1 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:05,440 Speaker 1: Check it out college football on the West Coast. This 2 00:00:05,519 --> 00:00:08,039 is Get Off My Pilon, a look at the PAC 3 00:00:08,160 --> 00:00:11,839 twelve and more, part of the College Gridiron Coast to 4 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:15,679 Coast podcast networks. Here's your host, Matt Zemon. 5 00:00:16,199 --> 00:00:18,800 Speaker 2: Welcome to the latest edition of Get Off My Pilon 6 00:00:18,920 --> 00:00:22,480 college football podcast. This is your host, Matt Zemic Get 7 00:00:22,519 --> 00:00:25,519 Off My Pylon, part of the College Gridiron Coast to 8 00:00:25,559 --> 00:00:29,920 Coast podcast network. 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So we 27 00:01:38,519 --> 00:01:42,200 started the day with BYU getting crushed by Texas Tech. 28 00:01:42,799 --> 00:01:45,719 And you know, it's one of those things where you know, 29 00:01:45,760 --> 00:01:47,840 you don't want to punish a team for playing a 30 00:01:47,879 --> 00:01:51,200 thirteenth game. You know, BYU earns its way into a 31 00:01:51,200 --> 00:01:55,200 conference title game a game thirteen, so you don't want 32 00:01:55,239 --> 00:01:57,000 to punish a team for that. You want to reward 33 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:01,319 a team for getting into these conference championship games. However, 34 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:04,400 it's just kind of undeniable, right that if you get 35 00:02:04,400 --> 00:02:08,680 into a thirteenth game, be competitive, play a close game 36 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:14,240 against a quality opponent, and then you don't suffer. Frankly, though, 37 00:02:14,319 --> 00:02:17,080 we all know this b WHYU, even if it had 38 00:02:17,159 --> 00:02:21,120 lost to Texas Tech by one point in a classic, 39 00:02:21,280 --> 00:02:24,240 probably still wasn't getting in because you know, Alabama gets 40 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,439 in as the nine seed even though its doors were 41 00:02:27,439 --> 00:02:31,000 blown off by Georgia, and that really gets right to 42 00:02:31,120 --> 00:02:34,439 the point that Alabama was not punished for losing the 43 00:02:34,479 --> 00:02:37,479 thirteenth game in a blowout, b why you was, So 44 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:41,639 of course there's inconsistency. Of course Bama gets the benefit 45 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,840 of the doubt. Be why you once again does not 46 00:02:44,439 --> 00:02:46,639 b why you had a strong playoff case to make 47 00:02:46,759 --> 00:02:49,879 last year. So you know, if you're a Cougar fan, 48 00:02:50,120 --> 00:02:54,719 like you have to be upset at this process, and 49 00:02:54,759 --> 00:02:57,159 you have to be upset that Big Twelve membership really 50 00:02:57,199 --> 00:03:01,319 hasn't elevated your profile or your clout in the room. 51 00:03:02,759 --> 00:03:07,800 That is something certainly worth considering if you're a BYU fan, like, 52 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:11,280 I'm not criticizing the move to the Big twelve, and 53 00:03:11,319 --> 00:03:13,840 you know BYU athletics is doing pretty well in a 54 00:03:13,879 --> 00:03:16,680 lot on a lot of fronts, including basketball, So it's 55 00:03:16,680 --> 00:03:18,280 not as though the move to the Big twelve has 56 00:03:18,319 --> 00:03:23,439 been bad, but it hasn't elevated you BYU football to 57 00:03:23,479 --> 00:03:25,439 the extent that I think a lot of fans would 58 00:03:25,439 --> 00:03:28,879 have wanted or hoped for in provo and throughout the 59 00:03:28,919 --> 00:03:33,240 BYU community. So it's worth chewing on that one for 60 00:03:33,319 --> 00:03:35,680 a bit. But you know, Alabama gets the benefit of 61 00:03:35,680 --> 00:03:38,719 the doubt. And here's the other thing about the playoff, 62 00:03:38,759 --> 00:03:41,280 and you know it ties into BYU getting snubbed. It's 63 00:03:41,319 --> 00:03:45,039 not just helmet bias without Alabama, but it's also a 64 00:03:45,039 --> 00:03:48,599 matter of you know, if the ACC had not been 65 00:03:49,199 --> 00:03:52,719 so idiotic about this, uh, you know how it arranged 66 00:03:52,759 --> 00:03:56,159 its conference championship game allowing Duke to get in and 67 00:03:56,199 --> 00:03:59,479 then Duke wins it the nightmare scenario. You know, if 68 00:03:59,759 --> 00:04:03,159 we're Rginia had beaten Duke, would this all be different? 69 00:04:03,199 --> 00:04:05,719 I mean, Virginia would be in the playoff instead of 70 00:04:06,759 --> 00:04:10,879 James Madison. But you know, really, if the ACC had 71 00:04:11,000 --> 00:04:15,840 enabled Miami to play in the ACC title game then 72 00:04:15,919 --> 00:04:21,639 and Miami wins it, then there's only one ACC team, Miami, 73 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:24,720 representing the conference in the playoffs, and you don't have 74 00:04:24,839 --> 00:04:28,680 James Madison in. Maybe that creates a little more space 75 00:04:28,759 --> 00:04:33,199 for a BYU Notre Dame debate for that final spot. Obviously, 76 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:35,600 I think Notre Dame would have gotten in, not that 77 00:04:35,720 --> 00:04:39,519 it should have. You know, BYU as a very comparable 78 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,959 resume to what Notre Dame did, and you know, Notre 79 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:46,319 Dame's ACC opponents did not do well this year. Syracuse, 80 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:51,519 Boston college. There was a lot of dead weight. There 81 00:04:51,600 --> 00:04:55,639 was a lot of fluff on the ACC schedule. You know, 82 00:04:55,680 --> 00:05:00,560 pitt was okay, NC State, you know, not especially good, 83 00:05:00,959 --> 00:05:04,680 and Stanford wasn't good. So you know, the Notre Dame's 84 00:05:04,959 --> 00:05:09,800 schedule profile definitely got dragged down by the ACC. But 85 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:13,079 