Week 2 Reaction: Arch's Fourth Quarter, Oregon Gets Stillwatered & Bama Wakes Up

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What's up, everybody?
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Welcome back to Fourth and Wrong.
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We are not actually live, but it is 7 30 Eastern time for most people.
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We're recording this a little earlier in the day.
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I'm Tyler.
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That's Chris.
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Week two is in the books.
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A lot happened.
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A lot good.
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Some started out bad, then ended up okay.
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Before we get to the games, a couple quick things.
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Thank you all.
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Hopefully, Booza.
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Booza's on the road right now, so he can't join us while we're recording.
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But hopefully he'll be in the chat live interacting.
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So if you're in the chat, feel free to interact, and Booz will be there kind of interacting.
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But a crazy weekend.
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It ended up being, especially last night, capped off really one of the crazier games.
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Yeah.
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Whew.
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RG.
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Where do you want to start?
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Let's we'll we always start with one word to describe the weekend.
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What would be your word?
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Opposite.
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Like most of the stuff that I thought that we knew as concrete truths from week one were the opposite.
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I would say most, but a lot of stuff.
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Like LSU came back down to earth.
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Oklahoma looked like shit.
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Michigan, as much as I hated it, they were able to win and beat Oklahoma.
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And Bryce Underwood looked much better.
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Texas in the fourth quarter.
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I thought, you know, that thing, like Alabama's defense in the front seven, much better than I thought.
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There's a ton of different examples, but I would say opposite of what I expected to happen or what I thought was going to happen based off week ones, but happened a lot.
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Yeah, so I went with unanswered because it felt like a lot of games had all these crazy runs.
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So Texas scored 21 unanswered, obviously, in the fourth quarter.
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Alabama scored 32 unanswered in the second half at Kentucky.
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AM scored 24 unanswered in the fourth quarter against Arizona State.
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And then, not that this was a big game, but Georgia scored 49 unanswered before Western Kentucky scored at all.
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I didn't realize they had started that early.
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I flipped over and they had their backup quarterback in, and they were fucking running into rounds to white people with seven minutes left in the second quarter, and it was 49-0.
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And I was like, oh yikes.
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Yeah.
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Offense looks a little different this year.
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I know they haven't played anybody yet, but these are some pretty cartoonish numbers.
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I mean, what they put up 70 yesterday?
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They are plus 110 point differential, and they are plus 802, I believe, in yards gained through two games.
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Yeah.
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Well, we definitely don't want to lead the show with Georgia, Western Kentucky, but we will talk about absolute barn bearing last night.
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Texas 24, Ohio State 23.
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Chris, I went back and listened to the episode, and it's kind of crazy.
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You're weaving through trying to bet on this game and what you're lying it down.
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See, that's why I like I don't care about being a pussy when it comes to lines and betting and like because the whole point is to make money.
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I I don't I'm not gonna hang my head on like well, I did it the right way.
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Like I didn't buy any points.
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Like, shut up.
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Texas ended up being minus one and a half.
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Total ended up closing at 49 and a half, but when we betted, it was at 47 and a half.
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So I took the under that that cash by a half a point.
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Texas money line cash for you.
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I I said I hadn't ended up taking Ohio State outright, but I was gonna take the money line as a as a bet.
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And so I got that wrong, but man, did I think I was gonna get it right there for three quarters at least.
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This game, obviously, tail of two halves, really tail of one quarter.
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There's a lot of that yesterday.
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Exactly.
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That's why one word of the weekend unanswered.
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Yeah.
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Halftime Ohio State's up 20 to 3.
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After three quarters, Ohio State's up 23 to 3.
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So not the craziest third quarter.
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Right.
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Ohio State had outgained Texas 240 to 97 in the first half.
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And Texas, while I will say, I think where they saved themselves was responding on defense after those two early turnovers, especially the first play of the game.
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Yeah.
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You come out, you come out on just at home, first play of the game, a little swing pass of the running back, fumble.
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Right.
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If you give up a touchdown there, dude, that that game, I mean, to hold them to three and just keep yourself in it, keep the crowd in it was big.
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Ultimately, they still didn't do anything in the first half.
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No.
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Well, you you and what what do good teams do?
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They make halftime adjustments.
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And I was like, well, maybe like you kept seeing it slip further and further away from them.
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And I was like, well, and that was also a big theme.
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Like halftime adjustments and putting the clamps down the second half, LSU, AM, Alabama, all that kind of stuff, like you already mentioned.
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They had they had three yards of offense in the third quarter.
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I mean, listen through three quarters, unless my math was wrong on this, which it could have been, they had 30, they ran 38 plays for 100 total yards.
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That's insane.
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Yeah.
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But then the fourth quarter starts.
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Texas went 15 plays, 91 yards.
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Then they had the the arch to Ryan Wingo touchdown.
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Then they went 13 plays, 72 yards for a Hollywood Smothers touchdown, and then they went 12 plays 73 yards again with Smothers, 25 seconds left on the clock.
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According to ESPN research, Texas is the only team in the last 15 years to close out a win with three straight touchdown drives of 12 plus plays.
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The other stat that makes this crazy AP number one teams were 197-0 since 2004 when leading by 20 at any point in the fourth quarter.
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Really?
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And they are now 197-1.
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So hey, one more sport radar calls it the largest fourth quarter comeback ever to beat an AP number one.
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It's also Ohio State's first loss after leading by 20 plus since 2011.
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All right, let me ask you this.
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Because those are all incredible numbers, and I don't want to take anything away from Texas, but we did watch Texas Underwhelm for three straight quarters.
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We've watched some Underwhelm for two straight years against Georgia, uh, two years against Ohio State, sometimes against elite competition.
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Does this change your mindset or the narrative for you with Texas?
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Not totally.
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I mean, obviously, incredible four quarter for Arch.
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I'm hoping if you're a Texas fan or you want to see Arch do well just for the narrative of another Manning being great, like you hope that he builds on this.
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But I mean, those first three quarters, like I had him coming in this week as my person with the most approved.
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And through three quarters, I'm sitting here thinking, I look at Julian Saiyan, and this kid looks more calm than Arch Manning in Arch Manning's house.
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Right.
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And and I'm thinking it's very, very clear that Saiyan is much more limited.
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Right.
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Like with his abilities and physical skills.
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Like, like Yeah, he's smaller, he's not as fast.
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I mean, the the uh oh, also shout out Tyler Bridgers, one of our longtime listeners, and a guy I graduated high school with.
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He sent me a message on Instagram and he said, just so you know, uh, if if it was just an audience of one, I'm I'm the one that got the joke about Julian Saiyan's hair looking like he was one of the kids at Mrs.
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Doubtfire's that birthday, Mrs.
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Doubtfire.
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So shout out him.
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But Saiyan's arm strength is very limited in comparison to some of these other guys.
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Yeah, but like, dude, and and but what did he do?
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He went out there, he got the run game was way, way better than I thought.
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And Jeremiah's Bo Jackson's looking like Bo Jackson.
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And Jeremiah Smith was was awesome.
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The 40 minutes.
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He's unbelievable.
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He's so good, dude.
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I I was watching the game with Rebecca, and she was just like, how is he that big and like that fast?
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I was like, yeah.
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And then they they start talking about how big his hands are and they're just zooming in on his nuts.
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I didn't see that.
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Well, well, because his hand was his hands were like down at it, like in front of him.
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Yeah, so they were they were doing a segment.
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Holly Rowe was talking about his hands and how big his hand.
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He has like three XL gloves.
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What?
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And so his hands just so happen to be like right by his crotch, and they're just they're zooming in on it, and then she's like, he has massive hands to grab these balls.
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I didn't see that.
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That's crazy.
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I can't believe that nobody tweeted that.
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It was it was funny.
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I'm I'm with you though.
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I I don't I don't know if it changed the narrative for Texas, and I hate to say that because I think Texas deserves all the credit in the world, and this is like this is like a win that they will remember for years and years and years.
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I just worry there's still like a lot of work left to do because they were not as dominant as I thought they were.
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And and honestly, the the more I say it, the worse I feel about saying it because it's like they just beat the number one team in America.
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Yeah, they they did it within this incredible fourth quarter comeback.
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There was no quit.
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Sark didn't roll over and die.
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Like there's you know, there were there were some I had already, like I told you, I had already written my article.
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I was done, and and I was like frustrated with Oklahoma and Texas, because it's not that they would have lost to two premier blue blood teams from the Big Ten.
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It's that they lost to those two teams.
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And and then being able to come back, and especially the way they did it, like establishing the run.
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I think it's clear that Arch may not be this generational quarterback that we all thought he was, or not actually we all, but some people thought he was because of his last name.
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But also, my God, can they help him with with catching the football?
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Oh, yeah, I know, I know.
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Mistake after mistake in that for I mean that that should have been touchdown.
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That was a perfect throw from Arch.
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Yeah.
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Guy just drops it right in the middle of the.
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I mean, it's just but hey, credit to them.
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They they fought back two two Ryan Day decisions that I questioned.
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First half, they're up 10-0.
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They're up fourth and two, the Texas 13, and they get stuffed, they go for it on fourth down, which I think a lot of people would say go for it on fourth down in that situation.
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But they get stuffed, and I think it get it it kind of helped Texas keep some sort of momentum in the game.
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You keep just tacking on points when you're already up 10-0.
