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Mike Bell: All right, welcome back to another episode of blown coverage. Week 11 is in the books. And I say, Caleb, we just go ahead and get right into it. It was a very kind of interesting week of college football. It seemed like to me the, it was mostly about the 11 o'clock window, 2.30 window, 6.30 was a little bit boring. I'll get your thoughts on that, I guess.
Mike Bell: But I kind of say, we'll just go ahead and start and get into the games. And let's just start with the game of maybe the game of the day. And that is number two, Indiana and Penn State really look like Penn State was going to pull this one out.
Mike Bell: I was wondering, tell me what you think of this. If Penn State wins, do they rush the field?
Kaleb: Probably.
Mike Bell: Think so? It's kind of a weird thing to think about because I was thinking, well, are they really going to rush the field after their season's kind of been somewhat of a failure? But I was thinking, you know, they don't beat top five opponents. That's kind of been the whole thing on.
Kaleb: Yeah, yeah.
Mike Bell: And then the moment Franklin's gone, i think this was their first home game since James Franklin being fired.
Kaleb: Yeah, dude.
Mike Bell: And then does this make James Franklin look worse in your eyes or does it matter?
Kaleb: Wouldn't that have been pretty hilarious?
Kaleb: No, I don't think it matters just because, i mean, throughout his entire time there, it's not like he could not make them competitive against these types of teams. It was just they couldn't win, and that's exactly what happened today.
Kaleb: so um But I think they probably would have rushed just because it's kind of like a – I wouldn't say like a – really desperate time for Penn State but for the season's sake then yes it is kind of a desperate time because it's like what are we going to do from here on out I guess and they I mean they definitely played a really good game against Indiana who up to this point aside from the Iowa game they've just been blowing people out so you got to give Penn State a lot of credit um And the coaches have a good game plan.
Kaleb: so But I think you've got to give Indiana credit, too, for fighting because people have kind of written Penn State off as like a crappy team. And they have – like if they could just put it all together, i think ah they can go and compete with pretty much almost anybody, I guess could say, on any given day.
Kaleb: out
Kaleb: consistently i'm not really sure but anyway penn state isn't just like a little knockoff school just because the despite the record what it shows
Mike Bell: That was going to be my next question. Do you think any less of Indiana being that the game was this close or do you still kind of have the same feelings on them?
Kaleb: i don't necessarily think so because i think regardless whatever conference you're in you know
Kaleb: There's always going – like every school, it seems like, has that one game that's like, really, like how did how was this team able to compete with you guys? You know, at the end of the year, you kind of – every team kind of has that game.
Kaleb: And as long as you come out on top, that's what matters the most. um So, no, not really. And for Indiana to have a game like that against Penn State, I mean, yeah.
Kaleb: It doesn't really affect my thought process on them. yeah. They came out and won a hard grid game. So, and that's exactly what counts in November. Right? So.
Mike Bell: Yeah, there's something to be said about winning that style of game, too. You know, being behind, it looks like you're about to get you know upset. Penn State, tough place to play. i think Penn State was fighting for a lot of pride there.
Mike Bell: They obviously, in terms of talent, have the talent to compete with anybody. They just haven't been.
Kaleb: hmm.
Mike Bell: And, yeah, I don't think any less of Indiana. If anything, I think more of Indiana, and I think more of Mendoza. I think Mendoza may have won himself the Heisman with that game.
Mike Bell: And another guy to come out of that game was Becker. is i don't know if his first name is Carson, but whatever, last name Becker. I think it is Carson Becker. If you're watching the game, he only had like five catches the entire season,
Mike Bell: today he had seven or Yesterday, he had seven receptions for 118 yards, and he was making some tough catches. so I would say right now, Mendoza is my Heisman favorite, but you know that last drive, championship drive for Indiana, you know i kind of thought they were legit anyway.
Mike Bell: to this point, but there's been some talk, should they drop in the ranking behind A&M? I do think that is an interesting conversation to be had just because if you look at the resumes, but my personal opinion is no, like, I don't think you drop Indiana for barely beating Penn state. Like these road games are tough.
Mike Bell: So that's kind of my thoughts on the game.
Kaleb: Yeah, and I'd like to point out probably the number one wider wide receiver for and Indiana was out, Surratt, I believe, if I'm not mistaken, so which probably allowed Becker to have such a big game.
Mike Bell: Hmm.
Kaleb: And so whenever your number one guy is out, you know who can step up? And you know Mendoza made that connection, and that's really good. you know that's good on That's good for Signetti to know that, too, whenever they get down to crunch time, um that they have another guy that they can count on. Because they will.
Kaleb: Because the later in the season gets, and then playoffs, you're going to probably deal with more situations like that that will come down to the wire. So...
Mike Bell: Yep, agreed. So let's move on now to, I actually want to go ahead and discuss the BYU-Texas Tech game. This is where game day was. you know High spread on this game, I think it closed at 10.5.
Mike Bell: ten and a half pretty Pretty big favorite Texas Tech was. and I was wondering, you know, is BYU going to be able to keep this close? Are you surprised that the score was kind of as lopsided as it was? Or was this about maybe what you were expecting?
Kaleb: So I think both of us, if I'm not mistaken, we both picked Texas Tech to cover the spread.
Mike Bell: Yes.
Kaleb: I just think that BYU relies... ah And there's nothing wrong with this by any means. I think they rely a lot on the run game. And that's what Texas Tech's defense does spectacularly, defense against the run.
Kaleb: And so I kind of had faith in Texas Tech's defense more so than I did BYU's running offense. um And listen, Texas Tech was able to run the ball really effectively.
Kaleb: so
Kaleb: I thought that maybe BYU would have like made it a little bit more interesting. But I mean, I know we both picked like maybe 10 points, but maybe it was going to be more like a 30-20 game, not necessarily pretty much a 30-7 game. you know I wasn't necessarily expecting that. However, i did think this was a good quality win for Texas Tech.
Kaleb: And this kind proves our point that Or not proves, but because anything can happen the next couple weeks. But you and I are both kind of on the same train as Texas Tech's probably going to be that team that comes out of the Big 12 that's pretty dangerous in the playoff.
Kaleb: So anyway, it was like a good overall win for Texas Tech. First time Game Day has been there since 2008 when they beat us at notoriously horrible catch by Mackle Crabtree.
Kaleb: And that every they kept showing that crap on Saturday, it and it hurt and burned every time. So, anyway, I'm glad that now we can move past that moment. So, um yeah, anyway, i thought it was a really interesting game, ah really interesting.
