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All right, first order of business, let's react to the

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week that was. Let's start out with that Friday game

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between Nebraska and Minnesota. Nebraska just Riola took a million

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sacks in this game and put his team in bad

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situations and Minnesota was able to run the ball. Darius Taylor,

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the Walled Lake Western graduate, He's been phenomenal at Minnesota

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in his career, went down with an injury earlier in

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the season, and you know, he just continues at when

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he's at full strength. He's one of the best backs

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in the Big Ten. He's been like that since his

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freshman year. He's won the Big Ten Freshman of the

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Year at running back. He is one of the best

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players and best playmakers in the Big Ten. Drake Lindsay

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played a solid game. I've really been happy with his

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progression over the weeks, other than really that Ohio State game.

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But I mean, he's got a couple of guys just

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Jyaln Smith on the Ka Brockington, like, there's there's some

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decent playmakers on this Minnesota team, and I think if

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he can continue to develop, because look, Gus, he's still

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like a red shirt freshman. He's young, he's one of

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the young quarterbacks that doesn't get talked about, and he's

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a pretty good player. On the Nebraska side of things,

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the lines of scrimmage are not built up that well,

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and people on social media that love the troll are

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gonna be like, well, the rule might not even beaten

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here next year, So why would he care about this

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season when he's got to build this team for Penn State. One.

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That doesn't look good if you're gonna quot out a team,

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because what if you're at Penn State and Ohio State

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comes opening and Matt rules that candidate. Is he like

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gonna take the season? No, you want to do the

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best job. I mean, you're auditioning for it. You haven't

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really had any proven success at Nebraska. Let's be completely

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honest here. I mean five and two this year. Yes,

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he has the program trending in the right direction, but

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you lose to a Michigan team that's better than you.

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You've beaten all the other teams that you're better than,

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other than maybe Cincinnati. But that's a week one game

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in the neutral field where Soresby, by the way, he's

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like one of the top five most pass efficient quarterbacks.

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And like it really hasn't been that impressive of the season,

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and they don't play anyone like they play usc and

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that'll be a good game on November first, but Northwestern

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Ucla might beat them man at home, because you know,

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Ucla is quite an impressive team. And then Iowa and

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Penn State. Like I don't think Nebraska goes ten and two,

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but like it's a nice nine and three, eight and

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four season, But are you really pleased with that? If

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you're Nebraska fans. I mean, it's better than recent success.

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But you know, this is a program with fans that

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are very passionate, that want to take this team back

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into the right direction and you know, be that Nebraska

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team that was winning national championships, you know, being one

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of the top teams in college football. You know, I've

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never witnessed Nebraska football be good. I'll be honest, guys, I,

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like I said, like I mentioned, I'm twenty years old,

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I in memory have not remembered Nebraska football ever being elite.

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Like I've seen Michigan State be more successful recently than Nebraska,

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and that was twenty fifteen, twenty sixteen, and the kind

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of twenty twenty one that was it, That was it.

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Nebraska's not been good. Moving on USC Notre Dame. I'll

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keep this quick because I want Matt Zemic to also

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give his thoughts on this. I thought my Ava just

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played a super up and down game. He threw two touchdowns,

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but also threw two picks. Jacobe Lanez a stud. These

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receivers like both Wlayane and Lemon so Lane is he

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a sophomore? Okay, he's a junior. I believe both of

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these guys are gonna be draft picks. Now where will

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they be drafted, I'm not too sure, but these guys

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better be on NFL rosters next year because they're both

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really impressive weapons. Also, just the ground game for USC,

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I think once Miller got on tape and then Jackson

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came out there and wasn't really effective at all. By

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the way, Minnesota had nine sacks in that Nebraska game. Crazy,

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and I mean they just really didn't get any pressure

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up front, like they forced one sack on CJ. Carr. CJ.

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Car is a good player, man. You didn't have the

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greatest game. And this was a rain game. And Jeremiah

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Love e Jenderian Price Jered Are and Price had that

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uh kick return for a touchdown. But also, I mean

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both of them combining for over three hundred yards. Love

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with two twenty eight nine point five yards per carrying

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and he had that big explosive play for a sixty

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three yard touchdown. This Notre Dame team's good and they

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have a first year starting quarterback which they lost to Miami,

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and that's a not a good loss. I mean it's

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still a good loss, but like, what the f was

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Friday Nebraska losing twenty four to six to Minnesota and

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then Miami losing to Louisville and I get the big

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game brom stuff, and I'm a big Jeff bron fam.

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I really wish he would go coach at a big

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school because I think, like a scheme and game prep wise,

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probably a top vibe coach in that department, if we're

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being completely honest, Like, I don't think there's very many

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better than him. He's not the best recruiter, but he

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gets players to play hard for him and dials up

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a really good play game plan most of the time.

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But look Notre Dame. They got it easy, not an

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easy I think Pitt and Navy. I don't think Navy's

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gonna be that tricky, but it could be. I think

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Pitt could get a little tricky. I don't think Syrah,

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Kuse or Stanford or Boston College are threats. But it

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was speaking on it from the USC side. Man, this

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team isn't changed in big games. We thought it was

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with Michigan, which we'll talk Michigan in a second. In

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their game against Washington they're not out gonna out physical,

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and they look they have amazing scale talent on both sides. Yeah,

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I mean like Eric Gentry is a great player. I

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thought he did well. Kamari Ramsey is going to be

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a day one day too. Safety. They do not play

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as a team, and this is something you see from

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USC in big games and something that I witnessed earlier

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when they played Illinois. They do not play together for

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four quarters collectively, and it's gonna be hard to win games,

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which Notre Dame didn't have the perfect game either, but

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guess what, they stick together. You know, they they block

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even when the receiving game is not going well. You know,

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they have this amazing run game. They have defense that

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you know what, they're somewhat playing. It's not perfect. They're

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not the best defensive team. It's not as good as

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last year's seat They're still a good football team and

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they forced USC in the mistakes and they have one

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of the best head coaches who's getting photed around for rumors,

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which I think it's crazy. Marcus Freeman leaves No Dame

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unless Georgia, Alabama or Ohio State become open. Right. So

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with that being said, good Win Notre Dame. USC is

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still the same Lincoln Riley USC, the same Lincoln Riley

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that's always existed. You know, we talk about James Franklin

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getting fired. What has Lincoln Riley done? Sure, he's won

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Big Twelve titles. He left when that the Oklahoma joined

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the SEC in the Big Ten, and he really hasn't

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had that much success like at least James Franklin, you know,

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has his teams winning games and not losing games that

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it's not supposed to like he does at USC, like

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he did at the later end of his career in Oklahoma.

