The Week 7 Campfire: Reacting to Oregon-Washington, USC-Notre Dame + the Rocky Lombardi Picture Show & CFB Roasts – College Football Podcast for 10/15

WELCOME TO THE SOLID VERBAL.
DANIEL, WEEK 7, OFFICIALLY
IN THE BOOKS, GATHER ROUND THE CAMPFIRE ONE AND ALL.
OH, OH, IT’S IT’S CRACKLING.
TY, IT’S CRACKLING.
GET THOSE EMOTIONS OUT.
PERHAPS THE NEXT HOUR OR SO CAN SERVE AS A CATHARSIS FOR YOU, WHEREVER YOU MAY BE.
THANK YOU FOR LISTENING TO THE SOLID VERBAL. I’M TY.
HE’S DAN.
WE HAVE A FULL CAMPFIRE THEME THIS EVENING.
WE WILL DIVE IN NOT TO THE FIRE, BUT TO THE CONTENT.
I PROMISE YOU MOMENTARILY.
DAN RUBENSTEIN JOINING ME FROM THE WEST COAST, SORT OF WHERE IT ALL STARTED
RIGHT HERE ON THE SOLID VERBAL
RECORDING THIS A LOT EARLIER IN YOUR TIME ZONE.
YEAH, IT’S THE BEST.
IT’S THE BEST.
TY, I THINK I HAVE MORE ENERGY.
I’M AT A BUDDY’S PLACE RIGHT NOW IN THE IN THE WEST COAST, IN L.A.
AND QUITE EXCITED, EVEN THOUGH I’M GOING TO PROBABLY HAVE TO GO
THROUGH SOME EMOTIONS TO GET TO THE FINISH LINE OF THIS SHOW.
I ARGUE THAT MIGHT EVEN MAKE FOR A BETTER SHOW.
HOPEFULLY. I DON’T KNOW.
WELL, THAT’S THE POINT, RIGHT?
IF WE’RE SITTING AROUND THE CAMPFIRE, THAT’S WHAT YOU DO AT A CAMPFIRE.
YOU SIT AROUND, YOU GET YOUR EMOTIONS OUT, YOU PLAY,
YOU PLAY SOME GUITAR POORLY IN MOST CASES.
YOU TELL STORIES.
THAT’S WHAT THIS IS.
IT’S AN HOUR OF STORYTELLING.
IT JUST SO HAPPENS WE’VE GOT A LOT OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL TO TALK ABOUT.
LET’S GET ROLLING WITH OUR
FIRE STARTERS. LET’S DO IT.
WE’LL CAST A WAY TO GET THINGS STARTED.
DAN RUBENSTEIN, WASHINGTON, 36,
OREGON, 33, THE OREGON DUCKS.
OREGON DUCKS HAD IT, DAN.
THEY HAD HIM. IT FELT LIKE THEY HAD HIM.
IT FELT LIKE DAN LANNING WAS A LITTLE BIT LIKE THE GUY AT THE BLACKJACK TABLE
WHO JUST DECIDES, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE’RE GOING TO SPLIT THE SIXES.
I’M ENJOYING MYSELF.
I JUST WANT TO PRESS MY LUCK.
AND THEN IT ALL SORT OF GOES WRONG AND YOU BUST ON BOTH HANDS.
HE DECIDES TO GO FOR IT AND FOR IT DOWN.
DOESN’T WORK OUT.
GIVES THE BALL BACK TO MICHAEL PENIX.
MICHAEL PENIX DOES WHAT MICHAEL PENIX DOES.
MADE HIM PAY.
AND THAT’S HOW WASHINGTON ENDED UP WINNING.
I KNOW THERE WAS A LOT MORE THAT WENT INTO IT, BUT THAT’S CERTAINLY HOW IT ENDED.
I KNOW YOU POSTED A VIDEO OUT ON THE YOUTUBE CHANNEL.
PEOPLE CAN GO WATCH THAT.
BUT BEFORE I WAX POETIC ABOUT MY THOUGHTS ON THIS GAME
AND BO NIX AND PENIX AND WHATEVER ELSE, DAN LANNING,
WE HAD PEOPLE CALLING IN ABOUT DAN LANNING. WHAT WERE YOUR THOUGHTS?
HOW MUCH TIME DO YOU HAVE, TY?
OK, SO BIG PICTURE, THE GAME RHYTHMICALLY SORT OF WENT HOW WE THOUGHT IT WOULD GO.
RIGHT. THAT IT, MICHAEL PENIX
REALLY THREW SOME INCREDIBLE BALLS AND WASHINGTON ACTUALLY RAN BETTER
THAN I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO, ALTHOUGH OREGON HASN’T BEEN STRONG
AGAINST THE RUN THIS SEASON.
BUT LOOK, EVERYBODY’S GOING TO TALK ABOUT A SINGULAR THING IN THIS GAME
FOR AS GREAT AS MICHAEL PENIX APPEARED TO BE AT TIMES,
ESPECIALLY HE WAS BEAT UP IN THAT SECOND HALF.
HE WAS TAKING SOME SHOTS.
HE WAS HURT IN THAT SECOND HALF.
AND HE WAS AND WAS AN ABSOLUTE WARRIOR STAYING IN THERE, HANGING IN THERE,
ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY GOT THE BALL BACK AT MIDFIELD, DRIVING DOWN
TO TO TAKE THE EVENTUAL COMMANDING AND WINNING TOUCHDOWN.
THE IT’S A DECISION THING, AND IT’S AN EXECUTION THING FOR OREGON
BECAUSE OREGON WAS ABLE TO CLIMB BACK INTO THIS GAME BECAUSE OF THEIR DEFENSE,
BECAUSE THEIR PASS RUSH, BECAUSE OF THEIR ABILITY TO GET OFF THE FIELD
AGAINST AN EXCELLENT OFFENSE IN WASHINGTON.
IT WAS NOT CONVERTING FOURTH DOWNS.
IT WAS NOT TAKING THE POINTS AFTER THAT INTERCEPTION.
FREE POINTS, I WOULD I WOULD REMIND YOU, AND I’M VERY MUCH A
A PROPONENT OF BEING AGGRESSIVE, THAT THIS WAS A TOUCHDOWN PARTY.
AND IT’S HARD TO WIN GAMES THAT ARE TOUCHDOWN PARTIES WITH FIELD GOALS.
BUT IN THE CASE WHERE YOU’RE ABLE TO FLIP THE FIELD AND GIVE YOURSELF
AN EXTRA POSSESSION RIGHT BEFORE HALF AND YOU’RE GETTING THE BALL BACK TO START
AND YOU HAVE THAT OPPORTUNITY, THAT MIDDLE EIGHT OPPORTUNITY,
IT’S ALWAYS EASY IN RETROSPECT TO SAY, TAKE THE POINTS.
YOU GOT TO TAKE THE POINTS.
ABSOLUTELY. TAKE THE POINTS.
I LIKE AGGRESSION.
BUT WHAT WAS CLEAR WAS OREGON WAS NOT PREPARED TO EXECUTE
IN THOSE HIGH LEVERAGE MOMENTS.
THEY DID NOT HAVE THE PLAYS.
THEY DID NOT HAVE WINNING PLAYS ON FOURTH AND SHORT ON THIRD AND SHORT ALL THAT OFTEN.
AND SO THAT WAS THE DIFFERENCE.
LIKE, I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO SEPARATE DECISIONS FROM RESULTS.
BUT ALSO, IF YOU’RE MAKING DECISIONS AND THE PLAYS, YOU’RE RUNNING SEEM UNINSPIRED
AND DON’T GIVE YOU A LIKE AN INCREDIBLE CHANCE.
LIKE THEY WEREN’T RUNNING BO NIX, RIGHT?
THERE WEREN’T IT WASN’T A ZONE READ SITUATION WHERE HE WAS A RUNNING THREAT.
THEY COULD COLLAPSE ON THE RUN WITHOUT WORRY FOR THAT.
LIKE I THINK JOE MOORHEAD CALLING THIS OFFENSE.
THIS IS AN OREGON WIN.
NOW, WE DON’T EXIST IN THAT REALITY, BUT I THOUGHT THIS WAS A
A PRETTY TELLING SITUATION FOR THE STATUS OF OREGON’S OFFENSE,
WHICH I THINK IS THE BEST PRETTY GOOD OFFENSE IN AMERICA RIGHT NOW,
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH THE NUMBERS SUGGEST THAT THEY’RE AN ELITE OFFENSE
IN A GAME LIKE THIS, WHERE THERE’S VERY LITTLE IN THE WAY OF FORGET
A VERTICAL PASSING THREAT, BUT AN INTERMEDIATE PASSING THREAT.
IT WAS A LOT OF SHORT STUFF WITH A COUPLE OF SHOTS IN THERE, NOT A TON OF VARIETY.
SO I THOUGHT WASHINGTON’S DEFENSE PERFORMED SUPER WELL AGAINST OREGON AT TIMES,
BUT OREGON WAS STILL RUNNING THE BALL RELATIVELY WELL.
AND SO THIS WAS A GAME THAT OREGON, UNFORTUNATELY,
WAS NOT ABLE TO BE GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN.
I’VE SAID THIS EARLIER ON IN THE SEASON.
I THINK WINNING IS A SKILL, AND I THINK WASHINGTON WAS A MORE PRONOUNCED WINNER
ON THE FIELD.
SO THAT THAT’S MY TAKEAWAY, THAT OREGON IS NOT A FULL WINNING OPERATION RIGHT NOW.
AND AGAIN, I HAVE NO PROBLEM WITH GOING FOR IT ON FOURTH DOWN.
BUT WHEN THAT’S WHAT THE EXECUTION LOOKS LIKE, IT’S BACK TO THE DRAWING BOARD.
WHAT DID I SAY ABOUT PENN STATE?
EXCELSIOR.
WHAT’S YOUR GO TO PACKAGE?
WHAT IS YOUR UNBEATABLE?
LIKE YOU HAVE THIS PLAYING NCAA FOOTBALL, RIGHT, TY?
YOU HAVE THREE PLAYS WHERE YOU’RE LIKE, IT’S THIRD AND FOUR.
THIS IS A NO BRAINER.
THIS IS AUTOMATIC.
AND 94% OF THE TIME FOR AN ADVANCED, YOU KNOW, CONTROLSMAN LIKE YOURSELF.
THAT’S RIGHT. THANK YOU. IT IS.
AND SO THAT TO ME WAS THE ISSUE.
THIS WAS AN OREGON TEAM THAT WAS NOT READY FOR PRIMETIME.
AND I’VE SAID THIS A BAJILLION TIMES.
GOOD TEAMS TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES.
AND I DON’T HAVE A PROBLEM WITH NOT PUNTING
BECAUSE WASHINGTON WAS GOING TO DRIVE THOSE 20, 30 NET YARDS IN A MINUTE,
30 SECONDS, WHATEVER.
BUT YOU HAVE TO YOU HAVE TO HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT WILL AND SHOULD WORK
WHEN YOU HAVE THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE AND TALENT.
AND THE OREGON OFFENSE WAS A MESS.
AND THE WASHINGTON OFFENSE WAS, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE SLOWED DOWN CONSIDERABLY,
THEY WERE THE BEST THING ON THE FIELD BECAUSE THEY ROSE TO THE OCCASION
MORE OFTEN, EVEN WITH THOSE GOAL LINE STOPS, THAT CRUCIAL GOAL LINE STOP
NEAR THE END OF THE GAME.
IT WAS A WASHINGTON TEAM PREPARED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OPPORTUNITIES
IN A WAY THAT OREGON WASN’T.
AND THAT TO ME WAS THE STORY OF THE GAME.
MAN, WHAT IS IT ABOUT THESE FOURTH AND SHORT SCENARIOS,
EVEN THIRD AND SHORT IN SOME CASES?
I FEEL LIKE WE HAD THIS EXACT SAME CONVERSATION A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO
WHEN IT WAS NOTRE DAME AGAINST OHIO STATE, AND THAT WAS MY GRIPE
ABOUT THE PLAY CALLING.
ACTUALLY, I WENT NUTS ABOUT THAT PLAY CALLING ON OUR PREVIEW EPISODE
BEFORE WEEK 7 AND HOW I THOUGHT IT MIGHT GET IN.
IT DIDN’T GET IN THE WAY THIS EVENING FOR NOTRE DAME-USC.
BUT ALAS, WE HAVE CERTAINLY SEEN OUR MOMENTS WHERE IT SEEMS
THESE HIGH LEVERAGE SITUATIONS POP UP.
AND FOR WHATEVER REASON, IT’S ALMOST LIKE THEY OVERTHINK IT.
RIGHT. USC, FOR WHATEVER YOU WANT TO SAY ABOUT USC, USC
GIVES THE BALL TO CALEB WILLIAMS AND SAYS, FAKE THE HANDOFF
AND RUN AROUND THE END ON FOURTH DOWN IN A LOT OF CASES.
THE PHILADELPHIA EAGLES JUST PUSH JALEN HURTS OVER THE LINE
AND IT WORKS LIKE 90 PERCENT OF THE TIME.
NOT EVERYBODY HAS THAT, QUOTE UNQUOTE, EXCELSIOR.
BUT CERTAINLY TO YOUR POINT, OREGON, YEAH, MADE SOME QUESTIONABLE DECISIONS THERE.
WHEN I THINK THE DECISIONS ARE OK, THE DECISIONS ARE OK,
BUT THE RESULTS WERE LESS THAN OPTIMAL. YEAH, RIGHT.
WELL, I JUST THINK THE DECISIONS ARE DEFENSIBLE
IF IT’S CLEAR THAT THERE’S A PLAN AND IT’S CLEAR LIKE GETTING TWO YARDS
WITH AN OFFENSIVE LINE THAT’S BEEN THIS GOOD, WITH A RUNNING ATTACK
THAT’S BEEN THIS GOOD, WITH THE RECEIVERS AND TIGHT END THAT HAVE BEEN THIS GOOD.
LIKE MORE THAN ANYTHING, I THINK THIS IS ON THE COMBINATION
OF DAN LANNING AND WILL STEIN.
