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Week 10 Preview
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In this episode, Colton and Will break down a very exciting Week 10 slate, give their Locks of the Week, and wrap up with a few discussions about Iowa, conference standings, and the latest CFP poll
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Podcast Introduction and Week 10 Preview
00:00:01
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In today's trouble with the snap, Colton and I will be looking at a pretty loaded and very exciting week 10 slated games before jumping into our new locks of the week before finally wrapping up the show with a few discussion points. Roll the intro.
00:00:38
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Now he breaks it down and rolls out, rising. Step up and gets absolutely demolished.
Personal Stories and Class Experiences
00:01:03
Speaker
Alright everybody, welcome back to the latest episode of Trouble with the Snap. As always, I'm Will, joined by my absolute academic weapon of a partner and counterpart.
00:01:15
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I mean, he's such an academic weapon, he puts himself on waiting lists for classes. He's just that guy. But anyways, I'm of course speaking about Mr. Colton Deutsch. Colton, how are you doing today, boss?
00:01:25
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We're doing pretty well. We had a little bit of class registration hiccups that were not my fault, but that have been early on in the morning, but I've since moved from 22nd on the wait list to second somehow in a matter of about six, seven hours. So as long as we can get off that wait list sometime in the next three months, I think everything is going to be all right. Then I just had a class and I had a presentation and it's pretty much the weekend for me. What about you?
00:01:51
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I'm just chilling. Same thing as you. I woke up early this morning to do registration. However, I was not put on a wait list like that. I guess I just don't take my academics as serious as you. But no, I just had registration, and that went about as smooth as I could have hoped for. And after that, I just got up, went to class, had the lecture portion of paintball today. And after that, I had a little bit of math. And after class, just came home to my apartment, and here we are.
00:02:21
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Is there a paintball final? I think there is actually, cause there's a kinesiology class, of course, um, but it just happens to be centered around paintball. But at the same time, the lectures we have on Thursdays are like nothing to do with paintball at all. Um, so I'm pretty sure there's a, like a final, like overall, the kinesiology stuff we've done in the classroom this year. That's a niche. Your professor is probably awesome. Oh, he's a really nice guy. Professor Gomez, great guy. He's actually, uh,
00:02:51
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I don't think he's a true professional, but he's damn near close of a professional paintball player. The dude is an absolute weapon on the paintball field on Tuesdays. It's crazy. Does he always win?
00:03:03
Speaker
Oh, yeah. Well, he actually he's so good. He gives referees for us. But he's shown us like clips of him back in his prime and from a couple of years ago, whatnot. The dude is absolutely insane. And he shows up to class every day or every Tuesday with like a custom mask. Like his his goggles look like sunglasses and he has a custom like painted paintball gun with like it. I can't even describe it because I wouldn't even know what I'm talking about. But
00:03:31
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Long story short, the dude is, he's a dog. How do you wrap in paintball? How do you what? Oh, how do you ref? You look to see if it's mainly to see if someone's been hit or not, because you know, you have, even though whenever you get hit by a paintball and it splatters all over you, you will still have quite a few dishonest people in that game. I'm not saying always, but that, that definitely tends to happen. And so you mainly ref to see if someone has been hit and you call them out or someone's
00:03:58
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breaking any kinds of rules. Another thing too I didn't realize though is that since we're playing on a small confined field, it's called airball technically. So it's a lot smaller than us actually going into the woods and shooting up around old RVs and school buses and whatnot.
00:04:18
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A thing I didn't notice is that people on the sidelines who are waiting for the next game, they are not allowed to say anything about the game that's going on. They can't be like, oh, there's an enemy around this corner for one team because that would give them an unfair advantage. So I guess it totally makes sense to me, but I just didn't realize that going into class that that was something you'd have to look out for. Did you ever win? Yeah, I win. Oh, yeah. Colton, I'm undefeated. I'm like the Nick Saban to paintball this year.
00:04:45
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Wow, the Nick Saban to paintball. I know. Paintball or the LeBron. Yeah, I'm killing it, dude. No pun intended. Wow. You might have to go back if there's a part two, if there was like an advanced class, an honors paintball class. Well, I don't know. I might want to give all the other students a little time off from their ass getting whooped every day or every Tuesday. So we'll see. You're so selfless. I know. Humble brag.
Game Predictions and Analysis
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Yes, we hop into some matchups this weekend.
00:05:12
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Yeah, let's do it. How about you lead us off with a pretty notable game in the big 10 this year, this week? Let's start with the number one ranked Ohio State Buckeyes here. They travel to Piscataway to face six and two Rutgers, which is pretty surprising until you realize that their schedule is actually pretty back loaded. And I can probably see them finishing seven and five or six and six.
00:05:34
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Here we'll see if Ohio State is ready to play and that their offense can look a little bit better than last week. I think really the key for Ohio State is finding a way in these next three games to get their offensive column record more up to speed so that they can be ready to face the Michigan Wolverines. As far as this game goes, I don't really see any way that Rutgers could win unless maybe a Raptors kind of swoops in and takes out the Buckeyes team. But aside from that happening,
00:05:59
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or mediating the stadium, I don't really see any way that the Buckeyes don't come out in here with a pretty convincing way. Yeah, I totally agree with you. Kind of a bit of a, in my opinion, a bit of like a sneaky uniform matchup. I mean, I know they're both red, like fire trucks, but I don't know. There's just something special about that Ohio State uniform. Anytime you see it on the field, whether it's all white with the silver helmets, or if it's red, like red and white, whatnot, so on and so forth, they always look so sharp.
00:06:25
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Rutgers of course you know they've certainly had quite a few good looking uniforms in the past but either way I'm right there with you I mean Ohio State just came in number one this past a few days ago in the CFP rankings for a reason and I think there's absolutely no way that they don't take care of business on Saturday.
00:06:44
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Alright, let's dive into a pretty big game here for, I guess the ACC, even though Notre Dame, excuse me, the game I'm talking about is Notre Dame Clemson. I was about to say a pretty big conference ACC game, but then I remember Notre Dame football's independent compared to every other Notre Dame team who's in the ACC, so apologies for that. But anyways, pretty huge game regardless of any way you look at it.
00:07:06
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You have number 15, Notre Dame taking on a 4-4 Clemson team in Death Valley. That just doesn't really roll off the tongue all too well. Long story short, I think Notre Dame will walk out of this game victorious. They're 7-2. The boys are feeling pretty good.
