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NFL Week 12 Recap & College Football Catch-Up
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The Goal Post is back after a shocking weekend in the NFL & College Football:
Damien and Patrick start off by breaking down the Ravens big win in the Harbaugh-Bowl on Monday Night Football - Baltimore looks like a well-oiled machine, and the Chargers remain a level below elite teams.
The boys then go through each game from Week 12 - The Eagles look unstoppable, the Commanders are in serious trouble, the NFC West is fully up for grabs, and the Texans are spiralling. They finish by making their picks for the Week 13 slate - Damien leads +4.
To finish, the boys do a full catch-up in the College Football world: Winners and Losers from Week 13, they debate about the Heisman-Race, and finish by setting the table for the Conference Championships and the upcoming 12-Team Playoff.
Enjoy!
MNF Recap: 0:00 - 10:29
Week 12 Recap
Eagles vs Rams: 10:30 - 19:28
Chiefs vs Panthers: 19:29 - 26:11
Titans vs Texans: 26:12 - 32:51
Vikings vs Bears: 32:52 - 39:48
Cowboys vs Commanders: 39:49 - 49:09
Seahawks vs Cardinals: 49:10 - 55:51
Quick Hits (The Rest): 56:00 - 1:13:26
Week 13 Picks: 1:13:27 - 1:18:14
College Football Catch Up
W13 Winners + Losers: 1:18:15 - 1:41:39
Heisman-Race: 1:41:41 - 1:47:38
Playoff-Talk: 1:47:39 - 1:57:04
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Transcript
NFL Week 12 Recap: Surprises and Key Games
00:00:18
Speaker
All right, welcome back to another episode of the goalpost. We are coming at you after week 12 of the NFL season, a weekend that most people were thinking that the the matchups weren't going to live up to the hype. We're going to have a boring weekend. And of course, right when you think the NFL is going to be boring, that's right when it's exciting. And in the first matchup between the Harbaugh brothers since Super Bowl 47, John Harbaugh, that's the Ravens won if you can't keep him straight in your head.
00:00:48
Speaker
move to 3 and 0 as the raven smothered the chargers 30 to 23. Patrick we're gonna get to the eagles rams game after this one but i feel like both the sunday night game and the monday night game were like mirror images of each other almost Absolutely, two games with pretty big playoff implications on the line. I know we still have a ah while to go in this season, but especially in the Chargers Ravens matchup, both teams had seven wins. ah The Chargers have already had their buy, so Baltimore had one extra loss. But this was a huge game, especially if Baltimore can't catch the Steelers for the division. There's going to be tiebreaker scenarios at play in the wild card picture. So Baltimore finding a way to just grind out this win in a bit of a
00:01:33
Speaker
surprising offensive battle to me. You know, when you think of these two teams, you think pretty hard nose teams to take on the identity of their coaches, the brothers. Uh, but in this one, the, uh, the older brother remains King Damien and and the Ravens just like the scoreboard. There was a little bit of, um, makeup on there, but it was, it was Baltimore. Basically they just took over and the start of the second half and just didn't look back
Ravens vs Chargers: A Game-Changer
00:01:56
Speaker
from there. Yeah. There were a couple of turning points. I think one of them,
00:01:59
Speaker
has to be JK Dobbins going out with an injury early in this game, because after that, it just felt like the Ravens, they were already doing it, but just rushed the ball down the Chargers throat. And the Chargers really didn't have an answer after that. The run game really never recovered. Herbert was the second leading rusher with 29 yards. um And I think that once you lose that aspect of this Chargers team, which is really prided itself on running the ball, they were just forced to pass the ball so often.
00:02:28
Speaker
And Herbert looked great for, I would say, the majority of the game. But the second half, a lot of costly drops. And just it felt like they were forcing the past game because they had to. You're right. the The drops, I think, were a big ah play for the Chargers here. The Dobbins going out, led them to the passing, and then Quentin Johnson just reverted back to rookie Quentin Johnson. Just looked as bad as he has probably this year. It started off in the first half. They took a shot to him on the right side. I don't know if it would have gone to the end zone, but it would have been a first single inside the five.
00:03:01
Speaker
50-50 ball he can't come down with it that was foreshadowing for the rest of the night because he had two other drops for sure after that and one that you know could have changed the game he had a lot of green grass in front of him and i think he got a little too excited and then they had to punt on it was a third and six on sec in the second half and then they had to punt and then baltimore went down the field went up a couple scores and then it was it was over The Chargers, I don't know if this is going to be a trend, Damien, but as we know, they went up 10-0 and this one ended up losing. They had a massive leave lead last week against the Cincinnati Bengals, were were able to hold on, but it wasn't pretty. I don't know if this the Chargers blowing leads, finding ways to lose. It might start and might be starting to creep back into
Ravens' Strengths and Weaknesses
00:03:48
Speaker
this team. I'm not sure, but it's something that I'm kind of looking for down the stretch when they keep playing meaningful games here.
00:03:53
Speaker
the ghost of brandon staley coming back to haunt them yeah that the ravens go down 10 nothing i don't think anybody was really worried for the ravens uh but then they go off and score on five straight drives uh and you're right that turning point that quinton johnson drop like it was 10 minutes left in the fourth quarter 23 16 ravens he drops that pass that probably you're right would have gotten them very very far down the field ah in the very next drive ah the Ravens score to make it 30 16 the game was just out of their hands by then ah like Lamar had a great game 16 for 22 this is like the perfect Lamar Jackson game 16 for 22 177 two TDs passing one TD rushing
00:04:38
Speaker
He drops that pass in the bucket to Rashad Bateman. He is now seven and two in Monday night games, including six and one on the road. He has 124 pass four passer rating on Mondays with 22 touchdown passes and no interceptions. If the Ravens could just play playoff games on Mondays, they would just be set.
00:04:58
Speaker
Lamar would have like two Super Bowls by now to go with the two MVPs. Yeah, he they need to put in in a ah request to the league to find prime time only games, especially in the playoffs. I found it before that Bateman catch right before the end of the the first half, going for it on fourth and inches from your own 16 yard line. That is ah John Harbaugh. He was not losing to his brother. I think that was he knew what was going to happen.
00:05:25
Speaker
Jim, I believe, said he would lay his life on his line. like He would lay his life on on the line for his brother, but he won't let him win a football game. Well, you're all in three now. The Chargers. Here's a new fun fact. Damien's a fan of the Navy jerseys. I think it's too much Navy person. I think the jerseys themselves are nice. They now move to 0 and six in the full Navy. So might be time for them to retire the the mechanic fits, as I like to call them.
00:05:51
Speaker
I think they would look so much nicer with white pants. i guess It's tough when two teams go white pants on white pants. Feels like you you have trouble kind of marking who's who. But that that little tweak, I think, it might win them some football games. And I think it would look way better. It's the All Navy that I don't like. i The jerseys are fine. The All Navy, like I said, it it reminds me of the Michigan. They look like mechanics. Don't love it. And they don't win in them. So if they want if they were winning in them, we could excuse this. But the style points weren't there for the Chargers last night.
00:06:20
Speaker
I was ah maybe I should have been keeping a bit better eye on this, but I didn't realize Baltimore was the most penalized team in the league last night. Patrick Ricard, we got another primetime game with a new penalty that I've discovered, the leg whip.
00:06:35
Speaker
I don't think he contacted him, but I think they just saw that like leg hook around and just the optics of it where they had to call. But Baltimore, if they want to, ah you know, be the team that they think they are and get over the hump and win some Super Bowls here, they got to figure out the penalty. They had the illegal formation that took a touchdown off the board. It's very un uncharacteristic of a John Harbaugh led Ravens team to be taking this many penalties. And I think it might come back to bite them later in the season, especially in the playoffs.
Chargers' Future Challenges
00:07:04
Speaker
You're right. It's surprising for a team that's that well coached, like you expect that of the Titans, which I think are like second or they're right up there. ah You don't expect it for the Ravens. That leg whip penalty has a $19,000 fine attached to it as well. so to ah To a fullback too. yeah so <unk> Yeah. And he was trying. He was trying to kick him. Like he might not have connected, but like that, the intent was there. It looked like a UFC move.
00:07:30
Speaker
it it did and it's just like the fullbacks i don't know you you know what they're doing they're physical they're just diving at knees and yeah you just can't hook that leg around another part there was there was a key part in this game where i think it was right before the quinn johnson drop actually the chargers drew a pass interference penalty but then it gets called offsetting because they had a hold I find the offsetting penalties just so ridiculous. and And it wasn't the direct reason they lost this game, but it just takes um what would have been a 25-yard penalty on Baltimore and then a 10-yard penalty on on the Chargers. To me, it it should just be like Canadian football where you give them the 15 yards. za But instead, it's just replay it down. And I don't know. I really don't like that rule.
00:08:15
Speaker
The refs were very involved last night. like it was There was flags everywhere. Every big play, like so many pass interference calls. It just felt like they could not keep their way out of that game.
00:08:27
Speaker
Reminded me of a point of emphasis like start of the year and they're making sure everything is getting called and Everything was called last and by at least it was kind of both sides at least but it was a lot of flags on the field. Yeah chargers Uh, lad mcconkey is very clearly their best player. He goes six receptions 83 yards. He's up to 698 He's projected to go over a thousand yards. I think they got a steal with him on this team Next Sunday at Atlanta, I'm not going to use the f the F word here, but it's as close to a fraud bowl as you could probably get. I would say between the Chargers and the Falcons like the Falcons win that game. I'm like sort of back in on the Falcons. If the Chargers lose to the Falcons, I am like much, much further out on the Chargers.
00:09:17
Speaker
I'm a little lower on the Falcons right now just because I think they're reeling ah more than the Chargers are. I think the Chargers, they just faced a a tougher opponent last night. you know They were underdogs in the game. They hung in there. A couple plays didn't go their way for sure. And Baltimore certainly took over in the second half and you know left their mark on the game.
00:09:37
Speaker
For me, it's I got to see something out of the Falcons next week against the Chargers. Whereas I think the Chargers have done enough, they're they're exceeding expectations, and they're just kind of trying to reinvent the culture there. Whereas the Falcons, you went out and you grabbed the 35-year-old quarterback, signed him to a three-year deal. like You're looking to win now. yeah And now the Bucks are starting to get healthy. They're kind of chasing you. So I'm i'm looking more towards the Falcons in the fraudulent pool.
NFL Predictions: Ravens vs Eagles
00:10:04
Speaker
But I think the Chargers, yeah. like your Your dolphins are coming up hot like yeah, the Chargers can't drop too many in a row But that's definitely gonna be a fun game to keep an eye on next week and the Ravens they go Versus the Eagles next Sunday I'm gonna say it that's a potential Super Bowl matchup in my mind and I think that that game is gonna be very telling for each team two teams that are great at rushing the football the number one number two running back up against each other and speaking of the Eagles we will go to Eagles 37 and Rams 20. Saquon Barkley has a career best game and the Eagles continue to pass every test they face. ah This game was more impressive from the Eagles to me than disappointing from the Rams. Philly just looks unstoppable right now. Seventh straight win.
00:10:51
Speaker
Unstoppable is a perfect word offensively, defensively. They're just handling, you know, every test that's put in front of them week after week. The, I just remember when it they were two and two, they had lost that game to the saints. And, you know, we were, we were kind of chirping Syriani a little bit. We were laughing at big Dom getting in the cameras.
00:11:10
Speaker
We didn't really know where the eagle season was going. And I think this was the week I think you play in a prime time game sake one setting records out there. You're not under the radar anymore like everyone is aware that you have nine wins you're the number two team the NFC and I think you you know you've now reached the same tier.
00:11:28
Speaker
that the Lions have been on all season long. And now you get a big chance to prove it next week. Like you mentioned against the Ravens, this Eagles team has got it going on. They did it all without Devontae Smith again. So this team just, you know, it it feels like they've had very few games with both AJ Brown and Devontae Smith out on the field at the same time. So for them to just be able to really not skip a beat on offense, even without missing key players, that's been the most impressive part of this Eagles team for me. And Syrianis,
00:11:58
Speaker
we're waiting for it right like we're waiting for the fuck up we're waiting for some sort of silly business from him and he's he has just been all gas like no mistakes and you mentioned sake one he gets 255 yards rushing which is just stupid 302 from scrimmage that is the ninth most rush yards per game in NFL history it It's so insane the clip that he is running on right now. I mean, first play of the third quarter, he goes 70 yard touchdown right off of the line.
00:12:30
Speaker
he gets another 72 yard touchdown in the second half. Like it was only 13 and seven, 13 to seven entering the second half of that game. And I feel like after that 70 yard touchdown, it was like, oh yeah, the Rams aren't winning this game. Yeah. And he he broke it from out of nowhere. he He was like in the mix of the pile and the picks and then bounces out to the right, makes one guy miss and boom, his speed it's, you know, he's had some injuries in his career.
