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Join Michael for an insightful College Football recap of week 1 and what to look forward to in week 2. Are you ready for some football?
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[00:00:42] Speaker A: Good evening, everyone, and welcome to offsides college football's top 25 plus five. We like to add that in. I'll tell you what, I'm going to throw up here, a little copy of the invite. So if you would like to join us, you want to make some comments? We're going to have that in here. Let's see. We'll just paste that, put that right there, and bam, there we go. Anyway, welcome to the Trim radio network.
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This has been a very rough year, but I'll tell you what, this is my favorite time of year. So we're going to get down to it. And of course, I hope that we will have from a five start double diamond sports, John Hickey. But I have not heard back from John. I am checking right now just to see if John is around.
I have not heard back from him, but he'll either be watching us, joining us, or cutting in at some point.
So John has already put out for our group here. He's put out the picks and I'm going to go over the picks real quick. We're going to do that real fast. And he's put the games on out there.
This is going to be some good games. I mean, Georgia versus Clemson and you just don't know with Clemson, you don't know what's going to happen with them, what they'll bring to the table.
We saw what happened with Florida State and Georgia Tech and Florida State. You're not it. You lost it. And that's the way it goes.
Georgia Tech came ready to play and boy, they took that trophy, didn't they? Right, right overseas and are bringing it back home. But we have Georgia versus Clemson and he has Georgia ranked number one.
Number two, he has Ohio state versus Akron. If this is even a game, you know, Akron is one of those schools. They'll play anybody. They're not afraid to play anybody. Everyone calls them a pushover team.
But I'm going to tell you, kudos to them because they play anybody and they do. And you know what a tough team. Tough kids that they'll go on out there and know, okay, well, you know, this is an l, but, hey, you know, we're going to go on out there and give it the best that we can give it. So I really give them a lot of respect. Akron, the zips are. There's something else.
I'm sorry, I'm a little dehydrated, so I'll be drinking coffee while we talk. Anyway, let's get on to it. Texas and Colorado state. Oh, man. I'll tell you what.
Oh, I'm sorry. I passed one up. Oregon and Idaho. Idaho is one of those sleeper kind of teams that can come on out and all of a sudden they play real well. But are they going to have a chance against Oregon? I don't think so. Then you have Texas versus Colorado State and Colorado State, glimpses of, you know, okay, we're really, really good. And then at other times we're really, really not good.
So, you know, on that one, I took Texas, LSU at USC. This is going to be a very intriguing game because, you know, USC is one of those teams that California is just loaded and loaded with talent and they seem to draw these players and they do a good job. But LSU always has talent down there as well. So I got my first one that says Michigan sucks and I love that.
So I like LSU in this one.
It's really a toss up because I think that USC, you know, southern Cal, is going to be a very, very good team this year. But we're going to see, I think LSU has more talent. Michigan versus Fresno State. Fresno State, the Bulldogs. Let me tell you something. I am going to crack up laughing if they pull this off and somehow can beat Michigan. Michigan is pretty much depleted. They've gotten some players in and stuff like that.
You know, Sharon Moore was taking on a team that, first of all, we'll get into the whole Michigan aspect as we go about what the punishments really should be and what they did and everything that happened there. A lot of gray, dark clouds around Michigan and rightfully so, Fresno State, if they underestimate them. I'm going to tell you, it's not the first time that we have seen Fresno State upset some teams. And if you remember, Wisconsin was victims to that a few times. So that gives you that one. Penn State at West Virginia. West Virginia is fast. They're very good, but they're not big and they're not strong. Penn State is. And I think Penn State is going to do just fine.
They've got a great running back. So I anticipate, I anticipate, I anticipate a very good game, but I anticipate Penn State winning that game. Ole Miss and Furman, I'm sorry, ole Miss. We'll just move right along with that one. And then we have Florida State and Boston College.
Florida State, I'm not sure what happened, but after seeing that, it's a toss up with Boston College, I don't know, Boston College has one of those teams again that, you know, they can, they have glimmers of greatness and then all of a sudden they're like a dud. So if they play a good game, I can just tell you Florida State is not winning the ACC this year, that's for sure. So Notre Dame and Texas A and M, this is another great matchup. I mean, this is what college football season is all about.
And of course, I've got my son in here with me. So, because John is not here yet, so we're going to be talking about this and real quick, we'll go over with him and we'll go right back on through it. We're at old World Notre Dame in Texas A and M. Who do you like? Yeah, I like Notre Dame, too.
Freeman has done a great job there and he's brought back a toughness to the Irish and he's just, he's brought. Yeah, it is, it's a whole different culture. I agree with you. I think that it is. It's sliding on over like Texas A.
[00:08:08] Speaker B: And, you know, I like what they've done as far as recruiting and stuff goes, but they are, they're an individual team. They don't have a team spirit culture wise.
Notre Dame, definitely. I'm getting on the edge.
Sorry.
[00:08:21] Speaker A: We're in one of these things where we're kind of closed screen here. So we are and, but I'll tell you what it is I like. Matter of fact, I like Notre Dame as well. Then we're going to get to Utah has its buy and, which is code for you're just not playing yet because it's the beginning of the season. So that's one of those things. Iowa versus Illinois State.
Yeah. You know, I'm laughing really how many.
[00:08:54] Speaker B: Points the special teams from Iowa can put up.
[00:08:56] Speaker A: Yeah. And you know what? I was just got that defense. They are their defensive team and I'm sorry, you got to slide in a little bit more so people can see you. This is my son, Kaling.
But yeah, I was got. They, they have that defense that just is just.
It is. It's crippling, it's overwhelming and people aren't sure what to do with it. So we're kind of stuck on that one. Tennessee versus Chattanooga.
Okay. This is my, this is the black horse that I like in the SEC. I think that they come in third at worst. Okay? And that's what I think. I think. And who knows, maybe. Maybe even better. That kid has got an arm and he can throw and they've got the talent there. And big boys, they're fast. They're unbelievably fast. Are they fast enough to beat Georgia? Are they fast enough to beat Alabama?
[00:09:56] Speaker B: You know, are they physical?
[00:09:58] Speaker A: Are they physical enough? But, you know, with the Boer, now Alabama and not Saban, that kind of takes away a little bit, I think, from Alabama.
[00:10:07] Speaker B: I really don't think so.
[00:10:09] Speaker A: You don't think so?
[00:10:09] Speaker B: Nope, I really don't. I just think that, you know, Saban's been there long enough that season. Short of culture, that's, you know, not going to crumble overnight. You know, you've seen Alabama kind of step down a little bit in the recruiting trail. Well, you know, now this year, look who's right back up in it if you go into 2025 recruiting. Yeah, back in it to the top five. So you can't account that to Nick Saban. You got to hold that straight to this.
[00:10:33] Speaker A: You know, Saban was a master, though. I mean, he was a master at Michigan State and then when he went down there, he's been a master everywhere he's went. So, you know, college football definitely lost a good one when he retired. You know, if he stays retired, we don't know what he'll do.
But I like Tennessee in this one, easy. I think this is a blowout. This is a warm up game.
Tennessee really puts it to Chattanooga and that's that. Oklahoma State and South Dakota State.
