Episode Transcript
[00:00:00] Speaker A: WVUA FM tuscaloosa.
[00:00:16] Speaker B: On that one. Okay.
[00:00:18] Speaker C: I predicted Washington.
[00:00:20] Speaker B: You predicted Washington. We took oregon, right? Yeah. Tanner and I took Oregon. I predicted Washington.
[00:00:27] Speaker C: No, he's trying to take you down.
[00:00:30] Speaker D: No, two people took I think you had said you slightly leaned Oregon last week. Okay.
[00:00:35] Speaker A: Maybe I did.
[00:00:35] Speaker B: I think two people took Oregon. I know I was one of them. I just didn't remember who was the other one. I was. Right.
[00:00:39] Speaker C: If y'all want to go ahead and say that, go ahead.
[00:00:41] Speaker B: All right. Go with your anyway, you know, I think realistically, when you look at the whole thing, oregon had every opportunity to win this know, they beat them in yards, they beat them in the turnover battle. They beat them regarding the number of first downs. They beat them in time of possession. But it's one of those things where the thing that killed them is their fourth down efficiency when they kept going for it, and over three. Okay. And sometimes you just got to take the points, especially when you're playing on the road in a heated matchup like this. Just take the points, and then you're not in a position where your last fuel goal is to tie the game. You'd rather be in a position where you're tied, and if you miss it for the win, that's fine. Go to overtime, it's all good. But everything was riding on that kick to send it. It just was a bad scene.
[00:01:27] Speaker A: Right?
[00:01:28] Speaker C: You want to go? You want me to go?
[00:01:30] Speaker A: No, you go first.
[00:01:31] Speaker C: And I'll have I mean, I think that I have to agree they won the turnover battle. They won the time of possession by basically ten minutes, and they had 23 more plays.
I don't know how to find this stat, but I'd like to see how many games where a team has where they run 23 more plays and have the ball ten more minutes lose.
That's a clear indicator. If you just showed us those two stats, you didn't show us anything else from the game.
[00:01:56] Speaker A: Right.
[00:01:57] Speaker C: You'd probably say that team won. They had more total yards, passing yards, rushing yards, same amount of penalties. So the difference was definitely the fourth downs being over three.
A lot of football minds, like coaches, they look at that as just basically a turnover.
[00:02:14] Speaker A: Exactly. That's what I was going to say. You don't get it on fourth down. That is a turnover.
[00:02:18] Speaker C: That's a turnover. So, yeah, they basically, theoretically, lost a turnover battle three to one. That was really the only difference. I think that everything else kind of panned out how we expected between the quarterbacks, Pinix, Jr. BoNix, both Heisman candidates, both had great games. Receivers looked really good, running backs played well. I think everything ran across the board, really. And the difference was the over three third down.
[00:02:40] Speaker A: Absolutely. Yeah. Graham, what did you think about this game?
[00:02:42] Speaker D: Well, I mean, I agree with you guys. But I think you also got to credit Washington's defense here. I mean, yes, some of those fourth down smart to actually go for it. No, but Washington's defense still had to be out. They still had to stop them on a fourth and goal from the two yard right before half. They still had to stop them on the fourth and two or fourth and three later on in the game. So, I mean, Washington's defense, we still got credit. We still got to give them credit, man.
[00:03:06] Speaker B: I mean, sure, but I'm going to put minimal credit on it because at the end of the day, it's first the coach's decision to trot them out, plays that snap. So, I mean, the defense did their job. Yes. But in my opinion, again, I feel like I've said this the last three weeks now, bad situational, football. I feel like this has been a common theme of something that we've seen.
[00:03:26] Speaker C: It happens a lot in college. More than the pros.
[00:03:29] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely. I think, again, Adrian, you kind of talked about it for a second, but these two quarterbacks, especially Pennix, are two people that we've talked about on the show.
I would say a significant amount. How do we feel about their performances?
[00:03:46] Speaker C: I don't really think I guess statistically, Bo Nicks had a little better day, but Washington won.
[00:03:54] Speaker B: Washington wins. I mean, Pennix adds four touchdowns. Bo nix only has two. Yeah, he adds a pick because he.
[00:04:00] Speaker D: Threw one a little before half. He had the pick.
[00:04:03] Speaker B: But, I mean, still they're still good. But whenever we get into this next game, caleb Williams has oh, boy.
[00:04:13] Speaker C: I do want to shout out one.
[00:04:14] Speaker A: Player before let's get Adrian's last thought.
[00:04:17] Speaker C: Before we go in. Rome Adunze, the receiver from Washington. They're six, and in six games, he has 736 yards. Yeah, that's obviously over 100 yards a game and he's averaging a touchdown. But Nikov Lock midway through the season. Yes. I won't say Lock because they're still happy. If they gave it out today, he would win it for sure, and Pinnocks Jr. Would win the Heisman.
He's six 3215. I think by the time the draft rolls around in April, he will probably be the number two receiver or a very strong case. Nobody's going to pass Marvin Harrison Jr. At this point, but I think he's made a clear case to be that number two guy and still first round.
[00:04:55] Speaker A: Absolutely. All right, moving on to our next game, as Elliot kind of mentioned, to see Notre Dame elias, you did seem like you were really wanting to get into this game. Why don't you start us off?
[00:05:04] Speaker C: Well, hold up. You started this last time. I want to hear the guy who.
[00:05:07] Speaker A: Was at the game.
[00:05:08] Speaker C: I want to hear the guy who.
[00:05:09] Speaker B: Was I was not saying that I wanted to go first.
[00:05:14] Speaker A: I completely forgot that Graham was mean.
[00:05:16] Speaker D: First of mean, seeing their stadium, seeing touchdown jesus. I mean, it was great. I mean, it's a great campus, it's a great stadium. But I mean, when Caleb Williams had those three interceptions the first half, I did not expect this big of a margin, certainly not three interceptions for the first half for Caleb Williams. I mean that place was was it was absolutely and they capitalized they had the three interceptions. They got touchdown off each of those interceptions in the first half.
[00:05:49] Speaker A: So.
[00:05:49] Speaker D: I mean, Notre Dame, I mean, they played amazing.
[00:05:52] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely. I believe I was probably the only one that predicted USC in this game last week. Is that correct? I'm almost certain about that.
[00:06:00] Speaker C: You're just on a cold streak.
[00:06:01] Speaker A: Do what?
[00:06:02] Speaker C: Sorry, go ahead.
[00:06:03] Speaker A: I was trying to be different, man. I also predicted you did against a m.
[00:06:08] Speaker C: I've been holding on to that.