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Yeah, I get it, it's still a two-store two-score game.
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But at the same time, you just you keep putting points on the board while they're still shut out.
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Hell, I mean, that would have been the difference in this game.
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The other one, a minute 23 left, they're up 23-17, Texas first and goal at the one, and they've got one timeout.
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I totally get trying to make a stand, but do you consider instead of what they did, which was stop them on the first two, call the timeout, basically leave themselves 25 seconds left, zero timeouts.
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Do you just let them score, keep the timeout?
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I mean, I I get that that's hard to say in the moment.
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You don't want them to go up.
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Well, so here's here's the pushback I would give on that is we've seen this before in this in this series.
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And we saw it a couple years ago when they had, I mean, Sark had the ball.
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Pep, where are you going?
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Sark had the ball first and goal with with Ewers.
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I think it was like from the one, and then they went backwards, and then they had the whole, you know, the the fumble or strip sack or whatever it was that made it 28-14.
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I mean, they were on the doorstep to to tying that up in the college ball playoff to get to the national championship, and you know, Ohio State was able to kind of bow their neck and and stop them.
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So I I don't I don't really disagree with that part.
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Now I will tell you right now, there they they got pushed around up front in the fourth quarter, and that was really surprising, and it was also really fun because it was Texas was really starting to turn away on the ground there.
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Yeah.
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So obviously, we the bets that we had on this game for the most part went went well.
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Jeremia Smith now, and obviously Heisman odds are all over the place, but FanDuel this morning had Jeremiah and Mensa's co-favorites for Heisman.
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Uh plus 600.
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Wow.
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Yeah.
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A lot of talk about how like this is a great quarterback class coming into the draft.
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And the name name value would say that, but I'm thinking about Dante Moore, which we'll get to that game.
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Me and you have both said we don't trust Dante Moore as a as a top pick.
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You said that I didn't I said I didn't trust Oregon.
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I wish I would have said it.
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It would have been a great but why don't you trust Oregon?
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Because I mean I feel like if you if you like Dante Moore, you would trust Oregon.
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No, I don't trust Oregon because they had to hire two new coordinators, and everyone assumed that they were just going to be great.
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And and and they clearly are not.
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Julian's saying, as you said, there's there's some limitations there.
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I don't know if you'd like I'm thinking as a Falcons fan because as we sit here on Sunday, they are either going to start Cooper Rush as their starting quarterback or undrafted free agent rookie Jack Strand out of like this.
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Mikasukey, yeah, junior college.
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Something like that.
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So I'm thinking the Falcons might have a top pick here.
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And I'm looking at these quarterbacks, I'm like, do you trust trust Arch after this game?
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I don't know that I do still.
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Yeah.
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We'll see.
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Anyways, obviously, great, great win for Texas.
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Ohio State, obviously, they're still going to be in it, but I don't think many people.
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Well, I guess Vegas did expect Texas to win.
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So at the end of the day, Texas gets it done.
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Before we get into the rest of the games here, got a shout out.
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Home stadium.
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Everything we told you about, the 21 unanswered in the fourth quarter, is the reason something like this exists.
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If you're a Texas fan, you have this installed in your house 45 minutes on Saturday night.
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Your house did nothing.
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And then for 15 minutes, this thing was firing on all cylinders.
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Burn orange.
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If you're Bud and you're a Georgia Southern fan, this thing only fired once.
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They covered though.
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They did cover.
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But this thing, not only did Georgia Southern only score one touchdown, but they they the game was delayed severely.
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So yeah, uh his light up, I think, came after midnight.
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It was very frustrating.
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It was very frustrating to see like that because Clemson wanted to give it to the Auburn.
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Yeah.
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Clemson wanted Georgia Southern to be in that game.
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We did too.
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But homestadium.io, obviously, Bud was on the show last week, but it's it's a product that he's been building since COVID.
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Light up your house like the stadium does.
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Chris, what was your favorite game of the weekend?
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Alabama.
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Outside of last night, obviously.
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Alabama, Kentucky.
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Okay.
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Tell me what, Chris.
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Why were you excited?
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Because I was thinking about you on Saturday, and I was I had to do a little something during the first half of that game.
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Yeah.
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And I'm looking at my phone.
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It's halftime.
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Thinking to myself, I wonder what Chris is thinking in his head right now.
00:15:30.480 --> 00:15:37.360
So I why I liked it is because it it I it it was a really bad first half of football.
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Like if you if you sat there and like wrote down or drew up a game plan of like, okay, what are all the things you cannot do and situations you cannot put yourself in if you're Alabama going on the road?
00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:48.559
You got a first-year start at quarterback.
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You the strength of this team is the defense.
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I did not think the front seven would be very good.
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They lost six to seven guys from there last year.
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I didn't think like, you know, two of them went to Ohio State.
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I didn't think you all of a sudden had upgrades there.
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They do.
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That front seven's uh is awesome.
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And and and I thought Kentucky was better in the passing game than maybe the run game, even though that that offensive line for Kentucky, I still think might be one of the top five in the SEC.
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They're really good up front.
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But Bama's front seven was a concern.
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They they were the strength of the they they are the strength of the team, though, is the defense, right?
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So in my mind, it's like, all right, if you're figuring out what to do going into this game, you gotta be fired up and you have a really good opportunity where it's the trendy pick.
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The line dropped from 10 and a half to eight and a half on game day.
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Everyone's kind of it's becoming a more and more like Hirstry said Kentucky was gonna win outright.
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He did, and he blamed the Rose Bowl loss on on as his reason why.
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Will Stein.
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I don't know.
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You did you miss this if you didn't see the first half, but Kentucky coming into the stadium, going on a mile and a half fucking walk from their facility.
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I don't know what that is.
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It's terrible.
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But so, like, but Will Stein's getting the crowd all fired up.
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They showed up for the most part.
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Not great shit talk.
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He was like, Oh, I want you to get after them and make them, you know, yelling obscenities and balls.
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And then it was like, they showed one guy who's like, Hey, freshman, you should be out partying to Keelan Russell.
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And it was like, What?
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And then there was they there a few of them showed up to Bama getting off the bus, walking in the stadium, and were like, Nick's not getting off that bus.
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You're not what you used to be, and like, you know, so that you had a you had an opportunity to do that.
00:17:21.839 --> 00:17:24.559
It's tough when there's only like a handful of fans that are saying that.
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Yeah.
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I I fired back at that guy on Twitter.
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So, but like you you had this opportunity where where I think one thing you want to see from Deborah is this in this team under him is killer instinct, being able to go in like in an environment like that where it's not Nealin, it's not Tiger Stadium, like you know, but it is a situation where like you could go run them out of the building if you are focused and and all that kind of stuff.
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But what do you need to do?
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What's the checklist and the game plan when you go there?
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Let's make sure that you are you're you're catering the game plan to to Keelan Russell, so you're not getting him rattled early, try to figure out a way to establish the run, maybe get him in a rhythm early with some easy throws, whatever.
00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:10.559
You get a stop on the first drive of the game, and the first thing that happens is some weird ass drop back.
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Remember, you're you're you're missing your best offensive lineman.
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He gets sacked for 10 yards or lost to 10 yards and should have been intentional grounding.
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Second and 20.
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I'm like, all right, not great already.
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They run their slowest back, who's like north and south, like between the tackles, to like the widest stretch play imaginable, two-yard loss.
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I'm like, what the fuck is that?
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Third and 22.
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All right, man.
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Well, just you know, something easy or just run the ball at the middle, punt it away, and keep your defense on the field because you can win with that defense, right?
00:18:40.319 --> 00:18:42.079
Like you have to play complimentary football.
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Nope, drop back, left tackle gets blown up, you know, ball gets deflected, touchdown.
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And I was like, what the fuck are you doing to prepare this to like how do you go into this situation and allow that to happen because it's so easily avoidable, right?
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Like, you know, so then you see as the first half went on, offense struggled a little bit.
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I mean, I did a halftime show for Cover Crimson.
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They wanted to bench Keelan Russell.
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I, you know, I it was all the all the overreactions you'd expect, but still the defense playing really well.
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Yeah.
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You your most approved last week was Alabama's offensive line.
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Five rushing yards in the first half.
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Five rushing yards.
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Tyler, it was negative 18 after 16 minutes.
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Yeah.
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But 155 for the game.
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So yeah.
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So the thing is they they go in there and the offense doesn't score in the first half.
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You get a pick six, you settle in.
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No one's ever gonna feel sorry for Alabama.
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Everyone's pulling against Alabama.
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I I oh I get that.
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The refs in this game, Tyler.
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Oh my! Like there was some there was a call on a fourth and one where they catch it, somebody comes in, punches the ball out, and the ball hits behind the line to gain, bounces out of bounds forward ahead of it, and they go, uh, it was a catch, but he fumbled and the ball went out of bounds before the line to gain.
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So it's a turnover on downs Alabama ball.
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They go to commercial break, and I was like, 20 bucks as they fucking overturn this because it didn't go out before the line to gain.
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But you can't advance a fumble either.
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They come back and say that he caught it.
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The head of the officials goes, it's an incomplete pass.
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He never had control of it.
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Nope.
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It was a catch and a first down.
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First down Kentucky, two plays later they score, and I'm like, I'm losing my mind.
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I'm like, yeah, yeah.
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And so then you had another situation where Daniel Hill's like running down the sideline for a touchdown.
