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Speaker 1: You are now listening to the Big Ten Paradigm Podcast

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here on the College Gridiron Coast to Coast Podcast Network.

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Please welcome in Noah Drury's we cover the Big Ten

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throughout this whole entire twenty twenty five college football season,

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and welcome into the Big Ten Paradigm Show.

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Speaker 2: My name is Noah Drury. You can follow me on

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Twitter at Drury Noah d r U R y n lah.

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And how about the first week of the college football

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season that just wrapped up, well, not technically at the

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time of this recording. We still have Sunday and Monday

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to play in about three point thirty at ob Virginia

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Tech South Carolina and then seven o'clock Notre Dame Miami,

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which we'll talk Notre Dame over the time of this

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season as they are technically in Big Ten country. They

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are just choosing to be an independent, so we don't

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consider the Big Ten. But we'll talk about Notre Dame

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here or there. But I gotta watch them play their game.

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And how about the show what started off with the

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weekday games? And then we will have our guests from

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Ohio State ninety seven won the fan down there in

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the Columbus. The Ohio State football sideline reporter Tyler Danberg

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also does a little bit of Ohio State women's basketball

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play by play, and we'll be doing Ohio State baseball

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as well, So that'll be great to see from him.

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And you'll be our Ohio State guy for as long

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as we need him to be, hopefully, unless he doesn't

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want to be on the show anymore. No, we had

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a great conversation earlier, and I cannot wait to have

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him on the show. What I mean great conversation earlier?

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I mean I hit him up in his DMS, you know,

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not in a weird way, not in a way that

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maybe some of you guys at home would, But No,

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I had a good talk earlier. Can't wait to have

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him on later. Start off with Thursday, Rutgers in Ohio

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was the first game of the Big Ten season and

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it kind of didn't disappoint Rutgers what up thirty one

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to I believe fourteen or thirty one seventeen in Ohio

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trying to make that back to our comeback. Rutgers ended

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up holding on to the lead. Afe and Kelly acmanis

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he looks a little bit different this year. It looks

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a little bit better. Eighteen for twenty three, two fifty

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two eleven yards per except two touchdowns. I liked the

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running game from Rutgers with Antoine Raymond, C. J. Campbell

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junior ian strong in the receiving corps. He looks pretty

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strong defensively. This this does not look like Rutgers giving

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up thirty one points to a MAC team. When you

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watch Rutgers games, you're thinking like, okay, when they're playing

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like a group of five opponent or typically in the

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non conference, with the team that they have a chance against,

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not to say that you know they don't have chances.

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When they play different teams, you think typically like yeah,

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you know they it'll be like a LITW scoring game

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kind of how like uh Minnesota Buffalo was. I guess

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to say, which, we'll talk about that game in a second.

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That will be the next one we move on to.

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But yeah, I thought Rutgers, like, while I don't know

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how they're gonna do over the courts of this season,

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I think being able to win every game that you

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have a chance in or you're not more than a

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ten point doggin over the season, I think that could

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be very beneficial to this team moving on Minnesota Buffalo,

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and we're gonna hit across every Big Ten team in

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this episode, just because it's the beginning of the year,

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and well, overt talk when we need to. But I mean,

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for the most part, like a lot of these matchups,

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especially on Saturday, there's not too much to note of.

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Big Ten team that played, just for a short brief

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period of time, it'll be great. And then obviously when

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the season continues to move along, let's take a look

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at standings, you know, talk about the big matchups all that.

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But I wanted to since I watched every single Big

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Ten team of some variation. It could have been five minutes,

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it could have been five hours. I guess the viewer

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will never know at home because they can't. I guess

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there's probably no like data that you could put in

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a human to do that. Anyways, I thought Minnesota with

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Darius Taylor and Drake Lindsay looked well. Drake Lindsay had

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that one bad play ended up being a pick for Buffalo,

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but he also had that nice ball at the end

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to kind of seal the deal against Buffalo as well.

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I thought that he looked pretty solid. And I thought

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this Minnesota defense, to be quite honest, looked pretty good

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in this game. I thought that, you know, how are

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they looking second year without Joe Rossi? Joe Rossi was

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a big part on this coordinator's staff with PJ. Fleck,

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and you know this is your win? Did PJ Flack join?

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school enough to make the impact and row the boat

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still to be a big part this Golden Gophers team.

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the receiving corps that I thought really like amazed me

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and maybe that'll be something that gets better throughout this season.

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four pass deflections as a group, No one really in

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particular that I'm like sold on, But I think a

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nice collective group of players that I think Minnesota actually

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has a chance if Drake Lindsay continues to be solid

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and he had his inefficiencies this game, you know, the

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first year start or not making the correct reads, that's

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just gonna happen. I thought Max Brosmer actually was a

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really solid quarterback for Minnesota, and I actually liked his

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tape when he came out of I believe, the University

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of New Hampshire. So yeah, for Buffalo, I don't know that. Okay,

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not to discredit mac teams because they're fun to watch

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during the week. I just they didn't really do anything,

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second half and they kind of just put the game

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to sleep for me, like a was bedside for me.

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Speaker 2: Anyways, Uh, Nebraska Cincinnati will go a little bit more

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deeper on this game. I thought that Nebraska still stayed

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pretty well on the defensive side. That was one of

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the concerns with me with Tony White departing and going

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to join Florida State, which, hey, how about that went

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over Alabama? Like, I thought Nebraska's defense looked really well

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in the secondary obviously, I think Sowresby's honestly a pretty

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good quarterback and they were able to hold him for

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basically nothing. Cyrus Allen, while he had five receptions for

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forty one yards, he struggled to get separation a lot

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of the time. No one else was able to even

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have remotely an impact in the receiving game. Sowresby was

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the only one really anything to get done on his legs. Like,

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I think this defense really took this Cincinnati offense out

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of the game, and they scored a field goal early on.

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end that looked kind of scary. But I mean Nebraska

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stepped up. They did their job. You're supposed to win

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a game like this. Sure you would have liked it

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to be in a more dominating fashion, you know, maybe

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have Dylan Royola look a little bit better. Not to

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say that he played bad. He had a couple of

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red zone balls that I thought were really well in

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this game. Emma Johnson looks great out of the backfield too.

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I mean, like nothing flashy. He's not gonna be, you know,

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Doak Walker Award winner, but I thought he looked pretty solid.

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Isaiah Hunter and Dane Key two good players for this team.

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I think this receiving room is gonna be one of

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the better Nebraska receiving rooms we've seen in quite some time.

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I was a big Dane Key fan when he was

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at Kentucky, and I think he he might not be

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a Day one guy. You might not even be a

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day too guy, But I think he will end up

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on an NFL roster by this time next year. And

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if you want to throw a little bit bet on it,

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go for it. I'm not going to. But no, And

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like I mentioned, I think williams Nowarney was a good

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pick up from this team from Missouri as well. Son

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McCulloch as well from I believe he just came from

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Oklahoma because he was Indiana to Oklahoma, now Oklahoma and Nebraska.

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I thought he looked really well. I'm like, no, wait,

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all in all, I thought the defense was amazing in

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this game, and they really just have to find a

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better way to convert on offense. I think that was

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one of the things that I saw. I was kind

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of like, uh, they could do better. But I mean,

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for the most part, like you know, opening game, they

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played solid. They played solid, and yeah, and then let's

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get through these next week day games. I guess we

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could start off with the final one with the Wisconsin

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Miami Ohio not of anything too, of no other than

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Billy Edwards. They get hurt in this game and they

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had to put in O'Neill, which he didn't look too bad,

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but their offense kind of like it was three to

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zero at halftime in Miami, Ohio. First of all, what

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happened to Daikwan Finn, the former amazing Toledo quarterback. But

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also kind of just like I was a little disappointed

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in the fact of, uh yeah, they just didn't look

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good on both sides of the ball, Like day Kwon

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Finn just missed like a good amount of throws. They

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really couldn't run the ball in Wisconsin, So I'll give

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him that. That's something that you probably do want to

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see out of a Big Ten team, is good run defense.

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But yeah, there's just not much to say there. Like

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but defensively they looked solid. But you know, Miami Ohio

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is not like really gonna threaten you on the offensive

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side of the ball, at least not against the likes

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of a Big ten team. And I think Wisconsin played physical.

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I don't know if Fickle is going to be the

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head coach and Madison this time next year. But that

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is for under review. Let's move into the two games

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and the Big Ten. On Friday, Illinois Western Illinois fifty

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two to three. Yeah, there, there's no much Illinois should

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be pretty good this year. They take care of their

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FCS opponent, didn't allow them to score until a field

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goal in the fourth quarter. Yeah, yeah, they should be

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pretty good. Obviously, we'll have to see how they look

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throughout the rest of the non conference season, just because

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that's just you know, Western Illinois is not really a

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good indicator of where this Illinois team is at per se.

