1 00:00:01,240 --> 00:00:04,839 Speaker 1: Check it out college football on the West Coast. This 2 00:00:04,919 --> 00:00:07,400 is Get Off My Pylon, a look at the PAC 3 00:00:07,559 --> 00:00:11,240 twelve and more, part of the College Gridiron Coast to 4 00:00:11,279 --> 00:00:12,919 Coast podcast network. 5 00:00:13,320 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 2: Here's your host, that's Zebon. Welcome to last edition of 6 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,280 Get Off My Pilon College football podcast. This is your host, 7 00:00:22,039 --> 00:00:26,440 Matt Zemeck. So our show is once again this edition 8 00:00:26,480 --> 00:00:28,239 of Get Off My Pilon brought to you by College 9 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,480 Gridiron Coast to Coast. Find College grid and Coast to 10 00:00:31,519 --> 00:00:33,520 Coast at Apple and the other places where you listen 11 00:00:33,560 --> 00:00:38,159 to your podcasts on Twitter. At Gridiron Coast you can 12 00:00:38,200 --> 00:00:42,280 listen to Jason Powers Florida Football Insiders podcast covering football 13 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,320 in the state of Florida. You have UCF versus Florida 14 00:00:45,399 --> 00:00:47,719 this week. You also have Florida State versus Clemson, so 15 00:00:47,799 --> 00:00:50,759 follow Jason Powers for that. You have the all Sports 16 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:55,479 Discussion ACC podcast in the Gridiron Coast family, and you 17 00:00:55,520 --> 00:01:00,600 have the other regional and conference based podcasts that are 18 00:01:00,640 --> 00:01:04,359 all part of the College grid Iron Coast to Coast umbrella. 19 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,680 Here on Get Off My Pylon we looked, of course 20 00:01:06,799 --> 00:01:10,840 at college football in the Western United States, and so 21 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:14,359 it's another week that means there's more realignment news, but 22 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:15,840 you know, we're gonna keep it a little shorter this 23 00:01:15,920 --> 00:01:19,599 time because the big news is Gonzaga going to the 24 00:01:19,599 --> 00:01:22,879 PAC twelve. That's not a football story. That is that 25 00:01:23,000 --> 00:01:26,480 is a basketball story. So the PAC twelve branding itself 26 00:01:26,599 --> 00:01:29,480 rebranding itself, I should say, as a basketball conference. So 27 00:01:30,000 --> 00:01:32,719 not a whole lot to say in terms of football. 28 00:01:34,239 --> 00:01:38,879 The PAC twelve does need another full member to get 29 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:44,239 to eight for college football playoff eligibility, so we'll see 30 00:01:44,239 --> 00:01:47,280 what the PAC twelve's next move there is. It seems 31 00:01:47,280 --> 00:01:49,799 hard to think that, you know, Memphis or the other 32 00:01:49,879 --> 00:01:53,879 AAC schools Tulane, South Florida, Texas, San Antonio are going 33 00:01:53,959 --> 00:01:57,159 to reconsider now that Gonzaga is there because they're you know, 34 00:01:57,200 --> 00:02:01,120 they're thinking football now. Memphis, m Memphis being a basketball 35 00:02:01,120 --> 00:02:04,799 school as well as a football school, might reconsider. But 36 00:02:04,799 --> 00:02:06,359 I don't think you're going to get like a cluster. 37 00:02:06,879 --> 00:02:09,879 But maybe the PAC twelve can make Memphis reconsider. I 38 00:02:09,879 --> 00:02:12,680 think that's really the extent of the state of play 39 00:02:12,719 --> 00:02:15,479 and where we're at. So enough about realignment. Didn't have 40 00:02:15,520 --> 00:02:18,639 to do a whole lot on realignment this week because 41 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:22,000 it doesn't really have a football emphasis anymore in the 42 00:02:22,080 --> 00:02:25,479 Pac twelve. So in terms of what happened on the 43 00:02:25,520 --> 00:02:29,120 field in Week five in the Western United States, you know, 44 00:02:29,159 --> 00:02:34,719 we've been talking about the Pac twelve teams that are 45 00:02:34,840 --> 00:02:37,280 no longer in that conference and that are now in 46 00:02:37,360 --> 00:02:41,039 the Big Ten, also the Big Twelve. We've