Episode Transcript
[00:00:02] Speaker A: Give me a back spacing.
Hey guys, how you doing? And welcome to Offsides College football's top 25 plus five. And we are going to get right into it. And of course I always, I just want to show you that we're live and we're going to stop the cam here and we're going to continue on. We have a lot that has been going on.
So we're at the, well here we are, we're at the playoff time and we've got some very, very interesting matchups. And I mean to tell you it is looking like it is going to be brutal for a lot of teams. So let's take a look at the matchups. We're not going to be on long tonight because we really have to go over just a few games.
But it looks like for the first round we have Ohio State versus Tennessee. And I know what you're thinking. After Ohio State's very poor showing against Michigan, which boggled our mind ourselves, they decided to try to run, run, run, run, run instead of using their strengths.
[00:01:12] Speaker B: I'm gonna jump right into it. I've sat here, I've pondered on it, I've looked at a lot of things and I'm going to be honest, I'm curious if Ohio State used Michigan as a warm up game on the run offense. And the reason why I say this is because it they were put into, it was almost as if they were put into a strategy knowing that they were going to be, you know, ahead by a few, play the defensive role and play not to lose versus playing to win.
And I don't think they, they really thought of it as significant as it really must be more so to the fan base. But looking forward, do you really want to play Oregon three times?
[00:02:01] Speaker A: I, I think do you want to.
[00:02:03] Speaker B: Play Oregon in the Big Ten game? And here's my stating to this. Penn State held their own pretty well against Oregon for the better part until about the fourth quarter. But it allows Ryan Day and his coaching staff to sit there and get a look at how another powerhouse team would attack Oregon.
You've already gone head to head. You took them to one point in their own house. You can't be faulted for that.
[00:02:29] Speaker A: No. You are the only team that has managed to do such, but you did it in a different way. You use every single asset that you have.
[00:02:38] Speaker B: But think about this. What is the one Achilles heel right now to Ohio State.
[00:02:45] Speaker A: Coaching?
[00:02:46] Speaker B: No, what is the one Achille heel to this team? I, I, the offensive line run game.
[00:02:51] Speaker A: Yeah, but I Go all the way back.
[00:02:53] Speaker B: Go all the way back. You can go all the way back to when the first starter got injured and the offensive line took a dip. Then the second starter went down. What happened? Offensive production went massively into the dirt because we couldn't run the ball. Pass protection is one thing. We know we can pass the ball. We know we can pass the ball.
[00:03:12] Speaker A: Why would you run?
[00:03:15] Speaker B: Because you're working out kinks. What better way. No, no, no, hear me out here. What better way to work some kinks than against one of the best defensive lines in the nation? Regardless of their overall record, Michigan does have one of the most stouted top defensive lines. And if you're getting into the cfp, what are you expected to see?
I'm just saying I'm.
[00:03:40] Speaker A: My thought is this. You have a Becca. You have.
[00:03:45] Speaker B: Absolutely. So here's the.
[00:03:46] Speaker A: Here's the.
[00:03:48] Speaker B: Kate said. Think about what Ryan Day said in his own press meeting. We had a strategy in place. We knew it was going to be close in the fourth. You're playing not to lose. Your entire strategy was to not to lose. That was it. You put an Achilles heel on your own team because of the way that you approached the game.
[00:04:10] Speaker A: I just.
[00:04:11] Speaker B: Why would you approach the game as such?
[00:04:13] Speaker A: You know, I mean, playing to lose. If you're going to play to lose and just don't.
[00:04:17] Speaker B: It wasn't so much as playing to lose.
[00:04:18] Speaker A: You're not playing to win.
[00:04:20] Speaker B: You're not playing to win.
[00:04:21] Speaker A: You were playing on this difference.
[00:04:24] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:04:24] Speaker A: It's like being on a motorcycle and saying, I'm going to lay it down because I'm going to crash. It's still a crash. It still is. Either way, that's exactly what happened.
[00:04:34] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:04:35] Speaker A: It was a train wreck.
[00:04:36] Speaker B: It was a bad strategy.
[00:04:38] Speaker A: It was a terrible strategy. And how are you going to hold up against the strongest defensive line in Tennessee?
[00:04:46] Speaker B: You can't say that the strongest.
[00:04:48] Speaker A: But the record says that they're right there. Number two.
[00:04:52] Speaker B: What's the one win that Tennessee has, though, over a CFP team?
[00:04:58] Speaker A: Listen, they held their own. The only team.
[00:05:02] Speaker B: I want to hear everybody say this for a second. We want to talk about SEC dominance here. What is the one win that Tennessee has over a CFP team? Well, they don't have one.
