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you Ticket Smarter. So yeah, big week here in Texas
college football. We've got all the games for you. Of course,
the big Texas Tech Utah matchup between two top twenty teams. Uh,
this one kind of a shocker. I'm not gonna lie
no matter what side you were cheering for. I think
this was a shocker. Of course, you had the Longhorns
hosting Sam Houston State. And this is gonna be a
contentious segment with the Longhorns because I've got some what's
probably going to be some unpopular thoughts on what happened
in that game and how excited we should actually be
or how excited you should actually be as a Longhorns fan.
We will get into Arch Manning talk. There's no question then. Also,
of course, in maybe the final battle for the iron skillet,
I don't for the foreseeable future for sure. As TCU
gets past SMU in Fort Worth, we've got some Rice
and Charlotte talk for you as well. The Aggies are off,
the Cougars are off, So instead I thought we would look,
I know they're not in Texas, but they've got a
lot of Texas ties. Is we got to talk some
Oklahoma Sooners football as they get past the Auburn Tigers
in a battle of ranked opponents as well. Oklahoma quarterback
from right here in my backyard here in North Texas.
So we're going to talk some John Materier in Oklahoma
Sooners as well. But look, I think the headline game
for the week, not just for Texas but maybe across
all of the college football landscape. As who wasn't there
was that there was big noon kickoff out in Salt
Lake City for Texas Tech and the Utah Utes, the
sixteenth ranked Utah Utes and the seventeenth ranked Texas Tech
Red Raiders. And this was look high expectations. I think
for both teams. We talked about Texas Tech and Utah
last week. I don't have the exact numbers in front
of me because I wrote them down at home, and
of course I did not bring them to the studio
with me. But going into this game, both of these
teams were combined for like with the scoring difference of
like three hundred and something to like seventy. You've got
two offenses that have been dominating. You've got two defenses
that have been dominating. You've got momentum on both sides.
You're both ranked, you're both being coached well offensively and defensively.
And as they say in the business, something's gotta give
in this Big twelve matchup, the first conference matchup for
both of these teams, and boy, you know, through three quarters,
I think we got you know, I don't know where
you guys thought this thing might go. Did you think
it would be an offensively dominated game or did you
think it would be a defensively dominated game. I kind
of went into it thinking that offenses would dominate the defense.
I don't know why I thought that. There's no reason
I thought that. I think in my head that's just
where this thing was going. But you had through three
quarters the defense is just rolling, dominating the line of scrimmage,
turnovers galore. But come the fourth quarter, the Red Raiders
got things going, and boy howdy, after a ten to
three halftime lead for the Red Raiders, you have Baron
Morton going out on the first drive of the third quarter.
By the way, was it playing tremendously against that Ute's defense.
A couple of picks, But then enter backup quarterback Will
Hammond after and even him starting slow taking over early
in the third, you have a scoreless third quarter for
both teams. It's ten to three heading into the fourth,
and he still kind of thought, man, this thing's gonna
come down to the wire. It might be the last
team with the ball kicking a field goal or maybe
attempting a last minute drive to score However, that score
is touchdown or field goal to win the game in
this defensive struggle, and you had no reason to expect
anything different. Entering the fourth quarter. Will Hammond steps in
and after kind of another stagnant third quarter for the
Tech offense, they put together four scoring drives to come
up with a thirty four to ten win over number
sixteen Utah. Hammond three for one hundred and sixty nine yards,
two touchdowns, he rushed for sixty one. He entered the game,
of course, in relief of Baron Morton, who slammed his
helmet on the turf after he slid headfirst into contact
with the Utah linebacker Jonathan Hall during the opening drive
of the third quarter. Morton was ruled out after the hit.
Again they were up ten to three. He only threw
for one hundred and forty two yards, and he also
had two picks before exiting the game, So Morton was
not having the game of his life. He had no
answer for the Utah defense. But you know what, Hammond
comes in and not only does the offense not skip
a beat, they might have revved it up a little bit,
especially in that fourth quarter. Utah quarterback Devin Dan Pier
threw for one hundred and sixty two yards and two picks.
The Texas Tech defense held the Utes to just two
hundred and sixty three total yards and four turnovers for
Utah Big especially early first half was just full of
turnovers from both teams, and you tossed better than that.
Utah Obviously, we just said I think they had scored
one hundred and thirty four points combined through three games,
and then you come in and get held to ten.
