College Football Week 12 Recap: The Jordan Travis Injury, Washington & Michigan survive, Georgia rolls

COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 12!
IN THE BOOKS, DAN RUBENSTEIN.
HOW ARE YOU, MY FRIEND?
I LOVE THE ENERGY, TY.
I’M TERRIFIC. I’M VERY EXCITED.
IT WAS, IT WAS A ROLLER COASTER OF A DAY
THAT I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING UNDERWATER.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING LOOP TO LOOP.
I THOUGHT WE WERE GOING SIDEWAYS,
IT WAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
LOVED IT. CAN’T WAIT TO TALK ABOUT IT.
MAKE SURE YOU HIT THE SUBSCRIBE BUTTON
ON YOUR PODCASTING APP OF CHOICE.
WE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU WITH US
THE REST OF THE WAY HERE,
REALLY THROUGHOUT THE FULL DURATION
OF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL OFF-SEASON.
WE DON’T STOP. WE CAN’T STOP.
WE LOVE THIS THING.
SOLIDVERBAL.COM, OF COURSE,
IS OUR WEBSITE, DAN.
THERE’S A LOT TO DISCUSS THIS WEEK.
MAYBE IT WAS A LITTLE BIT SHORT
OF WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER TRUE
HEADLINING RESULTS OR MATCHUPS OR WHATEVER.
BUT COLLEGE FOOTBALL IS NEVER SHORT ON NARRATIVE.
WE’VE GOT A LOT TO GET INTO HERE.
WE, OF COURSE, WILL GO THROUGH THE HEADLINERS,
THE GOOD, THE BAD, THE UGLY, THE ROASTS,
THE DUDE ALERTS, THE REVERBS.
WE’VE GOT A WHOLE BUNCH TO GET THROUGH.
BUT SHOULD WE JUST RECAP EVERYTHING
RIGHT AWAY IN LIKE FOUR MINUTES?
LET’S THROW THE PEOPLE INTO THE FIRE.
DAN RUBENSTEIN!
THAT’S ME.
MICHIGAN AND OHIO STATE ON A COLLISION COURSE,
THE BUCKEYES.
TOO MUCH FOR MINNESOTA.
MICHIGAN, NO MATCH FOR TAULIA
TURN-THE-BALL-A.
TWO PICKS FOR HIM.
A SLUGGISH WIN FOR THE MAIZE AND BLUE.
BUT HEY, FREE JIM HARBAUGH, BABY.
FREE HIM!
THE WINNER, THE WINNER, OF COURSE,
GETS IOWA NEXT WEEK.
15-13, WHAT A SCORE, OVER ILLINOIS.
BRING BACK BRIAN FERENTZ, I SAY, FOR 2024.
DREW ALLAR WENT DOWN FOR PENN STATE,
BUT ALL HAIL BABY TRACE, BEAU PRIBULA.
GOT THE FRONT DOOR COVER FOR PENN STATE, 27-6 OVER RUTGERS.
THEY EVEN LET HIM THROW IT ONCE, WHICH IS NICE.
WE’VE GOT NORTHWESTERN GETTING BOWL ELIGIBLE FOR THE FIRST
TIME IN A COUPLE OF YEARS.
SPARTY WITH POSSIBLY THE FINAL STRAW FOR TOM ALLEN.
NEBRASKA AND WISCONSIN GO TO OVERTIME.
WISCONSIN WINS IN A CLOSE ONE.
SCARY MOMENT IN THE FLORIDA STATE GAME.
JORDAN TRAVIS GOES DOWN, A GRUESOME…
DID YOU SEE THIS?
YEAH, LOWER THE MUSIC.
YEAH.
YEAH, THE HIP DROP TACKLE AGAINST NORTH ALABAMA.
YEAH.
CATASTROPHIC.
AWFUL, AWFUL.
WE’LL GET TO IT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR FLORIDA STATE
MOVING FORWARD, BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY,
JUST FEEL TERRIBLE FOR THE GUY.
YEAH, ABSOLUTELY.
SPEEDY RECOVERY TO TRAVIS.
WE’LL TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT MOMENTARILY.
BY THE WAY, BUY ONE, GET TWO FREE IN MIAMI
FOR THE LOUISVILLE GAME!
JACK PLUMMER GOT THREE TOUCHDOWNS AND A 10TH WIN
FOR THE CARDINALS.
THEY’RE HEADED TO THE ACC TITLE GAME IN TWO WEEKS.
WE HAD NOTRE DAME BIG IN THE SAM HARTMAN BOWL.
WE HAD CLEMSON AND CAROLINA RUNNING FOR 500
IN NORTH CAROLINA VERSUS SOUTH CAROLINA,
AT LEAST IN SOME FORM. THE TIGERS WON.
NC STATE A WHISPER QUIET EIGHT AND THREE
AFTER ANOTHER WIN FOR THE WOLFPACK.
GEORGIA TECH GETS BOWL ELIGIBLE.
AND HEY, TONY ELLIOTT GOT HIS FIRST HOME WIN.
BOOM.
IN THE ACC, PITT ALSO BEAT BOSTON COLLEGE
ON THURSDAY NIGHT.
IN THE PAC-12, WASHINGTON VS. OREGON STATE
IN A MONSOON 22-20, I BELIEVE, THE FINAL.
THE HUSKIES HELD ON TO WIN.
WE HAD CHARLES CHIP KELLY APPARENTLY COACHING
FOR HIS JOB AND GETTING THE W BY 18.
SIX TOUCHDOWNS FOR YOUR BOY, BO NIX.
MAYBE THE NEW HEISMAN FRONTRUNNER.
ARIZONA, MAYBE THE BEST THREE LOSS TEAM IN AMERICA?
POUNDED UTAH.
WAZZU, A FOUNDING MEMBER OF THE PAC-2!
THAT’S TRUE.
42 POINT WIN.
AND DAN RUBENSTEIN IN THE BIG GAME.
TROND GRIZZLE WAS OUT ON THE FIELD!
CAL WITH A WIN AND A BIG GAME FROM THEIR SOPHOMORE.
WIDEOUT.
TO CLOSE THINGS OUT HERE.
IT WAS ALL ABOUT THE AGGIES IN THE SEC, DAN RUBENSTEIN.
IT WAS.
NOT THOSE AGGIES.
NEW MEXICO STATE, BABY!
SHOUT OUT LAS CRUCES.
31 TO 10 OVER AUBURN.
THEY WERE 25 AND A HALF POINT DOGS.
SPEAKING OF DOGS, LOWER THE MUSIC HERE.
GEORGIA’S GONNA THREE-PEAT, AREN’T THEY?
I WOULDN’T BET MY MONEY AGAINST THEM.
GEORGIA’S GONNA THREE-PEAT.
38-10 OVER TENNESSEE.
CLOSE WINS FOR MIZZOU AND SOUTH CAROLINA.
BIG WINS FOR BAMA, OLE MISS, MISSISSIPPI STATE,
LSU, A&M, AND ARKANSAS.
ARKANSAS IS BRINGING BACK SAM PITTMAN.
DON’T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT ONE.
AND LAST, BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST,
TEXAS ALLOWED NINE YARDS RUSHING ON THE ROAD
AGAINST IOWA STATE.
THAT’S A GOOD NUMBER.
YEAH, HOOK EM HORNS.
26-16 OVER IOWA STATE.
DILLON GABRIEL OUT WITH A CONCUSSION.
JACKSON ARNOLD IN.
BURNS THE RED SHIRT.
OKLAHOMA WINS IN PROVO.
K-STATE WINS THE SUNFLOWER SHOWDOWN.
ANOTHER WIN FOR THE POKES.
NOW 6-1 AFTER THE BYE WEEK.
A 71-YARD PASS FROM JOHN RICE PLUMLEE TO JAVON BAKER
LOOKED TO TIE THE GAME UP IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
BUT THE RED RAIDERS SURVIVE.
RAIDERS!
AND GET BOWL ELIGIBLE.
AND WINS FOR WEST VIRGINIA, TCU,
OVER CINCINNATI AND BAYLOR.
THAT IS YOUR QUICK RECAP, DAN.
OKAY, THANKS FOR LISTENING.
AND TOOK THE WORDS OUT OF MY MOUTH.
WHERE ARE WE STARTING?
GO ON OUT, VISIT VERBALLERS.COM.
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY.
HOPE YOU LIKE OUR QUICK RECAP.
YEAH, LET’S DO THIS.
FIRE!
SO I ALMOST HATE TO LEAD IN WITH THIS
WITH THIS SOUND BECAUSE IT KIND OF ADDS SOME LEVITY
TO THE SITUATION.
BUT THE FLORIDA STATE THING IS KIND OF DEVASTATING
IF I’M BEING HONEST.
YOU KNOW, LIKE, WE TYPICALLY WILL LEAD THIS SPOT
TALKING ABOUT SOME OF THE BIGGEST GAMES OF THE WEEK.
THERE WEREN’T REALLY ANY UPSETS TO SPEAK OF.
BUT THIS WAS THE THING I THINK THAT MADE US THE MOST UPSET.
YES.
AND THAT WAS JORDAN TRAVIS GOING DOWN.
SO WHAT HAPPENED ESSENTIALLY WAS,
FIRST QUARTER, JORDAN TRAVIS SCRAMBLES, GOES DOWN.
YOU CAN SEE IT, CLEAR AS DAY, THAT HIS ANKLE
IS POINTED IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION THAN IT SHOULD.
HE GETS CARTED OFF, TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL.
TATE RODEMAKER STEPS IN, HE’S THE BACKUP.
HE FINISHED THE GAME.
HE’S GONNA FINISH THE SEASON IS WHAT THIS AMOUNTS TO.
YOU REMEMBER, AND HE SUBBED IN LAST YEAR,
AND I THINK THE LOUISVILLE GAME
WHEN JORDAN TRAVIS WENT DOWN.
THAT’S RIGHT.
SO, YOU KNOW, LIKE NOW AND AGAIN IN SPORTS,
WE HAVE INJURIES LIKE THIS
THAT ARE PHYSICALLY PAINFUL TO WATCH.
AND IT’S PART OF THE REASON WHY MY WIFE
DOESN’T WANNA WATCH SPORTS WITH ME.
SHE NEVER RECOVERED FROM THE KEVIN WARE INJURY.
LOUISVILLE, RIGHT?
LOUISVILLE BASKETBALL INJURY, YEAH.
BUT THIS IS ONE OF THOSE DEALS
WHERE YOU SAW IT AND YOU CAN’T UNSEE IT.
AND I’M UPSET ABOUT IT ON LIKE 17 DIFFERENT LEVELS.
IT WAS REALLY HARD TO WATCH.
IT WAS, YEAH, IT WAS INCREDIBLY UNFORTUNATE.
AND JORDAN TRAVIS, WHO HAD SUCH A LONG ROAD,
IF YOU REMEMBER, YOU KNOW,
JUST THE LOUISVILLE TIE-IN TRANSFERRING IN,
AND THERE WAS THE WHOLE THING WITH TRANSCRIPTS,
TAKING FOREVER TO BECOME ELIGIBLE,
AND REALLY GROWING INTO AN UNBELIEVABLY SUCCESSFUL
QUARTERBACK FOR THE NOLES.
I KNOW THE SPECIFIC KIND OF TACKLE, THE HIP DROP TACKLE,
WHICH HAS COME INTO NEWS IN THE NFL.
I THINK IT WAS MARK ANDREWS,
THE FORMER OKLAHOMA TIGHT END, NOW ON THE RAVENS.
THAT’S WHAT LED HIM.
I THINK IT WAS TONY POLLARD IN THE PLAYOFFS LAST YEAR
AGAINST THE 49ERS.
SO IT’S BECOME A THING.
AND, YOU KNOW, JORDAN TRAVIS, THE LATEST VICTIM OF IT.
AND IT’S A TOTALLY LEGAL MOVE, BUT IT HAS COME UNDER FIRE.
AND HEATHER DINICH MADE A GOOD POINT.
I THINK IT WAS ON SPORTSCENTER AFTERWARDS
THAT THE COMMITTEE, IN LOOKING AT FLORIDA STATE,
WHO’S, YOU KNOW, UNFORTUNATELY YOU HAVE TO LOOK THROUGH IT
THROUGH THIS LENS, THEY’RE GONNA EVALUATE FLORIDA STATE.
THEY’RE NOT PROJECTING FORWARD, RIGHT?
THEY’RE GOING TO SEE WHAT FLORIDA STATE LOOKS LIKE
WITHOUT JORDAN TRAVIS IN THE WAY THAT THEY LOOKED
AT WHAT OHIO STATE LOOKED LIKE WITHOUT JT BARRETT,
WHEN THEY HAD CARDALE JONES.
AND SO FLORIDA STATE, YOU KNOW,
WHATEVER THEIR FINAL RECORD IS,
WHATEVER THEY LOOK LIKE AGAINST LOUISVILLE
AND THE ACC CHAMPIONSHIP,
WHATEVER THEY LOOK LIKE AGAINST FLORIDA,
THEY’RE GONNA BE GIVEN THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT
THAT LIKE, THIS IS WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE.
THIS IS THEIR QUARTERBACK, AND WE ARE NOT EVALUATING THEM
BASED ON WHAT THEY DON’T HAVE,
BUT RATHER WHAT THEY DO.
SO THAT’S WHERE FLORIDA STATE STANDS MOVING FORWARD
AS THEY ARE SQUARELY IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF HUNT.
YEAH, I MEAN, THERE’S A REALLY GOOD CHANCE
THEY STILL FINISH THE YEAR 12-0.
SURE.
THEY WIN THE ACC, BUT WITHOUT JORDAN TRAVIS,
I MEAN, I’LL JUST SAY IT, THEY’RE NOT BEATING.
THEY’RE NOT BEATING THE TEAMS
THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE IN THE TOP SIX.
THEY’RE NOT BEATING ANY OF THEM.
NO, BUT IF THEY BEAT FLORIDA AND LOUISVILLE
WITH TATE RODEMAKER,
AND THEY DO IT RELATIVELY IMPRESSIVELY,
AND FLORIDA’S GONNA BE TOUGH.
FLORIDA NEARLY BEAT MIZZOU TONIGHT,
AND CERTAINLY LOUISVILLE WITH THE WAY,
I MEAN, THEY SURVIVED MIAMI,
BUT THEY’RE A TOUGH TEAM AS WELL.
BUT FLORIDA STATE STILL HAS A LOT GOING FOR IT.
SURE.
THE WAY THAT THEY’VE IMPROVED RUNNING THE BALL,
THE WAY THAT THE DEFENSE HAS STEPPED UP,
ESPECIALLY IN SWARMING QUARTERBACKS.
