1 00:00:03,960 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 1: Hello, everybody, Welcome to another edition of Pigskin and Burt Ends, 2 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:12,240 the Texas based college football program for you. We've got 3 00:00:12,279 --> 00:00:15,279 a lot to discuss today in is episode three, as 4 00:00:15,279 --> 00:00:19,039 we are new into the college football season, but not 5 00:00:19,199 --> 00:00:23,039 so new that we haven't had some tremendous games, some 6 00:00:23,239 --> 00:00:27,879 tremendous drama, and already quite a few upsets even here 7 00:00:27,879 --> 00:00:29,960 in the lone Star state with some of our teams. 8 00:00:30,239 --> 00:00:32,520 We're going to talk a little Houston Cougar's. We've got 9 00:00:32,600 --> 00:00:36,520 Texas Longhorns. What is up with Arch Did he fall 10 00:00:36,560 --> 00:00:39,240 off the top of the mountain again? Of course, the 11 00:00:39,359 --> 00:00:42,880 SMU Mustangs, Texas Tech Red Raiders are still rolling. Can 12 00:00:42,920 --> 00:00:46,719 anybody stop that offense? TCU. We're even going to talk 13 00:00:46,759 --> 00:00:51,079 a little North Texas Mean Green and of course the 14 00:00:51,159 --> 00:00:54,640 Aggies big win up in South Bend for you. All 15 00:00:54,640 --> 00:00:57,479 of that coming up here on the Pigskin and burnt 16 00:00:57,479 --> 00:01:01,200 In's podcast on Fans, Screen Sports and the College Gridiron 17 00:01:01,280 --> 00:01:06,200 Coast Coast Network. We need to remind everybody, however, that 18 00:01:07,000 --> 00:01:09,719 Pigskin and burnt INDs and is sponsored in part by 19 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:13,640 ticket Smarter. 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Get into this week, boys 44 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:42,479 and girls, we are going to talk Aggie's, as I mentioned, 45 00:02:42,560 --> 00:02:46,599 the biggest maybe the biggest story, not just for Texas 46 00:02:46,599 --> 00:02:51,520 based college football programs, but maybe around the country as 47 00:02:51,560 --> 00:02:56,199 they head to Notre Dame, to South Bend and walk 48 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:01,319 out with a surprising w to some maybe not so 49 00:03:01,439 --> 00:03:04,159 surprising to others, But we'll get into that a little 50 00:03:04,159 --> 00:03:06,000 bit later in the show. I wanted to start things 51 00:03:06,000 --> 00:03:10,520 off fear, boys and girls with our good friend Deon 52 00:03:10,599 --> 00:03:15,120 Sanders Coach Prime. Up. There were those Colorado Buffaloes as 53 00:03:15,199 --> 00:03:21,319 the Houston Cougar's defeat the Colorado Buffaloes and Coach Prime 54 00:03:22,639 --> 00:03:25,759 at home in Houston thirty six to twenty. It was 55 00:03:25,800 --> 00:03:30,560 another coming out party for one Connor Wigman, the former 56 00:03:30,599 --> 00:03:33,800 Texas A and m Aggie's great At least we thought 57 00:03:33,879 --> 00:03:38,039 he was going to be when he signed with the school. 58 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,400 But now he's onto bigger and better things for him, 59 00:03:40,439 --> 00:03:43,360 probably a better fit as I think I said it 60 00:03:43,439 --> 00:03:45,560 last week when we were talking about Connor Weigman and 61 00:03:45,560 --> 00:03:48,240 the Cougars, that that was I think the version of 62 00:03:48,240 --> 00:03:51,120 Connor Wigman that the Aggies thought they were going to 63 00:03:51,199 --> 00:03:54,599 get that Jimbo was trying to get up there at 64 00:03:54,639 --> 00:03:56,680 Texas A and M. It just never panned out due 65 00:03:56,680 --> 00:03:59,319 to injuries. But he is living his best life right 66 00:03:59,360 --> 00:04:03,039 now playing his best football with the Cougars. He had 67 00:04:03,039 --> 00:04:04,960 two hundred and twenty one yards, he ran for another 68 00:04:05,000 --> 00:04:07,879 eighty three yards and two touchdowns, both of those career 69 00:04:07,960 --> 00:04:10,960 highs for him as he leads Houston over the Buffaloes. 70 00:04:12,159 --> 00:04:14,960 The Cougars were up by five late in the third quarter. 71 00:04:15,039 --> 00:04:16,879 Dean Connors ran eighteen yards to get them to the 72 00:04:16,879 --> 00:04:18,839 one yard line. Wigman scored on the next play to 73 00:04:18,839 --> 00:04:22,800 make it twenty six to fourteen. Blake Thompson intercepted Ryan 74 00:04:22,879 --> 00:04:24,639 Stobb on the first play of the fourth quarter, but 75 00:04:24,680 --> 00:04:27,600 the Cougars could not cash in on that mistake after 76 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:30,680 Ethan Sanchez missed a fifty yard field goal attempt. A 77 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:33,959 lot of miss field goals again this week in college football, 78 00:04:33,959 --> 00:04:37,360 by the way, Houston was forced or Houston forced Colorado 79 00:04:37,319 --> 00:04:39,319 at punt Weigman made it thirty three to fourteen when 80 00:04:39,360 --> 00:04:41,079 he scored on a seven yard run that was set 81 00:04:41,160 --> 00:04:45,680 up by a beautiful fifty four yard pass to Steven 82 00:04:45,759 --> 00:04:50,839 Johnson to play later. It was Ryan stobbs first start 83 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:54,600 of the season after he decided to remain with the 84 00:04:54,600 --> 00:04:58,360 Buffalo's program. Of course, he played behind sher Sanders the 85 00:04:58,360 --> 00:05:02,480 past two seasons. I've heard he's had transfer offers. I 86 00:05:02,480 --> 00:05:05,879 heard he didn't have transfer offers. Whatever the situation was, 87 00:05:05,959 --> 00:05:10,040 he decided to stay there in Colorado in Boulder and 88 00:05:10,040 --> 00:05:14,279 play for coach Prime. But he finally gets his chance 89 00:05:14,720 --> 00:05:17,959 to go under center. Things started out a little sketchy 90 00:05:18,000 --> 00:05:20,720 for him. I wasn't that impressed. I don't know that 91 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:24,360 Dion was that impressed. He was even the third string 92 00:05:24,399 --> 00:05:28,439 to start the season, behind, of course, their five star 93 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:33,519 freshmen Julian Lewis. But here in the start this week 94 00:05:33,600 --> 00:05:35,959 after coming into the game last week throwing a couple 95 00:05:35,959 --> 00:05:39,199 of touchdown passes in the win over Delaware. He went 96 00:05:39,279 --> 00:05:41,839 nineteen to thirty four or nineteen to thirty five rather 97 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:44,040 for two hundred and four yards and a touchdown, but 98 00:05:44,079 --> 00:05:46,040 he could not get the offense going in the second 99 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:50,360 half as Colorado managed just six points after halftime, and 100 00:05:50,399 --> 00:05:55,560 he was intercepted twice. Dion went off after the game 101 00:05:55,600 --> 00:05:57,839 if he saw this anywhere on social media or on 102 00:05:57,879 --> 00:06:00,560 any of the college football programs on the network, they 103 00:06:00,600 --> 00:06:04,560 played this video a few times elsewhere, that he could 104 00:06:04,720 --> 00:06:09,879 believe how how bad his team played in that game 105 00:06:10,040 --> 00:06:14,759 after the way they prepared. The problem I have with 106 00:06:14,839 --> 00:06:18,040 this is I didn't see Deon taking any credit or 107 00:06:18,079 --> 00:06:22,360 blame for the loss. All he seemed to focus on 108 00:06:22,560 --> 00:06:26,160 was was how well he had them prepared and how 109 00:06:26,199 --> 00:06:29,399 miserably they performed. I don't like hearing that as a coach. 