1 00:00:00,240 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, Welcome into another edition of Pigskin and Burnt Ends. 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:08,560 It is Texas college football. As we start to close 3 00:00:08,640 --> 00:00:11,439 down the regular season here for a few programs, some 4 00:00:11,519 --> 00:00:14,160 of those who will not be going into the college 5 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:18,120 football postseason are wrapping their weeks up here after Week fourteen, 6 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:22,039 some of those who will continue on getting ready for 7 00:00:22,199 --> 00:00:27,399 conference championship games or awaiting their final seeds in the 8 00:00:27,519 --> 00:00:31,000 college football in the last college football playoff rankings that 9 00:00:31,039 --> 00:00:36,520 will come out on Sunday, and boy howdy, lots of 10 00:00:36,600 --> 00:00:40,880 news in that regard, and as you would expect, some 11 00:00:41,000 --> 00:00:47,200 hurt feelings some because we had some back and forth 12 00:00:47,439 --> 00:00:50,520 here coaches going at each other in between conferences, not 13 00:00:50,560 --> 00:00:53,960 even in the same conference, but you had some coaches 14 00:00:54,039 --> 00:00:57,520 kind of taking jabs at each other here in the 15 00:00:57,520 --> 00:01:04,799 college football world as the playoffs approach here, as do 16 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,359 conference championship games coming up this weekend. But let's recap 17 00:01:09,120 --> 00:01:13,920 some of Week fourteen. Some momentous games, some momentous upsets, 18 00:01:14,040 --> 00:01:20,159 some momentous losses all across the college football landscape in 19 00:01:20,359 --> 00:01:25,239 several conferences, not just the big ones. And then some 20 00:01:25,319 --> 00:01:32,280 programs maybe making their case who do not have the 21 00:01:32,280 --> 00:01:35,879 benefit of a conference championship game to play in, but 22 00:01:35,959 --> 00:01:41,159 nonetheless making their case for their inclusion into that college 23 00:01:41,159 --> 00:01:45,280 football playoff, or maybe just making a statement as they 24 00:01:45,319 --> 00:01:48,799 head into that college football playoff for twenty twenty five, 25 00:01:48,959 --> 00:01:53,920 the twelve team college football Playoff. 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We still have some college football to play, 59 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:57,120 and we're going to start with possibly the biggest game 60 00:03:57,240 --> 00:04:02,120 nationally that was on the DOC and the biggest game 61 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,919 at least that people are talking about whether you're an 62 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:08,319 alum or a fan of either one of these schools. 63 00:04:08,319 --> 00:04:11,039 It is certainly the topic of conversation around the college 64 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:16,759 football world on Friday night as the Texas Longhorns host 65 00:04:16,920 --> 00:04:20,959 the number three at the time Texas A and m 66 00:04:21,000 --> 00:04:25,079 Aggie's who are looking for not just a perfect seede 67 00:04:25,120 --> 00:04:27,800 the first perfect season in twelve to zero season since 68 00:04:28,399 --> 00:04:32,959 nineteen ninety two, but they're looking to maintain their spot 69 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,279 in the top four of the college Football Playoff rankings 70 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:41,480 and therefore a first round by But it was not 71 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:49,199 to be, and this loss slash win has initiated college 72 00:04:49,240 --> 00:04:54,319 football Playoff ranking bracket chaos at Lease. It's one of 73 00:04:54,319 --> 00:04:57,680 the games that did that. And we talked about this 74 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:00,920 game last week and I it's number one. It's a 75 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:04,800 rivalry game. And everybody that listens to this show, listened 76 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:08,639 to any of my shows, uh, certainly knows that I 77 00:05:08,680 --> 00:05:12,079 am an Aggie all right. First and foremost, that is 78 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:16,879 my affiliation. That is my allegiance, which by birth and 79 00:05:16,920 --> 00:05:19,920 by definition means that I don't like the Longhorns, and 80 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:21,759 I always cheer against the Longhorns. 81 00:05:21,800 --> 00:05:26,639 Speaker 2: For the most part, I hate the color orange. Hate 82 00:05:26,639 --> 00:05:27,240 it with a passion. 83 00:05:27,319 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 1: Somebody tried to sell me an orange car one time, 84 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,519 and I wouldn't buy the cards simply because it was orange. 85 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:38,040 It reminded me of the stupid Longhorns. But going into 86 00:05:38,040 --> 00:05:42,439 this game, you, as an Aggi's fan, had to be cautious. Yes, 87 00:05:42,480 --> 00:05:45,319 the Aggies were rolling. You had the almost hiccup against 88 00:05:45,319 --> 00:05:50,879 South Carolina. You saw some I guess, some chinks in 89 00:05:50,920 --> 00:05:53,160 the armor for the y Aggies in that game, and 90 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,920 Texas had a blueprint on what to do. And in 91 00:05:57,000 --> 00:05:58,839 the first half of this game, it didn't look like 92 00:05:58,879 --> 00:06:00,920 the long Horns were gonna have any thing for the Aggies. 93 00:06:02,160 --> 00:06:04,040 It looked like, with a ten to three lead headed 94 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,199 into halftime, the Aggies were gonna roll out of there 95 00:06:06,240 --> 00:06:09,360 with their season perfect season intact, with their college football 96 00:06:09,399 --> 00:06:13,720 ranking intact, and things were gonna go the way a 97 00:06:13,759 --> 00:06:21,120 lot of people thought it would. But it's Aggie's Longhorns 98 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:26,519 and none of that other stuff matters. And arch Manning 99 00:06:27,199 --> 00:06:30,000 showed to be in the second half of this game 100 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:35,439 the guy that we'd seen flashes of during the regular season, 101 00:06:36,399 --> 00:06:38,959 not a lot of, but we'd seen flashes of. We 102 00:06:39,040 --> 00:06:43,079 thought he could be this guy, and he decided to 103 00:06:43,160 --> 00:06:47,279 break out the Manning whoopass on the Texas A and 104 00:06:47,439 --> 00:06:53,560 m Aggies en route to a twenty seven seventeen final 105 00:06:54,439 --> 00:06:57,839 to offer the Aggies their first loss, to give the 106 00:06:57,920 --> 00:07:02,959 Longhorns their ninth win against three losses. And while it's 107 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:09,439 still an outside shot to maintain their it's not really eligibility, 108 00:07:09,560 --> 00:07:12,360 but I guess to make their case to still be 109 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:16,360 in the college football playoffs. We'll get into that a 110 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,240 little bit later as far as what it does for them. 111 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:23,839 The rankings, most recent rankings, the penultimate rankings, came out 112 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:28,040 Tuesday night. As we record this on Wednesday on the 113 00:07:28,120 --> 00:07:31,399 Longhorns are not in it, buddy, But it doesn't matter 114 00:07:31,439 --> 00:07:33,360 because that's not the final save that will come out 115 00:07:33,360 --> 00:07:33,920 on Sunday. 116 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,160 Speaker 2: We'll get in some of that later. 