[00:06:09] Speaker A: For ever since you said cold streak and that was the week before. You don't accuse me of a cold streak when it's not a cold streak.
[00:06:16] Speaker B: Maybe it's a lukewarm streak.
[00:06:17] Speaker C: It's a lukewarm streak.
[00:06:19] Speaker A: We'll see this, you can have that. You can have lukewarm streak. But yeah, anyway, again, it's hard to expect Caleb Williams to throw three picks. Even we knew that the Notre Dame defense was good, especially compared to what Caleb Williams has experienced at USC in the Pac Twelve. But I mean, man, I did not expect the amount of turnovers because again this season, Caleb Williams has been very good at not turning the ball over.
[00:06:43] Speaker C: Right.
[00:06:44] Speaker A: And I don't know, I'd have to go back and watch every pick and football is a weird sport. That doesn't necessarily mean that each one is 100% on the quarterback. But obviously if there's three picks, there's three picks at the end of the day. And again, hard to expect that. My prediction was somewhat based on just an electro game from Caleb Williams. But again, that was kind of the opposite. It was far, far off.
[00:07:08] Speaker C: He actually was probably the reason that they lost because, ironic enough, the whole talk for the whole season has been USC's defense and USC's defense, I think, played good enough to win the game.
Notre Dame only had 251 total yards, right?
Hartman only went for 126. And their running back, who's a really good player, didn't have 100 yards. So I mean, you would think if you look at that and they held them three of ten on third down. So I think the defense played plenty good enough to win this game. In a game where you look at the scoreboard, Notre Dame has 48. But then you look at what Notre Dame's defense did and they forced five turnovers and five turnovers to zero. You're not going to win, especially not on the road. I don't care where you're at, you're not going to win that game. You are just not and that was funny enough, I said that early about Washington, Oregon with the 23 to ten and ten minutes of time of possession.
[00:08:08] Speaker A: Better.
[00:08:08] Speaker C: USC had 25 more plays and also about ten minutes.
[00:08:12] Speaker A: Right?
[00:08:13] Speaker B: Yeah. But in this case, USC got absolutely got the doors blown off of them.
[00:08:16] Speaker C: Big difference.
[00:08:16] Speaker A: Yeah, big difference.
[00:08:17] Speaker C: Five turnovers in this.
You're not bounced back from that.
[00:08:21] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:08:22] Speaker C: What do you think, Elliot?
[00:08:24] Speaker B: Now, this might be a hot take. Okay. It's going to be a hot not no, it's not. Okay. But just hear me out, all right? I am not moved by either team on this one.
There's a lot to not like on both sides, and I think you hit all the right notes. Kayla Williams looked like the second coming of Nathan Peterman. Okay. In that first happened, I don't think we've ever seen him play that poorly. That was easily his, and I'm not going to hold that easily.
Exactly. We've never seen it's unprecedented.
[00:08:56] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:08:56] Speaker B: And I'm not going to hold that against him. I'm not going to say that he's not the number one overall pick next year because of that one game. Okay.
[00:09:01] Speaker A: If you look at his college career.
[00:09:03] Speaker C: He has earned a that was an anomaly.
[00:09:05] Speaker B: Right. It's an anomaly. I'm not holding that against him. That was not good. I think you're right. I think USC's defense did do enough and the same thing. Notre Dame did not impress me. Really? Except for, like, they did capitalize off the turnovers. Right. But it was almost like USC was just gifting them to Notre Dame. I'm not impressed with Notre Dame because.
[00:09:26] Speaker C: Like you pointed out, defensive, because you kind of got to be impressed with holding Caleb Williams to 20. Not Caleb, the team to 20.
[00:09:33] Speaker B: Yeah. When you turn it over that many times, it's hard to score when you keep giving them the ball. But on the other hand, like, Notre Dame's offense, you're right. 251 yards. Sam Hartman, 13 to 21 26. That's not like no, I predicted that he would bounce back and play better after the previous performance, but to me, it's a small step in the right direction. That was not something I was like, okay, yeah, he's bounced back.
[00:10:01] Speaker C: He just didn't turn the ball over.
[00:10:02] Speaker B: He didn't yeah. He just didn't do anything to lose them the game. And that's the thing. Notre Dame didn't do anything to lose.
[00:10:09] Speaker A: Right.
[00:10:10] Speaker B: Okay. But they didn't do anything really, I would say, to really win the game. Nothing crazy.
[00:10:15] Speaker D: Right.
[00:10:16] Speaker A: I think in terms of Caleb blames'role in his offense, I think a lot of his career has been his team winning games because of him. But when that happens for that long, eventually, eventually they're going to lose the game because of you. It's just how it works. Like, a good example in the NFL would be like, for example, the Bills last year, that offense ran entirely through Josh Allen.
Anytime he had a bad game, they were going to lose. And anytime he had a great game, they honestly did win.
[00:10:47] Speaker B: To me, personally, I think that's because he's a bit of a reckless player in a sense. I think that a lot of the throws josh Allen. Yes, josh Allen. I think part of that you're right. Like they run through everything but everything through him. But in that case right. A lot of times he'll just chuck that ball down there even though there's probably nothing. He's like, oh, yeah, Stefan's down there, I'm just going to throw it, let it rip. Not a really good not a fan of that.
[00:11:08] Speaker D: Exactly.
[00:11:08] Speaker A: And so exactly, if he is not playing well and they're simply not going to they're not going to get the game. And obviously you got to have a really good game for, like you said, the throws Josh Allen makes, it's got to be an all good game for him to get a consistent win.
[00:11:24] Speaker C: Right.
Moving back to the USC game, one thing that kind of rabbit hole, right. One thing that I found, like, interesting was that USC scored 17 excuse me, notre Dame scored 17 in the second quarter and in the fourth quarter.
[00:11:39] Speaker A: Right.
[00:11:39] Speaker C: So closing out the half and closing out the game, they were really dominant. And just real quick, before we go to break, I kind of want to get you all's take on this.
[00:11:46] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:11:46] Speaker C: I'm a believer in obviously, if USC goes twelve and one, wins a Pac Twelve championship, they're a playoff team in any normal scenario.
[00:11:54] Speaker A: Right.
[00:11:55] Speaker C: If you lose by 28, no, you.
[00:11:57] Speaker B: Should be out of the playoffs.
[00:12:00] Speaker C: If they went out and win the Pac Twelve, they more than likely will get in, but they shouldn't. If you lose by four touchdowns, you should not be a playoff team.