just politically, if it's BYU and Notre Dame in the room, 86 00:05:13,519 --> 00:05:15,480 Notre Dame probably gets the benefit of the doubt. But 87 00:05:15,519 --> 00:05:17,879 we didn't even get that far because Notre Dame couldn't 88 00:05:17,879 --> 00:05:21,079 get in over Alabama. Again, Notre Dame should have been 89 00:05:21,120 --> 00:05:24,120 in over Alabama. Miami should have been in over Notre 90 00:05:24,199 --> 00:05:26,040 Dame because the head to head that was the only 91 00:05:26,120 --> 00:05:28,839 good thing from the playoff revealed that the head to 92 00:05:28,920 --> 00:05:31,720 head between Miami and Notre Dame was honored. So to 93 00:05:31,759 --> 00:05:34,680 get back though to BYU, you know, since we're covering 94 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:37,639 BYU focusing on the West, you know, it still would 95 00:05:37,680 --> 00:05:40,319 have been tough for BYU to get in over Notre Dame. 96 00:05:42,240 --> 00:05:46,600 And so the Big twelve membership has its limitations for 97 00:05:46,720 --> 00:05:49,399 the Cougars, and it really is unfortunate because BYU's had 98 00:05:49,399 --> 00:05:52,560 a strong case to make. You know, I would say, 99 00:05:52,800 --> 00:05:57,240 you know BYU over Notre Dame on merit probably so, 100 00:05:58,319 --> 00:06:01,639 but we know that politically in terms of the TV ratings, 101 00:06:01,959 --> 00:06:05,680 in terms of the dollars that ESPN would have preferred 102 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:08,439 Notre Dame or over BYU if it got to that. 103 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,000 But again we didn't get there because James Madison is 104 00:06:12,040 --> 00:06:15,319 taking up that other spot. And you know, James Madison 105 00:06:15,519 --> 00:06:20,120 great season obviously covering UCLA as I do. Bob Chesney 106 00:06:20,240 --> 00:06:23,079 now gets that big stage, that big profile, and he 107 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,759 gets to scout a future, a Big Ten rival Oregon 108 00:06:26,439 --> 00:06:29,040 in that first round playoff game. So it's good for UCLA, 109 00:06:29,279 --> 00:06:33,439 But just being honest, James Madison, for all the good 110 00:06:33,439 --> 00:06:37,199 things it's done, don't you need to have James Madison 111 00:06:37,279 --> 00:06:41,920 play somebody, you know, big time before you allow the 112 00:06:42,000 --> 00:06:46,319 Dukes and of the Sun Belt into the playoff. Like 113 00:06:46,600 --> 00:06:49,040 you know, and this goes back to something that I've 114 00:06:49,079 --> 00:06:51,560 talked about in the past. College football really needs to 115 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:55,279 redo and rethink these conference championship games. They're out moded, 116 00:06:55,720 --> 00:06:59,319 they're outdated. In the twelve team playoff era, you know, 117 00:06:59,439 --> 00:07:03,839 Georgia UH did not get any boost for beating Alabama. 118 00:07:04,160 --> 00:07:06,240 It stayed at three, It did not move up to two. 119 00:07:06,360 --> 00:07:10,319 Ohio State falls only from one to two for losing 120 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:16,079 to Indiana. Alabama doesn't drop after getting crushed by Georgia. 121 00:07:16,160 --> 00:07:19,800 So like, what did the SEC championship do? What did 122 00:07:19,839 --> 00:07:23,959 it achieve? Why? Why are we even playing these games? 123 00:07:25,160 --> 00:07:27,639 And you have you have Duke winning the ACC title, 124 00:07:27,680 --> 00:07:32,920 which only hurt the ACC. Uh you know, the ACC 125 00:07:33,120 --> 00:07:35,839 could have had Virginia and Miami in. But so Duke 126 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:40,800 winning cost the ACC one spot. At the ACC's fortunate 127 00:07:40,920 --> 00:07:44,360 didn't cost him too many people thought Notre Dame was 128 00:07:44,360 --> 00:07:48,720 getting in over Miami. See the ACC is fortunate it 129 00:07:48,759 --> 00:07:49,959 gets one team in. 130 00:07:51,240 --> 00:07:51,360 Speaker 2: Uh. 131 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,879 Speaker 3: So, like this is a joke and this is a 132 00:07:53,920 --> 00:07:57,360 mess and college football is just not adjusting. Just on 133 00:07:57,399 --> 00:07:59,279 the subject of Notre Dame. And I know this is 134 00:07:59,319 --> 00:08:01,199 not the West, but like we are talking a bit 135 00:08:01,240 --> 00:08:05,600 about the national picture in college football. How it affects everybody. 136 00:08:05,839 --> 00:08:07,879 You know, if Notre Dame opting out of a bowl game, 137 00:08:08,639 --> 00:08:10,920 people have reason to worry about the future of the 138 00:08:10,959 --> 00:08:14,800 Bulls as a result. And very quickly, let me just 139 00:08:14,839 --> 00:08:17,399 say the reason the way you can save the Bulls 140 00:08:17,839 --> 00:08:20,279 is that you turn them into basically the players era 141 00:08:20,439 --> 00:08:24,639 in college basketball. That Las Vegas series of games. Bowls 142 00:08:24,680 --> 00:08:28,480 now should become nil money grabs. You put a give 143 00:08:28,519 --> 00:08:31,800 one hundred, you give a million in nil dollars to 144 00:08:31,839 --> 00:08:35,279 the winner, and you give five hundred thousand to the loser. 145 00:08:35,639 --> 00:08:38,399 So nil money is how you save the non playoff 146 00:08:39,519 --> 00:08:43,360 bowl games and keep them viable and you reduce opt outs. 147 00:08:43,840 --> 00:08:48,120 You just have to provide some nil sweeteners for these athletes. 148 00:08:48,159 --> 00:08:51,240 That clearly is the way to go. But anyway, getting 149 00:08:51,240 --> 00:08:54,600 back to BYU again, you know, the Cougars deserved a 150 00:08:54,600 --> 00:08:57,320 lot better. Their resume was good. You asked me about 151 00:08:57,440 --> 00:09:01,080 byused resume and tell you byused esme was better than 152 00:09:01,120 --> 00:09:03,919 Notre Dame. Notre Dame just did not play a lot 153 00:09:03,919 --> 00:09:07,399 of good teams. It lost two of the three big 154 00:09:07,440 --> 00:09:09,480 games on its schedule, you know, losing to A and 155 00:09:09,639 --> 00:09:14,960 M and Miami beat USC. You know that that's pretty thin. 156 00:09:15,279 --> 00:09:18,639 But Notre Dame should have gotten in over Alabama. Alabama 157 00:09:18,679 --> 00:09:23,639 should have been punished the same way BYU was, and 158 00:09:23,679 --> 00:09:26,679 it didn't happen because Alabama gets the benefit of the doubt. 