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Hello and welcome to The Pool Report, a college football
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podcast revolved around the group of six. I'm your host,
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Colton Poole. Today, we once again have Steve Helwig from
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Underdog Dynasty. Steve, as always, welcome to the show. And
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what games do you have on the docket this week?
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You know, we know you love to travel to games.
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Where are you going this week?
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On Friday night, I will be on the hilltop in Dallas, Texas,
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as SMU takes on Virginia Tech in a unique game.
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I guess it's a conference matchup. I mean, it is,
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but it just doesn't feel like one. It feels like
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a Fenway Bowl.
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There's a lot of games in college football today that
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you could say, I guess it's a conference matchup.
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Yeah, but that one could have some ACC title stakes
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if SMU eventually beats Wake Forest. Both of those teams
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are 6-2 entering that game. Then Saturday, I will be
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at Houston versus Cincinnati. That's a lot of former American
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conference teams there. Cincinnati, Houston, SMU. some of the more
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successful teams in that conference in the 2010s and the 2020s.
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So that will be my weekend of games.
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It's going to be exciting, no doubt about it. So
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for today's episode, I want to get into looking ahead,
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looking at the G6 games that are going to be
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happening this week and go conference by conference here and
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kind of pick kind of the conference game of the
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week and really dive into it. So let's start off alphabetically. American.
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And I almost think the game to watch in terms
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of conference matchups is going to be the very first one.
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That's UTSA at FAU, a very exciting game between two
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teams that have proven to be, you know, at least
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in the very top tier in that conference. But UTSA,
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if they're going to continue to be a American conference
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championship contender and a CFP contender, Got to keep it
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going at FAU. But FAU is going to be a
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team that is looking to bounce back. But other games
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to watch. South Florida at East Carolina. Tulsa at Tulane.
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Charlotte at UAB. Temple at Navy. Rice at North Texas.
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And then some CIC action. Air Force at Army. I
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think that one should be very interesting as well. But yeah.
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So UTSA at FAU, let's really dive into that one.
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What do you think of that game? Who do you
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like to win that one?
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FAU is undefeated in Boca this year. They're 4-0 there,
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and that's been some of their better offensive performances we've
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seen of the season. Last time out there, they beat
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Rice 51-49, but the problem was they gave up 49,
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and that's what the defense has done recently. Give up
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56 to Army, give up 49 to Rice, and give
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up 48 to North Texas. where their defense is hard
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to trust, but Caden Veltkamp and Easton Messer, they're going
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to tell you that Veltkamp will straight up tell the defense,
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I'm going to throw the ball to Easton Messer, and
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there is nothing they can do about it.
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That is just the.
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Level of execution FAU's offense has right now. And they're
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going to score a lot of points, I think, on UTSA.
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This UTSA team has shown a variety of different ways
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they've been able to win. They've come out of a
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really low-scoring, ugly game, 16-14 against Rice. They come out
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of some of the more middle games, 31-24 against South Florida.
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And they've won some shootouts this year, 59-45 over Colorado State,
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38-34 over Navy. I think this is going to be
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a game where UTSA is going to have to rally
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the troops and survive another one of those shootouts, where
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Owen McCown is going to need to throw for 300 yards,
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or they're going to have to get a lot of
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ground support from that running back room of Will Henderson,
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Mary Ann Peterson, Brandon High. Pretty good trio that they have.
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And UTSA's offense, I feel like they've hit their gear recently.
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They've scored over 30 points in each of their last
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three games, 42 on the road against Tulane. And this
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game isn't Boca. UTSA is known for being a home team,
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but their road track record this year is really good.
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They're 3-1.
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Not only did they beat Texas State at home, but
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they snapped a Tulane 10-game home streak where I know
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Tulane's having a down year, but still 10-game home streak,
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not even Memphis could win there. So I think UTSA
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is going to win this game. and a close one
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that's going to be high scoring, Florida Atlantic is going
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to go down swinging because that's just what this offense
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has been able to do all year. And once again,
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it's a Thursday night game in the American, so you
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know this is coming down to the wire. You know
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it's going to be exciting, and there is a good
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chance of overtime.
