WEBVTT - Super Mega Bowl Preview: Part 2

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to the solid verbal.

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<v Speaker 2>Hulleh for me. I'm a man, I'm forty.

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<v Speaker 1>I've heard so many players say, well, I want to

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<v Speaker 1>be happy.

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<v Speaker 2>You want to be happy for day Edith State?

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<v Speaker 1>Is that? Whoo whoo and nod and Tye, welcome back

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<v Speaker 1>to the solid verbal Boys and girls, My name is

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<v Speaker 1>ty hilde Brand. That fine gentleman over there, the one,

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<v Speaker 1>the only, still, the incomparable Dan Rivenstein, sir, Yeah, how

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<v Speaker 1>are you.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm good? And something struck me about Ball Season that

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<v Speaker 2>I didn't fully bring into account when we did part

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<v Speaker 2>one of ball Season, and that is that I think

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<v Speaker 2>we use a pejorative term of TV show, right. The

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<v Speaker 2>playoff is a TV show, right, And that it is

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<v Speaker 2>kind of true that there is that element of we're

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<v Speaker 2>doing things for entertainment above all else, not necessarily for

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<v Speaker 2>competitive reasons or you know, national college football reasons, whatever,

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<v Speaker 2>that this is like the good of the sport. And

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<v Speaker 2>obviously there's something about the good of the sport being, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>let's make a bunch of money so we can pay

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<v Speaker 2>coaches or retain coaches or you know, maximize things for

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<v Speaker 2>the program. But Bull Season is that unabashed element or

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<v Speaker 2>that unabashed motivation, being TV show friendly, and I love not.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, the major Bowls are fine, but there is

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<v Speaker 2>something about forgetting that there's a bowl game on and

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<v Speaker 2>coming across Oh, the New Mexico Bowl is on. I

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<v Speaker 2>have no investment in any of these teams. This has

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<v Speaker 2>no bearing on the future of the sport, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>writ large anything like that. But I don't know. I

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<v Speaker 2>can watch Colorado State for a few minutes.

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<v Speaker 1>I can.

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<v Speaker 2>I can dedicate fifty seven minutes of my life to

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<v Speaker 2>watching Memphis football three hours of my life. Like it's

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<v Speaker 2>snowing outside, it's windy, it's blustery. Like, yeah, I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely cancel whatever workout I was gonna do or whatever

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<v Speaker 2>me I was gonna make, and dedicate myself to Wazoo Miami.

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<v Speaker 2>Why not? And I love this surprise factor of ball

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<v Speaker 2>season that you know, sometimes you'll be doing something and

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<v Speaker 2>you're like, oh, it's fifty seven fifty four with seven

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<v Speaker 2>minutes left. Yes, I have to watch the end of

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<v Speaker 2>this game. Yeah, I have to drop all work and

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<v Speaker 2>social plans because the Bahamas ball is out of control.

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<v Speaker 2>It's wonderful.

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<v Speaker 1>It's like happening upon Major League on TNT or one

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<v Speaker 1>of those other movie Independence Day where you simply can't

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<v Speaker 1>look away. I think, especially for us, so much of

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<v Speaker 1>what we do from the end of August through the

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<v Speaker 1>beginning of December is hang on the results of these games, Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>and we try to make sense of it. We try

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<v Speaker 1>to put in context for the listening audience. Yeah, when

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<v Speaker 1>you get to ball season, as we'll discuss, there are

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<v Speaker 1>so many other variables at play, with coaches leaving, with

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<v Speaker 1>players opting out, with guys transferring. It has been a

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<v Speaker 1>very active transfer portal, as you know. Maybe we'll get

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<v Speaker 1>into a little bit of that today to kind of

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<v Speaker 1>have all of those competing factors and in effect have

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<v Speaker 1>exhibition games that are meaningful and do require context after

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<v Speaker 1>the fact, but we don't need to take them as seriously,

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<v Speaker 1>which is part of why some of the games are

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<v Speaker 1>named after the Gasparillo Pirate Festival. Sure, Dan, that's why

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<v Speaker 1>we're here.

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<v Speaker 2>Jim Jimmy Kimby Kimmel had a quote that said, I

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<v Speaker 2>think on his TV show he said, who's playing in

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<v Speaker 2>my game?

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<v Speaker 1>Again?

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<v Speaker 2>Something like that just ridiculous, which is disrespectful honestly to

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<v Speaker 2>both Oregon State and Utah State. Who I believe that

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<v Speaker 2>those are the teams playing in Sofi Stadium and the

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<v Speaker 2>Jimmy Kimmel La Bowl. But yeah, it while you were talking,

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<v Speaker 2>I had visions of, you know how, sometimes, very rarely,

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get a semi truck that flips while driving and

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<v Speaker 2>nobody's hurt and traffic is affected, which is not good,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's all it's filled with you who I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>dig a little deeper and find as many pictures of

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<v Speaker 2>this flood of chocolate drink along I eighty.

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<v Speaker 1>There are many tons of Duke's Mayo.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. On the there's there's a hilarious truck spillage where

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<v Speaker 2>nobody's hurt, where you're just like, well, there's a there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of Oscar Meyer hot dogs spilling out onto

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<v Speaker 2>the highway. And I'm gonna look at pictures and I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just it's gonna occupy my attention. And here we all.

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<v Speaker 2>Here we are Bull Season Part two, which is filled

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<v Speaker 2>with both that and actual competitive matchups that we that

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<v Speaker 2>we should talk about with actual, you know, bigger competitive meeting.

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<v Speaker 2>two again.

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<v Speaker 1>Time to help the weak. So to recap on the

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<v Speaker 1>last episode, we went through all of the Bowl games

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<v Speaker 1>up to and including December the twenty eighth. Yeah, up

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<v Speaker 1>to and including the Guaranteed Rate Bowl which they play

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<v Speaker 1>at Chase Field and Phoenix. That one is between West

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<v Speaker 1>Virginia and Minnesota. When we recorded that show, the lines,

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<v Speaker 1>the points spreads were I think still relatively accurate, had

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<v Speaker 1>some early lines that we put out there into the ether.

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<v Speaker 1>We're not picking these games based solely on the point spreads,

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<v Speaker 1>but again as a way of providing more information, giving

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<v Speaker 1>context to at least how Vegas feels about these games.

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<v Speaker 1>In some cases it is pertinent information. What I found

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<v Speaker 1>in going through Bullbatch too and looking at the point

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<v Speaker 1>spreads that I had initially jotted down, A lot of

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<v Speaker 1>them moved a lot, Yeah, a lot. There were some

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<v Speaker 1>that moved double digits, and that's for a multitude of reasons.

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<v Speaker 1>That's because of coach movement, that's because of player movement,

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<v Speaker 1>both opt outs and its opt out and transfer variety,

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<v Speaker 1>some injuries, that type of thing. So we're going to

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<v Speaker 1>do our best here to try and capture that. But

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<v Speaker 1>please do note here right out of the shoot that

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<v Speaker 1>a lot of this is subject to change. We're only

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<v Speaker 1>starting to find out who in fact is opting out

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<v Speaker 1>of their games and who isn't, as we'll discuss as

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<v Speaker 1>we go through here. There are I'm sure many other

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<v Speaker 1>players to come. Kenny Pickett is one who who I

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<v Speaker 1>don't think will play, doesn't sound like he'll play, but

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<v Speaker 1>has not given an affirmative one way or the other

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<v Speaker 1>as to what he's going to do. So we'll get

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<v Speaker 1>into all that and much much more. Should I just

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<v Speaker 1>recap Dan? I you know, I don't know how much

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<v Speaker 1>I want to really hit on this again. But should

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<v Speaker 1>I recap my theory of the case and why I'm

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<v Speaker 1>on Ty's Bowl preview?

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah? Real quick, just give me, give me those three

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<v Speaker 2>bullet points. Three bullet points confidence pull. First off, you

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<v Speaker 2>pick the winners, and then you rank your order of certainty.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah. And so the first order of business is the

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<v Speaker 1>default setting in the game. If you go to Playwinterwonders

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<v Speaker 1>dot com, the default setting is the game automatically allots

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<v Speaker 1>one point on the Bahamas Bowl and forty four points

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<v Speaker 1>on the Playoff. I say, and it's not my idea,

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<v Speaker 1>but I say switch it. Because you don't know who's

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<v Speaker 1>going to be in that final game of the playoff.

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<v Speaker 2>You have no idea, right.

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<v Speaker 1>And furthermore, the deeper you get into this thing, you

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<v Speaker 1>get to the New Year's six games, the teams are

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<v Speaker 1>a lot more evenly matched than they are early. So

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<v Speaker 1>if you're betting all your points on something, bet early.

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<v Speaker 1>Bet on the games that are bigger mismatches and try

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<v Speaker 1>to front load your points as much as possible. So

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<v Speaker 1>as we go through here, what we're going to do

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<v Speaker 1>is we're going to talk through high, medium, and low

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<v Speaker 1>confidence levels for each of these games as we make

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<v Speaker 1>our talks.

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<v Speaker 2>And I mean, it's sort of it's the theory that like, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>if you're going to start wagering a bunch of money

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<v Speaker 2>on college football or sports in general, become a Mountain

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<v Speaker 2>West expert, just go WS or MLS where you're just like, Okay,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to dig, dig, dig deep for the data

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<v Speaker 2>about these teams in these matchups. Whereas you know, a

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<v Speaker 2>great SEC team against a great big ten team, a

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<v Speaker 2>great ACC team against a great big twelve team, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>can be it's just a normal you know, the normal

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<v Speaker 2>variants of college football. So I'm totally with you.

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<v Speaker 1>So that's the first rule. The second rule is, as

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<v Speaker 1>we discussed, if you're serious about picking winners and losers

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<v Speaker 1>mm hmm, preferably winners, pay attention to things like transfers,

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<v Speaker 1>pay attention to opt outs, coach movement, stuff like that.

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<v Speaker 1>I I generally will like to pick against a team

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<v Speaker 1>that is losing its coach, but that does not apply

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<v Speaker 1>to all cases. It's not one size fits all. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>pretty heavy on Florida and Florida lost its guy, right,

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<v Speaker 1>So it's a case by case thing. But again, if

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<v Speaker 1>you're serious, you got to pay attention to these types

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<v Speaker 1>of things. And then the final point, which is harder

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<v Speaker 1>to pin down, is motivation. These are exhibition games. As

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<v Speaker 1>we said at the top, motivation plays a factor. Who

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<v Speaker 1>wants to be there more. Utah has got its first

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<v Speaker 1>ever Rose Bowl coming up against Ohio State. My hunch

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<v Speaker 1>is that motivation is very high on the Utah side

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<v Speaker 1>and on the Ohio State side. I'm sure it's equally

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<v Speaker 1>as high because people don't just you know, scoff at

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<v Speaker 1>the Rose Bowl. But at the same time, it's very

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<v Speaker 1>likely that both Chris Olavy and Garrett Wilson will opt

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<v Speaker 1>out by the time thanks to Yeah, well that real possibility.

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<v Speaker 2>Well s's why, That's why, And I'm totally aligned with

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<v Speaker 2>you in terms of motivation, in terms of caring, in

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<v Speaker 2>terms of finding you know, finding ways to find continuity

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<v Speaker 2>whatever within your team, within your coaching staff, and make

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<v Speaker 2>it work even with a bunch of changes. To me,

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<v Speaker 2>it's defense. To me, defense is the umbrella over all

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<v Speaker 2>those things. You don't suddenly learn to figure out run

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<v Speaker 2>fits in mid December if you haven't been doing it

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<v Speaker 2>all year long. And so if a team cares, if

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<v Speaker 2>a team is bought in and gives effort all season long,

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<v Speaker 2>it's likely that that's going to continue during both season.

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<v Speaker 2>On defense because what it travels, and it's just it's

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<v Speaker 2>a factor of if you're beat up whatever, it's harder

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<v Speaker 2>to play defense. So I think everything you said is

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<v Speaker 2>absolutely true, and that's why I put it under the

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<v Speaker 2>Dan umbrella of defense. And if there's a team that's

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<v Speaker 2>dramatically better defensively, especially in points per drive, a metric

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<v Speaker 2>I really like to use because it's more results oriented,

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<v Speaker 2>that's almost always the direction I'm going to go in,

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<v Speaker 2>unless there is some sort of you know, huge changes

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<v Speaker 2>at the top or something like that that could affect

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<v Speaker 2>effort and everything like that. But no, that's sort of

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<v Speaker 2>that's my mantra with confidence bull stuff.

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of defense. Speaking of hard nosed football, let's go

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<v Speaker 1>to the Wasabi ball wes Sasabi ball? Are you are you?

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<v Speaker 2>Was that like a what's up? Budweiser combined with yeah, okay,

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<v Speaker 2>you are you? A w sabi person, do you like

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<v Speaker 2>that spicy root?

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<v Speaker 1>Not really? Oh really, I like wassabi fresh with sabi,

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<v Speaker 1>very good. The was sabi Fenway Ball. They play it

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<v Speaker 1>on December twenty ninth at eleven am Eastern Time on ESPN.

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<v Speaker 1>It is SMU at eight and four. It is Virginia

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<v Speaker 1>at six and six. Virginia now favored by one and

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<v Speaker 1>one half points. Dan, this game is a certified mess.

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<v Speaker 2>It is it's in a baseball stadium. Two interims, Yeah, continue.

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<v Speaker 1>In a baseball stadium. He got two interims. Sunny Dykes

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<v Speaker 1>is already gone and he took some assistance with him. Also,

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<v Speaker 1>Reggie Roberson and Danny Gray, two of the top three

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<v Speaker 1>wide outs for SMU, have opted out. Meanwhile, Bronco Mendenhall

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<v Speaker 1>excuse me, had the shock announcement that he was stepping away.

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<v Speaker 1>He will coach in this game.

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<v Speaker 2>That's double interim situation. But yes, he's done.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, but eight Virginia players have entered the portal, including

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<v Speaker 1>a bunch of offensive linemen. Now I haven't seen if

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<v Speaker 1>they're gonna play. They could technically play if they wanted,

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<v Speaker 1>but there's just a lot of distractions really across both teams.

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<v Speaker 1>Here with all these competing factors, do you have a lean?

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<v Speaker 2>I think so, with all these competing factors with SMUs,

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<v Speaker 2>I think they're not great against the past, They're stronger

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<v Speaker 2>against the run. Virginia came along against the run. But

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<v Speaker 2>you mentioned the offensive line opt outs and transfers.

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<v Speaker 1>Whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going Virginia here. This is sort of a win

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<v Speaker 2>and out too bad defenses, and they have the coaching

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<v Speaker 2>continuity with Bronco Mendenhall being his last game, so there's

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<v Speaker 2>the emotion there, and the quarterback factor that Brendan Armstrong

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<v Speaker 2>was beat up and he has only gotten healthier. I

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<v Speaker 2>don't believe he is opting out. He was very clear

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<v Speaker 2>that his decision was going to come down to staying

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<v Speaker 2>at Virginia or going to the NFL, not transferring or

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<v Speaker 2>anything like that, or entering the portal. So I'm gonna

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<v Speaker 2>go with the I'm gonna ride the Virginia emotion. Whereas

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<v Speaker 2>SMU going from Texas to an extremely cold place near

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<v Speaker 2>New Year's it could be blustery, snowy whatever in Fenway.

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<v Speaker 2>I think I'm just going to opt for Virginia finishing

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<v Speaker 2>out the season strong. Whereas SMU, I believe not so

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<v Speaker 2>much in terms of finishing out the season strong, right yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean not even just losing their coaches. But they

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<v Speaker 2>lost four or five to after starting the season eight

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<v Speaker 2>o seven to oh. So I don't I don't love

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<v Speaker 2>the momentum. I think SMU is ready for the sunny

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<v Speaker 2>Dyke's era and excuse me, that was the Red Lash era.

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<v Speaker 2>Excuse me, and just wants to play out the air.

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<v Speaker 2>So I'm well with Virginia to feel that electricity within

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<v Speaker 2>the friendly confines of Fenway.

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<v Speaker 1>My thoughts exactly. He could not have of it, could

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<v Speaker 1>not have taken my words more verbatima, Virginia. Low confidence

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<v Speaker 1>for me, low confidence.

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<v Speaker 2>I'd load a medium, maybe right around double digit, but

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<v Speaker 2>not too much higher than you know, ten to eleven.

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<v Speaker 2>Area four is the move for really good looking charred pizza,

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<v Speaker 2>beer wine. I think that's my move. I know there's

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<v Speaker 2>a lot of you know, touristy spots, you know, the

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<v Speaker 2>Freedom Trail whatever in Boston Area four.

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<v Speaker 1>That would be where I go. Alrighty, let's go to

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<v Speaker 1>the new era Pinstripe Bowl. Dan, speaking of games in

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<v Speaker 1>baseball stadiums, he got another one here two fifteen ESPN

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<v Speaker 1>Maryland at six and six Virginia Tech at six and six,

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<v Speaker 1>The Turps are a one point favorite. You may recall

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<v Speaker 1>Justin Fuente was fired, but mostly the same staff sticking

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<v Speaker 1>around through the bowl game to aid that coaching transition

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<v Speaker 1>over to Brent Prye. Tech had a bunch of guys

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<v Speaker 1>opt out saw that And maybe this is just me

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<v Speaker 1>hopping aboard the overthink express, which is something I'm prone

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<v Speaker 1>to doing.

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<v Speaker 2>But this is well side. You have Pinstripe Bowl experience,

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<v Speaker 2>I have real as a fan. You have insight that

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have, have.

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<v Speaker 1>Real Pinstripe Bowl experience. Thank you for reminding me of

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<v Speaker 1>that day. I appreciate that you're a good friend.

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<v Speaker 2>Is your hat nearby?

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<v Speaker 1>It is not nearby. I may have lost it. I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not sure where it got to. No, this seems like

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of game where Mike Loxley would get his

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<v Speaker 1>guys fired up, because Mike Losley knows the DMV, as

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<v Speaker 1>we've said time and again on this show, and this

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<v Speaker 1>is kind of like a recruiting chip, right. This is like, hey, guys,

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<v Speaker 1>we're kind of in the same footprint. We're trying to

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<v Speaker 1>get one up on those guys down in Virginia. It's

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<v Speaker 1>something he could sell to recruits. We already know coaches

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<v Speaker 1>do this all the time with rivalries. Locksley seems like

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<v Speaker 1>the kind of guy, given his strong roots to the area,

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<v Speaker 1>who would look at this game and find a way

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<v Speaker 1>to craft it as a rivalry. So I think with that,

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<v Speaker 1>I think, with the fact that Tech is really a

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<v Speaker 1>shell of itself at this point, Maryland's going to be

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<v Speaker 1>fired up. I go Maryland medium, high confidence. Man, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>in on the turps here. Oh Ty, you dumb bitch.

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<v Speaker 2>Sorry for the language. I try not to swear on

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<v Speaker 2>this show because I know we might be in cars

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<v Speaker 2>with children or whatever. But first of all, shell of

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<v Speaker 2>itself is an amazing turn of phrase from Maryland with

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<v Speaker 2>you know, turtle shell whatever. I'm not gonna just jump off.

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<v Speaker 2>Maryland is an elite loser when they get to the

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<v Speaker 2>Pinstripe Bowl. Okay, you know what elite losers do. Tie

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<v Speaker 2>no matter the opponent, no matter the place, no matter

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<v Speaker 2>the time, no matter the weather, they find ways to

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<v Speaker 2>lose by double He won six games, though, Yeah, until

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<v Speaker 2>how they do after that? How they do after winning?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, what do they start the season. They started

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<v Speaker 2>the season four and oh, and then they finished the

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<v Speaker 2>season two and six. Is my math correct there? Two

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<v Speaker 2>and six? Sure, they beat Indiana, who is also an

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<v Speaker 2>elital loser, by three points, and then they beat Rutgers handily,

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<v Speaker 2>and I get that. Fine, that's that game was not

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<v Speaker 2>in the DMV though that game was in the Tri

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<v Speaker 2>state area where this game is happening. I think Virginia

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<v Speaker 2>Tech with the experience of an interim coach I think

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<v Speaker 2>his name is Price, who's coaching his final game as

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<v Speaker 2>the interim coach before Brent probably takes over Maryland dealing

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<v Speaker 2>with transfers right a couple of their higher profile commitments

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<v Speaker 2>from these past couple of years, more talented players have

0:18:30.680 --> 0:18:33.040
<v Speaker 2>left the program. I think a linebacker, a top flight

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<v Speaker 2>linebacker from Florida. So no, I'm not jumping off. I

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<v Speaker 2>think Virginia Tech finds a way in the Bronx. By

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<v Speaker 2>the way, you should be eating old school Italian red

0:18:41.600 --> 0:18:44.239
<v Speaker 2>sauce joint food on Arthur Avenue. If not, if you're

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<v Speaker 2>staying in Manhattan, I don't know, go to Johns of Bleaker.

0:18:47.200 --> 0:18:49.920
<v Speaker 2>There's amazing pizza and restaurants of all kinds upland would

0:18:49.920 --> 0:18:52.359
<v Speaker 2>be a good nicer restaurant option. I'm going with Virginia

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<v Speaker 2>Tech here. I'm going with Virginia Tech to run on

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<v Speaker 2>them to get stops and turn to Leah Tungovailoa over

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<v Speaker 2>a lot, because that's the experience we have. I'm watching

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<v Speaker 2>Maryland football this year.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, let's go to the cheese at ball. They

0:19:06.560 --> 0:19:10.399
<v Speaker 1>play at in Orlando at camping Wood Stadium, five forty

0:19:10.480 --> 0:19:13.120
<v Speaker 1>five on ESPN. And is Clemson at nine and three.

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<v Speaker 1>It is Iowa State at seven and five. Iowa State favored, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>favored by one point here, which, okay, I found that interesting.

0:19:22.240 --> 0:19:26.159
<v Speaker 1>Clemson did lose both coordinators, Tony Elliott off to UVA,

0:19:26.880 --> 0:19:31.479
<v Speaker 1>Brent Vennibles notably off to Oklahoma. I would also expect

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<v Speaker 1>that we're going to see an opt out from Andrew

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<v Speaker 1>Booth junior the corner, okay, for Clemson, and I would

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<v Speaker 1>also expect an opt out for Brise Hall on the

0:19:42.119 --> 0:19:44.960
<v Speaker 1>Iowa State side. I don't know if there's really much

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<v Speaker 1>at stake him here for him to play other than

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<v Speaker 1>his own NFL future, but I am trying to pick

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<v Speaker 1>these games with those opt outs in mind, because I

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<v Speaker 1>think in most cases, eighty percent of the cases, the

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<v Speaker 1>guys we expect to opt out, probably will I don't

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<v Speaker 1>know about Breese Hall staying in this game. Definitely gives

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<v Speaker 1>me more to think about. My working assumption here is

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<v Speaker 1>that he will not be taking part in this game.