been doing 47 00:02:41,120 --> 00:02:47,520 that the past few weeks. But let's go with the 48 00:02:47,560 --> 00:02:51,360 Mountain West. Let's look elsewhere, because we haven't been tending 49 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:55,360 to the Mountain West a whole lot. Those teams deserve 50 00:02:55,439 --> 00:02:59,400 some attention. Both UNLV and Boise State in particular, they 51 00:02:59,439 --> 00:03:02,919 are both in the thick of the hunt for that 52 00:03:03,000 --> 00:03:05,280 Group of five championship and a spot in the College 53 00:03:05,280 --> 00:03:09,919 Football Playoffs, both with very impressive wins. In Week five. 54 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:13,280 What UNLV did you know? LV blew out Fresno State. 55 00:03:13,360 --> 00:03:15,840 Fresno State is supposed to have a decent team. You know, 56 00:03:15,919 --> 00:03:20,560 he crushes Fresno State. Dominated the game from start to finish. 57 00:03:20,639 --> 00:03:23,639 And what's really unique about this game is that you 58 00:03:23,879 --> 00:03:28,879 had the whole Matthew Sluka nil catastrophe. You know, a 59 00:03:28,960 --> 00:03:32,400 quarterback who was playing well for an unbeaten team, he 60 00:03:33,639 --> 00:03:37,439 abruptly quits because he did not feel that he was 61 00:03:37,479 --> 00:03:41,439 getting the nil compensation that he expected that he was 62 00:03:41,639 --> 00:03:44,680 entitled to. And I'm not judging anybody, you know, I'm 63 00:03:44,719 --> 00:03:48,319 not judging UNLV, not judging SLUCA, but obviously there was 64 00:03:48,360 --> 00:03:52,080 a misunderstanding. We've seen this elsewhere. It's gonna happen again 65 00:03:52,159 --> 00:03:57,280 as well. But it seemed to be a significant blow 66 00:03:57,960 --> 00:04:01,479 to Barry Odom's UNLV team, so at least not against 67 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:06,000 Presno State. No V just mows down the Bulldogs looked 68 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:10,479 every bit as good as it did before Sluca's decision, 69 00:04:10,599 --> 00:04:15,280 So obviously the team rallied around the coach and they 70 00:04:15,319 --> 00:04:18,439 are still capable of playing some really good ball, So 71 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:21,399 Barry Odom keeps the train rolling, at least for another week. 72 00:04:21,439 --> 00:04:24,720 We'll see if the Sluca situation catches up with UNOV, 73 00:04:24,759 --> 00:04:26,839 but it sure didn't look like it like. It's not 74 00:04:26,920 --> 00:04:30,920 as though UNOLV won a shaky, close, sloppy game and 75 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:35,720 the team clearly regressed without Sluca. It seemed as though 76 00:04:35,759 --> 00:04:38,800 the same high standard was there and might have been 77 00:04:39,079 --> 00:04:42,800 might even have been slightly better. We'll see what UNMLV 78 00:04:43,000 --> 00:04:46,759 does this week hosting Syracuse. That's a very interesting game 79 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:50,480 with Kyle McCord former Ohio State quarterback coming up against 80 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:53,120 UNLV like that is a highly intriguing game. And who 81 00:04:53,120 --> 00:04:57,759 would have thought UNOV Syracuse being that interesting in football? 82 00:04:57,800 --> 00:05:01,319 You think of Jim Beheim and Jerry Arcanian, like that 83 00:05:01,360 --> 00:05:05,600 would have been an amazing nineteen eighty nine Elite eight game. 84 00:05:06,920 --> 00:05:09,360 But no, it's a it's actually a really interesting football 85 00:05:09,399 --> 00:05:14,279 game this weekend. UNLV Syracuse. What a world. Let's turned 86 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:18,920 to Boise State Ashton gent. If you want to identify 87 00:05:18,959 --> 00:05:21,560 the best running back in college football at the end 88 00:05:21,600 --> 00:05:25,000 of September, that's the guy, Ashton Genty. He runs for 89 00:05:25,439 --> 00:05:29,040 over two hundred and fifty yards against Washington State, and 90 00:05:29,079 --> 00:05:32,800 Boise State looked excellent. And you know, I didn't talk 91 00:05:33,360 --> 00:05:35,600 about this game last week, and get off my pylon. 