110 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:34,399 And I said it going into the season for coach 111 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:40,399 Deon Sanders, that this will be kind of a telling 112 00:06:40,519 --> 00:06:44,240 season for him because this is finally his team. Now, 113 00:06:44,279 --> 00:06:47,680 this is his third year. It's his it's his team, 114 00:06:48,920 --> 00:06:52,279 and it's his program. These are the players that he wanted. 115 00:06:53,000 --> 00:06:56,319 His kids are gone. He doesn't have Sadu under center anymore, 116 00:06:57,399 --> 00:06:59,839 so we will see what kind of coach Deon Sanders 117 00:06:59,879 --> 00:07:04,480 is without his kids. He's one and two. He's zero 118 00:07:04,480 --> 00:07:06,360 and one now in the conference, in the Big twelve, 119 00:07:07,720 --> 00:07:10,279 and I you know, again, I haven't watched every single 120 00:07:10,319 --> 00:07:14,680 game I'm a Colorado fan, I'm a Dallas Cowboys fan, 121 00:07:14,800 --> 00:07:17,519 so I loved Dion when he was here. I just 122 00:07:17,639 --> 00:07:19,879 never thought that that would translate to coaching. And we 123 00:07:19,959 --> 00:07:23,160 know what he did at Jackson State. You know, say 124 00:07:23,199 --> 00:07:26,800 what you want about that. I just don't like the 125 00:07:26,839 --> 00:07:30,040 look I'm getting getting from him as a head coach 126 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:34,839 now in this football season. And we will see, we 127 00:07:34,879 --> 00:07:37,360 will see if he's able to turn things around. I 128 00:07:37,399 --> 00:07:40,360 didn't see anything promising from his football team at all, 129 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:43,639 including the coaching and the play calling. He's got a 130 00:07:43,639 --> 00:07:46,319 lot of big names up there as far as x 131 00:07:46,399 --> 00:07:51,279 NFL players go, but I just I haven't seen anything 132 00:07:51,360 --> 00:07:54,240 to give Colorado Buffalo's fans hope that this thing is 133 00:07:54,279 --> 00:07:57,079 going to get better. We hope it does. We hope 134 00:07:57,120 --> 00:07:59,839 it does for for Dion and for the kids and 135 00:08:00,000 --> 00:08:02,959 everybody involved with that program. He usedtill let thirteen to 136 00:08:03,040 --> 00:08:06,040 nothing early on after scoring on its first three possessions. 137 00:08:06,079 --> 00:08:08,879 Colorado cut the lead to thirteen to seven when Simmy 138 00:08:08,959 --> 00:08:11,199 and Price capped a ten play, ninety three yard drive 139 00:08:11,199 --> 00:08:13,240 with a thirty eight yard touchdown run with about seven 140 00:08:13,279 --> 00:08:15,519 and a half minutes left in the half. A field 141 00:08:15,519 --> 00:08:17,360 goal by the Cougars made it sixteen to seven with 142 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,000 less than two minutes remaining in the first half, but 143 00:08:20,000 --> 00:08:22,959 the Buffalo's out there to touchdown just before halftime to 144 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:26,720 get the score to sixteen to fourteen. Stop scrambled nineteen 145 00:08:26,839 --> 00:08:30,639 yards but fumbled before he crossed the goal line before 146 00:08:30,720 --> 00:08:32,240 one of his players. I can't remember who it was 147 00:08:32,279 --> 00:08:34,559 that jumped on the ball. Maybe it was Atkins, maybe 148 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:38,799 I believe to go ahead and score the touchdown. And 149 00:08:38,879 --> 00:08:41,840 you don't like the way stob reacted to that. He 150 00:08:42,000 --> 00:08:43,919 was sure that he had crossed the line and just 151 00:08:44,039 --> 00:08:46,720 jumped up and started celebrating as the ball laid on 152 00:08:46,759 --> 00:08:48,480 the turf in the end zone right next to him. 153 00:08:48,759 --> 00:08:52,360 And thankfully the other Colorado player jumped on it for 154 00:08:53,440 --> 00:08:56,000 the Buffs rather than a Cougar's player. They ended up 155 00:08:56,000 --> 00:08:59,440 getting the score. But I didn't like that look either. 156 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:02,440 I don't like the direction this Colorado Buffalo's team is 157 00:09:02,480 --> 00:09:06,799 heading in case I haven't made that clear. But enough 158 00:09:06,840 --> 00:09:10,399 about the Buffs. Houston Man again played very very well. 159 00:09:10,399 --> 00:09:13,759 Connor Weigman is playing elite football right now, and he 160 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:18,679 should be. The Cougars have been playing well all season 161 00:09:18,759 --> 00:09:21,519 three and oh now they're one and oh in the conference. 162 00:09:23,000 --> 00:09:27,320 And look after wins against Steven F. Austin twenty seven 163 00:09:27,360 --> 00:09:31,200 and nothing, you win at Rice right across town thirty 164 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:33,840 five to nine, and now you've beaten Colorado thirty six 165 00:09:33,879 --> 00:09:36,279 to twenty in what was a close game midway through 166 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:41,279 the game. You now have Oregon State on their turf 167 00:09:41,399 --> 00:09:44,919 on the twenty sixth, after a week off. That'll be 168 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,559 a late game obviously on the West Coast on ESPN, 169 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:49,679 though you do get national TV coverage because it's the 170 00:09:49,759 --> 00:09:53,600 late game. And then you've got number seventeen Texas Tech 171 00:09:54,080 --> 00:09:58,240 at home the week after that. So the schedule will 172 00:09:58,279 --> 00:10:01,639 toughen a little bit for the Coup as we go 173 00:10:01,759 --> 00:10:05,320 to get on into the schedule. But things certainly looking 174 00:10:06,360 --> 00:10:10,320 up for Connor Wegman and those Houston Cougars. Let's get 175 00:10:10,320 --> 00:10:15,240 into a little bit of Arch Manning talk, if we can, briefly, 176 00:10:15,279 --> 00:10:18,519 boys and girls, because there is still a lot of 177 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:22,840 talk about Arch Manning and maybe he doesn't have it. 178 00:10:23,720 --> 00:10:29,840 After the opening day loss at Ohio State fourteen to seven. 179 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:33,759 Manning struggled with the offense. He struggled and look, we've 180 00:10:33,799 --> 00:10:35,840 been all up and down that performance. We don't need 181 00:10:35,840 --> 00:10:40,440 to rehash that, but you know, I don't think that 182 00:10:40,600 --> 00:10:48,000 was a proper representation of arch Manning's football, of his abilities. 