[00:12:09] Speaker B: I have a tough time making an argument. Okay. So this is like another one of these things where you got to consider everything in its entirety. Let's think about Notre Dame and who they've lost to. Right. And then the teams that they lost to. Who they lost to. Right. So Notre Dame gets blown out by Louisville. Louisville looks like garbage against Pitt. Now, Pitt is a team that's like, in the bottom of the so like this this little chain of command. Right.
None of these teams should be even considered for this. I would much rather see even if they lose, I would much rather see a team like Washington or Oregon, because even if they lose a game, they have not been blown out to this extent.
[00:12:46] Speaker A: Right.
[00:12:46] Speaker B: And that chain is not going to be like that.
[00:12:48] Speaker A: Let's get Graham's thoughts before we yeah.
[00:12:49] Speaker D: No, I was going to say the exact same thing. I mean, even if you go eleven and one, win a Pac Twelve championship to get to twelve and one, you can't be in the playoffs after getting crushed like this to a team that just that got embarrassed by Louisville, who got embarrassed by Pitt, and they're showing the Louisville Pitt score at the game. Everyone around me was like, are you kidding me right now? This is what you do the week after you beat us?
Even if they win the Pac Twelve win out. No, they should not be in there.
[00:13:22] Speaker A: Absolutely. All right, we're going to go to break for just a few minutes. When we're back, we'll talk about a little bit of Alabama football, but for now, enjoy this song.
Hey, everybody. Welcome back to the college football student section. We're going to keep getting into it. I believe our next game is going to be Arkansas. Alabama, obviously.
Bit of a close one, bit of a heart. What am I trying to say there? Heartbeat razor.
[00:15:11] Speaker B: How about head scratcher?
[00:15:13] Speaker A: Head scratcher. I like that a lot. That's a great way to put that. That is a great way to put that. Elliot, since you just gave that by.
[00:15:20] Speaker B: The way, that was my second.
[00:15:24] Speaker C: Word.
[00:15:24] Speaker A: Of course it.
[00:15:28] Speaker B: Were.
I think I went through the five stages of grief during this game, like, watching it.
[00:15:36] Speaker A: I know adrian did.
[00:15:41] Speaker B: I'm trying to think of the best way to put this, okay? Because, you know, I'm I'm looking at, like, the halftime, like, not the box score, but, you know, like, in the stadium, like, you see the Ticker, and it has the passing leader, rush leader, all that has all the good stats of the top ones in every category. Right?
[00:15:57] Speaker A: Right.
[00:15:58] Speaker B: And I'm seeing, okay, all right, Milro, seven for ten, like 215. I'm like, okay, this is a passing quarterback. We're cooking. And I'm here sitting here, and the score is, like, 24 to 21 now in the fourth quarter, and I'm looking back up at the Ticker in the stadium, and it's saying he's like, nine for 21, 219. And I was like, Wait, what?
I don't know what happened at halftime. It's like we had this whole paradigm shift, like, oh, we're up.
Let's move on to next week. Okay?
Every facet, I felt like even the offense just went to sleep, okay? They just completely decided to take a nap after halftime. The defense also, I thought, got really soft after halftime, and I'm like, what's going on? Not they clamped them down in that first half. There were so many times Arkansas had a chance to put up points. They held them to a field goal, right? Held them to the six points at the half, and then all of a sudden here in the second half, they're, like, letting them just march right down the field.
[00:17:03] Speaker A: I think the defensive line, the linebackers, way more porous. As the game went on, it felt like on those big third downs, they just get an inside zone and you would be able to weave through everybody and go get five yards.
[00:17:14] Speaker C: It definitely felt like they went to sleep when they got up 24 to six, because watching the game, whenever, okay, the scores at this point. Arkansas has made it 24 to 21.
[00:17:24] Speaker A: Right.
[00:17:25] Speaker C: And I think Alabama, the next possession, goes three and out. I don't even think they got a first down and Arkansas had the ball.
[00:17:30] Speaker A: Back, had a chance.
[00:17:31] Speaker C: Was it three and out?
[00:17:33] Speaker D: Take the lead.
[00:17:33] Speaker C: Yeah, that's what I'm talking about. Arkansas has the ball, and I want to say there's like eleven minutes left and boom, you could just see a whole switch on Alabama's defense.
[00:17:43] Speaker A: Right.
[00:17:43] Speaker C: Dallas Turner gets that sack. Just the pressure they were creating on that drive that Graham referred to with.
[00:17:48] Speaker A: Them, that Dallas Turner sack was huge.
[00:17:51] Speaker C: But that whole drive, just those plays alone, you could just see like, Alabama's defense was okay. Like, they're not going to score on us and they're not going to win this game.
[00:17:58] Speaker A: Right. Absolutely.
[00:17:59] Speaker C: Graham, what do you think?
[00:18:00] Speaker D: Yeah, I felt like I was going through the five stages of grief outside of restaurant, watching the Alabama game and Michigan State game, and they're both up 24 to six. Michigan State blew it, but I mean, Alabama nearly blew I was going through five stages of grief. I'm like, what?
They clearly got way too complacent at halftime.
What happened?
Were they just like, all right, I guess let's focus on Tennessee because this team's two and four, so we don't need to worry about it. And then they nearly blew it. I mean, it was really frustrating to them forever to finally just close out.
[00:18:41] Speaker A: The game, close it out.
We had a good running game for most of the game. First half, we were running the ball somewhat at Whale. Obviously, I had those big plays, but those big plays were based off play action, I believe. But at the end of the day, we had 177 rushing yards.
Jace McClellan, Royal Williams, both played pretty well. Jason McClellan got more work, but they both got well over five yards of carry.
Jam, I think Jamari Miller had a great game, man. What, four attempts, 40 yards, something like that. Yeah, limited usage. But hey, man, I mean, when he gets in there, he gets in there.
[00:19:20] Speaker C: Well, that's go ahead, go ahead. My bad.
[00:19:22] Speaker A: No, you're good. But yeah, I'm guessing what changed initially was that A and M's run defense started to become a little bit better at half. And then when that happens, when there is not a run game to lean on, it makes the rest of the offense it makes the rest of offense very difficult.
And I think that showed. Jillian Milro missed some balls downfield for sure. Again. He only completed ten passes in this game, which is football.
[00:19:51] Speaker B: Seven of them were in the first half.
[00:19:53] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:19:53] Speaker B: Point that out.
[00:19:54] Speaker A: He completed three passes in the second half.
[00:19:56] Speaker C: That opening drive of the first half where Alabama gets the ball and they run, they run, they run, they run. They obviously stalled out and end up having to kick a field goal, but I think after Arkansas kind of put the pressure on, I just feel like the play calling all year has been extremely questionable. I mean, they just went away from the run. Like, I don't really feel like Arkansas did that great.
