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I-80 Football Show: Maryland and Purdue are fighting to be the worst team in the Big Ten!
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Football season is around the corner and so it's time to preview the Big Ten. In this episode we preview the bottom feeders. In an 18 team conference with multiple national title contenders someone has to get beat up on and this year it's going to be Purdue. Maryland, Northwestern, UCLA, and Wisconsin. While we expect all five teams to be bad, they're all in unique situations. Ride with us as we dredge through the bottom of the Big Ten conference.
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Introduction and Podcast Promotion
00:00:11
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What's good, everybody? Welcome into another episode of Get Defensive Sports Network's I-80 football show. I am not going to say Power 2 football show. That is not even what that show is called. I am not going say Power 2 podcast this time. This is the I-80 football show, your favorite and the best Big Ten podcasters.
00:00:31
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As always, your host, Jordan. here with my co-host, Dante. Sure. How's it going, man? I'm chilling. You want something funny? What's that? So you know how like, you know, we've been doing this podcast and we trying to get it out on social media and things. If you're listening to this, make sure you tell a friend to tell a friend to tell a friend, a family member, to tell a coworker, tell anybody.
00:00:51
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Football season's coming up and this is when we're at our best, right? And most people listen, like not everyone listen wants to listen to a football podcast or off season so we're about to we're really coming in to the time that everyone cares about. So make sure you share Instagram and Instagram and YouTube, get to get defensive sports network, TikTok, GD sports network.
Managing Personal Life and Sports Fandom
00:01:13
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But that's not the point. What I'm saying is funny is, you know, like we're posting like videos on TikTok and doing all this stuff. My favorite thing is when people. oh know Am going to have to do I have to make a ah TikTok?
00:01:26
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You don't know. oh I hope not. I mean, I don't think you need one. Okay, cool, quick cool, cool, cool. Just tell all your friends and stuff to follow us on TikTok. Oh, yeah, fair enough.
00:01:36
Speaker
Fair enough. oh Yeah, but like, you know, we post videos on TikTok, YouTube, whatever. And my favorite thing is when someone's in the comments and they disagree with us and then they be like, yo, we got 20 followers, which first of all, if you're not following, follow us.
00:01:51
Speaker
But I just be like, that's not the dish you think it is. It's not. Because first of all, you found the comments. We're going to blow up eventually. And also, we have people that listen to the show. We've been doing this for five years and just never posted on social media.
00:02:04
Speaker
yeah like you You're a private TikTok arguing in my comments. It got to you somehow. think i'm going And then you think I'm going to be offended because you got 20 followers. It got to you somehow. It enough to even to legit To legit comment. i you I'm not making no TikTok.
00:02:27
Speaker
i believe I don't know how many people in your chat. Make sure y'all follow us on social media. GD Sports Network. Get defensive sports networks. Stop playing with me. Before I come and find you. No, just playing. don't care that much. But stop playing. Y'all be on here on the streams and shit. You can like a video. You can you can hit a retweet.
00:02:44
Speaker
What is it called? Repost on TikTok. know what I'm saying? Yeah. It ain't that hard. um But yeah, I just thought it was funny. It's just like, why are you in the comments then?
00:02:56
Speaker
That's crazy. I was going like, oh no. We don't have a million followers. You're so right. i apologize, sir. Who's mad about women getting paid?
00:03:07
Speaker
Like you on TikTok arguing about the WNBA getting paid and you think I'm going be mad because you brought up my follower count? Bro, you're weird. Stop playing. group lane.
00:03:19
Speaker
It's fine. I always find that stuff funny. like You commented, but then you'd be like, you don't got no followers. Cool. You don't have no friends. That's why you're in comments. You're in the comments of a no follower page. It got to you somehow. That's all funny. Like I said, people have told me, people have told yeah, no, your podcast clips have popped up on my feed.
00:03:41
Speaker
Hey, and michael You know, it's coming. Like, follow, retweet, repost. Whatever. We're not on Blue Sky, but you can put it on Blue. Whatever it's called. You see it. We on Real. whatever We on IG.
00:03:56
Speaker
We on YouTube. Whatever the hell. YouTube shorts. We everywhere. every um but yeah, I'm chilling. How you living? I'm chilling too. so and's so It's been a busy week at work.
00:04:10
Speaker
Busy week at work. But yeah. ain't going to get no better. No, I was waiting for that. i was waiting for that. It's literally not. It's literally not. We got we we got a got a bunch of projects sitting there in the woodwork and it seems like it's about to hit us in a way. So it ain't going get no better.
00:04:34
Speaker
But yeah, it is. with if That way, hey, in my mind, I get more money. This is, i can't even complain for real. This is my last bit of freedom for three years. So, yeah you know, i started i started school in September. It's done for me. It's cut.
00:04:53
Speaker
Oh, man. it's my I just thought about it too. Like, it's about to get. Football and wrestling. Oh, no. it's my i think That is so funny that I'm talking about school. You're like, ah, the sports I'm about to watch.
00:05:07
Speaker
Well, yeah, because you go back to school, but the thing is, you know that's what's about to happen. We ain't about to watch. it's It ain't going to be doing nothing but
Football Rivalries and Playoff Models
00:05:16
Speaker
watching that shit. Yeah. but like like last year I remember last year I went out.
00:05:22
Speaker
I went out to a To some party thing or whatever. It was one of rare times. I had my AirPod in listening to the Ohio State Oregon game. Bro, stop playing with me.
00:05:36
Speaker
I just want y'all to know, everyone thinks that I'm crazy. And I want y'all to know that I am a good friend. And I don't know if you listen to this podcast, but if you do listen to this podcast, just know I'm a good friend.
00:05:46
Speaker
Because i am going on a bachelor party. And a wedding. And they are both falling on Ohio State's two biggest games.
00:05:58
Speaker
Yep. Yeah. one of like Legitimately, the bachelor party is during the Texas game. And the wedding is the Penn State game.
00:06:08
Speaker
There are 14 weeks in college football. And the two weekends my boy picked. And you know him. I'm not going to out him on the podcast. as You know the two weekends my boy picked. I know what he is the Texas game and the Penn State game.
00:06:24
Speaker
And I ain't said nothing to him. If he listens to this episode, this is the first time he's going to hear It's cool. I just want him to know, and everyone else, I will be watching the game at his wedding. I can't help that.
00:06:34
Speaker
Actually, I don't think be watching the game at his wedding. cause i think it's what I need to look at the invitation. I think his wedding's in the evening. But i will be watching the game while we're getting ready. And I will be watching the game. That Angel Francer is crazy. Yeah. Yeah.
00:06:49
Speaker
Listen, listen. It would be different. I give him a slight pass because he's not from Ohio. So he probably didn't check the Ohio State schedule. You know what I'm saying? that he's what he's He's from Maryland. We're going to talk about Maryland today. Nobody's checking the Maryland football schedule.
00:07:05
Speaker
They're just doing stuff. You what I'm saying? he was from Ohio, though, if he from Ohio, I'd be like, hey, dog, you ain't checked schedule? Hey, what you doing? Listen, I promise you, I get married. i get married it's it Unfortunately, it's gonna have to be a summer.
00:07:22
Speaker
Do not don't play with me. My wedding April. basketball but Like basketball is on but like it's not even like peak basketball yet. We're not in the playoffs. Like first of all, I did not pick my wedding date because of sports entirely. Like it was lot very, very, very, very largely based.
00:07:40
Speaker
on other things and i also didn't really pick the date but i would have put up a much bigger fight if it was in the fall i didn't have to do that it's just like you tell me like hey no like i always wanted like me maybe october october oh baby october
00:08:02
Speaker
This is not Drey. Think about it. Think about it. Think about it. Don't know um don't let my teams don't let my teams be good over the past week. October? You sure about that? You know that's when we that's when I go to my my annual Steelers game. What are we doing? Yeah.
00:08:19
Speaker
yeah I didn't have to worry about it. My wife would have been really mad if i was like, yeah, we can't get married on that day because of football. And I would have understood her being mad, but didn't have to worry about that. April's perfect. Nothing's happening in April. Don't nobody care.
00:08:31
Speaker
April's cool. April's cool. You start saying May, I'm going to be like, what are you missing? May? Maybe, but like, you know.
00:08:42
Speaker
Yeah. What the Lakers doing? Honestly. if honestly You can do whatever you want to. You can get married whenever you want to. You can have you can do anything. Just know.
00:08:54
Speaker
Just know. If you invited me to your wedding and it's fall watching football at your wedding, you were at the baby shower we went to, which was also on Penn State weekend. And people was people was coming up to me that I never met asking me to score. I watched the games the whole baby shower.
00:09:14
Speaker
Yep. That wasn't my friend. I didn't know her, but it doesn't matter. I watched again the game whole baby shower. Her cousins, brothers, everybody was who winning? What's the score? Start to finish. I have my portable charger and everything.
00:09:25
Speaker
Stop playing. Stop playing. Quit playing. I'm just glad that the Ohio State-Penn State game is not like midday because that
Parity in College Football
00:09:34
Speaker
would be tough. It's at noon. I was like, it just has to be at noon or 8 because at 8, I'm just leaving the wedding early. At noon, the wedding probably hasn't started. If that game was at 3.30,
00:09:48
Speaker
i had that done that has been doing i it's done my so I would have done my service as a brother, but that wouldve been tough that that would have been would have been hard for me. I've been at Halloween parties, all types of stuff. What are you doing?
00:10:07
Speaker
Watching the game. yeah Yeah. But you had a party. yeah know um You've been at parties at my house where I had the game on mute. yep You can play whatever game you want. You need you can have whatever music you want.
00:10:21
Speaker
But that game is on. That game will be on. i don't list a game ah i I'm respectful to my wife and my wife. You got to listen to the sound. That's cool. But the game is on the background in the TV.
00:10:32
Speaker
like every time Anytime we have a party at my house, the game is on. Or UFC, depending on what time a year it was. But yeah, it's cool. The games game on. It was on.
00:10:44
Speaker
I am who I am. I watched the whole Steelers game at a party from start to finish. I watched. Man, you know, because we went out that New Year's that I was in the club watching me Ohio State game when I watched it play Georgia. They were like, man, you don't want to go to this orange soda party? I said, really? Not, not, not really.
00:11:04
Speaker
that ri I remember her years ago. Years ago. That was years ago. Yeah, yeah. So, I'm like, yeah, the Alabama game, but like the Georgia game when Ohio State missed that kick. Kick, yes. They were in the club.
00:11:16
Speaker
I was in the club watching football on my phone. On New Year's. I am who I am. I'm sorry. Oh, man. There was one time I – Years ago, when it was Ohio State in the playoffs playing somebody.
00:11:34
Speaker
And I'm at dinner. She was like, please don't. i was like...
00:11:42
Speaker
See, you know, basically... I was like, I'm just going to put it on mute. I'm not going to put my AirPod We're going to still communicate stuff, but I'm going to. I got a job to do. It's almost that time for me to give relationship advice.
00:11:58
Speaker
on how to keep your marriage going because i have to do it every football season. When you do it the right way, you can get away with some certain things.
00:12:08
Speaker
Like last year, Shorty was trying to do something on New Year's Day. And I was like, listen, I'm going to be honest with you. Ohio State has the early game.
00:12:22
Speaker
Just let me watch the game. And then the rest of the day, there are other games on, but the rest of the day, I'm with you. I'm yours. You can do whatever. I'm yours. But just let, just can brunch start at 3.30?