WELL, THAT WAS GOING TO BE MY QUESTION.
MY QUESTION WAS, WHOSE FAULT IS THAT?
THEY’VE GOT A GOOD PUNTER,
BUT I DON’T THINK THAT MAKES A DIFFERENCE IN THIS GAME.
I DON’T THINK YOU PUNT AND WIN THIS GAME.
LIKE, I THINK THERE’S JUST THIS THERE’S TOO MANY GOOD RECEIVERS ON WASHINGTON.
YOU’RE DEALING WITH A BACKUP CORNER IN THERE BECAUSE JALEEL FLORENCE,
ONE OF THE STARTING CORNERS, GOES DOWN.
TRIKWEZE BRIDGES IN THERE.
YOU SAW WASHINGTON PICKING ON HIM IN THOSE BIG MOMENTS.
AND SO I THINK THE RESULTS ARE SIMILAR IF YOU PUNT.
BUT I THINK OREGON WINS THIS GAME IF THEY’RE IF THEY GET ONE FOURTH DOWN.
LIKE THAT’S THAT TO ME IS THE GAME WHEN YOU WHEN YOU’RE IN THAT KIND OF DRIVER’S
SEAT IN THAT MOMENT WITH THAT KIND OF EXPERIENCE AND TALENT.
I’M NOT GOING TO SAY OREGON LOST THIS GAME MORE THAN WASHINGTON WON THIS GAME
BECAUSE, AGAIN, I THINK WINNING IS A SKILL AND WASHINGTON
WAS BETTER PREPARED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE.
BUT I’M WEARING AN OREGON SHIRT RIGHT NOW.
MY VANTAGE POINT IS GET IT OUT, MAN.
CAMPFIRE. THROW THE FIRE.
WHAT AILS OREGON COMES DOWN FROM THE TOP
AND WHAT PROPELS WASHINGTON IS EVERYBODY BEING ON THE SAME PAGE IN A BETTER WAY.
WELL, LOOK, WASHINGTON STEPPED UP AND I WANT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO MICHAEL PENIX.
MICHAEL PENIX, NOT REALLY A STRANGER TO PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW COLLEGE FOOTBALL
AT THIS POINT, PROBABLY YOUR LEADING HEISMAN CANDIDATE
THROUGH ABOUT HALFWAY INTO THE SEASON HERE.
MICHAEL PENIX FACE MORE PRESSURE IN THIS GAME
THAN I THINK WE’VE SEEN HIM FACE TO DATE.
MICHAEL PENIX AT MOMENTS SEEMED TO STRUGGLE WITH THAT.
BUT THEN IN THE HIGHEST LEVERAGE MOMENTS THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE GAME,
DELIVERED JUST SOME INCREDIBLE, INCREDIBLE STRIKES.
I MEAN, YEAH, THE DEGREE OF DIFFICULTY ON SOME OF THOSE BALLS THAT HE THREW
HITTING GUYS IN STRIDE AS THEY’RE RUNNING STEP BY STEP, STEP, STEP BY STEP
WITH SOME GUYS WHO ARE IN MAN COVERAGE ON THE OREGON SIDE
WAS WAS DAMN IMPRESSIVE.
AND I DON’T KNOW IF NFL SCOUTS ARE WATCHING.
I’D LOVE TO READ THE READOUT AFTER IT, BECAUSE THIS WAS A HELL
OF A PERFORMANCE BY HIM AND NO THROW BIGGER THAN THAT ONE
THAT EVENTUALLY WON THE GAME FOR HIM AGAIN.
YOUR FINAL SCORE HERE, 36 TO 33.
WASHINGTON HAS THE ENTIRE SEASON IN FRONT OF IT.
BELIEVE YOU ME, WHEN I MADE THE PREDICTION, MAYBE IT WAS THE ONLY PREDICTION
I’LL GET RIGHT ALL SEASON LONG THAT WASHINGTON WAS GOING TO WIN THE PAC-12.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY WOULD LOOK THIS GOOD.
I HAD NO IDEA THAT THEY WOULD LOOK THIS GOOD.
THEY’RE THEY’RE PERFORMING ADMIRABLY.
AND LOOK, THERE ARE OTHER GAMES THAT THEY NEED TO GET PAST.
THIS IS JUST ONE OF MANY.
BUT THIS IS A HELL OF A START TO WAY
NOW TO GO SEVEN WEEKS INTO THE SEASON AND BE
AS FORMIDABLE AS THEY’VE LOOKED.
YEAH. AND TO BE CLEAR, I’M GOING TO HURT MYSELF BY MY HURT MY BACK
BY PATTING IT SO HARD BEFORE THE SEASON SAID I HAVE OREGON
WINNING THE PAC-12, LOSING IN SEATTLE AND WINNING IN VEGAS.
I HOPE AS AN OREGON PERSON THAT HAPPENS, BUT I HOPE EVEN MORE
AS A COLLEGE FOOTBALL HUMAN THAT HAPPENS BECAUSE THIS WAS A REALLY FUN GAME.
NOT FOR ME, BUT IT WAS CLEAR THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE HAD A LOT OF FUN
WATCHING THIS GAME.
SO THESE APPEAR TO BE THE TWO MOST COMPLETE TEAMS, BECAUSE I ASSUME
WE’RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT USC HERE SOON IN THE CONFERENCE.
AND SO IF WE CAN GET THIS IN VEGAS CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP WEEK,
THAT SEEMS LIKE A WIN FOR THE SPOTLIGHT, THE DWINDLING, FADING SPOTLIGHT
ON THE PAC-12.
WHY DON’T WE STAY IN THE PAC-12 AND SHIFT OVER TO THE NOTRE DAME-USC GAME?
LET’S 4820 WAS YOUR FINAL SCORE.
MY PREDICTION WAS 38-20 USC AND MINE.
WHAT WAS YOUR PREDICTION?
YOU DIDN’T PICK USC.
NO, I PICKED NOTRE DAME TO WIN OUTRIGHT.
I JUST I DON’T I HAD THEM COVERING LIKE 24-17 LOWER SCORING
AND COULD NOT ANTICIPATE THE ABSOLUTE COLLAPSE OF THE USC OFFENSE.
THE DEFENSE WE KNOW ABOUT THE OFFENSIVE FIRST HALF COLLAPSE OF USC.
WELL, I AM JUST RELIEVED SITTING HERE IN THIS SAFE SPACE
AMONG ALL THE VERBAL OR HOOD THAT MY REVERSE JINX STILL.
OH, SURE. GOT IT.
OH, SURE. STILL GOT IT LOCKED UP.
USC PLUS THE TWO AND A HALF IN REALITY NEEDED ABOUT 32 AND A HALF.
DAN, YOU’RE RIGHT.
THE USC OFFENSE IMPLODED FIVE TURNOVERS, THREE PICKS
FROM CALEB WILLIAMS.
THEY WEREN’T ALL PRETTY PICKS EITHER.
THEY WERE UNDER DURESS AND CALEB WILLIAMS TRYING TO MAKE A PLAY AND NOT GOOD.
GOOD GAME FOR XAVIER WATTS ON THE NOTRE DAME SIDE
WHO HAD TWO OF THOSE PICKS FORCED TO FUMBLE.
ALSO RECOVERED A FUMBLE AND RAN IT IN FOR SIX LATE IN THE GAME.
BUT NO, CALEB WILLIAMS WAS FAR SHORT OF EXPECTATIONS IN THIS ONE.
HE FACED MORE PRESSURE THAN HE HAS, I THINK, THROUGH,
YOU KNOW, TO ANY POINT TO DATE HERE IN IN THIS SEASON.
HE WAS NOT ABLE TO USE HIS LEGS TO EXTEND PLAYS IN THE SAME MANNER
THAT I THINK HE IS ACCUSTOMED TO DOING.
NOTRE DAME IS A REAL DEFENSE.
I WAS GOING TO SAY I ATTRIBUTE THAT TO THE FACT THAT NOTRE DAME IS JUST BETTER
DEFENSIVELY, AND WE SAW THE RESULTS OF THAT.
JUST ONE HUNDRED AND NINETY NINE YARDS PASSING FOR CALEB WILLIAMS.
OF COURSE, HE MADE PLAYS.
IT’S WHAT CALEB WILLIAMS DOES.
BUT FOR AN OFFENSE THAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, I THINK RIGHTFULLY
A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO, THAT IS BUILT ENTIRELY AROUND HIM
WHEN HE IS NOT ABLE TO GO OUT THERE AND EAT IN THE SAME MANNER,
THAT IS OBVIOUSLY GOING TO POSE SOME PROBLEMS.
SO THE COMBINATION OF TURNING THE BALL OVER, THE COMBINATION
OF NOT HAVING CALEB WILLIAMS AS HIS OPTIMAL SELF,
OBVIOUSLY CREATED A BIT OF AN OPENING FOR NOTRE DAME.
IF YOU DID NOT WATCH THIS GAME, IF YOU JUST SIMPLY WERE TO LOOK AT THE BOX SCORE,
YOU’D LOOK AT THE AT THE NUMBERS AND SAY, WELL, NOTRE DAME
DIDN’T DO ANYTHING SPECTACULAR.
NOTRE DAME WON THIS GAME, ESSENTIALLY USING ITS DEFENSE
AS THE SPRINGBOARD TO CREATE SHORT FIELDS, TO PUT ITS OFFENSE IN A SITUATION
WHERE THEY’RE NOT BACKED UP AT THEIR OWN GOAL LINE, HAVING TO WIN GAMES
HEROICALLY LIKE THEY DID A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
THIS WAS VERY MUCH LAID OUT FOR THEM ON A SILVER PLATTER.
AND TO THEIR CREDIT, TO MARCUS FREEMAN’S CREDIT, TO GERAD PARKER’S CREDIT,
THEY DID WHAT THEY NEEDED TO DO TO WIN.
THIS WAS NOT ROCKET SCIENCE.
THEY WERE ABLE TO RUN THE BALL.
THEY WERE ABLE TO MAKE SOME THROWS.
SAM HARTMAN DID NOT NEED TO GO OUT THERE AND WIN THE GAME WITH HIS ARM,
BUT HE MADE SOME THROWS WHEN HE HAD TO.
THE DEFENSE STEPPED UP AND PUT THE OFFENSE IN A REALLY GOOD SITUATION.
AND IF YOU’RE A NOTRE DAME FAN, THIS WAS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR,
PERHAPS A WEEK TOO LATE, DAN.
BUT THAT BEING SAID, YOU’LL TAKE THE WIN OVER THE BIGGEST RIVAL
ANY WAY YOU CAN GET IT.
I DON’T KNOW FROM AFAR, SPEAKING AS A NOTRE DAME FAN,
WHETHER THE TALKING POINT WILL BE THAT NOTRE DAME GOT ITS ACT TOGETHER,
WENT OUT THERE AND DRILLED USC BY 28 POINTS,
OR IF THE TALKING POINT IS GOING TO BE USC COLLAPSED.
AND THE NUMBER 10 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY AGAINST ONE OF ITS BIGGEST RIVALS
ON THE ROAD LOOK PEDESTRIAN.
MY HUNCH IS THE MY HUNCH IS THE LATTER IS WHAT PEOPLE WILL BE TALKING ABOUT,
MORE SO THAN THE TWO LOSS TEAM KNOCKING OFF THE USC TROJANS.
BUT AT LEAST FOR MY VANTAGE POINT AS A NOTRE DAME FAN, THIS WAS
THIS WAS A WELCOME BREATH OF FRESH AIR
AFTER THREE WEEKS OF BEING ON PINS AND NEEDLES AT NIGHT.
YES. AND LOOK, THIS IS THIS GOES BACK TO LIKE YOU’RE NEVER AS BAD
AS YOUR WORST DAY. YOU’RE NEVER AS GOOD AS YOUR BEST DAY.
AND SO THAT’S, I GUESS, WHY I FELT PRETTY GOOD ABOUT NOTRE DAME,
THAT THEY’RE STILL LIKE BUILT TO BEAT A TEAM LIKE USC, ESPECIALLY AT HOME.
AND I THINK THE STORY YOU ASK, YOU ASK WHAT THE STORY IS, RIGHT?
NOTRE DAME RIGHTING THE SHIP AND LOOKING MUCH MORE COMPETENT
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL THAN THEY HAVE BEEN OR USC COLLAPSING.
I THINK IT’S USC.
USC WAS UNDEFEATED, EVEN THOUGH PEOPLE KNEW THAT THIS WAS A FLAWED
USC TEAM COMING IN THE HEIGHTS OF CALEB WILLIAMS
AND THE NATURE OF USC’S RECENT GAMES GOING TO WHAT?
TRIPLE OVERTIME AGAINST ARIZONA, YOU KNOW, PLAYING CLOSER
THAN THEY SHOULD HAVE AGAINST ASU AND COLORADO, LETTING COLORADO BACK
INTO THAT GAME.
I THINK THIS WAS LIKE ANTICIPATED FROM USC.
LIKE THIS ISN’T A USC THAT COULD KEEP UP WHAT IT WAS DOING
ON THE FIELD THESE PAST FEW WEEKS.
AND NOTRE DAME WAS RIGHT PLACE, RIGHT TIME, RIGHT KIND OF TEAM.
AND YOU SHOULD HAVE GONE WITH YOUR GUT EARLY ON THE SEASON.
YOUR YOUR MESSAGES TO ME WERE LIKE NOTRE DAME COULD JUST BULLY USC.
I DON’T THINK IT’S GOING TO BE CLOSE.
THAT WAS LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO.
YEAH, IT WASN’T THAT LONG AGO.
YEAH. AND YOU JUST YOU’RE YOU RUN HOT AT THIS CAMPFIRE, TY.
I AM STARTING TO THINK THAT MY PICKS, I’M STARTING TO THINK
THAT THERE IS A REAL REVERSE JINX SITUATION GOING ON THIS YEAR.
I’VE I TRY, THOUGH, TY.
I LIKE I ACTIVELY ON THE PREVIEW.
I THINK I’M HAVING A PRETTY DECENT YEAR.
I HAVEN’T RUN THE NUMBERS, BUT LIKE I ACTIVELY SAY LIKE, TY,
I DON’T DO THIS AS A REVERSE JINX.
