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Speaker 1: You are now listening to the Big Ten Paradigm podcast

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here on the College Gridiron Coast to Coast Podcast Network.

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Please welcome in Noah Drury's we covered the Big Ten

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throughout this whole entire twenty twenty five college football season.

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Speaker 2: Welcome here to the Big Ten Paradigm on the College

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grid Iron Coast to Coast Network. Here, I'm your host,

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Noah Drury, glad to bring you along for a Week

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thirteen reaction where you know, things kind of went to plan,

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you know, maybe not in some games as I predicted.

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As you listen back to last week's episode and you realize, oh, hey,

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you were wrong about some things. Well, that's all right.

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I can't wait to break this down. And we only

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have one later season week of college football before it

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gets to conference championships and then the College Football Playoff,

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and before you know what, the twenty twenty five season

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is over, even though it technically plays in the twenty

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twenty six, but we don't. We don't count that, I

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guess as the twenty twenty six national championship. We do

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as the twenty twenty five. But any who, Before we

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Think Smarter, Ticket Smarter, and let's start off with a

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big game that was on CBS at three point thirty

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between Oregon and USC. Oregon took control of this game,

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and they really took control after the Malik Benson punt

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return touchdown. Now, Malik Benson has had a very active

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career in terms of being in the transfer portal. Was

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at Alabama, was at Florida State last year now at Oregon,

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and he was a big crucial part in this team's success.

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Was able to catch the ball for four receptions in

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sixty five yard or sixty seven yards and then also

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he had a punt return of eighty five yards that

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went for a touchdown. And once that happened, USC got

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down multiple scores and I'm like, yeah, this thing is

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definitely an organ's favor at home and Autson on a

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big game Lincoln Riley, USC's off. They didn't have a

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bad day by any means. It was not the success

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you were looking to have. And they held McKay lemon

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to seven receptions for thirty four yards. That's what you

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want to do now to do Kines who had a

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big game as along with Jacoby Lane, both with having

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over one hundred yards. And Jacoby Lane, I've mentioned on

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this podcast throughout the season, is a special player with

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special talent. He's got great contested catchability. He's someone that

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you can chuck it down to downfield. But it was

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almost like USC's game plan was if they're in man coverage,

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throw it down there, throw it down there to Tanuk

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Mackay Jacoby one of those three options, and while that's

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only sustainable for so long, and especially after the second

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half started, I really thought, Okay, yeah, this is just

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Oregon's game from here on out. Noah Whittington had a

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nice day on the ground, over one hundred yards and

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a touchdown on nineteen carries. Dante More looked pretty impressive.

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he did his job. And Oregon was just the more

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physical football team in my opinion. They did more things

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on the lines of scrimmage, had six tackles for loss.

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Jane Mayeva to throw it downfield more times than not

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while being under pressured. And I mean Matteo Ui ugly

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just continued to be a force. He's one of the

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best defensive line. I don't know how draft prospect he's

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gonna figure out, but I'm pretty sure he'll be a

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first round guy if I had to guess. And I

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mean their whole defense, like their coverage, especially in Manda

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football playoff team's going to be scared of. But that

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front seven or front six, whether they're in a nickel

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or dime package is not going to be something easy

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to deal with. And look, this team can force turnovers,

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this team can get pressure. It's just how do you

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gamescript this? And keep in mind they're without Evan Stewart,

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Gary Bryant, junior Decoryan Moore, like they have pieces missing

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and they are still being successful without them. They're at

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ten to one on the season. They have a game

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at Husky Stadium Washington that could get tricky. I know

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Washington lost to Wisconsin a couple of weeks ago, but

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you know, Wisconsin's apparently just a juggernaut at home when

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it comes to teams in just the twenties. I'll get

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to that game versus Illinois later in the show, but like,

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I think Washington can poise problems, especially if Coleman and

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Denzel Boston are playing in that game. And I think

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Demon Williams is a special quarterback talent in the Big Ten.

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But I mean in terms of Oregon, like, you win

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that next game, you're not gonna be playing for a

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conference championship, but you could be sitting pretty in a

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playoff spot where you could potentially be having a home game.

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I know they were ranked fifth in the eight. People

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wonder where they sit in the College Football playoff rankings,

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wonder if they will be ahead of ole Miss. I

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don't know if they should. Ole Miss has that win

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versus Oklahoma, Oregon's best win obviously USC, and then the

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Penn State win was good. At the time, I starting

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to look less and less impressive. But I think if

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you could be Washington too, that's another solid data point

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on the resume, where especially if they beat them by

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multiple scores like they did USC. I think you're looking

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at this Oregon team and are like, hey, they're legitimately

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going to compete. I don't know if they're a national

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title contender like we thought maybe they would be coming

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into the season, but they have enough collective data to

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where you know, this team has proven throughout all points

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of this season except an Indiana game, which Indiana is

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the second best team in the country and hasn't really

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been proven so otherwise, and they get in very easy

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test versus uh prdue It's like an open note test

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where you have all the notes and the teacher gives

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you half the questions to the test. Like I don't

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know if anyone had those teachers back in you know,

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grade school or even middle school, high school where the

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teacher is just like, I just want all of you

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guys to pass and not have to deal with any trouble.

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So here it is. I had a social studies teacher

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in eighth grade that would like give us answers and

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like really really make sure we didn't like I think

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everyone like had like in B plus or higher. If

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you had below a B plus, it was like, oh,

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what are you doing? So really nice lady though, But AnyWho,

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like Oregon is doing just such a good job, especially

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down the stretch. I know they had the struggle versus

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Westcountsin a couple of weeks ago. They took care of

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business versus Minnesota. They played a kind of just dogfight

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of a game against Iowa, and there just proves that

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this Oregon team's capable of playing multiple styles and winning

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in multiple ways. They could dominate, they play close, they

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could play physical, like, there's a bunch of different things

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they can do. The only question is is that a

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team with you know, through the air ability, a team

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like Alabama if they're clicking on all cylinders, a team

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like Ohio State, a team like Indiana, which we saw

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like a team that can shred this secondary can't have issues.

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to do more than one thing, I should say. And

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I don't think it's completely Oregon's fault or not Oregon's

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USC's fault that they lost this game. They're on their

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fifth string running back like they have and I know

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it's not an excuse anymore because King Miller's been playing

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for multiple weeks and was a huge reason why they

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got that big win over Michigan back when they were

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at the Colisseum. But I mean, if you're USC, you

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lose a lot of pieces. Kamari Ramsey was banged up

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in this game. They've had a bunch of defensive players

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and players across all positions. I guess you could say

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this about all teams, but especially in a big game,

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you're missing a lot one of these key pieces that

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would help you get to that victory and they're just

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not But I think that's not olid building season for

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Lincoln Riley to really do something special at this program.

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They've completely changed the identity of the team. They have

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the skilled players, They're going to only attract more recruits.

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in this twenty twenty six cycle, like they're going to

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be doing a lot of special things and I think

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they'll be a player in the transfer portal for guys

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on the defensive line and probably a couple of offensive

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editions as well. So I'm very excited to see what

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the team out in southern California does. And for Oregon,

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they got a big game versus Washington next Saturday. It

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should be interesting. I know USC plays UCLA. Will break

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that game down later as well. Moving on next, probably

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the best game in terms of closeness and excitement, this

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is a really fun one. Northwestern versus of Minnesota. Now,

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I told you guys, oh take the early in the week.

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I was very wrong on that play. Look, this game

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did not go the way I thought it was gonna go,

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but it was still super exciting. Jayvon Tracy has a

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career day with three touchdowns, one of them being a

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thirty yard touchdown snag. There was missed field goals which

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ideally lost Minnesota the game. They had two missed field

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goals in the game. They make both of those. Hey,

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you're winning this game and Northwestern still fighting for a

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chance to beat both eligible but I gotta give a

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lot of credit to Preston Stone twenty five to thirty

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on the day, he went fifteen for fifteen in his

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last fifteen pass attempts three hundred and five yards and

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two touchdowns. I remember Preston Stone back when he was

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at SMU and he keep in mind, before SMU transferred

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to the ACC, he was the starting quarterback there. Obviously,

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last season he got spot taken by Kevin Jennings, and

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he led this SMU team to an American Conference championship

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where they beat two Lane. This team was really good,

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not so much anymore. S m u's top twenty five

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team now just pushed into twenty fifth because Louisville just

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decided to uh have the late season collapse, which is fine,

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they're not at the ACC had like so many chaos

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scenarios of who's gonna be in the a SEC title

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game and get potentially a college football playoff bid. Not

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the case, not the case at all. Kamala Fe had

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a great day. Hayden Elegan the second had a huge

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receiving day along with Griffin Wilde. Like this Northwestern team

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played pretty well on the game. They also Minnesota No.

