1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:06,280 Check it out college football on the West Coast. This is Get Off My 2 00:00:06,480 --> 00:00:10,880 Pilon, a look at the PAC twelve and more, part of the College 3 00:00:10,919 --> 00:00:17,280 Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast network. Here's your host, Matt Zimon Welcome today's 4 00:00:17,399 --> 00:00:20,679 edition to Get Off My Pilon college football podcast. This is your host, 5 00:00:20,679 --> 00:00:24,920 Matt Zemach. We're part of the College GRIDIRN Coast to Coast podcast Network. 6 00:00:24,960 --> 00:00:29,359 We're brought to you by ticket Smarter at ticketsmarter dot com and the ticket Smarter 7 00:00:30,000 --> 00:00:34,679 mobile app. Get in the game with ticket Smarter and folks, you probably 8 00:00:34,759 --> 00:00:38,880 want my thoughts on the Florida State snub from the playoff, You'll get them, 9 00:00:38,920 --> 00:00:43,240 but that'll be in a separate standalone edition of this Get Off My Pilon 10 00:00:43,320 --> 00:00:48,640 podcast. But over the course the college football season in association with College GRIDIRN 11 00:00:48,719 --> 00:00:53,840 Coast to Coast, this podcast focuses on Western college football Pack twelve also a 12 00:00:53,880 --> 00:00:57,479 little bit of Mountain West, So this episode is just gonna stay focused on 13 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:00,520 the West, but rest assured you will get a bone to stand alone Get 14 00:01:00,520 --> 00:01:07,920 Off My Pylon on the Florida State snub and what it means so Washington is 15 00:01:07,959 --> 00:01:14,599 able to do it and you know, I did think that Oregon was going 16 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:19,359 to blow the doors off this game. Washington had just been barely scraping by 17 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:25,120 Oregon, had been consistent and authoritative the past several weeks. But you know, 18 00:01:25,280 --> 00:01:30,680 there is an art to navigating a full season thirteen games without a defeat, 19 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:34,599 and we've seen it really from several teams across the country. And you 20 00:01:34,599 --> 00:01:38,640 know, now a few teams went thirteen to zero, but other teams went 21 00:01:38,680 --> 00:01:44,879 twelve and one, which easily could have gone nine and four, nine and 22 00:01:45,000 --> 00:01:49,959 three. When you look at Alabama surviving on several occasions earlier in the season, 23 00:01:52,159 --> 00:01:59,079 but managing to rise and win their conference, be it at the top 24 00:01:59,200 --> 00:02:01,480 tier of the sport at the very end, you know, and we've seen 25 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:07,640 Nick Saban do this kind of thing several times. We also saw Texas get 26 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:12,199 through a number of land mines and get to twelve and one. One thing 27 00:02:12,240 --> 00:02:15,159 we have to keep in mind, I mean, there are no great teams 28 00:02:15,159 --> 00:02:19,919 in the sport this year. Let's let's reaffirm that larger overall point. You 29 00:02:19,960 --> 00:02:23,800 know, there's no twenty twenty one Georgia. Twenty twenty one Georgia was a 30 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:30,759 beast, you know, an absolute Goliath. Last year's Georgia team was really 31 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:34,639 really good, much better than this this year's Georgia team. Just as a 32 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,680 point of comparison, I mean, twenty nineteen LSU of Joe Burrow, that's 33 00:02:38,719 --> 00:02:46,560 a great all time team. You can find other examples of really great teams 34 00:02:46,560 --> 00:02:51,439 that transcended the rest of the fields. There is not any such team. 35 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:54,960 This year's just hasn't been one of those seasons. But when we talk about 36 00:02:55,400 --> 00:03:01,080 getting through the land mines and the obstacles and the trap with either that twelve 37 00:03:01,120 --> 00:03:07,800 to one conference championship or the perfect thirteen to zero record, one of the 38 00:03:08,400 --> 00:03:13,639 realities is that you're not going to be playing your best ball every week. 39 00:03:13,680 --> 00:03:19,080 You're not going to play with the same level of intensity every week. And 40 00:03:19,639 --> 00:03:23,280 there are some teams, and we've seen them through the years that you know, 41 00:03:23,439 --> 00:03:28,240 against ordinary opposition, they won't be especially fired up, they won't be 42 00:03:28,360 --> 00:03:32,479 especially locked in. But when the big game comes, when the elite opponent 43 00:03:32,639 --> 00:03:38,319 arrives, when arrival is on the other side of the ball, that team 44 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:46,719 really locks in, elevates its level of performance, elevates its level of physicality, 45 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:50,520 and so there's kind of a ropodope quality to it, and there's kind 46 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:54,120 of a play toier level of competition element to it as well. But when 47 00:03:54,159 --> 00:03:59,599 the lights are brightest, that team performs well. And that really does describe 48 00:04:00,080 --> 00:04:03,159 the Washington Huskies in twenty twenty three. And at the start of the season, 49 00:04:03,599 --> 00:04:06,360 you're trying to make a point, so every game, every moment, 50 00:04:06,479 --> 00:04:13,759 carries real urgency, and we saw Washington sprint out of the box authoritatively, 51 00:04:14,599 --> 00:04:17,759 you know, performing very strongly. And then you know that Arizona game when 52 00:04:17,759 --> 00:04:23,600 it beating Arizona thirty one to twenty four on September thirty. At the time, 53 00:04:23,639 --> 00:04:28,600 we thought it was a shaky effort, but realizing just how good Arizona 54 00:04:28,680 --> 00:04:31,759 became in the fullness of time, we can obviously look back on that and 55 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:36,319 see that game in Tucson in a very different light. So Washington was really 56 00:04:36,439 --> 00:04:42,000 very, very good. That