DO YOU ACTUALLY THINK USC IS GONNA, ON THE ROAD
THE WAY THAT THEY’VE BEEN PLAYING, BEAT NOTRE DAME?
AND YOU SAID, ABSOLUTELY.
NO QUESTION IN MY MIND.
DOUBLE DIGITS.
MY COMMENT TO YOU AND OTHERS HAS BEEN
I HAVE TRIED THE LOGIC METHOD WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING MY PICKS.
AND THAT DOESN’T WORK.
SO LET’S JUST PICK WITH RAW EMOTION AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
AND I STILL GOT IT WRONG.
BUT AT LEAST I AT LEAST I GOT TO WITNESS A WIN.
AND SO, OK, THIS CAN I ASK YOU, CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION
ABOUT NOTRE DAME MOVING FORWARD?
OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS NOT A TEAM THAT’S GOING TO GO TO A FOUR TEAM PLAYOFF,
HAVING LOST TWICE THE TEAMS THAT THEY LOSE TO AND THE TEAMS AHEAD OF THEM.
BUT NOTRE DAME WISE, THIS IS A TEAM THAT THEY DIDN’T KICK
USC’S ASS IN THAT SAM HARTMAN THREW FOR 400 YARDS.
HE ESSENTIALLY HAD TWO BIG PLAYS,
ONE OF WHICH WAS A BEAUTIFUL IT WAS LIKE A DEEP POST TO CHRIS TYREE
FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
AUTRIC ESTIME IT WAS IT WAS WORKMANLIKE, BUT HE WASN’T BUSTING 70 YARD RUNS.
DOES THIS GIVE YOU HOPE THAT NOTRE DAME CAN BE MORE COMPLETE
THAN THEY’VE SHOWN THIS MONTH OR THIS PAST, YOU KNOW, THREE OR FOUR WEEKS
MOVING FORWARD?
DOES IT GIVE ME HOPE?
YEAH. AGAINST THE BETTER TEAMS LEFT ON THEIR SCHEDULE.
I DON’T HAVE IT IN FRONT OF ME.
WHO DO THEY HAVE?
I KNOW THEY HAVE CLEMSON LEFT.
YEAH, I MEAN, CLEMSON’S THE GAME THAT THAT I THINK IS IS OBVIOUSLY
ONE THAT’S GOING TO POSE AN ISSUE.
CLEMSON’S FRONT IS NOT GOING TO BE USC’S FRONT.
SO THAT THAT ONE TO ME, I THINK WILL ULTIMATELY BE THE BELLWETHER
FOR WHETHER OR NOT THIS PROJECT IS BACK ON THE TRACKS OR NOT.
BUT NOTRE DAME ALSO HAS A GAME AGAINST.
PITT, WHICH PITT WON THIS EVENING
OVER LOUISVILLE IN A RATHER EASY FASHION.
THE REST OF THE WAY, IT’S NOT EXACTLY
A MURDERER’S ROW.
WAKE FOREST AND STANFORD TO CLOSE OUT THE SEASON.
RIGHT. WAKE FOREST NOT LOOKING AMAZING.
NO. WAKE FOREST LOST TO VIRGINIA TECH THIS WEEK.
YES. SO I MEAN, THE THE.
YES. DOES IT GIVE ME HOPE?
OF COURSE IT GIVES ME HOPE.
THIS WAS A BIG WIN.
IT’S ALSO NOT LOST TO ME.
THIS WAS USC’S DEFENSE AND USC’S DEFENSE IS NOTHING SPECIAL.
I MEAN, WAS IT THREE FIRST HALF PICKS AS WELL?
IT WASN’T JUST THE DEFENSE.
NO, I MEAN, IT IT WAS A COMPLETE EFFORT FOR NOTRE DAME.
AND I THINK THAT IS WHAT ESPECIALLY AGAINST A GOOD TEAM,
THAT IS WHAT FANS HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR AND BEEN HOPING FOR.
YOU KNOW, LONG WAY TO GO.
BUT I DO I DO FEEL VERY
VERY MUCH COMFORTED BY THE FACT THAT THE DEFENSE,
AT LEAST THE DEFENSIVE FRONT, WAS ABLE TO CONTAIN
CALEB WILLIAMS IN THE MANNER THAT THEY DID.
THAT WAS ONE THING I DID NOT EXPECT.
I THOUGHT HE WOULD DO A LOT BETTER.
BACK HALF OF USC’S SCHEDULE IN THE BACK HALF OF THEIR SEASON.
DUDE, THEY’RE A MESS.
IT’S TOUGH.
USC’S KIND OF LIKE YOU PAY LINCOLN RILEY NINE OR TEN MILLION DOLLARS.
YOU’RE NOT ABLE TO BUILD A DEFENSE.
YOU’RE NOT REALLY ABLE TO BUILD AN OFFENSE WEEK TO WEEK
THAT HAS AN IDENTITY BEYOND CALEB WILLIAMS, JUST LIKE BUYING TIME.
CAN I MAKING A PLUS PLAYS?
CAN I READ THE SCHEDULE OFF?
IT’S A LOW KEY MESS.
CONTINUE.
IT’S NOT A LOW KEY MESS.
IT’S A IT’S A NOW IT’S IT’S OUT IN THE OPEN.
YEAH.
UTAH AT HOME NEXT WEEK, THEN AT CAL, WHICH IS A CRAZY SANDWICH SPOT
BEFORE WASHINGTON AT HOME, THEN THEY GO ON THE ROAD TO OREGON
AND THEN THEY COME BACK HOME AGAINST UCLA.
ALL OF THOSE GAMES ARE LOSABLE.
I DON’T THINK CAL’S LOSABLE.
I ON THE ROAD.
I DON’T THINK UCLA.
NO, CAL’S NOT THAT GOOD.
CAL GOT RUN OVER BY A SAFETY TODAY.
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT. FAIR.
OK, OTHER OTHER HEADLINERS THAT WE NEED TO WARM OUR HANDS
WITH AROUND THIS CAMPFIRE, THIS CRACKLING, CRACKLING
COLLEGE FOOTBALL INFORMATION, CAMPFIRE, TENNESSEE 20, TEXAS
A&M 13.
A DECIDEDLY IOWA-WISCONSIN, A SCORE
IN THIS FOOTBALL GAME, WHICH WAS DECIDED
A LOT BY DEFENSE, THE SPECIAL TEAMS, DAN, SORT OF A COMEDY OF ERRORS
FOR A GOOD CHUNK OF IT.
AND WHAT I THINK YOU TOOK AWAY FROM WATCHING THIS GAME
IS THAT BOTH OFFENSIVE LINES HAD SOME TROUBLE NOW.
YEAH, VERY MUCH SO.
THE CASE ON THE A&M SIDE, THAT IS NOTHING NEW.
AND IT WAS MUCH MORE OF A PASS PROTECTION ISSUE ON THE TENNESSEE SIDE.
GUYS GETTING IN JOE MILTON’S FACE.
JOE MILTON DID NOT HAVE A GOOD GAME FOR TENNESSEE BY ANY STRETCH AS A PASSER.
TENNESSEE, MUCH MORE EFFICIENT ON THE GROUND.
WE KNEW THAT GOING IN.
THEY WERE A MUCH BETTER GROUND TEAM
THAN THEY WERE PASSING TEAM COMING INTO THIS WEEK.
BUT THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE GAMES THAT WAS INTERESTING,
IF ONLY BECAUSE IT FELT LIKE SOMETHING WEIRD WAS GOING TO HAPPEN
THE FULL WAY THROUGH, LIKE BOTH OFFENSES TOTALLY STRUGGLED.
MAX JOHNSON,
A BACKUP, A VERY CLEAR BACKUP WATCHING HIM IN THIS SPOT.
VERY TIMING ORIENTED.
I JOTTED DOWN ON MY NOTES THAT IT WAS LIKE WATCHING MAX JOHNSON
WAS LIKE WATCHING OLD FOOTAGE OF ME TRYING TO HIT A 95 MILE AN HOUR
FASTBALL IN THE CAGE.
IT’S CLEAR I DON’T HAVE THE BAT SPEED FOR IT.
I JUST HAVE TO TIME IT RIGHT.
AND MAX JOHNSON, EVERYTHING IS TIMING BASED.
HE DOES NOT HAVE THE ARM.
IT JUST HAS TO BE ON TIME.
AND IF IT’S NOT ON TIME, IT’S A PROBLEM.
SO THAT WAS A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO WATCH. ON THE FLIP SIDE OF THINGS.
JOE MILTON JUST, IT WAS CLEAR DOWN THE STRETCH,
THE COACHING STAFF DID NOT HAVE FAITH IN HIM TO THROW EVEN IN A HIGH LEVERAGE
SPOTS WHERE THEY COULD HAVE USED A THREE YARD PASS.
THEY WERE JUST HANDING IT OFF LIKE THEY DID NOT TRUST.
THERE ARE NEITHER TEAM REALLY TRUSTED ITS OFFENSE IN A KEY SPOT.
AND THAT’S HOW YOU GET A THIN WIN HERE FOR FOR TENNESSEE
IN THE MANNER THAT THEY DID.
I GIVE THEM CREDIT.
DID THEY JUST DO THEY WIN WITH ONE OFFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN?
I BELIEVE SO. YEAH. YEAH, I BELIEVE SO.
YEAH. AND PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWN, I BELIEVE. YEAH.
THE OTHER WAS A PUNT RETURN.
THE OTHER WAS A PUNT RETURN TOUCHDOWN, WHICH IS HENCE THE SPECIAL TEAMS
THAT I MENTIONED A LITTLE BIT AGO.
BUT THIS WAS THIS WAS NOT THE KIND OF GAME THAT YOU’RE GOING TO PUT IN
THE HALL OF FAME FOR OFFENSE.
THIS WAS DEFENSE AND SPECIAL TEAMS AND TRY NOT TO GET IN YOUR OWN WAY.
WINNING IS A CLUNK. WINNING IS A SKILL.
WIN YOUR CLUNKERS, ET CETERA, ET CETERA.
TENNESSEE IS A TEAM.
IF IF TENNESSEE IS WINNING WITHOUT QUARTERBACK PLAY, THAT’S GOOD. OK.
NOW I’M GOING TO I’M GOING TO LOOK AT THE GLASS HALF FULL HERE
BECAUSE I WAS IMPRESSED ENOUGH WITH TENNESSEE’S FRONT ON DEFENSE
WITH JAYLEN WRIGHT.
AND IT WAS A DYLAN SAMSON WAS MAKING PLAYS ON THE GROUND.
THAT’S RIGHT. TENNESSEE. THAT’S RIGHT.
I POINTED OUT LAST WEEK AND I GOT SOME PUSHBACK LIKE,
OH, YOU’RE POINTING OUT ONE PLAY ON THE TEXAS A&M OFFENSIVE LINE.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S A YOUTUBE COMMENT OR AN EMAIL OR SOMETHING.
I’M PRETTY SURE MAX JOHNSON TOOK A SNAP WHEN HIS OWN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN
WAS PUSHED INTO HIM.
I’M PRETTY SURE ON WAS IT A FOURTH AND ONE, A THIRD AND ONE
WHERE HE JUST FULL ON TRIPPED OVER AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN’S FOOT ON THE SNAP.
LIKE TEXAS A&M, FORGET ABOUT EXECUTING PLAYS.
THEY’RE NOT EVEN STARTING BIG PLAYS, LET ALONE, YOU KNOW,
THROWING THE BACKBREAKING INTERCEPTION IN THE END ZONE.
AND TENNESSEE MADE FEWER MISTAKES AND ONE.
AND THAT’S A BIG DEAL FOR TENNESSEE.
I DON’T THINK TENNESSEE IS GREAT.
I DON’T THINK THEY HAVE A HIGH CEILING WITH WHAT THEIR PASSING ATTACK
IS PROBABLY GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THE DURATION OF THE YEAR.
AND LOOK, IF EVERY EXCUSE ME, EVERY DEFENSIVE FRONT
THAT THEY’RE GOING TO FACE IS NOT TEXAS A&M’S.
BUT WIN THIS GAME AT HOME, RUN THE BALL, PLAY DEFENSE.
AND IF IT’S A PSEUDO DOWN YEAR RELATIVE TO TENNESSEE FAN EXPECTATIONS,
STILL GOING TO WIN A BUNCH OF GAMES.
IT’S PRETTY GOOD ON THE ROAD AT BAMA NEXT WEEK.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT THAT ONE WHEN WE DO THE WEEK EIGHT PREVIEW.
I THINK SOME NUANCE THAT WE NEED TO GET INTO WITH THAT GAME.
ONE OTHER POINT OF NOTE HERE.
I SAW WALTER NOLEN WENT DOWN.
I DID NOT HAVE A CHANCE TO SEE.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S BEEN ANNOUNCED EXACTLY WHAT IS WRONG
WITH HIS LOWER LEG INJURY, BUT ABOUT SIX MINUTES LEFT IN THE FOURTH
NEEDED THE CART LOOKED LIKE HE WAS IN A LOT OF PAIN.
TOUGH TO SEE THAT FROM SOMEBODY WHO’S AS TALENTED AS WALTER NOLEN,
OBVIOUSLY A HIGH RECRUIT FOR TEXAS A&M.
SO WE’LL WAIT FOR THE READOUT ON HIM.
I GUESS THE BROADER QUESTION IS ABOUT JIMBO FISHER,
AND PERHAPS WE CAN GET INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT LATER WHEN WE DO OUR ROASTS.
BUT JIMBO FISHER HAS NOT WON A TRUE ROAD CONTEST
AGAINST A RANKED OPPONENT SINCE 2016.
OH, MY GOD. THAT’S A DIFFERENT TIME.
YEAH. AND THESE ARE WINNABLE GAMES.
THIS IS A TENNESSEE OFFENSE THAT CERTAINLY DIDN’T DO ENOUGH TO WIN THIS GAME.
AND NOT THAT TEXAS A&M DID.
BUT THIS IS A WINNABLE MOMENT FOR TEXAS A&M.
