Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: W VUA FM tuscaloosa.
[00:00:14] Speaker B: Hey, everybody.
[00:00:15] Speaker A: Thank you so much for listening to 90.7 the Capstone. You are now tuning into the student section where we're going to talk all things college football. My name is Tanner, along with Adrian, Elliott, and Graham. And guys, before we get into it, how are we doing today?
[00:00:28] Speaker C: Doing good. How y'all doing? Why do we never get to introduce ourselves?
[00:00:32] Speaker B: Because he's the host, man.
[00:00:33] Speaker C: He's so rude. You're so rude.
[00:00:35] Speaker B: This is your intro. You did the intro.
[00:00:37] Speaker C: My name is Adrian Wesley. See, the UMP that I have when.
[00:00:40] Speaker A: I introduce your facial expression, I just.
[00:00:44] Speaker B: Want all the listeners out there just to know he just made the most foul, grotesque facial expression.
[00:00:49] Speaker A: Hey, man, Adrian's got a face for radio, man. That's all it is.
[00:00:52] Speaker C: And a voice. Hear that voice? There you go.
[00:00:55] Speaker B: Unfortunately, I heard it.
[00:00:57] Speaker A: Heard it way too much. Anyway, should we get into it? I guess yeah, I guess we never really said how we're doing, but I.
[00:01:02] Speaker C: Guess we sound well.
[00:01:05] Speaker B: You know what? I'm just saying, last Saturday, for me personally, when it comes to every Saturday that I've ever been alive for up until this point, every Saturday, that was elite.
[00:01:19] Speaker C: That was dude, this whole year has had a bunch of ranked matchups.
[00:01:25] Speaker B: I'm not even talking about that. I'm just talking about the entire state of Texas being in shambles.
[00:01:30] Speaker A: Oh, man.
[00:01:30] Speaker B: Speaking of Texas, let's get your thoughts boomer sooner. That's all I have to say. Dude, we said, though I said that with my co host over here, Adrian Wesley. We said that last week. Okay. Guess who knows ball? We do.
[00:01:45] Speaker C: We know ball.
[00:01:45] Speaker A: And we're just about the Texas A M Alabama game, though.
[00:01:49] Speaker B: Irrelevant.
[00:01:50] Speaker A: You do know ball.
[00:01:51] Speaker B: That's called being pessimistic.
[00:01:52] Speaker A: Pessimistic.
[00:01:53] Speaker C: That's exactly what that is.
[00:01:56] Speaker B: It's called lowering your expectations so you can always right.
[00:01:59] Speaker A: You know ball. But if you're wrong, it's.
[00:02:04] Speaker B: Different, right? It's kind of like why is it pessimism?
[00:02:06] Speaker A: Are you alluding to a bias you may have for the University of exactly.
[00:02:11] Speaker B: Exactly. I'm trying to leave out my bias. I'm trying to leave you the voice of reason. Objectivity is what we strive for here at Wvuafl.
[00:02:18] Speaker A: Incorrect. Objectivity.
[00:02:20] Speaker C: Okay, so anyway, look, I'm just going to start us off with the Ou game. Obviously, that's where it starts. Ou winning. On the last job of the game, dylan Gabriel definitely put his name in the heisman absolutely. Obviously, he had a good passing game, 285 yards and a touchdown, but he also had 113 yards and a touchdown rushing.
[00:02:41] Speaker A: There you go.
[00:02:42] Speaker C: It was a good game. It was a great game. Probably the best game.
[00:02:44] Speaker A: It was an awesome game.
[00:02:45] Speaker C: It's probably the best game of the season I've seen. Yeah, that was a great game.
Ou. This is crazy because obviously Ou won and I predicted Ou to win. I still think watching them Texas is a better overall team and I do think eventually they will play again down the road.
[00:03:02] Speaker B: They probably will. I'll agree with you there. I think this is another case where Texas falls victim. Well, this is the first time they've fallen victims and only lost, but this is where they fall victim to having a sloppy, slow start again.
[00:03:15] Speaker A: Right.
[00:03:17] Speaker B: I know I've been high on viewers. Statistically, if you just want to look at the box core, it doesn't look great. However, I will say this, okay? I do think the only really bad turnover was the Fumble, the first pick, in my opinion. I think it's Ad Mitchell that he was thrown it to. Correct me if I'm wrong, I think that's who it was. He just did not even try to make a play on that ball. I mean, he literally just stood there like a statue. He didn't even try to tackle the guy after he picked it off. In my opinion. That's a lack of effort on that one. I didn't even think it was that poor of a throw or anything. The second one, the receiver just has to hang on to that. It's a well timed hit. I'm not even sure. Well, maybe not. I'm not even going to blame the receiver. That's just a really good hit, and it pops up into the air. Right. The bad one, in my opinion, was the fumble, in which he's trying to rush for a first down. And the thing is, the difference between him and Dylan Gabriel is that he's rushing for that first down, but he is nowhere near the first down. He is, like, five yards away, and he is out here taking a hit, which causes a fumble in that case. Look, man, you're not even close. Just slide, avoid the turnover, flip the field, positioning be done. Dylan Gabriel takes a hit like that. He doesn't fumble it, but he was at and past the first down marker. Then it's okay to take that gamble, but if you're not even close, there's no reason to put the ball into play like that.
[00:04:36] Speaker A: Right. You need a better field awareness in that situation. Field and game awareness just in general.
[00:04:40] Speaker B: Yeah. And I mean, speaking more on game awareness, too. I feel like I said this last week, too, but it really felt like the way stuff was broken down here just left a lot of time on the clock for Ou to score. I said this last week that it happened a couple of times. We saw this week again a couple times.
You got to not let these teams have an opportunity to go score again. Right?
In the NFL? Yes. It's not a lot of time, but in college, with the clock stoppage after a first down, it's way too much time.
[00:05:12] Speaker A: Absolutely. Did ou have timeouts during Texas? During Texas last drive?
[00:05:18] Speaker B: I think they only had one.
[00:05:19] Speaker A: That's what I thought.
[00:05:19] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:05:20] Speaker A: One, which you got to make them take that. I think in that scenario, you have.
[00:05:24] Speaker B: To make them take it because even with the one that makes a ton.
[00:05:29] Speaker C: Of opportunities, especially Ou, because I think they were saying throughout the broadcast that they snap the ball faster than anybody the time they take. Yeah, interesting. They always are moving the ball fast and obviously they have a lot of big play guys. They can get the ball downfield. Like you said in college, I've always been a believer in you got to score the touchdown, because if you don't, then it's like, why did you not score? But there's a balance to it because, oh, you getting the ball back with the way they get the ball out in those playmakers is you would rather them not have any time.
