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Don and Russ talk games from the past three weeks in the NCAA and week four, as well as Coaches fired and more.
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Introduction and Hosts Overview
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This is the Fuel Sports Network.
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Welcome, sports fans, to Fuel Sports Presents, the NCAA report with Don and Ross. Gee, that sounds kind of interesting.
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College Sports Excitement and Game Highlights
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The rumors are true.
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The moment you've all been waiting for, here they are, your favorite host, Don Glenn. And Russ Robinson.
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To the computer.
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Well, we are back. Thanks again to Devin Tynan for providing us with that introduction. This is the NCAA report with Don and Russ. We are a proud part of the Gateway Sports Network. Gateway Sports, you can find pods and articles and all sorts of stuff. There's even a... ah yeah photojournalism section on high school sports and stuff. So get us get a look, see, and take take a gander at it.
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It's gatewaysports.net.
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All right. Well, Russ, it's been two or three weeks. and Oh, and I forgot to introduce. Boy, I do that wrong sometimes. So ah I'm going to back up here.
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At gatewaysports.net. net So right along with me, as always, is my broadcast partner, the man from Missouri who knows the SEC better than the SEC knows itself.
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It's Russ Robinson. Hey, Don. How are you doing? Oh, not too bad. Not too bad. had ah Had a couple hairy weeks there and got a lot of stuff going on. But yeah um' I'm still on the right side of the dirt, as they say. So we're getting there.
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Okay. Like I said, it's been a couple, three weeks since we actually talked. we had a little scheduling snafu. um And so we've got we've got some games to go over for the last three weeks.
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But I think we're going to start out first with we're going to get into the top 25. And I'm going to go over the AP ranking right now. I'm going to kind of look at both AP and coaches. Yeah.
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The AP ranking right now has ohio State, Penn State, LSU, Miami, and Georgia as your top five. ah i know they caught originally in the but it the first week or second week when Danny Connell, he came out and he had this rant.
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He was so upset that at that time, i think um Ohio State was – one It was just after the first week in Ohio State was one. Penn State was two.
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Oregon was number five. And Canel threw an absolute fit that there shouldn't have been three Big Ten teams in in the in the top 25. I'm like, dude, it's only the first week. Yeah, that's right. That's right.
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yeah It's not like it's going to be there forever. Right. Exactly. Yeah. But that's your top five. um Then the next five are Oregon, Florida state, Texas, Illinois, and Texas A&M.
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Then you got, so that's your top 10, which I don't know if there's any surprises right now with that top 10.
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I mean, Texas A&M moves up pretty from the middle of the pack into that top 10. Illinois has been right around it all year. Texas has dropped. They were number one of the first years. They're down to eight. um And now, I don't know. I...
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I think that's a, at this point in the season, we're talking pretty much all, for the most part, a lot of non-conference affairs with fairly weak teams. And for most most of it, I think that's a pretty, at least the the top 10 is a pretty fair representation. What do you think?
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Well, I think considering what's happened and what's not happened so far. Yeah. I mean, you know, Ohio State hasn't shown any road bumps yet. or Penn state. Uh, so, I mean, but all the schools, uh, that, you know, we, we know Texas is, uh, so far as a disappointment only because Arch Manning is not just, uh, tearing up the, uh, tearing up the, the, the country with his, with his, uh, passing or anything like that.
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So it's really true. Like you said, there's some, uh, a lot of these early games or, uh, don't mean a lot. I mean, they they don't mean a lot. they So many schools haven't really been tested yet, so it's really hard to tell.
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It's too bad about Notre Dame. They play too tough gay two tough teams, and they've lost them both very closely, and they've fallen to 24th. I'm not sure. They're the only the 24th best team in the country, but we'll see.
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They'll have a chance to make a run here. They play their two tough teams. Yeah, I agree. I agree. I want Miami, and then they got beat in overtime by – got beat by – who was it last week?
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Geez, I can't – A&M. ah A&M, yeah. So, I mean, that was – those were two tough games. and Most teams haven't played two games like that. So it's really too bad. No, a lot them haven't.
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We'll get into the rounding out that top 25. We got Oklahoma at 11. Then comes Iowa State, Ole Miss, Alabama, Tennessee, ah Utah, Texas Tech, Georgia Tech, which is up 10 spots. They were not in the top 25 last year. They're up 10 spots to 18.
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Indiana's at 19. Vanderbilt's another one. last week oh yeah if i'm looking if i'm reading this right last week they were they would have been 41st in the college rankings and they're up to 20 they're moving 21 yeah the number 20 uh michigan 21 auburn 22 missouri's 23
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Notre Dame, as you said, is 24, down 16 spots from number eight. That's a heck of a drop. And USC is at 25. The coaches poll has it ah pretty much the same. They flipped Georgia and LSU, so that's still your top five there.
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ah No, actually, they put Oregon in the top five. Miami's at six. ah Pretty much everything's a lot of the same. Just a couple spots moved here and there.
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Although they yeah they've got Texas A&M at 10. Now, they only have Notre Dame dropping out of 21. They've got Vanderbilt up to eighteen They've also got Georgia Tech up to 15th, which I didn't see Georgia Tech in the 18th. So they're about they're all about the theyre pretty close to the same, just a couple of bigger differences with with Notre Dame, Vandy, and stuff like that.
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um So, I mean, like I said, I think, and I don't know, I mean, I've kind of been trying to watch as many games as I could.
Player Expectations and Surprising Game Outcomes
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ah Definitely watch that, watch the Texas-Michigan game, which i I tell you what, I really thought, I i did not think Michigan had had what they what it took to take that game. But as you said, Arch Manning,
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um he sure as heck wasn't looking like the second coming. I'll tell you that. No, not yet. and i don't know He's still young. He's got time. So let's kind of get into that first week of games. we'll and with that one with the were you so Were you surprised at his at him kind of balking his his first big game? i mean Or is it because first big game jitters putting ah putting him on the stage like that right out of the gate?
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um yeah I don't know. I am surprised. But, you know, there was expectations was pretty high. I remember when his uncle Peyton came on board and and I was living in Nashville at the time and Tennessee was ah had just recruited him and he was the fourth third or fourth string quarterback in his freshman year.