Kaleb: ah Honestly, their linebacker and their defensive lineman, I forgot the guy's name, for the defensive linemen, but it was pretty impressive, to be honest.
Kaleb: They definitely have a defense that could go out there and compete with anybody.
Mike Bell: I think that's what I'm most curious to see is because it looks like Tech is going to almost certainly make the playoff now. And I mean, yeah they're probably going to face BYU again. We'll see what BYU does, but it just doesn't seem like BYU is going to be able to compete with a team like Tech. At least that's what I think.
Mike Bell: So here's the question, though. You know, BYU was number eight, I believe. Maybe they were number seven.
Kaleb: and
Mike Bell: They have fallen to number...
Kaleb: Yeah.
Mike Bell: Yeah, they fall into number 12, which isn't that far of a drop.
Kaleb: yeah
Mike Bell: And we still have a little bit more of the regular season to go. I'm kind of curious to see what happens in the Big Ten because, you know, Utah, number 15. This is the AP poll, by the way. We'll see what the college committee does.
Mike Bell: I kind of think it's looking like in the ACC and Big 12, they're going to drop these teams a little bit more than if an SEC team or Big Ten team loses.
Kaleb: Thank
Mike Bell: But that was still a top 10 team that BYU lost to. I'm curious to see Texas Tech when they go against some of these playoff teams, if their defense holds up as well. Because so far it has been super impressive. And BYU not able to do anything.
Mike Bell: I'm looking at this. Their running back had 35 yards, 35 rushing yards. Like that's not going to cut it. They just never really seem like – it just seemed like a top tier team versus a team that is not in the top 25.
Mike Bell: And a lot of what are called like the SP plus rankings that try to like really rate these teams, BYU is oftentimes not even in the top 25.
Mike Bell: So I'm curious to see if, you know, BYU wins out, if they can compete again with Texas Tech, but otherwise i just don't really think they should be in the playoff, but I'm curious to see what happens if that is a two bid conference.
Mike Bell: But I guess that remains to be seen.
Kaleb: Yeah. Yeah.
Mike Bell: Regardless, I'm very impressed with Tech. Don't forget their one loss is when their quarterback was hurt. So I think that's worth mentioning.
Kaleb: yeah
Mike Bell: But I'm very curious.
Kaleb: yeah
Mike Bell: Tech is a legit, but I'm curious to see how they would do against a team kind of outside the Big 12. Because let's face it, it's just kind of a weaker conference. But you got to give them credit for what they've done so far.
Kaleb: Yeah, true. I would like to say with the BYU running back situation, they have a really good running back. I forgot his name. He just was coming kind of off of a shoulder injury. And so i don't really know like how, like what percentage he was able to play, like as far as was 80% ready to play or, you know, whatever the deal is, which definitely is a factor going into this game because that's what BYU relies on. And plus also that's what Texas Tech's defense does the best. So, and yeah,
Kaleb: in a sense, that running back needed to have his best game. And I think Elf was probably a big reason why he only had the 35 yards. um yeah And I don't know, Texas Tech's defense just kind of swallowed them up. I think it'll be very interesting to see who Texas Tech has to play the first match because, like you said, like Big 12 is – and I know we just came out of there a couple years ago now, but – I guess you do like question how how good is that defense truly?
Kaleb: you know Because it's not like the Big 12 is – it's not like you think about a Big 12 school and think, holy crap, man, that offensive line is grueling. They're going pound and ground, and then you know their defensive line may be fantastic, but what of their offensive line in a sense? Have they really been tested in a sense?
Mike Bell: Sure, sure, definitely. So that's going to be a fun team to watch, Texas Tech. Let's see. The next game, you know, I don't know how much you have to watch this game. It was on my screen. I was watching it, but once I saw it, wasn't going to be as competitive.
Mike Bell: You know, it kind of went into the background. I would say a lot of these teams, and this is an example of – this is an example, but I noticed this week it seems like the teams, you're starting to really see the separations.
Mike Bell: The really good teams are starting to play maybe their best ball right now. And your condi you've been yet to kind of see that from Georgia. And Georgia, i would say in this game, really looked like Georgia.
Mike Bell: They had the initial scare. Mississippi State moves the ball pretty well, like the first drive to go up 7-0. And then from there, Georgia kind of took over. And I think that's very impressive to do at Mississippi State, a team that has been playing very well and competitive in all their games.
Mike Bell: And Georgia was able to kind of flip the script. You know, everyone thought this was going to be, it was a seven and a half point spread. a lot of people thought Mississippi State was going to cover.
Kaleb: Thank you.
Mike Bell: And instead, Georgia just looked like the, you know, vastly superior team. Very impressed. Running the ball, they're running back 181 12 carries. If you're Georgia, you're happy to see that.
Mike Bell: Defense can still maybe be a little shaky, but I think this is a big win for them heading into, obviously, next week, what is going to be a big game against Texas. And I think this is good just for their confidence as well to get a win like this.
Mike Bell: And if they do beat Texas, it feels like, i mean, look, Georgia's number five right now, but it does kind of feel like it's weird to say, but Georgia's back in that elite group after they've kind of had some questions.
Mike Bell: So just, I would say this is another example. and We've got a few more examples of teams showing their separation. Who are the top teams in the SEC?
Mike Bell: Got to put Georgia in that category right now. That's kind of all I have to say about the game. and don't know if you have anything on it.
Kaleb: Well, Georgia's putting together their last several games. Their offense has been very good. you know like the offense is just starting to click, which is not good for us because we face them this coming weekend. It'll be very interesting to see how we do against them.
Kaleb: And listen, honestly, this game, like several people like reference this could be like an upset alert. This game, the Mississippi State-Georgia game, just because Mississippi State has been very competitive throughout the season. I know the record is five and five but No matter what, for the most part, they've been very competitive and taken a lot of their games down to the wire.
Kaleb: So I didn't – I expected Georgia to pull this out for sure, but not necessarily like beat the crap out of them like they did. So I thought but that that's a really good win for Georgia, especially in confidence purposes, um like you're saying, because by no means is Mississippi State a pushover team, a good quality win for them.
Kaleb: And it could make it scary too –
Kaleb: Because it's like, ah get well, I guess it would be Alabama and A&M SEC championship right now.
Mike Bell: For now, yeah.
Kaleb: So,
Mike Bell: I don't think there's much of a case for Georgia to be in the SEC Championship just because they'll have the tie-breaking loss to Alabama.
Kaleb: be very interesting. Like, man, it's kind of crazy to like the top.
Mike Bell: If A&M loses, I believe Ole Miss gets the tie-breaking.
Kaleb: Yeah.