00:12:55
Speaker
And you wonder how that affects your speed. And Saquon looks as fast as he ever has. He looks as fresh as he ever has already exceeded his career best in rushing yards. And Damien, you know we we we talked about it earlier in the year. We were looking at Derek Henry MVP odds. We had the wrong running back because yeah it's Saquon. He was, I believe, anywhere from 60 to 65 to one last week. He is now tied with Jared Goff for the third best MVP odds at 7 to 1. And if this Eagles team keeps winning,
00:13:24
Speaker
And you know he goes and outperforms Derek Henry next week. He's just really like leaving his mark on the seam. I know Jalen Hurts is kind of stealing some rushing touchdowns from him with the Tushbush. But aside from Jalen Hurts, he has been there not only the most consistent, but overall their best offensive player by a mile this year. And he absolutely belongs in these MVP conversations. It is gaining, gaining juice. And you're right, like he's at plus 650 right now. if he Has a huge game next week against the Ravens. Like that could get as low as like three fifty. Like that could be chopped almost in half, I think. Well, yeah, because he would jump Lamar, who's currently ahead of him. And then it's going to be basically a three horse race with Alan Gough and then Saquon. Yeah, me like Mahomes his name is there and Mahomes and the Chiefs have done great things this year. You're 10 and one. You're leading the FC. Mahomes should not be in this MVP race. It's so clear that books are just trying to cover their ass like they there's no chance in hell They ever give you like a plus a thousand on a Mahomes MVP. He's the boogeyman They're terrified of him and the Chiefs may win the Super Bowl that doesn't matter It's Mahomes is not the MVP this year give it to someone else. Let him have we need a first-time winner and it's setting up Greatly for a first-time winner unless Lamar, you know
00:14:41
Speaker
does something crazy next sunday and then just he goes don't don't forget about me guys the two-time winner no one else is getting it but yeah i think uh this is a great opportunity for for a new mvp winner this year and for the rams oh wait do you have anything else on Nothing really. AJ Brown had a gay great game. Hurts, like again, doesn't have to do much. That was it. Darius Slay got concussed as hell. Yeah, and Brandon Graham, that's that's an unfortunate one, tore his tricep. And he just, the most calm, did you see the post game where they went up to him in his locker? He's just standing there. I felt bad for the reporter who like thought he was joking. So he like kept laughing at Brandon Graham. And Brandon Graham's like, no, man, I'm serious. I fucking tore it.
00:15:24
Speaker
Yeah, that that's just you know so disappointing, especially when they're having a season ah like they are right now. What do you think about that AJ Brown touchdown call? It was, it was a weird one to me where like, I agree. It was a touchdown, but I just, I didn't think it was as sure fire and as quick as they did it because, and I guess they said if it was anywhere else on the field, they would have considered it a fumble, which kind of, you know, flip the switch in my mind and made me understand it a lot better, but it was just one, two, three steps. And then it was instantly popped out and. I don't know. It was a tough one for me, but it's just another one of just, they're making these catches. There was another one, the Ravens game, no so complicated, Damien. I just don't know.
00:16:03
Speaker
Yeah, my name is Damien, and I don't know what an NFL touchdown is. Like, that one, my first instinct was that it wouldn't be a touchdown. Like, you see a ball, like, fly out of a guy's hands like that. Your first instinct is like, oh, he did not secure the ball there. But you look at the feet, like, it's a scoring zone, like I guess.
00:16:22
Speaker
Yeah, I guess so it's just. Never forget the real ones will never forget Jesse James against the the Patriots, the OG, what is the catch rule in the worst, ah worst game ever, but for the Rams, I can't quit this team. I really thought and I took them in in one of my picks. I thought they were a live dog at home. Like it feels like every week the Rams play their season is on the line and for the past three or so weeks, they just come out flat and they didn't have a horrible game. Like you said, like I took more away from the Eagles than, you know, ah going against the Rams, but they just, you know, they're not the firepower on offense team. Their defense finally lets them down in a prime time spot.
00:17:05
Speaker
And I just I don't know what to make of the Rams and I don't know what to make of the NFC West as a whole. Well, we'll get into it later with a bigger matchup. But this Rams team, they really got to just find a way to get it on the tracks and start winning games because it feels like they're letting a lot go right here. And that division is just slipping, slipping, slipping away. It's tough because to me, this was like a coaching game for the Rams. Like Chris Shula did not have an answer for the run whatsoever. ah The defense, like you mentioned, had been doing really well for a couple of weeks in a row. They finally kind of slipped like allowed 480 yards, 314 on the ground. Like that's just stuff that can't really happen. Like you're never going to win a game when those are the stats. And then I'm still waiting for like a big Sean McVeigh game. Like I'm, I'm waiting for him to, you know, outclass a better opponent to out scheme and opposing head coach. And I feel like he's been kind of flat the last kind of, you know, couple of weeks.
00:17:59
Speaker
Yeah, and maybe that yeah more credit should be given to Kellen Moore and Ben Fangio, right? But it's it's the Rams, man. This is what they did last year. They started slow, and then the second half of the season, they came on show so strong, and they look like a real contender. Maybe not to win the Super Bowl, but to win a game or two in the playoffs caused some havoc.
00:18:17
Speaker
And that's kind of what I thought we were going to get from them this year. It's pretty much the same team, especially on ah offense. And then I think the defense has improved from last year. Yet this team is finding ways to lose, whereas last year they're finding ways to win. And I'm like, I said, I can't quit them, but that's always usually a breaking point for me in in acknowledging that I should, and I might have to quit the Rams here, even though I'm, you know, I thought I got a good value on them at 75 to one. Maybe they sneak into the playoffs.
00:18:45
Speaker
it's higher than 75 to one right now. So maybe not the best bet. And I don't know the Rams just, they worry me, um, this Stafford and, and Nakua and cup, that all looks great, but they're just not finishing drives. They're not getting in the end zone like they used to be. And I just think that, you know, this team gets another year older and McVeigh, who knows where his head's at, right? So I don't know, but that season, their season is Trickling away. Yeah five and six third in the division two games back of the wild card now It is it's getting further and further away now DeMarcus Robinson goes out and gets a DUI the the Sunday morning after the game Like just not what you want to see if you're a Rams fan feels like it's going from bad to worse very quickly um We will move though to Chiefs 30
00:19:32
Speaker
Panthers 27 the prophecy of Bryce young taking down the Chiefs was almost completed um But nevertheless, I'm sure Bryce young with that was probably the best he has ever felt in a loss Maybe the best he's ever felt after an NFL performance ah The Chiefs moved to ten and one but again, that was a game where I took more away from the Panthers ah than the Chiefs who won and Yeah, the Chiefs are like every week, you know, you you give them the benefit of the doubt every time. But now we're getting to the points where like, is this the worst time in one team? Like they haven't done anything in the one team that they've played, you know, that we consider on their Super Bowl level. bal They beat Baltimore a week one. I always forget about that. But then they lose to the Bills and they haven't really progressed. We've kept waiting for them to get better as the season has gone on.
00:20:23
Speaker
And if anything, like they definitely haven't gotten better and it just feels like they might be slightly declining a little bit. Yeah. The DeAndre Hopkins boost one week that went away the next, you know, we got Noah Gray as tight end one for the past two weeks with four touchdown receptions in those last two games. And like the craziest set to me is eight of the Chiefs wins have come by one score margins. Like, does this not remind you of that Vikings team that lost to the Giants in the playoffs?
00:20:49
Speaker
Also, maybe that 10 and one Steelers team like that. They were 11 and 0. My biggest take from that is like, do you think that the Chiefs, like ironically, are building scar tissue for like close playoff games? See, you like that the Chiefs are the only team you would say that about. Every other team, you would call them a fraud. that's what i And I struggle with that too, right? Because look at the Vikings. They're 9 and 3. They have 9 wins.
00:21:17
Speaker
And they've handled a lot of the teams you put in front of them, but every team, every time we put them up against a team that you consider Superbowl, they lose to them. So it's just like, I don't, I don't know what to make of them, but the chiefs, I guess that they play the Steelers, they play the the Broncos and the Chargers. So I guess those are going to be their three toughest games coming home.
00:21:39
Speaker
I don't know if they're going to win any, like there's a chance they could lose all three and then you look at them and the chiefs have four or five losses and you go, what what happened to this team? I don't, I don't think we're going to head there, but were they finished 15 and one, you know,
00:21:52
Speaker
I don't know. And that's the issue with this chief's team where I, I'm going to give them the benefit of the doubt. They're not number one in our non-existent power rankings, but I will give them but the benefit of the doubt. And they're still on track to go get the one seed in the AFC. So, you know, tip your cap to a team that continues to find ways to win. Yeah. And, and Mahomes, like we said, he hasn't been his MVP self, but a little anecdote time. I, I, there was down to,
00:22:18
Speaker
two people left in our survivor league me and one other guy he had taken the Steelers on Thursday night so I just had the layup on Sunday I hadn't used the Chiefs yet I sweat for like a tiny bit in this game but when I saw that the Chiefs got the ball back with like a minute 38 and could win with a field goal I like I cannot describe to you the little amounts of worry I had and Mahomes is the only or the Chiefs in general the only team I could ever say that about And Mahomes hit him with your your your your favorite play. Man, this one was less egregious than the last one. He was still like four yards away from the boundary. But you can tell every player on defense is terrified to hit him. And if I'm a Panthers player there, I'm saying fuck it. Like we we have nothing going for this season. I want to be the guy who absolutely pancakes Patrick Mahomes.
00:23:11
Speaker
Yeah to me that's dumb because you also know that the Chiefs have three timeouts so you know he's not going out of bounds he wants every yard he can get he definitely like took him to the sideline and then and then he just you know brought it back in and got an extra 10 15 yards for a 33 yard scramble setting up ah Spencer straighter I I was you know, just I don't know what really happened to Harrison Booker I feel I thought that was gonna be a one-week thing and it's kind of dragging on within a league that's struggling with kickers Who knows how that's gonna play out if he continues to stay out of the lineup But yeah, it's a
00:23:45
Speaker
The Chiefs are the Chiefs like they I think they are going to be an enigma till the end of the season. Like where it's just going to wait. We're going to have to wait and see until playoff games to really know what this chief's team is. um But yeah, no gray look great. Hopkins gets a TD. Kelsey gets third place in career yards by for receiving by a tight end. They had nine penalties for 90 yards. So another team not super penalized, but they're kind of creeping up that way. They have Vegas on Black Friday.
00:24:14
Speaker
I don't know. that's ah It's a big spread. We'll get to our picks next week, but Vegas has nobody in the lineup, but they always play the Chiefs close. So I'm keeping an eye on the Chiefs. um Panthers. Bryce Young led Carolina back from 11-point fourth quarter deficit. Canales finally says he's the starter for next week. He had just been edging people for like weeks now.
00:24:35
Speaker
ah the the field goals were what killed them in this game like they came up short in the red zone a lot of times and just one touchdown from those four field goals like would have probably made the difference in this game um but yeah ah you got to feel good about Bryce Young after that game he made some sick throws and Bryce young's got to feel good about Bryce young yeah like that that's got to be the ultimate confidence boosters like just going toe-to-toe You let a mini comeback of your own against the Chiefs and you know the big bad boogie man And now it like you're in it and like you said it was just basically red zone offense It was the difference in this game
00:25:13
Speaker
If they turn one even two imagine they turn two and they win this game by two scores and just send a huge message like you put up it would be I guess you'd be close to the 40s if you scored two yeah touchdowns instead of two field goals there, but Baby steps of this Panthers team. I gotta feel kind of good about what they're building now. Whereas in the first half of the season, I thought they were hopeless and they had nothing going for them. And Andy Dalton was, and I i said it, I called Bryce young and bust. I don't think he's great, but I mean, he's elevating himself from the basement of quarterbacks in the NFL and this Panthers team, they got feeling back Xavier Laguette, like Jonathan Brooks made his NFL debut to carry seven yards. So I don't know. There's just something kind of quietly,
00:25:59
Speaker
Good going on in Carolina and I would love to see it continue to improve for the rest of the season. Yeah, they're certainly not in like the the true basement dollars anymore, which if you told somebody that like six weeks into the season, they would not believe you. um But moving on.
00:26:14
Speaker
to a game that was puzzling titans 32 texans 27 where to even start in this one yes it's a divisional game but wow are the texans spiraling seven and five is a good spot to be if you're spiraling but they have lost three of the last four and just just gave this game away patrick just out of nowhere Damien. Chigga-quanquo grabs one and takes it 70 yards and that's when it just set in for me that um the Texans are about to lose this game to the Tennessee Titans who were you know two wins on the year one one and eight against this one and whatever against the spread
00:26:58
Speaker
and then here you go going ah taking on a the division leader in your division rival and will levis goes in and just beats the houston texans who like you said are completely spiraling right now they're so lucky to be in what I think we can call the worst division in the NFL. Certainly. And yeah, like they're going to get into the playoffs. But it's so clear that this it starts for me, it starts at the old line. The old line looks bottom three in the NFL, but their quarterback, he's not helping them out either because there are some good quarterbacks that can overcome a bad offensive line. CJ Stroud is not overcoming a bad offensive line, which then I think leads into play calling, calling the game very different than you normally would.
