Speaker 1: Joining us now to tak a little football could have
Speaker 1: Max Chadwick from Pro Football Focus back on the show, Max.
Speaker 2: I do man good?
Speaker 3: Are you guys doing?
Speaker 2: We're good? We're good. Well, I'm good.
Speaker 1: A lot of our Youte fan listeners aren't as good because,
Speaker 1: as you know, for the second straight year, Cameron Rising
Speaker 1: is out man.
Speaker 2: He's out for the entire season.
Speaker 1: I saw a tweet you sent out about the potential
Speaker 1: of him coming back for an eighth year, which of
Speaker 1: course topically is a hot one today for Sportstock Radio.
Speaker 1: What's the Max Chadwick take on the second real punitive
Speaker 1: injury for Cameron Rising and whether or not he should
Speaker 1: entertain the option of coming back next year if it's
Speaker 1: on the table.
Speaker 3: You know, first of all, it's brutal for a guy that,
Speaker 3: unfortunately his whole career has been marred by injuries, not
Speaker 3: just this year, not just last year. Really can go
Speaker 3: back to it, pretty much every year of his career
Speaker 3: he suffered pretty serious injury and almost every single year.
Speaker 3: My take is that I know this isn't a popular take.
Speaker 3: If Utah wants him back, you should absolutely go back
Speaker 3: to school. He's the rare college star that is not
Speaker 3: really have a pro future in the NFL, and in
Speaker 3: today's day and age of NIL, I saw reports that
Speaker 3: he was making anywhere from five hundred thousand dollars a
Speaker 3: year to one point five million dollars a year. Why
Speaker 3: not come back for another year and make that kind
Speaker 3: of money again instead of trying to go out in
Speaker 3: the real world and get and getting a job where
Speaker 3: I don't know what he's majoring in, but I can
Speaker 3: promise he's probably not gonna make a million dollars a
Speaker 3: year and whatever job he does after college, right, so
Speaker 3: he doesn't really have an NFL future. And in today's
Speaker 3: day and age of NIL, I think you should milk
Speaker 3: this as much as possible and make another at least
Speaker 3: five hundred k, if not a million dollars. So for me,
Speaker 3: if i'm him, plus that you get to play the
Speaker 3: sport that you love for another year as well. I
Speaker 3: understand it's not very popular. I know a lot of
Speaker 3: Utah fans want to move on from it, but I
Speaker 3: think you should take advantage of the system and then
Speaker 3: get as much money as possible. In my opinion.
Speaker 2: See, I'm with you, and you're right.
Speaker 1: It isn't popular, but we all went to college for
Speaker 1: one reason, and that is to find our way through
Speaker 1: the world, find employment, find a career. And I guarantee
Speaker 1: every single youth fan who's yelling or being brave online
Speaker 1: about wanting Cameron gone, if they have the opportunity to
Speaker 1: do what they love to do and make a million
Speaker 1: dollars at the age of twenty six and it meant
Speaker 1: going back to school, they would do it, all of them. Right,
Speaker 1: So I am I am with you if Cameron wants
Speaker 1: to and if the nil money is still there. I
Speaker 1: don't know if it would be there though, because there's
Speaker 1: a lot of fatigue in the market.
Speaker 2: So Max, let me ask you this.
Speaker 1: If you were if you're Kyle Whittingham, if you're Andy Ludwig,
Speaker 1: are you interested in Cameron Rising coming back for an
Speaker 1: eighth year next year or do you feel like they
Speaker 1: may just want to move on and see what they
Speaker 1: have in Isaac Wilson.
