Speaker 1: I'll get a started this week on the hot take.
I'm gonna lean towards the Big Twelve into thing, and
I'm gonna bring up the most talked about team, for
better or for worse in the Big Twelve, the Colorado Buffaloes.
And my hot take is that they will get a
bit of a scare from North Dakota State. I think
North Dakota State We're gonna make it interesting. I could
very well see them winning that game in Colorado. That
offensive line, that defensive line, that defense struggling North Dakota
State running the football, doing what they can to shorten
the game. Maybe Schador makes a few mistakes early. I
think North Dakota State is going to give Colorado all
they can handle and put the college football world unnotice.
And some of you may be listening after this game
has already played, so you might already know, and either
I look like a genius or a dumb ass potentially,
but That's where I'm going, I think, or the Goota
State is gonna give Colorado a bit of a scare.
Speaker 2: You know, I think they will too. I'd be I'd
be shocked. I think there are a lot of people
that are like you know, Colorado is gonna survive. I
think they're gonna survive. But I think I think people
like maybe like Travis Hunter are going to save them. Yeah,
and I'd be shocked if they didn't save them.
Speaker 1: I know that he's supposed to root against the Big Twelve,
but I'm kind of low key hoping North Dakota State
wins this game.
Speaker 2: You know, I I and as far as in as
far as a, as far as the big top team.
I don't think you're the only one that would be like,
oh yeah, hopefully they do good. No, I don't think
you're the only one that's like, oh, yeah, well hopefully
they you know, make make don't I don't know make play.
Speaker 1: Yeah.
Speaker 2: I think there's a lot of a lot of outside
areas that that some of these teams are like, oh well,
I mean, we did our best, we did what we want.
Speaker 1: And to be fair, like Colorado State, it's their first
game as a member of the Big Twelve, and what
is it twelve fifteen years or so, like, I don't
feel like that they've earned or I have to root
for them yet, like I can, Yeah, they're so little.
Speaker 2: No, Like, like, well, to be fair, you don't the
rhythm of the motherfuckers at all. Yeah, I mean, for
for all the consider they can fucking east ship all right,
I mean there were no really like you don't have
the you don't have to entertain anybody.
Speaker 1: Yeah, what direction would you like to go with your
hot take this week?
Speaker 2: But I'll tell you this, and I've thought about this
this one especially for a while. OSU plays South Dakota State,
who has not lost the game in probably thirty games.
I think OSU, I don't, I don't. I don't know
the I don't know the uh spread hovery points, I
don't know the I don't know, you know, like South
Dakosta State is gonna put up points.
Speaker 1: Os U is a nine and a half point favorite
in the over unders fifty three and a half.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna say that OSHU doesn't cover mm hmm, does
not cover the points. I think they win by you
said nine and a half. Yes, Well, let me rephrase
they're gonna cover. They're gonna win by ten or more. Okay,
the over under is not gonna cover.
Speaker 1: Okay, So you like the under.
Speaker 2: And and I would like the under for the first
three games of Oshue, Okay, and I would be most scared.
I'm pretty scared of this game, but I would be
most scared for the game when Arkansas comes. Still are Yeah,
I think I think Casey Done has enough that he
can do what he can do, and I think it
gets from there. Okay, but I'm still terrified.
Speaker 1: A couple of headlines I want to hit on before
we talk about the games going on in the Big
twelve in the SEC this week. Let's start with OU.
DeMarco Murray suspended OU's running backs coach for the game
against Temple on Friday night for recruiting violations during COVID.
We saw what Michigan got for their COVID recruiting violations,
and this occurred when Lincoln Riley was still the head
coach at OU. So I'm sure O you fans are
gonna blame Lincoln Riley about this. The NCAA and their statement,
they came out and said that, hey, you know this
falls on Brent Vinables that you know, he's the head coach.
He should have known better than all this, which I
thought was odd because again it was when he was
not there. That doesn't make sense. But one game suspension
tom for DeMarco Murray, big deal. Not a big deal.
I don't think it's a huge deal. I think it's
a headline grab. It's certainly you know, it's a big name.
DeMarco Murray was a good NFL running back, had a
great career at OHU. I think it grabs headlines, But
I don't think it's a big deal. At the end
of the day that he's not there for the Temple Game.
I think, you know, this will everybody will forget about
it by Monday.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's like, is it really that big of a
deal that he's not there for it? No one's gonna
remember that he wasn't there for it, right, Like, there
there are some punishments that are like, oh, well, that
can actually affect something, and there are also some other
punishments that are like, yeah, good luck to you. We're
not going to be talking about this motherfucker all right,
right arguably so and so at that point you just
kind of do what you have to do. But I,
you know, I think I think he's fine. Yeah, I
think this is this is this almost extends to there's
so much extends to Michigan where it's like, yeah, this
is really a non issue.
Speaker 1: Right. Meanwhile, the Yukon rumblings are back again. Brett yor
Mark has loved the Yukon Huskies for a bit and
has been trying to court the Big Twelve for a
while about potentially adding Yukon, And the newest proposal that's
out there is that Yukon joins the Big Twelve in
all sports except football in twenty twenty six, that they
get limited revenue that it doesn't take away from the
other schools with the revenue that they get, and then
potentially joining the league in football in twenty thirty one
if they meet a set of benchmarks in criteria for approval,
and the Big Twelve would be up for a new
TV contract by then, so then they could get a
revenue share and it whenn't take away from everybody else
and potentially increase the value of the league. Tom On
the surface level of the idea of bringing Yukon to
the Big Twelve, because how bad their football program was,
I would have said hell no, I said, you know,
I'm just not interested in that. But then you lay
out this plan. This is where Brett Yormark is getting
smart here, and I say getting smart. He's a genius.
