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Speaker 1: Live from downtown Baton Rouge. Here's Jacob Hester and Matt Flynn, Yo.
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Speaker 3: We are live here from Rouses on burd Bank and
we're gonna be here all show long. We're going to
be here every single Friday during the football season.
Speaker 2: When you're on the remote.
Speaker 3: One of the things that's a little scary as Flynn
can touch buttons.
Speaker 4: There's a lot of buttons, and there's sh and y'all
know this. Ever since SEC media days, they gave us
buttons that make noises. And also the microphone is a
little sensitive too. So every time I touch my microphone,
you just look at me. Give me the deaths there.
Speaker 2: This is that's what we hear.
Speaker 4: You know, I'm getting ready to talk when you hear
those noises is.
Speaker 2: What we hear.
Speaker 3: But big weekend here in ben Rouge, obviously it is
LSU versus Florida coming up tomorrow night. Inside of Death Valley.
We all look forward to that matchup every single year.
Got a lot of games in the sec to kind
of preview as we get ready for Saturday. We've got
the Pontoon Parlay. We've got a lot to get to
and we are going to find out.
Speaker 2: Who Tata chuses for his new NFL team. I'm excited
about that.
Speaker 4: You know this, It's been a long time coming his
entire life, just kind of growing up an NFL loser
and he gets to right the wrong today.
Speaker 2: Now he still might be an NFL loser after this.
We'll see how the team does, but we'll see.
Speaker 4: And yes, to answer your text message from last night, Taylor,
it is too late to pick the Packers.
Speaker 3: We don't want you they We had a flag football game,
so I didn't get a chance to watch the game
in its totality, but I did get a chance to
see the fourth quarter, and I'm going to assume that
the rush that the Packers had was there for the
first three quarters as well.
Speaker 4: Yeah, it was. It's one of those games you look
back and you're like, the score probably should have been
a lot worse than it was, especially in.
Speaker 2: The first half.
Speaker 4: I think they went to halftime at fourteen to three,
I believe, and it was a completely dominant first half.
That Packers' defense is very scary. They're terrifying, and even
one of the most elusive guys in the league and
a guy that we all love, really just couldn't find
anything and he was throwing with people bearing down on
him every single play. And you can just tell the
energy that they play with. It's a lot like watching
the like the energy the LSU defense played with in
Week one versus Clemton.
Speaker 2: They just flying around to the.
Speaker 4: Ball, Guys that are love playing next to each other,
and it was terrifying there. I think there was one
play actually Jade Daniels are scrambling around and Micah Parsons
was so disruptive the entire game, and he he just
plays with an intensity that you don't see, especially from
like star players in the league. Like it's just an
intensity that is like the try hard guy in high
school that is just playing, but he's an elite talent.
There's this one play where Jade's rushing to his left
and he decides to run the ball and he's literally.
Speaker 3: Looking over his right shoulder because he knew Michael Parsons
won yeah, immediately.
Speaker 4: And he and my part was so disrupted. He's trying
to figure out how soon this guy's going to like
eat me up, and he loses sight of the corner
that comes in just takes them out of me. It
could have been a nasty shot to Jayden's legs, and he.
Speaker 2: Got up a tough kid.
Speaker 4: It's amazing what kind of for not being like a
real big stout kid.
Speaker 2: It's amazing how much punishment Jayden can take.
Speaker 3: So they were getting home, I mean with just their
defensive line rush. But even when they were, the Commanders
had a horrific game plan in being able to pick
up the fifth blitzer now and it look unders saying
when you're having success rushing four, it opens up a
lot of things.
Speaker 2: It creates confusion.
Speaker 3: But they would rush forward, then they'd add the fifth
and ah, we're good.
Speaker 2: We're just not gonna pick that guy up. And I'm like, well, they.
Speaker 3: Keep doing this, they're gonna have to find another quarterback.
Speaker 4: Well, you could tell there was a lot of emphasis
on the back to chip and help the tackle. They
had a rookie rookie right tackle and who was lined
up against you know, on number one a lot, so
you could tell there was a big emphasis on protect
the tackles. Let's chip Parsons, let's chip these other guys,
and so it's hard to do them. It's a back
you know, it's hard to do that, and it's hard
to look all right.
