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I-80 Football Show: There is nothing wrong with Noon Games + Drew Allar isn't the best quarterback in the Big Ten!
15 Plays22 days ago
Why all the fuss over noon games? If you are a fan and your favorite team has a huge game on the schedule, is it better to get the game out of the way as early as possible, or do you prefer to see the analysis throughout the day leading up to the primetime slot? CBS Sports released their rankings for the top ten quarterbacks in the Big Ten, but Jordan doesn't think Drew Allar is the best quarterback in the conference. The reporters at CBS clearly don't watch football, plus we pick the over/under for the 2025 Big Ten Win Totals.
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Transcript
Introduction and Show Origins
00:00:11
Speaker
What's good, everybody? what Welcome to the I-80 football show. For the first time in a long time, and for the first time on our own, ah we have been kicked off by the powers that be, but they couldn't stop the show. They couldn't stop the grind. We've been doing this for almost four years. It wasn't going to stop because they wanted us to turn into an Ohio State show.
00:00:32
Speaker
Yeah, yeah.
Personal Updates and Banter
00:00:34
Speaker
As always, you know, I'm your host Jordan. I'm here my co-host Dante. How you living? I'm doing pretty good today, man. I'm doing really good. Yeah. We love to see that.
00:00:44
Speaker
How was your birthday? Uh, birthday was chill. Birthday. Didn't do much, but, um, I did end up going to the, uh, Barra Brandon a little bit, but yeah, it was a chill birthday. Chill birthday. That's smooth.
00:00:58
Speaker
Can't get that. You know, you did it something at least. Uh, That's what's happening. Had to move, but, you know, it is what it is. Moving is the absolute worst. It is. It is, but I like i like how I have my setup now.
00:01:13
Speaker
Still got way too many monitors, but it is. his What do you want, like five now? um um I'm on four. I'm on four. Close enough. Yeah. Yeah.
00:01:24
Speaker
Well, we're back. I'm all right, honestly.
Family Events and Financial Planning
00:01:30
Speaker
Zarya's birthday is coming up. Right. I heard the in-laws are coming in town tomorrow, and which is why we're recording early.
00:01:38
Speaker
The in-laws are coming to town. We got a couple things going on. We're going to a Yankees game, dinner, that sort of stuff. so But it's just like the these two months these three months are just a sprint. like I feel like I never know what's going on in my life um because it's my birthday, our anniversary, and her birthday. So I'm definitely like – ready to get through that because that's sort of exhausting but you know it's gonna be fun and then oh yeah and we're going to the Beyonce concert for her so it's gonna be a long it's gonna be oh my goodness hi but huh but y'all still gonna have somewhere to live
00:02:15
Speaker
a picture of Beyonce. Barely. Barely. But, you know, when when when she comes the day after your birthday, like, I was like... Oh, yeah. I figured.
00:02:30
Speaker
I mean, let's be honest. She was going anyway. Oh, yeah. Now, I may not have been going if it wasn't, like, for her birthday. I was back and forth because I've never seen Beyonce.
00:02:42
Speaker
And I told myself, I was like... Like, ah you know, I'm not the biggest Beyonce fan, but I actually did like this album. and for anyone listening to this, I'm not a Beyonce hater. I just don't put on Beyonce. And I feel like you got to say that because some people be trying to say she's not gravitated and stuff like that. And that's not what I'm saying. I'm just saying I'm just i'm just not Gucci.
00:03:02
Speaker
You know what mean? like I was listening. i was just I'm just not that big of a fan. She's talented, don't get me wrong, but just not that big of a fan. right i'll be using No beef. and what When Beyonce starts dropping trap music, she got me.
00:03:16
Speaker
I think she's a little too rich for that, though. So, you know, I don't think we i don't think she's going to lock in to trap music. But, yeah, so I don't know if i was going to go, especially with the but the price of the tickets, if it wasn't for
Concert Costs and Economic Impact
00:03:29
Speaker
her birthday. was like, yeah, i'm a go because she's, like, a great performer, et cetera. And then I saw the price of the tickets, and she would have to go with her friend.
00:03:35
Speaker
But since it's her birthday, I'm going. praying that I can eat for the rest of the year. I mean, because I don't think Beyonce is paying attention to her, ah ah the price point of her demographic.
00:03:50
Speaker
Her fans are mostly poor. We all mostly So I don't understand. And it's also a recession. Right. And I'm going just keep saying that because they're not saying it, but it is a recession.
00:04:03
Speaker
And I think like my favorite thing to do right now is just say ra recession indicator. like ah Did you see that Five Guys has a meal now? Yeah, did see that. but Come on. That's a recession. Five Guys never had a meal.
00:04:16
Speaker
Five Guys never had a meal. You know what saying? Now you can get a burger, fry, and a drink. Come on. Recession indicator. Five guys is down bad. They ain't never worried about our pockets before. Now you got deals going on? boy basic That one was actually funny.
00:04:34
Speaker
That one was actually funny. If I see Nike doing discounts... It depends on the time the year. Right, but like... like I'm not talking about outlet stuff. I'm talking about like Nike actual discounts.
00:04:50
Speaker
you know like nike doesn't go on Nike doesn't do discounts. You're not wrong. it would be you know I'm going to go buy some shit. Yeah, yeah, yeah. I'm just like, man, we really in the home. We really in it. Nike's giving discounts.
00:05:07
Speaker
Into the thick of it.
00:05:11
Speaker
Yeah, so but no, I'm all right. It's going to be a good week, though.
NBA Draft and Conspiracy Theories
00:05:15
Speaker
so yeah ah But for the listeners, we're recording this on Saturday.
00:05:23
Speaker
This is going to drop on Thursday. So anything that happens during the week, we're not going to talk about it. So if you're wondering why we didn't get into X news, that's going happen.
00:05:34
Speaker
there's something that's going drop on Wednesday. It's going to big. And we normally record on Wednesday. This coming Wednesday, something's to be happening. But that's my wife's birthday, so I won't be here. Anyways. Traffic update, getting to the show.
00:05:46
Speaker
um Did you see that Nico was about to get away with it? Yep. that's I texting DJ, who is a Mavs fan. I said I would fire him immediately. Just so he, one, doesn't feel... Yeah, just because shouldn't have been fired anyway.
00:06:05
Speaker
But one, just so he doesn't feel vindicated. And two, so he can't do the same thing in five years to Cooper. For those of you don't what we're talking about, I don't know how, but the Mavs traded Luka. It was this whole thing. all this crap happened. And then with a 1.8% chance, they land the number one draft pick in the NBA, in the 2025 draft for...
00:06:28
Speaker
for are like I hate putting years on this because can never really remember, but outside of Wemby, he's easily the best draft prospect of like the last five
Mavs Prospects and Fan Reactions
00:06:39
Speaker
to seven years, and he's the best American draft prospect In a minute.
00:06:45
Speaker
Like he's like as as as sure of a thing you can be with basketball. He's that. um Again, you can't really be a short thing in basketball, but he is the the best prospect that's come out in a while. It's just and this is it's it's almost.
00:07:07
Speaker
It's almost theory inducing. it's yeah It's speculating as fuck because there's no way. There's no way. Yeah, and then they're talking about one of the only other times it's happened is when LeBron left the Cavs. There's been more than that. like that's not the only there't like No, LeBron going to the Cavs because the Cavs had a low chance of getting a number one pick, ended up getting it, got Andrew Riggins, and that was the perfect package to trade to get Kevin Love.
00:07:38
Speaker
They had a very low chance of getting that number one pick. But the Browns got the, remember, the Cavs got the number one pick multiple times. They got it the first year that they, yeah. Yeah, there was a low percentage then too. Yep.
