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CFP & NY6 Preview
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In this episode of Trouble with the Snap, Colton and Will record their first ever in-person episode, preview the CFP and NY6 games, before finally diving into a few discussion points.
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College Football Playoff Preview
00:00:02
Speaker
In today's episode of trouble to snap, we will be previewing the college football playoff as well as new year's six bowl games, and then jumping into some transfer polo talk as well as what a hypothetical 12 team playoff would have looked like this season. Roll the intro.
Hosts' Winter Break Adventures
00:00:23
Speaker
Hello, everybody. Welcome back to Trouble with the Snap. I'm your host, Colin Deutsch, joined, as always, by the king of College Station, Katie, and everything in between, Will Schamanski, joining me in person. Will, how's it going? I'm doing great, man. It's kind of crazy that we're finally in person. It's weird, but I like it a lot. I'm doing it right there. How are you doing today?
00:00:47
Speaker
I'm doing great. I'm just excited to do this in person. I mean, we, we don't see each other all the time, just due to us living a little bit far apart in Houston and obviously going to different colleges. So it's definitely fun to record an episode in person. I think it's going to float pretty well and hopefully the audience will hear a difference.
00:01:02
Speaker
I would hope so. Yeah, I will say, though, we haven't, as everyone knows, we haven't put out any new episodes or you and I haven't even thought about podcasting, I think since December 5th, which was the last day we did something. So there certainly might be a little bit of rust. We have to knock off, but I think we'll be just fine. I think we can handle it. And yeah, I mean, how's your break been so far?
00:01:25
Speaker
It's been really well. I went out of town. I went overseas for about a week, 10 days, whatnot. Just had a normal family vacation. It was awesome. Then after that, my dad and I went to Arkansas for about three days, I believe. We went on a little hunting trip. And we've been doing that the past couple of years. And we had a lot of fun. And then, of course, as soon as we got back, it was just in time for Christmas, which I know is your favorite holiday of the year.
00:01:54
Speaker
So, since I spoke to you last on the show, I've been pretty busy, but I've been having a great break. How about yourself? How was Hanukkah?
00:02:07
Speaker
It was great. I mean, I'm certainly have not been Mr. Worldwide, like my colleague here, but it was good. I was in Austin until about the middle of August, sorry, of December. And then just been hanging out in Houston, kind of same old, same old. We have a group of buddies who will buy nosebleeds at the Rockets games, sit up there, shout out section 409.
00:02:31
Speaker
We'll cheer on the Rockets who are kind of back in the playoff hunt right now low-key a little bit Yeah tickets are gonna a bit too pricey. Yeah playing a little too well on a two-game losing streak though So we're gonna have to step it up against the Sixers coming up, but it's been fun It's nice to be at home Kind of have some things done for you get to sleep in a little more enough to worry about school and whatnot so it's been good but kind of sad the seasons winding down and
00:02:57
Speaker
At the same time though, it's such a good and bad thing at the same time that the season's kind of winding down.
End of College Football Season
00:03:04
Speaker
It's a bad thing, of course, because we look forward to college football all year and when you finally reach the end of it, you realize you have the long off-season just staring you directly in the face. But it's also good because you get some of the best games of the year, at least in theory, with the college football playoff and New Year's 6 games.
00:03:20
Speaker
Well, all the madness that every other bowl game brings So it's it's it's like kind of like a given like give and take kind of thing But um, yeah, whether it's the high six playoff games or senior coach getting Mayo dumped on them college football's college football That's why we love it. It's just yeah, I am Didn't so the Duke's Mayo Bowl I've been around for like two to three years and didn't they just start dumping Mayo on coaches like last year maybe I
00:03:47
Speaker
I think it started two years ago. I think it was North Carolina, South Carolina got the Mayo dump. And yeah, I mean, Neil Brown got it this year. West Virginia took down North Carolina pretty convincing fashion. It's kind of funny for Neil Brown, because I'm obviously sure that he's very happy to no longer be on the hot seat, but you get to keep your job, but you also get a bunch of Mayo dumped on you. So it's kind of a give and take there.
Food-Based Bowl Game Traditions
00:04:12
Speaker
So I gotta ask, Colton, in a hypothetical scenario, if you were a head coach of any college football program, especially, well, you tend to favor, like, Idaho, whatnot, the Kibbe Dome, of course. So if you were able to go to Idaho and create just an absolute dynasty, and you cap off your season with a win in the Duke's Mayo Bowl, are you happy that you won the bowl game, or are you kind of pissed because you have Mayo staring, like, about to be dumped on you in front of your whole fans and your team, and, well, we all know the memes of you will live on the internet for forever, so.
00:04:42
Speaker
Well in this scenario is the Mayo Bowl still what it is today or has it been upgraded to a New Year's 6 or playoff type of deal? That's a really good question and quite honestly if it was a New Year's 6 game that would be completely different. I think everyone would be would be okay with the Mayo but since it's not a New Year's 6 game like that and it's just you know like a normal run-of-the-mill bowl game I think that's kind of I guess what my question is stemming from with that.
00:05:05
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I think the thing is, is the mail would probably be below my expectations for our program. So I think the only way to kind of spin in a good way is to be a good sport about it. So I think I would take the mail about what about you. So that's the that's the tough thing is that I was actually asking my dad this yesterday and we were watching the game on the couch.
00:05:25
Speaker
Cause I was telling him, I'm like, you know, like as a coach, like you're always really happy if you can cap off the season with a bull win. Cause obviously it's, it's hard enough to get to a bull. Um, but let alone cap off the season with the wind. Um, I really don't know how I would feel.
00:05:40
Speaker
I would be absolutely disgusted, and especially if you saw it yesterday, the ESPN sideline reporter had a couple french fries on standby ready to go. He was dipping them in Eden. Mayo dumped french fries right off the coach. I'm not really sure how I would feel, but I would either way be happy that my team won the bowl game.
00:06:00
Speaker
Well, I also don't know where you go from there. I think you just throw away your clothes. I mean, yeah, that's a good point. I mean, that's the washing machine and dry cleaners. They like, they can only do so much. Yeah. That's a lot of Mayo to get out of there. And for the holiday bowl, didn't Lincoln Riley get done with eggnog? It was eggnog. Yeah. That's the first time I've seen that for the holiday bowl, by the way. Yeah. The holiday was been around for a long time.
