1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,599 Speaker 1: Checking out college football on the West Coast. This is 2 00:00:05,639 --> 00:00:08,640 Get Off My Pylon, a look at the Pac twelve 3 00:00:08,800 --> 00:00:12,160 and more, part of the College Gridiron Coast to Coast 4 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:15,960 podcast network. Here's your host, Matt zemon. 5 00:00:17,359 --> 00:00:19,239 Speaker 2: Welcome to the latest edition of the Get Off My 6 00:00:19,320 --> 00:00:22,440 Pilon college football podcast. 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You know, 22 00:01:28,879 --> 00:01:32,439 not a huge Week four, and this is gonna be 23 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:34,640 a little bit more about the preview of Week five. 24 00:01:36,040 --> 00:01:39,439 So let's uh, let's go through Week four. The main 25 00:01:39,599 --> 00:01:45,359 story looking back at Week four, Utah hosting Texas Tech 26 00:01:45,359 --> 00:01:47,560 and a Fox Big Noon Saturday game that was one 27 00:01:47,560 --> 00:01:51,799 of the more significant games of the day for Western 28 00:01:52,079 --> 00:01:55,560 college football teams in Utah comes up short and really, 29 00:01:57,079 --> 00:01:59,640 you know, some people will say that Texas techs and 30 00:01:59,719 --> 00:02:02,920 i O investments are now paying off, and that's kind 31 00:02:02,959 --> 00:02:04,640 of the big story of the game, and that is 32 00:02:05,040 --> 00:02:08,280 certainly a big story. Texas Tech definitely a player in 33 00:02:08,319 --> 00:02:11,479 the Big twelve. But to focus on Utah, you know, 34 00:02:11,520 --> 00:02:14,840 we don't really focus too much on Texas Tech. That's 35 00:02:15,360 --> 00:02:18,120 you know, kind of a Southwestern program more than a 36 00:02:18,159 --> 00:02:20,800 Western program. So we really don't consider that part of 37 00:02:20,840 --> 00:02:24,439 our natural coverage umbrella here at get off my pylon 38 00:02:26,000 --> 00:02:30,439 in focusing on Utah, which we regularly do focus on. 39 00:02:31,520 --> 00:02:34,080 We regularly do cover you know, we covered Utah in 40 00:02:34,120 --> 00:02:36,639 the Pac twelve, so then we shifted over to the 41 00:02:36,639 --> 00:02:39,639 Big twelve. We're staying in touch with the youths. Big 42 00:02:39,680 --> 00:02:42,360 story from Utah's vantage point is that after the game, 43 00:02:42,719 --> 00:02:48,479 coach Kyle Winningham said quarterback Devin Dampier really didn't feel 44 00:02:48,520 --> 00:02:52,560 all that great, was a little banged up, not entirely healthy. 45 00:02:52,800 --> 00:02:55,560 They felt they had to go with him. They were 46 00:02:55,599 --> 00:02:59,280 kind of caught in an in between position. You know, 47 00:02:59,319 --> 00:03:02,280 a lot of Utah fans will pretty reasonably say, you know, 48 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:04,520 if he was that banged up, why did you play them? 49 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,319 And why don't you have a backup? And this is 50 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:10,680 this is this has been a persistent issue for Utah 51 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,400 the past few years, you know, with Cam Rising being 52 00:03:13,479 --> 00:03:17,319 hurt and the backups not being ready or able to play, 53 00:03:18,039 --> 00:03:23,120 and you know, the health status of Utah's quarterbacks being 54 00:03:23,159 --> 00:03:27,240 a point of uncertainty, the program not being very clear 55 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:31,080 about what it wants to do or about the actual 56 00:03:31,159 --> 00:03:35,120 status playing status of its quarterbacks. This has been a 57 00:03:35,199 --> 00:03:39,199 thing for three years, and so the frustration for Utah 58 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:42,520 fans goes far beyond just losing the game to Texas Takets. 59 00:03:42,919 --> 00:03:47,879 You know, how come the the information surrounding the health 60 00:03:47,879 --> 00:03:50,759 of our quarterbacks is so hard to get out? How 61 00:03:50,759 --> 00:03:55,120 come it's so hard to get clear, honest, transparent information, 62 00:03:55,479 --> 00:04:01,159 and and why don't we have a QB two who 63 00:04:01,280 --> 00:04:04,000 can do a serviceable job. Now, I know that in 64 00:04:04,039 --> 00:04:06,919 the nil and transfer portal era, you have players who 65 00:04:07,680 --> 00:04:10,080 want to be QB one. They want to get their snaps, 66 00:04:10,120 --> 00:04:12,919 they want to get their reps, they want to build film. 67 00:04:13,000 --> 00:04:17,560 But you know, there is certainly a place for a 68 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:21,879 backup quarterback on a roster, and one would think that 69 00:04:21,920 --> 00:04:25,360 the NIL compensation, while not at the level of a 70 00:04:25,439 --> 00:04:30,279 QB one, can still be reasonably good for a QB two, 71 00:04:30,439 --> 00:04:32,399 you know, to be our guy in waiting to be 72 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:36,319 our plan B if our QB one gets hurt. You 73 00:04:36,319 --> 00:04:38,360 would think that, you know, if you're trying to play 74 00:04:38,399 --> 00:04:42,680 ball at the top level of the Football Bowl Subdivision 75 00:04:42,720 --> 00:04:47,720 the FBS, and you're competing for conference championships and College 76 00:04:47,720 --> 00:04:51,120 Football Playoff berths, which you know that was certainly the 77 00:04:51,199 --> 00:04:55,040 expectation for Utah. I'm not saying Utah was the Big 78 00:04:55,079 --> 00:04:57,839 twelve favorite or should have been, but like Utah was 79 00:04:57,920 --> 00:05:00,600 in the mix in this game with Texas, Tech was 80 00:05:00,639 --> 00:05:02,560 one of the first Big dominoes to follow in the 81 00:05:02,560 --> 00:05:06,800 Big Twelve title chase. So you're certainly in the conversation 82 00:05:07,319 --> 00:05:11,040 not having a good enough QB two that you can 83 00:05:11,079 --> 00:05:15,759 put in there instead of an injured Devin Dampier. You know, 84 00:05:16,000 --> 00:05:21,519 this has bitten Kyle Whittingham in the backside for three seasons. 85 00:05:21,839 --> 00:05:25,639 You know, Cam Rising good enough, healthy enough to win 86 00:05:25,759 --> 00:05:29,319 the Pac twelve Championship in twenty twenty one, in twenty 87 00:05:29,399 --> 00:05:33,519 twenty two, but then he gets hurt in twenty twenty 88 00:05:33,519 --> 00:05:37,120 three and twenty twenty four, hijacking those seasons because Utah 89 00:05:37,199 --> 00:05:41,839 didn't have a good enough a secondary option. So the 90 00:05:41,959 --> 00:05:46,279 roster construction and the quarterback plan not having something ready 91 00:05:46,319 --> 00:05:49,920 to go when the QB one gets hurt, that is 92 00:05:49,959 --> 00:05:54,160 a rough go for Utah and Kyle Whittingham. And so 93 00:05:54,839 --> 00:05:56,920 you have to wonder if Kyle Wadingham was just thinking 94 00:05:56,920 --> 00:05:59,879 to himself inwardly, do I just want to keep going 95 00:06:00,079 --> 00:06:04,439 through this same groundhog day of quarterback injuries and not 96 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:07,399 having a good enough backup? I mean this, this, this 97 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:12,720 boomerang just keeps circling around and hitting Utah in the 98 00:06:12,759 --> 00:06:16,399 back of the head, and it's costing the Utes dearly. 99 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:19,240 What they built in twenty twenty one in twenty twenty 100 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:21,959 two not being sustained and has to be a very 101 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:26,720 sore spot for everyone in Salt Lake City. We'll just 102 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,120 stay in the Big Twelve and the Western programs there, 103 00:06:30,120 --> 00:06:33,399 the four corner schools. Colorado beats Wyoming, not a whole 104 00:06:33,439 --> 00:06:37,319 lot to say there. Wyoming is not very good. And 105 00:06:38,240 --> 00:06:41,959 Arizona State skates by Baylor, wins it on a field 106 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:43,839 goal at the very end of the game. I mean, 107 00:06:43,879 --> 00:06:46,160 it's a road win in the conference. But Arizona State 108 00:06:46,199 --> 00:06:50,759 does not look particularly impressive. Sam Levitt, the quarterback doesn't 109 00:06:50,759 --> 00:06:54,959 look especially great. You know, without Kim Skataboo, it's a 110 00:06:55,160 --> 00:06:58,519 it's a diminished offense. And that was the great fear 111 00:06:59,199 --> 00:07:02,680 going into this season. That is the reality right now. 112 00:07:03,079 --> 00:07:07,160 Now it is early in the season. There is certainly 113 00:07:07,199 --> 00:07:10,480 a chance that Arizona State can evolve, but right now, 114 00:07:10,600 --> 00:07:13,120 you know, through week four, it really seems as though 115 00:07:13,160 --> 00:07:17,120 Arizona State is a lot less than what was expected 116 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,560 by many. You know, Arizona State ranked number eleven in 117 00:07:20,680 --> 00:07:24,319 each of the two preseason polls. Arizona State was ranked 118 00:07:24,399 --> 00:07:27,920 well ahead of anyone else in the Big Twelve, and 119 00:07:28,399 --> 00:07:34,600 notably the team ranked after Arizona State. The next