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Auburn Preview | 2025 Georgia Football
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Listener's Jeopardy Segment Query
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Dude, can we get Jeopardy category as a listener question? I know, seriously. Can we make this an ongoing thing? And like you can get the theme music going for it. and like Yeah, see, I mean, like i I did it with my voice, but I would totally like it. The Daily Devil.
Podcast Introduction & Website Redesign
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Welcome to My Got a Podcast. I'm Jim Wood. In this episode, John Powell and I preview Georgia's matchup with Auburn under the lights on the planes. We talk through what we're looking for in the game, and we answer questions from you, our listeners.
00:00:33
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As always, remember to check out the newly redesigned MyGottaPodcast.com to see our latest merch. And you can follow us on social media at MyGottaPodcast.
Rivalry Traditions: Georgia vs. Auburn
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Now, let's join the conversation in progress.
00:00:56
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Hey, John.
00:00:58
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Hey Jim. Do you like trucks?
00:01:05
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Yeah. Let's go early. I like driving in my truck. He likes to drive in his truck. Auburn sucks.
00:01:16
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Auburn sucks. like driving in my truck. He likes to drive in his truck. Auburn sucks.
Cultural References in Georgia Football
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A tradition like no other.
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ah tradition like no other
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I love it. I love it. Squidbillies. Forever ingrained into the Georgia mindset. we yeah the immortal the immortal words of T-Pain.
Georgia Football Traditions & Apparel
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my gosh And if you haven't seen it, um be sure to be following Bulldog Brewer and Social Club. John put out a nice ah video. It was like Gunner in his truck from the Honor Reserve ad with that music over it.
00:02:19
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was fantastic. So be sure ja I think i think you tweeted that video out, too. So. I did. who was it's always it's It's always a classic audio, so it's nice to have it's nice to have a quarterback or someone on the team that can actually drive their truck and mean it.
00:02:37
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perfect. um I'm actually wearing my Gunner Stockton driving his truck t-shirt for the occasion and tonight. so Is that the Honor Reserve signature shirt?
00:02:49
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It is. It is, yes. Mine is not signed. um Mine is not signed. Lily's is because she likes to get her shirts signed by Georgia quarterbacks, apparently. She does.
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I got the print signed. so I love it. Not a sponsor yet.
Deep South's Oldest Rivalry: Georgia vs. Auburn
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Yet.
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ah Awesome. Well, so we got the, the war tiger Eagle planes. Yeah. Yep, yep. All the mascots. community All the mascots with these guys. And a reminder that this is a rivalry ah by the My Gata Podcast definition.
00:03:25
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um if If nothing else, it has a name. um So that's one of the criteria. So right there, check that check that box. Deep South's oldest rivalry. Officially a rivalry game.
00:03:36
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Wrong time of year, though. Wrong time of a year. But that's that's neither here nor there. I mean, I think it's totally valid, especially in the new college football world. We might as well just ah go ahead and get off my lawn moment with you.
00:03:50
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Yeah. I mean, I guess it wouldn't really be a My God of Podcast Auburn preview unless I complained about the game not being in November. So yes, there it is. actually plan I'm sure that I'm sure Michael D is like looking at the the little stitches. Yeah.
00:04:06
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Box checked. Jim complained about time year. yeah Exactly. too good. Well, you might get it. these guys every year, so i don't have any fun facts. Also just life and in general getting in the way. But, uh, if you don't know about Auburn, then you probably are new to this.
00:04:24
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Otherwise you're well ingrained into the hatred of the war title planes, me and people.
College Admissions & Rivalry Schools
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Yes. Yes, totally. um Yeah, let's let's get into it.
00:04:37
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Let's do the rundown. And you, dear listener, probably have friends that used Auburn as the backup school when they were going to college. so Especially in 2025 when kids can't get into Georgia, which... <unk> Yeah, not easy.
00:04:51
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Not easy. there's There's a lot of folks that are that are going to Auburn that... Probably would have gotten into Georgia ahead of Maine from in the day. Back in our days.
00:05:02
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Yeah, yeah. From what i understand, it's actually kind of hard to get into Auburn now from from the the feedback that I'm getting from the parents. Because when I was in college, it was like, I mean, there was it was like you you showed up and they gave you money.
00:05:15
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Yeah, I think a lot of the SEC schools are getting harder. So when you get all that money coming in from the TV, that stuff starts to happen.
Social Media & Merchandise Promo
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Yeah. Judging by the amount of mail that I get, Mississippi State and Ole Miss are quite desperate for people from our area to come to their school.
00:05:33
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Okay. Okay. Noted. Noted. All right. Well, hey, um if you're listening, be sure to follow us on social media. You can find us on Twitter, Instagram, YouTube, Facebook, and TikTok at MyGottaPodcast.
00:05:49
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Georgia vs. Auburn Game Preview
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um jp we can uh let's run through the matchup and then we'll get into all the things so let's game uh game kicks off saturday at 7 30 p.m at jordan hair stadium in auburn jordan jordan hair that that actually that's in the that's in the lister questions yeah that will be discussed um dogs come into this one four and one and one in the sec auburn three and two oh and two in the sec Um, dogs are ranked number nine and 10 in the respective polls. Auburn is unranked.
00:06:36
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The game will be on ABC, uh, with the crew of Sean McDonough, Greg McElroy and Molly McGrath. Uh, interesting, John, I did note the serious XM station apparently does change from week to week this week.
00:06:49
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It will either be on one 32 or one 92. Who knew? Um, and the official hashtag is guess. just Yeah. I love that. There's like two possibilities. Um, um And then ah the official hashtag that we will forget to use is hashtag UGA versus AUB.
Game Day Conditions & Traditions
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um And the all-time series record, Georgia leads this record series 65-56-8 with the last meeting being a thirty one to thirteen win in Athens by the Dogs last year on October 5th.
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so Tell them about the recent the recent history in this game, mr Jim. the recent history in this game. Um, it's been all dogs. Yes.
00:07:33
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If you, if you go and look, if you go and look at that, it's like, you know, but we've only lost a a handful of times. Yeah, I mean, it's it really is wild, especially like it like at home.
00:07:44
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um the You know, i the way I like to say it is my oldest daughter, Ella, is a sophomore in college. She was not born the last time Auburn beat Georgia at Georgia, which is insane.
00:07:58
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um So, yeah, it's, you know, that that they were leading the series and the series was like super close and we pulled away a bit of late. It's it's been pretty impressive. impressiveive um They have exactly three wins since 2010.
00:08:12
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Okay. Yeah. So what? 17, 13. We lost, we lost 2010. We lost 13 and 17. Yeah. yeah Okay. Yep.
00:08:23
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Sounds right. Sounds right. um Let's see if you're heading down there, looks like pretty good weather. Uh, be like high of 78 during the day. um with it being an evening kickoff at seven 30, the temperature is going to dip down a bit.
00:08:36
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I think it should be like, like in the sixties, um, during the game. So I don't know, maybe bring a light jacket or something. I don't know if you're in the upper deck, there may be swirling winds. So just keep an out for that dress accordingly.
00:08:47
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All right, let's do, um, winds. yeah You never know. You never know that. i can There's, there's always, there's always something, something funky going on. And at, at Jordan hair stadium,
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i I haven't been there myself since um the night the Hilltop Grill opened. and um But enjoyed going there when I did go in college.
Debating National Championship Claims
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And I will say the whole when the Eagle flies down to the field is pretty cool. like um i So I would suggest getting there in time to see that.
00:09:23
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Assuming they still do it. I believe they do. right. You want to hit Hasty's Harder History? Let's hit it, Jim. All right.
00:09:45
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All right. Hasties Hagrid History, Auburn edition. ah So Jason writes in and tells us that earlier this year, Auburn's athletic department announced that it was officially claiming four national championships in football.
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These are in addition to the two titles they've won on the field 1957 2010, and the three other seasons, and for which they claim national championships. With these four additional seasons,
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nineteen ten nineteen fourteen nineteen fifty eight in two thousand and four auburn now styles itself as a ninetime national championship winning school
00:10:22
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unlievable Unbelievable. Unbelievable. When, when one day you have four more national championships than the day before, like that's, know, red flag for me personally, but, um, okay.
00:10:33
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It isn't unusual for school for schools to inflate their resumes by claiming national championships, whether those claims have merit or not Georgia has historically been very cautious about claiming championships.