[00:06:02] Speaker B: And it's also what I hate about doing the prevent defense. Is this something that, as a defensive coordinator, I don't care if you're in college or the NFL it makes can we just say that it just doesn't seem to work because you're preventing the defense or as a defense, you're preventing the offense from getting on the field. I'm watching these dudes run a slant across the middle of the field. I watched Baby Stoops run it like 40 yards.
[00:06:30] Speaker C: Baby Stoops.
[00:06:31] Speaker B: Baby Stoops dunked on that defense.
[00:06:34] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:06:36] Speaker B: You can't script it better than that, okay?
[00:06:39] Speaker C: Absolutely.
[00:06:40] Speaker B: Shout out. Big game, Bob.
That defense just doesn't work.
I don't understand the defensive play calling for Texas on the last series, because it's not like they gave up a ton of points. I mean, for like a big twelve match.
[00:06:56] Speaker C: I think for these two teams, this is usually in the 40s. Sometimes.
[00:07:01] Speaker B: This was a pretty low scoring matchup. Consider the fact that Ou was only at 27.
[00:07:06] Speaker C: Well, they forced three turnovers and they got a goal on the stop. So, Tanner, what do you think of OU's defense? Because we're talking we'll count on the topic of defense.
[00:07:14] Speaker A: Yeah, I mean, overall, I think it's hard to complain about, for the totality of the game is a little bit too wordy for me, but, yeah, I think when it comes to sports, when it comes to a football game like this, I think if you walk out with the win, you win, then that's all you can take away from that game. Especially in a battle like this. I feel like you can't be upset at either side of the ball for their performance.
[00:07:38] Speaker C: No, I mean, he's changed their defense.
[00:07:41] Speaker A: Fast past few years. Or really just mainly last year before and even with Lincoln Riley, it was always bad. Yeah, really was never good.
[00:07:49] Speaker C: If you just go to the beginning of last year before any games were played last year, if you look at Ou in Texas and you're like, oh, they're going to the SEC, they're probably going to get bullied. And you fast forward to today, dude, they're probably going to storm into the SEC and be like big. Like they're not going to come in and win every game.
[00:08:07] Speaker B: They're a mid tier SEC team at worst.
[00:08:11] Speaker C: And I don't think they will be mid tier SEC team.
[00:08:14] Speaker B: No, I'm just saying at their rock.
[00:08:16] Speaker C: Like they're eight and bottom. Right, I completely agree.
[00:08:20] Speaker B: So we're talking about how you walk out with a win, right. You can't really complain. What about the offensive play call and you mentioned the goal line. Stop, tanner, you're the film junkie here.
[00:08:33] Speaker A: I didn't watch this game live, man. You're putting me in a tough position here.
I'm so terribly sorry, Elliot.
[00:08:41] Speaker B: Good lord.
[00:08:42] Speaker C: What's the question?
[00:08:43] Speaker B: Expecting some in depth analysis.
[00:08:47] Speaker A: I can't do it for every game, Elliot. I'm so sorry, man.
[00:08:49] Speaker C: Hey, look, it's hard being the best.
[00:08:50] Speaker A: I got a host too.
[00:08:52] Speaker B: Somebody's got to be the best. Yeah, that's my bad, guys. I expect too much out of our wonderful host.
[00:08:56] Speaker A: Thanks, man. You do the intro next time and then we'll talk.
[00:08:59] Speaker C: What a let down.
[00:09:03] Speaker A: How did you feel?
[00:09:04] Speaker B: How did I feel about it?
[00:09:05] Speaker A: Just do it from my perspective.
[00:09:07] Speaker B: Talk about it like you're me. That'll be a good pretty lackluster.
[00:09:10] Speaker C: WWTD lackluster.
[00:09:12] Speaker B: It was a lackluster. What was the offensive play calling on that? The goal line was the only creative play was the last one on fourth down where he was quite literally a millimeter short. Right.
I don't know. We always talk about Sarkeesian offensive genius. Right?
[00:09:35] Speaker A: Right.
[00:09:35] Speaker B: I really question what went into the play calling on that stand. It is improbable to stop them when they are quite literally on the goal line four straight times. I don't just I think that was the nail in the coffin for Texas.
[00:09:51] Speaker C: Well, one thing I think that was a big deal, especially in a situation like that. Texas did lose their center, who I think I could be wrong, but I think there's I can't recall his name, but he's like an all American type of center.
[00:10:01] Speaker A: Right.
[00:10:02] Speaker C: And they lost him fairly early through the second quarter. Yeah, I'm pretty sure beginning of the.
[00:10:07] Speaker A: Second quarter, you may not from a surface level see a center go out and think it's a huge deal. It is, but I mean, the communication between the center and the offensive line and the quarterback is huge for pass protection. That is half the battle. When it becomes to pass blocking, it is assignments and then it is actual the execution of blocking. But half the battle is knowing who your guys are. And in college football, especially, blitz packages are a huge part of defense on the defensive line with the linebackers, whatever it may be. But they have to be on the same page. So center going out can really hurt the line.
[00:10:40] Speaker C: Yeah, for sure. Definitely. Well, kind of moving from that game, which I will say I do think we're going to see a 2.0 of that game, right? Fairly highly likely. I wanted to get you all's thoughts on the LSU Missouri game. High scoring game. LSU won at Missouri, who was prior undefeated and ranked, and they end up winning by ten, which they added up a late pick six, like last drive. It was a close game throughout Jaden.
[00:11:03] Speaker A: Daniels, man, dude, this guy's so good.
I think people don't like to give Jaden Daniels the credit. I think it's a little bit of like a and I honestly think it's probably because of Joe Burrow. I think because of how unbelievable Joe Burrow's season was. I think I saw some stat the other day that through five games, I think Joe Burrow had like 22 touchdowns, three picks, and I think that Jaden Daniels has 19 passing touchdowns and two picks.
[00:11:30] Speaker C: Right.
[00:11:31] Speaker A: And that is excluding numbers on the ground. Jaden Daniels is the reason for LSU's success right now.
[00:11:37] Speaker C: He's the team.
[00:11:38] Speaker A: Truly, he is the team. And yeah, I really don't think he gets enough credit and showed a lot in this game.
[00:11:44] Speaker C: Well, he had 259 passing yards on 15 of 21 with three touchdowns and 15 carries for 130 yards and a touchdown. Dude.
[00:11:55] Speaker A: You said 15 carries for 130 yards. Touchdown. I mean, that is a good running back game and then a good quarterback.
