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gonna break down the Byuiwy State game from his vantaged points,

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talk some Big twelve football as well, and maybe get

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Speaker 3: We got Shehan jah Rajah on the Live Shehan, how

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are you?

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Speaker 4: I'm doing great? Thanks for having me.

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Speaker 2: Hey, appreciate you joining us and talking some college football.

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Let's take let's take a gander at Big twelve football

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here for a moment, something that no one expected happened.

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Last week Texas Tech lost to ASU. I don't know

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if anyone was predicting that, especially after ASU got pummeled

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by the Utes. B YU also continues to shock people

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each and every week, shocking Vegas, shocking college football pundits

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and analysts around the country as they continue to win

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these close, hard fought battles on the gridiron. But let's

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talk a little bit about let's level set. Who is

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the Big twelve? What are we seeing from the Big

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twelve right now?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: I mean, obviously, I think it's in a very competitive year,

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just like it was last year. But I think that's

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top group is kind of starting to separate itself. Even

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though they lost, I still think that Texas Tech belongs

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at the top of that list. I think that BYU,

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with their undefeated star, is in tremendous shape. I think

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Arizona States, you know, even though they've got two losses,

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only one is in Big Twelve play and that was

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about their starting quarterback Sam Levitt, So I think they're

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all in great shape. Houston, of course, still undefeated in

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conference place, Cincinnati still undefeated. So a lot of teams

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that I think have the ability to get into the

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mix if they can get maybe one or two breaks.

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But to me, I think that that top three at

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the top right now, that's the class of the conference.

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Texas Tech, BYU, Arizona States.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, are there any dark horses right now? We've been

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discussing this a little bit on our show, Like the

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Kansas surge last year, right Kansas was losing one score

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games time and time again, and then all of a

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sudden they rattle off like three ranked wins on the

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back end and disrupted many teams quest to get to Arlington.

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Who's Kansas of twenty twenty five?

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Speaker 4: Do you think It's an interesting question? And you know,

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I think that there's kind of two different ways to

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approach this. One is you know, you have a team

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like Cincinnati who obviously has been able to take care

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of business to the first half of their schedule. They

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win a close game against Kansas they win a close

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game also against Iowa State. They beat up two of

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the lesser teams in the conference, and now they're kind

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of facing the gauntlet Baylor at Utah, Arizona BYU, TCU

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all losable games, frankly, but also all winnable games if

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some things go right for them, especially with that BYU

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game being at home. So I think that that's a

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team that can elevate itself from being just contender to

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maybe being legitimate sort of top of the pile if

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they're able to have some things go correctly. Another team, too,

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that I think has a lot more upside than they've

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played with the past couple of weeks is TCU. I mean,

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they kind of got shell shocked on the road against

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Kansas State, and they lost a really type game against

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Arizona State, but a pretty manageable slate for them as well.

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really tough game. They play Cincinnati, they play Iowa States,

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but those two games are at home, so I wouldn't

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be shocked if they're able to really rebound Because we've

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seen the upside of this team for stretches in the

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beginning of the year. I think that maybe at the

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end we start to see the top of it. And

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actually one more that probably is a little bit closer

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to the Kansas comparison of last year is Kansas State.

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I mean since that UCF game, they have been playing

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at a different level. They lose a one point game

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to Baylor, they crushed TCU. They're playing at Kansas this week,

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have text Tech at Oklahoma State, which would be a win.

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something like three and two or four and one in

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the second half of the year.

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Speaker 2: Is BYU football too legit, too legit to quit? As

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mc hammer once told us, is I can't remember what

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your preseason prognostication was with Bear Bachmeyer at the Helm,

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but I want to say that you were probably more

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positive and favorable in your prediction than some of the

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other national analyst and pundits.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean they are I think, really really good

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right now. I might big question you know, I remember

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saying this I believe on DYUTV before the season that

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when they decided to go with bear Bachmeyer over the

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two other guys who were competing for that job, it

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gave me more optimism that this team had the upside

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to compete for the Big twelve, because when I looked

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at this DYU oftense specifically, my question was always where

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does the explosion come from. I know that LJ. Martin's

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going to give me five yards per carry. I know

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they've got some receivers that can make some plays if

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they get the ball in good spots, but it really

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was that straw that stirred the drink, and I was

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curious if if the quarterback that they played this year

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would be able to do it well. I think bear

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proven that he's ready for this moment. So I'm not

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surprised with how good they've been defensively. I'm not surprised

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with how good LJ. Martin's been. I'm not surprised how

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good this receiver room has been. But I think that

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the way that They've brought bear Bachmeier along through the

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first seven games of the year, really not asking very

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much of them through the first five and easing things

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up when they go down against Arizona and easing things

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up even more when they played that Utah game. I

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think it's been absolutely perfect. I give Klonie Sataki and

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Aaron Roderick a whole lot of credit because this is

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again a player who has never played college football before

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and wasn't even here in the spring. The fact that

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he's been able to step up the way that he has,

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the Big Twelve at a lot of tough games left,

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but a very legitimate contender for the Big Twelve.