[00:20:20] Speaker B: I'll agree to a certain extent that they did kind mean well. That's what the hallmark of a good coach, right. Recognize your weakness. Alabama's gashing on the ground. So you're going to tell your defense, hey, let's stiffen up, right? Let's make sure that they don't get it at will.
Even then, though, it's like we just completely decided, you know what, this running thing doesn't work. I just don't like it anymore. Yeah. And I just don't think it's effective.
[00:20:46] Speaker C: And I'm not sure.
[00:20:46] Speaker B: Third and two. No, let's drop back and throw it down field.
[00:20:50] Speaker A: Right. I think it showed up in key moments, and I think or the passing over the running showed up in key moments, like you say on third and two.
[00:20:56] Speaker B: Like third and short, and it's like, okay, yeah, let's do the patented shotgun snap four verticals. Okay.
No, don't do that. I don't know.
[00:21:07] Speaker A: And it's weird to say that because Jomaro still obviously it's justified, but looking at the numbers and you see that Jomiro threw 21 passes and then coming away from the game being like, man, we went away from the run game. It almost doesn't make any sense that that is our takeaway.
[00:21:23] Speaker B: But bewildering.
[00:21:24] Speaker C: That was actually my bewildering.
[00:21:25] Speaker A: There it is. Number three.
[00:21:26] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:21:27] Speaker C: There's the other word. And then another thing I've noticed throughout the season is just there's really never a consistent playmaker, because you look back to last week and it was Burton. I think Burton's the best playmaker, but this week it was Kobe Prentice and NYBlack.
[00:21:40] Speaker A: Right.
[00:21:41] Speaker C: Sometimes Nyblack's here, sometimes he's not. Kobe Prentice has been here a couple of times. Most of the time he's not.
[00:21:46] Speaker B: The playmaking is one of those rotating doors at, like, the fancy hotels.
[00:21:51] Speaker C: Never know which one it is.
[00:21:52] Speaker B: Yeah, it's like a new bellhop every time.
[00:21:55] Speaker A: Wow, that was crazy.
[00:21:57] Speaker C: That was good.
[00:21:58] Speaker A: Please keep going. Sorry.
[00:22:01] Speaker C: You were you done?
[00:22:02] Speaker B: Yeah, I'm done.
[00:22:05] Speaker C: Okay. Obviously the most disappointing group on this team is obviously the O line.
[00:22:10] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:22:10] Speaker B: I think a rotating door.
[00:22:12] Speaker C: Yeah, I think a broken one, too. The Malik benson.
I don't know what happened. I know preseason, I heard a bunch of hype about him coming in transfer. I think he's the number one transfer player in the nation.
[00:22:28] Speaker A: Really?
[00:22:29] Speaker C: I know he was the number one receiver. If he wasn't the number one overall, he was like top five. Right. And he dropped the pass in the game that I thought was kind of a big pass. He's just not been existent the whole year, and I'm not sure why. I think they should try to get him the ball, but this is the second year. You remember last year they had the tyler Harrell guy.
Did you forget? The guy from Louisville I know you're talking about?
[00:22:51] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:22:51] Speaker C: Who was supposed to be track star.
[00:22:53] Speaker A: All he was injured to start the season, but even when it got to the second half, he still was never yeah, I completely forgot about Tyler Harrell. Wow.
[00:23:02] Speaker C: When this season is over and next year rolls around, you're probably going to forget completely about Malik Benz.
[00:23:07] Speaker A: Probably.
[00:23:07] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:23:09] Speaker A: Oh, man. All right. With that, we've got really one more game we should probably cover in this section. That's going to be Tennessee A and M. I believe their final score was 20 to 13, tennessee to end it. Yes.
[00:23:21] Speaker C: Ugly game.
[00:23:22] Speaker A: Another ugly game.
How would you feel about Jimbo Fisher at this juncture? Elliot, you're our college station rep.
Self proclaimed college station rep.
[00:23:34] Speaker B: But, hey, it's self proclaimed, you know, not I give you guys this insider info for free, okay? I don't even want to hear that. Okay.
Word on the street. Okay, get him out. Leave. Okay. After there was already complaints about him even to start the season. It's like, okay, this is the make or break year. Right. I feel like that's what they always say. I feel like every year is a make or break year for him, but then he has the clock management issues with Alabama.
Then you go and you lose like that to Tennessee.
The buyout is still extremely pricey.
And I don't know, and I think this just is a testament to you should never hand out a contract like that to a guy who really is not like a Nick Saban type level coach. You know what I mean? College football is weird because I'll use, like, an NFL that might be a better example. Right. Like a John Harbaugh or like a proven coach. Maybe like an Andy reed. Unless there's someone like that who has that pedigree. Right. You probably shouldn't shell out that much money. And I think it shows now. This was kind of a stinker fest.
I mean, Max Johnson, 16 of 34, 223, two picks, which is not great. And then Joe Milton. Eleven of 22, 100 yards, one touchdown, one pick is not much better.
[00:25:06] Speaker A: Tennessee's run game, exceedingly better. Jalen Wright, 19 carries, 136 yards, having 7.2 yards per carry on 19 carries.
[00:25:15] Speaker B: I think that's an indictment on our run game, considering we ran for 23 yards on them. This dude ran at seven yards of carry.
[00:25:24] Speaker A: Right?
[00:25:25] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:25:25] Speaker A: That's fair. I don't know. Football is weird. I'm not going to say that it makes bums. Yeah. I'm not going to say that our run game is worse because but I still somewhat believe in the run game. Obviously, offense, I'm just giving the comparison.
[00:25:40] Speaker B: Like, Tennessee, I understand we talked about this last week. That one of their big crutches, to avoid having Milton, like, get into situations where he could be turnover prone. Right. Rely on that run game. I feel like, we're also in a situation where we aspire to be like a run first team. But like we talked about, Alabama got away from that, especially in the second half for some unknown reason, right.
[00:26:03] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:26:04] Speaker B: And then to see what's considered to be a very stout defense in A and M give up seven yards of carry to someone I don't know. It's mind boggling.
[00:26:14] Speaker D: Absolutely.
[00:26:15] Speaker C: Yeah.
I kind of wanted to touch okay. 67 games in, Kevin Sumlin has two games better than Jimbo Fisher. In a world where Nil exists, obviously, I think anyone could agree, like Sumlin's time at A and M versus Jimbo's time, jimbo's, he has a way better chance to succeed. Don't you think so?