00:27:41
Speaker
And then it's just their offense looks all over the place. They just look so dysfunctional. It's night and day from what we saw last year. And yeah, they have to figure this out fast, but they're lucky because they've been given enough leash in this division where they have time to figure it out. I'm not hitting full panic button on the Houston Texans, but this has got to be your rock bottom. You can't go below what you are right now and it's got to start going up from here. Yeah, it's tough because like you said, there are things about this team that make you want to hit the panic button because as soon as playoff time comes they're things that absolutely wither away against playoff teams uh shroud is second in the league with 39 sacks taken he's only trailing williams by four sacks now sacked four times in this game
00:28:26
Speaker
That line has allowed 17 sacks in the last four games. Stroud has thrown the same amount of interceptions in the last three games than he did in his rookie season, which is five. Like that is he threw multiple interceptions for the second time in three weeks. You're so right. We were on to something. you You were on to something last week in the play calling.
00:28:49
Speaker
mix and touch the ball 14 times in this game 22 yards on 14 carries Stroud shouldn't be throwing the ball 33 times with an offensive line like this Absolutely not and like you're not playing the Cowboys anymore where you can just run the ball down their throats like the Titans as bad and dysfunctional as they've been this year, they've always had a good defense, especially a good defensive line. And when that defensive line is just pushing back the offensive the offensive line on the Texans, you got to find a way to get more creative. You know you start bringing in you know screens, like anything to just get the ball out of CJ's hands quick and into Joe Mixon's hands. And Niko, your playmakers are all there except for Diggs. I can't give you the, oh, Niko Collins was out. Oh, Joe Mixon was out. oh Everyone's there that's going to be playing in the playoffs.
00:29:34
Speaker
So if you can't figure it out with this roster, like it's really close to panic button. Like I said, like this has to be as low as they go on the season because you've lost three out of four now and like that they're so lucky. I just keep going through my mind. I'm like trying to make up scenarios where the Colts can get hot, but I can't because I don't think the Colts are even going to get to eight wins. So it's like the Texans have to find a way to win one more and they're for sure.
00:30:01
Speaker
But now I thought Kai Fairbairn was one of the better kickers in the NFL. And like he he's got a chip shot to tie this game, not to guarantee them a win, but just to tie it up with a minute and change left. And it was just a horrible kick that really never had a chance. He looks stunned. And I think that just kind of reflects where the Texans are right now. We're just They're not playing well and nothing's going their way either. No, it and it was 28 yards. He missed it. That is just the fourth missed field goal out of 29 or fewer yards out of 159 attempts in the NFL this year. Two of them are from Fairbairn. So like that was one of them where, you know, one of those kickers that we kind of crowned early in the season as being like, you know, the next Aubrey who is having problems of his own now.
00:30:46
Speaker
Uh, and that just took all the gas out of their sales, uh, at the Jaguars next Sunday who were off a bye week. And I like, like the Jags in that game, which is crazy to say coming up against this Texan team, Stroud ends the game with a Dan Orlovski moment. That was just hilarious. Uh, in the defense too, was very questionable in this game. Like a defense that has prided itself on getting at the quarterback was able to seven sacks for Levison the first half alone.
00:31:15
Speaker
ah But then in the second half, they had one sack, they couldn't really pressure him enough and Lev is kind of time to do what he wanted. ah They have games against Dolphins, Chiefs and Ravens in December. Those are three offenses that could absolutely torture you if you let them. So like this, this could become an issue for Houston's defense as well.
00:31:34
Speaker
Yeah, and I think I mentioned when we were discussing the Dolphins schedule, I said there'll be underdogs in three of the games down the stretch. And I had included the Texans in one of them. I think if the Dolphins and Texans played this week, Miami would be favored on a neutral field. I agree. So I like it's the Texans got to figure it out. But I mean, the the Titans did have a nice offensive game plan. Like you got Tony Pollard, 119 yards and a touchdown. Will Levis.
00:32:00
Speaker
I kind of forget about how the second half of his season went last year, but you got to think this was one of his better games that he's had in his career. 278 yards with two touchdowns. Only one mistake, which is you can handle that with Will Lewis, because you know it's never going to be completely perfect. So you can handle the one interception from Will Lewis. But yeah, like Tony Pollard sneaky, having a great year. He's at 800 yards on the season. And then now you get, you know, Calvin Ridley can get all the spotlight with the Andre Hopkins out of there.
00:32:30
Speaker
it It was a it was a game that I didn't think was going to happen until the O'Quanquo just taking it 70 yards, a tight end running right through your defense. That was the most shocking part of this game. And that's when it that's when it all became real for me. Yeah. And Westbrook, a key in a six touchdown and six games, 38 yard TD pass. If it's one thing Levis can do, it's throw a good deep ball. um But moving on to the Vikings, 30 Bears, 27 in overtime.
00:32:59
Speaker
Feel like we talk about a bad Bears loss each week, but at least this one was entertaining and Caleb Williams played well. This one was crazy that the the final window, a red zone or like that, you know, the last of the one PM games was just bonkers this week. Bears recover the onside kick. They go they get 11 points in the final 22 seconds of regulation, which doesn't even sound possible, but they they get the touchdown. They get the two point conversion.
00:33:27
Speaker
get the onside kick drive down the field to kick a field goal win the coin toss in overtime and then they just shit the bed in ot cale williams takes a twelve yard sack on second and ten
00:33:45
Speaker
After that, I knew the Vikings were going to go down. And then it seemed like it was like watching the Argos defense against the Red Blacks. It seemed like the Bears had no idea that a field goal could beat them. Like they were playing like prevent on that Vikings drive. They even threw a guy back on the on the field goal attempt in overtime.
00:34:03
Speaker
Yeah pure dysfunction out of the bears and in a game where you know it was like a you come back eleven points there you you tied up you get an onside kick you win a coin toss kill williams like this could be the turning point ah in his career. Reverse back to his college days takes that comical sack and then yeah and then you just play a bend but don't break break defense in overtime when you can't bend or break like you need a stop you need a you need the ball you need to get your offense back on the field without giving up any sort of points and they basically were just playing for them to have a chip shot like
00:34:38
Speaker
Have your field goal. we We'll give you a chance. Crazy. Yeah. Parker Romo, you know, ends it with the 29 yard field goal. Parker, I don't know where that kicker, that's he spawned out of nowhere. Parker Romo came out and then, yeah, it it was just, Cale Williams looked good. Arguably his best game. He had some insane scrambles, some beautiful throws.
00:34:59
Speaker
Uh, to help tie this game up and then you just have nothing to show for it. And I don't know if that's good for the bears because they want either flu fired and they need change. And you know, you can get another good draft pick. Or it's like, you got to start to learn to win at some point here. And and I, I go back and forth between the two, but I mean, the bears definitely show fight. And, you know, with Thomas Brown as a new offensive coordinator, I think Caleb Williams and this offense has looked better as a whole. Yeah. This was in speaking of betting, this was one of those teams, one of those games where like.
00:35:29
Speaker
Vegas gives you a flashing bright sign to take the three and a half with the Bears like they're a game shouldn't have been a three and a half point spread But like it as soon as they set that line, you should know to take the Bears It almost didn't happen. But like of course it does um Yeah, it Williams was great on his feet to Cairo Santos another block field goal He has the most block field goals in the NFL this year three of them have been blocked ah That's their fifth straight loss third loss in the final play of the game You're right. it It's like a, it's like an NBA team that tanks. It's like at a certain point we're going through it with the Raptors right now. Tanking is great, but at a certain point with a young roster, you don't want them to get used to losing or like not know what winning is. And that kind of feels like this bears team right now is like that you'll keep losing and losing and losing. You almost forget that like you're trying to build a winning culture here.
00:36:24
Speaker
Yeah, and i I don't think it's fair to the players to leave Matt Eberfluis in as this head coach. I know you we coming up against the Lions with Thanksgiving Day games, so I agree it doesn't make sense to fire him this week, but I think you have a perfect opportunity to do it with the mini bye.
00:36:40
Speaker
You know your ten and a half point underdogs to a division rival if if you don't cover that spread it's the easiest it doesn't get any easier to fire a coach mid-season than that and I think if you know you you drag them out for the rest of the year and then Caleb starts losing some confidence and DJ more like It feels like they have a slight momentum shift going here with the offense starting to be better on in Chicago. And then the longer you keep Matt Eberflux around, the shorter that that momentum will last. And then it just bursts. And then who knows where it's going to be next year. And then we're going to be talking about the best situation a second year quarterback could ever be in. And then it's going to be shocking when they win six games again next year. And it's just like it's the same story year after year with the Bears.
00:37:26
Speaker
And something has to change. And I think it's got to be, you know, the McCaskies or the whoever Kevin Warren, somebody step in and be like, hey, we we have to get a new head coach in here or just get the old one out of there. Yeah. And, you know, take your time to find out who the next one is.
00:37:42
Speaker
it's bad a viking side of the ball this felt like a step for the vikings in the sense that a team finally like through everything at justin jefferson and they figured out how to hit somebody else tj hawkinson monster game seven receptions 114 yards jordan adison monster game eight receptions, 162 touchdown. Darnold goes for 330 and two touchdowns. Seems like they finally figured out how to dice a team that plays JJ heavily. Aaron Jones, 106 yards on the ground, TD. They host Arizona next Sunday. I think that'll be another nice test for them just to like, if they kill Arizona, if they beat them by two scores, then it's like, all right, the Vikings are kind of back here.
00:38:25
Speaker
But yeah, I still have my reservations against the Vikings, but they at least seem to figure out how to game plan outside of Justin Jefferson this week. That was my biggest takeaway as well. And it was nice to see, especially coming off the week where Sam Darnold was just forcing, forcing, forcing three interceptions on throws to JJ. This was nice to change. And that's what you're going to have to do in the playoffs because teams are going to game plan around your best player.
00:38:51
Speaker
So if you don't have a secondary option or outlet you can go to the you know kind of run your offense as you would normally, then you're probably not going to succeed and if they can you know turn this out week after week, and then when you know, keep defenses honest, then give Jefferson better matchups, then you can just go back to hammering him like you were earlier in this season.
00:39:11
Speaker
I'm just, I'm going to give the, I'm just going to leave the Vikings be not going to, I'm not going to be too quick to crown them, not going to call them fraudulence. Just going to let the season play out and just, I don't want to, you know, overreact either way, but this is a team that is going to be in the playoffs. So so it's, it's exciting to see them play like the Cardinals, like other teams competing for the playoffs. Whereas this is just a game where, you know,
00:39:32
Speaker
Divisional game against the Bears. The Bears kind of threw everything at you at them, like you said, and they still found a way to win. So I think this is a good win for the Vikings. And let's see if they can carry it forward next week against our Cardinals. That's a perfect way to put it. I'm going to leave the light the Vikings be.
00:39:48
Speaker
um Moving on to Cowboys 34, Commanders 26. What an insane, insane game that never seemed to end. ah The Commanders are heavily on fraud watch and in a competitive NFC could very well miss the playoffs. This game had everything. A blocked field goal, a blocked punt, three missed field goals, two missed extra points, a 99 yard kickoff return, an onside kickoff return against 31 combined points in the final four minutes of this game. Most of this game was like unwatchable. Like it was 10-9 for it felt like 40 minutes of this game. We'll start with the Cowboys, get them out of the way. They entered this game with more than $100 million dollars in cap space on injured reserve.
00:40:35
Speaker
Dak Prescott, Lawrence, Diggs, Martin, Cooks, Tyler Smith was also out. ah They overcame two missed field goal attempts, a deflected punt. They get two kickoff returns, the most electric coming from Turpin for 99 yards late in the fourth quarter. Gotta feel good as a Cowboys fan. like You've had nothing to cheer for.
00:40:56
Speaker
it's been all insults stats week after week for the past like six weeks and of course this game doesn't happen at Jerry's world but huge win for them man massive win and you know now Jerry's talking he's not ruling out contract extensions for big for big Mike McCarthy it this is I'm happy they got this win because now the show kind of goes on a little bit more and it gives us more stuff to talk about with the Cowboys as opposed to them just kind of reverting into sadness now we can you know Cooper Rush is saying don't count us out like there's something kind of turning around in the Cowboys team and where you now you go on a short week to play a Tommy DeVito lead Giants team two wins in a row who knows what goes on but yeah the Cowboys
00:41:40
Speaker
best game they've played since Dak has been out, obviously. And they they it started with that. like Like you said, the game was so bad. It was 10-9 forever. And then it was like a little bit left in the third quarter. You could see things starting to kind of just unravel on both sides. but The baits fumble to the Schoonmaker touchdown, I think, was the biggest turning point before all the chaos. That was like, OK, like the Cooper rush can throw a deep ball. The defense is here. They're making turnovers. That's when the upset kind of settled into me as well.