159 00:09:26,679 --> 00:09:29,519 We know this, It's happened before. You know, Alabama getting 160 00:09:29,559 --> 00:09:32,480 in over thirteen or oh Florida State in twenty twenty three, 161 00:09:32,679 --> 00:09:36,159 Alabama didn't even make the SEC title game, forget about 162 00:09:36,159 --> 00:09:39,559 winning it. Alabama didn't even make the SEC title game 163 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:43,639 in twenty seventeen, but gets in over Ohio State for 164 00:09:43,679 --> 00:09:46,840 the fourth playoff spot. So the more things change, the 165 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,399 more they stayed the same in college football. So many 166 00:09:49,399 --> 00:09:53,200 things that are wrong with all of this, and BYU 167 00:09:53,279 --> 00:09:58,200 once again gets the short straw. So as we continue 168 00:09:58,960 --> 00:10:03,720 through are our survey of Western teams. So Boise State 169 00:10:03,759 --> 00:10:07,039 beats UNLV. So the Broncos, you know, they had a 170 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:09,720 rough and bumpy ride, but they get a conference championship 171 00:10:09,720 --> 00:10:15,679 out of it. So Boise State salvages it's season, and 172 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:17,679 so the Broncos at least have that. But you know 173 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:19,960 they're gonna need a quarterback upgrade if they want to 174 00:10:20,000 --> 00:10:23,720 be a Group of five champion in future seasons. And 175 00:10:23,759 --> 00:10:26,200 of course, next year Boise State goes to the PAC twelve, 176 00:10:26,720 --> 00:10:30,399 the reconfigured conference. It'll be a true PAC twelve once again, 177 00:10:31,080 --> 00:10:33,720 not not the PAC twelve. It should be not the 178 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:36,960 PAC twelve we know and love, but it'll at least 179 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:39,039 have eight teams and there will at least be some 180 00:10:39,159 --> 00:10:42,200 coherence in terms of a football conference. It won't just 181 00:10:42,240 --> 00:10:46,720 be Washington State and Oregon State, but Boise State needing 182 00:10:46,720 --> 00:10:51,399 the quarterback upgrade next season if the Broncos really want 183 00:10:51,440 --> 00:10:54,200 to take the next step get back to where they 184 00:10:54,279 --> 00:10:57,480 want to be in the college football universe. And of 185 00:10:57,480 --> 00:10:59,759 course it'll be interesting to see how the new look 186 00:10:59,759 --> 00:11:04,960 Packed twelve and the new look Mountain West shakeout in 187 00:11:05,039 --> 00:11:08,320 twenty twenty six. So lots lots of intrigue going in 188 00:11:08,399 --> 00:11:11,200 the off season for all the teams in those two 189 00:11:11,399 --> 00:11:15,200 reconfigured conferences. You know, that's gonna be the significant change 190 00:11:15,200 --> 00:11:21,519 in the realignment chessboard for twenty twenty six. All right, 191 00:11:21,679 --> 00:11:24,039 so you know in the Big twelve we have the 192 00:11:24,120 --> 00:11:29,480 Arizona schools and Utah and all left out of it. 193 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:32,600 And here's the reminder about this past weekend that we 194 00:11:32,759 --> 00:11:35,840 just had. You know, these past weekend, this past weekend 195 00:11:35,879 --> 00:11:39,840 needs to be not conference championship games anymore, because again 196 00:11:40,200 --> 00:11:42,879 that's just outdated. I think you can pretty clearly see 197 00:11:42,879 --> 00:11:46,279 that they need to be bubble games. And so you know, 198 00:11:46,320 --> 00:11:50,480 what if Utah had played James Madison in a bubble game? 199 00:11:51,240 --> 00:11:54,360 What if Arizona State or Arizona you know it, had 200 00:11:54,360 --> 00:11:56,639 they gone ten and two, they didn't get there, but 201 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:59,360 had they gone ten and two, you know, they could 202 00:11:59,360 --> 00:12:02,039 have played a bubble game. But Utah against James Madison 203 00:12:02,360 --> 00:12:05,039 like that would have been an interesting and moreover worthwhile 204 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:09,000 football game to play this weekend. And so just to 205 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,559 be clear, you keep the television properties, you keep the 206 00:12:12,639 --> 00:12:15,559 media rights, like ESPN still has the media rights for 207 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:18,679 a game in Atlanta and in Charlotte and in Arlington, 208 00:12:19,320 --> 00:12:22,519 and Fox still has the media rights for a game 209 00:12:22,600 --> 00:12:26,440 played in Indianapolis. You still play these games, but they're 210 00:12:26,480 --> 00:12:30,039 no longer championship games. They're bubble games. You have bubble 211 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:32,799 teams like Vanderbilt. Notre Dame could have been a bubble 212 00:12:32,799 --> 00:12:35,840 game in Charlotte, Miami, Alabama could have been a bubble 213 00:12:35,879 --> 00:12:40,720 game in Atlanta. So you can redo this past weekend 214 00:12:40,840 --> 00:12:42,919 and you change the label of the games, but you 215 00:12:42,960 --> 00:12:47,159 still have an interesting game to play. That is how 216 00:12:47,279 --> 00:12:50,159 college football can move forward. And so Utah, you know, 217 00:12:50,200 --> 00:12:53,399 at ten and two, didn't have a thirteenth game to play. 218 00:12:53,440 --> 00:12:56,200 It would have been nice to see the Utes play 219 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:59,679 a bubble game against James Madison. Or you could also 220 00:12:59,720 --> 00:13:04,480 say Vanderbilt. Like Vanderbilt in Utah, they would have loved 221 00:13:04,519 --> 00:13:06,919 to have played a game this past weekend didn't happen. 