00:06:24
Speaker
So, I also have to add, kind of random, I know we have a few games we're gonna talk about, but I'm just having too much fun now. What is it with, like, the recent trend of, like, food? Like, bowl games. Like, you had the Cheez-It bowl, we had the Pop-Tart bowl, I believe tomorrow. Of course, you had the Duke's Mayo bowl, where, you know, Mayo is just king. Then, of course, you have the Holiday bowl. I mean, it's not, like, food-based, but Link and Riley still got an eggnog bath. Like, what do you think's up with this whole trend of
00:06:53
Speaker
Food and bowl games and coaches being doused in all these different types of things. I think it's great I don't really know where it started I feel like you kind of have that in nowhere because I feel like the same year as the male boy You had the Idaho potato ball or the fries? Yeah, yeah Get dumped on the coaches and but now I'm looking at all these ball games and I want to see something dumped on every coach
00:07:14
Speaker
I mean, because the tone of the Tiger Sun Bowl, you get the frosted flakes on them. The Gator Bowl, I think you are kind of out of luck there unless you cook some Gator. I mean, for the Texas Bowl, I don't, I'm quite sure what you do. You could dump like what, kalaches on the guy? Yeah. Just a big thing of Dr. Pepper or something. Hawaii Bowl, like maybe some Hawaiian punch or something. If you were able to dump like physical Hawaiian rules on a coach, I would love to play in the Hawaiian Bowl every year like that.
00:07:44
Speaker
That'd be great. I'm looking at with the cheese at citrus. Well, I think you ought to do some, some oranges and some.
00:07:51
Speaker
the cheez-it citrus bowl. It just doesn't roll off the tongue as well. It's just the plain straight up cheez-it bowl. Yeah, they're kind of taking it away. I mean, the Fiesta Bowl, they put, so when I went to the Fiesta Bowl, when I was really young, they had Tostitos chips, because the Tostitos chips. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Was it, it's the PlayStation Fiesta Bowl now or something? Verbo. Oh, the Verbo. I think that just switched. It used to be, it used to be PlayStation. Mm-hmm. So, Verbo, you're gonna like dump a house on a coach now? Yeah, I mean.
00:08:19
Speaker
And you can do the same for the rose or the sugar, but I like it. I might propose some new. So you're a fan of coaches just being dumped in doused and all these types of edible foods and things
College Football Playoff Analysis
00:08:31
Speaker
like that. I mean, they get paid enough money. You might as well. Especially if half the time if you don't even do your job, you get fired and you make even more money. That's a good point. At least you can do is take little french fry bath or mayo bath. That's a really good point. Man, do you want to talk some ball a little bit, like kind of the whole reason why we're here?
00:08:48
Speaker
Yeah, we should probably get into the X's and O's and not just what gets dumped on you after you play well enough to win the game. That's fair. So I'll just brief disclaimer, as we mentioned, the season is winding down. So this episode, depending on how much we have to say about the games we're previewing, it might be a little bit on the shorter side. We don't necessarily like doing that, but it's just the reality of the situation with the season having, let's say, a handful of games left.
00:09:17
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But with all that out of the way, Colton, would you mind diving in to our very first preview, if you don't mind? College football playoff, we start in the Rose Bowl, granddaddy of them all. Number one, Michigan versus number four, Alabama. Like we said, when these matchups were announced, both semifinals are very fun matchups because it's four teams that all kind of play similar styles to the team that they are matched up with.
00:09:45
Speaker
And Michigan, Alabama, I mean, you have an Alabama team that has really made a turnaround after the week two loss at Texas and their week three kind of a struggle of a win against South Florida. They're playing some really good football of late. Michigan, while they did beat Ohio State, they kind of felt like they were limping there towards the end of the year. They did not look great against Iowa and they had a big injury on their offensive line that they're kind of trying to work through. As far as this game goes,
00:10:15
Speaker
I do think that one thing that is kind of being thrown around is that Alabama has a different type of speed than Michigan has faced all year. And while the audiences in the Big 10 have not been very good all year, Ohio State is a team that recruits at the same level as Alabama. They have a guy in Marvin Harrison, Trayvon Henderson, all guys that would start at Alabama. So I don't necessarily think that Michigan is going to be at a severe disadvantage athletically.
00:10:40
Speaker
But I don't know. When I look at these playoff games, I look at which team is going to be able to make the other team sort of one-dimensional on offense. And I kind of think that Alabama is going to be able to make Michigan a bit more one-dimensional than Michigan would be able to do to Alabama. Jaylen Milrow, obviously looking at the quarterbacks in this game, I did not think he played that well against Georgia or Auburn, but was able to use his legs in the Georgia game to help them close out the game. Isaiah Bond has played very well of late as has Jermaine Burton.
00:11:12
Speaker
But you know, well, I don't know. There's just been something about people counting out Michigan. I think Michigan finds a way to get it done. I really liked in the Ohio state game, how JJ McCarthy, anytime they asked him to make a big throw, he seemed like he could make the throw. I think Roman Wilson is going to be a big guy in this game. And I think it's going to be low scoring. Mission is going to find a way to win a close one and get to the national championship game.
00:11:36
Speaker
So you don't think Alabama has the potential to have the rematch that pretty much everyone was trying to see with Texas in the natural title game?
00:11:44
Speaker
I think they do. And I don't know. It's just something about people counting up Michigan. I think they're almost a team of destiny this year. It seems like free Harbaugh, of course. Yeah. After he died mid early in the year and then brought him back. But yeah, I don't know. I mean, I just think, I think I trust JJ McCarthy a little more than I trust Jalen Milrow. I think probably the, the ceiling with Milrow is, is a lot higher.
00:12:08
Speaker
But, uh, I don't know. And another thing I want to see how Milrow, if he's going to really make a big jump in improvement with, uh, I mean, you have a whole week, uh, a whole month off. Bunch of extra bold practices. I think you can see him look a lot better, but I don't know. I just, I kind of think Michigan is a team that would make less mistakes. I think that they find a way to win, but it's a game that I think is like maybe a 20 to 17 type of game.
00:12:32
Speaker
Yeah, so I I I can totally see your argument right there about JJ McCarthy in jail. I mean it just makes total sense I mean JJ McCarthy he's been there done that of course He's yet to win a game in the playoff, but it is what it is and neither is Michigan as a team but
00:12:49
Speaker
You know, J.J. McCarthy, he's been on that roster for quite some time now, and he's had the starting job a lot longer than Milrow has at Alabama. So it makes total and complete sense with what you're saying there. As for this one, my personal opinion, I'm really interested to see just how Alabama comes out against Michigan, because we know Michigan just has straight dogs on their team.
