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College Football Playoffs round 1
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Don and Russ talk about the College Football Playoffs, the Missouri and Illinois bowl games, and the Bragging Rights hoops game later this month, and have fun looking at a novel realignment approach.
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Introduction to the NCAA Report
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All right. Well, welcome back. This is the NCW report with Don and Russ. Thank you for Devin Tynan for providing us with that in intro.
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Controversial Playoff Decisions
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it there. So check that out at gatewaysports.net. All right. So, well, last time we talked, we had no idea what was going to happen with the playoffs. And well, now we do the pair, yeah with the the pairings are in, obviously as is always, and I don't care what sport you talk about.
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And when you come down to the playoff time, especially in college, there are. A number of teams that think they should have got in and didn't.
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Oh, yeah. yeah there' was you know And and ah the cop couple we'll get to it a little bit later. A couple of things I was surprised at ah was ignoring the, um I mean, even though i I did a little bit of a deeper dive and I found out how they could do it, ignoring their own rules and not allowing the ACC players champ um to play in the playoffs.
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I think that was one thing that was kind of kind of odd to me. um And the other is, we'll and we'll get to them, we'll start going through these pairings, um is the um the new rule that they put in basically saying that, uh, regardless of where you're ranked, that's who you play. And, uh, cause last year they tried to keep, uh, same conference opponents from playing each other. and And we'll find, and you'll see right away that this year is not the case.
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So the first round games, um, it'd be four first round games.
Alabama vs. Oklahoma Playoff Debate
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no One that starts it all off will be December nineteenth the Alabama and Oklahoma. And right away, we've there two sec teams matched up together.
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Um, and, uh, quite frankly, and Bama finished fourth in the sec, Oklahoma finished fifth. So you've got that.
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You've got that. So, um, and, uh, Alabama comes in as a two and half point favorite in this game. Uh, even though they are they previously lost to Oklahoma early in the season. Yeah. And that was on so November 15th. Now, they only lost by two points, and that was at Norman.
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um So this game will be this game will be played, I believe, in Tuscaloosa, since they are the higher-ranked team.
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So that are they rank, you mean Alabama's Oklahoma's eight, Alabama's ninth. Oh, is that it? Okay. Then it will be at Norman. Okay. I think it is in Norman. Yeah. Okay. Then it will be. um Let me, let me double check what I'm i'm looking at here. Cause I'm looking at the, uh,
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I'm looking at the first round games here and yeah lost two days bigger they didn't say where they're playing. doesn't say where they're playing. It just says Oklahoma State. Yeah, but yeah but i think yeah I think you're right, though. i think it it does go in that respect because of ah um the, um oh, um ah what am I trying to say here, Russ?
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the the The higher ranked team gets the home game. Right. know about yeah you're saying You're saying it should be in Norman? So I think it should be in Norman. i'm trying well I just had my pairings and rankings right here, and now all of a sudden it's gone.
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Oh, there we go. There's one maybe I wanted. Maybe. Okay, it didn't give me what I want. Okay, well, anyway. um So, yeah, so that's ah that should be in Norman if stay if if Oklahoma is the higher-ranked team. Mm-hmm.
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trying to think like I had the playoff bracket here. Oh, there it is. Now I can find it again. Okay, yeah. Right, yeah. So that that would yeah it would be in ah in Oklahoma. So that will be at Norman. um The winner that gets to play number one Indiana. Lucky them. Yeah.
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yeah ah So what what's what's your thoughts on on this? ah I guess one thing I am, another surprise is that they did go ahead and let Alabama, and I know they've they've stated last year that they would not penalize a team losing their conference championship.
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um But they ultimately did when they kicked out Iowa State. for losing their their conference championship because they had three losses.
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So here we have Alabama with three losses, and lo and behold, they let them in which really has upset the Notre Dame fans, number one. um So, you know, well what's your what's your take on all that?
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Well, um but, you know, of course, when I was watching Alabama get manhandled by Georgia, I thought, well, this will put, this will kick them out.
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Yeah. Even though they're in the championship game. And this will maybe, you know, put, and I thought Notre Dame would would be in. Because I thought, one, I think Notre Dame's a pretty good team. i think they're one of the best 12 teams in the country.
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ah But, yeah. I also thought there was a Notre Dame boss out there that would get them in. and As it turned out, I was wrong. I tell you what, Don, I read an interesting article in The Athletic.
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I don't know it was today or yesterday, about this Notre Dame issue. ah and And
SEC Bias and Tiebreaker System Analysis
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their take, and this guy's take, and I think it's a pretty sound take, is that it's not SEC bias that kicked Notre Dame out.
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It was ah basically the tiebreaker system set up in the ACC. Yeah. Put a 7-5 Duke team into the championship game against Virginia, which was 10-2 team, I think.
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and said Miami probably should have been there. Most of the other conferences, tiebreakers were set up. Miami probably would have been in there. Then Miami, if Miami wins that game, they get the – they They get the conference champion, and then they open something at large bid for Notre Dame. And that was this guy's take on it.
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So, ah you know, they're just, I mean, it's it's kind of incredible that a 7-5 Duke team gets in there, then plus they win the thing. Yeah. You know, and kind of screws everything up. That's just what messed it up.
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A lot of people were yelling scc bias, but it might have been some of that, but I think it's more the way the screwed up tiebreaker system in the ACC. i bought into that.
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yeah So, ah ah you know, and so Alabama's a good team. I don't know that they they necessarily deserve to be there over Notre Dame. Probably not, but they're a good team. ah So if I was a Notre Dame fan, I'd be upset if I was – but if that if Notre Dame had gotten in and Alabama got out, I'm sure the Alabama fans would be yelling right now too. so Yeah.
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I don't know if they would have taken their their football and gone home for the season or not like the Notre Dame did. I don't know. But, you know, we saw that happen. Yeah, I don't think that would have happened. I think i think you would have had a student revolt yeah if they if they would have said they're not playing in ah in a bowl game because they didn't get in the playoffs. I don't think that would – that wouldn't go over well in Tuscaloosa. No.
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I'm not sure it's going over well and going over well in in West Lafayette. south be South Bend. South Bend. I'm not sure they're half the fans there having a ah fun time of that either. Well, I heard it.