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will be entertaining to watch, and then they'll play Western

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Michigan a round out the non conference season. I don't

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really know how good Michigan State was, so I'm not

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gonna say, oh, that's an impressive winner. That's not an

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impressive win for Michigan State. But I'd like to see

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because while I don't think Western Michigan was particularly amazing,

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there's a few things that I liked from that squad.

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But yeah, I mean, Illinois, Gosh, they just looked really good.

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receiving room just because they they don't really have anybody

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that I was like amazed by, compared like a Pat

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Bryant or Zakari Franklin. Like, yes, Hank Beatty looked good,

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and to be fair, a lot of different guys got

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targets in receptions. But does that mean particularly anything when

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you're gonna need a guy to step up in a

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big game. Who knows. I guess that'll be wait and

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see and look, they play Duke next week, so I

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While I don't think they look too like improved per se,

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I thought they played solid. I'm gonna ended up going

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back and watching this. They were up twenty three to nothing,

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and I think they kind of just took care of

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Bear's business. After that. Giles, he looked a lot better.

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where it's just like just turned the ball away and

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ends up taking a sack a couple of times. Anyways,

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looked good. Omar Kelly. He got a lot of a

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lot of targets, especially in that first half, and really

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trying to get him in space. I think that's something

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the middle of the guy, you know, try to just

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get big third down receptions, you know, be a red

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zone target. I didn't really see Belling touched the ball

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too much in this game, and I would like to

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see how the craze gonna get used as well. But

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are a really good team when they want to be,

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when they have the right pieces in place, when they

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have good coaching. So I happened in twenty twenty one,

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So what happened in twenty fifteen, So what happened in

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the year they run the Rose Bowl, which I believe

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was twenty fourteen or twenty no twenty thirteen as well.

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So I mean, like they're a team that's capable of

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having really good years when the right pieces are and play.

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It's just we haven't had that with everything in place.

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But enough Homerism on the Spartans. We won't spend that

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much time on them. It's not what you're here for.

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You're here to probably talk here hear the Big Ten

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Paradigm TALC about the Texas game, and we will with

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Tyler Danberg, man, what a game that was. You will

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be joining the show here coming up next here on

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the Big Ten Paradigm, And yeah, I guess you'll have

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Ticket Smarter, and welcome back to the Big ten paradigm.

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Speaker 3: Here.

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Speaker 2: I am pleased to be joined by Tyler Danberg. He

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is ninety seven to one the fans Ohio State football

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is radio sideline reporter. And I also see you're gonna

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be doing some women's basketball and baseball play by play

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a wise, so kind of talk to me how did

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you land that opportunity because I know it was relatively recent.

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Well, first off, no, it's great to be with

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you and great to be a part of an incredible

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team at the Ohio State Sports Network from Larfield. I

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was a graduate of Ohio State. I graduated in December

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of twenty twenty four, and while there as a student,

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we got a lot of opportunities to broadcast seventy different

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sports between the radio and TV side, between Scarlett and

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Gray Sports Radio and Big ten Plus, So we got

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to interact a lot with the people in and around

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the athletic department and its programs, and especially the women's basketball, baseball,

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and football teams. So when it came open, applied for it,

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went through the process, continued the process, and was grateful

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to Skip Masik and Matt Fishman for affording the opportunity

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to help you on the sidelines, on the hardwin and

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on the diamond this year for Ohio State football, baseball,

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and basketball.

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Speaker 2: It would be busy throughout the whole year with everything

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going on in the Ohio State including yesterday's game, which

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was a big one, the first win in a while

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for Ohio State beating the number one ap team, and

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to start off, I just wanted to ask before we

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dive into the details of everything, what is just your

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overall assessment from the fourteen to seven win over Texas.

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Speaker 3: Well, it starts with the defense, Matt Patricia. There were

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not I would not say there were question marks, but

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there was a lot of anxious on how the defense

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is going to look under Matt Patricia after a defensive

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renaissance under Jim Knowles, who's not at Penn State. I

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think Matt Patrician, not coaching college for twenty years definitely

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raised some eyebrows in terms of how is this going

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to look? How is he going to adapt? Well, this

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Ohio State coaching staff has over sixty two years of

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NFL coaching experience. Patricia's got a lot of that, and

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what he did to disguise his defense yesterday befuddled Texas.

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I mean arch Manning. He had that throw down the

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left seam to Ryan Wingo. He had that throw that

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he dropped in the bucket to tight end Jack Entries

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late in the fourth quarter. Then he had the touchdown

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to Parker Livingstone. You can maybe chart one or two

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more passes where Manning looked comfortable the rest Ohio State

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Greek Havoc. I think what stuck out to know about

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the defense was that there were no two players that

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were in the same spot back to the back plays.

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Linebackers were playing up towards the lines, dropping back in coverage.

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The defensive backfield in the secondary was playing press coverage,

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and then they'd sit back and they would just be

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all over the place, even rushing off the edge. Just

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so much chaos that was wreaked by the Ohio States defense.

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And then I think I was talking to Ryan Day

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after the game and he mentioned in our postgame interview

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talking about guys like CJ. Hicks Jermaine Matthews Junior stepping

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up after being behind on the depth chart for their

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first couple years, after being such highly tied of recruits.

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He said, that's what college football is all about, those

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guys that develop through the program and stay with the program,

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and it's that idea of those who stay will become champions.

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You know, those are two guys that could have gone

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anywhere in the country at linebacker and defensive back, respectfully.

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Jermaine Matthews Junior could have started last year anywhere else,

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but he was behind Davis and Niguanosen and Denzel Burke. CJ.

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Hicks was behind a plethora of linebackers, So what did

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he do? He moved to defensive end and he makes

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the fourth thousand stop. He pressures arch Manning Caleb Downs

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finishes it off. So I thought that really resonated about

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how this is a completely new Ohios d team after

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losing fourteen NFL draft picks. But it's cool to see

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the guys who didn't get brought in via the transfer portal,

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but the ones that have been homegrown and homebred through

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the program get to finally see the fruits of their

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labor payoff. Yeah, I was.

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Speaker 2: Actually I've been pretty like watching closely to Ohio State

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just because my best friend actually is a Buckeyes fan.

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So ever since I've been around like thirteen fourteen, I've

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always kind of just knew a lot of information about

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the Buckeyes because he pays pretty close attention and CJ.

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Hicks when he was a high school recruit, and even

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when I saw like a springball tape, I'm like, dude,

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this kid's gotta play. Why isn't he playing? And I

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know there's been a lot of talents and linebackers to

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come through that program and now him converting to edge

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him actually, you know, showing an ability to get pressure

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and kind of step into a role that he really

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wasn't recruited to do. It's just special to see in

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Jermaine matt I mean, we'll talk about the secondary, but

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Jermaine Matthews looked really good yesterday, just like an all

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fat and all coverages as well.

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Speaker 3: So yeah, he did. And I think the only slight

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blip for Matthews yesterday was the touchdown to Livingstone, which

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might have the peard looking back at it, maybe Matthews tripped,

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maybe Livingstone had about a half a step pasted him.

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But outside of that, he had the pass break if

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that almost led to the Sunny Styles interception that ultimately

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got overturned. But like, the secondary was just flying everywhere,

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and Jalen McClain might be might be the guy that

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nobody's talking about. He's from New Jersey, four star recruit,

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started one game last year against Nebraska, twelve tackles. Yesterday,

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a bunch of solo stops just flying all over the place,

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really raking havocs. So he's another guy to watch. And

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then offensively, I think Julian saying, did exactly what Ryan

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Day was looking for him to do against a number

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one team, not to turn the ball over. Be smart.

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He said, when you have to throw it away, throw

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it away. Julian say. It had one throw when he

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went back to pass and he didn't throw it away,

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and it was from his own end zone on a

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play action rollout, and luckily he completed it on a

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nice play to Carnal Tape. But that being said, every

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single time outside of that he had to throw the

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ball away, he threw it away. And he just managed

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the game really well and he made the big bros.

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I mean, forty of his one hundred and thirty yards

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came on that touchdown to Carnell Tait, which is just

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a remarkable double clutched catch. So I think that saying

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like that's that might be the worst we're going to

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see of the former five star this year.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, and he really should have went sixteen for twenty

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two because I remember watching the beginning of that game

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Max Claire drops the ball. I'm like, well, why did

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they Why Purdue was cooking at the time, too, So

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I'm like, oh, man, maybe maybe Purdue doesn't need Max

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Claire jokingly, but no, he drops the ball, and then

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Jerebiah Smith dropped two balls. I'm like, these guys like

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not in sync. I saw Jeremiah Smith obviously switch the

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gloves and he ended up having a pretty okay game.

