there's a there's a chain and

661
00:33:50,120 --> 00:33:53,440
Speaker 1: hidden yard part of this Oregon team that's maddening. Oregon

662
00:33:53,520 --> 00:33:57,920
Speaker 1: has long i think basically the duration of Mario Cristobaul's

663
00:33:57,920 --> 00:34:00,680
Speaker 1: tenure there. They have played up to end down to

664
00:34:00,800 --> 00:34:02,960
Speaker 1: the moment. You play call at nine to thirty Eastern

665
00:34:03,000 --> 00:34:06,000
Speaker 1: on a Friday night. You screw up a little bit

666
00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:08,400
Speaker 1: in the first half, and you hang on against a

667
00:34:08,440 --> 00:34:11,840
Speaker 1: below average cal team. You're playing a Stanford team in

668
00:34:11,880 --> 00:34:13,960
Speaker 1: a half empty stadium, and you's like your crowd is

669
00:34:13,960 --> 00:34:17,520
Speaker 1: there more so than their crowd, and you're down a

670
00:34:17,520 --> 00:34:20,000
Speaker 1: bunch of guys and you're just not feeling good about

671
00:34:20,040 --> 00:34:22,680
Speaker 1: the size of that game. I know what they're down,

672
00:34:22,680 --> 00:34:24,680
Speaker 1: their center, their safety that you know they get guys

673
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,200
Speaker 1: kicked out in the second half. They're missing play calls

674
00:34:27,200 --> 00:34:30,240
Speaker 1: like Anthony Brown missed before halftime. They played down to moments.

675
00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:33,160
Speaker 1: They don't escape from Arizona until the very end of

676
00:34:33,160 --> 00:34:36,720
Speaker 1: that game. Stonybrook was a seventeen to seven game at halftime.

677
00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:40,400
Speaker 1: I believe this is an up moment though. Game days

678
00:34:40,400 --> 00:34:43,600
Speaker 1: in LA you watch what Mario Chris ball teams granted

679
00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 1: Justin Herbert and to a lesser extent, Tyler Schock last

680
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:49,480
Speaker 1: year with Anthony Brown coming and spelling against USC in

681
00:34:49,520 --> 00:34:52,399
Speaker 1: Pact twelve championship games, Oregon plays up to the moment.

682
00:34:52,440 --> 00:34:54,600
Speaker 1: You don't have to look further than Ohio State this

683
00:34:54,760 --> 00:34:57,920
Speaker 1: year when all Add's Network TV, the Big Noon Saturday whatever.

684
00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,040
Speaker 1: I think Oregon is going to continue to torture its

685
00:35:02,080 --> 00:35:06,680
Speaker 1: fans by raising expectations this week because common sense dictates

686
00:35:07,000 --> 00:35:10,160
Speaker 1: Zach Charboney should run on this defense a good amount, right.

687
00:35:10,400 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 1: This is a defense that hasn't always been the best.

688
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:15,240
Speaker 1: Now they limit big plays, that especially limit big running plays.

689
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:18,839
Speaker 1: But Chip Kelly with weaknesses in this defense, a very

690
00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:22,040
Speaker 1: beat up linebacking corps, putting pressure on Anthony Brown, who

691
00:35:22,040 --> 00:35:25,320
Speaker 1: has struggled this year. The common sense that conventional wisdom

692
00:35:25,400 --> 00:35:28,680
Speaker 1: is UCLA wins this game comfortably because it's a nice

693
00:35:28,719 --> 00:35:33,200
Speaker 1: matchup for them. Oregon is a glory boy team. They

694
00:35:33,239 --> 00:35:36,640
Speaker 1: want the biggest, brightest cameras and they play up to it.

695
00:35:37,320 --> 00:35:42,759
Speaker 1: And with that torturous cloud hanging over Oregon fandom, with

696
00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:44,560
Speaker 1: the way that they play up to the moment, I

697
00:35:44,600 --> 00:35:47,080
Speaker 1: have Oregon winning this game and looking impressive and then

698
00:35:47,239 --> 00:35:51,240
Speaker 1: you know, looking like garbage against Colorado or Wazoo or something.

699
00:35:51,320 --> 00:35:53,640
Speaker 2: It does give me a cause for pause, a favorite

700
00:35:53,640 --> 00:35:57,520
Speaker 2: pet charity of course, that you are on Oregon here

701
00:35:57,560 --> 00:36:01,640
Speaker 2: because you have I would say say, look, we probably

702
00:36:01,680 --> 00:36:03,280
Speaker 2: only pick about fifty percent of the game.

703
00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:06,440
Speaker 1: It's also it's in the Rose Bowl venue on the

704
00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,560
Speaker 1: coast with the biggest TV show short of Solid Saturday,

705
00:36:09,560 --> 00:36:13,520
Speaker 1: Solid Saturday dot Com in in the area. In the mix,

706
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:15,880
Speaker 1: we pick about fifty.

707
00:36:16,880 --> 00:36:19,719
Speaker 2: Maybe a little bit better, maybe a little bit worse. Yeah,

708
00:36:19,800 --> 00:36:22,160
Speaker 2: you're much higher when it comes to Oregon. You've got

709
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,319
Speaker 2: your finger on the pulse of Oregon. You've called this

710
00:36:24,440 --> 00:36:28,480
Speaker 2: team pretty much all year correctly. So it does give

711
00:36:28,520 --> 00:36:31,160
Speaker 2: me a little bit of hesitance. But I'm going to

712
00:36:31,200 --> 00:36:33,719
Speaker 2: stick to my guns here and go UCLA. That's fine,

713
00:36:33,760 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 2: minus a number, I'll lock it up. I think it's

714
00:36:36,120 --> 00:36:37,960
Speaker 2: a good matchup for him, so I'm just going to

715
00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:40,359
Speaker 2: stick with that. I'm not convinced that Anthony Brown can

716
00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:44,640
Speaker 2: pull another Ohio State game, and not that he has

717
00:36:44,719 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 2: to to be in the UCLA, but I'm just not

718
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:48,160
Speaker 2: convinced on him.

719
00:36:48,400 --> 00:36:51,239
Speaker 1: So the thing I like. The thing I like is

720
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:55,560
Speaker 1: Joe moorehead here that UCLA is such a specific defense,

721
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:58,400
Speaker 1: and not that they're obvious, but that there is a

722
00:36:58,680 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 1: strategy to it. But I think Oregon will be prepared

723
00:37:01,560 --> 00:37:03,600
Speaker 1: in the way I don't you know, Ohio State didn't

724
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: adjust what Oregon was doing. But Oregon will be prepared

725
00:37:06,160 --> 00:37:08,200
Speaker 1: in a way that they are going to see wrinkles

726
00:37:08,320 --> 00:37:11,440
Speaker 1: and they're going to again, They're going to play to

727
00:37:11,480 --> 00:37:14,879
Speaker 1: the moment. It's what Oregon does. It's in LA. It's

728
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,800
Speaker 1: you know what channel is this on? At ABC or

729
00:37:16,840 --> 00:37:19,160
Speaker 1: Fox or something? It's on network TV. Yep, it's on ABC.

730
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:22,399
Speaker 1: They're a little bit healthier upfront on defense, and they've

731
00:37:22,440 --> 00:37:24,759
Speaker 1: been these past couple weeks. Still beat up at linebacker.

732
00:37:25,640 --> 00:37:28,440
Speaker 1: It's what Oregon does. They're actually under Mario Christaball, they

733
00:37:28,440 --> 00:37:30,120
Speaker 1: are better on the road against the spread than they

734
00:37:30,160 --> 00:37:32,080
Speaker 1: are at home. He would see something like five and thirteen,

735
00:37:32,120 --> 00:37:35,040
Speaker 1: five and fourteen whatever he is at home against the spread,

736
00:37:35,600 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: and I just I like him in this spot. I do.

737
00:37:39,400 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: I hate that I do, But this is this is

738
00:37:42,560 --> 00:37:45,960
Speaker 1: what the Mario christabal era has taught us about Oregon performances.

739
00:37:47,280 --> 00:37:51,400
Speaker 2: Three thirty ESPN, We've got Clemson at pitt This is

740
00:37:51,440 --> 00:37:54,080
Speaker 2: another one that had a bit of a swing. If

741
00:37:54,120 --> 00:37:57,560
Speaker 2: you compare the mind from a week ago to where

742
00:37:57,560 --> 00:37:59,799
Speaker 2: it is now, about a touchdown swing in favor of

743
00:38:01,160 --> 00:38:04,520
Speaker 2: the sp Plus Dan has pit As the number eleven

744
00:38:04,600 --> 00:38:09,080
Speaker 2: team in the country, the thirteenth best offense, the eighteenth

745
00:38:09,160 --> 00:38:14,000
Speaker 2: best defense. This matchup in particular, I think is a

746
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:16,720
Speaker 2: very good one for Pitt given the way their defense

747
00:38:16,760 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 2: stacks up. They're very stingy against the run. They can

748
00:38:20,480 --> 00:38:23,920
Speaker 2: play that game where they forced DJU to throw.

749
00:38:24,200 --> 00:38:26,960
Speaker 1: Which has been a clear weakness for Clemson this season.

750
00:38:27,040 --> 00:38:29,319
Speaker 2: I can't believe I'm saying that. I still have a

751
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:33,840
Speaker 2: hard time actually wild it. But they have taken a huge,

752
00:38:34,120 --> 00:38:37,600
Speaker 2: huge step back in that passing department, and we're at

753
00:38:37,600 --> 00:38:40,000
Speaker 2: the halfway point in the season now, so the only

754
00:38:40,000 --> 00:38:42,520
Speaker 2: assumption you can make is that it's, yeah, it's just

755
00:38:42,560 --> 00:38:43,560
Speaker 2: not as good as.

756
00:38:43,440 --> 00:38:44,120
Speaker 1: It was a year ago.

757
00:38:44,120 --> 00:38:47,160
Speaker 2: They're not still feeling this thing out. It's it's just bad.

758
00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:52,839
Speaker 2: Dju's average net yards per attempt the ANYA is four

759
00:38:52,840 --> 00:38:56,239
Speaker 2: point five, which is very low. Yeah, very low. You

760
00:38:56,360 --> 00:38:58,319
Speaker 2: pulled another stat that you mentioned to me, what was

761
00:38:58,320 --> 00:38:59,839
Speaker 2: the three point eight number.

762
00:38:59,560 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 1: Against man coverage? And I don't believe Pitt plays a

763
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:04,520
Speaker 1: bunch of man coverage, but the pit has actually been

764
00:39:04,520 --> 00:39:08,800
Speaker 1: pretty successful playing man. And you know paton Ardouzy obviously

765
00:39:08,840 --> 00:39:12,000
Speaker 1: known for wrinkles within that quarters system and pressing up

766
00:39:12,000 --> 00:39:15,360
Speaker 1: against the run. Three point eight yards per attempt against

767
00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:18,279
Speaker 1: man has been DJU who has been worse on the road,

768
00:39:19,040 --> 00:39:22,840
Speaker 1: and grant look that that counts Georgia the best defense

769
00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:26,120
Speaker 1: in probably many years now. Sure in college football, we presume,

770
00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:28,880
Speaker 1: but it also counts Syracuse. Dance struggled at Syracuse.

771
00:39:29,000 --> 00:39:31,200
Speaker 2: It also counts Syracuse and some of the other games

772
00:39:31,480 --> 00:39:33,560
Speaker 2: that we've seen DJU and the Clint.

773
00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:37,239
Speaker 1: Strugland Steorge attack Struggleather was an issue. But yeah, so.