117 00:07:36,959 --> 00:07:41,439 Speaker 1: Let's give props where props are due, and that is 118 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:47,720 Arch Manning as he obliterated the Aggi's defense, as did 119 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:52,160 the long Horns rushing attack, just obliterated what we had 120 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:56,680 known all season as one of the best rushing defenses 121 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:59,439 in the league and in all of college football for 122 00:07:59,480 --> 00:08:03,879 the Aggies. But the Longhorns come back and outscore the 123 00:08:03,920 --> 00:08:11,160 Aggies twenty four to seven, with arch Manning having a big, 124 00:08:11,759 --> 00:08:13,800 big part of that in front of over one hundred 125 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:19,759 and three thousand at there in Austin at dk R 126 00:08:19,839 --> 00:08:24,680 Memorial Stadium, and again it knocked the Aggies out of 127 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:30,079 the SEC championship game. It now marks as you saw signs, 128 00:08:30,079 --> 00:08:32,960 I've seen signs and memes everywhere over. 129 00:08:32,799 --> 00:08:36,000 Speaker 2: Five thousand days since the Aggie's of one in Austin. 130 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: All right, well yeah that's crazy looking right as a number, 131 00:08:40,480 --> 00:08:44,440 but they've played twice in that time. Come on, this 132 00:08:44,519 --> 00:08:51,399 is kind of silly. But arch Manning everything to do 133 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:56,320 with that win. Credit Ryan Wingo, credit arch Manning's arm, 134 00:08:56,440 --> 00:09:02,639 credit March arch Manning's legs, especially his legs as he Yeah, 135 00:09:02,679 --> 00:09:05,120 he showed that he is the guy can be the 136 00:09:05,120 --> 00:09:10,600 guy that everybody thought he was coming into the starting 137 00:09:10,679 --> 00:09:15,639 role against Ohio State as the season started and some 138 00:09:15,679 --> 00:09:18,480 of those really bad losses, Yes it was on his 139 00:09:18,559 --> 00:09:23,759 shoulders partially, but this offensive line got better as the 140 00:09:23,759 --> 00:09:28,480 season progressed. Art Manning got more comfortable as the season progressed, 141 00:09:28,519 --> 00:09:36,679 his reads became better, his accuracy got better. And you 142 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,639 know it's not an easy you hear it all the 143 00:09:39,679 --> 00:09:45,639 time about college quarterbacks making the jump to the NFL, 144 00:09:45,799 --> 00:09:50,840 especially top picks who are expected to start immediately, and 145 00:09:50,919 --> 00:09:53,039 how difficult of a transition that is. 146 00:09:54,679 --> 00:09:55,440 Speaker 2: I never did it. 147 00:09:56,159 --> 00:09:59,000 Speaker 1: I'm just I can tell by looking that it's a 148 00:09:59,039 --> 00:10:02,360 difficult transition college and football. There, do you hear there 149 00:10:02,360 --> 00:10:06,120 are two different speeds, right or college and NFL are 150 00:10:06,159 --> 00:10:09,600 at two different speeds. Well, the same as can be 151 00:10:09,679 --> 00:10:13,360 said of high school to college. And arch Manning was 152 00:10:13,360 --> 00:10:18,639 that top pick going into the next level and he 153 00:10:18,799 --> 00:10:21,320 just happened to have his baptism in game one of 154 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:25,360 his first start against the best who has still proven 155 00:10:25,399 --> 00:10:28,879 to be the best team in the country, with one 156 00:10:28,879 --> 00:10:32,080 of the well not one of the with the most 157 00:10:32,120 --> 00:10:36,919 difficult defense to play against. And arch Manning scored seven points, 158 00:10:36,919 --> 00:10:41,799 and that Longhorn's offense scored seven points against Ohio State 159 00:10:42,360 --> 00:10:45,879 and he did not look good. So you know what, 160 00:10:46,200 --> 00:10:48,759 Just like those NFL quarterbacks, some of them can come 161 00:10:48,799 --> 00:10:52,080 on later in the season, figure things out, the team 162 00:10:52,120 --> 00:10:57,000 around them improves. It's exactly what's happened with Arch at TU. 163 00:10:58,399 --> 00:11:00,639 The team got a little bit better around him. I 164 00:11:00,639 --> 00:11:02,679 feel like the coaching staff got a little bit better 165 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:06,559 around him for him, and I feel like this thing 166 00:11:06,799 --> 00:11:09,919 is gelling at the right time. Whether or not that 167 00:11:10,120 --> 00:11:16,279 means they get a spot, it's not my decision. And 168 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:20,919 I know a lot of Longhorns fans are posturing for that. 169 00:11:21,919 --> 00:11:25,279 Steve Sarkisian is certainly posturing for that. That's his job. 170 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:32,799 You would expect nothing less. But all of you Longhorns fans, 171 00:11:34,639 --> 00:11:38,440 I'll say the same thing to you that I'm saying 172 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:42,320 to the Alabama fans, because there's a chance at Alabama 173 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:49,159 doesn't even get in. And Alabama's probably got a better 174 00:11:49,240 --> 00:11:53,159 resume than the Longhorns do because the long Horns are 175 00:11:53,159 --> 00:11:57,519 all and Steve sarkisan is crying because, well, we're being 176 00:11:57,519 --> 00:11:59,799 punished because we played to Ohio State. Steve, you know, 177 00:12:00,000 --> 00:12:01,600 if we didn't play Ohio State, we played it. No, 178 00:12:01,759 --> 00:12:04,600 that has nothing to do with it. You lost to 179 00:12:04,639 --> 00:12:08,759 a better team. If you'd just taken care of business 180 00:12:09,600 --> 00:12:12,320 at Florida, you'd be in this thing and we wouldn't 181 00:12:12,320 --> 00:12:17,159 be having this conversation. Just like I tell Alabama, Alabama 182 00:12:17,200 --> 00:12:21,879 complains about their their their resume and their their difficult schedule. 183 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:26,360 You know what, if you to beat Florida State in 184 00:12:26,399 --> 00:12:29,440 week one, we wouldn't be having this conversation you'd be in. 185 00:12:30,360 --> 00:12:33,120 There'd be no discussion. All you had to do was 186 00:12:33,159 --> 00:12:40,080 beat a really crappy opponent and you didn't. Longhorns, all 187 00:12:40,120 --> 00:12:42,039 you had to do is beat a really crappy opponent 188 00:12:42,840 --> 00:12:43,799 and you couldn't. 189 00:12:46,240 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 2: Is that fair? Probably not, but that's the way the 190 00:12:49,320 --> 00:12:53,480 system is set up. You know, the. 191 00:12:53,480 --> 00:12:57,279 Speaker 1: Aggie's missed out on the SEC championship game. They're gonna 192 00:12:57,320 --> 00:12:59,720 miss out on a first round by probably in the 193 00:12:59,759 --> 00:13:05,840 call is football playoff because of one loss in the 194 00:13:05,919 --> 00:13:12,200 last game of the year to a borderline college football 195 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:13,039 playoff team? 196 00:13:14,240 --> 00:13:14,799 Speaker 2: Is that fair? 197 00:13:16,080 --> 00:13:18,799 Speaker 1: Probably not, But that's the way the system is. It's 198 00:13:18,799 --> 00:13:19,679 the way it's set up. 199 00:13:20,919 --> 00:13:21,759 Speaker 2: Do I like it? 200 00:13:23,399 --> 00:13:25,000 Speaker 1: I don't know if I have to like it, but 201 00:13:25,120 --> 00:13:27,039 that's the way it is, and I don't know any 202 00:13:27,039 --> 00:13:31,240 other way to do it. So yes, it's a terrible 203 00:13:31,279 --> 00:13:36,000 loss for the Aggies and Aggies that brings in the 204 00:13:36,360 --> 00:13:41,440 age old question here, and you know, I know this rivalry, 205 00:13:42,360 --> 00:13:49,960 while not new, it is certainly new being restored between 206 00:13:49,960 --> 00:13:54,080 the Longhorns and the Aggies. That brings in the question, 207 00:13:55,159 --> 00:14:00,279 would you rather beat Texas and have those in state 208 00:14:00,360 --> 00:14:04,120 bragging rights and miss out on college on the College 209 00:14:04,159 --> 00:14:13,039 Football Playoffs or lose to Texas and make the playoffs. 