222 00:13:07,759 --> 00:13:12,039 It should happen in future seasons. College football so slow 223 00:13:12,879 --> 00:13:16,440 to adjust to the realities of the twelve team playoff 224 00:13:16,480 --> 00:13:19,440 era that this past weekend just needs a remake, and 225 00:13:19,559 --> 00:13:23,519 Western teams such as BYU, such as Utah could have 226 00:13:23,600 --> 00:13:27,639 figured into that a little bit better. All right, So 227 00:13:27,720 --> 00:13:31,399 now we go to nothing to say about Stanford or 228 00:13:31,440 --> 00:13:35,279 Cal They really aren't part of this discussion, neither our 229 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:37,639 Washington State or Oregon State the other teams that we 230 00:13:37,679 --> 00:13:40,120 follow here and get off my pileline. But in the 231 00:13:40,120 --> 00:13:43,320 Big Ten, yeah, there's a conversation to be had here. 232 00:13:43,399 --> 00:13:46,200 You know, Indiana and Ohio State, and it was a 233 00:13:46,240 --> 00:13:51,399 compelling game, you know, close, hard fought two good teams 234 00:13:51,399 --> 00:13:54,120 that looked like good teams. I mean, they certainly have 235 00:13:54,159 --> 00:13:57,360 elite defenses. Now their offenses not so much, but their 236 00:13:57,399 --> 00:14:02,159 defenses are legit. We can all agree on that. Indiana 237 00:14:02,200 --> 00:14:05,240 o how State played a compelling game, but it felt 238 00:14:05,240 --> 00:14:07,559 like a warm up act. You know, as much as 239 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,519 this game did mean to Indiana and as much as 240 00:14:10,559 --> 00:14:14,600 the Hoosiers rightly are going to celebrate their Big Ten championship, 241 00:14:14,639 --> 00:14:17,039 like how many times does Indiana football win the Big 242 00:14:17,080 --> 00:14:22,480 Ten title on the grid iron. And as much as 243 00:14:22,759 --> 00:14:25,200 great as it is to have Indiana playing in the 244 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:28,720 Rose Bowl first time in fifty eight years, you know, 245 00:14:28,759 --> 00:14:32,759 since nineteen sixty eight, the twenty twenty six Rose Bowl 246 00:14:32,840 --> 00:14:34,559 first time, it will be the first time in fifty 247 00:14:34,600 --> 00:14:37,399 eight years for IU, and it's only the second time 248 00:14:37,519 --> 00:14:40,759 ever and Indiana's been playing football since eighteen ninety nine. 249 00:14:41,559 --> 00:14:44,960 That's cool. But as cool as it is in Indiana, 250 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:48,240 how state might meet again for the national championship and 251 00:14:48,320 --> 00:14:51,360 that game would be the main event. So having them 252 00:14:51,399 --> 00:14:55,919 play as interesting as it was for some, not as 253 00:14:55,960 --> 00:15:00,879 compelling for others. I mean, it was a close ten game, 254 00:15:01,919 --> 00:15:04,080 but it still felt like a warm up act. It 255 00:15:04,240 --> 00:15:08,159 felt like NFL Week eighteen. You know, two division rivals 256 00:15:08,200 --> 00:15:10,799 that you know are going to be in the playoffs, 257 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,720 like Seahawks Rams for instance. You know they're playing in 258 00:15:14,759 --> 00:15:17,519 Week eighteen. They might knock heads a few weeks later 259 00:15:18,399 --> 00:15:21,200 for a much bigger prize. Kind of felt like that. 260 00:15:21,840 --> 00:15:25,080 And so you know, with two teams who are unbeaten 261 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:27,960 and you know they're going to be in the playoff, 262 00:15:28,000 --> 00:15:30,519 why are they playing a thirteenth game? Because they need 263 00:15:30,559 --> 00:15:33,080 to win at least three playoff games, if not four, 264 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,720 to win the national championship. Oregon should have been in 265 00:15:37,759 --> 00:15:41,480 that game in Indianapolis. Or perhaps you don't even have Oregon. 266 00:15:41,639 --> 00:15:44,720 Perhaps that's where James Madison and Utah could have played 267 00:15:44,759 --> 00:15:47,639 a bubble game. That is how college football needs to 268 00:15:47,639 --> 00:15:52,759 be rethinking these things. Remember last year, Oregon was unbeaten 269 00:15:54,320 --> 00:15:56,600 and number one, but it had to play a Big 270 00:15:56,639 --> 00:16:00,120 Ten championship game. Ohio State was ten and two. It 271 00:16:00,159 --> 00:16:02,159 did not have to play the Big Ten championship game. 272 00:16:02,200 --> 00:16:06,519 Ohio State was able to rest Oregon had to play 273 00:16:06,519 --> 00:16:09,159 an extra game. What happened when the two teams met 274 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:13,120 in the Rose Bowl. Ohio State was the sharper, you 275 00:16:13,159 --> 00:16:16,399 know inform team. It played a first round game which 276 00:16:16,480 --> 00:16:19,360 kind of knocked off the rust. Ohio State was in 277 00:16:19,399 --> 00:16:21,919 a really good spot to play well in that game 278 00:16:21,960 --> 00:16:28,519 and win that game. So, you know, the incentives that 279 00:16:28,559 --> 00:16:32,080 we assigned to these conference championships are backwards that the 280 00:16:32,120 --> 00:16:35,840 teams that don't do as well and are closer to 281 00:16:35,879 --> 00:16:39,279 the playoff bubble, they should be playing an extra game. 282 00:16:39,320 --> 00:16:42,720 They should be burdened with that extra game. Ohio State 283 00:16:42,759 --> 00:16:45,559 and Indiana just should have been called co Big Ten champions. 284 00:16:47,759 --> 00:16:49,639 Maybe you have a coin flip in terms of the 285 00:16:49,759 --> 00:16:52,360 Rose Bowl versus Cotton Bowl, and maybe that might not 286 00:16:52,440 --> 00:16:56,399 go down very well. But you know, not asking them 287 00:16:56,440 --> 00:17:01,360 to play an extra game makes a lot of sense, 288 00:17:01,840 --> 00:17:05,000 and it should be teams that are not as accomplished 289 00:17:05,039 --> 00:17:07,640 here the ten and two team should be playing on 290 00:17:07,680 --> 00:17:10,160 this weekend. They play a bubble game to either get 291 00:17:10,160 --> 00:17:12,759 in or eliminate themselves, but they at least get a chance. 