Speaker 3: That's a complicated answer right there. I think that's the
Speaker 3: question that I think everyone should be asking, rather than
Speaker 3: should Cam come back? Right, I think the question should
Speaker 3: do because you want him back. I think it's an
Speaker 3: interesting one because I think there's a couple there's the
Speaker 3: reasons say yes, And there's the reasons say no. I think
Speaker 3: the reasons say yes is, hey, he's still a pretty
Speaker 3: solid quarterback when he's fully healthy. Obviously the Arizona State
Speaker 3: game he is not fully healthy at all, which is
Speaker 3: why he short so much. So yeah, you would say yeah,
Speaker 3: you'd want him back for another year. And also Isaac Wilson. Yeah,
Speaker 3: I get he's a true freshman, but he has not
Speaker 3: looked great when he's been out there. Right, But the
Speaker 3: reason you say no is saying, Okay, we want to
Speaker 3: start the next era of Utah football Cam Rising if
Speaker 3: he is probably only gonna be able to play next year,
Speaker 3: and then obviously after that his career is over. Isaac
Speaker 3: Wilson you're hoping could be your next quarterback for the
Speaker 3: next one to two years. Right, So there's no guarantee
Speaker 3: that Isaac Wilson wouldn't transfer if Cam Rising came back
Speaker 3: for another year. So it's really a question of if
Speaker 3: you want to build for the future with Isaac Wilson
Speaker 3: or if you want a solid twenty twenty five season
Speaker 3: with Cam Rising. I'd rather go with Cam Rising for
Speaker 3: twenty twenty five, But if you want the future play,
Speaker 3: then you go with Isaac Wilson. So it's really about
Speaker 3: what Kayle Winningham wants in that program right now. So that,
Speaker 3: I think is the real question that everyone should be
Speaker 3: asking right now.
Speaker 1: Or do you wait and see how the rest of
Speaker 1: the year plays out with Isaac Hunter Center. There's only
Speaker 1: six games left then, coach wit announcing that Isaac is
Speaker 1: QB one and Brandon Rose is QB two, So maybe you.
Speaker 2: Just wait and see what you have in Isaac.
Speaker 1: Because for me, Max, I'm viewing what's happening now moving
Speaker 1: forward with Isaac. I'm kind of giving him a clean sheet,
Speaker 1: clean slate here because even Mackai Bernard after practice yesterday
Speaker 1: admitted that they have been putting in two different game
Speaker 1: plans for the contingency. As far as who's going to
Speaker 1: be under center, now that's off the table now Isaac
Speaker 1: knows the job is his. So I'm looking at what's
Speaker 1: next as something that's kind of new for Isaac because
Speaker 1: he does have the job security he didn't have before.
Speaker 1: So maybe you wait and see what you have for
Speaker 1: the next six games and then make a decision on
Speaker 1: whether or not you want Cam back after.
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think that's a great point. I think it's
Speaker 3: exactly what they're going to do now, right. I think
Speaker 3: you made a great point that, hey, Isaac was going
Speaker 3: into every game not knowing if you would be the
Speaker 3: starting quarterback a Cam Rising every week was questionable, right,
Speaker 3: And then he would work out pre game and then
Speaker 3: at the very end of it was say, Okay, no, Isac,
Speaker 3: you're actually the guys. So that's a very hard situation
Speaker 3: for a true freshman.
Speaker 2: To be in.
Speaker 3: Now that he knows is his job for the rest
Speaker 3: of the year, maybe he gets more comfortable and he
Speaker 3: starts playing a lot better. So if he does start
Speaker 3: playing a lot better, then I think you could say, okay, yeah,
Speaker 3: maybe okay, they should tell Cam Rising, hey, yeah, you
Speaker 3: can come back for another year, but you might not
Speaker 3: be the starter, right or Cam Rising and they could
Speaker 3: tell him, hey, why don't you endo the portal and
Speaker 3: go somewhere else and play somewhere else for your final
Speaker 3: year or wherever like that. So if Isaac played really
Speaker 3: well in the final six games, then I would say, yeah,
Speaker 3: then I would probably look to the future and build
Speaker 3: with Isaac Wilson for twenty twenty five and twenty twenty
Speaker 3: six and beyond maybe even But if not, if he
Speaker 3: doesn't play well, then I think you start talking about, Okay,
Speaker 3: do we want to bring back Cam Rising for an
Speaker 3: eighth year?