Speaker 2: My coach has been.
Speaker 4: Telling me all week, I got to help the tackle.
Speaker 2: I got to help the tackle.
Speaker 4: And then all of a sudden, you have a slow
rolling pressure from a linebacker that you didn't think was coming.
Speaker 2: Good game plan for the Packers up it.
Speaker 4: I mean, I was watching that game, and I'm watching
the game plan, watching the Commanders, and you know, I'm
cheering for for Jade to do well because I do
want him to do well.
Speaker 2: And it's like, what do you do. It's one of
those games.
Speaker 4: We're just like, man, you gotta take your hat off
and just hopefully you catch him later on down the
road and the you know, maybe they're a little bit
more nicked up, maybe there's.
Speaker 2: A little less energy on defense.
Speaker 3: You gotta have a better game plan for Michael Parsons too.
And I'm not saying you ever just stop him and
Taytay got I mean.
Speaker 2: He's splitting double teams, what else? What else do you do?
Speaker 3: Good thing that you chose to pick another team because
the Cowboys just getting rid of that guy. Yeah, I
mean he's splitting double teams also, but like they telegraphed
when they were going to do it too, you know
what I mean. Like you have to be very creative
when you have Michael Parsons. Then when you play action pass,
like it's a play action power and he's rushing upfield
and the guard cleans him up, you got to do
things that you normally wouldn't do or don't do. I
guess you can't do conventional things against Michael Parsons. Yeah,
Michael Parsons, Like Jerry Jones said, yes, not Micah though.
Speaker 4: And it's really if you watch that, it's such a
it's such an amazing thing to watch, especially if you
are a young football player, especially you if you are
a high school player or somebody just trying to learn
how to play the game. Watch number one for the
Packers play on defense, maximum effort on every single play.
Speaker 2: He fights through it.
Speaker 4: I don't care if people are like choking him, grabbing
his neck whatever. It is, Like the guy is one
hundred percent speed. The entire play, and it is it's
extremely fun to watch professional football players do that because
it doesn't happen all the time. Like not every player
plays like that. Micah is never out of the play
and it's and I got like he was so good
with Dallas, but you can tell he's got that uh
that new relationship energy, you know, the you know, he's
got a he's got a new boo. Right now he's
out there and he's trying to fight and he's got
a little bit extra.
Speaker 2: Motivation right now.
Speaker 3: He's oh, without question, he's playing pissed without question.
Speaker 2: Uh, it's crazy.
Speaker 3: We're what a couple of weeks in, not even not
even two weeks in honestly, because you have one game
in the second week and it's like, all right, well
so the Packers and the Eagles one, right, those are
the two that have an opportunity to get to the
Bay Area in the super Bowl. And when you have
a player like that, it's like, man, you realize when
you don't like when you don't have a And I'm
not even saying like maybe even to the level, but
I'm talking about dominant player in the National Football League,
and like to bring it back to the Saints conversation,
like that's.
Speaker 2: What like man I wish he's.
Speaker 3: Had like one dominant player like that. They got some
great players like Tomoro Davis finding the fountain of youth
and what he's been able to do. Like Cam Jordan
certainly a great player for a very long peer time.
Speaker 2: He had a great week one.
Speaker 3: But when you have a Micah Parsons, like when you
have a Saquon Barkley for the Eagles, Like when you
have these, you know, top three at their position and
you have more than one of them.
Speaker 2: It's exciting to watch a football game.
Speaker 3: And like every opportunity that they have they take advantage of.
Speaker 4: Now it's almost unfair. It's like the rest of the
NFL is probably like so mad at Jerry Jones, Like
if you're going to trade him, trade him, but like
don't give into that team right now, because that team,
that defense was good before him. Yeah, and the offense
is good.
Speaker 2: They didn't execute yesterday. Yeah, Jordan missed a couple of
open throws, like early in the game, they should have scored.
Speaker 4: He missed Matthew Golden probably two big touchdowns early on,
and he did. They were just a little bit off. Yeah,
they're so close. Man, they receiveing core. I think had
like six dudes. So, I mean it's I don't want
to keep waxing poetically about the team that a cheer
for or anything, but like they're each I had to
get a tatadged cheer for him too. I know they
didn't make the top ten, which just absolutely absurd. Did
you see that beautiful stadium last night? That an awesome stadium? Uh,
very good, very good.