Mike Bell: I'd have to look again, but Georgia, I think, actually has the toughest road to be in the SEC Championship, which is kind of good for them because...
Kaleb: Yeah.
Mike Bell: That means they probably get the playoff home game. I think they're fine with that. Whatever. But, yeah, Georgia's going to be fun to watch. I've been curious to see if they can return to that, get to that next level. Everyone's kind of described them as a high floor team, but maybe their ceiling isn't as high.
Mike Bell: And it would be curious to see if they could turn that around. I don't know. I mean, it's not like Mississippi State's the greatest team in the world, but we know how competitive they've been. And obviously Texas is going to be an interesting test for them this week.
Kaleb: Yep.
Mike Bell: So.
Kaleb: Yeah. And, you know, we could get to that like this upcoming week or whatever, but Texas, it's very interesting for them too, because what do you do with them if they're able to win out, which that'd be extremely hard, but I mean, they've been kind of putting things together. So I think that is a potential thing.
Kaleb: thing that could happen will it happen have no idea but anyway the sec is gonna be very interesting conference to watch over the next couple weeks because some of these teams very well could lose a game that we expect them not to right and then just messes everything up which you know i know we were talking earlier about the acc um so anyway big interesting interesting storylines are about to come up in the sec for sure
Mike Bell: Well, speaking of interesting storylines, Texas A&M, people keep saying that all these games are going to be competitive and it's going to be a close win in LSU. Maybe they lose LSU. Maybe Missouri can beat A&M.
Mike Bell: No one's beating A&M right now. A&M keeps you running away from their opponents winding ah winning pretty handily. And their 9-0 best start since 1992 is probably their best start really ever because now they're in the SEC.
Mike Bell: It means more. And now, you know, if they win out, it's good it it looks very likely they're going to have a great shot to win out. They're not losing to South Carolina this upcoming week.
Kaleb: Okay.
Mike Bell: Then they have Samford. Obviously, at Texas, no matter if Texas loses to Georgia or not, that is going to be a big game. But it it is pretty impressive what A&M has been able to do to be undefeated at this point, to go on the road three straight weeks, win like they have.
Mike Bell: You know, this game, we were talking about it earlier. Missouri kind of annoyed me with, if I were a neutral, I'd be more annoyed with kind of their game plan. I understand their quarterback clearly they thought was very limited, but at some point you have to take the risk with them.
Mike Bell: And it just never felt like they did that until it was like maybe too late. And they were just content on running the ball. One thing I'll say is yeah, if you look at the box score, you see both running backs had 100 yards, in a and A&M still does struggle to contain the run a bit.
Mike Bell: I will say that's a little deceiving because a lot of those yards, especially by Hardy, was kind of at the end of the game in somewhat garbage time. But I'll also say it's deceiving because that's all Missouri did.
Mike Bell: I mean, they didn't really try to pass the ball that much. i mean, I'm looking... Zollers, he had 22 attempts, but I think a lot of that came in like the fourth quarter. I remember they were down 21, and they're still trying to run the ball.
Mike Bell: And that may work one drive. I just don't know if you're going to be able to come back on A&M just running the ball. And when you're one-dimensional like that, A&M's defense is good against teams that are one-dimensional.
Mike Bell: So, yeah, Missouri, obviously they proved they can run the ball. they got to figure out the quarterback situation. Maybe they're just done. But yeah, seven for 22, that's not good for Matt Zollers.
Mike Bell: And for A&M,
Kaleb: I think the back they both their backups are like walk-ons, if I'm not mistaken.
Mike Bell: that is interesting.
Kaleb: so fines all So it's almost kind of like...
Mike Bell: And as i as I was telling you, like they have the best scouting report on their own guys. like I'm sure they saw in practice, okay, this guy cannot throw the ball.
Kaleb: Yeah.
Mike Bell: But I don't know. I just feel like you had to at some point try, and then when you tried, the game was away from you. and The one thing I'll also say, Missouri's defense is legit.
Kaleb: Yeah.
Mike Bell: Credit to A&M for putting up 38. I will say the way they put up 38 had a little something to do with the defense and Missouri's lack of offense. At the end of the day, though, A&M was able to run the ball for like over 100 yards in the second half alone.
Mike Bell: So credit to them. But Missouri's defense is legit. Impressive win for A&M, and we'll see what they do from this point. But anyway, that's my thoughts on the game. You got anything on this one?
Kaleb: and I mean, honestly, I wouldn't need to say like too much more than what you already did. i think that this game could have been a little bit more interesting, like you said, if they had committed to the passing game little bit more as far as Missouri goes, just because, honestly, it was pretty limited. And as you can see, like I don't know, they probably just didn't put together the best passing plays together for Zollers. 7-22, like you said, for 77 yards, like surely they could have come up with a better game plan.
Kaleb: And like I said, I think your guys' defense is good. However, it's not like Missouri doesn't have some weapons that they could use to, I don't know, just relieve some of the pressure off of the run game. And if they did that, I mean, it could have at least been a little bit more competitive in my opinion. yeah.
Kaleb: Anyway, but it was good. Good win for you guys. Missouri's got a really good defense. um So, yeah. That's all I have to really say.
Mike Bell: Okay, the other game that was on at 2.30 that was the big game was Oregon against Iowa. We were talking about how great this game was going to be. It was a great game. Being that this was going on at the same time with A&M, I was watching it. I saw it. It sounds like you maybe had a better feel for this game, read on this game. So, you know, I'll let you start. What were your just thoughts on it?
Mike Bell: Yeah, go for it.
Kaleb: Well, I will say that this is, which actually just got an email about this too. Forgot to discuss that with you prior to getting on here. But um so this game was on CBS. So I could have watched this on YouTube TV.
Kaleb: The... ah A&M Missouri game was on ABC. So I had to watch that on ESPN Plus, ah which I had that on the tee for a little bit watch the Oregon game on the iPad and then kind of reverse those two once I kind of saw the writing on the wall for the A&M Missouri game.
Kaleb: This game was fantastic. Me and you both were talking about it like this has the makings for an Iowa upset ah being played in Iowa. And then in game day, they reported that it was going to be really windy and really rainy, cold, kind of the makings of like a classic Big Ten game.
Kaleb: And it just made me even more excited. um And really and truly, ah this game was very close and very –
Kaleb: Pretty much throughout, you know, and at one point I was kind of thinking like, okay, is this maybe where Oregon starts pulling away, but Iowa came together and kept it very competitive and honestly, like I was saying before we got on this phone call, or when we got on this ah video chat, whatever.
Mike Bell: Yeah.
