1 00:00:14,240 --> 00:00:17,640 Speaker 1: What is up, Texas college football fans, d old friend 2 00:00:17,679 --> 00:00:20,120 Ndy car Tim here with your Big Skin and Burnt 3 00:00:20,239 --> 00:00:25,199 Ends for college football Week eight. We've got a full 4 00:00:25,239 --> 00:00:28,120 slate of college football games to cover for you this week. 5 00:00:28,879 --> 00:00:34,799 Of course, we're gonna cover the Longhorns surviving this week. 6 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:38,039 I mean, I guess if you want to call it surviving, 7 00:00:38,079 --> 00:00:41,719 we will dive into that. Should they get credit for 8 00:00:41,840 --> 00:00:45,640 a win, I don't know. Over the Kentucky Wildcats, I 9 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:48,920 guess an SEC game is an SEC game. Of course, 10 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:52,759 We've got SMU Clemson on tap for you, TCU, Baylor, 11 00:00:53,039 --> 00:00:56,479 Texas A and M in Arkansas. That was a very 12 00:00:56,479 --> 00:01:02,759 sketchy proposition for those ags. Arizona State over Texas Tech. 13 00:01:04,239 --> 00:01:07,159 That one's gonna hurt sting a little bit. We'll get 14 00:01:07,159 --> 00:01:11,400 into that for you, Houston over Arizona. We've got the 15 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:14,400 mean green of North Texas here in Denton rebounding a 16 00:01:14,439 --> 00:01:16,519 little bit, and we might even get into a little 17 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:20,840 bit of Applene Christian and their loss to the hated 18 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:25,040 team from Southern Utah might get into a little bit 19 00:01:25,079 --> 00:01:27,439 of that if we have time for you here on 20 00:01:27,560 --> 00:01:31,680 the Big Skin and Burnt Ends Texas College Football Podcast, again, 21 00:01:31,719 --> 00:01:33,959 boys and girls, I am Indy Carton. 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But I 68 00:04:11,639 --> 00:04:15,840 wanted to start with the Texas Longhorns, who really walked 69 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:21,079 in to a game that you felt good about, maybe 70 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:24,959 especially coming off a win there, and you felt you 71 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:29,519 felt good about heading into Kentucky. It's an SEC game. Yes, 72 00:04:29,560 --> 00:04:32,079 it's an SEC road game. We know those are always tough, 73 00:04:33,199 --> 00:04:39,360 but are they? And you expected you certainly expected a win, 74 00:04:39,560 --> 00:04:41,800 like there is no question about expecting a win by 75 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:44,480 the long Horns, But I don't know that you expected 76 00:04:44,480 --> 00:04:51,120 to have any trouble. And that's kind of what we found, 77 00:04:51,319 --> 00:04:54,560 boys and Girls. And look, after a big victory a 78 00:04:54,560 --> 00:04:58,759 week ago, it was going to be interesting to see 79 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:03,680 how the Longhorns approach this game, how they were going 80 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:09,240 to react to respond against a Yeah, I'll say it, 81 00:05:09,279 --> 00:05:14,040 I'm sorry Kentucky fans against a lesser opponent. You kind 82 00:05:14,040 --> 00:05:17,839 of expected them maybe to come out swinging in this 83 00:05:18,399 --> 00:05:23,519 favorable matchup, but the Longhorns looked anything but ready to play. 84 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:29,120 Maybe there's some hangover from the week before because you 85 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,600 had to go to overtime and you had to come 86 00:05:31,639 --> 00:05:36,199 back to go to overtime and then kick an overtime 87 00:05:36,279 --> 00:05:40,079 field goal for a sixteen to thirteen win. Yes, it's 88 00:05:40,079 --> 00:05:42,360 an sec road win and it will go down as such. 89 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:46,959 But man, if you're a Long Horns fan, you just 90 00:05:47,120 --> 00:05:52,519 cannot feel good about this win. And I've seen a 91 00:05:52,519 --> 00:05:56,720 lot of conjecture. Yes, a win is a win, is 92 00:05:56,720 --> 00:06:03,680 a win, but you can't feel good if you are 93 00:06:03,879 --> 00:06:06,720 if you're well, I'll take that back. You can feel 94 00:06:06,759 --> 00:06:11,480 good about one thing. You can feel good about your defense, 95 00:06:12,879 --> 00:06:17,319 as has been the case all year long. The Long 96 00:06:17,319 --> 00:06:21,879 Warns defense came out to play. The rest of it 97 00:06:22,000 --> 00:06:25,920 was not impressive. I'm not gonna throw Arch under the bus. 98 00:06:25,959 --> 00:06:28,240 Although he did not have the game we all expected 99 00:06:28,319 --> 00:06:31,399 him to have. But as I've mentioned on this show 100 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:37,480 and on other shows, it's not all his fault. Not 101 00:06:37,560 --> 00:06:40,959 gonna throw Arch under the bus for the season, and 102 00:06:41,079 --> 00:06:44,040 I'm not going to throw Arch under the bus for 103 00:06:44,160 --> 00:06:50,279 this game. But there are certainly circumstances that are out 104 00:06:50,279 --> 00:06:55,319 of his control that may indicate why he's having the 105 00:06:55,319 --> 00:07:00,920 season that he's having. In one of those reasons is 106 00:07:00,959 --> 00:07:03,879 the offensive line. We've talked about it at nauseum here, 107 00:07:04,399 --> 00:07:06,920 but I think it's a real thing. And once again 108 00:07:06,959 --> 00:07:11,639 you saw circumstance where the offensive line once again broke 109 00:07:11,720 --> 00:07:16,319 down in front of him, especially coming off of a 110 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:20,800 week where they looked like they improved. The offensive line 111 00:07:21,639 --> 00:07:24,720 allowed just a single sack a week ago of arch Manning, 112 00:07:25,639 --> 00:07:30,040 but against Kentucky on the road, they went right back 113 00:07:30,319 --> 00:07:33,000 to struggling. They had a hard time in pass protection 114 00:07:33,839 --> 00:07:35,839 now for the second time in three games, and really 115 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:40,079 you've had that issue all year. Really, three sacks, eight 116 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:45,480 quarterback hits and that led to a long, long night 117 00:07:45,959 --> 00:07:51,600 for arch Manning. Again, you get the win, but I 118 00:07:51,600 --> 00:07:56,199 don't know, the offense fails to really get off get 119 00:07:56,240 --> 00:08:00,920 out of the blocks here early, and blame that on 120 00:08:00,959 --> 00:08:05,040 the offensive line. You had a solid showing last week, 121 00:08:05,279 --> 00:08:09,040 but the offense reverted against Kentucky. You came out slow 122 00:08:09,079 --> 00:08:12,240 to start and that's been a recurring theme for the offense. 