[00:11:04] Speaker B: That's going to be a good game.
[00:11:05] Speaker A: That will be a good game. I like Oklahoma State myself. I think that they have a little bit more firepower and they'll be able to take it on.
Take South Dakota State and put them away. Maybe it won't be right away, but it will happen.
Missouri and Murray State again, this is a no brainer. Missouri. We'll just walk on from this. Western Kentucky versus Alabama. And western Kentucky is one of these teams again that loves to upset big teams. They love to do that. I'm still taking Alabama, but I'm taking Alabama. Well, you've got out of respect and because of the past and how many championships and everything else, you have to go with Bama on this one. But don't, don't be surprised either. At the same time, if western Kentucky gives them a game, Louisville and Austin pay well. I'm just going to tell you, Louisville on that one. Yeah, western Carolina and North Carolina State.
[00:12:09] Speaker B: NC State.
[00:12:10] Speaker A: I like NC State on that one as well.
[00:12:12] Speaker B: Program around for the past couple of years now is.
[00:12:15] Speaker A: Yeah, they have been, too. They have. They've been working real hard.
Here's a great game coming up right now. TCU and Stanford.
Stanford's one of those teams, believe it or not, Harbaugh did leave the cupboards pretty full at that point before he went to Michigan. And they've went through some, you know, changes there and everything else, but Stanford's one of those teams that really can hold their own. They did real well in the pac twelve and they made some upsets and stuff. I like TCU in this one, though. The Horned frogs. They just, they always find a way to win, you know, not so much as of late, but within the last five years. Yeah, they're there, you know, so we'll see if they hold up. But I like TCu, SMU and Houston Christian. And I like southern math. Yeah, Southern Methodist University is going to. I think that game is going to be awesome. All them Kansas State and University of Tennessee Martin. UT Martin is one of those teams that they're not afraid to play anybody either. If you notice. They always play Bama. They're always playing an SEC team.
They're always playing well.
[00:13:29] Speaker B: It's going to be one of those games, if nobody knows but K states. Actually, I believe starting a couple of new players this year on the roster. So.
[00:13:37] Speaker A: Yeah, they've lost a couple, didn't they?
[00:13:39] Speaker B: It's going to be a nice.
[00:13:41] Speaker A: They lost some to Ohio State.
If they hadn't lost those players.
[00:13:48] Speaker B: They'll be starting a new quarterback.
[00:13:49] Speaker A: Yeah, they'll be starting a new quarterback. Yeah. A few others. Arkansas and Arkansas Pine bluff. Well, I'm going with Arkansas on this one and then of course, with the bonus games here, what we have is Virginia Tech and Vanderbilt and, you know, Vanderbilt's an SEC team, but Virginia Tech is just got that bear defense and I'm going to go with Virginia Tech. I believe that's going to be a good. Yeah, it would. It'll be a close game, but I.
[00:14:15] Speaker B: Still think vanity is one of those teams that always comes out in the beginning of the year, though, that just off freaking cylinders.
[00:14:21] Speaker A: Well, they, they win four games and then they lose the rest. Yeah, then they lose the rest. So it's, yeah, it's almost embarrassing, but it's like you start, you start thinking, okay, you know, here comes Vandy and then all of a sudden it's just beat down after beat down after beat down as they go through the SEC and you're just like, oh, you're terrible, you know. So Miami at Florida, I'm going to take Florida on this one and maybe I'm wrong.
[00:14:49] Speaker B: People have, I am actually going to hand Florida the dark horse this year.
[00:14:54] Speaker A: Are you?
[00:14:54] Speaker B: Yes, I am. Yeah, they have a gauntlet, a gauntlet scheduled and I'm going to just put it out there. They went for four or five of those games and they're there.
I mean, look at the component, you know, look at the opponents they gotta face. You got it. You gotta face Tennessee, you gotta face Georgia. You gotta face.
[00:15:14] Speaker A: Do you think that they can be the Georgia team? It's hard to say.
[00:15:18] Speaker B: They've always played them close and that's kind of the thing is, you know, as far as culture wise in the past few years, you know, Florida's been down absolutely. I think, you know, now they've gotten to the point where they've gotten the recruits that they've wanted to get up in there. You know, the offensive coordinator has done a wonderful job last year, you know, showing that he's able to scheme as long as he's got the correct playmakers in play. I honestly believe that Florida might be that dark horse this year in the SEC.
[00:15:45] Speaker A: Well, I'm taking Florida on that game, so that doesn't surprise me. This was a tough one for me to call this next one the Wyoming. You let that dog in. I think our dog has something he wants to say. He's hearing some of our picks and he's complaining.
Yep, there he is now. He's quiet. All right, there we go. This next game is a tough game and you and I know why. The Cowboys again, they'll play anybody.
Yeah. And then you have Arizona State. So, you know, I'll take the Sun Devils. You take. I like the sun devils. That's who I took. I took the Sun Devils. But it could be a lot closer, what people think. Don't be surprised if you see an upset there. I'm just saying it's very doable. And the same here. Ohio and Syracuse.
So you have Ohio State's old quarterback, you know. Yeah. McCord is now, you know, the QB over there at Syracuse, but the Bobcats are not to be underestimated. So, you know, they always go to a lot of bowl games and everything else and they do pretty well.
[00:17:00] Speaker B: I'll say it really depends on, you know, McCord on how well he's going to adjust in this area.
[00:17:04] Speaker A: I think he's going to adjust well, and I'll tell you why. He's not made for an Ohio state offense. He cannot handle the speed.
[00:17:14] Speaker B: He'd be fine.
[00:17:15] Speaker A: Yeah, but I, but I think that he'll, he'll do fine at Syracuse. I think it's more, the culture is better for him. I think it's more tuned to his liking.
You know, it's, it's, it's one step off of that top tier which takes the pressure off of him. So, and they have a good chance of having a good run in the ACc, I think, you know, we'll see. But I think that they're one of those teams that has, it has a good shot UNlV at Houston, and I like Houston in this one. It's real simple and, you know, it's, it's, it's a great, it's a great matchup. But I like Houston in this one. Rebels just aren't going to have, they're just not going to have enough, I don't believe, actually, you know what?
[00:18:03] Speaker B: I'm going to tell you what.
[00:18:03] Speaker A: I will take UNlV, you'll take you and I will take you and lb.
[00:18:07] Speaker B: They went nine and five last year.
[00:18:09] Speaker A: I understand. I'm taking the cougars. Man, I had to look it on up.
[00:18:12] Speaker B: I was like, if I remember correctly, I think they return a lot of players from that UNLV team and see, and that's one of those teams, too, that always, you know, was never afraid to play.
[00:18:21] Speaker A: Yeah, they'll play. They'll play anybody.
[00:18:22] Speaker B: And thanks to nil, it's kind of even the playing field form.
There's a couple of teams, you know, that you got to keep in mind as well that now that they have the CFP expansions and stuff, a lot of these, you know, two a schools are starting to be allowed to move.
[00:18:37] Speaker A: Up and they'll drop and they, and they, and you know what? And they're doing well. And they're doing well and they're doing well. So they're having a great showing and they're having, they're, you know, a lot of fun. People are like, well, you know, they're, nobody would when you play them. Yeah. Until you play them, and then they kick your butt. And then all of a sudden, appalachian state, you gotta watch at school.
