Oklahoma Gets Revenge, Notre Dame Goes Down + Favorite Week 6 Things & Verballer Questions

[SOLID VERBAL THEME]
WELCOME TO THE SOLID VERBAL.
THE SOLID VERBAL.
COME AFTER ME!
I’M A MAN! I’M 40!
I’VE HEARD SO MANY PLAYERS SAY, “WELL, I WANT TO BE HAPPY.”
YOU WANT TO BE HAPPY FOR A DAY? EAT A STEAK.
IT’S THAT WOO WOO!
AND NOW, DAN AND TY.
[DING]
DAN RUBENSTEIN, WE ARE GATHERED HERE TODAY…
ARE WE GETTING MARRIED?
TO REACT TO WEEK SIX.
[EXHALES]
TO REACT TO WEEK SIX.
I CAN’T BELIEVE WE HAVE TO REACT TO WEEK SIX.
WELL, LOOK, TY, WE’RE ON EQUAL FOOTING HERE.
YOUR FAVORITE TEAM AND MY FAVORITE TEAM WON THE EXACT SAME NUMBER
OF GAMES TODAY.
ONLY MY TEAM HAD A BYE WEEK AND YOUR TEAM.
I SWITCHED OUT OF MY NOTRE DAME T-SHIRT BEFORE WE HIT RECORD TODAY
AND I SWAPPED OVER TO MY PENN STATE “ROAR LIONS ROAR T-SHIRT BECAUSE
IT’S NICE TO HAVE THAT TEAM FLEXIBILITY THAT YOU CAN JUST SWAP
INTERCHANGE THEM.
IF YOU HAVE TO, WE’LL GET INTO THAT AND MUCH, MUCH
MUST BE NICE FOR YOU, HUH?
FEELS PRETTY GOOD.
FEELS PRETTY GOOD. YEAH.
THANK YOU FOR STOPPING ON BY.
THANK YOU FOR DOWNLOADING, FOR LISTENING, FOR SUPPORTING THE SOLID VERBAL.
WE’VE GOT A BUNCH TO GET THROUGH.
WE’RE GOING TO GO THROUGH, OF COURSE, THE BIG GAMES.
WE’RE GOING TO GO THROUGH OUR TOP FIVES FOR THE WEEK.
THAT WAS WE LEFT SOME ROOM AT THE END FOR VERBALLER QUESTIONS,
OF COURSE FOR DUDE ALERTS. AND BECAUSE IT IS A PARTICULARLY SPICY WEEK, WE’RE GOING
TO HOLD OFF ON DOING THE REVERBS UNTIL MONDAY. LET THEM ALL TRICKLE IN THE LATE NIGHT ARIZONA
SAD BOYS OF THE USC LADIES WHO ARE JUST CRUSHED THAT THE TROJANS WERE UNABLE TO GET IT DONE
BECAUSE THAT GAME IS HAPPENING AS WE’RE RECORDING RIGHT NOW. THAT IS CORRECT. THAT IS CORRECT.
SO WITHOUT FURTHER ADO, DAN, WHY DON’T WE JUST JUMP INTO OUR HEADLINER, SHALL WE?
LET’S.
THE BIG ONE, I THINK, WAS THE RED RIVER RIVALRY.
YEAH.
YEAH, THAT WAS HUGE.
IT WAS ENORMOUS.
IT WAS A GREAT GAME.
AND I WAS AT DIFFERENT TIMES SHOCKED AND DIFFERENT TIMES THINKING TO MYSELF, YES, ABOUT RIGHT.
THAT’S ABOUT RIGHT.
AND I DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU WANT TO START WITH THIS, BUT THIS WAS THE GAME WITH THE BIGGEST
IMPLICATIONS. I THINK BOTH TEAMS WERE IN THE TOP 12, SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO THIS ONE WAS
THE BIGGIE. HERE’S WHAT IT COMES DOWN TO. IT COMES DOWN TO BELIEF AND IT CAME DOWN TO
BELIEF BECAUSE WE KNEW TEXAS HAD BEEN TESTED BY ALABAMA ON THE ROAD. WHATEVER YOUR OPINION
OF ALABAMA, THAT’S THE WIN OF THE YEAR. ESSENTIALLY, THUS FAR, JUST BECAUSE OF THE TALENT ON HAND,
BECAUSE OF THE COACHING STAFF ON HAND. WE DID NOT KNOW IF WE SHOULD BELIEVE IN OKLAHOMA
BECAUSE OF THEIR SCHEDULE. SO TO PICK OKLAHOMA IS TO SAY I’M A DILLON GARBRIEL BELIEVER. I’M
A BELIEVER IN YEAR TWO OF BRENT VENABLES. I’M A BELIEVER IN THIS RECRUITING GUYS COMING
IN LIKE WHAT PEYTON BOWEN THE PLAYMAKER TURNS OUT BELIEVING IN PEYTON BOWEN WOULD HAVE BEEN
A REALLY GOOD DECISION TO MAKE HEADING INTO THIS GAME AND FOR EVERYTHING THAT WOULD HAVE
BEEN DIFFICULT TO BELIEVE IN WITH OKLAHOMA CONSIDERING HOW THIS GAME WORKED OUT LAST
YEAR WITHOUT DILLON GABRIEL, CONSIDERING HOW THE DEFENSE LOOKED AT VARIOUS TIMES LAST YEAR.
IF YOU ARE A BELIEVER IN OKLAHOMA AND YOU ARE NOT AN OKLAHOMA FAN AT ANY POINT, YOU
FEEL SOMETHING DEEP IN YOUR GUT, IN YOUR LOINS THAT I DON’T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE FELT GIVEN
WHERE TEXAS HAS BEEN EARLY ON THIS YEAR. SO I ASK YOU, TY, WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU IN THIS
GAME WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE RHYTHMS OF THIS GAME?
WELL, I MEAN, I WAS, I THINK, PARTICULARLY IMPRESSED BY
OKLAHOMA’S DEFENSE. YEAH, OKLAHOMA’S DEFENSE, YOU KNOW,
WAS NOT EXACTLY THE ’85 BEARS OUT THERE. IT WAS NOT WHAT YOU
WOULD CONSIDER A SHUTDOWN DEFENSE. HOWEVER, AS YOU AND I
SPOKE ON THE PHONE WHILE I WAS AT THE SUPERMARKET EARLIER
PICKING UP SOME ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES THAT I MIGHT HAD TO
HAVE BROKEN OPEN. WOW, WRONG TENSING, WHATEVER. IN THE EVENT OF A NOTRE DAME-LOUISVILLE EMERGENCY,
OKLAHOMA’S DEFENSE PERFORMED PRETTY WELL. 23 OFFENSIVE POINTS
SURRENDERED TO A PRETTY GOOD TEXAS OFFENSE. I WOULD SAY AT TIMES REALLY GOOD THIS SEASON,
GIVEN THE WEAPONRY AVAILABLE, GIVEN WHERE THE LINE HAS BEEN, GIVEN THE GROWTH OF QUINN EWERS.
I THINK THAT’S ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. GIVEN THE CONTEXT OF WHERE THIS TEXAS OFFENSE HAS GROWN INTO
SEEMINGLY REALLY GREAT PERFORMANCE FROM OKLAHOMA’S DEFENSE.
I MEAN 23 OFFENSIVE POINTS ALLOWED TEXAS’S FIRST SCORE WAS A BLOCKED KICK
TOUCHDOWN PUNT.
YEAH, TEXAS STILL HAD OVER 500 YARDS, BUT BEAR IN MIND.
THIS IS A 49-0 LOSS LAST YEAR FOR THE OKLAHOMA SOONERS AND IN THAT GAME
AND REALLY ALL THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR WHETHER ON THE FIELD OR OFF
THE FIELD THROUGH THE MEDIA.
THE OKLAHOMA DEFENSE WAS A PUNCHING BAG. TED ROOF, ESPECIALLY
ON THIS SHOW, IT WAS A PUNCHING BAG.
SO THE QUESTION NOW OF WHETHER OR NOT THIS DEFENSE HAS GOTTEN BETTER, I THINK HAS BEEN RESOLVED.
I FEEL LIKE WE ANSWERED THAT IN LARGE PART BEFORE THIS WEEK.
BUT NOW, GIVEN WHAT WE SAW HOLDING DOWN A GOOD TEXAS OFFENSE IN THE MANNER THAT THEY DID,
YOU’RE ONLY GOING TO HOLD THEM DOWN TO SOME EXTENT.
I THINK THAT WAS PRETTY DAMN IMPRESSIVE.
SO FOR ME, THAT WAS SORT OF, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT RHYTHMS, YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT TAKEAWAYS,
YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE MAIN THING THAT YOU THINK OF WHEN YOU GO BACK THROUGH AND REWATCH THIS GAME.
IT’S THE OKLAHOMA DEFENSE AND AND HOW THEY PERFORMED.
I WE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT MAYBE ABOUT FUTURE RAMIFICATIONS
AND WHAT THIS MEANS.
I THINK IN CONTEXT, THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD THROW OUT
THERE.
HOLY HELL, WAS DILLON GABRIEL GOOD IN THIS GAME!
YEAH, HE WOULD DRIVE ME NUTS.
IF HE WERE MY QUARTERBACK.
I SAID THAT ON THE PREVIEW SHOW JUST BECAUSE THERE IS A CASUAL
ELEMENT TO HIS GAME, RIGHT?
HE’S SORT OF UPRIGHT BECAUSE HE CAN’T REALLY GO MUCH LOWER AND
SEE OVER THE LINE.
HE DOESN’T THROW A HARD PASS. HE’S NOT MAKING THROWS THAT ARE BULLETS OVER THE MIDDLE. HE
PLAYS WITHIN HIMSELF AND HE’S JUST A GAMER, ESPECIALLY GIVEN THE INJURY HISTORY. ABSOLUTE
GAMER. WHAT DID YOU THINK OF THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME? BECAUSE THAT WAS THE NUTTY THING,
RIGHT? WITH THE TURNOVERS, TWO PRETTY EARLY PICKS FOR QUINN EWERS, BUT HE BOUNCES BACK.
WELL, HE GETS, YOU KNOW, HE FUMBLES THE BALL WHEN HE TAKES THE HUGE HIT FROM PEYTON BOWEN,
THE FRESHMAN SAFETY FOR OKLAHOMA AND THE SECOND HALF.
BUT THERE’S A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH. YOU MENTIONED THE PUNT BLOCK TOUCHDOWN THAT TEXAS JUST,
I THINK IT WAS A CORNER FOR TEXAS FELL ON IN THE END ZONE FOR SEVEN.
BUT LOOK, IT’S A FASCINATING WATCH BECAUSE BOTH OF THESE TEAMS SORT OF STAYED LOCKED
IN AND THERE WERE I THINK IT WAS FOWLER AND HERBSTREET ON THE CALL MADE MENTION OF A FEW
TIMES WAS LIKE THEY’RE HITTING HARD, RIGHT?
THIS IS LIKE THERE’S AN EXTRA LITTLE BIT OF ENERGY ON THE FIELD IN THE COTTON BOWL.
AND SO FOR OKLAHOMA, DANNY STUTSMAN AT LINEBACKER, ESPECIALLY MAKING PLAYS ALL OVER THE FIELD
LIKE THEY JUST DIDN’T BACK DOWN.
THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN GOOD PLACES. THEY HARASSED QUINN EWERS OFTEN. AND IF YOU EVEN
LOOK AT THE BIG PLAYS THAT TEXAS WAS ABLE TO GENERATE, WHETHER IT WAS THROUGH THE AIR
OR JONATHAN BROOKS, HE HAD THE LONG TOUCHDOWN RUN ON THE GROUND. THEY WEREN’T BOMBING IT
OVER THE TOP LIKE THEY WERE ABLE TO DO AGAINST ALABAMA, RIGHT? THERE WAS IT WAS RPO STUFF
AND THERE WERE GUYS RUNNING WIDE OPEN.
THERE WERE BIG PLAYS FOR TEXAS, BUT IT WASN’T THE SAME KIND OF BREAKDOWN THAT WE HAD COME
WE THAT WE WERE USED TO SEEING FROM THIS OKLAHOMA DEFENSE LAST YEAR. AND SO IT WAS CALCULATED
RISKS FROM OKLAHOMA. IT WAS RECEIVERS NOT STEPPING UP ALL THE TIME FOR OKLAHOMA. I THINK
IT WAS JALIL FAROOQ WHO HAD A COUPLE BIG CATCHES AND NIC ANDERSON OBVIOUSLY HAD THE
GAME-WINNING CATCH IN THE CORNER OF THE END ZONE. THAT’S WHERE I THINK TEXAS’S BIGGEST
ADVANTAGE IN THIS GAME WAS THOUGH. IT DIDN’T REALLY FULLY PLAY OUT XAVIER WORTHY MADE BIG
PLAYS PLAY THE GAME THOUGH WAS OKLAHOMA STONING XAVIER WORTHY ON THAT QUICK FOURTH DOWN SCREEN
OUT WIDE ON THE GOAL LINE. WAS IT NOT? YEAH, I THINK IT HAD TO BE AND I DON’T KNOW IF YOU
FELT THIS ABOUT I MADE A YOUTUBE SHORT ABOUT THIS WHERE I WAS JUST LIKE TEXAS IS ALL GAS
NO BREAKS. THEY SET THEMSELVES UP FOR A GAME WINNING OR POTENTIAL GAME WINNING FIELD GOAL
WITH A MINUTE 15 LEFT, THIRD AND NINE. THEY DON’T EVEN REALLY TRY WAS SORT OF AN UNSERIOUS
ATTEMPT AT A FIRST DOWN WITH A RUSHING PLAY AND IT’S OKAY TO RUN IT ON THIRD AND NINE
IF YOU’RE LIKE, WELL, I’VE PACKAGED IT WITH A FOURTH DOWN SITUATION AND THEN THEY JUST
TURN TO BERT AUBURN WHO HAS BEEN A LITTLE BIT SHAKY, BUT HE NAILS THE KICK BUT LEAVES
THEY LEAVE OKLAHOMA A TON OF TIME AND IT FELT LIKE THERE WERE BREAKS IN THAT MOMENT FOR
THE TEXAS OFFENSE. I MEAN SARK MUST HAVE BEEN AT THE SAME OFFSEASON CONFERENCE AS GERAD
PARKER BECAUSE WE CAN TALK ABOUT THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER ON IN THE SHOW. NO, LOOK, I MEAN,
I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT ALL THAT STUFF.