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They have all the different angles.
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He never steps out.
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It's called a touchdown on the field.
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There's no conclusive evidence to overturn it.
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They still manage to do it.
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Then you had a a play right before the half where it's fourth and four, and they're they're like they're trying to draw you off sides.
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It's it's a one-point game.
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And you see to get to the half.
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You get the ball coming out of the half, like you seem to get to half.
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And it's fourth and four, and the guy's under center, and they he's like trying to draw him, trying to draw him off.
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They don't jump, and Bray Hubbard, the safety, he's like, Oh, okay.
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I saw that.
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Because they call delay of game on on defense.
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Earlier in that drive, Tyler, on a on a rushing play up the middle for like a two-yard gain, they called defensive holding on Bama's nose tackle, uh, which I've never seen.
00:21:11.839 --> 00:21:19.359
And so then they they gave delay of game for the clapping because it's it messes up the cadence of the quarterback when he claps to snap the ball.
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He was under center.
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Like it was it was fucking unbelievable.
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And I thought you had a really good opportunity with how bad the offense was and the play calling was and stuff like that in the first and and how prepared they were in the first half.
00:21:31.759 --> 00:21:36.400
Calen DeBoore, 0-7 at Alabama in the first half when trailing at the half.
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We've seen him, as Kirk Herbschute said, like kind of roll over and die and give up, all that kind of stuff.
00:21:41.119 --> 00:21:53.759
You had a really good opportunity to find your identity of who you are, who who you want to be as a team, and and come back out there and and figure out like what it takes to win on the road and build on something.
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And they went out there and beat the shit out of Kentucky in the second half.
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And they they they ran for 0.3 yards per.
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Carry in the first half that that went to 6.3 in the second half, allowed one third down conversion all games, only have one all season as well.
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Forced multiple turnovers, had four sacks, didn't allow any sacks, held Kentucky to two yards rushing.
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And it was just a like good teams and or great, great teams and good coaches, or vice versa.
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They make halftime adjustments.
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And that's not something we've seen a lot from Calen DeBoer, but they did.
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And in that front seven, man, Devon Tomkins, that kid from Southern Cal, he was awesome.
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So I was I was excited to see that just because I thought they got punched in the mouth and it felt like they needed to respond.
00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:41.759
And we hadn't seen them do that that that often with Calen DeBoer, and it was good to see.
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Well, you know, I'm glad you guys feel prepared because you got a juggernaut.
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Season starts this week for you guys.
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That's true.
00:22:49.759 --> 00:22:54.319
My favorite game obviously is going to be Oklahoma State 39, Oregon.
00:22:56.559 --> 00:23:00.960
In Stillwater, Eddie's national championship pick, Oregon.
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Yeah.
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24-point favorite.
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Oklahoma State hadn't beaten FBS opponent in 21 attempts.
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Yeah.
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They went 1-11 last year.
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They got Gundy fired.
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Our boy.
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They lost 24-10 to Tulsa last week in Eric Morris' debut.
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And they lost this exact game 69 to 3 one year ago.
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Right.
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First team in FBS history to snap a 10-plus game losing streak by beating a top 10 team.
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What's going on with Oregon?
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First of all, I I don't want to take away from Oklahoma State because what an incredible win for a program that's really needed one over the last few years.
00:23:39.279 --> 00:23:42.799
But more Oregon almost lost to Boise State last week.
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Oklahoma State was 0-12 in their last 12 games against Power 4 teams.
00:23:47.599 --> 00:23:51.759
I mean, I you would assume the Boise State thing would have been a wake-up call.
00:23:51.839 --> 00:23:54.480
And I didn't get to watch most of this game because there were other games on.
00:23:54.559 --> 00:23:56.799
I just didn't think that it would end like that.
00:23:57.440 --> 00:24:03.599
But it's not even so I think the biggest concern here, if your Oregon isn't Dante Moore, it isn't the offense.
00:24:03.680 --> 00:24:06.799
I don't I don't know if if they were struggling at times or whatever.
00:24:07.119 --> 00:24:14.319
But even with all the the players they brought in from North Texas with Mesti Maker and the running back, I mean that team lost to Tulsa last week by 14 points.
00:24:14.400 --> 00:24:15.920
They scored 10 total points.
00:24:16.160 --> 00:24:20.799
You put up, you you allowed them to score 39, and your head coach is a defensive coach.
00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:24.559
So even with the loss of Tosh LePoy as the DC, you feel good.
00:24:24.640 --> 00:24:27.039
And also, you've got dudes everywhere.
00:24:27.200 --> 00:24:30.640
Like, like it like they lost a lot of talent to the NFL draft.
00:24:30.720 --> 00:24:34.880
They lost a first round tight end, and they have like two more NFL draft picks at tight end.
00:24:34.960 --> 00:24:51.839
They have all this NFL talent again, and they, you know, like this is if this was Texas or this was Ohio State, the sky would be falling, and we would be the entire world would be laughing at this, and and it would be a much bigger deal.
00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:56.000
But since it's Oregon, it's not because we've we've just become accustomed to it.
00:24:56.160 --> 00:24:58.720
This is Oregon's never won a national championship.
00:24:58.799 --> 00:25:02.079
They fall on their face constantly when the when the lights shine brightest.
00:25:02.319 --> 00:25:04.000
And it I thought it was embarrassing.
00:25:04.079 --> 00:25:08.160
I just thought it was I'll tell you the last thing from a selfish standpoint.
00:25:08.240 --> 00:25:10.400
I said this all offseason, I say it every offseason.
00:25:10.559 --> 00:25:17.200
I'm so fucking tired of seeing Dan Lanning's name on some of these off-season coach ranking lists.
00:25:17.279 --> 00:25:24.480
I and I like him a lot as a coach, but the idea that he's a top five coach in college football with nothing to show for it is is a joke.
00:25:25.599 --> 00:25:29.519
This is this is a I mean, one of the all-time bad losses here.
00:25:29.680 --> 00:25:31.759
I mean, you're a 24-point favorite.
00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:37.359
The opponent is just brutalized over the last feels like three to five years.
00:25:37.440 --> 00:25:38.960
I can't even remember how long it's been.
00:25:39.119 --> 00:25:43.119
You get outgained 554 yards to 281.
00:25:43.200 --> 00:25:47.039
I mean, the the score was closer than what this game actually was.
00:25:48.000 --> 00:26:00.720
Dante Moore, again, you know, two second-half touchdown passes, but Evan Stewart had a touchdown catch from him that was took them to 3130 to lead on the first play of the fourth.
00:26:00.880 --> 00:26:02.960
And that was the last time that Oregon scored.
00:26:03.119 --> 00:26:05.519
This game was a 90-minute weather delay.
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They take the goalposts down in still water, throw them in Theta Pond.
00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:17.519
Messmaker gets carried away by police officers after his helmet stolen.
00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:19.920
I mean, it's still this is this is still water at its best.
00:26:20.079 --> 00:26:21.119
Yeah, for real.
00:26:22.160 --> 00:26:27.920
But man, like Oregon, a lot of people had Oregon as a sexy pick to win the whole thing this year.
00:26:30.000 --> 00:26:35.119
On three put out that graphic of all the people, like they were the they were the most picked team.
00:26:35.440 --> 00:26:38.720
They they fell to six after last week, after the Boise scare.
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Now they're obviously projected to fall out of the top ten for the first time in three years.
00:26:43.359 --> 00:26:45.519
Some projections have them near 20.
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They've been at the top 10 for three years.
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This is what this note that I found says.
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That's awesome.
00:26:51.039 --> 00:26:53.920
Too bad we don't have stat boy Eddie here to to talk about.
00:26:54.240 --> 00:26:55.200
No, you kill it with the sets.
00:26:55.279 --> 00:26:56.000
That's good's good.
00:26:56.640 --> 00:27:01.680
Quickly, I don't know if you this is one of the games we picked here, but we both were right on this one.
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Tennessee 45, Georgia Tech.
00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:08.640
Brent Key was like everybody liked Brent Key a lot last year.
00:27:09.440 --> 00:27:11.200
That seems like that could wear off quickly.
00:27:11.279 --> 00:27:11.519
I don't know.
00:27:11.599 --> 00:27:12.160
Like, we'll see.
00:27:12.240 --> 00:27:21.839
But he's recruiting well, and I I think he again, I'm I'm very partial to anybody that that is at a place where they played or are from, and it matters something to him.
00:27:21.920 --> 00:27:23.440
And I think that is Brent Key.
00:27:23.599 --> 00:27:26.559
Now he's got to do the hard part, which is he's got to go out and find a coordinator.
00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:28.079
I thought he did a decent job in the portal.
00:27:28.160 --> 00:27:36.240
He went out and got some good players, got some Bama guys, got got, you know, what's his name's little brother, but they have some got Justice Haynes.
00:27:36.319 --> 00:27:38.000
Uh like that's a two million dollar payday.
00:27:38.240 --> 00:27:40.079
Like, like they put the things in place.
00:27:40.160 --> 00:27:45.039
I again love the way they're recruiting, and they haven't started ACC play yet, right?
00:27:45.119 --> 00:27:46.160
Like, who'd they play week one?
00:27:46.480 --> 00:27:46.880
Colorado.
00:27:46.960 --> 00:27:47.200
Yeah.