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Northwestern had a muff punt too. There was just a

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lot of chaos, and I guess that's what happens when

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you play in Wrigley Field, a baseball stadium. I was

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very impressed with the player Drake Lindsay too. They weren't

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able to get it going on the ground, like Darius

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just stagnant the whole entire time. And like Drake Lindsay,

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his deep ball was either forcing the DBS to get

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pass interferences or he was able to drop it in

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the bucket. He had really nice pass to Malachai Coleman

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for fifty two yards. Malachai Coleman was getting held that

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play too, and it was still able to catch it.

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if Minnesota is going to be necessarily a team that's

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even looking to contend next year, but I think they

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have a solid quarterback in place. I'm assuming you'll get

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Darius Taylor back as well, and there's a lot of

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core foundational pieces for this Golden Grophers team. Or it

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kind of reminds me of that twenty nineteen team, and

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you could really make a breakthrough next season where I

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don't know if you're gonna make the College Football Playoff.

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I don't know if that's truly in Minnesota's aspirations, but

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I think having a solid eight or nine win season

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is the ceiling of this Minnesota program in the modern era.

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On the Northwestern side of things, I mean, they played

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a really good game. David Brown gets this team to

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another bowl eligible season. They do play Illinois in their

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last game. Not sure if they're gonna come out with

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the win in that one, although who knows. Illinois kind

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of laid an egg versus Wisconsin. This is just another

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impressive coaching job. The whole patsvid Gerald scandal with everything

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how that came to an ending and then David Brown

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gets appointed as the head coach and easier to stay,

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did a really good job this season. And look, Northwestern

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being Bowl eligible is great, great for them. I think

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if it was back to the old Big Ten and

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they were in the Big Ten West, this team's probably

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playing for a Big Ten championship. So they do a

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really good job of just playing sound and clean football.

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I think they're supposed to have their stadium back next year,

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not play on the practice field. They're Wrigley Field or

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wherever they do and Cago. I think they'll be back

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to Ryan Field, which will be good for them. I'm

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excited to see the stadium renovation too, although I will

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miss the glorious practice field game field that they do

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have and what they did with it right across the Lake, Michigan.

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But another solid season and yeah, go go Wildcats. Up next,

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where do we want to go? Let's go Wisconsin. Illinois.

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Very weird game, not what I was expecting. I watched

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this one on a playback and my question is Illinois

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are not. My question my analysis is Illinois could not

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run the ball. And this is something that we really

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expected from this Illinois team this season, to be physical,

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to be able to run the ball, to be able

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to dominate in the trenches versus Wisconsin team that you know,

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we thought was dead, not dead, but like the morale

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and the wanting to play to win and all, you know,

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the different factors. They did not show up. They did

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not show up for most of the season. But you know,

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senior day in Camp Randall, it went a different. Darien

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Dupre had an excellent game, broke off a huge touchdown run.

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Had one hundred and thirty one total yards on the game.

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I mean defensively, they just did a really good job

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of just getting to the quarterback. Five sacks, six TFLs.

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They did their part. And you know, they were able

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to just play field position, force Illinois to into making

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some mistakes, not allowing them to capitalize on opportunities. And

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you know, it was an easy day for Wisconsin. When

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Illinois makes simple mistakes of muffing punts and not making

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field goals and you know, getting sacked, I mean, it's

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gonna be tough for them to win. When they're not

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the more physical team, it's hard to win. I mean

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that's the case for any game, right And they got

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out physical by Wisconsin and Wesconsin took advantage and came

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away with the win. And for Luke Fickle being the

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head coach next season, while you're like, is this going

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to be an air raid system next year? Are they

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gonna move back to the old school Wesconsin football that

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had them successful in the Big Ten West for so

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many seasons, so many great running backs, so many you know,

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like the list goes on and on. You know, they

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made Rose Bowls back when it was just a two

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and fourteen era. I don't know if Wisconsin's ever gonna

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get back to that level of being one of the

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more premiere programs in the Big Ten. But I mean,

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who knows. Uh. I think you have a big quarterback

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question to answer next season, because see a bunch of

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guys for this season. It was Billy Edwards to start it.

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He gets hurt and then you move I'm Danny O'Neil

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to Carter Smith, Hunter Simmons. There's so many guys that

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you're trotting out there. They started Carter Smith in this game.

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I don't know if he's the quarterback for next year.

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I try to take another transfer quarterback. It's Tanner Mordechai

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than Tyler Van Dyke, now Billy Edwards. It's Belly Edwards

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coming back next season. I'm not too sure really what

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the blueprint is on that. And you know what their

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roster really looks like and turns on the offensive side.

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What I do know is they came away with a

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nice victory. They play Minnesota next week and it'll be

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on Saturday. Good old rivalry game of Big Ten West

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schools should be exciting to see congrats to wesconsin when

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getting the win. Ah. Now we go to this part,

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Michigan State versus Iowa. Michigan State loses their eighth game,

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still remains winless in Big Ten play, and it was

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right there on the table for them. Iowa kicks a

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game winning field goal with two seconds left. Drew Stevens

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drills the forty four yarder and like start out with

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the posites this game, Iowa Cadenwegen is like Cooper Dejene

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two point zero, except on the offensive side. I think

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I made a reference to that, not in terms of, like,

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you know, how he plays offensively or the impact he

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has on the offense, but in the return room. He

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returns a touchdown for this game. On average on his

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three punt returns on the game, he had a forty

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nine yard average in terms of returns. It is just absurd.

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He really flipped the field and Iowa, you know, they

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didn't do much on offense until late in the game.

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Mark Ronowski did a really good job playing good in

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the fourth quarter because the first three quarters he was

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I mean, the team had such good field position and

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and they also just were not playing good on offense.

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So they they didn't really they weren't really called upon,

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but he did step up as well. Iowa did a

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really good job, you know, in the fourth quarter moments,

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really securing on the defensive side. Kashan McCrae, you know,

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for Michigan State had two always touchdown grabs and they

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were throwing the ball around a little bit. Milvoyevic he

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twenty five forty two two fifty six two touchdown too.

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They did ask him to throw the ball a lot,

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I mean forty two times a game trying to win,

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especially against Iowa when you're not like, you know, this

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elite class of receiver and quarterback talent and not really

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known for your air raidar and it's not like they

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were struggling to run the ball. It wasn't great toal

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Tolliver did not do a good job. Tolas was able

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to break off a few, but yeah, I mean, man,

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you can't close games out, You're gonna lose. And I

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think that's a real testament to coaching and just your

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overall control on the program and how much you wrap

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this stuff and who you trough in moments, and I

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mean obviously making quarterback change midseason, which Aidan Childs is

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actually hurt. So you know, he's been he and I

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thought he was playing hurt for a lot of the season,

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especially once we got into conference play. I'm like, this

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is not the aid same Aiden Childs that you know

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we saw in the beginning of the season. Like he's

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not moving the same, he's not getting it off in

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time the same, he's not making the plays that he did,

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so you know, and then it comes to find out

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he's actually hurt. And you know, Lessio Milavoyek is the

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quarterback for the Spartans for the rest of the twenty

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twenty five season. And look, they got one more game

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to play versus Maryland at Ford Field. How are they

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gonna show up for that game? I don't know. I

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couldn't tell you. And am I even going to watch it?

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There's better games to watch on Saturday than Michigan State

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at this point. I watched it out of pure fandom.

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And you know, they were down early, they came back,

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took a lead, and you know what, they ended up

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losing in the end. So it is what it is.

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It's the Michigan State football experience. And this is the

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second blown game where they had a chance they did

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the same thing versus Minnesota. That game goes to over

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time and they weren't able to pull it out because

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their defense allows a two minute drill to happen, and

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you know, the other team's able to take advantage. And

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I thought Michigan State did a good job of playing

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the field position. You know, they weren't trying to go

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for it on fourth down or anything. They did a

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really good job of trying to force Iowa to drive

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the field. But when you're putting it also to Cayden Wigion,

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you're not gonna have a lot of success. Yeah, that

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was that was made very apparent throughout this game. I

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remember my Twitter timeline just being like, why are you

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punting Caiden Wig and the ball? Why are you punting

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Caiden Weige and the ball? It's just it makes sense.

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And I mean one hundred and fifty all purpose yards

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came from Caiden wigon just on punt returns. Right. So

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Iowa does a really good job at doing Iowa things.

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Like we said about Iowa over time and time and time,

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as Kirk Farns has paid the head coach, apparently they're

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actually starting to really take the receiver and quarterback position

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serious in the recruiting, which is good to see because

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a lot of big running joke throughout the national recruiting

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basis in the college football industry is Iowa just doesn't recruit,

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you know, quarterbacks or wide receivers or any sort of

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pass catching talent other than tight ends. But it looks

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like they're looking to step their game up. It'll be

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interesting to see how they look going forward. You know,

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Tim Luster has a lot of influence on the offense

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being the play caller, and he's more known as a

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guy that wants to chuck it around a little bit.

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So it'll be interesting to see how Iowa continues to develop.