IT’S A VERY WEIRD SITUATION, AND I DON’T KNOW.
THE HEADLINE HERE IS JUST HOPE EVENTUALLY
JORDAN TRAVIS IS ABLE TO RECOVER AND BE SUCCESSFUL.
FLORIDA STATE FELL DOWN EARLY TO NORTH ALABAMA.
OBVIOUSLY, THIS TOOK A LITTLE BIT OF THE WIND
OUT OF THEIR SAILS, BUT THEY CAME BACK
AND ENDED UP WINNING IN PRETTY RESOUNDING FASHION.
OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU SAID, WE’LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT WEEK
AGAINST FLORIDA, BUT A BIT OF A BUMMER
TO START OFF THE SHOW THIS EVENING.
LET’S SHIFT THOUGH TO THAT LOUISVILLE-MIAMI GAME,
WHICH YOU JUST MENTIONED.
38-31, LOUISVILLE WINS.
THIS WAS A FUN GAME.
IT WAS EVENLY MATCHED.
IT WAS THE CLEAR HIGHLIGHT OF THE EARLY WINDOW,
TO SAY THE LEAST.
I DID A LOUISVILLE DEEP DIVE A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
OVER ON PATREON, VERBALLERS.COM.
AND ONE OF THE TENDENCIES THAT I POINTED OUT
THAT COMES OUT IN THE NUMBERS IS LOUISVILLE LIKES
TO USE PLAY ACTION AND MISDIRECTION.
AND THERE WAS A CLEAR DISTINCTION
BETWEEN JACK PLUMMER’S NUMBERS
WHEN THEY’RE USING PLAY ACTION VERSUS WHEN THEY’RE NOT.
AND IF YOU WATCH THIS GAME, YOU SAW A LOT OF THAT.
YOU SAW THAT IN PRACTICE HERE,
BY JEFF BROHM, A LOT OF FAKE HANDOFFS,
THE FAKE PITCHES, THE FAKE SCREENS, EVEN TO AN EXTENT.
ALL THAT MISDIRECTION STUFF, FRANKLY,
GAVE JACK PLUMMER EASY THROWS IN A LOT OF CASES.
AND THOUGH HE HAD A MISTAKE,
THIS WAS ABOUT THE BEST I HAVE SEEN HIM PLAY.
IT STRUCK ME AS BEING VERY OBVIOUS
THAT BOTH JEFF AND BRIAN BROHM
SCHEMED THE HELL OUT OF THIS GAME.
AND THEY HAD THEIR QUARTERBACK
IN THE BEST POSITION TO SUCCEED.
THEY DIDN’T GET ALL THEY WANTED FROM JAWHAR JORDAN.
HE WAS HURT.
I MEAN, THEY DID FINE ON THE GROUND,
BUT ULTIMATELY THEY WON THIS GAME THROUGH THE AIR, DAN.
AND I DON’T KNOW IF THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT I SAW.
I LIKED LOUISVILLE TO WIN.
I DIDN’T SEE THEM WINNING THIS ONE THROUGH THE AIR
IN THE MANNER THAT THEY DID.
NO, SAME.
AND I WAS GOING BACK AND FORTH
WITH A LOT OF THESE GAMES EARLY ON.
AND WHAT STOOD OUT TO ME, OF COURSE,
WAS THE VERY LAST PLAY OF THE GAME.
AND THAT’S MIAMI COMPLETING A HAIL MARY
JUST SHORT OF THE GOAL LINE.
SO NO, REALLY STRONG, UNEXPECTED,
ALMOST FINISH TO THE SEASON FOR LOUISVILLE.
AND I GOTTA SAY, TVD GOT THE START, TYLER VAN DYKE.
YEP.
HE’D THROWN INTERCEPTIONS IN LIKE FIVE STRAIGHT GAMES,
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
IT’S KIND OF WHAT HE DOES.
HE’S BANGED UP AGAIN.
YEAH.
IT’S NOT BEEN A GREAT YEAR,
BUT THIS WAS A GOOD GAME FOR HIM AS WELL.
IT REALLY WAS.
ZERO TURNOVERS IN A BIG GAME.
XAVIER RESTREPO, BIG GAME.
MARK FLETCHER JR., BIG FRESHMAN.
DUDE’S BUILT LIKE A REFRIGERATOR.
6’2″, 225, AVERAGED SEVEN AND A HALF A CARRY IN THIS GAME.
THERE WAS A LOT OF OFFENSE IN THIS MATCHUP.
AND SO THERE WERE CERTAINLY BRIGHT SPOTS FOR MIAMI,
BUT ULTIMATELY, I KEPT COMING AWAY FROM THIS
THINKING OF JACK PLUMMER.
I JUST WAS REALLY IMPRESSED BY THE SHOWING THAT HE PUT IN.
BY VIRTUE OF THIS WIN NOW,
LOUISVILLE’S GONNA GO TO THE ACC TITLE GAME,
WHICH IS SUDDENLY A LOT MORE INTERESTING
FOR THE REASONS WE JUST DISCUSSED HERE
WITH THE INJURY TO JORDAN TRAVIS.
BUT THAT GAME WILL BE IN TWO WEEKS.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT IT IN DUE COURSE,
BUT BIG WIN FOR LOUISVILLE.
THEY WERE FAVORED BY A POINT, POINT AND A HALF.
IT WAS A TIGHT GAME.
DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHICH WAY TO GO.
KIND OF FELT LIKE A COIN FLIP.
LOUISVILLE GETS THE W ON THE ROAD.
SO BIG ONE FOR THEM.
THE OTHER HEADLINER THAT WE TALKED A LOT ABOUT
IN THE BUILDUP TO WEEK 12 WAS THE GEORGIA-TENNESSEE GAME.
THIS POINT SPREAD, WHEN WE PREVIEWED IT,
I WANNA SAY WAS 10 AND A HALF.
IF YOU POPPED ONLINE EARLY ON SATURDAY MORNING,
IT CAME DOWN TO 9 AND A HALF, WHICH IS WHEN I JUMPED IN.
IT WAS THE ONLY CORRECT BET I HAD ALL DAY.
I THINK THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE TRUE AT ONCE,
BUT BEFORE I GET THERE,
I FEEL LIKE I’M A LITTLE BIT OF A BROKEN RECORD WITH GEORGIA.
AND IT’S ALMOST HARD NOT TO AT THIS POINT
BECAUSE MOST OF THE TEAMS THAT GEORGIA PLAYS,
AND IT’S BEEN THIS WAY FOR, I DON’T KNOW,
TWO, THREE YEARS NOW, DAN,
THEY GET ABOUT A HALF A QUARTER
BEFORE GEORGIA FIGURES THEM OUT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
THAT’S ALL YOU GET.
YOU REALLY DON’T HAVE MUCH WIGGLE ROOM.
WELL, THAT’S SORT OF BEEN TENNESSEE’S MO THIS YEAR, RIGHT?
THEY JUMP OUT TO SOMETHING INTERESTING.
THEY ARE ONE OF THE GREAT OPENING DRIVE ARCHITECTURE FIRMS,
WHATEVER.
OPENING PLAY IN THIS CASE!
OPENING PLAY, ABSOLUTELY.
WAS JAYLEN WRIGHT WHO TOOK THE LONG RUN TO THE HOUSE?
OPENING PLAY, 75-YARD TOUCHDOWN, JAYLEN WRIGHT, YEAH.
AND KIRBY SMART JOKED AFTER THE GAME,
MAN, KIRBY, WHEN HE HAS A COMFORTABLE WIN
AND HE’S FEELING LOOSE,
HE SAID HE AND GLENN SCHUMANN,
CO-DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR FOR GEORGIA, TALKED ABOUT IT.
AND IT WAS LIKE, IT’S BEST JUST TO LET TENNESSEE
GET THEIR TOUCHDOWN OUT OF THE WAY AS EARLY AS POSSIBLE
AND THEN MOVE ON FROM THERE.
YEAH, I MEAN, THAT PLAY.
THAT PLAY ALONE ACCOUNTED FOR 27%
OF TENNESSEE’S TOTAL YARDAGE IN THE FOOTBALL GAME.
OVER THE NEXT 59 MINUTES AND 49 SECONDS,
THEY HAD A SHADE OVER 200 YARDS AND JUST THREE MORE POINTS.
YEAH.
GEORGIA HAD 41 MINUTES OF POSSESSION.
THEY DRAINED THE LIFE OUT OF TENNESSEE IN THIS GAME.
THEY WERE NINE OF 13 ON THIRD DOWN.
THEY JUST NEVER LET, THEIR OFFENSE NEVER LEFT THE FIELD.
SO IT WAS A DOMINANT SHOWING BY THEM.
THE TWO THINGS THAT I THINK ARE TRUE AT ONCE
THAT I ALLUDED TO, ONE, IT PROBABLY GOES WITHOUT SAYING,
DOMINANT SHOWING BY GEORGIA, YEAH.
THIS IS DOMINANT.
YES. ON THE ROAD AT TENNESSEE, TOUGH PLACE TO PLAY.
DOLLY PARTON IN THE HOUSE.
DOLLY IN THE HOUSE, YEAH, MAN.
SINGING SORT OF OFF
BECAUSE SHE COULDN’T HEAR THE BAND PLAY ROCKY TOP.
AND SHE SANG ROCKY TOP AND SHE’S DELIGHTFUL.
SHE’S A NATIONAL TREASURE.
BUT GEORGIA’S GETTING BETTER.
THEY’RE GETTING BETTER.
CARSON BECK IS STILL OUTSTANDING.
IT’S JUST LIKE A CONVEYOR BELT OF GUYS ON THE GEORGIA SIDE.
SO IT’S HARD FOR ME TO ENVISION A SITUATION
IN WHICH THEY DON’T WIN THE CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN.
BUT THAT’S THE FIRST THING.
THE SECOND THING THAT’S TRUE, I THINK IS,
IS IT FAIR TO SAY THAT TENNESSEE’S OVERRATED?
NOT THAT GOOD?
DEPENDS WHO’S DOING THE RATING.
I DON’T KNOW IF I’VE THOUGHT TENNESSEE WAS ALL THAT GOOD
FOR A FEW WEEKS NOW.
AND THIS SORT OF JUST PUNCTUATED THAT THOUGHT.
AND IT WAS, LOOK, IT WAS GEORGIA IN ALL PHASES.
IT WAS A DIFFERENT RECEIVER.
IT WAS WHAT, ROSEMEY-JACKSAINT.
HE WAS THE ONE WHO MADE BIG PLAYS.
HE WAS THE ONE WHO I THINK CAUGHT THAT DOUBLE PASS.
THE RUNNING BACK THREW HIM WIDE, WIDE OPEN
IN THE END ZONE RELATIVELY EARLY ON.
GREAT PLAY IN THAT SPOT.
IT’S A GREAT PLAY.
IT’S A DIFFERENT RECEIVER, DIFFERENT TIGHT ENDS
STEPPING UP EVERY WEEK.
CARSON BECK ONLY MADE A COUPLE OF PRETTY REGRETTABLE PLAYS.
I STILL DON’T THINK HE’S THE PLAYMAKER
THAT STETSON BENNETT WAS.
AND WE’LL SEE IF THAT IS THE DIFFERENCE
IN SOME CLOSE MATCHUPS LIKE GEORGIA HAD LAST YEAR
AGAINST OHIO STATE.
BUT, I DON’T KNOW, WE’LL SEE.
I MEAN, GEORGIA’S JUST IMPROVING BY LIKE 30% EACH WEEK,
WHICH IS PRETTY SCARY TO THINK ABOUT.
AND YOU LOOK AT THE TEAMS AHEAD OF THEM
AND WE’LL SEE WITH ALABAMA IN THE SEC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME,
POTENTIALLY IN THE PLAYOFF,
IT’S HARD TO ENVISION A SITUATION IN WHICH OHIO STATE,
MICHIGAN, TEXAS, NOW NOT FLORIDA STATE OF COURSE.
LIKE IT’S JUST VERY DIFFICULT.
OREGON, WASHINGTON, WE’LL SEE.
BUT IT’S HARD TO ENVISION WHEN A TEAM IS OPERATING
THAT DEEPLY AND IMPROVING BY THE MARGINS THAT THEY ARE.
IT’S HARD TO SEE A TEAM COMPETING.
AND SO GREAT WIN FOR GEORGIA OVER,
AGAIN, I DON’T THINK ALL THAT MUCH
OF THIS YEAR’S VERSION OF TENNESSEE.
LIKE IT WAS, I THINK A 24-10 GAME.
AND JOE MILTON HAD A RECEIVER WHO HAD THREE STEPS
ON A GEORGIA CORNER AND OVERTHREW HIM BY EIGHT YARDS.
RIGHT?
AND THERE WERE OPPORTUNITIES FOR TENNESSEE.
THEY’RE JUST NOT A TEAM BUILT TO WIN
ON AN IMPRESSIVE LEVEL RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, I MEAN, THE REASON I BRING IT UP
IS BECAUSE WE HAVE PEOPLE TWEETING AT US ABOUT IT.
“TENNESSEE’S NOT THAT GOOD,”
OR “TENNESSEE’S OVERRATED,” THAT TYPE OF STUFF.
I DO LIKE THEIR RUSHING ATTACK FOR THE MOST PART.
AND I THINK THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THEIR DEFENSE
THAT ARE VERY SOLID.
BUT THE FACT REMAINS THAT THEY’VE BASICALLY GIVEN UP 30 POINTS,
GIVE OR TAKE, AGAINST THE FIVE BEST TEAMS ON THEIR SCHEDULE.
AND THEY LOST FOUR OF THOSE GAMES HANDILY.
SO, YOU KNOW, IT IS NOT TENNESSEE FROM LAST YEAR.
THE QUARTERBACK SITUATION IS DIFFERENT.
THE OFFENSE IS DIFFERENT.
IT IS CERTAINLY NOT AS GOOD A TENNESSEE TEAM
AS I EXPECTED COMING INTO THE YEAR.
BUT THAT SAID, IT’S NOT NECESSARILY A SCARLET LETTER
IF YOU GET BLOWN OUT AGAINST GEORGIA
BECAUSE GEORGIA’S GEORGIA.
AGAIN, UNFORTUNATELY, GEORGIA IS GEORGIA.
BUT IF YOU LOSE TO 5-6 FLORIDA,
THAT’S NOT IDEAL.
CURRENT 5-6 FLORIDA WAS NOT 5-6
AT THE TIME.
LOOK, TENNESSEE IS SEPTEMBER MARYLAND
IN THE FIRST SEVEN MINUTES OF BIG GAMES, RIGHT?
IT’S A VERY, THAT’S A VERY META INCEPTION-Y WAY
OF LOOKING AT IT.
