WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.200 --> 00:00:03.520 All right, we're live today right downtown Salt Lake City. 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:06.440 Beer Bar is where we're at, as we are often 3 00:00:07.120 --> 00:00:09.599 on remote one sixty one East, two hundreds south. 4 00:00:10.320 --> 00:00:10.919 Come on bye. 5 00:00:10.919 --> 00:00:14.720 We've got some football replays going on, both college and pro. 6 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:16.800 Little fantasy football show. 7 00:00:16.839 --> 00:00:19.760 On my left, they're doing the top fifty NHL player 8 00:00:19.839 --> 00:00:22.519 countdown on the NHL Network. 9 00:00:22.640 --> 00:00:23.800 So we've got a lot going on. 10 00:00:23.839 --> 00:00:26.199 They've got one hundred and fifty beers on tap, fifty 11 00:00:26.679 --> 00:00:30.920 beers and cans and bottles, sausages, burgers, brats, fries. 12 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:32.880 It's a great spot. Come on down and say what's up. 13 00:00:33.600 --> 00:00:36.280 We'll talk more football now, our buddy, Dalton Wasserman Pro 14 00:00:36.320 --> 00:00:39.000 Football Focus back on the drive, Dalton, Happy Wednesday, man, 15 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:40.960 How we doing Happy Wednesday? 16 00:00:41.000 --> 00:00:42.759 Pretty good? I'll tell you what you mentioned all those 17 00:00:42.759 --> 00:00:44.719 other things on the TV there. But we're squaring the 18 00:00:44.759 --> 00:00:46.320 herd of football season, now, aren't we? 19 00:00:46.920 --> 00:00:48.359 Yes we are, Yes, we are. 20 00:00:48.439 --> 00:00:51.200 So I want to get your take on a situation 21 00:00:51.320 --> 00:00:53.479 that we've discussed on the show so far. 22 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:56.280 And that is and this is. I don't want to 23 00:00:56.320 --> 00:00:57.840 say I'm not an alarmist. 24 00:00:57.880 --> 00:01:00.640 I'm not saying it's a really bad omen, but it 25 00:01:00.719 --> 00:01:03.200 really feels like kind of a first. UNLV is three 26 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:05.359 and oh they've being a couple of Big twelve teams. 27 00:01:05.359 --> 00:01:07.799 They're the Vegas favorite to represent the G five and 28 00:01:07.879 --> 00:01:12.760 the CFP, and their starting quarterback left the team this 29 00:01:12.959 --> 00:01:17.640 morning over a one hundred thousand dollars nil dispute. Ultimately, 30 00:01:17.680 --> 00:01:20.200 this is a promise that Matthew s Luca and his 31 00:01:20.280 --> 00:01:24.239 agent are claiming that an assistant coach made via a 32 00:01:24.280 --> 00:01:28.599 telephone call. Vegas is denying that that promise was ever made. 33 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:30.840 So we'll get to games, we'll get to all the 34 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:32.519 things you want to break down. But I view this 35 00:01:32.560 --> 00:01:34.840 as a pretty big deal. Man, give me your thoughts. 36 00:01:34.920 --> 00:01:35.239 Dalton. 37 00:01:36.040 --> 00:01:38.879 It's a huge deal because just on the football field, 38 00:01:38.920 --> 00:01:41.400 Sluca was playing excellent, just like he was at holy 39 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:45.840 Cross for several years. And UNLV was a legitimate threat 40 00:01:45.879 --> 00:01:47.680 to win the Mounta in the West and a legitimate 41 00:01:47.680 --> 00:01:50.519 playoff threat. And now you take you you know, you 42 00:01:50.519 --> 00:01:53.159 bring that into question now if you're starting quarterback Leeds, 43 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:55.439 who was playing really good, and to get two Power 44 00:01:55.480 --> 00:01:59.799 five wins already over Kansas and Houston and possibly they 45 00:01:59.840 --> 00:02:02.439 got Syracuse coming not this week. They got a big 46 00:02:02.480 --> 00:02:04.760 game at President State this week with Syracuse next week 47 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:07.840 at home who with slogo. You couldn't put it past 48 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:09.520 them winning that game either, And if they had won 49 00:02:09.520 --> 00:02:11.919 that game and had three Power five wins, you almost 50 00:02:11.960 --> 00:02:14.319 have to you would have had to consider them the favorite. 