Episode Description
After four long years, Ty and Dan embark on another Tues Cruise, scouting the potential icebergs lurking ahead for teams atop the College Football Playoff rankings like Georgia, Michigan, Florida State, Ohio State, and Washington. In this college footbal podcast episode, they scout which upcoming opponents can sink otherwise promising playoff runs.
AHOY, MATEYS!
HEHEHEHEHEHE.
OH, DOES IT FEEL GOOD TO HEAR THAT?
IT’S NOT AN ACCORDION.
IT’S THE SMALL ACCORDION, RIGHT?
I DON’T KNOW WHAT IT IS!
I AM YOUR CAPTAIN, TY HILDENBRANDT.
HE IS YOUR LIEUTENANT, DAN RUBENSTEIN.
AND THIS, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN FOUR YEARS,
IS THE TWO’S CRUISE!
DAN, WE BROUGHT IT OUT OF THE BOATEL,
SCRAPED THE BARNACLES OFF,
BEEN CLEANING THE SHIP ALL SEASON LONG.
NO TIME LIKE THE PRESENT, SIR.
WELCOME BACK ABOARD.
OH, THE SMELL OF THE SALTY AIR, TY, ONCE AGAIN.
THE DIGITAL SALTY AIR AS THE SOUNDS ARE WAFTING OFF OF IT.
IT’S THE CONCERTINA, BY THE WAY.
THE SMALL, LITTLE ACCORDION.
LOOK, IT’S FILLING ME WITH A GOOD AMOUNT OF JOY.
AND CANNOT WAIT TO GET INTO THIS EPISODE, TY,
BECAUSE I THINK WE HAVE QUITE THE FUN EXERCISE AHEAD OF US.
INDEED WE DO!
SO LOOK, GIVE US A SUBSCRIBE OR FOLLOW,
WHEREVER IT IS YOU FIND YOUR PODCASTS.
WE DID THIS STYLE OF EPISODE FOUR YEARS AGO.
THE LAST TIME WE DID IT WAS IN 2019.
WE HAD A TUESDAY EPISODE.
WE CALLED IT THE TUES CRUISE.
IT WAS A COLLEGE FOOTBALL SHOW.
IT WAS WEIRDLY, BUT AMUSINGLY, NAUTICALLY THEMED.
EVERYTHING HAD A BOAT THEME TO IT.
AND WE DECIDED TO BRING THIS OUT OF RETIREMENT.
IF ONLY FOR THIS WEEK, I DON’T KNOW.
WE’LL SEE HOW IT GOES.
WE’LL SEE.
THERE WAS A GAME THAT HAPPENED LATE INTO THE NIGHT
BETWEEN ARIZONA AND OREGON STATE.
I HIT MY CATURDAY NIGHT LIVE PARLAY, THANKS TO…
LOOK AT YOU!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
THANKS TO ARIZONA WINNING THAT GAME 27-24.
PERHAPS WE COULD TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT GAME
IF WE WANT TO, BUT THE THOUGHT THAT CAME TO MIND FOR US WAS
AS WE LOOK OVER THE SCHEDULE, THE REST OF THE WAY,
ESPECIALLY IN THE PAC-12,
OREGON STATE, ESPECIALLY, IS A BIG FREAKING ICEBERG,
ARE THEY NOT?
THEY ARE!
ABSOLUTELY.
WITH OREGON ON THE ROAD AND WASHINGTON AT HOME IN CORVALLIS,
I BELIEVE.
BUT YES, THEY ARE ABSOLUTELY A BIG IMPEDIMENT
SITTING THERE IN THE ICY WATERS OF NOVEMBER
AHEAD OF BOTH THE PLAYOFF HOPES OF THE OREGON DUCKS
AND WASHINGTON HUSKIES.
SO WITH THAT BEING FRONT OF MIND,
LET’S TALK ABOUT NOVEMBER ICEBERGS, DAN.
YES.
OKAY, SO THIS IS…
THIS IS THE EXERCISE TIME.
BY THE WAY,
I MOURN ALL WHO WERE LOST ABOARD THE TITANIC IN 1912?
DOES THAT SOUND RIGHT?
YOU WERE JUST AT THE MUSEUM, WEREN’T YOU?
I WAS AT THE TITANIC MUSEUM IN BELFAST.
BIG FAN OF BELFAST.
THE MUSEUM WAS FASCINATING,
AND I ENJOYED THE JOKE THAT A LOT OF LOCALS HAD
THAT WAS LIKE, “IT WAS FINE WHEN IT LEFT.”
IT WAS ABSOLUTELY IN GOOD SHAPE
WHEN IT WENT DOWN THAT SLIP INTO THE WATERS
AND MADE ITS WAY THROUGH THE UK BEFORE HEADING WEST.
SO THIS IS WHAT WE’RE GOING TO DO.
WE’RE GOING TO LOOK AT SCHEDULES AHEAD
AND FIGURE OUT WHERE TOP 10-ISH TEAMS
HAVE A THREAT IN THE COMING ICY WATERS OF NOVEMBER.
BY THE WAY, REAL FEEL IN THE 20S HERE
IN THE CHICAGOLAND AREA AHEAD OF HALLOWEEN.
NOT MY FAVORITE THING AS I TALK ABOUT ICY WATERS.
SO I’M CALLING THIS GAME
THE ICEBERGS AHEAD OF THE TIDANIC.
THAT’S TERRIBLE.
AND I APPRECIATE YOU SELLING THAT A LITTLE BIT
BEFORE WE STARTED THE SHOW.
SHOULD WE START WITH NUMBER ONE, GEORGIA?
YEAH, LET’S START WITH GEORGIA.
GEORGIA… GEORGIA’S INTERESTING, RIGHT?
SO GEORGIA’S SCHEDULE THE REST OF THE WAY
IS MISSOURI IN WEEK 10, OLE MISS IN WEEK 11,
ON THE ROAD AT TENNESSEE IN WEEK 12,
AND THEN AT GEORGIA TECH,
WHO KNOWS WHAT WE GOT WITH GEORGIA TECH AT THIS POINT,
TO CLOSE THINGS OUT WEEK 13,
ALL IN ADVANCE OF WHAT I THINK WE’D ASSUME
IS THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME,
MAYBE AGAINST ALABAMA.
WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT AND FIND OUT MORE.
I WILL SAY, DESPITE THE FACT THAT
THEY LOOKED DAMN IMPRESSIVE THIS PAST WEEK
AGAINST FLORIDA WITH CARSON BECK
HAVING FULL COMMAND OF THE OFFENSE,
NEVER ONCE FLUSTERED,
THEY RAN AWAY AND HID, WON THAT GAME 43-20.
I LOOK AT THE SCHEDULE,
AND IT’S A FORMIDABLE SCHEDULE.
THAT’S NOT TO SAY THAT GEORGIA WON’T RUN ROUGH SHOT
OVER ALL OF THESE TEAMS IN FRONT OF THEM,
BUT MISSOURI’S NOT A BAD TEAM.
OLE MISS IS NOT A BAD TEAM.
TENNESSEE ON THE ROAD,
YOU COULD SEE THAT POINT SPREAD BEING INSIDE OF 10.
HYPOTHETICALLY CHALLENGING.
HYPOTHETICALLY CHALLENGING.
THE GEORGIA TECH GAME,
I’M SORRY, GEORGIA TECH PEOPLE,
I WON’T PAY THAT ONE A WHOLE LOT OF MIND.
AND THEN THERE’S THE CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
WHEN WE DID THIS EXERCISE AT THE START OF THE YEAR
AND WE PREVIEWED GEORGIA’S SCHEDULE,
WE SAID THIS SETS UP REALLY, REALLY WELL FOR THEM.
I DON’T THINK OTHERWISE,
BUT I WILL SAY IN TERMS OF ICEBERGS,
THERE ARE CERTAINLY ICEBERG OPPORTUNITIES HERE.
COMPARED TO WHAT I THOUGHT AT THE START OF THE YEAR,
I THINK MORE ICEBERGS NOW THAN I THOUGHT FOUR MONTHS AGO.
WHICH ONE IS THE MOST PRONOUNCED?
WHICH ONE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS TO YOU?
AND I’LL EVEN LET YOU INCLUDE A POTENTIAL SEC CHAMPIONSHIP
MATCHUP AGAINST ALABAMA OR LSU,
EVEN THOUGH THAT SEEMS MORE OBVIOUS.
SO OF THESE FOUR, WHICH IS THE MOST OBVIOUS?
MISSOURI, OLE MISS, TENNESSEE ON THE ROAD.
OF THOSE THREE GAMES,
EVEN THOUGH I THINK THE TENNESSEE POINT SPREAD WILL BE LOWEST,
AND I THINK THE OLE MISS POINT SPREAD WILL BE LOWER
THAN THE ONE THIS WEEK AGAINST MIZZOU,
I ACTUALLY THINK MIZZOU IS THE BIGGER THREAT.
BECAUSE MIZZOU PLAYED THEM TIGHT LAST YEAR
IN A VERY ODD GAME IN COLUMBIA.
AND THIS IS A TEAM THAT HAS GOTTEN BETTER
THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE YEAR.
THEY’RE LIKE THE 20TH BEST TEAM,
DEPENDING ON WHERE YOU WANT TO LOOK.
THEY PLAY SOUND DEFENSE.
THEIR OFFENSE HAS A FAIR AMOUNT OF BALANCE TO IT.
AND I GOT TO BELIEVE THAT ELI DRINKWITZ IS GOING TO HAVE THEM
REALLY FIRED UP TO PLAY THIS GAME ON THE ROAD.
SO THEY’RE A 16-POINT DOG.
I EXPECT GEORGIA TO WIN.
I DO THINK MIZZOU FINDS A WAY TO KIND OF KEEP THIS ONE
WITHIN THE NUMBER.
OKAY. I MEAN, THAT’S REASONABLE.
AND SO, YEAH, THEY’RE BOTH, I MEAN,
MIZZOU IS COMING OFF OF A BUY.
GEORGIA IS NOT AHEAD OF IT.
SO THAT’S A NICE LITTLE ADVANTAGE FOR THE TIGERS.
AND MIZZOU IS TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.
SO IT’S A DOUBLE-DIGIT WIN AGAINST TENNESSEE,
A DOUBLE-DIGIT WIN AGAINST SOUTH CAROLINA.
THEY WERE DRIVING TO BEAT LSU
UNTIL THEY THREW, UNTIL BRADY COOK THREW THAT PICK SIX.
THAT’S RIGHT.
SO THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN THERE.
AND YOU HAVE THE BYE WEEK.
IF THE GAME WERE IN COLUMBIA, I THINK I’D LIKE IT MORE.
BUT I TEND TO AGREE,
EVEN THOUGH THE MIZZOU DEFENSE ISN’T WHERE IT WAS
THESE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS,
I THINK THEY APPEAR TO BE THE MOST COMPLETE TEAM.
I JUST, I, I, I HESITATE, MAN.
I GUESS IT’S, IT’S THE PICK, I THINK.
YEAH.
TENNESSEE HAS BEEN TOO INCONSISTENT.
OLE MISS HAS BEEN FINE AND A GOOD TEAM.
BUT I JUST DON’T SEE LANE KIFFIN AND BIG GAMES
AS BEING THAT GUY.
I DON’T KNOW. I THINK I’M GOING MIZZOU.
I THINK MIZZOU’S THE ANSWER.
AND, AND BY THE WAY, THAT DOESN’T REALLY TALK MUCH
ABOUT THE POTENTIAL MATCHUP, I THINK, WITH ALABAMA,
I GUESS WE WOULD SAY, OUT OF THE WEST.
ALABAMA HAS IMPROVED.
ALABAMA STILL HAS THE SAME QUESTIONS AS BEFORE.
I THINK JALEN MILROE HAS GOTTEN BETTER.
I THINK THE OFFENSE HAS ADAPTED AROUND HIM.
BUT IF YOU’RE PUTTING THE ALABAMA AGAINST GEORGIA,
I STILL TAKE GEORGIA.
YEAH, AS DO I.
ALL RIGHT, LET’S GO TO MICHIGAN, DAN.
LET’S.
LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR MICHIGAN.
SORRY.
YOU DON’T HAVE TO PLAY IT EVERY TIME. IT’S OKAY.
LET’S TALK MICHIGAN.