Speaker 1: So you referenced Friday night a rough night for Utah football,
Speaker 1: rough weekend for Utah football fans, Max, I can tell
Speaker 1: you that much. And coach went after the game when
Speaker 1: asked about because to your point, Cam was clearly compromised,
Speaker 1: and if you watch the slow motion replay of him
Speaker 1: getting rolled up on after the third snap, it looked awful,
Speaker 1: like I thought the leg was broken. Then I was
Speaker 1: stunned he got up, and even more stunt that he played,
Speaker 1: and then even more stunned that they kept him in
Speaker 1: the game and he clearly he couldn't even make a
Speaker 1: ten yard out. I mean everything was short, had wide
Speaker 1: open wide receivers. Coach went after the game said that
Speaker 1: Cameron wanted to play, and he said, hey, look I
Speaker 1: get it.
Speaker 2: He's a season vet.
Speaker 1: This kid won you two Pac twelve championships and brought
Speaker 1: you to two Rose Bulls. He has built in equity
Speaker 1: that maybe other players don't. Then on Monday morning, during
Speaker 1: during coach wiz media availability, he reiterated the desire Cameron
Speaker 1: had to play, and therefore they played him and referenced
Speaker 1: one drive they had right before the half where they
Speaker 1: moved the ball a little bit.
Speaker 2: But the red zone issues all year have been horrible
Speaker 2: for me.
Speaker 1: The onus is on the coach to take the player out,
Speaker 1: because I don't think there are very many players that,
Speaker 1: if given the option, would want to, you know, tap
Speaker 1: out of playing, especially a player like Cameron who's been
Speaker 1: sitting for three games and is just getting guff from
Speaker 1: the fan base for sitting out Like he wanted to play,
Speaker 1: of course, but he was clearly compromised.
Speaker 2: I think that's on the grown ups in the room,
Speaker 2: not on Cameron. What do you think, Max, Yeah, I
Speaker 2: completely agree with you.
Speaker 3: I think you have any any player player a scale
Speaker 3: and still want to play, right, and you can't. You
Speaker 3: can't say, oh, well, he wants to play, so we
Speaker 3: got to let him play. Like that's not at all
Speaker 3: what your job is. Right. If a guy is hurt,
Speaker 3: he's hurt, and Cam Rising was clearly hurt out there,
Speaker 3: and then now, obviously two days later, we're talking about
Speaker 3: him being out for the entire season, right, So he
Speaker 3: had a season ending injury and he played the rest
Speaker 3: of the game. On it, which is obviously not safe
Speaker 3: at all. Yeah, I do blame Kyle winning him of
Speaker 3: the staff for that, because that is definitely not a
Speaker 3: good thing for that staff to be doing. So yeah,
Speaker 3: I think that is a that's definitely a problem with
Speaker 3: that staff for allowing him to do that, honestly. So,
Speaker 3: uh yeah, I think I'm with you. I definitely think
Speaker 3: that they should have taken him out of that game
Speaker 3: because you could tell even even you know, more so
Speaker 3: than this Cam Rosing safety, they weren't doing anything with
Speaker 3: him in that game right there. I really felt watching
Speaker 3: that game that Isaac Wilson, even though I thought he's
Speaker 3: been rough to start the year, he probably gave him
Speaker 3: a better chance to win that game than what Cam
Speaker 3: Rising was showing out there. So yeah, I'm with you,
Speaker 3: just for from an from a results perspective and from
Speaker 3: a safety perspective, Cam Rosing should not have been allowed
Speaker 3: to finish that game.