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I will give Lincoln Riley crap too much because I

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think he's one of the best offensive mines in football

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and is when it comes to developing quarterback not only quarterbacks,

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but running backs and skilled players as well. There's not

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too much that do it better than him. And I'm

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just saying, if we're gonna go off this, you know, oh,

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he doesn't really win big games? What is he he done? It? USC?

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He's been there since what the last year of the

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Pac twelve and then this year, so it's his third

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fourth season something like that. What has he done? Yeah,

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this is fourth season because he had two years of

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Caleb not much, not much. Gleb won a Heisman. That

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was cool. That's about it really, if you look at

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it AnyWho. I don't mean to complain. I'm just saying, yeah,

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I know, James Franklin had this way longer sign but

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James Franklin did a lot more for that Penn State

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program that people get at credit for. I didn't really watch.

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I saw some clips from the James Franklin stuff on

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game day. Look, he's gonna get another job somewhere. He's

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a phenomenal person, a good head coach, knows how to

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run a program, and he'll get the opportunity somewhere else.

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I don't know what type of prestigious job he might get.

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Love to see him at Michigan State, because I think if,

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especially if Michigan doesn't really show up in this Michigan game,

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you know, at home versus your rival, and this would

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be the since twenty twenty one, so twenty two, twenty three,

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twenty four, This would be four years in a row

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of losing to your arrival. And I get it, the

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Meltucker area lost twice. But Johnathan Smith hasn't done anything.

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And we see these other head coaches, like we saw

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head coach firing on Sunday of Billy Napier. He hasn't

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done much with the Florida program. He had some promise

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at the end of the season, but they play Lagway

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hurt and then nothing happens because he's trying to save

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his job. And when you're playing a hurt quarterback that

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you know was in a boot all summer and had

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no practice and probably still a little bit dinged up,

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which I don't mean to go on a Florida reht

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because that's football Florida football insiders. With Jason Powers, it's

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more of his his thing, which that'll be interesting to

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listen to later in the week. Regardless, Michigan, Washington, Washington

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loves the show up against like teams like Rutgers and Maryland,

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Washington State and Colorado State who actually fired their head coach,

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but teams of actual substance that play both sides of

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the ball, they don't show up against. Demon Williams tried

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everything he could, they couldn't run the damn ball, and

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Michigan probably the most complete game they've played all season

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against a competent opponent, like the Nebraska game they played Okay,

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I'm not gonna say they played bad. They played okay,

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they did enough to win. I was on the road too,

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so you gotta give them a little credit to Lincoln's

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not the hardest. It's not the hardest, but it's still

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a hard place. Like that fit in base is passionate

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and shows up against Washington. This is Bryce Underwood's best game.

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The types of throws and the decisions and him being

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able to extend and make good plays. And how about

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Zach Marshall, how about Andrew marsh Like Morgan McCauley, they

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weren't the focal points. And I really liked watching Andrew

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marsh this season. As much as this pains me to

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say as a Michigan State fan, Andrew marsh has been

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the best receiver on this team probably, and Jordan Marshall

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having a good day in the run game, Justice Haynes

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ain't back, don't matter. I think it's a good amount

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of carries. And yeah, like I said, I mean, this

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defense is really starting to develop more and more. I'm

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really I've been a big fan of Ernest Hausman ever

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since I watched the film of him transferring from Nebraska,

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And yeah, I mean this is It's a solid D

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line with Barrom and other guys at the helm, you know,

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Damon Payne. There's like this D line. It might not

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be as good as the D line of the past

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couple of years, it's still a talented team. And I

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really like, I really like all the levels of the defense.

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I think the secondary did a good job in this game.

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I don't think it played like overly amazing, but it's

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getting better over the weeks. And yeah, yeah, it'll be

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a fun game versus Michigan State and then the rest

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of the season. I mean, you're pretty much not coasting. Wow,

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Northwestern's five and too. We need to get more respect

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to the Wildcats because I know I dog them a

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lot on the show, and they had in a very

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oppressive shutout win versus Purdue. They don't have to worry

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about anything until Ohio State most likely. Like, yes, they

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still have to go out there and play every week

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and take care of business because that's just not guaranteed

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in college football Missouri Texas. But yeah, two games, I'm

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just gonna go over quickly. Indiana beats Michigan State thirty

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eight thirteen Michigan State joke Giles didn't play bad, and

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they actually started out decent in this game, and then

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the weather delayed to happen. Look, Michigan State can't run

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the football. In India's defensive spectacular, Mendoza has one of

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the most efficient passing games you'll see on a stat sheet.

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Sarrot and Cooper and EJ. Williams and you know, running

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games with the running backs and Black and Hemby and

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the rest of that running back room committee. And look

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this this is a good this is a good Indiana team. Okay, signet.

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He gets extended. It's like eight years, ninety two million,

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It's it's something around that marchin. So he's getting paid

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a good amount of money because we knew it. But

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he wasn't gonna take the Penn State job. Like why

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would he? Right, why would he? He gets extended stay

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at Indiana, he's gonna retire sooner most likely not a

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sooner a Hoosier sorry wrong, Red and White school, but regardless,

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Like he's got that program in such a good place.

