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Jill Tax which issue with you they cut their hitson

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We begin as we do each and every week, with

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our hot takes. Tom. Last week, I gave you a

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hot take on the Texas Tech BYU game, and I'm

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gonna go back to Lubbock for my hot take this week.

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And I'm gonna tell you this right now, the Texas

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Tech Red Raiders deserve to be and if they finish

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out the way I think they will winning out, they

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should be a top four seed in the College Football Playoff,

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earning a first round by and UH getting to be

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you know in that in in the top four seeds.

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I think that Texas Tech has looked the part. The

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roster has been phenomenal. They passed the test with flying

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hutlers against BYU this past week. Uh. Their one loss

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was a close one against not a bad Arizona State

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team with their backup quarterback, a very close loss. You

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look at the way the playoff field is shaping up

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right now with Ohio State and Indiana at the top.

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Speaker 2: UH.

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Speaker 1: And then of course you know you got Alabama and Georgia. Uh,

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and you know all Texas, A and M. Of course,

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you know you're gonna have some teams fall the next

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couple of weeks. But I have seen enough from Texas Tech.

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They went out Texas Tech and the Big Twelve deserve

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one of those top four bids. I can confidently say that.

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What's say you?

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Speaker 2: Yeah? I think so? I mean you can't. You have

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to Here on the show, we acknowledge the money they spent.

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It is a bought roster and that's okay. Yeah, you

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can buy if you want to spend the money. Absolutely

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you can buy it. You can buy a champion, or

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you can buy at least a Big twelve championship. I

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don't know, uh, if you're gonna buy a Natty, but

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you can buy a Big twelve championship if you want.

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Can you buy one every year? That's a lot of money,

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but you can damn sure buy one. And you know,

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to kick things off for Texas Tech to garner more interest,

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Texas Tech has never been a university one because Lubbick

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is in the middle of fucking nowhere and there's nothing

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else around it. But to garner more interests, why not

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just it's kind of like an advertiser. It's a pr campaign. Listen,

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we're gonna buy this season. We're gonna come in, whoop

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your ass, put us on the map, and then people

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will want to come here. And I'm as an outsider

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looking in, Hey, you know what, I'm fine with that.

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That's cool. But just because they bought it doesn't mean

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they don't deserve in. Just then, we're talking about this

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year's Texas Tech. We're not talking about Michael Crabtree, Graham

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Harrold old ass bullshit for Texas Tech. We were talking

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about this Texas Tech team. The coach really isn't that great.

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They're making him look They are making Joey McGuire look

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fan fucking tastic. And I know McGuire thinking like, oh God,

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bless the donors, because without this he was kind of

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I don't know if he was in the hot seat

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last year. His seat, I think it was a little

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he's had the first seat warmer on. You know, it

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wasn't all three when you get in the car when

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it's cold, he had it was a chilli morning for him,

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so he had they put the the number one level

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one seat warmer on. Joey McGuire and this changes as

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the whole outlook. So Texas Tech absolutely deserves to be there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Texas Tech deserves it all the credit in the world.

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It kind of reminds me Tom you mentioned that Joey

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McGuire is still not a great coach. I still believe that.

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It's It's like ed Org Dron in LSU when ed

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Or Dron had all the talent, he won the championship.

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He got the job done. But then once Burro and

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Jamar Chase and all those guys gone, thanks got a

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little exposed there. Joe McGuire's having a nice experience. Things

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are well around him and he's keeping it together in

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that situation. But yes, Texas Tech deserves all the cred

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in the world. If they don't get a first round

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by please, by all means, if Texas is in the playoff,

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send them to Lubbock.

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Speaker 2: I imagine that game.

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Speaker 1: Texas and Texas Tech in Lubbock with all the tortillas.

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Speaker 1: For the culture, I don't think the state of Texas

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Speaker 2: We might have, they would have to make it a

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night game.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, we might have another war breakout. The album might

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Speaker 1: The the border wall might fall apart. I mean, yeah,

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be something, Tom. Where do you want to go with

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your hot Tech this week?

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna tell you this. I'm gonna have to go

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back to a shoe. I'm gonna have to go back

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to a shue.

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Speaker 1: What's going on? Still Water? Nobody's paying attention.

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Speaker 2: You don't you don't want to still Water update? You

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took my I don't want to say you took my

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Texas Tech, but I was gonna say it was. It

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was funny in the in the group chat on Saturday.

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I think you said, damn, I love b y U

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plus eleven and a half. I did like Texas cover,

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I didn't like them to win, and then Texas Tech

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said hey, fuck you and I was like, I saw it,

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and I was when you sent it though, before the game,

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Kansas and get her done.

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Speaker 1: I said, I loved it. I didn't even better, but.

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Speaker 2: They I mean, what was I mean before? Obviously that

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you know the game happened. That's what I guess. Maybe

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that's what Vegas wanted you to think, because when you

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said that, I thought, damn, maybe maybe I should just

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go and put a hundie on there, two units, you know,

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and because all signs pointed to it be I mean it,

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kind of seemed a little disrespectful to be why you

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to be honest, I mean I was like eleven and

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a half. I was like, okay, at least seven and

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a half maybe shit, but I'm gonna I haven't been

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to Stillwater in a minute. And this is the second

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to last home game. It's pretty much written in the

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stars that everybody on staff from meet him to your

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your your buddy Clint Bowen and and maybe a lot

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of other people. Maybe even it comes down to quarterback

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costs Haney. I know that on on Monday they asked

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Doug meet him about, hey, is how hany going to

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be back this season? And and prior press conferences he

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had said that, hey, I'm going to talk to him

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and his family during the bye week and we're going

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to figure it out if he wants some medical red

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shirt or what's he wanted to do. I thought it

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was admirable that hass Hani actually was. He could have

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stayed in Stillwater when when Oshu went to go play

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Ku and he was he went to Lawrence and I thought, Okay,

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maybe that means he wants to stick around. I myself,

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if I was him, would definitely medical red shirt. There's

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no reason to burn a year of eligibility for k

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State or u CF or Iowa State when there's nothing

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on the line. That be absolutely stupid in my opinion.

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Zach Robinson is that hype's kind of dying down. You've

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got three games left meet him. I think knows he

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will probably not be in Stillwater next year. I don't

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know if Clint Bone is definitely not gonna be the

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defensive coordinator, so he better get all whatever he needs

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to get out of that job title. But you know,

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I think what you're going to see against K State

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you're gonna see a battle. I think you're gonna see

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the same sort of a battle that you saw ISSUE

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more competitive. And I'm gonna give you my hot take

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here and I and I'm this is tough I mean,

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Speaker 1: You're doing here. You're just trying to find a way

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to get O s U in to give you content

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for your website.

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Speaker 2: But by all mean, well, I had to. I had

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to throw you an all you last week for OU.

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a certain way. But I'm gonna say, oh, she's gonna

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win one of the last three. And if I had

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to rank the games that they're I think most likely

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they probably lose the K State. Iowa State's kind of

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down bad right now, and I think that's the number

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one game they could win on Senior Day final game.

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season gift for the fans, and it would be a

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nice way to cap off the last two who arendous seasons.

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OSU will win at least one of the final three games.

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a prayer for what is to come.

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Speaker 1: But O s U.

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Speaker 2: Saint Floor's.

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Speaker 1: I've heard it all, all right, let's get let's get

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to Brian Kelly in the L s U. Tom it

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just seemed like that situation was starting to get better,

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and we talked last week, you know that they were

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finalizing things of getting a new AD and new president

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and moving pretty quickly to have things in place for

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the new head coach. And I said on this show that, hey,

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if you're going to do a coaching search properly, you

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need a president in ad in place first before you

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go hire the football coach, because they need to know

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who they're working for in the situation they're walking into.

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the people that are in charge at LSU are trying

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to backtrack and claim that Brian Kelly actually hasn't been

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fired yet. He's just been removed from his duties and

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they're trying to find a reason to fire him for

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cause so they don't have to pay him a fifty

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four million dollar buyout. Tom, I'm going to call this

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what it is. This is bullshit.

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Speaker 2: Like we know he didn't want to negotiate, did he

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Speaker 1: Not want to negotiate, which he does not have to negotiate.

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plenty of opportunities. I'm sure when he was actually employed

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think that. You know, I was going into this whole thing.

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just when you started to clean things up, now you

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get this lingering on as well. Here. I am. I

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am very skeptical about what's going on in the future

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of that program because all the potential is there, and

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now it looks like they are holding themselves back and

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that job is looking less and still looking less and

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Speaker 2: I think, yeah, I think I saw what he says,

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bios what fifty three.

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Speaker 2: They were trying to get it down between like twenty

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and thirty and Brian Kelly said no. Yeah, if you're so,

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see this drama between LSU and Brian Kelly and Kelly's

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unwillingness to negotiate, does that make him a lesser attractive

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candidate to me? It does?

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Speaker 1: Uh? For Brian Kelly, Yeah.

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Speaker 2: Because he doesn't need He doesn't I get what you

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signed it for, and I get it's a contract legally binding,

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but they LSU didn't do wrong by Brian Kelly. Brian

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Kelly's a fuck He's a worm as far as I'm concerned,

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He's a fucking worm.

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Speaker 1: The money that sign a contract for like.

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Speaker 2: I mean, they do, but he's also he didn't.

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Speaker 1: Why should he have to give up a dime of that?

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Speaker 1: For other schools. But this is not what we're concerned

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Speaker 2: Well, you think the LSU job gets worse because Brian

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Speaker 1: Yes, and Brian Kelly has everything money, yes, But Brian

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it goes to litigation, then yes, then that potentially concerns

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him of and limits his options. But it doesn't sound

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the time it was recording. If that happens, then that

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could change things. But like I want to you know,

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there's a lot of reasons I wouldn't hire Brian Kelly.

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that way.

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Speaker 2: Okay, fair enough, I think LSU is still a top job.

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you're right there. It definitely does. It's still a top job,

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but it definitely it definitely does make it more generous

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for LSU to focus on who's going to be the

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next guy when you have Brian Kelly negotiations looming in

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the background.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, I think I think so. I think so, Tom.

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we fired David Randa. You know that that seems to

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be coming. Uh, I got one for you. I don't

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know this guy necessarily gets fired, but their season is

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essentially over now. They have no clear path or direction,

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it would seem. Can I intrigue you on the idea

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of coach Prime Dion resigning or taking another job, or

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something like just getting out of Dodge in Colorado, because

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it it seems like with Travis and Shador gone, they're

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never gonna rekindle that magic again. I think that if

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I were Dion, whether it's resigned and take a year

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off or be done with coaching, or go take another

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job elsewhere, I think that they've they've lost all that matter.

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That he's done as good as he could do. I

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think it would be the best interest for Dion to

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move on.