00:07:50
Speaker
And was that every day? I a No, Kyrie Irving. Oh, he did go number one. i would See, I was going to say Kyrie, but for some reason I forgot that he went like actual number one. But yeah, that's that's when they got Kyrie.
00:08:03
Speaker
So yeah, and then and then they got it like again, and they dropped it in. um Yeah, its ah there is that one. um They also said, i don't know if you saw, but it was like, if you trade to the Lakers, you get the number one pick the next year. Most of the happened to them. Oh, the Pelicans, right?
00:08:23
Speaker
Pelicans. And it it happened it happened to them ah twice somehow. Because they got the number one. I think they got the number one. No, no.
00:08:34
Speaker
There's another team that got the number one pick because they traded to the Lakers. I can't think of it is. But it was it's been Dallas and the Pelicans and a third team. I can't think of who it is. it's it's It's weird. It almost reminds me of when Patrick Ewing went to the Knicks.
00:08:52
Speaker
There was no way that was supposed to happen. any Yeah. that's yeah That's crazy. i like I say all the time, i don't really believe in the all those sports conspiracies, but I do believe occasionally they they press that button.
00:09:06
Speaker
You can't do it too often, but occasionally they press that button. yeah and I just can't believe that the Mavs are going to get away with it. and like Shout out to that fan base. That's cool. right and Then ah the Dallas is about to get paid. but Well, not about to, but They got Paige Beckers, and then they're about to get Cooper flagged.
00:09:23
Speaker
The two great white hopes. named two white guys would Name two white American basketball players better than them in the last couple years. Someone's going to say Caitlin Clark, but please stop. You're going to get the best white women's basketball player of the last five years.
00:09:37
Speaker
I'm going to say five because, like, obviously maybe. I don't know, man. If you more than five, you get into Stewie and some other people. I was about to say, Kaitlin's good. Like, really, really good. But she's not a better basketball player than Paige.
00:09:49
Speaker
And I'm not even saying it's, like, this huge gap. Like, that wasn't meant to disrespect Kaitlin. like, Paige is a better basketball player. Okay. And then Cooper Flyer.
00:10:00
Speaker
They're going be down there saying the N word crazy. Oh, Not not to get clear. My page and Cooper, I'm talking about the Dallas millionaires, the SMU alums. I'm not talking about the players. They're going down there going crazy. That is crazy. Yeah, Cooper just dunked on that. Like, yeah, they don't need it.
00:10:24
Speaker
Dallas is going to be crazy.
00:10:29
Speaker
Speaking of basketball, we're back in the 90s somehow because the – I don't even know if it's the 90s count, but the Knicks and the Pacers are in the Eastern Conference Finals.
NBA Eastern Conference Finals Surprises
00:10:44
Speaker
Isn't that weird? That doesn't make any sense to me. New York is going nuts. Honestly, you know, it' still it still would have been the 90s if Boston won. Yeah. So it was the ninety s That is the right area. Yeah. Yeah.
00:10:57
Speaker
That's... It would be that era. Or 80s or something like that. 80s, yeah, yeah. Like, we're we're back in the Reising Miller era. But, no, that's... Right. This is fun. you You realize that there's a good chance that we get in the final four is New York, Indiana, yeah Minnesota, and Oklahoma City.
00:11:18
Speaker
It's a chance. Now... And, honestly, Denver still should fit that list, but because of Jokic and the fact that they won, you can't really put them in there no more. Right? like But if you... But there're' but they're still young. it's all This is all young...
00:11:33
Speaker
yeah But it's just it's funny because like especially because the league had... like There were so many talking heads talking about small market. like in New York is not a small market. They've just been bad forever.
00:11:44
Speaker
But the other teams, small market teams and should the Stars leave and all of this kind of stuff. And also it's sort of just like for a lot of them, sort of like the long-term play kind of thing. And there's a lot of questions like the Thunder were doing on the draft pick thing for a while. And that paid off with SGA and Chet and a couple other people, Minnesota. No, nobody knows. Like they kept getting close and they lost Jimmy and all of that sort of stuff. And then they get Ant who I think was the number one picker. He went two or three or something like that. And then they trade Kat and everybody. And like, come on, if you get, if you get,
00:12:18
Speaker
Minnesota and the Knicks, and somehow that trade worked out for both of them. Trading Cat take in to get Dante DiVincenzo and Julius Randle, and that trade worked out for both. like Basketball is in a weird place right now And I don't say weird, bad. And that happened for both teams two years later? Yeah. Because, yeah, that trade happened two years ago. So, yeah, that's – No, no, no. That was last year.
00:12:41
Speaker
This is –
00:12:44
Speaker
Oh, that's nuts. thought that was happening last year. No, no, this is Cat's first year on the Knicks. Is it? is it not i did it happen mid-season last year?
00:12:57
Speaker
No, no, yeah, no. That happened in the off-season.
00:13:02
Speaker
That's actually crazy.
00:13:07
Speaker
Yeah, that happened in off-season. i did i thought I thought this was the second year of it. See, Tom be flying for me, so. yeah October 3rd, 2024. Oh, wow. Yeah, mid-season.
00:13:21
Speaker
Yeah, it did happen mid-season. That's crazy.
00:13:30
Speaker
Yeah, so basketball's in a crazy place.
NFL Schedule Controversies
00:13:33
Speaker
um The NFL released their schedule, if you care about that sort of thing. I'm sort of over the schedule release videos, but um the Colts decided to try to make a joke about Tyreek Hill being arrested.
00:13:50
Speaker
Insane. And then to make matters worse, they couldn't just offer him a straight-up apology. They also had to apologize to Microsoft in the same tweet.
00:14:05
Speaker
Like, are you deadass? like Yes. Like, be it for real. Like, if if people are offended, and they should be, about your video with Tyreek Hill being arrested, even if it is also true that you it overdid some sort of contract with Microsoft,
00:14:23
Speaker
Nobody cares about Microsoft. That's not why people are mad at you. Why would you put them in the same tweet? And then they put Microsoft first. They put Microsoft first. was like, we deleted our video because we extended our thing with Microsoft and in something with Tyreek Hill.
00:14:37
Speaker
And then they then they make another tweet. And like, we want to officially apologize to Microsoft and Tyreek Hill. Come on, bro. Money, what do you mean? It's the money. That's embarrassing. Come on.
00:14:49
Speaker
That is embarrassing. I'm so ready to be a Houston Texans fan, man. I'm tired. CJ, save me from this, bro. like That was so crazy.
00:15:01
Speaker
If I didn't have this podcast, I'd have switched in silence. But too many people know I'm a Colts fan. I um
00:15:11
Speaker
i feel it. Yeah, I'm sorry, man. Speaking of college football, right? Fox lands
College Football Scheduling Preferences
00:15:18
Speaker
Ohio State, Texas. So that game's going to be at noon. They also landed the game as always. We know that Fox is always going have Ohio State, Michigan.
00:15:26
Speaker
That game is always going to be at noon. And this is... This is my I'm just going to remind you all that I don't care about noon games. I prefer them, actually, because I don't like waiting all day to watch Ohio State play.
00:15:40
Speaker
And i just get so like i think i also would care maybe a little less if I believed anyone's opinions about anything. But so many of the talking heads are stupid that like for if Ohio State Texas is at eight o'clock.
00:15:55
Speaker
It's the first week of the season, so nobody's seen anything. And I'm going to have to watch these games, try to enjoy when every commercial break, every halftime show, everything is going to be a whole bunch of people who don't understand football talking about the game. And that for me, that is just frustrating. Personally, I get the atmosphere and wanting it to be at night. But like I don't want to hear people talking about the game for 12 hours.
00:16:17
Speaker
Right. Like 10 hours or whatever. Like if I turn on my TV at 10 o'clock, the game starts at eight. What that? That's 10 hours. Every chance that they get is going to be people picking the game, talking about the game, talking about art who we've never seen play. Well, we've seen him play a little bit, but it's never started. Talking about Julian saying who we've never seen play.