00:12:34
Speaker
But I've worked my, I got my equity in. You know what I'm saying? I did my things on. so I have sacrificed the NFL for college. I had to. I can't have, I understand I can't have both days. But when I be like, listen, you're going to call me crazy, but Ohio State play at noon. I can't go. I'll be there at 3.30. I get away with it.
00:12:52
Speaker
It's all right. Back in the day, back in the day, it depends. Because if the Steelers were definitely going to make the playoffs, I got both. I definitely got both.
00:13:04
Speaker
Yeah, well, like, the Colts suck right now. And I don't care as much about the NFL. Like, I'll, i'll like, I'll... Oh, this season, this season, people might have me on Sunday.
00:13:18
Speaker
You said I might. You know, I might be outside on Sunday. um my I might check in from time to time, but like, bruh, Aaron Rodgers is my quarterback and I've never been so uninterested.
00:13:29
Speaker
so
Big Ten Football Season Preview
00:13:30
Speaker
let me I hate that. i hate that I hate that for you. And I hate the fact that I'm about to have to get Sunday ticket because last year was the worst year in my life watching football.
00:13:43
Speaker
Oh, I believe you. And it's so crazy being from Ohio growing up, having to watch the Browns, Steelers, and Bengals. and for two of And for a lot of those years, the Browns and the Steelers were bad.
00:13:57
Speaker
But for me, at least, that's home. So i had a little part of interest. Moving to New York and having to watch the Jets and the Giants, I'm telling you, there are so many Sundays I just didn't watch football and until three, and until four.
00:14:10
Speaker
Like, until the national game came on, I would turn on my TV, and it would be like, Giants. It'd like Giants-Bucks. I said, nope. hey I am not watching that. Brother, that happened to me here.
00:14:26
Speaker
We didn't get a Cleveland game. I think Cleveland and Cincy were both on a bye. And we didn't get to Steelers game or to Ravens game. I think we got Giants and Bucks. And I was like. ah so Yeah. I said, uh-uh.
00:14:37
Speaker
Uh-uh. But I'm telling you, watched so watched anime. No, really, bro. I watched so little football this year because every time, every Sunday at 1 p.m. Eastern, I sat down and I said,
00:14:54
Speaker
I'm not big i I'm not I'm not watching ah Danny DeVito whatever that nigga's name was and in Danny Dimes and all that like I'm not doing it it was Aaron Rodgers I'm not watching Aaron Rodgers on the Jets yeah no that shit it was crazy cause I was like damn it Baker Mayfield's good but no i was like i already watched the Giants this year and paid for it I literally paid to watch the Giants this year now I'm good but um i went to but I went to a Giants game.
00:15:27
Speaker
Followed on TikTok? i was And I was, ah, bless. I went to a Giants game because I have a friend who works in New Jersey, and I was in a box. And I was with a Giants fan. And I was like, i don't think I watched the game. I just ate and drank.
00:15:38
Speaker
I couldn't tell you what happened. All I know is I was in a box at a Giants game. I watched the Giants game because they played the Steelers. Yeah. Beautiful ticket it season. and not that much Not that expensive because it was the damn Giants. Yeah.
00:15:54
Speaker
I really hope New York fix that thing because the reason I didn't get Sunday ticket last year was because... New York doesn't let you pay for it. And like, I'm sorry, my job don't pay me. New York doesn't let you pay for it in force or whatever it is.
00:16:07
Speaker
I don't have $800 to drop on a Sunday ticket right now, but I'm going to find it this year. going to find something because i am not watching. Actually, I'm lying. I am going to watch the job. I have to ask my cousin something.
00:16:21
Speaker
Yeah, I have to. I got to ask my cousin something. I think he has Sunday ticket. I don't know. Can you share that? Or are they like Netflix?
00:16:30
Speaker
Well, Sunday Ticket is through YouTube TV now. Yeah. Oh, wait. No, no, no you can do it You can do a stand-alone Sunday Ticket on YouTube. But I don't know.
00:16:42
Speaker
ah Don't get me lying. don't know what you can and can't share. What we are going to share today is the news.
Legislative Impact on College Football
00:16:49
Speaker
our traffic update. And going into the show because we've been talking about, and honestly, this 16 minutes is going to be much more interesting than the rest of the show. And I do apologize to all of you, but this is our Big Ten movie.
00:17:01
Speaker
And as we like to brag as the best Big Ten podcast around, we talk about every team in the Big Ten. All 18 of them. ah ah All, all, all.
00:17:12
Speaker
And that means we got to talk about the drags. We got to talk about the bottom of the bottom. Literally, the, the, the tier is titled bottom feeders. So I, listen, I, I appreciate everyone's going want to offer sticking with us and going through this, but we are talking you about the bottom of the bottom. We don't get into the news, but this episode is UCLA, Wisconsin, Northwestern, Maryland, and Purdue.
00:17:35
Speaker
gross, sick, nasty work, but going to make it entertaining. I really don't want to talk about Northwest now. You know, we're going to do it though.
00:17:46
Speaker
Cause that's what we're here to serve the people. As they say on Tik TOK, we're here to serve our 20 followers. I'm going to care about that. 21 now. Stop playing.
00:17:57
Speaker
What you talking about? That's big 21. Big 21. What's 10 plus nine? big twenty one what's ten plus nine I actually don't even know how to follow it on TikTok.
00:18:08
Speaker
But um so, yeah, traffic update. The SCORE Act. Listen, I'm going to be honest with you. We're not talking about this. Exactly. So basically, we got 39 followers.
00:18:21
Speaker
Stop playing with me. um the score act basically the college football leadership has been begging congress congress to make a some basically they want antitrust they want what the nfl has uh long story short you cannot be a monopoly nfl nba technically technically as business enterprises are monopolies.
00:18:46
Speaker
And so essentially they have an antitrust agreement that allows them to govern their sport in certain ways that like Verizon couldn't do, right? That doesn't happen in college football because college football is not exactly a business and Title IX and different things like that.
00:19:01
Speaker
They're hoping now with like the revenue share and the various things that Congress will give them some sort of antitrust agreement, something that essentially stops them from getting sued because they've been getting sued like crazy, as you all know, who've been paying any attention. And we've been talking about it for years, it feels like.
00:19:18
Speaker
So one of those things is called the SCORE Act. And basically the only thing I want to say about this is it is it passed the committee, right? Which this is the first such act. This is the first bill about college football that's ever even got to the committee, which means there's a chance it could be voted on the House floor.
00:19:42
Speaker
And it's probably still going to not be denied. It does not have bipartisan support. But it was just interesting because there is this huge sort of push for this, that this is the first bill that's ever made it even out of any sort of committee.
00:19:56
Speaker
And so there's a chance that in the future we may get something from Congress. I don't know. That's all I have to say about it. I didn't even look to see what was in it because I don't think it's going to pass, but it happened.
00:20:07
Speaker
It might not pass, but it's still newsworthy. Yeah, it's going to be a step into the same direction. here Purdue. oh My bad.
00:20:18
Speaker
Next piece of news is it is currently Big Ten Media Day, Media Days, where every conference does this, of course, but where the Big Ten, all of the schools, all 18 of them,
00:20:29
Speaker
go with their head coaches and typically two to four players and they do a bunch of interviews to sort of prep for the season. When media days start, you know that we're really like getting into the season. And so there's just a couple of things that I wanted to mention from Big Ten Media Days because it's really just a bunch of people talking And like, I'm not really super interested in a bunch of people talking.
00:20:50
Speaker
But the one thing that came out today is Lincoln Riley's a loser. We all knew that. Loser Riley. Stinking Riley, as one of my friends calls him. For real, that's a good one. Stinking Lincoln is hilarious. That's hilarious.
00:21:05
Speaker
As we've talked about this because it made me mad, basically, USC and Notre Dame is one of the best rivalries in sports, probably top five if you ask me.
00:21:15
Speaker
They've played 95 times. Their current deal is up or about to be up. And basically, Lincoln Riley is stopping it from happening. He went to the podium and basically said, which is just – it just doesn't make sense because it's just – It's contradictory.
00:21:33
Speaker
He basically was like, yeah, I want to play this game. This is one of the reasons I came to USC, but I don't want to play the game if it's going to hurt USC's chances to make the playoffs.
00:21:44
Speaker
like the home You're hurting their chances to make the playoffs. Win the game. Right? That is such a loser-ass take. He was basically just like, yeah, if Notre Dame was bad, I'd play him. But since they're good, I'm afraid it's going hurt. But my thing is, book but hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on, hold on.
00:22:01
Speaker
Hold on, hold Right. So you're not making the playoffs regardless. But the crazy part is, is that if Notre Dame was bad and you played them, it could still hurt.
00:22:13
Speaker
Your chances of making the playoffs. Where if you beat them, being the team who was just in a national championship, it would help. But my thing is, is like even if you beat them when they're bad, and it could hurt you.
00:22:27
Speaker
It doesn't do anything. Or it could hurt you. And then what if you lose? Because, again, you lose stupid games like that.
00:22:36
Speaker
Now it really does hurt you. What are we talking about? yeah Play the game. it Play the plays a game. bro It's just childish. He's literally about to ruin history because he can't win games at USC.
00:22:48
Speaker
And now he doesn't want to play Notre Dame. And it's crazy because they're going to let him make this decision like he's going to be there for long. But if he if those ryan we're predicting he's either he's going to get a new job or they're ultimately going to fire him eventually because he's not been good
Media Days and Game Predictions
00:23:03
Speaker
there.
00:23:03
Speaker
So it's just like that just made me mad. It was just childish to be like, yeah, I want to play the game, but i don't want to play it if it hurts our playoff chances. So then you don't want to play it. Because you get made a playoff with Caleb Williams.
00:23:15
Speaker
And we are, this is not the Caleb Williams fan club, but Caleb Williams won the Heisman. He was a good college quarterback. He did go for 4,000 yards and 30-plus touchdowns. He did a lot of things, and you were still losing games.
00:23:29
Speaker
So don't think Notre Dame is your problem. I think you're the problem, personally. Just play the game, bro. Like, you, like, 95. Like, why would... Like, I don't understand why you wouldn't play the game.
00:23:41
Speaker
I don't get it. Every time he speaks, it just makes me think about the fact that people were like, yeah, she laugh he left Oklahoma because they were going to the SEC, and he thought usc would be easier.
00:23:56
Speaker
And then as soon as he got to USC, they decided to go to the Big Ten. Go to the Big Ten, yeah. So I know he was crying and throwing up. The boy is running away. The boy is running away. Would you want to play the Notre Dame?
00:24:08
Speaker
Because my thing is, if you who would have stayed in the ACC, would you be saying this? Or not the ACC, but the Big 12. Big 12. Would you be saying this? Oh, wait, wait. What's Are you talking about Oklahoma are you talking about? usa USC. USC. Oh, yeah. If they would have stayed in the Pac-12.
00:24:22
Speaker
If they would have in the Pac-12, you still would i have to play Notre Dame. Yeah, but he probably but he probably thinks the conference was easier, which it wasn't because he didn't win the Pac-12 when he was there. Yeah, he didn't win.
00:24:33
Speaker
And again, those Pac-12 teams, the better Pac-12 teams are in this in this division. You're losing those games, too. talk about it. You're still losing games.
