Week 8 Campfire: Reactions to Penn State-Ohio State, Tennessee-Alabama, Utah-USC + The CFB Flame Game + Verballer Roasts – College Football Podcast for 10/22

DAN RUBENSTEIN, YOU KNOW WE CALLED IT SECOND ACT SATURDAY FOR A REASON.
YEAH, WE DID, DIDN’T WE?
WE CALLED IT SECOND ACT SATURDAY FOR A REASON.
IT DID NOT DISAPPOINT.
IF NOTHING MORE, WE GOT A BUNCH OF VERY INTERESTING SECOND HALVES.
OH, VERY TRUE.
THAT I THINK WE’LL DISCUSS ON OUR WEEK 8 CAMPFIRE EPISODE.
WELCOME ONE, WELCOME ALL, GATHER ROUND THE CAMPFIRE!
WE’RE GOING TO GET THE FIRE STARTED HERE MOMENTARILY.
OF COURSE, GO THROUGH THE HEADLINING MATCHUPS, THE SO-CALLED FIRE STARTERS, AS YOU KNOW BY NOW ON THE SHOW.
WE’VE ALSO GOT A NEW GAME WE’RE GOING TO CALL THE FLAME GAME, WHICH WE’LL PLAY.
GOT TIME FOR YOUR ROASTS AND OF COURSE, THE SCARY STORIES THAT MUST BE TOLD AROUND THE CAMPFIRE.
DAN, HOW WAS YOUR WEEK 8?
HOW ARE YOU?
THIS WAS MAYBE MY FAVORITE WEEKEND.
I MEAN, I DIDN’T GET TO WATCH THE OREGON DUCKS LOSE LIKE THEY DID LAST WEEK.
SO THIS WAS MAYBE MY FAVORITE SATURDAY OF THE SEASON THUS FAR.
IS THAT CRAZY TO SAY?
YOU WERE PRETTY INTO THIS WEEK.
WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS BEFORE WE HIT GO LIVE.
IT’S BEEN PRETTY WALL-TO-WALL FUN.
AND I SAY THAT KNOWING THAT WHAT OHIO STATE AND PENN STATE PUT OUT ONTO THE FIELD WASN’T EXACTLY CATEGORIZED AS FUN.
BUT I DON’T KNOW.
I’D SAY THAT THE SEASON AND TEAMS AND HIERARCHY AND THINGS FALLING INTO PLACE IN SOME UNEXPECTED, SOME EXPECTED WAYS IS PRETTY FUN TO ME.
I LIKE IT.
IT FELT COMPLETE.
IT FELT WELL-ROUNDED.
IT FELT BALANCED.
OCTOBER EVERY YEAR HAS THIS WAY OF KIND OF RESHUFFLING THE DECK.
AND GIVING US FURTHER CLARITY BECAUSE OF COURSE TEAMS GET INTO THEIR CONFERENCE SCHEDULES.
FOR MANY OF THE TOP TEAMS, THE MEAT OF THEIR CONFERENCE SCHEDULES.
AND IT’S JUST REALLY HARD, EVEN AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, TO FIGURE OUT WHO’S GOOD AND WHO ISN’T.
WHICH NUMBERS CAN YOU FULLY TRUST?
YOU NEED AT LEAST LIKE FIVE, SIX WEEKS WORTH OF DATA TO ACTUALLY START TRUSTING THE NUMBERS THAT WE SEE ON THE SPREADSHEET.
AND SO IT TAKES WEEKS LIKE THIS TO HELP US FIGURE OUT, ALL RIGHT, WHERE DO SOME OF THESE TEAMS RANK IN THE PECKING ORDER?
AND IF NOTHING MORE, I MEAN IT WAS A WEEK THAT WAS PROBABLY A LITTLE BIT SHORT IN TERMS OF MASS CHAOS.
BUT CERTAINLY NOT IN TERMS OF GIVING US DEFINITION AROUND SOME OF THE TEAMS THAT I THINK WE HAD QUESTIONS ABOUT.
AND THAT’S WHAT WE’RE GOING TO GET INTO AS WE DO THIS WEEK 8 CAMPFIRE.
DAN, SHALL WE START UP THE FIRE?
START THAT FIRE UP, TY.
FIRE!
ALL RIGHT.
LOVE THAT SOUND.
THE BIG HEADLINING MATCHUP OF THE WEEKEND WAS THE OHIO STATE-PENN STATE GAME.
PLANT YOUR FLAG, TY.
I WANT THIS HEADLINE FROM YOU BECAUSE YOU WENT THROUGH A ROLLER COASTER OF EMOTIONS.
WHAT DID THIS GAME MAKE YOU FEEL?
WE DID A LIVE STREAM, A THREE AND A HALF HOUR LIVE STREAM.
THAT’S WHEN MY VOICE IS A LITTLE RASPY.
THIS EVENING AS WE RECORD THIS, 20-12 WAS THE FINAL SCORE IN FAVOR OF THE OHIO STATE BUCKEYES.
I DID GET A BIG TIME KICK OUT OF JAMES FRANKLIN’S QUOTE AFTER THIS GAME BECAUSE YOU AND I WERE ON THE LIVE STREAM, WE WERE DELIBERATING, WHAT IS FRANKLIN GOING TO SAY?
YEAH.
HOW IS HE GOING TO FRAME THIS?
AND HE FRAMED THIS IN SUCH AN AUDACIOUS WAY.
MY JAW HIT THE FLOOR WHEN I READ THIS QUOTE.
QUOTE, I’M NOT SURE IF WE DIDN’T JUST WATCH TWO OF THE BEST TEAMS IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL.
OBVIOUSLY, SPECIFICALLY, ON THE DEFENSIVE SIDE OF THE BALL.
THAT’S A QUOTE FROM JAMES FRANKLIN.
LET ME PUT ON MY PENN STATE ALUMNI HAT FOR A SECOND.
PLEASE DO.
AND SPEAK FROM THAT PERSPECTIVE.
MAYBE YOU CAN ZOOM OUT AND GIVE US THE BIG PICTURE, OBJECTIVE VIEW, THE THINGS THAT YOU’RE GOOD AT.
COME ON.
WE’RE SITTING IN FRONT OF A ROARING EMOTIONAL FIRE, TY.
THE FLOOR IS YOURS.
IT REALLY IS ROARING AND EMOTIONAL.
THANK YOU.
SO, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS IN THE PREVIEW.
THERE HAD BEEN SIGNS OF A SHOWING LIKE THIS FROM THE PENN STATE OFFENSE COMING.
AND SOME OF US, YOURS TRULY, MANY OTHER COLLEGE FOOTBALL ANALYSTS AND EXPERTS AND CONTENT PEOPLE CHOSE TO IGNORE IT.
CHOSE TO IGNORE IT.
THE TRUTH IS THAT THE EXPLOSION PLAYS HAD NOT BEEN THERE ALL SEASON.
NEITHER THE RUNNING GAME NOR THE PASSING GAME.
THEY JUST WEREN’T THERE.
IT WAS, I THINK, VERY FAR-FETCHED TO BELIEVE THAT THEY’D SUDDENLY MORPH INTO A DIFFERENT OFFENSE IN THE MOST HOSTILE ROAD SPOT THEY WILL PLAY IN ALL SEASON.
THE BIGGEST GAME, PERHAPS, THEY WOULD PLAY IN ALL YEAR.
FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK WHO HAD NEVER, WELL, NOT FRESHMAN, FIRST-YEAR STARTING QUARTERBACK, I SHOULD SAY.
RIGHT.
WHO HAD NEVER BEEN IN A SITUATION LIKE THIS BEFORE.
THAT SUDDENLY THEY WOULD JUST KIND OF AMP IT UP TO A THOUSAND, BECOME SOMETHING NEW.
THAT WAS FAR-FETCHED TO ME.
AS WAS THE, I THINK, EQUALLY AS FAR-FETCHED, IF NOT MORE FAR-FETCHED NOTION THAT PERHAPS PENN STATE WAS HOLDING SOMETHING BACK.
I DIDN’T BUY THAT FOR A SECOND.
BUT MY THOUGHT PROCESS COMING INTO THIS WAS THAT THE DEFENSE WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO HOLD DOWN OHIO STATE.
THAT OHIO STATE WAS NOT AS GOOD AS THEY’VE BEEN IN YEARS PAST.
AND I STILL BELIEVE THAT.
AND THEY DID LARGELY HOLD DOWN.
OHIO STATE, TO GIVE UP ONLY 20 POINTS TO AN OHIO STATE OFFENSE THAT HAS AS MANY WEAPONS AS IT DOES, I THINK THAT’S PRETTY GOOD.
THAT PUTS YOUR OFFENSE IN A CHANCE TO WIN.
SO, I DON’T THINK I WAS WRONG ABOUT THAT ASSESSMENT.
I DO THINK THE DEFENSE WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO PUT THE OFFENSE IN A POSITION TO WIN, TO HOLD DOWN OHIO STATE.
TO GIVE JAMES FRANKLIN THIS CHANCE TO, YOU KNOW, GET OFF THE SCHNEID AND BEAT OHIO STATE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN LIKE EIGHT YEARS, WHATEVER IT WAS.
THAT ANALYSIS WAS NOT WRONG.
THE PROBLEM FOR PENN STATE WAS THAT THEY NOT ONLY DID NOT GET THE LONG-EXPOSURE PLAYS, THEY DIDN’T GET THE MEDIUM PLAYS, THEY DIDN’T GET THE SHORT PLAYS.
RIGHT. WHAT DID YOU SEE OUT THERE?
THIS WAS EMBARRASSING.
IT WAS EMBARRASSING.
THIS WAS A VERY, VERY POORLY COACHED GAME ON THE PENN STATE SIDE OF THINGS.
AND YOU COULD ARGUE THAT IT’S BEEN A POORLY COACHED SEASON WITH THE WAY THAT THEY HAVE PLAYED OFFENSE AS OF LATE.
THEY WERE ONE OF 16 ON THIRD DOWNS, DAN.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE SEEMED OUT OF SORTS TO ME.
THE RECEIVER’S ABILITY TO GET OPEN IS NON-EXISTENT.
I KNOW DREW ALLAR SHARES SOME OF THE BLAME FOR WHAT WE SAW, BUT THESE RECEIVERS ARE NOT GETTING OPEN.
THEY ARE NOT GETTING SEPARATION FROM DEFENDERS.
AND THE PLAY CALLING, AS I SAID BEFORE, THE PLAY CALLING IS AN ABSOLUTE JOKE.
I MADE THE JOKE ON TWITTER ABOUT HOW CONSERVATIVE THE PLAY CALLING HAS BEEN FOR PENN STATE, ESPECIALLY IN THESE BIG SITUATIONS.
IT WAS REALLY BAD.
REALLY, REALLY BAD BY MIKE YURCICH AND BY JAMES FRANKLIN, BY EXTENSION JAMES FRANKLIN.
SO, I JUST THINK THE MOST FRUSTRATING PART FOR ME IS THAT JAMES FRANKLIN KEEPS TRYING TO TELL US THAT HE’S NOT A BIG GAME COACH.
AND SOME OF US, AGAIN, YOURS TRULY, ARE JUST TOO DRUNK ON THE HOPIUM AND THE HYPE AROUND DREW ALLAR AND WHATEVER ELSE TO BELIEVE IT.
AND HE’S NOW LOST LIKE, WHAT IS IT, SEVEN, EIGHT STRAIGHT GAMES TO OHIO STATE.
HE HAS TOLD US TIME AND AGAIN WHO HE IS AS A COACH.
AND UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IS, LOOK, OUR FRIEND DAVID JONES, WHO WE’VE HAD ON THE SHOW MANY TIMES OVER FROM PENNLIVE.COM, HE PUT IT BEST IN HIS RECAP COLUMN.
HE SAID, JAMES FRANKLIN IS LOSING BOTH THE BATTLE AND THE WAR.
AND THEY’RE DOING A GREAT JOB ON THE RECRUITING TRAIL, BUT THE FACT OF THE MATTER IS, IF YOU CAN’T WIN THE BIG GAMES,
I ONLY HAD A TWO-GAME SCHEDULE THIS YEAR.
IT WAS OHIO STATE AND MICHIGAN.
NOW, MAYBE NOT OUT OF IT YET.
WHO KNOWS WHAT HAPPENS.
MICHIGAN COULD PROBABLY BEAT OHIO STATE.
MICHIGAN DOES HAVE TO COME TO HAPPY VALLEY.
MAYBE THEY GET THEMSELVES IN ORDER.
BUT THE TEAM THAT WE SAW IN COLUMBUS TODAY IS NOT BEATING MICHIGAN.
AND THEY’RE CERTAINLY NOT BIG TEN CHAMPIONSHIP CALIBER.
THEY’RE CERTAINLY NOT A PLAYOFF TEAM.
THEY’RE JUST NOT.
THEY DO NOT HAVE ENOUGH FIREPOWER ON OFFENSE.
AND IT DRIVES ME CRAZY, BUT THAT’S JUST WHERE THEY’RE AT.
MAN, OKAY.
SO, CAN I GIVE THE FLOWERS?
IS THAT WHAT THE YOUTH SAY?
CAN I GIVE SOME FLOWERS TO THE TEAM THAT WON THIS GAME?
ABSOLUTELY.
GIVE SOME CREDIT TO OHIO STATE.
YOU SHOULD HAVE EXPECTED THAT I WAS GOING TO RANT ON PENN STATE.
NO, NO, NO.
I DID.
AND I THINK YOU FULLY COMMITTED TO BEING TY HILDENBRANDT.
IT’S JUST FRUSTRATING.
WE ALL LOVE.
IT’S REALLY FRUSTRATING TO KIND OF GO INTO THESE SEASONS WITH ALL THIS HYPE.
AND I SAID TO YOU WHEN WE WERE DOING THE STREAM, LIKE, GREAT.
ALL THE HYPE IN THE PRESEASON ABOUT GETTING THIS FIVE-STAR ALL-WORLD QUARTERBACK,
MR. FOOTBALL OHIO!
RIGHT?
WHAT’S THE MATTER?
YOU COULD HAVE PUT SEAN CLIFFORD OUT THERE AND HAD THE EXACT SAME RESULT TODAY.
ANYWAY, TALK ABOUT OHIO STATE.
CLIFFORD COMPLETED A BUNCH OF PASSES DOWNFIELD LAST YEAR.
SEAN CLIFFORD HAD RECEIVERS.
IT’S A DIFFERENT SITUATION.
TOTALLY DIFFERENT.
I SAW SOME OTHER PEOPLE MAKE THAT COMPARISON.
IT’S A BAD COMPARISON.
YOU GOT TO WATCH THE GAMES TO KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON.
AND I’M TELLING YOU RIGHT NOW, THIS IS A TOTALLY DIFFERENT RECEIVING CORE.
THAT IS FIRST AND FOREMOST, IN MY MIND, THE REASON FOR ALL THIS.
I LOVE THIS.
OKAY.
ABOUT OHIO STATE.