Big 120 00:07:34,600 --> 00:07:37,639 Twelve team ranked after Arizona State in the preseason polls 121 00:07:37,839 --> 00:07:40,519 was Kansas State and Kansas State is cratered, so that 122 00:07:40,560 --> 00:07:42,439 tells you that no one really had their finger on 123 00:07:42,480 --> 00:07:46,800 the pulse of the Big Twelve. Arizona State had a 124 00:07:46,879 --> 00:07:51,639 large margin compared to Kansas State, the team basically picked 125 00:07:51,639 --> 00:07:55,399 to be second in the conference. But Arizona State's not 126 00:07:55,439 --> 00:07:58,519 playing at a top twenty five level, not even close, 127 00:07:58,600 --> 00:08:01,560 and that could change, but right now it doesn't really 128 00:08:01,560 --> 00:08:05,000 seem like it. And Texas Tech beating Utah Texas Tech 129 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,879 makes the first really big statement in the Big Twelve 130 00:08:07,879 --> 00:08:11,480 Conference this season. We thought that Iowa State beating Kansas 131 00:08:11,480 --> 00:08:13,959 State in Dublin in August might be the first statement, 132 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:17,439 but seeing how bad Kansas State is that makes the 133 00:08:17,439 --> 00:08:21,519 Iowa State win look a lot more diminished. So Texas 134 00:08:21,560 --> 00:08:25,480 Tech probably the inside choice, the inside team with the 135 00:08:25,519 --> 00:08:29,519 inside track in the Big twelve conference. While we're talking 136 00:08:29,519 --> 00:08:31,439 about the Big Twelve, a reminder that you want to 137 00:08:31,480 --> 00:08:34,519 follow our friend TJ. Reeves for his three hour Big 138 00:08:34,559 --> 00:08:38,559 twelve preview show Saturday mornings before all the game starts. 139 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:43,759 That is going to be a weekly Saturday morning resource 140 00:08:44,919 --> 00:08:47,879 for any Big Twelve fans, for any college football fans. 141 00:08:48,200 --> 00:08:51,639 Big Twelve Preview Show from TJ. Reeves that's not an 142 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:56,240 official college gridiron broadcast, but nevertheless it's a broadcast that 143 00:08:56,279 --> 00:09:02,720 we're happy to promote here on our show. Arizona you know, 144 00:09:02,919 --> 00:09:08,000 under under Brent Brennan. Moving along, you know, it's gonna 145 00:09:08,039 --> 00:09:10,480 be interesting to see how Arizona follows up to Kansas 146 00:09:10,480 --> 00:09:15,360 State win a couple of weeks ago with with you know, 147 00:09:15,399 --> 00:09:18,399 the next act. But as we've just said, that Kansas 148 00:09:18,399 --> 00:09:24,519 State has cratered Arizona beating Kansas State by a not 149 00:09:25,039 --> 00:09:27,679 very large margin. That's something we talked about last week. 150 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:30,559 What does that mean for the Wildcats going forward? That's 151 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:34,200 gonna be an interesting question. So that's the Big twelve 152 00:09:34,279 --> 00:09:38,080 part of Get Off My Pilon. Let's briefly touch on 153 00:09:38,120 --> 00:09:42,679 the Mountain West. Boise State wins a shootout over air Force. 154 00:09:43,360 --> 00:09:47,039 Boise State and air Force not a lot of defense 155 00:09:47,080 --> 00:09:50,440 in that game. Forty nine thirty seven for Boise State. 156 00:09:50,519 --> 00:09:53,639 Maddox Madson for Boise State throws for two hundred and 157 00:09:53,639 --> 00:09:56,600 seventy six yards. I mean, are you happy that Boise 158 00:09:56,639 --> 00:10:00,679 State's offense did well or are you a concerned that 159 00:10:00,759 --> 00:10:05,559 Boise State allowed thirty seven to Air Force. We'll see 160 00:10:05,559 --> 00:10:08,799 if that becomes the kind of game. Boise State plays 161 00:10:08,840 --> 00:10:12,879 on a regular basis this season. Elsewhere in the Mountain West, UNLV, 162 00:10:13,080 --> 00:10:16,240 the other team which alongside Boise State received a lot 163 00:10:16,279 --> 00:10:21,399 of preseason publicity, not very convincing. Once again, UNLV trailed 164 00:10:21,440 --> 00:10:25,200 Miami of Ohio for most of this game. Now, the 165 00:10:25,799 --> 00:10:29,960 Rebels did scramble late. They were down thirty eight to 166 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:34,759 twenty four. They scramble late and rally to win forty 167 00:10:34,799 --> 00:10:37,679 one thirty eight. So it's a win, and that's good. 168 00:10:38,039 --> 00:10:41,080 Wins in September when you're not playing at your best, 169 00:10:41,240 --> 00:10:44,159 like they can really matter later in the season. They 170 00:10:44,159 --> 00:10:47,960 can often become moments that, you know, when a coach, 171 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,080 a coaching staff, and a team look back on the 172 00:10:51,120 --> 00:10:53,519 full body of work, they can point back to late 173 00:10:53,559 --> 00:10:55,960 September and say, hey, that was a turning point. We 174 00:10:56,039 --> 00:11:01,399 survived a bad defensive performance and we learned how to win, 175 00:11:01,519 --> 00:11:04,440 and we grew a backbone and we got better. Maybe 176 00:11:04,480 --> 00:11:08,240 this will be a catalyst for UNLV, But really for 177 00:11:08,639 --> 00:11:13,240 the Run and Rebels, not a very good September. They 178 00:11:13,360 --> 00:11:17,799 beat UCLA by seven. Ucla is horrible. Beating UCLA by 179 00:11:17,879 --> 00:11:20,759 only seven, that doesn't look very good. Now, you know, 180 00:11:20,919 --> 00:11:24,440 UCLA lost to New Mexico by twenty five points, so 181 00:11:25,559 --> 00:11:28,879 that makes UNOV look a lot worse. UNLV struggled with 182 00:11:29,000 --> 00:11:32,639 Idaho State of the FCS in Week one, and we 183 00:11:32,759 --> 00:11:35,960 haven't really seen UNOV under first year coach Dan Mullen. 184 00:11:36,200 --> 00:11:40,159 We have not seen this team get consistently better. It 185 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:47,440 did improve from the Idaho State game in late August 186 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,440 to the UCLA game a few weeks later, but this 187 00:11:51,559 --> 00:11:58,000 game against Miami of Ohio no continued improvement. UNOV continues 188 00:11:58,039 --> 00:12:02,840 to be a sis on defense and there were mistakes 189 00:12:02,879 --> 00:12:07,720 on offense as well. UNLV still searching for really its 190 00:12:07,759 --> 00:12:12,159 first complete performance of the season. It played twenty really 191 00:12:12,200 --> 00:12:15,200 good minutes at the start of the UCLA game, but 192 00:12:15,240 --> 00:12:18,039 then allowed the Bruins to come back in. So you 193 00:12:18,120 --> 00:12:21,480 and LV struggling to put together a full sixty minutes 194 00:12:21,519 --> 00:12:23,759 of football. So at the top of the Mountain West, 195 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:25,720 or at least the teams expected to be good in 196 00:12:25,759 --> 00:12:29,159 the Mountain West, we're not seeing it. We're not seeing 197 00:12:29,159 --> 00:12:33,200 Boise State UNLV playing at an elite level. And just 198 00:12:33,320 --> 00:12:35,919 you know, one of the points of conversation in the 199 00:12:35,919 --> 00:12:38,200 Mountain West is you know, what are the chances of 200 00:12:38,240 --> 00:12:42,000 getting the Group of Five championship and the College Football 201 00:12:42,000 --> 00:12:45,320 Playoff berth which it did last year with Boise State. 202 00:12:45,600 --> 00:12:48,240 What are the odds about doing it this year? Really? 203 00:12:48,279 --> 00:12:52,240 Really low? It certainly looks like the American with Navy 204 00:12:52,519 --> 00:13:01,200 South Florida and a few other contenders, that the American 205 00:13:01,320 --> 00:13:06,200 seems to have the inside track to the Group of 206 00:13:06,240 --> 00:13:09,519 five championship. The Mountain West has really dug itself a hole. 207 00:13:10,039 --> 00:13:15,360 Neither Boise State nor UNLV playing particularly well. One intriguing 208 00:13:15,440 --> 00:13:19,039 Mountain West story to round out our look at that conference, 209 00:13:19,440 --> 00:13:23,360 San Diego State. San Diego State blows out Cal thirty 210 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,879 four to nothing. We did talk about Cal last week. 211 00:13:26,720 --> 00:13:30,080 You know in Sagapolu tele at quarterback, he's a young, 212 00:13:30,799 --> 00:13:35,440 promising signal collar hype was beginning to build. Well, he 213 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:39,000 runs into a brick wall in San Diego thirty four 214 00:13:39,000 --> 00:13:42,039 to nothing loss for the Golden Bears. On the other hand, 215 00:13:42,080 --> 00:13:45,240 San Diego State, well pitching a shutout That kind of 216 00:13:45,240 --> 00:13:49,240 speaks for itself. So Sean Lewis, the head coach of 217 00:13:49,320 --> 00:13:53,960 the Aztecs, he's getting improvement out of his team. San 218 00:13:54,000 --> 00:13:59,000 Diego State whacked Washington State earlier this season, so San 219 00:13:59,039 --> 00:14:03,279 Diego State might be working its way back into the 220 00:14:03,320 --> 00:14:08,159 conversation in the Mountain West after this very surprising game. 221 00:14:08,200 --> 00:14:11,240 But is this more about San Diego State? Is it 222 00:14:11,360 --> 00:14:16,080 more about Cal? That That is certainly an interesting question. 