MICHIGAN THE REST OF THE WAY.
PURDUE THIS WEEKEND.
STOP YOU RIGHT THERE. PURDUE.
YEAH, RIGHT.
ON THE ROAD AT PENN STATE,
ON THE ROAD AT MARYLAND,
CLOSE OUT THE YEAR, OF COURSE,
THAT GAME AGAINST OHIO STATE.
BIGGEST ICEBERG FOR YOU.
IT’S, IT’S GOT TO BE OHIO STATE TO ME,
EVEN THOUGH THAT GAME IS AT HOME.
I NEED A COMPLETE TEAM TO BEAT MICHIGAN.
AND I, IF WE ARE PUTTING EVERYTHING OFF THE FIELD,
BUT NEAR THE FIELD, ALLEGEDLY, ASIDE FOR MICHIGAN,
WITH A PLAIN VIEW OF A SIDELINE,
I THINK IT’S OHIO STATE JUST BECAUSE THE COMBINATION
OF OFFENSIVE FIREPOWER AT ITS BEST
AND A DEFENSE THAT’S BEEN QUITE GOOD
AND CERTAINLY A GAME THAT’S BEEN FRAUGHT WITH EMOTION,
EVEN THOUGH MICHIGAN’S WON THE PAST COUPLE YEARS.
I STILL HAVE IT AS OHIO STATE
BECAUSE IF YOU OFFERED ME KYLE MCCORD
AND MARVIN HARRISON
AND A QUESTIONABLE OFFENSIVE LINE
OR DREW ALLAR AND KLS,
I DON’T KNOW WHO YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT
IN TERMS OF THAT DANGER
AND A QUESTIONABLE OFFENSIVE LINE
AND A HOME CROWD, MIND YOU.
BUT WITH, WITH WHAT LOOKED TO BE
BOTH EXCELLENT DEFENSES,
I THINK I’M GOING TO GO WITH OHIO STATE THERE.
SHOULD WE SPEND TIME TALKING ABOUT MICHIGAN-IOWA
AND THE BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP?
TWO YEARS AGO, RIGHT?
WAS IT 42-3 BEING THE FINAL THERE?
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE POINTS PER WEEK?
I’VE GOT A, I’VE GOT A CALCULATION IN FRONT OF ME.
I DON’T THINK THIS IS.
SO THIS IS THE TY MODEL?
THIS IS THE TY MODEL.
THE MODEL T, IF YOU WILL.
MODEL T.
I THINK MICHIGAN WOULD BE FAVORED BY
17 AND A HALF?
24.
24. JEEZ.
24 POINTS, WHICH I THINK IS FAIR.
LOOK, IOWA DOESN’T SCORE ANY POINTS.
YOU’VE GOT TO SCORE SOME POINTS TO BEAT MICHIGAN.
FOR AS MUCH AS IT PAINS ME TO SAY THE ANSWER
WITH THE WAY THE DEFENSE IS PLAYED,
I THINK THE ANSWER IS OHIO STATE.
I WOULD LOVE NOTHING MORE THAN TO SAY
PENN STATE ON THE ROAD.
BUT PENN STATE HAS REPEATEDLY TOLD US
THIS SEASON WHO IT IS ON OFFENSE.
AND IT IS FRANKLY ON YOU, ON US, ON ANYBODY
IF YOU DECIDE YOU DON’T WANT TO BELIEVE THEM.
IF YOU DECIDE YOU DON’T WANT TO BELIEVE THEM.
THERE WAS THIS NARRATIVE GOING INTO THAT
OHIO STATE GAME.
I KEEP COMING BACK TO THIS BECAUSE I WAS GUILTY
OF IT AS WELL.
I DIDN’T FULLY BUY IN AND SAY,
WELL, THEY’VE JUST BEEN HOLDING SOMETHING BACK
THE FIRST SEVEN WEEKS OF THE SEASON.
I DIDN’T FULLY GO THERE WITH IT.
I DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT A LOT
OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WERE TALKING ABOUT.
HOW’D THAT WORK OUT?
WE KNOW EXACTLY WHAT PENN STATE IS AT THIS POINT.
THEY’VE BEEN SCREAMING IT ALL SEASON LONG.
I WILL ADMIT THE PERFORMANCE WE SAW AGAINST INDIANA
WAS FAR BELOW EVEN THE LOWEST OF EXPECTATIONS
AFTER THAT OHIO STATE GAME.
BUT PENN STATE AIN’T IT, MAN.
THEY AIN’T IT.
IF THEY CAN’T FIGURE OUT A BETTER SOLUTION OUT WIDE,
IF THEY CAN’T GET DREW ALLAR TO FULLY UNCORK
THAT BEAST OF AN ARM WE KNOW HE HAS HIDING UNDER THERE,
THAT’S ON THEM.
THAT’S ON THEM.
AND THE ANSWER HERE HAS GOT TO BE OHIO STATE.
OKAY, CAN I ASK YOU JUST BECAUSE WE’RE ON IT
AND I DON’T WANT TO JUST JUMP BACK AND FORTH.
PENN STATE’S OBVIOUS ICEBERG BECAUSE THEY’RE STILL
IN IT WITH ONE LOSS AND THEY CAN STILL WIN THE BIG TEN.
THEY CAN STILL GO 12-1 AND GET TO THE COLLEGE BOWL
PLAYOFF WITH AN UNEXPECTEDLY CRAZY IMPRESSIVE FINISH.
YEAH, I MEAN PENN STATE’S GOT MICHIGAN,
SO THAT’S THE OBVIOUS ICEBERG.
SO CAN YOU TAKE 37 TO 52 SECONDS AND TALK TO ME
ABOUT HOW PENN STATE MIGHT BE ABLE TO AT HOME
SUFFOCATE MICHIGAN?
PENN STATE’S GOT TO MAKE IT A SLOP FEST.
THEY’VE GOT TO MAKE IT A SLOP FEST AND IT’S ALMOST,
I THINK, COUNTERINTUITIVE, BUT THEY NEED TO FULLY
TAKE AWAY THE PASSING GAME FROM J.J. MCCARTHY.
AND THEY NEED TO MAKE MICHIGAN AS ONE-DIMENSIONAL
AS POSSIBLE.