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<v Speaker 2>Would you say it was point and a half two points?

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<v Speaker 2>Iowa States favored one point? One point? Okay, I've seen

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<v Speaker 2>it all over the place these past couple days. Just

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<v Speaker 2>between one and two. I'm going Clemson here. I'm going

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<v Speaker 2>Clemson here because I do like the momentum and opportunity.

0:20:25.040 --> 0:20:28.520
<v Speaker 2>I think Clemson will take Iowa States seriously, even though

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<v Speaker 2>this is a clone program who I don't think of.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't think they met expectations, but those are lofty expectations.

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<v Speaker 2>I still think like if Iowa State's winning eight and

0:20:36.880 --> 0:20:40.360
<v Speaker 2>nine games a year, that's a good place to be considering.

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<v Speaker 2>So I think Clemson will take Iowa State seriously. I

0:20:43.560 --> 0:20:46.200
<v Speaker 2>worry about Iowa State without Breee Hall, which seems likely

0:20:46.320 --> 0:20:49.440
<v Speaker 2>we'll see, and I think the Clemson defense, even with

0:20:49.560 --> 0:20:52.320
<v Speaker 2>some opt outs, is still deep enough and we'll be

0:20:52.400 --> 0:20:54.800
<v Speaker 2>ready to play. I mean, no ted Roof anymore, so

0:20:54.880 --> 0:20:58.680
<v Speaker 2>that's a hit obvious. Losing ted Roof there as an analyst,

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<v Speaker 2>But no, I'm still in on Clemson. I still think

0:21:02.200 --> 0:21:05.040
<v Speaker 2>Dabo is a motivator and we'll get them ready for

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<v Speaker 2>this game. And I think there will be a certain

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<v Speaker 2>degree of confidence from dj Uyangola La after the way

0:21:11.400 --> 0:21:13.720
<v Speaker 2>he finished out the year improved. I think they should

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<v Speaker 2>be able to run a little bit against a very

0:21:16.480 --> 0:21:18.920
<v Speaker 2>good Iowa State defense. And look, Iowa State is a

0:21:18.960 --> 0:21:21.160
<v Speaker 2>tricky team. As somebody who roots for a team who

0:21:21.920 --> 0:21:24.119
<v Speaker 2>was not all that competitive against this Clone team in

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<v Speaker 2>a big bowl game last year, I can tell you

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<v Speaker 2>they have a very specific way of trying to nickel

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<v Speaker 2>and dime. I think Iowa States without a couple of

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<v Speaker 2>receiving targets Tarik Milton opted out.

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<v Speaker 1>That's correct, That's correct.

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<v Speaker 2>So I just I don't think Iowa State can afford that.

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<v Speaker 2>I think you need to score at this point. We

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<v Speaker 2>said twenty to beat Clemson before. You probably need to

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<v Speaker 2>score twenty eight to beat Clemson now. And I just

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<v Speaker 2>don't see it from Iowa State. So I'm taking Clemson

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<v Speaker 2>here to get it done. Especially with how careless Rock

0:21:50.640 --> 0:21:53.800
<v Speaker 2>Purty can be at times with the ball, I think

0:21:53.840 --> 0:21:56.399
<v Speaker 2>Clemson forces a couple of brutal mistakes so I have

0:21:56.520 --> 0:21:58.840
<v Speaker 2>them winning by you know, six to ten points.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm on Clemson high confidence for pretty much all

0:22:02.280 --> 0:22:04.720
<v Speaker 1>the same reasons that you're on them as well. The

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<v Speaker 1>only other thing that I'd point out is if Breet's

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<v Speaker 1>Hall is out and if brock Purdy is already down

0:22:10.680 --> 0:22:13.879
<v Speaker 1>to targets, he may be back in that situation that

0:22:14.040 --> 0:22:16.880
<v Speaker 1>Matt Campbell has cautioned us about in the past, which

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<v Speaker 1>is brock Purdy trying to do everything on his own. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>That does not feel Yeah, that doesn't feel like a

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<v Speaker 1>great formula to me, going up against a very stingy

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<v Speaker 1>defense at Clemson. Yeah, so I'm with you. I'm with you.

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<v Speaker 1>I'd be inclined to go Clemson.

0:22:30.080 --> 0:22:33.720
<v Speaker 2>Plus one is that is brock Purdy our tof Beer

0:22:33.760 --> 0:22:36.199
<v Speaker 2>player of the Week, the cause and solution to all

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<v Speaker 2>of iowas to be problems.

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<v Speaker 1>He might be. Yeah, all right, all right, let's go

0:22:40.560 --> 0:22:42.680
<v Speaker 1>to the Alamo Bowl. Dan, You've got a rooting interest

0:22:42.760 --> 0:22:47.959
<v Speaker 1>in this one. I do nine fifteen play this one

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<v Speaker 1>in San Antonio at the Alamo Dome.

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<v Speaker 2>They have since I should mention, by the way, nine

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<v Speaker 2>oh three mills for a nice soup and sandwich combo

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<v Speaker 2>and some beer and wine in Orlando.

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<v Speaker 1>Wow, thank you.

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<v Speaker 2>You know like that that country bread grilled chee.

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<v Speaker 1>He looks very strong. Back to the Alma bole. Sorry,

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<v Speaker 1>it's okay. Oklahoma minus four and a half. They're ten

0:23:09.040 --> 0:23:12.159
<v Speaker 1>and three. Oregon is ten and two. Again nine to

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<v Speaker 1>fifteen on ESPN. Another situation where we've got new coaches

0:23:18.240 --> 0:23:22.360
<v Speaker 1>and two high profile coaches, or coach openings or interims,

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<v Speaker 1>whatever you want to call this matchup here between Oregon

0:23:25.600 --> 0:23:29.520
<v Speaker 1>and Oklahoma. It'll be Bob Stoops for Oklahoma, no stranger

0:23:29.600 --> 0:23:32.680
<v Speaker 1>to the program. Pull on a Barry Alvarez step it

0:23:32.720 --> 0:23:36.240
<v Speaker 1>in for the Sooners and Brian mcclennon for your Oregon Ducks.

0:23:36.600 --> 0:23:43.520
<v Speaker 1>The line shifted eleven points, eleven points from Oregon minus

0:23:43.560 --> 0:23:47.680
<v Speaker 1>six and a half two Oklahoma minus four and a half.

0:23:47.760 --> 0:23:50.600
<v Speaker 1>It may shift more. Who's to say. We also have

0:23:50.840 --> 0:23:55.119
<v Speaker 1>Kevon Thibodeaux opting out declaring for the NFL Draft. Oregon

0:23:55.200 --> 0:23:59.280
<v Speaker 1>had a corner. DJ James hit the portal. We have

0:23:59.440 --> 0:24:03.520
<v Speaker 1>Joe mooreh ed dutifully sticking around to call the plays

0:24:03.680 --> 0:24:07.080
<v Speaker 1>on offense. I have not seen the status of other

0:24:07.160 --> 0:24:08.480
<v Speaker 1>assistants on the Oregon side.

0:24:08.560 --> 0:24:12.520
<v Speaker 2>Dan, what I think largely. It's very strange, by the way,

0:24:12.600 --> 0:24:14.360
<v Speaker 2>and I don't I mean, this is a broader conversation

0:24:14.440 --> 0:24:19.439
<v Speaker 2>in general about coaching continuity and guys leaving for new

0:24:19.520 --> 0:24:21.800
<v Speaker 2>jobs or whatever. Like I think they're gonna be one

0:24:22.000 --> 0:24:25.680
<v Speaker 2>two three guys, strength coach whatever leaving for Miami. Like

0:24:26.080 --> 0:24:29.600
<v Speaker 2>Mario Chris Baal's best friend is the longtime Oregon offense

0:24:29.680 --> 0:24:32.200
<v Speaker 2>or a long time four year offensive line coach, and

0:24:32.760 --> 0:24:34.879
<v Speaker 2>he's going with him to Miami, but he's still coaching

0:24:35.000 --> 0:24:37.960
<v Speaker 2>Oregon and you're just like, why is why is he

0:24:38.040 --> 0:24:38.440
<v Speaker 2>still there?

0:24:38.480 --> 0:24:40.280
<v Speaker 1>Why don't we do it? Like do we not have GA's,

0:24:40.320 --> 0:24:45.560
<v Speaker 1>do we not have some sort of contingency, And it's, uh,

0:24:45.960 --> 0:24:46.280
<v Speaker 1>it's odd.

0:24:46.480 --> 0:24:48.199
<v Speaker 2>So I think there are there are guys that are

0:24:48.240 --> 0:24:51.120
<v Speaker 2>still there that are moving on, and I really hope

0:24:51.160 --> 0:24:53.360
<v Speaker 2>I don't see a bunch of Oregon offensive lineman transferred

0:24:53.359 --> 0:24:57.080
<v Speaker 2>to Miami with this offensive line coach just hanging around. Yeah,

0:24:57.119 --> 0:25:00.280
<v Speaker 2>it's like, hey, what about warmer in Miami? That's what

0:25:00.320 --> 0:25:05.720
<v Speaker 2>he sounds like, Alex mirorwell, so, uh yeah, they have assistance.

0:25:05.800 --> 0:25:08.560
<v Speaker 2>They're practicing. Dan Lanning has been at practice. I think

0:25:08.600 --> 0:25:12.000
<v Speaker 2>he's resonated well with some players, so far. But uh, yeah,

0:25:12.040 --> 0:25:14.600
<v Speaker 2>they're being coached up for Oklahoma as I'm sure Oklahoma

0:25:15.080 --> 0:25:17.159
<v Speaker 2>with some because I know Lincoln Riley took assistance with

0:25:17.200 --> 0:25:19.800
<v Speaker 2>him to USC and they're not coaching anymore in Norman.

0:25:20.280 --> 0:25:24.520
<v Speaker 2>So I mean they'll show up, they'll wear uniforms, they'll

0:25:24.680 --> 0:25:28.520
<v Speaker 2>wear pads, helmets, the whole thing. No idea what to expect.

0:25:28.720 --> 0:25:30.720
<v Speaker 2>I just I hope both of these teams are like,

0:25:31.760 --> 0:25:34.280
<v Speaker 2>let's run thirteen to eighteen trick places.

0:25:34.359 --> 0:25:37.399
<v Speaker 1>Well there, this will this will, I think baby the

0:25:37.560 --> 0:25:40.639
<v Speaker 1>optimal game. Yeah, to do what I said earlier and

0:25:40.760 --> 0:25:43.399
<v Speaker 1>just change the rules. Man, Yeah, we're gonna have a

0:25:43.440 --> 0:25:46.160
<v Speaker 1>spring game out here. Yeah, let's just throw it around,

0:25:46.440 --> 0:25:50.080
<v Speaker 1>draw to the single wing. Why not? So Joe moorehead

0:25:50.080 --> 0:25:51.600
<v Speaker 1>will be there. We don't know who else is gonna

0:25:51.600 --> 0:25:54.879
<v Speaker 1>be there. Yeah, Oklahoma has also seen some turnover. Not

0:25:55.000 --> 0:25:57.320
<v Speaker 1>to focus too much in Oregon, but Alex Grinch and

0:25:57.440 --> 0:26:00.439
<v Speaker 1>like three or four other guys on the coach treatment

0:26:00.520 --> 0:26:04.520
<v Speaker 1>to USC. It is a weird situation, man, It's is

0:26:04.560 --> 0:26:05.360
<v Speaker 1>a weird situation.

0:26:06.040 --> 0:26:06.440
<v Speaker 2>I get it.

0:26:06.600 --> 0:26:08.440
<v Speaker 1>I get why you go bob stoops, I get it.

0:26:08.680 --> 0:26:11.720
<v Speaker 1>I hate that situation. I hate the situation where you

0:26:11.800 --> 0:26:13.960
<v Speaker 1>bring the guy back who wasn't on the staff, he

0:26:14.080 --> 0:26:17.000
<v Speaker 1>just swoops in and takes over. And you know, Stoops

0:26:17.000 --> 0:26:19.400
<v Speaker 1>in this case, I guess it's a conduit to venabules.

0:26:19.720 --> 0:26:23.080
<v Speaker 1>They know each other, right, they obviously stop. Yeah, So

0:26:23.160 --> 0:26:25.159
<v Speaker 1>I don't think anyone on the Oklahoma side is going

0:26:25.240 --> 0:26:28.040
<v Speaker 1>to dog it out there. But it's just an odd

0:26:28.160 --> 0:26:31.560
<v Speaker 1>circumstance that we find ourselves in in a game like this,

0:26:31.720 --> 0:26:34.080
<v Speaker 1>and frankly every Bull season when you got coach movement

0:26:34.480 --> 0:26:37.719
<v Speaker 1>and new people stepping in. Even still, I'm gonna pick

0:26:37.760 --> 0:26:41.560
<v Speaker 1>Oklahoma and I'm gonna go medium confidence. I just don't

0:26:41.680 --> 0:26:44.919
<v Speaker 1>like Oregon in the matchup. Okay, for as much as

0:26:44.960 --> 0:26:47.639
<v Speaker 1>the coaching thing kind of sticks in my craw, I

0:26:47.800 --> 0:26:51.119
<v Speaker 1>just don't like Oregon in the matchup. I think if

0:26:51.200 --> 0:26:56.040
<v Speaker 1>Oklahoma wanted to, especially given circumstances where they're probably gonna

0:26:56.040 --> 0:26:58.840
<v Speaker 1>be running with like a dressed down playbook and trying

0:26:58.840 --> 0:27:00.280
<v Speaker 1>to keep it a little bit more of an NILA,

0:27:00.320 --> 0:27:05.439
<v Speaker 1>I would assume then normal they can play bullyball against Oregon.

0:27:05.960 --> 0:27:08.639
<v Speaker 1>They can play that same style that Utah played and

0:27:08.760 --> 0:27:10.720
<v Speaker 1>had a lot of success with. That's on tape now

0:27:11.240 --> 0:27:14.320
<v Speaker 1>and Stoops is going to see that. So I think

0:27:14.359 --> 0:27:16.119
<v Speaker 1>if they want to play that style football, they can,

0:27:16.200 --> 0:27:18.680
<v Speaker 1>and I think they'll win. I got medium confidence on

0:27:18.760 --> 0:27:19.480
<v Speaker 1>this Oklahoma.

0:27:21.080 --> 0:27:23.240
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I have no confidence at all in this game,

0:27:23.840 --> 0:27:26.200
<v Speaker 2>just because I have confidence that I'm going to watch

0:27:26.280 --> 0:27:28.119
<v Speaker 2>this game in a way that I haven't watched Oregon

0:27:28.119 --> 0:27:30.119
<v Speaker 2>football in a long time, which is like, here's just

0:27:30.200 --> 0:27:31.879
<v Speaker 2>just a crazy toss up. It was going back to

0:27:31.960 --> 0:27:33.960
<v Speaker 2>like two thousand and seven when Oregon was starting like

0:27:34.040 --> 0:27:37.159
<v Speaker 2>it's fifth string quarterback. We're like, I'm not expecting anything,

0:27:37.560 --> 0:27:40.000
<v Speaker 2>but let's see what happens. And Oregon actually won their

0:27:40.040 --> 0:27:42.119
<v Speaker 2>bowl game doing that with Justin Roper. If you remember

0:27:42.200 --> 0:27:46.480
<v Speaker 2>way back when I am I'm just excited to see

0:27:46.600 --> 0:27:49.240
<v Speaker 2>how these teams are bob stoops on the sideline, you know,

0:27:49.400 --> 0:27:52.600
<v Speaker 2>interim situation at Oregon, and you know, if Joe Morehead

0:27:52.640 --> 0:27:55.439
<v Speaker 2>really does throw the kitchen sink, now there are Oregon

0:27:55.560 --> 0:27:57.600
<v Speaker 2>fans that say that he was held back by Mario

0:27:57.680 --> 0:28:01.600
<v Speaker 2>Cristobal's footprint and design to play that kind of guerrilla ball.

0:28:02.240 --> 0:28:04.440
<v Speaker 1>I think they're just gonna go for it.

0:28:04.520 --> 0:28:07.600
<v Speaker 2>I think Oregon will lose this game forty five to seven,

0:28:08.119 --> 0:28:10.960
<v Speaker 2>or win this game forty eight to forty five, right, Like,

0:28:11.040 --> 0:28:15.080
<v Speaker 2>I just it's all on the table with with nothing

0:28:15.160 --> 0:28:18.840
<v Speaker 2>to lose, really given the lame duck, no pun intend.

0:28:18.640 --> 0:28:22.280
<v Speaker 1>They're going full Presbyterian here, not punting. Yeah, fourth downs.

0:28:22.920 --> 0:28:25.560
<v Speaker 1>Orgon might run a hooking ladder first play of the game.

0:28:27.640 --> 0:28:30.240
<v Speaker 2>Why not. Joe Morehead's got what are the repercussions for

0:28:30.320 --> 0:28:33.119
<v Speaker 2>Joe Morehead? He's going to Akron. You know the staff

0:28:33.200 --> 0:28:34.639
<v Speaker 2>is going to be there and be professional. They have

0:28:34.680 --> 0:28:39.600
<v Speaker 2>their own professional reputations. But yeah, I don't love Oklahoma

0:28:39.640 --> 0:28:41.400
<v Speaker 2>in this spot, Like, I'm not all that confident in

0:28:41.480 --> 0:28:44.600
<v Speaker 2>a Bob Stoop's coach team. Guys are leaving, they're transferring

0:28:45.080 --> 0:28:48.920
<v Speaker 2>the recruiting classes up in the air. Who the hell knows?

0:28:49.360 --> 0:28:52.160
<v Speaker 2>You know, Caleb Williams can be both excellent but also

0:28:52.240 --> 0:28:55.720
<v Speaker 2>go four of eleven for seventy seven yards, Like that's

0:28:55.720 --> 0:28:57.960
<v Speaker 2>always on the table as well with him at this

0:28:58.080 --> 0:29:00.640
<v Speaker 2>point in his career. So y, I don't know what

0:29:00.720 --> 0:29:02.600
<v Speaker 2>the point spread is. I would take the points in

0:29:02.720 --> 0:29:05.160
<v Speaker 2>weird games because there are just more opportunities to win

0:29:05.240 --> 0:29:09.080
<v Speaker 2>that way, and I'm gonna go Oklahoma with medium confidence.

0:29:09.640 --> 0:29:14.160
<v Speaker 1>Alrighty, Well, we disagree by the way, we should point

0:29:14.200 --> 0:29:17.600
<v Speaker 1>out especially as we move to this game here the

0:29:17.680 --> 0:29:18.880
<v Speaker 1>Duke's Mayo Bowl.

0:29:19.400 --> 0:29:23.360
<v Speaker 2>Two M Smokehouse and two M Smokehouse, two M smokehouse

0:29:23.440 --> 0:29:26.719
<v Speaker 2>for what looks to be sensational barbecue with a lot

0:29:26.800 --> 0:29:32.760
<v Speaker 2>of Mexican influence. Which yeah, uh, tie my hands behind

0:29:32.800 --> 0:29:35.480
<v Speaker 2>my back and hog time me and keep me away

0:29:35.560 --> 0:29:37.240
<v Speaker 2>because that's singing.

0:29:37.080 --> 0:29:39.960
<v Speaker 1>My name, singing your name. Just yell out the restaurants

0:29:40.000 --> 0:29:42.720
<v Speaker 1>I keep forgetting two M, two M. Thank you. I

0:29:42.800 --> 0:29:46.440
<v Speaker 1>appreciate that. Okay, what I was gonna say is there

0:29:46.520 --> 0:29:49.960
<v Speaker 1>is some overlap between the Evluir Al Mobile and the

0:29:50.080 --> 0:29:53.800
<v Speaker 1>Duke's Mayo Bowl on the thirtieth because Oklahoma is playing

0:29:54.200 --> 0:29:57.520
<v Speaker 1>in that Almobile and South Carolina is playing in the

0:29:57.600 --> 0:30:02.000
<v Speaker 1>Duke's Mayo Bowl, and notably Sincer Rattler, and now he's

0:30:02.040 --> 0:30:05.320
<v Speaker 1>going to South Carolina of all places we heard UCLA

0:30:06.160 --> 0:30:10.320
<v Speaker 1>everybody wanted Spencer Ratler. Spencer Ratler. Yeah, preseason Heisman favorite,

0:30:10.960 --> 0:30:12.920
<v Speaker 1>kind of one of them. Anyway, coming into the twenty

0:30:12.960 --> 0:30:16.720
<v Speaker 1>one season, well and behold Spencer Ratler going to Shane

0:30:16.880 --> 0:30:20.080
<v Speaker 1>Biemer biamber ball two point zero. Get a nice little

0:30:20.080 --> 0:30:21.320
<v Speaker 1>boost there on offense.

0:30:22.480 --> 0:30:25.360
<v Speaker 2>Shane and Spencer. Was there not a Yankee named Shane Spencer.

0:30:25.480 --> 0:30:29.240
<v Speaker 1>There was a Shane Spencer, yea utility mension mostly outfielder,

0:30:29.280 --> 0:30:30.800
<v Speaker 1>played a little bit of first base here and there.

0:30:30.920 --> 0:30:34.760
<v Speaker 2>Didn't see this coming. I thought Spencer Ratler would have

0:30:35.280 --> 0:30:40.000
<v Speaker 2>opted for a more turn key offensive operation, considering his

0:30:40.320 --> 0:30:43.719
<v Speaker 2>time thus far at Oklahoma, which is, you know, obviously

0:30:44.320 --> 0:30:47.640
<v Speaker 2>was a well oiled machine under Lincoln Rally in South Carolina,

0:30:47.760 --> 0:30:51.560
<v Speaker 2>very much still in developmental mode on offense, but certainly

0:30:51.680 --> 0:30:54.480
<v Speaker 2>to have you know, the stage in the SEC and

0:30:55.040 --> 0:30:59.080
<v Speaker 2>be the guy unquestionably which he wasn't at Oklahoma. Bringing

0:30:59.120 --> 0:31:00.160
<v Speaker 2>in a five star behind.

0:31:00.200 --> 0:31:06.880
<v Speaker 1>Him, it's great. And also Austin Stogner Stoner Stagner, I

0:31:07.240 --> 0:31:10.000
<v Speaker 1>say his name, the tit end four star going to

0:31:11.000 --> 0:31:14.280
<v Speaker 1>South Carolina as well. So nice little coup there, Yeah,

0:31:14.320 --> 0:31:17.120
<v Speaker 1>for Shane Biemer on the portal. As for the Duke's

0:31:17.160 --> 0:31:20.200
<v Speaker 1>Mayo Bowl, Dan Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, December

0:31:20.240 --> 0:31:24.120
<v Speaker 1>the thirtieth, eleven thirty a m. Eastern time on ESPN,

0:31:24.200 --> 0:31:28.200
<v Speaker 1>It's North Carolina versus South Carolina tar Heels favored by

0:31:28.240 --> 0:31:32.120
<v Speaker 1>a touchdown by seven points here in this football game.

