1 00:00:01,159 --> 00:00:04,759 Speaker 1: Check it out college football on the West Coast. This 2 00:00:04,799 --> 00:00:07,320 is Get Off My pilone, a look at the PAC 3 00:00:07,440 --> 00:00:11,160 twelve and more, part of the College Gridiron Coast to 4 00:00:11,199 --> 00:00:14,960 Coast podcast network. Here's your host, that's Zimo. 5 00:00:16,760 --> 00:00:19,160 Speaker 2: Welcome to the latest edition of Get Off My Pilon 6 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:20,440 college football podcast. 7 00:00:20,519 --> 00:00:21,839 Speaker 3: This is your host, Matt Zemec. 8 00:00:21,960 --> 00:00:24,559 Speaker 2: Get Off My Pilon part of the College Gridiron Coast 9 00:00:24,600 --> 00:00:27,960 to Coast podcast network. 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Go to Florida Football 18 00:00:56,119 --> 00:01:00,039 Insiders Jason Powers as you covered there, and all the 19 00:01:00,079 --> 00:01:02,320 other shows that are part of the College great Iron 20 00:01:02,399 --> 00:01:05,439 Coast to Coast family of podcasts. Here at Get Off 21 00:01:05,519 --> 00:01:09,640 My Pylon. Of course, it's Western college football teams in 22 00:01:09,680 --> 00:01:15,079 the Western United States. The big story obviously UCLA's upset 23 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:17,840 over Penn State. We're gonna get to that one, save 24 00:01:17,879 --> 00:01:20,719 it for the featured slot on the show, but first 25 00:01:20,760 --> 00:01:22,840 let's do the rundown. Just of all the teams that 26 00:01:22,879 --> 00:01:28,879 were in action from the West, Fresno State ekes out 27 00:01:28,879 --> 00:01:31,280 a too close for comfort victory over a not very 28 00:01:31,280 --> 00:01:34,359 good Nevada team. So don't know what to make of 29 00:01:34,439 --> 00:01:39,159 Fresno State. You won some close games but against not 30 00:01:39,400 --> 00:01:41,799 very good teams. Don't know what to make of the 31 00:01:41,840 --> 00:01:46,239 Bulldogs this season. Boise State gets handled by Notre Dame. 32 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,560 Scores just seven points against what has been a very 33 00:01:49,599 --> 00:01:53,480 bad Notre Dame defense, So really the bloom is off 34 00:01:53,480 --> 00:01:58,879 the rose for Boise State this season. Coach Spencer Danielson 35 00:01:59,239 --> 00:02:02,280 had a magnet dificent debut in twenty twenty four, but 36 00:02:02,359 --> 00:02:05,560 we can see just how much Ashton genty meant to 37 00:02:05,599 --> 00:02:09,120 that program, and without him, it's been a very difficult 38 00:02:09,199 --> 00:02:14,039 adjustment for the Broncos. So, you know, the Mountain West, 39 00:02:14,159 --> 00:02:17,800 it's becoming clearer and clearer. Not going to have the 40 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:19,879 Group of Five champion. It's going to come from one 41 00:02:19,919 --> 00:02:23,960 of the teams in the American Conference. You know, it 42 00:02:24,039 --> 00:02:26,199 is true that San Diego State looked pretty good, but 43 00:02:26,919 --> 00:02:30,120 looked pretty good against a not very good Colorado State team. 44 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:33,159 So how much stock can you put into that? The 45 00:02:33,199 --> 00:02:35,599 Mountain West is going through a down year? And of course, 46 00:02:36,439 --> 00:02:38,960 this iteration of the Mountain West, it's not going to 47 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:42,400 exist next season with the new new look PAC twelve 48 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:48,000 and all of the different realignment dominoes officially tumbling. You know, 49 00:02:48,039 --> 00:02:50,719 the agreements have been made, but next year we get 50 00:02:50,759 --> 00:02:55,439 the different landscape in the PAC twelve, the Mountain West. 51 00:02:56,360 --> 00:02:58,800 So the Mountain West it's not going out with a bang, 52 00:02:58,840 --> 00:03:02,120 it's going out with a whimper in twenty twenty five. 53 00:03:02,199 --> 00:03:04,800 The less set about the Mountain West the better at 54 00:03:04,840 --> 00:03:08,280 this point, just not making any sort of national splash. 55 00:03:08,319 --> 00:03:12,599 And speaking of that, in the ACC Stanford was idle. 56 00:03:12,639 --> 00:03:16,039 So Stanford didn't lose. Cal did lose. Col gets whacked 57 00:03:16,080 --> 00:03:19,840 at home by Duke. That's a late night game in Berkeley. 58 00:03:20,039 --> 00:03:24,240 So you know, Cal face planeted against San Diego State 59 00:03:24,280 --> 00:03:26,759 in a thirty four and ahing loss. Was that going 60 00:03:26,840 --> 00:03:28,960 to be an aberration or was that a sign of 61 00:03:29,120 --> 00:03:35,280 continued erosion? And then we have our answer. Cal ultimately 62 00:03:35,599 --> 00:03:38,439 not very good. The Golden Bears are going to have 63 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,360 a middle of the pack season, So their bright start 64 00:03:43,360 --> 00:03:46,479 it wasn't really an indicator of an upboard surge. It 65 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,400 seemed for a point that Cal might have a really 66 00:03:50,439 --> 00:03:54,360 favorable schedule, a chance to do some damage, don't. They 67 00:03:54,479 --> 00:03:58,080 just do not have the studs in the stable needed 68 00:03:58,080 --> 00:04:02,479 to make a significant charge up the ACC leader board. 69 00:04:02,520 --> 00:04:06,080 So Cal is mediocre and is going to remain mediocre 70 00:04:06,159 --> 00:04:10,120 at least for this season. That they need a lot 71 00:04:10,159 --> 00:04:13,360 more dudes in Berkeley, especially on the defensive side of 72 00:04:13,400 --> 00:04:17,000 the ball. Duke hanging forty five on the Golden Bears 73 00:04:17,079 --> 00:04:20,800 in Berkeley late at night. You know, Cal pushed Miami 74 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,199 last season, but that was with Fernando Mendoza, who's now 75 00:04:24,240 --> 00:04:28,519 of course at Indiana. So Cal you could you could 76 00:04:28,519 --> 00:04:32,600 even say has slipped to a certain degree from last season. 77 00:04:32,680 --> 00:04:37,199 That was a very disappointing performance against Duke so in 78 00:04:37,319 --> 00:04:41,199 Stanford in the again IDOL so that covers the ACC 79 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:46,439 Bay Area schools. Oregon State, you know, the two pack 80 00:04:46,560 --> 00:04:49,800 the PAC twelve before the reinforcements come in next year, 81 00:04:50,360 --> 00:04:53,560 has alluded to earlier. Oregon State still winless under coach 82 00:04:54,000 --> 00:04:58,079 Trent Bray, that's a dire situation. Oregon State was playing 83 00:04:58,120 --> 00:05:00,800 from behind most of the way against app Blaction State 84 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:04,839 fought hard but still lost a close one. And it 85 00:05:04,959 --> 00:05:07,480 just seems that Oregon State is losing all the close 86 00:05:07,519 --> 00:05:11,360 ones this season. Lost a close one to Houston in overtime, 87 00:05:11,839 --> 00:05:16,160 lost a close one to Fresno State, And you know 88 00:05:16,199 --> 00:05:20,120 that I didn'tdirectly referred to earlier. Oregon State just can't 89 00:05:20,120 --> 00:05:23,959 get over the hump, and it continues against Apple Achian State. 