He's done a great job. But with that said of okay,
you've got to do these things. You're not going to
take away money from everybody else. And if you do
these things, then we'll let you in in twenty thirty one.
Now you have me on board. Now that's a plan
I can get behind. And for some of you that
may be saying, well, Yukon football is never going to
be good, YadA YadA yah. I mean, twenty thirty one
is a long time from now. If the criteria is stringent,
and I hope it is, then they would have to
earn their way in on the football field and meet
whatever bitch marks are out there. That plan I can
get behind. And we know how good Yukon men's basketball
is back to back national champions the women's program one
of the best of all time. Gino Arima is still there.
What it would do for basketball, it would turn the
Big twelve basketball into the sec of basketball. I mean
you have Kansas, Houston, Baylor, Iowa State, Yukon. I mean,
it would just be unbelievable if they could pull this off. Tom,
that's my thought process. I'm behind this plan. When it
was talked about of just bringing them in as a
full time member and potentially taking away revenue from everybody else.
I was completely out on that. But this with a
standard to meet to get in now we're talking. Now
we can work with that. And the other thing that
people point to is, well, what about the ACC and
the ACC schools that could potentially be available here soon. Well,
here's another thought Yukon has thought of as a potential
team for the ACC to add to save that league.
You are kind of playing Jenga here and you're taking
Yukon off the table for the ACC potentially and making
it easier for that league to collapse. And when we
talk timeline at twenty thirty one, who's to say that
Yukon Football by then isn't going to be better than
Pitt or Syracuse or you know, NC State or Virginia.
I mean, like, that's not out of the wrong possibility.
That's a long time. If they're truly wanting to invest
and do what it takes to be competitive in this league,
and you know, follow this plan that Brett Yormak's put together,
then uh, then I'm all for it. What do you think?
Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, I think that's all you know. I
think that's part of the process where it's like, okay,
well you flush. I mean at that point you fleshed
them out right. It's like, oh great, well here's this
and here's that. At that point you've you fleshed them
out right, right, I would assume, right, So maybe not,
but maybe not. I think at that point you you
flushed them out and and then you go, no, let's
let's see what Let's see what we have. Yeah, Like,
I think that's arguable.
Speaker 1: So so with that proposal, are you a ya or
a nay on that idea when Yukon.
Speaker 2: I tend to attend to lean to a nay to
be honest, really, I think I do. I mean, the
basketball is good, but we have a good basketball program, right,
but we don't need we don't need Yukon to to
stand up for us like or or good as is
where yu Kona is really good, but we we don't
need we don't need the top tier ship to be
that person right.
Speaker 1: Already at the top.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean no, I think it would be good, yes,
but we don't need them. We don't need top tier
shit to they run well what we want.
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, and I understand that. I understand that, but
I like the plan. I like the idea in place
of making them earn it and see what happens from there.
But very curious to see if if they can convince
the powers that be to pull this off. Let's look
at these slate of games this week, both of the
Big Twelve and the SEC. We're gonna go super quick
through these real quick. UCF gets New Hampshire. That should
be an easy game for UCF. Kansas gets linden Wood.
I'm just excited to see a healthy Jalen Daniels finally,
him and Devin Neil do their thing. Hopefully they don't
even have to play in the second half. Colorado north
Akota State we talked about earlier. I think North Akota
State's gonna give them a bit of a scare, but
I still expect Colorado to win, but should be a
very competitive game. Utah take it on Southern Utah. Utah
should beat the crap out of them. I'm not expecting
that to be very much of a competitive game, but
kind of like we talked about with Jaylen Daniels coming back,
it's gonna be good to see Cam Rising take the
football field and him in action. Like to me, Tom,
real quick, that that of those games. I'm just glad
to see two of the league's top quarterbacks back in
the football field at full strength.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think, oh it, it's gonna be tying out
Ship and he's be shocked if it doesn't get to that,
all right, I'll be very shocked. It's like, well, they
do this and they have that, but I would be
very under influst if they had something else happened.
Speaker 1: TCU takes on Stanford. Stanford's a bad team Stanford, I know,
being in the ACC their first year road game late
at night, But I don't expect TCU to really have
any problems with this one. Here. The Hoover kid, I
don't think enough people are talking about. I think he's
a talented quarterback. He's there full time starter. You know,
he beat out Chandler Morris last year his second year.
I think it's been cool to see Hoover in the
national spotlight, kind of his debut for the country, if
you will, in this late night contest on Friday night.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, I think for a lot of these schools,
it's gonna be like, Okay, well we expected this much
out of this school, and we don't it that much
out of that school and then we dumped down. And
then any of the other schools that are like, oh, well,
we were trying to take step with step, then they
get fus.
Speaker 1: Yeah. And then you go to the Saturday slate Penn
State in West Virginia, and this is a popular upset pick.
A lot of people are picking West Virginia to upset
Penn State a rivalry game. It's big noon. Pat McAfee
is going to be there Friday, so much excitement about this.