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Why would you leave something that you've built. It's like

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someone that builds some sort of I don't know, some

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sort of architect is like, no, I want to destroy

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it or take it and move it. So no, no,

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you don't continue to build, continue to add on, continue

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to make it better. On the Michigan state side of things,

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I'm not going to get into it. Yeah, their football

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team of the Big Ten, like I legitimately think other

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maybe Wisconsin, they might be the worst Big Ten team

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me and one hundred percent transparent, maybe produce worse. They're

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in the echelon of like get better, get better, right

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right right, No, they don't. Oregon killed Rutgers fifty six

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to ten. I like, I saw highlights of this game

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and I watch it and it's full four hundred rushing

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yards from this Ducks team. Whittington and Davison had over

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one hundred. The running back by committee approach continues to

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be successful. Also, three thirty five through the air. I've

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said it all year. This Rutgers defense is horrible and athy,

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and Kellia Manis finally came down to earth. Yeah, I

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mean Rutgers is a look. I don't know, because Greg

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Ciano's typically got like a good defense. Not this year, Man,

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not this year. Northwestern beats Purdue nineteen to nothing. That

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was a surprise, uh, because yeah, I mean they just

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they did. Purdue didn't play well at all, and I

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don't know just they it was a football game. I mean,

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Northwestern forces three turnovers Indiana or excuse me, Purdue only

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gets two back. I mean like, it's just like, I'm

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gonna be honest, I didn't watch much of this game.

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It's they're both like not good football teams. I'm sorry.

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I hate to be that guy that's like, oh no,

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they're they're not really worth watching produce socks. I thought

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Barry odom when they don't like I thought, they they're not.

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They're not. It's the same old Purdue. They lost one

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of the best game day coaches in America, and all

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of a sudden, Hey, we're back down to earth. So

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it'll be basketball season really soon here. Actually, I know

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the NBA starts tomorrow. I don't know about college basketball,

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say all, I should say the NBA starts on Tuesday,

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whenever you're listening to this, so it might have already

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started when you're listening to this. Regardless, Iowa played Penn State.

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This was a football game. Penn State's got a losing record.

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I can't remember the last time I could say that,

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like four games into a four games plus into a season,

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although I don't really remember them any losing any non

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con games in recent memory. Gronkmeyer went out there stunk

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it up. Like not that Mark Ronowski out played him.

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He did. On the ground, Mark Ronowski had a fantast

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astic game. And he looks healthy. Man, he looks like

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a dynamic athlete. You know, the guy that we thought

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Iowa was getting coming into this year, and they were.

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They were able to supplement the rest of their offense.

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Moulton had near one hundred yards as well. They had

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that pick that got them like within that the one

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yard line. And look, they took care of business on

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special teams, were able to do what they needed to

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do get a winning Kinnick and Nick Singleton disappears they

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don't have any different difference makers in the receiver room.

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They only got two tackles for loss with you know

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guys like Deni Dennas Sutton, you know the guy in

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the middle, what's his name, Durant with him. And they

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have Zion Tracy, a guy that was supposed to be

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well in aj Harris. You know, team that's kind of

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just lost it, be honest, they've just lost it. And

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Iowa good win. You're five and two. What does the

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rest of their schedule look like? They play Minnesota three

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thirty CBS. That'll actually be a good game next week,

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Oregon USC Michigan State. No Brad. That's kind of a

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They got a tough schedule to finish out the year.

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But if you're I one and you can go seven

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and five and the new Big Ten, you know, just

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keep batting Ayowa overs because the totals look really funny

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if you hit on him. Yet on them u c

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LA be it's Maryland. Uh, it's just been the story.

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Maryland has a one out of the month of September.

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Milake Washington, man, go get your money somewhere else. I like,

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I'm typically not someone to tell these quarterbacks to hop

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in the portal. And Nico didn't even really have a

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like a fantastic game, but you know they they were

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able to take care of business on the on the

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u c l A side, Yeah, if you're if you're

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in Lake Washington, get your money. I think he didn't.

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He didn't have an impressive stat line, but watching him

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play throughout the season and see what his high level

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ability and if he actually had playmakers to throw the

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ball to he would be having a lot better of

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a time, let me tell you, because I mean they

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they're not great on the line of scrimmage. And look,

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no one expects this Maryland team to be like, oh, yeah,

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we're just gonna go contend for a college football playoff, right,

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And I might get a lot of fan bases mad

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at me today because I'm kind of just spewing. It

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was a long weekend and I'm tired, but you know,

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I still watched the decent amount of these games and

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want to give you guys a preview for next week

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as well. And yeah, I watched this team play, and

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you know, it's like this quarterback's awesome. He was awesome

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for a lot of the season. And it started to

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dwindle down more and more and more really after that

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Washington game, Like the second half that Washington game happened,

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and then all of a sudden, it was like, oh,

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we're just not going to exist as a football team

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anymore at all. So and then Ohio State beats Wisconsin.

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Wisconsin's up there with with Oklahoma State, a team that's

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just dead. It's dead. I like, yes, they go out

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there and play the game, they show up, They wear

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a jersey. They're getting paid in on scholarship most likely

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most cases, Julian Saying is just one of the best

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players in terms of just being that guy. We compared

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it to Mike Conley on My last show. Just a

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point guard that gets the ball in the best player's hands,

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knows the offense, doesn't really make any mistakes. Like he's

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not a game manager because he's not like a Caid

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macnamara where he's like incapable of making a play. He's

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kind of like, I don't know how to put this

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in perspective, Like I think he's better than Stetson, like

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in terms of a talent perspective, not the accolades and

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accomplishments that'sn't been ahead because yeah, it's so tough to like.

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It's like, I think Saying still has the ability to

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be in an NFL quarterback because he's still young, and

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you know, he does some things really well. I don't know,

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I don't know what I would describe him ass he's

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kind of like he's not a one of a kind player.