00:27:47.519 --> 00:27:53.119
So, you know, their season's not over necessarily, but I I I was disappointed in that.
00:27:53.200 --> 00:28:01.200
I was also very impressed with Tennessee, once again, and and the way that Faison Brandon has looked as in the early part of his first two starts.
00:28:01.599 --> 00:28:03.839
I do have to go back real quick.
00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:05.519
While Eddie is on the road.
00:28:05.680 --> 00:28:06.079
Yeah.
00:28:06.400 --> 00:28:13.279
He did send us a handful of Angry Fans voicemails that were left over the weekend, and I meant to play one during your Bama segment.
00:28:13.359 --> 00:28:14.799
So I'm gonna go back.
00:28:15.039 --> 00:28:16.720
It's a long time caller.
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Here we go.
00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:18.960
What's up, boys?
00:28:19.039 --> 00:28:20.720
It's uh Bama Bo here.
00:28:20.960 --> 00:28:23.759
Just watching this Ohio State, Texas game.
00:28:24.640 --> 00:28:29.359
Tell you what, old Bama boys look like shit that first quarter, first half, really.
00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:30.559
Damn.
00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:32.319
I ain't never seen nothing like that, boy.
00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:33.920
I'm about to turn this shit off.
00:28:34.480 --> 00:28:37.680
But old Calenborn Boys prevailed.
00:28:38.400 --> 00:28:45.440
That's the first time I've ever seen a Calvin De Moore team pull away after struggling against a non unranked team, man.
00:28:46.000 --> 00:28:49.519
You always walk in a fucking Kroger field and get a victory.
00:28:56.160 --> 00:29:00.559
About um damn.
00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:02.160
Well, I guess I'll enjoy the rest of my night.
00:29:02.400 --> 00:29:02.880
I'm so close.
00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:07.519
You know what's you know what also disappointed me about this, though?
00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:14.559
Because I was like, I was all fired up at halftime, and I I was doing that halftime show for Cover Crimson, and I go, I was like, Am I allowed to cuss?
00:29:14.640 --> 00:29:18.160
They were like, Did I just realize there's probably kids watching in the same room with their parents or whatever?
00:29:18.319 --> 00:29:20.160
And I was like, kids, leave.
00:29:20.319 --> 00:29:23.680
And I was like, Caitlin De Boer better light a fucking fire under their ass, and blah blah blah.
00:29:23.759 --> 00:29:26.160
And I went on pretty much the same thing Bama Bo said.
00:29:26.319 --> 00:29:28.240
Then they asked the board afterwards when they said it halftime.
00:29:28.400 --> 00:29:29.279
He goes, Oh, nothing really.
00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:31.599
It wasn't like some big, like fiery speech.
00:29:31.759 --> 00:29:34.960
It was just kind of like we calm and we collected and regrouped.
00:29:35.039 --> 00:29:39.920
And I was like, Can you just fucking for once be mad about like what does make you mad, dude?
00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:41.039
Right, yeah, I know.
00:29:41.279 --> 00:29:41.920
I know.
00:29:42.640 --> 00:29:45.440
And then we'll let's play one more here and then we'll move on to the other games.
00:29:45.519 --> 00:29:46.640
This is a Georgia fan.
00:29:46.880 --> 00:29:47.200
All right.
00:29:47.440 --> 00:29:49.119
Uncle Chris, T Huck.
00:29:49.599 --> 00:29:50.079
Seven.
00:29:50.319 --> 00:29:51.039
It's your boy.
00:29:52.400 --> 00:29:56.640
It's not even half time for the game yet, and you know what?
00:29:56.880 --> 00:29:58.160
I had to call.
00:29:59.119 --> 00:30:09.680
I'm trying to be a reasonable, rational fan, but I know we've played garbage for two weeks, but I don't know how we don't go into feeding and win the matches.
00:30:10.880 --> 00:30:16.000
I have never seen this level of offensive output consistently under Kirby Smart.
00:30:16.319 --> 00:30:18.079
I'm looking ahead at the schedule.
00:30:18.319 --> 00:30:21.279
We got Georgia Tech and SCP coming up.
00:30:21.440 --> 00:30:29.680
And aside from survival again, like the cocktail party and detail always survivalry always being competitive and having a good touchdown.
00:30:31.599 --> 00:30:37.279
I don't see why we don't just gouge out the rest of our schedule's eyes, and you know what it is.
00:30:37.519 --> 00:30:42.720
Like we just got another pick on defense and get run back.
00:30:43.039 --> 00:30:44.079
Um pick six.
00:30:44.640 --> 00:30:45.839
Nope, I'm down the one.
00:30:46.160 --> 00:30:52.480
Anyway, all I gotta say is Kirby Smart seems to have a chip on his shoulder this year.
00:30:52.640 --> 00:31:01.119
He's letting the dogs play, he's letting us run it up, and that is bad news if Kirby Smart's pissed off for the rest of our schedule.
00:31:02.720 --> 00:31:04.640
Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey, hey.
00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:11.119
I was gonna bring this up later, but uh let me just touch on it real quick.
00:31:11.279 --> 00:31:17.359
And I I did this yesterday for an article, and it would be probably a good segment if I brought it up to you and planned ahead.
00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:28.559
But like three things we're not talking enough about, or things we're not talking enough about, and I one of them was Bama's defense that had some adjustments, the other was Mississippi State, which I hope we talk about later because I would love to dive into that.
00:31:28.640 --> 00:31:30.720
And then third, though is Georgia.
00:31:30.799 --> 00:31:44.720
And we're just not like in I I was really surprised yesterday because I just I'm always at the point, even though I I had Texas in the preseason picked to win and all that kind of stuff, I would reverse course on that immediately because Georgia is, I think, the best team in the country right now.
00:31:44.799 --> 00:31:47.039
Maybe Miami is a close second, but we'll we I don't know.
00:31:47.119 --> 00:31:48.720
There's no one on that schedule that's gonna beat them.
00:31:48.799 --> 00:31:51.839
Like there's there's no one in the in the regular season that's gonna beat them.
00:31:52.000 --> 00:31:54.960
I said before the season started they were gonna go 12-0 in the regular season.
00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:58.240
They look awesome, they look angry, they like all the things.
00:31:58.640 --> 00:32:04.799
And I was surprised yesterday seeing some of the comments that were made from other SEC fans and like we didn't play anybody.
00:32:04.960 --> 00:32:07.359
And it's like, is that what the hill you want to die on?
00:32:07.440 --> 00:32:11.039
Like they've they've won three of the last four SEC championships, right?
00:32:11.119 --> 00:32:14.079
Or is it or they've played in three of the last what is it?
00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:19.759
They've played in, or they've they've played in like eight of the last nine SEC championships.
00:32:20.079 --> 00:32:24.000
I mean, like, and and I think they've won, I know they won in 2022.
00:32:24.720 --> 00:32:26.559
Yeah, they've won three of the last four.
00:32:26.720 --> 00:32:32.160
And so the idea that, oh, it's only because it's only Western Kentucky, and it's like, what are you seeing?
00:32:32.240 --> 00:32:37.440
Gunner Stockton has twice as many touchdowns this year as he does incompletions.
00:32:37.839 --> 00:32:40.160
I mean, they they are it's crazy.
00:32:40.240 --> 00:32:45.039
Like, like Nate Frazier has been awesome, the run game has been awesome, the defense is scary.
00:32:45.359 --> 00:32:55.920
I mean, I they they are murdering teams right now, and and I and and the one game that we thought was gonna be their biggest test, he just mentioned fucking Auburn and Florida.
00:32:56.000 --> 00:33:02.400
I may I mean not Auburn, maybe Florida, but you get both those games seemingly at home because the the Florida game's in Atlanta.
00:33:02.720 --> 00:33:05.279
Oklahoma, I thought it was gonna be a test in a couple weeks.
00:33:05.440 --> 00:33:06.559
Oklahoma's at home.
00:33:06.640 --> 00:33:08.079
Oh, and they don't have an offense.
00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:10.960
I mean, Georgia is going to punish people this year.
00:33:11.359 --> 00:33:15.279
Just to remind folks, I mean, Western Kentucky's not an FCS school.
00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:19.359
They've actually been a fairly decent like G6 team.
00:33:19.440 --> 00:33:20.559
I mean, I say fairly decent.
00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:25.759
The the spread was 40 and a half, total 55 and a half.
00:33:25.920 --> 00:33:30.000
They put up 70 themselves, and they won by 50 points.
00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:31.440
What was the score at halftime?
00:33:31.519 --> 00:33:32.480
It was 49-0.
00:33:33.759 --> 00:33:37.200
It like with like six minutes left in the in the second quarter.
00:33:37.599 --> 00:33:37.920
Yeah.
00:33:38.160 --> 00:33:39.039
That's crazy.
00:33:39.200 --> 00:33:45.599
Uh, the other big game of the weekend played out in ways like we thought and ways like we didn't.
00:33:45.920 --> 00:33:52.000
Your lock of the week was Michigan team total under 20 and a half.
00:33:52.160 --> 00:33:52.480
Yeah.
00:33:52.880 --> 00:33:53.599
Cashed it.
00:33:53.839 --> 00:33:59.279
My lock, unfortunately, was Oklahoma minus five and a half, which Chris, you tried to warn me.
00:33:59.359 --> 00:34:02.240
I even said when I made the bet this is fourth and wrong.