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No doubt about it. Do you think UTSA will have
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an answer for Easton Messer, who has recorded over 100
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yards in each of his last three games? He had
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14 catches, 102 yards, and a touchdown against Army. 112
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and 162 yards. Two touchdowns against Rice. Oh, and don't forget,
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two rushing touchdowns. Oh, and don't forget, I believe a
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punt return for a touchdown. And then 189 yards and
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three touchdowns on 16 catches against North Texas. Can UTSA
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at least slow this passing attack down, which is also
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powered by Caden Veltkamp, who's among the top five leaders
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in the FBS in terms of passing yards? Can UTSA
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do enough on the defensive end to put their offense
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in a position to pull off a win?
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I think they actually can. UTSA's defense has done a
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pretty good job this year containing the pass. They're only
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allowing a 54.9 completion rate. Nine touchdowns against seven interceptions,
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which is a pretty favorable ratio this year. And they
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haven't really allowed too many explosive plays through the air.
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I look at some of the top receivers they've guarded
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this year. Chris Don Jr. from Texas State. Cam Coleman
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from Texas. They didn't really let any of them get
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out of hand where they would dominate the way Messer
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has dominated games recently with 10 plus receptions and over
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100 yards and a touchdown. I think Messer is still
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going to have a great stat line. I still think
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Florida Atlantic is going to score a lot of points.
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But I think UTSA's defense can bring enough chaos on
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the back end to force some incompletions, get some deflections,
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and maybe pick off a pass or two in this one.
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Before we jump to another conference, Air Force Army, who
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do you like in that one?
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That's going to be tough. I like Army at home
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in this one. I think both quarterbacks are going to
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rush for at least 170 yards based on what we've
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seen from them recently. I know the Service Academy games
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are low scoring, usually ugly. The under usually hits.
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I know 14-9 was it.
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Air Force Navy score this year and neither quarterback really
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had a strong ground game. But with what we've seen
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out of these offenses lately with Air Force and Army,
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I do think that we are in for some really
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good action on running the football from the quarterbacks. I'll
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say Army wins maybe 28 to 21 or something like that,
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but we'll see a lot of offensive production.
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The offensive production is interesting note. I think I like
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Army too, if only it's, because it's at home. Let's
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keep it, keep it rolling. Conference USA. We got Delaware
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at Kennesaw State, Western Kentucky at Middle Tennessee, Missouri State
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at FIU, Sam Houston at Jacksville State, Liberty at New
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Mexico State. Now, you know, there, we talked about on
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the show yesterday for, you know, talking about Tuesday show
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with this will come out on Wednesday. You know, there
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are a lot of teams that are kind of middle
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of
the road here and hoping to just be within
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striking distance in case some of the, you know, in
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case Jacksonville state and Liberty, you know, slip up one,
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is there any chance that Jacksonville state or Liberty slip up?
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I don't really see that happening the way they've played,
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but you know, do you see that? Could that happen?
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And then the other three games, which of these contests
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stands out to you?
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I'm going to say no. These are going to be
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pretty easy wins for Jack State and Liberty. Jack State
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and Liberty are both 16.5-point favorites there. New Mexico State
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has not been the most consistent this year offensively. They
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have not scored a touchdown in two of their last
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three games. And that other game over that time span
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was against Sam Houston. So it has not been the
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best look for the Aggies so far this year. They're
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a better team than they were last year. James Jones
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has done a really good job running the football. I
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think he's still leading the CUSA in rushing yards. Automatic
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100-yard rusher, it feels like. So I would say New
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Mexico State being at home and facing Liberty, they'd have
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a slightly better chance than Sam Houston knocking off Jack State.
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Sam Houston has an interim head coach now, but I
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don't think either of those games are particularly close. Of
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the other games, the one that intrigues me the most
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is Western Kentucky, Middle Tennessee, just because rivalries matter in
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college football. It's a hundred miles of hate. I am
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of the classic college football mindset where successful season is
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beating your rival's And I mean, it varies from program
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to program, but beating your rivals matters. Winning bowl games matters.
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This is the heart of college football and I love
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a good rivalry and middle Tennessee's improved this year. I
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know Western Kentucky has really owned this rivalry over the
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recent years, but this game's at Johnny red Floyd stadium
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and middle Tennessee. I know they slipped up last week
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against Kennesaw state, but they've looked pretty good recently. WKU
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enters with seven straight wins from 2019 to 2025. They've
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really dominated this in the CUSA era. but middle Tennessee
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gets home field advantage and they're only down 39, 35
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to one in the all time series here. So I'm
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excited for this game.