[00:12:01] Speaker C: Yeah, and he was hurt. He got hurt throughout the game. He got banged up his ribs.
[00:12:05] Speaker B: So he's got to stop taking this vicious buddy needs to learn to slide.
[00:12:10] Speaker C: Dude, he gets killed. It feels like every play which if he goes, they dude, they might not win another SEC game.
[00:12:18] Speaker B: In my humble opinion. The big thing to note in this game is really just a quarterback gap. And this is nothing against Brady cook. Right. But you knew that that glorious passing attempts without an interception streak was bound to end at some point. That is really the difference on the scoreboard.
[00:12:38] Speaker A: Right.
[00:12:38] Speaker B: He had two picks. Jaden Daniels did not throw a pick.
[00:12:41] Speaker A: He did not.
[00:12:42] Speaker B: Right. That is really what your difference is.
I don't know. I have questions about LSU's defense. I'm quite honest with you.
[00:12:50] Speaker C: Dude, LSU's defense is really bad. Yeah, this is the worst LSU defense I've seen maybe ever. Except the COVID year besides 2020, this is easily the worst. Like, dude, Brady Cook almost had 400 yards and they had a running back schrader with 114 yards.
[00:13:11] Speaker B: Well, I mean, the two teams were nearly identical in yards. LCS has 533, Mizzou has 527. They were pretty much identical. First down to 25 23. The turnovers. Quarterback gap. It's a quarterback gap.
[00:13:24] Speaker A: Well said. Elliot had a great take. Elliot, analysis rate. Wow.
[00:13:28] Speaker C: Come with a yard.
[00:13:29] Speaker A: The first wow.
[00:13:32] Speaker B: No, I just want the viewers or not viewers, I want the listeners to know that I'm just getting slandered in the studio.
[00:13:39] Speaker A: Name one time I've ever mocked you.
[00:13:41] Speaker C: I've never mocked you, bud.
[00:13:43] Speaker B: Let's just rewind the tape. Let's rewind the tape. 30 seconds.
[00:13:45] Speaker A: I've never mocked you, buddy.
[00:13:47] Speaker B: Yeah, buddy. Okay. All right, buddy.
[00:13:50] Speaker A: Oh, man. All right, we probably got two more games we need to talk about before we finish our recap, but for now, we are going to go to break for just a few minutes, so you guys enjoy this next song.
WVUA FM Tuscaloosa welcome back once again to the student section. We're going to carry on from where we ended our last section with reviews from this past week do up. We have bama versus Texas A M.
[00:14:40] Speaker B: No, actually, that's second.
We're talking about Notre Dame. Louisville.
[00:14:47] Speaker A: Why can't we just talk about Alabama?
[00:14:49] Speaker B: Texas A M. We gotta end the segment with the bang.
[00:14:51] Speaker D: Best for last. Best for last.
[00:14:52] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:14:53] Speaker A: Excuse me. We're going to talk about notre Dame versus Louisville. I hope Elliot is happy. Elliot, you get to start us off now.
[00:15:01] Speaker B: I just want to say, okay, everyone that doubted me about Sam Hartman, so.
[00:15:08] Speaker C: Many doubters this guy has.
[00:15:10] Speaker B: There's a lot of doubters, okay? And I'm looking at the two of you right now.
[00:15:13] Speaker A: Okay, I'm going to mute Elliot's mic for the next five minutes.
Please keep going.
[00:15:17] Speaker B: Okay. I told you he is a good collegiate quarterback, but he is not that guy. And I don't think that this game is the epitome of that. Okay?
[00:15:30] Speaker C: Right.
[00:15:31] Speaker B: Notre Dame, you cannot lose a game like this. I understand that. The Ohio State thing, I get it. Okay. You guys struggled against Duke. Okay, I get seriously, guys, first off, Notre Dame has always, in my opinion, been one of those not, like, fraudulent teams, but it's always like to me, it was always like a Texas it's like, oh, we're back. Never mind. Okay.
[00:15:57] Speaker A: Right.
[00:15:58] Speaker B: We're doing that thing again. Okay, but the whole thing sam Harmon was supposed to elevate this team, and quite frankly, he's probably one of the main reasons they lost this game.
[00:16:08] Speaker C: That's fair. Which, I mean, I think with what you said, I think my disagreement was that he's a great college cue, because I never thought he was, like, an.
[00:16:17] Speaker B: NFL I didn't say great, I said good.
[00:16:18] Speaker C: Okay. I thought he was great and then he did this. But obviously, I don't think he's an NFL prospect because he's, what, 24 years old at this point. Yeah, but still, nonetheless, let's not discredit Louisville. Louisville played a really good game. Their defense is really good. They forced those turnovers, three interceptions, good balance of run game. And obviously what is brahm? Jeff Brahm.
[00:16:44] Speaker A: Right.
[00:16:44] Speaker C: Coming in Louisville, half their team is transferred in.
Yeah, I'm just going to call it. Are they this year's TCU?
[00:16:52] Speaker A: Are they this year's TCU?
[00:16:54] Speaker C: What if they go undefeated and get beat 65 to seven by Georgia? Yeah, no, that's not going to happen.
[00:16:59] Speaker B: No, they would get beat 65 to ten.
[00:17:02] Speaker C: There you go.
[00:17:03] Speaker A: That's not unfair.
[00:17:03] Speaker C: That's probably fair. But just overall, I think that, like you said, fraudulent with Notre Dame, I think Notre Dame consistently for their brand and their history gets rated overrated, but to no fault of their own, because I don't think they ever do anything to really garn. Like, since I've been watching college football, they had one team. They had a team that made the playoffs, but still, they've never really been competitive in the big games. At the end of the season, I.
[00:17:28] Speaker B: Think they need to join a conference.
[00:17:30] Speaker C: You think they'd be better?
[00:17:35] Speaker B: How do I want to word this?
I think that if they had like, a set amount of opponents that they would frequently see right. They might be better. Because when you're doing this out of conference nonsense, because you're trying to be unique and quirky, you play all this weird assortment of teams that's fair, and.
[00:17:56] Speaker C: You never know who's going to be good.
[00:17:57] Speaker B: And you never know who's going to be good. Just join a conference. Just dominate the conference. Okay.
[00:18:03] Speaker A: Right.
[00:18:03] Speaker B: Join the ACC for all I can.
[00:18:05] Speaker C: I don't know why they don't, because they did the COVID They usually just.
[00:18:08] Speaker B: Play a bunch of ACC teams. Just join the ACC and you're probably one of the top teams, and then it's easier for you to get in the playoff if you win your ACC championship game. I don't know why they do that to themselves. They just shoot themselves in the foot.