210 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,600 That question sounds silly to some people. To others, it's 211 00:14:16,639 --> 00:14:23,240 an obvious answer. Beat Texas before the College Football Playoff 212 00:14:24,320 --> 00:14:28,320 came into existence, before the BCS. I think you just 213 00:14:28,360 --> 00:14:33,639 wanted to beat your rival, and that's fair. Since all 214 00:14:33,679 --> 00:14:35,759 of this has changed, I don't know that that's the 215 00:14:35,759 --> 00:14:41,480 case anymore. I know people who are the biggest of 216 00:14:41,559 --> 00:14:45,960 Ohio State fans. I know people who are the biggest 217 00:14:45,960 --> 00:14:51,879 of Michigan fans. Look what happened to Ohio State last year. 218 00:14:53,799 --> 00:14:59,600 You have an unblemished record. You go into Michigan, I 219 00:14:59,639 --> 00:15:03,759 guess they came to you last year, and you lose 220 00:15:03,799 --> 00:15:06,639 to your biggest rival, Michigan in the last week of 221 00:15:06,639 --> 00:15:11,320 the regular season, But then you go on to win 222 00:15:11,320 --> 00:15:15,519 the national championship. The Aggies are in the same spot 223 00:15:15,679 --> 00:15:19,200 right now. You lose to your biggest rival in the 224 00:15:19,200 --> 00:15:21,759 final week of the season to blow your perfect season, 225 00:15:22,320 --> 00:15:26,080 the perfect season record, But now you're in the playoffs 226 00:15:27,799 --> 00:15:30,639 and your rival's probably not so what would you rather have? 227 00:15:30,799 --> 00:15:34,600 Aggis fans beat Texas miss out on the postseason, or 228 00:15:34,639 --> 00:15:38,360 lose to Texas, make the postseason and have an opportunity 229 00:15:38,399 --> 00:15:41,480 now if the Aggie's the way the bracket is right now, 230 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:44,840 and we'll get into bracket talk later. They would host 231 00:15:45,559 --> 00:15:48,159 Notre Dame in the first round. You go in and 232 00:15:48,200 --> 00:15:52,240 you lose to Notre Dame in the first round, what's 233 00:15:52,320 --> 00:15:55,360 the better bragging rights that you made it to the 234 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,679 postseason and was one and done, or that you beat Texas. 235 00:16:00,279 --> 00:16:01,480 Speaker 2: And as an Aggie's. 236 00:16:01,120 --> 00:16:02,840 Speaker 1: Fan, I don't know the answer to that because I 237 00:16:02,879 --> 00:16:07,840 haven't felt the first part of that yet. That's where 238 00:16:07,879 --> 00:16:11,679 we are. Big big game Aggie's and Longhorns. Big big 239 00:16:11,720 --> 00:16:16,960 game didn't come out the way I wanted. But you 240 00:16:16,960 --> 00:16:22,279 know what, Longhorns, Longhorns fans, full credit and kudos to 241 00:16:22,360 --> 00:16:25,080 you boys and girls for what you were able to do. 242 00:16:26,120 --> 00:16:27,559 And you know, we'll say the same thing that we 243 00:16:27,639 --> 00:16:32,840 said Ford for one hundred years before and m bolted 244 00:16:32,879 --> 00:16:37,360 for the SEC and little brother Longhorns had to come 245 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:43,519 and follow us fourteen years later, thirteen years later, we'll 246 00:16:43,519 --> 00:16:45,080 see you next year in our house. 247 00:16:45,799 --> 00:16:47,720 Speaker 2: And by the way, I'm so glad that this. 248 00:16:47,679 --> 00:16:49,399 Speaker 1: Is a home and home series and they don't play 249 00:16:49,399 --> 00:16:52,320 it a neutral site like the Sooners and Horns do. 250 00:16:54,039 --> 00:16:55,639 I think that's one of the greatest things about this 251 00:16:55,799 --> 00:16:57,159 rivalry is that it's home and home. 252 00:16:58,759 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 2: Wouldn't have it any other way. 253 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,519 Speaker 1: So anyway, I know many of you were anxious to 254 00:17:03,519 --> 00:17:04,759 hear my thoughts on all of that. 255 00:17:06,480 --> 00:17:07,319 Speaker 2: Well there you go. 256 00:17:09,440 --> 00:17:13,839 Speaker 1: Now let's move on to one of those Texas teams 257 00:17:13,880 --> 00:17:21,160 that made a statement before they head to the college 258 00:17:21,160 --> 00:17:24,839 football playoff, and as it stands right now, would be 259 00:17:24,839 --> 00:17:27,519 one of those top four teams with a first round 260 00:17:27,519 --> 00:17:33,160 by that, of course, is your Texas Tech Red Raiders. 261 00:17:34,160 --> 00:17:40,240 As they roll into West Virginia, a team reeling right now, 262 00:17:41,279 --> 00:17:44,160 they roll into West Virginia and right put up a 263 00:17:44,200 --> 00:17:48,319 forty nine burger. Wasn't quite a fifty burger. They put 264 00:17:48,400 --> 00:17:52,160 up a forty nine burger and the defense gets the shutout, 265 00:17:54,960 --> 00:17:58,519 and that is a statement win of statement wins. As 266 00:17:58,559 --> 00:18:05,359 you now head into the Big twelve title game against BYU, 267 00:18:05,440 --> 00:18:08,279 a team that you have already obliterated in the regular season, 268 00:18:08,319 --> 00:18:11,359 I believe twenty six to seven was the final in 269 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:16,920 that one, and you gotta be feeling good about yourself. 270 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:23,200 You know, the blanking of West Virginia doesn't sound quite impressive, 271 00:18:23,240 --> 00:18:25,440 but when you combine it with what they've done this season, 272 00:18:26,799 --> 00:18:32,559 the Red Raiders and the way their offenses performed this seasons. 273 00:18:33,519 --> 00:18:37,400 It's impressive. And the Red Raiders have made their case. 274 00:18:38,680 --> 00:18:42,920 They have submitted their resume, and it is an impressive resume. 275 00:18:43,000 --> 00:18:47,880 Let's talk about the game a little bit. As Baron 276 00:18:47,920 --> 00:18:51,000 Morten throws for three hundred and ten yards three touchdowns, 277 00:18:52,960 --> 00:18:59,160 Linebacker and Heisman contender Jacob Rodriguez scored his second offensive 278 00:18:59,200 --> 00:19:01,000 touchdown in any games. 279 00:19:02,200 --> 00:19:05,160 Speaker 2: As in the. 280 00:19:05,000 --> 00:19:07,240 Speaker 1: Final tune up before the Big twelve title game, the 281 00:19:07,279 --> 00:19:10,960 Red Raiders role. They'd already clinched a spot in the 282 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:15,359 title game against BYU by virtue of Arizona State losing 283 00:19:15,839 --> 00:19:19,319 to Arizona on Friday night, but they still had motivation. 284 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,000 And I love this. I love that they showed up 285 00:19:22,079 --> 00:19:24,480 really with nothing to play for. I mean, you don't 286 00:19:24,519 --> 00:19:28,880 want to lose, knock yourself out of that position, but 287 00:19:28,920 --> 00:19:32,119 you had already made the game, made the championship game, 288 00:19:33,880 --> 00:19:37,559 but you needed to win to continue that trajectory toward 289 00:19:37,599 --> 00:19:42,240 hosting either hosting a first round playoff game, or as 290 00:19:42,279 --> 00:19:45,079 it stands as of Tuesday, having a bye. 291 00:19:46,599 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 2: For the College Football Playoff. 292 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:50,960 Speaker 1: They were dominant from the start, scored touchdowns on four 293 00:19:50,960 --> 00:19:57,880 of their first five drives. And you know, although Jacob 294 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,480 Rodriguez did not strike that high as and pose like 295 00:20:01,599 --> 00:20:06,960 he did what two weeks ago, uh, it was. It 296 00:20:07,000 --> 00:20:11,480 was an impressive performance by Rodriguez, by the defense and 297 00:20:12,559 --> 00:20:20,519 by the the entire Red Raiders team. Baron Morton, you know, 298 00:20:21,319 --> 00:20:24,519 you'd love to see what his numbers would have been 299 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,799 without the injuries he's had to deal with the last 300 00:20:26,839 --> 00:20:31,000 couple of years. Uh is you know, he gets really 301 00:20:31,000 --> 00:20:34,480 really comfortable, and he gets in these grooves and it 302 00:20:34,519 --> 00:20:36,359 looks like he can do anything with the ball. 303 00:20:37,039 --> 00:20:38,960 Speaker 2: He's he's almost got. 304 00:20:38,720 --> 00:20:43,359 Speaker 1: That gun slinger mentality that you think of with h 305 00:20:44,440 --> 00:20:52,160 Baker Mayfield, with Brett Fob Brett ferv those type of guys, 306 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:57,359 but without the not that he doesn't make mistakes, but without. 