They're closing the schools in Morgantown on Friday with this
game with Pat McAfee and town and everything. With that said,
I know that it's going to be rocking there in
West Virginia, Tom, But you know me, I'm no believer
in Neil Brown. I think Garrett Green, their quarterback, is
highly overrated. Pro Football Focus ranked him the fourth best
quarterback of the Big twelve. I just don't see Penn
State having any issues with West Virginia.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, if Penn State has issues with West Virginia,
then it's turn at that point, it's Sunda higher on
NW Joe.
Speaker 1: Yeah, sorry, James.
Speaker 2: Sorry, yeah, yeah, I mean really.
Speaker 1: South Dakota State and Oklahoma State we talked about earlier.
You know, I think Oklahoma State's gonna run the football.
They're gonna win with the line of scrimmage, and I
expect them to pull away in the second half in
this game. I know they're a nine and a half
point favorite. I think OSU is gonna be fine. Cincinnati
takes on Townsend. Cincinnati should be okay. Iowa State twenty
eight and a half point favorite against North Dakota. I
know Iowa State doesn't play well the month of September
usually speaking, but there's just no excuse for this game.
Did not be a good performance from the cyclones. K
State taking on you, Martin case State's a big twelve
title contender. I think they'll play great. Baylor taking on
Tarleton State. Baylor twenty six and a half point favorite.
I don't think Baylor's that great, but there's no reason
why this should be a close game. Houston and un LV.
Houston only a two and a half point favorite at
home against this un LV team. That's a sneaky good game,
and the public's putting their money on you and LV.
Donovan Smith, I want to see him kind of ball
out here and see what he's made of here against
un LV.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you know, I think you KNOWLV, I think has potential.
I think they have the potential maybe of the same
maybe the same group that we wanted to see. Right, Yeah,
they're okay, well we'll just we'll just take them. We'll
take them for what they are. I don't want to
hold them out as much as they want to be
held out. But I think I think we can get
away with it. But I think I think you make
a good point. And you know, when we get to
the players that like go head to head to toe
or to the toe or ed however you want to
mention it, I think we run into that same like, oh, table,
you know I'm from Tulsa, let's do the head to
head or oh I used to be from Tumsa, let's
do the ton and we run into the big glass.
We did the head to head end of tote, and
it's like, oh, okay, well you know we're not fighting
head to toe. We're fighting head to head to toe
to toe, and and ends up being a not a massacre,
but ends up being like oh ship, well.
Speaker 3: You know you did this and I did that, and
oh I was signal kui here and I was fucking
pig fight over here, and Jones like, well, I went
to Kansas.
Speaker 2: This girl's like, well, I I did a bottle study
of those you. I'm like, well, it's just not like
it works out here. I Jones was trying to make
a what happened right now? Just kidding, but it's just like, well,
there's a lot of things to go into it, and
so it's like you don't want to like put all
your chips in a basket for one person.
Speaker 1: That was Uh, that was a weird way to talk about.
Donovan Smith at Houston Texas Tech taking at Abalaine Christian.
Uh Texas Tech am. I believer in Texas Tech. Uh No,
but I do think they'll be an Aveline Christian thirty
two to a half point favorites. B YU taking on
Southern Illinois b YU not a great team fourteen point favorites.
That game should be one to keep an eye on.
Arizona should be. It's in provo Arizona in New Mexico.
New Mexico lost last week in a heartbreaker to Montana State.
First game for new head coach Brent Brennan. You know,
we we know about Noah Fatifa and that offense and
you know t Mac at receiver. Arizona should be fine.
And then uh, Arizona State taking on Wyoming. Arizona State
just a seven point favorite against Cowboys. Uh, Wyoming, they've
they've been to back to back borstool bulls in Arizona.
They're not a bad program. Craig Bowles a good coach.
And we saw Wyoming upset Texas Tech. What was that
last year? So don't sleep on the Cowboys potentially there
against against Arizona State. But all right to the SEC.
Now the SEC slate. Arkansas taking on Arkansas Pine Bluff,
Arkansas forty eight and a half point favorite. Arkansas should win.
Miszoo take it on Murray State Miszoo of forty six
and a half point favorite. Miszoo eleventh rank team in
the country. They got college football playoffs aspirations this year.
They should have no problems there. Oh, you take it
on Temple. The Jackson Arnold Show. The main thing I
want to see from Arnold. You know this is a
bad Temple team that they're playing here. You know they
should win this one going away. Just don't turn the
ball over. We saw him have that issue where he
threw four picks against Arizona. We know he's got a
tremendous arm. They got some good offensive talents and good receivers.
There question marks about the offensive line. The defense has improved.
I think a successful night for Jackson arld ou offenses
just to take care of the football, just avoid turnovers
and and I think that'd be a good night for
the Sooners.
Speaker 2: Tom, I don't. I don't think you're wrong. I think
we have a good kind of a good outlook on it. Honestly,
what do you think that Tennors could do wrong? You'll
fuck that up, turn the ball over? What do you
expect that of Jackson Arnold.
Speaker 1: I think he'll play well. I think he'll play well.
I think he can throw for over three hundred yards,
get four touchdowns.
Speaker 2: And not good enough to win the SEC.