00:34:02.319 --> 00:34:03.839
We we don't we're not scared to be wrong.
00:34:04.079 --> 00:34:08.239
I don't care that five and a half is the worst number you could possibly try to take ever.
00:34:09.039 --> 00:34:09.760
And I was wrong.
00:34:10.159 --> 00:34:12.639
And Vegas did like the under this game.
00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:15.119
And and it hit by a wide margin.
00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:19.599
Can we talk about John Tier?
00:34:20.159 --> 00:34:21.280
I would love to.
00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:24.719
I'm not seeing it from my guy.
00:34:25.039 --> 00:34:26.000
Were you ever?
00:34:27.199 --> 00:34:29.199
Josh picked him to win the Heisman last year.
00:34:29.440 --> 00:34:30.480
So I mean last year.
00:34:30.719 --> 00:34:32.239
People were at some point.
00:34:32.960 --> 00:34:37.599
I said last year I thought he was, and I don't want to, I'm not trying to fill steal this segment.
00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:40.159
I said in 2021 that he was gonna come in.
00:34:40.480 --> 00:34:54.159
I I said last year, I was like, well, you you gotta we saw it with Arch, we saw it with other, you gotta come in and prove it to an extent of like, you know, like what you put up at Washington State is not the same as what you have in the SEC because you only played one power four opponent.
00:34:54.320 --> 00:34:58.800
And last year he was the Heisman front runner leaving September, and then he got the thumb injury.
00:34:58.880 --> 00:35:20.800
And I kept saying it's like everyone kept talking about how oh man, well, he like the numbers went down because of the injury, and he didn't have a run game, and some receivers were hurt, and then like sure, but the production also dipped dramatically once they started playing actual competition, like when they weren't playing Temple, a bad Michigan team at home, Auburn at home, and he had to play actual teams.
00:35:21.119 --> 00:35:24.000
Like, I made a whole graphic on it last night.
00:35:24.320 --> 00:35:31.119
Like his numbers against power four opponents versus non-powerful opponents as a starting quarterback over since 2024.
00:35:31.599 --> 00:35:34.239
He has less I think it's like 58 yards.
00:35:34.400 --> 00:35:39.440
This is just for passing, 58 yards less per game in passing yards.
00:35:39.679 --> 00:35:44.079
He has half the amount of touchdowns, double the amount of interceptions.
00:35:44.239 --> 00:35:55.679
Uh, it is, I mean, it it's it's just very obvious that like like when he's faced with good competition, and and I will say this too, our buckle didn't do a lot to to put him in great spots.
00:35:55.760 --> 00:36:04.639
I don't know why they didn't utilize his legs more, but like he's not gonna go win you games or a natty or or a lot of games, at least with just his arm.
00:36:04.719 --> 00:36:08.559
And I don't know why they kept trying to make like force that on.
00:36:08.639 --> 00:36:11.119
I mean, like that that seemed like a very bad game plan.
00:36:11.199 --> 00:36:20.320
If you John Mateer's arm is not the strength of what what he is, he's a very good college quarterback because he can run and he and he's and he's athletic and he's got a good arm.
00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:24.400
But we've seen time and time again, his arm is not what his strength is.
00:36:26.320 --> 00:36:30.000
Let me just bring up a little weird scenario for you here, Chris.
00:36:30.159 --> 00:36:36.159
Because for so, first of all, just to stick with this game, Michigan, I I don't feel any different about Michigan.
00:36:36.239 --> 00:36:39.360
They had 263 yards of offense in this game.
00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:40.239
Only one.
00:36:42.320 --> 00:36:43.840
263 yards of offense.
00:36:43.920 --> 00:36:48.800
Bryce Underwood, nine of 17 for 111 yards, zero touchdowns through the air.
00:36:49.119 --> 00:36:54.480
Big game on the ground, 18 carries, 87 yards, and a 38-yard touchdown run.
00:36:55.119 --> 00:36:57.199
But that was the opening uh drive.
00:36:57.760 --> 00:36:58.880
Yeah, unscript again.
00:36:59.760 --> 00:37:01.360
Mateer got one drive right as well.
00:37:01.440 --> 00:37:04.159
He was five for five for 77 yards with the touchdown.
00:37:04.639 --> 00:37:06.000
But then nothing else after that.
00:37:06.480 --> 00:37:07.840
Here's the weird scenario I want to paint.
00:37:07.920 --> 00:37:10.719
Didn't Venables just get a six-year extension?
00:37:11.440 --> 00:37:11.679
Yeah.
00:37:14.480 --> 00:37:16.000
This one, they they lose.
00:37:16.239 --> 00:37:19.679
Offense still looks pretty inept against teams with a heartbeat.
00:37:19.760 --> 00:37:22.880
You do have New Mexico next week, and then you've got Georgia and Texas after that.
00:37:23.679 --> 00:37:26.400
Yeah, I mean, I I don't I shouldn't have picked them to go to the playoff.
00:37:26.559 --> 00:37:32.079
I I just thought on their schedule, this was uh this was a win because I didn't believe in Michigan.
00:37:32.159 --> 00:37:33.119
And it should have been a win.
00:37:33.440 --> 00:37:38.400
Like you shouldn't have picked the pick you had deep in your own territory, should have never happened.
00:37:38.559 --> 00:37:42.000
There was all these uncharacteristic things they had with penalties and and and things like that.
00:37:42.159 --> 00:37:52.320
Like they're they're just they did also this this game for Michigan, like they they quintessential, every single fucking break that you could get went their way.
00:37:52.400 --> 00:37:54.480
They had multiple fumbles that they recovered.
00:37:54.559 --> 00:37:58.559
Uh every punt, it felt like all day was was pinned down in the one-yard line.
00:37:58.719 --> 00:38:06.559
Bryce Underwood was I thought their offensive game plan was great from what they did with with Underwood's legs, and and that was really impressive to me.
00:38:06.719 --> 00:38:12.960
And they were able to run the ball well and and and have some very key conversions in big big spots.
00:38:13.199 --> 00:38:19.039
For for Oklahoma, it was just like I don't know what you were doing in the game plan.
00:38:19.280 --> 00:38:26.239
So many jet sweeps, so many like like plays where you're like, you're letting Mathir dude take off and run.
00:38:26.320 --> 00:38:27.679
I don't, I just didn't get it.
00:38:27.920 --> 00:38:47.199
There were so many things, and and I think it was very obvious that once once that went on, it became painstakingly clear that like that that defense, I've said like for with Benivals, it's like if you can score 20 points, you gotta feel good about winning every game you play because that defense is not gonna give up a ton of points.
00:38:47.280 --> 00:38:48.800
That was the case this weekend.
00:38:49.039 --> 00:38:55.039
I mean, even this, even one of the other touchdowns was was when they got the ball at like the four-yard line.
00:38:55.280 --> 00:38:56.960
Hold on, let me pull this up.
00:38:57.440 --> 00:39:02.480
And I also I love the fact that Michigan gets a Taltus as they were unranked, beating a top 11 team.
00:39:03.039 --> 00:39:04.239
That part pisses me off.
00:39:04.400 --> 00:39:06.960
But like, so they scored on the opening drive, like you said, I think.
00:39:07.039 --> 00:39:10.400
Or I think they punted on the opening drive, but they scored on the second drive.
00:39:10.559 --> 00:39:14.000
Six plays, 91 yards, three minutes and 40 seconds, right?
00:39:14.239 --> 00:39:20.639
And and Oklahoma to start, it they're they're five possessions in the first half, four punts and a fumble.
00:39:21.039 --> 00:39:21.599
Terrible.
00:39:21.679 --> 00:39:23.119
I mean, just terrible.
00:39:23.440 --> 00:39:36.480
And Michigan, after they uh after they score, they go punt, field goal, punt, punt, punt, touchdown from two plays, six yards out, punt, punt.
00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:38.719
And these these punts, by the way, second.
00:39:39.920 --> 00:39:44.719
That would be a great drop we could create for like just to describe a game.
00:39:44.880 --> 00:39:45.519
And I just hit it.
00:39:45.599 --> 00:39:47.840
It's just you going punt, punt, punt, punt.
00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:57.119
This is but like, so they they go after the touchdown, after the the touchdown, or sorry, after after the halftime, they get the ball first.
00:39:57.199 --> 00:40:05.119
Three plays, eight yards, punt, eleven plays, 33 yards, punt, three plays, four yards, punt, the touchdown, three plays, eight yards, three plays, six yards.
00:40:05.199 --> 00:40:16.800
I mean, like Oklahoma's defense did their job, but but again, eight plays, 83 yards, resulting in a field goal to tie it up, interception that that gets returned to this the the six yard line.
00:40:16.960 --> 00:40:19.599
I mean, they just they shot themselves in the foot all day.
00:40:19.679 --> 00:40:21.360
It was really frustrating.
00:40:21.599 --> 00:40:22.000
Yeah.
00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:25.360
Oklahoma's got an interesting month coming up, I think.
00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:26.159
Yeah.
00:40:26.880 --> 00:40:30.960
Just I think we should probably just highlight other games that that were interesting.
00:40:31.039 --> 00:40:35.199
Uh, you probably know more about this, but the Missouri, Kansas.
00:40:35.360 --> 00:40:37.599
Oh so that was one of my best bets.