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But I don't know, Like, Okay, hear me out on

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this one, Kyle Trask. Maybe it's not like a terrible comparison.

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Mac Jones, I guess too like just a good distributor

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and getting into the playmaker's hands. That twenty twenty Florida

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see Cayle's rest did a really good job of getting

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the ball to Canary Tony when he actually cared about

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football and not being a rapper and other things. Kyle

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Pitts as well was on that team. Good football player?

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Is anyone else on the Florida team? I remember those two.

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Those two were fun to watch on in that weird

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COVID year. He Yeah, Julian San really good QB. I

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really can't say too many bad things about him this

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All Right, football is being played in the Big Ten

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next Saturday. Oh, where do we start? Where do we start?

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What's an intriguing Matchhow so? Ohio State's off next week? Okay,

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Indiana plays UCLA. Indiana is a twenty four and a

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half point favorite, fifty four and a half over under.

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This game being in Bloomington. I think you see, La

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could give this team a little bit of fight, right.

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Ucla has been actually playing defense this season. Now, Okay,

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they're playing Indiana, right, so it's a little bit of

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a different caliber of a team compared to all the

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other teams that they've played so far. Right, because I

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mean when they played the Utah This has been a

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different team since the UH since Tim Skipper and Jerry

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new heisl have been the coordinators or head coach offensive coordinator. Right,

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Indiana has just kind of been like a really good

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football team. Right. It's not like an Iowa situation where

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they're in a look ahead spot because like we've mentioned,

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like Maryland will be maybe a decent game, sure, Penn

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State Wisconsin Preduer like those last two games really the

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last three, Like, yeah, Indiana's just got an easy schedule,

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and I think we said that last week, right, So yeah,

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like it's a twenty four and a half point spread.

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I think UCLA could personally cover, honestly, but I have

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to wait and see Big Noon Fox with Gus Johnson

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Joe Klatt. Yeah, Northwestern versus Nebraska. Nebraska a seven and

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a half points favorite. It's dropped a little bit. Said

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it was opened at nine and a half now seven

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and a half. Yeah, I mean in terms of things

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to look out for if Nebraska or if Nebraska can't

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pass protect and Ryola runs himself into sacks too. He

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is just one of the most careless quarterbacks I've ever seen.

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If they're really not able to establish things with them

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at Johnson, which they were able to kind of too,

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but the sacks kept killing them in that game versus Minnesota,

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why Minnesota was able to dominate. Look, Northwestern is good

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enough to do the same thing. Well, I think the

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Minnesota offense is maybe a little bit more dynamic, Like

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Northwestern is still gonna do things, and especially if they

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can establish good field position against Nebraska, like they're gonna

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have a good time. While they're not insanely impressive and

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getting sex this season only eleven so far total, they

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they could get it done. I think they're a team

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that you know, Nebraska doesn't take this seriously, or if

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Dylan Ryola is just not having a great day, Northwestern

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can get this team. I mean, look, they're on a

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four game winning streak. We're gonna it's UCLA before they

471
00:28:46,799 --> 00:28:51,079
fired Deshaun Foster, it's you all Monroe, or maybe Deshaun

472
00:28:51,119 --> 00:28:55,559
Foster got fired after but they it was a mess,

473
00:28:56,400 --> 00:29:00,319
you a Monroe, Penn State and Purdue. But like, hey man,

474
00:29:00,319 --> 00:29:05,200
they're winning ball games forty three and a half over under.

475
00:29:05,319 --> 00:29:10,079
It could really go either way. And look, Northwestern's got

476
00:29:10,119 --> 00:29:12,400
a bye week next week, so they might play this

477
00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:16,960
one a little bit harder as well. And Nebraska plays

478
00:29:17,039 --> 00:29:20,319
USC So there are two kind of like tough opponents

479
00:29:21,079 --> 00:29:25,559
for Nebraska Northwestern man David Braun able to take over

480
00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:29,559
do well things for this program that weren't really expected

481
00:29:29,599 --> 00:29:33,720
of them, right, because the whole Pats Fitzgerald thing, I

482
00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:36,599
don't even know if I should discuss that happens. But

483
00:29:37,000 --> 00:29:40,880
he takes over, has a control in a command of

484
00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,240
this program. That's all you want to see. You just

485
00:29:43,279 --> 00:29:46,119
want to see Northwestern be successful, right, You want to

486
00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,319
see a lot of people be successful, but especially our

487
00:29:48,359 --> 00:29:51,000
friends at Northwestern can't wait to see their new field

488
00:29:51,000 --> 00:29:52,839
when they're finally done with it, although I do love

489
00:29:52,920 --> 00:29:57,640
the legendary practice field that they do play on. Rutgers

490
00:29:57,640 --> 00:29:59,960
and Purdue play each other fifty nine and a half total.

491
00:30:00,799 --> 00:30:04,119
Bet the under, like bet the alternative over eighty. I

492
00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:07,000
promise you this is going to be like a fifty

493
00:30:07,039 --> 00:30:11,759
to forty five game between two blow mediocre football teams.

494
00:30:11,759 --> 00:30:13,519
So it's gonna be a lot of fun, and it's

495
00:30:13,559 --> 00:30:16,480
going to be in West Lafayette. I don't know if

496
00:30:16,759 --> 00:30:19,240
they still have fans they're gonna show up, or if

497
00:30:19,240 --> 00:30:22,559
they've already bought their basketball tickets and decided not to

498
00:30:22,599 --> 00:30:27,400
care about football, right, But yeah, I mean, you don't

499
00:30:27,400 --> 00:30:36,480
know it can really go either way. Yeah, both bottom

500
00:30:36,960 --> 00:30:40,000
of the barrel Big ten teams, Illinois and Washington. This

501
00:30:40,000 --> 00:30:43,640
should actually be a good game. Three thirty Washington at home,

502
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:45,960
favored by four and a half over under a fifty