[00:05:11] Speaker A: They don't have one. Who's the next runner up? Alabama.
[00:05:14] Speaker B: Alabama's not in the cfp.
[00:05:16] Speaker A: I understand, but Alabama's got three losses.
[00:05:18] Speaker B: And lost a Vandy. I lost his lost in Tennessee.
[00:05:21] Speaker A: They and lost to who else?
Well, they beat Georgia they did beat Georgia.
[00:05:27] Speaker B: You gotta hand them that.
[00:05:28] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:05:29] Speaker B: Georgia's suspect.
[00:05:33] Speaker A: It's. It's hard. It. That's why I'm saying George's suspect.
[00:05:36] Speaker B: Texas is suspect.
[00:05:38] Speaker A: Yeah. Texas lost.
[00:05:39] Speaker B: You have to sit here and ask the question, what SEC team looks legit?
[00:05:44] Speaker A: But that still doesn't take away the fact.
[00:05:46] Speaker B: It doesn't take it away.
[00:05:47] Speaker A: You.
The realization is you can't run the ball. Absolutely.
[00:05:53] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:05:53] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:05:54] Speaker B: Absolutely. You can't run straight ahead. You cannot run straight at them.
[00:05:56] Speaker A: It's never going to work. And they're too fast going lateral. So there's no way the running game is going to be not. You have to open up a game.
[00:06:05] Speaker B: Let me explain.
[00:06:06] Speaker A: By passing the ball.
[00:06:07] Speaker B: Absolutely not. Now hear me out.
What has Ohio and State done in the past with Ryan Day that everybody told him to get the hell away from screens? What. What goes on in the sec? That happens all the time. Screens. You want to know what Ohio State's about to do? You're going to see the running back flip out of the backfield a lot. There's going to be pass breaks and he's going to be right up in the back.
[00:06:30] Speaker A: I'm going to tell you want to beat Tennessee? You're going downfield. I'm not telling you to go, you know, 40 or 50 yards, but I am telling you to go dumps.
[00:06:38] Speaker B: You're good. I'm so all the way down the field on them.
[00:06:41] Speaker A: Yeah. If you start dumping off and doing 12, 10 to 15 yards. Okay. And going across the middle, going here, they can't cover you.
[00:06:51] Speaker B: You have to approach Tennessee the same way you did Utah.
[00:06:54] Speaker A: I'm just the same way. Well, look at the last time that we played Georgia. We did that. We were opening up and going down the field. You cannot not do that. And you've got Will Howard. He played with the concussion the whole game.
[00:07:07] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:07:08] Speaker A: So he was hurt. But the bottom line is. And they didn't. And there's the other problem.
[00:07:13] Speaker B: They weren't going to. And that was the other thing.
[00:07:15] Speaker A: I. They knew it.
[00:07:16] Speaker B: All of us as fans had the suspicion of it. We were watching the game. He was playing concussed. His decision making was not fast enough. He was throwing the ball late. The last interception that he threw.
Go back and watch the play. He read the guy after he made the break. Usually if you go back and look at the play, whenever they've done that a million times on over, the ball is out of his hand before the.
[00:07:38] Speaker A: Receiver even makes the break.
[00:07:39] Speaker B: Okay.
[00:07:39] Speaker A: But it brings up another problem. And the other problem is you don't trust your second string quarterback. No, you don't trust your third string quarterback. So if Howard goes. Yeah, no, it's true.
[00:07:51] Speaker B: You can't say that because our third string quarterback is on red shirt. Our fourth string quarterback is also on red shirt.
[00:07:57] Speaker A: You don't get penalized for playing them in a CFP game.
[00:08:00] Speaker B: You will.
[00:08:01] Speaker A: No, you don't.
[00:08:02] Speaker B: You will.
[00:08:03] Speaker A: But it says you don't.
[00:08:05] Speaker B: If they don't expect to see them.
[00:08:08] Speaker A: Well, I'm just telling you they're not supposed to be penalized for playing in a CFP game if an injury occurs.
[00:08:15] Speaker B: Yeah, that's, that's, that's the ruling though. An injury has to occur in order for them to be stepped in.
[00:08:20] Speaker A: Well, the bottom, the bottom line is you, you no matter what, you know Devin Brown is.
[00:08:27] Speaker B: You don't trust he's staying for the CFP and stuff.
[00:08:30] Speaker A: But he's gonna bowl.
[00:08:31] Speaker B: He's gonna bowl and you can't. Well, I can't blame Devin.
[00:08:34] Speaker A: You can't.