51 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:16.759 And they still could be, maybe with Hodja Malik Williams 52 00:02:16.840 --> 00:02:19.319 or whoever's going to play quarterback there. But it's a 53 00:02:19.400 --> 00:02:22.240 huge deal, and it says so much about just the 54 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:25.400 lack of regulation and what's going on in college football 55 00:02:25.479 --> 00:02:28.360 right now. There's so many battles to be fought and 56 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:31.080 so many so much gray area that just has not 57 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:36.000 been handled properly so far, but by just by anybody involved. 58 00:02:36.000 --> 00:02:38.879 There's just no oversight and no regulation for this sort 59 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:42.479 of thing right now. So I understand certain things from 60 00:02:42.520 --> 00:02:45.000 both sides on this, and it's hard to really it's 61 00:02:45.000 --> 00:02:47.280 hard to really make judgments when when at a higher 62 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:49.520 level that this is not the first or the last 63 00:02:49.560 --> 00:02:50.759 time that we're going to hear about this. 64 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:53.479 Yeah, it's certainly the first time. 65 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:56.400 It seems to have kind of unfolded the way that 66 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:58.680 it has with all the different dynamics, But yeah, I 67 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.960 mean it's it's it's. 68 00:03:00.800 --> 00:03:01.639 A tenuous time. 69 00:03:01.680 --> 00:03:04.439 The product is still the product which I always talk about, 70 00:03:04.439 --> 00:03:07.000 Saturday's in the Fall still feel like Saturday's in the Fall, 71 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:10.680 and TV ratings for college football very healthy attendance through 72 00:03:10.719 --> 00:03:15.080 the roof. So the product itself, Daldon, is still the 73 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:18.479 product that we all love. But whoever ends up getting 74 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:21.479 this thing right, whoever ends up getting college football right, 75 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:25.560 you know, the product is amazing. It's a multi billion 76 00:03:25.599 --> 00:03:29.280 dollar yearly revenue stream business without legitimate leadership. 77 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:31.159 Whoever ends up kind of. 78 00:03:31.120 --> 00:03:33.840 Getting this thing right and studying the ship is going 79 00:03:33.879 --> 00:03:36.360 to be looked at as some crazy hero for a 80 00:03:36.400 --> 00:03:39.960 long time because even though the product is what drives 81 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:42.360 the business, which means you have an excellent business, it 82 00:03:42.400 --> 00:03:44.680 does badly need the right guys in the right seats 83 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:45.240 in charge. 84 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:48.400 Yeah, absolutely, I mean, and a lot of that comes 85 00:03:48.439 --> 00:03:52.039 down to, you know, at the NCAA level, where they're 86 00:03:52.080 --> 00:03:53.639 just going to have to figure out some sort of 87 00:03:53.680 --> 00:03:56.080 solution to this because the lines were always blurred as 88 00:03:56.520 --> 00:04:00.560 to whether these players were actually amateurs or semi professionals 89 00:04:00.599 --> 00:04:03.159 that they should be paid or what. And then eventually, 90 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:06.000 instead of finding a solution for all these years, it 91 00:04:06.159 --> 00:04:08.479 just broke down and the walls came down and they said, well, 92 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:10.520 it's pretty much pay to play at this point, but 93 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:12.840 there's no rules to it, right, So you know, and 94 00:04:13.280 --> 00:04:15.599 it makes life harder for teams and for coaches and 95 00:04:15.759 --> 00:04:16.720 to find success. 96 00:04:16.800 --> 00:04:16.959 Right. 