774
00:39:37,360 --> 00:39:39,600
Speaker 2: They've just been not good at throwing the football, and

775
00:39:39,640 --> 00:39:42,200
Speaker 2: I think Pitt is good enough to contain whatever Clemson

776
00:39:42,560 --> 00:39:45,560
Speaker 2: running game is out there. Again, they're banged up, but

777
00:39:45,719 --> 00:39:48,520
Speaker 2: whatever Clemson running game is out there, Pitt will be

778
00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:51,200
Speaker 2: able to deal with that in Forrest DJU and provide

779
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:55,080
Speaker 2: some of those wrinkles from patn Ardoozy. On the flip

780
00:39:55,120 --> 00:39:57,920
Speaker 2: side of things, Kenny Pickett has had a revelation of

781
00:39:57,920 --> 00:39:59,719
Speaker 2: the season. We have talked a whole lot about it

782
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:02,719
Speaker 2: because Pitt hasn't really played anyone which is kind of

783
00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:06,759
Speaker 2: my only true hesitation going Pitt in this game, but

784
00:40:07,880 --> 00:40:12,120
Speaker 2: a twenty one to one touchdown to interception ratio, seventy

785
00:40:12,120 --> 00:40:15,439
Speaker 2: percent of his passes have been completed. I saw si

786
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Speaker 2: dot Com posted a mock draft that had Kenny Pickett

787
00:40:18,760 --> 00:40:19,640
Speaker 2: number one overall.

788
00:40:20,320 --> 00:40:23,400
Speaker 1: Man, oh, man, love it great? Which just a little aggressive,

789
00:40:23,480 --> 00:40:27,359
Speaker 1: but okay, sure, good, great, good for him. I hope

790
00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:29,960
Speaker 1: it works. I mean, will you be a believer of

791
00:40:30,040 --> 00:40:32,560
Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett. He's okay, He's completed about seventy percent of

792
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,279
Speaker 1: his passes, twenty one to one touchdown interception ratio. You

793
00:40:35,360 --> 00:40:38,160
Speaker 1: mentioned the adjusted net yards for attempt ten and a

794
00:40:38,200 --> 00:40:43,040
Speaker 1: half against man coverage, twelve yards against zone, eleven yards

795
00:40:43,080 --> 00:40:46,399
Speaker 1: per like it's just if you didn't see his name

796
00:40:46,480 --> 00:40:49,560
Speaker 1: in front of his line granted what it's Tennessee Virginia tack,

797
00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:52,520
Speaker 1: Georgia tack and granted Georgia Tech team that Clemson struggled

798
00:40:52,520 --> 00:40:57,680
Speaker 1: with and Pitt put on. If you took away the name,

799
00:40:57,719 --> 00:41:00,360
Speaker 1: you'd be like man that has a power five quarterback

800
00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:03,560
Speaker 1: putting up those numbers. I can be talked into it.

801
00:41:03,680 --> 00:41:04,799
Speaker 1: Size good, size.

802
00:41:04,520 --> 00:41:06,840
Speaker 2: Is good, talked into what number one overall?

803
00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:09,920
Speaker 1: Not necessarily number one, number one overall, but a legit

804
00:41:10,200 --> 00:41:12,560
Speaker 1: NFL pick. If you look at measurables and you're a

805
00:41:12,560 --> 00:41:16,000
Speaker 1: believer in his arm, your believer in his athleticism, like I,

806
00:41:16,080 --> 00:41:18,799
Speaker 1: we're on the road to an interesting draft prospect. If

807
00:41:18,800 --> 00:41:20,800
Speaker 1: he keeps that up, especially against a team like Clemson.

808
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:22,319
Speaker 1: By the way, how many points do you need to

809
00:41:22,320 --> 00:41:27,040
Speaker 1: be Clemson in twenty twenty one eighteen? Yeah, Like, let's

810
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:29,919
Speaker 1: not talk about a high bar this year against no, no, no, Look,

811
00:41:30,640 --> 00:41:31,520
Speaker 1: can you pick it? Yes?

812
00:41:31,719 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 2: Interesting draft prospect has shown improvement year over year, and

813
00:41:37,320 --> 00:41:40,440
Speaker 2: so that points to a coachable kid. He's obviously got

814
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:43,760
Speaker 2: good numbers this year doing a good job pro prospect.

815
00:41:43,840 --> 00:41:44,480
Speaker 1: Yeah.

816
00:41:44,640 --> 00:41:47,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, the quarterback class this year is all over the map.

817
00:41:47,600 --> 00:41:49,880
Speaker 1: But did you ever Ti, did you ever play like

818
00:41:50,000 --> 00:41:52,840
Speaker 1: pee wee or little league baseball when you were brushed

819
00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:55,359
Speaker 1: up right against the age limit and just hit five

820
00:41:55,480 --> 00:41:58,759
Speaker 1: seventy seven? Like, did you ever have a season like that?

821
00:41:58,960 --> 00:42:00,640
Speaker 1: I did in basketball? Or I was just a head

822
00:42:00,680 --> 00:42:03,200
Speaker 1: taller than kids and I was more coordinated. I hit

823
00:42:03,239 --> 00:42:05,080
Speaker 1: a bunch of shots and I would back smaller kids

824
00:42:05,160 --> 00:42:07,319
Speaker 1: down and I averaged like twenty six points a game

825
00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:08,959
Speaker 1: or something like that when I was ten years old.

826
00:42:09,200 --> 00:42:10,839
Speaker 1: It didn't mean I was the best ten year old

827
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:13,319
Speaker 1: in the country. It meant the age thing worked out

828
00:42:13,360 --> 00:42:17,360
Speaker 1: for me. Is Kenny Pickett being so experienced and having

829
00:42:17,400 --> 00:42:20,440
Speaker 1: the weapons against an ACC team that can't against AC

830
00:42:20,600 --> 00:42:22,879
Speaker 1: a conference that can't get out of its own way,

831
00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:27,160
Speaker 1: that can't score points, that can't mount impressive offenses or defenses.

832
00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:30,200
Speaker 1: At the same time, is there something to Kenny Pickett

833
00:42:30,200 --> 00:42:34,160
Speaker 1: just being in very calm water and being experienced to

834
00:42:34,600 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 1: pointing towards his success. There's probably part of it that's.

835
00:42:38,080 --> 00:42:41,200
Speaker 2: Partially, Yeah, the reason for it. But what have we

836
00:42:41,239 --> 00:42:44,000
Speaker 2: seen around college football? There's a lot of experience out there,

837
00:42:44,000 --> 00:42:46,200
Speaker 2: and we have more par than ever. There are more

838
00:42:46,239 --> 00:42:49,520
Speaker 2: teams shooting themselves in the foot than ever before Iowa

839
00:42:49,560 --> 00:42:52,360
Speaker 2: State we talked about Iowa State. He's got more experience

840
00:42:52,360 --> 00:42:55,279
Speaker 2: in Iowa State almost nobody, and yet here we are

841
00:42:55,480 --> 00:42:57,680
Speaker 2: talking about them shooting themselves in the foot and not

842
00:42:57,800 --> 00:42:58,600
Speaker 2: covering kicks.

843
00:42:58,719 --> 00:43:00,640
Speaker 1: And yeah, no, what I I think Pitt has done

844
00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:05,839
Speaker 1: is impressive. But is there a conference that makes Look,

845
00:43:05,880 --> 00:43:07,360
Speaker 1: you can talk to me about the PAC twelve, I

846
00:43:07,640 --> 00:43:11,640
Speaker 1: get it, but that makes less sense with Miami, North

847
00:43:11,680 --> 00:43:16,160
Speaker 1: Carolina and Clemson and Florida State, which there weren't expectations

848
00:43:16,160 --> 00:43:19,279
Speaker 1: of all completely falling off a cliff. Now, Like that's

849
00:43:19,320 --> 00:43:22,920
Speaker 1: the weird thing that there is stability to pit which

850
00:43:22,960 --> 00:43:26,000
Speaker 1: is their maybe their biggest strength right now. They're one

851
00:43:26,000 --> 00:43:28,279
Speaker 1: of the best pass rushing teams in the country, going

852
00:43:28,280 --> 00:43:31,160
Speaker 1: against a quarterback who struggles in this offense, behind a

853
00:43:31,160 --> 00:43:33,960
Speaker 1: line who's been struggling, throwing two receivers who have struggled,

854
00:43:34,160 --> 00:43:37,640
Speaker 1: and has a beat up running back room to his

855
00:43:37,960 --> 00:43:41,200
Speaker 1: to his left, whatever. So I just I think that

856
00:43:41,360 --> 00:43:43,800
Speaker 1: it's part of it. And that's not to put down Pitt,

857
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:46,840
Speaker 1: because hey, good for Pitt man take advantage.

858
00:43:46,880 --> 00:43:49,520
Speaker 2: Good good for Pitt. Pitt's been very solid this year.

859
00:43:49,880 --> 00:43:54,120
Speaker 2: They have not played a great defense. Last week against

860
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:58,239
Speaker 2: him attack was the best defense they played. They performed admirably. Yeah,

861
00:43:58,280 --> 00:44:01,040
Speaker 2: I don't take anything away from them, but even with

862
00:44:01,120 --> 00:44:04,359
Speaker 2: a banged up Clemson defense as they are, I do

863
00:44:04,480 --> 00:44:06,799
Speaker 2: expect a little bit of a speed bump here. I

864
00:44:06,800 --> 00:44:09,480
Speaker 2: don't think it's going to be, you know, pedal to

865
00:44:09,520 --> 00:44:12,600
Speaker 2: the metal the way it's been. They will have some resistance.

866
00:44:12,920 --> 00:44:15,120
Speaker 2: I've got Pitt winning. I think it's twenty four to fourteen.

867
00:44:15,320 --> 00:44:17,560
Speaker 2: They've got a good enough defense to hold down Clemson.

868
00:44:18,640 --> 00:44:21,919
Speaker 2: Clemson's offense is not really showing signs of life at

869
00:44:21,920 --> 00:44:24,120
Speaker 2: this juncture, and Pitt will figure it out. So twenty

870
00:44:24,120 --> 00:44:26,600
Speaker 2: four to fourteen's my final. Pitt win's a big one

871
00:44:26,640 --> 00:44:30,160
Speaker 2: at home and we'll talk on the recap show when

872
00:44:30,160 --> 00:44:33,680
Speaker 2: we get there after this game what Pitt's prospects look

873
00:44:33,840 --> 00:44:37,680
Speaker 2: like moving forward. But it's there if they want it.

874
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:39,319
Speaker 2: The ACC is there for them.

875
00:44:40,440 --> 00:44:43,359
Speaker 1: Yeah, the ACC is. Aside from the team's falling off

876
00:44:43,400 --> 00:44:47,279
Speaker 1: the cliff, this has been a totally justifiable conversation and

877
00:44:47,400 --> 00:44:51,160
Speaker 1: talking point. Hey, Boston College, Georgia Tech and Syracuse and

878
00:44:51,200 --> 00:44:54,080
Speaker 1: Wake Forest are kind of interesting. Right, that's where the

879
00:44:54,120 --> 00:44:58,080
Speaker 1: conference is at. Right now, Okay, where that's a justifiable

880
00:44:58,120 --> 00:45:00,880
Speaker 1: talking Who are you picking it? It's wild? I'm taking Pitt.

881
00:45:00,960 --> 00:45:03,080
Speaker 1: Clemson gives me no reason to take Clemson. I you know,

882
00:45:03,239 --> 00:45:05,960
Speaker 1: Pitt has the better quarterback and an impressive pass rush.

883
00:45:06,120 --> 00:45:08,680
Speaker 1: This is an underthought game. Pitt wins this game, I

884
00:45:08,719 --> 00:45:12,919
Speaker 1: don't know. Twenty to thirteen, seven point thirty NBC. It's

885
00:45:13,320 --> 00:45:17,120
Speaker 1: USC on the road at Notre Dame. Notre Dame favored

886
00:45:17,120 --> 00:45:18,360
Speaker 1: by seven.