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Yeah, they said the players didn't want to play in it, so i don't know. I saw a lot. hard to say. you Yeah. Go ahead, Don. Sorry. Yeah. I was going say, I mean, I give it to say, I give it to saying about the ACC playoff, but to me, I mean, Miami is still in Miami was going to be in regardless. And since they didn't take another ACC team, you know, why? And they allow, they say, because they didn't take another AC, the
Texas A&M vs. Miami Game Prediction
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ACC champion, that that is why that is what allowed a second group of five team in.
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Right. Which, I mean, i don't
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i don't know. I mean, i to me, i think and I'll tell you what, I wonder, had Virginia won that game instead of Duke, would they have gone ahead and taken Virginia as the legitimate champ?
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Because though the rule I read on or the exclusion clauses that I read in that the in the playoff thing is um the the committee has the right to um undeclare a champion if they feel they were not dominant in their league.
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Okay. So that's how Duke, because of their five losses, I'm assuming got excommunicated is, uh, they, you know, they, that, you know, they just weren't competitive inside of their league. Um, and which is kind of crazy because what was, there was five teams that were six and two in league play.
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Yeah. Yeah. You know, uh, so that's kind of crazy in itself. I mean, the, the three of the three of their five losses were to, were in non-conference. who Yeah. but So that's kind of, that was kind of a crazy whole thing there. the Alabama getting in with three wins ahead of a Notre Dame. um I was like you, I thought a three law, three losses to Alabama was, was sure enough going to kick them out, but it didn't do that. So, um you know, it is what it is.
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I guess there's this unwritten rule and I thought it was a rule, but I guess it's not a hard clad rule that said something that if you go to your, conference championship game and lose it they won't count against you. They wouldn't count it against you. yeah i mean I'm not sure that's a hard, fast, written down rule, but it's just kind of with understanding. yeah they has time well They said last year that they wouldn't penalize a team that lost, but then again, like I said, they they they turned out or they they they ah kicked out Iowa State for losing to Arizona last year.
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Mm-hmm. And Iowa, or excuse me, they've kicked out, yeah, because there's arizona state they next to our arizona state because that gave them three losses. product so i am yeah So, I don't know. I mean, I guess they can decide however they want to afford. Since they didn't make it a hard, fast rule, they can decide however they want to play it. um Now, that's the only game on Saturday is the Oklahoma-Alabama. The rest of the other three first-round games are on Sunday. Yeah. Excuse me. That that game's on Friday. the other three games are on Saturday, I believe.
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um Hang on. I got to... Make sure about that before I say anything. Yeah, the other three games are on Saturday. So, and that that one, that's the the first one will feature...
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Miami versus Texas A&M. And m that's going to be in Texas. um Because Texas A&M is number texas a ams number seven. Miami is number 10.
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Right. ah So that's how that one's going to play. um I don't know about that one. i i have i'm so A lot of people saying Miami deserved to be in. And and you know maybe they did.
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Maybe they didn't. But Miami, to me, has just not impressed me all year. They've not impressed me as a team that that really, to me, was one of the top 12. Well, you know, i it seems like there's a ah ah media, i don't know, if it's group think, or that that Miami's Miami's a pretty good team. They just haven't always played like a pretty good team, you know, oh you know and they're too lost. You know, they did beat Notre Dame, right which is a plus.
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And i't I don't know who they're, bringing but they've been upset a couple of times. So, you know, I, I i kind of, I'm kind of with you. I'm not sure, they but I haven't watched them play a lot of games. I haven't watched them. I know they'll have their hands full of Texas A&M, I believe.
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Oh, I would so. But maybe we'll see the best of why Miami was – so highly regarded by the media on on going all year long.
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ah well Maybe we'll see the best of them on on Saturday. I don't know. but i don know what i signed I always up for the fantasy Pick'em games. Right. and And I signed up for the college CFP ah playoff round.
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And I've picked Texas A&M. But I had to think about it for a while. I had to think about it for a while because I just – I feel like there's going to be some upsets in this thing and there's somebody's going surprise us and, you know, something like that.
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so But I'll pick Texas A&M going in, you know. yeah and i will I will also give the points to whoever wants Miami. you know That's the yeah yeah it was kind of it it Like i said, it was kind of ah just a strange thing. to like you said, Miami, now they only lost two games all year.
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um so but i to me i to me they just i don't To me, they just didn't play um that many teams that I thought were really you know good teams. I mean, not granted, they play in the ACC, which is not a great league for ah ah top competition like the SEC, Big Ten, or places like that.
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But, um you know, i I don't know. I mean, Does, I guess that's a good question, does conferences like the ACC and in some respects the Big 12, are they hampered by the um the members of their own conference?
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It could be, and ACC is really weak. I mean, you know, we just, let's just say it. And one of the reasons James Franklin, I believe, my belief is why he jumped at Virginia Tech. He sees an opportunity here to get a program built up. I mean, when Clemson and Florida State or down like they are who does that leave well miami you know that's who you're thinking of after that and the rest of the team just don't seem like they measure up uh you know programs measure up so it's a week i think it is a week conference right now and they know what everyone knows it and uh
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So, you know, they had to get someone in from the ACC. So they got, so they, you know, they took Miami, you know, and probably who they thought should be in there all along. Right. Well, and that may be true. I mean, I, cause I don't think, i don't think Miami ever dropped out of the rankings. If I remember right.
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I don't recall. I don't think, don't think they dropped. I don't think they dropped out of the top, the top 15. They may have dropped out the top 12 briefly, but I don't think they were out of the top 15 at all. Right. So, you know, so, yeah, I mean, they, they had their, their following, I guess, like you said, media wise or, or, um, that case I, I, I'm like you, I think, uh, Texas A&M is going to give them a a really good game.
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Um, And, you know, oh I didn't make my prediction in Alabama, Oklahoma. I'm going to go with you on the – well, you took who? Alabama or Oklahoma? I took Oklahoma. I took Oklahoma. I'm going to go with you on that. Being a home game, being that they've already beaten Alabama once, you know, Alabama just – Yeah, they just haven't shown me that they can they can do it. Although Oklahoma, you know, they've had their issues too. So i sure I think it'll be a close game. I think probably a field goal difference.