00:40:37.760 --> 00:40:40.480
Missouri minus six, Missouri 38, Kansas 21.
00:40:40.559 --> 00:40:41.440
That was on Friday.
00:40:41.679 --> 00:40:47.920
Game was tied 14-14 at the half, and then Missouri again, talk about unanswered 24-7 after that.
00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:49.840
But what was the whole social media thing?
00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:51.199
Because I I missed it.
00:40:51.679 --> 00:40:54.159
So I I've said this a bunch on here.
00:40:54.239 --> 00:40:59.039
Like, you guys know I like Missouri, best friends of a Mizzou guy, been to a bunch of games.
00:40:59.119 --> 00:41:00.800
Like, like, I and I hate the the narrative.
00:41:00.880 --> 00:41:10.079
If there's anything I hate in college football, it's when we have these bullshit narratives that aren't real, but they've been said so many times on social media now, they just become like low-hanging fruit and people believe that they're real.
00:41:10.480 --> 00:41:13.920
So I have a soft spot in my heart for Missouri because of a lot of that.
00:41:14.000 --> 00:41:16.159
I've always hated Kansas because Kansas fucking sucks.
00:41:16.239 --> 00:41:26.159
And they're like, they've no one has benefited more in the world of college basketball from cheating and also playing in a uh for a long time what was like not a great conference than Kansas.
00:41:26.400 --> 00:41:35.199
Bill Self, the fact that he has never ever gotten under scrutiny like Nate Oates or Will Wade or some of these other guys, Bruce Pearl, crazy to me.
00:41:35.360 --> 00:41:36.639
I just don't like Kansas.
00:41:36.880 --> 00:41:38.960
And this is I said this going into the game.
00:41:39.039 --> 00:41:41.760
It's one of the it's one of the more underrated rivalries in the country.
00:41:41.840 --> 00:41:43.440
It's basically Midwest Egg Bowl.
00:41:43.679 --> 00:41:46.320
They hate each other, like they fucking hate each other.
00:41:46.480 --> 00:41:52.559
And a couple days beforehand, the Kansas social media team puts out this video, Tyler, like the hype video.
00:41:52.960 --> 00:41:54.320
And you could have put anything in there.
00:41:54.400 --> 00:41:55.679
It's it's a historic rival.
00:41:55.840 --> 00:41:57.760
They played over 110 times.
00:41:58.079 --> 00:42:07.519
And like 10, 15, 20 seconds in, it goes in this direction where they're like, it's not about team or Mizzou Kansas, it's about right and wrong.
00:42:07.760 --> 00:42:24.320
And they brought up in the video how Missouri was a pro-slavery state during the Civil War, and Kansas was for free, like the free Jayhawks, and then John Brown and all this, and it was like wow, like that is it's about right and wrong.
00:42:24.400 --> 00:42:29.519
And like, meanwhile, Missouri puts out this video of them just beating, beating the shit out of Kansas for like 90 years.
00:42:29.760 --> 00:42:35.360
But like the entire, and then Kansas went and played it in the stadium, like before the game.
00:42:35.519 --> 00:42:47.599
And and it was all this very weird, it wasn't like the the trash talk from that is was wild to me because it was so it's almost like uh it you can picture this in your head.
00:42:47.679 --> 00:42:50.800
It's like, all right, we're making the hype video for this game.
00:42:51.440 --> 00:42:53.519
We don't have a lot of highlights to pull from.
00:42:53.679 --> 00:42:55.039
Anybody have anything?
00:42:55.360 --> 00:43:01.119
Oh, so you know, Missouri was a pro-slavery state at one point, and we weren't, and we we weren't.
00:43:01.360 --> 00:43:02.320
Maybe we go with that.
00:43:02.559 --> 00:43:07.599
I'm sure everyone in the room's like above the board on equality from the 1860s the whole time.
00:43:07.920 --> 00:43:13.679
Like, it was it was so bizarre, and and it was, you know, it was bullshit.
00:43:13.840 --> 00:43:16.480
And so then, like, and I love Eli Drakowitz so much.
00:43:16.559 --> 00:43:18.079
And they, this was one of those games.
00:43:18.159 --> 00:43:21.519
You talk about the tail of two halves that we kept talking about for all these different games.
00:43:21.679 --> 00:43:26.639
Missouri did everything in their power to lose that game in the first 30 minutes.
00:43:26.800 --> 00:43:28.639
They had multiple drops.
00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:31.039
I think they had at least one dropped touchdown.
00:43:31.199 --> 00:43:34.960
I think Austin Simmons had five incompletions and three or four drops in the first half.
00:43:35.039 --> 00:43:43.119
I think it was three drops, four false starts, three or four sacks allowed, turnovers, like like at one point they they were driving.
00:43:43.199 --> 00:43:45.599
They were they were tied zero zero.
00:43:45.920 --> 00:43:49.039
Austin Simmons looked incredible, looked incredible the whole night.
00:43:49.199 --> 00:43:51.920
Hits Brent Northfleet, the tight end, wide open in the end zone.
00:43:52.079 --> 00:43:53.519
Ball just goes right through his hands.
00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:55.679
So they have to kick a field goal on the next play.
00:43:55.840 --> 00:43:58.079
That that is blocked in return for a touchdown.
00:43:58.159 --> 00:43:59.519
They had two field goals blocked.
00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:01.360
Did everything they could to lose the game.
00:44:01.519 --> 00:44:03.519
Came back out in the second half, whipped their ass.
00:44:03.599 --> 00:44:05.679
And then afterwards, this was my favorite part.
00:44:05.840 --> 00:44:11.519
Because I if you do some shit like that, you don't deserve to have the sportsmanship aspect of it ever in play.
00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:13.280
That was crazy.
00:44:13.519 --> 00:44:19.760
And and also, I should not ever be like the one in the room to be like, hey man, that's too far.
00:44:20.000 --> 00:44:28.800
But like after the game, they were they were banging, like they took the Kansas drum, Missouri players, they were banging the drum, and Kansas was like they were all mad about it.
00:44:28.880 --> 00:44:31.519
And it's like, do you deserve every fucking bit of this?
00:44:31.840 --> 00:44:38.480
And in the post-game presser, Eli Drankwitz goes, Yeah, kind of disappointed in a couple things, get in love.
00:44:38.639 --> 00:44:41.519
The Matt Zollers, you know, had that touchdown drop at the very end there.
00:44:41.599 --> 00:44:46.000
They were already up, whatever the final score was to, and he was still throwing it at the end of the day.
00:44:46.159 --> 00:44:47.039
48-21, yeah.
00:44:47.199 --> 00:44:48.480
He wanted to make it 45-21.
00:44:48.559 --> 00:44:50.239
He goes, I'll just be honest, I saw that video.
00:44:50.320 --> 00:44:53.360
I thought it was bullshit, you know, that entire thing, the right versus wrong thing.
00:44:53.440 --> 00:44:56.719
I was embarrassed for the University of Kansas, also Kansas University.
00:44:57.119 --> 00:45:04.079
And he he just did every bit of calling out all the shit that deserved to be called out, then got on social media.
00:45:04.320 --> 00:45:11.760
My favorite meme was somebody said there's a picture of Planet of the Apes when they gave the monkeys the gun, like the machine guns.
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And it goes, live look at Missouri's social media team handing drink Twitter.
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And he's just quote tweeting, retweeting, like in the comments, like, oh, what happened next?
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What happened?
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What about this?
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Where are you at now?
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What's the update on this?
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It was awesome.
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And so I thought that was one of the things that was insane, dude.
00:45:28.079 --> 00:45:30.000
Like, I cannot believe that somebody approved that.
00:45:30.159 --> 00:45:30.480
Yeah.
00:45:30.880 --> 00:45:32.079
Gotta give you your kudos here.
00:45:32.159 --> 00:45:36.079
Your bold prediction of the week, Mississippi State straight up against Minnesota.
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And it was a blowout.
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38 to 13.
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Mississippi State goes in there.
00:45:40.719 --> 00:45:42.079
Comario Taylor.
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Let's talk a little bit about him.
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Mississippi.
00:45:44.880 --> 00:45:47.519
So I did a deep dive on this last night, too.
00:45:47.840 --> 00:45:51.840
They so I just assumed they weren't going to be great.
00:45:52.000 --> 00:45:53.840
They had five wins last year.
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They were five and eight.
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But remember, they had three games they lost in dramatic fashion by seven points or less, where they should have won all of them.
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Texas, Tennessee, and there's another one in there, maybe Florida.
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I don't remember.
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And they could have easily been an eight-win team.
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But but still, all these new players coming in.
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Camario Taylor, I don't, you know, he's an incredibly physically talented.
00:46:14.400 --> 00:46:17.599
I didn't realize how big of a step forward he made this year.
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And that was a game on the road at Minnesota against a team that was, you know, a projected bowl team, the number five in the country in returning experience.
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Again, on the road.
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And all they did was come out and punch them in the mouth.
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And that offense, I can I compared it this week to NBA Jams, the arcade game from the 90s, where it's like you have the two players for each team.
00:46:39.440 --> 00:46:44.800
In this case, three, you have Mario Taylor, Anthony Evans, the receiver, then Fluff Bothwell at running back.
00:46:44.960 --> 00:46:48.320
There's there may not be a more fun trio offensively in the country.
00:46:48.400 --> 00:46:51.039
There might be a better one, but Taylor looks great.