887
00:45:18,480 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 2: The Battle for the Jewels Shalela Dan Classic Trophy. Notre

888
00:45:24,320 --> 00:45:29,200
Speaker 2: Dame's won three meetings in a row. Here's the deal.

889
00:45:30,600 --> 00:45:32,359
Speaker 1: Take a knee. Is that what you're saying, Take a knee?

890
00:45:32,400 --> 00:45:33,719
Speaker 1: Take taken me? I like when you say that.

891
00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:36,680
Speaker 2: Continue I am in the exact same place with Notre

892
00:45:36,760 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 2: Dame as you are with Oregon. Okay, almost the exact

893
00:45:41,040 --> 00:45:42,879
Speaker 2: same place for different reasons, but.

894
00:45:43,800 --> 00:45:45,960
Speaker 1: Got a backup quarterback. Tie. Yeah.

895
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:48,480
Speaker 2: Yeah, They're going to inch their way up into the

896
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:51,200
Speaker 2: playoff conversation even though they're a very flawed team.

897
00:45:51,840 --> 00:45:53,920
Speaker 1: They are, they just they are. Look at the schedule

898
00:45:54,080 --> 00:45:56,560
Speaker 1: they are iving. Notre Dame has a better chance of

899
00:45:56,600 --> 00:45:59,719
Speaker 1: being a sad conversation piece than Oregon because Oregon, I think,

900
00:45:59,800 --> 00:46:01,560
Speaker 1: or a better shot of losing. Continue.

901
00:46:02,080 --> 00:46:04,960
Speaker 2: Whatever the case, Notre Dame is going to inch their

902
00:46:04,960 --> 00:46:09,799
Speaker 2: way up into that conversation, provided they keep winning. Yet

903
00:46:09,840 --> 00:46:12,000
Speaker 2: they are a flawed team. It's just the kind of

904
00:46:12,040 --> 00:46:14,439
Speaker 2: year it is. It's not any indictment for what Brian

905
00:46:14,520 --> 00:46:17,000
Speaker 2: Kelly's doing, what Marria chris Ball is doing. It's it's

906
00:46:17,040 --> 00:46:19,719
Speaker 2: that kind of year. You've heard the expression and the

907
00:46:19,800 --> 00:46:21,560
Speaker 2: land of the Blind, the one eyed Man's king. That's

908
00:46:21,560 --> 00:46:25,440
Speaker 2: where we're at in college football. I love this matchup

909
00:46:25,440 --> 00:46:27,200
Speaker 2: for Notre Dame. I absolutely love it.

910
00:46:27,520 --> 00:46:30,000
Speaker 1: You couldn't give me that jewel during the pit conversation.

911
00:46:30,480 --> 00:46:32,840
Speaker 1: You saved that for Notre Dame. I saved it for

912
00:46:32,880 --> 00:46:34,480
Speaker 1: Notre Dame. Damn okay.

913
00:46:35,680 --> 00:46:37,520
Speaker 2: USC had a bye week to get ready, so did

914
00:46:37,600 --> 00:46:40,880
Speaker 2: Notre Dame. But bear in mind that USC is playing

915
00:46:40,880 --> 00:46:43,560
Speaker 2: for an interim coach now and that they're very dependent

916
00:46:43,640 --> 00:46:48,320
Speaker 2: on Drake London out wide. He is their offense right Otherwise,

917
00:46:48,400 --> 00:46:51,960
Speaker 2: Keaton Slovis has not had a great year. Keyante ingram Is.

918
00:46:52,520 --> 00:46:52,919
Speaker 1: It's fine.

919
00:46:52,960 --> 00:46:56,440
Speaker 2: The transfer from Texas, he's fine. He's been okay in spots,

920
00:46:56,480 --> 00:47:00,400
Speaker 2: but I can't say that they've used him consistently well.

921
00:47:00,520 --> 00:47:02,840
Speaker 2: I think the game plan here for USC on offense

922
00:47:02,920 --> 00:47:06,600
Speaker 2: is pretty telegraphed at this point, and I think Marcus

923
00:47:06,600 --> 00:47:09,799
Speaker 2: Freeman love the guy, hate the guy. The defense has

924
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:12,279
Speaker 2: gotten better and he's certainly smart enough to figure out

925
00:47:12,280 --> 00:47:15,759
Speaker 2: what's coming. They know what's coming. The question that I

926
00:47:15,840 --> 00:47:19,000
Speaker 2: have about USC's offense is not whether or not they'll score.

927
00:47:19,080 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 2: I think they will, but can they keep pace? Can

928
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:27,799
Speaker 2: they keep pace? Because nobody, and I mean nobody, Dan

929
00:47:28,880 --> 00:47:31,160
Speaker 2: has trouble moving the ball in this SC defense.

930
00:47:32,200 --> 00:47:34,040
Speaker 1: No, no, no, that's true. Correct.

931
00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:39,239
Speaker 2: So the passing game, whatever game I think will be

932
00:47:39,320 --> 00:47:42,120
Speaker 2: there for Notre Dame on offense.

933
00:47:42,080 --> 00:47:44,480
Speaker 1: Who's throwing it? It doesn't matter at this.

934
00:47:44,480 --> 00:47:48,759
Speaker 2: Point, it doesn't matter. Yeah, it doesn't matter. We don't

935
00:47:48,800 --> 00:47:50,839
Speaker 2: have to label a quarterback at Notre Dame. We can

936
00:47:50,880 --> 00:47:54,439
Speaker 2: have eight who cares. Okay, the opportunity will be there

937
00:47:54,440 --> 00:47:57,080
Speaker 2: for Notre Dame in the passing game. More importantly, I

938
00:47:57,080 --> 00:48:00,600
Speaker 2: think for Notre Dame's receivers to get in some quotality reps.

939
00:48:00,640 --> 00:48:04,520
Speaker 2: I'm most interested in whether these kids could get open,

940
00:48:04,960 --> 00:48:07,160
Speaker 2: whether they can catch. They've had such a problem this

941
00:48:07,239 --> 00:48:10,680
Speaker 2: year with drops. Kevin Austin, who is a physical specimen,

942
00:48:10,880 --> 00:48:13,960
Speaker 2: seems like you should be this go to receiver or

943
00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:15,840
Speaker 2: really game breaking type wide.

944
00:48:15,560 --> 00:48:18,320
Speaker 1: Out, can't catch. He's dropped like ten percent of his passes.

945
00:48:18,400 --> 00:48:20,000
Speaker 1: So who's the go to Avery Davis?

946
00:48:20,040 --> 00:48:22,600
Speaker 2: I think it's Avery Davis is probably the most sure

947
00:48:22,600 --> 00:48:26,480
Speaker 2: handed receiver outside of Michael Mayer is the go to guy,

948
00:48:26,560 --> 00:48:29,759
Speaker 2: but he's been banged up and even he's had some

949
00:48:29,840 --> 00:48:32,640
Speaker 2: trouble with drops this year, more than you would expect.

950
00:48:32,680 --> 00:48:36,080
Speaker 2: But Avery Davis has at least been sure handed. That's

951
00:48:36,120 --> 00:48:38,440
Speaker 2: more than you can say for Kevin Austin, more than

952
00:48:38,480 --> 00:48:41,520
Speaker 2: you can say for Braden Lindsay. But I'm curious to

953
00:48:41,520 --> 00:48:43,520
Speaker 2: see what kind of reps the receivers can get here.

954
00:48:44,760 --> 00:48:47,759
Speaker 2: I'm also very interested in what the offensive line looks like,

955
00:48:48,480 --> 00:48:51,720
Speaker 2: because this should be a prime opportunity for the line

956
00:48:51,719 --> 00:48:53,640
Speaker 2: to get a push and get the ground game back

957
00:48:53,680 --> 00:48:56,520
Speaker 2: on track. It's not a good USC front. There's not

958
00:48:56,640 --> 00:49:00,320
Speaker 2: great as a unit up front. They have play, but

959
00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:04,360
Speaker 2: they're not great as a team up front. I would

960
00:49:04,360 --> 00:49:07,279
Speaker 2: hope that they would continue building on some of the

961
00:49:07,280 --> 00:49:10,400
Speaker 2: momentum that I think they started in that Virginia Tech game.

962
00:49:10,239 --> 00:49:11,359
Speaker 1: Two weeks ago.

963
00:49:11,520 --> 00:49:14,160
Speaker 2: I would expect a big effort on the ground for

964
00:49:14,280 --> 00:49:17,400
Speaker 2: Kyraen Williams, Chris Tyree, and hopefully a game that we

965
00:49:17,520 --> 00:49:19,440
Speaker 2: come out on the flip side saying the line actually

966
00:49:19,480 --> 00:49:22,040
Speaker 2: looked pretty good. Line looked better against the USC team

967
00:49:22,080 --> 00:49:23,959
Speaker 2: that is just not good in the front seven.

968
00:49:24,120 --> 00:49:25,840
Speaker 1: Is there like a line change like in hockey, A

969
00:49:25,840 --> 00:49:28,279
Speaker 1: other five new guys coming in? Man, I don't know.

970
00:49:28,920 --> 00:49:29,400
Speaker 1: I don't know.

971
00:49:29,840 --> 00:49:32,879
Speaker 2: It felt like in that Tech game things were moving

972
00:49:32,920 --> 00:49:36,359
Speaker 2: in a good direction. I would be very disappointed if

973
00:49:36,400 --> 00:49:37,960
Speaker 2: we came out on the flip side of this game

974
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,360
Speaker 2: and said they didn't look good against USC, because USC

975
00:49:41,520 --> 00:49:41,759
Speaker 2: just not.

976
00:49:41,680 --> 00:49:42,239
Speaker 1: Good up front.

977
00:49:42,280 --> 00:49:44,920
Speaker 2: So long story short, I won't drone on too long.

978
00:49:44,960 --> 00:49:46,680
Speaker 2: We have many other games to discuss here, and the

979
00:49:46,680 --> 00:49:48,440
Speaker 2: show's already getting along on the tooth.

980
00:49:48,520 --> 00:49:49,600
Speaker 1: But it's good. It's fine.

981
00:49:50,320 --> 00:49:53,520
Speaker 2: Notre Dame wins thirty four to twenty something like that.

982
00:49:53,680 --> 00:49:55,879
Speaker 2: USC scores, but they can't keep pace with Notre Dame.

983
00:49:56,880 --> 00:50:00,480
Speaker 1: What's the what is the line at the moment? Favorite? Yeah,

984
00:50:00,440 --> 00:50:03,000
Speaker 1: I'm I'm gonna take Notre Dame here. The thing that

985
00:50:03,120 --> 00:50:06,200
Speaker 1: is concerning to me, and it's situational. I suppose is

986
00:50:06,320 --> 00:50:09,359
Speaker 1: USC has played better away from home, and maybe that's

987
00:50:09,400 --> 00:50:12,080
Speaker 1: just more of a distraction free environment. You saw them

988
00:50:12,120 --> 00:50:14,120
Speaker 1: go down now it's Wazoo and Colorado. I get it.

989
00:50:14,719 --> 00:50:17,319
Speaker 1: But they go down early to Wazoo and then they

990
00:50:17,360 --> 00:50:19,239
Speaker 1: just put it on with Jackson Dart who is hurt

991
00:50:19,280 --> 00:50:22,360
Speaker 1: and not playing this week for USC, and Colorado is

992
00:50:22,360 --> 00:50:26,320
Speaker 1: in abomination. They're terrible, But maybe there's an element to

993
00:50:26,320 --> 00:50:28,040
Speaker 1: that where it's a closer first half and Notre Dame

994
00:50:28,080 --> 00:50:30,080
Speaker 1: ultimately wins this game. The thing that's fascinating to me

995
00:50:30,120 --> 00:50:33,080
Speaker 1: about Notre Dame and I know their opponents, right, it's Cincinnati,

996
00:50:33,120 --> 00:50:36,000
Speaker 1: it's Wisconsin. Even Perdue has a really good defensive front

997
00:50:36,080 --> 00:50:39,200
Speaker 1: led by like an All American caliber George Carloftis is

998
00:50:39,400 --> 00:50:41,759
Speaker 1: relative to talent on hand, Notre Dame might be the

999
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:46,080
Speaker 1: worst rushing team in the country right relative to the

1000
00:50:46,120 --> 00:50:49,160
Speaker 1: recruiting talent, relative to having Kyron Williams and Chris Tyree.