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Speaker 2: Does he kind of seem bored? Yes, I think, And

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I think Colorado would hang on to him and say, Okay,

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well we did lose Travis Hunter, we lotched the door.

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They're they're as far as I understand, Colorado is still

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gaining recruits. If Dion is to leave that that, I

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don't know. The portal will open and people will say, well, hey, listen,

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Weed's legal here. That's cool. But why would I go

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to Boulder without Dion? I don't even know if that

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if Dion left, who they would even I don't even

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know who would take over that program. I don't even

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know who would even want to because one, you would

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have huge shoes to feel in terms of hype, You're

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not gonna get another Dion.

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Speaker 1: From an entertainment perspective, I would want them to promote

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their defensive line coach Warren Sap. Yes, strictly for entertainment

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purposes only. It would not go well, but I would watch.

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Speaker 2: It would make great TV because it wasn't there like

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a what he Warren Sap did something earlier on in

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the season that was like made the news like he

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acted like a shit ass.

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Speaker 1: Let's go to the college football playoff rankings. Let's start

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with the SEC teams. Then we'll go to the Big

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twelve teams A and M third, Alabama fourth, Georgia fifth, Ole,

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Miss seventh, Texas tenth, Oklahoma eleventh, Vanderbilt fourteenth, and then

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Tennessee in the twenty third spot among the Big twelve teams.

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At this point, Tom, I think the question becomes, like,

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you know, A and M looks safe. They're in Georgia,

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looks safe. They're in Bama Barrian collapse, looks safe. They're

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in it. To me, I think you know Texas and OU,

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and I would say even Vandy to this extent too.

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They control their own destiny if they went out therein

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But then the next question becomes, can a three loss

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SEC team make it? Could Oklahoma lose Tobama but win

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the other two and still make the field. Could a

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three loss Texas team who finishes out with Georgia and

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Texas A and M two of their final three games,

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could they still make it?

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Speaker 2: In?

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Speaker 1: What about Vandy or Tennessee or Missoo or anything like that, Tom,

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Just based on the way the field is shaping out

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right now. I don't think the door is open for

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a nine win SEC team over a two loss let's

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say Big twelve or ACC team at this point. But

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you know, lo could happen in a few weeks. I

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don't see that door being open right now.

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Speaker 2: No, I don't think. I think you're absolutely right. And

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you know, as far as the three teams you mentioned

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kind of on the fringe there or on the bubble,

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you know Texas, Oh you Vandy, I think you know

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Texas is obviously rooting for Bama to beat Oh you,

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well maybe I don't know. Obviously, with strengthen Texas a

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little bit, Texas can't really Texas just cannot drop a game.

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Bama fans uh this week, and from an outside perspective,

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neutral perspective and just rooting for the underdog. I really

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hope Vandy gets in. That's that's who I'm rooting for

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right now.

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Speaker 1: Control their own destiny, though, if you went out all three.

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Speaker 2: Are in, yeah, well yeah you could they.

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Speaker 1: I don't think they're rooting against each other or whatever,

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unless the third loss starts to heap in and then

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you're like Okay, we need some help.

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Speaker 2: Now, and then you kind of start playing the you know,

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the the red yarn and say we need this to happen,

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this to happen again, and playing some mannis there.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Big twelve teams. We mentioned Tech is sixth in

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the country, BYU twelfth, Utah thirteenth, and then Cincinnati is

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twenty fifth. The path I think is still open for

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three Big twelve teams. I think Tech is in great

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shape BYU Tom Like if if they went out and

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then lose to Tech. I think if they get to

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the Big Twelve championship game winning out in the regular

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season BYU's BYU and Tech would both be in no

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matter what if they both went out in the regular

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season in BYUS case, like if your two losses are

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to the same team, being the Big twelve champion in Texas, Tech,

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I can't leave you out of the playoff.

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Speaker 2: You still belove You're gonna be eleven.

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Speaker 1: Yeah right, Utah still got a chance, but they need

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to win out. Cincinnati not out of it either, but

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they need to win out At this point, I think

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the I think the Big twelve is looking in good

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shape to get at least two teams, maybe three in

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right now.

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Speaker 2: I think as long as Tech doesn't falter, I think

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we're safe with two.

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Speaker 1: Yeah.

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Speaker 2: I think it's it's and to be fair right now.

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The way it's shaping up, I think you're looking at

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a TECH BYU rematch in Arlington, and probably another Tech

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win Tech at four b y U eleven, maybe ten

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depending on other factors. And I would love to have

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three as a big twelve guy. That would be awesome.

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If we can get two, we can get two strong candidates.

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I think if you're a team, if you're another team

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and in facing a BYU team that's going to be

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eleven and host them at your stadium, I think you're thinking,

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oh my goodness, because Mormons are just not in Provo.

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Mormons are everywhere and they show up for games like

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KSE State does.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's go with the BIT twelve slate of

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games this week. Wrappid fire real fast here, Arizona taking

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on Cincinnati. Arizona's going bowling after beating the Jayhawks last

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week and a close one. Cincinnati sitting at seven and two.

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Cincinnati's at home, Cincinnati six and a half point favorites. Tom.

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We know that Noah Fafida can sling it and he's

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had a nice year even without t Mac. I think

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of your Cincinnati you know, they're trying to get back

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in the playoff conversation all that you cannot take this

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Arizona team lately at all.

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Speaker 2: No, you can't. But I will continue to roll with

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the Bearcats. I will, I will keep standing for them.

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I'll take State KSE State.

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Speaker 1: It has not been their year, but they played some

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better football as of late, and they're sitting a four

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and five. You take out Oklahoma State this week and

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still water Tom. I think if you a Cats fan, sure,

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it's been frustrating, but Chris Clemans still with a chance

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to be both eligible with playing Oklahoma State, Utah and

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Colorado to finish out here. If I'm a k State fan, yeah,

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I'm frustrated with how this year is gone, but honestly

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with where that program has been compared to you know,

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the the the days of of pre Bill Snyder, you

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know and everything, and after Bill Snyder left the first time, Like,

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I think you'll take this for your down year in all.

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Speaker 2: Honesty, I mean yeah, and all sign's point to Avery

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Johnson returning for a senior season. You build off this

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year and you hope for the best next year.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, you're a lot better off than your war with

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Ron Prince. West Virginia four and six. West Virginia surprising

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performance here with back to back wins against Houston and

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Colorado and the Mountaineers playing better football under Rich Rod.

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They're four and six. They need to win out to

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get both eligible. Arizona State still with a chance to

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win the Big Twelfth title. It's an early kick, by

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the way. They're in Timpe eleven am local time on

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TNT as the Sun Devils or ten and a half

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point favorites there. I know that Simms has played some

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with levit banged up, West Virginia playing better, but I

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would be surprised if if Arizona State doesn't win this game.

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I mean, they just got a lot more talent playing

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as simple over West Virginia. I mean, Jordan Tyson, there's

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a reason why this guy's gonna be a first round pick.

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Speaker 2: I mean, yeah, I know, you're absolutely right, though it's

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West Virginia team or the past two wins. They feel

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a lot like the Miami Dolphins, where you don't really

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know who you're gonna get this week. Are you gonna

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get the good Mountaineers are gonna get the bad Mountaineers.

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I just don't know what to expect.

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Speaker 1: Numbers six Texas Tech taking on UCF Tech at ninety one,

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u CF at four and five. Texas Tech twenty three

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and a half point favorites. Morton look good. The defense

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for me, really caught my eye. Holding that byu offense.

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You know, did just nine points last week. You're hoping

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that you don't have a letdown game coming off your

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biggest win of the season last week. Tom, I like

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what I've seen from Tech. I think this one gets ugly,

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real fast. I like them over UCF Big. There's a

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big talent discrepancy here.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I agree. Yeah, there should be no reason Tech loses.

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It shouldn't even be close.

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Speaker 1: Number thirteen Utah seven to two is still trying to

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win the Big twelve taken on five and four Baylor

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David Randa coaching for his job. Sawyer Robinson has been

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very good at the quarterback spot for the Baylor Bears

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this year. Utah. This Utah team, they've been solid. I've

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looked at them and you can tell they had the

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bounce back year they were looking for. Going on the

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Road to Waco. Here, Tom, I like Utah, but I

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like a lot of points in this game. I think

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Utah wins. This is probably a game in the thirties

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and they win by a touchdown.

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Speaker 2: Here, Yeah, I can see that happen. I think it's

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kind of a good thirty eight to thirty one type

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game in Utah's favor.

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Speaker 1: Then in the nightcap, pick twelve after Dark from Provo

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number twelve, BYU taking on TCU. BYU looking to bounce

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back a rivalry game against their old Mountain West foes,

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Hoover and Company. This is gonna be a fun one.

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This is worth staying up late four on Saturday night, folks.

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I like BYU to bounce back, but TCU is not

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an easy out, Tom. I think we're in for a

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treat if Hoover and that TCU offense can get things going.

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I think they got a chance to go toe to

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toe with black Meyer and BYU here.

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Speaker 2: I would be very interested in how BYU responds after

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getting their teeth kicked in. It's gonna tell us about

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It's gonna tell us a lot about Satake and Crew.

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I do think BYU bounces back, though he gets a dub.

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Speaker 1: All right, let's go to the Southeastern Conference now beginning

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at eleven am. Number three Texas A and M hosting

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South Carolina. The Aggies nineteen and a half point favorites,

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Marcel Reid and Company taking on the South Carolina team

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that just hasn't had anything go right for them with

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all the expectations they had this year. Tom, no reason

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this game should even be close.

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Speaker 2: No, I really shouldn't. And I'm gonna use some reverse

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psychology I said in the past and with choke, and

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I've been wrong several times. So I like Texas and

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A and M huge over South Carolina this week.

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Speaker 1: Arkansas at LSU. LSU five and a half point favorites

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in Baton Rouge, Taylor Green and Company coming to town.

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Nuss Meyer last week did not play well. They only

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put up nine points. Tom, I expect LSU to win,

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but I don't know why anybody would watch this game.

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I think that it's probably going to be some bad

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football played here.

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Speaker 2: I think a great value Cicco's game, isn't it?

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Speaker 1: Yes? Secsiko Kentucky taking on Tennessee Tech. By the way,

477
00:27:27,799 --> 00:27:32,240
Tennessee Tech and Cookville, great town. My former boss Jonathan

478
00:27:32,279 --> 00:27:34,480
Monk used to live there. I've been to Cookfield many times.

479
00:27:34,640 --> 00:27:38,319
They're ten and Ozer tayo Kentucky. Kentucky should win though.