183 00:10:48,639 --> 00:10:51,039 Certainly we know he's better than that. That was just 184 00:10:51,080 --> 00:10:54,720 a really really tough matchup for him and his team. 185 00:10:54,840 --> 00:10:57,120 Then you go San Jose stay at home thirty eight 186 00:10:57,120 --> 00:10:59,159 to seven, Man, you look great. This is the arch 187 00:10:59,240 --> 00:11:02,440 Manning we thought we and see and he still had people. 188 00:11:02,480 --> 00:11:04,440 Why did they only win thirty eight to seven? They 189 00:11:04,440 --> 00:11:07,360 should have won by sixty. Well, you know what football's ared, 190 00:11:08,240 --> 00:11:11,279 and it's not all. It's not eleven arch mannings on 191 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,840 offense and eleven arch mannings on defense. All right, it's 192 00:11:13,879 --> 00:11:17,120 a team sport. There were other parts of the program, 193 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:20,120 of other parts of the team that didn't play very 194 00:11:20,120 --> 00:11:24,120 well that day. You still win by thirty one. And 195 00:11:24,200 --> 00:11:27,000 if you're one of those Longhorns fans that think that 196 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:29,039 wasn't good enough, then I don't know what to tell you. 197 00:11:29,080 --> 00:11:34,639 That's on you. And then you struggle a little bit 198 00:11:35,120 --> 00:11:40,159 again against UTEP at home twenty seven to ten. Your 199 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:46,679 final arch Manning runs for two touchdowns, but he seems 200 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:52,039 to once again struggle against a you know, and I 201 00:11:52,080 --> 00:11:54,639 don't want to I want to say UTEP's not a 202 00:11:55,080 --> 00:11:57,159 good team or they're not you know, obviously they're out 203 00:11:57,159 --> 00:11:59,799 there trying like everybody else. They're not one of the 204 00:12:00,279 --> 00:12:03,600 tougher programs you're gonna play this year, though, and Arch 205 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,919 Banning struggled with the passing game. He struggled to have 206 00:12:07,039 --> 00:12:11,000 command of the offense. Again. I've heard people saying that 207 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,039 he looks like he's hurt. He's not hurt, guys, all right, 208 00:12:14,639 --> 00:12:17,559 if he was hurt, we'd know it. Coach Sark would 209 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:20,279 not be playing him if he didn't think he was 210 00:12:20,320 --> 00:12:25,200 one hundred percent and be able to perform like the 211 00:12:25,320 --> 00:12:29,159 arch Manning we think is in there somewhere. He had 212 00:12:29,159 --> 00:12:33,840 two first half touchdown runs in this game again as 213 00:12:33,840 --> 00:12:38,840 they struggled to a seventeen point victory over UTEP. He 214 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:41,600 ran two yards for an early touchdown. He had a 215 00:12:41,600 --> 00:12:43,919 five yard scoring run in the final seconds of the 216 00:12:43,919 --> 00:12:47,480 half for fourteen to three lead. You led UTIP fourteen 217 00:12:47,559 --> 00:12:51,360 to three at the half, and man, the boo birds 218 00:12:51,679 --> 00:12:55,759 were out often, and the boo birds were out early 219 00:12:57,159 --> 00:13:01,039 there at DKR in Austin. And that's I don't understand. 220 00:13:01,039 --> 00:13:03,480 How do you boo your own I mean, unless you're 221 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,360 a Cowboys fan, How do you boo your own team 222 00:13:06,759 --> 00:13:10,240 and boo Arch Manning in his own stadium. That is 223 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,159 just beyond me, Guys, I don't understand that in the 224 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:18,120 first half he's getting booed by the home team. Manning 225 00:13:18,159 --> 00:13:20,679 admitted he didn't play well. He said he was frustrated. 226 00:13:20,679 --> 00:13:23,159 He knows he's better. He said he was going to 227 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:26,720 lose sleep after Saturday's game. And you know what, he's 228 00:13:26,799 --> 00:13:28,759 hundred percent right on all of those. And you should 229 00:13:28,759 --> 00:13:30,720 lose some sleep, arch Manning, because maybe you should be 230 00:13:30,799 --> 00:13:32,600 upstudying the playbook a little bit more. I don't know 231 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:36,559 what his study habits are. Guys. Sometimes we hear when players, 232 00:13:37,600 --> 00:13:41,559 especially at the quarterback position, collegiately, hell even in the pros, 233 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:44,840 when guys have poor study habits, usually that leaks out somewhere. 234 00:13:44,879 --> 00:13:47,679 I've never heard any of that with arch Manning. I 235 00:13:47,679 --> 00:13:51,399 don't believe that's the case. But he certainly has not 236 00:13:51,519 --> 00:13:55,120 lived up to his preseason hype as a Heisman favorite. 237 00:13:55,759 --> 00:14:00,120 He certainly has not lived up to the high that 238 00:14:00,200 --> 00:14:04,840 he received in the recruiting process, as every single school 239 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:09,960 in the world, maybe even in the Galaxy, was vying 240 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:14,799 for his services. Coach Sarks said after the game that 241 00:14:14,879 --> 00:14:17,519 he thought Arch looked like he was maybe pressing some. 242 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:22,159 He admitted he missed some throws and he didn't understand why. 243 00:14:24,000 --> 00:14:26,879 Sarks said, quote, I feel like we've done enough with 244 00:14:27,039 --> 00:14:29,559 him to have a pretty good understanding of who he 245 00:14:29,639 --> 00:14:32,399 is as a player and what he's capable of. I 246 00:14:32,440 --> 00:14:34,960 know there's a lot of football in him that's high 247 00:14:35,120 --> 00:14:42,240 level football end quote. So it sounds like coach Sark's 248 00:14:42,240 --> 00:14:45,600 a little baffled as well. It sounds like maybe he 249 00:14:45,679 --> 00:14:50,200 doesn't know what's going on in there, but whatever it is, 250 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:56,080 he needs to figure it out pretty quick. Because defensively, 251 00:14:56,399 --> 00:14:58,840 the Longhorns played pretty well. They held the Miners to 252 00:14:58,919 --> 00:15:02,679 just two hundred and fifty nine total yards, while the 253 00:15:03,279 --> 00:15:10,240 Texas defense has allowed just four touchdowns all season. And 254 00:15:10,320 --> 00:15:12,559 when you've got a defense that that's elite, you need 255 00:15:12,600 --> 00:15:17,360 your offense to play just as well to especially a 256 00:15:17,399 --> 00:15:22,120 program or like Texas, to give that team, you know, 257 00:15:22,159 --> 00:15:24,279 if you want to be in the college football playoff again, 258 00:15:25,000 --> 00:15:27,320 Arch is gonna have to play much much much better. 