Speaker 2: I will say this one negative thing, what you got.
Speaker 3: I didn't like the white helmet with the white uniform.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't know, a little off. I love. I
love a good white, all white uniform, you know, unlike
Penn State. They did the white out correctly with a
white you know uniform. That's right.
Speaker 3: But did you see you know, I guess their helmets
so good, like their normal helmets so good.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, and I like the regular home that's
a good change up. It's a change up. I like
the alternate uniform like once. Yeah, so yeah, do that.
But you see all the people wearing my jersey last night,
the ten jersey, Oh yeah.
Speaker 3: For sure, yeah, for sure sure that.
Speaker 2: I never saw him turn around though yet shot.
Speaker 4: I told the kids the whole Hey, there were all
those people wear like thousands of people. That's so crazy.
Speaker 2: Did you ever tell him why?
Speaker 4: I think spilt the big Like, no, that's actually Jordan Love, Dad.
Speaker 3: I got Jordan Love's uh one of one right here,
and I've seen his card and that's you don't.
Speaker 2: Try to fool me, buddy. Yeah, that I'll tell you
what that was. It's one. It's you know, one and
a half kind of games that.
Speaker 3: I've seen of the Green Bay Packers, and they've been impressive.
They have been highly impressive. And if Jordan Love and
again he wasn't bad at all. I mean this's for
two ninety two and two touchdowns. He didn't miss a
couple though, ye, Like, if if he becomes like consistent
and continues to develop, man, they're gonna be hard to
knock out, Like especially if they're playing like an NFC
championship game in that stadium and it's four degrees.
Speaker 2: That is true.
Speaker 4: I mean the way this team is built though, it's
like it doesn't really matter, Like you're almost like if
they played in the Dome, they'd be pretty good too.
Like they're they're going to be used to the cold.
But it's you look at team and you look at
like a team that you want your you want your
team to.
Speaker 2: Strive to be. Is young, hungry, talented, has a.
Speaker 4: Good coach and a good play caller. Like they kind
of got the whole package this year. Like and okay,
I know it's two games in. Injuries can occur, things
can happen, like things will happen. And we've seen it
so many times where the team that doesn't look like
they're gonna make the playoffs goes on an end of
the year run and they win the super Bowl. That's
that could well happen, but like, as of right now,
it's gonna be there. They're hard out right now. They
are very very hard out.
Speaker 3: And if you dabble in in sports betting, the Packers
right now, if you jump on it for Week three
only a seven and a half point spread against the
Cleveland Browns.
Speaker 2: Very interesting. How about that?
Speaker 4: Jayde Daniels, Can you imagine a team that is fine
around enough to hold them to seventeen yards on seven scrambles?
I mean his scrambles were true scrambles, like had to
oh heck yeah yeah, because there was a free guy yeah.
Speaker 3: I mean, I I can't tell you how many times
it was like immediate pressure.
Speaker 2: That's that's on Kingsbury. Yeah, yeah, cliffs gotta I come say.
Speaker 3: They gotta come up with something like if they face
a team like that again, they got to come up
with something better.
Speaker 2: How about the revival of Deepo Samuel. He looks playing
really well. Also, man looks like sure.
Speaker 4: Does what's going on these Achilles? What's happening in the
water in America right now? They's just weaken it.
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Speaker 3: All right, let's take a look at the matchup. We
did get the injury report the other day, and for Florida,
I mean, I think the biggest thing that they're probably
were trying to get back on the field, the biggest
player they were trying to get back on the field. Now,
Dallas Wilson, very talented receiver. I know that he did
miss Wednesday's practice and doesn't look like he's going to
be able to go in this contest. But you know,
the more the more you go down the road, the
closer you get. Like some of these LSU players that
maybe we thought didn't have an opportunity to play, look
like they are ready to go. So LSU senter Braylan
Moore is probable. Now, remember coach Kelly's like, I think
he's probable. I don't know to say questionable, and it
did it's that questionable, but it has been elevated too probable.
He's got that ankle injury, and it seems like because
he is probable that it's probably not the high ankle,
you know, and I know that they've mentioned that, but
it's like, okay, well is it really is it really
high ankle? Has the injury not been announced? Like what
it is like it's just.
