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Speaker 1: It is the Big twelve sec breakdown time of Joe contain.

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Speaker 2: The bridges here with you and they comprehensive look at

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both the Big Twelve and the Southeastern Conferences.

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Speaker 1: We begin with our hot takes as we do each

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and every week, and tom My hot take, I'm gonna

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go with the job that just opened, the Florida Gators

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and my hot take time. I'll be frank with you,

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I don't think the Florida jobs that great of a job.

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If I'm going to be real with y'all, I know

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that it's Florida. They've won national titles with multiple coaches

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in you and I's lifetime, with Urban Meyer and with

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Steve Spurrier, but their facilities aren't that great. They've had

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problems with fundraising, with nil with their coaches there. Either

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you win big and win championships or you struggle and

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you just can't find your footing. That's what I've seen

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in my lifetime. It's been boom or bust with every

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coach that they've hired here. And I'm looking at these

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other job openings that.

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Speaker 2: Are out there. Penn State I think is a fantastic job,

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Speaker 1: I look at Auburn I think Auburn, say what you

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want about being the redhead and stepchild Alabama. They got

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more resources and more money than Florida does, and that

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job is about to open here pretty soon. Some of

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these other openings, you know, Oklahoma State, if if you

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can win, you know, if you can average between seven

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and nine wins, you got longevity that you're not gonna.

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Speaker 2: Have in Florida.

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Speaker 1: Here. Those are just a few examples. Tom, it sounds crazy.

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I get it. It's Florida. You got all that talent

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right in your backyard. But there's so many problems there

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and mistakes they've made.

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Speaker 2: I think that they.

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Speaker 1: Yes, they made the right decision fire and Billy Napier,

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But I I think it's they got a lot of

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work to do on their own for the next coach

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they hire, if they're gonna put that coach in a

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position to succeed. I don't think it's that great of

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a job right now.

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Speaker 3: No, I don't think so either. It's it's not as

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good as it's been in prior years. It's you know,

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kind of lost some of it's luster. You know, when

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there was a point in time where it was still

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a good job and boom you know, bust after bust

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after bus has kind of dropped this program from nationally

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respected as a as you.

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Speaker 4: Know, an in and out winner every year to very

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's it has lost Uh, it's lost its charm

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Speaker 2: You know, it was uh, it was.

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Speaker 1: The flavor of the month a couple of different times,

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and now it's been put on the back shelf and

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they're gonna need a spark and beyond just the right

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head coach potentially to uh to make that work. Tom,

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we'll talk more about Billy and Apier and potential candidates

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for that job in them Alla.

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Speaker 2: But first, what hot take? What do you want to

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go with this week?

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Speaker 4: Jones?

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna I'm gonna ride again with Cincinnati Bearcats this week.

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It wasn't that impressive what they did against Oklahoma State

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last week, being that it was Oklahoma State. They survived

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the banana conga line in Bunpigen Stadium.

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Speaker 4: We're very impressive.

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Speaker 3: Now they go and the next really biggest game on

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the schedule that could be determining a trip to Arlington

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is against by U, who just ride off and went

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against Utah and I think for the Cincinnati team, I

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don't think still don't think enough people are going to

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talk about them. I'm I'm here to say right now,

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and you have Arizona State to just beat Tech. This

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path past weekend kind of put a hole in their

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armor of some sorts. I'm gonna say right now, Cincinnati,

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I'm locking Cincinnati in Arlington. Really, I'm gonna lock Cincinnati

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in Ireland to the trip to the Big Tail Championship game.

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Speaker 2: That would be something.

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Speaker 1: You look at their schedule going forward, the path to

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Arlington for Cincinnati of what's ahead here. You play Baylor

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this week at home, and then you play at Utah

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that won't be easy. You get Arizona at home that

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won't be easy, b YU at home that won't be easy.

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Speaker 2: And then at TCU.

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Speaker 1: I mean they're their easiest game of the season is

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Speaker 2: But those final four games.

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Speaker 1: That's that's uh, that's gonna be a tough stretch.

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Speaker 2: But but to their credit, they've shown an ability to

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Speaker 1: Tight games against good teams like we saw against Kansas

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Speaker 3: I think so, and I think that's you know, I

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think my turning point to think that they're locking in

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Arlington is you get the majority at home, right.

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Speaker 4: You know, you have to play, you have to play

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Speaker 3: That could be that could be very that that could

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look to maybe derail some things. But if you get

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that win, uh, you know, you don't have to travel

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to Provo, that's a win in my book. BYU is

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often right now being very overlooked, I think. But I

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like what Cincinnati's doing and just have a good feeling

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Speaker 4: And they've they're they're kind of I don't know.

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Speaker 3: With all the talk about Texas Tech, they kind of

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Speaker 4: They kind of feel like a.

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Speaker 3: They kind of feel like the underdog when you look

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at Tech and BYU kind of being the leaders of

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of who most people would considers locks for Arlington.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I think so, I think you're right about that.

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Speaker 1: All right, Uh, Tom, let's talk about first off, let's

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pour one out for all friend Billy Napier.

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Speaker 2: Everybody raise your Billy. Uh. You know, I feel like.

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Speaker 1: Tom, both of us just need to give a toast

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to Billy for a moment here with with all we've

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been through with Billy, Billy the last two plus years

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on this show. You've given us so much content. We've

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called for your head numerous times, and it was only

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a matter of time.

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Speaker 2: Billy. It's not it's not you, it's it's us.

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Speaker 1: We felt we had to do this for what was

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best for the University of Florida. And we know that

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you did a good job at you University of Louisiana Lafayette.

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You're probably gonna be a good group of five coach

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somewhere again. All the best, all the best to you,

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Thanks for everything, and uh.

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Speaker 2: We'll see where the Gators go from here.

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Speaker 1: So that's that's my salute to Billy day Pier Any uh,

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any parting shots, any final message you want to send

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you our old friend, Billy day Pier here.

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Speaker 3: Tomp No, I feel I don't know. I mean, he

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had some great wins. He was he was very uh.

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Bruce Pearloca State, Bruce webberin Bruce, sorry have Bruce Weber.

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Speaker 4: Sorry Pearl Weber.

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Speaker 3: Burt Reynolds Alley, you can tell it's been a long week,

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somehow survived. It was it was due.

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Speaker 3: I almost felt like Michael Will Bond and Tony Kornheiser,

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Me and you saying happy trails?

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Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly. I mean I got fired after a win.

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Speaker 4: Did what's he what's he doing? A buyout? Any buyout? No?

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Billy Napier buyout.

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Speaker 2: Let's see Billy and Apiers by out.

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Speaker 1: Is.

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Speaker 2: Oh it's not bad. Just twenty one million.

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, happy trails.

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Speaker 4: Welcome to cancumb BILLI Napier.

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Speaker 2: He gets ten point six of it before November nineteenth.

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Speaker 4: That's incredible.

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Speaker 2: I think he's going to Europe for Christmas.

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Speaker 4: I'll hit, wouldn't you?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: If only, if.

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Speaker 1: Only our jobs work that way, that's my golden life.

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I want to be so bad at my job I

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get paid not to do it.

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Speaker 4: I get bought out. Yes, I say, we can't stand

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you anymore.

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Speaker 1: Be Florida job Tom. People are gonna point to Lane Kiffin.

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I think Lane would be crazy because he's got more

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resources at Ole Miss and he's got complete job security.

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doesn't make any sense. Although Florida should call a and

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I understand them. Eli Drinkwitz. I think he's kind of

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reached his ceiling at Missoo. I think they've peaked.

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Speaker 2: And you know, he probably doesn't want to have to

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Speaker 1: Leipold for recruits anymore. You know, Yeah, that's a joke.

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your goal is to win national championships, you're never going

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to do that in missou You might do that at

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Florida if you could overcome some things, So that could

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an idea. And then another name I'll mention who I

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really like for the Florida job. He's recruited that area

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extremely well. They play a physical brand of foot ball.

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have some things to work through. I think that there

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is a the talent pool for this job is still

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very deep for them to find the right coach.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so. I mean, I like that Georgia

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about Georgia Tech either. That's been a very good football team. Yeah,

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interested to see if he sticks around. If that was

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just a Haines King effect or you know, or just

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indicative of how good of a coach he is.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I could see that. I think you might

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be onto something there. The Auburn job. I don't know

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how Hugh Freeze is still employed. But that's another one time.

