1 00:00:01,159 --> 00:00:04,759 Speaker 1: Check it out college football on the West Coast. This 2 00:00:04,839 --> 00:00:07,360 is Get Off My Pylon, a look at the PAC 3 00:00:07,480 --> 00:00:11,160 twelve and more, part of the College Gridiron Coast to 4 00:00:11,199 --> 00:00:12,839 Coast podcast network. 5 00:00:13,240 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 2: Here's your host, Matt Zimmon. Welcome to the lay's position 6 00:00:17,679 --> 00:00:20,399 of the Get Off My Pilon College football podcast. 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And before we talk about games, we have 18 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:06,560 to talk about the obvious big story in conference realignment, 19 00:01:06,599 --> 00:01:10,640 and that is the PAC twelve adding Boise State, Colorado State, 20 00:01:11,799 --> 00:01:19,840 Fresno State as well and San Diego State. And you know, 21 00:01:19,959 --> 00:01:23,480 one of the concerns with the PAC twelve I'm sure 22 00:01:23,560 --> 00:01:26,439 is that it doesn't want to be a glorified Mountain West, 23 00:01:26,480 --> 00:01:30,159 but right now it's a glorified Mountain West. Now, obviously 24 00:01:30,239 --> 00:01:37,200 Memphis is becoming a very central target for the Pac twelve. 25 00:01:38,359 --> 00:01:41,200 Yukon has also been part of the discussion, and an 26 00:01:41,239 --> 00:01:45,120 interesting idea that's been floated is that maybe Yukon gets 27 00:01:45,159 --> 00:01:48,120 invited just for football, right because you know, Yukon basketball, 28 00:01:48,159 --> 00:01:52,040 no way, no way, Yukon basketball leaves the Big East 29 00:01:52,040 --> 00:01:56,480 where it's fully at home to go play with Colorado State, 30 00:01:56,519 --> 00:02:03,439 Fresno State, San Diego State, and and and this new 31 00:02:04,239 --> 00:02:06,840 PAC twelve configuration with of course, you know, Washington State 32 00:02:06,879 --> 00:02:11,120 and Oregon State as the two pillars now trying to 33 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:16,240 add to their membership. So Yukon basketball would not go, 34 00:02:16,319 --> 00:02:19,800 but Yukon football that's a possibility. You don't you don't 35 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:22,639 have to travel nearly as much over the course of 36 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:27,319 a season like that. That seems I won't say likely, 37 00:02:27,639 --> 00:02:30,360 but it does seem at least plausible. Now the Big 38 00:02:30,400 --> 00:02:35,000 Twelve and Yukon have had some conversations, so you know, 39 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:39,520 it's interesting where that might go. But Yukon for football only, 40 00:02:40,000 --> 00:02:42,159 and then Yukon stays in the Big East or maybe 41 00:02:42,199 --> 00:02:46,080 goes into the Big Twelve for basketball, like it would 42 00:02:46,080 --> 00:02:49,599 probably it's probably the case that Yukon basketball just going 43 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:51,840 to stay in the Big East. It's such a good fit. 44 00:02:51,960 --> 00:02:56,159 Dan Herley's having all the the success there, Like, why 45 00:02:56,159 --> 00:02:57,800 would you want to leave? Why would you want to 46 00:02:57,840 --> 00:02:59,520 mess that up? Why would you want to not have 47 00:02:59,639 --> 00:03:02,960 the Big East Tournament at Madison Square? Guard that it's 48 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:08,680 basically just a suburb of stores U when when Yukon 49 00:03:08,800 --> 00:03:11,240 plays in the Big East tournament. So I don't I 50 00:03:11,240 --> 00:03:13,319 don't get why Yukon would want to leave the Big 51 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:17,840 East in basketball, but football, it's that's an intriguing possibility. 52 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:23,120 Another obvious plot point to come from the PAC twelve's movement, 53 00:03:23,199 --> 00:03:26,280 you know, inviting only those four Mountain West schools, why 54 00:03:26,319 --> 00:03:28,960 not also un l V. Right, you want to have 55 00:03:29,039 --> 00:03:32,000 the Vegas market, So why didn't you and LV just 56 00:03:32,039 --> 00:03:36,000 come on board with those other four Mountain West schools? 57 00:03:36,000 --> 00:03:38,960 And you know, the PAC twelve Championship game football championship 58 00:03:38,960 --> 00:03:41,520 game was played in Las Vegas the past few years, 59 00:03:41,919 --> 00:03:46,360 the PAC twelve tournament's been in Vegas, so why not 60 00:03:46,639 --> 00:03:51,240 invite un l V right now? And and you know 61 00:03:51,479 --> 00:03:55,520 UNLV coming to board with Memphis as like a two 62 00:03:55,599 --> 00:03:59,879 team announcement maybe, but but I still don't get why 63 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:05,000 you just don't onboard UNLV right away. I'm not seeing 64 00:04:05,080 --> 00:04:12,319 the specific strategy in terms of waiting to bring aboard UNLV. 65 00:04:12,680 --> 00:04:15,840 And another piece of the puzzle here is, if you're 66 00:04:15,919 --> 00:04:17,519 the PAC twelve and you don't want to be seen 67 00:04:17,560 --> 00:04:21,680 as as a glorified Mountain West, basically Mountain West two 68 00:04:21,720 --> 00:04:27,240 point zero, why not invite Memphis and a few other 69 00:04:27,759 --> 00:04:31,279 schools outside the West. Why not invite those schools first 70 00:04:31,399 --> 00:04:33,839 and then you come in with the Mountain West schools, 71 00:04:34,360 --> 00:04:37,879 so that that is one chess move that you know 72 00:04:38,720 --> 00:04:40,639 you would you would think if the PAC twelve wants 73 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:43,399 to be very intentional about its branding and its identity 74 00:04:43,439 --> 00:04:46,480 