I MEAN, I WOULD CIRCLE BACK TO THE BEGINNING PART OF THE GAME,
RIGHT?
THE BEGINNING PART OF THIS GAME WAS EVERYTHING A RIVALRY IS
SUPPOSED TO BE.
IT WAS FRENETIC.
IT WAS CHAOTIC.
IT WAS BOTH TEAMS.
I THINK FEELING SOME OF THE EARLY GAME JITTERS AND EVENTUALLY
AS THINGS NORMALIZED OUT, WE GOT TO SEE WHAT EACH OF THESE
TEAMS WERE MADE OUT OF. THE QUINN.
YOU WERE A STORY TO ME IS PARTICULARLY INTERESTING COMING
INTO THIS GAME BECAUSE HE HAD ZERO TURNOVERS ON THE YEAR
GOING INTO WHAT LAST WEEK’S GAME? NO. OH, IT’S THE LAST WEEK. YEAH
HE HAD NO TURNOVERS HE THREW THE INTERCEPTION
UM TODAY RESPONSIBLE FOR ALL THREE OF TEXAS’S TURNOVERS TWO INTERCEPTIONS AND A FUMBLE
UM ALL TOLD HAD A PRETTY GOOD STATISTICAL GAME
IT WAS NOT A BAD GAME FROM A STAT STANDPOINT EVEN FROM A REGULAR STANDPOINT
IT WAS STILL PRETTY GOOD, BUT THE MISTAKES WERE QUITE COSTLY
AND I ACTUALLY THOUGHT THE BROADCAST DID A PRETTY GOOD JOB HIGHLIGHTING SOME OF WHAT HE’S GOING THROUGH
LIKE HOLLY ROWE TALKED ABOUT HOW HE IS WORKING WITH LIKE A COACH ON THE SIDE TO HELP WITH HIS
MENTAL PREPARATION, GIVEN THE FACT THAT HE’S LIKE AFRAID OF FAILURE IN MOMENTS LIKE THIS.
AND YOU KNOW, YOU HOPE FOR HIS SAKE THAT THIS DOESN’T DO ANYTHING FURTHER TO DAMAGE THAT STATE
BECAUSE IT’S, YOU KNOW, IN SPORTS, IT’S CRAZY. AND ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’VE GOT SO MUCH PRESSURE
ON YOU, QUINN EWERS IS A HELL OF A QUARTERBACK. IT WAS JUST A FEW OF THOSE YIPPY MOMENTS THAT
GOT THEM AND THANKFULLY FOR OKLAHOMA’S SAKE, THEY WERE ABLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF IT.
AND SPEAKING OF THE BROADCAST, CAN I BRING UP THE BROADCAST SIDE OF THIS FOR A SECOND?
PLEASE DO. PLEASE DO.
WAS THIS NOT A WEIRD BROADCAST?
IT WAS A LITTLE BIT STRANGE. WELL, YOU HAD THE FRAME SHIFTING OVER TO THE RIGHT,
AND THEN THERE WERE LIKE BLIP MOMENTS WHERE IT WOULD LIKE, THE FEED WOULD CUT IN AND OUT.
YEAH, SO THE TV FRAME WAS OFF CENTER FOR A WHILE. THEY EVENTUALLY FIXED IT,
BUT THE SIGNAL KEPT CUTTING OUT, APPARENTLY,
BECAUSE THE EARTH AND DISNEY’S SATELLITE
ARE IN DIRECT LINE WITH THE SUN.
AND THAT CAUSES SOMETHING CALLED THE SUN.
IS THAT TRUE?
THAT IS 100% TRUE.
THIS IS WHAT YOU WERE DOING AT COMMERCIAL BREAKS,
FIGURING OUT WHY THIS WAS HAPPENING?
NO, I WAS ON THE PHONE WITH YOUTUBE TV.
NOT ABOUT THAT, BUT ABOUT THE MULTI-VIEW.
OF COURSE YOU WERE.
YEAH, OF COURSE I WAS.
GOTTA STAY ON BRAND, RIGHT?
I KNOW THIS IS A FIRST WORLD PROBLEM,
BUT I’M GOING TO BRING IT UP HERE.
YEAH.
IT IS RIDICULOUS TO ME THAT THE ONLY OPTION ON EVERY YOUTUBE TV
MULTI-VIEW MODE CONFIGURATION THAT FEATURED THIS GAME WAS THE ALTERNATE ESPN
2 FEED.
ALL RIGHT, AND NOT THE ABC FEED WITH FOWLER AND HERBIE.
IT WAS THE OTHER ONE.
I THOUGHT IT IS SOMEBODY MADE A MISTAKE.
SO I WAS CALLING YOUTUBE TV AND I’M LIKE, HEY GUYS, LIKE JUST WANT TO LET
YOU KNOW, WANT TO REPORT THAT THERE’S BEEN AN ERROR AND THEN I GOT ME TIE
AGAIN, RIGHT?
IT’S HIGH AGAIN.
AND THEN I GOT SOME DUDE ON THE PHONE.
HE’S LIKE, NO, NO, NO, IT’S NOT A MISTAKE.
IT’S NOT A MISTAKE.
THE PROVIDER IS THE ONE THAT PICKS WHAT SHOWS UP IN THE BOX.
NOW THIS IS A SUPPORT GUY.
THE SUPPORT GUY IS PROBABLY NOT IN THE ROOM
WHERE IT HAPPENS, OKAY?
BUT ALL THAT BEING SAID,
I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW THAT DECISION HAPPENED.
– YEP.
– NOTHING AGAINST PAT MCAFEE.
I LIKE PAT MCAFEE A GREAT DEAL,
BUT IT FELT VERY ODD TO ME THAT THEY WOULD PICK
THAT PARTICULAR FEED TO PUT IN THE UPPER LEFT-HAND CORNER
OF MY QUAD BOX AND MAYBE SOMEBODY CAN DIG IN A LITTLE BIT
MORE TO THAT, BUT THAT REALLY–
– TRYING TO JUICE THE MCAFEE NUMBERS?
– LISTEN, I’M NOT A CONSPIRACY THEORIST.
– OKAY.
– OKAY, PEOPLE WERE TWEETING THAT AT ME
‘CAUSE OF COURSE I TWEETED ABOUT THIS TO KEEP ON BRAND.
BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW MORE ABOUT THE DECISION
TO PUT THAT FEED ON MY TV IN A SMALLER BOX
THAN PUTTING THE ABC FEED.
ANYWAY.
– CAN I BRING THIS BACK AND CONCLUDE
OUR TEXAS, OKLAHOMA RECAP?
PLEASE DO. OKLAHOMA HAS SOME SERIOUS JUICE. OKLAHOMA HAS SOME SERIOUS SERIOUS JUICE. THEY
GO INTO A BYE WEEK. I DON’T BELIEVE THEY PLAY ANY OTHER VIABLE TEAM THAT YOU WANT TO COMPETE
WITH THEM. IF THEY PLAY LIKE THIS, I MEAN, DO YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT 12-AND-OKLAHOMA? 12
AND OKLAHOMA? WAS THAT SOMETHING YOU CAME UP WITH OR IS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU SAW
ONLINE? I DID NOT SEE IT ONLINE. I’M SURE IT EXISTS ONLINE. OKAY, GREAT MINDS 12-AND-
OKLAHOMA. I KNEW THE WORRY IS DILLON GARBRIEL’S HEALTH. OBVIOUSLY, THAT’S BEEN A CONCERN OVER
THE COURSE OF HIS CAREER AGAIN. IF THEY BRING THE JUICE LIKE THEY BROUGHT IT AGAINST TEXAS
TODAY IN DALLAS IN THE COTTON BOWL, IT’S NOT EVEN A TAKE. NOW AT THIS POINT, THEY’RE LOOKING
VERY STRONG, ESPECIALLY IF THE RECEIVERS CONTINUE TO IMPROVE. SHALL WE GO TO OUR NEXT BIGGIE
OR BIG DEAL?
IT LET’S DO IT. LET’S GO TO ALABAMA, TEXAS A&M. DAN, THIS WAS THIS IS A BIG GUY. YEAH,
WAS 26 TO 20 ALABAMA WINS THE GAME OVER A&M ON THE ROAD.
WE I DON’T KNOW IF I WANT TO PLAY THE SOUND.
WE MAY HAVE A ZOMBIE ALABAMA SITUATION BREWING.
OKAY, WE MAY HAVE ONE BREWING.
SO THE ZOMBIE ALABAMA SITUATION FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING
DON’T KNOW WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT.
ZOMBIE ALABAMA IS WHEN ALABAMA TASTES ITS OWN BLOOD AND THEN
TURNS INTO A ZOMBIE THAT YOU CANNOT KILL.
YES.
AND I STARTED TO GET THAT ZOMBIE ALABAMA FEEL AGAIN,
WATCHING JALEN MILROE IN SOME KEY MOMENTS,
WATCHING HIM DROP BACK.
WHEN JALEN MILROE HAS TIME TO THROW,
AND WHEN HE’S GOT A GUY STREAKING DOWN THE FIELD,
HE’S VERY GOOD AT THROWING A DEEP BALL.
THERE WERE SOME BEAUTIFUL PASSES.
YEAH, HE AND, I MEAN, IT STARTED OUT WITH ISAIAH BOND
EARLIER ON IN THE SEASON,
AND JERMAINE BURTON AND MILROW HAD A NICE CONNECTION.
YEAH, CONTINUE.
WHEN HE HAS TIME TO THROW THAT DEEP BALL,
THERE’S A LOT TO LIKE ABOUT HIS GAME.
THERE ALSO ARE OTHER MOMENTS
LIKE THE INTERCEPTION
THAT HE FLOATED OVER THE MIDDLE
IN THE EARLY PORTION OF THE THIRD QUARTER,
WHENEVER IT WAS THAT MAKE YOU REMEMBER,
OH, THIS IS STILL
WE’RE STILL HAVING SOME QUESTIONS
ABOUT THIS QUARTERBACK THING AT ALABAMA.
BUT LOOK, CAREER HIGHS FOR HIM
ON THE PASSING FRONT, 321,
THREE TOUCHDOWNS DID HAVE THAT ONE
PRETTY BAD INTERCEPTION.
BUT WHAT THEY DID A GOOD JOB OF IN THIS GAME,
IF ONLY BECAUSE THE LINE GAVE HIM TIME FOR SOME OF THOSE DEEPER ROOTS TO DEVELOP.
WHEN HE DOES NOT HAVE TO MAKE THAT QUICK DECISION,
WHEN IT’S NOT LIKE A BANG, BANG, READ AND QUICK THROW IT OVER THE MIDDLE,
WHEN HE HAS A CHANCE TO REALLY SET HIS FEET AND THROW,
HE CAN BE DAMN EFFECTIVE. AND HE WAS IN THIS GAME. HE WAS REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
THIS WAS, I THOUGHT, A BIT OF A COMING OUT PARTY FOR HIM.
I THOUGHT THE FACT THAT ALABAMA WAS ABLE TO WIN THIS GAME
AGAINST A TOUGH DEFENSE ON THE ROAD, PRETTY MUCH ON THE POWER OF HIS ARM AND PASSING ABILITY
WAS A PRETTY BIG HURDLE FOR THE SQUAD BECAUSE THAT IS NOT SOMETHING WE HAVE SAID TO DATE.
IT HAS BEEN AN OFFENSE THAT WE HAVE THOUGHT FIRST AND FOREMOST AS A RUNNING OFFENSE AND
THEY JUST DID NOT GET IT GOING ON THE GROUND IN THIS GAME.
NO, THEY DIDN’T RUN.
THEY DIDN’T RUN.
THEY DIDN’T HAVE TO, RIGHT?
IT WAS JALEN MILREAUX.
THEY HAD AN OPENING.
THEY TOOK IT.
THOSE PLAYS. AND I THINK THAT’S REALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR WHAT IT COULD MEAN FOR ALABAMA THE REST OF THE WAY.
YOU JUST SPENT SO MUCH TIME SAYING SO MANY CORRECT DEFENSIBLE WORDS WITHOUT MENTIONING TEXAS A&M AT
ALL, WHICH IS, I MEAN, IT’S SAD TO TALK ABOUT TEXAS A&M. THEY’RE UP AT HALFTIME 17-10. OBVIOUSLY,
MAX JOHNSON, BACKUP QUARTERBACK. THERE’S TALENT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL FOR A&M. LOOK, IT’S
REALLY INTERESTING RECEIVERS WITH WHAT MOOSE MUHAMMAD AND EVAN STEWART, AINIAS SMITH.