00:07:24
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Clemson is still like this has been definitely their worst season and probably a good part of a decade I would say. I mean we're all used to the dominating Clemson teams of the past and you know we were definitely expecting that going into this season somewhat and they have been the exact opposite of what they've looked like in the past and you know Notre Dame is still Notre Dame. You know Sam Hartman's been playing some really good football so far
00:07:48
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And I certainly think that he will do enough to get the job done against Clemson on Saturday against a really scuffling Tigers team. Yeah, I'm with you. As far as this matchup goes, I just I don't really see how Clemson is going to score very many points. Their offense has just been very out of whack. Just things just don't look good there for Clemson and Dabo. And yeah, even at home, maybe they play pretty inspired brand of football, but I just don't really see them winning this game.
00:08:18
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All right, Colton, uh, you want to lead us off or not lead us off, but you want to jump into, uh, arguably your biggest game of the week. Yeah. So let's look at one of two to three match ups later this week that we will get to that are going to probably decide who plays in the big 12 championship game. We have Kansas state come into Austin to face the Longhorns. This is.
00:08:37
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Very interesting game. It actually kind of reminds me a lot of how I felt going into last year's game against Kansas State where Texas was coming off a couple games where, or at least there were kind of some things with Texas that made you question them and Kansas State was playing some really good football. Longhorns went in there and only won by seven, but they were really in control for most of that game. And as far as this one goes, I think if Texas had Quinn Ewers, I'd feel really good about this game, but they obviously don't. They're starting Malik Murphy. And I think this game is ultimately gonna come down
00:09:05
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to who's gonna be able to score the most points in the red zone and capitalize and really comes down to turnovers. And ultimately in this game, I just, I gotta go with the Wildcats. I think the Kansas state is playing better football right now. I simply trust their quarterbacks more than I do Malik Murphy and Longhorns arguably their biggest weakness this year has been in the red zone. So we'll see. I think that there's still a path for Texas to win this game. I don't think that obviously the Longhorns are favored. So
00:09:32
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It's definitely not an upset at the Longhorns to win. I just think it's going to take a pretty good game for Texas to win that. And I just can't really trust a freshman in his second start to get that one done. So I'm going to roll with the Wildcats there, but I hope I'm wrong.
00:09:46
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Alright, so if you don't mind, I'm going to take a little pivot into my biggest game of the week. Of course, I'm talking about the A&M at Ole Miss game in Oxford. You know, pretty big, huge test for A&M, I would say, no question. You know, this absolutely, undoubtedly is their biggest road game up to this point in the season. You know, you can look at Miami Week 2.
00:10:06
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and say that was as of right now, but that was just, that was still week two and everyone was still trying to figure out who they kind of are as teams, what works, what doesn't. But we're already into the true nuts and bolts parts of the schedule, or excuse me, we're into the meat and potatoes of the schedule, excuse me. We're already in the full swing of things, no question. And so this will really determine what type of team you ultimately have.
00:10:34
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As for this game, from an A&M perspective, it's certainly a scary game, no question. Anytime you go to Ole Miss, you go to the Grove, you take on the Rebels, it's always going to be a pretty tough game, especially with the whole kind of Lane Kip and Jimbo Fisher beef off the field or just kind of
00:10:51
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You know, have they taken little subtle jabs at each other over the past few off seasons and during the season? This will certainly be a very interesting game for bragging rights, no question. But as for the Aggies, I think this game will ultimately come down to just how well the offensive line plays.
00:11:08
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Because it's not a question of if A&M has skill guys or if A&M has an experienced quarterback or if A&M has good running backs. It's never been a question about that. It's always been a question of how well the offensive line can play on any given Saturday. And obviously up to this point in the season, they just have been atrocious at times.
00:11:27
Speaker
But at the same time, some of the biggest bright spots that we've had on offense this season have come when the offensive line actually gives our quarterback Max Johnson a bit of time to deliver the ball and that plays develop. So I'm hoping for quite a bit of that on Saturday. However, that's not the most probable outcome.
00:11:45
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Anyways the thing that will most certainly keep anime in this game like how it has Pretty much every single game up to this point win or loss. It will be the Aggie defense That Aggie defense is playing out of their minds right now It's truly like the wrecking crew that of the 80s and 90s whatnot It's like they came back for one more season because they're playing that well and
00:12:05
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Of course, they're led by junior linebacker, Edgeron Cooper, who, as I mentioned in the latest episode, if I were choosing, I would give him the Dick Butkus award tomorrow. No question he's playing that well. So it'll be really interesting to see just what they can do against, you know, a pretty good quarterback who's having a pretty good year this year, and Jackson Dart in a running back who is an absolute stud in Quinshawn Judkins. You know, I know Quinshawn Judkins is not having
00:12:32
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I guess necessarily like the most electric or flashy year by statistic, statistic wise, but at the same time he is still without a doubt one of the best running backs in the conference. However, one of A&M's biggest defensive strengths is how they stop the run. But anyways, ultimately, when it comes down to it, if I had to make a choice in this game,
00:12:52
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I certainly see this game will be close just because of how good the Aggie defense is. But I kind of like what Colton just did a moment ago. I ultimately think I will have to rock with Ole Miss as much as it hurts me to say that. I'd much rather be correct on my game pick than lead y'all astray with the biased A&M choice. So I unfortunately will roll with the Rebels here. But I think they'll get it done pretty late in the game. I don't think there will be a commanding lead or anything like that.
00:13:23
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It's always good for television when it's a Lane, Kiffin, Jimbo, Fisher matchup. Of course, no question.
Team Performance and Strategy Discussions
00:13:29
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Wait, real quick. Another thing I want to address just really quickly about the A&M offense as well is this team has not scored a touchdown in the second half of a game in like six weeks. And I have no idea why.
00:13:42
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They've only been able to manage field goals in those games. And it's, you know, you kind of talked about how Texas struggles in the red zone, like that's kind of being your Achilles heel. Our second half struggles on offense have been our Achilles heel up to this point this season. And I just don't understand why. Because, you know, they can play an absolute lights out first half on offense. And then they go in and make adjustments at the half. And they go backwards. They don't go forwards. And it just makes no sense.
00:14:10
Speaker
You would think you'd be able to kind of wear teams down as the game goes on to make it easier. Yeah. And well, it's A&M and nothing ever really makes sense when we're talking about them in football. Who knows? Maybe we'll see a change this week. Let's.