I THINK WHAT PENN STATE ACCOMPLISHED OR DIDN’T ACCOMPLISH ON THE FIELD TODAY
KIND OF BAILED OUT A NOT GREAT PERFORMANCE FROM OHIO STATE IN TERMS OF WHAT THEY
HAD AVAILABLE TO THEM, WHICH WAS A PENN STATE OFFENSE THAT KIND OF HUNG ITS OWN
DEFENSE OUT TO DRY AND ITS OWN DEFENSE SOMEHOW KEPT COMING BACK AND KEPT COMING
BACK AND LOOKED CRAZY GOOD.
THE PENN STATE DEFENSE IS AWESOME.
IT’S INCREDIBLE.
IT PLAYED SUPER WELL AGAINST OHIO STATE, ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, CONSIDERING THE
OFFENSE.
I THINK THAT ONE THIRD DOWN CONVERSION HAPPENED WELL AFTER THE GAME SEEMED LIKE
IT WAS WITHIN REACH, EVEN THOUGH THE SCORE KIND OF INDICATED THAT PENN STATE WAS
SORT OF KIND OF HANGING AROUND.
IT WAS NEVER, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT WAS 20-6 OR WHATEVER, IT WAS NOT A GAME.
A LOT OF QUESTIONABLE OHIO STATE CALLS.
YOU WERE MAKING A BIG DEAL ON THE STREAM ABOUT HOW OHIO STATE KEPT TRYING TO GET
THE CORNER, KEPT TRYING TO GET THE EDGE, AND NOBODY GETS THE EDGE AGAINST THIS
PENN STATE DEFENSE.
LIKE THE PENN STATE DEFENSE IS HAPPY FOR YOU TO TRY TO PLAY HORIZONTALLY, AND OHIO
STATE KEPT TRYING TO PLAY HORIZONTALLY.
NOW, THE BIG ADVANTAGE OHIO STATE HAS IS MARVIN HARRISON JR. PLAYS FOR THEIR TEAM.
CADE STOVER PLAYS, YOU KNOW, IS WEARING THE SCARLET AND GRAY.
AND WHAT PENN STATE SEEMS TO BE IS A FAILURE OF ROSTER AND TEAM CONSTRUCTION
RIGHT NOW BECAUSE I DON’T THINK THEY HAVE BAD PLAYERS.
IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THE RECEIVER ROOM IS ON ONE SIDE OF CAMPUS.
THE QUARTERBACK ROOM IS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF CAMPUS.
THE COACH’S ROOM IS ON, YOU KNOW, IN THE QUAD SOMEWHERE.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE ROOM MIGHT BE OFF CAMPUS IN AN APARTMENT COMPLEX SOMEWHERE.
AND THERE’S NO REAL ORGANIZATION OR COHESION TO WHAT THIS OFFENSE IS GOING FOR.
SO YOU CAN LOOK AT THIS PENN STATE OFFENSE AND SAY, YEAH, THE RECEIVERS AREN’T
GETTING OPEN.
LIKE I’M PRETTY SURE THE RECEIVERS THAT PENN STATE HAS RECRUITED OR HAS BROUGHT
IN FROM THE PORTAL, MAYBE THEY’RE NOT KJ HAMLER, MAYBE THEY’RE NOT JAHAN DOTSON,
MAYBE THEY’RE NOT ANY ALLEN ROBINSON, ANY OF THESE GUYS.
BUT NOBODY IS UNTIL THEY GET DEVELOPED, UNTIL THEY BECOME SOMETHING, OR UNTIL
THEY’RE UTILIZED PROPERLY WITHIN A SYSTEM.
LIKE TEAMS PUT UP YARDAGE ON OHIO STATE.
TEAMS PUT UP YARDAGE ON GEORGIA, ON TEXAS, ON ALL SORTS OF CRAZY TALENTED
DEFENSES BECAUSE THEY’RE COACHED IN SMART WAYS TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF WHO THEIR
PLAYERS ARE, NOT WHAT THEY’RE NOT.
AND SO WHETHER OR NOT DREW ALLAR IS GOING TO LIVE UP TO HIS HYPE AS A FIVE-STAR
QUARTERBACK KIND OF SEEMS BESIDE THE POINT BECAUSE THE PLAYERS WEREN’T PUT IN
A POSITION TO SUCCEED.
AND MAYBE THEY’RE NOT ALL BIG TEN CALIBER RECEIVERS OR TIGHT END.
MAYBE THERE’S NO PAT FREIERMUTH OR HAND GESICKI OR SOMETHING FOR PENN STATE.
YOU GOT TO MAKE THE BEST OF WHAT YOU GOT.
I’M PRETTY SURE THERE’S A POPULAR DAVE MATTHEWS BAND SONG BUILT AROUND THAT
VERY PREMISE.
SO OHIO STATE PLAYED AN OKAY GAME.
THEY PLAYED AGAINST A GREAT PENN STATE DEFENSE.
THEY WERE SLIGHTLY BETTER COACHED WITH THE MOST LUXURIOUS, FINELY WOVEN
SECURITY BLANKET, MARVIN HARRISON JR.
YOU MEAN THE MASERATI.
THE MASERATI.
IN THE SPORT.
HE DROVE THAT MASERATI NAME INTO THE WALL.
I MEAN, JUST KEPT USING IT, GUS JOHNSON.
I DON’T HATE IT, BUT IT WAS A LITTLE MUCH BY THE END.
I THINK KYLE MCCORD IS OKAY.
I DON’T THINK HE IS GOING TO BE WHAT HE WILL EVENTUALLY BE, HOPEFULLY,
CONSIDERING THE YOUNG RECEIVERS OHIO STATE HAS.
I DON’T THINK THE ORGANIZATION OF THIS OHIO STATE OFFENSE IS ANYWHERE NEAR
WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE OR HAS BEEN WITH KEVIN WILSON, WITH RYAN DAY,
NOW THAT BRIAN HARTLINE IS RUNNING THINGS.
THEY DON’T REALLY RUN THE BALL THAT WELL.
I REALLY LIKE MAYAN WILLIAMS AND HIS SECOND EFFORT.
THOSE WERE CRAZY IMPRESSIVE.
SECOND EFFORTS WERE KEY.
WERE KEY FOR OHIO STATE.
THEY WERE A BIG PART OF THE REASON WHY THEY WON.
I KIND OF THOUGHT OHIO STATE’S OFFENSE AGAINST THIS DEFENSE WAS OKAY.
OKAY.
NOTHING CRAZY.
NOTHING EASY.
BUT PENN STATE’S JUST SEEM LIKE A ROOT CANAL.
AND THAT’S THE DIFFERENCE IN A GAME LIKE THIS.
THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO RECRUIT AND INVEST LIKE PENN STATE DOES IN BUILDING
A TEAM THAT THEY FEEL LIKE CAN BE PLAYOFF CALIBER AND THEN SHOW UP AND GET
THAT TOUCHDOWN CALLED BACK, THAT SCOOP AND SCORE CALLED BACK AS THE BIGGEST
BLOW TO YOUR OFFENSE THAT COULD POSSIBLY HAPPEN OR YOUR ABILITY TO SCORE POINTS.
THAT MEANS YOU’RE NOT READY.
THAT MEANS YOU HAVE A CEILING OF A ROSE BOWL-ISH TEAM, BUT YOU’RE NOT READY
TO COMPETE WITH THE TOP OF THE CONFERENCE.
AND THERE’S NO INDICATION THAT THAT’S GOING TO CHANGE ANYTIME SOON.
JAMES FRANKLIN’S LIKE 3-147 AGAINST TOP 10 TEAMS.
HE’S NOT A PLAYOFF COACH.
HE’S JUST NOT.
20-12, YOUR FINAL SCORE.
YEAH.
BIG WIN FOR OHIO STATE.
I MEAN, WE TALKED ABOUT THIS TIME AND AGAIN.
WE’RE GOING TO MOVE ON TO THE NEXT GAME NOW.
WE’RE GOING TO THROW THIS ONE IN THE FIRE AND MOVE PAST IT.
BUT A LOT OF FOOTBALL YET TO BE PLAYED IN THE BIG TEN.
AND THOUGH MICHIGAN, I THINK, TO A CERTAIN EXTENT, LOOKS UNTOUCHABLE
DESPITE ALL THE DISTRACTIONS THAT WE SAW THIS PAST WEEK, ONCE YOU GET INTO
NOVEMBER IN THE BIG TEN, WEIRD THINGS HAPPEN.
THEY ALWAYS DO.
AND JUST VERY CURIOUS TO SEE HOW THIS THING SHAKES OUT IN THE END.
CAN I GIVE YOU A DOSE OF PERSPECTIVE?
YOU COULD BE ROOTING FOR A TOP 10 TEAM THAT’S DOWN 7-3 AS WE RECORD THIS
AT THE HALF TO ARIZONA STATE AND SOMETHING CALLED TRENTON BOURGUET
THROWING FOR 3.7 YARDS PER ATTEMPT AS THE NO. 5 TEAM IN THE COUNTRY,
WASHINGTON HUSKIES.
THEY’LL LIKELY WIN THIS GAME BY THE TIME OUR SHOW IS OVER.
BUT IT COULD BE WORSE BECAUSE ASU HAS OWNED WASHINGTON THIS CENTURY.
A LITTLE BIT OF A HANGOVER.
LET’S GO TO THE 3:30 ALABAMA-TENNESSEE GAME.
SO TENNESSEE HAD A 20-7 HALFTIME LEAD AND GOT SHUT OUT 27-0 IN THE
SECOND HALF, LOST GOING AWAY.
THIS WAS A SECOND-HALF ZOMBIE ALABAMA.
SO I THINK THE LASTING IMPRESSION FOR ME IN THIS GAME, TWO OF THEM.
FIRST OFF, THE BAMA DEFENSE IN THE SECOND HALF WAS INCREDIBLY CLUTCH.
THEY WERE JUST SO GOOD.
AND THEY HAVE PERFORMED, I THINK, PRETTY ADMIRABLY FOR THE MOST PART THIS SEASON.
MAYBE THEY DON’T HAVE SOME OF THE STAR POWER THAT WE ARE ACCUSTOMED TO THEM
HAVING IN THE FRONT SEVEN.
STILL REALLY GOOD.
STILL REALLY GOOD, DAN.
THEY STILL GET THE JOB DONE WHEN THEY HAVE TO, AND THEY’VE DONE SO FOR THE
BETTER PART OF THE SEASON.
SECONDLY, THOUGH, BIG-TIME SHOUT-OUT TO JALEN MILROE.
WHAT DAWNED ON ME AS I WAS WATCHING JALEN MILROE, ESPECIALLY IN THE SECOND
HALF, IS HOW IT IS CLEAR HE IS GROWING INTO THAT ROLE.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT IS A COMBINATION OF FACTORS.
I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S ONE THING MORE THAN ANOTHER.
BUT JALEN MILROE SEEMS LIKE HE IS GETTING CONFIDENCE.
TOMMY REES, THE WAY THEY CALL PLAYS AROUND JALEN MILROE, THE WAY THEY RUN
ROUTES TO SUIT HIS STYLE OF THROWING THE FOOTBALL, SEEMS LIKE IT IS IMPROVING.
IT FEELS LIKE THIS TEAM IS GETTING BETTER, AND THAT’S SCARY.
THAT’S SCARY BECAUSE THE SEC WEST IS GETTABLE.
THAT’S SCARY BECAUSE THE SEC AS A WHOLE FEELS LIKE IT’S A LITTLE BIT MORE
TOPSY-TURVY THAN IT’S BEEN, ESPECIALLY NOW WITH THE NEWS LAST WEEK OF BROCK
BOWERS BEING OUT FOR PRETTY MUCH THE REMAINDER OF THE REGULAR SEASON.
THIS, TO ME, STRIKES ME AS A BAMA TEAM THAT’S GETTING BETTER.
WITH JALEN MILROE GROWING INTO THE ROLE, WITH THEM TRUSTING HIM TO THROW IT
DOWNFIELD IN THE MANNER THAT HE IS, HE IS NOT PERFECT BY ANY STRETCH.
BUT HE THROWS A GOOD DEEP BALL.
IT FEELS LIKE THEY HAVE FINALLY FIGURED THAT PART OUT.
AND THEY’RE STARTING TO INCORPORATE IT MORE INTO THE OFFENSE AS HE BUILDS
RAPPORT WITH THE RECEIVERS.
ALSO, I THINK IT WAS GARY DANIELSON ON THE BROADCAST.
I THINK IT WAS DANIELSON.
IT WASN’T NESSLER WHO MENTIONED IT.
I FEEL LIKE I’VE BEEN SAYING THIS FOR A MONTH NOW AS WELL.
THEY DID START TO INCORPORATE SOME OF THE QUARTERBACK RUNS INTO THE PLAY
CALLING AS WELL, SOME OF THE MORE DESIGNED RUN STUFF.
YOU READ THE YOUTUBE COMMENTS BEFORE THE SEASON WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT JALEN
MILROE.
HE’S GOT NFL CALIBER SPEED.
THAT’S WHAT EVERY ALABAMA FAN TOLD US.
SURE.
WE HAVE NOT REALLY SEEN THAT.
AT LEAST WE’VE SEEN BITS AND PIECES OF IT WHEN HE HAS SCRAMBLED.
BUT ALABAMA, FOR WHATEVER REASON, HAS NOT DESIGNED A WHOLE LOT OF RUNNING
PLAYS SPECIFICALLY FOR HIM.
WE SAW A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THAT.
YOU KNOW WHY?
WELL, I KNOW WHY.
IF HE ROLLS AN ANKLE OR IF HE GETS HIT HARD ON HIS KNEE.
YOU DON’T WANT TYLER BUCHNER OR TY SIMPSON.
I GET IT.
RIGHT.
YOU’VE GOT TO PROTECT THE SEASON A LITTLE BIT.
YEAH.
I GET IT.
BUT THE SEASON GETS OLD PRETTY QUICK.
YEAH.
AND IT DOES FEEL LIKE THE SEC IS THERE FOR THE TAKING AGAIN.
IT REALLY DOES.
AND SO I THINK JALEN MILROE, THE STRIDES THAT HE IS MAKING, IS A REALLY
POSITIVE SIGN FOR ALABAMA.
I HAVE SOME THOUGHTS ON JOE MILTON, BUT WHERE DO YOU STAND ON THIS GAME?
A FASCINATING WATCH.
TENNESSEE LOOKED BALANCED.
THEY LOOKED PREPARED.
THEY LOOKED ENERGETIC IN THIS FIRST HALF.
THEY CAME OUT CONFIDENT.
JOE MILTON WAS THROWING DIMES.
THEY WERE RUNNING WELL.
HE WAS RUNNING WELL.
THE DEFENSE WAS GETTING OFF OF THE FIELD.
THEY WERE SHOWING ALL OF THE SIGNS OF A TEAM READY TO START A STREAK
AGAINST ALABAMA AFTER LAST YEAR’S BIG SHOOTOUT WIN IN KNOXVILLE.
AND I THINK IT’S JUST ALABAMA MAKING ADJUSTMENTS.
IT’S JOSH HEUPEL.