and like, oh, we're not just the reconfigured Mountain West, 75 00:04:46,639 --> 00:04:50,240 well why didn't you just put Memphis in first? Why 76 00:04:50,319 --> 00:04:55,160 didn't you land agreements with some AAC schools American Athletic 77 00:04:55,240 --> 00:04:59,120 Conference schools first, and then you bring in that select 78 00:04:59,240 --> 00:05:02,600 group of Mountain West schools. Not to be clear, like 79 00:05:02,639 --> 00:05:06,920 you want Southern California, San Diego State definitely always made 80 00:05:06,959 --> 00:05:10,399 sense for the PAC twelve Paleril State gives you, you know, 81 00:05:10,439 --> 00:05:13,519 the Denver market or at least you know, close to Denver, 82 00:05:16,720 --> 00:05:21,560 Fresno State another California anchor market, and Boise State for 83 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:24,079 the football branding. I mean, all four of those schools 84 00:05:24,079 --> 00:05:27,240 make sense on certain levels. But you know, in the 85 00:05:27,279 --> 00:05:31,360 bigger picture, the fact that this is happening now, it 86 00:05:31,399 --> 00:05:34,639 does raise the question, why couldn't this have simply happened 87 00:05:35,120 --> 00:05:38,800 a year ago? Why couldn't this have been done in 88 00:05:39,000 --> 00:05:42,759 June of twenty twenty three? And we all remember with 89 00:05:42,879 --> 00:05:46,040 San Diego State. You know, San Diego State definitely wanted 90 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:49,839 the PAC twelve. And if the PAC twelve had engineered 91 00:05:49,839 --> 00:05:53,879 a deal to bring in San Diego State before June thirtieth, 92 00:05:54,079 --> 00:05:58,480 well by or before June thirtieth, twenty twenty three, San 93 00:05:58,519 --> 00:06:01,519 Diego State would have had to pay only roughly seventeen 94 00:06:01,560 --> 00:06:05,319 million dollars in exit fees instead of thirty four after 95 00:06:05,920 --> 00:06:11,120 June thirtieth. Why all this couldn't have happened then instead 96 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,560 of now? It just reinforces how badly the PAC twelve 97 00:06:14,600 --> 00:06:19,680 CEO group, George Klavkov, played their cards. You know, if 98 00:06:19,680 --> 00:06:22,279 you bring in San Diego State in June of twenty 99 00:06:22,360 --> 00:06:26,800 twenty three, then maybe Colorado doesn't leave. But even if 100 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,720 Colorado does leave, if you have San Diego State there 101 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:34,720 as the replacement, as the buffer, then maybe you don't 102 00:06:34,759 --> 00:06:38,680 see Washington and Oregon scattered to the Big ten, and 103 00:06:38,680 --> 00:06:41,920 you don't see the four Corners schools Arizona, Arizona State, 104 00:06:42,079 --> 00:06:46,920 Utah also go away, you know, leaving for the Big twelve, 105 00:06:47,759 --> 00:06:50,199 the pack the Pac twelve's lack of foresight and the 106 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:53,519 lack of an ability to see chess moves in advance 107 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:59,079 and to create buffers, to create cushions, to create contingencies 108 00:06:59,839 --> 00:07:03,120 against the scattering of the conference. Like you know, now 109 00:07:03,160 --> 00:07:06,800 you're going to have a conference with you know, these 110 00:07:06,879 --> 00:07:12,279 four Mountain West schools, Memphis, maybe Texas, San Antonio, UTSA, 111 00:07:13,040 --> 00:07:16,399 and all right, it's a conference and you're going to 112 00:07:16,480 --> 00:07:18,360 have a seat at the table in terms of you know, 113 00:07:18,439 --> 00:07:23,360 trying for college football playoff qualification. But it's not going 114 00:07:23,439 --> 00:07:25,120 to be as good as it would have been with 115 00:07:25,319 --> 00:07:29,160 Oregon and Washington staying and with Utah and Arizona and 116 00:07:29,199 --> 00:07:31,639 Arizona State staying. All this could have been done in 117 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:36,439 June of twenty twenty three, fourteen fifteen months ago. So 118 00:07:36,600 --> 00:07:40,639 all of this does reinforce one last time, how brutally 119 00:07:40,720 --> 00:07:44,959 awful the pack pub was at strategy, at finalizing deals, 120 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:49,079 at having a realistic sense of what was and wasn't available. 121 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,160 So fresh drama in the PAC twelve and in the 122 00:07:53,199 --> 00:07:58,040 Western United States relative to college sports realignment. We had 123 00:07:58,079 --> 00:08:01,879 to talk about that here on off my pylon. And 124 00:08:01,959 --> 00:08:04,519 it will be interesting to see what happens next. You know, 125 00:08:04,560 --> 00:08:08,720 air Force is being courted by the AAC. Other dominoes 126 00:08:08,879 --> 00:08:11,600 you know, could be about to fall. We will obviously 127 00:08:11,720 --> 00:08:15,439 keep you posted. We will obviously discuss any fresh developments 128 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:19,040 that occur from week to week in the Western United States. 