Week 8 Preview: Penn State-Ohio State Picks + CFB Quadfathers – College Football Podcast for 10/18

DAN RUBENSTEIN, WEEK 8.
WEEK 8 IS UPON US.
WE’RE A LITTLE BIT PAST THE HALFWAY MARK
IN THIS HERE COLLEGE FOOTBALL REGULAR SEASON, 2023.
AND NORMALLY AT THE TOP OF THIS SHOW, JUST TO PULL BACK THE KIMONO,
NORMALLY YOU TELL ME WHAT YOUR NICKNAME IS GOING TO BE FOR THE WEEK.
RIGHT. THIS IS HOW I KNOW YOU MUST FEEL REALLY GOOD ABOUT IT.
YOU WOULDN’T TELL ME.
NO, BECAUSE I THINK YOU WOULDN’T TELL ME.
IN CONCERT WITH THE NAME.
I JUST I THINK I’M GOING TO TIE IT IN REALLY NICELY.
AND I HAVE AN AUDIO SITUATION WITH IT.
I’M JUST I’M VERY HAPPY ABOUT IT, TY, BECAUSE LOOK, IT’S WEEK EIGHT,
WHICH MEANS THAT, ROUGHLY SPEAKING, MOST TEAMS HAVE HAD A BYE.
SO WE’VE GOT LIKE SOME 5-2’S, SOME 6-1’S, SOME 7-0’S.
LIKE WE’VE GOT A LOT OF TEAMS, YOU KNOW, NEAR THE TOP OF THE SPORT
LOOKING VERY STRONG, MOSTLY.
BUT I ALSO THINK IT’S A FUN POINT OF THE SEASON IN WHICH TEAMS HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY.
I THINK THERE’S AN OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE IN THE OFFSEASON, WE’LL TALK ABOUT,
OH, THIS TEAM, YOU KNOW, THEY STARTED SLOW, BUT THEY FINISHED WINNING FIVE STRAIGHT
OR THEY WENT FINISHED FIVE OF SIX, FOUR OF SIX, FOUR IN A ROW, FIVE OUT OF SEVEN
AND LIKE FINISHED ON A STRONG NOTE.
AND I THINK I’M GOING TO PLANT MY FLAG RIGHT HERE, TY, THAT THIS IS THE MOMENT
THIS RIGHT HERE, WEEK EIGHT IS THE MOMENT YOU LEAVE ALL YOUR LOVE
AND YOU’RE LONGING BEHIND, TY.
YOU CAN’T CARRY THE ENTIRE SEASON WITH YOU IF YOU WANT TO SURVIVE.
THAT’S RIGHT, TY.
OH, NO.
WELCOME TO SECOND ACT SATURDAY.
OK, SECOND ACT SATURDAY.
MAYBE IT’S JUST BECAUSE I TURNED 40 THIS YEAR AND I’M TELLING MYSELF
EVERYBODY’S GOT A SECOND ACT IN THEM.
WHAT THEY DO THOSE FIRST FEW DECADES MAYBE DOESN’T HAVE A BEARING
ON YOUR ENTIRE LIFE.
SO I’M READY.
I LOOK AT ARKANSAS.
I LOOK AT MISSISSIPPI STATE PLAYING EACH OTHER
WITH AN OPPORTUNITY TO PERHAPS REVERSE THAT NARRATIVE.
BAYLOR-CINCINNATI, BOSTON COLLEGE-GEORGIA TECH, MINNESOTA, NOT AS MUCH IOWA
BECAUSE THEY’RE IN THE MIDDLE OF THEIR THEIR DEDICATED REVERSE FROSTING.
I’M LOOKING AT ILLINOIS AGAINST A TANNER MORDECAI-LESS
WISCONSIN HAVING OPPORTUNITY, OKLAHOMA STATE.
THEY JUST BEAT THE KANSAS SCHOOLS.
NOT TO GET WEST VIRGINIA, WEST VIRGINIA.
I THINK THEY CAN HOLD THEIR HEADS PRETTY HIGH ABOUT THE FIRST HALF OF THEIR SEASON.
CLEMSON AND MIAMI BOTH LOOKING TO FINISH STRONG AFTER SOME DISAPPOINTMENT.
THIS IS ALL RELATIVE TO EXPECTATIONS.
STANFORD. ALL RIGHT. LAST WEEK. ALL RIGHT.
HOW ABOUT THAT? I DID.
USC, HOW ABOUT USC?
SECOND ACT.
SECOND ACT FOR ALL OF US.
SECOND ACT FOR ALL OF US, DAN.
ABSOLUTELY.
LET’S JUST JUMP RIGHT IN.
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LOOK, A FEW BUCKS HERE AND THERE.
YOU CAN PLAY THE REST OF THE SEASON.
WE’VE GOT FABULOUS PRIZES THAT WE GAVE AWAY AT NINTENDO SWITCH
LIKE TWO WEEKS AGO.
SO NEVER KNOW WHEN THOSE BIG GIFTS ARE GOING TO POP UP.
BUT WEEK IN, WEEK OUT, WE’VE BEEN BRINGING THE FIRE WITH, I THINK, THE PRIZES.
YOU, OF COURSE, GET ALL SORTS OF OTHER PATREON BONUS PERKS, AD FREE EPISODES,
BONUS CONTENT, ACCESS TO THE DISCORD.
VERBALLER DISCORD GOES CRAZY EVERY SATURDAY.
PERHAPS IT WILL AGAIN THIS WEEK ON SECOND ACT SATURDAY, DAN,
AS WE STEER DIRECTLY INTO THE TEETH OF WEEK EIGHT.
LET’S START WHERE WE ALWAYS DO WITH OUR BIG DOGS.
FIRST BIG DOG, KIND OF OBVIOUS, IT IS THE BIGGEST OF ALL THE BIG DOGS
IN WEEK EIGHT, 12:00 ON FOX.
IT IS MY PENN STATE NITTANY LIONS.
IT IS YOUR OHIO STATE BUCKEYES, OHIO STATE FAVORED BY FOUR AND A HALF POINTS
AT HOME, DAN RUBENSTEIN.
YES, IT’S A BIG GAME.
THIS IS A BIG GAME.
WE’VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS GAME IN THE BIG TEN.
AGREE.
UM, PLANT YOUR FLAG, TY.
GIVE THE PEOPLE YOUR HEADLINE AND THEN UNFURL THAT BANNER.
YOU’RE GOING TO FLY.
THERE IS AN ASPECT TO THIS GAME THAT NOBODY IS TALKING ABOUT.
OH, WHAT IS IT?
OR SHOULD I SAY NOT TALKING ABOUT ENOUGH?
OKAY.
A LOT OF FOLKS THAT I HAVE SEEN ONLINE, THE SO-CALLED EXPERTS, THE MAINSTREAM
TALKING HEADS SEEM VERY WILLING TO JUST GLOSS OVER THIS FACT.
THE LAMESTREAM MEDIA!
THAT’S RIGHT.
YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT.
THEY’RE JUST GLOSSING OVER A VERY SIMPLE FACT THAT WORRIES ME LIKE
CRAZY IN THIS FOOTBALL GAME.
WHEN I CHECKED ON MONDAY, 75% OF THE BETS, 90% OF THE MONEY WAS ON PENN STATE.
THE PRO BETTORS, THE SO-CALLED SHARPS, ALSO IN ON PENN STATE IN THIS FOOTBALL GAME.
THE CLEAR SELLING POINT, IF YOU ARE A PENN STATE BETTOR, IS THE DEFENSE.
BECAUSE PER THE SP+, PENN STATE IS WHAT, LIKE NUMBER TWO DEFENSE IN THE
NATION, PERHAPS IN THE WORLD.
EVERYBODY LOVES PENN STATE’S DEFENSE.
YEAH.
NUMBER ONE NATIONALLY AGAINST THE PASS, WHICH SHOULD FARE PRETTY WELL
FOR THEM HERE IN THIS GAME.
THEY HAVE COVERED THE SPREAD 100% OF THE TIME THIS SEASON.
NEARLY EVERY STAT WE HAVE ACCESS TO IS IN THE GREEN FOR PENN STATE.
THIS IS A SOLID TEAM.
YEAH.
THERE’S ONE STAT THAT IS NOT.
AND IT IS ALSO THE STAT THAT WORRIES ME THE MOST IN A BIG GAME SCENARIO.
AND THAT IS THAT PENN STATE HAS ALMOST NO EXPLOSION WHATSOEVER.
THEY HAVE NO EXPLOSION, DAN.
YEAH.
NONE.
THEY ARE 118TH IN EXPLOSIVE PLAY RATE.
PRETTY MUCH EVERY OTHER SIMILAR MEASURE ALSO HAS THEM IN THE DEEP RED.
THIS IS NOT A GOOD TEAM WHEN IT COMES TO CREATING THOSE BIG PLAYS.
FOR ALL THE TALK ABOUT DREW ALLAR AND HOW MAYBE HE IS LIKE THE MISSING PIECE
FOR THIS OFFENSE FOR MIKE YURCICH, FIVE AND A HALF AIR YARDS PER PASS,
130TH IN THE NATION.
THEY ARE NOT STRETCHING THE FIELD.
AND I THINK THAT’S A PROBLEM.
NOW I HAVE HAD SOME PEOPLE SAY TO ME, WELL, LOOK WHO THEY PLAYED.
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO, DO YOU REALLY WANT TO GIVE IT AWAY IN ANY OF THOSE
GAMES WHEN YOU KNOW YOU’VE GOT BASICALLY A TWO GAME SCHEDULE LATER IN THE YEAR?
FAIR.
BUT ARE WE WAITING EIGHT WEEKS, EIGHT WEEKS FOR THAT LONG CON?
IS MIKE YURICICH DANNY OCEAN PLAYING THE LONG CON?
JUST SETTING EVERYBODY UP, WAITING TO LULL THEM IN, BRING THEM UP CLOSE TO THE
BOX AND THEN AIR IT DEEP?
STRUGGLE AGAINST NORTHWESTERN.
THEY’LL NEVER KNOW.
THEY’LL NEVER, I MEAN, LOOK, IF THAT IS THE PLAN.
YEAH.
GOOD ON YA.
THAT TAKES A LOT OF PATIENCE.
I DON’T THINK THAT PENN STATE IS PLAYING ANY KIND OF CON.
I DON’T THINK THAT’S WHO THEY ARE.
AND IT WORRIES ME THAT THIS TEAM IS NOT BUILT TO COME FROM BEHIND, WHICH IS VERY
MUCH A SCENARIO ON THE ROAD IN COLUMBUS, BIG GAME.
I COULD SEE THEM FINDING THEMSELVES IN A, I DON’T KNOW, SEVEN TO 10 POINT
DEFICIT AT SOME POINT.
SO THAT’S WHERE I STAND ON THIS GAME.
THAT IS, THAT IS THE POINT ABOUT THIS GAME THAT BOTHERS ME THE MOST.
NOTHING I SAID IS INACCURATE.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THIS GAME?
I THINK WE’VE GOT TWO GREAT DEFENSES AND I THINK ONE TEAM HAS
WINTER WONDERS AT RECEIVERS.
THAT TEAM IS PLAYING AT HOME AND BOTH TEAMS I THINK HAVE LEGITIMATE
OFFENSIVE LINE CONCERNS.
ALTHOUGH I THINK OHIO STATE’S ARE MORE PRONOUNCED CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF
EXPLOSION WE’RE USED TO WITH OHIO STATE THESE PAST FEW YEARS, WHEREAS PENN STATE
HAS HAD THOSE PLAYERS JUST NOT ON THE LEVEL OF OHIO STATE HAS NOT HAD A
QUARTERBACK IN TERMS OF ARM TALENT THAT DREW ALLAR POSSESSES, BUT DREW ALLAR,
AGAIN, YOU MENTIONED IT LIKE HE’S NOT GOING DOWNFIELD.
THIS IS NOT SOMEBODY EITHER.
HE DOESN’T TRUST HIMSELF OR THE PLAYBOOK DOES NOT TRUST HIM.
THE OFFENSIVE COORDINATOR DOES NOT FIVE AND A HALF YARDS PER AIR YARDS PER PASS.
RIGHT.
AND PENN STATE FANS ARE QUICK TO DEFEND HIM.
LIKE HE’S TAKING CARE OF BUSINESS.
HE’S DOING WHAT IS ASKED OF HIM.
HE’S COMPLETING PASSES.
HE’S NOT TURNING THE BALL OVER.
I DON’T THINK THAT’S A WINNING RECIPE FOR AS FLAWED AS OHIO STATE IS.
I THINK KYLE MCCORD WILL CONTINUE TO IMPROVE.
EVEN IF THE OFFENSIVE LINE DOESN’T, THEY WILL CONTINUE TO GET HEALTHIER.
UH, YOU KNOW, TREY HENDERSON AND EMEKA EGBUKA, I THINK OUR GAME TIME DECISIONS,
BUT THEY HAVE OPTIONS IN THE BACKFIELD.
THEY HAVE, YOU KNOW, DALLAN HAYDEN’S COMING ON.
OBVIOUSLY WE KNOW ABOUT MARVIN HARRISON, JR.
CADE STOVER, GUYS LIKE THAT.
AND SO THE PROBLEM TO ME LIES IN, WHAT IS IT THAT PENN STATE CAN DO
ON OFFENSE TO WIN THIS GAME?
NOT JUST NOT LOSE IT, NOT JUST NOT THROW INTERCEPTIONS, BUT WHAT CAN
THEY DO TO THREATEN OHIO STATE?
AND WE, AGAIN, WE KNOW DREW ALLAR’S CEILING IS PROBABLY INCREDIBLE, BUT AT A
CERTAIN POINT WE NEED RESULTS AT A CERTAIN POINT, WE NEED TO SEE IT
AGAINST TEAMS THAT ARE NOT UMASS.
UH, SO I HAVE OHIO STATE WINNING THIS GAME BY SIX OR SEVEN POINTS.
WELL, THE SPREAD IS WHAT?
FOUR, FOUR AND A HALF, FOUR AND A HALF POINTS.
YEAH.
I THINK OHIO STATE CAN COVER THIS SPREAD.
UM, I DON’T LOVE THE BUCKEYES.