HE TOOK CHANCES IN THAT SECOND HALF ON FOURTH DOWN, SHORT YARDAGE,
BIG MOMENTS, NOT GETTING THEM.
AND I DON’T MIND AGGRESSION, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE EXCELSIOR.
YOU HAVE TO HAVE THAT PACKAGE OF PLAYS THAT YOU FEEL IS FAIL-PROOF,
THAT YOUR TEAM PRACTICES THOSE PLAYS, THAT PACKAGE, SO OFTEN THEY COULDN’T
POSSIBLY FAIL NO MATTER WHAT DEFENSE IS THROWN AT THEM.
AND THAT’S NOT WHAT TENNESSEE LOOKED TO BE LIKE IN THE SECOND HALF.
NOW YOU HAVE THAT STRIP SACK THAT GETS RETURNED FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
THAT’S SORT OF A FREAK PLAY, BUT THAT’S AN OFFENSIVE LINEMAN WHO’S BEAT.
YOU HAVE JALEN MILROE HITTING ISAIAH BOND AND JERMAINE BURTON, HAVING THAT,
I MEAN, FOR LACK OF A BETTER TERM, THE BOND WITH THEM.
THAT WAS SORT OF A COVERAGE BUST ON THE BOND, LONGER TOUCHDOWN.
AND I THINK THE BIG THING IS ALABAMA HAS FADED IN SECOND HALVES RECENTLY.
WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE ARKANSAS GAME, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE A&M GAME,
AND THEY’VE MANAGED TO SURVIVE, THIS TIME THEY THRIVED IN THE SECOND HALF.
AND IT WAS, YOU KNOW, I THINK JOE MILTON IS AN INTERESTING QUARTERBACK.
I THINK HE IS AN INTRIGUING QUARTERBACK.
I THINK HE’S A FASCINATING QUARTERBACK.
I THINK HE’S AN EXCITING QUARTERBACK.
BUT THERE ARE LIKE SEVEN OTHER ADJECTIVES THAT ARE LESS KIND TO SAY ABOUT HIM,
AT TIMES.
AND THE RUSHING ATTACK WASN’T THERE.
THAT HAS BEEN THERE IN RECENT WEEKS.
ALABAMA REALLY CLAMPED DOWN ON THAT.
AND OBVIOUSLY THEY RAN THE HELL OUT OF THE BALL IN THE SECOND HALF
TO KEEP THE TENNESSEE DEFENSE ON THE FIELD.
AND THEY WERE A ZOMBIE ALABAMA.
THE BIG TAKEAWAY FOR ME FROM THIS GAME, LIKE I, YOU KNOW,
WE DIDN’T THINK TENNESSEE WAS GOING TO WIN 11-12 GAMES THIS YEAR,
IN ALL LIKELIHOOD.
BUT NOW I LOOK FORWARD TO POST-BYE, WE GET AN ADJUSTING,
INTERESTING, STILL KIND OF CATASTROPHIC OFFENSIVE LINE BAMA TEAM
TAKING ON LSU, ALSO A FLAWED TEAM.
AND THERE’S JUST SO MUCH PLAY-TO-PLAY CHAOS POTENTIAL THERE.
WITH THE LSU DEFENSE IN JALEN MILROE.
I SKIPPED AHEAD WHILE WATCHING THE SECOND HALF OF THIS GAME
WHEN IT WAS CLEAR THAT ALABAMA WAS GOING TO PUT A PUNCTUATION POINT,
PUNCTUATION POINT, A PERIOD, AN EXCLAMATION POINT, WHATEVER, ON THIS GAME.
BUT THAT’S WHERE MY MIND WENT ABOUT HOW FUN WE’LL HAVE IN A COUPLE WEEKS.
AND LOOK, JOE MILTON FOR HIS PART LOOKED BETTER THAN HE DID LAST WEEK.
THAT’S NOT SAYING MUCH, BUT HE LOOKED A LOT BETTER THIS WEEK.
BUT ULTIMATELY, IT’S LIKE ALL OF THESE GAMES ARE DECIDED BY KEY MOMENTS,
AND THE KEY MOMENTS SEEMINGLY ALL WENT IN FAVOR OF ALABAMA.
THERE WERE A COUPLE FOURTH DOWNS THAT WENT ALABAMA’S WAY,
TENNESSEE 0-3 ON THIRD DOWNS, TENNESSEE WAS NOT GREAT ON FOURTH DOWNS,
I DON’T KNOW, I’M GETTING MY DOWNS MIXED UP, IT’S LATE AT NIGHT,
BUT YOU GET WHAT I’M SAYING.
THE OTHER THING IS, WEREN’T GREAT IN THE RED ZONE EITHER.
SO JUST SOME OF THESE KEY MOMENTS, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU’RE ON THE ROAD
IN A BIG RIVALRY SPOT, LIKE THE THIRD SATURDAY IN OCTOBER,
YOU’RE GOING TO HAVE TO CONVERT ON THOSE, AND THEY JUST COULDN’T GET IT DONE.
SO AGAIN, YOUR FINAL SCORE HERE, 34-20, A BIG SECOND HALF FROM ALABAMA.
AGAIN, A 27 POINT SHOWING IN THE SECOND HALF, 27-0.
THEY WIN GOING AWAY.
THE FINAL GAME I WANT TO TALK ABOUT HERE AT THE VERY TOP IS THE UTAH-USC GAME.
OH MAN, THIS IS AN UNBELIEVABLE GAME.
WE HAD A BUNCH OF REALLY GOOD GAMES INTO THE EARLY EVENING,
AND THEN OF COURSE, THE LATTER HALF OF THE DAY,
AS WE WERE ABOUT READY TO HIT RECORD HERE.
BUT THE UTAH-USC GAME IS SUPER INTERESTING FOR A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT REASONS.
UTAH HAS HAD THE FORMULA FOR BEATING USC.
IT JUST FEELS LIKE THEY’VE HAD THAT FORMULA.
AND THE QUESTION COMING INTO THIS ONE WAS, OF COURSE,
THEY DON’T REALLY PLAY OFFENSE.
THEY DON’T REALLY PLAY OFFENSE.
YEAH, THEY SHOWED A SPARK LAST WEEK, BUT IT WAS AGAINST CAL,
SO YOU DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE.
WE DIDN’T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE.
AND WHAT WE DEBATED ON THE PREVIEW SHOW WAS, DOES THAT MATTER?
DOES THAT MATTER?
AND YOU SETTLED ON THE FACT THAT, WELL, THEY’LL FIND IT.
THEY’LL FIGURE A WAY TO DO IT BECAUSE THIS IS A USC DEFENSE
THAT DOESN’T REALLY STOP ANYBODY.
AND I SAID, WELL, I JUST THINK USC IS TOO GOOD.
I THINK USC HAS TOO MUCH FIREPOWER, TOO MANY WAYS TO WIN.
AS EXPECTED, I WAS WRONG.
I’VE BEEN WRONG ALL YEAR.
I TELL YOU TO TRUST ME WITH THE WEST COAST, TY.
OH, YOU LIED TO ME BEFORE WE PICKED THIS GAME.
YOU SAID, I THINK I’M GOING USC.
AND I’M LIKE, YOU KNOW, DAN KNOWS WHAT HE’S TALKING ABOUT.
I BUILT A WHOLE THESIS AROUND USC.
BUT I TOOK UTAH ON THE SHOW.
YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY.
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO.
TO PIVOT WITH ME.
THIS IS LIKE 48 HOURS AFTER YOU TOLD ME WHICH DIRECTION YOU WERE GOING.
I KNOW, I KNOW.
YOU SAID YOU SAT IN A MEDITATION CHAMBER.
YOU THREW ME A CURVE.
YOU DID IT ON PURPOSE.
I DID SIT AND MEDITATE WITH IT.
I STILL LOVE YOU.
IT’S FINE.
UTAH WINS 34-32, A 38-YARD FIELD GOAL AT THE GUN.
A BIG CLUTCH RUN BY BRYSON BARNES AT THE VERY END OF THIS GAME
TO GET WELL WITHIN FIELD GOAL RANGE AND SET UP THAT GAME-WINNING KICK.
IT’S TELLING THAT UTAH WITH A, I WOULD CALL BRYSON BARNES,
WHO HAD A PRETTY GOOD GAME.
HE HAD A GOOD GAME.
HE HAD A FULL-ON GOOD GAME.
FULL-ON GOOD GAME.
I WOULD STILL CALL HIM A PART-TIME BACKUP BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW
IF THEY’RE FULLY COMMITTED TO HIM.
THEY LIKE A LITTLE BIT OF NATE JOHNSON.
SOMETIMES THEY LIKE BRYSON BARNES.
SOMETIMES THEY DON’T.
MAYBE THEY’LL LIKE HIM MORE AFTER THIS SHOWING.
BUT THE POINT STANDS THAT BASICALLY A PART-TIME BACKUP HELPED UTAH,
WHICH HAS NOT PLAYED OFFENSE ALL YEAR, OUTGAIN USC.
YEAH.
AND ALL OF THE HYPE SURROUNDING THIS OFFENSE AND CALEB WILLIAMS
AND ALL THE FIREPOWER AND LINCOLN RILEY AND, OH, MY GOD, THE OFFENSE.
AND AGAIN, IT HAPPENS AGAINST UTAH, DAN, ONCE AGAIN.
BRYSON BARNES IS A QUINTESSENTIAL.
14 MONTHS AGO, HE WAS RUNNING A PETSMART.
AND LIKE HE’S THE QUINTESSENTIAL BECAUSE CAM RISING HAS BEEN THERE
FOR SO LONG, BEING SO GOOD FOR SO LONG.
AND BRYSON BARNES HAS STRUGGLED THIS YEAR, RIGHT?
THEY’VE PLATEAUED HIM, PLATEAUED HIM? PONTOON, PLATOON, PLATOON?
WHAT AM I?
WHAT AM I LOOKING AT?
PLATOON.
I’M ALL OVER THE PLACE.
THERE’S MY BASEBALL REFERENCE.
PLATEAU HIM! WITH NATE JOHNSON, WHO CERTAINLY SEEMED TO BE MORE
OF A RUNNING OPTION.
YEAH.
AND THEN THEY SORT OF TURN TO, YOU KNOW, AS WE ALL PREDICTED,
A STRONG SAFETY TO HELP OVERHAUL THEIR OFFENSE AWAY FROM LOOKING LIKE,
YOU KNOW, MOUNTAIN TIME ZONE, IOWA.
AND IT WORKED AGAINST CAL.
YOU KNOW, THEY JUMP OUT TO IT’S A 14 ALL GAME AFTER LIKE NO TIME.
YOU KNOW, USC IS MAKING HAY AND EXECUTING HUGE PLAYS.
UTAH IS MARCHING DOWNFIELD, RUNNING THE BALL DOWNFIELD, FINDING.
SO IT’S SIONE VAKI, THE SORT OF ALL-PURPOSE WEAPON, PLAYS SAFETY,
LINES UP IN THE BACKFIELD, WAS GREAT, CATCHING THE BALL OUT OF THE BACKFIELD.
YOU LOVE THIS GUY.
YOU’RE GOING TO GET A FAT HEAD DOWN THERE OF SIONE VAKI.
YEAH.
THEY STILL MAKE THIS.
IS THAT A THING?
SO I DON’T KNOW.
NOT A SPONSOR.
HOPEFULLY STILL EXISTS.
BUT HE WAS TERRIFIC FOR THEM.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE WAS VERY GOOD.
AND USC JUST SEEMS TO FIND THEMSELVES PLAYING IN THESE GAMES WHERE CALEB
WILLIAMS, HE HAD AN INCREDIBLE TOUCHDOWN THROW WHERE IT LOOKED LIKE HE
OVERTHREW THE RECEIVER BY 13 YARDS, BUT HE PUT ENOUGH LOFT ON IT THAT I
THINK IT WAS TAJH.
WELL, I THINK IT WAS TAJH WASHINGTON.
CORRECT ME IF I’M WRONG HERE.
BUT HAD AN INCREDIBLE TOUCHDOWN THROW, MADE INCREDIBLE PLAYS WITH HIS ARM
AND HIS LEGS, THREW A BAD PICK.
AND IT WAS JUST SORT OF USC FADING.
I THINK THEY PUNTED FOUR OUT OF THE FIVE DRIVES AFTER IT WAS 14 ALL, AND THEY
SCORE THOSE TWO TOUCHDOWNS.
THEY’RE COMMITTING A BUNCH OF PENALTIES UP FRONT.
YOU GET THE BRUTAL.
WHAT LOOKED TO BE A GOOD ROUGHING THE PASSER CALL AGAINST BEAR ALEXANDER
TURNED OUT TO BE A TARGETING CALL, WHICH EXTENDED A LATE DRIVE AND HELPED TO
SET UTAH UP FOR THE GAME-WINNING FIELD GOAL.
AND YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT.
UTAH HAS HAD USC’S NUMBER SORT OF, BUT IT WAS WITH THESE BIG TIGHT ENDS WHO
USC COULDN’T STOP.
NOW IT’S JUST A SMALLISH SAFETY WHO THEY’RE LINING UP CREATIVELY, WHO CAN
PLANT HIS FOOT IN THE GROUND AND GO FOR 27 AT ANY GIVEN MOMENT.
AND SO UTAH’S A SUPER WELL-COACHED TEAM.
THEY HAD ALL THEIR TIMEOUTS AT THE END OF THE GAME.
USC SEEMED TO SET THEMSELVES UP IN A GOOD PLACE BY A LONG PUNT RETURN FROM
ZACHARIAH BRANCH.
THEY HAVE THESE PLAYMAKERS, BUT THEY JUST CAN’T STRING TOGETHER POSITIVITY IN
A WAY THAT A MORE BALANCED TEAM CAN.
THE DEFENSE CAN’T GET OFF THE FIELD.
THE DEFENSE CAN’T GET AFTER THE QUARTERBACK AT ALL ANYMORE.
THEY GOT TO THE QUARTERBACKS.
THEY PLAYED IN SEPTEMBER.
QUARTERBACK SAM HARTMAN WAS VERY CLEAN AGAINST USC, AS YOU REMEMBER.
AND BRYSON BARNES, FOR THE MOST PART, WAS KEPT PRETTY CLEAN IN A LOT OF BIG
MOMENTS AND RAN, YOU KNOW, IT WAS THIRD OR FOURTH DOWN AND LONG.
HE HAD THAT LONG RUN DOWN THE SIDELINE, ALMOST UNTOUCHED FOR THE MAJORITY OF
IT.
LIKE, IT’S JUST A USC TEAM THAT IS A VERY FUN, ENTERTAINING HALF TEAM AND A
UTAH TEAM THAT IS BETTER COACHED AND BETTER BUILT TO CLOSE OUT GAMES BECAUSE
THEY CAN PLAY DEFENSE AND PLAY SOME GUTTY OFFENSE WHEN NEEDED.
SO A GREAT ENTERTAINING GAME, BUT I THINK PRETTY INSTRUCTIVE ABOUT WHERE USC
IS AND IS PROBABLY HEADING.