Speaker 2: As a low ankle, Okay, I'm pretty sure it's just ankle. Yeah,
I mean it's those high ankles are pretty tough.
Speaker 3: But it feels like this is truly like like they've
kind of talked about it's just an ankle injury, high
ankle and an ankle injury. As doctor Stephen Atter stoles
you on Wednesday, there is a difference there.
Speaker 4: Yeah, and the high ankle obviously we all kind of
know just because we're all.
Speaker 3: I know that Flyn's ankle kind of has the same
situation going on from the bottom to the top. There's nowhere.
Speaker 2: There's no difference. A site for the beginning of the end.
Speaker 4: Yes, sorry, all right, Well let's just I mean, it's
it took you twenty three minutes to start the body shaming,
so I don't know what took you so long, buddy. Yeah, Yeah,
it's uh, I've I've had you know, I've had all
the sprains. Yeah, and certainly the high ankle one is
much severe. And we talked about like the word sprain
is such a misleading term because it could mean a
whole heck of a lot of things.
Speaker 2: Like I said, the one that I.
Speaker 4: Had, the sprain that I had, it meant there's actually
a crack in my bone. That doesn't sound like a
sprain to me. It sounds like a cracked bone. But
you know what, it was called a high ankle sprain,
and that's where you have the different grades of severity
on those things. But yeah, it does sound like that
it was either a low grade. Yeah, high ankle sprain
or regular ankle spring.
Speaker 2: Now, don't ask.
Speaker 4: Me to repeat what dr Athude said and tell you
the difference between the two. I just know that one's
a little bit higher than the other.
Speaker 3: Yeah, there's a lot of words, a lot of words.
Speaker 2: You know what you got to tune in on Wednesdays.
Speaker 4: Credit to myself. I stared and right in the face,
and I nodded my head like I knew exactly what he.
Speaker 2: Was talking about.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, yeah, that's like you keep saying, Yeah, that
is a small talk one o one right. It is
just nod your head in agreeance, and you make the
person you're talking to feel good because they think you understand.
Speaker 3: And I say it often, if you don't know their name,
you say easy money, like my dad says, he makes
somebody he didn't know.
Speaker 4: Is it is an elite response, yep, because you don't
expect it. It makes you feel special because you got
to be the only easy money in the whole lot.
No question, man, this guy's thought about me a lot
of even nicknamed me in his spare time. Exactly but yeah,
I'm just a bud guy. But I'm a brother guy too.
I've recently become a brother. What's up, brother, Mmm, I'm
a brother brother out there? Yeah, I used to, I
mean subconsciously. I think I used to look down on
people that said brother, but now I don't.
Speaker 2: As long as you don't say buddy. Yeah, it's bud.
It's gotta be bud. But I love budd either. But
you're a bud guy. I'm a bro. I'm a brother
and a bud. All right.
Speaker 3: Here is what Brian Kelly did say about it. Braylen
took all the reps today with the first team.
Speaker 2: He's ready to go.
Speaker 3: I think we're going to list him as probable now
for trade as Green.
Speaker 2: He said.
Speaker 3: Trade As was out on the field today catching.
Speaker 2: Balls, moving around.
Speaker 3: He's going to be probably a game time decision. He's
not where we need him to be today, but we
still have some time. It'd be hard to get tradeds
Green back on the field. Just seeing the injury that
was I've had a niece frame. I'm sure you've had
a niece frame before. It's not even it's not a
pain situation thing. Well, it's it's fine. Like just go
up there and brace it up and go. It's not
a pain situation. It's not like it hurts, really, it's
just you have no mobility. Like the things that you
once could do you can't do anymore. And trade As
Green like, he's a freak athlete, and so for him,
there's probably a lot of things that he can do.
For me, I was limited, but probably closer to myself
than trade As Green.
Speaker 4: I think with him, like, there's so much talent in
the receiver room, there's so many pass catchers on this
team that you don't really need to rush him back
necessarily to be effective and to be explosive on offense,
have those opportunities. You don't need him to go out
there and cut around. So I think in a normal situation,
a normal player position, you would say, hey, sit this
one out, Bud.
Speaker 2: But I think from.