00:10:43
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We claim one unanimous title, 1980, one shared title, 1942, and two playoff titles, 2021-2022. There are several seasons where we have championship claim that we don't officially acknowledge.
00:10:56
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Why don't we claim these additional years? The first year we could claim is 1920. That year, the Bulldogs, who started the season as the Wildcats, as will be explained in an upcoming installment of Hastie's Harvard History, ooh, foreshadowing, love it, um were undefeated, and the only blemish on the year was a 0-0 tie with Virginia.
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Herman Stegman's team was named co-champion of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association alongside Tech and Tulane. Though both Tech and Tulane had losses outside of conference play,
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The 1920 Bulldogs were retroactively named national champions by the Berryman Quality Points Rating System, which is a historic college football ranking index. The Cal Golden Bears are recognized as the national champions of 1920. They played a weak schedule of military teams, semi-pro teams, and small colleges, though they did win the Rose Bowl.
00:11:45
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In 1927, the Dream and Wonder Bulldogs had won nine straight games, including yale includ sorry including handing Yale its only loss of the season, heading into the rivalry game against Tech.
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With a berth on the Rose Bowl on the line, Tech defeated the Bulldogs 12-0 in Atlanta. Recognized national champion Illinois went 7-0-1. Georgia is recognized as national champion in three historical rankings polls, the Bowen system, the polling system, and the Berryman QPR system.
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Illinois was named champions in a mix of contemporary and historical polls. It's important to note that prior to the advent of the Associated Press poll in 1936, there was not a nationally recognize recognized college football poll of record.
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All polls prior to 1936 were regional or else were put on by individuals such as Walter Camp. Because of this, any rankings issued during the era before the AP poll are dubious. Though the AP poll had issues, it provided a national standard for ranking teams.
00:12:42
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Easily the most controversial unclaimed title among our fans is 1946. Georgia in 1946 was likely the most dominant team in the country and had the country's most dynamic and versatile player, Charlie Trippi.
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The national press, however, had decided early in the season that the title would go to the winner of the Notre Dame Army game. That game, played in Yankee Stadium to accommodate the crowd, ended in a 0-0 tie.
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To resolve the issue, Notre Dame was awarded the national championship and Army's Glenn Davis was given the Heisman. Georgia was ranked number three in the year-end AP poll, despite being the only beaten, untied team in the country.
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Georgia also won a bowl game, a 20-10 game against UNC in the Sugar Bowl. Neither Notre Dame nor Army played in a bowl. Georgia was ranked number one in only one poll, the Williamson Poll, which was issued by a member of the Sugar Bowl committee.
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From the most controversial unclaimed championship to the least controversial, the 1968 Bulldogs were named national champions in the Littgenhaus Poll, which used scoring differential to determine its rankings.
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The 68 Bulldogs had an 8-1-2 record, while Ohio State, who ended the season as number one in the AP poll, had a 10-0 record and beat both number one Purdue and number two USC.
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Now that we have looked at these four seasons, which championship could we reasonably claim? Obviously, 1968 is out. Only Alabama would claim that one. The 1946 season is difficult. We fielded arguably the best team the nation and had the single best player.
00:14:05
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But at no point in the season were we discussed as a national championship contender. All the discussion focused on Notre Dame and Army. If we were ranked number one in any historical rankings, we could probably lay claim to a share of this title, but we haven't.
00:14:18
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The real shame of this season is that Trippie didn't get the Heisman he deserved. This leads us to the two 1920 seasons. We could reasonably lay a claim to both, though the shutout loss to Tech to end the 1927 season probably takes that out of out of the discussion.
00:14:32
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The 1920 season, then, is our best claim. One of three SIAA co-champions, we were the only team that was undefeated. Also, at tie in 1920 wasn't as damaging to a team's record as it would be later, especially when playing away from home.
00:14:45
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Football was also so regional at this time that having a single national champion was essentially impossible.
Uniform Traditions & Social Media Debates
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In my humble opinion, let's lay claim to the 1920 season. Put up a flag in Sanford Stadium, make up a logo for T-shirts and caps, and give Herman Stegman his due as a championship coach alongside Wally Butts, Vince Dooley, and Kirby Smart.
00:15:05
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Ah. Fantastic. I love it. ah yeah if you're watching If you're watching on youth on the YouTubes, you'll notice that there are some images which are which are pretty awesome. And I can neither confirm nor deny that Jim pulled this red and black picture out of his archive.
00:15:22
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You never know. You never know. um As always, reminder, you can always... Uh, stop by the Hargaret library. Uh, Jason gives tours for the fall exhibit, uh, Friday afternoons.
00:15:35
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Um, so be sure to go by and check that out. If you're ever in Athens on a, uh, on a Friday noon. And then as always, thank you, Jason, for sending these in. Uh, they're always, always incredible. I always, I always learn something. Um, this one's good though. Cause like, I, I know it's been something that I've heard talked about a lot around kind of how we treat national championships and what we claim is very different than say some other schools.
00:15:57
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So. Right. Yeah. Um, i don't know. ah what's, what's your, what's your thought on it, Jim? I mean, I kind of think we're doing it the right, I would say like the right way.
00:16:08
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Like, I think it's odd when, you know, Alabama did the same thing at one point where they went and looked, was like, Oh, we should be claiming all these other, like, it's like a new, a lot of times it's like a new sports information director comes in and goes and looks through the archives. it's like, Oh, like we should have claimed x Y, Z year or whatever. But yeah,
00:16:25
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It's like what Jason put in here, right? Like back in the day, people weren't really even really thinking about it. You know, like the the goal wasn't the same back then. And it is now, it's not like going be national champions because the sport was a regional, you know, like, so it's, it's kind of like a retroactive thing in general.
00:16:42
Speaker
it's almost like the conference championships mean more yeah yeah yeah i'm with you i'm with you dude some of the faces of charlie trippy and uh is that charlie trippy in the superman logo or the superman kind of get up uh i'm not sure who it was i don't know some of the facial expressions are just kind of funny to me And if you're if you're if you're if you despise the uniform talk, ah avert your eyes to the quote-unquote traditional uniforms that were existent back then, ah many of which were black.
00:17:21
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With the black jersey. yeah Yeah. The original jersey was black. Yeah, it's guys
00:17:28
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guys. Miss me with the stay traditional, it's red. No, sir. False. So good. ah Which on that note, um man, Hunter stirred up the uniform on Twitter this week with his we should wear black helmets tweet.
00:17:47
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Hunter, I expect reparations for the damage that's been done to me on this tweet. i beennna I'm going to admit, like I think halfway through the day, I i had to mute the tweet. There were so many notifications going. Oh, yeah. I mean, going crazy sorry hunt as soon as soon as the first Alabama person jumped in and Hunter, bless his heart, he tried to defend himself for a little bit. And it was just like, it's like that Jon Snow meme where he's like pulling the sword out in the the oncoming horde. Right. Right.
00:18:15
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Right. ah Too good.
Player Injury Updates
00:18:19
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All right. Let's see. Let's hit the let's hit the news and notes. um So from Kirby's press conference, he did get into a bit around, got asked about some injuries. He said, Ernest Green III is working out with us this week and trying to recover, and we'll see where he's at today. This is on Monday.
00:18:36
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Then he said, and then Monroe Freeling has has an ankle, but it's probably not as severe as we thought. He's not having any kind of surgery or anything, and you know we're hopeful to get him back this week. So Monroe Freeling, a hopeful kiss of death.
00:18:48
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um So that's not not looking good. um He said we'll have to wait and see, cetera. um Since we're recording Wednesday night, the initial injury report is out, and those two guys, Monroe Freeling and Ernest Green III, are both listen listen listed as questionable.
00:19:05
Speaker
um So I don't I would say not not super promising, at least for Freeling. Something that happened after we recorded last week was the Taylor and Taylor injury. And I don't remember. I don't even know if we talked about that, but he's still out.
00:19:20
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So, um, surgery, I believe from what Graham had reported. get one kid Yeah. So news and notes from the Auburn side, ah nothing from like Hugh Freeze's press conference or anything, but wanted to call some stuff out about on this game.
00:19:41
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So one thing, this is Auburn's SEC home opener. So they have both of their, they're owned to in the SEC, but both of those games were on the road. So at Oklahoma at Texas A&M.
00:19:52
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So SEC home opener. um They are also coming off a bye week. So they had a bye last week. And i don't know if you knew this, John, they're retiring Cam Newton's Jersey at this game.