I THINK IT WAS LE’VEON MOSS IN THE BACKFIELD MAKING PLAYS. THEY’VE GOT NO OFFENSIVE LINE.
I THINK AT ONE POINT THE CENTER TRIPPED OVER THE RIGHT GUARDS LEG AT THE SAME MOMENT THAT
THE LEFT GUARD GOT PUSHED BACK AND TWO GUYS ENDED UP ON THE GROUND TRIPPING OVER EACH
OTHER ON A I THINK IT WAS LIKE ON THIRD AND TEN OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. YEAH, THERE’S
A LOT TO LIKE ABOUT TEXAS A&M. THERE’S NOT A LOT TO LIKE ABOUT THIS OFFENSIVE LINE.
THERE’S NOT A LOT TO LIKE ABOUT HOW THE SECONDARY SEEMS TO BE BEING COACHED AT TIMES AND THERE’S
CERTAINLY THIS IS AN OFFENSIVE LINE THAT NEEDS TO BE OVERHAULED AND THEY JUST HAD
NO ANSWER, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE PROTECTING A QUARTERBACK AND MAX JOHNSON,
WHO WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TENDS TO HOLD ON TO THE BALL TOO LONG AND YOU’RE
COACHED BY A HEAD COACH WHO ONCE AGAIN SHRINKS AWAY. YOU MEAN SHRINKAGE? YES,
SIGNIFICANT SHRINKAGE. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE GAME. YEAH, THEY HOW MANY POINTS
THEY SCORE IN THE SECOND HALF OF THIS GAME. THREE POINTS. YEAH. YEAH. SO THEY’RE UP AT
HALFTIME AND THEY LOSE THE SECOND HALF 16 TO THREE. I THINK THE CONCEPT OF MAKING ADJUSTMENTS
AT HALFTIME CAN BE A BIT OVERBLOWN CONSIDERING RIGHT. YOU GOT TO GET TO THE LOCKER ROOM.
GUYS ARE GOING TO THE BATHROOM. GUYS ARE REHYDRATING WHATEVER. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON AT HALFTIME
FOR YOU TO BE LIKE, ALL RIGHT, FORGET THE QUARTER STUFF. WE WERE RUNNING. THIS IS HOW
THAT’S NOT HAPPENING AT HALFTIME IN THE WAY THAT I THINK A LOT OF US HOPE IT DOES WHEN
WE’RE ROOTING FOR OUR TEAMS TO MAKE AND TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE MOMENTS. BUT ALABAMA GOT
MORE COMFORTABLE AND MAYBE IT’S A MENTAL THING AND ALABAMA’S OFFENSE. YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
THERE’S NO IDENTITY TO IT BEYOND LET’S HOPE JALEN MILROE MAKES A BETTER PLAY THAN THAT
LAST ONE OR THAT THE ONE THAT HE YOU KNOW PUT ON TO THE PUT ON TAPE FIVE PLAYS AGO OR
WHATEVER AND HE SEEMS COOL COMMON COLLECTED. I DON’T KNOW IF HE HAS THE POISE IN THE POCKET
TO STEP INTO THROWS CONSISTENTLY ON RHYTHM, BUT HE ALSO I THINK ON ONE OF THE TOUCHDOWN
THROWS TO JERMAINE BURTON ALONG THE RIGHT SIDELINE, I THINK THAT WAS LIKE HIS FOURTH
PROGRESSION. YOU COULD SEE HIM SCANNING LEFT TO RIGHT, SO IT’S NOT LIKE HE’S LIKE A ONE
GUY AND GO AND HE’S GOOD, BUT HE’S KIND OF HIGH PITCHED GOOD. LIKE HE’S GOOD, BUT YOU’RE
NOT CONVINCED. HE’S OBVIOUSLY TO A MAC JONES. NO, HE’S NOT. HE’S NOT. AND LET ME MAKE ANOTHER
POINT ON ALABAMA. BUT GOOD ENOUGH, RIGHT? OH YEAH, GOOD ENOUGH. ABSOLUTELY GOOD ENOUGH. I MEAN,
THERE’S STILL A LOT OF TEAMS THAT WOULD THAT WOULD TAKE THAT LEVEL OF PLAY. BREAK AND BAKE
COOKIES AREN’T GREAT, BUT THEY’RE GOOD ENOUGH. THEY’RE GOOD ENOUGH. WE NEED COOKIES. NO, THEY
ARE. WE SHOULD PROBABLY TALK ABOUT THE ALABAMA DEFENSE. LET’S. BECAUSE ESPECIALLY IN THE SECOND
HALF, YOU KNOW, JALEN MILROE WAS GOOD. HE WAS GOOD, RIGHT? YEAH, RIGHT. HE’S HIGH-PITCHED GOOD.
HE’S GOOD. BUT IF NOT FOR THE KEY PLAYS BY THIS DEFENSE, THIS GAME IS A MUCH DIFFERENT RESULT.
THEY HAD THE TWO EARLY A&M AT THE TWO EARLY RED ZONE TRIPS. THEY CAME AWAY WITH THREE POINTS
BAMA HAD SOME KEY SACKS. THEY HAD A BLOCK KICK
THEY FORCED BY VIRTUE OF THEIR PRESSURE A HOLDING PENALTY IN THE END ZONE FOR A SAFETY
THEY DID CHANGE THE TENOR OF THIS GAME WITH THEIR DEFENSE
UM IN A WAY THAT OVER THE COURSE OF 60 MINUTES
REALLY REALLY STARTED TO ADD UP. BAMA WAS NOT FLAWLESS
ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL. I MENTIONED THE BAD INTERCEPTION. THEY HAD A TON OF PROCEDURAL
PENALTIES EARLY ON SOMETHING LIKE IT. I THINK THEY THEY HAD LIKE
I THINK THEY HAD FIVE TIMES MORE PENALTY YARDAGE THAN A&M IN THIS GAME
YEAH, I MEAN IT WAS WOW
THEY HAD 14 FOR 99 IN TOTAL, BUT THEY HAD I WANT TO SAY EIGHT OR NINE PROCEDURAL PENALTIES IN THE FIRST HALF ALONE
AND
THEY NEED TO GET THAT RESOLVED. BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE DEFENSE PLAYED I THINK AS WELL AS IT DID
OF COURSE, THERE WERE BIG PLAYS THROUGHOUT THIS GAME
BUT BY AND LARGE THE WAY THAT THE BAMA DEFENSE STEPPED UP IN THE SECOND HALF, ESPECIALLY I THOUGHT WAS WAS REALLY REALLY TELLING
UM, THERE IS THIS THING AND THEN WE SHOULD PROBABLY MOVE ON
JIMBO NOT GOING FORWARD ON FOURTH AND ONE FROM THE 45
YEAH, WHAT WAS WHAT WAS THE QUOTE?
IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE, YOU KNOW, IF IT WAS A FOOT CLOSER OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT, WE’RE
JUST LIKE, THAT’S NOT HOW IT WORKS. JIMBO. IT’S JUST NOT. YOU’RE EITHER AN AGGRESSIVE
COACH WHO NEEDS TO BRING TOUCHDOWNS TO A FIELD GOAL PARTY OR IS BRINGING FIELD GOALS TO A
TOUCHDOWN PARTY. AND IT WAS CLEAR THAT THE TOUCHDOWNS WEREN’T HAPPENING FOR A&M.
IT WAS CLEAR THAT ALABAMA SAW BLOOD IN THE WATER WITH THE A&M OFFENSIVE LINE. AND
THAT’S WHEN YOU NEED TO GET ON THE HORN WITH BOBBY PETRINO AND BE LIKE, WE NEED TO KIND
OF RUN IT LIKE THIS. WE NEED TO KIND OF THINK ABOUT OUR OFFENSE IN TERMS OF THIS BECAUSE
IF WE’RE NOT TAKING ADVANTAGE OF OUR THIRD AND SHORTS AND FOURTH AND SHORTS TO KEEP DRIVES
GOING TO MAYBE WEAR DOWN THIS ALABAMA FRONT AND GET THEM GOING THE WRONG WAY, USE MISDIRECTION,
WHATEVER IT IS, THEN IT’S THEY’RE CLEARLY GOING TO LOSE AND JIMBO JUST COACHES LOSING
FOOTBALL BECAUSE HE’S NOT COACHING TO WIN. HE’S NOT COACHING TO PUSH A TEAM AROUND. HE’S
HE’S NOT COACHING TO KEEP A TEAM ON THEIR HEELS. HE KEEPS HIS OWN TEAM ON THEIR OWN
HEELS, WHICH SEEMS SORT OF ANTITHETICAL TO THE WHOLE POINT. THERE WAS SO SIGNIFICANT
SHRINKAGE. THERE WAS SIGNIFICANT SHRINKAGE. AND WHAT’S THE CONCLUSION ON ALABAMA RIGHT
NOW? THEY’VE BEATEN OLE MISS. THEY’VE BEATEN A AND M WILL GET TO LSU WHO LOOKS VERY VULNERABLE
EVEN THOUGH THEY WON TO SAY THE LEAST. THEY’VE BEATEN MISSISSIPPI STATE. YES, AM I THESE
ALL CORRECT. THESE ARE ALL CORRECT. THEY DON’T HAVE LSU FOR A LITTLE BIT AND LSU IS GOING
TO SCORE ON EVERYBODY, BUT THEY’RE NOT A COMPLETE TEAM LIKE ALABAMA’S JUST SORT OF ROLLERBLADING
TO ATLANTA AT THIS POINT. THEY’RE JUST GLIDING THROUGH AND THERE’S NOT MUCH IN THE WAY IN
THEIR WAY AND I DON’T KNOW IT’S IT’S WILD TO THINK ABOUT GIVEN THE STILL OBVIOUS LIMITATIONS
OF THIS ALABAMA TEAM. LET’S GO THE NEXT GAME. DAN. YES. GUESS WHO JUST GOT MURDERED.
THAT’D BE THE NOTRE DAME OFFENSIVE LINE. DAN. OH, CAN I, CAN I JUMP IN REAL QUICK? DOES
ANYBODY FEEL GOOD ABOUT THEIR OFFENSIVE LINE IN AMERICA? MAYBE MICHIGAN. YEAH. MAYBE GEORGIA.
I DON’T I, AFTER THE FIRST COUPLE OF WEEKS, I DON’T KNOW IF PEOPLE FELT FIRST MONTH. I
DON’T THINK GEORGIA FANS FELT AMAZING ABOUT THEIR OFFENSIVE LINE. I THINK THERE’S SEVEN
FAN BASES THAT WOULD SAY, FEEL PRETTY GOOD ABOUT MY OFFENSIVE LINE. IT’S A WEIRD YEAR
LIKE THAT AND HALF OF THEM ARE IN THE PATRIOT LEAGUE. YEAH, IT’S LOOK 33 TO 20 LOUISVILLE
KNOCKS OFF NUMBER 10 NOTRE DAME AT HOME. IT’S A BIG WIN FOR LOUISVILLE. YIPPEE FREAKING
YAY. CONGRATULATIONS. NICE WAY. NICE WIN LOUISVILLE. WE WE WENT THROUGH THE SCHEDULE BEFORE LOUISVILLE
HAS A PRETTY NICE LITTLE RUN HERE THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. IF THEY CAN CONTINUE
PLAYING AT A HIGH LEVEL. THEY CONTINUE RUNNING THE FOOTBALL THE WAY THEY DID AGAINST NOTRE DAME.
THEY’LL BE IN A REALLY GOOD SPOT IN ACC PLAY. WE CAN BREAK DOWN THEIR SCHEDULE MOVING FORWARD AT
SOME POINT HERE, BUT YOU GOT TO LIKE WHAT YOU SEE EARLY OUT OF LOUISVILLE AND JEFF BROM.
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IN PARTICULAR WITH THIS GAME, THE WAY THAT THEIR DEFENSE CONTROLLED THE
POINT OF ATTACK, NOTRE DAME, YOU’RE BEING GRACIOUS. YOU’RE BEING GRACIOUS. LET’S TAKE A STEP BACK
HERE. TAKE A STEP BACK. I CAN’T DO THIS FOR A THIRD STRAIGHT WEEK. DAN, I CAN’T DO THIS
FOR THREE STRAIGHT WEEKS. I GOT TO DO IT AGAIN NEXT WEEK. CLOSE YOUR EYES. CLOSE YOUR EYES.
I DON’T WANT YOU TO BE GRACIOUS IN THIS MOMENT BECAUSE EVERYBODY KNOWS LOUISVILLE WAS BETTER.
EVERYBODY KNOWS THERE WAS MUCH MORE JUICE WITH THE LOUISVILLE TEAM THAN THERE WAS WITH
NOTRE DAME. AND MAYBE THAT’S JUST BECAUSE IT WAS THREE STRAIGHT WEEKS NOW OF LIKE A
BIG RAUCOUS ENVIRONMENT AND NOTRE DAME SHOWING SOME LIMITATIONS IN CERTAIN AREAS AND SHOWING
SOME STRENGTH IN CERTAIN AREAS. WHAT DID YOU FEEL WATCHING THIS GAME? WHERE WAS YOUR ANGER?
WHERE WAS YOUR DISAPPOINTMENT? WHERE WAS YOUR HOPE? WHAT WAS YOUR EXPERIENCE WATCHING THIS
GAME AS TY NOT HOST?