92 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:41,680 I should have. But my thought process on this Boise 93 00:05:41,759 --> 00:05:45,959 State Wazoo game was that, you know, Washington State had 94 00:05:45,959 --> 00:05:52,000 that you know, very tense, very narrow, very fortunate, fifty 95 00:05:52,040 --> 00:05:55,360 four fifty two double overtime win over San Jose State 96 00:05:55,360 --> 00:05:58,519 the week before, and a lot of people might have 97 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:01,720 downgraded Washington State because of that. I was not one 98 00:06:01,759 --> 00:06:04,120 of those people. I thought, Okay, that game was on 99 00:06:04,120 --> 00:06:08,160 a Friday, night, So short week after the Apple Cup, 100 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,120 all right, Washington State was not in a good place, 101 00:06:12,560 --> 00:06:15,480 a good position to play really well against San Jose State. 102 00:06:15,879 --> 00:06:18,439 That was one of those get through it games for 103 00:06:18,639 --> 00:06:21,879 Washington State. I wasn't expecting a good performance because that 104 00:06:21,959 --> 00:06:25,399 team was physically and mentally drained after winning the Apple 105 00:06:25,439 --> 00:06:28,600 Cup against Washington has a short week of prep. Wasn't 106 00:06:28,639 --> 00:06:31,120 expecting anything from Washington State other than a win. Like 107 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,439 I was not expecting Washington State to win big, was 108 00:06:34,519 --> 00:06:37,759 not expecting Washington State to look impressive. So I didn't 109 00:06:37,759 --> 00:06:40,959 really put a lot of stock in Washington State not 110 00:06:41,040 --> 00:06:43,639 playing well against Santose State. So I thought Washington State 111 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:48,160 getting you know, an extra day to prepare for Boise State. 112 00:06:48,240 --> 00:06:51,120 You know, so if the San Jose State game was 113 00:06:51,160 --> 00:06:53,560 a short week for Washington State playing on a Friday, 114 00:06:53,720 --> 00:06:57,399 when Washington State had a longer week of preparation for 115 00:06:57,519 --> 00:06:59,800 Boise State, and I thought Washington State would be ready, 116 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:03,920 the spread was roughly a touchdown in favor of Boise State. 117 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,279 I thought Washington State was going to cover flat lee 118 00:07:06,319 --> 00:07:09,399 Ron and Boise State played a great game. And let's 119 00:07:09,439 --> 00:07:15,160 keep this in mind, Ashton Gent isn't just dominating pretty 120 00:07:15,199 --> 00:07:18,000 much every game he plays and putting himself squarely into 121 00:07:18,040 --> 00:07:21,160 the Heisman conversation. That's one part of the Boise State story. 122 00:07:21,199 --> 00:07:24,199 But let's remember this as well with Boise State first 123 00:07:24,279 --> 00:07:29,560 year head coach Spaniard Danielson. And you know, he was 124 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,639 an interim at the end of last season, but this 125 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:36,839 is his first full season in charge in Boise. He 126 00:07:36,920 --> 00:07:39,560 had to make a tough call at the quarterback spot. 127 00:07:39,720 --> 00:07:43,360 And I'm the editor of the Trojans Wire blog covering 128 00:07:43,439 --> 00:07:48,399 USC football and USC women's basketball under the USA Today, 129 00:07:48,839 --> 00:07:53,480 Gannett Banner. And you know, so I'm I got to 130 00:07:53,519 --> 00:07:57,759 see Malachi Nelson at USC five star quarterback. You know, 131 00:07:57,920 --> 00:08:03,720 the top prospect. Lincoln Riley won him. Lincoln Riley got him. 132 00:08:03,959 --> 00:08:06,720 You know, Malachi Nelson was supposed to be the real deal. Now, 133 00:08:06,839 --> 00:08:10,160 in Malachi Nelson's defense, he's been injured, all right, He 134 00:08:10,439 --> 00:08:13,800 had some medical procedures. It's been a tough road for him. 135 00:08:13,800 --> 00:08:17,319 It's not as though he is failing so much. As 136 00:08:17,399 --> 00:08:20,600 you know, injuries have affected him. But there was a 137 00:08:20,639 --> 00:08:25,560 real camp battle for quarterback between Malachi Nelson and Maddox Madson, 138 00:08:26,360 --> 00:08:30,000 and Danielson had to make the call, and he made 139 00:08:30,040 --> 00:08:33,159 the call for Madson turned out to be the right call. 140 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:36,639 That Boise State offense, that Boise State team is humming. 