223 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:22,399 You know, Cal under Justin Wilcox regularly serves up a 224 00:14:22,440 --> 00:14:27,559 big league clunker. Antonio Morales of The Athletic who cover 225 00:14:27,639 --> 00:14:31,399 he covers usc football, he also covers college football. He 226 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:36,360 laid out a tweet over the weekends noting that Cal 227 00:14:36,480 --> 00:14:40,600 has lost to a team with three or fewer wins, 228 00:14:41,480 --> 00:14:43,840 you know, for the whole season, a team that eventually 229 00:14:43,879 --> 00:14:47,440 finished the season with no more than three wins. Cow's 230 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:50,759 lost to one of those bottom run teams UH in 231 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:56,240 multiple seasons over the past a few years, so you know, 232 00:14:56,519 --> 00:15:01,600 Col's Cow's pensant for just stepping on a race and 233 00:15:01,720 --> 00:15:05,960 completely cratering in a game that it was expected to win. 234 00:15:06,080 --> 00:15:09,879 Cal was a solid favorite going into this game. It 235 00:15:10,120 --> 00:15:13,480 was like minus six hundred, maybe even six fifty on 236 00:15:13,519 --> 00:15:17,559 the money line. That means you're a really heavy favorite. 237 00:15:19,360 --> 00:15:21,840 Losing thirty four to nothing as a favorite, that that 238 00:15:22,039 --> 00:15:26,120 was pretty shocking from week four. So it'll be interesting 239 00:15:26,200 --> 00:15:29,799 to see was this more about Cal and Cal is 240 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,240 Cal about to you know, descend and plummet in the 241 00:15:33,279 --> 00:15:37,360 ACC schedule that's coming up. Or was this col having 242 00:15:37,399 --> 00:15:40,919 a one off bad night and was this a rare 243 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:43,519 good game for San Diego State? Or are the Aztecs 244 00:15:43,919 --> 00:15:45,639 here to stay and are they going to be a 245 00:15:45,639 --> 00:15:50,120 factor pushing UNLV and Boise State in the Mountain West. 246 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:55,000 That's gonna be interesting. Stanford, the other ACC program, gets 247 00:15:55,039 --> 00:15:58,840 wiped out by Virginia. Stanford non competitive in that game. 248 00:15:59,120 --> 00:16:02,159 It really makes that win over Boston College kind of 249 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:05,320 an eye opener. You know, how did Stanford beat Boston 250 00:16:05,320 --> 00:16:07,480 College thirty to twenty? If you know, it just got 251 00:16:07,720 --> 00:16:10,639 wiped off the map by Virginia and a coach Tony 252 00:16:10,639 --> 00:16:16,159 Elliott in Charlottesville who's on the hot seat. That it 253 00:16:16,519 --> 00:16:20,919 really is is a curious case, as a detective might say. 254 00:16:21,840 --> 00:16:25,159 So Stanford back down to Earth, back down to reality, 255 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:29,240 the Cardinal with an abysmal performance. They they live in, 256 00:16:29,440 --> 00:16:32,159 you know, certainly the bottom tier of college football. So 257 00:16:32,440 --> 00:16:35,879 the win over Boston College was not an indicator that 258 00:16:35,919 --> 00:16:39,120 Stanford was on its way back up. That seems to 259 00:16:39,159 --> 00:16:43,120 have been a one off, and that leads into the 260 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:46,080 big ten portion of Get Off My Pilot In our 261 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:52,720 Week four review, Boston College took Michigan State to overtime 262 00:16:53,120 --> 00:16:56,759 earlier this season. That game ended forty two forty for 263 00:16:56,879 --> 00:17:00,279 Michigan State, and that made me, as so one who 264 00:17:00,320 --> 00:17:03,759 blogs about USC football, That made me very confident that 265 00:17:03,879 --> 00:17:06,680 USC was going to put up a big number against 266 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:09,799 Michigan State. The Trophans were going to score plenty of points. 267 00:17:09,880 --> 00:17:13,920 That's exactly what they did. USC wins forty five thirty one. Now, 268 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,200 it was not an impressive team performance, it was a 269 00:17:17,240 --> 00:17:21,559 good offensive performance. Jaden Mayava continues to be a stud 270 00:17:21,640 --> 00:17:24,599 for USC. He's not turning the ball over. He gives 271 00:17:24,640 --> 00:17:30,119 Lincoln Riley the dual threat athleticism that Riley expects. USC 272 00:17:30,240 --> 00:17:34,200 struggled last year on offense, partly because Lincoln Riley didn't 273 00:17:34,200 --> 00:17:37,880 call plays really well, but mostly because Miller Moss was 274 00:17:37,960 --> 00:17:42,079 not that dynamic dual threat quarterback that is typical for 275 00:17:42,359 --> 00:17:46,799 Lincoln Riley. You know Kyler Murray, Jalen Hurts, Caleb Williams. 276 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:49,880 Those are the guys that Lincoln Riley knows how to 277 00:17:49,920 --> 00:17:52,920 work with. He knows how to maximize their skill sets. 278 00:17:53,319 --> 00:17:56,160 Lincoln Riley knows how to use their playmaking ability with 279 00:17:56,240 --> 00:18:00,519 their legs as well as their arm. And he's able to, 280 00:18:00,640 --> 00:18:04,119 you know, fake the run and use the pass. He's 281 00:18:04,119 --> 00:18:08,240 then able to use option pitches. He uses quarterback keepers, 282 00:18:08,279 --> 00:18:13,039 you know, read option concepts. You know. It's a big toolbox. 283 00:18:13,079 --> 00:18:16,359 It's a big playpen for Lincoln Riley when he has 284 00:18:16,359 --> 00:18:19,920 a quarterback who can fake the ball, manipulate the ball, 285 00:18:20,119 --> 00:18:23,240 use sleight of hand, get outside the pocket, do so 286 00:18:23,319 --> 00:18:28,400 many different things. Miller Moss is just a fact of 287 00:18:28,400 --> 00:18:31,599 the matter. He was a seventh step drop back, pro 288 00:18:31,759 --> 00:18:35,720 style quarterback, a much more limited skill set, a more 289 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:40,200 narrow box that he operated in. He did a few 290 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:43,440 things really well, but only a few things. He didn't 291 00:18:43,480 --> 00:18:47,160 give Lincoln Riley a lot of different options that we 292 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:53,160 are seeing and we are being reminded. That's why USC's 293 00:18:53,240 --> 00:18:56,839 offense struggled last year. That's why USC's offense is humming 294 00:18:56,920 --> 00:19:00,640 this year. We're back to having the complete, well rounded 295 00:19:00,720 --> 00:19:04,359 quarterback with a lot of different capabilities. That makes the 296 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:08,920 Lincoln Riley playbook and the Lincoln Riley scheme come alive. 297 00:19:09,119 --> 00:19:12,799 Michigan State was just pulled on a string all night long. 298 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,759 Lincoln Riley goes with an option to the outside and 299 00:19:16,799 --> 00:19:19,880 then hits him with the inside run up the a gap. 300 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,359 Lincoln Riley goes with a screen pass to the outside, 301 00:19:23,519 --> 00:19:27,359 then another thrust up the middle. Lincoln Riley throws the 302 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:30,759 ball down field, then he has Jaden Mayava keep the 303 00:19:30,759 --> 00:19:33,680 ball on a running play, and then defenses think that 304 00:19:33,799 --> 00:19:36,000 Jade Mihova is going to keep the ball. No, he 305 00:19:36,119 --> 00:19:39,880 fakes the run and he throws a little pop pass 306 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:42,799 to his tight end for an easy touchdown in the 307 00:19:42,839 --> 00:19:46,599 red zone. Like that is just Lincoln Riley manipulating the field. 308 00:19:46,960 --> 00:19:50,160 He stretches you out horizontally, did this all the time 309 00:19:50,200 --> 00:19:53,640 at Oklahoma. He makes defens's account for the full width 310 00:19:53,759 --> 00:19:57,680 of the field, all fifty three yards sidelined the sideline. 311 00:19:57,960 --> 00:20:01,319 And then once he stretches you, why Vinnie goes up 312 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:05,359 the middle. Defenses pinch inside up the middle. Once you 313 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:08,799 know that power running game is established, Lincoln goes back 314 00:20:08,839 --> 00:20:12,200 to the outside. He was just toying with Michigan State. 315 00:20:12,319 --> 00:20:14,559 But it all a lot of this goes back to 316 00:20:14,759 --> 00:20:17,519 just the fundamental difference between Jade and Mayava and normals, 317 00:20:18,039 --> 00:20:21,039 but it also there the other element of this is 318 00:20:21,039 --> 00:20:25,519 that you know when we talk about Stanford beating Boston College, 319 00:20:25,920 --> 00:20:29,680 scoring thirty against Boston College and that same Boston College 320 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:34,240 team basically tying Michigan State, Technically, you know there's no 321 00:20:34,240 --> 00:20:37,039 no ties in college football. Someone eventually has to win. 322 00:20:37,440 --> 00:20:40,920 But when Boston College scored forty on Michigan State and 323 00:20:41,079 --> 00:20:44,720 basically played the Spartans to a tie, that was an indicator. 