259 00:15:27,639 --> 00:15:29,240 The offense, as a hole is gonna have to play 260 00:15:29,320 --> 00:15:32,240 much much better. So the interesting aspect of this game, though, guys, 261 00:15:33,279 --> 00:15:36,960 was UTEP quarterback Malachai Nelson. For those of you that 262 00:15:37,000 --> 00:15:40,440 call that followed Texas football, that follow high school football, 263 00:15:40,879 --> 00:15:44,879 you will remember Malachai Nelson's name in the same recruiting 264 00:15:44,919 --> 00:15:49,840 class as Arch, and was actually rated higher than Arch 265 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:52,759 coming out of high school by some of the recruitment 266 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:57,200 websites by some of the analysts. But he has taken 267 00:15:57,279 --> 00:16:02,320 a much different path to where he is. He started 268 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:05,320 his career at USC, he then transferred to Boise State, 269 00:16:05,360 --> 00:16:10,200 and now he's at UTEP. I still think he's got 270 00:16:10,240 --> 00:16:13,679 some really, really raw talent. I don't know that he'll 271 00:16:13,720 --> 00:16:20,039 ever get that talent tapped into at UTEP. Certainly he 272 00:16:20,200 --> 00:16:23,320 was fighting for playing time at USC, wasn't going to 273 00:16:23,399 --> 00:16:26,360 start Boise State. He wasn't going to start. The reason 274 00:16:26,399 --> 00:16:29,080 he's at UTUB is because he was promised the starting job. 275 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:35,919 He's got it. They're one and two, you know. I 276 00:16:35,919 --> 00:16:39,240 thought maybe he played well enough to beat the Longhorns 277 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:44,039 on Saturday, but certainly his defense did not live up 278 00:16:44,080 --> 00:16:50,200 to expectations for the Miners. So yeah, another questionable game 279 00:16:50,240 --> 00:16:52,600 for Arch. I don't know what to tell you. The 280 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:59,960 Longhorns now will have Sam Houston State just another opponent 281 00:17:00,159 --> 00:17:05,559 that they should probably beat by sixty. If the Longhorns 282 00:17:05,599 --> 00:17:10,839 win this one, you know, thirty to ten, thirty three 283 00:17:10,920 --> 00:17:14,039 to thirty something like that, that's just not a massive blowout. 284 00:17:14,759 --> 00:17:18,119 People are gonna go nuts in Austin. Paul fine Bomb's 285 00:17:18,119 --> 00:17:20,519 gonna go crazy. Not that anybody cares what Paul B. 286 00:17:20,759 --> 00:17:25,799 Fine Bomb thinks. But coming up after that, they're on 287 00:17:25,839 --> 00:17:30,480 the road at Florida to start their SEC schedule. Then 288 00:17:30,559 --> 00:17:34,519 of course Texas OU on October eleventh, and you've got Kentucky, 289 00:17:34,559 --> 00:17:38,480 Mississippi State, Vanderbilt, Georgia, Arkansas, and then the Aggi used 290 00:17:38,480 --> 00:17:41,039 to close out the season November twenty eighth, after Thanksgiving. 291 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:47,519 This schedule does not get easier after this week, and 292 00:17:48,359 --> 00:17:52,039 they got to figure something out there in Longhorns Country. 293 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:58,039 Moving on, boys and girls, let's head over to the hilltop. 294 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:03,720 ASU rebounded from a two overtime loss to Baylor, What 295 00:18:03,799 --> 00:18:07,119 a heartbreaker that was, to beat Missouri State twenty eight 296 00:18:07,200 --> 00:18:11,599 to ten in Missouri State's first game as an FBS 297 00:18:11,920 --> 00:18:16,160 level program. Kevin Jennings shined again two hundred and eighty 298 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,680 one yards a touchdown. TJ Harden ran for ninety six 299 00:18:18,759 --> 00:18:22,319 yards and two more scores. As I was real, real 300 00:18:22,400 --> 00:18:25,160 interested to see how this team was going to respond 301 00:18:25,279 --> 00:18:27,440 after the loss to Baylor, a game they should have 302 00:18:29,359 --> 00:18:32,720 I don't know that they should have manhandled Baylor, and 303 00:18:32,759 --> 00:18:34,920 I don't want to diss on Baylor because I like Baylor. 304 00:18:35,920 --> 00:18:38,279 Baylor is not at the level that SMU is, or 305 00:18:38,279 --> 00:18:41,200 at least they're not supposed to be where SMU is 306 00:18:41,279 --> 00:18:44,240 right now with talent. So this one kind of surprised me. 307 00:18:45,079 --> 00:18:49,279 I think the you know that one. I think the 308 00:18:49,319 --> 00:18:50,799 Bear and we talked about it a little bit last 309 00:18:50,799 --> 00:18:53,000 week obviously on that show. I think the Bears kind 310 00:18:53,000 --> 00:18:54,759 of snuck up on the Mustang. So I was real, 311 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,799 real anxious to see how they were going to rebound, 312 00:18:58,920 --> 00:19:01,960 especially on the road in a game that was hyped 313 00:19:02,039 --> 00:19:05,480 big time locally because again their first home game as 314 00:19:05,480 --> 00:19:09,519 an FBS program for the Missouri State Bears. And we 315 00:19:09,599 --> 00:19:12,359 know the last excuse me, the last time I out, 316 00:19:12,359 --> 00:19:16,880 the Mustang certainly did not handle Bears very well. This 317 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,440 time it did end up a little bit better twenty 318 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:25,799 eight to ten. Again, Kevin Jennings, I thought played masterfully. 319 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:30,519 I thought the game plan was great. However, you had 320 00:19:30,559 --> 00:19:34,160 a fourteen to ten halftime lead. It's kind of like 321 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:37,960 the the Longhorns game, right, It was like, this game's 322 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:40,839 way closer at the half than it should be. Let's 323 00:19:40,839 --> 00:19:44,160 see what happens there at Robert W. Plaster Stadium in Springfield. 324 00:19:44,759 --> 00:19:47,759 The rest of the Way and the Mustangs, while putting 325 00:19:47,839 --> 00:19:49,799 up just two more touchdowns the rest of the Way, 326 00:19:50,640 --> 00:19:53,519 held Missouri State scoreless in the second half. Twenty eight 327 00:19:53,559 --> 00:19:59,759 to ten Year Final. I think everybody thought this one 328 00:19:59,920 --> 00:20:01,640 was going to be a blowout, but it just goes 329 00:20:01,680 --> 00:20:04,880 to show you, guys that football is hard and everybody's 330 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:07,359 out there playing, and yes, there are gonna be your blowouts, 331 00:20:07,519 --> 00:20:10,799 for sure, but I think more times than not you 332 00:20:10,880 --> 00:20:15,039 get games like this. They're certainly more fun to watch. 