Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: Wvuafm tuscaloosa.
[00:00:14] Speaker B: I have never seen a bigger, like, pick me, attention seeking thing quite like this. This is such a ploy to get people to look at, and you're like, oh, well, I just want to focus on football. Yeah, man. Because a virtual version of yourself, which no one is going to play because Quinn Ewers is still at Texas. Okay. Ain't nobody playing with you as the backup QB, little bro. I'm sorry. Okay?
Nobody is doing that.
[00:00:42] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:00:42] Speaker B: Quite frankly, nobody cares. And you know what? If you want to be known as QB number ten, okay, that's your own prerogative. And when you're the only one who does that, okay, you just look like a clown. Like what? You think that you're worth more than $600 in a free copy of the game. Yeah. Maybe your nil valuation is more than that. Okay.
[00:01:00] Speaker C: Yeah. Right?
[00:01:01] Speaker B: I mean, you literally get paid millions just to ride on the bench.
[00:01:03] Speaker C: Okay, yeah.
[00:01:04] Speaker B: Let's be honest here. But the fact that you can't even. Most of these guys say it's not even about the money. I get to be featured in a game that I grew up loving. This is a pinnacle achievement for a lot of these players. The fact that they get to be immortalized in a video game.
[00:01:19] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:01:21] Speaker B: And you can't even be bothered. It is quite literally a free $600 check with a free copy of the game. Yeah.
[00:01:27] Speaker C: Video game. Yeah.
[00:01:28] Speaker A: There's nothing to lose.
[00:01:29] Speaker B: It is absolutely zero. Nothing to lose.
[00:01:32] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:01:33] Speaker B: This is just. This is just strictly. I want to look special. I want to be different. I want to be quirky. Okay.
[00:01:41] Speaker A: Which I will say is maybe a little bit surprising just because from the manning's perspective, and I guess they've kind of recently, you know, been able to, like, market themselves and I kind of, in a way, their family as. As, like a unit, as something that, you know, you want to include in commercials and things like that. And that stems from them being really good personalities when it comes to, you know, tv. Like the Monday night broadcast, things like that.
[00:02:06] Speaker B: Eli broadcast.
[00:02:07] Speaker A: Exactly. And they're such, you know, obviously they're adored, just figures in the world of football. Peyton Manning, because he's, you know, one of the best quarterbacks of all time. And Eli Manning, I think it's hard for a lot of people to hate because he beat Tom Brady twice. Right.
But, yeah, there's such a positive figures in the world of football. It's so strange to see something like this, which I feel like it could not have been hard to foresee a negative reaction to arch Manning declining this. I don't know who their PR people are or whatever that situation is, but how could you not foresee that decision to reflect negatively on archmanning?
[00:02:44] Speaker B: Well, no, I mean, by far, like, if the PR person thought that that was a good decision, fire him immediately. That is a fireable offense.
[00:02:52] Speaker C: Do not find a new PR team.
[00:02:53] Speaker A: Especially, like, especially in the context of arch Manning's generation and the predominant group on social media. You should have seen that coming from a mile away.
[00:03:02] Speaker B: Yeah. Then that's why you're getting forever clowned, okay. On all of these social media platforms, because it's. It's stupid. Okay.
[00:03:09] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:03:09] Speaker B: And, like. And especially the comments of, I want to focus on football.
[00:03:14] Speaker C: Come on, dude, you're not smart.
[00:03:16] Speaker A: I mean, you can do both, dude.
[00:03:17] Speaker C: Right? Yeah.
[00:03:18] Speaker B: You could literally have just signed. I'm sure it was an email, like a checkbox.
[00:03:21] Speaker A: Yeah, you could have those online.
[00:03:23] Speaker B: Check the box. Okay. And move on with your life. You know, out of sight, out of mind. You don't have to think about. Nobody is forcing you to play the game. No one is forcing you to be yourself. Okay.
[00:03:35] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:03:35] Speaker A: And honestly, do you think it would have better if he just declined and just left it there instead of saying.
[00:03:40] Speaker C: I want to focus on football?
[00:03:42] Speaker B: It would have been. It still would have been dumb, but it would have been slightly better.
[00:03:45] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:03:45] Speaker A: Then you're like, all right, you know, you don't have to say yes, right? You reserve the right to not do it. Maybe it's a little lame, but who cares? Cause he's not a starting quarterback. But when he adds the extra layer of I have to focus on football on the field, then all of a sudden's like, all right, now, who do you think you're too good for? Like, you're the backup man.
[00:04:03] Speaker B: Well, that's the thing, man.
[00:04:04] Speaker A: You're a great player.
[00:04:05] Speaker B: But I also, quite frankly, I've never seen, and this is in no way disrespect towards him as a football player, okay? But, like, I have never seen a guy get so much money and love when I've seen the dude, like, play five snaps, maybe. I don't even know if the dude is good. I don't even know if he's bad. I don't know if he's good or not. Like, with brawny. Okay. I knew he wasn't gonna be like his dad. Yeah, I. Yeah, obviously he's coming off of, like, the heart thing and everything. I respect that. The brother, there's, like, there. There saying they all, he might transfer. I don't know if that's true or not. Some are people saying are true. Some people are saying it's false. Whatever the case may be. The dude literally averages, like, six points a game.
[00:04:48] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:04:48] Speaker B: On a team that had, like, a losing record in USC. USC was great to me. He's getting paid way more than his evaluation. Right. Then how he actually plays.
[00:04:58] Speaker A: Right.
[00:04:58] Speaker B: Simply. But he's profiting off of his dad's name. Okay, I get that. Okay. But, you know, it'll probably come down because he didn't play, like, performance wise. He's not that guy. Yeah, okay. But we put this dude up, arch manning, on a pedestal, and we act like this dude is the greatest thing since the Egyptians built the pyramids, okay. And, like, for the life of me, I cannot figure out why. I have. I have a theory. Once Quinn ewers leaves and Archmanning is thrust into the spotlight, I would not be surprised if he turns out to be astronomically mid.