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As for the Michigan State side, does Jonathan Smith be

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the or is he the head coach in twenty twenty

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six just off my knowledge, probably, I look, I don't

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know if firing him this cycle is even the right move,

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just with all the other craziness and the coaching carousel,

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and you know, there's a chance that you know, with

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a lot of these jobs being first year jobs next season,

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you know, is there gonna be a lot of domino

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effects throughout the coaching carousel industry? Probably not, unless Jonathan

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Smith just goes back to Oregon State and says, hey,

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I want to go back here to the West coast

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where I coach football, or he goes to UCLA. I

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think he wants to stay at Michigan State. And there's

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some part of me, while this probably wasn't a good

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belief of mine two or three weeks ago, I still

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think he could do something with the program. I still

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think he could have some sort of success. And that

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was one of the initial hires. And I think a

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lot of fans you know nowadays, are just really impatient.

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And obviously it hasn't gone well. There's two blown games

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that you think you should have won. Whether I don't

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think there are more talented than Iowa. I think they're

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on the same talent playing field as Minnesota, maybe even

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a little bit better if you were to look at

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a composite raking of the talent, right, But that's that

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wasn't the case against Minnesota, and a lot of these

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games that they've play where you're like, hey, maybe they

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could win, No, they can't, they won't, they don't. They

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have a chance to pick up a big ten win

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this Saturday. I think they could versus Maryland. Maryland's not

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someone that's really concerning in terms of, oh, are they

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gonna overwhelm us with anything? If Mo Lake Washington can

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get going, he can get going. But you know, his

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receiver talent is particular presing in their ground game hasn't

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really came too much alive, and they don't really defend

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well either. You know, it's I might watch if like

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I see the scores like twenty one to twenty one

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in the second quarter, and teams are putting up points.

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But the thing about this Michigan State offense is they

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ever really put up a ton of points this season.

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Like I want to say, their highest score in a

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Big Ten game. Let's take a look, because they have

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not scored much in Big Ten play this season. I

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think they're Yeah, twenty thirty one against usc that was

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just a back and forth game, twenty seven versus Nebraska,

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and it's just kind of slightly gone downhill, like they've

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they've hit twenty against Michigan in Minnesota. Yeah, Okay, that

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twenty against Michigan was bogus because it was in garbage time,

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But I get it. You gotta play the full sixty minutes.

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Like they just haven't been like a team that has

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been super threatening on offense this season, especially in conference play,

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and I think Maryland has more of a capability of that,

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just because in terms of who their quarterback is and

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what I truly believe what his ceiling could look like,

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and you know, the type of plays he has made

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at points in this season. But yeah, it's it's it's

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a good it's a good win for Iowa. And yeah,

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they play who do they play this weekend? Oh? They

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00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:47,200
played Nebraska on Friday. That's right, that's that's always one

478
00:26:47,200 --> 00:26:50,119
of my favorite games of the year. Iowa versus Nebraska

479
00:26:50,200 --> 00:26:52,240
doesn't have the same itch to it as it did

480
00:26:52,400 --> 00:26:55,119
you know the did you know it's it's under forty.

481
00:26:55,559 --> 00:26:57,680
I think I want to say when Deacon Hill was

482
00:26:57,680 --> 00:27:00,319
the quarterback at uh I want to say, was the

483
00:27:00,400 --> 00:27:02,839
Jeff Simms year. I don't know if he was the

484
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,960
starter at this point. I want to say that total

485
00:27:06,119 --> 00:27:09,079
was no joke. At like thirty three and a half

486
00:27:09,160 --> 00:27:10,680
or like thirty two and a half, it was like

487
00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:15,880
just sick, a sick total over under I'm like, ugh,

488
00:27:16,000 --> 00:27:20,640
that is just it's entertaining in the fact that offenses

489
00:27:20,680 --> 00:27:23,440
are so bad and the defenses were super good too,

490
00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:28,039
But Yeah, that was That was a time to be

491
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:33,400
tuned into college football. Maryland took a loss to Michigan

492
00:27:33,440 --> 00:27:37,400
forty five to twenty. They gave Underwood a little bit

493
00:27:37,440 --> 00:27:41,440
more leeway in this game. Kuzzadohl was the main back

494
00:27:41,519 --> 00:27:46,000
for them. He had twenty touches, one hundred yards, three touchdowns.

495
00:27:46,039 --> 00:27:48,640
Like he did his job. Andrew Marsh continues to be

496
00:27:48,720 --> 00:27:50,200
as much as I don't want to say this about

497
00:27:50,200 --> 00:27:54,799
a Michigan player just out of my true rivalry bitterness,

498
00:27:55,599 --> 00:27:58,720
Andrew Marsh is a really good player. I think he's

499
00:27:58,759 --> 00:28:01,359
going to be the staple of this Michigan receiving corps,

500
00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:04,200
one of the core pieces, because I think this is

501
00:28:04,200 --> 00:28:07,880
a sign where a receiver can flourish at Michigan. And

502
00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:10,519
he looked. He had a really good game versus Northwestern yesterday.

503
00:28:10,559 --> 00:28:14,000
Obviously didn't have the same amount of touches and numbers

504
00:28:14,000 --> 00:28:16,359
to produce that he did in that last game, but

505
00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:19,119
he still looked very impressive. They got McCauley a little

506
00:28:19,119 --> 00:28:22,319
bit more involved in this game, and they just looked

507
00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,480
really good. Underwood had a really bad throw to begin

508
00:28:24,559 --> 00:28:26,799
the game that should have been picked off, and Milike

509
00:28:26,920 --> 00:28:30,640
Washington kind of threw a similar pass. It was picked off,

510
00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:36,799
but I also think Shalie Knotts just dropped it as well. Yeah,

511
00:28:36,839 --> 00:28:39,000
I mean in terms of this Maryland offense, I mean

512
00:28:39,319 --> 00:28:42,480
their receiving corp has been knocked all season for dropping

513
00:28:42,480 --> 00:28:46,559
balls all season Lake Washington. He's a freshman and you're

514
00:28:46,759 --> 00:28:48,920
asking him to throw the ball forty times a game

515
00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:52,599
because your rush offense has just not existed for the

516
00:28:52,640 --> 00:28:55,759
majority of the season. Right. Your defense isn't able to

517
00:28:55,799 --> 00:28:57,960
produce because they're on the field a lot of the

518
00:28:58,000 --> 00:29:00,119
times because you're asking your offense to throw it on

519
00:29:00,160 --> 00:29:03,200
the field and do all sorts of different trickeration through

520
00:29:03,240 --> 00:29:07,079
the pass game, and they just don't do that. And

521
00:29:07,279 --> 00:29:09,200
that's not in a knock on Maryland are saying, Oh

522
00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,400
they're not gonna be capable of that. You're asking a

523
00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:16,119
freshman quarterback with probably a bottom half receiving corps in

524
00:29:16,200 --> 00:29:18,880
the Big ten to chuck it around all around the field.

525
00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,279
Like if he even had like a Hank Beady or

526
00:29:21,319 --> 00:29:23,799
someone that was just such a reliable target that they

527
00:29:23,839 --> 00:29:25,880
can continue to get the wall to, it might be

528
00:29:25,920 --> 00:29:28,519
a little bit different. But they just don't. They don't

529
00:29:28,519 --> 00:29:31,079
have that core piece they don't have that. Andrew marsh like,

530
00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:34,039
is that Michigan who's been able to be a consistent weapon? Like,

531
00:29:35,640 --> 00:29:37,880
I don't know what you're trying to ask of him.

532
00:29:38,039 --> 00:29:41,400
In Michigan secondary has been relatively good on the season

533
00:29:41,440 --> 00:29:46,599
with Jyre Hill and Zeke Berry. It's been really good

534
00:29:46,599 --> 00:29:51,480
at getting pass rushed too, for the majority of the season. Michigan. Obviously,

535
00:29:51,519 --> 00:29:55,759
with the game coming up, the game on Big Noon,

536
00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:58,960
the game that's gonna be played on Saturday, I want

537
00:29:59,000 --> 00:30:01,240
to just make that reference. It's a million times and

538
00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:05,440
even in the preview and then in the reaction next week.

539
00:30:07,079 --> 00:30:11,920
Yeah it should be Yeah, I don't know. There's also

540
00:30:12,000 --> 00:30:14,839
a game that's being played at Ford Field between Maryland

541
00:30:14,880 --> 00:30:18,640
and Michigan State. I wonder what the attendance numbers are

542
00:30:18,680 --> 00:30:21,720
going to be that because my girlfriend asked me, She's like, hey,

543
00:30:21,759 --> 00:30:23,240
do you want to go to you you know, it

544
00:30:23,279 --> 00:30:25,559
could be fun. I'm like, no, it won't be fun.

545
00:30:25,720 --> 00:30:30,039
I don't like watching Michigan State football and I've already

546
00:30:30,079 --> 00:30:33,640
seen them in person once this season. It's not fun.

