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CFP scores and preview, coaching changes and more
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Don and Russ discuss the first-round game and look at the second round. They discuss coaching changes and talk a little basketball.
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NCAA Playoffs: Teams in Focus
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The moment you've all been waiting for, here they are, your favorite hosts, Don Glenn and Russ Robinson.
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Okay. Well, welcome back folks. This is the NCAA report with Don and Russ. I'm your host, Don Glenn. And always as beside me is my good partner from the state of Missouri, Mr. Russ Robinson. are you doing, Russ?
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I'm doing just great, Don. Thank you. but we' we probably we We'll probably get into this a little bit later in the show, but the Missouri's had it rough the last week or two. Um, Yeah, don't really much.
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We don't have to spend a lot of time talking about that. I won't gloat too much, okay? Yeah. All right. ah Well, so the playoffs are in swing, and we've got –
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Four teams eliminated. Four teams are moving on. So we've got we'll kind of go over the games as they happened here, or as i as I see them show up on the on the on the channel here. ah So ah we'll talk about Texas against Miami. Now, um Texas was the favorite in that game, I think. Um, and Carson Beck really didn't have a great day for the hurricans hurricanes, but they managed to, uh, take down Texas A&M, um, 10 to three.
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Yeah. Yeah. That was a bit of a surprise to me. I thought Texas A&M would be ready, would be one of the better teams, uh, in the, in the, um,
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in the college football playoff. In fact, they were they were about ready to win the SEC, at least go to the SEC championship game, and they lost to Texas in their final game. So they just kind of last two games, they just kind of fell apart. Maybe Miami's a lot better. we tend to not give Miami maybe the credit they deserve ah because they weren't in the they weren't in the ACC championship game. Somehow they didn't end up in that. Yeah, I'm still trying to figure that one out myself. Yeah, you know, Duke and Virginia end up in that thing, and and duke I guess Duke won that thing. But, you know, we might be shortchanging them a little bit. Well, I mean, it it if you look at the box score,
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You would have thought, well, it's kind of a kind of a mixed bag box score. um Texas A&M outgained Miami 326 yards 278. 237 of that passing. And said Beck only had 103 total yards passing.
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um two hundred and thirty seven of that was passing um but and i said beck only had one hundred and three yard total yards passing but they Miami had 175 yards of rushing 172 of that, uh, was by, uh, Mark Fletcher.
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Uh, he ran, we had 17 carries for his 172 yards. Didn't he didn't score. They only, they got their only touchdown on a Carson Beck pass.
Playoff Dynamics: Surprises and Predictions
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Um, and you know, uh, uh, texas a&m um the reed their quarterback he threw for 237 yards but he also had two interceptions uh and he was also the leading ball carrier with only with 27 yards so you know when when something like that happens your your expectancy to win is not in good in in good standing i can tell you that no it's not no you know no they uh
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You know, and I don't know that ah that game, those games were a couple of weeks ago, I guess, Don. up come Yeah, they were two weeks ago now. Yeah. You know, i didn't get a chance to see that whole game. And and so I, ah you know, so I didn't see really what, you know, what Texas A&M wasn't doing that they did so well during the season. But they ran through their, skill you know, they beat Notre Dame. they They won some big games. During the season, it looked like, like I said, it looked like they were on their way to an SEC championship game, maybe an SEC championship. Right. You know, then Texas took care take texas of Texas, course, Texas is one of those teams that got stronger as the year went around. Arch Manning – I know this isn't – you know, we're we're not really talking about Texas, but Arch Manning started showing, improving at the end of the year.
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And maybe that, you know, at the end of the year, maybe Texas was just a better team. I don't know. you so Yeah, its it's you know, like I said, I think Manning was getting his feet wet and that maybe that led to some of A&M's demise ah near late in the season. Maybe they just kind of got wore down and and, you know, same thing for for, well, actually Miami. They lost a bunch of games early, but they were a few games early that cost them. And I think they got a little stronger as the season went on. That game, i said, there was no score in the first half of that game. All the scoring came in the last two quarters. So, yeah, um it looks to sound like it was my I didn't get to watch the game. I was busy. ah Sounded like it was a defensive struggle there for a half. And then and then.
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a play here and a play there, and that's all it took. ah Next one is Tulane against Ole Miss. um That one went about as what you and I thought it would go. Ole Miss was was just the the class of the two teams in that game. um um you know You kind of feel sorry for Tulane in a way, but Because they yeah it was obvious after the first quarter that they were just completely overmatched. yeah watched the majority I watched the majority of that game, and it was just it was it was ah it wasn't pretty. ah from Yeah, told wasn't much it wasn't much fun to watch. wasn't much of a challenge for Ole Miss. You know, Lane Kiffin sent some of his off offensive staff back to Oxford to work to –
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For this bowl run or this si college football playoff run. First, he wasn't going to let them go back. Then he sent them back. So that obviously helped Pete Golden having having an experienced offensive, having the offensive coordinator there and everything like that. Right. to uh to help with that game yeah um yeah it wasn't wasn't that game wasn't much fun to watch wasn't much you know it's too bad you know uh true true when you're at that level and yeah in the game he gets not much of a game you know right uh the uh the next one is uh oregon versus james madison this was another one i thought was going to be the same way as the two lane game uh but in the second half james madison now a lot of people say well oregon had your third team in and whatnot well
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I get, I get that. and I understand that. But if James Madison, cause I've seen old so much and you probably have to online Facebook and whatnot, people, you know, oh why are these group of five schools in it? They can't compete. They have no business being on the field.
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You know, somebody pointed out that, well, James Madison scored 34 points on Oregon and well, yeah, but Oregon had their third team in. And my comment was, or second team in and my comment was if Oregon is that good,
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then James Madison shouldn't have been scoring against their second team. Right. you know But they put up 28 points in the second half to make it a respectable game, 51-34. But again, as we've talked, I mean, and actually their quarter ah their quarterback threw for 273 and two touchdowns, which is you know not a bad afternoon or evening, if you will. um but But again, like you said, and we've talked about it before, and maybe we'll get into it a little bit here later. um
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you know It's just a matter of
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they're They're playing the wrong competition when you get to that type of a game. Right, right. You know, and they you know they to get this college football playoff system to work, they had to include, in some way, include those teams from the other conferences in some way.
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And so it's a it was a it's kind of it was a political decision. I don't think anyone thinks Tulane or James Madison the bit are part of the best 12 teams in
Inclusivity in College Playoffs
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college football. Texas and Notre Dame would argue with that quite a bit.