Speaker 4: His special skill set, probably in the back of their brains,
is like can he line up on goal line and
catch a fader oute, catch a jump off. There's not
a lot of cutting, there's not a lot of juke,
and it's one move and go and you just be
bigger than the other guy.
Speaker 2: Can you do that?
Speaker 4: Is that something that could be a potential in the
game plan for this weekend. We don't need you to
go out there and run whip routes and dang cut
on out routes and corners and in routes, blah blah blah.
But can you give us a couple of plays where
we need need to throw that old oop to you
up in there and just line you one on one
with a guy and run a fade route with you
and have a jump ball. And if you know what,
I think that based on my knowledge of the defensive
coordinator of Florida, I just need you to line up
one on one in the red zone because I know
they're gonna shade a safety over the top of you
and line up two people so we can't throw a
fade route to you. I think that could be part
of the part of the thought process because that's another
element that shows up with a guy like that that
can be dynamic and can be just out jump you,
out tall you in the red zone. Is you either
get the one on one or they have to shade
a safety over which is going to allow somebody else
to get open over the middle field.
Speaker 3: So like the thing actually, like if trade as Green
doesn't go in this contest. Like, okay, all right, we'll
see some red zone stuff. Let's see some red zone
route combinations. Let's see some diversity in the red zone
play calling a little bit, because I get it when
you have, you know, somebody that is not like everybody
else's out there, like Trade Green and him being six
foot seven tall and being able to jump through the
roof and all that. Yeah, it's what you're going to do.
It's a it's a red zone target and you have
different like twenty guess would have been twenty eighteen, right,
Jamar Chase like was That's what he did for this team.
Speaker 2: Right, he's a freshman.
Speaker 3: He wasn't an every down player, but like Jamar Chase
was the red zone guy and they would throw jump
balls to Jamar Chase and he got there and was
very successful with it.
Speaker 2: So like, let's still do that. Yeah, he still do
it in the NFL. That's true.
Speaker 3: So like teams had those guys and there's nothing wrong
with it, but now it forces you to do something different,
Like you.
Speaker 2: Got to come up with some stuff.
Speaker 3: Yep, you got to come up with some red area
stuff because look LSU last.
Speaker 2: Week they moved the football, didn't turn it into points.
Speaker 3: We told you the box score this game on Monday
from a year ago. You beat them in every single category.
It wasn't even close, first downs, total yards, but you
didn't score points. Right, So when you get that opportunity, like,
there's gonna be a lot of pressure you're on Joe
Sloan in this offense to put it in the end zone.
Speaker 2: Yeah, we have all seen the games and that was
one of them last year.
Speaker 4: You can dominate a team in every single category, but
the goal of sports is to score points.
Speaker 2: And you have to execute.
Speaker 4: You have to make the plays at the big at
the big time, at the big moments, especially big games
like this. So I would expect L s U to
execute really well. I would expect Garrett nes Meyer and
the squad to come out and be on their pi's
and q's a little bit. I would after, especially after
a week where they weren't. They got out of they
had a they had a whole week to think about this,
to watch the film, to kind of reset and say
all right, now we got SEC starts now. So I
know that the attention to detail, the focus has certainly
been there all week they'll be ready to roll tomorrow.
So I'm excited to see how that passing game comes
out tomorrow. And execute's excited to see Garrett That's Meyer
work in this start of SEC play in his final
season as Atti got So yeah.
Speaker 3: I'm also I want to see what they do with
a rushing attack. And I disagree with some of the people,
and I think it was Hunt that I saw say this,
and it's fine. We disagree a lot like it in
a loving way. No, it's fine. I mean, look, I
mean you don't have to turn on the station. You
have the same opinion. I think he called the receiver
run stuff gimmicky. I just I truly don't believe that.
I believe that these receivers do have a skill set
to run the football. Because stay with me here, Xavion
Thomas elite returner in his history, Barrian Brown elite returner, right,
Aaron Anderson elite returner. They've all had touchdowns as a returner.
And I say that to bring up when you look
at some of the stuff that they're doing, like getting
out a guy in front of them and getting out
on the edge and reading where that tunnel's going to hit.
As far as when they put their foot in the ground.