90 00:05:23,959 --> 00:05:27,879 The Beavers still winless through week six. Not a pretty 91 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:32,560 scene in Corvallis, the Big Twelve part of the Western 92 00:05:32,680 --> 00:05:38,240 United States. Arizona State in Utah didn't play Arizona had. 93 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,639 Arizona didn't technically have an off week, but it was 94 00:05:42,000 --> 00:05:44,120 a football game, which is as close to having an 95 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,720 off week as possible without not playing, and that is 96 00:05:47,839 --> 00:05:52,399 hosting Oklahoma State. Oklahoma State the worst Power for conference team, 97 00:05:52,519 --> 00:05:56,240 So Arizona mops up the Pokes forty one thirteen. It 98 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,360 was as easy as everyone expected it to be. So 99 00:05:59,560 --> 00:06:03,079 Arizona just bags another win, moving closer to Bowl eligibility. 100 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,000 But of course, the schedule is gonna get a lot 101 00:06:06,120 --> 00:06:09,519 tougher for Arizona in the second half of the season, 102 00:06:10,120 --> 00:06:12,480 So it's wait and see in terms of what Arizona's 103 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:16,639 ceiling is. But the floor is happily higher than a 104 00:06:16,639 --> 00:06:20,040 lot of folks had feared. There was some skepticism about 105 00:06:20,040 --> 00:06:23,399 where this team was early in September. Brent Brennan is 106 00:06:23,439 --> 00:06:26,879 at least getting Arizona to take care of business in 107 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:29,560 the games where it ought to handle its business. So 108 00:06:29,639 --> 00:06:32,600 that's something. But now we get to see how high 109 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:37,199 Arizona can climb in the Big twelve. Colorado another loss 110 00:06:37,240 --> 00:06:41,160 to TCU, and you know, first off, we wish Deon 111 00:06:41,279 --> 00:06:45,480 Sanders a full recovery. He's continuing to deal with blood clots. 112 00:06:45,519 --> 00:06:49,720 He revealed that after the TCU game, So you know, 113 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:55,240 Coach Prime's health comes first and that is what's most important. 114 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:57,000 So we want to hold him in our thoughts in 115 00:06:57,000 --> 00:07:01,560 prayers here and get off my pylon. Just allow us 116 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,959 to digest that point first and foremost. On the field, 117 00:07:06,399 --> 00:07:11,759 Colorado is a mess at quarterback, just interceptions, mistakes, just 118 00:07:11,959 --> 00:07:15,319 not being able to make improvements, not being able to 119 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:20,600 be a more precise, detail oriented team. That game turned 120 00:07:20,639 --> 00:07:24,360 for Colorado. It was tied in the fourth quarter and 121 00:07:24,600 --> 00:07:27,759 a punt just hits a Colorado player in the back. 122 00:07:28,000 --> 00:07:30,560 You know, a guy trying to provide punt blocking, but 123 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:32,480 he turns his back to the ball. It just hits 124 00:07:32,519 --> 00:07:35,800 him squarely in the back. TCU recovers the ball near 125 00:07:35,879 --> 00:07:39,839 the Colorado thirty, goes into score, takes the lead, and 126 00:07:39,920 --> 00:07:44,000 ultimately wins by fourteen on a very very late touchdown. 127 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,879 And that was one of our friends in the desert moments. 128 00:07:47,519 --> 00:07:49,879 A really bad beat if you had Colorado plus the 129 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:54,800 thirteen and a half. But Colorado just not tending to 130 00:07:54,920 --> 00:07:57,959 details this season and so just the on field product, 131 00:07:59,279 --> 00:08:03,079 massive regrets from Shadur and Travis Hunter, as a lot 132 00:08:03,160 --> 00:08:08,519 of people expected. So Colorado. It's a grim time all 133 00:08:08,519 --> 00:08:15,439 around in Boulder. Now we go to the Big Ten, 134 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:19,160 which is really where just about all the notable and 135 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:27,079 major action is in western college football. Oregon plays Indiana 136 00:08:27,240 --> 00:08:31,319 this coming weekend. That's a huge game. We also have 137 00:08:31,399 --> 00:08:35,080 Michigan and USC cutting up this weekend. That's another monster game. 138 00:08:35,480 --> 00:08:37,519 We're definitely going to have more on those in a 139 00:08:37,559 --> 00:08:40,080 bed as we look ahead to week seven. But now 140 00:08:40,120 --> 00:08:43,279 we get to the really big story and we'll throw 141 00:08:43,360 --> 00:08:47,120 in also Washington was down twenty to three to Maryland 142 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,120 and the Husky score twenty one points in the fourth 143 00:08:50,159 --> 00:08:53,000 quarter in College Park to beat Maryland. They look dead 144 00:08:53,039 --> 00:08:56,480 for three quarters, the Huskies rise from the ashes somehow 145 00:08:56,480 --> 00:09:00,720 beat Maryland. This is a crazy fact. Maryland under coach 146 00:09:00,799 --> 00:09:04,960 Mike Loxley oh to ten after week in season, weeks off. 147 00:09:06,000 --> 00:09:09,279 That is absolutely insane. But Washington able to create that 148 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:12,799 oh and ten record for Maryland coming off an idle 149 00:09:12,840 --> 00:09:17,120 week under Locksley with that twenty one point fourth quarter 150 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:20,960 in College Park. Now we get to the big one 151 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:25,240 from week six. Ucla forty two Penn State thirty seven. 152 00:09:25,279 --> 00:09:27,039 It's a game that we're going to be talking about 153 00:09:27,080 --> 00:09:31,200 for a long time. It's a game that we certainly 154 00:09:31,240 --> 00:09:35,000 can't stop talking about from a UCLA perspective. I was 155 00:09:35,039 --> 00:09:39,840 following this game closely. Where do we start now that 156 00:09:39,919 --> 00:09:44,840 this game had everything, and I just want to kind 157 00:09:44,879 --> 00:09:48,639 of to enable people to appreciate how wild this game was. 158 00:09:49,080 --> 00:09:55,279 Let's just reel off several incredible facts about this game. 159 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,639 So one game had all of these details. In one 160 00:09:59,279 --> 00:10:03,759 one game, Intend contained all of these facts. The team 161 00:10:03,799 --> 00:10:07,120 that scored thirty points in the second half lost Penn 162 00:10:07,200 --> 00:10:10,440 State scored thirty in the second half still lost the game. 163 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:15,799 That's pretty wild. Five teams in James Franklin's tenure at 164 00:10:15,799 --> 00:10:18,559 Penn State have put up at least four hundred thirty 165 00:10:18,639 --> 00:10:23,440 yards against a Franklin coached Penn State defense, and UCLA 166 00:10:23,519 --> 00:10:26,200 is one of them. UCLA has one of five teams 167 00:10:26,200 --> 00:10:28,879 to put four to thirty on a James Franklin Penn 168 00:10:28,919 --> 00:10:33,720 State defense. And just think UCLA was owned four offensive 169 00:10:33,759 --> 00:10:37,080 line look pathetics. UCLA scored just fourteen points the week 170 00:10:37,120 --> 00:10:43,879 before against Northwestern. This came from absolutely nowhere, you know, like, 171 00:10:44,799 --> 00:10:48,279 not one soul, not one logical person could have possibly 172 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:52,440 predicted this, But it happened now in terms of the 173 00:10:52,480 --> 