Just wow again. And I can't say how impressed I've
been enough with the Tech defense. You know, we've talked
about Tech in years past. Under Joey maguire, they'd have
to they'd go out. Their offense has been impressive, especially
with Morton. You'd go out and you know, the offense
would score fifty points, but the defense would allow fifty
four and you lose those high scoring games. The offense
would score sixty defense would allow sixty one. That is
not the Texas Tech team that we see this year dominating.
I think Tech again, I had these numbers written down
at home. I don't have him in front of me
here as I recorded our beautiful fans Scream Sports Studio
in North Dallas. I think Tech had scored one hundred
and gosh, I don't even have it from me now.
I don't want to give away stupid bad information, so
I'm just not gonna But it was impressive. Go look
it up, boys and girls. There are points to points allowed.
Race for both of these teams entering this game was ridiculous,
but huge impressive performance. I thought for the Red Raiders
who climb in the standings in the in the polls
as he should. Utah not a good game, back to
back turnovers in the first in two first half drives,
they had a sixty nine yard TD pass get called
back for an ineligible receiver downfield, and I don't understand
that because in college you get three yards. There's really
no reason for an offensive lineman to go beyond three
yards pass the line of scrimmage unless he just get
completely lost on the field. And that poor player, I
don't know who it was, it doesn't matter. That is
the worst possible time to have that penalty. Yeah, because
again it's almost seventy yard touchdown pass called back. In
the fourth quarter, the Raiders reeled off three straight touchdown
drives to secure the win, and it was it was.
If you're a Red Raiders fan, you love to see that.
And let's just say it now, there is no quarterback
controversy in Lubbock. Baron Morton is your guy if he's healthy.
I haven't seen anything saying he won't play in the
next game. I haven't seen anything indicating he's you know,
massive concussion or anything like that. But the Red Raiders
sitting at four and oh, one and oh in the
Big twelve, uh, just looking. I don't want to stay instoppable.
But you got a week off to get healthy for
Baron before you head down to Cougars. Heading to the
Cougars down in Houston on October fourth, that is an
ESPN game at six pm Central time. That'll be another
another one Baron Morton or Will Hammond, whoever it is
against Connor Wigman, some high powered offenses, some smothering defenses.
That'll be good in Houston. Obviously, also still undefeated at
three and zero, they're already want to know in the conference.
So yeah, big things for Texas Tech. Highly impressive. Joey
MacGuire's got things rolling down there finally on both sides
of the ball, and it's incredible to watch. Unless you're
not a Red Raiders fan, then I apologize. But hey,
Texas college football teams, that's what we're here to talk about.
Let's get in now, boys and girls, to some of
your Texas Longhorns if you want, might as well just
get that over with. I'm gonna probably get some hate tweets,
some hate stuff for this look. And I'm not hating
on the Longhorns. I'm not hating on Arch Manning. As
a matter of fact, Texas in a much better place
offensively than they were a week ago. Archs had maybe
his best, not maybe definitely his best game of the
season in a fifty five to nothing blowout of wait
for it, Sam Houston State. Can we just tap the
brakes on arch Is back? Baby? Got a swagger back?
Does he? Other than almost getting a taunting penalty that
he should have gotten, by the way, should have been
a taunting penalty. I would still love to hear an
explanation on why that was not called, as the official
literally had to step in and break up what he
was doing and stop him, save him from himself. After
that first touchdown run as he is standing over the
defender who's laying on the ground, flexing over him staring
him down ninety nine times out of one hundred. That
is a taunting penalty. I still don't know why it
was called. It wasn't called, but Manning goes eighteen to
twenty one, three hundred and nine yards, three passing touchdowns
and two rushing touchdowns. His efficiency was off the charts.
The long Horns moved the ball well all night. Some
people are saying, look at this, it's a huge confidence
builder for Arching for the Longhorns, is it? Should it be?
You didn't just beat Alabama. Hell, you didn't just beat
the Aggies. You beat Sam Houston State fifty five to another.
I said last week on this very same show, if
the Longhorns don't go into DKR next week, meaning this week,
and beat Sam Houston eat to nothing, then they still
have issues. Well, it was fifty five to nothing. I
was close, and I still think they have issues. Obviously,
the defense looked good. The defense has looked fine all year.
The defense is not an issue. Arch Banning could still
have issues. Guys, it was Sam Houston. I don't understand
why everyone is proclaiming he's including his teammates. Now I
get his teammates are gonna be supportive of him. I
get it, they're supposed to. Yes, that's fine, But for
other people, including you Longhorns fans, to proclaim Arch is back,
baby hook, Arch is back. Here he is dude, It
was Sam Houston State. I just don't understand where this
blind confidence that he's back. He's not back. He never
was yet. We haven't seen Arch that we think is there.