[00:08:34] Speaker B: He's been here for three years.
[00:08:36] Speaker A: I know. Listen, I'm not debating how long he's been here. The bottom line is he's okay. So when I look at St. Clair, when I look at Air Nolan, when I look at Julian saying, okay, I'm saying to myself, are these guys ready to step on out there the same as in 2014 when the third string quarterback went down.
[00:08:59] Speaker B: I. Yeah, I know. This is what I'm getting at though. You go back to those teams and you have the offense that's being played in those teams. You could take any quarterback and throw them into that system. It's a simple system to learn. The problem here though is, is that the system that Ryan Day and Chip Kelly are trying to run here, you can't just throw a quarterback up in there. It's too much to take in at a time. And that's where I think the grasp is. I don't believe it's a, a skill set issue by any means. I think it's more of a.
[00:09:34] Speaker A: You can, if you want to win this game as Ohio State, I'm telling you now, you have to go on out there and you're throwing first, not running. Absolutely throwing first to open up the run versus running to open up the throw. No, you are throwing first. Okay. And that's the only way that they're going to get this done. And that's, that's the bottom line. You've got to utilize and his strengths and you've got to utilize Carnell. Look, look, we've got to use. You know, we've been a huge critic.
[00:10:08] Speaker B: On Ohio State's offensive line. All right. But I'm going to also come to their defense here for a minute. They've gone up against some of the beefiest, best defensive lines in the nation.
[00:10:19] Speaker A: That's football.
[00:10:20] Speaker B: Absolutely is.
[00:10:21] Speaker A: That's football.
[00:10:22] Speaker B: But they can sit there and say that they've gone up against four of the top bowl contenders.
[00:10:30] Speaker A: Okay. But it doesn't matter. You still. At the end of the day, you still want to try to get to the next.
[00:10:35] Speaker B: I know. I know this. They ran on Indiana. They ran on Penn State. They ran on Oregon. You can't. In all honesty, they ran a little bit on Michigan injuredly, but, yes, they did run on them a little bit. You can't state that. They won't win in the trenches, though, when we ain't seen it yet. We didn't expect them to win in the trenches versus Penn State. And they manhandled them.
[00:10:56] Speaker A: But they manhandled them because they passed. And then it opened up the run.
[00:11:01] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:11:02] Speaker A: And then.
[00:11:02] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:11:03] Speaker A: When they got worn out, then they ran. Because then they couldn't stop them.
[00:11:08] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:11:09] Speaker A: Okay. And that's the strategy. If you go around that strategy, you won't win.
[00:11:14] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:11:15] Speaker A: Okay.
[00:11:15] Speaker B: And I think the same strategy was used against Michigan. The problem was. And the X factor was Will Howard went down with a concussion.
[00:11:22] Speaker A: Yeah. Well, the bottom line was when they did throw, we went right down the field.
[00:11:27] Speaker B: I know this.
[00:11:27] Speaker A: Okay. You had.
[00:11:28] Speaker B: The problem was our quarterback wasn't able.
[00:11:30] Speaker A: To complete the throws. Well, that's a lot of. That had to do with him getting a concussion. Yeah, but it wasn't.
[00:11:38] Speaker B: He wasn't coming out of the game.
[00:11:40] Speaker A: It's. You know, you just can't. And don't put your quarterback into a situation to where, I mean, we're not picking up blitzes. We're not picking up the things that we're supposed to.
[00:11:49] Speaker B: It was a sloppy play game.
[00:11:51] Speaker A: It was sides.
[00:11:52] Speaker B: Both sides. It was the.
I mean, we've been fans for a long time, and that was the worst showing from both teams.
[00:11:59] Speaker A: All right, so let's. Let's get on to the. No. In Tennessee, you're dealing with Squirrel White. You're. You're dealing with Samuels, you're dealing with Pierce. Dealing with everyone. Tennessee is a.
[00:12:12] Speaker B: You just can't approach.
[00:12:13] Speaker A: They don't get a 10 and two the Arkansas game. I understand. Look, they.
[00:12:18] Speaker B: I'm just gonna be out front with it. All right, Ohio State's been to the cfp. How many times Ohio State's been in the Big Ten championship. How many times Ohio State's played in the national championship. How many times Ohio State has. How many national championships within the past 20 years. Tennessee's got how many, Pat, you know, within the past 30 years. We'll extend it on out to them because I know up in 98, you had a split decision with Michigan there. The thing about it is here, though is this is the first time Tennessee is going into the playoffs. The mentality of everything. You can ask Michigan, ask Washington, ask Oregon. You know, all these teams that have stepped into the CFP and then all of a sudden gotten smacked right in the mouth and then left on the outside. If you're a Tennessee fan, I want you to realize something. You're going to deal with a juggernaut Ohio State team that is very pissed off. Pardon my French. I'm just being honest here. All right? Do not think this is going to be a cakewalk. It is not. Not by any means. It's going to be an absolute fit fight it.
