1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:05,519 Check it out college football on the West Coast. This is Get Off My 2 00:00:05,719 --> 00:00:10,160 Pylon, a look at the Pac twelve and more, part of the college 3 00:00:10,160 --> 00:00:16,519 Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast network. Here's your host, Matt Zemmick Colokay, 4 00:00:16,519 --> 00:00:20,800 it's the latest edition of Get Off My Pylon College football podcast. This is 5 00:00:20,839 --> 00:00:25,280 your host, Matt Zemming. Week two is has come and gone, and 6 00:00:25,600 --> 00:00:29,160 you know, there's not a lot to look forward to in week three of 7 00:00:29,199 --> 00:00:34,359 this college football season. You've probably noticed, regardless of which part of the 8 00:00:34,399 --> 00:00:38,320 country you're from, whether it's in the West and the Pac twelve, which 9 00:00:38,359 --> 00:00:40,880 we cover here on Get Off My Pylon, or any other part of the 10 00:00:40,920 --> 00:00:46,479 country, pretty slim pickings in terms of the schedule offerings for this week going. 11 00:00:46,560 --> 00:00:52,520 That's why ESPN College Game Day went to Colorado State Colorado, a game 12 00:00:52,560 --> 00:00:56,759 in which Colorado was favored by twenty four points. If that's the game day 13 00:00:56,799 --> 00:01:03,560 game, you know it's a very very light slate. LSU Mississippi State could 14 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:07,400 be a little bit interesting. You know, Washington at Michigan State. You 15 00:01:07,439 --> 00:01:11,079 know, teams that are going to be in the Big Ten next year together 16 00:01:11,519 --> 00:01:15,519 that could be interesting. Of course, you know the melt Tucker drama at 17 00:01:15,560 --> 00:01:19,280 Michigan State. You know, that lends a little extra element of intrigue to 18 00:01:19,359 --> 00:01:23,040 that particular game. But yeah, it's a pretty light slate, and of 19 00:01:23,079 --> 00:01:27,359 course, you know, just around the bend after week three, then you 20 00:01:27,439 --> 00:01:32,280 get into week four. Week four is spectacular. Week four, September twenty 21 00:01:32,359 --> 00:01:38,159 three, You're going to have Florida State, Clemson, Notre Dame, Ohio 22 00:01:38,319 --> 00:01:44,920 State, Alabama, Ole, miss lots of other showcase games, Ucla, 23 00:01:45,079 --> 00:01:49,480 Utah, Uh, you know, Oregon, Colorado. Week four is going 24 00:01:49,519 --> 00:01:55,599 to be spectacular. But Week three not a lot to look at really in 25 00:01:55,719 --> 00:02:00,000 Western college football or really college football across the country. So we're just gonna 26 00:02:00,040 --> 00:02:05,719 focus on week two and what has come and gone in the PAC twelve. 27 00:02:06,680 --> 00:02:10,039 Here it get off my pilot. So I think one of the big overall 28 00:02:10,840 --> 00:02:15,960 talking points, one of the big overall stories we face in the PAC twelve 29 00:02:15,759 --> 00:02:20,919 after two weeks, obviously, conference doing really well, twenty one and four 30 00:02:21,000 --> 00:02:25,120 overall record. One conference game was played that was USC Stanford, So non 31 00:02:25,199 --> 00:02:32,360 conference PAC twelve twenty and three after the past weekend and Arizona almost beat Mississippi 32 00:02:32,360 --> 00:02:38,439 State, took the Bulldogs to overtime in Starkville, despite committing a ton of 33 00:02:38,439 --> 00:02:43,080 turnovers like Arizona committed four early turnovers. That game frankly should have been a 34 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:49,120 blot. So Arizona competed extremely well, you know, overcoming its mistakes and 35 00:02:49,199 --> 00:02:53,840 nearly coming out of Starkville with a win. But gosh, Jaden Laura like, 36 00:02:53,199 --> 00:02:58,759 you have to cut down the turnovers, man. You have to find 37 00:02:58,800 --> 00:03:04,199 a way to display better ball security. Arizona ceiling rises if Dolora can ever 38 00:03:04,759 --> 00:03:08,000 figure out that part of the equation. But nevertheless, Arizona with a good 39 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:15,400 showing, very nearly upsetting Mississippi State, Arizona State, you know, in 40 00:03:15,479 --> 00:03:20,039 a total rebuild under Kenny Dellingham. Losing to Oklahoma State at home, I 41 00:03:20,039 --> 00:03:23,280 mean it's a It's not a bad loss in the sense that Arizona State was 42 00:03:23,319 --> 00:03:28,599 expected to be at the bottom of the Pac twelve, but there is a 43 00:03:28,639 --> 00:03:32,800 sense to a degree that this was a fish that got away because Oklahoma State 44 00:03:32,879 --> 00:03:38,199 was shuttling through quarterbacks Mike Gundy like a mad scientist, and this was not 45 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:43,680 in a good way. Gundy seemed to have some momentum in that game, 