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You know, ah so ah in Vanderbilt, probably. Vanderbilt probably and a couple others, I i can imagine. Yeah, we'd say they'd probably, you know, but that that's the way they had to do it to get this thing to come together and to work. So, well, I don't know. great I'm sorry. i Go ahead. i'm fine i Well, I'm just going to say when they go to 16 teams, I don't know their talk when they're going to do that. You know, I don you know i don't know if if when they do it, if they're going to make any changes or anything like that. But. why here Anyway, that's the way it is right now. That's the they've got to do it to get this thing to come off.
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Yeah, it was kind of interesting to that they had two group of five schools in and, and you know, ignored the the um ACC champ. But then again, the ACC champ only had... ah um what, six wins on the season or something like that. Oh, yeah, they ended up, they went into the championship game seven and five. i think Seven and five, something like that. Yeah. yeah So, you know, but and and think we talked about it a couple weeks ago that, the you know, the biggest reason that happened was the fact that ah the committee has the opportunity to ignore the conference champ if they do not think they were a dominant force during the entire season.
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So, you know, Duke really wasn't, I mean, you know, they're here now don't get me wrong. They're a good, they're a good football team. And if they can, if they can keep that that program together for a little bit, they might make some noise down over in the ACC. um Exactly. But, but, you know, but like I said, it was just kind of funny to see two, a group of five schools.
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ah The final game of the playoff last week or two weeks ago was Alabama, Oklahoma. We thought that was going to be a good game. it you know Other than the second quarter, it really was a good game. i mean um Alabama kind of took took over in the second quarter. and then just it's Well, second and third quarters, actually, and then kind of coasted out. um But John Matier, he made a good account of himself anyway, though. He had 307 yards, two touchdowns. um
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you know Alabama moves on. Oklahoma... a Lives to fight another or well don't live to fight. They have to go back and and figure out what they what they did wrong in the offseason Um, you know, and again, this was, now this was a conference matchup, which you don't, which you haven't really seen a lot. Uh, and you didn't see last year, you didn't see a conference matchup in the early round.
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Um, so this was kind of a different thing for, for the playoff system. Um, and I guess it does give the Alabama fans a little, a little street cred that, you know, Hey, we are now one of the best, uh, eight teams left. So, um, they can get, they can get to brag a little bit more.
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Well, yeah, they can. It makes Alabama fans feel better about their team and their coach that they won that game. I thought both teams were a borderline college football playoff teams.
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When I watched that game, and i thought when when the Oklahoma jumped out to a 17-0 lead or something like that, I think, if I remember right, I didn't think that would hold up. I didn't think there was that much difference in the two teams, and Alabama came back and won that game. So
Game Predictions: Miami vs Ohio State
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we'll see. And that's nothing new for Alabama, though.
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No, no. Alabama is going to come. They play Indiana. We'll talk about that later. but Right, right. so ah the But anyway, the fans, ah it made them feel better about – um about DeBorg and, and you know, it seemed like they weren't – DeBorg's name was floating out there for Michigan, and I know we can talk about that later. But they were keeping that name out there for Michigan. if If Alabama had lost that game, I wondered what would have happened. But anyway, so.
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Yeah, no doubt. um Now, ah like as you say, we got this week this the weekend coming up here. ah or Well, actually, not this weekend. It'd be this be friday ah Thursday and Friday.
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um or Actually, tomorrow is the first one of the games. so like Tomorrow, you're right, we'll talk about is Miami, number 10 Miami versus Ohio State. Uh, that's going to be seven 30 on ESPN, uh, at AT&T stadium in the, uh, let's see. What actual bowl game is that? Um, cotton bowl.
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I had to pull it up here. Yeah. It's the cotton bowl. Cotton bowl. Okay. That's the cotton bowl. Uh, so there that blade, the cotton bowl, uh, like I said, six 30, uh, uh, Ohio state and, uh, um,
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Miami. I, you know, I don't want to necessarily let my Big Ten bias show through ah per se ah But, you know, i'll having faced Ohio State this year. ah you know They're a solid team. um And Sayin, the quarterback, he's he's really, really good.
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um he that they They've got a solid running game. They've got solid solid receiving core. Their defense has been – now, there has been a couple knocks against the defense. I mean, Illinois ah was the first team this year to score on them in the first quarter.
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um in Big Ten play, or actually in play all year. um So, you know, theirre their defense can be had, if you will, um depending on on how ah um how things run.
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ah But I don't think... I don't think Carson Beck's going to have it as ah have a, he's but a hundred yards against, uh, um, uh, who did, we just got done talking him who they played, um, a hundred yards.
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Yeah. Texas A&M. You know, he only threw for a hundred against Texas A&M. He might not see a hundred against Ohio state. Uh, there, they are that good. They've got probably one of the best secondaries in college football. Um,
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Now, is I don't know if but Ohio State is going to be can score that well on Miami like they have in the Big Ten or everywhere else. But I look for Ohio State in this game. I don't know the odds on it right off the top of my head. And maybe this will give it to me here.
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don't see the odds here. Yeah, right now OSU is a nine-and-a-half-point favorite. moving And, you know, I i see that.
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I see that. I think that's probably about right. um I think it's probably going to be at least a touchdown. I would say OSU is at least a touchdown favorite in this game.
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um And the over-under is setting at 40 and a half. That, I mean, if Ohio State can get out and score, that that should be...
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They should be a well easy well enough be able to get over 40 points for that game. that's That's my take on it. What do you think? Well, you know, you've got to pick Ohio State in this game. I mean, you you know, just ah just by by their season that they had, yeah um you just wonder, you know, the amount of time they've had off.
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Either know that's really good, are they they're really going to be be prepared for this Miami team, or they're going to be for little flat after not playing for so long. And mi Miami did have a game. So, ah you know, you wonder about that. I don't have a lot of expectations with Carson Beck against that Ohio State defense. I just thought i tend to go with you on that, Don, and i tend to ah I would probably take Ohio State and give them nine points or whatever it is. that's That's just the way I would – I think I would bet on it if I was betting.
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And just another, um right now we're taping this as the Illinois-Tennessee game. Music City Bowl is going on. And right now, Illinois just scored with two minutes and 41 seconds to go in the third quarter. They're up 23 14, pending the extra point.
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Okay, so they're keeping their kind of – So Tennessee scored two, I guess, in this in that second half. Tennessee just scored and Illinois just came back and answered with a touchdown. so Oh, okay. so All right. well So there's there's there's your there's your yeah in-game report, so to speak. yeah So next up is Oregon versus Texas Tech in the Orange Bowl.
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ah Oregon comes in as a two-and-a-half-point favorite. yeah Again, ah an expected win over James Madison. um you know So Texas Tech's going to little bit tougher task, obviously. yeah They were twelve and one They won the Big 12.
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So you know this is not and not not going to be an easy opponent for them. Oregon's a good team, but they're streaky. If they... If they can't get out and get ahead and make another team play from behind, they can be taken down.