00:16:35
Speaker
ah These clips, this clip and who's this and who's that. And for me, that's frustrating. I want to turn my TV on at 1130 because I typically want to turn it on because I can't do two hours of the show at 1130 with a Jack and Coke in hand and watch the game. And then when the game is over, win or lose, you can spend the rest of the day talking about it.
00:16:54
Speaker
But personally, I find it frustrating to have to wait all day and just hear people talk about it. Is that crazy? A little bit because I usually don't listen to commercials or or at least those.
00:17:09
Speaker
I'm not paying attention when it's when they're talking about upcoming games or or when it's like halftime and stuff like that. I'm not really listening um and unless they're showing highlights of other games that are on that. I have not gotten a chance to see.
00:17:24
Speaker
I'm not paying attention to what they're talking about. So it's not a big bother for me to wait all day for a game. because i'm not listening to them. I don't care. I'll mute it, honestly.
00:17:38
Speaker
That's fair. Yeah. I should probably mute more often. But like I like whether I agree or not, I do like hearing what people have to say about Ohio State, especially because it helps ah inform my opinion and or my takes on the podcast.
00:17:53
Speaker
Because, you know, we love to call out rich people for being stupid because they're not paying us hella money for our podcast and our podcast is better. So like I listen to that. Right. So like things like that. And it's like like, I don't take it to heart because I think most of them are stupid, but it's just frustrating. I just want to turn on the game. I just want to noon. Just give me noon.
00:18:09
Speaker
I will say, like, if I'm going to a game, right, the 3.30 slot is my preferred. But mean I'm just going to be sitting at home watching a game on TV. Give me Ohio State, Texas at noon.
00:18:21
Speaker
Give me a good game at 3.30 and then give me another banger at 8. And that's a full day of TV and I didn't have to wait all day to watch Ohio State. i See, with with me,
00:18:33
Speaker
too because it's like I don't mind hearing the takes, but I'm only going to hear it once. Say say at noon, it's a Big Ten game. That's what I'm going on. You get the one time to talk about all the games coming up today, and then I'm never listening to you again.
00:18:52
Speaker
Because I know you're going to pretty much say the same thing. True. But you also get it in like the broadcast booth, you know like they' talking about it's just it's It's like a minor annoyance, but like that's why me personally, I don't mind it. like If the game's at 8, I'm going watch it. It doesn't matter when the game is.
00:19:10
Speaker
If it's at noon, if it's at 3.30, if it's at 8, I'm going to watch it. I'd even take it at 3.30 because you kind of get into it being at night towards the end of the game. Yeah. first oh i Not that game.
00:19:22
Speaker
Because if that's the start of the season, ah it's what, August, September? It's not getting dark. It's not getting dark. You got to wait until November for that. But yeah, no. yeah It doesn't matter. Fox landed both of those games.
00:19:38
Speaker
A couple other game announcements. Cincinnati, Nebraska will be August 28th at 9 p.m. at Arrowhead. think if I remember correctly. That is a Thursday game.
00:19:49
Speaker
ah that is a thursday game leading into the first week of the season. If you all remember, they start playing games. I got work in the morning, y'all. Football don't care. They don't care. No, they started playing games on Thursday and Friday going into Labor Day weekend because the only time that they can do because the NFL hasn't started yet. So Cincinnati, Nebraska, I hope that's a good game it's going to one the only games on TV, 9 p.m. Arrowhead Stadium.
00:20:16
Speaker
And guess what?
00:20:19
Speaker
I just thought of this. Patrick Mahomes Jr. really going to the whole reason we might see We might see a disaster performance. anywhere who Or it's going to be match. Is his man going be in the building?
00:20:46
Speaker
He's going to him in person? He might be. he he Because, I mean, it's in Arrowhead. They live there. this Football season about to start. He might just be there just to watch some football. All right. Let me ask you another question. a He might even go there for the meme itself.
00:21:01
Speaker
Yeah. let but let me Let me ask you another question. Patrick Mahomes just cut his hair. Is he cutting his hair? ah is he still rocking the mohawk? Just get just what's the guess?
00:21:13
Speaker
What's the guess? Is his hair going to be cut this to start the season? Or is he rocking the OG role playing? I'll tell you this much. I will respect him so much more if he does cut his hair.
00:21:26
Speaker
Stick to the bit. Stick to the bit.
00:21:30
Speaker
This goes saying yeah this is this is a much later conversation. like when we like We'll really get into that when we start previewing, but he's going into his sophomore year. He needs to let that go, but it literally just hit me. Nah, nah, nah, nah, nah. He's going to play in Arrowhead Stadium. You know he's geek.
00:21:51
Speaker
He's about to go to sleep. I can't wait i can't wait till we see that first interview yes going into the seat and his hair's cut. Oh, God. That's going to be so funny, bro. That is going to be so funny.
00:22:05
Speaker
Yeah, he's going to do the whole routine. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. Oh, yeah. He's going to be at Arrowhead Stadium. that's He's going to be studying film. He's going to be like, so Patrick does this at the 16-yard line. like yeah he's That's crazy. That's that would be that that's what like I would respect it more if he understood, if it was like, you know what?
00:22:24
Speaker
I'm going to lean fully into this. I'm going give y'all something to laugh about. i I respect somebody who can laugh at themselves then. and they part the joke yeah that's I don't know if he's laughing at himself, but that's crazy. Other piece of news, Brett Bielema signed a six-year contract.
Illinois Football Contract Discussion
00:22:42
Speaker
First of all, well-deserved. People are sleeping on Illinois. I'm not sleeping on them. spoiler for when we get to later on, partially in this show, but especially, you know, time doesn't exist. So July will be here soon enough and we'll start previewing the season. Not too long, but I think my, my favorite thing about this is the contract. And, you know, we don't, out we don't try to pocket watch, but the contract is like $7.7 million. dollars And I love that because Illinois is like, yes, you have brought us to a place that we haven't been in a while.
00:23:17
Speaker
right? You're going to end up, if you stay here, you're going to end up the best coach we've ever had. Maybe we get a statue, right? You're putting us in place to potentially go to the playoffs. So you're doing all of these good things, but we're still Illinois.
00:23:29
Speaker
We can't pay you $10 million. And also you didn't win a national championship. Like you're good, but you didn't win a national no championship. I'm not going to pay you like Nick Saban being paid. I'm not going to pay you like Ryan Day is being paid. I'm not going to pay you like Kirby Smart's being being paid.
00:23:47
Speaker
There are so many coaches who are getting these 10 to $12 million dollars contracts who haven't won anything. And I like that. I was going to say, yeah. It was like reasonable, right? They're like 7 million. First of all, $7 million is not reasonable, but they like, he really could have been like, we just won 10 games last year for the first time ever.
00:24:03
Speaker
i want 10. And I just think like, I wish that more people understood their value. he's he I think he wants to really help change this program around.
00:24:15
Speaker
And if they could afford 10, I'd be like, yeah, give me that seven and then put the difference into the program. the Because they need it more, more of of course, than some of the other ones. So I just appreciated that they didn't go like nuts and and start paying $12 million dollars or something like that because he went he had one 10-game season.
00:24:35
Speaker
Even though I am ah excited for what they're about to do. I think they're going to be good. Yeah, I think it's going to be good, too. I've always been excited for her Illinois.
00:24:46
Speaker
and yeah they um'm I've always been one of the high up on them. We both have. bla fact As soon as they hired Brett, I was like, oh, there they're going to be... i think they're going to be... what ah Who was it? Indiana. Indiana.