480
00:27:38,480 --> 00:27:42,519
The fighting Mark Stoops is number eleven Oklahoma taking out

481
00:27:42,640 --> 00:27:45,720
number four Alabama. The Sooners trying to stay alive in

482
00:27:45,759 --> 00:27:49,559
the college football playoff fight, Bama sitting at eight and one,

483
00:27:49,640 --> 00:27:52,839
number four in the country. I was listening to Bob

484
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,359
Stoops this week, Big Game, Bob talking about this matchup Tom,

485
00:27:56,400 --> 00:27:58,759
and he brought up a very good point. Bob said that, hey,

486
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Oklahoma can win this game, and here's how they can.

487
00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:08,799
For as well as Bama has played Tom since the

488
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,279
loss of Florida State, they still have not figured out

489
00:28:11,279 --> 00:28:14,599
how to run the football. Their run game is struggling.

490
00:28:15,000 --> 00:28:18,720
Their offensive line is not playing great. If Oklahoma can

491
00:28:18,759 --> 00:28:21,720
stop the run, then they got a chance to beat

492
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:25,079
this Bama team. I lean towards Bama, but I think

493
00:28:25,079 --> 00:28:26,720
this is a close game that comes down to the

494
00:28:26,720 --> 00:28:31,519
wire ultimately. Tyd Simpson, he's a Heisman candidate. He's only

495
00:28:31,519 --> 00:28:33,640
thrown one pick this year. I think he's too much

496
00:28:33,680 --> 00:28:36,880
for that Sooner defense, and he's able to get his

497
00:28:36,920 --> 00:28:39,079
where They don't need the run game that much. But

498
00:28:40,640 --> 00:28:43,839
you know, I like the way John Mattier has played,

499
00:28:44,960 --> 00:28:48,400
you know, since that second half against Tennessee. It looked

500
00:28:48,400 --> 00:28:50,480
like he turned the corner. He's coming off of bye week.

501
00:28:50,759 --> 00:28:53,440
Don't know our Mason Thomas's status just yet for this

502
00:28:53,559 --> 00:28:57,640
game either. I'll go Alabama, but I think Oklahoma makes

503
00:28:57,680 --> 00:28:58,759
this thing very interesting.

504
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Speaker 2: Tom, what's the line five and a half for BEMA.

505
00:29:03,640 --> 00:29:06,880
I'm gonna say it's gonna be one of the one

506
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of the best games of the season overall, and I

507
00:29:10,000 --> 00:29:13,359
think ou covers but eventually comes up short.

508
00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:15,920
Speaker 1: Tennessee Techs out of New Mexico State forty and a

509
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:20,559
half point favorites. Ole Miss taking on Florida ole Miss

510
00:29:20,599 --> 00:29:24,039
fourteen and a half point favorites against Florida. Here, Tom,

511
00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:28,359
ole Miss, that team, Lane Kiffin and company. This was

512
00:29:28,359 --> 00:29:31,039
supposed to be their rebuilding year, and you win this.

513
00:29:31,319 --> 00:29:33,319
I think this pretty much punches Old Missess take her

514
00:29:33,359 --> 00:29:34,359
to the College Wall playoffs.

515
00:29:35,359 --> 00:29:43,000
Speaker 2: Yeah, I think you're right, and very impressive, Lane kiffn Yeah.

516
00:29:43,039 --> 00:29:48,839
Speaker 1: And then Number five Georgia taking out Number ten Texas Georgia.

517
00:29:49,680 --> 00:29:52,559
You know, it's interesting. I feel like they still haven't

518
00:29:52,599 --> 00:29:57,039
played their best game yet Texas. I think we know

519
00:29:57,079 --> 00:29:59,880
who they are. They have their problems on their offensive,

520
00:30:01,279 --> 00:30:04,519
their defense has been shaky. Arch has played better, but

521
00:30:04,559 --> 00:30:07,960
he's still not played his full potential. No one's expecting

522
00:30:08,119 --> 00:30:10,559
Arch to go in there and win this game, Tom,

523
00:30:10,839 --> 00:30:14,079
if it happens, by all means okay, Texas is legit,

524
00:30:14,119 --> 00:30:15,799
and maybe they are going to find a way in

525
00:30:15,839 --> 00:30:20,119
the playoffs. But I I just can't envision Arch making

526
00:30:20,160 --> 00:30:23,599
it happen here. I got Georgia and probably about a

527
00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:24,480
seven point win.

528
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Speaker 2: I would be very shocked if this would be a

529
00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:34,480
huge Sark win. If they can beat Kirby Smart and

530
00:30:34,599 --> 00:30:37,920
you might give Texas more credit than his word. I

531
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think it could be more than seven.

532
00:30:40,880 --> 00:30:44,839
Speaker 1: Maybe so. And then MISSOO taking out Mississippi State. Missoo's

533
00:30:44,839 --> 00:30:48,839
down to their third string quarterback. They're at home Mississippi State,

534
00:30:49,200 --> 00:30:53,160
trying to get bowl eligible here, Tom, I think this

535
00:30:53,240 --> 00:30:57,359
Missoo team is one where the record doesn't reflect how

536
00:30:57,400 --> 00:30:59,759
good they actually are. If this team hadn't stayed fully healthy,

537
00:30:59,759 --> 00:31:02,400
if they weren't to their third quarterback, MISSOO might be

538
00:31:02,400 --> 00:31:05,160
a playoff team this year. But just some bad luck

539
00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:09,759
things that it's Mississippi State, I feel like is catching

540
00:31:09,799 --> 00:31:12,559
them in a good spot. This is a good chance.

541
00:31:12,599 --> 00:31:15,880
I still like Missoo here, but I think Mississippi State

542
00:31:15,880 --> 00:31:16,720
can keep it interesting.

543
00:31:17,599 --> 00:31:20,640
Speaker 2: I'm gonna take you. I'm gonna I'm gonna switch things up.

544
00:31:20,759 --> 00:31:22,920
What I wanna who Missoo play?

545
00:31:23,039 --> 00:31:23,400
Speaker 1: Last week?

546
00:31:23,440 --> 00:31:25,359
Speaker 2: What did I say Missoo was gonna beat A and

547
00:31:25,480 --> 00:31:31,279
m You did another reverse psychology here. I'm gonna swamp

548
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:35,039
up completely. Give me your boys and the cow and

549
00:31:35,119 --> 00:31:39,599
the cow bells and the fighting Jeff Levies, the Jeff Levees.

550
00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,039
Jeff Levy is gonna get her done, baby, He's getting

551
00:31:42,039 --> 00:31:42,640
her done.

552
00:31:44,039 --> 00:31:47,839
Speaker 1: There you haven't uh the VIC twelve sec breakdown this week,

553
00:31:47,880 --> 00:31:51,400
more than come. Miley Robinson set to join us on

554
00:31:51,440 --> 00:31:56,920
the other side, don't go anywhere, join us now the

555
00:31:56,920 --> 00:32:00,480
program this week. Please to welcome in from Jocks in Burningham.

556
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,000
It is Motley Robinson who's back on the program this

557
00:32:04,079 --> 00:32:07,119
week talking all things oh Ubama. Also the Auburn coaching

558
00:32:07,160 --> 00:32:10,319
search she joins is right now. Motley. It is great

559
00:32:10,319 --> 00:32:12,119
to have you back. How we doing, I'm.

560
00:32:11,960 --> 00:32:14,880
Speaker 3: Honored to be back. Thank you for having me. Never

561
00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:17,119
a dull moment when you work in sports talk radio

562
00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:19,440
in the middle of Alabama. So it's great.

563
00:32:20,200 --> 00:32:24,319
Speaker 1: Yes, I'm sure the callers keep you quite amused these days.

564
00:32:24,519 --> 00:32:27,000
Speaker 3: They do. And you know what, I'm going to give

565
00:32:27,039 --> 00:32:30,279
some props because the character and the growth development that

566
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we've seen from week one to now, especially with the

567
00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,599
Alabama fans, because you know, week one, everyone was, you know,

568
00:32:36,759 --> 00:32:38,519
you kind of had a little bit a half and half,

569
00:32:38,559 --> 00:32:40,720
but most of them were like, you know, it's time

570
00:32:40,720 --> 00:32:44,039
to make a change, bier to borrow another nine and three,

571
00:32:44,319 --> 00:32:47,279
ten and two season loading. But it's been looking good

572
00:32:47,319 --> 00:32:50,200
so far. I mean Alabama they've only lost that one game,

573
00:32:51,359 --> 00:32:54,200
arguably have one of the most impressive stretches in the country.

574
00:32:54,359 --> 00:32:57,160
With that, would they win four back to back to

575
00:32:57,200 --> 00:32:59,920
back to back ranked win So I would say Alabama

576
00:33:00,119 --> 00:33:02,160
as are, they're pretty good right now?

577
00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:05,240
Speaker 1: Yeah, and they ought to be as This Alabama team

578
00:33:05,279 --> 00:33:10,240
has played some fantastic football over the last several weeks.

579
00:33:10,319 --> 00:33:12,480
Just a different team than what we saw week one

580
00:33:12,519 --> 00:33:15,279
when they lost to Florida State to where they are

581
00:33:15,319 --> 00:33:20,000
at now. Moley people were ready for had the knives

582
00:33:20,000 --> 00:33:23,880
out for Caleb Demor After that lost, thanks s turned

583
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:25,559
the corner and the weeks that foove.

584
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Speaker 3: Yeah, so I always love reading the text because we

585
00:33:29,960 --> 00:33:32,480
have a twenty four hour text line and then on

586
00:33:32,519 --> 00:33:35,799
Mondays after games, we will download all of the texts

587
00:33:35,799 --> 00:33:38,599
that we get from the weekend and read them throughout

588
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:40,440
the show, depending on what we have going on. And

589
00:33:40,480 --> 00:33:42,279
of course we had the live text line during the

590
00:33:42,319 --> 00:33:46,839
show as well, and we just had hundreds and hundreds

591
00:33:46,839 --> 00:33:49,799
and hundreds of texts and it was my job the

592
00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:52,799
Monday after that game to kind of sift through them.

593
00:33:53,079 --> 00:33:56,079
I had a lot of words I had to clean up,

594
00:33:56,400 --> 00:33:58,119
let's just put it that way, a lot of things

595
00:33:58,119 --> 00:34:00,680
that couldn't be repeated on air. Like I said, you

596
00:34:00,680 --> 00:34:03,359
had people say I never like I knew he was

597
00:34:03,359 --> 00:34:04,920
never going to be fit for the job, Like we

598
00:34:04,960 --> 00:34:07,200
need to go out and hire Lane Kiffen, or I

599
00:34:07,240 --> 00:34:09,360
knew we should have hired blah blah blah. It was

600
00:34:09,480 --> 00:34:11,360
just it was a whole or deal. But I think

601
00:34:11,400 --> 00:34:14,559
now most Alabama fans are, like I said, pretty pretty content,

602
00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:17,639
pretty happy with where they're at now, especially when you

603
00:34:17,679 --> 00:34:21,039
look from last year to this year. I mean Alabama,

604
00:34:21,079 --> 00:34:24,079
they're pretty close to booking that trip to Atlanta for

605
00:34:24,280 --> 00:34:25,679
the for the championship game.