333 00:20:15,119 --> 00:20:17,119 I mean, even if you're on the side that's supposed 334 00:20:17,119 --> 00:20:19,240 to be blowing out the other opponent. I think anyway, 335 00:20:19,880 --> 00:20:22,000 it's more fun to watch. Maybe not for you, but 336 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:26,359 it looked like in the first half SMU was kind 337 00:20:26,359 --> 00:20:29,440 of still stuck on the game from before the previous 338 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:34,559 week those Bears. But of course, in a game that 339 00:20:34,640 --> 00:20:36,960 knocked the SMU Mustang's out of the top twenty five, 340 00:20:38,000 --> 00:20:40,839 I don't know that your win against Missouri earns you 341 00:20:40,920 --> 00:20:44,880 a spot back in the top twenty five, but I 342 00:20:44,880 --> 00:20:48,240 think all in all, I was impressed with what I 343 00:20:48,279 --> 00:20:51,039 saw in the second half, and that is the team 344 00:20:51,480 --> 00:20:54,359 that you're going to need heading into the game against 345 00:20:54,440 --> 00:20:59,200 TCU and Fort Worth, your crosstown rivals, another old Southwest 346 00:20:59,240 --> 00:21:03,319 Conference rival. If you listen to this program a couple 347 00:21:03,279 --> 00:21:05,519 of weeks ago, I'm an old Southwest Conference guy and 348 00:21:05,559 --> 00:21:09,839 I absolutely love these matchups between the old Southwest Conference schools. 349 00:21:10,720 --> 00:21:14,240 Missouri State heads to fcs U T Martin, while SMU 350 00:21:14,359 --> 00:21:17,480 will play the second game on its Big twelve schedule 351 00:21:18,039 --> 00:21:22,680 again at TCU and Fort Worth, and things don't get 352 00:21:22,880 --> 00:21:28,759 a whole lot easier either for the Mustangs, as after TCU, 353 00:21:29,039 --> 00:21:36,640 you're at home against Syracuse and Stanford, then you head 354 00:21:37,400 --> 00:21:40,079 up and then Wake Forest on the road, then you 355 00:21:40,160 --> 00:21:44,720 head to Miami back home. I'll probably be in attendance 356 00:21:44,759 --> 00:21:46,000 of that game. If you guys would like to have 357 00:21:46,039 --> 00:21:52,160 a Bruski at DC and then home against Louisville and 358 00:21:52,160 --> 00:21:54,039 then on the road to wrap up the season against 359 00:21:54,119 --> 00:21:58,200 cal So some stiff competition here coming up. You need 360 00:21:58,240 --> 00:21:59,720 to do what you can do to take care of 361 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:05,079 teas syracusan stand for sure before that Clemson game. Try 362 00:22:05,119 --> 00:22:07,599 to get a little bit of momentum headed into that. 363 00:22:08,039 --> 00:22:16,039 Speaking of momentum, does anybody in the state, maybe in 364 00:22:16,039 --> 00:22:22,160 the country have more momentum than Baron Morton and those 365 00:22:22,240 --> 00:22:31,839 Texas Tech Red Raiders once again just rolling offensively. Another 366 00:22:31,920 --> 00:22:35,480 weather delay. Wasn't the sixty five minutes that we had 367 00:22:35,519 --> 00:22:42,000 in the first game there in Lubbock, but forty five 368 00:22:42,039 --> 00:22:46,440 to fourteen over Oregon State. It's the last in the 369 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:50,480 three games series at home to open over the three 370 00:22:50,519 --> 00:22:54,720 game stand home stand to open the season. They're going 371 00:22:54,759 --> 00:22:58,440 to hit the road now and they'll be at Utah 372 00:22:58,519 --> 00:23:02,720 number sixteen Utah on Saturday. That's an early kick eleven 373 00:23:02,720 --> 00:23:05,680 AM on Fox. By the way, as I believe, Fox 374 00:23:06,640 --> 00:23:10,720 Big Noone kickoff is broadcasting live from Utah with Texas 375 00:23:10,720 --> 00:23:12,680 Tech there, so you'll get to see all those boys 376 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:18,000 on TV representing Utah in the Red Raiders. But you 377 00:23:18,079 --> 00:23:23,400 are now. You didn't hit the sixties offensively like you 378 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,839 did in the first two games. You did hold your 379 00:23:26,839 --> 00:23:30,440 opponent to fourteen, so you have held over three games. 380 00:23:30,480 --> 00:23:34,960 Your defense has allowed just thirty five points, which is 381 00:23:35,000 --> 00:23:38,880 impressive for the Red Raiders, as that is not what 382 00:23:38,920 --> 00:23:40,519 we are used to seeing. I talked about it a 383 00:23:40,559 --> 00:23:45,119 little bit after the win over Kent State, sixty seven 384 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:49,880 points against Arkansas Pine Bluff, sixty two against Kent State, 385 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:55,759 and then Oregon State you scored forty five and I 386 00:23:55,839 --> 00:23:59,000 just think this offense is rolling. And I don't know 387 00:24:00,400 --> 00:24:02,599 looking at the schedule. We'll look ahead at their schedule 388 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,319 here coming up in a little bit. But Baron Morton 389 00:24:05,359 --> 00:24:11,680 again four TD passes, just looked looked on dealing with 390 00:24:11,720 --> 00:24:15,799 some nagging injuries. I thought he played pretty well four 391 00:24:15,880 --> 00:24:19,559 h and forty two yards. Jacobe Williams had had a 392 00:24:19,599 --> 00:24:25,039 scoring catch and run as the Red Raiders just rolled 393 00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:29,920 over the Beavers again with another weather delay. You wonder 394 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,160 if there's gonna start being talk of a dome in Lobbic. 395 00:24:32,200 --> 00:24:36,160 Please know, just please don't do that to us, Please, 396 00:24:36,200 --> 00:24:40,680 that would be horrible. Yeah, a two and a half 397 00:24:40,799 --> 00:24:44,759 hour delay, just two and a half minutes into the game, 398 00:24:44,839 --> 00:24:46,680 and it's almost like you'd rather see them just not 399 00:24:46,759 --> 00:24:49,240 start the game. I heard them talking about this on 400 00:24:49,279 --> 00:24:51,359 the broadcast. Would you rather than just not start the 401 00:24:51,400 --> 00:24:54,000 game if you can foresee that? But we know the 402 00:24:54,039 --> 00:24:56,960 weather happens quickly out there, and that's not always possible. 403 00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,720 You can't see that. So once they got back on 404 00:25:00,759 --> 00:25:03,319 the field, it was a two thirty local time kickoff. 