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Want to focus on the Big Twelve here on your
Uti ESPN radio and never preview some of the big
games heading into the weekend, obviously the Buas Cincinnati game.
Speaker 2: But what else is cooking at the Big twelve is
there could.
Speaker 1: Be a lot of two way ties or five way
ties or three way ties.
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Chadwick on the line. Max, how the heck are you good?
Are you guys doing doing fantastic? How have your preview
shows gone thus far this week?
Speaker 3: Good man, It's gonna be an interesting week this week.
You know it's not as many massive games. It kind
of feels like it's almost the entirety of the SEC
is almost on a bye week or pseudo bye week
this week. But there's some huge games in the ACC
and the Big Twelve and also the Big Ten two
with USC Oregon, so kind of whittling down this this
playoff picture and also whittling down who could make it
in a wide open Big Twelve and ACC conference right
now for those championship games.
Speaker 1: Yeah, the how what do you make of the SCC
scheduling right obviously the night conference games, uh uh and
then having this bye week before their rivalry weeks. Do
you do you agree with it? Do you think it's
strategically beneficial for the SEC?
Speaker 4: I think it makes sense for why they do it.
Speaker 3: You know, they're still playing I think, you know, still
playing one of some of the hardest schedules in the country,
So it's not like they're you know taking it easy
uh on their on their teams this year. But yeah,
I think it in expense. You know a lot of
them are going into huge, huge games uh next weekend
against their rivals, and they either take a bye week
or they just schedule an SCS opponent in order to
h to kind of get ready.
Speaker 4: For those games. But we still have a couple of
big games in SSC.
Speaker 3: You know, we still previewed the Oklahoma Missouri game as
a massive, massive one this weekend.
Speaker 4: It's one of the biggest games of the weekend.
Speaker 3: And then you also have Vanderbilt against Kentucky, and Kentucky's
actually been a dangerous team the.
Speaker 4: Last few weeks too, so Vanderbilt.
Speaker 3: Has to be careful because they cannot afford another loss
if they want to make the playoffs. So this still
has a couple of big games in the SEC. Texas plays
Arkansas two. It should be a fun game. But in
Tennessee plays Florida. But some of the big teams, you know,
like Ole miss who has a bye week this week.
You got Texas A and M playing Stanford this week.
You got you know, sorry, you got Alabama playing Eastern
Illinois this week too.
Speaker 4: So George is playing Charlotte. Yeah.
Speaker 3: It just like a lot of the top teams right
now are kind of on a either an official bye
week or unofficial bibey playing SCS team.
Speaker 1: Let's move over to the Big twelve real quick b
YU versus Cincinnati. How do you see this game in
particularly BA you only a two and a half point
favorite heading on the road to take on Swords beat
the Bearcats. Bear Bachmyer versus the Bearcats, Yeah.
Speaker 4: Exactly, It's just gonna be a close game, it really is.
Speaker 3: I think BYU has to be prepared for Cincinnati to
try to win with this ground game. I think the
one big advantage that BYU has defensively is that, Yeah,
Brenon Sorosby has been phenomenal this year as Cincinnati is
starting quarterback, but their receiving core of Cincinnati has really
really struggled to separate against man coverage. Is really why
they lost through They are three games, all three of
them this year to Arizona, to Utah, and to Nebraska.
All three of those teams play a lot of man
coverage and they completely shut down those receivers. B YU
also plays a good healthy amount of man coverage too,
and BYU secondary has been really good this year too,
So I don't think this is gonna be a game
where Soresby is gonna win as a passer. I think
if they're gonna win, they're gonna have to rely on
their elite rushing attacks. But BYU's run defense, it has
been kind of average. I would say overall this year,
they got to be ready for that rushing attack in
this game.
Speaker 1: Do you feel like this BYU football team is ranked
appropriately for the College Football Playoff Committee, No, I don't.
Speaker 3: I think b YU should be somewhere in the top ten.
I had them in my personal ranking and have the
number eight in my ranking. I think, you know, still
with a nine to one record, that says a lie,
you know, so I think they should be above all
the two loss teams with a nine to one record. Obviously,
they beat Utah this year too, so they got that
big win on the resume. Yeah, they lost in convincing
fashions of Texas Tech. But I still think b YU
has been a really good team this year, and Texas
Tech is going to be maybe a first round by
well see what it ends up at the end of
the year or two. But I think b YU should
be firmly in the playoff picture right now. And you know,
it seems like, you know, they if they lose another
game and go ten to two in the year, for example,
I don't know if they can be able to get
into the playoff at ten and two.
Speaker 4: So they've got to win out.
Speaker 3: At eleven and one, and maybe even an eleven and
two record might not be enough the way the Playoff
Committee is ranking them right now.