I JUST AT HOME, IF THEY WERE ON NEUTRAL SIDE, IF THEY WERE IN STATE COLLEGE,
THAT’D BE DIFFERENT FOR ME, BUT AT HOME WITH A TEAM THAT I THINK IS
STILL GROWING, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE SORT OF TALENTED FROM THE BACK IN ON DEFENSE.
THEY’RE THE PASS RUSH IS KIND OF DISAPPOINTING CONSIDERING THE TALENT
LEVEL, BUT I JUST DON’T THINK PENN STATE’S DEFENSE ON THE ROAD CAN DO IT ALONE.
SO IF YOU WANT TO SAY UNDER, IF YOU WANT TO SAY FIRST HALF UNDER, THAT’S FINE.
I TEND TO FAVOR OHIO STATE JUST BECAUSE OF, AND BOTH OF THESE DEFENSES
HAVE BEEN GREAT IN SECOND HALVES, BUT AT HOME, JIM KNOWLES HAS THAT REPUTATION
FOR A GREAT SECOND HALF DEFENSE.
SO I’M GOING TO GO WITH OHIO STATE TO WIN THIS GAME.
23-16.
I THINK IT’S LOWER SCORING AS WELL.
I THINK THAT’S A GOOD SHOUT.
UM, I THINK THIS IS A GOOD FOOTBALL GAME.
YEAH.
FULL WAY THROUGH. THE THING THAT I KEEP COMING BACK TO.
YOU’RE A HUNDRED PERCENT RIGHT WITH EVERYTHING YOU SAID ABOUT PENN STATE.
WHAT’S THE RECIPE?
YEAH.
I THINK EVERYTHING ABOUT THAT IS CORRECT.
I DO KEEP COMING BACK TO THE FACT THAT, WELL, NOTRE DAME COULD HAVE BEATEN OHIO
STATE AND THAT WAS LARGELY IN THE BACK OF ITS DEFENSE.
AND I THINK PENN STATE’S BETTER THAN NOTRE DAME ON THAT SIDE OF THE BALL.
ALSO, NOTRE DAME COULD HAVE WON THAT GAME WITHOUT HAVING TO RELY ON ANYTHING.
OHIO STATE ON THE ROAD.
YEAH.
OHIO STATE ON THE ROAD.
NOTRE DAME COULD HAVE WON THAT GAME WITHOUT HAVING TO RELY AT ALL ON THE PASS.
I MEAN, EVENTUALLY WHAT BROKE OHIO STATE OR WHAT COULD HAVE BROKE THEM WAS THE
GROUND GAME IN THE SECOND HALF FOR NOTRE DAME, WHICH DID START TO COME ALIVE.
AND I THINK THAT IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT THIS VERSION OF PENN STATE WANTS TO BE.
THEY WANT TO TRY AND POUND IT ON THE GROUND UNTIL EVENTUALLY THEY HAVE A HOLE
OPEN UP FOR NICK SINGLETON, WHO I’VE SAID BEFORE IS A HOME RUN HITTER, KATRON ALLEN.
LIKEWISE.
I THINK PENN STATE CAN WIN THIS GAME EVEN WITHOUT HAVING TO STRETCH THE FIELD, WHICH
IS WHY I LIKE THEM PLUS FOUR AND A HALF AND OUTRIGHT 24-20.
YOU LIKE PENN STATE TO WIN THIS GAME BECAUSE THEY DON’T NEED TO BE
EXPLOSIVE TO WIN THIS GAME.
THAT’S CORRECT.
THAT’S CORRECT.
I THINK THEY CAN PLAY THE STYLE OF FOOTBALL THAT THEY’VE BEEN PLAYING ALL
YEAR AND THEY CAN STILL WIN.
I’M NOT CRAZY ABOUT IT.
I WOULD LOVE TO SEE MORE DOWN THE FIELD, BUT I THINK THEY’RE GOOD ENOUGH TO WIN ON
THE MERITS OF THAT ALONE.
NOW, HERE’S MY QUESTION FOR YOU.
IF YOU WERE TO POLL PENN STATE FANS IN JUNE OF ANY GIVEN YEAR AND YOU’D SAY, HOW
DO YOU FEEL ABOUT JAMES FRANKLIN?
AND LET’S BE MORE SPECIFIC.
HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT JAMES FRANKLIN PREPARING THIS TEAM TO WIN BIG GAMES
AGAINST THE TWO TEAMS THAT PENN STATE ANNUALLY MEASURES ITSELF AGAINST?
WHAT DO YOU THINK THE STRAW POLL WOULD INDICATE FROM PENN STATE FANS?
I THINK IF YOU WERE TO ASK THEM, BECAUSE OHIO STATE FANS MIGHT HAVE THE SAME
RESPONSE ABOUT RYAN DAY.
THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
EVERYBODY IS SKEPTICAL OF THEIR HEAD COACH IN JUNE.
I HAVE SENSED AN ALMOST UNFETTERED BIT OF EXCITEMENT ABOUT THIS GAME IN THE
PENN STATE COMMUNITY.
OKAY.
FELLOW PENN STATERS AND FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE LISTENING FOR THE FIRST TIME AND
WONDERING WHAT IS HIS DEAL?
I’M A PENN STATER AND NOW PENN STATE IS MY ALPHA TEAM BECAUSE NOTRE DAME.
BECAUSE NOTRE DAME LEFT YOU.
I HAVE THAT.
I HAVE THAT POSITION FLEXIBILITY.
THANK YOU.
YEAH.
UH, THERE IS A LOT OF OPTIMISM ABOUT THIS TEAM AND ABOUT THIS GAME BECAUSE IT DOES
NOT FEEL LIKE OHIO STATE IS AMPED UP TO A THOUSAND THE WAY THEY NORMALLY ARE.
OKAY.
SO THERE’S A SENSE THAT PENN STATE’S DEFENSE CAN HOLD DOWN THIS OFFENSE AND THAT
THEY’RE GOOD ENOUGH ON OFFENSE IN THEIR OWN RIGHT TO SCORE POINTS AGAINST A GOOD
DEFENSE.
LIKE THEY DID, LIKE THEY DID AGAINST IOWA, FRANKLY, DIFFERENT GAME, DIFFERENT
CIRCUMSTANCE, BUT I’M ON PENN STATE.
I’M GOING TO.
ON THE ROAD BECAUSE THEY HAVEN’T DONE MUCH ON THE ROAD THIS YEAR, RIGHT?
THEY LOOK SLUGGISH AGAINST NORTHWESTERN FOR A HALF AND THEN SLOWLY OVERWHELMED
THE NORTHWESTERN OFFENSIVE LINE, BUT BOTH WEST VIRGINIA AND IOWA WERE IN STATE
COLLEGE.
YES, CORRECT.
YOU’RE ALMOST RELIGIOUS IN THIS THAT YOU ARE JUST, YOU’RE PUTTING A LOT OF FAITH.
I AM.
YOU ARE SAYING, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THERE’S NOT EVIDENCE, BUT I BELIEVE IN THE HIGHER
POWER OF PENN STATE’S OFFENSIVE LINE, MAGICALLY GETTING IT TOGETHER IN COLUMBUS.
ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I GOT RIGHT THIS SEASON WAS TEXAS OUTRIGHT ON THE ROAD
IN TUSCALOOSA AGAINST ALABAMA.
YEAH, AND I’M GOING TO HANG MY HAT ON THAT BECAUSE AT LEAST I GOT ONE BIG ONE,
RIGHT?
YEAH.
I WAS GONNA SAY USC OUTRIGHT BIG OVER NOTRE DAME.
HUGE, HUGE.
DIDN’T WORK.
YEAH.
UM, BY THE WAY, I HAVE PERHAPS THE GREATEST, A BIT OF A TEASE HERE.
YEAH.
GREATEST FANTASY THING EVER CONCEIVED ABOUT THIS GAME THAT I’M GOING TO COME BACK
TO LATER IN THE EPISODE.
YEAH.
IT’S THE BEST ONE WE’VE EVER HAD.
I CAN’T WAIT.
UM, ALL RIGHT.
YEAH, I’M GOING TO OHIO STATE.
I HAVE A LOT OF STILL, I HAVE A LOT OF CONCERN ABOUT THE BUCKEYES AND HIGH
LEVERAGE SITUATIONS IN THE RED ZONE, A SLUGGISH FIRST HALF, LIKE ALL OF THE
THINGS THAT HAVE PLAGUED OHIO STATE IN BIG GAMES, UH, THESE PAST COUPLE OF
SEASONS, I THINK ALSO RING TRUE HERE.
AND IF YOU REMEMBER THIS GAME WAS, UH, A REALLY GOOD GAME JUST AFTER THE CRAZY
INTERCEPTIONS THAT BEGAN IT LAST YEAR IN STATE COLLEGE.
AND IF PENN STATE DOESN’T, YOU KNOW, SET THEMSELVES BACK EARLY, THIS SHOULD
BE A FUN BACK AND FORTH.
IT SHOULD BE TIGHT.
IT SHOULD BE A LOT OF FOURTH AND TWO WILL HE WON’T HE FROM HIS OWN 48 KIND OF
MOMENTS.
I JUST, I STILL THINK I’M GOING WITH THE TEAM THAT CAN HAVE A BACK BREAKING THREE
TO FIVE PLAYS IN A MOMENT LIKE THIS.
SO WE DISAGREE.
GO TO OUR NEXT BIG DOG.
3:30 CBS.
IT IS TENNESSEE ON THE ROAD AT ALABAMA, ALABAMA, A HOME FAVORITE OF NINE POINTS.
INTERESTING THING THAT I FOUND IN LOOKING OVER STAT PROFILES.
OF COURSE, WE’VE BEEN WATCHING ALL OF THESE TEAMS GAMES.
FOR THE DURATION OF THE SEASON.
MOST OF US HAVE AT THIS POINT, WHAT MOST PEOPLE DON’T KNOW ABOUT THIS MATCHUP IS
HOW SIMILAR THESE TEAMS ARE ON PAPER.
IF YOU DID A BLIND COMPARISON, BLIND COMPARISON OF JOE MILTON AND JALEN MILROE
OF THE OFFENSE OF THE DEFENSE OF THE PROFILES OF PRETTY MUCH ALL SIDES OF THIS.
I DON’T THINK YOU’D KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
I DON’T THINK MOST PEOPLE WOULD KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
OKAY.
I DON’T THINK THEY WOULD RECOGNIZE ONE FROM ANOTHER BECAUSE THEY ARE VERY SIMILAR
IN THAT RESPECT.
UM, THAT’S INTERESTING FOR THIS MATCHUP.
THAT’S, THAT’S MORE INTERESTING, I THINK, AS AN EXPLAINER, PERHAPS FOR THE SEC AND
WHERE THE SEC IS AT IN 2023, JUST THERE SEEMS TO BE SOME LEVEL OF PARITY THAT WE
HAVEN’T SEEN RECENTLY.
WE CAN DEBATE WHETHER THAT’S BETTER OR WORSE THAN IN PREVIOUS YEARS, WHETHER THAT
MAKES FOR A MORE INTERESTING SATURDAY WATCHING EXPERIENCE, BUT I LIKE THE
NOVELTY I’D SAY, BUT IT IS DIFFERENT.
YOU KNOW, I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S BETTER OR WORSE, BUT IT IS DIFFERENT.
SO THE STORY TIME FOR ME IS THIS.
THE STORY TIME FOR ME IS LAST SATURDAY, ABOUT MIDWAY THROUGH THE FIRST HALF.
I TWEETED, THIS IS WHEN BAMA WAS STARTING TO RUN AWAY WITH IT AGAINST ARKANSAS.
I TWEETED OUT THAT ZOMBIE ALABAMA DID NOTHING IN THE SECOND HALF.
YEAH.
TALKED ABOUT, HEY GUYS, ZOMBIE ALABAMA IS BACK.
AND I WAS REALLY PROUD OF MYSELF BECAUSE I SAID TIME OF UNDEATH.
GET IT?
TIME OF.
NO, I’M WITH YOU.
TIME OF UNDEATH FIRST HALF WEEK SEVEN, WHATEVER LAST WEEK WAS.
THEN ARKANSAS CAME BACK.
YEAH.
AND ALABAMA DID NOTHING IN THE SECOND HALF.
RIGHT.
ARKANSAS CAME BACK.
BAMA WAS SORT OF HANGING ON FOR THE WIN.
THEIR OFFENSE WENT INTO A SHELL.
AND LOOKING BACK ON THAT, WHEN I WAS DOING THE PREP FOR THIS WEEK, SORT OF
DAWNED ON ME, LIKE BETWEEN THE MISSED BETS LAST WEEK AND THE LITTLE STUFF LIKE THIS,
I MAY ACTUALLY HAVE REAL JINXING POWERS.
YEAH, OF COURSE.
IT MAY ACTUALLY, LIKE PEOPLE THINK I’M DOING IT JUST TO SORT OF PLAY A BIT
AND A CHARACTER AND ALL THAT.
I MAY ACTUALLY HAVE THIS WITHIN ME.
AND SO MY QUESTION TO YOU IS, WHO DO YOU WANT TO WIN THIS GAME?
WHO DO PEOPLE WHO DO PEOPLE LISTENING WANT TO WIN THIS GAME?
BECAUSE IF THIS IS TRULY SOMETHING THAT I HAVE UNHARNESSED DEEP WITHIN ME, IN MY
MARROW, I’M A CONTENT PRODUCER, MAN.
I NEED TO MONETIZE.
YEAH, I NEED TO MONETIZE THIS IN A WAY THAT I HAVE NOT PREVIOUSLY.
YEAH.
SO I’LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.
YOU TELL ME WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN AND THEN I’M JUST GOING TO GO THE OTHER WAY.
CAUSE I, HONESTLY, I LOOKED AT THIS GAME UP AND DOWN.
MY INITIAL GUT WAS NINE POINTS IS TOO MANY BECAUSE TENNESSEE’S GOT A GOOD
DEFENSE AND BAMA SCORES LIKE 26 POINTS AT MOST AGAINST GOOD DEFENSES.
YEAH.
NINE POINTS IN A LOW SCORING GAME FEELS LIKE YOU WOULD WANT TO TAKE TENNESSEE THERE.