YEAH, AND THE UTAH STORY CONTINUES TO GET MORE INTERESTING.
KYLE WHITTINGHAM, WE’RE TOLD, JUST TONIGHT ANNOUNCED THAT CAM RISING OUT FOR
THE SEASON, DAN.
OH, THAT’S OFFICIAL.
OKAY.
I FIGURED AT THIS POINT, WHY WOULD HE COME BACK NOW?
RIGHT.
IT FIGURES TO BE BRYSON BARNES AND NATE JOHNSON THE REST OF THE WAY.
THERE IS A LITTLE BIT OF THE WAY THAT KYLE WHITTINGHAM HAS STRUCTURED THIS
TEAM THAT THEY’RE KIND OF LIVING IN A POST-QUARTERBACK WORLD.
YEAH.
THEY PLAY SOLID DEFENSE.
THEY’RE A PHYSICAL TEAM.
THEY’RE CONTINUALLY UNDERRATED, AND YET THEY CONTINUE TO BE COMPETITIVE.
USC RAN ON THEM PRETTY WELL, THOUGH.
TO BE HONEST, UTAH’S BEEN PLAYING SOME PRETTY DISAPPOINTING OFFENSES, AND
THEY PLAYED OREGON STATE AND LOST TO OREGON STATE, BUT USC DID A REALLY NICE
JOB GAME PLANNING FOR THIS UTAH TEAM.
IT FADED, AND UTAH MADE NICE ADJUSTMENTS, BUT USC CAME OUT REALLY NICELY
AGAINST THIS UTE TEAM.
BUT ALAS.
ALAS, HERE WE GO.
AS JASON BENETTI POINTED OUT ON THE BROADCAST, NO TWO-LOSS TEAM HAS EVER
MADE THE PLAYOFF.
THIS WAS USC’S FIRST CONFERENCE LOSS.
I DON’T THINK WE HAD ANY ASPIRATIONS THAT THIS WAS A PLAYOFF TEAM AFTER WHAT
WE SAW AGAINST NOTRE DAME AND EVEN IN SOME OF THE GAMES BUILDING UP TO THIS
ONE, BUT IT’S OFFICIAL NOW.
NOT GOING TO THE PLAYOFF.
I’VE GOT SOME THOUGHTS ON CALEB WILLIAMS THAT WE’LL GET TO IN THE ROAST
SEGMENT.
FAIR ENOUGH.
THAT’S COOL WITH YOU.
YEAH.
WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT A LOT OF NEGATIVITY.
SHALL WE TALK ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT MADE US…
I TRY TO BE BALANCED HERE, TY.
I TRY TO BRING SOME SUNSHINE.
ALL MY TEAMS LOSE.
ALL MY PICKS LOSE.
WHY AM I EVEN HERE?
WHAT AM I DOING?
YOU’RE JUST EYE CANDY AT THIS POINT.
LET’S DO IT.
OH, MY!
HE’S ON FIRE!
OOH.
WELL, NBA JAM TOURNAMENT EDITION RIGHT THERE.
SHOUT OUT MARK TRAMMELL.
YEAH.
CALLING THIS THE FLAME GAME, DAN.
THESE ARE THE THINGS.
THESE ARE OUR SATURDAY FLAMES, THE THINGS THAT WE’RE INTO FROM THIS PAST
SATURDAY.
HOT AND SPICY.
YEAH.
I’VE GOT A BUNCH.
YOU’VE GOT A BUNCH.
WHAT GAVE YOU THE WARM FUZZIES?
THE WARM FUZZIES?
YEAH.
THE FLAMES.
LOOK, IT WAS AND CONTINUES TO BE, AS WE RECORD THIS EPISODE, A VERY
INTERESTING DAY OUT WEST IN THE PAC-12.
SO, OREGON STARTS SLOW AGAINST WASHINGTON STATE.
CAM WARD THROWS FOR LIKE 430-SOME-ODD YARDS ON NEARLY 50 ATTEMPTS.
SO, THEY DIDN’T REALLY HAVE A RUSHING ATTACK TO SPEAK OF.
AND OREGON STARTS RELATIVELY SLOW.
WASHINGTON STATE’S COMPETITIVE.
I THINK IT’S LINCOLN VICTOR WHO GOT OFF REALLY WELL.
OOH, SETTLE DOWN.
FOR WASHINGTON STATE.
BUT IT WAS THE RUSHING ATTACK.
THE RUSHING ATTACK FOR OREGON.
THE DEFENSIVE ADJUSTMENTS.
THEY GET TO CAM WARD SIX TIMES IN THIS GAME OVERALL.
AND IT WAS THE TALENT.
IT WAS THE PATIENCE FROM THIS OREGON TEAM.
BO NIX DIDN’T MAKE TOO MANY MISTAKES.
I’M NOT STILL CRAZY ABOUT THIS OFFENSE, BUT I’M TALKING TO A PENN STATE FAN.
AND OREGON ENTERED THIS GAME AS LIKE THE NUMBER ONE POINTS PER DRIVE OFFENSE
IN AMERICA.
BOYS, GRAB A BEER.
LET’S HAVE A CHAT.
SO, I’M GOING TO KEEP THIS ALL RELATIVE.
SURE.
BUT I VIEW THIS THROUGH THE LENS OF WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO AGAINST UTAH THIS
COMING WEEK?
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO AGAINST IF THEY PLAY WASHINGTON AGAIN?
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO AGAINST AN OREGON STATE TEAM WHO’S DANGEROUS?
SO, THAT’S WHERE I STAND RIGHT NOW WITH THE OREGON OFFENSE.
SO, THE WARM AND FUZZIES TO ME WITHIN THE PAC-12.
OREGON’S ADJUSTMENTS IN THE SECOND HALF.
PATIENCE ON OFFENSE AND JUST SWARMING ON DEFENSE OF A VERY TALENTED CAM WARD.
UCLA MAKING A QUARTERBACK CHANGE.
AND LOOKING MORE COMPETENT AND MAKING FEWER ERRORS AS THEY’RE CURRENTLY UP
COMFORTABLY AGAINST STANFORD.
RIGHT NOW, THE LAST I CHECKED, IT WAS 21-0.
SO, I THINK THERE’S A LITTLE BIT MORE CALM AND EASE RIGHT NOW IN WESTWOOD
SLASH PASADENA.
FOR THE BRUINS, I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH WASHINGTON, ARIZONA
STATE.
I’M NOT CURRENTLY WATCHING IT.
I KNOW IT’S HALFTIME AND IT’S 7-3.
SUN DEVILS.
AND THEN, WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT UTAH, USC, AD NAUSEAM, AND WE’VE GOT A COUPLE
TEAMS OBVIOUSLY.
COLORADO, THE MOST NOTABLE OF THEM, OFF THIS WEEK IN THE PAC-12.
SO, THAT TO ME IS WHERE I’M STARTING OUT WITH MY FLAMES.
SATURDAY FLAMES.
HOT AND SPICY.
YEAH.
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WE’RE GOING TO HAVE ANOTHER GEOFF SCHEME VIDEO COMING THIS WEEK.
AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN GO HANG OUT ON OUR VERBALLER DISCORD, WHICH IS
UNDEFEATED.
JUST THE BEST PLACE TO HANG OUT ON SATURDAYS.
GOT A LONG WAYS TO GO THIS SEASON THROUGH BOWL SEASON AND THE PLAYOFFS.
JOIN UP WITH OUR COMMUNITY AND PLAY IN OUR PICK’EM GAME, OUR WEEKLY PICK’EM
GAME.
YOU KNOW YOU’LL BEAT ME, SO YOU’RE NOT GOING TO BE LAST.
THAT’S TRUE.
ALRIGHT, WHAT GAVE ME THE WARM FUZZIES?
WHAT GAVE YOU THE WARM FUZZIES?
GIVE ME A CONFERENCE.
ACC.
ALRIGHT, ACC HAD AN AMAZING DAY.
ACC HAD AN INCREDIBLE DAY.
ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE DAY.
SO, FIRST AND FOREMOST, CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE.
OUT OF NOWHERE, AND I DO MEAN NOWHERE, THE VIRGINIA-NORTH CAROLINA GAME WAS
OUT OF CONTROL.
NORTH CAROLINA CAME IN NUMBER 10.
THEY WERE A HOME FAVORITE OF ABOUT 24 POINTS.
BIG COMEBACK WIN AGAINST MIAMI LAST WEEK.
WON 41-31 LAST WEEK AGAINST MIAMI.
IT WAS A BIG WIN.
EVERYONE’S TALKING THEM UP.
TOP 10 TEAM.
THEY LOSE TO 1-5 VIRGINIA.
I SAW TONY ELLIOTT SMILE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN WHAT FELT LIKE 18 MONTHS.
HE HAS NOT SMILED IN FOREVER.
31-27 WAS YOUR FINAL SCORE.
ONE OF THOSE DEALS, DAN, WHERE THE CAROLINA DEFENSE OF YESTERYEAR SHOWED
BACK UP.
CAME BACK FOR ENCORE HERE.
AND, LOOK, VIRGINIA PLAYED A GOOD GAME.
VIRGINIA GOT A REALLY BIG WIN FOR TONY ELLIOTT ON THE BACK OF TONY MUSKETT,
WHO PLAYED QUARTERBACK.
MALIK WASHINGTON, WHO WAS THE RECEIVER, HAD LIKE 12 GRABS FOR 1-15 AND A
TOUCHDOWN.
VIRGINIA CAME TO PLAY, AND NORTH CAROLINA JUST COULD NOT GET THE JOB DONE.
JUST NOT ENOUGH BIG MOMENTS.
HAD BIG STAT LINES, OF COURSE, FOR DRAKE MAYE.
3-47, TWO TOUCHDOWNS AND A LOSING EFFORT, BUT HAD THE GAME-ENDING
INTERCEPTION AFTER GETTING HIT BY A DEFENDER.
VIRGINIA STEPPING UP IN A MANNER THAT THEY DID TO TAKE NORTH CAROLINA
BASICALLY OUT OF THIS NATIONAL CONVERSATION, THIS PLAYOFF CONVERSATION,
IF YOU WANT, I THINK WAS PROBABLY THE HEADLINER IN THE ACC.
NOW, OF COURSE, THE CONFERENCE IS THROWN INTO AN ABSOLUTE BLENDER OVER THE
LAST COUPLE WEEKS.
WE DON’T KNOW WHO THE SECOND-BEST TEAM IS IN THE ACC AT THIS POINT.
IT LOOKS LIKE FLORIDA STATE IS THE CLEAR NUMBER ONE, NOT JUST BECAUSE OF WHAT
WE SAW THIS WEEK, BUT FROM WHAT THEY’VE DONE SO FAR THIS SEASON.
THEY’VE GOT A BUNCH OF QUALITY WINS.
BUT FLORIDA STATE RIGHT NOW, AS IT STANDS, IS THE ONLY UNBEATEN TEAM STILL
STANDING IN THE ACC.
AND THAT’S A FLORIDA STATE SEMINOLES TEAM THAT WAS DOWN AGAINST DUKE.
DUKE LOOKED REALLY GOOD IN THE FIRST HALF.
IT WAS 20-17 AT HALFTIME AGAINST DUKE.
THE NOLES COME OUT.
THEY POUR IT ON IN THE SECOND HALF.
I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT THE BEST WAY TO CHARACTERIZE THIS,
AND I KEPT COMING BACK TO PROFESSIONAL.
THIS WAS A PROFESSIONAL WIN FROM FLORIDA STATE.
I AGREE.
IT WAS A PROFESSIONAL WIN BECAUSE THE DEEPER THEY GOT INTO THIS GAME,
THE MORE THE MISMATCHES BECAME APPARENT.
THE MORE THE MISMATCHES OUT WIDE BECAME APPARENT.
I DON’T KNOW WHO’S GOING TO COVER THESE RECEIVERS.
IF JORDAN TRAVIS HAS TIME TO THROW, THAT IS A PROBLEM FOR ANYBODY
ON THIS SCHEDULE.
IT DID HELP THAT RILEY LEONARD GOT HURT.
THEY STILL WOULD HAVE WON EVEN IF HE WERE HEALTHY.
THIS IS PROBABLY THE LAST GOOD DEFENSE THAT FLORIDA STATE IS GOING TO FACE
THIS YEAR.
THEY WOULD HAVE BEATEN DUKE NO MATTER WHAT.
BUT RILEY LEONARD GETS HURT AGAIN, HURTS HIS ANKLE.
HE WAS OUT FOR THE GAME.
BACKUP COULDN’T DO ANYTHING.
FLORIDA STATE IS JUST AN EXTREMELY SCARY TEAM TO TRY AND MATCH UP WITH
GUY TO GUY.
I’M EXCITED TO SEE WHAT THEY DO.
THEY’RE DEFINITELY NOT SHORT OF A CLUNKER AT SOME POINT,
OR NOT ABOVE A CLUNKER AT SOME POINT.
BUT FOR THE TIME BEING, THIS IS A PROFESSIONAL WIN,
IS WHAT I SETTLED ON.
IT’S A PATIENT WIN.
THAT’S THE WORD I USED FOR OREGON, TOO.
IT WAS VERY PATIENT OF FLORIDA STATE.
UNDERSTANDING WHAT THE DUKE DEFENSE WAS DOING,
NOT TRY TO BOMB IT DOWN THE FIELD TO KEON COLEMAN AND GET HIM 200 YARDS.
IT WAS JOHNNY WILSON PATIENT.
IT WAS TREY BENSON PATIENT.
IT WAS JORDAN TRAVIS SEEMINGLY GETTING LOST IN THE WASH AND THEN FINDING
A WAY OUT AND TOSSING IT FOR SIX YARDS ON THIRD AND FIVE OR WHATEVER,
OR SCRAMBLING FOR THE YARDS AND SLIDING.
IT WAS SORT OF, TO APOLOGIZE TO SAM HINKIE,
IT WAS TRUSTING THE PROCESS.
IT WAS WE KNOW WE’RE MORE TALENTED.
WE KNOW WE CAN TAKE CARE OF BUSINESS AGAINST A TOUGH TEAM,
BUT IT’S GOING TO TAKE FOUR QUARTERS TO DO SO.
I DON’T KNOW IF THEY SCORED TWO OR THREE TOUCHDOWNS TO CLOSE IT OUT
AGAINST DUKE, I THINK, IN THE FOURTH QUARTER.
AND IT SHOWED.
IT WAS A REALLY IMPRESSIVE WIN FROM FLORIDA STATE.
AND YOU’RE RIGHT THAT THE NUMBER TWO IN THE ACC IS STILL PROBABLY
NORTH CAROLINA BECAUSE OF THEIR CEILING.
I KNOW MIAMI PULLED IT OUT AGAINST CLEMSON TONIGHT,
AND IT WAS AWFULLY CLOSE AGAINST CLEMSON WITH FLORIDA STATE.
I THINK ONLY LED WHEN THEY WON THE GAME,
BUT IT’S NOT EVEN TOP HEAVY.