292 00:17:13,240 --> 00:17:15,000 You know, Vanderbilt didn't get a chance to play a 293 00:17:15,000 --> 00:17:18,160 thirteenth game. BYU played a thirteenth game, but it was 294 00:17:18,160 --> 00:17:21,319 against Texas Tech, a team it already lost to BYU, 295 00:17:21,440 --> 00:17:24,000 Notre Dame. They see, that would have been a perfect 296 00:17:25,000 --> 00:17:28,720 bubble game for this past weekend. You know, just the 297 00:17:28,759 --> 00:17:33,200 way college football arranges these pieces on the board, it's 298 00:17:33,279 --> 00:17:36,559 just so misguided and it needs it needs an overhaul. 299 00:17:36,839 --> 00:17:40,440 We're not talking tweaks. This past weekend needs to be 300 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:44,799 overhauled for next season. And I think it's pretty clear 301 00:17:45,359 --> 00:17:51,599 that we can all see why. So now we look 302 00:17:51,640 --> 00:17:59,559 ahead to the bowl games. You know, Oregon in the 303 00:17:59,599 --> 00:18:03,519 playoff gets a great draw. Oregon, Oregon came out with 304 00:18:03,559 --> 00:18:07,359 a great draw. The Ducks have the best draw of 305 00:18:07,839 --> 00:18:10,240 any team that did not get a top four seed 306 00:18:10,279 --> 00:18:13,160 and did not therefore get a first round by Oregon 307 00:18:13,160 --> 00:18:17,599 gets James Madison at home. Then the Ducks play Texas Tech. 308 00:18:17,680 --> 00:18:19,559 You know, assuming they beat James Madison and it's very 309 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,480 likely that they will, then they get to play Texas Tech, 310 00:18:22,559 --> 00:18:26,920 so they avoid Ohio State and Georgia. And then if 311 00:18:26,960 --> 00:18:30,920 Oregon beats Texas Tech, and remember the Ducks are getting 312 00:18:30,960 --> 00:18:33,640 players back from injury over the next several weeks, They're 313 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:36,519 going to be a much healthier team by the time 314 00:18:36,559 --> 00:18:40,880 they played James Madison on December twenty and you know 315 00:18:40,920 --> 00:18:43,519 they should they should pretty comfortably win that game. So 316 00:18:43,559 --> 00:18:46,519 they go to Texas Tech, where they go to the 317 00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:50,039 Orange Bowl to play Texas Tech in Miami on New 318 00:18:50,079 --> 00:18:57,720 Year's Day, and so, you know, so that would set 319 00:18:57,799 --> 00:19:02,240 up Oregon pretty well. And if Oregon does beat Texas Tech, 320 00:19:03,039 --> 00:19:06,440 then Oregon gets a rematch with Indiana, and so you know, 321 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:09,359 Indiana was the better team, but this would be a 322 00:19:09,400 --> 00:19:12,640 revenge game for Oregon. So like Oregon's would be able 323 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:18,039 to go into a Peach Bowl playoff semi final against Indiana, 324 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:20,039 saying hey, here are all the things we didn't do 325 00:19:20,160 --> 00:19:22,799 well enough the first time. Now we can solve them. 326 00:19:22,799 --> 00:19:25,799 Now we can get them right the second time. I'm 327 00:19:25,839 --> 00:19:29,079 looking at this draw and I'm saying, and I'm thinking 328 00:19:29,119 --> 00:19:31,920 to myself, Oregon has a very realistic chance of going 329 00:19:31,960 --> 00:19:34,880 to the national championship team. Now, I wouldn't necessarily bet 330 00:19:34,880 --> 00:19:38,640 on Oregon to beat Indiana, but I would certainly give 331 00:19:38,640 --> 00:19:41,480 Oregon a chance. I do think Oregon beats Texas Tech. 332 00:19:42,039 --> 00:19:45,880 I mean, Texas Tech's a good team. Jacob Rodriguez should 333 00:19:45,920 --> 00:19:49,599 be a Heisman Trophy finalist. I personally would have him second. 334 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:51,200 I don't have a ballot, but if I did, I'd 335 00:19:51,279 --> 00:19:54,880 have him second behind Jeremiah Love of Notre Dame. If 336 00:19:54,920 --> 00:19:58,720 I think should be the winner, I think Diego Pavia 337 00:19:58,759 --> 00:20:03,680 would be third on my ballot. You know, Mendoza in 338 00:20:03,839 --> 00:20:07,200 saying good quarterbacks, but we all saw like the defenses 339 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:10,799 are the stars on those Miami and Ohio State teams. 340 00:20:10,839 --> 00:20:14,079 So you know, Mendoza, insane, would not be on my 341 00:20:14,400 --> 00:20:18,680 finalist ballot. It should be Love first, Jacob Rodriguez second, 342 00:20:19,359 --> 00:20:23,519 Diego Pavia third. But but to get back to Texas Tech, 343 00:20:23,640 --> 00:20:26,200 you know, Texas Tech's been beating up the Big twelve, 344 00:20:26,240 --> 00:20:28,519 which I don't think is a particularly good league. Now 345 00:20:28,599 --> 00:20:31,519 I'm not I'm not exactly saying the Big Tens are 346 00:20:31,599 --> 00:20:34,319 great league, but I do think Oregon has a level 347 00:20:34,359 --> 00:20:39,079 of athleticism, h and quality up front which is gonna 348 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:42,480 hold Texas Tech at bay. And I do think Oregon 349 00:20:42,640 --> 00:20:45,359 and Texas Tech on a neutral field that Oregon with 350 00:20:45,519 --> 00:20:50,519 its guys healthy, with its team healthy, is clearly better 351 00:20:50,559 --> 00:20:53,440 than Texas Tech. So I do have Oregon going to 352 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:56,799 the semi finals and then a possible Oregon Indiana rematch. 353 00:20:57,279 --> 00:21:03,119 You know, Oregon's gonna make that competitive and or in 354 00:21:03,200 --> 00:21:06,400 Oregon has a very realistic shot of playing for the 355 00:21:06,480 --> 00:21:11,559 national title. So you know that is that is basically 356 00:21:11,640 --> 00:21:15,519 you know, that's the horse the West has in the playoff. 