00:14:23
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Let's look at a big ACC game. Virginia Tech goes to Papa John Stadium to play the Cardinals, and might be kind of under the radar there, but Brent Pry has his Virginia Tech rebuild. Even though they're 4-4, they are in second place for the ACC. They're tied, or they're 3-1 in conference, and Louisville's 4-1, but this is a pretty big game here to see who can get the right to most likely play Florida State, who's probably locked into the championship game.
00:14:48
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As far as Virginia Tech goes, they made a quarterback switch early in the year. They went to Kyron Drones, a Baylor transfer who actually went to Shadow Creek. Shout out to Brian Gordon. But yeah, I think Jeff Brom's done a great job this year and I think that at home he's going to get it done. And look, Louisville got pretty lucky with their schedule in the ACC. We talked about it in the preseason, but credit to Brom. If he's able to get them to eight and one, you can only play who you play. So I think the Cardinals get it done here and they're on a fast track to Charlotte.
00:15:17
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Let's take a look at an SEC game that probably decides the SEC East as well. We have Missouri going between the hedges to play Georgia.
00:15:25
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I think we talked about it whenever Brock Bowers went down. Curious to see if this Georgia offense can hold up if they get into any sort of shootout. I think Mizzou's the one team on their schedule that actually could pose that type of threat with Brady Cote, Cody Schrader, and their receivers that they have on the outside with their burden, Dio Wiese, Wookie Cooper inside. And yeah, ultimately, I think that Carson Beck has played really well this year, and he's kind of shown an ability that he can really put up points if need be. And the Georgia defense, I don't really see them giving up too many points. This feels like one of those games
00:15:53
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where it seems like it happens with Kentucky every other year. I think it happened earlier this year where you feel like this could be kind of a trap game or a game where Georgia is kind of taken down to the wire and then they end up just completely crushing them. And I think that Georgia's defense is probably in some other zoo.
00:16:10
Speaker
You know, I would love for this game to be an absolute trap game. I really would. I would love to see one of college football's mightiest heroes the past few years just completely go down like this. However, Georgia is just inevitable. These past few years, they've proven it. They're proven winners, obviously back-to-back national champs, things like that.
00:16:32
Speaker
Even with the new quarterback and with your best offensive weapon out, they are still finding ways to win. And they are still finding ways to put up quite a bit of points. And so you pair that with their always locked down defense for the most part that they have. There's a reason why they're so successful no matter who they're playing against. And I'm right there with you. I think Carson Beck has been playing really well.
00:16:57
Speaker
Over the past three to four games whatnot, I feel like I remember at the beginning of the season We were kind of shaking our heads a little bit kind of like, you know, what the hell's this guy doing? He's got to figure it out quick and I I'm pretty confident saying this dude figured it out So with the way they're playing right now, they're still undefeated. No question. I don't really care who they line up against on Saturday I will take the dogs in this game hands down. No question as for Missouri though, I
00:17:22
Speaker
Great season up to this point. 7-1, you ranked 12th in the first CFP poll. Your quarterback, Mr. Cook's putting up a ton of numbers. Luther Bird is having a complete breakout campaign. I mean, you never know. They could definitely come out and shock the world on Saturday. But at the same time, it is still Georgia, and they are still in Athens. So that's going to be tough for anybody. I don't care who your coach is. I don't care how well your team's playing.
00:17:51
Speaker
With that all being said, I'm certainly taking the dogs in this game. I think this game will be a lot like that Georgia Tennessee game last year, actually. That would be fun. Yeah. It's just kind of like a team comes in and you think that they really have it all together offensively. And they do against 99% of opponents, but against Georgia, it just isn't going to happen. It's just different. Yeah. We'll see. I hope it's a close one because this Mizzou team is actually a pretty good team, I think, and they're playing well. But we'll see. I think I'm with you. The dogs are inevitable.
00:18:21
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Let's look at another potential Big 12 semi-final. We've got Bedlam here, the last iteration of it for probably quite a while. Yeah, the Sooners go to Stillwater, Boone, Pigeon Stadium is going to be rockin'. I wish this was a mike game, actually. You know Mike Gundy really wants this game.
00:18:39
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I do think we talked about, I think college football fans will talk trash and call their rivals little brother and stuff from time to time. And that's all fun and games here. But in this case, I actually think it's true. I mean, Oklahoma owns this series and it's not particularly close. I mean, OU leads the series 91 to 19, I believe.
00:19:04
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It's pretty, yeah, 91 to 19. And it honestly feels like in these games, Oklahoma State, it's normally pretty close. And then Gundy and this whole team, they kind of just can't really handle it at the big moments here. But I don't know. This is not a great matchup for the Sooners. I think, I mean, Danny Stutzman, he got dinged up at the end of the Kansas game. Oh, you, as we mentioned, it really struggles to run the ball here and.
00:19:27
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Dylan Gabriel has looked a little bit dinged up of late. Some of his passes are floating a little bit more than usual. Oklahoma State has kind of figured it out here with Ollie Gordon. I mean, we'll talk about Jonathan Brooks, and he's having a great year, but Ollie Gordon is having a fantastic year at running back. Alan Bowman's playing well with the ball, and Oklahoma State is playing well of late. I think Oklahoma State finds a way to get it done here. I think Gundy's going to really want this one, and I think it's going to be a pretty gussy performance, kind of like that 2021 game. Yeah, I think that the pokes get their 20th win all time in bedlam, and they do it at a great time.
00:19:59
Speaker
Let's take a look at another big Big 12 game here, because Iowa State has one loss in conference. They're part of that five-way tie. Kansas just beat Oklahoma, as everyone knows. But they actually have two losses here. They go to Ames at night. Night games in November in Ames are never fun. Credit to Matt Campbell after that early loss to a Mac team. I forget which one it was. But they're playing some better ball of late. Rocco Beck, the young guys, making some plays there. And John Heacock has that defense rolling. I don't know. I think Kansas finds a way here.
00:20:29
Speaker
I think it'll be pretty close. It'll be tough, but I like what I've seen from Jason Bean. I think he's going to be able to use his legs a bit and Ken's going to establish a run on this patented 335. I think that the Jayhawks have a good shot at getting this one done. Well, what do you like from a Washington USC?
00:20:48
Speaker
I'm pumped for this game. This is certainly, aside from, you know, Washington, Oregon, this was probably going to be one of the biggest games of the Pac-12 this season. No questions asked. Very intriguing matchup on paper. You know, you have two of the best quarterbacks in all of college football matching up. And anytime you have that going on at all, it'll always make for some fireworks and just a lot of offensive.