00:10:56,919 coming from nowhere logically, yes, but also it did come 174 00:10:56,919 --> 00:11:01,279 from somewhere, and that is UCLA interim head coach Tim 175 00:11:01,320 --> 00:11:07,679 Skipper sacking his previous failed offensive coordinator Tino Cinceri. You 176 00:11:07,720 --> 00:11:10,080 know who was Deshaun Foster's guy, and he puts in 177 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:15,919 Jerry new Heiel, former UCLA quarterback son of former UCLA 178 00:11:16,559 --> 00:11:20,879 Rose bull winning quarterback and then former UCLA head coach 179 00:11:20,960 --> 00:11:24,120 Rick new Heisl, who was in the CBS studio cheering 180 00:11:24,159 --> 00:11:28,200 on his son Jerry new Heiseel, come in, comes in, 181 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,440 and this is his first game as the offensive play 182 00:11:31,519 --> 00:11:36,240 car for UCLA, all right, and and so that is 183 00:11:36,279 --> 00:11:38,440 where the upset came from. But like no one could 184 00:11:38,480 --> 00:11:41,720 have predicted that a first time offensive play car would 185 00:11:41,759 --> 00:11:43,919 be this good right out of the gate in his 186 00:11:44,120 --> 00:11:46,960 in his first game. So UCLA puts four hundred and 187 00:11:47,000 --> 00:11:50,519 thirty on a Penn State defense, one of only five 188 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:53,720 teams in over a decade. Franklin's been at Penn State 189 00:11:53,799 --> 00:12:00,279 over a decade. And this this UCLA team zero to four. Uh, 190 00:12:00,840 --> 00:12:02,679 you know, I thought UCLA was headed for an zero 191 00:12:02,679 --> 00:12:06,919 to twelve season. This UCLA team, this UCLA offense puts 192 00:12:06,960 --> 00:12:10,000 four thirty on a James Franklin Penn State demons. Just 193 00:12:10,039 --> 00:12:14,679 absolutely crazy. So you have this fact, an interim head coach, 194 00:12:14,720 --> 00:12:18,960 Tim Skipper beat James Franklin, who made the playoffs semis 195 00:12:19,039 --> 00:12:21,759 last year, has won multiple New Year's Six Bowls, has 196 00:12:21,799 --> 00:12:25,679 won a Big Ten championship. You know, James Franklin for all, 197 00:12:25,720 --> 00:12:27,840 and we're going to get into his flaws for sure, 198 00:12:28,279 --> 00:12:33,159 but he regularly wins ten games a season. Like Tim 199 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,440 Skipper didn't beat a scrub, He beat a guy who 200 00:12:35,639 --> 00:12:38,000 wins a lot of games and who has been good 201 00:12:38,080 --> 00:12:40,360 at winning the games he's supposed to win. You know, 202 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:44,039 James Franklin can't beat the top ten, but he does 203 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:47,360 beat regularly the teams he's supposed to beat. And this 204 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:51,279 was a this was a you know, a change from 205 00:12:51,279 --> 00:12:54,799 that familiar script. So that also makes it pretty remarkable. 206 00:12:55,120 --> 00:12:58,519 More on Jerry Neuheisel, you know, making his debut as 207 00:12:58,519 --> 00:13:00,879 a play caller. He doesn't just have a great game 208 00:13:00,879 --> 00:13:05,919 in isolation. He out coached Jim Knowles, the football lifer. 209 00:13:06,440 --> 00:13:09,799 He's sixty years old, been there, done that, Like Jim Knowles, 210 00:13:09,799 --> 00:13:14,080 has been successful in so many different places in a 211 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:20,279 long and very prosperous and lucrative career. Jerry Neuheisel, thirty 212 00:13:20,279 --> 00:13:23,159 three years old, out coached a guy who's twenty seven 213 00:13:23,240 --> 00:13:27,279 years older and has so much more experience in the industry. 214 00:13:27,399 --> 00:13:31,759 That's pretty wild. And then also, Jerry Newheisel was a 215 00:13:31,799 --> 00:13:36,320 position coach until he got promoted to offensive coordinator this week, 216 00:13:36,440 --> 00:13:40,360 so he's at the bottom of the salary pyramid. And 217 00:13:40,559 --> 00:13:43,720 the guy he out coached, Jim Knowles, he's making roughly 218 00:13:43,759 --> 00:13:47,320 three point one million in overall compensation at Penn State. 219 00:13:47,399 --> 00:13:53,159 He's the highest compensated defensive coordinator in the whole college 220 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:57,480 football universe, the whole college football industry. So you didn't 221 00:13:57,519 --> 00:14:00,960 just have guys at the at opposite ages, opposite ends 222 00:14:01,039 --> 00:14:04,799 of the age spectrum thirty three versus sixty. You have 223 00:14:04,879 --> 00:14:07,879 guys at the total opposite ends of the salary spectrum. 224 00:14:08,279 --> 00:14:12,320 You know, Jerry Neuheiseel entry level and Jim Knowles three 225 00:14:12,320 --> 00:14:16,720 point one million, and you you couldn't have guessed which 226 00:14:17,279 --> 00:14:20,919 guy was the older, more experienced coordinator and which guy 227 00:14:21,080 --> 00:14:24,399 was making the three point one million dollar salary. Just 228 00:14:24,399 --> 00:14:32,600 just absolutely crazy that Jerry Neuheisel outflanked Jim Knowles this badly. Also, 229 00:14:32,879 --> 00:14:35,399 you know, from a betting perspective, Ucla was a twenty 230 00:14:35,399 --> 00:14:38,360 four point five point underdog. The line actually opened at 231 00:14:38,399 --> 00:14:41,360 twenty five point five. It was interesting that the line 232 00:14:41,399 --> 00:14:43,840 moved down a point during the week. Maybe there was 233 00:14:43,919 --> 00:14:47,799 just some you know, skepticism about Penn State having a 234 00:14:47,840 --> 00:14:52,360 hangover effect from the loss to Oregon instead of being motivated. 235 00:14:53,039 --> 00:14:55,279 Boy that that instinct, if you had it, if you 236 00:14:55,320 --> 00:14:58,759 had UCLA plus the twenty four and a half, you 237 00:14:58,799 --> 00:15:02,320 were definitely right because Penn State instead of being fired up, 238 00:15:02,799 --> 00:15:05,919 was just the opposite, just asleep at the wheel. And 239 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:07,960 what did we see right out of the game. We 240 00:15:08,000 --> 00:15:11,960 had UCLA kicking a successful on side kick. It was 241 00:15:11,960 --> 00:15:16,480 a little chip kick across the field to the far side. 242 00:15:16,559 --> 00:15:18,919 The Penn State up men they just left their position, 243 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:21,480 They left their post early, so they were just in 244 00:15:21,720 --> 00:15:25,080 in zombie mode. They were just drifting through the motions, 245 00:15:25,639 --> 00:15:30,480 not focused, you know, not really concentrating. And boy Tim 246 00:15:30,519 --> 00:15:34,360 Skipper and the UCLA staff, they they saw that on 247 00:15:34,480 --> 00:15:38,759 film and they pounced instantly. So that's why UCLA was 248 00:15:38,799 --> 00:15:40,639 able to get a ten to nothing lead before Penn 249 00:15:40,679 --> 00:15:43,480 State's offense even took the field. Still, A just was 250 00:15:43,519 --> 00:15:46,399 able to control the ball for most of the first quarter, 251 00:15:47,039 --> 00:15:50,840 and that, you know, that kept UCLA's defense off the field. 