97 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:19.279 It used to be where, well, we're the program and 98 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:22.040 we have the notoriety, so this is where people go. 99 00:04:22.079 --> 00:04:24.000 But you know, I can't remember what we had on 100 00:04:24.360 --> 00:04:27.319 our PFF College Football show a while back, months ago, 101 00:04:27.439 --> 00:04:29.600 we had Mac Brown on the show, and one thing 102 00:04:29.639 --> 00:04:33.120 he had talked about was recruiting used to be a 103 00:04:33.199 --> 00:04:37.120 one road of just battle right, high school recruiting. Now 104 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:40.319 there's three. There is high school recruiting, there is bringing 105 00:04:40.399 --> 00:04:42.639 transfers in, and then there's what you have in this 106 00:04:42.720 --> 00:04:45.720 case of keeping your own players happy and paying your 107 00:04:45.720 --> 00:04:48.759 own players enough so they'll stay. So it's only gotten 108 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:51.040 harder at all levels to regulate this thing. 109 00:04:51.959 --> 00:04:54.879 All right, let's move over to who hello, let's fix 110 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:58.000 those levels. Let's move over now to some college football. 111 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:01.160 We'll end with a little NFL. But you know, around here, 112 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:05.639 Utah continues to do what Utah does, and that's win games, 113 00:05:05.720 --> 00:05:07.279 regardless of who's under center. 114 00:05:07.319 --> 00:05:08.199 It's about that you on. 115 00:05:08.160 --> 00:05:10.480 The helmet, not the name on the back and no 116 00:05:10.600 --> 00:05:12.959 Cameron Rising last week and still Water and they still 117 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:14.879 were able to get it done. Got a little dicey 118 00:05:14.959 --> 00:05:17.519 at the end, but Utah off to a flour and 119 00:05:17.600 --> 00:05:20.879 zero starts after beating Okay, Stayton, Stillwater, where you at 120 00:05:20.879 --> 00:05:22.079 with our ut sade this way, Daldin. 121 00:05:23.160 --> 00:05:25.240 Look, that's a huge win because I think one of 122 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:27.519 the concerns for Utah for me last year was the 123 00:05:27.560 --> 00:05:30.639 difference between kind of their home and road splits in production. 124 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:32.879 But it's a huge win to go and beat one 125 00:05:32.920 --> 00:05:36.040 of the bigger contenders in the Big twelve. And Utah 126 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:38.720 they just look, they almost defy the metrics and the 127 00:05:38.720 --> 00:05:41.120 analytics and stuff. They just find ways to get it 128 00:05:41.160 --> 00:05:44.000 done right. And they played good defense, and the run 129 00:05:44.079 --> 00:05:46.319 game works and even without their quarterback. We saw it 130 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:48.879 last year with several different quarterbacks. They find a way 131 00:05:48.920 --> 00:05:51.959 to win games. So another huge game this week with Arizona, 132 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:54.160 but at home, coming off a big win like that, 133 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:56.519 and maybe Rising will be healthy this week. You have 134 00:05:56.600 --> 00:05:58.000 to think they have an advantage here. 135 00:05:59.120 --> 00:06:00.959 So let's stay in the Utah space for a moment. 136 00:06:01.040 --> 00:06:03.600 Let's talk about this Arizona game. Arizona thump him a 137 00:06:03.680 --> 00:06:06.319 year ago, and the players have all talked about it 138 00:06:06.360 --> 00:06:09.680 a lot this week. Coach who had joined the show earlier, 139 00:06:09.720 --> 00:06:12.439 so I asked him how much payback is on the mind, 140 00:06:12.480 --> 00:06:15.800 and Kyle gave a Kyle coaches answer. But they're ready, 141 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:17.199 you know, they want to get. 142 00:06:17.040 --> 00:06:17.839 This thing done. 143 00:06:18.319 --> 00:06:21.920 And Dalton I can't shake what I watched when k State. 144 00:06:22.439 --> 00:06:25.160 It's not that they beat Arizona, it's that they bullied them. 145 00:06:26.000 --> 00:06:27.720 They bullied him in a way that Utah wants to 146 00:06:27.720 --> 00:06:30.480 bully you. I don't really have a lot of anxiety 147 00:06:30.519 --> 00:06:33.600 for Utah football this Saturday night. Either an eleven point favorite, 148 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:36.600 it's a late kick eight to fifteen, but it's gonna beautiful. 149 00:06:36.600 --> 00:06:39.000 It's like seventy degrees. It's gonna be an awesome night. 150 00:06:39.040 --> 00:06:40.240 Cannot wait. I'll be there. 151 00:06:41.000 --> 00:06:42.920 But what should what would you say to youth fans 152 00:06:43.000 --> 00:06:45.160 about the challenge? Eliza Ahead, what are your thoughts on 153 00:06:45.279 --> 00:06:46.040 Utah Arizona? 