307 00:20:57,119 --> 00:21:01,960 Speaker 2: The glaring, the egregious errors for the most part. 308 00:21:03,279 --> 00:21:05,200 Speaker 1: And I would just love to see what he can 309 00:21:05,279 --> 00:21:10,640 do playing a full schedule, and even in college a 310 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:14,279 full schedule is sort of relative because you get into 311 00:21:14,319 --> 00:21:17,839 these forty nine to nothing games and you get taken 312 00:21:17,839 --> 00:21:19,720 out of the game, so you're not even really playing, 313 00:21:19,920 --> 00:21:22,079 you know, the full four quarters. But still you'd like 314 00:21:22,119 --> 00:21:27,599 to see what Baron Morton can do with a full slate. 315 00:21:29,440 --> 00:21:31,640 Speaker 2: Of games. 316 00:21:32,480 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: Once again, there were all of the Red You know, 317 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,559 all of the Red Raiders wins this season have come 318 00:21:38,559 --> 00:21:42,480 by at least twenty points. Texas Tech has scored at 319 00:21:42,559 --> 00:21:50,079 least forty two points in eight games. So yeah, it 320 00:21:50,200 --> 00:21:55,319 was It's more of what you expected to see from 321 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:55,960 the Red Raiders. 322 00:21:56,039 --> 00:21:56,160 Speaker 2: Now. 323 00:21:56,160 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 1: There was a very touching moment as before the game, 324 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:07,000 a moment of silence was held for two West Virginia 325 00:22:07,079 --> 00:22:09,119 National Guard members who were shot in Washington. 326 00:22:09,200 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 2: D C. 327 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:16,559 Speaker 1: Specialist Sarah bestrom Age, twenty died after the Wednesday shooting. 328 00:22:17,440 --> 00:22:21,599 Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, aged twenty four, remains in critical condition, 329 00:22:21,720 --> 00:22:25,960 and they held on at the stadium in many many 330 00:22:26,000 --> 00:22:29,960 other places, a moment of silence for that senseless act 331 00:22:30,000 --> 00:22:33,759 and for those two heroes, one of whom we've already 332 00:22:33,759 --> 00:22:39,480 lost while the other one fights for his life. Injury 333 00:22:39,519 --> 00:22:43,839 news in this game, the National sack leader David Bailey 334 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:47,559 did not play in the second half. He not a 335 00:22:47,599 --> 00:22:50,119 specific injury. He was banged up a little bit going 336 00:22:50,119 --> 00:22:52,839 into the game, and I think Joey maguire just kind 337 00:22:52,839 --> 00:22:55,440 of wanted to hold him out as a precaution to 338 00:22:55,480 --> 00:22:59,440 make sure he's ready to play against BYU. Nothing wrong 339 00:22:59,480 --> 00:23:05,079 with that like that. Actually, now, this is the first 340 00:23:05,799 --> 00:23:08,480 time that the Red Raiders will advance to a conference 341 00:23:08,559 --> 00:23:13,799 championship game in school history. It's their thirtieth season in 342 00:23:13,839 --> 00:23:16,000 the Big Twelve and they have never won a Big 343 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:19,319 Twelve title, and it certainly appears like the stars are 344 00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:27,599 aligned for that to happen this season, because, as I mentioned, 345 00:23:27,599 --> 00:23:32,640 this thing is just rolling. It's just a rolling. Now 346 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,920 some not so happy news if you are a fan 347 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:41,480 of those SMU Mustangs, because a huge, huge, missed opportunity 348 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:47,039 out on the West Coast over the weekend, and this 349 00:23:47,200 --> 00:23:49,119 was a game that I watched and I still am 350 00:23:49,160 --> 00:23:53,599 not sure how this even happened to be quite honest, 351 00:23:53,640 --> 00:23:59,079 As the col Golden Bears get past SMU, who with 352 00:23:59,160 --> 00:24:04,279 a win, are in the conference the ACC conference championship 353 00:24:04,319 --> 00:24:08,200 game for the second straight year in just their second 354 00:24:08,279 --> 00:24:12,880 year in the conference. But you can't get things done 355 00:24:14,759 --> 00:24:17,720 as you allow twenty one points in the second half, 356 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:24,000 but you were already down. SMU scored twenty eight points 357 00:24:24,000 --> 00:24:26,400 in the second half, but it did not help when 358 00:24:26,400 --> 00:24:30,319 you were down seventeen to seven at halftime. The defense 359 00:24:30,359 --> 00:24:35,000 could not get it done and allows a fourteen point 360 00:24:35,079 --> 00:24:39,680 fourth quarter against a twenty one point fourth quarter after 361 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,960 the two teams scored a touchdown a piece in the third, 362 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:46,559 and you squander a chance at clinching a berth in 363 00:24:46,599 --> 00:24:49,240 that ACC title game with a thirty eight to thirty 364 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:53,759 five loss. Kendrick Raphael ran it in from two yards 365 00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:56,759 out with forty three seconds left to put the game 366 00:24:56,759 --> 00:25:06,519 away and spoil SMU's ACC Championship game host chances. After 367 00:25:06,720 --> 00:25:09,839 SMU had caught its way back into the game down 368 00:25:09,920 --> 00:25:12,720 early and even took the lead with two twenty two 369 00:25:12,799 --> 00:25:17,000 left on a t J. Harden touchdown from a yard out. 370 00:25:18,200 --> 00:25:24,519 Cal responded quickly, though, as they march seventy five yards 371 00:25:24,519 --> 00:25:29,759 and seven plays, capped by Raphael's twelfth rushing touchdown of 372 00:25:29,759 --> 00:25:31,480 the season. SMU had a chance to tie the game 373 00:25:31,519 --> 00:25:35,640 with eight seconds left. Sam Keltner's fifty two yard field 374 00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:43,359 goal selled wide right and at no point as they 375 00:25:43,359 --> 00:25:45,440 were lining up for a fifty two yard field goal, 376 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:50,200 Excuse me, did I think that thing was going in? 377 00:25:51,720 --> 00:25:52,599 Speaker 2: It just was not to be. 378 00:25:52,680 --> 00:25:55,880 Speaker 1: It was not SMU's night, and it sucks that it's 379 00:25:56,279 --> 00:25:58,000 the game that you needed to put you. 380 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:02,839 Speaker 2: Back in the title game. But you know, and by 381 00:26:02,839 --> 00:26:03,279 the way, an. 382 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:08,200 Speaker 1: Opportunity potentially with you still still had three losses. 383 00:26:09,279 --> 00:26:09,519 Speaker 2: A lot. 384 00:26:09,599 --> 00:26:11,720 Speaker 1: It would have been a long shot for the college 385 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:17,880 Football playoff, but you know, those things can happen. They 386 00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:19,640 usually don't, but you'd like to. 387 00:26:19,559 --> 00:26:22,400 Speaker 2: Think they can still. 388 00:26:22,799 --> 00:26:25,440 Speaker 1: Eight and four season not what you wanted from the Mustangs. 