[00:05:32] Speaker C: Yeah.
Would not surprise me.
[00:05:35] Speaker B: There would not be a more university of Texas Longhorns thing to do than to hype this dude up for two years.
[00:05:42] Speaker A: That's true.
[00:05:42] Speaker B: Him go through this whole saga of I don't want to be in the video game because I need to focus on football.
[00:05:47] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:05:48] Speaker B: And he just turns out to. Just to be average.
[00:05:49] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah. Just to be mediocre. Yeah.
[00:05:52] Speaker A: I don't know, man. It's. It's hard. It's hard to tell. And again, with that name, like, it's the odds of one family having two hall of Fame quarterbacks. I'm not sure if Elon Manning's not inducted yet.
[00:06:06] Speaker B: No.
[00:06:06] Speaker A: Correct.
[00:06:07] Speaker B: Should be.
[00:06:07] Speaker A: Should be at some point.
[00:06:08] Speaker B: Probably almost every quarterback. Sidebar. Almost every quarterback from, like, that 2004 class should be inducted into that hall of Fame.
[00:06:15] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:06:16] Speaker A: That's such an awesome class.
[00:06:18] Speaker B: Especially unlike the 2022 class. You guys can go. You got. You guys can go into the not hall of Fame. The hall of losers, bro. Okay.
[00:06:26] Speaker C: Yes, exactly.
[00:06:27] Speaker B: The hall of shame. Actually, that's what I'm gonna call it.
[00:06:30] Speaker A: Like, I mean, that's. It's funny how easy it is to say that's one of the worst quarterback.
[00:06:36] Speaker B: I mean, outside, without a doubt in my mind.
[00:06:38] Speaker C: Yeah, exactly.
[00:06:38] Speaker A: And Brock Purdy was in that class.
[00:06:41] Speaker C: Yes. That was Brock Purdy's class.
[00:06:42] Speaker A: That was Brock Purdy's class.
[00:06:43] Speaker B: And he was the only one on.
[00:06:44] Speaker A: His remaining final pick of the draft, is the quarterback who ended up being the best. And that's. That's its own story. But for no one, no other quarterback to be taking that draft, to be.
[00:06:54] Speaker B: On their original team.
[00:06:55] Speaker A: To be on their original team is unreal. Matt Corral is in NFL.
[00:06:58] Speaker B: Malik Willis is still on his team, but he stuck as a third stringer.
[00:07:01] Speaker C: Yeah. Yeah, Marie.
[00:07:02] Speaker A: He's a third stringer now. And every snap that he's played has been a rough look.
It's. It's tough, man. And it's really funny to look back at.
There's been a quarterback. I think maybe it's happening with.
You could say it's happening with Pennix this year or maybe it ends up happening McCarthy. But I believe that hype a little bit more. But in a few drafts there has been. Oh, this. This guy's got a lot of hype. He's going to. He's probably going to get drafted in the first round. You never know. Like, there are headlines talking about Malik Willis going to the Lions at 220 22 draft.
[00:07:35] Speaker B: He was mocked to the Steelers.
[00:07:37] Speaker A: Exactly. He was mocked to the Steelers.
[00:07:38] Speaker B: Quite frankly, Kenny Pickett is better than Malik Willis. I'm sorry.
It's not even close. As an upgrade. And that's saying something. That is.
[00:07:45] Speaker A: They are both horrible players.
[00:07:48] Speaker B: Kenny Pickett is like, I know you guys at home, like, can't see this, but I just for.
[00:07:53] Speaker A: I can try to narrate it as you can.
[00:07:54] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:07:54] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:07:55] Speaker B: Can you pick it is like here.
[00:07:56] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:07:56] Speaker A: His hands very close to the ground. About a foot off, probably.
[00:07:59] Speaker B: Malik Willis is like in the basement of this building.
[00:08:02] Speaker A: The basement. I don't even if there is. I don't even know if there is.
[00:08:04] Speaker B: It's underground. Okay. Regardless.
[00:08:06] Speaker C: He's underground.
[00:08:06] Speaker B: 6Ft under, probably. Okay.
[00:08:08] Speaker C: Oh, my.
[00:08:08] Speaker A: Kenny Pickett's about a foot off the ground. Malik Willis is, however far it goes down there. Yeah, but yeah, I mean, it's tough to. I don't know. Evaluating quarterbacks is very difficult. But that is a bad class.
[00:08:22] Speaker B: That is a bad class. And you know what? Speaking of evaluating quarterbacks, I think it's probably time for a break. But we should talk about the projected quarterback rankings in the upcoming college football game.
[00:08:36] Speaker A: Sure. Absolutely. That's a great call, Elliot. Well, I guess I almost don't want to outro it now because you said, you know what?
[00:08:42] Speaker B: No, you're the outro guy. I'm just offering the suggestion.
[00:08:45] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:08:45] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:08:46] Speaker B: Think of it as volleyball.
I'm setting it up and I'm gonna.
[00:08:49] Speaker A: Spike it right now.
[00:08:50] Speaker B: You're gonna spike it.
[00:08:50] Speaker A: All right, everybody, thanks so much for listening to the student section. We're gonna be back in just a little bit to talk about the foreseen quarterback rankings for college football 25.
Hey, everybody, thank you so much for listening to 90.7 the capstone. We are now back. We're going to continue our talk about EA college football 25.
I know we're going to talk about our projections, or, excuse me, the rumored projections for a lot of the best players in college football going next year.
Fellas, we've looked it over a little bit. Are there any surprising ones or favorites that you've seen so far?
[00:09:45] Speaker B: You know, I think I'm gonna have to dip a little bit into the nil pool of money that I'm gonna get in my dynasty mode.
[00:09:52] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:09:52] Speaker B: I'm gonna have to, you know, throw the little old bait and tackle, you know, fish and rod go.
Okay, you know what, Texas, you can have.
You can have Isaiah bond. Okay? I really don't care. You can have them. In return, I will take Quinn Ewers, who is a projected 96. 96.