Speaker 1: Yeah, probably not gonna win the SEC. Georgia taking on
Clemson that game gets things started on Saturday, and I
expect that just to be an ass kicking. Georgia just
miles above better than this Clemson team. I don't believe
in kid Klubnick. Georgia is so much better on both
sides of the football. Thirteen and a half point favorite, Tom,
I think Vegas is being generous here. I expect this
to be an ass kicking from Georgia. I think Georgia
wins by at least twenty eight.
Speaker 2: I'm gonna say twenty five. Okay, that's that's not a
big change. But let's think a little bit later. Okay,
I do agree.
Speaker 1: Virginia Tech takes on Vandy. I like that Virginia Tech team,
the thirteen and a half point favorites on the road.
You know. I think Virginia Tech is uh gets the
win against gets Vandy. I like the Drones kid at quarterback.
I think he's got a sneaky good chance to be
a potential dark horse for the Heisman. Uh I do.
I like Virginia Tech to win the ACC. I think
he has a nice game against Vandy. Tennessee gets Chattanooga.
We get to see Nico for the first time, the
highly touted quarterback. They should win that one going away.
Texas takes on Colorado State. The thing to watch in
this one is not gonna be the outcome. Texas is
gonna beat the crap out of Colorado State. I'm just curious, Tom,
how much arch Manning are we going to see? Does
Texas get a big enough lead where Arch gets significant
playing time in the second half. I think that's what
UT fans are probably wanting to see on Saturday. I
think he does.
Speaker 2: How does he do?
Speaker 1: I think he does fine. I mean I don't expect
him to do much like probably just hand it off
a lot and run the football and wear out a clock.
Speaker 2: But yeah, I mean they're they're they're a little down
on running backs. I think I think them being down
on CG. Bax certainly gonna use blue. Yeah, They're gonna
use blue, and he's gonna be fine. Yeah, it's it's
gonna be a non issue.
Speaker 1: Miami and Florida. This is one of the head scratchers
of you know, I told you I love the board.
This week, Miami just two and a half point favorites
on the road Florida. I think Florida is bad, though
I think they might win. They could win four games
this year. Billy Napier I think gets fired before the
end of September. I think that's how bad Florida is.
Miami to and a half point favorites. I expect Miami
to win by more than that. I think they've win
by at least ten on the road, cam Ward on
the national stage. This game gonna be the first ever
SEC on ABC game. I think this is gonna be
a big day for camp Ward and the Miami Hurricanes
there on the road.
Speaker 2: What's What's the.
Speaker 1: What's Miami? Two and a half. I think they win
by at least ten whoa. South Carolina gets Old Dominion
South Carolina twenty one point favorite. South Carolina should be fine.
Mississippi State taking on Eastern Kentucky. Mississippi State, that team,
it's Jeff Levy's coaching debut. They're twenty four and a
half point favorites. They should be good. Alabama the coaching
debut for Kaitlin de Boor against Western Kentucky thirty one
and a half point favorites. They should be fine. Old
Miss against Furman forty two point favorites. I like that
Old Miss team. I've already predicted them to go to
the SEC title game. Jackson Dart, I think he's got
a high He's a Heisman contender. I like Walter Nolan
on that defense. Old Miss is the real deal. Now
you look into the night slate of games, let's go
over those real quick. Notre Dame in Texas A and M.
Notre Dame's an underdog at A and M, A three
point underdog going into Kyle Field. I think A and
M is way overrated. Number twenty Mike Elko has got
a project ahead of him. I'm not even a big
fan of Marcus Freeman, but Notre Dame is going to
be so much more physical with the line of scrimmage.
I don't care that it's on the road. Kyle Field
is the most overrated home field advantage in the country.
Notre Dame I don't think has any problems with Texas
A and M.
Speaker 2: Here Tom, I want to say Notre Dame by fourteen, okay.
Speaker 1: I think Riley Leonard is going to have a nice
night too. Their new quarterback from Duke, and he's got
a chance to be a first round pick. Auburn taking
on Alabama A and M. They're forty seven and a
half point favorites. They should win. Kentucky taking on Southern
miss They're twenty eight point favorites at home, they should win.
And then USC at LSU. I think that's that one.
I think it's close for the first three quarters, but
LSU pulls away late. Their four point favorites. I think
they're going to be more physical. They got a they're
better up front, they're better on their defense, and you
look at the quarterbacks like muss Meyer. Take it on,
Miller Moss. This's gonna be a big stage for Miller Moss,
a young quarterback that's got all this height, you know,
replacing Caleb Williams. I don't know if he's quite ready
for this, and I don't think Lincoln Riley is ready
for this either. I'll take Brian Kelly over Lincoln Riley
any day. I got LSU to take care of business
just fine at USC and that that game on Sunday
night times. You're calling it, I am, I'm calling it.
You've heard it first right here. So there you go.
That is our Big twelve sec breakdown for this week.
TJ Reeves set to join us. We'll talk more college
football with him. More to come. Stay with us. Jonas
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got about one thousand other jobs as well. Is the
one and only TJ Reeves that's here with us. To
look ahead at the start of the much football and
NFL season. TJ, it's already here. How excited are you
for football? By front?
Speaker 4: You and I I think are neck and neck on
who wears the most hats this time of year with
all the different things. I am thrilled to be with
you on the Jones Report. We've made it, Tyler Jones.