00:46:51.360 --> 00:46:59.280
And I think the step forward he has made this year, remember, he's only had four career starts, but they were up 28 to 6 at the half.
00:46:59.360 --> 00:47:01.440
They scored on all four of their first drives.
00:47:01.599 --> 00:47:08.320
That took them to at one point, they had scored on 13 of their first 15 drives of the season, ran the ball at will.
00:47:08.400 --> 00:47:17.199
But the bigger story outside of Camario was Zach Arnett, the former defensive coordinator, turned head coach, turned now defensive coordinator again.
00:47:18.079 --> 00:47:25.840
Their defense, they I think they had, I think Minnesota had nine possessions, seven of them ended in three and outs or turnover on downs.
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The only time they scored was a fumble in the end zone that they were covered.
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They held them to 15 carries for 13 yards or 13 carries for 15 yards.
00:47:38.320 --> 00:47:39.599
Like the defense was great.
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They play South Carolina this week, which is not great for Carolina.
00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:55.360
But Camario Taylor, the the precision of the passing, he's only the biggest thing that the the that jumps out to me is not just the the completion percentage and how much better he looks, his arm talent is fucking unreal.
00:47:55.599 --> 00:48:01.119
But in his two starts last year at the end of the season against Ole Miss and Wake, he he was sick, he sacked six times.
00:48:01.360 --> 00:48:03.599
First two games of the season this year, only one sack.
00:48:03.679 --> 00:48:04.960
He's been awesome.
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Any other games that you want to single out?
00:48:07.280 --> 00:48:17.679
I mean, I I looked at that LSU Louisiana Tech halftime score, and I just I had questions, and I remembered you just came off that big first game.
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You've got Ole Miss next week.
00:48:19.599 --> 00:48:22.480
Yeah, I'll be just a little sleepy, but anything to report there?
00:48:23.119 --> 00:48:25.360
Well, Sam Levitt had three interceptions.
00:48:26.079 --> 00:48:29.519
So one of the wildest stats, you talk about some of the stats we had earlier.
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We could have done a whole segment on that.
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You take a guess what the yards were for each team in the first half of that game.
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It was 10 to 7.5.
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Keep in mind Latak scored 80 points last week.
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So 10 to 7.5, and one of them was on a pick six.
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But take a guess at what the total yardage was for each team at halftime.
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Start with LSU.
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210.
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279.
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Okay.
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Okay.
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Not a bad guess.
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Now for Louisiana Tech.
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64.
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Zero.
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Zero?
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Zero yards.
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Zero yards.
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Zero yards.
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They they finished with 31 carries for negative three yards.
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They allowed seven sacks, had three turnovers.
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Yikes.
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So I saw the pick six.
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It was how they scored, yeah, to keep it close there at the half.
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Yeah.
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I think, I mean, there's there's some concerns.
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I think it's a I think it's one of those wins, too, though, for for them that's perfect.
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It's like a like a perfect win.
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Like I talked about with Saban and Kirby, where you're like, now everyone's been praising you all week.
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Now you get the rat poison stuff.
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You can you can collectively refocus.
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We talked about the halftime adjustments that good coaches and good teams make.
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They come out in the second half, six of their seven possessions end in the score.
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The defense is is one of the best, if not the best, in the country.
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It might be the best in the country right now.
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So I thought that was interesting.
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Just looking around the country, Iowa struggling with Iowa State was kind of surprised.
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Every year just bet the under in that game.
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We talked about how low it is every year, and it always goes under.
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It was 29 total points again.
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It's 16 to 13, which I believe I saw a graphic that said it was 16 to 13 last year, but Iowa State won it.
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I mean there's no better bet in the sport than in the under in that game.
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A thousand percent.
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Washington escapes Utah State.
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That was really surprising.
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16 to 14.
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Yeah.
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Uh here's one of my favorite scores.
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James Madison 87 Wagner 3.
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I don't even know how I don't even know how you get to 87 points.
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Like the math on that.
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I was AM.
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They they pulled away.
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Like I they that game was a lot closer for three quarters than the score would ever indicate, but you have to credit AM.
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Like they played, I think I did uh the the numbers on it.
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It was like 30% of their runs in the game ended in either negative or zero yards.
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Like they they they didn't their that offensive line is still struggling a little bit.
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I didn't think the offense looked great at times.
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A lot of shooting yourself in the foot, but to do that and still win by 28, very impressive.
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I've got a I've got uh something to say on that game.
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So sometimes, you know, we we have friends and family, and everybody that listens.
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I get I had to do something midday yesterday, and I get a uh 220 text from my buddy.
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I won't name his name, don't want to embarrass him.
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Says, quote, I think Texas AM is gonna pull away in the second half, quote, you with eyeball emojis.
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Dilly came to play.
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Me at 302, which is precisely so it was a 230 text, 30 minutes later.
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Oh no, I'm sorry.
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It was at 4 o'clock.
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I just sent him the final score 48 to 20.
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Texas AM 24 unanswered points.
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Texas did in fact pull away from Marizota State in the second half.
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So shout out to my buddy who sent me that text trying to talk shit on my picks.
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But thank you for listening.
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And I said just like and subscribe.
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Smash that like button.
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Yeah.
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Also, last yes, I do love all that.
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There's nothing better than being right.
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Last but not least, I'll give you two.
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Utah beating the dog shit out of Arkansas.
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Yep.
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Your boy, Silver Fox.
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God, he sucks.
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And then the the lesson learned personally this week, for me.
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Don't I do it?
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I feel like I do it every year, and I always forget.
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And I saw it after I had published the best bets.
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But no matter how strong you feel about a certain team, it's always best to not have that team tied into multiple other fucking bets.
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Teasers, parlays.
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I I said that Oklahoma was gonna, I thought they would win, but I I bought it down to three and a half.
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I thought that was still good value.
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I thought they they were gonna win by that.
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I I told you that the lock of the week, which is now 2-0, was Michigan under 20 and a half points.
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So that should have been enough.
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There was no reason to put them in a teaser with Mississippi State.
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There was no reason to put them in another 10-point teaser with someone, or not 10-point teaser.
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There's parlay, a moneyline parlay.
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And also, there's no reason to look at the board while we're recording on Wednesday with how much more prepared we have been this season already and how well we've seen things so far.
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There's no reason to scroll through last minute.
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Because I had I had my picks to go, oh, you know, uh, Illinois, minus six.
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I'll take Illinois.
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I hate Brett Bieloma.
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I don't like that school.
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I don't know shit about Duke.
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I'll take Illinois, minus six, they'll cover that.
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And then tie them into a fucking parlay on the money line.
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Chris, I just want to apologize because I feel like I led you to that because I followed your picks up, which were great.
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And my picks were great too, my next picks.
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And I was like, you know what?
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Eddie, let's tack two more on the board.
00:53:45.599 --> 00:53:49.119
UCF or Pitt, minus seven over UCF, lost.
00:53:49.440 --> 00:53:51.519
Navy, minus four and a half over FAU.
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They lost outright.
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Hell yeah, dog.
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On the road, though.
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I mean, that like I just I we have done such a great job.
00:53:58.159 --> 00:53:59.199
You and Eddie, especially, man.
00:53:59.280 --> 00:54:04.480
I cannot say enough how great and and and Gatabud, like the production of everything's been awesome.
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It's it's been really great, but like there's just no reason.
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There's no reason to be like, ah, let's add that in there.
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Not even a premier game.
00:54:14.639 --> 00:54:17.119
I will tell you though, Delaware plus 21 and a half.
00:54:17.760 --> 00:54:21.199
Alright, so I'm gonna give you a few candidates for who's sadder than Marlowe right now.
00:54:21.280 --> 00:54:22.320
You can allow you to choose.
00:54:22.480 --> 00:54:23.679
Could be Ryan Day.
00:54:25.119 --> 00:54:28.239
You know, could be Georgia Tech.
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0-2, both at home, lost to a 3-9 team on a blocked field goal.
00:54:36.320 --> 00:54:37.440
Could be Rutgers.
00:54:38.079 --> 00:54:42.239
Could be Rutgers back on the map because they then turn around and lost to BC.
00:54:43.199 --> 00:54:43.599
Yeah.
00:54:43.920 --> 00:54:45.440
Could be Clemson's offense.
00:54:45.840 --> 00:54:48.000
Could be me, 0-2 of locks on the week.
00:54:48.559 --> 00:54:50.400
Who's side of the Marlowe right now?
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I'll say Oregon fans.
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Because usually when you get your heart broken, it's at the end of the year.
00:54:58.000 --> 00:55:02.960
And and this is I love to gloat and tell you how right I am about certain stuff.
00:55:03.039 --> 00:55:04.719
And I I didn't think it'd be this bad.
00:55:04.880 --> 00:55:07.840
And there's a long season ahead, and maybe they'll turn it around.
00:55:08.159 --> 00:55:19.760
But it's one of those things too where it's like, I I I think we all get very frustrated when we just give this irrational, unfounded benefit of the doubt to certain teams.
00:55:19.920 --> 00:55:22.800
And we have done that with Oregon a lot.
00:55:23.199 --> 00:55:29.599
And I just, you know, on the on the road to Oklahoma State.
00:55:29.840 --> 00:55:31.119
Yeah, that's tough, man.
00:55:31.199 --> 00:55:31.599
That's tough.