00:24:45
Speaker
There's nothing. Playing Notre Dame, even losing to... That's so stupid. Because that Notre Dame being good, if you were good and did really well, losing to Notre Dame would help you. Oh, my fuck.
00:24:59
Speaker
Oh, my fuck. Yeah. ya He just doesn't want to play the game. He just doesn't want to play the game. You're loser. Yeah, you're a loser. You're a loser. My friend needs to trademark that. The next thing want to talk about before we get into our preview is the next thing i'm want talk about before we get into our preview Everyone hates Tony Petitti right now.
00:25:20
Speaker
Tony Petitti is the commissioner for Big Ten. And basically because he is at big Ten Media Days, he has to defend his 4 plus 4 plus whatever playoff spot thing.
00:25:38
Speaker
And in my opinion, he's doing a good job of defending it, whether you like it or not. But, you know, we talk about this all the time where it feels like every once a while the national media gets like a battery in its back and they all write the same articles.
00:25:52
Speaker
And currently they're all writing the... Tony Petiti's fucking idiot article, basically. I think a lot i just think a lot of it is like super disingenuous, and I don't like it. And it's not even to defend him, because first of all, what do I look like defending a rich white man?
00:26:09
Speaker
um i just think it's just I just don't think his idea is as bad as people are making it seem, especially because I think their arguments are disingenuous. like one of the One of the dudes was like,
00:26:21
Speaker
you want us to put four Big 10 teams in, but what happens if there's four Big 12 teams at the same time and they don't get in?
00:26:33
Speaker
We did the research on this here podcast. There has never been a single season since 2014 where there were four Big 12 teams good at the same time. So your you're arguing against it with a hypothetical. like It's one of those things where like stuff starts to sound crazy.
00:26:48
Speaker
you know like you You make like a logical argument, and people say, well, what if you wake up and get hit by a train? And it's like, when you have to start saying unbelievable things, like...
00:26:59
Speaker
to like tear down my argument. Stuff that is very statistically... statistically hard to happen. like it it almost is more it It's almost statistically impossible.
00:27:10
Speaker
And so far, Big 12 has proven that. like It's possible, I guess. and this and this yeah most Most of this was the Big 12 that had Texas and Oklahoma in it. if you're arguing like Listen, there are arguments against doing it. Cool, fine.
00:27:24
Speaker
But if your argument is, well, what happens if the Big 10 is bad one year and the Big 12 has five good teams? You sound fucking dumb because that's not going to happen. like it's It's just not going to happen.
00:27:34
Speaker
It hasn't happened in the last 11 seasons because we looked at the data. I bet you could go further than that if didn't happen. And the Big 12 is worse. Like, the Big 12, in my opinion...
00:27:45
Speaker
is the most fun conference to watch because all the teams are even. But you're not going to have a single season where there are four Big 12 teams worthy of the playoff.
00:27:56
Speaker
Just say you don't want to do it. And that's cool because that's fine. You don't have to want to do it. But like to do the hypothetical of like well what happens if there's a season where there's four good Big 12 teams and four good – you think there's going to be a season where there's eight teams from the ACC and the Big 12 and the 16-team playoff?
00:28:14
Speaker
Put down the bottle, big fella. Put the down. This might be the like the time in college football where it could be the closest of possibly happening, and it still won't. Because it's going to be the most parity and the most diverse between teams because teams are going to be able to bring in transfers with money and stuff.
00:28:39
Speaker
But it's still... Won't happen. Not four. Especially at the same time simultaneously where the Big 10's only going to have two or three teams that are worthy.
00:28:50
Speaker
What are you talking about? But I started watching The Wire again. Bubbles ain't never been that high. And that nigga was high, dog. I'm just saying, bubs ain't never been that high.
00:29:02
Speaker
Bubbs is jealous of the crap that boy is smoking. And it just made me mad because it's just like, I don't care enough to defend this because I think the big, first of all,
00:29:13
Speaker
I just think a lot of people aren't smart enough to even understand what the Big Ten is doing. All of the coaches basically came out and supported this model and then talked shit about the SEC. I don't think the Big Ten really wants this model.
00:29:25
Speaker
I just think they want the SEC to go to nine conference games. And SEC stopped being scary. Just go to nine conference games. The singular second the SEC goes to nine conference games, Big Ten's probably going to be cool with the 5 plus 11 because as much as everyone's like, oh, the 5 plus 11 helps the SEC, it also helps the Big Ten.
00:29:44
Speaker
We're going to talk about it over the next four weeks. If there was a 16-team conference, which means nine and three teams would get in, there would probably be five or six Big Ten teams who had a chance to get in. And I would argue probably five would get in.
00:29:58
Speaker
I think that this is going to be your... The way you marked it, not as much because you made it a little bit more even than I did. But the way I have, like, my schedule prediction, the Big Ten has...
00:30:12
Speaker
six teams with records nine and three or better. Right? So if it was a 16 i don't delete that's happening five teams are going to get in. At least five are going to get in.
00:30:24
Speaker
If it happened the way that I have it. And I think it's going to happen that way because I think a couple of teams are really, really bad. Like you gave a couple, I'm very interested. I really love doing this because you pick all the games. I'm very interested to see some of the wins that you gave some of these teams because, like, just to give a sneak peek, like, you gave Wisconsin five wins.
00:30:42
Speaker
That's not happening. I don't know where you found five. Like, don't know where – just those five wins alone is, is like, taking those wins away from them is how I get to teams that are 9-3 because you had to have them beating one of the teams that i have 9-3 or something crazy. It doesn't matter. We're going to get to it. That's the point this. Yeah, I have – I have – because the reason why is because those –
00:31:07
Speaker
those teams that are that will lose those games have proven that they can like they they they've shown that they can i i could be wrong this would be the year probably where it swings back to in your favor for real and probably for those of you who don't know i'm i was big three and oh and i felt bad i didn't want dante to quit the show so i gave him a little pity win last year ah let him i got two wins in a row i got no you um no you didn't We've been doing this for five years. This is the fifth year.
00:31:40
Speaker
You sure only won once? Yeah, you've only won once. Never lost. I thought it went three and two. no this is this is our fifth season doing it. We've only done it four times. I was three and 0, and you won last.
00:31:52
Speaker
You see how he's trying to do revisionist history? Because he was getting mocked. I'm not trying to do revisionist history. Chill out. his one, and now I'm coming back to crown. i gave him his one and now'm card the crown Okay.
Purdue and Maryland Season Outlook
00:32:06
Speaker
uh for that if you don't know what we're talking about we pick every game like literally every single game in the big 10. i did the math it's like 180 games and basically we just do and this will actually use this to transition into our preview we we pick every game and we do a straight up win loss so if i say team a wins the game and they win the game i get win i get a point if i say team a loses the game and they win the game i get an l it's just straight up did we get the prediction right we predict every single game which is very hard and at the end of the day we come up with the record we're actually pretty good at this every single year we've done it we've been over 70 percent uh correct and it is 18 times 12 my god it's 200 we picked 216 games
00:32:54
Speaker
it's two hundred we picked two hundred and sixteen 216 games, and every year we've done it, we've been over 70%. I always forget to find last year's percentage, so I'm gonna see if I can do that so I can tell you what we did last year.
00:33:05
Speaker
um But, yeah, so it's a contest, right? What's the point of doing this it's not a contest? We see who wins. The first three years I won, Dante won last year. low-key smacked me up last year.
00:33:17
Speaker
um i was i was i was too too high on Ohio State, I guess. They messed me up. And I was too – who was it? Was it Nebraska that messed me up? Or was it Illinois? in the there was some It was Indiana winning a bunch of games that really messed you up because Because, yeah, like i thought Indiana was going to be bad, and then they won 11 games. So that was not good for me.
00:33:39
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um But, yeah, so – Oh, easily. So yeah, this we'll we'll just use that to to transition into our preview. But yeah, I just think everybody is hating on Tony Petitti.
00:33:52
Speaker
And I just think it's funny because it's just like, first of all, the idea is really not that bad. Also, the arguments against it are so stupid, it's hard for me to care. Because like I'm fine with you not liking it.
00:34:06
Speaker
But again, when you have to say, what if something that's never happened happens... Like ultimately, Petiti's thing is based on data. It's based on the fact that everybody, that almost every single year, again, me and you did the math, that almost every single year,
00:34:26
Speaker
they, ah the Big Ten's going to get four or five. The SEC's going to get four or five. He just wants to put it in writing. It's fine for you not to want to put it in writing.
00:34:37
Speaker
Cool, whatever. Do whatever you want to do. But yeah, we just don't have to lie and be disingenuous. And everyone's like doing all this stuff about him, acting like he's on some like crazy stuff. And it's just like, at the end of the day, he's doing what any conference commissioner should do.
00:34:52
Speaker
He's advocating for his people. And he's also trying to stop the Big Ten from being scary. Play nine conference games. The SEC. The SEC is being scary.
00:35:04
Speaker
Play the nine conference games. Stop being soft.
00:35:09
Speaker
But yeah, right, we in it. Big Ten preview. As we talked about, we are the only, we are the best Big Ten podcast. We are also one of, if not the only, that actually in-depth every single week, even when it pains us.
00:35:27
Speaker
talks about every single team. We again pick every single game. It is 216 games. Last year, I found it. I found it. Last year, Dante won the picks and he went 90 and 35.
00:35:48
Speaker
I almost got 100, right? 90 and 35 is nice. That's nice. let me And we have been getting better every year. I think I might go. I'm definitely going to go down this year. because But I'm still going be around my winning percentage.
00:36:03
Speaker
Yeah. Also, I lied. It is not 216 games because the Big Ten teams play each other. So in the last year ended up being 125 games. Uh-huh.
00:36:15
Speaker
Like, we do pick every game for every one, but when you do the math of, like, how many actual games it is, it ends up being 125 because, obviously, they play games against each other, so that doesn't get counted twice.
00:36:28
Speaker
If that makes sense. So, yeah, it was a total 100. was games. 72%. dante but ninety and thirty five for a percentage of seventy two percent I went 86 and 39. These are always close for, oh my God, I fell under 70.
00:36:50
Speaker
That's disgusting. I hate that for myself. Is that right? Yeah, that's right. 68%, almost 69%. So we accurate with this thing. Keep that thing on us.
00:37:03
Speaker
Don't play with us. um and so yeah we're gonna get into it we're gonna start with Purdue and I do apologize for your ears but just understand you didn't have to do the reading on Purdue uh so as much as you may not want to hear it we had to do the reading so Purdue is oof Purdue and or Maryland is going be the worst team in the conference they're straight up straight down we don't have to we don't have to play it no other way we are not going to spend a lot of time on them because it is bad um a couple of A couple of things about Purdue. Last year, Purdue had the worst season it's ever had in 134 years playing.
00:37:41
Speaker
Ryan Walters, who is an excellent defensive coordinator, who is the defensive coordinator at Washington. So in a couple of weeks, when we talk about Washington and you're like, why is he high on Washington?
00:37:54
Speaker
It's because Ryan Walters is no longer a head coach. I hate to see a black head coach get fired, but he should have never taken that Purdue job. He went... 5-19 at Purdue, ended ended up getting fired.
00:38:05
Speaker
They were just absolutely awful. um So the coach gets fired, and then they 34-34. they lose thirty four thirty four players in the transfer portal, 12 of which were starters.
00:38:23
Speaker
And the most interesting thing about Purdue is Purdue has had good players for years. Like Purdue has had players who went to other teams and immediately were stars, like immediately were stars. That's probably going to happen at Oregon. They have Dittle and Thinamon. Max Clare is literally rated as the best title in the country right now.