IT’S FLORIDA STATE HEAVY, AND EVEN FLORIDA STATE’S NOT REALLY
SEPARATING ITSELF, AND THAT’S OKAY BECAUSE WINNING IS BETTER THAN LOSING,
TY, AS WE ALL AGREE.
AND THEN THE FINAL, I THINK, INTERESTING POINT THAT GAVE ME THE FLAMES
OF SATURDAY FLAMES, IF YOU WILL, ON THIS YEAR’S SATURDAY,
THE MIAMI GAME.
THE MIAMI-CLEMSON GAME WAS REALLY GOOD.
THAT WAS A GOOD FOOTBALL GAME.
AND I THINK SECOND ACT SATURDAY WAS IN FULL EFFECT HERE,
ESPECIALLY FOR MIAMI.
BEAR IN MIND MIAMI NEEDED IT BAD.
THEY NEEDED IT BAD.
BRADLEY WROTE ABOUT IT IN OUR NEWSLETTER THIS WEEK THAT WE SENT OUT.
MIAMI WAS IN NEED OF A WIN IN A BIG WAY.
THEY LOST TO GEORGIA TECH IN THAT HEARTBREAKER,
THAT INCONCEIVABLE LOSS THAT THEY HAD TWO WEEKS AGO.
THEN THEY LOSE TO NORTH CAROLINA LAST WEEK IN THE MANNER THAT THEY DID.
NOW THEY KNOCK OFF CLEMSON IN DOUBLE OVERTIME.
NATURALLY, THAT’S THE WAY THINGS WORK IN THE ACC,
IS EVERYBODY JUMBLES ABOUT.
WHATEVER YOU THINK OF CLEMSON, YEAH.
WHATEVER YOU THINK OF CLEMSON, IT’S A GOOD WIN.
IT WAS A GOOD WIN.
THESE WERE TWO TEAMS WITH TWO LOSSES,
AND A LOSS FOR EITHER OF THEM WAS GOING TO SPELL SOME REALLY BAD NEWS.
MIAMI GOES IN THERE WITH A BACKUP QUARTERBACK,
BECAUSE TVD WAS BASICALLY A NO-GO.
THE DEFENSE STEPS UP, HOLDS CLEMSON TO 4 OF 14 ON THIRD DOWNS,
FORCES THREE TURNOVERS.
MIAMI FINALLY GETS A HOME CONFERENCE WIN
AND GETS THE MONKEY OFF THEIR BACK, I BELIEVE 28-20 WAS THE FINAL SCORE.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS A REALLY BIG WIN FOR MIAMI.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR THIS TEAM,
BUT TO LOSE IN THE MANNER THAT THEY DID FOR TWO CONSECUTIVE WEEKS,
TO COME BACK HOME AGAINST ARGUABLY A BETTER TEAM
THAN EITHER OF THOSE TWO AND WIN, THAT IS REALLY IMPRESSIVE TO ME.
MAN, AND CADE KLUBNIK TOOK SOME HITS.
HE TOOK SOME SHOTS, YEAH.
HE HAD A NICE CONNECTION WITH, I THINK IT WAS BRININGSTOOL, THE TIGHT END.
I DON’T WANT TO CALL THEM 50-50 BALLS,
BUT I’M GOING TO PUT THIS BALL SOMEWHERE IN YOUR CATCH ZONE,
YOUR CATCH RADAR, RADIUS, EXCUSE ME.
HOPEFULLY YOU CAN MAKE A PLAY.
AND HE DID, HE MADE PLAYS.
BUT IT WAS MIAMI, EVEN WITH THAT FRESHMAN QUARTERBACK,
WHETHER OR NOT HE WAS LEANING ON COLBIE YOUNG,
WHETHER OR NOT THEY GOT A COUPLE,
I MEAN, THEY NEEDED THOSE BIG PLAYS ON THE GROUND.
AND THEN TO COME THROUGH AN OVERTIME ON FOURTH DOWN,
I DIDN’T LOVE THAT CALL, BUT I LOVE ANY CALL THAT WORKS.
IT JUST DIDN’T WORK WITH CADE KLUBNIK TRYING TO KEEP AND RUN.
AND IT WAS A GREAT DEFENSIVE PLAY FOR MIAMI.
MIAMI STEPPED IT UP IN OVERTIME.
AND AS YOU MENTIONED, FIRST CONFERENCE WIN AT HOME
FOR MARIO CRISTOBAL IN MIAMI HAD TO COME AT SOME POINT.
AND I WAS A LITTLE DISAPPOINTED.
AND THIS IS NOT ME PICKING ON MIAMI, BUT LIKE, I DON’T KNOW, MAN.
CLEMSON’S COMING TO TOWN AND YOU’RE NOT FILLING YOUR STADIUM.
I KNOW THIS IS LIKE A THING THAT PEOPLE HARP ON MIAMI ABOUT,
BUT LIKE, COME ON, GUYS. LET’S FILL IT UP.
GIVE ME SOME SATURDAY FLAMES FOR A DIFFERENT CONFERENCE.
OKAY, SO OBVIOUSLY LSU TOOK CARE OF BUSINESS.
LOVE THE END ZONE, BY THE WAY.
THERE WAS THE CAMO FOR LSU TAKING ON ARMY.
THEY BEAT THEM 62 TO NOTHING.
THERE’S NOT A LOT TO TAKE AWAY FROM THIS GAME
OTHER THAN THE FACT THAT ONCE AGAIN,
SETS UP A HUGE ALABAMA MATCHUP IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
HOW ABOUT MIZZOU?
SOUTH CAROLINA LOST IN THE WAY THAT IF YOU HAD TOLD ME
THIS WAS GOING TO BE THE FINAL SCORE,
YOUR FINAL SCORE WAS 34-12.
SOUTH CAROLINA.
COULDN’T PROTECT SPENCER RATTLER.
HE WAS ON THE RUN.
HE WAS SHELLED BY WHAT HASN’T BEEN A SUPER CONSISTENT MIZZOU DEFENSE,
BUT IT WAS REALLY THE MIZZOU RUSHING ATTACK THAT GOT ME GOING.
THAT GOT MY HEART ALL HOT AND FLAMING.
IS THAT WHAT WE’RE TALKING ABOUT?
SURE. SATURDAY FLAMES.
SATURDAY FLAMES. BRADY COOK WAS QUITE GOOD.
THE PASSING GAME WAS IN A NICE PLACE,
BUT TO ME IT WAS HOUNDING SPENCER RATTLER.
IT WAS OVERWHELMING THE SOUTH CAROLINA OFFENSIVE LINE ONCE AGAIN.
AND THERE WAS JUST SOMETHING ABOUT WATCHING CODY SCHRADER.
THE LANES WERE WIDE OPEN.
THEY WERE LIKE SUBURBAN FREEWAY LANES AT 4 A.M.
JUST HUGE AND LUXURIOUS LANES TO RUN THROUGH THE SOUTH CAROLINA.
CARPOOL LANE, SHALL WE?
IT WAS LOOK AND IT AGAIN.
THIS IS NOT SOMETHING TO TAKE FOR GRANTED.
OBVIOUSLY, IF YOU’RE A MISSOURI FAN WITH WHERE THE OFFENSE HAS BEEN
THESE PAST COUPLE YEARS, BUT TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS IN THE SAME WAY
THAT I SAID IT’S GOING TO BE FUN AND WEIRD.
I’M LOOKING FORWARD TO ALABAMA LSU.
MIZZOU GEORGIA IS GOING TO BE FUN.
IT SHOULD BE FUN.
I HOPE IT’S FUN.
IT HAS ALL THE MAKINGS OF FUN AND THAT’S WHAT FILLED MY HEART ON THE FLIP
SIDE MIKEY WRIGHT AND MISSISSIPPI STATE 7 KJ JEFFERSON, ARKANSAS.
THIS WAS THIS NOT SORT OF LIKE THE BUDGET IOWA MINNESOTA OF THE DAY.
I DON’T KNOW WHO HAS IT WORSE RIGHT NOW.
I MEAN LOOK, I KNOW WHO HAS IT WORSE BECAUSE IOWA’S BEEN WINNING GAMES
THE MANNER IN WHICH THEY LOST THAT GAME, WHICH I’M SURE WE’RE GOING TO
GET TO SHORTLY TO BE AN ARKANSAS FAN AND TO BE IMMEDIATELY TEASED WITH
PROMISING RESULTS WITH STRONG RECEIVERS DEVELOPING WITH PLAYMAKERS ON DEFENSE,
MAYBE A LITTLE BIT LESS SO, BUT BARRY ODOM WAS CREATIVE WITH THIS DEFENSE
AND THEN WHERE THIS ARKANSAS TEAM IS NOW WITH A DEFENSE THAT ACTUALLY STILL
PLAYS PRETTY HARD AND HAS PLAYMAKERS AND AN OFFENSE THAT CAN’T PROTECT KJ
JEFFERSON AT ALL.
I MEAN HE’S SHORT ARMING DUDES BY LIKE I KNOW SEVEN YARD.
YOU’RE TELLING ME THIS GIVES YOU THE WARM FUZZIES.
I’M NOT SAYING GIVES ME THE WARM FUZZIES THE FACT THAT IT’S OVER AND WE
CAN MOVE PAST THIS GAME GIVES ME THE WARM BECAUSE I HAD THIS IN MY SCARY
STORIES SEGMENT, WHICH IS COMING UP IN A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE THE OFFENSE WAS
WAS NOT GOOD.
I KNOW THIS WAS A LIGHT DAY IN THE SEC.
THIS WAS ARKANSAS LOSING SIX IN A ROW NOW AND ARKANSAS BEING PRETTY MUCH ON
THE VERGE OF BULL INELIGIBILITY UNLESS THEY GO FOR NO, HOW ABOUT A LITTLE BIT
OF FIGHT FROM AUBURN GAVE ME THE WARM FUZZIES.
YOU CAN’T THROW THE BALL AND YOU’RE STILL GIVING OLE MISS A GAME WAS 14
ALL DEEPER INTO THIS ONE.
SO THE FIGHT FROM AUBURN IN LOSING EFFORTS, I SUPPOSE IS SOMETHING THAT I’M
INTO BECAUSE I LIKE COMPETITIVE GAMES.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT I FEEL ABOUT OLE MISS WHO SEEMS TO PLAY EXACTLY TO THE
LEVEL.
THEY’RE LIKE A RICH MAN’S BOSTON COLLEGE THE WAY WE’VE TALKED ABOUT THEM
LIKE THEY PLAY EXACTLY TO THE LEVEL OF EVERYBODY THAT THEY PLAY.
SO GOOD FOR AUBURN FOR SHOWING THAT FIGHT.
THAT’S THE WARM FUZZY THE TWO WARM FUZZIES FOR ME IN THE BIG 12.
MY OKLAHOMA STATE COWBOYS, BABY!
YEAH, THE TEAM THAT YOU WERE POSITIVE.
WAS GOING TO HAVE A TERRIFIC BOUNCE BACK HERE.
I WASN’T I LIE.
I WAS DUNKING ON OKLAHOMA STATE PRETTY MUCH ALL YEAR.
YEAH, TO MY CREDIT.
I DID RECOGNIZE I RECOGNIZE THE I MAY PAT MYSELF ON THE BACK.
I MAY PAT MY HEY, YOU DO IT ALL THE TIME.
DON’T START.
I DO IF I IF I CAN PAT MYSELF IN THE BACK HERE FOR A SECOND.
I DID RECOGNIZE THE AIR OF MY WAYS.
OKAY, I SAID AFTER THAT BYE WEEK.
I FELT LIKE SOMETHING QUICK BECAUSE REMEMBER THE BK STATE.
YEAH, NOW OFFENSIVE LINE LOOKS A LOT MORE TOGETHER.
YEAH, A LOT MORE TOGETHER.
OKLAHOMA STATE MAY BE THE ONLY TEAM I CAN ACCURATELY PREDICT RIGHT NOW.
I’M SERIOUS.
THEY’RE THE ONLY TEAM I UNDERSTAND AND IT’S WEIRD AND IT PROBABLY SHOULDN’T BE
THAT WAY BUT 48-34 ON THE ROAD IN MORGANTOWN OVER WEST VIRGINIA.
ANOTHER ABSOLUTE MONSTER GAME FROM OLLIE GORDON WHO HAD 284 AND FOUR
TOUCHDOWNS IN THIS GAME.
DUDE, DUDE, DUDE.
YEAH, THAT’S ALL.
DOES IT DUDE?
YEAH, THE POKES NOW GET THIS.
I ALMOST CAN’T BELIEVE I’M SAYING IT THE POKES ARE A WHISPER QUIET 5-2
NO CINCINNATI NEXT WEEK.
THEN THEY HAVE BEDLAM AT HOME IN WEEK 10.
THE BEDROOM GAME IS REALLY THE LAST BIG ONE LEFT IN THE SCHEDULE.
THEY’VE GOT I THINK A SCHEDULE THAT’S VERY MANAGEABLE THE REST OF THE WAY.
YEAH, I COULD TOTALLY SEE NINE AND THREE.
I COULD TOTALLY SEE NINE AND THREE.
I DON’T KNOW HOW IT EXISTS IN THE BIG 12 THAT EVERY BIG 12 TEAM HAS AN AMAZING
BACK HALF OF THEIR SCHEDULE.
IT’S WHY LIKE, OH, LET’S TAKE A LOOK AT THIS TEAM’S.
OKAY, SO THEY’VE GOT BAYLOR.
THEY’VE GOT CINCINNATI.
THEY’VE GOT KANSAS LIKE AND KANSAS IS GOOD OBVIOUSLY, BUT THEY DON’T HAVE
MUCH OF A DEFENSE LIKE EVERY TEAM IN THE BIG 12 SEEMS TO HAVE IT VERY EASY.
THE BACK HALF AND IT’S INCREDIBLE.
THE OTHER TEAM IN THE BIG 12 THAT I WANT TO CALL OUT IS K STATE K STATE KICK
THE ABSOLUTE TAR OUT OF TCU.
YES, THEY DID.
THEY ABSOLUTELY KICK THE CRAP OUT OF TCU AND YOU KNOW, WE WERE WE WERE HOOVER
APPROVERS AND WE WERE INTO THE QUARTERBACK CHANGE AT TCU…
NAH, YEAH, HE’S LIKE NAH, WE’RE NOT HAVING IT.
EMANI BAILEY’S STILL GOOD.
YEAH, THEY OUT GAINED TCU 587 TO 300 AND RUSHED FOR 343 ON THE GROUND
AND I SAW MY GUY AVERY JOHNSON DOING WORK.
ONCE AGAIN, THERE YOU GO.
THERE YOU GO.
AND LET ME CLOSE OUT THE BIG TEN HERE.
JUST SOME OF THE WARM FUZZIES THERE.
WE DO A SCARY STORIES.
WE HAVE OTHER STUFF HERE TO GET TO A MICHIGAN IS RIDICULOUS.
THEY’RE RIDICULOUS.
THEY ABSOLUTELY ANNIHILATED MICHIGAN STATE 49 TO NOTHING AND THAT’S NOT
UNEXPECTED BECAUSE I THINK WE EXPECTED THIS WOULD BE A BIT OF A RUNAWAY GAME.