Speaker 1: So you know, what coach wit has really built his
Speaker 1: resume on is a tough, rugged, physical football team that
Speaker 1: can run the football and stop the run regardless of
Speaker 1: who's under center. So my guess is, Max, It's going
Speaker 1: to look a lot like some of the old school
Speaker 1: teams like Cameron has been brilliant when he's been healthy,
Speaker 1: but there were a lot of you know, there were
Speaker 1: some years with a Brian Johnson, Tyler Huntley was really
Speaker 1: good in twenty nineteen, but there were also you know,
Speaker 1: Jordan Wyn, Travis Wilson, good tough quarterbacks, but ultimately an
Speaker 1: offense that was run heavy in a defense that was dominant.
Speaker 1: Do you anticipate now that Isaac's under center moving forward
Speaker 1: it's going to look a lot like that where they're
Speaker 1: going to rely on running back in Mackay Bernard, who
Speaker 1: has established himself as a bellcow, an offensive line who's
Speaker 1: really good, and then hope the defense because the defense
Speaker 1: is giving up five yards per rushian conference. This is
Speaker 1: not just an offensive issue. But moving forward with Isaac
Speaker 1: under center, is that the type of attack you anticipate?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I would like, I said Isaac Wilson, not sertainly.
Speaker 3: He's a great passer, just yet it's very young into
Speaker 3: his career. He's obviously a true freshman, so we'll see.
Speaker 3: And he's a four star recruit coming out, so he's
Speaker 3: definitely a talented kid. But the run game is where
Speaker 3: Utah is gonna be relying on the rest of the year.
Speaker 3: They've been really good running back of cobit Ard, and
Speaker 3: right now Utah actually leads the power for in run
Speaker 3: blocking grade this year. So Utah's offensive line has been
Speaker 3: you know, really kicking button taking names honestly in the
Speaker 3: run game. So yeah, that's probably where I would go
Speaker 3: with for the rest of the For the rest of
Speaker 3: the year is really really rely on that run game.
Speaker 3: And then defensively, You're right, they have to step up better.
Speaker 3: I mean they have not played great defensively. I mean
Speaker 3: camp Scataboo too great against him. The run d has
Speaker 3: not been great all year. Yeah, they definitely got to
Speaker 3: play a lot better and and tackle a lot better. Honestly.
Speaker 3: Defensively something the coverage unit is pretty good, but other
Speaker 3: than that, the pass rush has not been great. The
Speaker 3: run defense has not been great. The front seven in
Speaker 3: general has not really played great. I think the secondary
Speaker 3: has played really well, but other than that, I think
Speaker 3: that the defense deve has to do a lot better upfront.
Speaker 1: So the silver lining last Utah thing, move on to
Speaker 1: some other college football topics. Over Lining is my guess,
Speaker 1: max is there will be at least one or maybe
Speaker 1: multiple teams in the Big Twelve Championship with multiple losses.
Speaker 1: I don't think Iowa State or BYU were staying clean
Speaker 1: all year. I could be wrong, certainly, and that means
Speaker 1: really there's still everything on the table now they'd probably
Speaker 1: have to run the table. Right, So six games left,
Speaker 1: I think they're gonna be favored in every game. I'm
Speaker 1: not sure because they do have BYU and Iowa State,
Speaker 1: but both those games are in Salt Lake TCU Saturday,
Speaker 1: then it's Houston.
Speaker 2: They close the season at UCF. Just what do you
Speaker 2: think it looks like the rest of the way.
Speaker 1: Is there a chance they could get all six and
Speaker 1: maybe still have something to say about a Big Twelve
Speaker 1: championship when it's all said and done.
Speaker 3: It's tough, you know, now that Isaac Wilson's guarantee to
Speaker 3: be the starter of the rest of the year. I'm
Speaker 3: thinking more like a seven and five season for Utah
Speaker 3: right now looking at them. So, yeah, I think you
Speaker 3: mentioned I mean that the BYU game yet it is
Speaker 3: in Salt Lake. But BYU has looked really, really good
Speaker 3: this year. Iowa States looked really good this year, and
Speaker 3: then that's the home for Utah as well. And then
Speaker 3: at Colorado. That's not easy, right Colorad. I don't think
Speaker 3: I don't even know if Utah will be favored. Probably
Speaker 3: wouldn't favor Utah in the Colorado game right now the
Speaker 3: way Colorado's looking, So yeah, I think with Isaac Wilson
Speaker 3: guarantee to be the start of the rest of the year,
Speaker 3: I don't really know if they would be favored in
Speaker 3: a few of those games. So yeah, I think we're
Speaker 3: talking more about a seven and five type of year
Speaker 3: for Utah. And I'm not really thinking they're much of
Speaker 3: a Big twelve contender right now, but they definitely could
Speaker 3: be if iain Wilson plays a lot better.