0:31:33.320 --> 0:31:36.400
<v Speaker 1>Here's what I believe. I believe that Sam Howe is

0:31:36.440 --> 0:31:39.400
<v Speaker 1>going to play in this game. To be clear, the

0:31:39.520 --> 0:31:42.000
<v Speaker 1>only reason that Sam Howe plays in this game is

0:31:42.080 --> 0:31:44.480
<v Speaker 1>to try and boost his draft stock. There's really no

0:31:44.600 --> 0:31:47.720
<v Speaker 1>other reason. I believe he's going to play in this game. Yeah.

0:31:47.800 --> 0:31:50.400
<v Speaker 1>Everything I've seen points to that. Everything I've seen points

0:31:50.440 --> 0:31:53.840
<v Speaker 1>to that. For South Carolina, I think the real Bowl

0:31:53.920 --> 0:31:57.240
<v Speaker 1>win is getting to the Bowl at all, just getting here,

0:31:58.120 --> 0:32:00.200
<v Speaker 1>and I think they'll want it more. I think they

0:32:00.240 --> 0:32:03.400
<v Speaker 1>will be motivated. I just think North Carolina is better.

0:32:04.320 --> 0:32:07.000
<v Speaker 1>Even if it's Sam Howell out there doing what he does,

0:32:07.120 --> 0:32:10.840
<v Speaker 1>running around pointnet guys showing him where to run down

0:32:10.920 --> 0:32:14.600
<v Speaker 1>the field. I just think they're better. I wouldn't touch

0:32:14.640 --> 0:32:17.000
<v Speaker 1>the point spread here because I think there is a

0:32:17.080 --> 0:32:20.280
<v Speaker 1>motivation factor. I could see this one being uncomfortably close.

0:32:21.040 --> 0:32:23.760
<v Speaker 1>But I am on UNC with high confidence because I

0:32:23.960 --> 0:32:26.840
<v Speaker 1>genuinely feel like they're the better team. Even though South

0:32:26.880 --> 0:32:29.360
<v Speaker 1>Carolina got here, I still don't really think they're that good.

0:32:29.760 --> 0:32:31.720
<v Speaker 1>It might be better next year with Spencer Ratler. I

0:32:31.800 --> 0:32:34.560
<v Speaker 1>hope they are right. The fact that they got here,

0:32:34.640 --> 0:32:36.040
<v Speaker 1>the fact that they got the six and six is

0:32:36.080 --> 0:32:38.040
<v Speaker 1>an accomplishment unto itself. But give me UNC.

0:32:39.120 --> 0:32:43.200
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I this is interesting because both of these defenses

0:32:43.240 --> 0:32:45.240
<v Speaker 2>are better at one thing than another thing, So I

0:32:45.360 --> 0:32:47.160
<v Speaker 2>was trying to look at who might have the advantage there.

0:32:47.240 --> 0:32:50.040
<v Speaker 2>We've seen North Carolina take a giant step back in

0:32:50.120 --> 0:32:52.640
<v Speaker 2>a number of areas on both sides of the ball

0:32:52.680 --> 0:32:55.440
<v Speaker 2>at times, especially up front. You know, South Carolina is

0:32:55.480 --> 0:32:57.400
<v Speaker 2>decent against the pass, but they allowed too many big

0:32:57.680 --> 0:33:00.760
<v Speaker 2>pass plays and North Carolina really took step back kind

0:33:00.800 --> 0:33:03.680
<v Speaker 2>of as a hole on defense, but especially upfront. I'm

0:33:03.720 --> 0:33:07.880
<v Speaker 2>going North Carolina here went in doubt with two questionable defenses.

0:33:08.480 --> 0:33:10.680
<v Speaker 2>It seems like there's a little more continuity with how

0:33:10.760 --> 0:33:13.200
<v Speaker 2>long mac Brown has now been in Chapel Hill and

0:33:13.640 --> 0:33:16.640
<v Speaker 2>to have that quarterback advantage, especially with like like you mentioned,

0:33:16.680 --> 0:33:20.000
<v Speaker 2>this is a showcase performance type game for Sam Howell.

0:33:20.160 --> 0:33:22.120
<v Speaker 2>I'm going I'm going heels here in a bit of

0:33:22.160 --> 0:33:24.080
<v Speaker 2>a shootout, medium high confidence.

0:33:24.880 --> 0:33:29.000
<v Speaker 1>Let's move on to the trans Perfect Music City Bawl,

0:33:29.040 --> 0:33:31.960
<v Speaker 1>a Nissan Stadium in Nashville, Tennessee.

0:33:32.560 --> 0:33:36.040
<v Speaker 2>Futo Bhuta is the Roman place I've mentioned in Charlotte,

0:33:36.040 --> 0:33:40.080
<v Speaker 2>but also Optimist Hall is a food haul. Harriet's an

0:33:40.160 --> 0:33:43.400
<v Speaker 2>amazing looking burger. They sell burgers and fries.

0:33:43.560 --> 0:33:47.080
<v Speaker 1>That's it. That's my kind of place, simplicity. Just gotta

0:33:47.120 --> 0:33:49.360
<v Speaker 1>yell it out, man, just tack on. Sorry, I keep

0:33:49.400 --> 0:33:51.400
<v Speaker 1>forgetting tack it on to the back end of the

0:33:51.440 --> 0:33:52.120
<v Speaker 1>games or something.

0:33:52.240 --> 0:33:55.920
<v Speaker 2>Now time you're the pro in this split screen, you're

0:33:55.960 --> 0:33:56.160
<v Speaker 2>the pro.

0:33:56.520 --> 0:33:58.520
<v Speaker 1>Not I can watch. By the way, ad for Bowlers

0:33:58.560 --> 0:34:01.680
<v Speaker 1>dot com. Oh for Bowlers dot com. Trans Perfect Music

0:34:01.800 --> 0:34:05.280
<v Speaker 1>City Bowl between Nissan, No, not between Nissan. They play

0:34:05.600 --> 0:34:09.080
<v Speaker 1>hold on Nissan might be involved. Nissan versus Nashville No

0:34:09.239 --> 0:34:14.920
<v Speaker 1>Nissan Stadium in Nashville, three pm ESPN, Tennessee. Volunteers playing

0:34:14.960 --> 0:34:18.320
<v Speaker 1>the home game. Man playing the home game seven and

0:34:18.440 --> 0:34:21.080
<v Speaker 1>five their minus four and a half points. They are

0:34:21.160 --> 0:34:25.720
<v Speaker 1>squaring off against Perdue. Tasty little matchup on the surface.

0:34:26.640 --> 0:34:30.320
<v Speaker 1>Both George Carloftis and David Bell have declared for the

0:34:30.440 --> 0:34:35.239
<v Speaker 1>draft for Perdue. Peace. Yeah, I am peace. I am

0:34:35.320 --> 0:34:37.919
<v Speaker 1>picking this game under the assumption that those guys aren't playing.

0:34:40.200 --> 0:34:40.480
<v Speaker 2>Okay.

0:34:40.880 --> 0:34:42.520
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if that's the case. I haven't seen

0:34:42.520 --> 0:34:45.200
<v Speaker 1>any confirmation, but I'm assuming they're out.

0:34:45.320 --> 0:34:49.800
<v Speaker 2>I think that I'm looking right now. I believe Georgia

0:34:49.840 --> 0:34:53.799
<v Speaker 2>Carloftis and David Bell either are or have already opted out.

0:34:54.239 --> 0:34:56.480
<v Speaker 1>Okay, Well, I know they're going pro. You could check

0:34:56.520 --> 0:35:00.600
<v Speaker 1>on that someone else who's out as Tyon Evans four Tennessee.

0:35:00.960 --> 0:35:03.920
<v Speaker 1>He's entered the portal. He's gonna go to Louisville, so

0:35:04.200 --> 0:35:08.000
<v Speaker 1>he's out. Tennessee did get a boost Tendon Hooker coming

0:35:08.080 --> 0:35:10.800
<v Speaker 1>back for a sixth tour of duty of college football,

0:35:10.840 --> 0:35:12.680
<v Speaker 1>which is definitely good news for the Balls because he

0:35:12.719 --> 0:35:15.600
<v Speaker 1>was really good down the stretch for them. Yeah. So,

0:35:15.760 --> 0:35:18.120
<v Speaker 1>I don't know where you're at. Where I'm at, is

0:35:18.560 --> 0:35:23.719
<v Speaker 1>Purdue great story? If they're without Carl Loftis and Bell,

0:35:23.840 --> 0:35:25.319
<v Speaker 1>there's no way you can pick them, right.

0:35:27.080 --> 0:35:29.640
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean those are the gravitational players on both

0:35:29.680 --> 0:35:32.839
<v Speaker 2>sides of the ball for them. The offense was good

0:35:32.960 --> 0:35:36.560
<v Speaker 2>for Purdue and Tennessee's defense was improved but not amazing.

0:35:37.880 --> 0:35:40.920
<v Speaker 2>I could see Purdue in this spot, but I'm also

0:35:41.120 --> 0:35:45.799
<v Speaker 2>haunted by who did Purdue just get annihilated by.

0:35:45.840 --> 0:35:50.600
<v Speaker 1>Two years ago? Auburn? Right right, right? I've been burned before, ty,

0:35:50.680 --> 0:35:54.520
<v Speaker 1>I will not be burned this year. I'm going balls here. Yeah,

0:35:54.719 --> 0:35:57.400
<v Speaker 1>I just I don't think you could pick against Tennessee

0:35:57.840 --> 0:36:00.200
<v Speaker 1>with the looming threat that Carl Loftis and Bell might

0:36:00.239 --> 0:36:02.800
<v Speaker 1>be out because those are the two best players. So

0:36:03.080 --> 0:36:06.600
<v Speaker 1>Tennessee for me, high confidence, high confidence. I feel good

0:36:06.600 --> 0:36:06.840
<v Speaker 1>about it.

0:36:06.880 --> 0:36:11.440
<v Speaker 2>Great Ah in Nashville. See how I'm tacking. Baby, you're

0:36:11.480 --> 0:36:14.279
<v Speaker 2>a pro, man, you're a pro. It's an attack.

0:36:15.640 --> 0:36:15.759
<v Speaker 1>You know.

0:36:15.960 --> 0:36:17.640
<v Speaker 2>There's all the tourist places and all. You know, you

0:36:17.719 --> 0:36:19.640
<v Speaker 2>go to the honky tonks, you can go to you know,

0:36:19.760 --> 0:36:22.600
<v Speaker 2>get your hot chicken whatever. But I'm still gonna say Husk.

0:36:22.800 --> 0:36:24.640
<v Speaker 2>I know it's not new to to Nashville, but that

0:36:24.760 --> 0:36:27.239
<v Speaker 2>still remains the best burger I've ever had because of

0:36:27.320 --> 0:36:28.760
<v Speaker 2>my specific taste and burgers.

0:36:29.040 --> 0:36:33.360
<v Speaker 1>The Husk Burger. It's a nicer Southern style restaurant, heritage

0:36:33.440 --> 0:36:34.240
<v Speaker 1>Southern restaurant.

0:36:34.360 --> 0:36:37.879
<v Speaker 2>Also the Stillery. The Stillery a popular place, good looking

0:36:37.960 --> 0:36:40.799
<v Speaker 2>chicken and Southern inspired places. Beer, everything like that kind

0:36:40.800 --> 0:36:44.040
<v Speaker 2>of a bar. It looks wonderful. Those are my recommendations

0:36:44.080 --> 0:36:46.200
<v Speaker 2>for Nashville. But it's another place where it's hard to

0:36:46.239 --> 0:36:48.480
<v Speaker 2>go wrong. You can eat very very you know, Pinewood Social,

0:36:48.520 --> 0:36:51.040
<v Speaker 2>all these places, great great food place.

0:36:51.600 --> 0:36:57.000
<v Speaker 1>Chick pile, a peach bowl, Mercedes ben Stadium in Hot Lanta.

0:36:57.719 --> 0:37:00.200
<v Speaker 2>Oh man, they don't like it there. They don't like

0:37:00.200 --> 0:37:01.799
<v Speaker 2>when people call it that just like people in San

0:37:01.840 --> 0:37:04.399
<v Speaker 2>Francisco don't like San fran People in California, you don't

0:37:04.440 --> 0:37:07.120
<v Speaker 2>like Cali. I don't think Atlanta people like Hotlanta. I

0:37:07.160 --> 0:37:10.680
<v Speaker 2>don't think they do Mercedes Been Stadium in Atlanta.

0:37:11.480 --> 0:37:16.120
<v Speaker 1>My apologies. You don't pronounce the second team seven PM

0:37:16.920 --> 0:37:21.279
<v Speaker 1>ESPN Pitt at eleven and two, Michigan State at ten

0:37:21.360 --> 0:37:24.080
<v Speaker 1>and two, Michigan State favored by point and a half.

0:37:24.280 --> 0:37:25.799
<v Speaker 1>It's the Paton R. Doozy Bowl.

0:37:25.920 --> 0:37:30.319
<v Speaker 2>Baby, Yeah, it's also just Pat Bowler because we got

0:37:30.400 --> 0:37:33.040
<v Speaker 2>Nick Patty. Right, that's who's starting a quarterback for Pitt.

0:37:33.800 --> 0:37:34.520
<v Speaker 2>I think, right.

0:37:34.920 --> 0:37:38.320
<v Speaker 1>I don't know Kenny Pickett, so I haven't seen anything official.

0:37:39.120 --> 0:37:43.120
<v Speaker 1>But Kenny Pickett was asked if he plans on playing

0:37:44.040 --> 0:37:47.799
<v Speaker 1>in this game. Yeah, and he was like coy af man.

0:37:48.080 --> 0:37:51.160
<v Speaker 1>He did not really give an answer. He's sort of

0:37:51.239 --> 0:37:53.560
<v Speaker 1>waffled and he's like, well, you know, I just got home,

0:37:53.640 --> 0:37:57.120
<v Speaker 1>I got talked to my parents and again. He threw

0:37:57.200 --> 0:38:00.120
<v Speaker 1>forty two touchdown passes. He threw for over forty three

0:38:00.160 --> 0:38:01.040
<v Speaker 1>hundred yards this season.

0:38:01.160 --> 0:38:01.680
<v Speaker 2>Amazing.

0:38:01.840 --> 0:38:04.600
<v Speaker 1>He's gonna be a first round pick in all likelihood

0:38:04.760 --> 0:38:08.520
<v Speaker 1>if Kenny Pickett doesn't play. I understand there's an emotional

0:38:08.600 --> 0:38:11.320
<v Speaker 1>aspect here, and you want to do right by your teammates.

0:38:11.760 --> 0:38:14.399
<v Speaker 1>Nobody would fault him if he doesn't play in this game,

0:38:14.840 --> 0:38:18.520
<v Speaker 1>and so I just interpret anything outside of a definitive yes,

0:38:18.640 --> 0:38:21.920
<v Speaker 1>I'm playing. I'm psyched to be No, you gotta be

0:38:22.000 --> 0:38:23.200
<v Speaker 1>kidding me. I can't play in this game.

0:38:23.280 --> 0:38:26.840
<v Speaker 2>Ty, if you were seventeen eighteen years old and you

0:38:26.960 --> 0:38:29.880
<v Speaker 2>thought to yourself, I am asking this young lady to

0:38:30.000 --> 0:38:34.000
<v Speaker 2>my senior prom and you do it and she responds with,

0:38:34.760 --> 0:38:36.520
<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm gonna have to go home and kind

0:38:36.520 --> 0:38:39.919
<v Speaker 2>of give it some thought, really think it through, think

0:38:39.960 --> 0:38:43.560
<v Speaker 2>about all the scenarios involved in a commitment like that.

0:38:44.120 --> 0:38:47.680
<v Speaker 2>You're probably not feeling great about yourself in terms of

0:38:47.760 --> 0:38:50.799
<v Speaker 2>getting an answer like that. And so I'm operating under

0:38:50.800 --> 0:38:52.200
<v Speaker 2>the assumption that this is going to be a Nick

0:38:52.239 --> 0:38:54.320
<v Speaker 2>Patty game for Pitt hope to be proven wrong and

0:38:54.400 --> 0:38:57.000
<v Speaker 2>get to see Kenny Pickett one last time. Weirdly, for

0:38:57.120 --> 0:38:59.680
<v Speaker 2>Pitt to have a quarterback named Pickett and a former

0:38:59.760 --> 0:39:03.600
<v Speaker 2>kicker name Blewett who knew same school, to have unfortunate

0:39:03.719 --> 0:39:07.680
<v Speaker 2>last names for positions, and Michigan State without Kenny Walker, right.

0:39:08.200 --> 0:39:12.320
<v Speaker 1>I have not seen like he may play. I know

0:39:12.400 --> 0:39:16.040
<v Speaker 1>that mel Tucker was waiting to get clarity on who

0:39:16.160 --> 0:39:18.080
<v Speaker 1>is going to be playing for Michigan State. I think

0:39:18.120 --> 0:39:20.319
<v Speaker 1>there's a chance that most of this team is going

0:39:20.400 --> 0:39:24.160
<v Speaker 1>to be intact, and I think that's why I like

0:39:24.320 --> 0:39:31.160
<v Speaker 1>Michigan State here. Low confidence, but the outcomes seems somewhat

0:39:31.280 --> 0:39:33.600
<v Speaker 1>obvious that you have to go Sparty if Pickett is out.

0:39:34.200 --> 0:39:37.680
<v Speaker 2>Pitt also without Mark Whipple, correct without defensive coordinator moved

0:39:37.719 --> 0:39:40.520
<v Speaker 2>on to Nebraska. So they're down, Yeah, but they.

0:39:40.440 --> 0:39:43.239
<v Speaker 1>Are, and so I think, you know, it's maybe it's

0:39:43.320 --> 0:39:46.040
<v Speaker 1>the underthink express to say that you have to go

0:39:46.880 --> 0:39:50.520
<v Speaker 1>Michigan State if Pickett's not playing. I don't think the

0:39:50.560 --> 0:39:54.400
<v Speaker 1>wheels totally fall off for Pitt though. Right the defense

0:39:54.520 --> 0:39:57.880
<v Speaker 1>was good enough. It's not as good as it's been

0:39:57.960 --> 0:40:00.560
<v Speaker 1>in some years, but it's good enough and it'll keep

0:40:00.640 --> 0:40:03.279
<v Speaker 1>Michigan State from running away with this thing. I think

0:40:03.320 --> 0:40:07.120
<v Speaker 1>it'll be close. On paper again, that pit defense looks good,

0:40:07.200 --> 0:40:09.399
<v Speaker 1>but in practice there have been too many games where

0:40:10.040 --> 0:40:12.480
<v Speaker 1>they played better offenses and gave up a lot of points.

0:40:12.520 --> 0:40:14.640
<v Speaker 1>And I think Michigan State's good enough to score. So

0:40:15.520 --> 0:40:18.640
<v Speaker 1>all that being said, I'm not terribly confident in this result.

0:40:19.200 --> 0:40:22.279
<v Speaker 1>But I think I favor Michigan State here. Michigan State

0:40:22.360 --> 0:40:26.560
<v Speaker 1>low to you know, very medium, low confidence level.

0:40:28.040 --> 0:40:31.600
<v Speaker 2>Man, It's amazing how like blowouts change your opinion of

0:40:31.680 --> 0:40:33.719
<v Speaker 2>a team, not just losses, but the way Michigan State

0:40:33.760 --> 0:40:36.360
<v Speaker 2>lost to Ohio State, and certainly Pitt without Kenny Pickett

0:40:36.400 --> 0:40:38.359
<v Speaker 2>is not where Ohio State was and passing the ball

0:40:38.360 --> 0:40:43.560
<v Speaker 2>anywhere near. But man, that affects me. Man, that absolutely

0:40:43.640 --> 0:40:46.959
<v Speaker 2>affects me. And Michigan State without a home run threat

0:40:46.960 --> 0:40:49.400
<v Speaker 2>in the backfield in the way that Kenny Kenneth Walker

0:40:50.040 --> 0:40:53.279
<v Speaker 2>is was, that affects me as well. I think I'm

0:40:53.320 --> 0:40:56.160
<v Speaker 2>going pit here. I think I'm going with defense. And

0:40:56.200 --> 0:41:00.279
<v Speaker 2>when Michigan States their specific pass defense, they're big play

0:41:00.360 --> 0:41:03.560
<v Speaker 2>pass defense was as atrocious as it was at times.

0:41:05.280 --> 0:41:07.200
<v Speaker 2>I'm going with, you know, Pitt looking to put the other.

0:41:07.200 --> 0:41:10.400
<v Speaker 2>They're both trying to put exclamation points on surprise seasons.

0:41:11.120 --> 0:41:13.080
<v Speaker 2>I'm still gonna go with Pitt. I think they have

0:41:13.200 --> 0:41:15.520
<v Speaker 2>more ways to win, more ways to make winning plays.

0:41:16.320 --> 0:41:19.400
<v Speaker 2>And if I'm wrong, I'm wrong. I'm still going medium confidence.

0:41:19.760 --> 0:41:23.400
<v Speaker 2>It's in Atlanta. You should be eating at Ria's. Ria's Bluebird.

0:41:23.440 --> 0:41:26.239
<v Speaker 2>I believe was where we ate great breakfast place. If

0:41:26.280 --> 0:41:30.640
<v Speaker 2>I can find a great local breakfast place, it sets

0:41:30.719 --> 0:41:32.120
<v Speaker 2>the tone in such a magnificent way.

0:41:32.239 --> 0:41:34.120
<v Speaker 1>Was that the place across from the cat bar that

0:41:34.200 --> 0:41:34.600
<v Speaker 1>we were at?

0:41:34.840 --> 0:41:38.600
<v Speaker 2>Correct? Correct? I believe Riea is no longer with us.

0:41:38.680 --> 0:41:43.200
<v Speaker 2>May she rest in peace, but a great creative breakfast spot.

0:41:44.000 --> 0:41:47.799
<v Speaker 2>So I did enjoy that. Okay, Yeah, so I'm going

0:41:47.840 --> 0:41:51.800
<v Speaker 2>pit here. I'm going pit down potentially quarterback offensive coordinator.

0:41:51.880 --> 0:41:54.719
<v Speaker 2>Still I ride with Jordan Addison in a way I

0:41:54.719 --> 0:41:57.120
<v Speaker 2>don't believe I ride with anybody on Michigan State's offense.