We've made it to week one of college football. It
was week zero last week, and we're almost there for
the opening week Week one of the NFL.
Speaker 5: Cannot wait for all of this, my.
Speaker 1: Friend, certainly so, TJ. Let's get right after it. How
about Florida State last week losing to Georgia Tech. I
gotta begin there. This is a Florida State team that
obviously was upset about missing the playoff going undefeated. They
got handed to shehlakan by Georgia in the Orange Bowl.
They've been suing the ACC trying to work that out,
and now this lost to Georgia Tech. Seems like the
vibes aren't very good at Tallahassee these days. What's up?
Speaker 4: No, Let's just say that that was unexpected. They went
all the way to Ireland and had to blast and
had over thirty five thousand Florida State fans there and
guess who ruined the party. Georgia Tech. They came to play.
They pushed Florida State all over the field. All we heard,
Tyler was how Florida State has got multiple guys on
their defensive line that could be drafted in the National
Football League. Well, it sure did not look like it,
especially in the second half of that game, as they
were getting pushed all over the field. Credit Georgia Tech
for the job they did, but that's a big disappointment
for Florida State to start the year as a top
ten team, lose a game to an unranked Georgia Tech team.
Speaker 5: And now they're really on the high wire.
Speaker 4: I mean, we can't say for sure that another loss
would eliminate them from the new twelve team playoff, but
it damages them greatly. So now you basically are looking
at no more margin for era if you're Florida State
and you've got some significant games down the road. So obviously,
I'm here in the state of Florida, I'm around a
bunch of Florida State people, and they we are mid week.
They still are asking questions and are not over this
yet what happened to them in week one?
Speaker 1: So from what you saw with Florida State, is is
it over Florida State? Do you feel like they can
turn it around? Do you feel any sense of optimism
with this team or for what you saw from that game,
You're like, yeah, that that that team? We can we
can write them off? Is it is it too early
to write off Florida State?
Speaker 4: It's too early to write them off because they have
some weapons, they have some players on defense. Mike Norvel
can coach. Remember he was with my Memphis Tigers uh
and and got them in to the New Year's six
Bowl game.
Speaker 5: The Cotton Bowl.
Speaker 4: I was actually there against Penn State, got got them
an unbeaten season and an ACC title last year. I
don't think you wave the white flag on the season.
Can DJ you be something other than DJ? You throw
at three yards, which he was a lot in Ireland.
He's got to throw it longer than that for them
to have some kind of hope on the offensive attack.
But no, I would say to State still has a
lot of talent. The ACC is not that strong, so
they can be right back in this thing. As the
as September turns to October. You keep winning, You're right
there in the mix.
Speaker 1: Another game in the ACC that's got a lot of
eyes this weekend is that Clempson Georgia game in Atlanta
Mercedes Been Stadium. And I know that Clempson is a
big underdog. They're not expected to win neutral site game,
although it's in Atlanta but not terribly far from from
Clemson either. If the Clipson Tigers just make this competitive,
is that a successful day? I know that they have
two national titles and everything, but realistically, like, what would
be a good outcome for Clipson? You think here?
Speaker 4: You know, Dabbo doesn't want to hear about close game
world victories.
Speaker 5: And the Deabo haters don't want to hear about that.
Speaker 4: But I think you got to look at the fact
that Georgia has boat raced several teams in this situation,
including Oregon recently and a couple of others in an
opening game like this. So yes, the dog, I mean
the dogs. You talk about a chip on your shoulder.
I know they lost some players from a year ago,
but remember now, they were undefeated headed into the SEC
title game. They get beat in the SEC title game
and don't even get a chance at the college football
playoff as the defending champions who had been number one
with a twenty whatever it was, four game, twenty five
game as they built on a twenty six game win streak,
they didn't even get in the playoffs.
Speaker 5: So they've got something to prove.
Speaker 4: They realize national television all eyes on this. Can they
kick the daylights at a Dabo swinging company? And if
they get beat badly? I know your premise was Clemson
keeps it close? Does that calm everything down? If they
get beaten badly, the crying, the screaming will be even
more about how he's not embraced the transfer portal? Dabo
swingey the nil the same way? How does Cake Clubnick
the quarterback look can run the ball some in this game?
To hang with Georgia, Let's see what Clemson has. I
agree with you. This is a This is an early
season indicator for Sweeney and that seed. And how hot
is it gonna get if Georgia does what a lot
of people think they're gonna do, which is beat them decisively?
Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I think Georgia will. Uh you know,
I know you love underdogs. I love the favorite by
a lot there, you know, might be betten in game
betting Georgia.
Speaker 4: Especially especially if Clemson gets like an early score. That's
the time for entertainment purposes only to be looking at
things such as that, because now the line's gonna come down.
Speaker 5: The live line will come down. But stay tuned. We'll see.
Speaker 4: And again ask ore Agon a couple of years ago,
what it was like to come into that situation, uh
and play Georgia in the home away from home about
an hour from Athens.
Speaker 1: Yeah, great point, USC LSU. I'll be at that game
Sunday night in And you got two teams that I
think are in similar circumstances where both of them hired
coaches from major programs two years ago. And LSU they
have a Heisman Trophy winner last year, usc AT a
Heisman Trophy winner two years ago. Both those guys are gone. Now.
