Speaker 1: It is the Big dwelve sec Breakdown with the headline
book the Big twelve and Taffy Uncownlands is. We begin
each week with our hot eggs cop and there's a
lot of ways we could go. What a wild week
one we had college football. I'm gonna head to Tuscaloosia,
where it was a bad day for the Alabama Crimson
Tide last week, getting smacked by Florida States in a
game that wasn't even close. I love what I saw
from Tommy Costiganos and that Florida State team. I'm not
the biggest Mike Norvel fan by any stretch of the imagination,
but that was a much needed win for Florida State.
Great way to start the year for them. With that said,
bad day for Kaitlin de Boor. He is five and
five in the last ten games he's coached, with losses
to teams like Vanderbilt, Oklahoma, now Florida State among others.
Here and I know that just a week ago I
picked Bama to a Steak Championship game, but I'm already
off that train. I saw a team that lacked effort,
that was soft. Nick Saban would have never put up
with the performance that we saw from that team coach
by Kaylyn de Boor. I think here's my hot take time,
two things can be true. I think that we see
with coaches all the time you can be a good coach,
but not necessarily a good fit. And I feel like
what we're seeing with Kaylen de Boor. He's won everywhere
he's been. He got off to a good start last
year at Alabama. But this reminds me of kind of
Dan Mullen at Florida where things started out well and
then once he hit a wall, there was no turning back.
There was no coming back. And I know that people
are throwing the nil excuses out with Alabama and saying
they don't have the money to compete with these other schools,
that they're only spending twenty million dollars compared to the
school like Texas or Oregon that'spending forty plus million dollars.
But we were told going into this year roster wise,
they had a top three roster and all college football
according to all the so called experts, So I'm not
buying the nil excuse. I think Tom Kaylan de Boor
is a good coach, but just not the right fit
for Alabama. I don't even think he's getting fired, to
be honest, He's got an eighty five million dollar contract,
and if Obama's got these money issues this year as hell,
can't afford to buy out Kayln de Boor no matter
how bad this year goes. But I'm starting to think
there's no turning back that Kayler de Boer. Maybe he
leaves on his own and looks for greener pastors elsewhere,
but it just doesn't feel like the right fit for
him with this Alabama program. He's a good coach, but
not the right fit. And you kind of like what
Brett Beelimer was at Arkansas. We've seen this before. It's
it's two fold. Just because you hire a good coach,
do they fit that program. I think Brian Kelly had
questions about that at LSU, and now he's starting to
win a bit, and you know, people are changing their
tune there. But I think that's what we're seeing with
Kaitlyn de bor here.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so.
Speaker 3: And you know, wherever he was at prior to Alabama,
I think this is the spotlight.
Speaker 2: But oh sorry, yeah, sorry, would I say wherever.
Speaker 1: He was at?
Speaker 3: I'm sitting prior Washington and even prior to that, That's
what I.
Speaker 1: Meant before that.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he's he's.
Speaker 3: Kind of been a winner, so I think this is
the first time that he's like, Uh, it's kind of
like everybody's got a plan until they get punched in
the mouth. And Alabama's got punched in the mouth last week.
And man, imagine you know, I know, and Lawrence, you
liked to go to twenty third Street Brewing. Uh, and
there's probably some other places you like to go into Lawrence.
You have your places, and I'm sure that since Calen
de Bor has been there, he's probably found some good
places to eat or go in Tuscaloosa.
Speaker 2: Now with all this backlash up.
Speaker 3: To the first game against losing to Florida State in
the fashion that they did it.
Speaker 2: You can you even leave the damn house? Right, I'd
be a little nervous.
Speaker 3: You don't think some fans are gonna talk some ship
and say, hey, you fuck her?
Speaker 1: Right? I mean you mentioned the restaurant analogy. It's kind
of like Qdoba, for example. I like Kudoba. Kidoba's a
decent place to get a burrito, and they've been a
very successful franchise all across the country. But I've seen
a lot of Kidobas go out of business too, and
just because it works one place doesn't mean it's gonna
work everywhere. And I think that's what Caitlin de Boor
is experiencing that Alabama right now. He's a Qdoba in
a wrong location.
Speaker 3: He's in the Chipotle market, He's he's like a he's
like a he's like a cheek fil A where a
Popeye should have been.