1001
00:50:49,360 --> 00:50:52,320
Speaker 1: Notre Dame might be the worst rushing team in the country.

1002
00:50:52,920 --> 00:50:58,680
Speaker 2: Relative to preseason expectations. Their relative to recent performance, there

1003
00:50:58,760 --> 00:51:03,200
Speaker 2: is definitely a gap. Yeah, because this offense was going

1004
00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:06,960
Speaker 2: to be led by the ground attack. We read all

1005
00:51:07,000 --> 00:51:10,399
Speaker 2: throughout the preseason. Tommy Reese is going to figure out

1006
00:51:10,440 --> 00:51:12,799
Speaker 2: how to get Kyron Williams and Chris Tyree in the

1007
00:51:12,880 --> 00:51:16,279
Speaker 2: same backfield at the same time. They're gonna wait for

1008
00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:20,360
Speaker 2: that running game to power them through until the passing

1009
00:51:20,400 --> 00:51:22,960
Speaker 2: game figures itself out with Jack Cone or Tyler Buckner,

1010
00:51:23,239 --> 00:51:26,799
Speaker 2: Drew Pye whoever. It's kind of been reverse of that.

1011
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:31,000
Speaker 2: The line has been very shaky. They've won with defense,

1012
00:51:31,080 --> 00:51:35,840
Speaker 2: They've won with Jack Cone mostly I guess, yeah, making

1013
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:36,840
Speaker 2: timely passes.

1014
00:51:37,000 --> 00:51:37,280
Speaker 1: Yeah.

1015
00:51:37,480 --> 00:51:40,160
Speaker 2: So, long story short, if the ground game can put

1016
00:51:40,200 --> 00:51:43,600
Speaker 2: itself together, that would be great moving forward. I don't

1017
00:51:43,640 --> 00:51:46,000
Speaker 2: know if it happens, how much stock you could really

1018
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:48,200
Speaker 2: put in it, because again, USC is not good at

1019
00:51:48,200 --> 00:51:51,520
Speaker 2: stopping to run. So look, long story short, I got

1020
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:53,879
Speaker 2: thirty four to twenty. We can talk about more. Talk

1021
00:51:53,920 --> 00:51:56,520
Speaker 2: about this more on Sunday, right, I've got Notre Dame winning.

1022
00:51:56,520 --> 00:51:58,759
Speaker 2: I think it's a good matchup for them. Man.

1023
00:51:59,040 --> 00:52:02,560
Speaker 1: Some of these like deep dive numbers, Kyron Williams running

1024
00:52:02,560 --> 00:52:04,399
Speaker 1: outside the tackles and where they've had like a third

1025
00:52:04,400 --> 00:52:07,960
Speaker 1: string left tackle at times one point six yards per carry,

1026
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:09,520
Speaker 1: Chris Tyree two point four?

1027
00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:14,359
Speaker 2: Whoa not getting out ahead? All right, let's go rapid fire.

1028
00:52:14,400 --> 00:52:16,040
Speaker 2: I've got a bunch of other games here that I

1029
00:52:16,080 --> 00:52:19,120
Speaker 2: just want to call out. Let's just a quick quip

1030
00:52:19,200 --> 00:52:23,000
Speaker 2: or two about these games. Dan Quick sure high new

1031
00:52:23,040 --> 00:52:28,240
Speaker 2: in ESPN two Cincinnati minus four touchdowns on the road

1032
00:52:28,440 --> 00:52:31,520
Speaker 2: at Navy. If we go with our brother Paul, who

1033
00:52:31,520 --> 00:52:33,920
Speaker 2: wanted to go second ranks slip up Saturday. A lot

1034
00:52:33,920 --> 00:52:38,480
Speaker 2: of alliteration there. I'm comfortable using that name, just not

1035
00:52:38,640 --> 00:52:41,240
Speaker 2: widely because Navy's projected to go one and eleven.

1036
00:52:41,320 --> 00:52:45,640
Speaker 1: They're not a good team. Yeah. I think Cincinnati comfortably

1037
00:52:45,640 --> 00:52:50,560
Speaker 1: wins this game. I really do, especially considering the ways

1038
00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:52,680
Speaker 1: that their offense is growing. I really like watching Jerome

1039
00:52:52,719 --> 00:52:56,920
Speaker 1: Ford and Cincinnati has been great against the run. That

1040
00:52:56,960 --> 00:53:00,200
Speaker 1: seems like a really mandatory part of a team to

1041
00:53:00,200 --> 00:53:01,400
Speaker 1: to beat Navy comfortably.

1042
00:53:02,200 --> 00:53:06,960
Speaker 2: Twelve noon, CBS Sports Network, Wake Forest minus three and

1043
00:53:06,960 --> 00:53:10,320
Speaker 2: a half at Army an interesting matchup here, Dan Wake

1044
00:53:10,480 --> 00:53:14,120
Speaker 2: is now up to number sixteen in the polls, but

1045
00:53:14,440 --> 00:53:16,360
Speaker 2: only a three and a half point favorite on the

1046
00:53:16,440 --> 00:53:19,560
Speaker 2: road in West Point. Army, for what it's worth, hung

1047
00:53:19,880 --> 00:53:23,799
Speaker 2: with Wisconsin last week, and it also looks like the

1048
00:53:23,840 --> 00:53:28,080
Speaker 2: sharps some of the pro betters are on Army in

1049
00:53:28,120 --> 00:53:32,479
Speaker 2: this game. I suppose. I suppose the obvious reason why

1050
00:53:32,560 --> 00:53:36,040
Speaker 2: is that Wake is terrible against the run, and that's

1051
00:53:36,200 --> 00:53:39,520
Speaker 2: just what Army does. They're not even great at it.

1052
00:53:39,680 --> 00:53:43,000
Speaker 2: Army as a running team as compared to previous Army

1053
00:53:43,040 --> 00:53:46,640
Speaker 2: teams is not even a good rushing team from Army right,

1054
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:49,520
Speaker 2: But it is a good matchup for them in this game.

1055
00:53:50,160 --> 00:53:52,160
Speaker 2: It also looks like it could be damp and a

1056
00:53:52,160 --> 00:53:55,120
Speaker 2: little windy and rainy and overcast.

1057
00:53:55,760 --> 00:53:59,080
Speaker 1: What say you, I'm gonna go Wake here, I'm gonna

1058
00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:00,520
Speaker 1: go again to The thing that worries me about Wake

1059
00:54:00,600 --> 00:54:02,600
Speaker 1: is that defense doesn't get off the field and you

1060
00:54:02,640 --> 00:54:05,960
Speaker 1: can continually move the chains against Wake. But Army also

1061
00:54:06,120 --> 00:54:08,239
Speaker 1: their own defense struggles against the pass, which is how

1062
00:54:08,280 --> 00:54:11,520
Speaker 1: Wake Forest is winning games, I'm gonna go with Wake here. Army. Also,

1063
00:54:11,520 --> 00:54:13,759
Speaker 1: if you're a body blow believer coming off of the

1064
00:54:13,800 --> 00:54:16,480
Speaker 1: Wisconsin game that was quite physical and in the trenches,

1065
00:54:16,560 --> 00:54:18,759
Speaker 1: I just I'm gonna go with Wake here. I hate it.

1066
00:54:18,800 --> 00:54:21,000
Speaker 1: I understand the Army pick, but I'm under thinking it,

1067
00:54:21,040 --> 00:54:22,359
Speaker 1: and I'm gonna go with the team with the better

1068
00:54:22,400 --> 00:54:26,320
Speaker 1: quarterback and the favorable matchup to me. If Army is

1069
00:54:26,360 --> 00:54:28,279
Speaker 1: not running the ball as consistently as they should be,

1070
00:54:28,600 --> 00:54:31,040
Speaker 1: I'll go with Wake here. Twenty four to twenty one.

1071
00:54:31,239 --> 00:54:33,400
Speaker 1: Somebody wins, give me the points. Okay.

1072
00:54:34,200 --> 00:54:37,919
Speaker 2: Twelve o'clock high noon f S one Kansas State at

1073
00:54:38,000 --> 00:54:40,880
Speaker 2: Texas Tech. Texas Tech favored by.

1074
00:54:41,120 --> 00:54:44,879
Speaker 1: One or two. No idea what to make you either

1075
00:54:44,880 --> 00:54:49,480
Speaker 1: of these teams? Dan Texas Tech doesn't make teams on offense,

1076
00:54:49,640 --> 00:54:51,560
Speaker 1: so when their opponent has the ball, they don't make

1077
00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:53,520
Speaker 1: them uncomfortable. This is one of the absolute worst pass

1078
00:54:53,600 --> 00:54:55,440
Speaker 1: rushes in the country. So I think Kansas State's going

1079
00:54:55,480 --> 00:54:57,239
Speaker 1: to be a lot more comfortable. So this is where

1080
00:54:57,239 --> 00:54:59,919
Speaker 1: the lack of squirm, the lack of squeam comes into

1081
00:55:00,040 --> 00:55:02,400
Speaker 1: play for me. And it's in Lubbock, correct, It is

1082
00:55:02,440 --> 00:55:04,719
Speaker 1: in Lubbock. Yeah, that worries me a little bit, but

1083
00:55:04,760 --> 00:55:07,120
Speaker 1: the line indicates that there's not all that much confidence

1084
00:55:07,120 --> 00:55:09,239
Speaker 1: in this Texas Tech offense to sort of do what

1085
00:55:09,280 --> 00:55:11,479
Speaker 1: other teams have done to Kansas State. So I'm gonna

1086
00:55:11,480 --> 00:55:12,239
Speaker 1: go with the Cats here.

1087
00:55:12,760 --> 00:55:14,600
Speaker 2: I'm also gonna go with the Cats. They do not

1088
00:55:14,719 --> 00:55:18,000
Speaker 2: have a conference win yet the season. They are Due

1089
00:55:18,960 --> 00:55:21,480
Speaker 2: and Texas Tech every time I feel like I like

1090
00:55:21,560 --> 00:55:23,800
Speaker 2: them a little as I did when I started previewing

1091
00:55:23,800 --> 00:55:25,960
Speaker 2: this game. They letting me down, So let's go the

1092
00:55:26,040 --> 00:55:26,399
Speaker 2: other way.

1093
00:55:26,960 --> 00:55:29,160
Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean the offense has been nice. The offense

1094
00:55:29,200 --> 00:55:30,799
Speaker 1: has been nice. But I think douce vand will have

1095
00:55:30,800 --> 00:55:33,840
Speaker 1: a really nice game. I think that will travel against

1096
00:55:34,600 --> 00:55:35,320
Speaker 1: the Red Raiders.

1097
00:55:35,480 --> 00:55:40,440
Speaker 2: Three o'clock Big ten Network, Wisconsin minus three points on

1098
00:55:40,600 --> 00:55:43,799
Speaker 2: the road at perdude.

1099
00:55:42,760 --> 00:55:43,759
Speaker 1: And so.

1100
00:55:45,239 --> 00:55:50,480
Speaker 2: Interesting situation here. Perdue is basically playing the same game

1101
00:55:50,520 --> 00:55:51,040
Speaker 2: as a week.