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I feel like it is coming very soon. And I

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would say this, folks, I know that Auburn goes through

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Speaker 4: Got fired from there.

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Speaker 1: With all that said, Auburn has more money than Beva

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Speaker 2: Although Bama's playing really good.

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Speaker 1: They're one loss away from getting the pitchforks out for

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Kaylen de Bor again, and that very well could happen.

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Speaker 4: You never know when.

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Speaker 1: With that said, top, I think Auburn is an intriguing job.

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I don't think they'll have the talent pool that Florida does.

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I don't think people know that situation of what's going

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like what you and I do. But I think if

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you gave me the choice, because of the circumstance and

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with the resources and the money that's available, I would

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rather take the Auburn job than I take a Flora's

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't think you're wrong about that.

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to one Gainesville is you know Gainesville, But Alburn doesn't

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Speaker 1: Yeah, Big twelve side of things, Tom b Yu. What

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if I told you before the year started they'd be

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the last remaining undefeated Big twelve team.

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Speaker 3: I know, right the TALKI was on the hot seat

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a couple of years, you know, for the last few

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Speaker 4: Of up and down. But they're quietly marching in Provo.

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Speaker 1: And impressive win last week against Utah too. They were

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underdogs at home and they showed up and showed out.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, like I said earlier, not enough people

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are talking about them. It could very well be BYU

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but they're they're looking stout, and like I said before,

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not enough people are talking about them.

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Speaker 4: You know, you you.

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Speaker 3: Had the by Jew leave and then you have this

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Bachmer kid come in and do what he's been able

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to do. Granted he comes term a line of quarterbacks

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in his family. Uh one that used to play for

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whatever one of those Baker kids did. So he's he's

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from a long line of of quarterbacks.

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Speaker 4: So what by he's been able to do.

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Speaker 3: Though after the Jake retzlift thing, see, it would seem

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like it was gonna maybe derail some things.

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Speaker 4: It's been quite the opposite.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, bock Meyer's been fantastic. I like their defense. And

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here's another thing, Tom too, we can talk about pride.

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Utah came into the Big Twelve thinking that they were

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going to own this league, and they sure as hell

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thought they were going.

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Speaker 2: To own the state of Utah. Not only have they.

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Speaker 1: Not even come close to owning the Big twelve, BYU

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has owned that state the last two seasons. They've won

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three in a row against Utah now and they are

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the better Big twelve program at this.

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Speaker 2: Point in time. Granted, things can change.

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Speaker 1: It is a year to year sports, but I think

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there's something to be said Tom that, you know, all

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the expectation, all the momentum Utah had coming into the

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Big twelve, and here was Utah, here was BYU, their

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first chance, their first crack of being in a power conference,

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being an independent and everything here and they fully capitalized.

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Speaker 2: I think this incredible story that what BYU has.

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Speaker 1: Done in this in this moment, this that this this

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is their moment here in college football.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so. I mean, are we gonna see?

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Speaker 4: Would you want to? I mean.

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but I imagine having to play provo at night college

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Speaker 4: I wouldn't. I wouldn't want to do it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, you look at for BYU here, so there's

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seven and zero right now, you got I would stay

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down the road this week, and I would stay shorthanded

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a corner.

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Speaker 2: They should win. That.

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Speaker 1: The Tech game is gonna be awesome. That game's in Lobbock.

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Can't wait to see how that unfolds. Maybe a big

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twelve championship game, preview game of the year in the conference.

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and UCF at home. I would think even if they

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beat Texas Tech to probably slip.

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Speaker 2: Up one time.

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Speaker 1: So then you say to yourself, Okay, does a want

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can you get too big twelve teams in the playoff?

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I think what's gotta happen for that to be the

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case Tom b Yu or Texas Tech. One of the

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two has to pretty much win out if both of

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them are gonna make the playoff. The margins are a

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razor thin at this point, but it's certainly not out

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of the round with possibility. I think Texas Tech it's

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a slightly better team. I think that they got more depth.

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I don't take I said, you know, I don't think

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it's bad loss Tech last week losing to the defending

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Big twelfth champs Sam Levitt came back, well, Hammond was out,

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and they still had a chance to win that game.

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If uh if, if Hammond had not started, and you know,

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Morton would have played, they win that game, probably by

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ten points or more. I still like this Tech team

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a lot. I think Tech can still be a national

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title contending team. B Yu, I like what they are,

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but I don't know if I like them as.

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Speaker 2: A national title contending team yet. But I would say

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Speaker 1: Than I do BYU Right now, who do who do

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you like more between those two at this moment.

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Speaker 4: I think you mentioned the talent. I don't.

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Speaker 3: I don't think it's a super big talent gap, but

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obviously a long while, and I'm as good as Texas

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in Joy maguire. I think it's it's like you said,

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I think it's razor thin at this point, and it

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could come down. It could come down to a certain

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number of things when those two teams meet. But if

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both teams can stay healthy. You know you mentioned Will Hammon,

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Speaker 4: Or is Baron Morton gonna be back? He's listed to

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day to day.

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Speaker 3: You know who's the hot hand going forward? Be interested

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to see how that's gonna play out long term for

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them or going forward for the rest of the season.

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Speaker 4: Both great quarterbacks. But man, if you had I think

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it's a coin flip.

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Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, I think you're absolutely right about that.

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Speaker 1: Let's let's get to the slight of games this week,

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starting in the Big Twelve Conference, then we'll go to

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the SEC after that. Tom the Sunflower Showdown eleven am on.

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Speaker 2: T and T Disgusting T and T. They No Drama.

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Speaker 1: KU at four and three K State at three and

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four k you favored three and a half.

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Speaker 2: Tom. This game here for the Jayhawks.

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Speaker 1: This is an opportunity to end the streak, in the pain,

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the suffering, the misery, and there's no excuse this time.

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You know, all these years Tom that k you lost

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the K State I think almost every game in that streak,

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they were never the better team than K State. Maybe

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they were the better coach team, but they were never

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the more talented team. This year, I think, without question,

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they are the more talented team this You know, the

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last few years when they've lost this game, I was

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saying to myself, like, you know, it sucks, but we

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lost to.

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Speaker 2: A better team.

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Speaker 1: That's not the case in twenty twenty five. There's just

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no excuse this go round. I think the pressure is

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han Kansas. You came short against Missou. Lance Leipold, it's

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been a little bit since he's had a big time

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winning KU.

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Speaker 2: I love Lance.

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Speaker 1: I know you're a Lance fan too, but I mean

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it hasn't felt right in Jalen Daniels. This is his

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last shot against K State before he's.

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Speaker 2: Done in Lawrence.

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Speaker 1: This this feels like I know that getting back to

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a bowl game and all that stuff is important. But

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to me, I feel like this Saturday, since it seems

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like they're not going to go to the Big twelve

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championship game either, this feels like KU season is right

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here is trying to get a win against K State,

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and I think they will.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I think you you look at KU and you look

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at the schedule from the beginning, you think, okay, maybe

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two games you circle is the one against Maszoo and

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then obviously circle one against K State.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, unfortunately didn't beat Maszoo.

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Speaker 3: Now with Big twelve Championship seemingly out of the picture, uh,

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this is your this is your game of the year

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now and so long, you know, for so long it's

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been K State k qualk game for them. H I

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think this is the year. I think you're right that

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the KU could do it. I mean KSE State has

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been very up and down all year. KU at the

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beginning of the year looked great. They've had their moments,

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good and bad. But I think you're right. I think

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I think this is the year Lance slide pull. They

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can get it done, and I think they'll beat K

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State this year.

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Speaker 1: In all honesty, if it's not this year, then win

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is it. I mean, it's the best opportunity by far.

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You gotta get it done. This is no excuse. You're

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at home too. Gotta get it done.

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Speaker 2: By U Tana Iowa State.

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Speaker 1: We talked about earlier. I would stay shorten ended at

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a corner. They're just hanging on for dear life. At

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five and two, BYU just look really good. At seven

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and zero, Ames is not an easy place to play, though.

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Rock Obec is a very talented quarterback. I like BYU here, Tom,

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but we've seen Iowa State's offense put up points here

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if if if you're BYU, with the deficiencies of the

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secondary of Iowa State, it's it's all about just getting

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that passing game rocking and taking advantage of that.

