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On this episode, Graham, Josh and Devin talk about the Georgia/Alabama results and go into depth with the upcoming college football matchups, score predictions and analysis with the three for the Week 6 matchups.
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[00:00:00] Speaker A: WVuafm, Tuscaloosa.
[00:00:14] Speaker B: Welcome into the student section, college football. I am your host, Graham Baco, with my co hosts, Josh and Devin. Boys, how are we doing on this fantastic Friday?
[00:00:27] Speaker C: Feeling good, man.
[00:00:27] Speaker A: End of the week, dude. Once again, thank God it's a Friday. Boys, we made it through another week. Boys, we made it through another week. And it feels good to be alive.
And, you know, it's a little more slower a college football weekend, but some really good matchups out this weekend. Oh, yeah.
[00:00:44] Speaker B: Yeah. This week went by super quick. I am. I am doing great because for two reasons. Number one, the Tigers swept the Astros in the first round of the playoffs. They're going to the Aldshe. But number two, Alabama, dude, took down Georgia 41 34 in an instant classic. Devin, you called it last week. You said, this is going to be an instant classic in a game to remember, this was. And you also said, like, you also said that you thought it was going to be the best game of the century. It's certainly up there. It is certainly up there. 41 34. It was 280. Georgia came all the way back, took a 33 30 or 34 30 33 lead. But Ryan Williams, if you roll back the tape, what did I say? I said, in the last two to three minutes, Ryan Williams will make a play and score a touchdown to give Alabama the win. And that's what happened. Roll it back.
Whenever the podcast gets posted. It'll get posted at some point, but roll it back whenever it gets posted. But anyways, yeah, that's exactly what we're starting with. It was a absolute, I mean, it was the greatest college football game I've ever been to, personally. I mean, what, what did you guys think?
[00:02:04] Speaker C: Oh, man.
Win or loss, man, that was a work of art, looking at that from the first play to last play.
[00:02:11] Speaker B: Sure.
[00:02:11] Speaker C: In the middle, it got a little boring. It's like, oh, man, Alabama blowout. Yeah, they came back. I was like, uh oh, what is going on? They took the lead. I'm like, oh, no, this isn't really gonna happen. Then old Ryan Williams gets the job done. Then the defense, last player of the game, snags it off. Beck got a photo finish.
[00:02:31] Speaker A: Last play, man, he almost called as well. If you, if you ever gets posted, he almost said, like, watch this game be like a blowout game now that, when the first two quarters came around, we were like, oh, you've got to be kidding me. Yeah, because everybody's preparing for this game. Trump comes to the game. Recruits come to the game. The game is sold out. All the quad. The universe of Alabama looks like the inside of the Apple store during Black Friday is horrible if you're there to witness it. But at the same time, the first two quarters, I was not expecting any of that. They just came out. Offense looked like smoother than butter. The defense didn't allow a single thing to happen. I mean, a lot of score up, but that's okay. I mean, I was going to have it eventually, but, I mean, I was jaw dropped. I was like, well, this ain't even gonna be a game anymore. Here comes the third quarter and the fourth quarter. One thing we know about Kirby is that he can make some really good second half adjustments. He does a very good job of that. And he did that. You know, when they got the chance to do something on offense, they did something on offense. It was very sloppy play by a guy who was considered a first overall pick, and he did not play to any kind of expectation. I wish he could. And then when it came around to, they made that big, deep throw where they got the first lead of the game for the first time, I was like, oh, my gosh. This is the game of the year, and this may be one of the best games that are witnessed. And then you called it where Ryan Williams all. It was like, okay, you want your one deep throw? We could do a deep throw. Look at our 17 year old. 17. Yeah, he's 17 from Sarah land, Alabama, who goes in and gets the biggest score of his entire lifetime. Oh, he's only 18. He came and buy a pack of cigarettes. Yeah, that's who he is.
I really thought me, like, when Jordan was driving down the field, I was like, oh, buddy, if this happens, why these gonna happen? Bath throw again by Carson Beck. Bama wins the game that some people consider to be one of the greatest games they've ever witnessed in person. Like you just said, I wish I got a chance to see in person, but I didn't. But I wasn't. I wasn't a dagham, a club, but it's all good. That still was an amazing, amazing game to witness either eons in person or in through his green.
[00:04:50] Speaker B: Yeah, for sure. I mean, it was the biggest emotional roller coaster and also the fastest emotional rollercoaster I have ever been on. When it was 280, I'm like, is this, is this actually happening? Is this real life right now? Like, it's 280. This is not supposed to be happening. Kirby Smart is a better coach than this. Like, he never lets this happen to his teams. And then after halftime, like, I don't know. I just got this feeling. I'm like, something tells me George is not finished yet. Kirby Smart's not going to let his team just roll over and die again in a stage like this. And Carson Beck and Georgia offense, they came out swinging in the, in the second half, immediately came all the way back and I immediately was. I immediately was like, holy crap. You know, it brought me back to it. I hate to mention this, but it brought me back to the Lions blowing it in the NFC championship game. They had a three score lead at halftime and a three score lead at halftime and then the 49 ers came all the way back and I'm like, I'm getting the same exact type of feeling in this game and I'm not about to have a good night's sleep.
[00:05:57] Speaker A: Can never have anything nice. That's what he was feeling.
[00:05:59] Speaker B: Exactly. Yes.