00:20:03
Speaker
and okay So expect all the pomp and circumstance for this game. um There's going be a lot going on. And it sounds like they're planned they have some extra things planned.
00:20:14
Speaker
Um, so Paris Buchanan, he is the senior associate AD of fan experience and creative strategy at Auburn. Um, I think Peter Burns was talking about kind of what they did like for their, it was like their ball state game and how great that was at night. And just saying like,
00:20:31
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It's going to be crazy when Georgia comes. And he quote tweeted that last month and said, we may have a few we may have a few things planned for that one. So if you're there, you have to report back to us and let us know ah what all is going on there. It sounds like they've got some stuff up their sleeve for this game.
00:20:51
Speaker
Okay. That'll be interesting because it definitely doesn't give me warm fuzzies knowing our back end. Yeah, I know.
00:21:01
Speaker
I know. I don't know. I just, the Cam Newton thing is interesting, I think, that they chose the Georgia game to retire his jersey or retire his number, whatever.
00:21:12
Speaker
Right. right, we can get into the game. um So let's see the the kind of macro things. So net yards per play. um Georgia is up over one yard per play now, John.
00:21:25
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Georgia's at 1.05 net yards per play. Auburn is at 0.35. um Auburn is doing much better in the turnover department than Georgia. So Auburn is plus four in turnovers. Georgia is still minus two.
00:21:39
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in turnovers um all right so let's talk about uh the georgia offense the auburn defense kind of like what we're looking for when when georgia has the ball um so some some notable auburn defenders to watch out for so their leader leading tackler is xavier adkins he's a sophomore linebacker 29 total tackles three sacks and one interception um he is also tied for the lead in interceptions with the one interception.
00:22:10
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um and then he's tied with their sack later, uh, carry on, or sorry, key run Crawford. He's a senior defensive end. Um, he's got four sacks, uh, 20 total tackles and a pick.
00:22:23
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Um, Um, one other guy to walk, watch out for is a Keldrick Falk. So he's a junior defensive end. He also has, uh, two sacks on the season. He's, he's like, he's the guy that everyone was saying is like the top pro prospects on the Auburn defense.
00:22:37
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Um, and I would say, John, like, if you look at just like the numbers and everything, the Georgia offense and the Auburn defense actually look fairly evenly matched in the, in the stats.
00:22:48
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So what what are you looking for when, when George's got the ball? Man, just that, that offensive line, um, I'm looking for them to finish drives.
00:22:58
Speaker
Um, ironically, we've got, um, one of the higher, ah red zone efficiency scoring, which is surprising, but, um, you know, we're, I think that, uh, I think that one of the things that I'll be looking for is to just make sure that the offensive line stays consistent.
00:23:18
Speaker
Um, That's going to be the key to this game. I mean, I'm writing that into the ground for the rest of the season is that our our live and die is going to live in the trenches. And that is a you know that is an an old and old adage, is particularly in the SEC, that the games are won and lost in the trenches.
00:23:38
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But that is 100% accurate on the on the UGA side of things. um If the offensive line can't protect Gunnar, then we're in trouble. and And frankly, create holes for the running backs.
00:23:51
Speaker
Yeah, I'm with you. um they' Their defense has been able to to get after the passer. They've had a pretty decent pass rush. So yeah, definitely going to um have to pass protect, give Gunnar some time.
00:24:06
Speaker
um I am glad that Jordan Hare is not his first road start. yeah That he's already gone on the road and and played at Neyland Stadium, so at least he's got that under his belt. Yeah.
00:24:16
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So I think that's i think that's good. i think that's helpful um for Gunnar. I guess the only thing I'll add is i like what I kept joking about and in the Kentucky review, like where have these plays been? like I want to see us play loose.
00:24:32
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like This team seems to play better when we're we play loose. that We played tight we had against Alabama at home. So if we can play loose, maybe it's that taking that deep shot early in the game, like we did against Tennessee, you know, something like that.
00:24:45
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Um, that's what I'll be watching for. And then, Hey, can the unofficial official, uh, maintain the momentum that was created last week? And don't, yeah, dude. Heck yeah, dude. Um, I think that protecting the ball on the offensive side of things is going to be an important component as well.
00:25:01
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um If we can win that turnover battle, which I know that that's on on the on the defense as well, but and the offense ah needs to not shoot itself in the foot 100%.
00:25:12
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ah hundred percent Yeah. Yeah. Agreed. Yeah. agreed and then then fast start, you know, we, they, they said the team put a big emphasis on that for the Kentucky game. And we saw how that panned out.
00:25:25
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um Getting that fast start allows you to, you know, it gives you a much wider margin for error. Yeah. Yeah. ah Agreed. Yeah. um Again, I think it's, that's on, on both sides of the ball score.
00:25:43
Speaker
Like I don't want to fall into a 14 point hole to these guys. um and you know, they haven't been scoring like crazy. Like this is not a high, I think this is a good team. They're not like a, as high powered of an offense as say Tennessee or Alabama have been. But I think like,
00:25:58
Speaker
As a team, this is ah this is a good team. um They've been playing pretty well. you know they're only Like I said, their two losses were road games in the SEC that were, frankly, pretty close.
00:26:12
Speaker
A seven-point loss at Oklahoma, where Oklahoma had that play that like should have been called back. um And then only 16-10 loss at number nine um at number nine a and m two weeks ago.
00:26:26
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So they're pretty good. Yeah. All right. Um, you're gonna talk about the defense or did you, let's, let's, let's do it. Okay. So, um, so for Auburn, um, kinds of notable, the notable folks for them. So Jackson Arnold who is their quarterback. He's a junior,
00:26:45
Speaker
He's 87 of 134 for 846 yards, five touchdowns, no picks. So no interceptions thus far in the year. um He should be familiar to you. He's played, this is his third school, I believe. So I know he's played at Central Florida.
00:27:00
Speaker
ah Last year he was at Oklahoma and now he's at Auburn. um Their leading rusher is Jeremiah Cobb. He's got 403 yards on 58 carries and four touchdowns. Their second leading rusher is their quarterback, Jackson Arnold, 70 carries for 192 yards and five touchdowns. So he's got five passing touchdowns, five rushing touchdowns. So true dual threat ah they we're going to have to watch out for.
00:27:22
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All right, so they're receivers. They've got really good receivers. and The two you need to watch for are Eric Singleton Jr. He is a junior. He's got 27 catches, 265 yards, and two touchdowns.
00:27:34
Speaker
And JP, if that name sounds familiar to you, does Eric Singleton Jr. sound familiar to you? I believe that he played for the Bumblebees in Atlanta. Correct. Correct. the North Avenue trade school, bumblebees.
00:27:46
Speaker
That is correct. Yep. So, uh, transfer from tech in this year. Um, and then super sophomore wide receiver, Cam Coleman, who was a big five-star recruit for them last year, 17 catches, 255 and touchdowns. two and fifty five yards and two touchdowns um So what I guess I'll say statistically this like statistically on paper, this actually looks like ah a better matchup. Like Georgia's defense stacks up.
00:28:12
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I would say better with the Auburn offense than and vice versa. Like our offensive defense looks fairly equal. Our defense is actually ranked fairly significantly better than their offense in most categories.
00:28:23
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Yeah. um As far as the, as far as what I'm looking for from the defense
00:28:30
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I think that, um I mean, so they have one of the worst sacks allowed numbers. um This is going to bode well. They are they are dead last in FPS on the number of sacks that they allow. They've allowed 21 sacks so far. Yeah.
00:28:52
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Yeah. I think that that allows that that allows us to get pressure, assuming that they haven't solved that, to kind of disrupt that rhythm that they've got going.
00:29:02
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um i would say that ah the our red zone defense um is is actually really good. um And so I think that getting them to you know convert their you know touchdowns to field goals um when we get in the red zone is is really good.
00:29:23
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um Now, the flip side of that is that Auburn is actually really good in the red zone. They're 14 for 14. So if we can hold in the red zone or hold them out of the red zone to, you know, create long field goals and things like that, as we know, kicking field goals, like georgia the Georgia special teams is where field goal kickers go to die. Yeah.
00:29:43
Speaker
Nice. Um, but yeah, like I said, i think that, like you said, the, um, the early start extends to the defense as well. Um, getting off the field on third down has been an, it was an emphasis. They succeeded in that against a lesser opponent and Auburn certainly is a lesser opponent.
