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How are you good?
Speaker 4: Are you doing?
Speaker 3: Ben doing fantastic?
Speaker 2: It's November, baby, And getting into the thick of it
with the College Football Playoff Committee and their rankings. Do
you feel like the Playoff Committee has got it right
through the first couple of weeks now, you.
Speaker 5: Know, I think they're doing a solid job overall. There's
still definitely a few things I disagree with. I don't
agree with their name being as high as they are.
I don't think they should be above other two loss teams,
or even BYU for that matter. I still think YU
should be somewhere in the top ten, even with their
loss of Texas Tech recently. So it's definitely things I
disagree with for now, but I don't think it's been
too egregious so far.
Speaker 3: Yeah, let's let's delve into that.
Speaker 2: Notre Dame, why are they so overrated right right now?
Speaker 3: Why would you say? What where should they be?
Speaker 5: Do you think I would rank them outside the top ten.
I think this should be somewhere in the top fifteen.
But I think you look at some of the other
two loss teams that we have in the country and
their resumes.
Speaker 4: I mean, I think Texas what they've done.
Speaker 5: This year is way more impressive when Notre Dame has
done this year. I think Oklahoma has done more than
Notre Dame this year. I think you can argue Vanderbilt
has done more than Notre Dame this year, and I
think even I think you can argue even Miami. I
don't think it's done more than Notre Dame, but they
have beat Notre Dame, right I think the resumes are
are pretty similar otherwise, So maybe it'll change this weekend.
If Notre Dame does beat Pigs, that will be a
good win for Notre Dame. But I just think the
resume right now, Notre Name should definitely not be above
Texas or Oklahoma in my opinion, And then you can
argue for Vanderbilt in Miami. Then, like I said, I
think BYU should be above all those schools right now too.
Speaker 2: Who is by you, by your purview, right, by your perspective,
Where should they be ranked? What type of team is
it's just a college football playoff team.
Speaker 5: Do you think in b YU It depends, you know.
I think right now I put them in the playoffs.
I think in my personal playoff has available at PEMA
dot com, I had BYU as the nine seed going
against Oregon in the first round. So I think right
now they should be with only one loss of the
year and some impressive wins over Utah obviously too. But
I think at the end of the year, will they
be that's a different question. I think if they finished
the year eleven and one, if they go to the
Big twelve title game, if they play Texas tecond again,
and if they say if they lose that game again,
they probably won't be in for the actual playoff committee.
But I might argue they should be in at eleven
and two, but they might need to win out and
beat Texas Tech in the.
Speaker 4: Big twelve title game in order to get into the playoffs.
Speaker 2: Do if it's a closer game, if it's a competitive game,
it's some one score game, is there going to be
some stylistic human elements that could push them into the
playoff with a really nice showing in the Big twelve
championship game.
Speaker 3: If that's what it comes to.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think so, I think that could definitely play
a part. You know, I don't really sometimes I just
don't know what the committee goes off of sometimes.
Speaker 4: So I think that'll.
Speaker 5: Definitely help, you know, obviously losing by twenty two points
this past weekend and help eau's case.
Speaker 4: At all why they drop so far in the rankings.
Speaker 5: But yeah, I definitely think if they play a close
game in Texas Tech and the twelve title game, that
would help. And obviously if you beat some good teams
like Cincinnati and TCU coming up down the stretch, that
will help their case.
Speaker 4: Two.
Speaker 5: So yeah, I think I think in eleven and two,
b YU can certainly probably should get in the playoffs.
But will they I don't know.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's it's crazy times.
Speaker 2: B YU has TCU at home, then Cincinnati on the road,
and USF at home. You know, what's the most troublesome
game there on the schedule, do you think? And uh,
do you think they they go three and all on
the back half?
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think the Cincinnati game is pretty easily the
hardest game.
Speaker 4: I think the.
Speaker 5: TCU game should be watched this weekend. I think it's
gonna be a close one. I do think TCU matches
up well BYU in a lot of ways. So we
actually we preview that that game on our on our
show if you want to check it out.