129 00:08:19,639 --> 00:08:24,160 All right, now, let's get to football. And so we're 130 00:08:24,199 --> 00:08:27,120 coming up on USC Michigan this weekend in the Big Ten. 131 00:08:27,399 --> 00:08:31,399 In terms of looking ahead, that's the big focus for 132 00:08:31,839 --> 00:08:36,879 Western teams. USC with a big opportunity Michigan changing quarterbacks, 133 00:08:36,960 --> 00:08:40,639 Davis Warren out Alex org In. Orgie was supposed to 134 00:08:40,639 --> 00:08:42,879 be the starter for most of the offseason, that was 135 00:08:42,919 --> 00:08:45,480 the way things seem to be trending. But Davis Warren 136 00:08:45,519 --> 00:08:48,840 got the job for opening day. In the first few games, 137 00:08:48,879 --> 00:08:51,000 did not play well against Texas, did not play well 138 00:08:51,000 --> 00:08:55,799 against Arkansas State, Turollmore makes the obvious necessary decision to 139 00:08:55,879 --> 00:08:58,240 go to alex Org. It's going to be interesting to 140 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:02,080 see what Michigan's offense looks like in terms of how 141 00:09:02,159 --> 00:09:05,240 what the run pass mix is. You know, Warren was 142 00:09:05,279 --> 00:09:08,279 the throwing quarterback and Orgy would come in for a 143 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,279 few specific plays, and everyone in the ballpark knew they 144 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,639 were going to be running plays well. So with Orgy 145 00:09:13,799 --> 00:09:16,639 now being the starter, he's going to have to throw 146 00:09:16,679 --> 00:09:18,240 the ball. He's gonna have to show that he can 147 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,360 throw the ball. USC's gonna load up against the run 148 00:09:22,039 --> 00:09:29,000 and Michigan's ability to establish some degree of balance on offense. 149 00:09:29,120 --> 00:09:31,879 That is a central key for Michigan in terms of 150 00:09:31,919 --> 00:09:34,279 being able to win the game. The other really central 151 00:09:34,360 --> 00:09:38,720 key to this game USC's offensive line against Michigan's defensive line. Now, 152 00:09:38,759 --> 00:09:42,440 how good is USC's offensive line don't really know. Did 153 00:09:42,440 --> 00:09:46,720 a decent job against LSU, not spectacular, but decent. Protected 154 00:09:46,759 --> 00:09:50,080 Miller Moss long enough for Moss to make important throws, 155 00:09:50,200 --> 00:09:53,200 especially late in the game. But us he could not 156 00:09:53,279 --> 00:09:58,240 run block against LSU's defensive front. It was not USC's 157 00:09:58,279 --> 00:10:01,519 offensive line did not clearly have the up hand. I 158 00:10:01,519 --> 00:10:03,799 wouldn't say USC got out played either. I think the 159 00:10:04,080 --> 00:10:07,720 matchup was fundamentally a draw. But that was good enough 160 00:10:07,799 --> 00:10:10,039 for USC in the passing game. It wasn't good enough 161 00:10:10,360 --> 00:10:14,519 in the running game. Michigan's defensive front got bullied by Texas. 162 00:10:14,799 --> 00:10:18,159 Now Texas looks like the real deal. Texas, in my mind, 163 00:10:18,159 --> 00:10:20,600 should be ranked number one. With Georgia, you know, barely 164 00:10:20,639 --> 00:10:23,480 beating Kentucky. Texas should be ranked number one based on 165 00:10:23,600 --> 00:10:28,000 how it's looked, how it's performed, the competition is faced 166 00:10:28,039 --> 00:10:31,399 and beaten. So far, Texas might be the best team 167 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:35,039 in the country. So the fact that Michigan couldn't handle Texas, 168 00:10:35,320 --> 00:10:37,600 that might not be an indictment of Michigan, might be 169 00:10:37,600 --> 00:10:40,559 a reflection on how good Texas is. But this Michigan 170 00:10:40,639 --> 00:10:46,000 defensive line must must outplay USC's offensive line for the 171 00:10:46,039 --> 00:10:51,559 Wolverines to have a realistic chance. If USC plays reasonably 172 00:10:51,879 --> 00:10:55,919 well upfront with its offensive line going up against Michigan's 173 00:10:56,080 --> 00:10:59,519 defensive front, you know, if Michigan is not clearly winning 174 00:10:59,519 --> 00:11:02,480 that match up up front, it's just going to be 175 00:11:02,519 --> 00:11:05,639 hard to see how Michigan creates the turnovers and the 176 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:10,759 negative plays that will be needed to really shut down USC. 177 00:11:11,360 --> 00:11:13,399 You know, US he has not been that clean with 178 00:11:13,519 --> 00:11:16,360 the ball. Nor Moss has had some passes batted down 179 00:11:16,360 --> 00:11:18,679 at the line of scrimmage. That was mostly against LSU, 180 00:11:19,200 --> 00:11:21,600 not so much in the second game against Utah State. 181 00:11:22,720 --> 00:11:26,240 USC did fumble against Utah State week two, fumbled in 182 00:11:26,279 --> 00:11:29,279 Week one against LSU. Been putting the ball on the 183 00:11:29,320 --> 00:11:33,039 carpet US. He has not been very clean. And I 184 00:11:33,080 --> 00:11:38,600 would say that Michigan needs not necessarily at least one turnover. 185 00:11:38,840 --> 00:11:42,480 Michigan needs at least one high impact turnover, meaning a 186 00:11:42,559 --> 00:11:46,759 turnover that causes a significant swing in points. And I 187 00:11:46,759 --> 00:11:48,720 think we can all generally agree on what that means. 188 00:11:48,720 --> 00:11:51,679 Like a red zone turnover that causes us swing in points, 189 00:11:51,960 --> 00:11:56,600 that's a high impact turnover. USC having third and ten 190 00:11:56,679 --> 00:11:59,679 in its own thirty five and nor Moss throwing a 191 00:11:59,720 --> 00:12:03,600 deep getting picked at the Michigan twenty, that's not a 192 00:12:03,679 --> 00:12:06,639 high impact turnover. That's basically an arm punt in the 193 00:12:06,679 --> 00:12:08,799 middle of the field. It doesn't really affect whether a 194 00:12:08,879 --> 00:12:12,879 team could have scored or would have scored. That's not 195 00:12:12,960 --> 00:12:16,000 a high impact turnover. But turnovers in your own red 196 00:12:16,080 --> 00:12:19,320 zone or in the opponent's red zone turnovers that clearly 197 00:12:19,360 --> 00:12:22,799 take away points from USC or ad points to Michigan. 