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And if I swear to God, if I hear one thing out of Dan Lanning this week saying that's what happens when you schedule a power four opponent on the road and we didn't back down from competition or what the fuck ever, I will lose my mind.
00:55:46.480 --> 00:55:49.280
Because I'm pretty sure they still have like Portland State of the annual game.
00:55:49.360 --> 00:55:50.480
Yep, they do, of course.
00:55:50.559 --> 00:55:51.840
Uh a fucking course.
00:55:51.920 --> 00:55:55.760
That's exactly who they play this week, Friday night, Portland State.
00:55:57.920 --> 00:55:58.880
Unreal.
00:55:59.119 --> 00:56:00.719
All right, victory lap.
00:56:01.440 --> 00:56:03.039
Outside of my best bets.
00:56:03.280 --> 00:56:06.320
Not sorry, my best bets, but my my lock of the week, which is now 0-2.
00:56:07.280 --> 00:56:08.480
I was kind of on point here.
00:56:08.559 --> 00:56:10.000
So I had the under, yeah.
00:56:10.320 --> 00:56:13.119
Ohio State, Texas won that won that by half a point.
00:56:13.199 --> 00:56:14.719
I had the Missouri minus six.
00:56:14.880 --> 00:56:17.679
Had Georgia Southern plus 20 and a half and the under.
00:56:17.840 --> 00:56:18.719
Hit both those.
00:56:18.880 --> 00:56:20.880
Had Texas AM minus 14.
00:56:21.039 --> 00:56:26.000
Why don't I just bring up the best bets and everything we talked about?
00:56:26.800 --> 00:56:28.800
Five and three, so that's a winning week.
00:56:29.360 --> 00:56:30.159
It's a good week.
00:56:30.480 --> 00:56:34.000
Looking Vegas on that Texas-Ohio State game is crazy.
00:56:35.280 --> 00:56:36.639
But it's not, it's more than that.
00:56:36.800 --> 00:56:40.719
We had Arch most to prove, and fourth quarter, he goes out and proves it.
00:56:40.880 --> 00:56:41.519
Yeah.
00:56:41.840 --> 00:56:49.760
We had Chris's SEC pick is Texas, and they have a massive, they they basically put proved themselves to be a legitimate contender.
00:56:50.159 --> 00:56:55.840
You had most to improve to prove was Bryce Underwood, and he comes out and wins a game for Michigan.
00:56:56.000 --> 00:56:56.239
Yeah.
00:56:56.400 --> 00:56:58.480
We both had AM covering late.
00:56:58.719 --> 00:56:59.360
That happened.
00:56:59.440 --> 00:57:01.039
We both had Georgia Southern covering.
00:57:01.519 --> 00:57:02.400
North Dakota State.
00:57:02.480 --> 00:57:03.760
We didn't talk about North Dakota State.
00:57:03.840 --> 00:57:06.000
We both have them as the pick to come out for G5.
00:57:06.800 --> 00:57:08.559
They beat Air Force this week.
00:57:08.639 --> 00:57:11.920
Another big win for North Dakota State.
00:57:12.000 --> 00:57:13.599
3-0 on the season.
00:57:13.840 --> 00:57:15.840
And your teaser hit again, Chris.
00:57:16.000 --> 00:57:17.119
10-point teaser.
00:57:17.599 --> 00:57:19.119
Tennessee minus 2.5.
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Utah minus two and a half.
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Let me put your bets on the board there.
00:57:25.119 --> 00:57:27.599
It did not hit because of Iowa, dumbass.
00:57:28.639 --> 00:57:29.039
What?
00:57:29.519 --> 00:57:29.840
Yeah.
00:57:30.400 --> 00:57:31.840
Oh, did you not hit the Iowa one?
00:57:32.159 --> 00:57:34.960
No, they won by three, 16 to 13.
00:57:35.679 --> 00:57:36.639
But what'd you have them at?
00:57:37.599 --> 00:57:38.639
Minus four.
00:57:39.119 --> 00:57:41.119
They were a 14-point favorite.
00:57:42.639 --> 00:57:43.920
Oh yeah.
00:57:44.639 --> 00:57:44.880
Sorry.
00:57:46.639 --> 00:57:47.199
My bad.
00:57:47.360 --> 00:57:50.159
No, but I say, is it my turn for victory lap?
00:57:50.400 --> 00:57:50.719
Yeah.
00:57:51.199 --> 00:57:56.239
I'm going to go back to my old ways and I'll say that the victory lap that's deserved.
00:57:56.400 --> 00:58:01.679
I think that Bama deserves one, and I'm not saying that because of the fandom or anything like that.
00:58:01.760 --> 00:58:06.639
I'm just saying it because this is a perfect example of everyone talking shit about that.
00:58:06.719 --> 00:58:08.000
I don't think they're good enough to beat Georgia.
00:58:08.159 --> 00:58:10.639
I don't think they're good enough to get to the playoff or any of that kind of stuff.
00:58:10.719 --> 00:58:21.840
But all the conversations about during that first half, especially about Calen DeBoy, fucking Aaron Torres from Fox Sports, who's like, the bottom line is he can't go into a true road environment and win games.
00:58:22.000 --> 00:58:26.400
And it was like, first, they beat Georgia on the road last year.
00:58:26.480 --> 00:58:28.400
They beat Oklahoma on the road during the playoff.
00:58:28.559 --> 00:58:30.880
They, they like, why lie?
00:58:31.039 --> 00:58:32.960
Or like, what the fuck are you talking about?
00:58:33.119 --> 00:58:34.719
And so I thought that was pretty good.
00:58:34.800 --> 00:58:41.119
But the SEC as a whole going eight and two in against non or against other power four conferences with all the conversations.
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I mean, even if Texas had lost, you're talking about a seven and three record, which I believe is still would would still be the best of any power four conference in the country.
00:58:50.400 --> 00:58:57.119
So I was I was impressed by that as the conference because Arkansas shouldn't count in general.
00:58:57.280 --> 00:59:00.719
And there were some tough spots this weekend where they I thought they did a really good job.
00:59:01.599 --> 00:59:09.199
So to recap for our best bets here, we are looking at let me see.
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This is where I wish our producer wouldn't screw up his drive to Birmingham, right?
00:59:16.639 --> 00:59:22.719
7-7 on the year for me, 6-4-1 for best bets, 2-0 for locks of the week for you, and 0-2 for me.
00:59:22.800 --> 00:59:25.199
We got to get back on the board here this week.
00:59:26.800 --> 00:59:27.599
What else, Chris?
00:59:27.679 --> 00:59:28.639
We're at about an hour.
00:59:28.800 --> 00:59:30.559
You got anything left on your docket here?
00:59:30.800 --> 00:59:32.239
No, we're we're good.
00:59:33.039 --> 00:59:33.519
Alright.
00:59:33.679 --> 00:59:35.119
Well, don't forget.
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The voicemails.
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I'll play one last one before we leave here because Gatabud did say he's putting his reputation on the line.
00:59:43.679 --> 00:59:45.280
Wait, didn't we have four?
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Well, one of them was short.
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I mean, I could play it right now.
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You want to hear it?
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Up to you, yeah.
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Marlar is gay.
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So there's that one.
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One time.
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So we'll we'll leave you guys with this.
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We'll leave you guys with Gadabud's voicemail, 448-488-3936.
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Put that number in your phone.
01:00:10.480 --> 01:00:12.960
You could also, if you're watching on YouTube, scan that.
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It'll go right into your contacts.
01:00:14.559 --> 01:00:17.360
Call us before, during, after the game.
01:00:17.519 --> 01:00:18.960
Happy, sad, mad.
01:00:19.119 --> 01:00:20.000
Leave us a voicemail.
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We'll play the best ones like we have tonight.
01:00:22.320 --> 01:00:25.760
And anything left, Chris, before I play this voicemail when we get out of here?
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That is all.
01:00:27.039 --> 01:00:27.519
Alright.
01:00:27.679 --> 01:00:30.400
So without further ado, Gattabud.
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I I don't even know how long this is going to be.
01:00:32.480 --> 01:00:34.400
It could be a four-hour thing.
01:00:34.480 --> 01:00:36.559
If it's I'll just hit end if it's too long.
01:00:36.719 --> 01:00:36.880
Okay.
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Bye, everybody.
01:00:37.920 --> 01:00:38.480
Thanks.
01:00:38.800 --> 01:00:40.719
So, boys, it's Gattabud.
01:00:41.199 --> 01:00:44.159
The Georgia Southern Eagles came up short tonight.
01:00:44.239 --> 01:00:47.440
I put my reputation on the line saying money line it.
01:00:47.599 --> 01:00:52.079
And while we did cover the spread, like I was willing to bet my left nut that we would.
01:00:52.239 --> 01:00:57.840
We did not win the game, and you play to win the game.
01:00:58.320 --> 01:01:05.280
And I will learn and get better and somehow get better from this.
01:01:05.440 --> 01:01:06.960
And Blake wants to face help.
01:01:10.320 --> 01:01:12.079
Blake says offense needs to help.
01:01:21.519 --> 01:01:22.800
It is what it is.
01:01:23.039 --> 01:01:25.360
I'll see y'all soon next time I'm feeling frisky.
01:01:25.519 --> 01:01:26.639
You'll have a good one.
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All right.
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Not too bad.
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Peace, everybody.