324 00:20:45,039 --> 00:20:48,240 Michigan State's defense is in no shape to keep up 325 00:20:48,240 --> 00:20:52,240 with USC, and the Spartans did indeed get roasted. Now 326 00:20:52,319 --> 00:20:56,720 let's stick with USC for a bit. USC's still committing 327 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:01,039 tons of penalties on defense. The secondary is still a mess. 328 00:21:01,319 --> 00:21:04,319 There are multiple guys in that secondary who are banged up. 329 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:08,960 Danton lynn USC defensive coordinators playing Kamari Ramsey, one of 330 00:21:09,000 --> 00:21:12,640 his best defensive players, in the nickel position. A lot 331 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:15,880 of USC fans I talk about this on the USC 332 00:21:15,960 --> 00:21:19,279 shows that I do USC fans want Kamari Ramsey out 333 00:21:19,279 --> 00:21:23,519 of nickel, They want him back at safety. Danton Lynz 334 00:21:23,559 --> 00:21:27,400 making the calculation that with a short handed secondary room, 335 00:21:27,559 --> 00:21:31,880 he can't afford to have Kamari Ramsey at safety. He 336 00:21:31,960 --> 00:21:36,519 has to have him in the nickel position. So USC 337 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:40,920 not playing with all of its resources in the secondary. 338 00:21:40,960 --> 00:21:45,079 It's gonna be interesting to see how that problem gets 339 00:21:45,079 --> 00:21:48,559 addressed and will it continue to manifest itself or will 340 00:21:48,559 --> 00:21:53,079 it get fixed as the season goes along. UCLA had 341 00:21:53,119 --> 00:21:58,640 the week off. UCLA prepares for Northwestern this coming weekend. 342 00:21:59,400 --> 00:22:04,000 Washington hangs fifty nine on Washington State. The Huskies did 343 00:22:04,000 --> 00:22:06,160 what they were supposed to do. Washington State is a 344 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:10,640 bad team, which as Oregon State is as well. Oregon 345 00:22:10,680 --> 00:22:16,119 State gets pounded by Oregon. So really two uneventful rivalry 346 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:20,200 games in the Pacific Northwest. Obviously those rivalry games now 347 00:22:20,240 --> 00:22:24,000 being played in September because Oregon and Washington are now 348 00:22:24,039 --> 00:22:27,119 in the Big Ten. They're no longer conference games, so 349 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:30,160 they just have to be moved up on the schedule. 350 00:22:30,640 --> 00:22:33,200 Not a whole lot to pull from those games if 351 00:22:33,200 --> 00:22:38,960 you're a Washington or an Oregon fan. So you know, 352 00:22:39,319 --> 00:22:42,839 that really is our review of week four, and I 353 00:22:42,880 --> 00:22:46,240 said we're gonna focus on week five because week five 354 00:22:46,720 --> 00:22:51,200 looking ahead, well you have some really big games, and 355 00:22:51,480 --> 00:22:53,039 we're gonna get to the big one in a bit, 356 00:22:53,119 --> 00:22:56,440 but let's get to the the not quite as big one, 357 00:22:58,599 --> 00:23:03,079 not quite as big games for so Big ten. This 358 00:23:03,119 --> 00:23:08,640 is where you have the showdowns involving Western teams. In 359 00:23:08,720 --> 00:23:12,960 Week five, Ohio State at Washington. Ohio State goes to 360 00:23:13,079 --> 00:23:17,960 Husky Stadium in Seattle for a midday game. It's gonna 361 00:23:17,960 --> 00:23:23,359 be on CBS. Washington statistically has one of the top 362 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:27,599 scoring offenses in the country. But and here's a connection 363 00:23:27,680 --> 00:23:29,920 to make with the Michigan State USC game that I 364 00:23:30,039 --> 00:23:34,680 witnessed this past weekend. Michigan State going into the USC 365 00:23:34,880 --> 00:23:38,359 game had a top ten rushing defense. And some people 366 00:23:38,400 --> 00:23:41,440 will say, well, gosh, USC just absolutely chewed up that 367 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:46,240 top ten Michigan State rushing defense. Wow, USC must be 368 00:23:46,279 --> 00:23:50,119 really good. Hold on, folks, Michigan State was playing that 369 00:23:50,799 --> 00:23:54,720 terrible Boston College team that lost to Stanford. Michigan State 370 00:23:54,759 --> 00:23:59,079 played Youngstown State as well. We really need to get 371 00:23:59,119 --> 00:24:05,440 away from top ten, top twenty rankings in September for 372 00:24:05,599 --> 00:24:09,200 just about anything in college football. These things don't mean 373 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:13,519 jack squat all. Right. If you're playing Cupcakes and you're 374 00:24:13,599 --> 00:24:17,880 ranked in the top five statistically, that doesn't tell me anything. 375 00:24:18,720 --> 00:24:22,519 I mean, you're doing what's basically expected. You're not doing 376 00:24:22,559 --> 00:24:26,640 anything special. If you're top ten going up against elite competition, 377 00:24:27,079 --> 00:24:31,559 that matters. That's special that tells me something. But don't 378 00:24:31,599 --> 00:24:34,640 give me this stuff about Michigan State at a top 379 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:38,720 ten rushing defense didn't play anybody, all right, beat the 380 00:24:38,759 --> 00:24:42,440 C teams go up against good opposition. If they demonstrate 381 00:24:42,480 --> 00:24:46,440 they can play well against quality opponents, then you have something. 382 00:24:47,039 --> 00:24:50,440 Then the rankings begin to mean something. I just whether 383 00:24:50,519 --> 00:24:55,240 it's polls and votes or whether it's statistical top tens 384 00:24:55,440 --> 00:24:58,880 whatever like. We should just wait until at least the 385 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:03,319 middle of October, if not early November, to toss around 386 00:25:03,359 --> 00:25:09,240 these rankings, because that's only after we've played several weeks 387 00:25:09,279 --> 00:25:11,759 do these things begin to mean something. And you know, 388 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:15,440 we're at week four going into week five. It's right 389 00:25:15,480 --> 00:25:19,960 now when we're when all teams are moving from September 390 00:25:20,000 --> 00:25:24,960 non conference games into conference play, and now we're beginning 391 00:25:24,960 --> 00:25:29,680 to learn things about teams. Now the games begin to 392 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:34,279 be a true revealer, a true window inside who these 393 00:25:34,319 --> 00:25:37,599 teams are, what these teams are, what they're all about. 394 00:25:38,319 --> 00:25:41,559 Only now are we beginning to get the full picture 395 00:25:42,039 --> 00:25:44,759 of teams. And this really informs our analysis of these 396 00:25:44,839 --> 00:25:48,160 upcoming Week five games, such as Ohio State versus Washington 397 00:25:48,200 --> 00:25:53,720 and Ohio State with the elite defense statistically. Washington with 398 00:25:53,759 --> 00:25:57,680 the elite offense statistically, but Washington hasn't played anybody in 399 00:25:57,759 --> 00:26:01,799 Ohio State. You know, Ohio State beat arch Manning. Arch 400 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:06,359 Manning's not good, so just how good is Ohio State's defense? 401 00:26:07,200 --> 00:26:11,799 Washington will offer probably a better test than what Ohio 402 00:26:11,920 --> 00:26:16,000 State got from arch Manning in Texas. So everything is 403 00:26:16,160 --> 00:26:20,559 just relative at this point. Teams have not played good 404 00:26:20,680 --> 00:26:27,519 enough competition to really be seen as elite, like like 405 00:26:27,599 --> 00:26:29,920 we expd. Let me put it this way, I would 406 00:26:29,920 --> 00:26:32,079 expect Ohio State to be an elite team over the 407 00:26:32,079 --> 00:26:35,000 course of the season. But do I know Ohio State's 408 00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:38,000 an elite team right now? Not? Not right now because 409 00:26:38,319 --> 00:26:41,400 arch Manning's not good. You know, if if arch Manning 410 00:26:41,440 --> 00:26:44,839 played well in Ohio State's defense still found a way 411 00:26:44,880 --> 00:26:47,079 to stop him, you know, that would be so different. 