198 00:12:23,559 --> 00:12:25,799 Michigan will need at least one of those high impact 199 00:12:25,799 --> 00:12:29,960 turnovers in my estimation, to win this game, or at 200 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,399 the very least, you know, be right there late in 201 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:35,080 the fourth quarter with a chance to win. And I 202 00:12:35,120 --> 00:12:38,679 think if Michigan can get two high impact turnovers and 203 00:12:38,759 --> 00:12:41,840 be plus two in turnover differential, then the needle really 204 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:44,519 tips to Michigan in terms of being able to win 205 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:49,440 this game. I think that that Michigan might not necessarily 206 00:12:49,480 --> 00:12:51,519 win this game in the sense of, you know, if 207 00:12:51,519 --> 00:12:54,399 Michigan has to do everything itself, if Michigan has to 208 00:12:54,480 --> 00:12:58,759 drive seventy five eighty yards against USC's defense, a defense 209 00:12:58,799 --> 00:13:01,720 which looks very good, Michigan's probably not gonna win. But 210 00:13:01,759 --> 00:13:05,399 if Michigan gets short fields, if Michigan gets defensive touchdowns, 211 00:13:05,799 --> 00:13:08,279 if Michigan can block a kick and return it for 212 00:13:08,320 --> 00:13:10,639 a score, or you know, get set up you know 213 00:13:10,679 --> 00:13:14,039 deep in USC territory on special teams, those are the 214 00:13:14,120 --> 00:13:16,159 kinds of things I think Michigan will need to do 215 00:13:16,720 --> 00:13:19,480 to be able to win the game. If USC basically 216 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:22,519 doesn't give this game away, if USC does not make 217 00:13:22,559 --> 00:13:28,120 big mistakes with turnovers or also special teams breakdowns. If 218 00:13:28,200 --> 00:13:31,200 USC does not miss any chip shot field goals it 219 00:13:31,279 --> 00:13:35,879 missed one against LSU near thirty yards in length. If 220 00:13:35,960 --> 00:13:39,120 USC just doesn't do any stupid stuff on offense or 221 00:13:39,159 --> 00:13:43,799 special teams and lets the defense win the game and 222 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,159 Michigan's offense has to go to length of the field 223 00:13:46,159 --> 00:13:50,559 against the USC defense to score, USC should be in 224 00:13:50,600 --> 00:13:53,559 good shape. So can the Tropans maintain their composure on 225 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,000 the road in the big House in an arbor three 226 00:13:56,120 --> 00:14:00,840 thirty Eastern, twelve thirty Pacific on CBS. That's really the 227 00:14:00,919 --> 00:14:04,759 test for USC. Maintain composure. That offensive line needs to 228 00:14:04,799 --> 00:14:07,600 do the job against Michigan's defensive front. And if you're Michigan, 229 00:14:07,840 --> 00:14:12,840 you need your defensive front to bash in USC's offensive line. 230 00:14:12,919 --> 00:14:17,399 Because it's really weird. But I think it's true that 231 00:14:17,919 --> 00:14:21,919 because USC has so fully addressed the defensive side of 232 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:25,000 the ball with its coaching staff changes made by Lincoln 233 00:14:25,039 --> 00:14:28,480 right with Danton Linn now a defensive coordinator, Eric Henderson 234 00:14:28,480 --> 00:14:32,679 on the defensive line, matt Ens at linebacker, coach Doug 235 00:14:32,759 --> 00:14:37,679 Belk and also assistant Taylor Mays, former USC star coaching 236 00:14:37,720 --> 00:14:40,679 the secondary. I think USC's defense is just not a 237 00:14:40,759 --> 00:14:44,240 question mark right now. US's defense is like the reliable 238 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:48,279 anchor unit of that group, and it's the offensive line 239 00:14:48,279 --> 00:14:50,840 that is the true lingering question mark. And if USC 240 00:14:50,960 --> 00:14:54,559 gets good production out of its offensive line, everything else 241 00:14:54,720 --> 00:14:57,600 should come together for the Trojans this season. And it 242 00:14:57,679 --> 00:15:02,600 also very much applies to this Saturday's big game at Michigan, 243 00:15:02,639 --> 00:15:05,039 So we're all going to be looking for that one. 244 00:15:05,279 --> 00:15:09,200 Wanted to get that look ahead to Week four noted 245 00:15:09,200 --> 00:15:11,279 for the record here at Get Off my Pilon. But now, 246 00:15:11,840 --> 00:15:14,720 after a previewing USC Michigan, a game I know you're 247 00:15:14,720 --> 00:15:17,559 all excited about, let's now go back and review some 248 00:15:17,639 --> 00:15:22,120 of the storylines from week three. Among Western teams that 249 00:15:22,159 --> 00:15:26,960 are in various conferences, one place we have to start 250 00:15:27,279 --> 00:15:31,519 in terms of a week three review is UCLA. Oh Man, 251 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:35,759 this could get very ugly, very quickly. It was very ugly. 252 00:15:35,799 --> 00:15:39,559 On Saturday. Ucla takes a twenty nine point loss to 253 00:15:39,879 --> 00:15:43,080 Kurt Signetti and a much improved Indiana team, and Indiana 254 00:15:43,120 --> 00:15:45,639 seems to have hit a home run with Kurt Signetti 255 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:49,720 hiring him away from James Madison. Indiana looks really, really good. 256 00:15:50,279 --> 00:15:54,480 And it's going to be interesting to see Indiana forty 257 00:15:54,480 --> 00:15:57,480 two UCLA thirteen. How much of that was Indiana being great? 