AND I’M VERY SILLY FOR DOING SO.
BUT YEAH, THAT’S WHAT WE HAVE NOW IN GEORGIA.
DO YOU WANNA GO TO ANOTHER HEADLINE,
ANOTHER COUPLE OF HEADLINERS?
WHERE ARE WE GOING?
I WANNA TALK ABOUT WASHINGTON-OREGON STATE.
OH MAN.
I WANNA TALK ABOUT WASHINGTON-OREGON STATE.
SO WASHINGTON, AS I SAID AT THE TOP,
WASHINGTON HUNG ON IN A MONSOON, 22-20.
THIS WAS NOT A SPECTACULAR OFFENSIVE SHOWING.
AND YOU TWEETED IT TO ME, TWEETED IT, TEXTED IT,
SLACKED IT.
YOUR BRAIN IS SOCIAL MEDIA FRIED, CONTINUE.
IT REALLY IS.
YOU COMMUNICATED TO ME THROUGH SOME FASHION
THAT IT WAS LIKE GUYS TRYING TO CATCH A GREASED PIG
OUT THERE.
YEAH.
NOBODY COULD HOLD ONTO ANYTHING
AND THE WEATHER CLEARLY PLAYED A FACTOR IN THIS GAME.
YEAH.
OH, ABSOLUTELY.
LOOK, WASHINGTON FINDS A WAY.
WASHINGTON, THEY’RE THE HUSKIES,
BUT THEY’RE BLOODHOUNDS, RIGHT?
THEY SNIFF OUT WINS AND IT’S NOT ALWAYS PRETTY.
LOOK AT THIS.
THAT’S PRETTY GOOD, RIGHT?
THAT’S GOOD.
I LIKE THAT.
THEY GET OUT GAINED BY TEAMS.
THEY GET THE FEAR OF LIFE PUT INTO THEM BY TEAMS.
LATE IN GAMES, YOU COULD THINK BACK TO ARIZONA STATE,
STANFORD, ALL THESE MATCHUPS
IN WHICH IT’S COME DOWN TO AGAINST,
IT’S COME DOWN TO IT AGAINST,
INFERIOR OPPONENTS.
OREGON STATE HASN’T REALLY BEATEN ANYBODY THIS YEAR,
BUT THEY’RE A QUALITY TEAM PLAYING AT HOME IN THE RAIN.
IT’S AN OPPORTUNITY.
THEY’RE ABLE TO POSSESS THE BALL LIKE CRAZY,
ESPECIALLY IN THAT SECOND HALF WHERE THEY GET INTO A RHYTHM.
THEY GET OFF THE FIELD WHEN WASHINGTON HAS THE BALL.
I THINK AT ONE POINT,
WASHINGTON INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER HAD LIKE SIX PLAYS
UNDER ITS BELT IN THE SECOND HALF.
AND IT WAS A GOOD STRATEGY.
IT WAS A SOUND STRATEGY.
UNFORTUNATELY, OREGON STATE COULDN’T REALLY THROW THE BALL.
DJ U COULDN’T REALLY CONSISTENTLY THROW THE BALL DOWNFIELD
WHEN IT MATTERED MOST, WHEN THEY WERE,
I WOULDN’T SAY THERE WERE GUYS OPEN,
AND IT’S ONE OF THOSE,
THE WAY THAT OREGON STATE IS BUILT,
THEY’VE GOT SHORTER RECEIVERS,
TIGHT END PLAY ISN’T WHERE IT’S BEEN LATELY.
AND SO THOSE DOWNFIELD THREATS,
WE TALK ABOUT WINTER WONDERS,
THAT’S WHERE OREGON STATE WAS LACKING.
IF OREGON STATE HAS A TRUE NUMBER ONE GO-TO RECEIVER,
AND THE WAY THAT WASHINGTON, OREGON, ARIZONA THIS SEASON,
USC LAST YEAR, LIKE IF THEY HAVE THAT GUY,
IT’S A DIFFERENT GAME.
IF I HAD WHEELS, I’D BE A BICYCLE!
OREGON STATE IS NOT BUILT TO WIN A GAME LIKE THIS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE RAIN,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY’RE COUNTED ON
TO MAKE THIRD AND NINES COUNT.
AND SO WASHINGTON, FOR ALL OF MICHAEL PENIX’S FLAWS,
HE HAD SOME BAD THROWS TONIGHT.
HE CONNECTED WITH ROME ODUNZE WHEN IT COUNTED.
DILLON JOHNSON CONTINUES TO RUN SUPER WELL.
AND AGAIN, FOR ALL THE FLAWS OF WASHINGTON’S DEFENSE,
THEY FIND WAYS TO GET OFF THE FIELD WHEN IT MATTERS.
AND THAT’S WHEN THEY’RE UP 22-20,
WHEN OREGON STATE HAS THE BALL DRIVING.
AND SO A GREAT WIN FOR WASHINGTON ON THE ROAD.
IT KEEPS HAPPENING FOR THEM.
AND I WAS TEXTING WITH OUR FRIEND GEOFF SCHWARTZ,
AND HE WAS LIKE, THEY’RE THIS YEAR’S TCU, RIGHT?
IT’S NOT ALWAYS PRETTY,
BUT WINNING IS A SKILL THAT WASHINGTON 130% HAS,
AND IT’S CRAZY IMPRESSIVE.
I BROUGHT THAT UP ON THE PREVIEW SHOW TOO.
THERE’S A LITTLE BIT OF TCU IN THIS YEAR’S WASHINGTON
IN THAT THEY’RE DEFENSIVELY,
THEY’RE CLEARLY A LIABILITY IN SPOTS,
BUT OFFENSIVELY, THEY FIND A WAY TO WIN THOSE MOMENTS.
THEY JUST FIND A WAY TO DO IT.
AND WE CAN LOOK AT SPREADSHEETS
TILL WE’RE BLUE IN THE FACE,
BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY,
EITHER YOU WIN THE MOMENTS OR YOU DON’T.
TCU WON THEM CONSISTENTLY A YEAR AGO.
THAT’S HOW THEY GOT TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
AND WASHINGTON SO FAR HAS,
LOOK, THEY’VE PLAYED A LOT OF CLOSE GAMES HERE
OVER THE BACK HALF OF THE SEASON.
THERE’S NO DENYING THAT.
BUT THE FACT THAT NOW THEY ARE WINNING THESE GAMES,
THEY’RE WINNING THESE GAMES ON THE ROAD,
THEY’RE GONNA GO INTO THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP,
MAYBE THE PLAYOFF,
AND BE PERHAPS THE MOST BATTLE-TESTED TEAM OUT THERE,
THAT SAYS SOMETHING ABOUT THE CHARACTER OF THE TEAM
AND WHAT KALEN DEBOER HAS BUILT,
WHAT MICHAEL PENIX IS LEADING ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE.
GOT THAT BACK SHOULDER THROW THAT HE HAS WITH ROME ODUNZE.
THERE’S NOTHING YOU CAN DO.
YOU CAN HOPE HE IS OFF.
YOU CAN HOPE THAT THERE IS A DROP.
YOU CAN HOPE THAT THERE’S A GUST OF WIND
IN THE VERY OPPORTUNE PASSING LANE.
THEY’RE JUST AUTOMATIC TOGETHER.
IT’S SO, SO COOL TO WATCH,
UNLESS YOU’RE ROOTING FOR THE TEAM PLAYING THEM,
WHICH I HAVE BEFORE.
YEAH.
WELL, LOOK, I MEAN, OREGON STATE, AS YOU SAID,
STILL A VERY, VERY SOLID TEAM.
AND I THINK IT WAS VERY, VERY TELLING
THAT THE POINT SPREAD WAS WHAT IT WAS.
IT KIND OF WOBBLED A LITTLE BIT, RIGHT?
OREGON STATE WAS FAVORED BY TWO.
I LOOKED THIS MORNING, WASHINGTON WAS FAVORED BY ONE.
I REMEMBER SAYING ON THE PREVIEW,
I DON’T GET THE POINT SPREAD.
I DON’T UNDERSTAND WHY IT’S THIS.
I DON’T KNOW IF MAYBE VEGAS KNEW ABOUT THE WEATHER,
WHAT IT WAS, BUT THEY WERE RIGHT ON.
THIS WAS RIGHT ON THE MONEY.
VERY EASILY COULD HAVE GONE ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.
SO GOOD ON WASHINGTON, ANOTHER BIG WIN.
THEY FIND WAYS TO GET THE JOB DONE.
AND IT SEEMS AS IF, BARRING ANY KIND OF CATASTROPHE
IN THE APPLE CUP NEXT WEEK,
WE ARE ON A COLLISION COURSE
FOR ANOTHER OREGON VERSUS WASHINGTON REMATCH
ON FRIDAY NIGHT, BEFORE ALL OF THE GAMES
TAKE CENTER STAGE ON SATURDAY.
FRIDAY NIGHT, PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP.
I’M SURE YOU’LL BE A BUNDLE OF NERVES FOR THAT ONE.
IN VEGAS, YEAH?
IN VEGAS, WASHINGTON HAS CLINCHED A BERTH
AND OREGON WILL CLINCH A BERTH
WITH A WIN AGAINST THE BEAVERS.
BUT IF OREGON STATE LOSES, EXCUSE ME,
IF OREGON STATE BEATS THE DUCKS AND ARIZONA BEATS ASU,
ARIZONA FINDS THEMSELVES VIA TIEBREAKER AGAINST WASHINGTON
IN A REMATCH OF A DIFFERENT KIND.
SO I THINK EITHER WAY,
WE’LL HAVE A GREAT PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
IT SEEMS LIKELY WITH THE WAY, AND WE’LL GET TO IT,
WITH THE WAY OREGON DISMANTLED ASU
AND THAT GAME AGAINST THE BEAVERS, BEING IN EUGENE,
IT SEEMS LIKELY THAT WE’RE GONNA GET THE REMATCH
THAT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT.
ARE THERE ANY OTHER GAMES HERE ON THIS SLATE?
I MEAN, WEEK 12, AGAIN, WAS SOMEWHAT SHORT
ON THE BIG CENTER STAGE,
GRAVITATIONAL GAMES THAT EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT.
WE’VE OBVIOUSLY FOUND A FEW HERE.
WERE THERE ANY OTHERS THAT REALLY BUBBLED TO THE SURFACE
FOR YOU AFTER LOOKING OVER?
NOT IN TERMS, I THINK, OF PLAYOFF,
BUT JUST IN TERMS OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL STORYLINE
AND THE FUTURE OF THE SPORT.
I THOUGHT UCLA-USC WAS FASCINATING
JUST BECAUSE OF THE BACK HALF OF USC’S SEASON,
STARTING 6-0, FINISHING 1-5.
THEY HAVE A BYE WEEK THIS COMING WEEK,
OR THEY’RE JUST, THEIR REGULAR SEASON IS DONE.
THEY’RE NOT PLAYING IN THE PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
AND THE RUMORS SWIRLING AROUND CHIP KELLY.
I THOUGHT THAT WAS JUST, IN TERMS OF THE FUTURE
OF THESE TEAMS MOVING TO THE BIG TEN, FASCINATING.
AND YOU MENTIONED CHIP KELLY POTENTIALLY COACHING
FOR HIS JOB.
UCLA RAN ALL OVER USC, ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
AND FORCE TURNOVERS.
USC JUST LOOKING DONE, AND LOOKING DONE
FROM KIND OF THE START, OTHER THAN CALEB WILLIAMS
MAKING THE PLAYS HE CAN MAKE, BUT DEFENSE NOT THERE.
RUSHING ATTACK, NOT THERE AT ALL.
MARSHAWN LLOYD HAD THAT FUMBLE FOR A SCOOP
AND SCORE FOR UCLA.
IT’S GONNA BE A FASCINATING NEXT FEW WEEKS
WITH SIGNING DAY, WITH COACHING MOVES,
COORDINATOR MOVES FOR THESE TWO BIG PROGRAMS IN LA.
SO A WILD GAME JUST IN TERMS OF WHAT WE COULD SEE
IN TERMS OF REVERBERATIONS.
CRAZY.
ONE OTHER ONE I’LL THROW OUT,
AND THEN WE’LL GET TO WARM FUZZIES,
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MADE US HAPPY
IN WATCHING THESE GAMES.
THE TEXAS WIN.
YES.
THE TEXAS WIN WAS ACTUALLY REMINISCENT
OF THE WASHINGTON WIN IN THAT IT WAS NOT PRETTY.
IT WAS PROBABLY NEVER GOING TO BE PRETTY.
BEAR IN MIND THAT TEXAS CAME INTO THIS GAME
HAVING LOST JONATHON BROOKS.
JONATHON BROOKS, THEIR STAR TAILBACK,
A YEAR AFTER LOSING BIJAN ROBINSON
TO THE ATLANTA FALCONS IN THE NFL.
THAT WAS A QUESTION COMING INTO THIS YEAR.
NOW, I DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS A GAPING HOLE
THAT WE WERE GENUINELY CONCERNED ABOUT.
I THINK WE ASSUMED THEY WOULD FIGURE IT OUT IN DUE TIME.
YOU’RE OFTEN PRETTY CONCERNED ABOUT GAPING HOLES.
I KNOW THAT ABOUT YOU, TY.
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS, MAN.
THAT’S JUST WHO YOU ARE AS A HUMAN.
IT’S WHO I AM AS A HUMAN, OF COURSE.
BUT JONATHON BROOKS, THE WAY HE HAS STEPPED IN,
REALLY GAVE THAT OFFENSE A NEW DYNAMIC.
SO HIM GOING DOWN, IT WAS, I THINK, AN OPEN QUESTION.
ALL RIGHT, WHAT’S IT GOING TO LOOK LIKE
WHEN THEY’RE ON THE ROAD IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT?
CLEARLY A DE FACTO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME
FOR IOWA STATE.
C.J. BAXTER WAS FINE, BUT QUINN EWERS WAS GOOD.
THE DEFENSE REMAINS THE THING FOR TEXAS.
WE TALK A LOT ABOUT EWERS, XAVIER WORTHY,
AND FOR A WHILE, JONATHON BROOKS,
AND ALL THESE STARS THAT THEY, AD MITCHELL,
ALL THESE GUYS THAT THEY’VE GOT
ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.
BUT TRULY, THE DEFENSE HAS BEEN THE BEDROCK
FOR THE THING THAT STEVE SARKISIAN
AS BUILT SO FAR THIS SEASON.
AND IF THEY FIND THEIR WAY INTO THE PLAYOFF,
AGAIN, IT WILL BE THE THING
THAT I THINK WE NEED TO PAY MORE ATTENTION TO.
BECAUSE THE DEFENSE ALLOWED NINE YARDS RUSHING
ON THE ROAD AT NIGHT.