I mean, those mountaineers are just. They'll come at you. So John had his top 25, and right now we're missing him. But I told him, let's, you know, if he wants to catch up on us, I sent him everything. And of course, Marcus is out there. So if you're out there, I'll tell you what.
We would. We would love to have you tune in, watch us and everything. And Victoria, this is my son. This is Kayla. This is my son.
For those of you who don't know, I know I'd like to say that I look young enough to have such a good looking young kid, but I tell you, I'm an old man anyway. I'm going to give you my top 25. And, Kayla, tell me if he agrees or nothing. Now, John had oregon number one.
I don't.
I'm sorry. I'm going with ohio state. They're loaded. I mean, just loaded. And pound for pound, one two punch at running back. Georgia just lost their running back. Their defense is just, you know, they were. They were number two last year. Ohio state, they're absolutely stacked and they're deep. The biggest question Ohio state has is how good the offensive line is going.
[00:20:19] Speaker B: To be, how they're going to play.
[00:20:21] Speaker A: Together, or how they're going to. Yeah. Mix together. But greatness produces greatness. Iron sharpens iron. I think that what you're going to see is a monster.
And I really think Ryan Day really spared no expense. He wants no excuses. He is hungry.
[00:20:42] Speaker B: He wants production.
[00:20:43] Speaker A: He wants production. He wants it all.
[00:20:45] Speaker B: He wants it all.
[00:20:46] Speaker A: He wants production. And I. And I think that Ohio State can deliver it.
They have to. And the guys want it. You know, that was one of the reasons that they all came back. They said, no, this is not acceptable. This is not good enough. And, you know, they came back and they said, we want it all. And. And I think that that's, that's the biggest thing.
[00:21:05] Speaker B: And then, you know, one thing I want to shout out as well is that, you know, a lot of fans are starting to notice around Columbus as well as the culture for this team is changing. No other scene they had, they had about was a three to three to five players that actually started a faith walk over the weekend. And it was phenomenal. You know, the whole school and everything ended up chiming in with it. So it was, it's.
[00:21:28] Speaker A: And, you know, it's a. It's so wonderful and gosh, I wish I was up there in Columbus just to be able to see these games because, you know, I've been a Buckeyes fan since, you know, just a little boy. And of course, I did that to my son. So, you know, we sit here and we watch games and there's a lot of yelling and shouting and screaming and everything else. And we're coaching and doing the best that we can do and hopefully not mucking it up, but we're doing the best that we can. I have Ohio state number one. John has Oregon number one.
I think that he is wrong.
Marcus, why don't you put in your input there and tell me if you like Ohio state or Oregon number one. I'm sorry, I'm going with Ohio State. You know I'm biased, but you tell us, coach. I mean, you know, I like.
[00:22:18] Speaker B: I like Oregon. You know, I like the culture that they're bringing together. I like the team and everything like that. I love the recruits that they're pulling together. But I can't take away from the aspect that you can't win your conference. Last year, you couldn't twice. You couldn't beat the same team twice. Two times that you tried.
[00:22:34] Speaker A: No. And, you know, close games. Close games, but you didn't win it at home.
[00:22:39] Speaker B: I love the team, but you would have to. It's one of those teams that you're going to have to prove it before you start running away with it.
[00:22:48] Speaker A: And we saw this, listen, we saw this with Penn State when Penn State came to the big Ten back in the nineties, matter of fact, I was in the military and everyone's like, oh, well, there goes. There goes the big Ten. Penn State's gonna run away with it. And it was weekend after weekend they got spanked. And I was just like, welcome to the big Ten. And, I mean, it was. It wasn't until 97, I think, that they were. What was a Kajana Carter or whatever, that the running back that they had, the great year, I forgot, but I believe that was when they won the national championship, I think.
[00:23:29] Speaker B: So, no, 97 was split off between Michigan and Nebraska.
[00:23:35] Speaker A: Okay. It was. It was one of those years.
[00:23:36] Speaker B: I want to say it was somewhere. Somewhere between the nineties and the 2000.
[00:23:40] Speaker A: Okay. So I'm. My number one is definitely Ohio State. It was Georgia for John. I misspoke. It was Georgia.
No, they lost the running back. And, you know, when you lose some of those big players and everything like that, hard to fill.
[00:23:58] Speaker B: I can't put Georgia at number one because you didn't get in the playoff last year on top of, you know, Ohio State didn't get in either. But with the amount of returning talent, the talent, you can't not give them the number one spot right now.
[00:24:10] Speaker A: I don't think Beck is the same kind of quarterback.
[00:24:13] Speaker B: I don't. I don't think they have the same team that they used to have. You know, you're seeing a transition between a team that ran, you know, ran the football on top that you out powered everybody.
[00:24:23] Speaker A: Right.
[00:24:23] Speaker B: And now everybody. Yeah. And now everybody's kind of getting to the same par as you.
[00:24:27] Speaker A: I'll stand on the line with you. Let's go.
[00:24:29] Speaker B: Let's go. And question how good are they? So you want to see it before you believe it type of deal.
[00:24:37] Speaker A: They're not that consistent. I mean, Alabama was ready for that game. Yeah, they went into that game and they were more physical in that game. And that's where I say Saban has that extra.
He did that to where he's just that that coaching ability that he has definitely was displayed in that game. And they were out coached. And I think that not only were they out coached, they were outplayed physically. They were physically outplayed. And so I cannot put Georgia at number one. I think that they're. Because they've won two in a row. Absolutely.
You know what I'm saying? They were giving them kind of a little leeway there.
[00:25:20] Speaker B: They've never fallen off in recruiting at all. You know, they've only gotten better and everything like that. Like I said, I love the culture and stuff that they got there, but they have a team that needs to prove who they are.
[00:25:29] Speaker A: Right. And today of the speed of or.
[00:25:31] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:25:32] Speaker A: I'm not so sure that they do.
[00:25:34] Speaker B: I mean, I don't have the physicality to keep Oregon at bay.
[00:25:37] Speaker A: That's right. And Oregon has that firepower. So, you know, it's a very fast paced team.
[00:25:44] Speaker B: The thing about Oregon is, though, is that if you have a team that's equally as fast but they're more physical or falls apart.
[00:25:51] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:25:52] Speaker B: You have the issue with Oregon.
[00:25:55] Speaker A: Well, we just, you don't know. I honestly believe, and I think Ohio State has all of those things. I mean, you know what? You got Henderson there, you got Judkins there, you got, you, you know, you checked every quarterback. You've checked every box and the receivers and everything that are questionable is the.
[00:26:13] Speaker B: Safety death and, you know, the offensive line play, but down. But I mean, even the safety depth, though, they can sit there and rotate in linebackers the same way that they do quarterbacks. Oh, it's ridiculous.
[00:26:25] Speaker A: Yeah, it's incredible. And Knowles is a, he's a saving. Yeah. He's just a master at the defense. I have no doubt they'll have the number one defense by the end of the year.
So Ohio State, does they check every one of those boxes? I think that they win that game with Oregon twice and I think that, yeah, I say they win that game twice, though, and definitely leap and get that by that first buy. You know what I'm saying?