But then, but then Ryan Williams ten, literally 10 seconds later, literally puts up the play of the year and completely ruins the entire Georgia fan base. And then the two point conversion to tack it on and make it a full score lead and then Xavier and Brown with the game ceiling interception. That was the wildest game I have ever witnessed. And going and like with Alabama, like the second half, like the offense from the first half to the second half, it was, I mean, it was polar opposite. They're scoring just about every drive of the first half. And then right after Hampton, they had, they had nothing. I mean, they couldn't get anything going. It was punt and then another punt and then they eventually got the field goal. And that was thanks to Ryan Williams with the tip drill catch, which was, which has been overshadowed by his, another amazing catch. I mean, Ryan Williams won them this game. He may, he got them into scoring position for all their points for the second half. And so the MVP goes to Ryan Williams. And if. I don't know if a freshman wide receiver has ever won a Heisman trophy, but I mean, if there, if he had a Heisman moment, consider that a Heisman moment.
[00:07:18] Speaker A: I will say this, though I disagree in some ways. I don't think he was the MVP of that game. I do think it was Milro. What Millrow put up in that game and what he showed to thousands of thousands of people, not only of how he was able to throw the football, but how he ran with the ball, was some of the most impressive dual threat ability I've ever seen since Jaden Daniels destroyed Florida last year. I have never seen a dual threat quarterback who use his legs, use his arm to make the plays that he did in one game, in one night. He was a baller. He just drew up it grew up his draft stock to the point where people were considering him to be the first overall pick. That's impressive. You know what I'm saying? That's very impressive. He did that efficiently against a very good SEC defense.
[00:08:07] Speaker C: Yeah, man. Jalen Milrosa. I love to watch him too smooth, too calm. Like he was, he was made for moments like this. This is why he's here for another year. I mean, just, I mean, words can explain how happy I I was seeing him calm in the pocket, not freaking out, letting, you know, just taking control and not, you know. Cause Beck, for his half, I'm like, oh, is he sober?
[00:08:31] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:08:31] Speaker C: Cause he was nervous. You could just tell, like, when they.
[00:08:35] Speaker A: Zoomed in on, he looked like trash.
[00:08:37] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:08:37] Speaker C: He was like, ooh, Oz bugged out. I mean, he looks like that anyway.
[00:08:40] Speaker A: But that's also very true. Yeah, I agree, man.
[00:08:44] Speaker C: Miro, he got the job done. Williams did great. But you gotta give props to Millrow. He's a one man machine, can run past and do it all.
[00:08:51] Speaker A: Yeah, exactly.
[00:08:52] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, I do agree. Millrow played absolutely outstanding, and he certainly proved that he should go before Carson Beck in the draft, hands down. I mean, his running ability is unlike any other in the country, and he also, yeah. Contributed to the win with his legs and his arm. But, like, just a second half play calling, it was just really concerning to me. Cause it just felt like, to me, they're playing not to lose. Like, because they're up by so many points.
[00:09:18] Speaker A: They're being conservative.
[00:09:19] Speaker B: Yeah, yeah, they're being. But to me, they're being way too conservative. Like, and I also. What also got me a little frustrated in the second half is when they had running clock, when they were playing, like, starting plays with the running clock, you know, from, from getting tackled from a previous run play, they would always snap the ball with still 20 to 25 seconds on the clock. So, like, they still had another 15 to 20 seconds to waste and that, and to deprive Georgia, like you, like, if they wasted that, like, I mean, it was countless times, too, that it happened. I mean, that the time adds up. I mean, that's at least another, like, three, four minutes off the clock where Georgia may not even have a chance to take the lead. And, like, the game ends, like, 33 28. So that's what really got me frustrated in the second half and why I did not like the play calling after halftime.
[00:10:08] Speaker A: Now, you didn't get the chance to, I think. Did you watch the other game in person or did you watch.
[00:10:12] Speaker C: I watched it home tv.
[00:10:13] Speaker A: Yeah. So you may have saw it, too. They were doing a halftime interview with Kirby, asking him, you know, what is leading to the reason why they didn't play like dog doo doo on the first half and then what happened the next half? He said they thought they were doing final offense, but they couldn't make a single stop on defense and they knew they had to make a stop to help their offense out. And that's what you started seeing a lot more of. They started to change the tone and setting of the game. They started to change the way that Alabama was going into the second half saying, oh, this is like a cake, while I put 30 more on them real quickly. Why not? They changed that. They changed this, they changed the tone of that, and they made it to where, hold on, this game is not over yet. Carson Beck started to make the correct throws. He started to make right throws. He started to read the field. They started to use the run game a lot more, which they should have done to begin with.
And that's what you started to see a lot more of. And that's why Georgia came back into this game to the point where they led for about 12 seconds. But that's okay. But I mean, they led the game, right. If you're Alabama fans, which you saw a lot of, they were shell shocked and they were bamboozled to the point where they're like, what just happened? How do you, how do we go from having a 30 point lead? I think about 30 to 23. I mean, think of a score, but you go from that big of a lead to choking that lead to that amount of time, to the point where you look at the Atlanta Falcons from the Super bowl and you're about to get roast and you know, you're about to get roasted because you probably took a lot of trash on Twitter and now you gotta go and get all defensive about this, say, oh, we should have never hired Kalen DeBoer about this one, man. That's what it looks like to me. It's, it's, you know, the halftime adjustments that Georgia made is an impressive thing to watch because they came back, they played better defense, they were doing a lot better on offense. They were driving down the field. You know, they couldn't get the job done. But still, I thought they did a really good job in the second half.
[00:12:19] Speaker C: For the most part. Yeah, first half, second half, it was a tale of two teams. I don't know. I don't know what I was watching the first half of the second half. That was Georgia right there.
[00:12:27] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:12:27] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:12:28] Speaker C: That was definitely a Georgia team that's a threat. And Alabama, sure, they let go of that lead and got it right back, but you can't be doing that come playoff time because once they get that chance, other teams get the chance. They'll take it, grab it and run with it, so.