It's a lot like you're returning the football. So like
Berry and Brown and Aaron Anderson getting them on some
you know, fly swepes, whatever, you jet sweeps whatever, it
ends up being some receiver toss.
Speaker 2: In some of these cases, it can be a part.
Speaker 3: Of your run game because you have receivers that have
a real skill set to do so. Xavion Thomas is
one of the few receivers maybe the only I've ever seen,
that can run true counter and knows what he's looking
at and runs it the way that a running back
would run it. I think he runs outside zone incredibly. Well,
I don't call it gimmicky. I call it using your
skill set.
Speaker 4: Yeah, you you if you have players that have special
skills like that's how you you're supposed to get them
and positions and situations that are advantageous to what they
bring to the table.
Speaker 2: End, Dave can do a lot of different things, and.
Speaker 4: Gimmicky is it's gimmicky is you got to be There's
a blurred line between like a gimmick trick play and
something like when you motion a receiver into the backfield,
what you're trying to do in that stuff. It's not gimmick.
You're trying to create number in matchup problems.
Speaker 2: You're trying to.
Speaker 4: Get always in any scheme, any play that you drop up,
you're trying to get guys in space. You're trying to
create one on one matchups with the ball carrier in
green grass, and the same can be said for you
go around and watch the best offenses in the NFL.
Speaker 2: What do they do. There's a lot of motions, there's
a lot of shifts.
Speaker 4: Why is that they're trying to create confusion to create
better matchups. When you shift and you motion, you're trying
to get your best player on not their best defensive back.
Speaker 2: You're trying to decipher if they're in man or zone.
Speaker 4: You're trying to create formationally and create chaos before the
snap with motions and shifts to make them communicate a
lot so you can have your best matchup and get
your best athletes in the most advantageous situation possible, which
is the same thing that LSU does with Xavion in
motion them into the backfield. You're trying to create good numbers.
It's not a trick or a gimmicky play. What you're
trying to do is create confusion and getting blocking numbers
and let him get into space and one on one
with a defensive back with a chance a mess. That's
what you're trying to do. It's not gimmicky. It's just
trying to take advantage of the defense and trying to
create a one on one matchup with a good athlete.
Speaker 2: Yeah, look, I actually like it.
Speaker 3: I don't mind seeing more of it, in fact, because
I think Xavion Thomas is a true jack of all
trades and not like they used to say about like
people that they felt like had no real skill set,
that jack of all trades, master of none been called
that a couple of times.
Speaker 2: Not talking about that.
Speaker 3: I'm talking about like truly like he can do a
little bit of everything. And I think l Shu's done
a good job so far. But I think you can
involve him even more. I mean, he is different when
he's got the ball in his hands. And so it
can be an extension of the run game because it
is that's what it is. And so if you're not
having success running the football because of whatever reason right now,
with just your running backs, you've got options. One is
an option too, Like he can do some different things
with the football in his hand, So you've got options.
If the running game is not working, I'd like to
see them, you know, go to something different but still
stay with the run.
Speaker 2: Yeah, they have to improve.
Speaker 4: I mean they did better Week one that did Week
two in the running game, which is, you know, running
games of choice, running games of mindset.
Speaker 2: Offensive line has.
Speaker 4: Got to create, push, got to create You got to
create daylight for the running back to be able to
make a cut, make a read. So we'll see, they
have to improve if they want to go where they
want to go this season. The passing game is going
to be there. The explosive plays, the explosive plays are
going to be there. You got the athletes. But if
you want to go and accomplish all the goals that
you've had posted on your wall off season, if you
want to be able to hold the trophy up at
the end of the season, you have got to improve
the run block and you've got to improve the run game,
whether that comes from a schematic standpoint, a game plan standpoint,
or a mindset.
Speaker 2: Standpoint of the game.
Speaker 4: On the execution, Yeah, at execution, So if you want
to get where you got to, if you want where
if you want to get where you want to go,
this season got improve the rent game.
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Speaker 3: All right, let's go quickly around some of the other
games in the Southeastern Conference, some of the ones we'll
spend more time on. Obviously, we're not gonna spend a
lot of time on Oklahoma and Temple. It's in Philly,
it's in Lincoln Financial Field. Oklahoma's traveling to Temple not
really sure why, but it is a game in Temple, Well,
it is a game. Temple's pretty excited to be hosting Oklahoma,
and I get it. I understand why. It's probably going
to be one of their biggest crowds that they've had.