00:38:39
Speaker
He was on Purdue last year. He's now at Ohio State. They had Nick Scowerton, I believe his name was, one of the best defensive linemen in the country. you went to Texas A&M. He didn't do anything at Texas A&M because nobody does anything at Texas A&M. It's literally the place for your career to die.
00:38:54
Speaker
But he was a – like, Purdue always had a good players. So it was – it made it even worse that they were so bad because then you – then you, like – you you they go into the transfer portal and they all go to, like, big jobs.
00:39:09
Speaker
They leave Purdue and they go to Alabama. They go to Oregon. They go to Ohio State. They go to Texas A&M. And it's like, well, if you have all these good players, why didn't you win? It's Purdue. So...
00:39:20
Speaker
um They fired the coach. They hired Barry Odom from UNLV. I do think he's a good coach. He did turn UNLV around. He made them 9-5. They played the Mountain West Conference game. And then in 2024, they went them around.
00:39:37
Speaker
so he turned them around And so if anyone can turn Purdue around, it's going be him. But it's not going to happen this year. And the thing that we keep talking about, like if you haven't been following the show for years, three years ago, and the year before that, I literally like advocated for so many coaches to get fired every week. It was literally a running bit on the show. And I was so dead ass.
00:39:58
Speaker
Almost all of them got fired. Yeah, they're all about coming out. And so, like, now the Big Ten is actually a conference full of really good coaches. And so because of that, even if you're a good coach, like Barry Oldham is, someone has to lose these games.
00:40:13
Speaker
And so, like, who knows what Purdue is going to be in a couple of years. I think that he can make them better. But someone has to be bad for that to happen. Rest in peace, Maryland. Like, someone's got to hit the bottom.
00:40:25
Speaker
And so, but this year, crying there's just too much change happening to genuinely believe that Purdue can be good. um They have 55-2 years first.
00:40:38
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, they literally had to flip over. 75, 70 new players. Yeah. it's It's bad. Literally, like, they lost. Insane.
00:40:50
Speaker
the only In my opinion, the only good thing about Purdue is I do like their quarterback, Ryan Brown, and I like their running back, Devin Mockaby. But, like, Devin Mockaby is a good running back if he, like, played in the 80s.
00:41:05
Speaker
And that, like, he loves contact and he's super big, but, like... is he's just not a game changer in a way that's like really going matter.
00:41:16
Speaker
And so I do think Purdue could be fun and in certain games, but ultimately they just... They just lost too much. This is not a rebuild that can be done in a year. Like, I think of this like Michigan State, but worse.
00:41:30
Speaker
Michigan State hired a really good coach last year. I really like Jonathan Smith, but he couldn't do it in year one. Like, he just couldn't. And so, Michigan State, they're going to be a little bit better, but they're not going to make a huge jump.
00:41:43
Speaker
And so... that I mean, that sort of is what it is. Like you said, they have over 50 transfers. They have a new coach. They have new coordinators.
00:41:53
Speaker
They've lost all five starters on their offensive line which in in case you were wondering, that's a really bad thing. um they're also gonna start ah They're also going to start from scratch on the defensive side of the ball.
00:42:06
Speaker
They had nine starters on their defense, and they all transferred to Powerful. All transferred. Which again, like this this means they're not transferring to Kent State. They're not going to Miami of Ohio. They're not going to Tulane.
00:42:19
Speaker
No, again, they're going to Ohio State, Oregon, Alabama, Georgia, Texas. like They're going to big schools. They lost a Big Ten freshman of the year in Dylan Thienemann.
00:42:30
Speaker
dylanthenaman who literally has had 100 tackles in back-to-back seasons. This is the point where I tell you every single year, if you have a safety who has 100 tackles, your defense is dog shit, but he was able to have 100 tackles.
00:42:45
Speaker
He's a good player. depends on the safety. No.
00:42:51
Speaker
like No, it doesn't. What if your Troy Palamolo? Did Troy Palamolo ever have 100 tackles? I believe so. I bet you he did. No.
00:43:03
Speaker
We can Google it right now. We can. We sure can. I'm going to Google it.
00:43:09
Speaker
And Troy Palomaro is what? Three at worst? Best safety of all time? I mean, yes. but like I would put Ed Reed over him.
00:43:22
Speaker
But I don't know who I'd put second if not him. <unk>t I'm not like a safety historian. But like like there are not many We're talking about solo tacos?
00:43:34
Speaker
No, combined. um never won never Never had 100. He had close. Twice. Twice he came close. Yeah. In his second season and then in 2011.
00:43:46
Speaker
and and twenty eleven He came close twice, but okay. Yeah. and And for those of you who are wondering why do you not want your safety to have 100 tackles? Your linebackers are missing tackles or getting yeah caught up. Your safety is your last line of defense.
00:44:02
Speaker
And if he misses that tackle, which, hey, Troy almost never missed tackle. But if he misses that tackle, it's almost guaranteed to be a touchdown or it's so a really, really long play. You don't want your safety making tackles because that means they got through the first and second line of defense, which is your defensive line and your linebacker.
00:44:18
Speaker
The only people on your team having 100 tackles should be linebackers because they are at the front of every play. Your safety is literally the safety valve. good safety going to have anywhere between 50 and 75 because you just but they're going to fill in the run. You're going to blitz them because they're good. like You're going to get them involved because you don't want that player to only be in the back end because then they can take him out of the game but if your safety has 100 tackles your defense is dog shit i don't care what anybody says ohio state safety had 100 tackles a couple years ago the defense was terrible caleb downs is the best safety we've ever had he had like 70 tackles last year because we had a good defense it is a time-honored truth in football you cannot tell me a single safety that had 100 tackles and then also show me a good defense and if you do
00:45:05
Speaker
but But you're not going to. Good luck with the research. Good luck. You're not going to. So, anyways, ultimately, 55 transfers, 15 high school commits. They have 70 new players.
00:45:18
Speaker
And the kicker in the 70 new players is a absolute zero of their rated four stars or Did I miss anything, Dante? Do you have anything you want to say about Purdue?
00:45:35
Speaker
No. I, like, because I need you to, like, don't think people understand. So what is there, like, 100 and what? 30, 132 In that field? that field? 100 and... The number keeps going up. think it's 136 now. 136?
00:45:49
Speaker
Okay. They are in the at least they are from either...
00:45:55
Speaker
now project thirty six okay they arere in the bottom five and almost about or at least they are from either from their The best number I see here. Sorry, 134.
00:46:10
Speaker
134. The best number I see here that they ranked on anything. Because I'm not even going to do O-line run push and explosive rush. Like, I'm not even going to do that.
00:46:27
Speaker
It's 90. It's 90. is' is it's ninety if When you do opponent adjusted, which is a fake stat, they get into the 50s. But if you just look at their straight stats, it's 90.
00:46:40
Speaker
They were in negative play percentage. Everything else is worse than that. And then they were also 90th in yards per carry. Yeah. Okay, there's 134 teams. They 131 in scoring defense, 131 points per 133 yards per attempt.
00:46:52
Speaker
teams they were one hundred and thirty one in scoring defense one hundred and thirty one points per play one hundred and thirty three in yards per attempt This is an offensive stat. and a hundred and thirty three incubbiated they did i mean just you are you are having a field day if you want to guess per basically they're up thirty and then scoring off Yeah, they won one game last year, and it was against Indiana State. It was an FCS team. They lost to everyone else.
00:47:22
Speaker
They lost to Notre Dame. Yeah, they lost to Notre Dame 66-7.
00:47:30
Speaker
And then they broke the record. They broke their own record the last game and lost 66-0 to Indiana. yep to india Purdue should no team in the Big Ten, no team in the Power Four should be losing 66-0.
00:47:47
Speaker
So, Purdue, bad. Maybe it changes eventually. Again, I do think Barry Odom is a good coach. I don't know. You know, lied. I know why they take these down. It's money. They only moved the ball 67 yards in the Indiana game.
00:48:03
Speaker
Total, 67 yards in 60 minutes. That's one yard a minute. Just a about? It's a little over one yard a minute. Yeah, like, that might be, like, 1.1.1.1.1.0-something.
00:48:16
Speaker
Yeah. per Crazy. Like, god damn. Per minute. Per minute, yeah. um Okay, so let's do the schedule because, oof, god.
00:48:28
Speaker
And honestly,
00:48:31
Speaker
I think I'm giving them too much faith. I think you might be right. one One last thing to say ah about our previews is the singular second we say it, we can't change it.
00:48:42
Speaker
We can change it up until when we say it. But the singular second we say it, it is stuck. We cannot go back and change it no matter what we want to do. I'm going to stick with this. I don't think I should say it. I'm going to stick with it.
00:48:54
Speaker
But I'm probably going to wrong. We'll go through their schedule. We'll predict their win-losses. The first Purdue, first game, Ball State, I have a win, you have a loss. Second game, Southern in Illinois, we both have a win.
00:49:07
Speaker
And then we all have losses. So I have them winning the first two games against Ball State and Southern Illinois. You have them losing to Ball State, beating Southern Illinois, and then it's all losses from there.
00:49:17
Speaker
Those teams in order are USC at Notre Dame, bye week. Illinois at Minnesota at Northwestern. Rutgers at Michigan.
00:49:28
Speaker
Ohio State at Washington. Bye week, Indiana. Not only are they a bad team, they also legitimately have a hard schedule. Like, Notre Dame, Illinois, Ohio State, and Indiana are all playoff participants.
00:49:46
Speaker
People, I don't agree with this, but a lot of people nationally think Michigan, partially because they have an easy schedule, could be a playoff contender.
Northwestern and Wisconsin Team Assessments
00:49:55
Speaker
And Washington is probably not going to be playoff contender, but if win anything less than eight games, I'd be surprised.
00:50:03
Speaker
Like legitimately, they play a very hard schedule and they're going to be bad. So I have Purdue at ten two and 10. You have them at one and 11 for back to back years. Yep.
00:50:17
Speaker
Any final thoughts on Purdue before we move on? No. But moving on to watch q and z lose watch USC lose that game. They're not going to. I would love to see it though, but they're not going to.
00:50:30
Speaker
The next team that we have is Maryland. Maryland is a team that is, if you listen to this show, you are not surprised that they're in the bottom. but it's technically a surprise in the bottom because they have been good, not last year, but the here a couple years before that, they were good, decent enough, six to eight wins.
00:50:49
Speaker
But all of that was on the back of Tolua Tagovailoa. I, and I hate to do this because hate to see a black man down, has consistently, even when they were winning seven, eight games, has consistently ranked Mike Loxley as one of the worst coaches in the conference.
00:51:05
Speaker
And it's largely because you were in the DMV. Some of the best talent in the world comes from the DMV. Yep. And then on top of that, you're very close to Jersey. No, the problem is he does get the talent.
00:51:20
Speaker
And then he doesn't utilize them, and they always transfer him. He's had so many five stars that he landed. Linebackers, tight ends, wide receivers. Oh, yeah, he uses them terrible. Or they just go there. They're like, I'm going to go to Maryland because it's my home school. i want to be close to home.