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Speaker 2: Let's break down the BYU Ioway State game BAU seven

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and zero four to H and twelve and Big Twelve play.

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They're the number eleven team in the in the in

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the country, Iowa State five and two, two close losses,

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two back to back losses, one score games versus midible.

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Speaker 3: Foes in the Big Twelve.

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Speaker 2: It's a one thirty pm kickoff on Fox and right now,

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Ioway State is the slight favorite at home, two and

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a half point favorite.

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Speaker 3: Over unders at forty nine and a.

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Speaker 2: Half BYU gets the NOD slightly in the ESPN Analytics

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fifty four point two percent per ESPN FBI Analytics. How

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do you see this game play out? Where do you lean?

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Speaker 4: Yeah? I mean it's been a game that I think

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a lot of people have been on Iowa States, and

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think that Iowa State is better than how they've played

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the past two weeks. They had a really impressive start

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to the season. They've got an exciting young quarterback in

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Rocobec who's done some great stuff this year. But you know,

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when I look at this matchup, I think that people

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don't understand the level switch bhy you's been able to

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control games. You know. One of the things that is

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a blessing and curse about the way that they play

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is that they don't necessarily put their throat on people, right,

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impressive as the games where I think about that West

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Virginia game as kind of a chief example. But this

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asked to control games, they do it pretty easily. Like

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quality drives. And it's funny over the past two weeks,

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in that game against Cincinnati and in that game against

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Colorado that they both lost, I would say it has

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kind of lost in different ways. When you look at

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the way that they lost that Colorado game, they were

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not able to get Colorado off the field. I think

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that BYU can do the ball control stuff that Colorado

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did in that game. When you look at the Cincinnati game,

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it was much more that Cincinnati was able to win

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big on the offensive line. Now, I think that BYU's

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offensive line is not quite as good as last year,

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but I think that they have in bear Bachmeyern, LJ.

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Martin more weapons available to them to take advantage of it.

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to control this game. I think that they're going to

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be able to limit Iowa States rushing attack especially and

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make them one dimensional. And I think that ultimately in

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a more low scoring game that people expect, I expect

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the why you to come out victorious?

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Speaker 3: Love that breakdown. Shahan jeror Rajah.

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Speaker 2: Here on ESPN The Fan representing CBS Sports college football

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insider Shahan what do you make right now of just

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college football as a whole through seven eight weeks now,

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how would you describe.

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Speaker 3: The biggest storylines?

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Speaker 2: I know you've brought some of these on your show,

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on your podcast, The College Football Insiders, et cetera. But

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what would you say are the key storylines of college

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football through eight weeks now?

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Speaker 4: Well, I think that more than anything else, I mean,

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you have to look at the level of unpredictability and

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charity that there's been through the first couple of weeks.

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because I think that you look at the Southeastern Conference,

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they haven't played in either of the past two national

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title games. I don't necessarily know that they have the

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top five team in the country right now in terms

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of overall quality, and I think there's a couple of

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reasons for that. I think that college football is moving

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towards more of a developmental mindset, ironically, whereas I think

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that a lot of the big brands are still trying

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Big ten teams are winning from that perspective. I think

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been harder to maintain quality depth. You know, if you've

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got a second string or third string player that you

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want to bring along slowly, well maybe he could go

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start somewhere else and there could be more immediate financial

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interesting situation, and I think that it's made for again

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a more unpredictable sport than we've seen in a long while.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I love it. I think it's great. I think

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it's grant. I think it's wonderful. Do you think the

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SEC and Big Ten like the current state of college

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football with so much parity?

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several years. I mean, you know, get Texas went on

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the road and needed over time to beat Kentucky and

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they lost to Florida, who might miss a bowl game,

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you know. Now, I think that also, like I think

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that that those middle to lower class teams like they

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need some of this parody, right, they need the top

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to be a little bit more accessible. And I think that,

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you know, I think the Big Ten is very happy

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with where they're in terms of you know, they've got

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a lot of programs that are championship caliber, right when

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you talk about Penn State or sorry not Penn State,

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Ohio State, Indiana, and Oregon. They've got more teams that

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I think can get into that playoff mix, like a USC.