0:41:57.400 --> 0:42:02.360
<v Speaker 1>So there's that. Here go, here's a mouthful. The SRS

0:42:02.840 --> 0:42:06.920
<v Speaker 1>distribution Las Vegas, buwl. There you go. That's what he

0:42:06.960 --> 0:42:10.600
<v Speaker 1>always wanted. An Allegiance stadium out there in Vegas. Ten

0:42:10.719 --> 0:42:14.880
<v Speaker 1>thirty pm Eastern Time on ESPN. Got Wisconsin at eight

0:42:14.920 --> 0:42:16.719
<v Speaker 1>and four. I got Arizona State at eight and four.

0:42:16.880 --> 0:42:20.440
<v Speaker 1>Was conson favored by seven points. Of note here Rashad

0:42:20.560 --> 0:42:24.640
<v Speaker 1>White declared for the draft on the ASU side is

0:42:24.640 --> 0:42:26.120
<v Speaker 1>not going to play in this game. He's a star

0:42:26.239 --> 0:42:31.960
<v Speaker 1>running back. Diamante. How do you say it? Traanium trainium,

0:42:33.239 --> 0:42:35.839
<v Speaker 1>I don't know he's in the portal. He's not playing either.

0:42:35.880 --> 0:42:39.960
<v Speaker 1>For ASU, that's most of the offense walking out the door.

0:42:40.080 --> 0:42:41.960
<v Speaker 1>More than enough, I think to tip the scales in

0:42:42.040 --> 0:42:45.600
<v Speaker 1>favor of the Badgers, I will go Wisconsin here. Medium

0:42:45.680 --> 0:42:51.080
<v Speaker 1>confidence the main hesitation for me, though, you know, it's

0:42:51.120 --> 0:42:53.880
<v Speaker 1>that the Badger's still kind of stink on offense, don't they?

0:42:53.960 --> 0:42:59.560
<v Speaker 2>Dan Uh, Briyl and Allen gives me a little bit

0:42:59.600 --> 0:42:59.960
<v Speaker 2>of home.

0:43:01.200 --> 0:43:02.080
<v Speaker 1>They've gotten better.

0:43:02.239 --> 0:43:04.920
<v Speaker 2>Yes, So okay, I'm gonna tell you why I like

0:43:05.000 --> 0:43:08.279
<v Speaker 2>Wisconsin with high confidence. Okay, tell me please, Arizona State

0:43:08.360 --> 0:43:12.920
<v Speaker 2>without Rashad White and who Diamonte whatever the train of

0:43:12.960 --> 0:43:15.479
<v Speaker 2>the backup running back. This is one of the best

0:43:15.560 --> 0:43:17.640
<v Speaker 2>absolute rushing teams in the country where they not like

0:43:17.719 --> 0:43:20.560
<v Speaker 2>top five or something in terms of how often they

0:43:20.680 --> 0:43:23.360
<v Speaker 2>ran really well. Their success rate on the ground was

0:43:23.640 --> 0:43:27.080
<v Speaker 2>extremely high, elite. What my one might say, Wisconsin already

0:43:27.160 --> 0:43:30.279
<v Speaker 2>has an incredible elite maybe the best rush defense in

0:43:30.320 --> 0:43:33.200
<v Speaker 2>the country short of what Georgia or Clemson one of

0:43:33.239 --> 0:43:36.680
<v Speaker 2>those teams. So Wisconsin comes in with the effort, with carrying,

0:43:36.719 --> 0:43:40.920
<v Speaker 2>with motivation. There is a whiff of If you remember,

0:43:41.760 --> 0:43:44.200
<v Speaker 2>I don't know two three years ago, you remember im

0:43:44.320 --> 0:43:48.520
<v Speaker 2>the Iowa receiver Ivory Smith Marks said something like that

0:43:49.200 --> 0:43:52.200
<v Speaker 2>where Iowa played USC and the Holiday Bowl, and you

0:43:52.320 --> 0:43:57.560
<v Speaker 2>have this reeling Pac twelve team that was inconsistent, higher hopes, disappointed,

0:43:57.920 --> 0:44:01.240
<v Speaker 2>and then you've got a team with defense and looking

0:44:01.360 --> 0:44:05.520
<v Speaker 2>to turn around an offensive narrative in a game out

0:44:05.600 --> 0:44:08.640
<v Speaker 2>west and I alway just blew the doors off of

0:44:08.680 --> 0:44:12.200
<v Speaker 2>that USC team. That's what I'm seeing for Wisconsin here.

0:44:12.520 --> 0:44:14.360
<v Speaker 2>I think they're going to force a bunch of turnovers.

0:44:15.040 --> 0:44:17.560
<v Speaker 2>I think the final score is going to be something

0:44:17.680 --> 0:44:19.080
<v Speaker 2>like thirty five to thirteen.

0:44:19.560 --> 0:44:19.759
<v Speaker 1>Wow.

0:44:19.840 --> 0:44:23.239
<v Speaker 2>I have high confidence in Wisconsin in Vegas the way

0:44:23.280 --> 0:44:25.719
<v Speaker 2>they finish out the season. Yes, I include the game

0:44:25.760 --> 0:44:28.600
<v Speaker 2>against Minnesota which they didn't score an offensive touchdown. I'm

0:44:28.719 --> 0:44:31.480
<v Speaker 2>right there with you, But I don't think Arizona State

0:44:31.600 --> 0:44:34.520
<v Speaker 2>is in that place defensively, especially with how quickly that

0:44:34.600 --> 0:44:36.239
<v Speaker 2>offense might get off the field without a go to

0:44:36.400 --> 0:44:40.280
<v Speaker 2>receiver for Jaden Daniels. I think it's and the uncertainty

0:44:40.280 --> 0:44:44.080
<v Speaker 2>surrounding Arizona States program. Still with herm Edwards, I'm gonna

0:44:44.120 --> 0:44:49.759
<v Speaker 2>go with Wisconsin like high twenties thirties, Wow those confidence wise, Yeah,

0:44:50.160 --> 0:44:53.440
<v Speaker 2>I'm I'm just a little worried this could devoult defense. Baby,

0:44:54.239 --> 0:44:56.440
<v Speaker 2>I get the defense. I'm worried that this could turn

0:44:56.480 --> 0:45:01.680
<v Speaker 2>into a rock fight because it's Wisconsin and that's not

0:45:01.840 --> 0:45:05.440
<v Speaker 2>beyond Wisconsin. Yeah, but what is Arizona State doing to

0:45:05.520 --> 0:45:08.160
<v Speaker 2>move the ball without their clear MVP.

0:45:08.719 --> 0:45:12.120
<v Speaker 1>I know, I know we're both on Wisconsin here. Yeah,

0:45:12.160 --> 0:45:13.919
<v Speaker 1>I'm just a little less confident than you are. Where

0:45:13.960 --> 0:45:14.880
<v Speaker 1>are we eating in Vegas?

0:45:15.600 --> 0:45:19.040
<v Speaker 2>In Vegas, we are going to Lotus of Siam, a classic,

0:45:19.200 --> 0:45:21.600
<v Speaker 2>classic tie place that's just high level. It's in a

0:45:21.680 --> 0:45:24.839
<v Speaker 2>random strip mall and it's excellent. Go to best friend

0:45:24.880 --> 0:45:26.680
<v Speaker 2>if you want to eat somewhere really good on the strip.

0:45:28.280 --> 0:45:31.680
<v Speaker 2>Best friend Roy Choi Kogi Barbecue Fame in La It's

0:45:31.719 --> 0:45:34.560
<v Speaker 2>his sit down restaurant in Vegas. Carbone for super nice Italian.

0:45:34.640 --> 0:45:36.880
<v Speaker 2>It's a New York place that's also in Vegas. And then,

0:45:36.920 --> 0:45:39.320
<v Speaker 2>if you're looking for pizza, which I always am, Pizza

0:45:39.480 --> 0:45:42.480
<v Speaker 2>Rock Tony Geminiani, who you sent me a cameo of

0:45:42.719 --> 0:45:45.720
<v Speaker 2>I did. Chef Tony Geminiani does a great job with pizza.

0:45:45.800 --> 0:45:47.280
<v Speaker 2>Pizza Rock in Vegas.

0:45:48.440 --> 0:45:51.799
<v Speaker 1>Let's go to Friday, December the thirty first, otherwise known

0:45:51.840 --> 0:45:55.400
<v Speaker 1>as New Year's Eve is YO Year's Eve will be

0:45:56.040 --> 0:46:03.200
<v Speaker 1>so awesome. Let's start with the tax Slayer Gator ball

0:46:03.320 --> 0:46:08.359
<v Speaker 1>Dan Yeah, t I a a bank field in Jacksonville.

0:46:08.360 --> 0:46:10.480
<v Speaker 1>It will be the best game they've seen all year

0:46:10.600 --> 0:46:10.960
<v Speaker 1>down there.

0:46:13.719 --> 0:46:16.560
<v Speaker 2>I only follow the Urban Meyer stuff from AFAR. I

0:46:16.600 --> 0:46:19.719
<v Speaker 2>don't really look at NFL stuff, But since he does

0:46:19.800 --> 0:46:24.960
<v Speaker 2>have that college connection, I can say who it does

0:46:25.120 --> 0:46:30.359
<v Speaker 2>not seem good. Urban Meyers fora into professional football does

0:46:30.480 --> 0:46:34.160
<v Speaker 2>not seem to be a long term aspect of his life.

0:46:34.600 --> 0:46:38.800
<v Speaker 1>The wheels are correct, the wheels are definitely off. The

0:46:38.920 --> 0:46:39.760
<v Speaker 1>car is on fire.

0:46:40.680 --> 0:46:42.359
<v Speaker 2>I saw a tweet suggesting I think it was from

0:46:42.480 --> 0:46:45.240
<v Speaker 2>our buddy Chrispy Brown, where it was like, people should

0:46:45.239 --> 0:46:49.040
<v Speaker 2>just start asking Urban Meyer about fictional players to see

0:46:49.040 --> 0:46:51.960
<v Speaker 2>if he knows that they are fictional names, not actual

0:46:52.080 --> 0:46:55.560
<v Speaker 2>members of the Jaguars roster, and see if he responds

0:46:55.600 --> 0:46:57.840
<v Speaker 2>with something like, you know, he's really impressing this. In practice,

0:46:58.040 --> 0:46:59.640
<v Speaker 2>they do that to politicians all the time.

0:47:00.040 --> 0:47:05.839
<v Speaker 1>A great prank, My god man. Yeah, anyway, Wake Forest, Yeah,

0:47:06.360 --> 0:47:08.920
<v Speaker 1>Texas A and M eleven am Eastern time in ESPN.

0:47:09.680 --> 0:47:11.480
<v Speaker 1>Wake is ten and three A and M is eight

0:47:11.520 --> 0:47:14.279
<v Speaker 1>and four A and M favored by five, they were

0:47:14.400 --> 0:47:16.640
<v Speaker 1>favored by seven, and then they were down to five

0:47:16.760 --> 0:47:20.840
<v Speaker 1>after the news came out that Zach Calzada, Zach Calzada

0:47:21.040 --> 0:47:25.120
<v Speaker 1>and his lovable Armada will be setting sail for a

0:47:25.200 --> 0:47:28.640
<v Speaker 1>new port before the bowl game. He is officially in

0:47:28.680 --> 0:47:31.880
<v Speaker 1>the transfer portal. My hunch is that he saw the

0:47:31.960 --> 0:47:34.120
<v Speaker 1>riding on the wall that it wasn't a given he'd

0:47:34.160 --> 0:47:37.160
<v Speaker 1>be even the backup next year, because you know, A

0:47:37.239 --> 0:47:40.040
<v Speaker 1>and M recruits at a very high level, So there

0:47:40.120 --> 0:47:42.279
<v Speaker 1>is a chance here that A and M is going

0:47:42.360 --> 0:47:44.680
<v Speaker 1>to be starting a true freshman walk on named Blake

0:47:44.840 --> 0:47:45.840
<v Speaker 1>Bost or boast.

0:47:47.080 --> 0:47:47.760
<v Speaker 2>He's a lefty.

0:47:47.960 --> 0:47:50.279
<v Speaker 1>I looked a lofty Yep, he's a lefty. He's a

0:47:50.920 --> 0:47:55.880
<v Speaker 1>baseball player. I think. Formerly we've also got to Marvin

0:47:55.960 --> 0:47:58.600
<v Speaker 1>Lele going pro won't be available for A and M,

0:47:58.680 --> 0:48:02.040
<v Speaker 1>so they're gonna be down a few guys here. And

0:48:02.280 --> 0:48:04.520
<v Speaker 1>I think on top of that, the other factor that

0:48:04.760 --> 0:48:09.680
<v Speaker 1>worries me a bit is that there's really no doubt

0:48:09.760 --> 0:48:11.680
<v Speaker 1>to me that this game means a lot more to

0:48:11.760 --> 0:48:13.879
<v Speaker 1>Wake Forest, doesn't it. Don't you think?

0:48:16.160 --> 0:48:18.640
<v Speaker 2>Does this game mean more to Wake Forest than Texas?

0:48:18.680 --> 0:48:19.080
<v Speaker 1>A and M.

0:48:19.400 --> 0:48:24.440
<v Speaker 2>Probably, but that doesn't make their ability to play defense

0:48:24.520 --> 0:48:26.680
<v Speaker 2>any better. I hear you.

0:48:26.840 --> 0:48:30.200
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, true. I originally thought, as I was looking through

0:48:31.360 --> 0:48:34.319
<v Speaker 1>what Wake has done this season, that this game would

0:48:34.360 --> 0:48:39.360
<v Speaker 1>go the root of the time Wake played Clemson or

0:48:39.520 --> 0:48:42.680
<v Speaker 1>the time Wake played Pit and it's one of those

0:48:42.719 --> 0:48:45.480
<v Speaker 1>deals where Wake scores like twenty eight points and then

0:48:45.480 --> 0:48:48.640
<v Speaker 1>they lose because either the opposing defense gets more stops

0:48:49.440 --> 0:48:52.880
<v Speaker 1>or forces turnovers like in the Pit game, something like that,

0:48:53.200 --> 0:48:55.560
<v Speaker 1>but they end up losing comfortably. That was my original

0:48:55.640 --> 0:49:00.880
<v Speaker 1>thought here. But now, man, I'm getting ten seven versus

0:49:01.040 --> 0:49:06.080
<v Speaker 1>Colorado vibes all over again with this news about Calzada leaving.

0:49:06.200 --> 0:49:09.560
<v Speaker 1>I hear you. It's it's weird to me out and

0:49:09.640 --> 0:49:12.160
<v Speaker 1>I still think A and M's better. They're way better

0:49:12.239 --> 0:49:15.680
<v Speaker 1>on defense, to be clear, But I'm worried about them

0:49:16.640 --> 0:49:20.080
<v Speaker 1>getting into a shootout here with Wake Forrest with Blake

0:49:20.239 --> 0:49:24.600
<v Speaker 1>Boast at quarterbacks. So I don't know. I don't have

0:49:24.680 --> 0:49:27.480
<v Speaker 1>any confidence on this game anymore. I am gonna pick

0:49:27.520 --> 0:49:30.759
<v Speaker 1>the team here. Yeah, I originally had A and M.

0:49:30.840 --> 0:49:32.840
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go Wake because I think Wake wants it

0:49:32.960 --> 0:49:36.080
<v Speaker 1>more and I think if there is a chance this

0:49:36.200 --> 0:49:39.440
<v Speaker 1>game gets to like a point where A and m's

0:49:39.440 --> 0:49:41.440
<v Speaker 1>got to score twenty eight points. I'm not sure they

0:49:41.480 --> 0:49:44.319
<v Speaker 1>can do it even against Wake's defense with a walk

0:49:44.400 --> 0:49:49.120
<v Speaker 1>on freshman whatever he is, Blake Boast, I am, I'm

0:49:49.160 --> 0:49:51.280
<v Speaker 1>gonna go Wake low confidence, very low confidence.

0:49:51.360 --> 0:49:54.400
<v Speaker 2>Like for I'm going Okay, I'm going A and M

0:49:54.480 --> 0:49:57.760
<v Speaker 2>medium confidence. And I think you're totally right about motivation

0:49:57.960 --> 0:49:59.960
<v Speaker 2>right that A and M loud like their quarterback is

0:50:00.080 --> 0:50:02.280
<v Speaker 2>gone the leader of this offense. I mean he's backup

0:50:02.320 --> 0:50:03.200
<v Speaker 2>quarterback to Haines King.

0:50:03.239 --> 0:50:03.600
<v Speaker 1>Hayes King.

0:50:03.640 --> 0:50:05.400
<v Speaker 2>I don't believe he's going to be healthy enough to

0:50:05.520 --> 0:50:08.200
<v Speaker 2>play in this one. As you mentioned, Blake Boast walk

0:50:08.320 --> 0:50:11.279
<v Speaker 2>on like two star like I think he had lower

0:50:11.360 --> 0:50:13.840
<v Speaker 2>offers like Arkansas State and stuff. Is what I remember

0:50:13.880 --> 0:50:16.200
<v Speaker 2>looking on I saw him. There's going to be somebody

0:50:16.239 --> 0:50:19.919
<v Speaker 2>this bowl season that's going to fit my favorite turn

0:50:19.960 --> 0:50:23.320
<v Speaker 2>of phrase of the season that fills that applies to

0:50:23.400 --> 0:50:25.680
<v Speaker 2>guys like Tyler Van Dim whatever. Like this guy was

0:50:25.719 --> 0:50:27.839
<v Speaker 2>on your bench the whole time. He was just sitting

0:50:27.880 --> 0:50:34.160
<v Speaker 2>there and against the Wake Forest defense, I nominate Blake

0:50:34.239 --> 0:50:37.520
<v Speaker 2>Boast was just on this team. He was ready to

0:50:37.640 --> 0:50:39.759
<v Speaker 2>roll this like he and he might not be good,

0:50:41.040 --> 0:50:43.200
<v Speaker 2>but he also might throw for four hundred and eight

0:50:43.320 --> 0:50:46.719
<v Speaker 2>yards against Wake Forest, and A and M fans are

0:50:46.760 --> 0:50:48.839
<v Speaker 2>going to start talking themselves into the Blake bost era.

0:50:49.120 --> 0:50:52.759
<v Speaker 2>I don't think that's likely. I just think it's on

0:50:52.880 --> 0:50:57.319
<v Speaker 2>the table. It's hospitally on the and given the skill

0:50:57.400 --> 0:50:59.120
<v Speaker 2>talent of A and M. I know there's been some

0:50:59.200 --> 0:51:01.080
<v Speaker 2>shaky play column for A and M down the stretch

0:51:01.160 --> 0:51:04.680
<v Speaker 2>and some higher leverage moments. But at the same time,

0:51:05.400 --> 0:51:08.759
<v Speaker 2>somebody has to emerge. Somebody has to be the who

0:51:08.840 --> 0:51:12.640
<v Speaker 2>is the TCU quarterback who beat Organ bram Colehousen. Somebody

0:51:12.719 --> 0:51:15.920
<v Speaker 2>has to be just like has to have this moment,

0:51:16.400 --> 0:51:19.640
<v Speaker 2>this bull season moment, and Blake Boast has that name

0:51:19.719 --> 0:51:22.880
<v Speaker 2>that I could I could see us, you know, rounding

0:51:23.760 --> 0:51:27.040
<v Speaker 2>or just a celebrating at the end of bowl season.

0:51:27.080 --> 0:51:29.080
<v Speaker 2>It's just being a nice story. So I'm going with

0:51:29.120 --> 0:51:31.320
<v Speaker 2>A and M here with medium confidence. Just when you

0:51:31.440 --> 0:51:34.520
<v Speaker 2>have that the combination of defense and wild card on offense,

0:51:35.280 --> 0:51:38.319
<v Speaker 2>I'm just going with it. So really impressive season from Wake,

0:51:38.440 --> 0:51:42.560
<v Speaker 2>But yeah, I think the disappointment of not making the

0:51:42.600 --> 0:51:45.080
<v Speaker 2>ACC Championship game and you know, losing the way they

0:51:45.120 --> 0:51:47.760
<v Speaker 2>did to North Carolina, I just don't see the defense

0:51:47.800 --> 0:51:49.000
<v Speaker 2>having a great day. So we'll see.

0:51:49.200 --> 0:51:49.840
<v Speaker 1>I mean they had that.

0:51:50.239 --> 0:51:51.640
<v Speaker 2>Did they not beat A and M in a bowl

0:51:51.719 --> 0:51:52.919
<v Speaker 2>game like four years ago?

0:51:53.239 --> 0:51:54.640
<v Speaker 1>They played a couple of years ago.

0:51:54.719 --> 0:51:56.959
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, I think they won like forty five forty

0:51:57.000 --> 0:51:59.080
<v Speaker 2>two in a shootout, So there is that, there is

0:51:59.120 --> 0:51:59.799
<v Speaker 2>that history there.

0:51:59.840 --> 0:52:01.560
<v Speaker 1>But no, I think it's a different A and M squad.

0:52:01.600 --> 0:52:04.080
<v Speaker 1>So I'm going with the Aggies here the Tony the

0:52:04.160 --> 0:52:08.279
<v Speaker 1>Tiger Sun Bowl. Can I give a recommendation? Oh? I

0:52:08.400 --> 0:52:08.799
<v Speaker 1>was right there.

0:52:08.840 --> 0:52:11.719
<v Speaker 2>I know I'm slow, I'm slow. Please please, Bread and

0:52:11.800 --> 0:52:14.480
<v Speaker 2>board another one of those places, red and board. Yeah,

0:52:14.560 --> 0:52:17.040
<v Speaker 2>grilled sandwiches, you know, super and sandwich.

0:52:17.360 --> 0:52:20.879
<v Speaker 1>I like that stuff. I'm in Tony the Tiger sun Bowl.

0:52:20.880 --> 0:52:21.239
<v Speaker 1>Here we go.

0:52:21.680 --> 0:52:23.759
<v Speaker 2>Okay, Ellen J how about that. I'll get it. I'll

0:52:23.760 --> 0:52:26.120
<v Speaker 2>get it right off the bat. An old school text

0:52:26.200 --> 0:52:29.880
<v Speaker 2>mechs place the letter l am percant j Ellen J.

0:52:30.320 --> 0:52:32.799
<v Speaker 2>Old school text mexanel Passo. Can't go wrong, You can't

0:52:32.840 --> 0:52:34.280
<v Speaker 2>go wrong text mexanel Passo.