THAT WAS MY INITIAL READ ON IT, BUT I I’LL DEFER TO YOU HERE AND YOU CAN TELL ME WHAT
YOU THINK, WHAT YOU WANT TO HAPPEN.
I’M JUST GOING TO GO THE OTHER WAY.
SEE IF IT WORKS AGAIN.
OKAY.
SO THE, THE CONNECTIVE TISSUE RIGHT NOW IS YOU’RE RIGHT.
THAT BOTH OF THESE TEAMS SORT OF BEHAVE SIMILARLY AT TIMES AND THEY BOTH WON UGLY
AGAINST TEXAS A&M RECENTLY, ALABAMA A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, LAST WEEK, TENNESSEE,
BOTH MAX JOHNSON ITERATIONS OF TEXAS A&M.
I’M GOING TO TAKE TENNESSEE HERE BECAUSE I THINK THERE IS SOMETHING, AND I DON’T
LOVE TAKING TENNESSEE ON THE ROAD, BUT I THINK I WOULD TAKE JOE MILTON’S CEILING
OVER JALEN MILROE’S RECENT CEILING, WHERE HE DOESN’T SEEM TO BE RUNNING IN THE SAME
WAY AND HE NEEDS TWO BIG PLAYS TO WIN A GAME RATHER THAN 11 PRETTY GOOD PLAYS.
LIKE, I DON’T KNOW IF HE HAS 11 PRETTY GOOD PLAYS IN HIM ANYMORE, WHERE I, WHEREAS
I THINK TENNESSEE’S RUSHING ATTACK, TENNESSEE’S DEFENSE, TENNESSEE’S STABILITY,
WHICH IS A VERY STRANGE THING TO SAY FOR A TEAM THAT LOST AT FLORIDA THIS YEAR.
UM, AND JUST A TENNESSEE PROGRAM THAT HAS BEEN ANYTHING BUT STABLE.
I THINK ALABAMA IS KIND OF IN A BUTTON BREAKER SITUATION.
I THINK THEIR TUMMIES EXPANDED MORE AND MORE, YOU KNOW, IT STARTS
IN BREAKER, A BUTTON BREAKER, TY.
I’M JUST, I’M JUST COMING UP WITH TERMS HERE.
I’M JUST, JUST OUT OF THE ETHER RIGHT NOW.
OKAY.
I LIKE IT.
A BUTTON BREAKER RIGHT THERE.
YEAH.
THEY’RE GETTING BIGGER.
THEY’RE SWELLING A LITTLE BIT WEEK TO WEEK.
IT’S CLOSE AGAINST OLE MISS LATE.
IT’S CLOSE AGAINST TEXAS A&M LATE.
IT’S CLOSE AGAINST USF LATE.
IT’S CLOSE AGAINST ARKANSAS AT A CERTAIN POINT.
THE EXPANDING, NOT LUCK, BUT THE EXPANDING TRIALS AND TRIBULATIONS ARE
GOING TO COME TO A HEAD AND THAT BUTTON’S GOING TO POP OFF THAT PANTS
HOLDING IN ALL OF THAT PRESSURE, TY.
YEAH.
AND I THINK IT’S TENNESSEE THIS WEEK.
I THINK IT’S KIND OF UGLY, BUT I THINK TENNESSEE HAS THE ENDS.
I THINK TENNESSEE HAS THE DEFENSE TO GET TO JALEN MILROE.
I THINK THE PAST DEFENSE WILL BE GOOD ENOUGH TO PERHAPS FORCE THOSE KIND OF
CONSISTENT COUPLE MISTAKES FROM JALEN MILROE, AND I THINK TENNESSEE WINS THIS
ON THE ROAD AND 21 17 IS SOMEWHERE.
I JUST DON’T SEE WHERE THE LINE MAKES SENSE.
AND I REALLY DO FEEL THAT WAY THAT LIKE YOU CAN ONLY GET AWAY WITH WHAT ALABAMA
HAS BEEN PUTTING FORTH IN THESE SECOND HALVES FOR SO LONG, AND I THINK TENNESSEE
HAS THE ACTUAL ROSTER ON BOTH SIDES OF THE BALL, EVEN WITH THE PAST, THE PASSING
GAME, NOT THERE ON OFFENSE.
IT’S VERY MUCH A DIFFERENT LOOKING TENNESSEE THIS SEASON, BUT I’M STILL GOING
WITH TENNESSEE HERE TO PULL THE UPSET ON THE ROAD IN TUSCALOOSA BECAUSE OF.
I DON’T KNOW IF THEY’RE STABLE, BUT THEY’RE MORE STABLE, WHICH IS VERY
STRANGE TO SAY, WELL, LOOK, YOU, YOU KNOW, WHERE I STAND ON THIS, YOU KNOW, WHERE MY
GUT IS ON THIS GAME.
AND EVEN BEFORE THE SEASON, I SAID, TENNESSEE IS GOING TO BEAT ALABAMA.
AND THEY’RE GOING TO BEAT THEM OUTRIGHT.
I KNOW, BUT WE’RE GOING TO TEST THIS OUT.
WE GOT TO TEST THIS OUT.
NOT SO FAST, MY FRIEND, MY FRIEND.
EXCUSE ME, FRIEND, FRIEND.
YEAH.
ALABAMA, WHEN YOU WEREN’T PAYING ATTENTION, SWITCHED IT UP TO AN ELASTIC
WAISTBAND THIS WEEK.
DAN.
OK.
ALABAMA WINS AND COVERS AT HOME.
THERE’S MY PICK IS MY OFFICIAL COVERS.
LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
YOU’RE LEANING INTO THE SUREST THING IN COLLEGE FOOTBALL PICKING STRATEGY.
OK, THE OPPOSITE OF GEORGE CASSANDRA OPPOSITE APPROACH.
WE’LL SEE IF IT WORKS.
OK, BUT I SHARE, I SHARE YOUR SKEPTICISM AGAIN.
THE MOST ALABAMA HAS SCORED AGAINST A TOP 75 DEFENSE WAS 26 POINTS.
AND THAT WAS TWO WEEKS AGO AGAINST A&M.
CAN I GIVE YOU THE MOST CONCERNING THING ABOUT ALABAMA?
AND IT’S NOT THE CLOSE GAMES PER SE.
THE CONCERNING THING IS ALABAMA HAS A BETTER ROSTER THAN EVERYBODY.
THEY WILL PLAY THIS YEAR IN THE REGULAR SEASON, INCLUDING TEXAS.
THEY JUST THEY HAVE A BETTER ROSTER AND JUST IN TERMS OF THE RECRUITING GAME,
THE TERMS OF THE TRANSFERS THAT HAVE COME IN.
AND I KNOW THE QUARTERBACK ISSUE IS DEFINITELY AN ISSUE.
SUPERIOR ROSTERS SHOULD GET BETTER OVER THE COURSE OF A GAME.
SURE, YOU MIGHT BE ABLE TO, YOU KNOW, AN RPO BREAKS THE RIGHT WAY AND YOU SCORE
A QUICK SEVEN OR EVEN 14 LIKE SOUTH CAROLINA DID AGAINST GEORGIA.
SUPER ACCURATE EARLY.
THE BETTER, DEEPER ROSTER SHOULD GET BETTER OVER THE COURSE OF A GAME.
EVENTUALLY, FRESHER LEGS, FRESHER TALENT, WHATEVER IS GOING TO SEPARATE.
AND YES, WE HAVE UPSETS.
WE HAVE ALL OF THAT.
BUT ALABAMA AGAINST SOME OF THESE TEAMS THAT AND LOOK, A&M’S
DEFENSE HAS A COMPARABLE ROSTER, BUT LIKE ALABAMA IS NOT GETTING
BETTER OVER THE COURSE OF GAMES.
THEY’RE GETTING WORSE OVER THE COURSE OF GAMES.
AND SO THAT TO ME IS ALMOST A MENTAL THING THAT THIS TEAM IS NOT LOCKED IN
FOR FOUR STRAIGHT QUARTERS.
THEY DON’T SEEM TO HAVE THE KILLER INSTINCT IN THE WAY THAT THEY USED TO. NO.
THAT THERE’S THAT CONFIDENCE IN JUST STAY THE COURSE.
THINGS ARE GOING TO GO WELL, YOU KNOW, AND THERE IS NO COURSE FOR ALABAMA THIS YEAR.
THEY’RE WINNING.
WINNING IS A SKILL, BUT I DON’T THINK YOU CAN JUST SAY, YEAH, ALABAMA, ALMOST
DOUBLE DIGIT FAVORITE.
LET’S DO IT.
WELL, I’M NOT THERE.
NO, I’M WITH YOU.
AND THAT’S WHY I’M GOING ALABAMA.
OF COURSE.
YEAH, OBVIOUSLY.
OBVIOUSLY LAST WEEK THOUGH, WAS I THINK CASE IN POINT LAST WEEK, THEY HAD AN
OPPORTUNITY TO DRILL A REELING ARKANSAS TEAM, A TWO AND FIVE ARKANSAS TEAM.
THAT’S PROBABLY GOING TO FIRE ITS COACH AT THE END OF THE YEAR.
I DON’T KNOW, PROBABLY, BUT THEY HAVE ONE OF THE WORST OFFENSIVE LINES IN THE
COUNTRY RIGHT NOW.
IT’S BAD.
HE’S AN OFFENSIVE LINE GUY, BUT THIS IS AN ARKANSAS TEAM THAT WAS REELING FOUR
STRAIGHT LOSSES, STARTING WITH BYU.
AND OF COURSE NOW RECENTLY, UH, LOST THE BAMA GAME A WEEK AGO.
THEY COULD HAVE DRILLED THEM.
THEY COULD PUT AN ALABAMA TEAM FROM TWO YEARS AGO, PUTS 50 ON THAT ARKANSAS TEAM.
YEAH.
AND THEY WENT INTO A SHELL IN THE SECOND HALF AND THEY DID NOTHING THAT TELLS YOU
EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.
SO, UH, YOU HAVE SERIOUSLY TENNESSEE PLUS THE NINE I’VE GOT BAMA SEMI-SERIOUSLY
JUST KIND OF TESTING THINGS OUT.
AND I HAVE TENNESSEE OUTRIGHT, BY THE WAY.
I JUST DON’T THINK THEY’RE GOING TO LOSE CLOSE IN A ROCK FIGHT.
21-17 TENNESSEE.
YEAH, MAN.
MY MAN.
ALL RIGHT.
FINAL BIG DOG.
8 PM ON THE FOX NETWORK.
IT IS UTAH.
IT IS USC.
UTAH HAS WON THE LAST THREE
OF THESE MATCHUPS AND TWO OF THE THREE WERE BY WIDE MARGINS.
THEY WON 47-24 IN THE PAC 12 GAME LAST DECEMBER.
THAT WAS CALEB WILLIAMS HAMSTRING.
YEAH.
CALEB WILLIAMS HAMSTRING, BUT THEY’RE UTAH’S LARGEST MARGIN OF VICTORY EVER IN
THE SERIES.
AND THERE IS PRETTY BIG PART OF ME THAT WONDERS IF UTAH JUST HAS USC’S NUMBER.
BECAUSE I THINK OUR CONVERSATION IS GOING TO SHIFT TO WHAT IS UTAH’S OFFENSE?
WHAT IS IT SUPPOSED TO BE?
AND WE CAN MAKE THE ANDY LUDWIG JOKES, BUT I JUST, I WONDER IF, IF IT EVEN MATTERS
IN THIS GAME, IF UTAH JUST HAS THE FORMULA FOR BEATING USC, ULTIMATELY THE
REASON I’M GOING TO GO USC IS BECAUSE I, THERE’S A BIGGER PART OF ME THAT WONDERS
IF UTAH JUST HAS THE DUDES AT ALL FOR THIS.
MAYBE THEY’VE GOT THE FORMULA, BUT THEY ARE GETTING LITERALLY NOTHING AT
QUARTERBACK AND ON A PER PLAY BASIS, THEY’VE ALSO BEEN PRETTY BAD ON
THE GROUND.
SO IF THEY’RE WINNING, THEY’RE WINNING BECAUSE OF AGGRESSIVE DEFENSE.
THEY’RE WINNING BECAUSE THE DEFENSE FORCES TURNOVERS.
THEY’RE WINNING BECAUSE BASICALLY THEY DO THREE THINGS, RIGHT?
THEY FORCE THREE AND OUTS 47% OF THE TIME.
THEY WIN THE FIELD POSITION BATTLES, A LITTLE BIT OF IOWA THERE, AND THEY FORCE
THOSE TURNOVERS.
LIKE I SAID, THEY’RE PLUS SEVEN IN TURNOVER MARGIN.
THOSE ARE THE THREE THINGS THAT THIS DEFENSE DOES REALLY WELL.
AND IT HAS BEEN MORE THAN ENOUGH IN THEIR GAMES SO FAR THIS SEASON TO WIN.
UM, IN MOST CASES, BUT IN A GAME LIKE THIS, WHERE YOU GOT TO, I THINK YOU GOT TO
SCORE SOME POINTS AGAINST USC AND CALEB WILLIAMS.
I DON’T KNOW.
THAT TROUBLES ME.
OKAY.
SO IF YOU LOOK AT USC SCHEDULE, THE, THE GOOD THINGS THAT THEY DID, I THINK CAME
IN THOSE FIRST, LIKE FOUR AND A HALF GAMES.
THEN THE SECOND HALF OF THE COLORADO GAME HAPPENED.
AND THEN THE ARIZONA GAME HAPPENED.
TRIPLE OVERTIME, ARIZONA, WHERE THEY COULD JUST RUN STRAIGHT AT USC AND USC
COULDN’T GET OFF THE FIELD.
YOU MENTIONED THE TURNOVERS.
YOU MENTIONED THE FORCING THREE AND OUTS CERTAINLY DIDN’T HAPPEN AGAINST NOTRE
DAME.
I THINK UTAH WINS THIS GAME AND THEY MIGHT EVEN WIN THIS GAME BY 10 TO 13
POINTS.
UTAH?! YES.
WOW.
OKAY.
WE TALKED YESTERDAY.