game in against Arizona was not an elite performance, 57 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:44,680 but it was a win on the road against a team that turned out 58 00:04:44,720 --> 00:04:46,639 to be really, really good. So you know, it was not a 59 00:04:46,680 --> 00:04:50,519 win over a tomato can, a narrow win over a tomato can, which 60 00:04:50,519 --> 00:04:54,920 is what we thought at the time. That that game, while not a 61 00:04:54,959 --> 00:05:00,319 masterpiece, turned out to be a lot better in retrospect than the what we 62 00:05:00,399 --> 00:05:05,000 felt on the night of September thirtieth. So Washington goes through September most down 63 00:05:05,000 --> 00:05:08,959 its opponents, Handles Arizona on the road, a really good win there, 64 00:05:09,519 --> 00:05:14,040 and then you know, beats Oregon in Seattle on October fourteenth, and what 65 00:05:14,120 --> 00:05:18,079 was definitely a big boy football game, a fifteen round heavyweight fight, you 66 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:23,199 know, on which both teams not only looked the part you know of being 67 00:05:23,279 --> 00:05:27,560 playoff contenders, but you know they played the kind of game where you feel 68 00:05:27,639 --> 00:05:30,519 the moment, you feel that this is impressive, you feel that this is 69 00:05:30,600 --> 00:05:36,680 something significant. You know, there are big games where the two teams both 70 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:42,720 struggle, the game devolves into a pillow fight. You're not seeing the athleticism, 71 00:05:43,040 --> 00:05:47,399 You're not seeing two teams challenge each other to the full extent possible. 72 00:05:47,720 --> 00:05:51,079 I mean, the game might be close, but the game just doesn't jump 73 00:05:51,160 --> 00:05:56,800 off the page. A really good example of that the Penn State games in 74 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,959 the Big Ten. You know, Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, 75 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:03,079 Penn State. Okay, they were games involving highly ranked teams, but Penn 76 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:08,120 State just did not offer much of a test. So you know it was 77 00:06:08,519 --> 00:06:14,399 those games were important, they were publicized, but they did not live nearly 78 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:18,959 up to the hype which attended each of them. But Oregon Washington did in 79 00:06:19,519 --> 00:06:27,240 October, so that was a main stage event, and Washington was able to 80 00:06:27,279 --> 00:06:31,879 pass that test, Michael Pennix making the bigger plays than bon Nick's late to 81 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:36,800 give Washington a thirty six to thirty three win. And then so after that 82 00:06:38,079 --> 00:06:42,759 it was as though Washington, which had done a lot of heavy lifting to 83 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:46,839 that point, it's as though that team basically took a breath for really a 84 00:06:46,920 --> 00:06:54,439 month, a month, five weeks that Washington was really mentally fried, exhausted. 85 00:06:54,560 --> 00:06:59,720 And let's remember the off week for the Huskies came before the Oregon game, 86 00:07:00,399 --> 00:07:05,079 so Washington didn't have a week off in late October in early November, 87 00:07:05,120 --> 00:07:10,319 had to play week to week. Was getting every team's best shot. And 88 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:13,959 I know that, you know, like Utah didn't have Cam Rising and obviously 89 00:07:14,000 --> 00:07:19,279 Arizona State was injured and shorthanded, and the Huskies did not perform particularly well 90 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:27,240 against those teams, didn't perform especially great against Oregon State didn't score a point 91 00:07:27,240 --> 00:07:30,040 in the second half of that game in Corvallis, like there were a lot 92 00:07:30,079 --> 00:07:38,399 of warts and a lot of flaws, but Washington managed to win each of 93 00:07:38,439 --> 00:07:43,800 those games. The defense came up with clutch stops, particularly against Oregon State. 94 00:07:43,879 --> 00:07:47,120 The offense was able to take advantage of Alex Grinch and score fifty two 95 00:07:48,079 --> 00:07:56,839 against USC and win that one. So, you know, Washington really emptied 96 00:07:56,879 --> 00:08:00,759 the tank in the first half of the season through that Oregon game. And 97 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:07,279 then Washington played like a team which was tired and was running on fumes in 98 00:08:07,319 --> 00:08:11,959 the second half of the season. But even amid the exhaustion, even amid 99 00:08:11,160 --> 00:08:18,079 the the sense of you know, losing steam and really battling both fatigue and 100 00:08:18,240 --> 00:08:24,240 pressure in the backstretch of the season, that team still managed to win. 101 00:08:24,480 --> 00:08:30,040 And you could say that there was some degree of energy conservation going on there, 102 00:08:30,480 --> 00:08:33,559 that there was a realization that, hey, we can't put forth maximum 103 00:08:33,600 --> 00:08:39,720 effort every week the way we did against Oregon, but we're going to be 104 00:08:39,799 --> 00:08:43,360 there when we absolutely need to. That's the kind of profile, that's the 105 00:08:43,440 --> 00:08:48,240 kind of trajectory, that's the kind of identity that Washington carved out for itself. 