412 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:51,640 That would be very different from arch Manning not being 413 00:26:51,720 --> 00:26:54,839 good like Ohio State did the bare minimum. I'm not 414 00:26:54,839 --> 00:26:56,799 trying to dump on the buck, guys. I'm just saying, 415 00:26:57,200 --> 00:26:59,519 if you're playing an opponent who's not good, well, of 416 00:26:59,559 --> 00:27:03,680 course you're of course you're supposed to limit his point total, 417 00:27:04,359 --> 00:27:09,880 his overall production. Really good defense manifests itself. When you're 418 00:27:09,880 --> 00:27:13,440 going up against good offense and you're still shutting it down, 419 00:27:14,119 --> 00:27:17,640 and you're going up against an offense a quarterback who 420 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:21,680 has proven itself, and you still shut it down, you 421 00:27:21,759 --> 00:27:24,160 still get the result, you still get the outcome, you 422 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,279 still get the production we have. We're not there yet 423 00:27:27,319 --> 00:27:29,640 with Ohio State. And that's not the Buck guy's fault 424 00:27:29,759 --> 00:27:32,759 in any way. It just means that the opponents they've played, 425 00:27:32,839 --> 00:27:36,119 they haven't been good. And it's simihere for Washington. Washington 426 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:39,759 hasn't played anyone of note. So now we begin to 427 00:27:39,880 --> 00:27:44,640 learn about the Buck guys and the Huskies in Husky Stadium, 428 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:48,160 and so, you know, Julians say, and Ohio State's quarterback 429 00:27:48,200 --> 00:27:50,480 going on the road, you know what, let's see if 430 00:27:50,519 --> 00:27:54,519 Washington's defense can force some turnovers and really swing that game. 431 00:27:54,559 --> 00:27:57,680 In UW's paper, I think, I think Washington to win 432 00:27:57,720 --> 00:28:00,880 this game is gonna have to make the game messy 433 00:28:01,039 --> 00:28:04,599 and ugly. For Julian saying, because I do think Ohio 434 00:28:04,599 --> 00:28:08,519 State's defense is going to be good, and I've just 435 00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,279 tried to make the point that I don't think Ohio 436 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:15,160 State's defense is a fully formed product. I think we 437 00:28:15,200 --> 00:28:17,880 need to see Ohio State's defense in this kind of game, 438 00:28:18,319 --> 00:28:23,319 this kind of situation before kind of putting that final 439 00:28:23,359 --> 00:28:26,960 stamp of yes, this is this really is an elite defense. 440 00:28:27,000 --> 00:28:29,359 I'd like to see Ohio State do this on the road, 441 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:33,920 you know, against an opponent that, as we saw against 442 00:28:33,960 --> 00:28:36,279 Washington State, certainly has the capability to put up a 443 00:28:36,319 --> 00:28:39,839 lot of points, Washington scoring fifty nine in the Apple Cup. 444 00:28:40,319 --> 00:28:42,920 So let's see Ohio State go on the road across 445 00:28:43,160 --> 00:28:46,279 across the country and put the clamps on U DUB. 446 00:28:47,119 --> 00:28:50,079 If Ohio State does that, like that will just I'm 447 00:28:50,160 --> 00:28:52,640 expecting Ohio State to do that, but let's see it 448 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:56,319 happen just so that we can confirm this and then 449 00:28:56,359 --> 00:29:01,039 we can begin to elevate Ohio State's defensive identity and 450 00:29:01,160 --> 00:29:05,240 reputation this season. So I think that, you know, I 451 00:29:05,279 --> 00:29:09,599 am expecting Ohio State's defense to do well, but I 452 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,680 do want to see it happen first. So, you know, 453 00:29:13,759 --> 00:29:16,400 if I'm expecting Ohio State's defense to do well, that 454 00:29:16,559 --> 00:29:20,240 means Washington's defense is going to have to muck things up. 455 00:29:20,319 --> 00:29:24,279 For Julian saying pass rush disguising looks, you know, just 456 00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:28,599 Washington has had really good defensive back play over the 457 00:29:28,640 --> 00:29:31,680 past several years, like Washington has a claim to being 458 00:29:31,799 --> 00:29:36,559 DBU defensive back university, with the NFL players it has 459 00:29:36,640 --> 00:29:42,519 churned out the draft picks. So Washington's secondary against Julian saying, 460 00:29:42,640 --> 00:29:45,640 I think is the central matchup in this game and 461 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:50,240 Litz see if Ohio State's young and unproven quarterback can 462 00:29:50,279 --> 00:29:54,839 go into one of college football's greatest settings and when 463 00:29:54,839 --> 00:29:58,200 the Huskies are good one of its toughest environments and 464 00:29:58,279 --> 00:30:02,039 deliver the goods. That's gonna be the the featured plot 465 00:30:02,119 --> 00:30:07,400 point of Buck Guys at Huskies as Washington tries to 466 00:30:07,559 --> 00:30:11,079 strike a blow through the West Coast portion of the 467 00:30:11,079 --> 00:30:18,279 Big Ten. The other big time featured game other than 468 00:30:19,000 --> 00:30:21,640 are our main presentation. We're gonna get to that in 469 00:30:21,680 --> 00:30:25,160 a bit. The other high profile game involving the West 470 00:30:25,160 --> 00:30:29,039 Coast Big Ten team USC at Illinois Fox Big Noon Saturday, 471 00:30:29,039 --> 00:30:33,799 and this game has USC is a six and a 472 00:30:33,839 --> 00:30:37,880 half point favorite early in the week. That's an eye opener. Now. 473 00:30:38,119 --> 00:30:41,720 Brett Bielima, the Illinois coach, said his team was missing 474 00:30:41,839 --> 00:30:45,880 several defensive backs against Indiana, and Illinois has picked up 475 00:30:45,880 --> 00:30:48,880 a lot of defensive injuries that is definitely a point 476 00:30:48,880 --> 00:30:52,440 of concern for Illinois. It's definitely a point of optimism 477 00:30:52,519 --> 00:30:56,160 for USC going to this Fox Big noon game in 478 00:30:56,279 --> 00:30:59,720 week five. So I think the six and a half 479 00:30:59,759 --> 00:31:02,720 point line is really a reflection not so much of 480 00:31:02,759 --> 00:31:05,640 Illinois losing to Indiana by fifty three, though I mean 481 00:31:05,680 --> 00:31:09,240 that obviously helped, but it's also a reflection of just 482 00:31:09,319 --> 00:31:13,079 Illinois being really banged up, really shorthanded on defense. You 483 00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,440 put that short handed Illinois defense against Jade and Mayava, 484 00:31:16,839 --> 00:31:20,319 who's playing some really good ball, and it's easy to 485 00:31:20,359 --> 00:31:22,519 think that USC is going to be able to score 486 00:31:22,559 --> 00:31:26,319 a high number of points, something that Illinois's offense will 487 00:31:26,359 --> 00:31:29,440 be hard, will find it hard to keep up with. 488 00:31:30,839 --> 00:31:33,640 So the Illinois injury situation that's going to be the 489 00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:37,160 thing you'll you'll want to monitor all week leading up 490 00:31:37,240 --> 00:31:41,240 to kickoff Saturday morning or Saturday at noon on the 491 00:31:41,279 --> 00:31:47,519 East Coast. Can Illinois get healthy and can Illinois's secondary 492 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:51,039 do some damage control so that it's not completely at 493 00:31:51,039 --> 00:31:54,839 the mercy of the USC passing game. Notable for USC 494 00:31:55,079 --> 00:31:58,599 is that one of its top two receivers, Jacobe Lane, 495 00:31:58,839 --> 00:32:01,759 did not play against Mission in State. Lincoln Riley said 496 00:32:01,799 --> 00:32:06,039 It's not something he envisions as a long term problem. 497 00:32:06,119 --> 00:32:09,759 So one would think that after a week off chance 498 00:32:09,799 --> 00:32:12,160 to fully heal, Jacoby Lane should be back in the 499 00:32:12,200 --> 00:32:17,400 lineup for USC. Mkayle Lemon is a dude. Mckaye Lenvion 500 00:32:18,079 --> 00:32:23,480 flourished for USC against Michigan State. He's been flourishing all season. However, 501 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:26,119 let's pump the brakes just a little. USC has been 502 00:32:26,119 --> 00:32:31,880 playing inferior teams Missouri State, Georgia Southern perdue a Michigan 503 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,559 State defense which, as I explained earlier in the show, 504 00:32:35,039 --> 00:32:37,720 is not very good at all. So, you know, can 505 00:32:37,839 --> 00:32:42,200 the Illinois defense provide a standard of play and a 506 00:32:42,319 --> 00:32:45,920 level of resistance which is much better and much more 507 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:50,440 significant than anything USC's offense has seen to this point. 508 00:32:50,480 --> 00:32:53,119 That's going to be interesting. But you know, if USC 509 00:32:53,319 --> 00:32:57,039 can put Jacoby Lane on the field alongside Makayle Lemon 510 00:32:57,559 --> 00:33:01,079 against the shorthanded Illinois secondary in USC might be able 511 00:33:01,079 --> 00:33:05,400 to throw the ball very very successfully. H USC might 512 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,839 be able to throw the ball early, you know, establish 513 00:33:08,880 --> 00:33:12,000 the pass, and then hit Illinois with the running game 514 00:33:12,559 --> 00:33:15,119 midway through. I think it's I think it's really important 515 00:33:16,519 --> 00:33:19,799 that USC, from a US standpoint, US. He needs to 516 00:33:19,839 --> 00:33:22,319 get on top of this game so that it's not 517 00:33:22,480 --> 00:33:27,480 chasing the game and its offense can can operate in 518 00:33:27,559 --> 00:33:32,359 a comfortable time and score situation. If Illinois gets on 519 00:33:32,400 --> 00:33:34,200 top of this game of the first quarter, you might 520 00:33:34,240 --> 00:33:37,440 see USC panic because USC has just had it very 521 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,960 easy on offense each of its first four games. USC's 522 00:33:41,000 --> 00:33:44,200 offense has had dramatically better personnel than each of its 523 00:33:44,200 --> 00:33:51,400 first four opponents. If Illinois offers robust resistance and strength 524 00:33:52,000 --> 00:33:55,359 in the first quarter, in the first half of this game, 525 00:33:55,559 --> 00:33:59,799 and USC just doesn't find early success, you could see 526 00:33:59,799 --> 00:34:03,680 some hanick set in for this untested USC offense, you know, 527 00:34:03,799 --> 00:34:07,039 just breezing through the first four games. What happens when 528 00:34:07,079 --> 00:34:11,920 a defense provides a better level of opposition. So, you know, 529 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:14,840 looking at this game from USC standpoint, I want to 530 00:34:14,880 --> 00:34:18,239 get that early ten to fourteen to nothing lead. I 531 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:21,960 can then have my elite defensive line, or let me 532 00:34:22,079 --> 00:34:24,599 let me rephrase that, I can have my elite pass 533 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:29,239 rush get after Illinois quarterback Luke Altmeyer. You know, USC 534 00:34:29,400 --> 00:34:32,280 getting up early means that the pass rush for USC. 535 00:34:33,119 --> 00:34:36,960 The pass rush is by far USC's best defensive component. 