258 00:15:57,519 --> 00:16:01,360 How much of that was UCLA being awful? My instinct 259 00:16:01,159 --> 00:16:05,639 at initially both a lot of both. Like I think 260 00:16:05,720 --> 00:16:10,080 that when Deshaun Foster froze up at Big ten Media Days, 261 00:16:10,679 --> 00:16:12,840 when he tried to give his speech and just that 262 00:16:12,840 --> 00:16:16,679 that went horribly for him, a lot of people said, well, 263 00:16:16,879 --> 00:16:19,399 he's not great at public speaking. He doesn't like that 264 00:16:19,480 --> 00:16:21,000 part of the job. But you know, you get him 265 00:16:21,039 --> 00:16:25,879 into like a retail politics situation, just one on one conversationally, 266 00:16:25,919 --> 00:16:29,799 he's really good. You know, he can recruit, he's well liked, 267 00:16:29,799 --> 00:16:33,559 he's well respected, and you know he is well liked. 268 00:16:33,600 --> 00:16:37,879 He is well respected within the UCLA community. But maybe 269 00:16:37,919 --> 00:16:41,480 that performance at Big ten Media Days wasn't just about 270 00:16:42,080 --> 00:16:45,960 Deshaun Foster doesn't like public speaking. Maybe it's that he's 271 00:16:45,960 --> 00:16:48,720 not ready for this. Because UCLA did not seem to 272 00:16:48,720 --> 00:16:52,159 be ready for Indiana, did not play well against Hawaii, 273 00:16:52,279 --> 00:16:54,440 was able to squeak through with a three point win 274 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,480 over a Hawaii team which doesn't appear to be all 275 00:16:57,480 --> 00:17:00,960 that good if you look at you see l A schedule, 276 00:17:02,519 --> 00:17:04,799 where are you going to find more than two wins 277 00:17:05,400 --> 00:17:08,599 over the remainder of this schedule? I have Minnesota at home. 278 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:12,880 Minnesota game at home and the Fresno State game at home. 279 00:17:13,519 --> 00:17:16,680 Two best chances for u c l A to grab 280 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:19,319 a win over the in the remainder of its schedule. 281 00:17:20,079 --> 00:17:23,319 Iowa at home. That doesn't look very good like Iowa, 282 00:17:23,319 --> 00:17:27,359 Iowa should be able to physically control uh u c 283 00:17:27,519 --> 00:17:32,200 l A. Iowa Iowa already noted that UCLA has to 284 00:17:32,200 --> 00:17:36,920 play Oregon. UCLA is playing LSU next on the road. 285 00:17:37,119 --> 00:17:40,440 Good luck with that. UCLA has to play Penn State. 286 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:43,559 Rutgers is a very physical team. That's a game UCLA 287 00:17:43,599 --> 00:17:46,279 will have to play in New Jersey that doesn't look 288 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:49,039 like a game you U c l A is likely 289 00:17:49,079 --> 00:17:53,279 to win. Nebraska and then of course USC and also 290 00:17:53,519 --> 00:17:57,920 Washington Washing. The Washington game is on the road in Seattle, 291 00:17:58,640 --> 00:18:02,440 where you know where you're going to find wins against 292 00:18:02,480 --> 00:18:07,319 the schedule that tough. UCLA's best case scenario in my 293 00:18:07,480 --> 00:18:10,799 mind for twenty twenty four is three and nine, and 294 00:18:10,839 --> 00:18:15,079 that's pretty ugly likely. Result two and ten and one 295 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:20,079 and eleven is a possibility because like Minnesota, UCLA that's 296 00:18:20,079 --> 00:18:22,960 a toss up. Like it's not clearly a game. That's 297 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:24,960 not a game UCLA is likely to win. But it's 298 00:18:24,960 --> 00:18:28,160 a game Ucla can you know, Minnesota is not very good. 299 00:18:28,200 --> 00:18:30,599 But like, that is a toss up. It's not a 300 00:18:30,599 --> 00:18:32,839 game where UTLA is going to be favored by five, six, 301 00:18:32,960 --> 00:18:36,720 seven points, might be favored by two or we'll see 302 00:18:36,759 --> 00:18:38,279 when we get to that. Because that game is still 303 00:18:38,559 --> 00:18:42,119 several weeks away. So it's a game UCLA could win. 304 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:45,400 It's not a game UCLA is definitely going to win. 305 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:48,839 And then Fresno State at home at the end of 306 00:18:48,839 --> 00:18:50,799 the season, you know who, who knows where we're going 307 00:18:50,880 --> 00:18:54,319 to be by that point in terms of how UCLA 308 00:18:54,359 --> 00:18:58,039 and Fresno State have evolved. Ucily is not probably not 309 00:18:58,079 --> 00:19:00,400 going to be a clear cut favorite in that game either, 310 00:19:01,039 --> 00:19:04,839 barring injuries to Presno State. So this is all a 311 00:19:04,920 --> 00:19:06,759 larger way of saying that it's going to be a 312 00:19:06,759 --> 00:19:09,680 blood bath for Ucilly this year. And when a coach 313 00:19:10,759 --> 00:19:15,839 has a terrible first year, that second year becomes a 314 00:19:15,880 --> 00:19:18,079 hot seat year, or at least it easily could become 315 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:20,799 a hot seat year. Now, normally coaches get three years 316 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:27,680 at programs and I'm sure that the administration at UCLA 317 00:19:28,039 --> 00:19:32,279 does want to give Deshaun Foster every possible chance to succeed. 