I KNOW THEY WERE UP A CHUNK INTO THIS GAME AND HAD OPPORTUNITIES
TO CAPITALIZE DEEP IN TENNESSEE TERRITORY.
IT’S NOT A TEAM THAT HAS HONED THEIR WINNING SKILL.
IT JUST ISN’T.
AND SO I DON’T SEE HOW THIS CHANGES.
AND WE CAN POINT TO MAX JOHNSON BEING A BACKUP QUARTERBACK
AND CONNER WEIGMAN BEING, YOU KNOW, HURT AND OUT FOR THE YEAR WITH HIS INJURY.
AND MAX JOHNSON CLEARLY NOT BEING THE GUY LAST YEAR.
BUT LIKE, WERE THEY WITH KELLEN MOND?
DOESN’T SEEM THAT LIKE, HOW LONG ARE WE GOING TO MAKE THIS EXCUSE FOR TEXAS A&M
THAT JUST LIKE, WOW, JIMBO’S GOT THIS STACKED UP AGAINST HIM?
AND WE CAN JUST SAY,
JIMBO FISHER ISN’T A GREAT COLLEGE FOOTBALL COACH IN 2023.
WELL, HE’S NOT. HE’S NOT.
AND THAT’S UNFORTUNATELY WHERE WE’RE AT.
AND I’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT LATER.
WE GOT A WHOLE OTHER SEGMENT THAT WE’RE GOING TO GET INTO WITH IT.
BUT I’M I’M OF THE MIND THAT THE EXCUSES ARE.
FEUDAL AT THIS POINT, I MEAN, IT’S ALWAYS THE SAME RESULT,
AND THAT IS PART OF THE JOKE WITH A&M RIGHT NOW.
BUT IT’S ALWAYS THE SAME STUFF.
AND THAT’S THAT’S BOTHERSOME IF YOU ARE AN A&M FAN,
THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN NICELY. YEAH, IT HAS.
IT HAS NOT PROGRESSED.
THE FACT THAT TENNESSEE WINS THIS GAME WITH 100 YARDS PASSING
IS JUST MIND BLOWING.
THEY RAN FOR 232 AND THEY TURNED IT OVER TO THEIR RUNNING BACKS
AND BIGGEST MOMENTS OF THE GAME.
BUT JOE MILTON, 11 FOR 22 WITH 100 YARDS.
AND THEY WON THIS GAME.
THAT WAS A WINNABLE GAME.
MADNESS. YEP. WINNABLE GAME. ABSOLUTELY WAS.
THE FINAL FIRESTARTER, HAND WARMER, FOOT WARMER
THAT I WANT TO DISCUSS IS THIS MIAMI-NORTH CAROLINA GAME. YEAH.
SO THIS GAME WAS SOMETHING ELSE, MAN.
FINAL SCORE AFTER A BIT OF A PUSH FROM MIAMI
ENDED UP BEING 41-31 IN FAVOR OF THE NORTH CAROLINA TAR HEELS,
WINNING AT HOME AND IN RESOUNDING FASHION.
THIS WAS A GAME THAT MIAMI LED AT HALFTIME.
MIAMI’S FIRST FOUR DRIVES AFTER LEADING AT HALF:
FUMBLE INTERCEPTION PUNT TURNOVER ON DOWNS.
I GET TURNOVER ON DOWNS.
TECHNICALLY, THE FIRST PLAY OF THE FOURTH QUARTER.
MEANWHILE, IN THAT SAME SPAN IN THE THIRD QUARTER, NORTH CAROLINA
SCORED TOUCHDOWNS ON THREE OF THEIR FOUR DRIVES.
THEY WENT UP 18 POINTS.
AND THAT TRULY WAS THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY TOOK CONTROL
OF THIS FOOTBALL GAME.
TEZ WALKER GOT IN ON THE ACTION, SCORED THREE TOUCHDOWNS,
HAD A REALLY BIG GAME FOR NORTH CAROLINA.
DRAKE MAYE BEING DRAKE MAYE HAD A GOOD GAME AS WELL.
THE STORY HERE WAS ESSENTIALLY NORTH CAROLINA
FORCING MISTAKES FROM MIAMI.
IT WAS MIAMI FINDING WAYS TO BEAT ITSELF.
AND WE SAW THAT A WEEK AGO
WITH GEORGE TECH IN MUCH MORE EMBARRASSING FASHION.
THIS WAS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE TRADITIONAL VARIETY.
BUT THIS IS IF YOU’RE MARIO CRISTOBAL, IF YOU’RE A MIAMI FAN,
THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU’RE LOOKING TO STOP DOING.
STOP DOING THESE THINGS AND YOU’LL WIN MORE GAMES.
BUT IN THE MEANTIME, YOU GO UP AGAINST A GOOD TEAM LIKE NORTH CAROLINA.
I THINK WE CAN AGREE AT THIS POINT THAT NORTH CAROLINA IS PRETTY GOOD.
NOT SURE EXACTLY WHERE WE STAND ON THE DEFENSE.
RIGHT. SEVEN WEEKS IN AND HAVEN’T LOST. THAT’S GREAT.
SEVEN WEEKS IN, HAVEN’T LOST.
THEY SEEM TO BE ON A GLIDE PATH TO SOME TOUGHER GAMES IN NOVEMBER
WHEN THEY’RE GOING TO REMAIN UNBEATEN AND HAVE SOME SOME HIGH LEVERAGE SPOTS.
YOU GO UP AGAINST A TEAM LIKE NORTH CAROLINA, YOU COMMIT DUMB MISTAKES,
YOU’RE GOING TO LOSE.
AND THAT’S WHERE MIAMI IS AT RIGHT NOW.
YEAH. AND BY THE WAY, OMARION HAMPTON IS EMERGING AS A FULL ON STAR
FOR NORTH CAROLINA IN THE BACKFIELD.
I KNOW THEY WERE SHARING CARRIES EARLY ON IN THE SEASON, BUT THE BALANCED ATTACK
THAT CHIP LINDSEY’S TAR HEELS HAVE RIGHT NOW, AND IT’S JUST GOING TO OPEN
THINGS UP MORE AND MORE IN THAT BIG NOVEMBER STRETCH
DURING THAT BIG NOVEMBER STRETCH FOR NORTH CAROLINA, IF THEY’RE ABLE TO RUN
LIKE THIS AND GET THE STOPS ADDED.
I SAW I THINK TVD PLAYED LITERAL CATCH WITH CEDRIC GRAY ON ONE OF THE INTERCEPTIONS.
THAT’S RIGHT.
THAT’S RIGHT.
CEDRIC GRAY DIDN’T DO A LOT ON THAT INTERCEPTION.
HE’S LIKE, WELL, THIS IS MY ZONE.
I’M JUST GOING TO KIND OF BACKPEDAL INTO IT.
AND TVD JUST THREW IT TO HIM.
SO IF THEY’RE ABLE TO DO BASIC THINGS ON DEFENSE AND HAVE A SORT OF BALANCED
POTENT OFFENSE AS THE GAME WEARS ON, BECAUSE MIAMI DID A NICE JOB
AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA EARLY AND TAR HEELS GOT STRONGER AS THE GAME WENT ON.
IT’S A GREAT SPOT RIGHT NOW FOR THE HEELS FOR TURNOVERS FOR THE CANES.
NOW, NORTH CAROLINA, FOR ITS PART, WAS NOT VOID OF MISTAKES.
14 PENALTIES FOR 147 YARDS, WHICH IS ALSO TRUE.
THAT’S A LOT.
TRUE.
YEAH, THAT’S A LOT.
IT’S NOT LIKE THEY’RE BULLETPROOF, BUT FOR TOUCHDOWNS, A SCALE WINNING
IS A SKILL WINNING AS A SKILL.
SO WHETHER IT WAS DRAKE MAYE, OMARION HAMPTON, TEZ WALKER, NORTH
CAROLINA GOT IT’S ON THE OFFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.
AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY GAVE UP 31 POINTS, A LOT OF THAT IN A FEVERISH
COMEBACK EFFORT FROM MIAMI, DESPITE THE FACT THAT THEY GAVE UP A LOT OF YARDAGE,
TVD HAD TO THROW IT 48 TIMES TO TRY AND GET BACK IN THIS THING.
CREATING THOSE TURNOVERS WAS ESSENTIAL.
CREATING THOSE TURNOVERS WAS KEY.
THEY DIDN’T CONVERT ALL OF THEM TO POINTS, BUT JUST TO STOP THE DRIVE
AGAINST WHAT I STILL THINK IT CAN BE A GOOD OFFENSE IN MIAMI IS PRETTY IMPORTANT.
AGREE.
SO THERE YOU GO.
THOSE I BELIEVE ARE OUR HEADLINERS FOR THE WEEK.
THAT WAS IN WEEK SEVEN.
AS WE SIT HERE AROUND THE CAMPFIRE, THOUGH, YOU KNOW HOW WE DO.
OF COURSE.
LET’S JUST SAY SOMETHING NICE ABOUT A BUNCH OF OTHER TEAMS AND OTHER GAMES.
SHALL WE?
OH,
GIVE ME SOME GOOD VIBRATIONS, DAN.
GOOD VIBRATIONS FROM ELSEWHERE AROUND COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
OKAY.
UM, WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THE SEC.
WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THE PAC 12 A LITTLE BIT, BUT IT WAS KIND OF A CRAZY DAY IN THE
PAC 12.
UTAH KEEPS WINNING WITHOUT A QUARTERBACK.
THAT’S HARD TO DO.
THEY DECIDED TO JUST RUN THE HELL OUT OF THE BALL WITH, WELL, I MEAN, THEY’RE
STARTING RUNNING BACK AND THEIR SAFETY.
I THINK IT’S SIONE VAKI.
YEAH.
UM, HE RUNS FOR 150 YARDS.
THEY STOMP CAL AND KEEP MOSTLY WINNING.
AND SO, YOU KNOW, WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT, YOU KNOW, THE, THE SEVERITY OF
CAM RISING’S KNEE INJURY COMING OUT MORE AND MORE.
IT’S GOOD, MAN.
IT’S GOOD.
IF YOU CAN COMFORTABLY WIN WITHOUT A QUARTERBACK, GOOD FOR YOU.
OREGON STATE.
I’M NOT GOING TO FOCUS ON THE NEGATIVE UCLA RIGHT NOW, BUT DJ U HAD HIMSELF A
GREAT GAME.
THE OREGON STATE DEFENSE HAD A GREAT GAME AND I DON’T KNOW WHERE THEY’RE GOING TO
STAND WHEN IT’S ALL SAID AND DONE IN THE PAC 12.
BUT YOU TALK ABOUT A SPOILER RIGHT NOW WITH HAVING BOTH OREGON AND WASHINGTON AND
LIKE MAYBE THE BIGGEST THREAT FOR EACH ON THE REMAINDER OF THEIR SCHEDULES,
DEPENDING ON HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT USC.
UH, THE OREGON STATE’S GOING TO BE SQUARELY IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICTURE
MOVING FORWARD, EVEN IF IT’S JUST AS SOMEBODY WHO COULD SPOIL THINGS, BUT EVEN
THEY’RE JUST A GOOD TEAM AGAINST FLAWED ONES MORE AND MORE.
SO GOOD FOR THEM.
HOW ABOUT ARIZONA IN THE PAC 12, BY THE WAY?
WHAT WAS THAT 44-6 OVER WAZZU?
IN A HUGE LETDOWN SPOT GOING TO PULLMAN AFTER LOSING IN TRIPLE OVERTIME TO USC.
NOAH FAFITA, OUR, THE, OUR, OUR PAL JAKE, WHO WE WORK WITH, UH, HE WAS LIKE, CAN
YOU PLEASE MENTION ARIZONA AS THE BEST THREE LOSS TEAM IN THE COUNTRY?
CAN’T ARGUE WITH IT.
THEY’RE GOOD.
NOAH FAFITA MIGHT BE BETTER THAN JAYDEN DE LAURA.
HE’S BEEN GREAT THE LAST TWO WEEKS.
HE HAS BEEN VERY, VERY GOOD.
UM, AND THEY WERE BALANCED.
THEY RAN THE BALL, THEY SPREAD THE BALL AROUND WAZZU SCORED EARLIER THAN ARIZONA.
JUST, I THINK THEY WENT ON A 44 TO NOTHING RUN.
THEY TRUCKED THEM.
I LOOKED AT THE SCORE.
IT WAS, EVERYBODY HAS THIS MOMENT.
USUALLY IT’S WHEN IT’S A LOW SCORE.
YOU LOOK AT A BOX SCORE AND THE STATS ARE OFF, BUT SOMETIMES IT’S WHEN THE SCORE
LOOKS REALLY OUT OF WHACK WHERE YOU JUST KIND OF REFRESH IT AND YOU THINK, OH, THE
WIFI IS STUCK OR I NEED TO LIKE UPDATE THE APP OR, YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
LIKE EVERYBODY’S HAD THAT.
I WAS DOING THAT WHEN I SAW THAT SCORE BECAUSE I DIDN’T BELIEVE IT AT FIRST.
AND THEN I CHECKED, I CHECKED ESPN AND CBS AND LIKE ALL THESE SOURCES AND THEY
ALL HAD THE SAME THING.
I’M LIKE, OH MY GOD, WHAT, WHAT ARE SHOWING FOR, FOR A JEDD FISCH?
YEAH.
YOU IN WATCHING THIS GAME, UH, BACK AND FORTH WITH OTHER STUFF, IT WAS JUST VERY
CLEAR THAT ARIZONA HAS ITS ACT TOGETHER.
AND SO THEY ARE, THEY’RE MORE COHESIVE THAN.
I THOUGHT THEY WOULD BE, BUT LOOK, WE’RE SEVEN WEEKS INTO THE SEASON, SO THEY’VE
TAKEN A NICE STEP FORWARD.
UM, ELSEWHERE, UH, IN THE SEC, BY THE WAY, CAN I SAY SOMETHING NICE?
LIKE JAYDEN DANIELS MIGHT BE LIKE, HE SHOULD BE IN NEW YORK THIS COMING DECEMBER.