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Speaker 2: I think that's what they got to do, and I

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think they should be able to do that.

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Speaker 4: I think so too.

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Speaker 3: You know, Iowa State kind of injury bug corners out.

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some new wide receivers that needed to grow up fast. Rocklebec,

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to run into buzzsa on BYU this weekend.

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Speaker 1: Though, Texas Tech taking out Oklahoma State we'll keep this

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under thirty seconds here. I don't know who's playing quarterback

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for Texas Tech. They're going up against bad OSU team

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this one.

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Speaker 2: Hide the women and children.

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Speaker 1: OSU's got a former receiver played and quarterback here. I mean,

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nothing feels good about this for Oklahoma State.

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Speaker 2: For Texas Tech.

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Speaker 1: I would say Tom that coming off that lost Arizona State,

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if you're looking for a get right game, looking get

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back on track, doesn't get any better than this opportunity

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right here than returning home the tortillas. Though, I guess

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k you killed the tradition because Kirby Hocutt. They're ad

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and their head coach Joe McGuire have said that they

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do not want the tortilla tradition to continue, that they

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have two much at stake. They do not want to

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take out one hundred thousand dollars fine and then potential

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penalties to follow after that. So Kau killed it, and

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I guess we live in the posts tortilla era. Now

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going forward to Texas Tech, Tom, Another note too, Texas

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Tech and OSU each had some of their biggest rivals

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leave the Big Twelve in recent years, with of course

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OU leaving for the SEC and Texas leaving for the SEC.

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Speaker 2: Always you in Texas Tech.

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Speaker 1: I know, their history kind of just goes back to

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ninety six with this iteration of the Big Twelve, but

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with both of them doing the the guns up or

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pistols firing thing. You know, you know Western schools of

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sorts that they've tried to kind of manufacture this into

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a rivalry of sorts.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's I think it's a little bit better than

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the whatever you and Tulsa has the Turnpike Classic. Yeah, yeah, yeah,

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it's you know, for all intents and purposes, should be

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called like the Doctor Pepper Shootout Bowl or something, right,

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you know, I don't think they have Doctor Pepper Shootouts and.

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Speaker 2: The tortillas versus the cheese fries.

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Speaker 4: Yes, you know, they can play it up.

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Speaker 3: I think it has a lot more potential than Oklahoma

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State and Tulsa. But yeah, the tortilla's up. It's kind

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of a funny thing. I mean, it's like an infamous

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type thing for them. I think for Oklahoma State this week,

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maybe you see some OSU fans instead of dressing up

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like a banana this week, they'll dress up like a

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Tech fan and and and bring a forty pack of

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mission tortillas in the renderwear. That's the only way Oklahoma

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State wins this week.

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Speaker 1: Cincinnati taking on Baylor. Cincinnati three and a half point favorites.

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Tom Baylor could put up points. I like Sincy team,

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and I liked him at home, but I think this

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Speaker 2: I leaned towards Cinci though.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, well you know what I said about Cincy. I'm

476
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riding hard with the Bearcats Boz.

477
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,359
Speaker 1: TCU taking on West Virginia TCU fifteen and a half

478
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:21,079
point favorites in Morgantown, Hoover and the horn Frogs trying

479
00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:26,200
to become both eligible. Tom already said he's hard. Let's

480
00:27:26,200 --> 00:27:28,720
see how al horny he's feeling about TCU.

481
00:27:28,799 --> 00:27:34,839
Speaker 4: Now. I like TCU. They beat Baylor last week.

482
00:27:35,720 --> 00:27:37,559
Speaker 3: Not I wouldn't call it handily, but they took care

483
00:27:37,559 --> 00:27:39,519
of business and that their little rivalry games.

484
00:27:39,599 --> 00:27:41,680
Speaker 4: So I like TCU here for sure.

485
00:27:42,880 --> 00:27:46,640
Speaker 1: Houston taking on twenty fourth ranked Arizona State. The Cougars

486
00:27:46,640 --> 00:27:49,880
are six and one Arizona State's five and two. Arizona

487
00:27:49,920 --> 00:27:54,480
State seven and a half point favorites here Tom Arizona

488
00:27:54,519 --> 00:27:58,640
State nice win last week against Tech. Houston, great story

489
00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,359
Willie Fritz getting that team ball eligible and everything, but

490
00:28:03,599 --> 00:28:06,039
I still don't think Houston's that great of a football team.

491
00:28:06,079 --> 00:28:08,759
I think they're just well coached. I like Arizona State

492
00:28:08,880 --> 00:28:11,160
at home here just fine. I think they can cover

493
00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:12,359
seven and a half too.

494
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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think so.

495
00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:16,519
Speaker 3: You know, Arizona State pretty happy coming off a win

496
00:28:16,559 --> 00:28:20,119
against Tech. I think they ride that momentum pause.

497
00:28:23,839 --> 00:28:27,039
Speaker 1: Colorado take it on Utah a little big twelve after

498
00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:30,960
dark action on Saturday night. Utah thirteen and a half

499
00:28:30,960 --> 00:28:34,799
point favorites at home. Colorado's had their issues this season,

500
00:28:34,839 --> 00:28:39,079
particularly at the quarterback position. Utah trying to get back

501
00:28:39,079 --> 00:28:41,640
on track after that loss to BYU. I think b White,

502
00:28:41,920 --> 00:28:43,960
I think Utah here takes care of business. I like

503
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him to win and cover.

504
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Speaker 3: Yeah, Utah, I think they're going to bounce back after

505
00:28:48,279 --> 00:28:51,440
that loss to BYU, and they they'll come ready to

506
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:54,759
play wing, ready to play do the sec.

507
00:28:54,920 --> 00:28:59,720
Speaker 1: We go ole miss taking out oh Oklahoma. Both teams

508
00:28:59,759 --> 00:29:03,160
six and one eleven point favorites. The line keeps moving up,

509
00:29:03,200 --> 00:29:05,880
by the way. O U was like a one and

510
00:29:05,880 --> 00:29:08,119
a half point favorite. Now it's up to five and

511
00:29:08,119 --> 00:29:13,240
a half Chambliss is starting at quarterback for Ole Miss

512
00:29:13,279 --> 00:29:18,880
this week. I know that, uh, you know, they're they're

513
00:29:19,119 --> 00:29:21,160
start at the beginning of the year. He's been cleared

514
00:29:21,160 --> 00:29:23,920
to play, but they like what they've seen from him.

515
00:29:23,960 --> 00:29:27,440
He looks like a Heisman contender former you know, two

516
00:29:27,480 --> 00:29:29,640
time national champion at the D two level.

517
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Speaker 2: I mean, great story. But OU's defense look phenomenal.

518
00:29:33,519 --> 00:29:36,680
Speaker 1: Last week on the road against South Carolina, Matier looked better.

519
00:29:36,799 --> 00:29:39,319
Speaker 2: The run game started to come to life as well.

520
00:29:39,960 --> 00:29:42,400
Speaker 1: It's a tough stretch of games coming up down the

521
00:29:42,440 --> 00:29:45,799
stretch for the Sooners, but weather's not gonna be too

522
00:29:45,960 --> 00:29:49,000
kind in Norman. I think the Sooners aren't gonna be

523
00:29:49,039 --> 00:29:51,279
too kind to Old Miss. I expect a close game,

524
00:29:51,319 --> 00:29:56,000
but Old Miss their their defense has got some issues

525
00:29:57,119 --> 00:30:00,240
when it comes to defending the run and and uh

526
00:30:00,440 --> 00:30:03,720
and all that. I think, uh, I think, oh, you

527
00:30:03,759 --> 00:30:07,200
can can win this one. Uh you know, I would

528
00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,319
say it's it's close for three quarters. And then we

529
00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:13,599
talked about John mctiern company. You know, they get that

530
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:15,759
run game going and they pull away late in the

531
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fourth quarter.

532
00:30:16,480 --> 00:30:18,079
Speaker 2: I like, oh you at Hometown.

533
00:30:19,160 --> 00:30:19,799
Speaker 4: Yeah, they were.

534
00:30:20,200 --> 00:30:23,200
Speaker 3: They bounced back after a lost in Texas and had

535
00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:25,240
a pretty good win against the South Carolina team.

