Episode Transcript
[00:00:05] Speaker A: Sa.
Welcome to offsides college football. And you know what? We got a lot going on. What a week this was. I am Michael Bahas. And of course, my son over here hiding is Kalyn.
Anyway, we had some great games and everything we're gonna do just. I just woke up. So we're gonna do this without the camera, but we are here and we're gonna rock and roll through this.
What? We had some great games, didn't we? And.
And a lot of that was what. First of all, did you think about the Alabama game?
We both took Bama. Yeah, we both took Bama. We figured that that was what was going to happen.
[00:01:40] Speaker B: So I'm really, you know, I got. I got a lot of questions here. You know, first of all, how do you allow 30. 30. 33 points, 35 points. It was.
[00:01:53] Speaker A: It was 34 points.
[00:01:55] Speaker B: 34 points to five points scored.
[00:01:58] Speaker A: I. I mean, they were 20. They were up 28. Nothing.
[00:02:04] Speaker B: I have a question here. All right, Georgia.
No offense. In the second half, Georgia looked like a better team, except for the last play of the game.
[00:02:13] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:02:14] Speaker B: You know what I mean? And it came down to it, but it's the. You know, what's really weird here is, is that it's.
They've got to play each other again.
I feel.
[00:02:25] Speaker A: I don't know if that's going to happen.
[00:02:27] Speaker B: I understand that. But if the scenario. Do you understand who they both have to play still?
[00:02:31] Speaker A: Oh, they're both going to have to face Texas.
[00:02:33] Speaker B: They're both going to have to face Tennessee as well.
[00:02:35] Speaker A: And. Oh, yeah. Well, not Alabama and the Ballam.
[00:02:40] Speaker B: Alabama plays Texas. Alabama does not play Tennessee.
I do not believe Alabama plays Tennessee. Correct me if I'm wrong.
[00:02:49] Speaker A: I. I don't.
[00:02:51] Speaker B: So now Georgia's lost to Alabama. What happens if Georgia goes on and beats Tennessee?
[00:02:57] Speaker A: Well, because George is on the. On. On what? The east side and they're on the west side.
[00:03:03] Speaker B: If Georgia beats Tennessee, guess who gets to play Bama again?
[00:03:08] Speaker A: Yeah, that's true.
[00:03:09] Speaker B: Georgia.
[00:03:09] Speaker A: Right.
[00:03:10] Speaker B: All Alabama has to do is take care of Texans.
[00:03:13] Speaker A: Oh, yeah.
[00:03:14] Speaker B: So now what happens in scenario of Texas beating Alabama and Georgia beating Tennessee and then.
Or, you know, vice versa?
[00:03:29] Speaker A: That's a good question. I mean, there's so many.
[00:03:32] Speaker B: Think about it, in a sense of, you know, you have to play teams twice. So getting the early loss here, does that really, really hurt Georgia in the sense of anything?
[00:03:42] Speaker A: Well, not really. I guess. Kind of not yet. Because it's still too early.
[00:03:47] Speaker B: The way that I saw the game, though, and, you know, you can correct me if I'm wrong here, but in the first half, Georgia really made. No. No real adjustments.
[00:03:54] Speaker A: Oh, no. They got. Came out on fire.
[00:03:57] Speaker B: On fire and kind of let everybody see, you know, how they were going to play the offense and, you know, the weaponry. You know what I mean? But by the second half, Georgia completely adjusted and to the extent of coming back 34 points down in taking Alabama to a final drive in order to win the game.
[00:04:17] Speaker A: Yeah, it was 34, 33. I know. I. Georgia.
[00:04:22] Speaker B: Did Georgia throw the first half to see Alabama's best punch?
[00:04:26] Speaker A: No. But at the same time, what kind of adjustments are you going to make for Alabama if you're up 28 to nothing? I think that, you know enough.
[00:04:35] Speaker B: Well, to hear enough that it came down to 34 points in your favor and five on the final drive.
[00:04:43] Speaker A: No, I agree. But you have to understand, Alabama was up. So, you know, DeBoer is not exactly like Saban. But at that point, you say, okay, listen, things are going good for us right now. Let's maintain it. Let's keep going. Didn't make adjustments, maybe that, you know. But then all of a sudden, Georgia comes storming back because they had to make major adjustments. Alabama did not. I mean, they were.
We're moving. We're doing everything. So there were no adjustments. And this is. This is where teams, I think, have to watch out. Is that just because you're up doesn't mean you shouldn't make adjustments. You know, be prepared. Okay. They're going to make adjustments. Here's what we need to watch for.
So I. I think I. I called Alabama by seven. And. And doggone it. Yeah. And we're right there. We're like, right on the numbers on that one.
Now, Texas was in first. Georgia was second. Ohio State was third at that time. And, you know, Ole Miss was. No, Ole Miss wasn't fourth. They. Tennessee was fourth or Alabama was fourth.
Tennessee was fifth and Ole Miss was sixth. But does Alabama beating Georgia deserve to put them at the number one spot? Yeah. Well, I'm not so sure. Texas has played some good games. Yeah.
So. Oh, they played top 25.
[00:06:14] Speaker B: They played a depleted Michigan team.
A Michigan team that had no true identity. Let's be honest.
[00:06:21] Speaker A: Well, are we going off of. Because what I'm saying is, is Alabama getting credit for past Alabama for how good they are?
[00:06:30] Speaker B: No, you're getting credit for beating one team at the time, and.
[00:06:33] Speaker A: But this is what the polls have done.
[00:06:35] Speaker B: You're getting credit for beating a top five team.
[00:06:38] Speaker A: Okay. All right.
[00:06:39] Speaker B: That's what you're getting credit for. All right. But by next week, who plays who, it'll be taken away. That's all this is. Like I said, the top five is a top five. Those are your top five elitist teams Right now, number one does not mean what it used to be.
[00:06:54] Speaker A: Right? Yeah.
[00:06:55] Speaker B: You're in the top five. You're going. The number one two spot is simply for the buy. Actually, you could say it's top four. I guess you say. Because it's 12 teams. So if, if you're going by that and the top four get the top buy.
[00:07:08] Speaker A: This is true. All right, so. But, you know, my thing is. Okay, so Alabama is going up against a. A South Carolina Gamecocks. Yes.
[00:07:19] Speaker B: And I'm not 100 sure they're going to walk out of their unscape.
[00:07:21] Speaker A: Yeah. I'm going to tell you, if you underestimate the game, Cox, I mean, we're going to find out how good LSU was because really, South Carolina had them beat. Yes. That was a referee.
[00:07:33] Speaker B: We're gonna see how good Alabama is as well. Because if you go through all the South Carolina's games, they've been in every game, every single one, every single one of them. And they're fighting to the end. So this is a scrappy team that's good.
[00:07:47] Speaker A: That took that whooped the crap out of Kentucky. Kentucky took Georgia to one.
[00:07:51] Speaker B: This isn't an old school South Carolina team that's just gonna fall rankings of the sec. No, this is a South Carolina team that wants top rankings and they want.