[00:13:14] Speaker A: I think it's a street brawl.
It's going to be speed. It's going to be.
[00:13:18] Speaker B: And it's going to be aggressive.
[00:13:20] Speaker A: You have to be aggressive.
[00:13:21] Speaker B: Yes, absolutely.
[00:13:23] Speaker A: And whoever has the physicality, the aggressiveness and the physical stamina will come out on top. Moving on. First round again, we're going to go to Texas and Clemson.
[00:13:35] Speaker B: This is going to be another good one.
[00:13:37] Speaker A: And I think this will be better than what people think.
I am not a Dabo Sweeney fan.
[00:13:43] Speaker B: But I'm not a Dabo Sweeney fan. But I'll be honest on this. I think Texas gets knocked out here by Clemson.
[00:13:50] Speaker A: You think so?
[00:13:51] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
I saw Texas go up against Georgia twice now.
[00:13:56] Speaker A: All right.
[00:13:59] Speaker B: I.
They do not look as elite as their height to be. They don't look as fine tuned as they're hyped to be. There were times where viewers looked lost.
I would love to see Manning in there. Absolutely. But I think he. He'd be thrown to the wolves a little bit.
[00:14:19] Speaker A: I. I think the Sarkeesian is going to have something for Clemson.
[00:14:22] Speaker B: I absolutely do.
[00:14:24] Speaker A: And I think Texas moves on from that game. I think that they have a good enough defense. Clemson has a very good defense as well. But I think that I'm gonna put it like this.
[00:14:36] Speaker B: I'm kind of leaning a little bit here with just like the X factor of.
[00:14:40] Speaker A: It's.
[00:14:40] Speaker B: It's dabo. Dabo's finally made it back to the playoffs.
[00:14:43] Speaker A: Kovic has been much better.
[00:14:45] Speaker B: This is the best he's looked in two years.
He had one off game, you know, coming out the beginning of the year, which he didn't do. Yeah, he did terrible, but it was.
[00:14:57] Speaker A: 30 to 3 or something like that. Well, come on.
[00:15:00] Speaker B: It was, but then he picked it up. You know, throughout the year, he's been pretty solid. I think he's had, like, one other X bad game.
But they are. They're. They are a contending team that I think Dabo, if he puts them in the right mindset and approaches it the right way, they can win this game.
Now, if Dabo approaches it the same way that he went towards, like, South Carolina, no, you're gonna go home.
[00:15:27] Speaker A: And that's where I'm looking at. This also is South Carolina went into that game and they had the X factor. Okay, they could throw the ball.
[00:15:36] Speaker B: They knew they could win.
[00:15:37] Speaker A: Okay, they could throw the ball. Then you have Lenore Sellers. It's in there. And Carolina knew they could. He could run that ball, and he's a bull.
[00:15:46] Speaker B: It's the same mentality that Michigan had. Michigan knew they could win. And that's. That's what I'm getting at here. It's when you mentally put your mind.
[00:15:55] Speaker A: To something, you're gonna have to come out smoking fast.
[00:15:59] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:16:00] Speaker A: You know, otherwise Texas is gonna jump on them real quick.
[00:16:03] Speaker B: And it's at Texas, isn't it?
[00:16:04] Speaker A: And it's. Yeah. And that's the X factor.
[00:16:07] Speaker B: There is. It's at Texas. So I'm.
[00:16:10] Speaker A: I'm going with Texas in that game. I just think that they. They. They beat them. They move on. They face Arizona State.
I think Ohio State somehow or another beats Tennessee and moves on to play Oregon again, looking over at the other side.
Well, now you got Indiana, and they're going to go against Notre Dame.
And a lot of people are thinking Indiana shouldn't be in there because they got wiped out by Ohio State, I think.
[00:16:40] Speaker B: But it wins that game.
[00:16:42] Speaker A: You know, you. You can say that Indiana doesn't belong there and they got beat by Ohio State soundly. But here's the thing. Then you're not giving Ohio State the credit that they deserve. So you can't have it both ways.
Indiana ran the table on who they played. Yeah. Wasn't a very powerful, powerful schedule. But guess what? Neither was Notre Dame's.
[00:17:06] Speaker B: Nope.