389 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:28,680 Excuse me, I mean all choked up talking about the 390 00:26:28,759 --> 00:26:34,000 MUSTANGSRT lastly even said after the game they fully expected 391 00:26:34,000 --> 00:26:38,000 to win. And I know that's coach speak and you 392 00:26:38,200 --> 00:26:41,160 say that after every game, even the losses, but I 393 00:26:41,200 --> 00:26:43,359 feel like this one kind of caught the team and 394 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,720 the coaching staff off guard. I don't know who to 395 00:26:46,759 --> 00:26:50,200 blame for that, other than it's a long season. You 396 00:26:50,279 --> 00:26:53,480 have games like this. The Mustangs have certainly had games 397 00:26:53,519 --> 00:26:55,799 like this this season already that they should have won. 398 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:01,440 But when you bury yourself a whole, you can't always 399 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:06,839 dig out of it. So yeah, tremendous credit to those 400 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:10,160 boys out out in Cow, those Golden Bears and what 401 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,880 they were able to do to the Mustangs. Big disappointment 402 00:27:13,880 --> 00:27:16,640 from the Mustang side. Kevin Jennings twenty four thirty six 403 00:27:16,640 --> 00:27:21,599 for two and fifty yards, two touchdowns, one really bad interception. 404 00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:25,200 Chris Johnson Junior one hundred twenty eight yards on ten 405 00:27:25,279 --> 00:27:28,400 carries with a touchdown. The stats looked nice, but when 406 00:27:28,400 --> 00:27:32,279 it came down to crunch time, the defense could not 407 00:27:32,599 --> 00:27:37,920 get a stop when they needed it. So the Mustangs 408 00:27:37,960 --> 00:27:43,079 will turn their attention toward next year and see if 409 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:47,400 rhtt Lashley gets any looks from some of these potential 410 00:27:47,440 --> 00:27:51,319 college football job openings. I think he's pretty happy where 411 00:27:51,319 --> 00:27:55,440 he is. But as we always say, money talks, that's 412 00:27:55,440 --> 00:27:58,319 what that's all about. Had a couple of Texas schools 413 00:27:58,319 --> 00:27:59,400 pitted against each. 414 00:27:59,200 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 2: Other really in a game of well bragging rights, I guess. 415 00:28:07,440 --> 00:28:12,000 Speaker 1: As you had the Houston Cougar's traveling to Waco to 416 00:28:12,079 --> 00:28:14,880 take on the Bears in a Big twelve matchup. Houston 417 00:28:14,920 --> 00:28:17,200 walks out of Victoria's thirty one to twenty four. The 418 00:28:17,279 --> 00:28:20,599 Houston Cougars go to nine and three, six and three 419 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:24,960 in the Big Twelve. The Bears, just not long after 420 00:28:25,039 --> 00:28:28,200 announcing that Dave Randa will be back in twenty twenty six, 421 00:28:29,039 --> 00:28:31,039 fall to five and seven, three and six in the 422 00:28:31,079 --> 00:28:36,680 Big Twelve. As Connor Wigman Annow accounts for three total 423 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:42,519 touchdowns with the Cougars wrapping up a nine win regular season. 424 00:28:44,480 --> 00:28:46,559 Dean Connor scored on a one yard run with just 425 00:28:46,599 --> 00:28:50,799 one fifty seven left. Connor Wigman did his thing, passed 426 00:28:50,799 --> 00:28:52,759 for two hundred and one yards, he rushed for another 427 00:28:52,799 --> 00:28:57,000 one hundred and twenty one yards, and the bowl bound 428 00:28:57,079 --> 00:28:59,519 Cougar's got the game winning drive after Baylor had a 429 00:28:59,640 --> 00:29:04,319 race of fifteen point deficit. After a scary injury by 430 00:29:04,319 --> 00:29:08,359 the way to Caden Knighton late in the third quarter, 431 00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:14,519 Thinking the good thoughts for Caden, Baylor had another chance 432 00:29:14,559 --> 00:29:17,680 to tie the game Sawyer Robertson was under heavy pressure 433 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,759 on a fourth down incompletion from the Houston thirteen with 434 00:29:20,880 --> 00:29:23,000 forty three seconds left. This one came down to the 435 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,279 wire in a game the Cougars really should have put 436 00:29:26,319 --> 00:29:29,799 away nothing against the Bears, but the Cougars are supposed 437 00:29:29,839 --> 00:29:33,359 to be on another level than where the Bears are 438 00:29:33,400 --> 00:29:37,240 this season. But just like another games this season, the 439 00:29:37,279 --> 00:29:41,680 Cougars almost found a way to lose when you shouldn't have. 440 00:29:45,839 --> 00:29:49,359 The Bears ended coach Randa's sixth season with their third 441 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,160 loss in a row in fifth and six games. Not 442 00:29:53,279 --> 00:29:55,759 the kind of season he wanted, but they are putting 443 00:29:55,799 --> 00:29:59,880 all of their eggs in Randa's basket for twenty twenty six, 444 00:30:00,519 --> 00:30:02,559 as they had announced a couple of weeks ago that 445 00:30:02,599 --> 00:30:05,920 he is coming back and we'll be here, much to 446 00:30:05,960 --> 00:30:09,759 the dismay by the way of many Baylor Bear's alum 447 00:30:09,799 --> 00:30:13,359 and fans that I have heard from since that announcement. 448 00:30:13,960 --> 00:30:15,119 Speaker 2: But look, here's the deal. 449 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:20,559 Speaker 1: I'll tell you, boys and girls what I've told a 450 00:30:20,599 --> 00:30:23,880 lot of other teams in the same situation. Looking at you, 451 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:29,680 Florida State, you can't just fire your coach because he sucks. 452 00:30:30,799 --> 00:30:34,400 I'm not saying Dave Randa sucks, because I don't think 453 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:38,200 he does. We have a history with Dave Randa. I 454 00:30:38,279 --> 00:30:39,079 might be saying that. 455 00:30:40,680 --> 00:30:41,039 Speaker 2: Never mind. 456 00:30:41,039 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 1: Im' not even to say that, uh like Norvell sucks. 457 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,559 But I'm not going to say that. You can't just 458 00:30:48,680 --> 00:30:51,079 fire the guy. You have to have a plan in 459 00:30:51,119 --> 00:30:54,519 place to replace him, and if you don't, you're better 460 00:30:54,559 --> 00:30:58,160 off keeping that guy. And I'm not even saying that 461 00:30:58,200 --> 00:31:01,880 Baylor went out looking around to replace Aranda. I don't 462 00:31:01,880 --> 00:31:06,920 even know that that happened. But if you're going to 463 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,440 fire a guy like Randa who's got skins on the 464 00:31:09,480 --> 00:31:14,519 wall and has had tremendous success with the program. You 465 00:31:14,599 --> 00:31:17,440 better darn sure know what you're doing to replace him, 466 00:31:18,599 --> 00:31:21,359 and it better be a better option. And right now, 467 00:31:21,400 --> 00:31:24,319 I don't think that exists for those Baylor bearers or 468 00:31:24,319 --> 00:31:28,240 a lot of programs out there. Not only do you 469 00:31:28,319 --> 00:31:31,720 have to have the availability of someone better than Dave Randa, 470 00:31:32,799 --> 00:31:35,920 you have to have an interest from that person in 471 00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:39,599 taking the job. Both of those things have to line 472 00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:43,000 up perfectly, and that's not always the case. And that's 473 00:31:43,319 --> 00:31:50,440 an aspect that gets lost in this business from fans. 474 00:31:52,119 --> 00:31:54,480 Just because your guy didn't get the job done doesn't 475 00:31:54,519 --> 00:31:59,960 mean someone out there is willing to do it. So 476 00:32:00,000 --> 00:32:02,240 I think of the good thought for the Baylor fans 477 00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:11,200 as Houston awaits their bowl assignments, another team awaiting their 478 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:17,119 bowl assignment after coming off a win to finish their 479 00:32:17,160 --> 00:32:19,559 season eight and four, five and four in the Big Twelve, 480 00:32:19,559 --> 00:32:23,799 those TCU horn Frogs getting it done at home. 481 00:32:28,839 --> 00:32:31,480 Speaker 2: Man, I got a horn frog in my throat. 