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But everyone in front of him got hurt, and they ended playing him, and he ended up taking over. But, you the expectations for Peyton wasn't near as high, as not near as revved up as it had been for Arch.
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And Eli had some higher expectations, too, probably than Peyton did. But I don't think he had the expectations everybody had. that that arch has arch has just been it's just been assumed he would be the next great thing and it might be just but it might be too early too much for him you know i don't know you know we we don't know what's going on so yes i was surprised but you know i guess maybe we should uh should give him a break you know grow up first right yeah you know yeah yeah uh you mentioned the um notre dame miami game uh
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the Miami winning that game number 10. Notre Dame was number six. Miami came out ahead of that game, 27-24.
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um I don't know if I was surprised at that or not. I mean, yeah like yeah it was two it was two good teams going at it, and you know you expected a good ball game, and I think you got a good ball game.
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I think Notre Dame came up on the short end of it. That's right. You know, one, I know Notre Dame was wanting to win one of those two first games because it kind of puts them in a hole losing both of them. But, yeah I mean, they played two really good teams to start the season off, and most schools aren't doing that, just aren't doing that yet.
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Yeah, no doubt. um Then you've got the one game – well, I'm going to kind of back ah The one game that was – I think if you want to call an upset shocker in the first week of the season,
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um I mean, had to be Florida State destroying Alabama. Sure. i mean, Florida State comes in unranked. Alabama's number six, and they lose 31-17. And – it was actually it In realistic terms, it wasn't even that close if it hadn't been for that third quarter by Bama.
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I mean, that was that was basically it. but Alabama had a good third quarter, and Florida State had the rest of it. Well, you know, it's just, Don, you know, everybody just assumed Florida State was going to be bad this year because they were bad last year.
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Right. Two years ago, they were undefeated going into, I believe, going into their ballpark. Was it going into their bowl game? ah They didn't make the final four teams, the cut the final four.
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Yeah. And they played Georgia. Yeah, they played Georgia in Cameron what bowl it was now. Yeah, and they just got blown out. and they go yeah and and Which I think, and I tell gives you, gives you a lot of, of ah at least to me, made me feel good in some respects about Kirby Smart because his comments after that game, and and that's actually what brought a lot of this portal stuff to light was actually, if you want to point to something, was that game.
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because kirby smart after the game he said hey he said don't don't he said don't read anything into this he said that was a damn good football team we played he said it's just a shame that they didn't have all their weapons that's right a lot of their guys hit the portal oh they had 19 guys opted out of that game yeah right right no and i mean there was a starting quarterback starting running back uh their whole linebacking group, something like it. It was just, it was, but that, that made me feel pretty good about Kirby smart back then. And yeah, but to, but to see Florida state come back and have, have a good first week against an Alabama team.
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Um, you know, and but I'll tell you what, um, as we were talking last time, I think Kalen DeBoer is getting a hot seat about now. Um,
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Well, it's certainly getting it's certainly getting warmer. and He's got a couple weeks to to get himself back and prove something. Or, you know, he he may not be long for for, at least in the fans' mind, he may not be long for Alabama. I know. that The patients, you know, they they were accepting of that, I guess, 9-4 season last year.
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They understood there might be a transition. I think most of fans in Alabama said there might be a transition. They weren't happy about it. right But they kind of understood there could be a transition with the personality of the coaches and all that.
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But they're not going to stand for very much longer. And, geez, Don, They're off this week. Alabama is. I think they are. They're off this week. And they play Georgia on the twenty seventh So they've got they got ah time to regroup, kind of see what they can do. So their schedule is not easy going out.
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Oh, no. ah And shoot, they play Eastern Illinois on the 22nd. That's after, I mean, between them now and then, theyve they've got a lot of, they've got a,
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They've got a run there. They've got tough games, so they've got no easy games. so you and it will Another upset that I think was was people didn't seek that people didn't see coming ah was ah lsuver clemson Yes.
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Yes. oh I mean, it's kind of LSU just shut them down in the second half. They just said, nope, you're not scoring anymore. You're you're done. but They've got a really good defense. Yeah. they're all LSU's offense is somewhat not complete yet. and but But, yeah, they've got a really good defense. And there's a lot of assumptions at Clemson that they but Dabo Sweeney had things maybe kind of straightened out there and he would but they would return to it as a top-ten team. But – the No, no, that was a surprise that Clemson got taken out the way they did. Yeah. yeah that's And then then another couple more games I would i wanted to point out was ah South Florida taking down at that time, twenty five number 25 Boise State, thirty board is seven
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And then you had a game that while the the ranked team didn't lose – Kansas only beat North Dakota state by three 38 to 35 in the first week.
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Yeah. Yeah. yeah yeah oh Yeah. You know, they were supposed to be a rejuvenated program. I don't know. North Dakota state's a good one. Uh,
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FCS school, I think. Yeah. ah So I don't know, you know, so we know what happened. Yeah, happened a couple of weeks ago against Missouri. So, I mean, they, they, yeah, yeah, they didn't, they didn't, they, they didn't show up for that game. They sure did.
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I've only got the top 25 up here right now. How did Missouri do the first week? I didn't i didn't see that. They beat an FCS school, Central Arkansas. Yeah, same as we did. or yeah yeah we we We played Western Illinois and and kind of owned them. so All right, so week two.
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um There were, again, a couple more upsets that I don't know if people saw coming. One, I'm pretty sure they didn't. And that was Baylor taking down SMU.
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Yeah, really, really. Yeah, I know. It was kind of an assumption SMU would be one of the the teams to beat in the Big 12. Or no, they're in the, let me say that, ACC, I'm sorry.
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Conference USA, or no? Yeah, Conference USA, no, AAC, AAC. Oh, okay. Yeah, okay. well you're my Yeah, I didn't think that but people would have thought much of Baylor this year, and I think they would have gone with SMU. But, yeah. what are those Let me double check that and make sure I got that right.
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I was thinking SMU. You're right. They're in the ACC. I had it wrong. Yeah. They're in the ACC. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. And everybody did. They had ah had them picked. They had, you know, they had it going, coming back down to Clemson, ah SMU, and possibly Duke. And, you know, so far, none of the three have really, you know, made their mark yet.