00:30:03
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Um, you know I'll be looking out for Jackson Arnold's you know his escape ability. um yeah that's That's something that traditionally has not boded well for a Kirby Smart-led team when we have when we're facing a mobile quarterback.
00:30:23
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um That said, um his passing numbers are quite anemic, even worse than you know if you're a a gunner hater, um which I am not, and this podcast is not.
00:30:34
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um But if you're a gunner hater, his numbers are actually a lot worse than gunners. He's averaging 173 yards a game, I believe. um So the explosiveness is not going to necessarily be there their track record holds.
00:30:50
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you know their track record holds um And i think that what we can expect from the ah the Auburn ah offense is a deliberate game.
00:31:03
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ah have a feeling it's going to be a low scoring affair, um and lower scoring affair. And if you were a betting person, um I believe that this is going to come down to, you know, just clock management. They're going to grind. They're going to grind out the clock. You know, i hesitate to say, you know, coin toss may dictate some of this.
00:31:26
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um I have a feeling they're going to limit possessions because UGA has thrown that has shown that we have the ability to be explosive. Yeah. um And, yeah, i think that think that's kind of what we're I think that's kind of what we're looking for from the defense. There's there's an opportunity for them to get some sacks.
00:31:46
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um The passing game is not as strong as other teams that we have played, which should be forgiving for what we've seen from the back end of our defense. So, I don't know. We'll see.
00:31:57
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Yeah, I'm with you. i think the thing that I, that like, know, I guess concerns me or whatever. The, so the, the pressure that they've been giving up and we've been struggling to get pressure.
00:32:09
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um I want to not, ah we need to contain with Jackson Arnold. So like, that's my one thing. It's like, don't rush the quarterback at the, to the detriment of like leaving your lane open, you know, and giving him a wide open land to take off and get down, get downfield.
00:32:28
Speaker
Um, so that's the thing where like, i want to get pressure, to a good pass rush, but like a, a discipline, a discipline pass rush. Um, you know, not quite like Bo Nix backyard football stuff going on from Jackson Arnold, but he can, you know, he he can run around, um, and, and get upfield.
00:32:47
Speaker
So, I'll be watching that. And then, like I said, like they, they do have these good receivers. They don't have like crazy numbers, but they are, they are good. Um, so, um, watching, keeping an eye in our defensive backfield to make sure we can, can stay on top of those guys.
00:33:02
Speaker
But I mean, it's going to be the the game plan that we always have, right? Like stop the run priority. Number one, stop the run, control the line of scrimmage. And then we'll go from there. Yeah, exactly.
00:33:13
Speaker
Okay. So it's interesting with them. They are, like you mentioned how many sacks they're giving up. um They've also had a lot. I know we already talked about the defense earlier, but their defense has 16. What do you say? They've given up 25 on offense?
00:33:31
Speaker
um then I think their defense has sacked their opponents 16 times. So don't know. There's a lot on both sides the ball. Yeah. i think it 21. Yeah. Okay.
00:33:43
Speaker
okay um Got a couple of special teams things. um Did look through that a little bit. um They do take their punting seriously, JP.
00:33:54
Speaker
ah there Their punter. um I'm going to get out. I actually got out the Auburn pronunciation guide because I was not sure how to pronounce his name.
00:34:08
Speaker
And so I'm going to let this young man ah pronounce his name. Hudson Cork, Seymour, Australia, St. Mary's High School. So um there you go. So Seymour, Australia, they take their putting very seriously at Auburn.
00:34:23
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um And then there, so it's funny you mentioned, John, that field goal, georgia the Georgia special teams is where field goal kickers go to die. So far this season, we have another perfect kicker coming into this game for Auburn.
00:34:35
Speaker
ah So Alex McPherson is their junior kicker. He's four for four on field goals. An 18 for 18 on extra points. Can that continue against the Georgia special teams? We will find out Saturday night.
00:34:47
Speaker
We will find out. I mean, I guess that's generally it. um You know, I mean, payday, um four for four coming in, 21 to 21 on extra points. um Brett Thorson's got that average up to 46.17 yards per punt.
00:35:02
Speaker
So like what we've seen out of the Georgia special teams thus far. Yeah, exactly. The special teams have been quite special. I think it's it's only a matter of time before Zachariah Branch rips off a really long punt return, too.
00:35:15
Speaker
i Just saying. You like to see that at some point. For sure. All right. You want to hit the list of questions? Yeah, let's so let's let's hit them up. I know we've got some good ones.
00:35:26
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We do. We do. All right. So as we head into those, just want to take a moment to remind everyone that the listener questions are brought to you by Working Web Media. They helped us out building out our website. um If you have a small business, you need help with your website or your online pre presence, head over to workingwebmedia.com slash dogs, and they will know that we sent you their way.
00:35:48
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00:36:06
Speaker
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00:36:21
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00:36:35
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00:36:54
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00:37:08
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00:37:18
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00:37:29
Speaker
That's right. Um, okay. So onto the building bonus from Brett building TM, TM, TM. Uh, what is your favorite win at haunted Jordan hair stadium? Does it have anything to do with bacon wrapped shrimp?
00:37:42
Speaker
I mean, I would say that is my favorite. Um, because I was there. Um, And I've told this story in the podcast a million times, but I'll tell the quick version again.
00:37:53
Speaker
ah Kim and I were there um sitting in like the front row of the other end of the stadium in the end zone. And our picture ended up in the AJC the next day. And I was holding up a pom-pom and it's blocking Kim's face. So I will never hear the end of the fact that I blocked her face from that.
00:38:11
Speaker
uh also the the same same game she and she got up on she got on tv i did not she got on tv with tim with friend of the show tim riley so tim tim was like on tv and then kim like came like running into the camera frame i saw that once in like a replay it's pretty funny um so yeah i would say that's probably top of my list that's awesome um i guess i would say like historical like wasn't the hose wasn't the hoses game Yes. Yes. The hoses game.
00:38:37
Speaker
Um, and actually here, let's, let's we've got, I think 51 to seven GATA had ah similar question. We can kind of blend, blend these together. um so he said, um trying to find it here.
00:38:52
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Sorry. Okay. He said this rivalry is full of odd endings, especially Jordan hair, which is your favorite. So here we can give this as our, as our list to pick from for Brett. 19, 1986 water hoses, 1992, stay down 1994 tie game, a tie game equals a win.
00:39:13
Speaker
1996 first as easy overtime game, 2002 put glasses on it. Any others? I mean, those, those are all, ah all of those were wild games. I like to put glasses on it yeah as ah as a personal favorite.
00:39:27
Speaker
um I also like the the victory with the Trey Battle flying through the vine of the air for the touchdown. That's a good one. And that one was weird because we killed them and they were like way higher ranked than us.
00:39:39
Speaker
That was 06. so those six I will never forget watching that game in Buckhead with one Cord Marlow, shout out Cord. um ah he He had a friend that was that was on, that was like a he went to Auburn and he was talking so much trash and we were going in there like super low spirits, so so many low expectations and then it just turned into the trade battle in our interception party and
00:40:10
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I just remember absolutely losing my mind over it.
00:40:15
Speaker
You could not, you could not tell me a dang thing all night long. It was awesome. Uh, I've got a memory like, I think 86, I was six years old. So no major memories of that one, but like 92, my dad was at that game. He had gone like the last minute with a neighbor who was an Auburn fan.
00:40:32
Speaker
Um, when Ray golf's like saying, stay down to win the game. is that where he's Is that when he's waving? That's when when he's waving, like stay on say down, stay down. So great. Um, the 94, the tie game, we were out into Koa for dinner ah with my family, watching it, like having a burger. Remember that?
00:40:48
Speaker
And then 96, the sec OT game, that's yeah Corey Allen. Who we now tailgate with, by the way, which is still so cool and crazy to me. But, you know, that one, like I was listening when he caught that bass, I was listening to Munson in the radio on the way to our grandparents' house.
00:41:02
Speaker
So pretty wild. So all those all have a place for me. And then you've also got the 2017 game. Well, the revenge their their revengee game. The revenge game in the dome.
00:41:13
Speaker
Yeah. Well, I guess. Yes. The Benz. Sorry. Yeah. oh Cool. um Memories. Memories. ah I don't care for Auburn.
00:41:26
Speaker
Second question from Brett. Do you think the voodoo works more for them or against them? And he said, hat tip to my wife at GM building 17 for this one. Go dogs. I think the voodoo works for them.