[00:08:00] Speaker A: To go to a good bowl.
[00:08:01] Speaker B: They do.
[00:08:02] Speaker A: And they're hungry. And they are. They're hungry.
[00:08:04] Speaker B: So I think you're going to see a little bit of the same of Kentucky, Georgia trap game here.
[00:08:09] Speaker A: Trapped.
[00:08:10] Speaker B: Honestly, I'm calling it right here because Kentucky's not out of it. I mean, look at them.
[00:08:17] Speaker A: They're scrapping in there too. Yeah, Kentucky's a scrappy team and there's. There's no question about it. And we saw that versus Georgia. I mean, they held. Georgia won by one point, Got out of there by one point. And then I look at, you know, South Carolina whooped up on Kentucky something fierce. So can. Do you write the Gamecocks off? I don't think so. No. I think this could be one of those Halloween surprises. We saw this before some years ago and Alabama came in and I believe they were ranked like number one. Yeah. And South Carolina decimated them. And you cannot overlook that game. There's no way you overlook that game. I think that you're.
This is definitely a trap game for them. I agree. I think it's a trap game.
[00:09:03] Speaker B: And see, and this is kind of, you know, the going tell here is, you know, how good is that Georgia team? Georgia had to come back against Kentucky to win that game. Georgia had to come back against Alabama to almost win that game.
So you're not seeing a dominant Georgia team of the past. You're seeing a different style Georgia team here.
[00:09:23] Speaker A: Right. They play to the, to the level of, of their competition and then maybe just a step above and it's not. But you know what? Kirby Smart's been there. So people in the SEC are already figuring out their, Their, their plane. Yeah. And this is something that we talked about with Ohio State now that of course they went out and they played a lot of nil money and everything else. They've got a great recruiting, but we're not going to see how good they are until they go against Penn State. Until they go against Oregon.
[00:09:52] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:09:52] Speaker A: And if, you know, and Iowa, you know, you can't count out Iowa. Iowa and Iowa State were one point difference. Iowa State is undefeated. Iowa has one loss.
[00:10:01] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:10:02] Speaker A: So, you know, here we go now we're into, we're getting into the meat of it all. You know what I'm saying? And this is where teams are going to start catching and we're going to start to see who's going to, who can, who can rise. You know, if Ohio State goes to that final game with Michigan and Michigan is one loss or two losses, there'd be nothing that they'd love better than go into Ohio State and knock them off for the fourth straight year. So, you know, I, I think Ryan Day and Chip Kelly have to be prepared for that. But you're going to see that. I think Texas, Alabama is going to be the same thing. Is Texas going to be able to rise? And can they do it without Quinn Ewers and with Arch Manning in the back? It's the best one, two punch.
[00:10:48] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:10:49] Speaker A: But I think that's going to be.
I think George is the one that doesn't play Texas. That's what I think. I think Alabama does and Georgia doesn't. But Georgia still has to contend with Tennessee.
And can Tennessee finally overcome Georgia this year? And I think they can. Yes, I think they can. I, I think Tennessee is your dark horse in the east now.
[00:11:14] Speaker B: They still want to see Tennessee play somebody with a pulse.
[00:11:19] Speaker A: If I'm not mistaken. Who do they have this week? Is it, is it Ole Miss?
It might be it might be Ole Miss, so we'll look at that in just a second. So let's see here.
[00:11:32] Speaker B: I know that Tennessee is for a fact in the top five as far as offenses. Maybe. I think they are the number one offense as well as the number one defense.
[00:11:45] Speaker A: Right. And their defenses are close. Yeah, I mean the defense is sitting.
[00:11:49] Speaker B: Right behind Tennessee right now. Number two.
[00:11:51] Speaker A: Yeah. So the defenses is close. And Jim Knowles, Arkansas this week. Okay. Tennessee does.
[00:11:57] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:11:58] Speaker A: Yeah. And I, I like Tennessee in that one. I think that they, they ride them out. Arkansas just took off of a loss of.
They just, they just lost this last weekend and we thought Arkansas was going to win that game and sure enough they did not. So I was really surprised we called that one four points. Yeah, we, we lost that one. But you know, Alabama had, you know, own owned Georgia with Saban, so it's going to be interesting on how this plays out with, you know, deboer, Kaylan, deboer's time. So we're going to find out.
The Longhorns, well, let's see who they got. It's.
They muddled through a sloppy start at their SEC opener against Mississippi State. But you know, having Arch Manning as their backup is, is incredibly lucky. So we'll have to see who they're going. They're going and see they had the road one at Michigan, but Michigan is depleted so we're gonna have to see who that is. And I think Ohio State's in a good, good position at third. I like Tennessee at four.
The Bulldogs.
Yeah, I like them. I like them at five, the Miami Hurricanes.
I'm not so sure about the Hurricanes being there at, you know, at number six. I think you could, you could pass that on. Here's that thing that we talked about before. It could be either Penn State, Oregon Ducks, you know, the nitty Nittany Lions look really good and they downed a very good Illinois team grinding it out 21 to 7 in that game. So, you know, I think Penn State deserves that credit there, you know, because Illinois was undefeated too and boy do they pack a punch. So. And then you have Missouri Tigers and what a game, you know, then they go play Texas A M. So we'll see how they do at Texas A M. But they had to play understand they had to go into overtime to get past Vanderbilt.
So, you know, we're gonna see how they do. And Michigan is back at number 10, so you know that that's going to be interesting. And of course number 11 is the Clemson Tigers.
So it's hard to Say, it's going to be hard to say who belongs really at number 10. I would. I would think either one. Again, it's. It's one or the other. And of course, at 12, USC Trojans. So you think Ole Miss?
[00:14:51] Speaker B: Yeah. Which one?
[00:14:51] Speaker A: Are you reading the AP now? I'm doing ESPN and they've got. Number 12 is the. The Trojans this week. So yeah, on the AP poll and I like the AP poll, I like them both. Number 13. Here comes the Cyclones. And again, they're undefeated, so.
And they took out Houston, so we'll. We'll see. And Notre Dame, you know, Notre Dame only has one loss, so. And, and you know, they got back on track, which is good.
Be aggressive mentally and. And I mean, that's what they've got to do. Old Mrs. At 15 and they went down. So, you know, that, that was, that, that one was kind of a surprise.
But again, that was to Kentucky.
That's the scrappiness of Kentucky and we talked about that. But can Ole Miss beat of South Carolina, who beat a Kentucky team? I mean, the, the SEC is stacked and everyone better watch out for the BYU Cougars. They're not. They're number 16.
We're gonna see like that.
So what do we have? We have the Cougars and Iowa State are the only remaining Big 12 undefeated teams because Utah went down and Arizona took it to them.
Well, we said that could be a. That that would be a thing, but I still thought that Utah would win that game, so I called it wrong.
LSU is, you know, they're 4 and 1 and of course they routed South Alabama, so 42 to 10. So we're going to start seeing. Because now they're going to have to start getting into the SEC games and we're going to find out how good that they are down the stretch.