LIKE LSU PLAYED DEFENSE, LSU SPREAD THE BALL AROUND.
I GET WHERE AUBURN IS AT RIGHT NOW AS A PROGRAM.
LSU HASN’T BEEN PLAYING DEFENSE AGAINST ANYBODY.
THEY GOT STOPS, THEY MADE PLAYS AND THEY TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS LIKE THEY SHOULD BE
DOING AGAINST OVERMATCH TEAMS.
SO IT GREAT JOB FROM JAYDEN DANIELS AGAIN.
HO HUM.
YEAH.
IT HELPS THAT AUBURN CAN’T REALLY THROW.
I, I WILL.
SURE.
IT HAS.
I MEAN, IT HELPS.
WE HAVE TO BE, WE HAVE TO BE COMPLETE IN OUR COVERAGE HERE, BUT THAT BEING SAID,
AUBURN LIKES TO RUN AND THEY COULDN’T REALLY DO THAT EITHER.
YEP.
AND THIS IS AN LSU TEAM THAT HAS BEEN MORE THAN GENEROUS.
HOWEVER YOU WANT TO TAKE THE YARDS, I’LL GIVE THEM TO YOU.
SO 48 TO 18 WAS YOUR FINAL LSU KNOCKS OFF AUBURN AND, UH, YOU’RE, YOU’RE
PULLING ON JANE DANIELS IS RIGHT IN THE MONEY.
HE IS.
LIKE YOU OFTEN SAY ABOUT CALEB WILLIAMS, HOW THEY’VE CONSTRUCTED THE ENTIRE
PLANE OUT OF HIM, THAT OFFENSE.
THEY’VE BASICALLY DONE THAT ON THE LSU SIDE.
LOGAN DIGS HAS BEEN FINE ON THE GROUND, BUT THIS IS A JAYDEN DANIELS OPERATION
AND HE HAS PERFORMED ADMIRABLY.
HE IS, HE’S THE CLEAR BEST QUARTERBACK IN THE SEC, DEPENDING ON HOW YOU FEEL
ABOUT GRAHAM MERTZ AND WHAT HE WAS ABLE TO DO SHREDDING SOUTH CAROLINA FRIENDS.
UM, HE’S BACK BY THE WAY, THE THING THAT I THOUGHT ABOUT WITH THE LSU AND, AND
THE AUBURN CAN’T THROW, UM, WHAT, WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ALABAMA GAME.
AND THEY’RE LIKE, OKAY, SO HAS LSU DEFENSE SOLVE SOMETHING BECAUSE ALABAMA’S OFFENSE
HAS NOT SOLVED ON SOMETHING UNDER THE WUNDERKIND TOMMY REES SECOND HALF AGAINST
ARKANSAS, WHICH BY THE WAY, GOOD FOR ARKANSAS.
IF WE’RE TALKING ABOUT GOOD VIBRATIONS, KJ JEFFERSON MAKING PLAYS THE DEFENSE
OVERWHELMING THE ALABAMA OFFENSIVE LINE IN THAT SECOND HALF AT TIMES.
UM, THEY, THEY GOT A LOT OF FIGHT IN THEM.
THEY’RE NOT A GREAT TEAM, BUT JUST IN TERMS OF GOOD VIBRATIONS, I’M FEELING
LIKE THE ALABAMA LSU GAME IS GOING TO BE BONKERS, ABSOLUTELY BONKERS COMING UP HERE
SOON.
UM, DID YOU, HOW MUCH OF FLORIDA, SOUTH CAROLINA DID YOU SEE, IF ANY?
I, I SAW A FAIR CHUNK OF THE SECOND HALF.
OKAY.
LOVE THAT GAME.
THAT GAME GAVE ME GOOD VIBRATIONS THAT WHAT FLORIDA’S DOWN 10.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT, DON’T INTERPRET ME SAYING IT GAVE ME GOOD VIBRATIONS IN A,
A STRANGE WAY, UNLESS THAT’S YOUR THING.
UM, SPENCER RATTLER MADE SOME INCREDIBLE THROWS.
GRAHAM MERTZ MADE SOME INCREDIBLE THROWS, UM, FOR FLORIDA TO DO THAT ON THE ROAD
AFTER LOOKING LIKE WHAT THEY’VE LOOKED LIKE ON THE ROAD THIS YEAR FOR GRAHAM
MERTZ TO THROW FOR, I DON’T KNOW WHAT HIS FINAL LINE WAS 400 AND SOME ODD YARDS.
423 AND THREE TOUCHDOWNS.
UM, GRAHAM MERTZ IS BACK, DAN!
HE’S BACK.
YEAH, HE IS SO BACK!
IT’S A, IT’S A GREAT VIBRATION, NOT EVEN JUST A GOOD VIBRATION WHERE FLORIDA GET A
WIN LIKE THAT ON THE ROAD, SEAL IT LIKE THEY DID.
THAT WAS GREAT.
THAT WAS A GREAT MOMENT FOR COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
FLORIDA SCORED 41 POINTS AND WON 41 TO 39 OVER SOUTH CAROLINA, DESPITE GOING FOUR
OF 15 ON THIRD DOWNS.
WHICH IS SORT OF A BACKWARDS, BUT I GIVE YOU THAT, BUT HEY, IT WAS A SHOOTOUT.
THE OFFENSE DID NOT BACK DOWN.
NO, UH, GOOD USE OF TOM PETTY RIGHT THERE, EVEN IF IT WAS UNINTENTIONAL.
UM, ELSEWHERE IN THE SEC, GOOD VIBRATION WISE.
I KIND OF LIKED THE FIGHT FROM VANDY GAME WAS PRETTY CLOSE LATE.
IT WAS WEIRDLY PRETTY CLOSE LATE.
THEY SCORED EARLY ON IN THAT GAME.
EVENTUALLY GEORGIA SEPARATES THEMSELF.
I SAW BROCK BOWERS GOT HURT.
UM, BUT, AND I THINK HE’S HOPEFULLY GOING TO BE OKAY.
IT’S NOT LIKE AN ANKLE BREAK.
IT MIGHT JUST BE AN ANKLE SPRAIN.
UM, I APPRECIATE THAT SORT OF COMPETITIVENESS FROM, UH, FROM BROCK
BOWERS FIGHTING.
UM, I DON’T KNOW WHAT ELSE IN THE SEC.
WELL, WE GOT THOSE VIBRATIONS.
WE GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THE BROADCAST TEAM IN THE MIZZOU KENTUCKY GAME.
SO MIZZOU BEATS KENTUCKY, BUT THEY, THEY SHOWED ONE OF OUR TWEETS.
OH, WHAT WAS IT?
THAT I THINK IT WAS MINE.
I DON’T REMEMBER IF IT WAS MINE OR YOURS.
THEY SHOWED THE TWEET ABOUT, UH, WE NEED TO MAKE THE SHIRT ABOUT LET BRADY COOK.
OH, THAT’S DEFINITELY YOU.
THAT’S GREAT.
IS THAT ME?
LET BRADY COOK.
HE DIDN’T, HE, HE KIND OF ORDERED TAKEOUT AT TIMES.
YEAH.
DIDN’T REALLY COOK.
DIDN’T REALLY COOK IN THIS GAME, BUT THEY WON.
THEY LOOK GOOD.
THEY WON.
THE DEFENSE ACTUALLY CAME ALIVE A LITTLE BIT.
KENTUCKY IS STILL STRUGGLING ON OFFENSE, BUT AGAIN, THIS IS, IF YOU’RE LOOKING
AT EITHER ONE OF THESE TEAMS AND WHAT THEY HAD PENCILED IN FOR THE REST OF THE
YEAR, THEY WERE BOTH ON IT IN TERMS OF WINS.
SO GOOD FOR MIZZOU AT THIS POINT THAT THEY SET THEMSELVES UP AS ONE OF THE MORE
FASCINATING TEAMS BACK HALF OF THE SCHEDULE.
SO MY GOOD VIBRATIONS, I WANT TO START IN THE BIG 12.
ROCCO FRICKING BECHT, BABY.
YEAH, MAN.
ROCCO BECHT IS A DUDE PLAYS FOR IOWA STATE.
HE HAD A GREAT GAME IN THE WIN OVER CINCINNATI 30 TO 10.
THEY MENTIONED ROCCTOBER ON THE BROADCAST, WHICH WE’RE PARTIAL TO ROCCTOBER HERE.
OF COURSE.
DON’T LOOK NOW.
BUT IOWA STATE’S BACK TO 500.
IT WAS A ROUGH GO.
THOSE ARE MATT CAMPBELL KIND OF MIXING IT UP WITH FANS AND LISTEN, THAT WAS A GREAT
MOMENT THOUGH.
IT WAS A GOOD VIBRATIONS FROM THAT, BUT WE MAKE, WE MAKE CONTENT.
OKAY.
THAT WAS A GREAT MOMENT FOR US.
YEAH.
BACK TO 500.
THEY’RE GETTING BETTER.
IT’S CLEAR.
THEY’RE GETTING BETTER.
AFTER THE BYE WEEK, THEY’RE ON BY NOW.
THEY’VE GOT BAYLOR, KANSAS, BYU, TEXAS, AND KANSAS STATE.
I’M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT IS AN EASY STRETCH, BUT I WILL STAY AT LEAST LOOKING A LOT MORE
FORMIDABLE HERE.
FEELS LIKE THEY’VE GOT THEIR GUY AT QUARTERBACK.
FEELS LIKE THEY’RE STARTING TO BUILD SOME SUPPORT AROUND HIM.
WE KNOW THEY’VE ALREADY GOT THE DEFENSE.
I’M NOT GOING TO SAY THAT THEY’RE GOING TO FINISH NINE AND THREE.
THAT’S NOT WHERE I’M GOING WITH THIS, BUT COULD IOWA STATE WIN SEVEN GAMES?
I THINK IT’S VERY MUCH ON THE TABLE, VERY MUCH ON THE TABLES, A GOOD VIBES ALL AROUND
ON THE IOWA STATE SIDE.
ALSO IN THE BIG 12, SHOUT OUT AVERY JOHNSON.
OH, AVERY JOHNSON.
YEAH.
YEAH.
I, UH, I THINK HE’S THE GUY, MAN.
LOOK, WE LOVE WILL HOWARD.
WILL HOWARD WON THIS TEAM, THE BIG 12 LAST YEAR IN RELIEF OF, OF ADRIAN MARTINEZ.
I TRIED TO TELL YOU EARLY ON IN THE YEAR.
YOU DID.
NO, YOU DID.
YOU DID.
THERE’S A TWINKLE.
THERE’S A COLLEGE FOOTBALL TWINKLE IN MANHATTAN.
THE CLOUDS PART A LITTLE BIT WHEN HE GETS A LITTLE BIT.
HE HAD FIVE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS IN THIS GAME IN K-STATE’S WIN OVER TEXAS TECH.
K-STATE HAMMERED TEXAS TECH ON THE ROAD.
AND AVERY JOHNSON WAS A BIG PART OF THAT FIVE RUSHING TOUCHDOWNS FOR THE FRESHMEN.
SO THAT, AND A BOUNCE BACK EFFORT, BY THE WAY, AFTER LOSING LIKE THEY DID TO OKLAHOMA
STATE, UH, ACC WISE, KEON COLEMAN.
I MEAN, IT WASN’T EXACTLY LIKE FLORIDA STATE WENT UP AGAINST A JUGGERNAUT IN THE
FORM OF CUSE.
SYRACUSE GOT DRILLED A WEEK AGO BY NORTH CAROLINA.
WE SAW THE WRITING ON THE WALL HERE WITH FLORIDA STATE.
THE QUESTION FOR FLORIDA STATE HAS BEEN, HOW ARE THEY GOING TO HANDLE THESE TWEENER
GAMES THAT DON’T MATTER AS MUCH AS SOME OF THE BIG HEADLINERS THEY’VE DONE WELL IN
THE HEADLINERS.
BUT WHAT ABOUT CUSE?
WHAT ABOUT THESE 41 TO THREE,
THIS WAS NEVER A CONTEST, BUT KEON COLEMAN SIX FOR 114 AND A TOUCHDOWN IN THE
FIRST HALF FINISHED WITH NINE FOR 140.
AND A TOUCHDOWN IN THE GAME.
KEON COLEMAN PROVING TO BE, I DON’T KNOW IF THE MOST IMPACTFUL TRANSFER IS THE RIGHT
WAY TO CHARACTERIZE IT, BUT CERTAINLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPACTFUL TRANSFERS THROUGHOUT
COLLEGE FOOTBALL SO FAR THIS SEASON.
SO SHOUT OUT TO HIM AND THE ACC.
ALSO SHOUT OUT TO THE PITT FREAKING PANTHERS, DAN.
YEAH, MAN, THEY NEEDED THIS.
THEY NEEDED THAT PICK SIX.
THEY NEEDED THE NIGHT AGAINST LOUISVILLE.
YEAH.
WHAT A NECK CRACK FOR THESE GUYS.
A DREADFUL, DREADFUL ONE IN FOUR START.
FOR THE PITT PANTHERS, AFTER WHICH THEY DEMOTED THEIR QUARTERBACK TO TIGHT END,
THAT I THINK DEMOTED HIM FROM TIGHT END TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT WE HAVEN’T.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
THEY JUST SAID HE’S NOT, HE’S ACTUALLY NOT PLAYING TIGHT END NOW.
UH, NATURALLY THEY JUST KNOCK THE SNOT OUT OF THE NUMBER 14 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.
THE LOUISVILLE CARDINALS A WEEK AFTER LOUISVILLE KNOCKS OFF NOTRE DAME FIGHTING
IRISH PITT SCORED WHAT?
38 POINTS IN A GAME LIKE THIS.
UM, NOT, NOT, NOT ALL AN OFFENSE.
IT’S STILL PITT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HERE.
RIGHT.
IT WASN’T EXACTLY THE TYPE OF, UH, THE TYPE OF STATISTICAL PERFORMANCE WHERE YOU
LOOK AT AND SAY, WOW, PITT WITH PINBALL NUMBERS, NOTHING LIKE THAT.
I PROMISE YOU.
I THOUGHT I WAS JUST HAVING A STROKE.