00:13:11
Speaker
And so the thing with Alabama is that I've talked about it all year is that They've just gotten better and progressed week after week after week just gotten better and better and now that Clearly there will clearly they reached a point where they're gonna have to make the playoffs But now that they've had about a month off, it'll be really interesting to see if they are still you know that white-hot kind of like how they were and
00:13:34
Speaker
Down the stretch of their season or if they've cooled off and just maybe might be out of sorts a little bit whatnot I don't know. That's something I am certainly keeping my eye on for this one however using My frame of mind when previewing this game is I'm think I'm still thinking of Alabama as that team That was just white hot down the stretch. So with that in mind man this
00:14:00
Speaker
this feels like the exact polar opposite of the other playoff game we have meaning that i think michigan and alabama i agree with what you said a moment ago i think will be an absolute just slugfest um yeah i i think i said this when we had our playoff kind of instant reaction episode this game to me it seems like it will be a quintessential like just big 10 classic game meaning it like what you're just saying like 24 17 style game or
00:14:25
Speaker
like 1710 something like that even though both these teams have offenses that are pretty damn good it's it's it's this game will be won by whoever's defense makes the most plays in my opinion and so that's why I absolutely think this will just be just old school old school just kind of smash-mouth football
00:14:47
Speaker
As of right now, I do kind of agree with you as well. I would probably give Michigan just the slight advantage. I mean, I could see this going either way, but my guts just kind of tell me right now. I think Michigan has just the ever so slight advantage over the tide in this game.
00:15:05
Speaker
But at the same time, I've also said this a couple times throughout the year, I never want to bet against Nick Saban as long as he's on the Alabama sideline. So this is pretty much a toss up for me, but as of right now, I still like the Wolverines in a very, very close game.
00:15:21
Speaker
Yeah. And that's the hard thing. I think with this game is that Bama, even though they've improved a lot, they still feel like a bit of an unknown and don't, and the only reason, and well, what I mean by that is that I think that we kind of know what, what we're getting mostly from JJ McCarthy and Michigan. They're probably going to be steady. They're going to want to run the ball, which they have not been as good at late, um, of, of late. And.
00:15:44
Speaker
We know JJ McCarthy is probably going to take care of the ball and make the smart read. With Jalen Milrow, he could turn it over. He could run for an 80 yard touchdown. It's a very high variance. At the same time, though, with Milrow is that since he's a little bit more of a risk taker like that, it's like higher risk, higher reward. Exactly. So whenever it does pay off, it will be awesome. But when it doesn't pay off, then it's also awful. Right.
00:16:09
Speaker
It would you rather I guess what you're trying to say is would you rather have someone kind of plays it safe a little bit more conservative? Would you rather have that dude just tries to go for a home run? Grand slam type of play every you know five or so place feels like every now and then
00:16:22
Speaker
Yeah, and I mean, you could, I mean, if you look at Bama's one loss this year, you had Milra throws two pretty bad picks, almost as another one, and then he's able to throw a beautiful deep ball for a touchdown. Here's another play where it's a low snap, and he picks it up and scrambles around and throws for another 30, 40-yard touchdown.
00:16:41
Speaker
It's kind of those, I mean, I think if you're Michigan, you are happy to play a guy like that. But I guess if you're concerned about Alabama's team speed there, then there was obviously kind of a problem. But I don't think that Michigan is going to have that much of an issue covering Vama's receivers. So I think honestly, both of these teams could make each other a bit one dimensional.
00:17:03
Speaker
Another thing here with Michigan is that, you know, I mean their team, especially in 2021, they had guys like David Jabo and Aiden Husheson, just absolute beasts on the defensive line. While they're still great, they don't have any sort of dominant D linemen or pass rushers, which is kind of something to keep in mind here. But I think we're on the same page, but this will be a great game. I'm really excited to watch this one.
00:17:26
Speaker
So of course with the playoff we have two games and so I think it's probably time that we go to the next game and once again of course I'll let you leave this one off considering who's playing in this game. So Colton of course it's Washington Texas in the Sugar Bowl. I believe you told me that you're going to this game so best of luck going to New Orleans or around this time of the year. But Colton what are you seeing out of this game? What are your thoughts? One how are you feeling as a fan? Of course having your team in the playoff things like that.
00:17:56
Speaker
But besides from, remove the fandom cap for just a moment. As a fan of college football, what are you excited about in this game? What are you looking forward to? Thoughts, concerns, just preview, just what do you see in this one?
00:18:09
Speaker
Yeah, I am going to the Sugar Bowl, Washington, Texas. This is the later game at about 745 central. I mean, as a Texas fan, I'm ecstatic as a college wall fan. I'm also ecstatic. This is one of those games where I was telling Will earlier, you almost wish that you didn't have any sort of rooting interest in this game because
00:18:28
Speaker
these are two very good offenses two defenses that are both pretty solid as well that have stepped up in big games texas definitely has an advantage there defensively but just a litany of skill talent across both sides of the field whether it's
00:18:43
Speaker
For Washington, you have you have Jalen Polk, Jalen McMillan, Roma Dunsey, Texas has JT Sanders, Xavier Worthy, AD Mitchell, and also some pretty good backs there on both teams. So I think this is almost the opposite of Alabama, Michigan, where you could be looking at definitely more of a high scoring game here.
00:19:04
Speaker
The one thing here that makes me inclined to pick Texas is that I do think that Texas will have the advantage up front on the offensive line. I think the Longhorns are going to be able to run the ball with CJ Baxter, Jayden Blue, Keelan Robinson. I think Washington could struggle a bit there up front.
00:19:22
Speaker
And on the other side of the ball, whereas Washington has a very good O-line, they won the Joe Moore award. The one little weakness there is their center. It's only about 275 pounds. He's a freshman and lining him up against Byron Murphy and Devondray Sweat is a major disadvantage for the Huskies. And I think that that is something that Texas could really feast on. The one thing in this game is that.
00:19:44
Speaker
Even if I think that Texas is going to play more physical and maybe if Texas plays the better game, Washington's receivers are so good that they could each go for 100 apiece and make some big plays on jump balls and stay in the game here. So overall, I mean, you have kind of a more experienced team in Washington with Michael Penix against very experienced Longhorn team, but this also might just come down to who's gonna be the better quarterback between Quinn Ewers and
00:20:11
Speaker
and Michael Penix and yours just looks good in very big games. Penix I think is definitely getting healthier. He seemed dinged up down the stretch, but I don't know. I think this is a game where the Longhorn secondary is a concern on the back end there with their safeties, but I kind of think Texas has the advantage up front on both sides of the ball and they're going to get just enough stops to win a high scoring game.
00:20:34
Speaker
So, just like Michigan, Alabama, I have been going back and forth about this game pretty much ever since it's been announced. I mean, you know, one day I'll wake up and I'm like, oh, Washington, they'll probably curb stomp Texas or they'll do this, that, so on and so forth. And the next day I'll wake up and be like, oh, Texas can curb stomp Washington because of this, this and that. I just, I really don't know. But the one thing I pretty much will feel like I can guarantee is that this will be a high scoring game.