But I think there's your number one and your number two, Ohio state number one, Oregon number two, Georgia number three. I'll give Georgia a little bit of an edge over Texas, but it's not going to be much. As a matter of fact, it could have went either way. You know, first of all, Texas has both the quarterbacks.
[00:27:12] Speaker B: Oh, Texas is going to love this. Texas did beat bammer.
[00:27:15] Speaker A: We all saw. That's right.
[00:27:16] Speaker B: We saw Texas.
[00:27:17] Speaker A: Texas outplayed Alabama. They beat Alabama. Can they do it to Georgia? You bet you they can. Absolutely. And very good court. Sarkeesia, he's not going to play around. He's going to come with a game plan.
[00:27:29] Speaker B: And Kirby smart, fast, and it's just going to happen.
[00:27:33] Speaker A: And that's the thing. Texas is they're checking all the boxes, too. They're a scary team.
So they're at number four and they could be at number three and Georgia could be at number four again.
[00:27:44] Speaker B: You know, that Texas team, it's, it's same old Texas always.
[00:27:47] Speaker A: Yeah.
And then they make that one mistake. You know, Oklahoma, there was that one mistake and you're just like, how? Really? And, you know, it just, it didn't make any sense. But it happens. Rivalries happen like that. That's the way it goes and that's how they're set up. So anybody can win on any given Saturday and it's just the way that it is on the rivalry weekends.
Then I have Alabama at number five. I think that's a good spot for them right now until we see how they play and they can easily go right on up to number two or number three easily. Then number six. I like Penn State. And I'm going to tell you, they're big, they're physical, they know what's coming to the Big Ten. They're going to have their hands full, but they always end up third in the Big Ten.
Go play us.
[00:28:44] Speaker B: I was going to say, I see your next picks on over here. So a couple of these I would actually rearrange a little bit. I'm going to bump Ole Miss up above Penn State. I've seen what Ole Miss has been doing on the recruiting show.
[00:28:55] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:28:55] Speaker B: I've seen what they're capable of doing in the offensive side. You know, they've definitely gone back to their roots, is running the ball.
You know, they did lose judkins, but.
[00:29:04] Speaker A: But they're a coach.
[00:29:05] Speaker B: Yeah, it's coming right back.
[00:29:08] Speaker A: Kiffin, you don't know.
[00:29:10] Speaker B: I will give LSU number six spot and drop Penn State down to number seven. Now, I will take Notre Dame over top of Michigan just because, like, we're stating Michigan's running off of a broken culture. Coming off of the, you know, notice of allegations right now, they've already been.
[00:29:24] Speaker A: Oh, we're gonna talk about that.
[00:29:26] Speaker B: Oh, man.
[00:29:27] Speaker A: All right, so here. So I have number five, I have Alabama number six, I have Penn State. Number seven. Have old miss number eight. I have Michigan. I don't think it's gonna matter for Michigan at this point because we're not even sure they're gonna have any type of bowl game or anything. As a matter of fact, we're gonna get into that in a little bit about what is going to happen with Michigan. A lot of people are like, you know, nothing. No, no, no. It went a lot deeper than what we all thought. We're getting more and more information as this is coming out. I think that there's going to be some vacating of games.
[00:30:04] Speaker B: I'll put it to you like this. The minute that, you know, Conor Stalins went from smiling to oh, crap, and put out a lawsuit against the NCAA whenever they drop those notice of allegations, that should warn Michigan right then and there, that, oh, crap. You know, they're still going after them even though I'm sitting here pleading that it's just me. It's just me.
[00:30:23] Speaker A: Yeah, but here's the thing, too. The NCAA has to, you guys have to step up to the plate.
[00:30:29] Speaker B: Yes.
[00:30:30] Speaker A: If you want credibility and you want to have, you don't want to lose your presence in the college.
[00:30:37] Speaker B: Now, I will say this. Double A in the last week has thrown out a lot of penalized penalties to a couple of schools.
[00:30:44] Speaker A: A lot of, well, look what they did to Kentucky.
[00:30:46] Speaker B: That's what I'm.
[00:30:46] Speaker A: So they vacated games for lesser infractions.
[00:30:50] Speaker B: And there you go.
[00:30:51] Speaker A: So if you're going to do that.
[00:30:52] Speaker B: I also want to make this noted. You know, if you want to go to a game and you want to watch the sidelines, that's perfectly fine. What you can't do, though, is pay your family members to go to these games, buy the tickets for them, record it, record it regardless if it's a cell phone video or not. Here's the thing about it, all right?
These games are off limits. It's in the rulebook. You cannot go to these games and electronically record, period.
[00:31:16] Speaker A: But people do it. And we know. But.
[00:31:20] Speaker B: But it's how you got information and then what you did with the information.
That is how it is handled. It's not so much as what you've done. It's what you did with the information, and that's why you're getting penalized. Now, I don't know if anybody's ever realized this or not, but the notice of allegations dropped. When do your 90 days run out?
I can tell you right now. The day of the Michigan and Ohio State game.
[00:31:44] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:31:44] Speaker B: If you don't think the NCAA is trolling you, they're absolutely trolling you.
[00:31:48] Speaker A: Yes.
[00:31:48] Speaker B: And this is for the shit showing that went on all last year with.
[00:31:52] Speaker A: But you know what? When. When there was an audible in the plays, they all know, and they were.
[00:31:57] Speaker B: Pointing upward and they were to understand, 23 is the final chapter to a three year scheme that had been going on. This is why it dated all the way back to 21.
[00:32:07] Speaker A: Did this give them the bottom line?
[00:32:09] Speaker B: Is this, did it give them an unfair advantage? Absolutely. I know. And people need to understand. This isn't baseball, okay? This isn't one little call changes, you know, one person. No, this is. These calls can change the entire script of the entire offense or the defensive line. It contain the entire script of the linebackers to the.
You go from individual key assignments, you can go to play formations, you can go to audibles between individual players, and even special, you know, signs shooting that, hey, you need to go in and Blitzen, or, hey, you need to hang back. Hang up on the outside edge. Or a two, you know, going from a two zone to a three man back step with the safety coming back off the linebacker spot, dropping back up into a deep safety role. It's once you know these things right, you can play it and your odds, and this is the thing about it. In the computer, in the computer basis in which they put all the stuff up in, you now have, you know, the percentages of how many times the play is called throughout a game. You know, if I know this play is called 25 times throughout a game, guess what? I know.
I know what players are doing, what.
[00:33:14] Speaker A: I know how to block.
[00:33:15] Speaker B: I know how to go past it.
[00:33:16] Speaker A: But here's here's what it comes.
[00:33:18] Speaker B: That's part of the game, of course.
[00:33:19] Speaker A: But so, you know, and then how much is too much. There you go.
[00:33:24] Speaker B: Information.
[00:33:25] Speaker A: Right. And then how much is too much of the punishment? Because last year, were they the best team? It's hard to say because I don't know.
[00:33:33] Speaker B: I honestly believe Michigan was the best team last year.
[00:33:35] Speaker A: I think so, too.
[00:33:36] Speaker B: And the reason being is just because.