I THOUGHT YOU CALLED LOUISVILLE THE NUMBER 14 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.
THE NUMBER 14, 14.
THAT’S RIGHT.
YEAH.
SORRY.
NOT 14.
YEAH.
THAT WAS A PROBABLY ON ME.
AND I WAS LIKE, WAIT, WHAT, WHAT DID I MISS?
UM, AS I FLEW OUT WEST.
OKAY.
UM, YEAH.
AND CHRISTIAN VEILLEUX.
IS THAT HOW YOU PRONOUNCE IT?
YEAH.
VAY-YOU.
VAY-YOU.
YEAH.
WHO I THINK WE LAST SAW STRUGGLING AGAINST IOWA WHEN HE HAD TO REPLACE, UM, WHO WAS
THAT?
SEAN CLIFFORD.
SEAN CLIFFORD AGAINST, UH, AGAINST THE HAWKEYES.
SO A NICE BOUNCE BACK STORY FOR HIM IN RELIEF AND PITT GETTING IT DONE SOMEHOW,
SOME WAY.
PITT GETS IT DONE.
UH, BIG TEN THROW YOUR JOKES INTO THE FIRE, DAN.
TOSS THEM IN.
LET THEM SMOLDER.
THAT’S RIGHT.
THANK YOU.
GREAT SOUND EFFECT.
IOWA IS DOING SOMETHING REMARKABLE.
WHAT DID, WHAT HAVE WE CALLED IT?
TY?
WHAT HAVE WE CALLED IT?
I DON’T REMEMBER.
THE REVERSE FROSTING.
A LITTLE BIT OF REVERSE FOSSIL.
THEY’RE GOING TO BE THE WORST 10 AND TWO TEAM OF ALL TIME.
YEAH.
IOWA IS DOING SOMETHING REMARKABLE.
THEY’RE ANSWERING A QUESTION THAT I HAVE HAD THAT I’M SURE THE LISTENERS HAVE HAD.
THEY NEVER KNEW IT.
WHAT WOULD NAVY BE LIKE IF IT PLAYED DEFENSE?
I GUESS IOWA IS NAVY WITH THE DEFENSE.
THAT’S ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY ARE.
THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THROWING IT.
THEY DON’T CARE.
NO, YOU’RE RIGHT.
THEY DON’T CARE.
THEY HAD 237 YARDS OF OFFENSE IN THIS GAME.
ACTUALLY, THEY’RE NOT EVEN NAVY ON OFFENSE, BUT THEY’RE JUST NOT GOING TO THROW THE
BALL.
THEY DON’T CARE.
THEY HAD 237 TOTAL YARDS, 82 OF WHICH CAME ON AN EARLY TOUCHDOWN RUN.
THE REST OF THE WAY YOU CAN DO THE MAP.
RIGHT?
THE MATH ON THAT.
LIKE 150 YARDS THE REST OF THE WAY.
THEY BEAT WISCONSIN 15 TO 6.
THEY’VE GOT ONE LOSS.
THEY’RE VERY MUCH IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT IN THE BIG TEN WEST.
THEY’RE GOING TO GO TO THE BIG TEN TITLE GAME.
NOBODY IN THE BIG TEN WEST IS GOING TO BEAT IOWA.
NOBODY IS GOING TO BEAT THEM, DAN.
I WONDER IF WE CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IOWA’S RECORD IS.
ONCE THEY GET THAT 77 YARD TOUCHDOWN RUN.
IT ALWAYS SEEMS TO HAPPEN.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT WAS KALEB.
WHAT WAS HIS KALEB JOHNSON?
YEAH.
IN THE LAST YEAR OR TWO.
AND THEN IT WAS LASHON WILLIAMS.
IS THAT WHO HAD THE ONE TODAY?
THAT ONCE THEY GET THAT LONG TOUCHDOWN RUN THAT LIKE IS EVERYBODY ON THE HEADSET.
JUST LIKE, ALL RIGHT, BACK IT IN GUYS.
THAT’S THAT’S A DAY.
THAT’S ALL WE NEEDED.
AND IT’S KIND OF TRUE.
THEY JUST PLAY BASEBALL BLOWOUTS, IOWA.
SO LIKE IOWA BEAT IT SAYS HERE, WISCONSIN.
I THOUGHT TANNER MORDECAI GOT HURT.
RIGHT?
YEAH.
IT SAYS HERE, WISCONSIN.
THIS MIGHT AS WELL BE LIKE IOWA FOOTBALL BEAT THE SEATTLE MARINERS 15 TO 6.
THAT’S HOW THEY PLAY NOW.
AND THAT’S WHY WE’RE GETTING A REVERSE SCOTT FROST WHO COACHED THE BEST THREE AND NINE
TEAM EVER.
WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE BEST 11 AND ONE OR WHATEVER TEAM EVER.
AND FINAL FINAL POINT ON THE BIG TEN RUTGERS RUTGERS BABY RUTGERS SCORED 21 UNANSWERED
POINTS TO BEAT MICHIGAN STATE IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
RUTGERS NOW STARTS FIVE AND OH AT HOME FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2006 BEEN A MINUTE, BUT
RUTGERS IS ONE WIN FROM GOING BOWLING.
YEAH.
YES, THEY VERY MUCH GONNA BE WEEK EIGHT ONE WIN AWAY.
SO DO THEY HAVE WEEK EIGHT GOOD ON THEM?
I DON’T GOT IT IN FRONT OF ME.
OKAY.
ANYTHING ELSE THE BIG TIME I SAW MARYLAND WENT DOWN TO ILLINOIS AND A BIT OF A MIKE
LOCKSLEY BATTLE.
I THINK IT’S RIGHT.
OFFENSE COORDINATOR WAY BACK WHEN ANYTHING ELSE THAT GAVE YOU SOME GOOD VIBRATIONS.
THAT WAS A FIELD GOAL AT THE GUN.
IF I REMEMBER, YOU’LL GO WITH THE GUN.
YEAH, I MEAN, MICHIGAN, OHIO STATE WON IN RESOUNDING FASHION.
PENN STATE 63 TO NIL.
THE ONLY OTHER REAL POINT OF NOTE WAS THE ILLINOIS MARYLAND GAME WHEN WE GET TO THE
LINE.
I BAD YEAR.
GOOD.
GOOD DAY.
WHEN WE GET TO SCARY STORIES, PERHAPS WE COULD TALK ABOUT THE COLORADO DEFENSE, WHICH I KNOW
YOU DID NOT MENTION.
I KNOW I DIDN’T MENTION THAT.
WELL, I DON’T KNOW HOW WE EVEN I WAS SAVING IT FOR SCARY STORIES AND SAVING IT ALL AT
THIS ELIC AYOMANOR WHO HAD 296 YARDS.
YEAH, LET’S DO IT.
ALL RIGHT.
THOSE ARE GOOD VIBRATIONS.
WE’RE SITTING HERE AROUND THE CAMPFIRE.
I’M GONNA GET MY FLASHLIGHT OUT.
I’M GONNA SHINE IT ON MY FACE.
LET’S DO SOME SCARY STORIES FROM THIS WEEK.
WE’VE NAMED THIS THE ROCKY LOMBARDI PICTURE SHOW.
I LIKE THAT.
ROCKY LOMBARDI STILL PLAYING, BY THE WAY, WHICH IS WILD.
YEAH, HE WAS CLASS OF 2008.
HE’S A CPA NOW.
HE’S BEEN IN SCHOOL LONG ENOUGH NOW.
ROCKY LOMBARDI STILL AT AN IU AFTER TRANSFERRING IN FROM MICHIGAN STATE.
ALL RIGHT.
WHAT WHAT IS OUR SCARY STORY SKATE SEGMENT?
WE’RE JUST GONNA TALK ABOUT BIZARRE THINGS THAT HAPPENED IN THE WORLD OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
WE’RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THINGS THAT SCARED US.
THINGS THAT WERE PERHAPS INFLUENCED BY THE OCCULT FORCES OF MY REVERSE JINX AND WHATNOT.
LET’S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT BYU.
GUESS WHO JUST GOT BYU ON OFFENSE?
DREADFUL BYU AS A TEAM OUT GAINED BY 341 YARDS.
THEY WENT TO A 14 ON THIRD DOWNS.
THEY GOT ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED BY TCU ON THE ROAD.
THEY LOST 44 TO 11.
NICE WIN FOR TCU, BY THE WAY.
BUT BYU WAS A FIVE AND A HALF POINT ROAD DOG.
A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU AND I AGREED ON THAT GAME.
WE LIKE BYU.
WE SAID, YEAH, WE DON’T THINK TCU IS ALL THAT GOOD.
THEY DRILLED BYU IN THIS GAME.
SO JOSH HOOVER GETS THE START AND IT WAS IT WAS JUST UGLY FROM BYU.
THAT’S RIGHT.
CONTINUE.
THAT’S RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
ELSEWHERE, I DO WANT TO GET TO THIS STANFORD, COLORADO GAME.
PERHAPS YOU COULD TALK ABOUT COLORADO’S DEFENSE AND WHAT WENT DOWN IN THIS GAME,
DESPITE HAVING A 29 TO NIL LEAD.
I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE REFS.
SPEAKING OF BIZARRE MOMENTS, I’VE NEVER SEEN THIS BEFORE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
IT GOT A CHUCKLE FROM EVERYBODY ONLINE.
THE REFS WERE NOT HAVING IT WITH THE GUY, WHOEVER THE INTERN WAS UP IN THE BOOTH IN BOULDER.
WHOEVER WAS IN CHARGE OF THE SOUND EFFECTS BUTTON WAS PLAYING THE SOUND EFFECTS AS STANFORD WAS
IN FORMATION AND ABOUT READY TO RUN A PLAY.
AND IT LED TO A VERY BIZARRE MOMENT WITH THE REF COMING ON THE PA SYSTEM AND SAYING,
PLEASE STOP DOING THAT.
OTHERWISE, WE’RE GOING TO ASSESS A PENALTY TO COLORADO.
I’VE NEVER SEEN THAT BEFORE IN MY LIFE.
POOR FORM FROM THE STADIUM OPERATIONS CREW AT COLORADO.
POORER FORM FROM COLORADO.
HOLY HELL.
SO IT WAS I THINK ASHTON DANIELS DIDN’T START THIS GAME FOR STANFORD.
TRAVIS HUNTER COMES BACK.
TRAVIS HUNTER GETS SCORCHED.
TRAVIS HUNTER SEEMS TO PLAY A THOUSAND PLAYS IN THIS GAME.
IT WAS ELICC AYOMANOR
IF I PRONOUNCE THAT CORRECTLY.
STANFORD COMES BACK.
DEION ELECTED.
SO STANFORD COMES BACK DOWN 29 AT THE HALF.
THEY COME BACK TO TIE IT WITH A FIELD GOAL IN THE WANING SECONDS.
IT GOES TO OVERTIME.
DEION CHOOSES TO GO ON OFFENSE, I BELIEVE, WHICH IS PRETTY RARE IF YOU WIN THE COIN TOSS AND
STANFORD ENDS UP WINNING THIS ONE.
IT GOES WHAT, TWO OVERTIMES?
YEAH.
AND STANFORD WINS IT ON THE STRENGTH OF, BY THE WAY, AN INCREDIBLE CATCH ON THE HELMET
OF TRAVIS HUNTER FROM ELIC AYOMANOR
IT WAS ONE OF THOSE DEALS WHERE HE’S BACKPEDALING.
TRAVIS HUNTER, WHO PLAYED IN THIS GAME, WAS BACK AND HAD A HELL OF A GAME ON OFFENSE TO
HIS CREDIT.
IT’S LIKE A SICK SPIN MOVE, TOUCHDOWN AND RUN.
IT WAS REALLY, REALLY, AND HE HAD A GOOD GAME.
BUT THIS WAS ONE OF THOSE DEALS WHERE THE RECEIVER WAS BACKPEDALING.
BALL CAME IN.
TRAVIS HUNTER DID NOT SEE IT.
RECEIVER REACHES AROUND.
TRAVIS HUNTER PINS THE BALL TO THE BACK OF HIS HELMET, BACKPEDALS A LITTLE BIT UNTIL
HE CAN GET A GRIP ON THE BALL, THEN KIND OF MANEUVERS IT AWAY FROM THE HELMET, GOES ON
TO SCORE A TOUCHDOWN.
CRAZY, CRAZY PLAY.
I’M PRETTY IN TERMS OF SCARINESS.
I DON’T KNOW.
IT DEPENDS HOW IT SORT OF RESONATES WITH YOUR BRAIN AND YOUR MILEAGE MAY VARY.
BUT HOUSTON COUGARS, PRETTY SCARY WAY TO LOSE IF YOU’RE A WEST VIRGINIA FAN.
I THINK THAT WAS A COUPLE NIGHTS AGO.
SEEMED LIKE THINGS WERE GOING TO BE PRETTY NICE FOR WEST VIRGINIA.
THAT’S THE FIRST.
THE FIRST IS IT THE FIRST WIN FROM A NEW BIG 12 TEAM AGAINST A LONG TIME BIG 12 TEAM.
I BELIEVE THIS HOUSTON WIN.
I MEAN, WHAT A WAY TO WIN TO A HAIL MARY.
WOW.
COME BACK.
IT WAS A CRAZY ONE, TWO SEQUENCE.
IT WAS A CRAZY PASS THAT GOT WEST VIRGINIA UP 39-35 TO BEGIN.
AND THEN HOUSTON GETTING A CHANCE AT A HAIL MARY AND COMPLETING IT.
I MEAN, TALK ABOUT A CALLED FORCES.
JEEZ.
IT WAS THAT WAS WILD.
I’M TRYING TO THINK WHAT ELSE WHAT ELSE WAS SCARY TO YOU?
I MEAN, I CAN WELL BACK TO OREGON ON FOURTH DOWN.
THAT WAS PRETTY TERRIFYING TO ME ON MY COUCH.
WELL, I TALK A LOT ABOUT ZOMBIE ALABAMA.
GENERALLY, I WOULD SAY THAT.
ZOMBIE ALABAMA IS PRETTY SCARY.