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But yeah, Julian saying, like, maybe not the best statistical game,

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but this is probably gonna be a top three to

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top five defense, you know, throughout the whole entire country,

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probably gonna be the second best defense you play other

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than Ohio State at some point throughout the season. But

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I thought that like him actually throwing the ball, like

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he looked like a five star prospect throwing the ball

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kind of how like Underwood looked yesterday, Like that's how

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I thought saying looked as well.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, that's the thing about saying is that his confidence

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keeps growing. It's grown since he was named the starter.

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So that and I think there is something to be

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said about when you get that starting role, you are

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a little bit more vocal, you are a little bit

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more confident, and it shows that you've you've won the room.

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So especially with you know how how hard Link and

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Keynolds worked in trying to vibe for that spot as well,

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so saying like he's just got such a great demeanor,

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such a very cool, calm, collected demeanor. He doesn't get

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too high, he doesn't get too low, and just observing

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him yesterday, after every series, good or pad, he's back

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over on the iPad. He's got his headset on and

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he's communicating with whether that's Brian hartline quarterbacks coach, Philly Fessler,

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somebody upstairs in the booth. It's constant communication and just

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digesting what went right, what went wrong on that previous drive.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I like I'm gonna make the joke Alabama wishes

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they had Julian saying yesterday because Tys Simpson looked awful,

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well not awful, but not particularly great. And I mean

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we just see it, like so of these quarterbacks like

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that are end up being ranked in like you know,

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twenty four to seven Sports Top two four seven or

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ESPN's Top three hundred. Like a lot of these guys

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just some of them pan out and some of them dope.

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And you can typically tell what the quarterback in their

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first couple of like throws and starts of a game,

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if they really were supposed to be there or not.

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And not to say that, you know, arch Manning wasn't

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because I think he played the best secondary in the country.

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To be fair, I think that you know, Julian saying

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like he could legitimately finish as like a top five

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Heisman candidate when you know he plays some weaker opponents,

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is really gonna be able to get going with this group.

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Speaker 3: No doubt. He had every right to show some type

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of frustration early on yesterday, but he did it. And

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that's such a big thing. He just doesn't get high,

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doesn't get low. He stays even keel, and he stepped

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up in the biggest moments. It's it's incredible that he's

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the first. He's the first red shirt freshman or freshman

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quarterback to start and beat a number one AP team,

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says Jim Harbon in nineteen eighty four. So, you know,

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for him to do that in his first start against

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a really good Texas defense that did have some different

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looks compared to last year, but still nonetheless very good

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despite not having the Thorpe Ward winner John A. Barron.

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Speaker 2: I also missed mccooba on that team as well.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, Cooba is doing great with with the Eagles right now.

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So and and then I think another thing that's not

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getting talked about enough is how the offensive line stepped up.

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Texas got no sacks. Ohio Steed only got one, but

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Ohio States offensive line gave up one quarterback pressure all game.

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All game, Colin Simmons was getting chipped. Colin Simmons was

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getting beat by left tackle Austin Sarahveld one on one.

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When you can do that against the freshman sack leader

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last year in the country, who got better obviously with

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another year of reps, that really says a lot. The

476
00:27:49,720 --> 00:27:53,119
tight ends were great, not just you know, I'm sure

477
00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:54,839
Max Claire there are a couple of passes that he

478
00:27:54,920 --> 00:27:59,000
might want back, but they made a lot of impact

479
00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:02,400
out side of the stat sheet. And I remember overhearing

480
00:28:02,400 --> 00:28:05,720
Will Howard, who was on the sidelines. He was talking

481
00:28:05,759 --> 00:28:09,200
about Will kas Merrick, who has been referred to as

482
00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:11,440
one of the best, if not the best, run blocking

483
00:28:11,440 --> 00:28:15,039
tight end of the country. And kas Merrick on that

484
00:28:15,279 --> 00:28:20,039
thirteen play eighty yard drive was just mowing down defensive

485
00:28:20,079 --> 00:28:23,559
linemen and linebackers for Texas. And Will Howard looks to

486
00:28:23,640 --> 00:28:28,079
his right and he says, man Kaz is bullying these guys.

487
00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:32,559
I mean, that's what he was. I think kas Merck

488
00:28:32,640 --> 00:28:36,480
actually gave up the loan quarterback prussure, but he was

489
00:28:36,599 --> 00:28:39,680
on fire all day and just helping pave the way

490
00:28:39,720 --> 00:28:42,440
and then helping him past protection on that forty yard

491
00:28:42,839 --> 00:28:44,079
bomb to Carnel tape.

492
00:28:45,000 --> 00:28:47,839
Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean they were referring him on the TV

493
00:28:48,039 --> 00:28:51,359
copy like a pretty decent amount saying like just having

494
00:28:51,440 --> 00:28:55,119
him as an extra basically maybe not offensive lineman, but

495
00:28:55,359 --> 00:28:57,759
like he basically an extra offensive lineman, you know when

496
00:28:57,799 --> 00:28:59,839
you go in an unbalanced set or do something of

497
00:28:59,839 --> 00:29:02,960
that nature. That's basically what it's like having him at

498
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:06,079
the tight end position. And like my Ohio State didn't

499
00:29:06,079 --> 00:29:08,799
really like get any explosive plays on the ground, Like

500
00:29:09,599 --> 00:29:12,839
I thought Donaldson did pretty well first game coming over

501
00:29:12,880 --> 00:29:16,720
from West Virginia when they played West Virginia. Ohio State

502
00:29:16,720 --> 00:29:19,319
played West Virginia like three years ago. Am I correct?

503
00:29:20,319 --> 00:29:22,319
Speaker 3: I think you'd have to go a little bit back.

504
00:29:22,400 --> 00:29:24,480
I know the one that I think immediately that comes

505
00:29:24,480 --> 00:29:26,799
to mind, they played West Virginia back in ninety eight

506
00:29:26,880 --> 00:29:27,400
when it was.

507
00:29:27,319 --> 00:29:32,319
Speaker 2: A top Okay, maybe maybe it was Penn State then,

508
00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:36,240
but I know that I remember seeing Donaldson against a

509
00:29:36,279 --> 00:29:38,480
good big ten team and like when he was at

510
00:29:38,519 --> 00:29:40,640
West Virginia, I'm like, yeah, this guy can actually, you know,

511
00:29:40,720 --> 00:29:43,119
run the football. And when I saw that he transferred

512
00:29:43,119 --> 00:29:46,039
over to Ohio State, I'm like, One, he still has eligibility,

513
00:29:46,319 --> 00:29:49,680
but also I was like, yeah, no, this is good.

514
00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,680
Definitely gonna be a good get from Ohio State. I

515
00:29:51,720 --> 00:29:55,240
don't think he's like as explosive as like which he

516
00:29:55,519 --> 00:29:59,119
was like his freshman sophomore year. But I also think

517
00:29:59,160 --> 00:30:01,519
people's is like I think he'll get better as the

518
00:30:01,559 --> 00:30:05,200
season goes along. I just think it's hard to get

519
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:07,799
the running backs that you had obviously last season for

520
00:30:07,880 --> 00:30:08,400
this team.

521
00:30:08,519 --> 00:30:14,160
Speaker 3: So yeah, and I think Carlos Laughlin, who's the running

522
00:30:14,200 --> 00:30:17,519
backs coach, he does a great job of building that

523
00:30:17,720 --> 00:30:23,640
depth and managing Carrie Chaer, so he knows when and

524
00:30:23,720 --> 00:30:26,680
how to use guys. I think this is a more

525
00:30:26,720 --> 00:30:30,440
comfortable spot for him because he's been used to working

526
00:30:30,480 --> 00:30:34,160
in a big rotation or carousel of guys. Whereas last

527
00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:37,640
year Henderson and Judkins, those are your two guys. You

528
00:30:37,640 --> 00:30:40,920
don't have to give the ball to any anybody else

529
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,160
in meaningful moments like that. Also, Will Howard could run

530
00:30:44,200 --> 00:30:49,079
the ball effectively, whether it's designed or improvised, so it

531
00:30:49,160 --> 00:30:51,359
will be interesting to see. But like James Peeples, there

532
00:30:51,400 --> 00:30:54,960
were some runs where he looked like a bell cow,

533
00:30:55,519 --> 00:30:58,640
which is great to see because he got a lot

534
00:30:58,680 --> 00:31:00,480
of He got a lot of snaps really out of

535
00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:04,480
the season last year because they were they were blowing

536
00:31:04,559 --> 00:31:09,440
out Western Michigan and Marshall and but now you know

537
00:31:09,519 --> 00:31:12,519
you're you're going up against uh, You're going up against

538
00:31:12,559 --> 00:31:16,640
a really good front in ut And I thought he

539
00:31:16,680 --> 00:31:20,599
handled himself really nicely. And Donaldson is the perfect slasher back.