503
00:30:46,000 --> 00:30:49,440
five and a half. Now, look, look, Altmeyer looked human

504
00:30:50,799 --> 00:30:55,400
versus Ohio State Illinois coming off a bye. I'd love

505
00:30:55,440 --> 00:30:57,960
to see what Illinois can do in establishing their round

506
00:30:58,039 --> 00:31:00,640
ground game because that's something that's really been kind of

507
00:31:00,680 --> 00:31:04,480
just an inconsistency of this Illinois team. S Vegan's the

508
00:31:04,640 --> 00:31:06,960
leading rusher with three thirty eight and he's got eighty

509
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:11,039
five carries. Like that's something that we thought Illinois was

510
00:31:11,079 --> 00:31:12,880
gonna be able to do coming into the season, as

511
00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:14,640
you know, they'd be a team that actually be able

512
00:31:14,680 --> 00:31:16,640
to kind of play like a crowded pound style with

513
00:31:17,880 --> 00:31:26,079
experienced offensive line. But instead it's been Altmeyer having to

514
00:31:26,119 --> 00:31:29,160
be this volume passer, which is just not the play

515
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,440
style he is, right, He's a game managing quarterback that's

516
00:31:32,640 --> 00:31:36,160
experienced and you know, reach the field well, right, and

517
00:31:36,359 --> 00:31:39,119
if you haven't passed twenty to twenty five times a game,

518
00:31:39,359 --> 00:31:41,480
like that's the ideal situation you want to be. Now

519
00:31:41,480 --> 00:31:45,359
when he has to go over thirty thirty five, it's bad.

520
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:49,480
And can Washington get ahead and put Illinois in enough

521
00:31:49,519 --> 00:31:53,880
down in distant situations where you know it's Luke Altmeyer

522
00:31:53,960 --> 00:31:56,519
trying to throw it and throw it And despite the

523
00:31:56,559 --> 00:31:59,039
coverage that they had against Michigan's I'm still a fan

524
00:31:59,119 --> 00:32:01,880
of Tacario David in the secondary, especially with them being

525
00:32:01,920 --> 00:32:04,880
more of like a lengthy style of corners and being

526
00:32:04,880 --> 00:32:07,160
able to play Manda Man coverage. If they can take

527
00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:09,480
Kank Beattie out of this game, and I know they

528
00:32:09,519 --> 00:32:11,880
have Dixon and other guys that are capable of making

529
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:16,880
plays on the Illinois side, but if they can force

530
00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:20,200
you know, Illinois to kind of get tricked up and

531
00:32:20,240 --> 00:32:23,480
force them into spots now for Washington, right, I mean,

532
00:32:23,519 --> 00:32:26,279
Demond Williams has been an amazing playmaker. He got flustered

533
00:32:26,359 --> 00:32:28,920
last game. I don't know if this Illinois defense is great,

534
00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,079
but you got guys like Gabe Jackets, You've got a

535
00:32:31,119 --> 00:32:34,839
decent defensive line. Secondary can only get more healthy and

536
00:32:34,880 --> 00:32:40,839
better as time continues to string along. Soap, this could

537
00:32:40,839 --> 00:32:43,160
be a really good game. It could really go both ways.

538
00:32:43,240 --> 00:32:45,160
It's in Washington, so it's gonna be a little bit

539
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,680
more tough for Illinois. Right, It's not like this is

540
00:32:47,680 --> 00:32:50,640
on a neutral field or anything of that nature. You

541
00:32:50,640 --> 00:32:53,359
know people that love to discuss, oh well, if this

542
00:32:53,440 --> 00:32:55,680
game was playing on a neutral feeling, he belly ratings

543
00:32:55,799 --> 00:32:58,599
this debt. Nobody cares, because, you know, we care about

544
00:32:58,599 --> 00:33:01,240
the game that's being played actually in time, not your

545
00:33:01,400 --> 00:33:05,920
hypothetical situation. Right, So it's gonna be a really good game.

546
00:33:05,920 --> 00:33:08,119
That game will be on three thirty Big ten Network,

547
00:33:08,240 --> 00:33:13,480
Iowa Minnesota, three thirty CBS, Iowa favored by eight and

548
00:33:13,519 --> 00:33:16,519
a half. I don't know if ire with the line

549
00:33:16,680 --> 00:33:23,240
now it is at Kinnick and look whatever, I don't know.

550
00:33:23,880 --> 00:33:25,599
I don't really know where I'm gonna go with this.

551
00:33:28,279 --> 00:33:32,119
I guess I'll start off by saying this is going

552
00:33:32,160 --> 00:33:36,440
to be if you like offense, stay away, like, go

553
00:33:36,519 --> 00:33:39,319
to your big twelves, go to your some SCC games

554
00:33:39,400 --> 00:33:43,400
or offensive summer, go to the ECC. You know, go

555
00:33:43,400 --> 00:33:45,039
go go watch your air raid teams.

556
00:33:45,079 --> 00:33:45,160
Speaker 1: Go.

557
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:49,319
Speaker 2: This is real football. Okay, this is old school. This

558
00:33:49,359 --> 00:33:52,279
is your dad's dad's football. This is their type of game.

559
00:33:52,519 --> 00:33:56,359
You know, just out there, go in to fight for

560
00:33:56,400 --> 00:34:01,119
sixty minutes. I don't care about celebrations. What your stats are?

561
00:34:01,519 --> 00:34:05,599
You care about getting the damn win. Both these teams

562
00:34:05,599 --> 00:34:09,960
are gonna try to do that. Iowa is a football

563
00:34:10,000 --> 00:34:16,920
team with players that play football in Minnesota. I'm just

564
00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,760
looking at this game and like, oh wow, over under

565
00:34:20,760 --> 00:34:22,360
moved up to thirty nine and a half. It's still

566
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,440
thirty eight and a half earlier. Man, is it gonna

567
00:34:24,440 --> 00:34:27,599
get over forty? I don't know. I think if Minnesota

568
00:34:27,639 --> 00:34:31,079
could really spread this, Iowa ce Mount and Drake Lindsay,

569
00:34:31,199 --> 00:34:33,840
you know, can use his arm in this game. They're

570
00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:39,000
gonna have Darius Taylor healthy, which will help for Iowa.