AND I DECLARED ZOMBIE ALABAMA BACK ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF.
AND IT’S APPARENT THAT ARKANSAS FOUGHT AND ARKANSAS WAS ABLE TO KIND OF.
HOLD ALABAMA DOWN.
ALABAMA’S OFFENSE IS IN A REALLY WEIRD SPOT RIGHT NOW.
I THINK WE KNOW AT THIS POINT, JALEN MILROE IS THE GUY THAT THEY’RE GOING TO ROLL WITH.
BUT WASN’T EXACTLY A GREAT GAME FROM HIM ON THE PASSING SIDE.
I STILL WOULD LOVE TO SEE THEM TURN HIM LOOSE AND LET HIM RUN A LITTLE BIT MORE
THAN HE HAS RIGHT NOW.
IT’S JUST A LOT OF SCRAMBLING.
IT’S NOT THAT MUCH DESIGNED.
I DON’T KNOW IF THEY’RE AFRAID OF GETTING HIM HURT BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO HAVE TO GO TO
TYLER BUCKNER OR TY SIMPSON.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE THOUGHT IS THERE, BECAUSE ALL WE HEARD ABOUT WITH RESPECT TO JALEN MILROE
WAS HIS ELITE NFL CALIBER SPEED.
AND WE JUST HAVE NOT SEEN ENOUGH OF IT FOR MY TASTE.
THAT BEING SAID, IT WINS A WIN, BUT ARKANSAS KEPT THIS ONE RELATIVELY CLOSE.
I AM EXTREMELY INTERESTED THE REST OF THE WAY AS ALABAMA PLAYS SOME OF THESE TEAMS ON
ITS SCHEDULE TO SEE WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE, TO SEE WHAT IT LOOKS LIKE THIS COMING WEEK
AGAINST TENNESSEE.
I LIKE THEIR CHANCES AGAINST TENNESSEE.
I DID PICK TENNESSEE IN THE PRESEASON.
I PROBABLY WON’T PICK THEM NOW THAT I KNOW WHAT I KNOW.
BUT INTERESTING GAME, THE LSU GAME THAT YOU MENTIONED EARLIER.
I DON’T KNOW IF WE’RE FULLY AT ZOMBIE ALABAMA AGAIN.
I DON’T KNOW IF WE’RE AT THE POINT WHERE ALABAMA IS UNDEAD AND IS GOING TO RIP THROUGH THE
REST OF ITS SCHEDULE.
WELL, LIKE MOST ZOMBIES, ALABAMA NEEDS BRAINS BECAUSE THEY COULDN’T SCORE IN THE SECOND
HALF.
IT WAS JALEN MILROE POPPING A COUPLE OF BIG PLAYS.
THEN KOBE PRENTICE CAUGHT ONE OF THE LONGER PASSES, AND THAT WAS KIND OF IT.
THEY DIDN’T SCORE A TOUCHDOWN IN THE SECOND HALF, RIGHT?
THEY JUST HUNG ON AGAINST ARKANSAS.
IF I’M REMEMBERING CORRECTLY, IT WAS A HANG ON JOB.
THAT GUY’S LIKE DALLAS TURNER ON DEFENSE DRAGGED HIM ACROSS THE FINISH LINE.
YEAH, I DON’T KNOW.
I’M I THOUGHT WE HAD ZOMBIE ALABAMA BACK, SO IT’S IT’S IT’S FRIGHTENING.
I JUST I DON’T THINK ALABAMA IS THAT GOOD.
IT’S FRIGHTENING ME IN ON TWO SIDES OF THE COIN.
IF ZOMBIE ALABAMA IS BACK IN SOME SENSE, THEN THAT’S OBVIOUSLY FRIGHTENING FOR ALL OPPONENTS.
IF THEY’RE NOT BACK, THEN THAT’S FRIGHTENING.
I THINK FOR ALABAMA FANS, BECAUSE YOU DO HAVE THIS LUMPY QUALITY TO THE WAY THEY PLAY OTHER
SCARY MOMENTS THIS WEEK, BROCK BOWERS WENT DOWN.
I HAVE YOU SAW THIS BROCK BOWERS, RIGHT?
WE TALKED A BIT OF A SCARE IN THE SECOND QUARTER.
HE LIMPED OFF ENDS UP BEING A SPRAINED ANKLE.
HE’S GOING TO BE OKAY, BUT HE HAD PRECAUTIONARY X-RAYS.
KIRBY SMART SAID HE’S FINE.
THERE’S ALSO A MOMENT IN THE MEMPHIS GAME WHERE DUDE SUCKER PUNCHED ANOTHER DUDE IN THE SPOT
WHERE YOU’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO SUCKER PUNCH GUYS.
THAT WAS NOT VERY FUN.
I DIDN’T LIKE THAT SCARY.
THAT WAS THE KIND OF THING THAT YOU SEE THE VIDEO AND IT’S LIKE, OH, I FELT THAT.
I FELT THAT A LITTLE BIT AND IT HURT.
SO, ANY OTHER SCARY MOMENTS FOR YOU, DAN?
LOOKING FOR A FOOTBALL.
IT’S BEEN A SCARY COUPLE WEEKS.
IF YOU ENJOY SYRACUSE FOOTBALL WITH WHAT THEY SUFFERED AT THE HANDS OF FLORIDA STATE WITH,
IT’S BARELY ENGLISH AND THEN CLEMSON AND THEY JUST HAVE BEEN SHELLED RECENTLY.
SYRACUSE.
WELL, THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO.
CLEMSON, RIGHT?
THEY HAVE FLORIDA STATE THIS WEEK.
IT WAS TOAFILI AND TREY BENSON RUNNING ALL OVER THEM.
JORDAN TRAVIS MADE SOME BIG PLAYS.
IT’S PRETTY SCARY RIGHT NOW CONSIDERING THAT THIS TEAM STARTED OUT WINNING A BUNCH OF GAMES
AND NOW FADING PRETTY QUICKLY.
LET’S GET TO THE ROAST.
LET’S CLOSE THINGS OUT, DAN, WITH SOME HOT FIRE, SOME TAKES FROM YOU AND I.
WE’VE GOT TAKES FROM THE REVERB LINE AS WELL.
NOT A FULL COMPLIMENT FROM THE REVERB LINE.
JUST A SAMPLING.
WE’LL PLAY AN EXTENDED CUT OUT ON OUR PATREON AT VERBALLERS.COM.
WE WILL GET BACK TO PLAYING MORE OF THE FULL COMPLEMENT NEXT WEEK.
JUST AGAIN, A SAMPLING HERE AS WE TEST OUT OUR ROAST SEGMENT.
BUT MY, I GUESS, BIGGEST, HOTTEST TAKE IS NOT ANYTHING THAT IS GOING TO BE GROUNDBREAKING
OR BREAK THE INTERNET OR SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY LISTENING TO THIS STREAM OR TO THIS
ON-DEMAND AUDIO HAS NOT ALREADY THOUGHT.
IT’S TIME TO CUT BAIT WITH JIMBO FISHER.
IT IS TIME.
IT IS TIME TO GET THE OIL MONEY TOGETHER.
IT IS TIME TO FIND SOME UNDERHANDED WAY TO PAY THE MAN OFF SO THAT HE GOES AWAY AND RIDES
OFF PEACEFULLY INTO THE SUNSET.
HE’S HAD A LONG STORIED CAREER.
GUY WON A NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
I’M SURE HE COULD COACH SOMEWHERE ELSE.
I’M SURE HE COULD GET SOME BROADCASTING WORK.
I DON’T KNOW.
YOU GOT SOMEBODY IN MIND TO REPLACE HIM?
NO, GUY’S GOT OPTIONS.
MIKE ELKO WOULD BE GREAT.
BUT MY ONLY POINT IS THIS.
A&M IS NOW STARING DOWN THE BARREL OF EIGHT AND FOUR AGAIN.
MAYBE SEVEN AND FIVE, MAYBE WORSE.
AND WE ALL KNOW WHERE THIS THING IS GOING TO GO.
WE ALL KNOW THAT THE NATURAL CONCLUSION IS JIMBO FISHER’S NOT GOING TO BE THERE NEXT YEAR.
SEEMS LIKE THE LOGICAL THING FOR ME.
SO IF IT’S GOING TO BE DONE EVENTUALLY, JUST DO IT IMMEDIATELY.
JUST GET YOUR NAME IN THE HAT.
LET EVERYBODY SIGNAL TO ANYBODY OUT THERE WHO IS INTERESTED IN A NEW GIG THAT THE JOB
AND COLLEGE STATION IS GOING TO BE OPEN AND LET’S JUST MOVE ON.
LET’S NOT KID OURSELVES.
THIS POINT, A&M’S GOT THREE LOSSES.
THEY WERE CLEARLY ASPIRING FOR A LOT MORE.
AND TO YOUR POINT FROM EARLIER, OF COURSE, THERE ARE BUILT IN EXCUSES.
YOU GOT THE BACKUP QUARTERBACK, INJURIES, WHATEVER ELSE.
BUT IT IS CLEAR AT THIS POINT THAT WHATEVER THE PROJECT LOOKED LIKE FROM THE PERSPECTIVE
OF JIMBO FISHER TO RECTIFY THE A&M SITUATION, IT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.
HE’S HAD ENOUGH TIME.
IT’S TIME TO CUT BAIT.
DO YOU THINK KALEN DEBOER’S WIFE IS GOING TO BEGIN LOOKING FOR REAL ESTATE AND COLLEGE STATION?
NO, I DON’T.
I’VE HEARD THE RUMOR.
NO, NO, NO.
HEARING LOTS OF RUMORS.
OKAY.
WOULD A&M HIRE URBAN?
NO, NOBODY’S HIRING URBAN.
I DON’T THINK ANYONE’S HIRING URBAN.
NO, NOBODY’S HIRING URBAN MEYER.
YEAH, THAT’S NOT A BAD TAKE.
YOU READY FOR MY ROAST?
WHO ARE YOU ROASTING?
WHAT ARE YOU ROASTING?
I THINK WE FULLY NEED TO.
I MEAN, WE KIND OF DID ALREADY TODAY, BUT I THINK AS A COLLEGE FOOTBALL COMMUNITY, FULLY
IGNORE MICHIGAN.
LIKE LET’S NOT WATCH MICHIGAN HIGHLIGHTS.
LET’S NOT TALK ABOUT WHAT MICHIGAN SHOULD BE RANKED.
LET’S NOT, YOU KNOW, THINK ABOUT A FOUR TEAM.
LIKE IF I WERE TO ASK YOU RIGHT NOW, WHO, WHICH FOUR TEAMS DO YOU HAVE IN YOUR PLAYOFF
AND YOU JUST FULLY OMIT MICHIGAN?
I THINK THAT’S WORTHWHILE.
WHY?
LIKE THEY HAVE NOT DONE A SINGLE THING THIS YEAR THAT IS WORTH ATTENTION.
THEY’VE TAKEN CARE OF BUSINESS IN IMPRESSIVE WAYS, BUT THEY BEAT INDIANA 52 TO SEVEN.
THEY HAVE NOBODY UNTIL THEY HAVE A TWO GAME SEASON RIGHT NOW.
AND THE WAY THAT THEY SCHEDULED THE WAY THAT THE BIG TEN IS, AND IT’S NOT FULLY THEIR FAULT
THAT THE BIG TEN IS WHAT IT IS, THAT THE MICHIGAN STATE GAME WILL GO THE WAY THAT IT WILL GO
WITH HOW MICHIGAN STATE IS PLAYING THIS YEAR.
BUT RIGHT NOW, MICHIGAN TO ME, LIKE THERE’S, THERE’S NOTHING WORTHWHILE TO SAY ABOUT MICHIGAN
IS THERE?
LIKE, HOW DO YOU FORM ANY SORT OF OPINION ABOUT MICHIGAN WITH THE TEAMS THEY’VE PLAYED
THIS YEAR?
THEY’VE TAKEN CARE OF BUSINESS.
THAT’S WHAT AN EXCELLENT TEAM SHOULD DO.
YOU KNOW MY STANCE ON THIS.
MY STANCE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT A TEAM IS NOT DEFINED BY ITS SCHEDULE.
I KNOW THEY’VE DONE WHAT AN EXCELLENT TEAM SHOULD DO AGAINST THEIR SCHEDULE.
BUT LIKE I, IF I HEAR DAN ORLOVSKY SAY, MICHIGAN MIGHT BE THE MOST COMPLETE TEAM IN THE COUNTRY.
WHAT?
WHAT?
THERE’S NO, THERE’S NO DATA RIGHT NOW ON MICHIGAN.
AND WE’RE IN OCTOBER, LIKE MID OCTOBER ON MICHIGAN.
LIKE WHAT OPINION ABOUT MICHIGAN CAN YOU HAVE THAT’S WORTHWHILE RIGHT NOW?
LIKE THAT, THEY’VE TAKEN CARE OF BUSINESS.
THEY’VE TAKEN CARE OF BUSINESS AND LIKE WE THINK THEY’RE REALLY GOOD.
THEY’VE MADE THE PLAYOFF A COUPLE YEARS IN A ROW.
BUT LIKE WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT THIS YEAR’S TEAM.
REALLY?
I’M STANDING BY MY PICK OF MICHIGAN AS A NATIONAL CHAMPION.
THAT’S FINE.
AND THAT THAT WILL COME TO PASS.
I JUST LIKE IN THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.
LIKE WE CAN TALK ABOUT NORTH CAROLINA IMPROVING.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, HOW’S TEXAS GOING TO BOUNCE BACK FROM OKLAHOMA?
IS OKLAHOMA AGAINST THE BACK HALF OF THEIR SCHEDULE GOING TO CONTINUE ITS WINNING WAYS?
WE CAN TALK ABOUT OREGON AND WASHINGTON.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT, YOU KNOW, FLORIDA STATE.
WE CAN TALK ABOUT ALABAMA’S FLAWS OR LSU’S FLAWS OR GEORGIA’S FLAWS OR TENNESSEE’S FLAWS.
WHAT IS THERE TO TALK ABOUT WITH MICHIGAN?