MICHIGAN HAS THRIVED BEING ONE-DIMENSIONAL,
SO THAT’S WHY IT’S COUNTERINTUITIVE.
BUT YOU NEED TO FULLY ELIMINATE THE PASSING GAME,
WHICH I DON’T THINK THEY CAN DO.
AND YOU NEED TO FORCE MICHIGAN TO BE EXCLUSIVELY
A RUNNING TEAM.
SHORTEN THE GAME AND HOPE THAT YOU CAN GET SOME PUSH
UP FRONT BECAUSE I AM NOT AT ALL CONFIDENT
IN THEIR PASSING ATTACK AT THIS POINT.
THEY NEED TO FIND SOME WAY, IF THIS IS THE IDENTITY
THAT JAMES FRANKLIN WANTS TO PUT OUT INTO THE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL ETHER, THAT THEY ARE A RUNNING TEAM
BEHIND THEIR OFFENSIVE LINE AND NICK SINGLETON
AND KAYTRON ALLEN.
FULLY COMMIT TO IT, SHORTEN THE GAME, MAKE IT SLOPPY,
AND WIN CLOSE.
THAT’S THE ONLY WAY, THE ONLY FORMULA,
IS TO DO JUST THAT.
BECAUSE IF THIS THING STARTS GETTING OUT OF HAND,
IF MICHIGAN CAN PASS, IF THEY’VE GOT THEIR FULL
WEAPONRY AVAILABLE TO THEM ON OFFENSE, PENN STATE’S
NOT GOING TO WIN.
I ALMOST WOULD RATHER HAVE PENN STATE NEED TO WIN
THROUGH THE AIR, EXCUSE ME, MICHIGAN NEED TO WIN
THROUGH THE AIR.
THAT LIKE, WE HAVE THE EVIDENCE THAT J.J. MCCARTHY
IN A COUPLE OF BIG GAMES HAS STRUGGLED.
RIGHT?
AT LEAST IN THE PLAYOFF GAME AGAINST TCU WITH THOSE
PICK SIXES AND DIDN’T EXACTLY MEET THE MOMENT.
HE’S GREAT AND HE IS MAYBE, YOU KNOW, HAVING ONE OF
THE BEST TWO OR THREE SEASONS FOR A QUARTERBACK
THIS YEAR.
BUT IF YOU’RE SAYING, I WANT TO FORCE MICHIGAN TO
BEAT ME ON THE GROUND, I THINK THAT’S THE PREFERRED
MODE FOR MICHIGAN STILL.
I THINK MICHIGAN WITH THEIR CONSTANT THREAT OF THE RUN,
EITHER WITH BLAKE CORUM OR WITH J.J. MCCARTHY,
THEIR ABILITY TO USE THAT TO OPEN UP THE PASS
MAKES THE OFFENSE WAY MORE DANGEROUS.
THEY HAVEN’T HAD TO REALLY RELY ON THAT BECAUSE
THEY HAVEN’T PLAYED A NEW ONE THAT’S FORCED THEM TO.
PENN STATE’S PROBABLY GOOD ENOUGH TO FOCUS IN ON
ONE ASPECT OF THAT OFFENSE.
AND I THINK IF THEY CAN TAKE AWAY THE PASS AND MAKE
IT SO THAT MICHIGAN IS ENTIRELY ONE DIMENSIONAL,
SHORTEN THE GAME.
THAT’S A GREAT WAY TO SHORTEN THE GAME, PROVIDED YOU
DON’T MAKE MISTAKES, PROVIDED YOUR OFFENSE, AGAIN,
CAN FIND SOME WAY TO GET SOME PUSH UP FRONT,
WHICH I’M NOT AT ALL CONFIDENT IN.
I THINK THAT’S THE WAY TO WIN.
I THINK THE ONLY WAY YOU WIN IS IF IT’S LIKE 17-16.
OKAY. AND HERE’S THE GREAT NEWS.
I DON’T THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE LOOK AT THAT MATCHUP
AND SAY, PENN STATE HAS A REAL SHOT HERE.
IT’S MICHIGAN’S FIRST TRULY REAL GAME.
RIGHT?
THAT’S RIGHT.
AND SO THERE IS SOMETHING TO MICHIGAN HAVING A
TERRIFIC IDEA OF WHO THEY ARE, BUT NOT A FULL PICTURE
UNTIL THEY’RE ABLE TO SEE WHAT THEY CAN DO AGAINST
A GAME LIKE THAT, AGAINST AN OPPONENT LIKE THAT.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT FLORIDA STATE. IN OUR VERBALLER
TOP 12 POLL JUST RELEASED SHORTLY BEFORE WE HIT RECORD.
IT DOES GO GEORGIA, MICHIGAN, AND THEN FLORIDA STATE,
THIRD.
FLORIDA STATE’S IN AN INTERESTING SPOT, MAN.
THEY’RE IN AN INTERESTING SPOT.
I LOOKED AT THE SCHEDULE.
I KEEP LOOKING AT THE SCHEDULE, AND I THINK IN TRUE
COLLEGE FOOTBALL FAN FASHION, KEEP TRYING TO FIND
ICEBERGS ON HERE.
BUT I THINK THE STORY AT THE END OF THE DAY IS
THEY’RE PROBABLY A DOUBLE-DIGIT FAVORITE AGAINST
EVERY TEAM ON THE SCHEDULE.
AND IF THEY PLAY LOUISVILLE IN THE CHAMPIONSHIP,
PROBABLY A DOUBLE-DIGIT FAVORITE THERE AS WELL.
WOW.
IT DOES NOT SEEM TO ME LIKE THERE’S A WHOLE LOT
IN THE WAY OF FLORIDA STATE JUST RIPPING THROUGH
THIS THING.
I GUESS I MIGHT GO FLORIDA ON THE ROAD, AND I HATE
USING THAT, BUT I THINK THAT’S WHAT I’M GOING TO GO
WITH FOR FLORIDA STATE HERE.
JUST BECAUSE I’M NOT A… WHAT WE’VE SEEN FROM TVD
LATELY, I CAN’T GET ON BOARD WITH MIAMI, AND I THINK
HE’S JUST HURT IN ALL LIKELIHOOD.
I THINK I’M GOING FLORIDA AT HOME.