Kansas State Wildcats and they bounced back after they're lost with convincing 42 to 20 over Oklahoma State, which really surprised us. We both took Oklahoma State on that one. We were wrong.
[00:17:02] Speaker B: Surprised by that.
[00:17:03] Speaker A: I really was too huge by the quarterback. I mean, to tell you, 42 to 20, that's a thumping. It was, you know, that's a thumping. So, you know, but it makes you.
[00:17:14] Speaker B: Wonder though, you know, they sat there and they blew out Arizona 31 to 7. You know, they gave it to Tulane, they gave it to whoever they played at the beginning of the season, but the only loss that they have was to BYU.
How good is BYU now at a 38, 9 win?
[00:17:31] Speaker A: I'm gonna tell you, BYU is real. Yeah, they're real. And understand they took out SMU too. So, you know, BYU's got a pretty passage. They do and ah, they've still got.
[00:17:48] Speaker B: You know, now they're getting into.
[00:17:49] Speaker A: But would that happen if Cam Rising was in there?
Would that, would that be the same if Cam Rising's in there? You know, so, so your quarterbacks make a huge difference. And that's why I said with Texas, you've got that one, two punch that I really, really like because either way you go, whether it's Arch Manning or whether, you know, it's, it's Quinn Ewers. Here's the thing. They both are so prolific and adjusted, well adjusted and can run that offense just with. It's impeccable, you know. And that's why that they are where they're at right now. So, you know, and I think they're being conservative with yours. You know what I'm saying?
[00:18:33] Speaker B: Oh, they are.
[00:18:35] Speaker A: So then you've got the Boise State Broncos. So, you know. Huh.
It was pretty good. And they beat Washington State 45, 24.
That's pretty good beating. But Washington State definitely lost, you know, the, the Cougars.
I, I don't know how many people that they have on. On a roster there that were seniors or whatever else. Yeah, but. And they'll be back. They will. They'll be back. But Boise State took to them and it's tough to play at the blue field.
You know what I mean? Yeah.
[00:19:14] Speaker B: And that, you know that, that puts them on edge for anytime that they get a home game too.
[00:19:19] Speaker A: So what did you think about Oklahoma, the Sooners and Auburn?
It was a 27, 21 victory, but good game. I, I mean, and it was. But you know, in.
[00:19:42] Speaker B: I expected it, but it was a lot closer than what I expected it.
[00:19:47] Speaker A: Hugh Freeze, he's in the hot seat.
[00:19:48] Speaker B: Yeah. Yeah.
[00:19:49] Speaker A: But he's having these close games and he could easily write that off and say it is rebuilding. This is what rebuilding takes. This is what it. You know what I'm saying?
[00:19:59] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:20:01] Speaker A: Is Auburn capable of upsetting some of the bigger ones? Yeah, I don't, I don't. I don't think so. Not. Not this year. I just, I don't see it there to where they can do that being.
[00:20:11] Speaker B: Being capable of carrying them through the season. To be honest with you, I think they're going to get pummeled by a couple of teams.
[00:20:18] Speaker A: Yeah, I think it's going to be ugly on a few of them, but somehow the Sooners got through it and, and they're four and one now, so. Or three and what are they? Four and one. Four and one. So they got through it. Here was the shocker, Louisville. And we both took, we both took Louisville over Notre Dame. And sure enough, Marcus Freeman had Notre Dame fired up and, and ready to go. Sure enough, I mean, you know, they relatively had a quiet 30 start and a chance to make a real splash, you know, against Notre Dame. And Notre Dame fell to Northern Illinois, who got pancaked by Navy. Yep. Okay. Navy is an army are both undefeated and Navy is really looking good. That kid can toss the ball. And I don't think I'm gonna tell you. Navy might just surprise a lot of people.
[00:21:18] Speaker B: Do you think they could make the cfp?
[00:21:20] Speaker A: I don't know if they'll make the cfp. They might go undefeated though, if they go. Oh, yeah, they'll make it. Absolutely.
I think so. I, I think that at that point, you're going to have to draw if they can beat army on the last game. And that's such a great game. It is a good game, you know, and I'm a Navy guy. I am biased. I'm not going to tell you. I'm not. You know, I, I have like three, four teams that I absolutely love. Ohio State being number one, Navy being number two. The Gamecocks, where I, I like them. But Tennessee is number three. The Gamecocks are number four. Those are my, my biased teams. And the Gamecocks are a dark horse. Tennessee is the, the biggest dark horse I think, in the secular on the east side. And we're going to see how they can do because do I think that they can beat in Alabama or Texas? Absolutely.
You know, AUI IA is a real deal. He can toss the ball. Sanders can run it real well. You got squirrel white. You've got other weapons that are in there. You, you've got a pretty ferocious offense.
When you look at the scores and yeah, that might be against teams that, you know, everyone's like, well, they should win those games, Chattanooga and a few others. But here's the bottom line.
When you have games like that, you are working on perfection at that point. You are working on, okay, let's make this executed the proper way. Exactly.
I mean, and then when you get to those big games, you're prepared. If you remember, everyone used to mock Alabama for the first couple of games. They, they played these nobodies. But in the end it helped Alabama because when it came to the big games and they did it and they dominated, everyone was like, they executed, they executed, but they had the practice to do that. And Ohio State had a pretty favorable schedule at the very beginning.
[00:23:19] Speaker B: Yeah. But now they go up in Iowa.
[00:23:21] Speaker A: Now they're going to. Yeah. Now we got to deal with Iowa, then we got to deal with Oregon, then we get a buy.
[00:23:27] Speaker B: Yep. And then it's right back into the.
[00:23:29] Speaker A: And then you're right back into the mix. What's up with very Illinois? Yeah. Indiana, which are all top 25. Couple of them are top 10 and top 25 teams, so.
And you can't count out Indiana. Nope.
Yeah, I mean, so as the SEC is stacked, the Big Ten is stacked. So now we're at that time of. Okay, here we go. It's going to be a game of attrition, you know what I'm saying? And everything else. And I mean, I, I think that's, that's gonna.
We're, we're getting into it now.
[00:24:06] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:24:07] Speaker A: This is the, this is the best time. You start to get towards Halloween and we're going to find out who's who because the ghosts are going to come out of the closet, you know.
[00:24:15] Speaker B: Oh, correction. We do not play Illinois this year.
[00:24:18] Speaker A: Who do we have?
[00:24:19] Speaker B: We have Iowa this week. Oregon, Nebraska, Penn State, Purdue, Northwestern, Indiana and Michigan.
[00:24:29] Speaker A: Yeah, I'm not too worried about the Purdue one.
They're, they're, they're.
[00:24:34] Speaker B: I am not counting them out.
[00:24:35] Speaker A: No, you gotta. Gotta watch them. There's no question.
[00:24:38] Speaker B: It's, it's that Northwestern game that has me would be worried.
[00:24:42] Speaker A: What do you think about UNLV, the rebels?
[00:24:45] Speaker B: They're in the top 25. They're not bad.