46 00:03:43,719 --> 00:03:47,599 and then he switched quarterbacks at seemingly the worst or at least the most confusing 47 00:03:47,680 --> 00:03:53,680 possible moment. Oklahoma State made that game more difficult on itself than it should 48 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:58,240 have been, and Arizona State had a chance to win. That game was 49 00:03:58,639 --> 00:04:01,759 consistently close, but the Sun Devils could not come up with the win. 50 00:04:01,840 --> 00:04:06,520 And the Sun Devils have several offensive linemen out like that was the big limitation 51 00:04:06,560 --> 00:04:10,360 there. So I'm not gonna say Arizona State should have won, but it 52 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:15,039 could have one. But nevertheless, being competitive with Oklahoma State, you know 53 00:04:15,120 --> 00:04:20,319 that's that's certainly not a terrible result for Dillingham. Like being competitive with Mike 54 00:04:20,399 --> 00:04:27,480 Gundy's Oklahoma State program, you know that that's uh, that's somebody for Dillingham 55 00:04:27,639 --> 00:04:31,279 and his staff to build on as as the season goes forward. Now here's 56 00:04:31,319 --> 00:04:35,680 the one where the Pac twelve really should have won a game but didn't. 57 00:04:35,879 --> 00:04:42,879 Cal outplayed Auburn and Hugh Freeze most of the night in Berkeley, but what 58 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:50,319 happened missed three different field goals. Cal had the ball inside the Auburn forty 59 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:58,800 on seven different drives during this game and scored ten total points. And that 60 00:04:58,959 --> 00:05:02,079 is just a that's hard to do. That is hard to do. Even 61 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:06,879 if you have a bad offense seven times inside the forty and you get only 62 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:11,600 ten points for the whole game. And yes, the three missed field goals, 63 00:05:11,639 --> 00:05:15,279 but there were a couple of other possessions that got inside the forty and 64 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:20,279 didn't score, not even a single point, and Auburn was able to get 65 00:05:20,319 --> 00:05:26,199 You know that one second half touchdown, put together one good second half drive. 66 00:05:26,279 --> 00:05:29,439 That's all Auburn did in the second half. The rest of the night, 67 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:35,199 Auburn was horrible on offense, but one good touchdown drive in the second 68 00:05:35,279 --> 00:05:42,199 half was enough for the Tigers to go into Berkeley and win. So you 69 00:05:42,199 --> 00:05:45,240 know, that is the game that the Pack twelve really should have won, 70 00:05:45,639 --> 00:05:50,759 and it didn't come up with a victory. In Week two, But on 71 00:05:50,800 --> 00:05:55,639 the other side of the equation, you had Pac twelve teams in trouble and 72 00:05:55,680 --> 00:05:58,600 they were able to pull a win out of the fire. And the foremost 73 00:05:58,639 --> 00:06:03,279 example of this is Utah cam Rising not healthy, not healthy enough at least 74 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:08,720 to play against Baylor in Waco against Dave Randa. You can say what you 75 00:06:08,759 --> 00:06:12,920 want about Dave Randa as a head coach, that's up for debate, but 76 00:06:13,199 --> 00:06:16,519 no question that His defensive chops are elite. You know, he's a great 77 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:24,920 defensive tactics tactician, and he had Utah bottled up for almost all of that 78 00:06:25,000 --> 00:06:30,319 game, Baylor leading thirteen to three in the second half and seemingly on its 79 00:06:30,399 --> 00:06:35,720 way to victory. But then what happened the Utah staff just in the nick 80 00:06:35,759 --> 00:06:43,480 of time. I mean, this game was just headed for defeat. Excuse 81 00:06:43,519 --> 00:06:48,680 me, it was slipping away. And then Utah removed the removed Bryson Barnes. 82 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:53,920 Bryson Barnes, you know who played in two different Rose Bowls. When 83 00:06:53,959 --> 00:06:59,040 Cam Rising got hurt. He started in the Utah win at Washington State on 84 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:03,240 a Thursday night season. He started the Florida game in Week one of this 85 00:07:03,279 --> 00:07:09,040 season. This was not his first rodeo. Like Bryson Barnes has had plenty 86 00:07:09,040 --> 00:07:14,720 of experience starting, not just playing, but starting for Utah football. And 87 00:07:14,839 --> 00:07:18,959 you know he's he's no Cam Rising, but like he's a decent competent quarterback 88 00:07:19,120 --> 00:07:24,759 in general. I mean that's that certainly was the