00:25:00
Speaker
could be yeah They could be Indiana this season or next season, really. oh And honestly, the thing is, like, long term, right, we don't know exactly what this is going to look like with the playoffs and things, like, but he's just going to turn them into Wisconsin, like what he was when they were there, which is always the second or third some Well, there's more teams in the Big Ten, so you have to go down a little bit. It won't be second or third, but let's just say a top five Big Ten team, a team that any given year, when they're having a good year, they're going to, in his case, it was win the conference and go to the conference championship game. So in this case, it's going to be get that fourth um that fourth Big Ten spot in the playoffs, right? Maybe when you go up against your Ohio State's
00:25:43
Speaker
ah your organs if they're having that year right in the playoffs if you played like a Georgia or something you may not win but that that eight to like where the where the floor is like eight wins like they're like they're gonna win seven eight games every year and then but depending on bringing players back the schedule they can hit that 10 11 win mark in the postseason sort of thing and I think he's this is the year I mean think with the bowl game last year they won 10 they brought most of the team back so They can make the playoffs this year. And then he's recruiting good, too. So it feels more sustainable.
00:26:20
Speaker
Yeah, I'm excited to watch Illinois for the next six years. Yeah, for sure. um And then the the the last piece of news, which don't want to get stuck on because we could do a whole episode on this.
00:26:33
Speaker
It is true. They're theyre then now, and maybe we will do a whole episode on it when there's a little bit more information, but the the rumor is now that they're settling a 16-team playoff.
00:26:47
Speaker
they don't have any idea about the format because the Big Ten and SEC are still looking for four automatic bids. And according to the article, everybody hates that.
00:26:58
Speaker
Now that you have the ACC saying that they deserve three. Like if you're getting four, they deserve three bids, which then means the Big 12 would want three bids, which puts you back into the world where you only have one at-large spot, which was the issue that some people had with the 14-team playoff.
00:27:15
Speaker
also with the auto bids, is you only getting one at large spots. So yeah what I guess they were hoping for is that they go to 16, the Big Ten and the SEC get four each, the Big 12 and ACC get two each, there's one for the G6,
00:27:32
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um And then there is three at large spots. One, which is basically guaranteed to go to Notre Dame if they're having a good year. And then two, that can be a third eight Big 12 ACC or fifth SEC or Big 10 team.
00:27:49
Speaker
The problem is they have to figure this out eventually. It doesn't seem like they're getting any closer to it. It seems like they're... Nah, not with those two greedy conferences. yeah gri I mean, greedy is the right word. At this point, it's just like, bro, just seed it straight up, one through 16.
00:28:07
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You know what I'm saying? Thank you. At this point, why are we doing this? Especially because it's just like like one of the points. And like it's funny because a couple years like a couple of months ago, we were sort of on board with the auto bids because they were talking about doing some cool things.
00:28:21
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But now that they keep forcing it. I feel like me and you, our opinion on it is changing. Especially because they're like, at any given year, the Big Ten and SEC are probably going to have four teams anyway. So you should just give us four.
00:28:33
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It's like, okay, well, if you're going to have four anyway, why do you need the guarantee? Yeah, like just just correct that yeah prove it. Prove the four. i Especially, you know what's really changing our mind? Because we were we were okay with it, but we were very iffy. It's the fact that there were SEC teams that that we really can agree didn't deserve to be in the playoffs.
00:28:56
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Right. And crying for four because it's so we' in my eyes, we're going to see one of those teams in the playoffs. Yeah. If they continue down this road with the SEC, we're going to see a team that I don't think deserves to be there. A lot of people are going to cry that they should because it's the SEC.
00:29:12
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And then we see them get routed and you're like. Right. and and And especially because like, so for example, I think it's like you're okay with that happening with an SEC team. well but was like kept saying Indiana didn't deserve to be there.
00:29:26
Speaker
What's the difference? Please tell me. you took like and india Like Tennessee got smacked, but nobody had that energy for Tennessee getting smacked. Right. when Like when Indiana got smacked. So it's just like, yeah, no, I
College Football Playoff Debate
00:29:41
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agree. I think – the Big Ten is being super greedy, really for no reason.
00:29:46
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but It's just like, on any given year, well, yeah, but this is a Big Ten show. SEC is always greedy. But the Big Ten specifically, especially because it's just like, think about on any given year, like, name a year you're not going to get four.
00:29:59
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because Because think about it. On any given year, you're guaranteed three because some combination of Ohio State, Penn State, Michigan, and Oregon, three of those four going be good.
00:30:10
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One of them may have it down year, and then the other one's going be good. So you have three of those four anyways, and then you have the chance that – Let's say in this case, because technically today, Michigan the worst of them.
00:30:22
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Michigan rises back up, you're at four, or you get in Indiana, or you get an Illinois, or you get an Iowa. So that's a four. And then some years, if you go to 16, which feels like a lot, some years you're going to get five.
00:30:33
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Because all four of those, Ohio State, Oregon, Michigan, and Penn State are going to be good. And then you're going have a 9 or 10 win, Illinois or Indiana or something, which can happen with the glut of the conference with so many teams.
00:30:45
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There's going to be a team that doesn't play those top that's going to get there, and they're going to sneak in at that 15, 16 seed. So it's just like, at this point, just play. Yeah.
00:30:57
Speaker
Just play it out. also, they see 1 through 16 terribly, so... Right. So it's almost a lose-lose situation here.
00:31:09
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Yeah. I don't know. I don't know what they're going to with that. But we'll see. um they still And and and and the the crazy thing is they still haven't made a decision about this year either because they did want to do the straight seeding this year because they weren't happy with how the seeds went last year.
00:31:26
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And this is the last year of the 12-team playoff. But there hasn't been a deal made on that either. so they're just sort of talking at each other and everyone's asking for But they that's the thing, they have to.
00:31:38
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They have to, but we all know how that works. We'll see. We know how organization is. Yeah, for sure. So we are in a holding pattern.
00:31:50
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you could You could say that we're stuck in traffic. Yeah.
00:31:56
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there's ah There's a bad accident and everybody being nosy.
00:32:01
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We'll see what happens. Yeah, so moving on to our road trip segment. um Couple things to talk about. Couple things to talk about. One being um the top 10 quarterbacks in the Big Ten.
00:32:15
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um And then we want to look at the Big Ten win totals, which finally dropped um as it's just like a slight nod to the fact that football season almost here. um i Obviously, it's in the thing. Did you look at did you see this post spring Big Ten quarterback ranking initially? Like, did you see it at all? Or is this your first time?
00:32:33
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This would be my first time. I did not see it. This is one of the worst rankings I've ever seen in my entire life.
00:32:42
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It's hard, right? Because you have new quarterbacks and various things, but so much of this makes no sense. Yeah, I did see this. So much of this makes
Big Ten QB Rankings Critique
00:32:55
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no sense.
00:32:55
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So who is this? CBS, someone at CBS dropped his post-spring Big Ten rankings. He only did a top 10. There's 18 teams. He didn't want to rank all of them.
00:33:07
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um So we'll read down, and then we'll then you know we'll give our thoughts. Number one, Drew Aller. Number two, Luke Altmyer. Number three, for those of you who don't know, number one, Drew Aller, Penn State.
00:33:19
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Number two, Luke Altmyer, Illinois. io Number three, Julian Sane, Ohio State. Number four, Dante Moore, Oregon. Number five, Fernando Mendoza, Indiana.
00:33:31
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Number six, Dylan Rayola, Nebraska. Number seven, Nico Ayamalava, UCLA. Number eight, Bryce Underwood, Michigan. Number nine, Jaden Maeva, USC.
00:33:44
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And number 10, DeMond Williams Jr. from Washington. So first of all, I would just like to say before we fry this, I understand that this is hard because you haven't seen most of these guys play and you just have to pick.
00:33:59
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And some of it you're picking off of the offense, right? Like Ryan Day's quarterback is always going to be high, right? Because you're going to say he's highly he's highly recruited and it's Ohio State, right? ah You...