[00:18:20] Speaker C: That's probably fair. I think if they were to go undefeated, there's not a year where they don't make the playoffs. And now, more than ever, where they go into twelve teams and expansion. There's no shot they're ever joining a conference. Never.
[00:18:31] Speaker B: Yeah, I don't know. I think that there should be some caveat in there specifically for them, but that's just me.
[00:18:37] Speaker C: This stretch has been crazy. What do you think this stretch, Tanner? I mean, what is you start with Ohio State, then you get Duke, then you get Louisville, then they got USC next.
That's a crazy back to back to back to back.
[00:18:49] Speaker A: No. Yeah.
[00:18:49] Speaker B: Think about the teams. Right. Think about the conferences. You're going from the Big ten to the ACC to the ACC to the pac.
[00:18:55] Speaker C: No, you're right.
[00:18:57] Speaker B: What are you doing? Pick one.
[00:18:59] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:18:59] Speaker B: Pick one and be done with it.
[00:19:01] Speaker A: That is a tough stretch, though, man. And I'm going to be really curious to see how USC plays with Notre Dame.
Only for the defensive purposes. Narrative. Yeah, only for defensive purposes.
We know the offense is going to be good, but I would like to see that defense against a certain level of offense, which didn't, again, we all know didn't have a great game, but at the end of the day, there's still, I think, levels, and I still think that Notre Dame can have a dominant rushing attack.
Last game, I mean, I saw Audrick estimate ten attempts for 20 yards.
[00:19:37] Speaker C: Yeah. Their leading rusher, Jeremiah Love, had 37 yards.
[00:19:40] Speaker A: Yeah, that's just pitiful.
[00:19:44] Speaker C: I think Notre Dame is going to win that game too. Just kind of look ahead. I mean, a team coming off a tough loss. Your QB has three picks. You rush for under 100 yards, you get a home game against a top ten opponent, a team who's been reeling. Like it seems like Notre Dame needs a big win and USC is waiting on a big loss to like, hey, wake up. Like we need to play.
[00:20:04] Speaker B: USC should have had a big loss. Multiple mean, I don't know. To me. I'm not discounting louisville. I'm not saying they're bad. I think that they're well coached. I think in my opinion, they're very much a Duke like team. I think that they have a decent quarterback. I think they have a pretty good coach. Right. And they are fortunate to be winning good games. Right. I mean, you look at like plumbers stats, 17 to 24, 145, and a tuddy doesn't really scream like something exciting.
[00:20:40] Speaker C: No, it does. But he didn't have any turnovers, which is a big deal.
[00:20:44] Speaker B: Quarterback gap.
[00:20:45] Speaker C: Quarterback.
[00:20:46] Speaker A: Quarterback gap. There it is.
[00:20:47] Speaker C: Big quarterback gap.
[00:20:49] Speaker B: I guess the question is, do you think does Notre Dame win that game if Sam Hartman throws for 100 less yards, but he doesn't throw any interceptions?
[00:20:56] Speaker C: No, I think they still lose. Yeah, they scored a late touchdown.
[00:21:00] Speaker B: This is really 30 313.
[00:21:02] Speaker C: It was 33 to 13. No, I mean that second half, Louisville dominated that game. They outscored them 26 to 13, but it was really outscoring them 26 to six. Yeah, they dominated that second half. I don't think that their defense is great. Their defense is good.
[00:21:16] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:21:17] Speaker D: Looking at the rest of their schedule, they got Pitt, Duke, they lost Leonard.
[00:21:24] Speaker C: Right, right.
[00:21:25] Speaker D: Virginia Tech, virginia Miami, who just completely blew it against Georgia Tech.
[00:21:31] Speaker B: Are you talking about Louisville?
[00:21:32] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:21:32] Speaker D: We're talking about Louisville.
[00:21:33] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:21:34] Speaker D: And then they end the season at home against Kentucky.
I'm not saying Louisville is going to go to the playoffs.
They can easily win eleven games here.
[00:21:46] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely. That's very implantable.
[00:21:48] Speaker D: Who knows? They get to the ACC championship, they play Florida State, they could ruin Florida State's chance of going to the playoffs.
[00:21:54] Speaker A: Right.
[00:21:55] Speaker C: That would be nice.
[00:21:56] Speaker A: That would be very good.
[00:21:58] Speaker B: These good ACC teams, they get in that stretch where they got to play like those crummy teams in the division, like Virginia Tech and stuff like that. That's just a recipe for disaster, for them to lose. I've seen it too many times.
[00:22:09] Speaker C: Well, with that, you kind of want to go to the game that Elliot wanted to end with. Yeah. Elliot, what'd you think of this Alabama Texas A M game?
[00:22:17] Speaker B: You know what?
As much as I was a pessimist last week, as our lovely host Tanner Thompson has already pointed out.
[00:22:24] Speaker A: Thanks, Ben.
[00:22:25] Speaker B: You're welcome.
I was pleasantly surprised, actually. Very surprised. Okay. With a couple outstanding performances right.
I would like to give my game ball my game ball to Mr. Jalen. Milrow.
[00:22:41] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:22:41] Speaker C: Okay. I thought you were going to go Burton. I guess you can really go either one. No, I guess you got to go Milro.
[00:22:46] Speaker B: No, I got to go Millro, because that fumble fumble, Rusky, that was a little bit yeah.
[00:22:51] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:22:52] Speaker B: But, yes, I always felt that there was a shot to win this game as long as we really didn't turn the ball over. Okay. I was concerned with how good a M's defense is that Milro, who has had his struggles a little bit at the start of the right.
[00:23:10] Speaker A: Right.
[00:23:11] Speaker B: Also, like, you consider the offensive line giving up a lot of pressures, a lot of sacks. Sometimes Milro runs into them because he uses his athletic ability to get out of the pocket. No one's open. He gets hit from, like, behind or something.
[00:23:22] Speaker A: Right.
[00:23:22] Speaker B: I was concerned that we would have a lot of turnovers, but to my pleasant surprise, that didn't occur.
[00:23:29] Speaker A: Right.
[00:23:30] Speaker B: And that, to me, is the story of this game. It was still close. We still knew it was going to be close, but it ended up being in our favor. I'd like to point out that last week, I want to say I said the score of this game was going to be 27 to 20 a and M happened to be 26 to 20 US. I was just just had the wrong team, essentially.
[00:23:47] Speaker A: I think it's pretty fundamental to the score call now.
[00:23:51] Speaker C: That's fair.
[00:23:51] Speaker A: Yeah. I think I said, what, 24 20?
[00:23:55] Speaker C: You said 24 20, Alabama, and you take a safety away, and it is 24 20.