571
00:34:39,079 --> 00:34:41,039
It's all about time of possession and it's all about

572
00:34:41,119 --> 00:34:43,679
establishing good field position. You know, you're a lot of

573
00:34:43,679 --> 00:34:45,880
coach speak on this. No, this is literally the Kirk

574
00:34:45,880 --> 00:34:48,239
Farrens identity and how they win these games and how

575
00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:50,760
they won so many Big Ten West games and maybe

576
00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,320
it's so many Big Ten titles. It's you know, win

577
00:34:53,360 --> 00:34:57,920
the field position, time of possession, be efficient, just do

578
00:34:58,039 --> 00:35:02,280
your job. Really, it'll be a fun game to watch

579
00:35:02,440 --> 00:35:08,079
if you are a sicko. But yeah, oh, Wisconson plays Oregon.

580
00:35:10,199 --> 00:35:14,880
Organ's favored by thirty three and a half. Guys, Oh well,

581
00:35:14,960 --> 00:35:18,119
Wiscon's might tront out there and think that. No, no,

582
00:35:18,320 --> 00:35:22,639
they don't. They don't have a chance unless they fired

583
00:35:22,719 --> 00:35:24,960
Luke Fickle like Wednesday, and they were like, oh, yeah,

584
00:35:25,039 --> 00:35:27,239
you know, we gotta go show that we're worthy of,

585
00:35:27,440 --> 00:35:30,440
you know, having a coach and doing all these things.

586
00:35:30,480 --> 00:35:34,199
And which the whole reason why Luke Fickle probably hasn't

587
00:35:34,239 --> 00:35:36,840
been fired yet is because a new ad fired Paul

588
00:35:36,920 --> 00:35:40,079
Christ and then hired Luke Fickle. And they don't want

589
00:35:40,079 --> 00:35:42,000
it to make it look so bad, especially in such

590
00:35:42,000 --> 00:35:45,719
a short span of time. But yeah, that's bad. It's bad,

591
00:35:45,800 --> 00:35:48,079
hir And uh, sometimes you gotta admit your mistakes when

592
00:35:48,079 --> 00:35:50,559
you're wrong, right, Nope, not in college football, and not

593
00:35:50,559 --> 00:35:53,000
when there's so much money involved and you have agents

594
00:35:53,039 --> 00:35:57,320
and all these things. No, no you can't. Yeah, it's

595
00:35:57,360 --> 00:36:04,559
just that that. Yeah. And then the Michigan Michigan State

596
00:36:04,679 --> 00:36:12,440
game being played in east Lands had Night NBC and

597
00:36:12,480 --> 00:36:14,800
she Get is a fourteen and a half point favorite.

598
00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:18,760
The over under is forty eight and a half price.

599
00:36:18,800 --> 00:36:23,760
Underwood's been playing his best ball when this last week

600
00:36:23,800 --> 00:36:27,960
he played his best complete game. They might have Justice

601
00:36:28,000 --> 00:36:30,400
Haynes back. He had seven hundred and five yards before

602
00:36:30,400 --> 00:36:32,559
he got injured in that USC game. If not, Jordan

603
00:36:32,559 --> 00:36:34,880
Marshall's a great back and a team that can run

604
00:36:34,920 --> 00:36:38,519
the football all. Michigan State doesn't play defense, right, we

605
00:36:38,599 --> 00:36:40,639
know this, this is something we talked about all year.

606
00:36:40,679 --> 00:36:43,000
And the offense doesn't show up the whole entire game.

607
00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,760
It shows up for twenty minutes, so you know, I mean,

608
00:36:45,960 --> 00:36:49,840
it's just, yeah, Michigan probably should be a win by

609
00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:52,920
like twenty. Like I was talking with a friend earlier

610
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,519
today and he's like, oh, well, you know if you

611
00:36:55,559 --> 00:36:58,000
were to have the Michigan Michigan State spread at because

612
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,159
I'm like, this spriade is garbage, and I see why

613
00:37:00,159 --> 00:37:02,960
it's moving into the Michigan direction. I'm like, dude, Mike,

614
00:37:03,039 --> 00:37:09,079
it Michigan like eighteen seventeen and a half. Like it's

615
00:37:09,199 --> 00:37:11,920
not They're like, Michigan State doesn't have a chance. They quit,

616
00:37:12,239 --> 00:37:15,559
They don't want to play. They don't want to play.

617
00:37:15,719 --> 00:37:19,320
Some guys do because well, Jonathan Smith gets fired and

618
00:37:19,360 --> 00:37:21,840
they came over from Oregon State, or they were a

619
00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,519
recruit at Oregon State that wanted to flip over there,

620
00:37:25,000 --> 00:37:26,840
or it is something that they were thinking about. Like

621
00:37:26,920 --> 00:37:30,039
we don't get in state talent at all. We talked

622
00:37:30,079 --> 00:37:37,360
about this with Tom Kavanaugh, a great guy. I love Tom,

623
00:37:37,559 --> 00:37:40,119
and he was like, you know, kids, no, Michigan's a

624
00:37:40,199 --> 00:37:42,840
great high school football state, and all the talent wants

625
00:37:42,880 --> 00:37:45,159
to go to either Michigan or get out of town.