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Absolutely. Let's jump next to the Mac. And like I said,
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this show we're recording on Monday, the show will come
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out on Wednesday. So, you know, Ohio and Akron Buffalo
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in Miami, Ohio, those games will have already happened Wednesday.
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And by the way, Midweek Maction is back. Let's go. Wednesday,
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Ball State at UMass. Toledo at Sac State, Central Michigan
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at Versus. No, yeah, Ford Field, right? Versus Eastern Michigan.
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I think the game that really stands out to me
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the most there is CMU versus EMU. What stands out
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to you about those two teams taking the field at
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Ford Field?
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Yes, we mentioned earlier on another podcast that I think
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the Central Michigan versus Eastern Michigan game is going to
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decide bowl eligibility. Central Michigan enters at 3-5, Eastern Michigan
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at 4-5, and I think whoever wins this game is
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going to be bowl eligible going down the road. Central
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Michigan recently, they've been burdened by some close losses. They
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almost came back and beat Western Michigan. They had a
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14-point rally in the fourth quarter there. And then they
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fell one point short at home against Miami, Ohio. Central
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Michigan has to shift their MO a little bit. They
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were a team that really wanted to run the ball
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past minimally. And they used Angel Flores as their main
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quarterback to guide the ground game. And he could rush
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for over 100 yards on any given game. And now
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they have to go to Jaden Glasser. They're more pass
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oriented team right now, as we saw from the Miami,
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Ohio game. So Central Michigan's kind of changed up things
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a bit. Eastern Michigan this year. They've been interesting where
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that UMass win has kind of been their statement that
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they've had this year. They haven't really been close in
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many of their losses other than their Ohio and San
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Jose State game. They've been blown out a few times
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this year. Oh, my gosh.
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Oh, my goodness. Yeah.
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They've done a good job of keeping the offense going
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even when Nick Devereaux was out, but they have a
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good wide receiver core there. Noah Kim, he was up.
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Mac's leading quarterback last year, but he missed the last game.
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Brogan McCaw, he played. I think he's going to start
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again against central Michigan, but yeah, four field lights going
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to feel like the Mac championship type atmosphere there. And
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I think that's going to be cool for a lot
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of people in Detroit to go to on a Wednesday
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night where you'll have a bigger city with more people available.
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It's a rivalry.
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You get to play it at four field. I think
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the atmosphere is going to be great for that one.
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Real quick. I know it can be debatable whether UConn
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should be under the umbrella of G6. We do our
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G6 weekly top 25 and include UConn. So I wanted
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to take a moment real quick to talk about the
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Huskies because they get to take on North Carolina this week.
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And they're currently sitting at 4-4 in Jason Candle's first
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year as head coach. They finished the season against North Carolina,
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James Madison, Old Dominion, at home. And then at Wyoming,
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4-4 with North Carolina coming up. Do we think they
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could be bowl eligible? And is beating UNC contingent upon that?
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I think they can get the Old Dominion and I
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think they get the Wyoming game. I do not think
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they get the home games against North Carolina or James
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Madison there. Although James Madison has struggled as
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You look at UConn's schedule, though. And if someone just
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obscured the results and you had to pick the four wins,
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it's pretty easy to pick which four teams that they
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beat on the schedule. And Temple, UMass, Southern Miss, and
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their FCS team, Wafayette, where I feel like that there's
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been a gap between the teams that UConn has beat
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and the teams that they haven't been able to get past.
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And there are some teams, Maryland's been a struggle this year.
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That was one of their losses. I know Syracuse has
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improved recently. The fact that they got to overtime now
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looks like a good, resume point for UConn, but they've
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just been falling a little short in some of those
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losses so far. North Carolina, they're coming off an emotional
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loss against Miami, but they really showed in that game
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what they're capable of as an offense. So I do
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think that the Tar Heels are going to come into
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Connecticut this week and get that win after two really
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heartbreaking losses in a row for UNC, even though their
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offense has turned the corner under Billy Edwards.