Speaker 1: So you reference by U, the best team in the
Speaker 1: state might be about forty miles down south. And you
Speaker 1: know what's interesting, Max, and I know you know this,
Speaker 1: but Kline Satake, their head coach, Aaron Rodgers, their offensive coordinator,
Speaker 1: and Jay Hill their defensive coordinator, all either played or
Speaker 1: coach to Utah and often talk about.
Speaker 2: Coach Wit as a mentor. They're using the Utah ethos.
Speaker 1: They're like out Utah in Utah right now because they're
Speaker 1: causing havoc plays. The defense is good, the offense has
Speaker 1: been better than expected, but their bread and butter is
Speaker 1: their physicality, and they're creating turnovers and therefore putting their
Speaker 1: offense and advantageous situations. I think a lot of people
Speaker 1: have questions, but I think at this point those questions
Speaker 1: have been answered. As we sit here with BYU at
Speaker 1: six and oh overall and three and zero in conference,
Speaker 1: what stands out most to you?
Speaker 3: Yeah, with stands out to me that they do only
Speaker 3: have a clear weakness right now. I wouldn't say there's
Speaker 3: a really like a superstar on BYU that's really carrying
Speaker 3: the team right now. There's a really well rounded team
Speaker 3: that you're looking at. So I've been really impressed by
Speaker 3: what they've done so far. Obviously, they've probably been the
Speaker 3: biggest surprise in college football as a school that we
Speaker 3: thought would win four or five games going into the year.
Speaker 3: Now they've already surpassed that with a six and l record. Yeah,
Speaker 3: I think we were talking about like the ten and
Speaker 3: two type of year for BUYU, which is something that
Speaker 3: I never thought what we'd be talking about before the year. Yeah,
Speaker 3: they're definitely a legitimate Big twelve contener right now.
Speaker 1: So Oklahoma State rolls into Provo Friday Night, and it's
Speaker 1: you know, every year the media has a lot of misses.
Speaker 1: I don't think I remember a year where the media
Speaker 1: had as many misses in a conference as the media
Speaker 1: has had this year. Okay State I think pick to
Speaker 1: finish third by the media, and I think the Vegas
Speaker 1: odds favorite them right behind Utah and k States also
Speaker 1: finished third.
Speaker 2: They're bad and they do not have a conference win.
Speaker 1: Utah went to Stillwater and beat them with Isaac Hunters center,
Speaker 1: that win doesn't look as good as it did then
Speaker 1: because they've lost a couple of games since then. They
Speaker 1: are coming in off a bye byu Is in nine
Speaker 1: point favorite.
Speaker 2: Max.
Speaker 1: If I told you before the season started Oklahoma State
Speaker 1: was going to roll in a provo and they were
Speaker 1: gonna be almost a double digit dog, you would have
Speaker 1: thought I was crazy, But that's where we're at.
Speaker 2: You what do you think happens on Friday Night?
Speaker 3: Yeah? I think buy is gonna win that game. Honestly,
Speaker 3: you're right. Oklahoma State has been really disappointing this year.
Speaker 3: Ali Gordon in particular, has been really disappointing this year.
Speaker 3: They didn't have a good offensive line last year, but
Speaker 3: he still was really really good. They still don't have
Speaker 3: a good offensive line this year, and he's really struggled, honestly.