Speaker 2: Yes, right, And here's the thing.
Speaker 3: I think, wherever he goes after this, he's going to
be fine. And you know, one loss isn't necessarily define
you by any means, but something about it feels like
kind of like a dark and gloomy, like Alabama's really
gonna shit the bed, right. You know, you had Tommy
Heisman guy making the comments about pretty much saying they're
not ship that's out saving then he goes and goes
freaking crazy legs all over the field on Alabama. I
just I don't know, you know, I was reading through
some of the Reddit comments and there were people saying, Oh,
we've lived for this day for so long, like finally
like the fall, and it's like, yeah, that's this kind
of I don't know if it's going to be a
fall of Alabama by any means, but they're not going.
Speaker 2: To go like full Nebraska. I don't think right. It's
but you mentioned the money.
Speaker 3: They don't have as much money, you know, even A
and M you know, could buy off you know, Jimbo.
So I don't know what's what's gonna happen. I know
that I would be It would be kind of like
if your team wins against the Philadelphia Eagles and then
you're just running around downtown Philly talking ship.
Speaker 2: Probably not a good idea.
Speaker 3: I think for Kaitlin Devoorde, he just you know, maybe
showing his face in tuscaloosave before if he doesn't win
or doesn't figure this out.
Speaker 2: I mean I think for him, he might just.
Speaker 3: Be, Okay, we gotta we gotta get out of here.
Speaker 1: Yeah, give me, give me your hot.
Speaker 2: End hot take this week.
Speaker 3: Much like much like you picked Bama to make the
college football playoffs, I think I did as well. UH
said the SEC championship as well. Uh my mind is
gonna come from the Big twelve.
Speaker 2: I was sold.
Speaker 3: I thought this Case State team was going to be
the real deal. Avery Johnson is not impressed. I forget
who they played, some little bitch ass team, but they
about lot Dakota Okay, yeah, they about lost and that
was like.
Speaker 1: North Dakota University, not North Dakota State.
Speaker 3: By this right, they barely pulled it out. I think
the score was thirty five to thirty and you know,
they just didn't look very good. And so I had
case State going and win in the Big twelve. I'm
gonna flip it on its head, I think now. And
I said Avery Johnson would win, you know, offensive player
of the year in the Big twelve.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna flip it on its head.
Speaker 3: Here and I'm gonna go hot take rock Obec is
now in that position, and I think Iowa State is
gonna whoop Iowaha guys that ass this weekend. O.
Speaker 1: I like that Roco's looking good. They've been a different
team since that second afganst K State and I feel
like Tom when it comes to Big Twelve, and it
should be no surprise. As we thought about this going
into the season. You could make a case for several
teams that have a realistic shot to win the Big
twelve right now. And I think Utah was a pleasant
surprise last week with how they played against UCLA. They
dominated and they're back in the top twenty five all
of a sudden. I would say Iowa State is probably
the favorites, but it's not clear as day. I think
that Kansas needs to be a part of that conversation. Utah,
Texas Tech, Arizona State didn't look very good last week
against Northern Arizona, and they're going on the road this
week to cow Bell City to Starkville to take on
Mississippi State, and that we'll see how they fare. But
the Big twelve, it feels like Iowa State is probably
the team to beat, but not by a significant bart margin.
I would think Iowa this week gonna be a good
test for them. And you think about this time. If
they start out the season beating k State and Iowa
within their first three weeks, that's the statement there.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it absolutely is.
Speaker 3: And for a Matt Campbell who's not very usually very
good in the first three four weeks of the season,
you know, maybe he changed some things around.
Speaker 1: Maybe. So let's go through some quick hitters, real real
fast before we break down the games this week, go
through the slate. Arch Manning his debut did not go
that great. Last week, Texas loses to Ohio State fourteen
to seven. Tom, I'm gonna say the same thing I
said going into that game. I don't think Arch is
going to be this elite quarterback this year. Maybe he
is potentially down the line, but I mean it's gonna
take time, and that was a tough test on the road.
I think two things can be true. That Arch struggled
and underperformed, but it doesn't mean that it's jover that
it's the end of the road either. I think this
week against San Jose State will be a good chance
for him to polish some things and get on track.