00:41:39
Speaker
think it does too. Right. Cause I mean, we got the, the prayer, the prayer at Jordan here. Yeah. The fact that the kick six was like literally the next week after the prayer Jordan here, that those two things happened in back-to-back weeks on that same field is still insane.
00:41:54
Speaker
Yeah. So, yeah. Yep. I think it does. Um, and that's where that, uh, that's where the whole, the, the vibes thing with the Cam Newton thing and all this stuff going on Saturday.
00:42:05
Speaker
um I don't like that voodoo. So, uh, dogs are gonna have to bring it Saturday night. Yeah. Let's, let's wreck the Cam Newton party, the scam Newton party for sure. hundred percent. You know what a good over under coach would have been for like number of colors in Cam Newton's hat.
00:42:22
Speaker
Yeah. He's going to have some insane hat. I know. You just know it. And it's going to have as his dreads popping out. like I don't know. He's going to look like Sideshow Bob.
00:42:33
Speaker
Dude, he's got all the fashion going. All of the fashion. but um Let's go to BossDog at TJ Witten on Twitter. Which loss hurt the most?
00:42:44
Speaker
Ferret Jordan hair or second 26? Second and 26. 100%. second to twenty six hundred percent Yeah, yeah, I agree. Brad Jordan here it's stunk when it happened, but it that, you know, that team wasn't going to a playoff or whatever at that point. Yeah, I mean.
00:43:01
Speaker
Agreed. um Second and 26. So he said favorite Auburn games, which we already went through that, but he said in wildest stories about Auburn fan interactions, either in Sanford or voodoo field.
00:43:13
Speaker
i And you know what? I gotta to say, I don't think I really haven't really had crazy Auburn fan interactions, honestly. Yeah, I mean, I think that the the Auburn fan base is is fairly straightforward. i don't have too many.
00:43:24
Speaker
i mean, like I said, we spent a lot of time hanging out with Auburn i have students, you know, because they would come back home from Auburn. Yeah. um And so, like, it's fairly close. It's fairly close by, um particularly Metro Atlanta. Yeah.
00:43:42
Speaker
So I like to think that they are a little bit kindred in terms of their temperament, kindred spirits, um their expectations and stupid war cries and stupid mascots or are where things are are worth are where things is like get a little bit sideways and they kind of they kind of slant towards the Texas A&M, like, is it a cult situation?
00:44:08
Speaker
Right, right. Yeah. I mean, honestly, like my weirdest interactions have all been like with South Carolina fans. No offense, Chuck. ah Not you, obviously. Really? Yeah.
00:44:19
Speaker
Yeah. It's Yeah, i mean, I guess that the non-chuck South Carolina fans are a little... Now, granted, it's when I was in college, so is i'm like I'm not going to say I wasn't. I've had worse interactions with Bama and Tennessee fans. um I would also classify Florida as a close there, a close one there but yeah Yeah.
00:44:41
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Okay. Let's go to Kevin at Jess Baggett 29 on Twitter. ah Jeopardy category rival rhythms daily double to do, do, do, do. This song lyric, this song lyric lyric written by cephalopod featuring a famous auto tune rapper discusses the thrilling outing of a motor vehicle specialized in carrying freight, as well as the horrible nature of a university in Alabama.
00:45:08
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Hmm.
00:45:12
Speaker
yes amazing amazing amazing i love i love uh dude can we get jeopardy category as a listener question i know can we make this can we make this an ongoing thing and like you can get the theme music going for it and like yeah see i mean like i i did it with my voice but i i would totally like the daily double hey if if they say it's a daily double you got to do the you got to do the trigger if it's not it's just a normal Well, that's true.
00:45:38
Speaker
That's true. Okay. Okay. Noted. I'm i'm taking a note. ah Daily double sound.
00:45:45
Speaker
Reminder to that later. Fantastic. um Let's see. Matt Key is up next. He said, great connecting with your dad, Jim, ah which I think i I introduced my dad to to Matt ah last week at the Kentucky game.
00:46:00
Speaker
Did they not meet? ah they hadt They had not met. They hadn't met. ah It was pretty funny. I think at some point Matt was like, you're a Fripped you frip dog amazing That's amazing.
00:46:14
Speaker
This is Fripped Dog's son. yeah Oh my gosh, yes. so um Let's see. He said, first, do you think that Gunner will make it through the season running the way he does at times, or do you think he will begin to slide? Yeah.
00:46:26
Speaker
I don't don't think he's going to slide. i think he's just built that way. side-by-side video or whatever, like the overlay of Stetson Bennett and and Gunner, um i did notice that...
00:46:39
Speaker
In those comparable runs, you know, the Stetson Bennett run to the pylon against Tennessee, and then Gunner's run against Kentucky, they were so similar. But one thing that I did notice that was a stark contrast is, like, dude, Gunner is a big dude.
00:46:54
Speaker
Yeah. Like, yeah it's kind of like, I hesitate to say, like, Tebow size, but, like, he's not he's not as small as Stetson, so, like, I'm not as concerned. Yeah. um I mean, we saw him get his bell rung against Texas and basically just shrugged it off like it was ah mosquito bite. Dude, unbelievable ball security.
00:47:15
Speaker
but Yeah, yeah, yeah. He's he's built different. he's used to He's probably gotten knocked harder ah ah he's probably gotten knocked harder by his cows than he has some of these guys
00:47:27
Speaker
Yes. Yes. and I will say he did. He had one slide in the Kentucky game where he took off, but like he was about to get chased down. um So we've seen it. He's got it in the bag if he needs it.
00:47:40
Speaker
But I'm with you. I feel like when he's trying if he's got to get like that one yard or whatever, he's putting his shoulder in a guy that's just seems to be kind of like in his DNA. Yeah. Yeah, I can see him like, I can see him doing it if he's in the open field. But like when he was like, i think we saw it in the Kentucky game.
00:47:58
Speaker
i feel like I remember seeing him when he was, he could have just stepped out of bounds, but he just lowered his shoulder and like tried to get a couple more yards. Yeah. Yeah. um Let's see. Second one from Matt. You think our guys will be looking for special plays by Auburn and to seize noum momentum with the night crowd?
00:48:15
Speaker
I'm not sure. i mean, like any trick plays? You think any trick plays? Like so trick plays ah by Auburn? Yeah, for sure. yeah Yeah. Particularly if things start going sideways for them. hope it goes sideways for them.
00:48:29
Speaker
Yeah. who's who Who's the offensive coordinator here again? Yeah. I don't know. Is Hugh Freeze not the one? like its it's i mean is he fierceous Well, I mean, he's the coach, but I feel like he is the play caller.
00:48:42
Speaker
I could be wrong. Yeah. I assume that they're going to have something something up their sleeve for Derek Nix. Hmm. Let's Let's go to Fletcher Proctor.
00:48:55
Speaker
um Fletcher says, man, Oscar adult looked fast on that catch against Kentucky. Bobo might have yet another end around weapon. If bell and branch get tired, let's run it down. Auburn's throats all night and whip the dog crap out of them.
00:49:08
Speaker
Dogs by 17. Remember the whole, like, we beat the dog crap out of him? was Yeah. We beat the dog crap out of him. I was like in 17 or whatever. Yeah, it would be great to return the return to favor on that.
00:49:20
Speaker
Yeah, I we talked about that in the in the and the Kentucky review. Like, Delp really turned on the Jets against Kentucky. I want to see more of that. don't know where that's been. yeah Could we see an end around to Oscar Delp like we used to see to Brock Bowers?
00:49:36
Speaker
Yeah. I mean, I think we could. never know. Let's see. can go to Herman Wood. No relation. As far as we know.
00:49:47
Speaker
ah We haven't put it all all together yet this season. What area do we grow up in this week? What area trips us up?
00:49:57
Speaker
i think that um um um I continue to be worried about the consistency of the offensive line. Yeah. Yeah. I also have had less and less confidence with every growing week of the on the defensive side of things with our lack of getting pressure. So, again, we're in show-me situation with both lines.
00:50:24
Speaker
Yeah, that's true. it's like i i will for for the rest of the season, it is show me, show me, show me because i haven't seen it consistently enough.
00:50:35
Speaker
Yeah. Um, man, I, if Ernest green can play this week, I think that will, that will help. Although now we're just going to miss Monroe Freeling too. So I was going to kind of go there, but it's, it's tough, man. it It is tough there right now with all the injuries, um, plus youth that we've got on the offensive line. It's, it's been tough.