141 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:40,360 Let's remember they almost beat Oregon in Eugene. They lost 142 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:43,399 thirty seven thirty four on a walk off field goal 143 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:45,919 last play in the game, and they would have won 144 00:08:46,120 --> 00:08:48,919 if they had not allowed two very long kick returns 145 00:08:49,399 --> 00:08:51,639 to the Ducks. Bois he stayed allowed just twenty three 146 00:08:51,679 --> 00:08:56,480 points to the Oregon offense. Boise State allowed fourteen points 147 00:08:56,519 --> 00:08:59,360 to the Oregon special teams, only twenty three to the 148 00:08:59,360 --> 00:09:04,240 Oregon offense in Autson Stadium in Eugene at night. So 149 00:09:04,279 --> 00:09:07,600 that's a that's a good, very good Boise State team 150 00:09:07,639 --> 00:09:12,720 delivering lots of very impressive results. Look awesome against Washington State. 151 00:09:12,799 --> 00:09:17,919 That was an eye opening performance. So UNLV and Boise 152 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:21,879 State both making some pretty loud statements from the Mountain 153 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:26,080 West in the Group of five conversation. That is definitely 154 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:29,879 part of the story in western college football in the 155 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:34,720 United States. All right, let's now get to you know, 156 00:09:34,720 --> 00:09:37,440 the former Pac twelve teams now in the Big Ten 157 00:09:37,480 --> 00:09:40,600 and the Big twelve. So one of the obvious big 158 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:43,919 stories was Arizona at Utah and Utah, of course without 159 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:47,000 cam Rising, but Utah, without cam Rising was able to 160 00:09:47,039 --> 00:09:50,440 go into Stillwater beat Mike Gundy and Oklahoma State the 161 00:09:50,480 --> 00:09:54,080 week before. So you think they come home to host 162 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:57,600 an Arizona team which got sand blasted by Kansas State. 163 00:09:57,679 --> 00:10:02,120 Arizona just got absolutely thumped by KSU in Manhattan, the 164 00:10:02,159 --> 00:10:06,840 Little Apple. It was just an absolute no contest in 165 00:10:06,879 --> 00:10:13,879 the second half for Arizona. Kansas State the vastly superior team. 166 00:10:14,159 --> 00:10:20,480 But now, you know, going to Salt Lake City, Arizona 167 00:10:20,519 --> 00:10:23,480 was able to turn things around. And I think most 168 00:10:23,519 --> 00:10:25,440 people were definitely thinking that Utah was going to be 169 00:10:25,440 --> 00:10:28,480 able to win that game even without cam Rising, given 170 00:10:28,519 --> 00:10:31,000 what the Utes were able to do in Stillwater against 171 00:10:31,000 --> 00:10:34,320 Oklahoma State, and thinking that, you know, hey, Arizona got 172 00:10:34,480 --> 00:10:38,720 just overwhelmed by Kansas State, so certainly Utah in Salt 173 00:10:38,799 --> 00:10:41,440 Lake City at night was going to be handled, going 174 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:45,120 to be able to handle the Wildcats. Did not work 175 00:10:45,159 --> 00:10:49,039 out that way. Arizona's defense, which had been shaky against 176 00:10:49,039 --> 00:10:53,480 New Mexico against Kansas State, was able to dominate, and 177 00:10:53,639 --> 00:10:57,080 an offense, which you know has been inconsistent, was able 178 00:10:57,120 --> 00:11:01,919 to make timely plays. So Arizona definitely raised its game 179 00:11:02,759 --> 00:11:05,600 at Utah, and it is funny. It's funny for anyone 180 00:11:05,600 --> 00:11:09,720 in the Pac twelve that Utah's first Big twelve loss 181 00:11:09,759 --> 00:11:13,960 comes against, of course, another Pac twelve team that accompanied 182 00:11:13,960 --> 00:11:17,159 the youths in the move from the Pac twelve to 183 00:11:17,200 --> 00:11:19,080 the Big twelve. It wasn't one of the old guard 184 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:22,679 Big twelve schools that gave Utah's first loss. It's Arizona. 