Upcoming Games: Strategies and Outcomes
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The only problem is they pretty much can score from about any place on the field. I mean, in any way, shape, or form. Right. And they can put points up. So it's going to be, well, is the Texas Tech defense tough enough to stop them?
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Mm-hmm. Right. Well, you know, I think you asked me for my picks in these these games before last week. Yeah, well, because I i thought i thought they were going to played last week. I didn't realize there was a weak break and an extra week break in there. so I think I took Texas Tech. I forgot. But I probably would today still take Texas Tech if I did. ah But, you know, I think that could be a good game. I'm hoping it is. You know, I have nothing i have nothing to you know I've got no emotion attached to it, and I'm not even sure if I could root for either team. because i just in and
00:21:23
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ah you know i Like I said, I think Texas Tech might be a little bit better, but you know you never know. Oregon's already played. They've had a little bit of a warm-up game to go into this this game. so ah We'll see how it goes. It'll be an interesting game. I'm expecting a good game out of that. game Yeah, I think that's probably going to be one of the better games, ah that that one and the Indiana-Alabama. I think those are probably going be the two marquee games of the of the playoffs, at least in this next round, which believe which brings us to Alabama-Indiana. That's number one versus number nine. That's going to be 4 o'clock ESPN at the Rose Bowl. oh yeah. going to be Rose Bowl game.
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Yeah. I tell you what, I think Indiana is, I picked Indiana and Alabama. They're favored by seven in this game. And Alabama fans expect to win this game. um Well, I mean, no one gives India still not giving Indiana the credit. I think that they deserve. Yeah. um'm I'm looking forward to watching this game and, and, uh,
00:22:31
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I picked Indiana, and I think Indiana will win it. I just don't think Alabama's that consistent. um Yeah. They played – they beat Oklahoma, who was just kind of like – like I said, I thought Oklahoma and Alabama were both borderline college football playoff teams. And I'm just not sure Alabama can – ah I'm not sure they're taking Indiana that seriously. say At least the fans aren't. I the i don't get your man i mean, at the odds makers seem to be it because, like I said, they've got them a touchdown favorite, seven-point favorite in that in this game. And yeah and Indiana, I mean –
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I ah said last year you and I both thought it was, it was kind of a fluke because they had a lazy schedule and, yeah they really didn't have a tough schedule again this year. Um, now but they still were 13 or no, they still were beating teams by insane numbers. I mean, they put up 63 on Illinois. Um, so, you know, this is, this is a team that, and, and they, they beat Ohio state. Um, um,
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So this is this is a team that I think if you if you are not going to take seriously, they will they will bury you um this team will bury you. Oh, yeah. and And Mendoza, of course, is the high you know Heisman. He's going to have play like a heisman like a Heisman quarterback, though, to beat at Alabama, I think. Because, you know, Bama does have a good defense, and we brought it up when earlier. you know They have a big history, and not just this year, but in the last couple years, of falling behind and then all of a sudden catching that next gear, and they're ahead in the game.
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So, you know, I mean, so Indiana i mean so indiana would be would be well advised to not take them lightly either.
Playoff System: Structure and Future Changes
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um I think it's going to be a tough game. I'm going to go with you on this. I think Indiana will take it. I think it's going to little closer than the seven, though.
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ah And this is not because I don't believe in Indiana. I just think in this type of environment, I think this is when Alabama is going to play like a bunch of crazy nuts. And, um you know, they're not going to they're not going to give up easy. But I do think Indiana will eventually win this one out. I say probably by five five points more than a field goal for sure. Maybe not a touchdown and they might win by a touchdown. But I think probably closer to five points myself for that game.
00:24:54
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Yeah, ah I'm going to give, ah you know, if it's seven points, I'd take Indiana and give the points probably in this game. and And you wouldn't be wrong. I mean, you wouldn't be wrong in doing that. Yeah, i know because like I said, they very very they're very capable of doing something like that and winning that game by 10, 12, 14 points. yeah All right. So next, the last game of the playoff second round is Ole Miss versus Georgia. Both teams are 12 and one. Georgia is favored by six and a half.
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And this is going to be in the sugar bowl, sugar bowl. Right. So, you know, Georgia's 12 and one Ole Miss is 12 and one.
00:25:40
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And quite frankly, I hate to say it, but I'm not impressed with Georgia. yeah I'm not that impressed with Georgia. I mean, you know, they're they're ranked number three, ah so that's they got the bye. Ole Miss had to had to win their game to get in.
00:25:57
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um i the the The line is six and a half. I would almost – take Ole Miss in the points and take my chances on this. Cause I, I just, like I said, I just don't think that to me, uh, Georgia is all that in the bag of chips.
00:26:16
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Well, I, Georgia's not, uh, that's not the best team he's had it down there. but, uh, I still, I'm going to go with Georgia and I'd give the points. I really think his defense is really the Georgia defense is really something else. So, um,
00:26:33
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I would, in Ole Miss, I just don't know that they um they're a team that can go much further than they have, especially with, Kiffin was an offensive genius, and ah he's one of the, I guess, a offensive genius, one of the offensive geniuses in college football. He won't be there calling plays. He was good enough against Tulane, but I just don't know that they can do this against Georgia.
00:27:00
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ah yeah I would be surprised if it's a good game, but maybe it will be. I don't know. um This is one game I'm not expecting a lot of Ole Miss. But, you know, we'll see.
00:27:13
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You know, it's only six and a half points. That's not a lot, you know. Yeah, and, and you know, and to your point, I mean, ah now – They did put up 35 points on Georgia the last time they met, October 18th. But again, as you say, that was with Lane Kiffin as the head coach, not the yeah new guy that they just got promoted to head coach. He's no longer got the interim title. It's Pete Golding. he i guess will He's going to take the program on from here.
00:27:41
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So, um you know, as you said, but as you say, he's he was the defensive coordinator. um So that's his his forte, his specialty. So i maybe look for a little bit more, little bit different scheme going against Georgia this time around. um You know, and again, this is another kind this is another ah conference game, old conference opponents, and they've already played this year.
00:28:06
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So you've got a little bit of familiarity, so you know what which one's going to do. But now that it's not Kiffin, it's Golding, you know, that is a little bit of a question mark for George is what is Golding going to do? Is he going to hold with what they did against ah um Tulane? Or are they going to completely flip the script and, and and you know, ah up up the ante a little bit, so to speak? Mm-hmm.
00:28:33
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I don't know. Like said, I'm just not that sold on Georgia. But like you say, I'm not that sold on Ole Miss either. So i'm gonna but I'll probably go ahead and and I would go ahead and take Georgia and give the points. um you know Just on the fact that I think that's probably the way it's going to end up. It's probably going up in a six and a half, seven point spread somewhere along the line.