106 00:08:50,080 --> 00:08:52,679 And you know, I'll admit that the fact that Washington was just barely 107 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:58,639 getting by while Oregon was just thumping people left and right. I thought that 108 00:08:58,759 --> 00:09:01,840 meant that this was all gonna a fall down for Washington in the PAC twelve 109 00:09:01,960 --> 00:09:07,799 championship game, uh in Las Vegas. I did think that Oregon with the 110 00:09:07,879 --> 00:09:13,320 revenge factor, you know, being the more motivated team, you know, 111 00:09:13,600 --> 00:09:16,799 a bitter rivalry, and often the second time around, you know, if 112 00:09:16,799 --> 00:09:20,519 the if the first game went one way, the second game was gonna go 113 00:09:20,679 --> 00:09:28,960 in a very different direction. But no, Washington after several weeks of of 114 00:09:28,080 --> 00:09:33,200 basically conserving fuel, and I didn't I didn't view the past several weeks as 115 00:09:33,279 --> 00:09:39,120 conserving fuel. I thought Washington was really, you know, just begging for 116 00:09:39,200 --> 00:09:45,879 a good team to finally deliver a butt kicking to the Huskies. That that's 117 00:09:45,960 --> 00:09:50,480 what how I sensed the past few weeks. But but seeing Washington just answer 118 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:54,240 that bell at the beginning of this game against Oregon in much the same way 119 00:09:54,279 --> 00:09:58,000 that it did the previous game. The first game in Seattle, you know, 120 00:09:58,039 --> 00:10:00,639 that was a It was a game that went down to the wire at 121 00:10:00,679 --> 00:10:03,759 the end. But Washington really did have the upper hand for most of the 122 00:10:03,759 --> 00:10:09,039 first two two and a half quarters. On October fourteenth, you know, 123 00:10:09,279 --> 00:10:15,840 Washington really did throw the first punches at Husky Stadium in Seattle, and we 124 00:10:15,879 --> 00:10:20,559 saw that again in the PAC twelve championship game. So that really told me. 125 00:10:22,000 --> 00:10:26,360 It really showed me that Washington was lying in wait, that Washington was, 126 00:10:26,919 --> 00:10:33,600 you know, just trying to get by against lesser teams. And it 127 00:10:35,440 --> 00:10:37,879 did cut things really close, there's no doubt about that. But it was 128 00:10:37,919 --> 00:10:43,360 able to stay on the right side of the line against those lesser teams and 129 00:10:43,399 --> 00:10:46,840 then with Oregon back on the schedule, the bitter rival you know, this 130 00:10:46,879 --> 00:10:52,600 is Washington Oregon. Just to be clear for those not in the Western United 131 00:10:52,600 --> 00:10:56,679 States, those looking non from the Midwest, the southeast, the northeast. 132 00:10:58,039 --> 00:11:01,120 You know, if you live in another part of the country and you don't 133 00:11:01,159 --> 00:11:07,720 follow this rivalry very closely, Washington Oregon is a much more bitter and nasty 134 00:11:07,840 --> 00:11:15,399 rivalry for these schools than Oregon Oregon State or Washington Washington State. I mean, 135 00:11:15,440 --> 00:11:20,480 those those rivalries matter and they're really important, but there is a nasty 136 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:26,879 edge to Washington Oregon, which isn't found quite to the same extent as the 137 00:11:28,200 --> 00:11:31,879 Civil War in the state of Oregon and the Apple Cup in Washington State. 138 00:11:33,279 --> 00:11:37,200 And so Washington under Kaylen de Boor, like, we have to look at 139 00:11:37,240 --> 00:11:41,720 this, Washington under Kayln de Boor regularly gets up for Dan Lanning and Oregon. 140 00:11:41,840 --> 00:11:46,799 I mean it's now three and ohero over the past two seasons. This 141 00:11:46,919 --> 00:11:52,120 brings up a big picture a connection with the twenty twenty two Pac twelve season. 142 00:11:54,159 --> 00:12:01,080 USC and Lincoln Riley lost twice to Kyle Whittingham and Utah. Last season, 143 00:12:01,879 --> 00:12:05,360 Kaitlyn de Boer and Washington able to beat Oregon and Dan Lanning twice. 144 00:12:07,000 --> 00:12:13,679 This season DeBoer three and oh over Lanning, Whittingham three and oh over Riley. 145 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:18,279 In twenty twenty two, USC wins eleven games, loses to one opponent 146 00:12:18,639 --> 00:12:24,240 in the regular season, but loses to that opponent twice, the second time 147 00:12:24,279 --> 00:12:28,919 being in the Pac twelve Championship game, fallows one win short of the College 148 00:12:28,919 --> 00:12:33,200 Football Playoff, goes to a New Year six Bowl against Tulaine, the Group 149 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:39,559 of five champion. In twenty twenty three, what happens with Oregon Like USC 150 00:12:39,759 --> 00:12:43,600 in twenty twenty two, the Ducks win eleven They lose to only one opponent 151 00:12:43,600 --> 00:12:46,879 in the regular season, but they lose to that opponent twice. They lose 152 00:12:46,919 --> 00:12:52,080 to that opponent in the Pac TWORF Championship game, fall one win short of 153 00:12:52,120 --> 00:12:56,759 the College Football Playoff, they're relegated to a New Year Six Bowl against the 154 00:12:56,879 --> 00:13:01,919 Group of Five champions. So in USC with the two losses to Utah last 155 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:09,240 year, Oregon with the two losses to Washington this year or twenty twenty two, 156 00:13:09,360 --> 00:13:16,320 USC twenty twenty three, Oregon virtually identical seasons one year after the other. 157 00:13:16,440 --> 00:13:20,559 It's fascinating to contemplate that. It's fascinating to contemplate, you know, 158 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:26,840 one coach winning three times against another in big games over the course of two 159 00:13:26,879 --> 00:13:33,039 seasons. That's both Kyle Whittingham over Riley in Utah USC, it's DeBoer over 160 00:13:33,159 --> 00:13:41,159 Landing in Washington Oregon. So like the Huskies have made themselves the kryptonite for 161 00:13:41,360 --> 00:13:46,679 Oregon in the Duboer Lanning clash. And we're gonna see if Lanning can now 162 00:13:46,759 --> 00:13:52,080 turn that around in the Big Ten next year. But it's too late for 163 00:13:52,159 --> 00:13:58,519 Oregon this year, and Washington goes to the College Football Playoff, the first 164 00:13:58,559 --> 00:14:03,919 PACTE team to make the playoffs since the Huskies did it in twenty sixteen. 