larger read on him going 89 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:29,160 into this game against Baylor. But against Baylor for whatever reason it was, 90 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:33,560 and this was an eleven am local time kickoff and Waco heat index was high. 91 00:07:33,600 --> 00:07:39,240 Heat index was over a hundred, the temperature was ninety seven or so, 92 00:07:39,360 --> 00:07:44,879 and humidity was considerable. So not comfortable conditions. And we've all gone 93 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:48,839 through a day when morning heat, you know, is higher than we'd like. 94 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,360 I mean, I've certainly been through a lot of these days in my 95 00:07:51,399 --> 00:07:57,120 lifetime living in Phoenix, you know, so the heat might have just really 96 00:07:57,120 --> 00:08:01,959 gotten to Bryson Barnes. The conditions were certainly uncomfortable. For whatever reason, 97 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:09,240 Bryson Barnes was just really really slow in processing, throwing, basically doing everything 98 00:08:09,240 --> 00:08:13,399 that a quarterback is supposed to do. The game was just way too fast 99 00:08:13,480 --> 00:08:20,399 for him. He was not thinking, reacting, responding clearly. And you 100 00:08:20,439 --> 00:08:22,839 know, athletes have to get to a point where but you know, whatever 101 00:08:22,879 --> 00:08:28,079 you do, whatever it is that you're trained to do, it comes naturally. 102 00:08:28,120 --> 00:08:31,840 You're not thinking about it. You just automatically respond. The body automatically 103 00:08:33,000 --> 00:08:37,720 does what it's been trained to do. What that training was not emerging for 104 00:08:37,759 --> 00:08:41,519 Bryceon Barnes. So Utah staff down thirteen three in that second half. They 105 00:08:41,559 --> 00:08:46,759 had to go to Nate Johnson. They had to go to their faster quarterback 106 00:08:46,279 --> 00:08:54,039 with much more considerable running capabilities, and sure enough, getting Nate Johnson loose 107 00:08:54,159 --> 00:09:01,720 for some rushing yards on some quarterback keepers that made Baylor's defense finally hesitate, 108 00:09:01,159 --> 00:09:05,039 And just that little bit of hesitancy, a little bit of uncertainty in terms 109 00:09:05,080 --> 00:09:09,759 of whether Nate Johnson is going to throw or run or hand the ball off 110 00:09:11,279 --> 00:09:16,200 Utah finally created a little bit of confusion on the Baylor defense. The offense 111 00:09:16,279 --> 00:09:20,559 opened up for Utah, so the youth's score. And then at the very 112 00:09:20,879 --> 00:09:26,799 very late in regulation, Baylor was going with a backup quarterback in this game 113 00:09:26,840 --> 00:09:30,240 as well, and this is where Utah figure to have an advantage because Bryson 114 00:09:30,279 --> 00:09:33,440 Barnes was supposed to be, you know, the proven backup. Baylor's quarterback 115 00:09:33,600 --> 00:09:37,360 was not a proven backup, and sure enough, late in the game, 116 00:09:37,399 --> 00:09:43,559 Baylor's you know, untested backup quarterback throws a very bad interception. The Youths 117 00:09:43,559 --> 00:09:48,240 are able to punch the ball in with sixteen seconds left. Now they let 118 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:54,159 Baylor get behind the secondary on Baylor's last possession. In those final sixteen seconds, 119 00:09:54,200 --> 00:09:56,519 they allowed Baylor to get behind the defense for a huge game. Baylor 120 00:09:56,600 --> 00:10:03,080 had one play from the twenty one yard line with one second left, Utah 121 00:10:03,159 --> 00:10:05,200 able to defend it, and it could have been pass interference on Utah. 122 00:10:05,759 --> 00:10:11,080 But you know, the Baylor receiver didn't really fight for the ball. He 123 00:10:11,240 --> 00:10:15,159 kind of gave up his position. If the Baylor receiver fights for the ball 124 00:10:15,840 --> 00:10:20,879 more effectively, a better chance that there would have been a defensive past interference 125 00:10:20,960 --> 00:10:24,519 call. So I mean, you could have thrown the flag there. Like 126 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,519 if the flag had been thrown, I would I would not have viewed it 127 00:10:26,559 --> 00:10:31,039 as a bad call. It was certainly possible and reasonable for the Rests to 128 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:35,480 throw a flag. But the note, the non call hardly the worst a 129 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:41,519 non call of defensive past interference that I've seen. So like Utah fans shouldn't 130 00:10:41,519 --> 00:10:43,840 say like like oh, like they really got out of jail, But I 131 00:10:43,879 --> 00:10:50,960 mean they still did do some dumb things the utes and constantly put themselves at 132 00:10:50,120 --> 00:10:56,360 risk, but they ultimately get out of Waco with a win twenty to thirteen. 