123 00:08:13,720 --> 00:08:17,759 At halftime, you had ninety three yards of total offense 124 00:08:18,560 --> 00:08:22,120 compared to the Wildcats one hundred and eighty. They just 125 00:08:22,240 --> 00:08:26,000 about doubled you up in the first half. That is 126 00:08:26,040 --> 00:08:30,040 not Texas Longhorns football on the road. I don't care 127 00:08:30,079 --> 00:08:34,279 who your opponent is, especially against Kentucky. I want to 128 00:08:34,279 --> 00:08:37,840 take anything away from Kentucky. They played really well and 129 00:08:37,879 --> 00:08:40,840 they should have won. But the second half was just 130 00:08:40,840 --> 00:08:43,679 a repeat of the first. The Longhorns total just seventy 131 00:08:43,720 --> 00:08:47,639 three yards of offense to the Wildcats one hundred and 132 00:08:47,679 --> 00:08:52,320 ninety one. Art struggled twelve to twenty seven passing for 133 00:08:53,240 --> 00:08:58,240 the out forty four point four percent completion percentage. He 134 00:08:58,279 --> 00:09:01,639 had a streak of eight incomplettion and nine passing attempts, 135 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:07,279 and it was held without a touchdown. The offense was 136 00:09:07,279 --> 00:09:12,159 not helped by the ground game thirty seven yards on 137 00:09:12,200 --> 00:09:18,759 twelve attempts for Quinn traveon the only touchdown. He did 138 00:09:18,759 --> 00:09:22,159 have the only touchdown of the game. Christian Clark had 139 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:26,679 three carries thirteen yards. Manning carried eleven times for minus 140 00:09:26,759 --> 00:09:29,320 one rushing yards. Now keep in mind that's skewed because 141 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,519 in college football they count sacks as negative rushing yards, 142 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,159 So I hate that that that's a thing, but it 143 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:38,759 skews the rushing stats for arts, but it is what 144 00:09:38,799 --> 00:09:41,840 it is. Eleven carries for minus one yard. Maybe don't 145 00:09:41,840 --> 00:09:44,440 get sacked so much and that will help that stat 146 00:09:44,559 --> 00:09:50,639 for sure. But man, the defense, that was your bright spot. 147 00:09:50,639 --> 00:09:52,919 If you need a bright spot for the Longhorns, it 148 00:09:53,080 --> 00:09:57,919 was your defense trying to help out a struggling offense. 149 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:59,600 But it can only do so much. It held the 150 00:09:59,600 --> 00:10:02,720 Wildcare to thirteen points. That should be enough to win, 151 00:10:02,840 --> 00:10:06,159 and it was, but it should have been enough to 152 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:09,159 win by a lot and that was not the case. 153 00:10:10,120 --> 00:10:11,919 The defense was forced to be out on the field 154 00:10:11,960 --> 00:10:15,960 for most of the game. The Wildcats commanded the time 155 00:10:15,960 --> 00:10:19,919 of possession with nearly forty minutes to the long Horns 156 00:10:19,960 --> 00:10:25,000 twenty minutes, and when needed the most, the long Horns 157 00:10:25,039 --> 00:10:27,840 defense came alive to make a crucial stop. In overtime. 158 00:10:27,919 --> 00:10:31,039 Kentucky had four attempts from the Texas one yard line 159 00:10:31,480 --> 00:10:34,039 to punch the ball in, and fortunately for the Longhorns, 160 00:10:34,080 --> 00:10:36,000 each time the defense came up with a big stop, 161 00:10:36,960 --> 00:10:40,639 including the fourth down, forcing them to come up empty 162 00:10:41,000 --> 00:10:48,320 in overtime and gave the offense a chance for the win. 163 00:10:48,960 --> 00:10:51,840 Look again, I'm not gonna sugarcoat this. It was a win, 164 00:10:52,000 --> 00:10:54,240 it was an sec road win. It will go down 165 00:10:54,320 --> 00:10:57,480 as such. But if you're a Longhorns fan, I don't 166 00:10:57,519 --> 00:11:00,879 feel good about this at all, and I don't know 167 00:11:00,919 --> 00:11:03,879 that you should either tell me Longhorns fans, how do 168 00:11:03,879 --> 00:11:05,799 you guys feel about this? At any cartoon If you 169 00:11:05,879 --> 00:11:08,960 find me all across social media or if you are 170 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:12,720 watching the video on fans stream sports, comment in the 171 00:11:12,759 --> 00:11:14,759 comment section of the video, let me know what your 172 00:11:14,799 --> 00:11:17,600 thoughts are as a Longhorns fan on the win at Kentucky? 173 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:20,480 Do you feel good about this team as has this 174 00:11:20,559 --> 00:11:25,360 teammate made any progress really throughout the whole year, Because 175 00:11:25,399 --> 00:11:28,200 I don't know. I'm not seeing it, boys and girls. 176 00:11:28,919 --> 00:11:32,960 I'm very confused and very curious here by what's going 177 00:11:33,000 --> 00:11:35,720 on down in Austin and what's going on in arts 178 00:11:35,759 --> 00:11:43,480 Manning's head, and what's going on really with Sarks offense here. 179 00:11:44,000 --> 00:11:45,840 I'm a bit at a loss. I don't know what 180 00:11:45,840 --> 00:11:52,159 to think now. The Longhorns do find themselves ranked depending 181 00:11:52,200 --> 00:11:54,279 on where you look. I believe on the AP they 182 00:11:54,320 --> 00:12:00,360 were at number twenty two. You're five and two. You 183 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:05,720 dropped just a spot next game. You are at Mississippi 184 00:12:05,720 --> 00:12:11,679 State Newton Central game, you and another another game, another 185 00:12:11,799 --> 00:12:16,559 SEC road game. You should dominate. Mississippi State is not good. 186 00:12:18,399 --> 00:12:20,759 But what will happen with the offense? Those are the 187 00:12:20,799 --> 00:12:25,120 big questions there for you long Horns. Now moving on, 188 00:12:27,000 --> 00:12:30,360 as we bring back our woof sound, you can find 189 00:12:30,440 --> 00:12:34,000 something a little more aggressive when I change topics, I 190 00:12:34,080 --> 00:12:37,519 might need a bell. I don't know that I'm completely 191 00:12:37,519 --> 00:12:42,879 happy with the woosh. SMU thirty five Clemson twenty four 192 00:12:43,000 --> 00:12:47,759 is Kevin Jennings throws two touchdown passes in a revenge game? 193 00:12:47,919 --> 00:12:49,879 Kind of is it a revenge game if it's not 194 00:12:49,960 --> 00:12:56,600 the title game or a playoff game. SMU avengers their 195 00:12:56,639 --> 00:13:00,120 ACC title game lost to Clemson from last year, their 196 00:13:00,559 --> 00:13:06,000 sole loss before you get into the playoffs for I 197 00:13:06,039 --> 00:13:09,000 guess before they hit the juggernaut that was Penn State 198 00:13:09,080 --> 00:13:13,320 last year. Kevin Jennings had two hundred ninety yards two touchdowns. 199 00:13:13,360 --> 00:13:15,399 Chris Johnson Junior put the game away with a late 200 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,840 six yard scoring run. SMU defeats Clempson thirty five to 201 00:13:18,840 --> 00:13:22,759 twenty four on Saturday again to kind of avenge a 202 00:13:22,799 --> 00:13:25,720 heartbreaking loss in the ACC Championship game. And I don't 203 00:13:25,759 --> 00:13:28,080 know that a regular season. I know they always say that, right, 204 00:13:28,120 --> 00:13:32,080 even in the pros and whatever, Oh, you avenged the 205 00:13:32,080 --> 00:13:34,159 playoff lot, Well you didn't because that was in the 206 00:13:34,200 --> 00:13:36,440 playoffs and it ended your season. You're not going to 207 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,200 avenge that until you beat that team in the postseason 208 00:13:40,720 --> 00:13:44,039 or in the ACC title game or whatever. Never liked 209 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:47,799 that when people write about that anyway, I digress. Jordan 210 00:13:47,879 --> 00:13:49,840 Hudson finished with seven catches, one hundred and thirty one 211 00:13:49,919 --> 00:13:53,399 yards and a touchdown for the Mustangs move to five 212 00:13:53,399 --> 00:13:56,440 and two overall, three and oher at ACC play. They've 213 00:13:56,440 --> 00:14:00,960 won three straight now. Clemson played without their first team 214 00:14:01,039 --> 00:14:04,080 preseason All American quarterback Cade klub Nick, who sat out 215 00:14:04,080 --> 00:14:08,000 with an injury. Christopher of Isena made his first start 216 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,720 for the Tigers and completed twenty nine to forty two 217 00:14:10,759 --> 00:14:13,639 passes three hundred and seventeen yards with three touchdowns, including 218 00:14:13,639 --> 00:14:15,960 two to TJ. Moore. The Tigers followed a three and 219 00:14:16,200 --> 00:14:19,960 four overall and just two and three in the ACC. 220 00:14:21,000 --> 00:14:23,080 Moore had five catches for one