0:52:34.480 --> 0:52:37.160
<v Speaker 1>Right, No, Tony the Tiger sub ball he played at

0:52:37.160 --> 0:52:39.840
<v Speaker 1>the Sun Bowl in l Passo high noon, Eastern Times,

0:52:39.920 --> 0:52:44.279
<v Speaker 1>CBS again, this one on New Year's Rocking Eve, Wazoo

0:52:44.920 --> 0:52:46.839
<v Speaker 1>seven and five. They are a two and a half

0:52:46.960 --> 0:52:52.719
<v Speaker 1>point dog against Miami. Miami also seven and five. If

0:52:52.760 --> 0:52:55.680
<v Speaker 1>we could you could humor me for a second, I'm ready.

0:52:56.160 --> 0:52:58.759
<v Speaker 1>Can we pull into the motivation station for just a

0:52:58.840 --> 0:53:03.200
<v Speaker 1>hot minute too. Wazoo promoted from within, with Jake Dickert

0:53:04.360 --> 0:53:07.640
<v Speaker 1>taking over officially. This is a team that had a

0:53:07.680 --> 0:53:10.600
<v Speaker 1>shot at the Pac twelve North down the stretch, and

0:53:10.719 --> 0:53:14.560
<v Speaker 1>they played hard for Dickert. Remember this is a weird

0:53:14.840 --> 0:53:17.960
<v Speaker 1>circumstance for Wazoo this year, with the whole Rolovich thing

0:53:18.680 --> 0:53:21.440
<v Speaker 1>that had to be a distraction. Dickert was able to

0:53:21.520 --> 0:53:24.080
<v Speaker 1>circle the wagons and that's why he got the job.

0:53:24.160 --> 0:53:27.200
<v Speaker 1>The players played hard for him. They definitely got better

0:53:27.360 --> 0:53:30.759
<v Speaker 1>too as the season wore on, and he shifted some

0:53:30.840 --> 0:53:33.280
<v Speaker 1>stuff around on his staff now, but it's still pretty

0:53:33.320 --> 0:53:43.200
<v Speaker 1>much intact. Meanwhile, Miami got its guy. Yeah, but what

0:53:43.440 --> 0:53:49.120
<v Speaker 1>a freaking tire fire. What a tirefire? Yeah for the

0:53:49.280 --> 0:53:53.600
<v Speaker 1>Knes Right now, this is a team even before all this, right,

0:53:53.920 --> 0:53:56.480
<v Speaker 1>the reason that we even had the Manny Diaz conversation,

0:53:56.800 --> 0:54:00.920
<v Speaker 1>as awkward as it was, was because this is a team. Granted,

0:54:01.040 --> 0:54:01.960
<v Speaker 1>went seven and five.

0:54:02.360 --> 0:54:03.239
<v Speaker 2>If you look at this team.

0:54:03.280 --> 0:54:05.880
<v Speaker 1>They could have gone three and nine. They could have

0:54:05.920 --> 0:54:08.719
<v Speaker 1>pulled a full Nebraska here had a few things go

0:54:08.840 --> 0:54:10.880
<v Speaker 1>on the other way. There were a bunch of close

0:54:10.960 --> 0:54:15.279
<v Speaker 1>wins here, and that's even after they discovered Tyler van Dyke.

0:54:16.000 --> 0:54:19.040
<v Speaker 1>So I just think they are checked out. There are

0:54:19.200 --> 0:54:22.680
<v Speaker 1>too many distractions here. The manny Ds thing was handled

0:54:22.840 --> 0:54:25.759
<v Speaker 1>very poorly. I like Tyler van Dyke. They'll still find

0:54:25.760 --> 0:54:28.560
<v Speaker 1>a way to score. But Wazoo just feels like they're

0:54:28.840 --> 0:54:31.879
<v Speaker 1>much more together as a unit right now. So I'm

0:54:31.960 --> 0:54:34.279
<v Speaker 1>with Wazoo. I feel pretty good about it. I'd say

0:54:34.360 --> 0:54:37.160
<v Speaker 1>like medium confidence here. Wazoo in the Sun.

0:54:37.080 --> 0:54:43.760
<v Speaker 2>Bowl, Yeah, I worry a little bit about the mistake

0:54:43.920 --> 0:54:50.319
<v Speaker 2>prone issues of the Wazoo offense against This is Sun Bowl, right, yeah, Tony,

0:54:50.640 --> 0:54:53.879
<v Speaker 2>I think the motivation is with Wazoo here. I'm going

0:54:54.000 --> 0:54:57.480
<v Speaker 2>Koog's here. I'm going medium load to medium confidence because

0:54:57.600 --> 0:55:01.800
<v Speaker 2>picking against the better quarterback is worrisome in a matchup

0:55:01.920 --> 0:55:05.120
<v Speaker 2>like this, but nothing normal happens in the Sun Bowl.

0:55:05.360 --> 0:55:09.360
<v Speaker 2>So I'm gonna go Wazoo ugly. And we've seen like

0:55:09.560 --> 0:55:12.360
<v Speaker 2>stretches from Tyler van Dyke early on in games that

0:55:12.480 --> 0:55:14.799
<v Speaker 2>have been disappointing, like he'll start out four of ten,

0:55:15.120 --> 0:55:17.520
<v Speaker 2>he'll start out three of eleven, you know, something like that,

0:55:17.640 --> 0:55:20.560
<v Speaker 2>and then gets into a groove. I'm gonna go with

0:55:20.640 --> 0:55:24.759
<v Speaker 2>Wazoo here. I think you're right. I just man, amateurism

0:55:24.880 --> 0:55:26.560
<v Speaker 2>is a silly term, but it kind of does apply

0:55:26.680 --> 0:55:29.000
<v Speaker 2>to how Miami runs its football program right now.

0:55:29.040 --> 0:55:30.200
<v Speaker 1>Anyway, maybe that'll.

0:55:30.040 --> 0:55:34.880
<v Speaker 2>Change as Yeah, I just think Miami players, I don't know,

0:55:35.040 --> 0:55:37.600
<v Speaker 2>they were sort of left tongue out to dry a

0:55:37.640 --> 0:55:40.920
<v Speaker 2>little bit with like the way Manny Diaz situation was handled.

0:55:40.960 --> 0:55:43.640
<v Speaker 2>And I'm sure you know they're gonna, you know, everything

0:55:43.680 --> 0:55:46.279
<v Speaker 2>will be galvanized under Mario Cristobal sooner rather than later.

0:55:46.320 --> 0:55:48.200
<v Speaker 2>But right now, I just think they it's, you know,

0:55:48.480 --> 0:55:52.120
<v Speaker 2>the the desire to start that new era going outpass.

0:55:52.160 --> 0:55:53.879
<v Speaker 2>So I don't think it is the formula. So I'm

0:55:53.960 --> 0:55:57.040
<v Speaker 2>going with h with Wazoo here, medium load to medium confidence.

0:55:57.840 --> 0:56:01.719
<v Speaker 1>All right, let's go to the Barstools Sports Arizona Bowl. Yes,

0:56:01.840 --> 0:56:05.800
<v Speaker 1>Barstool Sports sponsoring a bowl game played in Arizona Stadium

0:56:05.880 --> 0:56:09.840
<v Speaker 1>in Tucson, two PM. I believe it is through barstool

0:56:09.880 --> 0:56:14.120
<v Speaker 1>dot Com. Yeah, that's daring it digitally, is what I

0:56:14.440 --> 0:56:19.440
<v Speaker 1>could gather Central Michigan Boise State. Boise is favored by

0:56:20.360 --> 0:56:22.440
<v Speaker 1>ten and a half points in this game. Dan I

0:56:23.440 --> 0:56:26.160
<v Speaker 1>went and I checked out both schools to the extent

0:56:26.239 --> 0:56:29.160
<v Speaker 1>that I could. I've watched obviously a lot more of

0:56:29.239 --> 0:56:32.240
<v Speaker 1>Boise than I have of Central Michigan. The single worst

0:56:32.560 --> 0:56:36.040
<v Speaker 1>thing in this game is the Chippewas defense, correct, And

0:56:36.160 --> 0:56:40.160
<v Speaker 1>I think that's why you take Boise State. Their offense

0:56:40.239 --> 0:56:44.040
<v Speaker 1>is pretty good. Central Michigan I think they'll push Boise

0:56:44.760 --> 0:56:47.880
<v Speaker 1>mm hmm. So there's that factor to keep in mind.

0:56:48.640 --> 0:56:51.719
<v Speaker 1>I'd also say that Boise's offense wasn't really that great

0:56:51.800 --> 0:56:55.720
<v Speaker 1>this season. You know, there's so often associated with pyrotechnical offense,

0:56:55.800 --> 0:56:58.680
<v Speaker 1>but they weren't all that good this year. Hank Bachmeier

0:56:58.719 --> 0:57:00.400
<v Speaker 1>has been beat up, he's dealing with I think a

0:57:00.520 --> 0:57:04.239
<v Speaker 1>knee injury. Khalil Skinner, their top wide out, could end

0:57:04.320 --> 0:57:06.520
<v Speaker 1>up opting out as well. So there, it's not a

0:57:06.719 --> 0:57:08.880
<v Speaker 1>slam dunk. Ten and a half points feels like it

0:57:09.000 --> 0:57:11.960
<v Speaker 1>might be a bit much, But I just come back

0:57:12.000 --> 0:57:13.840
<v Speaker 1>to the fact that I don't have a great reason

0:57:13.920 --> 0:57:15.160
<v Speaker 1>to pick Central Michigan here.

0:57:16.320 --> 0:57:18.920
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I am I like mac football, but and I

0:57:18.960 --> 0:57:20.600
<v Speaker 2>don't know I don't have the numbers in front of me,

0:57:20.720 --> 0:57:23.400
<v Speaker 2>so I can't say this with absolute certainty. But matched

0:57:23.440 --> 0:57:26.040
<v Speaker 2>up against conferences that I feel are stronger, like the

0:57:26.080 --> 0:57:28.720
<v Speaker 2>Mountain West, a conference in which Boise State was playing

0:57:28.760 --> 0:57:29.600
<v Speaker 2>for the championship.

0:57:29.640 --> 0:57:30.000
<v Speaker 1>Were they not?

0:57:30.240 --> 0:57:32.040
<v Speaker 2>No, they weren't playing for the championship. They lost to

0:57:32.080 --> 0:57:34.240
<v Speaker 2>San Diego State a week before they could have I believe.

0:57:36.720 --> 0:57:36.919
<v Speaker 1>Yeah.

0:57:37.320 --> 0:57:39.880
<v Speaker 2>It worries me and I it's I had his name,

0:57:39.960 --> 0:57:41.600
<v Speaker 2>now I forget it. I think it's Dan something or

0:57:41.680 --> 0:57:46.200
<v Speaker 2>Daniel something, the quarterback for Central Michigan. I am just

0:57:46.400 --> 0:57:48.680
<v Speaker 2>not I think you're right that the defense for Central

0:57:48.720 --> 0:57:50.280
<v Speaker 2>Michigan worries me to the point I know that the

0:57:50.320 --> 0:57:52.360
<v Speaker 2>opt outs and the injuries are tough for Boise State.

0:57:52.720 --> 0:57:56.480
<v Speaker 2>I'm still going Broncos here with medium confidence because of

0:57:56.560 --> 0:57:59.320
<v Speaker 2>my lack of faith in a bad MAC defense, which

0:57:59.400 --> 0:58:01.400
<v Speaker 2>is also why I had the issues with NIU against

0:58:01.480 --> 0:58:04.080
<v Speaker 2>I think Coastal that's who NIU is playing in their

0:58:04.160 --> 0:58:08.439
<v Speaker 2>bowl matchup. So I'm going with with Boise in Tucson, which,

0:58:08.480 --> 0:58:13.480
<v Speaker 2>by the way, sometimes I come across foods that are

0:58:13.600 --> 0:58:16.880
<v Speaker 2>within a genre of food that I know I already like,

0:58:16.960 --> 0:58:19.360
<v Speaker 2>whether it's you know, Italian food or Japanese food, or

0:58:19.400 --> 0:58:22.640
<v Speaker 2>Mexican food, or you know whatever. And I come across

0:58:22.680 --> 0:58:26.880
<v Speaker 2>a new like subgenre of a food, and my ears

0:58:26.960 --> 0:58:30.040
<v Speaker 2>tingle a new genus, right, a new genus, a new

0:58:30.160 --> 0:58:35.760
<v Speaker 2>phylum inside of a kingdom. And there is a Sonoran

0:58:36.000 --> 0:58:40.400
<v Speaker 2>Sonorias state of Mexico, a Sonoran specialty called a cadamelo

0:58:40.600 --> 0:58:43.680
<v Speaker 2>catamelo to your you know, cottamelo like the candy bar almost,

0:58:43.720 --> 0:58:47.120
<v Speaker 2>you know. And it's not quite a casadia. It's not

0:58:47.320 --> 0:58:51.000
<v Speaker 2>quite a burrito. It's like a big or like a

0:58:51.120 --> 0:58:56.200
<v Speaker 2>medium sized folded burrito, but it's technically a kind of

0:58:56.240 --> 0:58:58.760
<v Speaker 2>over stuffed casadia. It sort of splits the difference. And

0:58:58.760 --> 0:59:01.640
<v Speaker 2>it's called a cadamelo. And there's a truck and there

0:59:01.680 --> 0:59:03.280
<v Speaker 2>they are the places you can get in La and

0:59:03.440 --> 0:59:06.320
<v Speaker 2>you know, through various places, but Tucson, being so close

0:59:06.400 --> 0:59:09.480
<v Speaker 2>to the Sonoran state within Mexico, they've got a couple

0:59:09.520 --> 0:59:13.480
<v Speaker 2>of standout places. It appears caramelo cadamelo King is a

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<v Speaker 2>truck that makes these cadamellos and the thin flower tortillas

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<v Speaker 2>and they charm on the grill and then they you know,

0:59:20.880 --> 0:59:24.760
<v Speaker 2>carne asada and beans and salsa. The first time I

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<v Speaker 2>had one at a place called Sonora Toown, which you

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<v Speaker 2>should go to in La My ears tingled like this

0:59:29.840 --> 0:59:32.800
<v Speaker 2>speaks to me. I am dedicating as much of my

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<v Speaker 2>Mexican food eating time to discovering and experimenting with cadamelos

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<v Speaker 2>So Cadamelo king in Tucson area.

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<v Speaker 1>Excellent. All right, Yeah, go to the first of two

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<v Speaker 1>playoff semi finals again. They're playing it on New Year's Eve,

0:59:49.400 --> 0:59:52.440
<v Speaker 1>the biggest pet peeve of mine of all time in

0:59:52.520 --> 0:59:56.680
<v Speaker 1>college football. And look, I'm a man, I'm forty. I'm

0:59:56.720 --> 0:59:58.920
<v Speaker 1>not necessarily going out to the bars the way I

0:59:59.040 --> 1:00:03.040
<v Speaker 1>used to on New Year's e even still, are you

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<v Speaker 1>kidding me with this? Are you kidding me with this? Well?

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<v Speaker 2>What I mean, what would be your plan? I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you're forty now, you don't sleep, you're old. You center

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<v Speaker 2>your life around the whims of a big, fluffy doggie.

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<v Speaker 2>So what were you going to be doing otherwise if

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<v Speaker 2>this game were on New Year's Day or January two

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<v Speaker 2>or something like that on New Year's Eve.

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<v Speaker 1>Here's the thing, Dan, It's not about me. It's about

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<v Speaker 1>explaining it to the loved ones. That makes it very difficult,

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<v Speaker 1>very difficult, even though this is now the job. Really mean,

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<v Speaker 1>they're playing it on New Year's Eve? Really?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, did solid wife Kate have like, were you

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<v Speaker 2>going to be taking a private jet to Macau? What

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<v Speaker 2>were you going to be doing?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay?

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<v Speaker 2>Who's to say?

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<v Speaker 1>Okay, probably not doing anything this year? Okay, but even still,

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<v Speaker 1>it's just I hate it. I hate it. This is

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<v Speaker 1>okay and this is probably the Rose bowls fault or

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<v Speaker 1>the Sugar Bowl. I don't know whose Bold fault it is,

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<v Speaker 1>but figure this out. Good on New Year's Day. Good

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<v Speaker 1>on New Year's Day, Thank you and Rand. First of

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<v Speaker 1>two games. This one's played at the Goodyear Cotton Bowl

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<v Speaker 1>in Arlington at AT and T Stadium three point thirty

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<v Speaker 1>New Year's Eve, ESPN number four, Cincinnati at thirteen and

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<v Speaker 1>ohero number one, Alabama at twelve and one. Alabama, for

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<v Speaker 1>what it's worth, favored by thirteen and a half points.

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<v Speaker 1>We are going to do a much more exhaustive preview

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<v Speaker 1>of the New Year's six and the playoff games as

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<v Speaker 1>we get a little bit closer to those games. But

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<v Speaker 1>the reason that we're doing this now is because we're

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<v Speaker 1>trying to help you with your winter wonders Pool. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>so we'll give you a brief overview here, maybe outline

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<v Speaker 1>or thinking. I don't know if it's going to come

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<v Speaker 1>as any great surprize, but just to make sure we

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<v Speaker 1>close the loop here and cover all of our bases. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm on Bama. I'm on them with medium high confidence.

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<v Speaker 1>What is medium high confidence to you? What is government

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<v Speaker 1>to you? Medium high confidence? Put like thirty on Alabama.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean I think that's full on high.

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<v Speaker 1>Thirty, like twenty eight somewhere in that twenty five to

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<v Speaker 1>thirty let's say. Okay, between the two playoff games, though,

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<v Speaker 1>I would say that I am less confident in this

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<v Speaker 1>one than I am the George Michigan game. Why is that.

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<v Speaker 1>I think Des Richards a good quarterback. I think Cincinnati

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<v Speaker 1>can attack you multiple ways on offense. They don't have

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<v Speaker 1>the amount of weapons out wide that Alabama does. Nobody

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<v Speaker 1>really does outside of a couple teams, you know, namely

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<v Speaker 1>Ohio State. But I think they can run a varied

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<v Speaker 1>enough offense that it can keep Alabama guessing. And so

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<v Speaker 1>you combine that with a pretty good defense, combined with

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<v Speaker 1>the fact that they've played really well in their big

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<v Speaker 1>games this year. Wait, they pretty good. They played really well.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, come on, put some respect on this cincinnat defense.

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<v Speaker 2>On Sauce Gardner's name. I I just I don't think this.

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<v Speaker 1>Is a slam dunk. And now I'm talking myself into

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<v Speaker 1>maybe not that many confidence points, maybe maybe a little

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<v Speaker 1>bit lower on the totem pole.

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<v Speaker 2>You're still like Bama the case for lower confidence and

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<v Speaker 2>we'll get into specific matchups and specific you know, more

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<v Speaker 2>granular details about this matchup is this is a rap

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<v Speaker 2>poison game for Alabama. This is the game that it

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<v Speaker 2>would take so much more or so much less. I

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<v Speaker 2>think convincing from Nick Saban top down to his players

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<v Speaker 2>to say, look we have Michigan, Look, we have Ohio State.

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<v Speaker 2>Look we have Oklahoma State. Look we have whoever from

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<v Speaker 2>a major conference in this bowl game. Whereas Cincinnati he

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<v Speaker 2>can say, look, they hung with Georgia last year. They

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<v Speaker 2>gave Georgia everything they could handle last year in a

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<v Speaker 2>New Year six game. Look they went undefeated. You guys

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<v Speaker 2>didn't go undefeated. Cincinnati went undefeated. You can point to

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<v Speaker 2>all these things droving forward Alabama running back. You know

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<v Speaker 2>that this is a legit squad. This is not a

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<v Speaker 2>cute story, but you can't change the fact that Cincinnati

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<v Speaker 2>played in the American and not the Big twelve, Big

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<v Speaker 2>ten Pack twelve, acc whatever. And so there is that

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<v Speaker 2>Oh my god, Bama's down fourteen to three and they

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<v Speaker 2>might still win this game. But that's rat poison, right.

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<v Speaker 1>There is.

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<v Speaker 2>More convincing needed in the lead up to this game.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody's taking Bama. Everybody's talking Bama Georgia rematch or something

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<v Speaker 2>like that. The mentality thing makes it tricky, especially with

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<v Speaker 2>this is not a bulletproof Alabama team. We saw him

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<v Speaker 2>against LSU, we saw him against Auburn, and so against

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<v Speaker 2>a speedy secondary, an opportunistic pass rush and secondary against

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<v Speaker 2>a legit offense. I don't think they have the Winter

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<v Speaker 2>Wonders out wide, which is why that's the big scaret

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<v Speaker 2>about taking Cincinnati outright in a confidence pool situation. But man,

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<v Speaker 2>I think this is a landmine of a matchup for Bama.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's I'm gonna revise a little bit downward, Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>just out of respect to what Cincinnati did this year.

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<v Speaker 1>I think we both are in agreement that we're on Bama. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I'll say I mean, but still speak with your chest

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<v Speaker 1>like twenty three points, okay, twenty three points, Okay, I

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<v Speaker 1>think that's reasonable. Were you eating in Arlington?

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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's DFW, I guess so you're all over

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<v Speaker 2>the place. But in the greater area Norri hand Roll

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<v Speaker 2>I may have mentioned that on the previous Yeah, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know if it was which which matchup we

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<v Speaker 2>talked about those in Dallas, but also I also mentioned Cadillac.

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<v Speaker 2>That's cattle ack if you understand, it's a barbecue place.

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<v Speaker 2>But you can eat really well obviously in DFW area.

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<v Speaker 2>I just like hand rolls man all right.

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<v Speaker 1>Second of two playoff semi finals at seven point thirty

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<v Speaker 1>at the Capitol One Orange Bowl Hard Rock Stadium in Miami,

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<v Speaker 1>seven thirty pm Eastern Time on ESPN. Number three Georgia

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<v Speaker 1>at twelve and one, about a seven and a half

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<v Speaker 1>eight point favorite over the Michigan Wolverines, also twelve and one,

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<v Speaker 1>champions of the Big Ten. Mm hm, I am on

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<v Speaker 1>Georgia here, high confidence. No matter how many Michigan people

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<v Speaker 1>email or tweet me and say that I'm biased, Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't care. Sure.

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<v Speaker 2>I am speak with your chest, stay with it.

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<v Speaker 1>I am rooting for Michigan, believe it or not. Yes,

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<v Speaker 1>I am rooting for Michigan. I want to see Jim

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<v Speaker 1>Harbaugh get this thing. Okay, I'm still on Georgia, and

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<v Speaker 1>I still don't think it's particularly close. And the reason

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<v Speaker 1>for that is very simple. They sort of play similar styles,

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<v Speaker 1>don't they. I bet yeah that they.