154 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:48.680 No, I mean, I think you should have a lot 155 00:06:48.680 --> 00:06:51.879 of faith going into this game because Arizona, look, on 156 00:06:51.959 --> 00:06:54.319 top of getting bullied like you mentioned against Kase State, 157 00:06:54.639 --> 00:06:57.639 Arizona doesn't have the depth on offense like they did 158 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:00.279 last year. Right now, they need to find playmaker is 159 00:07:00.399 --> 00:07:02.639 other than Tetro McMillan, because he may be the best 160 00:07:02.639 --> 00:07:05.160 receiver in the country. But their offense right now is 161 00:07:05.199 --> 00:07:08.560 struggling to manufacture yards and points in ways that that 162 00:07:08.639 --> 00:07:10.439 are you know, that go the boat where the ball 163 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.720 goes away from him. Right they he accounts for a 164 00:07:13.720 --> 00:07:16.120 ton of their receiving yards, a ton of their total yards. 165 00:07:16.399 --> 00:07:18.319 But last year, when you look at Arizona's team, they 166 00:07:18.360 --> 00:07:21.240 had Jacob Powing, they had Michael Wilie, they had Jonah Coleman, 167 00:07:21.399 --> 00:07:23.439 they had other guys that were able to support him. 168 00:07:23.519 --> 00:07:26.759 So right now, the entire offensive centered around McMillan, and 169 00:07:26.800 --> 00:07:29.160 Arizona doesn't have a ton of other threats that we've 170 00:07:29.160 --> 00:07:30.639 seen through the first three games. 171 00:07:31.279 --> 00:07:33.959 Tell me what your impressions are of this young freshman 172 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:38.120 quarterback as you've watched Isaac Wilson really grow. 173 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:39.680 A little bit over the past few weeks. 174 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:42.279 You know, he he was able to get some run 175 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:46.079 week one against SUU Southern Utah because Utah was thumping 176 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:49.240 him and it didn't look great. And he really has 177 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:53.279 from my vantage point, improved week to week to week. Now, 178 00:07:53.680 --> 00:07:56.480 we still don't know the deal with Saturday Night as 179 00:07:56.519 --> 00:07:59.519 far As who is under center. Coach Wit on the 180 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:02.519 show just about thirty minutes ago said that both are 181 00:08:02.519 --> 00:08:03.399 going to get reps with. 182 00:08:03.360 --> 00:08:04.240 The Ones this week. 183 00:08:04.360 --> 00:08:06.480 I don't love that, if I'm honest, I feel like, 184 00:08:06.519 --> 00:08:08.639 if you know who the guy is, he needs all 185 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:10.759 the reps with the Ones. Scott Mitchell jumped on the 186 00:08:10.759 --> 00:08:14.120 show yesterday and talked about that very dynamic, like, if 187 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:16.680 you're going to be the starter on Saturday, you want 188 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:19.800 the reps with the Ones all week. But they're still 189 00:08:20.000 --> 00:08:22.439 hoping that Cameron's going to be healthy on Saturday, but 190 00:08:22.560 --> 00:08:26.079 keeping Isaac waiting in the wings as a contingency. Tell 191 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:28.240 me what your impressions have been as you've watched Isaac 192 00:08:28.240 --> 00:08:29.759 Wilson now for about three games. 193 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:32.559 Well, I think two things you see from Isaac is 194 00:08:32.759 --> 00:08:35.279 he's one. He looks really young, right, he looks like 195 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:37.639 a young freshman quarterback out there. And part of that 196 00:08:37.799 --> 00:08:40.320 is ball security. I believe in this game it was 197 00:08:40.360 --> 00:08:42.600 it three turnover worthy plays I think he had in 198 00:08:42.639 --> 00:08:44.679 this past game and they were able to work through 199 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:46.600 it and lean on the run game in the defense. 