00:50:55
Speaker
Um, I will say the grow up situation. um Maybe there's a grow up opportunity for the coaches um to put our players in positions that their skill sets are attuned for. Like I know that in some of the tech starts that you and I are on.
00:51:13
Speaker
There's conversations about just putting our guys, letting letting our guys do man coverage versus zone. um yeah You know, if you have a tendency to be successful at one thing, let's maybe maybe try to stick to it.
00:51:26
Speaker
um The grow up opportunity on the deep defensive backs, ah you know. we We talk a lot about the consistency on the on the offensive line, but the opportunity for grow up on the defensive backs is, you know, if you're going to be lined up and press coverage, put your hands on them before they, you know, as they break off the line so that you can, you know, slow the play down and, you know, move them off of their off their spot.
00:51:51
Speaker
Yeah, that's a good one. That's a good one. I like that. Um, let's see, let's go to all school. Uh, he asks, can Auburn's quarterback sit back in the pocket and try to pick us apart?
00:52:02
Speaker
Is their offensive line good enough to allow that? Can we get enough of a rush to make their quarterback uncomfortable? That's where I think this is going to be an interesting one, right? Cause we talked about how many sacks they have given up.
00:52:13
Speaker
They've given up a lot. Um, I think he, i mean, he's, he likes to use his legs. So I'll say that. So I don't know. He's not so much of like sit there in the pocket kind of guy. And he, I feel like he kind of hasn't really been able to ton this season anyways.
00:52:32
Speaker
So I think we need to make sure that he isn't by getting pressure, honestly. um mean, if he's just sitting back there waiting, like we've, like we saw with Alabama, like that's a problem.
00:52:42
Speaker
So we've got to, we've got to generate pass rush in this game. I feel like. Yeah, on the flip side, he's not Ty Simpson. he's not exactly goingnna exactly like He's not exactly going to be picking us apart the way that Ty Simpson was. So frankly, like yeah I think there's been some conversations amongst some of the podcasts and pundits that I've listened to. If Ty Simpson had a last name of Manning, I think that the Heisman situation might be in his favor. but um Yeah, yeah.
00:53:11
Speaker
That's a conversation for another day, but I would say that, um yeah, ah we we are starting to notice that there are some players that are starting to blossom, um you know, in terms of grow up.
00:53:26
Speaker
I think that there's some, there's definitely some players that are historic starters that are more than worthy of being asked questions on whether or not they should retain those starting roles.
00:53:38
Speaker
Um, I've seen Davin Bellamy and others kind of analyze some of the some of this the video and, um,
00:53:50
Speaker
I think that there's definitely an ample opportunity for some guys that have been disruptive in the game film that you haven't really seen on the scorecard kind of thing um to get more playing time. I'd i'd be on the lookout for Chris Jones.
00:54:06
Speaker
It seems like whenever he gets on the field, he's causing problems in the backfield. um I think that DeMello Jones and i can't remember what Kelly's first name is, but um we've got some kids that are starting to try to separate themselves from the tried and true starters to try to, you know, potentially put some guys on the bench for a little bit.
00:54:31
Speaker
um Those guys have have had some success and I'd like to see some of that aggressive. At this point, it's like, like you know, you start looking at the resume of everybody involved in their games. Like we've got some guys that are getting low PFF grades that were preseason All-Americans. And it's time to start asking some questions of some of those guys of like, do they deserve this time? And and it's kind of like Kirby, like we said, you know, I want to see the fire, passion and energy.
00:54:56
Speaker
And if We got guys that we we we have guys that are showing him exactly what he's looking for. He wants football players. He wants guys that want to get after it.
00:55:07
Speaker
I'm seeing that from some players and I'm not seeing it from some players. And I think that it's time to make some of ah some tough decisions, even if they maybe go against some n NIL agreements that we've got. Yeah.
00:55:18
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. Okay. ah Let's see. Let's go to Evan Grimes at fear the G on Twitter. Who needs to have a bigger game for us to win the defense or the offense?
00:55:32
Speaker
and I kind of feel like I feel like I need to see a bigger improvement out of the defense. I guess if that makes sense than improvement in the offense.
00:55:44
Speaker
Is that fair? Yeah, I mean, the offense has put up 40 points the this year, and the defense has, I mean, outside of shutting out Alabama in the second half, which, woo-hoo.
00:55:58
Speaker
Right. Yeah. I would love to see us just have an absolute, like, impose-our-will defense.
00:56:08
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah. And, and also to just like being there, um, like you talked about the fast start earlier. Right. And we talked about like that being there on offense and defense, like getting the crowd out of it, you know, early would be, would be great.
00:56:25
Speaker
um And yeah if they're out there making big plays on offense, their de crowd's going to start going nuts. So um I guess would I would say the defense there. Yeah, um that that would be my answer as well.
00:56:38
Speaker
Okay, let's see. i think we talked about all all these, but Fresh IRC Podcast wanted to make sure we talked about pass rush, secondary, and offensive line health. i think we' hit we've hit all of those. um Let's see. Andy Coleman, at RainTDog on Twitter.
00:56:52
Speaker
um He says, i think it's time to start analyzing if there's a possibility that we have a great linebackers coach who isn't such a great coordinator on the defensive side of the ball. ah The quarterbacks are sitting back with five seconds to throw, and that's going to be a problem against all good teams.
00:57:07
Speaker
I mean, yeah, I mean, ah I think it's fair to question that as well. i I would tend to agree. i think it's, um yeah. If you've got five seconds to throw the ball, um anybody can become Peyton Manning or insert insert whatever quarterback you feel is a great quarterback.
00:57:28
Speaker
um you know, you can look like, you too, Jim, can look like Tom Brady if you had five seconds to throw the ball. Right. Right. Uh, I just, I think it's, it's, it's interesting. Cause like, you know, and people used to say like, look with Kirby at Alabama, like, Oh, it's Saban's defense, you Kirby's just running it or whatever. And so I think people have kind of tended to say that at Georgia.
00:57:50
Speaker
Um, I don't know, I guess the here's the only thing I'll say. I think there's, there's a couple things going on. So one, like, yes, we've gone from, you know, Tucker to Lanning, uh, to now Schumann. And so like, you could, you could question that in some of the drop-off.
00:58:02
Speaker
The other thing is that college football is changing so much and like, we don't, and let's let's face it. Like, I know we talked about that. This is like the most talented roster, et cetera, but it it also was very young.
00:58:14
Speaker
So with those other guys, we were playing like the juniors and seniors. um And now we've got a lot of sophomores that are playing on this team. We got a lot of, a lot of young guys. So I think the experience and the depth just isn't there in college football. Yeah.
00:58:27
Speaker
anymore with people yeah transferring and leaving. So it's, it's not exactly like apples to apples comparing to, to prior regime. So I think part of it is learning to live in this new world in this new era of college football.
00:58:42
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So I think it's, I think it's harder to do this stuff. And so I think our, you know, you, you talked about earlier, coaches growing up, I think they're still having to learn how to deal with this. Yeah, I'd say that um I don't know that there's a – like, Jim, is what is the most suffocating defense out there?
00:59:03
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Like in college football right now? Is there an elite defense in college football? Right. I mean, based on total yards um to date, I mean, you're looking at Missouri, but then you have to look at some of the schedule imbalance that we have in 2025 as well. So some of these teams that – are putting up some of these great stats, haven't really played a whole lot of folks.
00:59:26
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um You know, you look at, you know, the Oklahomas of the world, Ohio States of the world, like they, they still got a lot left on their schedule too. So like, um,
00:59:37
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ah Typically, those typically those statistical categories have been filled with SEC teams. And I mean, shoot, Texas's total defense is number nine.
00:59:53
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Yeah. Yeah. Which is kind of wild to me. um So looking at points a game, it's Ohio State. but yeah Yeah, I'm looking more for more so from like a yardage standpoint.
01:00:05
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like what's the what's the what's the What's the total yards? The opponent's the opponents yards per game Yeah. Yeah. Got it. So I don't know. I think that, uh, I just think it's, it's a different game. It's a different game. The talent is more widely dispersed. And like you said, they're, they're a lot younger.