00:20:58
Speaker
So Colton that I better get your nitroglycerin pills ready is mr. John Rothstein likes to say this is almost January anyways But for this game, it's um, it's it's really tough I think
00:21:14
Speaker
In my opinion, I think Texas is the more complete overall team, meaning that they are just both salty, of course, on offense and on defense. And of course, they're pretty damn good on special teams as well, with Burt Auburn just knocking them through constantly. However, for Washington, I feel like they are, they're certainly still a complete team, but in my opinion, they just seem a lot more offensive-heavy. I mean, don't get me wrong, their defense has certainly made plays.
00:21:39
Speaker
when they needed them most this season, but I feel like the ultimate DNA of this Washington team this season has just, you know, just rely on your quarterback Michael Penix and just that entire offense, just get something going. So I am very, very excited to see this game. I'm probably more excited for this game than I am Michigan, Alabama, just because I love high scoring affairs, kind of shootouts like that.
00:22:06
Speaker
For a pick, I mean, this is just this is where it gets tough. Man, I just don't know. I would if I had to pick right now, which of course I do. That's dumb why I just said that. But I would most likely say.
00:22:26
Speaker
Washington, just because I like their receiving corps just a little bit more than what Texas has to offer. I'm not saying this because I'm an Aggie and things like that. I'm just truly as a college football fan, I like what I've seen from the Washington wide receiver room just a little bit more than what I've seen from Texas this year.
00:22:46
Speaker
And that's not to downplay like you know the greats that Texas has on that roster It's just I just personally just have liked what I've seen from the Huskies just a hair more than Texas so I Mean ultimately this game still feels like a pick them But that's what I'm gonna rock with as of today But I guarantee if you ask me tomorrow I'd probably find a way to take Texas over Washington so I really don't know but um as of right now in time of recording it's uh It's Huskies for me, man
00:23:12
Speaker
Well, that's the other thing is that I understand why Texas is favored, but I feel like from the national media there's this everyone is just picking Texas and it seems like almost like a no doubt or type of deal and I wouldn't be surprised at all if if Washington won, I mean Texas is 12 and one Washington is undefeated.
Open Playoff Field Speculation
00:23:28
Speaker
So and they're undefeated for a reason. I think people get too caught up in the fact that Washington
00:23:34
Speaker
had a lot of close games in the middle of the year got to find a way to win and the pectoral was a very solid conference this year they played a lot of eight nine win teams you know kind of in a row and that made it tough on them and uh... mean one of the things i'm really looking for in this game is that texas has one of the best third down defenses in the country they're actually number two in the nation washington is just a just outside of the top ten in third down conversions and
00:24:01
Speaker
It kind of feels like when you watch Washington, especially in both Oregon games, it seemed like every single money down Washington was the one making the plays. And so, I mean, we know how thin the margins are on college football and especially in a game like this, but I mean, I don't think that you're off the market at all. I think Washington's receivers are pretty incredible.
00:24:19
Speaker
And Dylan Johnson is when they've got him going on the ground kind of middle late in the year. That's, that's kind of been the thing that's really opened up their offense. I just kind of think that I think that Texas has the ability to make Washington one dimensional. I don't know that Washington has the chance to do that to Texas. And if Texas makes Washington one dimensional, then you just have more guys back there to help with your kind of Achilles heel there and your
00:24:43
Speaker
lack of speed there on the back end of the secondary. Also having Derek Williams out for the first half due to a targeting the Longhorns freshman safety is kind of a problem. So we'll see if Washington just kind of goes bombs away here, but I think high scoring game. I'm leaning Texas, but this could go either way. I think this is the best playoffs that we've ever had in terms of on paper match-ups. I think every team could win at all.
00:25:05
Speaker
Yeah, no, I think this is certainly the most level playing field that we've had for the playoff. I've touched on this in the past once again, but in years prior to this, it feels like there's always been kind of like that one team in the playoff. He usually is like the number one seed. You can just tell is just leaps and bounds above every other team in the field, except for this year. I mean, I couldn't agree more. This feels like the playoff field hasn't been this wide open since its inception back in 2014, I believe.
00:25:35
Speaker
Um, so it's, yeah, this is just the most level playing field and it truly feels like anyone can beat anyone. And so I'm here for it to bring on the chaos, man. I, I, I really would love to see something pretty chaotic go down in this play off and kind of jumping off of that. I mean, I think that it's funny because both, at least to me, it's, it seems like the, both Michigan and Washington are being picked against more so being favorites, even though they're the only two undefeated teams and they're wanting to.
00:26:04
Speaker
Yeah, no, for real. I, um, I'm really curious to see what like the line is on these games. I mean, I'm of course they're posted and all that, but I haven't checked them in a while. I think Michigan's about minus two and Texas is minus four and a half was the last that I saw. Okay. This is kind of random. But speaking of lines, you can see that Dave Portnoy put a million dollars cash on Michigan.
00:26:25
Speaker
I did not see that. Wow. Yeah. A million dollars cash on Michigan. The thing with Dave, though, is that we probably should have talked about this in our analysis of that game as well. He's posted on his Twitter and yeah, mainly his Twitter. That's like where he's he posts all his social media stuff. He will always talk about like what his locks are and what he thinks will hit. And it's always been the exact
00:26:50
Speaker
opposite of that and so Like he does this especially like NFL games things like that He's like, oh like like prime example like last week is like do you like put the mortgage like on the Cowboys to be the Dolphins? Well, the Dolphins ultimately won that game And so I actually saw this tweet as well from flaming hot takes you follow you have ice cold takes and then you have flaming hot takes yeah, and so the one from flaming hot takes is
00:27:13
Speaker
Was one that Portnoy put out he said like bet like this game this game in this game and this dude said I'm putting Like everything that I own on the exact opposite of this and the dude who bet on the opposite is the one who cashed everything so I just kind of got sidetracked pretty much what I'm saying is It'll be interesting to see if the Portnoy curse is real Especially in Michigan being his alma mater and he has a million dollars cash on there. So, you know
00:27:40
Speaker
With that in mind, I actually, looking back, wouldn't be surprised if Alabama dropped like a 60 burger on the Wolverines now. Well, another thing, I also think that this might be Jim Harbaugh's last game at Michigan, or that the National Championship, if they make it, would be his last game at Michigan. We should probably talk about that once we get past our little near-six game preview, things like that.