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Yeah. UConn, an interesting team for sure. And especially after,
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you know, Jim Moore left you, you, but Jason candle
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coming in, you would have thought UConn would continue to
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be a, you know, a strong program and yeah. Okay.
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Maybe fine in candles first year. They're not quite to
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what they were previously, but I think if they miss
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a bowl game, that's gotta be that's gotta be a
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failure at the end of the day, considering what this
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UConn program has done recently, but let's keep it going.
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Just like, just like you're keeping moving forward here through
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all the sneezes, respect to you, Steve, let's go to
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the mountain West. Cause we got a couple interesting games
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here to New Mexico at Nevada, NIU at San Jose
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state air force at army Hawaii. Wait, Am I doing
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this right? Yeah, Air Force at Army. We already talked
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about that one. Hawaii at UTEP, Wyoming at UNLV. I
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think the number one game that stands out to me
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here is Wyoming at UNLV, a game with a lot
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of Mountain West Championship implications. What stands out to you
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about that one? Who do you like in that one?
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What stands out to me is that Wyoming is still
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alive in the Mountain West Championship game. It did not
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feel like that watching them earlier in the season against
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Colorado State and Central Michigan in those games that they
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lost and when they finished scoreless against North Dakota State.
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It didn't feel like they'd have the offense to get
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that far, but they have looked a lot better recently.
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Tyler Hughes is really taking control of the run game.
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We saw that against Air Force, and he's had two
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back-to-back 140-plus yard games on the ground where Wyoming's kind
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of operating like a service academy with how much their
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quarterback running is pertinent to their offensive success and they've
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definitely improved ever since taking that approach but UNLV I
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just think has more weapons offensively Jet Thomas he had
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a pretty good game last week keeping them alive against
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Northern Illinois that game probably shouldn't have been as close
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in fact it's in Las Vegas UNLV's back there they
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have some more they have a lot more firepower through
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the air with Jackson Arnold where I think that they're
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a more versatile team then I think that UNLV is
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going to win this game, and that would be a
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huge step forward in securing their Mountain West championship hopes.
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If you have that tiebreaker of Wyoming and a tiebreaker
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of North Dakota State, that'll feel like a two-game lead
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over the rest of the conference at that point.
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Yeah, Wyoming is on a three-game win streak, and that's
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nothing to scoff at, but it is against San Jose State,
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Northern Illinois, and then also Air Force, which is a
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solid win, don't get me wrong, but Yeah. They've already
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lost to North Dakota state earlier this season, central Michigan,
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Colorado state. I think they are looking better generally to
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your point in recent weeks, but yeah, I still like
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that UNLV offense. I still like the rebels to get
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it done, especially in Vegas. So, but still nonetheless going
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to be interesting to keep an eye on, you know,
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one quick thing I wanted to touch on here is
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NIU at San Jose state and And in that one,
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I like San Jose state and from, and they would
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be five and five in that situation. Yeah. Right. Yeah.
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They would be five and five. Yes. If they be NIU,
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they close out the season at air force versus UNLV
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versus North Dakota state. So am I doing the math here?
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Would they have to get to seven wins or wait, Yeah,
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maybe 5-5. 13-game schedule.
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They'd be a priority. At 6-7, they would be the
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priority team if not enough for bowl eligible. And they
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created that. There's two Puerto Rico bowls. They created an
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extra one. There's like the San Juan Bowl and the
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Puerto Rico Bowl. So there's 84 teams. So I think
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that there will be an extra spot. So as long
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as they win two of those games and finish 6-7,
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then they– should probably lock up a spot as one
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of the 84 teams. And you never know if someone's
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going to rage quit and go Notre Dame all over again.
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Yeah. Right.
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Right.
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Exactly. Or, you know, yeah, just drop out for any
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number of reasons, but they, they get NIU and then
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they close at air force UNLV NDSU. That is a
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tough way to close out this season. Do we think
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they can get to that point? Even can they even
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get to six wins at that point?
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I'm not sure. Having three of the final four at
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home helps. And the fact that San Jose State's defense
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has kept games so low scoring that they're able to
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compete in all these games. I mean, they haven't allowed
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more than 28 points in a game since that opener
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against USC. They've done a good job of just keeping
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themselves in the game with their defensive performance. And we've
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seen struggles out of UNLV and North Dakota State's offenses
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this year. I think one of those is going to
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be a close game decided in the final minutes. But
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if I had to bank on it right now, I
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would say San Jose State finishes the regular season at 5-8.