I THINK IN THAT SORT OF RIVAL, WE SAW WHAT, A COUPLE
YEARS AGO, FLORIDA AT HOME?
YEAH.
ONE, EVEN WITH AN INTERIM COACH AND SEEMINGLY HAVING
THEIR BACK AGAINST THE WALL, AND FLORIDA STATE
LOOKING LIKE THEY HAD MUCH MORE GOING FOR IT.
I THINK THAT’S MY ANSWER.
FLORIDA JUST GOT MANHANDLED THIS WEEK BY GEORGIA.
GOT MANHANDLED BY GEORGIA THIS PAST WEEK.
OKAY.
AND FLORIDA STATE ALMOST LOST TO BOSTON COLLEGE.
FLORIDA STATE ALMOST LOST TO BOSTON COLLEGE.
BY THE WAY, SOMEBODY SUGGESTED ON DISCORD, AND I LOVE
IT, WE SHOULD START REFERRING TO BOSTON COLLEGE AS
THE NINE AND THREE GOALS.
OH, I LIKE THAT.
I DON’T LOVE HIGHLIGHTING THE LOSSES, BUT THAT’S A
NUMBER THAT YOU CAN GET ON BOARD WITH HERE IF YOU’RE
A BOSTON COLLEGE FAN.
THERE’S ANOTHER THING WITH FLORIDA STATE TOO.
YOU KNOW WHAT HASN’T AGED WELL?
NEEDING TO WIN THE LAST SECOND AGAINST CLEMSON.
YEAH.
FLORIDA STATE’S REALLY GOOD.
VERY TRUE.
FLORIDA STATE’S REALLY, REALLY GOOD.
FLORIDA STATE BEAT LSU, MAYBE THERE’S SOME STEAM
OUT OF THAT WIN.
MAYBE THERE’S SOME STEAM OUT OF THE CLEMSON WIN.
THAT WAS A HELL OF A FOOTBALL GAME.
EITHER WAY, IF YOU’RE A COLLEGE FOOTBALL FAN.
SINCE THEN, IT’S BEEN VIRGINIA TECH, SYRACUSE, DUKE,
AND WAKE FOREST.
YEAH.
ALL OF THOSE GAMES HAVE BEEN RUNAWAY TRAINS.
THE REST OF THE WAY, THIS WEEK IT’S AT PITT, A HEALTHY
FAVORITE THERE.
COME BACK HOME AGAINST MIAMI, OBVIOUSLY A BIT OF A
RIVALRY EFFECT THERE.
WHO KNOWS?
NORTH ALABAMA, AND THEN THEY GO ON THE ROAD TO FINISH
THINGS OUT IN THE SWAMP AT FLORIDA.
THE OBVIOUS ANSWER IS FLORIDA, I THINK.
YEAH.
FLORIDA’S A POPULAR SEASON.
I’M NOT AS HIGH ON LOUISVILLE, EVEN THOUGH I PICKED
THEM TO WIN AND WON A BET ON LOUISVILLE THIS PAST WEEK
AGAINST DUKE, AND THEY LOOK VERY IMPRESSIVE IN DOING SO.
BUT I THINK THE OBVIOUS ANSWER IS FLORIDA.
IT HAS TO BE.
I THINK SO.
NEXT TEAM.
NEXT TEAM’S OHIO STATE.
YOU LOVE THAT SOUND.
OKAY.
OHIO STATE.
SO LOOK, OBVIOUSLY IT’S MICHIGAN.
IS THERE ANOTHER TEAM THERE, THOUGH, ON THE REST OF
OHIO STATE’S HERE?
WE WERE LIKE, LOOK, I’M GOING TO FIGURE OUT THE
SCAFFOLDING TO BUILD UP AN ARGUMENT.
SO THE REST OF THE WAY, THEY’VE GOT RUTGERS, THEY’VE
GOT MICHIGAN STATE, THEY’VE GOT MINNESOTA, AND THEY’VE
GOT MICHIGAN.
IT’S CLEARLY RUTGERS ON THE ROAD.
IT’S PROBABLY RUTGERS ON THE ROAD.
LETDOWN SPOT AFTER, YOU KNOW, NETWORK TV GAME, MARIA
TAYLOR ON THERE ON THE SIDELINE.
I THINK IT’S RUTGERS ON THE ROAD IS LIKE THE CLEAR
ANSWER.
OF THE REMAINING GAMES ON THIS SCHEDULE, IF YOU TAKE
MICHIGAN OUT OF IT, THE NEXT BEST OFFENSE IS RUTGERS.
IT’S WILD.
RUTGERS, MICHIGAN STATE, MINNESOTA, THE OTHER THREE
TEAMS.
THE NEXT BEST OFFENSE IS RUTGERS AND RUTGERS HAS PLAYED
REALLY WELL AS A DEFENSIVE UNIT.
OHIO STATE THIS WEEK, A VERY HEALTHY FAVOR, BUT THE
GAME IS ON THE ROAD IN PISCATAWAY.
YOU KNOW, WE’VE MADE A LOT OF THE FACT THAT RUTGERS
IS BOWL ELIGIBLE.
OBVIOUSLY A GREAT STORY.
THERE’S SIX AND TWO COMING INTO THIS GAME.
THEY ARE RECEIVING VOTES IN THE LATEST TOP 25 POLL.
I ALSO THINK DON’T THEY EMBODY THE SPIRIT OF THIS GAME
REALLY, REALLY WELL.
OUR OUR TITANIC GAME, RIGHT?
THAT THEY’RE SORT OF OUT OF NOWHERE.
STOP IT OUT OF NOWHERE.
RUCKER THE RUTGERS ICEBERG GETTING IN THE WAY OF THIS
BIG POWERFUL OHIO STATE STEAM, WHATEVER.
I DON’T KNOW.
I DON’T THINK RUTGERS WINS, BUT I THINK THEY EMBODY
THE ICEBERG SPIRIT BETTER THAN MICHIGAN HERE.
I MEAN, THIS WOULD TRULY BE PANDEMONIUM IN PISCATAWAY
PART.
AND I SAW SOME FOLKS ON TWITTER.
I THINK IT WAS OUR FRIEND BUD, BUT ELLIOT MENTIONED,
YOU KNOW, WE HAVEN’T REALLY SEEN THE FULL CHAOS YET.