482 00:32:32,880 --> 00:32:36,480 Speaker 1: Getting things done at home against the fighting Cincinnati Kelsey 483 00:32:36,519 --> 00:32:45,039 Bearcats forty five to twenty three. Cincinnati really just never 484 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:48,279 in this one. They led big at the half, thirty 485 00:32:48,279 --> 00:32:54,119 one to seventeen outscored the Bearcats in the second half 486 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:57,079 fourteen to six, and there's your total forty five to three. 487 00:32:57,839 --> 00:33:01,440 Josh Hoover looked wonderful again for touchdown passes. Jeremy Payne 488 00:33:01,480 --> 00:33:03,640 ran for one hundred and seventy four yards and two scores. 489 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:10,359 We had in the Big Twelve another weather delay about 490 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:12,799 ninety minutes in the first quarter by lightning and rain 491 00:33:13,799 --> 00:33:15,519 in Fort Worth. And yeah, we did have some bad 492 00:33:15,559 --> 00:33:20,920 weather here in North Texas Saturday night, so that is 493 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:23,359 not surprising at all. The Bearcasts finished the regular season 494 00:33:23,400 --> 00:33:26,799 on a four game losing streak. I think about when 495 00:33:26,839 --> 00:33:31,559 that losing streak started, the bear Casts were ranked seventeenth 496 00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:33,799 and poised for a run to the Big Twelve title 497 00:33:33,839 --> 00:33:37,240 game and maybe even a spot in the College Football Playoff, 498 00:33:37,319 --> 00:33:39,200 but things went south. 499 00:33:39,119 --> 00:33:40,839 Speaker 2: Very quickly for them. 500 00:33:42,880 --> 00:33:46,359 Speaker 1: Hoover answered the first of Braylan Sowsby's three touchdown tosses 501 00:33:46,400 --> 00:33:48,599 with a sixty nine yard scoring pass to Dwyer that 502 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:50,640 gave the horn Frogs the twenty one to seven lead 503 00:33:50,720 --> 00:33:51,720 late in the first quarter. 504 00:33:53,119 --> 00:33:58,039 Speaker 2: And that's really the closest the Bearcats were in this game. 505 00:33:58,079 --> 00:34:01,160 Speaker 1: And that's been kind of a synopsis their last month. 506 00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:06,519 They played some really bad football to close this season out. 507 00:34:06,559 --> 00:34:10,840 That's got to be a matter of concern for everyone 508 00:34:10,840 --> 00:34:16,920 in Cincinnati. The weather wasn't great, the field wasn't in 509 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:22,000 great condition just by virtue of the weather. But TCU 510 00:34:22,039 --> 00:34:23,880 had to play on that field too, and they posted 511 00:34:23,880 --> 00:34:28,039 forty five points. So I heard a lot of people 512 00:34:28,039 --> 00:34:33,360 complaining about the field after the game, Bearcats fans. But 513 00:34:33,480 --> 00:34:36,760 both teams were subjected to the same conditions and somehow 514 00:34:36,800 --> 00:34:40,079 TCU found a way to make it work, at least 515 00:34:40,079 --> 00:34:44,440 make it work just well enough to get past the 516 00:34:44,480 --> 00:34:45,639 other team that was on the field. 517 00:34:45,679 --> 00:34:47,360 Speaker 2: And that's really all you gotta do every week. 518 00:34:49,199 --> 00:34:52,159 Speaker 1: The Bearcats finished last season on a five game losing 519 00:34:52,199 --> 00:34:55,320 skid that cost them a Bowl bid. They finished this 520 00:34:55,360 --> 00:34:57,679 season on a four game losing skid that cost them 521 00:34:57,719 --> 00:34:59,760 a bowl bid. They're one and eleven in November and 522 00:34:59,800 --> 00:35:05,119 three seasons under Satterfield. Saderfield, Yeah, they got to figure 523 00:35:05,119 --> 00:35:08,480 out a way to finish seasons for TCU. Three years 524 00:35:08,519 --> 00:35:10,920 remove from winning thirteen games and losing to Georgia in 525 00:35:10,960 --> 00:35:15,199 the National Championship Game, they clinch consecutive eight win seasons 526 00:35:15,199 --> 00:35:17,599 for the first time since twenty fourteen and twenty fifteen 527 00:35:17,599 --> 00:35:19,880 when they went twelve and one and eleven and two. 528 00:35:20,559 --> 00:35:23,599 Speaker 2: Both teams will wait for. 529 00:35:23,599 --> 00:35:27,159 Speaker 1: Their bowl assignments, and by the way, we will have 530 00:35:27,199 --> 00:35:30,280 all of the bowl Once all the bowl assignments are published, 531 00:35:32,079 --> 00:35:33,840 we'll have all of that here on Piskin and burn 532 00:35:33,880 --> 00:35:37,920 INDs for you to wrap up the season nicely for 533 00:35:37,960 --> 00:35:41,400 some of these teams, and then of course we'll recap 534 00:35:41,599 --> 00:35:44,559 all of those bowl games for you for everybody involved 535 00:35:44,599 --> 00:35:48,960 in Texas college football. Another team we've been talking about, 536 00:35:48,960 --> 00:35:53,599 Texas Tech, another team that just continues to roll those 537 00:35:53,760 --> 00:35:57,760 North Texas Mean Green. Amid the news that you're losing 538 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:00,159 your coach as Eric Morris has taking over the job 539 00:36:00,199 --> 00:36:06,559 at Oklahoma State, mid speculation Drew mesta Maker probably leaving 540 00:36:06,599 --> 00:36:15,519 the program in the transfer portal, you you've got coach 541 00:36:15,639 --> 00:36:20,440 Morris still committed to this program through the playoffs, and 542 00:36:21,760 --> 00:36:27,159 this program is riding absolutely high in the American Conference 543 00:36:28,039 --> 00:36:32,079 and in Denton. As the Lowly Temple Owls came to town, 544 00:36:33,400 --> 00:36:36,079 Drew Mestamaker throws for three hundred and sixty six yards 545 00:36:36,119 --> 00:36:40,360 and three touchdowns, including a seventy seven yarder to Cameron Dorner. 546 00:36:42,519 --> 00:36:45,239 As the Mean Green wrap up a spot in the 547 00:36:45,320 --> 00:36:48,280 American Conference Championship game with a fifty two to twenty 548 00:36:48,280 --> 00:36:51,840 five victory against Temple On Friday, The Me and Green 549 00:36:51,920 --> 00:36:55,039 rolled in their first game since announcing that Morris had 550 00:36:55,079 --> 00:36:59,679 accepted the job at Oklahoma State, Meaning Texas. North Texas 551 00:36:59,679 --> 00:37:03,880 will play either Tulane or Navy for the conference title championship. 552 00:37:04,599 --> 00:37:09,400 We now know that that's going to be Tulane and 553 00:37:09,440 --> 00:37:13,800 then a possible college football playoff Berth. So the winner 554 00:37:14,679 --> 00:37:18,079 of North Texas and Tulane, I think we'll get into 555 00:37:18,119 --> 00:37:22,280 the college football playoff. I also feel that that's going 556 00:37:22,280 --> 00:37:29,280 to be North Texas. Just I'm not going to give 557 00:37:29,280 --> 00:37:31,079 you an expert analysis. I don't know that I have 558 00:37:31,119 --> 00:37:34,199 that in my skull right now. I don't know that 559 00:37:34,239 --> 00:37:36,920 Tulane can keep up with the scoring of North Texas. 560 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:40,079 We'll leave it at that, and what could be the 561 00:37:40,159 --> 00:37:45,320 last hurrah for Eric Morris and for Drew Mestenmaker, who 562 00:37:45,320 --> 00:37:48,559 may be wearing black and orange and stillwater next year 563 00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:49,960 along with coach Morris. 564 00:37:50,639 --> 00:37:51,239 Speaker 2: But we don't know. 565 00:37:52,679 --> 00:37:57,679 Speaker 1: Just speculation, irresponsible speculation on my part. Tulane will host 566 00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:01,239 the championship game on Friday, after they beat Charlotte on 567 00:38:01,320 --> 00:38:06,880 Saturday night. Tu Lane number twenty four in the college 568 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:12,719 football Playoff rankings. North Texas was unranked at this point. 569 00:38:12,840 --> 00:38:15,000 You know, not a lot of excitement in this game. 570 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:19,480 You and T was up what thirty five to seven 571 00:38:19,519 --> 00:38:25,199 at the half. Temple put on a little show in 572 00:38:25,280 --> 00:38:30,719 the second half, scoring eighteen points, but the Mean Green 573 00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:32,800 also did not take their foot off the offensive gas 574 00:38:32,800 --> 00:38:33,840 and they scored seventeen. 