[00:26:40] Speaker B: I think I was there when that whole shindig went down. It's actually word number four.
I was there when it went down, whenever someone was ousted, and then they brought Jimbo Fisher in. And I really do think especially at this juncture right. Someone kind of got the short end of the stick on this whole know they were blaming him. Oh, he's not the guy that's going to get us over the hump. Well, Jimbo given all the tools in the world, having some of the best recruiting classes, and we're out here doing this. Okay. And looking at their schedule, right. They have to play at Ole Miss, they have to play at LSU. So you even question, are they going to make, like, a bowl game?
[00:27:21] Speaker C: No, they'll make a bowl.
[00:27:23] Speaker B: They'll make them do you think they'll make a bowl?
[00:27:25] Speaker D: Yeah, they'll make a bowl.
[00:27:26] Speaker C: Let's look at their schedule. They're four and three now.
[00:27:28] Speaker B: They're four and mean.
[00:27:30] Speaker C: They'll beat South Carolina.
[00:27:31] Speaker D: They got Mississippi, State and Abilene. Christian I mean that's they'll beat Abilene Christian.
[00:27:35] Speaker C: They'll go seven and five or eight and four. Maybe they win at Miss or LSU. They're probably going to lose.
[00:27:40] Speaker B: I think there's an off chance that the only other game they might potentially win, depending on how this goes, is the Abilene Christian game.
[00:27:48] Speaker C: You think they lose two home games? South Carolina State, I watched that team.
[00:27:54] Speaker B: Lose to Appalachian State at home.
[00:27:55] Speaker C: That was last year, though. It's a whole different squad.
[00:27:58] Speaker B: You're saying whole different squad.
[00:28:00] Speaker C: Max Johnson now, dude. Dude's a dog. It's a joke.
Elliot took it very serious.
[00:28:11] Speaker B: There's no way I just I'd be shocked. I just rattled off his stat line for you, and you just told me to my face, he's a dog.
[00:28:17] Speaker C: I'm not a big A M guy, but I'd be shocked. This squad doesn't make a bowl mean. Sure they're not going to lose both of those.
[00:28:23] Speaker B: Okay, well, whenever I say make a bowl game, I'm not just saying, like, actually just make a bowl game. I'm talking about, like, a legitimate one. Okay. Yeah, great. You made it to the I don't know, like the I'm trying to think jimbo bowl. The Jimbo bowl. Yeah, the Jimbo bowl.
[00:28:36] Speaker C: Jimbo. Sumlin bowl. Well, I mean, they're going to lose at least one.
[00:28:39] Speaker B: Yeah. If they make it to, like, the Hawaii Spam Bowl or something.
Great. Okay. Good job, guys. All right. But for a team that's always constantly saying, we're a top ten team, we're a top threat in the SEC right. I don't think that Jimbo has done anything more that puts them over the hump compared to someone.
[00:28:57] Speaker A: Right. Absolutely. Yeah.
[00:28:59] Speaker C: No, I mean, absolutely. Go ahead. Graham, were you going to say something?
[00:29:02] Speaker D: Yeah, we agree. No, Jimbo hasn't done anything. That's, like, super. I mean, you even set his record compared to someone like no.
[00:29:11] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:29:12] Speaker C: Real quick before you let us go.
[00:29:13] Speaker A: All right.
[00:29:14] Speaker C: I think the biggest thing that obviously the thing that got him the contract, because the year he got the contract was after an eight and four season, but that season he beat Alabama. So I'd say his two big accomplishments at A M, speaking about Jimbo was beating Alabama and having the number one overall class.
[00:29:32] Speaker A: Right.
[00:29:32] Speaker C: Someone has that's pretty good, though.
[00:29:35] Speaker B: But that's the issue as far as highlights of his it's the issue of beating Alabama is, like, everyone's Super Bowl. Right? Yeah, exactly. Right. So that's like that's like if my if, like, in the okay, let's say that a Jaguars fan, and then I don't like some random coach that's coaching them at the moment okay. Beats the Chiefs, who are the rating Super Bowl champs. Oh, I'm going to extend them now because they beat the Chiefs one time. That, to me, that's nonsensical, and I agree.
[00:30:04] Speaker C: And I said that to say that someone has a better record and a heisman, and he beat Alabama. So, I mean, he traded out an egg for an egg.
[00:30:13] Speaker A: That's a good way to put it. With that, if nobody else has anything to add, we're going to go to break for a few minutes. We'll be back with some game previews for next week.
[00:30:24] Speaker B: Sam. Sam nam.
[00:31:40] Speaker A: Sam back once again to our last section of the student section. We're gonna get into some game previews for this next week, but I think we should probably start with Tennessee, alabama. Adrian, or actually, no, let's start with Graham this time. Graham, how are you feeling going into this game?
[00:32:13] Speaker D: Well, I'm from Knoxville. I live 20 minutes from the campus. I went to middle school and high school. I went to middle school and high school with Tennessee fans. So this one's personal. I got many friends that are Tennessee fans, including my five guys. Manager. Shout out Jerry. But.
[00:32:31] Speaker B: Jerry, that's crazier than my Nick Herbig shout out.
[00:32:35] Speaker D: Yeah. Anyway, yeah, Jerry's a great after. After almost blowing that game to Arkansas, I'm a little nervous, but I'm hoping maybe they were looking towards this game. And honestly, you know what? There's no way the players have forgotten the images of last year with the goalposts and everything.
[00:32:56] Speaker A: Right.
[00:32:56] Speaker D: I think they're out for blood. I think they're out for revenge this week. I mean, I'm a little nervous, but I'm excited.
[00:33:03] Speaker A: Absolutely. Yeah.
[00:33:04] Speaker C: I think that this is probably time for a classic alabama game. I think this is going to be a good game from alabama.
[00:33:12] Speaker A: I like what you're saying.
[00:33:13] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:33:13] Speaker C: But you disagree.
[00:33:14] Speaker A: I'm saying but I'm saying we've had that dude, I've said that like same.
[00:33:18] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:33:19] Speaker C: Texas. And I said I had the utmost confidence.
[00:33:22] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:33:23] Speaker C: It's probably not time for a classic game, let's be honest. Still, I do think alabama is going to cover the spread. I think alabama is going to win by more than ten.
[00:33:32] Speaker A: What the spread is.
[00:33:33] Speaker C: The spread is eight and a half.
[00:33:34] Speaker B: I'm seeing nine and a half by caesars. Okay.
[00:33:36] Speaker C: Nine and a half. I've seen eight and a half.
So I'll just call it ten. I think alabama will cover the spread in this game.
[00:33:44] Speaker A: Right.