[00:33:38] Speaker A: You know, they were physical. They were the best physical.
[00:33:41] Speaker B: They were the biggest.
[00:33:42] Speaker A: They were one play. We were one play away from tying or beating them. Yes, and that's true. But we also saw where guys were. They knew what plays were. Did that make a difference? I don't know. I mean, you still have to execute on the field. I think that everyone's going to make that argument that you still have to execute on the field.
[00:34:02] Speaker B: Let me tell you, it makes it a lot easier to execute when I know what the other person.
[00:34:06] Speaker A: Right, exactly. Because you can defend a lot more, more around react. You can react faster and anticipation is.
[00:34:13] Speaker B: A hell of a thing.
[00:34:14] Speaker A: So if they do get punished, do they let them keep their national championship season unblemished? 15 and, oh, and then take away the vacate the seasons before? You don't want to have overkill on it either. Now, do we know? Did Harbaugh lie? You bet he lied. I mean, in my opinion, he lied. He knew and those players knew what was going on. You cannot tell me any, here's the.
[00:34:41] Speaker B: Thing about it, though, is you, and this is why I would drop the hammer up on Michigan. And I'm just going to put it like this. You was a head coach, all right? It is your job. Just like anybody else in the business world, if you're a CEO or you're the owner of a company and something happens in that company and it happens to go all the way up the chairs, who's responsible? It's the guy sitting at the very.
[00:34:58] Speaker A: Top that's with any organization.
[00:35:00] Speaker B: Any organization.
[00:35:01] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:35:01] Speaker B: And just sit there and try to say that you didn't know. Okay, well, then that's a failure upon your job title.
[00:35:06] Speaker A: But you have to know he was deceptive and they caught him. And they caught him being deceptive. But we'll get back to that. Let's go back to our top 25. Okay, so at number eight, we have Michigan.
Number nine, Notre Dame, number ten.
[00:35:21] Speaker B: I like LSU.
[00:35:22] Speaker A: I like LSU. I do. I. You know, the Tigers are something else. And, and they're one of those teams, listen, they can jump.
[00:35:30] Speaker B: Yeah. You know, you know, this year the.
[00:35:34] Speaker A: SEC is a, has always been loaded. Okay. And it's really hard to compete with the Alabama's, the Georgias, the LSU's, the Tennessee's, the Florida's. It's, it's a very, very tough conference. They're very fast. They play in weather. That's conducive. Yeah, that's very conducive.
You know, to football.
Number eleven, I have Missouri.
How much they're bringing back, what the firepower is. They're, they're going to be big.
[00:36:06] Speaker B: They're riding off a win on Ohio State.
[00:36:08] Speaker A: They sure are. And then they got some recruits from, from that. So I like them at number eleven. Number twelve, we have Clemson. Now we're talking about the ACC. A lot of people are down on the ACC. But I'm going to tell you, especially after that debacle, get it together.
[00:36:26] Speaker B: And that's just really what, he's very.
[00:36:28] Speaker A: Talented at that he is.
[00:36:29] Speaker B: But can he get them to get it together? And seeing the problem with Clemson last year, Washington execution.
[00:36:35] Speaker A: He has a quarterback away. That's what he is.
[00:36:37] Speaker B: Literally.
[00:36:38] Speaker A: He's a quarterback away. I mean, Kubrick will have to see what he has grown or if he is not, we're going to have to see. But there's been some seasons where he's a quarterback away.
[00:36:53] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:36:54] Speaker A: It's not receivers. It's not the defense. It's not the offense. It's the quarterback himself.
[00:37:00] Speaker B: I mean, you know, it's a QB play.
[00:37:02] Speaker A: It is. It's definitely Simpsons.
[00:37:04] Speaker B: Not a team that has fallen off in talent. They're not a team that has fallen off, you know, short of anything else from the Alabama or the Georgias. It's, they just, they got this hump that they just cannot manage to get over right now.
[00:37:16] Speaker A: They're tripping on their own 2ft. And that's all it is now. And then at number 13, I have Utah. And I'm going to tell you, Utah is just one of those teams that those, they're smash mouth.
[00:37:28] Speaker B: How are they going to rebuild though now? You know, they're starting fresh now they've lost the quarterback. He's gone. You know, they've lost a couple of receivers.
[00:37:36] Speaker A: It didn't matter even if you looked at them the year before and the other quarterback was new and look at how well they did. So now they're part of, you know.
[00:37:45] Speaker B: The big twelve and there's the difference.
[00:37:47] Speaker A: Okay, so now we got bigger recruit.
[00:37:49] Speaker B: You know, better recruiting. You got a range of recruits.
[00:37:52] Speaker A: It's opened up. Can they do they have a chance of winning the big twelve?
[00:37:57] Speaker B: That's, that's, and that's what I meant, you know, you're gonna be able to respond. Being moved into the big twelve now.
[00:38:02] Speaker A: I think they're gonna respond well, you're not dealing with Oklahoma anymore. You're not dealing with Texas anymore.
[00:38:09] Speaker B: I think they're gonna run it.
[00:38:10] Speaker A: You know, I think, I think that they have a excellent chance to kind of take over the big twelve.
They're going to run into some problems maybe down the road. You got to watch the Oklahoma state. You got to watch, you know, some of the teams that came in also. But overall, I like Utah there.
Number 14, Tennessee, the volunteers.
That kid has got an arm now. We watched him last year at the end of the year and I'm just going to tell you, the kid is fast. He can throw. He is. Just puts it like a dime. Just boom, it's there. So I think that they are going to be a force in the SEC.
I take them at least maybe, maybe no worse than third. I'm just going to tell you.
Number 15, Oklahoma. We're going to find out what Oklahoma really is and we're going to see now we know the defense will be good because, I mean, that was one thing that Dabo had that he did lose was of course, the defensive coordinator who transferred over to Oklahoma.
But regardless, regardless, I think that Oklahoma.
[00:39:32] Speaker B: Is going to get back to their footing.
[00:39:33] Speaker A: Yeah, I think so. Number 16, Texas. A and m. I like a and m. The Aggies are tough.
[00:39:40] Speaker B: Like I said earlier though, they're an individual there.
[00:39:43] Speaker A: You just, they're toss up. You just don't know.
[00:39:46] Speaker B: Very ego team. There you go.
[00:39:48] Speaker A: Yeah. And, and they, some days they play wonderful and they win games that you.
[00:39:52] Speaker B: Think they should just.
[00:39:53] Speaker A: And then some days they just forgot.
[00:39:55] Speaker B: To get on the bus.
[00:39:56] Speaker A: What happened? Number 17, Miami. The Hurricanes in the ACC, they have glimmers of hope, but really I have not seen them be a powerful team all the way since back in 2002.
[00:40:09] Speaker B: Coaching, coaching, coaching.
[00:40:11] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:40:11] Speaker B: I am still questioning the play.
[00:40:14] Speaker A: Is he, I mean, take the knee, man. Why? Why wouldn't you do that? And I mean, that's all he had.
[00:40:22] Speaker B: To do and they didn't do it.
[00:40:24] Speaker A: And then they lost it.
[00:40:25] Speaker B: Questions, questions.