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No. Let's see. Although Duke has played well. It is. Let's see what else we got here. There was another one I had in here week two. Where am I at? Oh, yes. Oh yeah. Uh, South Florida again, unranked at the time takes down another rank school this time in number 13, Florida that beat them 18 to 16. Yeah, that was, uh, that puts, uh, and I'll have to, uh,
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I have to put on my I've lost my memory thing on the Florida coach. ah He's on the hot seat. Definitely. Oh, yeah. There's someone on the hot seat. He's definitely on it. And losing to South Florida a lot. They did. You know, that was that just that was a big setback after they finished strong last year. for Yeah, they did.
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And there was some optimism in Gainesville that they would pick up where they left off. But losing to South Florida lot, they did. Now, that's he's back on the hot seat. you'll i'll have to I'll have to look and see.
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i usually know this but ah by just – I just know this automatically because I've heard so much talk in the SEC world. Paul Feinbaum and everybody. Oh, yeah. want to uh uh by billy napier yeah yeah okay they're already talking about yeah some media's already speculating about what the buyout would be and all that so yeah he probably truly is in big trouble yeah oh i'm sure you know because um because let's see the day because know they were uh
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You know, you're coming in, you're in a top 15 team. And, you know, granted, South Florida, I mean, they're they're a good ball club. But, you know, to beat to beat back-to-back ranked teams like that um at the start of the season, that was that was something a little bit impressive.
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um Arizona State came into week two at number 12 and got beat by Mississippi State. 24 to 20.
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I didn't see much. of it i didn't see that game or i haven't seen much of the replays. um So I'm not sure if that's a, a a I mean, ah you know more about Mississippi State than I would.
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so Well, yeah, Mississippi State hit the transfer portal pretty hard. This is his coach's second year, I think it's his second year. And so, I mean, they were one of the worst teams in the SEC last year, and they got, you know, everyone kind of beat up on them. So their son thought he got a good quarterback, yet because a good running back.
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and that they can they're going to be much more competitive. And I imagine that ah Arizona State, you know, they slipped into the – they won the Big 12 last year, didn't they? They won the Big 12, yeah. They they got to buy, and a lot of people maybe thought that program's a little overrated. Maybe that's the maybe that game showed it was. So, so um you know, Mississippi State, big turnaround for them, certainly. Yeah, no doubt.
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ah Then you had, which I, again, a game that I thought – i watched it I watched most of it, and i was it's kind of like the Alabama game from the week before.
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It was Oklahoma-Michigan. Oklahoma came out. They scored. Well, actually, they scored in every quarter. Michigan put up 13 points in the third quarter, and that was it. They got beat 24 to 13. Michigan was 15. Oklahoma was number 18.
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um Bryce Underwood, I'll tell you what. So far, that kid has not looked good. um I mean, he's a I get it. He's a freshman. I mean, he's you know, it's it's understandable in a lot of respects. But, you know, he's he's like I think he is the Big Ten version of Arch Arch Manning without the pedigree.
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yeah you know, in that respect. But, you know, lot of hay was made about him coming into the Big Ten and being the starting freshman quarterback at Michigan and how he was going to do great things. And, you know, so far, I think if I – and I'm going to take a quick gander at the stats here. So far, I think – I don't think he's thrown –
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He's 46 out of 80 so far this season for 628 yards, two touchdowns, and an interception in three games.
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I mean, that's um' you know I hate to break Michigan fans' bubble, but that's not good. No. me If you're trying to make something out of a season, that's just not good. That's right.
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ah You know, they didn't have a great year last year. They beat Ohio State, obviously, and kind of made their their season. But Oklahoma's a better team this year. Last year they went 6-7, and they weren't a good team.
00:24:24
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And Brent Bennebles, I would say, so it goes came into the season the hot seat. But he recruited well. He's got some – he went to transfer Porter well. And so far they've looked very good.
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So, I mean, I think i think they got – legitimately got – handled by a good, ah what a revived Oklahoma team and revived Oklahoma program. So they're team that I'm keeping my eye on in the SEC, and I think they're going to be i think it'll be a problem for a lot of teams. you know Oh, I think so, too. I mean, you know. Yeah.
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that that's for sure. Uh, all right. So we go, I think that was probably good. I mean, let's see if there's anything other big or in the top 25 that strikes my fancy in that week.
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Uh, I will say this, um, you know, a lot was made about, um, I arrived a lot around here anyways, made about Illinois and their preseason, what they had lined up. And it, you know, and Duke was supposed to be, was going to be a tough game. And um I will say this, a watching that game, Duke is a team and Manny Diaz, ah the Duke is a team that is just,
00:25:39
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I don't know. They're just one missing missing link away from probably taking that ACC. um They've got a really, really good quarterback in Mensa.
00:25:52
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ah and And they gave Illinois everything they wanted for the first two quarters. And then after that... yeah they They just made one one mistake, which everybody says cost them the game, which yeah maybe it did, maybe it didn't.
00:26:06
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It might have jump-started Illinois. But in one play, they had two defensive players on the on the field with the same number. ha yeah which is a which was a no-no penalty and gave Illinois a first down, and after that it was all over with the shouting. But, you know, ill you kudos to Duke. ah they they ah In an ACC field, I think they're going to they're going to make some some noise, I think, in that field, just much much like you say what Oklahoma's going to do in um and the SEC.
00:26:36
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So we'll move on to week three. andde-ed-de Week three, there it is.
00:26:44
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And I'll tell you what, is Georgia Tech for real? I don't know. You know, it's been a long time. since I used to live in Atlanta, Don, and Georgia Tech had some good teams. That was the year they won the split national. show I was one of the years I was there.
00:27:01
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Split national champion ah with ah Colorado. They split the polls, and Georgia Tech one one became number one and Colorado the other one. ah So they had some good teams, that but they haven't been very impactful.
00:27:15
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They've gone through some coaches that haven't been very impactful in a while. So um da I wouldn't have picked them to be – I wouldn't have picked them to win that game, you know, at all.
00:27:28
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Yeah, beating number 12, Clement. Now, they only beat them by three, and they had to come from behind to do it. and They hit a 55-yard field goal in the late game.