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<v Speaker 2>We don't need excellent quarterback play, but it's power rushing,

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<v Speaker 2>it's opportunistic defense, it's you know, the pass rush being

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<v Speaker 2>a huge key and probably the strongest thing that either

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<v Speaker 2>team has going in this game.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, So I they play similar enough styles, and I

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<v Speaker 1>just feel like the Georgia defense is good enough to

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<v Speaker 1>take away that one thing that Michigan excels at, which

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<v Speaker 1>is running the football right. And if this devolves to

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<v Speaker 1>a game where Cade McNamara is throwing it forty times,

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<v Speaker 1>which is very possible, I don't like that formula for Michigan.

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<v Speaker 1>And maybe that's too simplistic, but that's how I feel

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<v Speaker 1>about it. And I totally get the argument, by the way,

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<v Speaker 1>that it sort of cuts both ways, right, because it's

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<v Speaker 1>not like George's offense overwhelmed anybody in the SEC title game, right,

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<v Speaker 1>Stetson Bennett throw in fifty times isn't exactly you know

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<v Speaker 1>that that's not exactly what Kirby smart wants him, throwing

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<v Speaker 1>that many times into the teeth of a good defense,

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<v Speaker 1>like come on, and this is a good Michigan defense.

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<v Speaker 1>To be fairer, they can cause problems for Georgia. There's

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<v Speaker 1>even a chance that they're going to say enough of

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<v Speaker 1>Stetson Bennett, we got to go to JT. Daniels. So

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<v Speaker 1>maybe it's not a slam dunk. Obviously Vegas doesn't think

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<v Speaker 1>it is. It's only a one score spread here. But

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<v Speaker 1>I just feel very strongly that Georgia can do more

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<v Speaker 1>damage to Michigan's offense than vice versa, which is why

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<v Speaker 1>I like them handily in this game. I just think

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<v Speaker 1>Michigan's gonna have a have a hard time moving the ball,

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<v Speaker 1>and yeah, for me, there's a better chance here of

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<v Speaker 1>Georgia taking this one into rock Fight territory, grinding it out,

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<v Speaker 1>doing the crock pot thing and thing, and winning by

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<v Speaker 1>like seventeen points. So again, I'm rooting for Michigan. I

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<v Speaker 1>like Jim Harbaugh. He's had a great run this season.

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<v Speaker 1>I want to see them do this thing. I'd love

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<v Speaker 1>nothing more than for Michigan to make it into the

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<v Speaker 1>end of the championship game. But I just don't see it, Dan,

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<v Speaker 1>I don't see it. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>I guess what you can point to if you are

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<v Speaker 2>hesitant about Michigan is I mean the couple performances right

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<v Speaker 2>the Nebraska game, the Penn State game, and Penn State

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<v Speaker 2>has one of the best defenses in the country. And

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<v Speaker 2>Penn State's defense isn't where Georgia's is and can be.

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<v Speaker 1>So I hear you. I'm totally with you.

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<v Speaker 2>I like Georgia.

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<v Speaker 1>I'm not on the confidence level that you're at.

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<v Speaker 2>Michigan is what a not to put this on JJ McCarthy,

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<v Speaker 2>but like kind of a failed hand off away from

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<v Speaker 2>being undefeated, and so that's very difficult to do.

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<v Speaker 1>And they're not undefeated.

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<v Speaker 2>So there's the Rutgers second half, there's Nebraska, there's Penn State,

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<v Speaker 2>there are you know, there are times where they just

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<v Speaker 2>didn't dominate teams like Georgia dominated teams. I don't know

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<v Speaker 2>what Georgia's schedule is in your mind compared to Michigan's,

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<v Speaker 2>but I'm going Georgia as well. I'm going with the defense.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going with the depth that Georgia can turn to

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<v Speaker 2>on both sides of the ball at running back. Pickens

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<v Speaker 2>now healthy and we saw him make a huge play

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<v Speaker 2>against Bama, but in a huge game with a more

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<v Speaker 2>balanced team than Iowa, to say the least, I think

1:10:10.920 --> 1:10:14.400
<v Speaker 2>Kate McNamara will make plays. But if Kate McNamara throws

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<v Speaker 2>an interception, that might be enough for Georgia to win

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<v Speaker 2>this game, right, And that's you know, there are teams

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<v Speaker 2>that were not able to take advantage Ohio State, you

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<v Speaker 2>know that just didn't have it. But man, I just

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<v Speaker 2>think the formula for beating Georgia is to have a

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<v Speaker 2>potentially excellent quarterback that's short of that which Bryce Young is.

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<v Speaker 2>He's a Heisman Trophy winner. It's just a little too much.

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<v Speaker 2>Now if Aiden Hutchinson and Devin o'jabo, David o'jabo forced

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<v Speaker 2>two strip sacks or you know, popstats in Bennett and

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<v Speaker 2>then he throws it straight up into the air to

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<v Speaker 2>Dax Hill or something like that, Like, yeah, I could

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<v Speaker 2>see that. I just think there are more bullet points

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<v Speaker 2>needed from Michigan to win this game. It's nowhere near

1:11:01.200 --> 1:11:05.120
<v Speaker 2>impossible for Michigan to win this game. They just need this,

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<v Speaker 2>that and the other thing. Whereas Georgia kind of just

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<v Speaker 2>needs to play within a standard deviation of itself and

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<v Speaker 2>not make, you know, killer mistakes and turnovers like they

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<v Speaker 2>did against Bama.

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<v Speaker 1>So it's just easier to see.

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<v Speaker 2>So I have twenty eighteen to twenty two confidence points

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<v Speaker 2>in Georgia.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I probably go a little bit higher. I'm probably

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<v Speaker 1>closer to that's fine, twenty eight thirty. But I just

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<v Speaker 1>don't I don't see it. I think I think this

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<v Speaker 1>is the kind of game and I kind of am

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<v Speaker 1>doing a little bit of revisionist history here because I

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<v Speaker 1>tweeted out after that SEC title game that Georgia was

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<v Speaker 1>going to destroy Michigan. Then I looked at the numbers

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<v Speaker 1>and it's like, okay, Like I could see a path here.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I could see a path.

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<v Speaker 1>From Michigan to keep this one close to, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>fight Georgia again. They just similar enough in style that

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<v Speaker 1>I could see them hanging around and this being close.

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<v Speaker 1>I just keep coming back to the fact that I

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<v Speaker 1>think Michigan's gonna gonna ultimately be forced out of its

1:12:04.360 --> 1:12:05.920
<v Speaker 1>game plan and that's going to be their undoing.

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<v Speaker 2>But no games in Miami, by the way, could be soggy.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know, if that changes any calculus for you,

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<v Speaker 2>if this is a soggy game, we'll go.

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<v Speaker 1>Into more detail.

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<v Speaker 2>Obviously, now we're going into a lot of details about

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<v Speaker 2>this game, and we said we wouldn't, but you know

1:12:18.240 --> 1:12:21.080
<v Speaker 2>that changes a little bit of you know, is Michigan

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<v Speaker 2>better prepared to win a rock fight? You know that's

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<v Speaker 2>It's probably what both coaches want deep down.

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<v Speaker 1>Anyway.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh yeah, where do we go in Miami to eat?

1:12:29.320 --> 1:12:31.560
<v Speaker 2>Head to win Wood. There's lots of different neighborhoods that

1:12:31.560 --> 1:12:33.519
<v Speaker 2>are great in Miami. You a little van or whatever.

1:12:33.920 --> 1:12:37.400
<v Speaker 2>Win Wood, cool area, a little more hipster for better

1:12:37.479 --> 1:12:40.679
<v Speaker 2>or for worse. A lot of street art. Zach the Baker,

1:12:41.200 --> 1:12:45.599
<v Speaker 2>great job, pastries, more savory, baked goods, Panther coffee, terrific,

1:12:47.680 --> 1:12:50.280
<v Speaker 2>taco stand really good though it's kind of a rip

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<v Speaker 2>off of Los Tacos number one in New York. Uh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>just walk around Winwood.

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<v Speaker 1>It's great. Zach the Baker delicious. We don't love it

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<v Speaker 1>all right, Let's go to New Year's Day. Let's do it.

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<v Speaker 1>Start with the Outback Bowl mm hmm, Raymond James Stadium, Tampa, Florida,

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<v Speaker 1>twelve pm, ESPN two. It's Penn State at seven and five,

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<v Speaker 1>Arkansas eight and four, Penn State favored by two. We

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<v Speaker 1>got Treilon Burke's opting out for Arkansas, big receiver going

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<v Speaker 1>pro built like t O, He's going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>force in the NFL. I agree. On the Penn State side,

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<v Speaker 1>we got Brent Prye leaving four Virginia Tech their defensive coordinator.

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<v Speaker 1>I have not seen if Johan Dotson is gonna opt

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<v Speaker 1>out yet. I would expect that he probably would. Okay,

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<v Speaker 1>I think I think this game and the rest of

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<v Speaker 1>the New York New Year six, excuse me, is probably

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<v Speaker 1>the best testament to the strategy that I mentioned last episode.

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<v Speaker 1>Early in this episode, we have no I have no

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<v Speaker 1>idea who's winning these games, any of them, and so

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<v Speaker 1>rather than go with the default number of confidence points,

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<v Speaker 1>just put as few points as possible in these games. Yeah.

1:14:08.640 --> 1:14:09.160
<v Speaker 2>I don't want to.

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<v Speaker 1>Put forty in this game? Are you kidding me? I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know who's winning. I have no idea. I think

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<v Speaker 1>I go Arkansas. I think I go Arkansas with a

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<v Speaker 1>little confidence because I kind of felt like Penn State

1:14:20.600 --> 1:14:22.519
<v Speaker 1>was checked out at the end of the year. They

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<v Speaker 1>still couldn't run the ball. They never figured that part out,

1:14:25.600 --> 1:14:28.000
<v Speaker 1>and they have not played a quarterback all year like

1:14:28.120 --> 1:14:31.880
<v Speaker 1>kJ Jefferson and he's gonna give him fits. It's a

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<v Speaker 1>good defense. I mean no, not specifically the physicality of

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<v Speaker 1>kJ Jefferson, but on his level, I mean c J. Stroud,

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<v Speaker 1>but just the mobile nature of KJJ not a runner. Yeah, yeah,

1:14:44.800 --> 1:14:47.519
<v Speaker 1>they haven't played a guy like that all year, and

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<v Speaker 1>it just feels like the kind of game where kJ

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<v Speaker 1>gives them fits. And I don't know what Penn State's

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<v Speaker 1>deal is going to be on offense. I saw Sean

1:14:54.640 --> 1:14:56.880
<v Speaker 1>Clifford's coming back, which I hate and I'm not going

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<v Speaker 1>to go into right now, but I just feel like

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<v Speaker 1>I gotta go to Arkansas here. Low confidence, low confidence,

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<v Speaker 1>but give me, give me the Hogs.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, even who did penns like? They started extremely slow

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<v Speaker 2>against Rutgers and they eventually won that they shut him

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<v Speaker 2>out twenty seven thirty nothing. I don't know whatever it was.

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<v Speaker 2>I'm just in a close game. This Penn State team

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<v Speaker 2>has not performed. If we do think it's going to be,

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<v Speaker 2>I just I'm going to Arkansas here, and it's very

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<v Speaker 2>difficult because Penn State has the clear better defense. So

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<v Speaker 2>I'm now picking against a belief system thing. But Penn

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<v Speaker 2>State now without their defensive coordinator in this game, so

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<v Speaker 2>that changes how I feel about their defense a little bit.

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<v Speaker 2>Now their staff is good and Poindexter decided not to leave.

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<v Speaker 2>Correct the codc He is coming to Penn State.

1:15:48.520 --> 1:15:50.840
<v Speaker 1>He is coming back. He interviewed for Virginia, but he

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<v Speaker 1>is back now with Penn State.

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<v Speaker 2>Right, Yeah, I'm going to Arkansas here. I'm going quarterback.

1:15:55.479 --> 1:15:58.479
<v Speaker 2>I'm going motivation. You know Penn State, you know the

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<v Speaker 2>close but no cigar games against Michigan and Ohio State. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to Arkansas here. Sam Pittman trying to By

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<v Speaker 2>the way, did you see what he was asking for

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<v Speaker 2>contract by.

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<v Speaker 1>Oh yeah yeah, woo woa.

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<v Speaker 2>And you know what, I don't blame him. I don't

1:16:12.600 --> 1:16:14.600
<v Speaker 2>blame him. Double your salary go to three and a

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<v Speaker 2>half to seven million. If he gets in six point two,

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<v Speaker 2>it's a win. And like, how much is it worth

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<v Speaker 2>to Arkansas's administration to not plumb the depths of the

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<v Speaker 2>Chad Morris experiment? Again, Yeah, it's good amount, good amount

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<v Speaker 2>of money. So I'm going to Arkansas here to finish

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<v Speaker 2>on a high note. And uh, when when they're Outback Bowl,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way out Back Steakhouse where Dan Lanning met

1:16:37.680 --> 1:16:41.120
<v Speaker 2>his wife, both working at Outback Steakhouse, New Oregon coach. Now,

1:16:41.160 --> 1:16:43.040
<v Speaker 2>I have a soft spot for out Back in that

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<v Speaker 2>are you going in?

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<v Speaker 1>Are you going out back in Tampa? No? Rules, just right?

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<v Speaker 2>No, by the way Outback created in Tampa, I believe, Yeah,

1:16:50.479 --> 1:16:53.000
<v Speaker 2>that's founded in Tampa. No, I'm gonna go with the Adam.

1:16:53.040 --> 1:16:56.480
<v Speaker 2>I mean burger pick and sandwich pick whatever dat's datz

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<v Speaker 2>in Tampa?

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<v Speaker 1>All right? PlayStation Fiesta Bowl, State, farm Field and Glendale, Arizona,

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<v Speaker 1>one pm, ESPN, Notre Dame at eleven and one, Oklahoma

1:17:06.880 --> 1:17:10.360
<v Speaker 1>State at eleven and two. The Irish are favored by two.

1:17:11.160 --> 1:17:15.519
<v Speaker 1>Kyle Hamilton, Kyron Williams out for Notre Dame, Brian Kelly

1:17:15.800 --> 1:17:19.960
<v Speaker 1>out for Notre Dame. Off the LSU, which means welcome

1:17:20.000 --> 1:17:23.519
<v Speaker 1>to the show. Marcus Freeman. Yeah, how do you feel

1:17:23.520 --> 1:17:25.880
<v Speaker 1>about this game? I need to get an outsider perspective here.

1:17:26.040 --> 1:17:29.719
<v Speaker 1>Maybe I'm biased, but I'll get into how I feel.

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<v Speaker 1>How do you feel?

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<v Speaker 2>I think I like Notre Dame. So we have, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the coaching changes, of course, on both sides. Gymnall's leaving

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<v Speaker 2>for Io State, I saw things from Spencer Sanders that

1:17:47.960 --> 1:17:51.200
<v Speaker 2>make me worry about him throwing into a defense with

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<v Speaker 2>or without Kyle Hamilton. I worry about that. And as

1:17:56.080 --> 1:18:01.240
<v Speaker 2>good as Oklahoma State's defense is, I just I'm not there.

1:18:01.680 --> 1:18:03.680
<v Speaker 2>I'm not there with the Pokes, and I understand being

1:18:03.680 --> 1:18:05.960
<v Speaker 2>able to win a game. How many picks at Spencer

1:18:06.000 --> 1:18:08.640
<v Speaker 2>Sanders throw against Baylor four and they almost They came

1:18:08.760 --> 1:18:11.479
<v Speaker 2>up four and a half inches short of winning that game,

1:18:11.520 --> 1:18:14.479
<v Speaker 2>which is impressive in its own way. I think the

1:18:14.560 --> 1:18:19.160
<v Speaker 2>Notre Dame program has been re energized now that players

1:18:19.520 --> 1:18:22.640
<v Speaker 2>and staffers and fans don't have to pretend to like

1:18:22.760 --> 1:18:29.080
<v Speaker 2>Brian Kelly anymore. And so big game Marcus Freeman. Now

1:18:29.080 --> 1:18:32.439
<v Speaker 2>there's a ton of unnecessary pressure right Everybody can't wait

1:18:32.520 --> 1:18:35.800
<v Speaker 2>because he's technically the interim coach for this game, even

1:18:35.840 --> 1:18:38.360
<v Speaker 2>though he has been promoted to head coach. This is

1:18:38.479 --> 1:18:41.560
<v Speaker 2>not his program, This is not his stamp on the

1:18:41.640 --> 1:18:43.920
<v Speaker 2>sport and on the program, because this is still a

1:18:44.040 --> 1:18:46.840
<v Speaker 2>Brian Kelly program that Marcus Freeman happens to be coaching

1:18:46.880 --> 1:18:51.400
<v Speaker 2>out a season that Brian Kelly started. So it's unfair

1:18:51.439 --> 1:18:53.599
<v Speaker 2>to judge Marcus Freeman good or bad on what happens

1:18:53.640 --> 1:18:57.040
<v Speaker 2>in this game. But I still think that the vibes

1:18:57.120 --> 1:18:59.360
<v Speaker 2>of you know, Tommy Reese sticking around despite having the

1:18:59.360 --> 1:19:01.040
<v Speaker 2>opportunity to go to LS. You know, they lost a

1:19:01.080 --> 1:19:03.200
<v Speaker 2>couple guys right as Brian Polly and a strength guy

1:19:03.560 --> 1:19:06.720
<v Speaker 2>to LSU. The offensive line coach is gone, who I

1:19:06.760 --> 1:19:09.160
<v Speaker 2>think Notre Dame fans are happy about. I am just

1:19:09.360 --> 1:19:13.640
<v Speaker 2>going with the feel good vibes of the Irish in

1:19:13.800 --> 1:19:17.160
<v Speaker 2>this matchup. Despite no Kien Williams. I still think they're

1:19:17.160 --> 1:19:19.439
<v Speaker 2>going to be able to move the ball a little bit,

1:19:19.640 --> 1:19:22.960
<v Speaker 2>maybe early on against Oklahoma State, similar to what happened

1:19:23.000 --> 1:19:25.800
<v Speaker 2>against Baylor. And I think that defense is still good

1:19:25.880 --> 1:19:28.600
<v Speaker 2>enough to take advantage of Spencer Sanders' mistakes if and

1:19:28.680 --> 1:19:31.080
<v Speaker 2>when they occur. So I'm going to Notre Dame here,

1:19:31.479 --> 1:19:32.559
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to ride the vibes.

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<v Speaker 1>I agree. I agree. I think in a situation where

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<v Speaker 1>both teams would be at full strength, Notre Dame wins.

1:19:42.040 --> 1:19:45.759
<v Speaker 1>They're not at full strength now and there is turnover

1:19:45.880 --> 1:19:48.840
<v Speaker 1>to consider. I think, though, that there will be enough

1:19:48.880 --> 1:19:52.719
<v Speaker 1>of an emotional lift, as you referenced, with keeping Marcus

1:19:52.800 --> 1:19:55.760
<v Speaker 1>Freeman on board. I also think we could see an

1:19:55.840 --> 1:19:59.240
<v Speaker 1>unfettered Tommy Reese. We heard it unfettered Tommy Reese and

1:19:59.280 --> 1:20:02.400
<v Speaker 1>the Ryan Rasilla podcast. Yeah, he's a man's man, Dan.

1:20:02.720 --> 1:20:06.600
<v Speaker 1>He's out there, and I think he got what he

1:20:06.720 --> 1:20:08.799
<v Speaker 1>wanted to stay in South Bend. I think he's fired

1:20:08.880 --> 1:20:11.439
<v Speaker 1>up about it, and I think we could see some

1:20:11.640 --> 1:20:14.320
<v Speaker 1>more creativity. I don't know if that means Tyler Buckner.

1:20:14.760 --> 1:20:16.680
<v Speaker 1>I don't know if it means different plays. I don't

1:20:16.720 --> 1:20:19.559
<v Speaker 1>know what it looks like. But even with kiraen Williams

1:20:19.560 --> 1:20:22.519
<v Speaker 1>sitting out, there's plenty of depth in the backfield. They'll

1:20:22.560 --> 1:20:25.280
<v Speaker 1>find a way to move the ball. You know, maybe

1:20:26.000 --> 1:20:28.559
<v Speaker 1>Reese doesn't want to give too much away because Jim Knowles,

1:20:28.640 --> 1:20:31.519
<v Speaker 1>the defensive coordinator for Oklahoma State, is going to Ohio

1:20:31.600 --> 1:20:33.720
<v Speaker 1>State and Notre Dame opens up with Ohio State next year,

1:20:33.760 --> 1:20:38.840
<v Speaker 1>and that's like four dimensional chess, right. But I think

1:20:38.840 --> 1:20:40.920
<v Speaker 1>we're going to see some zazz here on offense. I

1:20:41.000 --> 1:20:44.080
<v Speaker 1>think the defense will be fine. I think like low

1:20:44.200 --> 1:20:48.080
<v Speaker 1>to medium confidence in Notre Dame. I genuinely think they

1:20:48.120 --> 1:20:52.560
<v Speaker 1>are the better team tough against a good defense, no

1:20:52.680 --> 1:20:56.280
<v Speaker 1>doubt about it. Right. But the Spencer Sanders thing that's

1:20:56.360 --> 1:20:58.479
<v Speaker 1>weird to me out you know how I feel about him?

1:20:59.560 --> 1:21:02.679
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, okay, So I'm looking at Mike Gundy's

1:21:02.680 --> 1:21:05.479
<v Speaker 2>bowl history, for better or for worse. He's won four

1:21:05.520 --> 1:21:09.200
<v Speaker 2>of five bowl games, but they've been relatively minor. Alamo Bowl,

1:21:09.240 --> 1:21:11.720
<v Speaker 2>Camping World, Liberty Cheese. It lost the Texas Bowl two

1:21:11.800 --> 1:21:14.839
<v Speaker 2>years ago. You know, won a Fiesta Bowl in twenty eleven.

1:21:15.400 --> 1:21:18.400
<v Speaker 2>Was that against Stanford? I want to say, yes, forty

1:21:18.400 --> 1:21:22.720
<v Speaker 2>one thirty eight against Stanford. So largely they've come to

1:21:22.840 --> 1:21:26.599
<v Speaker 2>play in bowl games. Oklahoma State and if I, if

1:21:26.640 --> 1:21:29.960
<v Speaker 2>I can double back, what's the best thing in this game?

1:21:30.040 --> 1:21:34.160
<v Speaker 2>It's Oklahoma State's defense still right, Yeah, same players, guys

1:21:34.200 --> 1:21:36.160
<v Speaker 2>still have the same ability to make tackles in the

1:21:36.200 --> 1:21:40.920
<v Speaker 2>open field and jump routes and rush the passer. That

1:21:41.080 --> 1:21:44.000
<v Speaker 2>has me worried against a Notre Dame offensive line that

1:21:44.120 --> 1:21:46.719
<v Speaker 2>has been inconsistent but improved and healthier.