00:42:10
Speaker
and this game and and yeah it it was like Mike McCarthy smiling they they they're they're you know they take the onside kick to the house I think that was to send a message that like we're fueling ourselves a little bit like division rival commanders that were sending a message and Good for them, man. like they no Not a lot's gone right, so you might as well enjoy the highs of ah of a very down season for the Cowboys. So I like, yeah, 34 points on ah on a defense that was playing decent. oh Not so much of the last three games, but I mean, the Cowboys really and sent a message in this game. We'll see if they can
00:42:46
Speaker
do what they're saying and try and turn the season around. But i I doubt it. It would be hilarious if they did. Over to the commander's side, they lose outright as 10 and a half point favorites drop their third game in a row. Don't be confused by the late game heroics. Washington never deserved to win this game at any point. um it Late, you know, it Washington cuts an 11-point deficit like you said after that scoon maker touchdown Gets the two-point conversion cuts it to three then they kick it to Kavante Turpin who returns it 99 yards one of the most beautiful spin moves I've ever seen and then it goes back Jane Daniels is connects with Terry McClure in 86 yard touchdown 27 26 21 seconds left and then Austin Siebert who was terrible in this game missed two extra points 51 yard field goal attempt misses the extra point to put them down 27 26 still then they kicked you know the onside uh kick
00:43:50
Speaker
They get it returned against them. And then like as an extra knife in the back, Austin Eckler gets knocked out cold on the ensuing kickoff. Why is Austin Eckler on kickoff returns to begin with? right's it's ah It's a chaotic team. Austin Eckler's found some legs though this year. Like he he looks faster than he has in years past, but I would never have him out in in that scenario.
00:44:16
Speaker
Who knows how long is gonna be out for like concussions are kinda difficult to judge this year depends on the severity depend depends on the player. yeah This is an inexcusable loss right like like you said ten and a half eleven what massive favorites against the division rival hundred million dollars of cap out of this game.
00:44:37
Speaker
And and you're you know you lose to two playoff teams. And I got no problem with that if you're Washington, because you're trying to you're building, you're you're raising up, you're trying to get to that level. You can't lose to the Cowboys, because now you've lost three in a row. The division's out of reach, I would argue, with with the Eagles beating them and then winning against the Rams.
00:44:58
Speaker
and And like now you got to go into like the Titans and in two, three weeks ago, I would have told you that's a guaranteed win. Now I just don't feel confident in this team. And I'm sure they're kind of feeling the same way. And when a team that was kind of riding a high of momentum.
00:45:14
Speaker
loses that momentum. i It feels like it just they just crumble. And I don't know if that's going to happen, but it feels like they're really close to just kind of falling through and just ultimately collapsing almost out of the playoff picture completely still seven and five. And this is like I've, you know, I think the comparable to the commanders in the AFC would be the Texans.
00:45:38
Speaker
I'm much more worried about the commanders than I am the Texans because we know the Texans are going to be in the playoffs. I think it's far from a guarantee to say the commanders are going to be in the playoffs. I was going to make the Texans comparison as well, both seven and five, but you're right. like They do not have the luxury of winning their division, a cakewalk of a division win here.
00:45:57
Speaker
ah they It is never a good sign when you have multiple players crying in the post game press like if you want to talk about being down like losing momentum that locker room after that loss was just about as bad vibes as you could possibly get in an NFL locker room.
00:46:16
Speaker
Seabirds crying Bates is choking back tears Like it is it was such a fucking mess in this game and you're right. They host Tennessee next Sunday You need a resounding win now against a good defense or else things go from bad to worse.
00:46:30
Speaker
they They surpassed 300 yards total for the first time in three games, so like the offense is sputtering. 181 total yards for the running back room in the last three games combined. Robinson Jr. went out early in this one. Now you don't know how long Ekler is going to be out.
00:46:46
Speaker
like the offense is what concerns me the most we knew this defense wasn't fantastic but now it seems like kind of that you know it's the playbook is out on um ah man why am I forgetting his name right now ah Jan Daniels no no no Cliff Kingsbury Cliff Kingsbury and the fact that I couldn't remember Cliff Kingsbury's name just then should tell you everything there it feels like this is a classic Kingsbury where like hot start hot start and then the book kind of gets out on him and now teams are starting to figure it out
00:47:19
Speaker
Yeah, the the playbook, it's it's got to you know improve over the year, and especially when the season gets later on. And like you mentioned, like there's just more and more film. People can figure out you know what your game plans are, especially we have a rookie quarterback, too. like Nobody really knew what to expect from Jan Daniels. Now you can kind of see like how the Steelers, the Eagles,
00:47:39
Speaker
Now even the Cowboys like how you can kind of defend them and like Terry mcclaurin He's had a weird season where it's like he's gonna get his thousand yards. He's looked great You know for sure a pro bowl maybe even a first or second team all pro nod But he finished the game with a five receptions for 102 yards ah so he 86 of those came on the last play of the game and or said their last offensive play of the game. And it's just like, what what was the game plan? Why was he not getting the ball more? Why were we getting him better looks? it It doesn't feel good. And like Jaden Daniels is starting to run. He ran a little bit more, which I think is good. I think that opens up an element of their offense, which they haven't really used the past two weeks. But he waited too late to open up those legs. There was a million opportunities in those first three quarters where there was zero offense from either team where you could have gone out and made a play happen.
00:48:30
Speaker
I don't know if he was scared and then it was just like the desperation tactics took over and he went survival mode. But I would like to see Jane Daniels run the ball a bit in throughout the entire game slide. Don't take the hits that you like protect your ribs. But yeah, the commanders are in a weird spot where they need to win. They're one of the few teams I would say that's like very happy to have a a very late buy. They still haven't had it. They have it the week after they play Tennessee. So I think that's going to come in handy for them just to reset, get a little more healthy. But It's um'm I'll throw. I'll i'll throw a must win label against Tennessee next week. That feels that feels right. For sure. I can't lose. Yeah, for sure. I can't lose, but I'm very fine with the must win there.
00:49:10
Speaker
um and We will not now move to our last full game preview here. Seahawks 16, our Cardinals 6. This was a boring game, but I think Seattle fans would tell you that's exactly what they wanted. ah Between the Kobe Bryant 69 yard pick 6 or Leonard Williams 2.5 sacks,
00:49:30
Speaker
The Seahawks made Kyler Murray's life hell in this game. Seattle now moves into a tie for first and like they have first place right now because they hold the tiebreaker ah in the NFC West and just date. Their defense was everywhere in this game. Devon Witherspoon amazing game. Leonard Williams had six tackles for QB pressures. Two and a half sacks monster game from him. Cardinals average more than twenty nine points per game in the last three.
00:49:58
Speaker
The Seahawks held them to 298 total yards and 49 yards rushing. James Connor held to eight yards on seven carries. like it was This was a defensive battle and the Seahawks just absolutely won it.
00:50:14
Speaker
The pick six was the difference in this game, right? It's sometimes it's as simple as that in a game where I know they lost by 10, but it was just, no one was really making mistakes in this game as a defensive battle, you know, and then Arizona and Gannon, they decided to go for it on a fourth and short.
00:50:31
Speaker
Kyler Murray runs out and then just overthrows his receiver and then Kobe Bryant takes it all the way to the house. Awful. And and that was just that was the game, right? It was. It was the only real mistake. But each quarterback took five sacks. like The defenses showed up on both sides. But it was the one that made the biggest play of the game that ended up winning this one. And and yeah, now this division, i was obviously I've been waiting the whole episode because I'm obsessed with the NFC West. To me, it's the only true playoff race in the NFL if that makes sense to you. I know there's some stuff in the NFC North there. There's three contenders, but to me, the one that's the most chaotic and and no real front runner, it's who's going to slide into the the last NFC wild card spots and who's going to win the NFC West.
00:51:19
Speaker
Right now it's the Seahawks because they hold the tiebreaker, but have they done enough for you to feel confident that they're going to win this division? No, and I i don't want to sound like a hater for the Seahawks, but like i'm I've seen such bad games from from them that I struggled to put them there. I still feel better about the Cardinals. They were riding so high, they got humbled in this one.
00:51:43
Speaker
But i at the same time, I wouldn't be surprised if the Seahawks went and won this division. Now, I think that any NFC, any playoff NFC team worth their salt would be dying to face the Seahawks in the playoffs, especially one with a good defense. um But they have done enough in these last two, three weeks to make me kind of believe that they are at least the tough out in this division.
00:52:06
Speaker
Jackson Smith and Jigba looks fantastic. Six receptions, 77 yards touchdown. Gino was almost mistakeless in this game. He throws that late interception, but at least it's in the red zone. It's not in a place that they can hurt you, but he's using like he he's smarter. He only threw the ball 31 times. It seems like their game plan is slowly adjusting to him better and better each week.
00:52:28
Speaker
Like the receiving room was dominant. Metcalf and Lockett had great days. Kenneth Walker had a great day. They go play the Jets next Sunday. Like they can start rolling here. I think it was Leonard Williams said they had a team meeting two weeks ago and everything changed from there. So it's there's some juju going on here with this Seattle team.
00:52:47
Speaker
Yeah, and they've now beat the Cardinals six straight times. they They play each other one more time this year. So it feels like that might be the game for the division, especially it looks like Brock Purdy's injury is going to be a little bit more serious than they originally thought. And yeah we all saw how they looked with their backup quarterback this week. So it feels like these are the two teams to me that that are going to come out of the division. The Rams we touched on earlier, they keep on finding ways to lose games.
00:53:14
Speaker
they the Cardinals, this offense is is struggling right now. And it's that's the biggest problem with it. I think their defense has over exceeded all year long. And then now it's this this offense kind of picks and chooses and they're not consistent throughout the year. And then when you go into these games that are are tight and you know you have to kind of be mistake free and find ways to just win games, like not lose games to in order to win,
00:53:40
Speaker
they find ways to lose games and it's just these are the reasons why i think people were scared to put them in playoff conversations they're kind of not scared to even like throw them in the playoffs and now but they are the favorite to win this division still shockingly slightly and i i don't know i i'm gonna need to see more from kylar who seems to get his helmet knocked off every week now i i don't know i i'm not happy with what i'm seeing out of our cardinals damien and i like It's not Dasser because you're both six and five, like the Seahawks have the edge over the tiebreaker, but you have a chance to get it back. So like these division games down the stretch in the NFC West, it's for me, it's must watch television. And I know this one may have seemed underwhelming, but I think these are like, this is what you're going to see in those games. Baltimore, Pittsburgh, like don't know one team didn't have a touchdown. It's going to, these are the games that you're going to see, especially when division games, like divisions are on the line.
00:54:31
Speaker
Yeah, and yeah it's such a good point to say that they found a way to lose this game. Like it it was. They had two touchdowns overturned. Michael Wilson touchdown overturned for holding Marvin Harrison Junior touchdown overturned for only one foot down. Like it's just those little things that ah ah that might come back to bite this Cardinals team. They gotta get off the mat against Minnesota next Sunday at Minnesota.
00:54:55
Speaker
It's a tough one. See what you're made of. And um the Marvin Harrison one, again, I didn't know the exact rule, but I was like, if you knock, if your second foot knocks off the pylon, you know, what i there's so many rules and, and I don't know what it catches. thats Yeah.
00:55:11
Speaker
I'll admit it. Trey McBride was the only bright spot here. 12 receptions, 133 yards. Still hasn't found the end zone this year. Got to find a way to work him into red zone looks, man. Doesn't it feel like they can't get him and Marvin Harrison going at the same time? It's always one of the other. And then out of nowhere, Michael Wilson will have a big week. They need to find a way to do basically what the the Vikings did this past week and get two guys going at once and in you know James Connor.
00:55:38
Speaker
everything will get going if you get more people involved. You spread the ball around. It just feels like Kyler Murray or whoever the offensive game planning is there, they focus on one guy and then it seems kind of easy to figure it out. But yeah, we'll see. We will see that will move us out of the full game previews into the quick hits here.
00:55:58
Speaker
There was a couple quick hits games here. First one Green Bay 38, Sam Fran 10. Thanks Sam Fran for announcing Brock Purdy is out on a Friday afternoon after I take them on the Tuesday. ah Green Bay pummeled the Brock Purdy list 49ers. Shanahan's biggest loss since 2018. Josh Jacobs just a monster game. 106 yards, three touchdowns. x Xavier McKinney gets another interception to tie the lead league with seven.
00:56:26
Speaker
This felt like a game that Green Bay needed, like to just really start feeling right about themselves. Jordan Love didn't have any interceptions. That's big for him. Um, but again, we talked about the 49ers last week, took more away from the 49ers in this game, even though they were without Boza, even though they were without Purdy. So many mistakes, man, back to back 12 man on the field penalties. How the fuck does that even happen?
00:56:53
Speaker
It feels like a team that's really close to quitting. And it's shocking because it's a team that you would expect to be hungry, want it more. Like adversity is almost a good thing for a team like this. They know how to overcome it. They've been there before and then they come out so far. I didn't expect them to win this game. I think Green Bay is a good team. You're without your starting quarterback, arguably your best defensive player.