Kaleb: ah Literally, Iowa, after they scored their touchdown, only inches away from being able to like convert and get that two-point conversion, which would basically Oregon would have had to go get a touchdown to win the game or tie it with a field goal. you know and Who knows what could have happened. Anyway, it was just one of those... like grimy, gritty games, like Big Ten games, which is why like those are the best Big Ten games, in my opinion, are those like really hard-fought, bad weather. The only thing that could have made this game better, in my opinion, was like if it was really snowing, you know like so much snow on the field. and
Kaleb: i don't know. ah crazy game, in my opinion. Honestly, probably one of my favorite games to have watched like throughout the season so far. um But honestly, you have to give Dante Moore some credit. Definitely a hostile environment.
Kaleb: Very hard game.
Kaleb: Was it his best game? No. But, like, I don't know if you were able to see the last drive, but he led Oregon very well against the Iowa defense to get them in position for that field goal.
Mike Bell: Yep.
Kaleb: And, honestly, one of the prettiest throws I've seen this year um where he just would a literally teardroped in to the wide receiver and – I don't know. It was awesome. So awesome game. um It's a shame that Iowa, like if they could just have like a quarterback, they they could have just a decent enough pass game.
Kaleb: Man, I think this Iowa team could be pretty dangerous, to be honest with you. And it'll be interesting to see if they go in the portal this upcoming year and see what they try to do at the quarterback position. Because if they if they did, they're i mean, theyre both their running backs were running pretty well against this Oregon defense, which I forgot what they ranked, but their top five in run defense, if I'm not mistaken. so And they were kind of their offensive line was just kind of bullying them. So it was pretty it was a good game. and i know that was a little challenging for you to watch because at the same time as the A&M Missouri game.
Kaleb: But I guess how much were you able to watch and what were your thoughts on it?
Mike Bell: I mean, I was able to watch the majority of it. There were times I looked over and I was like, whoa, I was on the goal line. and yeah, i was like, I must've missed something. But I agree with you, that last drive by Dante Moore, when they really needed it, struggling to move the ball all day.
Mike Bell: And you see that so much in NFL games where it seems like it's a defensive game, but then they get in that two minute drill, they're able to pull it off. Also credit to that receiver for making the catch he made for that pass you're talking about.
Kaleb: Yeah.
Kaleb: Yeah. Yeah, that was hard.
Mike Bell: Yeah.
Kaleb: Yeah.
Mike Bell: I mean, you know, if that play doesn't happen, and there's a good chance Iowa just wins the game. and We don't know. We don't know. But it did seem like that was kind of like they needed that to happen. And I feel for Iowa. I think they played so well.
Mike Bell: I think they played as well as they could in that situation versus a great team like that.
Kaleb: Yeah. Yeah.
Mike Bell: And, you know, this week they have USC at USC. That's a fascinating game. And I hope it's still a top 25 matchup. I hope they remain in the top 25. I don't feel good for USC in that game because i think USC's offense is great, but you know they struggled against that Nebraska defense the other week, and Iowa's defense is legit.
Mike Bell: And of course, the question is always going to be, can Iowa put up points? But you know we can get into that later. I do feel for Iowa. They win this game. They're in the playoff hunt. But now yeah they have a very hard time. Regardless, it's been a very good season for them and a very good turnaround.
Mike Bell: I remember watching them early in the season thinking, wow, this team is bad. But look, two of their losses are Indiana and Oregon, and they lost by combined seven points.
Kaleb: Right. For
Mike Bell: So, you know, worth mentioning, worth mentioning. So, Phil, for them, ahead.
Kaleb: sure. is
Mike Bell: go ahead
Kaleb: think that I think their coach is like so like underrated, to be honest with you, because Iowa never has just the top-tier talent, but yet they're honestly pretty relevant almost pretty like every year. When I mean relevant, it's not like ah they're always in the top 10 or anything, but they're always hovering like – Being in the top half of the Big Ten, which is pretty hard to do, um considering all the other schools which do get top-tier talent in. so and Actually, he's the winningest Big Ten coach in history, I believe it is.
Kaleb: and It doesn't surprise me because the guy's been there for like freaking ever. like I remember him.
Mike Bell: Yeah, I think he's 106, but yeah.
Kaleb: Yeah, yeah, yeah, because I think I remember him like when Texas played Iowa, like, gosh, what was that, 2006, 2007? I think he was a coach then. So, you know, it's it's been for forever.
Kaleb: Anyway, it was it was a great game. um Man, if we could at least get one game like this every week, oh, man, it would be awesome.
Mike Bell: Yeah, now for Oregon, from here on out, their next big game is going to be USC. And Oregon kind of needed a win like this, not to get in the playoffs. Obviously, they were going to be in the playoffs. But there were questions like, okay, the last quarter of their schedule is a little difficult. Could they fall?
Mike Bell: Is it possible they fall out of the playoffs if they lose one of these games? They're able to pull it off. It's a good quality win after, let's face the Penn State win isn't looking as good anymore. So now they have this win.
Mike Bell: Next game, host Minnesota. They probably got that one. Then they host USC. That could be fascinating.
Kaleb: Yep. Yeah. It is.
Mike Bell: And then, you know, this wasn't the game i was going to pivot to, but I think it's fitting. The last game of the year is at Washington, and that's a team we have to talk about.
Kaleb: yeah
Mike Bell: I think just quickly on Oregon, it's still going to be a losable game for Oregon because Washington one of the toughest places to play.
Kaleb: it is
Mike Bell: But part of me was wondering if Washington was being a little overrated after people were calling them underrated because Washington really hadn't done anything all year.
Mike Bell: And they really humiliated themselves this week. And they lost to one of the worst teams really in the FBS this season, and that is Wisconsin. this was It was snowing.
Kaleb: Oh,
Mike Bell: i don't know that had something to do with it. But there is no excuse to lose this game. And I don't know if you saw. I don't know how legitimate it is. But there's ah Jed Fish. was There were reports that he wants another job. And that his family is not happy there.
Kaleb: ah wow.
Mike Bell: ah you know I do wonder if that had anything to do with this. you know I don't know if he said anything about it.
Kaleb: It's very odd.
Mike Bell: But that was the report prior to the game. So, yeah.
Kaleb: If that's true, though, like, I don't know. I find that, like, if it is true, it's a little ridiculous on his end. Like, why leave Arizona then at that point? Because when you were at Arizona, you had you had a pretty decent team, I think a 10-win season, you know.
Kaleb: And don't know. I think this is his second year.