133 00:10:56,000 --> 00:11:01,559 And so you know that the big non con frinds road game for Utah. 134 00:11:01,039 --> 00:11:05,639 It's been a stumbling block under Kyle Whan. We've seen it a number 135 00:11:05,639 --> 00:11:09,960 of times. You saw it last year in Gainesville against Florida a Florida team 136 00:11:09,960 --> 00:11:11,799 which you know, over the course of the full season did not turn out 137 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:16,799 to be especially strong. Utah couldn't finish that win on the road in Gainesville 138 00:11:16,879 --> 00:11:20,279 last year. So this win in Baylor, uh, you know, in 139 00:11:20,360 --> 00:11:26,840 Waco against Baylor, while while the Bears don't look particularly impressive, nevertheless it's 140 00:11:26,879 --> 00:11:31,159 early September. You don't have everything figured out as a football team. You're 141 00:11:31,200 --> 00:11:33,039 playing with a backup quarterback. You have to go to your second backup. 142 00:11:33,799 --> 00:11:39,639 All sorts of adversity, all sorts of problems for Utah, the US are 143 00:11:39,679 --> 00:11:43,120 able to overcome that. And that is that is a mature program, that's 144 00:11:43,159 --> 00:11:46,720 a top tier program. It's the kind of win you have to come up 145 00:11:46,759 --> 00:11:52,879 with if you want your season to reach its goals, to reach its aspirations. 146 00:11:52,399 --> 00:11:56,720 Utah is able to get it done as ugly as it was. 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You had Oregon in a dog fight with 180 00:14:48,120 --> 00:14:52,559 the Texas Tech Red Raiders, and you know there are there is certainly caused 181 00:14:52,559 --> 00:14:56,240 for a concern with the Ducks and and for Dan Lanning because Dan Lanning is 182 00:14:56,879 --> 00:15:01,279 a defense first guy. You know, he was be Smarts defensive coordinator at 183 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:07,919 Georgia in twenty twenty one when the Dogs won the national championship. And you 184 00:15:07,960 --> 00:15:11,360 know, you would think that Dan Lanny, being a defensive expert, that 185 00:15:11,440 --> 00:15:16,120 he would have that side of the ball figured out, but hasn't really happened. 186 00:15:16,279 --> 00:15:20,639 And you know his defensive coordinators, Tash Lupoy will who you know, 187 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:26,799 people will remember. You know that he was the defensive coordinator for Nick Saban 188 00:15:26,840 --> 00:15:31,600 at Alabama in the twenty eighteen season. And we remember Clemson and Trevor Lawrence 189 00:15:33,080 --> 00:15:39,720 just absolutely dominating Uh Tasha's Alabama defense in the National championship game. That was 190 00:15:39,759 --> 00:15:43,320 the game played in Santa Clara at Levi's Stadium, home of the forty nine 191 00:15:43,399 --> 00:15:50,440 ers. Alabama's defense just looked really, really bad in that twenty eighteen seasons. 192 00:15:52,480 --> 00:15:58,080 Big Well I was about to say BCS the the overall College Football Playoff 193 00:15:58,000 --> 00:16:03,240 National Championship game, and so tash Lupoy, Okay, I'm not gonna say 194 00:16:03,240 --> 00:16:06,840 he's the worst defensive coordinator in the Pac twelve. That goes to another defensive 195 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:11,320 coordinator over at USC, a guy named Alex Grinch. So I'm not going 196 00:16:11,399 --> 00:16:15,519 to say that there's a changing of the guard for worst defensive coordinator. But 197 00:16:15,320 --> 00:16:19,799 but if you're an Oregon fan, let's be honest here, do you feel 198 00:16:19,799 --> 00:16:26,240 comfortable in any way to any degree about going up against Michael Pennocks and Washington 199 00:16:26,879 --> 00:16:30,919 in a month? You know that is a month away October fourteenth in Seattle 200 00:16:32,039 --> 00:16:40,600 Husky Stadium. Is Oregon remotely ready for what's coming with Washington on Montlake in 201 00:16:40,639 --> 00:16:42,240 a month? Now? Now the Ducks, do you have a month to 202 00:16:42,840 --> 00:16:45,600 get ready for that? They have a month to get their defense up to 203 00:16:45,639 --> 00:16:49,279 speed. Do you really, as an Oregon fan, if you're there any 204 00:16:49,360 --> 00:16:53,679 organ fans listening here to get off my pilot College Football podcast, do you 205 00:16:53,720 --> 00:16:59,960 really think that Oregon in a month will be developed enough, prepared enough, 206 00:17:00,840 --> 00:17:06,920 polished enough on defense to meet the challenge of Michael Pennox. Boy, it 207 00:17:07,039 --> 00:17:11,039 is really hard to answer that in the affirmative. Well, Oregon has a 208 00:17:11,079 --> 00:17:15,759 