Oklahoma is a twenty three and a half point favorite, though,
so fully expect the Sooners to take care of business
there in Philly, Wisconsin traveling.
Speaker 4: I know what kind of owl they are. They're a
specific type. There's more than one ol.
Speaker 2: I have barred ow. It does snow out. I didn't
grow up in the country. I don't know. But you
can sue yourself a redneck a little bit, right, Yeah, but.
Speaker 3: I don't know about owls, like I'm saying, like on
a farm country, you know what I'm saying.
Speaker 2: Yep.
Speaker 4: Well, let's see, we got a great horned owl, a
little owl, barred owl, which is we have a bunch
of bard owls in our backyard. Bunch they always talk
to us. And there's a barn owl burrowing owl.
Speaker 2: So yeah, I didn't know that. Lots of owls.
Speaker 4: The more you know, well, I mean, what about the
owls from Dumb and Dumber? They were they were endangered.
Speaker 2: Okay, that's very true. Where there was two, there was
only one. Yep, dead, fair enough. They got to be extinct. Now,
those that type of owl, that's a long time. It
goes thirty five years ago. Yep.
Speaker 4: Have you ever seen an owl without any feathers? No tiny,
tiny little things?
Speaker 2: When have you seen an owl without? Picture?
Speaker 4: Really like it was a sick owl. We watched a
lot of animal documentaries too at the house.
Speaker 2: The kids love them. Yeah, you see them.
Speaker 4: They's just because they look so big and thick and
aggressive with all their feathers.
Speaker 2: Anyway, we do different things with our spare time.
Speaker 3: Wisconsin, Alabama, the Badgers, any any Badger notes?
Speaker 4: That was tons bud notes. They're gonna They're gonna jump around.
Are they playing? Where are they playing?
Speaker 2: Now?
Speaker 3: They're playing Tuscaloosa. They played this game in Camp Randle
last year.
Speaker 2: No, I don't, I don't.
Speaker 4: I don't have anything on the Wisconsin Badgers this year.
If ron Dane's not playing for him, I don't know.
Give me one more, one more Wisconsin. Oh, there you go,
there we go. That's what I was thinking. You would say,
you know what the line on that game is? Nine
twenty one and a half really in favor of Alabama. Yeah, wow,
it's Wisconsin twenty one two and oh, I mean a
lot of two o's out there.
Speaker 3: I mean, I love Luke Fickle and he you know,
he's he's led. He was the only coach during the
fourteen playoff era that led a G five team to
the college football Playoff, the only one. And he waited
for the right job. Like there's a lot of people
think that he was up for Notre Dame and all
these jobs and he's like, no, I want to wait.
And he waited for Wisconsin. They ain't looked like Wisconsin
that I knew that you know was playing when we
were playing.
Speaker 4: No, Wisconsin was uh. They always had a back, There
was always a threat, had a defense. Yeah, they were
always a threat. They were going to lose the last
game of the season no matter where it was, but
it was they were a threat. Yeah, they were a
nine to three threat. But at some point every year
they were seven to zh Yeah, seven and oh every year.
I agree, And man, I know the two and oh
this year. But like the Chargers, if if well, charge
a little bit different.
Speaker 2: Now, don't be on your high horse with the Packers.
That's what they said about Wisconsin.
Speaker 3: Bill Chargers took care of the Chiefs in Brazil, Okay,
and they all know, I know Herbie wouldn't miss those.
Speaker 2: The Chiefs don't play well Brazil. They never have. They
don't do it. I've always said it. I've always said it.
We've always still games don't count. Uh.
Speaker 3: You've also got South Alabama traveling to Jorden here to
take on the Auburn Tigers.
Speaker 2: Auburn a twenty four and a half point favorite.
Speaker 3: It's the Louisiana Lafayette traveling to Como and Memorial Stadium
to take on m i Z and that is a
twenty seven and a half point line in favor of
the Missouri Tigers. We'll step away now and when we
come back, we'll get into some of the nitty gritty games,
some of the best games in the country that happened
to be in the SEC as well. We'll do it
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Speaker 3: It is OTP here live from Rous's on Burbank. Because
we continue on looking at the other games in the SEC.