185 00:11:22,799 --> 00:11:25,720 So now that Big twelve race becomes a lot more cluttered, 186 00:11:25,759 --> 00:11:30,600 a lot more complicated. And another complication is that Colorado 187 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:35,360 was able to shock UCF in Orlando. And I know 188 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:37,360 Jason Powers is going to have more on the nights 189 00:11:37,360 --> 00:11:40,919 in his Florida Football Insiders podcast, part of the College 190 00:11:40,919 --> 00:11:43,799 gre Down Coast to Coast podcast network. But just from 191 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:46,679 the Colorado side, I don't think anyone saw this coming. 192 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:50,679 I know I did. I'm a Colorado skeptic, but hey, 193 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:54,960 forty eight to twenty one in Orlando, that speaks for itself. 194 00:11:55,039 --> 00:12:01,720 Travis Hunter with a typically dynamic two way performance. I'm 195 00:12:01,879 --> 00:12:05,159 more surprised that Coloradle held UCF to twenty one than 196 00:12:05,200 --> 00:12:08,639 I am that Coloradle scored forty eight. I know Colorado, 197 00:12:08,759 --> 00:12:10,440 you know, on its best date can put up video 198 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:13,519 game numbers, but the fact that the defense held its 199 00:12:13,559 --> 00:12:18,039 own and didn't get into a video game on its side, 200 00:12:18,399 --> 00:12:22,159 that it was able to contain UCF's offense, that's the 201 00:12:22,200 --> 00:12:27,399 more impressive part. Can Colorado be a halfway decent defensive team? 202 00:12:27,480 --> 00:12:30,559 If so, then the offense can certainly win games. But 203 00:12:30,720 --> 00:12:32,600 it's going to be interesting to see if that Colorado 204 00:12:32,639 --> 00:12:38,279 defense can maintain the level of consistency it has displayed. Obviously, 205 00:12:38,320 --> 00:12:42,039 Coloradle also won, you know, in an overtime escape against 206 00:12:42,080 --> 00:12:45,720 Baylor the week before, Baylor not playing Hail Mary defense. 207 00:12:45,759 --> 00:12:48,879 But Colorado's kind of riding the wave right now. And 208 00:12:49,240 --> 00:12:52,480 credit to Dion, you know, he certainly had Klorale ready 209 00:12:52,519 --> 00:12:57,120 to play against UCF. Let's see if Coloradole can sustain this, 210 00:12:57,159 --> 00:12:59,960 because you know, Coloradle has gotten off to good starts before. 211 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:03,360 Colorado has had good Septembers before. But what happens in 212 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,320 October and November that's going to take the fuller measure 213 00:13:06,720 --> 00:13:11,840 of Colorado this season. Arizona State was off, but here's 214 00:13:11,879 --> 00:13:15,120 an interesting little plot point for Arizona State's next game. 215 00:13:15,159 --> 00:13:20,240 It's a home game against Kansas, and normally right Arizona 216 00:13:20,279 --> 00:13:23,039 State games start at night, late at night in Temp 217 00:13:23,360 --> 00:13:25,960 the value of the sun. Usually it's a seven thirty 218 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:31,600 local time kickoff. Television has arranged it that Arizona State's 219 00:13:31,600 --> 00:13:34,519 going to play at five pm local time. That's eight Eastern, 220 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:37,960 but it's five pm local time in TEMP. This Saturday. 221 00:13:38,600 --> 00:13:41,840 The heat in Phoenix and I'm here, I'm here in Phoenix. 222 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,639 The heat is not letting up. It's been there's been 223 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:48,639 record heat this week, and I mean we expect it 224 00:13:48,679 --> 00:13:51,440 to be one hundred degrees in the first week of October. 