00:34:12
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ah Some of it you going to buy off the hype and other things. But I think my biggest issue with this is there are quarterbacks that you've seen play who are ranked poorly. Like, first of all, I don't care what anyone says. Drew Aller is not the best quarterback in the Big he not he of most Ten. He's not.
00:34:28
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He's most tenured. Yeah, he's the most tenured, but that's why he's still here. Because if he was good, he went to the NFL draft last year. Oh, i thought he I thought he was a junior this year.
00:34:40
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No, he this is his senior year. he No, you know, some people come back because they want to try to win a champion a national championship, and they definitely have a chance. He came back because his, and they've like they haven't exactly said it, but they've hinted at it on like interviews and stuff. They came back because his NFL feedback wasn't
00:34:59
Speaker
And I'm not saying he doesn't also... Two things can true. Right, right, right. Two things be true. I'm not saying he doesn't also want to win a championship. But my thing... But he's just... Is he top three?
00:35:10
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Most likely. He's absolutely for sure top five. it Is he top three? Probably. If I... You know... Whatever. But he's not the best quarterback in the Big Ten. Me personally, there are multiple people on this list that I would take above him.
00:35:23
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We literally watched him essentially lose Penn State at the game. And it's not, again... Not entirely his fault. Their wide receivers were also horrible. like I'm not putting all of this on his shoulders. But there for me personally, because i say that at we say this all the time, if you're going to say someone shouldn't be somewhere, you have to but but but you have to say who you think is better than them. yeah I would take Luke Altmaier over Drew Aller.
00:35:50
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I think that he's better. they They're both two-year starters. i don't I think... Penn State with Luke makes a national championship game last year. And I don't think that Illinois wins 10 games if Drew Allen is their quarterback last year.
00:36:04
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I would also take first Fernando Mendoza, who I understand that a lot of people don't know who that that who that is because they're not watching Cal football, but he's legit. And he's already, if you believe any of the draft guys, there's only two or three that I listen to um that i that I think are any good, but he's already being mentioned as a first-round pick next year offer some off of his tape and in some of his NFL qualities.
00:36:30
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So those two, i would me personally, I would probably put Luke one, Fernando Mendoza two, and then I'd have Drew Isler three because he has been there. and i'm not It's just not right to put Julian Sane or any of the other players over him when you haven't seen him.
00:36:49
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Dante Moore, we have seen play. He was not good. I'm not sure he should be on the top 10 list. He definitely shouldn't four. He definitely shouldn't be four. We've watched him play. Nah, don't think he should be four.
00:37:00
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That's crazy. Dylan Rayola, six. Cool-ish, but not when you have Dante Moore over him. Yeah. Dylan Ray-Ola should probably be five, right?
00:37:12
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And again, if if you look at where this ends at the end of the season, maybe it ends closer to this. I doubt it. I don't think Drew Allen is going to be the best quarterback in the Big Ten even at the end of the season. I will say that. He's not going to win the best quarterback in the year of the award in the Big Ten, and he's not going to be a Heisman finalist. I will say that with my full chest.
00:37:29
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Nico Ayameyava, seven. don't know. A lot of people don't like him. I think he's solid. He also really earned my respect in that Ohio State game because he was he was their only offense, and he was getting hit.
00:37:47
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I think they had to replace his helmet twice, and he was still lower on that shoulder. Yeah, he was. So I would probably have him a little higher. Again, 100% over Dante Moore at this point.
00:38:02
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Having Bryce Underwood here as a freshman crazy. Who hasn't played He hasn't played. And you can say the same thing about Julian saying yes, but the difference is Julian saying at least has been in the offense for a year.
00:38:16
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He's had two spring trainings. So if you want to say he's going to be good, whatever, but I don't know where I put Julian saying on this list, even as an Ohio state fan, i don't know where I put him on this list. I just don't know that I put Bryce on there at all.
00:38:29
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Jaden, Jaden, my Ava USC. He's probably right. Right. Maybe not, right, because he's at least played for a little bit. You could argue just on the fact that he's played. He could be higher than Julian Sain or Dante Moore or whatever.
00:38:42
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And DeMond Williams Jr. is solid at Washington. But I just feel like, don't know. I just feel like there was no thought put into this list. I can tell you, I can i can look at this list and I can tell you exactly how he ranked all Drew Allen because he knew that name.
00:38:58
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Luke Altmaier because everyone's high on Illinois. He also knew that name. He said Ohio State has to be good. We'll put him in there. He likes Oregon and Oregon's roster. doesn't know shit about Dante Moore, but he likes ah Dan Lanning. And he said, well, he put Bo Nix in the league, Dante Moore at four.
00:39:15
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Fernando Mendoza because this is his fourth year. And he said, well, he's probably good. Dylan Rayola because he's seen him play. Nico because he's seen him play. Bryce because he was the number one recruit. And then he said, ah, fuck.
00:39:26
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um Lincoln Riley put him at nine and then Lincoln Riley he had to he had to do something at ten and demon like the other quarterbacks are probably worse and tell me that's not that i feel like that's his thought process that sounds kind of That probably is right. That probably is how it was done.
00:39:53
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Y'all said 10? oh a It's like, who else is a returning starter? He's like, all right, so Maryland lost their quarterback. this but Especially because, like first of all, hear me out.
00:40:09
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If you were doing a top 10 list, would you put Michigan State's quarterback on it? Because he threw a lot of interceptions, but it's his first year starting, so he's going into his second year starting.
00:40:21
Speaker
That kid can throw the ball. He may be a little stupid, but you could argue it was his first year. was his first year. If you're doing a top ten for next year, you personally, you putting Michigan State's quarterback on there? Because I like him.
00:40:37
Speaker
ah He can play. He can't play. ah Probably. Because, I mean, if you're going to do it with... I mean, again, if you're going to put Dante Moore on there, and there's just, you know... Because, again, I think Dylan Rayola is kind of stupid.
00:40:54
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So... Yeah. but he made some He made some passes where we're like... What? what What? Why? Stop trying to be him.
00:41:05
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think Literally. <unk> But then he would make some throws and you're like, yeah, you're one of three players in college. Yeah. Then it's like, oh, wow. What the hell are you?
00:41:16
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But yeah, it's is they almost Russell Westbrook. ah Oh my gosh. But I'm not sure if this dude, Bud Crawford, I'm not sure if he even knows Aiden Childs' his name. He looked at the right. He said, Michigan State can't have a good quarterback.
00:41:31
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knocked him off the list like i i bet you i i would bet there's chance he doesn't even know his name yeah because i'm trying to think of other who else again because the bryce underwear thing is just crazy we really just don't know we really don't don't know anything about him yeah and and you really just did it because you're like they're probably gonna he Ohio State always has a pretty much produces a solid quarterback regardless.
00:41:59
Speaker
You can't say that about Michigan. Yeah, but I'm saying, but like, I know why he's on the list, but having him three is just. Yes. Well, you said Bryce Underwood. So, yeah, no, I'm saying I was talking about both.
00:42:10
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I'm doing both. Okay. Okay. Because like to have Bryce Underwood on there is kind of crazy because we don't know anything. And then I was like, then second, secondly, to have Julian saying either on or that high And again, we don't know nothing. you're You're basically going, Ohio State usually has a good quarterback because they don't – it's Ohio State, so it's probably going to produce a good quarterback.
00:42:35
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And then it's like, well, Michigan, they're we're going to have Michigan here. They're going to run the ball and it's going to ah make it look like he's a good quarterback. Yeah, because, again, I wouldn't put Julian Sey in three.
00:42:47
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And I'm an Ohio State fan. No, I mean, I would switch five and six with three and four. would and three. And then we'd probably move those two down. And then I'm getting rid of Dante Moore and I'm putting Aiden Childs on the list.