You've got UTEP and Texas. Texas is a forty and
a half point favorite. You've got Alcorn State and Mississippi State.
Mississippi State a big favorite, not even a line in
some places because it's an FCS opponent. But Mississippi State
coming off at big win against Arizona State, certainly fully
expect them to take care of business inside of Davis
Wade Stadium. Let's get to some of the other matchups
real quick before we get to the big ones. Eastern Michigan,
Kentucky in Lexington and Kentucky Big twenty five and a
half point favorite.
Speaker 2: Georgia Tennessee.
Speaker 3: Georgia right now on the road in Nieland a three
and a half point favorite. Probably no surprise just because
of recent history. Tennessee's look great though.
Speaker 4: Actually I'm looking on I'm looking on Draft Kings right now.
They're Tennessee George's four point favorite.
Speaker 2: Up to four.
Speaker 3: It's wild, right, what do you think? I just don't
know if Tennessee's ready for this game. They've really struggled,
they haven't beaten Georgia since Josh Dobbs was a quarterback
and they.
Speaker 2: Play them every year. I just don't know that they're
ready right now.
Speaker 3: I think they're much better than I thought they would be,
but I'm not sure they're ready to compete in this game,
not compete to win.
Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, it's ap to win. Yes, the.
Speaker 4: They've been more explosive man this year than we surely
with that question. They're they're completing more passes down the
field better than they did last year. Their their quarterback
swap has proven to be a great move, and it
kind of proves on what kind of what kind of
coach that Josh Haipel is. I believe in him as
a coach and an offensive designer, but I kind of
agree with you.
Speaker 2: I just don't know if.
Speaker 4: They're ready to Can they what a big hurdle that
they've always that they've had and having to play Georgie
every single year during this you know, Kirby smart run,
So yeah, are they ready to take that jump?
Speaker 1: So?
Speaker 4: I mean it would be a huge statement for Tennessee
and who's kind of been a little bit of a
surprise for all of us this season.
Speaker 2: So can they do it? Look Hey, they're talking about
it too.
Speaker 4: They must have been listening to us right there on
the ESPN Rubber meets the Road.
Speaker 2: For them, it would be a big win.
Speaker 3: So there's other coaches in the SEC that need to
win more than josh Iipel, But I think he's one of,
you know, the coaches that if he wins this game,
it could mean the most too, just for his career.
Speaker 2: Not.
Speaker 3: Not that he's trying to save his job or I
believe if you're trying to save his job. So I
get that Sam Pittman not maybe not trying to save
his job this week, but like a win like that
will go a long way against will Miss.
Speaker 2: But like what it would mean for josh Iipel for him.
Speaker 3: To lose his quarterback in the eleventh hour or after
spring practice, for you know, him to lose the SEC
offensive player of the year in dealing Sam san at
the running back position, for there to be a lot
of narrative around Tennessee. Look, I was talking about it
so hand up here about them not you know, being
as good because of what they lost, and if he
can beat Georgia and he can do it at home
after they've already looked better than we thought they would. Man,
he can have a lot to gain off of victory
like this as much as anybody in the SEC.
Speaker 4: Yeah, well, for for for Tennessee, Georgia is probably kind
of like Alabama was for LSU for a while, Like
you got to knock them off. You have to go
and you have to beat up the biggest dude on
the block, like that's that's been your guy, that's been
the guy, that's been the that has been the team,
that has been the baddest dude on the block.
Speaker 2: So you have to go and to be able to
get that win.
Speaker 4: It's like, all right, now the program we've set in,
We've we've overcome some adversity, I got my players. I've
been here long enough that like our program's rolling out.
We did what we needed to do to take the
next step as a program. And you know how that
that goes so far when you're talking about having to
recruit transfers, having to recruit kids out of high school
to be able to do that to say, all right, Georgia,
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for them personally, but for the program in general, Sam
Pittman goes and wins, it's not big for that. I mean,
it's good, they love it, but it's doesn't go a
long way, and it probably actually might have an adverse.
In fact, they probably want to get rid of somebody
like that.
Speaker 2: So don't win.
Speaker 3: All right, We'll talking about the other games in the
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