I'm very intrigued to see where these programs are headed
in this next chapter with Ryan Kelly at LSU and
with Lincoln Riley at USC and I think we might
get it a good indicator right away with how this
game plays out.
Speaker 4: And I will say this, when Jayden Daniels opted out
of the Bowl game, almost everybody seems like now, the
higher end players are opting out of the bowl games.
So we got Garrett Nusmeyer for the Relyaquest Bowl in
Tampa New Year's Day. I got to work the game
on radio on local radio in the Tampa Bay area
for LSU, and Nussmeyer was brilliant against Wisconsin for whatever
it's worth. Now, what does that translate into for Allegiance
Stadium and you're going to be there in person in
Vegas against USC a defense that you could call it suspect,
but it's more or less been non existent under Lencoln Riley.
And does LSU riddle them again? We know USC always
has talent on offense, but no Caleb Williams Now, I'm
fascinated by this game. Brian Kelly always in the early
season seems to be ready to go, although Florida State
took it to them last year in the second half
of that game against LSU. For whatever that's worth, new season,
new players. But I mean for Lincoln Riley, here we
go again, Like Dabo Sweeney, you need a good showing here.
Speaker 5: Against the SEC.
Speaker 4: If LSU comes in to Vegas and smokes them, then
there are gonna be a lot of people looking at Lincoln,
Riley going, hey, we have diminishing returns here. Without Caleb Williams.
We're now in the Big ten, which is weird. You
don't want to get off to a bad start if
you're sc.
Speaker 1: The other big game of the weekend Notre Dame and
Texas A and M and A and M with a
new head coach, Mike Elko, coming in their three point
favorites at home rain conditions in the forecast for that
one in prime time at Kyle Field. I'm a little
suss about this. I think it's the wrong team favorite DJ.
I love the idea of taking Notre Dame in the
points as a plus three underdog here. I don't know
why Notre Dame is not the favorite.
Speaker 4: What's going on with Maybe Kyle Field is the equalizer.
I'm told they're going to have over one hundred and
five thousand. They've renovated and put in new more seats.
I don't know they could cram anybody else in at
Kyle Field and College Station. Interesting that Riley Leonard, the
former Duke quarterback who played for Mike Elko at Duke,
and Elko's now the A and M coach. But Riley
Lindar didn't come with him to Texas A and M.
He's the Notre Dame quarterback. He's maybe the X factor.
And I thought it was fascinating that Marcus Freeman, the coach,
has allegedly, you know, these are fun stories, been scouting Texas.
Speaker 5: A and M.
Speaker 4: You've heard this by playing the New College Football n
twenty five game with his son. He's got his son
playing Texas A and M, and he's scouting the Aggies
on the video game, is what I saw. I don't
know if that's gonna pay off, but maybe the equalizer
is that twelfth man, the home crowd. I know you're
big in the NFL with doing the Seahawks coverage on
Chat sports, and then you know they've got the twelves.
But the home of the twelfth man, going all the
way back to the fifties and sixties is Texas A
and M. Will the Aggies? Will the Aggies be loud
and proud? And will that make a difference against Notre Dame?
And really, when you look at it, file this away.
If Notre Dame wins this game, all right, Sisters of
the Poor, for like the next five games after it's
the likes of Louisville and and Bowling Green and just bad.
It's a lot of bad. They're gonna easily be six
and oh playing against Georgia Tech, and probably they played
Georgia Tech at home. Probably seven and zero off the
Georgia Tech game, if Notre Dame wins this game, So
the Irish momentum will build.
Speaker 5: If they can get this win at Texas A and M.
Speaker 1: Yeah, it'll be certainly something to follow. We'll see how
that goes. DJ first year of the twelve team playoff. Obviously,
the conference RA alignment, big changes that have gone on.
Do you like where the sport is at right now?
What are you most excited about here for twenty twenty four?
Speaker 4: Okay, so my hand is up that I have been
opposed to this. I have been opposed to expanding by
this much, and I will still continue to say this
because it destroys the end of the regular season.
Speaker 5: What always made college football so great.
Speaker 4: Was these rivalry games and conference title games, which you
were vying to be in the final two for the BCS,
which I didn't agree with that I wanted there to
be a final four, and the College Football Playoff came
up with a Final Four, and for a decade they
had it. Now, Tyler, you're gonna have teams that are
gonna blow a game at the end of the year,
and teams maybe that are undefeated and ranked very high
that are gonna maybe blow two games at the end
of the year and still be allowed in that playoff.
So it's just gonna take away from the end of
the year. And I guess I have to accept that
money rules the world. There's greed involved. They're gonna eventually
have a sixteen team playoff. And my only thing with
this is we're gonna remember the playoff much more than
the season from here on out. It's kind of like
the NFFL. You very rarely remember the regular season year
to year. Maybe something here or there spectacular happens, record
breaking year, etc. But you always remember the NFL postseason
who won the And I think the same thing's gonna
happen with college football. It's not gonna matter that somebody
won big in the Texas Oklahoma game, which is near
and dear to you, or the Iron Bowl Auburn Alabama,
or the game the big game of Ohio State Michigan.
It's not gonna matter as much anymore. When you don't
win that game, it's gonna matter more. Did you win
a quarter final game or not a good upset? Did
you win the semi final game in the playoff? So
I understand why they're doing it. Just forgive me in
the short term. If I'm not embracing it. Am I
allowed to not embrace it on the on the Jones
Report at least for this year as much as everybody
else is embracing it.