00:28:57
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I don't think you're going to see... And with the over-under is 55 and a half, and I'm not sure you'll i'm i'm not sure the teams are going to be going to lay it out that much in this type of a game. I don't think – I could be wrong. And Georgia – Lord knows Georgia can put up points. I mean, they can make the 55 on their own almost.
00:29:20
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oh But, you know, we'll have to see. but But, yeah, I'll go with you on that. I'll take Georgia in that game, you know. so And then the week after that, we'll have the the
Coaching Changes: Impacts and Strategies
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the four teams left facing up.
00:29:35
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And soon as I get to the playoff bracket here, there it is, that would put in um
00:29:46
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yeah day to day to today
00:29:51
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whatever two bowl games are left. I'm not sure which ones are the ones that are. If it would be the peach bowl and the.
00:30:03
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Fiesta.
00:30:06
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Well, let's see. I'm going to go to the bracket here. i'm I'm on in the bracket. I'm on CBS's bracket and they don't give the bowl games listed for the next round coming up. Yeah.
00:30:19
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Well, the first one's a Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl. Yeah. And that'd be the winger of Oregon, Texas Tech, and Alabama, Indiana. Right. according So, so butker farm would bar predicts yeah if our predictions hold true and we got Texas Tech facing Indiana, that could be an that could be an interesting game. I would also think ah you could also end up with, again, another conference game. within If Oregon ticket it wins, you could have ah an Oregon-Indiana game.
00:30:45
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um Sure, sure. you know So that sky could be interesting. And then, of course, the other game, like saidll be I think that's the Fiesta Bowl. Right. And that's going that'll end up pitting the the winner of the Georgia-Ole Miss and Ohio State-Miami game. um You know, ah I tell you what, a Georgia-Ohio State matchup would not would be could be fun to watch.
00:31:13
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Oh, sure, sure, sure. you know Yeah, yeah. I mean, ah the two and the three team playing against, yeah, that could be a that that could be a really good matchup if it if if if it gets to that. If it gets if it gets to that. I mean, like I said, I'm pretty sure I think, because I'm pretty sure in my belief that Ohio State will be in that in that final four.
00:31:35
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Yeah. And I think, you know, and you and I both think Indiana will be. It's just a matter of are the other two teams going to make it, you know, which other two teams are going to make it. So so that's a that's what we're sitting at right now. So um and um i'll may I'll give you another little see. It looks like Tennessee's moving ball. We're in the fourth quarter.
00:32:02
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11 40 52 to go still 24 to 14. It looks like, looks like all the in, uh, um, Tennessee is in the red zone. So we could end up with a, a tight ball game here. Um, um considering Illinois was a four, it was a four and a half point underdog. I mean, you know, we'll, I'll take what I can get.
00:32:22
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um sure you know how it goes. So, uh, we'll be back in a minute, right after we talk, right after we talk about, um, right yeah I'll get that out right in a second here. everybody I got to quit paying attention to football games. We'll back in a minute after this word from Liquid Ivy.
00:32:42
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00:36:19
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Okay. And we are back. Um, There's been a number of coaching changes. Obviously, we've talked about we've been talking about these all years, ever since sharon moo oron um i can't think the UCLA coach got fired about in week three. um But a number of coaching changes that have taken or taken place. Of course, the biggest one we've talked about last week week was Lane Kiffin taking the job at LSU, getting a $9.1 million dollars salary.
00:36:50
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Yeah. or I don't how many i didn' didn't catch how many years that the that stretches. but it's it's it's Yeah, I kind of forgotten. um i think yeah i think I think it's a good move for Kiffin myself.
00:37:04
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um You know, I think he is going to be somewhat under a microscope, however. Um, you know, LSU, they may not be Alabama. That may not be Ohio state. Um, but you know, the the fans down there over the last years have become to take their football very seriously.
00:37:27
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And, um, you know, his, uh, him coming in there, he's, he's going to be under, under quite the microscope, I think. Oh, well, the expectations will be a national championship. I mean, that's what Lane, uh, that's what, uh,
00:37:41
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They won ah under – well, they won under – Brian Kelly didn't do it. That's why he was hired to go there. But, you know, they had three straight coaches win national championships. and they And he probably has a better chance of winning a national championship there than does at Ole Miss. Oh, And sustaining the program, it's easier to recruit to LSU than it is Ole Miss. So that's what he saw, and that's why he left. You know, I'm pretty sure.
00:38:11
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He's an ambitious guy, and, you know, obviously he thinks he can do it there. I don't know if he could have ever done it at Ole Miss. It's just not – the program's just not – I don't think it's structured for a national championship type run. Right, right. They went 11-1 this year. They did pretty well to get, you know, where they were, but this is the best year they've had in 60 years or something like that. Right. I think. So you got to go back to sixties to find a LSU, a Ole Miss to have a year like this. So it made sense.
00:38:45
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It made sense for his career. nial Yeah. Yeah. yeah early so And ah we're, um we're, ah we looked at this ah article from yeah ESPN. um I guess ESPN.com they have this rated as the best. Yeah.
00:39:01
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The best available job filled by the best available coach, so they gave it a grade of A-plus for that hire. The next couple hires, we've already talked a little bit about James Franklin a couple, three weeks ago, taking over the Virginia Tech job.
00:39:17
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I think, and you and I both think, this is a really good move for Franklin. It gives him a chance to kind of reset and regroup with a program that's not really expected to – be much where he can actually build something and not have to live up to. um cause I think that was the huge, that was his biggest drawback at Penn state was following Joe Paterno.
00:39:40
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Um, you know, I mean, even though Paterno was ousted under more, less than savory circumstances, you know, that's still a heck of a legacy to follow.
Coaching Hires: Evaluations and Conference Dynamics
00:39:52
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Um, you kind of like trying to follow Bo Schimbechler at Michigan or, um, um, Saban, there's such a high expectation from having so much of a success under one coach. sure So going to Virginia Tech, I think, is a really good is a really good move for for Franklin.
00:40:13
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Yeah, it's an A-higher. It's a win-win. We talked about this. It's a win-win for both of them. right He can go to the ACC, and he can have a lot of easier time winning the ACC than he can be right now than trying to win the Big Ten with all this way You know, with a Ryan – Kelly? What's his name at Ohio State, the guy Oregon.
00:40:36
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Yeah, you know, I mean, it's just a – and now in Indiana, I mean, it's just a – it's a much tougher conference. He can but go to Virginia Tech and he can – He can make some noise here right away, I think. Oh, yeah, no doubt. ah That's that he said that's and rated as an A-hire by ESPN. They also rate this next one, Eric Morris. ah He was the um coach at, I think, North Texas, and he takes over the Oklahoma State program.
00:41:05
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um He was Texas Tech's offensive coordinator during the Mahomes era. Right.