00:57:15
Speaker
But this, this was a beat down. It was over so quickly. 38 to 10 final score. ah And it felt like Green Bay could have done more if they wanted to. It it felt like... and took their foot off the gas a little bit, but it was just green base scoring touchdowns anytime they wanted to. The 49ers, just like you said, just like so so disoriented, like nothing was clean out there. And I guess some of that is because you're missing Brock Purdy, but at the other time, like Kyle Shanahan, get a grip, get a grip on these guys. Like you said, 12 men on the field isn't on the quarterback. Like that's on the coaching staff. So, and who whatever player put himself out there, but this is a team where I,
00:57:56
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That NFC West of you just talked about, I'm going to say the 49ers are the one that they don't have a chance. Especially if the box stays out. like This is the team that is is eliminating themselves from winning this division. And it was the team that I was holding on to for the longest, thinking like they're going to win it. They're going to win it. They're going to find a way. And now it just feels like they're about to roll over and just like the season's going to be done. Quit's a perfect way to put it. like Nine penalties. They were down 17-nothing.
00:58:24
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with six minutes left in the second quarter having just run six offensive plays. like They just had nothing in this game. Deebo looks all out of whack. He has a pass that goes right through his hands for an interception. I think that there was three turnovers. The Packers scored touchdowns off of each turnover a piece. i Packers scoring on each of their first three drives. like Now you've got to go into Buffalo on Sunday Night Football. like it's we We said things were gonna turn from bad to worse and it's happening like right right before our eyes Yeah, Buffalo off a bye to Brock's not I think they've already like said that he's not playing next week it
00:59:06
Speaker
Things are really bad in San Fran and i that that's a team that feels like they just might blow it up in the off season. I don't want to jump to conclusions. You know, maybe they pull off a big upset when like crazier things can happen, especially with the division that they're in. They're only two games out of it.
00:59:23
Speaker
But it's got to happen now and if it doesn't happen against buffalo and then you know seattle or an arizona win next week there's another game now it's three and then there's you know you're just you're running out of weeks to figure it out and i i just i'm pretty sure i'm i feel fine about saying that the forty niners are are out of it.
00:59:44
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And then you got to like figure out if you're going to pay Brock, Brock Purdy, just a mess there. um Detroit 24, Indy six. This one was oddly close for a while, but the Lions still cover. They win their ninth straight game.
00:59:57
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10-1 for the first time since 1934. That was their inaugural season. A perfect 6-0 on the road. Smashmouth football on this one. Gibbs 2 TD, Montgomery TD. um Gibbs joins Billy Sims and Barry Sanders for Lions players with 1,000 scrimmage yards and 10 touchdowns in each of their first two seasons. The defense has gone 10 quarters without allowing a touchdown. Ama and Ra finally doesn't get a TD, but still has a good game.
01:00:26
Speaker
Just business as usual for this Lions team who is still firmly number one in our invisible power rankings. Yeah, a lot of complimentary stats for the Lions and in in a game that maybe kind of been it could have been a trap on the road at Indy and he's a desperate team. Anthony Richardson coming off a pretty good week last week. You know, who knows what happens. The spread was a little smaller than I would have expected it to be. And that I thought would have been like, OK, the Colts are going to be a live dog in this game. And they were for a bit. But I think it kind of shows.
01:00:56
Speaker
that the Lions are more than just an offensive juggernaut. They can do it defensively and offensively holding the the Colts to six points when they had chances in the red zone to get they know majors and get touchdowns. it's just It's impressive. Every single week, I continue to just be like, yep, that is the best team in the NFL. Every single week, they've done nothing to convince me otherwise. I think teams are other teams around the league like Philly And Buffalo are starting to come up and join them in the elite categories. But for me, like it's it's it's Detroit, it's Detroit, it's Detroit until until the season's over, really. The only thing that is now starting to slowly become an issue, I would say. And the only thing that can seem to hold this team back is injuries. Khalif Raymond went out in this one. ah Taylor Decker went out in this one. I think Decker returned. um But Montgomery gets a shoulder injury in this one. You lost Anzaloni last week.
01:01:50
Speaker
You obviously lost Aiden Hutchinson earlier in the year. Like it seems like the only thing that can keep this team back is injuries. And you you can make that argument for every team, I think. But yes, especially when you're you're like ah the favorite to win the Super Bowl and you can't seem to lose since you lost to the Buccaneers. Yeah, everything to a I know it's it's shocking that game. I always just think back and go, wait, where did Detroit lose that game? Oh, oh.
01:02:16
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the box. Yes, of course in Detroit. yeah But yeah, it was, it's business as usual for these teams. And then yeah, stay healthy. At least with the running back situation, you got two horses back there. You got Tim Patrick that can kind of fill in as a wide receiver three. Maybe their special teams will take a hit without Cleef Raymond.
01:02:35
Speaker
but yeah huge like decker is a big one with that offensive line that seems to just golf doesn't get touched every single week pretty much so yeah it's stay healthy continue to win games convincingly and then just keep marching on to that one seed and get that by yeah colts on the other hand lose for the fourth time in five games richardson stats don't pop out at you at this one but this was This was a perfect AR apology, you know is his apology game, and in the sense that they had a lot of drops. like it was He actually played pretty well in this game. They still really couldn't cash in in the red zone, but I will give him the benefit of a lot of drops.
01:03:14
Speaker
Um, bucks, 30 giant six, seriously, not much to say about this game, uh, except bucks, five and a half is up there with commanders minus three against the Browns earlier this year for easiest layups of the season. Uh, that was an insane, insane spread Baker Mayfield's hidden Italian celebrations, anti Italian discrimination. And Zloni was sticking out for sticking up for you there. You see, I liked that. I liked that. Uh, he was blocking downfield.
01:03:43
Speaker
the The one thing this game produced was a lot of takes. Hey guys, the Giants aren't trying to win games. like I don't know why people were being like, oh wow, look at how it is without DJ. It's like, yeah, this is exactly what they wanted, man. It's the reason Drew Lock's not starting. like Drew Lock is one of those quarterbacks that he's good for a win. Maybe too, if he gets hot and plays a team, like maybe the Cowboys or whatever.
01:04:08
Speaker
Tommy DeVito, that shine was wore off last year. like there's There's no more shine left on Tommy DeVito. They're still a little bit on Drew Lock, but they're not starting him because they know he gives them a little bit of a chance. Tommy DeVito gives you no chance. Malik Neighbors is like just... He's embracing the wide receiver one roll. You got to love it, but it's tough to do that in in New York when you don't have a quarterback throwing you the ball. You've had two concussions this year.
01:04:37
Speaker
It's a mess in New York and then obviously you know the Saquon stuff you just must be hating that if you're a Giants fan Nothing's really going right for you right now But you can hold out hope that you can get the number one overall pick and I think that's all The organization everyone basically but the players I think is focused on getting the number one overall pick I think the players are trying to win. They're just not good enough to yeah, it's We texted about this a bit I I've almost come around the circle on the like everyone is dunking on the Giants I think it's partially because it was so out there with hard knocks and we saw how the sausage was made essentially
01:05:13
Speaker
If it was, if we didn't see any of that, like I think there would be a lot less of dunking on the Giants, but it's like Tyron Tracy has been fantastic this year. And I don't know what, you know, three years of Saquon does for this team. If, if he does, if they do re resign him and they're clearly trying to rebuild. But then again, you gave all that money to Daniel Jones. Like they lose the benefit of the doubt there, but I think people are dunking just a tiny bit too hard on the Giants for that.
01:05:43
Speaker
Yeah, I'm with you. it's It's not the Giants fault. I was just more thinking like the fans would be like they're pissed, especially with the Eagles. I think that is the the worst part. If you could do it all over again, I'm sure they would have either given him the money or maybe traded him the year before he was a free agent to get something in return. But yeah, man, there's been some questionable decisions going on in New York for for a bit with this you know regime that they've got going on.
01:06:08
Speaker
We'll see. Like this is basically their last hope. It looks like they're going to keep ah the general manager, keep table and, you know, prop. Like I'm assuming they're drafting a quarterback in the first round with whatever pick they have. And and that's just the last ditch effort for them. We'll see how it goes like that. That's where they're at right now.
01:06:25
Speaker
Absolutely. Some ridiculous gum chewing from Malik neighbors in that postgame press conference. Also, I could just hear the the public relations guy fighting for his life behind him there. He's like, all right, guys, two more questions like he just wanted him to shut the hell up. um But we'll move to dolphins. Thirty four Patriots, fifteen, another scheduled win for the Dolphins. We said it would be and it had to be and it went exactly to plan to continues to be the Patriots daddy.
01:06:53
Speaker
7-0 career record versus New England. Undefeated, never lost. 1,600 yards, 11 touchdowns, 98 passer rating against the Pats. Truly love when the Dolphins smash the Patriots. Antua just owns that franchise. Waddles back in business, 144 yards, a touchdown. Jonu Smith's a monster, 87 yards, touchdown. Miami's defense made drakeleys May's life hell.
01:07:21
Speaker
ah Yeah, great great game from the Dolphins. Borderline perfect, right? It was just like like you said, it was a scheduled win, so you know you don't want to overact too much. But when you get waddle going, you got Johnny Smith going like you you didn't even we didn't even talk about Tyreke who didn't even need to play in this game. It felt like they just dominated this offense is back to where it was last year at the start of this year. It's really unfortunate, like you know, obviously with the two of us, but hey man, this is a team that's still fighting. They clearly know that they can make the playoffs and that's what they're trying to do. yeah It's just you.
01:07:55
Speaker
The best thing you have going for you right now is that the Chargers and Broncos, I believe, have to play at least once, maybe twice. So, you know, they can kind of cannibalize themselves. But the Dolphins are a team that you don't want to play right now. Big one on Thanksgiving on the road is it it's it's such a proven game for the Dolphins. If they can go into Lambo, find a way to win it, especially if they do it in like the style they did against the Patriots, like a statement when you win by two scores.
01:08:23
Speaker
If you're not paying attention to the dolphins now, that will definitely get your attention. As big of a test as you could possibly draw up. Cold weather game. Thanksgiving night. Tua said he's excited to kill narratives. Cold weather win in prime time over the Packers would hit like crack. ah That is like, I'm dying for it, man. Tua's got to have the Shiesty on again. Yeah. It's dude. It's, this is the game that you're living for. It's nice that you actually like they had, they didn't roll over. I think that's the most, I think I've learned about it and I think I've given McDaniel more respect for getting his team off the mat with Tua back.
01:09:03
Speaker
and yeah man just like keep it rolling and i think if they do lose i mean if they do it doesn't matter i like it this is one like i said it's like you can use one of them it's tough to run the table but it's just you know we said it you have to only find a way to get your scheduled wins And then only find a way to lose two out of the three to the Packers, 49ers and Texans. And as it stands right now, I hold the Packers a lot higher than those two other teams that I just mentioned. So if they can find a way to steal this one, Damien, it's the playoffs are real and and not like they aren't now, but they're really real. They really are. And and we need the next team to start losing some fucking games. Denver, 29, Vegas, 19.
01:09:46
Speaker
They continue to not lose games. Yes, this is the Raiders, but now they sit two games ahead in the last wild card spot. just You're right about that, Chargers. I'm really hoping the Chargers just take care of business in those games. I'd much rather see the Chargers win because I think they are going to keep Steam ah if they win those games. Whereas if Denver wins them, I think that they are just solidified almost for that last wild card spot.
01:10:10
Speaker
Bo Nicks 25 for 42 42 is insane, dude That's my only thing about the Broncos at some point. The lack of rushing has to bite them in the ass, right? Like 63 total rushing yards Jalil McLaughlin is your leading rusher with 44 yards Javon T. Williams 8 carries minus 2 yards like at some point that has to change and that's why it was never buying in on the Broncos like at the start of the season and then now Bo Nix is kind of really taking it up another level whereas like their defense isn't winning them as many games as they once were and now Bo Nix is going out there and single-handedly winning them games with Courtland Sutton
01:10:51
Speaker
You know, they got the Von Vele in there like yeah they're pulling out these receivers out of nowhere. I know they're rookies, but they still can't find a way to run the ball. And they got three running backs now that they're basically like someone that anyone please someone take the take the reins and be our starting running back. And it's like, man, maybe they just should start running Wildcat with Bo Nix because he's the only like guy on this offense. Like it feels like he's taken it into his own hands here. He's trying to will them to the playoffs.
01:11:19
Speaker
They got a tough schedule. They only played the charges once. I just had to take a look at it just to make sure like they still have to play the Chiefs. They got a tough one in there against the Bengals. And then, you know, who knows what happens with the Browns and the Colts, especially if you can't run the ball against those two teams. Those are like physical football teams and they have a buy mixed in as well.
01:11:38
Speaker
This is a team that's like you said, they haven't shown signs that they're going to, you know, fall apart down the stretch where I was kind of skeptical of what this Broncos team was. They kind of continue to prove me wrong. And like I said, it is the Raiders, but they did it in a pretty convincing fashion. And Bo Nix continues to look good in his offensive rookie of the year campaign.