606
00:34:26,400 --> 00:34:31,079
Speaker 1: Yeah, very close to doing so undefeated in conference play

607
00:34:31,159 --> 00:34:34,119
with that one loss happening into the non conference of

608
00:34:34,159 --> 00:34:37,559
Florida State, they appear to be right on track to

609
00:34:37,599 --> 00:34:42,639
do so. And you know, I look at this this team, Miley,

610
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I've been so impressed with the play at ty Simpson

611
00:34:45,639 --> 00:34:49,360
with you know, there was some people that question, Okay,

612
00:34:49,360 --> 00:34:53,639
why did Jalon Milroe come out just settled to be

613
00:34:53,679 --> 00:34:55,840
a third round pick and go to Seattle and ultimately

614
00:34:55,880 --> 00:34:59,159
be Sam Donalds backup. Well, I think he had a

615
00:34:59,199 --> 00:35:02,480
pretty good idea of what Alabama had in store coming

616
00:35:02,519 --> 00:35:05,519
with with ty Simpson because he's played at such a

617
00:35:05,559 --> 00:35:08,599
high level, and he's also been a better fit for

618
00:35:08,599 --> 00:35:11,079
what Caitlyn de Bores wanted to do offensively here.

619
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Speaker 3: Right, And I've seen people kind of compare it to

620
00:35:13,360 --> 00:35:17,719
twenty twenty three Washington, And I've also seen a lot

621
00:35:17,760 --> 00:35:20,519
of you know, Alabama, they're gonna be looking for revenge

622
00:35:20,599 --> 00:35:23,639
after losing last year in Normando, Brent Vinnables in the

623
00:35:23,639 --> 00:35:26,320
Oklahoma defense. They were all over Jalen Milroe and the

624
00:35:26,320 --> 00:35:29,400
tie last year. But this team could not be more

625
00:35:29,440 --> 00:35:32,199
different in terms of, I mean the way that the

626
00:35:32,199 --> 00:35:34,559
offense looks, because I mean like you said the Jalen

627
00:35:34,639 --> 00:35:37,960
Milroe to the Tys Simpson arc. It's just watching him

628
00:35:38,000 --> 00:35:40,880
play every week. He's such an electric player. And I

629
00:35:41,000 --> 00:35:44,760
always love after most of the games, someone will hand

630
00:35:44,840 --> 00:35:46,639
him a stat sheet and he'll be flipping through the

631
00:35:46,679 --> 00:35:48,920
pages like, man, like this is just this is awful.

632
00:35:48,920 --> 00:35:51,599
Like I'm just like talking so bad about himself, Like

633
00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:53,599
I just I gotta be better. I gotta be better

634
00:35:53,639 --> 00:35:57,440
after you just like balld out. And you know, last week,

635
00:35:57,760 --> 00:36:00,440
I felt like he might have had his one of

636
00:36:00,480 --> 00:36:04,519
his worst performances against a very lackluster LSU who we

637
00:36:04,639 --> 00:36:08,320
know just fired their coach. I think he was twenty

638
00:36:08,360 --> 00:36:10,920
one for thirty five and you know, like I said,

639
00:36:11,480 --> 00:36:13,320
maybe not his best performance of the year, but you

640
00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,559
were able still able to squeak out a win against

641
00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,599
an LSU team who you know, Alabama LSU is always

642
00:36:18,599 --> 00:36:22,079
a pretty fun rivalry, especially in this state. And you know,

643
00:36:22,119 --> 00:36:23,920
they never went three and out last week, but you know,

644
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:27,199
finishing drives was a little difficult for them. You know,

645
00:36:27,320 --> 00:36:29,599
like I said, ty Simpson didn't have his best performance

646
00:36:29,599 --> 00:36:31,679
of the week, but he's still I mean, he's just

647
00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:33,800
he's been a stellar quarterback. A lot of people like

648
00:36:33,880 --> 00:36:38,280
to say roll tied like t y yeah me, which

649
00:36:38,320 --> 00:36:39,880
I think is really fun. And a lot of people

650
00:36:39,920 --> 00:36:41,920
still have him like very high up in the heis

651
00:36:41,960 --> 00:36:42,719
and race as well.

652
00:36:43,519 --> 00:36:48,920
Speaker 1: Yeah, right right up there with Mendoza, and it should

653
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,280
be competitive to see how that ultimately plays out. I

654
00:36:51,280 --> 00:36:53,119
think Gus Johnson Meg get a little head of himself,

655
00:36:53,119 --> 00:36:56,079
all right, crown of things to Doza last.

656
00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:58,079
Speaker 3: Week, his call at the end of that game.

657
00:36:58,159 --> 00:37:04,199
Speaker 1: Yes, we'll see if if if your friend Greg McElroy

658
00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:08,519
has something to say about Simpsons Ty Simpson this week, potentially.

659
00:37:08,239 --> 00:37:10,360
Speaker 3: Yeah, maybe, I don't know if it'll be at work tomorrow,

660
00:37:10,440 --> 00:37:12,119
but I can ask him for you if you will.

661
00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:16,639
Speaker 1: Please do, please do, Molly. One of the things I

662
00:37:16,679 --> 00:37:19,559
was listening to Bob Stoops this week talk about this matchup,

663
00:37:20,079 --> 00:37:23,239
and Bob Ray's an interesting point that you know, when

664
00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:26,400
you think of Alabama, especially in the saban Era, is

665
00:37:26,480 --> 00:37:29,159
these physical teams that run the football well. And if

666
00:37:29,199 --> 00:37:31,800
there's one thing you can point to with this Bama team,

667
00:37:32,360 --> 00:37:36,159
it's that they haven't really done that. They're leading past

668
00:37:36,639 --> 00:37:41,679
carriers about three point eight yards ferry. The offensive line

669
00:37:41,679 --> 00:37:46,400
hasn't looked at great. There is that something you think

670
00:37:46,400 --> 00:37:49,280
that you know, they're going to try to make work

671
00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,880
or just kind of avoid and focus on the passing

672
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game with Ty Simpson.

673
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Speaker 3: See I'm glad you brought that up because I love

674
00:37:56,639 --> 00:37:59,880
listening to Josh pay his show as well, and he

675
00:38:00,119 --> 00:38:02,239
said something this week that really stood out to me

676
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:05,159
because that has been, you know, a big question mark

677
00:38:05,199 --> 00:38:09,119
with this team. It's been the run game. But Alabama

678
00:38:09,199 --> 00:38:12,119
they haven't really had much of a run game all

679
00:38:12,199 --> 00:38:15,159
year and it hasn't seemed to be that big of

680
00:38:15,159 --> 00:38:17,679
a glaring issue for them yet, which I thought was

681
00:38:17,679 --> 00:38:21,239
really interesting because you know, I hear every working and

682
00:38:21,480 --> 00:38:24,239
here in the state of Alabama, but they, like I said,

683
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:26,800
they haven't had a running game, but they're still winning.

684
00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:30,639
Like this offense they clearly don't solely rely on running

685
00:38:30,679 --> 00:38:32,239
the ball, and they've been able to work just fine

686
00:38:32,239 --> 00:38:34,360
with it by you know, giving it to ty Simpson.

687
00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:37,679
But the question is with this Oklahoma defense. I mean,

688
00:38:38,199 --> 00:38:41,800
this is the stingiest defense in my opinion in the SEC.

689
00:38:42,360 --> 00:38:44,840
I mean, how how long will ty Simpson have how

690
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,079
quick can he make these decisions? How much time will

691
00:38:47,119 --> 00:38:49,599
he have to make these decisions? Like there's just there's

692
00:38:49,599 --> 00:38:53,400
so many question marks, especially with this Oklahoma defense. And

693
00:38:53,920 --> 00:38:56,000
you know, prior to looking at this game, I like

694
00:38:56,000 --> 00:38:59,199
looking at Vegas breads. I'm personally not a sports better.

695
00:39:00,079 --> 00:39:01,679
I just I like looking at the spreads of the

696
00:39:01,719 --> 00:39:03,960
games and the lines and everything. And I mean the

697
00:39:04,000 --> 00:39:06,679
total is in the mid forties, which to me makes

698
00:39:06,719 --> 00:39:09,280
sense when you look at this matchup because you have,

699
00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:12,760
like I said, Oklahoma's defense, who they have, I think,

700
00:39:12,760 --> 00:39:16,119
the best scoring defense in the SEC. They've allowed seven

701
00:39:16,199 --> 00:39:19,199
passing touchdowns and nine games like this is this is

702
00:39:19,239 --> 00:39:22,119
going to be a tough one. And looking at the

703
00:39:22,119 --> 00:39:26,039
matchup too, and looking at Alabama's schedule, yes they haven't

704
00:39:26,039 --> 00:39:28,960
really you know, the run game hasn't been their main identity.

705
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But this should be the one game that I think

706
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:35,320
Alabama so far should be the most scared of in

707
00:39:35,400 --> 00:39:38,920
terms of I mean an opponent, especially with this Oklahoma

708
00:39:39,000 --> 00:39:40,239
defense coming to Tuscaloosa.

709
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Speaker 1: Yeah, we'll see about our Mason Thomas's status if he's

710
00:39:44,039 --> 00:39:44,679
gonna play or not.

711
00:39:44,800 --> 00:39:46,719
Speaker 3: But I think is he still listed to I think

712
00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:48,360
listen a questionable.

713
00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:51,480
Speaker 1: He is, Yeah, but even when he went down in

714
00:39:51,519 --> 00:39:54,119
that Tennessee game, they still did pretty well without it.

715
00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:58,639
Well yeah, but yes, this This Oklahoma defense is for

716
00:39:58,719 --> 00:40:01,800
real and U what I wonder Maley from from the

717
00:40:01,840 --> 00:40:04,519
people you've talked to and covering this team at all.

718
00:40:04,880 --> 00:40:08,599
You know, last year Oklahoma won this game and you know,

719
00:40:08,760 --> 00:40:12,280
quite an upset that nobody saw coming double digit underdogs.

720
00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:16,000
They weren't playing that well entering this game. Bama needed

721
00:40:16,039 --> 00:40:18,679
this win to try to make the College football playoffs.

722
00:40:19,679 --> 00:40:24,760
Is there much talk about, uh for Bama redeeming themselves

723
00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:28,840
or getting back your revenge of sorts after what happened

724
00:40:28,880 --> 00:40:29,320
last year?

725
00:40:29,599 --> 00:40:32,679
Speaker 3: Oh? Absolutely, revenge is always on the mind, especially in

726
00:40:32,719 --> 00:40:36,079
this state. You know, kind of going back to earlier.