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They've got a lot of programs that have the upside

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to maybe contend in future years. So I mean, I

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think that it's kind of a mixed bag. They love

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the fact that there are so many quality teams in

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their conference, but it also means that there is a

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tougher path for individual teams that there's ever been before.

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Speaker 2: Love that breakdown, and I can't wait to see what

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the College football you know, the college football Playoff prognosticators

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predictors are beginning their their bracketology right now. I don't

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know if you guys have posed your bracketology or your

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individual bracketology.

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Speaker 3: How do you see it right now?

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Speaker 2: Who are your favorites to make it to the college

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football Playoff right now?

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Speaker 4: Well, we just did one mid season, not this past week,

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but before that, and this was before the Utah game.

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I will say that I had YU making the field

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as an at large at the eleven seed. I had

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Texas Tech as well. Obviously they lost a game after that,

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but I still think that they're in very good shape

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to make it. You know, the top I think is

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very obvious. Right You've got Ohio State, You've got Indiana,

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You've got Oregon. I think that, you know, right now,

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Texas Tech is still in good shape. I think Miami

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is still in good shape. From the ACC the secs

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where I think it gets most interesting. You know, Alabama

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has been since Week one the best team in that conference.

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Texas A and m still undefeated at seven to zero

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as well number three in the country. But you know,

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I think that sort of that second tier of contenders

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is where it's going to get really interesting because there

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are maybe three other teams or four or five other

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teams from the SEC who have a chance, but who

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also but then again, any of those teams could potentially

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lose their case spending on what happens in the second

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half of the year. I think for the Big Ten,

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it's hard to find a fourth team that's going to

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make it. And then with the kind of the later

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at largest, you have the second tier or kind of

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other contenders in the Big twelve with ABYU, a Utah

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and Arizona State. You have Notre Dame as a ten

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and two potential team. You have Georgia Tech right now

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as an unfeeded do I think is.

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Speaker 5: Going to lose a couple more games, so it's going

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to be a really tight race for I would say

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spots eight through eleven in the college football playoffs, and ultimately,

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I think the teams that manage to take care of

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business are the ones that are going to be in

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best shape.

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Speaker 2: Shahan jer Roger here on esp and the Fan representing

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CBS Sports College Football Inside or getting into another college

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football segment, who's your favorite right now to win the

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Heisman or who are some of your candidates right now

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to win the Heisman.

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Speaker 4: Well, I think that this is one of the most

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difficult heis and races that we've ever had. I mean,

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it's funny if if Ashton Gentz was playing college football

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this year, he might win every single vote because there

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is not a single person who I think has clearly

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set themselves apart. I've seen people start to air towards

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Ty Simpson, the quarterback at Alabama. I personally don't love

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that case. I think he's a tremendous player, but it

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feels very much defaulting to best quarterback on team we like,

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you know, obviously, I think that there's something similar for

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Julian say And at Ohio State, who's played really well

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but hasn't really been asked to do that much. So

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when you talk about the Heisman, I think that the

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Heisman above all is a story award. Yeah, obviously, stats

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and you know, impact and all this sort of stuff matter,

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but it's not the most viable player. It's not you know,

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whatever you want to call it like. It is a

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story award. And I think that Trap the Country last

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year is a good example of that. And so I

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think that's right now and it's still early. They have

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a month and a half of games left to go.

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But if you want to talk about a player who

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has the best story I think in college football right now,

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give me Trinidad Chambliss at Ole Miss Division two transfer

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from Farris States when the national championship there last year.

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After not starting the season as a full time starter,

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he comes into twenty twenty five as the backup to

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Austin Simmons. Simmons gets hurt and he just balls out.

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He leads him, of course, to win over LSU. He

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takes Georgia to the wire. They have a couple more

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opportunities to get into the mix. His stats have been really,

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really good, even though he didn't start the first two games,

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so it's a little bit of a wild card. But

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if they're able to finish the season at at least

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ten and two and be in the college football playoffs,

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and Trinidad Chambliss puts up close to four thousand yards

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of offense, I think he's going to have a very

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legitimate chance to come away with the Heisman Trophy.

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Speaker 3: Love that breakdown.

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Speaker 2: I do think it is a storytelling, a storytelling and

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stat combined with stat type of award, and I think

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there's a strong case for that. What do you think

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of the Doak Walker race right now in college food?