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Yeah. um yeah So, you know, ill ah i'll I'll go with you on that. ah Texas A&M, Miami, like I said. um I think Texas A&M is going to just theyre i think there're going to walk over them. I mean, it's only a three-and-a-half point spread. Texas A&M is favored. But I just don't see Miami standing up to those guys. I really, really don't.
00:20:20
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I could be wrong. don't get me don't don't Don't take me as gospel, obviously, because I could be wrong. I don't follow those two teams. um But it just the way Texas A&M has played all year,
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um You know, i I just think that that's that's where it's going to be. I think i think because you look at, ah um again, Miami, I think Texas A&M played the tougher schedule.
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um And I just think that I think they just have the better team. And I just I don't see a Miami staying in this game long. I'm going to call it about I'm going to say a 10 point spread. Okay. All right. Yeah.
00:20:59
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yeah I could see that happening. I could. Yeah. Yeah. All right. So that leaves us to the next game, which will be at three o'clock, I believe.
Tulane vs. Ole Miss Playoff Preview
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Yes. Three 30. And that'll be Tulane, Tulane against Ole Miss.
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Well, now there's a, there's a regional matchup. That's going to, that's going to split a stadium apart. I'll tell you that right now. but It's a regional matchup, and it should be an interesting game. I mean – I think it will be.
00:21:36
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With the way things have broken for Ole Miss with Lane Kiffin leaving for LSU, he won't be there. ah Now, the latest on that is that Kiffin, when he left, he was going to take his whole offensive staff and told him, you know, you you got to go with me. But apparently four coaches have – he's let four coach four offensive coaches go back and help them – get them through the playoffs. So, you know, he softened his stance on that quite a bit.
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I think the offensive coordinator and some of the other coaches ah have have are going to stay with Ole Miss until they're through the the playoffs. Tulane, I know, is supposed to be a pretty good team. Honestly, Don, I don't know a lot about them.
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ah But I'm going to think that Ole Miss um has enough to get get past this game. against Tulane. I could be wrong. The defensive coordinator has been hired as a head coach, and I heard him interview today, and he seems like he knows he's got a grip on things. And so ah and they're playing, of course, at Oxford.
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So, yeah, I think that's got to help. But, you know, that's just me. I see the – Do see a 17 and a half point? Yeah, well, I've got, yeah, it opened at 16 and a half, and now Ole Miss is a 17 and a half point favorite.
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Boy, that's a lot of points. That's a lot of points in this situation. It would be ah that would mean a blowout. ah I'm not sure about that. Of course, we saw we saw a lot of first round blowouts last year, though, too, would be with with the, ah um you know, some of the some of the teams like that. But yeah, well, I'm.
00:23:22
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why i'm I haven't seen Tulane play. I've just kind of seen their box scores. And i mean, they've they've been pretty competitive throughout the entire season.
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ah So, um you know, I don't know. I mean, i i mean Ole Miss is is a good is a good team. that They're um you know But I'm just curious in in the sense that um yeah how they ah they may have they must have played two teams that weren't FBS.
00:24:01
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Because that only gives them nine nine games this year. That's an odd duck right there. um But yeah, I mean... I think I'm like you. thought I think it may affect him differently, though, ah because with all this hullabaloo, with the coach wanting to take, Kiffin wanting to take the offensive staff with him, and then know relenting, whether it be by pressure or he came to his senses or whatever the case may be, you know i don't know how much effect that's going to have on the players, whether they –
00:24:33
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um you know, feel like they've been cheated and brought, you know I don't know. I mean, it's hard to say when you're, when you're dealing with this with a coach that's, that's gone. you know, and I know from, from Illinois had to do that a couple of times in bowl games, not in a playoff system, but in bowl games where they've had a coach that was, uh, fired before the bowl game or left or whatever the case may be. And, uh, the, you know, the assistant had to take over whatever. Um,
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you know You just don't know how the how the players are going to react to that. so ah But i think I think you're right, though. think Ole Miss will we'll win this one. I think it's going lot closer than 17 and a half. i'll I'll say Ole Miss by 12. Yeah. i yeah i don't think they I don't expect them to win by that much. If Kiffin was there, maybe maybe maybe I was older hey bob would would go with him. Who knows if Kiffin was still with him, maybe the spread would be bigger.
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that could be yeah it may be uh 17 and a half yeah i'm gonna go with old miss and that but i wouldn't give anyone 17 and half points on a bet you know yeah yeah if if you're gonna be doing a bet no i would bet two lane and take seven and take seven or give the 17 or take the 17 and a half or forget the spread and bet the money line on miss on old miss Yeah, way I would do it. So right. Exactly. Exactly.
00:26:01
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So. All right. So that leaves us to the final game of that playoff or the first round, which will be seven o'clock on Saturday night. James Madison versus Oregon.
00:26:19
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And here's another one. oregon's Oregon opened up and they're staying at right now, staying at a 21.5 point favorite over James Madison. Yeah. ah Boy, I tell you what. I mean, i've I've heard a lot of noise about James Madison all year.
00:26:36
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um I don't know whether that was by... a good PR program for James Madison? or Because, like I guess said, they they play in a conference I don't follow, so it's hard it's hard to say ah how good though how good they really are. I mean, they're twelve and one um so yeah It's a hard call on this conference because you and I are not – Um, we're not experts.
James Madison vs. Oregon Matchup Discussion
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there's They're the Sunbelt, right?
00:27:02
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Yeah, I think, uh, Sunbelt, I think so, that but we're not experts. We don't follow all these teams or the conferences they're win ah you know the Um, you know, you know, course, I've, I've put my bed on Oregon on the, uh,
00:27:17
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on the yeah ESPN thing, I i did put Oregon down because, but it's just a, it's just a pick your favorite type thing. I didn't write and play the point spread game that they offer. So, ah and I got say, Don, probably that's seven o'clock on seven or seven 30 on a Saturday night, I'm probably going find something else to do besides watch that game. Yeah, I probably am get to be yeah yeah i'm probably not going to be watching that game ah very heavily. i mean I may tune in from now and again just to see what's going on.
00:27:54
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ah but But, yeah, i' it's not one game I'm really going to pay a lot of attention to. Now, thats ah again, this is another where the point spread. Oregon has been one of those teams this year. It's just you can't count on what they're going to score some some days you think they're going to score big and and um You know other games they get they get their their butt handed to them. So Right.