1:21:48.320 --> 1:21:49.519
<v Speaker 1>Man, I don't know, I might.

1:21:49.479 --> 1:21:55.000
<v Speaker 2>Double like it's vibes versus actual performance to some man,

1:21:55.080 --> 1:21:56.880
<v Speaker 2>I don't like. Notre Dame is not a bad team

1:21:56.920 --> 1:22:01.519
<v Speaker 2>by any No, they're not. Man Jack Cone throwing into

1:22:01.560 --> 1:22:04.120
<v Speaker 2>Oklahoma State's defense, there will be their defense.

1:22:04.520 --> 1:22:06.320
<v Speaker 1>We will go to the Cone zone at least once

1:22:06.439 --> 1:22:10.200
<v Speaker 1>or twice in this game, where there's a very curious throw.

1:22:10.400 --> 1:22:14.320
<v Speaker 1>But you know, Notre Dame's gotten more vertical with the offense. Yeah,

1:22:14.640 --> 1:22:16.760
<v Speaker 1>Jack Cone, say what you will about him, but he

1:22:16.800 --> 1:22:18.479
<v Speaker 1>does throw a pretty nice deep ball when he has

1:22:18.560 --> 1:22:21.680
<v Speaker 1>time to throw. Mm hmm. They are still trying to

1:22:21.720 --> 1:22:24.559
<v Speaker 1>find their weapons. Kevin Austin came along late in the year.

1:22:25.479 --> 1:22:29.040
<v Speaker 1>They've obviously got Michael Maherer, so they're working this out

1:22:29.080 --> 1:22:30.920
<v Speaker 1>on the fly. I think it was always going to

1:22:30.960 --> 1:22:33.360
<v Speaker 1>be a transition year. Going eleven and one is a

1:22:33.479 --> 1:22:38.200
<v Speaker 1>pretty good season by any standard. Totally. I like Notre

1:22:38.280 --> 1:22:40.200
<v Speaker 1>Dame load of medium confidence for me.

1:22:41.200 --> 1:22:45.080
<v Speaker 2>Wow, man, I'm going to disagree. I'm gonna go back

1:22:45.120 --> 1:22:48.760
<v Speaker 2>on myself. I'm going with the defense. Okay, I'm going

1:22:48.840 --> 1:22:50.720
<v Speaker 2>with the strongest thing in this game. I'm going with

1:22:50.720 --> 1:22:54.120
<v Speaker 2>Oklahoma State here because what they did was they allowed

1:22:54.160 --> 1:22:56.679
<v Speaker 2>a backup Baylor quarterback to have an awesome first quarter

1:22:56.760 --> 1:23:00.800
<v Speaker 2>and then completely silenced Baylor. And I think Jack cones

1:23:00.880 --> 1:23:02.880
<v Speaker 2>better than what was Blake shaping.

1:23:03.080 --> 1:23:04.280
<v Speaker 1>Is that the name of that? Yep?

1:23:05.680 --> 1:23:07.840
<v Speaker 2>All right, I'm still in Oklahoma State. I was too

1:23:07.880 --> 1:23:10.360
<v Speaker 2>in love even without Jim Knowles. Was he staying for

1:23:10.439 --> 1:23:11.880
<v Speaker 2>this game? He stayed there for this game?

1:23:11.960 --> 1:23:12.160
<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

1:23:12.240 --> 1:23:14.400
<v Speaker 2>Oh he is here? Okay, Yeah, I'm going I'm going

1:23:14.439 --> 1:23:18.519
<v Speaker 2>pokes here. I am Maybe Baylor was just especially built

1:23:18.880 --> 1:23:21.519
<v Speaker 2>to turn Spencer Sanders over because they forced its seven

1:23:21.560 --> 1:23:24.599
<v Speaker 2>interceptions over the course of the their two games. Yeah,

1:23:24.640 --> 1:23:26.240
<v Speaker 2>I think with time, I'm going pokes here?

1:23:26.280 --> 1:23:30.120
<v Speaker 1>Why not? All right? Were we eating by the way

1:23:30.160 --> 1:23:30.719
<v Speaker 1>in Glendale?

1:23:32.200 --> 1:23:35.519
<v Speaker 2>This is Glendale, Arizona, correct, right not?

1:23:35.680 --> 1:23:35.840
<v Speaker 1>Yeah?

1:23:35.920 --> 1:23:38.160
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, this is the fiesta. Go to Pizza Aria Bianco.

1:23:38.640 --> 1:23:40.479
<v Speaker 2>I mean, there's you can eat really well all over

1:23:40.720 --> 1:23:43.920
<v Speaker 2>Arizona and the greater Phoenix area, but Pizzaria Bianco is

1:23:44.000 --> 1:23:44.800
<v Speaker 2>my move when I'm there.

1:23:44.880 --> 1:23:47.840
<v Speaker 1>I just love it. All right, Let's go over to

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<v Speaker 1>the Verbo Citrus Bowl Camping World Stadium in Orlando, one

1:23:52.240 --> 1:23:56.559
<v Speaker 1>pm ABC. Iowa ten and three, Kentucky nine and three.

1:23:57.600 --> 1:24:08.559
<v Speaker 1>Kentucky favored by three. Okay, thank again. This game feels

1:24:08.680 --> 1:24:14.240
<v Speaker 1>like a sixty minute coffin corner drill for the vibe. Yeah,

1:24:15.360 --> 1:24:18.320
<v Speaker 1>Tyler Goodson is going pro. He's opting out for Iowa,

1:24:19.920 --> 1:24:23.720
<v Speaker 1>which begs a real question here is like how is

1:24:23.800 --> 1:24:28.519
<v Speaker 1>Iowa to score? How are they going to score. Maybe

1:24:28.560 --> 1:24:30.640
<v Speaker 1>they could turn over Will Levis a couple times. We

1:24:30.720 --> 1:24:32.080
<v Speaker 1>know Will Levis has that bone.

1:24:33.040 --> 1:24:36.080
<v Speaker 2>I like that you're trying to build this Iowa, Like,

1:24:36.160 --> 1:24:38.680
<v Speaker 2>how do they get to seventeen points? Build it for me?

1:24:39.680 --> 1:24:40.599
<v Speaker 2>Brick by Brick.

1:24:41.320 --> 1:24:47.720
<v Speaker 1>I'm just I'm just not sure. Yeah, maybe they turnovers.

1:24:47.800 --> 1:24:49.719
<v Speaker 2>Yeah it's turnovers. Yeah, it's pick sixes.

1:24:51.800 --> 1:24:56.040
<v Speaker 1>I'm gonna go Kentucky here. Low confidence, low confidence, but

1:24:56.240 --> 1:24:58.800
<v Speaker 1>let's let's let's go Kentucky. I don't have a great

1:24:58.800 --> 1:25:03.200
<v Speaker 1>reason to pick Iowa. Yeah, I mean, previously on Iowa

1:25:03.280 --> 1:25:06.240
<v Speaker 1>football scored three points in a game that was on

1:25:06.320 --> 1:25:08.439
<v Speaker 1>a big stage. I'm going Kentucky here as well. I

1:25:08.560 --> 1:25:09.160
<v Speaker 1>am going with.

1:25:10.840 --> 1:25:13.839
<v Speaker 2>The guy I really hoped. I don't think it's happening

1:25:13.920 --> 1:25:17.840
<v Speaker 2>that Dan lann would hired offensive coordinator Liam Cohen. I'm

1:25:17.880 --> 1:25:19.800
<v Speaker 2>going with that offense. You know, the defense I think

1:25:19.840 --> 1:25:21.800
<v Speaker 2>has taken a step back for Kentucky this year, but

1:25:21.960 --> 1:25:25.519
<v Speaker 2>I think on offense, if they're able to play relatively

1:25:25.600 --> 1:25:29.200
<v Speaker 2>mistake free, it shouldn't be the most difficult. And Tyler

1:25:29.280 --> 1:25:32.040
<v Speaker 2>Lindenbaum's playing right that the center for Iowa very much

1:25:32.040 --> 1:25:35.160
<v Speaker 2>playing against Kentucky. This is a good game This is

1:25:35.320 --> 1:25:37.720
<v Speaker 2>just a full on good game. But I'm going Kentucky here.

1:25:38.360 --> 1:25:40.439
<v Speaker 2>With the momentum of that Louisville win, I think they

1:25:40.479 --> 1:25:41.680
<v Speaker 2>have more ways in which they can win.

1:25:42.400 --> 1:25:46.160
<v Speaker 1>All right, Where are we eating in Orlando? Again? I

1:25:46.400 --> 1:25:50.040
<v Speaker 1>mentioned it on an earlier Bowl game? Did I not? Yes?

1:25:50.520 --> 1:25:53.799
<v Speaker 2>Nine oh three mills. Yeah, for a good soup and sandol,

1:25:53.880 --> 1:25:55.360
<v Speaker 2>maybe some alcoholic beverages.

1:25:55.880 --> 1:26:00.920
<v Speaker 1>Rose Bowl Game presented by Capitol One venture X, not

1:26:01.000 --> 1:26:06.000
<v Speaker 1>a sponsor. Rose Bowl. The stadium in Pasadena. You know

1:26:06.040 --> 1:26:07.639
<v Speaker 1>where they play this one. You know when they played

1:26:07.680 --> 1:26:11.559
<v Speaker 1>this one five pm when it should be ESPN Utah,

1:26:11.640 --> 1:26:13.559
<v Speaker 1>their first ever trip to the Rose Bowl. They're ten

1:26:13.600 --> 1:26:16.519
<v Speaker 1>and three, Ohio State ten and two. They are favored

1:26:16.560 --> 1:26:20.000
<v Speaker 1>by six and one half points. So I think it

1:26:20.080 --> 1:26:23.360
<v Speaker 1>says a lot about Ohio State that both Chris Olave

1:26:23.680 --> 1:26:28.920
<v Speaker 1>and Garrett Wilson could decide tomorrow today, five minutes from now,

1:26:29.040 --> 1:26:33.280
<v Speaker 1>to opt out and they'd still be like loaded at White. Yeah,

1:26:34.080 --> 1:26:36.960
<v Speaker 1>they're fine, and I think we're mostly going to get

1:26:36.960 --> 1:26:39.679
<v Speaker 1>an Ohio State team that is all throttle, no bottle.

1:26:40.760 --> 1:26:44.360
<v Speaker 1>The quote our good friend Guy Fieri. At time of recording,

1:26:44.400 --> 1:26:46.519
<v Speaker 1>we're still waiting to see if anyone else is opting out,

1:26:46.760 --> 1:26:48.800
<v Speaker 1>But I'm just gonna go ahead and assume that both

1:26:48.840 --> 1:26:53.519
<v Speaker 1>those guys are gone for the Buckeyes. Interesting scenario here, though,

1:26:54.160 --> 1:26:58.880
<v Speaker 1>mm hmm, because, as I said before, nobody sleep walks

1:26:59.000 --> 1:27:03.240
<v Speaker 1>into the Rose Bowl. Both teams are going to be motivated.

1:27:03.760 --> 1:27:05.960
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I mean, you get the sense for the game,

1:27:06.040 --> 1:27:08.200
<v Speaker 2>right and the lead up, right, you get that sense

1:27:08.240 --> 1:27:11.240
<v Speaker 2>that this is a big deal stage that you're going to,

1:27:11.360 --> 1:27:14.040
<v Speaker 2>you know, the Beef Bowl, you're doing, you going to Disneyland.

1:27:14.080 --> 1:27:17.040
<v Speaker 2>Like this is not like a oh well, we're disappointed

1:27:17.040 --> 1:27:18.840
<v Speaker 2>we're not in the playoff, like, No, the Rose Bowl is.

1:27:19.560 --> 1:27:22.760
<v Speaker 2>It's somewhere between a Constellation round to me, a Constellation

1:27:22.880 --> 1:27:24.920
<v Speaker 2>round and a playoff. So I mean, you're not going

1:27:25.160 --> 1:27:25.479
<v Speaker 2>up for it.

1:27:25.800 --> 1:27:28.599
<v Speaker 1>You're not going and getting excited about the bomber jacket

1:27:28.680 --> 1:27:30.800
<v Speaker 1>that you get. You're going and getting excited because you

1:27:30.880 --> 1:27:34.760
<v Speaker 1>get to be granddaddy baby. It's the cathedral of college football. Yeah,

1:27:34.760 --> 1:27:39.080
<v Speaker 1>granddaddy of o mall. Yeah. I am putting two confidence

1:27:39.120 --> 1:27:46.120
<v Speaker 1>points on Utah. Okay. The reason for that is I

1:27:46.720 --> 1:27:51.599
<v Speaker 1>saw the Michigan Ohio State game, and Michigan beat them by,

1:27:52.080 --> 1:27:55.599
<v Speaker 1>among other things, playing bullyball. They bullied among the lines,

1:27:56.800 --> 1:27:59.120
<v Speaker 1>and Utah has been doing that. Utah did that twice

1:27:59.160 --> 1:28:02.559
<v Speaker 1>to your team. Yeah, they can play that same style,

1:28:03.040 --> 1:28:06.040
<v Speaker 1>and I think they can have some success against Ohio State.

1:28:06.080 --> 1:28:08.280
<v Speaker 1>Their defense is also very comparable. It's not quite as

1:28:08.320 --> 1:28:12.760
<v Speaker 1>good as Michigan's, but it's comparable enough. So I think

1:28:12.920 --> 1:28:16.360
<v Speaker 1>that factor. I think, with everything Utah has been through,

1:28:16.880 --> 1:28:19.240
<v Speaker 1>I just want to root for him, to be honest

1:28:19.280 --> 1:28:21.280
<v Speaker 1>with you, I want to root for him in this game.

1:28:21.920 --> 1:28:24.639
<v Speaker 1>I'm not at all confident in it, but I could

1:28:24.760 --> 1:28:27.439
<v Speaker 1>see a scenario in which they slow it down, they

1:28:27.560 --> 1:28:29.840
<v Speaker 1>run the crap out of the ball, they play the

1:28:29.960 --> 1:28:33.759
<v Speaker 1>same style that they did against Oregon, and they find

1:28:33.920 --> 1:28:38.080
<v Speaker 1>some way to eke this one out. So let's go

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<v Speaker 1>use two confidence points. Very low confidence.

1:28:41.920 --> 1:28:45.400
<v Speaker 2>Also, the team that Utah just beat into the ground,

1:28:45.720 --> 1:28:50.559
<v Speaker 2>the Oregon Ducks twice. They beat Ohio State. Oregon beat

1:28:50.600 --> 1:28:55.280
<v Speaker 2>Ohio State kind of playing bullyball in the same way

1:28:55.360 --> 1:29:02.760
<v Speaker 2>Michigan did. That said, Oregon does not have much of

1:29:02.760 --> 1:29:09.519
<v Speaker 2>a quarterback Ohio State does. I think if one or

1:29:09.520 --> 1:29:14.080
<v Speaker 2>both of these guys do play, I think Ohio State

1:29:14.200 --> 1:29:17.560
<v Speaker 2>is the team here with time. I think Utah is

1:29:17.600 --> 1:29:21.040
<v Speaker 2>a good team. But I think Ohio State with time,

1:29:21.200 --> 1:29:26.320
<v Speaker 2>with quarterback play in the Rose Bowl. We saw, you know,

1:29:26.800 --> 1:29:29.240
<v Speaker 2>a different quarterback, different situation last year. But we saw

1:29:29.280 --> 1:29:31.559
<v Speaker 2>how Ohio State came to play last year against Clemson.

1:29:31.600 --> 1:29:34.360
<v Speaker 2>Did they drop like fifty ish on Clemson?

1:29:35.760 --> 1:29:36.120
<v Speaker 1>I don't know.

1:29:36.360 --> 1:29:38.720
<v Speaker 2>I think the Buckeyes work it out. I really do

1:29:38.840 --> 1:29:41.519
<v Speaker 2>think they work it out against Utah because with time,

1:29:42.200 --> 1:29:45.479
<v Speaker 2>with that motivation, with the depth that they have on offense,

1:29:46.520 --> 1:29:50.720
<v Speaker 2>I just don't think Ohio State has evolved to the place.

1:29:50.479 --> 1:29:52.600
<v Speaker 1>Where Oregon was at the end of the year. I

1:29:52.640 --> 1:29:56.880
<v Speaker 1>think they've gotten better. And so I'm going buck eyes here.

1:29:57.600 --> 1:30:00.400
<v Speaker 1>I'm rolling with the talent here. I know Utah Utahs.

1:30:00.800 --> 1:30:02.639
<v Speaker 2>It's gonna sound like I'm taking something away, or maybe

1:30:02.640 --> 1:30:06.000
<v Speaker 2>I'm just bitter about them beating more whatever. Man, how

1:30:06.040 --> 1:30:08.600
<v Speaker 2>do you pick against that those receivers?

1:30:08.840 --> 1:30:10.479
<v Speaker 1>I know, I just I know, I get it.

1:30:11.080 --> 1:30:13.519
<v Speaker 2>I just think Michigan's defense is at a better place

1:30:13.560 --> 1:30:17.320
<v Speaker 2>than where Utah's defense is. And so I like the

1:30:17.439 --> 1:30:20.599
<v Speaker 2>Utah players. They're young, they're young and hungry. I wouldn't

1:30:20.600 --> 1:30:22.280
<v Speaker 2>be surprised if Utah won this game. But if you

1:30:22.360 --> 1:30:24.519
<v Speaker 2>ask me to pick I would go Ohio State with

1:30:24.600 --> 1:30:25.920
<v Speaker 2>like twelve confidence points.

1:30:26.000 --> 1:30:28.880
<v Speaker 1>Okay, yeah, I can see it, obviously, I can see it.

1:30:28.960 --> 1:30:29.679
<v Speaker 1>Ohio States.

1:30:30.240 --> 1:30:34.280
<v Speaker 2>There's just there's no If Ohio State is seventy eight

1:30:34.360 --> 1:30:36.479
<v Speaker 2>to eighty two percent of what they can be, what

1:30:36.560 --> 1:30:41.200
<v Speaker 2>their ceiling is, Utah is gonna need to score thirty

1:30:41.640 --> 1:30:43.880
<v Speaker 2>four points or something like that, which they can do.

1:30:44.920 --> 1:30:46.679
<v Speaker 2>I just don't think they have the Winter Wonders.

1:30:46.720 --> 1:30:50.720
<v Speaker 1>I'll due respect to Britain Covey that Ohio State has,

1:30:51.360 --> 1:30:55.240
<v Speaker 1>all right, we disagree, but that's fun. What are you

1:30:55.320 --> 1:30:58.160
<v Speaker 1>eat in Pasadena, oh Man? What are you not eating

1:30:58.200 --> 1:30:58.519
<v Speaker 1>in Passa?

1:30:58.640 --> 1:31:00.839
<v Speaker 2>You go to Lucky Boy and get great breakfast burritos.

1:31:00.960 --> 1:31:03.080
<v Speaker 2>You can go to Glendale and go to Mini Kebab

1:31:03.400 --> 1:31:07.240
<v Speaker 2>and you can mean get a caramelo at Sonoratown, Downtown Mariscos, Jalisco,

1:31:09.040 --> 1:31:12.639
<v Speaker 2>U Street as in the letter you U Street pizza man.

1:31:13.680 --> 1:31:16.960
<v Speaker 2>If you want specifics for LA food recommendations, I'm actually

1:31:16.960 --> 1:31:19.639
<v Speaker 2>gonna be out in California from what the twenty fifth

1:31:19.680 --> 1:31:21.600
<v Speaker 2>to the fourth. I'm not going to the game at

1:31:21.680 --> 1:31:23.880
<v Speaker 2>least I don't have plans to at this moment. Uh,

1:31:24.520 --> 1:31:26.439
<v Speaker 2>just like, tweet me or email me, tell me where

1:31:26.479 --> 1:31:28.240
<v Speaker 2>you're staying, and I'll get you straight.

1:31:29.000 --> 1:31:31.479
<v Speaker 1>The bat signal will go up, Dan will streighten you out. Okay,

1:31:31.479 --> 1:31:36.640
<v Speaker 1>of course, final game here as per usual, the All

1:31:36.680 --> 1:31:41.400
<v Speaker 1>Stage Sugar Bowl m HM, Caesar's Superdome in New Orleans.

1:31:42.160 --> 1:31:44.240
<v Speaker 1>Pretty much eat anywhere in New Orleans, right, I can.

1:31:44.240 --> 1:31:49.559
<v Speaker 2>Do this, Yeah, I said, Bevy Kashawan Kashan Butcher like.

1:31:49.600 --> 1:31:51.800
<v Speaker 1>You just do whatever. I mean. Everywhere is good in

1:31:51.840 --> 1:31:57.439
<v Speaker 1>New Orleans. Let's talk about Baylor. Let's talk about Old Miss. Yeah,

1:31:57.520 --> 1:31:59.960
<v Speaker 1>Baylor eleven and two, Ole Miss ten and two, Baylor

1:32:00.120 --> 1:32:02.000
<v Speaker 1>favored by a point in a half again eight forty

1:32:02.040 --> 1:32:05.920
<v Speaker 1>five ESPN. Matt Carral said he's playing. Hmm, he said

1:32:05.960 --> 1:32:09.200
<v Speaker 1>he's playing. We're still waiting on the official injury status

1:32:09.920 --> 1:32:12.840
<v Speaker 1>of Gary Bohannon. I would assume if he's healthy, he'll

1:32:12.880 --> 1:32:16.080
<v Speaker 1>go for Baylor. If not, it'll be Blake Shapein and

1:32:16.120 --> 1:32:20.440
<v Speaker 1>Blake Shapin started seventeen of seventeen in the Big twelve Championship.

1:32:20.479 --> 1:32:26.000
<v Speaker 1>He'll be just fine. This is a three confidence point

1:32:26.160 --> 1:32:28.639
<v Speaker 1>kind of game for me, because I have no idea.

1:32:28.720 --> 1:32:32.880
<v Speaker 1>My initial gut was Old Miss. The numbers definitely trend

1:32:32.960 --> 1:32:35.920
<v Speaker 1>more towards Baylor. At least the ones that I looked at.

1:32:36.040 --> 1:32:37.720
<v Speaker 1>So I think I am going to go Baylor here.

1:32:38.280 --> 1:32:40.800
<v Speaker 1>I think I'm going to finish this thing out again.

1:32:41.360 --> 1:32:43.760
<v Speaker 1>One last ride with the Baylor Bears. I was dead

1:32:43.800 --> 1:32:46.960
<v Speaker 1>wrong on them to start. I warmed up to them quickly.