536 00:34:37,880 --> 00:34:44,800 USC's pass rush has been fantastic over fifteen sacks so 537 00:34:44,960 --> 00:34:50,119 far this season, regularly getting to the quarterback, regularly causing 538 00:34:50,159 --> 00:34:54,000 havoc in the backfield. USC getting up early means that 539 00:34:54,039 --> 00:34:58,320 the pass rush is in position to continue to have 540 00:34:58,360 --> 00:35:00,400 a major impact on the game. But if Illino get 541 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:03,039 off to a lead and can then can control the 542 00:35:03,079 --> 00:35:07,679 ball draine clock, Illinois doesn't have to throw in the 543 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:12,800 middle and ladder stages of the game. It can play 544 00:35:12,880 --> 00:35:16,679 a very patient defensive style. It can force USC to 545 00:35:17,039 --> 00:35:19,800 move the ball slowly down the field, take away the 546 00:35:19,840 --> 00:35:23,280 home run, and Illinois can dictate that the style of 547 00:35:23,320 --> 00:35:28,239 the game with the way that it's played. So to me, 548 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:30,280 this is a this is a game where the first 549 00:35:30,360 --> 00:35:33,039 quarter is really gonna matter. And you know with the 550 00:35:33,079 --> 00:35:37,599 fox big noon carnival atmosphere in Champagne, and I think 551 00:35:37,599 --> 00:35:39,599 if Illinois gets off to a good start, it could 552 00:35:39,679 --> 00:35:43,480 really just create an avalanche of momentum for the ALIGNI 553 00:35:43,519 --> 00:35:45,199 that carries through the rest of the game. But if 554 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:49,960 USC can hit Illinois with a couple early haymakers, then 555 00:35:49,960 --> 00:35:52,480 that Illinois team, which just lost by fifty three to 556 00:35:52,519 --> 00:35:55,239 Indiana might not be able to stay in the fight 557 00:35:55,960 --> 00:36:00,440 the whole way. And USC's offense can just have, you know, 558 00:36:00,719 --> 00:36:05,000 a free run through the open fields of Memorial Stadium 559 00:36:05,559 --> 00:36:10,960 in Champagne. So a fascinating encounter between USC and Illinois 560 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:14,599 and an extra little plot point. Kurt Signetti, the coach 561 00:36:14,639 --> 00:36:17,239 of Indiana, who you know, they just you know, tossed 562 00:36:17,239 --> 00:36:20,239 around Illinois like a dirty old rag. Kurt Signetti was 563 00:36:20,280 --> 00:36:24,039 asked on Monday about the Iowa game and he said, well, 564 00:36:24,079 --> 00:36:27,280 it's definitely gonna be a bigger challenge than the last one, 565 00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:32,840 that's for sure. So Kurt Signetti throwing elbows at Illinois 566 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,920 after discarding the Aliini what was a very big, very hyped, 567 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,800 and very important game for the two schools. So Illinois 568 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:44,079 could be a paper tiger. But it's up to USC 569 00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:48,800 to go to Champagne, go on the road and win 570 00:36:48,880 --> 00:36:52,440 that high profile game. You know, people are uncertain, you know, 571 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,760 what to make of USC. If USC goes to Champagne 572 00:36:56,000 --> 00:37:00,880 and wins convincingly, that should begin to change the conversation 573 00:37:00,920 --> 00:37:03,920 about USC. But it could be that Illinois is just 574 00:37:04,199 --> 00:37:08,840 so decimated by injuries and it has been overrated that 575 00:37:09,159 --> 00:37:12,719 you know, if USC wins a close, ugly, sloppy game, 576 00:37:13,159 --> 00:37:17,320 that might not really cement any idea that USC has 577 00:37:17,480 --> 00:37:20,960 really turned things around. It'll be more. The story might 578 00:37:21,000 --> 00:37:24,480 be more that, oh, Illinois just plummeted. Illinois has fallen 579 00:37:24,639 --> 00:37:29,159 like a rock. So you know, watch for that level 580 00:37:29,320 --> 00:37:33,079 of degree of difficulty. How difficult is this game? How 581 00:37:33,079 --> 00:37:36,719 difficult will it turn out to be? The conversation surrounding 582 00:37:36,800 --> 00:37:39,280 USC as well as Illinois. It's going to depend a 583 00:37:39,280 --> 00:37:43,559 lot on this very big game. All right. So in 584 00:37:43,639 --> 00:37:48,079 our week five preview, we now arrive at the big one, 585 00:37:48,559 --> 00:37:52,480 and I am talking about Oregon going to Happy Valley, 586 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:58,119 Penn State, nighttime, prime time to face the Nidneyllons. It's 587 00:37:58,159 --> 00:38:02,920 the first really huge, huge Big Ten Conference game of 588 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:06,199 the season. You have two teams expected to be in 589 00:38:06,199 --> 00:38:10,159 the college football playoff race, expected to be competing for 590 00:38:10,199 --> 00:38:14,519 the national championship. They met in the Big Ten Championship game. 591 00:38:14,639 --> 00:38:20,679 Last season. Oregon won the Big Ten title, beating Penn State, 592 00:38:21,159 --> 00:38:25,079 but Penn State, interestingly enough, made the semifinals and therefore 593 00:38:25,159 --> 00:38:28,320 made a deeper run than an Oregon team which went 594 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,719 thirteen to zero in the regular season last year, but 595 00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:35,119 then ran into the juggernaut from Ohio State in the 596 00:38:35,199 --> 00:38:38,840 Rose Bowl and the playoff quarterfinals. So Oregon and Penn 597 00:38:38,840 --> 00:38:41,159 State two teams which if you were to say right 598 00:38:41,199 --> 00:38:42,960 now you know they're going to be in the college 599 00:38:43,000 --> 00:38:49,360 football playoff semifinals, You'll say, hey, that could very realistically happen, 600 00:38:50,599 --> 00:38:54,320 very legitimate chance. But the Ducks and the Nitney Lions 601 00:38:54,920 --> 00:38:58,920 could be battling for a spot in the national championship game. 602 00:38:59,000 --> 00:39:01,480 So this is the big one. You also have Alabama 603 00:39:01,519 --> 00:39:05,320 and Georgia in Week five, but you know Alabama already 604 00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:09,280 has that loss over Florida State. So Oregon Penn State 605 00:39:09,440 --> 00:39:13,480 is the best and biggest game on the board. So 606 00:39:13,559 --> 00:39:16,840 let's dive into it, and of course, get off my pilon. 607 00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:19,880 We're focused on the western team, so we're looking at 608 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:24,159 this game mostly from Oregon's point of view. Most of 609 00:39:24,199 --> 00:39:27,480 the conversation and most of the reality of this game 610 00:39:27,559 --> 00:39:32,480 begins with, of course, quarterback Dante Moore. Now he has 611 00:39:32,519 --> 00:39:36,679 looked fabulous in the first few weeks of the season. 