OF COURSE, TEXAS NEEDS A LITTLE BIT OF HELP IN THE RANKINGS,
BUT I JUST THINK THAT THEY’RE PROVEN
TO BE VERY, VERY RESILIENT.
AND IF THEY GET INTO A BIG GAME SITUATION,
WE KEEP WAITING FOR TEXAS TO BECOME THE TEXAS
THAT THEY’VE BEEN.
AND OF COURSE, DIDN’T WIN THE RED RIVER RIVALRY.
THAT WAS A LOSS.
THAT’S A PROBLEM.
THAT’S WHY THEY ARE WHERE THEY ARE ON THE STANDINGS.
VERY STRANGE GAME, BUT YES.
VERY STRANGE GAME.
BUT ALL THAT BEING SAID,
THEY’VE JUST PROVEN A RESILIENCY THIS YEAR
THAT WE HAVEN’T SEEN,
A TOUGHNESS THAT WE HAVEN’T SEEN RECENTLY
AMONG TEXAS TEAMS THAT I THINK IS REALLY THE THING
THAT GIVES ME THE MOST, I DON’T KNOW,
WE’LL GET TO WARM FUZZIES NOW.
THAT’S WHAT GIVES ME THE WARM FUZZIES ABOUT TEXAS, DAN.
YEAH, IT WAS.
THAT THEY’RE DIFFERENT THIS YEAR.
ALL DUE RESPECT TO OUR FRIEND, CRISPY BROWN,
IT WAS SMART FOOTBALL FROM TEXAS, RIGHT?
IT WAS SOUND DEFENSE,
MAKING SURE THAT IOWA STATE WAS NOT ABLE
TO KEEP MOVING THE CHAINS ON THE GROUND.
THEY COMPLETELY SILENCED THE CLONES ON THE GROUND.
AND WHAT IS THE NUMBER UNDERNEATH THE LETTERS INT
FOR QUINN EWERS IN THIS GAME?
IT’S ZERO, RIGHT?
AND THAT’S A HUGE DEAL.
THIS GAME WAS PERFECT.
IT WAS A PERFECT COCOON FOR QUINN EWERS
TO STRUGGLE AGAINST A VERY STRONG PASS DEFENSE
IN A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT AT NIGHT.
AND HE LOOKED CALM, COOL, AND COLLECTED,
COMING BACK FROM AN INJURY STILL, FINDING GUYS.
AND THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT I NOTICED ABOUT JOE MILTON
THAT CARSON BECK DIDN’T DISPLAY
THAT I DON’T THINK QUINN EWERS DISPLAYED TONIGHT,
WHICH WAS HE DIDN’T NEGLECT VERY GOOD
FOR THE SAKE OF MAYBE GREAT, TINY CHANCE OF GREAT.
HE TOOK THE GOOD.
HE TOOK THE VERY GOOD INSTEAD OF TRYING TO PLAY HERO BALL.
AND THAT’S WHAT I THOUGHT CARSON BECK DOES A NICE JOB OF.
BO NIX HAS GOTTEN BETTER AT THAT.
MICHAEL PENIX, I THINK, CAN CHASE IT A LITTLE TOO MUCH.
THE HERO BALL, BUT DOES A VERY GOOD JOB
OF FINDING THE SMART PASSES.
AND I THINK THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE
WITH WHERE WE ARE IN QUINN EWERS’ GROWTH CYCLE RIGHT NOW.
AND SO REALLY COOL TO SEE A TEXAS TEAM ANSWER THE BELL
AT A TOUGH, TOUGH JACK TRICE STADIUM.
VERY TOUGH SPOT TO PLAY.
QUINN EWERS, IT SOUNDS LIKE COMING BACK NEXT SEASON,
WHICH I THINK IS A SMART MOVE FOR HIM.
IT’S GONNA BE A LOADED QUARTERBACK CLASS
AND COMING OFF INJURIES NOW IN CONSECUTIVE SEASONS,
HE NEEDS TO PUT TOGETHER A FULLY HEALTHY SEASON.
THAT’S OBVIOUSLY A BOON FOR TEXAS.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT MEANS FOR ARCH MANNING
OR MAALIK MURPHY, BUT THAT’S ANOTHER CONVERSATION
FOR ANOTHER DAY.
WELL, CRAZY HOW YOU, WE DID THE WASHINGTON GAME
AND THEN YOU DISCUSS MAALIK MURPHY’S FUTURE.
CONTINUE.
THERE YOU GO.
PERHAPS A LITTLE FORESHADOWING.
LET’S GET TO OUR WARM FUZZIES.
YES.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT GAVE US THE WARM FUZZIES
IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 12, DAN.
MICHIGAN GOT ITS 1,000TH WIN.
AMERICA’S TEAM, TY!
YOU GOTTA FEEL GOOD.
YEAH.
SHERRONE MOORE GETTING THIS WIN AS THE,
I GUESS, INTERIM COACH,
THAT’S GONNA BE A TRIVIA QUESTION.
WRITE THAT ONE DOWN, PUT IT ON A NAPKIN
IN YOUR COAT POCKET.
THAT WILL BE A TRIVIA QUESTION
OR AN ANSWER TO A TRIVIA QUESTION
AT SOME BAR ROOM FIVE YEARS FROM NOW.
WHO WAS THE COACH THAT GOT THE…
THIS FOR ME WAS, IT WAS A MIXED BAG, OKAY?
IT WAS WARM FUZZIES BECAUSE THEY GOT THE WIN,
BECAUSE THEY ARE BUILDING NOW TOWARDS THIS MASSIVE GAME
A WEEK FROM NOW AGAINST OHIO STATE.
CLEARLY THERE WERE SOME IMPRESSIVE INDIVIDUAL PERFORMANCES.
I’M THINKING OF BLAKE CORUM.
I’M THINKING OF MIKE SAINRISTIL.
I WAS GONNA SAY, YEAH.
TWO INTERCEPTIONS, RIGHT?
VERY GOOD.
PUTTING ON THE SUNGLASSES, YEAH.
SURE.
ON THE WHOLE THOUGH, THIS WAS NOT AN IMPRESSIVE WIN.
IT WASN’T.
AND I DON’T KNOW IF WE CHALK IT UP TO HARBAUGH
NOT BEING THERE.
I DON’T KNOW IF WE CHALK IT UP TO A LOOK AHEAD
WITH OHIO STATE ON DECK.
NOT PLAYING ANYONE ALL YEAR, CONTINUE.
MAYBE NOT PLAYING ANYONE ALL YEAR.
MAYBE MARYLAND WAS FIRED UP, RIGHT?
THEY WERE IN THAT GAME UNTIL LATE.
I DON’T KNOW TO WHAT WE ATTRIBUTE WHAT WE SAW.
BUT OUR SENSE AS WE WATCHED AND TYPED BACK AND FORTH
WAS THAT MICHIGAN FELT LIKE THEY WERE PLAYING NOT TO LOSE.
AND IT FELT LIKE THE VERSION THAT WE SAW,
AT LEAST TO ME, IS NOT GOOD ENOUGH TO BEAT OHIO STATE.
I’VE GONE 11 WEEKS NOW, 11 GAMES NOW,
THINKING MICHIGAN’S GONNA DO THE SAME THING
TO OHIO STATE THAT THEY’VE DONE THE LAST TWO SEASONS.
AND THE VERSION OF MICHIGAN THAT I SAW THIS WEEK
LEFT ME FEELING SOMEWHAT DOUBTFUL ABOUT THAT ASSUMPTION.
MICHIGAN LOOKED LIKE THEY WERE COACHED
BY AN OFFENSIVE LINE COACH, WHICH THEY WERE, RIGHT?
THAT THERE WASN’T A LOT OF TRUST IN THE PASSING GAME,
THAT IT WAS SUPER CONSERVATIVE.
IT WAS, YOU KNOW, WIN EVERYTHING IN THE LINE,
AT THE LINE OF SCRIMMAGE, IN THE TRENCHES,
WHICH IS FINE, AND MICHIGAN HAS DONE A GREAT JOB OF IT,
BUT THEY HAVE ONE PITCH.
AND IT’LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE IF OHIO STATE
FORCES THEM TO DO NEW THINGS.
NOW, OHIO STATE’S DEFENSE SHOULD.
I DON’T KNOW THAT THIS IS LAST YEAR’S OHIO STATE,
IT CERTAINLY LOOKS TO ME LIKE CJ STROUD
MIGHT HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY SPECIAL FOR OHIO STATE,
AS HE’S INCREDIBLY SPECIAL FOR THE HOUSTON TEXANS.
AND SO THIS JUST ISN’T THAT VERSION.
THEY HAVE THE OFFENSIVE SKILL TALENT,
THEY DON’T HAVE THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
AND SO I DON’T LOOK AT THIS AS ANYTHING NEAR A CERTAINTY
THAT OHIO STATE IS JUST IN A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN MICHIGAN
AFTER MICHIGAN STRUGGLES AGAINST MARYLAND.
THIS WAS WHAT, THIS IS YOUR FAVORITE PHRASE,
YOUR DE FACTO SUPER BOWL FOR MARYLAND, RIGHT?
THEY’RE GETTING UP FOR A GAME LIKE THIS
IN A WAY THAT THEY DON’T FOR OTHERS AT HOME
AGAINST A PLAYOFF CALIBER TEAM.
AND MICHIGAN JUST LOOKS A LITTLE OUT OF SORTS,
A LITTLE TOO OFTEN ON OFFENSE,
AND MAYBE THAT’S A HARBAUGH THING,
MAYBE THAT’S A JJ MCCARTHY PRESSING TOO MUCH.
WHATEVER THE CASE IS,
IT CERTAINLY DOES NOT LOOK LIKE A TEAM READY TO COMPETE
AT THE TOP, TOP, TOP LEVELS OF THE SPORT.
YEAH, I DON’T KNOW.
MORE ON MARYLAND A LITTLE BIT LATER,
MORE ON MICHIGAN A LITTLE BIT LATER.
REAL QUICK, WHILE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE BIG TEN,
NOT TO BE OUTDONE BY ANY OF THE STUFF GOING ON IN THE EAST,
BUT THE BIG TEN WEST STILL HAS TEAMS
THAT DEFY THE LAWS OF GRAVITY.
I MEAN, IT’S INCREDIBLE.
NORTHWESTERN GETTING BOWL ELIGIBLE IS A GREAT STORY.
NOT JUST THAT, BUT BRAUN GETTING THE INTERIM TAG REMOVED
I THINK IS A SMART MOVE, IT’S A SMART HIRE.
THEY HAVE PLAYED BETTER, THEY HAVE GOTTEN BETTER
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
DOESN’T NEED TO BE PRETTY,
BUT THE FACT THAT THEY GOT THE SIX WINS IS IMPRESSIVE.
THEY HAD TWO REALLY BIG GOAL LINE STANDS IN THIS GAME.
AS SOMEBODY WHO HAD PURDUE PLUS THE NUMBER,
PLUS THE ADJUSTED POINT SPREAD,
IF MAYBE ONE OF THOSE GOES IN PURDUE’S DIRECTION,
PLAYING WITHOUT HUDSON CARD, MAYBE IT’S A DIFFERENT STORY.
BUT THAT WAS A NICE WIN FOR NORTHWESTERN.
DAVID BRAUN, PROBABLE BIG TEN COACH OF THE YEAR?
IT’S VERY MUCH SO.
IT’S HIM OR RICK MINTER, OBVIOUSLY.
THE JOB HE’S DONE.
AND REAL QUICK, JUST IOWA,
GOING BACK TO THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP.
IT IS A SEASON COMPLETELY VOID OF OFFENSE.
FOR AS MUCH AS WE HAVE LAUGHED ABOUT IT
AND TALKED DOWN TO IT, IT IS WORKING
AGAINST THE SCHEDULE IN FRONT OF THEM.
I WAS GONNA SAY.
AND GOOD ON THEM, GOOD ON THEM,
BECAUSE NOBODY ELSE IN THE BIG TEN WEST
IS ANY KIND OF TEAM YOU CAN SET YOUR WATCH TO.
SO IOWA SEEMS TO BE THAT TEAM.
THEY’RE GONNA PLAY AGAINST EITHER MICHIGAN
OR OHIO STATE IN TWO WEEKS.
THEY WILL PROBABLY LOSE THAT GAME HANDILY,
BUT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE THERE AT ALL
IS A TESTAMENT TO, I GUESS, WHAT KIRK FERENTZ HAS DONE.
IT’S A PARTICULARLY GOOD YEAR TO ONLY NEED
TO BE ABLE TO SCORE 16 POINTS TO WIN A GAME IN THE BIG TEN.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
IT’S A ROBUST, DYNAMIC YEAR IN THE BIG TEN
FOR TEAMS WHO FEEL COMFORTABLE
ABOUT GETTING TO A WIN WITH 16 POINTS.
GIVE ME A WARM FUZZY.
ALL RIGHT, LET ME PULL UP MY LIST, TY,
BECAUSE I HAVE A GOOD NUMBER OF THEM.
MY FIRST WARM FUZZY IS, IT’S PROBABLY HARRISON MEVIS.
HONESTLY, HE SORT OF ENCAPSULATES THE MIZZOU EXPERIENCE.
HE KICKS FOUR FIELD GOALS.
I THINK HE BECAME THE ALL-TIME LEADING SCORER
FOR MIZZOU A COUPLE WEEKS AGO IN THAT GEORGIA LOSS,
BUT HE ICES AND WINS THE GAME FOR MIZZOU
AT THE HORN, ALMOST HORN, OVER FLORIDA
IN A BACK AND FORTH GAME.
SIX SECOND HALF LEAD CHANGES,
AND MAN, BRADY COOK TO LUTHER BURDEN
IN JUST A MUST-GET SITUATION LATE.
AS I THINK IT WAS JESSE PALMER NOTED,
NOBODY ON LUTHER BURDEN.
HE JUST FOUND HIMSELF A NICE LITTLE SPACE
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD,
AND BRADY COOK DRIVING THEM DOWN EVEN FURTHER.
HARRISON MEVIS, JUST AN UNBELIEVABLY SOLID YEAR.
NOT EVEN SOLID, CRAZY IMPRESSIVE ALL-AMERICAN CALIBER YEAR
FOR HARRISON MEVIS.
OBVIOUSLY, I SORT OF WELCOME TO THE BIG TEN
AGAINST KANSAS STATE, BUT THE WIN AGAINST FLORIDA
IN A BACK AND FORTH MATCHUP,
OBVIOUSLY SCHRADER STILL INCREDIBLE ON THE GROUND,
BUT YEAH, THAT WAS A WARM FUZZY.
HARRISON MEVIS AND BRADY COOK LEADING THE WAY.