252 00:15:50,879 --> 00:15:54,759 You know, if if UCLA does a regular kickoff there 253 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,519 at seven to nothing about five and a half minutes 254 00:15:57,519 --> 00:16:00,480 in the game, you know, Penn State's offense was not 255 00:16:00,559 --> 00:16:03,559 the problem for the Nidney Lions. Penn State scores thirty seven, 256 00:16:04,240 --> 00:16:08,120 the offense scores thirty five. Ucla took a safety late 257 00:16:08,159 --> 00:16:12,200 in the game. More on that later, but just Penn 258 00:16:12,240 --> 00:16:15,080 State's offense not getting enough snaps in the first half. 259 00:16:15,159 --> 00:16:18,960 That played a crucial role in UCLA being able to 260 00:16:18,960 --> 00:16:23,519 build that early lead. So Tim Skipper just ran rings 261 00:16:23,519 --> 00:16:28,480 around James Franklin tactically. Also part of the crazy nature 262 00:16:28,519 --> 00:16:32,320 of this game. Here's another amazing fact, and my friend TJ. 263 00:16:32,519 --> 00:16:38,639 Reeves gave me this one. UCLA was zero to four, 264 00:16:38,720 --> 00:16:41,360 as you know, and was going up against a top 265 00:16:41,399 --> 00:16:45,480 ten opponent. Obviously Penn State no longer in the top ten, 266 00:16:45,519 --> 00:16:48,279 but we're talking about at the time of the game. 267 00:16:48,399 --> 00:16:50,840 At the time of kickoff, Penn State was of course 268 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:55,720 in the top ten, ranked number seven. So with the 269 00:16:55,759 --> 00:16:59,600 UCLA's win, this is the first time a team with 270 00:16:59,639 --> 00:17:04,039 a record of oh to four or worse beat an 271 00:17:04,079 --> 00:17:07,400 opponent that was ranked in the top ten. First time 272 00:17:07,440 --> 00:17:10,680 that's happened since nineteen eighty six. The first time this 273 00:17:10,720 --> 00:17:13,279 has happened in thirty nine years, team oh and four 274 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:16,720 or worse beats an opponent ranked in the top ten. 275 00:17:17,079 --> 00:17:21,359 In nineteen eighty six, number seven BYU lost to Owen 276 00:17:21,519 --> 00:17:26,599 six texasl Passo. That's Owen six UTEP nineteen eighty six. 277 00:17:26,640 --> 00:17:30,400 So first time in thirty nine years that we've had, 278 00:17:30,519 --> 00:17:32,559 you know, a team at the very bottom of college 279 00:17:32,599 --> 00:17:37,440 football beating an opponent in the top ten. Another absolutely 280 00:17:37,480 --> 00:17:43,079 astonishing fact to digest from this result. Now, you might 281 00:17:43,119 --> 00:17:49,200 have seen a tweet on Saturday about this. Uh, someone 282 00:17:49,440 --> 00:17:54,720 named Chris Muller tweeted, you steal a interim Tim Skippers 283 00:17:54,799 --> 00:17:58,599 now tie with James Franklin with one career Top ten 284 00:17:58,680 --> 00:18:02,680 win against a Big ten opponent. That's what was tweeted out. 285 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:08,000 And actually that was tweeted out on Sunday. That's not correct, Okay, 286 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:13,200 James Franklin has two career top ten wins against Big 287 00:18:13,200 --> 00:18:16,079 ten opponents. So it was really kind of funny that 288 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,599 people were saying, Oh, come on, you're incorrect. Why are 289 00:18:18,599 --> 00:18:20,880 you playing so loose with the facts, Why are you 290 00:18:21,440 --> 00:18:27,039 being so careless and lazy? All of that is accurate 291 00:18:28,240 --> 00:18:34,759 and true, and yet and yet the larger point of 292 00:18:34,799 --> 00:18:37,960 the tweet that it was inaccurate. But the larger point 293 00:18:38,000 --> 00:18:42,880 still stands. Tim Skipper in his first crack at a 294 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:47,799 top ten ranked Big Ten opponent wins. So that's half 295 00:18:48,160 --> 00:18:52,319 of all the top ten Big ten wins that James 296 00:18:52,319 --> 00:18:56,319 Franklin's had in over a decade at Penn State. It 297 00:18:56,480 --> 00:19:00,000 really does put this in perspective, it's a pretty remarkable 298 00:19:00,119 --> 00:19:05,119 thing to digest. More more crazy facts about this game, 299 00:19:05,279 --> 00:19:08,319 Nico Iamaliyava does something which hadn't been done in twenty 300 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:11,920 five years. He became the first UCLA quarterback to rush 301 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:15,559 for at least one hundred and twenty yards and at 302 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,119 least three touchdowns in a game since the year two 303 00:19:18,119 --> 00:19:22,799 thousand and Nico iam Maliyava was spectacular, showed what he 304 00:19:22,880 --> 00:19:26,960 can do. Obviously, Jerry Newheisel's play cind helped. The other 305 00:19:27,039 --> 00:19:30,359 thing we have to mention ucl A's offensive line. This 306 00:19:30,400 --> 00:19:34,279 offensive line got out played by Northwestern's defensive line. Where 307 00:19:34,279 --> 00:19:36,319 did that come from? You know, so we can talk 308 00:19:36,359 --> 00:19:39,799 about Jerry Newheizel only should, right, He had a brilliant debut, 309 00:19:39,960 --> 00:19:43,000 His father Rick and the CBS studio was just over 310 00:19:43,039 --> 00:19:46,359 the moon, and it was. It was a wholesome family moment. 311 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,920 But really, the real story of this game's offensive front 312 00:19:51,960 --> 00:19:55,000 contained Penn State's defensive front. You know, there were a 313 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:58,160 few sacks for Penn State, but not a ton and 314 00:19:58,839 --> 00:20:02,400 u Stile was able to consistently moved the ball throughout 315 00:20:02,400 --> 00:20:06,000 the game. Twenty seven points in the first half, fifteen 316 00:20:06,039 --> 00:20:09,319 in the second. So like there was never a point 317 00:20:09,359 --> 00:20:13,400 at which Penn State really stonewalled UCLA and just kind 318 00:20:13,440 --> 00:20:17,839 of kept kept this game in the Nittney Lions favor. 319 00:20:18,200 --> 00:20:20,720 You know, Penn State obviously got close, but it never 320 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,079 got over the hump u Cilia was always able to 321 00:20:26,079 --> 00:20:28,519 move the ball when it needed to, with the sole 322 00:20:28,640 --> 00:20:32,960 exception of that failed fourth down very late in the game. 323 00:20:33,039 --> 00:20:36,480 That was the one time when the UCLA slipped up. 324 00:20:36,480 --> 00:20:40,920 But really, you know, so UCLA's offense made very few mistakes. 325 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:45,920 It was able to finish drives. Obviously the forty two 326 00:20:46,039 --> 00:20:50,680 points and that tells yous UCLA was getting sevens more 327 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:57,240 than threes, and you know, was able to get into 328 00:20:57,319 --> 00:21:00,200 the red zone and finish drives instead of settling for 329 00:21:00,240 --> 00:21:05,000 field goals. That obviously made a really big difference. And 330 00:21:05,680 --> 00:21:08,119 just one last thing to absorb about this game in 331 00:21:08,200 --> 00:21:12,720 terms of all the crazy facts and figures and realities 332 00:21:13,319 --> 00:21:16,839 that emerged from it, just consider this was one game, 333 00:21:16,920 --> 00:21:20,440 one football game. It had all of these elements, had 334 00:21:20,480 --> 00:21:25,359 an interim coach and a first time offensive coordinator. And 335 00:21:25,400 --> 00:21:28,759 when I say first time offensive coordinator for Jerry Neuheisel, 336 00:21:29,279 --> 00:21:31,960 I'm not talking about first season I'm talking about first game. 337 00:21:32,599 --> 00:21:36,680 This was his first game of the season as an 338 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:43,240 offensive coordinator, So interim coach, first game offensive coordinator on 339 00:21:43,279 --> 00:21:47,599 a winless team beating a top ten opponent, Penn State. 