Mike Bell: Well, I don't know. I mean, look, Washington is a job upgrade and you don't know what Washington is like. Apparently it was some sort of family thing. His family is the one that's not happy in Washington for whatever reason.
Mike Bell: So it could just be as simple as that.
Kaleb: Okay, then fine. you I guess you don't really know that for anywhere. um again
Mike Bell: Right.
Kaleb: To Wisconsin's credit, though, because there was some chatter about Luke Fickle or whatever his name is, the Wisconsin coach. You know, they came out and said that he was going to be the coach through 2026. And for him to get a win like that, that kind of helps him in his corner because he's been there for like four years and he had a good run at Cincinnati. And then, you know,
Kaleb: We're probably about 10 years removed away from it, I know. But Wisconsin, honestly, like through the time we were in junior high all the way up through high school, Wisconsin was like a really good team every year, you know.
Kaleb: um
Mike Bell: Yeah.
Kaleb: And then now they kind of faded out. So whenever they initially hired Luke Fickle, it was like, oh, wow, okay, maybe this guy can kind of return this team back to prominence. But that hasn't happened yet. And I think Wisconsin is a hard job, maybe especially now as far as the transfer portal goes, because it's like,
Kaleb: They may be able to throw some money around to a couple of guys, but how are they going to attract other people there? Because there's more desirable schools, in my opinion, than the Big Ten. So, anyway, i I think it's kind of a hard job not necessarily going not necessarily saying Luke Vickle sucks as a coach. I think Wisconsin's just a hard spot.
Mike Bell: Agreed. and i don't really know how you turn that program around, to be honest, but I guess that's one to watch.
Kaleb: Yeah. Yeah. you I think you have to give Brett Belima, the Illinois coach, just credit for what he was able to do at Wisconsin because it's like every single year they had a top-tier running back. Like, oh, man, I forgot. that i mean, they had Melvin Gordon. I know that. They had James White, I think his name was, and there was another guy that was really amazing. But anyway, you just have to give that guy credit.
Kaleb: Anyway. Yeah. I think we can briefly speak about this game, you know, the LSU-Alabama game, unless you had something else to say about the Boston-Church-Rombs game.
Mike Bell: No, I'm good.
Kaleb: So, okay, in my opinion, and id honestly, ah barely watched this because I was like, okay, honestly, this – I kind of see how this is going to go. ah Now, the first couple possessions, like LSU came out and it – Defended against Alabama pretty well. And then after that, I mean, this was Alabama's, like, best offensive game by any means.
Kaleb: um Somebody said it, like, when I was watching the Vanderbilt-Auburn game, which we can get to that point here in a moment. But, you know, whenever a coach gets fired, typically that that next week the team is super emotional.
Kaleb: And I think you could kind of see that at the very beginning. I think Alabama just has too much firepower. However, their run game, I think, was pretty atrocious, if I'm not mistaken, just from like what I was looking at.
Mike Bell: Yep. yep
Kaleb: Yeah, it's pretty atrocious. And honestly, I think that's going to get Alabama into trouble. okay Because Alabama is going to have to face some teams that can defend the pass pretty well.
Kaleb: And if Ty Simpson is not gonna be able to get it done, which, because by the way, I don't think that's like something horrible either. Like if you, for you to win the national championship, you can't necessarily be a one dimensional team. And up to this point, for the most part on the offensive side, Alabama has been dimensional. They've had several games where they had a pretty good run, run game.
Kaleb: But at this point, if Ty Simpson wasn't doing what he was doing, Alabama would probably have won. not done so well this year. So anyway, that is somewhat a concern.
Kaleb: But on the flip side of that for LSU, you know, that's good for them. They came out and actually played with some heart and stuff like that. And they sat Nussmeier, I think for, I'm not sure what point of the game. I mean, it was towards the end, but I'm not sure how many reps that other guy got.
Kaleb: I'm kind of curious where – what Nussmeier's going to do from here on out. You know, it kind of sucks for him because he came back and for a senior year and it's been nothing short of a crap shoot, honestly. And I think it honestly reflects more on the organization.
Kaleb: Like, I think there's just organization organizational issues for LSU, not necessarily just football.
Mike Bell: State issues for LSU, Louisiana.
Kaleb: Yeah. Yeah.
Mike Bell: But, yeah, you know, the quarterback, I think his name is Van Buren. He came in and he's very, very dynamic.
Kaleb: Oh, Mississippi State. Yeah.
Kaleb: Yeah.
Mike Bell: The weakness on LSU is their O-line.
Kaleb: Yeah.
Mike Bell: Now, the good thing about this new quarterback, since he is so dynamic, he can work around that, whereas Nussmeier really can't.
Kaleb: yeah
Mike Bell: I am curious to see what they do, because at this point, they might as well just start worrying about the future, maybe get this guy some reps. But I do feel bad for Nussmeier. I'm curious, you know what's he going to do? But Yeah, i I've been kind of thinking that all season about Alabama.
Mike Bell: They are very one-dimensional. They have not shown all season that they can run the ball.
Kaleb: great
Mike Bell: It has not mattered. Will it matter? I don't know. But it might matter this week. You know, they face OU, and that's a legit defense.
Kaleb: Yeah, that's.
Mike Bell: I think that's going to be and maybe much more fascinating game than people realize just because of Alabama's one-dimensionality.
Kaleb: ah Yeah.
Kaleb: yeah
Mike Bell: So we'll we'll see. going to be a fascinating one to watch. Don't forget, Oklahoma's playing for everything. They're playing for everything. They really can't afford to lose another game. And, you know, Alabama's still kind of going through this gauntlet.
Mike Bell: Auburn at the end of the year now, you kind of wonder what how that team's going to be because all of a sudden they can score, which is insane. They did the anti-Hugh freeze where they could score a bunch of points, but then they couldn't stop anybody. I don't know what happened against Vandy.
Mike Bell: Like, it looked like it was going to be perfect against Vandy. kind of transitioning transitioning to that game now because once Auburn could score it just seemed like like oh well that's going to be it for Vandy because it's a bad matchup for Vandy for the same reasons it was mad right right it's so credit to Vandy for being able to win that way but for Auburn I mean they just sucks for them they just can't win the game even whenever they find their offense but
Kaleb: Yeah.
Kaleb: Yeah. Then Diego Diego Pavia came alive. Yeah.
Mike Bell: Back to Bammer real quick. At Auburn, end of the season, watch out. Those games are always crazy. You never know. you never know, especially Auburn can figure it out.
Kaleb: Oh, yeah, for sure. Listen, what's crazy to me is Vandy's defense is not bad at all, right? Pretty much for until now, they have rode Jackson Arnold at quarterback, right?