727
00:40:36,079 --> 00:40:39,440
This team cannot be more different, and it's a different

728
00:40:39,480 --> 00:40:42,360
for Oklahoma coming into because Alabama they have one seven

729
00:40:42,400 --> 00:40:46,119
in a row in Tuscaloosa. And one thing that Debor

730
00:40:46,280 --> 00:40:49,320
struggled with especially we saw it last season. We saw

731
00:40:49,320 --> 00:40:51,760
it against Florida State. But it was getting his team

732
00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:56,400
up and ready for those quote lesser opponents, the team

733
00:40:56,480 --> 00:41:00,519
that they might view as the lesser competition, because after

734
00:41:00,719 --> 00:41:04,480
Alabama beat Georgia last year, everyone was high onto Boor.

735
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:08,320
Obviously you just beat Georgia, Welcome to the SEC. You're

736
00:41:08,360 --> 00:41:11,519
here to stay. All this stuff but then you go

737
00:41:11,519 --> 00:41:14,559
in and you lose to Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt, what's you know,

738
00:41:15,079 --> 00:41:18,199
obviously this is not your this ain't your daddy's Vanderbilt team.

739
00:41:18,199 --> 00:41:20,639
Like there's a much different Vanderbilt team with Clark Lee

740
00:41:20,679 --> 00:41:23,719
and Diego Pavia. But it's still the fact of the matter.

741
00:41:23,880 --> 00:41:26,159
You lost to Vanderbilt, and again it was those teams,

742
00:41:26,199 --> 00:41:28,920
like you said, as the double digit favorite, you go

743
00:41:28,960 --> 00:41:31,239
and you lose again to Oklahoma. Line you pretty much

744
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:33,639
you can mark yourself out, like you said of the

745
00:41:33,639 --> 00:41:36,639
college football playoff conversation. And then I know it doesn't

746
00:41:36,679 --> 00:41:38,880
really count. People don't like to count bowl games. But

747
00:41:39,280 --> 00:41:43,079
in the postseason, you lose to a very depleted Michigan

748
00:41:43,119 --> 00:41:46,480
team in the Relyaquest Bowl. I mean I think that game,

749
00:41:46,480 --> 00:41:50,079
Michigan was playing their second, third, maybe even floor stringers

750
00:41:50,079 --> 00:41:52,360
because most of their guys were opting out for the draft.

751
00:41:53,320 --> 00:41:57,079
So and you kind of saw that again with Florida

752
00:41:57,199 --> 00:42:00,719
State in Week one, and for us, we're in radio,

753
00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,480
we kind of thought, oh boy, here we go again.

754
00:42:03,679 --> 00:42:07,239
You know, let's hope that this trend doesn't continue. And

755
00:42:07,559 --> 00:42:10,079
credit now, like I said, they did have that four games,

756
00:42:10,599 --> 00:42:14,079
that four game stretch of playing ranked opponents, which obviously

757
00:42:14,119 --> 00:42:16,760
turned down Alabama's favor but you know, you still you

758
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:20,679
beat Wisconsin, you went to South Carolina, which got a

759
00:42:20,679 --> 00:42:22,519
little scary there towards the end, but you still manage

760
00:42:22,519 --> 00:42:23,559
to walk out of there with the win, and you

761
00:42:23,599 --> 00:42:26,519
beat LSU. And now you got Oklahoma, which this is,

762
00:42:26,559 --> 00:42:28,960
you know, a top I think Oklahoma's what ranked number

763
00:42:28,960 --> 00:42:32,440
eleven in the country, so it is another top ranked matchup.

764
00:42:32,480 --> 00:42:35,840
But I think with them, you know, I don't think

765
00:42:35,880 --> 00:42:38,960
they're they've caught themselves viewing these opponents as a lesser.

766
00:42:39,239 --> 00:42:41,519
I think Debora and the team, they've finally gotten into them,

767
00:42:41,599 --> 00:42:44,559
like we got to treat everybody like it's our biggest

768
00:42:44,559 --> 00:42:48,079
game or whatever. That's how it felt last year. Was

769
00:42:48,119 --> 00:42:50,320
always like he can win the big one, but it

770
00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:52,119
was like the opposite of James Franklin, like he could

771
00:42:52,239 --> 00:42:54,000
he can't win the big game, but he can't win

772
00:42:54,159 --> 00:42:56,840
small one. It was just it was crazy. It was

773
00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:01,599
like I said that week after the Vanderbilt game, I

774
00:43:01,599 --> 00:43:03,440
wish I could go back in time and let that alone,

775
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,840
not for the Alabama fans, but just how interesting that

776
00:43:06,880 --> 00:43:09,760
week was. I've never seen anything like it, and it

777
00:43:09,840 --> 00:43:11,679
kind of felt like a little bit like Florida State.

778
00:43:11,719 --> 00:43:13,559
But you never saw anything like that with Nick Saban.

779
00:43:13,840 --> 00:43:16,840
I mean maybe when they lost to Louisiana Monroe in

780
00:43:16,920 --> 00:43:20,000
two thousand and seven, but that doesn't count.

781
00:43:20,679 --> 00:43:22,639
Speaker 1: You were probably saying yourself, I don't feel bad for

782
00:43:22,679 --> 00:43:24,920
these people. I went to Nebraska and see.

783
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:28,320
Speaker 3: I one of my coworkers, he is an Alabama fan.

784
00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:32,039
He went to Alabama. He's an Alabama fan. He's a

785
00:43:32,119 --> 00:43:34,320
Yankee fan, and he's a Lebron James fan.

786
00:43:34,519 --> 00:43:37,079
Speaker 1: Of course he is a Cowboys.

787
00:43:37,599 --> 00:43:41,719
Speaker 3: He's not a Cowboys, don't worry. He's a Tuba fan.

788
00:43:41,960 --> 00:43:45,159
So the Dolphins, okay, which yeah, two was like his

789
00:43:45,199 --> 00:43:48,239
all time favorite quarterback. But I bring back to him

790
00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:50,960
all the time. After Alabama lost to Florida State, I

791
00:43:51,000 --> 00:43:52,840
was like, I don't feel bad for you at all.

792
00:43:54,119 --> 00:44:00,880
Speaker 1: Just I don't. That's that's that's fascinating. So looking at

793
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:05,880
this this matchup, you know, I'm very curious. One thing

794
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:09,800
that for me, Molly, that I think is gonna be

795
00:44:09,800 --> 00:44:12,320
a big factor in this game doesn't even have anything

796
00:44:12,360 --> 00:44:14,800
to do with Alabama in all honesty, is is John

797
00:44:14,840 --> 00:44:15,679
Mattier's status.

798
00:44:15,920 --> 00:44:16,039
Speaker 2: Uh.

799
00:44:16,599 --> 00:44:19,000
Speaker 1: You know, we've seen you know since he came back

800
00:44:19,000 --> 00:44:22,559
from that injury, really struggled those first three games, struggled

801
00:44:22,559 --> 00:44:25,639
in the first half against Tennessee and then started to

802
00:44:25,639 --> 00:44:28,719
turn a corner in that second half there. I think

803
00:44:28,760 --> 00:44:31,719
his play and all honesty doesn't have anything to do

804
00:44:31,800 --> 00:44:34,119
with any game plan that Alabama throws at him. If

805
00:44:34,320 --> 00:44:36,519
if John Matteer is gonna play well, it's gonna be

806
00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:39,480
about John Mattier. If if he's making mistakes, I think

807
00:44:39,480 --> 00:44:42,440
it's gonna be self inflicted things that aren't right in

808
00:44:42,519 --> 00:44:46,440
his head. Like that to me is something that Alabama.

809
00:44:46,519 --> 00:44:48,320
Sure they're gonna try to mix up the blitzes and

810
00:44:48,360 --> 00:44:50,199
all that, but there's only so much they can do.

811
00:44:50,360 --> 00:44:53,239
I think he's either succeeds or he fails on his

812
00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:54,039
own personally.

813
00:44:54,599 --> 00:44:56,760
Speaker 3: And that's the thing, Like, can he look like the

814
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:59,559
Jo Matier that we saw before the Texas game, Because

815
00:44:59,599 --> 00:45:01,800
like you said, I mean he's kind of he's kind

816
00:45:01,800 --> 00:45:05,159
of been lackluster in the three games after the Texas game,

817
00:45:06,599 --> 00:45:11,639
and I feel like here too, with John Mattier, it's

818
00:45:11,639 --> 00:45:14,559
still kind of see I'm still shaky on him because

819
00:45:14,599 --> 00:45:18,039
he is going into such a tough environment in Tuscaloosa

820
00:45:20,280 --> 00:45:23,199
and he hasn't really, like I said, been that stellar

821
00:45:23,239 --> 00:45:27,840
since his thumb injury. And yeah, asking him to go

822
00:45:27,880 --> 00:45:30,079
into Tuscaloosa, I mean it's not a night game, it's

823
00:45:30,119 --> 00:45:33,280
two thirty kickoff, but still a place where the team

824
00:45:33,280 --> 00:45:35,960
has had a seventeen game home winning streak. You know,

825
00:45:36,000 --> 00:45:37,880
there's a little bit more of an edge because yes,

826
00:45:37,960 --> 00:45:40,920
you beat this team last year, but it's way different

827
00:45:40,920 --> 00:45:43,199
when you step onto their home turf, and especially with

828
00:45:43,280 --> 00:45:47,519
this team who I mean actually looking at it, both

829
00:45:47,559 --> 00:45:50,400
teams are still technically I mean, Alabama is for sure,

830
00:45:50,400 --> 00:45:53,559
but Oklahoma's well, they are still in the conversation for

831
00:45:53,599 --> 00:45:56,360
a college football playoff birth. There's a lot going into

832
00:45:56,360 --> 00:45:59,559
this game, but him a tier. I'm gonna put it

833
00:45:59,599 --> 00:46:03,280
like this, hammteer Matier. Are we gonna see materier materiing?

834
00:46:03,480 --> 00:46:06,760
That's what I like to say, like the pre Texas,

835
00:46:06,840 --> 00:46:08,440
the pre thumb injury.

836
00:46:08,079 --> 00:46:13,559
Speaker 1: MATERI Yeah, if he, if he plays to his potential

837
00:46:13,679 --> 00:46:19,079
with that defense, I think Oklahoma wins this game if

838
00:46:19,400 --> 00:46:23,280
they get the good version of him with stepping up.

839
00:46:23,599 --> 00:46:26,199
Speaker 3: And from watching this Alabama team too, it feels like

840
00:46:26,239 --> 00:46:29,320
that the Alabama on the defensive side, they have finally

841
00:46:29,360 --> 00:46:31,400
figured it out and it's it's really starting to click

842
00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:35,199
with them. But yeah, if Matier, if he can ball out,

843
00:46:35,199 --> 00:46:38,480
and like I said, this Oklahoma defense, they are stingy,

844
00:46:38,679 --> 00:46:42,039
this is probably the game I'm I'm most excited for.