00:21:11
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offensive plays and things like that. So I'm hoping that'll certainly be the case on Saturday. As for this game, looking at the line right now, Washington, I know the game is in LA, it's in the Coliseum, but Washington still is a three-point favorite. And somehow, somewhere, some little troll in the depths of Las Vegas just happens to know all of these lines because they almost always cash. Anyways,
00:21:39
Speaker
I know Washington in these past few weeks has not looked like the old Washington to start the season. But at the same time, I still think Michael Penix will do a damn good job against this USC team. I feel very confident in saying that Washington will get this job done, even though they're on the road. And especially considering just how bad USC's defense is, I think Washington will have a field day.
00:22:08
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against that defense however at the same time though you know Caleb Williams is no slouch and you know he has always been known to pretty much no matter how how how far down his team may be or how far up his team may be as well he's always been kind of known to well excuse me
00:22:27
Speaker
No matter how down his team may be, he always kind of finds a way to lead like a late charge like that to get him right back in the game. Um, so ultimately though, I don't, I don't think he can lead that strong of a charge. I think Washington will take care of business in the Coliseum on Saturday. So I'm actually going to pick the traditions here.
00:22:47
Speaker
And I don't know because look, I think that USC is really soft. Their offensive line is a problem and their defense is a problem. But this is college football and Michael Benex has been a little bit dinged up. He still got it back together last week. And I don't know, their defense has had some struggles. I think they've been kind of playing on the edge. And I don't know, I think this is one of those games where
00:23:11
Speaker
Caleb gets the ball last and he's going to be the hero. So we'll see. Funny enough, USC, in spite of how much we all kind of, you know, make fun of them and ridicule them, they actually only have one conference loss. So in theory, if they win this game, their position, which is, which is pretty crazy considering how much they've struggled, but yeah, I don't know. I think USC finds a way to get it done in the Coliseum.
00:23:35
Speaker
Let's look at another pack 12 match at UCLA, goes to Tucson, Arizona coming off that big, big time win there. I don't know. For me in this game, look, UCLA is playing some really good defense. They've got some making sissies at the quarterback spot there, whether it's Dante Moore and now Ethan Garver is, I mean, it's kind of just, it's been a bit of a mess there, which is a shame because they're playing some really good defense. But I like what I've seen from no Fafita and the Wildcats. I think they're going to find a way to get the win here at home and Jed Fish is going to have them at six and three.
00:24:05
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Alright, let's finally dive into, I would say, the biggest game of the weekend, hands down. That's LSU. That would be LSU traveling to Tuscaloosa to take on the University of Alabama, Crimson Tide. As we all know, whenever these two teams meet on the football field, something crazy always happens. You know, we saw last year at that overtime, was it double overtime or single overtime? I think it was double last year, wasn't it?
00:24:34
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I think he was single I think they just elected to go for two okay well anyways they still want to overtime like that and we all remember in 2019 LSU walked in there rolled the tide right out of their own building however
00:24:50
Speaker
Long story short, these teams, whenever they get together, it's absolutely nuts. And like always, whenever they do get together towards the end of the season, it always seems to be like the SEC West, the fate of the SEC West division is pretty much dependent on the result of this game. And that is certainly the case this year as well.
00:25:15
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So, I mean, it's a night game for Bama and Tuscaloosa, so that's always a huge advantage for them. Although LSU is playing very well, Jaden Daniels, he's been looking really good as of recently, so on and so forth. And you look at Bama, you know, Jalen Milrow himself has also been looking a little bit better recently. He's really starting to figure it out somewhat down the stretch here this season, although he still has like the same two to three plays, QB draw, 50 yard bomb down the field and scramble and throw the ball outside
00:25:44
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scramble and throw the ball out of bounds. But anyways, I really don't know who to take as a pick in this game, Colton. I'm not sure. I think Alabama's the more glaring choice. But at the same time, I could also see LSU taking care of business in this game as well. So I... You gotta make a pick. I know, I know I do. Shoot.
00:26:11
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But I mean, you don't have to, it's just more fun. No, I'm going to make one. Hell with it. Give me Bama. I like Bama in this game. Yeah, I'll take Bama. I mean, these are the top two teams in the SEC West. But as I've been saying off and on throughout the entire year, I will never bet against a Nick Saban team. I will never bet against an Alabama-led Nick Saban team as long as he's their coach. And I am standing true to my word on that.
00:26:38
Speaker
You know, look, I'm with you. This game, this game is really hard to pick. I mean, it's pretty interesting because you have a Bama defense that has been really, really good this year. And you mentioned their offense is still figuring it out. They're playing a lot better. They're still not great by, you know, by any means, but you have an LSU offense, which is awesome. I mean, Jayden Daniels this year is.
00:26:58
Speaker
Fantastic. We talked about potential Heisman guys last week, and we forgot to mention Jaden Daniels. He has 30 touchdowns total and three picks this year. And he's really been kind of- Absolutely bawling out, yeah. Yeah. He's kind of been everything for them, really. And it's pretty impressive because I never- I would say he's pretty good, but I never really thought that he could truly be, you know, I guess kind of the straw that stirs the entire drink there for the Tigers on offense.
00:27:23
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If you look at it here, and this LSU defense is just terrible. So the whole interesting matchup here, I wonder if LSU, if they can even do this, how, because obviously A&M has a good defense, but in that A&M Bama game, I mean, Jermaine Burton had, what, 200 receiving yards, but they only scored 26 points. So it's not like he was some sort of dominant offensive performance there. By the tie, obviously, LSU's defense is much, it must have worked, is much, much worse. But I don't know. I think LSU desperation mode here, I think that,
00:27:53
Speaker
They find a way, I think they're the better quarterback and it might not make that much sense because they're going to have other defenses, but I think.
00:27:59
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I think also you can score on pretty much anyone. So I'm wrong with the Tigers here. I like that. I like that a lot. All right. That'll just about wrap up all of our games for our preview rate, whatnot. So now it's time for everyone's favorite segment, our locks of the week, or as I should call them, the suggestions of the week because we haven't had too much success in recent memory.
Betting Insights and Risky Picks
00:28:24
Speaker
Colson, how about you lead us off here?
00:28:26
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Yeah, mine may as well be the do not take these games of the week because. Take the other take the other line. Take the opposite. I think I'm 0 and 6 the last few weeks.