[00:33:44] Speaker C: One thing that this game is obviously just going to be a complete opposite of last year. Last year you have probably the best third saturday in october in our lifetime that we've seen easily. That was awesome. One of the best college football games I've ever watched. Yeah. 52 to 49. It's going to be the complete opposite of this game. I think 24 probably wins the game. I don't think there's going to be that much corn.
[00:34:08] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:34:09] Speaker B: If last week is any indication, 13th of three could be the final score.
[00:34:13] Speaker C: No, it really could, though, actually, because both defenses are really good and both quarterbacks are not great passers.
[00:34:19] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:34:20] Speaker C: I think I would favor muro as far as deep field passing a lot. He's really good down the field, which.
[00:34:26] Speaker A: Is pretty wild to say, especially going into the season. I don't think anybody would have said that jill and Milro will be a statistically, I'm not sure statistically if it backs up, I wouldn't be bridesvit did.
[00:34:35] Speaker C: The best in SEC, but well, jalen.
[00:34:37] Speaker A: Moto, I did not know he was best in the SEC.
[00:34:39] Speaker C: No, I thought that's what you were going to say.
[00:34:40] Speaker A: I was saying better in joe milton because there was a lot of narrative joe milton coming into the season about how strong his arm was because he.
[00:34:46] Speaker B: Could throw 90 yards.
[00:34:47] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:34:48] Speaker C: No, that backs up because I've seen a stat that tennessee ranks last in the SEC with explosive pass plays.
[00:34:53] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:34:54] Speaker C: And what tennessee does well is run the ball and know they stopped the run pretty well. So I think that one thing I will say in favor of tennessee is tennessee is third in the nation, either third or fourth in the nation with total sacks. And alabama has given up the second most in the nation.
[00:35:11] Speaker D: Yeah. Their defensive line is pretty good. They only allowed 50 rushing yards to.
[00:35:15] Speaker C: A and m. Exactly.
[00:35:17] Speaker D: That's my worry.
[00:35:18] Speaker C: Another game similar to bam. A and M. Yeah.
[00:35:20] Speaker A: I would say we had this exact same conversation with A and M except they were first in the country.
[00:35:24] Speaker C: Exactly. And this game's at home versus me once.
[00:35:27] Speaker B: Shame on you. Yeah.
[00:35:29] Speaker C: I think Alabama this guy, man, I think Alabama will be well suited to win this game. Look for Miro to get sacked, probably his average five times. But still, hopefully Alabama will be able to execute running better than they did.
[00:35:43] Speaker A: Against A and M. Right, I agree. You have to set that run game down if you want to be able to succeed.
[00:35:48] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:35:49] Speaker A: In the game, I'm not sure how.
[00:35:51] Speaker C: Many we have 321 yards and three TDs. I'm not sure how many games you can count on Miro to get what's his number? What would you all say? Is like, okay, we can count on him. I'll say, like 225.
[00:36:03] Speaker A: 225 passing.
[00:36:06] Speaker C: Yeah.
[00:36:08] Speaker B: Based on last week where he was at 238. Yeah, he had 238 when he was at 215 at halftime and he finished at 238.
[00:36:16] Speaker A: Still got 215 before half. I mean, you can't discount I'm not discounting it.
[00:36:19] Speaker B: I'm just saying that it makes me skeptical.
[00:36:22] Speaker C: He sounds like he's discounting ground.
[00:36:23] Speaker B: It sounds like being skeptical. Okay.
[00:36:26] Speaker C: What's your number, though?
[00:36:27] Speaker B: What's my number? I'd say reliably. I'm going to go with 185.
[00:36:32] Speaker A: 185.
[00:36:33] Speaker B: 185 to 200. Somewhere in that range.
[00:36:36] Speaker A: I'm not going to lie. I think I probably would have gone also at the 225.
[00:36:39] Speaker C: His average is 232.
[00:36:40] Speaker A: 232. Wow.
[00:36:41] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:36:42] Speaker A: Wow.
[00:36:43] Speaker B: I'd still say comfortably 185 to he'll hit 185.
[00:36:46] Speaker A: Yeah, I think they'll pretty comfortably at 185. I think we'll have to I think this will be one of those oh.
[00:36:50] Speaker C: Were you talking about this? I was really talking about in general in this game. 185, probably.
[00:36:56] Speaker B: I thought we were doing this game, too.
[00:37:00] Speaker C: If he hits 230, Bama wins.
[00:37:02] Speaker A: There you go.
[00:37:03] Speaker B: Okay. Bold prediction.
[00:37:04] Speaker A: Yeah, that's just him doing his average.
[00:37:08] Speaker C: That's bro's average.
[00:37:09] Speaker B: And now you win 200.
[00:37:12] Speaker C: Mama's going to win 24 to 1320.
[00:37:15] Speaker A: 413 a score prediction. That fast. That's wow.
[00:37:19] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:37:19] Speaker C: That was wild. Well, let's hear y'all I guess if.
[00:37:21] Speaker A: We'Re doing score predictions yeah, I guess we should go.
[00:37:23] Speaker B: Tanner, you can go first because I need to think about mine. I need to develop an algorithm for it.
[00:37:28] Speaker A: You're going to do the math in your head real quick. Okay.
What did you say?
[00:37:35] Speaker C: 27 and nine?
No, I'm just playing. I said 24.
[00:37:38] Speaker A: Did not 24.
[00:37:40] Speaker C: I'm just calculating how many different outcomes it could be. That one sounded good, too.
[00:37:44] Speaker A: The first thing that came my head was 24 ten.
[00:37:46] Speaker C: But that's bama ole Misscore.
[00:37:48] Speaker A: Is it really?
[00:37:49] Speaker B: It was.
[00:37:49] Speaker A: Yeah, it was.
[00:37:50] Speaker C: And I think this game is eerily similar to bama gets some big plays and lockdown defense.
[00:37:55] Speaker A: I think I'm going to stick with 24 ten.
I believe in this defense still. I know Elliot probably doesn't, but I still believe in this defense. I think it's going to be key against I mean, it's key every game. Duh. But I think 24 ten is probably going to be a good number. I think it is just close enough to being not a dominant win, but impressive. Maybe an impressive win. I think that's going to be the range that's going to be I'd be.
[00:38:18] Speaker C: Shocked if Tennessee scores 21 or more than 21, I don't think.
[00:38:22] Speaker A: Absolutely.
[00:38:23] Speaker C: Maybe 20. I'll say 21.
[00:38:26] Speaker A: I'm definitely shooting low on what they're going to score, but again, it's just because I believe in this defense and.