357 00:21:15,559 --> 00:21:19,559 Oregon is the the Western team. Uh. That's in this 358 00:21:19,599 --> 00:21:22,240 playoff mix. You know, two group of five teams in 359 00:21:22,400 --> 00:21:26,279 James Madison, UH and Tulane. You have Miami going to 360 00:21:26,359 --> 00:21:30,559 A and m You have that ugly SEC rematch Alabama Oklahoma. 361 00:21:31,000 --> 00:21:33,759 That's one of the horrible things about the playoff bracket, 362 00:21:33,799 --> 00:21:38,519 all the rematches, Tulane, Ole Miss rematch, who cares Alabama 363 00:21:38,599 --> 00:21:41,359 Oklahoma rematch who cares, And you could have an ole 364 00:21:41,400 --> 00:21:45,799 Miss Georgia rematch in the quarterfinals, assuming ole Miss beats Tulane, 365 00:21:45,960 --> 00:21:50,240 which is very likely. So you know all these stale matchups, 366 00:21:50,240 --> 00:21:53,519 and I have to say. You know, in basketball, which 367 00:21:53,559 --> 00:21:56,759 is not a well bracketed tournament, if you follow the 368 00:21:56,839 --> 00:22:00,880 NCAA tournament each year, bracketing is usually pretty bad. But 369 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:04,400 at least in basketball, the committee is going to adjust 370 00:22:04,480 --> 00:22:07,559 a seed line to avoid two teams from the same 371 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:11,039 conference playing early in the tournament. You know, they're all 372 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:14,920 there are bracketing roles in their bracketing conflicts, so you 373 00:22:15,000 --> 00:22:19,240 adjust a seed line to avoid that conflict. In football, 374 00:22:19,279 --> 00:22:22,759 it's clear the committee either doesn't want to or is 375 00:22:22,799 --> 00:22:26,000 not empowered to do so that needs to be fixed. 376 00:22:26,279 --> 00:22:28,920 You need to be able to adjust a seed line 377 00:22:29,920 --> 00:22:33,160 to avoid a rematch, especially if it's a conference rematch. 378 00:22:33,160 --> 00:22:36,119 You know, Tulaane Ole Miss is bad enough, but Alabama 379 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:40,000 Oklahoma they met two weeks ago. I have no interest 380 00:22:40,039 --> 00:22:44,680 in that game. I saw that game like that's gonna 381 00:22:44,680 --> 00:22:47,039 be a Friday night. I'm gonna be watching College of 382 00:22:47,039 --> 00:22:53,079 Basketball instead of that. So, you know, we go through 383 00:22:53,559 --> 00:22:57,960 the bracket and Oregon's the one get Off my Pylon 384 00:22:58,000 --> 00:22:59,799 team in the derby, and I think the Oregon has 385 00:23:00,400 --> 00:23:03,480 a really good shot. And you know, like Oregon James Madison, 386 00:23:03,480 --> 00:23:06,720 that shouldn't even be a question in Onsen Stadium, that 387 00:23:06,799 --> 00:23:11,119 should be blowout city. And then Oregon Texas Tech and 388 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:13,640 the Orange Bowl that would be a really interesting game. 389 00:23:14,839 --> 00:23:21,720 Promises a lot of fireworks and excitement. So that's that's 390 00:23:21,759 --> 00:23:25,480 the twenty twenty five college football regular season here on 391 00:23:25,559 --> 00:23:29,000 Get Off my Pylon. You know, in terms of the 392 00:23:29,039 --> 00:23:30,960 balance of power in the West, as we kind of 393 00:23:31,000 --> 00:23:33,559 step back and take a bigger look at things, you know, 394 00:23:33,720 --> 00:23:35,920 USC is going to count on that twenty twenty six 395 00:23:36,000 --> 00:23:39,400 recruiting class, but the Trojans will need to make big 396 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:45,240 splashes plural in the January transfer portal and particularly defensive tackle, 397 00:23:45,319 --> 00:23:50,279 defensive end. Us He's run defense trampled by Oregon, trampled 398 00:23:50,279 --> 00:23:53,960 by Donor Dame. That defense didn't show up against Illinois 399 00:23:54,000 --> 00:23:57,440 either the three the three losses the Trojans had, their 400 00:23:57,480 --> 00:24:00,480 run defense was just not up to it. So that's 401 00:24:00,519 --> 00:24:02,839 where us he needs to upgrade in the portal. It's 402 00:24:02,880 --> 00:24:05,200 going to be really interesting to see what Bob Chesney 403 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:09,319 does at UCLA, and of course, with Kurt Signetti winning 404 00:24:09,319 --> 00:24:13,279 the Big Ten in two years, just two seasons to 405 00:24:13,599 --> 00:24:18,000 rule the Big Ten coming over from James Madison, UCLA 406 00:24:18,079 --> 00:24:24,559 obviously is banking on that James Madison magic for Bob Chesney, 407 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,759 you know, to be the West Coast Signetti. And it'll 408 00:24:27,759 --> 00:24:29,799 be interesting to see what Bob Chesney is able to 409 00:24:29,799 --> 00:24:34,319 do in terms of bringing his James Madison stars over 410 00:24:34,400 --> 00:24:38,079 to Westwood in the portal. Can he create that same 411 00:24:38,160 --> 00:24:43,119 kind of instant renaissance that Signette's done in Bloomington with 412 00:24:43,200 --> 00:24:47,039 the Hoosiers Now Washington. Washington has a top fifteen recruiting 413 00:24:47,039 --> 00:24:51,160 class under Jetfish. But the thing at Washington Jetfish has 414 00:24:51,240 --> 00:24:54,680 struck out at quarterback in his first two seasons on 415 00:24:54,720 --> 00:24:57,160 the job. He needs his quarterback to be a dude. 416 00:24:57,599 --> 00:25:00,359 He needs his quarterback to be a rock star. That's 417 00:25:00,400 --> 00:25:03,880 what he's been missing in Seattle. That's what Jedfish really 418 00:25:03,960 --> 00:25:08,119 has to get right at Washington if the Huskies are 419 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,799 going to take the next step in twenty twenty six. 420 00:25:13,440 --> 00:25:16,680 You know, with Utah, as we go through programs looking 421 00:25:16,720 --> 00:25:19,680 ahead to twenty twenty six, you know, Kyle Whittingham got 422 00:25:19,720 --> 00:25:21,400 ten wins out of this team. He did a pretty 423 00:25:21,400 --> 00:25:26,440 good job maintaining quality at the quarterback spot because Devin 424 00:25:26,519 --> 00:25:30,039 Dampier showed that he can ball now. I mean, elite 425 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:33,640 defense has stopped him, but non elite defenses didn't have 426 00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,920 answers for him. Utah was able to beat Kansas State 427 00:25:37,000 --> 00:25:41,039 fifty one seven. Uh. The offense got better as the 428 00:25:41,079 --> 00:25:46,079 season went along. Quarterback is something where if Utah gets 429 00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:48,920 it right, the youths do well. If they don't, that's 430 00:25:48,960 --> 00:25:51,519 when they struggle. You know that Utah is going to 431 00:25:51,519 --> 00:25:54,599 be good in the trenches, but the skill positions are 432 00:25:54,599 --> 00:25:58,079 where the youths need to enter twenty twenty six with 433 00:25:58,400 --> 00:26:03,640 the right ingredients Arizona. That defense really came along under 434 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:08,200 Brent Brennan, so maintaining a high floor on defense is 435 00:26:08,240 --> 00:26:12,160 going to make Arizona a stable, winning program. I have 436 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:14,319 confidence in Brent Brennan. I think you know, he did 437 00:26:14,319 --> 00:26:18,039 an amazing job at San Jose State. He's shown he 438 00:26:18,680 --> 00:26:20,799 can coach ball. He can carry this into the Big 439 00:26:20,880 --> 00:26:24,319 twelve at the Power four level, Arizona should feel good 440 00:26:24,359 --> 00:26:30,240 about where it's at, finding upgrades at the skill positions 441 00:26:30,359 --> 00:26:35,000 and having a reasonably solid offensive line. That's where Arizona 442 00:26:35,039 --> 00:26:37,279 needs to focus because the defense is going to be there, 443 00:26:37,759 --> 00:26:40,480 it's about the offense in terms of the Wildcats trying 444 00:26:40,519 --> 00:26:45,599 to take the next step. In twenty twenty six, Arizona 445 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:49,200 State Sam Levitt did not show up to a postseason 446 00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:52,319 team meeting. What happened with him? You know, he was 447 00:26:52,359 --> 00:26:59,400 a playoff quarterback last year, but something definitely happened behind 448 00:26:59,440 --> 00:27:03,519 the scene that soured Sam Levitt on Arizona State. So 449 00:27:03,799 --> 00:27:07,359 in twenty twenty six, Kenny Dillingham needs to find himself 450 00:27:08,079 --> 00:27:12,559 a new quarterback. That's gonna be a really interesting drama. 451 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:16,720 But I bet Kenny Dillingham has proved a very capable, nimble, 452 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:23,079 adaptable coach who can make adjustments, who can who can 453 00:27:23,160 --> 00:27:27,519 find the players to plug into important positions and important roles. 454 00:27:27,880 --> 00:27:31,720 I mean, Jeff Simms was horrible at Georgia Tech and 455 00:27:31,799 --> 00:27:35,359 Nebraska before he became before he came to Arizona State. Now, 456 00:27:35,519 --> 00:27:38,960 Dillingham didn't turn him into John Elway, but he turned 457 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:43,839 him into an okay quarterback, which really that's impressive. That's 458 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:47,960 impressive enough. Kenny Dillingham has who I was a skeptic 459 00:27:48,000 --> 00:27:51,279 of three four years ago. You know what Jobby did 460 00:27:51,279 --> 00:27:54,119 with Bonix at Oregon, what he's done since then with 461 00:27:54,200 --> 00:27:58,200 the Sun Devils, he's really impressed me. I think he's 462 00:27:58,279 --> 00:28:01,000 really on top of it. And assuming he gets the 463 00:28:01,079 --> 00:28:03,519 right quarterback, Arizona State could be right back into the 464 00:28:03,519 --> 00:28:06,960 playoff conversation next season in a Big twelve, which is 465 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,680 going to be up for grabs once again. I mean, 466 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,640 that's the default setting in the Big twelve. And you 467 00:28:12,680 --> 00:28:15,599 have Matt Campbell leaving Iowa State, so Iowa State not 468 00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:18,440 likely to be as much of a factor. But BYU, 469 00:28:18,559 --> 00:28:22,279 with Kolonie Sataki, what he's done with Bear Bachmeier this season, 470 00:28:22,319 --> 00:28:24,559 BYU's going to be at the forefront of the Big 471 00:28:24,599 --> 00:28:28,640 twelve conversation next season. One team that's not going to 472 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:31,680 be at the forefront of the Big twelve conversation is Colorado. 473 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,440 Haven't mentioned Dion, but of course Colorado has just faded 474 00:28:35,480 --> 00:28:38,759 into irrelevance. And we all knew that the Travis Hunter 475 00:28:38,799 --> 00:28:44,240 and Shader Sanders departures would matter. We saw the full 476 00:28:44,279 --> 00:28:48,799 extent of that, of the negative effects of those two 477 00:28:48,799 --> 00:28:53,400 departures this season. So Dion is back at the bottom 478 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:57,279 and he's having to rebuild everything all over again. He 479 00:28:57,359 --> 00:29:00,400 depends on the portal a lot, but you know he 480 00:29:00,759 --> 00:29:05,480 has to supplement that with some measure of recruiting. But 481 00:29:05,839 --> 00:29:08,359 is the clock ticking on him in a way that 482 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,480 you know he's not really going to be able to 483 00:29:10,559 --> 00:29:12,960 catch up in this twenty twenty sixth season. That's going 484 00:29:13,039 --> 00:29:17,480 to be really interesting at Cal. We can hit on 485 00:29:17,680 --> 