200 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:48.679 But ball security is a must that you have to 201 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:50.600 get better with. You don't want to give Arizona short 202 00:08:50.679 --> 00:08:52.840 drives where they can just get some easy access points, 203 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:54.759 because that was a big thing with Arizona last year. 204 00:08:54.840 --> 00:08:58.679 They got ahead in this game. But Wilson, it's ball security. 205 00:08:58.679 --> 00:09:01.159 But he is gutsy. I will get that much. It's 206 00:09:01.240 --> 00:09:03.639 not easy to start on short notice like that in 207 00:09:03.679 --> 00:09:06.360 such a high pressure environment on the road in big games. 208 00:09:06.399 --> 00:09:09.440 So I think it kind of it kind of goes 209 00:09:09.480 --> 00:09:11.639 along with that correlates with the rest of the Utah 210 00:09:11.679 --> 00:09:14.399 team where it's just like it's gutsy and he finds 211 00:09:14.399 --> 00:09:16.840 a way to have enough success to win a ball game. 212 00:09:16.879 --> 00:09:18.919 But there's definitely a lot of things he could improve on. 213 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:22.759 So there might be a chance, Dalton, that we have 214 00:09:22.799 --> 00:09:26.320 two really good college football teams in our state. And 215 00:09:27.080 --> 00:09:30.080 you know, I'm not ready, at least as of now, 216 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.879 to say that BYU is a legitimate Big twelve, you know, 217 00:09:34.080 --> 00:09:36.039 conference championship contender. 218 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:38.679 But Dave State clean, they're four and zero. 219 00:09:39.000 --> 00:09:42.080 They get their first conference win as a result of 220 00:09:42.200 --> 00:09:46.039 just a curb stompion of k State. Like that game was. 221 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:49.399 It was crazy, it was bizarre, It was weird, but 222 00:09:49.440 --> 00:09:52.320 it wasn't close. A lot of people in Provo say 223 00:09:52.360 --> 00:09:55.120 that's a statement. I kind of say, that's a combination 224 00:09:55.200 --> 00:10:00.600 of unbelievable fortune and prepared skill and Aaron Rodgers capitalizing 225 00:10:00.679 --> 00:10:03.799 on his red zone opportunities. They get touchdowns, not field goals. 226 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:06.720 That defense is so much better than it was a 227 00:10:06.759 --> 00:10:08.159 year ago, year. 228 00:10:08.000 --> 00:10:08.919 Two under j Hill. 229 00:10:08.919 --> 00:10:11.159 There DC Kalani is a guy who cut his teeth 230 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:13.320 under Kyle, so he knows defensive football. 231 00:10:13.879 --> 00:10:16.320 What are you willing to say about. 232 00:10:16.039 --> 00:10:19.200 Who you believe BYU football is this year as of today? 233 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:22.519 I gotta be honest, it's hard not to look at 234 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:25.240 him at least having the possibility of contending because that 235 00:10:25.399 --> 00:10:28.440 wasn't some miracle last second field goal win, you know, 236 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:29.759 And I know there was a little bit of luck 237 00:10:29.759 --> 00:10:32.039 obviously the punt return and all of that, but that 238 00:10:32.200 --> 00:10:35.519 was a three phase beatdown, and you you rarely see 239 00:10:35.519 --> 00:10:38.360 that over a team, Over a Kansas State team that's 240 00:10:38.480 --> 00:10:42.639 very fundamentally sound generally, and their defense is definitely better. 241 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:45.600 Jake Restloff has definitely improved from what he was last 242 00:10:45.679 --> 00:10:48.039 year for a few starts, and I just think the 243 00:10:48.120 --> 00:10:51.519 overall physical nature and the well rounded nature of that team. 244 00:10:51.639 --> 00:10:54.279 If they as long as they avoid a letdown against Baylor, 245 00:10:54.320 --> 00:10:56.480 and we saw Baylor play a fun game with Colorado 246 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:58.679 last week. As long as they avoid a letdown coming 247 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:00.639 off a big win like that, I think they could 248 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:03.120 contend because they're very well rounded and they're very physical. 249 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:06.200 Before we move off the Big twelve, let me ask 250 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:09.000 you the question, and again, just as of today, everything 251 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:13.159 could change as of next Monday. How many teams do 252 00:11:13.240 --> 00:11:16.519 you believe as of today, on this Wednesday it can 253 00:11:16.559 --> 00:11:18.559 actually win this conference. 