00:43:01
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Yeah, yeah. First of all, Aiden Childs is better than Jaden Maio either.
00:43:08
Speaker
Like, I watched him play. And they both throw a lot interceptions. Jaden Ryan even threw – he threw two game pieces is in the same game. Yeah. why Yeah, he did. it Yeah, he did. So, like, if he can make the list – I'm telling you, this dude doesn't know Aiden Childs' name.
00:43:23
Speaker
He said there's no way Michigan State has a good quarterback. He's like, Michigan State doesn't have a good quarterback. He said, Maryland. Yeah, they really said that. He said, Lincoln Riley, quarterback w risk worry. And he's like, has it all? Come on there. Come on there. And then he tried to act smart by being like, but yeah, but like Lincoln Riley's stock has fallen a little bit, so I'm putting him at nine.
00:43:43
Speaker
Like, yeah, come on, bro, please. So you know what? You want to know what it was? He forgot that Lincoln Riley it was there and was like, oh, yeah. So you knocked him down. Yeah, yeah. I'll put him on the list.
00:43:56
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I've already gotten seven. We'll just do nine. cause you And Dante, I hate to say this, but I have to be the one to say Iowa's quarterback should probably be on this list.
00:44:08
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For the first time ever. But if you remember, I guess they actually had a pretty good passing game. Yeah, but and then they got that did they that recruit who over like two or three seasons has accounted for over 5,000 yards. He has like 2,000 rushing yards. i think I think it was like 5,000 passing yards and 2,000 rushing yards in like three seasons or something. Like the dude was like legit.
00:44:35
Speaker
And yes, you could argue that it was at us at a lower level. But that's why you don't put him five. You put him nine or ten because of the body of work that he's done. and then you try to you got you try to say, like, how does that transfer to the Big Ten?
00:44:51
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And that dude is that dude has won, like, three national championships.
00:44:58
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Let me pull up. Let me pull up. It's going to be But this is... And I get it. I get it. It sounds crazy. But if you know ball, you would know that that dude should probably be on that list. Yeah. there is just some is The list is a bit yeah the safe safe list that you didn't really want to put real effort into.
00:45:21
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Basically. Now I'm pull it up. I remember reading his stats. I was like, what the hell? Who is this guy? That's what that is. That's really what that is.
00:45:31
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I'm waiting for that. Yeah, so this this dude has – this is his fifth year, right? This is his fifth year. um
00:45:41
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He had his first year – it doesn't look like he was a full-time start. His first year, 1,500 yards, 15 touchdowns, three interceptions. Second year, 2,900 yards, 26 touchdowns, five interceptions. He 1,000 – he didn't start the season and almost had 2,000 passing yards with 15 touchdowns?
00:45:58
Speaker
Yeah. I wonder when he started the season. I can maybe find that out. His third 3,000 yards, touchdowns, five interceptions. His fourth year, yards, seven 12 touchdowns, 400 yards and eight touchdowns.
00:46:13
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um he he he has rushed for five hundred yards and seven touch now four hundred yards and twelve touchdowns four hundred yards and eight touchdowns 380 yards and 10 touchdowns.
00:46:25
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This dude is accounting for 35 to 40 touchdowns a year. Yeah. And he has three national i two or two or three national championships.
00:46:36
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So it's just like, And he's 6'3", 230. Like, I'm not saying he should be top five. I don't know. And I get the Iowa of it all, but he's not better than Bryce Underwood.
00:46:48
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He's not better than Jaden Maeda. He's not better than DeMond Williams Jr. He's not better than Dante Moore. You're going to keep going to that, Dante Moore. He's not better. Like, he's not better. At this point, he's not better than Julian Sane.
00:47:01
Speaker
Right. Like, it's just... He's definitely produced to be on that list if Julian Sayon and Bryce Underwood can do absolutely nothing and be on the list. And be top five.
00:47:12
Speaker
They're not even on the list. They're top five. No, no, no. Bryce isn't top five, but Julian Sayon is top three. Oh, I thought you were saying Dante Moore. No, no, no, no. Dante Moore has played.
00:47:26
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Barely. He was awful. He was bad. It's fine. but you know it's fine um So, yeah, they just be doing stuff on these graphics. And here we are doing a podcast for free. And honestly, it's not even free no more.
00:47:40
Speaker
We're paying money to do this. Yeah. oh All right.
00:47:48
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All right, so moving on to the segment. The Big Ten over-unders dropped for the season via Circus Sports, which is one of the um what but is one of the sports betting books or whatever they're called, released their over-unders for the Big Ten. We love to do over-unders.
00:48:12
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But again, this is not betting advice. Don't bet off me. I don't bet off myself. ah So don't take what I said and put no money on it and lose your house and your wife because I'm not doing that.
00:48:25
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ah You can do whatever you want to, but this is just for fun. This is just for play. Don't don't bet nothing off what I said.
00:48:38
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What? don't know. I'm just looking it at one, two, three, four, 15 there. They really think Buddy is that good. Okay. We'll see. Wait, who are you talking about?
00:48:50
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Michigan. Oh, yeah. All right. Let's start with Bob. He's three and a half games of a difference. Yeah.
00:49:02
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Yeah. Oh, my gosh. this is This is bad. All right. So, um yeah, let's this is bad. let's Let's do it. um Purdue, three.
00:49:16
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Over, under, push. I think push is the right verdict. I don't know their schedule. So, I'm going to go with push. All right. I think three games is about right for them.
00:49:30
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Northwestern, four. theyve my They might get five. We might sneak in five. I think I'm going one under. I think they get three as well. And again, like Dante said, we don't know the schedule. So this is just... yeah where you know For us, there's no point in looking at the schedule to do this, I think, because... I could just tell by the teams.
00:49:52
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and Right, and the fact that we do a very thorough preview later on. like In my opinion, one of the the more thorough previews you find. so um We'll do that later.
00:50:06
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We're just doing this off of vibes. Maryland, four and a half. Under by the half. I agree. i Under by the half. Wisconsin, five and a half.
00:50:18
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ah Push, maybe over, maybe six, but probably not. You can't push a half. You got go over under. oh you're right. Under. So you got them at five?
00:50:28
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Yeah.
00:50:32
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I'm going to go over. Okay. I think they're going to go to a bowl game. know I think they get to six. Okay. UCLA, five and a half.
00:50:42
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Over.
00:50:45
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Yeah, got over. I'm over. I think Nico gets them to six. At least. I think Nico gets them to six. Rutgers, five and a half.
00:50:57
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Under.
00:51:04
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I'm I'm also gonna go over. but they lost that running back. Oh Still going to go over. I just feel like for Rutgers, Rutgers has been hovering at seven, eight games for a couple of years.
00:51:17
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That's true. That is true. Off the top of my mind, I can't think of something that happened so drastically where they would be back at four or five games. And shout out to Greg Sciano.
00:51:30
Speaker
But in my head, Rutgers has reached a point where like I just sort of expect six. i don't really expect more, but sort of explain I think they get to six somehow. I can understand that. Michigan State, five and a half. This one's hard for me, especially after just standing on the table for Aiden Childs.
00:51:50
Speaker
I'm going to go with over. They might steal a few games. Yeah. I got over, and they're beating Michigan this year. Ooh. Yeah, putting it on the table.
00:52:01
Speaker
Okay. Make it a little spicy. Okay. Michigan, it may again, it may only be six, but I got over five and a half, and they're beating Michigan this year. Mm-hmm.
00:52:12
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are near and dear to our hearts. Minnesota, six and a half. Under.
00:52:20
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I'm going under. I don't believe... him i love them. I don't believe in them anymore. I can see them. I'll be like, you know what They're going make a bowl game. And then they can don't. And you know what happens to them too? They get injured.