MY REACTION WAS, WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE EVERY BIG GAME NOTRE DAME WALKS ONTO THE FIELD LIKE
THEY GOT TAGGED WITH A STUN GRENADE? WHY DOES IT FEEL LIKE THAT? ALL THREE OF THE BIG GAMES
WE’VE SEEN THE LAST THREE WEEKS. IN ALL THREE OF THEM, IT WAS A SLOW START. IN ALL THREE
OF THEM, IT FELT LIKE VERY CONSERVATIVE PLAY CALLING UNTIL THEY DIDN’T HAVE A CHOICE. IF
I KNOW THEY’RE RUNNING, THERE’S A PRETTY GOOD CHANCE THAT RYAN DAY AND JEFF BROHM AND MIKE
ELKO KNOW THAT THEY’RE GOING TO RUN THE FOOTBALL. NOTRE DAME AT THIS POINT SEEMS SO COMMITTED
TO THE RUN THAT THEY CAN’T BREAK IT OFF WHEN THEY HAVE TO.
RIGHT?
THEY ALMOST STICK WITH A RUN TOO LONG.
AUDRIC ESTIME COULD NOT GET IT GOING LAST WEEK.
HE DIDN’T GET IT GOING THIS WEEK.
LAST WEEK, I GUESS WITH THE EXCEPTION OF A FEW KEY MOMENTS,
BUT THIS WEEK IT NEVER HAPPENED.
THEY STARTED TURNING IT OVER MORE TO JEREMIYAH LOVE.
I DON’T LIKE WHAT THEY’RE DOING ON OFFENSE RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE DOING ON OFFENSE.
THEY SHOULD HAVE JUST LET SAM HARTMAN THROW IT MORE.
NOW, HE FINISHES WITH THREE PICKS.
RIGHT.
SOME OF THOSE WERE HIS FAULT.
SOME WEREN’T. I MEAN, I BLAME THE OFFENSIVE LINE FOR MOST OF IT, TO BE FRANK. OKAY. I MEAN,
THE FACT THAT THIS OFFENSIVE LINE, WHICH EVERYBODY TALKS ABOUT COMING INTO THE SEASON AS SO MANY
POTENTIAL AND A JOE ALT, ALWAYS A POTENTIAL TOP 10 PICK JOE ALT WAS PUT ON HIS BUTT.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT CLIP IN THIS GAME. BLAKE FISHER, LIKE I WILL LOOK IT UP.
WE HAVE THIS LINE SUPPOSEDLY THAT IS GOING TO BE DRAFT WORTHY. AND THIS IS NOW LIKE THE SECOND
STRAIGHT WEEK AGAINST A TEAM PERCEIVED TO BE LESS THAN WHERE THAT OFFENSIVE LINE GOT DOMINATED,
WHERE THAT OFFENSIVE LINE COULDN’T ESTABLISH A GROUND GAME, WHERE THAT OFFENSIVE LINE WAS
GIVING UP A TON OF PRESSURE TO SAM HARTMAN. SO, YOU KNOW, FROM MY STANDPOINT, THAT’S UNACCEPTABLE.
FROM MY STANDPOINT, THE OTHER THING THAT I WOULD SAY AS A NOTRE DAME FAN IS, AGAIN,
WE HAVE QUESTIONABLE COACHING DECISIONS. I KNOW IT’S EASY TO SECOND GUESS GOING FORWARD ON A FOURTH
AND WHATEVER CIRCUMSTANCE LATER IN THE GAME DEEP INSIDE YOUR OWN TERRITORY.
THERE WERE NINE MINUTES LEFT IN THAT GAME.
IT WAS SOMETHING LIKE IT WAS A 35 YARD LINE IS WHERE THEY WENT FOR IT ON 4TH
AND 11.
IT WAS A 4TH AND 11 MARCUS FREEMAN DECIDES IS GOING TO GO FOR IT.
I DON’T MIND THE AGGRESSIVENESS, BUT THE FACT THAT THEY COULD NOT GIVE SAM
HARTMAN ANY TIME TO DO HIS THING IS JUST THAT WAS NOT GOING TO CHANGE WHETHER
IT WAS FIRST OR FOURTH DOWN OR REGARDLESS WHAT BLOCKING SCHEME THEY CALL
THEY WERE JUST OUTMANNED UP FRONT.
LOUISVILLE WANTED IT MORE, EITHER THAT OR THEY WERE JUST FLAT OUT BETTER.
I DON’T KNOW BUT BETWEEN SOME OF THE QUESTIONABLE COACHING STUFF
BETWEEN SOME OF WHAT I’VE SEEN OVER THE LAST COUPLE WEEKS WHERE IT JUST
FEELS TO ME LIKE THEY GO OUT THERE AND THEY’RE THEY’RE THEY’RE TIMID TO
START THE GAME WITH AN OFFENSE THAT FEELS TO ME LIKE IT DOESN’T HAVE
MUCH OF AN IDENTITY BEYOND WE’RE GOING TO RUN RUN RUN RUN RUN.
AND THEN IF WE DON’T GET THE RUN WORKING, WE’RE GOING TO TRY IT AGAIN.
LIKE I FOR THE FIRST TIME WHAT I REALLY STARTED FEELING WAS IS THIS THE
RIGHT COACHING STAFF. I MEAN, IS THIS THE RIGHT COACHING STAFF LOUISVILLE OUT NOTRE
DAME NOTRE DAME? THEY HAVE THE WAY THAT THEY WENT STRAIGHT AT THE IRISH TO OUR JORDAN WAS
INCREDIBLE. THE OFFENSIVE LINE WAS VERY GOOD. MOSTLY NOTRE DAME’S FRONT ACTUALLY REALLY
DID HOUND JACK PLUMMER A GOOD DEAL. BUT IN TERMS OF BLOCKING FOR THE RUSHING ATTACK,
I THOUGHT THEY DID A NICE JOB, ESPECIALLY THEY JUST SORT OF WENT OFF TACKLE A LOT RIGHT
AT NOTRE DAME AND IT SEEMED TO WORK. NOTRE DAME SEEMED TO TIRE AS THE GAME WENT ON. AND
I THINK YOU’RE RIGHT THAT THEY’RE TRYING TO PLAY BULLY BALL, BUT THEY’VE GOT THE SLOW
MESH QUARTERBACK. THEY’RE NOT REALLY THEY DON’T REALLY HAVE THE WIDE RECEIVERS TO GO
OVER THE TOP. IF BULLY BALL IS WORKING IN PLAY ACTION. IT’S JUST NOT DOESN’T FEEL LIKE
IT’S A AN OFFENSE THAT’S OFF THE GROUND AT ALL. IT FEELS LIKE THE COMMERCIAL. I FORGET
WHAT FOR WHEN THEY’RE USING A HAMMER TO TRY AND DRIVE SOMETHING INTO A PIECE OF WOOD AND
THE GUY SAYS, “JUST KEEP HITTING IT.
JUST KEEP HITTING IT.”
THAT’S THEIR OFFENSE RIGHT NOW.
WE’RE JUST GOING TO KEEP RUNNING IT.
AND IF IT WORKS, IT WORKS.
IF NOT, IT’S GOING TO BE LATE IN THE GAME AGAIN WHEN SUDDENLY YOU’VE GOT TO TURN IT
OVER TO SAM HARTMAN.
YOU GOT TO GO FIVE WIDE AND YOU GOT TO START THROWING THE BALL.
AND SO AT SOME POINT, YOU HAVE TO NOT BE AS RIGID WITH THAT SCHEME, IDENTITY, WHATEVER
THE HELL YOU WANT TO CALL IT?
BECAUSE IT DOESN’T WORK
FOR THREE AND A HALF QUARTERS.
YEAH, IT’S ALREADY TOO LATE,
ESPECIALLY AGAINST A GOOD TEAM.
YOU KNOW.
I DON’T WANT TO SELL LOUISVILLE SHORT
‘CAUSE I THINK LOUISVILLE
PLAYED A REALLY GOOD GAME.
I THINK LOUISVILLE HAS BEEN UNDERRATED
SO FAR THIS SEASON.
THEY HAD A LOT BACK.
I LOVE JAWHAR JORDAN.
I SAID IT ON THE PREVIEW SHOW.
I LOVE THE FACT
THAT HE’S A HOME RUN HITTER.
I LOVE THE FACT THAT HE’S SHIFTY.
HE’S GOT WIGGLE.
HE’S GOT BURST.
THERE’S A LOT TO LIKE ABOUT HIM
AND HIS RUSHING ATTACK
ON THE LOUISVILLE SIDE OF THINGS.
I DON’T WANT TO SELL THEM SHORT.
THEY’VE GOT, I THINK, AN EXCITING SEASON IN FRONT OF THEM STILL.
BUT ON THE NOTRE DAME SIDE, I THERE’S NO WAY YOU CAN BE A FAN OF THIS TEAM
AND NOT BE INCREDIBLY DISAPPOINTED BY THE SHOWING THAT
YOU SAW TONIGHT.
I MEAN, IT WAS A FULL ON NO SHOW BY THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
IT DIDN’T SEEM LIKE THE PLAN WAS ABLE TO ADAPT
TO THE CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE GAME.
AND THAT’S JUST REALLY FREAKING MADDENING.
SO I’LL SHUT UP NOW. NOTRE DAME.
NO, IT’S FINE GAME. JOE TEST THE TOUR. THANK YOU. JOE TESSITORE FOR REMINDING ME 8000
TIMES DURING THAT GAME THAT NOTRE DAME NEEDED TO WIN TO STAY IN THE PLAYOFF CONVERSATION.
I WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY AWARE OF THAT, BUT NONETHELESS, A BIG WIN FOR LOUISVILLE, THE HUGE ONE FOR
LOUISVILLE. THEY’VE GOT THE CW NETWORK HOSTING THEIR MATCHUP AGAINST A FILTER. KOVAC LIST
PIT NEXT WEEK. BUT YOU TALK ABOUT 12 IN OKLAHOMA. I DON’T HAVE A WONDERFUL PUN FOR YOU, BUT
BUT PITT DUKE LIKELY WITHOUT RILEY LEONARD, VIRGINIA TECH, VIRGINIA, MIAMI, WHO QUITE
LITERALLY FUMBLED AWAY A WIN AGAINST GEORGIA TECH TONIGHT AND KENTUCKY WHO LOST BY A BAJILLION
TO GEORGIA. IT’S A NICE LITTLE RUNWAY FOR LOUISVILLE MOVING FORWARD. IT’S A NICE LITTLE
RUNWAY. YOU READY TO GO NEXT? READY TO GO NEXT. LET’S GO OUT WEST REAL QUICK. LET’S
GO OUT WEST REAL QUICK. I LIKED UCLA IN THIS ONE. IT WAS A BIT OF A COMEBACK MATCHUP. UCLA
QUIETLY IN THE SPIRIT OF WHAT A GAME AT UCLA IN THE ROSE BOWL SOUNDS LIKE VERY QUIETLY
HAS PLAYED REALLY GOOD DEFENSE THIS YEAR AND WAS IT WAS PLAYED IN A COUPLE BIG GAMES. WE
SAW WAZZU HOST WISCONSIN AND BEAT THEM HOST OREGON STATE AND BEAT THEM. SO THEY’VE PLAYED
IN THESE BIG TIME MOMENTS THAT UCLA REALLY HAS AN OTHER THAN AN UNIMPRESSIVE LOSS TO
UTAH. UCLA COMES BACK MOSTLY ON THE GROUND MOSTLY WITH DEFENSE. THEY’RE PLAYING A FIVE
FIVE STAR QUARTERBACK WHO IS ABLE TO SHOW FLASHES BUT STILL THROWS LIKE JUST AWFUL PICK
SIXES AT THE SAME TIME DEEP IN WAZZU TERRITORY. THIS WAS THE GAME OF THE DAY TO ME DAYTIME
BUT AS WE’RE SPEAKING ARIZONA IS CURRENTLY BEATING USC RIGHT SO I’M NOT GOING TO BELABOR
THE POINT WITH UCLA THEY WERE DOWN THIS GAME WAS CLOSE WITH TWO OR THREE MINUTES LEFT IN
THIRD QUARTER. THEY RAN ALL OVER WAZZU AND THE POWER DYNAMIC, I THINK, REMAINS SORT OF UNCHANGED
DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS WITH THIS ARIZONA USC MATCHUP. BUT UCLA HAS LIKE A TOP 15 OR 20 DEFENSE
PROBABLY IN THE COUNTRY AFTER BEING DISASTROUS RECENTLY. SO UCLA 25, WAZZU 17 IS YOUR FINAL
SCORE. YEAH. UCLA ON THIS CURRENT TRAJECTORY IS GOING TO END UP AS ONE OF THE MORE INTERESTING
TEAMS IN THE COUNTRY BECAUSE THEY GOT A TRUE FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK. AND THIS WAS SORT OF THE
RESET YEAR FOR FOR CHIP KELLY, RIGHT? HE HAD PUT IN ALL THIS TIME SORT OF ON ON THE LEADING EDGE
OF THE PROJECT TO BUILD THIS TEAM INTO ONE THAT WAS MORE PHYSICAL AND DIDN’T GET DOMINATED ON THE
LINES AND COULD RUN THE BALL. IT TOOK A WHILE TO KIND OF MOLD DTR INTO WHO HE WANTED HIM TO BE.
AND THEN A LOT OF GUYS LEFT THE PROGRAM AND IT WAS KIND OF STARTING OVER WITH DANTE MOORE.