536
00:30:25,400 --> 00:30:28,000
Speaker 4: I think, oh, you can continue that.

537
00:30:28,200 --> 00:30:29,960
Speaker 3: I think with Tier gets a little bit better each

538
00:30:30,000 --> 00:30:32,880
week post injury, and I think, oh, he keeps.

539
00:30:32,640 --> 00:30:33,279
Speaker 4: The ball wrong.

540
00:30:35,279 --> 00:30:39,119
Speaker 1: How about this eleven forty five Auburn taking on Arkansas

541
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:43,680
Tom Arkansas. I liked him at home as the three

542
00:30:43,720 --> 00:30:46,480
and a half point favorites. And I'll add one more

543
00:30:46,519 --> 00:30:50,680
to you. We say goodbye to Hugh Freeze. I think

544
00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:54,200
that this is the win. This is a good win

545
00:30:54,279 --> 00:30:58,519
for Bobby helped strengthen his case to be that that

546
00:30:58,640 --> 00:30:59,160
head coach.

547
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:00,440
Speaker 2: It's not gonna be good in off, but.

548
00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:03,240
Speaker 1: It'll be it'll help him at least, but it's gonna

549
00:31:03,240 --> 00:31:04,759
be good enough to say goodbout it Hugh Freez.

550
00:31:04,839 --> 00:31:08,079
Speaker 4: Finally, yeah, I think so we might.

551
00:31:08,240 --> 00:31:10,920
Speaker 3: We might see a happy trails and you know, maybe

552
00:31:10,960 --> 00:31:13,799
for all this trouble, they'll maybe name a drink after him,

553
00:31:13,880 --> 00:31:16,000
like the Hugh Freeze Margarita or something.

554
00:31:17,200 --> 00:31:17,720
Speaker 4: Uh.

555
00:31:17,759 --> 00:31:20,440
Speaker 3: He might be headed for somewhere where there's cold, freezy

556
00:31:20,519 --> 00:31:21,599
drinks after this week.

557
00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:26,160
Speaker 1: Bama taking on South Carolina. South Carolina looked bad last week,

558
00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:28,720
and so you at home. They're at home this week.

559
00:31:28,720 --> 00:31:32,559
Against Bamabama six and one. South Carolina's three and four,

560
00:31:33,000 --> 00:31:37,000
Bama's eleven and a half point favorites. Ty Simpson's been rocking.

561
00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:40,400
Bama has been playing some really good football. I don't

562
00:31:40,400 --> 00:31:42,200
think this is gonna be close. I think Bama's gonna

563
00:31:42,279 --> 00:31:42,640
roll here.

564
00:31:44,119 --> 00:31:46,559
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think I'm all in on Bama.

565
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:50,400
Speaker 3: They've They've won some tough games and showed some real grit,

566
00:31:50,519 --> 00:31:54,000
and I think they're poised to keep the train rolling

567
00:31:54,039 --> 00:31:56,759
and make the SEC Championship game.

568
00:31:57,400 --> 00:32:00,640
Speaker 1: Number fifteen Missouri taking out number ten vander Both teams

569
00:32:00,720 --> 00:32:04,000
six and one college game days going to Nashville for this.

570
00:32:05,079 --> 00:32:09,119
Diego Pavia he's been fantastic. I'm believing I'm buying what

571
00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:11,440
he's selling. Missou did not look that good last week,

572
00:32:11,559 --> 00:32:15,359
as alwared Tom, I could see this going either way.

573
00:32:15,880 --> 00:32:18,680
I've been impressed with both these teams. I think both

574
00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:23,599
teams have overachieved. But I like what Diego and company

575
00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,880
is doing the way they handled LSU and them being

576
00:32:27,880 --> 00:32:31,319
at home here probably the biggest home game in school history.

577
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Speaker 2: I go Vandy in a very tight game here.

578
00:32:38,119 --> 00:32:41,319
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think so too, though.

579
00:32:41,480 --> 00:32:43,319
Speaker 3: If this was that, if this was in Colombia, I

580
00:32:43,319 --> 00:32:46,680
would be almost more apt to take missoo here.

581
00:32:46,720 --> 00:32:49,920
Speaker 4: I think it's that close. Vandy.

582
00:32:50,799 --> 00:32:54,640
Speaker 3: What a story, what a continued story here for them?

583
00:32:54,720 --> 00:32:59,640
You beat LSU last week, made me look bad, and

584
00:32:59,759 --> 00:33:03,759
now you got a tough Miszoo team. I think Vandy.

585
00:33:04,119 --> 00:33:06,440
I do believe v Andy gets it done. Who's the

586
00:33:06,480 --> 00:33:07,400
guest picker this week?

587
00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:10,119
Speaker 4: This would have been the week to take theovon. Uh,

588
00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:11,440
they can't double.

589
00:33:11,279 --> 00:33:16,039
Speaker 1: Up Nate bar Gates or whatever his name is, the comedian.

590
00:33:17,160 --> 00:33:20,160
Speaker 3: Oh okay, well he maybe a little bit lackluster to

591
00:33:20,160 --> 00:33:23,279
the the O, but you already you already punched that

592
00:33:23,359 --> 00:33:24,039
ticket once.

593
00:33:24,119 --> 00:33:28,079
Speaker 4: So yeah, should be should be a hell of a

594
00:33:28,119 --> 00:33:28,799
game day there.

595
00:33:29,039 --> 00:33:31,759
Speaker 3: I think we talked about the Titans in NFL last

596
00:33:31,799 --> 00:33:35,319
week on how Nashville could be a football city, and uh,

597
00:33:35,480 --> 00:33:38,519
you know this Vanderbilt team could maybe beat cam Ward

598
00:33:38,519 --> 00:33:39,119
than Titans.

599
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:43,480
Speaker 4: You think maybe maybe.

600
00:33:44,960 --> 00:33:46,519
Speaker 2: Texas State on Mississippi State.

601
00:33:46,559 --> 00:33:49,279
Speaker 1: Mississippi State gave Florida all they could handle last week,

602
00:33:49,599 --> 00:33:51,720
was good enough for Billy Napier to lose his job.

603
00:33:52,240 --> 00:33:58,720
Texas barely barely beats Kentucky can overtime. Last week. Arch

604
00:33:58,839 --> 00:34:04,039
did not play that great. They're going into Starkville. All

605
00:34:04,079 --> 00:34:07,839
the cow bells and all Jeff Levy's team has been

606
00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:09,840
better than I think we all thought. At four and three,

607
00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:13,559
Texas at five and two, Texas seven and a half

608
00:34:13,559 --> 00:34:17,079
point favorites in this game, Tom, I don't think this

609
00:34:17,159 --> 00:34:17,679
is gonna.

610
00:34:17,440 --> 00:34:19,920
Speaker 2: Be easy for Texas. I think they win. I think

611
00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:20,960
this is another close game.

612
00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:24,119
Speaker 4: Yeah, I think so too.

613
00:34:24,159 --> 00:34:27,719
Speaker 3: A little close for comfort against Kentucky, but I think

614
00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:31,519
it'll be close. But I agreed Texas still pull it out.

615
00:34:32,480 --> 00:34:34,920
Speaker 1: Texas A and M number three in the country going

616
00:34:34,960 --> 00:34:38,159
to Death Valley take on number twenty LSU. So much

617
00:34:38,239 --> 00:34:42,320
hype and excitement about LSU this year with nus Meyer

618
00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:46,760
and Harold Perkins, and you lose last week to Vandy,

619
00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:49,559
and now you're taking on top three team and Texas

620
00:34:49,599 --> 00:34:52,800
A and M, who's undefeated. Marcel Reid's been fantastic. A

621
00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:55,880
and M's doing everything right. I love the way they're playing.

622
00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,719
Speaker 2: LSU. Season is on the line here. Third loss, you're out,

623
00:35:01,840 --> 00:35:06,840
You're done. When it comes to Kyle Shall playoff A

624
00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:12,519
and M. I'll ride the Dente shout out Chili's I

625
00:35:12,519 --> 00:35:13,360
think they keep.

626
00:35:13,199 --> 00:35:16,360
Speaker 1: The momentum mirror. I think they're a better football team.