01:00:26
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So I don't know that we're ever going to see a defense quite like the, some of those defenses that some of those coaches were able to work with. Hmm. It's not very often that you see, i mean, even, even in the old world, it wasn't very often that you saw the Eagles defense playing um in college football.
01:00:44
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Right. Sure.
01:00:49
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All right. Let's go to friend of the show. Tim rally Kirby best find that FBE. Do you think Gunner has a do you think Gunner has a Tennessee or Alabama performance? Yeah.
01:01:02
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And can we just use English and call it Jordan, like the player, hair stadium instead of Jordan? Just saying. 2002 trip to the plains was incredible. As mentioned, ah Tim and my wife were on TV at the same time.
01:01:16
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Let's get out. Let's get out of there with the W. So I guess back to the gunner. What what do you what do you think about for for gunner here on the road? hang on. want to go back to Tim's. I want to go back to the Kirby. Oh, Kirby needs to find the fire. Okay. Okay.
01:01:29
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Yeah. Yeah. I'd like to see that carry over. and we saw some We saw some fire, passion, and energy from from Kirby Pulse Mart. We saw that. I'd like to see that continue. ah bring back the Bring back the Kirby rage stroke, please, um for everyone's sake.
01:01:50
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true I have to inform the people that, that, that you said, like, you're convinced that's the, that's the cure for what ails our defense is ah the Kirby Ridge trick. Yeah. We need, we need more screaming and yelling for sure. Um, yeah.
01:02:05
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Um, I think that Gunner will have a Kentucky performance if if we can allow... Like, we talked about this and in the in the previous episodes. like it just he felt It looked like that he felt more comfortable in what he was doing.
01:02:24
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yeah And I have a feeling, this is just a theory, feels as though he's been given different directive during the Kentucky game to where he can... They're giving him a little bit more freedom to free to kind of riff, I guess, if you will.
01:02:42
Speaker
So it feels like in the past in the past of some of these games that we've played, they've kind of put some handcuffs on him, which kind of messes with his head. And I feel like that for certain some guys, they just need to be able to create.
01:02:54
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um in order to excel. so i'd like to see his I'd like to see him have more of a Kentucky performance minus the turnovers. um yeah As far as the using English, let's just troll him and just say it the wrong way. like it's It's Jordan Hari Stadium.
01:03:15
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Okay. Done. All right. Let's see. Let's go to the Hug Dog. Hugs.
01:03:28
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All right, Jason opens. ah Thrilled to get to see Jim Lewinponda again this week. Ah, that was awesome, he says. It was. Agreed. Always a good time when we get to see the Huggins family. um What magic will Auburn pull out of the hat Saturday?
01:03:41
Speaker
They tend to do that versus Georgia. ah can't decide if we have a defensive scheme problem or just too much youth on defense. What say you? Go Dawgs. I guess that's kind of we were talking through. Like, I agree. I'm not sure either.
01:03:53
Speaker
um i i i think you I think we have to factor in the youth. I think if you just ignored the youth, I don't think you're looking at the big picture, the full picture. um so I don't know. It feels different, but it could be the coaches aren't comfortable with the youth that they have, and so they're doing things, you know, um they're doing what they feel the players can do and may not be some of the things that we've done in the past.
01:04:16
Speaker
So there's a couple of things that I'll be on the lookout for as far as like that magic magic hat. yeah um I said earlier this season in the Alabama game that one of the the play that they used to ice to ice the the game um was a complete bust on our side of things. Like they had him wide open. They had the tight end down the field.
01:04:38
Speaker
I have a feeling that we will see something like that to where they've got some motion and tendencies to try to, they'll lull us to sleep with a play, a particular play, and it'll be poking and prodding to see our tendency on on how we do it do things.
01:04:55
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And he'll try to exploit that later in the game. So I'd be on the lookout for like a second half ah play. This is where I miss...
01:05:07
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This is where I miss Gary Danielson, because I feel like that he is one of the best at highlighting stuff like that. And I feel like that we do not get that with literally anyone that's in these games anymore.
01:05:19
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um where he would be where he would be like, they ran this play. You're going to see it here. And he just goes and you can just you can just hear him saying it. He busts it free.
01:05:30
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That's a real tendency there. That's a good play call. yeah what And he'd be like, I saw this in practice. or i saw this and they They told me this was going to happen. Yeah, yeah, yeah, exactly.
01:05:41
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um The other thing that I could see is um because, you know, Q being an offensive guy, spread guy or whatever. i don't know that they're technically the spread, but like, you know, he likes to he likes to do things offensively. He does the offensive things, as Kirby would say, or as Tony would say, go do that offensive.
01:06:01
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Yeah. um Sorry, colonel um
01:06:07
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Carter. look for him to try to exploit some matchups. Like maybe you bring you have different personnel groupings and things like that where you try to scheme a linebacker on a mismatch and we end up having a busted play because our linebackers have not been so great at coverage. So I would look i would look for something like that as well.
01:06:27
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Okay. Okay. Cool. All right. oh We've got one more. you ready? Yeah, let's do it. Oh,
01:06:41
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my God! My God, a freshman. Trying to put glasses on. 9080. Who, brother?
01:06:51
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It's time for coaches over unders Auburn edition. Got to say, trying to put glasses, glasses on it hits a little bit different Auburn week. in that theme he was like Um, okay. So separation Saturday did not separate us. It brought us back together.
01:07:06
Speaker
We are now tied in over unders. However, we're going to do like golf, John. Um, so I will say you still have honors, uh, because you were in the lead last week. Uh, so you have honors. So do you wish to, do you want to take the ball or do you want to defer?
01:07:21
Speaker
Let's see. what we got here? Uh, I'll let you go first. Okay. so we're going to start out with the offense. Gunner Stockton over under 225 passing yards.
01:07:35
Speaker
Uh, I'm going to take the over. All right. You got the over. I'm going to go under. Okay. Um, next up Chauncey Bowens over under 75 rush yards. Uh, I've got the under on that one, Jim.
01:07:48
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Okay. I'm going to agree. i think it's you and I think committee, we will rush well, but I think he'll be under 75. um Okay. okay And then players with a rush attempt over under five and a half.
01:08:03
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Let me see here. Hold on. I didn't do the counting before.
01:08:07
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Five feels like five feels are like the right. Okay. okay I'm going to go over. I've got the over on that as well. Okay. I forgot to factor in the unofficial official, uh, getting an end around or jet sweep.
01:08:20
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And that's what took me to the over. Okay. Um, so let's see over to you as we transition to the defense, uh, first up over under 45 rush yards for Auburn quarterback Jackson Arnold.
01:08:35
Speaker
That's onto me. Yes. I'm going to, I'm going to take the under on that Jim. Okay, I'm going to do the same. um Then over, under, sacks at 2.5.
01:08:47
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i'm I'm still going to say they got to show me before I do that, I'm going to take the under. I'm going to take the over, Jim. Ooh, I like it.
01:08:58
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And then to you, over, under, 9.5, first half points, Robin. I'm going to under. Okay. I guess I'm going to stick with you there and say under.
01:09:13
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Strategery. Strategery. Okay, so over to special teams and then to me. Over under one and a half Peyton Woodring field goal attempts.
01:09:25
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I'm going to go under. Okay. I've got the over on that one, Jim. Okay. And then we will round it out, starting with you on Coach's miscellaneous.
01:09:40
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And this this goes along well with Hastie's Harvard history. Over under 0.5 natties claimed by Auburn before kickoff.
01:09:51
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Over on that one.
01:09:54
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All right. Just to make sure that we don't have any shenanigans over a miscellaneous. I'm going to say over. Shenanigans.
01:10:02
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Amazing. Coach, thank you as always for sending those over. Yes. Thank you, sir. Okay, so prediction time for the game. um and So Georgia is a 3.5-point favorite on the road at Auburn, according to Oddshark, over under 46.5.
01:10:19
Speaker
forty six and a half um That gives you an implied score of Georgia 25 to Auburn 21.5. um The Oddshark predicted score is wild.
01:10:29
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They've got Georgia 45.8 to 16.4.
01:10:34
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to auburn sixteen point four Oh my gosh. I hope they are right. Dear your Lord, sweet baby Jesus. Holy moly. Like I, yeah, don't see anything like that anywhere anywhere else. Let's see Parker Fleming, his CFB graphs model has Georgia 24.77 Auburn 21.59. then our scoring impact has Georgia 25.3 to Auburn 19.27.