AND DANTE MOORE IS CERTAINLY NOT A FINISHED PRODUCT AT THIS POINT. HE SHOWS FLASHES
BUT
WHAT I REALLY THINK IS THE STORY CLEARLY IS THE DEFENSE. I MEAN THEY HELD CAM WARD UNDER 200 YARDS PASSING
THEY FORCE FOUR TURNOVERS
IT DOES NOT SEEM LIKE A MIRAGE
TO ME IT IS IT IS DEFINITELY A BETTER DEFENSE
THAN A YEAR AGO
UM, THE QUESTION I GUESS AS WE AS WE GET INTO MORE OF THE THE PACK 12 SEASON WILL BE
IS THE DEFENSE GOOD ENOUGH TO?
OVERCOMPENSATE FOR WHAT I BELIEVE WILL BE MORE DANTE MOORE
MISTAKES ALONG THE WAY BECAUSE I THINK YOU’RE GONNA YOU’RE JUST GONNA GET THAT WITH A FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK. WE’VE SEEN THE FLASHES
WE’VE ALSO SEEN THE MISTAKES
YOU SAW THE PICK SIX IN THIS GAME, ESPECIALLY WHICH WAS PARTICULARLY UGLY UGLY. YEP, BUT
YOU KNOW PROVIDED THE DEFENSE IS NOT A CATASTROPHE
I SAY IT ALL THE TIME ABOUT MARGINAL IMPROVEMENTS ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL IF YOU ALREADY CAN PLAY OFFENSE. I
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE FOR UCLA. IT’S PART OF WHY I WAS NOT ON PAT MYSELF THE BACK TOO MUCH
WELL
I WAS HIGH WHY I WAS HIGH ON UCLA COMING INTO THE SEASON BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE THEY HAD A LOT OF PIECES BUT
TO SAY THAT I PREDICTED THAT THEIR DEFENSE WOULD LOOK THIS MUCH BETTER. THAT WOULD BE A LIE
I DIDN’T BY THE WAY IN JUST IN TERMS OF THEIR OFFENSE REAL QUICK AND WE’RE GONNA GET TO OHIO STATE, MARYLAND
THESE ARE THE DEFENSES THAT THEY’RE FACING MOVING FORWARD AS THEIR OFFENSE TRIES TO IMPROVE OREGON STATE STANFORD, COLORADO, ARIZONA
ARIZONA STATE USC CAL. THIS I DON’T KNOW IF WE CAN LIKE NAME THIS WEEK LIKE POSTHUMOUSLY
EVEN THOUGH IT’S TECHNICALLY NOT OVER YET, BUT THERE’S A IS A NICE LITTLE ROAD MOVING
FORWARD FOR A LOT OF THESE TEAMS THAT ARE SHOWING MORE AND MORE. SO I DON’T KNOW. SHOULD
WE GET TO OHIO STATE MARYLAND? LET’S GET TO OHIO STATE MARYLAND FINAL SCORE OHIO STATE
MARYLAND 37 TO 17 DEPENDS WHEN YOU GOT THIS POINT SPREAD DAN. YEAH, RIGHT ON THE NUMBER
IF YOU GOT A 19 AND A HALF, YOU’RE FEELING GOOD.
IF YOU GOT 20, YOU DIDN’T LOSE ANYTHING.
IF YOU GOT A 20 AND A HALF OR A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN
THAT’S BAD BEAT.
YEAH.
OKAY.
I THINK WE CREDIT MARYLAND FOR A COMPETITIVE FIRST HALF.
IT WAS A COMPETITIVE FIRST HALF.
I THINK WE LOOK AT THIS GAME AND WE SAY OHIO STATE WON
FOR SOME PEOPLE THEY COVERED NUMBERS WISE.
THE NUMBERS LOOK PRETTY GOOD.
THE ISSUE IS IF YOU ACTUALLY WATCH THIS GAME,
IF YOU ACTUALLY WATCH THIS GAME, YOU WILL KNOW THAT OHIO STATE DID NOT REALLY LOOK THAT GOOD.
THIS IS A GAME THAT WAS TIED 10-10 AT HALF. THIS IS A GAME IN WHICH OHIO STATE WENT 3 OF 12 ON
THIRD DOWNS. THEY HAD 10 PENALTIES. IT TOOK KYLE MCCORD A WHILE TO GET GOING. AND NOW I THINK
FURTHER CONTEXT ON THE NOTRE DAME SIDE WITH WHAT WE’VE SEEN WITH NOTRE DAME’S LINE, WITH WHAT WE’VE
SEEN FROM NOTRE DAME THE LAST TWO WEEKS, GOING BACK THREE WEEKS NOW, WHAT WE SAW IN THAT NOTRE
NOTRE DAME-OHIO STATE GAME. I MUST BE HONEST. IT DOES MAKE ME
QUESTION IS OHIO STATE A MIRAGE TO SOME EXTENT. WE KNOW ABOUT
THE SKILLED TALENT OUT WIDE. THAT’S NOT GOING AWAY. WE KNOW
ABOUT IN GENERAL, THE RUNNING GAME CAN BE GOOD. CAN BE GOOD.
BUT I GUESS YEAH, KYLE MCCORD’S A QUESTION MARK AND THE FACT
THAT THAT DEFENSIVE LINE GOT PUSHED AROUND BY THE NOTRE DAME
OFFENSIVE LINE IN THE MANNER THAT IT DID A COUPLE WEEKS AGO
DOES MAKE ME QUESTION WHERE THE BUCKEYES WHERE THE BUCKEYES
COME DOWN WHEN THE MUSIC STOPS BECAUSE THEY’VE ESSENTIALLY GOT A TWO-GAME
SEASON NOW THE REST OF THE WAY WITH PENN STATE AND MICHIGAN. SO A FEW THINGS. ONE,
IT WAS RAINING IN COLUMBUS. THAT MAKES LIFE HARDER FOR QUARTERBACKS. IT JUST
DOES. IT SEEMED TO MAKE THINGS TOUGHER FOR KYLE MCCORD EARLY AND THEN HE KIND
OF GOT USED TO IT AND WAS CONNECTING DOWNFIELD END OF THE SECOND QUARTER AND
THEN INTO THE SECOND HALF. I THOUGHT MARYLAND DID A NICE JOB. I THOUGHT THEY
DID A GOOD JOB PUTTING THEIR GUYS IN POSITION TO SUCCEED AGAINST A TEAM
THAT’S CLEARLY MORE ATHLETIC AND MORE TALENTED. THEY WERE SPREADING THE BALL AROUND TO DIFFERENT
RECEIVERS. THEY WERE RUNNING THE BALL EFFECTIVELY TO A WAS SCRAMBLING AND HAD DESIGN RUNS THAT
WORKED OUT REALLY, REALLY WELL FOR MARYLAND. LIKE THIS IS STILL A AN OHIO STATE DEFENSE
THAT HAS LARGELY HELD DOWN EVERYBODY. IT’S PLAYED HASN’T PLAYED A TON OF TEAMS, BUT AS
WE SAW AGAINST NOTRE DAME, NOTRE DAME, I DON’T THINK SCORED IN THE FIRST HALF. I THINK CREDIT
MARYLAND FOR GAME PLANNING REALLY WELL FOR TAKING ADVANTAGE OF CLEAR DEFICIENCIES OFFENSIVE
LINE FOR OHIO STATE AND THEY JUST COULDN’T SUSTAIN AT A CERTAIN POINT. TALENT AND DEPTH
ARE GOING TO WIN OUT AT A CERTAIN POINT. YOU CAN ONLY GUARD MARVIN HARRISON JR. AND KEEP
MARVIS AND MARVIN HARRISON JR. IN FRONT OF YOU OR YOU KNOW STOVER ANYBODY ANY ONE OF
THESE GUYS FOR SO LONG. THE THING THAT I TAKE AWAY FROM THIS GAME IS AT ONE YOU’RE RIGHT
THAT IT’S A TWO-GAME SEASON. DOES THIS OFFENSIVE LINE GET BETTER? DOES THIS PASS RUSH GET BETTER?
I THINK THERE’S DEFINITELY TALENT IN THE SECONDARY. OBVIOUSLY, THE LINEBACKING CORE IS SUPER EXPERIENCED
FOR OHIO STATE, BUT LIKE JT TO A MALL IS INCREDIBLE. WHAT ELSE IS THERE? THAT’S TRULY
SCARY FOR A TEAM LIKE PENN STATE OR MICHIGAN. I’M NOT SO SURE IN THIS MOMENT, ESPECIALLY
WHEN THE OFFENSE JUST STARTS SLOW ALL THE TIME. LIKE THIS IS NOT A LIKE PLUG AND PLAY
SITUATION FOR KYLE MCCORD AFTER SO MANY TERRIFIC OHIO STATE QUARTERBACKS. I’M NITPICKING BECAUSE
THIS TEAM HASN’T LOST. THEY’VE BEATEN QUALITY TEAMS, BUT WHEN YOU’RE A TEAM ON THIS LEVEL,
YOU’RE COMPARED AGAINST YOURSELF. YEAH. AND THERE ARE SOME TROUBLING ITEMS. IF YOU’RE
AN OHIO STATE FAN THAT I THINK WOULD WAS VERY CLEARLY ON DISPLAY AGAINST A QUALITY TEAM
LIKE MARYLAND.
AND SO YES, THEY WIN BY 20, BUT IT KIND OF TOOK FOUR QUARTERS FOR THEM TO DO SO. AND
WE’RE USED TO THEM BEING UP 49 NOTHING AT HALFTIME, RIGHT? WAS THAT MICHIGAN STATE A
FEW YEARS AGO. WE’RE USED TO THAT. THEY ARE FAILING TO MEET THE BAR THAT THEY HAVE SET
SAME COACH, SAME SYSTEM, SAME QUALITY SKILL PLAYERS, BUT THEY’RE NOT MEETING THAT SYSTEM
UP FRONT ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL RIGHT NOW. THERE’S TALENT THERE, BUT THEY’RE JUST NOT
EXECUTING AND THAT’S IT’S ODD BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN ONE OF THE SUREST THINGS IN THIS SPORT.
NO, IT IS. THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONABLE OFFICIATING IN THIS GAME.
SURE, THERE WAS. I NEED TO SAY THAT THEN YOU’RE NOT READY TO WIN A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. NO,
NO, NO, I’M NOT, I’M NOT EXCUSING ANY OF WHAT YOU’VE DESCRIBED.
RIGHT.
I’M JUST SAYING FOR THE SAKE OF BEING A COMPLETIST.
THERE WAS SOME QUESTIONABLE OFFICIATING IN THIS GAME.
RIGHT.
I SHOULD ALSO CALL OUT BUT LOOK MARYLAND WAS COMPETITIVE FOR A HALF.
TIED AT HALFTIME, BUT SECOND HALF A BIT OF A CROCK POTTING.
I’M NOT GOING TO PLAY IT BECAUSE I JUST DIDN’T FEEL GOOD ABOUT
COULDN’T RUN THE BALL THOUGH.
OHIO STATE, YOU KNOW, I GOT IT, YOU KNOW GOING IN THE RED ZONE A LITTLE
SHIP. TRAIN THEM SEEMS QUALITY. NO TREY HENDERSON IN THIS, BUT LIKE, I DON’T KNOW. IT’S A DIFFERENT
EXPERIENCE. TY, IT’S A DIFFERENT BUCKEYE EXPERIENCE. YEAH. YEAH. IT’S NOT YOUR, NOT YOUR FATHER’S
OHIO, NOT YOUR OLDER COUSINS, OHIO STATE. LET’S SAY FAIR. LET’S SAY, ALL RIGHT. SO THOSE
ARE BIGGIES, RIGHT? THOSE ARE BIGGIE. SHOULD WE MOVE ON TO OUR FAVORITE THINGS FROM THIS
WEEK? LET’S DO THAT. OKAY. TY, GOOD FOR YOU. WHO’S YOUR FAVORITE THING? ME FINDING THIS.
– I MEAN, SHRINK IT.
– THAT WAS, WAS THAT YOUR FAVORITE WEEK SIX THING?
– WHEN YOU PLAYED THAT WITHOUT WARNING EARLIER,
THAT KILLED ME.
– YEAH.
– THAT WAS A GOOD ONE.
– THAT’S JUST FOR YOU.
– SO LOOK, MY TOP FIVE OF THE REST OF THE GAMES.
– YEAH.
TOP FIVE THINGS, STORYLINES, PERFORMANCES, WHATEVER.
– DUDE, WE GOTTA TALK ABOUT THIS MIAMI LOSS.
WE GOTTA TALK ABOUT THIS.
IT HAPPENED RIGHT BEFORE,
RIGHT BEFORE WE WERE READY TO GO AHEAD AND RECORD.
SO GEORGIA TECH, GEORGIA TECH IS OUT GAINED BY 200 YARDS.
YEAH, GIVE OR TAKE.
THEY BEAT MIAMI IN A GAME THAT I WOULD BEST DESCRIBE AS A SERIES
OF UNFORCED ERRORS.
THIS GAME WAS SUPER UGLY ON BOTH SIDES.
YEAH, BUT THERE WAS NOTHING BIGGER AND UGLIER AND JUST WHATEVER
THEN MIAMI’S FIFTH TURNOVER.
HERE IS THE SITUATION.
MIAMI FUMBLED THE BALL WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE LEFT.
THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN A KNEE, RUN OUT THE CLOCK AND WON THE
GAME.
THEY DECIDE THEY’RE GOING TO RUN IT.
THEY FUMBLE IT.
GEORGIA TECH RECOVERS IT AND THEN MIAMI GIVES UP A 44-YARD
TOUCHDOWN PASS WITH LIKE ONE SECOND LEFT ON THE CLOCK.