WE TALKED TWO DAYS AGO
YEAH.
AND YOU WERE LIKE, YEAH, I THINK, I JUST THINK USC IS BETTER.
WHAT CHANGED?
I SAT IN MY MEDITATION CHAMBER THIS MORNING.
OKAY.
MY WEST COAST PAC-12 MEDITATION CHAMBER.
OKAY.
AND I JUST THOUGHT ABOUT THIS.
OKAY.
WHO WOULD YOU, IF YOU WERE A FAN OF ONE OF THESE TEAMS OR WHICH FAN, WHICH TEAM
WOULD YOU WANT TO BE A FAN OF GOING INTO THIS GAME?
WOULD YOU, DO YOU WANT TO BE A USC FAN AFTER THAT NOTRE DAME LOSS AFTER EKING
BY, IT MIGHT BE A BUTTON.
LET ME BE.
LAST WEEK WAS A BUTTON BREAKER.
AND THIS ONE IS A SUSPENDER BREAKER.
I DON’T KNOW SOMETHING FOR USC AGAINST UTAH.
BRYSON BARNES CAN THROW THE BALL A LITTLE.
HE’S NOT GREAT.
AND SOME OF THE STATS ARE NATE JOHNSON THROWING.
SOME OF THEM ARE BRYSON BARNES.
USC IS DEFENSE IS KIND OF FRIENDLY.
OKAY.
AND UTAH HAS PLAYED SOME QUALITY TEAMS.
THEY LOSE THE GAME TOO.
I THINK IT WAS OREGON STATE ON THE ROAD.
21-7. OREGON STATE IS,
I THINK, A MORE COMPLETE TEAM, EVEN THOUGH THEY’RE NOT AS TALENTED ON DEFENSE, I
THINK THEY’RE LOCKED IN AND FOCUS BETTER ON DEFENSE.
AND I JUST, I WOULD MUCH RATHER ROOT FOR UTAH’S DEFENSE IN THIS GAME THAN USC’S
OFFENSE.
I THINK THE RESULTS ARE THERE.
I THINK IT’LL TRAVEL.
I THINK USC REELING AFTER THAT NOTRE DAME GAME WHERE NOW EVERYBODY’S KIND OF PILING
ON USC WAS LIKE, WHERE’S THE OFFENSIVE LINE.
CALEB WILLIAMS IS TRYING TO DO EVERYTHING HIMSELF.
THE DEFENSIVE LINE IS NOT THERE.
AND WE SAW A UTAH TEAM GET CREATIVE LAST WEEK.
I DON’T KNOW IF THEY’RE GOING TO SCORE AS MANY, YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY HAD 38
POINTS AGAINST CAL AS THEY WERE RUNNING A LOT OF LIKE DOUBLE HALFBACK.
ONE OF WHOM IS A PART-TIME SAFETY AND SIONE VAKI.
LIKE I THINK UTAH AND THEIR PASS RUSH WILL OVERWHELM USC, GIVE THEMSELVES
ADVANTAGEOUS SITUATIONS AND JUST DO MORE OF WHAT NOTRE DAME DID.
AND THAT WAS HAVE DEFENSIVE BACKS WHO CAN RUN WITH USC’S WIDE RECEIVERS WHO HAVE
BEEN SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTING THIS YEAR AND BEAT UP THIS YEAR.
I JUST DON’T KNOW WHAT USC IS DOING TO MOVE THE BALL.
IF THEY’RE GOING TO DEPEND ON CALEB WILLIAMS DOING THAT KIND OF THING AGAINST
UTAH WITH LESS TALENT THAN HE HAD LAST YEAR, EVERYWHERE ELSE ON THAT OFFENSE.
SO I THINK UTAH ABSOLUTELY CAN METHODICALLY WIN THIS GAME.
KEEP USC’S OFFENSE OFF THE FIELD BY CONVERTING A BUNCH OF THIRD AND TWOS.
AND I DON’T THINK THE JUICE IS GOING TO BE THERE IN THE COLISEUM AFTER LAST WEEK.
DO YOU?
I MEAN, PEOPLE WILL STILL BE EXCITED.
IT’S A BIG GAME.
BUT I THINK THE MANNER IN WHICH USC LOST LAST WEEK, I THINK TOOK A LOT OF WIND OUT
OF THE TROJAN SAILS.
WELL, I’M GOING TO GO THE OTHER WAY.
I’M GOING TO GO USC BECAUSE I THINK USC IS A BETTER TEAM.
I WOULD NEVER, EVER BET THIS GAME WITH REAL MONEY.
NEVER, BECAUSE I THINK IT WILL PROBABLY BE RIGHT ON THAT NUMBER.
I THINK THE SEVEN POINT SPREAD’S ABOUT RIGHT.
I THINK IT’S SOMETHING LIKE 28-21 USC.
I THINK THE RISK FOR UTAH.
UTAH’S NOW DOWN ANOTHER TIGHT END.
LIKE THEY DON’T HAVE A LOT OFFENSIVELY IN TERMS OF PASS CATCHERS.
YEAH.
THEY DON’T HAVE DUDES ON OFFENSE.
THEY DON’T.
BUT THE DEFENSE IS GOOD.
THE DEFENSE WILL KEEP THIS GAME CLOSE.
IT’S NOT GOING TO BE A RUNAWAY TRAIN BY ANY STRETCH.
THE RISK FOR THEM ON DEFENSE, THOUGH, IS THE BIG PLAYS.
BECAUSE THEY BLITZ A LOT.
I KNOW.
THEY’RE ALSO GIVING UP A LOT OF BIG PLAYS.
AND SPECIFICALLY THROUGH THE AIR, WHICH IS CALEB WILLIAMS’ MUSIC.
THAT’S WHAT HE WANTS TO LIVE ON.
AND THAT’S HOW HE WANTS TO BEAT YOU BY MAKING THOSE BIG PLAYS.
SO YOU BLITZ HIM, HE SCRAMBLES AROUND, HE DRIVES YOU CRAZY.
FIND SOMEBODY OPEN DOWN THE FIELD WHO RUNS FOR A MILLION YARDS.
THAT COULD VERY MUCH BE THE FORMULA FOR USC TO WIN THIS GAME.
NOW, UTAH BEAT HIM TWICE LAST YEAR.
AND AGAIN, MAYBE I’M-
CAM RISING, UTAH.
YEAH.
CAM RISING, UTAH, DIFFERENT TEAM.
MAYBE I’M JUST IN MY OWN HEAD WITH THIS.
I AM GOING TO GO USC OUTRIGHT.
IF CAM RISING PLAYS, DOES THAT CHANGE YOUR TUNE?
I DON’T THINK SO.
OKAY.
I DON’T THINK SO.
BECAUSE I DON’T KNOW WHAT STATUS WE WILL FIND HIM IN.
IF HE’S OUT THERE.
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH, IF YOU GOOGLE CAM RISING INJURY STATUS,
YOU’RE GOING TO START SEEING ARTICLES ABOUT,
HEY, MAYBE A MEDICAL RED SHIRT IN THE SEVENTH YEAR MAKES SENSE!
YEAH, YEAH.
CAM RISING.
SAW THAT.
AT THIS POINT.
WHICH IS NEVER A GREAT SIGN IF YOU WANT TO GET HIM BACK.
FOR WHAT IT’S WORTH, BOTH HE AND
BRANT KUITHE WANT TO GET BACK AS SOON AS THEY CAN AND PLAY.
THEY’RE NOT LOOKING FOR A MEDICAL RED SHIRT, BUT.
CAM RISING’S GOING TO HAVE HIS FULL DENTAL DEGREE BY THE TIME HE’S DONE.
IT’S GOING TO BE CAM RISING DDS.
HE CAN OPERATE ON HIMSELF BY THE TIME HE GETS OUT OF THERE.
CORRECT.
OKAY, SO THAT DOESN’T CHANGE THINGS FOR YOU.
YOU BELIEVE IN USC.
I JUST THINK USC DOESN’T REALLY EMPHATICALLY BEAT
OR MAYBE EVEN BEAT A TEAM WITH ITS ACT TOGETHER.
AND I THINK ARIZONA HAS ITS ACT TOGETHER,
BUT THAT WAS STILL A BACKUP QUARTERBACK IN THE WAY.
OBVIOUSLY, UTAH HAS A BACKUP QUARTERBACK
AND ARIZONA PROBABLY SHOULD HAVE WON THAT GAME.
YEAH.
SO.
I AGREE.
I AGREE WITH THAT.
I DON’T THINK USC IS BUILT TO BEAT A TEAM WITH ITS ACT TOGETHER.
AND I THINK UTAH KIND OF DOES, WEIRDLY ENOUGH.
BEFORE WE GET TO OUR NEXT SEGMENT,
SHOUT OUT TIM BUCKLEY, THE VOICE OF ALL THINGS WEATHER
IN THE GREAT STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA, FELLOW PENN STATER.
I BELIEVE HE’LL BE AT THE PENN STATE OHIO STATE GAME.
DON’T KNOW IF HE CAN PROVIDE US WITH REAL TIME WEATHER UPDATES.
DON’T THINK WE REALLY NEED THAT.
BUT NO, HERE IS WHAT THE WEEKEND LOOKS LIKE WITH RESPECT TO WEATHER.
HAVE A LISTEN.
GUYS, IT IS MID-OCTOBER.
YOU KNOW WHAT THAT MEANS?
REAL FOOTBALL WEATHER HAS ARRIVED.
THAT’S RIGHT.
BIG TEN WEST STYLE 50S AND 60S FOR KICKOFFS IN IOWA, ILLINOIS AND NEBRASKA.
FIND YOUR PERFECT HOODIE.
SOUTH FLORIDA, CRAZY COMFORTABLE.
THIS IS WEIRD.
IT’S IN THE 70S FOR CLEMSON AND MIAMI.
GOOD STUFF THERE.
BUT TEXAS TOAST.
OH, BOY. HOUSTON IN THE 90S, HOSTING THE LONGHORNS.
WEST COAST LOOKING GOOD.
ROCKIES, TOO.
BUT IN THE NORTHEAST, OUR REGION OF CONCERN.
OH, YEAH. CLOUDS AND SHOWERS AGAIN.
BAD NEWS FOR THE PATRIOT LEAGUE, GUYS.
PENN STATE-OHIO STATE CLOUDS CHILL.
COUPLE SHOWERS POSSIBLE.
WE’LL SEE HOW THAT AFFECTS THE GAME.
THANKS AGAIN.
SHOUT OUT, TIM, FOR DOING THAT.
HE DIALED IN AND LEFT THAT MESSAGE ON THE REVERB LINE, WHICH WE HOPE
YOU WILL USE 855-VERBAL3.
WE HAVE SWITCHED UP OUR SATURDAY EVENING SLASH SUNDAY MORNING
RECORDING A LITTLE BIT THIS YEAR, AND WE ARE ASKING FOR YOU TO CALL 855-VERBAL3
WITH YOUR ROASTS.
IT WILL BE INCLUDED IN THE WEEK EIGHT CAMPFIRE.
GIVE US A GOOD OLD FASHIONED ROAST THAT WE CAN MIX TOGETHER.
NOT US.
NOT US. DO NOT ROAST US.
WE’RE VERY SENSITIVE AND TENDER.
IS THAT WHAT I SAID?
WELL, YEAH. GIVE US A ROAST.
NO, NO, NO. DON’T ROAST US.
I CAN’T HANDLE IT.
UNLESS DAN IS WRONG.
YOU CAN ROAST DAN, BUT I DON’T NEED ANY MORE ROASTS FOR BAD PICKS
BECAUSE I AM UNSHAVEN.
I DIDN’T SHOWER TODAY.
I’M WEARING THE HAT AS WE RECORD THIS.
THIS HAS REALLY BEEN WEIGHING ON ME THAT I CAN’T PICK A DAMN GAME, RIGHT?
SO I’M JUST GOING TO STEER INTO IT.
AND AGAIN, PERHAPS MONETIZE IF THAT’S WHAT.
SURE.
IF THAT’S WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS FOR ME, I WILL DO THAT.
ROAST DRIVE CHARTS, ROAST COACHES, ROAST GAMES, ROAST MOMENTS.
ANYTHING YOU WANT.
OR TY.
LET’S GET TO OUR NEXT SEGMENT.
THINK ABOUT THE HEART, THE PASSION, THE LOVE, THE COMMITMENT
AND THE ENERGY YOU’RE WILLING TO PUT INTO IT.
WHAT AM I LISTENING TO?
THAT SOUND IS FROM A MOTIVATIONAL VIDEO OUT ON YOUTUBE
FROM A GENTLEMAN NAMED THOMAS PLATZ.
ACTUALLY, I DON’T THINK IT’S FROM HIM.
IT’S FROM FANS OF HIS.
OKAY.
YOU KNOW WHO THAT IS?
I DON’T.
THOMAS PLATTS IS THE SO-CALLED QUAD FATHER.
HE HAD 30 INCH QUADS WHEN HE WAS AT HIS IN HIS PRIME BACK IN THE 70S.
OKAY.
NICE.
SO LET’S BE CLEAR WHAT THIS IS,
BECAUSE THERE WERE SOME QUESTIONS AFTER LAST WEEK’S EPISODE.
SOME, LET’S SAY, UNNAMED STREAMING PLATFORMS,
WHICH ARE NOT A SPONSOR, BUT ABSOLUTELY COULD BE,
PROBABLY WOULD NOT WANT TO.
PROBABLY WON’T BE.
YEAH.
THEY ALLOW YOU TO SET UP A QUAD BOX
WHEN YOU’RE WATCHING GAMES ON SATURDAYS.
YOU CAN WATCH FOUR GAMES AT ONCE ON YOUR TV.
YOU JUST GET FOUR RECTANGLES.
GIVE YOU SOME OPTIONS.
FOUR AT ONCE.
WE ARE ASKING YOU HUMBLY AS SOLID VERBAL LISTENERS,
ALLOW US TO BE YOUR WEEK EIGHT QUAD FATHERS.
BUILD THE QUADS.
WE ARE GOING TO BUILD OUR RESPECTIVE QUADS,
THE GAMES THAT WE WOULD WATCH IN THOSE FOUR BOXES,
IF WE COULD PUT TOGETHER OUR DREAM QUAD BOX SCENARIO.