00:28:38
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but we're not gonna talk about that. We're on to a new week. We have a game here on Thursday night. I'm loving Texas Tech guns up here, minus two and a half at home against TC Horned Frogs. You kind of thought the Horned Frogs had something figured out there when they put in Josh Hoover in the short BYU until you realize that BYU is absolutely terrible and TCU not very good this year. I think we kind of expected them to take a step back, but this has been pretty drastic off that national championship.
00:29:08
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appearance last year and Texas Tech is no longer starting Jake Strong because they got buried more and back from injury. Tajik Brooks is having a sneaky good year here. It's Shane the Tech so bad for his sake. But yeah, I think Tech gets it done here by more than two and a half points. My other lock
00:29:24
Speaker
I'm going against Boulder again and I have to preface, I have no problem with Boulder. I think Dion is doing a good job and I figured they would struggle this year. But yeah, Boulder kind of did me dirty last week. They ended up covering. But look, I'm really concerned about Shidder Sanders. I mean, he's probably going to get sacked close to 10 times this game.
00:29:44
Speaker
This defense isn't any good. And DJ and this Oregon State offense can score enough that I think they can win by a two-touch shot. So give me the Red Raiders, and give me the Beavers, lock it in, go to Vegas. OK, so my two locks of the week. I'll start with my more risky one, first off. You and I talked about this game just a moment ago. We previewed it. I'm taking Washington minus three on the road at USC in the Coliseum.
00:30:12
Speaker
As I mentioned, you know, just how bad USC's defense has been up to this point and their offensive line and a lot of other contributing factors. But mainly the defense, just how bad they've been up to this point and just how good Michael Penix can be at times. I feel like this, I feel pretty confident in this one. So that's why I'm gonna roll with the Huskies in this game even though they're on the road.
00:30:36
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taking on of course another stout opponent I'm still like in the Huskies minus three now that's my that's my more risky pick my absolute safe and complete lock of the week you know I they
00:30:52
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They don't call it gambling when you know you're going to win, right? So the next pick I'm taking, you probably all know where I'm going as soon as I say the first team. That would be Iowa at Northwestern. I am taking the under all day minus 30 and a half, which I believe sets. If it doesn't set it, then it's damn near knocking down the door of it. That would be the all time lowest over and under ever recorded by sports books.
00:31:18
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Um, which is utterly insane. Anyways, um, I, I'm not taking, I'm not taking either team outright like this. I'm just strictly here for the over and under. And I'm certainly hammering that under, especially with this game being in Wrigley, kind of a different obviously a base. It's a baseball stadium. It's not a football stadium. So it's different dimensions, just things like that. Um, yeah, I'm taking the under in this game. And I feel like everyone else probably should as well.
00:31:44
Speaker
I think that'll probably help segue from my locks of the week, which y'all should all hammer.
Coaching Changes and Future Speculations
00:31:51
Speaker
And we're going to segue into the big news here that came out a couple of days ago with Iowa electing to announce that they will be letting go of offensive coordinator and head coach's son, Brian Farrens, at the conclusion of this 2023 season.
00:32:07
Speaker
I mean, this seems like something that honestly should have happened years ago. And we all like to have fun with it with the whole contract stipulation of having to score 25 points per game. But let's be honest, that was really embarrassing and a total joke. And frankly, he was never even going to hit that point. I don't think anyone even thought he was going to be able to hit that without immense help from a special teams and defense. And so, yeah, I mean, the interesting thing about this is, obviously,
00:32:36
Speaker
You don't want to fire your son. And it sounds like this came from the athletic director and actually the interim athletic director for Iowa, which is a pretty bold move on her part. But I like it. I mean. She wants winning football. I respect the move. Yeah. And so I actually watched the press conference that they held. And it was really, really awkward and uncomfortable. I mean, Kirk Farrens was saying some stuff
00:33:05
Speaker
kind of to the, it was kind of like he was saying something like, however long I've been here with the 30, 40 years, we've always made decisions. At the end of the season, after doing evaluations, and this was a far cry from that, something like that, just really hinting it came out of the athletic director's office. And then someone even asked him, do you think this is going to affect your relationship with,
00:33:32
Speaker
athletic director and he kind of dodged a question and just went on some tangent about in the military there's always a chain of command and so he understands there's a chain of command. So yeah, Farron's also made a statement yesterday saying that he's planning on being the head coach there next year but this kind of feels like the beginning of the end even if it was most definitely the right move for the Hawkeyes but funny enough the Hawkeyes are still right in position to make the Big Ten championships so once the end of the year plays out for them.
00:34:02
Speaker
Yeah, no question. I mean, obviously, as you were saying, the jokes about Iowa's offense, they have been such a constant in the college football world for the better part of five plus seasons. And so, you know, it was funny at first, and I'm sure there were even Iowa fans who got a pretty good laugh out of it. But ultimately, after you do something over and over again like that, it's just the definition of insanity, and they're constantly living that on offense.
00:34:29
Speaker
Um, so even though as painful as it may be, as you were just saying, I absolutely believe it is the right move. 100%. No questions asked. Um,
00:34:40
Speaker
I mean, I was always been known for an incredible and just stout defense, but no offense, at least in my mind. That's how I've always known them. So, you know, who's to say just how far this program and this team can really go if they actually have a competent offense that can score more than just 25 points a game like that?
00:35:01
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you pair that with a really solid defense, then you may have a recipe for one of the best teams in the Big 10, if not the country, once everything is officially firing on all cylinders. However, that clearly is not the case this year, even though they're still right in the thick of it, it feels like they're having a pretty damn good successful year, if you look at the record. But ultimately, this is weird as it may be, or as awkward as it might have been with the whole process going down. I do think that this is the right move 100%, no questions asked.
00:35:32
Speaker
Yeah. And I'm curious to see, cause obviously while I don't think Brian Farrens was a good OC, I think some of Kirk Farrens kind of offensive philosophy also played into how bad and stagnant their offense was. But yeah, we'll see. I mean, like we'll mention, I mean, I know you mentioned this court more than, than 25. I mean, if they were even able to score 20 a game.
00:35:54
Speaker
They would probably go 11-1 this year and they probably would have won a couple more big 10 championships. They would at least have appeared in some more championship games and maybe made it competitive against that kind of top three of Ohio State Penn State in Michigan. This was kind of just a long time coming.