405 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:06,720 They didn't hit the field again until almost six local time. 406 00:25:08,240 --> 00:25:11,200 So congratulations to those who were sitting on your stale 407 00:25:11,200 --> 00:25:14,920 tortillas in the stands that sat through that. Good job 408 00:25:15,079 --> 00:25:17,839 by you. Cameron Dickie had a short ten run to 409 00:25:17,839 --> 00:25:19,640 help the Red Raiders improved a three to zero for 410 00:25:19,680 --> 00:25:23,519 the first time. And coach Joey McGuire's four seasons at 411 00:25:23,559 --> 00:25:24,880 the helm Man It's hard to believe he's been there 412 00:25:24,880 --> 00:25:30,319 four years already, but yeah, doing all the right things defensively, 413 00:25:31,000 --> 00:25:33,759 Coy Eakin's playing really really well, Cablein Douglas is playing 414 00:25:33,759 --> 00:25:39,640 really really well. I'm liking what I'm seeing. Again, the 415 00:25:39,920 --> 00:25:42,759 schedule for the Red Raiders doesn't get easier. Number sixteen, 416 00:25:42,880 --> 00:25:46,000 Utah will be their first real test on the road. 417 00:25:46,039 --> 00:25:48,400 Then you've got Houston. We just talked about how Connor 418 00:25:48,440 --> 00:25:53,920 Weakman's playing out there, and then you go to host Kansas, 419 00:25:54,640 --> 00:25:57,880 then you head to Arizona State, home against Oklahoma State, 420 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,599 on the road at Kansas State, and then home against 421 00:26:01,599 --> 00:26:05,759 BYU UCF and then you hit the road for West Virginia, 422 00:26:05,799 --> 00:26:10,039 who's also playing very well right now. So thinking good 423 00:26:10,039 --> 00:26:11,799 thoughts for Texas Tech because it's about to get a 424 00:26:11,839 --> 00:26:14,279 lot tougher for them, But the way that offense and 425 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:16,359 defense is playing, I'm excited to see what they can 426 00:26:16,359 --> 00:26:20,839 come up with. Let's head to Fort Worth now, and 427 00:26:20,920 --> 00:26:23,799 I apologize for the sniffles. I hope you guys can 428 00:26:23,839 --> 00:26:26,799 bear with me through that. Got kind of a late 429 00:26:26,839 --> 00:26:30,119 summer cold. That's trying to try to grab my attention here. 430 00:26:31,640 --> 00:26:36,839 Josh Hoover another big game, four touchdowns. TCU follows their 431 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:41,799 win over Bill Belichick in North Carolina by crushing Abilene 432 00:26:41,880 --> 00:26:45,200 Christian forty one to twenty one. Hoover at three hundred 433 00:26:45,240 --> 00:26:50,839 and thirty seven yards four touchdowns. I don't know if 434 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,680 you want to look. It was twenty eight to nothing 435 00:26:52,680 --> 00:26:55,920 at the half. I was wondering if ACU was going 436 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:58,440 to get on the scoreboard at all. And then ACU 437 00:26:58,640 --> 00:27:03,240 actually outscored the Red Raider or the Red Raiders the 438 00:27:03,279 --> 00:27:07,000 Horde Frogs in the second half, putting up twenty one 439 00:27:07,039 --> 00:27:10,680 points to the Red Raiders fourteen. But it's not the 440 00:27:10,720 --> 00:27:12,920 second half score of the counts. It's the overall score 441 00:27:13,000 --> 00:27:15,799 forty two to twenty one as the Frogs double up 442 00:27:15,839 --> 00:27:21,920 the Wildcats. Josh Hoover again continuing his strong, strong play. 443 00:27:22,359 --> 00:27:24,319 He's going to be the key to that offense the 444 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:31,599 rest of the way. You know, Sunny Dikes, I thought 445 00:27:32,799 --> 00:27:36,519 has put together some strong game plans for these at 446 00:27:36,599 --> 00:27:39,279 least the two games they've been in. I know the 447 00:27:39,319 --> 00:27:41,200 North Carolina game was the one that got all the 448 00:27:41,240 --> 00:27:46,440 hubbub look acus not a not a throwaway on the schedule. Okay, 449 00:27:46,799 --> 00:27:50,039 they scared the crap out of Texas Tech first game 450 00:27:50,079 --> 00:27:52,400 of the season a couple of years ago. They've got 451 00:27:52,440 --> 00:27:56,079 some strong, strong players and a strong coaching staff, so 452 00:27:56,119 --> 00:28:00,640 they're no, they're nothing to sneeze at, and I thought 453 00:28:00,680 --> 00:28:04,200 handled it pretty pretty well. A lot of the credit 454 00:28:04,279 --> 00:28:08,680 going to Josh Hoover and the offensive line there. Coming 455 00:28:08,759 --> 00:28:14,000 up on TCU schedule again, you're gonna get more difficult 456 00:28:14,319 --> 00:28:16,920 as we get in. Of course, they face su as 457 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:21,160 we just discussed, and they've got Arizona State, they head 458 00:28:21,279 --> 00:28:25,240 to or they host Colorado, then head to Kansas State 459 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:32,359 host Baylor, head to West Virginia host Iowa State and 460 00:28:32,519 --> 00:28:36,480 Rock Obec, and then they are on the road at 461 00:28:36,519 --> 00:28:40,000 BYU at Houston and then wrap up the regular season 462 00:28:40,039 --> 00:28:45,720 schedule at home against Cincinnata. So that's gonna get a 463 00:28:45,759 --> 00:28:51,440 little more difficult obviously for the Frogs. Now, before we 464 00:28:51,480 --> 00:28:54,119 get into your aggies, we got to give some proper 465 00:28:54,119 --> 00:29:00,079 credit here, especially locally to where I live. Anyway. I 466 00:29:00,079 --> 00:29:01,759 don't know where you guys are listening from. I am 467 00:29:01,759 --> 00:29:05,960 in the Frisco area, broadcasting here as our fans. Stream 468 00:29:06,000 --> 00:29:09,480 sports studio is in Dallas, but right up the road 469 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:11,279 for me, a school that I have grown up here 470 00:29:11,319 --> 00:29:14,680 in the area, watch it and play dope. Not the Mustangs, Nope, 471 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:19,599 not the Frogs, not the Bears in Waco, not even 472 00:29:19,640 --> 00:29:24,000 the Sooners up north a little bit, the North Texas 473 00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:29,200 Mean Green over here in Denton, just right down the road. 474 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:34,119 What a show these boys are putting on. You win 475 00:29:35,160 --> 00:29:40,440 your first game over Lamar fifty one to nothing, You 476 00:29:40,519 --> 00:29:45,279 go on the road Western Michigan, you squeak that one 477 00:29:45,319 --> 00:29:47,920 out thirty three to thirty, and then you come back 478 00:29:47,960 --> 00:29:50,440 home against Washington State. Man, I don't know what has 479 00:29:50,480 --> 00:29:54,160 happened to the Washington State program. I'm not look, I'm 480 00:29:54,200 --> 00:29:58,599 not taking any credit away from the Meet and Green obviously, 481 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,279 but I don't know what what's happened to Washington State 482 00:30:01,400 --> 00:30:06,160 as the Mean Green roll fifty nine to ten on 483 00:30:06,359 --> 00:30:13,319 Saturday in just an embarrassment for the Cougars. How far 484 00:30:13,440 --> 00:30:17,960 that program has fallen. It's incredible. They're in the Pac twelve, 485 00:30:18,160 --> 00:30:21,319 they're two and one. But how do you go on 486 00:30:21,359 --> 00:30:23,640 the road against a team that you're supposed to be 487 00:30:23,680 --> 00:30:26,119 so much better than in the Mean Green who's three 488 00:30:26,119 --> 00:30:30,119 and oh, by the way, three and oh third place 489 00:30:30,119 --> 00:30:34,799 in the American Drew Mesta Maker two hundred and eleven yards, 490 00:30:34,839 --> 00:30:40,079 four touchdowns. The score was forty one, sorry, forty two 491 00:30:40,079 --> 