00:27:38
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Nothing like that, yeah. But, yeah, and um but but yeah I mean, that ah that was kind of a shock to me. And I'll have to i'll have to retract my statement about ah Bryce Underwood not as showing up.
00:27:52
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ah Passing-wise, in the in the game against Ed this last week was Central Michigan. They won 63-3.
00:27:59
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Now, he only threw for 235 yards and a touchdown, but in that game, he did run for 114 yards and two scores on only nine carries. So I guess in one one respect, he is coming around.
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um
00:28:16
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And it looks as well, South Alabama finally got their comeuppance against Auburn. i was i I was hoping South Alabama would at least make that one a good game, but... you know Auburn had other ideas. and when you when you When you have a twenty eight to nine halftime lead, it's all over but the shouting at that point. ah Right. They just took it to to South Alabama.
00:28:40
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which and he said Give South Alabama credit for two good weeks. um Let's see. Tennessee, Georgia. man, did that game have ah have some back and forth to it. Oh, yeah. mean, I thought Tennessee was going to walk away with it, 21 points in the first quarter. and And I didn't get to see the end of the game, so I just kind of caught the the the aftermath on on on the – how do you miss – I mean, they were on the 20, 25-yard line.
00:29:16
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that's a That's about a 42-yard shot. How do you miss that? I don't know. That that kid, you had to feel sorry for him. You mean do. You do. but and you know it's Georgia has beaten Tennessee, I forgot how many times in a row now. i think a Nine now, I think.
00:29:35
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Nine in a row. and they think I think this made it number nine, yeah. And they pull Georgia pulling this one out at at Knoxville. Yeah. Oh, yeah. That's the other thing was at Knoxville. Yeah, it was at Knoxville. And, you know, that's yeah i know how they feel because, you know, we both probably have teams that for some reason can't be the team you should be. You should write occasion.
00:29:59
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You just can't do it. And they've got their numbers. It might be in their head. And Tennessee, I don't know. But, you know, Georgia's head coach, he's a good he's a good one.
00:30:11
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He's a good one, and he knows how to get his players ready for a game. And, um you know, that's one of the schools um when he comes into this year, I think the question was who would win the SEC? I mean, who would win? Most people were picking Texas.
00:30:25
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Maybe not. Maybe, you know, Georgia's going to be back and win the SEC and go get back in again to the college football playoff. This time, make some noise, you know, so – Yeah, no doubt.
00:30:36
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And I was wrong. um That was not the South Florida that ah Auburn beat. That was South Alabama. Sorry about that. Made that mistake. us But South Florida lost to Miami 49-12. Yeah, they got brought back to reality, I guess. Yeah, they got brought back to reality in a hurry. and And I watched that game, and and it was it was clear from the get-go. Miami was going to control.
00:31:02
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Carson Beck looked just... phenomenal I mean, he looked like he looked like everything he's been brought to we've been brought to have been told about him. mentioned this earlier, was the Texas A&M one-point victory over Notre Dame um at South Bend.
00:31:25
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At South Bend, uh-huh. Yeah. I mean, if anything, that right there is, I'm surprised they're not calling for that coach's head at this point. Yeah. Well, yeah. You know, I, I, I don't know, you know, they, he, Marcus Freeman won a lot of fans over last year for their their season. And I have a couple of friends that are Notre Dame fans and they're not giving up on them yet, but you know, you look at their record and who they got left, they can make a run and they can knock off the next 10 games and they go 10 and two that they'll probably get in. But, uh,
00:32:01
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like Both those games they lost, Texas A&M and Miami. That could they could have been ah could have gone either way. And so they're not that far off. They're a very good team, I think, and they just they play two games.
00:32:14
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two tough game Two tough teams. I think Texas A&M is on their way up. I think they're going to be a factor this year in the SEC for sure. yeah yeah You mentioned Notre Dame's schedule coming up. and they've got I mean, they've got ah um next week, they've got Purdue. Yeah.
00:32:32
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they've got purdue yeah Is it this week? Yeah, they got Purdue this week. um Then Arkansas, Boise State, North Carolina State.
00:32:43
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They do get USC in October. And they got Pitt coming up in November. And I mean, outside, I mean, that that's really, to me, that's the only that I can see, unless Arkansas is going stop and I don't know, that's the only two tough games I see on their schedule.
00:33:00
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Right, right. but the same you Yeah, this week that'll be Arkansas's first real test. Because Arkansas, well, no, I mean, Arkansas got beat last week. But, yeah, they'll be tested this week. And in I think Notre Dame will take them. Notre Dame's got Purdue this week.
00:33:19
Speaker
Arkansas next week. Next week. Okay, take that back. Yeah, they got Purdue. and they should Yeah, but they should still beat Purdue. If Notre Dame can't beat Purdue, the coach ought to be fired. I can tell you that.
00:33:29
Speaker
yeah just now you know and I'm sorry, Purdue fans, but you ain't got it. all there There's nothing there. There's nothing in the tank in Purdue. It's going to take Barry Odom a while and give him a little time to turn that around. Hopefully they give him hopefully they do they do give Barry Odom a couple years because – You know, um Ryan Walters left that team in a shambles when he left.
00:33:54
Speaker
And it was just, a it was a surprise hired to me. Oh yeah. that admired Ryan Walters and I'm little surprised they went with Barry Odom because he's another defensive guy like Ryan Walters, but he had proven he can want, he wanted, you know, and he, he did.
00:34:10
Speaker
Well, and you need, you need somebody that's got that winning. I mean, and I think that again, we talked about this too, last time. you know Ryan Walters, i and I talked about it with another guy, he taking that job really I don't think was in his best interest. I mean i know it was a head coaching job, but i mean if you're going to take a head coach job like that in in Division I, do it in the MAC, do it in the AAC, do it in the Mountain West. Don't do it in the Big Ten of the SEC. That's coaching suicide right there.
00:34:46
Speaker
yeah Especially with a school at Purdue. where Especially with a school at Purdue. If it had been Indiana, Maryland, oh you know team Michigan State, some play somebody like that that ah that had a decent reputation recently, yeah, then he might have fared okay, but not not at Purdue. He wasn't going anywhere at Purdue.