Texas could still very dirt in this thing around. I
don't think Stark did him any favors, but he's got
a lot of work to do. I think it's too
early to give up on Arch, but it is obvious
that there's a ton of work to be done right.
Speaker 3: And I think I did think it was a little
bit funny, like he's out there shitting the bed on
the field, he can't make a throw.
Speaker 2: He doesn't look very good out of the gate. The
shoe one of.
Speaker 3: The toughest places to play in college football. You got
a team that's coming off a national championship. You got
an all time defensive coordinator over there, Matt Patricia, who's
had time to scheme for you. And Matt Patricia. You know,
Matta Patricia got beat by Arch's uncle a couple times
in the Super Bowl, So you don't think he was thinking, Hey,
fuck this kid, I'm about to scheme some shit up
and make him look like an ass.
Speaker 2: I know he was.
Speaker 3: Look at Matt Patricia on the sideline. It's like he
he was licking his chops. He's thinking, Oh yeah, buddy,
your uncle cost me two Super Bowl rings and I'm
about to cost you your debut in front of the
entire world. I thought Matt patriciall was was great with
what his scheme did to.
Speaker 2: Ohio State offense a little bit to get going.
Speaker 3: But I thought Julian saying for Ohio State looked really
good too. The commercials where Arch bet Arch Manning was
shit in the bed and then the next three commercials
were just Arch Manning commercials I thought was very.
Speaker 2: I guess you could call it ironic.
Speaker 3: Yeah, he had to commercials the completions right exactly. And
I think the expectations on him were a little high,
and maybe he leaned in into it a little bit.
But it's much more joker for Kaylin to board than
it is for arch Manning. This is like his first game, Like,
and you're asking this pretty much, this this kid to
go in and win against the National champions, Like give
him a break a little bit.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 3: If he goes out and looks horrible against San Jose State,
then okay. But I mean that's that's all they had
to talk about today or this this past week. Archie
Manning is a fraud. He's a fucking prawn. And I'm like, whoa, whoa, whoa.
That's his first game against the National champions. It's not
like it's not like he went out and laid an
egg against uts A right, chill, Like give him some time. Uh,
you know they already said that he's probably not coming
out this year anyway. I mean, I think I think
he gave him some time and he's still learning. Like
that's I mean, that's I don't care who you are.
I don't care if you prime Sam Bradford back in
the day. To go into Ohio State and win, Uh,
you know, you have to have some built up swagger
kind of like a Baker Mayfield, and I don't think
I think Arch can get to that swagger, but I
don't think he's as confident yet to have that.
Speaker 1: Meanwhile, LSU, I want to talk about him real quick,
very impressive second half against Clemson. Nuss Meyer made some
really key plays. I really love Harold Perkins. He might
be the best player at all college football this year.
LSU Tom, of course, so picked him to win the
national title. They're kind of a trendy pick. You go
on the road to Clempson win that game, watch out
for all the people like us. They were talking Texas
in Bama, and then there was others that talk in Georgia.
Maybe LSU is potentially the team to be not just
in the SEC, but maybe to win the whole thing.
Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, you know, I didn't think Clebnick looked
very good and his stock dropped for sure. I wasn't
really a believer in Clempson that much. Believe I took LSU.
I do believe that was one solid pick for me
last week did I said LSU was gonna win. I
like what they're doing. I don't know how much of
they gave game you got to watch, but I feel
like a couple of calls at the end they tried
to screw l s U. Yeah, there was one that
was a touchdown that was called back and then given
they gave the ball to Clempson. I was like, what uh,
And they still managed to pull it out. And that's
you know, that's no place easy place to play either.
So you know, one death Valley was better than the other,
and it showed.
Speaker 2: And you're right, not a lot of people are talking
about LSU this week.
Speaker 1: Yeah, and then uh, one quick thing on the Big
Twelve before we get to the slate of games this week.
I didn't think that it was a great weekend for
the conference. You know, Cincinnati missed an opportunity against Nebraska there.
Baylor really just shipped the bed against Auburn and kind
of exposed themselves for the frauds they are. And that
was one I was kind of calling a mile away
that said, hey, Baylor's not as good as what people
think and they got bullied at the line of scriminals.
This is just no excuse to give up nearly three
hundred yards rushing and for somebody to take that team seriously.