225 00:13:51,600 --> 00:13:55,840 That's not remarkable. That's not noteworthy in any way for 226 00:13:55,879 --> 00:13:59,679 a Phoenician. But it's been one hundred and thirteen. It's 227 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,720 been one hundred and fifteen. It was one hundred and 228 00:14:01,759 --> 00:14:06,120 fifteen on Saturday, September twenty eighth. I'd never recall it 229 00:14:06,159 --> 00:14:09,720 being that hot that late in the year in Phoenix, 230 00:14:09,879 --> 00:14:11,759 and then one hundred and thirteen on the first day 231 00:14:11,759 --> 00:14:15,360 of October. On Tuesday, it is expected to be around 232 00:14:15,399 --> 00:14:19,519 one hundred and nine one hundred and ten at five 233 00:14:19,600 --> 00:14:25,639 pm at kickoff time for Arizona State versus Kansas on Saturday, 234 00:14:26,039 --> 00:14:28,519 So that could definitely be an issue for the Jayhawks. 235 00:14:28,720 --> 00:14:31,879 You might not be ready for that kind of extreme weather. 236 00:14:32,039 --> 00:14:35,399 And one final note about this game. If Arizona State 237 00:14:35,440 --> 00:14:38,159 is smart, Arizona State will not wear its dark maroon 238 00:14:39,559 --> 00:14:41,879 home jerseys. It will wear white, and it will force 239 00:14:41,960 --> 00:14:45,080 Kansas to wear either red or blue. One would think 240 00:14:45,080 --> 00:14:47,960 that if ASU wears white, which again would be smart, 241 00:14:47,960 --> 00:14:51,440 because white, you know, does not absorb heat, it deflects 242 00:14:51,519 --> 00:14:54,840 it a little bit, Kansas would probably have to wear red, 243 00:14:55,440 --> 00:14:58,080 not the darker blue, but red. But we'll see if 244 00:14:58,120 --> 00:15:02,200 Arizona State smart enough to where its white road jerseys 245 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,440 at home. You know, we've seen this in the NFL, 246 00:15:05,000 --> 00:15:08,799 like in in early September, Like the New York Giants 247 00:15:09,080 --> 00:15:12,960 would wear white road jerseys for a home game against 248 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:15,559 the Dallas Cowboys, and you know Dallas usually wears white 249 00:15:15,639 --> 00:15:20,559 at home. Dallas is you know, in that regard, Dallas 250 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:22,440 is kind of an exception in the NFL. And then 251 00:15:22,440 --> 00:15:26,200 it wears white at home. Most teams wear the dark 252 00:15:26,279 --> 00:15:28,840 jerseys at home, but Dallas wears white at home. The 253 00:15:28,960 --> 00:15:31,639 Giants would make sure that Dallas had to wear dark 254 00:15:31,759 --> 00:15:35,559 jerseys on the road for an early September game when 255 00:15:35,600 --> 00:15:37,519 it was still hot, so that the Cowboys would have 256 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,960 to absorb a little more heat. It'll be interesting to 257 00:15:40,960 --> 00:15:44,679 see if Arizona State does wear its white road jerseys 258 00:15:44,960 --> 00:15:49,200 to make Kansas where the darker, more heat absorbent jerseys 259 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,960 for a game that could have a one degree temperature 260 00:15:52,720 --> 00:15:55,679 at kickoff time. And I'm still mystified that that game 261 00:15:55,799 --> 00:15:59,279 is starting at five, not seven thirty or eight. Let's 262 00:15:59,279 --> 00:16:02,399 see if the Sundown will use that to their advantage 263 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:08,519 against Kansas. All right, moving on to the West Coast 264 00:16:08,519 --> 00:16:12,320 teams in the Big Ten, So Oregon had its way 265 00:16:12,320 --> 00:16:18,759 with UCLA like there's absolutely nothing noteworthy there. UCLA and 266 00:16:18,840 --> 00:16:20,919 Purdue are the two worst teams in the Big Ten. 267 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:25,080 That seems pretty clear. And you have UCLA hosting Minnesota 268 00:16:25,159 --> 00:16:28,480 in a couple of weeks. If the only way that 269 00:16:28,519 --> 00:16:31,519 game draws a half decent crowd is that it's mostly Minnesota, 270 00:16:32,399 --> 00:16:37,279 we'll see how many Minnesotans transplants or otherwise make the 271 