[00:17:07] Speaker A: So you have a.
[00:17:09] Speaker B: It's a good matchup.
[00:17:11] Speaker A: It's a. It's actually a very good matchup.
The question Is can Marcus Freeman get Notre Dame?
They're going to be excited that they're in there. But play to the caliber. Right.
[00:17:25] Speaker B: And because Indiana is not a team to make mistakes. They don't make many mistakes.
[00:17:30] Speaker A: No. And.
[00:17:31] Speaker B: And they're a very solid team.
[00:17:35] Speaker A: This is a tough game to pick.
I like Indiana in this game.
[00:17:40] Speaker B: I do.
[00:17:40] Speaker A: I like Indiana, I think. So now you're getting to another game, Penn State and smu. And a lot of you are going to say, well, you know, Clemson beat smu. Clemson was way up on top of them, and SMU came back. Yeah. And Clemson barely beat them in the last second field goal.
[00:18:00] Speaker B: I'm going to tell you right now, I'm going SMU in this game.
[00:18:02] Speaker A: I'm taking Penn State.
[00:18:04] Speaker B: I would like to see Penn State win.
[00:18:06] Speaker A: I think Penn State wins because of physicality.
[00:18:08] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:18:08] Speaker A: I think they can match speed for speed with smu and understand something. SMU lost to Boise. Boise lost to Oregon. Okay, so I. I like Penn State in this one. I say they move on. They go against Boise State. That is going to be a game. That is going to be a game.
I like Indiana going against Georgia. I like Georgia in that game.
[00:18:36] Speaker B: I'll tell you what I like. I like Georgia in that game as far as favors and odds go. But I would not be really surprised if Indiana pulls out an upset there.
[00:18:49] Speaker A: Well, Penn State going to Boise State. I like Penn State.
[00:18:52] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:18:53] Speaker A: And Penn State going against Georgia, who I think it'll be. I like Penn State.
[00:18:58] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:18:58] Speaker A: And I think that Penn State, believe it or not, makes it to the national championship.
Georgia better have their best game because Penn State is. And of course, you don't know if Beck's in, but the other kid that's coming in, he's good. Is good. So.
Yeah. But I like Penn State on that side of the national championship. On the opposite side, Texas, I think, moves on. They go against Arizona State.
Scattaboo is one heck of a runner.
I'm not sure Texas can handle him.
[00:19:36] Speaker B: I'm gonna tell you something. I watched a couple of these Arizona State games and I watched their Jaunty.
[00:19:41] Speaker A: Has got to go against Penn State.
[00:19:43] Speaker B: Now, listen, listen, listen. All right? I've watched a couple of these teams play around.
Arizona State's a legit team.
[00:19:50] Speaker A: Yes, they are.
[00:19:51] Speaker B: Let me tell you something. That is a scary good team.
[00:19:54] Speaker A: That's why I'm saying I. I kind of.
[00:19:56] Speaker B: They're firing on all cylinders.
[00:19:57] Speaker A: I like.
[00:19:58] Speaker B: I would take them over Texas.
[00:20:01] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:20:01] Speaker B: 100. Now, here's the other Kicker here. I've watched Boise, all right. And I've watched this Boise State team. I think that they could match Penn State head to head.
I will give favors simply to Penn State, simply because of physicality.
But as far as offenses go, they can both produce.
[00:20:24] Speaker A: Yeah, they can.
Yeah. Oller's a good quarterback. They've got all kinds of weapons. Fleming, they've got everyone else in there. So I think Penn State can more than hold their own. They get that side. Like I said, Arizona State and Texas, I look for an upset here. I look for Arizona State to upset Texas and Texas goes bye bye.
Ohio State goes back to play Oregon. I think this time around, Oregon catches their first loss. Maybe Oregon will catch your first loss. That leaves Arizona State and Ohio State. But I could be wrong here. I mean, this is the toughest one, the toughest bracket that there is because it's a, it's a top.
[00:21:10] Speaker B: Every team is pretty, pretty damn well matched.
[00:21:13] Speaker A: I think the strongest bracket that you have out there right now is Ohio State, Tennessee, Oregon bracket, the bracket on top with Texas, Clemson and Arizona State. Arizona State is the strongest out of that bracket. Looking at the Indiana, Notre Dame and Georgia, I like, you know, Indiana in that one.
Everyone's like, well, he's favoring all the Big Ten. Bottom line is I, I'm not sure Indiana can beat Notre Dame. I, I just, I'm not sure. I think Notre Dame is very physical. If Notre Dame wins that game, they win that bracket.