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But why do you think, like running the ball? Running

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backs in college football make a much bigger impact for

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their respective teams than they end up having in the

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National Football League.

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Speaker 3: It's just a change.

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Speaker 2: League now, And so like being a being capable to

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run the ball effectively and have a bell cow back

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in college football typically lends itself to more wins and championships,

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big bowl games and making their way through now the

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college football playoff. What do you see in the Doak

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Walker Award mid season race.

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Speaker 4: No, that's an interesting question, and I think you're absolutely right.

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I think the individual running backs matter a whole lot

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in college football. And by the way, when you look

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around the sport right now, I think that it has

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been as difficult a year to run the ball with

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some of the offensive line turnover we've had and some

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of the issues that teams have had than it's ever been.

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So teams that can run the ball are in a really,

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really good position. I think right now, for me, it's

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a two player raise. My leader right now is Amaud

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Hardy at Missouri. I think that he has been unbelievable. He,

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I think, as much as anybody, has been the reason

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that this Missouri team did not fall off after losing

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multiple receivers to the NFL. And I think that he's

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just one of those players that so many of his

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yards come after contact as well, and I think that

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he's been huge for that team. You know, a player

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who I think had a better case maybe in the

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first half of the year, and I'm a little worried

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how the second half is going to go. Is Justice

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Haynes at Michigan as well. That offensive line is not

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the kind of offensive line that you came to expect

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under Sharan Mora at Michigan during Jim Harbaugh's tenure. But

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he has been a huge impact for this team. He

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was a big part of winning some of these games early,

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including you know, and so I think he is just

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a game changing running back. But I mean, hey, you know, obviously,

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I know that you guys are aware. I mean LJ.

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Martin right now is number six in the nation and

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rushing yards, Jeremiah Love that Notre Dame office came into

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the year as an All American contender. He's been a

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little more inconsistent, but so There are a lot of

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really good running backs right now, but I think that

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Hardy would be my favorite, with Haines and maybe Martin

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kind of rounding out that top three.

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Speaker 2: I like the breakdown cheon. What have you guys been

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broaching on your show recently? How can we follow you,

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how can we support you? Et cetera? Give us a

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few pitches here.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, you can follow me on all social media at

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Sean J. Roja. Read all my work at CBS sports

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dot com. Follow our podcast to culle Schibles Insiders. I

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am on episodes usually every Thursday and Sunday, and we

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actually just got off of our episode today. We previewed

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the week of Games Ahead, and we really looked into

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some of the coaching carousel stuff, including, by the way,

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some surprising candidates who could get into the mix. Don't worry, though,

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Kalani Sutaki is not one of them.

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Speaker 3: I'd like you do.

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Speaker 2: Do you think that Lannie has been at all flirtatious

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with some of these job openings, and which job openings

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have at least reached out?

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Speaker 3: Do you think to Klan because there's gonna be a

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lot of them.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we're seeing more and more of these pop

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up and and firings are occurring, and and it's it's

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it's it's sad, but it's uh, it's uh, it's the

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nature of this college football beast that we've built. Are

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there any teams that are reaching out to Killani?

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Speaker 3: Do you think?

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Speaker 4: Well? First of all, I'd say if I am an

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athletic director in the Western United States, like Colonie Sataki

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might be my first call. He is doing such an

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incredible job of course at BYU, and I think are

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is about to put together back to back ten win

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seasons in the Big twelve. But you asked about has

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he been flirtatious? I mean not at all. For the

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most part. I think that I think that UCLA is

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a program that will try to reach out. But I

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think that at this moment in time, b why you

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can offer Klonie Sataki more as a football coach than

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UCLA can, even though obviously they're not in the Big ten.

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And so I don't expect very much move mint. I expect,

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assuming the season ends the way that we think that

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Klannie's talk is going to be back and very happy

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and probably rewarded with another well deserved contract. So no,

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I wouldn't worry too much fun with byu san. But

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you know, again, I think that there are a lot

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of jobs that he would do a really good job at,

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and I think he's more than earned the right to

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at least consider them, even if I think that he

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won't ultimately choose any of them.

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Speaker 3: I think his in laws live in Florida.

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Speaker 4: By the way, Oh man, No, well, well, hey, listen,

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I love my in laws. Is that sometimes that can

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be a blessing or a curse, you know, But seriously,

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I think that he is very, very happy where he's at,

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and you know, obviously has has a wonderful family that

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I know has loved getting to grow up in probo

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love it.

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Speaker 3: Sheon.

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Speaker 2: We appreciate you, man, thanks for hopping off for a

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college football segment.

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