YEAH, I JOTTED DOWN GREAT GAMES IN THE BIG 12 AS ONE OF MINE.
I TALKED ABOUT THE TEXAS GAME,
SO I WON’T GO BACK THROUGH THAT,
BUT THE KANSAS-KANSAS STATE GAME,
SUNFLOWER SHOWDOWN WAS A GOOD GAME.
JASON BEAN WAS NOT ABLE TO GO.
HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS WARMING UP.
SOUNDED LIKE EVERYBODY WAS OPTIMISTIC,
BUT COLE BALLARD EVENTUALLY GOT THE NOD.
THIRD STRINGER MADE SOME MISTAKES THROUGH TWO PICKS,
BUT I THINK THIS GAME WAS PROOF
THAT YOU THROW OUT THE DEPTH CHARTS
AS WELL AS THE RECORDS IN A RIVALRY
BECAUSE KANSAS STILL FOUND A WAY TO,
FOR A WHILE ANYWAY, HAVE A LEAD IN THIS GAME.
DEVON NEAL, REALLY BIG GAME ON THE GROUND FOR THE JAYHAWKS.
THEY WERE UP BY 11 UNTIL MIDWAY THROUGH THE THIRD QUARTER,
BUT THAT’S WHEN K-STATE TURNED IT ON.
SCORED 15 UNANSWERED.
THEY HAD RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS FROM DJ GIDDENS,
WILL HOWARD LATE WHEN IT COUNTED TO WIN THIS ONE 31-27.
I WAS JUST GLAD THAT THIS WAS A GOOD GAME.
THIS WAS YOUR LOCK OF THE WEEK.
I BELIEVE YOU HAD K-STATE BIG.
YEAH, THEY DIDN’T COVER.
THEY HAD SORT OF A CHANCE.
THEY CAME BACK LATE.
AND WHAT WAS THE FINAL?
THEY WON BY FOUR.
31-27, YEAH.
YEAH.
THEY HAD LIKE A THIRD AND 32 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
AT THAT POINT, I REALIZED THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING
TO COVER THIS GAME WITH A LATE TOUCHDOWN.
SO NO, STILL A NICE PERFORMANCE FROM K-STATE.
A VERY NICE PERFORMANCE.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
GOOD ON KANSAS.
GOOD ON KANSAS FOR THE SEASON THAT THEY,
I WAS LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE BEFORE THIS,
AND I’M THINKING, MAN, IF THEY BEAT K-STATE,
THEY CAN GO NINE AND THREE.
THE FACT THAT WE’RE HERE EVEN TALKING
OR THINKING ABOUT KANSAS GOING NINE AND THREE
IS JUST HELL OF A JOB LANCE LEIPOLD.
I UNDERSTAND WHY A&M OR MICHIGAN STATE
OR ANY OF THOSE SCHOOLS THAT NEED COACHES
WOULD WANT TO LOOK IN THE DIRECTION OF LANCE LEIPOLD
BECAUSE THE JOB HE’S DONE IN A VERY SHORT PERIOD OF TIME
IN LAWRENCE IS REMARKABLE.
SO GOOD ON HIM.
I’M GONNA PAT MY OWN BACK HERE FOR MY NEXT WARM FUZZY.
THE OREGON DUCKS, TY!
HERE WE GO.
A LOT OF TEAMS DIDN’T NECESSARILY,
COME ON, I’M JUST TELLING YOU.
HOMER PICK, GO AHEAD.
OREGON HAS NEVER WON AT ARIZONA STATE IN NOVEMBER, OKAY?
JAYDEN DANIELS LOOKS TO BE THE BEST PLAYER
IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL RIGHT NOW,
PUTTING UP ANOTHER CRAZY HEISMAN-WORTHY PERFORMANCE.
I MEAN, IT WAS NOT AGAINST AN SEC TEAM TONIGHT,
BUT HE IS CONSISTENTLY EXCELLENT.
I LOSE SLEEP OVER WHAT HE DID TO OREGON IN TEMPE
IN NOVEMBER WITH OREGON LOOKING
LIKE A SUREFIRE PLAYOFF TEAM.
THERE IS A CERTAIN, I SAW THE PHRASE “DESERT VOODOO”
THAT EXISTS IN THE PAC-12.
OREGON SCORED 28 POINTS IN THE TIME IT TAKES
TO TAKE A LONG PEE AT ARIZONA STATE.
THEY ABSOLUTELY SHREDDED THEM.
I THINK TROY FRANKLIN IS NOW SETTING RECORDS
FOR OREGON AT RECEIVER.
HE IS ONE OF THE ALL-TIME GREATS
IN THREE YEARS AT OREGON AT RECEIVER.
BO NIX, A HEISMAN-WORTHY QUARTERBACK FOR OREGON,
THROWS FOR A BAJILLION YARDS AND A BAJILLION TOUCHDOWNS.
ARIZONA STATE’S NOT THAT GOOD.
TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS AS AN OREGON FAN
IN THE DESERT IS NOTHING THAT MAKES ME FEEL COLD
AND ASHAMED, TY.
IT MAKES ME FEEL WARM AND IT MAKES ME FEEL FUZZY.
SO THEY GET A WARM FUZZY AS OREGON DEMOLISHES ASU
AND KENNY DILLINGHAM.
I GET ONE TEXT A WEEK FROM MY UNCLE,
A DIEHARD GIANTS FAN, ASKING ME,
SHOULD THE GIANTS DRAFT BO NIX?
SHOULD THE GIANTS DRAFT BO NIX, DAN?
AH, HE’S IN A PRETTY, I’LL TELL YOU THIS.
OKAY, HERE WE GO.
IF YOU BELIEVE THAT THE GIANTS HAVE AN IDEAL SITUATION
AROUND BO NIX IN TERMS OF PLAY CALLING AND RECEIVERS
AND OFFENSIVE LINE AND RUSHING ATTACK,
SURE, HE’S GOT IT GOOD AT OREGON RIGHT NOW.
FAIR ENOUGH, FAIR ENOUGH, GOOD ANSWER.
NC STATE GAVE ME THE WARM FUZZIES, DAN.
NC STATE.
AS THEY SHOULD.
NC STATE IS ALL ALONE IN THIRD PLACE IN THE ACC.
I HAVE NOT BEEN THE BIGGEST NC STATE FAN, MEA CULPA.
I BELIEVE I’M ON RECORD AS OF LIKE SIX WEEKS,
EIGHT WEEKS AGO, SAYING THEY’RE THE EIGHTH BEST TEAM
IN THE ACC.
THE JOKE IS ON ME.
THE JOKE IS ON ME.
I LIKE THEIR DEFENSE.
I LOVE KC CONCEPCION.
THEY BEAT VIRGINIA TECH TODAY.
IF THEY BEAT UNC NEXT WEEK,
IT’S A NINE AND THREE SEASON FOR DAVE DOEREN.
AND IT LOOKS LIKE I WAS WRONG.
IT DOESN’T ALWAYS HAVE TO BE PRETTY.
IT DOESN’T ALWAYS NEED TO BE AESTHETICALLY PLEASING.
I’M STILL NOT A BIG FAN
OF THE BRENNAN ARMSTRONG EXPERIENCE, I’LL TELL YOU THAT.
SURE.
BUT A WIN’S A WIN’S A WIN.
AND ALL ALONE IN THIRD PLACE IN THE ACC
IS NOT THE WORST SEASON IN THE WORLD.
ACTUALLY, IT’S QUITE GOOD.
SO GOOD ON THEM.
AND ALSO, IF WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
TEAMS WITH VIRGINIA CONNECTIVE TISSUE,
NC STATE BEAT VIRGINIA TECH.
VIRGINIA, I MENTIONED IT IN OUR RUNDOWN AT THE TOP
THAT TONY ELLIOTT GOT HIS FIRST HOME ACC WIN.
ANTHONY COLANDREA, MAN.
YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT DOLLY PARTON BEING SUPER LIKABLE?
ANTHONY COLANDREA IS THE VIRGINIA DOLLY PARTON?
HERE’S WHERE YOU CONNECT BOMBS, TY.
HERE’S WHERE YOU CONNECT IMPRESSIVE BOMBS
FROM ANTHONY COLANDREA,
BECAUSE YOU’RE A PRO AT THIS JOB.
ANTHONY COLANDREA’S FINAL TWO TOUCHDOWN PASSES WERE DIMES.
THEY WERE ABSOLUTE DIMES IN THIS WIN.
I JUST KEEP FINDING IT HARDER AND HARDER
TO NOT LIKE THIS TEAM.
THEY PLAY TOUGH.
THEY PLAY GRITTY FOOTBALL.
MALIK WASHINGTON SET RECORDS
IN BOTH RECEPTIONS AND YARDS TODAY.
THIS IS A TEAM THAT IS PLAYING HARD.
THE WINS AREN’T THERE YET.
BUT THE FACT THAT THEY ARE AS GRITTY AS THEY ARE,
AS PESKY AS THEY ARE,
USUALLY PORTENDS BETTER THINGS TO COME,
PERHAPS IN 2024 AND BEYOND.
SO GOOD ON THEM.
I AGREE.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT IS ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IN SPORTS, TY?
CAN I, DO I HAVE THE FLOOR?
DO I HAVE A WARM FUZZY OR DO YOU HAVE-
GO AHEAD, GO AHEAD.
I NEED TO WARM UP THE PIPES HERE.
GO AHEAD.
OKAY, ONE OF THE GREAT THINGS IN SPORTS
IS A TEAM GOING INTO A HOSTILE ENVIRONMENT
AND HAVING A CROWD OF CRAZY, HAPPY, ENTHUSIASTIC,
WARM AND FUZZY FANS FEELING GREAT.
WHAT COULD GO WRONG?
AND THEN THE APPALACHIAN STATE MOUNTAINEERS COME TO TOWN
AFTER 26,000 JAMES MADISON FANS
SURROUND THE ESPN COLLEGE GAME DAY SET.
AND APP STATE SAYS SHHHHHHH
APP STATE’S APPLYING FOR POST-SEASON,
EXCUSE ME, JMU APPLYING FOR POST-SEASON BERTH.
GREAT, I FULLY AGREE WITH EVERYTHING.
TOTALLY BUMMED THAT THE RULES DICTATE
THAT THEY CAN’T PLAY IN THE POST-SEASON.
AND APP STATE IN OVERTIME SAYS SHHHHH
WHAT A WIN FOR THE MOUNTAINEERS.
WHAT A WIN FOR THE EARS.
IT WASN’T PRETTY.
THEY JUMP OUT TO A LEAD.
THEY HOLD ON.
THEY WIN IN OVERTIME.
THAT’S A GREAT THING IN SPORTS, TY.
THAT’S A WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL THING TO GO ON THE ROAD.
JUST LIKE TVD, JUST TO LOOP IT BACK TO MIAMI.
REMEMBER THE QUOTE HE HAD, I THINK, LAST YEAR
THAT HE LOVED GOING ON THE ROAD
BECAUSE HE LIKES PLAYING IN A BIG, LOUD COLLEGE ENVIRONMENT
AND MIAMI DOESN’T REALLY HAVE ONE.
BUT YET THERE, I HAVE THAT ON MY LIST.
WINNING AT JMU, CRAZY IMPRESSIVE.
I GOT TWO MORE WARM FUZZIES.
PLEASE.
THROW THEM OUT TO THE GREAT STATE OF OKLAHOMA.
WE HAD TWO STORIES THERE THAT GOT ME GOING.
THE JACKSON ARNOLD THING.
SO I DON’T KNOW IF PEOPLE SAW,
BUT DILLON GABRIEL WENT DOWN WITH A CONCUSSION.
JACKSON ARNOLD, THE SO-CALLED QUARTERBACK OF THE FUTURE
FOR BRENT VENABLES IN OKLAHOMA,
BURNED HIS RED SHIRT TO COME IN.
THIS IS A CLOSE GAME ON THE ROAD AT BYU.
YEAH.
HIS NUMBERS WERE NOT SPARKLING BY ANY STRETCH.
BUT ONE OF THE THINGS THAT, IF YOU READ THE POSTGAME,
IF YOU WATCH THE GAME,
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT YOU WILL NOTICE IS
IT SEEMS LIKE HE JUST GETS IT.
HE GETS THE OFFENSE.
THERE WAS A BIG MOMENT, A THIRD AND LONG IN THIS GAME
WHERE HE WENT TO THE LINE, JEFF LEBBY GAVE HIM THE PLAY CALL,
HE CHECKED IT DOWN FROM A PLAY
THAT WAS SUPPOSED TO BE MORE DOWN THE FIELD
TO A SLANT THROUGH A PERFECT THROW,
I BELIEVE, TO JALIL FAROOQ.
AND IT WAS A SUCCESSFUL PLAY.
IT WAS MOMENTS LIKE THAT
THAT DON’T NECESSARILY SHOW UP IN THE STAT SHEET.
BUT FOR ANYBODY WHO WATCHES THE GAME
AND IS LOOKING FORWARD TO WHAT JACKSON ARNOLD
MIGHT BRING TO THE EQUATION MOVING FORWARD FOR OKLAHOMA,
THAT WAS A POSITIVE SIGN.
HE’S A FRESHMAN.
THAT HE WAS ABLE TO MAKE THAT MOVE IN A BIG GAME,
ON THE ROAD, IN A KEY SPOT,
DELIVER THE PASS ON TIME ACCURATELY
AND HELP HIS TEAM WIN THE GAME.
THEY WON 31-24.
THEY WERE A HUGE FAVORITE IN THIS GAME.
AND BEFORE DILLON GABRIEL WENT DOWN,
HE WAS BASICALLY JUST LIGHTING UP BYU.
SO THE FACT THAT HE WENT DOWN, THAT ARNOLD CAME IN
AND HE WAS ABLE TO BE SUCCESSFUL AND CONFIDENT
AND GROW INTO THE GAME, I THOUGHT WAS A BIG DEAL.
SO KUDOS TO HIM AND KUDOS TO OKLAHOMA
FOR HAVING THE WHEREWITHAL TO PUT HIM IN.
WHAT WAS THE SCORE THOUGH WHEN DILLON GABRIEL WENT DOWN?
HE WAS PLAYING WELL,
BUT OKLAHOMA WASN’T SEPARATING ITSELF FROM BYU.
THEY WERE NOT SEPARATING THEMSELVES, I DON’T KNOW.
I THINK IF HE HAD PLAYED THE FULL GAME,
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH, MUCH DIFFERENT STORY
BECAUSE THEY WERE NOT STOPPING HIM.
NO.