And I have a feeling he probably will be one of the highest rated quarterbacks for sure in that game.
[00:10:20] Speaker C: He's. No question.
[00:10:21] Speaker B: He's got to be.
[00:10:23] Speaker A: I bet Shadur Sanders is going to have a weirdly high overall.
[00:10:26] Speaker B: Definitely will. Although he probably shouldn't.
[00:10:28] Speaker A: Probably.
[00:10:29] Speaker B: It should probably be more like an 85.
[00:10:31] Speaker A: I honestly, I think there's a. I think 85 is probably a good place to start. And I would bet that. I think there's a pretty good chance that it improves significantly. Because what I have seen from Shadow Sanders, I do believe that he can be a really good quarterback.
[00:10:41] Speaker B: It should not be in the nineties.
[00:10:42] Speaker A: That starts especially with the way they ended this last season. You can't have.
[00:10:48] Speaker B: So if I told you his projections at 95, what's your reaction to that?
[00:10:51] Speaker C: Too high.
[00:10:52] Speaker B: It's way too high. You know what? Let's go. Let's go over. Proper or underrated?
[00:10:58] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:10:58] Speaker B: On these. Okay, so Shadur Sanders, I think we're all in agreement. It's over.
[00:11:01] Speaker A: We're gonna say over.
[00:11:02] Speaker B: Okay, let's go back to the quin. Yours. 96.
[00:11:05] Speaker A: I'll say, I'm gonna go proper. Maybe a lean to. Over. I'm gonna go a bit of a lean to. Overrated, but I'll go.
[00:11:17] Speaker C: I'll go proper.
[00:11:19] Speaker B: I can see the slightly. Maybe overrated. Maybe 95 is 96.
[00:11:22] Speaker A: Feels steep. Just because I feel like if you're at 96 overall, maybe, you know, my reference frame of reference isn't the best, but if you're 96 overall, I feel like, especially with how Texas was in some of those. And towards the end of the season, there was so much left on the table at felt, but he was hurt.
[00:11:39] Speaker B: For some of that is true.
[00:11:40] Speaker A: He was trying to fight, fight that injury off. So maybe that's probably. I. We did watch him dice up Alabama in week three.
[00:11:49] Speaker B: I watched him do it whenever he was briefly in a couple years ago. And I was like, okay. Yeah.
[00:11:54] Speaker A: Right.
[00:11:54] Speaker B: I'm gonna say proper.
[00:11:55] Speaker C: Yep.
[00:11:56] Speaker B: Yeah. Proper. Okay.
[00:11:57] Speaker C: Yep.
[00:11:58] Speaker B: Carson Beck, 94.
[00:12:04] Speaker A: That's from a production standpoint, I guess you say proper. I think, for me personally, I'm going to say over, I think, again, 94 overall. I think you got to be a little. I think you got to elevate that team a little bit more than Carson Beck does to be 94.
[00:12:19] Speaker B: But I'm going to, I'm going to lean over rated as well. I just, I think Quinn Ewers on Texas elevates Texas more than Carson Beck elevates Georgia.
[00:12:27] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:12:27] Speaker C: No question.
[00:12:28] Speaker A: That team just doesn't run through him. And that's. I mean, it really does. To be fair, the team does run through him. He plays an incredibly important role. But I don't know. I think that team has been held back by a quarterback before, and I don't think that's changed. That's probably my official thought.
[00:12:43] Speaker C: Yeah, I'll say overrated, too. Yeah. 94 seems a little too hot.
[00:12:46] Speaker B: Okay, next one. Dylan Gabriel.
94.
[00:12:52] Speaker A: 94.
I don't know korean. Do you have anything?
[00:13:01] Speaker C: Probably leaning over.
[00:13:04] Speaker B: I haven't really hit the overs on a lot of these. I'm close to.
[00:13:08] Speaker A: I mean, he's got to stay over for everybody then.
[00:13:10] Speaker C: It's got a good. He's got a good under.
[00:13:12] Speaker A: Underrated.
[00:13:13] Speaker B: No, I actually. I disagree. I disagree on that with Walker.
[00:13:18] Speaker A: I say no.
[00:13:19] Speaker B: Dylan Gabriel. Yeah, I'm gonna, I'm gonna lean over on that one. I think he probably, I think he actually should be in the nineties.
[00:13:26] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:13:27] Speaker B: But I think he needs to be closer to 90 than he is. 295.
[00:13:30] Speaker C: Yeah, I was thinking maybe 91.
[00:13:32] Speaker B: 92.
[00:13:33] Speaker C: That's exactly what I was about to say.
[00:13:34] Speaker B: Yeah, but, yeah. Okay, let's go with our own pride and joy.
Jalen Milro, who's projected as a 95.
If you want, I can start this one.
[00:13:48] Speaker A: I think you should. Yeah, you can start us.
[00:13:50] Speaker B: Let's go over.
[00:13:51] Speaker A: Overrated.
[00:13:52] Speaker B: This is over.
[00:13:52] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:13:53] Speaker B: This is by far. I just do not see. This is gonna be one of those ones where speed 99, deep throw 99, accuracy 40.
Okay. I just don't. I think his, like, passing, like, not, not like disabilities, but like, his lack of passing capability in certain situations. Being able to read a defense pinpoint accuracy is not one of the traits he has should really knock him down a peg. Okay. This should not be a scenario where it's like, oh, we give Lamar Jackson like a 98 overall. He's got that top speed. He has like, all the top, like, accuracy things. This is not that situation because he doesn't have that accuracy that Lamar Jackson does in Madden. Right. He needs to be pro. I would actually start him out this season. I start him around like in 88, 89. I think he should be below 90 to start the season.
[00:14:45] Speaker A: I don't think he should be below 90 to start the season. Yeah, I think that's a little. I think that's overkill. I mean, this dude was obviously. Maybe. I think your argument maybe stems from the taking every single game that happened last season and molding it into one overall choice.
But I think I'm leaning in the direction of. We all know he started slow, but from what I saw from Jalen Milro, you're encouraged, especially at the end of the season.