hundred and twenty four yards, 221 00:14:23,120 --> 00:14:25,480 including a one hand snag on the sixty two yard 222 00:14:25,919 --> 00:14:30,799 touchdown reception. It was a beautiful, beautiful catch. Rhet Lastly 223 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:33,679 called it a big win for the SMU program, considering 224 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:36,759 Clemson has won eight of the last ten ACC championships, 225 00:14:36,759 --> 00:14:39,240 and that is correct. Rett, Lastly, that is a big 226 00:14:39,279 --> 00:14:42,639 win for your program. But let's keep in mind Clemson 227 00:14:42,720 --> 00:14:46,120 is way way down after being the what the preseason number, 228 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:51,240 what were they four? They have been out of the 229 00:14:51,360 --> 00:14:55,600 rankings here for a while, along with those Longhorns and 230 00:14:55,639 --> 00:15:00,679 those Penn State Nitney Lions. But yeah, a good win 231 00:15:00,759 --> 00:15:04,759 overall for SMU. Any win for SMU right now is 232 00:15:04,799 --> 00:15:06,639 a good win. You're at five and two, three and 233 00:15:06,679 --> 00:15:09,960 zero in the conference. You need to keep stacking up 234 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:14,720 these wins, There's no question. And Lastly is preaching right 235 00:15:14,759 --> 00:15:17,960 now the power of confidence, and that is what he 236 00:15:18,039 --> 00:15:21,759 is instilling in his players in his program, and I 237 00:15:21,799 --> 00:15:26,080 believe it. It's it's making a big difference. And I'm 238 00:15:26,120 --> 00:15:29,000 not one hundred percent sure why not that I want 239 00:15:29,039 --> 00:15:30,879 this to happen or I want to will this into 240 00:15:30,919 --> 00:15:33,960 place or anything. But with all of the college coaching 241 00:15:34,000 --> 00:15:39,320 opportunities that are popping up the availability of Wrett Lastly 242 00:15:39,480 --> 00:15:42,279 to one of these big name programs, I'm not hearing 243 00:15:42,320 --> 00:15:44,200 a lot of I've heard a little bit of chatter. 244 00:15:46,080 --> 00:15:48,879 Of course, the Florida Gators job has just opened, depend 245 00:15:48,960 --> 00:15:53,960 state job is open, Virginia Tech is open, the CLA 246 00:15:54,039 --> 00:15:59,440 is open, the Florida state jobs about to be open. 247 00:16:00,080 --> 00:16:03,159 If you know, you know, I just I haven't heard 248 00:16:03,200 --> 00:16:06,519 a lot of redd lashly discussion and his name connected 249 00:16:06,559 --> 00:16:08,120 to anything. And again, not that I want him to 250 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:10,960 leave SMU by any stretch, but I'm a little surprised 251 00:16:11,039 --> 00:16:14,440 I haven't heard more of that. And maybe I'm just wrong, 252 00:16:14,480 --> 00:16:19,879 Maybe I'm over evaluating his value in the college football landscape. 253 00:16:19,879 --> 00:16:22,639 I don't think so. So this is the first time 254 00:16:22,679 --> 00:16:25,559 Clemson has lost five straight games to power conference teams 255 00:16:25,600 --> 00:16:30,120 since I was born, going back to nineteen seven to 256 00:16:30,159 --> 00:16:32,720 seventy seventy one season. Boys and girls, that's a long 257 00:16:32,759 --> 00:16:36,919 time ago. I can't believe we've been at football back then. 258 00:16:37,720 --> 00:16:40,840 Dabos when he said after the game, it's jarring, it's disappointing. 259 00:16:40,879 --> 00:16:46,000 We have to get better. You think, if you're a 260 00:16:46,000 --> 00:16:48,919 Clemson hater, you're loving this season right now. If you're 261 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:51,759 Dabo Sweny hater, you are loving this season right now. 262 00:16:53,159 --> 00:16:57,840 Of course, if your memory banks serve you correctly, Clemson 263 00:16:57,879 --> 00:17:00,200 beat SMU thirty four to thirty one last December the 264 00:17:00,200 --> 00:17:03,559 ACC title game in a walk off field goal. This 265 00:17:03,600 --> 00:17:07,160 one provided a little bit similar drama, although not in 266 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:12,440 the same setting. SMU led twenty nine to seventeen. In 267 00:17:12,519 --> 00:17:15,400 the fourth quarter, Ricardo Jones intercepted Jennings near midfield with 268 00:17:15,440 --> 00:17:19,200 ten minutes remaining. On fourth and twenty one, Vezina found 269 00:17:19,200 --> 00:17:21,799 a leaping Tristan Smith for a twenty three yard touchdown 270 00:17:21,839 --> 00:17:24,599 strike between two defenders to cut the lead to twenty 271 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:27,200 nine to twenty four with six forty four left, bumping 272 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:31,880 new life into the home crowd. SMU drew a crucial 273 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,000 pass interference penalty on a fourth and three at the 274 00:17:34,039 --> 00:17:37,359 Clemson thirty nine to move the chains. Jennings followed with 275 00:17:37,359 --> 00:17:39,799 a twenty six yard strike along the right sideline to 276 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:43,240 Hudson on a third and ten. Clemson needed a defensive 277 00:17:43,279 --> 00:17:45,119 stop to force a field goal and keep it a 278 00:17:45,119 --> 00:17:48,079 one possession game, but Johnson plowed into the end zone, 279 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:50,880 carrying players with him with one oh three left in 280 00:17:50,920 --> 00:17:54,440 the game to seal the victory. Gotta love late game 281 00:17:54,519 --> 00:17:57,559 drama in college football. I love it, I love it, 282 00:17:57,599 --> 00:18:01,440 I love it. SMU outgained one hundred and thirty nine 283 00:18:01,480 --> 00:18:03,960 to thirty five on the ground. The ground game was 284 00:18:04,000 --> 00:18:09,119 not friendly to the Tigers. On this day after the game, 285 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,680 Hudson said, they've won a lot of championships in the ACC. 286 00:18:12,880 --> 00:18:15,480 We're trying to get on that level. So we just 287 00:18:15,519 --> 00:18:20,000 put our head down all week and worked hard. And 288 00:18:20,279 --> 00:18:23,640 I will tell you that it obviously panned out. And 289 00:18:23,759 --> 00:18:26,680 I think Clemson is or SMU rather is on the 290 00:18:26,799 --> 00:18:29,119 rise in the SEC. Clearly, you're in the title game 291 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:33,119 last year, you still have yet to lose. And you're 292 00:18:33,119 --> 00:18:35,680 two or you're one and a half seasons in the conference, 293 00:18:36,799 --> 00:18:41,039 still have yet to lose a regular season ACC game, 294 00:18:41,559 --> 00:18:46,319 and that is a big deal for the for the 295 00:18:46,400 --> 00:18:51,519 SMU Mustangs, and for rhet Lastly, is I think they 296 00:18:51,559 --> 00:18:55,599 were Clemson was out coaching this game. They were out efforted. 297 00:18:56,839 --> 00:19:00,240 That's the thing. They were outplayed at. The games did 298 00:19:00,279 --> 00:19:03,480 not have been as close as it was save for 299 00:19:03,759 --> 00:19:07,960 a couple of SMU mistakes. That stuff you got to 300 00:19:08,000 --> 00:19:13,240 clean up, you know. Aside from his one interception, I 301 00:19:13,279 --> 00:19:15,359 thought Jennings was on target for most of the game. 302 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,440 He made some good decisions while he was in the 303 00:19:17,440 --> 00:19:22,440 pocket and it's keeping SMU in the discussion for another 304 00:19:22,519 --> 00:19:26,599 ACC title game. Jennings has been a stud this season 305 00:19:27,519 --> 00:19:32,039 and the team cannot be happier with it. Clemson, I'm 306 00:19:32,039 --> 00:19:36,200 sorry SMU has Wake Forest next on Saturday. Clemson will 307 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:40,519 host Duke on November first. But for the Mustangs, I 308 00:19:40,519 --> 00:19:45,400 think they are setting themselves up very very nicely to 309 00:19:45,519 --> 00:19:49,599 continue this role through the ACC. If you're an SMU fan, 310 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:51,920 and if you live locally here in the Dallas area, 311 00:19:52,000 --> 00:19:55,880 I implore you get out to Gerald J. Ford Stadium. 