Speaker 3: He seems like he lost a step from what he
Speaker 3: had last year, which is a really sad thing to
Speaker 3: see because he really wasn'tna be the guy who's gonna
Speaker 3: drive them to Victor. Why he's like he did last year,
Speaker 3: he just can't do that this year. So now you're
Speaker 3: talking tout Oklahoma State team, and I think it's like
Speaker 3: fifty to fifty whether or not to make a bowl
Speaker 3: game this year, honestly, which is kind of surprising based
Speaker 3: on a team that made it all the way to
Speaker 3: the Big Twelve title game last year. Brought back a
Speaker 3: lot of key players like Oli Gordon, like Alan Bowman,
Speaker 3: like all five starters in the offensive line. Even though
Speaker 3: I said it wasn't really that good, he still brought
Speaker 3: back all five starters. Some key defensive players as well
Speaker 3: came back and they're still struggling out there, honestly. So yeah,
Speaker 3: I just Oklahoma State has not been great. And I
Speaker 3: think you're talking about more like a five and seven,
Speaker 3: six and six team than like a ten and two team,
Speaker 3: like a lot of people thought they were going into
Speaker 3: the year.
Speaker 1: The following day, Utah welcomes in TCU, former Mount West
Speaker 1: Conference rival. These two teams are familiar with each other
Speaker 1: from way back in the day. The line opens favoring
Speaker 1: the Utes by a touchdown. It's moved to four and
Speaker 1: a half after the Cameron Rising news and TCU I
Speaker 1: think a lot of people picked them as a team
Speaker 1: maybe on the outside looking in. That could have shocked
Speaker 1: a few people, but it hasn't worked out that way.
Speaker 1: They've lost three of their last four, including a home
Speaker 1: loss to Houston. Do the Utes get it done Saturday night?
Speaker 1: With Isaac Wilson under center? Can they get a little
Speaker 1: bit of a get right game on Saturday Night?
Speaker 2: Max? They could?
Speaker 3: Yeah. I think with Isaac Wilson it's gonna make it
Speaker 3: a really interesting because I think with Isaac Wilson, they're
Speaker 3: kind of near what TCU probably is right now. But yeah,
Speaker 3: I think I think it would be a really fun
Speaker 3: game on Saturday Night. But I'll give you Ta the
Speaker 3: Splight edge because they are home and that home environment
Speaker 3: is one of the best in college football. So I'll
Speaker 3: give you to the Splight edge. But it would not
Speaker 3: be surprising to me if if TCU goes in there
Speaker 3: win that game.
Speaker 1: B YU, Iowa State, Texas Tech all clean atop the rankings,
Speaker 1: k State, Arizona State, who was picked to finish last,
Speaker 1: deserves some flowers here. Kenny Dillingham five and one, two
Speaker 1: and one in conference, Cincinnati, Colorado, West Virginia all with
Speaker 1: one loss as well, So several teams still alive to
Speaker 1: win the Big twelve.
Speaker 2: Max. Who do you think at the end of the
Speaker 2: day is going to be left stand?
Speaker 3: Oh? Good question, man. I just see what would be
Speaker 3: what you's doing this year, and it's hard to like
Speaker 3: really pick against them. I don't know if they really
Speaker 3: are the best team in the conference. I know I
Speaker 3: want to go with Kansas State. I think Kansas State
Speaker 3: is probably the school that I would go with. I
Speaker 3: really think it's wide open conference in America right now,
Speaker 3: But I think Kiss States has a really they know
Speaker 3: who they are, honestly. Their identity is more solid than
Speaker 3: pretty much any other identity in the country. They know
Speaker 3: exactly who they are good and bad honestly, So I
Speaker 3: feel most solid in them and what to expect from
Speaker 3: them every week. I don't feel good about taking them
Speaker 3: to win the entire conference, right now, But yeah, I
Speaker 3: think they definitely have a pretty solid shot of winning it.