00:35:09
Speaker
Yeah. We talked about Vanderbilt. there' are three a hey you left You left somebody out and challenged for the SEC title. Vanderbilt's 3-0. Yes.
00:35:20
Speaker
and And they upset South Carolina thirty one to seven I mean, they're back to their giant killing ways again, aren't they? Oh, absolutely. You know, you just – another place I lived for a while was Nashville.
00:35:35
Speaker
And I followed the Vanderbilt program quite a bit watching them. they've changed theyve Their attitude has changed over there. ah they What they allowed, they their admission policy to Vanderbilt for athletes was as tough as for the regular student.
00:35:53
Speaker
I mean, they had a hard time filling a roster full of SEC caliber players. Right. and But they changed their admission admissions and they loosened it up so their coach can go out and bring in more caliber players. And that's that's just the they decide they want to compete. And so now they're doing it.
00:36:10
Speaker
yeah So we'll see how far they can take how that far this program can go. on They play Mizzou. Mizzou's got to go to Nashville. A couple of years ago, this wouldn't have been an issue. This would have been one Mizzou could have put as a W next. I'm worried.
00:36:25
Speaker
And last year, they came to Columbia. Mizzou had to win that thing in overtime. yeah So, I mean, it's going to be a tough game. i mean Yeah, they've they've got a a couple more games, which I think they probably should win. Georgia State.
00:36:40
Speaker
and right. Paul state both at home. Uh, but then they got to travel to Tuscaloosa in week six. So that'll be a test.
00:36:51
Speaker
That'll be a test for ten for Alabama. I mean, you know, I did. Well, didn't they beat Alabama last year? I think they did. Yeah. Yeah. this, they beat teams last year.
00:37:02
Speaker
They beat a couple teams last year. They shouldn't have. So I did, you know, Vandy is back. I guess you can say, uh, So that's kind of the week, the first three weeks. Um, and yeah, I, I think, uh, I think I'm like you, I think we're going to see a few more things coming up.
Upcoming Games and Surprises
00:37:22
Speaker
Um, you know, in the next couple weeks now that we're going to get into conference games. So we'll really see what some of these teams are actually made of, you know, um, and you know, is, is arch gonna, gonna mature the right way.
00:37:36
Speaker
Um, You know, that kind of thing. So we'll get back. We're going to catch up on the backside here. We're going to take a quick break, and then we'll come back. We'll talk about some upcoming games this week and maybe a couple other things as well. So stay tuned. We'll be right back after this.
00:38:00
Speaker
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Hydration Solutions Discussion
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00:41:37
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And we are back. So we've kind of gone over the last three weeks. And, you know, as we're saying, and I i was kind of looking at ah the standings here. We're going to give a quick thing of the standings, I think, would be.
00:41:51
Speaker
We're not going to hit all of them. But a couple things that that stand out to me is in the um ACC, we talked a lot about Duke and Miami and Clemson and all those guys there.
00:42:06
Speaker
um But leading the ACC right now is a four-way tie between California, Georgia Tech, Miami, and North Carolina State, which I find a little bit surprising. But then again, a couple of have only played two. Florida State's only played two games. Louisville's only played two games.
00:42:26
Speaker
North Carolina's 2-1, so at least a decent start in the preseason for Coach B over there in the ACC. Uh, in the big 10, Oregon, Illinois, USC, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan state. We got a lot of three and O teams in the big 10. Yeah.
00:42:46
Speaker
Yeah. A whole bunch of Of course they hardly play anybody. Uh, so, but I find it that, uh, kind of odd that, uh, Ohio state, uh, they're three and O, um,
00:43:00
Speaker
And I mean, and and they're listed right now down in the bottom for some reason, um or bottom of the 3-0 teams, which i I'm like, why wouldn't you, they're rated number, why are they not at the top of those standings?
00:43:13
Speaker
um And oh, I see why, because Oregon and USC have both won conference games. That's right. That's why they're at the top of the standings. That's of the reasons, yeah. That makes sense now.
00:43:24
Speaker
In the Big 12, Iowa State's 4-0.
00:43:29
Speaker
And Houston, Arizona, Texas Tech, Utah are 3-0. Baylor's 2-1. Nobody really standing out there is as odd.
00:43:42
Speaker
Because Iowa State, they were in it last year all the way to the end. um and Arizona State's middle of the pack at 2-1. So it's, you know. And let's see here. We'll go to...
00:43:56
Speaker
I'll take a quick look at your favorite, the Mountain West. UNLV is 3-0 in the Mountain West, um which is kind of interesting. Fresno State's three and one so a future Big 12. That's a future Big 12 team, u to both of them, Utah State and Fresno State.
00:44:18
Speaker
Oh, okay. Are you talking about Pac-12? Are you talking about moving over
Team Standings and Game Predictions
00:44:22
Speaker
to Pac-12? Pac-12, I mean, not Big 12, Pac-12. Yeah. yeah yeah Yeah. So a couple of those teams are making a name for themselves. SEC is, again, they're like the Big Ten. They've got half the league is 3-0.
00:44:34
Speaker
um And yeah you include Ole Miss, Georgia, LSU, Vandy, as we talked about. Auburn's 3-0. Missouri's 3-0. um missouri three and o You Texas and Alabama sitting there at two and one Tennessee two and one.
00:44:50
Speaker
you know, so it's about normal, I guess you want to say, I said, if you want to try and figure it out early this early, this early in the season. So that's kind of where you're sitting at with the, with the, with the big ones. Um,
00:45:04
Speaker
I kind of took a quick look at the mid American, nobody there shaking any trees. ah Same with conference USA. It's, you know, nobody's really making any outstanding moves or anything.
00:45:16
Speaker
So I think, you know, we're now we're going to get into the season, the conference games. I think you're going to see a lot of shakeup. Illinois has got Indiana coming up in the big 10 this weekend.
00:45:27
Speaker
um Let me switch to the schedule here and go take a quick look. we'll look we'll look at the We'll kind of look at the top 25 first and see what we got schedule-wise here.
00:45:40
Speaker
um
00:45:43
Speaker
Got a Texas Tech-Utah matching up.