Speaker 1: One of the things we've been debating because of the
rankings is who's gonna lose, who's the most likely to lose?
In front of BYU, I have my Tier one guys
right that you would ideally like those two loss teams.
Oklahoma they got Miszoo at home, and then they take
on LSU. After that, they then Notre Dame, they take
on Syracuse at home, and then Stamford away. Alabama has
what is it like Eastern Illinois and then they have
the iron ball Auburn at the end of there, and
they're at Auburn and Auburn's kept it close one score
games in all of their games.
Speaker 2: It teams and then I have.
Speaker 1: Like my Tier two teams, is like Oregon's facing USC.
They could if they lose to USC or Washington that
they drop out of the top ten.
Speaker 2: I don't think Georgia.
Speaker 1: If Georgia lost to Georgia Tech, I don't think they
would drop out of the top ten.
Speaker 2: I don't think if Texas Tech.
Speaker 1: That's if Texas Tech loses to West Virginia that they
drop out of the top ten.
Speaker 2: It wouldn't be good for the Big twelve, but maybe
b YU moves up. I don't know.
Speaker 1: Give me your thoughts on these teams in the Tier one,
Tier one, Tier two.
Speaker 2: Who's most likely to take l's do you think? Yeah?
Speaker 3: Well, I think the one, the big one is probably
Texas A and M. But the problem is that they
go eleven and one at the end of the year.
I still think, you know, they're gonna be ranked above
above b YU because they played Texas at the end
of the year too.
Speaker 4: So I think even if it was the Texas, they're still.
Speaker 3: Probably be ranked above b YU add an eleven to
one record. The problem with Oregon, I think Oregon's on
upset alert this week is USC. Problem with that though,
if Oregon loses, I think Oregon honestly this is they
might be out.
Speaker 4: Of the playoff altogether if they lose this weekend. I
really think so. Even with a ten and two record,
I just don't know if it.
Speaker 2: Drop out of the top ten, they'll be out.
Speaker 3: I would say they should, yeah, But the problem with
that though, is that USC could all of a sudden
make a massive leap and maybe even jump b YU
if that happens too, right, So that that's.
Speaker 4: The problem with b YU right now and why I.
Speaker 3: Think that the playoff committeees have this kind of bad
precedent for b YU, where again, I think they should
be ranked number eight or number nine right now, and
the fact that they're number eleven it makes it a
dangerous proposition for them. I don't know if BYU, maybe
at eleven and two, if they lose in a close
game to Texas Tech and the Big twelve title game,
maybe they can pull up an SMU last year where
SMU got in You've never losing the AC title game.
Maybe they could pull off that if you lose in
a close fashion to Texas Tech.
Speaker 4: But other than that, I just don't see a way.
Speaker 3: Obviously, they win the Big Twelve, they'll get an automatic
qualifier into the playoff, but they got I think.
Speaker 4: At least lose in a close way to Texas Tech.
Speaker 3: Otherwise I think they're probably out of the playoff altogether.
Speaker 1: Max Chadwick Pro Football Focus here on esp and the
Fantuck and College Football, Big twelve Football and BYU football. Yeah,
it's unfortunate that by you had some PR issues. Is
it more is it more BYU based? Is it more
Big twelve based? Do you think what's the issue with
BYU from a committee standpoint?
Speaker 4: I don't know.
Speaker 3: I mean, I think I think the problem is, you know,
the SEC they consider like these two lost SEC teams
that have a way better resumes than b YU and
one loss in the Big twelve, which I don't really
think is that's that should be the case right now?
And then I mean the other one that I just
I'm dumbfounded by, honestly is is Notre Dame.
Speaker 4: I just think, you know, they do not have the
resume to be ranked where they are at number nine
right now. I have them, I think number twelve in
my personal ranking, I think they should be behind.
Speaker 3: It makes no sense to me why they're ahead of
a head of Alabama when you know, according to this
same committee, the Alabama has two wins better than Notre
Dame's best win and then two more wins better than
Notre Dame's second best win, right, so it makes it,
I just I makes no sense at all to me
why Notre Dame is ranked where they are. But what
the committee's telling US is if hey, if they go
ten to two, they're gonna be in the playoff with
wins over Syracuse and Stanford. I just I don't think
that should be the case right now. But that's the
problem I think for you for BYU right now is
that they're behind the teams like Notre Dame and right
now that they got a pretty easy schedule the rest
of the year, and I just I don't know if
by you can jump Notre Dame.
Speaker 4: Maybe maybe if they.
Speaker 3: Went out and obviously win the Big twelve, they will,
But I just it's a tough proposition right now.
Speaker 4: When this committee is ranking these teams.