[00:12:40] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:12:41] Speaker B: Yeah, exactly. Yeah. I mean, I totally agree. I mean, it, it was just crazy what happened. Kirby definitely, he obviously said something at halftime to his team and it always seemed like this. We saw it against Clemson where it's like only six to zero and we're like, like, what's going on with George's offense? And then all of a sudden they go put up 30 in the second half on Clemson out of nowhere. And then they did it to Alabama back, you know, on Saturday. And that, as you said, that's Georgia. Like, that is how Kirby smart and this Georgia team rolls. And, you know, for Alabama like that, it's concerning in the way. It's like, I don't know what happened to the secondary in the second half. Like, they went from playing so well to allowing their, allowing the Georgia receivers to get wide open in the middle of the field and getting burnt every single play.
[00:13:28] Speaker A: It's that soft coverage. Yeah, I watched a lot of that and I've seen, after watching a lot of the SEC games from last year, there's a big example of that. And LSU's defense had the worst defense I've ever witnessed. Being alive. When they have a Heisman winning quarterback in the office like that. Yeah. Their defense couldn't even stop a JV team that's about, that lives in Minnesota. You have a problem because when you play soft coverage like that and they're going to find a way to attack that soft coverage, they're going to find holes. When you are playing off about ten to 15 yards off your receiver, he's going to find a way to get in the middle of the field and get open right there.
[00:14:07] Speaker B: Right.
[00:14:07] Speaker A: But I will say, though, one of the most impressive things I saw from, from this past Saturday was the freshman. The freshman were absolutely amazing. Now think about those guys. Yeah. They made some ups and downs, you know what I'm saying? Ryan Reynolds looked perfect, but that's okay. But I mean, from a defensive point, you know, these guys were playing high school football last year. Last year.
[00:14:31] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:14:32] Speaker A: And they are on the stage in front of hundreds and thousands of people competing against people that are going to be getting drafted and make millions and millions of dollars for a league that's one of the biggest leagues in the world, you compete in that front. They competed pretty well. Now, I didn't say this, that they were playing perfect. They had a lot of ups and downs, you know, especially saving Brown. He had a lot of plays where he, you wish he could have gone back and say, hey, what would you do? This right here? But these guys are only freshmen, and these guys have so much potential to be some studs in this program.
I'm excited to see it. But at the same time, you know, you look at stuff like that, you have a lot of potential for the future. Alabama's gonna be set for a while.
[00:15:17] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:15:18] Speaker C: They're gonna be going anywhere anytime soon.
[00:15:20] Speaker A: Oh, man. They're gonna be good. They're going to be good. And the freshmen are proving it every single time.
[00:15:25] Speaker B: Yeah. Those were two basically future NFL teams, like, NFL roster type players on the field that once. And it was essentially like, or maybe it was even better than the 2019 game against LSU, where it was quite literally, you know, you go back, look at the players that are on the field compared to now. It was literally two NFL teams on a field competing against each other on a college, on a college football field.
[00:15:47] Speaker A: Give it about one or two years. We'll compare that game to the one in 2019, and we'll see how many, like, how many of these players are on NFL rosters. And if it is, you know, 80% on both teams having NFL players, this game is very on match with that game. 29.
[00:16:05] Speaker B: Oh, yeah, probably even more than that. I mean, just thinking of, ooh, well.
[00:16:11] Speaker A: Don'T stretch it yet, Ben. Don't stretch it yet. You talk about, oh, we'll see.
[00:16:16] Speaker B: I mean, because that's stretching a little bit.
[00:16:19] Speaker A: My.
[00:16:21] Speaker B: I mean, just because of the post season implication that it has. I mean, well, as the season progresses, we'll see how the SEc shakes out. But just, I was, like, looking at it today, it is theoretically possible that there could be a six way tie in the sEc.
So you would have Alabama, you would have Georgia, you would have Texas, you would have Tennessee, you'd have Missouri, and you'd have LSU. Just looking at their schedule, it is. It is. It. I'm not saying it's gonna happen like this. It's a low chance it's gonna happen, but it is also just looking at the schedule, looking at who's favored everything like that, it's certainly a possibility. You could have a six way tie at eleven and one and this past game is gonna, is gonna have it.
[00:17:05] Speaker A: Well, because LSU and Alabama play should, though, right?
[00:17:07] Speaker B: But like, LSU's loss, one loss would go to, would come to Alabama. Like, if they beat Ole miss next week and they only lose to USC already. But that's not a conference lost.
[00:17:17] Speaker A: Are you talking about conference?
[00:17:20] Speaker B: Yeah, one loss in conference play, but yeah. We'll continue this conversation on the other side of this break. There's a lot, there's still some more to break down because this was a really great game.
Welcome back to the student section, college football. Continuing a little bit, the last part of the conversation about Alabama, Georgia, and I just wanted to talk about, like, Kalyn DeBoer. I mean, this was his first SEC conference game coming from Washington and Fresno State and everywhere else. And Sioux Falls, I believe that was the first one that he was at before Fresno State. But, like, now he is at Alabama. There's a bunch of, you know, speculation offseason is, can he actually compete with the big dogs of the SEC like Kirby Smart in his Georgia team. And he proved it. And, you know, especially even when Georgia came back and took the lead, there is no sweat. There's no panic. They're like, all right, we got two minutes. We're just going to hit you right back. And that's exactly what they did. I mean, what do you think? You know, this game says about Kalyn DeBoer? Like, as a coach now at Alabama.
[00:18:40] Speaker A: He is three and o against now.
[00:18:44] Speaker B: Kirby smart, I think it's actually six. You know, I know what you're talking about. It was like, kirby smart, Dan laning and Sarkees. Yeah, yeah.