540
00:31:20,640 --> 00:31:23,079
I think of a couple of years ago when Ohios

541
00:31:23,079 --> 00:31:27,920
did at Traveon Henderson and Mayan Williams. Yeah, he was

542
00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:31,599
like a bowling ball type of runner, just very very physical,

543
00:31:32,400 --> 00:31:34,960
very hands y back who you could give it to

544
00:31:35,039 --> 00:31:37,559
him inside the ten yard line and you know, darn

545
00:31:37,599 --> 00:31:39,799
well he's gonna punch it in. I think that could

546
00:31:39,799 --> 00:31:41,799
be a very similar thing. But then on top of that,

547
00:31:42,240 --> 00:31:46,319
Donaldson also he said he feels like the flash. He

548
00:31:46,559 --> 00:31:49,319
dropped I think eight he shan't eighteen pounds and leaned

549
00:31:49,319 --> 00:31:52,799
out a little bit more. He retained that power, but

550
00:31:52,960 --> 00:31:56,119
he added a little bit more speed. It'll be really

551
00:31:56,160 --> 00:32:00,359
interesting to see how those two develop and then maybe

552
00:32:00,359 --> 00:32:06,400
these next couple weeks against Grambling State and know Ohio

553
00:32:06,480 --> 00:32:10,119
where we're gonna see true freshman running back Bo Jackson,

554
00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:14,799
great running back Nat Yeah, but the pride of Bill Angels,

555
00:32:14,799 --> 00:32:18,400
Saint Josephs in Cleveland. I'm really excited to see how

556
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:20,400
the running backs progress these next few weeks.

557
00:32:21,400 --> 00:32:24,519
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I mean Ohio State, they even like when

558
00:32:24,519 --> 00:32:26,880
they start conference play, I know they open up against

559
00:32:26,960 --> 00:32:29,759
Washington And this is the last question or the last

560
00:32:29,799 --> 00:32:34,039
thing I'll ask you on the way out. What are

561
00:32:34,079 --> 00:32:37,000
your expectations kind of moving forward with this team and

562
00:32:37,039 --> 00:32:39,720
where would you like to see this team maybe, you know,

563
00:32:39,839 --> 00:32:42,240
develop a little bit more before they really get in

564
00:32:42,240 --> 00:32:43,519
the thick of conference season.

565
00:32:44,119 --> 00:32:46,359
Speaker 3: Yeah. What I like is that this is a championship

566
00:32:46,440 --> 00:32:49,400
level defense and an offense that's going to continue to

567
00:32:49,440 --> 00:32:52,400
improve as this year goes on. You look at yesterday,

568
00:32:52,440 --> 00:32:54,759
Texas did a great job flipping the field and the

569
00:32:54,759 --> 00:32:58,359
podcast inherited four different possessions inside their own twenty yard line.

570
00:32:58,839 --> 00:33:02,839
They're going to be dell better field positioning as this

571
00:33:02,920 --> 00:33:05,519
year goes on. That's just the way these games work,

572
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:08,599
and they're gonna have a lot more room to work

573
00:33:08,640 --> 00:33:11,279
with They're also going to face defenses a little bit

574
00:33:11,279 --> 00:33:14,960
more inferior caliber than Texas. That's a great defense that's

575
00:33:14,960 --> 00:33:18,880
only gonna get better too after week two. But then

576
00:33:19,640 --> 00:33:21,839
we're gonna learn a lot about this team at the

577
00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:26,519
end of September against Washington. Huskies have an incredible quarterback

578
00:33:26,559 --> 00:33:30,240
in Devon Williams, they have the second longest home winning

579
00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:34,359
streaking college football, a great home environment and a new

580
00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:37,400
environment for Ohio State and Husky Stadium up in Seattle.

581
00:33:38,359 --> 00:33:41,440
And then these next two weeks are great weeks to

582
00:33:41,799 --> 00:33:45,400
establish some depth. So I'm I think we saw this

583
00:33:45,440 --> 00:33:51,599
past weekend that there's there's really no signs of stopping

584
00:33:51,599 --> 00:33:55,759
Ohio State. The question is how do they respond to that?

585
00:33:56,240 --> 00:33:59,799
How do they keep limiting those mistakes to make sure

586
00:33:59,839 --> 00:34:02,160
that they're not in their own way? And I think

587
00:34:02,240 --> 00:34:04,559
they're going to be on a great course for success

588
00:34:04,559 --> 00:34:05,559
if they can manage that.

589
00:34:07,759 --> 00:34:10,440
Speaker 2: All right, Tyler, thank you for joining us on the

590
00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:13,760
Big Ten paradigm. And if we need to talk more

591
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:16,559
Ohio State football, we'll be glad to have you right

592
00:34:16,599 --> 00:34:19,159
back on here because there's a few dates that we'll

593
00:34:19,199 --> 00:34:23,079
definitely want to probably talk about Ohio State in the

594
00:34:23,679 --> 00:34:24,639
coming future.

595
00:34:24,760 --> 00:34:27,440
Speaker 3: It's a long season, but it's.

596
00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:32,360
Speaker 2: Definitely uh, it's definitely always good talking to anyone about anything,

597
00:34:32,400 --> 00:34:34,199
and we're glad to just have you on the show.

598
00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,440
Speaker 3: Well, thank you so much. Knowing yes, if you need anything,

599
00:34:37,920 --> 00:34:39,840
call any time, happy to be a board.

600
00:34:40,920 --> 00:34:44,360
Speaker 2: And thanks to Tyler dan Berg for joining the Big

601
00:34:44,400 --> 00:34:47,760
Ten paradigm here, great guest. We definitely need to have

602
00:34:47,840 --> 00:34:50,880
him back on more. Very nice person. Me and him

603
00:34:50,880 --> 00:34:53,599
got to talk before and after because you know, that's

604
00:34:53,719 --> 00:34:59,119
just how Shenanigans go with this guy. But regardless, let's

605
00:34:59,119 --> 00:35:01,519
talk about what happened the Big Ten on Saturday and

606
00:35:01,559 --> 00:35:07,280
then also preview a few games coming in the next weeks.

607
00:35:07,920 --> 00:35:10,239
I'm gonna be completely honest, it was. It was a

608
00:35:10,280 --> 00:35:13,039
good day on Saturday, nice weather here in the state

609
00:35:13,079 --> 00:35:16,199
of Michigan. Some good college football. The first thing I

610
00:35:16,199 --> 00:35:17,960
wanted to point out, and we'll kind of just go

611
00:35:18,039 --> 00:35:21,320
around the horn and make notes of everything kind of

612
00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:25,440
how we did during the weekday games. First thing to

613
00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:29,559
start off, Bryce Underwood. I mentioned a little bit in

614
00:35:29,599 --> 00:35:33,039
the conversation that we had with Tyler Danberg, but Bryce

615
00:35:33,119 --> 00:35:37,239
Underwood actually looked pretty good now New Mexico, right, we

616
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:39,360
got to realize that New Mexico is not that great

617
00:35:39,360 --> 00:35:43,280
of a team. But Bryce Underwood looked really good. Uh

618
00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:46,960
twenty one for thirty eight point one yards per attempt.

619
00:35:47,119 --> 00:35:50,639
Justice Haynes, Yeah, that's the kid. I was Hugh John

620
00:35:50,800 --> 00:35:54,039
at Alabama, and I know he had a little bit

621
00:35:54,039 --> 00:35:56,920
of injury problems and also just probably wasn't utilizing the

622
00:35:57,000 --> 00:36:01,000
right way. But man, did he look good in that

623
00:36:01,239 --> 00:36:06,480
blue and gold uniform or Mason blue whatever, you know

624
00:36:06,519 --> 00:36:10,760
what I mean in terms of receiving wise, Marvin or

625
00:36:10,880 --> 00:36:14,320
Marlin client, excuse me, looks pretty good. I like that

626
00:36:14,400 --> 00:36:17,400
they got Donovan mccoley and samaj Morgan involved a little

627
00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:19,840
bit as well. And on the defensive side, like, yes,

628
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:24,800
New Mexico did score two touchdowns, but I mean the

629
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:27,400
only person that really gave him trouble was Dorian Thomas,

630
00:36:27,480 --> 00:36:31,000
and Dorian Thomas is a solid tight end for the Lobos.

631
00:36:31,079 --> 00:36:35,559
But yeah, other than that, I was like, even though

632
00:36:35,559 --> 00:36:40,000
the score doesn't indicate this, I was decently impressed with Michigan.

633
00:36:41,199 --> 00:36:43,119
I think d line like, yes, they did get three

634
00:36:43,239 --> 00:36:46,280
sacks and nine tackles for a loss, but I think like,

635
00:36:46,400 --> 00:36:49,000
if you were to have Kenneth Grant Mason Grant, we

636
00:36:49,000 --> 00:36:51,039
probably get like thirteen tackles for a loss in like

637
00:36:51,079 --> 00:36:55,239
five or six sacks as a team. Ernest Houseman I

638
00:36:55,239 --> 00:36:57,559
think will be one of the leaders on this defensive side.

639
00:36:57,639 --> 00:37:03,000
Gyr Hill, he did allow that one touch, but that's okay, uh.