[00:21:50] Speaker B: Yeah. So Notre Dame can beat Georgia.
[00:21:53] Speaker A: Oh, yeah. And, and I think that Penn State, SMU and Boise State.
Penn State is probably the most physical team.
[00:22:03] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:22:03] Speaker A: Out of that entire bracket.
[00:22:05] Speaker B: So now as far as explosiveness goes.
[00:22:09] Speaker A: They'Re not pretty, but they get it done. Yeah, they're not pretty, but they get it done. So it's going to be interesting. And I think you have a national championship. You got two ways to look at this. You, you could have or three ways. It's either going to be Ohio State, Oregon against Arizona State. And I like Ohio State not to lose the second game. I think Ryan Day is like when he told right before the Georgia game last time were going to be a very dangerous, dangerous team. And Ohio State had that game. One, the kicker just missed.
He shanked it. And that's just the way it goes. But that's football.
But I think that Ohio State, if they get there versus Arizona State will be a tough, tough game.
[00:22:52] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:22:55] Speaker A: But this could be a, this could be a national championship of Big Ten versus Big Ten very well, very well, could be.
Either way, I see it as a SEC versus a Big Ten.
And if it's Oregon that is going against, let's just say Georgia or Notre Dame then, or Penn State or Boise State.
[00:23:24] Speaker B: I mean, Oregon favors in all of them.
[00:23:27] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:23:28] Speaker B: The only two that would match up would be.
[00:23:32] Speaker A: I mean, I think your best matchup would be Ohio State. Oregon.
[00:23:35] Speaker B: Yeah, those. I mean, you can go to any game this year, really, and kind of, you know, glance back. But the number one team is Oregon, clearly.
[00:23:44] Speaker A: Oh, they got Taz Johnson back. So, you know, he's, he's, he's a handful.
[00:23:49] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:23:50] Speaker A: And he, everyone knows it. And he burnt Denzel.
[00:23:54] Speaker B: Burke's.
[00:23:55] Speaker A: Burke. Yeah. I, I mean, you're gonna have to double them up.
[00:23:59] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:24:00] Speaker A: You're gonna have to double him up. And I mean that just. The only way to slow them down is doubling him up and then let the defensive line take on the run, you know, And I think that's the only way that you can do it. And they'd have to switch and go to tight ends or something else and let the linebackers deal with that. But I, I think you gotta have a game plan. You, you have to have a game plan. But I'm looking at the national championship. I, I like, overall, I, I think these games could be very, very close. They're going to be very, very good. I'll take Ohio State versus Penn State.
It's a good call and that's what I like.
So anyway, folks, we told you we're not going to be on much because there wasn't much going on. We know we have army and Navy coming up.
Army is 11 and one for the first time in like 130 something years.
Over 100 years. And that is going to be. You could throw the record books out the door. Okay. When you play this game, you throw the record books out the door. It's like Ohio State, Michigan. It's like Tennessee, Georgia. It's South Carolina, Alabama I or Clemson. It's, you know, pretty much that's how these games are. They are definitely rivalry games. So it's going to be very interesting to see where things go. We're going to talk more about the next set of bowl games that are going to be going on. What do we have for the next set of bowl games?
So we, we are going to take a look at those and the bowl games that we have going on as soon as I.
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So we're going to take a look at it. And the next one's here and Take a look at the bowl games.
So the bowl season, the bowl games are going to start and Friday, December 20th like I said, we've got Indiana at Notre Dame, SMU. These are all the good ones.
Tuesday, December 31st that's when you're going to have the the game over there with Boise State and whoever's going to be playing them. Same with Arizona State, same with Oregon, same with Georgia.
But before that we are going to take a look at and here we are, the Cricket Celebration bowl, Jackson State vs South Carolina State, South Alabama vs Western Michigan the Scooters Coffee Frisco Bowl, Memphis vs West Virginia the Boca Raton Bowl. We have well it's got Cal versus UNLV and then you're going to have Thursday, December 19th the RNL carriers New Orleans Bowl, Georgia Southern and Sam Houston.
The staff DNA curable. It's going to be the Ohio Bobcats in Jacksonville State.
Then we're going to get down to Tulane versus Florida in the Union Home Mortgage Gasparilla Bowl, Myrtle beach has Coastal Carolina and Utah and then we'll move on down to the famous Idaho Potato bowl and that's Northern Illinois versus Fresno State. The Hawaii bowl is South Florida at San Jose State.
The game above Sports bowl is Pittsburgh versus Toledo. The Rate bowl is Rutgers at Kansas State. The 68 Ventures bowl is Arkansas State at Bowling Green DirecTV Holiday bowl is Syracuse versus Washington State.