1102
00:55:50,920 --> 00:55:52,719
Speaker 1: Ago, aren't they. I mean, I think Iowa was better

1103
00:55:52,760 --> 00:55:54,560
Speaker 1: than Wisconsin, but yeah.

1104
00:55:54,239 --> 00:55:57,200
Speaker 2: Wisconsin and Iowa are sort of like identical cousins played

1105
00:55:57,200 --> 00:55:57,879
Speaker 2: by Paddy Duke.

1106
00:55:59,200 --> 00:55:59,960
Speaker 1: What a reference.

1107
00:56:00,120 --> 00:56:03,759
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm going Purdue. Give me Purdue again two weeks

1108
00:56:03,760 --> 00:56:04,280
Speaker 2: in a row.

1109
00:56:04,840 --> 00:56:07,480
Speaker 1: So Wisconsin's a little bit tough to figure out. So

1110
00:56:07,600 --> 00:56:11,760
Speaker 1: their losses this year were short, ugly, low scoring against

1111
00:56:11,800 --> 00:56:15,319
Speaker 1: Penn State, Notre Dame runs away with it late with interceptions,

1112
00:56:15,360 --> 00:56:19,160
Speaker 1: pick six whatever, and Michigan comfortably at the same time.

1113
00:56:19,160 --> 00:56:22,120
Speaker 1: But there were injuries to what Graham Mertz and there

1114
00:56:22,160 --> 00:56:23,759
Speaker 1: was somebody else that got beat up in that game

1115
00:56:23,760 --> 00:56:27,200
Speaker 1: for Wisconsin. So I don't know, I get the injuries.

1116
00:56:27,239 --> 00:56:29,640
Speaker 1: They blank Illinois, they still to me have a very

1117
00:56:29,719 --> 00:56:32,400
Speaker 1: very good defense, and armies sort of a slog what

1118
00:56:32,440 --> 00:56:35,640
Speaker 1: they win that game scoring twenty points. It's a huge

1119
00:56:35,760 --> 00:56:38,759
Speaker 1: letdown spot for Purdue. I know that does worry me.

1120
00:56:39,040 --> 00:56:44,399
Speaker 1: It's enormous yep. And I think Wisconsin is good enough

1121
00:56:44,440 --> 00:56:48,759
Speaker 1: to ugly this game up and slowly but surely win it.

1122
00:56:49,640 --> 00:56:52,640
Speaker 1: But I still think the best thing in this game

1123
00:56:52,719 --> 00:56:56,239
Speaker 1: is Wisconsin's defense, agreed, and so all it takes for

1124
00:56:56,360 --> 00:56:59,120
Speaker 1: Wisconsin on the road, and I believe defense and effort

1125
00:56:59,120 --> 00:57:03,120
Speaker 1: travels and that Purdue will have Wisconsin's attention right now.

1126
00:57:03,239 --> 00:57:05,640
Speaker 1: And I did note, by the way, Purdue has not

1127
00:57:05,719 --> 00:57:10,560
Speaker 1: won at home against Wisconsin since nineteen ninety seven. Ninety seven,

1128
00:57:10,920 --> 00:57:15,440
Speaker 1: that was my freshman year in high school. Tie it

1129
00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:17,480
Speaker 1: dates me. I looked up the obviously, I had to

1130
00:57:17,480 --> 00:57:19,640
Speaker 1: look up the box office movies here, the nineteen ninety

1131
00:57:19,640 --> 00:57:22,000
Speaker 1: seven in October, when when you last one at home

1132
00:57:22,000 --> 00:57:26,120
Speaker 1: against Wisconsin's like La Confidential, The Devil Wears Prada, like

1133
00:57:26,760 --> 00:57:28,840
Speaker 1: Real Real Weld. I cannot believe it's been that long

1134
00:57:28,880 --> 00:57:31,800
Speaker 1: since those movies, but man, it's been a minute. I

1135
00:57:31,800 --> 00:57:34,440
Speaker 1: think Wisconsin wins this game. Seventeen thirteen. We're still like

1136
00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:37,240
Speaker 1: two weeks out from Perdue losing at home to a

1137
00:57:37,240 --> 00:57:40,280
Speaker 1: Minnesota team that has been crazy all over the place.

1138
00:57:40,360 --> 00:57:44,320
Speaker 1: Beat Yuah on offense especially, But it's not as if

1139
00:57:44,360 --> 00:57:49,920
Speaker 1: Purdue has week to week shown themselves to be above average, good, dangerous.

1140
00:57:50,120 --> 00:57:52,680
Speaker 1: They are at their best. They held tight with Notre Dame,

1141
00:57:52,720 --> 00:57:54,720
Speaker 1: they beat Iowa, but it's not at Purdue team. I

1142
00:57:54,760 --> 00:57:56,440
Speaker 1: don't I think you can count on week two weeks.

1143
00:57:56,480 --> 00:57:58,080
Speaker 1: So I'm gonna go with Wisconsin here on that defense.

1144
00:57:58,120 --> 00:58:02,560
Speaker 1: But what can you count on in this crazy world?

1145
00:58:02,600 --> 00:58:05,160
Speaker 2: Give me Perdue plus the points, I don't know whatever. Okay,

1146
00:58:05,160 --> 00:58:08,640
Speaker 2: home dog three thirty FS one BYU. On the road

1147
00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:12,160
Speaker 2: at Washington State, they're favored by three and a half.

1148
00:58:12,800 --> 00:58:16,800
Speaker 2: Wazuo going through a lot right now, kind of tumultuous situation,

1149
00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:19,760
Speaker 2: to put it kindly, Yeah, I don't have a great

1150
00:58:19,840 --> 00:58:23,520
Speaker 2: reason to go against BYU here given the circumstances, So

1151
00:58:23,560 --> 00:58:24,000
Speaker 2: I gotta go to.

1152
00:58:24,040 --> 00:58:27,160
Speaker 1: Coogle, right, Yeah, it's an interesting matchup aside from the

1153
00:58:27,160 --> 00:58:31,520
Speaker 1: off field stuff that Wazoo's pass defense has been considerably stronger,

1154
00:58:31,600 --> 00:58:34,040
Speaker 1: especially at limiting those bigger plays, which is where BYU

1155
00:58:34,120 --> 00:58:36,720
Speaker 1: has really shined. This game is what did you say

1156
00:58:36,720 --> 00:58:39,840
Speaker 1: this game was? It's in Pullman. It's in Pullman. So

1157
00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:43,200
Speaker 1: BYU a second straight road game, right, yep? Because they

1158
00:58:43,200 --> 00:58:46,720
Speaker 1: were in Man. I'm gonna go with Wazoo with a

1159
00:58:46,760 --> 00:58:50,360
Speaker 1: bounce here. I don't know, all right, I mean, with

1160
00:58:50,440 --> 00:58:54,000
Speaker 1: e motion on their side, I think for the better.

1161
00:58:54,040 --> 00:58:55,960
Speaker 1: I think that will galvanize. I don't know, we'll see.

1162
00:58:56,200 --> 00:58:58,760
Speaker 1: It's just a weird situation to go either way. I'm

1163
00:58:58,760 --> 00:59:01,360
Speaker 1: gonna go with Wazoo. They've been playing football more importantly,

1164
00:59:01,400 --> 00:59:03,920
Speaker 1: the defense, you know, played really well against Cal they

1165
00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:06,680
Speaker 1: pull out the game. Yeah, I think they're gonna keep

1166
00:59:06,720 --> 00:59:09,320
Speaker 1: riding this way at home. All right, I'll go BYU.

1167
00:59:09,440 --> 00:59:13,600
Speaker 2: Let's go to three thirty ESPN two Maryland on the

1168
00:59:13,680 --> 00:59:18,360
Speaker 2: road at Minnesota. Minnesota favored by five. Yeah, I don't

1169
00:59:18,400 --> 00:59:22,960
Speaker 2: get Minnesota at all. This is two years running now

1170
00:59:23,000 --> 00:59:27,600
Speaker 2: where Minnesota has been supremely interesting to me, and I

1171
00:59:27,680 --> 00:59:29,960
Speaker 2: have no idea what is coming from week to week.

1172
00:59:30,800 --> 00:59:34,320
Speaker 2: So five points, I'll be honest. Five points feels like

1173
00:59:34,360 --> 00:59:38,840
Speaker 2: a lot here. But they've only got two losses. It

1174
00:59:38,920 --> 00:59:42,680
Speaker 2: seems as if they are improving. Maryland I thought would

1175
00:59:42,720 --> 00:59:45,480
Speaker 2: be better, but Maryland's had their own issues with injury,

1176
00:59:45,560 --> 00:59:49,160
Speaker 2: particularly out wide. I just don't want to lay five

1177
00:59:49,240 --> 00:59:52,680
Speaker 2: points in this game, I hear you, So I'm gonna

1178
00:59:52,720 --> 00:59:56,560
Speaker 2: go Maryland plus the points, even though I think Minnesota wins.

1179
00:59:56,720 --> 00:59:58,960
Speaker 1: Does that make sense? Sure you think it's gonna be

1180
00:59:58,960 --> 01:00:01,439
Speaker 1: a close win. Last year a wild game that ends

1181
01:00:01,480 --> 01:00:03,960
Speaker 1: with a missed extra point winning the game from Maryland.

1182
01:00:04,000 --> 01:00:06,439
Speaker 1: So it's a revenge spot for Minnesota if you take

1183
01:00:06,480 --> 01:00:09,720
Speaker 1: out the Bowling Green game, which you shouldn't, but if

1184
01:00:09,720 --> 01:00:14,000
Speaker 1: you do, Minnesota's year looks a little bit different in

1185
01:00:14,080 --> 01:00:16,720
Speaker 1: that they beat Nebraska, they beat Purdue, which are not

1186
01:00:16,880 --> 01:00:20,160
Speaker 1: crazy impressive, but they're nice if you are a decent team,

1187
01:00:20,200 --> 01:00:24,440
Speaker 1: those are nice wins in retrospect. I'm gonna roll with

1188
01:00:25,320 --> 01:00:27,800
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with Minnesota here. I don't trust Maryland.

1189
01:00:27,920 --> 01:00:31,000
Speaker 1: The mistake prone nature of this Maryland offense at times

1190
01:00:31,520 --> 01:00:34,360
Speaker 1: it worries me. Minnesota got healthier with Chris Hopman Bell.

1191
01:00:34,400 --> 01:00:36,800
Speaker 1: I think Daniel Jackson miss last week, but Tanner Morgan

1192
01:00:36,880 --> 01:00:42,240
Speaker 1: was on point. I think they're building something respectable. And yes, Ty,

1193
01:00:42,280 --> 01:00:48,280
Speaker 1: you know it's brick by brick, you know Minnesota. Yeah, yeah,

1194
01:00:48,320 --> 01:00:50,160
Speaker 1: I'm gonna go with sky. You mon give me the Ghosts.

1195
01:00:50,440 --> 01:00:54,280
Speaker 2: Three thirty CBS, LSU on the road at Ole, miss Ole,

1196
01:00:54,360 --> 01:00:59,720
Speaker 2: miss favored by ten here. I am on Elisu plus

1197
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:04,880
Speaker 2: the points. So I think emotional situation, playing for a

1198
01:01:04,960 --> 01:01:09,080
Speaker 2: lame duck. I think they should be able to run

1199
01:01:09,120 --> 01:01:11,120
Speaker 2: the ball. We saw them have a lot of success

1200
01:01:11,160 --> 01:01:13,560
Speaker 2: against Florida, who's got a much better defense against a

1201
01:01:13,600 --> 01:01:17,120
Speaker 2: ground attack. And if they can do that again, it

1202
01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:20,200
Speaker 2: helps them control the game, control the clock, maybe control

1203
01:01:20,760 --> 01:01:24,120
Speaker 2: the scoring in here. So can they do what they

1204
01:01:24,120 --> 01:01:27,440
Speaker 2: did against Florida? Yeah, they can play that same game style.