01:11:59
Speaker
He really does, and he's only gaining steam now, especially especially with that commander's loss. I think i think ah Brock Bowers took a bit of a hit, too. I think he's like plus 3,000 now. So maybe I'm still holding out hope for that one. um But the Raiders are just praying for the offseason. Out two top running backs, out two starters at corner, two on the defensive line, one at safety.
Raiders' Quarterback Dilemma
01:12:23
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Gardner Minshew breaks his collarbone in this one.
01:12:26
Speaker
They lose seven in a row, sit third overall in tankathon, like they are just dying for this season to end. Yeah, Desmond Ritter is going to be finishing this season. It looks like as the Vegas Raiders quarterback, that's horrible. Like there's no like Desmond Ritter should never be taking starting quarterback snaps in this s league. This is his third team and I believe three years, maybe four. But yeah, it's not a good situation for the Raiders. They're going head to head with the Giants ah for that first overall pick. It feels like the Titans with that win kind of
01:12:57
Speaker
they elevated out of that group. But yeah, it's it's between those two teams. And I think the Jags, if they can find a way to get Trevor Lawrence back, they'll be out of there. So for me, it's it's these two teams that are fighting for the first overall pick. And I kind of like Desmond Ritter, first Tommy DeVito, like it's the same level of horribleness at quarterback. And ah we'll just see who the worst team, the worst team, may the worst team win. That's basically what happens here.
NFL Week 13 Predictions: Betting Insights
01:13:22
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perfect way to put it and that will do it for our week twelve recap we will now move into week thirteen picks i was nineteen and fourteen i went two and one i am now twenty one and fifteen Patrick was 16 and 17 went one and two now 17 and 19. I've now slipped out of that three into four. Uh, the Rams really sold you there. That was a tough one. Um, but I keep serve here and we mentioned it earlier, especially with you saying that, you know, you think Purdy is going to be out. I'm going with the bills six and a half here. I think that is a low, low spread against,
01:14:03
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especially at home, like maybe if this game was in San Francisco, but and the books are still giving a lot of credence to this 49ers team and I'm I'm expecting the bills to stomp on their throats here.
01:14:15
Speaker
It's a good pick. Um, and also, yeah, like if you're, you know, listening to these picks start tailing Damien because he is consistently winning on a weekly basis. I'm not going to panic yet. We still got some, you know, times to go, some time to go, but Damien is not, he's just, you're not giving me these one and two, oh, and three weeks, man. I can't even, even if I am winning, you're not letting me gain. Um, I'm, I'm actually just doing that all because I don't have a pick right now.
01:14:41
Speaker
I'm going with the Raiders. yeah we You touched on a little bit. I looked at it. Yeah, it moved to 12 and a half. It's disgusting. I just spent the last segment ah ripping on Desmond Ritter. But the like you said, the Chiefs, all they do is play one score games. This can even be a two score game. And I can still cover, um just find a way for the Raiders to hopefully get a back door here. Maybe the Chiefs take their foot off the gas in the fourth quarter. It's ugly, but 12 and a half is a lot of points.
01:15:07
Speaker
Yeah, it was 13 and a half yesterday. Moved to 12 and a half. you Got it like that. um I am going to go. man there's some there's some picks out there this week there is this is a tough week to pick i i found a lot of weird like head scratchers i'm uh i struggle because i i've been picking a lot of close spreads lately and i'm always on the wrong side of these close spreads so and there's just so many this week and i'm that's why i just i can't like i'm not decisive this week and it's that's not good maybe it is
01:15:37
Speaker
Yeah, I feel that I'm going to go. I have one that maybe if you don't pick it, I'll take, but I'm going to go Titans five and a half here as dogs against the commanders. I think that Titans showed me enough to make this a close enough game. I would love it at six and a half, maybe even seven and a half, but I will take it at five and a half.
01:15:58
Speaker
Yeah, I'm going to go. ah Yeah, don't think just fire Buccaneers minus six and a half. I think they're catching fire. um You know, they're on the road in divisional game, but I just think this is a team that knows they need to win games, getting the playoffs. And I think they kind of want to send a message maybe to the Panthers. They need these division wins. Remember, they're 0 and 2 against the Falcons. So I think there's going to be a high sense of high sense of urgency for the box this week.
01:16:23
Speaker
ah Man, i i I hear you on these close spreads because I feel like they are the real tough ones here the past few weeks. I'm going to take the cheese here. Seahawks minus one and a half against the Jets. Something terrifies me about that spread being so low after the Seahawks get a big win. But it's every week. It's every week with the Jets. don't and know yeah that That was going to be mine, but it was just like,
01:16:51
Speaker
It's the Jets don't let them mess with your head. I stay strong with that peg. Yeah, you've been beating them. Yeah ah I'm gonna go my last one Yeah, this is a ah one in doubt. I would ah I'm very upset. It didn't go to three I was just waiting on it waiting on it go to three go to three go to three It hasn't but I'll take the Steelers on the road plus two and a half I just think coming off ah a bad loss to the Browns like that on a mini buy and It's it's weird. It's mini buy versus a full-on buy and this one So we'll see that it's a battle of the buys this week in the AFC North in Cincinnati and I'll take the Steelers Yeah, I looked long and hard at the Bengals, but I hate it at Two and a half like i I just don't trust the Bengals. I I Didn't trust the Steelers at two and a half here just because of that Browns game But I this is a classic I wouldn't be surprised if this was a one-point game.
01:17:43
Speaker
Yeah, exactly. And so I always just find a way to take the the points when the Steelers play AFC North matchups. Even last week, I wanted it I should have taken the Browns. I talked myself out of that one. I should have taken them. You should have. But that will do it for our week 13 picks here. Going to take a quick break and we will come back.
01:18:02
Speaker
with a little college football catch up. We talked about it and now it's here. Things are really ramping up in college football. So come back after this and get your fix of college football. All right, welcome back to some college football catch up. We are going to do this in a couple of different ways. We're going to start here with the winners and losers from week 13. Crazy, crazy week in college football.
01:18:31
Speaker
We're going to go through the winners and losers. Then we're going to do a little bit of Heisman talk and then we're going to do a little bit of playoff talk here. I will start off here with my first winner here. There's a lot to choose from. I'm going to start though with the Auburn Tigers.
01:18:49
Speaker
ah been a sad season for Auburn fans. For the Auburn program, for Hugh Freeze, there hasn't been much to cheer about as an Auburn fan this year, 6 losses, but a 4th overtime win against an SEC opponent in the Texas A and&M Aggies has to feel good. They avoid
College Football Week 13 Highlights
01:19:08
Speaker
a twenty one blowing a 21-0 lead. This is the biggest win of the season for Freeze and for Auburn. They have blown double-digit leads before this season, namely Oklahoma and Missouri. um Not this time. They force overtime with a 29-yard field goal with five seconds left. They trade touchdowns in overtime. They trade field goals in overtime. Then we get that beautiful college football two-point conversion off. Love it. When Auburn scores on their two-point conversion and then
01:19:36
Speaker
A and&M, I mean, I'm not even going to name the receiver. I don't have his name down here, but he could be a loser in his own this week. Dropped one of the easiest passes I've ever seen ah to lose the game. They rushed the field after. um jarquez Jarquez Hunter, amazing name. 28 rushes, 130 yards, three touchdowns. Peyton Thornton, 301, two touchdowns. Big win for the Tigers. Massive win for the Tigers. it was Just a chaotic day. What a great time for us. Like start talking college football because it was pretty kind of chalk up until this week, really. And things just have unraveled and, you know, we'll get to the playoff talk. But leading up to this week, there's a lot of discussion about, you know, who's going to go where, who's going to how many SEC team, how to be like it always finds a way to kind of figure itself out, especially with 12 team playoffs. And I think we saw that a lot this week. ah My winner
01:20:31
Speaker
Might be an off the radar one, but Penn State is my big winner. wow We know what happened in the Ohio State-Indiana game. Ohio State took care of business. If that result was flipped, I think Penn State was is ah the biggest loser of the week because they have no resume to stand on. And if they went ah to they were on the road at Minnesota, they won in a one score game, they found a way to lose that one and Indiana beat Ohio State.
01:20:57
Speaker
I in Penn State is no case to stand on in the playoff. They have no big wins. They're hanging their hat on an at home loss, which is never good. And now they'll get away with it because now Ohio State it has another top five win. And that's like that is a good loss to have. But if this if that result was flipped, Penn State is one of those teams that has been flying under the radar with no resume. And I think they seriously would have been pushed back into like a fringe playoff spot.
01:21:25
Speaker
I think they still would have given them the benefit of the doubt with a one loss big 10 team, but you just, they, so they survived and stayed out of a spot that you really didn't want to be in. And credit to James Franklin took a lot of guts for that fake pint call for Tyler Warren to take for the first down, won them the game. So yes, my winner this week is Penn state.
01:21:43
Speaker
It was close there for a while, too. I kept kept going back to that game just to check in, just to see if Penn State was really going to blow it there. But yeah, that one, people will say, you know, you only beat Minnesota by, you know, one score. They're on the road. They don't really care how they win that game. I think it was more important that Indiana lost that game more than anything. um My second winner is the Fighting Illini.
01:22:07
Speaker
Illinois normally a win against an unranked for lost Rutgers isn't gonna get you in the winners category But it was how they did it. That was so cool down 31 30 they kick a desperation 58 yard field goal. Greg Schiano for Rutgers calls a timeout after he kicks the ball, which is like, you can't do that. Like it it goes wide left and also falls about 15 yards short. So Brett Bielema realizes that the field goal has absolutely no chance, calls for a play to hit a receiver who is supposed to go down and then they rush up to the line, spike it, kick a shorter field goal.
01:22:46
Speaker
And then receiver Pat Bryant, who wins big balls of the week award, catches the pass at the 22, says, fuck it, calls his own audible and then runs all the way across the field for a game winning touchdown with four seconds left. That was that was so sick. And of course, like Rutgers, like Rutgers would find a way to lose this game off Chiano, just kind of being a bit of an idiot there. That's such a sad loss for Rutgers and what like And then, you know, it's quick college basketball and they're a team that's ranked. They got the top. They're going to have two of the top three picks in the NBA coming up this year. And they went on the road to Kennesaw State and lost outright you in a homecoming game for Ace Bailey. So yeah, bad weekend for Rutgers sports. My second winner, we're going to head to the big 12, Damian, and I'm going to go with the Arizona State Sun Devils.
01:23:39
Speaker
in a wild one. this This is as wild of a game as you will see. um Arizona's up. they All they have to do is just run out the clock, take a couple of knees, do their thing. their Their first thing, or I believe it started with second and goal.
01:23:54
Speaker
quarterback just starts running backwards run it just catch the snap and starts running towards his own end zone gets sacked for about a 23 yard loss clocks running clocks running clocks running third and goal same kind of thing only a 10 yard loss this time clock still running And then they take the final s stop on the fourth in goal and goal. And you know what? It would have made sense to do it one more time. If you started on that path, all you had to do was one more time because there was less than 10 seconds remaining when he took the snap. But instead, I guess the court, it was like a basketball situation where you pull off the upset, you win the championship, you throw it in the air, there was it in the air and it goes out of bounds and the refs called it that called the game over.
01:24:36
Speaker
Students storm the field. They tear the goal post down, but wait, they got to review it. There was two seconds left on the clock. They had to clear everyone off. The students are trying to put the goal post back on. They ended up winning. And now for me, why they're the winner of this week, they control the big 12. The big 12 has, they they didn't know if there was going to be even a big 12 bid in this playoff. I believe Arizona state, you will see them in the in ah The top twelve as of tonight we're recording this tuesday afternoon the the playoff committee will come out with their standings Tuesday night i think arizona state now has the best chance at getting the big twelve into the playoffs so they're my big winner this weekend they were big winners it sucks that we have to do this on tuesday's because
01:25:20
Speaker
It's gonna be tough to do playoff talk to later on in this episode where we don't know who's gonna get ranked where um But I expect the the committee to reward Arizona State a bit. My last winner here is the Notre Dame Fighting Irish Hate kind of pisses me off to put them here, but the the fighting Irish were certainly winners. They took a apart a previously unbeaten army, 49-14, ninth straight win at Yankee Stadium. They now have four wins against current ranked opponents, A and&M, Louisville, Navy, Army. um and you know they I am not a fan of the NIU loss and that getting swept under the rug as anybody else isn't.
01:26:02
Speaker
um But they have kind of righted the ship in a season where no team is that like perfect undefeated that that huge you know powerhouse other than you know, Oregon but obviously Oregon has the problems of their own and Um, they have kind of righted the ship in a way that makes you believe in them. Jeremiah love 267 yards and four touchdowns in his last two games. TD runs of 76 and 68 yards in those last two games. They can't earn a first
College Football Playoff Contenders
01:26:31
Speaker
round by as an independent can't win a conference title. Um, but a first round home game though, is their best case scenario. And they're just giving that they're putting enough on paper to make people slowly, slowly forget about that loss.