00:51:37
Speaker
They spend a year in the program, they're like, this program is the worst I've ever seen. and then they leave. And go to Ohio State. They go to Alabama. They go to Georgia, wherever, where typically five stars go. And now that he doesn't have Tula talking Lola,
00:51:50
Speaker
he doesn't have an offense that can sort of put the team on his back, which then brings to your point and that he uses them terribly. Dante, how many years have we been talking about that the best player for two of the years was specifically Roman Envy, but the year before that, they had another good running back who I believe is in yuy the league, that the best player on Maryland's team was a running back.
00:52:11
Speaker
And how many of those years did we say, why is Maryland not running the ball? Running the ball. Why are we not running the ball and keeping that quarterback and keep getting hurt from getting hurt?
00:52:23
Speaker
Like, for the last three years, two of them again, Robin Hemby. I don't remember who the running back was in 2021, but I believe he's on the Chiefs. I think he's one of the running backs on the Chiefs. Or maybe that's from Rutgers. But there's there is a running back in the league who is from Maryland. I don't remember which one of it is.
00:52:42
Speaker
And for those years, he went he won seven games 2021. He won eight in 2022. won eight to twenty twenty two And won eight games in 2023. And in all of those years, I still ranked him as one of the worst coaches in the Big Ten. and i Because they could have won more than just eight games.
00:52:55
Speaker
They could won more than eight games. So it's just like, speaking about watching football anywhere, I was taking my brother on a recruiting visit. I told this story on my podcast. I was taking my brother on a recruiting visit, and I was on the sidelines watching a game.
00:53:10
Speaker
And I was watching Ohio State Maryland on my phone. People were asking me what the score was. And that was the year that Maryland almost upset Ohio State. And then they lost because the coach is really bad.
00:53:23
Speaker
Because I know what he's doing. And now they don't have Tula Tagorelloa. They've lost a bunch of transfers. And they're still stuck with this horrible coach who then let ah Don't get me wrong. Billy Edwards Jr. is not the best quarterback, but he was a good quarterback.
00:53:41
Speaker
They didn't let him walk out the window because he didn't want to be stuck. Yeah, he didn't want to be stuck then. So, you know, they're statistically better than Purdue, but that's not saying much.
00:53:59
Speaker
No, not that much. And so, and then on top of that, like we talked about his player retention, right? Just this offseason, just this offseason, they've lost their starting quarterback, starting running back, both tight ends, their top defensive linemen, two starting linebackers, and three defensive backs.
00:54:20
Speaker
Just this offseason. I don't know what is going on in that program. And their defense was the best part of that team. Yeah. Yeah. And... They're also going to have two new coordinators because they fired the offensive coordinator, Josh Gattis, who you should have never hired. In the middle the season, right? Yeah, I believe so.
00:54:41
Speaker
and then they And then the defensive coordinator left to go to Jacksonville State, I'm guessing maybe as the head coach, but I'm not 100% sure. So he hires Pep Hamilton, who hasn't had a good offense since Andrew Luck was in the NFL.
00:54:59
Speaker
Oh, no. And he barely had a good offense then because they fired him, and Andrew Luck was his quarterback. How do get fired and Andrew Luck your quarterback? Answer me that. They made the playoffs, didn't they? I mean, I think they make the playoffs every year. Andrew Luck was healthy.
00:55:13
Speaker
Yeah. um Boy. um And then on top of the fact that they're just straight up not – they have a lot of issues, they're going to be playing within – to playing with an inexperienced quarterback.
00:55:31
Speaker
They signed a quarterback named Justin Martin, who was the number 20 overall quarterback in the 2022 class, but he hasn't played.
00:55:42
Speaker
And then they have a local blue chip who's a four or five star ah quarterback and Malik Washington. Four star. Blue chip. Well, I was saying blue chip is four or five star. This quarterback is a four star.
00:55:54
Speaker
but Yeah, he's a four-star. Yeah. His name is Malik Washington, and he was the number 10 quarterback in 2025, which is a good player. But essentially, they're going to have a quarterback who hasn't played at all in three years and couldn't make the starting lineup at UCLA or a true freshman.
00:56:11
Speaker
that is it That is not always a good sign, something that we will be talking about a lot because there's a couple teams starting true freshmen. You can probably get the starting position probably in the same state.
00:56:21
Speaker
Honestly, I just think you have to play the true freshman. And then he's going to be decent. He's going to transfer out next year.
00:56:29
Speaker
So, boy. Ah, man. um
00:56:39
Speaker
Their offensive line was bad. And their best offensive lineman left. So they're bringing in three new transfers and an incoming freshman. And, hey, it is almost never a good thing for a freshman to be starting on their offensive line unless he's like – like, and when the freshman's starting on offensive line and hes he should be a first-round pick.
00:57:00
Speaker
And occasionally that happens. Texas had a freshman starting on his offensive line. He was a first-round pick. Ohio State had a freshman starting on their offensive line a few years Doesn't Northwestern always be there? He first-round pick. Doesn't Northwestern always got at least one freshman that starts and they end up being a first-round pick or something like that? Yes.
00:57:17
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But if that does not happen, which doesn't happen at most places, you should never have a freshman starting in your offensive line. So they brought in a bunch of transfers, as does everyone. That's going to be a super um that's gonna be a super you know common thing.
00:57:32
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the The rebuild defends – the rebuild continues on defense. They hired a new coordinator. He was most recently on UNC's defensive staff.
00:57:43
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Side note, that defense was horrible. So
00:57:49
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but it's – it I just feel this is so depressing. I just don't want to talk about this. It's sad because they're bad. They're horrible. And then they they were bad last year.
00:58:01
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And then they lost 10 starters. So how do you expect them to be better? but And it's sad because it says Nolan Ray, he averaged five yards of carry, which is really good behind him. But it was a bad offensive line. He was doing that. It's a whole new line. And now he's the starting running back.
00:58:18
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That number is going to drop. Unless he's really that good, like maybe like him he is, and maybe he can keep it up to five or something. But I i predict that to go down. Yeah. With a freshman quarterback at that, too, he has to be good for them. Yeah, because they're just going to load the box.
00:58:35
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Let me read this to you. I want to read this specifically. All three starting defensive linemen are gone with veteran Tommy... Akeem Besoto and Kueshaun Fuller graduating, and Jordan Phillips leaving for the NFL.
00:58:52
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Then, after spring, their top returning lineman, LeVon Johnson, surprisingly transferred out to Texas.
00:59:03
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So they lost all four defensive linemen as well. The only the only positive is that three of their starting, oh, God, no, that's not a positive either. Let me read that again. Let me read this as well. This so funny. First of all, the person who's writing this is so petty for how he wrote this, and it's hilarious, because almost lied to you all.
00:59:25
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So I have to read the text so you can see how I almost lied to you all. Team leader Ruben Hippolyte graduated, but the other three starting linebackers were all set to return. This was supposed to be a veteran unit in team strength. However, after spring ball, two starters transferred out.
00:59:44
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Indiana and Auburn. That's three different players on their defense that came back, went all the way through the spring, and said, uh-uh, we're going to be a six-pack of ass and left.
00:59:55
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i say They really was like, they they got they they they was practicing the defense. They wasn't practicing the spring ball. They got their reps and was like, no. No. so No.
01:00:07
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No. and ain' it ain't This ain't the one, coach. It ain't happening, it coach. I'm out of here. Can't do it. They lost seven defensive backs. They lost seven defensive backs, bro.
01:00:20
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Seven of them is crazy because three of them weren't even starting. like Dying package is only, what, five? or No, that's Nickle. Five.
01:00:32
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Yeah, dying package is five. No, Diamond 6, sorry. 6. So, yeah. And, like, you don't run that often. No. No, almost never at this point. oh Yeah.
01:00:45
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So, this is bad in case you were wondering. Like, I'm sorry. I can't make this sound good. I can't do it. This is terrible.
01:00:56
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It's bad. This is a bad team. So, let's stop talking about them and let's do the schedule. um Lucky for them and unlucky for Purdue, their schedule is not as bad.
01:01:07
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like Like Maryland, I think, should be the worst team at conference, but I don't think their schedule is going to show that because their schedule is just not as bad. They have three, what I think – oh, hold on.
01:01:21
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Ooh. What? What?
01:01:29
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never bar right Oh, wait. That's from Northern Illinois for a pay from the Mac, right? Yeah. that's the team that That's the team that beat Notre Dame last year.
01:01:40
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Yeah.
01:01:43
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Live listening to us change that pace. I told you, we stick to it once we say it out loud, but if we didn't say it out loud, we can change it up until the moment. I had to look at that again. I almost lied to y'all twice in five minutes. I apologize. this That is not likely.
01:01:58
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I almost said they have three guaranteed wins in the beginning. That is not true. That is not true at all because they played Northern Illinois, who again, as I just mentioned, is the team that beat Notre Dame last year.
01:02:09
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And I don't think it happened last year, but almost every year, At least one MAAC team upsets a Big Ten team. This is my pick. It may be Purdue.
01:02:20
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No, I think it did happen last year. Did it? I can't remember. I think it did. I can't remember either, but I think it did happen last year. Yeah. There's always a year.
01:02:31
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Except there was one year I don't think it happened, but almost every year MAAC team beats a Big Ten school. It's going to happen twice this year. Who's the second one?
01:02:41
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Ball State. Yeah, Ball State. Okay, I didn't pick that game. But Ball State legitimately may beat Purdue as well. So going through the schedule, um we both have a win at Florida and Atlantic.
01:02:54
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I don't trust that at all, but i picked it. And then we both have a loss at Purdue. We both have a win at Townsend. And then for me, that's their last win.
01:03:06
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You have one more win. So then they play at Wisconsin loss by week. Washington loss. Nebraska loss. UCLA. That is your win, my loss. Why are they beating UCLA?
01:03:17
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You have to defend UCLA. Because UCLA. It's not like UCLA is this world leader. It's easily... Here's my thing, right?
01:03:29
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If Purdue, UCLA, Maryland, Northwestern, and who else is on this list?
01:03:36
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Wisconsin. Wisconsin. They all played each other. Could you really say one is that much better?
01:03:45
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yeah so you really So you really think UCLA is dances just that much better than Maryland? I could easily see – so I could see on paper UCLA being better and still losing this game. Legit.
01:03:56
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Legit. Because UCLA – there are teams – Maryland, Purdue – no, Maryland, UCLA, Illinois, and in in Wisconsin will lose games. You're definitely like, what? What?
01:04:15
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And this is one of those games for me for UCLA where you're like, why did you lose this game? You definitely shouldn't have lost this game, and you did. Okay, so hear me out. This is crazy, but I honestly would believe you more if you picked Rutgers or Michigan State.
01:04:31
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And the only reason I say this is because while I don't think Nico is the best quarterback in the world, I think he's good enough not to win, not to lose this game, but also...
01:04:45
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UCLA should have a decent defense, and I'm not sure Maryland can score on UCLA. Where Rutgers, for example, who I think is better than both UCLA and Maryland, Rutgers just has games where they don't score.
01:04:57
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Like, just at all. That's true. Rutgers has one or two games every year where they just don't show up. It's like, Maryland could win that game. You already said it. I'll give you that one. Oh, you right. I did.
01:05:08
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You got to keep it. But like Rutgers is like, Rutgers, like Maryland could beat Rutgers 10 to seven because Rutgers just didn't show up. I don't think you, like you are, I think you're a hundred percent correct in your yeah assessment of UCLA.
01:05:23
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I just think in my opinion, when you look at the matchups, I think this is a hard game for UCLA to win, but I i can, i do think there's a chance that you're more right than I am and that they win three games versus the two that I projected.