The Birmingham bowl is Georgia Tech versus Vanderbilt Lockheed Martin Armed Forces Bowl. Well we got Oklahoma vs Navy AutoZone Liberty bowl is Texas Tech in Arkansas.
Then we have the SRS distribution Las Vegas Bowl, Texas A M versus USC the Wasabi Fenway Bowl Yukon versus North Carolina Bad Boys Mower Pinstripe Bowl, Boston College versus Nebraska, the Ice Letta New Mexico Bowl, Louisiana versus TCU Pop Tarts Bowl. That's Iowa State versus Miami Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl Miami of Ohio versus Colorado State Go Bowling Military Bowl East Carolina versus North Carolina State, Valero Alamo Bowl BYU versus Colorado, the Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl, Marshall versus Army Trans Perfect Music City Bowl Iowa versus Missouri Reliquist Bowl, Alabama versus Michigan, Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, Louisville versus Washington Cheez It Citrus Bowl South Carolina versus Illinois and Kindler's Texas bowl is Baylor versus LSU. And then of course January 2nd we have the Tax Slayer Gator Bowl Duke versus Ole Miss and on the 3rd we're going to have the Serve Pro First Responder bowl North Texas vs Texas State Dukes Mayo Bowl, Minnesota vs Virginia Tech. On the fourth we're going to have the Bahama bowl which Is Buffalo versus Liberty Going back and taking a look at all these.
We didn't do so good on our last picks, but we're gonna try to rectify that College Football playoff schedule. I like Indiana over Notre Dame.
And you?
Indiana over Notre Dame.
[00:30:00] Speaker B: Oh, Indiana.
[00:30:01] Speaker A: Okay. SMU at number six. Penn State. I like Penn State.
Number 12. Clemson at number five. Texas. I like Texas. Number nine. Tennessee at number eight. Ohio State. I like Ohio State. They're at home.
Then we're going to see when it starts getting into the other ones of where we're going to be playing at. So once we start doing that, but let's get on to the other ones.
Jackson State versus South Carolina State. I like Jackson State. Alabama. South Alabama versus Western Michigan.
I like Western Michigan in that bowl.
Memphis versus West Virginia. I like Memphis. Boca Raton Bowl. Western Kentucky versus Jay Madison. I'll take James Madison on that one.
The Art of Sport LA bowl is Cal versus unlv. I like UNLV in that one. The RL Carriers. New Orleans Bowl. Georgia Southern versus Sam Houston. I like Sam Houston on the staff. DNA curable. Ohio versus Jacksonville State. I like the Bob. The Bobcats. I'm gonna take them. Union Home Mortgage. Gasparilla Bowl. Tulane versus Florida.
I like Florida in this one.
Okay, you take Tulane. I'll take Florida. Myrtle Beach Bowl. Coastal Carolina versus utza.
That's a tough one.
I'll take Coastal.
[00:31:35] Speaker B: I'm going.
[00:31:36] Speaker A: Okay.
The famous Idaho Potato Bowl. Northern Illinois versus Fresno State. I like Fresno State.
I'll take that one. Why? Bowl South Florida versus San Jose State.
And that's it. Yeah, San Jose. I think so too. All right, then we get into the game above sports bowl. Pittsburgh versus Toledo.
I like Pittsburgh.
The Rate Bowl. Rutgers versus Kansas State. I like Kansas State.
Arkansas State versus Bowling Green. I'll take Bowling Green.
Syracuse versus Washington State. Now it's a very good two teams here.
In this one I. I have to. This one has been one that I think is a toss up. But I'll take Washington State. I'll take Washington State.
The Birmingham Bowl. Georgia Tech versus Vanderbilt.
I think Pavia has a game, but Georgia Tech cannot be ruled out.
I'm gonna go with Vanderbilt. Lockheed Martin. Armed Forces Bowl. Oklahoma versus Navy.
I don't know which Oklahoma team will show up on this. I think Navy has the potential to beat them, but I like Oklahoma.
AutoZone. Liberty Bowl. Texas Tech versus Arkansas. I'll take Arkansas. Texas Tech.
The SRS distribution. Las Vegas Bowl. Texas A M versus USC. I like USC. I like USC in that Game.
The Wasabi Fenway Bowl. Yukon versus North Carolina. I like Yukon. I like Yukon. Bad Boy Mowers. Pinstripe Bowl. Boston College versus Nebraska. I like Nebraska.
The Isletta New Mexico Bowl. Louisiana. Raging Cages versus Texas Christian University.