547
00:30:33,799 --> 00:30:36,039
It's not fun watching, you know, a team that you're

548
00:30:36,319 --> 00:30:41,039
actively rooting for not have success and you know it

549
00:30:41,119 --> 00:30:44,319
is what it is. I try to stay positive, but

550
00:30:44,400 --> 00:30:46,759
there's only so much positiveness that you can give to

551
00:30:46,839 --> 00:30:49,839
a three and eight team that hasn't won a conference game. Now.

552
00:30:49,839 --> 00:30:53,799
Michigan State basketball, on the other hand, they played Detroit

553
00:30:53,799 --> 00:30:56,279
Mercy on Friday. It was a good win. They had

554
00:30:56,319 --> 00:30:59,440
the uh what is it? It's not it's bad boy

555
00:30:59,480 --> 00:31:02,160
Mower's clas. I know. They play East Carolina tomorrow and

556
00:31:02,200 --> 00:31:04,799
then they also play on Thanksgiving versus North Carolina, which

557
00:31:04,799 --> 00:31:06,920
is perfect because I can watch Lions game and then

558
00:31:07,160 --> 00:31:10,000
Michigan State eat some good food. Thanksgiving is gonna be

559
00:31:10,039 --> 00:31:14,599
a great day. Two more games and I'll go through

560
00:31:14,640 --> 00:31:18,799
these quickly. Jo State handles Rutgers kind of what you expected.

561
00:31:18,839 --> 00:31:20,799
A little slow start in the first half, but when

562
00:31:20,799 --> 00:31:24,440
you're missing your two top passing targets, it's gonna be tough.

563
00:31:25,400 --> 00:31:28,599
Bo Jackson had a good game on the ground. Max Claire, Uh,

564
00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,039
people are gonna be like, I was listening to something earlier,

565
00:31:32,079 --> 00:31:34,200
and I'm like, man, that's a really good point. People

566
00:31:34,240 --> 00:31:36,400
are gonna be really surprised that Max Clayer is gonna

567
00:31:36,400 --> 00:31:38,920
be a top one hundred prospect probably taken in this draft.

568
00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:40,839
They're gonna be like, wait, he didn't produce. No, Max

569
00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:42,279
Clay is a good tight end and you proved in

570
00:31:42,319 --> 00:31:45,640
this game over one hundred receiving yards. Who was one

571
00:31:45,640 --> 00:31:47,400
of the pieces that I talked about could be really

572
00:31:47,400 --> 00:31:51,200
impactful on this Ohio State team. Just adds another element

573
00:31:51,240 --> 00:31:54,599
to this Ohio State offense. Obviously, you know when you

574
00:31:54,599 --> 00:31:56,880
have Jeremiah Smith and Carnell Tate, those are two first

575
00:31:56,960 --> 00:31:59,599
round receivers. Obviously Jeremiah Smith would be a first round

576
00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:02,720
pick probably last year, but you know, with how the

577
00:32:02,920 --> 00:32:05,559
draft rules are, he's got to wait to declare to

578
00:32:05,599 --> 00:32:09,240
the draft till next season. But still a phenomenal player.

579
00:32:09,799 --> 00:32:12,319
And then obviously Carnell Say is going to be one

580
00:32:12,359 --> 00:32:15,240
of the top receivers taken in this draft. But Max

581
00:32:15,319 --> 00:32:19,160
Glaire adds another element to this offense. The defense continues

582
00:32:19,200 --> 00:32:23,240
to just be amazing, whether it's Kennetta Jackson, Katon Curry,

583
00:32:23,359 --> 00:32:26,759
Sonny styles, you know, downs McLean in the back end,

584
00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:30,839
obviously on the outside with Matthews like and Igbinosen, there's

585
00:32:31,000 --> 00:32:35,119
just so many just weapons on this Ohio State defense

586
00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:38,039
and they're just fun in terms of how dominant they are.

587
00:32:38,200 --> 00:32:43,680
And for Rutgers, anthan Callaykmanis was held to under one

588
00:32:43,759 --> 00:32:46,799
hundred passing yards. They just couldn't do a thing on offense.

589
00:32:46,839 --> 00:32:48,519
Most teams haven't been able to do a thing on

590
00:32:48,599 --> 00:32:51,759
offense versus Ohio State, and it's kind of concerning, you

591
00:32:51,799 --> 00:32:53,480
know that, Like you know that have been like pretty

592
00:32:53,480 --> 00:32:56,720
decent on offense all season, Like Rutgers hasn't been a

593
00:32:56,720 --> 00:33:00,000
good defensive team by any means, but they've unable to

594
00:33:00,079 --> 00:33:02,039
move the ball a little bit this season. Nope, not

595
00:33:02,200 --> 00:33:06,039
versus Ohio State, they can't. Because that's even Texas. They

596
00:33:06,039 --> 00:33:11,039
couldn't move the ball against them. I honestly don't remember.

597
00:33:11,160 --> 00:33:13,279
Dang is the most points that have been scored on

598
00:33:13,319 --> 00:33:16,440
Ohio State in a game this season? Fourteen? Oh my goodness.

599
00:33:16,480 --> 00:33:21,519
And those versus Penn Wow, oh no, sixteen versus Illinois. Okay,

600
00:33:21,759 --> 00:33:24,880
So regardless, like when you just look at their resume

601
00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:28,559
and schedule, they have just been probably the most dominant

602
00:33:28,599 --> 00:33:33,079
team since Georgia. Yeah, I would say so. I mean

603
00:33:33,079 --> 00:33:35,640
Oregon was dominant last year, but they even had a

604
00:33:35,640 --> 00:33:38,720
close game and lost to this Ohio State team. Now,

605
00:33:39,000 --> 00:33:40,960
what do we see in the game coming up? Well,

606
00:33:41,160 --> 00:33:43,640
we'll break it down here in just a minute or so,

607
00:33:44,039 --> 00:33:48,200
we'll talk quickly. Washington beat UCLA forty eight to fourteen.

608
00:33:48,920 --> 00:33:51,160
Oh man, u CLA another three and eight team in

609
00:33:51,200 --> 00:33:53,079
the Big ten. But you know they do have three

610
00:33:53,119 --> 00:33:56,440
conference wins, so or is it two? I know they

611
00:33:56,440 --> 00:33:59,160
have the one versus Penn State in Maryland sort another

612
00:33:59,200 --> 00:34:03,680
one in there that they have Marilyn Pencil. Oh yeah,

613
00:34:03,680 --> 00:34:07,960
they beat Michigan State too. Then that's right own at

614
00:34:07,960 --> 00:34:12,280
our own place too. That's crazy. Yeah, Deamon Williams and

615
00:34:13,840 --> 00:34:16,360
company just did a really good job this game. Roebucks

616
00:34:16,440 --> 00:34:19,599
kind of been the wide receiver one ever since Denzel

617
00:34:19,639 --> 00:34:22,119
Boston has came out. I wonder if they'll I wonder

618
00:34:22,119 --> 00:34:25,840
if Boston and Coleman will play Adam Mohammad. He had

619
00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:27,800
over one hundred yards on the ground and they rushed

620
00:34:27,840 --> 00:34:29,679
for two hundred and twelve yards as a team to

621
00:34:29,840 --> 00:34:32,920
fourteen through the air. Yeah, they kind of just took

622
00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:35,760
care of business versus c CLA obviously with Luke Duncan.

623
00:34:37,280 --> 00:34:39,719
Oh Nico did play too as well, but they couldn't

624
00:34:39,760 --> 00:34:42,679
run the ball ball damn. And they couldn't pass the

625
00:34:42,719 --> 00:34:45,440
ball worth of damn either. Yeah, Washington just really took

626
00:34:45,440 --> 00:34:49,360
care of business. And their pat their secondary is really taken. Uh,

627
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,920
there wasn't much experience, but obviously they had to Carrio

628
00:34:52,039 --> 00:34:56,000
Davis transfer from Arizona. They really liked their lengthy corners

629
00:34:56,000 --> 00:34:58,960
over there. You know, Jed Fish was not made fun of,

630
00:34:59,039 --> 00:35:01,599
but it was a no pointed out to them from

631
00:35:01,639 --> 00:35:03,559
a lot of the people at Big Ten media days.

632
00:35:03,559 --> 00:35:05,559
And I think it's starting to come, finally come in

633
00:35:05,599 --> 00:35:10,239
fruition for Washington. Look, they got a game where they

634
00:35:10,239 --> 00:35:13,079
could ruin Oregon's dreams and nightmares. I think Oregon would

635
00:35:13,079 --> 00:35:16,079
still get in, but obviously you'd want a home playoff

636
00:35:16,119 --> 00:35:19,639
game in December at Audsin compared to traveling to somewhere

637
00:35:19,679 --> 00:35:24,239
else and playing like an Ole miss or Texas Tech.