01:26:45
Speaker
Yeah, yeah, they have. And like you know obviously, that NIU loss, I will stand on the take that you want to lose a game earlier in the season, as opposed to later, because it just gives you more time to right the ship, like you mentioned, and Notre Dame has. And they're they're in the playoffs. They play USC, barring a USC loss. I think if they do lose to USC this weekend, they they they don't have anything to stand on yeah if you lose that game. yeah But if they take care of business, their favorites, they're in the playoffs, absolutely.
01:27:14
Speaker
My last winner, and know i've just I'm thinking on grand scale when I'm thinking this, my winner is the ACC, the Coastal Conference, baby. baby yeah they were They were in a dire spot head against this week where they were going to get an automatic bid champion, but they were going to be a one-bid conference.
01:27:33
Speaker
With you, well I'm sure we'll have a couple of the losers. I'm not going to mention the teams, but with all the the chaos that unfolded on Saturday, the ACC, I would say is guaranteed two teams and possibly a third, depending on what happens with Clemson, South Carolina this weekend, because you're going to have SMU.
01:27:51
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And probably my AME, if they take care of business against Syracuse in the ACC championship game, what both those teams will probably get in. And then I think you might have an argument for three ACC teams in the playoffs when before this week, it was like, you're going to have one and you're going to be, you're going to like it. you like you're gonna You're not going to be complaining about it. Like you, you only deserve one team. yeah Now it's like, okay, things have opened up for the ACC. So they're my big winner. I agreed. It was a huge weekend for them.
01:28:19
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big up on the ACC, big down. Boom and doom on the ACC and the SEC. Over to the losers, and of which there were plenty. um Six of the top 16 teams in the selection committee rankings lost in week 13, four of those losses came against unranked opponents. So there is plenty, plenty of material here for losers. I'm going to go a bit more um conceptual with my first loser. It's field stormings. You mentioned it earlier. Arizona storms the field early against BYU. The entire field floods. the The goal posts go down. The refs make them vacate. It takes like 20 minutes. They have to play the last second of the game. BYU actually catches the Hail Mary afterwards too. they They came up short, but the fact that they caught it was insane because
01:29:12
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that would've been so funny. ah This kind of doubles as BYU being a loser, now back to back losses, ASU in Kansas. um But Cam Scadibo, one of my favorite names, called it football, three touchdowns, 147 yards, he's nasty. That was the first one. Second one, Oklahoma beats number seven, Alabama, 24 to three,
01:29:33
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Fans rushed the field with 28 seconds left in this game. i Again, to be clear, or the the field had to be cleared again. um Sooners take a knee and kill the clock. The fans immediately return. 10-minute party on the field afterwards. I get it. I get the kids being excited. They're kids. They're just kids. But 28 seconds is fucking outrageous. ah At least both field stormings were well-deserved. But let's have some decency here.
01:30:00
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I would say once a lot more deserved than the other and that's the Arizona state. They deserve it because now they're in the driver's seat to win their conference. Oklahoma basically stormed the field to be bowl eligible. that that is That is what happened out there and they were and they they it's been so long since they've stormed the field that they did it 30 seconds too early. So Oklahoma, how far they've fallen. That that was a really tough look for them. Also, the the fan who tried to storm the field that Arrow had and then just got immediately arrested Oh, someone just goes, this isn't at a fell field. You can't do that, man. It's not college anymore. That was good. Also pretty cool that they played it at Arrowhead. And that leads to my first loser, the Colorado Buffaloes.
01:30:39
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I might get called a hater, that's that's fine by me. I think Colorado was over exceeding expectations all year long, but i they were in a point where they controlled their own destiny and they had ah they had a path to the playoff. If they won out, they were going to be in the big 12 title game. And if you won the big 12 title game, you weren't guaranteed a spot, but you had a pretty good argument at getting in. And I'm sure the committee was going to look at Shader Sanders and Travis Hunter and that I'm almost would say certainly would have ah factored into them making the playoff. But they lost and they lost by a decent amount to Kansas. They were favored. And I know Kansas's record is not going to jump off the screen at you. But in the second half of the season, you could argue they have been one of if not the best team in the Big 12. They've got things going. I hated the the bold red and in bold blue uniforms. I didn't like the look of it.
01:31:33
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but they took care of business, uh, add arrowhead against Colorado and basically just ended their season. So for me, Colorado Valley, an effort, you, you are a much more legit team than you were last season. And I think there's things to improve on, but I can't wait to see the off season chaos with Shader and Travis going to the league and just to see what happens with Dion without his kids on that team.
01:31:55
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and they got dominated dude 530 yards on offense for Kansas 330 yards rushing 40 minutes time of possession they scored on every possession but their last 17 nothing lead they become the first team in FBS history with a losing record to win three straight games during versus ranked opponents Like, now the Buffalo's like, they need to beat Oklahoma State next week and then hope everything falls in their way to play for a ah conference title. And they now sit fourth in conference standings. Shudder Sanders is pushing refs. He's getting his knee blown out. Just overall a terrible, terrible Saturday for Colorado.
01:32:38
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that hit was insane and with no flag thrown it was it was like a one mississippi two mississippi and then just a flying torpedo at shudur's knee and he does like a back flip lands on like the back of his neck his his his legs are going inverted he was like at a pretzel That kid, the, you know, say what you want, but Shadera Sanders has taken some massive hits this season and he has, you know, bounced back. He's one of the toughest like players. And that's why I think he will, like, that's why I think and they look at him as like an NFL quarterback. Yeah, I agree. Um, my second loser will be the Ole Miss Rebels, Patrick. Remember in our college football preview when we basically outlined how Ole Miss had a path to the one seed?
01:33:24
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And it was like obviously they dropped one or two early but they stay was it was a layup after they won last week to the playoff and take it away and now It is like ninety nine point nine nine percent that they are knocked out of playoff contention They come in as ten-point favorites they needed to avoid upset losses against Florida and Mississippi State to stay in the playoffs and now the best case scenario for them is to finish nine and three and and hope that the eventual SEC champion is Georgia, who you have the win over. But now it's like, they have just fumbled fuck this entire season away from themselves. They have nothing, Jackson Dart throws two interceptions on the last two plays for, or the last two drives for Ole Miss. He was so fucking bad in this game. And one was overturned, it was almost three, that was, he self-destructed, that was so sad. Three interceptions, one of them should, one of them overturned, but it very well could have been three.
01:34:19
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ah They failed to score in three trips inside of the red zone. They had three drops that probably would have been touchdowns. Three starters go out with injury. it is just an inexcusable loss yes florida has come back they beat lsu the saturday before but man like this is one that keeps you up at night if you're anybody on that staff or a player yeah like oh miss man they only had like one top top 10 win going into it and then i just can't believe that you have three bad losses now
01:34:50
Speaker
Which a bad loss in college football is considered when you lose to a team that is outside the top 25. They've lost to three, so they really have no argument to stand on. And the other team with three losses from the SEC that will be looking for anything and begging. And unfortunately, they won't have Nick Saban doing public statement announcements to get his team into the playoff this year. That is the Alabama Crimson Tide getting absolutely smoked.
01:35:17
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by the Oklahoma Sooners 24 to 3 Damien touched on a little bit with this field storming. That is one of the most pathetic efforts I've ever seen from Alabama in my life in my life. 24 to 3 you don't score a touchdown and you know yeah they've played a pretty tough schedule overall. I think definitely tougher than Ole Miss like they have four top 25 wins, but with three losses Damien in a loss like that that is a.
01:35:44
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I struggle. I struggle because ah Ole Miss had a brutal loss of Kentucky earlier, but I think this loss is is just as bad, if not worse, because you don't score a touchdown. Oklahoma now gets their sixth win. It's just, to me, they're that they hold the same value. They both have three losses. I don't think either of these two teams should get into the playoff.
01:36:06
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But Alabama is going to be screaming from the rooftops. I know they are. And I really hope that the can we'll get into it after. But I just hope that they're not swindled by what Alabama used to be. And they look at what they currently are because Jalen Milrow, if he can't run and make something happen with his legs, he is one of the most chaotic throwers. And his his arm is all over the place. And his decision making lacks ah like a lot.
01:36:34
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And yeah, they they are my biggest loser because they had once again, all all the ah all these SEC teams before this week saying we should have four, we should have five, we should have six teams in the playoffs. Well, you'll be lucky to have three now. And like it's just what a fall from grace for the SEC. But that doesn't appear to have any elite teams to me this season. And Alabama is my loser, losing 24 to three to Oklahoma.
01:37:00
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It was so embarrassing on so many different ways, so many different levels. Now, Jalen Milrose talking shit ahead of the iron pole. like It's like, all right, yeah, go ahead. Go beat up on Auburn this week. Feel good about yourself. I don't mind Auburn in that one. I really don't. Yeah, and yeah, hilarious in this.
01:37:18
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season to have like Auburn as a winner on a week and in Alabama as a loser in week 13 like only college football would give you that My last loser here. I'll do it because you don't want to do it. ah It's the Indiana Hoosiers, man Bad, bad week for the Hoosiers. They rip off a 10-0 start. Everybody was looking forward to this one. I was looking forward to this game for like three weeks. um and like Could this be in a Cinderella story? Will this end in a Big Ten championship game? In short, no, it doesn't. The afternoon started very well for them. They they go down, score a touchdown on their opening drive.
01:37:57
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And then Ohio State just clamped down on them. You could tell very early ah that the Indiana defense was going to give out that Ohio State was just going to wear them out down the line here. And that's exactly what happened. 38-15 loss, a little bit of scoreboard makeup on at the end there. um But there there was never a doubt after Ohio State came back and started scoring that they were going to lose this game.
01:38:20
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Yeah man, i and I don't want to take too much away from Indiana. These are two teams on two very different levels. I think Indiana has had a hell of a season and I don't think they should be docked too much for a loss like this on the road at Ohio State.
01:38:37
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But it was pretty clear to me that there was one team filled with a bunch of guys that are going to the NFL and then one just good, good football team. Not, not great, not elite. They're just good. And that's fine. Cause you know, who knows what signet he's going to build there. He came off as a pompous ass to me in just the Google me.
01:38:54
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all this stuff he thinks he's like some hero welcome to the big leagues pal like this isn't the Sunbelt this isn't JMU like this is real college football and you've kind of skated by with an easy schedule all year it was nice for him to get a reality check I I signeti rose up my power rankings in dislike coaches this past week um my last loser I was going to do A and&M, but you kind of mentioned it with Auburn as your winner. So I'm going to go off the board. We're going to go to college or Canadian college football. The Laurier Golden Hawks, big old loser this week. ah Just they had everything in front of them. An undefeated season. The the MVP of U Sports at quarterback, slight favorite in the in the Vanier. I thought it was I thought it was a mistake. They're one and a half points. I was like, should have making it three and a half, four, four and a half.
01:39:43
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They got manhandled. They got manhandled on in both sides of the trenches. Elgryzma was throwing tantrums on the sideline. It was not good. And yeah, LaValle went out there and they beat them with six field goals and two safeties. And Laurier just kind of looked just disorganized. didn't Maybe the worst game they've had, actually, yes, definitely the worst game they've had all year. But LaValle was the better team in that matchup. They dominated the time of possession, had the ball the entire time. And yeah, the Laurier Golden Hawks Who knows when a team like that is going to get back to the position that they were in. So, yeah, it was was
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01:40:16
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tough. But congrats to the Laval Rouge or Glenn Constantine, the goat, 12 and eight cups. So, yeah, hats off to them. But, yeah, Laurie is my last loser of the college football weekend. And they got out coach like a motherfucker in that game, man, especially late in the fourth quarter, like it
01:40:34
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They're some of their play calling was such a head scratcher when they kick the ball back to Laurier with a minute 38 left. I was shocked. Shocked Patrick. Yeah, man. they It was it was they didn't run the ball at times and then it was just I yeah, it was bad. I was frustrated. It was there was just you know,
01:40:53
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I thought when they came out in the second half and they got the big splash plays, I was less like, yes. Cause they, they, that they have been a team that has made the proper halftime adjustments all year long and they've always looked better in the second half. And I'm thinking perfect. So defense did the, the Laurier defense was excellent in this game. Laura Lavelle had the ball the entire time and they just kept them out of the end zone. It kept the team in it. Then the offense just continues to let them down. The play calling was bad.
01:41:19
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It was disappointing, but hey, man, hats off to a good season to the Laurier Golden Hawks and who knows, hopefully they'll be back. But ah yeah, very, very disappointing loss. Interesting, or I'm interested to see where Elgirzma goes in the CFL draft. So yeah, definitely something to keep an eye on there. That game could not have helped, you know, hawk I'll tell you that much. No, it could not have. um We will go quickly here to some Heisman watch and debate.
01:41:44
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The debate capturing the nation Ashton Ginty running back at Boise State is plus 550 and Travis Hunter cornerback wide receiver at Colorado is minus 850 and I think it's crazy what is happening right now because If you stack up any of the stats, if you look at the comparison whatsoever, I think this should be clear as day who the Heisman is. And I think the Colorado hype train is doing a lot of work here. And I think that Gente is going to get screwed out of a Heisman for a historic college football season. What do you make of it?