165 00:14:03,960 --> 00:14:09,919 It's also the first Pac twelve team to go thirteen and oh, and it 166 00:14:09,960 --> 00:14:13,480 will be the only Pac twelve team to go thirteen and oh. You know 167 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:18,120 in the Pac twelve era, which began in twenty eleven, you know, 168 00:14:18,200 --> 00:14:24,840 with a conference championship game. So twenty eleven through twenty twenty three, this 169 00:14:24,159 --> 00:14:30,000 Washington team the only team to go thirteen and oh. It's quite a feat 170 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:35,960 for Kaitlin de boor, it's quite a feat for Michael Pennix. And having 171 00:14:35,080 --> 00:14:41,200 invoked the name of Michael Pennix, that's a good segue into the Heisman piece 172 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:46,879 about all of this. And so if you were to say that Jayden Daniels 173 00:14:46,919 --> 00:14:50,320 should be the Heisman Trophy winner for twenty twenty three, you know, I 174 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:54,799 would not say that you're wrong. I would say that, you know, 175 00:14:54,879 --> 00:15:01,240 I am voting for Michael Pennox. But you know, Michael Pennix left something 176 00:15:01,279 --> 00:15:05,240 on the table in a number of games. He was bad against Arizona State, 177 00:15:05,039 --> 00:15:11,799 he was not especially good against Washington State. He's had some games in 178 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:16,519 which he was pretty ordinary this season. And when you stack that up against 179 00:15:16,519 --> 00:15:22,039 what Jaden Daniels has been able to do statistically and in terms of just making 180 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:26,039 so many highlight reel plays. If you were to say Jaden Daniels is the 181 00:15:26,039 --> 00:15:28,639 best player in college football, I can understand that, Like that's that is 182 00:15:28,679 --> 00:15:33,000 a valid point of argument, and I'm not gonna, you know, push 183 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:37,440 back fiercely against it. I will push back against it, but I mean 184 00:15:37,519 --> 00:15:41,240 I will say that, like, that's an entirely valid point. If Jaden 185 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:46,639 Daniels does win the Heisman, it's not highway robbery, you know, relative 186 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:50,879 to Michael Pennix, not at all, because again, Pennix did scuffle on 187 00:15:50,919 --> 00:15:54,000 a number of occasions. You know, he wasn't that impressive again in the 188 00:15:54,039 --> 00:15:58,559 Oregon State game either, So like there were some games where Pennix was less 189 00:15:58,559 --> 00:16:03,519 than great. And so if you wanted to say that Jayden Daniels in twelve 190 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:07,879 games was better than Pennix and thirteen, like, you know, I can 191 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:11,120 accept that like that, it's a good argument. I think it's a it's 192 00:16:11,159 --> 00:16:17,399 a reasonable one. But here's why I think Michael Pennix should win the Heisman 193 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:21,159 Trophy. Like, if you ask me Pennix or Daniels, which one is 194 00:16:21,159 --> 00:16:25,799 it, I would lean Pennix. And it's I lean Pennis for the fact 195 00:16:25,799 --> 00:16:30,320 that you know, Jaden Daniels was not the best quarterback on the field against 196 00:16:30,440 --> 00:16:37,360 LSU, or because LSU against Florida State with Jordan Travis. Jordan Travis was 197 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:41,200 better in that game. He was not the best quarterback on the field against 198 00:16:41,279 --> 00:16:45,759 Alabama. Jalen Milroe was better in that game. And of course LSU fans 199 00:16:45,799 --> 00:16:49,799 and anyone else who's voting for Jaden Daniels as his Heisman Trophy winner is going 200 00:16:49,879 --> 00:16:55,080 to say, reasonably enough, but LSU's defense is awful, and you shouldn't 201 00:16:55,120 --> 00:16:59,720 penalize a guy for his defense being awful. I agree, I agree, 202 00:17:00,039 --> 00:17:04,799 But let's remember LSU did not even score thirty points against Alabama in that game 203 00:17:04,839 --> 00:17:11,799 against Tuscaloosa, and LSU's offense did run into a wall in that second half. 204 00:17:11,440 --> 00:17:15,480 I mean, if I would say this, if LSU had lost to 205 00:17:15,519 --> 00:17:21,079 Alabama forty two thirty eight instead of forty two twenty eight, forty two forty 206 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:26,400 one, uh, you know, instead of forty two twenty eight, that 207 00:17:26,400 --> 00:17:30,319 that would mean something that would that would change the equation, you know, 208 00:17:30,359 --> 00:17:36,359 And if LSU hadn't been dominated so thoroughly by Florida State in the second half 209 00:17:36,400 --> 00:17:41,599 of that season opener in Orlando, that would also change the equation. And 210 00:17:41,680 --> 00:17:49,039 you know, one of the basic realities of Jaden Daniels season is that he's 211 00:17:49,079 --> 00:17:52,880 had to do things pretty much by himself. And a lot of people will 212 00:17:53,000 --> 00:17:56,960 make the comparison to Caleb Williams at USC that you know, it's the Caleb 213 00:17:56,960 --> 00:18:00,400 Williams show. He's he's out there on his own. He has a terrible 214 00:18:00,440 --> 00:18:06,680 defense. You know, he doesn't have a whole lot of help, and 215 00:18:07,119 --> 00:18:11,359 that's true. But when we compare Jayden Daniels twenty twenty three to Caleb Williams 216 00:18:11,759 --> 00:18:15,680 hes been winning twenty twenty two season, there are a few things to sort 217 00:18:15,759 --> 00:18:22,279 through. First, you know, the other elite Heisman Trophy candidates in twenty 218 00:18:22,319 --> 00:18:26,880 twenty two, they didn't rise to the forefront the way Michael Pennix did. 219 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:30,319 You know, Hendon Hooker should have been a Heisman finalist, but you know, 220 00:18:30,359 --> 00:18:36,880 he did get injured late and Tennessee also faded late in that twenty twenty 221 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:41,920 two season, so you know that that something happened with Hooker, which doesn't 222 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:47,960 apply to Pennix. Max Duggan of TCU Duggan was, you know, kind 223 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:52,799 of a gamer, and by gamer, I'm talking about, you know, 224 00:18:52,839 --> 00:18:55,920 the guy who won't have the most electric stats, but like he makes the 225 00:18:56,000 --> 00:19:02,640 money play in the money situation. You know, college football fans