We also have to remember that that guy is a. He's almost always the best athlete on the field.
[00:15:18] Speaker B: Oh, I agree.
[00:15:18] Speaker A: Yeah, that should be. That's such a.
[00:15:20] Speaker C: He does have the athleticism.
[00:15:22] Speaker B: Okay, you know what? I'll amend my statement.
[00:15:24] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:15:25] Speaker B: How about 91?
[00:15:27] Speaker C: Fuck it. Yeah.
[00:15:28] Speaker B: You can have that instead of 88.
[00:15:30] Speaker C: 89.
[00:15:30] Speaker B: 91. I'll give it a 91.
[00:15:32] Speaker A: That's fair enough.
[00:15:33] Speaker B: I just think that 95 is too high for the passing deficiencies he has.
[00:15:37] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah.
[00:15:38] Speaker A: I think maybe. I think maybe we're overstating the passing passing deficiencies, especially in the context of college football.
[00:15:43] Speaker B: I'm just trying to think about, like, the way that they structure ratings. Like, when I look at Madden, I can look at a player, I can look at his attributes, and it tells me his deep throw is this. His medium throw, is this.
[00:15:52] Speaker A: I'm sure it'll be almost the exact same as.
[00:15:55] Speaker B: That's what I'm saying. And I just think that the lack of accuracy in certain situations. Yes. He's got the speed. That's probably gonna be like a 99. He's probably got, like, power is probably a 99 and stuff like that. Yeah, but, like, is one of them, is it awareness or something like that? Because he takes bad sacks. Okay. So I feel like awareness is gonna be low. Some of the accuracy ones will be low.
[00:16:15] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:16:15] Speaker B: And it's just a matter of depending on how low they pull it.
[00:16:19] Speaker A: Right. We're gonna he's gonna have high end running attributes. Undoubtedly. There's something around that. He probably, probably the best in college football, but I will say that, I mean, from a throwing perspective, he greatly improved over the season.
[00:16:34] Speaker B: Totally agree.
[00:16:35] Speaker C: Oh, yeah.
[00:16:35] Speaker A: And if you take where he was, if you take the last version of Jalen Murrow that we saw, man, I mean, that guy hit a lot of.
[00:16:42] Speaker C: How about, I like the accuracy on his deep throws.
Yeah.
[00:16:49] Speaker A: It only improved last season.
[00:16:51] Speaker B: It improved.
[00:16:52] Speaker A: He was hitting him somewhat frequently towards the end of last season.
[00:16:55] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:16:55] Speaker A: And that's like, I mean, even a guy like Quinn ewers, man, I don't even think Quinn Ewers has significantly better deep, deep accuracy than Jalen Mudro does, because, one, I think the deep accuracy is largely, again, I've said this a million times, but it's, a lot of it goes to the receiver.
[00:17:14] Speaker B: I think it's a difference in style. I think Quinn, yours very much has that moonshot type of throw where he, like, launches it in the air and it's like a giant. He lets the receiver.
[00:17:24] Speaker A: He lets the receiver go fine.
[00:17:25] Speaker B: Right? But Milro is like, I'm gonna throw it on a rope 90 miles an hour. You better catch the fastball in your hand.
[00:17:31] Speaker A: On deep balls, I think he had, every deep ball that he had was a solid arc. I thought it was relatively accurate. And also, when it came to deep balls, he wasn't putting the ball in danger very often when it came to the deep ball, specifically.
[00:17:44] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:17:45] Speaker A: He was. He was putting in a place where if it was a mistake, it was going to be overthrown, which I think, for me, no, that's better than.
[00:17:50] Speaker B: Yeah, than under throwing it.
[00:17:51] Speaker C: Exactly. Exactly.
[00:17:52] Speaker A: So, excuse me. So I personally think I'm okay. I'm okay with the 95. I'm going to call that proper, because, again, I think him being the best athlete on the field and his throwing improvements last season should kind of put him in that range. But. But, yeah, I'll go.
[00:18:10] Speaker C: I'll go slightly over. I sticking more. 92, 93 ish. Yeah. Yeah.
[00:18:16] Speaker A: Alrighty.
[00:18:16] Speaker B: Let's go with a 99 overall. Not a quarterback, but Ollie Gordon.
[00:18:23] Speaker A: He'S beast, man.
[00:18:24] Speaker C: He's gruff.
Yeah.
[00:18:27] Speaker A: Guys like that. There are. I was with Chuba Hubbard, played at Oklahoma State. Yes, I believe.
[00:18:35] Speaker C: Yep.
[00:18:36] Speaker A: And he was just absolutely unreal in college. And frankly, I just love seeing guys like that, that have the shiftiness and vision in college to just get around everyone, to just completely outmaneuver people constantly. And it's pretty fun to watch, especially. And again, the vibe I get of a smaller guy over. Not a smaller guy, a smaller school guy doing the things that Ollie Gordon does. I think that's a okay. I think that probably gets the 99. It's also probably easier to get the 99 as a running back.
[00:19:05] Speaker B: I would agree.
[00:19:06] Speaker A: Oh, for sure.
[00:19:07] Speaker B: Everybody. I think based on the other running backs available, definitely. He's the one that's deserving of a 99.
[00:19:12] Speaker A: Right?
[00:19:13] Speaker B: What about Travis Hunter at a 97?
[00:19:17] Speaker C: Overrated.
[00:19:19] Speaker B: That's actually wild. You think that's overrated?
[00:19:21] Speaker A: I'm gonna. I'm gonna say proper, man.
[00:19:23] Speaker B: I'm gonna say that's proper name.
[00:19:24] Speaker A: Say proper for. Drove his hunter, man.
[00:19:26] Speaker B: How far over? You said that so quickly with so much conviction.
[00:19:29] Speaker C: Because I just remember how they just completely collapsed after their decent start to the season.
[00:19:36] Speaker B: And it's like, I remember how the dude placed offense and defensive side of the ball, and not only.
[00:19:43] Speaker C: Oh, my gosh. I was thinking of Shadir Sanders. Holy cow. No. Oh, my gosh.