627
00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:18,960
LSU has got a lot of problems. I like Brian

628
00:35:19,039 --> 00:35:21,199
Kelly as a coach, but he's just an odd fit

629
00:35:21,280 --> 00:35:23,360
at LSU, and I think we're starting to see that

630
00:35:23,599 --> 00:35:28,840
again here in year four with him. Maybe he looks

631
00:35:28,880 --> 00:35:31,119
to move on elsewhere one of those job openings we

632
00:35:31,199 --> 00:35:33,639
talked about potentially speaking.

633
00:35:33,679 --> 00:35:36,079
Speaker 2: But I think A and M keeps.

634
00:35:35,880 --> 00:35:39,079
Speaker 1: The momentum going and we put the curtains on LSU

635
00:35:39,159 --> 00:35:39,679
season here.

636
00:35:40,599 --> 00:35:42,480
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think so too. And I've been calling for

637
00:35:42,519 --> 00:35:45,039
an A and M choke for the past few weeks.

638
00:35:45,039 --> 00:35:46,360
Speaker 4: I will call for it here.

639
00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:50,760
Speaker 3: Maybe some reverse psychology or reverse without the universe type

640
00:35:50,760 --> 00:35:54,760
of thing. But LSU has just not really been impressive.

641
00:35:54,760 --> 00:35:57,199
Speaker 4: They haven't. There's not really been one game.

642
00:35:57,239 --> 00:35:59,960
Speaker 3: I don't think that I've said, oh, she looks like

643
00:36:00,159 --> 00:36:03,880
then boys, they don't. There's not been a game for

644
00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,000
them that I said, Damn. I believe in LSU.

645
00:36:08,719 --> 00:36:13,639
Speaker 1: Yeah, I'm with Youre Tennessee taking out Kentucky Tennessee five

646
00:36:13,679 --> 00:36:16,760
and two, seventeenth in the country, Kentucky two and four.

647
00:36:18,199 --> 00:36:19,840
Speaker 2: It was the same song and dance for.

648
00:36:19,840 --> 00:36:24,239
Speaker 1: Kentucky last week against Texas tom so close but not

649
00:36:24,320 --> 00:36:24,960
close enough.

650
00:36:26,519 --> 00:36:27,719
Speaker 2: Finding another way to lose.

651
00:36:27,840 --> 00:36:32,440
Speaker 1: Mark stoops every damn time, and this week taking on

652
00:36:32,559 --> 00:36:35,320
Tennessee Joey Aguilar, you know, he turns the football over

653
00:36:35,480 --> 00:36:39,119
enough that Kentucky can make this a close game. But

654
00:36:40,159 --> 00:36:42,519
it's one of those deals where if you're a betting man,

655
00:36:43,519 --> 00:36:46,679
I think I take Kentucky to cover every time, but I'm.

656
00:36:46,519 --> 00:36:48,000
Speaker 2: Not picking them money line.

657
00:36:48,159 --> 00:36:50,079
Speaker 1: I would take Kentucky to cover as an eight and

658
00:36:50,119 --> 00:36:52,519
a half point underdog, but I'm not expecting him to

659
00:36:52,559 --> 00:36:55,159
win this game. I think Tennessee wins. I expect this

660
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,559
game to be kind of ugly looking, kind of gross.

661
00:36:58,000 --> 00:37:00,800
Kentucky keeps it interesting, but See finds the way to

662
00:37:00,800 --> 00:37:02,360
win at on the road.

663
00:37:04,000 --> 00:37:05,880
Speaker 3: Yeah, I think they could make an interesting but you

664
00:37:05,920 --> 00:37:09,840
know the way Tennessee's playing, I don't.

665
00:37:09,920 --> 00:37:11,239
Speaker 4: I don't think they falter here.

666
00:37:11,280 --> 00:37:14,960
Speaker 3: I think they take care of business and and I

667
00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:16,679
wouldn't even call it find a way to win. I

668
00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,199
think they just will. And I think they'll have control

669
00:37:19,199 --> 00:37:22,000
of the game from from starting to finish. Thought, I

670
00:37:22,039 --> 00:37:24,760
bet it will be a little closer than closer than

671
00:37:24,800 --> 00:37:25,719
what should be.

672
00:37:25,800 --> 00:37:27,079
Speaker 4: If you're a Tennessee.

673
00:37:26,639 --> 00:37:31,320
Speaker 2: Fan, marta cop on the program I know Tom likeson.

674
00:37:31,039 --> 00:37:32,880
Speaker 4: When I say program program every time.

675
00:37:32,920 --> 00:37:36,159
Speaker 2: I know, shout out Pat McAfee and Chad Wiberg for that.

676
00:37:36,519 --> 00:37:37,519
Speaker 4: Yeah.

677
00:37:37,800 --> 00:37:40,840
Speaker 1: Uh, We'll be joined by Jake Ripma of the Fan

678
00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,639
in Dallas and the Lockdown Podcast Network coming up on

679
00:37:43,679 --> 00:37:44,119
the other side.

680
00:37:44,159 --> 00:37:50,039
Speaker 2: Stay with us, shoin us now, he is quite the

681
00:37:50,079 --> 00:37:50,679
busy man.

682
00:37:51,039 --> 00:37:54,760
Speaker 1: It is our old buddy Jake Ripma from the Fan

683
00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:58,559
in Dallas. Also the Lockdown Detroit podcast Network covering all

684
00:37:58,639 --> 00:38:02,239
things with the Dallas teams and the Detroit teams, and

685
00:38:02,280 --> 00:38:06,079
he joints us right now, Ramo. Always pleasure when we

686
00:38:06,159 --> 00:38:09,599
get the chance to chat my friend, and I don't

687
00:38:09,639 --> 00:38:11,639
know what I can get away with saying yet, but

688
00:38:12,679 --> 00:38:13,519
I'll put it this way.

689
00:38:13,559 --> 00:38:16,159
Speaker 2: I'm glad that we are on the same team again.

690
00:38:18,159 --> 00:38:20,480
Speaker 5: Absolutely, I love it, dude. Let's just say this. I

691
00:38:20,519 --> 00:38:24,880
wanted to wear this Lockdown hat in your honor, so

692
00:38:26,000 --> 00:38:29,079
a future high five fist pump will definitely break bread

693
00:38:29,119 --> 00:38:31,920
at the appropriate time, maybe have some cigars too. But

694
00:38:31,920 --> 00:38:35,360
it's always a pleasure being on the Jones Report my friend,

695
00:38:35,519 --> 00:38:37,800
and even better, I get to hang out with you

696
00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:41,280
and shot chat a little college football, NFL and anything else, my.

697
00:38:41,280 --> 00:38:44,320
Speaker 2: Guy, Yes, no question about it. Uh, Ramo. Let's start

698
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:48,519
with the college football side of things. In our backyard,

699
00:38:48,559 --> 00:38:49,360
the neck of Woods.

700
00:38:50,159 --> 00:38:52,119
Speaker 1: I'm looking at, you know, our local teams, and I

701
00:38:52,239 --> 00:38:55,440
gotta start with Texas A and M at this point.

702
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 2: You know they've been rolling.

703
00:38:57,039 --> 00:38:59,320
Speaker 1: Mike Elko's got a good squad there. I like what

704
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:01,760
I've seen from more sell Raid at the quarterback position.

705
00:39:02,719 --> 00:39:06,199
Are you are you buying or selling from what we've

706
00:39:06,239 --> 00:39:07,639
seen from Texas A and M so far.

707
00:39:08,559 --> 00:39:10,639
Speaker 5: No, It's so funny you asked me this at this time,

708
00:39:10,719 --> 00:39:15,000
because up until pretty much the last two weeks, I

709
00:39:15,159 --> 00:39:19,440
just was hesitant to buy in. And it wasn't anything

710
00:39:19,760 --> 00:39:22,480
specific with because I've been a fan of Marcel Reed.

711
00:39:22,519 --> 00:39:24,440
I think he's a dynamic player. He proved that he

712
00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,320
can win big games and get it done through the air.