01:10:52
Speaker
and then our scoring impact has georgia twenty five point three to auburn nineteen point two seven Um, I've had a hard time thinking about this one. Um, like I said earlier, i think they're, I do, I think they're pretty good.
01:11:07
Speaker
I think they, they're, know, they're opening to their SEC schedule, did them no favors having to go to Oklahoma, having to go to Texas A&M. Um, They're coming off a bye week, SEC home opener, return retiring Kim's jersey, all that stuff, the Auburn Voodoo.
01:11:24
Speaker
I've got the dogs coming out on top, but in a tight one. have the dogs 24 to 21. 24, 21. Okay. um i think you're in the arena. I am a little bit more, little slightly different. um I've got Georgia 27 to 20. Okay. Okay.
01:11:43
Speaker
okay yeah And I will say that if this game busts out first 30 wins. Okay. Okay. I mean, we talked about the turnovers earlier that this one, I mean, got to protect the ball in this game.
01:11:56
Speaker
Got. Yeah. Protect the ball with the game kind of thing. i did I did look at this, Jim, and I mentioned that georgia Georgia's record since 2010, for what it's worth, the average margin at when we were away at Georgia, when Georgia plays at Auburn, the score since 2010 averages out to be Georgia 24, Auburn 20.
01:12:20
Speaker
Wow. Okay. okay
01:12:25
Speaker
Buckle up for a Saturday night on the Plains. Okay. I mean, this reminds me of like the old, you know, the, I mean, there's a reason why the rivalry is, you know, fairly close, fairly close. I used to always talk about like going to South Carolina early in the season as well. It's like, generally speaking, when we play these guys, it's it's pretty close.
01:12:47
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. Been playing these guys a long time. um With all the things that I complain about, old man, I am happy that this that we don't skip this game next year.
01:12:58
Speaker
um I am pleased that we get to continue this rivalry and play them every year. So we've at least got that going for us. Yeah, exactly, exactly. But yeah, I think that it's it's going to be it's gonna be close. I think that we're still going to take it, though.
01:13:15
Speaker
Yeah, me too. Me too. All right, let's look at some games around the SEC with coaches pick them games. Let's see. um He's got us starting off with Florida at Texas A&M.
01:13:28
Speaker
um Texas A&M is favored by eight and a half points. This is a night game, 7 p.m. on yeah ESPN. I'm going to go with A&M as the home team here.
01:13:40
Speaker
Okay, um let's see here. yeah I've got A&M in that one. Okay. on Give me the Colts. Yeah. um Okay, so next one, I find this one quite interesting.
01:13:54
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Number eight, Alabama. ah Three and a half point favorite at number 14, Missouri at noon. So this is ah this is a noon game on ABC. Which is interesting to me.
01:14:06
Speaker
Very interesting. In an off-season text message, I texted you and John and Hunter and said that the winner... of the South Carolina, Missouri game would be a dark horse in the sec and Missouri won that game.
01:14:18
Speaker
Um, I don't know, man, they've looked really good. They've got the Penn state transfer quarterback that I think people were kind of saying was like, eh, maybe Penn state should kept him.
Upcoming College Football Predictions
01:14:27
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Um, at Missouri, it's transfer quarterbacks.
01:14:32
Speaker
I know it's at Missouri, like but like, can they get over that hump? Uh, I don't know. don't know they can. I'm going I'm going I'm going to take Bama here. I got Missouri in that one, Jim. a yeah delicious that's my that's my that's ah That's a trap game, bro.
01:14:49
Speaker
That's the definition of a trap game. I like do we have do we have Has a as Josh sent out his prediction situation?
01:15:02
Speaker
No. I don't think so. um like I'd be curious to see that. Uh, let's see. Next up, you got number six, Oklahoma, uh, against Texas three 30 on ABC, the red river shootout, uh, Texas unranked Texas, by the way, uh, favored by two and a half.
01:15:23
Speaker
I find that super interesting. um Um, don't know if that's just like a Oklahoma doesn't have their quarterback kind of thing. Um, I'm going to go with Oklahoma though. I think they look pretty good. I've got Oklahoma in that game. I don't trust Texas to – I trust Texas about as far as I can throw them at this point.
01:15:40
Speaker
Yeah. I don't know whose seat's going to be hotter at the end of the season, Steve Sarkeesian or Billy Napier. yeah Okay. Yeah.
01:15:50
Speaker
I think it's a fair question. I mean, considering how much money Texas is throwing around, bro. I mean, that's like it's isn't it like the fastest a school's ever gone from number one to unranked? Like ever?
01:16:03
Speaker
Like from preseason number one unranked? No, man. It's definitely something. Yeah. Yeah, it's wild. Let's see. South Carolina at number 11 LSU. ah LSU is favored by 9.5, 7.45 p.m. kick on SEC Network.
01:16:20
Speaker
I'm going to take LSU at home at night. Sorry, Chuck. If this was at South Carolina, I would think about it differently. um i mean, South Carolina probably should have beat them last year, but um I think it's going to be little bit too much for them on the road.
01:16:34
Speaker
to quote To quote Shane Beamer, it's dang near impossible to simulate 100,000 drunk Cajun Louisianans.
01:16:45
Speaker
yeah ah Yeah, give me LSU at night. That doesn't bode well for pretty much anyone that goes into that stadium. Right. Right. um Last one coach has is Arkansas heads to Tennessee.
01:16:58
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ah Number 12, Tennessee. Tennessee is favored by 12 and a half. 4.15 p.m. kick on SEC Network. I guess the debut for interim about Bobby Petrino in Arkansas. was he Or did they already have a game with him last week?
01:17:15
Speaker
I don't know. I've lost count. um I'm going to go Tennessee on this one. Can Bobby Petrino do some magic in Knoxville? Hmm. That's a good, that's actually a good, a good question. can give me, give me Tennessee in this game, but that is definitely an an interesting wrinkle that I had not considered when I was putting this together. Okay.
01:17:34
Speaker
Okay, cool. um Yeah, we're pretty, we're pretty in line there. i'm I'm just looking back at, I guess the only thing we're, we'll be locked in on a Bama, Missouri at noon. See how that one goes. That'll be the, the difference maker for between us. Yeah.
01:17:49
Speaker
how about How about the the retread coaches um that are in the SEC right now? got Lane Kiffin, who used to coach at Tennessee. You've got Bobby Petrino, who used to coach at Arkansas. You've got – Who else? Hugh Freeze. Hugh Freeze. That's what I was looking for.
01:18:09
Speaker
yeah, yeah. Anybody else? Anybody else that missing there? Um, yeah, I think that that's kind of funny that we've got coaches that coached at other schools in the SEC. So it just goes through to show you like, you know, fire your coach.
01:18:26
Speaker
Good luck. Yeah, I know. are you going to replace him with? Right, right. Exactly.
Weekend Plans & Football Fandom
01:18:33
Speaker
Oh, um, I, I don't know what I'm trying to think what we have going on this weekend.
01:18:39
Speaker
Um, ah I think we're going to probably do some bean dip the question will be, do we watch on the back porch or inside, uh, with it being the night game?
01:18:50
Speaker
Yeah. um i'm My prediction will is that Lily and i finish the game outside. Kim goes inside because she gets cold. And that that works for Tennessee, so that's okay. Nice. you get that girl get that girl a blanket in the heater or something.
01:19:04
Speaker
we've got a fire kind of an electric An electric blanket. That's what you need. and You know, we actually have an electric blanket. That's a good idea to take that out there. Bruh. Bruh. Yeah. Yeah. we've got the We've got a fireplace out there. you know, we have the blankets.
01:19:18
Speaker
It's a great setup, especially when Jim brings the the quad TV out there. Yeah, I'll definitely have that going Saturday.
01:19:27
Speaker
It is a good setup. I'm pretty proud of it. So jealous. Cool. I don't know what we're going to do. We'll be watching at some point. I probably will end up taking the TV outside um if the weather holds. i haven't looked at the weather here, but um yeah, nothing nothing crazy here.
01:19:45
Speaker
yeah Yeah, we're getting that time of year, man. We're feel starting to feel actually like fall. Yeah. Yeah, it's fire pit season. you know yeah Yeah, for sure. sure Look cool, man.
01:19:57
Speaker
Cool. Well, ah it's good catching up. um Got a road game and got a lot going on, both of us, I know. um So we'll we'll catch you on the flip side and go Dawgs.
01:20:11
Speaker
Go Dawgs.