318 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:35,079 But if this is a two and ten year in 319 00:19:35,119 --> 00:19:38,920 twenty twenty four, and ucily then goes three and nine 320 00:19:39,119 --> 00:19:42,680 in two thousand and twenty five, is that gonna be 321 00:19:42,759 --> 00:19:45,480 enough for Deshaun Foster to get a third season in 322 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:49,759 twenty twenty six. I don't think so. I would say 323 00:19:49,759 --> 00:19:52,599 that if this year does turn into a two and 324 00:19:52,720 --> 00:19:57,000 ten season for UCLA, Deshaun Foster is gonna need to 325 00:19:57,079 --> 00:20:00,119 at least go four and eight, and he might need 326 00:20:00,200 --> 00:20:03,400 to go five and seven to give the brass at 327 00:20:03,480 --> 00:20:06,759 UCLA the idea that, hey, this program is going in 328 00:20:06,799 --> 00:20:10,599 the right direction. If UCLA lose wins fewer than four 329 00:20:10,680 --> 00:20:15,039 games in each of Deshaun Foster's first two seasons, that 330 00:20:15,160 --> 00:20:17,839 might not be enough. So, like we're we're not on 331 00:20:17,880 --> 00:20:21,039 a hot seat watch now, in the sense that he's 332 00:20:21,119 --> 00:20:24,000 gonna have a second season, He's going to coach a 333 00:20:24,039 --> 00:20:26,880 second season. You know, he's going to be given a 334 00:20:26,960 --> 00:20:30,359 chance to bounce back from a horrible first year. But 335 00:20:30,400 --> 00:20:32,960 will he get three years? Will he get that third year? 336 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:37,480 If the second year is just about as horrible as 337 00:20:37,559 --> 00:20:40,680 year one seems likely to be. That's the question. And 338 00:20:40,720 --> 00:20:44,359 we are now in that territory at UCLA where we're 339 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,680 not sure if Deshaun Foster is going to get more 340 00:20:46,759 --> 00:20:49,960 than two years on the job in Westwood. So that's 341 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:53,119 a pretty significant story as is. You know, Indiana looking 342 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,440 like a really good team in the Big Ten. I mean, 343 00:20:56,480 --> 00:20:59,480 Indiana is gonna go to a bowl game. It's just 344 00:20:59,559 --> 00:21:03,400 gonna be how how good a bowl can the Hoosiers get? 345 00:21:03,440 --> 00:21:03,519 Speaker 1: To? 346 00:21:04,519 --> 00:21:08,400 Speaker 2: Other big stories? We have to go to the Pacific Northwest, right, 347 00:21:08,440 --> 00:21:10,359 because we had the two rivalry games. We had the 348 00:21:10,359 --> 00:21:13,599 Apple Cup, we had the Civil War Apple Cup. Washington 349 00:21:13,640 --> 00:21:17,039 State in Seattle. It wasn't Husky Stadium, they played at 350 00:21:17,039 --> 00:21:21,599 the Seahawks a stadium, women Field. But still Wazoo goes 351 00:21:21,640 --> 00:21:26,119 to Seattle beats Jedfish uh and Washington So Jake Dicker 352 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:32,720 is really coaching him up at Wazoo. Just an inspiring win, 353 00:21:32,839 --> 00:21:36,039 a tough win. H Washington State was the better team 354 00:21:36,079 --> 00:21:38,759 for most of that game. Washington State was consistently leading 355 00:21:39,839 --> 00:21:43,839 Washington State. Uh, you know controlled play uh in in 356 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,119 the second half. I mean, so that was that was 357 00:21:46,160 --> 00:21:49,400 not a Fluke. It's not as though Washington State had 358 00:21:49,400 --> 00:21:51,680 to make a late come from behind rally. No, it 359 00:21:51,720 --> 00:21:56,799 was Washington State mostly controlling the second half, uh, you know, 360 00:21:57,000 --> 00:22:01,240 and and being able to make plays uh uh with 361 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:05,319 with you know, a running quarterback and with a defense 362 00:22:05,400 --> 00:22:08,440 that you know, stood strong. Washington had to kick way 363 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:13,039 too many field goals. Washington dinked and dunked, but Wazoo 364 00:22:13,079 --> 00:22:16,839 had a bend don't break philosophy on defense, and you 365 00:22:16,880 --> 00:22:19,880 know that has proven to be successful for a lot 366 00:22:19,920 --> 00:22:22,759 of teams. Like that was how USC played LSU. We're 367 00:22:22,759 --> 00:22:25,559 gonna give you the short stuff. You're gonna get yards, 368 00:22:25,599 --> 00:22:28,960 you're gonna get first downs, but you're not gonna get touchdowns. Uh. 369 00:22:29,039 --> 00:22:33,720 That was Washington State's approach, and it certainly worked against Washington. 370 00:22:34,279 --> 00:22:39,240 So Jedfish a little turbulence in Seattle. It looks like 371 00:22:39,319 --> 00:22:42,920 this team is going to be, you know, no better 372 00:22:42,960 --> 00:22:46,920 than eight and four against the competition that it's that 373 00:22:46,960 --> 00:22:50,400 it's facing. Obviously, you know, hasn't even played a Big 374 00:22:50,440 --> 00:22:52,680 ten game yet. But if you can't beat Washington State 375 00:22:52,720 --> 00:22:56,920 at home does not bode well for the Huskies against 376 00:22:57,039 --> 00:23:02,640 the Big ten schedule that's coming up. So the drop 377 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:05,240 off at Washington is as significant as we thought it 378 00:23:05,319 --> 00:23:08,519 was going to be. Jedfish not being able to bring 379 00:23:08,640 --> 00:23:12,839 quarterback Noah Fafita with him from Tucson to Seattle. YEP, 380 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:17,160 that failure is proving to be as decisive as we 381 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:19,200 thought it would be. You know that Washington was not 382 00:23:19,279 --> 00:23:21,440 going to be in that nine or ten win range, 383 00:23:21,880 --> 00:23:26,279 going to be in a lower win range. The Huskies 384 00:23:26,519 --> 00:23:29,039 are not going to be a significant player in the 385 00:23:29,039 --> 00:23:33,160 Big Ten this season. They might play spoiler for someone else, 386 00:23:33,240 --> 00:23:36,720 but in terms of their own title aspirations, and I 387 00:23:36,759 --> 00:23:39,079 know that the Big Ten schedule hasn't started for them, 388 00:23:39,119 --> 00:23:41,279 but I think it's pretty clear Washington's not going to 389 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:44,519 finish in like the top three or four or five 390 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:46,440 of the Big Ten, probably going to finish in the 391 00:23:46,440 --> 