Kaleb: Literally, the guy, this their backup starts, goes out and throws for 353 yards. And it's like, why? i mean, seriously, how is this possible?
Mike Bell: Yeah.
Kaleb: Like, you know, Jackson Arnold, probably they had to pay some NIL money, get him there, five-star recruit, but he has not panned out, okay? He has not panned out now at two schools.
Kaleb: And I don't know how much you can blame that on him, play calling, whatever the case may be. i don't want to, you know, say anything like that. But
Kaleb: and interesting...
Kaleb: I don't know, interesting story there, I guess you could say. And same thing for them, like we were talking about the LSU game. um They came out, showed heart, nearly beat Vandy, which is a great team. Credit to ah Diego Pavia for what he was able to do.
Kaleb: ah believe I believe over 300 passing yards, 100 rushing yards. um And I want to say this was at Auburn, right?
Mike Bell: No, no admin.
Kaleb: I want to say, oh, is that Vandy?
Mike Bell: Yep.
Kaleb: Oh, wow. Okay. At Vandy. So let me ask you this question. So if Vandy wins out, do you think they deserve to be in the playoff? Their next two games are Kentucky and then at Tennessee.
Kaleb: And they're ranked 16 right now. So, I mean, I think at this point they would need some help from the other teams, right? But yeah.
Mike Bell: Yeah, it I agree. It depends on what the other teams do.
Kaleb: Yeah.
Mike Bell: But it yeah, it just depends because the ACC, and this is what we'll talk about in a minute, they're having a lot of trouble right now. So they only may get they may only get one team.
Mike Bell: The big 12, funny enough, the way it's kind of looking, all of a sudden has like a shot. It's a small shot, but a small shot at like three teams, but they may just get one team depending on what happens.
Mike Bell: So in that case, yeah, it depends on like what Texas and OU do. You know, if Texas loses, then they'll probably choose Vandy over Texas. And then same thing with OU.
Kaleb: And there's some chatter right now too about Texas potentially being able to even get in with a third loss.
Mike Bell: I think,
Mike Bell: Has a three loss. Yeah. Yeah. So that's, that's the thing. But if Vandy wins out and they have two losses and, and let's just say Texas ends up having three losses, Texas has a head to head to head, but also Vandy has less losses. That's going to be a big, that's going to be a big discussion.
Kaleb: Yeah, it will be very dramatic.
Mike Bell: So I don't know. I don't know. I think, I think probably so. I think they probably do make it if they, if they went out, that'd be my guess.
Kaleb: Yeah, I think they could somewhat be – I mean, I think it just depends on who they play first, if they could be competitive or not.
Kaleb: But it would be a great storyline, though, I think, right? Because I keep calling them a Cinderella team. They're not really like a Cinderella team per se, but just the storylines that they've been able to procure throughout the year, i think it would be pretty awesome to have them in the playoff.
Kaleb: Yeah.
Kaleb: Especially, i don't know, just Diego Pavia. I don't know. It'd be pretty cool. But we can segue into the ACC now. Now, I will say I forgot who Miami played, but I noticed it was almost halftime, and Miami was like barely beating the team they played, which was a nobody. And I was like, holy crap, dude.
Kaleb: This team is like going off the rails.
Mike Bell: Well, they ended up pulling away.
Kaleb: Yeah, they did.
Mike Bell: ah Yeah, yeah.
Kaleb: i saw that. Yeah.
Mike Bell: Yeah, I don't know if anyone wants to win the ACC. I'm very curious to see what's going to happen. You could almost make an argument that they shouldn't get any bids. They're going to get at least a bid. It's going to be weird the way they do the the ranking. So you have five teams with one loss, and that's this is within the conference, and that's Georgia Tech, Virginia, Pittsburgh, SMU, Duke.
Mike Bell: Coming into today, Virginia was undefeated within the conference, and Louisville had one loss. Louisville looked like they had a great shot to be in that title game. They had the best shot to make the playoff. They just needed to not lose, and then they lose to Cal.
Mike Bell: And the thing is you have Duke, who lost this week. They are overall 5-4.
Kaleb: Still four to one though.
Mike Bell: but Three of their losses are out of conference, so they still have a shot to win it.
Kaleb: Yeah. There's one, two, three, four.
Mike Bell: Now they face Virginia this week.
Kaleb: Five teams with one loss on the conference schedule.
Mike Bell: Yeah.
Kaleb: Yeah.
Mike Bell: Right. So, so now Virginia faces Duke this week. So whoever wins that game and whoever loses it is kind of out. SMU, I think has a good shot. Pitt now kind of looks like they may be the best team in the ACC. And of course you still have Georgia tech.
Mike Bell: You know, they only have the one loss. So I don't know what's going to happen here, but to me, the most fascinating team still might be Miami because Miami doesn't really have a shot to be in the ACC championship game. But how are they going to rank Miami?
Mike Bell: Because if all these other teams that were on top of the ACC fall, well, just according to the ranking, Miami's next in line.
Kaleb: Yeah, right.
Mike Bell: And you don't want to end up in a situation where all of a sudden you have two ACC teams. Because I'm sorry, like, i just don't think you can do that. This league just does not look good right now.
Mike Bell: So I think you just have to choose the winner of the league and the winner only.
Kaleb: Yeah, just because both I mean, this year, there's just really not like a clear cut definitive like
Kaleb: team you could really see as a threat in the playoff. And listen, there's a couple teams to have that argument in the Big Ten and the SEC. um
Kaleb: So, yeah. I mean, I'm still going for a pick.
Mike Bell: If Georgia Tech can win out, you know they still have Pitt, which is a good team, and they have Georgia.
Kaleb: At least – Yeah, right.
Mike Bell: So I think that's a big test for them.
Kaleb: Yeah, did it.
Mike Bell: If they can compete with Georgia, win out, be in the ACC title game, and then win, I still think they're a good team. But outside of that, we'll be back.
Kaleb: Oh, yeah. I mean, if they if they went out and beat Georgia and then beat whoever in the ACC title game, I think for sure they definitely deserve to be in the playoff. It's just the team behind them, what happens to them? I think that's the next question, you know.
Kaleb: But that will be very hard for Georgia Tech to go in there and do.
Mike Bell: Yep.
Kaleb: Actually, I'm not sure. Is that Georgia Tech? Georgia. Oh, they play Georgia at home.
Mike Bell: Yeah. No, I mean, that's going to be interesting. i I mean, i think it'll be a close game no matter what, as it was last year.