1205
01:01:29,280 --> 01:01:32,720
Speaker 2: I'm also a little bit concerned about Matt Corral Yeah.

1206
01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:35,160
Speaker 1: I saw those quotes. Yeah, Lane Kiffin quote.

1207
01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:38,600
Speaker 2: He's not in very good shape and hasn't been for

1208
01:01:38,760 --> 01:01:41,840
Speaker 2: the last two days. Hopefully he'll play, but I do

1209
01:01:41,920 --> 01:01:45,240
Speaker 2: not feel good about that right now. So if Corral

1210
01:01:45,360 --> 01:01:50,720
Speaker 2: is out, and you know, given the fact that LSU

1211
01:01:50,920 --> 01:01:53,320
Speaker 2: I think has an emotional situation, they're finding their way

1212
01:01:53,320 --> 01:01:56,640
Speaker 2: a little bit on the ground. Ten points is a lot, man,

1213
01:01:57,040 --> 01:01:57,880
Speaker 2: I'm gonna go LSU.

1214
01:01:59,120 --> 01:02:02,840
Speaker 1: I'm going LS as well. The quarterback injury combined with

1215
01:02:02,920 --> 01:02:06,800
Speaker 1: the fact that ole Miss's defense, especially up front, I

1216
01:02:06,800 --> 01:02:09,240
Speaker 1: don't know, LSU seems to be running the ball. They

1217
01:02:09,240 --> 01:02:11,040
Speaker 1: seem to be making fewer mistakes. I know how beat

1218
01:02:11,120 --> 01:02:12,920
Speaker 1: up there on defense, but if they're relying on a

1219
01:02:12,960 --> 01:02:16,920
Speaker 1: green quarterback with that defense, it's not a great combination.

1220
01:02:16,960 --> 01:02:18,880
Speaker 1: To mean, I think ole Miss still pulls it out

1221
01:02:19,080 --> 01:02:21,480
Speaker 1: just because I trust Lane Kiffen a little bit more

1222
01:02:21,520 --> 01:02:24,440
Speaker 1: than where LSU's coaching staff is right now, of course,

1223
01:02:25,320 --> 01:02:28,040
Speaker 1: But no, I think it's gonna be tight emotional game.

1224
01:02:28,080 --> 01:02:30,560
Speaker 1: Give me a double letdown situation. I'm gonna take the points.

1225
01:02:30,920 --> 01:02:36,400
Speaker 2: Seven o'clock ESPN Tennessee at Bama. The rivalry, Yeah, Bama

1226
01:02:36,440 --> 01:02:43,920
Speaker 2: favored by twenty eight zombie Alabama. Dan, This line is

1227
01:02:44,520 --> 01:02:47,760
Speaker 2: too high. It doesn't make sense, but it doesn't have to.

1228
01:02:47,960 --> 01:02:51,720
Speaker 2: I'm telling you, when Bama gets a taste of its

1229
01:02:51,720 --> 01:02:56,600
Speaker 2: own blood under Nick Saban right minus whatever, give me Alabama.

1230
01:02:56,680 --> 01:02:58,919
Speaker 1: I'm going to Alabama as well here, especially since Hendon

1231
01:02:58,920 --> 01:03:02,040
Speaker 1: Hooker's health is a question at this point. We saw

1232
01:03:02,120 --> 01:03:03,880
Speaker 1: Joe Milton come in and the last I saw from

1233
01:03:03,960 --> 01:03:07,520
Speaker 1: Josh Hypel was it's not a long term thing. We'll

1234
01:03:07,560 --> 01:03:10,440
Speaker 1: see tells me it's a short term thing, which I

1235
01:03:10,480 --> 01:03:13,640
Speaker 1: don't love going against Alabama and the pop that they've

1236
01:03:13,680 --> 01:03:17,200
Speaker 1: shown on offense lately. And I like Tennessee fine, but

1237
01:03:17,320 --> 01:03:20,240
Speaker 1: I think Alabama is getting into a rhythm on offense.

1238
01:03:20,280 --> 01:03:24,440
Speaker 1: Will Anderson is wreaking complete havoc right now, and that

1239
01:03:24,520 --> 01:03:28,040
Speaker 1: combination is is worrisome to me. I'm gonna go with

1240
01:03:28,080 --> 01:03:28,600
Speaker 1: the tide here.

1241
01:03:28,600 --> 01:03:31,040
Speaker 2: Big does it need to make sense? The line does

1242
01:03:31,080 --> 01:03:33,120
Speaker 2: not need to make sense when zombie Alabama gets the

1243
01:03:33,120 --> 01:03:36,320
Speaker 2: taste of its own blood. Four more games, very quickly.

1244
01:03:36,360 --> 01:03:39,480
Speaker 2: Seven thirty ESPN two. NC State minus three and a

1245
01:03:39,560 --> 01:03:42,360
Speaker 2: half on the road at Miami. I do not get

1246
01:03:42,360 --> 01:03:46,480
Speaker 2: this point spread at all. But give me NC State.

1247
01:03:46,720 --> 01:03:51,960
Speaker 2: I will wade ever so cautiously into the deep dark

1248
01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:54,840
Speaker 2: cave that is the point spread of this game. Because

1249
01:03:55,760 --> 01:03:59,640
Speaker 2: NC State went to Boston College, they won resoundingly. Yes,

1250
01:04:00,640 --> 01:04:02,160
Speaker 2: That told me everything I needed to know that this

1251
01:04:02,200 --> 01:04:04,560
Speaker 2: team has the mental makeup. This team is the players,

1252
01:04:04,600 --> 01:04:08,040
Speaker 2: a consistency, What have you to win in a tough

1253
01:04:08,120 --> 01:04:10,840
Speaker 2: road spot, which I think that was Miami feels like

1254
01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:13,680
Speaker 2: they're floundering, feels like they're spiraling out of control. They've

1255
01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:17,480
Speaker 2: got injuries, perhaps their coach on the hot seat as well.

1256
01:04:18,240 --> 01:04:18,960
Speaker 1: Three and a half.

1257
01:04:19,000 --> 01:04:21,000
Speaker 2: They should be favored by more than three and a half,

1258
01:04:21,080 --> 01:04:22,920
Speaker 2: so I don't get it. I'm gonna go n C

1259
01:04:23,040 --> 01:04:26,520
Speaker 2: State and on Sunday when we record, we can talk

1260
01:04:26,560 --> 01:04:27,600
Speaker 2: about why I was wrong.

1261
01:04:28,360 --> 01:04:31,120
Speaker 1: Sure, No, I'm with you. I need something to like

1262
01:04:31,200 --> 01:04:34,600
Speaker 1: and how beat up Miami is on offense obviously, especially

1263
01:04:34,640 --> 01:04:38,200
Speaker 1: at quarterback. And NC State's defense has been so good

1264
01:04:38,200 --> 01:04:41,280
Speaker 1: at getting off the field that they're the defense that

1265
01:04:41,480 --> 01:04:43,880
Speaker 1: is the squirm and scheam defense of the way for me,

1266
01:04:44,680 --> 01:04:46,920
Speaker 1: just because Miami's offense has been all over the place,

1267
01:04:46,960 --> 01:04:50,240
Speaker 1: They've lost guys to transfer, injury, and NC State just

1268
01:04:50,280 --> 01:04:53,880
Speaker 1: seems locked in. Now. I get why there's the uncertainty

1269
01:04:53,920 --> 01:04:57,040
Speaker 1: around this spread, but I'm just NC State's defense is

1270
01:04:57,840 --> 01:05:00,720
Speaker 1: they're what I can count on and I still worry about,

1271
01:05:01,040 --> 01:05:03,440
Speaker 1: you know, Miami's offensive line has been giving up sacks

1272
01:05:03,440 --> 01:05:05,400
Speaker 1: toot like I just I don't. I don't trust them.

1273
01:05:05,440 --> 01:05:07,080
Speaker 1: So I'm going to NC State here, who I think

1274
01:05:07,200 --> 01:05:11,000
Speaker 1: is another beneficiary of what was it? The man with

1275
01:05:11,040 --> 01:05:13,200
Speaker 1: one eye is King and the land of the blind,

1276
01:05:13,240 --> 01:05:14,919
Speaker 1: the land of the blind, the one eyed man is king.

1277
01:05:15,600 --> 01:05:18,240
Speaker 1: That's my that's my NC State and ACC. Take that.

1278
01:05:18,360 --> 01:05:21,919
Speaker 1: NC State and PIT are Are they on a collision course?

1279
01:05:21,920 --> 01:05:25,040
Speaker 1: They're on separate sides right an NC State pit and

1280
01:05:25,080 --> 01:05:27,240
Speaker 1: this means nothing. I'm just asking you the question. NC

1281
01:05:27,400 --> 01:05:31,680
Speaker 1: State PIT ACC Championship game? Is that going to rival

1282
01:05:31,720 --> 01:05:34,680
Speaker 1: the depths of where PAC twelve ratings have been to

1283
01:05:34,800 --> 01:05:38,360
Speaker 1: the lowest rated And I will happily watch it. Can

1284
01:05:38,360 --> 01:05:40,960
Speaker 1: he Pickett throwing into the NC State defense will be fascinating.

1285
01:05:41,240 --> 01:05:44,080
Speaker 1: I will set aside my day to watch that game

1286
01:05:44,080 --> 01:05:46,720
Speaker 1: because I think it'll be great. But man, if you

1287
01:05:46,840 --> 01:05:51,400
Speaker 1: are the ACC office, maybe not the most thrilling end too.

1288
01:05:51,400 --> 01:05:54,720
Speaker 2: This year, Duke's Mayo is going to turnover sponsorship to

1289
01:05:54,760 --> 01:05:56,640
Speaker 2: Hellman's or one of their competitors for that one.

1290
01:05:56,880 --> 01:05:58,920
Speaker 1: Damn Yeah, that's all I have.

1291
01:05:59,600 --> 01:06:04,600
Speaker 2: Ohio State at Indiana seven thirty ABC. Ohio State favored

1292
01:06:04,600 --> 01:06:05,680
Speaker 2: by nineteen.

1293
01:06:05,360 --> 01:06:09,200
Speaker 1: Dan block of the week.

1294
01:06:12,560 --> 01:06:15,560
Speaker 2: I think Indiana stinks and Ohio State's getting better.

1295
01:06:15,760 --> 01:06:16,600
Speaker 1: That's my logic.

1296
01:06:16,760 --> 01:06:21,240
Speaker 2: Ohio State might win this one by forty two points in.

1297
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Speaker 1: A world where you don't have a lot to count

1298
01:06:22,960 --> 01:06:27,400
Speaker 1: on time. Indiana not getting to like sixteen points and

1299
01:06:27,440 --> 01:06:29,640
Speaker 1: being able to cover a spread against maybe the best

1300
01:06:29,720 --> 01:06:32,360
Speaker 1: offense in college football is one of those things that

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Speaker 1: you could just sink your emotional Okay, Ohio State big here.

1302
01:06:36,360 --> 01:06:38,360
Speaker 1: I don't trust Indiana. It's on the road, which I

1303
01:06:38,360 --> 01:06:40,840
Speaker 1: don't love, but it's also Indiana gave Michigan State all

1304
01:06:40,880 --> 01:06:43,320
Speaker 1: it had and it wasn't much Ohio State and that

1305
01:06:43,440 --> 01:06:45,640
Speaker 1: speed and coming off of a bye week, Am I

1306
01:06:45,680 --> 01:06:46,760
Speaker 1: not mistaken?

1307
01:06:46,920 --> 01:06:47,080
Speaker 3: Right?

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01:06:47,240 --> 01:06:49,320
Speaker 1: Is that is correct? Yeah? Yeah, give me Ohio State

1309
01:06:49,360 --> 01:06:50,919
Speaker 1: here forty five to thirteen.