640
00:37:03,159 --> 00:37:04,679
And I think you're just gonna see a lot of

641
00:37:04,679 --> 00:37:07,480
guys play on that Michigan front this year compared in

642
00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:12,239
the year's past, and that's okay uh. I think they

643
00:37:12,280 --> 00:37:15,400
do have the depth actually, especially in the interior, to

644
00:37:15,480 --> 00:37:18,079
really you know, rotate a bunch of guys, and I

645
00:37:18,079 --> 00:37:20,159
think you'll see a lot of progression on the edges

646
00:37:20,239 --> 00:37:24,440
as this season continues along. And I think like secondaries wise,

647
00:37:24,639 --> 00:37:29,039
they looked solid. So yeah, I like Michigan. They looked

648
00:37:29,079 --> 00:37:32,079
good in Week one, a lot better than last year.

649
00:37:32,079 --> 00:37:34,760
And I think it's just because their offense was actually

650
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:41,159
enjoyable to watch. Yesterday, moving on, Indiana kind of struggled

651
00:37:41,960 --> 00:37:46,000
with old dominion. I watched like part of this game,

652
00:37:46,039 --> 00:37:49,920
went to go watch it back after, Like Mendoza, a

653
00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:53,039
couple of balls were dropped, so I'm not gonna say

654
00:37:53,079 --> 00:37:56,280
all that was his fault, but he didn't look how

655
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:58,920
I thought he was and you know what, maybe it's

656
00:37:58,960 --> 00:38:01,000
him still trying to find a them in this offense.

657
00:38:01,079 --> 00:38:03,599
You know, it's it's week one, it's a long season,

658
00:38:03,639 --> 00:38:07,840
transfer quarterback, new system, new head coach, new weapons. He's

659
00:38:07,840 --> 00:38:09,599
throwing too, so maybe it's a little bit different.

660
00:38:09,679 --> 00:38:09,840
Speaker 3: Right.

661
00:38:11,039 --> 00:38:13,559
Speaker 2: The running game looked really well, and that was really

662
00:38:13,559 --> 00:38:16,320
surprising to see, not in terms of like, oh, Indiana

663
00:38:16,360 --> 00:38:19,360
can't run the football, just in the sense of, like, wow,

664
00:38:19,519 --> 00:38:23,360
that was pretty enjoyable to watch Roman Hemby and Kaylan

665
00:38:23,440 --> 00:38:27,800
Black and then Lee bb Junior. I mean, they ran

666
00:38:27,840 --> 00:38:30,280
the ball fifty seven times only through at thirty one,

667
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:32,920
and I think they kind of realized when the run

668
00:38:33,000 --> 00:38:35,960
game was just working way better than the passing game,

669
00:38:36,000 --> 00:38:37,440
and it just was like, all right, we're just gonna

670
00:38:37,440 --> 00:38:43,280
hammer this out through defensively, Like, yeah, Golton Joseph is

671
00:38:43,280 --> 00:38:46,679
an electric playmaker with his legs, but he can't throw

672
00:38:46,719 --> 00:38:50,000
the ball at all through three picks. But he also

673
00:38:50,000 --> 00:38:52,440
had one hundred and seventy ninety nine on the ground

674
00:38:52,519 --> 00:38:55,679
and two touchdowns. So and you're just gonna see that

675
00:38:55,679 --> 00:38:59,039
with the FCS quarterbacks that do have athletic or not FCS,

676
00:38:59,039 --> 00:39:03,239
but group of six quarterbacks that do have athleticism that

677
00:39:03,480 --> 00:39:06,519
most of the time, they're not gonna be necessarily particularly

678
00:39:06,599 --> 00:39:10,119
great at throwing the ball. And we saw that yesterday

679
00:39:10,639 --> 00:39:14,159
for sure. More Ferrell and Ponds all got picks. And

680
00:39:14,320 --> 00:39:16,280
you know what, this Indiana secondary is gonna be pretty

681
00:39:16,280 --> 00:39:19,800
good on terms of the line is of scrimmage that

682
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:24,199
I'm a little bit concerned about because and I don't

683
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:28,480
think like any quarterback other than maybe Demon Williams, which

684
00:39:28,679 --> 00:39:33,440
I don't know if Indiana plays Washington this season, they

685
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:36,639
do not. I don't know, maybe with any of the

686
00:39:36,719 --> 00:39:41,920
quarterbacks on their schedule, like maybe Dante Moore. Almeyer's not

687
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:47,039
really gonna run. Chiles might run, but like a Milik

688
00:39:47,239 --> 00:39:50,360
Washington maybe, which he made his debut for Beryland. Maryland

689
00:39:50,400 --> 00:39:53,400
ended up getting a pretty good win against Florida Atlantic.

690
00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:57,400
But I don't think they'll necessarily play a quarterback like

691
00:39:57,400 --> 00:40:03,159
like any superior athleticism in the Big Ten. Yeah, I

692
00:40:03,199 --> 00:40:07,320
don't think that's something we're gonna really have to worry about. Yeah, yeah, No,

693
00:40:07,760 --> 00:40:10,559
I don't think we will. Because Washington didn't even get

694
00:40:10,599 --> 00:40:13,119
a rush for Maryland in their game. I was gonna say,

695
00:40:13,119 --> 00:40:16,679
I don't remember him running in that game, particularly particularly

696
00:40:17,639 --> 00:40:22,039
Nico Drew. Yeah, like maybe maybe that end of the

697
00:40:22,039 --> 00:40:25,480
season game versus Purdue shout out to him. We'll talk

698
00:40:25,480 --> 00:40:26,960
about them in a second, because I actually do have

699
00:40:27,039 --> 00:40:31,920
a point. But moral of the story, yeah, that was

700
00:40:31,920 --> 00:40:34,559
a little concerning, and you know what, it's the first

701
00:40:34,559 --> 00:40:38,039
week of the season, new quarterback in the system. I

702
00:40:38,159 --> 00:40:40,480
have to wait and see. Maryland kind of touched on it.

703
00:40:40,559 --> 00:40:44,039
Not too much take away from that game, Perdue thirty

704
00:40:44,079 --> 00:40:46,880
one to zero victory on ball State's not a great

705
00:40:46,920 --> 00:40:49,920
MAC program over the last couple of years. Ryan Brown

706
00:40:50,199 --> 00:40:53,519
actually looked pretty good. They could throw the ball around

707
00:40:53,519 --> 00:40:56,519
a little bit, which was very nice to see. And

708
00:40:56,719 --> 00:41:01,800
defensively they looked pretty sound. Seven tackles for loss, four sacks.

709
00:41:03,039 --> 00:41:06,039
Just did an all around good job against ball State.

710
00:41:06,159 --> 00:41:08,480
And you know what, it was kind of like a yeah,

711
00:41:08,480 --> 00:41:10,199
I just kind of want to see how Purdue looks

712
00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:13,280
to Oh yeah, Purdue actually looks pretty good when you're

713
00:41:13,280 --> 00:41:19,159
watching on the quad box. Northwestern bad bad game from

714
00:41:19,159 --> 00:41:24,480
Preston Stone. Just a bad game all around, four interceptions,

715
00:41:25,280 --> 00:41:29,079
not good. Tulane had Retz laugh starting, which he transferred

716
00:41:29,079 --> 00:41:31,360
in like the middle of August as a graduate walk on,

717
00:41:31,559 --> 00:41:34,760
and you know he's probably making good nil money for it.

718
00:41:34,880 --> 00:41:37,159
Ended up having a pretty solid game for the Green

719
00:41:37,239 --> 00:41:40,159
Wave down there in New Orleans. They got a twenty

720
00:41:40,159 --> 00:41:44,480
three to three victory. It was pretty nice. Gronowski. Iowa

721
00:41:45,519 --> 00:41:47,920
kind of had some offense in this game. We're kind

722
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,920
of cooking a little bit, didn't really throw the ball

723
00:41:50,920 --> 00:41:53,440
that much. They still ran the ball a lot. Three

724
00:41:53,519 --> 00:41:56,800
hundred and ten total rushing yards on fifty three carries,

725
00:41:56,920 --> 00:41:58,800
three rushing touchdowns.

726
00:41:58,920 --> 00:41:59,079
Speaker 1: And.