Speaker 4: But uh, yeah, I.
Speaker 5: Think that Cincinnati game on the road. Hopefully, hopefully I'll
be going to that game. I do live in Cincinnati,
and I'll be an awesome game to go to. Uh,
but yeah, I think that's definitely the most dangerous one left.
Sinnati is the best team they have left for their schedule,
and it's as Cincinnati and both teams were kind of
fighting for a spot in the Big Twelve title game
right now. So I think that is absolutely the most
dangerous game left for b YU.
Speaker 2: As far as Pro football focused rankings are concerned, Like
they're great, Like I know, this is something you guys
grade out and you compare each team to each other.
Where does BYU grade out per PFF versus the other
teams of college football thus far this year?
Speaker 5: Yeah, buyu's grades at least this year, their overall greatest
is twenty eighth in the country.
Speaker 4: Now, some of it has to do with the schedule
they've played.
Speaker 5: And how it's been a little bit harder our schedule
than say like a Toledo for example, is number nine
in our grading in North Texas and James Madison for
example too San Diego State, So there is.
Speaker 4: A little bit of that. You got adjust for that.
Speaker 5: But you know, just purely grading wise BYU is twenty
eighth in the country, and obviously they took a tumble
this past weekend after getting kind of dominated by Texas
Tech and all aspects.
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's it's interesting.
Speaker 2: You know, bear Bachmeyer has graded out decently, I think
for a true freshman quarterback. Where does he sit comparative
to other true freshman quarterbacks in college football right now?
Speaker 3: How does he grade out?
Speaker 5: Yeah, he's been doing really well this year. I think
he's still been a really good quarterback. Even if if
the the game I guess Texas tackle wasn't grade he's
actually still the highest graded true freshman quarterback that we
have in college football at seventy six point four, right
ahead of Jaron Kalve Sunko, Polo Telly from cal and
then Malik Washington from from Maryland, and then Bryce Lender
was only a few points behind them too, So it's
definitely a lot closer than it was before the Texas
Tech game. But Bear Bachmeyer is still our highest graded
true freshman quarterback in college.
Speaker 4: Football right now.
Speaker 2: Crazy BYU fans. You know they've debated this, They've gone
back and forth. Did they upgrade? Did they downgrade? Did
they stay at neutral by losing Jake Retzlov and acquiring
Bear Bachmeyer.
Speaker 3: When you look at it, what do you see?
Speaker 2: I mean, I know Jake's supporting cast is different there
at Toledo, but he's played pretty well thus far.
Speaker 3: This year as a right shirt senior.
Speaker 2: He's a JUCO All American, He's got a lot of
experience under his belt versus the strength of schedule.
Speaker 3: How do you see it?
Speaker 2: Do you think b YU upgraded, downgraded, or state neutral
in the quarterback round?
Speaker 5: So I think he's pretty neutral, which is ultimately probably
an upgrade considering how much older Jake Restoff is than
Bear Bochmeyer.
Speaker 4: Right now.
Speaker 5: I think Jake has definitely played better than Bear this
year at Tulane, But don't I don't think I think
you got adjust for schedule in that too, all right.
I think Jake did an unbelievable job this past weekend
against Memphis. He was maybe his best game of his
career when Tulane beat Memphis this past weekend at Memphis.
So but other than that, I thought last year, what
Jake did at BYU is pretty much the same as
what Bear is doing right now, because Jake was a
lot older than obviously Bear Bachmer was right now too,
So I think I think BYU upgraded in a sense
that like, hey, you got a true freshman who's playing
very well, and you're gonna have that kid for at
least the next two years, if not three years, right,
So it's it's I think BYU is very happy right
now with what they have at quarterback.
Speaker 2: Max Chadwick Pro Football Focus here on ESPN the Fan,
What topics have you guys been broaching on your show
recently and how can our listeners find that show?
Speaker 4: Yes, we do our preview show on Tuesday.