638
00:35:24,639 --> 00:35:26,760
I mean, it would be warm weather, but you know,

639
00:35:26,800 --> 00:35:30,239
obviously those being hostile environment, so you'd rather have that

640
00:35:30,320 --> 00:35:35,000
hostile environment at your home field. So any who, All right,

641
00:35:35,079 --> 00:35:37,480
let's move on to Week fourteen. We got two games

642
00:35:37,519 --> 00:35:39,719
on Friday. The rest of the Big Ten will play

643
00:35:39,800 --> 00:35:44,320
on Saturday and on Friday Iowa versus Nebraska. Oh, we

644
00:35:44,320 --> 00:35:47,239
didn't talk about Penn State versus Nebraska. That's one game

645
00:35:47,280 --> 00:35:50,039
I miss. Not that there's really much of anything to

646
00:35:50,119 --> 00:35:52,920
be talked about. So we'll just go over this very briefly.

647
00:35:54,199 --> 00:35:59,000
Nebraska looked very bad. Emma Johnson could not get anything

648
00:35:59,079 --> 00:36:00,880
going for this offense. He's kind of been the heart

649
00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:03,800
and soul of this Nebraska offense. Like, yes, he did

650
00:36:03,840 --> 00:36:05,559
have over one hundred yards on the game, but if

651
00:36:05,559 --> 00:36:10,320
you watch like it did not look pretty fort Nebraska.

652
00:36:10,360 --> 00:36:12,840
I think they were down twenty to three at halftime.

653
00:36:13,280 --> 00:36:15,519
K Tron Allen had a huge day. One hundred and

654
00:36:15,519 --> 00:36:19,000
sixty yards, two touchdowns. He broke one a I want

655
00:36:19,000 --> 00:36:22,119
to say it was career rushing touchdowns. He broke of

656
00:36:22,199 --> 00:36:25,719
Saquans and gar Kameier. I mean he only had to

657
00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:27,519
throw the ball twelve times, but one hundred and eighty

658
00:36:27,519 --> 00:36:31,960
one yards in a touchdown. I mean that's a yeah.

659
00:36:32,039 --> 00:36:34,360
I mean, if you could do that and it leads to wins,

660
00:36:34,519 --> 00:36:39,760
especially convincing wins like losing Ryola for Nebraska, it just

661
00:36:39,800 --> 00:36:42,519
so much. I thought Latif looked well against UCLA, But

662
00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:44,719
I mean, what kind of data point is that with

663
00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,119
UCLA coming back down to earth and now losing the

664
00:36:47,159 --> 00:36:50,559
twenty seven. Also, Penn State showed up to play. They

665
00:36:50,559 --> 00:36:52,800
want Terry Smith as their head coach. The players do.

666
00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:57,000
I don't think recruitings suggests anything or suggests that it's

667
00:36:57,239 --> 00:36:59,960
probably gonna be a successful wave of this Penn State team.

668
00:37:00,039 --> 00:37:01,840
I think they're going to make some sort of outside

669
00:37:01,920 --> 00:37:05,679
higher but the players all playing for them, and they

670
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:08,320
might get to a bowl game with them. They do

671
00:37:08,440 --> 00:37:12,880
play Rutgers this Saturday Saturday. Yeah, so I mean they're

672
00:37:12,880 --> 00:37:14,920
probably going to be bowl out. That's a battle of

673
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:18,039
bull eligibility right there. Man to five and six teams

674
00:37:18,079 --> 00:37:21,960
competing to play an extra game into the season, earn

675
00:37:22,000 --> 00:37:27,719
more practices. That's exciting. But I mean just physically, Nebraska

676
00:37:27,800 --> 00:37:30,039
is way worse than Penn State on the lines of scrimmage,

677
00:37:30,079 --> 00:37:33,199
and that was very that was shown in this week.

678
00:37:33,400 --> 00:37:36,400
They they were better, especially on the defensive line. They

679
00:37:36,440 --> 00:37:40,519
were so much better than Nebraska. And well, I mean

680
00:37:40,559 --> 00:37:42,519
when you have draft picks on the defensive line, yeah,

681
00:37:42,800 --> 00:37:45,599
compared to Nebraska's where you know it's whetzers and guys

682
00:37:45,639 --> 00:37:48,599
just thrown out there. Obviously, you know, they work harder

683
00:37:48,599 --> 00:37:50,559
and they develop and they had to go through a

684
00:37:50,559 --> 00:37:52,920
bunch of stuff. But all in all, the talent it

685
00:37:52,960 --> 00:37:56,079
was on Penn State side and it showed and they

686
00:37:56,280 --> 00:38:02,480
they dominated this game. So yeah, unfortunate for Nebraska, but

687
00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:05,840
you know, I mean they're seven and four and they're

688
00:38:05,880 --> 00:38:09,159
playing Iowa. Okay, back to this game twelve o'clock on CBS,

689
00:38:09,639 --> 00:38:12,559
Iowa was favored by six and a half points. It

690
00:38:12,599 --> 00:38:14,800
opened at four and a half over under a thirty

691
00:38:14,880 --> 00:38:19,719
nine and a half. Nebraska, don't put the ball the

692
00:38:19,800 --> 00:38:22,599
kid in weeds and trust me, don't do it. It

693
00:38:22,639 --> 00:38:26,440
will lead to very bad things. I don't really know

694
00:38:26,519 --> 00:38:29,320
what this looks like. I think Iowa could win in

695
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:31,320
like a twenty to ten just kind of you know,

696
00:38:31,400 --> 00:38:37,280
like grind it out, just ugly ugly last week in November.

697
00:38:37,519 --> 00:38:41,760
You know, Iowa victory, it's very possible. I think Latif also,

698
00:38:42,079 --> 00:38:43,920
I think he could be more of a threat with

699
00:38:43,960 --> 00:38:46,480
his legs. I don't know which way you would want

700
00:38:46,480 --> 00:38:49,960
to go in this game. I go with Iowa, and

701
00:38:50,039 --> 00:38:52,199
obviously the spread, you know, going in that favorite shows

702
00:38:52,199 --> 00:38:54,159
I don't know if there's six and a half point favorites,

703
00:38:54,880 --> 00:38:57,559
but I will predict Iowa to win the game. I

704
00:38:57,599 --> 00:39:01,559
think defensively they're better than I think Iowa could do

705
00:39:01,559 --> 00:39:03,840
a little bit more trickery, and you know, they have

706
00:39:03,880 --> 00:39:06,880
a lot more comfortability with Mark Ronowski being you know,

707
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:12,599
the play caller of the offense, and they've been able

708
00:39:12,639 --> 00:39:14,320
to run it some on the ground. I don't know

709
00:39:14,360 --> 00:39:17,719
if they're gonna do that versus Nebraska. I think they

710
00:39:17,760 --> 00:39:21,679
could do something, and yeah, I just it really is

711
00:39:21,800 --> 00:39:24,480
just the how much this offense is limited in terms

712
00:39:24,519 --> 00:39:27,480
of what they want to do offensively for Nebraska with

713
00:39:27,519 --> 00:39:30,119
having Latif instead of Riola as the quarterback, and you know,

714
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:32,840
Iowa could really just hone in on em Att Johnson

715
00:39:32,880 --> 00:39:34,960
to make sure in Isaiah Hunter or Dane Key don't

716
00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:38,119
have a lot of space. They're gonna do great things

717
00:39:38,119 --> 00:39:41,079
in this game. It's gonna be a good Iowa football win.

718
00:39:41,639 --> 00:39:44,559
That's what I'm predicting. I think this next game we

719
00:39:44,599 --> 00:39:47,599
could spend maybe thirty seconds on and I think a

720
00:39:47,599 --> 00:39:51,440
lot of it's just the spread and whatnot. Indiano travels

721
00:39:51,440 --> 00:39:55,320
to Slapa yet to play Purdue twenty and a twenty

722
00:39:55,360 --> 00:39:57,559
eight and a half point favorites fifty four and a

723
00:39:57,599 --> 00:40:02,000
half over under. I think Indiana might want to go

724
00:40:02,199 --> 00:40:05,800
over themselves. Fernando Mendoza is just gonna try to play

725
00:40:05,800 --> 00:40:08,559
his way into a heisman. They're gonna use their running backs,

726
00:40:08,559 --> 00:40:12,199
They're just gonna, you know, probably dominate. To be honest,

727
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:16,880
like on the produce side, I don't have much. They

728
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:20,559
haven't been great. They've been fun to watch at times,

729
00:40:20,639 --> 00:40:22,719
especially when they get the first play in the red

730
00:40:22,800 --> 00:40:25,800
zone and you know they run their trickery and do

731
00:40:25,920 --> 00:40:27,840
a bunch of it. Yeah, it's it's going to be

732
00:40:27,880 --> 00:40:30,719
an Indiana win. I I would love to give you

733
00:40:30,760 --> 00:40:32,920
so much x's and o's And I feel bad for

734
00:40:32,960 --> 00:40:35,000
whoever has to be on the broadcast of this game,

735
00:40:35,039 --> 00:40:37,559
because what are you gonna talk about? Oh? Yeah, you

736
00:40:37,559 --> 00:40:40,440
know Purdue. They they you know, they're the spoiler makers.

737
00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:42,719
They have a chance. It's probably gonna be mentioned a lot.