00:28:18
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It's going the scoring wise. I mean, they've still won a lot. Don't get me wrong ah But so I don't know, 21.5 seems like a lot to me. it does It does. That's another game where I i wouldn't put it past Oregon to win by that much. Now, don't get me wrong. i I would not put it past Oregon to win by that much. I just don't think they will.
00:28:39
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um So this is one of those games I would just bet the money line on Oregon and forget the spread. Yeah, yeah, yeah. you know it's it's hard to It's hard to really do – It's hard to really get a good grip on James Madison. They probably haven't played anyone the caliber. And i' I'm saying this just off the top of my head, the caliber of Oregon.
00:29:02
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Yeah, so I don't, yeah. Yeah, i mean, i mean that well, just looking at the division therein and the sunbelt is really just not, ah ah doesn't look like that they have a ah large,
00:29:16
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I don't know what they... They beat Troy for the championship in the Sun Belt. um Did they play anybody in a non-conference? That's what I'm looking at. Yeah, they played Louisville, lost to Louisville 28-14.
00:29:33
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Uh, they played Liberty, which has always been somebody that people talk about too. Uh, they, they beat them 31 to 13. Uh, let's see if there's any other teams in here that Marshall, they did beat Marshall 35 to 23. I don't know how good Marshall is this year, but they're always a team people talk about.
00:29:51
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Um, um, They beat Washington State 24-20. So they played some some decent teams. I mean, they haven't played any. I mean, Louisville's probably the only – well, it's not the only power. That's their only loss. Yeah, that's not the only big team but that's it's the yeah that they played, but but it's ah that's the only loss. And, you there's no shame in losing to Louisville. I mean, that's for sure. Mm-hmm.
00:30:18
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Well, Louisville's a good ah good team, but they're not on this the level of Oregon. I mean, I don't think're right oh no and so i think they're going to be meeting someone they haven't really seen seen something they haven't really seen this year.
00:30:30
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Right. Yeah, I mean, this is something that this that they're going to be not used to. So like i i think i I do think that Oregon's going to take that one ah fairly. I won't say – well, they'll take it fairly easily. actually Whether they win by 21 and a half, I don't know.
00:30:46
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Uh, we'll find out, we'll find out when they play the game, I guess. who brought me Excuse me. Um, right, well, we're going to take a quick break here and then we're go to come back and we're going to talk, um, a little bit of hard, hard ball.
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00:31:03
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or hardball hardwood hoops uh we got a couple of uh or not hardwood excuse me we're going to talk a couple bowl games uh where missouri and illinois are at we might talk a little bit of hardwood i mean because uh that's coming up in here in another couple three weeks too the illinois missouri uh basketball games coming up yeah the truck before christmas or before christmas so we might we might have to we might have to hit that one here ah And then there's an interesting thing I'm going to bring up here at the end that I think is just, it was just kind of funny. Something I saw on pubb on social media, I think is kind of a an interesting idea, but I'm not sure it'll fly. So we'll be right back after this.
00:31:44
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00:35:22
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All right, and we are back. so ah We talked about the playoffs, and but, of course, neither Mizzou nor Illinois ah made the playoffs.
Mizzou vs. Virginia Bowl Game Preview
00:35:35
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But ah both teams did get into a a bowl game. ah i think um Illinois ended up in the Music City Bowl, taking on Tennessee, while... um Mizzou ended up in the, was it the Rolacwest Bowl?
00:35:58
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No, no, it's the Gator Bowl against Virginia. Oh, you're in the Gator Bowl. Okay. Yeah. Okay. let me get Let me get down here to where ah im trying you guys are in the Music City Bowl, which the Gator Bowl is December 22nd or 3rd, I think.
00:36:17
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No, i let me hold on just a second. so ah December 27th is when they play the Gator Bowl. um I'm flipping through here. Yeah, there it is. Yeah. Tax player Gator Bowl is December 22nd.
00:36:33
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At Everbank Stadium in Jacksonville, Florida. Okay. Well, it's a Gator Bowl. It's where the Gator Bowl is at. It's a Jackson Bowl. so how we'll go with youll since that one's first, we'll go with that one. ah How are you feeling about that game, Mizzou versus Virginia?
00:36:52
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Well, I think I'd feel pretty good if if they can get the offensive issues straightened out. Their primary, Mizzou's primary problems, they can't hit. they they don't They don't have a good passing game. That might be because the quarterbacks aren't good at hitting their receivers, and there's some offensive line problems. Drinkwits is probably going to use the practice time to determine who his next quarterback for next year is going to be. Bo Prebella,
00:37:21
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from Penn State, who's been – who's the starting quarterback for most of this year until he got hurt and missed two or three games. Right. um You know, he'll – and then Matt Zayer will be the true freshman quarterback. He'll probably take a good look. And whoever can know function in that offense and practice better is probably who he'll start because he'll be – because that guy will be start probably starting next year.
00:37:47
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Right. he needs to find his – he needs to find the guy who can – You can open up that game a little bit. They have a great running game. Yeah. And was they they they can run the ball, but you've got have that passing game threat to open up that little bit. so So we'll see. i would probably – there's no – I'm looking at something now. I don't guess it's too early for a line. But I'll go, of course, I'll go with, I hope Mizzou wins. on I think they'll win. But, you know, we'll see. you know's Right, right. Well, I mean, um yeah, I mean, ah I'll, I was kind of looking because I've been doing a report or ah articles on possible bowl games that Illinois was going to get into. And, um you know, ah of course, one of the one of the predictions that I saw you know,
00:38:39
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Illinois and Missouri matching up in either the, uh, music city or ReliaQuest bowls. Right. Um, which I thought was, no, I thought that would have been kind of fun, but I was, I was kind of, i was actually going to be a little scared about that because, um,
00:38:58
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Missouri, like you said, they've got a good running game. And the one thing that Illinois has been subject to was the run. Now, I don't know about Virginia, what their run defense is like.