312 00:19:56,200 --> 00:20:01,480 Support the team, Support those kids, support the program because 313 00:20:01,480 --> 00:20:04,160 it is some exciting, exciting football point being played out 314 00:20:04,160 --> 00:20:09,880 at the Hilltop right now. For the SMU Mustangs, let's 315 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:14,680 keep it local here in the DFW area. As the 316 00:20:14,720 --> 00:20:18,319 Baylor Bears went to Fort Worth, we're gonna do a 317 00:20:18,319 --> 00:20:21,359 swoop sing. Yeah, I don't like that. We're gonna have 318 00:20:21,359 --> 00:20:22,880 to find something else. You'll tell me what I should 319 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:29,640 have for a segment breaker. I don't like that. Hoover 320 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:33,319 throws three touchdown passes as TCU beats Baylor forty two 321 00:20:33,400 --> 00:20:35,359 thirty six and a game delayed more than two hours 322 00:20:35,400 --> 00:20:40,759 by lightning, which is not something we've heard recently. About 323 00:20:40,960 --> 00:20:44,240 Fort Worth. I mean, I live in the DFW area, 324 00:20:44,240 --> 00:20:45,720 and yeah, we've had a lot of lightning. We've had 325 00:20:45,720 --> 00:20:48,880 some storms here recently, but normally here in the Big Twelve, 326 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:51,519 and we're talking about lightning delays. It's been out in Lubbock, 327 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:57,799 but not the case this weekend as Josh Hoover again 328 00:20:57,839 --> 00:21:01,200 throws three touchdown passes, Warning Barnes ran for one hundred 329 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:05,440 and six yards and two scores to help TCU hold 330 00:21:05,480 --> 00:21:09,720 on to beat their in state rival. There. They're not 331 00:21:09,759 --> 00:21:13,240 the crosstown rivals that SMU are. That SMU is, but 332 00:21:14,079 --> 00:21:16,720 you know, Waco's right down the road down thirty five 333 00:21:16,960 --> 00:21:21,799 w UH to the TCU. So it's it's always been 334 00:21:21,839 --> 00:21:25,920 a big rivalry going back to the Southwest Conference. Uh. 335 00:21:26,039 --> 00:21:27,640 And it's a game that matched up the top two 336 00:21:27,720 --> 00:21:32,599 FBS passers all although being delayed by more than two 337 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,000 hours in the fourth quarter, Man, that's just brutal when 338 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,079 you're that deep into the game. At least it's not 339 00:21:39,200 --> 00:21:41,759 like the Red Raiders game here what a few weeks ago, 340 00:21:41,799 --> 00:21:45,480 when they literally had four snaps in the game before 341 00:21:45,519 --> 00:21:49,240 they were delayed two hours. I don't know which is worse, 342 00:21:49,359 --> 00:21:52,359 being delayed late in the game or early in the game, 343 00:21:52,359 --> 00:21:55,880 I don't know, it doesn't matter, but the horn fogs 344 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:58,359 when it went ahead to stay on a five yard 345 00:21:58,400 --> 00:22:00,519 touchdown run by Barnes that made it for teen to seven. 346 00:22:00,519 --> 00:22:04,039 In the second quarter, two plays after a brief heavy 347 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:06,359 rain down pour and a lost fumble by the Bears, 348 00:22:06,759 --> 00:22:08,839 Barnes took a direct snap for a fourteen yard score 349 00:22:08,880 --> 00:22:10,440 to make it forty two to twenty one on the 350 00:22:10,440 --> 00:22:13,640 first play. When the game finally resumed and it was 351 00:22:13,680 --> 00:22:18,200 finished in the bright, humid sunshine, it was brutal man 352 00:22:18,279 --> 00:22:21,000 on the field, that heat, that sun coming up from 353 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:25,000 that wet turf ugh Baylor's Keaton Thomas returned to fumble 354 00:22:25,039 --> 00:22:27,759 twenty four yards for a touchdown. Sawyer Robertson threw a 355 00:22:27,759 --> 00:22:30,240 thirty five yard touchdown to Kobe Wilson with thirty seconds 356 00:22:30,319 --> 00:22:32,240 left before the Bears were covered an on side kick. 357 00:22:35,759 --> 00:22:38,119 You had an interception with thirteen seconds left to finally 358 00:22:38,119 --> 00:22:41,519 clinch the win for TCU. The end of the game 359 00:22:41,559 --> 00:22:46,000 occurred five hours and fifty minutes after kickoff. That's brutal. 360 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,440 That's just too long. Robertson, of course, is the national 361 00:22:49,440 --> 00:22:52,480 passing leader. He went twenty five to fifty two for 362 00:22:52,519 --> 00:22:55,319 three hundred and eighteen yards with two touchdowns and three interceptions. 363 00:22:55,359 --> 00:22:57,440 All the picks came after the resumption of play of 364 00:22:57,480 --> 00:23:00,559 the delay. He is now at twenty three hundred and 365 00:23:00,599 --> 00:23:04,440 seventy six yards and twenty one tudies on the season. 366 00:23:05,759 --> 00:23:07,759 Josh Hoover went twenty two to thirty one for two 367 00:23:07,839 --> 00:23:09,599 hundred and thirty one yards. He threw a six yard 368 00:23:09,599 --> 00:23:12,839 touchdown pass to Jordan Dwyer with eleven seconds left in 369 00:23:12,880 --> 00:23:14,759 the first half, and a three yard er to tight 370 00:23:14,839 --> 00:23:18,119 end Kimorian Pimpton on the opening drive of the second 371 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,400 half for a twenty eight to ten lead. Hoover is 372 00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:25,000 now at twenty almost said twenty one hundred and twenty 373 00:23:25,079 --> 00:23:28,759 four twenty twenty four yards and twenty one touchdowns this season. 374 00:23:28,920 --> 00:23:32,519 There's no comment there on on my type here. TC 375 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:34,160 had just gone up thirty five to twenty one on 376 00:23:34,200 --> 00:23:36,920 Trent battles sixty five yard touchdown run with thirteen forty 377 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:39,119 six left. Would play with stop for the first time 378 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:41,960 because of lightning. Even though the rain had stopped in 379 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,240 the skies were starting to clear before that fifty eight 380 00:23:44,359 --> 00:23:48,400 minute delay, play resumed for only about fifteen minutes, but 381 00:23:48,519 --> 00:23:50,640 soon after Sawyer was stuffed for no gain on a 382 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:53,559 fourth and three play from the Bears. With six forty 383 00:23:53,599 --> 00:23:56,319 four left, the game was stopped again for another seventy 384 00:23:56,319 --> 00:23:59,440 eight minutes. Both teams had come out and were completing 385 00:23:59,480 --> 00:24:02,799 warm ups to resume when officials sent them back to 386 00:24:02,839 --> 00:24:05,119 their locker room was because of another lightning strike detected 387 00:24:05,160 --> 00:24:08,240 within eight miles of the stadium. And that's got to 388 00:24:08,240 --> 00:24:10,519 be brutal on the players and on the coaches. You 389 00:24:10,559 --> 00:24:15,039 lose all of your rhythm, you get cold, you know, 390 00:24:15,119 --> 00:24:17,759 your body's not warmed up anymore, and they allow them times, 391 00:24:17,759 --> 00:24:21,400 I know, to warm up. But it's, uh, it's pretty crazy. 