BUT THE FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, YOU LOSE HIM,
YOU LOSE A GUY WHO’S GOT THE HOT HAND
AND YOU TURN IT OVER TO A FRESHMAN
AND JACKSON ARNOLD DELIVERED IN THE WAY THAT HE DID,
YOU KNOW, MADE BIG PLAYS WHEN HE HAD TO.
THAT’S REALLY, REALLY ENCOURAGING.
SO I WAS EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
AND, YOU KNOW, JUST TO CLOSE THE LOOP ON OKLAHOMA, MAN,
MY POKES, MY POKES,
MY POKES COULD GO NINE AND THREE.
IF THEY BEAT BYU NEXT WEEK, THEY GO NINE AND THREE.
AND THEY, SINCE THE BYE WEEK, I WANT TO SAY,
I’VE LOOKED AT IT EARLIER, 6-1
SINCE THE BYE WEEK, THEY’VE COMPLETELY RECONSTRUCTED
THEIR SEASON ALMOST ENTIRELY ON THE FLY.
SO GOOD ON THEM.
THAT’S A WARM FUZZY.
I AGREE. I AGREE.
I HAVE ONE MORE.
YOU WANT ME TO GO NEXT?
I HAVE ONE MORE IF, UNLESS-
NO, PLEASE GO.
MY FINAL ONE IS JUST THE CLEMSON-NORTH CAROLINA GAME.
WAS FUN.
IT WAS FUN.
IT WAS FUN ON THE GROUND.
LET’S PUT THAT-
WILL SHIPLEY CAME ALIVE.
WILL SHIPLEY CAME ALIVE.
OMARION HAMPTON CAME ALIVE.
PHIL MAFAH CAME ALIVE.
I SAID IT EARLIER, BUT CLOSE TO LIKE 500 YARDS
RUSHING IN THIS GAME.
THE CLEMSON DEFENSE GOT THREE TURNOVERS OF NORTH CAROLINA.
THEY HELD CAROLINA TO 4 OF 14 ON THIRD DOWNS.
THEY STEPPED ON THE GAS AFTER GOING DOWN SEVEN POINTS
IN THE FIRST QUARTER.
THIS IS A GUTTY WIN FOR CLEMSON.
THIS IS, I DON’T KNOW WHAT TO MAKE OF CLEMSON THIS YEAR.
WE OBVIOUSLY SHOULDN’T THROW DIRT ON CLEMSON
AND DABO SWINNEY.
THERE’S STILL TOO MUCH TALENT THERE.
IT IS NOT YOUR OLDER BROTHERS CLEMSON AT THIS POINT.
THEY’VE CLEARLY GOT SOME THINGS THAT GOT TO WORK OUT
IN THE OFF SEASON, BUT THIS WAS A VERY LOSABLE GAME.
AND THE FACT THAT THEY WON IT IN THE MANNER THAT THEY DID,
I THOUGHT WAS IMPRESSIVE.
SO WE JOKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
WHAT ARE THE ODDS?
SOMETHING, WHAT’S THEIR RECORD AT THE MOMENT, CLEMSON?
FOUR LOSSES.
YEAH, 7-4.
THEY’RE 7-4.
SO THEY COULD END THE SEASON 9-4 WITH A BOWL WIN?
YUP.
AND THE ODDS OF DABO AFTER THE SEASON SAYING,
“YOU KNOW WHAT?
A LOT OF TEAMS WOULD LOOK AT NINE WINS
AND SAY THAT’S PRETTY DOGGONE IMPRESSIVE.
WE HOLD OURSELVES TO A HIGHER STANDARD HERE,
BUT THAT’S JUST SOME PERSPECTIVE.”
IT WILL HAPPEN.
YEAH, IT WILL HAPPEN.
ABSOLUTELY WILL HAPPEN.
ALL RIGHT.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU GOT?
YOU KNOW, HONESTLY, BECAUSE THE SEC DIDN’T PLAY
A TON OF TEAMS, I THINK WE JUST HAVE TO HIGHLIGHT
THE FIGHT IN AGGIES OF NEW MEXICO STATE.
LIKE I WANTED TO PUT THIS IN SCARY STORIES,
BUT IT’S YEAR ONE OF AUBURN.
AUBURN SHOULD BEAT NEW MEXICO STATE.
BUT I THINK THE STORY REALLY IS JERRY KILL
IS A REALLY GOOD COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH.
YEAH, MAN.
JERRY KILL IS JUST A REALLY GOOD COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH.
IT WAS ON THE GROUND.
IT WAS STUFFING AUBURN ALMOST FROM THE JUMP.
AND IT’S NOT LIKE NEW MEXICO STATE IS TROUNCING
THE TEAMS THAT THEY’RE PLAYING OTHERWISE.
AUBURN DIDN’T COME CLOSE TO SOME OF THE OTHER OPPONENTS
OF THE AGGIES.
SO JUST SHOUT OUT LAS CRUCES.
THAT’S A WARM AND FUZZY TO DO THAT TO AUBURN.
JERRY KILL JUST WINS FOOTBALL GAMES.
IS DIEGO PAVIA ONE OF OUR DUDES?
YES, HE ABSOLUTELY IS.
HE HAS TO BE IN THAT DISCUSSION.
WE’LL GET TO DUDES HERE.
YEAH, NO, HE’S ON THE LIST.
SHOULD WE DO DUDES NOW?
SHOULD WE DO THAT NOW?
YOU WANNA DO DUDES NOW?
LET’S DO DUDES.
SOME PLAYERS ARE GOOD.
SOME ARE GREAT.
AND SOME ARE JUST DUDES.
WELCOME TO DUDE ALERT, PRESENTED BY PRISTINE AUCTION.
YEAH, LET’S DO THE DUDE THING NOW.
SO LAST WEEK YOU GAVE OUT A GOLD GOBLET.
WE DECIDED WE’RE GONNA GIVE OUT A GOLD,
A SILVER, AND A BRONZE GOBLET.
WHO GETS THE BRONZE DUDE GOBLET THIS WEEK?
I’M GONNA GIVE THAT TO TJ HARDEN,
WHO WAS SO GOOD FOR UCLA
THAT MAYBE HE SAVED CHIP KELLY’S JOB.
THAT’S A PRETTY IMPRESSIVE THING.
HE GETS A GOBLET.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
BRONZE GOBLET.
OKAY, WHO GETS?
TJ HARDEN, UCLA.
I’LL DO HONORABLE MENTION GOBLETS AFTER.
MY SILVER GOBLET, I’M GONNA SAY GEORGE HOLANI.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
BOISE STATE.
I HAVEN’T MENTIONED BOISE STATE YET,
BUT HE RAN REALLY, REALLY WELL FOR THE BRONCOS.
NO ANDY AVALOS.
BIG, BIG WIN OVER UTAH STATE.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, I LIKE HIGHLIGHTING
DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE SPORT.
CAN I GIVE A GOLD GOBLET, TY?
I’D LOVE YOU TO, YEAH.
FRANK HARRIS.
BIG FRANK.
ALL OVER THE FIELD.
UTSA ABSOLUTELY DESTROYING USF,
SETTING UP A HUGE MATCHUP NEXT WEEK AGAINST TULANE.
UTSA IN THEIR FIRST SEASON.
THEY START THE SEASON OFF QUITE SLOWLY
AND ARE JUST ON A ROLL.
FRANK HARRIS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
I’M GONNA HAVE THEM SPLIT THE GOBLET.
THEY CAN BOTH DRINK, YOU KNOW, HI-C, SPRITE,
WHATEVER THEY WANT OUT OF THE GOLDEN GOBLET.
FRANK HARRIS TO JOSHUA CEPHAS.
JOSH CEPHAS, JUST AN UNBELIEVABLE CONNECTION.
SO SHOUT OUT TO THE ROADRUNNERS.
SHOUT OUT TO JEFF TRAYLOR.
SHOUT OUT TO ANOTHER IMPRESSIVE PERFORMANCE
AND A GREAT YEAR IN THE AMERICAN FOR UTSA.
SO YOU DIDN’T SAY DIEGO PAVIA.
NO, HE’S ON MY HONORABLE MENTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, SO HE GETS THE HONORABLE MENTION GOBLET.
DIEGO PAVIA FOR ME, I THOUGHT FOR SURE
THIS IS TOP THREE.
BUT CLEARLY ON THIS LIST,
DIEGO PAVIA QUARTERBACK, NEW MEXICO STATE.
HE WAS THE GUY, I MEAN,
I SAW PEOPLE TWEETING THIS OUT EARLIER TODAY,
HAD THAT PLAY BACK IN WEEK ONE OR WEEK TWO
WHERE HIS HELMET GOT TWISTED AROUND.
IT WAS BACKWARDS ON HIS HEAD
AND HE THREW A PASS ANYWAY, JUST TO GET RID OF THE BALL.
I HAD TO WEAR WITH ALL THE THROAT OUT OF BOUNDS.
SO IT’S BEEN A BIT OF A YEAR FOR HIM,
OBVIOUSLY GOING ON THE ROAD TO AUBURN
AND KNOCKING OFF THE TIGERS IS A PRETTY BIG ONE.
HUGE.
A PRETTY BIG ONE FOR NEW MEXICO STATE.
I ALSO HAVE T-MAC WHO’S CONTINUES TO BE INCREDIBLE.
I SHOULD PRONOUNCE HIS NAME CORRECTLY.
TE-TAI-ROW, DAN.
TETAIROA, YEAH.
TROY FRANKLIN FOR OREGON.
MIKE SAINDRASTIL WITH HIS PICKS.
BRENNAN PRESLEY ON YOUR OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS.
JAHEIM WHITE, WEST VIRGINIA, ALL OVER THE PLACE.
TAJH BROOKS, A REALLY NICE DAY FOR RUNNING BACKS
IN THE BIG 12.
HOW ABOUT JABBAR MUHAMMAD FOR WASHINGTON?
SMOTHERING OREGON STATE THROUGH THE AIR.
AND THAT’S MY LIST OF DUDES.
I’VE ALSO GOT SAM HARTMAN, DAN.
WHAT DID HE DO?
SAM HARTMAN BEAT HIS OLD TEAM.
OKAY.
IT MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE MOST IMPRESSIVE WIN.
IT WAS OVER WAKE FOREST.
WAKE FOREST HAS HAD A BIT OF A ROUGH SEASON
IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T BEEN PAYING ATTENTION.
BUT SAM HARTMAN, FOUR TOUCHDOWNS,
CLEAN GAME OTHERWISE, THEY WON GOING AWAY.
BUT, YOU KNOW, SORT OF AN EMOTIONAL THING FOR HIM.
THE HAIR WAS LOOKING MAGNIFICENT.
HE LOOKS LIKE MUFASA WITH THAT HAIR.
IT’S INCREDIBLE.
OKAY.
HE GETS MY DUDE.
WHAT BOWL GAME IS NOTRE DAME GONNA PLAY IN?
I DON’T KNOW.
I DON’T KNOW.
I’M SURE YOU’RE GONNA BUY ME THE T-SHIRT FOR IT THOUGH.
OF COURSE I WILL.
COME ON.
IF YOU’RE NOT GONNA SUPPORT NOTRE DAME,
I’M GONNA HELP YOU.
DAN, PRISTINE AUCTION.
AGAIN, YOUR ULTIMATE DESTINATION
FOR SIGNED SPORTS MEMORABILIA.
WE LOVE PRISTINE AUCTION.
YEAH.
YOU CAN GET.
YOU DID A GREAT JOB.
YOU CAN GET SIGNED GEAR FROM DUDES
THAT PLAYED FOR YOUR FAVORITE TEAM.
I LOOKED IT UP EARLIER.
YOU CAN GET JUSTIN HERBERT GEAR.
YOU CAN GET BRYCE YOUNG GEAR.
BIG START AT ONE BUCK.
ONE BUCK.
HEAD ON OUT TO PRISTINEAUCTION.COM.
USE THE CODE SOLID.
YOU WILL GET 10 BUCKS OFF YOUR VERY FIRST WIN.
AGAIN, PRISTINEAUCTION.COM.
THE SPONSORS OF OUR DUDE ALERT SEGMENT.
LOVE IT.
WHERE ARE WE GOING NEXT?
SCARIES?
GIVE ME THE SCARIES.
YOU GOT THE SOUND?
OF COURSE I DO.
OOH.
DAN, HARD ROCK STADIUM HAS A CAPACITY OF ABOUT 65,000.
THE OFFICIAL ATTENDANCE LISTED
FOR TODAY’S LOUISVILLE MIAMI GAME WAS ANNOUNCED
AT ABOUT 45,000.
44,996 TO BE EXACT.
OKAY.
I SAW SOME FOLKS WHO WERE THERE.
THEY WERE TWEETING THAT IT MAYBE GOT TO 30.
MAYBE GOT TO 30.
THE BUY ONE, GET TWO FREE PROMOTION
DID NOT WORK ALL THAT WELL.
AND OBVIOUSLY MIAMI LOST.
THERE WERE LARGE SWATHS OF THE STADIUM
THAT WERE COMPLETELY BARE.
AND MAN, THAT SUCKS.
THIS IS A BIG, I DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS JUST A MIAMI THING.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS A MIAMI THING
WITH EVERYONE GOING HOME EARLY FOR THANKSGIVING THING.
WHATEVER IT WAS, IT SUCKED.
IT SUCKED.
SO MAYBE MOVING A STADIUM CLOSER TO CAMPUS
CAN HELP FIX THAT.
I DON’T KNOW.
BUT THAT WAS A BIG TIME FRICKING BUMMER
TO LOOK AND SEE THAT IN THE UPPER DECK.
JUST NOBODY THERE.
YEAH.
I’M NOT GOING TO PILE ON.
THE ISSUES THAT MIAMI HAS IN FILLING THAT STADIUM,
IT’S NOT A HUGE STADIUM, AS YOU MENTIONED.
IT’S NOT LIKE THEY’RE STRUGGLING TO FILL THE BIG HOUSE
OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, THAT THEY WENT OVER THE TOP
WHEN BUILT LIKE A 104,000 SEATER.
AND SO, THERE ARE ITS OWN ISSUES.
THERE’S A LOT TO DO IN MIAMI AND IT’S UNFORTUNATE.
I THINK THE MLS STADIUM IS NOWHERE.
IT’S EVEN FARTHER AWAY.
IT’S LIKE FORT LAUDERDALE.
SO THAT’S NOT REALLY AN OPTION EITHER.
IT MAKES FOR SUCH A BAD VIEWING EXPERIENCE
TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A MARLINS GAME WHEN THEY’RE TERRIBLE
AND THERE’S 844 PEOPLE WATCHING A SLOW DRIBBLING
GROUND BALL TO SECOND BASE.
SO, NO, IT IS SCARY AND IT SUCKS FOR THE PLAYERS.
AND YOU KNOW WHAT?