Speaker 1: Max, you always like to get into the PFF grades
as far as BYU Football is concerned. Who's been their
highest graded players thus far this season? Offensively, defensively, and
even on special teams.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so obviously offensively, I've been really impressed by, really
impressed by Bear Bachmeyer this year. I think he has
been a phenomenal player for that team, and you can
see by the way he grades right now, he's the
highest graded offensive player for BYU with an eighty two
point one grade this year. He has been I would
argue right now, probably He's been the best true freshman
quarterback that we've had in college football this year. We've
had a lot of them start in college football. I
would say Bear might be the best one right now.
Bruce Mitchell, the center, also has an eighty one point
one grade, so he also has been really good.
Speaker 4: And then you look at the defensive side of the ball.
Speaker 3: I love the middle of Buyu's defense and you can
see it by the grades too, such as their safety
duel that they have and follow Tauasatawala as an eighty
one point four grade doing the defense, and then right
behind him is his teammate Tanner Wall at eighty point three.
Speaker 4: Leading that defense too.
Speaker 3: So yeah, I think that the middle of BYU's defense,
whether it be the d packles, even whether it be
the linebackers or the safeties, that's been the best part
of BYU's defense this year. And you can see it
with U Satzawala and Tanner Wall both leading the defense
and PFF grade.
Speaker 2: Great breakdown for Max Chadwick.
Speaker 1: Max, what else are you guys previewing this week on
your show? What have you guys already broken down that
our looteners can go and consume on your platforms.
Speaker 3: Yeah, so we we did a full preview on Tuesday
of every single one of the ten biggest games.
Speaker 4: In week thirteen.
Speaker 3: Obviously BYU Cincinnati is one of those games.
Speaker 4: So if you want to check out our full in
depth preview and also our predictions for that.
Speaker 3: Game, go check out the PF have College Football Show
on YouTube and anywhere your podcast. And also Dalton and
I will both actually be at that BYU since the
game this weekend, so if you see us, make sure say.
Speaker 2: Hi, love that.
Speaker 1: I was just reading through a couple other previews, want
to get your reaction to it as BYU Cincinnati game,
like how do you really see this game playing out?
Because I want you to think about it here for
a minute, as I don't know if you've ever read
through Bill Conley. I love his metrics as well. SP
plus Texas Tech, BYU and Utah are the three nastiest
most physical teams in the Big twelve E States and
they are combined twenty seven and four to twenty twenty
five three three against each other in twenty four to
one against everybody else. BYU responded to a loss at
Tech with a forty four to thirteen blowout of TCU.
Now the Cougars face the Cincinnati team that has run aground,
losing to Utah forty five to fourteen.
Speaker 2: That was an away setting. And then Arizona, who I
think is a I think it's a good football team.
Speaker 1: They lost thirty to what twenty four, falling to the
thirty seventh best team at SP plus. Cincinnati quarterback Brendon
Torry has been has been good much of the season,
but he could be a little bit digged up. He states,
Boy's offense still battles inconsistency at times, but against defenses
right thirty thirtieth or worse and SP plus they're averaging
thirty eight point eight points and six point five yards
per game. Does Cincinnati still have enough gas in the
tank to match current lines two and a half SP
plus projection BYU by four point two points and then
FPI gives it BYU by four point four.
Speaker 2: How do you see it? Yeah?
Speaker 3: I had it actually right around there too. I had
a twenty eight twenty four BYU with my final score
in this game. And like I said, I think it's
all about whether or not BUA you can bring their
hard hats and run defense, because I think they've been
okay in run defense, kind of maybe a little bit
below average. You got to bring it this week against Cincinnati.
Maybe that means stack in the box on Cincinnati and
trusting that your quarter is on the outside can win
in man coverage, because I think they can because I think,
like I said before, since they's receivers have been a
big problem with that offense this year, they just cannot
separate one on one right now. So I think by
you would be wise to stack the box in this game,
to play a lot of man covers in this game
and trust those corners to win on the outside and
man coverage. And then on the other side, Cincinnati's pass
rush has been basically non existed this year. They kind
of run very similar to Iowa State, where it's a
three down linemen defense, so you're not gonna have a
great pass rush to begin with, and they've been one
of the worst of the country getting after the quarterback
this year. So Barry Bockmeier is gonna have time in
that pocket to make some throws and attack the outside
of Sisty's defense, because like Byu, I think the middle
of Sisty's defense is really good with their linebackers and
some pretty good safeties. The outside is where they're a
little more vulnerable. So I think Barret Bakermeyer has been
really good if th running outside the numbers this year.
He's probably gonna do it a lot in this game too,
So I like BYU to win. This one is gonna
be a really close game, should be one of the
best games of the weekend, and it's an absolutely massive
game for determining who makes us a Dallas for the
Big twelve title game.
Speaker 2: Love your content, Max, always appreciate your time.
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Speaker 2: Thanks so much, Thanks guys.
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