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Going to be interesting to watch, no doubt about it.
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Let's go to the Pac-12 now. Boise State, we got
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three games. We got a three-pack in the Pac-12. We
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got Boise State at Colorado State, Fresno State at Utah State.
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And the number one game to me, Texas State at
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Oregon State. probably the two best passing offenses in the
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g6 maybe two of the best in the country. I
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think I like Oregon State to bounce back at home,
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but how do you see this matchup unfolding and who
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do you ultimately foresee winning?
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I think we're ready for Pac-12 after dark. Back-to-back, let's
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run it back, 46-45. I think this is going to
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be a high-scoring game. I think it's just going to
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be a showcase of offensive skill position players. I know
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Texas State didn't really have the best offensive performance a
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few weeks ago against Utah State, but I still trust
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that offense's ability to get things done, especially with as
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rough as Oregon State's defense looked past week. I mean,
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Oregon State's defense, I said they were a solid enough
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unit earlier. I mean, they're not a strong unit. They're
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74th nationally in run defense, 55th in pass defense, where
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they're not one of the best in the Pac-12. But
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they're a solid unit, but I still think Texas State
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can really exploit even a solid defense and get a
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lot of points on them. And they can do it
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in a multitude of ways. We saw earlier that Texas
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State was one of the best rushing teams in the country.
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They're still ranked sixth in rushing yards per game. But
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against Boise State, they were able to shelf that a
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little bit and dominate more with Brad Jackson through the air.
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So Texas State's offense has multiple ways it can attack.
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Oregon State is going to attack with Braden Atkinson. He's
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going to throw for 350 yards a game, even in
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a loss like last week. And their offense is still
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going to get things done. This week, I think they're
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able to finish those drives that they missed, turn those
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field goal drives into touchdowns, convert some of those fourth
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downs that they failed last time, or maybe even not
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get to them. I think Oregon State's going to win
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the highest scoring game of the week here at Texas State.
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We've already had five 100-point games this year. Last year,
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we only had one. It was that Marshall-Louisiana game that
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went to double overtime. And this year we've already had
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five 100-point games. I think this one could be down
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for a sixth.
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And let's just march right on to the Sun Belt,
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finish it off strong here. We got JMU at Southern Miss,
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ODU at Coastal Carolina, Georgia State at App State, ULM
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at Arkansas State, Marshall at Georgia Southern. Louisiana Tech at Troy,
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South Alabama at Louisiana. There's a few candidates to be
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the conference game of the week here. I'm kind of
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looking at Marshall at Georgia Southern, because as you have
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talked about, this is a Georgia Southern podcast. So do
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we like the Herd versus the Eagles here, or is
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there another game that particularly stands out to you?
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I think the one I'm most excited to watch is
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Louisiana against South Alabama. I'm going to Sunbelt West showdown.
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I know the Sunbelt West, it's not, it doesn't, it
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may not have the title stakes because Louisiana Tech has
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two games up on the conference and they've already beaten
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both South Alabama and Louisiana. But in terms of just
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a game I'm interested to watch the matchup for, I
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think it would be this one where both teams are
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coming off of rough losses and South Alabama lost at
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15 at home to Louisiana Tech. And before that they
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lost the close game on a Tuesday night to Marshall
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and And then Louisiana Tech was upset by Southern Miss
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last time out. But I think that these teams have
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shown to be pretty good for most of the part
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this year. I mean, Lunch Winfield, he's a fun dual
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threat quarterback to watch. And then South Alabama has a
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really dynamic running game. I think this one could be
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maybe high 20s, low 30s scoring game back and forth.
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So in terms of an even matchup, this is the
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one I'm most excited for. But yeah, the Sunbelt has
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a lot of just solid games this week. I think
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Georgia Southern Marshall's another one of those. Georgia Southern is
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the new front runner in the Sunbelt East. They had
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a tough non-conference schedule, but they're back now. And I
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know they have that tiebreaker not on their side against
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James Madison, but if they keep winning, it's not going
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to matter. Louisiana Tech at Troy could get interesting. Louisiana
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Tech is leading the Sunbelt West division. Troy's the reigning champ.