00:39:11
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um But... hmm you know i so i i mean it's it's mean you probably know maybe a little bit more about them but i i think just what i've seen missouri i think it'll probably be a good game uh for it's all said and done uh you wonder just kind of how how much of a uh effect the loss to duke is going to play in virginia yeah you know are they are they going to be you know looking for looking to take out their anger on somebody. And ah you know and Missouri just going is going to happen to be the people they take their anger out on or not. You just don't know. so ah I'm going to probably go with i'll go with Missouri on this one. i think with their running game, they can probably at least halfway control the if they can do a decent enough control that
00:40:07
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um like you said, the pass normally sets up the run. But I think in this case, I think if Drinkwince is smart, he's going to probably play it the other way around. He's going to play the the run to set up his pass.
00:40:19
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Well, he's not going to go Steve Spurrier on this game for sure. He's throwing the ball around a lot. But he'll want the passing game to be better than what it was. That's what cost him against ah Oklahoma. That's what cost him against – Vanderbilt, actually. They could have won won those games if they had some sort of passing effective passing game. What Missouri has also done is, a I think, a first-class defense. They are a playoff of caliber defense. ah The defense is not a problem, and I think they can i think they can check whatever Virginia has to offer. the yeah Like I said, the problem will be
00:41:02
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if Missouri can generate enough offense to, to win the game. And, you know, I expect them to, but you know, you never know. Sometimes you can't, you can't always per predict. yeah Well, I guess I i just look in the last game you guys had against Arkansas, uh, Prabillo threw for only 25 yards. Is that, yeah. He threw eight in that, right?
00:41:20
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Yeah. Yeah. They only threw like 10 passes or something like that. He was 4%. They can't pay the ball off to Marr Hardy and the other running back, uh, And those guys just roared Arkansas down. They just kept pounding them and pounding They wore them down. As a drink was smart in doing that. It didn't.
00:41:40
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I mean, you know, I know he would like to have a better passing game, but in that game, he just – he knew that's all he needed to do, and just – that's what they did. They just ran him down. They ran him in the grain.
00:41:52
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and and like And, again, I guess so I think if he if he goes the reverse of the norm and decides to ah um play – um the the pass to set up the run or the the run to set up the pass instead of the other way around um you know that might be that might be the way to go on that i mean um just just looking at that and you know of course it's it's virginia and i don't know how good arkansas was how whether they how they match up to virginia but uh
00:42:23
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Arkansas had a real real good offense, but their defense was pretty bad. yeah um And they were the worst team in the SEC, really. did They didn't win a conference game. oh so ah So, I mean, they're a pretty bad team this year. So it's really hard. And I'm sure Virginia's a better team than Arkansas, but, you know, yeah I'm just guessing. so Oh, yeah, no doubt. Well, the next game then is, course, Illinois in the Music City Bowl, that's going to be December 30th. Yeah.
00:42:51
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um And um at it in Nissan Stadium.
Illinois vs. Tennessee Matchup Highlight
00:42:59
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So that's going to be a fun game. we just get we just We were just in the Illinois basketball team, was just in Nashville ah and beat playedability no played Tennessee basketball. Oh, they did? Oh, okay. We beat Tennessee by 13.
00:43:18
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Oh, okay. Which was, which was actually, I was kind of surprised and shocked about that one. But um the one thing I'm looking at this is that Tennessee is going to be one of those teams that we're facing that is going to, that they're about as balanced as any team we've, we've come up against. And I would say probably even more balanced than Ohio state. Yeah.
00:43:44
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And I think that may give Illinois some some trouble because one thing we've had we've had now, the last couple of games, it wasn't that bad because we weren't we were playing kind of the the lower end of the Big Ten ah in Northwestern and Minnesota, I think it was.
00:44:01
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um but uh you know is our past defense and now we did come up with three interceptions against it northwestern but that was played in the snow and and driving blizzard and whatnot um this is not going to be played in that kind of condition obviously well you know nashville in in late december could get pretty cold and is that an open-air stadium It's an open-air stadium, yeah. Okay, I didn't realize that. on The Titans are building a ah new closed Jerry Jones Palace in Nashville now for the Titans, but they're still playing in the old stadium. It'll probably be pretty chilly, and I don't know. It's possible it could snow, but it's not going to be like it was in Evans. where did Was that played at Northwestern? That was in Champaign.
00:44:54
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champ Oh, it was in Champaign. Yeah, I actually, some guy called me about a day before, a couple days before when I went up and to the game. He had tickets, and I was supposed to be out of town. and We ended up didn't ended up not going out of town. She goes, going to take up Jamie on the tickets? I said, I ain't getting out in this mess.
00:45:11
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ji I lived in Nashville for several years, and I went to a Titans game in late December, and it's pretty cold in that stadium, so I can tell you that. so but i yeah that I mean, though the one thing, I guess said, Aguilar is a really good quarterback. um He's thrown for over 3,400 yards this year, so now this this kind of scares me going up against the Illinois secondary because they really have not shown a good – ah defense against good passing offenses. and But you know but the the other thing is Tennessee's got some ah got a really good running attack, too. Bishop's got over 1,000 yards, I think, already this season. Or rest for 1,000 You know, they've got a ground game, too, and we've had some trouble stopping the ground game against a really good team. So this is going to be a test for Illinois. um Well, yeah, I think Tennessee can go ahead. I think they can score on on Tennessee. So I look for a high-scoring affair in this game. I mean, I look for Illinois to probably probably ah go to the air a lot.
00:46:20
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Um, I look for them to hopefully exploit the outsides on the running game. Um, not try to run up the middle on so many people. Cause that's, that's been their bugaboo all year. They try to go up the middle. They can't gain anything. And when they do, they try to go outside. They can't gain anything. So it's just kind of like sometimes the line doesn't know which way to block. It looks like, um,
00:46:41
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and ah And it's unsure yet whether Altmyer will actually be quarterbacking or not. there There has been talk that he might skip the game because of nfl ah possibilities, but...
00:46:53
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He hasn't really been talked about by a lot of scouts. So they're probably, and the way his mama said, his mom, I guess, called ah Brett Bielema and said, a lot of Mississippi is going to be there. but Because Altmeier's from Starkville.
00:47:12
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Yeah, okay. And he played for Ole Miss initially. He signed on with Ole Miss, and then we picked him up. The other interesting thing about this game is last year, after Illinois won the Cheez-It Bowl or the Citrus Bowl, um there was a lot of speculation on whether Altmaier would transfer out, and Tennessee made a very concerted effort to try to get him to enter the portal.