He hasn't played anybody and performed well against who is
in Ohio State. Look, can I excuse the Ohio State loss?
First start ring national championships or ranting national champion a
pro defense with Maunt Patricia at the home. There was
no way he was gonna win that game. But he
hasn't looked good all year, and he looks good against
Sam Houston State, and now you guys are gonna say
he's back, baby here he is there, he is We
always knew it was in there. Well, no, you can't
do that. It was Sam fing Houston f ing State.
You got a week off and then you head to Florida.
Florida's not the best SEC team, but they're not the
worst either, and you're gonna be on the road to
the swamp. I know, I know, USF went in there.
I know what, I know what, I know what Florida
is capable of. All right, they played tough against Miami
for a little while, but they're gonna be up for
this game at home, make no mistake, and this will
be a much bigger test. And then you got Oklahoma
the next week that the cott and bowl Man. This
this is not getting easier for Arch. The next two
games will be the tell to if he has another
day like he had against it. I don't even mean points,
just you know, another eighteen to twenty one, two hundred
and ninety eight yards, three touchdown passes, and even I'll
even allow an interception against any of these teams, the
any of the next two, either of the next two teams, Well,
then maybe you could confidence. Maybe you can say, there
he is, that's the guy we knew he was in there.
Then I'll understand. But against Sam Houston State, come on, guys,
give a rest. You're fooling yourselves, I guarantee you. While
Arch is proclaiming publicly, yeah I got all the confidence
from it, you know what, deep down inside he knows
it was Sam Houston State. So let's just tap the
brakes a little bit on Arch's back talk. He got
a swagger. That's all I'm saying. Let's wait for him
to do something against somebody that matters. Yes, it was
great to see him do well against the team he
should have done well against that. Great by the way
that Sam look nothing against Sam Houston State. I'm not
going to dog on the Bearcats. The level of competition
that Manning saw against Sam Houston State might be a notch,
just a notch, maybe two notches. I don't know how
many notches there are in this scenario, but maybe two
notches above who he played in high school. Okay, and
what did he do in high school? He dominated. That's
why he was so sought after. That's why he's who
he is. Right, So, no, these are not players that
are near the level of competition he's going to see
at Florida on October fourth or at the Cotton Bowl
on October eleventh. So let's just wait until he does
it against somebody that he should do it against. Okay,
let's just just come off of that a little bit. Okay,
that's all I'm saying. I'm not saying he's not going
to I'm just saying let's wait until he does. But yeah,
if you want to call it a good win for
the Longhorns fifty five to nothing over freaking Sam Houston State,
then by all means you go celebrate that win. I
mean you needed it. I get it. But let's just
tap the brakes. By the way, if anybody wants to
discuss arch Manning, I am always available on any of
the social media channels at Indycartoon, on the X on
the Threads on the Blue Sky on the Facebook, or
if you were watching this show this episode on the
Fans Stream Sports YouTube channel, I would offer you come
into the comments, let's talk about it a little bit
for sure. I'd love to hear from you. Or if
you're listening to the recorded podcast on the College Football
Gridiron Coast to Coast network, I am at Indy Cartoon.
Just come find me again. I'm not bashing arch Manning.
I love the Mannings. I'm from Southern Louisiana, all right.
Archie was my favorite quarterback growing up because I got
stuck me in a Saints fan. So yeah, I love
all the Mannings and I want Arts to do well.
I'm just saying, let's wait for him to actually do well.
That's all I'm saying, all right, enough Longhorns talk. I'm
sure you guys are sick of hearing me talk about that.
Let's get into Oh how about let's getta some iron
skillet talk poison girls before we talk some Sooners and
then some rice right here on pig skin and burnt ends. Look,
everybody knows that listens to this show or any of
my other shows where we talk college football or sports
in general, I get a little bit soft. I get
a little bit emotional talking about the Southwest Conference. I
grew up on the Southwest Conference. My dad was an aggie.
I am an grew up hating the long Horns. Oh
you wouldn't know it from my last segment, but I
don't hate the long Horns. I mean I do, but
I don't u for the rivalries that we had in
the Southwest Conference. I know Arkansas started this when they
moved to the SEC in ninety one. That sort of
started the demise of the Southwest Conference. And then finally
it breaks up after the ninety five season. H when
Texas and everybody say we're going to join the Big Eight,
make it the Big twelve, all right, I might have
shed a little tear and all my dad did. Uh.
But I I love the old Southwest Conference rivalries. I
love the when you have two former Southwest Conference teams
playing each other. I dig it. I love it. That
pretty much includes anybody Texas Tech, SMU, TCU, the Aggies, Rice, Cougars, Longhorns.