EVEN IF EVEN IF IT WERE WITHIN THE POINT SPREAD, WHICH WAS 24 AND A HALF,
BUT I THINK ESPECIALLY AFTER THE LAST 72 HOURS OF DISTRACTIONS WITH ALL THE
SIGN SEALING STUFF AND PROBABLY A LOT OF QUESTIONING AS TO WHETHER OR NOT
MICHIGAN IS AS GOOD AS EVERYONE THINKS OR IF IT’S BECAUSE OF SOMETHING ELSE
IE CHEATING.
I THINK THEY USE THAT.
I THINK THEY USE THAT TO FOCUS THIS TEAM AND IT SAYS A LOT ABOUT THEM THAT
THEY DID NOT START THIS GAME SLOWLY.
THAT HAS BEEN A MICHIGAN THING THIS SEASON STARTING A LITTLE BIT SLOWLY AND
THEY WENT OUT THERE ON THE ROAD AGAINST THEIR IN-STATE RIVAL AND THEY WENT UP
14 NOTHING WITHOUT BLINKING AND THEN THEY POURED IT ON.
THEY DID NOT LET UP THE ENTIRE WAY THROUGH.
THEY SCORED.
I WANT TO SAY WITHIN THE LAST LIKE COUPLE MINUTES WHEN THE GAME WAS WELL IN
HAND ALREADY.
SO THIS WAS SPEAKING OF PROFESSIONAL WINS.
THIS WAS A VERY PROFESSIONAL WIN FOR MICHIGAN TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS AS YOU
LIKE TO SAY TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS OFTEN OVERRATED UNDERRATED, EXCUSE ME
UNDERRATED.
YEAH, AND SPEAKING OF TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.
HOW ABOUT THE RUTGERS SCARLET KNIGHTS TRY TO TELL YOU GETTING ELIGIBLE DAN
GETTING BOWL ELIGIBLE.
THEY NEEDED TO DO IT THIS WEEK.
THEY HAVE OTHER OPPORTUNITIES BUT TO DO IT THIS WEEK WOULD HAVE DEFINITELY
TAKEN A LOT OF PRESSURE OFF THAT ROSTER.
THEY WIN BY 17 ON THE ROAD OVER INDIANA.
THEY DID IT DESPITE GAVIN WIMSATT GOING 5 OF 12 PASSING FOR 39 YARDS.
THE WAY THAT THEY DID IT WAS BECAUSE GAVIN WIMSATT ALSO RAN FOR 143 AND
THREE TOUCHDOWNS ALONGSIDE KYLE MONANGAI WHO I BELIEVE IS STILL THE BIG
TENS LEADING RUSHER.
YEAH, WHO ADDED ABOUT A HUNDRED NINE MORE YARDS 276 ON THE GROUND FOR THE
SCARLET KNIGHTS PLAYING THE STYLE OF FOOTBALL THAT WE KNOW GREG SCHIANO
WANTS TO PLAY SO GOOD ON THEM.
WELL ELIGIBILITY IS PRETTY EXCITING.
I THINK YOU JUST DON’T UNDERSTAND RUTGERS OFFENSIVE FOOTBALL.
YOU JUST DON’T APPRECIATE IT.
I THEY’RE LIKE THE JAM BAND OF COLLEGE FOOTBALL, RIGHT?
YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO LISTEN.
YOU DON’T KNOW HOW TO TAKE IT IN.
BY THE WAY, TY AND I ARE GOING TO BE CIRCLING THE COUNTRY FOLLOWING MONANGAI
AND WIMSATT ON TOUR.
DON’T THEY SOUND LIKE JIM BATS A LITTLE BIT.
DUDE.
I LOVE MNANGAI WHEN THEY WERE PLAYING CLUBS.
TY, YOU CAN’T TELL ME OTHERWISE.
YOU HAVE TO REALLY KNOW HOW TO LISTEN TO MONANGAI AND WIMSATT.
THAT’S ALL I’M SAYING.
YOU DON’T APPROVE FOR OF WHATEVER WHO CARES TY.
THIS IS WINNING FOOTBALL HAPPENING IN PISCATAWAY, NEW JERSEY.
HEY, GOOD FOR HIM, MAN.
GOOD FOR YOU.
GOT ANY OTHER ANY OTHER FLAMES BEFORE WE GET TO OUR SCARY STORIES.
WELL, SO THAT WAS IT FOR THE BIG TEN FLAMES.
THAT’S IT.
OF YOURS.
YEAH, I GOT SOME SCARY STORIES FROM THE BIG TEN.
WE’LL GET TO IT.
WE’LL TALK ABOUT IOWA-MINNESOTA.
IT WAS A IT WAS A VERY FUN ACTIVE GROUP OF FIVE WEEKEND.
I IF I MAY SAY SO MYSELF.
FIRST OF ALL, BIFF POGGI WITH HIS CUT OFF SHIRT, THEY BEAT CHARLOTTE.
EXCUSE ME, CHARLOTTE BEAT ECU.
OBVIOUSLY, BIFF POGGI, THE HEAD COACH OF CHARLOTTE SHOWING OFF THE THE THE GUNS.
THE HE LOOKED LIKE HE WAS RIDING A PELOTON THE ENTIRE GAME AND JUST SHOWED
UP FOR THE INTERVIEW AFTERWARDS WEARING WHATEVER HE WORE ON THE BIKE.
HE LOOKED LIKE HE CAME IN FIFTH PLACE IN THE PHILLY WING BOWL.
LOOK, I GAVE HIM MY ALL.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
SHE’S TINY BUT SUPER EFFECTIVE.
NORTH TEXAS KIND OF STORM BACK AGAINST TULANE.
THE MEAN GREEN HELD ON.
ARE WE STILL TALKING ABOUT BIFF?
NO, KEEP GOING.
THAT’S GOOD.
JT DANIELS,LUKE MCCAFFREY.
IT’S IT’S BIG, TY.
IT KEEPS HAPPENING.
RICE KEEPS WINNING.
THEY BEAT TULSA. KEVIN WILSON IN TULSA.
JAMIE CHADWELL’S LIBERTY 7-0, NO ONE SOMEWHAT LATE OVER MIDDLE TENNESSEEE
BUT THEY WIN. TOLEDO HELD ON, TY.
THEY JUMPED OUT TO A COMFORTABLE LEAD AGAINST MIAMI OF OHIO.
THIS WAS A GAME THAT EVERYBODY THAT WATCHES MAC FOOTBALL HAD CIRCLED AND
TOLEDO ON THE ROAD.
I THINK AS ONE POINT FAVORITES MANAGED TO HOLD ON THE MORE COMPLETE TEAM.
SO THAT’S WHAT I TOOK AWAY FROM FROM LOOKING AROUND THE COUNTRY AT THE
GROUP OF FIVE CONFERENCES, BUT A FUN ONE.
NEVERTHELESS, JAMES MADISON KEEPS ON WINNING JORDAN MCLEOD STILL VERY
MUCH A DUDE FOR FOR THE DUKES.
SO ALL RIGHT, YOU KNOW FUN TIMES.
DO WE HAVE ANY DUDES?
LET’S DO DO SATURDAY FLAME.
SO I MENTIONED OLLIE GORDON. SIONE VAKI FOR UTAH.
I’M JUST GOING TO SHOUT HIM OUT AT ONCE AGAIN.
YEAH, BUCKY IRVING BOTH THROUGH THE AIR AND ON THE GROUND FOR OREGON
NAQUAN RIGHT FOR SOUTH FLORIDA 186 YARDS ON THE GROUND AND A WIN OVER
UCONN NOTHING TO YOU KNOW, TURN YOUR NOSE AT MARVIN HARRISON JR.
KIND OF A RETIRED DUDE, BUT LIKE WAS KIND OF THE ONLY DUDE ON THE FIELD
FOR AN OFFENSE.
WHAT ELSE DO I HEAR?
LINCOLN VICTOR FOR WAZZU IN THAT GAME GOES FOR A HUNDRED AND SIXTY
AGAINST A GOOD OREGON DEFENSE CADEN SALTER FOR LIBERTY ALL OVER THE PLACE
FOR THEM HAYNES KING GEORGIA TECH.
YOU DIDN’T MENTION THAT MAYBE IT’S IN YOUR GEORGIA TECH BC SCARY STORY
SEGMENT, BUT HE WAS QUITE EFFECTIVE ESPECIALLY ON THE GROUND AND I THINK
THAT’S ALL I SORT OF HAVE RIGHT NOW.
YEAH, YOU GOT TO GIVE A SHOUT OUT TO THOMAS CASTELLANOS.
YEAH, I WAS ALL OVER THE COLLEGE IN A BIG WIN OVER GEORGIA TECH. HAYNES KING
WAS SORT OF THE OFFENSE FOR GEORGIA TECH, BUT YEAH, THOMAS CASTELLANOS
REMAINS ONE OF THE UNDERRATED STORIES IN THE ACC THIS SEASON WHEN HE’S OUT
THERE.
HE’S BEEN PRETTY EFFECTIVE NOT NOT MUCH AROUND HIM, BUT NOW BC WITH A NICE
WIN AND ALSO DONOVAN SMITH AND A LOSING EFFORT, WHICH I’M SURE YOU’RE GOING
TO GET TO FOR HOUSTON AGAINST TEXAS THEN GIVE ME THAT SCARY STORY.
I THINK THIS IS IT.
THANK YOU DAN.
THANKS BILL.
THANKS BILL ON YOUR BAMBOO FLUTE SOUNDS MARVELOUS SCARY STORIES.
WE CALL THIS THE ROCKY LOMBARDI PICTURE SHOW.
YEAH, WE’LL GET TO YOUR REVERBS HERE.
MOW THE ROCKY LONG PICTURE SHOW ROCKY SATO.
YEAH, SO A COUPLE THINGS FOR ME THE FIRST IF WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WEIRD
THINGS AND BAD PERFORMANCES AND INJURIES OF NOTE AND WHATNOT UCF’S TWO-POINT
CONVERSION ATTEMPT ON THE ROAD IN NORMAN.
MM-HMM.
SO UCF PLAYS AN EXTREMELY SOLID FOOTBALL GAME AGAINST THE SIXTH-RANKED SOONERS
AGAIN IN NORMAN.
YEAH, THE SOONERS WON 3129 AFTER UCF CALLED A DOUBLE PASS ON THEIR ATTEMPT
TO TIE IT.
IT WAS SO EVERYBODY WAS KIND OF CALLING THIS EVERYBODY.
IT WAS A DOUBLE PASS WEEK.
EVERYBODY WAS CALLING THE DOUBLE PASS.
THIS ONE WAS SO BAD AND OKLAHOMA DID NOT BITE AT ALL THAT THE GUY DIDN’T EVEN
HAVE A CHANCE TO THROW THE SECOND PASS.
IT WAS A BACKWARDS PASS A LATERAL OUT TO THE LEFT-HAND SIDE.
NOTHING WAS OPEN GUY GETS KNOCKED DOWN OKLAHOMA SURVIVES THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN
UCF’S CHANCE TO TIE IT.
I COME BACK TO THIS TIME AND AGAIN NEVER UNDERESTIMATE THE PLAY CALLERS ABILITY
TO OVERTHINK THE BIGGEST CALL OF THE GAME.
YEAH, NEVER UNDERESTIMATE IT.
THESE GUYS NEED A FIRST-CLASS PASS ON YOUR UNDERTHINK EXPRESS.
THEY JUST ALWAYS OVERTHINK IT IN THE BIG SPOTS AND THIS WAS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR UCF
ON THE ROAD AGAIN BIG SPOT AGAINST OKLAHOMA.
I THOUGHT THEY PLAYED REALLY WELL AGAINST OKLAHOMA.
I LOVE WATCHING, WAS AN RJ HARVEY THE RUNNING BACK FOR UCF WITH SOME
BIG PLAYS?
HERE’S HERE’S THE ONLY THING PUSHBACK.
I’M GOING TO HAVE.
A LOT OF BIG PLAYS A LOT OF BIG PLAYS.
I THOUGHT DILLON GABRIEL PLAYED ADMIRABLY THE ONLY RULE WITH FOURTH AND SHORT
THIRD AND SHORT TWO-POINT CONVERSIONS OVERTIME BIG MOMENTS.
THE ONLY RULE IS HAS TO WORK SO YOU CAN SAY HATED THAT CALL.
THEY NEEDED TO JUST UNDER THINK IT AND GO IF IT ALWAYS WORKS IN PRACTICE.
IF IT’S WORKED BEFORE IN GAMES THE ONLY RULE AND THIS IS A BOOK TOO.
SO I’M JUST COPYING IT.
THE ONLY RULE IS IT HAS TO WORK BECAUSE IF IT WORKS YOU’RE GOING TO COME ON THE
SHOW AND SAY WHAT THE STONES ON GUS MALZAHN TO CALL THAT AND FOR HIS TEAM TO
EXECUTE IT, BUT YOU’RE NOT WRONG.
YOU RUN A PLAY LIKE THAT.
IT’S HARD ENOUGH IN TIGHT WINDOWS.
YOU CUT OFF HALF THE FIELD THAT’S HARD ENOUGH IN TIGHT WINDOWS TO COMPLETE ANY
PASS.
NOW YOU’RE ASKING THEM TO COMPLETE TWO.
AND ONE MAY BE UNCONTESTED, BUT THERE’S A LOT THAT NEEDS TO GO RIGHT.
I ADMIRE I ADMIRE THE GUMPTION TO GO FOR A PLAY LIKE THAT AND YOU’RE RIGHT IF IT
WORKS.
HE’S A GENIUS, BUT IT DIDN’T 31-29 BY THE WAY, WE WERE SCOREBOARD WATCHING THE
WHOLE TIME DOING OUR LIVE STREAM.
WE YEAH, THAT’S WE HAVE A LOT OF DREAM DURING PENN STATE-OHIO STATE GAME.
SO I WENT BACK I WATCHED THE EXPRESS VERSION OF THIS AND I’M GOING TO DIVE
INTO IT MORE THIS WEEK.
BUT AS YOU SAID A LOT OF BIG PLAYS OKLAHOMA SHUFFLING THEIR LINE RIGHT NOW
BECAUSE OF INJURY AND UCF REALLY LIKE TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THAT BUT OKLAHOMA WITH A
LATE PUSH ON THE GROUND IN THE FOURTH QUARTER RUSH FOR NEARLY A HUNDRED YARDS
IN THE FOURTH QUARTER TO GET TO 7 TO 0 SO BIT OF A SCARE FOR OKLAHOMA.
DEFINITELY A BIT OF A SCARE FOR UCF WITH THE WAY THEY CALLED THAT FINAL TWO-POINT
CONVERSION, BUT THAT’S SCARY STORY NUMBER ONE FOR ME.
THE OTHER ONE IS AND YOU MENTIONED THE TEXAS GAME QUINN EWERS WENT DOWN AGAIN.
YES, HE DID.