00:41:14
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So, you know he's a good quarterback coach. um I don't know that much about what North Texas did. and and course, obviously didn't follow them that much. But they were, you know, they were in and out of the rankings near the bottom there for a while. And they were, they had playoff talk ah contention, um you know, as as a one of the group of five. So, yeah.
00:41:37
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it's It's a move up for him, obviously. I don't know what it actually means for Oklahoma State because they did have a decent run under Gundy. But we'll have to see what happens over there.
00:41:48
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Now, for some reason, Gundy's – and I guess this happens sometimes to coaches who are successful. They seem like they run their – they run out of steam or something after they've been somewhere so long. and that We've seen that happen before to other good head coaches. And so it may be – It's time for a fresh take. And Morris is obviously a good offensive mind.
00:42:11
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Oh, yeah. So he'll he may re-energize that thing and he can do a good job there. I'm like, yeah, I never really saw North Texas play, but we do know that Texas Tech, during his days as offensive coordinator, was had a pretty good offense. So, mean, they could run the ball up and down the field.
00:42:27
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yeah So he can coach quarterbacks. So that's a big thing. he knows how to spot a good quarterback and and develop them. So that's a big thing. Sure. Uh, John Summerall or summer, I guess Summerall gets the job at Florida.
00:42:43
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Um, he comes from Tulane who you know made the playoffs. Uh, And, ah you know, they he's the two tu lae one he will at won three cons consecutive conference titles. um I think he brings a fresh fresh look to Florida.
00:42:59
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um I'm not sure how much he's going to be able to do with Florida given, um yeah you know, they're an SEC team, but, you know, they're in the lower end of the SEC, have been for the last couple years.
00:43:15
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um And you've having so you're having ah a lot of success with some of the upper echelon teams. Although this bowl season, I think I saw the graphic, the Big Ten is 5-0 and the SEC is ah three and five or something like Really?
00:43:32
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Yeah. yeah it's it's It now hasn't been good for the SEC so far this year. Yeah. but But, yeah, I don't know. the yeah ESPN calls it an A-hire, which, you know,
00:43:45
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Okay, I mean, it's it sounds like ah ah an obvious, as they say, make sense moot makes sense ah move to bring up a guy that's had success in the in the group of five, the lower the lower levels, if you will, ah to bring him up to the higher higher end of the d one and and see what he can do with the... You know, Florida's not a bad team. They're just missing a few few pieces here and there.
00:44:09
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Yeah, I don't know. Some are all... ah Florida hasn't been really... you know they've they've been trying to find the right coach since Urban Meyer left. And um you know they've been going through coaches kind of like crazy. No one can can really – seems like it can get it done there.
00:44:27
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um yeah We'll see if he can pull it together, if he can pull the fan base together, if he can recruit to Florida and things like and things like that, Don. i just ah I just kind of have to wait and see. ah I've gotten to the point where when someone comes to Florida, you just – Instead of expecting success, you begin to wonder if anyone, you know, what the problem is there that all these guys they've hired who were good coaches where they were at can't get it done at Florida. So, you know, we'll see. We'll see on this one. they give it Like you said, they give it an A higher, and maybe they know what they're talking about there.
00:45:01
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Yeah, no doubt. ah The next one of note, there's a couple others in here, um which I won't really worry about. ah Colorado State, Kent State. ah But the next one is ah Matt Campbell being hired at Penn State. um He comes from ah Iowa State. ah And, you know, and that's been a pretty good program over the last few years. yeah You know, so him taking over Penn State, um I think,
00:45:28
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the the inference is going to be with him over there is, you know, it's going to kind of be like when you take over Alabama. If you can't be you if you can't beat Georgia and LSU, you ain't good you ain't any good. um You know, so this is going to be, you know they need to see him beat the Ohio States. They need to see him beat Michigan. Need to see him beat Indiana. And I'm throwing Indiana in there because, you know, hey,
00:45:54
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Two years straight in the playoffs, you got to give the regrets. um So I think it is a good I think that one's a good hire. We'll see how it does pan out. I think he can make a decent name for himself at Penn State. It's just going to be will the fans and the players will the players buy in buy in and will the fans give him the time.
00:46:16
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ah Yeah, that's it. ah ah If you can win at Iowa State, you think you could win at Penn State. But you said the same thing about James Franklin when he won at Vanderbilt. You said, well, if he can win at Vanderbilt, sure he can at Penn State. And he did.
00:46:30
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he Just not the right games. Just not the right games. And so we'll see what Matt Campbell can do. there no doubt he's a good coach for what he did at Iowa State. So, yeah, you're probably right. He just he might need – you know, may not come in and expect him to win the ah big 10 next year, you know, give them a chance to get grounded and get, get, see what he can do. It's it's an interesting, it's a good hire.
00:46:54
Speaker
It's a good hire. There wasn't anyone better out there that they, I don't know that I could have gotten, you know, but they weren't going to get Lang Kiffin. Uh, and, and, uh, you know, all the other coaches, a lot of coaches just stayed where they were at, were locked down where they were at. So, you know, what ah yeah, I don't know. Yeah, I know. I think that's probably about the best they could do.
00:47:17
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Well, yeah, I mean, and like I said, you know, with with with Penn State, I don't think they were looking to make, like you said, once once Lane Kiffin was out of the picture, I don't think they were looking for that that um a splash hire, if you will. They were just looking for somebody that's going to – um you know elevate the program back to what it was a couple years ago where they were, like you said, they were winning ballgames. They just weren't beating the right people. you know This year they had a really rough season. They lost to games they really shouldn't have lost. um you And that's what what ultimately got Franklin fired was not just that he lost to the big teams. is he was' He had a couple, three losses that he shouldn't have had. um
00:47:58
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So maybe they'll hopefully bring some stability back to the program and then they they can build from there. ah let's see UCLA hired Bob Chesney who I know nothing about and there's a reason for that ah because he comes from Division 2 uh-huh yeah another another ten body message hes ah no he was the head coach of James Madison I apologize okay okay right he comes from James Madison yeah um he's one yeah As a head coach, he is 132 and 51. He's coached, it like said, Division II, Holy Cross, and James Madison. um
00:48:38
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Takes over the UCLA program. and i Forgive me, I can't remember the guy's name that got fired after three games. but you know i don't think he And UCLA got better after he got fired. Yeah.
00:48:53
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realistically uh so you know chesney's got a it's a it's a good program he's taking over uh it just needs the right direction and you know he you know who knows he might be the guy that can do it i mean if you can take james madison and put them into college football playoff i think you could you your credentials are pretty good yeah i don't know of uh you know this this is an ucla hasn't really been found the right coach i guess they fired about every coach they've had since uh ah the coach they had back in the 70s and 80s, golly.