00:47:39
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Sure, sure. And, of course, he he decided to save with Illinois. Of course, didn't hurt them because they ended up with Aguilar. So, yeah you know, it probably was the best thing for best thing for both of them, really. yeah um So I don't know if that's going to play into it. Just kind of an interesting little side note that I found. um but But I i look for it to be high scoring.
00:48:03
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And while I want to say Illinois will win it, And I think the the line is and I just had the line a minute ago and I lost it.
00:48:15
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Well,
00:48:18
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ah well I can't find the line on it. Damn it. um It's not there. Well, this is this one thing I'm trying to get into. Won't give me the line on it. um But anyway, I think I i think the line is five and a half points last I saw.
00:48:38
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yeah Tennessee's favored by five and a half. And I think that may be pretty close. I think you know if Illinois loses the game, I think they lose by probably a field goal. Okay. I'd like to see them win by a field goal, but I think they probably may end up losing this one by a field goal. um Just given, like I say, that Illinois' defense, while it's a decent defense, it's not as good as it was when Ryan Walters here. Right, right.
00:49:05
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ryan walters was here so rod ro Well, I tell you what, I picked Tennessee on my ESPN picks. And the only reason I did, Don, is that Tennessee, course, had a disappointing year. but By their standards, they were expected to get into the the playoffs like they did last year. And they had a disappointing year.
00:49:29
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They also got manhandled by Vanderbilt. Yeah. Which they're not used to. i mean, that's just unheard of. The Tennessee team gets manhandled by Vanderbilt.
00:49:40
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So either they're going to be pretty mad and they're going to come out charging or they you know they could be they could have taken something out of them. I don't know. why i expect it to be like you a good game. And I expect Tennessee to come ready to play. But like I said, i I picked them only because I felt like they were so humiliated by Vanderbilt.
00:50:02
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They're going to be looking for for revenge against someone. so ah Yeah. why me redgamed so yeah If you look at it, I mean, their four losses were all to ranked teams, too. Yeah. yeah they They didn't lose a game to an unranked team, whereas Illinois lost a game to um Wisconsin.
00:50:22
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Mm-hmm. You know, who was not only unranked, but was at the bottom of the, was pretty much at the bottom of the big 10 division. So exactly. So, yeah, I mean, so that's what I'm saying. I think that's why I think, uh, you know,
00:50:34
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they Tennessee's been proving they're a good team. I mean, they have been for years. um So it'll be fun. I mean, I'd like to see Illinois win the game to give them back-to-back nine win seasons, which would be the first time in school history that would ever happen. um But, you know, it is and this is something else I found out.
00:50:53
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This is the first time in the history of either school that they're playing each other. Oh, really? They have never played each other before in the entire history of each school. Wow. Well, well, well that that way you know um you know, the weather could play a part in it. I don't know. it depends what happens in Nashville that time of the year. It'll probably cold. I don't know. Like you said, the only thing – might be the snow because you know it's possible sec sec doesn't play much in the snow um but uh you know we'll have to wait and see what happens so yeah uh all right well let's kind of move on let's go and do the basketball thing uh we'll do because the illinois and uh
00:51:40
Speaker
missouri you're going to tangle here on the 22nd of december uh illinois basketball men's basketball uh missouri men's basketball uh the annual annual bragging rights game if you will um so what how i mean illinois has been playing very well um they they've lost a couple games but yeah they They were to UConn and Alabama, so it's that's not any kind of a a ah negative mark.
Illinois vs. Missouri Basketball Game Analysis
00:52:11
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um you know They beat oh no they beaten Texas Tech, who was ranked at the time, and they beaten they just like said they just beat Tennessee. So, you know, they've been playing fairly, fairly good basketball.
00:52:24
Speaker
Um, the group of, uh, the, uh, group of five, my mind's still in football. Uh, the Balkan boys five, uh, all the guys from the, from, uh, from Croatia and all that, that we've got, I got on the team. We've got a lot of X on the team. Um, if he sitch Petrovic,
00:52:43
Speaker
stojkovic you know i would hate to be announcing the games is all i gotta say uh because that's just not uh not a not a fun thing but um But, yeah, just looking at it, ah they're playing really well. We got a couple good freshmen in Mitrovic and Wagler, who are both just, I mean, um they're really, really good um players.
00:53:13
Speaker
Wagler has just, I don't think, I think the kid's averaging, i want to say, on the nature, like 16 points a game, 17 points a game as a true freshman.
00:53:28
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And he started every game this year. um Get to the stature real quick if i can get to it. There we are. Yeah, he's averaging actually 13 points a game.
00:53:41
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um And um ah David Mirkovic, who I guess his dad played –
00:53:50
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in the NBA or the pro leagues in Europe. um And they say this kid's not far from the tree. He's averaging 13 points a game. um We've actually got five four got five guys in double figures on the team. um Basically, the and ah the starting lineup plus one or minus one. Boswell's leading the team at 17 points a game. Stojakovic, the kid we got from... um the west coast.
00:54:19
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Um, he's averaging almost 15. and then the big center we got, uh, actually just Brit the last year, Thomas lobby's a bitch.
00:54:31
Speaker
No, it's him. Yeah, Thomas Lovicevic is ah running right on 11 points a game. Rebounding has been the one thing that they, of course, Underwood prides himself on, and they got humiliated against Tennessee in rebounding.
00:54:47
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ten see yeah Tennessee out-rebounded by almost double. Yeah. um but they were still able to get the right rebound and hit enough good shots and and get things to to win the ball game um so i mean i look for i look for i haven't seen missouri much this year um i think ah maybe a little bit here and there um so i'm going to kind of kind of give that one to you is what missouri what illinois is going to face in missouri Well, Missouri's 8-2, but the schedule's a little deceiving. There two losses after Kansas and Notre Dame.
00:55:22
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They went up to Notre Dame, and they lost a game they should have won by just just a few points. I thought they were going to win it. little odd to me. But ah Dennis Gates likes to play this time the year a rather large lineup. He likes to give see what he's got of everyone. on The star of the team is right now the best player they got is Mark Mitchell, the forward. He's averaging about 18 points a game. Then they have a three-point guy, guy a named Jacob Crubes, and he's averaging about 13 points a game. Their problem against Notre Dame and the problem and probably hurt them, certainly hurt them against Notre Dame.