[00:24:48] Speaker A: Yeah, they're ranked 24. Who do they play this week?
[00:24:51] Speaker B: They play Syracuse.
[00:24:55] Speaker A: Let's see.
[00:24:56] Speaker B: Syracuse.
[00:24:57] Speaker A: We'll get it. We'll get into that. But I think that they got Boise State.
[00:25:00] Speaker B: No, I believe they have Syracuse this week.
[00:25:02] Speaker A: I think October or October 25th. They have Boise State.
[00:25:06] Speaker B: Yeah. This week should be Syracuse. Yeah.
[00:25:08] Speaker A: So. All right. And here we go. The Scarlet Knights of Rutgers is number 25.
Four zero.
[00:25:17] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:25:17] Speaker A: Four. No.
[00:25:18] Speaker B: Defeated.
[00:25:19] Speaker A: So you know who I want to.
[00:25:23] Speaker B: Throw an oddball in there?
[00:25:25] Speaker A: All right.
[00:25:25] Speaker B: James Madison University with another huge weak blowout, 63 to 7.
[00:25:32] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:25:33] Speaker B: I mean, this kid is an absolute baller.
[00:25:38] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:25:39] Speaker B: Well, 20 and 28. 300, what was it? 380 something yards, five touchdowns.
Like you can't ask for better perfection.
[00:25:50] Speaker A: So here we go. So what we have is, you know, number one, Alabama. And next up for them is Vanderbilt. Don't count them out.
[00:25:57] Speaker B: Nope.
[00:25:58] Speaker A: You know, they're a Scrappy team, so, you know, they have to watch that.
Next up for Texas Longhorn, I believe is October 12th and they have Oklahoma in Dallas.
So that's going to be a good game. The Buckeyes, you know, now have won nine straight against Michigan State. So that's the longest streak in the series.
And before that, Ohio State had an eight game win streak. So. But now we've got Iowa at 3:30.
[00:26:30] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:26:31] Speaker A: Iowa has that defense.
[00:26:34] Speaker B: Is that at Iowa or is that Ohio?
[00:26:36] Speaker A: No, I believe that it's, it's, I believe that one is at Iowa. Oh, boy. And then that's going to be, that's going to be a tough game. And Tennessee. Okay, they've got Arkansas. Okay. That's why I thought they've got Arkansas. I like Tennessee in that one. I like Tennessee by at least 14. 14 or more. I like Tennessee. Georgia Bulldogs. Now they're coming up against Auburn.
If Hugh wants to keep that spot, he's, he's, he better come to play. And you know, that's, that's just all there is to it. So, you know, he's playing for his.
[00:27:17] Speaker B: Job and he can get those players to actually respond. I could see an Auburn upset over Georgia.
[00:27:23] Speaker A: Well, Carson Beck isn't a bad quarterback. He threw over 400 yards and still lost the game to, to Alabama. So then we get the Ducks. The Ducks play who? We just beat Michigan State. That'll be interesting. I want to see how the Ducks are. Okay. We were 38 to seven winners and we let off the gas at the end. We started putting in Devin, Devin Brown and others. So, you know, 38 to 7, letting off the gas.
I mean, you're still talking five touchdowns.
[00:27:57] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:27:58] Speaker A: You know what I'm saying? Yeah. So, you know, five touchdowns, why not? I can understand that. So let's see what Oregon does.
Penn State has ucla, so.
[00:28:14] Speaker B: Oh, Penn State's winning that game.
[00:28:16] Speaker A: I, I, after defeating Illinois 21 7, I could see Penn State coming out and beating UCLA and UCLA. Welcome to the Big Ten.
[00:28:26] Speaker B: You're one in, you're one in four.
[00:28:28] Speaker A: Yeah, you're gonna get slapped around, I think this year. So, you know, but welcome home. Welcome home. Yeah, we welcome you and we'll bandage you up afterward, you know, and then you look at this. The Hurricanes defeated Virginia Tech. But it was close.
[00:28:46] Speaker B: It was very close.
[00:28:47] Speaker A: I mean, come on, it, you know, when you've got 38, 34, but you've got Cam Ward and he passed for over 300 yards. So but it was, it was, it was real close. That was a close game, but more than what it should have been.
And who's got the tough game this, this week? Well, Missouri Tigers against Texas A M. Texas A M can beat them.
[00:29:17] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:29:18] Speaker A: Can I, I kind of like Texas A M in this one over Missouri. I, I think strength, physicality and everything else. Missouri's tough, but Texas A M may be one step ahead.
[00:29:30] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:29:31] Speaker A: And, and I, I, I expect that to be kind of an upset. So I like them.
Michigan barely squeaked past Minnesota, and again, I think it came down to that kick, the onside kick.
[00:29:46] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:29:47] Speaker A: And I hate to be bad news.
[00:29:49] Speaker B: But he was not offside.
[00:29:51] Speaker A: He was not offsides.
I didn't think so.
[00:29:55] Speaker B: You know, and this is, this is where I'm going to come out and say it. You know, that's three games now that come down to a little bit of an officiating call. There's bad like the Chiefs, Michigan.
[00:30:08] Speaker A: Yes. And I, and I agree. And then, well, they play Washington this week, so they should get by them, which will put them at 5 and 1. They should. But you never know.
[00:30:19] Speaker B: Washington might come out and surprise a lot of people here.
[00:30:22] Speaker A: And the Trojans defeated Wisconsin 38.21. So that was a pretty good beating right there. So, you know, I still like them.
I think they just laid an egg at Michigan and it was a close game, but they laid an egg there. So that was.
They don't, they don't. And Ole Miss Rebels. Well, they lost to Kentucky and we talked about that.
[00:30:45] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:30:46] Speaker A: Yeah, Kentucky is. And I took Kentucky on that one. I did. But when you look at that, you watch how Kentucky played. The only real beating they took was Carolina. Yeah, you know, the Gamecocks. So, you know, good for Kentucky. But here we go. LSU Tigers, now they play. Their next game is against Ole Miss.
Here we go now. Now we're getting into the thicket things. Does LSU beat Ole Miss or does Ole Miss take out LSU and take them out of the playoffs?
[00:31:25] Speaker B: I would think that Ole Miss would take down lsu.
[00:31:30] Speaker A: I don't think so. I don't. However, I'm going with the quarterback. I would say Nussmeier.
[00:31:36] Speaker B: It depends on what LS team decides to show up. Are you the team that laid an egg or are you the team that came out scrappy ready to ball against South Carolina?
[00:31:48] Speaker A: Nussmeyer is a quarterback, and when he was behind Jaden Daniels, I'm going to tell you.
[00:31:57] Speaker B: It'S not just a single person game, though. You know, the team has to perform, too. And then stacking the Teams, comparatively, Ole Miss has a better team, but it's not by much. So you see what I'm saying? It's. It's. What team is LSU going to put on the field?
[00:32:15] Speaker A: Yep. And, and I think that, you know, and this one, I believe, is that Ole Miss, that's where I would give out, you know, and, you know, you want to give that three points advantage to, you know, the opposing. To the home team versus the opposing team. So that's going to be interesting. And then we get to number 14, Notre Dame. Fighting. Fighting Irish. And they're going up against Stanford. Now, this is one of those games.