00:28:02
Speaker
All right, let's keep this thing moving a little bit next game. We actually have coming up tomorrow As of today's recording which will be Friday the 28 Friday the 29th.
Bowl Game Matchups Preview
00:28:14
Speaker
Yes, Friday the 29th is Ohio State versus Missouri in the Cotton Bowl in Arlington. That's this will be a lot of fun Especially because I don't think there many opt-outs of course the most glaring one for Ohio State is Kyle McCord is now going to Syracuse which is a bit of a head scratcher, but do you man and
00:28:31
Speaker
Actually, did you see that Marvin Harrison he wasn't at practice like the past few days or something So do you think he opted out or you think he's probably opting out? I can't play which is which is a shame because that's two awesome receivers and Luther burden Marvin Harrison jr That's the whole thing with opt-outs is that I feel like if you're not like a near-six game I understand it a whole lot more than if you if you know if you're in one and
00:28:52
Speaker
Because if you're, I mean, well, Marvin Harrison Jr. is the number one wide receiver on the draft big board and whatnot. So it kind of makes sense. I can see that. But at the same time, it just kind of sucks because
00:29:05
Speaker
I'm just thinking back that whole Leonard Fournette domino effect that he just ripples through college football because he was like the first like main notable guy to opt out of playing in a bowl game. I think it was him and CMC. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Because before that, you're expected to play unless you were hurt or things like that.
00:29:23
Speaker
And especially because I mean the Cod Bowl is a historical bowl game, it's a big time bowl. Absolutely. So, damn, I get sidetracked easily, especially when we're in person, I guess realize that. Anyways, back to the game preview. Shout out Episcopal legend Donovan Jackson, his Buckeyes taken on Missouri.
00:29:41
Speaker
This game this game could be fun, but I think ultimately I do still think Ohio State does have enough enough firepower enough enough depth even without guys like Kyle McCord and Marvin Harrison jr Not in this game. I do still think Ohio State is just just kind of pretty much overpower, Missouri especially considering that Missouri is kind of a
00:30:03
Speaker
I don't want to say overachieving, but they have certainly exceeded expectations this season, especially with their coach Eli Drankiewicz being on the hot seat coming into this year. So shout out to Coach Drankiewicz for the hell of a turnaround, but I unfortunately think that the Missouri Tiger Magic kind of runs out here in Arlington.
00:30:23
Speaker
So I'm actually gonna go against you. I'm taking the Tigers here. I just think a lot of these ball games are about motivation. I think Missouri, this is a bigger deal for them to be in a New Year's six bowl than it is for Ohio State. Like you mentioned, Kyle McCord goes to Syracuse. They are starting Devin Brown now, who was a pretty big time recruit. He's a retro freshman.
00:30:41
Speaker
I mean, kind of the one interesting thing about this game too, is I think a lot of these bowl games are almost kind of tryouts for certain guys. If you look at the USC game last night, you have Caleb Williams going pro and USC is looking at a couple of guys in the portal, such as Kansas State quarterback, Will Howard. And then you have a guy like Miller Moss, who does for six touchdowns last night. So he might be the guy that could possibly be in line for the starting job based off his,
00:31:06
Speaker
Performance in last night's game. So this is kind of a little tryout for Devin Brown. I'm sure Ohio State's kind of shopping around in the portal as well and You mentioned Marvin Harrison juniors out. It just feels like more guys from Missouri are going to play You're gonna have Cody Schrader Brady cook and of course Luther burden is always so I think that the Tigers probably want this one more and that they find a way but Who knows this is Donovan Jackson's last game in college. That's a very good boy
00:31:33
Speaker
I think I've seen him like maybe like third-ish round. Okay. I don't know, but shout out to Donovan. That'd be pretty cool to see a guy in our grade go to draft like that. So I haven't necessarily like whenever college football season is going on, unless it's just kind of.
00:31:49
Speaker
Obvious, I don't really look at like mock drafts or kind of rejections like that It's just not really my thing but like once like the seasons over and I can kind of like shift focus a little bit then that's kind of want to get all into it, so It's actually really interesting to hear that about Donovan. I You know wishing nothing but the best and I hope he does get taken in that third round if not sooner
00:32:08
Speaker
All right, let's keep this thing going next game is Liberty versus organ. This is uh Quite the matchup we got in our hands here Colton, but after watching the SMU bowl game It's it's pretty obvious that I think Liberty was in fact the right team to get the New Year's six bowl from New Year's six Bowl bid from the group of five What do you got here Colton, what are you seeing?
00:32:31
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, Jamie Chadwell has done a great job there. Caden Salter, a Texas guy, Tennessee transfer is a very good quarterback. And look, Liberty had a week straight schedule, but they won all their games when their conference undefeated team. But Oregon doesn't really have many opt outs for this game and Bo Nix and Bucky Irving are playing. So I think they'll be way too much for the flames. I think Oregon takes this one pretty handily.
00:32:54
Speaker
Yeah, I honestly couldn't agree with you more. Quite honestly, I'm not really sure I have much to say about this game, except I just think the Ducks will absolutely steamroll Liberty. Yeah, excuse me on to the next game. Ole Miss Penn State the Peach Bowl this this is going to be a good game as well. Colton lead us off if you don't mind.
00:33:17
Speaker
So you have a couple of Penn State opt-outs, particularly Joe Alt, I believe, is opting out there, Star offensive lineman. But, I mean, looking at this game, I mean, you got both quarterbacks are gonna be playing, and Jackson Dart and Drew Alar, and kind of with Alar, I'm looking to see how, I think he had an up and down freshman year in some of the big games. He wasn't as good as you would have hoped.
00:33:39
Speaker
But with a whole month to prepare I think you could see some some major improvements But local miss has their whole staff intact a lot of their team is going to play and a lot of their team is also returning next year so With Penn State being short of many Diaz at DC. I think that Ole Miss finds a way to win the Peach Bowl
00:33:56
Speaker
Yeah, I agree, especially considering how well Lane Kiffin has been clearly winning the transfer portal so far this season. I don't see how one more win like that would be such a big shocker.
00:34:10
Speaker
I'm not really sure I have much to say about this game except for I just I'm kind of right there with you I think Ole Miss will will get the job done I don't think it'll necessarily be a blowout I think it'll probably be like Ole Miss by maybe about 10 points or so that's what I feel pretty comfortable saying but yeah either way I got the Rebs in this game or the Land Sharks now excuse me
00:34:30
Speaker
Finally, the last near six game on our slate is Florida State versus Georgia in the Orange Bowl. So this, I will just make a quick disclaimer. Florida State, I believe, has had 30 opt-outs, either 30 opt-outs or guys declaring for the draft or transfer portal, all of the above. Either way, Florida State is down 30 guys from their conference championship game against Louisville about a month ago.