I'll even throw Arkansas in there. I loved the old
I know the contract ended this past season, but when
he had A and M at Arkansas playing each other
in the Southwest Classic at eighteen T Stadium here in Arlington,
I was there at every game. I loved it. I
just loved it much rather see him at the Cotton Bowl.
But you know, but I dig it. But unfortunately, by
the way TCU over SMU at home thirty five to
twenty four. It was a good game, very evenly matched game.
TCU kind of iced it in the fourth quarter. But
in the landscape of the Iron Skillet, the Battle of
the Iron Skillet, this is the last one we're going
to see for a while, maybe ever, you'd like to think,
not ever. But this was the one hundred and fourth
matchup between these two teams in the past one hund
hundred and ten years, one hundred and fourth game in
one hundred and ten years. Don't have why they didn't
play before ninety six. They missed some games, probably during
the war, things like that. I get it that happens.
But since the formation of the Big Twelve, since the
breakup of the Southwest Conference after the nineteen ninety five season,
these two teams went their own separate ways. They have
still managed to play every season as non conference opponents
except for two since nineteen ninety six, two thousand and six,
and I don't know why they didn't play that year.
They just didn't. And then the twenty twenty coronavirus pandemic
they didn't play then either. Every other year they managed
to play each other. Of course, that's some U now
in the ACC, and the ACC is moving to a
nine game conference schedule that's rotating so that they can
all play each other every couple of years. I get
it progress, college football progress, And I'm not against college
football re alignment. I don't have a problem with that
at all. What I don't like is that these little
reading campuses are like nineteen miles apart. There's no reason
they shouldn't play each other every year. There's actually no
reason they shouldn't be in the same conference. But it's
a podcast for another day. But I don't like seeing
these geographical rivalries going away. I hated that the Aggies
in the Long Ords didn't play for a decade. I'm
glad that's back. As an Aggie, I'm glad it's back.
It's good for college football. And this that this is
potentially going away, well it is going away for the
foreseeable future. That is not good for college football. These
two teams are going to continue to recruit against each other.
But who's there's no bragging rights anymore. Well, hey, you
know if you're recruiting the same kid, Hey we beat
we beat the Mustangs three of the last four year.
Well no, because you're not playing each other anymore. So
I hate that. I hate it with every fiber of
my college football being. Eric McCallister had eight catches for
two hundred and fifty four yards and three of the
career high five touchdowns thrown by Josh Hoover's TCU beat
SMU thirty five to twenty four on Saturday in the
last scheduled game between the former Southwest Conference rivals, which
means again it's not scheduled that could change, but it's
gonna be a while, and I'm sure it is not
a priority for either program. Hoover finished with twenty two
to forty, passing three hundred seventy nine yards. He now
has fifty three touchdown passes in his twenty two career starts.
Mccallister's seventy yard catch and run score after breaking through
two defenders with nine eighteen left put TCU ahead to stay.
He added a forty four yard touchdown three minutes later
with a thirty a catch to midfield, and then he
ran the rest of the way. And he came close
on a couple of other scores or non scores. But
I can't say enough about Josh Hoover. The guy's doing
everything he's being asked to do. Kevin Jennings on the
other side, not having as as good of a year
as he had last year. The Mustangs are two and two.
Of course, after their inaugural season in the ACC, winning
the regular season, going to the ACC Championship game, losing
a Clemson still making the College Football Playoff, that ain't
happening this year, unfortunately for the Stangs. By the way,
if you're a Mustangs fan or a Mustangs hater. I
don't know who hates the Mustangs, but if you hate
the Mustangs, they're doing away with their long time social
media hashtag pony up. As I read this, apparently the
program has stopped using it. The school has stopped using
it because coach rht Lashly and the recruiting personnel don't
like it because ponies don't sound nearly as intimidating as mustangs, apparently,
and so because of that, there do I don't know
what they're replacing it with. I haven't seen that. I
haven't heard that, or you get a Mustang up or something.
I don't know. I just think it's kind of kind
of funny. I mean again, I like the Mustangs. That's
kind of funny. But anyway, a little tidbit there for you.