254 00:11:20.440 --> 00:11:24.759 Let me count this out. Utah absolutely, Kansas State can. 255 00:11:24.840 --> 00:11:26.960 They can rebound. They need a big rebound, but the 256 00:11:27.720 --> 00:11:30.000 Kansas State can still rebound. They're not dead out of 257 00:11:30.000 --> 00:11:34.720 it BYU if they can, if they can keep up, Look, 258 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:36.960 you bk State like that, you at least have a chance. 259 00:11:37.039 --> 00:11:38.840 And I'll tell you something. I think the most fun 260 00:11:38.840 --> 00:11:42.320 game of the week this UCS Colorado game. I'm gonna 261 00:11:42.320 --> 00:11:44.159 be honest with you. I think this is a bit 262 00:11:44.200 --> 00:11:46.200 of a pole position game. I think these are two 263 00:11:46.320 --> 00:11:49.399 very good teams. UCFS a fourteen point favorite, and I 264 00:11:49.440 --> 00:11:51.360 don't think it should be that wide. I think people 265 00:11:51.360 --> 00:11:55.279 are under they're underestimating the progress being made in Colorado's 266 00:11:55.320 --> 00:11:58.200 front seven and their run defense. If Colorado goes out 267 00:11:58.200 --> 00:12:00.720 to Orlando and they prove that can slow down a 268 00:12:00.799 --> 00:12:02.919 run game like UCF. You know, the last two weeks 269 00:12:02.919 --> 00:12:05.519 they've been good, but lighter run games bailor in Colorado State. 270 00:12:05.799 --> 00:12:08.240 If they can prove their run defenses for real against 271 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:11.240 UCF and come out of Orlando with a win, that's 272 00:12:11.279 --> 00:12:13.600 a huge win for Colorado. To put them on the 273 00:12:13.600 --> 00:12:15.559 inside track is We've got a couple of teams like 274 00:12:15.679 --> 00:12:19.159 Kansas and Westbawln and Oklahoma State who I don't think 275 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:22.519 are what we expected them to be. There's probably five, 276 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:24.879 five or six teams in there, but that Colorado UCF 277 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:26.799 game is gonna be a really important game for that 278 00:12:26.879 --> 00:12:27.320 question you. 279 00:12:27.440 --> 00:12:30.279 Just asked all right away from the Big twelve, but 280 00:12:30.320 --> 00:12:32.759 sticking with little college football for a moment, we'll end 281 00:12:32.759 --> 00:12:35.840 with a thought or two on the pros. Last year, 282 00:12:36.240 --> 00:12:38.840 For me, Daldon, I can only speak for myself, it 283 00:12:38.960 --> 00:12:42.360 was hard to know who Michigan was because early on 284 00:12:42.559 --> 00:12:45.720 they didn't play anybody and they were thumping everybody, and 285 00:12:45.759 --> 00:12:47.600 a lot of people believe that they were one of 286 00:12:47.639 --> 00:12:50.519 the best teams in the country. I just didn't really 287 00:12:50.559 --> 00:12:52.639 see that because they weren't playing anybody. 288 00:12:53.159 --> 00:12:54.799 Are we dealing with the same. 289 00:12:54.600 --> 00:12:57.200 Thing with Ohio State right now, because it feels like 290 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:00.799 everybody's talking about Texas, everybody's talking about Tennessee. 291 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:02.320 We'll get to Georgia Bama. 292 00:13:02.799 --> 00:13:06.799 But Ohio State, in my opinion on paper, is as 293 00:13:06.960 --> 00:13:09.480 as stacked as any of them. But we're not talking 294 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:12.240 about them because all they do so far just beat up, 295 00:13:12.639 --> 00:13:14.720 beat up dud teams. Are we kind of dealing with 296 00:13:14.759 --> 00:13:16.840 the same dynamic this year with Ohio State as we 297 00:13:16.879 --> 00:13:18.039 did with Michigan a year ago. 298 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:20.879 I think it is similar, and they have a little 299 00:13:21.039 --> 00:13:22.799 They have a little more of a real challenge this 300 00:13:22.879 --> 00:13:25.480 week against Michigan State, although I still think they should 301 00:13:25.480 --> 00:13:27.639 take care of business. Look, we're gonna learn all we 302 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:29.519 need to know about Ohio State in a couple of 303 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:32.080 weeks against Oregon October twelfth, they go to Oregon, they 304 00:13:32.080 --> 00:13:34.679 go to Austin Stadium and play Dylan Gabriel in that team. 305 00:13:34.720 --> 00:13:36.519 We're gonna learn everything we need to know about them 306 00:13:36.559 --> 00:13:38.960 and then how they readjust after either a win or 307 00:13:38.960 --> 00:13:41.679 a loss from that game. You're absolutely right. Though they're 308 00:13:41.679 --> 00:13:44.000 loaded with talent. They've got a boatload of defensive talent. 