01:05:36
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Because they meet one of these teams that I don't think they should. I was, I was, I was, i was, it was between those two. it was between Rutgers and UCLA. And I can see UCLA, like this could be a close game where UCLA's, sometimes their office doesn't show up.
01:05:53
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a And or or they do something silly like i a pick six. And that's that's the winning points there. yeah Yeah. Yeah. That is fair. So UCLA, you ever want to have a loss by week?
01:06:07
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And then they play Indiana at Rutgers at Illinois, Michigan, Michigan State. We both have losses. I have Maryland at two and ten. You have Maryland at three and nine.
01:06:19
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f Bad team. Next, we're going to Northwestern. And brother, I don't want to talk about Northwestern. And I think Northwestern can be better than both of them. just don't want talk about it. Oh, yeah.
01:06:32
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And better is probably going to be better. just never like talking about Northwestern. They be sexually assaulting people. like That's crazy.
01:06:41
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They're just... there' At this point... you, it's almost routine to just be like, Northwestern's really not going to be that good.
01:06:53
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Because it' is it's it's more than likely that's going to happen. And then we get shocked. They're like oh, wow, they won four or five games. And even that's still not good. No. wait It's not good.
01:07:03
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And they i think they lost a lot, too. They did. so the So here's the thing. Northwestern always does this, where they get like a semi-big-name white quarterback who's like probably Catholic.
01:07:16
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um and so people think they're like, going to be good this year because they got, insert, big white quarterback who's probably Catholic. And, like, we know his name because he was at a bigger school.
01:07:28
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And then they're never good. That quarterback this year is Preston Stone from SMU. The problem with this is, yeah, sure, Preston Stone is decent. But Preston Stone lost his job to a freshman.
01:07:43
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Freshman. Yep. So... He threw for, wait, wait, what did he say? I thought read somewhere that he threw for 4,000 yards. I think he did one year, couple years ago.
01:07:57
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Where is this at?
01:08:00
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Preston Stone. no not 4,000, it was 3. In 2023, threw for yards and but he did it and the aacc Then last year, he went to the ACC, which is the better conference, and lost his job to a freshman.
01:08:21
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That then-freshman led SMU to the ACC championship game. So. Damn. He's also a pure pocket passer.
01:08:33
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Yes, he don't think they're going a good offensive line. So. and his injury prone. It's just a lot. It's just a lot. Northwestern's not going to be very good. ah They lost three on their offensive line, right?
01:08:48
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One to the draft and two through transfers. thought that's what I read. I didn't read this. Trust me. I believe. i Trust me when I say I did read this. Yeah, I think so. Yeah, I think they lost three offensive line in Star Wars. And they're about to have a four-backs.
01:09:06
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Uh... I'm not going to find it because I know I read that too. So with the run push, but gets back their best in all big 10 honorable mention left tackle. So they get their best lineman back.
01:09:18
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They also lose all their wide receivers. Yeah, they lost their right guard to LSU. Here we go. Uh,
01:09:32
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Yeah, so they only bring back one offensive line. left their best lineman, which is the left tackle, and then everybody else is a transfer. Only three stars. Yeah, they probably won't have a – that might be – I mean, at least they got left tackle. If Packer passer with your best lineman is that did you had was a Big Ten honorable mention,
01:09:56
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is your left tackle, that probably is the best. At least that's the best thing you can get from that. If he's right-handed, I don't know his name is, but if he's right-handed, that at least is the best thing.
01:10:09
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ah best thing Yeah, and but the thing is, they always have a good left tackle. They left tackle two years ago who was like the number six pick in the draft. Peter Skronsky, it doesn't do anything. now he's like his But also, at the same time... i'm just So what I'm saying is, is like,
01:10:24
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for someone who's a pure pocket passer, at least... yeah. That position is sheared up because that's going to be... That's what you're going to need is that left tackle.
01:10:37
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Okay. blackness i understand. um i miss I wasn't what you were saying. That makes sense. Like, at least there's no one new coming into the and into that position. Right. Yeah. um So, on the defensive side of the ball, they play... um They play like a very, very sort of conservative bend-don't-break defense, which is not good when your offense can't score points.
01:11:02
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um Like Iowa plays bend-but-don't-break, but their defense breaks people. like You know what I mean? Like Iowa breaks people. Your defense ain't breaking people, and your offense can't score. Yeah.
01:11:13
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The one good thing, and this is this o this is like the only good thing that we've said about the last three teams, they do have six returning starters. Like, this is the first team that we've talked about that didn't lose everyone. ah Like everyone. But they did still lose their best players. Like, they had a second team, all ten Big Ten player who went to Oregon, Coco Azima, who I've been talking about since he was a freshman.
01:11:38
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He graduated. Their starting safety went to Baylor. they do have some They do have a freshman who was really good who hasn't transferred yet, which is is surprising, and safety Damon Walters. He was second in the Big Ten among freshmen and tackles. I think number one was Coy Parrish from Minnesota.
01:12:01
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And then the other good thing that they have... They are returning both of their defensive ends, Aiden Hubbard and Anto Saka. They returned, they combined last year for 11.5 tackles for loss and 9.5 sacks. So there is some...
01:12:15
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that so there is some There is more to like with Northwestern than the last two teams, but there's still nothing to like.
01:12:28
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And then also they don't have the easiest schedule. oh So that's tough.
01:12:38
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Anything else on Northwestern? no No. It's funny. I think they're slightly better tuned than the last two when we talked about them last. I just don't want to talk about Northwestern. I really don't. and We do it because we're obligated, right?
01:12:50
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is the best Big Ten podcast that exists. but I mean english not can only give you so much. Yeah, there's not much to really talk about Northwestern. In fact, they're losing a lot, and they already didn't have a good offense, and they lost a lot on offense.
01:13:03
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Your best thing, at least bringing in six starters on your defense. so That was actually pretty good. It was a pretty good defense for for that terrible team. But, again, if you're already losing, you're losing starters on your offense, and your offense wasn't good to begin with.
01:13:23
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What does that spell out for you? Yeah, like there's no way. There's no way. Yeah. So, schedule. Northwestern, they start at Tulane. have that as a loss.
01:13:34
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They play Weston, Illinois. We both have that as a win. Oregon lost. Then they get an early bye week. A bye week, week four is awful. They come off the bye, play UCLA.
01:13:45
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Lost. They play Louisiana and Monroe. We both have that as a win. Oh, we have the exact same schedule for them. Then they play at Purdue. Yeah. Destroyed. At Penn State. At Penn State. Sorry. Destroyed.
01:13:56
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Then they play Purdue. We gave them the win. And then they lose everything else. They play at Nebraska by week, at USC, Michigan, Minnesota, at Illinois. losses. That's a nasty four-week end.
01:14:08
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Yeah. but Like, at USC, Michigan, Minnesota, at Illinois. And the funny thing is, USC, not going to be amazing, but they're going to be better. They play a funky offense. Their defense is probably not going to be going to stop them.
01:14:19
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And then they play three straight teams that literally want to go into a bar and punch you in the face for three hours. Yeah, even if they're not that good, because Minnesota's not that good, but it's going to be tough game. But want to go into a bar and punch you in the face for three hours. Like, that's literally all Minnesota's going to do.
01:14:35
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I wouldn't be surprised when it Minnesota of loses that game, though. I wouldn't be surprised. Because, again, Northwestern didn't pull out, net what, five wins last year, nastily? I can tell you. Something like that.
01:14:46
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It says it in the article, doesn't it? Four games. They won four. oh so that would be four again. if But it was against – but the two in the Big Ten was Maryland and Purdue. Never mind.
01:15:00
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Never mind. Yeah. All right. I still think Minnesota could lose that game, though. Yeah. No, I mean, anything is possible, but I'm not predicting that one. And you didn't predict it either, but it's it's definitely possible that it could happen.
01:15:13
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ah Moving on. Wisconsin. This hurts me to my soul that Wisconsin's going to be bad this year. And part of the reason that Wisconsin's going bad is it's legitimately just an awful schedule.
01:15:28
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Like, Hold on, I have to find this. They play one of, if not the hardest schedule in the conference, and it is so unfortunate. Wisconsin, literally, okay, I'm just reading it for you.
01:15:41
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Wisconsin lost the schedule lottery this year by drawing seven of the Big Ten's top two and just two of the bottom eight. They play every single team in the Big Ten who people think can make the playoffs, and they play Alabama.
01:15:58
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Uh-huh. So it's like, yeah, I do think they're going to be better. But it's not going to matter in the record because they play everyone.
01:16:09
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They play Alabama. They play at Alabama, for one. Not just playing Alabama. They play at Alabama. They play at Michigan. They play Iowa. They play Ohio State. They play Oregon, at Oregon. And on top of that, it's in a row.
01:16:27
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They play at Michigan, Iowa, Ohio State, at Oregon, in a row. That is disgusting. And then they have a bye week, and it doesn't let up.
01:16:37
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They then play Washington, at Indiana, Illinois. then they finish with Minnesota, who we just said wants to go into a bar and punch in the face. This schedule's awful. And even if I think, yeah, but yeah like like even a Minnesota game, it's like, could they beat Minnesota? Sure. But are they going to beat Minnesota when their last seven games was Michigan, Iowa, Ohio State, Oregon, Washington, Indiana, and Illinois?
01:17:02
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It's possible. It's possible because the one problem with Minnesota is that they don't keep players healthy.
01:17:14
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Fair. And ne that's my reasoning. That is my reasoning. we not We haven't gotten there, but there you go. That's my reasoning as to why.
01:17:25
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Honestly, like, i don't want to talk about Wisconsin, and it's only because the schedule. Because there's nothing that I can say that matters when you have this schedule. Yeah. they're a
01:17:38
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They are they're going they are going... I did read they're going back to their... What's the word? Their personality or their their identity. Thank the Lord.
01:17:51
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offense. Yeah, on offense. Just running the ball and smash mouth football. So they did say they're going back to that, which I am... i am a happy to hear.
01:18:05
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yeah It's just this is... this is guess this might be the worst and perfect year to start. Because it's like at least get it started now and such a hard schedule.
01:18:16
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But damn, this is such a hard schedule. for Yes. So they fired Phil Longo, who if you listen to this podcast, Dante can attest. Dante will tell you if I'm lying.
01:18:28
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At any point that the singular second they hired Phil Longo, I was mad and I said it wasn't going to work and they should have never done it. So they went out and they hired Jeff Grimes, who, as you said, is going to return to that style of play.
01:18:46
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You could say that Jeff Grimes' offense is offensive grimy. I'm just playing. That was a bad joke. It's fine. Let's see.
01:19:02
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the The one, so and that's the thing, it's just like, I want to say good things because like there is some positive, but then you look at the schedule. Like, again, I like Billy Edwards. I think he's a fine college quarterback.
01:19:13
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He's not Wisconsin. Billy Edwards is going to be the best quarterback that Wisconsin's had in the last like three or four years. But then the schedule. I think that
01:19:27
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they also lost their best running back. So they also have unproven running backs, but it's Wisconsin. I just assume they're going to have good running backs, especially because Luke Fickle didn't lose everything, and Luke Fickle also always had good running backs. So you can assume that they probably had good running backs, but...
01:19:45
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um And they have decent receivers. They're keeping two receivers, Vinny Anthony and Treach. Ooh, that's the name. Treach. Yes, it is. they They have someone coming from Notre Dame, which I wouldn't want. well pauline Which I wouldn't want anyone from Notre Dame.