00:45:52
Speaker
That's 16 versus 17.
00:45:56
Speaker
uh this one might the auburn oklahoma could be a decent auburn 22 they're again trying to make the name oklahoma's making uh some in some inroads there that's a 330 game on abc at oklahoma um and soon as it tells me here Well, I'll tell what, they over there in your part of the woods, Illinois-Indiana game ought to be – someone's going to come out of that as ah it' a real thing, I think. Oh, I hear i yeah guarantee that. See, in Oklahoma-Auburn, Oklahoma's a six-and-a-half point favorite in that game. Yeah. Yeah. so
00:46:36
Speaker
Well, that's another game in the SEC where they'll – I mean, that's like your Indiana-Illinois game in the Oklahoma-Auburn game. Someone's going to come out there looking good. And, you know, it's moving forward. So, I mean, that's one of those early games that two teams are still trying to decide if they're as good as they as they think they are. You know, know lot they'll they'll try to work out. That's why I think that game is an interesting game.
00:47:04
Speaker
And the Illinois-Indiana game is interesting. You know, as Indiana still for real? I mean, you know, that's what we're Yeah, we got to see if they're for real for sure. i mean I mean, they put up the scores, but then again, they really haven't played anybody. Kennesaw State, Indiana State, you know.
00:47:19
Speaker
They didn't take a a game like ah like we did with Duke or or anything like that. yeah And actually, Indiana's a four. Last I saw, let me double-check that, but they were a four-point. They might have or four-and-a-half-point favorite that game. course, that's at Indiana. Yeah, they're still a four-and-a-half-point favorite.
00:47:37
Speaker
It's at Indiana. um And I'll tell you what, ill so I'll say this about that game. If Illinois plays like they have early the last two weeks, they might be finding an uphill climb in this game.
00:47:54
Speaker
Because the last two weeks in the first two quarters at Duke, they look disjointed. I mean, the offensive line wasn't holding anybody back. They weren't making any holes.
00:48:08
Speaker
ah Duke seemed to be running through the defensive line at will. Like it was only because of a couple of Duke penalties and a muff punt that Illinois was able to have a 14-13 lead at half. um And this this last week, um I had a chance to go to the game against Western Michigan, and they scored 10 points in the first half.
00:48:33
Speaker
That Against, what against West, now granted Western Michigan is, has been a pretty decent, um you know, mid-major, but ah this year they didn't, I mean, they just, I've looked at all their roster, looked at at what they had. They, they have a revolving door quarterback between two guys, kind of platoon situation.
00:48:56
Speaker
And Illinois just did not. I mean, they, they marched down the field, got a field goal. And then they didn't score until almost the end of the and end of the second quarter. um Now, they did keep ah Western Michigan out of the end zone. and not I mean, they shut them out. They beat them 38 to nothing.
00:49:15
Speaker
um But I find we were talking it. sitting in the stands, and we were sitting there. It was right near the end of the half. Western Michigan had the ball. They were on the four-yard line with a fourth and goal from the four.
00:49:32
Speaker
And instead of ah with like four seconds to go, instead of taking the field goal, they tried to go for it who and, and didn't make it.
00:49:42
Speaker
And we're all in the stands looking at each other, like, uh, how did they not go for the field goal? and they had already missed a field goal early. but that one was like a 40 some odd yarder that they missed an early and earlier in that game.
00:49:57
Speaker
yeah know But Illinois, just they have not looked good in the first two quarters. And if they don't come out and play, i mean, the only thing he's been carrying them through right now has been the defense.
00:50:09
Speaker
That defense for Illinois is just tough as nails. Right. but But here again, and in against Duke, they had five takeaways. Defense had five takeaways.
00:50:20
Speaker
Against Western Michigan, zero. Mm-hmm. So, I mean, ah hopefully that was just a maybe, you know, we had some kids looking ahead because I guess Bielema at halftime, he was asked about what he told the kids at halftime. he said, I can't repeat it and for the media.
00:50:37
Speaker
well yeah And then he then he said, as a matter of fact he said I slapped the the ah chalkboard so hard, he said, my hand still hurts. I may have to have it looked at. yeah um So he was not happy.
00:50:48
Speaker
So hopefully that will transfer over and this team will decide to play football yeah um against Indiana. oh One other, is kind of one other game that I think, I don't know if it's going to be on anybody's radar to watch.
00:51:07
Speaker
um But we were talking about um the coach at Florida, Pete Beer. Yeah, believe it. Yeah, he's – they got it tough this week. They're playing theylan number four Miami.
00:51:22
Speaker
That's right. That's right. So it don't get any easier for him, that's for sure. No, no. No, that might be the continue to watch the death march of Billy Napier. It might be as good as Miami's look so far.
00:51:35
Speaker
yeah So we'll see. Maybe you know if he can get it turned around. with ah they win Miami, if they beat Miami, It changes the narrative a little bit, but I just don't – I don't expect I don't expect it.
00:51:51
Speaker
Yeah, I kind of don't really expect it either. Kind of looking at the conference games that we've got coming up, Big Ten outside of Illinois, Indiana. There really is nothing.
00:52:03
Speaker
ah Looks like Ohio State's got the week off. um So, I mean, you've got, um well, actually, there's really outside of that. Well, you got Washington. Washington State could be, you know, I always hate those in-state matchups.
00:52:19
Speaker
ah You never know what's going to happen with them. You know what I'm saying? that right That's a big rivalry. I think they call that the apple, the apple cup or something like that. Yeah. It's a big game for them for sure. Uh, let's take a look at the sec real quick. What's coming up there for this week.
00:52:38
Speaker
Um, we've gone over a couple already. ah let's see if there's anything else striking. Um, let's see. Yeah. Really. Uh,
00:52:52
Speaker
Nothing of any note, I mean, other than the Oklahoma-Auburn game um and missouri Missouri versus South Carolina. who Yeah. Yeah, they're a lot.
00:53:04
Speaker
It'll be a game, both of them, South Carolina need to, you know, they're going to be motivated that to be embarrassed by Vanderbilt, I think. Oh, yeah. Their starting quarterback got hurt in that game, and so it be depends on, though, if he's able to play or if he's able to play even close to 100%.