00:29:20,759 Cal and also Stanford, but especially Cal going into twenty 486 00:29:20,799 --> 00:29:23,599 twenty six. So Tosh Lupoi, whom we did mention on 487 00:29:23,720 --> 00:29:27,039 last week's show, he does officially become the cow coach 488 00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:32,799 and he immediately locks up Duran Kiave Sagapolutele as his 489 00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,039 quarterback for twenty twenty six. So that was the most 490 00:29:35,079 --> 00:29:40,440 important player tosh Lupoi had to recruit at Cal. Check 491 00:29:40,480 --> 00:29:43,920 that box mission accomplished. So Cal already taking a big 492 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:47,519 step forward under Tosh Lupois. And I think Cal's going 493 00:29:47,559 --> 00:29:50,200 to be better than Stanford next season. You know, not 494 00:29:50,319 --> 00:29:54,680 impressed with the Tavita Pritchard hier by Andrew Luck. I 495 00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:58,200 think Tosh Lupoi already is a few steps ahead in 496 00:29:58,240 --> 00:30:02,279 Berkeley of where the Cardinal are in Palo Alto. We 497 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:07,119 talked about last week about JaMarcus Shepherd Alabama. Kaelin de 498 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:11,039 Boor assistant to Oregon State. Thought, that's an excellent hire. 499 00:30:11,119 --> 00:30:13,200 So now we get to see what JaMarcus Shepherd does 500 00:30:13,240 --> 00:30:16,440 in recruiting and in the portal in Corvallis. That's could 501 00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:20,359 be really interesting. And last, but not least, Washington State. 502 00:30:20,920 --> 00:30:24,640 What's the hot rumor right now at Washington State? You know, 503 00:30:24,640 --> 00:30:28,519 obviously the Notre Dame Bowl news, the playoff bracket, lots 504 00:30:28,559 --> 00:30:31,759 of other big, high end stories dominating the college football headlines. 505 00:30:31,799 --> 00:30:35,160 But meanwhile, if you've been paying attention to the Washington 506 00:30:35,200 --> 00:30:38,759 State head coaching search, two names have come up, Chip 507 00:30:38,839 --> 00:30:41,359 Kelly and Rick new Heisel. Yes, that's not a joke. 508 00:30:41,480 --> 00:30:47,039 John Canzano, the columnist based in Portland who follows, you know, 509 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:50,759 Pacific Northwest college football and West Coast college football in general. 510 00:30:51,319 --> 00:30:55,720 He's written about that at his sub stack. Chip Kelly 511 00:30:55,880 --> 00:30:59,519 his name has surfaced in connection to Wazoo and Rick 512 00:30:59,599 --> 00:31:03,319 new High And what what would Rick new Heiseel do? 513 00:31:04,200 --> 00:31:07,319 Uh if he if he becomes Wazoo's head coach. Yes, 514 00:31:07,559 --> 00:31:11,680 he'd have Jerry Newheisel his son as offensive coordinator. Makes 515 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:15,160 too much sense, right? I mean? Rick working for CBS 516 00:31:15,160 --> 00:31:18,519 in the studio this season, Proud Papa seeing Jerry new 517 00:31:18,519 --> 00:31:23,440 Heiseel out coach James Franklin and Penn State. The idea 518 00:31:23,480 --> 00:31:27,720 of a father's son head coach coordinator combo and at 519 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:31,680 Washington State a low pressure job. They're gonna get time, 520 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,359 They're gonna they're gonna be shown patients if it happens. 521 00:31:35,759 --> 00:31:39,240 You know, Washington State's not in a position to say, well, 522 00:31:39,319 --> 00:31:41,880 you gotta be, you know, contending for the playoff. You 523 00:31:41,960 --> 00:31:45,640 gotta win ten games a year. No, that's not that 524 00:31:45,799 --> 00:31:48,599 the kind of job Washington State is. So Rick new 525 00:31:48,599 --> 00:31:51,720 Heisel and his son Jerry could be on the map. 526 00:31:51,799 --> 00:31:54,079 They could be in play for Washington State. That would 527 00:31:54,079 --> 00:31:58,000 be an incredible story if it happens. I offer no prediction, 528 00:31:58,359 --> 00:32:00,759 I offer no guesses in terms of what will actually happen. 529 00:32:00,799 --> 00:32:05,160 But that is a fascinating plot point with the Washington 530 00:32:05,240 --> 00:32:09,960 State head coach and search. But anyway, Oregon's the one 531 00:32:10,039 --> 00:32:12,119 dog in the in the derby that we still have 532 00:32:12,240 --> 00:32:15,240 left on. Get off my pieline, Ducks get a good draw. 533 00:32:15,759 --> 00:32:18,640 Now it's up to you know, key players to get healthy, 534 00:32:18,759 --> 00:32:23,519 especially receivers. Oregon's receiver room has been decimated this season, 535 00:32:23,720 --> 00:32:27,240 so guys are gonna get healthy, should pound. James Madison 536 00:32:27,559 --> 00:32:31,519 would fully expect to play Texas Tech in the Orange 537 00:32:31,519 --> 00:32:34,400 Bowl on New Year's Day and then we'll see what 538 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:39,519 happens from there. So, folks, thanks for listening to Get 539 00:32:39,519 --> 00:32:42,200 Off My Pieline for yet another season under the umbrella 540 00:32:42,279 --> 00:32:45,640 of the College Gridaren Coast to Coast podcast network. It's 541 00:32:45,680 --> 00:32:48,400 been a treat to bring you these shows every week, 542 00:32:48,559 --> 00:32:51,119 and hey, you want to catch that Yards and Stripes 543 00:32:51,880 --> 00:32:56,319 Army Navy Mega Preview this week with Pryce Atkinson and 544 00:32:56,359 --> 00:32:59,519 Steve Carney. They do a great job over there, so 545 00:33:00,119 --> 00:33:02,480 your Army Navy Preview, and of course tune into all 546 00:33:02,519 --> 00:33:05,839 the other shows, Noah Drury's Big Ten Paradigm, the Pig 547 00:33:05,880 --> 00:33:09,680 Skin and Burnt Ends Show, Jason Powers, Florida Football Insiders, 548 00:33:10,319 --> 00:33:16,039 All Sports Discussion, the ACC Football Podcast. 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