Kaleb: Yeah, for sure. Oh
Mike Bell: So to me to me, the most fascinating team in the conference to watch is going to be Pittsburgh.
Kaleb: oh yeah
Mike Bell: You know, they have been impressive, at least these last several games. As I'm looking at it now, they kind of lost to, you know, Louisville and then at West Virginia. But they face Notre Dame this week. I would expect Notre Dame to win, but can Pitt be competitive?
Mike Bell: And then they have at Georgia Tech. And then they host Miami. So that's going to be a pretty good litmus test for them to see if they are worth anything. But I am...
Kaleb: Well, let me ask you this. yeah Let me ask you this.
Mike Bell: yeah
Kaleb: So up to this point, you know, we both have liked Notre Dame. I still do. But do you.
Kaleb: ah Yes, you could say that it's very impressive for them to have like only lost by one point to you guys. But the that loss against Miami, how do you view that now, knowing weeks ahead of where we were at the time? Does that Miami loss by three points, how do we view that?
Kaleb: Because at the time, we werere like, holy crap, you know, Miami's were like, I think they got up to like number two or number three or something like that. Now they're all the way back at 18, and potentially the season is like getting derailed. So I just wanted to ask your thoughts on Notre Dame, because really and truly, like their schedule – relatively weak.
Kaleb: You know, they played Miami. Yes. Good team. Tech A&M. Good team. Yes. And then USC. And then everybody else pretty much after that. I don't know if you can even have been, if you can have the argument. Yes, they do play pit, but are they only seven and two and rank 24 just because of conference that are in or anyway, what's your thoughts on that? I guess.
Mike Bell: Well, I think the only reason you're saying that is you're worried Notre Dame going to get in above Texas and Texas is going to be the first team out. But, but.
Kaleb: Listen, listen, Right now, we we would we would definitely deserve to get in over them because right now we have two.
Mike Bell: Oh, that's ridiculous. That is absolutely ridiculous.
Kaleb: we do. No, it's not.
Mike Bell: I was joking, but that is ridiculous. let Let me just get back to that because that's going to be a discussion, but just hang on. As far as the Miami loss. ah No, I don't view it a lot differently because Miami was legitimately playing good.
Mike Bell: Don't forget, um it's not like that was the only game Miami played.
Kaleb: That's true.
Mike Bell: you know they They had beat USF, which is a good team. they had ah who else did they face? they Florida, when Florida was still fighting their hardest. And Miami had somebody else too, right?
Mike Bell: I'd have to look at their schedule, but I'm looking at Notre Dame's schedule. And the thing is, and this is kind of what I like the committee, what they're doing. is you have to use the eye test and they've They were competitive. Don't forget that game was at Miami.
Mike Bell: And don't forget Alabama lost to Florida State the first game of the year too. There is something about the first game of the year, the first few games of the year, where yes, the wins and losses should count.
Mike Bell: But let's face it, you have to weight them, I think, a little bit differently. Just a little bit, but a little bit differently. They've gone through their schedule. They're blowing out opponents. USC, that win is looking better and better.
Mike Bell: And I mean, we'll see what USC does. Navy was a team that was right on the edge of the top 25, below them out, 49-10. you know, their offense has been unstoppable. They've been figuring out defensively. It's not the strongest schedule in the world.
Mike Bell: But like at the end of the day, they're going to be 10 and two. If you watch them play, you can tell they're one of the best teams in the country at Pitt who has been impressive this week. They win that game. They're going win out.
Mike Bell: Do I wish they'd get in a conference so we wouldn't have to have this conversation with them every year? Yes. But, oh, well, by the way, Arkansas, I just have to say, i do think this is impressive to go at Arkansas and hold that team to 13 points.
Mike Bell: Nobody has done that.
Kaleb: That's true. Yeah, I forgot about that.
Mike Bell: know So, so,
Kaleb: That's true. That one is impressive. I mean, and they would fit right in with the Big Ten, in my opinion, just with their style of play and everything like that.
Mike Bell: Yeah.
Mike Bell: Oh, yeah
Kaleb: and i love their I love their coach. Listen, I'm not saying that Notre Dame doesn't necessarily deserve to not be in the playoff. um just I just wish they would get into a conference and just play, i guess, better all around more games.
Kaleb: All around more just better opponents throughout the year.
Mike Bell: yeah. Yeah.
Mike Bell: For sure, for sure.
Kaleb: And I guess you could say in their circumstance, I guess –
Mike Bell: and there
Kaleb: Credit it to them, because I'm not really sure how they do their schedules, but, you know, they – with them not being in a conference, it is probably hard for them to get some top teams maybe. I don't really know, but um playing Miami, playing you guys, and then, you know, doing our – yeah, USC, which that's like the Rumble or game, which they need to keep that for sure.
Mike Bell: usa
Kaleb: But anyway. Anyway.
Mike Bell: Well, listen, as far as them being in over you guys, I mean, you know, they are in over you guys right now. So you're, you're basically making the case that, I mean, right now you think Texas should be in the playoffs.
Kaleb: ah
Mike Bell: You know, I,
Mike Bell: That is what you just said.
Kaleb: I'm just saying between the two.
Mike Bell: You just said that.
Kaleb: I'm saying between the two of us, then yes.
Mike Bell: Well, so then you're saying, if you're saying Texas shouldn't be in the playoffs, then you're saying Notre Dame shouldn't be in the playoffs. You just contradicted yourself.
Kaleb: I think um I'm not saying one way or another yet for Texas until the end of the year. like these nexts This next month will really tell everyone, I think, what comes
Mike Bell: okay of course, of course that's true. We're talking about right now.
Kaleb: okay Okay, but with Texas, our offense has been so up and down, though. it's hard luck if Arch was able to be consistently as good as he was it in the Vandy game, then, hey, I mean, Arch is like making big improvements.
Mike Bell: Okay, yes. If Texas plays at a championship level, then they're going to win the championship.
Kaleb: No, that's...
Mike Bell: I'm talking about right now.
Kaleb: No, you know what I mean.
Mike Bell: Right now.
Mike Bell: You just said it. You said that Texas should be in over Notre Dame right now. That's all I'm asking.
Kaleb: yes
Mike Bell: Okay. Based on what?
Kaleb: Vandy win, OU win. And without the – okay, I get that, yes.
Mike Bell: Okay, you have you have a loss to an unranked Florida. Okay.
Kaleb: But how many – how many ranked wins does Notre Dame have? I think it was against USC who at the time was ranked like 24 or something.
Kaleb: i I don't know off the top head what ranked now, but that's like really their – their what?