might remember 226 00:19:02,759 --> 00:19:07,880 a guy named Jay Barker. He was the quarterback of the Alabama teams under 227 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,720 Gene Stallings in the early nineteen nineties. You know, not the most dazzling 228 00:19:11,799 --> 00:19:18,559 statistical monster at quarterback, but like you needed a late touchdown drive when all 229 00:19:18,559 --> 00:19:22,000 the chips were on the table, he would get it done for Alabama and 230 00:19:22,079 --> 00:19:30,799 Gene Stallins. Max Duggan of TCU, what was a lot like that in 231 00:19:30,880 --> 00:19:36,799 twenty twenty two. But Michael Pennix he's not a Jay Barker, you know, 232 00:19:36,920 --> 00:19:44,480 He's not a Max Duggan. He provided performance production as well as leadership 233 00:19:45,039 --> 00:19:49,079 as well as clutch playmaking ability. I think what Michael Pennix has done has 234 00:19:49,119 --> 00:19:53,920 been more than just you know, being a clutch player. He was a 235 00:19:55,000 --> 00:20:00,559 dynamic player. He's changed so much of the equation for Washington in ways which 236 00:20:00,599 --> 00:20:06,559 go beyond what Max Duggan did for TCU. Last season, dug In the 237 00:20:06,640 --> 00:20:11,559 runner up to Caleb Williams in the Heisman voting. And you know, in 238 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:17,240 terms of saying that Jayden Daniels and Caleb Williams are basically the same profile. 239 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:21,559 They basically had the same seasons. Caleb in twenty twenty two, of course, 240 00:20:22,559 --> 00:20:26,319 Jayden Daniels in twenty twenty three. Well, you know I mentioned earlier 241 00:20:26,680 --> 00:20:33,559 it would look and feel different for Jaden Daniels' Heisman candidacy if that LSU Alabama 242 00:20:33,599 --> 00:20:37,359 game was like a forty two, forty one, forty two to thirty eight 243 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:40,240 game which went down to the final few minutes. It did not do that. 244 00:20:40,680 --> 00:20:45,759 You know, when Caleb Williams lost in the twenty twenty two regular season, 245 00:20:47,160 --> 00:20:52,359 his first loss was forty three, forty two to Utah, So like 246 00:20:52,400 --> 00:20:56,119 that wasn't a forty two to twenty eight game in which USC's offense just kind 247 00:20:56,119 --> 00:21:00,599 of faded away. Caleb Williams was great throughout that game, and he loses 248 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:04,279 because Cam Rising in Utah convert a late two point conversion, you know, 249 00:21:04,319 --> 00:21:11,640 in the final minutes. That's really different from the LSU Alabama loss that that 250 00:21:12,000 --> 00:21:17,119 Jade and Daniels suffered, and also the LSU Florida State loss. Neither one 251 00:21:17,160 --> 00:21:21,119 of those games went down to the wire. Was Caleb lost a forty three 252 00:21:21,079 --> 00:21:22,960 to forty two game and then in the pack to have changed the game. 253 00:21:23,000 --> 00:21:27,359 You know, he gets injured, So that's kind of a separate matter that 254 00:21:27,440 --> 00:21:33,000 you know, he tried to lead his team back will hurt, but you 255 00:21:33,039 --> 00:21:36,920 know he couldn't continue he was damaged. So that kind of goes into its 256 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:41,160 own separate category. But I would say that Caleb Williams and Jaden Daniels if 257 00:21:41,160 --> 00:21:45,960 you can, if you compare Caleb's Heisman season in twenty twenty two to jade 258 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:49,119 and daniels season in twenty twenty three, you know, jad and daniels numbers 259 00:21:49,160 --> 00:21:53,680 are spectacular, but in terms of being the best player in college football, 260 00:21:53,680 --> 00:22:00,720 in terms of being the best player on the field, Caleb Williams really stands 261 00:22:00,799 --> 00:22:04,359 up a lot better than Jaydon Daniels does. Because Caleb Williams was still the 262 00:22:04,400 --> 00:22:12,440 best player on the field when USC lost forty three forty two to Utah in 263 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:18,000 the October of twenty twenty two. Now, Dalton Kincaid of Utah had an 264 00:22:18,000 --> 00:22:22,599 amazing game sixteen catches for two hundred and thirty four yards. I mean, 265 00:22:22,799 --> 00:22:25,839 he was right there with Caleb in terms of being the best player on the 266 00:22:25,839 --> 00:22:29,960 field. But of course he's going against an Alex Grinch defense, So you 267 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:36,480 know, you can kind of adjust that evaluation to a certain degree. But 268 00:22:36,599 --> 00:22:41,920 Caleb Williams was magnificent in that game against Utah. Jayden Daniels was not magnificent 269 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:47,839 in LSU's losses this season. Now against ole Miss, you know, that 270 00:22:48,000 --> 00:22:52,240 was just a video game shootout. There's a reason I haven't mentioned that game. 271 00:22:52,440 --> 00:22:55,519 It's like, you can't hang that one on Jaydon Daniels. LSU scored 272 00:22:56,039 --> 00:23:00,119 a billion points against ole Miss, but gave up even more. But but 273 00:23:00,799 --> 00:23:07,079 it's those Alabama and Florida State games that I've been focusing on. If you're 274 00:23:07,119 --> 00:23:11,680 not the best quarterback on the field in two high profile games against the lead 275 00:23:11,759 --> 00:23:17,720 opposition, that really for me erose the idea that you're the best player in 276 00:23:17,759 --> 00:23:23,480 college football. And So even though Michael Pennix struggled in a number of Washington's 277 00:23:23,519 --> 00:23:30,200 games down the stretch Arizona State, Oregon State, and also Washington State, 278 00:23:30,759 --> 00:23:33,119 I mean, I'll admit he was, you know, mediocre in all three 279 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:38,200 games. What he did in the first half of the season, what he 280 00:23:38,240 --> 00:23:42,799 did in Washington's really big games in the second half of the season. Twice 281 00:23:42,839 --> 00:23:48,119 against Oregon, putting fifty two against USC when Caleb Williams was you know, 282 00:23:48,279 --> 00:23:56,599 