713
00:39:27,960 --> 00:39:32,360
That receiving corps has been really, really impressive and rather

714
00:39:32,440 --> 00:39:34,840
deep as well. A couple of D two transfers on

715
00:39:34,920 --> 00:39:38,280
that receiving corps as well, and I just, for whatever reason,

716
00:39:38,440 --> 00:39:40,800
wasn't quite ready to plant the flag that hey, this

717
00:39:40,920 --> 00:39:43,400
Aggie's team is for real. And now I feel like

718
00:39:43,400 --> 00:39:45,920
I've gone one hundred and eighty degrees and I don't

719
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:49,000
know if there's one specific thing I can point to

720
00:39:49,440 --> 00:39:53,199
other than I listen to Mike Elco's press conferences every

721
00:39:53,239 --> 00:39:56,440
single week. I believe I'm buying what he's selling. He

722
00:39:56,599 --> 00:39:59,559
was the perfect higher. I think he's all in on

723
00:40:00,039 --> 00:40:02,960
Texas A and M football, And not that it's a

724
00:40:03,000 --> 00:40:06,239
sleeping giant by any means, because you know, they have

725
00:40:06,280 --> 00:40:10,159
plenty of resources and everything else of a major power

726
00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:14,360
program in the SEC, but it just hasn't happened yet

727
00:40:14,360 --> 00:40:16,000
for Texas A and M. And this is the best

728
00:40:16,000 --> 00:40:19,320
start since nineteen ninety four, so maybe this will finally

729
00:40:19,360 --> 00:40:21,599
be the year that they break through. And you know,

730
00:40:21,679 --> 00:40:24,199
it's a gauntlet of a schedule, another big one Saturday

731
00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:28,360
Night against the LSU Tigers. But yeah, I'm buying Texas

732
00:40:28,400 --> 00:40:30,360
A and M. I think they're for real and I

733
00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:33,880
think they can not only make some noise in the postseason,

734
00:40:34,039 --> 00:40:37,360
but ultimately be among one of those teams that is

735
00:40:37,400 --> 00:40:40,039
in real consideration to be the last team standing.

736
00:40:40,400 --> 00:40:42,920
Speaker 1: You know, they play LSU this week, didn't you get Miszoo,

737
00:40:43,159 --> 00:40:46,039
South Carolina, Samford? And then of course they wrap up

738
00:40:46,039 --> 00:40:51,480
with the lone Star showdown against Texas There. I feel like,

739
00:40:51,880 --> 00:40:54,719
if you are a team like A and M or

740
00:40:54,840 --> 00:40:57,760
some of these other teams in the SEC. You're just

741
00:40:57,880 --> 00:41:00,719
essentially saying to yourself, Okay, we can we can give

742
00:41:00,760 --> 00:41:05,079
ourselves two losses, but beyond that then we just don't know,

743
00:41:05,480 --> 00:41:08,400
like if it's gonna be good enough or not. And

744
00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,480
if you're A and M, like looking at those five

745
00:41:10,519 --> 00:41:14,239
games remaining, you know, you could lose LSU this week

746
00:41:14,400 --> 00:41:16,440
and then lose Missoo.

747
00:41:16,199 --> 00:41:18,880
Speaker 2: Or Texas, whatever it may be, and you're gonna be fine.

748
00:41:18,920 --> 00:41:21,639
Speaker 1: I think you look at that schedule and say, really,

749
00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:26,519
that's three tough games out of five and you have

750
00:41:26,599 --> 00:41:30,000
to win you know, two of those or really just

751
00:41:30,159 --> 00:41:32,199
one of those three. I think they're in a great

752
00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:34,119
spot for when it comes to the playoff picture.

753
00:41:34,920 --> 00:41:38,400
Speaker 5: No, you're absolutely correct, And arguably my least favorite saying

754
00:41:38,559 --> 00:41:41,000
in sports is we're playing with house money. I just

755
00:41:41,039 --> 00:41:44,000
get It just makes my skin crawl, because no coach,

756
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:47,840
no competitor thinks that way. But us, you know, us

757
00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:51,320
jokers in the media can start to piece the puzzle

758
00:41:51,360 --> 00:41:53,800
together and say, yeah, they're playing with house money because

759
00:41:53,960 --> 00:41:57,719
they've put themselves in such a such a favorable position

760
00:41:57,840 --> 00:42:00,320
based on the body of work up into this point.

761
00:42:00,320 --> 00:42:02,079
But the second you take your foot off in the

762
00:42:02,119 --> 00:42:05,880
gas in the SEC. I don't think Sandford can sneak

763
00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:09,719
up on the Texas Maggi's with that schedule. But you know,

764
00:42:09,840 --> 00:42:12,519
there's the last thing Mike Elkoh and that team is

765
00:42:12,559 --> 00:42:14,920
talking about right now, is hey, we can still afford

766
00:42:14,920 --> 00:42:17,000
a loss here, a loss there. But like I said,

767
00:42:17,039 --> 00:42:19,320
you know, we can piece the schedule together and say

768
00:42:19,320 --> 00:42:21,519
they're in a really good spot and got to be,

769
00:42:22,239 --> 00:42:25,239
you know, a team that you would basically bet the

770
00:42:25,239 --> 00:42:27,639
house on making the college football playoffs at this point.

771
00:42:27,880 --> 00:42:30,960
Speaker 2: So there are tribal Texas definitely not playing with house money.

772
00:42:31,239 --> 00:42:35,000
Speaker 1: Almost lost to Kentucky last week in overtime after a

773
00:42:35,039 --> 00:42:38,440
dominating win against Oklahama, And.

774
00:42:38,960 --> 00:42:42,920
Speaker 2: You know, I look at that team, Rima, and I

775
00:42:42,960 --> 00:42:44,119
feel like they're they're on.

776
00:42:44,239 --> 00:42:48,719
Speaker 1: Thin, thin ice, that that third loss is coming sooner

777
00:42:48,719 --> 00:42:51,280
than later, and there might be a fourth, who knows,

778
00:42:51,320 --> 00:42:53,320
maybe even a fifth. The one thing that bodes well

779
00:42:53,360 --> 00:42:56,239
for Texas though, even though Arch hasn't played that great

780
00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:59,079
and they've had their question marks on the offensive line,

781
00:42:59,599 --> 00:43:03,880
the their schedule down the stretch is pretty favorable. But

782
00:43:04,239 --> 00:43:06,639
I think that Kentucky game last week showed us that

783
00:43:06,679 --> 00:43:07,960
nothing to guarantee with him.

784
00:43:08,519 --> 00:43:12,360
Speaker 5: No, absolutely not. And it's an interesting discussion that I

785
00:43:12,400 --> 00:43:14,960
think a lot of Texas fans are having, and certainly

786
00:43:15,039 --> 00:43:19,039
college football talking heads of Sarkasian's role in all this.

787
00:43:19,400 --> 00:43:21,639
And Sarka is the play caller. He was asked about

788
00:43:21,679 --> 00:43:24,639
it as at his weekly press conference and he just

789
00:43:25,000 --> 00:43:27,559
basically said, that's what I do. That's why I was

790
00:43:27,639 --> 00:43:30,519
hired to be the head coach at Texas. I'm not,

791
00:43:31,079 --> 00:43:34,880
you know, relieving myself of play calling duties because I

792
00:43:34,920 --> 00:43:38,679
am a play caller. And even though you know, he

793
00:43:38,760 --> 00:43:40,519
went on about how some years you're going to be

794
00:43:40,599 --> 00:43:42,079
led by your defense, some years are going to be

795
00:43:42,159 --> 00:43:43,840
led by the offense, and so on and so forth,

796
00:43:44,119 --> 00:43:47,920
But it doesn't take a football genius to recognize that

797
00:43:48,000 --> 00:43:51,679
this Texas team has really fallen short in every aspect

798
00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:54,119
on the offensive side of the football, and it's only

799
00:43:54,159 --> 00:43:58,320
a matter of time before those shortcomings lead to a

800
00:43:58,559 --> 00:44:01,719
third loss that would be you know, catastrophic to the

801
00:44:01,840 --> 00:44:04,159
entire season, and that, like you said, they've been on

802
00:44:04,280 --> 00:44:08,320
thin ice and they really haven't done anything up until

803
00:44:08,320 --> 00:44:11,519
this point to you know, put forth any type of

804
00:44:11,639 --> 00:44:14,679
belief for their fan base. That this is a team

805
00:44:14,760 --> 00:44:17,559
that's going to live up to the preseason expectations. Obviously,

806
00:44:17,559 --> 00:44:20,559
the preseason expectations where the number one team in the land,

807
00:44:20,599 --> 00:44:22,440
so by that definition, you got to win it all.