727
00:42:00,639 --> 00:42:03,679
Speaker 2: You're not gonna be able to continue to win that

728
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:07,360
Iowa way with Kirk Farns as the head coach. I

729
00:42:07,480 --> 00:42:11,079
just I don't know. I mean, two point nine yards

730
00:42:11,079 --> 00:42:13,960
per attempt is just not great. I didn't get too

731
00:42:13,960 --> 00:42:16,880
many eyes on that game. I'm just kind of looking

732
00:42:16,920 --> 00:42:21,159
at it as it is. Yeah, I'm just it's yeah,

733
00:42:21,800 --> 00:42:25,840
it's Iowa. That's the best way to put it. USC

734
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:31,519
wins by sixty seventy three to thirteen. Maeva looks good,

735
00:42:31,880 --> 00:42:35,719
Kyle Lemon looks good. The whole team really got We're

736
00:42:35,760 --> 00:42:38,280
able to showcase their talent. The guy who's sent a

737
00:42:38,280 --> 00:42:42,199
longstreet a big commitment win for them. I believe back

738
00:42:42,239 --> 00:42:45,320
in that twenty twenty four class he was someone that

739
00:42:45,400 --> 00:42:49,599
they were very high on on getting and Yeah, I

740
00:42:49,679 --> 00:42:52,000
think I think you'll have a nice impact on this

741
00:42:52,079 --> 00:42:54,239
team because I remember he was I think he was

742
00:42:54,320 --> 00:42:56,440
rumored to go to Texas A and M and USC

743
00:42:56,519 --> 00:42:59,800
ended up flipping him. That was a huge win. I'm

744
00:42:59,840 --> 00:43:02,679
not gonna make too much notes of the defense. Uh

745
00:43:02,920 --> 00:43:05,400
they I mean they played Missouri State. It's their first

746
00:43:05,480 --> 00:43:09,559
year in the FBS. The defense is wait and see.

747
00:43:09,599 --> 00:43:11,719
But I'm glad you're able to get a dominant victory

748
00:43:11,760 --> 00:43:13,639
over a team like that, especially if you want to,

749
00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:16,000
you know, let people know that you're legit this season.

750
00:43:17,719 --> 00:43:21,280
Ucla and Washington. I know we have our West Coast podcast.

751
00:43:21,360 --> 00:43:24,519
Just want to lightly touch on this and you can

752
00:43:24,559 --> 00:43:28,119
go listen to that on our College grid Iron Coast

753
00:43:28,119 --> 00:43:35,920
to Coast network. Ucla look bad. Nico didn't look particularly amazing.

754
00:43:37,039 --> 00:43:41,639
They didn't really get the ground game going that much. Yeah,

755
00:43:41,840 --> 00:43:46,320
I'm concerned for where this team is at. Granted, I

756
00:43:46,360 --> 00:43:48,199
think Utah is going to be really good this year.

757
00:43:48,239 --> 00:43:51,000
I like the addition of Dan Pierre and the offensive

758
00:43:51,039 --> 00:43:55,320
coordinator that came from New Mexico. They were able to

759
00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:57,199
run the ball, they were able to throw the ball

760
00:43:57,199 --> 00:44:01,039
a good bit too, and defensively, but my goodness, this

761
00:44:01,119 --> 00:44:05,679
looks like Kyle Whittingham defense too, So yeah, that that

762
00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:08,239
might be. I don't know, it might just be a

763
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:10,320
Week one game where hey, we just don't have it

764
00:44:10,360 --> 00:44:13,119
all figured out. We will the end of the season.

765
00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:17,480
And yeah, that's all I have to say about that

766
00:44:17,519 --> 00:44:23,800
game because my and then Demon Williams nice, nice season debut,

767
00:44:24,159 --> 00:44:29,440
good passing, good rushing. Jonah Coleman, my goodness man, good game.

768
00:44:30,920 --> 00:44:34,559
Yeah yeah, I just I like, what's the Utah game?

769
00:44:34,599 --> 00:44:35,000
Speaker 3: Got bad?

770
00:44:35,159 --> 00:44:37,480
Speaker 2: I tuned into Washington for a little bit, and I'm like, yeah,

771
00:44:37,639 --> 00:44:41,119
it's time to go to bed. And that's what is

772
00:44:41,360 --> 00:44:44,119
unfortunate about being on the East coast watching the Big

773
00:44:44,159 --> 00:44:46,639
Ten is that it gets late at night and some

774
00:44:46,719 --> 00:44:49,719
of those PAC twelve after dark games are on. So yeah,

775
00:44:50,519 --> 00:44:53,159
Oregon and Penn State both look dominant. I don't think

776
00:44:53,199 --> 00:44:56,360
there's anything much to take away from those games other

777
00:44:56,400 --> 00:44:59,639
than I mean, Drew Aller looked good. I didn't really

778
00:44:59,639 --> 00:45:02,400
even have to get their ground game involved all. All

779
00:45:02,440 --> 00:45:07,960
three of the transfer receivers played for Tennessee. DeVante Ross

780
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:11,119
didn't really make an impact, but we're not Tennessee. Penn

781
00:45:11,199 --> 00:45:18,400
State gosh, I'm sorry. Regardless Penn State Gyren Hudson, Trevor Panya,

782
00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:23,280
both the receiving leaders in that game. Yeah, I mean,

783
00:45:23,320 --> 00:45:25,639
they just looked good. They looked good on both sides.

784
00:45:25,719 --> 00:45:28,800
They're supposed to look good, and they were able to

785
00:45:28,800 --> 00:45:31,440
get a lot of second team reps the guys that

786
00:45:31,480 --> 00:45:35,760
they probably want to develop develop throughout this this season.

787
00:45:36,519 --> 00:45:39,960
And Oregon, you play Montana State, Montana State FCS runner

788
00:45:40,000 --> 00:45:44,519
ups last year, fifteen to one record. Yeah, we're going

789
00:45:44,639 --> 00:45:46,519
dominates as they should if they want to be one

790
00:45:46,559 --> 00:45:49,079
of the best teams you. I don't care if it's

791
00:45:49,119 --> 00:45:52,000
North Dakota State. She at least win that game by

792
00:45:52,039 --> 00:45:55,400
twenty Dancee Moore looks pretty good in his first start.

793
00:45:55,480 --> 00:45:57,199
They let Nova said get a little bit of the

794
00:45:57,280 --> 00:45:59,679
running at the end. Whittington looks like he's gonna be

795
00:45:59,679 --> 00:46:02,079
the number one back. Obviously, we won't want to see

796
00:46:02,079 --> 00:46:08,199
them play, you know, higher quality of caliber competition. Malik Bedson.

797
00:46:08,400 --> 00:46:11,559
I' about him getting a touchdown reception averaging ten yards

798
00:46:11,599 --> 00:46:14,719
per catch. But yeah, like there's not like when you

799
00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:20,599
watch these Montana State, Nevada games, University of Albany, you know,

800
00:46:21,320 --> 00:46:24,519
like Missouri State, Like, you're just not gonna really take

801
00:46:24,519 --> 00:46:26,519
away that much other than you get to know the

802
00:46:26,559 --> 00:46:29,719
depth pieces of hey, how's recruiting going, or you know,

803
00:46:29,800 --> 00:46:33,199
maybe a transfer portal guy that wasn't starting initially and

804
00:46:33,360 --> 00:46:35,880
you get some team two reps and you know, looks

805
00:46:35,920 --> 00:46:37,679
good and maybe he'll be able to be a death

806
00:46:37,679 --> 00:46:41,760
feats and utilized in more formations and packages. Like I

807
00:46:41,760 --> 00:46:44,480
think maybe you could take something away from that. But

808
00:46:44,480 --> 00:46:48,760
other than that, I mean, yeah, it's really nothing in uh,

809
00:46:48,840 --> 00:46:52,000
nothing insane. We're gonna take a look at next week

810
00:46:53,280 --> 00:46:56,280
and then we will get you out of here. But

811
00:46:56,360 --> 00:46:59,320
while you're listening, make sure you're following the podcast feed,

812
00:46:59,840 --> 00:47:03,960
and yeah, also make sure you're following my Twitter at

813
00:47:04,000 --> 00:47:07,639
at Drew Renoa. But yeah, let's talk about next week.

814
00:47:08,119 --> 00:47:11,320
I will most likely being and this is still a

815
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:13,480
little bit to be determined. Gott to figure out all

816
00:47:13,519 --> 00:47:15,840
the details, but I believe I will be at Boston

817
00:47:15,880 --> 00:47:20,920
College Michigan State next Saturday night, seven thirty NBC primetime game.