dealing in USC's offense was extremely good that night in Los Angeles. I think 283 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,839 when you put all the pieces together, for me, Michael Pennix rates a 284 00:24:00,920 --> 00:24:07,160 little bit better than Caleb Williams. Other than Caleb Williams, Pennix rates a 285 00:24:07,160 --> 00:24:11,920 little bit better than Jayden Daniels. But you know it, to be fair 286 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:17,920 to LSU fans and to be fair to Jaden Daniels and anyone else who thinks 287 00:24:17,960 --> 00:24:21,000 he deserves the Heisman, are going to be clear. If he wins the 288 00:24:21,039 --> 00:24:26,000 Heisman, it's no injustice. You know, there have been injustices in the 289 00:24:26,039 --> 00:24:32,480 history of the Heisman Trophy. One obvious example is Gino Torretta over Marshall Fulk 290 00:24:33,319 --> 00:24:38,160 in nineteen ninety two. That was awful. Eric Crouch over Rex Grossman in 291 00:24:38,240 --> 00:24:42,799 two thousand and one that was also awful. You know, there have been 292 00:24:42,880 --> 00:24:51,400 some truly horrendous Heisman decisions in history. Jaden Daniels over Michael Pennix, if 293 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:55,079 it happens, would not be one of them. So I'll be very clear 294 00:24:55,119 --> 00:24:59,400 there. If Jaden Daniels wins, it's not a travesty. It's not horrible. 295 00:24:59,720 --> 00:25:03,480 You know, Florida State getting snubbed, that was a travesty. That 296 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:10,279 was horrible. No, Jaden Daniels winning it would be perfectly reasonable, perfectly 297 00:25:10,319 --> 00:25:14,240 acceptable. But if you did give me a vote, and I don't have 298 00:25:14,279 --> 00:25:17,920 one, so LSU fans can rejoice, But if you did give me a 299 00:25:18,039 --> 00:25:22,400 vote, I would go. Michael Pennix won, Jaden Daniels a very close 300 00:25:22,920 --> 00:25:27,880 second, and Bonix of Oregon third. 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They 327 00:27:52,799 --> 00:27:56,680 roared to the finish line, getting to the Mountain West Championship game, and 328 00:27:56,759 --> 00:28:03,960 then they thumped UNLV in Las Vegas to bring home another conference title. You 329 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:08,559 know, Boise State just delivered authoritative statements down the stretch, and you know, 330 00:28:08,599 --> 00:28:11,640 as we look at the Mountain West season in review, and you know, 331 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:15,039 if you've been following our podcast, you know the story. But if 332 00:28:15,079 --> 00:28:19,319 you haven't been listing every week, you know, this is the simple summary 333 00:28:19,319 --> 00:28:22,759 of the Mountain West season. Air Force and Fresno State were the two best 334 00:28:22,799 --> 00:28:27,200 teams in the conference through November four, and then in the in the last 335 00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:33,519 month of the season, just everything flipped. Air Force and Fresno State imploded, 336 00:28:33,039 --> 00:28:38,799 lost multiple games. UNLV kept coming on, was very consistent, got 337 00:28:38,799 --> 00:28:44,759 the number one seed in the conference, hosted this championship game, but Boise 338 00:28:44,920 --> 00:28:48,680 State made that late stretch run. And with Fresno State, you know, 339 00:28:48,720 --> 00:28:52,599 losing multiple games, Boise State had lost to Fresno State on the road. 340 00:28:53,039 --> 00:28:56,920 But with Fresno State's collapse, you know, that tiebreaker, that head to 341 00:28:56,960 --> 00:29:02,920 head which favored Fresno State was no longer in play, Boise State able to 342 00:29:02,920 --> 00:29:07,079 get into the title game and then make the most of it, just absolutely 343 00:29:07,160 --> 00:29:11,640 demolishing UNLV. It was one way traffic pretty much the whole way through. 344 00:29:14,319 --> 00:29:17,799 And so now Boise State fans enter twenty twenty four thinking, you know what, 345 00:29:18,279 --> 00:29:22,400 We're back to being ourselves. We're back to being the big chief in 346 00:29:22,440 --> 00:29:27,839 our conference. And with Avalos no longer a board, Spencer Danielson now guiding 347 00:29:27,880 --> 00:29:32,559 the program, you know, Boise State fans have a reason to think that, 348 00:29:32,599 --> 00:29:34,319 hey, we can get back to being what we expect to be, 349 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:40,240 and that is a ten win program, a program which has a chance to 350 00:29:40,319 --> 00:29:44,599 win the Group of five championship. You know, the past few years this 351 00:29:44,680 --> 00:29:48,480 has not been the Mountain West's title to win. You know, we had 352 00:29:48,519 --> 00:29:53,839 Tulane last year, now Liberty this year. SMU feeling wronged that it should 353 00:29:53,839 --> 00:29:57,920 have been the Group of five champion because Liberty did not play a single Power 354 00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:03,960 five opponent. You know, so the Mountain West you know, definitely wants 355 00:30:04,000 --> 00:30:10,519 to get back in that group of five championship winner circle, and Boise State 356 00:30:11,039 --> 00:30:15,759 could be the team to do it next year with Spencer Danielson really reviving that 357 00:30:15,839 --> 00:30:21,200 team after Andy Avolos was fired. And and you know, that's also a 358 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:25,720 reminder that you know, if coaching, if firing coaches in the middle of 359 00:30:25,759 --> 00:30:30,440 a season seems harsh, You know, when you have the expectations that Boise 360 00:30:30,519 --> 00:30:33,920 State rightly does, and you see that ship sailing in the wrong direction, 361 00:30:34,799 --> 00:30:37,440 you cannot wait. You cannot wait, at least, you know, before 362 00:30:37,480 --> 00:30:42,200 the season's over, or at least before all your dreams and your goals die. 363 00:30:44,279 --> 00:30:45,920 Make that move. You know, if you can still win the conference, 364 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:49,319 if you can still get into the conference championship game, if you can 365 00:30:49,359 --> 00:30:55,680 still make a New Year's Six Bowl, and firing the coach in the middle 366 00:30:55,680 --> 00:30:57,759 of the season will help you do that. You know, at a program 367 00:30:57,799 --> 00:31:03,119 which expects football success, you need to pull the trigger. And so Boise 368 00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:08,079 State's athletic director Jeremiah Dickey, but he was right on top of it, 369 00:31:08,119 --> 00:31:14,880 made the move in time to rescue the season. Spencer Danielson coaches the heck 370 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:18,160 out of that team, and now Boise State is the Mountain West champion. 