SO QUINN EWERS GOES DOWN LATE THIRD QUARTER WITH WHAT SARK REFERRED TO AS A
SHOULDER INJURY SAID WE SHOULD KNOW MORE TOMORROW.
IT’S CONCERNING TO ME.
I SAW SOME PEOPLE ON TWITTER TALKING ABOUT POTENTIALLY A COLLARBONE THAT WOULD
NOT WHICH IS WHAT I THINK HE HAD LAST YEAR, RIGHT?
THAT WOULD NOT BE GOOD.
RIGHT.
I WOULD NOT BE GOOD.
SO HE HAD THE INJURY ISSUE A YEAR AGO.
THIS IS THIS IS SOMETHING TO WATCH ON THE TEXAS SIDE. TEXAS ALSO WENT UP 21-0
AND THEN GAVE IT ALL BACK GAVE IT ALL BACK NEEDED TO REFOCUS IN THE FINAL 18
MINUTES TO GET THE JOB DONE AND HOUSTON HAD A SHOT BUT ALSO COULD NOT GET THE
JOB DONE IF THERE IS ANY SILVER LINING WHATSOEVER AND I DO NOT MEAN TO IMPLY
THAT QUINN EWERS GETTING HURT IS IS IT ALL GOOD.
NOW IF THERE IS ANY SILVER LINING TO HAVING TO SUB OUT QUINN EWERS IT IS
HAVING TO SUB IN MAALIK MURPHY WHO IS A MAN.
HE IS HE IS A MONSTER OF A MAN AND I HAVE BEEN DYING TO SEE MORE OF HIM.
I HAVE BEEN DYING TO SEE MORE OF MAALIK MURPHY.
I ALWAYS EXPECTED THAT IT WILL BE SOMEWHERE ELSE AFTER A TRANSFER AND IT
PROBABLY STILL WILL BE BUT DEPENDING ON WHAT HAPPENS HERE WITH QUINN EWERS
TEXAS ALMOST GAVE THIS ONE AWAY.
THEY DIDN’T AND WE’RE GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS WITH QUINN.
YEAH, IT DIDN’T DO MUCH OTHER THAN HAND THE BALL OFF AND BY THE WAY AND HOPE
QUINN EWERS IS ALL RIGHT.
THESE TWO RUNNING BACKS FOR TEXAS KIND OF STOP ON THE DIME AND EXPLODE LIKE
THE BEST OF THEM CJ BAXTER AND WHO’S THE GUY THE JONATHAN BROOKS.
YEP.
THEY’RE REALLY FUN.
THEY’RE REALLY FUN AND THEY’RE NOT
BIJAN ROBINSON, BUT THEY CAN TAKE THIS TEAM PRETTY FAR IF THEY CAN AT LEAST
CAUSE CONCERN OF OR AT LEAST OPEN UP PLAY ACTION FOR WHOEVER’S PLAYING
QUARTERBACK BE AT QUINN EWERS OR A BACKUP MOVING FORWARD THOUGHT THE SPOT
WAS TERRIBLE.
YEAH, THE GAME.
I THOUGHT HOUSTON CONVERTED THE THE SHORT YARDAGE PLAY AND IT I THINK IT WAS
A THIRD DOWN.
IT LOOKED LIKE THEY PUSHED HIM FOR ME.
IT LOOKS LIKE HIS BODY CLEARLY TO ME.
IT LOOKED LIKE HIS BODY AND THE BALL WERE OVER THE THE LINE TO GAIN.
SO I DON’T YEAH AND DANA HOLGORSEN KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS.
HE’S PISSED AFTER THE GAME.
THEY COME UP SHORT ON FOURTH AND TWO OR WHATEVER WASN’T A TERRIBLE CALL, BUT
I DIDN’T THINK THEY SHOULD HAVE HAD TO DO IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.
SO GOOD FIGHT FROM HOUSTON GOOD FOR TEXAS FOR HOLDING ON FILE SCARY STORY
FOR ME LIKE YEAH, IOWA MINNESOTA.
I’M IN A SUDDEN IT WAS YEAH IT IN ONE SENSE.
IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE.
MM-HMM.
IT WAS EXACTLY WHAT WE THOUGHT IT WAS GOING TO BE TO QUOTE DENNIS GREEN.
THEY ARE WHO WE THOUGHT THEY WERE COMPLETELY 12-10 MINNESOTA WINS.
IT WAS SO UGLY.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.
THIS GAME COMING NOWHERE NEAR THE THE TOTAL RIGHT NOWHERE NEAR THE TOTAL.
THE TOTAL OPENED I THINK WHEN WE TALKED ABOUT IT AT 32 AND A HALF AT KICKOFF.
I THINK IT CAME DOWN TO 30 OR 30 AND A HALF.
IT WAS EXTREMELY LOW AND STILL NOWHERE CLOSE RIGHT NOWHERE CLOSE TO IT.
UM, IOWA HAS BEEN PLAYING THIS BRAND OF FOOTBALL EVERY WEEK.
SO IT WAS NOT UNEXPECTED.
UM, THEY KIND OF HAD IT COMING IN THE MANNER THAT THEY LOST THIS GAME.
YEAH, AND I FEEL BAD SAYING ABOUT THAT.
I’M LEGITIMATELY NOT TRYING TO DUNK ON IOWA FOR THE MANNER THAT THEY LOST
BECAUSE I KNOW THIS IS RIVALRY AND THE FLOYD GAME IS IS FUN AND ALL THAT.
BUT YOU PLAY THIS BRAND OF FOOTBALL YOU LEAVE YOURSELF SUCH A THIN MARGIN
FOR ERROR.
YOU KIND OF HAVE SOMETHING LIKE THIS COMING.
SO WHAT BASICALLY GOES DOWN AT THE END OF THIS GAME,
AND I’M SURE YOU CAN READ ABOUT THIS ONLINE.
THERE IS A CRAZY SEQUENCE IN THE LAST FOUR MINUTES WHERE IOWA GETS
THE BALL, OF COURSE WITH THEIR BACKUP QUARTERBACK WHO REALLY DOESN’T DO ANY
DOES GIVES HIM NOTHING AT QUARTERBACK, RIGHT?
UM, THEY’VE GOT THE BALL LATE IN THE GAME.
KIRK FERENTZ HAS A DECISION TO MAKE ITS FOURTH AND ONE THEY DECIDE THEY’RE
GOING TO PUNT WITH LIKE, I DON’T KNOW TWO MINUTES LEFT TWO AND A HALF MINUTES
LEFT SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THEY HAVE THEY HAVE ALL THEIR TIMEOUTS.
AND SO IT MAKES SENSE TO GIVE THE BALL BACK TO MINNESOTA.
MINNESOTA HADN’T DONE ANYTHING ON OFFENSE ALL DAY.
GIVE THE BALL BACK TO MINNESOTA.
MINNESOTA GOES THREE AND OUT ON THE ENSUING PUNT.
IT IS ONE OF THOSE DEALS WHERE IT LANDS OFF TO THE LEFT AND WELL SHORT OF THE
PUNT RETURNER COOPER DEJEAN.
ALL AMERICAN CORNER. LAND SHORTS OF HIM, BOUNCES INTO HIS HANDS.
AND AS HE IS RUNNING TO GET THE BALL,
HE IS POINTING WITH HIS RIGHT HAND AND WITH HIS LEFT HAND SORT OF A
COMBINATION OF MAKING A GESTURE ALONG WITH I THINK JUST SWINGING HIS ARM AS
HE’S RUNNING LIKE YOU WOULD NORMALLY DO IF YOU RUN.
HE LIKE YOU WOULD INDICATE TO SOMEBODY THAT YOU’RE ON THE PHONE LIKE HOLD ON
HOLD ON HOLD ON RIGHT?
HE’S WAVING HIS ARM BEHIND HIM OBVIOUS.
I DIDN’T HE WAS CLEARLY WAVING HIS HAND BEHIND.
I DON’T KNOW.
IT LOOKED TO ME LIKE HE WAS JUST RUNNING AND HE WAS MOVING HIS ARM A LITTLE
BIT.
I DON’T SEE HOW THEY COULD INTERPRET THAT AS A SIGNAL,
BUT OKAY,
WHATEVER SO HE GETS THE BALL.
HE PICKS IT UP.
HE PUTS SOME MOVES ON GUYS LIKE CRAZY MOVES RUNS FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
EVERYBODY’S GOING CRAZY.
YEAH REFS THROW A FLAG.
THEY GO TO REVIEW IT.
ACTUALLY,
I DON’T EVEN KNOW IF THERE WAS A FLAG.
THEY JUST GO TO REVIEW IT RIGHT.
I DIDN’T THINK THIS WAS A REVIEWABLE SCENARIO,
BUT WHATEVER THEY TAKE IT INTO REVIEW.
THEY COME OUT OF REVIEW.
THEY DECIDE.
OH, BY THE WAY,
THAT WAS AN INVALID FAIR CATCH SIGNAL.
THEREFORE,
IT’S A DEAD BALL AT THAT POINT,
WHICH IS THE RULE WHICH IS THE RULE.
NOW THERE IS A RULE.
IT’S VERY VAGUELY WORDED.
YEAH,
IT’S OPEN TO INTERPRETATION.
WHAT’S CONSIDERED A VALID FAIR CATCH SIGNAL IS WHEN YOU PUT YOUR HAND ABOVE
YOUR HEAD AND WAVE.
THAT’S WHAT EVERYBODY DOES.
YOU ARE ALLOWED TO POINT.
AS HE DID WITH HIS RIGHT HAND,
BUT IF THAT IS THAT THAT ALSO INCLUDES SOME SORT OF WAVING MOTION WITH THE
OTHER HAND,
THEN THEY RULE IT AN INVALID SIGNAL BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY IT,
YOU KNOW,
IF YOU’RE ON THE PUNT COVERAGE TEAM,
YOU SEE A HAND GESTURE.
THAT IS YOUR CUE TO LAY OFF REPRESENTS AN UNFAIR ADVANTAGE.
SO IT IS GENUINELY A GOOD RULE,
WHICH I DON’T KNOW IF I SAW MINNESOTA PLAYERS LAY OFF COMPLETELY.
LIKE I LIKE TO TELL GUYS I SAW MINNESOTA FANS ONLINE OR LIKE,
WELL,
OUR PUNK COVERAGE TEAM LET OFF.
NO,
THEY DIDN’T.
THERE WERE LIKE SIX GUYS THERE.
THEY COULDN’T TACKLE HIM.
I DON’T KNOW WHY THE REFS DIDN’T BLOW IT DEAD IN THE MOMENT.
THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE EASIEST WAY TO PLAY IT IF THEY THOUGHT HE SIGNALED,
BUT RIGHT.
NONETHELESS,
WHETHER IT WAS REVIEWABLE OR NOT,
THEY TOOK IT INTO REVIEW.
THEY DECIDED AFTER THE REVIEW WAS AN INVALID,
INVALID FAIR CATCH SIGNAL.
AND AFTER THAT,
LIKE AFTER THAT,
MINNESOTA GETS THE JOB DONE.
MINNESOTA GETS TO STOP AND IOWA ENDS UP LOSING 12-10.
ANOTHER LOST BET FOR ME.
I WAS VERY CLOSE IN THE PUNT BOWL PARLAY,
DAN,
RIGHT?
VERY CLOSE TO THE PUNT BOWL PARLAY.
SORRY.
SO LOOK,
THIS IS A REALLY BAD OFFENSIVE GAME.
WE KNEW THAT GOING IN THE OVER UNDER THE OVER UNDER KNEW IT AND THEY COULDN’T
SET THAT OVER UNDER LOW ENOUGH.
SO,
YOU KNOW,
IOWA HAVING WHAT TWO YARDS IN THE SECOND HALF,
THOUGH,
EVERY BIT APPALLING IS NOT AT ALL UNEXPECTED.
AND IN A WAY,
IT’S SORT OF BEAUTIFUL THE WAY THEY PLAY FOOTBALL.
LIKE I’M SO BEYOND,
I’M SO BEYOND IOWA QUARTERBACK FOOTBALL,
POST OFFENSE FOOTBALL.
IT’S JUST THERE.
THEY’RE PLAYING ON A DIFFERENT FREQUENCY ALTOGETHER.
YOU JUST GOT TO EMBRACE IT AND NOT THINK TWICE ABOUT IT.
BUT YEAH,
AGAIN,
I JUST,
I CIRCLE BACK TO WHAT I SAID HERE AT THE START OF THIS.
LIKE YOU PLAY THAT BRAND OF FOOTBALL.
IT’S FINE,
BUT YOU LEAVE YOURSELF ALMOST NO WIGGLE ROOM.
AND CORRECT.
IF WHETHER AGAIN,
WHETHER OR NOT THAT’S A REVIEWABLE CALL,
I DON’T KNOW,
BUT YOU LEAVE YOURSELF SUSCEPTIBLE TO MOMENTS LIKE THAT THAT CAN SHIFT THE
BALANCE OF THE GAME IN THE OTHER TEAM’S DIRECTION.
AND YEAH,
THERE’S NO MARGIN FOR ERROR PLAYING LIKE THIS.
YEAH.
SO RIGHT.
IT’S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT USC DOES.
IT’S JUST LOOKS DIFFERENT,
BUT THEMATICALLY IT’S PRETTY SIMILAR THAT IF YOU ARE GOING TO CHOOSE TO DO
THIS,
IF YOU’RE GOING TO FORM A TEAM LIKE THIS,
IF YOU’RE GOING TO HIRE THE COACHES TO DO THIS,
YOU ARE GOING TO GET THIS.
AND FOR ME,
I SAW OUR FRIEND SPENCER HALL SAID SOMETHING LIKE,
I DIDN’T THINK THAT THAT WAS THE RIGHT WAY TO END THAT GAME OR SOMETHING LIKE
THAT,
BUT HE GAVE THE REFS A REASON TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT.
THAT YOU CAN LEAVE NO DOUBT AND THE MOVEMENTS AND THE POINTING.
AND I KNOW PLAYERS POINT AT BOUNCING PUNTS ALL THE TIME THAT THERE’S NOTHING
UNCLEAR ABOUT THAT.
BUT THE WAVING THING AS A PUNT IS IN THE AIR,
OR EVEN IF IT’S SUBTLE WAVING,
EVEN IF IT’S OUR MOTIONS,
IF IT’S ANY OUR MOTION SHORT OF SETTING UP TO CATCH A PUNT,
IT’S GOING TO LEAD TO AMBIGUITY.
AND I THINK YOUR BROADER POINT IS THE RIGHT ONE.
IF IT,
IF YOUR WIN COMES DOWN TO A SINGLE PLAY IN WHICH A CORNERBACK,
A TRANSCENDENT QUARTERBACK IS RETURNING A PUNT FOR A TOUCHDOWN.
AND THAT IS EVERYTHING ESSENTIALLY YOU NEED TO WIN A COLLEGE FOOTBALL GAME.
THEN THE OTHER TEAM DESERVES THAT GIANT METALLIC PIG.
THAT’S JUST HOW IT WORKS.