00:36:13
Speaker
You definitely feel bad for him, for Brian and for Kirk having to see his son go. But at the end of the day, this is a multimillion dollar state university, and he was running like the family business. So it was time for a change. Absolutely. I mean, that's just the thing, though, man, is that truly I really believe that the limit for the Iowa football program is through the roof. I mean, it's sky high. There's no telling just how far this program can go once they actually figure out how to play offense. But until then,
00:36:42
Speaker
They'll always be limited to having an incredible defense and no one on offense, and that'll only get you so far every year as we've all seen. So I'm really hoping that the Hawkeyes can turn it around.
00:36:57
Speaker
I've always kind of liked the Hawkeyes mainly because my favorite color is yellow and they're like they predominantly feature yellow and black in their uniform. So I always thought they had cool unis. But anyways, I just think it would be awesome for them to actually have a competent offense. And Lord knows all the fans of Iowa and the students at Iowa would be absolutely thrilled if they could actually put up a few points in football games going forward. I mean, Iowa's DC Phil Parker makes $595,000 a year. They should probably double that.
00:37:27
Speaker
Uh, yeah, because their defense is insane, but yeah, we'll see how it plays out. I mean, I also tend to think that, I mean, look, like her friends probably wasn't going to be the head coach there for much longer anyway, just due to his age. But I think this is, this is probably the beginning of the end there. I just think it's, it's going to get pretty awkward, but I hope they continue to win football games. Cause I actually hopped on the Iowa bandwagon when they were starting to go undefeated in 2015, actually went to that victim championship game. So shout out to my Guido for taking me to that one. That was, that was a lot of fun, but.
00:37:57
Speaker
Yeah, I'm with you. Always room for the Hawkeyes there, but we'll have to see how it plays out there. But the funniest thing that, undoubtedly, that Iowa can do is put up 50 points this weekend on Northwestern.
00:38:08
Speaker
That would be the funniest thing that could ever happen. If they actually are able to do that, and obviously, if they did that, my under would not cash by any means. I would be more happy that my under didn't cash if they do it in that kind of resounding fashion than it would be if it cashed by one point, if that makes sense. I would love to see Iowa just tee off like that, but I just don't think they have
00:38:33
Speaker
They have the ability to do that as long as you know, they have I Can't even think of his name right now. I'm sorry I'm drawing a blank as long as their offensive coordinator who they're letting go is still there I mean clearly he is till the end of the season, but Yeah, I would love nothing more for them to just tee off but that's just it's just not gonna happen Yeah, that is definitely not very likely. Do you want to look at conferences first or the playoffs? I
00:38:59
Speaker
Uh, that's a good question. Let's just do, uh, let's just do the playoffs. Cause that just happened a couple of days ago.
College Football Playoff Rankings and Scenarios
00:39:04
Speaker
Um, so the first iteration of the playoff rankings for 2023 was released. It goes as followed Ohio state, Georgia, Michigan, Florida state round out the top four followed by Washington, Oregon and Texas at seven. And then you have Alabama OU and Ole Miss wrapping up the top 10. So.
00:39:26
Speaker
Yeah, I mean, I think nothing too surprising here. I mean, I think Ohio State is not the best team in the country, but they have the best resume. So they deserve to be there. And I don't know, personally, I think people get a little too worked up about the rankings. I mean, I saw people were complaining about Texas being ranked ahead of Oklahoma, which for the record, this is very obvious. Oklahoma lost more recently. So this always happens. Like this is not a surprise. Like I understand the rationale because OUB Texas, but
00:39:54
Speaker
I think it's, I think everyone expected Texas bearing down at Oklahoma, but like, you know, for example, people are getting more talk about that, but it doesn't really matter because if both these teams went out, they're going to play each other again. And then that decides it. And kind of the same thing, how I feel about Ohio state and Michigan. And I mean, Ole Miss is kind of on the outside there. They have to play Georgia, so probably not likely. And.
00:40:19
Speaker
Yeah, I mean Washington and Oregon, I think are also in position to play each other again if they went out and that'll kind of decide it. And then I think, I think Bama's a bit on the outside, but it would be interesting if, if they beat Georgia and go 12 and one, if they could find their way in the playoffs. And what does Georgia do if they have a, if they have a loss because they don't really have a great win. So I don't know. That's kind of just some of my musings. What do you think?
00:40:43
Speaker
So I'm happy with them except I think there would be one thing that I would change You know, Georgia without a doubt is certainly a top 14 in the country However, I do not think that the dogs are better than Michigan. So I would probably just flip Georgia Georgia and Michigan I'd have Michigan be beat two and Georgia be three That would at least be a little more comfortable to me
00:41:07
Speaker
Other than that, though, I don't really have anything too much to say about this. I definitely see your argument about Texas being to rank two spots above Oklahoma because it is true. Oklahoma literally did lose last weekend and Texas lost like what, like a month ago. So it certainly makes sense behind that justification. But at the end of the day, as you said, these rankings truly won't
00:41:31
Speaker
make or break what's going on right now. Because if these two teams both went out, they'll be playing each other for a Big 12 title and probably a playoff spot. So it would be really interesting to see how that shakes up at the end of the season. As for Washington and Oregon, yeah, I'm happy with that. Both teams are playing incredibly good football. Although Washington has hit a bit of a rough patch, that still can't take away from them being undefeated and having a great season. As for Oregon, they only have that one loss to Washington.
00:42:00
Speaker
So yeah, it makes complete and total sense there. Bama at eight, they do kind of feel like they're on the outside a little bit, because we're always so used to seeing Bama probably within the top five of every single CFP ranking for the most part. The CFP is certainly still possible for Bama if they went out and won a title, or won a conference title in Atlanta later this year.
00:42:24
Speaker
So that's certainly still on the table, but they certainly have their work cut out for them, unlike a few other teams. And finally, Ole Miss. I think this is a very interesting spot for them. I do like the rankings because obviously they beat LSU, no question. However, they don't hold the tiebreaker over Bama. So I know that Ole Miss fans are really praying for Bama to go down at some point, probably with their best chance of going down this upcoming weekend against LSU.
00:42:51
Speaker
But with Ole Miss, I think in order for them to truly make a jump into the top five or maybe even have a shot at the playoff at all, they are just going to have to win the SEC West and win the SEC title. And that's probably the only way there. That's not to discredit the season they're having right now at all. It's just the way the cookies crumbled so far. I mean, you know, they took that loss to Bama.