01:42:20
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I don't know if this is controversial, what I'm going to say, whatever, but this is possibly the worst Heisman race I've ever seen. Yeah. Maybe ever. There's no quarterbacks in the race. There's no one from an elite team that has a chance of winning the national title. You're going to grab a guy that is bringing for the first time I think ever. And I've seen dual Charles Woodson, Jabril Peppers, these guys who have gone and played multiple positions. First time I've ever seen snaps being brought brought into the conversation for Heisman. And then Ashton Gente, unfortunately, plays for Boise State, who is a group of five team and plays games at midnight. Like you don't get to watch either of them really play. And I got, I got no pulse on this conversation. I would have thought with Colorado's loss, his odds would have taken a massive, massive hit. because They're not too and not getting into the college football playoff. Boise State probably is.
01:43:11
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and might have a buy, which sounds insane. So yeah, I do think the odds should be much closer than they are. But to me, if we're being completely honest, Damien, and this is a safe space with you and I, I have no interest in this Heisman race. This is like, I don't, need I won't watch the ceremony. I don't know who the third person they're going to invite to the ceremony is. I, this has, this has no juice. this i Dylan Gabriel get a pity invite, but I think it's a dangerous precedent that Jane Daniels and Caleb Williams said, if we're being honest, because you would go through it and you'd be like, when else would a Heisman winner come from a team that is missing their conference championship game? Who isn't in any sort of playoff contention? You go, oh, wait, it happened the last two years. So it's like, that's where this comes from. I think that is the precedent that got said here. I also thought that that Colorado losing would make them take a big hit.
01:44:03
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And I think the only thing to say about Gente in the Mountain West debate is they lost to Oregon by a field goal. Gente had 192 yards and three touchdowns against the best team in the country. So if you want to say he's playing bad competition.
01:44:18
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He had a fucking amazing game against the best team in the country. The Big 12 and the Mountain West Conference are going to have the exact same amount of teams in the playoff, and the Mountain West Conference is going to get the buy, and the Big 12 won't. Exactly. So if you're if we're going to talk about strength of schedule, all that stuff, that's fine. Colorado has had a pretty easy schedule in the Big 12. They haven't had to play BYU. They haven't had to play Arizona State. like They've avoided the they got the teams that are leading that conference. They had a direct
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01:44:44
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path.
01:44:44
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to the to the playoff to the conference title game, which I thought would have absolutely guaranteed a Travis Hunter Heisman. My biggest thing with Travis Hunter is I believe he's great on both sides. He plays a ton of the game. hes His stamina and athleticism is off the charts.
01:45:01
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to me he doesn't do either at the most exceptional possible level where is like gente is gonna go break records from berry sanders not like a donald pump free like one of those san diego state guys who just hold all the the legacy yeah rushing yards he's gonna go break berry sanders his record or at least come extremely close to Yeah, I do think the conversation should be closer. Like, Genti, I'm looking at the stats to be like basically his top three or leads in every single stat that he is in. Yeah. And then Hunter is top 10 in only two and it's receptions and receiving touchdowns. That should be the end of the conversation to me. He is good and not great great or the best as a wide receiver. Like it's
01:45:49
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gente first in rush attempts yards yards from scrimmage rushing tds tds from scrimmage total tds total points it's insane if he gets 125 next week which he's gotten in 11 straight games He will move into eighth all-time in single-season rushing yards at 12 games. Two TDs next week would move him to sixth all-time in single season. Running backs in college football history with 2,000 yards rushing and 25 rushing TDs in 11 games is Ricky Williams, Barry Sanders, and Ashton Genty. Both of those other guys are Heisman winners. like it's It's really mind-boggling when you look at the stats here.
01:46:29
Speaker
I agree. But and like I said, like, where's the third name coming in here? Well, how is no one else getting into this conversation? The the quarterbacks of the best teams like it's all in and you brought up a good point with Jane Daniels and Kay Williams. The one thing I'll give those guys is at least it was a four team playoff that they didn't make. If you can't make a 12 team playoff.
01:46:49
Speaker
and you're youre you were playing the entire game for your team so you're definitely the best player and i'll give him that he's the most talented player on colorado doesn't mean you're the best player in the country it means you're you're extremely athletic and you're probably gonna go top five maybe top 10 in the nfl draft and who knows so that's gonna go but i just i don't know i i think I'm just disinterested in it i'll be honest with you i'm more like focus on national championship in the playoffs as a whole as opposed to heisman this year but i think it would be a great story for ashton gente out of the midwest conference to set records and when heisman trophy agreed will keep an eye on it ah it'll be interesting like
01:47:29
Speaker
ah it If Colorado loses to Oklahoma State, I don't think they will. But if they lose and he's still the favorite, it it is absolutely a rig job we've got on our hands. um We will move last year to a look ahead at the playoffs, some playoff talk. Obviously, this is hard when the new selections are going to be made tonight. um But like I said earlier, six of the top 16 teams in the rankings lost in week 13 for those losses coming against unranked opponents.
01:47:58
Speaker
SEC took one of the bigger hits, number seven Alabama, number nine Ole Miss, number 15 Texas A and&M, all lost road games to unranked opponents. So the way I want to do this is we'll start with buys, right?
01:48:12
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And I think that the the first buy is up, still up for grabs. Like it is Oregon's to lose, right? If Oregon has it or, or I don't think if they're losing the big 10 championship to Ohio state, they still have it. It's going to be whoever wins the big 10 is going to be the one. So you have to put Oregon there because they are right now it's Oregon.
01:48:32
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Number two right now is Texas, which if you look at their wins, they have a hilarious group of like their big wins are Vanderbilt and Arkansas. I think Texas is like.
01:48:43
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scraping by here. I almost put them in my winner because like they just survived the SEC madness. Exactly. And like you said, yeah I had them in Penn State as just hiding in plain sight. like These are two teams that are, they they're seated where they are because of a preseason ranking when before they even played a game. I think they're both fine. I do think they're both playoff caliber teams.
01:49:04
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But if they lost one more game each, it's like, yeah, OK, they don't really have a like to stand on in this argument, but they yeah they've survived this. So hats off to them. They've survived the season. Number three, Miami, I would say is is there right now. I'd be fine putting SMU there, especially, if you know, if they beat them in the in the ACC championship game, they'll be there, right? Like.
01:49:24
Speaker
Yeah, I think Miami sneaky has a bit of a challenge against Syracuse this week. They're, they're 11 point favorites, but they're on the road. Kyle McCord's like a frisky quarterback. I just don't think they're guaranteed. Whereas like, I know SMU is guaranteed a spot in the ACC championship. It's a toss up between Clemson and Miami to see who they're, they'll be playing. Exactly. Uh, and then the number four Boise state, you could say right now, because they were ranked higher than any big 12 team.
01:49:51
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I think that'll stay the same this week ah and their only loss is a three point loss to number one Oregon. So it's looking more and more likely that they will get a bye. yeah Yeah, to me, Boise State's the fourth team. It's crazy. I think when everyone started and heard the college football playoff to start the year, they thought it was just like the power four conferences get the buys. I mean, we did. Yeah, I found it about halfway through the season. I go, oh, there's a path for a group of five team to just be to get a buy. And Boise State has taken advantage of it. And I think they deserve it. Because like you said, their one loss is to the best team in the country by one score. So like they they deserve to be where they are. Yeah. and then
01:50:32
Speaker
Things get sticky when you look at the first round for the the rest of the eight teams. I think the first match up will most likely be Tennessee versus Georgia. It'll be interesting how things shake out in the SEC championship. It's interesting. I don't think Tennessee is nearly as good as people thought they were.
01:50:51
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George is coming back to level, but again, not as good as people thought they were going to be. I think they'll end up like that. The seating so tough here, man. Yeah. Do you want to do it like this? Do you want to just let it back teams? Yeah. So I got a list of teams that I think are going to be in tonight. I got 11 teams and then I got four teams I think are fighting for the last spot. Yeah.
01:51:11
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So the four that we originally just mentioned, you just mentioned Georgia, Tennessee. I have them both in, and then I'm going Ohio state, yeah Penn state in Notre Dame in SMU.
01:51:26
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SMU Indiana I have in yeah, I wouldn't be The four teams I have on the outside looking in and one of them will be and I just don't know I don't feel good enough to like be like this teams for sure gonna get putting the end playoff tonight I lean Arizona State to get the 12 spot but then the three other teams that they're fighting for a Clemson Alabama and South Carolina to me and Yeah, it's that Clemson South Carolina game on Saturday is going to be massive. I also lean in Arizona State getting in. Ohio State clinches a spot in the conference championship game if they beat Michigan on Saturday ah rivalry week.
01:52:02
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um or if both Penn State and Indiana lose. um So I think I'm very comfortable obviously putting Ohio State in there. Arizona's a team I'm looking at very, very closely. I want Indiana to get in. I feel comfortable with Notre Dame and SMU getting in. But yeah, it's really in Penn State, I would say. I think it'll be tough ah for Penn State to kind of get out. um But yeah, it's really Arizona State, Clemson and Alabama. I really, really hope Alabama misses.
01:52:30
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I think they should, man. I think there's going to be people are going to go SEC, SEC, SEC. I don't think the SEC has been the best conference last year. I don't think it's the best conference this year. I think there's no I think there's one team from the SEC that has a legit shot to win the national championship. And that's Georgia. I don't think any of the other teams have a legit shot to win the national team. I think three teams have a chance to win this national title.
01:52:53
Speaker
Yeah, I seriously do. I think it's Oregon, Ohio State, Georgia, and whatever you want, whatever order you want to put them in. It looks like Oregon and Ohio State are going to play each other three times this year. So I think this playoff system is going to need to get figured out a little bit. I think in the future,
01:53:09
Speaker
the top four buys should just be the top four teams while still getting the bids to the conference champions but just order them correctly because I think a lot of people are making the argument for the five seed to be the best but I think the six seed is actually the best because you host the playoff game then you go and um help me out here I don't have the the bracket in front of me and you play the number three Yeah, number three or no and then number two. And then you like you you avoid number one until the final and you avoid number five, which I think one and five are going to be the top two teams in the college football playoffs. So I think sixth is where you want to be. And that's basically right where Notre Dame is. And I think that is actually a team that can sneaky cause some havoc in this playoff. Wouldn't that be crazy after an early loss to NIU if Notre Dame somehow gets to the college football national title game would just be
01:54:00
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Absolutely mind bending. I also think Ohio State, if they end up in a number five spot, they're in a good spot. They'll play, you know, whoever that four is after whoever 12 is like you get 12 and then four and then obviously then you have to play one. um But yeah, it's this is going to be an interesting next few weeks. I'm very excited not only for this Saturday, but then for conference championship week is going to be massive. That's the thing I like about this new college football.
01:54:26
Speaker
it It seems like you know the parity is a lot more spread across with NIL, with the changes of the past year. I like seeing more teams that are competitive and less teams that are you know centralized at the top. And I think it makes for conference championship games to be a lot more interesting.
01:54:45
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Absolutely. And like, I think teams should be rewarded for playing tough opponents. Like even Indiana, I still, they didn't do enough for me to lose that spot. they It's over the course of a season and I think they should be belonging there. Unfortunately, like the the most useless and pointless show of all time is going to have to be must watch tonight with the committee and the college football unveiling. Cause it's, I think tonight is going to tell you who's going to be in yeah and who has a chance to be in. I think if you're in the top 10 by tonight,
01:55:13
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You're in unless the only team that really spooks me is Notre Dame that can lose USC There's six and a half point favorite on the road going out to California That is the only team where it's like they win that then I think they can go to the national championship But I'm not fully convinced they can win yet ah But everyone else it feels like you're you're set you're in And then it's just those four teams that I mentioned that it's like, who who's getting at that 12 seat? I think the 12 seat is huge tonight. So keep an eye on that. ah Well, I guess it's coming out after anyway, but yeah. keeping it Keep an eye on your social media for that after you listen to this. I hope that 12 seat goes to Arizona State. I think they deserve it. um But I think that will do it for this episode of the goalpost week.
01:55:56
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Did a whole lot to get you caught up back on college football. We'll keep an eye on it. We'll keep updating you each week. um But chaos ahead, I would say both in college football and in the NFL. I think down the stretch here, we're going to see a lot of great football and we're going to see a lot of chaos.
01:56:12
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Yeah. A lot of, a lot of football left to be played on but in both, uh, both leagues, especially with the 12 team playoff, there's going to be a million playoff games still with rivalry, still with conference championships, still a over a quarter of the season in the NFL left. So lots to happen and lots to talk about in the future. So yeah, it's going to be exciting down the stretch and basically must watch football from now on. Absolutely must watch football, get out there, watch it. Uh, we, as always, we appreciate everybody who listens, who subscribes, who supports the podcast.
01:56:42
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But until next week Patrick, I'll see ya. See ya Damien.