lot of work to do. Tyler Shuck, the Texas Tech quarterback, who 209 00:17:17,279 --> 00:17:19,680 you know, not a great passer, but he's a competent runner and he 210 00:17:19,799 --> 00:17:26,039 certainly made some plays with his legs. I mean, Texas Tech was able 211 00:17:26,119 --> 00:17:32,640 to move the ball fairly regularly against that Oregon defense in Lubbock. And if 212 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:36,279 Tyler Shuck is having a pretty decent night, and I know that he transferred 213 00:17:36,319 --> 00:17:40,759 from Oregon, he really had had this game circled. This game was really 214 00:17:40,839 --> 00:17:44,880 important for him, so you know, motivation was there. But even then, 215 00:17:44,960 --> 00:17:48,680 if Tyler Shuck is having a good night against you, boy, what 216 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:51,799 does that mean when Michael Pennox plays you? What does that mean? When 217 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:55,599 Caleb Williams plays you? What does that mean? When you know a healthy 218 00:17:55,720 --> 00:18:00,559 Cam Rising plays you? You Oregon will have to go to you, tak 219 00:18:00,480 --> 00:18:06,680 later this season. There are a lot of questions have to be asked of 220 00:18:06,839 --> 00:18:11,839 the Oregon defense and where that ship is sailing undertash Lapoi, under Dan Lanny. 221 00:18:11,960 --> 00:18:17,200 However, all of that being said, this team was This Oregon team 222 00:18:17,240 --> 00:18:21,599 was struggling. It was fighting up hill for a good portion of this game 223 00:18:22,079 --> 00:18:26,240 against Texas Tech. Made some important stops in the second half and was able 224 00:18:26,279 --> 00:18:30,960 to get the late interception to tuck away that game. Win thirty eight thirty 225 00:18:32,200 --> 00:18:34,920 get out of Lubbock at night, which is not easy. It's not easy 226 00:18:34,960 --> 00:18:40,880 for Texas. It hasn't been easy for Oklahoma either or being able to meet 227 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:42,599 that challenge. And so, you know, if we're gonna say that it's 228 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:48,759 a great win for Utah to get out of Baylor with a victory, even 229 00:18:48,799 --> 00:18:52,640 though Baylor is OZ and two, and even though Baylor lost to Texas State 230 00:18:52,720 --> 00:18:55,480 in week one, we also have to come right back and say, you 231 00:18:55,480 --> 00:18:59,799 know, this is a good win for Oregon to beat Texas Tech even though 232 00:18:59,799 --> 00:19:03,079 the Red Raiders lost in Week one to Wyoming, even though the Red Raiders 233 00:19:03,160 --> 00:19:07,960 might not be a particularly good football team this year. We'll we'll, we'll 234 00:19:07,960 --> 00:19:11,960 wait and see. But you know, Texas Tech has not had a good 235 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:17,039 start to it season. But you don't say that that wind doesn't mean anything 236 00:19:17,039 --> 00:19:21,440 for Oregon. You know, wins on the road at night against power five 237 00:19:21,480 --> 00:19:25,559 opposition, Uh, you know, in front of a rowdy crowd. Uh, 238 00:19:25,599 --> 00:19:29,680 you know, in front against a quarterback Tyler Shuck who was really motivated 239 00:19:30,279 --> 00:19:33,920 to beat you and play well against you. You know, lots of things 240 00:19:33,960 --> 00:19:37,640 working against Oregon in this game, the Ducks found a way, and so 241 00:19:37,759 --> 00:19:42,359 that points to this larger reality of the PAC twelves, big hitters, they're 242 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:47,319 all holding serve, they're all doing fundamentally what they're supposed to do. And 243 00:19:47,359 --> 00:19:51,680 this doesn't mean that these teams doesn't don't have significant flaws. They do, 244 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:56,680 like Oregon's defense, significant flaw. US. These defense, you know, 245 00:19:56,880 --> 00:20:00,000 looked good the past two weeks, but Stanford and Nevada are horrible. So 246 00:20:00,039 --> 00:20:06,039 we really can't assign too much value, too much importance to what US's defense 247 00:20:06,480 --> 00:20:10,400 has done the past few weeks. Of course, these defenses, you know 248 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:15,160 Colorado's as well. You know, Nebraska just has a terrible quarterback, terrible 249 00:20:15,079 --> 00:20:21,720 offensive play. Can't really learn too much about Colorado's defense from this game against 250 00:20:21,799 --> 00:20:27,319 Nebraska. But when when each of these teams US, Colorado, Oregon play 251 00:20:27,359 --> 00:20:34,480 each other and play other really high quality quarterbacks and offenses later in the season, 252 00:20:34,680 --> 00:20:38,799 whether it's Utah, whether it's Washington, you know, it's possible that 253 00:20:38,920 --> 00:20:44,240 Djangola, you know, has figured it out at Oregon State under Johnathan Smith. 