[00:23:59] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:24:00] Speaker C: Which, I mean, for me, my thoughts I thought Alabama did a really good job of kind of containing their playmakers. Anaya Smith, Moose Mohammed, and Evan Stewart, who are all especially Evan Stewart all NFL caliber players.
[00:24:14] Speaker A: Right.
[00:24:14] Speaker C: Funny enough, all three of those guys had more receiving yards than Jake Johnson. But I thought Jake Johnson was more of a threat. Like, I thought he had a better game as far as what you would predict him to do versus what you would predict those guys to do, which Anai Smith did have 88 yards, but most of those came on that last play.
[00:24:30] Speaker B: That was 40 something yards. He also popped that huge punt return.
[00:24:33] Speaker C: That punt return was ridiculous.
[00:24:36] Speaker B: That's like hidden yardage.
[00:24:37] Speaker C: That you're that's fair.
[00:24:39] Speaker A: That's true. And then it's a major game contribution.
[00:24:42] Speaker C: He's a really good player, especially after coming out and kind of I wouldn't say disrespected, Nick Saban, but, like, what he talked about with The Gambia personal and everything.
[00:24:51] Speaker A: Right.
[00:24:51] Speaker C: Kind of poking the bear, so to say. More than disrespect.
[00:24:54] Speaker A: Right.
[00:24:55] Speaker C: I think he backed up his A M. What? I'm sorry.
[00:24:58] Speaker B: That's like their shtick, right? Like what their yell calls, like, Appalachian State, where even is Appalachian State. And then they go lose at home.
[00:25:05] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly.
[00:25:06] Speaker B: That's, like, their whole thing, man. Okay.
[00:25:08] Speaker A: Elliot is very familiar with I am.
[00:25:10] Speaker B: Extremely familiar with Texas a and m. There you go.
[00:25:13] Speaker C: What'd you think, Tanner?
[00:25:15] Speaker A: I have not seen normally in all the games that I watch from Alabama, every time that I see Joe muro load up to obviously throw a ball 40 yards downfield, I hold my breath.
[00:25:26] Speaker C: Right.
[00:25:27] Speaker A: That's usually what happens.
[00:25:28] Speaker C: Right.
[00:25:28] Speaker A: But then he did it three, four times this game and completed all of them.
[00:25:34] Speaker C: Yeah, well, he had the most pass attempts over 20 yards this past week with six.
[00:25:39] Speaker A: That's awesome.
[00:25:40] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:25:40] Speaker A: That is fantastic for me to hear.
Seeing a big playability and it was the right way to attack this team that is so good at pressure. To be able to hold the block long enough and to be able to expose them not having as many guys downfield, that was awesome. To I mean, from a game planning perspective, to see the double move routes that Jermaine Burton had and I don't know, it was nice to see a playmaker that wasn't a running back or quarterback.
[00:26:12] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:26:12] Speaker C: Isaiah bond had a big game.
[00:26:13] Speaker A: Exactly. It was nice to see those guys really step up, and I think that was my favorite takeaway.
[00:26:20] Speaker C: Okay, alabama, obviously, who looked dead after the USF. Game, you go three and o. And SEC play two and o. Back to back wins on the road.
[00:26:27] Speaker A: Right.
[00:26:28] Speaker C: Alabama in this game. They won the game. They won the game. They had 14 penalties, 23 rush yards. They lost time of possession and they lost a turnover battle. And that was all in the most hostile environment that I think they played the rest of the year. Maybe auburn. Either way, it was in front of 110,000 fans screaming, go aggies.
[00:26:47] Speaker A: Right.
[00:26:47] Speaker C: Alabama is 100% a team on the rise.
And Nick saban said post game interview that that was maybe his record for winning a game with that amount of mistakes. Just like on certain like, if you if you said before the game alabama is going to have 23 rush yards, I'd say Alabama alabama probably lost that game by like, four possessions.
[00:27:11] Speaker A: Actually, though, no, that's a genuinely serious take.
[00:27:14] Speaker C: And obviously, game ball goes to jalen mulro, 321 yards. Everybody said that if it came down to him winning the game with his arm that he couldn't do it. I'm a part of that. Everybody I never thought that I'd see millro win a game.
[00:27:28] Speaker A: Right.
[00:27:29] Speaker C: If his confidence keeps rising and like I said, penalties, that's something that can be cut down. And rush yards, I don't think they'll play a defense that ferocious again.
[00:27:38] Speaker A: Right.
[00:27:39] Speaker C: So Alabama is a team on the rise. And with that defense, I think alabama is extremely capable of being anybody, especially in the regular season. And then, you know, Georgia jalen millerho.
[00:27:48] Speaker A: Has become an incredibly great person to root for. We knew he was an unbelievable teammate. Even when he was benched to USF, he was. With the know, chest bumping ty Simpson, every time he came off the field and again, started off not hot. We all know that. And he has only gotten better as the season's gone on. It is hard not to root for this guy.
[00:28:08] Speaker C: If he keeps progressing, Alabama is going to be really good because I think that defense, I don't know if anybody scores more than 34, which is what Texas had against Bama.
[00:28:16] Speaker A: Right.
[00:28:17] Speaker C: And that was with the back to back or at the turnovers from Muro.
[00:28:20] Speaker A: Right.
[00:28:20] Speaker C: I don't know if anybody touches 30 again, maybe the whole year.
[00:28:23] Speaker A: Yeah, that defense, man.
[00:28:24] Speaker C: Defense is good.
[00:28:25] Speaker A: I think no matter what. You cannot talk about enough about this Alabama defense, man.
[00:28:30] Speaker B: Yeah, that second half. Yeah. I'll agree with you, though. The penalty things I will say, if there's any gripe that I have, it's that we got to cut down on the penalties.
[00:28:42] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:28:43] Speaker B: Okay. And I'm not going to say I understand he's in the moment. Like, you're playing the game. Right.
It's an emotional game. It is a hostile environment, like you said. But man, some of the mistakes and some of the just losing composure. Right. That's just something I think that with time, this team's probably going to reel it in.
[00:29:03] Speaker C: Non pre snap penalties is just ridiculous.
[00:29:06] Speaker B: The pre snap penalties are rough. I would like it if maybe we weren't chirping at the other players after every play. You're just opening yourself up to an, really.
[00:29:18] Speaker A: And also, don't be wrong, shout out Jermaine Burton. But again, we are asking for danger every time that we celebrate, even after the game and things like that. Man, I'm not a huge fan of giving people ammo.
[00:29:31] Speaker C: No, bro gets a three yard hitch and is like exactly.