00:30:43,680 to three at the half, before the Cougar scored in 492 00:30:43,759 --> 00:30:48,160 the fourth and North Texas put up another seventeen in 493 00:30:48,200 --> 00:30:53,720 the second half. Fifty nine ten again your final, But 494 00:30:54,039 --> 00:30:57,640 the Mean Grade were scoring at will pretty much if 495 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:01,160 they had the ball, they were going to And if 496 00:31:01,200 --> 00:31:02,799 you're the Meet and Green, if you're a fan of 497 00:31:02,880 --> 00:31:09,200 North Texas, then things are going well for you. Now 498 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:14,920 look again, just like every team we've discussed, things aren't 499 00:31:14,920 --> 00:31:17,519 gonna get much tougher for you, Meet and Green the 500 00:31:17,559 --> 00:31:20,799 rest of the way. You play Army next week or 501 00:31:20,839 --> 00:31:26,359 this week, you've got USF coming up. You've got South 502 00:31:26,680 --> 00:31:29,960 Alabama after Army, then you've got USF. Those Bulls are 503 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:32,000 having a great, great season. I know they just lost 504 00:31:32,039 --> 00:31:36,119 this week, but strong, strong team UTSA. We've already seen 505 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:41,079 what they can do. Charlotte Navy, UAB Rice Temple to 506 00:31:41,119 --> 00:31:46,119 close the season out at home. But yeah, good things 507 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:48,559 for North Texas. I had to give them a shout 508 00:31:48,599 --> 00:31:53,920 out on the show. We don't ignore them, but you know, 509 00:31:54,039 --> 00:31:56,640 we have bigger schools to talk about and bigger fan 510 00:31:56,720 --> 00:32:01,519 bases to to try to get to. But had to 511 00:32:01,519 --> 00:32:07,359 give some mean green some love. All Right, boys and girls, 512 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:10,079 let's get into the game of the week, not just 513 00:32:10,200 --> 00:32:15,000 by my standards, but by just about everybody's standards. As 514 00:32:15,039 --> 00:32:19,279 the Texas A and m Aggies rolled in to South Bend, 515 00:32:20,079 --> 00:32:24,880 and I'm not gonna lie as an Aggie, Uh, this 516 00:32:24,920 --> 00:32:27,000 one had me a little bit concerned. I've watched Notre 517 00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:32,640 Dame football obviously this season. Uh in their their previous 518 00:32:32,680 --> 00:32:36,839 game against Miami that they lost, but I thought that team, 519 00:32:37,920 --> 00:32:40,799 that team could beat the Aggies, especially at home, and 520 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:47,319 I fully expected that to happen. But that I've seen 521 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:52,440 something now this season out of Mike Elko's Aggie's there. 522 00:32:52,559 --> 00:32:55,440 This is not Jimbo Fisher's aggies. And I'm not talking 523 00:32:55,480 --> 00:33:00,400 about just the players, and even before Jimbo, this is 524 00:33:00,440 --> 00:33:04,640 not the old aggis that would seemingly go in and 525 00:33:04,680 --> 00:33:08,200 get overpowered even though you think they're better. Either play 526 00:33:08,279 --> 00:33:10,400 down to the level of that opponent, or play up 527 00:33:10,440 --> 00:33:12,200 to the level of their opponent and then give it 528 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:14,279 away at the end, as they did versus Alabama so 529 00:33:14,319 --> 00:33:19,240 many times. I know they beat Alabama recently, but you 530 00:33:19,279 --> 00:33:23,519 had some other games where you were right there, Haines King, 531 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,599 just throw an accurate pass in the corner of the 532 00:33:26,680 --> 00:33:30,240 end zone and you beat Alabama again. But it wasn't 533 00:33:30,279 --> 00:33:34,880 to me. But this is not those aggies, And I 534 00:33:34,920 --> 00:33:37,720 don't know what it is if it's You know, Mike Elko, 535 00:33:37,799 --> 00:33:40,640 when he first took over in College Station a couple 536 00:33:40,680 --> 00:33:44,119 of years ago, he said that he wanted to change 537 00:33:44,119 --> 00:33:48,480 the culture. Well, I think he's done it. And even players, 538 00:33:49,200 --> 00:33:51,519 players that were on the roster at that time, said 539 00:33:52,039 --> 00:33:55,799 this is a culture change. They said that that he is. 540 00:33:56,559 --> 00:34:00,480 He is shifting focus, he is changing the cold and 541 00:34:01,480 --> 00:34:06,920 he has done that, and this game was the perfect 542 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:12,519 example of that. You know, against UTSA, it's UTSA. You 543 00:34:12,559 --> 00:34:14,480 win forty two to twenty four, you're supposed to win 544 00:34:14,519 --> 00:34:17,559 that one. Against Utah State, you win forty four to 545 00:34:17,599 --> 00:34:22,519 twenty two, you're supposed to win that one. Then you 546 00:34:22,559 --> 00:34:27,960 play a top ten Notre Dame team in their stadium, 547 00:34:29,079 --> 00:34:31,559 we know it's hostile territory that always has been for 548 00:34:31,599 --> 00:34:36,599 the Aggies. And not only do you hang with Notre 549 00:34:36,679 --> 00:34:41,320 Dame just about on every play, and look that first 550 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:45,960 block punt for a touchdown. With teams in the past, 551 00:34:46,119 --> 00:34:48,480 I would have said, well, there you go. That's that's 552 00:34:48,599 --> 00:34:50,440 that's going to be the story of the game right there. 553 00:34:51,039 --> 00:34:54,960 They never got off out of the gates, and I 554 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,639 you know, at one point I would have thought, man, 555 00:34:57,679 --> 00:35:00,360 this could be a blowout. Now that's gonna set the 556 00:35:00,400 --> 00:35:03,320 life out of this team. The offense couldn't do anything. 557 00:35:03,800 --> 00:35:06,639 They're already down before the defense even gets on the field. 558 00:35:08,199 --> 00:35:12,559 But not this team. This team is different. And again 559 00:35:12,719 --> 00:35:16,159 it's maybe it's the Mike Elko effect. Maybe it's the 560 00:35:16,239 --> 00:35:20,920 culture that he is instilled in college station. Maybe it's 561 00:35:20,960 --> 00:35:25,639 Marcel Reid who sometimes plays like he doesn't know that 562 00:35:25,679 --> 00:35:29,480 he's not supposed to do certain things. And he sometimes 563 00:35:29,519 --> 00:35:33,719 just makes it work. But man, I will tell you 564 00:35:33,800 --> 00:35:41,440 that fourth down touchdown with thirteen seconds left before the 565 00:35:41,519 --> 00:35:46,320 Randy Bond kick that gave them the win. That's the 566 00:35:46,400 --> 00:35:49,679 same type of play, the same situation that we have 567 00:35:49,719 --> 00:35:53,920 seen the Aggies in years before against a good team. 568 00:35:54,199 --> 00:35:57,000 That was the same situation against Alabama, the one I 569 00:35:57,039 --> 00:36:01,519 referenced with Haines king through the war pass of his career. 