254 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:45,519 We'll have to wait and see. I mean, Oregon State's played San 255 00:20:45,599 --> 00:20:49,640 Jose State and UC Davis. That doesn't give us too much of an indication 256 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:56,359 of where Uyamgolay really is in terms of his progression and development. But it's 257 00:20:56,400 --> 00:21:00,039 possible. It's possible that dj could be really really good. And if so, 258 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:04,119 like that changes the equation for Oregon State, it changes the balance of 259 00:21:04,160 --> 00:21:07,960 power in the PET twelve. But that is really the big overall storyline, 260 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,680 folks. You know, how will these defenses, which have so many question 261 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:17,240 marks, how are they going to respond when they go up against big league 262 00:21:17,319 --> 00:21:23,279 quarterbacks and really really good offenses. That's the dominant and central question of the 263 00:21:23,319 --> 00:21:30,359 conference through week two. You know, Washington doesn't figure to get much of 264 00:21:30,359 --> 00:21:36,200 a test from Michigan State's offense. You know, Michigan State watched Keyon Coleman. 265 00:21:36,799 --> 00:21:41,799 It's a receiver. Go to Florida State and Keyon Coleman has Jordan Travis 266 00:21:41,839 --> 00:21:45,319 to throw the ball to him down in Tallahassee with the seminoles. Like, 267 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:52,119 that's a really good situation for Coleman. He got out of East Lansing just 268 00:21:52,279 --> 00:21:56,759 in the nick of time. You know, So Washington doesn't figure to be 269 00:21:56,799 --> 00:22:00,079 tested by Michigan State. But you know, how will Washington defense reacts when 270 00:22:00,079 --> 00:22:06,920 it goes up against Boonix and Oregon in that October fourteen game that I've mentioned. 271 00:22:07,319 --> 00:22:11,160 All these PAC twelve teams. You know, you're gonna have the tests 272 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:15,160 coming up in a few weeks, you know, Oregon Colorado on the twenty 273 00:22:15,200 --> 00:22:22,319 third, USC Colorado on September thirty in Boulder. We're gonna be learning more 274 00:22:22,039 --> 00:22:26,559 about these PAC twelve teams in future weeks, not so much Week three, 275 00:22:26,759 --> 00:22:33,640 but certainly in future weeks, and so we can make really specific claims and 276 00:22:33,759 --> 00:22:37,960 statements about how good these PAC twelve teams are or aren't in the present moment. 277 00:22:38,400 --> 00:22:41,720 I don't think we have to put too much weight on any of these 278 00:22:41,720 --> 00:22:45,279 statements. I don't think we have to put too much emphasis on how would 279 00:22:45,319 --> 00:22:49,720 you rank the PAC twelve right now, nationally or just as a conference itself? 280 00:22:49,759 --> 00:22:53,319 How would you rank the teams one through twelve. We're all on the 281 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:59,440 very preliminary stages, and we're not going to get many, if any revealing 282 00:22:59,519 --> 00:23:03,519 moments from Week three. On September sixteenth, it begins to shake out. 283 00:23:03,599 --> 00:23:08,039 It's going to begin to become clearer. You know what the pecking order, 284 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:12,680 what the power structure is in the PAC twelve. When we get into September 285 00:23:12,720 --> 00:23:18,799 twenty three, Oregon, Colorado, UCLA, Utah, Oregon State, Washington 286 00:23:18,880 --> 00:23:23,000 State as well, then things are going to begin to, you know, 287 00:23:23,200 --> 00:23:30,240 emerge. Then then the race really begins as teams jockey for a position and 288 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:36,839 really try to establish themselves as top tier contenders. And we'll see if there 289 00:23:36,839 --> 00:23:41,319 are any pretenders that emerge. But right now, it's kind of quiet, 290 00:23:41,920 --> 00:23:47,799 and it just comes down to these coaches and particularly their defensive coordinators. They 291 00:23:47,839 --> 00:23:49,400 need to coach up their players right now. They need to be looking at 292 00:23:49,440 --> 00:23:56,400 film, identifying the weaknesses, identifying the mistakes, getting these things corrected, 293 00:23:56,640 --> 00:24:00,920 because pretty soon the action's gonna heat up and you're not going to have mediocre 294 00:24:00,079 --> 00:24:06,599 quarterbacks. On the other side. You will have to defend the pass, 295 00:24:07,039 --> 00:24:12,480 you will have to defend the downfield vertical strikes reasonably well, and if you 296 00:24:12,559 --> 00:24:18,720 can't, you're gonna get buried in an avalanche. And so, whether it's 297 00:24:18,759 --> 00:24:23,599 Eugene and Loupoi, or whether it's USC with Alex Scringe, whether it's Colorado 298 00:24:25,200 --> 00:24:30,440 and its own defense, the challenges are just around the bed. The challenges 299 00:24:32,000 --> 00:24:34,200 are about to come. That's really the main storyline of the Pact twelve. 