309 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:45.919 I think they're the best pair of running backs in 310 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:49.080 the country with Trayvon Henderson and Quinchawn Judkins. The true 311 00:13:49.080 --> 00:13:52.159 freshman receiver Jeremiah Smith is just amazing. I mean, he 312 00:13:52.240 --> 00:13:54.600 doesn't look like a freshman at all. The question will 313 00:13:54.600 --> 00:13:56.879 be at quarterback in Big Spot, is will Howard the 314 00:13:56.960 --> 00:13:59.000 guy who can get him through a game like the 315 00:13:59.000 --> 00:14:01.039 Oregon game or the Miss game or the Big Ten 316 00:14:01.120 --> 00:14:03.320 title game. Right, it's going to be the quarterback. But 317 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:07.559 everything aside from their quarterback situation looks absolutely elite and 318 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:09.919 at the very least, we're seeing them get through these 319 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:11.600 games and take care of business. 320 00:14:12.080 --> 00:14:15.960 Tell me what what that win? If if this did 321 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:16.919 anything for you at all? 322 00:14:16.960 --> 00:14:19.360 Because I actually thought Tennessee was going to go down 323 00:14:19.840 --> 00:14:22.320 and smoke Oklahoma pretty good. I just had not been 324 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:25.679 impressed with it sooner so far. Uh, And it wasn't 325 00:14:25.919 --> 00:14:28.159 as much of a lopsided game as I thought it 326 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:30.720 would be. They're going to be at Arkansas and then 327 00:14:30.759 --> 00:14:33.960 home against Florida before they see Bama. What are you 328 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:37.480 Dalton today willing to say about the start that we've 329 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:38.360 seen from Tennessee? 330 00:14:38.440 --> 00:14:40.720 What what? What? What? What? What? Cold? This act did 331 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:41.720 they live in? Right now? 332 00:14:42.639 --> 00:14:46.039 They absolutely should make the playoff. Assuming they don't have 333 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:49.799 any major slip ups, and if they actually it sounds funny, 334 00:14:49.799 --> 00:14:52.240 but they're two best players that we thought were gonna 335 00:14:52.240 --> 00:14:54.799 be the two best players coming into the season, quarterback 336 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:59.039 Nico Iamalayava and edge rusher James Pierce Junior, and neither 337 00:14:59.080 --> 00:15:02.200 one of them is dominating. Yet they are dominating with 338 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:04.600 the rest of the football team, with Dylan Stampson in 339 00:15:04.639 --> 00:15:06.759 the run game, with the rest of their defensive line, 340 00:15:06.759 --> 00:15:09.960 with the receivers. If they get those two superstars going, 341 00:15:10.000 --> 00:15:12.720 the actual two biggest names on the team, if those 342 00:15:12.759 --> 00:15:14.720 two guys get going at an elite level, because I 343 00:15:14.720 --> 00:15:17.840 don't think we've seen Nico's best football yet. We've seen flashes. 344 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:20.879 The one touchdown throw against Oklahoma was amazing. The kids 345 00:15:20.879 --> 00:15:23.080 got all the talent in the world. But they're actually 346 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:25.879 doing this with a team wide effort. And actually it 347 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:29.159 slipped from my preseason expectation of them, where I thought, Okay, 348 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:31.639 the quarterback and the star power is going to carry them. 349 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:34.320 But right now the depth of their team is carrying them. 350 00:15:34.320 --> 00:15:36.840 And they're doing this, I could argue without even playing 351 00:15:36.879 --> 00:15:39.799 their best football yet. So there's still quite a heavy 352 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:42.840 range of outcomes. You could see with Tennessee, but they should. 