575 00:38:35,760 --> 00:38:38,880 Speaker 2: So the Mean Green continuing to do what they do. 576 00:38:40,239 --> 00:38:43,719 Speaker 1: And it'll be fun to watch that American Conference championship 577 00:38:43,760 --> 00:38:50,119 game and hopefully see what North Texas can do against 578 00:38:50,119 --> 00:38:53,360 some of these big boys in the college football playoff. 579 00:38:53,360 --> 00:38:57,480 Now what's going to be interesting is if North Texas 580 00:38:57,519 --> 00:38:59,960 makes somewhat of a deep run, and by a deep run, 581 00:39:00,239 --> 00:39:02,920 I mean winning at least one game, winning their first 582 00:39:03,000 --> 00:39:07,119 round game. Should they make it to the playoffs, you know, 583 00:39:07,360 --> 00:39:12,800 and and now the team breaks up. It's a strange 584 00:39:12,800 --> 00:39:15,920 scenario in college football that we have. The calendar is 585 00:39:15,960 --> 00:39:17,000 responsible for this. 586 00:39:18,559 --> 00:39:19,079 Speaker 2: I hate that. 587 00:39:19,119 --> 00:39:21,719 Speaker 1: It's said, look what you know happened with LSU and 588 00:39:21,920 --> 00:39:24,039 Ole Miss with the lane kiff and said I hate 589 00:39:24,079 --> 00:39:29,400 that more than anything. And college football has got to 590 00:39:29,440 --> 00:39:32,280 fix the calendar. They've got to fit. 591 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:33,440 Speaker 2: You know, we had. 592 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:42,320 Speaker 1: We had on on Wednesday, National Early Signing Day, and 593 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:47,199 the programs aren't even done with the season yet. You've 594 00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:50,360 got staffs that are focused on winning games heading into 595 00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:54,960 the playoff in some cases, and they're also at the 596 00:39:55,000 --> 00:39:58,960 same time worried about recruiting. Now. I know there's separate 597 00:39:59,000 --> 00:40:03,000 staff for recruiting in a lot of cases, but not 598 00:40:03,119 --> 00:40:06,159 in every case these smaller schools, it's a lot of 599 00:40:06,199 --> 00:40:08,119 the coaching staff is responsible for that. 600 00:40:09,679 --> 00:40:12,079 Speaker 2: And from a reporter's. 601 00:40:11,599 --> 00:40:14,400 Speaker 1: Standpoint, I hate that I have to cover early National 602 00:40:14,480 --> 00:40:19,760 Signing Day while we're talking about heading into conference championships. 603 00:40:21,880 --> 00:40:22,679 Speaker 2: I also don't. 604 00:40:22,519 --> 00:40:26,039 Speaker 1: Think that schools should be able to recruit coaches while 605 00:40:26,039 --> 00:40:29,039 the season's going. Just like the NFL. They put a 606 00:40:29,039 --> 00:40:32,920 stop to that in the NFL. Why can't they do 607 00:40:33,000 --> 00:40:38,519 that in college. Let's have some separation here. Lane Kiffin 608 00:40:38,519 --> 00:40:40,760 could have said, yes, I'll take the job LSU, let's 609 00:40:40,760 --> 00:40:42,760 hold off until the end of the season to announce it. 610 00:40:43,199 --> 00:40:45,280 I know that was a sticky situation because I know 611 00:40:45,360 --> 00:40:48,920 he probably did that, and I know that petty petty, 612 00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:54,079 petty old miss, but her old miss as I've heard 613 00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:59,000 forced his hand and that things turned into an absolute mess. 614 00:40:59,000 --> 00:41:01,280 And you know who misses out who gets hurt the 615 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:05,559 most of the kids, the players, student athletes, because they're 616 00:41:05,599 --> 00:41:08,000 gonna be without their coaching staff for the most part, 617 00:41:09,039 --> 00:41:11,440 heading into the biggest part of their season, the thing 618 00:41:11,480 --> 00:41:16,599 they have been fighting all together for, and now Lane 619 00:41:16,639 --> 00:41:21,920 Kiffin's gone. Charlie Wise Junior will hang around and coach 620 00:41:23,599 --> 00:41:28,800 the playoff, but it's not the same. And when old 621 00:41:28,880 --> 00:41:33,280 Miss gets bounced in their first game, it's the kids 622 00:41:33,280 --> 00:41:36,840 that suffer. Lane Kiffin's gonna be cashing his checks in 623 00:41:36,880 --> 00:41:40,039 Baton Rouge and nobody will feel sorry for him. I'll 624 00:41:40,039 --> 00:41:42,320 feel sorry for those kids because you'll never know what 625 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:47,440 could have been, how the team stuck together. You will 626 00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:51,280 never know. Let's get into some of the coaching carousel 627 00:41:51,360 --> 00:42:01,639 firings hirings as you had as we're talking about tou Lane, 628 00:42:01,719 --> 00:42:04,800 they're going through a coaching change. John Summerl is out. 629 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:07,119 He is moving on to Gainesville to coach the Gators. 630 00:42:08,679 --> 00:42:11,920 Some are all nineteen and seven and two seasons. 631 00:42:12,559 --> 00:42:13,119 Speaker 2: He went. 632 00:42:15,320 --> 00:42:17,280 Speaker 1: In four seasons as the head coach forty two and 633 00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:19,880 eleven to in the Sun Belt at Troy and to 634 00:42:19,960 --> 00:42:23,000 the American at Tulane, he's reached the conference sadle game 635 00:42:23,000 --> 00:42:26,000 in all four seasons, and I believe the Gators it's 636 00:42:26,039 --> 00:42:28,960 a good fit. The Gators after losing out on Lane 637 00:42:29,000 --> 00:42:33,679 Kiff and sweepstakes, might beginning just to get a coach, 638 00:42:35,079 --> 00:42:37,719 maybe not the name, but coaching wise, I think they're 639 00:42:37,719 --> 00:42:42,360 doing well. Also in the American, of course, Alex Golish 640 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:47,599 out twenty three and fifteen and three seasons. He put 641 00:42:47,679 --> 00:42:52,079 South Florida there in Tampa back on the map. That 642 00:42:52,159 --> 00:42:55,320 program is building something special there, but Alex Golish will 643 00:42:55,320 --> 00:42:57,119 not be a part of it, as he was hired 644 00:42:57,119 --> 00:43:01,559 by Auburn back on November thirtieth. As a not Auburn 645 00:43:01,719 --> 00:43:04,639 fan and as an Alex Golish fan, that hurts me 646 00:43:04,679 --> 00:43:09,880 a little bit, but that's what sports is. Goalish led 647 00:43:09,880 --> 00:43:11,480 the Bulls to a nine and three record this season. 648 00:43:11,519 --> 00:43:14,199 They're best records at twenty seventeen. The North Texas fans, 649 00:43:14,239 --> 00:43:18,559 of course, well remember what the Bulls did in the 650 00:43:18,559 --> 00:43:21,360 only North Texas loss of the season there in Denton, 651 00:43:22,639 --> 00:43:27,320 really the second half. But he is out of the American, 652 00:43:29,199 --> 00:43:32,639 of course, Justin will Cox fired at Cal. They're looking 653 00:43:32,639 --> 00:43:37,440 for a new head coach. They just beat SMU North Texas. 654 00:43:37,440 --> 00:43:38,280 Speaker 2: We just talked about that. 655 00:43:38,360 --> 00:43:42,000 Speaker 1: We did not talk about Neil Brown taking Eric Morris's place. 656 00:43:42,159 --> 00:43:45,519 Neil Brown, most recently a head coach at West Virginia, 657 00:43:45,880 --> 00:43:51,920 was serving on the Texas Longhorns staff with Sark this season. 658 00:43:53,199 --> 00:43:55,320 So we will see what Eric Morris can do or 659 00:43:55,360 --> 00:43:58,400 I'm sorry, what Neil Brown can do in Denton. If 660 00:43:58,400 --> 00:44:01,119 he can carry that on, is he gonna find I 661 00:44:01,159 --> 00:44:03,320 have to find a quarterback? Can he talk mess to 662 00:44:03,360 --> 00:44:05,800 Maker into staying. I think everybody wants mess to Maker 663 00:44:05,840 --> 00:44:07,800 to stay. But given an opportunity of play in the 664 00:44:07,800 --> 00:44:09,320 Big twelve, what do you do if your dream. 