Speaker 5: Like I said, the b y U TCU game is
one of the games, at one of the ten games
that we previewed should be a massive, massive Week twelve
of college football. And then actually tomorrow we're going live
on the show and giving our predictions for who will
take every power for opening that we have in college
football right now too, because Obviously, it's gonna be a wild,
wild coaching carousel that we have with right now nine
Power four openings, maybe even more once the dominoes start
to fall too. So yeah, it's gonna be a wild
coaching carousel. So we're gonna try our best to make
our official predictions for who will take all those jobs tomorrow.
Speaker 2: Love that you feel like, you know, like Killani, he's
gonna get some calls or do you think he's he's
there in provo for the foreseeable future?
Speaker 5: You know what, I've heard his name floated out there
for the UCLA job. I just don't think it's an
upgrade at all. I know, I think the b YU
job is far better than CLA jobs, So that's the
only one I've really heard his name being floated out there.
Speaker 4: So if that's the only competition.
Speaker 5: B AU to keep Kalani Satakia, I think the Cougars
will be just fine and doing that, I just I
think by using far far better job than UCLA right now.
Speaker 4: So yeah, I think I think it will be the
BYU coach for the foreseeable future where you at.
Speaker 2: I mean, look, obviously, conference affiliation matters these days, and
the big twelve and the a SEC. I was competing
for and jocking for that Power three spot. If you will,
how many teams do you think are going to get
into the College Football Playoff from the Big twelve the ACC.
Speaker 4: Agency? I think one.
Speaker 5: I don't know if we get multiple teams from the
a SEC now it depends. Maybe maybe Miami can sneak
in as an outlaw, and maybe whoever wins the a
SEC will get in as the one of the conference champions.
Maybe that happens, but I think the Miami needs some
help right now. I would say the way they're ranked
right now, even if they shouldn't need help in my opinion.
But the Big twelve is a little different. I think
Big twelve you can get probably two. I think Texas
Tech if they win, if they go eleven and one,
and then say say if they lose, maybe in the
Big twelve title game at eleven to two, they can
get in as that large and then whoever loses, whoever
wins that Big twelve title game, most likely either b
YU or Cincinnati, they probably get that spot. But yeah,
I think that Big twelve is is in a better
spot than the Agency right now. I think the Big
twelve could get multiple teams in the playoff, whereas I
think right now at least the AEC is most likely
going to get one team in the playoffs.
Speaker 2: Gonna be awesome to watch in these final few weeks
of college football. Max, As far as the Big Twelve
is concerned, you know where do you you know, where
do you see this Big twelve conference going in the
years to come? We see Texas Tech b YU right
now at the forefront, Utah still playing good football. You know,
when you combine nil, you combine the transfer portal, you
combine what these teams are investing into their athletic departments
with maybe even revshare trickle down to the players. Do
you feel like the Big twelve is properly and competitively
situated to really compete against and with the SEC in
Big Ten?
Speaker 4: Yeah? I think.
Speaker 5: You know, they're still not going to be the one
of the top two conferences, but I think them in
the ACC will be competing for the number three spot
for sure. And I think there are some programs in
the Big twelve to be excited about. And you know,
now that Texas and Oklahoma are gone from that conference,
it's a wide open conference. You know, those two kind
of dominated that conference for a very long time, and
now that they're in the SEC, you know it's there
for the taken now. I think one school that's very
well positioned to make a leap there is Texas Tech,
who is obviously investing a lot of money into their
program right now. They have like a billionaire who played
football at Texas Tech. That is just, you know, funneling
money into that program. You can see it by the
way they're recruiting right now. And then Bui used one
position there too. With you've got a great coaching staff there.
You bring in some really highly rated recruits too, you
in basketball and football, honestly the agents of Bondsman basketball
and obviously Ryder Lions and football. The five star quarterback
coming in in a couple of years too.
Speaker 4: So yeah, I think there's a lot of schools. Utah
should still be up there too.