[00:32:42] Speaker B: Yep. Holds heritage.
[00:32:44] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:32:45] Speaker B: Culture, tradition.
[00:32:49] Speaker A: But we took Stanford and they lost.
[00:32:51] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:32:52] Speaker A: So how are they going to do here against Louisville? That's a pretty evenly matched.
[00:33:01] Speaker B: I think Louisville is going to run out.
[00:33:02] Speaker A: You think they turn around and they. And they run it back.
[00:33:05] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:33:05] Speaker A: Okay, so. All right, I could see that. So Louisville on that one. All right. Yeah. Because, you know, the, the last beating that Stanford just took was to the Clemson Tigers. And it was a beating.
[00:33:18] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:33:19] Speaker A: You know, 40 to 14. Where were you, Clemson when you played Georgia?
That, that's. Yeah. And. And I think that first game that they scheduled against Georgia, which I give him credit.
Yeah. They, they just got overwhelmed. And so their record is 3 and 1. And now they have, they have Florida State.
And I like Clemson against Florida State.
So we get to the Cyclones. Iowa cyclones, number 16.
We get to them and they defeated the Houston Cougars 20 to nothing.
And now they have Baylor. And Baylor, they lost, but they're a speedy little team. But I, I see Iowa State whooping them.
All right, the Cougars, here we go. Now this is interesting. So the Cougars. Now BYU is going to have to go against Arizona, who took out Utah.
So that's going to be very, very interesting.
At Arizona, I believe.
I like, I like BYU.
I like BYU.
So, yeah, I like BYU.
You know, understand that the Utes lost to Arizona 2310. Yeah. So, you know, I don't care. 13 points. You're two touchdowns.
That's a pretty sound beating. So, you know, that's. That's it. And of course, here's the. Here's the funny thing.
Utah now has to go and face Arizona State.
[00:35:02] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:35:03] Speaker A: But I like, I like Utah. Yeah, they'll get back into it. The record will be five and one. I like that. Oko. All right, so now we get to the Oklahoma Sooners, who defeated Auburn 27 21.
Oklahoma is now five and all time on the road against SEC opponents, that's the most wins without a loss by any team since 1936.
And they're going against Texas in Texas. So can they go? And this game could go either way. And I'll tell you, because the rivalry is so big, it's so deep and we watched that last year and boom, it happened. You remember? And, and it happened. Can they do it again? Because if they can Texas, they could go six and no test.
Yeah, Texas is gonna have a test.
If Oklahoma can pull this off, they'd be 60 all time against the SEC. Yeah, I don't know of any team that really has done that. You know, I don't know of any team that's ever done that. So you have a chance here to make some history. Can you? And will you do it? Is the question definitely. The defense. Well, that, you know who that's going to come down on?
[00:36:18] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:36:19] Speaker A: So that's going to come down on the coach, you know, and, and he, he looks pretty good. He'll be prepared. Kansas State, you're going to be a Colorado. Colorado's a little bit of a surprise.
So can Shador do his thing?
I just, you know, and it's at Colorado. So I, I'm gonna tell, I take Kansas State in this game.
Yeah, but I mean, I don't know because Colorado really, really beat up their opponent this last week. I mean, ugly.
It was ugly. You know, so let's see what happens there.
[00:36:59] Speaker B: This is going to be the testing point for Prime.
[00:37:01] Speaker A: This is going to be a test point for Prime. If he comes out of here with a win against Kansas State, we'll start considering you. Yeah, then we'll start to talk about you. That's, that's for sure. So Boise State's gonna have Utah State. I like Boise State in this one.
You know, Ashton Gentee, he rushed for 259 yards and four scores.
He's the only player in the FBS with multiple games with four or more rushing scores this season. So, yeah, I, I like Boise State in that one. And this is going to be interesting. Louisville, you've got smu. I don't know.
I, I, I don't know what to think. SMU is.
That's at noon.
The Cardinals are 09 on the road in AP ranked matchups. 0 and 9.
The odds are definitely stacked against Louisville on this one.
SMU could be an upset. Yeah. You know what I'm saying? I could kind of see that.
Then you've got Indiana. Indiana, ladies and gentlemen, is 5 and 0 and they beat Maryland. We called that game wrong. We picked Maryland and they did it 42 to 28.
[00:38:36] Speaker B: Indiana's back.
[00:38:37] Speaker A: Indiana's back. Which is tied for the second best start to a season in IU history since 1967, when the Hoosier started at 8 and O and won a share of the Big Ten title.
So.
And they're at Northwestern. I like Indiana. Indiana. Yeah, I like Indiana in that one.
[00:38:58] Speaker B: I think Indiana is going to roll through until about the. You know, I could see Indiana upsetting Michigan. I could see Indiana.
[00:39:06] Speaker A: Oh, I could see that.
[00:39:07] Speaker B: Upsetting usc. I could see that Indiana possibly. Possibly upsetting Oregon and Ohio State, possibly.
[00:39:21] Speaker A: I don't want to say.
[00:39:21] Speaker B: I want to see that they have the depth to do it.
[00:39:25] Speaker A: No, they don't have that.
[00:39:26] Speaker B: I think they stumble with Penn State, Ohio State and Oregon.
[00:39:31] Speaker A: Yeah, I.
[00:39:32] Speaker B: But like I said, I think they handily take care of Michigan and usc.
[00:39:37] Speaker A: I'm. I'm gonna tell you this. I think Penn State is probably the second best team in. In the Big Ten now, in all honesty. And it could be Indiana and it could be Oregon, too, but, you know, we're gonna. We're gonna find out. But Penn State looks. You know, they're. Boy, they're just. They grind it. Yeah. You know, they're a tough team. They're. They're a grinding team. So.
And you know, he just. He's tired of losing to Ohio State and Michigan every year. Very much so. It's very dangerous because Ohio State has to go to Penn State and, you know, it's a night game and it's going to be a whiteout. Yep. You know, it's a white out. The crowd's going to be excited. If Ohio State. They cannot afford to have that slow start that they're having.
[00:40:21] Speaker B: No.
[00:40:22] Speaker A: In that first quarter, they're going to have to be on top of it the entire game through. They make the best adjustments of any team in. In the. In the half. I mean, there's no question. And then look out, because they can strike fast and they're very efficient.
[00:40:39] Speaker B: And the thing about Ohio State, people, is they don't just attack you on offense, they attack you on defense. As the game goes on, they go after the ball like rabid dogs.
[00:40:50] Speaker A: Yeah. Jim Knowles. Jim Knowles makes some great adjustments on that.
[00:40:54] Speaker B: Forced fumbles.
[00:40:56] Speaker A: Well, they're the number two defense in the country. Okay. They haven't allowed a lot of points at all.
[00:41:01] Speaker B: No.
[00:41:02] Speaker A: 7 points here, 14 points there, and then 3 points. Yeah. Yeah. No, the week before.