[00:18:53] Speaker A: Having that kind of a record, you know, he cannot go unscathed about. That's an impressive, beyond comprehension of how impressive that record is. You know, and that's seeing a record like that, you know, there's a reason why, you know, he has every bit of a resume to make it a bama, in my opinion.
[00:19:13] Speaker C: Yeah, he's definitely that guy. I mean, coming from Washington to pac twelve, well, now they're in big ten to the SEC. He's proven that it can be done. I mean, you saw Mike leash, respects to him. He tried to bring the NRA to Mississippi State. It was somewhat successful a little bit. But what Babeau was able to do with Alabama, he felt like he's really tapped into what Alabama's all about, the players he had. Because I realized Milro, he's running a lot more and he's comfortable with it. It's not, this doesn't feel forced. It feels like Melrose able to run his sweeps. And as you see, he ran it in one day. And it's just, it's just amazing to see what Deborah has done at Alabama. He's tapping in more with the player style rather than a system he's building around the players and not just the coaching staff.
[00:19:56] Speaker B: Yeah, you're exactly right. I mean, I think when he first came here, he was, you know, he had asked the players, like, you know, what they did and didn't like, you know, they're, you know, under Saban. And he just kind of has tailored to the player, to the players, and it's been clearly successful. Like, he's letting the players, you know, kind of run the show and he's letting the players just kind of be themselves and just kind of play into their strengths on the field and off the field, really. And especially Milro. Like, you can see that him and Melro are on the same page from a coaching standpoint and playing standpoint, I mean, they just look very comfortable together. And Kalyn DeBoer, he did it with Michael Pennix last year at Washington and he's doing it with Milro now. I mean, just letting me just be himself, play to his strengths. And, you know, like you said, you know, to your point about the six and O record against guys like, you know, Kirby Smart, Dan landing and Sarkeejan, like three coaches that are going to take their team to the playoff this year, I mean, that is something to be said like that. You can't just sweep that under the rug. Like that is something majortainous. And that should tell you that Kalyn DeBoer is a winner. I mean, he was, there's a stat. It's like in the last like 33 conference games or whatever that Cailin DeBoer's been a part of. He is 33 in the last 33 conference games. Or it was some sort of stab.
Yeah, I mean, Kalyn DeBoer is a winner. And when I, when they first hired Kalyn DeBoer, he was actually, it was him or Dan landing was my words of my favorite options. And it was DeBoer really that held the edge because he took Washington from like pretty much nowhere to the runners up in the national championship. I mean, what he can, what he's able to do and how quickly he is able to do it. And now he's got Alabama with the roster and players, a lot of them still from when Saban was a coach. So, like, he's got so much talent and stuff that, like, if he can do what he did with Washington and with Fresno State. Like, imagine what he could do at Alabama as the years progress.
[00:22:00] Speaker A: Exactly right. I mean, that's the impressive part. But the one thing I'll tell you is that, you know, when looking at him, some people are a little bit skeptical because it's about joining the SEC. Patrell's a different game.
The SEC is the best conference in the country.
[00:22:17] Speaker C: Without a doubt it.
[00:22:18] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:22:18] Speaker A: And so not even close. So you have to think about different aspects of competition, the different aspects of recruiting and the coaching, because now you have to deal with a fan base who has been, you know, buttered up in, tampered with Nick Saban for so many years, who has won so many championships. You have to go in and fill the shoes with the greatest of all time and recruit only hopefully on the same way as he has. Have you all been seeing his recruiting? He has done an amazing job when it comes to recruiting. He's got multiple five stars so far. He's got a five star quarterback as oppressive, you know, saying so. So far, he has shown. He's proven to be, you know, everything a little bit more of a head coach for Alabama.
[00:23:05] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah, for sure. And, you know, we'll see how that continues. But let's go to the upset of the weekend. Kentucky went into Oxford and took down Ole Miss 20 to 17.
This was a game Ole Miss should have won. And it's like everyone was kind of questioning, you know, Ole Miss, they're like, okay, they played absolutely nobody their first four games. Like, how good really are they? You know, because they were dropping 76, but it was on teams like Furman. And so everyone's like, okay, is this team, like actually for real? Can they actually compete? And then they go lose to Kentucky. And that has to be like the most deflating loss for Ole Miss and especially in a year where they've invested so much. And it's like this is like kind of finally their chance to try and go to the SEC championship and try and make a run in the playoffs, and then they lose.
[00:23:57] Speaker A: I'm not going to talk a lot crap about Ole Miss. My mom is listening right now. She's an Ole Miss fan, so I love you, mama. I will say this, though, you know, this was the first real main test for Ole Miss to really start to actually get their feet wet on the, the upcoming competition. Next weekend they do play against LSU. This weekend they play against South Carolina, which has a much better defense. But talk about this game, you know, this was the first real main game, first real SEC competition.
I could not believe what I was watching. I really. Because thing is, Kentucky has a few pieces then there. That is really nice. They do. They played at home in the ball.
Ole Miss played in their stadium during a somewhat of a day game.
And you're telling me this is how you introduce yourselves against SEC competition for the year?
I was shocked. I was shocked because I thought, and I will continue to say this is the most talented Ole Miss team I have seen since probably 2013.
[00:25:03] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:25:03] Speaker A: Which all that team. If you've seen a team, it's amazing. But this is such a talented team that they. This is the best team I've seen them probably make the playoffs with. So I don't know how they lose a game like this. Continue to kentucky, but this weekend, they have to set, oh, yeah, the stage and say, okay, that game was a fluke. Let's move on and let's. Let's win. Now, that's what they have to think.