626
00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:47,519
They don't want to go to East Lansing. I know

627
00:37:47,599 --> 00:37:50,119
someone personally committed to Michigan State right now in this

628
00:37:50,199 --> 00:37:53,639
twenty twenty six class. I don't know if he's gonna

629
00:37:53,639 --> 00:37:57,760
still be committed there. The Gash kid from Detroit Catholic Central,

630
00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:01,320
He's probably not gonna want to go there. So it's

631
00:38:01,400 --> 00:38:09,440
just it's frustrating to watch this is It's not a

632
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:13,599
good football team, and I'm glad because I just can

633
00:38:13,639 --> 00:38:15,920
stay basketball. Wow. I don't think they're gonna be as

634
00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:17,880
good as they were last year. Tellawise, I think it's

635
00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:20,159
still gonna be a fun team and got some fun pressure. Okay,

636
00:38:20,440 --> 00:38:22,880
enough of that. I don't want to go on a

637
00:38:22,880 --> 00:38:31,000
spiel about you know, just this, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, Okay,

638
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:34,920
one thing before we go, we'll look at the top

639
00:38:34,960 --> 00:38:38,000
twenty five and then oh yeah we can. We can

640
00:38:38,000 --> 00:38:40,079
get out of here. I'm sorry for such a cluster

641
00:38:40,199 --> 00:38:48,440
based show. I probably did, like I did six games

642
00:38:49,159 --> 00:38:52,559
across three days. I did one game Friday night that

643
00:38:52,639 --> 00:38:55,440
took my evening up from about like five to like

644
00:38:55,440 --> 00:39:00,480
eleven o'clock at night. Saturday called three soccer games for

645
00:39:00,559 --> 00:39:02,880
a state tournament that took like nine hours out of

646
00:39:02,920 --> 00:39:07,800
my day Sunday six more hours. And you know, I

647
00:39:07,840 --> 00:39:10,599
had other things to attend to this weekend stuff. So

648
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:14,239
I'm sorry for this being such a like clusters show.

649
00:39:14,280 --> 00:39:17,840
I actually got to meet TJ. Reeves, the radio sideline

650
00:39:17,880 --> 00:39:21,920
reporter for the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, who is a big

651
00:39:22,000 --> 00:39:24,840
affiliate of this podcast, and you know, kind of runs

652
00:39:24,920 --> 00:39:28,480
and runs the thing. It's his thing, which lines one today.

653
00:39:28,599 --> 00:39:32,519
Had breakfast with him this morning down at the Hudson Cafe.

654
00:39:33,000 --> 00:39:36,119
Great breakfast spot if you are in the southeastern Detroit

655
00:39:36,159 --> 00:39:40,280
region or southeastern Michigan region, you know, around the metro

656
00:39:40,400 --> 00:39:43,360
Detroit area, is what I should say. And it's spent

657
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:46,559
a long weekend and you know, any to sleep and stuff.

658
00:39:46,639 --> 00:39:49,719
And sorry for it being such a rambunctious show. I

659
00:39:50,079 --> 00:39:52,559
love talking on here and talking with you guys, talking

660
00:39:52,559 --> 00:39:56,599
to an audience. I couldn't appreciate it enough. Just maybe not,

661
00:39:57,400 --> 00:39:59,920
and maybe you like this type of more like unfiltered,

662
00:40:00,239 --> 00:40:03,840
like oh, he's just you know, talking talk and really

663
00:40:03,880 --> 00:40:06,639
saying what he means, which I feel like I do anyways,

664
00:40:06,639 --> 00:40:08,239
But I feel like I'm a little bit more pulled back.

665
00:40:08,280 --> 00:40:11,920
Maybe I should stop. All right, I'm talking to myself.

666
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:18,559
I'm officially going insane. All right. So Ohio State and

667
00:40:18,599 --> 00:40:22,599
Indiana are number one and two, and I'm pretty sure

668
00:40:22,679 --> 00:40:25,039
we're gonna see these two teams meet in the Big

669
00:40:25,079 --> 00:40:28,480
Ten title game, right as long as Ohio State doesn't

670
00:40:28,519 --> 00:40:30,599
lose to Michigan, E know, and even if they do,

671
00:40:31,480 --> 00:40:36,360
because we're going to Michigan are common opponents for I

672
00:40:36,360 --> 00:40:43,920
don't think so. Yeah. AnyWho, So Ohio State, Indiana one

673
00:40:43,920 --> 00:40:46,679
and two. Right, then you go down six. Oregon's there

674
00:40:47,519 --> 00:40:51,000
between the three SEC schools. Georgia, TeX's at seven. That's

675
00:40:51,039 --> 00:40:56,559
insane to me. Miami dressing, yeahs at Notre Dame at twelve. Okay, yeah,

676
00:40:56,719 --> 00:41:01,400
they deserve to be ranked now they they've won a

677
00:41:01,440 --> 00:41:05,079
couple of good games. You go down to twenty three.

678
00:41:08,639 --> 00:41:12,880
Sorry the line, I are back in it for doing nothing,

679
00:41:13,760 --> 00:41:16,639
but they're back in it. And the Michigan said, hey,

680
00:41:16,960 --> 00:41:20,679
what is USC doing below ring to Michigan. You know USC,

681
00:41:20,920 --> 00:41:24,960
I know they lost to Notre Dame Illinois. Those are

682
00:41:24,960 --> 00:41:30,440
two top twenty five teams. Michigan, according to this, they

683
00:41:30,559 --> 00:41:33,960
lost to a unranked team, a team that beat them,

684
00:41:33,960 --> 00:41:36,559
you know, one spot below. And then I'll call them

685
00:41:36,599 --> 00:41:39,960
as a good team too. Yeah, that doesn't make any

686
00:41:40,079 --> 00:41:46,119
sense to me. Whatever AP voters, I don't care. And

687
00:41:46,159 --> 00:41:48,599
then yeah, no other Big Ten, oh Minnesota got a

688
00:41:48,639 --> 00:41:53,760
receiving vote, never mind, never mind one receiving vote. Man SDS,

689
00:41:53,840 --> 00:41:59,400
you got some receiving votes. Say that's cool? Yeah, I mean, okay,

690
00:41:59,800 --> 00:42:07,880
were to look at the conference title odds in Northwestern USC, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota,

691
00:42:07,960 --> 00:42:10,840
u CLA all have one conference loss. Obviously, Indiana and

692
00:42:10,880 --> 00:42:14,719
Ohio State undefeated. Well, there's five teams in the Big

693
00:42:14,760 --> 00:42:18,400
Ten zero and four Michigan State, Penn State, Rutgers, Purdue Wisconsin.