RIGHT.
WE KNOW IS LURKING UNDER THE SURFACE FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
IT JUST HAPPENS EVERY YEAR THIS TIME IN NOVEMBER.
AND YEAH, THIS WOULD BE A BIG ONE.
I DON’T HAVE MUCH FAITH IN MICHIGAN STATE AT THIS POINT.
MICHIGAN STATE, I THINK IS ALREADY AT THE BOTTOM.
MINNESOTA PLAYS NO OFFENSE.
THEY PLAY OKAY ON DEFENSE.
NO OFFENSE TO SPEAK OF.
OBVIOUSLY, THE MICHIGAN GAME IS THE BIG ONE.
BUT BEYOND THAT, I JUST BY DEFAULT, I THINK IT’S GOT TO BE
RUTGERS.
YEAH, NEXT, NEXT TEAM UP.
STOP IT.
WASHINGTON.
OKAY, WASHINGTON.
SO WASHINGTON HAS THE ROAD GAME AGAINST OREGON STATE.
WAZZU HAS SORT OF COME BACK DOWN TO EARTH.
THEY HAVE OREGON IN A POTENTIAL PAC-12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
USC ON THE ROAD THIS COMING SATURDAY.
YES, DUDE, THIS IS A TOUGH SCHEDULE.
THE REST IS ALL ICEBERGS.
IT’S ALWAYS A WHOLE SCHEDULE OUT OF ICEBERGS.
WASHINGTON’S FINAL FIVE.
IF IT’S FIVE USC, UTAH, OREGON STATE, WAZZU, WAZZU IS LESS OF
ONE LESS PRONOUNCED ICEBERG AND POTENTIALLY OREGON AND VEGAS.
THE TOTAL FOR THE GAME THIS WEEK.
IT DEPENDS WHERE YOU LOOK.
I SAW IT AT 78 AND A HALF AT ONE POINT.
I THINK YOU SAID 77.
IT’S UPPER 70S.
I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO COME DOWN A WHOLE LOT.
THERE’S A GOOD REASON TO EXPECT A LOT OF POINTS THERE.
WASHINGTON’S ONLY A FOUR-POINT FAVORITE.
LOOKS LIKE A FUN AS HELL SHOOTOUT.
DESPITE WHAT YOU THINK OF USC, THEY CAN SCORE POINTS.
USC THIS WEEK POSES, I THINK, AN OBVIOUS THREAT.
WHAT ABOUT UTAH?
DOES UTAH POSE A THREAT GIVEN THE WAY IT PLAYS DEFENSE?
YEAH, I DON’T THINK THEY’RE GETTING THROUGH NOVEMBER UNSCATHED.
AND SO NOW IT’S A QUESTION, WHICH IS WHAT THE WHOLE GAME IS.
LIKE, WHERE’S THE ACTUAL ICEBERG?
I THINK IT’S EITHER USC OR OREGON STATE.
I DON’T THINK UTAH TRAVELS ALL THAT WELL.
AND I THINK THEY’RE JUST WASHINGTON’S DEFENSE SHOULD PERFORM WELL ENOUGH
AGAINST UTAH’S OFFENSE.
AND I THINK WASHINGTON’S OWN OFFENSE WILL SUCCEED.
SO I’M NOT TERRIBLY WORRIED ABOUT UTAH IN THAT SPECIFIC SPOT BECAUSE,
I DON’T KNOW, THEY’RE BEAT UP, THEY’RE THIN.
I’M GOING TO SAY IT’S OREGON STATE IN THIS MOMENT,
EVEN THOUGH USC MIGHT BE BETTER BUILT TO HANDLE WASHINGTON
BECAUSE IT SEEMS THE STRENGTH OF THEIR DEFENSE IS THE BACK END.
THEY’VE GOT SOME OPPORTUNISTIC DBS, WHEREAS THE FRONT ISN’T GOOD,
BUT WASHINGTON DOESN’T RUN ALL THAT WELL.
SO I’M GOING TO SAY OREGON STATE IN CORVALLIS IN A SANDWICH SPOT
AFTER UTAH POTENTIAL BODY BLOW BEFORE THE APPLE CUP.
OREGON STATE IN CORVALLIS WITH HOPEFULLY NOT MAKING TERRIBLE
FAKE FIELD GOAL DECISIONS LIKE THEY DID AGAINST ARIZONA.
CAN WE TALK ABOUT THAT FOR A SECOND?
THE SECOND ATTEMPT? YEAH.
I MEAN, JUST A BRUTAL, BRUTAL DECISION FROM JONATHAN SMITH.
END OF THE FIRST HALF IS WHAT I’M REFERRING TO.
YEAH. END OF THE FIRST HALF.
THEY’VE GOT THREE POINTS JUST SORT OF WAITING FOR HIM.
MID-RANGE FIELD GOAL, I’D SAY, BUT VERY MAKEABLE.
YEAH. IT’S CLEAR THAT IF YOU RUN A FAKE, THE TIME’S GOING TO EXPIRE
ON THE CLOCK IN A CLOSE GAME, A GAME THAT WE ALL KNEW GOING IN
WAS GOING TO END UP BEING CLOSE.
AND RATHER THAN TAKE THE THREE ON THE ROAD, THEY LOSE BY THREE.
I SHOULD SAY CONVENIENTLY ENOUGH, THEY LOSE BY THREE ON THE ROAD.
RATHER THAN TAKE THE OBVIOUS THREE, THEY DECIDE THEY’RE GOING TO RUN
THE KICKER, BASICALLY JUST HANDED OFF THE KICKER AND RUN IT UP THE MIDDLE.
TOSS. YEAH. YEAH. WHATEVER. HE GETS LIKE MAYBE EIGHT YARDS.
AND THEN EVERYBODY JUST GOES IN AT HALFTIME LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED.
AND YOU DIDN’T YOU DIDN’T HEAR HIDE NOR HAIR OF IT.
THE REST OF THE GAME.
THERE WERE A COUPLE OF REFERENCES TO IT FROM THE ANNOUNCING CREW.
LIKE, YEAH, THAT THREE POINTS COULD HAVE COME IN HANDY, BUT JUST A
VERY CURIOUS DECISION FROM AN OTHERWISE SOLID TEAM.