WE PLAY FOOTBALL FOR THE,
FOR THE METALLIC PIG.
YEAH.
YEAH.
SO FLOYD GOES TO MINNESOTA
THAT’S HOW IT WORKS.
I MEAN,
IT’S JUST THE,
THE SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IS REALLY A RAW DEAL.
I THOUGHT FOR IOWA IN THE MAN,
I WENT DOWN WHETHER OR NOT IT WAS THE RIGHT CALL.
YOU KNOW,
I SHOULD MENTION THEY WENT TO,
THEY WENT TO THE REVIEW TO CHECK FOR SOMETHING ELSE.
THEY THOUGHT MAYBE STEPPED OUT OF BOUNDS AND THEN WHILE THEY WERE IN REVIEW,
THEY SAW THIS INSTEAD.
AND THEN THEY,
SO SOMEBODY IS GOING TO HAVE TO WRITE THE ARTICLE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT IT’S
EVEN A REVIEWABLE CIRCUMSTANCE.
AND IF THAT’S SOMETHING THAT’S A LIE,
I DON’T KNOW,
BUT REGARDLESS,
THAT’S THE WAY IT WENT DOWN.
THOSE ARE MY SCARY STORIES.
YOU GOT ANYTHING TO ADD HERE?
WELL,
I MENTIONED ARKANSAS AND MISSISSIPPI STATE.
I MENTIONED WASHINGTON,
I BELIEVE IS STILL LOSING.
I DON’T KNOW IF YOU HAVE A SCOREBOARD IN FRONT OF YOU.
WASHINGTON IS STILL LOSING WITH TWO MINUTES LEFT IN THE THIRD QUARTER,
SEVEN TO THREE,
SEVEN.
SO THAT’S AN ONGOING,
THEY’RE LOSING TO A QUARTERBACK WHO IS THROWN FOR 3.3 YARDS PER ATTEMPT.
MICHAEL PENIX HAS TWO INTERCEPTIONS.
I THINK ONE WAS OFF OF A TIPPED BALL THAT I SAW RIGHT BEFORE WE STARTED
RECORDING.
THEY HAVE FOUR TOTAL TURNOVERS IN THIS GAME.
MAN,
AS WE SPEAK,
SEEMS PRETTY SCARY.
A WEEK AFTER EVERYBODY IS GIVING THE HEISMAN TO MICHAEL PENIX,
THEY BEAT A RIVAL IN OREGON GAME DAYS THERE,
AND THEY HAVE A LETDOWN OF LETDOWNS AGAINST A TEAM.
AND I DID NOT FULLY REALIZE THIS.
AND I HOPE WASHINGTON REPRESENTS THE PAC-12 VERY WELL THROUGHOUT THE REST OF
THE SEASON.
MY PREFERENCE WOULD BE FOR OREGON TO WIN THE CONFERENCE,
BUT THEY’VE LOST TO ARIZONA STATE 13 OF 15 TIMES.
IT’S AMAZING.
I DID NOT REALIZE THAT KIND OF OWNERSHIP HAPPENING IN TEMPE AND SEATTLE.
SO THAT’S,
I THINK MY FINAL SCARIEST STORY.
IT WAS A FUN WEEKEND,
MAN.
UNLESS YOU’RE A PENN STATE FAN.
LET’S GET TO OUR ROASTS.
AND LET’S START WITH OUR REVERBS, DAN.
WE TOLD PEOPLE TO GIVE US A CALL AT 855-VERBAL3.
GATHER AROUND THE CAMPFIRE ONE AND ALL.
LET’S PLAY SOME CHEESY ACOUSTIC GUITAR MUSIC AS ONE DOES.
AND WE’RE GATHERED AROUND FOR THIS SORT OF EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCE.
LET’S HEAR WHAT THE FINE PEOPLE HAVE TO GET OFF THEIR CHEST.
HERE ARE YOUR REVERBS.
ALL RIGHT. **********************
I BROUGHT SOME FOOD FOR US TO ROAST AT OUR CAMPFIRE TONIGHT, GUYS.
I GOT SOME BUFFALO BURGERS FOR THE DUKES,
SOME BEARCAT KEBABS HERE FOR THE BEARS.
AND FOR YOU,
PENN STATE 21.6 SLICES OF BACON.
HI,
THIS IS BRIAN.
A DEPRESSED PENN STATE FAN IN MADISON, WISCONSIN.
AND I’VE GOT SOME EMOTION.
I NEED TO GET OUT AROUND THIS CAMPFIRE.
PENN STATE IS A BLOCKED FIELD GOAL RETURN AWAY FROM HAVING LOST 12 IN A ROW AGAINST OHIO STATE.
AND IT’S HARD TO SEE HOW YOU CAN BELIEVE ANYTHING EXCEPT THIS IS THEIR CEILING.
THIS IS AS GOOD AS IT GETS.
THE TURNING POINT IN THIS PENN STATE-OHIO STATE GAME HAPPENED IN 2014 WITH PENN STATE’S COACHING HIRE.
IN MY SEARCH FOR SOMEBODY TO BLAME, I HAVE DECIDED THAT TY, THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT.
KNOWING THE FULL POWER OF YOUR REVERSE JINX, YOU STILL PICKED PENN STATE THIS WEEK.
I’M NOT MAD.
I’M JUST DISAPPOINTED.
THAT GAME WAS UGLY AS SIN.
BUT OHIO STATE HAS A CHAMPIONSHIP LEVEL DEFENSE AND THEY’RE READY FOR MICHIGAN THIS YEAR.
WE COMING, BOYS.
WE COMING.
A. ELLER DOESN’T HAVE THE ARM.
B. YOU’RE SUCH A SAVING PLAYS, WHICH DOESN’T REALLY HAPPEN.
C. ELLER HAS NOBODY TO THROW TO.
D. WE DON’T REMEMBER, BUT YOU KNOW, VIBES.
TURNS OUT IT WAS E. ALL OF THE ABOVE.
STAN ENOS HAS TAKEN THE ARKANSAS OFFENSE FROM RUSHING FOR 200 YARDS A GAME TO NOW MAYBE NOT EVEN GETTING 200 YARDS A GAME.
TIME TO MOVE ON.
TWO, THREE, FOUR.
ARE YOU READY TO TALK TO YOUR KIDS ABOUT A BOWL ELIGIBLE RUTGERS?
IF YOU EVER WONDERED WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO WATCH A RACCOON FIGHT A POSSUM AT THE BOTTOM OF A TRASH CAN FOR A ROTTING DONUT, TURN ON ANY BIG TEN WEST FOOTBALL GAME.
T.J. FLECK IS GOING TO RIDE A SINKING MAST INTO THE HARBOR LIKE JACK SPARROW BECAUSE HE’S JUST LIKE T.J. FLECK.
TY, THE THING YOU SHOULD KNOW IS THAT REVERSE JINX MUST BE INTENDED.
YOU HAVE TO MEAN IT.
THE DEAD WALK TONIGHT.
ROLL TIDE.
NO SURPRISE TENNESSEE MADE SO MANY BONEHEADED CALLS IN THE SECOND HALF BECAUSE ZOMBIE ALABAMA ATE YOUR BRAINS.
ROLL TIDE, BABY.
YOUR BAMA PICK WASN’T AS BAD AS A JINX, BUT SWEET AS SODA POP.
I STILL DREAM ABOUT THAT.
HILTON BRANDT, YOUR REVERSE JINX DIDN’T WORK ON ME.
THANK YOU, HILTON BRANDT.
BAMA BEAT TENNESSEE.
AND TY, THIS IS MICHAEL.
AFTER WATCHING THE WORST LOSS IN CAROLINA HISTORY AS 23 AND A HALF POINT FAVORITES AGAINST VIRGINIA,
SHRAMMED BY FRIENDS AND FAMILY ON MY BIRTHDAY.
THIS IS ANDREW IN ATLANTA, AND COME ON DOWN TO THE PRICE IS RIGHT, WHERE PENN STATE IS PLAYING THE BOB BARKER OFFENSE
BECAUSE IT IS BOTH SPAYED AND NEUTERED.*************
ANDREW GOING OUT WITH A FANTASTIC ROAST, DAN.
855-VERBAL3, GREAT CALLS THERE.
THANK YOU TO SHAE FOR CUTTING THOSE UP AS HE DOES SO SKILLFULLY EVERY SATURDAY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THE DAY FOR US, DAN.
WHAT DO YOU GOT FOR ME THIS WEEK?
MY BIG ROAST TONIGHT IS I DON’T TRUST THE SEC AT ALL.
I HAVE NO TRUST IN THE SEC, AND I LOVE IT.
BUT BETWEEN GEORGIA, ALABAMA, LSU, TENNESSEE, FLORIDA, TEXAS A&M, MIZZOU, I HAVE ZERO TRUST.
I THINK I LOVE IT, BUT I DON’T THINK ANYBODY SHOULD BE CONFIDENT IN ANY TEAM.
LIKE IF YOU TALK TO GEORGIA FANS TONIGHT, THEY’RE STILL A LITTLE BIT WORRIED ABOUT GEORGIA.
I DON’T THINK ANY TEAM IN THE SEC IS WORTH TRUSTING AT THIS POINT.
OKAY.
I THINK CALEB WILLIAMS SHOULD FAKE A LEG INJURY.
OH, THAT’S OKAY.
SO THIS IS JUST A TAKE.
YEAH, I LIKE THIS.
I THINK YOU SHOULD FAKE A LEG INJURY.
HE IS, I THINK, A LOCK FOR THE OVERALL NUMBER ONE DRAFT PICK.
YOU THINK SO?
I THINK SO.
ABSOLUTELY.
I THINK IT’S A FRUSTRATING YEAR AHEAD AS THEY GET MORE INTO THE TEETH OF THIS SCHEDULE.
IT WILL NOT HURT HIS DRAFT STOCK ONE IOTA IF HE DOESN’T PLAY.
I’M NOT USUALLY THAT GUY.
I DON’T WANT TO SEE OPT-OUTS.
I THINK IT MAKES COLLEGE FOOTBALL A WATERED-DOWN PRODUCT.
BUT I DON’T KNOW.
THAT WAS A LOOK OF A DEFEATED GUY THERE ON THE SIDELINES AFTER THE GAME, JUST SORT OF LOUNGING ON THE BENCH, LOOKING UP INTO THE SKY, HEAD IN HANDS.
THAT IS A FRUSTRATING WAY TO LOSE.
AND DESPITE THE FACT THAT THE LAST TWO WEEKS MAYBE HE WASN’T AS FLAWLESS AS HE’S BEEN OTHERWISE THIS SEASON, THIS IS NOT A LOSS ON CALEB WILLIAMS.
IT’S NOT ON CALEB WILLIAMS.
IT IS A LOSS, I THINK, ON COACHING.
IT IS A LOSS ON NOT BEING ABLE TO DEVELOP SOME OF THE GUYS AROUND HIM THAT CAN HELP SUPPORT HIM AND CAN HELP TAKE USC TO THE NEXT LEVEL.
SO THOUGH HE’S GOT SOME RESPONSIBILITY IN IT, SURE, IT IS MORE OTHER PEOPLE’S FAULT THAN HIS.
AND I COULD JUST SEE IF YOU’RE IN A GUY, HIS POSITION, JUST DECIDE, NAH, LET’S DEVELOP A LIMP.
I SAW THREE DIFFERENT CALEB WILLIAMS COMMERCIALS TODAY.
DURING GAMES.
WENDY’S, THERE’S…
NISSAN IS THE HEISMAN HOUSE NISSAN, AND I THINK HE’S DOING DR. PEPPER ONES AS WELL.
HE’S DOING FANSVILLE.
SO, I DON’T KNOW.
I DON’T KNOW IF HE HAS TO PLAY EVERY GAME, BUT I DON’T HATE THAT.
NO.
AND I’M NOT AN OPT-OUT GUY, BUT I’M TELLING YOU, I JUST…
STILL ONLY LOST ONE PAC-12 GAME.
LOST ONLY ONE PAC-12 GAME, TWO OVERALL, BUT THE WRITING IS ON THE WALL FOR MORE, AND YOU KNOW IT.
I KNOW, OF COURSE.
YOU KNOW IT.
THANK YOU TO ONE AND ALL FOR CALLING OUR REVERB LINE AT 855-VERBAL3.
ONE OTHER POINT OF NOTE HERE.
YES.
I DIDN’T REALLY KNOW WHERE TO PUT THIS.
DID YOU MENTION UNLV?
SIX AND ONE UNLV.
SIX AND ONE UNLV.
JADEN MAIEVA.
MAIEVA?
KICKED SIX FIELD GOALS, DAN.
BOWL ELIGIBLE FOR THE FIFTH TIME IN SCHOOL HISTORY.
SO, GOOD ON THEM.
INCREDIBLE.
CLOSE OUT ON A HIGH NOTE.
BARRY ODOM, FIRST YEAR.
FIRST YEAR.
GOOD FOR THE RUNNING REVS.
OKAY.
SO, LOOK, THANK YOU TO ONE AND ALL FOR JOINING US ON THIS CAMPFIRE EPISODE.
IF YOU WANT TO THROW DIRT OR SOMETHING ON THE FIRE, I GUESS WE’RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LEAVE THIS THING BURNING,
SMOLDERING DEEP INTO THE NIGHT.
PLEASE DO THROW US A SUBSCRIBE OR FOLLOW ON YOUR PODCASTING APP OF CHOICE.
WE WOULD VERY MUCH APPRECIATE IT.
IF YOU’VE ALREADY DONE THAT, RATE, REVIEW.
THAT, OF COURSE, LETS OTHER PEOPLE KNOW, EXCUSE ME, THAT THIS IS A GOOD PODCAST THAT MAYBE YOU SHOULD LISTEN TO AS WELL.
WE ARE GROWING THE SOLID VERBAL FAMILY EACH AND EVERY WEEK.
WE’D LOVE TO HAVE YOU ALONGSIDE US HERE.
VERBALLERS.COM IS WHERE YOU CAN GO FOR THE PATREON EXCLUSIVE STUFF, LIKE THE AD-FREE EPISODES,
THE BONUS CONTENT THAT WE DROP ON THURSDAYS, OF COURSE, VERBALLER DISCORD, AND THE WEEKLY GAME FOR FABULOUS PRIZES.
THAT AND MUCH, MUCH MORE.
VERBALLERS.COM.
V-E-R-B-A-L-L-E-R-S.COM, DAN.
GOOD WEEK.
THAT’S IT.
THAT’S ALL I HAVE.
INCREDIBLE WEEK.
CAN’T WAIT FOR WEEK NINE.
CAN’T WAIT FOR WEEK NINE.
IT IS GOING TO BE A BANGER OF, I DON’T KNOW, FINAL FOUR OR FIVE WEEKS OF THIS.
AGREE.
FOR THAT GUY OVER THERE, MY GOOD FRIEND, DAN RUBENSTEIN, FOR MYSELF, TY HILDENBRANDT, THANKS FOR SUPPORTING THE SOLID VERBAL.
WE’LL TALK TO YOU ALL SOON.
STAY SOLID.
PEACE.