00:56:03
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Kansas was ah this Jaden Snow Stone didn't play. He hurt his non-shooting hand and he's been setting out. They're hoping that he's back for Illinois.
00:56:18
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Right, right. yeah it'll be a It'll be a more competitive game if he's back. they've got a He's got a good... He's got height. He's got some strength. He's got rebounding. They really haven't been dominated this year under the boards like they were last year in some games. So he just needs to get his outside shooting going so he can that opens up the inside a little bit. you know So he likes to balance the tack. So you know if Jaden Stone is back, I would say it's going to be a close game.
00:56:50
Speaker
If it's not, then ah I think Illinois could could run past them in the second half, you know ah yeah ah you know, because I just don't think they they they have the out They have some other guys who's who they were hoping would develop into three-point shooters, but they're not they just haven't been consistent yet. So one consistent three-point shooter he's got right now is Jacob Cruz. And we'll just i just I think they're going to need Stone in there to make this a competitive game against Illinois. And they're going to need Stone back.
00:57:24
Speaker
Cruz and Stone both in the lineup when they hit big SEC actions. So this is really an important game for them to see well where they got. um He has ah this this next week, this week, they've got a couple of ah knockoff games.
00:57:41
Speaker
Let's see who they play. they They play, let me get the schedule up here. They ah play the yeah Thursday night against, let me flip through here.
00:57:53
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While you're doing that, Illinois, illinois before we get the to Missouri, we're playing a couple conference games. Actually, they're playing tonight. just We're taping this on a Tuesday night. They're playing tonight against Ohio State. Right now they're up six at the half. Then we got in Nebraska, and then we then we go down to St. Louis to play you guys.
00:58:13
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Well, okay, you got us already in your conference schedule. the play They play a couple of mop-up games. They play Alabama State th Thursday night. Then they play ah Sunday. They play Bethan-Cookman.
00:58:26
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So a couple of warm-up games. Then they play Illinois. And then after that, they hit January 3rd. They start their SEC schedule. So against Florida is their first game. So anyway.
00:58:37
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Yeah. So I don't know, Don. I'm a little cautious about this game against you guys. I'm not all that – I'm concerned. yeah And after what I saw happen against Kansas, as especially to because Kansas – They played with Kansas the first half, but they then they Kansas took control of the game and kind of blew them out. They won by 20 points. i I have concerns about that.
00:59:01
Speaker
yeah It's funny you mention three-point shooting because if there's any bugaboo right now on the Illinois team, it is the three-point shooting. i mean It's been streaky. First game of the season, we made 17 threes. I think in the last two games, we've missed 17 threes a game. Yeah.
00:59:20
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no It you know really is just a i got right now they're shooting about 33% for the season. So, I mean, if if there's any one part of the game that I think is really a question mark right now for Illinois, to it's the three-point consistency. So that's kind of interesting. So when we we may see a lot of ah in in the paint play in this game then, if that becomes the case. so god Absolutely, yeah. yeah Okay, well, here's the funny thing that I found. I was just kind of going through on my Facebook feed. Right.
00:59:50
Speaker
And I saw this thing here that this ah ah one somebody put put forth, and it is a um it's from somebody, College Sports Only, not is the name, ah is is the is who is who posted this.
01:00:09
Speaker
And it said, hear us out an 80 team Super League. And I'm assuming they're talking about football with with with with this whole thing. But an 80 team Super League with eight 10 team conferences based on regionality.
Proposal for a College Football Super League
01:00:24
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which kind of goes out the window with one of the divisions they've got in here, but we'll we'll get to that in a minute. um Nine game conference scheduled. So everybody plays each other. One, you know, a conference championship game as a de facto 16 team playoff.
01:00:42
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which I'm not sure what that actually means. Eight-team playoff of conference champions only. So I guess what they're saying is um that each of these leagues would have a conference championship, and those eight teams would then go on to the playoffs.
01:01:01
Speaker
Okay. And the national title, they're saying, will be at the Rose Bowl. so um So here is... their conferences.
01:01:13
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They've got the Western Conference, which would be Arizona, basically the old Pac-10. Arizona, Arizona State, Cal, Oregon, Oregon State, Stanford, UCLA, USC, Washington, and Washington State. That's pretty much a cookie cutter to the old Pac-10. Right.
01:01:28
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right Then they've got the Southwest Conference of Arkansas, Baylor, Houston, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, SMU, TCU, Texas A&M, Texas, and Texas Tech.
01:01:43
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um Kind of an interesting little matchup group of group of teams there. I'm not sure Oklahoma would want to go back to playing. Well, they're not they well I guess they are now anyway, but um not sure you know how that would would really work, whether those teams want to move. Then you've got the Plains division, which is they're calling the Big 12, which BYU-Colorado-Colored b y you colorado Iowa, Iowa State, Kansas, Kansas State, Minnesota, Nebraska, Utah, and Wisconsin.
01:02:21
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That seems like an odd duck to me, if you really want to know the honest truth. Then the Midwest would be the Big Ten, and that will be Cincinnati, Illinois, Indiana, Louisville, Michigan, Michigan State,
01:02:40
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uh missouri northwestern ohio state and purdue which i'm not sure about that one because that i mean if they're talking regionality that this next division will show you why how that's all screwed up um because the next division is the northeast and it features uh who is that Oh, Boston College, Maryland, Notre Dame, Penn State, Pitt, Rutgers, Syracuse, Virginia, Virginia Tech, and West Virginia.
01:03:14
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I'm not sure how they consider that the Northeast myself. yeah you know that's that's the yeah ah The next is the Southeast with Clemson, Duke, Florida, Florida State, Miami, NC State, UNC, South Carolina, Central Florida, and Wake Forest.
01:03:32
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Uh, that'd be the old ACC as they're calling it. Then the South, which would be the old sec would be Alabama, Auburn, Georgia, Georgia tech, Kentucky, LSU, Mississippi state, Ole miss, Tennessee, and Vandy.
01:03:48
Speaker
Now this, what they call this under league division, which I'm not sure what they mean by that, but this is called an under league division. And it is Tulane, UNLV,
01:04:05
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a University of Texas, San Antonio, Troy. um And I thought that was Maryland, but think that might be Marshall. I'm not sure.
01:04:18
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ah Boise State, James Madison, Liberty, UNLV.