WELL, IT WAS IT WAS THE SPECIFIC. I MEAN, LOOK, THAT’S A TERRIBLE,
TERRIBLE FIELD GOAL DECISION OR FAKE FIELD GOAL DECISION, AS WE KNOW.
BUT IF YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE THOSE KINDS OF STONES THAT SIZE,
SO BOY US IN THAT MOMENT, YOU BETTER HAVE A PLAY THAT GETS A BALL TO A
FAST DUDE. SO OBVIOUSLY AND CLEANLY, RIGHT? THAT SHOULD BE SOMEHOW
SILAS BOLDEN IS HIDING ON THE SIDELINE. ONE OF THOSE TYPE PLAYS.
THAT’S SO OBVIOUS IF IT’S THERE. AND IF IT’S NOT THERE, YOU CALL IT OFF.
BUT TO TOSS IT TO THE KICKER TO GET 22 YARDS OR WHATEVER ON THE GROUND.
YEAH, UNLESS YOUR KICKER IS LIKE JEROME BETTIS, RIGHT? I DON’T.
AND EVEN THEN HE’S GOOD FROM TWO OUT. IT WAS AND I THINK JONATHAN SMITH
IMMEDIATELY REGRETTED IT AFTER THE GAME. BUT YOU HAVE TO LIKE A LOOK SO
MUCH AND YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PLAY THAT SO BULLETPROOF AND NEITHER ONE OF
THOSE THINGS WERE TRUE. AND SO IF IT WERE LIKE 20 SECONDS LEFT IN THE
FIRST QUARTER. YEAH, SITUATIONALLY. OKAY, BUT AT THE END OF THE SECOND
QUARTER GOING INTO HALF GIVING THE TEAM THAT YOU KNOW IS GOING TO BE CLOSE
WITH YOU ALL GAME MORE MOMENTUM. ARIZONA GETTING THE BALL IN THE SECOND.
I JUST I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT WAS. MAYBE THERE WAS SOME SORT OF
INTERFERENCE IN THE PLAY CALL, BUT MAYBE CONNOR STALIONS IS OUT THERE
CHAT, BUT WHATEVER LIKE JUST A VERY VERY ODD CALL A JONATHAN SMITH, BUT
SO OREGON STATE IS YOUR WASHINGTON ICEBERG. YEAH, I THINK OREGON STATE’S
BECAUSE OF THE THE HEIGHTS OF DJ U THIS YEAR THEIR ABILITY TO RUN THE
BALL. IT’S A REBUILT OR AN EXPANDED RESEARCH STADIUM AND IT’S YOU KNOW,
WE’RE GETTING DOWN TO THE LAST OF OREGON STATE IN THE PAC-12. SO THEY’RE
CERTAINLY GOING TO BE OUT FOR BLOOD AGAINST TEAMS LIKE WASHINGTON AND
WHOEVER ELSE THEY HAVE ON THEIR HOME SCHEDULE ANYBODY BUT CERTAINLY ON THE
ROAD AGAINST OREGON AND THAT RIVALRY GAME. SO YEAH, I THINK THE DEFENSE IS
STILL GOING TO BE AN ISSUE. IT’S A BAD MATCHUP FOR THEM DEFENSIVELY BECAUSE
I JUST DON’T THINK THEY HAVE THE SECONDARY TO HANG WITH WASHINGTON, BUT
OREGON STATE’S OWN ABILITY TO CONTROL THE BALL ON THE GROUND. I THINK MAKES
FOR A POTENTIAL DISASTER FOR THE HUSKIES. LET’S TALK ABOUT TEXAS. OH,
TEJAS! YEAH, TEXAS. RIGHT NOW NUMBER SEVEN IN OUR VERBAL OR TOP 12 POLL, TEXAS
AN INTERESTING POSITION NOW LOST OF COURSE TO OKLAHOMA COUPLE WEEKS AGO
BACK IN WEEK SIX, BUT OKLAHOMA LOST AS WELL THIS PAST WEEKEND IN THE KANSAS
GAME. HERE’S HOW IT SETS UP FOR TEXAS THE REST OF THE WAY THIS WEEK A BIG
TIME GAME AT HOME AGAINST K STATE FOLLOWING WEEK ON THE ROAD AT TCU
FOLLOWING WEEK ON THE ROAD AT IOWA STATE WHO IS ALSO PLAYING REALLY WELL AS
OF LATE AND THEY CLOSE THINGS OUT AT HOME AGAINST TEXAS TECH IN ADVANCE OF
WHAT I THINK WE ASSUME IS A BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME RIGHT NOW LOOKS LIKE
A REMATCH WITH OKLAHOMA, BUT OKLAHOMA WILL TALK ABOUT THEIR ICEBERGS ON
PATREON AS WELL. SO AS YOU LOOK AT TEXAS DAN, WHICH ONE TO USE SCARES YOU THE
MOST AT IOWA STATE AND I DON’T LOVE IOWA STATE BECAUSE OF THEIR OFFENSE. IF
KANSAS STATE WERE ON A NEUTRAL FIELD OR AWAY. I JUST I THINK KANSAS STATE’S THE
BEST TEAM. I THINK IOWA STATE IS THE MOST DANGEROUS SITUATION IF THAT MAKES
ANY SENSE. LIKE I THINK KANSAS STATE SHOULD BE IOWA STATE FARM AGAIN AND TO
END THE YEAR, BUT IOWA STATE, ESPECIALLY IF THAT GAMES AT NIGHT AS SOMEBODY SENT
US A STAT. I SAW SOMEWHERE ANYWAY THAT IOWA STATE AT NIGHT IN AMES IS
SOMETHING LIKE 27 OF THEIR LAST 30. SO THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DANGER
THERE THAT DEPENDING ON QUINN YOU WERE HIS HEALTH AND MALIK MURPHY’S
AVAILABILITY AND DEVELOPMENT QUICKLY THAT IS CONCERNING TO ME. SO YEAH,
THAT’S THE SITUATION OVER TEAM MOMENT FOR ME. WHAT ABOUT YOU RIGHT NOW? THE