IT WAS A RIDICULOUS 44-YARD TOUCHDOWN.
IT WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE HAIL MARY’S WHERE HAYNES KING SCRAMBLES
AROUND AND JUST CHUCKS IT UP.
LIKE THE JAVELIN THAT HE USUALLY LOOKS LIKE HE’S THROWING.
YEAH, THIS WAS ESSENTIALLY LIKE FIVE MIAMI DEFENDERS BEING CAUGHT ON THEIR HEELS.
YEAH, AND A GEORGIA TECH RECEIVER RUNNING UNABATED BEHIND THEM CATCHING A BALL IN STRIDE AND GOING INTO THE END ZONE.
SO, ACCURATE GEORGIA TECH WINS IN RIDICULOUS FASHION ON THE ROAD IN MIAMI A GAME THAT I LOCKED UP.
YEAH, 23 TO 20. HOW CAN THAT NOT BE ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS? THAT WAS ONE OF THE MORE
RIDICULOUS COACHING MOVES AT THE END THERE THAT I’VE PERHAPS EVER SEEN. WELL, IT’S YEAH.
IT’S NOT JUST LETTING HAYNES KING THROW WILD. IT’S YOU JUST NEED TO KNEEL THE BALL AND YOU
FUMBLE IT AND THAT’S NOT EVEN THE FIRST TIME IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS. THAT’S LIKE, MARIO
CRISTOBAL DID THAT AT OREGON WITH CJ VERDEL AGAINST STANFORD WHERE THEY JUST NEED TO KNEEL
IT AND I UNDERSTAND BEING AGGRESSIVE AND LEAVING NO DOUBT WHATEVER. WELL, WE’VE BEEN LEFT WITH
SOME DOUBT ABOUT MIAMI CLOSE GAMES. GEORGIA TEXAS LOST A BOWLING GREEN. THEY JUST DEMOTED
THEIR DEFENSIVE COORDINATOR BECAUSE THEY LOST TO THE MIGHTY FALCONS OF BOWLING GREEN AND
GEORGIA TECH JUST WENT INTO MIAMI AND PLAYED A TEAM THAT LOOKS LIKE AN XFL TEAM WITH THOSE
WAS LIKE GLOW IN THE DARK UNIFORM. THOSE ARE ALL BLACK WITH THE NEON GREEN AND ORANGE AND
SOMEHOW SOME WAY THEY WERE ABLE TO WIN THIS GAME AND IT’S POOR COACHING, POOR DECISION
MAKING AND THIS IS THIS IS A GREAT TIME OF YEAR BECAUSE INEVITABLY YOU KNOW TWO THREE
WEEKS INTO THE SEASON. IT’S A VERY LIKE FIRST MONTH OF THE SEASON THING WHERE IT’S JUST
LIKE I DON’T KNOW GUYS. THIS IS LOOKING LIKE A NEW BLANK RIGHT. OH YEAH. THIS IS LOOKING
LIKE A NEW MIAMI. THIS IS LOOKING LIKE MARIO CRISTOBAL TURNED THE OFFENSE TO SHANNON
DAWSON. LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO TEXAS A&M! THEY’RE JUST DRILLING THEM DEEP. DIDN’T
MEAN TO COME ACROSS TALKING LIKE THAT, BUT GEORGIA TECH IS ABLE TO WIN THIS GAME. GEORGIA
TECH WINS TWENTY THREE TWENTY. WE’VE GOT VINTAGE MIAMI. WE’VE GOT VINTAGE LIKE MARIO HAS BROUGHT
MIAMI BACK, BUT JUST TO LIKE THE LOW POINTS OF THE MARK RICHTER ERA OF THE MANNY DIAZ ERA,
NOT NECESSARILY THE BUTCH DAVIS ERA. AND SO LOOK, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE THESE PEAKS AND
VALLEYS ALL YEAR LONG. THEY LIKE TVD LOOK NOT ALL THAT GOOD FOR MOST OF THIS GAME. NOW
THREE INTERCEPTION HAD SOME YEAH, BUT YEAH, I MEAN, I DON’T KNOW HOW YOU LOSE THAT GAME.
I JUST DON’T UGLY GAME FOR EVERYONE OTHER THAN XAVIER RESTREPO.
YEAH,
I THOUGHT I MEAN JAMES WILLIAMS HAD A GREAT PICK IN THERE NEAR THE END OF THE
GAME.
THAT SEEMED LIKE IT WAS GOING TO BE A GAME CHANGER.
NO,
YOU CAN’T LOSE LIKE THIS.
YOU JUST CAN’T THAT’S NUMBER ONE OR TWO.
THAT’S NUMBER ONE OF MY TOP FIVE NUMBER TWO GOOD FOR OKLAHOMA STATE.
GOOD FOR FRIDAY NIGHT,
MAN.
I’VE BEEN RIPPING UP OKLAHOMA STATE SINCE LAST YEAR.
AND THEY JUST CRUISED PAST KANSAS STATE ON FRIDAY NIGHT.
29 TO 21 WAS THE SCORE. IT ALSO FELT LIKE A COMEDY OF ERRORS FOR KANSAS STATE
THEY HAD NO ENERGY IN THIS GAME. I WATCHED THIS GAME. IT PUT ME TO SLEEP
JUST NOTHING NO JUICE WHATSOEVER. OUR BOY THE BRITISH COMEDY LEGEND ALAN BOWMAN IS HEALTHY
HE HAD 235 NO TOUCHDOWNS, BUT NO PICKS THE OKLAHOMA STATE DEFENSE GOT THREE PICKS OFF OF WILL HOWARD
I CREDIT OKLAHOMA STATE BECAUSE I THINK IN THE FACE OF
CRITICISM THROUGHOUT IT’S NOT JUST ME SAYING THAT THE PROGRAM IS DONE
SO THAT THERE’S SOMETHING WRONG WITH THE STRUCTURE OF THE RECRUITING OPERATION AND THE WHAT?
WHATEVER. THIS IS A BIG WIN AGAINST K STATE. K STATE I BELIEVE IS STILL A PRETTY LARGE. SO THAT’S NUMBER TWO
WAIT, BUT WE DON’T KNOW. WE DON’T KNOW IF K STATE’S GOOD. WE HAVE NO IDEA
THEY THEY LOST TO MIZZOU AND NOW THEY’VE LOST TO OKLAHOMA STATE. WE’LL SEE
NUMBER THREE
BOSTON FREAKIN COLLEGE
BOSTON COLLEGE BROUGHT THE ARMY TO WEST POINT, DAN.
WHAT DO I MEAN BY THAT?
BOSTON COLLEGE THREW THE BALL NINE TIMES.
NINE TIMES AGAINST ARMY WEST POINT.
MEANWHILE, THEY RAN IT 61 TIMES FOR 299 AND 44 TOUCHDOWNS.
THEY OUT-ARMY’D ARMY.
THEY WON BY THREE.
I THINK IT WAS A THREE AND A HALF POINTS PLAY.
– ‘CAUSE THEY’RE THE SAME AS EVERY TEAM THEY PLAY.
YEAH.
– THEY WON BY THREE, 27 TO 24.
AS WE SAID, THEY’RE ONLY AS GOOD AS OR SLIGHTLY WORSE THAN ANY OF THE TEAMS IN THEIR SCHEDULE,
BUT BOSTON COLLEGE WITH A DECIDEDLY SERVICE ACADEMY GAME PLAN GOING TO WEST POINT AND
RUSHING FOR 61 ATTEMPTS. THAT’S NUMBER THREE. NUMBER FOUR ON MY LIST IS DRAKE MAYE. I MEAN,
COME ON. THIS WAS A MEDIA AGAINST SYRACUSE. THIS IS A FLASH FRY. THIS IS A FLASH FRY.
THIS WAS JUST A BEAT DOWN MAN.
THIS WAS A BIKE PLAY BOAT RACE.
PLEASE.
IT’S PULLED OUT AHEAD AND THAT WAS IT.
THEY JUST THEY JUST DRIFTED DEEP INTO THE HORIZON.
442 FOR DRAKE MAYE THREE TOUCHDOWNS.
THEY ROUTE SYRACUSE 40 TO 7.
THE NUMBERS ARE OF COURSE GAUDY.
OBVIOUSLY, DRAKE MAYE IS A HEISMAN CANDIDATE.
OBVIOUSLY, GOOD THAT TEZ WALKER GETS TO PLAY NOW BECAUSE THE NCAA
AN EPIPHANY OF SOME SORT. I AM GLAD THAT HE WAS OUT THERE. HE HE GOT IN ON THE ACTION AND I WOULD
EXPECT THAT WE’RE GOING TO SEE MORE OF HIM THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR. BUT THAT IS
NOT EVEN THE MAIN TALKING POINT. THE MAIN TALKING POINT IS THAT SYRACUSE HAD TWO TURNOVERS. THEY
WERE HELD TO JUST 221 YARDS AND SEVEN POINTS. I’VE BEEN SAYING IT. YOU’VE BEEN SAYING IT FOR
THREE WEEKS NOW, BUT NORTH CAROLINA WITH THE DEFENSE WITH THE DEFENSE. I CAN’T BELIEVE
I’M SAYING IT, BUT NORTH CAROLINA WITH A DEFENSE. LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE. NORTH CAROLINA WITH
THE DEFENSE COULD GO 12 AND OH, THEY GO 12 AND OH, THEY COULD PLAY FLORIDA STATE IN THE
ACC TITLE GAME. SURE. PLAY LOUISVILLE IN THE ACC TITLE GAME. THEY GOOD. SO WE HAVE WHAT
WE HAVE MIAMI, VIRGINIA, GEORGIA TECH, THE MIGHTY CAMELS OF CAMPBELL, DUKE, MAYBE WITH
RILEY LEONARD. I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE LATEST ON HIS INJURY DIAGNOSIS IS CLEMSON NC STATE.
THAT’S A TOUGH WAY BOTH ON THE ROAD TO END THE SEASON FOR NORTH CAROLINA. BUT I MEAN,
AFTER THIS WEEK, I THINK IT’S NOT UNREASONABLE TO SAY THEY HAVE LIKE A TOP 30 ISH. NO, NO.
SO I THINK I THINK NORTH CAROLINA, I LOOK, WE ALL LIKE DRAKE MAYE. DRAKE MAYE’S FUN TO
WATCH UNLESS YOU’RE PLAYING AGAINST HIM. BUT THE FACT THAT NOW THERE’S TEZ WALKER ELEMENT
TO THIS, WHICH I THINK MAKES IT MUCH EASIER TO ROOT FOR NORTH CAROLINA THAT THIS WORKED
OUT FOR HIM. THE FACT THAT THEY ARE PERHAPS VERY QUIETLY A WORTHY ADVERSARY FOR A TEAM
LIKE A FLORIDA STATE OR IN THIS CASE, LOUISVILLE. I THINK THAT MAKES HIM VERY INTERESTING. SO
THAT’S MY FOURTH THING FROM THIS PAST WEEK. IT’S A BIG BASKETBALL YEAR, RIGHT? HUGE YEAR
WITH LOUISVILLE AND NORTH CAROLINA EMERGING WITH UCLA EMERGING. THERE’S A
LOT OF BASKETBALL KANSAS. OH, YEAH, DEMOLISHED UCF RIGHT NUMBER FIVE. FIVE
THING FOR ME. YEAH, IOWA STATE’S PANTS.
I MEAN THE WHOLE IOWA STATE EXPERIENCE. YEAH, THE WHOLE IOWA STATE EXPERIENCE.
BUT DID YOU SEE THE PANTS? SO THIS IS THE JACK TRICE. YEAH, HONORING. OKAY, I
I DID THEIR SKIN COLORED. YEAH. SO A LOT OF A LOT OF GUYS PORCUPINE AROUND THE
FIELD. IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE SAYING? IT WAS I SAW SOME FOLKS ONLINE WERE USING
LIKE THE PIXELATION FEATURE OF PHOTOSHOP OR CANVA OR ANY OF THEIR ONLINE
GRAPHICS TOOLS. I THINK THERE’S AN HBO SHOW THAT CAN BE SPUN OFF OF WHAT IOWA STATE MAY HAVE
LIKE THEY COULD JUST OR WHAT IS IT CALLED MAX NOW WHERE IT JUST BE LIKE
NAKED FOOTBALL. THERE’S LIKE A NAKED DATING SHOW THAT WAS NAKED AND AFRAID. YEAH, NAKED
IN AMES. IT WAS RIDICULOUS. YEAH, THAT’S THOSE ARE GOOD THINGS AND THEY WON. THOSE
ARE MY BIG ONE WEARING THOSE UNIFORMS, RIGHT? I MEAN, DON’T BURY THE LEAD HERE. BIG WIN
OVER TCU. YEAH, I THINK IT WAS CHANDLER MORRIS THROUGH A COUPLE PICKS AND GOT HURT. HE’S
HURT. I HE DID GET HURT. I THINK HE GOT ROLLED UP AND HE WAS IN THE INJURY TENT. I SAW THAT
AND ROCCO BECHT DIDN’T DO MUCH, BUT IOWA STATE GOT IT DONE. THEY WERE LED BY THEIR DEFENSE.