371 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:26,000 It's going to be a really an interesting Los Angeles Bowl against UCLA. And 372 00:31:26,039 --> 00:31:30,880 that's the segue to our other remaining topic on the Get Off My Pylon College 373 00:31:30,880 --> 00:31:37,079 Football podcast, and that is UCLA losing its defensive coordinator de'anton Lynn to USC. 374 00:31:37,359 --> 00:31:45,759 The Trojans swoop in and poach D'Anton lynn from Chip Kelly and UCLA, 375 00:31:45,279 --> 00:31:52,359 and we have to just say it that because UCLA did not fire Chip Kelly 376 00:31:52,440 --> 00:32:00,680 after getting firebombed thirty three to seven by Cal on Thanksgiving weekend. You know, 377 00:32:00,160 --> 00:32:06,759 by not firing Chip Kelly, you saw a portal exodus from the Bruins. 378 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:12,559 You saw a lot of players leave the program. You saw fans express 379 00:32:12,640 --> 00:32:19,960 their displeasure with you, with UCLA and athletic director Martin Jarmond for retaining Chip. 380 00:32:20,519 --> 00:32:25,440 So de'anton lynn looks at everything happening in Westwood with the Bruins and he 381 00:32:25,519 --> 00:32:30,319 says, you know what, next year is not gonna be fun. Next 382 00:32:30,359 --> 00:32:36,799 year is likely to be miserable with Chip Kelly, you know, staying around, 383 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:39,759 I'm gonna jump off this ship, and I'm gonna jump off this ship, 384 00:32:39,759 --> 00:32:44,400 but I'm gonna stay in Los Angeles, so I don't have to uproot 385 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,240 my situation. I don't have to uproot my family, but I'll have a 386 00:32:47,319 --> 00:32:52,519 chance to maybe compete for a national championship and I'll be able to compete against 387 00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:55,759 the best of the best in the Big Ten. And hey, de'anton Lynn, 388 00:32:55,799 --> 00:33:01,839 you know, he's already made connections with Southern California based high school coaches 389 00:33:01,880 --> 00:33:07,039 and programs because of his work at UCLA. So like, he doesn't have 390 00:33:07,119 --> 00:33:14,480 to meet these coaches anew, he already has relationships with them. And so 391 00:33:14,640 --> 00:33:20,480 what a coup for USC and Lincoln Riley to get a guy who has the 392 00:33:20,680 --> 00:33:24,480 x n O acumen of Dean tong Lynn. You know, UCLA was number 393 00:33:24,559 --> 00:33:30,000 eleven in total defense this season after being eighty nine the year before. That's 394 00:33:30,039 --> 00:33:36,759 a massive jump. UCLA very strong in run defense. This season. UCLA 395 00:33:36,839 --> 00:33:42,960 was tough and it was physical. UCLA's defense smothered USC's offense, smothered Lincoln 396 00:33:43,039 --> 00:33:47,440 Riley's offense. So Lincoln Riley not only gets a coach who knows how to 397 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:52,000 teach tough, physical defense, but you know, because of what de'anton Lynn 398 00:33:52,039 --> 00:33:57,319 did to Lincoln Riley's offense, Lincoln Riley has a guy who can, you 399 00:33:57,359 --> 00:34:02,119 know, work with him in the room and play a role in self scouting. 400 00:34:02,960 --> 00:34:07,480 You know, D'Anton lynn can tell Lincoln Riley, Hey, this is 401 00:34:07,559 --> 00:34:13,480 how I attacked your offense. This is how I broke down and solved your 402 00:34:13,519 --> 00:34:20,800 offense with Caleb Williams. Here's what other Big ten defensive coordinators are likely to 403 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:24,800 do against your offense. I can help you self scout, and I can 404 00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:30,880 help you come up with solutions, you know, for making your offense harder 405 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:37,079 to predict, harder to defend. So Lincoln Riley's getting an X and O 406 00:34:37,199 --> 00:34:40,440 guy. He's getting a self scouting guy. He's getting a guy who already 407 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:46,960 knows the Los Angeles and Southern California high school football recruiting landscape. He gets 408 00:34:46,960 --> 00:34:51,000 a young guy. D'Anton Lynn is thirty four years old, so he's going 409 00:34:51,039 --> 00:34:54,880 to be a hungry, passionate recruiter. De'anton lynn has an NFL experience, 410 00:34:54,960 --> 00:35:00,719 including and especially with the Baltimore Ravens. So if you're a defensive prospect, 411 00:35:01,119 --> 00:35:05,400 whether on the recruiting trail or in the transfer portal, you're going to look 412 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,840 at D'Anton Lennon's and say, hey, whoa that guy? Coached Baltimore Ravens 413 00:35:08,920 --> 00:35:14,119 safeties. That's a guy for me. That's the guy who's going to help 414 00:35:14,119 --> 00:35:17,199 me get to the NFL. So even though D'Anton lynn doesn't have this long 415 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:23,920 recruiting track record because he was an NFL assistant for several years before spending his 416 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:29,480 one year at UCLA, he doesn't have a lot of recruiting scalps on the 417 00:35:29,519 --> 00:35:37,159 resume, but his NFL portfolio that is going to recruit itself. That is 418 00:35:37,199 --> 00:35:44,119 going to be an effective recruiting tool. And D'Anton lynn at thirty four, 419 00:35:44,760 --> 00:35:46,159 he's going to really get after on the trail. He's not going to be 420 00:35:46,159 --> 00:35:51,119 one of those coordinators who is just going to focus on the x's and