[00:25:30] Speaker C: Yeah. Right now, I feel for my friends in Oxford right now. Cause I don't know. What was that about? Cause I'm watching the game in the quad. They're getting ready for the kick. I'm just like, oh, no, he's about to shake it, isn't he?
[00:25:43] Speaker A: He shanked the crap out of the kick.
[00:25:46] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:25:47] Speaker C: I was like, well, I can't say I didn't see that coming. Dark.
[00:25:50] Speaker A: I was.
[00:25:51] Speaker C: I thought he could have been a great sleeper pick for Heisman. He did play fine, but that's not gonna look good on his Heisman resume.
[00:25:58] Speaker B: No, I just.
[00:25:59] Speaker C: Ole Miss really disappointed.
[00:26:01] Speaker A: It was. It was awful. I mean, it was awful. I mean, a Kentucky offense that doesn't have a whole lot of identity all around it, outside of key and barium brown, you're telling me that that is the best thing they can do against Kentucky? You gotta be kidding me. I mean, this is. This is a team that is prepared for a playoff run that doesn't have a whole lot of, you know, a whole lot of weaknesses. They picked up. They dropped a whole bag and a half on the whole transfer portal to get Walter Nolan Prince. I'm gonna try to say his last name. They got even. They have a former five star linebackers and materian Perkins. Their offense looks absolutely amazing with juice Wells, Trey Harris, that tight end who I still hyped about, Henry Parrish. Jackson dart should be a stud.
[00:26:54] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:26:54] Speaker A: And you lose to Kentucky at home at 11:00 a.m. game. Bruh, what in the world is that? You try to make a word out there about you being a playoff team, and you can't even beat Kentucky.
[00:27:11] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:27:12] Speaker A: What are you going to do against South Carolina? South Carolina is the best defensive front of the nation. They have a true crappy team a day. Mandy, you're kidding me? That's the best you can do? Oh, lord.
[00:27:23] Speaker B: Oh. And now, like, a side effect that, you know, the media is talking about is, what about, what's Lane Kiffin gonna do now? Like, all right. Exactly. Like, is Lane Kiffin gonna leave Ole Miss after this year?
[00:27:35] Speaker C: Really?
[00:27:36] Speaker A: That.
[00:27:36] Speaker B: That's. A lot of people are starting. The rumors are starting to. It's not. Not like any reports or anything, but that's the media conversation. Is Wayne Kiffin leave Ole Miss? Like, this is the best they've ever been, and they lose to Kentucky. Is he gonna go to a more.
A more attractive spot like. Like Florida? Maybe? Who knows?
[00:27:53] Speaker A: Billy Napier's gonna get fired up this season.
[00:27:55] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:27:56] Speaker A: He's gonna get fired.
[00:27:56] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:27:57] Speaker A: No, he is just fighting off for a paycheck at this point right now, man. That's what he's doing now, like you said, and I agree, Florida is a very more attractive spot kind of recruiting to, you know, which is the legacy is history.
[00:28:12] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:28:13] Speaker A: It's a very well known school.
[00:28:14] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:28:15] Speaker A: And if he. If Lane Kevin does decide to leave, I actually hope he doesn't, just for my mom's sake, you know? It's. It's. I don't blame him for going to Florida. And the thing is, he has to show. He has to prove why he's a top notch quarterback. He has a good offensive mind. He could develop pretty. Develop quarterbacks pretty well, but he has to show why he's a good coach for the SEC level. He can't just say that, oh, I am just Nick Saban's little man. Oh, no, I can't say that.
[00:28:45] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:28:45] Speaker A: He has to make a name for himself. If you can't show that at Ole Miss, then what the heck is he gonna do? A Florida.
[00:28:51] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:28:52] Speaker C: He's almost playing George this year.
[00:28:53] Speaker B: You do almost does play Georgia Ole Miss.
[00:28:57] Speaker C: Play Ole Miss in smart.
[00:28:59] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:28:59] Speaker C: I love to see that showdown, man.
[00:29:00] Speaker B: That they're also going to LSU, I think next. Next week, next Friday. Yeah. Yeah, they're going to.
Yeah. So, you know, it's not going to get any easier for Ole Miss. They got to turn it around. They got to figure it out.
Yeah. But another. Another team that really needs to figure out is Auburn.
Oklahoma came back down 21 to ten in the fourth quarter to take down Auburn off of Peyton Thorne, pick six. That changed the entire game. And Auburn, they haven't had a road game yet, by the way. I don't know who's keeping track. They've had five games. They're all, they've all been at home, and they're two and three.
[00:29:37] Speaker A: There's not a single sober human being in Auburn right now.
[00:29:41] Speaker B: Yeah, I mean, Auburn, sorry for you Auburn fans out there. If you listen to the Tuscaloosa, but I hate to tell you, but it's pretty rough. Fell 27 21, Oklahoma, 17 unanswered in the fourth quarter to come back.
[00:29:59] Speaker A: Payne Thorn throwing interceptions like a moth to a flame. There is no main difference. I mean, I really thought he probably listened to the pot, to the radio show because he was actually balling out. I was like. I was like.
[00:30:12] Speaker B: He started, oh, my gosh.
[00:30:13] Speaker A: He must have really gotten nervous, what I said to him last weekend or last week, and he's been balling out. He's been utilizing his weapons. He's been turning up, and I couldn't believe it. It gets a really good Oklahoma defense, and then there comes the pick six, and now I'm like, oh, grass is green on this side. Still, my boy, it doesn't make much of a difference. Still, Auburn fans, they can't catch a breather, have a coward breather since 2014.
Grass is green.
[00:30:41] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:30:41] Speaker C: Man, Auburn, the first half, they played like a football team. Like, okay, they can do this against Oklahoma.
[00:30:46] Speaker B: This is.