Speaker 1: Well, I think what you're missing, TJ is the idea of, Hey,
we're getting more games. That's a good thing. More games
means more football, and you're basically subbing out. Okay, I
rather watch these competitive games that everybody's all in compared
to sitting through an Orange Bowl where everybody's opting out
and we see Georgia kick the crap out of Florida State.
Speaker 4: Well, that's true, but I don't know that we can
guarantee you're gonna get good games in that first set,
that first set of the opening round on the home sites.
You may get like three out of four or four
out of four that are duds here this opening year
because the team just wipes out the other team. Stay tuned,
Stay tuned on how interesting this is or isn't. Yes, correct,
we are getting more games, we know that, and I
love and you didn't bring this up. I love this
fallacy that there's gonna be so much more access for
all these other teams. Here's the truth. There's gonna be
seven or eight SEC and Big Twelve teams in this
thing every year Big ten, excuse me, seven to maybe
eight because of the automatic bids of the other two conferences,
the ACC, the Big Twelve and the Group of Five.
You got to have three from them, but seven or
eight of the are gonna be the SEC in the
Big Ten.
Speaker 5: Get used to the Ohio.
Speaker 4: States, Michigans, USC's, Oregons, Georgia, Alabama, Texas, Oklahoma, Tennessee.
Speaker 5: Get used to.
Speaker 4: Seeing them over and over and over again in this
thing just because of those two leagues.
Speaker 1: All right, let me ask you this, then, when you
look at the Big twelves, Vettage Point obviously did a
great job bringing in the four corner schools, and there's
been some rumblins now about Yukon potentially as a non
football member till twenty thirty one. What do you think
about the position the Big Twelve Conference is in at
the moment going forward.
Speaker 4: And obviously I can be accused of being biased because
I'm associated now with the Big Twelves game day show
on Saturdays on tune In. But this is going to
be a blast. And I know you agree because you're
in Big twelve country right there where the core is
of the of the eight core schools like the k State, Kansas,
Oak State, you know, TCU, Texas Tech, Baylor. I'm gonna
leave somebody out Iowa State, all of those different programs,
Baylor that we're all hanging and waiting what's gonna happen. Well,
now this league has strengthened tremendously h and broadened time zones,
and they're gonna be playing football all day and all
night in this conference from like noon till about two
am Eastern time, I think noon Eastern time, the two
am Eastern time. I think it's a good thing for
the Big Twelve for its awareness, for the fact that
they'll probably have a second team most years, maybe depending
on how good it is, could get a third team
some years into the twelve team playoff. Certainly when it's
a sixteen team playoff, they'll be very viable in that regard,
and I think you know a lot of people looking
at Utah all right for this year. You and I
have talked about this on a couple of occasions, but
you could make an argument for like seven or eight
teams easily that could win this Big Twelve this year,
including a couple of the newcomers like Utah, like Arizona.
So that's not a bad thing, I don't think for
the Big Twelve. And in terms of expansion, you know,
I don't. If you're Yukon, all right, just go at
it from them. You had to battle to get back
in the Big East and get some of your identity back,
and you've dominated that conference and you've got rivalry teams
all around you. Why do you if you're I understand
there's there's tons of money. There's tons of money still
in the Big East as well. I don't understand why
Yukon wants to go back to playing UCF and Texas
Tech and Colorado in basketball when they can be playing
Providence and Saint John's and Seaton Hall and Xavier and
the teams that are now ingrained at Georgetown Villa Nova
in the Big East. It's strange to me that Yukon
would want to do that, but apparently they're having serious
discussions with the Big Twelve about it.
Speaker 1: I mean, it's the idea of joining the sec of
football of basketball with the idea of, oh, you're going
to get to play Kansas, Arizona, Houston, Baylor.
Speaker 4: But if you, if you're Yukon, you can play two
or three of those teams every year out of the conference. Anyway,
those ones that you're listing, you can get a couple
of them on your schedule.
Speaker 1: I mean, the Big Tournament is now second to none.
Speaker 4: It's I don't disagree with you, but I mean, the
Big the Big East is a phenomenal thing.
Speaker 5: And I've been there.
Speaker 1: You know, DJ's talking about the Benchmin's the Big Twelve
is going to bring you significantly more dollars than the
Big East.
Speaker 4: But still, but still, you don't know, and I don't
know what does this look like if the ACC implodes,
And if it does and Boston College and Syracuse and
Pitt's Burger back in play reunited, and it feels so
good with the Big East like they used to be,
and now their TV dollars go up even more if
those programs are back around.
Speaker 5: Who knows who knows what this looks like the.
Speaker 1: Other side of things. If you're UKN, you're guaranting, you're
guaranteeing yourself a seat at the table. You get there
first before the AECC schools. They're all fighting into the
Big twelve potentially. So yeah, there's a lot of different
ways to look at that. We'll see out all plays
out TJ. As a wrap up on college football, give
me your Big twelve champion, your national all in winter.
Speaker 5: All right, so we have to look into the crystal ball.
Speaker 4: I would think out of the Big twelve, everybody is
saying utah utah utah utah utah Arizona.
Speaker 5: Arizona is a.
Speaker 4: Very interesting situation in a wide open Big twelve. Brand
new Maybe that's the team out of the four corner schools.