300 00:24:34,599 --> 00:24:41,680 The other really big story that we can't ignore for sure is Washington State beating 301 00:24:41,720 --> 00:24:47,960 Wisconsin. Wisconsin coach by Luke Fickle. He is a college football playoff head 302 00:24:47,960 --> 00:24:52,720 coach. We need to remind ourselves of that took Cincinnati to the playoff in 303 00:24:52,759 --> 00:24:56,240 the twenty twenty one season. And you know, obviously there are high hopes 304 00:24:56,799 --> 00:25:02,359 at Wisconsin this year with Fickle, you know, bringing a new approach, 305 00:25:02,519 --> 00:25:07,279 having Phil Longo as his offensive coordinator, you know, trying to get off 306 00:25:07,359 --> 00:25:14,039 Wisconsin's offense to go past berry ball, passed the Berry Alvarez smash mouth style, 307 00:25:14,160 --> 00:25:18,440 not completely abandoning the run game, of course, but involving some of 308 00:25:18,440 --> 00:25:23,559 the spread concepts in the passing game that the Badgers haven't generally adopted over the 309 00:25:23,559 --> 00:25:30,519 past few decades. Was so Wisconsin's attempt to modernize its offense while having Luke 310 00:25:30,640 --> 00:25:37,240 Fickle's acumen as a defensive tactician. That marriage of you know, the new 311 00:25:37,319 --> 00:25:42,759 offense and elite defense was supposed to be the recipe for the Badgers, but 312 00:25:42,839 --> 00:25:47,920 Washington State was clearly the better team in that game. Washington State created a 313 00:25:48,519 --> 00:25:52,839 hefty lead, watched Wisconsin make a second half push, and you know, 314 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:56,480 if you're a PAC twelve veteran, you know all about Kugan, it Cougan, 315 00:25:56,559 --> 00:26:02,480 it blowing a big lead, letting a game slip away. Washington State 316 00:26:02,519 --> 00:26:06,880 did that last year against Oregon, you know, squandered a fourth quarter lead. 317 00:26:07,599 --> 00:26:11,880 I was classic Cougnet. And so when Wisconsin made its big rally got 318 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,079 within two points, you know, it was easy to think that, you 319 00:26:15,119 --> 00:26:21,839 know, another episode of Cougnet was about to unfold in Pullman. But no, 320 00:26:22,039 --> 00:26:26,599 Washington State held firm, stood its ground and and thwarted the Badgers in 321 00:26:26,640 --> 00:26:30,400 the final ten minutes to grab a very big win. So let's put this 322 00:26:30,480 --> 00:26:37,200 in perspective. If you followed the PAC twelve preseason media polls, and if 323 00:26:37,200 --> 00:26:41,200 you look at you know, the Coach's poll and the AP poll, the 324 00:26:41,279 --> 00:26:45,880 various other polls, the various other outlets and predictions, and you know, 325 00:26:47,160 --> 00:26:52,519 all the entities and outlets that have been trying to guess the power structure and 326 00:26:52,559 --> 00:26:57,680 the balance of power in the PAC twelve, they generally put Washington State seventh. 327 00:26:59,200 --> 00:27:06,000 That was generally where Washington State was landing in preseason and early season projections. 328 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:08,640 You know, some might have had the Cougars sixth, maybe even fifth, 329 00:27:10,240 --> 00:27:12,880 but certainly no higher than fifth, and some as low as eight or 330 00:27:12,960 --> 00:27:17,400 nine. So generally it was seventh. You know, give or take one 331 00:27:17,480 --> 00:27:22,279 or two spots for the Cougars. If that is your seventh place team, 332 00:27:22,279 --> 00:27:27,240 if that is your seventh best team, beating Wisconsin and Luke Fickel, that 333 00:27:27,400 --> 00:27:33,440 right there really speaks to the depth that the Pac twelve has this season. 