Oh.
[00:19:48] Speaker A: Travis Hunter should not be a 97.
[00:19:50] Speaker B: You know what, guys? I did already to announce my retirement. Oh, my God, Travis.
[00:19:55] Speaker C: Okay. No, no, no.
[00:19:56] Speaker A: We already talked about patch it.
[00:19:58] Speaker C: It.
[00:19:58] Speaker A: Your saint.
[00:19:58] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, whatever. Anyways, funny.
[00:20:01] Speaker A: Proper.
[00:20:01] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:20:03] Speaker B: Scratch. Scratch the last bit of tape there.
[00:20:05] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:20:06] Speaker B: You guys didn't hear it.
[00:20:07] Speaker A: We'll figure it out.
[00:20:08] Speaker B: Take it out somehow. He'll edit it out somehow.
[00:20:12] Speaker A: That's funny, man.
[00:20:13] Speaker C: That's my bad.
[00:20:14] Speaker B: Yeah, definitely, definitely, definitely going on the low light compilation anyway.
Harold Perkins, 95.
Proper. I said that's proper.
[00:20:26] Speaker C: Proper.
[00:20:26] Speaker A: Honestly, if you want to go.
[00:20:27] Speaker B: If it's might be slightly under.
[00:20:29] Speaker A: I would say if it's any direction, it's under, man.
[00:20:30] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:20:30] Speaker A: That guy. That guy's a monster. I'm a huge fan of Harold.
[00:20:33] Speaker B: Okay, how about a traitor known as Caleb? Down. Traitor at 95. Accurate, proper to under.
[00:20:41] Speaker A: He's such a good player in the second.
[00:20:44] Speaker C: So good.
[00:20:44] Speaker B: He is. How about Amiko Ebuka? 94.
[00:20:50] Speaker A: I like that. Especially with the guys left in college football. I think he has to be.
[00:20:54] Speaker B: I almost think it's slightly under.
[00:20:56] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah.
[00:20:57] Speaker A: No, 100%.
[00:20:58] Speaker B: I almost think that it should probably. Maybe be 95.
[00:21:00] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:21:01] Speaker B: Maybe 96. If I'm feeling devious, do what if I'm feeling devious, maybe if you're feeling.
[00:21:06] Speaker A: Devious in 96, they gotta get you in the ratings room.
[00:21:08] Speaker B: Yeah, man. Okay.
[00:21:09] Speaker C: Yeah. Book is still good. I mean, it's just that Marvin Harrison drew so much attention and was talking about so much that people just forget.
[00:21:16] Speaker A: And I think I can understand why Buga decided to stay one more year because again, he also played with Garrett Wilson and Chris Olave. He was the third for them.
[00:21:23] Speaker B: This guy has been behind so many.
[00:21:25] Speaker A: And then Marvin Harrison broke out the next season. I get that you want to try to be the focal point of your.
[00:21:31] Speaker B: Team, and he still performed really well, still had a lot of production, even.
[00:21:35] Speaker A: As I think he's a really good player. And again, Ohio State receivers, that's a very high hit rate when it comes to drafting them and their success in the league. But yeah, I don't know. Even then, I mean, I hope that no one else, I hope Amiko gets his chance because there's still a lot of unbelievable wide receiver prospects in waiting in line in Ohio State.
[00:21:57] Speaker B: Let's pivot a little bit more to some Alabama players.
[00:22:00] Speaker C: Love it.
[00:22:00] Speaker B: How about Deontay Lawson? Okay, 95.
[00:22:06] Speaker A: I think he had a strong end to the season. Yeah, I'd probably. It's probably over, but not by that much. I would probably say like a 93 for him.
[00:22:14] Speaker B: I was gonna say slightly over 92.
[00:22:16] Speaker A: Yeah, fair enough. I do think, I do think he had an awesome improvement towards, and I think, honestly, a testament to that overall is what we did when he wasn't on the field. That defense struggled when he was not on the field and he was a huge addition once he was back.
[00:22:29] Speaker B: For sure. They have a couple transfers listed in here, so we're gonna have some, some new faces on here. So via Washington, Parker Braille's Ford offensive line. 95, right?
[00:22:43] Speaker A: He was. He's a 95. That's what they haven't projected as.
[00:22:47] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:22:48] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:22:49] Speaker B: That's.
[00:22:49] Speaker A: I honestly didn't know. I mean, the Washington O line was really good.
[00:22:53] Speaker B: It seems high.
[00:22:54] Speaker A: It seems high for an offensive lineman that you did not hear much about. But I think because I think the only offensive line that you hear about in college football are prospects. You really don't hear about them until they're eligible.
[00:23:04] Speaker B: Okay, well, so here, let me, let me read the 24/7 blurb on why they have it here.
[00:23:10] Speaker A: The blurb.
[00:23:11] Speaker B: Parker Braillesford could be the first center selected in the 2025 NFL draft and is arguably Alabama's top transfer portal acquisition.
[00:23:17] Speaker A: This cycle we've had like three.
[00:23:21] Speaker B: I know offensive linemen tend to get lost in video games and aren't necessarily at the center of action, but in case EA Sports decides to incorporate bad snaps, for the first time ever, you don't have to worry about the Crimson Tide replacement for Seth McLaughlin, Ohio State transfer here.
[00:23:34] Speaker A: That's awesome. I'm glad you read it.
[00:23:36] Speaker B: Grailsford is a guaranteed first round selection next April and should be a star, rejoining Kalyn DeBoer in Tuscaloosa. I actually so enthusiastic that I read that might be the funniest thing that I have read today.
[00:23:46] Speaker A: Yeah, that's awesome, man. I'm really excited about him then. I mean, I guess. And again, I do think my point stands of the offensive linemen, if they're not in a draft eligible year. I think some people, I think probably school people or, you know, university people know about their respective offensive linemen, but if it's not draft season, no one's really.
[00:24:06] Speaker B: Yeah.
Again, kind of like what they said, it's hard to rate offensive linemen.