Speaker 3: But I think Iowa State's right there. Are think BUI
Speaker 3: use up there as well. It's the most wide open
Speaker 3: conference Bryde and college ball right now.
Speaker 1: Most of the projections that I've seen or things that
Speaker 1: I've heard college football experts, what have you believe that
Speaker 1: only the Big Twelve champ will gain access to the CFP.
Speaker 1: Is there a chance the Big Twelve could see more
Speaker 1: than one, maybe two teams and the expanded twelve team
Speaker 1: CFP or do you think it's the champion that's all.
Speaker 3: No, I think it's just a champ. I think maybe
Speaker 3: they're cannibalize themselves, honestly, and I think you're gonna have,
Speaker 3: you know, a couple of maybe two loss teams. Maybe
Speaker 3: maybe you get a one loss team in the Big
Speaker 3: Twelve title game and then maybe if they lose at
Speaker 3: two teams in. But I think you probably only get
Speaker 3: one team out of the Big Twelve ving just because
Speaker 3: it's such a wide open conference and they're gonna beat
Speaker 3: up by each other honestly, like a lot what the
Speaker 3: Pac twelve did to each other a couple of years
Speaker 3: ago in the four team era. I think you kind
Speaker 3: of see the same kind of thing in the Big
Speaker 3: Twelve this year because there is not a clear cut
Speaker 3: best team in those conference. So yeah, I'm pretty sure
Speaker 3: the winner of the conference title game is probably the
Speaker 3: only team we'll get in.
Speaker 1: You did reference that you think Utah will be an
Speaker 1: underdog when they hit the road to go to Boulder
Speaker 1: to play Colorado.
Speaker 2: You're probably right about that. We'll see what happens between
Speaker 2: now and then.
Speaker 1: But feels like Dion has answered a lot of questions
Speaker 1: of his own and they're playing a much better brand
Speaker 1: of football. That Case State game was really entertaining. They
Speaker 1: ultimately lost, but they've won three or four and they've
Speaker 1: got a two and one conference record. Are you buying
Speaker 1: what appears to be tangible improvement down in Boulder?
Speaker 3: Yeah, I am. I think they really improved the run defense.
Speaker 3: It's just something that they really needed to improve from
Speaker 3: last year. And yeah, I think they have some of
Speaker 3: the best talent in the conference. I think sure Doris
Speaker 3: Sanders is the best quarterback in the conference, bar none.
Speaker 3: I think Travis Hunter is the best player in the conference,
Speaker 3: bar none. Yeah, they have a lot of talent in
Speaker 3: that roster. Right now, So they have the opportunity to
Speaker 3: really emerge if they just keep winning these games. And
Speaker 3: they came really close to being Kansas State, which really
Speaker 3: would have established themselves as a real threat to win
Speaker 3: the entire conference. I still think this is a really
Speaker 3: good team in that conference right now. We'll see what
Speaker 3: they do with Arizona this weekend, but yeah, I think
Speaker 3: Colorado is for real. I don't think it's the four
Speaker 3: and eight team that we saw.
Speaker 2: Last year before I saw you loose Max.
Speaker 1: What questions did Dan Lanning and Oregon answer last weekend
Speaker 1: with that win over Ohio.
Speaker 3: State, Yeah, they can win the big one. I think
Speaker 3: it's got to approved right there. And Dan Lanning and
Speaker 3: his team and obviously is one of the best in
Speaker 3: the country, and that offense showed why we thought it
Speaker 3: was the best offense in the country entering of the year.
Speaker 3: So yeah, Dan Lanning answered a lot of big questions
Speaker 3: because obviously he lost some big games in his ten
Speaker 3: years so far, specifically to Washington, and now he's proven
Speaker 3: that he could win those big games right now, So yeah,
Speaker 3: credited him and credited that offense, and they really showed
Speaker 3: why they're legit national title contender right now.
Speaker 1: Max, thanks for the time, man, keep up the good
Speaker 1: work and we'll chat soon. Max Chadwick pro football focused
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