00:53:20
Speaker
ah They're playing in Columbia, so that'll be an advantage for Missouri. i was looking at the Missouri's got a 10.5-point spread, if I'm looking at that right. Really? high But that might be because they're quartered South Carolina's quarterback's hurt. he's out It's gone up. It's now 11.5.
00:53:39
Speaker
11 and a half. Okay. It's 11 and a half spread. Wow. Yeah. i well I don't know. i I think if I were betting, man, i'd name you I'd almost take the points in South Carolina. Well, if their starting quarterback is able to play, I probably would too. but yeah but But yeah, if he is out, that would make a big difference if he's out for sure.
00:53:59
Speaker
Yeah. Yeah, for sure. So, all right, so let's take a look and see if there's any games we want to try and and give people and an idea what to what how to ah how to look at it here. I got to go back to the schedule. What happened to it? Oh, there it is.
00:54:13
Speaker
Okay. ah So let's – well, we'll kind of – I'll stay with the SEC thing I've got here. um Or maybe I won't.
00:54:25
Speaker
Let's go with top 25 and see what we got. Mm-hmm. That'd probably better. Come on. have We've covered about all the big games in the top 20. Yeah, I think, well, is there any game?
00:54:38
Speaker
i think what a we ought to try and do some of what we did last year. Let's kind of take three games, and and we'll give our thoughts on the spread. um Let's go with, the i well, do we'll do the Oklahoma-Auburn.
00:54:54
Speaker
That game is six-and-a-half point spread. Oklahoma is the favorite. It is – I'm trying and see where the game is at, and I can't – it's it going to be in Norman. It's it's going to be at and in Norman.
00:55:13
Speaker
um Both teams 3-0. What's your thoughts? My thought is that in in my ESPN – pick them game college pick them game i'll pick oklahoma and i'll take if the spread is six and a half i'll take that i mean i'll give the six and a half because i really think oklahoma's a better team right now i do think think so so i mean that that's just me yeah i think i'd pick oklahoma yeah i'll i'll um
00:55:47
Speaker
I'll take Oklahoma to win. um Boy, I'm six and a half. that Yeah, I'll go outllll i'll take aho Oklahoma and shed the points.
00:55:58
Speaker
i I think that's that's probably a ah safe bet. ah So now we'll go to the other top 25 matchup, Illinois-Indiana. Like I said, Indiana is a four and half point favorite. It is in um Bloomington.
00:56:16
Speaker
So that figures into it as well. i like Again, I think Illinois, I don't i don't know. And and this this is not just me being a homer. I mean, well, okay, I guess it kind of is.
00:56:29
Speaker
ah But um i don't I don't think I can safely, or I don't think I can... bet against the Illinois a defense, especially their secondary.
00:56:45
Speaker
um That secondary, i mean, you've got all five, basically, main players in the secondary back from last year. You've still got two of your top linebackers and in Gabe Ickes and Dylan Rosiak.
00:57:03
Speaker
I think defense is going to play a big part in this game. And and Call me crazy. Call me a homer. But I'm taking Illinois outright. I'm not even going to need the spread. I'll take Illinois outright.
00:57:17
Speaker
So Indiana's got the six and a half, five and a half points. Four and a half. Yeah. Four and a half. ah You know, I'll take Illinois. And, you know, boy, you know, you give me.
00:57:28
Speaker
Yeah, I'll take Illinois up front because i' I've never been so that Indiana is a a program that's really. I'd just be surprised they could do what they did last year. and The scheduled thing was last year. So I'm going with Illinois.
00:57:45
Speaker
It's an easy pick for me. i Yeah, and, i you know, I think that's –
00:57:51
Speaker
Like said, I say that because I have not been impressed with what Indiana's done so far this year. i mean, they've beaten nobody. um And, yeah, they beaten them they've beaten them very convincingly, and they've gotten I'm not saying Indiana's not a good team.
00:58:06
Speaker
I just don't think they're as good as last year, and I think Illinois is a lot better. So that's why i'm going to go that route. uh and we'll go ahead full throw missouri south carolina in here's the as our as our third one just for the heck of it since i got indiana we'll get there illinois we'll put missouri in this one so uh as he said missouri's 11.5 point favorite and as we talked about i don't know uh south carolina they'll they'll have a week to get that backup prepared and ready um
00:58:38
Speaker
So it could end up being a decent game. I think definitely, though, ah the over-under on this game is 47.5. who
00:58:50
Speaker
i but i would be almost betting the under on this. And the reason I say this, even or if they've got to go with the backup quarterback, meaning South Carolina,
00:59:03
Speaker
um that's he might be ah a good and the defense might be able to help, but he's not going to be able to put the points up that they were with the regular quarterback.
00:59:15
Speaker
and And I don't know how good Missouri is offensively, ah but I do know, I have seen that they do look like they're fairly decent on defense. So that's why I'm thinking I'll take i'll take Missouri,
00:59:29
Speaker
I'm not sure I'm shedding the 11 and a half points.
00:59:35
Speaker
oh
00:59:39
Speaker
Boy. Now I'll tell you what. Yeah. I'll take Missouri shed the 11 and a half and I'm taking the under. Yeah. I'm Missouri's ah offense is quite good. They, they got Bo, Bo, Bo, they bought from a Penn state. He's been very good this year. They got,
00:59:58
Speaker
Martin Hardy is a running, they got a running back duo. They've got, they've been able to really run up and down the field on most their opponents this year, even Kansas. ah They'll put up points on the board.
01:00:09
Speaker
I think it will be a close game. I do think it's a conference game i will and it's in Columbia. ah do think it, but I still think it'll be a close game, but there'll be a, I think it'll be a high-scoring game, and I'll go over 47. You're going to go over?
01:00:23
Speaker
Okay. I think so. I would be surprised if it's under it. But I think I'll take Missouri, but it's going to be a close game. I think high-scoring game. That's just me. All right. Well, that sounds sounds ah sounds okay to me. Let's see. So you took Oklahoma. You took Mizzou and Illinois. And you took the over – And i did the same thing. I just took the under on Missouri. Okay.