612 00:39:37,159 --> 00:39:40,599 But to continue a theme, a theme that has run 613 00:39:40,679 --> 00:39:43,119 through this show here and get off my pilon. You 614 00:39:43,159 --> 00:39:46,480 know who is Ohio State played? That's been so good 615 00:39:46,559 --> 00:39:49,440 on offense? You know Ohio State's defense I think is 616 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:52,280 really good. But we need to see Ohio State play 617 00:39:52,360 --> 00:39:57,760 a good offense and contain that good offense before we 618 00:39:57,840 --> 00:40:01,880 elevate the Buckeye's reputation. Washington has scored a billion points, 619 00:40:01,920 --> 00:40:06,000 but against Tomato Cans. I need to see Washington's offense 620 00:40:06,599 --> 00:40:10,480 do something against better competition before I elevate the reputation 621 00:40:10,599 --> 00:40:16,480 of the Huskies' offensive attack. USC played easy opponents thus far, 622 00:40:16,559 --> 00:40:19,280 It's been easy for USC's offense. I need to see 623 00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:24,519 USC's offense do it against better defense, better competition. That's 624 00:40:24,559 --> 00:40:27,719 the theme here between week four and week five. At 625 00:40:27,719 --> 00:40:31,199 this you know, basically one third of the way through 626 00:40:31,199 --> 00:40:33,760 the season. Now that we're getting into the bigger games, 627 00:40:33,840 --> 00:40:38,360 the bigger conference battles such as Oregon Penn State, now's 628 00:40:38,360 --> 00:40:41,719 when we begin to rip the mask off. Now's when 629 00:40:41,719 --> 00:40:44,920 we lift the veil. Now's when we begin to see 630 00:40:44,960 --> 00:40:49,039 the true face of these teams, of these programs, how 631 00:40:49,039 --> 00:40:53,239 good they are right now? So, Oregon, you know that 632 00:40:53,400 --> 00:40:57,440 six sixty nine to three win over Oklahoma State, It 633 00:40:57,519 --> 00:41:02,920 sure looked pretty, But we're seeing, folks, right Oklahoma State 634 00:41:03,079 --> 00:41:09,480 is atrocious. Oklahoma State is right there with UCLA the 635 00:41:09,519 --> 00:41:16,360 worst power for conference team in college football. Like Stanford 636 00:41:16,400 --> 00:41:21,159 would beat Oklahoma State. Right now, Stanford has actually shown 637 00:41:21,159 --> 00:41:24,719 more than Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State UCLA might be the 638 00:41:24,760 --> 00:41:29,079 bottom two in terms of all the power for conference teams. 639 00:41:29,400 --> 00:41:32,800 So of course Oregon's gonna beat Oklahoma State sixty nine 640 00:41:32,800 --> 00:41:35,280 to three. You know, this is not a good Mike 641 00:41:35,320 --> 00:41:39,800 Gundhy Oklahoma State team. Gundhy's probably gonna be fired, He's 642 00:41:39,800 --> 00:41:42,000 probably not gonna be coaching and still water next season. 643 00:41:42,320 --> 00:41:44,320 So you know that sixty nine to three. It's certainly 644 00:41:44,360 --> 00:41:47,639 looked good on television. That game was a CBS game, 645 00:41:48,719 --> 00:41:53,360 but Oklahoma State is just atrocious, So that is a 646 00:41:53,400 --> 00:41:55,880 little bit of context like that that was just a 647 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:59,960 glorified scrimmage for Oregon. And you know, Mike Gundy was 648 00:42:00,119 --> 00:42:04,320 running his mouth about Oregon in the lead up to 649 00:42:04,400 --> 00:42:07,800 that game, so Oregon was motivated to really put it 650 00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:12,760 on Oklahoma State. You add that to the fact that 651 00:42:12,920 --> 00:42:18,400 Oklahoma State's abysmal, so like no one should be getting 652 00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:23,320 carried away about how good Oregon and Dante Moore looked 653 00:42:23,320 --> 00:42:26,519 in that game. And Oregon State another opponent that Oregon 654 00:42:26,880 --> 00:42:34,039 easily dismissed last week. Oregon State's terrible, So Oregon Oregon 655 00:42:34,079 --> 00:42:37,519 eight played no about it, Paul, you know, as an 656 00:42:37,679 --> 00:42:42,559 SEC talk radio program might go. So, now we see 657 00:42:42,639 --> 00:42:46,760 Oregon against one of the big boys, and Oregon has 658 00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:50,280 a Big ten win. But Oregon played Northwestern, and Northwestern 659 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:53,239 might actually be almost as bad as UCLA and of 660 00:42:53,239 --> 00:42:56,719 course Ucilia. Northwestern they played this weekend, So the two 661 00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:58,480 teams expected to be at the bottom of a big 662 00:42:58,519 --> 00:43:03,039 ten go at it this weekend, and then Oregon Penn 663 00:43:03,039 --> 00:43:05,840 State are going to play just a few hours later. Well, 664 00:43:05,920 --> 00:43:12,000 Oregon did not crush Northwestern. Oregon was a few touchdowns better, 665 00:43:12,719 --> 00:43:16,519 but that was not sixty nine to three. Oregon did 666 00:43:16,559 --> 00:43:21,119 not even score fifty in that game. So Dante More 667 00:43:21,199 --> 00:43:26,400 has basically had one big preseason tune up, warm up 668 00:43:27,360 --> 00:43:33,280 stretch of games, and only now will he face a 669 00:43:33,320 --> 00:43:37,079 really good team. And you know, it's just notable Oregon 670 00:43:37,159 --> 00:43:41,559 goes from playing Tomato Cans to the opposite end of 671 00:43:41,599 --> 00:43:45,079 the spectrum Penn State. It's not as though Oregon's moving 672 00:43:45,440 --> 00:43:48,719 slowly up a ladder. You go from playing the total 673 00:43:48,719 --> 00:43:54,960 Tomato Cans too. Let's say, you know, Nebraska like a 674 00:43:55,000 --> 00:43:58,400 mid tier Big ten team and then gets to play 675 00:43:58,599 --> 00:44:03,599 Penn State after that no, Oregon goes from absolute tomato 676 00:44:03,679 --> 00:44:06,760 camp right to the top of the college football food chain, 677 00:44:07,320 --> 00:44:09,360 and a Penn State team, which you know, under James 678 00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:13,119 Franklin with Drew Aller coming back like this is supposed 679 00:44:13,119 --> 00:44:17,159 to be the year if not now when for Penn 680 00:44:17,199 --> 00:44:22,320 State and the Nitney Lyons have looked very ordinary in 681 00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:27,280 their first few games, but they have been cupcakes as well. 682 00:44:27,400 --> 00:44:31,320 They've been tune ups. Andy kotel Nikki, the Penn State 683 00:44:31,360 --> 00:44:35,480 offensive coordinator, certainly not showing a lot in his playbook. 684 00:44:36,000 --> 00:44:39,320 Penn State's been very vanilla, and you know, why would 685 00:44:39,360 --> 00:44:44,239 you show too much of anything against the cupcake opponents 686 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:46,559 in the first few weeks of the season knowing that 687 00:44:46,599 --> 00:44:50,119 you have that Oregon game on September twenty seventh. So really, 688 00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:55,119 Oregon and Penn State, they have jogged through easy games 689 00:44:55,519 --> 00:44:59,719 against opponents who posed absolutely zero threat and now they 690 00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:03,440 both of meat and so you know, Drew Hour certainly 691 00:45:03,440 --> 00:45:06,800 faces a proven moment of his own, but like he's 692 00:45:06,880 --> 00:45:10,280 been through this rodeo. He played in the College Football Playoff, 693 00:45:10,719 --> 00:45:13,440 won a couple of playoff games, you know, played in 694 00:45:13,480 --> 00:45:18,079 a very high tension, high stress semi final that he 695 00:45:18,159 --> 00:45:22,320 lost against Notre Dame. So like Drew Hour is supposed 696 00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:25,760 to be good in this moment. I say that not 697 00:45:25,840 --> 00:45:28,679 in the sense of the matchup against Oregon. I'm saying 698 00:45:28,719 --> 00:45:30,360 it just in terms of like he has all the 699 00:45:30,440 --> 00:45:33,440 experience in the world, and there are frankly no excuses 700 00:45:33,800 --> 00:45:37,000 for Dante More It's a little different like this. This 701 00:45:37,159 --> 00:45:39,639 is his first go ram and this will be his 702 00:45:39,679 --> 00:45:43,480 first major college football challenge. And he's not just facing 703 00:45:43,840 --> 00:45:47,840 Penn State. He's facing Penn State at night, so that's 704 00:45:47,840 --> 00:45:52,960 a more intimidating environment. And this is another layer to 705 00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:56,239 the drama that's going to unfold and Happy Valley. Penn 706 00:45:56,280 --> 00:46:01,159 State has Jim Knowles, and Jim Knowles is the defensive 707 00:46:01,199 --> 00:46:06,920 coordinator who last season smothered Oregon and Dylan Gabriel, and 708 00:46:07,000 --> 00:46:10,599 Dylan Gabriel is a proven college football quarterback. You know, 709 00:46:10,719 --> 00:46:13,800 Dylan Gabriel had all the experience in the world. Jim 710 00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:16,599 Knowles in that Ohio State defense shut down the Oregon 711 00:46:16,679 --> 00:46:21,360 offense in the Rose Bowl. So Jim Knowles now at 712 00:46:21,400 --> 00:46:25,199 Penn State, he goes up against Dante Moore. You know, 713 00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:28,280 Jim Knowles is gonna throw a lot of disguises, a 714 00:46:28,280 --> 00:46:32,679 lot of different looks at Dante Moore. So how is 715 00:46:32,719 --> 00:46:36,400 this young and untested quarterback going to fare at night 716 00:46:36,519 --> 00:46:39,760 against Penn State in a game of the year type 717 00:46:39,760 --> 00:46:45,960 of setting and situation. That that's really where the conversation 718 00:46:46,039 --> 00:46:49,760 for this game starts. The conversation continues with the other side, 719 00:46:49,800 --> 00:46:53,280 Drew Hour. You know, this is Drew Hour's time to 720 00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:55,719 live up to the hype, to live up to the expectations. 721 00:46:56,079 --> 00:46:58,159 What's he going to bring to the table against the 722 00:46:58,199 --> 00:47:00,639 Oregon defense. And if you're the Oregon d defense, like 723 00:47:00,960 --> 00:47:03,800 you've been playing Oregon State, you've been playing Oklahoma State, 724 00:47:04,719 --> 00:47:08,639 You've played an FCS team, Montana State, you've played Northwestern. 