And I've said David Randas saw for a long time,
and they look charm and saft. They got exposed, but
TCU kind of saved the weekend with what they did
on night. Just bulldoze a Belichick and TCU's social media
team had some fun at Belichick's expense and everything. Hoover
looked fantastic. They did whatever they wanted offensively, the defense
looked great. I know North Carolina is not that good
of a team, but look out, TCU. That's another team
we should be talking about as a Big twelve and
College Football playoff threat.
Speaker 3: I mean, they did it before, right, you know, Sony
he can do it again. I don't know if he
can go all the way. But Josh Hoover looked really good.
I mean, TCU has some dudes. I think they could
be very well be a dark horse.
Speaker 1: All right, let's go through the Big twelve slate of games,
then we'll go to the SEC to follow after that.
Iowa and Iowa State the battle for the Syhawk Trophy. Tom,
you already picked Iowa State to win this game. They're
at home, they won last year. Rock Obec's playing great.
Iwa State favored by just three and a half. I
think that this is a statement win for Iowa State.
I like them potentially by double digit year. Is that
a little overconfident?
Speaker 2: Maybe now?
Speaker 3: I think guy could see maybe Okay, they won by
like ten or thirteen.
Speaker 2: I don't know if i'd give him fourteen.
Speaker 3: But I think, like I said I told you earlier
Rock Quebec, I think this is a statement. I think
they can really go out and make a statement as
a team, and so can Matt Kimball.
Speaker 2: As a coach that he's over his early season woes.
Speaker 1: Baylor taking on SMU. I expect SMU to win this
game at home. SMU has got a really good offense. Baylor.
We mentioned the struggles they had in a lot of
scrimmage last week going on the road, and oh and
two start potentially Taylor here. Uh that's that's rough. That's
not looking good for David Rand if they lose this one.
Speaker 3: I think it called at the beginning of the season,
what coaches next to get fired?
Speaker 2: I said David Rand, I will stick to it.
Speaker 1: Texas Tech takes on Kent State. They're forty eight and
a half point favorites. Kent State won their first game
in like two years this past week. Texta Tech should
roll Oregon take it on oaklah Aloma State. I don't
like what I've heard from Mike Gundhy this week talking
about Nil, saying that, you know, hey, maybe Oregon should
play somebody that's closer to their budgets they've spent. They
spent forty million dollars last year. We spent seven million dollars.
And credit to Dan Landing, he said, hey, I respect
the hell out of Mike Gundy. You know, he's a
great coach, but we don't shy away from what we
do around here. We can we spend to win, And
it feels like the excuses are already there for Mike
Gundy as they head into Eugene. If you're Oklahoma State realistically,
and you get question marks with the quarterback position right
now after the injury, and I think you know, now
you go to Flores, who's got some question marks in
his own right, I think you're just hoping not to
get embarrassed. And I don't feel like Oklahoma State should
be pretty confident about this game. This might get out
of hand quick. Dante more in company, they're going to
be tough for Clomba State to handle.
Speaker 2: I think they're pretty tough for pretty much anybody.
Speaker 3: But I think that, you know, I think for for Osu,
if you get out of this, if you cover and
you don't work, if you don't let Orgon cover, I
think you're doing pretty well. I didn't like what Gundy
had to say either. That was almost my hot take.
But there's gonna be plenty more opportunity for me to
go to Stillwater.
Speaker 2: Uh there, But.
Speaker 3: It's like, hey, this game has been scheduled for a
long time. You had the opportunity to spend too, So
I don't I don't know what he's on about. I mean,
he's we've talked about in the group chat. He needs
to go there, and he's not built for this ship anymore.
Speaker 1: Kansa has taken on Miszoo in Colombia. The Border War
finally back. I am so excited about this, But as
good as Jaylen Daniels is and Lance Leipold, there's a
talent discrepancy here. Zoo probably has about two to one
advantage on NFL players compared to Ku, and Ku is
going on the road. My heart says Ku, my mind
says Maszoo. I'll go with my heart, even though I shouldn't.
I think k you can find a way to win.
But if you're ku here, I think for momentum for
building for the future, Tom, I think you gotta beat
either Missoo or K State this year, one or the other.