RIGHT HERE IN SQUATTOBER?
IS THAT WHAT YOU’RE SAYING?
THAT’S RIGHT.
OKAY.
THAT’S RIGHT.
YOU’RE WELCOME.
EVERYBODY, SAY WHAT YOU WILL
ABOUT ANY OTHER COLLEGE FOOTBALL SHOW.
SQUAT-TOBER.
WE’RE GOING TO ACTIVATE THE MOST ROBUST GLUTES IN AMERICA
HERE IN SQUAT-TOBER.
I HOPE SOMEBODY’S SQUATTING WHILE LISTENING TO THIS
AND THEIR JAW JUST DROPPED.
THIS IS HOW WE GET FOWLER TO CALL IN AGAIN.
THAT’S TRUE.
WE HAD HIM ON BEFORE.
THIS IS HOW WE GET HIM TO CALL THE REVERB LINE
BECAUSE YOU PLAY SOUNDS LIKE THAT TO INTRO A SEGMENT,
FOWLER’S IN.
THAT’S HOW WE GET FOWLER BACK.
OH MAN.
WELCOME TO SQUAT-TOBER.
DO YOU SQUAT, TY?
NO.
SHOULD YOU BE?
I PODCAST.
I SHOULD BE.
I DID SOME SQUATS THIS MORNING, TY.
I’M READY.
LET’S TALK ABOUT YOUR DREAM QUAD BOX, QUAD FATHER DAN.
YEAH.
IN THIS YEAR, EARLY FATHER OR EARLY, EARLY.
WELL, I GOT MORE SOUNDS.
YOU WANT THIS?
MY QUESTION TO YOU IS HOW BAD DO YOU REALLY WANT LEGS?
HOW BAD DO YOU WANT THOSE LEGS, DAN?
I NEED THESE LEGS, TY.
WHAT IS YOUR DREAM QUAD BOX?
GIVE IT TO ME.
I GO TO THE BEACH IN THE SUMMER.
I DON’T WANT CHICKEN LEGS HERE.
I PLAY SOME TENNIS.
I NEED, I NEED THE BASE.
TELL ME.
I NEED THEM PRETTY BADLY, TY.
OKAY.
MY EARLY, MY EARLY WINDOW QUAD IS OF COURSE
GOING TO FEATURE PENN STATE, OHIO STATE.
THAT ONE DOESN’T COUNT THOUGH.
WE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT.
OH, OKAY.
THAT ONE DOESN’T COUNT.
NO.
OKAY.
SO IN QUADRANT ONE, I’M GOING UCF-OKLAHOMA.
I’M GOING TO GIVE THOSE POINTS,
OKLAHOMA MINUS 19 AND A HALF.
OKAY.
OKLAHOMA COMING OFF OF A BYE WEEK,
JOHN RHYS PLUMLEE, JOHN RICE PLUMLEE, EXCUSE ME,
COMING BACK FOR, FOR THE KNIGHTS,
BUT I STILL DON’T LIKE THIS DEFENSE AT ALL.
AND I DON’T REALLY LIKE HIM THROWING
INTO THIS OKLAHOMA DEFENSE.
THAT’S BEEN QUITE OPPORTUNISTIC.
SO I’M GOING TO GIVE THOSE POINTS THERE.
I THINK OKLAHOMA CAN WIN BY THREE TOUCHDOWNS PLUS.
THAT’S QUADRANT ONE, TY.
STILL LAUGHING AT SQUAT-TOBER.
SQUAT-TOBER.
IT’S SQUAT-TOBERFEST ON THE MEMO.
DO YOU HAVE DUMBBELLS?
YOU CAN JUST DO LIKE THE HANDHELD SQUATS.
IT’S NOT TRUE SQUATS.
DUDE, I’M A PODCASTER.
YOU CAN DO SOME AIR SQUATS, TY.
THAT’S NO PROBLEM.
I CAN SQUAT MY BODY WEIGHT.
YEAH, CONTINUE, KEEP GOING.
ALL RIGHT.
QUAD NUMBER TWO.
I HAVE BOSTON COLLEGE-GEORGIA TECH.
UGH.
I WANT ONE OF THESE TEAMS TO WIN GAMES, PLURAL.
YOU WANT THIS?
YOU WANT TO WATCH THIS GAME?
OKAY, SO I’VE ENJOYED WATCHING JAMAL HAYNES.
I’VE ENJOYED WATCHING HAYNES KING,
AND MAYBE THAT’S JUST BECAUSE HE ROLLED OUT
AND NAILED A 93-YARD PASS ON THE RUN TO BEAT MIAMI.
I GRANT YOU, THAT’S POSSIBLE.
YEAH, I WOULD LIKE FOR GEORGIA TECH
TO THROW SOME FUN INTO THE ACC.
YOU ARE A SICK HUMAN. TO THROW AROUND THEIR WEIGHT.
YOU ARE SICK.
CONTINUE.
OKAY, THOSE ARE YOUR TWO.
GIVE ME TWO MORE, AND THEN I’LL GIVE YOU MINE.
RUTGERS, WITH A REALLY NICE BACK HALF OF THE SCHEDULE,
I’M GONNA GIVE THOSE POINTS.
BY THE WAY, IN TERMS OF THE BOSTON COLLEGE,
GEORGIA TECH GAME, I AM GIVING THOSE FIVE POINTS.
I THINK GEORGIA TECH WILL WIN BY 10 TO 13 POINTS.
I HAVE RUTGERS.
THIS IS KIND OF A BIG ROAD WEEK FOR ME, BY THE WAY.
I HAVE THE SCARLET KNIGHTS OF RUTGERS GOING TO INDIANA.
ONE OF THE MOST EMBARRASSING OFFENSES,
IF NOT THE MOST EMBARRASSING OFFENSE.
BUT I HAVE NEW JERSEY TIES.
I LOVE NEW JERSEY FOOD.
I HAVE RUTGERS FRIENDS.
SO SHOUT OUT, PISCATAWAY.
I’M GOING RUTGERS HERE IN ANOTHER ONE OF MY QUADS.
SO THAT’S THREE QUADS RIGHT NOW.
YOU GOT ONE MORE.
ONE MORE PICK.
OKLAHOMA, RUTGERS, GEORGIA TECH,
AND FOR THE FOURTH QUADRANT,
I’M GOING A RERUN OF PARKS AND REC,
BECAUSE I CAN’T JUSTIFY ANY OF THESE OTHER MATCHUPS.
NO, IF I WERE FORCED INTO IT,
I WOULD PROBABLY GO AIR FORCE-NAVY,
JUST BECAUSE IT’S SUCH A SPECIFIC MATCHUP.
I DON’T LOVE NAVY THIS YEAR,
BUT AIR FORCE HAS BEEN A FUN STORY,
AND I’M ROOTING FOR THEM TO GO UNDEFEATED.
I THINK THAT WOULD BE COOL
TO SEE A SERVICE ACADEMY RUN THE TABLE.
SO ON THE ROAD, I THINK IT’S TOUGH.
AND I ACTUALLY SEARCHED PRETTY DILIGENTLY
TO FIGURE OUT A WAY IN WHICH NAVY COULD WIN THAT GAME.
BUT I DON’T LOVE AIR FORCE’S SCHEDULE THUS FAR,
AND THE PERFORMANCE AGAINST THE SCHEDULE
HASN’T ALWAYS BEEN GREAT,
BUT I DON’T LIKE THE NAVY DEFENSE, FIRST-YEAR COACH.
SO I’M GOING WITH AIR FORCE TO WIN THIS GAME BY 14 TO 20.
I’M GOING TO GO AIR FORCE TO WIN,
BUT NAVY TO COVER,
BECAUSE AIR FORCE FLYING ACROSS COUNTRY.
THEY’RE THE AIR FORCE, THOUGH.
THAT’S WHAT THEY DO.
THIS WAS A CLOSE GAME LAST YEAR.
AIR FORCE TRAVELING WEST TO EAST,
ALSO WITHOUT THEIR QUARTERBACK,
WHO HURT HIS KNEE AGAINST WYOMING.
SO I’LL GO NAVY PLUS THE POINTS.
MY QUAD IS, YOU MENTIONED UCF, OKLAHOMA.
I’M OKLAHOMA MINUS ANYTHING.
A BIG PART OF THE TALKING POINT HERE ON THE SHOW,
AT LEAST FOR ME, WAS, HEY, UCF’S PRETTY GOOD.
WELL, THEN YOU LOOK AT UCF, AND IT’S LIKE,
THEY BEAT KENT STATE, BOISE, AND VILLANOVA.
ARE THEY, THOUGH?
ARE THEY REALLY?
ARE THEY REALLY GOOD?
AND GAVE AWAY SOMETHING FIERCE AGAINST BAYLOR.
OH, THEY YACKED THE BAYLOR GAME AWAY.
THE TWO GAMES AGAINST KANSAS SCHOOLS WERE NOT CLOSE.
GOT ABSOLUTELY DESTROYED AGAINST KANSAS.
MAYBE THE BYE CAME AT THE RIGHT TIME.
THEY’RE OFF A BYE COMING INTO THIS GAME,
BUT I’M INCLINED TO GO WITH MY GUT
AND GO OKLAHOMA MINUS WHATEVER.
SECOND GAME IN THE QUAD BOX FOR ME,
MISSISSIPPI STATE AT ARKANSAS.
I COULDN’T DO IT.
ARKANSAS’S FAVORED BY SIX AND A HALF.
THEY’VE LOST FIVE STRAIGHT.
BRUTAL STRETCH.
WE TALKED ABOUT IT EARLIER.
BRUTAL STRETCH.
THE PATH TO SIX WINS FOR THE HOGS
HAS NARROWED CONSIDERABLY.
BUT FOUR OF THOSE FIVE GAMES AGAINST POWER FIVE OPPONENTS
HAVE BEEN ONE SCORE AFFAIRS.
SO-
YEAH, YOU GET THE ENTERTAINMENT FACTOR.
RIGHT.
YOU’RE GUARANTEED AT LEAST SOME SORT
OF ENTERTAINMENT FACTOR HERE,
IF THAT’S SOMETHING YOU’RE INTO.
MISSISSIPPI STATE OFF A BYE.
I’D PROBABLY TAKE THE POINTS HERE.
I THINK IT’LL BE CLOSE.
I THINK IT’LL BE AN INTERESTING MATCHUP.
I AM ALSO GONNA GO RUTGERS AT INDIANA.
YOU DON’T WANNA WATCH THIS GAME, BUT I DO.
AND I’M NOT TALKING TO YOU
BECAUSE YOU’VE GOT IT IN YOUR QUAD.
I’M TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE OUT THERE.
WE’LL WATCH IT FOR YOU AND KIND OF REPORT BACK.
RUTGERS CAN GET BOWL ELIGIBLE IN WEEK EIGHT.
THE KICKER THOUGH IS THAT THEY KIND OF
HAVE TO DO IT THIS WEEK BECAUSE AFTER THE BYE WEEK,
THEY FINISH OUT AGAINST OHIO STATE,
IOWA, PENN STATE, AND MARYLAND.
SO GIVE ME RUTGERS MINUS THE FIVE ON THE ROAD AT INDIANA.
FINAL GAME IN THE QUAD FOR ME IS BAYLOR AT CINCINNATI.
OKAY.
CINCINNATI FAVORED BY THREE AND A HALF.
I LOOKED AT THE PROJECTIONS EARLIER.
BAYLOR’S GOT A 10% CHANCE OF MAKING A BOWL GAME,
WHICH IS NOT GOOD.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE,
WHICH HAS BASICALLY NUKED THE ENTIRE OFFENSE.
STATISTICALLY, THE DEFENSE IS ACTUALLY WORSE.
IT’S WORSE.
SO THEN YOU ASK, WHY DO YOU WANNA WATCH THIS GAME, TY?
I WANNA WATCH IT BECAUSE I DON’T UNDERSTAND BAYLOR.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON.
I LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, I WATCH THE GAMES.
I WANNA KNOW WHERE IT ALL WENT WRONG IN A HURRY
BECAUSE I FELT LIKE THIS WAS A TEAM
THAT WAS HEADED IN A MUCH DIFFERENT DIRECTION.
THIS GAME TO ME, IT’S LIKE ONE OF THOSE,
REMEMBER THE MAGIC EYE BOOKS
WHERE YOU HAD TO CROSS YOUR EYES TO SEE THE SAILBOAT?
THAT’S WHERE I’M AT WITH BAYLOR.
SO I WANNA SEE HOW THEY HOLD UP AGAINST CINCINNATI,
WHICH I THINK COULD BE THE WORST TEAM IN THE BIG 12.
SO BAYLOR-
WAIT, YOU THINK CINCINNATI COULD BE THE WORST TEAM
IN THE BIG 12?
THEY COULD BE.
THEY COULD BE THE WORST TEAM IN THE BIG 12.
YEAH, IT’S EITHER THEM OR HOUSTON.
YOU THINK BAYLOR IS BETTER?
I THINK CINCINNATI COULD BE.
COULD BE THE WORST TEAM, I THINK.
OH, I DON’T KNOW, MAN.
BAYLOR DOES SO MANY THINGS POORLY.
NOW, SOME OF THAT IS WHAT, SAWYER ROBERTSON, BAYLOR,
AND I’M NOT BLAMING IT ON HIM PER SE,
BUT IT’S JUST MORE DIFFICULT WITH A BACKUP QUARTERBACK.
SO GREAT, LET’S SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
THAT’S WHY I WANNA WATCH.
BAYLOR PLUS 3 AND A HALF.
THAT WAS A VERY LURLEEN LUMPKIN MOMENT FROM YOU.
WHY IS IT YOUR WIFE DOESN’T UNDERSTAND YOU, BUT I DO.
THAT’S RIGHT.
YOU DON’T WANNA WATCH THIS GAME, BUT I DO.
I DON’T KNOW WHERE LURLEEN LUMPKIN CAME FROM,
BUT IT’S IN-
LET’S GO.
IT’S IN THE BRAIN SOMEWHERE.
OKAY, I HAVE CINCINNATI THERE, BY THE WAY.
OKAY.