392 00:24:21,440 --> 00:24:26,119 It's a crazy thing for those for those guys up next, 393 00:24:26,160 --> 00:24:30,519 Baylor plays at Cincinnati on Saturday. TCU is at West Virginia, 394 00:24:30,559 --> 00:24:34,119 both winnable games for both programs. We will of course 395 00:24:34,279 --> 00:24:38,559 recap those for you next week. Uh TCU not in 396 00:24:38,640 --> 00:24:43,359 the rankings, but they did receive votes. I believe they 397 00:24:43,440 --> 00:24:50,519 received two votes out of the top twenty five. Houston 398 00:24:50,519 --> 00:24:53,799 and Olgan into Houston here shortly reserved received thirty four 399 00:24:53,880 --> 00:24:59,839 votes in the ap Top twenty five for you. But 400 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:03,160 but let's get into a game that I think surprised 401 00:25:03,200 --> 00:25:07,200 a lot of people. And we are talking, of course 402 00:25:07,319 --> 00:25:10,920 about those Texas A and m Aggies, those seven now 403 00:25:11,000 --> 00:25:13,759 seven and zero four and oh in the SEC, the 404 00:25:13,880 --> 00:25:19,839 last remaining unbeaten SEC team. As you head into Arkansas, 405 00:25:19,920 --> 00:25:22,319 yes it's a better rival. Yes, it's been a rival 406 00:25:22,359 --> 00:25:25,960 for decades and decades and decades. Going back into the 407 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:29,960 Southwest Conference, you of course, the last what five years 408 00:25:30,119 --> 00:25:34,079 had the neutral site game played between these two programs 409 00:25:34,160 --> 00:25:38,920 at AT and T Stadium in Arlington before that contract ended. 410 00:25:38,960 --> 00:25:41,039 That was the Southwest classing. It was fun because it 411 00:25:41,079 --> 00:25:42,519 was right here in my backyard and I was able 412 00:25:42,559 --> 00:25:48,519 to go. But they are now back to back to 413 00:25:48,599 --> 00:25:51,000 campus games, which is good too. I like that for 414 00:25:51,039 --> 00:25:54,799 the program. It's a good look and the student body 415 00:25:54,839 --> 00:25:59,759 gets more involved, I believe. But you head into Fayetteville 416 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:04,839 and you don't expect to have troubles with a program 417 00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:09,279 that's just made a coaching change, that has struggled on offense, 418 00:26:09,440 --> 00:26:13,119 that has struggled on defense. It has all kinds of issues. 419 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:16,920 They were two and four headed into the game, oh 420 00:26:16,960 --> 00:26:20,720 to three in the conference. You're undefeated, You're a top 421 00:26:20,759 --> 00:26:24,599 ten team. There should be no issues. But boys and girls, 422 00:26:24,640 --> 00:26:27,279 that's as they say, that's why they play the game. 423 00:26:29,039 --> 00:26:31,359 And you, if you're an Agguis fan, you gotta feel 424 00:26:31,359 --> 00:26:34,039 good about it. Marcel Reid throws for two hundred and 425 00:26:34,039 --> 00:26:36,680 eighty yards and three touchdowns. He ran for another fifty 426 00:26:36,680 --> 00:26:40,119 five yards in a score as the Aggies had to 427 00:26:40,160 --> 00:26:43,759 hang on late to beat Arkansas forty five to forty 428 00:26:43,759 --> 00:26:47,640 two on Saturday to keep its perfect season going. The 429 00:26:47,680 --> 00:26:50,680 Aggies have opened with seven wins for the first time 430 00:26:50,759 --> 00:26:53,359 since nineteen ninety four. Golly, I was on my first 431 00:26:53,400 --> 00:26:56,599 wife still in nineteen ninety Four's how long ago that was. 432 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:00,880 They finished that season ten to oh to one. Number 433 00:27:00,960 --> 00:27:05,920 nine Georgia's forty three to thirty five win over Mississippi 434 00:27:05,960 --> 00:27:08,599 earlier on Sunday, A and M is the only remaining 435 00:27:08,640 --> 00:27:11,599 unbeaten team in the SEC. As we mentioned as the 436 00:27:11,680 --> 00:27:14,880 number five, then number five Old miss goes down to Georgia. 437 00:27:17,720 --> 00:27:20,160 Mike Alco could not be happier. He says they're making 438 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:23,240 when he plays, and he believes his team is finally 439 00:27:23,279 --> 00:27:24,720 learning how to make the plays you need to win 440 00:27:24,759 --> 00:27:28,640 football games. And I've said it before on this podcast 441 00:27:28,680 --> 00:27:30,759 and on my Texas A and m Aggie's Daily Blitz 442 00:27:30,799 --> 00:27:36,200 podcast at fansteringsports dot com that Mike Elco has changed 443 00:27:36,240 --> 00:27:39,000 the culture here in College Station. He has changed the 444 00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:47,400 culture of the program, games that this team would go 445 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:50,799 into with chances to win, even against lesser opponents. I'm 446 00:27:50,839 --> 00:27:55,279 not just talking about beating the Alabama's, the Georgia's, the LSUS. 447 00:27:57,440 --> 00:28:01,160 I talked about it after the Mississippi State win, that 448 00:28:02,359 --> 00:28:07,519 the Jimbo Fisher era, the Kevin Sumlin era, going back 449 00:28:07,559 --> 00:28:13,839 to the rc slocom era, these guys, Dennis Francioni, they 450 00:28:13,920 --> 00:28:17,799 found ways to lose these very winnable games, and I 451 00:28:17,839 --> 00:28:20,839 don't know, you know what it was about the culture, 452 00:28:21,480 --> 00:28:25,640 about the coaching that caused that. But Elko's Aggies have 453 00:28:25,680 --> 00:28:28,799 turned a corner this season. I know it has to 454 00:28:28,799 --> 00:28:31,000 do with quarterback play, but hey, we've had good quarterback 455 00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:36,680 play before. Kellen Mond was an amazing college quarterback. It's 456 00:28:36,759 --> 00:28:39,799 just something about what Elko has been able to do 457 00:28:40,440 --> 00:28:42,880 with the mindset of the players, with the mindset of 458 00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:48,960 the program that helps them finish games. And that hasn't 459 00:28:48,960 --> 00:28:51,119 been the case for a long time in Aguilin. And 460 00:28:51,200 --> 00:28:55,960 I'm more than happy to see it. You know, everybody asks, man, 461 00:28:56,200 --> 00:28:58,599 the Aggies have had a great program for a long, long, 462 00:28:58,640 --> 00:29:02,000 long time, why haven't they won more. I don't know 463 00:29:02,039 --> 00:29:04,039 the answer to that. As an Aggie, I don't even 464 00:29:04,039 --> 00:29:06,599 have the answer to that. I do know that a 465 00:29:06,640 --> 00:29:10,400 lot of it has to do with culture and with coaching, 466 00:29:10,519 --> 00:29:12,720 because Lord knows, the Aggies have the talent. They've had 467 00:29:12,720 --> 00:29:15,799 the talent for a long time. This is always one 468 00:29:15,799 --> 00:29:18,519 of the top recruiting schools, even here in the state 469 00:29:18,519 --> 00:29:22,319 of Texas, recruiting against the Longhorns. You know, going back 470 00:29:22,319 --> 00:29:24,960 to the last twelve years or so, being in the SEC, 471 00:29:25,119 --> 00:29:27,279 you've bumped up recruiting. Why haven't they won before? Now? 472 00:29:28,400 --> 00:29:30,160 I don't know. I think it just goes back to 473 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:34,119 coaching and culture and whatever it is that Mike Elko 474 00:29:34,200 --> 00:29:39,400 has done. He's fixed it, he's changed it. And it's 475 00:29:39,480 --> 00:29:41,880 it's fun to watch. It's it's fun for the Aggies fans. 476 00:29:42,880 --> 00:29:44,799 A and M now four and oh in the Conference 477 00:29:44,839 --> 00:29:47,319 seven and oho overall, just ahead of Alabama, who is 478 00:29:47,359 --> 00:29:49,640 also four and oh in the Conference six and one overall. 