738
00:40:42,800 --> 00:40:46,000
You know. Can they ruin Indiana season? I don't think so.

739
00:40:47,159 --> 00:40:50,639
If it does, they do they they would they would

740
00:40:50,719 --> 00:40:53,559
ruin Indiana season, and they I don't know if they would.

741
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:56,760
I think they would still technically be able to play well.

742
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,840
All depends what happens, right, but I think if they're

743
00:40:58,880 --> 00:41:01,039
tied with Oregon, they have had to head over Oregon

744
00:41:01,079 --> 00:41:02,760
and no other team would have a big ten loss

745
00:41:02,800 --> 00:41:06,320
of Ohio State beats Michigan, which is not possible because

746
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:08,480
Ohio State hasn't been able to beat Michigan in the

747
00:41:08,519 --> 00:41:11,039
twenty twenties, so you know there's that to look at.

748
00:41:11,079 --> 00:41:14,280
But yeah, I don't think pretty has a chance. I

749
00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:17,079
think it's safe to say Indiana should win that game

750
00:41:17,119 --> 00:41:20,440
as a four touchdown order it well. Also, I mean

751
00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:28,280
anything's possible. The last week in November, all right, the game, Yes,

752
00:41:28,719 --> 00:41:31,199
the game, the game, the game, the game, the game.

753
00:41:31,280 --> 00:41:34,639
The game Ohio State Michigan being played in ann Arboro,

754
00:41:34,679 --> 00:41:37,840
Ohio State is nine and a half point favorites over

755
00:41:37,960 --> 00:41:42,360
under a forty four and a half. Will Michigan have

756
00:41:42,440 --> 00:41:44,840
either of their running backs back in Jordan Marshall or

757
00:41:45,039 --> 00:41:48,360
Justice scenes I don't know. I actually think this does

758
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:52,320
make a big difference because I don't think. God, I

759
00:41:52,360 --> 00:41:54,920
already forgot the kid's name. This is terrible as a

760
00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:59,119
podcast host, their third string running back who had just

761
00:41:59,199 --> 00:42:01,559
had a one hundred yard versus Maryland. I'm blinking on

762
00:42:01,639 --> 00:42:07,119
the name so much. Oh my goodness, this is terrible. Cousdahll, Right, Yeah,

763
00:42:07,159 --> 00:42:11,199
that's that's his name, Kusdall. I wonder if he's in there.

764
00:42:11,239 --> 00:42:13,519
I think that does make a big difference because I

765
00:42:13,519 --> 00:42:16,480
think Jordan Marshall and Justice Heans are better running back better.

766
00:42:16,599 --> 00:42:19,559
They provide more open field ability than he does. Not

767
00:42:19,679 --> 00:42:22,079
to knock the kid, I just he's not as experienced

768
00:42:22,119 --> 00:42:28,880
and been gay moments and Slee. I hate to say

769
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:31,400
this because he probably said the same thing as last year.

770
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:34,639
This Ohio State team's way different than last year's team.

771
00:42:35,000 --> 00:42:38,920
This Ohio State team last year struggled at points through

772
00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:41,760
the season. They looked very vulnerable. I don't think there's

773
00:42:41,840 --> 00:42:44,159
other than in Week one, where they had a new

774
00:42:44,159 --> 00:42:46,639
starting quarterback and a decent amount of new pieces, a

775
00:42:47,000 --> 00:42:51,320
whole new defensive line, basically new pieces in the secondary,

776
00:42:52,199 --> 00:42:54,840
new pieces in the running game, new offensive line, and

777
00:42:54,880 --> 00:42:57,360
they still beat Texas, which Texas is not the most

778
00:42:57,400 --> 00:42:59,760
impressive team that we've ever seen, but there's still a

779
00:43:00,400 --> 00:43:04,360
you know, talented team. Ohio State has killed everybody this season,

780
00:43:04,360 --> 00:43:07,960
but since that point, they have not looked vulnerable. They

781
00:43:07,960 --> 00:43:10,119
look vulnerable a little bit against Penn State in the

782
00:43:10,119 --> 00:43:14,440
first half, but other than that, I mean, well, Jeremiah

783
00:43:14,440 --> 00:43:16,599
Smith and Carnell Tape be back, I think so. I

784
00:43:16,599 --> 00:43:19,119
think that's been a little bit of a loaje management situation.

785
00:43:19,199 --> 00:43:22,679
If I had to guess, they will be playing this Saturday,

786
00:43:23,119 --> 00:43:24,800
even if they aren't at one hundred percent. If they're

787
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:28,840
out like ninety, I think they will. And I think

788
00:43:29,119 --> 00:43:30,599
the big t if you go twelve to zero and

789
00:43:30,719 --> 00:43:32,960
losing the Big Ten Championship to Indiana, as long as

790
00:43:33,000 --> 00:43:35,360
it's not by fifty, which I know Kirk Signetty would

791
00:43:35,360 --> 00:43:37,960
love to do, I don't think it's even possible against

792
00:43:38,000 --> 00:43:44,400
this Ohio State defense. I would suspect that Ohio State's

793
00:43:44,400 --> 00:43:47,039
gonna win this game, as much as Michigan fans are

794
00:43:47,039 --> 00:43:48,760
gonna be like, well, but you could have said that

795
00:43:48,880 --> 00:43:51,280
last year. And you know Ohio State's been favored over

796
00:43:51,320 --> 00:43:54,639
this Michigan. I don't care. I don't care. This Ohio

797
00:43:54,679 --> 00:43:58,119
State team's a lot different than every Ohio State team

798
00:43:58,119 --> 00:44:00,199
in the twenty twenties. And you know that team last

799
00:44:00,239 --> 00:44:02,480
year won a national championship. I get that they got

800
00:44:02,519 --> 00:44:05,480
hot at the right moment, they started playing well down

801
00:44:05,519 --> 00:44:08,239
the stretch. This team's better team than that team last year,

802
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:11,360
whether they win a national championship or not. On a

803
00:44:11,599 --> 00:44:17,440
talent perspective, right better defense than last year. In my opinion,

804
00:44:18,199 --> 00:44:20,840
I think the secondary really could shut down what Michigan

805
00:44:20,880 --> 00:44:23,519
wants to do. I think they could really get Underwood

806
00:44:23,559 --> 00:44:26,360
into uncomfortable situations. And I know it's like, oh, he's

807
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,000
just a freshman quarterback. You know, he's played eleven games

808
00:44:29,000 --> 00:44:32,119
this year. He has some experience. Now, he's still young,

809
00:44:32,199 --> 00:44:35,679
he's still vulnerable to making mistakes. I think Ohio State's

810
00:44:35,679 --> 00:44:38,039
going to take advantage of that in this game. Think

811
00:44:38,079 --> 00:44:40,679
Ohio State's gonna really want to just try to out

812
00:44:40,719 --> 00:44:44,400
physical Michigan. And hey, they don't, guess what if Jeremiah

813
00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:46,360
Smith theyre back, Guess what? Just chuck it up to them,

814
00:44:46,440 --> 00:44:49,280
Julian saying, you've been accurate all season, why not do

815
00:44:49,360 --> 00:44:52,639
it again for the twelfth time this year. So yeah,

816
00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:55,840
I mean, I know it's tough to say, and you

817
00:44:55,840 --> 00:44:57,599
know you used to be like, oh, throw the records

818
00:44:57,599 --> 00:45:00,559
out out the book. It's a rivalry game, not matter

819
00:45:00,639 --> 00:45:05,599
what happens. It for those who had a mine before

820
00:45:05,599 --> 00:45:08,239
twenty twenty, which most Michigan fans haven't. Because they've won

821
00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:10,960
the last four, Ohio States still dominates this series in

822
00:45:11,000 --> 00:45:16,360
the two thousands. Just keep that in mind. Yeah, I

823
00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:19,599
truly think Ohio State's gonna win. And I will eat

824
00:45:19,639 --> 00:45:23,679
my own words if they don't. I will, I will,

825
00:45:23,719 --> 00:45:25,239
I will come on that show. I will be like,

826
00:45:25,239 --> 00:45:28,039
first thing, I'll be like, sorry, guys, I was wrong.

827
00:45:28,360 --> 00:45:30,880
I should have went with history and how it's been

828
00:45:30,920 --> 00:45:34,360
trending the last four years or however many games they've played.