YEAH.
LET’S GO AFTERNOON SLATE.
WELCOME TO THE PAIN ZONE IS WHERE WE LIVE.
WELCOME TO SQUAT-TOBER, IT’S WHERE WE LIVE.
CAN I ASK YOU A QUESTION ON SQUAT-TOBER REALLY QUICKLY?
OKAY.
IF YOU HAMMERED THE SQUATTING THE REST OF THE,
FOR A MONTH STRAIGHT, WOULD SOLID WIFE KATE NOTICE?
NO.
LIKE PHYSICALLY.
DO WE WANNA TRY THIS?
DO WE WANNA DO THIS?
ABSOLUTELY.
I MEAN, YOU’RE GONNA HAVE TO WALK AROUND
IN LIKE BORDERLINE SKIMPY CLOTHES.
SURE.
SHE WOULD NOTICE THAT,
BUT I DON’T THINK SHE’D NOTICE
INCREASED VOLUME IN THE QUAD AREA.
NO, NOT JUST QUAD, SQUATS AFFECT EVERYTHING.
WELL, I GET THAT.
OKAY.
SQUAT-TOBER, WE’LL WORK OUT A PLAN AFTER THIS.
OKAY.
MAKE YOUR OWN PLAN ACCORDINGLY
IF YOU’RE LISTENING TO THE SHOW.
SQUAT-TOBER.
TY AND DAN HAVE GIANT ASSES NOW!
IT’S WEIRD.
OKAY, HERE’S MY QUAD.
3:30 ABC, I’VE GOT THE WASHINGTON STATE-OREGON GAME.
OREGON MINUS 19 AND A HALF.
THERE WERE A LOT OF FUN EARLY VIBES ON WAZZU,
AND THEN THEY GOT MURDERED A WEEK AGO AGAINST ARIZONA.
AND THAT WAS A WEEK AFTER THE LOSS AGAINST UCLA.
NOW THEY’RE BACK ON THE ROAD AGAINST OREGON,
A TEAM THAT CLEARLY COULD HAVE BEATEN WASHINGTON.
WE TALKED ABOUT THAT ONE AD NAUSEUM.
I THINK OREGON KICKS THE CRAP OUT OF THEM.
OKAY.
SO I’LL TAKE OREGON MINUS WHATEVER.
THAT’S QUAD A.
QUAD B FOR ME IS SOUTH CAROLINA AT MISSOURI.
MISSOURI FAVORED BY SEVEN.
SHANE BEAMER, I’M SURE YOU SAW,
WAS SO MAD THAT HE KICKED SOMETHING AND BROKE HIS FOOT
AFTER THE LOSS TO FLORIDA A WEEK AGO.
I AM ON THE POINTS THOUGH FOR SOUTH CAROLINA.
SOUTH CAROLINA PLUS THE NUMBER,
BECAUSE I THINK THIS IS A REAL GETAWAY GAME,
A LOOK AHEAD SPOT FOR MIZZOU.
BECAUSE THEY GO INTO A BYE NEXT WEEK,
AND THEN AFTER THE BYE,
THEY COME BACK IN WEEK 10 AGAINST GEORGIA.
THIS IS GEORGIA WITHOUT BROCK BOWERS.
SURELY MISSOURI PLAYERS HAVE SEEN THIS.
SURELY ELI DRINKWITZ IS GOING TO CONVINCE THEM
THEY CAN BEAT GEORGIA.
AND I THINK THAT IS ALL TO SAY,
THEY’RE NOT GOING TO GIVE A LICK ABOUT SOUTH CAROLINA.
LOWLY TWO AND FOUR SOUTH CAROLINA.
SOUTH CAROLINA HAS PLENTY OF DEFENSE, BUT THEY CAN SCORE.
THEY’VE GOT A TOP 20 OFFENSE.
SO I THINK MIZZOU PROBABLY WINS AT HOME,
BUT I THINK THIS IS A FUN GAME
WHERE I LIKE SOUTH CAROLINA TO COVER.
THE OTHER TWO FOR ME, THE FLOYD OF ROSEDALE GAME.
I’M GOING TO COME BACK TO THIS
WHEN I GIVE YOU MY BET AT THE END.
BUT IOWA MINUS THREE AND A HALF AT HOME AGAINST MINNESOTA,
THE OVER-UNDER IS 32 AND A HALF POINTS.
ONLY 11 TIMES SINCE 2005 HAS THERE BEEN
A POINT SPREAD LESS THAN 35.
IOWA HAS PLAYED IN SEVEN OF THOSE GAMES,
WHICH IS NUTS, BUT THEY HAVE.
ONE OF THEM WAS LAST SEASON.
IN THIS GAME, IT WAS A 13 TO 10 GAME.
THEY CLEARLY HIT THE UNDER 31 AND A HALF IN THAT ONE.
I’M CONSIDERING AND PROBABLY WILL JUST BET
THE UNDER EVERYTHING, BUT I’M INCLINED TO TAKE POINTS HERE
BECAUSE IN A GAME THAT LOW SCORING,
WHICH WE KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE, I’LL JUST TAKE POINTS.
I LIKE IOWA, I’M JUST GOING TO TAKE THE POINTS THOUGH.
FINAL ONE FOR ME AT 3:30 IS OKLAHOMA STATE AT WEST VIRGINIA.
WEST VIRGINIA FAVORED AT HOME BY THREE AND A HALF POINTS.
I AM INTERESTED IN THIS GAME BECAUSE IT CAME OUT LAST WEEK
AND SAID OKLAHOMA STATE FIGURED ITSELF OUT
AND THE POKES WON THE GAME AGAINST KANSAS.
THAT’S THE ONLY BET I GOT RIGHT LAST WEEK.
SO NOW I’M HITCHING MY WAGON TO THE COWBOYS, BABY.
I’M SAYING THE OFFENSE IS GETTING BETTER.
THEY HAVE SHOWN IMPROVEMENT.
I’M SAYING THAT THE DEFENSE HAS MORE THAN ENOUGH
TO CONTAIN A WEST VIRGINIA ATTACK
THAT I THINK IS STILL FAIRLY ONE-SIDED.
THEY’RE BETTER, WEST VIRGINIA IS BETTER.
BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS POKES DEFENSE HAS STABILIZED
AFTER TWO BRUTAL WEEKS THAT WE SAW AGAINST SOUTH ALABAMA
AND IOWA STATE EARLIER IN THE YEAR.
AND I LIKE OKLAHOMA STATE OUTRIGHT.
THAT’S A PRETTY GOOD QUAD.
THAT’S MY PRETTY GOOD QUADS RIGHT THERE.
OKAY, I’M GOING OBVIOUSLY OREGON
AND I LIKE THEM GIVING THE POINTS AS WELL
BECAUSE DAN LANNING HAS SUFFERED SOME EMBARRASSING LOSSES.
BUT IF YOU REMEMBER AFTER LOSING TO WASHINGTON LAST YEAR,
THEY BOUNCED BACK AND BEAT UTAH WITH BO NIX ON LIKE A LEG.
IF YOU REMEMBER, THEY BOUNCED BACK AND DEMOLISHED BYU
AFTER GETTING DEMOLISHED THEMSELVES BY GEORGIA.
SO I THINK THIS IS A TEAM THAT WILL BE LOCKED IN.
I DON’T THINK THIS IS A TEAM LICKING ITS WOUNDS.
AND I THINK WASHINGTON STATE SPECIFICALLY
IS BUILT IN THE WAY THAT OREGON
WOULD LOVE FOR THEM TO BE BUILT,
WHICH IS TO SAY KIND OF A THIN DEFENSE.
THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS BEEN STRUGGLING
GOING AGAINST AN OREGON PASS RUSH.
WHAT WE SAW WHAT THEY DID TO MICHAEL PENIX
IN THE SECOND HALF.
I THINK THEY’RE GONNA EAT.
I THINK THEY’RE GONNA BE POINTS OFF OF TURNOVERS.
I THINK IT’S GONNA BE OVER QUICKLY AGAINST WASHINGTON STATE.
AND THEY NEEDED 22 POINTS IN THE LAST THREE MINUTES
TO WIN THIS GAME LAST YEAR, IF YOU REMEMBER.
BUT I THINK THERE’S GONNA BE A DIFFERENT RHYTHM
TO THIS GAME IN ODDSON.
SO OBVIOUSLY I HAVE OREGON IN QUADRANT ONE.
I HAVE SOUTH CAROLINA.
I HAVE SOUTH CAROLINA COVERING LIKE YOU DO AGAINST MIZZOU.
YOU LIKE THAT SITUATION?
SEEMS LIKE A GOOD SITUATION.
HERE’S WHAT I LIKE.
I LIKE THAT THEY HAVE AN ARGUMENT
THAT THE BEST RECEIVER IN THIS GAME IS NOT LUTHER BURDEN,
BECAUSE XAVIER LEGUETTE IS INCREDIBLE.
HE’S REALLY GOOD, YEAH.
HE IS A LONG STRIDER.
HE’S A BIG BODY.
AND HE’S A GREAT TARGET FOR SPENCER RATTLER.
THEY’RE NOT BUILT TO WIN A LOT OF TOUGH GAMES ON THE ROAD,
WHICH I THINK THIS WILL BE.
BUT THIS DEFINITELY HAS THE FEEL OF A GAME
THAT ENDS WEIRDLY.
AND SO I HAVE THEM COVERING IN THIS GAME.
MAYBE WINNING, BUT AT LEAST COVERING.
BECAUSE I STILL THINK THERE’S SOME JUICE TO SOUTH CAROLINA,
DESPITE SOME OF THE RESULTS.
I HAVE TOLEDO-MIAMI OF OHIO ON THE ROAD.
I HAVE TOLEDO WINNING THIS GAME OUTRIGHT
AS A ONE POINT FAVORITE.
THIS IS THE CLASH IN THE MAC THIS YEAR.
TWO GOOD QUARTERBACKS IN DAQUAN FINN AND BRETT GABBERT.
I LIKE THIS GAME A LOT.
I LIKE THAT THIS GAME IS HAPPENING.
I LIKE THE UNIFORM MATCHUP.
I LIKE TOLEDO HERE TO WIN.
GREAT UNIFORM MATCHUP, YEAH.
YES, THEY’RE A MORE COMPLETE TEAM.
I THINK THEIR DEFENSE WILL TRAVEL,
BUT I LOVE THAT WE HAVE THIS HEADLINE MATCHUP
IN THIS AFTERNOON WINDOW.
IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ACTUALLY COOL
IF IT WERE LIKE A WEDNESDAY NIGHT MATCH
AND WHERE EVERYBODY WAS WATCHING IT.
BUT NONETHELESS, THAT’S IN A QUAD FOR ME.
AND THEN I HAVE OKLAHOMA STATE-WEST VIRGINIA
AGREEING WITH YOU IN THAT IT’S GONNA BE PART
OF MY QUAD, BUT I HAVE WEST VIRGINIA WINNING THIS GAME.
I THINK OKLAHOMA STATE, I THINK THEIR TURNAROUND
MAYBE ISN’T BECAUSE OF THEIR DEFENSE
AS MUCH AS THEIR OFFENSIVE LINE.
SEEMS TO BE PROTECTING ALAN BOWMAN A LITTLE BIT BETTER
AND THEY’VE BEEN A LITTLE BIT MORE CREATIVE ON OFFENSE.
I WENT BACK AND WATCHED THE KANSAS GAME IN ITS ENTIRETY.
THEY DID SOME FUN THINGS.
SO I’M GOING WITH WEST VIRGINIA JUST BECAUSE I THINK
THAT DEFENSE AT HOME, IN THAT ENVIRONMENT,
I THINK THEY’RE GONNA BE ABLE TO GET IT DONE.
THEY’RE HEALTHIER ON OFFENSE.
SO I’M GOING WITH WEST VIRGINIA.
AND OKLAHOMA STATE HAS BEEN AT LEAST A NICE,
LATE SEPTEMBER, EARLY OCTOBER TURNAROUND STORY.
I’LL TAKE TOLEDO MINUS THE POINTS.
I’LL TAKE HOUSTON PLUS THE POINTS IN THE TEXAS GAME.
I DON’T HAVE THAT.
I’LL TAKE HOUSTON PLUS THE POINTS THERE.
AND I’M ALSO GONNA TAKE PITT ON THE ROAD OVER WAKE.
WAKE’S FAVORED BY A POINT, POINT AND A HALF,
SOMEWHERE IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD.
I THINK WAKE IS REALLY BAD.
I THINK WAKE IS REALLY BAD.
AND PITT’S NOT GREAT, BUT I THINK THEY’RE BETTER THAN WAKE.
I HAVE IOWA COVERING AT HOME BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO,
YOU HAVE TO AT LEAST LIKE SOMETHING ABOUT MINNESOTA
TO MAKE THAT CASE.
BUT I STILL THINK IOWA’S DEFENSE IS GONNA SCORE ENOUGH
TO COVER THAT.
I HAVE TEXAS COVERING ON THE ROAD AGAINST HOUSTON
IN A LETDOWN SPOT FOR HOUSTON.
OBVIOUSLY EVERYBODY GETS UP FOR TEXAS,
BUT THEY WENT ON A HAIL MARY LAST WEEK
AGAINST WEST VIRGINIA.
I JUST, YOU KNOW, IT’S GONNA BE TOUGH TO MATCH THAT ENERGY.
I HAVE WISCONSIN, EVEN WITHOUT TANNER MORDECAI
WINNING AT ILLINOIS.
NORTHWESTERN COVERING AGAINST NEBRASKA
BECAUSE THE THOUGHT OF NEBRASKA’S OFFENSE GIVING 14 POINTS
JUST DOESN’T EXIST IN THE UNIVERSE.
THAT IS MY BRAIN.
I ACTUALLY, NORTH TEXAS HAD A REALLY GOOD OFFENSE THIS YEAR.
THEY’VE BEEN QUIETLY LIKE A REALLY FUN OFFENSE.
THE OPPOSITE IS TRUE OF THEIR DEFENSE.
I WAS GONNA SAY THEY’VE LOUDLY BEEN A VERY BAD DEFENSE.
THEY’VE LOUDLY ALSO BEEN A VERY BAD DEFENSE.