00:52:31
Speaker
Yeah. They get injuries at the worst positions. So i i wish I... wish I could remember their offseason right now. And I can't. So I'm also going to go under.
00:52:44
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yeah Under. Unfortunately, Minnesota, you missed your window. Yeah. window Yeah, you did. USC, seven a half. Man, under. You are getting seven. and i don't know if they're getting seven.
00:52:59
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I don't remember their schedule. At the most. I feel like it's pretty hard again. I don't think they're getting seven. So under. USC is definitely under. this is this is This is a big one for for Matt Rule and his boys.
00:53:11
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um Seven and a half over under. They are going under, getting seven. Still making a bowl game. Yeah, i think I think that they finally get to November and they're confident or have already reached the bowl game. yeah like like They're not going to need to win the sixth game in the last year, but I don't think that they go eight games this year.
00:53:33
Speaker
It starts off with it they they they're going to beat Cincinnati. this because Yeah. it just means He's at home. Yeah, he's at home. Taylor Swift going be there? Yeah.
00:53:46
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You know she likes to go to Chief home games. Oh,
00:53:51
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fucker. Iowa, seven and half. Over. Yeah. this This over-under is bad. What does Vegas know that we don't? i was iowa was at eight or nine wins every fucking season now.
00:54:06
Speaker
Yeah. I'm chalking it up. Yeah, I'm chalking it up. That's who you are, Iowa. My fault. I was familiar with your game, and I kept ignoring it. Yeah, and the and like, I hate to do it, but they do have a wide receiver.
00:54:22
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Yeah. You remember Vanderzee or whatever? that white boy was balling. He was nice. I i mean, he's not. you i think they got it Didn't they get a transfer too? um We don't know. I don't pay any attention to what I was doing. Except the quarterback, because that was impressive. I said, oh, you got a national year. That was all right.
00:54:41
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Illinois, seven and a half. Who set that number?
00:54:45
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oh I'm going over. i would have set Illinois at 8, 8.5.
00:54:52
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Yeah, 8, 8.5 for sure. ah Definitely over. um um' We've already set it high on Illinois. Washington, 7.5. I'm going to go. go they but They were really, really competitive last season.
00:55:05
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They won seven games last year, right? Yeah. They felt like an old school Big Ten. For them, this one just very much depends on the schedule. I'm going to go over. I don't know the schedule.
00:55:19
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I'm going to go over. Eight wins. I'm not ready to do eight. I may get there. i have to see the schedule. I'm going to seven. I'm going to seven.
00:55:34
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yeah yeah go i never do so All right. I just have a feeling, and I don't know this for sure, but I have a feeling they're going to play two or three Illinois, Ohio State, Penn State, and Oregon.
00:55:45
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True. Probably. And then there's going to be the toss-up games if they play, like, USC again or something. Oh, no. Oregon's a rival. I think they're gonna play Oregon every year. So, they're of course, they're going to have – Yeah, they're going to seven. But they played Oregon.
00:55:58
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They played Oregon tough last year, and Oregon's the worst team now. So – Yeah. Yeah. Michigan, eight and a half under. side fire me Six at the most. What are we doing here? They won six games because they made the bowl game. I forgot. So they won seven games last year. They they won seven with three first-round picks.
00:56:20
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They don't have three first-round picks. Those three first-round picks didn't play the full season. The two of them did. The full season? The corner didn't. The corner did not. One played the full season, and the other one think only missed a couple of games.
00:56:35
Speaker
I don't know. The corner only played like three games. Yeah. So I – Whether they played or not, they don't even have first-round picks in the locker room. It still works. Yeah, at six, I'm going six, you make a bowl game because you somehow just sneak.
00:56:50
Speaker
You sneak these wins. Because, again, you snuck and make bowl game because – I think so. You beat Ohio State last year. You definitely wasn't supposed to do that. like You definitely were not supposed to do that. Yeah.
00:57:02
Speaker
So, no. Under 8.5. That's insane. ae Okay, this is a fun one. Indiana, 8.5. Under. You're getting 8 this year. Okay, okay. That was a confidence under. getting 7.8 this year. I don't, you're not getting, you're not getting 10.
00:57:21
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yeah Yeah. So, Indiana is tough for me because I do like Mendoza. I think he's a good quarterback. And i but and i don't I just don't remember their roster right now to know who they who they did. But, like, yeah, I think eight.
00:57:38
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I think eight. So, that would be under. and Yeah, I'm thinking eight. Penn State, ten. He did it.
00:57:51
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I think they get 11 over. I think Penn State plays Ohio State and Oregon. They beat Oregon. Penn State basically has Ohio State scheduled last year where Ohio State had to play the other top teams. Listen, they're beating Oregon.
00:58:06
Speaker
they They gave them a run for their money in the Big Ten game. Yeah. And then Oregon just got shellacked and they're losing players. They're beating Oregon. 11. 11. this they're beat organ eleven Yeah, all right.
00:58:19
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Oregon, 10 and a half. Under. Agreed. ah Okay. I have a 9 or 10. i don't Okay, i see, I'm glad you said 9. I don't know where this is coming from for me, but I just feel Oregon's, like, it's going to be 9 or 10. It can very easily be 10, but I'm feeling 9 from somewhere. I think they lose a game that they should.
00:58:40
Speaker
Especially they could lose it early with Dante Moore at quarterback. They could lose a lot of games with Dante Moore at quarterback. And you keep talking about him, man. Like, that's just going to keep making me go now.
00:58:55
Speaker
and Well, maybe he'll hear it and prove me wrong. I don't know. Maybe. You never know. Maybe it's just a perfect hit. We'll see. And then Ohio State, 10 and a half.
00:59:08
Speaker
Both teams can win 11 games before going into the championship, right? No, they can. Before going into the Big Ten championship, right? Yeah, they can. Yeah, then, okay, over. Okay. Yeah, yeah,
00:59:24
Speaker
yeah. Okay. Yeah, have 10.5 as well. i have over. Yeah, okay grab I have over. have 11-1. Yeah. They'll lose one of... Penn State, Oregon, or whatever.
00:59:37
Speaker
They don't play Oregon this year. They play Penn State, Texas, and Illinois. I think those are the tough games. yeah, yeah. or that excess or Or they could be silly again and lose to Michigan.
00:59:52
Speaker
If Ohio State went 11-0 and beat Texas and Penn State and Illinois and whoever else is on the schedule and lost to Michigan again, will lose my mind.
01:00:03
Speaker
look I will lose my mind. i i just want I think I would lose my mind too because it would be so unbelievable. It'd be so unbelievable that I would probably lose my mind as well.
01:00:19
Speaker
I need people to understand something. um Ohio State, you like yes, you won a national championship. Thank you. Love you forever. You do not have the luxury no of not being Michigan. you The national championship does not mean you can't beat Michigan. You cannot lose five straight to Michigan.
01:00:41
Speaker
You really can't. Really cannot. You really cannot. That's it, Dante. We're almost done. You just pissed me off. Just the thought. The thought of them going eleven and o With their schedule and this team that's supposed to be rebuilding first-year quarterback, lose 14 players to the draft, all of this stuff, and they go 11-1, they beat Texas, they beat Penn State.
01:01:08
Speaker
It's like all you have to do, you're finally like you're having and you're having the year that you wanted to have. You're finally going to get Michigan after four years, and then they lose?
01:01:23
Speaker
Oh, my God. They're going to almost, you cannot ignore it after that one.
01:01:38
Speaker
You can't ignore it after that. Five in row? Five in a row is crazy. You can't, even if you won a national championship, five in a row is something like, bro, what's going on? And Harbaugh's not there no more. Yeah. Yeah.
01:01:49
Speaker
You're losing to Sharon Moore? Mm-hmm. Oh, brother. I would lose my mind. I really don't know how, like, I don't know how I could handle that. Because going to well, y'all troll.