[00:41:10] Speaker B: No. 10 points. They're not.
[00:41:13] Speaker A: Was it 14 points? That was 14 points. That's it. So you, you've got, you know, 21, 28, 29, 30, 31 points is all that's been scored on them this entire year through five games.
That's impressive.
All right, so then we get to the Fighting illini who are 41, 4 and 1 and they lost to Penn State and you know, it was 21 to 7, 14 points.
[00:41:43] Speaker B: It was a good game. It was still close. I mean, yeah, Penn State did not get that lead until, you know, late up into the game. It's not like they were sitting there running away with 21 7, but it's.
[00:41:54] Speaker A: That muscle, that grinding part that Penn State has. They will try to wear you down.
[00:41:59] Speaker B: And grind doesn't have the running back that it used to have. So it's not capable of being in these grinding games.
As close as they are with the physicality of some of these teams.
[00:42:10] Speaker A: Well, they're bitter now. They're 4 and 1 and they go and play Purdue. So they're going to be Purdue for whatever happened to them with Penn State. And you know, I see that the Rebels, so they defeated New Mexico 72 to 7 in 1980, but they defeated Fresno State this last weekend, 59 to 14.
[00:42:35] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:42:35] Speaker A: That's huge. So here's the problem and this is the part that I feel bad for you for.
Who do you have up next? You have to play Syracuse.
[00:42:47] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:42:47] Speaker A: And Syracuse has one loss, so good luck.
I'm sorry. But Kyle McCord is very comfortable back there. This, this is his element. He's in his element as that. And we said this before, he's a tear down from elitist, but he is still elite.
[00:43:08] Speaker B: He's a game manager.
[00:43:09] Speaker A: He's a game manager and he's very. The thing that with McCord is he's very calm, cool and collective in that pocket. He will make a mistake here and there, but for the most part the kid can wing the ball. Yeah. I mean he showed us that many, many times, so absolutely.
Very impressive.
But can Syracuse, can the defense hold up? No.
UNLV is a scoring machine.
[00:43:42] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:43:43] Speaker A: So.
[00:43:43] Speaker B: And their defense isn't bad?
[00:43:46] Speaker A: Well, you would guess not at a 59 to 14. The defense is like right there, you know what I'm saying? So it's going to be very interesting.
Yeah, I'm.
I could see that.
[00:44:00] Speaker B: I like Kyle McCord, but if it comes to shootout, I don't think he's going to be able to.
[00:44:05] Speaker A: I, I don't think that they give him Enough. He doesn't have enough resources.
[00:44:09] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:44:10] Speaker A: And, and that's the only problem. He is the quarterback. He is the right quarterback. Yeah.
[00:44:15] Speaker B: It's just, you know, he's not the one catching the pass. He's not the one running the United.
[00:44:20] Speaker A: Oh, and they had some drop balls that were ridiculous.
[00:44:23] Speaker B: It's not all to blame on Kyle. It's not?
[00:44:26] Speaker A: No, no. It's, it's, you know, team game. If you're out there and you're catching balls, catch the ball. If it's thrown in your hands and you drop the ball, that's on you. You know, the ball is right where it belongs. So they have to back him up and the running back has to have a good game. If the offensive line can handle UNLV's defensive front, then maybe. But if you. And we're going to know through the first quarter, if, you know unlv, if the Rebels start to get rolling, that's it.
[00:44:58] Speaker B: Yeah, it's done.
[00:44:59] Speaker A: Yeah, it's. It's done because they're not going to.
[00:45:01] Speaker B: Let off the gas.
[00:45:04] Speaker A: So here we go. And now we're getting into Texas A M and we know that they've got Missouri.
It's. What do you think?
I mean, in all honesty, what do you think A M is? You know, they defeated Arkansas 21 or they defeated Arkansas 2117. That's a close game.
[00:45:26] Speaker B: That is. I just, I, I want to give it to Missouri, but I believe this is when Missouri catches its first loss.
[00:45:34] Speaker A: Yeah. I think they go from. They go to a defeated team instead of undefeated.
[00:45:40] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:45:41] Speaker A: They're not Missouri from last year. No. So I, I think the Texas A M somehow or another slips through the gate.
[00:45:50] Speaker B: Is it in Missouri?
[00:45:51] Speaker A: Yes, I believe so.
[00:45:53] Speaker B: I might get this one. Missouri.
[00:45:57] Speaker A: It's a toss up game.
[00:45:58] Speaker B: It is.
[00:45:59] Speaker A: It's a toss up game. I, I think I like, I like Texas A M in this one, but, you know, because they're hungry.
So we'll, we'll see how the Aggies do.
But yet a close game versus Arkansas. You cannot afford to have a close game with Missouri. No, if it comes down to overtime, it's. I like Missouri.
[00:46:24] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:46:25] Speaker A: But if you can get it done, you're gonna have to get it done so it doesn't go to overtime.
You have so much going on, you know, and you have to look at it. The 12, the 12 team. CFP has really opened the door for a lot of teams. You want to be in that top four. You want that buy. You know what I'm saying?
And you want that because that will be some rest from that season and a good time to prepare and then you can become a very dangerous, dangerous team.
[00:47:00] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:47:01] Speaker A: So, and, and I think with that, you know, depending on how it's lined up, it, it's going to be, it's going to be very interesting.
[00:47:13] Speaker B: I will say one thing. I don't see a team going undefeated this year.
[00:47:17] Speaker A: I do.
[00:47:19] Speaker B: Very slim chance.
[00:47:21] Speaker A: I, I, it's possible, but the amount.
[00:47:25] Speaker B: Of games needed to be played, first of all, if it happens, it has to be one of the buy teams.
[00:47:32] Speaker A: Okay, so let's look at this.
Alabama's going into a trap game, no question. Okay. They've already taken out Georgia. That would leave them with Texas and leave them with Tennessee.
[00:47:47] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:47:47] Speaker A: That's two big doggies to have to worry about.
[00:47:50] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:47:51] Speaker A: Okay. And if Tennessee, they've got to worry about Georgia, then they'd have to worry about either Alabama or Texas. You know what I'm saying? And they still play Alabama. So if you look at it, if Tennessee can get past Georgia and Alabama, then they have to worry only about Texas.
[00:48:11] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:48:13] Speaker A: That's.
[00:48:15] Speaker B: I think Tennessee would be Texas, personally.
[00:48:19] Speaker A: I think that they can do it. They have a very, very rugged defense and they don't give up anything. They don't like to give up anything. So, you know who's the number one defense?
Tennessee. Tennessee is your number one defense. And right behind them was Ohio State, correct? Yeah, I, they don't give up points.
[00:48:43] Speaker B: And they're very stingy defenses.
[00:48:45] Speaker A: And they're. Yeah, they're stingy. They're all over you. And if they start getting through the line, you better run for your life, you know, I mean, I don't know. You know, Carson back, I'm sure at the first part of the game he was running for his life. In the second part, they, they fixed it up. You know, you don't want to do that to a Tennessee team because I'm going to tell you. Is Milro better than Ivan Mala? Is he? No, I don't think so. I think. No way, man. He is. I, no way.