[00:24:11] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:24:11] Speaker B: Because it's hard to gauge, like, what you think they're worth would be.
[00:24:14] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:24:14] Speaker B: Right. Okay, next one. Justice Haynes.
[00:24:17] Speaker A: Right.
[00:24:18] Speaker B: 93.
[00:24:19] Speaker A: 93.
Interesting.
I. I think he definitely could be a 93.
[00:24:26] Speaker C: He has a potential, I think.
[00:24:27] Speaker B: I think he needs to start out. I think we need to start out in the eighties. 88. 89.
[00:24:31] Speaker A: I think. Yeah, I think you go like 89.
[00:24:34] Speaker B: He ate 89. Yeah. I think we need to start an 89.
[00:24:36] Speaker A: And again, I really do. I'm a huge fan of justice Hans, and I'm a huge believer in what he's going to do for his team.
[00:24:41] Speaker C: But to start season.
[00:24:43] Speaker A: Exactly. And I was. I was ecstatic when he. For the snapseed did come in for us.
[00:24:48] Speaker C: Right.
[00:24:48] Speaker A: Always good.
[00:24:49] Speaker C: Oh, yeah.
[00:24:49] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:24:50] Speaker C: Yeah. He's productive.
[00:24:51] Speaker B: But, yeah, I mean, I wish they also had Jam Miller in here, too, so I could Jam Miller.
[00:24:55] Speaker A: Yeah. Jim. Get Jim Miller.
[00:24:57] Speaker C: Whatever.
[00:24:58] Speaker A: Overall he wants. That's my official time.
[00:25:00] Speaker B: When do you want to go to break? Out of curiosity, we can continue this after break.
[00:25:03] Speaker A: I was about to outro right now.
[00:25:04] Speaker B: Perfect.
[00:25:06] Speaker A: We will continue after break.
[00:25:07] Speaker B: Uncanny timing.
[00:25:08] Speaker A: Thank you so much, everyone, for listening. We'll be back in a few minutes.
Hey, everybody. Thank you so much for listening to 90.7, the capstone. We are the student section, and we are back.
We have been ranking our not ranking, but I guess what words over proper under over proper under.
[00:25:41] Speaker B: I call it Opu.
[00:25:43] Speaker A: Opu.
[00:25:43] Speaker B: Or you know what? You know what? We can do puo so po. We can do Opu. We can do upo. We can do ope. We're gonna like Ope.
Over under proper.
[00:25:57] Speaker A: We're gonna roll with Opu. I think for the sake of me not having to think about it that much.
[00:26:03] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:26:04] Speaker A: For the future. But, um. But, yeah. We have been op Ewing potential ratings for EA college football, 25 players and gone through a lot of the major ones so far, but I'm sure there's a few that you've got stacked up for us, Elliot, to.
And also, I guess, I don't know if I ever. I didn't explain op Ewing. We've been doing it already, but you.
[00:26:24] Speaker B: Should probably explain it again.
[00:26:25] Speaker C: Yeah, we're getting really rated.
[00:26:27] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly.
[00:26:28] Speaker A: We hear that. We hear the actual projected rating of player.
I was gonna say one through 99, but you really don't see that many ones.
[00:26:37] Speaker C: The lowest you could possibly do is like 40 overall.
[00:26:40] Speaker A: 40 overall.
[00:26:41] Speaker B: There's not gonna be that many people that are a 40 overall.
The lowest is probably going to be like 55. And it's probably a long snapper out of like, North Dakota State, if we're being honest.
[00:26:50] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:26:51] Speaker B: So, like, no offense to the long snapper from North Dakota State. I'm just. I'm just spitballing. Yeah. Okay. My next person on this list, Jalen Mbaquay, cornerback, projected 93.
[00:27:05] Speaker A: Oh my gosh.
I mean, based on the highest say, I feel like it's easy to say over here just because he hasn't played a snap of college football.
[00:27:19] Speaker C: It's tough to choose here. Yeah, I would have to go over. I mean, I've never seen the guy playing a college football game before. Yeah. So I do think 90 player, he.
[00:27:31] Speaker B: Needs to step up in the 93 role with no kool aid McKenzie and no Terry on r to hold.
[00:27:36] Speaker A: Right.
[00:27:37] Speaker B: I'm going to say proper out of necessity. Okay. Because he has to play that well.
[00:27:42] Speaker A: Proper is to make yourself feel better. Yeah, I get it.
[00:27:46] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:27:47] Speaker A: Excuse me.
[00:27:48] Speaker B: Next one. Transfer from Michigan, Keyon sab, safety listed at 93.
[00:27:57] Speaker A: Let's say 93.
I mean, it was pretty good defense. Yeah, I can't say I'm super familiar with Keyon Sab's game.
[00:28:06] Speaker B: Do you need me to read the 24/7 blurb for this one?
[00:28:09] Speaker A: Please do.
[00:28:10] Speaker B: Another major transfer portal addition for the Crimson Tide this cycle, which we've noted there's like three.
Keon Saab collected 28 tackles and two interceptions last season at Michigan. It was penciled into start to the Wolverine secondary in 2024. Even with veterans Rod Moore and Macaure Page returning, SAB made six tackles in Michigan's national championship win over Washington to lead all dbs and improve down the stretch with more in game action. There are a ton of instant impact SEC transfers, but getting sabbed this late in the spring for Alabama was an absolute home run.
[00:28:44] Speaker A: Nice, cool secondary help, especially with the departure of Caleb Downs, who was a key piece in that defense last year.
[00:28:53] Speaker B: Okay. Speaking of secondary help, I have another transfer for you. Damani Jackson, cornerback out of USC.
[00:29:02] Speaker A: Interesting.
[00:29:03] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:29:04] Speaker B: 92.
[00:29:06] Speaker A: I didn't realize. Okay, so is he transferring to Alabama from USC?
[00:29:09] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:29:10] Speaker A: Interesting. I don't even think I knew that.
[00:29:12] Speaker B: I don't even think I heard of this one either.