00:43:13
Speaker
earlier in the season and that's just certainly not helping them now, but aside from that the top ten rankings as what I was just saying, aside from flipping Michigan and Georgia, I'm happy with them and I'm really interested to see how these shifts and change week by week as we wrap up the season in a few weeks, which is already crazy to think about. Yeah, I was about to say this discussion next week will probably be
00:43:37
Speaker
a lot different considering I think Texas is going to lose. I have OU losing and I have Washington losing. I've all missed losing, no question. Oh yeah. There you go. Yeah, I mean, I guess like one other thing is, I guess, let me know if you think I'm wrong, but I'm the only one lost teams here that truly, truly control their own destiny are probably Oregon and Texas and maybe Alabama.
00:44:04
Speaker
Like I think it's Texas wins out as long as the other four power five champions don't go undefeated. Like I think that there's no way that you would leave out 12 and one Texas with the Bama win. And I guess Oregon will get to avenge their win over Washington. I guess the only thing with Bama is if they want 12 and one, are, is a committee going to kick out 12 and one Georgia?
00:44:24
Speaker
That's the thing, I don't know, because assuming, of course, if Bama does win out in Georgia, of course, takes care of the business in the East, like how they always do, that SEC title game will ultimately decide who gets the one spot for the SEC this year. Because we all know the committee absolutely loves the SEC. No matter how good or how bad the conference may be, it seems like the committee will still always give them a spot in the playoff.
00:44:48
Speaker
So it just comes down to, you know, who wins in Atlanta. I mean, that's just that's just kind of the case with all power five conference championship games ever since we've had the playoff format. So it's just really interesting to see what will happen. I do agree with you on Oregon as well. I definitely think they control their own destiny.
00:45:05
Speaker
You know, the resume pretty much speaks for itself. They've only had one loss and that was to a top five Washington team on the road and they only lost because of a last second game winning field goal. So they were pretty much in that game the entire time. They showed that they are certainly one of the best teams in the country. So if they're just able to take care of business, not necessarily sleepwalk through any games, then yeah, I certainly think they control their own destiny.
00:45:27
Speaker
As for Texas, I can definitely see that. Of course, with Quinn Ewers being out for a couple more weeks, that makes things certainly a little bit more difficult than they probably should be. However, I do agree. Unfortunately, if you only have one loss on the entire season to a pretty tough Oklahoma team, I think that's a damn good resume.
00:45:52
Speaker
However, though, as I just said, with Quineers being out, anything is possible, unfortunately. I hate to say that, but it's the truth. And it all just comes down to if they're able to take care of business. Because I think if Texas is truly going to have the chance to win out and win the Big 12 this year, they got to start truly fixing some things on offense. Most notably, as you mentioned, the red zone problem.
00:46:17
Speaker
Because clearly there have been quite a few games that they played in this season where they probably should you know? Be crushing their opponent and it's still with like a 10-point game with like anywhere from 15 to 20 minutes left. So As for Texas if they're able to truly get going like that and actually figure out the red zone problem and certain things of that nature Then yeah, they absolutely would I would say they control their own destiny. No question But it'll just be interesting because
00:46:46
Speaker
If they figure it out, great. And if they don't figure it out, then that's it's just is what it is. It's just kind of like an opportunity wasted. And we don't really want to see that, you know. Yeah, I'm a.
00:46:59
Speaker
We'll get into it. I think maybe more in the off season because this season is so awesome, but I'm not, I'm a little bit indifferent on the 12 team playoff, but this year would be awesome.
Future Playoff Structure and Conference Races
00:47:10
Speaker
I mean, there's so many good teams here that I think are going to get left out, which, which is a shame. I mean, I think I saw, I just, the only one that I really remember that I can draw from right now is I guess that the playoffs or this year you would have what Bama going or you'd have
00:47:25
Speaker
You would have Ole Miss come into Austin. You would have some really awesome matchups and a really cool playoff. That was the case, but I'm sure we will get a lot of great 12-team playoffs in the near future. It just actually feels like this year everything is pretty open.
00:47:43
Speaker
I really can't wait for that 12 team playoff to start. That will be so fun, especially when you actually get meaningful playoff games like that on campus. It'll be the best thing in the world. Of course, we all respect the Rose Bowl, the Cotton Bowl, the Orange Bowl, the Peach Bowl, all those bowls. We respect them, but there truly is nothing like a high stakes matchup on your home turf on campus. It's just the best thing in the world.
00:48:09
Speaker
No, it's going to be awesome. So yeah, we'll get back to y'all with some more playoff talks that we expect these rankings to look a lot different next week and they'll be changing a lot throughout the year. I'm just going to run through the conference races real quick so we don't go.
00:48:22
Speaker
to overtime here just to give everyone an update since we're about, I mean most teams have played around 67 to 75% of their games. So looking at the Big Ten, I mean it's pretty simple here in the East you have Ohio State and Michigan at the top there and you've got Michigan still has to play Penn State which I think Michigan is going to win. It could get a little dicey if Penn State wins that game, you could have a bit of a
00:48:46
Speaker
three-way tie scenario in play, but I think this comes down to Ohio State and Michigan at the end of the year in the East. As far as the West goes, of course in the last year it has to be crazy. You have a four-way tie for first with Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Nebraska. Northwestern actually only has
00:49:04
Speaker
one last conference win than the teams in first place but you still have some pretty big games that are going to decide this as for example Wisconsin still has to play Nebraska and Minnesota Iowa still has to play Wisconsin as well as well as Nebraska too so you have some pretty big games coming up that are going to decide that one the ACC we kind of hit on there looks like it's going to be Florida State versus the winner of Louisville and Virginia Tech you still have Duke, Carolina and Georgia Tech kind of on the
00:49:33
Speaker
Peripheral there as far as the SEC goes the East is pretty much going to be decided this weekend with Missouri and Georgia and same thing with the West there unless Ole Miss can pull a big upset and cause some drama there
00:49:47
Speaker
But yeah, looking at the, uh, the pack 12, I mean, you've got Washington who's in the poll spot there, but USC only has one conference loss. So does Arizona and Oregon. Obviously there, I think is probably in the best position to make it, but we'll see how that shakes out as the season goes on. And then the big 12, I think is probably the most interesting. I mean, you have a five way tie with.
00:50:10
Speaker
Oklahoma State, Oklahoma, Texas, Kansas State, and Iowa State. And then you also have Kansas coming off the big one. They have two conference losses and this is kind of like semi-final weekend here in the big 12.