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And Troy is coming off a big emotional win over
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James Madison. I just don't know if they'll have the
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offensive firepower to match what Louisiana Tech's shown on paper recently.
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Georgia State has fallen off the past few weeks. A
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few surprising losses in a row at home to Coastal
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Carolina by double digits right after losing to Arkansas State
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and JMU. So Georgia State's kind of lost some of
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its luster from its 4-1 start. And then the last
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thing I'll say is, how is James Madison playing on
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another Thursday night? James Madison fans have to
hate Thursday.
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That has to be the worst day of the week
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for them now.
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Right?
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What if this goes to overtime?
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What if this goes to overtime again?
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It's in Hattiesburg.
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At this rate.
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Southern Miss beat Louisiana.
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Then they beat ULM.
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They've won two straight. They're hot right now. I don't know.
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It's a team that's getting hot against a team that's
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getting cold at the wrong time, but I think James
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Madison wins big, but I'm just saying it's a Thursday
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night with James Madison.
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Anything's possible. You know, as thinking about Thursday night, my
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wife is a JMU alum and she went out to
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a birthday dinner with her friends last Thursday and she
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was having a great time until she came home and
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watched the end of that Troy game. So hoping for
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her sake that she has a little bit better time
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this Thursday, but yeah, something else to keep an eye
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on here with the Sunbelt. There are 10 teams that
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are four and four or better in the league. I'm
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not going to ask you to go through every single
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game here, but can we see double digit bowl eligible
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teams here at the end of the day, if the
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league continues to kind of beat up on itself and
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we see that many six and six teams, is that,
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I mean, I think that happened a couple of years ago,
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but yeah, I don't know. Do you foresee that being
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a potential result at the end of the regular season? Yes.
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It was in 2023.
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Sunbelt had, was it 12?
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Was it 12?
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I want to say the Sunbelt.
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Had 12 bowl teams.
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Yeah, they went.
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5-7 that year.
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Yeah, they had 12 teams in 2023 where everyone was
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just finishing six and six. Help it. And we had
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a few last year. I remember Marshall Georgia
Southern had
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a battle for six and six at the end of
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the year. Then App State gets a Birmingham Bowl invite
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after some other teams go down. So, I mean, it's
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not unprecedented where I think we could see 10 or
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maybe 11 teams, especially if there aren't enough spots and
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we're going to have to bring in a five or
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seven team. But the Sun Belt has enough parity where
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I think a lot of those 4-4 teams are just
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going to continue being a 4-4 team, being a 500
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team that goes 6-6 in the regular season. So, I mean,
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if you're not ULM or Old Dominion, maybe Southern Miss,
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you're probably making a bull right now.
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Dang. Which is kind of the classic argument, right, of
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if you have a conference that beats up on each other,
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is that a good league or is that a mark
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of a not-so-good league? You know, is it just a
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bunch of mediocre teams that kind of take turns beating
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each other? Or is it just that competitive that it's
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not easy to win week in, week out? I kind of,
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in the scope of the G6, I tend to lean
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with the latter. You know, because there are a number
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of teams that, there's different styles here. And I think
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it is a competitive league. So, I'm looking forward to it.
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I'm looking forward to the end of the regular season
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and seeing how many teams ultimately end up in the postseason.
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Is there anything else that you want to hit on here?
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Is there anything that has stood out to you as
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we look ahead to this week's slate?
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I'm just excited for Maction again. I love the week Maction.
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It's a fun time of the year. And we always
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get crazy play, like onside kicks, fake spikes, weird comebacks.
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Midweek Maction is truly, that's like the dawn of how
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midweek football Tuesday, Wednesday nights was created. I know that
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Weekdays USA kept us entertained, but Midweek Maction, there's just
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something else about it when it's November, the snowy games
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hit in central Michigan and stuff like that. But really
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excited for that. And then Thursday night in the American Conference,
528
00:28:24.630 --> 00:28:26.829
that game is just a guaranteed banger every week. And
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UTSA FAU seems like the perfect game to continue that tradition.
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So those are some of the things I'm most excited
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about this weekend.
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For sure. And we can't wait for it here. Thanks
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so much for the time, Steve, as always really appreciate it.
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