[00:40:27] Speaker A: I mean, it comes down to heart and I think that that was part of it. Number 18, Oklahoma State.
[00:40:37] Speaker B: And again, like, okay, state.
[00:40:39] Speaker A: Yeah, I think they're tough. Cowboys are good, man. They're just, you know, they're gonna surprise me. I think so.
So we'll we'll see. But I think that they're gonna be pretty tough. That's Utah might have to look out for them. That. That's for sure. And then you have Arizona.
[00:40:56] Speaker B: Now, the only reason that is because I don't know if anybody noticed, but, you know, everybody that wants to ride the bus with Caleb Williams. Yeah, he's a, you know, fantastic quarterback, but he's gone. So when they took him out, that boy that came up in who sling the rock.
[00:41:12] Speaker A: Yeah. He can.
[00:41:13] Speaker B: So he could control that offense. And I think they're going to pick right back up where they left off.
[00:41:17] Speaker A: It's going to be tough.
[00:41:18] Speaker B: I think the real questionable thing for Southern Cal is how's that defense going to hold up.
[00:41:24] Speaker A: Going against the Penn.
[00:41:25] Speaker B: State, going against the Michigan, going against, you know, Southern Cal used to play the big boys back in the day, up in the Rose bowl and stuff. You know, used to be a regular.
[00:41:33] Speaker A: Now they're going to do it consistently. Yeah.
[00:41:35] Speaker B: Now, you know, they're going to be doing it every day now. Yeah. And this is coming from playing up in the, you know, the Pac twelve.
It's an entirely different ballgame, you know, and it is.
[00:41:45] Speaker A: And it is. And it is. So number 20, Kansas State. Kansas State lost some people and everything, but they, you know.
Yeah, but it's gonna be interesting. We're gonna see how they rebuild. How are they gonna respond? We're giving you a little bit of credit here. We're gonna put you at number 20, number 21, southern Cal, only because of Caleb Williams, Ben.
And it could be number 22, Kansas is another one. So, yeah, the Jayhawks, you just don't know.
[00:42:17] Speaker B: You just don't know what they're. They always hang around around six, you know, six, six.
[00:42:22] Speaker A: But then Iowa State comes in and all of a sudden it throws them for a loop.
[00:42:26] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:42:26] Speaker A: It's like all of a sudden we figure, who are we? And then they get tossed for a loop.
[00:42:30] Speaker B: So there's another one of those teams.
[00:42:32] Speaker A: Yeah, you just don't know. It's. It's one of those. Okay, so number 23, we are at Iowa. Listen, Iowa has the defense. For whatever reason, they are just cursed on offense. Cursed on offense, stuck. Can't seem to get out of their own way. But on the defense, they are like.
It's like going down a bad alley in the middle of the night and you just.
[00:42:58] Speaker B: You're gonna get mugged.
[00:42:59] Speaker A: You know, you're getting mugged. Okay. You just, you know what's gonna happen. Okay, but be it the blitz, be it whatever. You know, something's gonna happen, but you're not walking out of there without some kind of a limp. So.
Number 24, North Carolina State.
I like NC State. I mean, there, you know, some people.
[00:43:21] Speaker B: This year as well.
[00:43:22] Speaker A: Yeah. And they have. Last year, they did well. I mean, they did. They did well, but then they stumble on these games again, you know, and.
[00:43:31] Speaker B: I just think a lot of that has to do with depth, too. You know, a lot of these schools, they just. They. They recruit well and such, but they just don't have the depth, as you know, a lot of the teams in the top ten, and that's really.
[00:43:42] Speaker A: I think they play a tough team. They do great, they beat them. And then they get down to this other team and they're tired, and it's like they took too much out of themselves.
25. We have Louisville, so the Cardinals are always, always seem to be there. They're tough.
Great play out of them.
[00:44:05] Speaker B: You know, it's another one of those NC statements.
[00:44:07] Speaker A: Yeah, it's the same thing. Yeah, exactly. And Florida State. I'm sorry, you're. You're out. Listen, you blew it. You're done yet. You're gonna have to either run the table or you're out.
[00:44:21] Speaker B: You gotta prove it at this.
[00:44:22] Speaker A: Yeah, prove it. Prove it to me.
All right. And then the top five after that. 26 through 30, Nebraska. 26.
I like, you know, Dylan Riola, man, listen, I think the kid's gonna. He's gonna sling it, and I think you gotta go.
[00:44:40] Speaker B: You know, it's like Texas, you know, all the hype that's always coming out of Nebraska and everything like that, and nothing to show for it. Absolutely nothing. You got manhandled when you came into the.
[00:44:50] Speaker A: It's like Penn State. When you came to the big ten. When was the last time that you saw Nebraska vying for a national championship?
[00:44:59] Speaker B: Exactly.
[00:45:00] Speaker A: Or anything? It's been, I mean, all the way back since the early mid nineties, you know, with Osborne and.
[00:45:08] Speaker B: But I like, I like. I like real. And I hope he turns the program back around.
[00:45:12] Speaker A: I think he will.
[00:45:13] Speaker B: I'm hoping so.
[00:45:14] Speaker A: I think he will, you know, blown.
[00:45:17] Speaker B: Out smoke and hype.
[00:45:18] Speaker A: Yeah, I think he will. And they've had a couple of good quarterbacks in there a few times because we've had to play him. And, you know, that one kid gave us a scare.
[00:45:26] Speaker B: Oh, yeah.
[00:45:28] Speaker A: Boy, he would. He was. He was good. And he. And I was just like, I'm glad he's graduating. Get rid of him.
[00:45:33] Speaker B: Get out of there.
[00:45:33] Speaker A: Yeah. Number 27, Wisconsin.
[00:45:37] Speaker B: I like that.
[00:45:38] Speaker A: And Wisconsin is just, I mean, if they could get back to their glory.
[00:45:43] Speaker B: Days, get back to the roots, you know, they did the ball and they went to this passing scheme.
[00:45:50] Speaker A: They went to change the offense.
[00:45:52] Speaker B: Yeah. And it worked, but it didn't work out. And that was kind of what they ran into.
[00:45:57] Speaker A: Your Wisconsin, your whole thing is based on a running back. You find that running back. I mean, that the big old Dwayne set, you know, you. You find him, you put him back there and you say, just go.
[00:46:11] Speaker B: When y'all were running, you know, you got Wayne.
[00:46:13] Speaker A: Wayne.
[00:46:14] Speaker B: When Wisconsin was sitting there running the tables and stuff, and, you know, they were making it to the big ten title games to play Ohio State during those runs, you know, they. Who did they have? They had Jonathan Taylor. You had Joe Dwayne.
[00:46:26] Speaker A: I know, for Taylor and Dwayne.
[00:46:28] Speaker B: So, I mean, you had three NFL caliber careers.
[00:46:32] Speaker A: That kid ran like Earl Campbell.
[00:46:33] Speaker B: Oh, I know.
[00:46:34] Speaker A: I mean, he was carrying guys on his back as he's running through the line and people are trying to tackle, and I'm like, you're not gonna stop guys. Yeah.
[00:46:41] Speaker B: Three or four guys to bring the guy down. Yeah.