AS MUCH AS I LIKE TO GIVE MARIO CRISTOBAL
A HARD TIME FOR LEAVING OREGON
AND HAVING THIS SITUATION AT MIAMI,
IT MAKES ALL OF THEIR JOBS MORE DIFFICULT.
IT DOES.
BECAUSE HOW ARE YOU SUPPOSED TO SELL?
THE ACC STRUGGLES AT THE TOP THIS YEAR.
ALL DUE RESPECT TO LOUISVILLE,
ALL DUE RESPECT TO FLORIDA STATE,
BUT ANY CONFERENCE IS MUCH HEALTHIER
WITH FOUR OR FIVE VERY STRONG TEAMS.
AND MIAMI NOT BEING ABLE TO GET IT TOGETHER,
CERTAINLY HAS, IT DOESN’T HELP
WHEN HARD ROCK STADIUM LOOKS LIKE THAT.
YEAH, I MEAN, THE OTHER THING FOR ME,
IF I’M DOING MORE SCARY STORIES,
MARYLAND. DUDE, MARYLAND.
IT IS A DEATH, TAXES, AND MARYLAND FINDING WAYS
TO LOSE KIND OF THING.
YEAH.
NO, AT THIS POINT, WE COULD PROBABLY PITCH
AND GET A SERIES ON NETFLIX ABOUT THE TERRIBLE LOSSES
THAT MARYLAND HAS BEEN ABLE TO MANUFACTURE
OUT OF THIN AIR IN BIG, WINNABLE MOMENTS AGAINST GOOD TEAMS.
AND I LIKE MIKE LOCKSLEY.
I LIKE MIKE LOCKSLEY.
DO YOU?
I DO, NO, I DO.
I LIKE, AND THEY ARE BETTER SINCE HE GOT THERE.
I LIKE MIKE LOCKSLEY A LOT.
I KNOW HE LOVES MARYLAND.
I KNOW HE CARES ABOUT THE AREA.
IT WAS ONE OF THE JOKES THAT WE MADE LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO
WHENEVER HE TOOK THAT JOB.
YEAH.
BUT IT’S FRUSTRATING.
TAULIA IS FRUSTRATING.
HE IS FRUSTRATING.
HE ALWAYS MAKES THE BIG MISTAKE.
HE ALWAYS DOES.
AND THEY’RE ALWAYS 5-0 IN SEPTEMBER,
AND NOW THEY’RE ONE AND FIVE SINCE.
IT’S JUST REALLY, REALLY FRUSTRATING
BECAUSE IT’S HARDER BEING IN THE BIG TEN EAST.
MAYBE THINGS CHANGE A LITTLE BIT NEXT YEAR
WHEN THEY GO TO VISIONLESS, I DON’T KNOW.
I DON’T THINK IT GETS EASIER TO BE IN THE BIG TEN.
BUT THEY’RE A BENEFICIARY OF A MORE VARIED SCHEDULE.
BIG TIME.
SO MAYBE THAT TAKES SOME OF THE PRESSURE OFF.
I DON’T KNOW, BUT IT’S FRUSTRATING TO WATCH IT.
NOW, AS A PENN STATE ALUM,
WHAT THEY’VE DONE TO MARYLAND THE LAST COUPLE YEARS
HAS BEEN SATISFYING JUST ON THE PENN STATE FAN LEVEL.
BUT NONETHELESS, TO BE A MARYLAND FAN,
I GOTTA BELIEVE IS VERY, VERY FRUSTRATING
TO SEE THIS HAPPEN TO THEM AGAIN.
YEAH, THEY ARE.
LOOK, YOU CAN FILL THE “IN MEMORIAM” SEGMENT OF THE OSCARS
WITH ALL OF THEIR LOSSES, YEAH.
AND THE LAST THING FOR ME ON THE SCARY STORY SIDE
IS THE COACHING SITUATIONS AT BAYLOR,
AT HOUSTON, AND AT INDIANA.
I THINK WE’RE FAST APPROACHING A WORLD
IN WHICH ONE OR ALL OF THOSE ARE OPEN
BECAUSE BAYLOR GOT ANNIHILATED BY TCU.
AND THIS WAS A GAME FOR A HALF.
THE OFFENSE DID ITS PART.
THEY KEPT PACE FOR A WHILE.
BUT SECOND HALF, MAN, THE DEFENSE BOTTOMED OUT.
DEFENSE BOTTOMED OUT.
I TALKED TO PETER POPE, OUR AUTHORITY ON ALL THINGS BAYLOR.
OUR CHIEF SADNESS OFFICER.
AND HE WAS LIKE, BAYLOR IS PACK-IT-UP, PACK-IT-IN, MAN.
THE DAVE ARANDA ERA IS NOT GOING OVER WELL.
WITH THE FAN BASE AT THIS POINT, SOME-
WE HAVE TO DO BETTER.
YEAH, I MEAN, USE THE BATMAN VOICE
UNTIL YOU’RE BLUE IN THE FACE.
BUT THAT IS NOT A GREAT SITUATION.
THERE’S ALSO, I THINK, A DECISION TO BE MADE
ON DANA HOLGERSEN.
AND- SURE.
WE LIKE HIM, RIGHT?
HE’S FUN, HE’S GOT THE HAIR, HE’S GOT THE OFFENSE.
USUALLY HE’S GOT THE OFFENSE.
BUT HOUSTON NOW IS IN LINE FOR ITS THIRD LOSING SEASON
IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.
AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE SPORT,
THE LANDSCAPE IN TEXAS IS NOT GETTING ANY EASIER
TO BE A GOOD COLLEGE FOOTBALL TEAM, RIGHT?
YOU’VE GOT TEXAS GOING INTO THE SEC.
YOU’VE GOT SMU GOING INTO THE ACC.
THE SEC MOVING A LITTLE BIT MORE
INTO YOUR RECRUITING TERRITORY.
IT IS NOT GONNA BE EASIER TO BE A PROGRAM IN TEXAS.
AND YOUR CONFERENCE ADDING, RIGHT?
ARIZONA SCHOOLS, UTAH, COLORADO.
YEAH, IT’S JUST-
IT IS NOT GONNA BE EASIER IN THE BIG 12 NEXT SEASON.
I MEAN, JUST BECAUSE TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA ARE LEAVING
DOES NOT MAKE IT EASIER.
I THINK IT’S GOING TO BE, IF ANYTHING,
IT’S GONNA BE KIND OF CRAZY.
SO- SURE.
IF YOU’RE HOUSTON, DO YOU MAKE THE MOVE NOW?
IT FEELS LIKE WE’RE COMING TO THAT POINT.
I ALSO MENTIONED INDIANA.
INDIANA LOST TO MICHIGAN STATE.
IT’S A BAD DEAL TO LOSE TO MICHIGAN STATE IN WEEK 12.
WHERE MICHIGAN STATE IS AT, IT’S A BAD DEAL.
I MEAN, INDIANA’S BEEN COMPETITIVE
BACK HALF OF THE SCHEDULE,
BUT LOSING TO MICHIGAN STATE IN THE MANNER THAT THEY DID
IS VERY DISCONCERTING.
IT FEELS LIKE IT’S TIME TO MOVE ON FROM TOM ALLEN.
BY THE WAY, ONE OF MY BROTHERS IS IN TOWN
AND I WAS MENTIONING THE IOWA,
JUST ON THE TOPIC OF INDIANA,
MENTIONING THE IOWA CRAZINESS
THAT THEY DON’T NEED TO SCORE THAT MANY POINTS TO WIN GAMES.
AND IT’S A PARTICULARLY GOOD YEAR IN THE BIG TEN
TO BE THAT KIND OF TEAM.
AND I STARTED LISTING ALL OF THE TEAMS
THAT EITHER SOMETIMES OR GENERALLY HAVE TRASH OFFENSES.
AND I’M PRETTY SURE I MENTIONED INDIANA
THREE TIMES ON THAT LIST.
I WAS LIKE, YEAH, YOU GOT MINNESOTA, YOU GOT WISCONSIN,
YOU’VE GOT ILLINOIS, YOU’VE GOT PURDUE, YOU’VE GOT INDIANA,
YOU’VE GOT MICHIGAN STATE, YOU’VE GOT INDIANA.
PENN STATE LOOKS LIKE GARBAGE HALF THE TIME.
YOU’VE GOT INDIANA.
AND SO THAT’S NOT A GREAT SIGN
THAT I JUST KEPT BEING REMINDED OF THE HOO-HOO HOOSIERS.
WHAT DO YOU GOT?
OKAY, SCARY IS FOR ME, AS I BRING MY LIST UP ONCE AGAIN.
UTAH AGAINST ARIZONA.
THE ENTIRE TEAM IS HURT.
THEY’RE ALL HURT.
EVERYBODY, EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM IS INJURED, THE YOUTHS.
AND THAT’S SCARY AND IT SUCKS IF YOU’RE A UTAH FAN
BECAUSE IT’S JUST NOT FUN.
IT’S JUST NOT FUN TO WATCH THAT TEAM TRY
WITH A BUNCH OF THIRD STRINGERS OUT THERE.
USC SPUTTERING OUT OF CONTROL.
I TWEETED THIS OUT THAT IT’S JUST NOT GONNA WORK
FOR LINCOLN RILEY AND USC.
YOU’RE READY TO CUT BAIT RIGHT NOW.
NOT A TAKE, THIS IS NOT A TAKE.
WHAT SINGLE REASON WOULD YOU HAVE FOR SAYING,
NO, NO, NO, USC IS GONNA IMPROVE AS SOON AS THEY LOSE
THEIR MOST TRANSFORMATIONAL QUARTERBACK
ATHLETICALLY OF ALL TIME.
THEY’RE GONNA GET BETTER AND FIGURE IT OUT.
THEY’RE GONNA GET BETTER AS THEY DON’T RECRUIT WELL,
AS THEIR SCHEDULE BECOMES MORE AND MORE DIFFICULT
IN THE BIG TEN, WHEN THEY PLAY NOT ONLY OREGON
AND WASHINGTON, BUT MICHIGAN AND OHIO STATE
AND PENN STATE’S DEFENSE AND IOWA’S DEFENSE
AND WHAT WISCONSIN’S DEFENSE WILL MORPH INTO.
LIKE IT’S GONNA GET BETTER.
AND THEN THEY’RE NOT GONNA PLAY DEFENSE
AND GET RUN THROUGH BY ALL OF THESE
AVERAGE OFFENSES EVERY WEEK.
THINGS ARE GONNA GET BETTER WITH THEM NOT RECRUITING
AND NOT BUILDING UP TALENT AND DEPTH ON THIS ROSTER.
I DON’T KNOW.
YOU EITHER HAVE TO RECRUIT TO MAKE ME THINK
THAT SOMETHING COULD BE TURNING A CORNER
OR YOU GOTTA WIN WINNABLE GAMES.
WHAT IF THEY HIRE A GUY LIKE A JIM LEONARD
TO RUN THE DEFENSE?
YOU NEED DUDES.
YOU NEED PLAYERS.
JIM LEONHARD CAN ONLY DO SO MUCH WITH THIS.
HAVE YOU SEEN WHAT THE USC DEFENSE LOOK LIKE?
I’M NOT, IF JIM LEONHARD, IF USC WERE LOCATED
IN THE MIDWEST AND JIM LEONHARD HAD A CREW
OF ASSISTANT COACHES THAT WERE SCOUTING THE AREA
FOR UNDERRATED THREE-STAR LINEBACKERS,
OKAY, USC DOESN’T HAVE A RECRUITING MACHINE.
USC’S DEFENSIVE STAFF, WHAT FAITH DO YOU HAVE
THAT LINCOLN RILEY WILL BUILD A DEFENSIVE STAFF
AROUND GEOFF COLLINS OR JIM LEONHARD
OR ANY OF THE NAMES BEING BANDIED ABOUT FOR THIS JOB?
WE KNOW HOW THIS IS GONNA END.
THAT WAS MY POINT.
IT’S NOT GONNA END WELL.
IT IS CRAZY TO ME THAT, AND YOU KNOW THIS,
I MEAN, THERE’S BEEN RUMORS OUT THERE ABOUT LINCOLN
MAYBE WANTING TO GO TO THE NFL.
HE’S DROPPED THE-
WHY WOULD AN NFL TEAM WANT LINCOLN RILEY?
I DON’T KNOW WHY AN NFL TEAM WOULD WANT LINCOLN RILEY
AT THIS POINT.
OKAY, THAT’S A SEPARATE CONVERSATION,
BUT IT IS INTERESTING ON SOME LEVEL
THAT GOING INTO THIS NEW CONFERENCE,
THIS TRANSFORMATIONAL CONFERENCE REALIGNMENT MOVE
OF TWO TEAMS FROM CALIFORNIA JOINING A CONFERENCE
BASED IN CHICAGO, THAT BOTH OF THEM
COULD BE LOOKING FOR COACHES.
IT’S POSSIBLE.
I DON’T THINK THEY’RE GONNA FIRE HIM THIS YEAR.
I DON’T THINK THEY’RE GONNA FIRE HIM,
BUT I THINK THERE’S A CHANCE THAT-
BUT WE KNOW HOW THIS STORY ENDS.
WE KNOW HOW THE STORY ENDS.
I THINK THERE’S A CHANCE HE COULD AT LEAST LOOK IN THE NFL.
I DON’T KNOW WHY THEY’D WANT HIM,
BUT I THINK THE OPTION’S OUT THERE.
YOU SEE DAN MULLEN STANDING UP FOR HIS DUDE, CHIP KELLY,
NEW HAMPSHIRE MAFIA, THAT WRONG LA COACH IS ON THE HOT SEAT.
YEAH.
I ENJOYED THAT.
WHAT ELSE? DAN MULLEN.
WHAT ELSE DO YOU GOT? PRETTY GOOD, PRETTY GOOD.
SUNDAY SCARES, SUNDAY SCARIES, SATURDAY SCARIES.
I HAVE AUBURN LOSING TO NEW MEXICO STATE.
HOW ABOUT KENTUCKY SPUTTERING?
YOUR BEAUTIFUL, PRECIOUS KENTUCKY WILDCATS,
WHO I HAD TO YELL AT YOU ON THE PREVIEW SHOW.
LIKE, WHY ARE THEY FAVORED, TY?
AND YOU’RE LIKE, WELL, SOUTH CAROLINA’S BEEN TO-
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
THEY’RE ON THE ROAD.
WHY IS KENTUCKY FAVORED?
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE?
SO THEY START 5-0,
AND THEY’RE CURRENTLY ONE AND FIVE CENTS.
IS THAT WHAT THE SITUATION IS WITH KENTUCKY?
JUST A BRUTAL GAME.
TO SCORE- THEY DON’T HAVE AN OFFENSE.