[00:49:17] Speaker B: Oh, you're talking. Oh, no, no.
[00:49:19] Speaker A: Tennessee's quarterback has the edge.
[00:49:22] Speaker B: Yeah, I give Tennessee's quarterback the edge.
[00:49:24] Speaker A: So Ivan Malaz is just the real deal. And Yeah, I, I just, I don't think so. So we'll see how that goes.
And it's, it's going to be, it's going to be incredible. But you, you can't count out, you just can't count out Tennessee. You can't count out Alabama and you can't count out Texas at this point. There's your, there's your top three in the sec, I believe.
[00:49:52] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:49:52] Speaker A: And then in the Big Ten, you're, you're in the same boat as before. You've got Penn State, Oregon and Ohio State. There's your top three right there. So, you know, and we'll see what Michigan does. Michigan might just hand them a loss, so we'll see how that goes.
It's going to be interesting. And Notre Dame has a very favorable schedule. Now that I look at Notre Dame playing usc, I'm not, you know, I thought USC was just going to roll, but you know, after losing to Michigan, can they get past, you know, the likes of usc? Can they? I, I, I don't, I don't know. Or Notre Dame, can they? I don't know.
[00:50:44] Speaker B: It's a hard tell.
[00:50:45] Speaker A: Yeah, it's a hard tell. So we'll have, we'll have to see how that goes.
And Freeman has got, he's, he's really on track, so he's making the changes and doing the things that he needs to do to get Notre Dame to where they have to do.
And I don't think you can look at anyone for the Heisman Trophy right now because you have too many good players.
[00:51:08] Speaker B: Oh, there's too many.
[00:51:09] Speaker A: There's, there's too many right now.
[00:51:10] Speaker B: It's, you know, week eight, you could start narrowing it.
[00:51:15] Speaker A: But, and, and I'm gonna tell you, you look at Navy and you look at army, okay? If Navy can, you know, run the table against who they got and understand something, Navy went against Memphis and you know, UAB. So we had one there that was 56 to 44 and 41 to 18.
You cannot count this kid out.
So Navy looks real good. It's going to be a great game. Army, Navy. So you know, I'm, I'm going with Navy in this one during that game, that's for sure. And I always tell my army buddies and I'll tell you all the same thing, the Army's great, love the army, everything like that. But they need heroes too. And that's what the Navy's for. And yeah, that's right.
And Air Force took their first loss this last week.
[00:52:11] Speaker B: Yep.
[00:52:11] Speaker A: So, you know, it's going to be very interesting.
Smith, let's get back to him for Ohio State. Two one handed catches that were absolutely ungodly. How that boy came down with the ball was just, he is pro status right now. He could play in the pros right now.
[00:52:32] Speaker B: Yeah, he could go to the NFL.
[00:52:33] Speaker A: He could go to the NFL. There's no question.
[00:52:35] Speaker B: His body. The kid is a.
[00:52:37] Speaker A: Is.
[00:52:37] Speaker B: Is.
[00:52:37] Speaker A: He's huge. Yeah, he is. He is just. He's an anomaly, man, for a freshman. Yeah. And I mean, you know, thank God we're gonna have him for a few more years, because he is absolutely. You throw the ball in his way, there's, you know, there's. It's not a 50. 50 chance. You're right. It. It's. It's more like a 90. Smith will get it over your 10%. Your God will.
[00:53:01] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:53:02] Speaker A: I mean, it is just. This kid just. He's unbelievable. And watching.
[00:53:07] Speaker B: Wait till he works on his footwork.
[00:53:09] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. No question. But he's got speed. Look at how he ran away in a couple of those. But he's got speed.
[00:53:17] Speaker B: Routes, good routes. But, oh, who he's working with.
[00:53:20] Speaker A: Right.
[00:53:20] Speaker B: Ryan, the heartline.
[00:53:22] Speaker A: Yeah, he's got. Yeah, Heartline is a master. Oh, yeah. And he was when he played with Ohio State. Oh, yes. So. And then they started talking about, well, the coaches that could be plucked. You know, Heartline was one of them. And, you know, Chip Kelly was another.
[00:53:36] Speaker B: I don't think.
[00:53:37] Speaker A: I don't think so right now. I. I don't think Kelly is either. I. I think right now, he's in.
[00:53:42] Speaker B: A happy place right now.
[00:53:43] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:53:43] Speaker B: Heartline is good. No offense.
[00:53:45] Speaker A: He's an Ohio State alone.
[00:53:47] Speaker B: I love Day, but if Day ever retires on out, Heartline's the next.
[00:53:51] Speaker A: Heartline takes it. He takes it over.
[00:53:53] Speaker B: He takes it over.
[00:53:54] Speaker A: And right now, Day, you know, a lot of people wanted to put him on the hot seat after last year.
[00:54:00] Speaker B: You can't.
[00:54:00] Speaker A: You. You know, you can't.
Here's the thing.
[00:54:05] Speaker B: Who are you gonna get to replace him?
[00:54:07] Speaker A: Yeah, it's got.
[00:54:08] Speaker B: You expect the exact same expectations and more.
[00:54:12] Speaker A: No. Day is.
[00:54:13] Speaker B: Is there any coach out there right now?
[00:54:14] Speaker A: No, I. I would. I wouldn't take any coach over Day right now.
[00:54:18] Speaker B: No.
[00:54:18] Speaker A: So I wouldn't take Kirby Smart over Day. No, I wouldn't take. No. Ryan Day produces, wins. Ryan Day gets the job done.
[00:54:25] Speaker B: Ryan Day has a culture at Ohio State that is unbreakable.
[00:54:29] Speaker A: Right? And, you know, I like the way he's doing things. He's effective, he's efficient, and he's not egotistical. You know, he's got the team. You know, he said that, you know, the kids at the team and, you know, I love it. They have a camaraderie there, Brotherhood. The Brotherhood. Yeah. It's unbreakable. And you know to where. And the funny thing is that's a team. We'll put God first. Watch out for a team that does that. When you have a team that puts God first and that's their thing, you know and the, and they support their actions by what we. We've seen. You know and you know, having marches and stuff like that and then helping out in the community and everything. When you have that kind of team.
[00:55:18] Speaker B: It'S going to be hard to stop.
[00:55:20] Speaker A: It's. It's hard. It's incredibly hard to beat those kind of teams.
[00:55:24] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:55:24] Speaker A: And it's.
That's just a fact, folks. That's just a fact. And these kids are not selfish. They try to play against themselves and outdo themselves. So it's going to be very interesting with them.
Well, here we go. You know, we just have too many people that could be up for the Heisman right now.
So it's going to be interesting.
What do you think? In the Sooner's quarterback right now in Michael Hawkins Jr.
[00:55:59] Speaker B: He's doing the job.
[00:56:01] Speaker A: Well they, they took Jackson Arnold out. So he's getting the j. He's getting the job done. And, and it's a gutsy move. He's a freshman. Yeah. So. But he's doing the job. So don't count them out against Texas.