808
00:44:22,519 --> 00:44:26,519
But nobody, and I mean nobody saw this coming from

809
00:44:26,519 --> 00:44:30,119
the Texas Longhorns to being a shell of themselves or

810
00:44:30,159 --> 00:44:33,000
what we thought they might be. And like you said,

811
00:44:33,000 --> 00:44:34,599
I think it's just a matter of time.

812
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:36,280
Speaker 2: When it comes to arch Rama.

813
00:44:36,400 --> 00:44:40,800
Speaker 1: Do you think the problems that he's faced are more

814
00:44:40,880 --> 00:44:45,199
due to these circumstances around him or more self inflicted.

815
00:44:45,239 --> 00:44:47,400
Speaker 2: What's kind of your evaluation where he stands right now.

816
00:44:47,519 --> 00:44:51,480
Speaker 5: Yeah, I've gone back and watched a couple of Texas's games,

817
00:44:51,519 --> 00:44:55,880
and obviously not the entire games, but in short segments

818
00:44:56,039 --> 00:44:59,320
and whatnot, and it just it appears like it is

819
00:44:59,519 --> 00:45:03,159
a uni wide issue and that it's not all on

820
00:45:03,159 --> 00:45:06,519
one guy. But at the same time, if you pair

821
00:45:06,800 --> 00:45:11,119
the lack of production with the preseason hype and listen,

822
00:45:11,199 --> 00:45:13,800
maybe the media is to blame and that's always an

823
00:45:13,800 --> 00:45:18,519
easy scapegoat. But the guy is the preseason Heisman favorite,

824
00:45:18,599 --> 00:45:22,199
so we're going to have those types of blinders on

825
00:45:22,239 --> 00:45:24,639
when we look at this offense, and it starts with

826
00:45:24,679 --> 00:45:28,079
the quarterback, but up front they haven't been the same.

827
00:45:28,119 --> 00:45:31,639
They lost so many important contributors up front, they lose

828
00:45:31,679 --> 00:45:35,039
a lot of dynamic playmaking abilities. And we all love

829
00:45:35,880 --> 00:45:38,639
a coach cliche here that football is the ultimate team game.

830
00:45:38,639 --> 00:45:41,199
Football is the ultimate team game. You need all eleven

831
00:45:41,239 --> 00:45:44,639
guys functioning on that offense to be a unit, and

832
00:45:44,679 --> 00:45:47,360
not everybody doing their one eleventh is ultimately going to

833
00:45:47,400 --> 00:45:50,079
reflect on the quarterback, and I think the Florida game

834
00:45:50,159 --> 00:45:53,239
is a good example of that, where he was under duress.

835
00:45:53,360 --> 00:45:57,039
And whether it's the timing of routes, it's the inability

836
00:45:57,079 --> 00:46:01,039
to establish a running game, it's the really complete failure

837
00:46:01,119 --> 00:46:03,039
at the point of attack, at the line of scrimmage,

838
00:46:03,079 --> 00:46:06,679
all of those you chalk up to a failing offense,

839
00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:09,320
and that's what we're seeing. But the easiest kind of

840
00:46:10,079 --> 00:46:13,760
diagnosis is, hey, Arch is just not pulling his weight

841
00:46:13,800 --> 00:46:15,440
and he's not as good as we might have thought

842
00:46:15,639 --> 00:46:17,679
he was. And all those can be true. You know,

843
00:46:17,679 --> 00:46:20,360
two things can be true, that Arch was overhyped, but

844
00:46:20,400 --> 00:46:23,119
at the same time, all eleven guys offensively are not

845
00:46:23,199 --> 00:46:25,320
pulling their own weight. For the Texas Longhorns.

846
00:46:25,519 --> 00:46:28,119
Speaker 1: We're talking to Jake Riba right now here on the

847
00:46:28,119 --> 00:46:30,840
program this week from the Fan in Dallas and also

848
00:46:30,880 --> 00:46:35,079
the Lockdown Detroit Network all things college football. Right now

849
00:46:36,079 --> 00:46:39,519
another rival. Let's go from Texas to Oklahoma. I've gotten

850
00:46:39,559 --> 00:46:43,119
to see this team in person this year, and Jake,

851
00:46:43,400 --> 00:46:45,800
I gotta tell you, I love this defense. I love

852
00:46:45,880 --> 00:46:48,840
John Materia quarterback spot. I thought that he looked better

853
00:46:49,519 --> 00:46:51,199
and you've got a little bit more of the rust

854
00:46:51,239 --> 00:46:54,960
off that week against South Carolina. But the thing that

855
00:46:55,360 --> 00:46:57,920
I worry when it comes to the Sooners Rima is

856
00:46:58,320 --> 00:47:00,599
that schedule is as tough as any team in the country.

857
00:47:00,639 --> 00:47:04,320
There's just no room foreerror. And then on top of

858
00:47:04,320 --> 00:47:06,920
that too, like I know, the defense is so good,

859
00:47:07,360 --> 00:47:10,719
but that Oklahoma team cannot afford to get in the shootout.

860
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:12,320
Speaker 2: They don't have a good enough run game.

861
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:15,559
Speaker 1: You know, they have some decent receivers, but I don't

862
00:47:15,599 --> 00:47:17,400
think they can go score forty.

863
00:47:17,079 --> 00:47:18,840
Speaker 2: Points on anybody.

864
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:22,800
Speaker 1: Maybe the defense avoids them from getting in those circumstances,

865
00:47:22,880 --> 00:47:27,039
but to me, I think those things, you know, the

866
00:47:27,119 --> 00:47:30,239
lack of explosion that offense is is going to hold

867
00:47:30,280 --> 00:47:33,599
this team back from potentially, you know, being that that

868
00:47:33,599 --> 00:47:35,159
that playoff team here, what do you.

869
00:47:35,159 --> 00:47:36,679
Speaker 2: Think of where the Sooners are at right now?

870
00:47:37,400 --> 00:47:40,000
Speaker 5: No, that's a good point, and it's it's kind of

871
00:47:40,400 --> 00:47:42,840
ancient history at this point. But you know, jumping the

872
00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:44,480
time machine with me, go all the way back to

873
00:47:44,559 --> 00:47:47,480
that game against Michigan early in the season. I thought

874
00:47:47,480 --> 00:47:49,920
that was the perfect game plan. And obviously I'll look

875
00:47:49,960 --> 00:47:53,199
at it from a Michigan standpoint, where their game plan

876
00:47:53,760 --> 00:47:57,760
was absolutely archaic and they didn't let Bryce Young. I mean,

877
00:47:57,800 --> 00:48:00,760
they kept the training wheels on them. But that mold

878
00:48:00,960 --> 00:48:04,719
of playing really good defense for four quarters and letting

879
00:48:04,800 --> 00:48:08,440
John Mattier and that offensive line lean on the opposition,

880
00:48:08,519 --> 00:48:11,519
wear them down, wear them down, and eventually kind of

881
00:48:11,559 --> 00:48:14,719
like you know, to use a cheesy analogy, like a

882
00:48:15,559 --> 00:48:18,360
Boa constrictor or Ana Conder. I don't know my snakes

883
00:48:18,480 --> 00:48:21,159
very well, Tyler Jones. I'll work on that, but whatever

884
00:48:21,239 --> 00:48:24,039
snake you know, suffocates you by the end. That's what

885
00:48:24,159 --> 00:48:26,920
this Oklahoma game plan should be. Where you play great

886
00:48:26,960 --> 00:48:30,239
defense and John Mattier in that rushing attack, it's going

887
00:48:30,599 --> 00:48:32,840
lean on the opposition, and by the fourth quarter you

888
00:48:32,840 --> 00:48:34,760
got John Mattier, you look up and he's ran for

889
00:48:34,800 --> 00:48:36,800
over one hundred yards. He's got a couple of scores,

890
00:48:37,039 --> 00:48:39,119
and you've won this one by a couple of possessions.