00:49:27
Speaker
Boy, yeah that's been long enough. Nobody sticks. Nobody's really stuck there more than maybe two or three years. He he's he was there for a long time, and and he had some good teams, but they've just been going through coaches.
00:49:41
Speaker
It might be more of an institutional problem. We'll we'll see. They're putting the money into the program. That could be the problem. ah But it just it's one of those those storied programs, so to speak, that the then over the last several years, it just turned out coaches and gotten rid of them. So, ah yeah, we'll And of course the last couple of years moving to the big 10, they've, you know, you're, you're in a different element, a different coaching style, if you will, from, from West coast football to Midwest football. So, you know, there is that too. And i mean maybe he just, these coaches they've had just have not been able to really do that much of an adjustment.
00:50:22
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Let's see. Michigan hired ah Kyle Whittingham. Oh yeah. Which is, I, I, uh, they call ESPN calls that an a, a minus B plus higher. Um, you know, I mean,
00:50:41
Speaker
he's, uh, he's been around football for a while. Um, and we'll see how, we'll see how he does. Uh, he's got 177 career wins. um And so we'll see what, well we'll see what he does with this, with, with the, with the Michigan program. That's, you know, quite frankly, after winning the the playoffs two years ago, you know they've been on a downturn and of course didn't help that, the you know, the the last coaches not only got fired for improprieties, he's also now being, been arrested. Yeah. propriety So that's not a good look. So, you know, they said Michigan want to stay away from the, uh, uh,
00:51:23
Speaker
from the previous coaching staff. I mean, he wouldn't have anything to do with, uh, change on Don, help me out. Uh, the San Diego charges coach. Right. Um, they didn't really want what, yeah, Jim Harbaugh. They didn't want to anybody thing to do with Harbaugh. They wanted a fresh start because Harbaugh has a 10 year show cause.
00:51:43
Speaker
And, uh, What was it? Moore? Sherron Moore. Sherron Moore. You know, he was he was in trouble himself before this. I mean, he had been out some games. So they were just trying. So they went to Cal Winningham, who had decided to step down as coach before he got hired by Michigan. But he said he wanted still coach.
00:52:07
Speaker
yeah So I don't know – yeah I don't know. He's been there for so long at Brigham Young. i don't know why he decided now he wanted to to change ah jobs. but Yeah, it maybe one is interesting. um yeah you know ah don It'll be interesting to see what he does. if I mean, it's 66 years old, starting ah trying to work.
00:52:31
Speaker
I don't guess you're rebuilding the Michigan program. Probably got a lot of talent there. It's just a matter of the Utah. I wouldn't call it rebuilding. It's more is of like a retooling. Right. You know, resetting the the parameters, if you will. Because they've got, yeah like I said, they've got decent players. They've got a good ball club. I just think they've had they've kind of lost direction the last couple of years. So, you know, maybe Whittingham can get them back on course.
00:52:56
Speaker
Right. Let's see. Auburn hired Alex Golish. to take over that program, um which you know like we've been we've been waiting for we've been waiting for the ax to fall at Auburn for how many years now? Oh, yeah. Yeah, who would have thought he'd freeze when he went there? That looked like a good hire. Yeah. For Liberty. It looked like it was going to be a good – he just never could get it going.
00:53:22
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um They've been struggling finally trying to find the right coach to get to get them to the place where they want to be, which is to compete. with an for an SEC championship.
00:53:33
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Goalich apparently was going to take the Arkansas job, then Auburn came calling, and so they you know Arkansas was getting ready to call press conference, and then he he decided he'd rather have Auburn. um He's stepping into it there. I mean, he really yeah is. that really is i mean but He they've gone the last four seasons.
00:53:54
Speaker
yeah he yeah you know they've gone ah he's He's won at South Florida. That's not an easy place to win at, but he's gotten better every year. So that's probably a good – Hire for Auburn. Yeah. You know, how he can he's elevated that South Florida program for sure. Right. He has, he has, it's been a while since they've been at the levels when, uh, that he put around. Exactly. So, uh, let's see. Then we've got, uh, we've talked about, uh, Pete Golding taking over Ole Miss. I mean, that's going to be, um, interesting. And especially if, if he can put up a fight in this, uh, playoff, then maybe they, maybe they've, uh, found something over there. Right. Um,
00:54:34
Speaker
And let's see, we really don't have, a well, Billy Napier, of the floor former Florida coach, he takes over James Madison. So maybe that's going to help him out taking a step down, if you will. Right, right, yeah.
00:54:49
Speaker
And that's really, let me see if there's anything. Oh, you mentioned Arkansas. Ryan Silverfeld ah got the Arkansas job. Let's see, he is in the, was he in the B area? Is that where they put Yeah, he's in the. He did a really good job at Memphis, but, you know, you know Arkansas has some funding issues with their NILs and things like that. And so the he's going to, and like I said, he wasn't their first choice. No. I think they would have gone with James Franklin and if he would have come there. I think i think they did make the call.
00:55:25
Speaker
But then that Alex Goelers looked like he was going to take the job. Then he went to Auburn. So they got Ryan Silverfield, got a good coach, but I don't know. it's Arkansas hass been going through coaches, kind like Florida. and And, you know, they've been going through a lot of coaches. So we just have to see how how this works out. um you know Quick update updateit on the Illinois-Tennessee game. It's now 27-21. Oh.
00:55:52
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oh oh And wait a minute. I think he stepped out of bounds, didn't he, guys? Oh, come on.
00:56:00
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It looks like Tennessee just ran a kickoff back for a touchdown. Is that the 21? it was No, that would be – they get the extra point, make it Oh, and look I thought he stepped out, but I guess he didn't. i Too many, too many feet in the way. I didn't know.
00:56:23
Speaker
But so there that's a four 58 left to go in that game. So Illinois will get the ball back with four minutes and looks like only one time out left and sin for to finish off the game here. So, um all right. So moving right along here. Yeah.
00:56:43
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I guess one of their big name hire school wise would be ah Michigan state picking up Pat Fitzgerald um from Northwestern.
00:56:55
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um So I don't know. but i I don't know about that move. I'm not sure why. um Because ah he was let go after the hazing and sexual abuse charges at Northwestern. So I'm not sure, you know, not sure what that was...
00:57:17
Speaker
what that was, but, or why it was they hired him, but then they they think he's going to do something. And then Michigan, I mean, again, it's another, another program, Michigan state. That's they've got some good players. They're just, ah you know, they they've lost direction over the last few years and um you know, just not the program they once were.
Quarterback Development and Transfer Portal
00:57:37
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So. Yeah. Yeah. we Well, yeah, and I'm not sure, you know, he did, like you said, he did well at Northwestern was there a long time. See if that's what Michigan state wants. They don't have much faith in it. The ESPN group, they're giving it a C. No, they give it C C plus, I think is what the, no C just a straight C. Yeah. So, yeah, I don't know. i mean, we'll see what happens with that, but yeah,
00:58:04
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So, ah and Chip Kelly takes over Northwestern. I just now saw this. Oh, he did. I thought he was offensive coordinator.