00:50:23
Speaker
crazy to think about what I expect to happen is that, I mean, if I'd asked you a month ago and told you that neither Texas or Oklahoma was going to make it to Arlington, you'd probably think I was crazy, but I think that's where we're headed or at least a strong possibility here coming up this weekend. So yeah, we'll see. I think all these games are going to pretty much decide who goes. I think that the winner of Bedlam is probably locked in there to the big toe championship and
00:50:46
Speaker
Iowa State, I think is probably the least likely to make it out of those teams just due to the fact they have to play Kansas. They'll have to play Texas and Kansas State as well. So yeah, we'll see. I think the winner of Texas, Kansas State is probably making it to Arlington and the winner of Edland makes it there. So should, pictures should become a lot more clear after this weekend, but yeah, I just wanted to keep y'all informed because there's a lot of fun conference games to watch. A lot of these races are going to come down to the last few weeks of the year.
00:51:14
Speaker
I agree with you on the Big 12. I certainly think the winner of the Texas K-State game and the Bedlam matchup, of course, the Battle of Bedlam, whatnot, those two teams will pretty much already most likely punch their ticket to Arlington. And you're not kidding, dude. If you would have told either one of us at the beginning of the season that at this point of the year that there's a five-way tie for first place in the Big 12, I'd probably call you nuts.
00:51:42
Speaker
I wouldn't believe you in the slightest, but yet that's our reality here in 2023. So anything's possible, but we'll see how this weekend plays out and just go from there, of course. As you were saying for the ACC, it's pretty much Florida State still lose up to this point. I know that Louisville is 7-1 overall, and they're 4-1 in conference. But Florida State is just obviously they're 8-0, they're undefeated, they're playing really good football.
00:52:08
Speaker
They've been in the driver's seat of this conference for pretty much the majority of the season. So they're just able to take care of business down the stretch. And there's no question that they, of course, will be the champions. But pretty much what I'm saying is it's certainly their conference to lose up to this point.
00:52:28
Speaker
As for the Big Ten, you know, the most intriguing thing is coming out of the Big Ten East. In my opinion, that'd be Michigan and Ohio State tied for first up top. And quite honestly, I don't see either one of those teams taking a loss on the schedule until they both match up to close out the season. I'm sorry, Penn State, even though you're 7-1 and 4-1 in conference, those teams just don't seem to lose until they match up with each other.
00:52:51
Speaker
As for if I had to make a pick for this division right now, I would still roll with the boys from Michigan, even though the whole sign stealing scandal stuff whatnot and, you know, the whole just everything, no matter what's going on around that program they're still playing dang good football. So I'd have to rock with those guys after the big 10 West you know I will.
00:53:10
Speaker
You know, they've been kind of disappointing. They've made the headlines, obviously, with their offensive coordinator decision in recent memory. But at the same time, they're still in first place in the Big 10 West, oddly enough.
00:53:22
Speaker
So yeah, give me the Hawkeyes and they're hell with it. I think it would be the most ironic thing ever if that team can still win the Western division of the Big 10 this year, even though they let go their offensive coordinator and they barely put up 25 points a game. Anyways, moving on to the next conference. I'll talk about the Pac-12 here just for a second. USC and Oregon are certainly still right in the thick of things. I mean, USC certainly has two losses that Oregon, USC has one more loss that Oregon doesn't have. And of course, Washington's still undefeated.
00:53:53
Speaker
You never say never, but clearly Washington has been the best team in the Pac-12 this year. No questions asked, even though they have had a few scuffs and rough ups whatnot in recent memory. There's a reason why they're undefeated this year and there's a reason why they have a Heisman candidate quarterback who's running the show playing as well.
00:54:14
Speaker
So I'm still liking Washington in this race, of course. And finally, look at the SEC, kind of what Colton and I have just been saying about the Big 12 a moment ago. The two games this weekend will pretty much determine who wins this conference, I feel like.
00:54:30
Speaker
Or at least who will win the division, excuse me. So no questions asked about the Georgia-Missouri game. Those are clearly the two front runners for the SEC East. And we kind of touched on that earlier, but I definitely am still rocking with Georgia here, just as always. Because as I was saying earlier, they are inevitable. No matter how much we love them or hate them, they are just inevitable.
00:54:53
Speaker
And for the SEC West, you know, Bama, as always, is leading the division once again. Great. But Ole Miss, you know, they're they only have
00:55:04
Speaker
Bama's 5-0 in conference, Ole Miss is 4-1. So if Ole Miss is able to take care of business down the stretch, then they will certainly be in prime position as well. However, they will need a little bit of luck from other teams around the country in order to truly take over the first place spot. And finally, LSU is still right in the thick of it as well. They have one more loss overall than both Ole Miss and Alabama. But however, they are still 4-1 in the conference.
00:55:32
Speaker
which is the same thing as Ole Miss. So ultimately, this will be a really fun race to watch go down these final few weeks of the season. But if you ask me right now, I still believe that Alabama will come out of the West as always. And I always like once I was saying just a moment ago, I certainly think Georgia will come out of the East.
00:55:50
Speaker
But yeah, but that being said, that'll at least close out my thoughts on the conference races. It's certainly been a really fun year up to this point. Even though we've had quite a bit of mayhem, it still seems that the cream ultimately does rise to the top. And that's what we're seeing, as we were expecting.
00:56:11
Speaker
Yeah, one last thing I want to touch on there with the big 10 West, funny enough, those two crazy games where obviously Iowa, Minnesota, but also Minnesota, Nebraska was that week one or zero. Those two games are pretty much, I mean, that could be the difference there because Minnesota has the tiebreaker over both Iowa and Nebraska. So yeah, we'll see how it, how it plays out. But yeah, a lot of fun conference races to follow down the stretch, but.
00:56:36
Speaker
Yeah, that's, I know we ran a little bit over time today, but I think it was necessary. So that's, we had a lot, we had a lot to talk about. Yeah, for sure.
00:56:45
Speaker
All right, well, as Colton was just saying, we did run a little bit over time. So if you're still with us now, thank you very much. We appreciate you sticking with us through and through. But yeah, with all that being said, that'll just about do it for this episode of Trouble with Snap. If you have any questions, comments, concerns, et cetera, any ideas, you know where to find us on socials. Colton, any closing statement, any final thoughts where we wrap up completely? Watch football.
00:57:13
Speaker
Absolutely. All right. Well, that'll just about do it. For Trouble with the Snap, thank you very much for listening. And we will talk to you all next week after we, of course, watch football all weekend and give you our thoughts on what we saw. Thank you, everyone. Thank you.