01:04:26
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And there's one other I can't think. like they've They've got it by the logos, and there's one logo I don't really understand here. ah But yeah I have to say, it's it's an interesting it's an interesting little proposal.
01:04:42
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i'm just i because I'm just trying to figure out how they've got these, you know, what what what possessed them to put... um you know ohio and <unk> in Ohio State in Cincinnati in the Midwest and put Notre Dame in the Northeast. does that's That's kind of a a screwy thing to me.
01:05:06
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um And then also putting the three Virginia teams in that Northeast. It's just, I think, I mean, i like the idea of maybe doing this because I think, ah because I saw something the other day, and I think it was related. It it was supposed to be a comment by Nick Saban.
01:05:23
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That said, they need to go back. They need to get rid of the major kind of these major divisions and go back to, um i think he said, 12-team conferences.
01:05:37
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um i mean he I can't remember the entire quote, but that was the gist of it. They need to get rid of the Super. that Nothing's going to be solved in the playoffs until they go to the ah go back to a get rid of the Super conferences, go back to 12-team conferences.
01:05:52
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That was his that was but the base of his statement. So this kind of fits right along with that. What do you what do you what do you think of this? Is interesting to you? or Well, it's interesting clickbait, Don, to me. I think that's kind of what it really is. yeah you know And I think you know you get get people talking about it, maybe you know these guys got get some attention.
01:06:13
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i that That is so complex. I don't know that that's realistic. I don't think it is. I don't think that these conferences, current conferences, ah will give up their ancient rivalries. Games are used to playing. I mean, teams, universities are used to playing. It just seems hard knowing the SEC the way the SEC is.
01:06:34
Speaker
to give up to break that up. Saban may have something there when he says go back to 12-team conferences. He may have something there you didn that would take – I guess you take you take Texas A&M, Missouri, and Oklahoma, and Texas. I guess they go back to the – I guess they go back to the Big 12 if they're going to get the SEC down to a 12-team conference. Right. and i guess they get – kick out some of the Big 12 members and get back to the original Big 12. I don't know. He might have something there. Yeah, and the same thing with the Big 10. I mean, we'd have to eliminate Maryland, Rutgers, the four teams from the Pac-12. Right, right. And Nebraska.
01:07:23
Speaker
Nebraska. Nebraska and Penn State to get down to 12 teams in the Big 10. I don't know. Yeah. Yeah, I don't know. no we could keep No, we could keep Nebraska and Penn State. We just had to get Rutgers, Maryland, and the four teams in the Pac-12.
01:07:38
Speaker
Right, right. So I don't know that that's that's something you can talk about, but I don't see it. I don't really see it. I don't i don't see it happening because because because here's the one thing that i read what really would keep it from happening is as TV contract money.
01:07:54
Speaker
oh yes I don't see a I mean, I don't see... because Now, the SEC, the South, are as they put it here, the SEC, is pretty much... um all the good teams are still there, uh, with the exception you've added Georgia state and kicked out, uh, uh, Florida, um, or Georgia state, i mean, Georgia tech and kicked out Florida. Uh, but you know, you still got Vandy, Tennessee, Ole Miss, LSU, Georgia, Auburn, Alabama. You know, you still got your main, main body there. Uh, likewise with the big 10, you still got the Michigan, Ohio state, Illinois, Northwestern. um you know, I,
01:08:37
Speaker
I think the only thing to really want outside of those two, and you've got the the West with the old Pac-10, which was a lot of its good rivalries. But, you know, I don't know about taking um like the old the ACC. And and I mean, the I don't know what good rivalries are in there. If there is any, I i mean, I'm sure there probably are to them.
01:09:03
Speaker
um But it's just kind of a it is kind of interesting little thing. i didn't realize there was that many Texas teams. i Yeah. you look at that hole You look at the whole Southwest. I mean, outside of Arkansas,
01:09:17
Speaker
Oklahoma and Oklahoma State, it's every other team is a Texas team. Right, right. Yeah, that's ah that's a football state there for sure. ah No doubt about that. The high school stadiums are big, as big as some of the college stadiums. I mean, they they really take it seriously there. Yeah, I got you. All right. Well, my friend, um, on that note, I think we'll call a night.
01:09:40
Speaker
And, um, so, um, you know, as always, let me let the people know where they can find you, my friend, if they want to, if they want to read your, your pros and comments.
Conclusion and Social Media Information
01:09:52
Speaker
Yeah. Well, I'm at, um on Twitter, I'm FRRobinson1957, Uncle Frank. And then on Blue Sky, I'm Russ57 there. So that's where I spend most my social media time. And I float around some of the Mizzou Facebook groups. So that's where I'm at.
01:10:10
Speaker
Okay. and you can always find me, uh, um, right now, this time of year, I'm kind of heartburned around all the college, uh, pages, Illinois pages. Uh, you can also find me at the champagne room. Um, that's champagne, the city, not champagne, the drink. Um, and,
01:10:29
Speaker
But you can find me there. I've got a weekly column I do for Illinois football. um You can also tune in to the other podcasts, Talking Sports with Uncle Don, which hopefully next week I'm going to try and get Kevin Wheeler on. We'll talk some ah Major League Baseball winter meeting stuff, if anything happens in the winter meetings. um And then, of course, you can always find me on Twitter, at TSOTBGCS.com.
01:10:57
Speaker
And ah you can always find me at or find anything at the gateway sports. Gateway Sports, you can find a lot of different podcasts. You've got the two-for-three with Moose Michaels. You've got the team of rivals with Ron, Pete, and Elliott. Ron gets together with Chris Hamilton on the ah city or at the park, which is all about city soccer. You have the stupidest sports show on earth with Tim Van tim van Stratton and Rodney Capel. You have vo a couple of others that are escaping me right now. ah But then you also have the flagship show, which is...
01:11:34
Speaker
the Derek King show with the one and only Derek King So for my partner Russ Robinson, this is Don Glenn. We're wishing you to have a very happy safe ah evening Always be safe and have fun and if we don't see you before Christmas, which we'll try and get a show on before Christmas It may be the day or two after we'll just have to see how things play out here with the holidays ah But if we don't catch it before then, do you miss us? have Merry Christmas to you. And we will see you again when we are talking the NCAA report with Don and Russ.
01:12:11
Speaker
Good night, everybody.