[00:29:34] Speaker A: Alabama used to be defined by emotionless dominance. Yes, exactly. That is just not where we are at.
[00:29:45] Speaker B: You're just opening yourself up to get something called on you as a especially Burton.
[00:29:50] Speaker C: Burton does it best.
[00:29:52] Speaker B: I'm not calling out any particular player. Okay. I'm not going to do that. I'm just saying I don't care who it is. Right. But okay, so let's say in Burden. Burden has a legacy game here. Nine catches, 197 yards, two touchdowns. If he gets tossed. The only other person who really did any damage was Bond. Everyone else was pretty much a non factor.
[00:30:14] Speaker A: Right.
[00:30:14] Speaker B: So you just completely eliminated a good, like, 60% of your offense.
[00:30:19] Speaker A: Right.
[00:30:19] Speaker B: At least through the air. I will say the other big thing, the other big penalty, I understand there's like a lot of people up in arms about it. It was the block in the back penalty on the blocked field goal return for a touchdown.
[00:30:33] Speaker A: Right.
[00:30:34] Speaker B: Again, just like situational awareness type stuff. I get it. Heat of the moment, you're like 1520 yards behind the play.
[00:30:45] Speaker A: Right.
[00:30:45] Speaker B: You do not need to touch the other player. I get it. You're supposed to block the guys there's. Just in that situation, from where you are, there is no reason to touch the other opposing player because, again, as weak as a call as it may be, you're opening yourself up for a mistake.
[00:31:00] Speaker A: You are called.
[00:31:00] Speaker B: Okay. Not every ref is perfect.
[00:31:02] Speaker A: They will you can't give him a chance.
[00:31:04] Speaker B: Exactly. Especially whenever it's like at Kyle Field. They're going to do everything they can to get Jimbo so he doesn't get like what is it bought out?
[00:31:12] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely. All right. We're going to go to break for just a few minutes. We'll be back to talk a little bit more college football. Probably some more preview stuff. But for now, we will see you guys in a few minutes.
Everybody, welcome back from that break. As I said before, we're going to continue into our college football preview for this next week. First game that I want to talk about, we are going to do Tennessee, Texas A M. Texas A M coming off a tough loss to Alabama in Kyle Field.
Fellas, how are we feeling about this game?
[00:32:12] Speaker C: I think that this is going to be which I don't know if this is a big statement, but this is going to be a really close game. Like last possession type of thing.
[00:32:19] Speaker A: Right.
[00:32:20] Speaker C: Matchups tells me because Tennessee, I don't know if y'all watched them at all this year, they're a lot better at running the ball this year than they were last year.
[00:32:27] Speaker A: Right.
[00:32:27] Speaker C: They're more of a run team. Run first team, absolutely. Than they are this year with Joe Milton. Joe Milton. Good player. Can throw the ball 80 yards, but yeah, he's not hidden hooker.
It's funny because I like A and M matchups, but I think this is one of those games where it's close enough between the two teams. Whoever was at home would probably be favored. But that's just what I think. What do y'all think?
[00:32:56] Speaker B: In my humble opinion?
[00:32:58] Speaker A: Humble. Humble.
[00:32:59] Speaker C: I'm glad it's know.
[00:33:03] Speaker B: I really hope that Yale practice goes well for them this week because I think this game is going to come down to the defensive perspective from A and M like you pointed out. Right. Tennessee is more of a run first kind of team. A and M on average is only giving up 84 yards on the ground as we know.
[00:33:21] Speaker C: They're giving up that early.
[00:33:22] Speaker B: As we've noted earlier, Alabama rushed for 23. Okay.
I'm just saying, if you can take away that entire facet of Tennessee's offense.
[00:33:37] Speaker C: Milton makes mistakes.
[00:33:38] Speaker B: Milton will make mistakes.
[00:33:39] Speaker C: Milton makes mistake.
[00:33:40] Speaker A: He does.
[00:33:41] Speaker B: Right. The running game is almost like a crutch to avoid putting him in a scenario where he is prone to making mistakes. So if you take away that facet of the offense, it's going to be a rough day for the Vols. But if I'm allowed to make my prediction now, please, why not? Okay. I think I'm going to go with Rocky Top. Right now. Okay. I will take Tennessee over. A m. Yeah.
[00:34:04] Speaker C: Well, this is a big game for Jimbo Fisher because if they lose this.
[00:34:10] Speaker B: Game buy him out.
[00:34:12] Speaker C: Yeah, no, if they lose this game, I don't think he leaves after this game, but I think that this will be the beginning of the like because he still got they're at Ole Miss this year and are they at LSU this year? I think I think because they beat LSU last year at home. So you still got at LSU and at Ole Miss. And if you lose this game, you lose one of those two games and that puts you at four losses with one of the biggest contracts in the net. What is he he's got to be.
[00:34:40] Speaker A: Like the is he the highest quick.
[00:34:42] Speaker B: Aside from your friendly neighborhood College Station insider here at.
[00:34:50] Speaker A: Elliot has the craziest way to introduce every thought he has on this show.
[00:34:55] Speaker B: I want to say his buyout right now still in the 70 million range somewhere, 76 maybe.
[00:35:02] Speaker A: Right.
[00:35:03] Speaker B: He is, however, already on the hot seat after his clock management at the end of the Alabama game.
[00:35:09] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:35:10] Speaker B: So he's already getting toasted for that in College Station. I think you are absolutely correct. I think especially if they come out flat against one of these next couple of teams.
[00:35:18] Speaker A: Right.
[00:35:19] Speaker B: He has done so. They're going to pony up that cash.
[00:35:21] Speaker C: He'll finish this.
[00:35:22] Speaker B: Pony up that cash.
[00:35:23] Speaker C: Pony up that cash. Pony it up.
He's on a roll today.
[00:35:27] Speaker A: He really is. This has been special from Elliot, man.
[00:35:30] Speaker C: This has been a legacy performance.
[00:35:32] Speaker A: This may be the best performance you've ever had on this.
[00:35:37] Speaker C: What's your feel on this game?
[00:35:39] Speaker A: On mean? You guys have pretty much said what my opinions were on this game, right?
[00:35:46] Speaker C: You think Tennessee wins?
[00:35:48] Speaker A: I'm probably going to take Tennessee.
[00:35:50] Speaker C: Clean Sweep.
[00:35:51] Speaker A: Clean Sweep. Either we're all right or we're all wrong.
[00:35:54] Speaker C: Didn't think of it that way.
[00:35:55] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:35:56] Speaker C: And I'm going to.
[00:36:00] Speaker B: He'S doing all this just so he can pick Tennessee.