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:41,559 journey to Pasadena for that game. But U CILM Purdue 272 00:16:41,960 --> 00:16:46,559 pretty obviously, maybe Northwestern, we'll wait and see. But U 273 00:16:46,639 --> 00:16:50,679 Cilium Purdue clearly appear to be the two worst teams 274 00:16:50,679 --> 00:16:53,320 in the Big Ten right now, looking very ugly for 275 00:16:53,399 --> 00:16:58,159 Deshaun Foster and the Bruins this season Oregon, I mean, 276 00:16:58,279 --> 00:17:01,279 we didn't learn really anything. I mean, Oregon was supposed 277 00:17:01,320 --> 00:17:05,160 to be easy late, comfortably, and it did. The Ducks 278 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:08,160 host Michigan State this upcoming Friday. That's going to be 279 00:17:08,160 --> 00:17:12,240 notable because, hey, remember Michigan State's coach is Jonathan Smith, 280 00:17:12,599 --> 00:17:15,079 who's been coaching against Oregon the past several years with 281 00:17:15,160 --> 00:17:18,240 Oregon State. So now Jonathan Smith goes against the Ducks 282 00:17:18,680 --> 00:17:21,599 as the coach of a Big Ten team from East Lansing, 283 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,039 Michigan State coming to Eugene on a Friday night. We'll 284 00:17:25,039 --> 00:17:27,599 see if Jonathan Smith has any surprises, but Oregon is 285 00:17:27,599 --> 00:17:32,359 a twenty four point favorite expected to absolutely steamroll Michigan 286 00:17:32,359 --> 00:17:37,920 State on Friday night on national television. Was speaking of 287 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:42,000 Friday Night on national television. Washington Plays played Rutgers last 288 00:17:42,039 --> 00:17:47,039 Friday Night on national television, and I can't ever remember 289 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:53,079 seeing a college football box score with this combination of statistics. 290 00:17:53,640 --> 00:17:59,400 Washington with over five hundred total yards against Rutgers, Rutgers 291 00:17:59,480 --> 00:18:04,119 with two nine, so over a two hundred yard difference, 292 00:18:04,519 --> 00:18:07,079 and one of the teams had over five hundred yards. 293 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:10,240 Not only did Washington have over five hundred yards, it 294 00:18:10,279 --> 00:18:17,000 did not have a turnover. Washington lost twenty one eighteen. Man. 295 00:18:17,079 --> 00:18:19,200 That that is hard to do to have over five 296 00:18:19,279 --> 00:18:24,839 hundred yards, no turnovers and lose the game. And Washington 297 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:27,720 scored just eighteen points. You have over five hundred yards, 298 00:18:27,759 --> 00:18:31,680 you score only eighteen points. So what happened? Well, Washington 299 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:35,160 missed a couple of field goals and Washington was two 300 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:38,839 of twelve on third downs. I mean, how does that happen? 301 00:18:38,880 --> 00:18:41,240 You get over five hundred yards and yet you're two 302 00:18:41,319 --> 00:18:45,680 of twelve on third downs and you score only eighteen points. 303 00:18:46,240 --> 00:18:51,759 That is crazy. It is absolutely beyond belief. But it happened, 304 00:18:51,920 --> 00:18:55,680 and Rutgers gets the big win over Washington and Jed 305 00:18:55,759 --> 00:18:59,319 Fish has an offense that is not finishing drives? How 306 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:02,519 did Washington lose the Apple Cup to Washington State couldn't 307 00:19:02,559 --> 00:19:04,680 finish drives? You know, got stuff that the goal line 308 00:19:04,720 --> 00:19:08,839 to end that game? Scored only nineteen points. I mean, 309 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:11,480 it's like the same bad movie over and over again 310 00:19:11,519 --> 00:19:16,079 for that Washington offense. Next stuff for Washington Michigan and 311 00:19:16,200 --> 00:19:20,720 alex Orgy and that non passing game for the Wolverine. 