If not both, and has in the way K State's playing,
your better chance is probably to win that K State
game than it is to win that Miszoo game. Right now.
You get K State at home later the year. I
think you have to win one of the two. This
would be nice, but I think you don't have to
necessarily win this this week as it's a non conference game,
but it would certainly be big.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so, and I think they can win.
I mean from you know, the sample size of who
they played, isn't that that crazy? But uh, you know,
there's it is a robbery game. I know they have
what they played. When did they played two years ago?
Speaker 1: They haven't played in football since gosh what twenty ten
something like that.
Speaker 3: Oh it's okay, so this is the first game in
a while. I mean, tensions will be high. I thought
for some reason I thought they played like two years ago.
But uh, you know it'll be it'll run hot. I mean,
this is it's not I'm not gonna call the border
war quite what bedlam.
Speaker 2: Is for any you know, for what's worth.
Speaker 3: But I think what I've assume from KU, if they
can keep keep on, I think they do have a shot.
I don't know what's the line on this game. Like
Missoo by like three and.
Speaker 1: A half, Missoo by six and a half.
Speaker 2: Oh see, I'm hammering. I'm if I'm a betting guy.
Speaker 3: I'm hammering KU to cover at least I agree with you.
If they can win this game, be freaking huge.
Speaker 1: Cincinnati takes on Bowling Green. They should win that. Colorado
taken out of Delaware. Colorado should win that. I would
like to see Salter kind of air it out more
and get that offense going compared to what we saw
last week when they lost to Georgia Tech. West Virginia
plays at Ohio. They're only three and a half point
favorites West Virginia. What are we doing here? I know
that you know Rich Rodson his first year and everything,
but draft game right there. Utah plays cal Poly. Utah
should dominate. Like what I saw from Utah a week
ago against UCLA. Kansas State taken on Army Armies already
got a loss. They lost to Tarleton State, and there's
gonna be a lot of army folks at this game.
Fort Riley, of course, just down the road from Manhattan.
Don't sleep on army potentially making some noise, especially since
k State did not look good last week. Houston takes
on Rice Battle for the City Houston, Houston thirteen and
a half point favorites. There, they should be fine. UCF
taking on n C A and T at home, they
should be okay. Arizona State facing Mississippi State, Arizona State
only six and a half point favorites going on the
road against a bad Mississippi State team. Tom. If Arizona
State plays like they did last week, it does not impress.
Will it be time to panic or be a little
concerned with what's going on in Timpe a bit? I
think that this is one where they could win this game,
be sitting to and oh, but not feel pretty good
about themselves right now?
Speaker 3: Yeah, Jones, I think you're absolutely right. I think they
do pull off the win. I know that I need
to see some article that durn practice they had like
staff members ringing the cow bells, Oh yeah, to simulate that,
which I get that, you know, I think for Kenny
Dillingham and Crew, I think if you can get out
of there alive, then that's gonna be good. I don't
really believe Mississippi State's all that good, but Stark Vegas
can get pretty crazy, so you know you want to
win convivincingly. But this is one of those games that
you just hey, we're gonna go in here, get the
job done.
Speaker 2: A win still a win.
Speaker 3: I'm not super concerned if they don't look great winning.
I think what matters is you do get to win,
and then you build it on for next week. But
I would be pretty shocked if they should have been
and lost this.
Speaker 1: Gameame Arizona taken on Weber State, they should win that
BYU against Stanford. Stanford's bad BYU scored a nice sixty
nine points last week, soaking wet win for the Cougars there.
I expect them to blow out Stanford. Let's go to
the SEC slate of games real quick. Texas takes on
San Jose State. Should be a bounce back game for
arch in Texas. They'll be fine there. Texas A and
M taking on Utah State, they should dominate that, I
would think. And then George had taken on Austin p
should be fine there Ole Miss in Kentucky. Ole Miss
only nine and a half point favorites. Kentucky won this
game at ole Miss a year ago. Is ole Miss
potentially on upset alert here less than ten points? Is
Vegas potent actually onto something here?
Speaker 3: I wonder they might be, Like I still think Old
Misket's the job done. I think last year was kind
of a fluke. I know they don't, you know, I
know Old Miss is not as talented as they were
last year, But I also don't think Kentucky is all
that great.