[00:36:02] Speaker A: Let him speak.
[00:36:04] Speaker B: All right.
[00:36:05] Speaker D: So I think I might go a m here.
[00:36:09] Speaker C: Really?
[00:36:09] Speaker B: Now? I'm taking the mic away from give.
[00:36:11] Speaker A: Him back the mic.
[00:36:13] Speaker D: Probably just to avoid the sweet.
[00:36:16] Speaker A: That's a good call. We can't all be wrong. We need somebody to be correct.
[00:36:20] Speaker B: What's wrong with being wrong? It's all about learning from your mistakes. Okay, that's what I did last week or actually the last month because I said that Alabama was going to lose the A M for the last month. Okay. I'm learning from that mistake. I am never, ever betting against Milro de Burden ever again.
[00:36:35] Speaker A: Anyway, so what's the thoughts behind the A M over Tennessee prediction?
[00:36:43] Speaker D: I agree with you.
[00:36:46] Speaker B: So if you agree with us, agree.
[00:36:50] Speaker D: With the analysis part in that. I think whoever's going to have the ball last is going to win the game.
[00:36:54] Speaker C: That's fair, right?
[00:36:55] Speaker D: It could easily come down to a last second field goal.
[00:36:57] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:36:58] Speaker D: I think it's a low it easily could be with that run defense.
[00:37:03] Speaker C: That's fair.
[00:37:04] Speaker D: They could.
[00:37:04] Speaker A: Absolutely. Moving on, we should probably talk about this Oregon Washington game, fellas.
[00:37:11] Speaker C: Well, it's the game day game.
[00:37:13] Speaker A: It is the game day game.
[00:37:14] Speaker C: It is a game day game.
[00:37:16] Speaker B: Thank you for that statement.
[00:37:18] Speaker C: Coming in strong with it. This is going to be a really good game.
[00:37:21] Speaker A: Right.
[00:37:21] Speaker C: I think whoever comes out on top of this game as far as from a quarterback perspective is really going to boost their name in that Heisman. I don't want to just say, like, whoever loses can't somehow still win the Heisman, but this is a big game as far as, like, it's a top ten matchup. If Bo Nicks outdues Michael Pinix, then that's big for him, especially on the road. But if Michael Pinix does play better than Bo Nicks, whoever I think comes out of that is pretty big for the Heisman race and obviously for whoever comes out on top of this game really puts a statement out there that, hey, we're a playoff contender.
[00:37:57] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:37:58] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:37:58] Speaker A: No, that's not fair at all. I like this game a lot.
[00:38:02] Speaker C: This is going to be a good game.
[00:38:03] Speaker A: Both guys having really great seasons in Knicks and Pennix.
I'm really curious to see the jokes that people are going to make out of Pennix and Knicks. I guarantee you there is going to be announcer that somehow makes a play on that. I don't know what it is now. There's got to be something, but somebody's.
[00:38:18] Speaker C: Going to do it.
[00:38:19] Speaker A: Somebody has to. I don't know what it's going to be, but somebody has to.
I think I may like Oregon in this matchup slightly. Really, Elliot's? A fan of this take.
I think Oregon may be slightly more complete as a team, if that makes sense.
And again, don't get me wrong, I do think it's going to be a great game, but I think my favorite might slightly be Oregon. Elliot, you seem like you really want to get talking about this game. Please hit us. Former Pennix hater Elliot Miller. Former and current excuse me, ongoing.
[00:38:58] Speaker B: Maybe I'm not even a hater. I'm just not like enamored. Okay, can I go with that not enamored. That's not me being a hater. That's just me not being enamored. Okay, that's fair. He's not enamored. I'm just the voice of reason.
The reason that I will be taking the Oregon Ducks over the Washington Huskies. Okay. Both of these quarterbacks have played outstanding this season. There is nothing more I can say about that. Okay. But I'm going to go with the team that has statistically and I think because Mr. Tanner Thompson here is also taking the Oregon Ducks, probably also on tape. Okay.
The better defense is the Oregon Ducks. And quite frankly, I don't think it's very close. Okay. When you compare yards allowed on the ground. Oregon only gives up 102 a game. Washington's giving up about 121. That's not a huge difference. But the passing yards okay. Oregon is only giving up 153 per game.
[00:40:04] Speaker A: Washington's giving up 153 passing yards a game. Man, that's crazy.
[00:40:09] Speaker B: Washington is at 243 for reference.
[00:40:11] Speaker A: Right.
[00:40:11] Speaker B: That's like almost 100 yards more. Right?
[00:40:15] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:40:16] Speaker B: That's basically like a touchdown more.
[00:40:18] Speaker A: Right.
[00:40:18] Speaker C: I am just willing to bet and if anybody wants to make this wager, I'll throw out Ever. How many dollars you all want to that Michael Pennix Jr. Has more than 143 yards?
[00:40:27] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:40:28] Speaker C: You mean 100 and 5343. Same thing.
[00:40:34] Speaker A: That being said, he's confident. I do think he's going to have more than 100. The allowing 153 is impressive for the defense, but this does happen to be a very good passing attack with those numbers.
[00:40:44] Speaker B: I'm not saying that they're going to hold them.
[00:40:48] Speaker A: I think we're on the same page about that. I think he's definitely going to throw for over 150. But it's still significant that Oregon is holding teams to 153 passing yards a game. You can't mistake that at all.
[00:41:00] Speaker C: Just Washington's playmakers on the outside. They have three guys that are like I can't remember. Can you check his name? Rome. He's a first round talent. They have a receiver and then they have two other guys that 100% are probably third round at worst and going to get drafted.
[00:41:17] Speaker B: Are you talking about Washington or you're talking about Washington?
[00:41:19] Speaker A: Washington?
[00:41:20] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:41:21] Speaker B: Okay. Because I thought you said Oregon first. I thought he might have.
[00:41:25] Speaker C: Former Alabama player and former Alabama stud Treyson Holden is actually for the Oregon. He plays for Oregon.
[00:41:30] Speaker A: Wow. I did not know he's been decent. Yeah.
[00:41:34] Speaker C: Kyrie Jackson plays for Oregon.
[00:41:35] Speaker B: I thought were going to throw out like some Huey Dewey and Louie reference or something.
[00:41:39] Speaker C: No Huey Dewey.
[00:41:40] Speaker A: No Huey Dewey.
[00:41:41] Speaker C: Dewey. Anyway, I think that the Washington home crowd. I don't know if y'all have ever watched the game. Washington has a which you could say this about a lot of good teams, but they have a really good stadium. Their crowd is going to be really electric for that game.
[00:41:56] Speaker A: Right.