[00:30:47] Speaker C: This is a good win. You know, good step in the right direction, and then they just collapse. Like it, just in Auburn fashion.
[00:30:53] Speaker A: It's not even a much of a collapse. They collapsed at home in front of an auburn with all those Auburn fans there. And he even said they've played, I mean, like, five home games straight.
[00:31:06] Speaker B: All five. Kidding.
[00:31:08] Speaker C: What makes you think you're gonna win away?
[00:31:10] Speaker A: What the heck makes you think you're gonna win at Tuscaloosa? This the last game of the season? Oh, no, we got this. We got Peyton Thorne boys. Oh, great to hear that, pal. At least they got what's his name, deuce knight from their damian. They flipped him.
[00:31:22] Speaker B: Oh, see that? Yeah. Oh, yeah.
[00:31:24] Speaker A: That's a really big flip. He's probably. That. That quarterback room is not so good. He probably started next year, honestly. But you tell me, how do you choke the lead? How they are starting their true freshman quarterback, Michael Hawkins, the second or the third, they started him up. And you, you've already gotten the big old lead.
You're doing enough on defense. How are you choking away this game? Oh, that's right. To a pick six. My bad, player. Have a nice day.
[00:31:50] Speaker B: Yeah, and I mean, it's not getting any easier for Auburn because they go, they go to Georgia this week and they go to Missouri next week, and then they go to Kentucky the week after that. Then they got, then they got, they got Vanderbilt and you all, Monroe.
They easily could. We're going to talk about Vanderbilt later on shortly here. But then they also have a and m, and then they come here to Tuscaloosa. Like Auburn's. Like they haven't gotten to the hardest part of their schedule yet.
[00:32:21] Speaker C: Auburn athletic director, if you're hearing me, just save the money and cancel the season.
[00:32:25] Speaker A: Like I'm saving the money. You freeze right away if you not see the allegations, man, just go ahead and do it, man.
[00:32:33] Speaker B: If you're an Auburn fan, I'm sorry, but I mean, you probably know this by now, but, like, you know, it's not gonna get any better this season.
[00:32:42] Speaker A: Go get Ben Johnson from the Lions. No, no, no.
[00:32:46] Speaker B: I would love to keep Ben Johnson in Detroit, please, until we, until we win a Super bowl. Keep Ben Johnson in Detroit. I just want to, I just want to see one line. Super bowl.
[00:32:55] Speaker A: That's the thing about those that, you know, like I said, auburn has a lot of really good talent on that team. They really, really do.
[00:33:06] Speaker B: They really do.
[00:33:07] Speaker A: I will never stop saying that because they genuinely do. They always have a really, really solid defense each and every single year. They always have really nice pieces on the offense, especially this year. They do. They started to really throw it to Cam Coleman.
[00:33:19] Speaker B: Yeah, five star I do can play.
[00:33:22] Speaker A: And they just lose this game. How do you do that? I really don't understand. I mean, I. It's so tough for me to say it because I think it's second year now.
[00:33:33] Speaker B: Well, second year Auburn, he played at Michigan State for two years.
[00:33:36] Speaker A: Not about Hugh Freeze.
You still got a point to the head coach on this because, you know, yeah, this game was in their hands. They're competing very well.
[00:33:48] Speaker B: I thought they're going to win the game.
[00:33:49] Speaker A: You, it all points back to the man up front, and that's the head coach. You cannot always blame it on the quarterback or on a defensive line, offensive line, any of these other coordinators. You have to go back to the main guy. It has to be the head coach. He did not get the job done. He did not coach enough to get the job done. And that's sad because they really did. Well, I was somewhat happy for Auburn. I have a few of my friends who go to Auburn. I was like, oh, they don't. They can actually stay sober today. That's great to see. And then they go and lose the game by a pick six. And you're like, how do you lose this game? How? And, I mean, it's just. It's sad, but it's funny at the.
[00:34:29] Speaker B: Same time, though, it really is. And we'll talk. We'll talk more about the SEC and Alabama, their upcoming opponent, playing Vanderbilt this week. We'll talk about that on the other side of this break.
We are back for the final segment of the student section, college football, and we're going to preview and predict some games for this upcoming week. Alabama going on the road to Vanderbilt this week. Now, here's the thing about Vanderbilt. This is not your normal vanderbilt. That goes 111 because they have Diego Pavia. And if you don't remember, Diego Pavia went into Auburn with New Mexico state last year and destroyed Auburn.
[00:35:31] Speaker A: Is that his team?
[00:35:33] Speaker B: Yeah, that was. That was his team. Oh, my God, Diego Pavia. Diego Pavia was the quarterback when New Mexico state win to Auburn last year.
They crush Auburn.
[00:35:41] Speaker A: My gosh.
[00:35:42] Speaker B: And that is a reason why Alabama cannot take this game lightly. Although I did see a post, um, I think it was this past Monday that they set up the rat trap. Set up the rat traps in the facility, you know, saying, hey, watch out. Keep your focus. What do you got? What do you guys think about this game?
[00:36:00] Speaker C: Definitely feels could be a trap game, but I feel like Alabama will do just fine.
[00:36:04] Speaker A: I mean, this is one of the best Vanderbilt teams I've seen in a minute. I mean, like, yeah, dude, when they're. I mean, like, they're competing against Missouri the way they did.