479 00:29:50,920 --> 00:29:54,160 Alabama is shooting themselves for that week win lost Florida State, 480 00:29:55,319 --> 00:29:58,839 or they'd be right up there too. It's the first time, 481 00:29:58,920 --> 00:30:02,880 as I mentioned, since nineteen ninety four wife number one, 482 00:30:04,039 --> 00:30:07,680 that the Aggies have opened seven to zero. They continue 483 00:30:07,680 --> 00:30:10,319 their dominance in the series, with the Razorbacks winning for 484 00:30:10,359 --> 00:30:12,640 the thirteenth time in the last fourteen meetings. A and 485 00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:15,640 M scored on seven of nine completed drives and totaled 486 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:19,799 fourner ninety seven yards of offense, leading thirty eight to 487 00:30:19,839 --> 00:30:22,000 thirty five with less than ten minutes remaining and facing 488 00:30:22,079 --> 00:30:25,880 some serious pressure. After tailoring Glean's greens four yard touchdown 489 00:30:25,920 --> 00:30:30,240 pass to Jaydon Platt, Aggie's running back E. J. Smith 490 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,400 had a two yard conversion on fourth and one from 491 00:30:32,400 --> 00:30:35,720 the thirty four to extend a critical drive. Reid then 492 00:30:35,759 --> 00:30:39,279 found Ashton Bethel Roman for thirty seven yards to the 493 00:30:39,359 --> 00:30:42,680 Arkansas twenty seven, and Rubin Owens scored on a twelve 494 00:30:42,759 --> 00:30:45,119 yard run four plays later to extend the lead to ten. 495 00:30:45,799 --> 00:30:47,960 With ten seconds to play, Green hit CJ. Brown for 496 00:30:48,039 --> 00:30:50,759 four yard score to pull the Razorbacks to within three, 497 00:30:51,279 --> 00:30:53,960 but A and M recovered the on side kick to 498 00:30:53,960 --> 00:30:56,920 seal the win. And yeah, it was a three point win, 499 00:30:57,880 --> 00:31:01,839 but it really wasn't with that late score. But this 500 00:31:01,920 --> 00:31:04,400 is an Aggis team that should never have let Arkansas 501 00:31:04,440 --> 00:31:06,599 be that close in the first place. You had some 502 00:31:06,640 --> 00:31:09,000 breakdowns on defense that I did not like to see. 503 00:31:10,119 --> 00:31:15,440 But again, not in years past, where you know you'd 504 00:31:15,440 --> 00:31:20,920 have both sides of the ball maybe farting around and 505 00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,279 losing the game and not being able to pick one 506 00:31:23,319 --> 00:31:26,720 up over the other. You have the offense carrying the defense, 507 00:31:27,480 --> 00:31:30,640 and some days you're gonna need that. Some days it's 508 00:31:30,680 --> 00:31:32,640 gonna be the other way around. We've already seen that. 509 00:31:32,680 --> 00:31:35,200 We've seen the defense carry a game when the offense 510 00:31:35,319 --> 00:31:39,599 was was struggling. And on Saturday, we saw the offense 511 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,160 carry the defense when the defense was struggling. And that's 512 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,559 a sign of a great program. And that's when things 513 00:31:45,599 --> 00:31:52,160 happen to the positive for your for your Aggis. Of course, 514 00:31:52,200 --> 00:31:54,799 Owens has been the Aggie's primary ball carrying in place 515 00:31:54,839 --> 00:31:56,880 of the injured Levy On Moss, he finished with sixty 516 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:02,200 nine yards rushing in two touchdowns. Forget you had Bethel 517 00:32:02,319 --> 00:32:04,880 Roman here. He had eighty three yards receiving in a score. 518 00:32:05,440 --> 00:32:08,799 Conceptsian added five catches for fifty three yards and a touchdown. 519 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,640 Nate Borkircher had a one yard touchdown catch no, forget 520 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:19,200 that Bethel Roman was originally a Razorbacks recruit. He had committed, 521 00:32:19,799 --> 00:32:23,279 he'd made multiple visits to that campus. He's got friends 522 00:32:23,319 --> 00:32:27,039 there still, uh. And he played maybe one of the 523 00:32:27,039 --> 00:32:30,400 best games that he's played in a while inside that 524 00:32:30,440 --> 00:32:35,599 facility and made a number of key plays. Don't forget 525 00:32:35,640 --> 00:32:37,680 the twenty four yard touchdown catch in the first quarter, 526 00:32:38,559 --> 00:32:43,880 and he outplayed all of his counterparts on the other 527 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:45,960 side of the field, guys that were going to be 528 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:50,200 his teammates until he was stolen away by the Aggies. 529 00:32:52,359 --> 00:32:55,119 So we talked about the defense a little bit. The 530 00:32:55,480 --> 00:32:57,759 A and M. A run defense gave up eight point 531 00:32:57,839 --> 00:33:00,519 four yards per carry to the to the Razorback. You 532 00:33:00,599 --> 00:33:04,480 can't have that, uh. And that's something Elco will need 533 00:33:04,519 --> 00:33:08,319 to work on in the in the interim here before 534 00:33:08,319 --> 00:33:10,880 the next game, and it's a big one coming up, 535 00:33:10,920 --> 00:33:14,039 boys and girls, as A and M travels to number 536 00:33:14,039 --> 00:33:21,079 ten LSU next Saturday. LSU. The Aggies are a better 537 00:33:21,119 --> 00:33:23,640 team right now. They're better code. They're ready to run 538 00:33:23,799 --> 00:33:26,640 Brian Kelly out of town down in back the all rouge, 539 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:28,640 and I'm okay with that. I've never been a Brian 540 00:33:28,720 --> 00:33:34,799 Kelly fan, but they they're gonna play you tough. This 541 00:33:34,839 --> 00:33:37,240 is a rivalry game again. It's been a rivalry game 542 00:33:37,279 --> 00:33:39,400 for years and years and years, even before the Aggies 543 00:33:39,440 --> 00:33:45,640 were in the SEC. But it's it's gonna You're gonna 544 00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:49,079 need to have all cylinders clicking here against LSU on 545 00:33:49,119 --> 00:33:51,839 the road. Your offense is gonna have to play well. 546 00:33:51,880 --> 00:33:54,160 We need a big game from Marcel Reid and we 547 00:33:54,200 --> 00:33:57,519 need a big game from the defense to to keep 548 00:33:57,680 --> 00:34:03,519 that pristine undefeated record intact after next season. We'll talk 549 00:34:03,519 --> 00:34:06,640 more about that over on the Texas A and m 550 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,239 Aggies Daily blitzet fanscurringsports dot Com throughout the week. You 551 00:34:10,239 --> 00:34:11,920 guys can check that out over there if you need 552 00:34:11,920 --> 00:34:16,920 more Aggies talk. But you know, overall, I think a 553 00:34:17,000 --> 00:34:20,039 stout performance by the Aggies. And they have moved up, 554 00:34:20,079 --> 00:34:24,599 of course in the rankings to number three, behind just 555 00:34:24,679 --> 00:34:29,239 Indiana and Ohio State. So the Aggie's ranked higher than 556 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:35,639 they've been in a long long time. Let's keep it going. 557 00:34:35,960 --> 00:34:39,320 A and M. Let's keep it going now. Let's move 558 00:34:39,360 --> 00:34:44,639 on to our next game on the slate. And that 559 00:34:44,880 --> 00:34:50,760 was a huge disappointment out in the Desert as the 560 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,440 Texas Tech Red Raiders fall for the first time this 561 00:34:53,559 --> 00:34:57,480 season overall, falling to six and one, three and one 562 00:34:57,480 --> 00:34:59,840 now with the Big Twelve as they lose to Arizona 563 00:35:00,079 --> 00:35:04,199 State twenty six to twenty two. And this came down 564 00:35:04,239 --> 00:35:08,760 to clock management. It came down to making plays at 565 00:35:08,760 --> 00:35:13,239 the right time. And look, again, everybody knows I'm I'm 566 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:18,159 a Red Raiders fan as well, and I won't make 567 00:35:18,239 --> 00:35:22,800 excuses for the Red Raiders for the loss. Again, your 568 00:35:22,880 --> 00:35:25,639 defense is intact, and your defense has played better games 569 00:35:25,639 --> 00:35:30,960 this year, certainly against lesser opponents and against better opponents. Clearly. 