725 00:47:09,440 --> 00:47:12,119 So what's true of Dante Moore is also true of 726 00:47:12,119 --> 00:47:16,320 Oregons defense. Havn't faced you know, strong competition, and now 727 00:47:16,320 --> 00:47:21,119 you get thrown into the pot against Penn State. So 728 00:47:21,760 --> 00:47:25,320 Oregon's defense, as much as Dante Moore certainly has a 729 00:47:25,320 --> 00:47:29,360 lot to prove against Penn State, everyone has a lot 730 00:47:29,400 --> 00:47:32,440 to prove here because these teams are really coming at 731 00:47:32,440 --> 00:47:37,559 the game from similar situations. You know, Penn State tested 732 00:47:37,599 --> 00:47:41,960 itself early last season with a road trip to West Virginia. 733 00:47:42,639 --> 00:47:46,239 Penn State hasn't had that kind of test this season, 734 00:47:47,199 --> 00:47:50,920 so like for both teams, this is the first It's 735 00:47:50,960 --> 00:47:53,000 not just a huge game in its own right, of 736 00:47:53,000 --> 00:47:55,559 course it is, but it's also like the first big test. 737 00:47:55,679 --> 00:47:58,599 Neither team has had a kind of a quote unquote 738 00:47:58,639 --> 00:48:02,000 warm up test the way other schools do, Like there 739 00:48:02,079 --> 00:48:05,400 wasn't like the big Week two game to kind of 740 00:48:05,440 --> 00:48:08,920 prepare these teams for Week five. No, they've both had 741 00:48:09,360 --> 00:48:11,960 a very easy go of it, and now they both 742 00:48:12,039 --> 00:48:15,840 face their first big challenge. So we begin to learn 743 00:48:16,840 --> 00:48:21,239 about both Oregon and Penn State, and in addition to 744 00:48:21,280 --> 00:48:25,440 that obvious storyline, the whole Big ten really exists in 745 00:48:25,480 --> 00:48:28,800 a context of just how good are these teams. I 746 00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:30,840 don't know how good Ohio State is. I don't know 747 00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:33,320 how good Penn State is. I don't know how good 748 00:48:33,320 --> 00:48:36,000 Oregon is. I don't know how good Washington is. I 749 00:48:36,039 --> 00:48:38,559 don't know how good USC is. I don't know how 750 00:48:38,559 --> 00:48:44,039 good Illinois is. I think Indiana's pretty good when Indiana 751 00:48:44,079 --> 00:48:47,280 puts a sixty three to ten on Illinois, but you know, 752 00:48:47,400 --> 00:48:51,400 Indiana goes to Iowa. Indiana's gonna play Penn State later 753 00:48:51,440 --> 00:48:54,360 this season. There's still gonna be a lot. There's gonna 754 00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:56,480 be a lot more for Indiana to prove. But at 755 00:48:56,519 --> 00:49:00,320 least Indiana, you know, in contrast to the other ten 756 00:49:00,360 --> 00:49:04,639 teams I've been talking about, Indiana's put a big result 757 00:49:04,679 --> 00:49:07,599 on the board. Like Indiana has made a statement in 758 00:49:07,679 --> 00:49:13,079 a notable, high profile conference game. Now we need to 759 00:49:13,119 --> 00:49:18,039 see if Ohio State, Penn State, Oregon, usc Illinois, will 760 00:49:18,119 --> 00:49:21,400 they put a big statement on the board as the 761 00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:27,400 Big Ten race takes shape. So Oregon versus Penn State 762 00:49:27,639 --> 00:49:33,039 cannot wait for this game. It's obviously a quarterback centric game. 763 00:49:33,119 --> 00:49:36,119 But you know, if the quarterbacks play to a draw, 764 00:49:36,880 --> 00:49:39,800 what about the depth on these rosters? What about the 765 00:49:39,920 --> 00:49:43,400 role players and the other pieces of the puzzle. Thinking 766 00:49:43,440 --> 00:49:45,639 about Penn State just for a brief bit, you know, 767 00:49:45,760 --> 00:49:49,760 Tyler Warren was that amazing do it all tight end 768 00:49:50,280 --> 00:49:54,199 for Drew Hour last season. Drew Allard doesn't have Tyler 769 00:49:54,239 --> 00:49:57,119 Warren this year. Warren's now in the NFL with the 770 00:49:57,159 --> 00:50:01,519 Indianapolis Colts. Who steps up for Penn State in the 771 00:50:01,559 --> 00:50:06,920 passing game? And can Oregon's secondary really pounce on Drew 772 00:50:07,039 --> 00:50:11,000 Hour and that Penn State passing attack With Tyler Warren 773 00:50:11,320 --> 00:50:14,039 out of the mix, you know, Tyler Warren was part 774 00:50:14,119 --> 00:50:17,159 of the Penn State roster that went against Oregon in 775 00:50:17,199 --> 00:50:19,639 the Big Ten title game. Now that he's out of 776 00:50:19,679 --> 00:50:23,320 the mix, Dan Lanning and his staff might see points 777 00:50:23,320 --> 00:50:26,559 of vulnerability in the Penn State offense. And so maybe 778 00:50:26,559 --> 00:50:28,920 it gets to a point where, you know what, Dante 779 00:50:29,000 --> 00:50:31,199 Moore doesn't have to be the hero. He can just 780 00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:34,519 be a game manager, and Oregon's defense can snuff out 781 00:50:34,559 --> 00:50:36,960 Drew Hour. You go into happy Value, you play a 782 00:50:37,000 --> 00:50:39,840 twenty to ten game, you get the win just the same, 783 00:50:39,920 --> 00:50:42,639 and you're on your way to the Big Ten championship 784 00:50:42,639 --> 00:50:45,599 game and the playoff. Maybe that's how it plays out. 785 00:50:45,719 --> 00:50:49,199 But whatever the matter, Oregon and Penn State are very 786 00:50:49,239 --> 00:50:53,280 mysterious teams. They haven't played anybody, and now they both 787 00:50:53,360 --> 00:50:57,559 play each other early in the season. You don't get 788 00:50:57,559 --> 00:51:01,639 that scenario all the time college football. Now, Ohio State, 789 00:51:01,719 --> 00:51:04,599 Texas that was a Week one game right out of 790 00:51:04,599 --> 00:51:08,960 the shoot with no prior tune ups. But this is 791 00:51:09,000 --> 00:51:12,679 a scenario where Oregon and Penn State have just basically 792 00:51:12,679 --> 00:51:17,440 played glorified scrimmages in tune up games, and instead of 793 00:51:17,480 --> 00:51:20,360 having kind of mid tier Big Ten games to kind 794 00:51:20,360 --> 00:51:22,599 of settle into the season. No, they both go to 795 00:51:22,639 --> 00:51:25,119 the top of the pyramid, the top of the food 796 00:51:25,199 --> 00:51:30,320 chain right away. So can't wait for Saturday night at 797 00:51:30,360 --> 00:51:33,599 seven thirty Eastern, four thirty Pacific, and it is the 798 00:51:33,639 --> 00:51:36,360 featured game of the week in college football, and we're 799 00:51:36,400 --> 00:51:39,559 obviously can have so much to tell you about on 800 00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:42,920 Get Off My Pilon next week as we review that 801 00:51:43,039 --> 00:51:48,280 Oregon Penn State game, also those other big games Ohio State, Washington, 802 00:51:49,119 --> 00:51:54,519 and USC versus Illinois. So that's the week for Get 803 00:51:54,519 --> 00:51:56,599 Off My Pilon. You know, a little bit of Week 804 00:51:56,639 --> 00:51:59,360 four review, but a lot of Week five preview, Like 805 00:51:59,360 --> 00:52:01,679 this was the first week of the season in which 806 00:52:01,719 --> 00:52:05,639 we spent I think more time previewing the next week 807 00:52:05,960 --> 00:52:09,000 than reviewing the past week. And that's just because the 808 00:52:09,039 --> 00:52:11,400 bit there, you have some really big games coming up, 809 00:52:11,719 --> 00:52:15,079 and those really big games, as I mentioned earlier in 810 00:52:15,119 --> 00:52:18,800 the show, we're going to finally begin to reveal these 811 00:52:18,840 --> 00:52:22,199 teams for what they are. We're finally going to see 812 00:52:22,400 --> 00:52:26,199 how good a lot of these teams truly are. And 813 00:52:26,280 --> 00:52:29,400 that is the excitement of the college football season, is 814 00:52:29,400 --> 00:52:31,960 we get past those non conference games, we get past 815 00:52:32,000 --> 00:52:36,760 those cupcakes, those paycheck games, now's the nitty gritty, now's 816 00:52:36,800 --> 00:52:40,440 the real deal, and so Oregon and Penn State the 817 00:52:40,719 --> 00:52:45,159 ultimate centerpiece in college football Week five. That is what 818 00:52:45,199 --> 00:52:48,079 we're going to be focused on here on Get Off 819 00:52:48,079 --> 00:52:50,920 My Pilon part of the College Gridiron Coast to Coast 820 00:52:50,920 --> 00:52:57,320 podcast network, Grid and Coast on Twitter, listen to Apple Speaker, Spotify, 821 00:52:57,480 --> 00:53:00,559 the other places where you listen to your podcast, and 822 00:53:00,599 --> 00:53:03,360 of course Oregon Penn State being a huge game, follow 823 00:53:03,599 --> 00:53:08,880 Noah Drury and Big ten Paradigm for continued and developed 824 00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:11,880 coverage of that game. You also want to follow Yards 825 00:53:11,880 --> 00:53:14,920 and Stripes for the Service Academies. You want to follow 826 00:53:14,960 --> 00:53:19,320 the All Sports Discussion acc podcast, Jason Powers with the 827 00:53:19,360 --> 00:53:23,159 Florida Football Insiders podcast, and the rest of the family 828 00:53:23,679 --> 00:53:27,159 of College Grade AIRN Coast to Coast podcast coming at 829 00:53:27,199 --> 00:53:30,719 you every week giving you the full college football experience 830 00:53:30,719 --> 00:53:34,679 from all the different corners of the United States and 831 00:53:34,719 --> 00:53:37,679 the Football Bowl Subdivision. This is Matt Zenweg for Get 832 00:53:37,679 --> 00:53:40,480 Off My Pilon. Thanks for listening. We'll see you next 833 00:53:40,519 --> 00:53:44,599 week on the College Grade Iron Coast to Coast Podcast Network.