845
00:46:42,679 --> 00:46:45,039
Like full, I was really excited for the Alabama Tennessee

846
00:46:45,079 --> 00:46:48,519
game because you know, especially the Nick Saban area was

847
00:46:48,719 --> 00:46:51,239
arrow was a little different because you know, I grew

848
00:46:51,320 --> 00:46:55,400
up during that fifteen sixteen year win streak. But the

849
00:46:55,440 --> 00:46:58,039
last couple of years that that rivalry has been really fun.

850
00:46:58,400 --> 00:47:02,000
And this speaks truth here. This is a game that

851
00:47:02,039 --> 00:47:04,360
we have had circled all year. We have at the

852
00:47:04,440 --> 00:47:07,840
radio station at least like look out for this, look

853
00:47:07,840 --> 00:47:11,039
out for this Oklahoma team because we think I think again,

854
00:47:11,079 --> 00:47:12,760
I know we just talked about the point total and

855
00:47:12,800 --> 00:47:14,639
it being in the ford in the mid forties. I

856
00:47:14,679 --> 00:47:16,039
do think this is kind of going to be a

857
00:47:17,000 --> 00:47:20,119
drag out type of game, a lower scoring defensive battle,

858
00:47:21,719 --> 00:47:24,960
especially given Matier and his status, and then obviously with

859
00:47:24,960 --> 00:47:27,119
the Oklahoma defense and how they might be able to

860
00:47:27,159 --> 00:47:29,800
affect Ty Simpson. I also like taking the under in

861
00:47:29,840 --> 00:47:32,159
games though, because I'm a big ten West girly at heart,

862
00:47:32,239 --> 00:47:33,880
so It's just it's in my DNA.

863
00:47:34,920 --> 00:47:38,039
Speaker 1: Not not far enough back for the Leaders in Legends

864
00:47:38,159 --> 00:47:40,159
days ten though.

865
00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:42,840
Speaker 3: Those are now those were the days we should bring

866
00:47:42,880 --> 00:47:43,199
that back.

867
00:47:43,199 --> 00:47:46,280
Speaker 1: Honestly, I didn't hate it, if I'm going to be frank,

868
00:47:46,320 --> 00:47:48,079
I thought it was actually kind of cool, but.

869
00:47:50,360 --> 00:47:54,519
Speaker 3: Kind of misses having different regions. But at the same time,

870
00:47:54,559 --> 00:47:58,480
I'm like, Leaders of Legends is kind of a weird name. Anyway.

871
00:47:59,280 --> 00:48:01,599
Speaker 1: On one of the things that was talked about in

872
00:48:02,559 --> 00:48:06,920
center circles this week was the fact that that Bama

873
00:48:07,000 --> 00:48:10,079
has scheduled this as their homecoming game.

874
00:48:10,840 --> 00:48:14,159
Speaker 3: It's a really late homecoming, Yes, I think it is,

875
00:48:14,199 --> 00:48:15,840
at least it definitely is.

876
00:48:16,039 --> 00:48:18,960
Speaker 1: And you know they scheduled this as a homecoming game,

877
00:48:19,440 --> 00:48:22,679
and you look, historically speaking, Bama has done a pretty

878
00:48:22,719 --> 00:48:26,159
decent job of scheduling their homecoming games again to be

879
00:48:26,199 --> 00:48:28,880
against teams they expect to beat Missoo last year, Arkansas

880
00:48:28,960 --> 00:48:32,079
the year prior, double digit favorites in both those games.

881
00:48:32,400 --> 00:48:35,320
Eli bowen Ou came out this week and said that

882
00:48:35,360 --> 00:48:37,719
we saw this as the sign of disrespect that they

883
00:48:37,760 --> 00:48:42,400
scheduled us and all this is Is there any talk

884
00:48:42,440 --> 00:48:46,119
about that? Is that a big deal at all? That

885
00:48:46,199 --> 00:48:49,119
this is the the homecoming game? Or is this just

886
00:48:49,159 --> 00:48:51,559
a coincidence they having to schedule owe you for this.

887
00:48:51,519 --> 00:48:54,119
Speaker 3: You think, you know what, I have not even thought

888
00:48:54,119 --> 00:48:56,239
about it in that way. And it's funny that you

889
00:48:56,360 --> 00:49:00,480
mentioned that, because I guess I just finally put into together, like,

890
00:49:00,519 --> 00:49:02,440
oh my gosh, this is home because again it's it

891
00:49:02,440 --> 00:49:06,599
feels like such a late homecoming, because you would think

892
00:49:06,639 --> 00:49:08,519
in years past, like if you would have asked me

893
00:49:09,280 --> 00:49:12,920
four or five, even two three years ago, you know,

894
00:49:13,000 --> 00:49:14,559
to look ahead at the schedule, who do you think

895
00:49:14,960 --> 00:49:18,079
Alabama would schedule for homecoming? And I would probably say, yeah,

896
00:49:18,119 --> 00:49:21,639
you know, maybe Vanderbilt because they play at in Tusco.

897
00:49:21,920 --> 00:49:25,480
So you know, obviously that's different now. But and you know,

898
00:49:25,719 --> 00:49:28,000
kind of looking at the schedule, they would never I

899
00:49:28,000 --> 00:49:29,440
don't think they would ever put one on the third

900
00:49:29,440 --> 00:49:31,880
Saturday in October because again I didn't go to Alabama.

901
00:49:33,039 --> 00:49:35,480
I don't know the history of the Alabama homecomings, but

902
00:49:35,880 --> 00:49:38,679
I can't imagine they would put it on the Tennessee

903
00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:41,599
game or the LSU game with those being such big

904
00:49:41,679 --> 00:49:46,960
rivals for Alabama. So Oklahoma makes sense. But you saying that, like,

905
00:49:47,039 --> 00:49:49,119
I would also think that as a sign of disrespect,

906
00:49:49,159 --> 00:49:51,639
and I don't think there's like I don't disagree with that.

907
00:49:53,320 --> 00:49:55,159
Speaker 1: Were you homecoming queen and Nebraska?

908
00:49:55,519 --> 00:49:55,920
Speaker 3: I was not?

909
00:49:57,039 --> 00:49:59,119
Speaker 1: You should have been? Sounds like, well thank you.

910
00:49:59,239 --> 00:50:03,039
Speaker 3: I know, I'm I listen. I love that school so much,

911
00:50:03,239 --> 00:50:04,960
so I could have been, no kidding.

912
00:50:05,119 --> 00:50:07,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I mean she was, she was? You were

913
00:50:07,719 --> 00:50:09,280
cheer later there, right, Yeah, I was on.

914
00:50:09,280 --> 00:50:11,440
Speaker 3: The dance team pretty much the same thing.

915
00:50:11,559 --> 00:50:15,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, yes, but yeah, Eli Bowen did not take too

916
00:50:15,440 --> 00:50:17,599
well to being sched at homecoming. He said it was

917
00:50:18,079 --> 00:50:19,119
very personal for him.

918
00:50:19,760 --> 00:50:22,760
Speaker 3: We haven't even talked about that. But again, I guess

919
00:50:22,840 --> 00:50:24,639
it's just it's just one of those things where it's,

920
00:50:24,679 --> 00:50:27,480
you know, all the kids still pomp and the homecoming

921
00:50:27,559 --> 00:50:29,880
king and Queen. They will be announced in all the alumni.

922
00:50:30,119 --> 00:50:31,639
And it's funny that you say that too, because I

923
00:50:31,679 --> 00:50:35,920
just realized the past three homecomings I've been to at Alabama,

924
00:50:36,039 --> 00:50:38,400
but I didn't go to Alabama because I was there

925
00:50:38,440 --> 00:50:40,320
for the Arkansas game, I was there for the Missouri

926
00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:41,760
game last year, and now I'll be there for the

927
00:50:41,760 --> 00:50:42,440
Ooklhumba game.

928
00:50:42,679 --> 00:50:45,760
Speaker 1: There you go, I'll send you the article I wrote

929
00:50:45,760 --> 00:50:48,440
about this. Actually, if Eli Bowen's comments earlier this week, Yes,

930
00:50:48,480 --> 00:50:52,840
he was no, I want to see that. So with

931
00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:55,239
with all that being said, Uh, how do you how

932
00:50:55,239 --> 00:50:57,679
do you see this game play out on Saturday between

933
00:50:57,679 --> 00:50:57,960
these two?

934
00:50:58,840 --> 00:51:01,159
Speaker 3: Yeah, Like I said, I think it'll be a lower

935
00:51:01,159 --> 00:51:05,880
scoring game. And I always joke with it. So every

936
00:51:05,880 --> 00:51:08,800
week I go when I do a hit with the

937
00:51:09,039 --> 00:51:11,960
talk with the news talk show at our station as well,

938
00:51:12,599 --> 00:51:15,400
and we have this running joke that every week every

939
00:51:15,400 --> 00:51:19,920
single game, whoever might be playing well obviously depends. But oh,

940
00:51:20,000 --> 00:51:23,639
this game has huge college football playoff implications. I don't

941
00:51:23,639 --> 00:51:25,679
know we touched on that earlier, but this is one

942
00:51:25,679 --> 00:51:27,360
of those games where it really does feel that way

943
00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:33,039
because obviously Alabama, I mean, they're there their spots looking

944
00:51:33,039 --> 00:51:36,199
pretty good with making the playoff, but Oklahoma is still

945
00:51:36,199 --> 00:51:38,679
in the hunt. But and I'm sure you've seen it,

946
00:51:39,119 --> 00:51:42,199
but when you look down the stretch for Oklahoma, obviously

947
00:51:42,280 --> 00:51:45,159
they have Alabama this weekend, then they have Mizoo, and

948
00:51:45,199 --> 00:51:47,519
then they have LSU. You know, Miszoo and LSU. They

949
00:51:47,519 --> 00:51:51,079
haven't exactly lived up to the expectations that they had

950
00:51:51,079 --> 00:51:53,960
in the preseason. But I mean Oklahoma has two losses

951
00:51:54,000 --> 00:51:57,559
already that being to Texas in All Miss. So if Oklahoma,

952
00:51:58,280 --> 00:52:01,400
if they can win out, I'm I mean, then you're

953
00:52:01,400 --> 00:52:03,800
pretty much looking at a college football playoff berth for

954
00:52:03,840 --> 00:52:06,760
the Sooners. So I think Oklahoma's gonna come into this game,

955
00:52:07,280 --> 00:52:09,440
especially with that on the mind, kind of with a

956
00:52:09,440 --> 00:52:12,519
little bit of an edge, and they want to keep

957
00:52:12,519 --> 00:52:14,000
the win streak. I mean, they they want to know

958
00:52:14,119 --> 00:52:16,440
against Alabama in the last two years, so why not

959
00:52:16,559 --> 00:52:18,280
keep it rolling and why not be the team that

960
00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:22,719
can give Alabama that first loss since Texas two years ago.