Speaker 5: It's a wide open conference and that probably won't change either.
I think the Big twelve will probably be a wide
open conference for a very long time now that Texas
and Oklahoma are gone.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's interesting to see the jockeying for position even
within the Big Ten and the SUC.
Speaker 3: A lot of parody.
Speaker 2: A lot of two loss teams, even two three loss
teams in the top twenty five. Have we ever seen
this three loss teams in the top twenty five.
Speaker 5: Yeah, it seems to have happened at the end of
the year usually, but they are starting to put these
teams earlier in the year in the top twenty five.
So yeah, at the end of the year, we definitely
will get a ton of ninety three and maybe even
eight and four teams in the top twenty five. But yeah,
it is a little odd that teams like Iowa are
still in the top twenty five in my opinion too.
So yeah, I think there's some three lost teams that
I personally would rank in the top twenty five, like
say Illinois and Tennessee, and maybe even like an Arizona
state too, But the.
Speaker 4: Iowa was a little a little puzzling to me.
Speaker 3: Yeah, crazy times.
Speaker 2: Max Chadwick, PFF analysts Insider for College Football, talking to
College Football Big twelve and byu here on ESPN The Fan.
Speaker 3: A lot of the analytics.
Speaker 2: Love Utah, you know, margin of victory right now, they're averaging,
you know, kind of an absurd margin of victory, as
is Texas Tech, but they lost the head to head
versus BYU at Lavelle Edwards Stadium. Are you feeling like,
you know, what's the probability of Utah maybe getting ahead
with their remaining schedule, surpassing BYU and getting into the
Big Twelve Championship.
Speaker 4: I don't think it's likely.
Speaker 5: I think Utah needs a lot of help to get
into the Big Twelve title games. Like you mentioned, the
two of Utah does, I'm sorry you still has a
tiebreaker over Utah, So that is one thing. If BYU
lose it again, like to say Cincinnati or TCU or whoever.
I do not think they should below Utah in the ranking,
but they're so close.
Speaker 4: Together right now that it is possible. I think Utah
is very over ranked right now. I don't think it
should be.
Speaker 5: I think thirteen they are in the Playoff Committee's ranking
right now. I had them like nineteen or something like that,
So I think it's they're over ranked right now.
Speaker 4: So yeah, it's gonna be a weird conversation to have.
Speaker 5: If BYU does lose another game in the regular season,
whether or not Utah jumps them. I think they might,
which I would disagree with, but that's kind of the
way the committee is shaking out to me right now.
Speaker 2: Max, always appreciate our toime, love delving into these topics
with you. As far as a last thing here BYU
football players, you know, I always like to ask this,
who are the highest graded BYU football players through these
these nine games that they've played offensively defensively? How would
you great them out there at PF.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I think there's a lot of a lot of
good football players on b YU right now. I think
you look at at their defense. I think their defense
has been pretty good this year. I think Tanner Wall
jumps out. He is a seventy nine point seventh grade
this year. And honestly their other stafety two, Pilotasatuala, has
the seventy eighth grade this year as well. So those
are two to stick out defensively for BUYU. And then offensively,
you look at guys like Bruce Mitchell, the center for BYU.
He's the highest graded offensive player right now for them
at seventy nine point six, and then L J. Morn
and belt Barrett Bachmeyer are not too far behind them
either with about seventy six point six grades and seventy
six point four for Bart Bachmeyer two. So those are
kind of the highest grade players that we have right
now for b YU this year.
Speaker 2: Love it Max, We salute you, We appreciate you once again.
Best way to support you. What you do, how you
do it there at PFF.
Speaker 5: Yeah, so I host the PFF College Football Show which
is on YouTube and they were good podcast. Like I said,
we did a by U TCU preview a.
Speaker 4: Couple of days ago.
Speaker 5: To go check that out and then it all lives
on PFF dot com, so you're gonna check that out too.
Speaker 3: Love it Max, Thank you so much as always, thanks
for hopping on.
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