340 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:50,880 And this game had a successful on side kick which 341 00:21:50,880 --> 00:21:53,720 I referenced earlier. It also had a block punt for 342 00:21:53,759 --> 00:21:56,079 a touchdown That was Penn State blocking a punt for 343 00:21:56,079 --> 00:21:59,200 a touchdown when it made that push in the second half. 344 00:21:59,519 --> 00:22:02,960 And there was a safety, UCLA taking a safety at 345 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:08,119 the end. So interrum coach, first game offensive coordinator, winless 346 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,960 team beating a top ten opponent in a game which 347 00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:14,240 had a successful on side kick, blockpunt for a TD 348 00:22:14,400 --> 00:22:17,279 and a safety. How many other games in the whole 349 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,480 history of college football have had that? And keep in 350 00:22:20,519 --> 00:22:23,160 mind the history of college football is now over one 351 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,640 hundred and fifty five years. How many other games have 352 00:22:26,720 --> 00:22:29,519 had that? So as you as you listen to this 353 00:22:29,599 --> 00:22:32,960 show here on, get off my pilon, you know, if 354 00:22:32,960 --> 00:22:37,839 you have a Sports Reference or the Elias Sports Bureau 355 00:22:38,039 --> 00:22:42,160 to consult, how long will it take you to find 356 00:22:42,240 --> 00:22:46,359 another game which had all of those components like this 357 00:22:46,519 --> 00:22:50,079 was certainly one for the history books, to be sure. 358 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:53,920 Let's talk about that safety at the end, because it 359 00:22:54,039 --> 00:22:58,759 just reinforced how poorly James Franklin coached this game for 360 00:22:58,839 --> 00:23:02,279 Penn State and how small Martlee Tim Skipper coached this 361 00:23:02,359 --> 00:23:05,079 game as the interim for UCLA. So we talked about 362 00:23:05,079 --> 00:23:09,000 how at the beginning UCLA completely snookered Penn State on 363 00:23:09,079 --> 00:23:13,440 this successful on side kick. Penn State was just sleepy, drowsy, 364 00:23:13,880 --> 00:23:16,480 drifting through the motions. It was the same thing at 365 00:23:16,519 --> 00:23:18,599 the end of the game. So like it reinforced the 366 00:23:18,640 --> 00:23:23,160 notion that from start to finish, without many interruptions in between, 367 00:23:24,319 --> 00:23:29,440 UCLA was out Uclea's interim patchwork staff. Remember UCLA sacked 368 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:35,680 it's both its coordinators during the off week that it 369 00:23:35,759 --> 00:23:42,400 had in September. UCLA's patchwork interim staff made James Franklin, 370 00:23:42,680 --> 00:23:45,720 Jim Knowles and the rest of the Penn State staff, 371 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:49,960 you know, point in all of these high salaries. UCLA's 372 00:23:50,000 --> 00:23:53,920 patchwork interim staff made Penn State's coaching staff look amateurish. 373 00:23:54,160 --> 00:23:56,720 And the safety was another part of this. So let's 374 00:23:56,799 --> 00:24:02,680 reset UCLA having the ball round its own twenty with 375 00:24:03,440 --> 00:24:08,359 twenty five seconds left forty two thirty five. I thought 376 00:24:08,440 --> 00:24:10,880 at the time, you know in real time that yes, 377 00:24:11,519 --> 00:24:13,920 Utilia should take a safety. You would think that James 378 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:17,160 Franklin would know this right, You'd think that he would 379 00:24:17,160 --> 00:24:20,519 anticipate that UCLA was gonna take a safety. But you 380 00:24:20,519 --> 00:24:22,839 know what, James Franklin and Penn State did not rush 381 00:24:22,880 --> 00:24:26,119 the UCLA punter, and the UCLA punter then then that 382 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,400 the snap was from the right hashmark. Okay, So the 383 00:24:30,519 --> 00:24:32,880 UCLA punter takes the snap and he goes into the 384 00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:36,839 back right corner of the end zone. If the UCLA 385 00:24:36,920 --> 00:24:39,839 punter had gone to the far side of the field 386 00:24:40,759 --> 00:24:43,039 toward the left hash and all the way over to 387 00:24:43,119 --> 00:24:46,079 the left corner of the end zone, he actually could 388 00:24:46,119 --> 00:24:48,680 have used up four or five more seconds than he 389 00:24:48,720 --> 00:24:51,400 actually did. But even then, because Penn State was not 390 00:24:51,519 --> 00:24:54,920 rushing the punter, UCLA was able to use eight whole 391 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:59,359 seconds on that one punt. So got the clock from 392 00:24:59,400 --> 00:25:03,960 twenty five down to seventeen. Like, that's worth two plays. 393 00:25:04,559 --> 00:25:07,119 That's worth two plays and with that little time left, 394 00:25:07,160 --> 00:25:10,720 that's a great outcome for UCLA and Penn State was 395 00:25:10,759 --> 00:25:13,839 just a sleep at the switch. And then of course 396 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:17,599 the kickoff and UCLA obviously is able to kick the 397 00:25:17,640 --> 00:25:20,319 ball off from the twenty that you know the punter 398 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:23,119 on the take. When taking the safety, the punter was 399 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:26,279 standing near the goal line, so obviously that's part of 400 00:25:26,279 --> 00:25:29,200 why you take the safety. Right, You're not only using 401 00:25:29,279 --> 00:25:31,720 up a few extra seconds, but then you get some 402 00:25:31,880 --> 00:25:35,079 field position, you get some relief. Because the free kick 403 00:25:35,839 --> 00:25:40,119 is from the twenty. The Penn State return man on 404 00:25:40,160 --> 00:25:43,279 the kickoff fielded the ball at the eight, he got 405 00:25:43,319 --> 00:25:46,319 it out to about the thirty seven, and that used 406 00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:51,720 five more seconds. So really UCLA used thirteen seconds from 407 00:25:52,319 --> 00:25:56,400 the start of that fourth down punt attempt which became 408 00:25:56,440 --> 00:26:01,720 a safety, to the end of the free kick thirteen 409 00:26:01,759 --> 00:26:04,960 seconds twenty five down to twelve. So Penn State had 410 00:26:04,960 --> 00:26:08,680 the ball at its own thirty seven with just twelve 411 00:26:08,759 --> 00:26:13,039 seconds left. That's three plays maximum could be just two plays, 412 00:26:13,480 --> 00:26:15,960 and you know, the Nitney Lions were not able to 413 00:26:16,000 --> 00:26:18,359 do anything. So it was certainly the right chess move 414 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:22,440 by UCLA and its interim coach Tim Skipper, But it's 415 00:26:22,480 --> 00:26:27,279 also just so noticeable that James Franklin was not anticipating 416 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:32,680 any of it. Just an absolutely appalling coaching performance part 417 00:26:32,720 --> 00:26:36,440 of a game that, again we're not gonna forget anytime. Soon. 418 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:41,200 I think just about everyone who follows college football, not 419 00:26:41,279 --> 00:26:44,799 just in the Big Ten and not just in the West, 420 00:26:45,279 --> 00:26:47,960 you know where I am. I would say this is 421 00:26:48,039 --> 00:26:51,400 the most stunning upset to date of the twenty twenty 422 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:55,960 five college football season. And so Penn State pretty much 423 00:26:56,079 --> 00:26:58,319 out of the playoff. I mean, if Penn State can 424 00:26:58,359 --> 00:27:01,119 somehow find a way to run the table, yeah, the 425 00:27:01,200 --> 00:27:04,119 ninte allions would be in. But who thinks Penn State's 426 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:07,079 running the table. Who thinks this team's running the table? 