00:23:51,920 middle third of that conference. The other Pacific Northwest rivalry game, well, 392 00:23:52,000 --> 00:23:54,559 this was the Oregon team we expected to see before 393 00:23:54,599 --> 00:23:58,640 the season began. Oregon finally looked like Oregon, tremendous on 394 00:23:58,720 --> 00:24:01,319 both sides of the ball. Dylan Gabriel and the offense 395 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:06,839 busted out, the offensive line made significant improvements. Thrashed Oregon 396 00:24:06,880 --> 00:24:10,400 State on the road, So that has to really make 397 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:15,000 everyone a lot calmer in Eugene, Dan Lanning his staff 398 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,359 credit to them, got a lot of good work done 399 00:24:17,920 --> 00:24:21,519 this week. I think the only remaining question is, you know, 400 00:24:21,599 --> 00:24:23,880 how good is Oregon State or maybe how bad is 401 00:24:23,920 --> 00:24:27,000 Oregon State? Because Oregon State shut out San Diego State, 402 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:29,480 it could be that San Diego State is just really, 403 00:24:29,519 --> 00:24:32,960 really awful. And keep in mind that San Diego State 404 00:24:33,039 --> 00:24:37,279 struggled for a half against Texas and m Commerce, an 405 00:24:37,440 --> 00:24:40,000 FCS school struggled in the first half of that game 406 00:24:40,039 --> 00:24:44,000 before blowing out Commerce in the second half. San Diego 407 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:46,079 State's had had a rough go of it in the 408 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:49,400 first year under head coach Sean Lewis. It could just 409 00:24:49,440 --> 00:24:52,319 be at the Aztecs are horrible. So when Oregon State 410 00:24:52,359 --> 00:24:55,920 shut out the Aztecs the week before the Oregon game, 411 00:24:56,079 --> 00:24:58,480 maybe that was a lot more about San Diego State 412 00:24:59,319 --> 00:25:05,319 and the impotence on offense than anything good that Oregon 413 00:25:05,359 --> 00:25:09,559 State was doing. So that's that's a lingering question in 414 00:25:09,640 --> 00:25:13,920 terms of measuring the quality of Oregon's win over Oregon State. 415 00:25:14,000 --> 00:25:17,319 But there is no doubt about the reality that Oregon 416 00:25:17,359 --> 00:25:20,079 looked like Oregon again, and so the Ducks that have 417 00:25:20,880 --> 00:25:24,359 in many ways re established themselves at the top of 418 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,799 the Big Ten as a conference play is about to 419 00:25:27,839 --> 00:25:34,720 get going the other points of focus. Uh, you know 420 00:25:34,759 --> 00:25:38,920 Western schools playing in you know, non Pac twelve commerces. Again, 421 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:42,599 it's an adjustment. It's gonna take getting used to. But 422 00:25:42,759 --> 00:25:44,920 so like, we're not covering the Pac twelve so much 423 00:25:44,920 --> 00:25:47,079 as we're covering the conference that used to be the 424 00:25:47,079 --> 00:25:50,160 PAC twelve in the various different conferences. So they're the 425 00:25:50,160 --> 00:25:54,119 Big ten refugees. Now let's deal with the Big twelve refugees. 426 00:25:54,200 --> 00:25:58,480 So Arizona got it's head handed to it on a 427 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:01,559 platter by Kansas State. Kansas State, the far better team, 428 00:26:01,960 --> 00:26:04,440 Kansas State, the far more physical team. Like that was 429 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:07,640 a rude awakening for Arizona. And let's and let's keep 430 00:26:07,680 --> 00:26:11,599 in mind, Arizona's defense was terrible against New Mexico. Arizona's 431 00:26:11,640 --> 00:26:16,039 offense was terrible against Northern Arizona. So there were inconsistencies. 432 00:26:16,480 --> 00:26:18,920 And you can see this coming. Going to Kansas State 433 00:26:19,440 --> 00:26:22,960 on a Friday night game on the road. Uh, that 434 00:26:23,119 --> 00:26:25,279 was going to be a heavy lift for Arizona no 435 00:26:25,319 --> 00:26:27,480 matter what. And you know, getting blown out in the 436 00:26:27,519 --> 00:26:31,440 second half, that shows just how much work first year 437 00:26:31,480 --> 00:26:35,599 head coach Brent Brennan has to do. Uh, it's not 438 00:26:35,680 --> 00:26:38,279 looking good for Arizona in terms of being able to 439 00:26:38,440 --> 00:26:41,920 match the nine to three to twelve game record that 440 00:26:42,279 --> 00:26:45,359 last season's team was able to attain. I think if 441 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:48,920 you're if you're looking at predicting where Arizona's record is 442 00:26:48,920 --> 00:26:51,799 gonna gonna land, probably gonna be south of nine and 443 00:26:51,799 --> 00:26:56,720 three instead of north. So, you know, the Wildcats who 444 00:26:56,759 --> 00:26:59,640 did lose some of their players to Jedfish in Washington, 445 00:26:59,680 --> 00:27:02,039 but not all, like it was a mixed back. Some 446 00:27:02,160 --> 00:27:06,519 went to Seattle, but others such as Noah Pafita, stayed 447 00:27:06,519 --> 00:27:08,960 in Tucson. But you know, it could just be that 448 00:27:09,039 --> 00:27:13,240 some of the defections were enough to weaken Arizona. And 449 00:27:13,279 --> 00:27:16,039 really on a broader level, I think we can say 450 00:27:16,359 --> 00:27:22,079 that Arizona and Washington are both thus far losers in 451 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:24,920 terms of the transfer portal, in terms of the effects 452 00:27:24,960 --> 00:27:29,359 of Jedfish leaving because he didn't he didn't leave the 453 00:27:29,960 --> 00:27:35,680 he didn't completely poach Arizona, he didn't