o's 421 00:35:51,119 --> 00:35:54,360 while other staffers go out and do the recruiting. You know, hypothetical, 422 00:35:54,440 --> 00:36:01,559 if USC had hired Tom Allen for really the head coach of Indiana as its 423 00:36:01,559 --> 00:36:07,320 defensive coordinator. You know, so Tom Allen wouldn't have those built in relationships 424 00:36:07,360 --> 00:36:12,800 with southern California high school coaches. Tom Allen might not have been nearly as 425 00:36:12,880 --> 00:36:16,199 much of a hands on recruiter and and you know, so it would have 426 00:36:16,199 --> 00:36:21,760 been up to position coaches on the defensive side of the ball. Uh, 427 00:36:21,559 --> 00:36:24,400 you know, to be filled in on the staff. Uh, you know, 428 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:28,760 to comprise the rest of the staff and be the guys who were more 429 00:36:28,800 --> 00:36:32,920 of the lead recruiters on defense. Just as a hypothetical, that's how it 430 00:36:32,920 --> 00:36:37,000 would have been with Tom Allen that you you entrust a guy like Tom Allen, 431 00:36:37,039 --> 00:36:42,840 you know, an older, older coordinator without Southern California connections, you 432 00:36:42,840 --> 00:36:46,320 could enable. You could just tell Tom Allen say, hey, you go 433 00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:51,079 and coach the defense. We'll get you some position coaches who will do the 434 00:36:51,119 --> 00:36:54,639 recruiting on the defensive side of the ball. US. He could have done 435 00:36:54,679 --> 00:37:00,320 that and it would have been fine. But with de'anton lynn, you're really 436 00:37:00,360 --> 00:37:05,079 getting everything. You're getting the recruiting piece as well as the X and O 437 00:37:05,239 --> 00:37:12,599 piece. You're getting a guy with the NFL connections. Really a masterstroke by 438 00:37:12,679 --> 00:37:16,440 Lincoln Riley and what one should also say, a moment which shows that yes, 439 00:37:16,519 --> 00:37:22,119 he's capable of hiring a really good defensive coordinator. He's capable of making 440 00:37:22,159 --> 00:37:25,840 a decision which shows that he actually takes defense seriously. I mean a lot 441 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:30,360 of people doubted that Lincoln Riley was capable of even this much. You know, 442 00:37:30,519 --> 00:37:35,760 and to a certain extent that's reasonable. It was reasonable to doubt Lincoln 443 00:37:35,840 --> 00:37:39,760 Riley because he held on to Alex Grinch for so long. But nevertheless, 444 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:45,360 like we all knew that he had to eventually make a change. This defensive 445 00:37:45,400 --> 00:37:50,159 coordinator higher was going to reveal a lot about Lincoln Riley. It's pretty clear 446 00:37:50,159 --> 00:37:57,320 that Lincoln Riley also USC Athletic Director Jennifer Cohen passed the test. They passed 447 00:37:57,320 --> 00:38:01,519 the test in terms of bringing aboard a serious defensive coordinator, also someone who's 448 00:38:01,639 --> 00:38:08,119 likely to be able to recruit in Los Angeles, in southern California and establish 449 00:38:08,360 --> 00:38:17,079 the physical defense that the USC Trojans have been missing. So like that is 450 00:38:17,159 --> 00:38:22,599 really impressive, and it also just reminds us that UCLA should have fired chip 451 00:38:22,679 --> 00:38:28,920 Kelly. If UCLA had fired chip Kelly, it probably would have promoted D'Anton 452 00:38:29,000 --> 00:38:35,400 lynn to head coach, and it could have avoided this scenario with USC going 453 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:42,719 to Westwood and poaching the Bruins defensive coordinator. UCLA with Chip Kelly and without 454 00:38:42,800 --> 00:38:46,599 di'anton lynn, Chip is in a world of hurt and so are the Bruins, 455 00:38:47,519 --> 00:38:52,360 and it is a real mess there at UCLA. Fans Hey, you 456 00:38:52,360 --> 00:38:58,280 should just be focused on college basketball right now. So those are the main 457 00:38:58,320 --> 00:39:02,199 stories from from the past weekend. I know we have a bowl season. 458 00:39:02,360 --> 00:39:07,920 I'm gonna tell you I am not particularly interested in this bowl season after seeing 459 00:39:07,920 --> 00:39:14,000 that Florida State snub and again you'll get a bonus get off my pylon in 460 00:39:14,039 --> 00:39:19,800 a separate standalone episode. But this bowl schedule and the way this bull process 461 00:39:19,840 --> 00:39:24,639 went down not very satisfying. It was a real black eye, real black 462 00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:30,960 mark for college football. But we will talk about the bowl games next week. 463 00:39:30,000 --> 00:39:36,440 We will deal with all the Pac twelve bowl matchups and also some transfer, 464 00:39:36,519 --> 00:39:43,360 portal and coaching carousel storylines and themes. But for this week, you 465 00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:49,000 know, with Oregon losing again to Washington, with the Huskies making the College 466 00:39:49,039 --> 00:39:52,559 Football Playoff, with Michael Pennix making his case for the Heisman Trophy and bo 467 00:39:52,719 --> 00:39:59,440 Nix likely losing the award, and then Boise State winning the Mountain West Championship, 468 00:39:59,519 --> 00:40:05,679 Spencer Danielson being elevated to a permanent head coach in Boise with the Broncos, 469 00:40:06,320 --> 00:40:12,960 and then USC stealing away at UCLA's defensive coordinator de'anton Lynn. But those 470 00:40:13,000 --> 00:40:19,000 are some big headline stories to talk about in Western college football, and Western 471 00:40:19,039 --> 00:40:22,840 college football is what we talk about here on the Get Off My Pilon College 472 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:28,039 Football podcast, part of the College were Down Coast to Coast podcast network, 473 00:40:28,320 --> 00:40:31,719 brought to you by ticket Smarter at ticketsmarter dot com and the ticket Smarter mobile 474 00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:37,039 app. Get in the game with ticket Smarter. So thanks for listening. 475 00:40:37,159 --> 00:40:40,559 This is Matt Zemk. This has been another edition of the Get Off My 476 00:40:40,639 --> 00:40:43,360 Pilon College Football Podcast