427 00:27:07,240 --> 00:27:10,240 Who thinks this team is going to beat both Indiana 428 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:14,319 and Ohio State, not to mention the other middle tier 429 00:27:15,000 --> 00:27:17,920 Big Ten games on this schedule. It's going to be 430 00:27:17,920 --> 00:27:19,480 hard for Penn State to pull that off. So the 431 00:27:19,519 --> 00:27:25,000 playoff configuration definitely change changes a lot after this Penn 432 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:28,480 State loss. So that's that was the big story of 433 00:27:28,480 --> 00:27:31,000 Week six. And now we turn our attention to two 434 00:27:31,079 --> 00:27:35,079 really big games in Week seven. Let's start with the 435 00:27:35,079 --> 00:27:38,759 Michigan USC. So you know I follow USC. Of course 436 00:27:38,799 --> 00:27:43,839 that Trojan's Wire and USC had this past week off, 437 00:27:43,839 --> 00:27:47,960 so we were all watching Michigan. Michigan looked bad against Wisconsin. 438 00:27:48,279 --> 00:27:51,400 This is a this is an awful Wisconsin team, and 439 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:55,000 Michigan won by just fourteen. And the thing is that 440 00:27:55,079 --> 00:27:58,119 fourteen point margin twenty four to ten, that pretty much 441 00:27:58,119 --> 00:28:01,319 reflected how close the game was. This was not a blowout. 442 00:28:01,480 --> 00:28:06,319 Michigan's offense legitimately struggled. Receivers are struggling to catch the ball. 443 00:28:06,799 --> 00:28:11,119 Bryce Underwood doesn't have it all figured out. He's he's 444 00:28:11,160 --> 00:28:16,599 throwing some passes too hard. Calibrating the right touch to 445 00:28:16,640 --> 00:28:19,920 put on a ball is still a little elusive for him. 446 00:28:20,359 --> 00:28:22,960 Sharon Moore, this is thing that. Now this is a 447 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:25,319 this is a Michigan thing, so it's not really under 448 00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:27,759 my get off my pilot umbrella. But I'm you know, 449 00:28:27,799 --> 00:28:30,519 I'm looking at Michigan as a scouting report for USC. 450 00:28:31,359 --> 00:28:34,279 When Charon Moore is not on the sidelines, you know, 451 00:28:34,359 --> 00:28:38,759 due to to tous suspension, Michigan usually makes better coaching decisions. 452 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,200 Charon Moore punted in this game when he had like 453 00:28:42,279 --> 00:28:44,599 three inches to make a first down. It was on 454 00:28:44,720 --> 00:28:47,640 like his own twenty five yard line. But Michigan should 455 00:28:47,680 --> 00:28:51,640 never think that it can't make three inches against anyone, 456 00:28:51,680 --> 00:28:55,880 but especially against a weaker than usual Wisconsin defensive front. 457 00:28:56,000 --> 00:29:04,400 So passing catching, coaching Michigan offense very substandard. Unless Michigan 458 00:29:04,559 --> 00:29:09,200 dramatically improves on offense, it's gonna be tough for the 459 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:13,519 Wolverines to beat USC. And Yet, as someone who follows USC, 460 00:29:13,680 --> 00:29:17,240 I know that USC's defense has been bad this season, 461 00:29:17,319 --> 00:29:20,519 was certainly very bad against Illinois. So you know, can 462 00:29:20,559 --> 00:29:25,039 you trust either Michigan or USC in that upcoming game 463 00:29:25,079 --> 00:29:29,200 in Week seven in the Los Angeles Coliseum. The key 464 00:29:29,279 --> 00:29:31,319 to this game is going to be the USC pass rush, 465 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,839 right because in USC's offense, you can generally rely on 466 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:39,359 a Lincoln Riley offense. Jade and Mayava at quarterback. He's 467 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,599 had a very good year. I won't say great because 468 00:29:42,599 --> 00:29:44,920 he you know, you did make some mistakes against Illinois, 469 00:29:45,319 --> 00:29:48,319 but he's had a very good year. And you have 470 00:29:48,559 --> 00:29:53,480 receivers McKay lemon, Jacoby Lane who can do the job, 471 00:29:54,119 --> 00:29:56,839 some really talented running backs, and an offensive line which 472 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,880 so far has performed well. So the questions for you 473 00:30:00,319 --> 00:30:03,920 are not on offense, they're on the defense. And against Illinois, 474 00:30:04,240 --> 00:30:08,799 the defensive line did not create one sack. USC got 475 00:30:08,839 --> 00:30:11,680 one sack against Illinois that was on a blitz from 476 00:30:11,720 --> 00:30:16,759 the secondary. That's it. So USC's pass rush against the 477 00:30:16,799 --> 00:30:20,160 Michigan offensive line. That's the center of this game. If 478 00:30:20,240 --> 00:30:24,240 USC's pass rush can get home, if USC can collapse 479 00:30:24,279 --> 00:30:29,400 the pocket when Michigan has the ball, Trojan should be 480 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:33,799 able to you know, prevent Michigan from a scoring in 481 00:30:33,839 --> 00:30:38,119 the thirties and b controlling time of possession as long 482 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,920 as Michigan scores under thirty points and doesn't dominate time 483 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:46,079 of possession. Let's say, for purposes of the discussion, let's 484 00:30:46,079 --> 00:30:49,119 say Michigan has no more than thirty two minutes time 485 00:30:49,119 --> 00:30:53,799 of possession and scores anywhere under thirty points. USC should win. 486 00:30:54,559 --> 00:30:57,079 US should definitely have enough offense that, you know, with 487 00:30:57,640 --> 00:31:02,119 twenty eight minutes time of possession and Michigan not you know, 488 00:31:02,839 --> 00:31:06,839 hogging the ball, USC should be able to score at 489 00:31:06,920 --> 00:31:11,839 least thirty in this game. Michigan just looked very disjointed. 490 00:31:13,079 --> 00:31:16,279 You know, Let's keep in mind, Michigan barely beat Nebraska 491 00:31:16,759 --> 00:31:19,160 earlier this season. I watched a little bit of Nebraska 492 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,720 Michigan State. Nebraska didn't look good like Nebraska is still 493 00:31:22,759 --> 00:31:25,279 not a good team. And yet Michigan State was right 494 00:31:25,319 --> 00:31:30,480 there battling Nebraska in the fourth quarter. You know that 495 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:33,039 that was about a fifty minute game before Nebraska pulled 496 00:31:33,079 --> 00:31:39,880 away late. So Michigan does not inspire much optimism or confidence. 497 00:31:39,880 --> 00:31:42,079 I do not see a very good Michigan team there. 