Like you're talking about that, we're not talking about enough.
If a feet of the quarterback T mac McMillan at
wide receiver got a brand new head coach because their
coach took off and took the Washington job, but they
had ten wins a year ago, Arizona might be a
surprise winner in the Big twelve.
Speaker 5: How about that?
Speaker 4: From out of left field and I know you got
I mean, you've got Rock Obeck back at Iowa State.
West Virginia's got a lot of players returning. UCF is
talented with kJ Jefferson, So you.
Speaker 5: Got some new there.
Speaker 4: We're excited to see Avery Johnson, the k State quarterback,
Alan Bowman and Oli Gordon. I know you've been talking
about those guys all off season from Oklahoma State.
Speaker 5: There's a lot to like here.
Speaker 4: I'll just say sleeper Arizona maybe out of the Big twelve.
Speaker 5: Stand by for that.
Speaker 4: In terms of national champion, I mean, when it's I mean,
when it's all said and done, I don't know if
it's Oregon, I don't it's gonna probably be an SEC team. Honestly,
I know Ohio State wants to be there, but isn't
it more likely that it's an Alabama or a Georgia
or a Texas somebody like that that's all said.
Speaker 5: And done, and then don't I don't know.
Speaker 4: On he give me give me like your Heisman finalist,
who do you have as a Heisman? Give me two
or three Heisman finalists from the Tyler Jones list right now?
Speaker 1: So I have Dylan Gabarell winning the Heisman.
Speaker 5: Really with Oregon.
Speaker 4: Now you need a scorecard because Gabriel started obviously UCF
and as you know, ended up with the Sooners right
uh and and now is it Oregon.
Speaker 5: You can't keep track of this stuff.
Speaker 1: I think that he is going to be a tremendous
improven from bow Knicks. I think that that Oregon offense
is going to be phenomenal this season. I have them
in the National Title Game losing to Georgia. I am
all the way in on the Ducks. I think Carson
Beck is another obvious one, a sleeper guy to keep
a name on tj uh for me is Jackson Dart
at ole Miss. I think that Jackson Dart and that
Ole Miss team is going to be very good and
somehow he flying under the right ar here.
Speaker 4: I like all of those names in Alabama. We haven't
really talked about. With Jalen Milroe a quarterback, I don't
know that he's Heisman material. This will it'll be fascinating
how all of that shapes up come December. And a
lot of times it's not decided until the last couple
of weeks. And some can make the argument now that
maybe they should push the vote back and include the
playoff because my god, if you're gonna have four more
games potentially for the national championship teams, three more for
four teams and two more for two teams, right or
something like that, at least three games, maybe we need
to have the Heisman voting later.
Speaker 1: I don't think so, because it's a regular season award.
It's always been a regular.
Speaker 4: Season well, but they include the championship weekend as part
of it. They include the championship games as part of
the Heisman voting, So we'll see.
Speaker 5: I mean, I would, I would.
Speaker 4: I will just paint the scenario you give the Heisman
to Dylan Gabriel, then he comes out with the Oregon
Ducks and they get wiped out in a surprise up
set where he's terrible in a playoff game.
Speaker 5: Wouldn't be the first time if that happened, but who knows.
Speaker 1: I think that makes the postseason even more interesting, that
either you have a target on your back because you
won the Heisman or a chip on your shoulder because
you did it. I think it adds to it personally, but.
Speaker 4: Very very interesting debate on that. With the Heisman the
most the most famous of individual awards in all of Sports.
We know who those Heisman winners are and Wilson Dylan
Gabriel very interesting pick. He's had some trouble staying healthy
though too. It's going to get so hard to get
used to saying Oregon in the Big Ten with all
these matchups champions, it's crazy, all right.
Speaker 1: Uh so we mentioned your ten thousand jobs. You have
to adopt the show, go ahead and plug away, which ones.
Speaker 5: The simplest ones.
Speaker 4: I'm part of the Buccaneers Radio broadcast each week with
the Hall of Famer Mean Jean Deckerhoff, Dave Moore, Buccaneers Radio.
Speaker 5: This is my twentieth season on the sideline.
Speaker 4: Can't wait for the NFL We get underway with the
Washington Commanders a week from Sunday.
Speaker 5: Jalen twenty years ago.
Speaker 4: I think I did yes, and it's been decreasing greatly
from that, and also identical twins and chasing around my
teenage twins my girls. But Jayden Daniels and the Commanders
are with the Bucks for the opening game again. I'm
anxious for everything with tune in and thrilled to be
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help you. You're one of my guys, one of my
go to guys. Love it because we can talk all things.
We talk not only football, but you and I go
back and forth on like golf and NASCAR and whatever
else is happening. And I just want to say to
you one more time, thank you, because this appearance has
implications for Jenner is to come my friend.
Speaker 1: Indeed it does. Jay, I'll see you here in a
few weeks in Tampa. I'll get the You're coming my way.
Speaker 5: You're coming my way. I gotta roll the red carpet out.
Speaker 4: We gotta go get some food and go enjoy some
football on that weekend here.
Speaker 5: Coming at the end of September. Right, you're heading my way.
Speaker 1: Absolutely looking forward to it. He's TJ Reeves. Check her
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TJ will be talking him soon appreciate you join us Man.
Speaker 5: Great to be with you, As always my friend,