01:20:03
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And then on top of that, they signed Jaden Ballard from Ohio State. who So here's the thing. Ohio State has this problem where because Brian Hartline is a white – No, think he went Notre Dame.
01:20:18
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No, no, no. I'm talking about someone else. I'm talking about Jaden Ballard. Oh. Ohio State has this problem. Oh, I did. i did. And then I moved on. Yeah. Okay. My bad. Will Pauling went to Notre Dame, and I said I wouldn't want to take anyone from Notre Dame.
01:20:35
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And then they have then they've got Jaden Ballard from Ohio State. So Ohio State has this problem where because Brian Hartline was a white receiver who made it to the NFL, meaning he wasn't the biggest or strongest or the fastest, he had to be a complete wide receiver. He therefore makes sure all of his receivers are complete wide receivers.
01:20:52
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And if you're not complete, he won't play you. That works. That gets your best players to the NFL. The problem with that is every once in a while, you just need a wide receiver who's going to run a 4-3 and go deep.
01:21:05
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And we saw that with, um why am I losing his name right now? We saw that with the YJC who left Ohio State and went to Alabama. And all he did was one run, one route.
01:21:18
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And then he got drafted by the Detroit Lions. I'm losing his name right now. Jaden Ballard is the same type of player and that he was never a complete wide receiver, but he runs really fast and he's just never got the field at Ohio State. So at least they have him. He's probably going to he's probably gonna have a couple of really deep touchdowns.
01:21:36
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And so that's the thing. It's just like i wanna to be good I want to be happy for them. Wisconsin returns three starters on the offensive line, right? Yep. Now, they did lose their two best, but they returned two starters on the offensive line.
01:21:51
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I think one got drafted, I believe. Yeah, like they they brought in five four-stars on the defensive line um to compete. They brought in Mason Rieger from Louisville, Javart Javart Javart. Oh, my God.
01:22:08
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Yep. Black people. Javier. i think it's Javier. Black people, please. Yeah. Yeah. yeah Javier. yeah i'm going to check I'm going to type this name for y'all in chat so you can see what I i was able to try. No, no, it's Javier.
01:22:25
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Oh, man. is it ja I think it might be Javier. Or is it J-V-R and it's spelled exactly how it sounds? You can never tell it right, people. It could be Javier. Ooh, it's Javier.
01:22:39
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I'm going with Javier. I'm going with Javier, too. Javier Sugg from LSU, Parker Peterson from Tulane, Michael Gardner from Georgia, and Tyrese Fearbreed from Kentucky.
01:22:51
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um They have some other four stars. the defense wasn't like The defense wasn't good, but they started to get better. They are returning both of their starting quarterbacks, and Ricardo Holman and Nizier for Q-on.
01:23:06
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um It's just like, this is a team that shouldn't be this bad. And then you look at the schedule. And it's just very, very unfortunate. Honestly. They're going to be competing in these games, but they're going Yeah. i need dirt Some of these games, they're going to be close for like the half and then maybe maybe pull away later. And then some games are going to be in the whole time, but still end up losing.
01:23:32
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Like Michigan. Like I could see an upset bid at Michigan or Iowa, and then they lose the game. like you know like I don't think they're just going to be like... like horrible but the other thing is if some of these games were moved around in other places where they got a bit of a break it would be different but again where do you move it around Ohio State in oregon and in a row yeah my thing is it's like where do you move it around where you get a break because even if Minnesota what in between and like if you go Michigan Iowa I think they have to play Minnesota at the end of this season you're right think that's more right so the only one you could move is Washington
01:24:10
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And that's where that helps. No, you can't move anything because like, yeah, this guy was just tough dog. It's just tough. It's like, even the, when they get in the big 10, which is Maryland, at least for you is where do you, where do you, because again, you put it in between, you're still going to get us.
01:24:31
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You're still going to get a at least a five-game split where it's going to be tough. But there's bye weeks. There's always going to be a five-game split. I'm not saying that they would win these games, but I would move Maryland and Ohio State so you at least don't go Michigan, Iowa, Ohio State, Oregon.
01:24:48
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Yes, then you would go Alabama, Ohio State. But do you – hold on, hold on, hold on, hold i But no, wait, no, sir, you go, this, it's even worse. Because now, think about what you're ask you're saying.
01:24:59
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You go Alabama, Ohio State, Michigan, Iowa, then Maryland. But there's a bye. You still getting smacked for two games. know, I know. But like, at least. And then off of Maryland. And here you know what's crazy about that? That's a loss now.
01:25:16
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Maryland game's a loss.
01:25:19
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Okay, because you can't that you're right. There's nothing you can do with this schedule. There's nothing you can do. And then you go at Oregon, lose Washington, Indiana, Illinois. i Yeah.
01:25:30
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Yeah. All right. Well, well, ah's if they didn't have Alabama on the schedule, then there's ways to fix this schedule. Alabama makes this schedule so much worse.
01:25:44
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Like, again, as we said, they play seven of the – they play – what was it? I said they play seven or five of the top seven. Hold on. don't know you find it. Yeah, they play seven of the top ten, and then you add in Alabama. I almost – don't know.
01:26:05
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Every team
01:26:09
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besides Maryland had a bowl game last year. Minnesota? I think Minnesota made a bowl game last year. as soon as you get from As soon as you get out of Middle Tennessee, every team besides Maryland made a bowl game last year. Are we sure that Middle Tennessee didn't make a bowl game?
01:26:29
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I don't know. Yeah, yeah. Hold on. Yeah, no, no, no. Minnesota made a bowl game, and then they beat Virginia Tech. Yep.
01:26:40
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Every team but Maryland. may they play They played their Big Ten schedule all made a bowl Truth is not. No, I'm sorry. Maryland didn't. Maryland didn't. But, yeah, every team they played after we took.
01:26:57
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Only one of you have three games here. we They don't make up. Did Miami of Ohio make a ball game? I'm Googling it right now. This schedule, this schedule is that, is the Popeyes meme.
01:27:10
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The lady outside Popeyes with the story. Yeah, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Hold on. Let me see. What they do? What did do? What did they do? Hold I'm going to tell you right now. Yeah. Oh, God.
01:27:22
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Oh, no. Oh, no. only They won nine games. Miami, Ohio won nine games last year. mac They got smacked up in the MAAC championship game, but they won nine games last year.
01:27:40
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So, okay, so it's only two teams on their schedule. You might want look at Middle Tennessee. I am. I am. i before Before we say this too confidently, i do's like I do think Middle Tennessee did not, but now now I have to look.
01:27:57
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Yeah. Because might be tired too. Middle Tennessee.
01:28:08
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tell you hear second you boy I was going say, I was like um was like really positive that Miami and Ohio did, but I forgot that they were like actually really good last year.
01:28:23
Speaker
I didn't even know. thanks
01:28:27
Speaker
This is horrible. podcast oh oh my god. okay Nope. Nope. We're safe. We're safe. We went 3-9. Okay.
01:28:37
Speaker
There are only two teams on their schedule that didn't make a gosh darn bowl game. Yeah, yeah. This is depressing. Let's just do the schedule.
01:28:50
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Miami of Ohio, which I am less confident they're going to win, but I'm still going to give it to them because they did have some good things happen. Miami of Ohio, Middle Tennessee, we both have a win. And then we both have a loss at Alabama.
01:29:03
Speaker
And we both have them beating Maryland. Then they're going to buy And for the seventh time not that I've said this. um I'm not not so confident about that Maryland game. but give It's too late now. but because It's too early, but I'm giving it to them.
01:29:18
Speaker
I just think Maryland is going to be really, really bad. And then they have a bye. And then as I've said multiple times, they then go at Michigan, Iowa, Ohio State, at Oregon.
01:29:29
Speaker
all losses by week Washington at Indiana, Illinois, all losses. And then at Minnesota, you have Minnesota as a win. have Minnesota as a loss.
01:29:41
Speaker
You've already said it, but do you want to reiterate? yeah know why The reason why is because Minnesota two reasons, Minnesota loses games like these and Minnesota has a, a, a history of the, at least as long as we've been doing this podcast where they have injury to key players. Yeah.
01:29:59
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Yes. Throughout the season. So I give this win to Wisconsin for those for that reason. For those two reasons. I mean, yep.
01:30:11
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So, boom. All right. UCLA. This is a podcast. Let's let's knock it out. UCLA. Yeah.
01:30:23
Speaker
Usually they lost to Kelly. They hired an unknown coach who was one of their best running backs. They weren't great last year in the first six games. But that was a rebuild.
01:30:35
Speaker
Yeah, and then they got better. This is a rebuild. Yeah, then they got better in the last six games, beating three teams that went to bowl games, Rutgers, Nebraska, and Iowa, and they almost beat USC.
01:30:47
Speaker
make sure yeah They have positive momentum. they I think they were in the game in the LSU game too. I don't remember, but you may be right. honestly don't remember, but LSU, yeah.
01:31:00
Speaker
So like they seem like they had positive momentum, and then the transfer portal happened. They lost their starting quarterback, starting running back, top two wide receivers, and their starting left tackle. And they switched offensive coordinators, which is hilarious because they hired Eric Bien-Aimé, and it's so funny. Listen,
01:31:16
Speaker
listen I'm always pro why are black people not getting jobs? And everybody was like, oh my God, Eric B. Enemy's not getting hired.
01:31:28
Speaker
Everyone's racist. every All the white Chiefs offensive coordinators got hired. Why isn't Eric B. Enemy? And then we just found out it was because he was bad.
01:31:38
Speaker
Wasn't because he black. He was just bad. He's been bad everywhere. He was literally Patrick Mahomes offensive coordinator, went to UCLA and got fired in one year.
01:31:50
Speaker
That's tough. UCLA did hit a lottery of sorts and that Nico Ayamalava decided that he wanted to make me money.
UCLA's Season Challenges
01:32:02
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it And then he did not get said money. And so he hit the transfer portal from Tennessee. and he still didn't get said money because UCLA didn't give it to him.
01:32:17
Speaker
But I think he's from California or something was going on. they got Nico, who is a solid quarterback, which is helpful. So that's good because they did lose their quarterback. So um they got Nico.
01:32:30
Speaker
That is definitely a positive for what they have going on. But other than that, they did lose a lot of people. And I'm not sure that their coach is that good. so i do think that they're going to be a team that like maybe loses some, almost like USC last year, where they have some games where they put up 35 and still lose.
01:32:48
Speaker
They have some games where it looks like it's going to be an upset and then they collapse. They have some games where it looks like it's going to be a blowout and then they almost come back. Like, I don't think they're going to be an awful team to watch.
01:32:59
Speaker
I just don't. It's just tough. Like, I mean, the Big Ten's hard. Like, the Big Ten's hard. it It just is what it is. They also don't have the the easiest schedule. They play Penn State and they play Ohio State.
01:33:11
Speaker
They also play Utah, who I think is going to be pretty good. So they don't get the they don't get the three guaranteed wins in the non-conference. It's just one of those things where it's like, I don't know that this is i don't know that it's fair to call them a bad team. They're just yeahnna not a good team.
01:33:28
Speaker
It's just someone... The mantra of last year that we're going to pick up again this year is someone has to lose the games. It's just the way it is. Someone has to lose.