[00:29:13] Speaker A: I didn't think you.
[00:29:14] Speaker C: I remember briefly hearing about it. I forgot about that.
[00:29:17] Speaker B: This was like, I think very much consider. Let's set the scene real quick. Okay.
[00:29:21] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:29:22] Speaker B: I'm sitting at the saloon with my boys and I see a tumbleweed drift across the prairie. Okay. That is what I think the news on Devoni Jackson transferring was in reference to the grand scheme of things. Okay.
[00:29:35] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:29:36] Speaker A: Well put.
[00:29:37] Speaker B: Thank you.
[00:29:38] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:29:38] Speaker B: Do you want me to read the 24/7 blurb?
Devoni Jackson.
[00:29:42] Speaker A: Why not?
[00:29:42] Speaker B: Okay. It came down to Michigan or Alabama for this former five star cornerback from USC and the Crimson Tide won out. Jackson set career best marks in every major statistical category in 2023. Seeing action in eleven games and amassing 33 tackles with three pass breakups.
[00:29:58] Speaker A: There you go.
[00:29:59] Speaker C: Cool. Nice.
[00:30:01] Speaker A: Can't argue that.
[00:30:02] Speaker B: Okay.
Okay, here's one that we can definitely talk on.
[00:30:05] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:30:06] Speaker B: Ryan Williams.
[00:30:07] Speaker A: Nice.
[00:30:07] Speaker B: Okay. 92.
[00:30:11] Speaker A: I'm surprised that Ryan Williams is not low, is lower than Mbaquay.
[00:30:16] Speaker B: I honestly think based on the hype, based on how good everyone says this guy is, I am shocked. He is not an instant 94 minimum.
[00:30:25] Speaker C: Yeah, I agree.
[00:30:26] Speaker B: So I'm going to say under.
[00:30:27] Speaker C: Yep, me too.
[00:30:28] Speaker A: You're going to say, I'm going to. I'm going to roll with. Roll with proper.
[00:30:31] Speaker B: It is probably proper. I'm feeling optimistic today.
[00:30:34] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:30:35] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:30:35] Speaker A: There you go.
[00:30:37] Speaker B: Okay. You know what? I got another transfer for you. Okay. Lt over ten defensive lineman from Texas. A and M, right?
[00:30:44] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:30:45] Speaker B: Projection. 91.
[00:30:49] Speaker A: He was pretty good.
[00:30:51] Speaker B: He was kind of relegated to a backup role, but I think in limited snaps he really was good. I think he was just. He was former five star. Yeah.
[00:30:58] Speaker A: That was the main thing. He was a former five star.
[00:31:00] Speaker B: I think it just didn't work at a and M. A and M has a lot of really good defensive linemen.
[00:31:08] Speaker A: Right.
[00:31:09] Speaker B: Maybe he gets his time to shine.
[00:31:12] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, maybe.
[00:31:14] Speaker B: I'm probably gonna say, you know what I'm gonna say properly into over. Simply because he was relegated to a backup role as a five star.
[00:31:23] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:31:24] Speaker B: To me that kind of screams like, I'm not really sold on this guy, you know?
[00:31:29] Speaker C: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[00:31:31] Speaker A: No, you're probably.
[00:31:32] Speaker B: And a and M's defense was good. I'm not gonna discredit as much as I may dislike Texas A and M and their football program, is he more.
[00:31:40] Speaker A: Of an interior guy or a edge?
[00:31:42] Speaker B: I want to say that he is an interior.
[00:31:46] Speaker A: Okay. Or maybe he could be like a mix.
[00:31:49] Speaker B: You know what? Let me. He might be a tweener, and maybe that's what the problem is.
[00:31:53] Speaker A: Maybe he just didn't have a great role.
[00:31:55] Speaker B: Well, when I think of tweeners, I think of actually someone that the Steelers drafted, Demarvin Liao. Very good player, but he's a tweener. Really hasn't found his footing with the Steelers. He's considered a trade candidate simply due to that fact. I wonder if he is suffering from the same kind of fate, except it's in college instead of actually being in the NFL.
[00:32:17] Speaker A: Right.
[00:32:18] Speaker B: I'm trying to figure out what his official position is on this because they're, they just keep telling me defensive linemen.
[00:32:25] Speaker A: Yeah, that could very well be a official position.
[00:32:28] Speaker B: As a sophomore, played defensive end. Okay, no, wait. As a sophomore, is this in high school? Is this like his high school background?
Yes. I said he also played tight end. And I'm like, that doesn't sound right.
[00:32:40] Speaker A: Maybe you came in for like a.
[00:32:42] Speaker B: Snap, making start at that classified. Okay. Yeah, that was from his high school. Okay. Let me see what it says in his freshman.
[00:32:51] Speaker A: I bet he was a freak of a tight end.
[00:32:53] Speaker B: No, he said he played defensive end. Defensive tackle in tight end.
[00:32:56] Speaker A: Oh, my gosh.
[00:32:57] Speaker C: Wow.
[00:32:57] Speaker B: Yeah, it said that he played in all twelve games play, making the start a defensive end against New Mexico. I'm going to assume based on that sentence and whatever else they're saying, probably a defensive end.
[00:33:09] Speaker A: Right.
[00:33:10] Speaker B: If that's where he started, against New Mexico. Unless they felt that just against New Mexico, that's where he needed to be.
[00:33:15] Speaker A: Right.
[00:33:15] Speaker B: That might be just. I just might be spitballing, but we're just gonna roll with that. Yeah.
Okay, next one. Kendrick Law.
[00:33:24] Speaker A: 90, 90.
[00:33:28] Speaker B: Strictly on speed alone. I mean, this is really what it comes down to, right? I think it might probably a little over. Yeah, maybe needs to be closer to 88.
[00:33:38] Speaker A: Yeah, I would say over.
[00:33:39] Speaker B: I would say this is strictly on speed, right?
[00:33:41] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:33:41] Speaker A: And again, not by not.
[00:33:43] Speaker B: He's a gadget player.