498 00:31:42,599 --> 00:31:45,759 So it's just about, you know, after a week off, 499 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:52,640 can USC's defense. Can this be leaguered, struggling defense get 500 00:31:52,680 --> 00:31:55,599 a little healthier, which it should, you'd think, right with 501 00:31:56,000 --> 00:31:59,599 a week off, and will make at least some adjustments 502 00:31:59,599 --> 00:32:03,920 to be not terrible. Not expecting USC's defense to be great, 503 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:07,160 but I'm expecting it to be not terrible. And if 504 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,680 USC's defense is not terrible, the Trojans should definitely have 505 00:32:10,839 --> 00:32:14,079 enough offense to beat Michigan. And what's a hugely important 506 00:32:14,079 --> 00:32:17,359 game for both schools. I mean, the loser is basically 507 00:32:17,440 --> 00:32:21,640 done in terms of the playoff in mid October, so 508 00:32:22,000 --> 00:32:24,680 really a must win for Lincoln Riley if he loses 509 00:32:24,720 --> 00:32:28,480 to Michigan again, and this time at home under really 510 00:32:28,519 --> 00:32:32,599 what really are favorable circumstances, including and having a week off, 511 00:32:32,640 --> 00:32:34,640 you know, two weeks to prepare for this Michigan team. 512 00:32:34,960 --> 00:32:37,359 Lincoln Riley can't get this done. I mean, it's just 513 00:32:37,400 --> 00:32:42,920 gonna be an inferno of heat at USC. You know, 514 00:32:42,960 --> 00:32:46,359 Lincoln Riley's going to coach this team next year because 515 00:32:46,359 --> 00:32:50,680 there's that top ranked twenty twenty six recruiting class coming in. 516 00:32:50,759 --> 00:32:54,880 But just speaking personally, I'm fed up with Lincoln Riley. 517 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,559 I don't have confidence that he's gonna get to the 518 00:32:57,599 --> 00:33:01,759 mountaintop at USC. He just doesn't create accountability. He just 519 00:33:01,799 --> 00:33:08,759 doesn't create toughness throughout his team. He has to show 520 00:33:08,799 --> 00:33:12,039 that he can get things right. Until then, USC hasn't 521 00:33:12,039 --> 00:33:14,519 really earned the benefit of the doubt in that big 522 00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:19,519 picture perspective. But Michigan looks below average, So I think 523 00:33:19,559 --> 00:33:22,519 the lean would be the USC. But neither team is 524 00:33:22,559 --> 00:33:25,039 a team that you can trust. So consider that if 525 00:33:25,079 --> 00:33:28,160 you're thinking about betting on that game. Some games are 526 00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:31,839 just better left alone. Just enjoy them, study them. You 527 00:33:31,880 --> 00:33:34,319 don't have to bet on everything, right, because if you 528 00:33:34,359 --> 00:33:36,880 bet on everything, that needs more chances to lose money, 529 00:33:37,279 --> 00:33:39,319 not just more chances to win money. A little bit 530 00:33:39,319 --> 00:33:43,240 of betting wisdom. Just as you go through your college 531 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:48,559 football season, and now the really big one, Indiana at Oregon. 532 00:33:49,960 --> 00:33:54,960 It's a huge game, right Oregon beat Penn State, Indiana 533 00:33:55,200 --> 00:34:00,119 thumped Illinois, and then survived Kinnick Stadium in Iowa. The 534 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:03,400 winner of this game basically has one foot in the 535 00:34:03,440 --> 00:34:06,359 door of both the Big Ten Championship game and the 536 00:34:06,359 --> 00:34:09,280 College Football playoff. It it's going to be hard for 537 00:34:09,360 --> 00:34:11,719 the loser, or excuse me, for the winner of this 538 00:34:11,840 --> 00:34:15,360 game to miss the playoff, and even the loser of 539 00:34:15,400 --> 00:34:18,360 this game will still have plenty of chances to solidify 540 00:34:18,400 --> 00:34:21,320 a playoff bid in the second half of the season. 541 00:34:21,320 --> 00:34:23,920 But the winner of this game is basically in the playoff. 542 00:34:24,400 --> 00:34:27,639 Maybe not an absolute lock, but just extremely likely, like 543 00:34:27,719 --> 00:34:31,719 barring an unforeseen stumble at some point along the way 544 00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:36,480 in late October or anytime in November, barring an unforeseen stumble, 545 00:34:36,639 --> 00:34:38,519 the winner of this game is going to be in 546 00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:43,960 the playoff and very likely will play Ohio State in 547 00:34:44,039 --> 00:34:47,519 the Big Ten Championship game. So it's a huge one. 548 00:34:47,679 --> 00:34:51,719 It's a huge one, and it's more about the upside 549 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:54,599 for the winner. The loser still has everything to play for. 550 00:34:55,199 --> 00:34:57,280 The loser will have just one loss in the middle 551 00:34:57,320 --> 00:35:00,280 of the season. That's okay, it's not the idea, but 552 00:35:00,280 --> 00:35:03,760 it's okay. But the winner, the winner is sitting very, 553 00:35:03,960 --> 00:35:07,719 very pretty. So you have Kurt Signetti against Dan Laney, 554 00:35:07,719 --> 00:35:10,760 who's just great coaching matchup. Two guys who get it 555 00:35:10,800 --> 00:35:15,239 in terms of culture, in terms of organization, in terms 556 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:17,920 of accountability, the things that Lincoln Riley and I would 557 00:35:17,920 --> 00:35:23,679 also say Charon Moore at Michigan have struggled to establish 558 00:35:25,440 --> 00:35:29,239 one obvious and central plot point here Fernando Mendoza. You know, 559 00:35:29,320 --> 00:35:31,880 I mentioned Cal at the beginning of the show. Cal 560 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:35,159 without Mendoza, you know, was able to put up a 561 00:35:35,159 --> 00:35:39,400 good fight against cam Ward in Miami last season. Cal 562 00:35:39,559 --> 00:35:44,360 not as good at quarterback this season. So Fernando Mendoza left, 563 00:35:44,440 --> 00:35:48,880 leaves Berkeley, goes to Indiana. But from his days at Cal, 564 00:35:49,000 --> 00:35:51,039 he knows what it's like to play in Pac twelve 565 00:35:51,639 --> 00:35:54,159 style locations. Obviously it's a big ten game, but you 566 00:35:54,199 --> 00:35:59,199 know what I mean, Oregon, former Pac twelve school, Fernando Mendoza, 567 00:35:59,320 --> 00:36:02,920 like this is not going to be completely new for him, 568 00:36:03,239 --> 00:36:05,440 It's not going to be completely foreign for him. That 569 00:36:05,480 --> 00:36:09,159 could that could help Indiana. So how does Fernando Mendoza 570 00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:14,679 handle Ottson Stadium. He struggled at Iowa, you know, in Kinnick, 571 00:36:14,800 --> 00:36:17,639 which is a hard place to win. So maybe just 572 00:36:17,719 --> 00:36:21,679 having that difficult day against the Hawk guys gives him 573 00:36:21,719 --> 00:36:25,800 sufficient preparation to now step it up a bit, elevate 574 00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:30,239 his game against Oregon. And you know, when we consider 575 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:33,280 this game from the Oregon perspective, you know that win 576 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,280 against Penn State. I mean, if you beat Penn State 577 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:38,760 at night in prime time on national TV, that's a 578 00:36:38,800 --> 00:36:42,360 good win. Penn State's lost to UCLA doesn't really change that. 579 00:36:42,760 --> 00:36:46,840 But Penn State isn't all that great, so we can 580 00:36:46,920 --> 00:36:50,000 we can slightly downgrade the Oregon win over Penn State. 