WHEN IT’S YEAR ONE, SO I’M GOING TULANE HERE,
BUT I HAD MY EYE ON THAT AS A REASON
TO TAKE A DOG ON THE ROAD.
ALL RIGHT, FINAL QUAD OPPORTUNITY.
YOU HAVE TO ACHIEVE FAILURE.
YOU HAVE TO TAKE IT THAT FAR.
NOBODY WANTS TO GO THAT FAR.
IT’S TOO SCARY.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING, I GOT NEWS FOR YOU.
THAT’S WHERE WINNING IS.
THE WINNING IS, DAN.
OH MY GOD.
WE’RE JUST GONNA HAVE SUCH,
LIKE IT’S GONNA BE A THANKSGIVING TALKING POINT.
LIKE, I’M SORRY, IS TY WALKING WITH LIKE A DIFFERENT CADENCE?
IS THERE SOMETHING HAPPENING RIGHT?
IT’S, WHAT IS GOING ON?
WHY DID HE HAVE TO CUT A SLIT IN HIS JEANS?
IS THERE A REASON FOR THAT?
I GOT, YOU’RE GONNA BE GOING TO A BIG AND TALL STORE
JUST TO FIT IN.
WHAT DO YOU HAVE IN TERMS OF EXTENDED SEATS?
YEAH.
I LOVE THIS.
FINAL QUAD OPPORTUNITY.
YEAH.
WE BOTH HAVE CLEMSON AT MIAMI, RIGHT?
I HAVE CLEMSON AT MIAMI, YES.
MIAMI DOESN’T WIN AT HOME.
CLEMSON HAS THE SECOND ACT SATURDAY OPPORTUNITY HERE
THAT, BY THE WAY, I DIDN’T REALIZE,
I MEAN, IN WATCHING CLEMSON GAMES, YOU SEE IT,
BUT QUAD ONE CLEMSON-MIAMI,
HOW MUCH THERE IS A LACK OF EXPLOSION
TO CLEMSON’S OFFENSE DOWN THE FIELD.
OH, IT’S BAD.
IT’S REALLY BAD.
WHEN LIKE, THAT WAS, IT’S SORT OF A SAM PITTMAN SITUATION.
LIKE, GOTTA HAVE THE OFFENSIVE LINE IN A GOOD WAY.
DABO DOESN’T HAVE RECEIVERS.
YEAR OVER YEAR OVER YEAR MAKING PLAYS DOWNFIELD.
AND THAT WAS THE WHOLE THING.
THAT WAS THE WHOLE THING.
THAT WAS THE WHOLE BIT FOR CLEMSON.
AND SO I STILL HAVE CLEMSON WINNING THIS GAME
BECAUSE OF THEIR DEFENSE AND BECAUSE TVD IS LIKE,
THERE’S A WEIRD THING WHERE A BUNCH OF PEOPLE
ARE LIKE, HE’S INJURED.
AND MARIO CRISTOBAL IS LIKE, HE’S READY TO ROLL.
I’M LIKE, I DON’T KNOW WHO I’M TRUSTING IN THAT SITUATION.
YEAH, I DON’T KNOW IF THERE’S SOME GAMESMANSHIP
GOING ON THERE, BUT THE LINE MOVED.
THE LINE MOVED ALMOST INSTANTLY BECAUSE THERE WERE REPORTS
THAT TVD WAS SEEN WALKING AROUND CAMPUS
WITH AN ACE BANDAGE ALL THE WAY UP ABOVE HIS KNEE.
YEAH.
BUT MARIO CRISTOBAL WAS EVASIVE, AS YOU SAID.
I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON THERE.
I’M WITH YOU THOUGH.
I’M ON CLEMSON.
I THINK IN HINDSIGHT, THE WHOLE THESIS AROUND MIAMI
HAS BEEN, WELL, THEY’VE GOT PRETTY GOOD DEFENSE.
THEY’VE GOT, THEY SHOULD BE GOOD ALONG THE LINES.
THEY’VE GOT A GOOD QUARTERBACK.
SEEMS LIKE THEY’RE STARTING TO GET SOME ORGANIZATION
ON OFFENSE.
AND OH, BY THE WAY, THEY BEAT TEXAS A&M.
WE THOUGHT A LOT MORE HIGHLY OF THAT WIN BACK IN WEEK TWO
THAN I THINK WE DO NOW.
SO A DIFFERENT CIRCUMSTANCE FOR A&M BACK THEN,
BUT I’M ON CLEMSON HERE.
I’M ON CLEMSON BECAUSE I DON’T THINK MIAMI
IS AS IMPRESSIVE AS WE THOUGHT.
AND OF COURSE, THE GAME LAST WEEK AGAINST NORTH CAROLINA
DID NOT REALLY GIVE ME MUCH TO HANG MY HAT ON
WITH RESPECT TO EVEN THE MIAMI DEFENSE.
SO I’M GONNA GO CLEMSON MINUS THE FOUR POINTS ON THE ROAD.
OKAY.
I ALSO HAVE DUKE FLORIDA STATE,
KIND OF AN ACC QUAD ACTION.
AS DO I.
FLORIDA STATE FAVORED BY 14 POINTS.
RILEY LEONARD’S STILL DAY TO DAY.
I THINK HIS STATUS IS CRITICALLY IMPORTANT HERE.
I HAVE TO BELIEVE IF THERE IS ANY WAY
HE CAN GIVE IT A GO, HE’LL TRY.
THIS IS A BIG GAME.
THIS IS A REALLY BIG GAME FOR DUKE.
I DO THINK THE DEFENSE IS GOOD ENOUGH
TO KEEP IT WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE.
AND ON TOP OF THAT, THEIR OFFENSE PLAYS VERY SLOWLY.
THEY’RE GONNA SHORTEN THE GAME.
AND THAT MAKES IT HARD, I THINK,
TO COVER A 14 POINT SPREAD.
SO FOR ME, I’M ON DUKE PLUS THE NUMBER.
I AM AS WELL.
THE NIGHT ELEMENT OF THIS SCARES ME,
BUT I LIKE THE DUKE DEFENSE.
I LIKE THE FACT THAT DUKE BEAT NC STATE LAST WEEK, RIGHT?
24 TO THREE OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT
WITH THEIR BACKUP QUARTERBACK,
WHO WAS LIKE FOUR OF 12 THROUGH THE AIR.
AND SO THAT’S ALWAYS GONNA BE DIFFICULT.
BUT I STILL LIKE DUKE TO KEEP IT RELATIVELY CLOSE
BECAUSE I THINK THEY CAN MAKE FLORIDA STATE UNCOMFORTABLE.
WHAT’S YOUR THIRD QUAD?
THIRD QUAD IS MICHIGAN MICHIGAN STATE.
OH, GOD BLESS YOU.
SO HERE’S AN INTERESTING STAT.
MICHIGAN HAS NOT PLAYED A TEAM
INSIDE THE SP+ TOP 50 ALL SEASON.
TECHNICALLY THE BEST TEAM THEY PLAYED WAS RUTGERS.
YEP, I AGREE.
THEY WERE 52ND, FOLLOWED BY NEBRASKA,
WHO’S 53RD, FOLLOWED BY MINNESOTA’S 56TH.
MICHIGAN STATE IS 55TH.
SO THEY’RE NOTHING IF NOT CONSISTENT
PLAYING FRINGE TOP 50 SP+ TEAMS.
THEY WON’T PLAY A TOP 50 SP+ TEAM
UNTIL THE FINAL THREE WEEKS OF THE SEASON
WHEN THEY’VE GOT PENN STATE, MARYLAND, AND OHIO STATE.
WE HAVE TALKED A LOT ABOUT THAT ON THIS SHOW.
BUT LET ME DIGRESS FOR A SECOND.
PLEASE, FLOOR IS YOURS.
WAY BACK WHEN, WAY BACK WHEN,
WHEN YOU WERE STILL CHILDLESS
AND I WAS YOUNG AND HAPPY AND LESS GRAY.
YEAH.
I USED TO TALK OFTEN ABOUT THE POWER
OF THE DE FACTO NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP.
YEAH.
AND I THINK YOU COMBINE THAT WITH THE RIVALRY.
WHAT DO WE DO IN A RIVALRY JUST FOR THE FINAL?
GOTTA THROW THOSE RECORDS OUT, TY.
THROW THEM OUT.
COMBINE THOSE TWO OCCULT FORCES.
MICHIGAN STATE IS NOT MAKING A BOWL THIS YEAR, DAN.
NOT EVEN CLOSE.
BUT THEY CLEARLY CARE ABOUT THIS GAME
MORE THAN I THINK MICHIGAN DOES.
SO MICHIGAN WINS, BUT 24 AND A HALF IS THE SPREAD.
TAKE THE POINTS.
MICHIGAN STATE AT HOME, TAKE THE POINTS.
OKAY.
HOME DOG OF THE WEEK.
WHERE’S MY SOUND?
THERE IT IS.
WHY NOT?
OH, DO YOU WANT ME TO TELL YOU WHY NOT?
HOME DOG OF THE WEEK.
LET’S GO.
THERE MAY BE, WHOEVER’S PLAYING QUARTERBACK
FOR MICHIGAN STATE MIGHT THROW FOUR INTERCEPTIONS
INTO THIS MICHIGAN DEFENSE.
THEY’RE JUST NOT A TEAM BUILT TO WIN.
OBVIOUSLY WITH ALL THE CHANGES AT THE TOP,
THAT DOESN’T HELP.
DOESN’T MATTER, RIVALRY.
DOESN’T MATTER.
OKAY.
DOESN’T MATTER.
THAT’S MY THIRD QUAD.
FINAL ONE IS TCU AT K-STATE.
OKAY.
YEP, THEY’RE ONE OF MY QUADS.
BECAUSE YOU AND I ARE NOTHING IF NOT HOOVER APPROVERS.
YEP.
DO YOU LIKE THAT CONSTRUCTION?
I JUST CAME UP WITH IT.
IT’S NOT BAD.
I LIKE THEM.
I WATCHED ALL OF THE GAME LAST WEEK.
HE’S GOT A BIT OF LIKE A THREE QUARTER DELIVERY.
THEY POSTED UP BYU LAST WEEK.
I MEAN THAT LITERALLY ALL THEY RAN WERE POSTS
IN THE PASSING GAME.
THAT IS ALL THEY DID.
THEY WERE ALL OPEN WITH THE EXCEPTION
OF LIKE ONE OR TWO OF THEM.
I DON’T THINK THEY’LL HAVE THAT LEVEL OF SUCCESS
AGAINST K STATE.
HOWEVER, I’M INTO THE STORY AND I’VE ALWAYS LOVED TCU.
SO I’M NOT PICKING THEM OUTRIGHT,
BUT I’M PICKING THEM PLUS SEVEN AND A HALF.
THAT’S MY FINAL QUAD.
MY THIRD QUAD IS OLE MISS-AUBURN
BECAUSE I THINK THE CHAOS POTENTIAL IS PRETTY HIGH.
I WISH AUBURN’S DEFENSE WERE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.
I WOULD HAVE LOVED TO TAKE AN AUBURN,
BUT I LIKE OLE MISS HERE.
I’M GONNA GIVE THE POINTS ON THE ROAD.
IT SCARES ME, BUT I’M GONNA DO IT ANYWAY
JUST BECAUSE I THINK THEY HAVE MORE WAYS TO WIN.
DEFENSE IS BETTER THAN I THOUGHT IT WOULD BE.
AND WHILE JAXSON DART HAS BEEN INCONSISTENT THIS YEAR,
I THINK AGAIN, THERE ARE MULTIPLE WAYS
IN WHICH THIS OFFENSE CAN PERFORM.
NOT TAKING MICHIGAN-MICHIGAN STATE,
ALTHOUGH I’M GIVING, I MEAN, IN MY QUAD,
I’M GIVING THE POINTS THERE FOR MICHIGAN.
I’M GIVING THE POINTS TEXAS TECH AGAINST BYU.
TCU, KANSAS STATE IS MY FOURTH ONE.
I’M TAKING TCU THERE.
I DON’T LOVE IT.
I JUST THINK IT’S GONNA BE A FUN BACK AND FORTH.
I THINK BOTH OF THESE TEAMS ARE STILL PRETTY FLAWED,
BUT I LIKE THE TCU’S DEFENSE IN THIS SPOT
AGAINST THE KANSAS STATE OFFENSE
THAT HAS YET TO FIGURE THINGS OUT.
WEIRD THAT THE OFFENSIVE LINE HAS BEEN AN ISSUE THIS YEAR.
THAT’S JUST STRANGE TO TALK ABOUT WITH K STATE.
SO THAT’S MY QUAD, CLEMSON, DUKE, OLE MISS, TCU.
ALL ROAD TEAMS IS WHERE I’M PICKING IN THAT GAME.
A SUPER 8 SATURDAY, A SAMSONITE SATURDAY FOR ME.
OTHERWISE, YEAH, I’M TAKING TEXAS TECH.
I HATE IT, BUT I HATE BYU’S DEFENSE
AND KEDON SLOVIS IN AN INTERESTING,
WINNABLE GAME EVEN MORE.
SO I’M GOING TEXAS TECH THERE.
LSU BIG AGAINST A BAD ARMY DEFENSE.
NORTH CAROLINA BIG AGAINST VIRGINIA
AT HOME IN CHAPEL HILL.
WENT BACK AND FORTH ON THIS ONE.
WANTED TO TAKE DARREN GRANGER AND GEORGIA STATE,
BUT THE GAME IS AT LOUISIANA.
I’M GONNA GIVE THOSE POINTS THERE.
I THINK THEY’RE MORE COMPLETE.
YEAH, AND JUST TO BE COMPLETE HERE,
THERE ARE TWO PAC-12 AFTER DARK GAMES.
THERE’S UCLA MINUS 17 ON THE ROAD AT STANFORD.
THERE’S ARIZONA STATE AT WASHINGTON.
IS THERE A HANGOVER EFFECT IN PLAY FOR WASHINGTON?
I HAVE BOTH DOGS HERE.