01:33:39
Speaker
And so with that... That's probably going to be UCLA, especially because despite the fact that their head coach is a running back, their running game was awful.
01:33:53
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So without the running game, it's going to be tough. um
01:34:02
Speaker
Man, we've been doing this for a long time. I'm starting to lose steam. What a
01:34:09
Speaker
what Yeah, their offense was poor. But i honestly, it was his second year, right? This is his second year, yes.
01:34:19
Speaker
Yeah, so I ah um so i expect first-year head coaches, especially when they're first-year, their offense to be bad and defense be pretty decent.
01:34:30
Speaker
Yeah. So their running game being bad, even though he's a running back and stuff like that doesn't surprise me because, again, first-year head coach. but It sort of surprises me because they were really good with Chip Kelly. But Chip Kelly's like – everyone talks about Chip Kelly as like an odd passing guy, but he's always a running guy.
01:34:50
Speaker
He's always a – he's just a – he's a psycho. He is. um So so to to try to lock in, they lose their starting running back. They bring in a running back from the Big Sky at Idaho who ran for 1,100 yards and 16 touchdowns, but you never know how that's going to translate from that level to the Big Ten.
01:35:12
Speaker
They also bring in a running back from Cal. They lose three of their starting offensive linemen. They're bringing in guys from the Power Four, but one of them started at USC, which is not a good sign. And then the other ones, just they're big names. Like, they had high recruiting, but they haven't really played.
01:35:28
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um On defense, they have to replace nine starters, which is just not good, including their linebacker, Carson Swe- Carson Swe- Suesinger, who was a second-round pick. I think he maybe you went to the Browns.
01:35:44
Speaker
A couple years ago, they lost Ayatulatu. So, like, they've had some stars on defense that they they just kind of keep losing. And so it's sort of unfortunate with that the linebacker, Schlesinger, had 136 They...
01:35:58
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um they
01:36:02
Speaker
are bringing... Oh, my gosh. This is a... I don't like the way this sounds. Transfer portal frequent flyers. That's always a bad sign. You don't want those players. ah Key Lawrence and Byron Threats were both 2023 starters but had quieter 2023s at new schools.
01:36:19
Speaker
They bring in a former four-star, Cole Martin, from Arizona State. um ah Here's the thing, man. It's just... You can't lose nine starters and expect to be good.
01:36:31
Speaker
you can't lose gar You can't lose the best player on your defense who's a second-round pick. you You get an upgrade by bringing in Nico, but you don't you lose your best running back and you're bringing in someone from Idaho, so you don't know if that's going to translate to the Big Ten. What
01:36:51
Speaker
do you want me to say?
01:36:54
Speaker
What do you want me to say? It's going to be a type of mid to bad season. it' And you have a coach who's never coached before, and so you can't guarantee that he can coach in this spot.
01:37:06
Speaker
ah You don't know if he's going to be good coach at all, and then he doesn't have great players right now.
01:37:13
Speaker
What you want me to say? It's not looking good. They they have a pretty tough schedule as well. Yeah. I mean, in the non-conference, they played Utah, UNLV, and New Mexico. And typically that sounds crazy, but UNLV has been good. They won 11 games last year. The only reason I have them winning that game is because UNLV lost their coach, and New Mexico was good last year. The only reason that I have them winning that game is because I think New Mexico's coach is now at UNLV, or he's somewhere.
01:37:40
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so And then they play Utah. So, like, they don't have any guaranteed games, and then they have a Big Ten schedule. I have them winning four. You have them winning five. And honestly, they should thank the lucky stars if they get that.
01:37:52
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Yeah.
01:37:55
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Well, welcome back to the IAE show.
Podcast Technical Challenges and Conclusion
01:38:01
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Just in case we have video, because don't know if the video is going to work, and the video editing is a little bit choppy.
01:38:07
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I couldn't just act like we didn't have technical difficulties. um But yeah, we right back in it. Yeah. On to UCLA's schedule.
01:38:19
Speaker
don't have nothing else to say about UCLA. don't want to talk about them no more. um like Like I said, it's a it's a tough team with a new coach that lost a lot of people on defense.
01:38:30
Speaker
They literally, in the last two years, they second-round player and a first-round player on defense. They don't got them anymore. So let's just do the schedule. no and And they have a tough out-of-conference by playing Utah.
01:38:40
Speaker
Which love that. i mean I mean, I love that they're playing Utah, but that's not great for them. So week one, Utah, we both had some loss. Week two, UNLV, at UNLV, we both have as a win. And again, i only have that as a win because UNLV's coach is now at Purdue because UNLV won 11 games last year.
01:39:01
Speaker
So there's a chance that they're still good, but I'm just going to give it to UCLA. New Mexico, we both have a win. Bye week. We both have them winning at Northwestern. So we have them starting That's real cute.
01:39:15
Speaker
And then it gets real ugly. They play Penn State loss at Michigan State. That is a game that they could win. ah We say all these things, but like a couple of things going their way, this could easily be a 6-16. We could have flipped this, but I have a little bit more faith in Michigan State this year.
01:39:34
Speaker
Partially because they have a better coach. um so lost the quarterbacks ah two Your a two-year starter as well. Where UCLA might be having a fresh... No, no, no. UCLA's quarterback is from Tennessee.
01:39:47
Speaker
But a first-year starter for the program. Yes, yeah, yeah, yeah. And a new offensive coordinator as well. So loss... And it's at Michigan State. If it was at home, maybe I'd feel different. Yeah, probably not.
01:40:02
Speaker
So we both have a loss at Michigan State. Then they play Maryland. You have a loss. have a win. i just think Maryland's going to be worse than you. so Then they play at Indiana. We both have a loss. Then they play bye.
01:40:15
Speaker
Why do you have – see, okay, and you have to explain these last two. So then they play Nebraska. i have a win. You have a win. have a loss. At Ohio State, loss. Washington, you have a win. I have a loss.
01:40:29
Speaker
don't know. And then at USC, we both have losses. Where do you... How do I get that Nebraska and Washington? um
01:40:43
Speaker
For Nebraska, I i think Nebraska is going to be good. But I think... it' the it's I say this answer like almost every year when I do stuff like this.
01:40:54
Speaker
And and i know I'm going to say, there are games that don't make sense in the Big Ten a lot of the time. And it's been happening in the SEC, too. Remember when um Alabama lost to Vanderbilt?
01:41:08
Speaker
Mm-hmm. Something like that.
01:41:11
Speaker
Whereas, it's just something that doesn't make any sense. It just sometimes... Because I think UCLA will be competitive in a lot of these games. I think UCLA will probably be the most competitive um next to Wisconsin out of these teams oh that we're talking about today.
01:41:28
Speaker
And... I can see Nebraska slacking off. so Nebraska slacks off. Washington isn't the world beater they were just like a few years ago. And I could think i could see them also losing that game. i'm not too I'm not 100% certain on the Washington game, but I'm not 100% sold on Nebraska just yet.
01:41:51
Speaker
Fair enough. Just yet. I just... And again, UCLA did that random run at the end of last year. I know a lot of those players are gone.
01:42:02
Speaker
a lot of those players are gone. But what's to say something like that can't happen where they just get a a few weird wins out of the way? I don't – I think UCLA could become 5-17. It can be a 5-17.
01:42:18
Speaker
You could take Nebraska and change it to – or change Washington to Maryland. Like, I see why you think they'd beat Maryland. I just think there's certain games where you're like, why did you lose that game?
01:42:29
Speaker
Like, how'd you lose? I can see us at the end of the season going, how'd you lose to Maryland, but you beat Nebraska? and that And that's been some something we've said for teams plenty of times.
01:42:40
Speaker
And I think UCLA was one, too.
01:42:44
Speaker
Yeah.
01:42:47
Speaker
Where you're just like, how did you pull that off?
01:42:51
Speaker
I think UCLA be one of those weird, weird schools where they pull off Wednesday. They shouldn't have, but they miss out on a ball game.
01:43:00
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Yeah.
01:43:05
Speaker
I get it. Sound logic. I just think. i like done I guess for me, it could the Nebraska one could happen if Dylan Rayola does like two interceptions, which is not it's possible feasible. so um Weird things happen all the time.
01:43:22
Speaker
But I have them ultimately at 4-8, and you have them at Yeah.
01:43:28
Speaker
So that is the end of our first preview. This is the gutter, the bottom feeders. And to wrap up the show, as always, we wrap it up with our I-80.
01:43:42
Speaker
That is not what we wrap it up. I'm exhausted. We wrap it up with our pit stop. Speaking of I-80, just, like I don't even like I-80 no more. about to change the name.
01:43:54
Speaker
I just found out I got a speeding ticket. i I guess there's cameras on I-80. I don't even remember speeding, dog. I don't know, bro. I-80 some haters.
01:44:04
Speaker
Dude, there's a whole podcast, so you're going to give me a speeding ticket. That's crazy. Anyways, my pit stop will be short and sweet. I like to smell good. I like cologne. Cologne is very expensive.
01:44:17
Speaker
Yes, it is. And so I found out about this thing, and this is like free marketing, but there's a reason that I'm saying this. I found about this thing called Scentbox, where like 20 bucks, you can get like, I've never heard of it.
01:44:29
Speaker
get like a smaller thing of like cologne sent to you. And it's like trial size whatever. It's basically supposed to last a month. It's like four sprays a day for 30 days. That's what they say.
01:44:40
Speaker
If you have multiple colognes like I do, it means you'll have it for a little bit because I'm not going to use one cologne every single day. I say all of this to say, though, I was really excited. i got it. I got Gucci Guilty. i wanted to smell it, see what it was like.
01:44:53
Speaker
And then my USPS driver stole it. So, literally was just like, ah got it got scanned in ah location that was not even on my street.
01:45:05
Speaker
So, that was crazy. But shout out to them for sending me another one for free so I didn't lose it. And I got it today. And I was literally like, yeah, my USPS driver was like...
01:45:17
Speaker
I'm already fresh enough. I stole the last one. I'll let you get this one. Yeah. They said it was delivered. They're like, no, it wasn't. So they stole it. would so That's crazy. they But my clone came in the mail today. So shout out. I'm like, you know, it's trying to smell good, bro. You're like, what are you doing?
01:45:35
Speaker
You know, I could just piggyback off of that. Because I think, yeah, last week I actually got two nuisance. of cologne that I picked out. I was at, was it Marshall's or something? And you know how Marshall's always got cologne for real, for cheap too.
01:45:52
Speaker
And was just sniffing them like, this actually smells pretty good. So I bought that and then forgot that I ah ordered something from Fat Kid Deals. Fat Kid Deals had put up like a ah a Burberry cologne.
01:46:07
Speaker
And I was like, I wonder what that smells like. So I bought it. Smells pretty good actually. I ain't even lie. So,
01:46:15
Speaker
Yeah, I think I've become, I'm 30. I'm definitely 30.
01:46:20
Speaker
What? Yeah. Because I was, that when I, when I spent the two, I like, It's like Roman smell. Yeah, let's go. listen.
01:46:31
Speaker
um Well, yeah, so that's it. That's the show. A good football season's here. We're going almost two hours a game. That's how you know we back. um But yeah, so we will catch you next week.
01:46:44
Speaker
Next week, we will be a little bit better because these teams are actually teams that are going to win some games. This is our bowl tier. These are all teams that we think are going to make a bowl game. As always, if you've made it this far, first of all, thank you. Good night.
01:46:59
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01:47:22
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