[00:38:31] Speaker B: I three touchdown at most.
[00:38:33] Speaker C: Yeah. There in no way get that moment.
[00:38:34] Speaker A: Absolutely.
Yeah.
Or we can go to Graham.
[00:38:38] Speaker C: We can go to Graham. No, he's got his number.
[00:38:42] Speaker B: Okay, I'm going to kind of err on the side of your score.
[00:38:46] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:38:46] Speaker B: Just a little bit different. I'm going to say it's going to be 27 to 13, so I'm going to add three on each one.
[00:38:54] Speaker C: I was going to say you could say that's my score, because I'm 20 413.
[00:38:58] Speaker A: Okay. Anyway, Elliot, that literally has nothing to.
[00:39:01] Speaker B: Do with your score.
[00:39:02] Speaker C: I don't know, I just wanted some love.
[00:39:04] Speaker B: Well, I'm taking that away from you. Okay. But yeah, I agree with everything. You guys know.
I'm hoping that we don't have the meltdown, like the second half meltdown, that.
[00:39:16] Speaker A: We honestly think that because it's Tennessee, I think we're a little bit less likely to have that meltdown. And being at home helps. Absolutely. I think Tennessee at home makes it a little bit less likely for us to have a mentality change like it seemed like we did against Arkansas in Kyle Field or excuse me, arkansas just can mix the games up well, because.
[00:39:33] Speaker C: That last week was after A and M and before Tennessee, which I think definitely played a part.
[00:39:38] Speaker B: It might have, but I don't want to go through that again. Okay.
I think that they'll score a little bit more than they did against Arkansas because I think, like we talked about, there are a lot of missed opportunities, but I don't think Tennessee will only score ten a and M's defense is not like, no joke. They may not have played the best they've ever seen them play, but they did still give up. 21 touchdown was a punt return. Okay, sure. 13.
[00:40:10] Speaker C: That fits your score perfect.
[00:40:12] Speaker A: There you go.
[00:40:13] Speaker C: No, that's what I said. 20 413. What did you say?
[00:40:16] Speaker B: 27?
[00:40:19] Speaker D: I'm going to say 20 113 or 20 113. 20 116 around.
[00:40:25] Speaker B: We all had a surprisingly three different ones. Pick one.
[00:40:28] Speaker D: Well, I think I went through two. I said 20 113. 20 116. One of those. I'll say 20 113.
[00:40:35] Speaker A: Yeah, I was going to say, what do you think he says? Man, he can't do two scores.
[00:40:37] Speaker B: Yeah, what's up with that? That's like making two fantasy teams and being like, oh, well, one of my.
[00:40:41] Speaker D: Team, I'll stick with 20 113.
[00:40:45] Speaker A: 20 113. I like it also very similar to what everybody else has said, but Adrian.
[00:40:50] Speaker C: I will say that you can bank on Bama forcing a couple of turnovers.
[00:40:53] Speaker A: As opposed to last week, especially against Joe Milton. If we get him in some passing situations, I think it'll be yeah.
[00:40:59] Speaker B: Hopefully also if there's, like, sack know, finish them off.
[00:41:03] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely.
[00:41:04] Speaker C: Exactly. That play that KJ Jefferson made?
[00:41:06] Speaker A: Yeah.
Still has to be counted as a great play.
[00:41:12] Speaker B: It's a great play. But that's one of those things where I always like to again, situational awareness, not calling anyone out in particular, but it's one of those things where sometimes just tackle. Like, you don't need to punch out the ball. You don't need to rip it out. You don't need to create the splash play. Sometimes sometimes just make the routine because.
[00:41:29] Speaker C: You try to tackle him high.
[00:41:30] Speaker A: He tried to tackle him high. And Katie Jefferson is a big dude.
[00:41:33] Speaker B: He wasn't tackling.
[00:41:34] Speaker C: Arnold wasn't tackling. He should have went for his leg.
[00:41:36] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely.
[00:41:37] Speaker C: Which is kind of hard to tell know to how to play football and I don't play.
[00:41:41] Speaker A: Yeah, that's true.
[00:41:42] Speaker C: He a mid season All American, according to ESPN.
[00:41:45] Speaker A: Shout out to Riker. You can tell that Terry Arnold, he's.
[00:41:50] Speaker B: Made some great plays.
[00:41:51] Speaker C: Rikerd is easily and I'm saying this because he was also on the Midseason All American. He's easily going to win the Groso Award.
[00:41:59] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:41:59] Speaker C: I don't want to say that.
[00:42:00] Speaker A: And then he missed most points in SEC history. Right?
[00:42:02] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:42:03] Speaker C: And he's closing in on NCAA history. Wow. I think he needs about 40 something. I know.
[00:42:10] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:42:11] Speaker C: Keenan Reynolds.
[00:42:12] Speaker B: I think that we should become complacent and just kick field goals so you can get that record.
[00:42:16] Speaker A: I like it.
[00:42:18] Speaker C: That'll work.
[00:42:19] Speaker A: Tell you what, we've got just a few minutes left. We should probably talk about Utah USC.
[00:42:23] Speaker C: No, we get out of here. You don't want to touch on Ohio State?
[00:42:25] Speaker D: Ohio State.
[00:42:25] Speaker A: We can talk about Ohio State.
[00:42:26] Speaker D: We got to talk about Penn State. It's a big game.
[00:42:29] Speaker C: Also another low scoring test.
Yes, it is a big top seven matchup. What do you think, Graham?
[00:42:34] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:42:34] Speaker A: Graham?
[00:42:36] Speaker B: Yeah. It seems like you're getting a little hyped up over this.
[00:42:39] Speaker D: I mean, it is a big game because you got number three versus number seven. You got a Big Ten East on the line here, and you got a potential College Football Playoff spot on the line here.
[00:42:48] Speaker B: Big Ten East doesn't move.
[00:42:50] Speaker D: Here's the thing with Penn State. Penn State has been blowing out everyone, but it's a bunch of nobody teams, so it's really tough to tell with Penn State here.
[00:43:00] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:43:00] Speaker D: And Ohio State. I mean, Ohio State's look shaky, but they won at Notre Dame.
[00:43:06] Speaker B: And I think the to I'm gonna just stop you real quick on the Notre Dame thing. I get that they blew out USC, but Notre Dame, let's not gas them up. They're like some really excellent team.
[00:43:20] Speaker D: I'm just saying winning at Notre Dame is much more impressive than anything Penn State has done. Any team Penn State has fair but like Ohio State's, I mean they look shaky but I think this game being in Columbus helps Ohio State a think. I'm I think I'm going to give the edge to Ohio State here.