As the last game potentially of the Battle for the
Iron Skillet, TCU victorious. TCU, by the way, holds now
the all time record against the Mustangs if I can
find it. I just had it fifty four, forty three
and seven, and they'll hold on to that record for
a while. Unfortunately. Before we get into some rice talk,
can we talk some Oklahoma Sooners and Auburn Tigers. Look,
I know it's sec. I know neither of these teams
are in Texas, but the Oklahoma Sooners are Texas adjacent,
and their quarterback is from right there in my backyard
in little Elm Litlhelme High School's own John Matteir throws
for two hundred and seventy one yards in a touchdown
as number eleven Oklahoma beats number twenty two Auburn and
former Sooners quarterback Jackson Arnold twenty four to seven on Saturday. Matier,
who transferred from Washington State to replace Arnold, scored the
go ahead touchdown on a nine yard run with four
to fifty four remaining. The score closed out a six
place seventy five yard drive that came right after Auburn
took the lead for the first time. The Sooners now
headed of their bye week unbeaten at four oh one
and oh in the SEC. Arnold led Oklahoma during the
last year's upset of Alabama before transferring. He couldn't replicate
that man at that magic against the Sooners, in part
because they tied a school record by sacking him nine times.
Arnold passed for two hundred and twenty yards in a touchdown,
but rushed for minus eleven yards on twenty carries. Ouch
Oklahoma pass rusher are Mason Thomas missed the first half
after being called for targeting last Saturday against Temple. He
got a sack on his second play back into the
third quarter. Then Letter sacked Arnold for safety with one
oh six left to close out the scoring. Oklahoma held
the Tigers to two hundred and eighty seven yards. Defensive
lineman accounted for eight and a half of Oklahoma's sacks.
So big performance by your number eleven. Then sooners over
the then number twenty two Auburn Tigers. Auburn falls to
three and one. There were oh to one in their
conference in the SEC and look, John Matier continues to
be discussed in the Heisman Trophy voting. He's in the discussion.
He should be in the discussion. There's a handful of
guys I think that have a realistic chance this year.
We won't get into that now. Probably do that a
little bit later when it matters a little closer to
the voting. I don't think we four is the time
you need to start talking about Heisman favorites and stuff.
I hate when they do that in September and August.
I just think it's ridiculous. But you know, going back
to Spencer Rattler back in at Ou, I believe was
the preseason Heisman favorite. You didn't even finish the season there.
It was horrible. It was terrible. So just but he's
doing well in New Orleans, I guess, or maybe not,
but yeah, I just think it's silly to talk about
it now. But you know what, down the road, if
he can continue the pace he's on, I think very
absolutely he should be in the discussion with some of
those other guys. And let's see, I don't think we've
talked about Rice all season, except for when they played
Houston and got schlobernocked by the Coogs. But Rice over
the Charlotte forty nine ers twenty eight to seventeen. Rice
improves to three and one. They were one to zero
in the American Chase Jenkins used his legs and his
arm in the twenty eight to seventeen win. He threw
for a touchdown and ran for another. Dalen Alexander rushed
for seventy three yards and two touchdowns. Rice beat Charlotte
on Thursday night in the conference opener for both teams.
Rice is open to season three and one for the
first time in twenty four years two thousand and one,
when the Owls won six of their first seven games.
Scott abel is the first coach to have three wins
in his first four games of a career at Rice
since Bohagen in nineteen sixty seven. That's even before I
was born. Not by much, but before I was born.
Jenkins was eight eight of eleven passing for eighty seven yards.
He carried it ten times for seventy one yards. Quintin
Jackson added eighty yards on the ground. Rice had key
sacks in each of Charlotte's final two possessions to help
seal the deal. Loftus was fifteen to thirty one for
one hundred and eighty six yards for Charlotte. Liam Boyd
went three of four on field goal attempts with along
of forty Connor Harrell through for three hundred and eighty
two yards last week and it went over Mond with
It was just eight of thirteen for seventy three yards
this week, So good defensive stand by Rice. We will
probably continue to monitor, not monitor, but yes, monitor Rice
here as the season progresses. With all of the college
football Talk, opinion news for you guys. If there's a
college football team here in Texas doesn't have to be FBS,
it can be anybody. You know. We've talked a little
bit of Sin of Stephen F. Austin. We've talked a
little bit of North Texas Undefeated, the North Texas Mean
Green right down the road here in Denton. We've we've talked,
We're trying to talk some of the smaller schools when
when it's warranted. But if I'm missing someone you would
like to hear me talk about, you TEP San Antonio, Texas,
San Antonio. Maybe let me know who am I missing
that you want to hear about, and I'd be happy
to cover them and you make them a part of
the show. We only have so much time and so
many teams, but I don't mind going overtime. Sometimes we
can do that. Got married, two o'clock, Do whatever we
want here on the Pig Skin and burn Ins College
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and again I keep promising this every week we will.
We'll get into the burnt Ends portion of the show
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