665 00:44:09,159 --> 00:44:13,880 Speaker 2: Mess to Maker? Exactly so? 666 00:44:15,800 --> 00:44:20,199 Speaker 1: And then of course replacing Lane Kiffin, Pete Golding is 667 00:44:20,239 --> 00:44:22,639 your guy. He was promoted from defensive coordinator. 668 00:44:22,679 --> 00:44:23,239 Speaker 2: He will stay. 669 00:44:24,000 --> 00:44:28,599 Speaker 1: He is not interim, he is there. So yeah, there's 670 00:44:28,719 --> 00:44:34,000 just in and around some of the another that we mentioned, 671 00:44:34,079 --> 00:44:37,360 James Franklin, formerly a Penn State taking over Virginia Tech, 672 00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:41,119 just some of the bigger names that have moved around 673 00:44:41,159 --> 00:44:44,199 this year. As far as the college football playoff bracket 674 00:44:44,239 --> 00:44:53,760 goes boys and girls. The penultimate rankings were released on 675 00:44:53,880 --> 00:45:01,760 Tuesday evening, and I guess surprising. Let's just go over 676 00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:04,559 some of the conferences and they're representatives. So again, this 677 00:45:04,679 --> 00:45:06,800 is not the final rankings that will come out on 678 00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:11,639 Sunday after the championship games, which won't affect a lot 679 00:45:11,679 --> 00:45:15,440 of the players. By players, I mean the teams in 680 00:45:15,519 --> 00:45:25,039 this thing, but there will be some shifting, but some surprises. 681 00:45:26,159 --> 00:45:31,280 If the rankings that were released on Tuesday night were 682 00:45:31,320 --> 00:45:33,360 the final rankings. Here are your teams that would be 683 00:45:33,440 --> 00:45:37,760 in out of the SEC Alabama, Georgia, Oklahoma, Ole, Miss 684 00:45:37,760 --> 00:45:38,840 and Texas. 685 00:45:40,599 --> 00:45:41,360 Speaker 2: And right now the. 686 00:45:41,320 --> 00:45:43,920 Speaker 1: Crimson Tider are the last SEC at large team in 687 00:45:43,960 --> 00:45:47,079 the field, and they of course faced Georgia and the 688 00:45:47,119 --> 00:45:52,079 SEC championship game this weekend. If Alabama loses and finishes 689 00:45:52,119 --> 00:45:56,320 as a three loss runner up, the committee will have 690 00:45:56,480 --> 00:46:00,519 to make another difficult decision here. The Tide would have 691 00:46:00,599 --> 00:46:02,960 defeated Georgia during the regular season but then lost in 692 00:46:03,000 --> 00:46:10,840 the championship game. They're ahead of Notre Dame, So yeah, 693 00:46:10,880 --> 00:46:13,280 what at that point? What does the committee do there? 694 00:46:14,119 --> 00:46:15,920 Still in the mix though, or the long warns they're 695 00:46:15,960 --> 00:46:18,559 not necessarily out of it yet, they need a lot 696 00:46:18,599 --> 00:46:22,519 of things to happen. They moved up to number thirteen 697 00:46:23,239 --> 00:46:28,599 in the most recent rankings on Tuesday, but that does not, necessarily, 698 00:46:28,639 --> 00:46:30,719 as I mentioned, mean that they're completely out of it. 699 00:46:30,760 --> 00:46:31,920 Speaker 2: We'll find out on Sunday. 700 00:46:31,920 --> 00:46:35,639 Speaker 1: In the Big ten, Indiana, Ohio, State, Oregon all in, 701 00:46:35,800 --> 00:46:39,239 of course, and I think that's about it. Out of 702 00:46:39,239 --> 00:46:41,079 the Big ten, those three teams will be all that 703 00:46:41,119 --> 00:46:44,000 you get. In the Big twelve, Texas Tech would be 704 00:46:44,079 --> 00:46:47,280 in BYU, still in the mix, but I think BYU well, 705 00:46:47,320 --> 00:46:49,000 I don't think I know BYU is gonna have to 706 00:46:49,000 --> 00:46:52,280 win the Big twelve title game over Texas Tech to 707 00:46:52,320 --> 00:46:54,760 make it in. And even in that situation, I think 708 00:46:54,800 --> 00:46:56,360 Texas Tech still gets in as well, and you have 709 00:46:56,360 --> 00:47:01,079 two Big twelve teams Texas Tech beats BYU, BYU out, 710 00:47:01,239 --> 00:47:03,760 Texas Tech is still in with a first round. By 711 00:47:04,760 --> 00:47:09,760 by the way, in the ACC right now, the Duke 712 00:47:09,800 --> 00:47:12,480 Blue Devils and the Virginia Cavaliers would be your two 713 00:47:12,519 --> 00:47:15,960 ACC teams in, still in the mix with things to happen. 714 00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:21,159 Miami independent, of course, Notre Dame is in in the 715 00:47:21,159 --> 00:47:24,360 group of five right now. You would get too Lane 716 00:47:24,360 --> 00:47:27,840 in and if they win the American they are in 717 00:47:27,840 --> 00:47:32,039 in that American Championship game over North Texas. But again 718 00:47:32,119 --> 00:47:33,960 I think that's gonna go the way of North Texas. 719 00:47:34,840 --> 00:47:37,920 James Madison still an outside shot to get in. They're 720 00:47:37,920 --> 00:47:44,280 eleven to one. So there's the way everything wraps up 721 00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:46,360 right now. It's in a nice little package for us. 722 00:47:46,639 --> 00:47:48,719 Go check that out at fans fermsports dot com. By 723 00:47:48,719 --> 00:47:50,840 the way, if you're interested in finding out how the 724 00:47:50,840 --> 00:47:53,880 brackets breakdown, we've got all of that for you over there. 725 00:47:54,920 --> 00:47:56,880 Speaker 2: But still a chance for some movement. 726 00:47:58,719 --> 00:48:02,679 Speaker 1: It is the final weekend, thank for, before the college 727 00:48:02,719 --> 00:48:06,800 football playoff here with the college football conference championships. 728 00:48:07,079 --> 00:48:08,440 Speaker 2: We will continue the show. 729 00:48:08,239 --> 00:48:12,079 Speaker 1: Of course, as long as our players and our teams 730 00:48:12,079 --> 00:48:14,920 are involved in some capacity. Well hopefully that's a long 731 00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:19,719 run through January, and then we'll just be coming on 732 00:48:20,679 --> 00:48:24,199 occasionally to talk about breaking news, some coaching moves, some 733 00:48:24,320 --> 00:48:26,599 recruiting news. We'll do a couple of recruiting episodes as 734 00:48:26,639 --> 00:48:30,000 well throughout the season. Keep everybody up to date. Make 735 00:48:30,000 --> 00:48:32,679 sure you reach out to me on all of the 736 00:48:32,719 --> 00:48:36,119 social media. I am at Indycartem on the X. You 737 00:48:36,119 --> 00:48:39,760 can find me on Facebook, Indycartim on Instagram, on Facebook, 738 00:48:39,920 --> 00:48:42,159 just go find me, and let's talk about some college football. 739 00:48:42,239 --> 00:48:44,960 What went right this season? In your mind? What went 740 00:48:45,000 --> 00:48:47,480 wrong in the season in your mind? Whoever your team is, 741 00:48:48,840 --> 00:48:52,599 who's getting the biggest shaft you think in college football playoff? 742 00:48:52,639 --> 00:48:59,000 Will it be? Is it the Longhorns? I mean, there's 743 00:48:59,000 --> 00:49:02,280 a lot of possibilities there, but let's talk about it. A. 744 00:49:03,320 --> 00:49:07,599 Let's talk about American college football. A. It's really good. 745 00:49:07,679 --> 00:49:08,599 Speaker 2: Eh. 746 00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:11,039 Speaker 1: I have no idea why a Canadian intend just showed up, 747 00:49:11,079 --> 00:49:14,440 but he did. So that's gonna do it for this 748 00:49:14,480 --> 00:49:17,760 episode this week, boys and girls. We'll be back next 749 00:49:17,800 --> 00:49:20,639 week to recap the conference championship games, to talk about 750 00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:24,920 the final college football playoff rankings, brackets, and a preview 751 00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:30,280 the first round of the college football playoffs. 752 00:49:30,320 --> 00:49:32,760 Speaker 2: God, it's already here. I can't believe it. Appreciate everybody 753 00:49:32,760 --> 00:49:33,159 tuning in. 754 00:49:33,280 --> 00:49:37,639 Speaker 1: Do not forget about ticketsmarter dot com, the ticket Smarter app. 755 00:49:37,559 --> 00:49:40,079 Speaker 2: LWOS ten, LWOS. 756 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:43,199 Speaker 1: Twenty, get all of your discount codes there. Appreciate them 757 00:49:43,280 --> 00:49:46,440 very much. Until next time, boys and girls, We'll see 758 00:49:46,480 --> 00:49:46,559 you