570 00:35:32,159 --> 00:35:33,840 Not that the Sun Devils are bad. They got a 571 00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:35,679 good thing going over there. They're five and two now, 572 00:35:35,679 --> 00:35:37,639 three and one in the Big Twelve with the win. 573 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:41,920 But where you were a little deficient was on your offense. 574 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:44,760 This was not your normal offense. And I don't want 575 00:35:44,800 --> 00:35:51,360 to put the blame on Will Hammond's shoulders. I don't 576 00:35:51,360 --> 00:35:55,880 think all of this was his fault. But man, you 577 00:35:55,920 --> 00:35:59,880 can't have a slow, slow start like that. And was 578 00:36:00,079 --> 00:36:03,320 even a slow start. It was a slow game until 579 00:36:03,320 --> 00:36:05,559 about midway through the fourth quarter. It was It was 580 00:36:05,599 --> 00:36:07,840 not a good look. This was not our our Red Raiders. 581 00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:10,760 High powered offense that were normal normally used to sing 582 00:36:12,199 --> 00:36:15,840 and with Baron Morton out, this thing just looks completely different. 583 00:36:15,840 --> 00:36:20,119 Now Hammond has come in in spells when uh, you know, 584 00:36:20,159 --> 00:36:22,760 when when Baron Morton goes down, which god, he does 585 00:36:22,800 --> 00:36:26,920 way too frequently in my opinion, Hammond has played well, 586 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,719 but he has always started slow, even when he's come 587 00:36:29,760 --> 00:36:33,800 in mid game in relief of an injured Baron Morton, 588 00:36:34,400 --> 00:36:36,920 he seems to start slow. And he came in knowing 589 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:41,159 he was starting. And this was not just a slow start. 590 00:36:41,239 --> 00:36:45,320 This was a backward start and it lasted way too 591 00:36:45,400 --> 00:36:51,639 long if you're a Red Raiders fan. But you know, 592 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,400 full credit to Arizona State for the win. It's a 593 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:59,760 good program, h and they played really really well at 594 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:01,440 home in front of their fans. And by the way, 595 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:04,320 that is a great setting if you've never been out 596 00:37:04,360 --> 00:37:07,119 there to Sun Devil Stadium, it is a great, great 597 00:37:07,159 --> 00:37:13,880 setting for college football. And you know, Sam Levitt has 598 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:19,119 a way of winning games like this. After a twelve 599 00:37:19,119 --> 00:37:23,960 point fourth quarter lead turned into a deficit, Levitt just 600 00:37:24,079 --> 00:37:26,400 leads his team down the field to set up a 601 00:37:26,400 --> 00:37:29,760 one yard touchdown run with just over thirty seconds left, 602 00:37:31,159 --> 00:37:34,760 cap in the win. And it's poor clock management by 603 00:37:34,760 --> 00:37:37,800 the Red Raiders. I think in the series before that, 604 00:37:40,159 --> 00:37:43,960 the running game wasn't working. The passing game clearly wasn't working, 605 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,519 but you kept going to the passing game, which kept 606 00:37:46,519 --> 00:37:51,800 stopping the clock when you threw in completions. And I 607 00:37:51,840 --> 00:37:55,280 think that was the story for Joey maguire and Will 608 00:37:55,320 --> 00:37:59,320 Hammond and the Red Raiders as the Sun Devils take 609 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:03,079 advantage of Sam Levit's late game magic. He always seems 610 00:38:03,079 --> 00:38:05,480 to have that. He's one of the better quarterbacks in 611 00:38:05,559 --> 00:38:11,039 the conference for sure. Texas Texas offense clearly labored most 612 00:38:11,079 --> 00:38:14,760 of the day without Morton, just two hundred and seventy 613 00:38:14,800 --> 00:38:17,840 six total yards of offense after you've been averaging a 614 00:38:18,039 --> 00:38:22,480 FBS best five hundred and fifty eight point eight through 615 00:38:22,559 --> 00:38:25,039 the first six games. Now, I don't know that that 616 00:38:25,239 --> 00:38:29,440 was all on Will Hammond, but he certainly was not 617 00:38:29,760 --> 00:38:34,239 the catalyst for offense that we needed him to be, 618 00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:38,320 that the team needed him to be early in the game. 619 00:38:39,519 --> 00:38:42,719 You need to be up early and often on Arizona State, 620 00:38:42,760 --> 00:38:44,840 and you couldn't do it. You're playing from behind most 621 00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,360 of the game. It was just a game that I 622 00:38:47,440 --> 00:38:53,280 never felt like the Red Raiders were in. I never 623 00:38:53,440 --> 00:38:56,599 felt like the Red Raiders had much of a chance 624 00:38:57,079 --> 00:39:00,000 in this one, and the score was a lot closer 625 00:39:00,000 --> 00:39:06,239 thanks to Hammond sort of coming on late. But yeah, 626 00:39:06,320 --> 00:39:09,079 it's it was just again a game you never felt 627 00:39:09,079 --> 00:39:13,079 like they were in. You had nothing for for Sam 628 00:39:13,159 --> 00:39:16,679 levitt U, and you just you couldn't get things going 629 00:39:16,719 --> 00:39:19,000 on offense. And that's the bottom line. And again I 630 00:39:19,000 --> 00:39:20,639 don't want to blame Will Hammond for that, because he 631 00:39:20,679 --> 00:39:24,480 has certainly shown that he's capable of leading this high 632 00:39:24,480 --> 00:39:27,039 powered offense. You just didn't have it on Saturday, and 633 00:39:27,079 --> 00:39:29,239 that's unfortunate that you've got to go to a backup 634 00:39:29,280 --> 00:39:33,079 quarterback and then you lose to keep your or to 635 00:39:33,119 --> 00:39:35,760 lose your unblemished record in the Big Twelve. Now, look, 636 00:39:37,639 --> 00:39:42,039 I still think that Texas Tech will be in the 637 00:39:42,039 --> 00:39:44,880 Big Twelve title game. I guess this. I say that, 638 00:39:44,960 --> 00:39:47,079 I guess it kind of depends on Morton's future here, 639 00:39:47,960 --> 00:39:50,000 uh and when he's able to come back and how 640 00:39:50,039 --> 00:39:54,679 effective he will be upon returning. But Texas Tech still 641 00:39:54,719 --> 00:39:57,840 has a shot at the Big Twelve title game. I 642 00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,400 think Texas Tech still has a shot at the College 643 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,400 Football Playoff, Although I really think you need to win out. 644 00:40:04,559 --> 00:40:06,800 That's gonna be the only caveat now with the win loss. 645 00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,719 You gotta win out and we'll just we'll have to see. 646 00:40:13,199 --> 00:40:16,840 Don't like. I don't like the direction this thing went 647 00:40:17,199 --> 00:40:20,679 during the game. You gotta be better. They've got to 648 00:40:20,719 --> 00:40:25,559 be better, and especially if you're without Morton, Joey MacGuire 649 00:40:25,639 --> 00:40:27,800 has to find some answers. No, I don't mean not 650 00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:33,280 playing Hammond, I mean helping Hammond. I'm sure he was 651 00:40:33,559 --> 00:40:37,440 about as prepared as you can be, but you gotta 652 00:40:37,480 --> 00:40:42,119 do something better. As you head to Oklahoma State this week, 653 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:49,199 Arizona State hosts Houston. Look, Oklahoma State's had its issues, 654 00:40:49,360 --> 00:40:51,599 but it's still a big twelve game. You're still on 655 00:40:51,639 --> 00:40:56,679 the road. You're gonna need to play better. So Tech falls. 