[00:36:12] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:36:13] Speaker A: I'm like, oh, my gosh. This is, this is a really good team. Diego is an amazing quarterback. When you are competing that good with Vanderbilt, dog, I'm gonna draft you first overall. But, I mean, like, he has been competing so well with Vanderbilt, and the entirety of Vanderbilt's team has been playing out really solid college football. They play better football than Auburn has. They played much better football, in my opinion, than Arkansas has. Yeah, I mean, they've been competing to a level where I would rate them a lot higher than a lot of the SEC schools. You know, at this moment, I really do like Vanderbilt. You know, this is. They're not gonna win this game. They're not gonna win this game. With all love and respect to them, they're not, you know, if they compete to the well point, then shout out to Clark Leah, because that's an amazing job by his team. But, you know, this is a really good Vanderbilt team. But it's just, you know, this is a really good Alabama team. Unless Alabama has not, you know, just gotten over the win and just moved on and not played down the competition. You know, I'm gonna have them. I'm gonna have Alabama win this game. But if they don't.
Oh, buddy.
[00:37:18] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah. I mean, I think this is somewhat comparable to last year. Like, after Alabama, they beat LSU at home. Huge win. And then the next year, next week, they had to go on the road to Kentucky. Everyone was saying, oh, you know, Kentucky, you know, it's a trap game. Maybe Kentucky can get them. I think this has, like, pretty much the same exact feel where it's like Alabama's cut off a major, major resume building win and now they have to go play a school that, you know, not many people are really talking about. But hold on here, because Vanderbilt, remember, they beat Virginia Tech in week one. Yeah. Who they got the. I think it was like the fifth most first place votes. Like they were supposed. They were supposed to compete in the ACC this season. And then the one confusing loss was to Georgia State. I have no idea how that happened.
[00:38:02] Speaker A: Where'd that come from?
[00:38:03] Speaker B: I don't know. That was random. And then the next week they go, they almost beat Missouri. They should have Missouri 30 yard field goal shy of beating the number seven team, the nation, so that Alabama cannot play around. And I don't think they're going to. I don't think they're going to play around. They're not going to. I think they're going to respect Vanderbilt. They're going to respect, you know, what they've done. They're not going to take them lightly. And I think, you know, Alabama, they're going to hopefully should win this pretty comfortably. I, you know, the spreads, 22. I think that's a. It could be a fair, fair spread low, my opinion.
I could see Vanderbilt possibly, you know, getting like a garbage time touchdown or something to cover the spread, you know, one of those bad beat type things. But I think Alabama should win this game pretty comfortably.
[00:38:47] Speaker C: Yeah, I've got Alabama 41 22. I feel like Alabama might have a little shaky first quarter to get, you know, because they're playing in Nashville.
[00:38:54] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:38:54] Speaker C: And they're playing only, like, building the stadium over there.
[00:38:57] Speaker B: Yeah. They're still doing the renovations. Yeah.
[00:38:59] Speaker C: That might throw them off a little bit after, like, the first quarter and a half the wheels rolling. Alabama will be. Alabama.
[00:39:05] Speaker A: Yeah. I mean, I think Vanderbilt is gonna put up some scores in this game. I think they will. I think I still do love their offensive line. You know, I think the bama is just going to consistently be able to drive down the field each and every single drive. I must say it's gonna be probably about 55 to 220.
[00:39:23] Speaker B: I'll say 45. I'll say 45, 21. I think. I think Alabama is gonna, they're gonna just barely cover the spread. But, you know, I think, I think J Omero and the gang are gonna pull away, you know, really start, you know, towards the end of half and then start the second half. I think they're gonna pull away. But a far more intriguing game. It's not really, it's an interesting slate. It's not as exciting as this past week or the next, next two weeks. Gonna be great. Next. Oh, man. Just wait for the next couple weeks for the show. Oh, man. The previews are gonna be great. But as for this slate. South Carolina, Ole Miss. Certainly an intriguing game. South Carolina, very scrappy team. They, they beat Kentucky 31 six. And then they, they were field goals shy of going to overtime with LSU. That was a crazy game. Yeah. South Carolina is not to be messed with. And Ole Miss is going right into Columbia. It could be a danger zone for Ole Miss right now.
[00:40:19] Speaker C: Yeah, this is going to be, this is a head scratches. I'm confused on Ole Miss going one way, but South Carolina on the rise. You cannot sleep on South Carolina. They're not even sneaky good. They're good. Good. Yeah, they're getting the spotlight put on. I feel like this game will definitely be like, okay, are they for real? But it's also be a game for Ole Miss to be like, all right, are these frauds? Yeah, but this is going to be, this is going to be quite a game to watch.
[00:40:40] Speaker A: I mean, thinking about with, with South Carolina, one thing is, you know, will notice Sellers be healthy to play this game. If he's healthy. This is going to be a close game. It will be. I still do love South Carolina's defense. I really do. Like, you know, what the defensive front looks like. Their DB's are really nice and how they get pressure on the quarterback if they are healthy all around. And if Ole miss, you know, if they can find the way to say, hey, this has to be our, our wake up call. We need to make a statement. Went right here to at least get things going before LSU. This has to be it.
I think this is going to be a more of a battle of Ole miss offense against South Carolina's defense. Yeah, it's going to be a heavy matchup.
[00:41:25] Speaker B: Yeah, I totally agree. I mean, and, um, I, to your point on Lenore Sellers, I got a, I got a source, I got a little connection over South Carolina telling me that Lenore Sellers, he should be, he should be good to go and, yeah, so, but in terms of like, because I had asked him, you know, will he play against Alabama? And he's like, yeah, you know, as long as, you know, he doesn't re injure himself against Ole Miss, he's going to play against Alabama for sure. So he should be go to go. Good to go against Ole Miss. Which heightens the excitement of the game for sure.
But very, some headphones just fell. But anyway, as for predictions, what do you guys think is gonna happen? Who do you think is gonna win this game?
[00:42:05] Speaker C: Oh, this is, this is tough. I don't even want to say it out loud, man. This is, oh, man.