[00:43:41] Speaker B: Okay, what's your score prediction then? I'm just kidding. We don't have to do that. I'm just messing with mean.
[00:43:47] Speaker A: Adrian, you also want to talk about this game?
[00:43:49] Speaker C: Give us some thoughts. Obviously I think this is going to be another low scoring game. Two really good defenses, two of top five for sure top ten, I'd say for sure top seven, but probably two of the top five defenses in the nation.
Usually when it's games like this it comes down to the quarterback who has better quarterback play and I'm going to lean Drew Allar, Penn State QB.
[00:44:12] Speaker A: Right.
[00:44:12] Speaker C: He's up to 1254 yards but more impressive he's got twelve TDs and no INTs on the season. So I've watched a good bit of Ohio State and what's his McCord I'm not really impressed with. Is it Kyle McCord? It's Kyle McCord who was also the QB for Marvin Harrison Jr. In high school, which I thought was pretty cool. Yeah, I know that but I'm really just not that impressed with his game. It's not impressive at all, really.
[00:44:38] Speaker A: Right.
[00:44:39] Speaker C: So I do think this is going to be a one possession game. I mean I don't see any way in where especially I don't see a blowout either way. But I do think that Penn State will win the game. I think Penn State's going to win this game and kind of put their self more on the map. They're already out there but you know what I mean.
[00:44:54] Speaker A: Yeah, absolutely.
You don't have to give a crazy amount of analysis but you can give a little prediction.
[00:45:00] Speaker B: Okay. I disagree with the penn State does not have any impressive wins.
I will say that they're complete. I'm not saying that Iowa is like a massively elite team. However, though they are ranked, they're not bad. Unfortunately.
What's his name? McNamara. Right. Went out with that entry.
[00:45:21] Speaker C: He got hurt that game.
[00:45:22] Speaker A: Right.
[00:45:22] Speaker B: I believe it was that game. However, a 31 zip stomping of a team that is like a defense first. Like they will actually stay in game simply because of their defense against these top dogs. To shut them out like that and beat them by 30 plus and that.
[00:45:36] Speaker C: Was best game with four TDs.
[00:45:38] Speaker B: Yeah. I would say that that's impressive. West Virginia, they looked okay until they lost on that hail Mary to Houston. West Virginia seemed decent at.
[00:45:47] Speaker C: They're a decent team.
[00:45:48] Speaker B: Yeah. They're not mean.
Sure we can say that they haven't played anyone great. Great. But I'm not like saying that Ohio State's like beating of Notre Dame is like the end all be all of anything.
It's much to my dismay. Okay. I really personally bias this aside. I don't really like either of these teams, but I will roll with state pen. Okay.
[00:46:12] Speaker A: There you go.
[00:46:13] Speaker B: State pen. Okay. And I think that they will shock the world. I think they're going to beat ohio state by more than what people expect.
[00:46:20] Speaker D: Really? There you go.
[00:46:21] Speaker C: That being how many skip score prediction, man?
[00:46:25] Speaker B: I don't know about an actual score because I don't know whether they're going to play no defense or a lot of defense.
[00:46:30] Speaker C: 30 113.
[00:46:30] Speaker B: But I think how about this? I think that their winning gap will be by at least ten.
[00:46:36] Speaker A: Wow. There you go.
[00:46:38] Speaker D: That's a bold prediction right there.
[00:46:39] Speaker A: That is bold.
[00:46:41] Speaker C: Okay. I'm not going to say it's not a bold state. Like, it is a bold prediction, but I don't know how state has not looked that good. Their defense is really good, but their offense is just not that great. I mean, they're built up a lot like alabama.
[00:46:54] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:46:54] Speaker C: Except their playmakers are better.
[00:46:55] Speaker A: Yeah. Marvin harrison, jr.
[00:46:57] Speaker C: Egg Bucha's pretty decent. Yeah, he's pretty decent.
[00:47:01] Speaker A: All right, well, is there any last thoughts we want to get in here before we get out of here? Do I do you have any on this game? I'm also going to roll with penn state.
[00:47:11] Speaker B: Wow.
[00:47:12] Speaker D: Am I the only one going with ohio state here?
[00:47:14] Speaker C: Yeah, it sounds like you're the only one.
[00:47:17] Speaker D: All right.
[00:47:18] Speaker A: Hey, man, just think about the victory lap you can take.
[00:47:20] Speaker D: Exactly. That's what I'm thinking about.
[00:47:22] Speaker B: No, you don't get a victory lap when you pick the team that's favored to win. Wow.
[00:47:29] Speaker C: I do want to touch on that. I wanted to bring this up in the show. Why did notre dame rush the field.
[00:47:34] Speaker B: And they were favored to win the game? That's what I'm saying. It's stuff like that.
[00:47:39] Speaker A: Williams effect.
[00:47:41] Speaker C: I don't know, man.
[00:47:41] Speaker A: I think it is. I mean, it has to be a little bit.
[00:47:43] Speaker C: Do they know notre dame's history?
They're like the best program yeah. Made the playoffs.
[00:47:50] Speaker A: They still lead all time wins. I feel like albino no, it's either them or USC.
[00:47:54] Speaker D: I think it's them or USC for all time wins.
[00:47:58] Speaker C: And I think they're tied with the.
[00:48:00] Speaker D: Most highs in michigan up there.
[00:48:03] Speaker C: Michigan's also up there. But either way, notre dame's up there with most Heismans most wins, most drafted.
[00:48:10] Speaker B: Michigan is number one.
[00:48:14] Speaker D: Yeah.
[00:48:15] Speaker B: Second alabama and ohio state. Then notre dame is number four. Gotcha texas five.
[00:48:20] Speaker C: Rushing the field as a favorite is just I can't remember seeing I will.
[00:48:24] Speaker D: Say it is cool to see a field rush in person, though.
[00:48:28] Speaker C: Not when you're at the tennessee alabama.
[00:48:30] Speaker B: Game and you're like you're talking from personal experience there. I don't know.
[00:48:34] Speaker C: I know a guy who knows a guy well.
[00:48:36] Speaker A: There you go. All right. Suspicious from adrian to end the show. Any last notes before we get out of here?
[00:48:43] Speaker C: That's it.
[00:48:43] Speaker A: For it.
[00:48:44] Speaker B: That's it.
[00:48:45] Speaker A: All right. Well, with that, thank you, everybody, for listening. We will be back, obviously, same time next week. Maybe Graham gets to take his victory lap on the favored Ohio state. But for now, we hope everybody enjoys this weekend of football.