Speaker 1: Tennessee it takes on Eastern Tennessee State, they should be okay.
Arkansas takes on Arkansas State twenty three and a half
point favorites. That game in Little Rock, they should be
in good shape.
Speaker 2: First time ever, first time ever they've played that game. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Crazy. And then you get Florida take it out South Florida.
South Florida had a really good win against Boise State
a week ago, and they played on Thursday, so they've
had a couple extra days rest. Florida's at home, Tom,
I know you like this Florida team. I think Florida's
an upset alert. I would not be shocked if South
Florida goes in there and pulls this off.
Speaker 3: South Florida did look really good against against Boise State,
which last year they'd be saying something this year. I
don't know that quarterback can throw the deep ball. I
think if you cover that and you wrap up, you
have to tackle that kid because he's like a freight train.
I think if they do that, they should be fine.
But you know, I wouldn't take them lightly.
Speaker 1: South Carolina taking on South Carolina State. I like what
it's all in that second half from South Carolina, especially
on defense. Sellers is a hell of a quarterback. Watch
out for them as a playoff team. LSU taking on
Luisa's an Attach. That game won't be close. This will
be some good stat padding for neuss Meyer for his
Heisman campaign. Oklahoma taking on Michigan College Game Day will
be there. Trey Young's gonna be the guest picker Saturday
night primetime game on ABC, and it's kind of a
game of the future of the sport in a sense.
You have the number one transfer portal player in job
materiat quarterback for Oklahoma. You got the number one high
school quarterback in the nation and Bryce Young, Bryce Underwood,
and you look at this game. Underwood his second career start.
He's going on the road to a hostile Oklahoma Memorial
Stadium in prime time, an Oklahoma team that's so hungry
after a disappointing season a year ago. I think this
game is close, but I think that that venables defense.
We talked about the fits that we saw Matt Patricia
give arch Manning last week. I think it's gonna be
similar to that. I just don't see anyway. Bryce Young
goes Bryce Young, Bryce Underwood goes into Norman and beats Oklahoma.
I think the tier plays well. Oh U's defense really shines.
They run the ball well with Jaye not I expect
the Sooners to win, but if Oh You doesn't, then
it's alright time to hit the panic button. This feels
like crazy as it sounds top a must win game
for O You.
Speaker 2: Oh.
Speaker 3: I mean, it's two of the biggest brands in college
football going head to head. You know, I don't know,
Michigan probably obviously not as good as past few years,
I don't think, but Oh You's kind of on the
up and come.
Speaker 2: It feels like I like oh you in this game.
I think they.
Speaker 3: Need to start out hot, though I don't think you
don't want to get behind and you don't want to,
you know, stretch yourself out too much. I think you
just play spark logical, don't you know, don't get crazy,
And I think, oh, you shouldn't have a problem there.
Speaker 2: But uh, I think it's going to be a hell
of a game.
Speaker 1: Auburn taking on bull State. Like the way they looked
at the line of scrimmage last week, keep running the football, Auburn.
Vandy taking on Virginia Tech. Last year, Vandy pulled off
the upset against Virginia Tech, went to a couple of
different overtimes. Diego Pavilla. They're already want to know Virginia
Tech coming off that loss, Vandy, if you're gonna do anything,
I think you got to win this against Virginia Tech.
If you start out to and all and have that
non conference went under your belt, then then we can
have Vandy potentially enter the conversation. If they're going to
have a repeat of last year, it's got to start
off with a win against Virginia Tech.
Speaker 3: Here, Yeah, if you want to get the same hype
as last year. You cannot lose this game. I don't
think they will. I think Bandy will win this game.
But yeah, this is you can't.
Speaker 2: You can't. You can't build the house without the foundation.
Speaker 1: And then BAMA ticket on ul Monroe as thirty six
and a half point favorites. Kaitlyn de Boor, you want
to win this fan base back. You want to get
their attention. Literally, I would advise Tom Kaitlyn de Boor,
they need to score sixty plus. Put on a show
for the fans. I saw tickets. You can get into
this game for ten bucks for Abama game, which I've
never seen that before. Put on a show. That's what
you got to do. I know it's ULM. There's not
much the game gain from this, but put on a show.
If you want to start winning people back, and do
that and we'll see what they can do.
Speaker 2: Four