00:34:58
Speaker
Clearly it's not looking too favorable for the Seminoles You know some people were thinking that they might all stick around and try to really stick it to the committee one last time and the Orange Bowl Against Georgia or at least give their best effort But that clearly does not seem to be the case anymore
00:35:15
Speaker
So with that in mind, I just got to say I think Georgia will absolutely just annihilate Florida State, especially seeing what the Seminoles were kind of looking like in the conference championship game about a month ago against Louisville, who, by the way, just got blown out last night by USC with their truth. Was it a true freshman quarterback last night or is he like a redshirt freshman?
00:35:38
Speaker
He's a redshirt freshman, I believe. OK, well, either way, it was still his first collegiate start. And he still dropped six touchdowns, which was incredible. So long story short, Florida State, they just, you know, that defense is only so good. But at the same time, I think Georgia and Carson Beck, Brock Bowers. And so I just think they're just going to absolutely steam rule the Seminoles here.
00:36:02
Speaker
Yeah, I'm with you. Like we said, a lot of these games are about motivation and who's opting out and who's opting in. And while Georgia has a lot of guys that will be sitting out as well, I mean, you still have Carson Beck and Dylan Bell. And I mean, you just have way more guys than Florida State has. And Tate Rodmaker also entered the transfer portal. So you also have your freshmen starting again, and that did not go too well last time. And I don't really see it going until this time.
00:36:31
Speaker
I think Georgia, Georgia is a 20 point favorite. They probably cover that. Oh, real quick. I want to correct myself. Joe Alt plays for another day. And I got them mixed up. I was thinking of Penn State offensive tackle. Oh, Lou Fashunu. So my bad there. But yeah, I think that by wraps up our new year six, I think, I mean, Missouri, I'm looking forward to that game.
Florida State's Conference Future
00:36:51
Speaker
And I think Ole Miss can be fun. A couple of other ones I don't think would be as great. So great CFP.
00:36:57
Speaker
So while we're still kind of on the topic of Florida State, did you see that they filed or I think I saw something that said they're potentially starting the process of leaving the ACC with the SEC and the Big Ten would be their first choices. And then I think I saw the Big 12 would be kind of like a fallback plan.
00:37:18
Speaker
Do you have any opinions on that? Like, what do you think about that? I mean, I totally understand the move, especially what happened this past season. No questions asked. It makes total sense, but also at the same time, it's kind of like, why, you know? But what are your thoughts on that? So I had read that Florida State apparently had been kind of thinking about this for a while. They just did not want to try and make this move during the season because they thought it would be a big distraction to the team and the players.
00:37:47
Speaker
I mean, really, the big issue here is the Granite rights for the ACC, I believe, runs through 2036. And I think it's over $500 million if Florida State wanted to get out of that bunch of lawsuits, lawyers involved and.
00:38:03
Speaker
The other thing is, look, obviously Florida State is a big brand, but at a certain point, I think that the SEC and the big 10, you want to stop growing at a certain point. So you don't have to split revenue with 20 different teams. So I don't know. I mean, because if Florida State leaves, you know, teams like North Carolina are going to want to leave Clemson, definitely would. And I mean, even Duke has a lot of value in terms of basketball. So, I mean, there's a lot of Miami, a lot of moving pieces here. It's.
00:38:31
Speaker
Yeah, I don't know. What were your thoughts on it? So as I was kind of saying a moment ago, I understand where they're coming from, especially with the whole events that have kind of happened this year. And now people always claim SEC bias when it comes to the playoff committee.
00:38:46
Speaker
But at the same time, I agree with you, I think with the amount that the SEC and Big Ten have grown in the past few years, they need to probably tap the brakes again, just for a little bit. So I ultimately think, it will also, the thing with the SEC is that you have the Florida Gators in there, and they play every year at the end of the season, you know, it's an in-state big game rivalry.
00:39:14
Speaker
And so it would be really interesting to see if Florida State is officially able to leave the ACC, what someone like the Florida Gators and their athletic department and all that would have to say about their rival Florida State wanting to get in the same conference. But as we all know, that doesn't seem to matter within Texas and A&M being in the same conference now. But anyways,
00:39:35
Speaker
There's just, there's a lot to factor into this.
College Football's Evolving Landscape
00:39:38
Speaker
Of course, as you were saying with like lawsuits and you said it was like 500 something million dollar thing for the ACC.
00:39:46
Speaker
I don't really know. I mean, because the ACC, it's not like it's falling apart if it seems like how the Pac-12 did. I mean, they still have some really respectable teams, as you just mentioned. Well, of course, with Florida State and Miami, Clemson, and Duke for basketball. NC State's always a solid team as well. Yeah, they're always scrappy. Louisville, keep in mind as well.
00:40:06
Speaker
It's not like the ACC is truly it's it's they still got a lot of really good pieces and teams in that conference But I guess if Florida State and their eyes after being robbed of the playoff this year I think the only way and their minds now for them to Have made it maybe this season was to have maybe just a little bit of a better strength to schedule and the only way to do that is by jumping into another conference such as the SEC or Big Ten that can offer that to you and
00:40:33
Speaker
But at the same I mean correct me if I'm wrong, this is just kind of my take on it I feel like Florida State Since the whole playoff snafu is just kind of like just jump ship and just like completely like freaked out about it I mean for God's sakes are trying to like they're like threatening a legal action against the playoff committee about that They're not threatening. They're actually they are taking legal action against it. Yeah, so
00:40:54
Speaker
I don't know. I don't want to necessarily say like sore. It's not like sore loser here because, well, they haven't lost, but it's just like once they were officially left out of the playoffs, everything just went to hell. I just might kind of take on it, though, maybe get like a knee jerk reaction from the Seminoles, but I don't know.
00:41:15
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, it's tough because it does get annoying hearing about it all the time, but I also know that was my team. Oh, I yeah, I would be. Yeah, I would march on grape on. Yeah, it's crazy. There's too many. There's I think there's too much politics and lawsuits in college football. Like, let's just play football. Yeah, no, I totally agree. Well, especially now with the portal and I mean, that just only came in to make college football just a complete just mess.
00:41:43
Speaker
Well, it's funny. So I was talking to my dad about it and my dad was like, I think college football got way more serious than people thought it would. Yeah. I think it's kind of a good point.
00:41:54
Speaker
Yeah, no, absolutely. Because hell, I mean, for the longest time, even when you and I were kids still growing up, like college football dudes just played for the love of the game and they loved their schools. And they realized that, you know, they were getting free educations from world class institutions all across the country. And you're playing football with a chance to go professional. I mean, that was good enough for decades and decades and decades.