891
00:48:39,199 --> 00:48:42,159
So now is that easier said than done? Absolutely? I

892
00:48:42,199 --> 00:48:45,159
think this week, let's just start there. My goodness, Ole

893
00:48:45,199 --> 00:48:48,760
Miss and Oklahoma playing in a it's you know, another

894
00:48:48,760 --> 00:48:51,800
week in the SEC. But you got this Ole Miss

895
00:48:51,840 --> 00:48:54,360
Rebels team coming off a game they a lot of

896
00:48:54,360 --> 00:48:56,719
people could say they should have won based on how

897
00:48:56,760 --> 00:48:59,880
well they played in that first half against Georgia. And

898
00:49:00,559 --> 00:49:04,440
you know, a dynamic offense obviously led by Trinidad Chambliss

899
00:49:04,440 --> 00:49:08,079
at quarterback there and Lane Kiffin and and obviously he's

900
00:49:08,159 --> 00:49:10,320
you know, one of the hottest topics in college football.

901
00:49:10,360 --> 00:49:13,199
But I mean this is this is I would say

902
00:49:13,519 --> 00:49:17,880
an opportunity for the Sooners to really really take a

903
00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:20,199
huge step forward. Sure, but at the same time, you've

904
00:49:20,199 --> 00:49:23,000
got an upset on this team coming into town that

905
00:49:23,960 --> 00:49:25,800
has has a lot to prove.

906
00:49:26,280 --> 00:49:28,320
Speaker 2: Yeah, no question, no question about it.

907
00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:33,159
Speaker 1: Uh Ramon Another team within our area and the Texas

908
00:49:33,159 --> 00:49:36,079
Tech Red Raiders suffered their first loss the season last

909
00:49:36,079 --> 00:49:39,239
week at the hands of Arizona State. I know that,

910
00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:41,960
you know they were without Morton the quarterback and they

911
00:49:42,039 --> 00:49:45,159
played Hammond and haven't played didn't play too bad actually

912
00:49:45,559 --> 00:49:48,920
in that loss. But we know what they've invested the

913
00:49:48,960 --> 00:49:51,639
way they started. You're talking to people every day on

914
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:55,840
radio in Dallas. What's what's kind of the excitement level

915
00:49:56,280 --> 00:50:00,159
or are you sensing like real buy in from whether

916
00:50:00,199 --> 00:50:02,679
it's Texas Tech people or even just your own self

917
00:50:02,719 --> 00:50:05,840
like that this feels like a legit team here? Do

918
00:50:05,880 --> 00:50:08,599
you think that we're talking not just in the big

919
00:50:08,679 --> 00:50:12,000
twelve picture, but can they be a real playoff threat here?

920
00:50:13,039 --> 00:50:16,280
Speaker 5: Absolutely? And all season long. This is my shameless plug

921
00:50:16,320 --> 00:50:18,719
for my college football show on Saturday mornings on one

922
00:50:18,760 --> 00:50:21,119
O five to three The Fan Fan University make sure

923
00:50:21,159 --> 00:50:22,760
you check it out. But one of our co hosts

924
00:50:23,039 --> 00:50:28,079
hosts a Texas Tech specific football show and has you know,

925
00:50:28,119 --> 00:50:31,079
had the opportunity to have Joey McGuire on his show.

926
00:50:31,119 --> 00:50:34,039
We've had Joey McGuire on our show on the Fan,

927
00:50:34,280 --> 00:50:37,360
and you know what better person to go to straight

928
00:50:37,559 --> 00:50:39,920
straight to the horse's mouth, you know, straight to straight

929
00:50:39,960 --> 00:50:43,000
to the source. And they absolutely believe in everything they're

930
00:50:43,039 --> 00:50:46,000
doing there and love it. And whether it's the fan base,

931
00:50:46,280 --> 00:50:50,800
the coaching staff and everywhere in between. This is a

932
00:50:51,039 --> 00:50:53,800
one hundred percent buy in. And I've said all season long,

933
00:50:54,039 --> 00:50:56,960
the Texas Tech Red Raiders of twenty twenty five are

934
00:50:56,960 --> 00:51:01,119
going to prove to be the case study for athletics

935
00:51:01,199 --> 00:51:03,239
and not just the football team either. Look at how

936
00:51:03,320 --> 00:51:06,760
much they've invested in the softball team out here, buying players.

937
00:51:06,760 --> 00:51:10,079
But that's the new age of college athletics, for better

938
00:51:10,159 --> 00:51:12,320
or for worse. And that's a whole other conversation for

939
00:51:12,360 --> 00:51:17,000
a different day. But I do believe that that loss

940
00:51:17,039 --> 00:51:19,719
in Tempee against a good Arizona State team that was

941
00:51:19,920 --> 00:51:22,280
a little bit healthier than this Texas Tech team. Not

942
00:51:22,320 --> 00:51:24,760
to make excuses by any means, but I think it

943
00:51:24,920 --> 00:51:28,519
was a slip up shore and I think this Texas

944
00:51:28,519 --> 00:51:30,800
Tech team will be back. And the Big Twelve is

945
00:51:30,800 --> 00:51:33,480
a fascinating race in and of itself because you've got

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an undefeated BYU team, You've got an undefeated in the

947
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conference Cincinnati team with Scott Saturdyfield and everything he's done

948
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for Cincinnati, and a lot of teams in that one loss,

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one conference loss, that's just nipping at their heels waiting

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for the next team to slip up. So a lot

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of really quality football being played in the Big Twelve.

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It's anybody's conference right now. But at the same time,

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I feel really if I were a Texas Tech and

954
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maybe it's just because I've been brainwashed by the Texas

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Tech Red Raider crew that I am in contact with regularly.

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And at the same time, it's easy to buy into

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and I think the Red Raiders will make a lot

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of noise this postseason.

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Speaker 1: All right, last thing in the college football front here, Raemon,

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We've talked a lot about the local teams, but we

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still have any touch on everybody yet, whether it's Baylor, SMU, TCU,

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maybe you want to go even North Texas potentially. Who

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is somebody we haven't talked about today that catches you're

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on that we should be talking about.

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Speaker 5: All Right, I got a couple for you, Tyler Jones.

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You know I love all levels of football, So I

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got to give a shout out to the eight and

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o Tarleton State Texans. How about that number three in

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the country for fcs, and they'll be higher because this

970
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weekend number one versus number two. It's an absolute shame

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that college game Day is not at the North Dakota

972
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State South Dakota State Battle but one of those teams

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is going to lose this weekend, so that means Tarleton State,

974
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assuming they again they're eight no, will continue to climb

975
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up those rankings. We had a chance to talk to

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Todd Whitten, their head coach, on our show Fan University.

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He was awesome, a legend he's been there forever. The

978
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Charleston State story is fascinating. They are at one time

979
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in nai school without a conference, then to the Division

980
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two ranks, now onto Division one. It's really a great

981
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story if you're into all that. Now that's my one

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off that you weren't expecting. I think what Eric Morris

983
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has done at North Texas has been really, really impressive.

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Now they got exposed a little bit on national TV

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a couple weeks ago against South Florida. The Bulls are

986
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probably that group of five sweetheart everybody's in love with,

987
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and rightfully so. But Memphis losing and an upset bid

988
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to UAB last week really continues to open the door

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in the American Conference. Now, North Texas still needs some

990
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things to happen and South Florida to lose. South Florida

991
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and Memphis will play, so that's their only hope there.

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But North Texas still has an outside chance to be

993
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one of those one loss conference champions that maybe finds

994
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their way to a playoff appearance. But SMU, too, everything's

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in front of them in the ACC. With Miami losing

996
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to Louisville, SMU technically controls their own destiny. They're gonna

997
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play Miami at home next weekend. They've got Wake Forest

998
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this weekend. But Rhet Lashley is one of my favorite

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coaches in the country. Obviously, he's been linked to some

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big jobs with that Arkansas opening, being a lum of Arkansas,

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so that's something to keep your eye on. But man,

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I could just go on and on for hours. Tyler

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Jones about all the compelling storylines in college football, whether

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it's locally all across the great, great country of the

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United States of America.

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Speaker 2: I love it. The life is better with football.

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Speaker 5: This is my Dallas Cowboys at and t setup. I

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have the sun shining in and blinding me, just like

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the Dallas Cowboys do at this time every every Sunday

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for home games.

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Speaker 2: That's fantastic.

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Speaker 1: Jake, appreciate the time, my friend. We'll talk getting down

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the line. Thanks for trying us.

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Speaker 5: Always a pleasure, My pleasure Man

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Speaker 4: Four,