01:02:09
Speaker
Y'all just troll it at this point. He would be like, well, losing to them helped us win a natty. What do you want? Like, I just, we should just lose again. Oh.
01:02:19
Speaker
Nah, can't. It ain't going work. ah Because you don't have a bunch of seniors that came back that went 0-3, Like, it's not the same. So, like, unless you're building up for a national championship two years from now. Jeremiah Smith and Caleb Downs 0-2 against Michigan? Nah.
01:02:40
Speaker
no No, no. That's the only thing I can see happening is that if you go 0-2, you're setting up for a national championship three years from now. No, no. i No, I can't. two Yeah, you're setting up for two or three years.
01:02:56
Speaker
So it's like everybody came back just to win that game. And which was funny because that happened twice. Everybody came back to win that game and lost it. I don't know.
01:03:09
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I've
01:03:12
Speaker
yeah I genuinely could not handle that. I i think the city would fucking would plug and burn. I know I wouldn't go outside. That's dangerous. If y'all lose that game y'all lose that game for for a fifth time in a row, I am staying my black ass in the house. If you want to see how quickly you can lose goodwill...
01:03:34
Speaker
of winning a national championship. Let him lose five straight to Michigan. I am staying in the house. I'm not. Nope.
01:03:45
Speaker
No. And I might stay in house for two. I'll stay in house for like three days. They're going to be like, job's going call me. Like, where you at? Uh-uh. Not in this city. No, y'all lost five in a row. No. Can't. Not right now. I'm scared. Yeah, you know what it is.
01:04:04
Speaker
I'm not going out there. don't trust you people. that's y'all Y'all hate this team when you're winning. don't know.
01:04:15
Speaker
oh right, let's get out of here. that's just that's just That just made me mad. just it Just the thought of it made me mad. Okay. Because it's a possibility at this point. it's It's a real thing that you've got to consider now.
01:04:28
Speaker
You have to because they lost last year. Yeah. So, like now you'd like like, I can't go into this game confident at all ever again at this point.
01:04:39
Speaker
Mm-mm. It's a, wow. wonder what's going to happen. Yeah.
01:04:45
Speaker
Because I have, even I was like, y'all winning that game. It's going to be a blowout. It's going to be a blowout. Y'all, you know what? You know what's so awful about that, too?
01:05:00
Speaker
It's y'all fault we lost to Michigan in that stupid bowl game. Because Michigan shouldn't have been Y'all can't do shit right.
01:05:18
Speaker
What want me to do? what you love which What you want me to do? oh
01:05:27
Speaker
Yeah, that's crazy. Okay, let's let's let's get out of here. um well We'll get to our pit stops. She talking about the Indianapolis Colts schedule video. how did you yeah over in the u k How did you see that? see that?
01:05:43
Speaker
I didn't even see it when it first was posted. I haven't seen it. i Oh, ah it got sent to me.
01:05:53
Speaker
What's up? Okay, I haven't seen the full video. I did see that clip. Okay. I've like what people were mad about, but i haven't seen the the full. We're in public. We're posted. it Yeah. um But okay. I've been trying to think of one this whole time. ain't got one.
01:06:11
Speaker
So it's you. All right. Yeah, we'll get out here with our pit stops. Our pit stops is a chance for us to talk about something else. As you know, when you're on road trip, you have to take a break. have to use the bathroom. You get gas. You have to get food.
01:06:22
Speaker
This is our chance to do that. And talk about something non-Big Ten football related. My pit stop this year in my charge i just my My pit stop this year is about the WNBA finally having Funko Pops.
01:06:36
Speaker
I have, and I will stand on this forever, i have turned into an accidental collector of Funko Pops. It was not intentional. I do not buy them a lot, but I have to get, like, they have, you know, I just. You have to see my collection. There's some in my PC, Yodos.
01:06:55
Speaker
Yeah, i stumbled. Yeah, that's crazy. i so I stumbled into it, and here I am. But I i thought it was cool, especially for them to to drop it um for them to drop it at the start of the WMBA season, which just started yesterday. Yesterday was first day.
01:07:10
Speaker
would be games playing. all This is it's not yesterday. this is being dropped on Thursday. That started last week. yeah But yeah, they're dropping Funko Pops. They dropped six of them.
01:07:22
Speaker
There's a Caitlin Clark Funko Pop. There's an Angel Reese Funko Pop. Makes sense. Brianna Stewart. Okay. Asia Wilson. Yep. Lauren Jackson.
01:07:32
Speaker
Okay. Do you know who that is? I don't know who that is. ah forgot who Should I know who that is? you you she's she's She's good. She's actually really good. guy i once What did she play for?
01:07:46
Speaker
I want to say Seattle. No, Seattle. Yeah, Seattle. i think Okay, okay. okay yeah Oh, yeah, it is Seattle. okay And then they dropped a Doppler, which is which is Seattle's mascot.
01:07:58
Speaker
Okay, that's what I thought. is if you're going to do a mascot, it probably should have been Ellie from the Liberty. I've never even seen.
01:08:10
Speaker
Yeah, because everybody knows Ellie. Everybody knows Ellie. So I don't understand why they did. they again what did that How many times do I got to keep saying this? The WNBA.
01:08:21
Speaker
It's terrible as an organization at marketing and running it. It's awful. Yeah, my my wife doesn't even like basketball. Yeah, wife doesn't even like basketball. She's like, yeah, I'll go to Liberty Games for Ellie.
01:08:34
Speaker
That was a layup. I would have got an Ellie. Yeah, would have got one for sure. I would have got one. Layup. they They come out end of June. ah This is the pre-order. And shockingly, they're only $12.
01:08:46
Speaker
So I will be getting two of them. I'm going to Angel Reese and Aza Wilson. I thought about getting Brianna Stewart just off the fact that I live in New York. Yeah, I may ultimately get
Celebrating Players and Cultural Influence
01:08:56
Speaker
that one. but I'm going to get Brianna and Asia. going to get Brianna and Asia.
01:09:00
Speaker
Yeah. I actually like Breonna's game and, you know, Asia. Yeah, she's she's a hoover. I might do it just just to have some New York flavor in my in my office.
Championship Decisions Criticism
01:09:11
Speaker
And they did win the chip, so I might stand on that one. Very true. But, yeah, so. See, that's even dumber. They just won the chip you still didn't do Ellie? Yeah. Stupid.
01:09:23
Speaker
Stupid organization. Oh, my God. Yeah. you know but
MLB Marketing Praise
01:09:27
Speaker
Almost all. i think the only the only organization in America that's not run stupid right now is the MLB. They're MLB because they're they're doing they're doing the opposite. Because did you see the opening day ah video that they drop with a TV off?
01:09:48
Speaker
I don't how missed that. Oh, brother. That video was beautiful. Perfect. Was it? Perfect. I'm like, okay, they marketed it.
01:09:59
Speaker
The beat is just nothing but home runs. They start off like that. I might. I'm going to have it. going have to find it, yeah. Yeah. right. Well, yeah, going to have to find that one.
Show Conclusion and Future Plans
01:10:11
Speaker
But that's it. That's the show. We're back finally. Hopefully, you know, might be with life and birthdays and movings and all that stuff. Either way, we should be back on a regular scheduled programming.
01:10:21
Speaker
We'll get through June, and then when July comes, baby, that's when our season starts. that's when That's when our previews start. Again, in my opinion, I'll stand ten toes. We do the best previews in the game. We do the most in-depth previews in the game on conference, and it takes us four shows to do it. We talk about every single team, even the team that nobody wants to talk about.
01:10:43
Speaker
So we're almost there. We're a couple months away from the from the season really getting started. But as always, thank you for listening. We'll catch you next time.