[00:33:44] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:33:45] Speaker B: I've never seen a gadget player get this much.
[00:33:48] Speaker A: I mean, maybe. I mean, it's been such a long time, so maybe they're. Well, I guess are these. These are coming from 24/7 but are they coming in a context of. This is what we've heard the ratings are going to be or this is what we are projecting.
[00:34:01] Speaker B: That is what I think it's like what they're projecting slash rumor mill, it.
[00:34:05] Speaker A: Tends a little bit about. Yeah, I guess, I mean, I don't know. It's been a long time since the college football game has existed. So maybe just the rating system is just again, entirely different from the context that we're using, which is likely NFL madness. Madden. Excuse me. And I think the transition from college football to NFL is probably, you know, for sure. Probably steeper for sure. But that's still a pretty, pretty darn steep climb for, for Ryan Williams coming in 92 and embark way to 93. That's. I don't know, that feels just too good to be true.
[00:34:41] Speaker B: Yeah, man. I mean it's, you know, I don't know, it's one of those things like.
Yeah, I just don't know what they're doing like with their thing. Okay, I have a couple more as we kind of head the end of this show.
Non Alabama players now.
[00:35:01] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:35:02] Speaker B: Jalen Daniels. Okay.
Not the future Washington commander. Okay. I'm talking about.
Yes, I'm talking about Jalen Daniels from Kansas.
[00:35:13] Speaker A: You heard me write the Kansas Jhope Jaden Daniels.
[00:35:15] Speaker B: Yeah.
I just had to make sure that the people back home were aware.
94 for the quarterback from Kansas.
[00:35:27] Speaker A: I like that. I'm gonna say proper. I think he's a great player.
[00:35:30] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:35:32] Speaker A: You know that a proper.
[00:35:33] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:35:34] Speaker A: Um, it's just his own really main thing drawing it back is injury stuff.
[00:35:40] Speaker B: I. Do you think that he takes a hit in that regard just because he.
[00:35:45] Speaker A: I would be surprised if that's a significant dip dampening to your.
[00:35:49] Speaker C: Yeah. Rating, especially for a video. Yeah.
[00:35:51] Speaker A: He's also played a solid amount of snaps in college either way.
[00:35:54] Speaker C: Right.
[00:35:55] Speaker A: So I feel like it probably doesn't take away.
[00:35:57] Speaker B: Okay. And I think this will be a fun one to end on because I'm just throwing this one at the wall just to see what sticks. I kind of ran out of players.
[00:36:06] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:36:07] Speaker B: I thought I had more on the list.
[00:36:09] Speaker A: That many?
[00:36:10] Speaker B: I have more. I'm now, I'm now, I'm now getting this from the Florida Gators sources.
[00:36:15] Speaker C: Oh boy, oh boy.
[00:36:16] Speaker B: So we're going to go with quarterback Graham Mertz. Okay.
Okay. First, before I, before we get into this, what do you think they have his projected rating listed.
[00:36:26] Speaker A: Oh my gosh. And this is for.
[00:36:29] Speaker C: Don't say anything above 88, man.
Looks like he. Do they have it like 90 or 90 more?
[00:36:36] Speaker A: I'm gonna say 87. That's my guess.
[00:36:38] Speaker B: What's it guess?
[00:36:39] Speaker C: 90.
[00:36:41] Speaker B: Tanner Thompson, you have won the lottery. It's an 87.
[00:36:44] Speaker A: Okay, come on.
[00:36:46] Speaker C: I'm glad I'm wrong because 90, that'd be ridiculous.
[00:36:50] Speaker B: Is that over under or properly graded?
[00:36:53] Speaker A: You know what I mean? Again, it's so hard for me to not compare this to Madden, but I don't know.
[00:37:00] Speaker B: Dude, that's crazy. That's actually crazy to think if it is, if it's anywhere compared to the madden, all these dudes are over. Like, it's not even close.
[00:37:07] Speaker A: I mean, I would love to see, like, 70 overall quarterbacks. Exactly. I'm curious what it would look like translating someone's college football stats to Madden if there was some way that that could be.
[00:37:19] Speaker B: How about you drop it by 20 and then maybe add one travel by.
[00:37:22] Speaker A: 20 and maybe, and also, like, the peak can't be the same. You know what I mean?
[00:37:25] Speaker C: Right.
[00:37:25] Speaker A: If you're a 99 in college, you're.
[00:37:28] Speaker B: Definitely best in 88 or something.
[00:37:30] Speaker A: Like, the peak can't even get close.
[00:37:32] Speaker B: But so is that over under a proper.
[00:37:35] Speaker A: I'm gonna go. I'm gonna do a safe bet of over.
[00:37:38] Speaker C: I'm gonna go over.
[00:37:41] Speaker B: With the -1 billion odds of overrated.
[00:37:46] Speaker A: Billion odds of over.
[00:37:47] Speaker C: I've never been impressed with you.
[00:37:49] Speaker A: Oh, man.
[00:37:49] Speaker B: How's it going?
[00:37:50] Speaker A: This has been fun, man. I'm glad we decided.
[00:37:52] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:37:53] Speaker A: Ea ea call. Pretty interesting episode here, but, yeah, we'll be back next week. We'll probably keep gearing towards draft content as it is fast approaching. We got plenty of position rankings.
[00:38:05] Speaker C: Three weeks from today.
[00:38:06] Speaker A: Three weeks from today.
[00:38:07] Speaker B: We will be here.
[00:38:08] Speaker A: We will be there.
[00:38:09] Speaker B: Same bad time, same bad channel.
[00:38:11] Speaker C: Yes.
[00:38:12] Speaker A: We won't be there. There's. But we will be here.
[00:38:14] Speaker C: We will not be in Detroit.
[00:38:16] Speaker B: We will be here. Same bat time, same bat channel.
[00:38:18] Speaker A: Precisely.
[00:38:20] Speaker C: In the studio.
[00:38:21] Speaker A: Oh, man. All right. Thank you so much for listening, everyone, and have a wonderful week.