818
00:47:21,559 --> 00:47:24,360
That'll be a lot of fun. I haven't been to

819
00:47:24,400 --> 00:47:27,760
an in person football game since Michigan Michigan State in

820
00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:32,800
twenty twenty three, so yeah, it's been about two years,

821
00:47:33,000 --> 00:47:35,519
and I'm looking to go back. I love going to

822
00:47:35,599 --> 00:47:38,320
Spartan Stadium in East Lansing. Maybe I'll be able to

823
00:47:38,320 --> 00:47:39,920
go to a couple of other games. I'd love to

824
00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:41,960
go to a Michigan game at some point this year

825
00:47:42,480 --> 00:47:44,360
and then maybe you know, make a little bit of

826
00:47:44,360 --> 00:47:48,440
a road trip somewhere. Illinois Duke. We kind of mentioned

827
00:47:48,440 --> 00:47:51,159
this Illinois right now at two and a half point

828
00:47:51,239 --> 00:47:55,840
favorite over under a forty nine and a half, it

829
00:47:55,840 --> 00:48:01,119
should be an interesting game Duke. They have Darry Mensa. Obviously,

830
00:48:01,559 --> 00:48:04,719
they played elon which, like I said, when you play

831
00:48:04,760 --> 00:48:08,920
these FCS group of six opponents that really don't have

832
00:48:08,920 --> 00:48:11,360
a chance against you, you can't take away much. He

833
00:48:11,440 --> 00:48:15,119
looked really good, to say the least. So and I

834
00:48:15,119 --> 00:48:16,880
think they're gonna really want to pass it around on

835
00:48:16,920 --> 00:48:21,199
this Duke team in Illinois. I mean, defensive wise, I

836
00:48:21,199 --> 00:48:23,960
think they should be pretty good this season. So it'll

837
00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:26,760
really be a testament of, you know, how this game

838
00:48:26,800 --> 00:48:29,559
goes gamescript wise. Is Duke gonna throw it around and

839
00:48:29,599 --> 00:48:32,119
try to put up points. Is Illinois you know, gonna

840
00:48:32,159 --> 00:48:35,159
try to control? Are they gonna let Altmeyer? You know, maybe,

841
00:48:36,079 --> 00:48:38,239
are they gonna try to let him make multiple reads.

842
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:40,360
Are they gonna try to really scheme it up for him?

843
00:48:40,760 --> 00:48:43,079
How do the receivers look against a better group of

844
00:48:43,159 --> 00:48:48,239
dbs than Western Illinois against Dukes DB's like it's gonna

845
00:48:48,239 --> 00:48:53,199
be a lot different for Illinois in this game, for

846
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:55,920
both of these teams really playing an FCS opponent last week,

847
00:48:56,480 --> 00:48:59,599
I think we will see kind of where both these

848
00:48:59,599 --> 00:49:02,599
teams are at program wise and if really Illinois is

849
00:49:02,639 --> 00:49:06,400
like a top fifteen, you know, college football tweener and

850
00:49:06,519 --> 00:49:09,360
should they be in should they not? That will be

851
00:49:09,519 --> 00:49:13,599
to be determined. The Syhawk game is this weekend twelve

852
00:49:13,679 --> 00:49:18,119
on Big Noon Kickoff. I love this game. I loved

853
00:49:18,239 --> 00:49:20,719
last year when rock Obeck came back down nineteen to

854
00:49:20,719 --> 00:49:23,920
three one twenty to nineteen. And this year it'll be

855
00:49:24,119 --> 00:49:29,960
at Iowa State, and I think Gronowski it'll be really

856
00:49:30,000 --> 00:49:32,679
determined by him and how they want to utilize him,

857
00:49:32,719 --> 00:49:34,239
because I think if they can get him in some

858
00:49:34,280 --> 00:49:38,199
playmaking role, and he's been injured throughout fall camp and

859
00:49:38,719 --> 00:49:41,480
you know, maybe they're not trying to rush him in yet,

860
00:49:41,480 --> 00:49:43,880
maybe they don't have everything they wanted to work in

861
00:49:44,079 --> 00:49:46,400
just because you know, he's been limited at practice and

862
00:49:46,800 --> 00:49:48,840
they don't want to put him risk at being hurt.

863
00:49:49,480 --> 00:49:52,800
Iowa State played South Dakota and then obviously the Kansas

864
00:49:52,840 --> 00:49:55,320
State game, which Kansas State almost lost to North Dakota

865
00:49:55,360 --> 00:49:57,679
by the way over the weekend. I didn't want to

866
00:49:57,760 --> 00:49:59,480
let that slip by. They end up winning that game

867
00:49:59,480 --> 00:50:03,559
thirty eight. Maybe Kansas State's not the team that we

868
00:50:03,639 --> 00:50:06,559
thought they would be, but Iowa State looked good in

869
00:50:06,559 --> 00:50:10,320
that Kansas State game. Bets. I mean, he looks like

870
00:50:10,360 --> 00:50:13,480
a really good quarterback coming in where you know, he

871
00:50:13,599 --> 00:50:16,199
might not. He's probably not gonna be you know, projected

872
00:50:16,239 --> 00:50:18,400
to be in the first or second or third round,

873
00:50:19,119 --> 00:50:21,239
but I think he's a solid quarterback. It looks like

874
00:50:21,280 --> 00:50:23,559
they can run the ball with Hanson if they can

875
00:50:23,599 --> 00:50:28,079
get Sama going a little bit more like I think

876
00:50:28,119 --> 00:50:30,880
this will probably be, you know, lower scoring type of game,

877
00:50:31,000 --> 00:50:35,119
just because these teams are typically offensive. Juggernauts over under

878
00:50:35,159 --> 00:50:38,639
is at forty four and a half Iowa States two

879
00:50:38,679 --> 00:50:42,119
and a half point favorite. That should be a really

880
00:50:42,119 --> 00:50:45,320
good game. I will be tuning into that for sure.

881
00:50:46,079 --> 00:50:48,079
This it's one of my favorite games of the season.

882
00:50:48,880 --> 00:50:51,679
You know, It's just a great time. Syhawks, always a

883
00:50:51,679 --> 00:50:56,880
great time. Oregon does play Oklahoma State. I don't know

884
00:50:59,199 --> 00:51:02,639
what's the thing going into this game just because Oregon.

885
00:51:03,599 --> 00:51:07,079
I think Oregon will dominate. Still, I think Oklahoma State, Uh,

886
00:51:07,280 --> 00:51:10,719
while the Zane Flores didn't look bad, the team I

887
00:51:10,760 --> 00:51:13,599
just don't think is going to be really ready.

888
00:51:14,599 --> 00:51:14,960
Speaker 3: I don't know.

889
00:51:15,000 --> 00:51:18,679
Speaker 2: It's a my Gundy squad, so you really can't count

890
00:51:18,719 --> 00:51:24,719
them out per se. But I don't think like they're

891
00:51:24,760 --> 00:51:29,599
gonna particularly be this great team this season, not in

892
00:51:29,599 --> 00:51:31,800
the Big Twelve. I don't think they're in that echelon

893
00:51:31,880 --> 00:51:36,119
of Big Twelve contenders that I'm necessarily confident in. I

894
00:51:36,159 --> 00:51:38,920
think that you know, they're they're okay. I think Oregon's

895
00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:41,960
you know. I like that they get the schedule, and

896
00:51:42,000 --> 00:51:44,239
I like that they didn't struggle against Montana State like

897
00:51:44,239 --> 00:51:47,280
they did Idaho last year. And they I mean they

898
00:51:47,400 --> 00:51:49,400
Boise State, I know, out being a really good team,

899
00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:50,639
but like that game was really close.

900
00:51:50,719 --> 00:51:51,199
Speaker 3: I'm glad.

901
00:51:51,280 --> 00:51:53,280
Speaker 2: I'd want to I want to see like another like

902
00:51:53,880 --> 00:51:57,079
twenty to twenty five point win where you know they

903
00:51:57,119 --> 00:52:01,719
play like particularly pretty well. I think that's like what

904
00:52:01,840 --> 00:52:06,519
you want to see from these games really early on,

905
00:52:06,599 --> 00:52:09,920
if you really believe that they're going to be Big

906
00:52:10,000 --> 00:52:14,039
Ten champions and be you know, able to potentially compete

907
00:52:14,039 --> 00:52:17,119
for a college football national championship. Like those are the

908
00:52:17,159 --> 00:52:19,480
type of things you want to see from both of

909
00:52:19,480 --> 00:52:23,760
these squads. So no lines out on this game from

910
00:52:23,760 --> 00:52:28,639
anywhere where I could see, But yeah, I mean it

911
00:52:28,719 --> 00:52:31,840
should be should be a good game. Three thirty CBS

912
00:52:32,119 --> 00:52:36,360
Powermount plus for that game and then the last game

913
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:40,480
of note to talk about and then we'll just kind

914
00:52:40,480 --> 00:52:43,239
of talk. I'm not gonna really break anything down. I'll

915
00:52:43,239 --> 00:52:49,360
just tell you this schedule. Norman, Oklahoma, seven thirty ABC,

916
00:52:49,639 --> 00:52:54,719
Oklahoma hosts Michigan. That will be a really good game

917
00:52:54,760 --> 00:52:59,159
for both of these teams. Oklahoma they played Illinois State

918
00:52:59,280 --> 00:53:02,400
won thirty five to three. You know, a nice calm,

919
00:53:02,559 --> 00:53:05,800
cruising victory. John Matsier looked pretty well. He did throw

920
00:53:05,840 --> 00:53:10,760
a pick, but it happens. I mean, like, is the

921
00:53:10,760 --> 00:53:14,239
Oklahoma offense going to be dynamic this year? Dion Berks

922
00:53:14,280 --> 00:53:16,840
is one of those weapons. Was a Purdue guy transferred

923
00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:19,440
to Oklahoma. I think it could be pretty good to countess.