656 00:40:56,719 --> 00:41:01,719 That one hurts if you're a Red Raiders fan, but hey, 657 00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:07,480 that's the game. That's college football. Let's get into How 658 00:41:07,480 --> 00:41:12,039 about some Houston Cougars six and one overall. Now, after 659 00:41:12,079 --> 00:41:15,280 a thirty one to twenty eight win over the Arizona Wildcats, 660 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:18,119 Arizona falls to four and three. They were one and 661 00:41:18,199 --> 00:41:20,880 three in the conference. Cougar's three and one in the conference. 662 00:41:21,679 --> 00:41:27,559 As you again had late game drama as Ethan Sanchez 663 00:41:27,639 --> 00:41:30,039 hits a forty one yard field goal as time expires 664 00:41:30,079 --> 00:41:32,960 to lead Houston to that thirty one to twenty eight 665 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:37,360 win over Arizona. That field goal cap to thirteen play, 666 00:41:37,440 --> 00:41:41,880 fifty two drive fifty two yard drive as Houston becomes 667 00:41:41,880 --> 00:41:44,920 Bowl eligible for the first time in three years with 668 00:41:45,079 --> 00:41:47,840 the win and is off to its best start since 669 00:41:47,920 --> 00:41:52,039 twenty twenty one. Connor Wigman went fifteen to twenty three 670 00:41:52,039 --> 00:41:54,119 for one hundred and sixty four yards and three touchdowns. 671 00:41:54,119 --> 00:41:56,360 He also ran for ninety eight yards in a touchdown. 672 00:41:56,440 --> 00:42:00,480 Big big day for the former Aggie. After the game, 673 00:42:00,519 --> 00:42:02,760 Wigman was really proud of the performance. He said, quote, 674 00:42:02,760 --> 00:42:04,519 we haven't been Bowl eligible in a couple of years, 675 00:42:04,559 --> 00:42:05,920 so to be able to go back to a Bowl, 676 00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:09,159 that's an awesome opportunity for this program. That was a 677 00:42:09,199 --> 00:42:12,039 four quarter dog fight. They stayed in the game and 678 00:42:12,079 --> 00:42:14,920 fought end. Quote yeah they did. And again, full credit 679 00:42:14,960 --> 00:42:22,320 to the Arizona Arizona Wildcats defense is they gave Houston's 680 00:42:22,400 --> 00:42:25,960 high powered offense everything they had, holding Houston to thirty one. 681 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:28,159 That sounds weird saying holding Houston to thirty one, but 682 00:42:28,239 --> 00:42:33,239 that's that's exactly what happened. We'gman threw touchdowns of fifty 683 00:42:33,239 --> 00:42:35,079 two and fifteen yards. He also rushed for a ten 684 00:42:35,159 --> 00:42:38,000 yard score in the first half. Houston led twenty one 685 00:42:38,000 --> 00:42:40,079 to fourteen at the half. Dean Connors carried for one 686 00:42:40,119 --> 00:42:43,400 hundred yards on twenty carries for the Cougars, who out 687 00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:45,599 and gained Arizona three ninety six to three eighty one, 688 00:42:46,480 --> 00:42:49,639 including two thirty two to one to twelve rushing. The 689 00:42:49,679 --> 00:42:53,079 Cougars have been running the ball better of late, and 690 00:42:53,119 --> 00:42:55,199 I think that is helping Connor Wigman quite a bit, 691 00:42:55,280 --> 00:42:57,920 taking some of the pressure off of him. I believe 692 00:42:57,960 --> 00:43:01,719 that rushing attack will continue to help Connor Wigman. He 693 00:43:01,760 --> 00:43:03,960 also threw a two yard touchdown pass who Mary Thomas 694 00:43:04,039 --> 00:43:05,559 was six minutes left in the third to put the 695 00:43:05,559 --> 00:43:08,800 Cougars up fourteen. Arizona cut the lead to seven on 696 00:43:08,840 --> 00:43:11,159 a three yard touchdown run by Tray Spivey to start 697 00:43:11,159 --> 00:43:13,679 the fourth quarter, and then tied it at twenty eight 698 00:43:13,719 --> 00:43:17,920 on a two yard touchdown run by Kendrick Rascano with 699 00:43:18,039 --> 00:43:24,559 four forty eight left. Again late game drama. You know, 700 00:43:24,760 --> 00:43:28,000 Brent Brennan, the Arizona coach, had nothing else to say 701 00:43:28,000 --> 00:43:31,000 after the loss, but it was just a tough day 702 00:43:31,400 --> 00:43:35,360 and you're absolutely right. You know, the Wildcats had issues 703 00:43:35,519 --> 00:43:39,280 stopping Houston on the ground, but also getting the Cougars 704 00:43:39,280 --> 00:43:41,519 off the field on third down. The Wildcats have now 705 00:43:41,559 --> 00:43:46,000 lost three of their last four games. Up next, we 706 00:43:46,079 --> 00:43:49,360 mentioned Houston at Arizona State on Saturday. Arizona will be 707 00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:52,960 at Colorado on November First. Watch out for this Cougar seam. 708 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:58,639 We could be looking at a Houston Houston appearance in 709 00:43:58,679 --> 00:44:02,920 the Big twelve Championship. I don't know if they've got 710 00:44:03,039 --> 00:44:06,440 enough to finish the schedule strong, but they're certainly on 711 00:44:06,519 --> 00:44:13,079 their way. Are the Cougars Next up? Let's go take 712 00:44:13,119 --> 00:44:15,840 a look at the North Texas Mean Green coming off 713 00:44:15,880 --> 00:44:24,800 that horrif horrifying debacle at nat qu Stadium against South Florida. 714 00:44:25,960 --> 00:44:29,599 Would they recover? Are they giving up on the season? No, 715 00:44:30,559 --> 00:44:34,360 they didn't give up on the season as the Mean 716 00:44:34,480 --> 00:44:36,719 Green at home. They stayed at home and they beat 717 00:44:36,800 --> 00:44:43,880 the UTSA Roadrunners fifty five to seventeen. Drew Mestamaker another 718 00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:46,360 good showing two hundred and seventy seven yards, four touchdowns, 719 00:44:46,360 --> 00:44:49,679 three scores with one hundred and two of those yards 720 00:44:49,719 --> 00:44:53,039 going to Wyatt Young. North Texan now off to its 721 00:44:53,039 --> 00:44:56,119 first six and one start since twenty eighteen. It was 722 00:44:56,159 --> 00:44:58,320 the third game this season in which they scored fifty 723 00:44:58,360 --> 00:45:04,679 plus points. UTSA not a powerhouse in the conference, not 724 00:45:04,800 --> 00:45:09,039 a powerhouse in college football. But you know, North Texas 725 00:45:09,079 --> 00:45:11,599 needed a good showing. They needed to rebound after that 726 00:45:11,679 --> 00:45:16,320 Bulls loss at home last week last Friday night. Uh 727 00:45:16,360 --> 00:45:18,880 and you got just that. I thought the team played 728 00:45:18,920 --> 00:45:24,280 well putting that game behind him. Caleb Hawkins one hundred 729 00:45:24,280 --> 00:45:26,559 three three one hundred and thirty three yards on eighteen carries. 730 00:45:26,559 --> 00:45:30,800 He also had eight catches for ninety yards. Cameron Dorner 731 00:45:30,800 --> 00:45:34,480 added sixty three yards receiving in a touchdown. A good 732 00:45:34,480 --> 00:45:37,719 game that that you needed to see from Nord Texas. 733 00:45:37,800 --> 00:45:40,440 I think they needed it for their own benefit, for 734 00:45:40,519 --> 00:45:43,039 their own confidence. Get that confidence back up. North Texas 735 00:45:43,079 --> 00:45:44,920 now six and one overall, two and one in the 736 00:45:44,960 --> 00:45:48,679 American UTSA falls to one and two in the conference, 737 00:45:48,719 --> 00:45:54,519 three and four overall and uh some some uh some 738 00:45:54,639 --> 00:45:57,880 tough football coming up for both teams there in the conference. 739 00:45:57,880 --> 00:45:59,800 I don't have the schedule in front of me, my apologies, 740 00:45:59,840 --> 00:46:03,239 but yeah, we needed to see that from North Texas 741 00:46:04,079 --> 00:46:07,199 for sure. 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