ONCE AGAIN, WHAT ARE YOUR TOP FIVE DAN FOR THE WEEK? THAT WAS, I HAVE SO MANY, I HAVE
SO MANY, I HAVE EXACTLY FIVE. UH, NUMBER ONE, AND THIS IS IN A SPECIFIC ORDER. LSU IS TRYING
TO MURDER ITS OWN FANS. LSU IS EITHER GOING TO START THIS. I MEAN, THEY START THE SEASON
IN DISAPPOINTING FASHION AFTER PLAYING A COMPETITIVE HALF AND GETTING BLOWN OUT IN THE SECOND HALF
AGAINST FLORIDA STATE. WE SEE THE SHOOTOUT LOSS LAST WEEK TO OLE MISS. WE SEE A SURVIVAL
AGAINST A VERY DOWN ARKANSAS OFFENSE. AND SOMEHOW SOME WAY THEY’RE ABLE TO PULL OUT
A GAME IN WHICH MIZZOU WAS LIKE, WE’RE GOING TO JUST TRY A BUNCH OF NEW TWO POINT CONVERSION
PLAYS AND HAVE THEM WORK IN THE FIRST HALF.
AND WE’RE GOING TO GET IT TO LUTHER BURDEN IN CREATIVE WAYS. WE’RE GOING TO RUN, WHICH
IS NOT SOMETHING THAT THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO CLAIM THAT THEY’VE BEEN ABLE TO DO. SO THEY’RE
DOING ALL OF THESE NOVEL THINGS. BRADY COOK IS INCREDIBLE ALL SEASON LONG. HE ENDS UP
THROWING TWO INTERCEPTIONS HIS FIRST TWO OF THE SEASON, INCLUDING A BACKBREAKING ONE THAT
LOST THEM THE GAME AT THE END. FRONT DOOR COVER. FRONT DOOR COVER. SORRY, DOGS. AND
THEN MIZZOU, OF COURSE, DECIDES TO ISSUE ITS OWN VERSION OF SHRINKAGE. YOU MEAN SHRINKAGE?
YES. IT’S TRUE. SIGNIFICANT SHRINKAGE. SIGNIFICANT SHRINKAGE. YEAH. SIGNIFICANT. HAROLD PERKINS
IS ALL OVER THE FIELD BECAUSE HE IS THE ONE TRUE GOOD THING IN THE LIVES OF LSU FANS AS
IT RELATES TO THEIR TEAM. BUT AND I WOULD SAY JAYDEN DANIELS IS DOING EVERYTHING. THE
OFFENSE IS IN A GREAT PLACE. THE DEFENSE IS SOFT. THE DEFENSE IS QUITE SOFT. THIS SECONDARY
IS NOT GOOD. THESE LINEBACKERS DO NOT TACKLE. THERE ARE LANES FOR DAYS PLAYING AGAINST THIS
LSU DEFENSE. AND SO TO ME THE STORY WAS LSU SURVIVING, BUT ANTAGONIZING TO A CRAZY DEGREE
THE PEOPLE THAT WANT THEM TO WIN AND BE GOOD.
YEAH, MIZZOU BY THE WAY GOING A LITTLE OVERBOARD WITH THE TIMMY TRUMPET ON THIRD DOWN.
SAW THAT.
IN THE STADIUM. YOU CAN’T UNHEAR IT. IT’S EVERY THIRD DAY. IT’S LIKE ROCKY TOP AT TENNESSEE.
THEY’RE REALLY AGGRESSIVE WITH IT. KUDOS TO BRADY COOK BY THE WAY. BRADY COOK, HE LOST
HIS RECORD. HE THREW AN INTERCEPTION TO I BELIEVE HAROLD PERKINS, BUT WENT 366 PASS
ATTEMPTS WITHOUT AN INTERCEPTION. SO THAT THAT STREAK WAS SNAPPED IN THIS GAME, BUT
LIKE NIGHT AND DAY COMPARED TO LAST YEAR. HE LOOKS SO MUCH MORE COMFORTABLE THIS YEAR.
IT HELPED IN THIS GAME THAT LSU DID NOT HAVE ANY PASS RUSH TO SPEAK OF,
AND HE HAD PLENTY OF TIME TO THROW BACK THERE. BUT MIZZOU IS IN A GOOD PLACE OFFENSIVELY.
THE OFFENSE IS THERE. THEY WHEN THEY WANT TO BE WHEN THEY CARE WHEN THEY’RE AGGRESSIVE. YEAH,
WE SAW IT AGAIN, THOUGH. THEY HAD OPPORTUNITIES WHO HAD OPPORTUNITIES IN THAT SECOND HALF. YEAH,
TO BE AGGRESSIVE AGAINST A SOFT LSU DEFENSE. ALSO, HAROLD PERKINS IS JUST INCREDIBLE. NUMBER TWO,
OR TWO. TODAY IS THE DAY THAT CARSON BECK BECAME PRESIDENT. NO, TODAY IS THE DAY THAT CARSON BECK
BECAME GEORGIA’S QUARTERBACK. I FIRMLY BELIEVE THAT AGAINST KENTUCKY. AND THIS IS A TEAM THAT
HEARD PEOPLE RIGHTFULLY QUESTIONING WHERE GEORGE’S PROGRAM WAS AFTER SOME STAGNANT WEEKS,
ESPECIALLY IN THE LAST WEEK AT AUBURN GETTING PUSHED AROUND ON THE GROUND AND THEY COME
OUT. YOU TALK ABOUT FLASH FIRE WITH NORTH CAROLINA. THIS GAME WAS FOURTEEN NOTHING AND
THAT’S HAPPENING IN THE DURATION OF LIKE A MEDIUM SIZED POOP TIE. THAT’S HAPPENING. IF
YOU’RE JUST LIKE SCROLLING INSTAGRAM REELS OR TAKE TALK FOR A FEW MINUTES UP, NOPE FOURTEEN
NOTHING GEORGIA CARSON BECK WAS INCREDIBLE. BROCK BOWERS WAS INCREDIBLE. THE DEFENSE WAS
INCREDIBLE. I DON’T THINK I WAS ALL THAT HIGH IN KENTUCKY. I WAS LESS SO AFTER WE DID A
DEEP DIVE ON KENTUCKY ON OUR THURSDAY TEAM SPECIFIC SHOW ON VERBALLERS.COM GO TO VERBALLERS.COM
AND POKE AROUND FOR BALLERS.COM. CORRECT. THANK YOU. CARSON BECK WOULD LOOK SO COMFORTABLE
AND HIS TIMING WAS GREAT. HE WAS PROTECTED REALLY WELL. HE WAS SPREADING THE BALL AROUND
AND I THINK YOU JUST YOU HAVE TO UPGRADE. MAYBE IT’S JUST GEORGIA WOKE THE F UP TONIGHT.
MAYBE THAT’S ALL IT WAS, BUT WITH HOW CONFIDENTLY THEY WERE PLAYING, IT WAS GREAT TO SEE BECAUSE
I’M IN NEED OF EXCELLENCE THIS SEASON, DESPERATELY NEEDING EXCELLENCE, AND IT WAS GREAT TO SEE
IT FROM FROM GEORGIA TONIGHT. ALL RIGHT, WHAT DO WE GOT NUMBER THREE NUMBER THREE NUMBER
THREE NUMBER THREE NUMBER THREE. HOW ABOUT THE WYOMING COWBOYS NOT SCORING IN THE SECOND
HALF AND BEATING THE RANKED MOUNTAIN WEST FRESNO STATE BULLDOGS AT ALTITUDE.
THERE IT IS. OF COURSE. I MEAN WYOMING MIGHT BE REALLY GOOD. THEY WERE RIGHT THERE WITH
TEXAS IN THE FOURTH QUARTER. THEY BEAT TEXAS TECH. NOW THEY’RE BEATING FRESNO STATE WHO
WAS KIND OF OWNING THAT MATCHUP. ANDREW PEASLEY JUST A PLAYMAKER DEFENSE CAME UP BIG MADE
PLAYS AGAINST FRESNO STATE. MIKEY KEENE GETS ROLLED UP. SO LOGAN FIFE HAS TO COME IN. THEY
THEY MAKE A VALIANT EFFORT, BUT WYOMING IS ABLE TO HOLD ON SCORING ONCE AGAIN PRECISELY
ZERO POINTS IN THE SECOND HALF OF AN UPSET WIN AT ALTITUDE AT ALTITUDE. DON’T FORGET
AT ALTITUDE NUMBER FOUR. HOW ABOUT DEION SANDERS, COACH PRIME, COLORADO ON DEEP PAC-12 NETWORK?
DEEP PAC, LIKE IT’S THE NUMBER THREE PAC-12 NETWORK TEAM IN THE BOOTH. SHOUT OUT
JORDAN KENT. I LIKE JORDAN KENT A LOT. ARIZONA STATE UP ON THEM, MOVING THE BALL CONSISTENTLY
AGAINST COLORADO BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT YOU DO. AND WE’RE STARTING TO SEE THE TWEETS AND THE
STORIES OF LIKE, OKAY, HERE’S WHAT’S HAPPENING WITH THE COLORADO BACKFIELD RIGHT NOW. SEVEN
TACKLES FOR LOSS, 17 PRESSURES, SIX SACKS, FIRST QUARTER IS ALMOST OVER. AND THAT WAS
TONIGHT AND COLORADO WAS ABLE TO MOVE THE BALL. SHADUR SANDERS ABLE TO MAKE PLAYS AND
THEY HANG ON AGAINST AN ASU TEAM WHO DOES FIGHT VERY HARD FOR KENNY DILLINGHAM AND THIS
STAFF, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE IT’S THE TRENTON BOURGUET. YEAH,
OKAY. YEAH. VERSION OF ASU, BUT GOOD FOR SEE YOU GOOD FOR COACH PRIME AND HIS HIS GOLDEN
HEADPHONES. I DON’T KNOW IF YOU SAW THAT. I SEE. I SAW COMING AWAY WITH THE WIN A COMEBACK
OUT WEST. SO THAT’S NUMBER FOUR. NUMBER FIVE IS ALSO A WEST COAST FOOTPRINT. COME BACK.
HOW ABOUT BOISE STATE TIE? OH MAN, BOISE STATE SCORING TWENTY EIGHT UNANSWERED IN A WINNING
EFFORT OVER SAN JOSE STATE AND IT’S ASHTON JEANTY, THE RUNNING BACK? YEAH, HE
WAS A DUDE LAST WEEK. HE’S GOOD. I TOLD YOU HE’S REALLY GOOD. VERY, VERY GOOD. AND SO
THEY’RE THEY’RE SWITCHING QUARTERBACKS BACK AND FORTH. BOISE STATE GETTING IT DONE. THE
THE MOUNTAIN WEST LOOKS PRETTY OPEN RIGHT NOW, AIR FORCE IN CONTROL, BUT RIGHT NOW THAT’S
MY TOP FIVE, MOSTLY BECAUSE IT’S STILL PAC-12 AFTER DARK TIME.
I MEAN, WE STILL HAVE CAL OREGON STATE, I BELIEVE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER, OREGON STATE
UP 17 AND A BIT OF A SHOOTOUT, 49-32.
USC, FIVE MINUTES LEFT IN THE THIRD, HAS TAKEN THE LEAD AGAINST ARIZONA.
ARIZONA WAS UP 17-0.
CURRENTLY 21-20 USC. YOU LIKE THAT? SO MY FINGERS OVER HERE. I LIKE THAT. THAT’S MY TOP FIVE
RIGHT NOW. THE FIVE I MEAN, ARE THERE OTHER OTHER RESULTS OTHER GAMES ANYTHING THAT STANDS
OUT TO YOU? WE GOT ALERTS. WE GOT DUDE ALERTS. WE HAVE DUDE ALERTS. WHO ARE YOUR DUDES DAN?
IT’S NOT WHO MY DUDES ARE. TY IT’S WHO THE PEOPLE’S DUDES WHO ARE THE PEOPLE’S DUDES.
I’M PULLING IT UP RIGHT NOW. HERE WE GO. DUDE ALERTS. WE’VE GOT ALEX HALE, THE ENTIRE GEORGIA TECH
TEAM, MASON GRAHAM, MARIO CRISTOBAL’S SHRINK, HAYNES KING, ERICK ALL, WHICH BY THE WAY, IOWA
OVER PURDUE. I THINK ERICK ALL HAD 97 OF 110 POSSIBLE RECEIVING YARDS MATCHUP. SO GOOD
FOR GOOD FOR ERICK ALL THE MICHIGAN TRANSFER. TAJH BROOKS GOOD FOR TEXAS TECH BUILDING THE
WHOLE PLANE OUT OF TAJH BROOKS AS THEY GET THEIR COMFORTABLE WIN OVER BAYLOR. JAWHAR JORDAN
FOR LOUISVILLE AND SO GOOD. HE WAS SO GOOD. HE’S SO WE’RE GETTING A LOT OF CRISTOBAL
HERE. KANSAS IS OFFENSIVE LINE. DID YOU SEE EXACTLY HOW KANSAS BEAT UCF? THEY WON IN MY
MOST FAVORITE WAY AND YOU DESCRIBE THIS A LITTLE BIT WITH BOSTON COLLEGE. THEY VERY
QUICKLY LEARNED THAT UCF WAS JUST LETTING THEM GLIDE TO THE END ZONE ON THE GROUND LIKE
WHAT IF WE JUST RUN IT EVERYONE WE JUST CAN WE DO THAT IS THAT ALLOWED IS THAT WE JUST
STOP THROWING AND THEY DID. THEY JUST KEPT ON RUNNING AND THEY RAN ALL OVER QUITE LITERALLY
UCF. SO GOOD FOR THE KANSAS OFFENSIVE LINE. GOOD FOR THE KANSAS OFFENSE IS THEY’RE GOING
TO BECOME ONE OF THE MORE ENTERTAINING SECOND HALF OF THE YEAR TEAMS. I’M SURE GIVEN THE
SORT OF WIDE OPEN NATURE OF MOST OF THE BIG 12 AND WE’RE GOING TO GET TO THAT IN ONE SECOND.