924
00:53:19,519 --> 00:53:23,320
Lewis also looks good defensively. I mean it's Illinois State,

925
00:53:23,960 --> 00:53:27,280
Like I I hate to preferce this and I don't

926
00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:29,639
want to say that these teams are not competitive or

927
00:53:29,679 --> 00:53:32,000
not good, because they are good. Further level, just when

928
00:53:32,000 --> 00:53:36,039
you put blue chip athletes and a lot of highly

929
00:53:36,079 --> 00:53:40,039
touted guys versus guys that you know, like some of them, yes,

930
00:53:40,159 --> 00:53:43,280
under recruited cam Ward, Josh Allen, like a lot of

931
00:53:43,320 --> 00:53:46,880
good guys that you know, justin Jefferson, like a lot

932
00:53:46,960 --> 00:53:51,280
of the stars in today is football league, especially in

933
00:53:51,320 --> 00:53:56,079
the National Football League, and even who they were in college. Like, yes,

934
00:53:56,119 --> 00:53:58,559
there's guys that get missed, but you can't. It's just

935
00:53:58,599 --> 00:54:01,920
so hard for that to be a whole entire team

936
00:54:01,960 --> 00:54:02,639
and get an upset.

937
00:54:02,760 --> 00:54:03,440
Speaker 3: It does happen.

938
00:54:04,199 --> 00:54:08,960
Speaker 2: But like Oklahoma, they controlled the game like they should have.

939
00:54:09,159 --> 00:54:13,960
And Michigan, while the game was close in terms of differential,

940
00:54:14,039 --> 00:54:18,039
I really liked how they looked. I think that they

941
00:54:18,079 --> 00:54:21,920
will be good. So who am I going to take

942
00:54:21,960 --> 00:54:22,480
in this game?

943
00:54:22,719 --> 00:54:22,880
Speaker 1: Uh?

944
00:54:22,960 --> 00:54:25,559
Speaker 2: Spreads that two and a half for Oklahoma forty six

945
00:54:25,679 --> 00:54:29,920
over under total. I like Michigan in this one. If

946
00:54:29,960 --> 00:54:32,800
I'm gonna be completely honest, I am not sold on

947
00:54:32,840 --> 00:54:33,599
Brent Vetables.

948
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Speaker 3: Well.

949
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Speaker 2: I think John Mattiers, a great quarterback, was good at

950
00:54:37,760 --> 00:54:42,840
Washington State with Ben Arbuckle. I don't like he was

951
00:54:42,920 --> 00:54:46,480
good against bad competition with Washington State and who they

952
00:54:46,559 --> 00:54:52,880
played last year. Yeah, that's really it. I mean Underwood, Yeah,

953
00:54:52,880 --> 00:54:55,920
he looked good against New Mexico. But there's other pieces

954
00:54:55,960 --> 00:54:58,039
on this team that I'm just a lot more confident in.

955
00:54:58,800 --> 00:55:03,480
I actually think Michigan's receiving cores very underrated. I think

956
00:55:03,480 --> 00:55:05,800
it's just will be one of those kind of like

957
00:55:05,960 --> 00:55:09,599
dog fought games that eventually someone's gonna be able to

958
00:55:09,599 --> 00:55:11,480
step up with the big pass or a big play

959
00:55:11,519 --> 00:55:14,000
at the end and kind of take over things. Like

960
00:55:14,000 --> 00:55:16,000
I think whoever wins this game is gonna win by ten,

961
00:55:17,119 --> 00:55:19,679
just because like this is just that type of game,

962
00:55:19,719 --> 00:55:22,519
you know, game script wise, where you know a team

963
00:55:22,639 --> 00:55:25,639
is going to catch momentum and take this thing away.

964
00:55:26,239 --> 00:55:29,880
And I think it will be the Wolverines in that spot. Obviously,

965
00:55:30,199 --> 00:55:34,280
I might be wrong. I'm making a prediction on Sunday,

966
00:55:34,280 --> 00:55:36,519
and the game is happening on Saturday. Who knows what

967
00:55:36,599 --> 00:55:39,599
happens in practice. Who knows anything can happen in the

968
00:55:39,599 --> 00:55:41,280
coming days. And I hope you don't have to do

969
00:55:41,320 --> 00:55:45,159
an emergency episode in that case. But like I'm just saying,

970
00:55:45,280 --> 00:55:48,039
like I'm not gonna be right all the time, but

971
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I would like to believe with what I saw with

972
00:55:50,880 --> 00:55:53,480
my own eyes and what I know, I'm gonna take

973
00:55:53,480 --> 00:55:58,000
the Wolverines over Oklahoma. And then yeah, that that's pretty

974
00:55:58,079 --> 00:56:00,440
much it to uh wrap up the big games like

975
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next Friday, Western Illinois Northwestern play Maryland. Northern Illinois mentioned

976
00:56:05,760 --> 00:56:11,360
Michigan State, Penn State hosts FIU, Northwestern Minnesota, Grambling, Ohio

977
00:56:11,519 --> 00:56:15,960
State Miami, Ohio. Rutgers will see how Rutgers can put

978
00:56:16,000 --> 00:56:18,880
on the game of the year with another MAC team

979
00:56:19,400 --> 00:56:24,239
at aut Tennessee State, wesconsin Akron, Nebraska, and Georgia Southern

980
00:56:24,320 --> 00:56:27,119
USC Southern Illinois Perdue. Perdue is going to start the

981
00:56:27,159 --> 00:56:30,280
season two and oh Alabama's going to be OH one

982
00:56:30,440 --> 00:56:32,079
at least maybe oh and two. I don't know who

983
00:56:32,079 --> 00:56:34,280
they play in week two. I'm gonna look that far

984
00:56:34,360 --> 00:56:37,199
in the schedule. You will see la O n LB,

985
00:56:37,840 --> 00:56:41,320
and you see Davis and Washington. And by the way,

986
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if you want to listen to other conferences, first of all,

987
00:56:44,920 --> 00:56:47,639
I encourage you because I think you should know. If

988
00:56:47,639 --> 00:56:50,719
you're a college football fan and you really want to

989
00:56:50,760 --> 00:56:54,320
consume it, you should consume multiple things and hear multiple perspectives,

990
00:56:54,639 --> 00:56:57,599
but which, especially when you hear about conferences individually. I

991
00:56:57,639 --> 00:56:59,760
think you should listen to everyone on this network. I

992
00:56:59,800 --> 00:57:03,119
know I do. I get the feed every single week.

993
00:57:03,840 --> 00:57:07,760
I listen to like almost every single preview episode. And yeah,

994
00:57:07,840 --> 00:57:11,360
you guys should listen to the other podcasts on our feed.

995
00:57:11,400 --> 00:57:14,840
You know, listen to the Yards and Stripes with talking

996
00:57:14,840 --> 00:57:18,639
about service Academies. Listen to the acc guys. Listen to

997
00:57:18,679 --> 00:57:22,599
the Big twelve SEC guys, listen to the West Coast guys,

998
00:57:22,800 --> 00:57:27,960
listen to everybody on this show, the Florida Insiders. Like, really,

999
00:57:28,800 --> 00:57:31,119
if you want to get an understanding of everything, because

1000
00:57:31,159 --> 00:57:33,880
why I do cover the Big ten and pay attention

1001
00:57:33,960 --> 00:57:37,039
to it most. I think it's important to really kind

1002
00:57:37,039 --> 00:57:39,920
of get a good understanding everything if you care to

1003
00:57:39,960 --> 00:57:43,039
that level. And college football is one of the greatest sports,

1004
00:57:43,039 --> 00:57:45,480
so why not care to that level? You know, you

1005
00:57:45,559 --> 00:57:49,920
got commutes, you got workouts, you take walks, you know everything.

1006
00:57:50,800 --> 00:57:55,480
Podcasts are great. But with that being said, this is

1007
00:57:55,519 --> 00:57:58,840
going to be the end of the week one recap

1008
00:58:00,119 --> 00:58:02,679
the previewing Week two. But this will be loosely a

1009
00:58:02,760 --> 00:58:04,800
recap show. And that's how I like it because it

1010
00:58:04,840 --> 00:58:07,559
means I gotta watch the games, and I love talking

1011
00:58:07,599 --> 00:58:10,800
about it as well, and I cannot wait to continue

1012
00:58:10,840 --> 00:58:14,920
to ride this ride all season. But until now, if

1013
00:58:14,920 --> 00:58:16,880
you listening to the Big sat In Paradigm on the

1014
00:58:16,880 --> 00:58:20,719
College Gridiron Coast to Coast Network, we will catch you

1015
00:58:20,880 --> 00:58:27,000
in the next one. See you have a good week. Everybody,