1310
01:06:51,080 --> 01:06:53,800
Speaker 2: And finally seven thirty actually not finally got one more

1311
01:06:53,840 --> 01:06:56,520
Speaker 2: after this seven thirty pac twelve. Utah minus three and

1312
01:06:56,520 --> 01:06:59,400
Speaker 2: a half on the road at Oregon State. Utah has

1313
01:06:59,400 --> 01:07:02,800
Speaker 2: been a different team since going with cam Rising, been

1314
01:07:02,840 --> 01:07:05,960
Speaker 2: a different team. I know Oregon State is plucky, but

1315
01:07:06,400 --> 01:07:09,919
Speaker 2: I like the cut of Utah's jib right now. I'm

1316
01:07:09,960 --> 01:07:13,640
Speaker 2: feeling the utes here, even though later game, you know,

1317
01:07:14,240 --> 01:07:17,400
Speaker 2: tough place to play in Corvallis, But let's go Utah.

1318
01:07:17,440 --> 01:07:20,000
Speaker 1: Wasn't I mean you're now ignoring the PAC twelve after

1319
01:07:20,080 --> 01:07:22,960
Speaker 1: dark track RECs after dark. It's seven thirty so you

1320
01:07:23,040 --> 01:07:25,320
Speaker 1: said later game. Oh it's seventh. Okay, that's not bad,

1321
01:07:25,440 --> 01:07:27,120
Speaker 1: are we sure? Okay? So it's a four to thirty

1322
01:07:27,160 --> 01:07:29,640
Speaker 1: Pack twelve network kickoff? All right? I like Utah here.

1323
01:07:29,880 --> 01:07:32,520
Speaker 1: You know, Cam Rising's first half last week concerned me

1324
01:07:32,600 --> 01:07:35,680
Speaker 1: a little bit against ASU, but a team that finished

1325
01:07:35,680 --> 01:07:37,360
Speaker 1: as strong as a team I can get on board with.

1326
01:07:37,440 --> 01:07:40,880
Speaker 1: And so yeah, Utah over Oregon State. Oregon State's defense

1327
01:07:40,920 --> 01:07:44,760
Speaker 1: and especially ability to make cam Rising squeam squeam squirm

1328
01:07:46,080 --> 01:07:48,400
Speaker 1: doesn't do much for me. I think Utah will handle

1329
01:07:48,720 --> 01:07:52,040
Speaker 1: Oregon State's pretty smart offense here. But yeah, I'm gonna

1330
01:07:52,040 --> 01:07:54,600
Speaker 1: go Utah. Here go the Utes on the road and

1331
01:07:54,680 --> 01:07:55,240
Speaker 1: the final game.

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Speaker 2: I did want to call out even though it's a

1333
01:07:57,120 --> 01:07:59,680
Speaker 2: Wednesday night game, so as some of you are listening

1334
01:07:59,720 --> 01:08:04,840
Speaker 2: to this may already have reached conusion. But Wednesday, seven

1335
01:08:05,000 --> 01:08:09,080
Speaker 2: thirty Eastern ESPN, we've got Coastal Carolina minus three and

1336
01:08:09,120 --> 01:08:11,480
Speaker 2: a half on the road at app State. Dan.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, pretty good matchup. Hell of a matchup. Yeah, hell

1338
01:08:15,560 --> 01:08:17,920
Speaker 1: of a matchup. Even though app State was less than

1339
01:08:18,000 --> 01:08:21,760
Speaker 1: good last week midweek, I think Coast Carolina rips them

1340
01:08:21,880 --> 01:08:24,240
Speaker 1: limb from limb. But if you're listening to this after

1341
01:08:24,280 --> 01:08:28,960
Speaker 1: the fact and or lose this game and or win close, yeah,

1342
01:08:28,960 --> 01:08:31,240
Speaker 1: I like Coastal big hair. Coastal has been a machine.

1343
01:08:31,280 --> 01:08:34,639
Speaker 1: The Coastal has been like the prime example of having

1344
01:08:34,760 --> 01:08:40,160
Speaker 1: everything back and building on and maintaining focus and locking in.

1345
01:08:40,560 --> 01:08:42,920
Speaker 1: They're an incredibly difficult team to prepare for with that

1346
01:08:42,960 --> 01:08:47,160
Speaker 1: like hybrid option offense, and Grayson McCall has been pinpoint.

1347
01:08:47,439 --> 01:08:51,639
Speaker 1: It's just they're a really, really tough team to take

1348
01:08:51,680 --> 01:08:53,840
Speaker 1: down and even stay close close with. And I don't

1349
01:08:53,840 --> 01:08:56,880
Speaker 1: think app State has it right now, So yeah, give

1350
01:08:56,920 --> 01:08:58,000
Speaker 1: me Coastal comfortably.

1351
01:08:58,280 --> 01:09:01,040
Speaker 2: Grayson McCall, by the way, is completing about eighty percent

1352
01:09:01,040 --> 01:09:01,679
Speaker 2: of his passes.

1353
01:09:01,800 --> 01:09:04,479
Speaker 1: He saw that pinpoint is to say the least, and

1354
01:09:04,640 --> 01:09:08,760
Speaker 1: he's got a fourteen to one touchdown interception ratio. We

1355
01:09:08,880 --> 01:09:12,799
Speaker 1: talked about the Anya before, right adjusted net yards per attempt,

1356
01:09:13,360 --> 01:09:16,200
Speaker 1: and if dju is about four and a half and

1357
01:09:16,280 --> 01:09:19,080
Speaker 1: Kenny Pickett is about ten and a half, Grayson McCall's

1358
01:09:19,080 --> 01:09:22,040
Speaker 1: at fifteen, so dude knows how to air it out.

1359
01:09:22,920 --> 01:09:25,120
Speaker 1: They've got a great offense. Reese White has been great

1360
01:09:25,120 --> 01:09:27,080
Speaker 1: on the ground, So I think I'm with you. I

1361
01:09:27,080 --> 01:09:29,400
Speaker 1: think Coastal wins this one big. We haven't talked a

1362
01:09:29,400 --> 01:09:32,120
Speaker 1: lot about Coastal, no, and I hope we get to

1363
01:09:32,240 --> 01:09:35,760
Speaker 1: some more, because the genius of that offense is you know,

1364
01:09:35,800 --> 01:09:37,920
Speaker 1: you always see that like okay, Navy and Army and

1365
01:09:37,960 --> 01:09:40,360
Speaker 1: Air Force are completing those passes downfield because so much

1366
01:09:40,360 --> 01:09:43,320
Speaker 1: attention is paid to the option game and run fits

1367
01:09:43,479 --> 01:09:46,400
Speaker 1: and making sure you have the right making sure the

1368
01:09:46,479 --> 01:09:48,680
Speaker 1: right guy and the getting the right call in and

1369
01:09:49,160 --> 01:09:53,000
Speaker 1: it generates those bigger pass plays. Coastal has been hitting

1370
01:09:53,040 --> 01:09:55,920
Speaker 1: on those. They've worked that into their consistent offense that

1371
01:09:56,000 --> 01:09:58,880
Speaker 1: you have to pay so so much attention to the

1372
01:09:58,920 --> 01:10:00,599
Speaker 1: run game and that option at time and what they're

1373
01:10:00,640 --> 01:10:02,680
Speaker 1: able to do on the ground that they are just

1374
01:10:03,240 --> 01:10:06,120
Speaker 1: they're in such a nice rhythm on offense. Now, I

1375
01:10:06,120 --> 01:10:08,479
Speaker 1: haven't sat and watched play to play to play, I've

1376
01:10:08,479 --> 01:10:11,000
Speaker 1: skimmed through some of their bigger games more quickly, but

1377
01:10:11,120 --> 01:10:14,439
Speaker 1: damn if that if that offense gets going at somewhere

1378
01:10:14,439 --> 01:10:15,240
Speaker 1: a little bit bigger.

1379
01:10:16,000 --> 01:10:19,519
Speaker 2: Yep, they're fun man, the number one offense in the

1380
01:10:19,520 --> 01:10:21,160
Speaker 2: country in terms of success rate.

1381
01:10:22,479 --> 01:10:24,519
Speaker 1: I get it, very good, very good.

1382
01:10:25,160 --> 01:10:27,160
Speaker 2: That is all I have Dan on week eight, I

1383
01:10:27,160 --> 01:10:30,639
Speaker 2: don't know if we settled on our labeling for this week.

1384
01:10:31,520 --> 01:10:34,200
Speaker 2: We will leave it to our trusted for baller hood

1385
01:10:34,240 --> 01:10:36,840
Speaker 2: to come up with whatever S word or S label

1386
01:10:37,400 --> 01:10:39,879
Speaker 2: works the best for them in their current life situation.

1387
01:10:40,040 --> 01:10:44,320
Speaker 2: But we will be back again, of course, as infidelities.

1388
01:10:45,000 --> 01:10:47,440
Speaker 2: Screaming infidelities. I'm screaming.

1389
01:10:48,680 --> 01:10:51,400
Speaker 1: I'm so sorry. I don't like the word. I know

1390
01:10:51,680 --> 01:10:53,559
Speaker 1: it's not a great word. I don't know. I don't

1391
01:10:53,560 --> 01:10:56,439
Speaker 1: have a problem with moist because I just associate moist

1392
01:10:56,560 --> 01:11:00,720
Speaker 1: with baked goods. But I understand those who immediately go elsewhere.

1393
01:11:01,600 --> 01:11:05,320
Speaker 1: I don't know if there's a word. I can tell

1394
01:11:05,360 --> 01:11:08,640
Speaker 1: you the other word that I've heard women specifically do

1395
01:11:08,760 --> 01:11:10,679
Speaker 1: not like. And this is a totally g rated word,

1396
01:11:10,680 --> 01:11:12,600
Speaker 1: so don't worry. I don't need to say sound to

1397
01:11:12,600 --> 01:11:17,479
Speaker 1: a family show. I have learned women don't like the

1398
01:11:17,520 --> 01:11:22,679
Speaker 1: word panty. Have you heard that panty or pan? Tease?

1399
01:11:22,840 --> 01:11:24,479
Speaker 2: I say it like that, people, What is that accent

1400
01:11:24,520 --> 01:11:25,439
Speaker 2: that you're using right now?

1401
01:11:25,479 --> 01:11:29,839
Speaker 1: Panties. I don't know. It's an affected like Northeastern something.

1402
01:11:31,680 --> 01:11:34,639
Speaker 1: So that's I guess sqeam does it for you. Squeam

1403
01:11:34,680 --> 01:11:37,439
Speaker 1: makes you squeamish. Just in other notes. By the way,

1404
01:11:37,520 --> 01:11:40,320
Speaker 1: UNLB is going for their first win since twenty nineteen

1405
01:11:40,720 --> 01:11:42,800
Speaker 1: in this week of San Jose State, which is disappointed

1406
01:11:42,800 --> 01:11:47,080
Speaker 1: a little bit. That's Thursday night. Penn State is hosting Illinois. Yep.

1407
01:11:47,960 --> 01:11:51,080
Speaker 1: I'm not worried about Illinois repulama comment and how none

1408
01:11:51,120 --> 01:11:53,800
Speaker 1: of their offensive linemen were recruited by the nineteen twenty

1409
01:11:53,840 --> 01:11:56,880
Speaker 1: or twenty one classes. But it is a look ahead

1410
01:11:56,880 --> 01:11:59,280
Speaker 1: spot for Penn State with Ohio State, whatever that means

1411
01:11:59,320 --> 01:12:03,200
Speaker 1: to you. Syracuse at Virginia Tech. You know, I'm on

1412
01:12:03,240 --> 01:12:05,360
Speaker 1: the QS train. Yeah, but it's not at the carrier though.