[00:42:13] Speaker A: Let me go first.
So Ole Miss has to wake up for this game. They absolutely have to, to, they have to show why they are one of the best teams not only in the SEC but in the country. They have, they have all of this amazing talent and they have to show and go out there and prove why they deserve to be a college football team in the playoffs. They have to.
However, South Carolina is an uprising team. They have a lot of pieces that will get you wins definitely in this conference.
But I'm going to trust my instincts and I'm going to say that Ole Miss does win this game and is going to be relying heavily, heavily on Henry Parrish, junior, the running back for Ole Miss. I'm going to say the score is going to come down to 29 to 25. Ole Miss.
[00:43:03] Speaker B: Ok.
Yeah, I kind of, I'm kind of with you there. I think Ole Miss is going to win this game because they simply have no other choice but to win this game. I think Lane Kiffin is going to make sure that they, that the team doesn't make the same mistake that they did last week and get, you know, maybe too, maybe too confident or take the opponent, too lately. I really think Oklahoma, I think Ole Miss is going to bounce back this week. Give me Ole Miss 31 27.
[00:43:31] Speaker C: Yeah, this might be Ole misses wake up call right here because they've got to win this game. They don't win this game, you can kiss your playoffs goodbye. You can see sec goodbye unless someone loses, which that's probably not gonna happen.
I got, I'll take Ole Miss. It's gonna be a close one. I don't feel like it's gonna be that high scoring, but it'll be probably around.
Ooh, give me 1723.
[00:43:57] Speaker B: Oh, okay.
[00:43:58] Speaker A: I like that.
[00:43:59] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:44:00] Speaker A: This is, this is one game that would not surprise me if it goes over time. Oh, I totally agree.
This might go, it'd be like the file, like the, the final score of, like, in a regulation being like 24 25 and this goes overtime. Oh, it would not surprise me at all, certainly.
[00:44:14] Speaker B: Yeah. I mean, but on the term, on the point about Ole misses, playoff chances, if they lose this game, they're not quite over because they still have to go to LSU and they have to play Georgia, which technically, if they won out, they would certainly have two huge wins. But it would have, but it puts them in a win, like, winner or go home type situation. Like, like you have to beat Georgia or else. You have to be LSU or else. But, yeah, certainly the pressure will be on if South Carolina, are you a peach, takes the win?
[00:44:42] Speaker A: Are you a peach bowl contender or are you a music city bull contender?
[00:44:45] Speaker B: No, no, no. Actually, no.
[00:44:47] Speaker A: Like, that's, that's a Pop tart bowl contender. Are you a natty contender? That's what we're gonna find out.
[00:44:52] Speaker B: That's what really boils down to. But there's another intriguing matchup, a rematch of the national championship. Michigan going to Washington on the west coast for an NBC nighttime game in Washington.
Washington, their favorite, believe it or not.
[00:45:09] Speaker C: Wow.
[00:45:10] Speaker B: One point favorite currently over, over Michigan.
What do you guys see happening in this?
[00:45:17] Speaker A: I really do like Washington's offense. I think Will Rogers has done a really good job with that team and going in with how the new head coach has done well there. I think it's jet fish.
[00:45:28] Speaker B: Yeah. For Arizona.
[00:45:30] Speaker A: I really do like Washington.
And Michigan's offense has not really got anything done, anything going since the running backs, you know, that's only, they have quarterback situations not being good. I'm gonna go for the upset. I'm gonna say that Washington's gonna win this game 35 22. Wow.
[00:45:49] Speaker C: Yeah, this is, well, thanks to the new, you know, comprehensive linemen.
[00:45:52] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:45:53] Speaker C: Wouldn't be your everyday matchup, Washington and Michigan, but a remax of the natty. You would think this would be a great game. But Michigan's like, yeah, this is not Michigan.
[00:46:02] Speaker B: Two totally different rosters from just a few months ago, but Washington, they're, they're.
[00:46:07] Speaker C: A fine looking team. I will say that in Seattle, they're looking pretty good on Michigan. It's just who's the starting quarterback? Like who's.
[00:46:15] Speaker A: I think it's still Alex or I think or g still there. Yeah, he's okay.
[00:46:19] Speaker C: I honestly, as much as I would say, I would think, you know, you would. Common sense would tell you, oh, Michigan's gonna win this. But I don't know if I can trust Michigan.
[00:46:28] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:46:29] Speaker C: The way they've been playing is so faulty. It's just I don't have the confidence in Michigan. I mean, Washington's defense, it's a well, big ten now, but like, they're Pac twelve defense. So I feel like they should be able to score. I mean, you should be able to run through a former PaC twelve team. But Washington, they're going to get the job done. And I have Washington 32 20.
[00:46:56] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:46:56] Speaker B: Yeah. I think Michigan, I said a couple weeks ago after they beat USC, Michigan is far too reliant on the home runs. Like if you don't get those 40, 50 yard touchdowns, Michigan's got nothing. And I really like, I've always been a fan of jet fish. I like how he did with Arizona. And I like, I like Washington. I think it's gonna be very close, but I think Washington is going to win this game. I'll say, I'll say 23 20. I'll say 23 20 Washington. I think they're going to take down number ten, Michigan. And for Michigan, I think they still got to play Oregon. They still got to play Ohio State. I think Michigan's playoff hopes also end. You can cut Michigan out of the playoff conversation after Saturday night.
So yeah, guys, enjoy your weekend. Enjoy your Friday night, enjoy your college football Saturday. We'll enjoy it. We will see you guys next week. And next week is the, it's the day where everyone says don't have a wedding. October 12. October 12. A day where you can't have a wedding. So, yeah, if you have a wedding, sorry, skip it for college football. But yeah, have a great night.