581 00:36:51,159 --> 00:36:53,480 It doesn't mean it ceases to be a good win, 582 00:36:53,760 --> 00:36:56,599 but it's a little bit less, right, just it's a 583 00:36:56,840 --> 00:36:59,119 it's a little bit less. You have to take away something, 584 00:36:59,800 --> 00:37:02,920 uh from that win. So when we consider that Oregon 585 00:37:03,039 --> 00:37:06,480 scored just three points on Penn State in two and 586 00:37:06,519 --> 00:37:09,719 a half quarters and that UCLA hum forty two in 587 00:37:09,800 --> 00:37:14,480 Penn State. I know that Tony Rojas, Penn State's excellent linebacker, 588 00:37:14,559 --> 00:37:20,519 was missing against UCLA. It's relevant to the discussion, but 589 00:37:20,559 --> 00:37:23,599 it's still just one player. Like Penn State's defensive line 590 00:37:23,679 --> 00:37:28,559 still did get handled by UCLA's offensive line. So just 591 00:37:28,639 --> 00:37:31,159 how good was that win over Penn State. It's still 592 00:37:31,199 --> 00:37:33,960 a good win, want to make that clear, but it 593 00:37:34,039 --> 00:37:37,639 does have to be reduced in terms of the stature 594 00:37:38,320 --> 00:37:42,639 and overall level of impressiveness. Right, I think you have 595 00:37:42,719 --> 00:37:45,920 to make at least some kind of recalibration there, but 596 00:37:46,000 --> 00:37:50,079 the question is how much. But it certainly creates intrigue 597 00:37:50,800 --> 00:37:56,480 before Oregon hosts Indiana, and so Dante Moore, the fact 598 00:37:56,519 --> 00:38:00,559 that he went into Penn State and won that should 599 00:38:00,559 --> 00:38:02,679 give him a lot of confidence going to this game 600 00:38:03,280 --> 00:38:06,800 against Indiana. And now, you know, to kind of go 601 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:09,440 back to the Indiana view of this game, one thing 602 00:38:09,480 --> 00:38:11,760 that you have to be concerned about if you're Indiana 603 00:38:12,480 --> 00:38:16,960 is that, you know, Illinois was horrible. Illinois did not 604 00:38:17,039 --> 00:38:20,239 offer any resistance. Illinois did not provide a true test. 605 00:38:21,199 --> 00:38:25,440 Iowa was going through a very difficult quarterback situation with 606 00:38:25,559 --> 00:38:29,280 injuries and all sorts of limitations. So Indiana was able 607 00:38:29,280 --> 00:38:32,880 to handle Iowa's offense. You know, Indiana almost lost that 608 00:38:32,920 --> 00:38:37,519 game because its own offense struggled. Mendoza didn't play especially well, 609 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:40,360 but the Indiana defense was able to win that game, 610 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:44,440 limiting Iowa to thirteen points. Indiana then takes that late 611 00:38:44,480 --> 00:38:49,119 safety for the twenty to fifteen final. Indiana's defense was fine, 612 00:38:50,320 --> 00:38:55,880 but but Iowa's offense was very limited. So Now, if 613 00:38:55,920 --> 00:38:59,760 you're Indiana, you know, Illinois offense didn't do anything. Iowa 614 00:38:59,800 --> 00:39:04,440 was offense was limited. This Oregon offense with all that speed. 615 00:39:05,159 --> 00:39:08,360 Dan Lanning has been excellent at bringing speed into his 616 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:13,000 program in Eugene. You know, this could be a day 617 00:39:13,079 --> 00:39:16,559 that Oregon's offense takes off and it might be a bigger, 618 00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:22,840 tougher challenge by several notches, several degrees of difficulty than 619 00:39:22,880 --> 00:39:26,880 anything that Indiana has seen before. So really, the keys 620 00:39:26,920 --> 00:39:31,400 to this game Mendoza is number one. Mendoza has to 621 00:39:31,440 --> 00:39:34,719 play well. I can't see Indiana winning if Mendoza does 622 00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:37,320 not play well. But then the second thing is can 623 00:39:37,400 --> 00:39:43,519 Indiana's defense match Oregon's speed and not get burned either 624 00:39:43,599 --> 00:39:49,440 down the field or in like screens, misdirections and situations 625 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:53,320 where Oregons backs and receivers get the ball in open 626 00:39:53,440 --> 00:39:56,159 space and you know, try to turn a dump off 627 00:39:56,199 --> 00:40:00,480 pass or a short pass into a long one. Indiana's 628 00:40:00,559 --> 00:40:03,800 linebackers and safeties going to be in the right position 629 00:40:03,920 --> 00:40:07,880 so that they're always making tackles right after the catch. 630 00:40:08,719 --> 00:40:12,000 That's going to be the other key for that particular game. 631 00:40:12,639 --> 00:40:15,800 So the UCLA's upset over Penn State, the big story 632 00:40:15,840 --> 00:40:18,639 of week six. Week seven, we look ahead and we 633 00:40:18,679 --> 00:40:22,760 see those two huge Big Ten games involving Western teams, 634 00:40:22,840 --> 00:40:27,599 Oregon hosting Indiana, USC hosting Michigan. And you know, just 635 00:40:28,079 --> 00:40:29,920 while we're talking about the Big Ten, we also have 636 00:40:30,000 --> 00:40:33,360 Ohio State Illinois, but that's outside the West. You want 637 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:37,000 to get more on that game, Buck, Guys Alina from 638 00:40:37,039 --> 00:40:40,599 our friends at Big Ten Paradigm. Another College Grid on 639 00:40:40,679 --> 00:40:43,800 Coast to Coast show hosted by Noah Drury. You get 640 00:40:43,840 --> 00:40:47,239 more on the Big Ten, especially the Midwestern teams from 641 00:40:47,280 --> 00:40:51,119 Big Ten Paradigm, and of course all our College Grid 642 00:40:51,119 --> 00:40:53,440 around coast to coast shows, whether it's Yards and Stripes 643 00:40:53,440 --> 00:40:57,440 on the Service Academies, they're looking back at the Navy 644 00:40:57,800 --> 00:41:00,000 thriller over Air Force and one of the more inner 645 00:41:00,000 --> 00:41:03,039 retaining games of week six. So Yards and Stripes is 646 00:41:03,039 --> 00:41:07,599 our Service Academy show, All Sports Discussion on the ACC 647 00:41:08,199 --> 00:41:11,199 Florida Football Insiders on the State of Florida. So both 648 00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:15,360 those shows, All Sports Discussion and Florida Football Insiders, they're 649 00:41:15,360 --> 00:41:19,719 going to be talking about Miami's win at Florida State. 650 00:41:20,320 --> 00:41:24,559 For all those shows, go to Apple, Spotify, Spreaker, wherever 651 00:41:25,159 --> 00:41:27,400 you listen to your podcasts and on Twitter. You can 652 00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:31,960 go to Gridiron Coast for the full family of college 653 00:41:32,000 --> 00:41:35,159 Gridiron Coast to Coast college football podcast. We're part of 654 00:41:35,199 --> 00:41:38,639 that here at Get Off My Pilon, covering college football 655 00:41:39,079 --> 00:41:41,800 in the Western United States. It's the middle of the season, 656 00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:45,679 it's almost week seven. Where's the time going? But so 657 00:41:45,800 --> 00:41:49,280 many interesting games coming up, and of course UCLA beating 658 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:52,159 Penn State and an upset we're going to remember for 659 00:41:52,199 --> 00:41:55,559 a very very long time. So for Get Off My Pilon. 660 00:41:55,599 --> 00:41:57,960 This is Matt Zemk. We'll see you next week here 661 00:41:58,000 --> 00:41:59,960 on Get Off My Pilon. Thanks for listening. 662 00:42:00,079 --> 00:42:00,320 Speaker 1: See