829
00:45:34,679 --> 00:45:36,679
They've won every game in the twenty twenties. I should

830
00:45:36,679 --> 00:45:38,920
have suspected, you know, they who still would continue to

831
00:45:38,960 --> 00:45:43,079
do that. But for now, I think Ohio State's gonna

832
00:45:43,079 --> 00:45:46,519
win the game. I think they covered the spread, but

833
00:45:46,880 --> 00:45:49,280
who knows. Maybe I eat my own words. It wouldn't

834
00:45:49,280 --> 00:45:55,320
be the first time, right, Uh, excuse me. We're going

835
00:45:55,440 --> 00:45:59,320
in Washington, play at three thirty. Think Washington. If they

836
00:45:59,320 --> 00:46:01,800
have Boston Coleman back, I think they could poison threat

837
00:46:01,840 --> 00:46:04,760
to this Oregon team. I think with having Roebuck and

838
00:46:04,880 --> 00:46:07,639
Williams on the outside, the Grov's been able to be

839
00:46:07,639 --> 00:46:10,960
a guy that's stepped up in some games. I think

840
00:46:11,000 --> 00:46:13,519
they could really, you know, poise a threat to this

841
00:46:13,559 --> 00:46:16,599
Oregon team. Now, if they don't protect on the offensive line,

842
00:46:17,440 --> 00:46:19,360
Demond Williams is running for his life. I think it

843
00:46:19,440 --> 00:46:20,960
changes a little bit. But if you can give Demon

844
00:46:21,039 --> 00:46:23,320
Williams just a little bit of time to make a decision,

845
00:46:24,159 --> 00:46:28,599
it could be tough for Oregon. Oh As for Oregon. Look,

846
00:46:29,599 --> 00:46:31,280
I think you're gonna be able to run it against

847
00:46:31,280 --> 00:46:33,800
this Washington team. Teams have been able to do it

848
00:46:33,840 --> 00:46:37,679
this season. Teams have been able to out physical Washington

849
00:46:38,280 --> 00:46:40,440
and take them out of games. I think that could

850
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:45,239
happen here. Six and a half point favorites over under

851
00:46:45,280 --> 00:46:48,960
a fifty one and a half. I don't know if

852
00:46:48,960 --> 00:46:51,199
Coleman and washedon, If Coleman and Boston are back, give

853
00:46:51,239 --> 00:46:54,199
me Oregon, give me organ By like two scores. But

854
00:46:55,280 --> 00:46:58,199
if not, I think this could be a one score game.

855
00:46:58,280 --> 00:47:01,519
And look, a game at Huskies Stadium is not easy.

856
00:47:01,639 --> 00:47:03,480
I don't care how close so you live there. You

857
00:47:03,480 --> 00:47:06,320
could live by, your school could be five minutes down

858
00:47:06,360 --> 00:47:09,840
the street. Washington fans are gonna show up. They're gonna

859
00:47:09,840 --> 00:47:13,719
show up and be proud and be rowdy and be able.

860
00:47:14,639 --> 00:47:18,079
Let's get behind this team. It's senior day and they're

861
00:47:18,079 --> 00:47:23,840
looking to play. Oregon's gonna come away with the win.

862
00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:28,920
I like, I do see a side where Washington does

863
00:47:28,960 --> 00:47:32,599
win this game. How likely is that side to be,

864
00:47:33,239 --> 00:47:39,280
you know, translating into a win for them? Not like

865
00:47:40,079 --> 00:47:43,840
not likely in my opinion, But I mean that's why

866
00:47:43,840 --> 00:47:46,320
the games are played. Give me a Oregon in that game,

867
00:47:46,519 --> 00:47:52,119
Oh Wisconsin, Minnesota. Minnesota is favored by one and a half.

868
00:47:54,639 --> 00:47:58,199
This should be a fun one over under a thirty

869
00:47:58,280 --> 00:48:02,920
seven and a half. I don't even know, Like, how

870
00:48:02,920 --> 00:48:05,320
do you how do you even break down this game.

871
00:48:06,039 --> 00:48:08,519
It's gonna be fun. It's gonna be good old Big

872
00:48:08,559 --> 00:48:12,960
ten West football. It's a rivalry game. If Minnesota could

873
00:48:12,960 --> 00:48:14,960
do in the past game what they did versus Northwestern,

874
00:48:15,000 --> 00:48:17,880
Wisconsin's not gonna keep up with that offense. If Minnesota,

875
00:48:17,920 --> 00:48:20,400
I think the I think the goal for Minnesota is

876
00:48:20,440 --> 00:48:22,840
if you get to twenty four points, you'll beat Wisconsin.

877
00:48:23,280 --> 00:48:25,360
So just get to twenty four points. Their defense hasn't

878
00:48:25,400 --> 00:48:29,239
been bad on the season by any means. Yeah, I mean,

879
00:48:29,880 --> 00:48:32,079
I don't know. Minnesota has been so bad on special

880
00:48:32,119 --> 00:48:36,639
teams this year between last game the game Versaioha the game, Yeah,

881
00:48:36,679 --> 00:48:40,519
they just haven't been great. Yeah, Gibb, you know what,

882
00:48:40,639 --> 00:48:42,159
for Minnesota, if you want to win this game, gets

883
00:48:42,159 --> 00:48:45,000
to twenty four points, make some field goals, don't mess

884
00:48:45,079 --> 00:48:49,360
up special teams that much, and you'll win. You'll be Wisconsin. Hey,

885
00:48:49,360 --> 00:48:53,000
Wisconsin only won because of the special teams miss cues

886
00:48:53,079 --> 00:48:57,599
versus Washington and versus Illinois. So just win. Just just

887
00:48:57,760 --> 00:48:59,440
be clean on special teams. That's all you have to

888
00:48:59,480 --> 00:49:01,880
do to beat West. They're not gonna drive the field

889
00:49:02,000 --> 00:49:04,960
on you, and if they do well, then you got

890
00:49:05,000 --> 00:49:08,920
problems with your defense. All right. I feel like that

891
00:49:09,039 --> 00:49:13,679
was an easy, easy breakdown right there. Penn State Rutgers,

892
00:49:14,119 --> 00:49:18,440
the battle of the eligibility. Penn State's for everybody, twelve

893
00:49:18,440 --> 00:49:20,039
and a half over under a fifty. I don't think

894
00:49:20,079 --> 00:49:22,400
it reaches the over just because of Penn State's offense,

895
00:49:22,440 --> 00:49:24,199
but who knows, maybe k Tron Allen goes for like

896
00:49:24,199 --> 00:49:28,519
three hundred yards. Yeah, because like Gruckabayer has been great

897
00:49:28,559 --> 00:49:30,079
through the air, and I don't think they're gonna try

898
00:49:30,119 --> 00:49:32,239
and throw it a round on this Rutgers team. Rutgers

899
00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:35,559
hasn't been great defensively, but Kaylake, Manison, Raymond, you know,

900
00:49:35,599 --> 00:49:38,000
and teams that haven't been Oregon in Ohio State, they've

901
00:49:38,000 --> 00:49:41,719
been able to move the ball against oh I don't know.

902
00:49:42,920 --> 00:49:46,760
I like if Rutgers just completely gets whipped up front

903
00:49:46,840 --> 00:49:49,119
by this Penn State DEFENSEI lied, they don't have a chance,

904
00:49:50,119 --> 00:49:54,000
like they don't. It's just is that going to happen

905
00:49:54,039 --> 00:49:57,159
for Penn State is the question that everyone's going to ask.

906
00:49:58,199 --> 00:50:00,239
I think so. I think this team does want get

907
00:50:00,239 --> 00:50:03,039
to a bowl game, especially being three and six, being

908
00:50:03,119 --> 00:50:05,159
able to win the last three games of the season.

909
00:50:05,480 --> 00:50:08,039
It could really prove something to the players coming back

910
00:50:08,079 --> 00:50:10,760
next year and the recruits that they're still trying to

911
00:50:10,760 --> 00:50:13,480
buy into this program. Obviously, James Franklin takes a job

912
00:50:13,519 --> 00:50:17,960
at Virginia Tech. Wish we did. We didn't even mention

913
00:50:18,039 --> 00:50:20,559
that until fifty minutes in. Look at us not caring

914
00:50:20,559 --> 00:50:25,800
about what goes on elsewhere because we're big ten only. Yeah,

915
00:50:25,960 --> 00:50:31,159
I mean, I don't know this game like I just

916
00:50:31,199 --> 00:50:34,639
think Penn State takes takes control of it. Honestly. I

917
00:50:34,719 --> 00:50:36,519
think they whip them up front. I think the under

918
00:50:36,599 --> 00:50:40,360
hits and yeah, they're they're Bowl eligible. Rutgers is not,

919
00:50:40,800 --> 00:50:46,039
unfortunately for these Scarlet Knights and Piscataway, New Jersey. Oh.

920
00:50:46,199 --> 00:50:51,880
Maryland versus Michigan State. Score over twenty four points Maryland

921
00:50:51,960 --> 00:50:55,360
and you'll win MSUs a three and a half point favorite.

922
00:50:55,440 --> 00:50:59,559
What would take the Maryland money line? They're gonna win

923
00:50:59,599 --> 00:51:01,679
this game? Actually, I don't know. It's Maryland in November.

924
00:51:03,239 --> 00:51:06,679
This is just a terrible football game. Forty nine and

925
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:12,599
a half over under. I don't know, because Maryland still

926
00:51:12,599 --> 00:51:15,960
bought in. Not really, Michigan State still bought in kinda.

927
00:51:16,920 --> 00:51:21,280
They tried. They still don't win, but they try. I

928
00:51:22,840 --> 00:51:26,480
don't know. The tickets as low as zero dollars people.