gut Arizona's roster 454 00:27:35,799 --> 00:27:39,279 with a complete exodus to Seattle. Because Brent Brennan was 455 00:27:39,359 --> 00:27:43,440 able to retain a lot of key players, but Fish 456 00:27:43,519 --> 00:27:47,319 did take some players with him, so it left Arizona 457 00:27:48,119 --> 00:27:52,359 somewhat depleted. And Washington didn't get all of the Arizona 458 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:56,000 transfers it was hoping for, so the Huckeys have been 459 00:27:56,079 --> 00:27:58,759 left short of where they wanted to be. So both 460 00:27:58,839 --> 00:28:01,799 programs are really coming up on the short end as 461 00:28:01,839 --> 00:28:05,160 a result of the coaching changes that we've seen in 462 00:28:05,279 --> 00:28:10,160 Seattle and Tucson. Arizona State's unbeaten. Now, it wasn't pretty 463 00:28:10,519 --> 00:28:12,799 and it was Texas State, and the Texas State's a good, 464 00:28:12,920 --> 00:28:16,359 feisty group of five team. But Arizona State looked awful 465 00:28:16,519 --> 00:28:18,799 in the first half, trailed twenty one to seven late 466 00:28:18,839 --> 00:28:21,559 first half. But credit the Sun Devils, they fought back. 467 00:28:21,839 --> 00:28:26,279 This is a resilient team. Kenny Dillingham has these guys believing. 468 00:28:27,759 --> 00:28:33,279 Kenny Dillingham continues to answer doubts. He continues to quiet 469 00:28:33,279 --> 00:28:37,759 the skeptics such as myself, Arizona State, you might not 470 00:28:37,880 --> 00:28:41,039 have that high a ceiling this year, but hey, just 471 00:28:41,119 --> 00:28:43,920 going to a bowl game would be a very good year. 472 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:46,799 And ASU is definitely on track to make a bowl. 473 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,000 Now three to zero on the season, Now we do 474 00:28:50,079 --> 00:28:53,079 have to say However, that some of the two of 475 00:28:53,119 --> 00:28:55,680 the other two ASU wins in addition to Texas State, 476 00:28:55,839 --> 00:28:58,319 they don't look as good right now. The win over 477 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:04,359 Wyoming looked really solid initially. Wyoming then lost to Idaho 478 00:29:04,519 --> 00:29:08,279 of the FCS at home, and Wyoming then got blown 479 00:29:08,279 --> 00:29:12,240 out at home by BYU, So Wyoming could actually be 480 00:29:12,359 --> 00:29:15,720 really bad this season. And ASU's other win was over 481 00:29:15,759 --> 00:29:19,440 Mississippi State, and Mississippi State just got dump trucked. Now 482 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:22,160 it didn't, didn't just lose got blown out at home 483 00:29:22,359 --> 00:29:28,160 by Toledo, So Mississippi State could be horrible. So ASU 484 00:29:28,279 --> 00:29:30,319 still having a really good year at three and zero 485 00:29:30,359 --> 00:29:34,640 headed to a bowl game most likely, but ASU's competition 486 00:29:34,799 --> 00:29:38,240 might have been a lot worse than any of us thought. 487 00:29:39,079 --> 00:29:43,000 Utah goes into Logan and wins a rivalry game against 488 00:29:43,119 --> 00:29:46,160 Utah State, and you could say, hey, Utah State lost 489 00:29:46,160 --> 00:29:48,799 to USC by forty eight points. Of course, Utah was 490 00:29:48,839 --> 00:29:51,960 supposed to win this game, but let's remember Cam Rising 491 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:55,880 did not play, and so that made this game a 492 00:29:55,880 --> 00:30:00,079 little bit tenuous. So Utah handled its business. That's a 493 00:30:00,119 --> 00:30:03,680 better win than you might think for Kyle Winningham And 494 00:30:03,720 --> 00:30:06,480 we'll see if Kim Rising can play against Oklahoma State. 495 00:30:06,519 --> 00:30:09,519 As the youths now move into the Big Twelve portion 496 00:30:09,599 --> 00:30:11,799 of their schedule, that's going to be an obvious talking 497 00:30:11,880 --> 00:30:18,880 point for the youths. So it's a very interesting world 498 00:30:19,039 --> 00:30:21,880 in western college football in the United States with the 499 00:30:21,920 --> 00:30:24,720 PAC twelve refugees in the Big Ten that we've talked about, 500 00:30:24,799 --> 00:30:28,920 the PAC twelve refugees in the Big twelve, and Washington 501 00:30:28,920 --> 00:30:32,440 State and Jake Dickert, you know, who are about to 502 00:30:32,519 --> 00:30:35,359 welcome several new schools from the Mountain West into the 503 00:30:35,440 --> 00:30:38,440 new look PAC twelve and twenty twenty six. Jake Dickert 504 00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:43,799 is certainly elevating his national profile, his his coaching stock 505 00:30:43,880 --> 00:30:47,079 is rising, and you know, the Florida jobs going to 506 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:51,920 open up. I think that you know, I've seen Jamie Chadwell, 507 00:30:51,960 --> 00:30:56,799 the head coach of Liberty One, being one prominent name 508 00:30:58,119 --> 00:31:00,839 for that job in Gainesville. Because it's almost certain that 509 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,920 the billion napier is not going to survive this year. 510 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:07,400 But it's going to be interesting to see where Jake 511 00:31:07,480 --> 00:31:11,720 Dickard of Washington State comes in for the coaching carousel 512 00:31:11,759 --> 00:31:15,640 and what his place in the carousel this December is 513 00:31:15,680 --> 00:31:19,240 going to be because he is certainly pointing that arrow upward. 514 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:23,799 What he's doing at Washington State in a very difficult situation. 515 00:31:24,039 --> 00:31:29,960 Jake Dickard definitely making a name for himself. 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