570 00:36:02,400 --> 00:36:05,400 And it wasn't even close in the front right corner 571 00:36:05,599 --> 00:36:11,320 of the end zone at Alabama. But it, Man, it 572 00:36:11,360 --> 00:36:14,679 was the perfect play call. You had the perfect matchup. 573 00:36:15,239 --> 00:36:21,880 It wasn't his primary Reid for Reid, you know? And 574 00:36:22,119 --> 00:36:25,400 was there a little holding by the Aggies offensive line? Sure, 575 00:36:25,440 --> 00:36:28,000 there's holding on every play. Do you always call him? No? 576 00:36:28,599 --> 00:36:30,800 Did it affect this play? No? Because Reid was kind 577 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:33,039 of rolling to his left anyway. That guy wasn't gonna 578 00:36:33,039 --> 00:36:34,760 get read anyway. That's probably why they didn't call it, 579 00:36:34,840 --> 00:36:38,840 or they didn't see it, whatever the reason. But man, 580 00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:43,119 how impressive was that? And how good if you're an 581 00:36:43,159 --> 00:36:47,559 Aggie's fan, how good does that make you feel? Not 582 00:36:47,719 --> 00:36:49,599 just that you got the win, but how you got 583 00:36:49,599 --> 00:36:51,199 the win and that you were able to pull that 584 00:36:51,360 --> 00:36:56,280 out in the final minutes. Your defense held, and of 585 00:36:56,320 --> 00:36:58,960 course you had. We had a couple of streaks broken here. 586 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:05,480 It was the the Aggies had lost thirteen straight road 587 00:37:05,559 --> 00:37:15,159 games to ranked opponents going back to twenty fourteen. It 588 00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:17,639 was the first time to beat a top twenty five 589 00:37:17,679 --> 00:37:21,639 team on the road. Sorry, that was twenty fourteen. You 590 00:37:21,679 --> 00:37:24,039 haven't beat a top twenty five team on the road 591 00:37:24,400 --> 00:37:28,039 since you beat number three Auburn in twenty fourteen. You 592 00:37:28,719 --> 00:37:33,000 lost thirteen straight road games to ranked opponents before this, 593 00:37:34,960 --> 00:37:38,000 and then I saw this was the first win for 594 00:37:38,119 --> 00:37:43,280 the Aggies over a top ten non conference team since 595 00:37:43,400 --> 00:37:48,159 nineteen seventy nine. I believe that was a Penn State win. 596 00:37:50,119 --> 00:37:54,400 So a lot of history made here. Nobody cares about that. 597 00:37:54,480 --> 00:37:58,760 It's fun to talk about, but all in all, this 598 00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:02,920 win it's put the Aggies on the map. I mean, 599 00:38:02,920 --> 00:38:04,679 the Aggies are always kind of on the map, but 600 00:38:04,960 --> 00:38:09,280 kind of like not in the best place. You know. 601 00:38:09,280 --> 00:38:12,199 They're still talking about this win on some of the 602 00:38:12,239 --> 00:38:14,599 college football programs, and they should be. It's a big 603 00:38:14,639 --> 00:38:17,199 win for the program, it's a big win for the SEC. 604 00:38:18,039 --> 00:38:19,880 It's a big loss for Notre Name. By the way, 605 00:38:20,119 --> 00:38:22,559 zero to two to start the year. How about that? 606 00:38:24,000 --> 00:38:26,679 But Res and Reid's just getting better. Seventeen to thirty 607 00:38:26,679 --> 00:38:29,360 seven for a career high three hundred sixty yards, two touchdowns. 608 00:38:30,360 --> 00:38:32,920 Carver caught seven passes for a career high two hundred 609 00:38:32,960 --> 00:38:36,079 and seven yards. That's the first two hundred and seven 610 00:38:36,159 --> 00:38:39,599 yard receiving game by an Aggie since Mike Evans in 611 00:38:39,679 --> 00:38:45,480 twenty fourteen or twenty thirteen, one of those years. So yeah, 612 00:38:45,519 --> 00:38:48,760 there you go. The big news out of the game 613 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:51,599 Bryce Anderson's injury. As he was carted off the field 614 00:38:51,599 --> 00:38:55,320 taking to the hospital after sustaining an injury with just 615 00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:57,559 fifty eight seconds left in the first half. It did 616 00:38:57,599 --> 00:39:00,320 not look pretty. He was carted off. He gave the 617 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:03,119 thumbs up as he was leaving, which was very encouraging, 618 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,719 very promising. Credit to the Irish faithful that we're on 619 00:39:06,800 --> 00:39:08,639 hand to give him a standing ovation as he left 620 00:39:08,639 --> 00:39:12,559 the field. I've been to some road stadiums where they 621 00:39:12,559 --> 00:39:15,519 didn't exactly do that, so credit to the Irish fans 622 00:39:15,559 --> 00:39:18,199 out there. And then we did. Hear he was at 623 00:39:18,199 --> 00:39:22,320 the hospital the next day. He had full feeling in 624 00:39:22,400 --> 00:39:27,360 all of his extremities, which was also obviously encouraging and 625 00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:30,400 good news out of the Bryce Anderson camp after that injury. 626 00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:34,280 I don't know. I haven't heard anything since then, but 627 00:39:34,360 --> 00:39:37,199 we will continue to update that for you here on 628 00:39:37,480 --> 00:39:43,039 the College Football Gridiron Coast to Coast network as well 629 00:39:43,079 --> 00:39:46,480 as fans stream sports. So look a lot of happy, 630 00:39:46,719 --> 00:39:50,639 happy scores around Texas, around college football, around the Big 631 00:39:50,679 --> 00:39:54,880 Twelve and the SEC and we can't wait to get 632 00:39:54,960 --> 00:39:57,159 back to it. So that will wrap it up for 633 00:39:57,239 --> 00:39:59,440 us today. I do appreciate you guys hanging with us 634 00:39:59,480 --> 00:40:02,079 here for forty minutes or however long we were here. 635 00:40:02,599 --> 00:40:05,920 We do this every week, may start doing it twice weekly. 636 00:40:06,719 --> 00:40:09,400 May have a recap program for you and then a 637 00:40:09,440 --> 00:40:12,239 preview program for you, trying to see if we can 638 00:40:12,480 --> 00:40:15,760 finaggle that for you to give you twice the pig 639 00:40:15,800 --> 00:40:17,760 skin and burn ins, because honestly, I don't have time 640 00:40:17,800 --> 00:40:21,000 to talk about the burn ins barely all these shows. 641 00:40:21,000 --> 00:40:23,400 We still need to get into some food, some beverage, 642 00:40:24,119 --> 00:40:28,880 some Texas barbecue. I would love to hear what y'all 643 00:40:28,920 --> 00:40:32,320 thoughts on your favorite Texas barbecue, where that is or 644 00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:35,440 why it's your favorite. We'll also get into some adult 645 00:40:35,480 --> 00:40:38,239 beverages that we can pair with said barbecue things like 646 00:40:38,280 --> 00:40:42,760 that and get into some fun stuff here on the 647 00:40:42,840 --> 00:40:46,320 college football pig skin and burn ins. I am Indy, 648 00:40:46,360 --> 00:40:50,679 cards him and until next time, boys and girls, we'll 649 00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:51,079 see it