PROJECTED MARGIN THAT I HAVE IS 14. OKAY FOR THAT GAME LATER. YEAH, IF I GOT
14 POINTS, I WAS STAYED AT HOME AT NIGHT. I WOULD TAKE THAT IN A HEARTBEAT
IN AN ABSOLUTE HEARTBEAT. I THINK IOWA STATE’S GOT TO BE THE ANSWER. THE
K-STATE GAME THIS WEEKEND IS INTERESTING, BUT THAT’S HOME AND I FEEL LIKE
THEY’RE GOING TO BE A LOT OF BETTERS REALLY HIGH ON K-STATE BECAUSE THEY HAVE
BEEN NAILS THE LAST TWO WEEKS. THEY’VE LOOKED REALLY, REALLY GOOD. I AGAINST
TEAMS A COMBINED SEVEN AND NINE. YEAH, AND TCU IN HOUSTON. YEAH, RIGHT, BUT I
THINK THERE’S GOING TO BE A FAIR AMOUNT OF STEAM ON K-STATE BECAUSE FOLKS WANT
K-STATE TO WIN BY LIKE TEXAS. HONESTLY IN THAT MATCHUP THE IOWA STATE GAME
THOUGH, IOWA STATE’S GOT A TOP 10 DEFENSE. THEY DON’T DO MUCH ON OFFENSE,
BUT YOU CAN SEE A WORLD IN WHICH THEY CAN MUDDY THAT UP ENOUGH TO KEEP IT CLOSE
AND HAVE A SHOT LATE AND IF IT’S AT HOME AT NIGHT, WE’VE SEEN ROCCO BET PULL
SOME HEROICS HERE IN THE EARLY PART OF THE SEASON. SO I WOULD NOT BE AT ALL
OPPOSED TO GOING IOWA STATE AS OUR ICEBERG. I ASSUME THAT GAME WE DOESN’T
HAVE A KICKOFF TIME, RIGHT? NOT AS OF YET. AT LEAST NOT THAT I’M SEEING A TBD
NOVEMBER 18TH. YEAH, BUT THAT’S A PRETTY BIG ONE PRETTY BIG ONE GOING INTO WHAT
I THINK AT THAT POINT IN WEEK 12 TEXAS GETS THROUGH K-STATE AND TCU. THEY’RE
PROBABLY THINKING THEY’RE ON A GLIDE PATH FOR THE BIG 12 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.
THAT’S THE NEXT THING THAT THEY’RE THINKING OF AND I WORRIED ABOUT TEXAS TECH
IN WEEK 13. THEY’RE WORRIED ABOUT OKLAHOMA OR WHOEVER THEY GOT TO PLAY IN
THE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME FIRST WEEKEND OF DECEMBER. SO AND IOWA STATE AT THAT
POINT, I KNOW THE FARMAGEDDON GAMES KIND OF LIKE A BIG DEAL, BUT THIS IS THE
DE FACTO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP. IF YOU’RE IF YOU’RE A CLONES FAN, RIGHT? THIS
IS THE ONE THAT YOU’VE GOT CIRCLED. YOU COULD PLAY SPOILER WHO KNOWS WHERE I WAS
STATES AT, YOU KNOW, YOU COULD FINISH THE YEAR 8 AND 4 9 AND 3. I DON’T THINK
THAT’S OUT OF THE QUESTION. SO THIS WOULD BE A REALLY BIG DEAL FOR THEM TO MAYBE
GET ONE OVER ON TEXAS AGAINST SOMETHING THAT THEY HAVE DONE RECENTLY. SO I’M WITH
YOU. LET’S GO THE CALL AWAY BIG 12 ABSOLUTELY NEEDS TEXAS TO LIKELY WIN OUT.
YEAH TO GET INTO THE PLAYOFF BECAUSE IF TEXAS DOESN’T WIN OUT AND THEY GET THAT
SECOND LOSS AND OKLAHOMA ONE LOSS AGAINST KANSAS IS COMPARED AGAINST A
POTENTIAL BIG TEN CHAMPION WITH ONE LOSS AND MICHIGAN MIGHT BE IN THAT
CONVERSATION BECAUSE OF THEIR SCHEDULE AS FOR LIKE BEING LEFT OUT WITH ONE LOSS.
OHIO STATE HAS THE WIN AT NOTRE DAME OREGON AT LEAST, YOU KNOW, WENT ON THE
ROAD AND PLAYED A POWER FIVE TEAM. IF THEY WIN WASHINGTON HAS BEEN GREAT. I
MEAN THE PAC-12 NEEDS A ONE LOSS OKLAHOMA TO BE IN THAT CONVERSATION. IF
THEY HAVE A CHANCE, IT’S ALL OVER THE PLACE. THIS IS GOING TO PLAY OUT MUCH
CLEANER OVER THIS NEXT MONTH. BUT WITH THE NUMBER OF UNDEFEATED AND ONE LOSS
TEAMS IN THIS MOMENT, IT’S KIND OF FASCINATING. DO YOU HAVE LIKE A TOP FOR A
FEW HOURS OR LIKE 30 HOURS AHEAD OF THE ANNOUNCEMENT TOMORROW? YEAH, I STILL
THINK I’M MICHIGAN ONE. I GO MICHIGAN ONE. I GO GEORGIA TO I GO FLORIDA STATE
THREE AND I THINK I GO OHIO STATE FOR I OKAY. LOOK I MY ACTUAL OPINION IS THAT
OREGON IS BETTER THAN WASHINGTON. IF WE ARE BEING HONEST HERE, I THINK OREGON IS
BETTER THAN WASHINGTON. I THINK OREGON HAS A BETTER CHANCE TO WIN A PLAYOFF
GAME THAN WASHINGTON DOES. OKAY, I WOULD HAVE OREGON AHEAD OF WASHINGTON
KNOWING THAT THE HEAD-TO-HEAD DATA POINT IS MEANINGFUL AND I THINK I’M OKAY WITH
YOUR TOP FOUR, ESPECIALLY AFTER OHIO STATE THESE LAST COUPLE WEEKS A NICE ROAD
WIN AGAINST WISCONSIN AND CERTAINLY THE WIN AGAINST PENN STATE IS VERY
MEANINGFUL. SO LOOK WE’RE GOING TO DO OREGON. WE’RE GOING TO DO ALABAMA
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