694
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:23,280
I feel like those those the Rutgers in Purdue, I

695
00:42:23,280 --> 00:42:27,280
wouldn't even say wisconc dang. Wisconsin's got a twenty to

696
00:42:27,320 --> 00:42:33,519
one twenty two point differential, Holy holy yeah me and

697
00:42:33,599 --> 00:42:35,559
my Ohio State's got a one thirty four to twenty

698
00:42:35,599 --> 00:42:43,639
five points fort points takes one. AnyWho, yeah they uh they, yeah,

699
00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:48,079
this is uh embarrassing. And I'm pretty sure twenty of those,

700
00:42:48,119 --> 00:42:51,800
oh the eight sixty to those came against Wow wow

701
00:42:51,920 --> 00:42:55,920
wow dude. Yeah it's gonna be Indiana. I mean, I

702
00:42:56,239 --> 00:43:01,519
think Oregons capable of winning a national championship as well.

703
00:43:01,559 --> 00:43:06,039
But I really think these two teams and look, maybe

704
00:43:06,079 --> 00:43:08,719
we're gonna take the Ohio state route right whe We're

705
00:43:08,719 --> 00:43:12,320
gonna have a lot time this schedule, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin,

706
00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:17,840
USCI like they don't have any that that's for to

707
00:43:18,079 --> 00:43:21,480
fish opponents. They gotta finish out, finish out the season with.

708
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:30,519
So yeah, this is uh yeah, it's like the Big Ten.

709
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:35,519
All right, we're gonna have an honest talk here. I

710
00:43:35,599 --> 00:43:39,039
love Big Ten football. I've been watching Big Ten football

711
00:43:39,039 --> 00:43:42,039
because obviously my favorite team plays in the Big Ten conference.

712
00:43:42,039 --> 00:43:47,880
But also I think it's like, in terms of brands

713
00:43:47,880 --> 00:43:50,960
of football, I think it's like this sounds really cliche

714
00:43:51,039 --> 00:43:55,800
to say. I think it's like the most how like

715
00:43:56,719 --> 00:43:59,239
you could play text foot textbook football. I think the

716
00:43:59,360 --> 00:44:02,480
SEC does a pretty decent job too, But like there's

717
00:44:02,519 --> 00:44:06,000
nothing insanely fat, flashy, Like everyone has their own little

718
00:44:06,000 --> 00:44:09,480
intricacies and their scheme and you know all that sort

719
00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,199
of good nature, right and you know there's like you know,

720
00:44:12,280 --> 00:44:16,039
the recruiting identity and the types of teams that there are,

721
00:44:16,360 --> 00:44:18,840
and you know a lot of these programs have a

722
00:44:18,880 --> 00:44:21,639
good prestige. Some of them are able to pop up

723
00:44:21,679 --> 00:44:27,679
in bubble years like all these things. Right, Well, this

724
00:44:27,800 --> 00:44:30,920
year it's kind of just been like, man, there's Ohio State,

725
00:44:30,960 --> 00:44:35,280
Indiana and nothing else. There's no excitement around this conference.

726
00:44:35,280 --> 00:44:38,000
And like as the senior season continues to dwindle on,

727
00:44:38,159 --> 00:44:41,360
like I will watch these games because one is a

728
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:44,119
part of my job, but two also at the end

729
00:44:44,119 --> 00:44:45,760
of the day, I'm just like, you know, like team

730
00:44:45,840 --> 00:44:48,239
the games like Minnesota Iowa I think are still great

731
00:44:48,280 --> 00:44:55,639
football games. Yeah, but like it's just a weird conference

732
00:44:55,679 --> 00:45:01,119
this year, right, Like there's nob like it's there's no

733
00:45:01,239 --> 00:45:03,760
like drama. I think part of that has to do

734
00:45:03,800 --> 00:45:06,119
with like Penn State not being good and maybe Illinois

735
00:45:06,119 --> 00:45:09,840
not living up to some hype and Nebraska really you know,

736
00:45:10,039 --> 00:45:13,480
shipping the bed to be complaining, to be completely honest,

737
00:45:13,559 --> 00:45:17,480
and you know, like team likes teams like Wisconsin aren't

738
00:45:17,519 --> 00:45:21,000
really you know relevant right now, Teams like Michigan State

739
00:45:21,800 --> 00:45:27,039
teams like u C l a USC, like not Phil

740
00:45:27,159 --> 00:45:29,320
fully living up to their potential and you know where

741
00:45:29,360 --> 00:45:33,360
they could be at Mexican capacity. Like I feel like

742
00:45:35,320 --> 00:45:40,199
it's just been such a weird, weird time in the

743
00:45:40,199 --> 00:45:44,320
Big Ten and it's like, man, which I still like

744
00:45:44,559 --> 00:45:47,199
how it is now compared to you know, the East

745
00:45:47,280 --> 00:45:50,760
West bull crap. Not that I thought it was like

746
00:45:50,760 --> 00:45:54,400
the worst concept ever. It's just the East always way better.

747
00:45:56,920 --> 00:45:59,719
But yeah, that's it. That's it for the Big Ten Paradigm.

748
00:45:59,760 --> 00:46:02,760
I'm sorry, I'm actually like I'm rubbing my eyes. I'm like,

749
00:46:02,800 --> 00:46:06,440
I need to go to bed. But I do appreciate

750
00:46:06,480 --> 00:46:08,800
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00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:11,920
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00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:24,599
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00:46:24,639 --> 00:46:27,320
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756
00:46:27,360 --> 00:46:31,360
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