961
00:52:24,199 --> 00:52:26,719
But and the thing about Oklahoma too, in that stretch

962
00:52:27,119 --> 00:52:29,239
they're coming I know, I just talked about the Alabama

963
00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:32,559
four game stretch, but Oklahoma's coming off a very impressive

964
00:52:32,559 --> 00:52:35,760
stretch as well, because you played Ole Miss, top fifteenth

965
00:52:35,880 --> 00:52:38,880
ranked team, you played Tennessee another top fifteen ranked and

966
00:52:38,920 --> 00:52:42,119
now you're going to Alabama. So and you know, ESPN

967
00:52:42,119 --> 00:52:45,039
and the Committee they kind of I feel like the Committee,

968
00:52:45,039 --> 00:52:46,920
it's kind of hard to read them sometimes, but they

969
00:52:47,320 --> 00:52:50,079
it seems like they value strength to schedule. Again, I

970
00:52:50,079 --> 00:52:52,159
feel like every week when I watch the Playoffs show,

971
00:52:52,159 --> 00:52:54,840
they always talk about something different, but that's not on

972
00:52:55,199 --> 00:52:59,599
that's on the committee and you know I did. Prior

973
00:52:59,639 --> 00:53:04,000
to this interview, I did the ESPN the Playoff predictor

974
00:53:04,239 --> 00:53:07,400
just out of curiosity because I love numbers, I love data,

975
00:53:08,039 --> 00:53:12,840
and I was curious, Like, Okay, let's say Oklahoma they

976
00:53:12,840 --> 00:53:14,519
were to beat Alabama and then they were to win

977
00:53:14,519 --> 00:53:19,119
out by beating Missouri and LSU. If OU wins out,

978
00:53:19,159 --> 00:53:21,440
they'll have a ninety seven percent chance to make the

979
00:53:21,440 --> 00:53:24,599
College Football Playoff. But if they lose to Alabama and

980
00:53:24,639 --> 00:53:28,320
then still beat Miszoo and LSU, that percentage drops to

981
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:30,559
twenty six percent. And of course then you kind of

982
00:53:30,559 --> 00:53:32,119
have to look at Okay, what about the rest of

983
00:53:32,119 --> 00:53:35,199
the country, what about the ACC and the Big twelve?

984
00:53:35,199 --> 00:53:37,159
Could they be a one big league or two big

985
00:53:37,280 --> 00:53:42,239
league whatever? So I mean, yeah, I just like I said,

986
00:53:42,280 --> 00:53:45,039
I think this is the one game that so far

987
00:53:45,159 --> 00:53:49,960
on Alabama schedule. It's like, hmm, I feel like Oklahoma

988
00:53:49,960 --> 00:53:52,599
doesn't get enough credit, especially for how good their defense is.

989
00:53:52,719 --> 00:53:56,440
And again we talked about the offense and Jometerier, but like,

990
00:53:56,480 --> 00:53:58,400
this team is really stingy, and I think I think

991
00:53:58,440 --> 00:54:00,880
Alabama's gonna have their hands full. Well, I do think

992
00:54:01,039 --> 00:54:05,199
ultimately Alabama will win the game, especially because it isn't

993
00:54:05,199 --> 00:54:10,039
Bryant Denny. And I think overall, especially on offense, Alabama

994
00:54:10,119 --> 00:54:13,199
is the more complete team. However, I do think that

995
00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:18,320
Oklahoma will give Alabama headache. And we even had oh

996
00:54:18,320 --> 00:54:20,800
who was it? It was either Chris Stewart or Rodney

997
00:54:20,880 --> 00:54:23,039
or Chris Stewart's the voice of the Crimson Tide and

998
00:54:23,159 --> 00:54:26,480
Rodney or he works for Tighter and Cider. One of them.

999
00:54:26,519 --> 00:54:27,920
I can't remember who it was, and I hate that

1000
00:54:27,960 --> 00:54:30,119
I can't remember this moment, but one of them said

1001
00:54:30,159 --> 00:54:33,000
he thinks it'll pretty much be a game where the

1002
00:54:33,039 --> 00:54:35,079
winner will be decided by a walk off field goal.

1003
00:54:36,599 --> 00:54:38,880
And that's coming from the Alabama side. So and I've

1004
00:54:38,960 --> 00:54:40,880
kind of been hearing that same sentiment a lot.

1005
00:54:40,719 --> 00:54:44,400
Speaker 1: This weeks on their side.

1006
00:54:44,519 --> 00:54:48,599
Speaker 3: So that's exactly right. I forgot about that.

1007
00:54:49,000 --> 00:54:53,559
Speaker 1: Yes, yes, how are those allowed? That's you know, I

1008
00:54:53,639 --> 00:54:58,360
look at that and if it wouldn't be crazy if

1009
00:54:58,360 --> 00:55:00,239
it didn't, if it didn't work, if it was and

1010
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:04,519
field goals, but the fact that it's working, you do

1011
00:55:04,559 --> 00:55:05,519
whatever you see.

1012
00:55:05,599 --> 00:55:09,559
Speaker 3: That reminds me when the first time Dubor wore the

1013
00:55:09,599 --> 00:55:12,280
Black HOODIEM fans were so mad, like, oh, I can't

1014
00:55:12,280 --> 00:55:14,840
believe he's wearing a hoodie, looks slouchy, blah blah blah.

1015
00:55:14,880 --> 00:55:17,320
But now it's like, never take the hoodie off. You

1016
00:55:17,360 --> 00:55:19,480
are never allowed to wear a polo, you can't wear

1017
00:55:19,480 --> 00:55:21,679
a T shirt, you can't wear a suit and tie.

1018
00:55:21,880 --> 00:55:26,559
You have to wear that black hoodie. Yes, and again,

1019
00:55:26,599 --> 00:55:28,280
as long as he's winning in it, people don't care.

1020
00:55:28,320 --> 00:55:29,800
And it's more of like a running joke. Now.

1021
00:55:29,840 --> 00:55:31,519
Speaker 1: I do remember when they were upset about him wearing

1022
00:55:31,559 --> 00:55:32,800
T shirts at one point.

1023
00:55:33,119 --> 00:55:35,800
Speaker 3: Yes, Alabama fans were not happy about that, but then

1024
00:55:35,840 --> 00:55:38,440
that was a different that was a different time.

1025
00:55:39,559 --> 00:55:44,280
Speaker 1: Yes. Yes, So with that said, moving on, let me

1026
00:55:44,320 --> 00:55:46,440
ask you about what's going on in Auburn and the

1027
00:55:46,480 --> 00:55:48,920
other team you cover. Uh, who's gonna be the next

1028
00:55:48,920 --> 00:55:51,880
head coach? How's that coach in search shipping out?

1029
00:55:52,119 --> 00:55:55,760
Speaker 3: I mean looking back, and I mean we've been talking

1030
00:55:55,800 --> 00:55:59,599
about this for weeks now. Everyone knew it was bound

1031
00:55:59,639 --> 00:56:02,519
to happen with Hugh Freese, it was just a matter

1032
00:56:02,559 --> 00:56:05,599
of when. And the problem was I think back to

1033
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:08,079
SEC media days and I'm sure you heard this too,

1034
00:56:08,239 --> 00:56:11,039
but Hugh Freese said it himself when he was at

1035
00:56:11,079 --> 00:56:14,360
the podium saying we should be in the conversation for

1036
00:56:14,400 --> 00:56:18,960
a college football playoff Auburn, we should like circle us,

1037
00:56:19,000 --> 00:56:22,519
mark us whatever it might be. Clearly that has not happened.

1038
00:56:23,320 --> 00:56:26,039
But you know, I will give credit to to DJ Dirk,

1039
00:56:26,039 --> 00:56:28,360
and I mean he stepped into the role before Vanderbilt.

1040
00:56:29,639 --> 00:56:32,599
The offense looked a lot better against Vanderbilt, like something

1041
00:56:32,599 --> 00:56:35,599
we hadn't really seen under Hugh Freese. Of course, they

1042
00:56:35,599 --> 00:56:37,960
did lose that game in overtime and the defense did

1043
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:41,320
kind of have an uncharacteristic night, but you know, it

1044
00:56:41,320 --> 00:56:43,960
was Dirk in his first game. There's been a lot

1045
00:56:43,960 --> 00:56:46,039
of speculation, There's been a lot of rumors, but that's

1046
00:56:46,079 --> 00:56:49,000
just how it goes, especially with coaching searches in the SEC.

1047
00:56:50,400 --> 00:56:53,519
A common name that I've seen, not only for the

1048
00:56:53,559 --> 00:56:56,719
Auburn job, but for both the LSU and the Florida

1049
00:56:56,800 --> 00:57:01,039
job have been John summer All. Obviously the the Tulane coach.

1050
00:57:01,159 --> 00:57:05,000
Now he's been I think I saw maybe it was

1051
00:57:05,000 --> 00:57:07,760
Pete Nako say he should be a quote serious contender

1052
00:57:07,800 --> 00:57:11,320
for the Auburn job. And you know, summer All, he's

1053
00:57:11,320 --> 00:57:14,840
he's got SEC roots, he's been on the coaching staff,

1054
00:57:15,480 --> 00:57:19,599
he's been at Kentucky, he's been connections, right, he's got

1055
00:57:19,679 --> 00:57:22,320
connections with the a D. His first job was at Troy,

1056
00:57:22,360 --> 00:57:23,960
which is in the state of Alabama, before he went

1057
00:57:23,960 --> 00:57:27,760
off to Tulane. He's I believe, twenty three and four

1058
00:57:28,079 --> 00:57:32,599
in two seasons at Tulane. So I mean, in Auburn

1059
00:57:32,639 --> 00:57:36,320
fans that we've heard from that's a name that they've

1060
00:57:36,360 --> 00:57:38,840
really liked as well. But again, he's also his name

1061
00:57:38,880 --> 00:57:41,800
has been thrown out a million different directions and he

1062
00:57:42,079 --> 00:57:44,119
I follow him on Twitter and he keeps on tweeting out,

1063
00:57:44,400 --> 00:57:47,800
you know, rap poison, taking something out of Nick Saban's book.

1064
00:57:49,199 --> 00:57:53,760
Another name, and this is kind of a more distant option,

1065
00:57:53,920 --> 00:57:57,880
I would say, but Alex Golish from South Florida. He's

1066
00:57:57,960 --> 00:58:00,960
up there as well. There's there's been a couple of

1067
00:58:01,880 --> 00:58:05,360
current SEC coaches that have been on the hot board list,

1068
00:58:05,440 --> 00:58:08,559
if you will. I don't think either one of these

1069
00:58:08,559 --> 00:58:10,719
will happen though, But that's just me. And those are

1070
00:58:10,840 --> 00:58:16,519
Eli Drink from Missouri and Clark Lee from Vanderbilt. I

1071
00:58:16,559 --> 00:58:20,519
mean Drink the game began his coaching career at Auburn.