That's a tough one to call. I think I'm gonna go.
I like the Raging Cajuns, but they just got kind of smoked the last game, and I. I don't know if they'll have their quarterback, so I'll go with tcu. Pop Tarts Bowl, Iowa State versus Miami.
I'm gonna go with Cam Ward on this one. In Miami. The Snoop Dogg Arizona Bowl. You have Miami of Ohio and Colorado State. I like Colorado State. Go bowling. Military Bowl. East Carolina versus North Carolina State. I like NC State.
Valero Alamo Bowl. BYU versus Colorado. That is an interesting game.
I'm going to take Colorado in this one. I think Coach prime is trying to get things set, and I think he does it in this game.
Radiance Technologies Independence Bowl. Marshall versus Army.
That's a tough one, but I'm going Army.
Trans. Perfect. Music City Bowl. Iowa versus Missouri. I like Iowa.
I like Iowa.
The Reliquist bowl is Alabama versus Michigan.
I like Michigan in this one.
I do. I think that they have the defense.
[00:35:08] Speaker B: I think, but they don't have a freaking offense.
You can't run the ball 300 times in a game. I'm not sure. Ohio State.
[00:35:18] Speaker A: Yeah, I. I like Michigan.
[00:35:20] Speaker B: I mean, think about it. Michigan literally beat Ohio State because of Ohio State's blunders.
[00:35:24] Speaker A: I'm just telling you. I like.
[00:35:26] Speaker B: I like Bama. Bama by 21.
[00:35:28] Speaker A: Okay. I. I like Michigan. I. I think that Michigan.
[00:35:32] Speaker B: Bama can at least score points.
[00:35:36] Speaker A: This is true, but. All right, so Tony the Tiger Sun Bowl, Louisville versus Washington.
I'll take Washington. Cheez it. Citrus Bowl. South Carolina versus Illinois. I like South Carolina.
[00:35:51] Speaker B: That's gonna be a good game.
[00:35:52] Speaker A: I like South Carolina.
You.
[00:35:54] Speaker B: You.
[00:35:54] Speaker A: I like Lenor Sellers.
[00:35:56] Speaker B: I love South Carolina. In this matchup, however, I don't think.
[00:35:59] Speaker A: That Illinois will hold up. I just don't see it. I like South Carolina.
[00:36:03] Speaker B: I think the match.
[00:36:04] Speaker A: They're coming into their own right now.
[00:36:06] Speaker B: Absolutely. But Illinois doesn't have a terrible defense.
[00:36:09] Speaker A: I understand that, but you're going off of a team that just played a hard, hard schedule.
[00:36:14] Speaker B: Absolutely.
[00:36:15] Speaker A: And. And I got to tell you that they. To pull off six wins and played at Orlando, Florida.
[00:36:23] Speaker B: Carolina.
[00:36:24] Speaker A: I like South Carolina. Kinder's Texas Bowl. Baylor vs. LSU.
[00:36:32] Speaker B: LSU.
[00:36:34] Speaker A: I don't know, man. I think he's on his way on out.
[00:36:36] Speaker B: He is. But I still take lsu.
[00:36:38] Speaker A: If LSU loses this game, say goodbye to Brian Kelly. He is done.
So I'll go with lsu.
Tax Slayer Gator Bowl, Duke versus Old Miss. I like Ole Miss. Lane Kiffin does not want to lose again. So the Serve Pro First Responder Bowl, North Texas vs Texas State.
What do you think of that one?
[00:37:05] Speaker B: North Texas?
[00:37:06] Speaker A: I like North Texas State.
[00:37:09] Speaker B: Yeah. North Texas.
[00:37:10] Speaker A: Duke's Mayo Bowl, Minnesota vs. Virginia Tech.
I take Minnesota.
Virginia Tech is tough, but I'll take Minnesota.
[00:37:21] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:37:22] Speaker A: Bahamas Bowl, Buffalo versus Liberty.
Golly, that's a tough one, too.
Liberty's good. Buffalo's good. Liberty. I'll go Liberty.
And I think that's gonna wrap it up for us, folks. We're gonna, we're gonna have to see.
It's going to be a wonderful, wonderful bowl season. We'll have a lot of fun with it.
What a great football year that this has been and the inaugural year for the 12 team playoff. Absolutely fantastic. We will catch you guys on the next time of offsides College football's top 25 +5.
We're looking forward to that. It's probably going to be after the first bowl games coming up, so we will catch you then. Until then, thanks guys for joining us. All year long we loved it. We've been having fun and we will catch you up again when the, when the bowl season starts. Good luck.