[00:56:15] Speaker B: No. And, and, and here's another thing too though.
[00:56:17] Speaker A: It's rivalry. It's a rivalry. It's huge.
[00:56:20] Speaker B: On the coach.
[00:56:21] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:56:21] Speaker B: To pull the quarterback out.
[00:56:23] Speaker A: Yeah, I agree. So anyway, those are the games that are coming up. We talked about the games that just happened. Look for some upsets. Look for some upsets this week. There's some really hard games to call.
It's. It's going to be incredible. And, and you know, don't forget to go on over to Five Star Double Diamond Sports. John Hickey's page, Marcus McCullough. Well, you and I, we have a lot to. We got to get our act together, buddy. Because I'll tell you what, our picks aren't doing that great and we've been getting beat up, my friend. So I lost again to Sherry and you know what? That hurt. That was a little painful.
She's been picking games I wouldn't have thought that that would win but I believe.
And John has such a great pickums contest. You guys can get in on this and it's a wonderful contest. And like I said, just go on over to Five Star Double Diamond Sports. John Hickey runs that page.
He's incredible. He put, you know, he puts up the games and the matchups, tells you where they're going to be at. So let us take a look. And like we said, Alabama's at Vanderbilt. Alabama, Ohio State at Iowa. I'll take Ohio State. Georgia at Auburn. I'll take Georgia. Oregon at Michigan State. I'll take Oregon. Penn State at ucla. I'll take Penn State. LSU is idle. Old Miss is at South Carolina.
I like South Carolina. I'll take them for an upset. Tennessee is at Arkansas. I'll take Tennessee. Indiana's at Northwestern. I like Indiana. Missouri is at Texas A M. I like Texas A M, folks, because they're the home team. Field. Michigan's at Washington. I like. I'm gonna. It's at Washington, too.
[00:58:22] Speaker B: You don't take Washington, to be honest.
[00:58:24] Speaker A: Yeah. There's a little bitterness there, isn't there, for. Especially from last year. Yeah. So there's a little bitterness there. I'll go with Michigan edging it out, but it's going to be a close game. Duke is at Georgia Tech. I like Duke.
Clemson is. Yeah. Duke is an underrated one. There's another team, you know, and they. They took it to. Was it North Carolina? Yeah. So Clemson's at Florida State. Clemson. BYU is idle. USC is at Minnesota.
I like. I think Southern Cal can pull it out. But don't underestimate Minnesota. It's a trap game.
[00:59:04] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:59:06] Speaker A: And then we got. Who is it? We have Miami. A cow. Oh, I like Miami. I like Miami in that game.
[00:59:14] Speaker B: I want to see Miami. Bringing back Miami.
[00:59:17] Speaker A: Yeah. You know, we're not sure yet, so. Too close. Too many. A few close calls there.
We have SMU at Louisville.
Louisville is the home team. Do they write the ship, or does SMU come in there and upset them?
[00:59:38] Speaker B: Smu.
[00:59:40] Speaker A: Okay, smu. I could go with that. History repeats, right? Oklahoma State at West Virginia. Oklahoma State is coming off of second loss.
They're reeling, but I like.
[00:59:51] Speaker B: Every time. I seem to pick and then they lose.
Let's go. Okie State by picking West Virginia.
[00:59:58] Speaker A: Yeah.
All right. Texas Tech at Arizona. I like Arizona.
Boston College is at Virginia.
I like Virginia in this one. I don't know why, but I do. UFC is at Florida.
[01:00:17] Speaker B: Florida.
[01:00:18] Speaker A: Yeah. I think the Gators probably will get one, but I don't know. That's a tough call.
Kansas versus Arizona State.
It's not K State, remember, it's just Kansas. But I'm gonna take Kansas.
[01:00:40] Speaker B: Give me the Hogs.
[01:00:42] Speaker A: Yeah, you're gonna. You take the Wildcats.
[01:00:47] Speaker B: No, I'm gonna go To Bird.
[01:00:49] Speaker A: All right. You're going. Yeah. Okay. Hawaii versus San Diego State.
[01:00:55] Speaker B: San Diego State.
[01:00:57] Speaker A: I'm taking Hawaii.
[01:00:59] Speaker B: Is it not Hawaii? No, San Diego State.
[01:01:02] Speaker A: Okay.
All right, folks, well, that wraps it up for us. We thank you for tuning in with us right here on offsides. College football's top 25 plus 5. Anyway, we will catch you next week. Let's see what happens.
Don't hold us to anything because we're just like you. We're just kind of picking and choosing who we think is going to win, but that doesn't. Oh, Jake, thank you. Yeah, Oklahoma Sooners are the best. Are you going to get it done, though, Jake, at Texas? Can you get it done? I'm going to put this up here for him real quick.
Yeah.
But I will say the, you know, going with. Going with that new quarterback sure does make it look like you have a good chance. We'll see how he holds up under the pressure, you know, and we'll go from there. But, you know, Jake, I don't know, man. I. I don't. I don't know. If you, if you want to make a statement, this is the one you make right here, right now.
And you know, we're gonna see what Texas is made of with Arch Manning going against.
Okay.
[01:02:24] Speaker B: Yours is going to start this week.
[01:02:27] Speaker A: That might change things, but I don't know, Jake. We're gonna. You know, I, I would love to see Oklahoma upset him, but that would make you guys six and oh, all time against the sec.
Can you do it, Oklahoma? I would love to see that because I, I don't think there's any schools that have done that.
I don't think so. Nope.
I remember at one point Ohio State was like, oh, and like 10. But they took, they robbed us of that Arkansas win.
I remember that. So I was a little bitter about that in that Sugar bowl, but we vacated that spot. But then we came back in 2014 and, you know, ripped it through, ripped it out through Alabama and then up upset Oregon at that one. But then Oregon beat us when. When we played them the last time in our own home field, so. And now we're going to play at Oregon's, so it's gonna be interesting. Well, Jake, good luck to you and your Oklahoma Sooners.
Are they the best? Well, we're gonna find out. This is the week. You got to prove it, my friend. This is the week. Jake, thank you for joining us. We're always welcome. We. We welcome all of you again. Go on over to Five Star Double Diamond Sports.
You can join the pick em contest. Listen, there's nothing big, you know this. It's not a money thing or anything like that. John runs a very clean page. He is a great, great guy. He's an air force guy, so don't hold that against him. Anyway, John is a sharp guy. Love him to death. He's a shipmate for life, you know, brother, veteran. So anyway, Marcus McAuley, Kent, Doug, Shannon, and I think Shannon, she swallowed a horseshoe somewhere along the line because she picked everything perfect last week, so. And then. And then she's always been either winning the week or right up there at the top. So I've come to the conclusion that somehow or another she ate a horseshoe or did whatever she did, but, you know, just incredible. Anyway, guys, take care. Thank you for joining us again and we will see you next week. Sorry we got off to a late start tonight. It's the way it goes, but we'll move on from there. Take care, guys. Bye.