334 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,759 And it's a it's such a shame that the Pac twelve is so good in 335 00:27:37,839 --> 00:27:41,440 football right now, or at least if you're not willing to say the Pac 336 00:27:41,480 --> 00:27:45,200 twelve is really good in football, we can at least say things look really 337 00:27:45,240 --> 00:27:48,480 promising for the PAC twelve in football. There is a lot of potential here. 338 00:27:48,799 --> 00:27:52,720 There is so much room for growth. So many teams have a chance 339 00:27:52,759 --> 00:27:57,039 to do something special. Now, whether they will that's a different question, 340 00:27:57,279 --> 00:28:02,359 but certainly a lot of potential will exists for the Pac twelve to have a 341 00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:07,160 special, memorable football season. You could very realistically see four or five teams 342 00:28:07,839 --> 00:28:12,440 in the Pac twelve winning ten games, uh, you know, including a 343 00:28:12,480 --> 00:28:17,839 bowl game. I mean, you could have four teams win ten games before 344 00:28:17,880 --> 00:28:22,279 the Bulls. In terms of getting a fifth or maybe a sixth team of 345 00:28:22,319 --> 00:28:26,279 ten wins, Yeah, that would probably require the bowl game to do that. 346 00:28:26,359 --> 00:28:30,000 You'll you'll get like a one or two nine and three teams and they'll 347 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:34,559 have to win the game ten in the Bulls. But at least three or 348 00:28:34,599 --> 00:28:40,960 four teams could go ten and two or better in the regular season. I 349 00:28:41,000 --> 00:28:47,039 mean, they're the range of possibilities for Pac twelve success is considerable. Like, 350 00:28:47,119 --> 00:28:52,119 this isn't just about pinning your hopes on one team, which is really 351 00:28:52,200 --> 00:28:56,720 where we are in the ACC with Florida State, Like Clemson already looks bad. 352 00:28:57,279 --> 00:29:00,319 Now Duke might look good, but Duke does play Florida State later in 353 00:29:00,359 --> 00:29:03,799 the season. So like, if you're thinking about the playoff for the ACC, 354 00:29:04,119 --> 00:29:08,119 it's all about the Knowles, It's all about Florida State. PAC twelve 355 00:29:08,279 --> 00:29:12,359 not really that simple, It's or not really that limited. I should say 356 00:29:12,759 --> 00:29:18,359 it could go through USC, but Oregon has a path, Washington has a 357 00:29:18,400 --> 00:29:22,240 path. Utah because it got through Baylor and you're gonna get Cam Rising healthy 358 00:29:22,359 --> 00:29:26,680 and subsequent weeks just in time for the Pac twelve season. I mean, 359 00:29:26,759 --> 00:29:30,759 Utah has a path as well. And you know what if Oregon State is 360 00:29:30,799 --> 00:29:36,640 special, what if dj Uyangoloway is really good, Oregon State could go eleven 361 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:41,799 and one. It really could if it's quarterback is the real deal. So 362 00:29:41,880 --> 00:29:45,920 you have a lot of different teams with a chance. I'm not gonna say 363 00:29:47,000 --> 00:29:51,319 likelihood, though I am privately, you know, pretty bullish on these teams. 364 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:55,640 But let's just say, for you know, the national listeners here on 365 00:29:55,720 --> 00:29:59,039 the Get off my Parlor on college football podcasts, let's just say that these 366 00:29:59,079 --> 00:30:02,319 teams have a realist a chance. We don't need to say likely, we 367 00:30:02,359 --> 00:30:06,519 don't need to say probable, but it's realistic. It's right out there, 368 00:30:06,559 --> 00:30:11,839 like several teams could win ten eleven games, put themselves in the mix heading 369 00:30:11,839 --> 00:30:17,319 into late November early December, you know, with a shot of going to 370 00:30:17,319 --> 00:30:22,880 the PAC twelve championship game and playing for very high stakes in Las Vegas. 371 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:27,559 Such is the outlook for a PAC twelve in which the seventh best team just 372 00:30:27,720 --> 00:30:34,039 dusted off Wisconsin and Luke Fickle. So that's that's the read on the PAC 373 00:30:34,119 --> 00:30:38,359 twelve after Week two. Again, not a ton to talk about for the 374 00:30:38,440 --> 00:30:45,400 upcoming week three. But after Week three's over Oregon Colorado, Ucla, Utah, 375 00:30:45,519 --> 00:30:48,039 Washington State, Oregon State. We're definitely going to be looking at those 376 00:30:48,079 --> 00:30:53,720 games next week on the Get Off My Pylon College Football Podcasts. We're part 377 00:30:53,759 --> 00:31:00,440 of the College Gridiron Coast to Coast podcast network. A reminder visit tickets dot 378 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:06,119 com the ticket Smarter mobile app ten dollars off at one hundred dollars purchase, 379 00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:11,119 twenty dollars off three hundred dollars purchase the promo codes lw OS ten for the 380 00:31:11,160 --> 00:31:18,880 ten dollars off offer and LWOS twenty twenty dollars off your purchase of three hundred 381 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:22,279 dollars or more at ticket smarter dot com. This is Matt Zemmick of to 382 00:31:22,319 --> 00:31:26,720 Get Off My Pilot College Football podcast. Thanks for listening.