00:58:15
Speaker
I think he's been called an offensive he's the offensive coordinator. That's right. yeah Yeah. Yeah, that's right. I see it now. Offensive coordinator. Okay. So that's okay. Well, I mean, you know, hey, he's got to go somewhere, right?
00:58:28
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Right. So, all right. Well, then, yeah.
00:58:35
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We'll talk a little bit. I know you didn't want to bring it up, but we'll talk a little bit about Missouri's bowl game, um which did not work out so well for them. No, no. it was an It's an offensive issue. um Their quarterback situation just kind of deteriorated as the year went along. And golly, I watched that game on Saturday.
00:58:59
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I guess and the offense is just ineffective. It just it would just looked bad. It was almost embarrassing. They lost 13 to seven. The defense did just fine. They just after the first drive of the game, they just kind of blit it around. He's got some work to do. He's hired a new offensive coordinator. His offensive coordinator left to go to Washington, the head coach at Washington state, Kirby Moore.
00:59:22
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Okay. And so he, uh, he was calling place himself. And one thing about drink wits, he's a good leading a program. He's good at recruiting, working the transfer pro portal, uh,
00:59:35
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you know, out front top guy. He's really good at that. good he's And he's made some good assistant hires, but when he starts calling plays, it just doesn't look pretty. And so I think that's, he called plays, i mean it didn't look pretty at all. So, you know, so there's, he's got, they got some work to do in the off season. This was a year like Illinois. They thought they they were promoting it like they were going to go to the,
00:59:59
Speaker
They could go to the college football playoff, and they had all the pieces in place. They just didn't find their quarterback. Their quarterback just never worked out. so Well, and and you know speaking of that, and and like I said, there right now it's it is They're walking a Tennessee player off the field. I'm not sure how he got injured. um I think it might have been on that kick return.
01:00:20
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um So I don't know what who it is or what. It seems I've got the sound turned off. Um, but you know, uh, you know, like you said, but Illinois this year, um, I think one of the things that propelled Illinois ah to have the record they did and and be where they were is two, was the two years ago when they picked up, uh, um,
01:00:43
Speaker
Luke Altmyer from Ole Miss, um know the transfer kid out of Ole Miss. And ah he's just done nothing but excel every year. i mean, he had a ah rough rough first season in 2023. Last year, he kind of broke out, showed what he could do. And this year, he's just done nothing but improve upon that. You know, it's proof in the pudding. Illinois can have their first first program ever back to back nine win seasons if they can find some way to come come back from this this bowl game tonight. Yeah.
01:01:20
Speaker
So, i you know, and that I think is a lot of things where you see a lot of these quarterbacks. I mean, we've seen it with Tennessee losing. i'm a lee i am a Liva. They picked up Joey Aguilar. Mendoza got or Mendoza went to um Indiana. you You know, Carson Beck left Georgia, went to Indiana.
01:01:43
Speaker
uh in miami you know you see so much of these quarterbacks and you know you're not seeing that the problem is you're not seeing guys develop at the the institutions they showed up at you know they're they're they're showing up like like with the with the altmeyer you know at old miss ah um he was never thought of two years later, sec wants him back, you know, you know, you cause he, cause he, he was rumored after last year's Chick-fil-A Chick-fil-A bowl game to, um, be thinking about the transfer portal, but and he decided to stay at Illinois. Thank God for small favors. Um, and you know, and so the rest they say so far right now is history. Um, but, uh,
01:02:31
Speaker
I wonder, I mean, has developing your own quarterback gone out of favor? Well, it seems like because you can't count on that they're going stick around, um especially if they don't play enough. If you recruit a five-star quarterback out of ah somewhere to your program and you've already got a pretty good quarterback there and he he's he's not patient enough to develop and will let the – a year or two before you play them, these guys take off. So you end up switching. You know, you you end up just taking what you can. Drinkwits, and i keep going back to Missouri because I've been following his program. He really focused on recruiting and developing when he first got there.
01:03:17
Speaker
Then he kind of got the wisdom that, a lot of guys he recruited as freshmen didn't stick around. and if They didn't get to play right away. So he's bringing in more, uh, transfer portal, uh, veteran transfer portal guys who are already proven and putting them in the roster. So, i mean, I think it's, it's a problem, you know, your coaches like to develop, uh, what do you call, um, you know, they, they like to develop and set up, uh, have a program that they can, uh,
01:03:48
Speaker
they can call their own and and to develop an attitude, you know, within the program. And you've got guys running in and out. I just think that this current transfer portal with the NIL just doesn't doesn't play well to that. So, you know, you've you've ah you got to – you're just doing the best you can to keep your roster competitive, I guess. Yeah, I mean, that that's that that surely has something to do with it. And, you know, and that's the one thing Illinois right now, I mean, Altmeier's a senior, so he's gone after this yeah after this year. um You know, so what they do from here, I mean, they've got a um ah another transfer kid they got from...
01:04:30
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Ball State, I think, or someplace like that. Or no, Northern Illinois. um Hampton, um which, you know, he's only going to be a senior next year, so he's only got one year. So do you put your program in the hands of a guy for one year? They've got a kid they're really high on, freshman. But, you know, I've i've always said, and so far this year, and a couple of people have asked me, that, you know, if there is a sophomore or junior quarterback out there um in the transfer portal that is anything better than what we've got.
01:05:12
Speaker
i I guarantee Bielema will throw everything he can at that kid to get him to come here. Sure, sure. You know, because he's needing that stability because he's not going to have it. I mean, um you know, that and we lose our entire offensive line, which in some respects I'm not, I'm i'm i'm actually fairly happy about because we've given up ah over 30 sacks this year on an offensive line that's all seniors. So I'm just not sure we, you know, maybe maybe having a new offensive line is not a bad idea. Yeah. Right. You know, so, but yeah, I mean, so it's going to be interesting with the, with the transfer portal and some of these teams and, and some of the players that going to moving on, um you know, now, well, Arch, man have you heard is, is Arch Manning going to, he's staying in Texas. He's going to stay. Okay. Yeah. He's, I had heard there was some earlier rumblings. He might be thinking about, you know, I was hoping that, that his dad and his uncle would get to him and say, look stupid.
01:06:10
Speaker
He ain't ready yet. but I think they pretty well committed him. He's committed himself to Texas. And he, uh, he, like you said, his granddad and his, uh, his two uncles and his, dad, i think all, you know, they, they understand, you know, staying in one place is probably good for him. And, uh, so he's not going anywhere and, and he got, he got better as the year went on. it'd be interesting to see what he does next year in Texas, you know? and So I think they're committed to him. I think they're committed to, uh,
01:06:42
Speaker
To Texas. I think they are. Do you see him staying all four years, though? I don't know. i you know He's not ready for the NFL now. We'll see what happens next year. Yeah, we'll see.