01:00:52
Speaker
All
Coaching Challenges and Recruiting
01:00:53
Speaker
right. Well, um anything else ah striking your fancy in the world of college football? is or or of a I know there's ah basketball starting to make its ah ah headlines. of I mean, ah they're already talking around here recruiting for next year. They're already talking about guys coming in. and And this is the time of year when the basketball programs – um They bring a lot of their recruits in to watch the football team um because it's, I think, I think one, because just ah it's a, it's a more,
01:01:29
Speaker
more college atmosphere at the football game than it is at a basketball game. It's an impressive atmosphere, sure. Yeah, because you've got the you've got the marching band. You've got all the tailgating. You've got, you know, 40, 50, 60, whatever thousand-seat stadium you got.
01:01:46
Speaker
You know, um rabid fans just kind of yelling and screaming. So i think I think that's why they do a lot of bringing all the basketball recruits. And we just had one they brought in. Big seven footer over this last ah visit here over this this week, and this past weekend. So I know yeah you hearing any house, Missouri, any rumblings down there on on. Well, I don't know. I'm not sure what to expect this year. They got next year coming in. They got two blue star.
01:02:18
Speaker
recruits coming in. And I think, I think Dennis Gates is building a program. I'm not sure how good they'll be this year, but the SEC is pretty tough. I mean, I think they'll probably make the NCAA tournament probably, but he's building.
01:02:32
Speaker
So he's got a good recruit. He's got that. They say the number one recruiting class coming in for next year. So already. Wow. Good. all um So they think he's, so he's doing well. The only thing we didn't talk about Don is we had two coaches fired. I think the guy,
01:02:47
Speaker
UCLA was fired by the football coach at UCLA. He was an alum. He played for them. He got fired this week. are they They got beat by, I forgot who they got beat by. We should know this.
01:03:05
Speaker
And then I see there was another one that got fired this week.
01:03:11
Speaker
you Hang on. i'm look I'm kind of trying to look it up right now here. to Here we go. I found it. Let's see. um
01:03:25
Speaker
Deshaun Foster was fired at UCLA and Brent Fry was fired at Virginia Tech. That's right. Virginia Tech got fired. They both had bad losses. They've had bad, so far had a bad start of the season. So they went ahead released those two guys. We'll see in two weeks when we get back together, Don, who the other hot seeders will be. that we may We may have some more.
01:03:50
Speaker
We never know. Well, according to this MSN article, um they've listed a few coaches on the hot seat. Mike Gundy at Oklahoma State. Yeah.
01:04:00
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We already talked about Billy Napier down in Florida, him being on a hot seat. ah Tony Elliott at Virginia. And these these these these are guys are saying urgently needing wins. So Tony Elliott at Virginia, Sam Pittman at Arkansas.
01:04:18
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Yeah. Joey McGuire at Texas Tech. And Trent Dilfer at UAB. ah They say Luke feckl Fickle might be in trouble at Wisconsin. i think he i think he definitely is.
01:04:32
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um Dave Dorn, NC State. Dave Arnada, Baylor. Now, why would he be on the hot seat after they just beat SMU? I don't understand. you that'm not being older Yeah, that might be an older list. I don't know. He might be. Like I said, in two weeks, we'll have a clear picture. so Well, it's got him. It actually does have them but have the right record, so I'm not sure. Maybe they're worried about the Big Ten play coming up. but um and Venables at Oklahoma, he could definitely use a we a win this weekend for sure.
01:05:00
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um so And then hugh freeze it all Hugh Freeze is always on the hot seat. I don't get It's kind of like a hot bam but they cook it's kind like Alabama. You could be 9-3 and you're on the hot seat. Well, you can win a national championship at Auburn. If you don't win it the next year, you're in trouble. so that's Yeah, exactly right.
01:05:19
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but that's why that's that's why That's why I'm going to be curious to see if Ryan Day doesn't doesn't repeat what he did last year, how Ohio State fans are going to. mean, they wanted to fire him last year before the playoffs started. Right.
01:05:31
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You know. Anyway. All right. Well, um I think that'll wrap it up for us then. yeah. I want to let everybody know that check out Gateway Sports. You're there. You can find a lot of articles and podcasts. You can find the two for three with Moose Michaels.
01:05:48
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You can find the team of rivals with Ron, Pete, and Elliott. Ron also gets together Chris Hamilton for the um At the Park. It's all about city soccer.
01:06:00
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ah You have the Stupid at Sports Show on Earth with rat Rodney Capel and Tim Van Stratton. And then there is the ever popular Derek King show with the one and only Derek King. And I don't know if you, if you watched his last episode, uh, Russ, uh, it was, um, kind of a somber one. He was, and, and, and I must, I must say, uh, uh, I want to pass out, um, condolences from our show, uh, to the Charlie Kirk's family.
01:06:29
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uh, that, that, And I'll echo a lot of people. There is no place for that type of violence just because you've got a differing opinion with somebody.
01:06:43
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um You know, I think but he had a very somber, somber show. And he wasn't 100 percent wrong on how he how he approached it is that that, you know, we all talk. We all have these forums.
01:06:55
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We all have different points of view. um You know, let's just ah call it what it is and say thank you for your opinion and move on. I mean, I don't i don't understand the whole um getting that full-servicely upset with somebody. but But anyway, so check out those programs and more on Gatewaysports.net.
01:07:18
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ah And you can find this show on that on that form. You can also find it on Spotify.com. if that's so If you're listening to it now, you're probably listening to it on Spotify.
01:07:29
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ah And you can find me also at the Gateway Sports and at the Champagne Room, ChampagneRoom.com, doing some article football articles there for University of Illinois.
01:07:45
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And Russ, we can find you where? Well, on X, I'm ah Uncle Frank, FRF Robinson, one, nine, five, seven. I'm on Blue Sky, Russ 57.
01:07:56
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And I float around the Mizzou Facebook groups. You may see me there. So that's where I'm at. And I forgot my X account is TSOTBGCS.
01:08:08
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So, all right. So for Russ Robinson and my, this is Don Glenn. We are happy you joined us tonight. So until we meet again, stay safe, have fun. We'll talk to you next time on the NCAA report with Don and Russ.
01:08:23
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Good night, everybody.