[00:46:43] Speaker A: Grab ankles, do what you have to do. And they couldn't do it. And I'm going to tell you, Wisconsin really was a fantastic.
[00:46:51] Speaker B: Yeah, they were scary.
[00:46:52] Speaker A: They were scary, you know, but they need to get back to Wisconsin. That's what you got to do if you want to get back to your roots. You've got to go. You're a running team. You're a big, physical running team. Run the ball. That's what you've got to do. Okay. You're not a throwing team.
[00:47:09] Speaker B: No.
[00:47:10] Speaker A: Okay. You're just not. So you got to do what you got to do in order to get back into the mix. Otherwise, it's going to be a long bunch of years for you because now you're going to have to deal with speed of just like the rest of us. We're going to have to deal with the Oregon's, we're going to have to deal with the Washington's, we're going to have to deal with the USC's and with the UCLA. And you just don't know with UCLA. UCLA is one of those teams that.
[00:47:32] Speaker B: Yeah, it's just like, I want to say, it's just about as, even as about Kansas State.
[00:47:37] Speaker A: Yeah. You just don't know.
[00:47:38] Speaker B: Just upstate a big team and then lose to a smaller the next week.
[00:47:41] Speaker A: So. Absolutely. I agree. Number 28, Boise State boys. And you know what? I know, they've got that blue field. You got to love them for that. Okay. And, I mean, you know, the thing is, is they win.
[00:47:54] Speaker B: They do.
[00:47:55] Speaker A: They find a way to win. You know, they. They usually come out with, you know, no more than four losses a year, but it's usually maybe one or two. And they always find a way to win and they just have a lot of heart and who wouldn't want to play on that field? That feels cool. Isn't it beautiful? I know it is. It's a really cool field.
[00:48:14] Speaker B: Like the millions, they blend right in with it.
[00:48:16] Speaker A: Yeah. So, yeah. Boise State, number 28. Number 29, Georgia Tech. Hey, listen, I'm going to give it to you. You took out Florida State. You did it. You did the job. Okay? You came there, you endured the flight, you came down there. You had to play this good team that people picked, I think, at number ten.
And let's see if we can. I know that I have this while we're right here.
I believe I have this right here. Let's see. Yeah, at first. Yeah. Florida State was picked at number ten. At number ten. So I'm going to tell you, they drop. They come in. Yeah. I have Florida State at number 30 right behind Georgia Tech. And I'm sorry, I'm going to leave you. You've got it. You've got to earn it. And. And that's one of the things that we can do. Let me see if I can. I love.
Let me see what this is.
I love to be able to get into all these things, but we've got our picks for the games like that now. I could tell you last year, and hopefully you guys can. Can see this. I'm going to see if I can shrink this part down.
I don't know if I can copy this.
I don't know if I can copy that or not and put it on there. I'm still learning how to kind of work this thing we've got, but we have some great games coming up. Those are the games. Those are the picks. Back to the Michigan thing, I think in all fairness, I think in all reality, you're giving up at least two out of the three seasons, and I think that you vacate those wins.
[00:50:00] Speaker B: I think at maximum, what's going to happen is you're going to get the hammer dropped.
[00:50:03] Speaker A: Yeah. It's going to at least two of those years, and then you're not allowed to go into the bowl.
[00:50:08] Speaker B: No. This year, I would say, you know, maximum hammer is going to be, you're losing the title. You're losing the big three, big ten.
[00:50:13] Speaker A: I don't think they'll take the title from them. I think they'll take.
[00:50:16] Speaker B: Hear me out whenever I'm explaining this now, so, and then, of course, you're going to lose the three seasons and they might give you a two year ban on top of it. That's the absolute maximum. Now what, realistically, what I think is going to happen is you're going to lose, you know, the 21, 22 seasons. I think you'll lose your Big ten titles. I think they're going to let 23 sit. And in all honesty, I would, you know, they were the best team. I physically believe so. You know, as far as the amount of teams that they played and the amount of physicality that they put on out there, regardless if they knew the plays or not, you know, it doesn't play.
[00:50:49] Speaker A: Yep.
[00:50:50] Speaker B: Closest game that they had was Ohio State.
[00:50:53] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:50:53] Speaker B: And that was by six points.
[00:50:54] Speaker A: And Alabama, Alabama at the end, remember.
[00:50:57] Speaker B: Alabama did come back. So, you know, it was, you know.
[00:51:00] Speaker A: Those are the two, the two closest games.
[00:51:03] Speaker B: And, you know, if you go back to the Georgia and Alabama game, it.
[00:51:06] Speaker A: Was, that was pretty much, that was all Alabama.
[00:51:09] Speaker B: Exactly. So you can't sit there and take away from Michigan.
[00:51:14] Speaker A: I'm not here to punish them or take away their, their national title.
[00:51:18] Speaker B: Keep your national title. But I do believe that you do.
[00:51:20] Speaker A: Two years before you're gone. Give those, those two wins, go back to Ohio State and all the teams you beat to Penn State. Absolutely. All those teams. And they get to two wins on you. And that's the way it is. I think that's fair. That's what they did to Ohio State. If you remember, we went twelve and, oh, urban minor was there easily. National championship.
[00:51:40] Speaker B: Easily, easily. We were blowing everybody out and I.
[00:51:43] Speaker A: Mean, they weren't really even close games. They were just, you know, I mean.
[00:51:45] Speaker B: It was 30 plus points.
[00:51:47] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:51:47] Speaker B: It was playing for fun at that point.
[00:51:49] Speaker A: So I think that that's probably more likely. Let them keep the national title. I have no problem with that.
[00:51:57] Speaker B: I do see the two seasons ripped. I do see a postseason ban.
[00:52:00] Speaker A: Yeah, I do. I see the two seasons ripped and. But I don't want to take away a national title for him. That kid Blake Quorum really worked his tail off. Edwards worked his tail off.
[00:52:13] Speaker B: They put the work in.
[00:52:14] Speaker A: JJ McCarthy runs his mouth a little bit much, but, you know, that's, that's football. That's, that's what it's all about. So I had no problem with that.
But, but I think you, you give up those two seasons, that puts Ohio State, I believe, only eight games behind and yeah, eight. And after this year, I'm pretty sure that it will be seven games behind. I think what Michigan is going to find out this year is when you don't have that kind of help.
I. Ryan Day, Ryan days really kind of hanging on. You know, a lot of people are saying and fine by and said, you know, okay, he's on the hot seat. No, he's not.
[00:52:56] Speaker B: Let me explain something.
[00:52:57] Speaker A: He's not.
[00:52:58] Speaker B: And he did take over for Urban Meyer, but everybody needs to go back and remember Urban Meyer for the last two years was in and out. I mean, he was at some games. There's some games where he was stepping away and such like that. So Ryan Day was actually calling the plays for majority, right. 1918. And that's the thing about it. So he knew what he was stepping into as far as the role.
[00:53:20] Speaker A: But that never once a misstep.
[00:53:21] Speaker B: If anything, things got better and so it, and that's where you have to give him the credit for it. And, you know, if you look at his losses, it's a, you know, you can count him on two hands.
[00:53:32] Speaker A: I mean, if you look at five.
[00:53:33] Speaker B: Seasons he's playing, he's got this many losses.