312 00:19:20,759 --> 00:19:22,960 So that figures to be a slugfest. It figures to 313 00:19:23,000 --> 00:19:26,720 be another day for defense when Michigan goes to Seattle, 314 00:19:27,599 --> 00:19:31,599 but obviously a game that Washington badly needs and Michigan, 315 00:19:31,599 --> 00:19:34,000 of course, if it wants any shot at the college 316 00:19:34,000 --> 00:19:37,920 football playoff, Wolverines need to win that game to avoid 317 00:19:37,960 --> 00:19:40,960 picking up their second loss of the season. So that's 318 00:19:41,000 --> 00:19:45,599 gonna be a very interesting matchup. But Washington really, you know, 319 00:19:47,079 --> 00:19:50,480 to snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in that 320 00:19:50,599 --> 00:19:55,039 Rutgers game again one of the truly most ridiculous, absurd 321 00:19:55,640 --> 00:19:58,720 box scores and combinations of numbers that you've ever seen 322 00:20:00,039 --> 00:20:03,920 in a college football game. That leaves USC. We're going 323 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,160 to hit on USC last, because I've been hitting on 324 00:20:06,279 --> 00:20:10,759 USC first obviously since I follow USC. Really a very 325 00:20:10,799 --> 00:20:14,839 simple game against Wisconsin. USC commits three turnovers in the 326 00:20:14,880 --> 00:20:18,519 first half, couldn't tie it, shoelaces. The Trojans clean everything up, 327 00:20:19,279 --> 00:20:22,400 They got their stuff together in the second half. They 328 00:20:22,400 --> 00:20:25,480 beat Wisconsin thirty eight to twenty one thanks to a 329 00:20:25,559 --> 00:20:31,599 twenty eight nothing shutout in the second half. USC has 330 00:20:31,960 --> 00:20:35,559 both a problem and a blessing. The blessing USC is 331 00:20:35,640 --> 00:20:40,119 dominating second halves. Coaching staff is making great halftime adjustments, 332 00:20:41,559 --> 00:20:44,559 but the problem is USC is playing bad thirty minutes 333 00:20:45,279 --> 00:20:48,880 in the first halves of games. USC fell behind by 334 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:53,200 eleven to both Michigan fourteen to three and Wisconsin twenty 335 00:20:53,200 --> 00:20:56,440 one to ten. That's not sustainable. Yeah, us, he keeps 336 00:20:56,440 --> 00:21:00,200 digging itself into a ditch, It's going to catch up 337 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,000 with the Trojans. I mean it did bite them against Michigan. 338 00:21:03,480 --> 00:21:05,440 You know, they rallied, took the lead, but you know 339 00:21:05,440 --> 00:21:07,599 it was just a one score lead and like one 340 00:21:08,319 --> 00:21:13,440 mistackle on a sixty three yard Michigan run sank them. 341 00:21:14,039 --> 00:21:18,359 So USC needs to be able to play a complete 342 00:21:18,400 --> 00:21:21,000 sixty minutes Right now, USC is a thirty minute football 343 00:21:21,000 --> 00:21:24,079 team to challenge for the Trojans and Lincoln Riley is 344 00:21:24,119 --> 00:21:27,279 to become a sixty minute team. This week USC is 345 00:21:27,279 --> 00:21:30,200 at Minnesota Tropreans should be able to handle that, but 346 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:35,359 one week later ten stayed on October twelve. If USC 347 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:37,759 plays a thirty minute game and not a sixty minute game, 348 00:21:38,160 --> 00:21:40,480 it will lose to Penn State. On October twelve. The 349 00:21:40,519 --> 00:21:43,799 Trojans college football playoff hopes will pretty much be dashed, 350 00:21:43,799 --> 00:21:46,759 not one hundred percent, but like they will basically have 351 00:21:46,839 --> 00:21:48,839 no margin for air of the second half of the season. 352 00:21:49,079 --> 00:21:52,640 And with their depth issues, especially now that they've lost 353 00:21:52,839 --> 00:21:56,799 Bear Alexander to the transfer portal, you know they can't 354 00:21:56,839 --> 00:22:00,960 afford any significant losses on their defensive line or else 355 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,599 it's going to get worse for them. So USC in 356 00:22:03,640 --> 00:22:07,400 a precarious position needing to become a sixty minute team. 357 00:22:07,839 --> 00:22:11,440 That is what the Trojans need to do, all right, folks. 358 00:22:11,440 --> 00:22:16,160 So you know, college football fans, the season is gosh, 359 00:22:16,200 --> 00:22:18,920 we're in October already. 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