1413
01:12:06,640 --> 01:12:09,559
Speaker 1: San Diego State, which is a weird uneven six and oh,

1414
01:12:09,600 --> 01:12:11,479
Speaker 1: but six and oh nonetheless is at air Force, Who's

1415
01:12:11,479 --> 01:12:13,360
Speaker 1: five and one. I think that's interesting to me. It's

1416
01:12:13,360 --> 01:12:15,720
Speaker 1: a nice week in the Mountain West, and that's also

1417
01:12:15,800 --> 01:12:18,000
Speaker 1: highlighted by Nevada at five and one with one of

1418
01:12:18,000 --> 01:12:20,360
Speaker 1: the better quarterbacks in the country and Carson Strong taking

1419
01:12:20,360 --> 01:12:22,240
Speaker 1: on Fresno with one of the better quarterbacks in the country.

1420
01:12:22,240 --> 01:12:25,160
Speaker 1: With Jake Hayner at five and two, it's a really

1421
01:12:25,320 --> 01:12:28,120
Speaker 1: nice win. Maybe it's Summitt the Mountain Saturday, because the

1422
01:12:28,120 --> 01:12:30,360
Speaker 1: Mountain West is bringing it this week. So I would

1423
01:12:30,360 --> 01:12:32,320
Speaker 1: watch the Mountain West football. If you are bored with

1424
01:12:32,320 --> 01:12:35,719
Speaker 1: some of the Power five play, just venture into Mountain

1425
01:12:35,760 --> 01:12:39,599
Speaker 1: West territory because there's a beak some mount West football.

1426
01:12:39,640 --> 01:12:43,960
Speaker 1: Put on your boots and watch the Mountain West football. Otherwise,

1427
01:12:43,960 --> 01:12:45,800
Speaker 1: if you could just drop some big stanky and I'm

1428
01:12:45,840 --> 01:12:51,400
Speaker 1: just sticking with big stanky drum and fife quickly, Daniel.

1429
01:12:51,560 --> 01:12:55,360
Speaker 3: Only three games to discuss here in the Patriot League

1430
01:12:55,400 --> 01:13:02,920
Speaker 3: will start in Lewisbourg Saturday, one pm ESPN plus Georgetown

1431
01:13:03,120 --> 01:13:03,960
Speaker 3: at Bucknell.

1432
01:13:04,320 --> 01:13:07,360
Speaker 2: You know, I go Georgetown, Dan, You going Nelli's, of course,

1433
01:13:07,400 --> 01:13:09,720
Speaker 2: I am going Nelly's away from home as you always.

1434
01:13:09,479 --> 01:13:10,960
Speaker 1: I'm going to Well, yeah, I just don't trust the

1435
01:13:11,040 --> 01:13:11,599
Speaker 1: Nelly's at all.

1436
01:13:12,200 --> 01:13:15,960
Speaker 2: Moving on, let's go to another one pm Patriot League affair,

1437
01:13:16,479 --> 01:13:19,800
Speaker 2: also an ESPN plus Lehigh at Fordham Lee High Dead

1438
01:13:19,800 --> 01:13:20,920
Speaker 2: to me give me the rams.

1439
01:13:21,320 --> 01:13:24,439
Speaker 1: Is there somebody in like West Orange or as they say,

1440
01:13:24,439 --> 01:13:27,960
Speaker 1: there West Orange Orange who has made a ton of

1441
01:13:28,040 --> 01:13:32,360
Speaker 1: money betting against Lehigh on some sort of off off

1442
01:13:32,840 --> 01:13:36,400
Speaker 1: Vegas sportsbook. Is there a line for Lehigh games that

1443
01:13:36,439 --> 01:13:40,200
Speaker 1: has made, like Bill in West Orange, a ton of

1444
01:13:40,800 --> 01:13:42,320
Speaker 1: I hope so Lehi's very back.

1445
01:13:42,320 --> 01:13:45,000
Speaker 2: Give me the Rams, gotta go Rams, and finally the

1446
01:13:45,120 --> 01:13:46,599
Speaker 2: vaunted one thirty game.

1447
01:13:48,920 --> 01:13:49,760
Speaker 1: Take the music down.

1448
01:13:49,800 --> 01:13:52,840
Speaker 2: Here, we've got Colegate, the Gators on the road at

1449
01:13:52,920 --> 01:13:55,040
Speaker 2: the Crosssaders, Dan, who you got.

1450
01:13:55,680 --> 01:13:58,400
Speaker 1: Holy Cross the class of the conference. It's not even close.

1451
01:13:58,560 --> 01:14:00,840
Speaker 1: Don't trust the Gators. Give me the cross Aders, big

1452
01:14:01,240 --> 01:14:04,639
Speaker 1: and hopeful. I don't have Bill C does FCS SP

1453
01:14:04,840 --> 01:14:08,240
Speaker 1: plus Well, there's a lot of letters right there are

1454
01:14:08,280 --> 01:14:10,840
Speaker 1: the Cross Aiders in the top thirty forty. I have

1455
01:14:11,120 --> 01:14:13,479
Speaker 1: absolutely no ideabt if they make some noise. I hope

1456
01:14:13,479 --> 01:14:16,200
Speaker 1: they make some noise in the FCS playoffs, if they're

1457
01:14:16,200 --> 01:14:18,200
Speaker 1: able to sort of dominate the pat League continually.

1458
01:14:18,760 --> 01:14:21,000
Speaker 2: You know, I put in parentheses behind this game that

1459
01:14:21,000 --> 01:14:23,000
Speaker 2: they were playing it in Fenway Park in hopes of

1460
01:14:23,000 --> 01:14:25,920
Speaker 2: maybe catching you off guard and fooling you. But you

1461
01:14:25,920 --> 01:14:26,679
Speaker 2: didn't take the bait.

1462
01:14:27,360 --> 01:14:30,160
Speaker 1: No, I was thinking about it. It seems far away

1463
01:14:30,760 --> 01:14:33,280
Speaker 1: for Holy Cross from I don't know where's Worcester, mass

1464
01:14:33,280 --> 01:14:34,960
Speaker 1: it's a couple hours away, right.

1465
01:14:35,080 --> 01:14:38,800
Speaker 2: Never know though, big matchup, historic matchup here between Colgate.

1466
01:14:38,400 --> 01:14:41,120
Speaker 1: And Also I believe the Red Sox are playing the

1467
01:14:41,160 --> 01:14:43,720
Speaker 1: Astros right now, and I don't know if they're transforming

1468
01:14:44,080 --> 01:14:47,160
Speaker 1: that stadium for a Patrio League matchup. They're going to

1469
01:14:47,200 --> 01:14:50,000
Speaker 1: move the Red Sox over to holy Cross ic IC

1470
01:14:50,280 --> 01:14:53,639
Speaker 1: A nice swapper across town exchange if you will, because

1471
01:14:53,680 --> 01:14:57,519
Speaker 1: of Holy Cross. That's it. That does it, folks.

1472
01:14:57,560 --> 01:15:00,200
Speaker 2: For the week eight preview show, don't forget. If you're

1473
01:15:00,640 --> 01:15:03,960
Speaker 2: oot in the boat and if you're out there on

1474
01:15:04,000 --> 01:15:08,200
Speaker 2: the roads, listen to our friend Stevie speed Run, Steve Hartzel,

1475
01:15:08,320 --> 01:15:11,160
Speaker 2: Steven Hartzell, my god, the best. It's the Red Zone

1476
01:15:11,240 --> 01:15:15,040
Speaker 2: channel for college football. Starts Saturday at noon Eastern on

1477
01:15:15,320 --> 01:15:20,000
Speaker 2: ESPN New Radio serious XM channel eighty four, or you

1478
01:15:20,000 --> 01:15:22,960
Speaker 2: could always listen to the Varsity Network app as I

1479
01:15:23,120 --> 01:15:26,320
Speaker 2: have the last couple Saturdays. It is live whip around

1480
01:15:26,320 --> 01:15:28,920
Speaker 2: coverage every game in the top twenty five. You can

1481
01:15:28,960 --> 01:15:31,920
Speaker 2: hear the scoring as it happens, as called by each

1482
01:15:32,000 --> 01:15:35,160
Speaker 2: team's hometown radio crew. They don't do a whole lot

1483
01:15:35,160 --> 01:15:38,000
Speaker 2: of commercial breaks either, just three per hour, which means

1484
01:15:38,080 --> 01:15:42,320
Speaker 2: you get fifty six minutes of live play by play

1485
01:15:42,840 --> 01:15:45,200
Speaker 2: last week. I was listening a little bit too. I

1486
01:15:45,280 --> 01:15:48,800
Speaker 2: think it was John Laser. It's a real person's name.

1487
01:15:49,000 --> 01:15:52,200
Speaker 2: Bill Macky is the commentator for Virginia Tech. I wish

1488
01:15:52,560 --> 01:15:56,800
Speaker 2: I had a name like John Laser. Yeah, but all

1489
01:15:56,840 --> 01:15:59,759
Speaker 2: of your favorites. As you're out and about on the roadways,

1490
01:16:00,240 --> 01:16:03,840
Speaker 2: listen to your hometown commentary, as scoring and as big

1491
01:16:03,880 --> 01:16:04,599
Speaker 2: moments happened.

1492
01:16:04,640 --> 01:16:07,800
Speaker 1: Did he pronounce his name? Is that how you learned it?

1493
01:16:07,920 --> 01:16:12,000
Speaker 1: Or like, did Stephen pronounce his name? Stephen said John Laser. Okay,

1494
01:16:12,080 --> 01:16:14,000
Speaker 1: so he probably knows. He does his due diligence. I

1495
01:16:14,040 --> 01:16:16,240
Speaker 1: would just be disappointed if he got on the air and.

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Speaker 2: Was like, actually, it's las Are las yea lasere. If

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Speaker 2: it's it, Look, if I'm wrong, it's Stephen Hartzel's fault.

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Speaker 1: I have a not so secret verbal Okay, Oh, I

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Speaker 1: want you to tweet at ty Hilden t y T

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Speaker 1: y h I l d E n b r A

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Speaker 1: n d T. I want you to tweet him the

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Speaker 1: single word that makes the woman or women in your

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Speaker 1: life the most uncomfortable. That's what I want. I wanted.

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Speaker 1: I want a selection can't be moist, it can't be panty.

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Speaker 1: But got him like eleven years old. I want you

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Speaker 1: to tweet him. If there's a word that makes the

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Speaker 1: woman or women in your life, you can be a man,

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Speaker 1: you can. I'm going to get some very interesting replies here,

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Speaker 1: aren't I If you are a woman, if you know women,

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Speaker 1: whatever it is, I want the word that makes you

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Speaker 1: most uncomfortable to say around a woman or women in

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Speaker 1: your life, or to just hear. That's all. That's what

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Speaker 1: I want. We are there any other ones? You don't

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Speaker 1: know what? Kate's word is, her unsafe word as it were.

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Speaker 2: That does it for make tie squirm Saturday? We appreciate

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Speaker 2: you downloading, listening, playing along at home. Don't forget for

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Speaker 2: ballers dot com as the patreon. Solid Saturday dot com

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Speaker 2: out on Apple or Google or Spotify anywhere you get

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Speaker 2: so inclined, please do leave us review. It really does

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Speaker 2: help spread the word about the solid verbal.

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Speaker 1: That is all I have, Dan, Yeah, I found twelve,

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Speaker 1: according to Daily Edge dot Ie, words that make women squirm. Okay,

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Speaker 1: they're not great, Tie, they're not great. Do you want one.

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Speaker 2: Prolapse for that guy over there, my good friend Dan Rubinstein,

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Speaker 2: for myself, Tie, Hilda Brand. Thank you again so much

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Speaker 2: for downloading, for listening, for supporting the show. We will

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Speaker 2: be back after week eight. In the meantime, enjoy your

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Speaker 2: week and weekend in space off peace.