[00:53:36] Speaker A: You know, he's got it. He's got eight losses in it. But, but I'll say this, that all of that too. If you, if you take a look at that, when a coach can sit there and focus in on one thing. Okay.
[00:53:46] Speaker B: Yeah.
[00:53:47] Speaker A: I'm just doing offensive play calling. That's what I'm doing. Here we go. And this, and now that they changed the rule and you can have in whatever amount of coaches you want there, you know what I mean? Which I think is great. Which is great. You know, again, they're loaded.
Absolutely loaded.
[00:54:04] Speaker B: Now it's going to depend on how distributed around.
[00:54:06] Speaker A: I think Kelly surprised everybody because it's the only thing he's got to focus on. Yeah, he's not, he's not focusing on.
[00:54:13] Speaker B: Anything else but solely offensive.
[00:54:16] Speaker A: That's it.
And he's an offensive genius.
[00:54:20] Speaker B: Absolutely. And this is the thing that I wanted to go back to upon Ryan day. You know, if you look at the eight losses in which he sustained, what are those losses?
[00:54:28] Speaker A: Two of them were Michigan, three of them.
[00:54:30] Speaker B: 3300 Michigan. Now keep that in mind. Three to Michigan. You know, Michigan went to the CFP all three years, won the national title one of those years. So you lost to a reigning national.
[00:54:38] Speaker A: Championship or national champion, then you lost to Georgia.
[00:54:41] Speaker B: You lost to Georgia the year before, but one point.
[00:54:44] Speaker A: Oh, my God.
[00:54:46] Speaker B: National championship. So that's, you know, out of those five loss or losses, now, that's two of them that were national titles.
[00:54:54] Speaker A: That's right.
[00:54:55] Speaker B: You can go back to Alabama. You lost the national title and the national title game during the COVID But we got. That's three national title teams now that you lost to.
[00:55:04] Speaker A: But Alabama also played almost a full schedule to where Ohio State didn't think Ohio State, seven games. So had they played the full season longer and had more preparation? But I think Covid threw everyone through.
[00:55:18] Speaker B: I don't think anybody was stopping that Bama team, to be honest with you.
[00:55:21] Speaker A: No.
[00:55:21] Speaker B: If you look at Ohio State's defense in the year that they went to that game, the defense was the weakest point. That was the worst defense that they've had in ages. It was their weak.
[00:55:29] Speaker A: They were young. It wasn't that they were worse. They were very, very young.
[00:55:33] Speaker B: It wasn't a style defense that needed to be play with the type of playmakers that they had. I mean, you don't need a middle linebacker that runs a four eight, guarding a guy that runs a four two.
You're gonna get burned.
[00:55:47] Speaker A: Yeah. Every time. And Alabama's always been known for.
[00:55:50] Speaker B: Yeah. And so it was just, we were, we were.
[00:55:53] Speaker A: But then we've had, we've had a. There's been a couple of those mistakes. It have been along the way. So, you know, five of those games. Five of those eight games, and then you had a couple mistakes to where you went down to Iowa, you know, and boom.
[00:56:07] Speaker B: Ohio State's always had a great, you know, team. You can't go back to.
You can't go back through history and state, a point in which they were low. You know, you can't go back and stay the point in which they were losing four.
[00:56:19] Speaker A: Consistent.
[00:56:19] Speaker B: It wasn't. They'd been consistent.
[00:56:21] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:56:22] Speaker B: Continuously. Now, you know, you can go back and, you know, even looking at last year, look at the Notre Dame game, even when they've always had. And what the issue with Ohio State is, is they've always had it all, but they could only get one side of it to work.
[00:56:34] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:56:34] Speaker B: So, like last year, Ohio State's offense was the crutch. You know, they had the defense, but the offense couldn't produce when it was needed to.
[00:56:41] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:56:41] Speaker B: And Notre again, Notre Dame game. How many times did Ohio State have the opportunity to put Notre Dame away? It was four to five times.
[00:56:49] Speaker A: Yeah. And they didn't. Well, and I think, again, this is where I say McCord is probably better suited in the Syracuse offense versus the Ohio State offense.
[00:56:59] Speaker B: Ohio State needs a quarterback that is mobile.
[00:57:02] Speaker A: Right. And this goes back to even prove.
[00:57:04] Speaker B: The point that whenever they had Justin's fields versus CJ Stroud, it was an entirely different offense on both occasions.
[00:57:10] Speaker A: Yeah. Because you never knew what Fields was going to do. No.
[00:57:12] Speaker B: He could go, he could run and he could pass.
[00:57:14] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:57:15] Speaker B: You know, you didn't know what to expect. And Clemson found out firsthand. Yeah. So did Bama. You know, it was. It's just one of those things where.
[00:57:24] Speaker A: There he goes. Yeah. I mean, there he goes. And. And I think you get that. And then will Howard.
[00:57:29] Speaker B: And then he's. And then you transitioned into the CJ stroud, which is that, you know, stand in the pocket presence, and let's deliver the ball. Okay, cool. It worked out great for the first year. Second year, though, everybody figured it out.
[00:57:39] Speaker A: I like a running.
[00:57:40] Speaker B: Yeah. That's where they started blitzing Ohio State like crazy.
You know how states offensive line start having issues.
[00:57:46] Speaker A: Yeah.
[00:57:47] Speaker B: With protecting and. Which would cripple the run game.
[00:57:50] Speaker A: Exactly.
[00:57:50] Speaker B: And this is what I was saying. Ohio State's biggest problem is Ohio State. They just gotta get over the smallest little hump of finding all the key pieces to make everything run consistent.
[00:57:58] Speaker A: I think they got it.
[00:57:59] Speaker B: I think they do this year.
[00:58:01] Speaker A: I think they got it this year. And I think that they were close last year.
[00:58:05] Speaker B: I just think they missed it with the quarterback play.
[00:58:07] Speaker A: One play. You know what I'm saying? It was like one, two plays away. That's it. They were, you know, down there. They could have, you know, easily scored, but, you know, it was just.
Is just that one thing, you know? But it is here. There it is what it is.
Hey, listen, guys, thank you for tuning in with us. We sure have enjoyed it. We will see you again next week. Let's talk about the games.
You've got our picks. Sorry, we didn't have John on here because, you know, John likes to go off of that computer. He likes those algorithms and everything. So between Marcus and myself and. And Kent and everyone else, and Kalin and everyone else trying to beat John's algorithm on the computer thing, I think. I believe I'm still in second place. But Marcus has given me a run for my money, and he's really putting the pressure on me, so I have to try to stay one step ahead of him. And every once in a while, Kent gets some great weekends in. And then I think. I think Kent won the trophy last year, but see that, see that trophy back there, folks? Do you see that trophy right up there? It's on that top shelf there? That's right. That was mine. So I'm going to tell you, I'm coming this year, John. I'm coming for you, baby. And we'll talk to you guys. Thanks for joining us on offsides, college footballs, top 25 plus five. And thank you to my son. Thank you for hosting with me. I'm grateful. And hopefully we'll have some more guests on and we can talk some more stuff.
Take care, guys.
It's game time, baby. Let's roll. Let's have fun. Take care, guys.
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