929
00:51:26,880 --> 00:51:29,760
I actually did see something that people that did buy

930
00:51:29,800 --> 00:51:32,199
tickets got it like an extra two tickets to bring

931
00:51:32,199 --> 00:51:35,679
like friends and family because they weren't selling enough tickets.

932
00:51:35,719 --> 00:51:37,719
I don't know if it was the legitimate source, so

933
00:51:37,760 --> 00:51:42,360
don't I don't completely take that as factual information. But

934
00:51:43,599 --> 00:51:45,840
I don't know, dude, no one wants to watch this game.

935
00:51:46,000 --> 00:51:49,199
I'm a Michigan State fan, and I would rather I

936
00:51:49,519 --> 00:51:52,840
hope Michigan State plays basketball on Saturday because I don't

937
00:51:52,840 --> 00:51:58,239
want to watch that. That's so mean, but it's so true.

938
00:51:58,920 --> 00:52:03,199
That's so true. It's been a long season I have luckily,

939
00:52:03,519 --> 00:52:05,400
you know, a lot of other teams in the Big

940
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:07,880
Ten and even across the country I enjoy watching have

941
00:52:07,960 --> 00:52:10,920
brought me a lot of joy. Not this football program.

942
00:52:11,119 --> 00:52:15,000
Not one bit they did in September, I guess, but

943
00:52:15,159 --> 00:52:18,320
you know it was versus Western Michigan Youngstown State and

944
00:52:18,679 --> 00:52:21,199
an exciting win versus Boston College. You know, the worst

945
00:52:21,199 --> 00:52:23,519
team in the a c C. Woo hoo. I guess

946
00:52:23,559 --> 00:52:26,079
the Big Ten is better than the ACC because the

947
00:52:26,079 --> 00:52:27,760
worst team of the Big Ten beat the worst team

948
00:52:27,760 --> 00:52:30,440
in the a c C. So yeah, that's that's how

949
00:52:30,480 --> 00:52:33,559
that works. I think State could be Mississippi State too.

950
00:52:34,400 --> 00:52:37,480
I don't know USC, U c l A U c

951
00:52:37,679 --> 00:52:40,159
L A is dead. They're dead in US. He is

952
00:52:40,159 --> 00:52:42,599
favored by twenty one and a half points. Nico's not

953
00:52:42,639 --> 00:52:46,679
playing great anymore. USC's gonna whip them up front. They're

954
00:52:46,800 --> 00:52:50,239
for to score fifty Alekaia Lemon's gonna have like a

955
00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:53,119
two hundred yard game. Yeah that's all you need to

956
00:52:53,119 --> 00:52:57,559
know about that game. And then Northwestern Illinois seven and

957
00:52:57,559 --> 00:53:00,480
a half point favorites the fighting line. I are for

958
00:53:00,519 --> 00:53:02,559
every seven and a half over under look. If Preston

959
00:53:02,599 --> 00:53:04,960
Stone plays the way he did versus Minnesota, this game

960
00:53:04,960 --> 00:53:09,679
could be interesting. Kamalafe's really started recognizable for this Northwestern offense.

961
00:53:10,119 --> 00:53:12,199
For Illinois, they still haven't been able to run the ball,

962
00:53:12,559 --> 00:53:15,519
and Minnesota can do it against Northwestern. What what makes

963
00:53:15,519 --> 00:53:17,519
me to play? I think Minnesota has a better running

964
00:53:17,519 --> 00:53:20,280
back than Illinois, and maybe not on the lines of scrimmage.

965
00:53:20,320 --> 00:53:24,559
But if Luke Altmeyer is able to check it around

966
00:53:24,559 --> 00:53:26,320
through the air, he's kind of struggled to do that

967
00:53:26,360 --> 00:53:28,639
in these last couple of games. If he can get

968
00:53:28,679 --> 00:53:32,280
going and connecting with Hank Beatty and uh oh, what's

969
00:53:32,320 --> 00:53:37,679
the other receiver's name, I'm blanking guys. I'm blanking Colin

970
00:53:37,719 --> 00:53:43,440
Dixon's another guy that's really good and Clement as well. Like,

971
00:53:43,519 --> 00:53:45,679
if they could get the ball moving around through the air,

972
00:53:45,719 --> 00:53:48,559
I think they'll take your business versus Northwestern. And you know,

973
00:53:49,599 --> 00:53:52,480
to be quite honest, I think this Illinois defense is

974
00:53:52,519 --> 00:53:57,360
still pretty good. Like Wisconsin really didn't do anything special

975
00:53:58,039 --> 00:54:01,280
in terms of doing any thing against this Illinois defense.

976
00:54:01,280 --> 00:54:02,880
They got a lot of short fields and we're able

977
00:54:02,880 --> 00:54:06,320
to take advantage. Can Northwestern do in the same I

978
00:54:06,360 --> 00:54:09,239
don't think so, But you know, then again, Illinois has

979
00:54:09,280 --> 00:54:14,079
not looked great down the stretch here. Yeah, I mean,

980
00:54:14,239 --> 00:54:17,599
like Maryland, they looked very sluggish against Wisconsin. They lost,

981
00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:22,679
got housed by Washington. Look particularly amazing Verus Rutgers. Like,

982
00:54:22,719 --> 00:54:28,000
there's a path for Northwestern to do special things and

983
00:54:28,400 --> 00:54:31,159
if they're able to do it, that's that would be great,

984
00:54:31,480 --> 00:54:36,840
great entertainment I like watching Northwestern be successful, and you know,

985
00:54:36,920 --> 00:54:40,559
there's a chance games not at Wrigley. Unfortunately, for the

986
00:54:40,599 --> 00:54:42,800
third week in the row, they will be going to Champagne.

987
00:54:42,840 --> 00:54:46,400
But you know, before we get out of here, look

988
00:54:46,400 --> 00:54:49,199
at the ap POL just briefly talk about the big

989
00:54:49,199 --> 00:54:52,639
ten teams. Indiana and Ohio State are at one and two,

990
00:54:53,119 --> 00:54:57,159
Oregons at five going over Ole Miss and Texas Tech.

991
00:54:57,239 --> 00:54:59,679
Notre Dame at nine, we don't talk about that team,

992
00:55:00,239 --> 00:55:04,079
although they did beat the ever living crap out of Syracuse.

993
00:55:04,119 --> 00:55:07,000
My goodness, they had twenty one points before even the

994
00:55:07,039 --> 00:55:11,639
offense got a single yard of offense. Just wild Michigan's

995
00:55:11,639 --> 00:55:16,719
at fifteen, USC nineteen after the loss. No other big

996
00:55:16,760 --> 00:55:20,480
ten teams ranked other receiving votes. Washington at sixteen, Iowa

997
00:55:20,599 --> 00:55:25,079
had ten, Illinois still had a vote. Who in their

998
00:55:25,880 --> 00:55:29,360
you lose to Wisconsin and ies Washington did too, But

999
00:55:29,960 --> 00:55:32,639
Washington actually showed that they're capable of being a good

1000
00:55:32,639 --> 00:55:37,239
football team again. Yeah, okay, alright, this is I've had

1001
00:55:37,320 --> 00:55:40,079
enough of the people. College football rankings do come out

1002
00:55:40,400 --> 00:55:43,679
on Tuesday at I want to say, hopefully it's seven o'clock.

1003
00:55:44,000 --> 00:55:48,239
I don't think there's any college basketball games on ESPN.

1004
00:55:48,320 --> 00:55:52,519
There might be obviously there's is there maction this week?

1005
00:55:52,679 --> 00:55:54,679
I saw I saw actually a lot of Mac teams

1006
00:55:54,679 --> 00:55:57,000
are playing on Friday too, So who knows been any

1007
00:55:57,039 --> 00:55:59,119
who that's gonna do it here for the Big ten Paradigm.

1008
00:55:59,159 --> 00:56:01,360
Thank you for teat into the College grit Aroon Coast

1009
00:56:01,360 --> 00:56:03,800
to Coast Network, and make sure you listen to all

1010
00:56:03,840 --> 00:56:05,679
the other shows. You know, I get off my Pilon

1011
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:09,159
with Matt Zemeck talking about West Coast football, All Sports

1012
00:56:09,239 --> 00:56:13,880
Daily with the ACC Pig Skins and Burnt Ends with Indycard,

1013
00:56:13,960 --> 00:56:19,320
Tim Yards and Stripes with Steve Carney talking about Service Academy,

1014
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:22,760
Jason Powers were for Football Insiders and the rest of

1015
00:56:22,800 --> 00:56:25,920
the College grid Iron Coast to Coast Network shows. But

1016
00:56:26,039 --> 00:56:28,119
for now, my name is Zoe Drew saying so long.

1017
00:56:28,400 --> 00:56:31,719
I enjoyed this last week of the regular season of

1018
00:56:31,800 --> 00:56:35,800
twenty twenty five College of Football. Catch you next week.