353 00:15:43.600 --> 00:15:46.879 They're very close already to being if they go ten 354 00:15:46.919 --> 00:15:48.960 and two at least locked into the playoffs. 355 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:52.440 All right, let's move over to some games this weekend, 356 00:15:52.799 --> 00:15:56.200 and let's just head on down to Tuscalusive, because why 357 00:15:56.240 --> 00:15:59.480 not where Alabama is a home underdog for the first 358 00:15:59.480 --> 00:16:02.679 time since two thousand and seven. Georgia is getting too 359 00:16:02.720 --> 00:16:06.840 They're George's two point favorite. And the conversation this week, Daldin, 360 00:16:06.879 --> 00:16:08.559 as you know is does Kirby Smart have. 361 00:16:08.559 --> 00:16:11.080 A Bama problem? Or does he have a Nick Saban problem? 362 00:16:11.120 --> 00:16:14.559 I mean, I watched Kaylen Debor out coach Dan Lanning 363 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:17.639 twice last year, and I'm not saying he's Saban, but. 364 00:16:17.679 --> 00:16:20.399 You know we've seen what Kaylen de Bor can do. 365 00:16:21.120 --> 00:16:22.840 What do you make of this matchup coming up? 366 00:16:23.240 --> 00:16:25.840 I mean it is the conversation is, you know, does 367 00:16:25.919 --> 00:16:28.639 Kirby Smart have a Bama problem or a Nick Saban problem? 368 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:30.120 How do you think Saturday is going to play out 369 00:16:30.159 --> 00:16:31.080 down in Tuscaloosa. 370 00:16:31.600 --> 00:16:34.320 Well, honestly, I think what you have is Alabama is 371 00:16:34.360 --> 00:16:36.360 just one of the few teams that is on a 372 00:16:36.440 --> 00:16:40.120 similar talent level to Georgia every year, Right, and look. 373 00:16:40.159 --> 00:16:42.080 And I know Nick Saban was famous for beating all 374 00:16:42.120 --> 00:16:44.240 of his assistants, right I think I don't remember view. 375 00:16:44.320 --> 00:16:46.679 I think he was what he went like years and 376 00:16:46.759 --> 00:16:50.000 years without losing to an assistant before. What Jimbo Fisher 377 00:16:50.039 --> 00:16:51.559 did it? I think it was. I can't remember, but 378 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:55.159 it's I think you just have teams of such similar 379 00:16:55.240 --> 00:16:57.639 talent that the margin of error is so small in 380 00:16:57.639 --> 00:17:02.240 these games. Personally, I have picked Alabama to win this game. 381 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:05.640 I don't love what I'm seeing from Georgia's passing game 382 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:08.039 right now. I think I think this game is going 383 00:17:08.119 --> 00:17:10.799 to be decided in moments when George's in third and seven, 384 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:12.839 third and eight, third and ten, and if they can 385 00:17:12.960 --> 00:17:16.680 drop back in obvious passing situations and make things happen. 386 00:17:16.720 --> 00:17:18.480 I don't love what they have going on at receiver 387 00:17:18.519 --> 00:17:20.279 and at tight end right now in the passing game. 388 00:17:20.599 --> 00:17:22.759 Georgia really needs to lean on their run game, lean 389 00:17:22.799 --> 00:17:25.680 on play action to stay in this or Alabama's secondary 390 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:27.279 could take over on third downs. 391 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:30.720 Baylor are two point favorite over BYU. Let's go back 392 00:17:30.720 --> 00:17:32.599 there real quick, because I didn't ask you about that game. 393 00:17:32.640 --> 00:17:34.279 How do you think it plays out in Waco? Ten 394 00:17:34.319 --> 00:17:35.440 Am Mountains on kick. 395 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:38.960 It's very odd to me that BYU is the underdog 396 00:17:39.000 --> 00:17:40.960 after what they just did. So I don't know if 397 00:17:40.960 --> 00:17:45.079 somebody knows something that we don't, but BYU looked fantastic. 398 00:17:45.160 --> 00:17:47.839 They look well rounded last week, and you know, maybe 399 00:17:47.839 --> 00:17:49.960 it's is it a letdown spot? I don't know. I 400 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:52.000 know it's a road game now and and you know, 401 00:17:52.160 --> 00:17:55.039