Mike Bell: you speak
Mike Bell: They're 19 now. And again, you you cannot just use metrics. You have to like look at
Kaleb: i
Mike Bell: You have to use the eye test.
Kaleb: Yeah, I get it.
Mike Bell: You have to use the eye test.
Kaleb: Listen, i love their I love their running back. I love their running back.
Mike Bell: Jeremiah Love.
Kaleb: And love their coach. It's not like I'm a Notre Dame hater. I'm just saying.
Mike Bell: Their quarterback is great. CJ Carr has been excellent.
Kaleb: Yes, for a first-year starter, he has.
Mike Bell: Not for a first-year starter. He's been great. He's been excellent.
Kaleb: what Well, I'm saying especially for a first-year starter.
Mike Bell: Yeah, well, here's the thing. nobody I don't think really many people would agree with you because I think just about everybody thinks Notre Dame is one of the best teams in the nation despite their two losses, and I don't think anyone thinks that about Texas.
Mike Bell: Is there potential for Texas? Yeah, they have Georgia and A&M left. They could just win out, like you said, and none of this matters. To this point, they beat Vandy, deserve credit for that. but you have to pay attention to the fact that their loss is versus an unranked team, Florida, and that they really struggled against Kentucky and Mississippi state, which are two bottom teams in the sec.
Kaleb: Yes.
Mike Bell: It wasn't until they beat Vandy the way they did, That people were like, okay, maybe Texas is figuring something out. And I just, by the way, that's just a good matchup for Texas, but they they did it. It was a top 10 team. They won.
Mike Bell: So i I just don't know if I agree with you. Like right now, ranking, you're saying that Texas should be ranked ahead note of Notre Dame. I don't know if you use the eye test, Notre Dame is a much more impressive team.
Kaleb: If it came down between you you got the 12th spot or whatever, who would get it between Notre Dame and Texas? I think up to this point, like right now, you'd have to give it to Texas. Just because what the resume says, and then yes, Notre Dame has been pretty good, but despite our schedule, we're still seven into One of the loss being yes against unranked, but the other loss was against Ohio State, which – We made that game competitive at the very end.
Kaleb: I get it may not have looked competitive the entire game, but we only lost by touchdown to them. I don't know how many teams can do that. ah Not many based off so far what Ohio State has done to pretty much everybody.
Kaleb: So pretty much for the year.
Mike Bell: If you want to compare resumes, then Notre Dame still has the better resume. you have a ranked you You have a loss to an unranked team. Notre Dame lost by one point to the number three team.
Mike Bell: And then three points at Miami, which is still a ranked loss. And then they've won now however many straight, and they have a ranked win against USC. So, I mean...
Kaleb: One, yeah, one win versus a ranked rank team, which was, i believe, 24 at the time. Or they were in the 20s or something like that.
Mike Bell: Yeah. So anyway, we just disagree on that. We could probably argue for that for 30 minutes.
Kaleb: Yeah, yeah, we probably could.
Mike Bell: um Okay. So is there anything else in terms of what happened last week that you want to discuss or do you think we covered it?
Kaleb: Hmm...
Kaleb: Honestly, I think we pretty much.
Mike Bell: mean, Notre Dame blowing out Navy. you know Speaking of ranked wins and losses, they blow them out. Navy was just ranked last week, but we only want to you know count it if they're actually ranked at the time, I guess.
Kaleb: Yes.
Mike Bell: We we don't want to use our judgment.
Kaleb: Oh, my gosh.
Mike Bell: ah That's pretty much all I got in terms of this week. I think next week is going to be very exciting. We have some big games.
Kaleb: Oh, sure.
Mike Bell: Texas, Georgia, OU Alabama, USC, Iowa. And I think I'm leaving something out too. So that's going to be very exciting. I'm looking forward to you think game day has game day announced? They're going to be at Texas, Georgia yet. do you think they'll go there?
Kaleb: I don't think so. I don't think they've announced where they're going yet. i mean, ah to me, I think that would be like, where else would they go? Like, I guess you can maybe say.
Mike Bell: Notre Dame-Pitt, that's not going to be the choice. Iowa-USC, OU-Alabama, and then it's just – and then Texas-Georgia is the last one. So I think it would be Texas-Georgia.
Kaleb: I think I'd probably have to go Texas, Georgia, just because I believe that.
Kaleb: Because I think we're almost on the fringe of like do or die here, like we really are, you know. um For us to for sure be in the playoff, we just need to win every single game. So there there is a lot of the line for for Texas.
Kaleb: But also, i mean, Georgia would be 8-2, and, you know, who's to say they would be able to make the SEC championship? I mean, they'd still probably be able to make the playoff, but...
Kaleb: I don't know. I think there's a lot a lot on the line for both teams, I guess. Yeah, I'd probably say...
Mike Bell: If Texas wins this game, they're probably in the playoff.
Kaleb: Yeah. Yeah.
Mike Bell: You know?
Kaleb: Well, just because, like we said, Georgia has...
Mike Bell: So...
Kaleb: is You know, they're 8-1, okay? Their offense has been coming alive. And that's been... and Well, their defense hasn't been the best, but also their offense didn't look the best early in the year either.
Kaleb: You know, it's kind of like... chess moves when the game there. So I'll be interested to see because Texas' is offense, as per the conversation we had before, Arch has been kind of coming alive and doing better. And also I think the offensive line rotation that we have now has proven to be a little bit better than what it has earlier in the year.
Kaleb: So anyway, we'll talk a little bit more about that in the preview game. But yeah, I would be kind of surprised if Texas-Georgia didn't have game day there. Because I guess they had it at Ohio State in the Texas game, but maybe that's why they would choose not to do another Texas game, I guess.
Kaleb: I don't know. But how could you not?
Mike Bell: Yeah, if they just wanted to go somewhere different.
Kaleb: Yeah. Oh, my gosh. yeah
Mike Bell: No, no, they have announced it. And I kind of like they're doing i like what they're doing because it's somewhere different.
Kaleb: i go
Mike Bell: Notre Dame at Pitt. I kind of like that, actually. Even though it's not the biggest game, it's still a big game. And you're not going to get to go to that atmosphere very much. And they probably will go to A&M Texas at the end of the year.
Kaleb: Well, that's true.
Kaleb: Yeah, that's true. Yeah, that that's true. That's true. Got to keep that mind.
Mike Bell: Yeah. So, okay.
Kaleb: Yeah, I think this whole thing week's pretty interesting for sure.
Mike Bell: Yeah. Okay. Well, that's pretty much all I got. It's been another episode of blown coverage. Caleb, I will talk to you next time.
Kaleb: All right, next time.