1072
00:58:20,599 --> 00:58:23,360
I believe he was an assistant and then obviously he

1073
00:58:23,360 --> 00:58:25,679
worked his way up. He's worked under both Hugh Freeze

1074
00:58:25,679 --> 00:58:28,760
and Brian Harrison, so drink does have that Auburn connection,

1075
00:58:29,639 --> 00:58:33,800
and then obviously with Clark Lee. But see with Clark Lee,

1076
00:58:34,079 --> 00:58:35,840
and I'm going to bring up two more names and

1077
00:58:35,880 --> 00:58:37,800
they're kind of in the same boat, and those are

1078
00:58:37,960 --> 00:58:41,320
Kenny Dillingham and Brit Key. And both of them also

1079
00:58:41,360 --> 00:58:43,960
have connections to the state of Alabama because you know

1080
00:58:44,079 --> 00:58:46,480
Kenny Dillingham, he also he coached at Auburn. And then

1081
00:58:47,000 --> 00:58:49,639
Brent Key is actually from Alabama, He's from Huet Trustful.

1082
00:58:50,079 --> 00:58:53,239
But the hard part about guys like that is they're

1083
00:58:53,239 --> 00:58:56,239
currently at their alma maters because clarkly went to Vanderbilt,

1084
00:58:56,320 --> 00:58:58,760
Kenny Dillingham with Arizona State, brin Key with the Georgia Tech.

1085
00:58:58,840 --> 00:59:01,079
So it's really hard to add a guy to leave

1086
00:59:01,119 --> 00:59:03,719
his alma mater, especially I mean, I'm pretty sure brin

1087
00:59:03,800 --> 00:59:07,280
Key just had that huge extension if I'm not mistaken.

1088
00:59:08,440 --> 00:59:11,840
And then two more names I've seen that these, in

1089
00:59:11,840 --> 00:59:17,559
my opinion, are there's absolutely no way names again in

1090
00:59:17,599 --> 00:59:19,840
my opinion, but I'm thinking more like the hot boards

1091
00:59:19,840 --> 00:59:22,039
that people put together, the names that we hear, the

1092
00:59:22,119 --> 00:59:25,559
names that we see, and that's James Franklin and Jimbo Fisher.

1093
00:59:26,079 --> 00:59:30,159
To me, those are like the absolutely no way, absolutely

1094
00:59:30,159 --> 00:59:30,480
no way.

1095
00:59:32,079 --> 00:59:36,440
Speaker 1: Yeah, Jimbo, I think it's an obvious no.

1096
00:59:37,440 --> 00:59:39,280
Speaker 3: Every time I see his name on an odds board,

1097
00:59:39,320 --> 00:59:41,320
I'm like, just take just take that name.

1098
00:59:42,480 --> 00:59:48,239
Speaker 1: Franklin, Like I feel like his best scenario is going

1099
00:59:48,320 --> 00:59:51,800
to be going to like an an ACC or Big.

1100
00:59:51,679 --> 00:59:54,320
Speaker 3: Too, Virginia Tech. His name's been tied in a lot with.

1101
00:59:54,679 --> 00:59:56,800
Speaker 1: He doesn't have the big games every week.

1102
00:59:56,639 --> 01:00:00,320
Speaker 3: In the SEC, right, I know, I'm like, I don't

1103
01:00:00,400 --> 01:00:02,519
think that. Like I said, those are every time I

1104
01:00:02,519 --> 01:00:05,639
see those two names brought up, whether is our listeners

1105
01:00:05,639 --> 01:00:07,800
bringing one up or a guest, or I see it

1106
01:00:07,840 --> 01:00:10,559
on a hopboard somewhere, I just I go ahead and

1107
01:00:10,639 --> 01:00:14,320
just x those off. But for like a John SUMMRLL

1108
01:00:14,360 --> 01:00:17,719
and Alex Golish, those are the two that I circle.

1109
01:00:18,920 --> 01:00:22,679
I don't know if DJ Durkin will be in consideration

1110
01:00:22,920 --> 01:00:25,719
at all because John Cohen he did meet with two

1111
01:00:25,760 --> 01:00:28,840
four seven sports this week and he did say that

1112
01:00:28,960 --> 01:00:30,960
you know, we've already talked to I think he said

1113
01:00:31,000 --> 01:00:37,039
seven or eight head coaches already, and obviously he said

1114
01:00:37,039 --> 01:00:39,559
they'll get that number down. He hopes that they're gonna

1115
01:00:39,559 --> 01:00:42,239
have a head coach within twenty four hours of the

1116
01:00:42,280 --> 01:00:45,239
Iron Bowl. Is that possible? He said he doesn't know,

1117
01:00:46,039 --> 01:00:47,960
But the reason why he doesn't know is because he

1118
01:00:48,000 --> 01:00:50,880
doesn't know about their candidates and how their seasons are going.

1119
01:00:51,159 --> 01:00:54,119
So that kind of leads us to believe that he's

1120
01:00:54,280 --> 01:00:59,519
only The only names in contention are current sitting college

1121
01:00:59,519 --> 01:01:04,280
football coaches. Yeah, it's uh, it's gonna be Obviously, then

1122
01:01:04,360 --> 01:01:06,559
leads us to believe. Okay, maybe because some people did

1123
01:01:06,559 --> 01:01:08,320
have DJ Durkin, and there are a good number of

1124
01:01:08,320 --> 01:01:10,400
fans that you know, they'd be fine with having Durkin,

1125
01:01:10,840 --> 01:01:14,159
you know, take off the interim tag. But based on

1126
01:01:14,199 --> 01:01:16,199
what John Cohen said, that's not looking likely.

1127
01:01:17,199 --> 01:01:19,760
Speaker 1: Yeah, he's got to he's gotta win one. He's not

1128
01:01:19,800 --> 01:01:24,679
supposed to. I think in this stretch before that potentially happens.

1129
01:01:24,679 --> 01:01:27,519
But we'll see if if they get the talent is there?

1130
01:01:27,519 --> 01:01:30,800
Speaker 3: I think you oh, the talent is absolutely.

1131
01:01:30,199 --> 01:01:32,760
Speaker 1: There, right, head coach? This could have been a playoff team,

1132
01:01:32,760 --> 01:01:33,800
but not under you Freeze.

1133
01:01:34,159 --> 01:01:36,199
Speaker 3: It should have been. I mean, looking at this roster,

1134
01:01:36,360 --> 01:01:38,679
I mean we even talked about it and a lot

1135
01:01:38,719 --> 01:01:42,920
of Again, this is why I hate preseason rankings because

1136
01:01:42,920 --> 01:01:44,840
they're all wrong and they're always going to be wrong,

1137
01:01:44,880 --> 01:01:46,639
but that's kind of the fun of it. I did

1138
01:01:46,679 --> 01:01:50,599
see a couple have Auburn being kind of that sneaky

1139
01:01:50,639 --> 01:01:52,840
team to make the College Football Playoff for be an

1140
01:01:53,039 --> 01:01:57,960
upper half team of the SEC. Obviously that hasn't that

1141
01:01:58,039 --> 01:02:00,000
hasn't panned out, But you know, you are absolutely right.

1142
01:02:00,039 --> 01:02:03,119
The talent is there. You know. Obviously, whoever the next

1143
01:02:03,119 --> 01:02:05,320
head coaches the job is going to keep the roster

1144
01:02:05,440 --> 01:02:08,519
there and keep it intact, because I mean, Auburn has

1145
01:02:08,519 --> 01:02:10,559
the potential to be a really good team. It's just

1146
01:02:10,760 --> 01:02:13,039
who are they going to hire? Who who are they

1147
01:02:13,039 --> 01:02:15,239
going to bring in? But I would if I was

1148
01:02:15,280 --> 01:02:18,199
a betting woman, I would probably bet on John summer Ale.

1149
01:02:19,280 --> 01:02:22,599
But again, it's just difficult because his name's been thrown

1150
01:02:22,599 --> 01:02:25,599
into LSU and it's and even Arkansas and so it's

1151
01:02:25,719 --> 01:02:27,480
just it is just a mess.

1152
01:02:27,639 --> 01:02:30,519
Speaker 1: It is, really is it is, Molly. Before we go

1153
01:02:30,519 --> 01:02:33,000
go ahead and plug away, where can people find you?

1154
01:02:33,119 --> 01:02:35,360
Follow you and also hear the show and everything.

1155
01:02:35,760 --> 01:02:38,920
Speaker 3: Yeah, so my I'll give my social media's first. So

1156
01:02:39,039 --> 01:02:42,639
my Instagram is just my name, Molly Underscore Robinson, My

1157
01:02:42,760 --> 01:02:46,320
Twitter is Gollie, Miss Molly R. I made it up

1158
01:02:46,320 --> 01:02:49,880
a long time ago and it's just and it just stuck.

1159
01:02:51,360 --> 01:02:53,400
Good golly, miss Molly. That's exactly right. And then the

1160
01:02:53,440 --> 01:02:55,360
station that I work for is w j o X

1161
01:02:55,440 --> 01:02:57,800
and we're just w j o X nine four five

1162
01:02:57,960 --> 01:03:01,039
on Twitter and Instagram. And my show that I'm on

1163
01:03:01,360 --> 01:03:03,280
is three Man Front, so you can follow us at

1164
01:03:03,320 --> 01:03:05,480
three Man Front. All of our socials are three Man Front,

1165
01:03:06,280 --> 01:03:08,840
So yeah, give us a follow. We'd really appreciate.

1166
01:03:08,400 --> 01:03:12,639
Speaker 1: It, Molly, appreciate the time, great conversation. We'll certainly have

1167
01:03:12,679 --> 01:03:15,679
to have you back on again down the line, and

1168
01:03:15,760 --> 01:03:18,599
we thank you for joining us. Thank you so much.

1169
01:03:18,880 --> 01:03:20,159
Speaker 3: I'm glad my dog did a bark.

1170
01:03:21,519 --> 01:03:24,159
Speaker 1: Yeah, the dog made through the whole show. He did.

1171
01:03:24,320 --> 01:03:28,119
Speaker 3: I fed him and he's content now, which is where is.

1172
01:03:28,039 --> 01:03:30,039
Speaker 1: The dog at? He's still around.

1173
01:03:30,320 --> 01:03:32,679
Speaker 3: He's still around. He's over in his bed like on

1174
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the other side of my couch.

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Speaker 1: But yeah, very a very good boy.

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Speaker 3: Postmil laid down, that's what he's doing right now.