ONE OTHER NAME HERE. YES. TEMPLE’S EJ WARNER, 42 OF 65 FOR 472 AND FIVE TOUCHDOWNS IN A
LOSS TO UTSA AT HOME. THAT IS A TOUGH PILL TO BY THE WAY, A COUPLE OTHER DUDES JUST WHILE
WE’RE ON THE DUDE TOPIC, TREY BENSON, TREY BENSON, FLORIDA STATE, THEY PLAYED VIRGINIA
ATTACK SLOW DOWN EIGHTEEN POINT FIVE EIGHTEEN POINT TWO YARDS PER RUSH. I THINK IT EIGHTEEN
CARRIES FOR TWO HUNDRED YARDS. SO FLORIDA STATE GOT GOING ON THE GROUND. JACOB ZENO
YOU REMEMBER THAT NAME I DO. HE’S NOW THE QUARTERBACK AT UAB. THEY SLICED AND DICED
AND SHREDDED USF. SO TRENT DILFER MAYBE HIS MESSAGE ON THE IS RESONATING WITH THE BLAZERS
OF OF UAB. SO THAT’S GOOD. IT’S LIKE THE TEACHER IN CHARLIE BROWN. YES, HE VERY MUCH IS.
OKAY, SHOULD WE GET INTO SOME QUESTIONS?
LET’S DO A FEW QUESTIONS. WE SAVED SOME TIME FOR IT.
I WANT TO ASK YOU A BUNCH OF QUESTIONS.
AND I WANT TO HAVE THEM ANSWERED IMMEDIATELY.
ANDREW ON TWITTER WANTS US TO RANK THE BIG 12 TEAMS OUTSIDE OF TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA.
OOH, THAT’S DIFFICULT.
OKAY, WE DON’T EVEN GOT A RANK OF ALL.
LET ME ASK YOU A BETTER QUESTION. RANK 3 THROUGH 5.
3 THROUGH 5 IN THE BIG 12 RIGHT NOW.
YEAH.
IT’S HARDER THAN YOU’D THINK.
OKAY, I’M GONNA SAY WEST VIRGINIA, TEXAS TECH, KANSAS STATE WITH A LITTLE BIT OF THE BENEFIT
OF THE DOUBT IN THERE. I THINK THAT’S CRAZY. I THINK YOU GOTTA PUT KANSAS STATE IN THERE.
I THINK YOU HAVE TO PUT WEST VIRGINIA IN THERE. WEST VIRGINIA BEAT TEXAS TECH. IF YOU FEEL
BETTER ABOUT TEXAS TECH NOW THAT WAS SHOUGH GETTING HURT AND BEHREN MORTON COMING IN. BUT
LIKE, DO YOU WANT KANSAS OVER KANSAS STATE?
BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T LOST AN EMBARRASSING MATCHUP?
I WOULD PUT BYU IN THERE.
YOU PUT BYU?
THAT’S NOT UNREASONABLE.
I THINK BYU, IF ONLY ON THE POWER OF THEIR DEFENSE, THEIR DEFENSE HAS BEEN PRETTY GOOD.
OKAY.
I’D BE INCLINED TO PUT BYU IN THERE.
THE REST, HONESTLY, FROM TOP, I THINK HOUSTON’S PROBABLY THE WORST.
HOUSTON’S PROBABLY THE WORST RIGHT NOW.
YOU THINK HOUSTON’S WORSE THAN BAYLOR RIGHT NOW?
I THINK HOUSTON’S WORSE THAN BAYLOR, YEAH.
BUT I THINK BEYOND THAT, AND REALLY, YOU GET OUTSIDE OF THOSE TOP TWO TEAMS, WHICH I DO
BELIEVE ARE A RUNG ABOVE THE REST IN THE BIG 12, THAT DOES NOT MEAN THEY WON’T LOSE TO
ONE OF THOSE OTHER SCHOOLS IN THE BIG 12, BECAUSE WE’VE BEEN WATCHING BIG 12 FOOTBALL
LONG ENOUGH TO KNOW THAT THAT WILL HAPPEN THE DEEPER WE GO INTO THE SEASON.
OH, WE DIDN’T MENTION KANSAS.
HOW DO WE NOT MENTION KANSAS?
SO KANSAS…
WELL, I SAID, SHOULD WE SWAP KANSAS IN FOR KANSAS STATE?
YEAH.
SO KANSAS DEFINITELY IS, I THINK, IS…
ONE OF THOSE THREE?
KANSAS, KANSAS STATE, AND I WOULD INCLUDE
EITHER WEST VIRGINIA OR BYU.
AND NOT TEXAS TECH?
YEAH, NOT TEXAS TECH.
I THINK I WOULD PUT TEXAS TECH OVER
KANSAS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK I WOULD, BUT I DON’T KNOW.
NEXT QUESTION?
NEXT QUESTION FROM MIKE MIKE MIKE
ON INSTAGRAM.
IF IOWA PLAYED WITH… YOU’RE GONNA THINK I’M ASKING
THIS QUESTION TO BE A JERK. I’M NOT.
IT’S A SERIOUS QUESTION. IT’S NOT YOUR QUESTION. IT’S MIKE, RIGHT?
IT’S MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE MIKE’S QUESTION.
IF IOWA PLAYED WITH NO WIDE RECEIVERS, WOULD THE OFFENSE BE BETTER?
YES
IT WOULD BE BETTER BECAUSE YOU WOULDN’T HAVE TO WASTE TIME IN PRACTICE
TEACHING RECEIVERS TO RUN ROUTES AND BLOCK ON THE OUT
YOU JUST FILL IT UP WITH TIGHT ENDS. IF IOWA WENT FULL NAVY, FULL ARMY, FULL BOSTON COLLEGE IN TODAY’S DAY AND AGE. RIGHT
THEY JUST RAN 14 PERSONNEL OR 23 PERSONNEL OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT ALL THE TIME IF THEY JUST DID THAT WOULD THEY BE BETTER?
THEY’RE KIND OF ALREADY DOING IT. WELL, BECAUSE OF HOW DISAPPOINTING THEIR OFFENSIVE LINE
HAS LOOKED AT TIMES THIS YEAR, THEY COULD CERTAINLY USE MORE TIGHT ENDS ON THE FIELD.
I GUESS I THINK THEY LOST THEIR BEST TIGHT END AND LUKE LACHEY EARLIER IN THE YEAR. YEAH.
YOU KNOW WHAT IT WOULD POINT TO? IT WOULD POINT TO A VERY SPECIFIC VISION AND IDENTITY,
WHICH I DON’T THINK THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW. AND LOOK, THEY’VE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO THIS. THEY
SO LIKE IF YOU WERE TO GIVE, YOU KNOW, A VAT OF TRUTH SERUM TO KIRK FERENCE, WHICH IS PROBABLY
JUST REGULAR COKE, CONSIDER DIET COKE OR SOMETHING, THEN YOU ARE GOING TO GET AN ANSWER OF LIKE,
YEAH, LET BUILD THE WHOLE TEAM OUT OF SAM LAPORTA OR WHATEVER. THAT’S HIS DREAM. SO
YES, THEY WOULD BE BETTER BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE A VERY SPECIFIC IDENTITY TO PLAY TO IN
THE WAY THAT LIKE SERVICE ACADEMIES DO OR AIR RAID TEAM. THAT’S RIGHT. THEY WOULD BE
VERY, VERY SPECIFIC.
I WILL, BY THE WAY, BEAT PURDUE.
I WAS FIVE AND ONE,
ALBEIT KIND OF AN UGLY FIVE ONE.
THEY STILL DOING THE REVERSE FROSTING
IS ALIVE.
FIRST FROSTING IS ALIVE.
24 TEAM.
IOWA WINS FINAL QUESTION ON THE DAY.
TOM ON INSTAGRAM.
YEAH, IS YOUR TOP FOUR?
AFTER WEEK SIX.
TOP FOUR TEAMS RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE GO MICHIGAN AND GEORGIA
IN SOME ORDER MICHIGAN DEMOLISHED,
MINNESOTA AND GEORGIA DEMOLISHED
KENTUCKY. THAT WAS A QUALITY WIN. I AGREE. OBVIOUSLY, TEXAS
FALLS OUT OF THAT EQUATION. TEXAS WAS UP THERE PRETTY HIGH.
UM, THE QUESTION IS, HOW GOOD DO YOU FEEL ABOUT OKLAHOMA AFTER
THAT TEXAS WIN? AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE REST OF COLLEGE
FOOTBALL? WE’VE GOT A SLEW OF TEAMS THAT, UM, YOU COULD MAKE A
PRETTY GOOD CASE FOR THEM IN THAT FOUR SPOT.
OKAY, I WOULD IT WOULD BE GEORGIA, MICHIGAN, OKLAHOMA AND NUMBER FOUR.
OH MAN, WASHINGTON, I GUESS WASHINGTON. YEAH, I THINK IT’S OREGON. OREGON HAD THEIR STRUGGLE
ON THE ROAD AGAINST TEXAS TECH. FLORIDA STATE HAD THEIR STRUGGLE ON THE ROAD AGAINST BOSTON COLLEGE.
OHIO STATE HAS HAD LIKE HALVES OF STRUGGLING AND THE INDIANA GAME, EVEN THOUGH IT’S WEEK ONE,
IT STILL WAS LIKE A WEIRD, WEIRD RIDE FOR ME.
USC’S DEFENSE IS NOT PLAYOFF WORTHY.
HERE’S THE WILD.
LIKE, DO YOU PUT ALABAMA THERE?
NOT YET.
YOU PUT ALABAMA AHEAD OF TEXAS.
I DON’T THINK YOU CAN.
I DON’T THINK YOU CAN.
SO I’D PROBABLY DO GEORGIA, MICHIGAN, OKLAHOMA, AND WASHINGTON.
YEAH, I THINK I THINK THAT’S THE MOVE.
AND THAT’S THE MOVE.
I DON’T KNOW HOW ELSE YOU DO IT.
IT’S GOING TO GET INTERESTING, THOUGH.
I MEAN, AGAIN, I STAND BY WHAT I SAID BEFORE.
THIS COULD BE THE KIND OF YEAR WHERE EVERYBODY LOSES.
THAT BEING SAID,
BOTH OUR TOP TWO TEAMS
IN THE FORM OF GEORGIA
AND MICHIGAN WERE RESOUNDING
VICTORS IN WEEK 6.
YES. SO, UNLESS
SOMETHING DRASTIC CHANGES,
THAT WILL PROBABLY REMAIN THE
CASE THROUGHOUT THE DURATION
OF THE SEASON, BUT WE’LL SEE. UNLESS
THEY PULL A MIAMI AND JUST FUMBLE
IT AT AN INOPPORTUNE TIME.
IT COULD HAPPEN. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT COULD HAPPEN. CLEMSON BEAT WAKE FOREST BY FIVE NORTHWESTERN
BEAT HOWARD BY THREE ON HOMECOMING DAY. NAVY BEAT NORTH TEXAS. ANY OTHER ACTION? ROCKY
LOMBARDI AND NORTHERN ILLINOIS DESTROYED AKRON, FLORIDA, YOUR FLORIDA GATORS COMFORTABLY BEAT
VANDY. YEP. ANYTHING TIE ANYTHING. CAN I GET ANYTHING FROM YOU? NO OTHER RESULTS. HOW ABOUT
LAFAYETTE TAKING IT TO PRINCETON 12-9. DUDE, I’M WINDED FROM THIS. FROM THIS STRETCH OF
THREE WEEKS, I’M WINDED. LONGTIME PENN STATE FAN, TY HILDENBRANDT. THAT’S RIGHT. I SWAPPED
MY SHIRT OUT. WE ARE. WHICH BY THE WAY, THE BIG TEN SCHEDULE CAME OUT. WE’LL TALK ABOUT
THAT ON ANOTHER SHOW. THAT FEELS LIKE AN OFF-SEASON TOPIC. BUT NEXT YEAR, BIG TEN SCHEDULE. WE’LL
TALK ABOUT. AND THE YEARS TO COME. WE GOT SOME PENN STATE-OREGON CROSSOVER COMING. WE
WILL TALK ABOUT. SO LOOK, MAKE SURE YOU HIT FOLLOW OR SUBSCRIBE WHEREVER IT IS THAT YOU
LISTEN TO THIS SHOW, PLEASE LEAVE US A RATING OR A REVIEW.
WE OF COURSE APPRECIATE YOUR SUPPORT.
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FEATURES, GET AD-FREE EPISODES.
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WE DO SCHEME BREAKDOWNS.
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IF YOU LIKE THE SHOW, DAN RUBENSTEIN, UM, WE ARE RECORDING THIS LATE AT NIGHT.
IT HAS BEEN QUITE A DAY.
IT’S BEEN QUITE A FEW WEEKS FOR ME.
THANK YOU.
OKAY.
CONTINUE.
JUST GO DEEP WITH THAT.
LET’S CALL IT AN EVENING.
WE WILL CATCH YOU ALL.
UH, I DON’T EVEN KNOW WHEN.
EARLIER ON IN THE WEEK.
THANK YOU EVERYBODY FOR LISTENING, MAN.
I CAN’T BELIEVE THEY LOST THAT GAME FOR THAT GUY.
DAN RUBENSTEIN FOR MYSELF, TY HILDENBRANDT.
STAY SOLID.
PEACE.