1:32:47.160 --> 1:32:48.760
<v Speaker 1>They won the Big Twelve. It's been a hell of

1:32:48.800 --> 1:32:53.080
<v Speaker 1>a season for Dave Randa. I think with time to prepare,

1:32:53.800 --> 1:32:56.519
<v Speaker 1>I think given the fact they've got continuity, it's not

1:32:56.560 --> 1:32:58.000
<v Speaker 1>like they're gonna have a bunch of opt outs or

1:32:58.000 --> 1:33:01.200
<v Speaker 1>anything for that effect. I just think they're really playing

1:33:01.280 --> 1:33:04.160
<v Speaker 1>well as a team right now, and I like Ole Miss.

1:33:04.320 --> 1:33:06.719
<v Speaker 1>The defense is better than it's been in the past.

1:33:06.800 --> 1:33:09.240
<v Speaker 1>It still scares me a little bit, and so I

1:33:09.360 --> 1:33:12.280
<v Speaker 1>think this could end up being a very close game again.

1:33:12.320 --> 1:33:15.120
<v Speaker 1>The points spreads Baylor one and a half, so Vegas

1:33:15.200 --> 1:33:18.000
<v Speaker 1>sees it two. I'm just gonna go with my gut

1:33:18.080 --> 1:33:20.439
<v Speaker 1>here and say that Baylor's got it a little bit

1:33:20.520 --> 1:33:22.800
<v Speaker 1>more together, and I'm gonna stick with the Bears.

1:33:23.640 --> 1:33:26.559
<v Speaker 2>Disagree, going All Miss I'm going with speed. I think

1:33:26.600 --> 1:33:28.679
<v Speaker 2>All Misses defense is pretty good. The way that they

1:33:28.760 --> 1:33:31.760
<v Speaker 2>won the uh the Egg Bowl impressed me, and so

1:33:33.040 --> 1:33:35.840
<v Speaker 2>I am I'm on ole miss here. I worry a

1:33:35.880 --> 1:33:38.599
<v Speaker 2>little bit about the fits and starts of Baylor's offense,

1:33:38.720 --> 1:33:40.720
<v Speaker 2>that they can look sensational for a quarter or two

1:33:40.800 --> 1:33:43.639
<v Speaker 2>quarters at whatever, and then kind of disappear at times.

1:33:43.720 --> 1:33:45.960
<v Speaker 2>The turnovers scare me a little bit. With Gary Bohannon,

1:33:46.000 --> 1:33:47.840
<v Speaker 2>if he is playing in this game, I'm won with

1:33:47.880 --> 1:33:50.200
<v Speaker 2>the quarterback. I'm going with a decent defense. Baylor has

1:33:50.240 --> 1:33:53.599
<v Speaker 2>a very good defense. Decent defense, and a play caller

1:33:53.640 --> 1:33:57.240
<v Speaker 2>in Lane Kiffin who I think is going to score points.

1:33:57.280 --> 1:33:58.920
<v Speaker 2>I really do think they're gonna score points. So I'm

1:33:58.960 --> 1:33:59.680
<v Speaker 2>going ole miss here.

1:34:01.240 --> 1:34:05.080
<v Speaker 1>Okay, final game here, or I should say the penultimate

1:34:05.160 --> 1:34:09.920
<v Speaker 1>game here. Yeah. Houston, Tuesday, January fourth, the tax Act

1:34:10.160 --> 1:34:15.040
<v Speaker 1>Texas Bowl in Houston at the nerg nine o'clock ESPN,

1:34:15.240 --> 1:34:19.519
<v Speaker 1>LSU six and six, Kansas State seven and five. LSU

1:34:19.600 --> 1:34:23.400
<v Speaker 1>favored by about a field goal. Here. Fun scenario unfolding

1:34:23.479 --> 1:34:27.760
<v Speaker 1>for LSU. Both Max Johnson and Miles Brennan are in

1:34:27.800 --> 1:34:32.040
<v Speaker 1>the transfer portal. They're not playing and Garrett Nusmeyer can't

1:34:32.040 --> 1:34:35.160
<v Speaker 1>play anymore this season, or they burn the red shirt. Right,

1:34:36.080 --> 1:34:39.560
<v Speaker 1>So either you take the lumps with nuss Meyer, you

1:34:39.640 --> 1:34:42.280
<v Speaker 1>burn the red shirt, or you start a walk on

1:34:42.400 --> 1:34:47.639
<v Speaker 1>at quarterback with Tavian Folk or Matto doubt. I don't

1:34:47.640 --> 1:34:49.280
<v Speaker 1>know what they're gonna do. I have not seen what

1:34:49.360 --> 1:34:51.920
<v Speaker 1>they're going to do here, but that seems like not

1:34:52.040 --> 1:34:54.320
<v Speaker 1>a great situation, especially given the fact that there's a

1:34:54.360 --> 1:34:58.560
<v Speaker 1>ready a fair amount of turnover here and coach O

1:34:58.720 --> 1:34:59.800
<v Speaker 1>not coaching in this game.

1:35:01.680 --> 1:35:04.559
<v Speaker 2>I don't believe he is. Now there's an interim situation. Yeah,

1:35:04.560 --> 1:35:06.519
<v Speaker 2>I think it's the offensive line coach.

1:35:06.720 --> 1:35:11.840
<v Speaker 1>Yeah. So there's that, which is weird and uncertain, and

1:35:12.320 --> 1:35:15.080
<v Speaker 1>then there's the case State thing, which is a little

1:35:15.160 --> 1:35:18.320
<v Speaker 1>less weird and a little less uncertain. But we just

1:35:18.439 --> 1:35:19.920
<v Speaker 1>don't know what the deal is gonna be. With Skyler

1:35:19.960 --> 1:35:22.880
<v Speaker 1>Thompson at quarterback. He's been dealing with injury that kept

1:35:22.960 --> 1:35:26.040
<v Speaker 1>him out the last game of the season. The last

1:35:26.120 --> 1:35:28.560
<v Speaker 1>update I saw was December the seventh, so about a

1:35:28.640 --> 1:35:31.000
<v Speaker 1>week ago, and at that point in time he still

1:35:31.040 --> 1:35:33.400
<v Speaker 1>wasn't practicing. So he's got time here. They don't play

1:35:33.439 --> 1:35:36.599
<v Speaker 1>this game till the fourth If he's healthy, that would

1:35:36.600 --> 1:35:39.719
<v Speaker 1>obviously be a nice boost for them. The other interesting factoid,

1:35:39.720 --> 1:35:41.600
<v Speaker 1>and then I promise I'll get to my picks. This

1:35:41.800 --> 1:35:43.760
<v Speaker 1>is the only game that I could find where they

1:35:43.840 --> 1:35:46.759
<v Speaker 1>actually published what the gifts are that they're getting.

1:35:47.200 --> 1:35:48.000
<v Speaker 2>Oh hit me.

1:35:48.520 --> 1:35:51.639
<v Speaker 1>You get access to a gift suite, the Nike backpack,

1:35:51.720 --> 1:35:56.719
<v Speaker 1>the Nike hat, the Nike jrawstring bag. Obviously the Texas Bowl.

1:35:57.160 --> 1:35:59.840
<v Speaker 1>You get the belt buckle and the cowboy hat and

1:36:00.120 --> 1:36:02.680
<v Speaker 1>also the team branded bandana, so he could really be

1:36:02.720 --> 1:36:07.040
<v Speaker 1>a true cowboy. Great, not bad, No, not at all.

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<v Speaker 1>Who do you pick? It is?

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<v Speaker 2>Brad Davis. He's the offensive line coach. He is the

1:36:12.920 --> 1:36:16.639
<v Speaker 2>interim for LSU, head of the Brian Kellierra for the Tigers.

1:36:18.160 --> 1:36:22.599
<v Speaker 1>That's my best impression of a Northerner doing in all

1:36:22.680 --> 1:36:23.440
<v Speaker 1>the tagles.

1:36:25.680 --> 1:36:31.800
<v Speaker 2>I'm going to go with LSU, okay, because could have

1:36:31.880 --> 1:36:33.800
<v Speaker 2>a wild card walk on. This guy was on the

1:36:33.840 --> 1:36:37.000
<v Speaker 2>bench the whole time. They could have that situation. And

1:36:38.120 --> 1:36:42.679
<v Speaker 2>I still think that if it is a Will Howard

1:36:43.080 --> 1:36:49.920
<v Speaker 2>Kansas State team that I enjoy not siding with that option.

1:36:50.520 --> 1:36:52.439
<v Speaker 2>So I'm going to LSU here. I'm going LSU here

1:36:52.479 --> 1:36:54.439
<v Speaker 2>now with a lot of like eight confidence points here

1:36:54.479 --> 1:36:57.000
<v Speaker 2>because this one there's too many different variables that could

1:36:57.000 --> 1:37:01.800
<v Speaker 2>swing this game. But uh yeah, I'm going to LSU here.

1:37:02.000 --> 1:37:04.680
<v Speaker 2>I think the defense might get a if it is

1:37:04.720 --> 1:37:07.200
<v Speaker 2>Will Howard, I think they can get some short fields.

1:37:07.400 --> 1:37:12.479
<v Speaker 2>And sometimes teams players rally around an interim situation, not

1:37:12.640 --> 1:37:15.320
<v Speaker 2>because obviously Brad Davis is not getting the head job

1:37:15.360 --> 1:37:18.000
<v Speaker 2>at LSU, but because they like him, because they want

1:37:18.000 --> 1:37:19.880
<v Speaker 2>to play hard for him. So I'm going with LSU.

1:37:20.520 --> 1:37:23.560
<v Speaker 1>I'm going k State four points. But yeah, I'm with you.

1:37:24.360 --> 1:37:27.839
<v Speaker 2>In Houston. If you want nicer Mexican, go to Hugos.

1:37:28.120 --> 1:37:28.720
<v Speaker 1>I've been there.

1:37:29.360 --> 1:37:35.000
<v Speaker 2>It's insanely good Hugos for Mexican and then for via Cajun,

1:37:35.160 --> 1:37:38.720
<v Speaker 2>which is I think at unique to Houston. So that's,

1:37:38.840 --> 1:37:41.639
<v Speaker 2>you know, kind of a fusion between the Vietnamese influence

1:37:41.680 --> 1:37:44.800
<v Speaker 2>of the immigrants in the seventies and the Cajun proximity

1:37:44.840 --> 1:37:46.479
<v Speaker 2>and the Gulf and New Orleans and everything like that,

1:37:46.640 --> 1:37:51.200
<v Speaker 2>and the movement between those two areas. Crawfish and noodles. Hey,

1:37:51.479 --> 1:37:54.679
<v Speaker 2>Crawfish and noodles is the name of the place. Okay,

1:37:55.880 --> 1:37:59.920
<v Speaker 2>Houston on real food City. If you're going to this game,

1:38:00.439 --> 1:38:02.280
<v Speaker 2>I mean, if you're an LSU fan, you're probably used

1:38:02.280 --> 1:38:04.160
<v Speaker 2>to great food. But if you're going to this game,

1:38:04.560 --> 1:38:07.200
<v Speaker 2>get there eight days early and eat five meals a

1:38:07.320 --> 1:38:10.360
<v Speaker 2>day because that's what you should do. If you're spending

1:38:10.400 --> 1:38:11.120
<v Speaker 2>time in Houston.

1:38:11.280 --> 1:38:11.719
<v Speaker 1>It's great.

1:38:12.920 --> 1:38:14.879
<v Speaker 2>The final game Truth Truth Barbecue.

1:38:14.880 --> 1:38:17.880
<v Speaker 1>If you're going there for barbecue, Truth Barbecue. The final

1:38:17.920 --> 1:38:21.160
<v Speaker 1>game is on January the tenth, and that's the National Championship.

1:38:21.200 --> 1:38:23.600
<v Speaker 1>They played at Lucas Oil Stadium. We don't know the

1:38:23.680 --> 1:38:26.200
<v Speaker 1>matchup yet, No, we do not. We don't know the

1:38:26.200 --> 1:38:28.479
<v Speaker 1>matchup yet. You have to pick it. And the way

1:38:28.600 --> 1:38:31.560
<v Speaker 1>that the Winter Wonders game works is you can go

1:38:31.760 --> 1:38:33.120
<v Speaker 1>back and you can change your pick, so you can

1:38:33.120 --> 1:38:35.760
<v Speaker 1>move them around. You can change confidence points as the

1:38:35.800 --> 1:38:39.080
<v Speaker 1>game is going on. Obviously, once a game is played

1:38:39.680 --> 1:38:41.719
<v Speaker 1>and it's kicked off, you're kind of locked in place.

1:38:41.880 --> 1:38:44.560
<v Speaker 1>But we've got like a full month of games, so

1:38:44.640 --> 1:38:47.720
<v Speaker 1>you can move stuff around if you want to. So,

1:38:48.240 --> 1:38:51.200
<v Speaker 1>if you feel like this matchup in the National Championship

1:38:52.240 --> 1:38:55.479
<v Speaker 1>is something that you feel very certain of, your take

1:38:55.520 --> 1:38:57.560
<v Speaker 1>the liberty to move it around if you want to.

1:38:58.120 --> 1:39:01.080
<v Speaker 1>I put one point on it. I put one point

1:39:01.080 --> 1:39:02.960
<v Speaker 1>on it, because then it sort of doesn't matter if

1:39:03.040 --> 1:39:05.720
<v Speaker 1>you if you win or lose, if you if it

1:39:05.840 --> 1:39:11.000
<v Speaker 1>ends up being let's say Michigan against Cincinnati, and you

1:39:11.080 --> 1:39:13.960
<v Speaker 1>feel great about Michigan then you know, change your confidence points.

1:39:14.439 --> 1:39:18.559
<v Speaker 1>Leave yourself that out, but you'll know soon enough you'll

1:39:18.960 --> 1:39:20.160
<v Speaker 1>have plenty. But you have changed this.

1:39:20.760 --> 1:39:24.000
<v Speaker 2>You have time, No, not really, I guess because the

1:39:24.040 --> 1:39:26.360
<v Speaker 2>games are thirty first, right, So I was gonna say,

1:39:26.400 --> 1:39:29.560
<v Speaker 2>you have time to adjust this the confidence in this

1:39:29.680 --> 1:39:31.960
<v Speaker 2>game after the thirty first, because there's still games on

1:39:32.000 --> 1:39:35.040
<v Speaker 2>the first. You do could swap out the confidence on

1:39:35.160 --> 1:39:37.280
<v Speaker 2>a game the first or a little bit after the first.

1:39:38.120 --> 1:39:40.479
<v Speaker 2>How many games are after the first just the fourth, right, LS,

1:39:40.520 --> 1:39:40.960
<v Speaker 2>here's like.

1:39:41.040 --> 1:39:44.120
<v Speaker 1>Six games, six games in total, so you have time

1:39:44.760 --> 1:39:47.120
<v Speaker 1>if you want to swap things around. And yeah, the

1:39:47.200 --> 1:39:49.000
<v Speaker 1>game is cool and that it lets you do that.

1:39:49.320 --> 1:39:53.160
<v Speaker 1>But I think just for planning purposes, like I'm not

1:39:53.240 --> 1:39:55.920
<v Speaker 1>going to go back in and change this, right, I'm

1:39:56.000 --> 1:40:00.600
<v Speaker 1>probably gonna pick the Alabama Cincinnati bo that I have

1:40:01.800 --> 1:40:04.120
<v Speaker 1>and I'm gonna put one point on it, and then

1:40:04.160 --> 1:40:06.080
<v Speaker 1>maybe I'll change it if the matchup is different. But

1:40:06.920 --> 1:40:11.160
<v Speaker 1>for planning purposes, go one point. I'm going to assume

1:40:11.160 --> 1:40:14.560
<v Speaker 1>it's Bama versus Georgia. We already broke that down a

1:40:14.600 --> 1:40:16.960
<v Speaker 1>few weeks ago. I don't know if we saw anything.

1:40:17.160 --> 1:40:19.240
<v Speaker 1>Maybe we'll see something in the playoffs. That will change

1:40:19.280 --> 1:40:21.080
<v Speaker 1>your mind about how version two of that would go.

1:40:21.240 --> 1:40:23.439
<v Speaker 1>But uh, there will be a time and place to

1:40:23.520 --> 1:40:25.600
<v Speaker 1>preview that game. I think for now the move is

1:40:25.640 --> 1:40:26.080
<v Speaker 1>one point.

1:40:27.000 --> 1:40:29.760
<v Speaker 2>I Uh, Indianapolis. I don't have any recommendations yet. And

1:40:30.160 --> 1:40:32.439
<v Speaker 2>part of me was thinking like, well, you know, India

1:40:32.560 --> 1:40:36.080
<v Speaker 2>is east of the Chicago Land area and west of PA.

1:40:36.640 --> 1:40:38.040
<v Speaker 2>I know it's like a you know, three and a

1:40:38.080 --> 1:40:40.639
<v Speaker 2>half four hour drive for me from the Chicago Land area.

1:40:40.640 --> 1:40:41.840
<v Speaker 2>I was like, I wonder if it's like, you know,

1:40:42.120 --> 1:40:43.840
<v Speaker 2>four or five hours from Tye as well, we could

1:40:43.840 --> 1:40:46.720
<v Speaker 2>just sort of an equidistance. It's ten plus hours from me.

1:40:46.880 --> 1:40:48.519
<v Speaker 1>It's a drive, it's a good drive. Yeah.

1:40:48.800 --> 1:40:51.160
<v Speaker 2>I always forget how wide Pennsylvania is.

1:40:51.760 --> 1:40:55.439
<v Speaker 1>Five hours across Yeah, yeah, and so and then it's Ohio.

1:40:55.560 --> 1:40:58.479
<v Speaker 2>Right, it's Pennsylvania. Then Ohio is not narrow.

1:40:59.560 --> 1:41:02.320
<v Speaker 1>You can get to indian about nine if you didn't

1:41:02.360 --> 1:41:03.120
<v Speaker 1>hit traffic, but.

1:41:03.280 --> 1:41:05.320
<v Speaker 2>Google Map says nine to fifty three.

1:41:05.479 --> 1:41:08.519
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, I'm to get there, get there in nine. But

1:41:08.800 --> 1:41:12.120
<v Speaker 1>it's so it's along a long haul. You figure basically

1:41:13.080 --> 1:41:16.280
<v Speaker 1>five five and a half to get across PA, talking

1:41:16.360 --> 1:41:19.720
<v Speaker 1>another two to get across Ohio. And then yeah, yeah

1:41:19.800 --> 1:41:24.080
<v Speaker 1>to get midway through Indiana an hour somewhere in that neighborhood.

1:41:24.160 --> 1:41:27.080
<v Speaker 2>So yeah, it's yeah, it's not close. It's what I'm

1:41:27.160 --> 1:41:30.600
<v Speaker 2>learned that the Midwest, there are things close to me,

1:41:30.880 --> 1:41:34.600
<v Speaker 2>like Milwaukee's not terribly far, Detroit and Arbor Madison, you know,

1:41:34.640 --> 1:41:37.120
<v Speaker 2>all these places are like within an interesting drive because

1:41:37.120 --> 1:41:39.439
<v Speaker 2>I'm sort of right in the middle of the Midwest

1:41:39.520 --> 1:41:42.120
<v Speaker 2>in Chicago. But yeah, you're out there, man, you are

1:41:42.320 --> 1:41:46.080
<v Speaker 2>out there in PA. I actually did consider so because

1:41:46.160 --> 1:41:49.519
<v Speaker 2>I'm obviously, you know, married to a Michigan fan, and

1:41:49.680 --> 1:41:53.160
<v Speaker 2>so my extended social circle involves a lot of Michigan people.

1:41:53.640 --> 1:41:56.080
<v Speaker 2>I was like, oh, maybe that would be fun to

1:41:56.120 --> 1:41:58.040
<v Speaker 2>go to India if Michigan's there, and you know, maybe

1:41:58.080 --> 1:42:00.320
<v Speaker 2>we'll just do the podcast from there and you know,

1:42:00.560 --> 1:42:04.240
<v Speaker 2>see Michigan people I know, and like, I don't know

1:42:04.240 --> 1:42:07.680
<v Speaker 2>if Michigan's actually going to be there, But then I

1:42:07.760 --> 1:42:09.640
<v Speaker 2>did see that driving distance for you. I mean, you

1:42:09.640 --> 1:42:12.439
<v Speaker 2>can fly to He's just gonna be pricey with everybody

1:42:12.479 --> 1:42:16.040
<v Speaker 2>coming in. And I was talking to a Michigan friend

1:42:16.640 --> 1:42:22.360
<v Speaker 2>and they're here going down to Miami for the Georgia game,

1:42:22.760 --> 1:42:25.479
<v Speaker 2>and I was like, man, you're flying to Miami last

1:42:25.600 --> 1:42:29.519
<v Speaker 2>second around New Year's from the Midwest where all these

1:42:29.560 --> 1:42:32.280
<v Speaker 2>Michigan fans are coming from. I was like, are tickets

1:42:32.360 --> 1:42:34.479
<v Speaker 2>crazy for that game? He was like he told me.

1:42:34.600 --> 1:42:37.040
<v Speaker 2>He was like, we actually we got a suite. I

1:42:37.120 --> 1:42:39.960
<v Speaker 2>was like, oh man, that's crazy. That's He's like, yeah,

1:42:39.960 --> 1:42:43.439
<v Speaker 2>we're gonna try to illegally stuff like thirty people into

1:42:43.640 --> 1:42:45.439
<v Speaker 2>like a fifteen person sweet or something.

1:42:45.479 --> 1:42:47.080
<v Speaker 1>I'm not going to say his name or her name.

1:42:47.120 --> 1:42:47.680
<v Speaker 1>Maybe it's a her.

1:42:49.000 --> 1:42:51.360
<v Speaker 2>And I was like, and hotel. He's like, now I'm

1:42:51.400 --> 1:42:53.400
<v Speaker 2>staying with a friend or sister or something like that.

1:42:54.120 --> 1:42:58.240
<v Speaker 2>I was like, so tickets for a suite airfare and

1:42:58.360 --> 1:43:01.200
<v Speaker 2>he was like, yeah, it's the most most expensive event

1:43:01.880 --> 1:43:05.760
<v Speaker 2>I've ever committed myself to. It may ruin me financially.

1:43:05.920 --> 1:43:09.160
<v Speaker 2>I'll have the Tiger King. I was like, well, uh,

1:43:10.160 --> 1:43:12.840
<v Speaker 2>go blue, good luck, good luck with all of that.

1:43:13.360 --> 1:43:16.040
<v Speaker 2>So I love yeah, all right, yeah, so I respect it.

1:43:16.080 --> 1:43:17.640
<v Speaker 2>I you know, for teams that are not there in

1:43:17.720 --> 1:43:20.040
<v Speaker 2>these big games that often it's it's very cool. Now

1:43:20.120 --> 1:43:22.040
<v Speaker 2>I get go balls, go playoff whatever.

1:43:22.200 --> 1:43:24.479
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