I THINK, LOOK, I AM NOT POSITIVE
THAT THERE WILL BE A HANGOVER EFFECT FOR WASHINGTON,
BUT IF THERE EVER WERE A CASE TO BE MADE
THAT A TEAM WOULD BE HUNG OVER
AND HAVE A LETDOWN MOMENT,
IT WOULD BE THE MANNER IN WHICH
THEY BEAT THEIR BIGGEST RIVAL
OR THEIR MOST IMPORTANT RIVAL,
GIVEN WHERE WAZZU IS RIGHT NOW,
AND THAT THEY’RE BOTH JOINING THE BIG TEN TOGETHER.
WITH GAME DAY THERE, ON NETWORK TV,
LIKE WITH A PRESUMED HEISMAN FAVORITE,
ASU CAN DO ENOUGH IN THE PASS RUSH TO ME
THAT THEY COULD LIMIT IT A LITTLE BIT.
THEY BEAT WASHINGTON LAST YEAR.
IT’S ACTUALLY A REVENGE SPOT FOR THE HUSKIES.
THEY BEAT THEM IN THE DESERT,
AND IT WAS KIND OF A CATASTROPHIC YEAR FOR ASU LAST YEAR,
AND THAT PASS RUSH DID GET TO MICHAEL PENIX LAST YEAR.
I THINK YOU’RE GONNA SEE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT,
SO I’M TAKING THE POINTS THERE,
NOT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE ASU IS TERRIFIC
AS THEY’RE DOWN TO THEIR THIRD-STRING QUARTERBACK,
BUT BECAUSE I THINK THEY CAN GET OFF THE FIELD A LITTLE BIT
AND LIMIT THOSE OPPORTUNITIES.
I ALSO HAVE STANFORD COVERING AT HOME
IN A LETDOWN SPOT OF THEIR OWN
AFTER THAT 29-0 FRIDAY NIGHT COVER,
BUT UCLA IN THAT NUMBER, 16 AND A HALF
WITH A TURNOVER-PRONE OFFENSE RIGHT NOW.
YOU SAW COLLIN SCHLEE GETTING IN THERE LAST WEEK
AND PACKAGES FOR THE BRUINS
BECAUSE THE FULL TRUST IN DANTE MOORE
DOESN’T SEEM TO BE THERE YET
OR AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD HAVE HOPED EARLY ON,
SO I’M GOING STANFORD AT HOME TO MAKE THIS INTERESTING.
ALL RIGHT, THOSE ARE ALL OF YOUR GAMES FOR THIS WEEK.
ALL OF THEM.
WELL, I FULLY DISAGREE WITH THAT
BECAUSE MY REQUEST FOR YOU IS TO DROP THAT BIG,
STANKY, TANTALIZING, INSATIABLE DRUM AND FIFE.
WE GOT THREE PAT LEAGUE GAMES THIS WEEK, ONLY THREE.
THERE ARE THREE BIGGIES.
LEHIGH, ON THE ROAD AT BUCKNELL, DAN.
YEAH, THIS IS A SECOND ACT SATURDAY FOR THE ENGINEERS.
LEHIGH-BUCKNELL.
I’M GONNA GO LEHIGH ON THE ROAD.
HOW ABOUT THAT?
I’M GONNA GO NELLIE’S.
IT BREAKS ME.
THIS IS A BIG ONE, ACTUALLY.
THIS IS SORT OF FOR SUPREMACY OF THE PATRIOT LEAGUE.
LAFAYETTE AT 5-1 AT HOLY CROSS 4-2.
WHO YOU GOT?
THEY’RE AIRING THIS ACROSS ALL OF THE NETWORKS
LIKE THEY DO FOR HUGE BREAKING NEWS,
ELECTION COVERAGE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT,
SO IT’S GONNA BE A CBS, NBC, ABC MATCHUP
WITH THOSE BRIGHT LIGHTS.
I’M GOING LAFAYETTE ON THE ROAD.
I THINK THEY’RE A TEAM OF DESTINY AGAINST HOLY CROSS.
CROSS SATRES HAVE BEEN THERE BEFORE, GIVING CROSSADERS.
FINALLY, 3 P.M. ESPN PLUS, COLGATE AT 2-4.
ON THE ROAD AT MULTI-SPORT FIELD.
MUST WE EVEN HUMOR WITH A PICK
WHEN GEORGETOWN’S AT HOME AT MULTI-SPORT FIELD?
NO, GEORGETOWN BIG.
GEORGETOWN BIG, I THINK I AGREE.
SO I TEASE THIS AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW.
I HAVE SOME FANTASY THINGS FOR YOU GUYS.
OH, WHAT WAS YOURS?
SO THE FIRST ONE IS LIKE, I DON’T KNOW,
IT FEELS LIKE THIS IS A GIMME,
BUT I’M GONNA HAVE TO SAY IT ANYWAY.
THE FACT THAT DREW ALLAR WAS MR. FOOTBALL
IN THE STATE OF OHIO IN 2021,
AND HE’S NOW PLAYING FOR PENN STATE.
I CAN’T EVEN, LIKE THE ODDS OF GUS JOHNSON
BRINGING THIS UP ARE ABOUT 100%.
GUS, WHEN GUS IS PREPPING FOR A GAME,
HE IS LIKE A HEAT-SEEKING MISSILE
TRYING TO FIND ANYBODY WHO WAS MR. OHIO
IN THEIR RESPECTIVE STATE.
YOU WILL HEAR THAT DREW ALLAR, BY THE WAY,
PLAYED FOR PENN STATE, BUT WAS MR. OHIO
IN THE GREAT STATE OF, OR MR. FOOTBALL
IN THE STATE OF OHIO BACK IN 2021, GUARANTEED.
A BIG PASS FROM THE OHIO KID, HA HA!
THERE IS ANOTHER POSSIBILITY THOUGH
THAT I AM MORE EXCITED ABOUT,
AND THIS IS THE ONE I WAS TEASING EARLIER.
YEAH.
I AM BEGGING YOU, IF YOU ARE OUT THERE
LISTENING TO THIS SHOW, AT ME ACROSS ALL PLATFORMS
WHEN THIS ONE HITS, BECAUSE THIS IS THE MOST
I’VE EVER STUCK MY NECK OUT FOR A VERY SPECIFIC THING
THAT I BELIEVE HAS A CHANCE OF HAPPENING.
YEAH.
MUCH THE WAY DREW ALLAR IS FROM THE STATE OF OHIO
NOW PLAYING FOR PENNSYLVANIA,
BOTH KYLE MCCORD AND MARVIN HARRISON
PULLED A REVERSE ALLAR, AND THEY WENT TO OHIO STATE
TO PLAY THEIR COLLEGE FOOTBALL, BUT BOTH ARE FROM PHILLY.
BOTH ARE FROM THE SAME HIGH SCHOOL, ST. JOE’S PREP.
ASSUMING THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE BIG PASS PLAY
FROM MCCORD TO HARRISON, BEAR IN MIND,
THIS IS GUS FREAKING JOHNSON.
I WANT TO BE THE FIRST TO TELL YOU THAT GUS JOHNSON
IN THAT PRECISE MOMENT IS GOING TO CALL THAT
THE PHILLY SPECIAL.
WHOA, THAT’S SO SPECIFICALLY CORRECT, TY.
HE IS GONNA CALL THAT THE PHILLY SPECIAL.
IT IS ON A SILVER PLATTER FOR GUS JOHNSON.
THE PHILLY SPECIAL.
I GOOGLED IT, NOBODY’S DONE IT.
HAS HE, BUT HE’S CALLED A, WELL, I GUESS THEY HAVEN’T
PLAYED A TEAM FROM PENNSYLVANIA,
BUT HE’S CALLED OHIO STATE GAMES THIS YEAR, RIGHT?
I THINK THEY DID THE MARYLAND GAME.
I AM TELLING YOU, THE ALLURE OF THAT
PENNSYLVANIA, OHIO STATE CONFLICT.
I HEAR YA.
PHILLY SPECIAL.
MAN, I THINK, I DON’T HAVE A FANTASY THING
AS GOOD AS THAT, BUT I THINK IF THE USC GAME
IS GOING POORLY, THE PIVOT TO CALEB WILLIAMS DRAFT TALK
IS GOING TO BE SO PRECISE AND SURGICAL
THAT, BE LIKE, LOOK, SURE, USC’S DISAPPOINTING THIS YEAR.
YOU THINK IT’S GONNA TRANSLATE TO THE NEXT LEVEL?
YOU THINK IT’S GONNA, I THINK THAT IS GONNA BE
LIKE A BACK HALF OF THE SEASON.
IF THINGS CONTINUE TO GO POORLY FOR USC.
IT’S CALEB WILLIAMS, THE PRESUMED NUMBER ONE PICK.
AND THEN THE CONCEPT OF CALEB WILLIAMS,
MAYBE HE’S GONNA STAY AT USC SO HE CAN HAND PICK
WHO HE’S GONNA PLAY FOR IN THE NFL.
DID YOU HAPPEN TO SEE THE RUMORS THAT ARE OUT THERE
THAT CALEB WILLIAMS MAY REQUEST
OWNERSHIP.
PARTIAL OWNERSHIP IN THE TEAM THAT PICKS HIM.
YEAH.
THAT’S SHOOTING FOR THE MOON.
I THINK AARON RODGERS REQUESTED THAT
FROM THE JETS AND DIDN’T GET IT.
DIDN’T GET IT, DIDN’T GET IT.
OKAY? LOOK, LISTEN, ALL NEGOTIATIONS HAVE A STARTING POINT THAI, YEAH. DOES HE REALLY
WANT TO OWN THE BEARS THOUGH? THE NFL IS BAD TEAM PROOF IN TERMS OF HOW PROFITABLE THEY
CAN BE. PEOPLE SHOW UP TO BEAR’S GAMES ENTHUSIASTICALLY AND WILLINGLY EVERY WEEK. SO YES. ALL RIGHT,
LET’S CLOSE THIS THING OUT. SHALL WE DO THIS? TY VERSUS THE WORLD PRESENTED BY DRAFTKINGS
SPORTSBOOK. SO I NEED YOUR HELP IN NAMING THIS. WE DID NOT NAME THIS. I THREW OUT A
NAME YOU HATED IT. I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND IT. SO I DIDN’T UNDERSTAND IT. THAT’S FINE. THAT’S
WHAT I’M GOOD AT. SO THE GAME IS MINNESOTA AT IOWA. EVERYBODY IS DUNKING ON THIS GAME
BECAUSE THEY’RE OVER UNDER US 32 AND A HALF POINTS. I BELIEVE THEY’LL HIT THAT UNDER.
I DON’T THINK ANYBODY’S SCORING IN THIS GAME JUST LIKE LAST YEAR. SO THIS PICK IS A COMBINATION
OF THE UNDER 32 AND A HALF TOTAL. ALSO THE UNDER 16 AND A HALF FIRST HALF TOTAL COMBINED
WITH IOWA WINNING SPECIFICALLY BY A ONE TO SIX POINT MARGIN. OKAY, THREE VERY SPECIFIC
THINGS ABOUT SEVEN TO ONE ODDS. NOW THIS IS THE FLOYD OF ROSEDALE GAME. I POSITED TO YOU
SHOULD WE CALL THIS THE VOID OF POINTSDALE PARLAY? YOU DIDN’T LIKE THAT. NO, I WAS TRYING
TO FIGURE OUT WHAT THE CONNECTION WAS TO COLLEGE FOOTBALL. AND I WAS THINKING OF WHAT’S LIKE
THE ARCHIE AND JUGHEAD SHOW RIVERDALE. THAT’S WHERE I THOUGHT IT WAS. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO,
NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. DIDN’T HAVE IT. SO WHAT DO WE CALL THIS?
THEN IF YOU DON’T LIKE THAT, IF YOU DON’T GET IT FINE, BUT WE NEED A BETTER NAME FOR
IT. I’M PUTTING YOU ON THE SPOT, BUT THIS IS WHAT YOU’RE GOOD AT. IT’S THE PUNT BOWL
PARLAY, THE PUNT BOWL PARLAY. THAT’S BEAUTIFUL BECAUSE YOU GOT TO HIT THOSE UNDERS. YOU NEED,
I MEAN, TORREY TAYLOR’S INCREDIBLE. HE’S ONE OF THE BEST PLAYERS AT COLLEGE FOOTBALL. PUNTING
IS WINNING PARLAY. THAT’S TOO MANY LETTERS TO ME. THE PUNT BOWL PARLAY IS BEAUTIFUL.
THE PUNT BOWL PARLAY. OKAY. PUNT BOWL PARLAY AGAIN, UNDER 32 AND A HALF, THE UNDER 16 AND
A HALF FIRST HALF LINE. AND THEN I WOULD HAVE WIN SPECIFICALLY BY ONE TO SIX POINTS. AS
FOR OTHER GAMES HERE THAT I WILL JUST THROW OUT THERE. I DO LIKE OREGON BIG. I LIKE OREGON
MINUS WHATEVER IN THAT MATCHUP AGAINST WASHINGTON STATE. YEP. THE OTHER GAME THAT I WILL THROW
IN THERE, YOU KNOW, JUST BECAUSE WE’RE GOING TO KEEP THINGS INTERESTING. I WILL THROW,
LET’S SEE, LET’S GO OKLAHOMA MINUS THE NUMBER AGAINST UCF. I THINK THEY WIN THAT ONE HANDILY.
AND LET’S ALSO JUST TO BE COMPLETE, THROW IN OKLAHOMA STATE AGAIN, PLUS THE THREE AND
A HALF POINTS ON THE ROAD AT WEST VIRGINIA. SO AGAIN, WE’RE GOING OREGON, WE’RE GOING
OKLAHOMA, WE’RE GOING OKLAHOMA STATE THREE O’S AND THE PUNT BOWL PARLAY, DAN, THAT ARE,
THOSE ARE MY PICKS FOR THIS HERE WEEK EIGHT, AS YOU KNOW, FOOTBALL, MORE FUN WHEN YOU ARE
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DID I? NEITHER OF US DID. DO YOU HAVE A LOCK? ANY OF THOSE GAMES? I MEAN, WE’RE JUST, WHAT’S
HERE? I’M REALLY GOING TO TEST THIS OUT. LET’S LOCK UP ALABAMA MINUS NINE. SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
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