00:42:17
Speaker
Then finally, of course, like everything else, the almighty dollar just reigns supreme and everything. And so the NIL just came in and once that happened and the whole transfer portal thing, it just opened up a world of pretty much unrestricted free agency feels like.
00:42:33
Speaker
I mean, you also need, I think the biggest problem is that you need some sort of central figure and leader in cultural Paul. They don't have that. Well, the NCAA is just so spineless and just weak. They don't have that. They don't have actually any sort of legal power. So anytime someone brings up a lawyer against them, they just fold.
00:42:51
Speaker
So I don't know, it's a tough thing. And I also think it sucks. I mean, the portal is what it is. It just sucks, especially when I'm looking at Texas. I mean, Texas has a couple of guys that entered the portal that are not going to get to be the team for the playoffs.
00:43:07
Speaker
And what are the odds that you go to another team? If you're transferring from a big school, you're probably not going to another big school and you're probably not going to make the playoffs again. And a lot of these guys have to miss out on the playoffs because of the way that the calendar is set up in the NCAA that you have to, that your free agency is in the middle of the season.
00:43:24
Speaker
Well, prime example of this, especially last night, too. And the Texas Bowl, the A&M Oklahoma State game. Oh, God. Mike Gundy's son. I can't think of his first name. Gunner. Yeah. Gunner. Lots of hell of a name. Great name. Yeah. Gunner Gundy. Anyways, he's the backup quarterback at Oklahoma State, and he actually had a rushing touchdown last night in the bowl game, even though his name is officially in the portal from Oklahoma State. Like, that's just how screwed up college football is at the moment.
00:43:56
Speaker
That would actually make I just thought of this that would actually make it for like another great episode of us if we could like just Think of like ways to maybe fix college football and things like yeah, that could be fun I think we do a pretty
Hypothetical 12-Team Playoff Excitement
00:44:06
Speaker
good job. And I mean similarly like Texas has a guy Casey Kane who's kind of in the second team unit with the receivers who is committed to UNLV But is in the play he's playing he will be on the roster for the playoff, right?
00:44:21
Speaker
And it sucks because I mean, I'm sure that because the way it goes, if you're in the portal, I mean, spots are getting taken quick. You also don't want to miss out. I mean, your season is still going on. How do you think that would feel, though, like once you walk in the locker room for like playoff prep practice? Like, how do you think that felt like if he was already committed to that school and everyone's like, oh, like you just kind of quit on the team?
00:44:41
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I think it's, I think it is kind of different if you're more of a second team guy. Yeah. He is a guy that, that doesn't really play a lot. And I think he's kind of a well-liked guy around the team. So, but I mean, I know what you mean. I mean, especially if it's a guy like, I remember whenever Justin feels that over the sugar bowl, it's probably kind of weird if you're like, Hey, I mean, if our quarterback goes down, you're going to be in the game and you're ready.
00:45:03
Speaker
pretty much going somewhere else. So yeah, it's an interesting thing to balance. It's a, I don't know. I hope with the 12 team playoff, we'll have kind of a shift in the schedule, but it's, yeah, no, it's hard. I hope the 12 team playoff will certainly help if it'll, it'll least.
00:45:18
Speaker
certainly help us as fans because we'll get a handful of more games than we normally would now. And real quick, the thing that we never really even talk about is that a lot of these, I mean, these are all universities. And so when it's happening, I mean, these guys have to transfer by early May, January, because that's when school starts. Yeah, exactly. I mean, it's a, I don't know, it's a hard thing to balance. I'm not really sure how you fix it.
00:45:40
Speaker
I don't know, but to be fair, I feel like there are a lot of college football players out there that don't go to college to play school. They just go for football and football only. So I feel like academics, oddly enough, are probably like the last priority for a few of these guys.
00:45:57
Speaker
Well, I just mean in terms of like when you have to actually be there. Yeah, no, I got you. I completely agree. You want to look at a hypothetical 12 team playoff scenario for this year real quick, just to maybe see what what next year could have in store for us.
00:46:11
Speaker
getting excited just looking at it. You would have Oregon, Missouri in Eugene up top and then you would have Florida State and Liberty in Tallahassee, Penn State, Ohio State in the shoe in Georgia, Ole Miss and Athens. So that'd be a rematch and then the winner of those would get to play some of the top four teams. I think
00:46:35
Speaker
It would be awesome. I mean, you do already get Ohio State Penn State and Georgia Ole Miss. So I kind of wonder if when this scenario would happen, if the committee would kind of shake up the spots a little bit just to avoid those. But shoot, I mean, I think Oregon, Missouri would be a fantastic game in Eugene.
00:46:50
Speaker
The thing with this is that what stands out to me the most is it just has to be the on-campus playoff games. Like I realize if you're a top four team, of course that's what you're ultimately playing for, it feels like, because you'll get that first round by, you kind of get that rest, get your guys back. But at the same time, just the absolute electricity of having a one game
00:47:14
Speaker
on-campus playoff game like that would just be so much fun and i mean that's exactly what we're getting next year so we'll see how that goes um but man i just i cannot wait for that but um anyways yeah i mean as you're saying some intriguing matchups here most notably organ missouri that would be assuming that no one opts out and everyone stays healthy things like that that on paper would be a just hell of a game that i would i just i
00:47:41
Speaker
Out of all the games here, I would watch that one for the longest. I wouldn't want to change off that one over pretty much any other game on the schedule. And then, of course, as Colton said, he got Florida State Liberty. As as the where these two programs are right now, that that might be like the Battle of Mid kind of feels like, you know, the Twitter meme.
00:48:00
Speaker
Penn State Ohio State is and Georgia Ole Miss, you know, those are rematches so I do I kind of do agree with what you said a moment ago I do think the committee would probably find a way to shake that up a little bit just to eliminate all these rematches I don't know though because
00:48:15
Speaker
if if you have like like a like a one or two loss like SEC team like that would be paired up with another SEC team like that kind of like Georgia Ole Miss and say Ole Miss gets left out just for rematch purposes do you think they'll threaten legal action against the playoff committee like how Florida State did or do you think it would like how do you think that would play out because I feel like it's it's great to have more teams in the playoff but at the same time we're also creating that many more opportunities for
00:48:42
Speaker
lawsuits, I guess, in this case. Yeah. Well, I mean, that's the thing. I mean, no matter if you have four teams, six teams, 12 teams, someone's always getting screwed in. Someone's always getting left out. But you know, I mean, the one thing is that I think it's good that it's kind of known that one of the spots is going to the highest ranked group of five champion, because then it's, I think it's kind of harder to complain. Um,
00:49:04
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, it's, uh, while I do think that they could do some tweaking, I don't really know that that's necessarily fair. Kind of like, like the four to say thing. I mean, I don't think that you can judge or make tournament match-ups based on how you think it's going to go. You should have to do with who has kind of, you know, earned it.