TO SCORE 14 POINTS.
IS THAT WHAT IT WAS AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA?
17-14, SOUTH CAROLINA.
ALL DUE RESPECT TO SOUTH CAROLINA.
SOUTH CAROLINA DOESN’T PLAY DEFENSE.
AND GUESS WHAT?
WHAT WAS THE SOLUTION FOR A TEAM THAT CAN’T PLAY DEFENSE?
PLAY KENTUCKY!
BIG BLUE NATION COMING INTO TOWN.
SHOUT OUT, SOUTH CAROLINA.
ONCE AGAIN, WHAT DID I TELL YOU?
SHANE BEAMER, AS SOON AS YOU’VE COMPLETELY LET ME DOWN,
YOU GO AND COMPLETELY REDEEM YOURSELF.
HOME RATTLER, HOME RATTLER.
COLORADO, THE COLORADO FIGHTING BUFFALOES.
MAN.
START OUT THE SEASON 3-0.
OH MAN, FANDUEL’S GOT THEIR CHAMPIONSHIP ODDS.
“WHAT WOULD THE LINE BE SET AT AGAINST THE 2019 LSU TIGERS?”
YOU SAW THAT TWEET TOO.
LSU MINUS 344 POINTS.
IT’S GONNA BE LIKE THE 1919 GEORGIA TECH GAME
THAT THEY WON 222-3 OR WHATEVER.
SHADEUR SANDERS GOT HURT, HAND INJURY.
HOPE HE’S OKAY.
COLORADO IS A VERY BAD TEAM.
THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE GOING TO BE.
THEY SHOULD HAVE AN EVEN WORSE RECORD.
THEY SHOULD HAVE LOST COLORADO STATE.
SO THEY GOT COMPLETELY DRILLED BY WAZZU.
56-14 FRIDAY NIGHT.
YEAH, MAN.
THEY’RE NOT RECRUITING.
AND I’M GONNA ECHO MYSELF ONE MORE TIME.
IT’D BE COOL IF IT WORKED OUT.
DEION SANDERS, SUPER ENTERTAINING.
BE A GREAT STORY FOR THE BIG 12, ADDING ALL THESE TEAMS.
BIG NAME IN DEION SANDERS, RECRUITING TEXAS,
ALL THAT STUFF.
WE KNOW HOW THIS IS GONNA END.
WE KNOW HOW THIS IS GONNA END.
HE’S GONNA KEEP COACHING.
THEY PUT HIM IN A COMMERCIAL.
THEY PUT DEION SANDERS, WHO’S GONNA GO LIKELY 4-8
AS LIKE THE CENTERPIECE OF THE UNIVERSITY’S COMMERCIAL.
WE KNOW HOW IT’S GONNA END.
AND IT’S NOT GONNA END WELL.
THAT’S ALL.
COLORADO, TOUGH BACK HALF.
IF YOU ARE LISTENING, SEND US AN EMAIL,
SOLIDVERBAL@GMAIL.COM.
YOU CAN ALSO, OF COURSE, REACH OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
LET US KNOW WHAT YOUR SCARY STORIES ARE
FOR WEEK 12, FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL AS A WHOLE.
WE’VE GOT ONE BIG WEEK, RIVALRY WEEK LEFT YET.
AND THEN OF COURSE WE GET THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS
AND BOWLS AND PLAYOFFS AND THINGS OF THAT ILK.
SO A LOT MORE SCARY STORIES.
TO COME, DAN.
YEAH.
I’VE GOT A ROAST, I DON’T KNOW ABOUT YOU.
I THINK I JUST GOT ALL MY ROASTING OUT OF THE WAY.
YOU GOT IT OUT OF THE WAY?
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT, LET’S WAIT.
WE USED TO ROAST STAY PUFT MARSHMALLOWS
BY THE FIRE AT CAMP WAKANDA.
I WANNA START WITH OUR REVERBS.
WE GOT A LOT OF GREAT REVERBS AGAIN.
KUDOS TO SHAE, OUR REVERB ENGINEER,
FOR CUTTING THESE TOGETHER.
I NEED TO COMPOSE MY VOICE A LITTLE BIT HERE
BEFORE I DO MY ROAST.
SO LET’S PLAY YOUR CALLS AT 855-VERBAL-3,
THIS HERE IS COLLEGE FOOTBALL WEEK 12.
[REVERBS SEGMENT]
THERE WE GO.
YEAH, WE DIDN’T EVEN MENTION UNLV, MAN.
31-27, BIG WIN OVER AIR FORCE THIS WEEK.
THAT’S TRUE.
JADEN MAIAVA.
MAIAVA?
YEAH.
BIG, BIG WIN.
MY ROAST THIS WEEK GOES OUT TO THE ELITE MICHIGAN MEN
AND WOMEN.
OH GOD, HERE WE GO.
I LOVE THIS.
THAT HATCHED THE IDEA THAT THE WOLVERINES
SHOULD PUNCH BACK AGAINST THE BIG TEN
BY LEAVING THE CONFERENCE.
SURELY, DAN, SURELY AN UPSTANDING BRAND LIKE MICHIGAN,
THE WOLVERINES, COULD FIND A PLACE
WHERE THEY’RE TRULY APPRECIATED, LIKE,
SAY, MAYBE THE SEC?
I DON’T KNOW.
MANY OF THOSE SAME FOLKS
ALSO THOUGHT THEY WERE ON THE LEGAL TEAM.
IF YOU’VE BEEN CHECKING TWITTER,
THEY HAD YOU BELIEVE THAT THIS WEEK
WAS GONNA BE SOME HIGH-STAKES COURTROOM DRAMA,
SOME BATTLE FOR THE FIGHT,
THE SOUL OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
AND DESPITE THEIR ADVICE,
THE ACTUAL LAWYERS DID EXACTLY
WHAT MICHIGAN’S BEEN DOING ALL ALONG.
THEY GOT A LOOK AT WHAT PLAYS WERE COMING NEXT!
AND THEN THEY DID WHAT THE BIG TEN DOES BEST,
AND THEY PUNTED.
FORGIVE ME, BUT ON FRIDAY, I LAUGHED OUT LOUD.
AFTER ALL THE BRAVADO,
THE COMPANY LINE SUDDENLY SHIFTED TO
“PUTTING THE FOCUS BACK ON THE STUDENT ATHLETES.”
DID YOU NOTICE THAT?
HAVE TO, HAVE TO, OF COURSE.
IT WAS ALL FUN AND GAMES UNTIL
A COACH GOT CAUGHT DESTROYING COMPUTER EVIDENCE,
OR THE INTERNET STARTED LOOKING FOR A GUY NAMED “UNCLE T.”
I MEAN, THIS STORY GETS MORE RIDICULOUS
EVERY TIME DAN WETZEL TWEETS.
THE REALITY IS THIS.
MICHIGAN MADE A GOOD DEAL THIS WEEK.
JIM HARBAUGH GETS TWO SATURDAYS OFF.
THE BIG TEN’S GONNA SHUT UP ABOUT ALL THIS FOR A WHILE.
SOMETIMES IT’S THE RIGHT MOVE
TO JUST PLAY THE FIELD POSITION GAME,
EVEN IF IT’S NOT THE MOST SATISFYING THING.
THE BIGGER PICTURE, THOUGH,
IS THAT IT’S TIME, I THINK,
FOR THE HIGHBROW MICHIGAN CROWD
TO START ACCEPTING THE OBVIOUS,
AND THAT IS THAT NOT ALL MICHIGAN MEN
DO THINGS THE RIGHT WAY.
SOME OF THEM CLEARLY DIDN’T HERE.
OTHERWISE, THE LAWYERS WOULD HAVE GONE
FOR TONY PETITTI’S THROAT.
THESE GUYS WERE CAUGHT BECAUSE THEY WERE CARELESS.
THE PROGRAM’S GONNA BE REWARDED
WITH THE WRONG KIND OF VACATION.
AND LET’S BE REAL,
IT’S PROBABLY GONNA GET PRETTY DARK.
YEAH, THEY BROKE THE RULES.
AND I’M NOT ALL THAT OFFENDED BY IT.
I’M KIND OF IMPRESSED.
BECAUSE FOR A GENERATION,
MICHIGAN’S BEEN ON THIS JOURNEY
TO RECAPTURE THE LEGEND,
TO GET BACK TO THEIR FORMER SELF.
AND I MEAN IT SINCERELY WHEN I SAY THIS:
ALL OF THIS, TO ME, MEANS THAT THEY’RE FINALLY BACK.
THEY MADE IT!
NOWADAYS, IT’S AS MUCH ABOUT WHAT YOU DO ON THE FIELD
AS THE DARK ALLEYS AND THE MANILA ENVELOPES
AND THE STUFF THAT REALLY MAKES COLLEGE FOOTBALL TICK.
DESPITE ALL THIS,
MICHIGAN STILL MIGHT HAVE THE BEST TEAM.
THEY WEREN’T IMPRESSIVE TODAY,
BUT THEY STILL MIGHT HAVE THE BEST TEAM
WHEN PUSH COMES TO SHOVE IF THEY MAKE IT INTO THAT PLAYOFF.
SO MY ADVICE, IF ANYBODY CARES,
TO THE HOLIER-THAN-THOU MICHIGAN CROWD
THAT I HAVE READ SO VOCIFEROUSLY ONLINE,
IS JUST COME TO GRIPS WITH REALITY, MAN.
COME TO GRIPS WITH REALITY.
THIS SEASON, OVER THE NEXT FIVE GAMES OR SO,
IF IT LASTS THAT LONG FOR MICHIGAN,
COULD STILL BE FUN AS HELL.
SO IF THIS IS YOUR ONLY SHOT AT WINNING A TITLE
BEFORE THE NCAA COMES IN AND SETS THE WHOLE THING ON FIRE
AND JIM HARBAUGH GOES PRO AND THE TEAM TRANSFERS OUT,
ENJOY IT WHILE YOU CAN.
AND ON THAT FINAL NOTE OF JOINING THE SEC,
YOU DON’T HAVE WHAT IT TAKES TO BE IN THE SEC.
AND I KNOW THAT BECAUSE MICHIGAN FIRED CONNOR STALIONS.
YOU THINK AUBURN FIRES CONNOR STALIONS?
NO.
AUBURN GIVES THEM A WIG AND TWO TICKETS
TO GO SEE BAMA PLAY CHATTANOOGA.
WOW, DAMN.
AND THAT’S ALL I HAVE TO SAY ABOUT THAT.
I WAS HOPING YOU WERE GONNA PUNCTUATE IT
WITH LIKE DROPPING THE EVE SIX, “HERE’S TO THE NIGHT,” RIGHT?
EVERYTHING IS POINTING TO THIS LAST FEW WEEKS
OF JIM HARBAUGH BEFORE THE NCAA HAMMER.
WE DON’T GOT THE RIGHTS TO EVE SIX, DAN.
HERE’S TO THE NIGHT.
MAYBE WE CAN FIND THE 8-BIT VERSION OF THAT.
YEAH, THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN GREAT, TY.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE MIC DROP.
IT WAS A LITTLE MORE ANDY ROONEY THAN USUAL, BUT.
THAT’S GREAT, TY.
ARE YOU UNCLE T?
BE HONEST.
THIS WOULD BE A GREAT SMOKE SCREEN
BECAUSE YOUR NAME DOES START WITH THAT MAGIC LETTER.
MAN, I AIN’T PAYING FOR ALL THAT TRAVEL.
I KNOW.
TY HAS SO MANY GOLF THINGS HE’D RATHER SPEND MONEY.
I’D MUCH RATHER SPEND IT ON A GOLF ROUND
THAN PAYING FOR SOME GUY TO GO TO WATCH A PURDUE GAME,
ESPECIALLY AFTER PURDUE BLEW UP MY BET.
AND YOU DO LOVE A GOOD VACUUM
AND YOU’RE NOT GETTING THAT BEING INVOLVED
IN THIS OPERATION.
NO, NO, NOT A GOOD ONE ANYWAY.
ALL RIGHT, LOOK, FUN EPISODE HERE THIS EVENING,
WEEK 12, OFFICIALLY IN THE BOOKS,
A COUPLE OF GAMES GOING ON HERE
AS WE SPEAK SAN JOSE STATE BEATING SAN DIEGO STATE.
WE WILL, I THINK, GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE DETAIL.
FRANKLY, THERE WERE A LOT OF GAMES
THAT WE DIDN’T GET TO COVER
TO THE EXTENT THAT I WOULD HAVE LIKED
JUST BECAUSE WE’RE TRYING TO GO THROUGH THIS
AS QUICKLY AS WE CAN.
SO WE’LL DO THAT ON THE NEXT EPISODE
THAT WE PUT OUT ON TUESDAY FOR THE GENERAL PUBLIC,
A LITTLE BIT EARLIER FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE OUT THERE
ON PATREON AT VERBALLERS.COM.
IF YOU MADE IT THIS FAR,
MAKE SURE YOU HIT SUBSCRIBE OR FOLLOW ON THE PODCAST.
MAKE SURE YOU DOWNLOAD AND LISTEN
AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS AND SEND US RATINGS AND REVIEWS
BECAUSE ALL THAT STUFF HELPS.
WE ARE GEARING UP FOR THE END OF THE SEASON.
WE ARE GEARING UP FOR BOWL SEASON.
WE’VE GOT A LOT YET TO COME
THAT WE’RE VERY, VERY EXCITED ABOUT.
SO IF NOTHING MORE, GO CHECK OUT OUR WEBSITE,
SOLIDVERBAL.COM AND LEARN MORE ABOUT US.
IF YOU’RE NEW HERE, IF NOT, WE APPRECIATE YOU STOPPING ON BY
AND OF COURSE, SUPPORTING WHAT WE DO.
TY, HERE’S TO THE NIGHTS WE FELT ALIVE.
HERE’S TO THE TEARS YOU KNEW YOU’D CRY.
HERE’S TO GOODBYE.
TOMORROW IS GONNA COME TOO SOON.
YOU DID THE ACTUAL THING.
THAT WAS THE ACTUAL LYRIC.
THOSE ARE THE ACTUAL LYRICS.
WOW.
THE END OF THE SONG, END OF THE EPISODE,
END OF PROBABLY THE JIM HARBAUGH.
I DIDN’T THINK YOU WERE THAT DEEP.
COME ON, TY, I GOT YOUR BACK.
FOR THAT GUY OVER THERE, MY GOOD FRIEND, DAN RUBENSTEIN.
FOR MYSELF, TY HILDENBRANDT.
THANKS AGAIN FOR DOWNLOADING, FOR LISTENING,
FOR SUPPORTING WHAT WE DO.
TALK TO YOU ALL SOON.
STAY SOLID.
PEACE.