[00:41:56] Speaker C: With Bo nicks coming in. Obviously, Bo Nicks is a great player. I do think that this game it'll be game legacy.
It's just been a legacy week for you. It's a whole legacy.
I think this is another game that's going to come down to the wire. Whoever gets the ball it might be like the Red River robbery. Whoever gets the ball last probably will win the game.
[00:42:19] Speaker A: Right?
[00:42:19] Speaker C: They probably will win the game.
[00:42:20] Speaker A: Absolutely. Yeah. All right. So moving on. Last game we have, I believe, is USC versus Notre Dame. Does anybody have some thoughts? They are just jonesing to get out about this game.
[00:42:31] Speaker C: Notre Dame will win.
[00:42:33] Speaker B: Probably should have gave an analysis, but it's fine. Sometimes you don't need analysis. Sometimes you just need to say what you believe and I'm glad that you are so really strong your beliefs out there. Yeah. Elliot, this is like picking a lesser of two evils for me because on one hand, I see a porous defense that reminds me of swiss cheese. And then on the other hand, I see a reeling quarterback that in the past that I have seen when he has bad performances, start seeing casper the ghost. Okay.
[00:43:11] Speaker C: Every chance to take a shot at every chance he gets to say no.
[00:43:18] Speaker B: Because I'm not taking a shot at him. Like I said, I think he is a good college quarterback, but he's not that guy. Unfortunately, USC is not some pushover.
[00:43:26] Speaker A: Right.
[00:43:26] Speaker B: Okay. As bad as their defense may be statistically, I do think that there is some level of not like legitness to it. But you know what I mean. Right.
It's not something that you're going to sneeze at. Okay. Yeah.
[00:43:42] Speaker A: Right.
[00:43:43] Speaker B: Wait, their defense, you have to respect it in some regard.
[00:43:48] Speaker C: Disagree?
[00:43:49] Speaker A: No, sir, I'm not given a lick of an ounce.
[00:43:53] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:43:54] Speaker A: He still said, oh, this team's going to win. You're wrong.
[00:43:57] Speaker B: That's it.
Okay. In reference you want to compare it to washington. Okay. Like pass yards allowed. USC is giving up 264 on average. Okay. Washington was 243. That's really not that much of a difference how many rushes washington like there's some powerhouse. Okay.
[00:44:11] Speaker A: Right.
[00:44:12] Speaker B: From that regard. Right. There's some level of respect to be had. But in my opinion, again, it's another big game and they've just been like, as we pointed out, notre dame's been sloshing through the last three big games.
I don't know whether to pick a reeling sam hartman and the notre dame fighting irish or whether I pick a porous defense in USC. This is a pickup.
[00:44:35] Speaker A: I think I'm going to pick USC here. That is going to be my pick. Mainly because I think there's a certain factor to caleb williams where I think this could has the chance to be a fantastic game from him.
[00:44:48] Speaker C: That's fair.
[00:44:48] Speaker A: He's going to need help from the defense. But I believe in caleb williams ability a lot. I think he is the reason that he keeps them in games and in close games. I think there is something to say about a quarterback know game isn't going well, but when the time comes down to it, he goes out and he wins the game.
[00:45:03] Speaker C: He's that guy.
[00:45:04] Speaker A: And I think that's who he is. And I think there's a real chance that's how this game pans out.
[00:45:07] Speaker B: That's fair.
[00:45:08] Speaker C: That's a really good prediction.
[00:45:10] Speaker D: I think this is going to be a pretty high scoring game.
Obviously, USC's defense isn't great, but obviously USC, they've got caleb williams. They've got great offense.
[00:45:20] Speaker A: Right.
[00:45:20] Speaker D: But I think notre dame, I think they're going to win.
[00:45:23] Speaker C: And you're going to that game, right?
[00:45:24] Speaker D: Yeah, I'm going to be there.
It's going to be like 40 degrees, chilly, rainy.
[00:45:30] Speaker A: We're going to get some.
[00:45:31] Speaker D: Going to be a nice analysis.
[00:45:32] Speaker C: We are going to get some.
[00:45:34] Speaker D: I'll be there. But I think notre dame is going to win and perfect both of these teams. Really? Based off recent memory in these big games, they haven't really performed well. And USC, I think back to last year when Caleb williams was playing Utah twice, lost to him. Both then he lose it to two lane in the cotton bowl. Notre dame. I mean, yeah, they haven't been that great in big games, right? Yeah. I'm going to take notre dame.
[00:45:58] Speaker A: So we've got Adrian with notre dame. We've got Graham with notre dame. Elliot, is your official take have been said yet?
[00:46:04] Speaker B: All right. No, I haven't. I'm about to get to it right now. Okay.
Drum roll, please.
I'm actually going to go with notre dame.
Okay.
[00:46:18] Speaker A: No, when I made my prediction, ellie was pointing at me and nodding the whole time. That's awesome.
[00:46:24] Speaker B: Okay. The only reason why I have seen the way that USC has performed on defense the last couple weeks, like I said, I don't think Sam hartman is the guy to get you over to hump, but I do think that they will bounce back against USC, especially with a porous defense like I've seen. If Arizona is going to be able to do that to USC, I definitely do believe that Sam harmon and the notre dame fighting irish have the capabilities both on the ground and in the.
[00:46:49] Speaker C: Air to take advantage of Sam hormone.
[00:46:51] Speaker B: What?
[00:46:52] Speaker C: That's a reeling. Sam hormone.
[00:46:54] Speaker A: That's what you said.
[00:46:55] Speaker B: Yes, I think that they will take advantage of that. I do think that they will prevail and I think that they will ruin USC's chances of being in the playoff.
[00:47:04] Speaker C: Okay.
[00:47:05] Speaker A: There you go. I agree with that. All right, well, we have anything else before we get out of here, fellas?
[00:47:10] Speaker C: Ready for college football? Big week. Big week.
[00:47:12] Speaker A: All right. There we go.
[00:47:13] Speaker B: I can't wait for that. 11:00 a.m. Kickoff for homecoming.
[00:47:17] Speaker A: You just interrupted me in my outro, by the way.
[00:47:19] Speaker B: My bad.
[00:47:20] Speaker C: Never disrespect your intro.
[00:47:22] Speaker B: I did not disrespect this intro.
[00:47:24] Speaker A: You disrespected the intro.
[00:47:25] Speaker C: Let him do a thing.
[00:47:26] Speaker A: All right, don't interrupt at this time, everybody. Thank you so much for listening to 90.7 the calf and the student section. My name is Tanner along with Elliot, Adrian, and Graham. Thank you so much for listening, everyone. Have a great night.