00:49:20
Speaker
Um, but yeah, I mean, I'm just thinking about if you have Penn State, Ohio state, which is already a pretty hyped up rivalry. I mean, if you get that again, but for everything on the line, I mean, because obviously it's always a high stakes game, right? So in middle of the year, but I mean, say these teams play in week eight, they're both undefeated. The loser still has a good shot at the playoff. If you're doing, now you're playing, you know, for it all. I mean, that's.
00:49:46
Speaker
You know, in the shoe, I mean, it would be an incredible atmosphere. Yeah. And the thing, the thing that's so nice though, is that this is, uh, this is our final year, um, without that and like, cause starting next year, this is, this is in place and this is reality. It's going to happen.
Future of College Football and NCAA Games
00:50:02
Speaker
And so, um,
00:50:04
Speaker
And what's happened with the bowl is becoming meaningless. You can't really change it, but the good thing is that now you have the quarterfinals are all New Year's six bowls and start the semi-finals. So you're still going to have kind of, I guess, the same meaning back to all the new year's six bowl games. And also we don't get this super long lull. I mean, you hadn't seen your team play in a month. I haven't seen my team play in a month. Yeah. Father teams are, I mean, are in the playoff. It's going to be like a two week break.
00:50:32
Speaker
Yeah. So when, when would they start this, I guess like beginning or like middle of December? So I think it would start middle of December. I think it's a two week break. And then because the national championship next year, I believe is scheduled for like January 20th or something. So it's going to be a much later kind of pushback of the schedule, which once again, the portal there is, is interesting too. Yeah, exactly. Like you said a lot of, I mean, we start school January 16th. So that's a, that's another thing that we'll.
00:50:59
Speaker
touch on a different episode, but yeah. Yeah. I mean it's, it's going to be crazy.
00:51:04
Speaker
I'm just really hyped for it. Speaking of which, this is kind of off topic, but I know that you and I are huge NCAA sports football fans, whatnot, the video game. Between the end of this season and the start of next season, we will have a new installation of that college football game, by the way. So between the new college football game, the 12-team playoff, and obviously new conference realignments, our lives are going to look complete.
00:51:31
Speaker
completely different from where we are now till Pretty much starting in July when Texas and Oklahoma will make the switch and that's when the games projected to come out and There's all the above so kind of it's just kind of weird just thinking about where you know you and I recording as of today Just how different like our episode like a year from now will be when we discuss like next year's playoff Like a lot of things are going down, but a lot of good things are going down
00:51:56
Speaker
I was thinking about all those playoff commercials that they show. They're going to be so much longer next year. So how long do you think like the playoff selection show will be like next year? Because this past year was like two hours long or something, which is mainly talking about like four teams.
00:52:12
Speaker
So the thing with it is like because I think they did the first 20 or 30 minutes where they had like the quote-unquote six teams that were in contention, right and then they would Interview all the reporters that were there and then I mean when they did the actual like revealing that only took like two to three minutes I think but yeah, I mean they're gonna have to cut down on something or actually maybe they don't because we'll still watch it but
00:52:35
Speaker
So then my question as well is, if you remember when they did it, they announced like, when they did the top six, they did it like that weird order. They did like the six team, or they did like the one and. Yeah, they did one through three and then they did six and then. And then the four and five was last. So my question is, do you think with the 12 team playoff next year, they'll do like everyone else, but like keep the 12? Well, the thing is now with the G5 team, because what if the G5 team is,
00:53:03
Speaker
known as a 12 then i guess you do that's a good point do you leave the kind of 10 and 11 i don't know like it's espn they just want to build suspense and drama of course so i don't know it'd be kind of weird but i'm just hoping i'm like that was all my christmas list this past year is that they stopped doing that in the playoff show it's it's it's pretty bad it's so dramatic
00:53:26
Speaker
We just kind of ran through our whole game previews. This is now the whole discussion portion of our show.
Transfer Portal Updates
00:53:35
Speaker
Is there anything notable going on in your world of college football? Anything we haven't addressed? Anything you want to talk about?
00:53:42
Speaker
Um, I mean, honestly, I think, I mean, there's been some big portal entrances. I mean, you had Kyle McCord, who we talked about earlier. He goes to Syracuse, uh, partially because Nebraska flipped Dylan Riola, the five star quarterback from Georgia. Dylan was absolutely nuts by the way. Huge format rule in Nebraska, which I want to see Nebraska kind of be good. I do. I, I, I've said it like all year long. I think, I think it's just good for college football when Nebraska is finally winning again, you know?
00:54:09
Speaker
And then you have Dylan Gabriel transfers to Oregon, which seems like a good fit to me. Dante Moore also is going to go there, but I guess he'll sit for a year. Cam Ward, next little shoe are kind of all searching. Riley Leonard goes to Notre Dame. Malik Murphy goes to Duke. I mean, all these seem like pretty fair fits to me. I guess it's cool for Dante Moore if he's fine sitting for a year. Um, Walter Nolan goes to Ole Miss.
00:54:37
Speaker
We love you big Walt. I didn't want to have to bring it up. It's okay. It happens. It makes sense. This is what's expected in today's day and age. Yeah, it's just par for the course. Yeah, I mean in there they'll be guys entering the portal for a while. So kind of hard to keep track of all of them, but I don't, I don't really have much else to touch on.
00:54:58
Speaker
I don't really either. I realize that you and I have still yet to just like dive into the whole Michigan scandal thing, which we've kind of pushed off till the end. So that's our bad. So I know whenever Colton and I record our next few episodes in the future, we'll probably touch on it then. As of right now, though,
00:55:19
Speaker
Don't really know I mean I know as of the recording like this moment the the the pop-tart bowls on so I'm probably once we're finished here gonna rush downstairs and watch the pop-tart Bowl The trophy looks awesome. It does except the whole kind of edible mascot thing I remember when they first announced that everyone's like dude like you want to eat a pop-tart off of duties and running around for three hours sweating his ass Yeah, that's one of the things I'm definitely looking forward to seeing how that one is
00:55:45
Speaker
Yeah, well, I think I mean that's that's all for me Yeah, I'll just about do it then We'll be back with y'all for a national championship review we will we will be back for a preview and then I'm sure once everything's like once the dust is finally settled we can give like an analysis things like that on the the playoffs in some near six games and
00:56:09
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