I’M NOT SAYING EXCELLENCE IS BORING.
I’M SAYING BECAUSE OF THEIR SCHEDULE, THERE’S NOTHING THAT WE CAN ACCURATELY SAY ABOUT MICHIGAN.
THEIR CURRENT STRENGTH OF SCHEDULE RANKING, I SHOULD SAY CURRENT AS OF A WEEK AGO WAS 114TH.
AND IT’S LIKE MICHIGAN SHOULDN’T BE PART OF THE COLLEGE FOOTBALL CONVERSATION RIGHT NOW.
IT’S NOT NECESSARILY THROUGH THE FAULT OF THE PLAYERS.
THE PLAYERS ARE DOING THEIR PART.
NO, IT’S NOT THE FAULT OF THE PLAYERS.
IT’S NOT THE FAULT.
IT’S NOT EVEN THE FAULT OF THE PROGRAM.
IT’S JUST THERE’S IT’S NOT THERE A PROGRAM NOT WORTH TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE
GET TO THE FINAL TWO, YOU KNOW, NOT FINAL TWO, BUT THE TWO OF THE FINAL THREE WEEKS
OF THE SEASON FOR THE WOLVERINES.
AT PENN STATE WEEK 11, OBVIOUSLY THE BIG RIVALRY AGAINST OHIO STATE AT HOME IN WEEK 13,
THE SANDWICH GAMES ON THE ROAD AT MARYLAND.
WE PROBABLY SEE MARYLAND IN A BIT OF A DIFFERENT LIGHT.
AFTER ALL, IT IS NOW OCTOBER AND NOT SEPTEMBER.
IT’S MICHIGAN STATE AND PURDUE LEADING UP TO PENN STATE.
YEAH.
YEAH.
ANY OTHER TAKES FROM YOU, DAN, BEFORE WE KICK IT TO THE VERBALLERHOOD?
YEAH, THERE’S ONE OTHER ONE.
AND I WAS WORKSHOPPING THIS FOR A WHILE.
I HAVE NO IDEA IF THE ACC IS INCREDIBLE OR THE WORST THING EVER RIGHT NOW.
LIKE CLEMSON ISN’T ESPECIALLY WATCHABLE.
FLORIDA STATE SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE GETTING THEIR ACT TOGETHER.
NORTH CAROLINA SEEMS IMPROVED.
BUT LIKE PITT HAS BEEN TERRIBLE TV.
NC STATE HAS WASTED EVERYBODY’S TIME THIS YEAR, RIGHT?
I’VE BEEN SAYING IT.
YOU KNOW, I MADE THAT COMMENT A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, AND I HAD A COUPLE PEOPLE TWEET ME.
NICE PEOPLE NOT TRYING TO BE SNARKY.
LIKE, ARE YOU SURE ABOUT THAT?
DO YOU REALLY FEEL THAT WAY ABOUT NC STATE?
THEY MAKE AN OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR CHANGE AND THEY GET BRENNAN ARMSTRONG.
THEY BENCH BENNETT BRENNAN ARMSTRONG.
MJ MORRIS WASN’T ESPECIALLY GOOD AGAINST PITT.
THEY’RE WASTING ALL OF OUR TIME, ALL OF OUR HOPES AND DREAMS.
WAKE FOREST HAS TAKEN A STEP BACK, OBVIOUSLY LOSING TO VIRGINIA TECH.
VIRGINIA TECH HAS BEEN TERRIBLE.
VIRGINIA HAS BEEN AT TIMES FEISTY AND ENTERTAINING, BUT ALSO AT TIMES TERRIBLE.
MIAMI IS ITS OWN WHOLE DEAL AFTER WHAT THEY DID LAST WEEK.
THEY’VE BEEN DISAPPOINTING.
THERE’S JUST SOMETHING ABOUT THE ACC RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU’RE JUST LIKE,
SHOULD YOU INVEST ANY EMOTION?
IF YOU’RE A FAN OF AN ACC TEAM THAT ISN’T FLORIDA STATE OR NORTH CAROLINA IN THIS MOMENT,
SHOULD YOU INVEST ANY SORT OF EMOTION IN THIS CONFERENCE?
FLIP SIDE, ARE THEY THE MOST INCREDIBLE CONFERENCE IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL BECAUSE OF THAT WEEK TO WEEK
NONSENSE?
YEAH, I’M NOT.
I’M NOT SURE I KNOW WHERE I STAND, BUT THERE’S SOMETHING THAT’S JUST CHAOTIC AND EXPLOSIVE
ABOUT THE ACC THAT DRIVES ME A LITTLE BIT NUTS.
I LOVE THE NORTH CAROLINA STORY.
I LOVE THE NORTH CAROLINA STORY.
NORTH CAROLINA IS GOING TO BE A WHISPER QUIET UNDEFEATED TEAM.
WHISPER QUIET UNDEFEATED TEAM GOING INTO THE LATTER HALF OF ITS SCHEDULE.
AND THEY DO NOT PLAY FLORIDA STATE.
THEY DO NOT PLAY LOUISVILLE.
THERE WILL BE OPPORTUNITIES TO LOSE.
I’M STILL NOT 100% SOLD IN THAT DEFENSE, BUT TO YOUR POINT, YEAH, IT’S NOTHING IF NOT INTERESTING.
IF YOUR STARTING POINT IS DRAKE MAYE, IT’S GOOD.
YOU DO A LOT WORSE THAN THAT.
YEAH.
ALL RIGHT.
WE GOT A SAMPLING OF ROASTS THAT CAME IN ON THE REVERB LINE AGAIN.
VERBALLERS.COM, YOU CAN GET THE FULL EXTENDED VERSION.
WE’RE GOING TO POST THAT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS OR SO.
NEXT WEEK AROUND THE CAMPFIRE, WE’LL HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE IN THE ROASTING BASKET.
BUT ROASTING BASKET, HERE’S WHAT WE GOT HERE ON REVERB LINE.
HAVE A LISTEN.
DANIEL CALLING IN FROM COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA.
AND DAN, I DON’T WANT TO HEAR ANY FALSE POSITIVITY OF, MAN, OREGON REALLY TRIED IT.
OH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH.
YOU’VE BEEN BEATEN DOWN ON TIES IN THESE NOTRE DAME LOSSES.
AND I NEED SOME RAW, TERRIBLY SAD EMOTIONS TO MATCH WHERE I’M AT RIGHT NOW.
BECAUSE MY FIANCE’S OUT HERE TRYING TO BE SUPPORTIVE, BUT NOBODY UNDERSTANDS HOW I’M FEELING.
THIS IS ERIC IN TEMPE, ARIZONA.
LOCAL HUSKY FAN OUT HERE.
AND LISTEN, OREGON IS AN EXCELLENT TEAM.
THEY RUN THE BALL WELL.
BUT WHEN IT MATTERS MOST, THEY CHOKE.
CAN’T CONVERT ON FOURTH DOWN.
CAN’T KICK THE FIELD GOAL.
THE HUSKIES ARE THE BEST TEAM IN THE BEST CONFERENCE.
I’M 37 YEARS OLD.
SO I FEEL LIKE I HAVE ENOUGH WISDOM TO SAY THIS.
I’M ACTUALLY DRIVING TO KROGER TO GET ARTHRITIS CREAM FOR MY KNUCKLES.
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE FACT THAT I WAS PUNCHING WALLS
AFTER WATCHING DAN LANNING NOT PUNCH THE BALL.
MAKE IT ALL BETTER, GUYS.
MAKE IT ALL BETTER.
TYLER IN WISCONSIN HERE.
BASED ON WHAT I READ, WE’RE SUPPOSED TO BE ROASTING SOMETHING.
AND I CAN JUST ROAST MYSELF FOREVER BELIEVING THAT THIS BADGER TEAM WAS ANYTHING
MORE THAN AN 8-WIN TEAM.
AWFUL PERFORMANCE TONIGHT.
JUST A SAMPLING, DAN.
CAN I ALSO ROAST MY PICKS?
OH MY GOD.
IT WAS PRETTY BAD.
IT’S BEEN SO BAD.
IT’S BEEN SO BAD.
WELL, IT’S THE TEAM YOU KNOW THE MOST.
IT’S BEEN SO BAD.
IT’S BEEN SO BAD.
I DON’T KNOW HOW TO GET BACK ON TRACK WITH THESE PICKS.
I DON’T.
WHAT DID YOU DO THIS WEEK?
WHAT WAS YOUR RECORD?
WELL, I WOULD HAVE HIT THE WONDER DOG PARLAY IF NOT FOR A&M.
I HIT THE MONEY LINE ON MIZZOU.
I HIT THE MONEY LINE ON FLORIDA.
BUT THE A&M ONE IS WHAT THREW THAT PARLAY OFF.
I HAD BYU, WHICH GOT ABSOLUTELY ANNIHILATED BY TCU.
I DID HAVE OKLAHOMA STATE.
OKLAHOMA STATE WON.
WE DIDN’T EVEN MENTION THAT.
BUT ANOTHER WIN.
WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT ON THE NEXT SHOW THAT WE DO.
THAT’S GOOD VIBRATIONS, RIGHT?
ALAN BOWMAN HAD HIMSELF A GAME.
YEAH.
WE’LL TALK MORE ABOUT OKLAHOMA STATE, I PROMISE YOU, IN THE COMING WEEKS.
AND I ALSO HAD THE SC GAME.
THOSE ARE MY THREE BIG PICKS THAT I THREW OUT THERE.
SO ONE OUT OF THREE.
AND I GUESS TWO OUT OF THREE ON THE PARLAY.
BUT STILL NOT WHERE I NEED TO BE.
I FEEL LIKE I’M STARTING TO KIND OF COME OUT OF THE FOG.
BUT IT’S TAKING TOO LONG AND I’M LOSING MY PATIENCE.
I’M SORRY TO HEAR IT, TY.
I’M SORRY TO HEAR IT.
BY THE WAY, JUST A COUPLE OF G5 RESULTS.
FRESNO STATE SOMEHOW MANAGED TO HANG ON.
DIDN’T PLAY IT ESPECIALLY WELL.
LOGAN FIFE GOT THE START AGAINST UTAH STATE.
THAT WAS A COUPLE NIGHTS AGO.
AIR FORCE, BY THE WAY, IS THE CLEAR CLASS OF THE MOUNTAIN WEST.
UNDEFEATED RIGHT NOW.
THEY TAKE DOWN WYOMING.
BOISE STATE IS WINNING WITH LIKE 10 OR 11 MINUTES LEFT IN THAT MATCHUP.
AND IN THE MAC, TY, THERE’S TWO CLEAR POWERS IN TOLEDO AND MIAMI OF OHIO.
AND GUESS WHAT?
THEY PLAY NEXT WEEK.
BOOM.
THAT’S GIVING ME GOOD VIBRATIONS.
LOVE IT.
ALL RIGHT.
THANK YOU TO ONE AND ALL FOR DOWNLOADING.
I HAVE DUDES BY THE WAY.
YOU WANT ANY DUDES?
DUDES?
YES?
NO?
WE CAN DO DOODLE WORDS VERY QUICKLY.
ALL RIGHT.
VERY QUICK.
I’VE GOT QUICK DUDES.
BY THE WAY, JOSH HOOVER FOR TCU THREW FOR 439 YARDS.
I KNEW THAT THEY WERE THROWING LIKE CRAZY.
IT ALMOST STARTS AND ENDS WITH ELIC AYOMANOR FOR STANFORD GOING FOR NEARLY 300 YARDS THROUGH
THE AIR.
OMARION HAMPTON FOR NORTH CAROLINA GOES FOR ALMOST 200 YARDS.
OLLIE GORDON IN AN ALL-PURPOSE EFFORT FOR OKLAHOMA STATE ON THE GROUND AND THROUGH THE
AIR WAS VERY GOOD IN THEIR WIN AGAINST KANSAS, WHICH WAS A REALLY FUN BACK AND FORTH.
THAT WAS A JASON BEAN KANSAS GAME.
I HAVE THE CONNECTION BETWEEN GRAHAM MERTZ AND RICKY PEARSALL WAS ESPECIALLY EXCITING
AND FUN.
DANIEL RICHARDSON, YOU’LL REMEMBER TRANSFER NOW HE’S AT FAU.
THEY WIN AGAINST USF.
HE THROWS FOR A TON OF YARDS AND THE SAFETY SIONE VAKI FOR UTAH JUST LINING UP AT QUARTERBACK
AND RUNNING STRAIGHT AT CAL AND HAVING IT WORK.
THOSE ARE SOME DUDES.
AND XAVIER WATTS.
XAVIER WATTS, WHO I MENTIONED EARLIER FOR NOTRE DAME HAD A BIG GAME ON THE DEFENSIVE
SIDE OF THE BALL.
THOSE ARE DUDES FOR WEEK SEVEN.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US AROUND THE CAMPFIRE.
IF YOU ENJOYED IT, HIT SUBSCRIBE, HIT FOLLOW WHEREVER IT IS THAT YOU FIND THIS PODCAST.
GO ON OUT TO VERBALLERS.COM.
THAT IS OUR PATREON.
THAT’S WHERE YOU COULD FURTHER INVEST YOURSELF AS A MEMBER OF THE VERBALLER HOOD.
DAN RUBENSTEIN.
I HOPE THIS WAS CATHARTIC FOR YOU.
IT WAS FOR ME.
IT WAS.
I MEAN, THAT DOESN’T MAKE THE OREGON GAME GO ANY BETTER IN MY HEAD.
I DON’T KNOW IF I’M GOING TO BE ABLE TO SLEEP ANY BETTER THAT I WAS ABLE TO GET OUT SOME
EMOTIONS, BUT I’M GLAD I GOT TO SIT WITH YOU BY THE DIGITAL FIRE.
THAT WAS GREAT.
AND YOU AS WELL FOR THAT GUY OVER THERE.
MY GOOD FRIEND, DAN RUBENSTEIN FOR MYSELF, TY HILDENBRANDT.
THANKS AGAIN FOR DOWNLOADING, FOR LISTENING, FOR SUPPORTING THE SHOW.
WE’LL TALK TO YOU ALL SOON.
PEACE.