College Basketball Updates and Predictions
01:06:52
Speaker
soldier yeah no no doubt. No doubt. Let's see. little quick update. Three minutes to go. Illinois is... they just discuss They're fourth and one. Are they fourth and one? They got first down.
01:07:06
Speaker
I think they just got the first down and they're in field goal range. So so they want to eat up that clock as much as possible. They're going eat some clock here to get it and maybe get it up. Wait a minute. Maybe they're calling it a nott not a catch. He caught the ball.
01:07:22
Speaker
Oh, no. these It was fourth and there was things third and three and it's now fourth and one. Okay. So they got a decision to make. Yeah. they Oh, there's they're keeping it on the field.
01:07:33
Speaker
They're going to go for it. They're going to go for it. They're going to for it. They're going to for it. They're going to discuss it. so But they are, according to what they're in, the field goal range of Alano, which that kid can hit from 55 yards if he has to.
01:07:53
Speaker
I've seen him do it. Oh, yeah. But anyway, so um well we'll talk a little bit about the bragging rights game. I know you don't want to. No.
01:08:03
Speaker
um And we talked a little bit before the show. I was completely surprised that Illinois won that game the way they did.
01:08:15
Speaker
um I thought Missouri's height would might give us a little bit of a problem, even though Illinois is a big team. um you know Our three-point shooting is not always on par, as it should be. um And I thought that... that you know you Missouri might be a team that could give Illinois some trouble. And, and they actually did for about the first 10 minutes or so. And then after that, it just seemed, and a lot of that I think was, um, was with, um, the, the, the Ivisich brothers, um, Tommy Thomas lob was having an issue.
01:08:52
Speaker
um just didn't seem like he was in the flow. um wasn't defending well. And, um, you know, um, Underwood took him out and put his brother Zonavir in, ah and that kid just took the game over.
01:09:09
Speaker
He came in, was blocking shots. He was making shots. He was making threes. He was passing the ball, running the floor. i mean and And then that got Caden Wagler going, the Illinois freshman, who i'm I'm going to be quite frank with you. I don't know if we're going to hold on to that kid.
01:09:26
Speaker
And he's a afraid I think he could be another freshman entering the entering the and NBA. he's He is just that good. Hopefully they'll convince him that he's not ready yet, that he needs to get a little more size on him, bulk up bulk up a little bit to withstand ah an 81-game NBA schedule.
01:09:46
Speaker
But we'll see what happens with that. i i i uh you know i have really high hopes for illinois this season i don't know i mean we're i think we're definitely going to be in the dance uh in barring a complete catastrophe collapse uh we've already got wins over texas tech uh tennessee ohio state missouri we did drop one to nebraska which you know A lot of people say we shouldn't have, but Nebraska's not a bad ball club. and And I think the Big Ten is actually a lot more loaded this year than it has been in past years. So if we can if we can get through the Big Ten with a with a fairly decent winning record, then I think you know ah we'll have a pretty good shot at a a fairly decent draw in the NCAA tournament.
01:10:38
Speaker
Yeah, yeah. Well, I didn't think Missouri – I wasn't expecting – I was worried about that game because I'd seen them be playing up to the Illinois game. They you got – in the second half, they got they kind of got handled by Kansas pretty well. They lost to Notre Dame at Notre Dame, a game I thought they should have won. Just didn't think they'd been playing that well. And they have high night.
01:10:59
Speaker
ah what they don't have, but their three-point shooting is somewhat erratic. And two of his three-point shooters were on the bench for injuries against Illinois. That probably hurt, but still, it should have been a better game than that. So he's got his hands full. He's going to be facing Kansas and Illinois about every week when he goes into the SEC. So yeah we'll see. He's got a number of the SEC teams, and I tell you what, I'm glad we're not in the SEC. Yeah, it's previous it's a big it's a deep conference, and it's not going to be easy this year.
Conclusion and Gateway Sports Network Rundown
01:11:31
Speaker
So I'm hoping he can figure something out to turn this team around. Otherwise, that team that played against Illinois and Kansas doesn't look like an NCAA team at all, not yet anyway. Okay, well, Illinois is going for it on fourth and one.
01:11:47
Speaker
Oh, they're going to not kick the field goal? No, they're going to go for it. We'll see what happens here. Hmm. kind of give a play-by-play it looks like the hand oh my he did oh they gave the ball to law three he broke through for a 12-yard gain oh good well then you've got a first and 10 so then now we're first and 10 inside the 20 well that can two minutes left it looks like so they can uh eat up some clock if they need to before they with yeah they got three downs to eat a clock um
01:12:20
Speaker
Uh, looks like Tennessee's got two times. Oh, Tennessee's the one that took the timeout on that last play, I guess. Oh. Um, so Tennessee's got two timeouts. Illinois has got one.
01:12:33
Speaker
Um, yeah, this is this is going to shape up to be a a really good two minute last two minutes of the game. So anyway, uh, well, um, I think that's about all we got for tonight. Um,
01:12:47
Speaker
that ah Something else off the top of your head you want to you want to hit at? No, I think we covered about everything. so Obviously, this will be our last program for 2025. Our next program will be after or we should be right before the national championships. we'll We'll be able to break that down for you guys and have that available for you. I hope to get this out. andm but're recording this on Tuesday night. I hope to have this out before the bowl games start tomorrow um so hopefully this will do all our musings will be fresh for you so anyway uh russ where can they find you my friend
01:13:29
Speaker
Well, it's on Twitter, I'm Uncle Frank, FR Robinson, one, nine, five, seven. I'm Blue Sky, I'm Russ, 57. and on the And then I'm around some of the Mizzou Facebook groups, so that's where you can find me most the time. Okay, and you can find me at ts on XTSOTBGCS. You can check out the Facebook page. ah Talking Sports with Uncle Don. You can check out my other podcast, Talking Sports with Uncle Don. I've been to have a hiatus on it ah lately. I've been doing a lot of work for the Champagne Room, writing for them on Illinois football. so you can find me in all those places. And, of course, you can always find this as we are a on Gateway Sports, as we are a proud part of the Gateway Sports Network. And they have such fine programs on there with the two-for-three with Ron Nuttall, Pete Geddes, and Elliot Dewey. The...
01:14:21
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01:15:06
Speaker
So, from our broadcast partner, Ross Robinson, this is Don Glenn, wishing you a very happy new year. I hope you had a great Christmas. And as always, have fun, stay safe. We'll see you next time on the NCAA Report with Don and Russ.
01:15:22
Speaker
Good night, everybody.